WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en-US 00:00:08.770 --> 00:00:12.930 THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE JULY 27, 2020 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 00:00:12.930 --> 00:00:17.300 WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:07PM I AM LORENA GONZALEZ PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL 00:00:17.300 --> 00:00:22.310 CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MORALES 00:00:22.310 --> 00:00:23.560 HERE MOSQUEDA 00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:25.090 HERE PEDERSEN 00:00:25.090 --> 00:00:27.110 HERE SAWANT 00:00:27.110 --> 00:00:29.370 HERE STRAUSS 00:00:29.370 --> 00:00:31.680 PRESENT LEWIS 00:00:31.680 --> 00:00:35.890 PRESENT HERBOLD 00:00:35.890 --> 00:00:39.750 HERE COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ 00:00:39.750 --> 00:00:40.750 HERE 00:00:40.750 --> 00:00:42.460 EIGHT PRESENT. 00:00:42.460 --> 00:00:50.980 THANK YOU SO MUCH. PRESENTATIONS, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PRESENTATIONS , APPROVAL OF THE 00:00:50.980 --> 00:00:56.440 MINUTES. THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY 20, 2020. THERE IS NO OBJECTION, 00:00:56.440 --> 00:01:00.740 THE MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED. HEARING NO OBJECTION THE MINUTES WILL BE 00:01:00.740 --> 00:01:04.830 SIGNED. ASK YOU TO FIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES. IF THERE IS NO 00:01:04.830 --> 00:01:11.040 OBJECTION THE PROPOSED INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:15.220 THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. 00:01:15.220 --> 00:01:20.970 APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED 00:01:20.970 --> 00:01:25.270 . HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW GOING TO 00:01:25.270 --> 00:01:30.959 CALL PUBLIC COMMENT. AS YOU RECALL WE HAVE SPLIT UP PUBLIC COMMENT INTO 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:36.520 THE TWO SESSIONS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. 00:01:36.520 --> 00:01:40.280 SO WE HAVE NOW REACHED THE FIRST OF THOSE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:44.660 FOR ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA THAT ARE LISTED FOR FINAL ACTION WHICH ARE 00:01:44.660 --> 00:01:47.760 SHOWN UNDER THE COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:51.991 SECTION ON THE AGENDA. THIS ADDED OPTION IS A NEW APPROACH TO PUBLIC COMMENT 00:01:51.991 --> 00:01:54.940 TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO 00:01:54.940 --> 00:02:01.270 PARTICIPATE AND SHARE THEIR COMMENTS WITH THE COUNCIL. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY 00:02:01.270 --> 00:02:06.000 FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE CREATE SPACE TO HEAR FIRST FROM THOSE WHO 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:11.920 ARE CALLING ON ITEMS SUBJECT TO FINAL DECISION BY COUNCILMEMBERS TODAY WILL 00:02:11.920 --> 00:02:16.670 ALSO STILL CREATING SPACE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MORE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS 00:02:16.670 --> 00:02:21.981 TO PROVIDE THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO US IN A SECOND SESSION. SO, WE 00:02:21.981 --> 00:02:29.260 ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION. BUT 00:02:29.260 --> 00:02:40.260 SEE. I ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH US AS WE CONTINUE TO 00:02:40.260 --> 00:02:47.450 LEARN HOW TO BEST OPERATE THIS NEW SYSTEM. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD SEPARATION. 00:02:47.450 --> 00:02:49.590 WE OF COURSE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FINE-TUNE THIS 00:02:49.590 --> 00:02:54.230 REMOTE PROCESS AND ADDING FEATURES THAT ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION 00:02:54.230 --> 00:02:58.650 IN OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. IT DOES REMAIN A STRONG INTENT TO HAVE PUBLIC 00:02:58.650 --> 00:03:02.180 COMMENT REGULARLY INCLUDED ON MEETING AGENDAS. HOWEVER THE CITY COUNCIL 00:03:02.180 --> 00:03:05.510 RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AND/OR ELIMINATE THESE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS IF 00:03:05.510 --> 00:03:15.370 THE SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR IS NO LONGER SUITABLE. ALL MODERATION FOR 00:03:15.370 --> 00:03:22.190 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS, THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS PARTICULAR PERIOD 00:03:22.190 --> 00:03:30.570 WILL BE 20 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN , LET ME SEE, WE HAVE 00:03:30.570 --> 00:03:36.760 QUITE THE LIST OF FOLKS WHO CALLED IN. WE ARE GOING TO DO ONE MINUTE PER 00:03:36.760 --> 00:03:41.840 SPEAKER. I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY NAME AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:44.930 THEY REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED 00:03:44.930 --> 00:03:47.630 TO SPEAK BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF 00:03:47.630 --> 00:03:54.210 PUBLIC COMMENT BY GOING TO THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE AT SEATTLE.GOV FORD/COUNSEL. 00:03:54.210 --> 00:03:58.850 THE LINK IS ALSO LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. ONCE I CALL SPEAKERS NAME 00:03:58.850 --> 00:04:03.000 STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND THAT WILL BE THE 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:07.270 SPEAKER SKU IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE START BY TELLING 00:04:07.270 --> 00:04:11.980 US YOUR NAME, THE ITEM YOU'RE ADDRESSING AND AS A REMINDER THE FIRST 00:04:11.980 --> 00:04:18.030 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA THAT ARE 00:04:18.030 --> 00:04:22.770 LISTED FOR FINAL ACTION . THESE ITEMS ARE ALSO SHOWN UNDER THE COMMITTEE 00:04:22.770 --> 00:04:27.789 REPORTS AND ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS SECTIONS ON AGENDA. SECOND, 00:04:27.789 --> 00:04:31.909 PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR 00:04:31.909 --> 00:04:36.569 A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE ALLOTTED TIME. ONCE YOU HEAR THE 00:04:36.569 --> 00:04:41.860 CHIME WE ASK YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND IF SPEAKERS 00:04:41.860 --> 00:04:45.900 DON'T AND THE COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME PROVIDED THEN 00:04:45.900 --> 00:04:50.080 THE MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT SPEAKER. 