>>> THE COUNCIL MEETING WILL
COME TO ORDER, THE TIME IS 9:30
A.M.
WILL THE CLERK -- OH I'M SORRY
BEFORE I SAY THAT, I DID
RECEIVE A NOTICE FROM
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S OFFICE
THAT SHE WILL BE ABSENT FROM
THIS MORNING'S MEETING.
SHE WILL BE ATTENDING FULL
COUNSEL THIS AFTERNOON.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE STATED
THAT FOR THE RECORD BEFORE WE
CALL THE ROLE HERE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> JUAREZ ?
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ ?
>> HERE.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK, IF
THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS THE
MINUTES OF -- ARE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS TO
MINUTES ARE ADOPTED, I WILL
NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
IS NOW WITH US, GOOD MORNING.
THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT, LAST
THURSDAY I SENT AN EMAIL TO ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS REGARDING THIS
YEAR'S GET ENGAGED APPOINTMENTS
TO VARIOUS SEATTLE CITY BOARDS
AND COMMISSIONS.
THE ANNUAL NOMINATIONS ARE
COMMITTED AND SUPPORTED BY THE
YMCAS PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
AGES 18-29.
THE GETTING ENGAGED
APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR A ONE-YEAR
TERM AND PROVIDE LEADERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES TO INFLUENCE THE
CITY OF SEATTLE'S POLICYMAKING
IN A BROAD RANGE OF SUBJECT
AREAS.
THIS YEAR THERE ARE A TOTAL OF
21 GET ENGAGED APPOINTMENTS
WICH ARE ALL PUBLISHED ON
TODAY'S INTRODUCTION NUMBER FOR
CALENDAR.
YOU WILL NOTICE THE GET ENGAGED
TO POINTY IS CORRESPONDING WITH
THE CORRESPONDING CHAIR OF THE
RELEVANT COMMITTEE.
THE APPOINTMENTS ARE BEING
REFERRED DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD
COUNSEL HOWEVER NOT TO YOUR
RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES AS WOULD
ORDINARILY BE THE CASE.
AND ALL OF THE APPOINTMENTS
WILL BE CONSIDERED NEXT MONDAY
OCTOBER 19th.
SO CONSISTENT WITH TRADITION
ALL OF THE GET ENGAGED
APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN INVITED
TO ATTEND AND REPRESENT THEIR
QUALIFICATIONS AT THE COUNCIL
BRIEFING MEETING SCHEDULED FOR
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19th.
THAT SAME AFTERNOON WE WILL
CONSIDER THESE APPOINTMENT AT
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE GETTING ENGAGED
APPOINTMENTS OR THE PROCESS
RELATED TO THAT PLEASE REACH
OUT TO TOM MADSEN WHO IS THE
BOARD AND COMMISSIONS INTEGER
IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
. AT THIS AFTERNOON'S FULL
COUNSEL MEETING WE HAVE A VERY,
VERY, VERY SHORT AGENDA.
WE WILL CONSIDER THE PAYMENT OF
THE BILLS, AND WE WILL APPROVE
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR.
THERE ARE NO OTHER BILLS,
RESOLUTIONS, OR OTHER
LEGISLATION FOR US TO CONSIDER
THIS AFTERNOON.
WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER, AND
CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLISHED
AGENDA THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD WILL BE NO MORE THAN 20
MINUTES THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESIDENT'S
REPORT.
SO I WILL NOW MOVE INTO A
PREVIEW OF TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL
ACTIONS AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
I WILL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBERS
AS ESTABLISHED BY THE ROTATING
ROLLCALL.
THE ROTATION IS SAYS FOLLOWS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
STRAUSS, JUAREZ , MOSQUEDA,
AND I WILL CONCLUDE THE AGENDA
DISCUSSION.
SO WE WILL HEAR FIRST FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, GOOD
MORNING.
>> HELLO COLLEAGUES AND
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT.
THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE HAS NO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMISSION WILL
RESUME ITS MEETINGS ON
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, AFTER
THE FALL BUDGET SEASON.
THIS PAST WEEK I HOSTED A
BUDGET TOWN HALL FOR DISTRICT
4, OVER 150 RESIDENTS SIGNED UP
TO PARTICIPATE.
I WANT TO THINK I STAFFER
ORGANIZING THE TOWN HALL AS
WELL AS BEN NOBLE BUDGET
DIRECTOR FOR PRESENTING THE
BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR 2021 AND
ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THINK THE
COCHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION REVEREND DERON
WILLIAMS FOR SHARING HIS
EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE ON
BUDGETS, RFORMS, AND THE NEED
TO REVAMP THE CURRENT POLICE
UNION CONTRACT WHICH EXPIRES AT
THE END OF THIS YEAR.
OF COURSE THESE VIRTUAL TOWN
HALLS ARE JUST ONE WAY FOR
CONSTITUENTS TO CONVEY THEIR
IDEAS, CONCERNS AND COMMENTS ON
THE BUDGET AS WE CONTINUE TO
RECEIVE EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS
AS WELL AS PUBLIC COMMENTS
DURING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND
HEARINGS.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE
BUDGET MEETINGS THIS WEEK WHEN
CENTRAL STAFF WILL START TO
IDENTIFY KEY ISSUES OF INTEREST
TO ALL NINE COUNCILMEMBERS, IN
ADDITION TO OUR ONGOING
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT REVAMPING
PUBLIC SAFETY AND ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS, AS TRANSPORTATION
CHAIR I WILL BE MOST INTERESTED
IN FINDING RESOURCES TO ADDRESS
THE SOBERING REPORT FROM OUR
CITY AUDITOR ABOUT THE
DANGEROUS PHYSICAL CONDITION OF
OUR CITY'S BRIDGES INCLUDING
THE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE, UNIVERSITY
BRIDGE, SECOND AVENUE SOUTH
EXTESION, AND THE MALLERY
BRIDGE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
úPEDERSEN FOR THAT REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT?
HEARING THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND MOVE OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND AFTER
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS --
GOOD MORNING.
>> APPOINTING COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND COLLEAGUES.
HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, I
WANT TO HONOR PAST AND PRESENT
PEOPLE OF THIS LAND.
IN PARTICULAR THE PEOPLE IN
DISTRICT 6, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
INHIBITED AND INHABITED SANTA
FE FOR MILLENNIA.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE
RECORD OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
THAT WHEN THE SHIP CANAL HAD
MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF
PLACES TO CONNECT LIKE
WASHINGTON AND LAKE UNION TO
PUGET SOUND, THE CHOICE WAS
FINALLY MADE THROUGH WHAT HAD
BEEN A NATIVE AMERICAN VILLAGE
IN HIRAM CHITTENDEN THE FEDERAL
AGENT WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS AND ONE OF THE FIRST
COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PORT OF
SEATTLE WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS
PROJECT.
HE HAD VERY TROUBLING VIEWS
ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS, IN
PARTICULAR THAT THEY WERE OF A
WEAKER RACE.
AND QUOTING FROM HISTORY LINK
RIGHT NOW AND BOUND TO
DISAPPEAR, SOMETHING THAT HE
FELT "SENTIMENTAL HUMANISTS DID
NOT UNDERSTAND."
I'M GLAD TODAY THAT IS NOT THE
CASE, AND I FIND ALSO TROUBLING
THAT WE DON'T HAVE RECOGNITION
OF THESE FACTS IN DISTRICT 6
AND WHERE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
HAVE LIVED FOR MILLENNIA
PREVIOUS TO THE CURRENT -- WE
ARE TRAVELING AND EXPERIENCING
TODAY.
I WANT TO HONOR PAST AND
PRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THIS
LAND.
MOVING ONTO THE LAND USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE, THERE
IS ONE ITEM FROM THE LAND-USE
AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE ON
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR TODAY.
CB 11907 WHICH IS A SIX-MONTH
EXTENSION OF THE MORATORIUM ON
MANUFACTURED HOMES, HOME PARKS.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL BE
REFERRED DIRECTLY TO FULL
COUNSEL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON
NOVEMBER 16th, AND A VOTE LATER
IN NOVEMBER.
MY OFFICE IS WORKING CLOSELY
WITH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
OFFICE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE ON
A PERMANENT BASIS SO WE DON'T
HAVE TO RENEW THE SIX-MONTH
MORATORIUM EVERY SIX MONTHS
AFTER THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM LAND-
USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
ON TODAY'S FULL AGENDA.
REGARDING THE BUDGET, MY OFFICE
HAS SUBMITTED 14 FORM A's AND I
AM HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THOSE
DURING ISSUE ID MEETINGS.
LAST WEEK I WAS ABLE TO JOIN
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR THE
LUNCH AND LEARN ON MASS TIMBER,
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
FOR HOSTING THAT.
LAST WEEK IN DISTRICT 6 I SPOKE
TO DISTRICT 6 RESIDENTS ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS, PUBLIC SAFETY,
SPOKE TO SOME BUSINESS OWNERS
ABOUT INCREASED SECURITY NEEDS,
IS TYPICALLY IN THE PAST, YOU
KNOW BARTENDERS WHO WERE
MAINTAINING, CLOSING UP THE
BARS WOULD HAVE EYES ON THE
STREET UNTIL 4:00 IN THE
MORNING WITH SHOPS CLOSING
EARLIER.
THAT PERIOD OF TIME HAS
LENGTHENED FROM ABOUT 11:00
P.M.
UNTIL ABOUT 6:00 OR 7:00 IN THE
MORNING.
SO AS WE ARE SEEING HOW WE DO
BUSINESS DIFFERENTLY THERE ARE
DIFFERENT CONCERNS THAT WE ARE
MEETING.
THANK YOU TO THE BUSINESS
OWNERS WHO I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK
TO.
THIS WEEK I CONTINUE TO HAVE
DISTRICT 6 RESIDENT MEETINGS AS
WELL AS A TOWN HALL TOMORROW,
OCTOBER 3rd, FROM 5:00 TO 7:00
P.M.
I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING
QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
FROM THE RESIDENCE AND FROM
DISTRICT 6. THANK YOU COUNSEL
PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES THAT IS MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER THAT
REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT?
HEARING THEN WE WILL NOW MOVE
DOWN THE LINE TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND THEN WE WILL HEAR
FROM COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, GOOD
MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
A VERY SHORT REPORT TODAY.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOOD SERVICES
COMMITTEE TODAY ON THE FULL
COUNSEL AGENDA.
SO A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE FROM
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
ON THE SEATTLE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM.
SUMMER WRAP UP, YOU MAY BE
AWARE THAT THE SEATTLE YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, SY EP IS A
CITY RUN PROGRAM FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE AGES 16 TO 24 FROM
QUALIFYING INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
AND COMMUNITIES THAT EXPERIENCE
RACIAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC
DISPARITIES.
THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS, THE
SCHOOL EXPLORATION AND LEARNING
EXPERIENCE AND A SUMMER
INTERNSHIP.
JUST WRAPPED UP THE SUMMER
INTERNSHIP AND BEGINNING LAST
OCTOBER, PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED
WEEKLY SESSIONS AND CAREERS
EVERY DAY AND PARTICIPATED IN
TEAM ACTIVITIES.
THE SKILLS AT SHERIFF WORKSHOP
ONE-ON-ONE COACHING, SUPPORT
SERVICES AND ASSESSMENTS.
YOU ARE DISAPPEARANCE EARNED
STIPENDS FOR COMPLETING MODULES
AND THOSE WHO COMPLETED THE
SERIES WERE PROMISED A 150 OUR
INTERNSHIP PAYING $16 PER HOUR.
THEN COVID CAME ALONG, IS WHY
EP QUICKLY ADAPTED TO A WORLD
WHERE ACADEMIC LEARNING HAPPENS
ONLINE AND WORKERS TRAINED
INTERACTIVELY AND VIRTUALLY.
PARTICIPANTS WHO COMPLETED THE
TRAINING SESSION WERE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN JOB
READINESS SCHOOLS LIKE WRITING
A RESUME, RECOVER LETTER AND
HOW TO PARTICIPATE FOR AN
INTERVIEW.
THEY RESULTED, THE WORK
RESULTED IN SEVERAL POSITIVE
OUTCOMES, INCLUDING LEARNING
ABOUT VIRTUAL PLATFORMS THAT
WILL BE USED IN FUTURE CLASSES
AND CAREERS, THE COMING MORE
COMFORTABLE COMMUNICATING WITH
MANAGERS AND PEERS.
AND MANAGING WORKLOAD AND
PROJECT DELIVERABLES AND WORK
FROM HOME SETTING.
HST ASKED ME TO SHARE THIS
EXPERIENCE WITH YOU AND THE
VIEWING PUBLIC AS A WAY TO
THANK THE SEATTLE YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM INTERNS AND
THANKS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND
ENGAGEMENT IN THIS VERY UNUSUAL
YEAR.
MAJOR EVENTS COMING UP THIS
WEEK FOR ME INCLUDE TUESDAY AT
THE WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION BIA
PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING.
ALSO TUESDAY SPEAKING AT THE
GREATER SEATTLE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE BUSINESS ISSUES
FOREIGN.
AND THEN WEDNESDAY I WILL BE
ATTENDING THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE
MEETING.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IN
THE FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THAT REPORT?
ALL RIGHT HEARING NONE, WE
WILL NOW HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> MORNING EVERYBODY, AND AGAIN
HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY.
SO I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS, A
LITTLE BIT MORE THAN I NORMALLY
DO JUST BECAUSE OF PARK.
BUT ANYWAY THERE ARE NO ITEMS
ON THE PUBLIC ASSETS AND --
COMMITTEE, ON THE AFTERNOON
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
THERE ARE THREE ITEMS I AM
SPONSORING ON THE CALENDAR,
THAT IS THE TWO-WAY ORAL
APPOINTMENT ASSIGNED TO OUR
COMMITTEE AND THE THIRD ITEM IS
THE LAND-USE BILL.
I AM WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS IN HIS OFFICE, THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
WROTE GUARDING THE MOBILE HOME
PARK. LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING
MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK.
REGARDING THE METROPOLITAN PARK
DISTRICT THE TIMELINE, REMINDER
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19th AT 5:30 IS
THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
BOARD MEETING.
WE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING
TO CONSIDER THE 2021 PROPOSED
MPD BUDGET, WE WILL ALSO TAKE
UP TWO AMENDMENTS THAT WILL
DELAY THE 2021-2026 PLANNED
RECYCLE.
PLEASE DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS TO
TRACY RATCLIFFE ON CENTRAL
STAFF.
IN REGARDS TO PARKS, THIS
MORNING I SENT OUT THE PARK'S
WEEKLY COVID-19 UPDATE.
I WILL COVER JUST A FEW
HIGHLIGHTS HERE ON THE POLICY
SIDE.
BEGINNING THIS MONTH CLOSING
HOURS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL AT
SEVERAL PARKS, TYPICALLY WITHIN
11:30 P.M.
CLOSURE TIME.
DURING THE SUMMER PARKS AND REC
CLOSE THE PARKS EARLIER THAN
USUAL TO REDUCE CROWDING AND
HELP SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
THE POLICY OF MAKING PATHS ONE
WAY FOR PEDESTRIANS ONLY WILL
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE FALL.
THE BALLOT DROP BOXES AT MAIL
PARK AND REC FACILITIES
BEGINNING OCTOBER 15th, KING
COUNTY WILL LOCATE BALLOT DROP
BOXES THAT SIX PARK AND REC
FACILITIES.
THAT WOULD BE GREEN LAKE,
MAGNOLIA PARK, MAGNUSON PARK,
GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER,
LANYARD COMMUNITY CENTER, AND
LANYARD BEACH COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE DROP BOXES WILL BE
AVAILABLE OR OPEN 24/7 FROM
OCTOBER 15th AND WILL CLOSE
IT:00 P.M.
ON ELECTION DAY, TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 3rd.
THE WATERFRONT, OFFICE OF THE
WATERFRONT, WORK ON PIER 58,
REMOVAL CONTINUES.
SINCE THE PARTIAL COLLAPSE A
MONTH AGO CREWS HAVE
REESTABLISHED DIGITAL MONITORS
IN THE SURVEY STATIONS TO TRACK
THE PEER'S MOVEMENT.
CREWS HAVE CLEAN DEBRIS AND
REMOVED MORE OF THE TIMBER DECK
STRUCTURE TO THE WEST, THE
STRUCTURE IS CONTINUING TO MOVE
AND WE KNOW THE PILES ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY DETERIORATED
BASED ON CREW INSPECTION.
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION IS BCI HAS
REVIEWED AND DETERMINED TO
CLOSE PIER 50 SEVEN AS A SAFETY
PRECAUTION SHORTLY AFTER THE
PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF PIER 50
EIGHT.
PIER 50 SEVEN WAS SUCCESSFULLY
CLOSED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
PROPERTY OWNER.
THE BUSINESSES ON THE PEER WERE
GIVEN TIME TO CLOSE WELL
REMOVING CRITICAL MATERIALS
FROM THE PEER.
SO NOW WE HAVE 57 CLOSED WITH
58.
THE KEY NEXT STEPS IN THE
REMOVAL IS TO TAKE DOWN THE
REMAINING CONCRETE STRUCTURE, A
LOT OF CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING
ON THE KEY ELEMENTS TO HELP
ENSURE THAT IS DONE SAFELY.
REGARDLESS OF SEATTLE CENTER,
OBG AS YOU BOTH KNOW LAST
TUESDAY -- THE FOURTH MBA
CHAMPIONSHIP, THIS WAS
DEDICATED TO BREONNA TAYLOR AND
THE STATE HER NAME CAMPAIGN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN
WE CAN HAVE THE NEW TEAM IN THE
NEW SEATTLE -- VERY HAPPY ABOUT
THAT.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IS TO
CELEBRATE AND HONOR THE PAST,
PRESENT AND FUTURE OF NATIVE
PEOPLES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
STATES.
IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE LEGACY OF
THE DASH WHICH HAS DEVASTATED
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
HISTORICALLY AND CONTINUES TO
NEGATIVELY IMPACT US TODAY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY HOWEVER,
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STAY MOVES
BEYOND THE NARRATIVE OF
OPPRESSION AND HONORS THE
HISTORY, CULTURES,
CONTRIBUTIONS, AND RESILIENCE
OF OUR PEOPLE IN THE
CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN
INDIGENOUS POPULATION.