00:04:50.080 --> 00:04:53.710 ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT ASK THAT YOU DISCONNECT FROM 00:04:53.710 --> 00:04:57.620 THE LINE IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE MEETING YOU CAN DO 00:04:57.620 --> 00:05:01.999 SO ON SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE LISTING OPTIONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. I'M 00:05:01.999 --> 00:05:08.479 GOING TO OPEN UP THE FIRST COMMENT PERIOD. I SEE OUR TECH DEPARTMENT 00:05:08.479 --> 00:05:20.699 IS READY TO GO. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BRITNEY FOLLOWED BY CHARLES . 00:05:20.699 --> 00:05:24.389 GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I NAME IS BRITNEY I'M 00:05:24.389 --> 00:05:28.289 THE CHAIR OF SEATTLE GROUP. AND CALLING TO EMPHASIZE SUPPORT OF FUNDING 00:05:28.289 --> 00:05:35.279 THE MAXIMAL POSSIBLE AMOUNT FOR TRANSIT SERVICE BY .2% TAX RATE. THOUGH 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:39.620 THE PRESENT IS UNCERTAIN WE MUST LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND DO ALL WE CAN TO 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:44.990 ENSURE TRANSIT CAN EXIST AND CAN PICK UP AFTER COVID. WE CAN KEEP OUR 00:05:44.990 --> 00:05:49.690 CLIMATE ATTRACTIVE VICTORY. WE HAVE TO ENSURE THOSE WHO DEPEND ON TRANSIT 00:05:49.690 --> 00:05:55.729 NOW CAN GET TO WORK, HEALTHCARE AND CHILDCARE RELIABLY ON TIME. WE 00:05:55.729 --> 00:05:59.259 BELIEVE SEATTLE IS IN A MOOD TO TAKE THESE BOLDS STEPS TOWARD A MORE 00:05:59.259 --> 00:06:06.409 SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. SEATTLE WANTS TO ENSURE THEY HAVE SAFE TRANSPORTATION 00:06:06.409 --> 00:06:10.750 OPTIONS. VOTERS EVEN MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT BOLD TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT 00:06:10.750 --> 00:06:15.719 DISTRICTS EITHER LOCAL OFFICIAL --YOU CAN BE SURE YOU HAVE OUR FULL 00:06:15.719 --> 00:06:22.460 SUPPORT TODAY AND AT THE BALLOT BOX IN NOVEMBER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:06:22.460 --> 00:06:28.789 THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT UP IS CHARLES FOLLOWED BY JULIA. 00:06:28.789 --> 00:06:47.760 HELLO MY NAME IS CHARLES. I AM A SEVENTH DISTRICT -- >> HELLO CHARLES. 00:06:47.760 --> 00:06:52.300 JUST A MINUTE. YOU ARE BREAKING UP ON US. LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. WE HAVE 00:06:52.300 --> 00:07:01.400 RESET YOUR TIMER. BEFORE WE START PLEASE GIVE ME A TEST, ONE, TWO, THREE. 00:07:01.400 --> 00:07:04.680 TEST, ONE, TWO, THREE. 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:05.719 THAT SOUNDS GOOD. 00:07:05.719 --> 00:07:07.520 HERE WE GO. 00:07:07.520 --> 00:07:12.789 AWESOME. I'M A SEVENTH DISTRICT RENTER AND PRECINCT OFFICER CALLING TO 00:07:12.789 --> 00:07:18.569 TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DEAL WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WE MUST NOT LOSE SIGHT 00:07:18.569 --> 00:07:23.310 OF THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. INCREASING AND 00:07:23.310 --> 00:07:28.139 BETTERING OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICES IS ONE OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT 00:07:28.139 --> 00:07:32.339 AND MOST EFFECTIVE TOOLS THAT CITIES HAVE IN FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE. FOR 00:07:32.339 --> 00:07:36.779 THIS REASON AND OTHERS I SUPPORT AMENDMENTS WANTED TO SUIT EXTENDING THE 00:07:36.779 --> 00:07:43.990 SALES TAX . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. 00:07:43.990 --> 00:07:54.009 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS JULIA FOLLOWED BY CHARLIE. >> GOOD 00:07:54.009 --> 00:08:00.279 AFTERNOON . MY NAME IS JULIA. I AM WITH PUGET SOUND STAGE. I'M HERE TO 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:05.389 SUPPORT COUNCIL BILL 119833. WE WERE HERE LAST WEEK ADVOCATING FOR A 00:08:05.389 --> 00:08:09.599 TRANSFORMATIVE SPENDING PLAN ON THE NEW REVENUE AND TODAY BECOME 00:08:09.599 --> 00:08:13.619 FRUSTRATED MAKING A DIFFICULT DECISION BETWEEN TAXING LOW-INCOME 00:08:13.619 --> 00:08:20.180 COMMUNITIES TO FUND THAT TRANSIT. REALLY WE NEED BETTER SOLUTIONS FOR 00:08:20.180 --> 00:08:27.430 FUNDING TRANSIT AND REGION SOLUTIONS WHICH IS WHY WE STRONGLY SUPPORT 00:08:27.430 --> 00:08:32.539 31960 AND LOOK TO PUSH FOR PROGRESSIVE FUNDING SOURCES AND SEEK REGIONAL 00:08:32.539 --> 00:08:37.240 SOLUTIONS IN FOUR YEARS. EVEN THOUGH WE NEEDED BETTER CONNECTED REGIONAL 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.910 TRANSIT YESTERDAY, SIGNIFICANTLY ERODING SERVICE WE HAVE IN SEATTLE ONLY 00:08:41.910 --> 00:08:46.940 FURTHER UNDERMINE COMMUNITIES FACING A TRIPLE THREAT OF VIOLENCE, HIGH 00:08:46.940 --> 00:08:56.390 RATES OF COVID-19, DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND RACISM. >> THANK YOU FOR 00:08:56.390 --> 00:09:00.690 CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS CHARLIE FOLLOWED BY NATHAN. 00:09:00.690 --> 00:09:06.740 MY NAME IS CHARLIE, I AM WITH THE MLK LABOR COUNCIL. I'M ALSO RANK AND 00:09:06.740 --> 00:09:11.200 FILE NUMBER OF --I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR SUPPORT OF THE TRANSPORTATION 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:16.720 DISTRICT. IN SEATTLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA TRANSPORTATION IS JUST 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:21.170 SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE USES EVERYDAY. OUR REGION CONTINUES TO GROW AND 00:09:21.170 --> 00:09:25.430 WORKING PEOPLE NEED TO GET AROUND. WE SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL AND 00:09:25.430 --> 00:09:30.650 SPECIFICALLY THE .2% TAX FOR THIS SIMPLE REASON THAT WE HAVE A 00:09:30.650 --> 00:09:36.470 TRANSPORTATION CRISIS . FROM 976 THAT WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR TO THE COVID 00:09:36.470 --> 00:09:41.220 CRISIS TO THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE WE ARE IN A DEEP HOLE. WE KNOW PEOPLE 00:09:41.220 --> 00:09:45.660 AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, NOT EVERYONE CAN WORK FROM HOME OR LIVE CLOSE 00:09:45.660 --> 00:09:50.070 TO WHERE THEY WORK. THIS MEASURE WOULD GO SO FAR TO FILLING A BUDGET GAP 00:09:50.070 --> 00:09:54.770 AND HELP OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY . THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS 00:09:54.770 --> 00:10:01.020 MEASURE. ON BEHALF OF THE LABOR COMMUNITY I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO PASS IT. 00:10:01.020 --> 00:10:04.940 THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NATHAN FOLLOWED BY RYAN. 00:10:04.940 --> 00:10:12.440 MY NAME IS NATHAN. HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:13.530 WE CAN HEAR YOUR. 00:10:13.530 --> 00:10:21.740 OKAY. I LIVE IN BALLARD ALONG 16th AVENUE. I CAN FEEL THE TRAFFIC 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:26.580 INCREASING AS THE ECONOMY REOPENS. WHAT I AM MISSING IS THE TRANSIT, I'M 00:10:26.580 --> 00:10:34.780 HOPING NOT TO MISS THAT FURTHER. I LIKE TO SPEAK OUT IN SUPPORT OF 00:10:34.780 --> 00:10:38.820 ESPECIALLY AMENDMENTS NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE IN SUPPORT OF 00:10:38.820 --> 00:10:46.120 MAXIMIZING INCOME AND MINIMIZING EFFECTS ON ESSENTIAL WORKERS. I 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:49.471 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. 00:10:49.471 --> 00:10:55.950 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN TODAY. NEXT UP IS RYAN FOLLOWED BY LEAH. 00:10:55.950 --> 00:10:59.760 GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS. I NAME IS RYAN. I AM CALLING IT SUPPORT 00:10:59.760 --> 00:11:07.600 OF THE FULL .2% SALES TAX. I DO AGREE WITH ALL OF THE ELECTED LEADERS 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:14.300 THAT THIS IS A BRIDGE SOLUTION. BECAUSE OF THAT WE CAN'T , THE BRIDGE 00:11:14.300 --> 00:11:18.480 CAN'T FALL SHORT. WE CAN'T BE DIGGING OURSELVES OUT OF A HOLE IN FOUR 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:24.050 YEARS. WE NEED TO GO INTO A FULL METRO CONNECTS PATRICK IT'S , RAPID 00:11:24.050 --> 00:11:28.850 LINES IN SEATTLE HAVE BEEN DEFERRED OR EVEN CANCELED ALTOGETHER. NOT 00:11:28.850 --> 00:11:32.730 ACCEPTABLE FOR A CLIMATE FORD CITY. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE FOUR 00:11:32.730 --> 00:11:36.380 YEAR TIMEFRAME CONFLICTING WITH THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY WHICH IS ONLY GOING 00:11:36.380 --> 00:11:41.300 TO BE A HEAVY LIFT TO GET VOTERS TO APPROVE AFTER THE TIM IN RESPONSE THE 00:11:41.300 --> 00:11:50.680 MAYOR HAS GIVEN TO THE LEVY. AND SO I URGE YOU TO GO THE FULL .2% . WE 00:11:50.680 --> 00:11:57.010 REALLY CAN'T LEAVE ANYTHING ON THE TABLE. THANKS SO MUCH. 00:11:57.010 --> 00:12:03.430 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS LEAH FOLLOWED BY STACY. 00:12:03.430 --> 00:12:09.210 I NAME IS LEE I AM THE WASHINGTON TRANSPORTATION POLICY MANAGER AT COMIC 00:12:09.210 --> 00:12:16.580 COLLISION. WE ARE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF A ROBUST FUNDED 2% SALES TAX. THE 00:12:16.580 --> 00:12:22.560 TRANSPORTATION SECTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LARGEST PART OF SOLUTION. 00:12:22.560 --> 00:12:28.020 EXPANDING TRANSIT ACCESS AND OPTIONS IS CRITICAL. FOR SEATTLE TO ACHIEVE 00:12:28.020 --> 00:12:31.920 ITS CLIMATE GOALS. ADDITIONALLY TRANSIT IS CRUCIAL FOR MANY MEMBERS OF 00:12:31.920 --> 00:12:35.780 OUR COMMUNITY. LOWER INCOME SATELLITES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE USED TRANSIT 00:12:35.780 --> 00:12:39.900 AND FOR VARIETY OF REASONS NOT EVERYONE DRIVES INCLUDING MY OWN 00:12:39.900 --> 00:12:43.760 HOUSEHOLD. WE URGE YOU TO HAVE A STRONG ONE AS POSSIBLE BY UTILIZING THE 00:12:43.760 --> 00:12:51.269 .02 PERCENT ZERO TAX. ANYTHING LESS COULD PUT US ON A DEATH SPIRAL. 00:12:51.269 --> 00:12:54.680 SEATTLE VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED OUR LAST ONE AND SINCE THEN WE 00:12:54.680 --> 00:13:02.240 HAVE SEEN GROWING RIDERSHIP. WE MUST BUILD ON THIS PROGRESS RATHER THAN 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:06.170 COMMIT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR THE AMENDMENT OFFERING THE 00:13:06.170 --> 00:13:12.650 .2% SALES TAX. WE URGE THAT YOU SUPPORTED. 00:13:12.650 --> 00:13:19.530 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS STACY FOLLOWED BY CARLISLE. 00:13:19.530 --> 00:13:25.950 MY NAME IS STACY. I AM A CURRENT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON RESEARCHER 00:13:25.950 --> 00:13:29.700 FOCUSING ON TECHNOLOGY SKILLS AND A FORMER MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:34.440 ADVISORY BOARD. AND CALLING IT SUPPORT OF INTERNET FOR ALL RESOLUTION. I 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:37.790 BELIEVE THIS BUILDS UPON THE CITY'S LEADERSHIP AND DIGITAL INCLUSION 00:13:37.790 --> 00:13:41.111 PROGRAM SUCH AS THE TECHNOLOGY MATCHING FUND GRANT IN THE CURRENT 00:13:41.111 --> 00:13:45.700 EQUITABLE INITIATIVE. IT'S CRITICAL WE IDENTIFY OTHER SOLUTIONS TO GET 00:13:45.700 --> 00:13:52.040 THE ENTIRE CITY AFFORDABLE BROADBAND SUPPORT THEY NEED. THE WORK ON THE 00:13:52.040 --> 00:13:56.160 RESOLUTION IS ON AN ARRESTED TIMELINE BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR THOSE IN 00:13:56.160 --> 00:14:01.130 NEED. IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO TRULY PRIORITIZE THESE NEEDS AND IDENTIFY 00:14:01.130 --> 00:14:08.040 LONG-TERM STREAMS TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:14:08.040 --> 00:14:16.660 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS KYLE FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW. 00:14:16.660 --> 00:14:29.810 THIS IS KYLE WITH API SUPPORTING ON BEHALF OF OUR CAMPAIGN COUNCILMEMBER 00:14:29.810 --> 00:14:33.670 PUTTING FORTH INTERNET FOR ALL. OUR COALITION RECOGNIZES THIS IS A STEP 00:14:33.670 --> 00:14:38.210 IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE DIRE NEED FOR THOSE WHO 00:14:38.210 --> 00:14:41.810 ARE EXPERIENCING LACK OF ACCESS AND LIFE-SAVING RESOURCES. AS WELL AS 00:14:41.810 --> 00:14:45.900 KAREN CONNECTION NOW. ALREADY EXISTING TECHNOLOGICAL DISPARITIES AS A 00:14:45.900 --> 00:14:51.630 RESULT OF COVID. WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY CONSULT ON SPD. 00:14:51.630 --> 00:14:56.850 SUPPORTING CALLS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT SPD RESPONSIBLE FOR 00:14:56.850 --> 00:15:04.250 VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR INCLUDING SURVIVORS OF 00:15:04.250 --> 00:15:07.800 SAID DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE REJECT THE USE OF SURVIVORS OF GENDER-BASED 00:15:07.800 --> 00:15:13.840 VIOLENCE AS JUSTIFICATION FOR A CITY BUDGET --WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:18.840 BUDGET PROPOSAL AND REQUEST FUNDING BE ALLOCATED FOR MORE FREE FUNDING 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:21.780 HOTSPOTS LIKE THE LIBRARY. 