I WAS HOPING THAT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT WAS HERE.
WANTED TO GIVE HER A SHOUT
OUT.
BACK IN 2018 SHE MET THE NATIVE
AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO ENSURE
THE CITY OF SEATTLE RECOGNIZED
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, SAID
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
AND I LEARNED THIS MORNING THAT
OUR FRIEND AND BROTHER
COUNCILMEMBER KRISTEN WITH THE
CITY OF AUBURN WILL BE
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZING
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STAY FOR THE
CITY OF AUBURN.
EVERY YEAR WE USUALLY HAVE SOME
KIND OF CEREMONY DOWNSTAIRS OR
IN THE CITY HALL, AND OBVIOUSLY
WE CANNOT DO IT THIS YEAR.
WE ARE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT, I WANT TO THANK
EVERYONE FOR PULLING THIS
TOGETHER IN COOPERATION WITH
THE SNOQUALMIE TRIBE.
WE WANT TO HONOR RECENT
MILESTONE FOR THE SNOQUALMIE
PEOPLE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW
HOW THIS WORKS, BUT IN THE 60s
MANY TRIBES WERE QUOTE UNQUOTE
UNRECOGNIZED, IN 21 YEARS AGO
ON OCTOBER SWICK'S -- OCTOBER
6th, THE SNOQUALMIE TRIBE WAS
RE-RECOGNIZED AND CONFIRMED.
LAST WEEK THEY CELEBRATED
OCTOBER 6th AS SNOQUALMIE
RIGHTS DAY.
ON THE 21st ANNIVERSARY OF
THEIR FEDERAL THE RECOGNITION
THE TRIBE CELEBRATES SNOQUALMIE
RIGHTS DAY IN HONOR OF THE
TRIBAL LEADERS WHO FOUGHT TO
REESTABLISH THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF THE GOVERNMENT'S FEDERAL
TRUST RESPONSIBILITY.
AND YOURS TRULY HERE WAS THERE
BACK IN THE DAY, IN ANOTHER
LIFE WHEN I REPRESENTED
UNRECOGNIZED TRIBES.
SO CLOSING, WHILE WE CELEBRATE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, I WANT
TO SHARE ON A PERSONAL NOTE
SOMETHING WE DON'T OFTEN
DISCUSS.
CERTAINLY NOT WITHIN ANY
COUNTRY SOMETIMES AND THAT IS
THE FEDERAL RECOGNITION
PROCESS.
THAT IS THE DENIAL OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S "NOT
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED STORE
OTHER INDIGENOUS BROTHERS AND
SISTERS."
I'VE EXPERIENCED IT AND WATCHED
IT AND BEEN INVOLVED IN
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBES AND BEEN
IN COURT TO GET TRIBES
RECOGNIZED AND TO APPLY FOR THE
RECOGNITION.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, FROM A
PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL
PERSPECTIVE, IT HAS BEEN
PAINFUL TO SAY THE LEAST.
THE FEDERAL TOOL OF NONRECORD
MISSION IS STILL BEING WIELDED
TODAY, AND COLONIAL ACTS HAVE
LED TO PAIN AND TRAUMA FOR MANY
TRIBAL PEOPLE.
IN ADDITION, CURRENT DAY TRIBAL
PRACTICE OF DISENROLLMENT HAS
BEEN EQUALLY PAINFUL AND
HARMFUL.
IN FACT, IT HAS BEEN HORRIFIC.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
NONRECOGNITION PROCESS, THE
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT DISENROLLMENT
PROCESS, ARE TWO SIDES OF THE
COLONIAL AS WE SAY ACT OR GLADE
THAT IS STILL BEING WIELDED
TODAY.
AND IT CUTS DEEP, DIVIDES
COMMUNITIES IN PAIN, AND THIS
PAIN IS IMMEASURABLE.
IN 2020 THIS TOO CONTINUES.
THIS COLONIAL DIVIDE TRIBES AND
FAMILIES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE
WILL DO, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW
WE WILL CONTINUE TO HEAL
OURSELVES FROM THAT.
BUT I HOPE SOME OF OUR TRIBAL
LEADERS ARE LISTENING TODAY,
THAT FEDERAL NONRECOGNITION AND
TRIBAL DISENROLLMENT ARE
DESIGNED TO ERASE OUR PEOPLE.
TO DENY THEM THEIR BIRTHRIGHT,
TO MAKE THEM INVISIBLE, AND
CONTINUE THE VIOLENT HISTORY
THAT WE HAVE ENDURED SINCE 1492
WHEN THE SUPPLEMENT ARRIVED.
THESE PRACTICES HAVE NO PURPOSE
IN THE 21st CENTURY.
AS I SHARED I HOPE OUR LEADERS
ARE LISTENING TODAY AND WILL
DIRECT THIS TOOL, THIS WEAPON,
THIS COLONIAL ACT, AND SO IT IN
THE HISTORICAL VEIN OF
OPPRESSION LIKE WE'VE DONE IN
OTHER AREAS TO HOLD DOWN OUR
PEOPLE.
I DON'T WANT TO END ON A SAD
NOTE BECAUSE I ENJOY INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES DAY AND WHAT I HEAR
FROM DIFFERENT TRIBAL LEADERS
CALLING IN AND LETTING ME KNOW
WHAT IS GOING ON.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE
NEED TO BRING OUT INTO THE
LIGHT, BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW
SUNLIGHT IS THE BEST
PERSPECTIVE.
MOVING ON, THE WEEK AHEAD,
TOMORROW I HAVE A SOUND TRANSIT
SUBAREA MEETING WHERE BOARD
MEMBERS FROM THE REGION WILL
CONVENE TO REVIEW UPDATES.
ON OCTOBER 14th I WILL BE
HOSTING A TOWN HALL VIA ZOOM ON
WEDNESDAY AT 4:00 P.M.
WHERE WE WILL BE JOINED BY CITY
BUDGET DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE,
COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMUNITY
POLICING COMMISSION, AND ALSO
THE CEO OF THE HEALTH BOARD.
AND DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES
JASON JOHNSON.
THE TOWN HALL WILL ADDRESS
THREE ISSUES THAT OUR CITY
FACES, THE BUDGET, THE 2021
BUDGET, SAFETY AND
HOMELESSNESS.
ON OCTOBER 17th I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE, I THINK I
TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, -- ORANGE WILL JOIN
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR
AN ONLINE DISCUSSION OF THE
BOOK THE SEATTLE LEAD
SELECTION.
THANK YOU TO OUR LIBRARIAN, I
TOLD HIM ABOUT THE BOOK A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND HE GOT
THE AUTHOR APPEAR.
HE WILL SPEAK WITH CHRISTINA
ROBERTS, DIRECTOR OF THE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INSTITUTE AT
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY.
REGISTRATION TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE DIGITAL PLATFORM IS NOW
FULL, SORRY.
HOWEVER THE EVENT WILL BE LIVE
STREAMED ON THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARIES FACEBOOK PAGE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO
READ THE BOOK I THINK YOU WOULD
LIKE IT, PRESENT A LOOK AT
CALIFORNIA, A REALLY GOOD BOOK.
LAST WEEK AS I SHARED I
PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR CRIME
-- WITH SOME OF THE -- SISTERS.
WE HIGHLIGHTED SEATTLE'S
COMMITMENT TO INDIGENOUS WOMEN
AND GIRLS AS WELL AS FOR THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND WE COVERED
THE LEGISLATIVE JOURNEYS FROM
ABIGAIL EVER HAWKS REPORT TO
THE BUDGET.
AND THEN USED TO TEACH WITHIN
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE DID THE LAST EPISODE FOR
THEIR SEASON, WE DID THE
FINALE, AND AGAIN THE NAMES
WERE PATRICIA WHITEFORD, ROBIN
PEASLEY, EMILY WAS SEEN.
THE WARCRY IS A PODCAST
CREATED, HOSTED AND PRODUCED BY
AN ALL INDIGENOUS TEAM THAT
EXPLORE STORIES, ISSUES AND
HISTORICAL CONNECTION INVOLVING
MISSING, MURDERED INDIGENOUS
WOMEN, LGBTQ, AND TWO SPIRIT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS OUT
YET, I THINK IT IS SUPPOSED TO
BE POSTED TODAY.
AND FRIDAY, A WONDERFUL EVENT
AT THE HAYASHI, WE HAD THEM OUT
FOR THE HAYASHI AND THE FAMILY
CELEBRATED AN OFFICIAL
UNVEILING OF THE HAYASHI AVENUE
STREET SIGN IN LAKE CITY.
THE EVENT WAS HELD IN FRONT OF
THE LAKE CITY LIBRARY, LAKE
CITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CHRIS
EVERSON, MARK MENDEZ, MEMBERS
OF THE HAYASHI FAMILY, KING
COUNTY COUNSELOR -- AND NATHAN
HALE ALTERED PART IN THE
UNVEILING OF THE NEW STREET
SIGN.
THAT COMES DOWN 125th, TO YOUR
LEFT YOU CAN SEE A WONDERFUL
STREET SIGN THAT SAYS HAYASHI
AVENUE.
AND IT WAS AMAZING WE ALSO HAD
A SURPRISE VISIT FROM THE
JAPANESE CONSULATE WHICH WAS
WONDERFUL.
AND THEY HAD AN INTERPRETER SO
THAT WAS GREAT.
AND FRIDAY I HAD A CHANCE,
AGAIN, TO VISIT, WHICH I'VE
BEEN THERE A FEW TIMES, THE
REFUGEE INITIATIVES IN LAKE
CITY.
TOOK A TOUR WITH THE PRESIDENT
AND FOUNDER MING MING SON, AND
BOARD MEMBER BRITNEY HELP.
MING MING STARTED THE
INITIATIVE RAI IN 2016 TO
TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF REFUGEE
AND IMMIGRANT WOMEN BY
PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE WORK IN
SEWING AND HANDCRAFTING
PRODUCTS.
THEY HAVE MADE OVER 80,000
MASKS, AND THEY HAVE DONE SOME
PHENOMENAL WORK WITH THEIR
SEWING MACHINES AND SINCE COVID
THEY CAN'T COME IN AND USE
THEIR MACHINES.
SMELL THEY ARE AT HOME MAKING
ALL KINDS OF THINGS SIDES
MASKS, AND THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR
HUSBANDS DOING WORK TOO.
IT HAS BEEN GREAT WATCHING THE
WOMEN'S REFUGEE ALLIANCE.
I CANNOT TELL YOU JUST HOW
THOMAS SOMETIMES THINGS GET SO
DARK AROUND HERE, IT IS NICE TO
GO SOMEWHERE AND SEE PEOPLE
SMILING AND LAUGHING AND JUST
TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS AND
DO THE RIGHT THING.
SO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MING MING
AND BRITNEY, THEY HAVE DONE
PHENOMENAL WORK.
NOT ONLY FOR LAKE CITY BUT
ACROSS THE STATE.
SAID THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT THAT IS MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR THE
REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT?
>> HEARING THEN WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND GO DOWN THE LINE AND
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COMPLAINING COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> GOOD MORNING MADAM
PRESIDENT.
AND I ACTUALLY DO HAVE ONE
QUESTION FOR COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ ON HER REPORT BEFORE I
START.
THAT WOULD JUST BE FOR THAT
METROPOLITAN PARK MEETING ON
THE 19th, IS THERE GOING TO BE
PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THAT
MEETING?
JUST IF I HAVE SOME CONSTITUENTS
WHO ARE INTERESTED?
>> OH ABSOLUTELY.
>> OKAY GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING THAT.
GREAT.
WEL WITH THAT THERE IS NOTHING
ON THE AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON
FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIES AND
INVESTMENTS.
THIS WEEK THERE IS A WHOLE
BUNCH OF STUFF GOING ON THAT I
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO.
ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14th, I
WILL BE FOLLOWING IN THE LEAD
OF COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
GOING ON A RIDE ALONG WITH HELP
ONE.
I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD
TO THAT AND TO REALLY GET OUT
THERE WITH THE FOLKS IN OUR
FIRE DEPARTMENT DOING THAT
REALLY IMPACTFUL AWARD
RECOGNIZED WORK, AND REALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
EXPERIENCE AD BEING ABLE TO
REPORT BACK ON IT AS
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA DID LAST
WEEK.
ON THE 15th OF TOBER WE HAVE
OUR NEXT MEETING IN THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY, LOOKING FORWARD TO
ATTENDING THAT WITH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ TO CONTINUE
THAT IMPORTANT WORK AND TRYING
TO JELL A COHESIVE REGIONAL
STRATEGY ON HOMELESSNESS THAT,
AS FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING
THE NEWS RECENTLY, HAVE SEEN IT
IS AN ONGOING PROCESS.
AS THIS RELATES TO GETTING
EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT
THEY HAVE BEEN REPORTING IN
IMPACTFUL MEETINGS AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO ANOTHER ONE ON THE
15th TO KEEP GOING DOWN THAT
PATH OF REGIONAL COLLABORTION.
LAST WEEK I HAD A TOWN HALL ON
FRIDAY EVENING. I INTEND TO
HAVE A COUPLE OF TOWN HALL'S
OVER THE COURSE OF THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
THIS WAS A VERY SORT OF TOP
LINE, JUST AN INTRODUCTION TO
HOW THE PROCESS WORKS NOW THAT
WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF IT,
AND HOW PEOPLE CAN REMAIN
INVOLVED AND MAKE THEIR VOICE
HEARD THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AS
IMPORTANT DEADLINES COME UP.
IT WAS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO RELAY
THAT INFORMATION EARLY ON AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE
TOWN HALLS AS WE GO THROUGHOUT
THE FALL.
JUST TO ECHO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S EARLIER COMMENTS IT
WAS GOOD TO JOIN WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND HIS
OFFICE FOR A LUNCH AND LEARN
REGARDING PASSIVE HOUSING
CONSTRUCTION AND THE USE OF
MASS TIMBER NON-PRODUCTS.
BUT AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND
CLIMATE CHANGE CONSCIOUS WAY OF
MOLDING OUR BUILD ENVIRONMENT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
MEETING OUR AMBITIOUS CLIMATE
GOALS AND ALSO JUST MAKING SURE
FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT
WITH PASSIVE HOUSING,
INSULATING OURSELVES FROM
POTENTIAL DISASTERS LIKE THE
SMOKE THAT WE ENCOUNTERED OVER
THE SUMMER.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME
POTENTIAL THINGS COMING OUT OF
THAT TO INFLUENCE THE WORK OF
THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE MEETING,
AND APPRECIATED THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
I HAD MY FINAL SESSION OF THE
SEASON AT THE QUEEN AND FARMERS
MARKET, IT WAS SAID TO HAVE TO
WRAP THAT.
IT WAS REALLY REWARDING TO BE
ABLE TO GO OUT THERE ALMOST
EVERY WEEK WITH A COUPLE OF
EXCEPTIONS.
YOU KNOW I CANCELED ONE OF THE
SESSIONS FOR A WEEK THAT WAS
PARTICULARLY BAD AIR QUALITY
FOR EXAMPLE, FROM THE SMOKE.
BUT GENERALLY GOING THERE EVERY
WEEK TO THE QUEEN AND FARMERS
MARKET, IT WAS OPEN AND
OPERATIONAL.
IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET FACE TO FACE DURING A
PERIOD WHERE, UNFORTUNATELY OUR
ABILITY TO DO THAT AS A
SOCIETY, COMMUNITY, AND AS
ELECTED OFFICIALS HAS BEEN
HAMPERED BY THE VERY NECESSARY
PUBLIC HEALTH RESTRAINTS
RELATED TO GETTING A HOLD ON
COVID-19. IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE
THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIALLY
DISTANCED, ONE-ON-ONE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE
OF THE QUEEN AND NEIGHBORHOOD
IN DISTRICT 7 AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT
HOPEFULLY IN BETTER TIMES AS WE
GO FORWARD AND THAT INTERACTION
BECOMES EASIER AGAIN IN A WORLD
WITH A VACCINE AND JUST A
BETTER PUBLIC HEALTH
ENVIRONMENT WITH THAT I DON'T
HAVE ANY OTHER UPDATES I LOOK
FORWARD TO OUR SESSIONS LATE IN
THE WEEK WHERE WE START GETTING
INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS AGAIN
SAID THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR THAT REPORT ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
HEARING NONE WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES NEEDS A COUPLE OF MORE
MOMENTS, SO IF YOU DON'T MIND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IF YOU
ARE PREPARED TO GO THAT WOULD
BE A HELP TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES WHO IS LIKE MANY OF US
DEALING WITH STUFF AT HOME
WHILE WE TELECOMMUTE.
SO COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
THEN WE WILL CIRCLE BACK TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IF SHE IS
AVAILABLE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOOD
MORNING MADAM PRESIDENT AND
COLLEAGUES.
I DO WANT TO SAY A QUICK NOTE
TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU
ASKED IF WE HAD COMMENTS AND I
THOUGHT I WOULD SAY AT THE
BEGINNING OF MY COMMENTS HERE,
I WANT TO THINK COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ BUT FOR THE HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE ON INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES DAY FROM THE LOCAL TO
THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
I APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING US
WITH THAT REPORT ON THE HISTORY
OF THE DAY AND ALSO THE CALL TO
ACTION.
AND THE ONGOING COMMITMENTS
THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
MAKE TO ADDRESS VARIOUS
INJUSTICES, SO I APPRECIATE YOU
AND YOUR REPORT THIS MORNING.
FOR FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE THERE IS NO ITEM ON
THIS AFTERNOON'S FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA, AND AS FAR AS THE
BUDGET I WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HE WAS
PRESENT ONOUR PUBLIC HEARING
LAST TUESDAY.
THERE WAS OVER 155 PEOPLE
SIGNED UP TO PRESENT IN THE
EVENING AND WE STAYED ON FOR
OVER FOUR HOURS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
NOT JUST BEING PRESENT, BUT
LISTENING, HEARING, AND
FOLLOWING UP WITH THE VARIOUS
PEOPLE WHO CALLED IN.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO
CALLED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE
PUBLIC HEARING, IT WAS A REALLY
ROBUST DISCUSSION AND I KNOW
NOT EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO JOIN
AND IN THE LATE EVENING
TIMEFRAME, SO WE ARE CONTINUING
TO RECEIVE YOUR EMAILS AND
CALLS.