00:15:21.780 --> 00:15:31.580 THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS MATTHEW FOLLOWED BY ANNA. 00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:37.290 MY NAME IS MATTHEW. I AM LEAD ORGANIZER OF THE TRANSIT NEW UNION. I HAVE 00:15:37.290 --> 00:15:43.110 A TESTIMONY FROM ONE OF OUR MEMBERS TO READ INTO THE RECORD. MY NAME IS 00:15:43.110 --> 00:15:46.790 OLIVIA I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3 AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 00:15:46.790 --> 00:15:50.940 RIDERS UNION. I'M CALLING TO WORK WITH COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S PROPOSAL 00:15:50.940 --> 00:15:58.980 IN BUMPING THE SALES TAX TO .2%. IF THE COUNCIL STICKS WITH THE .1% IT 00:15:58.980 --> 00:16:06.040 WILL BE AN IMPACT. I RELY ON THE SERVICE WHERE I WILL BE RETURNING TO 00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:09.350 WORK NEXT FALL. THE FOLKS MOST IMPACTED BY BUS SERVICE CUTS ARE DISABLED 00:16:09.350 --> 00:16:13.070 PEOPLE LOW INCOME IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMITTEES. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO 00:16:13.070 --> 00:16:22.279 ADOPT THE PROPOSAL PROPOSED AMENDMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:24.350 THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ANNA . 00:16:24.350 --> 00:16:33.440 THIS IS ANNA. THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF DISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON. I'M A 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:38.250 MEMBER OF THE KING COUNTY ACTING CABINET AND A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE 00:16:38.250 --> 00:16:45.430 PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY BOARD. WE ARE CALLING TO SUPPORT THE FOUR YEAR 00:16:45.430 --> 00:16:48.960 INSTEAD OF SIX YOUR TEXT LEVY TO ALLOW US TO LOOK FOR MORE REGIONAL 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:53.460 SOLUTION ON A SHORTER TIMEFRAME. SO WE CAN ENSURE OUR TRANSIT CONCERT 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:57.970 PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. WE ARE ALSO 00:16:57.970 --> 00:17:02.840 SUPPORTING THE 2.2%. WE HAVE HEARD IT'S NOT FAIR TO ASK PEOPLE DON'T USE 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:07.829 TRANSIT PAY FOR TRANSIT. THIS IS THE SORT OF DANGEROUS AND DIVISIVE 00:17:07.829 --> 00:17:12.280 RHETORIC THAT IS ALLOWED THE BALLOT BOX YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND EQUITABLE 00:17:12.280 --> 00:17:18.919 AND ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT SYSTEM BENEFITS US ALL. THANKS. 00:17:18.919 --> 00:17:22.590 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS ALMOND FOLLOWED BY RACHEL. 00:17:22.590 --> 00:17:28.920 I AM A DISTRICT RESIDENT AND I'M CALLING IT SUPPORT OF THE INTERNET FOR 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:33.360 ALL RESOLUTION. LIABLE INTERNET ACCESS HAS BECOME MORE IMPORTANT AS 00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:36.990 PEOPLE FIND WAYS TO WORK, EDUCATE AND LIVE IN THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT. AS AN 00:17:36.990 --> 00:17:40.780 EXAMPLE THE LIBRARY LEVY WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED AND PROVIDES 00:17:40.780 --> 00:17:44.920 IMPORTANT RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY. EXPANDED WEB ACCESS WILL ENSURE 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:48.870 MORE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS LIBRARY MATERIAL AND OTHER ITEMS. THANK YOU FOR 00:17:48.870 --> 00:17:51.880 YOUR TIME. 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:57.020 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS RACHEL FOLLOWED BY MADELEINE. 00:17:57.020 --> 00:18:05.740 HELLO MY NAME IS RACHEL. I AM CALLING TO COMMENT ON ONE 19833 . AND 00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:09.660 CALLING AS A BOARD MEMBER OF SEATTLE SUBWAY AND A MEMBER OF THE TRANSIT 00:18:09.660 --> 00:18:16.650 RIDERS UNION AND DISTRICT 3. I FULLY SUPPORT FUNDING TO THE FULLEST 00:18:16.650 --> 00:18:23.190 EXTENT INCLUDING TRANS 12 TO FUND THE .2%. I ALSO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 00:18:23.190 --> 00:18:29.160 PEDERSEN'S EXTENDING TO SIX YEARS. FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO DEFEND ON 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:35.280 PUBLIC TRANSIT AND WANT TO LIVE IN SEATTLE WITHOUT EXPENSES AND POLLUTION 00:18:35.280 --> 00:18:40.110 OF RELYING ON A CAR. THIS FALL I WILL BE STARTING MY MASTERS IN URBAN 00:18:40.110 --> 00:18:45.980 PLANNING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND WILL DEPENDING ON IT TO GET 00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:52.650 TO AND FROM CLASS. THANK YOU FROM YOUR TIME. 00:18:52.650 --> 00:18:58.920 NEXT UP IS MADELINE. 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:04.190 MY NAME IS MADDIE AND I'M CALLING FROM DISTRICT 7 IN FAVOR OF INCREASING 00:19:04.190 --> 00:19:13.900 THE SALES TAX TO 2%. THE LOSS OF TRANSIT SUET SERVICE, PURCHASING A 00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:17.120 VEHICLE OR RELYING ON RIDESHARE WILL BE EVEN MORE UNAFFORDABLE TO OUR 00:19:17.120 --> 00:19:22.970 LOW-INCOME MOURNERS. I ALSO ASKED COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THE COMMITMENT TO 00:19:22.970 --> 00:19:29.690 THE FUNDING OF SPD AND FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE OF KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW. THE 00:19:29.690 --> 00:19:31.970 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE SEASON WAS HORRIFYING. PROTESTERS HAD TO 00:19:31.970 --> 00:19:45.250 WARN RESIDENTS TO CLOSE WINDOWS. AND DOORS. IT IS TOO LATE TO REFORM AND 00:19:45.250 --> 00:19:52.460 WE NEED TO DEFUND AND RESTART. THANK YOU. 00:19:52.460 --> 00:20:01.280 NEXT UP IS KAREN FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN 00:20:01.280 --> 00:20:08.080 MY NAME IS KAREN TAYLOR. I AM FOR AN DISABLED AND AWESOME. I THINK WE 00:20:08.080 --> 00:20:13.929 SHOULD FUND TRANSIT AT .2%. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT 00:20:13.929 --> 00:20:18.870 GOVERNMENT CAN DO, WE ALL PAY IN THE LITTLE BITS AND GET SOMETHING. I 00:20:18.870 --> 00:20:23.120 CAN'T MAKE A BUS FOR MYSELF. I NEVER WILL BE ABLE TO. I NEED THE 00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:26.500 GOVERNMENT TO DO THAT AND I'M RELYING ON YOU ALL TO DO THAT THE BEST WAY 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:32.330 POSSIBLE. AND THE AWESOME PART COMES INTO PLAY BECAUSE TRANSIT ISN'T JUST 00:20:32.330 --> 00:20:36.730 FOR WORK. IT'S FOR ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY. TO SEE MY FRIENDS 00:20:36.730 --> 00:20:41.950 AND FAMILY. TO GO TO A PARK. IN THE COMMUNITY IS BETTER FOR US DISABLED 00:20:41.950 --> 00:20:45.420 FOLKS. THERE IS NO REASON FOR US TO BE SHUTTERED AWAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T 00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:50.040 AFFORD RIDESHARE OR HAVE A CAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDER US 00:20:50.040 --> 00:20:55.690 ORDINARY PEOPLE, WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AND HOW WE CAN THRIVE. 00:20:55.690 --> 00:21:01.520 THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS BENJAMIN FOLLOWED BY KEVIN . 00:21:01.520 --> 00:21:07.220 GOOD AFTERNOON I AM ALSO A BOARD MEMBER AND I CURRENTLY LIVE IN RENTING 00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:12.090 HOUSEHOLD ON CAPITOL HILL. MY FIANC� WORKS THE HOSPITAL. I AM HERE TODAY 00:21:12.090 --> 00:21:16.350 TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE MINIMIZE THE CUTS TO SEATTLE TRANSIT SERVICE USING 00:21:16.350 --> 00:21:20.140 ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU TODAY. I URGE YOU TO ALLOW VOTERS TO 00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:23.840 AUTHORIZE THE TWO TENTS SALES TAX FOR SIX YEARS BECAUSE IT WILL BE THE 00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:34.559 BARE MINIMUM WE NEED IN OUR RECOVERY. WE ABSOLUTELY -- 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:37.490 WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THAT NEED TRANSIT THE 00:21:37.490 --> 00:21:44.059 MOST BUT WE MUST ALSO MAINTAIN A VISIONARY GOAL. THERE HAS BEEN A FEW CONCERNS 00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:50.480 RAISED ABOUT VOTER APPROVAL. WE TRUST THOSE WILL VOTE FOR TRANSIT. 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:54.380 THE MEASURE IS NOT PERFECT, IT STILL A 40% CUT TO THE SPD ON 00:21:54.380 --> 00:22:03.380 TOP OF OTHER CUTS. BUT WE NEED THAT FUNDING FOR TRANSIT SERVICE AND WE NEEDED 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:08.750 IN ORDER TO NOT LIVE A HARSH REALITY. 00:22:08.750 --> 00:22:14.270 ASKED UP HIS KEVIN FOLLOWED BY ALICE. 00:22:14.270 --> 00:22:22.520 MY NAME IS KEVIN, DISTRICT 6 RENTER PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE. I'M GOING TO 00:22:22.520 --> 00:22:27.290 ASK YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THE INTERNET FOR ALL RESOLUTION. STUDENTS WILL 00:22:27.290 --> 00:22:30.620 LIKELY BEGIN THE SCHOOL YEAR HOME AND ANY STEPS WE CAN TAKE TOWARD 00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:35.850 AFFORDABLE MISCIBLE INTERNET UTILITY WILL HELP EDUCATION EQUITY EVEN 00:22:35.850 --> 00:22:41.380 AFTER SCHOOLS OPEN. I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE 2% TAX FOR TRANSIT SO 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:46.220 WE DON'T HAVE TO REDUCE CRUCIAL SERVICE AND FOLLOW DECRIMINALIZE 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:52.700 SEATTLE'S LEAD TO REINVEST 80% OF THE SPD BUDGET. 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:55.740 NEXT UP IS ALICE FOLLOWED BY JASON. 00:22:55.740 --> 00:23:05.370 I AM ALICE, 350 SEATTLE IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENT TO. THE PROPOSED 0.1% 00:23:05.370 --> 00:23:12.690 WOODCUT 82% OF BUS TRIPS. .2% WOODCUT 40%. THAT IS DEEP ENOUGH. THERE IS 00:23:12.690 --> 00:23:17.200 A SINGLE REASON WHY THE SEATTLE METRO AREA COMBUST THE NATIONAL TREND OF 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:22.170 DECREASING BUS RIDERSHIP. WE HAVE GREAT BUSES, WE DEPEND ON THOSE BUSES. 00:23:22.170 --> 00:23:25.370 WE DEPEND ON THEM TO GET HOME LATE AT NIGHT, AND WE ARE LEFTS SAFE LESS 00:23:25.370 --> 00:23:31.390 SAFE THE LONGER WE WAIT. WORKERS DEPEND ON THEM TO REACH JOBS WHERE THE 00:23:31.390 --> 00:23:37.480 EMPLOYER , PEOPLE CANNOT DRIVE DEPEND ON OUR BUS SYSTEM. PEOPLE WHO LOSE 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:40.620 THEIR CARS IN THE COVID ECONOMY WILL COUNT ON OUR BUS SYSTEM. AND THE 00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:46.910 PRIVILEGED FOLKS, CONVERSELY PEOPLE WHO NOW TAKE THE BUS WILL BE ABLE TO 00:23:46.910 --> 00:23:52.020 BUY CARS TO AFFORD TO GET TO WORK. WITH PRIVILEGED WRITERS WE NEED THEM 00:23:52.020 --> 00:23:57.340 NOT TO ABANDON THE BUS SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN THE SINGLE RAY OF HOPE FOR 00:23:57.340 --> 00:24:01.620 GREENHOUSE GAS MISSIONS. PLEASE VOTE FOR IT. 00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:06.070 NEXT UP IS JASON FOLLOWED BY KENNY. 00:24:06.070 --> 00:24:10.970 THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JASON AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF INTERNET FOR ALL AND 00:24:10.970 --> 00:24:16.850 THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU PROJECT WORK WORKER WAS SEATTLE MUSIC 00:24:16.850 --> 00:24:22.290 COMMISSION. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2. SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. I 00:24:22.290 --> 00:24:27.000 WANT TO PUT WEIGHT BEHIND HIS RESOLUTION AND WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:31.670 KNOWS CLEARLY THAT SO MANY OF OUR SMALL COMMUNITY STATIONS, NONPROFITS 00:24:31.670 --> 00:24:36.140 HAVE BEEN CARING SO MUCH WATER FOR DIGITAL EQUITY. WE REALLY NEED THE 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:41.429 LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT TO PROVIDE A MASSIVE HELPING HANDEDNESS. WE WERE 00:24:41.429 --> 00:24:45.460 ABLE TO SCRAPE TOGETHER SOME LAPTOPS FOR KIDS RECENTLY TO DO ONLINE 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:51.520 CLASSES BUT WE REALLY NEED THAT GAP TO BE FILLED. WE ASKED THE SEATTLE 00:24:51.520 --> 00:24:55.350 GOVERNMENT AND MOST IMPORTANT WE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, WHICH HASN'T 00:24:55.350 --> 00:25:00.299 HISTORICALLY INVESTED IN THIS INFRASTRUCTURE TO INTERVENE IN ESTABLISHING 00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:05.830 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THE BRIDGES THE GAPS. WE AND THE DIGITAL 00:25:05.830 --> 00:25:09.000 EQUITY COURT ARE PRETTY OUT A LETTER SOON AND WE HOPE YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:12.520 AT IT. 00:25:12.520 --> 00:25:15.410 NEXT UP IS KENNY FOLLOWED BY REN�. 