WE ARE SHARING THOSE WITH ALL
OF OUR COUNSEL COLLEAGUES AND
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR TIME AND
COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING US WITH
THE INPUT FROM YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE AND YOUR FAMILY'S
PERSPECTIVE.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY THAT WE HEARD.
WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COMPLETE A VIDEO THAT WILL BE
SENT OUT TODAY, SUMMARIZING OUR
ACTIVITIES FROM LAST WEEK.
WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
SENDING WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN
DOING IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS TO
ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND
GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE
BUDGET PROCESS AND ALSO TO
SOLICIT IDEAS FROM CONSTITUENTS
AND NEIGHBORS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANKS AGAIN TO THE
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND -- FOR
WORKING ON THAT VIDEO.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT
WITH YOU AROUND EARLY
AFTERNOON, JUST AFTER NOON
TODAY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING WITH
THE PUBLIC ALL OF THE WORK THAT
YOU HAVE IN DOING OVER THE LAST
WEEK TO GET THE WORD OUT, AND
WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IS
TO ENDEAVOR TO GET THAT
INFORMATION OUT.
I ALSO WANT TO BE FEATURING
VARIOUS PUBLIC COMMENT MOMENTS
FROM LAST TUESDAY'S PUBLIC
HEARING.
VERY COMPELLING PUBLIC
TESTIMONY AND WE WILL BE
PATCHING SOME OF THAT AS WELL
AS WE ROLL OUT MORE INFORMATION
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT
WAYS TO GET ENGAGED WITH OUR
BUDGET ROCESS FOR 2021.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK FOLKS
WITHIN YOUR OFFICES, EACH OF
YOU HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY, WHAT
YOU WILL SEE IN THE VIDEO IS
ENGAGEMENT FROM FARMERS
MARKETS, TWO PRESENTATIONS ON
SEATTLE CHANNEL, PUBLIC TOWN
HALL MEETINGS THAT YOU HAD, TO
TALKING WITH VARIOUS
CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN YOUR
DISTRICTS, AND FOR
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ AND I
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE.
IT IS GOING TO BE A REALLY
IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
BREAK DOWN WHAT THE BUDGET
PROCESS REALLY MEANS, AND FOR
US TO SOLICIT INPUT FROM OUR
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS
ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO
HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN CUT
DOING AND WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO DO.
I WILL HAVE MORE OF A REPORT
OUT FROM THE HELP ONE RIGHT
ALONG I PARTICIPATED IN LAST
TUESDAY.
WE WILL BE FEATURING SOME OF
THE INFORMATION IN MY TUESDAY
REPORT THAT IS COMING OUT
TOMORROW.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS NOTING HE
IS GOING ON A RIDE ALONG AS
WELL.
ON A SIMILAR NOTE FROM THE
FOLKS AT HEALTH ONE THEY HAVE
INVITED, IN FACT CHALLENGED ME
TO SEE IF WE CAN GET EVERY
SINGLE COUNCILMEMBER TO
PARTICIPATE IN A RIDE ALONG.
AND I KNOW THERE IS STRONG
INTEREST FROM THIS COUNCIL BUT
FROM THE PAST VOTES THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE TAKEN, TO
NEWER MEMBERS AND THEIR
COMMITMENTS AND THE SUPPORT
THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN.
SO I THOUGHT I'D PASS ALONG
THAT CHALLENGE AND EXTEND THE
INVITATION.
IT WAS VERY, VERY COMPELLING
THE RIDE ALONG ON THE
CONVERSATION WAS EXTREMELY
HELPFUL IN TERMS OF GETTING
FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON WHAT THEY
DO ON A DAILY BASIS, THE
CHALLENGES THEY FACE, AND SOME
OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE.
THANKS AGAIN TO THE HEALTH ONE
TEAM AND WE WILL HAVE MORE OUT
ON THAT REPORT LATER THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK IS WEEK 3 OF THE
BUDGET PROCESS, I WILL BE
SENDING OUT A MEMO EVERY MONDAY
AS I DID LAST WEEK SUMMARIZING
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN THE
UPCOMING WEEKS.
IN THIS MEMO SHE WILL SEE,
FIRST, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
IN OUR COMMITTEE, THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE IN THE UPCOMING
WEEK.2nd, ANY INTERNAL
DEADLINES WE HAVE, AS A
REMINDER FOR OURSELVES, THE
STAFF AND GENERAL PUBLIC
READOUT WITH THE PROCESS LOOKS
LIKE FOR THIS WEEK IN TERMS OF
UPGRADING AND -- THE BUDGET.
THE THIRD THING YOU SEE IS ANY
PUBLIC EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
THAT THE TEAM IS WORKING ON AND
THAT WILL BE THE FORMAT FOR THE
MEMOS AS THEY COME OUT.
THAT WILL COME LATER TODAY.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THIS
WEEK'S MEMO IS THE SUMMARY AND
HIGHLIGHTS FOR WHAT TO EXPECT
ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WE
PIVOTED TO THE ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION WHERE COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF WILL WALK US
THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES
THEY'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AS IT WAS
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR.
WE WILL HEAR FROM EACH OF THE
CENTRAL STAFF WHO HAVE LEAD ON
KEY ISSUES IN THE BUDGET, BASED
ON WHERE YOUR ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION FORMS HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED.
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION FORMS ARE
WHAT WE CALL FORM A's FOR THE
GENERAL PUBLIC, AND THIS YEAR
WE HAVE 158 FORM A's.
THIS IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN
LAST YEAR, IT IS NOT TOTALLY
ANORMAL IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER
OF FORM A's, BUT IT'S A LOT.
WE WANT TO THANK OUR FOLKS AT
CENTRAL STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE IN HELPING TO
CRAFT THESE FORM A' S. AS WE
CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT FEW
FORMS.
AS A REMINDER WE ARE GOING TO
BE MEETING ON THURSDAY/FRIDAY
THIS WEEK AND THEN WE WILL
CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY IN THE WEEK
FOLLOWING.
THIS LEVEL OF FORMS MEANS THAT
WE ARE GOING TO NEED ALL OF YOU
TO ENGAGE IN READING THROUGH
THOSE FORMS IN ADVANCE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK
CENTRAL STAFF IN ADVANCE OF THE
HEARING, THAT'S GREAT.
I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ALSO ASK
YOUR QUESTIONS AND ENGAGE IN
THE DISCUSSION IN THURSDAY AND
FRIDAYS CONVERSATIONS THIS
UPCOMING WEEK.
ADDITIONALLY MANY OF THE FORMS
DO YOU HAVE A LARGE DOLLAR
AMOUNT, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO
CONTINUE TO REMIND FOLKS THAT
IN THE NEXT ITERATION EACH OF
THESE ITEMS NEED TO BE SELF-
BALANCING.
AS WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH
REVENUE FOR EXISTING PROGRAMS.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE IN FRONT OF
US IS TO CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY
REVENUE STREAMS.
AGAIN VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE ALL
PASSED THE JUMPSTART
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE PACKAGE
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THIS MEANS WE ARE $214 MILLION
LESS THAN THE WHOLE FAMILY
WOULD HAVE BEEN.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THERE IS MORE
WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY GIVEN
THE CRISIS THAT COVID HAS
PRESENTED OR EXACERBATED.
SO WE WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CONTINUE TO THINK THROUGH THE
REVENUE STREAMS IDENTIFIED WITH
THE ISSUE IDENTIFICATION FORMS
SO THE NEXT ITERATION WE WILL
BE ABLE TO HAVE A SELF-
BALANCING CONVERSATION WHEN IT
COMES TO MORE NEEDS.
AS A REMINDER THOUGH FOR THE
PUBLIC THESE SHOW OF
IDENTIFICATIONS ARE REALLY MORE
OF A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF
WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
LOOKING AT, AND DO NOT HAVE TO
HAVE A SELF ALANSON DOLLAR
AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
BUT THAT WILL BE COMING UP VERY
SHORTLY.
JUST A QUICK PREVIEW OF WHAT TO
EXPECT DURING ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION, FOR CENTRAL
STAFF WILL PRESENT THE ISSUES
ON THE OPTIONS THEY HAVE
IDENTIFIED TO THEIR INDEPENDENT
ANALYSIS.
SECOND, FOLLOWING THEIR
PRESENTATION OF THOSE ISSUES
EACH COUNCILMEMBER THAT HAS
PROPOSED THE ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION FORM WILL BE
ASKED TO PRESENT A SHORT SUMMARY
OF WHY THEY ARE INTERESTD IN
THE ISSUE.
WITH OVER 150 PROPOSALS THOUGH,
THESE SUMMARIES WILL NEED TO BE
VERY BRIEF, AND THEN I ASK FOLKS
TO KEEP TO A VERY SHORT
TIMELINE ON THOSE AND I WILL
FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU ON THAT
SAME.
THIRD, THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED
VIA THE FORM WILL BE GROUPED
TOGETHER BY DEPARTMENT OR ISSUE
AREA.
IF THE PROPOSAL YOU SUBMITTED
THIS FOR A DEPARTMENT WHICH
CENTRAL STAFF DID NOT PREPARE A
STANDALONE SUMMARY PAPER, THEN
IT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE
END.
THIS YEAR I WILL NOT BE ASKING
FOR FOLKS TO PROVIDE A SHOW OF
HANDS FOR SUPPORT FOR FORM A's.
WE ARE LIMITING THE
CONVERSATIONS TO DISCUSSIONS
ONLY IS INFORMATION ON WHICH TO
BASE FORM P'S.
ON FORM P'S YOU WILL BE ASKED
RAISE YOUR HAND AND SHOW IF IT
IS AN INTEREST.
FOR FORM A's IS ONLY FOR
DISCUSSION PURPOSES.
WITH THAT MADAM PRESIDENT JUST
A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS TO
COME FROM ME IN THIS WEEK.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE
EVENTS THAT IS HAPPENING
TONIGHT, SEATTLE TOWN HALL IS
PUTTING ON AN EVENT WITH
INCREDIBLE AUTHOR RICHARD
ROTHSTEIN WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF
"THE COLOR OF LAW".
FOLKS HAVE NOT SEEN THIS BOOK
OR READ THIS, I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO GET A COPY AND TO TUNE IN
THIS EVENING.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION THAT WE ARE
HAVING, IT IS NOT JUST A
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE
WAYS IN WHICH REDLINING AND
RACIST COMMENTS AND
EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND LAND
POLICIES HAVE LED TO
SEGREGATION.
BUT IT IS A RELEVANT
CONVERSATION FOR TODAY'S
ANALYSIS OF HOW WE NEED TO
CHANGE ZONING AND BUILDING
PRACTICES SO THAT WE CAN CREATE
A MORE INCLUSIVE, AFFORDABLE
AND SUSTAINABLE CITY.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
PART OF A PANEL THIS EVENING, A
REALLY INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE TO
BE ON A PANEL WITH
COUNCILMEMBER CLAUDIA BALDUCCI
FROM KING COUNTY AND COLLEEN
ECHO HAWK, TO SEATTLE CLUB, AND
THIS PANEL WILL FOLLOW IN OUR
PRESENTATION FROM RICHARD
ROTHSTEIN.
THE PRESENTATION STARTS AT 7:30
P.M.
TONIGHT AND YOU CAN STILL GET
TICKETS AT
WWW.TOWNHALLSEATTL E.ORG, CLICK
IN THE MIDDLE THERE IS AN ICON
THAT LITCHI TO THE HISTORY OF
HOUSING SEGREGATION TODAY.
AND MADAM PRESIDENT JUST VERY
BRIEFLY ON THE SUMMARIES FOR
FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT HAD THE
CHANCE TO HEAR ABOUT THIS BOOK
OR HEAR ABOUT ROTHSTEIN BEFORE,
THE SUMMARY OR PREVIEW OF THE
DISCUSSION THIS AFTERNOON.
ROTHSTEIN WRITES "TODAY'S
RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION IN THE
NORTH, SOUTH, MIDWEST AND WEST
IS NOT THE UNINTENDED
ONSEQUENCES OF INDIVIDUAL
CHOICES, AND OTHERWISE WELL-
MEANING LOG REGULATION.
BUT UPON HIDDEN PUBLIC POLICY
THAT EXPLICITLY SEGREGATED
EVERY METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE
UNITED STATES."
HE GOES ON TO WRITE "BY FAILING
TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NOW LIVE
WITH A SEVERE AND ENDURING
EFFECTS OF SEGREGATION BY LAW
PUBLIC POLICY WE AVOID
CONFRONTING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL
OBLIGATION TO REVERSE IT.
WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
ADDRESS THIS AS A
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE, NOT JUST
A MORAL OBLIGATION.
THIS IS A MORAL OBLIGATION AS
WELL AS A CONSTITUTIONAL
OBLIGATION THAT WE ARE REQUIRED
TO FILL."
IN SUMMARY HE SAYS, "WE HAVE
CREATED A CASTE SYSTEM IN THIS
COUNTRY BY WAY OF THE
SEGREGATION POLICIES AS IT
RELATES TO HOUSING, BY RACIALLY
EXCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT POLICIES.
AND ALTHOUGH MANY CASES WHERE
THESE POLICIES ARE NO LONGER ON
THE BOOKS, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN
REDEEMED, AND THEIR EFFECTS
INDOOR."
SO THIS IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE WAYS IN WHICH THE LEGACY OF
EXPLICIT RACIAL COVENANTS IN
OUR ZONING AND HOUSING POLICIES
CONTINUE TODAY.
HE TALKS ABOUT SEATTLE IN THIS
BOOK, AND THIS IS AS RECENT AS
2007 SUPREME COURT RULING THAT
RELAYED BACK TO SEATTLE'S
RACIST COVENANT POLICIES, AND
HOW WE AS PUBLIC POLICYMAKERS
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND
OBLIGATION TO AMEND AND CHANGE
THESE POLICIES.
IF YOU HAVE NOT READ IT HE WILL
DO A BETTER JOB THAN I DID IN
SUMMARIZING IT.
COME TONIGHT.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THAT REPORT?
OKAY HEARING NONE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH COUNCILMEMBER MORALES --
MOSQUEDA WALKING US THROUGH
WHAT TO EXPECT THE REST OF THE
WEEK . I HAD A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND MAYBE
ALLIE, WHO I SEE IS ON THE LINE
WITH US THIS MORNING.
SO FIRST IN TERMS OF THE HEALTH
ONE , WHY AM I FORGETTING WHAT
IT IS CALLED?
THE HEALTH ONE RIGHT ALONG,
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT COVID SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
THAT ARE TAKEN DURING THAT RIDE
ALONG?
ESPECIALLY SINCE PRESUMABLY IT
IS DONE WITHIN A CONTAINED,
ENCLOSED SPACE FOR A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF TIME?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO FIRST, EVERYBODY BRING YOUR
MASK.
I SHOWED UP WITH MY MASK WITH
DOUBLE FILTERS AND, THEY ALSO
HAVE N95 MASKS FOR YOU UPON
ARRIVAL.
THERE WAS A SMALL DISCUSSION
WITH THE ROUNDTABLE OF
FIREFIGHTERS, CASE MANAGERS
FROM HST, AND I WAS ALSO
JOINED, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
FOLKS FROM IAF F 27, LEAH
JOINED ME FROM THE GENERAL
FIREFIGHTERS PERSPECTIVE.
WE SAT SOCIALLY DISTANCED, BUT
IT WAS INSIDE AND WE DID ALL
HAVE MASKS ON WITH APPROPRIATE
VENTILATION WITHIN THE ROOM AS
WELL.
SO IF FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO DO
THE RIGHT ALONG AND YOU PREFER
TO HAVE A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
OUTDOORS OR PERHAPS IN THE
GARAGE THEY HAVE WHICH IS MUCH
BIGGER, I KNOW THAT IS AN
OPTION AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF THE RIDE ALONG WE
HAD GLOVES AND THE N95 MASKS AS
WELL AND BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO
ENSURE THERE IS TRUST BUILT
WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS AND CASE
MANAGERS AS THEY GO OUT WITH
THE HEALTH ONE TEAM , WE DID
NOT GO DIRECTLY TO TALK TO THE
INDIVIDUALS THEY WERE SERVING
WE BASICALLY OBSERVED AND
RESPECTED THE DISTANCE FROM
AFAR.
SEE YOU'RE NOT INTERACTING WITH
INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT MORE OBSERVING HOW THE TEAM
INTERACTS.
EVEN FROM A DISTANCE I COULD
SEE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THEY
WERE ASSISTING, THEY WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT INJURIES ON HIS
FEET.
ONCE THEY GOT HIM SOCKS AND
PANTS AND GOT HIM CLOTHED.
HIS DEMEANOR CHANGED AND YOU
COULD SEE THE EXPERIENCE EVEN
FROM AFAR AND HOW THAT
RELATIONSHIP REALLY IS
IMPORTANT, AND YOU CAN DO THAT
WHILE SOCIALLY DISTANCING.
SO, I FELT VERY SAFE AND I KNOW
IF OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD
LIKE TO GO THEY ARE VERY
ACCOMMODATING TO MAKE SURE YOU
FEEL SAFE IN THAT REGARD AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE OFFER TO
WANT TO DO THE RIDE ALONG AND
SORT OF THE CHALLENGE FOR LACK
OF A BETTER TERM.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
EVERY SINGLE COUNCILMEMBER
COMES TO THIS PANDEMIC WITH
THEIR OWN PERSONAL LIVED
EXPERIENCES, AND PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS, AND ET CETERA ET
CETERA RELATED TO POTENTIAL
EXPOSURE.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
FIREFIGHTERS WHO DON'T HEAR
FROM CERTAIN COUNCILMEMBERS
UNDERSTAND THAT MAY BE THE
MOTIVATION FOR NOT HEARING FROM
CERTAIN COUNCILMEMBERS AS
OPPOSED TO A LACK OF INTEREST
OR EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE HEALTH
ONE PROGRAM . WHICH I HAVE BEEN
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF FROM THE GET
GO.
BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT, NOT EVERYONE MAY BE ABLE
TO PARTICIPATE IN A RIDE ALONG
BECAUSE OF ISSUES RELATED TO
POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO COVID-19.
EVEN UNDER MAXIMUM SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS, SO I JUST WANTED
TO PUT THAT OUT THERE REALLY
QUICKLY.