00:25:15.410 --> 00:25:22.540 THIS IS KITTY, I AM ADDRESSING THE INTERNET FOR ALL RESOLUTION. I'M A 00:25:22.540 --> 00:25:28.630 PROFESSOR OF NONPROFIT WASHINGTON HALL. I'M A MOTHER WHO LIVES AND WORKS 00:25:28.630 --> 00:25:33.210 , A COHORT MEMBER OF THE WORKGROUP AND SIT ON THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S 00:25:33.210 --> 00:25:37.160 COMMISSION. I SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S RESOLUTION. AFFORDABLE 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:42.120 INTERNET AND THAT IS A PROBLEM AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. HAVE DONE ENOUGH 00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:49.310 SURVEYS AND REPORTS. WE KNOW THE PROBLEMS AND WE KNOW THE INEQUITIES. NOW 00:25:49.310 --> 00:25:57.400 IT'S TIME FOR US TO DO THE WORK. WE NEED INTERNET FOR ALL. PLEASE ADOPT 00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.730 THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. 00:25:58.730 --> 00:26:08.690 NEXT UP IS REN�E. FOLLOWED BY CHARLES. >> I AM THE CURRENT VICE CHAIR OF 00:26:08.690 --> 00:26:13.290 THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD. MY NAME IS REN�E. I LIKE TO 00:26:13.290 --> 00:26:16.670 REGISTER MY SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNET FOR ALL SOLUTION. OUR BOARD HAS 00:26:16.670 --> 00:26:20.160 TAKEN A LOT OF CARE TO KEEP PULSE ON THE LATEST PROGRESS THE CITY 00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:23.940 THINKING IN RESPONDING TO THE COVID CRISIS. WE'VE SEEN THE WORK FROM THE 00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:27.380 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC LIBRARY THEY ARE EMBARKING ON TO 00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:32.740 INCREASE INTERNET ACCESS. WE HAD THEM COME SPEAK AT OUR MEETING. IS CLEAR 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:36.240 THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE LARGEST SCALE. LOOKING FORWARD 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:42.060 TO PARTNERING WITH CITY COUNCIL IN WAYS TO PROVIDE THIS PROCESS. FOR 00:26:42.060 --> 00:26:45.030 EXAMPLE OUR DIGITAL EQUITY COMMITTEE IS ALREADY DEVELOPING A ROBUST BODY 00:26:45.030 --> 00:26:49.960 OF WORK ON TELEMEDICINE WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE ELDERLY WHICH FALLS AT 00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:53.520 AN INTERSECTION OF INCREASED MEDICAL NEED AND LIMITED USE OF ACCESS TO 00:26:53.520 --> 00:26:57.480 ONLINE TOOLS. ALSO TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO THOSE IN SEATTLE WHO 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:01.730 EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS WHO FOLLOWED THE INTERSECTION OF INCREASED NEEDS 00:27:01.730 --> 00:27:06.140 BUT LACK OF ACCESS. IN SHORT WE ARE EXCITED THAT THE CITY IS COMMITTING 00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:09.170 TO FINDING A SOLUTION WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE DETAILS BUT 00:27:09.170 --> 00:27:13.860 IMPLEMENTATION ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU. 00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:20.429 NEXT UP IS CHARLES FOLLOWED BY CORGI. 00:27:20.429 --> 00:27:24.640 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I AM A MEMBER OF SEATTLE'S SUBWAY 00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:29.820 AS WELL AS A RESIDENT OF PINEHURST IN DISTRICT 5. TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT 00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:35.590 OF AMENDMENT ONE AND TWO. MY CURRENT BUS ROUTE 77 IS ALL BUT SET TO BE 00:27:35.590 --> 00:27:39.370 ELIMINATED REQUIRING AN EXTRA 30 MINUTES ROUND TRIP TO WALK MY JOB 00:27:39.370 --> 00:27:45.620 DOWNTOWN. THIS EXTRA LOSS TIME WILL BE AMPLIFIED BY LESS FREQUENT BUS 00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:50.200 NETWORK IF WE DON'T FUND IT TRANSIT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. WAITING 30 MINUTES 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:55.970 DURING THE RUSH HOUR FOR BUS TO SHOW UP WAS A CURRENT SITUATION PRE- 00:27:55.970 --> 00:28:02.549 COVID. HOW ANYONE CAN USE THEM WHEN THEY'RE CUT 80%. I YIELD THE 00:28:02.549 --> 00:28:06.160 REMAINDER OF MY TIME. 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:13.880 NEXT UP IS CORGI FOLLOWED BY DEVON. >> HELLO. I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF 00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:18.980 THE INTERNET FOR ALL RESOLUTION. I CHAIR THE CITY OF SEATTLE COMMUNITY 00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:27.049 TECHNOLOGY BOARD ALONG WITH OUR VICE CHAIR YOU JUST HEARD FROM. AND 00:28:27.049 --> 00:28:32.190 APSLEY CRITICAL INTERNET FOR ALL RESOLUTION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. NEARLY 00:28:32.190 --> 00:28:37.230 15,000 ROTAVIRUS CASES IN KING COUNTY, WE NEED TO STAY HOME AND STAY 00:28:37.230 --> 00:28:41.600 HEALTHY AND IT'S NEVER BEEN STRONGER. STAYING HOME SAVES LIVES. DURING 00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:46.740 OUR MEETINGS WE HAVE HEARD ONE ISSUING , HOW DO WE MAKE SURE OUR KIDS CAN 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:50.730 KEEP LEARNING? THIS PANDEMIC ISN'T GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON. ONLINE 00:28:50.730 --> 00:28:54.990 LEARNING IS THE NEW NORMAL. THE DATA COMMITMENT TO UNIVERSAL INTERNET 00:28:54.990 --> 00:28:59.760 ACCESS WITH CHILDREN WHO WERE DISENFRANCHISED WILL PUSH THEM OVER THEIR 00:28:59.760 --> 00:29:04.870 PEERS. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO AS LEADERS. 00:29:04.870 --> 00:29:07.820 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:10.320 NEXT UP IS DEVON FOLLOWED BY GRACE. 