AND THEN SECOND, IN TERMS OF
THE BUDGET, ALLIE I WAS HOPING
THAT YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT -- JUST THREAD THE
NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT FOR US ON
THE FORM' -- FORM A's. I THINK
SOME FOLKS MAY BE A LITTLE
SHELLSHOCKED BY THE NUMBER OF
FORM A's SUBMITTED THEM WHAT
THE SIGNIFICANCE IS AND WHAT
THE IMPACT IS ON THE BUDGET.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPLAIN TO THE VIEWING PUBLIC
THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU SUBMIT A
FORM A DOES NOT MEAN IT BECOMES
PART OF THE BUDGET.
AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF
TIMES, PARTICULARLY MEMBERS AND
VARIOUS STUDENT NUMBERS IN OUR
MEDIA BEGAN TO CRUNCH THE
NUMBERS ON THE TOTAL TALLY OF
THE FORM A'S AND RUN WITH THAT.
AND THE COUNCIL INTENDS TO MAKE
SOME SORT OF ADS OF FULL-TIME
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE
BUDGET, AND I JUST THINK IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE
CLARITY AROUND WHAT THE PRECISE
GOAL IS OF THE FORM A'S SO THAT
THERE ISN'T MISCELLANEOUS
INFORMATION FLOATING AROUND
ABOUT THE COUNCIL'S INTENT AS
IT RELATES TO THE FORM A's
PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU, I THINK OF THE
COUNCIL'S BUDGET PROCESS IS
SORT OF A NARROWING OF IDEAS AS
WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED
THROUGH FORM A ARE AT THE
BEGINNING STAGES, EXPRESSING
COUNCILMEMBERS INTERESTS IN
PURSUING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE
CHANGES TO THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET.
SO THESE ARE HIGH LEVEL
PROPOSALS THAT REFLECT A RANGE
OF IDEAS IN TERMS OF RESTORING
PROJECTS THAT ARE CUT IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET, INCREASING
FUNDING FOR CERTAIN SERVICES,
EXPRESSING WHERE COUNCILMEMBER
PRIORITIES ARE.
IN THE NEXT PHASE AND AS WE
MOVE FORWARD IT STARTS TO GET
NARROWER AS WE LOOK AT WHAT
RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND HOW
PRIORITIES LINE WITH THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE
COUNCIL.
IN MANY CASES ALL OF THIS IS
IMPORTANT WORK AND EXPRESSED
PRIORITIES, HOWEVER THERE ARE
MANY THINGS IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET THAT ARE ALSO
COUNCILMEMBER PRIORITIES.
THERE WILL BE HARD CHOICES
AHEAD.
THESE FORM A's ARE JUST
INDICATING INTEREST IN
MODIFYING THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET.
WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY SO
DIALED IN THAT WE KNOW THE
EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT TO FULFILL
THE COUNCILMEMBERS AUTHORITIES,
OR IS IT NECESSARILY SAYING
THAT IT IS A HIGHER PRIORITY
THAN THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE
IN SORT OF THE BASE BUDGET AND
THAT SOR OF THING.
AND WE WILL REFINE THE
PROPOSALS AS WE MOVE FORWARD,
BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO PUT A LARGE
NUMBER OF IDEAS OUT THERE FOR
DISCUSSION.
AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
INDICATE THAT THERE IS A
PROPOSAL THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD.
AND ALSO IF SOMETHING IS NOT
INCLUDED IN THESE PROPOSALS IT
CAN STILL BE BROUGHT UP IN
OTHER ROUNDS AND OTHER
DISCUSSIONS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU ALLIE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PIVOT OVER
TO ALLIE AND PROVIDE A LITTLE
BIT MORE CONTEXT AND TEXTURE TO
THAT FORM A PROCESS IN TERMS OF
THE GLOBAL WORK THAT WE WILL BE
UNDERGOING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF MONTHS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I THINK THAT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR THE
PUBLIC, AND ALSO FOR FOLKS WHO
ARE COVERING THIS ISSUE.
AND AS A REMINDER THAT WE
RESTARTED IN OUR DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET
IS THAT WE, AS A LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH, HAVE TO DO THESE
CONVERSATIONS IN PUBLIC.
WE ARE THE ONLY BRANCH THAT
TOUCHES THE BUDGET THAT
ACTUALLY DOES THESE
DELIBERATIONS IN PUBLIC.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IS SORT OF THE
BEHIND-THE-SCENES SAUSAGE
MAKING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DONE
BY LAWYERS OFFICES, THEY WERE
CONTEMPLATING BUDGET ITEMS.
THIS IS OUR CHANCE AS THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TO
CONTEMPLATE ITEMS.
AND SOME OF THESE ITEMS TO HAVE
LARGE TICKET VALUES TO THEM.
WE WILL NEED TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION AS WE DO IN PUBLIC
ABOUT WHERE OUR VALUES AND
PRIORITIES LIE, AND I KNOW WE
WANT TO DO MUCH, MUCH MORE IF
WE HAD MORE RESOURCES.
BUT WE WILL BE ENGAGED IN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS ON HOW TO NARROW
DOWN, AS ALLIE SAID THE
PRIORITIES.
IT IS A VERY GOOD REMINDER
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND A
REMINDER FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL
THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE
SHOULD BE DOING.
THINKING THROUGH ALL VARIOUS
OPTIONS AND HAVING THOSE
DISCUSSIONS DELIVERED IN
PUBLIC.
AND LASTLY I WOULD JUST SAY A
NOTE FROM THE HEALTH ONE TEAM,
IT WAS A CHALLENGE AND A GOOD
GESTURE BECAUSE THEY WERE ALSO
VERY APPRECIATIVE, I WANT TO
PASS ON THEIR NOTES OF
APPRECIATION FOR PAST
INVESTMENTS AS WELL.
YOU ALL, I THINK, HAVE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT
FROM THE FACT THAT WE ALL HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO INVEST IN THIS
PROJECT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND THE HEALTH ONE TEAM IS UP
AND RUNNING IN JUST A HALF A
YEAR UNDER THEIR BELT TO REALLY
SHOW INCREDIBLE PROGRESS
ALREADY.
SERVING OVER 400 PEOPLE, WE
HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE TEAM,
AND THEY HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED
APPRECIATION FOR THE SUPPORT
THEY RECEIVED
SO IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT IN
PERSON I REALLY UNDERSTAND AND
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR
REMINDING US ALL.
WE ALL COME TO THE COVID
SITUATION FROM VERY DIFFERENT
PLACES AND I COMPLETELY
UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE
FOLKS WHO PROVIDED THE TOUR AND
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO GO,
FOR SHARING WHAT YOU CAN WITH
THE REST OF YOUR COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR THAT AND FOR THE
NOTES FROM THE TEAM OVER AT
HEALTH ONE.
WE ALWAYS FEEL THAT AND MAKE AN
INVESTMENT IN CREATIVE MODELS
THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND
TO ACUITY NEEDS OUT ON THE
STREETS WAS A WISE INVESTMENT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS BEING
PROVEN VERY WELL BY THIS TEAM,
SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK
FORWARD TO MORE OF THEIR
CREATIVE INNOVATIVE AND
COMPASSIONATE WORK OUT IN THE
FIELD.
OKAY FOLKS IF THERE ARE NO
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THE REPORT FROM COUNCILMEMBER
úMOSQUEDA.
WE WILL MOVE DOWN THE LINE,
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
COUNCILMEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES
FOR INDULGING ME.
I AM ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, SERVING
AS TEACHING ASSISTANT THESE
DAYS, AS WELL AS TECH SUPPORT
AND LUNCH LADY.
SO THERE IS A LOT GOING ON OVER
HERE RIGHT NOW.
THANKS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA , FOREGOING AHEAD OF
ME.
TODAY AS WE KNOW ON THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
WE HAVE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS TO
GET ENGAGED INCLUDING FIVE THAT
WILL BE GOING THROUGH MY
COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STAY, AND
THANK THOSE WHO ADVOCATED FOR
THIS RESOLUTION IN 2014,
INCLUDING THE AFFILIATED TRIBES
OF NORTHWEST INDIANS, THE
SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION, AND OTHERS.
AND AS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
MENTIONED AT 2:00 TODAY --
WILL BE LIVE STREAMING
CELEBRATION.
WANT TO THANK OUR OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS AND OTHERS FOR
SUPPORTING THEM AND SPONSORING
THIS EVENT.
I DO ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE
THE SEATTLE STORM ON THEIR
FOURTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP,
FOUR, THAT IS THE FOURTH
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF OUR
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.
LAST WEEK I HAD A MEETING WITH
THE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF
WHICH I AM A MEMBER THROUGH THE
KSR SEA.
I HEARD FROM THE WASHINGTON
STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
AND OTHERS ABOUT THE NEED TO
FOCUS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
IN THE AREA THROUGH JUST OUR
SKILLS TRAINING FOR DISPLACED
WORKERS, FOR YOUNGER WORKERS,
AS WE MOVE INTO WHAT WE HOPE
WILL BE A REGIONAL ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
WE ALSO DID LEARN ABOUT THE
LATEST ROUND OF CARES FUNDING
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO HOMESITE, COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT IS TEAMING UP WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO
DEVELOP THE COMMUNITY SMALL
BUSINESS RESILIENCY GRANT
PROGRAM.
USING $5 MILLION IN FEDERAL
C.A.R.E.S.
ACT FUNDS.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOUR
BUSINESS CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR
GRANTS UP TO $10,000 YOU CAN
CONTACT HOMESITE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
COLLEAGUES WE KNOW THAT
HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO BE A
CRISIS IN OUR CITY, AND MY
STAFF AND I HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY
MEETING WITH FOLKS FROM ACROSS
THE DISTRICT.
TO DISCUSS THE BEST WAY FORWARD
IN ADDRESSING THE CRISIS.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM SEVERAL NEW
HOLLYMEAD MEMBERS.
MY STAFF COORDINATED WITH SPU
AND WITH REACH ENGAGED WITH
NEIGHBORS LIVING IN AN
ENCAMPMENT AT JOHN C LITTLE
PARK AND HAS ALSO OFFERED A
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WITH
SEVERAL OF THOSE NEIGHBORS.
WE HAVE MET WITH NEIGHBORS IN
GEORGETOWN AND WE WILL BE
MEETING AGAIN THIS WEEK TO TALK
WITH THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS WITH
NEARBY BUSINESSES AND SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH REACH
AND OTHER HOMELESS OUTREACH
PROVIDERS TO HELP NEIGHBORS
LIVING IN AND ENCAMPMENT UNDER
I-5 AT THE JACKSON AND KING
STREET INTERSECTIONS, TO START
RECONFIGURING THEIR ENCAMPMENT
BECAUSE OF CONCERNS FROM NEARBY
BUSINESSES.
SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW FOLKS TO
STAY AND STILL ENGAGE WITH
SERVICES IN THE AREA RATHER
THAN COMPLETELY BEING REMOVED
FROM THE AREA.
LAST WEEK WE CONVENED A MEETING
BETWEEN FOLKS IN THE CID AS
WELL AS WITH REACH, LEAD, CRs
AND OTHER PROVIDERS WHERE
NEIGHBORS LEARNED ABOUT
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JUST
CARES PROGRAM TO HELP FOLKS
LIKE THOSE LIVING IN THE I-5
ENCAMPMENT TO FIND SUPPORTIVE
SHELTER AT HOTELS.
WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH
THE COLUMBIA CITY BUSINESS
ASSOCIATION TO IMPROVE HOMELESS
ENGAGEMENT IN THE SOUTH END,
AND CONNECT NEIGHBORS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
OUR COMMUNITY WITH GROUPS THAT
ARE OFFERING MUTUAL AID.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN
TO NEIGHBORS MOST AFFECTED BY
HOMELESSNESS ON WAYS TO HELP.
THOSE WHO ARE LIVING OUTSIDE,
THOSE WHO ARE IN VEHICLES OR
TENTS, TINY HOME OR OTHER
SHELTER, WE REALLY HAVE TRIED
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
CONNECTING THEM TO SERVICES AS
WELL AS HELPING FOLKS IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DISTRICT
UNDERSTAND WHAT RESOURCES AND
SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE ALREADY
DOING.
SO THAT THEY ARE CLEARER ABOUT
THE FACT THAT WITH THE
RESOURCES WE HAVE, WITH THE
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY
COMMITTED TO INCREASING ACCESS
TO SERVICES, WE ARE HOPING TO
REALLY BE ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE
INTO MORE STABLE SITUATIONS.
MY OFFICE IS WORKING HARD AT
ONE-ON-ONE ENGAGEMENT WITH
CONSTITUENTS.
WE WILL BE HOSTING VIRTUAL
OFFICE HOURS NOW ON SUNDAYS.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING FRIDAYS, BUT
NOW WE ARE MOVING BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS TO FRIDAY,
SUNDAYS FROM 3:00 TO 5:00 WE
WILL BE DOING ONE-ON-ONE
MEETINGS.
WE ARE ALSO SCHEDULING SAFE,
SOCIALLY DISTANT, SMALL-SCALE
NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD
MEETINGS.
OUTDOOR FORUMS THAT WILL START
LATER THIS MONTH.
THROUGHOUT THE LAST WEEK, AS WE
MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS TO HEAR
ABOUT THEIR BUDGET PRIORITIES,
I HAVE BEEN ASKED WHAT
PRINCIPLES COUNCIL WILL BE
USING TO MAKE OUR BUDGET
DECISIONS.
AND I THINK THAT IS A GREAT
QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK AS A BODY WE HAVE
REALLY HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH
FOLKS THE PRINCIPLES THAT OUR
OFFICE WILL BE USING AS WE MOVE
THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THE PRINCIPLES OUR OFFICE
ALWAYS USES AS WE ARE MAKING
DECISION, POLICY OR BUDGET
INCLUDED REPAIRING THE HARM
DONE TO BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES.
DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO
RESOURCES AND POWER.
AND PLANNING FOR THE SEVENTH
GENERATION.
SO AS WE START TO REVIEW THE
FORM A's, IF YOU SEE A PATTERN
FROM OUR OFFICE THOSE ARE THE
PRINCIPLES WE ARE FOLLOWING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
INVESTING IN AND PROVIDING
BETTER SERVICES FOR OUR
HOMELESS MEMBERS AND THAT WE
ARE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE
PLAN FOR THE SEVENTH GENERATION
. AND BY THAT WE MEAN MAKING
SURE THAT OUR AIR QUALITY,
WATER QUALITY, ACCESS TO THE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BETTER
HEALTH ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK AND
BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE A PART
OF THE CONVERSATION AND
DECISION-MAKING AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS
MORNING.
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT HEALTH ONE.
OUR OFFICE WOULD CERTAINLY BE
INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AND
LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW THAT
WORKS.
SO THANK YOU FOR STARTING THE
TREND.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES . ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT?
HEARING ON I WILL GO AHEAD AND
ROUND OUT TODAY'S REPORTS WITH
MY OWN.
THERE IS NO GOVERNANCE AND
EDUCATION COMMITTEE SCHEDULED
FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
ON TODAY'S INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR THERE IS ONLY
ONE ITEM RELATED TO THE
GOVERNANCE AND EDUCATION
COMMITTEE AND THAT IS
APPOINTMENT 1640, WHICH IS ONE
OF MANY APPOINTMENTS ON TODAY'S
INTRODUCTION CALENDAR.
WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
NEXT WEEK WHEN WE CONSIDER
THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
I HAVE NOTHING FOR MY COMMITTEE
ON TODAY'S FULL COUNCIL AGENDA.
THIS THURSDAY OCTOBER 15th
STARTING AT 10:00 A.M.
THERE IS A MEETING AT THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY GOVERNING COMMUNITY
WHICH HAS A COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS
MENTIONED I WILL BE IN
ATTENDANCE.
THERE IS NO ACTION OR POLICY
DISCUSSION ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR
AT THIS WEEK'S KC RHA MEETING
OF THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE.
THE MEETING IS BEING HELD
SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
RECEIVING A RACE AND SOCIAL
EQUITY TRAINING FOR ALL OF THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I AM REALLY HAPPY WE WILL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH
THAT TRAINING THIS THURSDAY.
ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12th, AT
9:00 A.M.
I WILL BE JOINING THE
DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVES OF KING
COUNTY FOR THEIR HOT TOPICS
CONVERSATION WITH THEIR
MEMBERS.
Y DECK FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM IS A
COALITION OF YOUTH
ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK TOWARD
OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING
THEM TOMORROW MORNING TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE CITY'S BUDGET AND HOW
FUNDS CAN BE USED TO ELEVATE
SERVICE FOR YOUTH IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 AT
9:00 A.M.
I WILL BE JOINING THE DIRECT
THERE'S COALITION AT THEIR
MONTHLY MEETING.
A PDC CONVENES AND INFORMS AND
EMERGING LEADERS AND ALLIES TO
ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES, SYSTEMS
AND INVESTMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
I WILL JOIN THEM WEDNESDAY
MORNING ALSO TO DISCUSS THE
BUDGET, PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER
ISSUES OF INTEREST.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
REPORT THIS MORNING, I AM HAPPY
TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
OKAY, HEARING NONE I AM GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND REMIND US ALL
THAT WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION, WE ARE ONLY FOUR
MINUTES BEHIND THIS MORNING,
WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD FOR THIS
GROUP.
SO I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
CALL US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION
AS PRESIDING OFFICER I AM
ANNOUNCING THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WILL NOW CAN BE IN AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE PURPOSE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION IS TO DISCUSS ANY
POTENTIAL, OR ACTUAL LABOR
NEGOTIATIONS.
THE COUNCILS INVESTIGATED -- TO
DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL
MATTERS WITH CITY ATTORNEY AS
AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
LEGAL MONITOR FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS
PRESENT TO ENSURE THE COUNCILS
RESERVES QUESTIONS FOR POLICY
FOR OPEN SESSIONS.
I EXPECT THAT TODAY'S EXECUTIVE
SESSION WILL END BY 12:00 P.M.,
NOON.
IF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS
EXTENDED YAWNED NOON TODAY I
WILL COME BACK INTO OPEN
SESSION AND ANNOUNCE THE
EXTENSION AND THE EXPECT DID
DURATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
TIS --
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