00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:19.740 THIS IS DEVON FROM UPGRADE SEATTLE CALLING FOR MY SUPPORT TO THE INTERNET 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:25.000 FOR ALL RESOLUTION. THE ACTION ITEMS THAT SUPPORT BROADBAND, I LIKE MANY 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:31.810 OF YOU EARLY ON SOCIAL DISTANCING REALLY MISSING BEING THERE. BUT I AM 00:29:31.810 --> 00:29:37.350 RELIANT ON INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE TO CONNECT AND BE SO VAGUELY ENGAGED 00:29:37.350 --> 00:29:41.980 INTO WORK. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT LIFE WOULD BE LIKE IF I DIDN'T HAVE A 00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:46.440 ROBUST INTERNET ACCESS. FORTUNATELY THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN OUR 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:55.200 COMMUNITY , UNFORTUNATELY THERE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T. A LOT OF US 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:59.280 ARE UNDERSERVED EVEN IF WE ARE NOT THE MOST MARGINALIZED. THE MOST 00:29:59.280 --> 00:30:05.040 MARGINALIZED OF COURSE THE MOST UNDERSERVED. THE INTERNET FOR ALL 00:30:05.040 --> 00:30:15.980 RESOLUTION IS A VERY STRONG STEPS. I SPECIFICALLY LIKE THE PLUG FOR THE 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:20.790 PLAN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY COME NOVEMBER. THANK YOU 00:30:20.790 --> 00:30:22.010 FOR YOUR TIME. 00:30:22.010 --> 00:30:28.179 NEXT UP . 00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:33.440 GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS GRACE , I'M CALLING THIS AFTERNOON FOR MY 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:38.660 SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNET FOR ALL SEATTLE RESOLUTION. I AM A PATRON AND 00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:42.740 SUPPORTER OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND A SERVING MEMBER OF THE BOARD 00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:47.940 OF SEATTLE LIBRARY FOUNDATION. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 4. THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:52.080 LIBRARY AND ITS BRANCHES THREAT THE CITY HAVE BEEN A PRIMARY PROVIDER OF 00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:56.160 INTERNET ACCESS TO THOSE CITIZENS WHO CANNOT AFFORD IT OTHERWISE. COVID- 00:30:56.160 --> 00:31:01.360 19 HAS CLOSED PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS AS WELL. THE PLACES WHERE 00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:05.470 PUBLIC INTERNET ACCESS FOR CITIZENS WHO SEEK INFORMATION FOR EDUCATION, 00:31:05.470 --> 00:31:10.240 HOUSING AND JOBS. THESE CLOSURES HAVE EXACERBATED THE DISCREPANCIES 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:15.140 BETWEEN THOSE WITH ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AND THOSE WHO DO NOT. SO, AS A 00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:18.760 CITY DETERMINES THE BEST WAY TO BRIDGE THIS PUBLIC ACCESS GET TO THE 00:31:18.760 --> 00:31:25.440 INTERNET, THE LIBRARY, FOUNDATION AND RESOURCES TO HELP ADDRESS AND 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:29.220 PRIORITIZE THE IMPORTANT COMMUNITY NEED IN LIFE LIED , INFORMATION 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:33.750 OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. 00:31:33.750 --> 00:31:37.650 THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS DEREK FOLLOWED BY LINDEN. 00:31:37.650 --> 00:31:47.350 HEY THERE EVERYONE, THIS IS DEREK FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 00:31:47.350 --> 00:31:53.500 NONPROFIT IN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. I AM CALLING IN TODAY ON THE SEATTLE 00:31:53.500 --> 00:32:02.170 TRANSIT BENEFITS DISTRICT TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR THE .2% TAX. WE JUST 00:32:02.170 --> 00:32:07.080 THINK IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE AN 82% SERVICE CUT . THAT WILL 00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:12.549 DISPROPORTIONATELY HARM LOWER INCOME ESSENTIAL WORKER FAMILIES. MANY OF 00:32:12.549 --> 00:32:16.210 THEM LIVE IN THE AREA THAT WE SERVE SUCH AS THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. 00:32:16.210 --> 00:32:23.660 SO WE THINK THIS TAX IS NEEDED TO PRESERVE AS MUCH SERVICE AS POSSIBLE 00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:29.559 ESPECIALLY FOR NUMBER SEVEN AND 36 AND 106. AND OTHER ROUTES THAT SERVE 00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:36.440 PRIMARILY LOW-INCOME AREAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:42.910 NEXT UP IS LINDEN . AND THEN COLLEAGUES, BEFORE WE HEAR FROM LINDEN, WE 00:32:42.910 --> 00:32:47.400 HAVE REACHED THE FIRST 20 MINUTES A PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD 00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:57.750 AND EXTEND US TO 3:00, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL , WE WILL GO CLOSE TO AN HOUR 00:32:57.750 --> 00:33:02.870 , AT THE END OF THE DAY I'M GOING TO ASK THAT OUR TECH DEPARTMENT, AFTER 00:33:02.870 --> 00:33:07.640 THIS SPEAKER REDUCE THE TIME TO 45 SECONDS SO WE CAN HEAR FROM MORE 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:11.289 FOLKS. THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER AT ONE MINUTE AND THE REST OF THE 00:33:11.289 --> 00:33:16.390 FOLKS WILL BE AT 45 SECONDS. NEXT UP IS LINDEN AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM 00:33:16.390 --> 00:33:23.679 MICHELLE. >> I NAME IS LINDEN I AM A DISTRICT 6 RESIDENT AND I AM CALLING 00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:27.780 IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TWO TO RAISE THE SALES TAX FUNDING FOR 00:33:27.780 --> 00:33:37.940 SPD 2.2%. I RELY HEAVILY ON THE BUS ROUTES WHICH WOULD BE DROPPED 00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:42.130 DRASTICALLY CUT WITHOUT THIS AMENDED. RESERVING TRANSIT SERVICE IS 00:33:42.130 --> 00:33:48.090 KEEPING OUR SUCCESSFUL TOOL RESIDENCE. A ROBUST AND RELIABLE TRANSIT 00:33:48.090 --> 00:33:51.360 NETWORK IS GOING TO BENEFIT ALL CITY RESIDENTS INCLUDING THOSE WHO DON'T 00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:59.570 USE IT BY REDUCING TRAFFIC AND HARMFUL EMISSIONS. PLEASE INCREASE THE 00:33:59.570 --> 00:34:06.030 SALES TAX FUNDING TO 0.2% THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 00:34:06.030 --> 00:34:17.450 WE ARE NOW GOING TO 45 SECONDS. THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO EXTENDING PUBLIC 00:34:17.450 --> 00:34:23.260 COMMENT UNTIL 3:00. NEXT UP WE HEAR FROM MICHELLE AND THEN SABRINA. 00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:31.310 I MAY FOURTH DISTRICT RESIDENT. I'M CALLING TO DISCUSS RESOLUTION 31596 00:34:31.310 --> 00:34:38.409 TO IMPLEMENT INTERNET FOR ALL SEATTLE. THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED 00:34:38.409 --> 00:34:42.780 BY CITY COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL SHOULD SEEK LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS TO 00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:47.440 ENSURE ITS SUCCESS. CONSIDER LEVERAGING EXPERTISE FROM THE SEATTLE 00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:53.590 LIBRARY WHICH IS ALWAYS BEEN ESSENTIAL, LIBRARY IS A TRUSTED COMMUNITY 00:34:53.590 --> 00:35:02.470 RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS, WORKERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF INTERNET 00:35:02.470 --> 00:35:05.360 FOR ALL AND CONSIDERING LABOR IS A NATURAL PARTNER. 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:24.390 NEXT UP IS SABRINA. FOLLOWED BY SHAUNA. >> SABRINA? 00:35:24.390 --> 00:35:26.530 THAT WOULD BE ME UNMUTE. 00:35:26.530 --> 00:35:34.101 GO AHEAD. >> I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE INTERNET FOR ALL RESOLUTION. I 00:35:34.101 --> 00:35:38.200 AM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE NATIONAL INCLUSION ALLIANCE AND A MEMBER 00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:44.810 OF THE SEATTLE COMMISSION GROUP. AND THE WASHINGTON STATE INFORMAL 00:35:44.810 --> 00:35:51.310 INTERNET ACCESS CRISIS TEAM. IN 2015 I INITIATED UPGRADE SEATTLE , A 00:35:51.310 --> 00:36:00.400 CAMPAIGN FOR MUNICIPAL BROADBAND EQUITY . IN THE YEARS SINCE I HAVE 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:04.400 BECOME MUCH MORE FOCUSED ON AFFORDABILITY AND SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL 00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:10.370 LEARNERS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A MULTIPRONGED EFFORT TO GET MORE 00:36:10.370 --> 00:36:17.730 SEATTLEITES ONLINE. I THINK THIS RESOLUTION WILL HELP FOCUS THE EFFORT. 00:36:17.730 --> 00:36:19.650 THANK YOU. 00:36:19.650 --> 00:36:28.200 NEXT UP IS SHAUNA FOLLOWED BY VIC. >> I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE 00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:34.770 SERVICE BASED IN THE MAPMAKER NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M CALLING FOR SUPPORT OF 00:36:34.770 --> 00:36:40.490 STBD AS WELL AS THE .2%. WELL IT DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDENS DISEASE OF 00:36:40.490 --> 00:36:46.250 COLOR LOSING 70% WOULD BE DEVASTATING. IS AN AGENCY THAT SERVES REFUGEES 00:36:46.250 --> 00:36:55.700 IN SOUTH SEATTLE AND OUTSIDE THE CITY, WE CONSIDER CLIENTS AND COMMUNITY 00:36:55.700 --> 00:37:00.470 MEMBERS RELIANT ON AFFORDABLE TRANSIT. WE SUPPORT AMENDMENT TO AND ENSURE 00:37:00.470 --> 00:37:07.890 THE REVENUE TAX PRIORITIZES SERVICE HOURS ON THE SOUTH END. THANK YOU. 00:37:07.890 --> 00:37:12.760 NEXT UP IS A VIC FOLLOWED BY CURTIS . 00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:20.180 HELLO. THIS IS VIC. SORRY. I AM CALLING ON BEHALF OF OF AN ORGANIZATION 00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:23.270 THAT SUPPORTS SURVIVORS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. I'M THE YOUTH ORGANIZER 00:37:23.270 --> 00:37:29.450 AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT MUNICIPAL BROADBAND. THE ONLY REGRET 00:37:29.450 --> 00:37:35.240 IS IT TOOK SO LONG FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, WE ARE THANKFUL TO COUNCIL MEMBERS 00:37:35.240 --> 00:37:39.359 FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. WE ARE LOOKING AT YOUTH AND PEOPLE WERE 00:37:39.359 --> 00:37:43.330 STRUGGLING TO REPORT ABUSE TO STAY CONNECTED TO FRIENDS , WE KNOW THAT 00:37:43.330 --> 00:37:48.060 ISOLATION LEADS TO ABUSE. WE ALSO KNOW THERE ARE MANY YOUTH ORIENTED 00:37:48.060 --> 00:37:50.590 ORGANIZATIONS THAT USUALLY GIVE SERVICES BUT ARE SCRABBLING TO REACH 00:37:50.590 --> 00:37:54.570 YOUTH WHO EITHER DON'T HAVE INTERNET OR CAN'T AFFORD DEVICES. THIS 00:37:54.570 --> 00:37:58.050 INTERNET IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO RESOURCES. 00:37:58.050 --> 00:38:04.470 ADDITIONALLY WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF DECRIMINALIZING SEATTLE'S PROPOSAL, WE 00:38:04.470 --> 00:38:08.340 SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBERS -- 00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:13.410 NEXT UP IS CURTIS FOLLOWED BY LOGAN. 00:38:13.410 --> 00:38:17.340 GOOD AFTERNOON. AND CURTIS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AT 00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:21.730 THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. DISTRICT 4. I'M CALLING FOR THE INTERNET 00:38:21.730 --> 00:38:25.450 FOR ALL RESOLUTION. MY OWN WORK FOCUSES ON INTERNET ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE 00:38:25.450 --> 00:38:31.741 WORLD AND COVID HAS MADE THE EXISTENCE OF THE SOLUTIONS , CL SHOULD BE A 00:38:31.741 --> 00:38:37.780 LEADER GIVEN OUR CONNECTIVITY EFFORT. I URGE US TO BE MOVED ON AND 00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:42.660 PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. 00:38:42.660 --> 00:38:50.440 NEXT UP IS LOGAN FOLLOWED BY DANIEL. 00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:57.620 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LOGAN AND I AM DISTRICT 3. I'M SPEAKING TODAY 00:38:57.620 --> 00:39:12.200 AND ASKING YOU TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO HAVE THE SALES TAX 00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:17.450 COMPONENT .20%. WE CAN'T MEET IT WITH AN AUSTERITY BUDGET. WE ARE 00:39:17.450 --> 00:39:23.300 DROPPING THE $60 CAR TAX. HOUSEHOLD SPENDS $3000 IN TAX BEFORE THEY PAY 00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:27.000 MORE UNDER A ZERO POINT 2% TAX. ALMOST EVERYONE EXCEPT A FEW ULTRA 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:30.859 WEALTHY FAMILIES COME OUT AHEAD. WHY ON EARTH WOULD WE IN EFFECT CUT 00:39:30.859 --> 00:39:34.320 RESERVICE IN IT SESSION RECESSIONS OF THE WEALTHY CAN GET A TAX CUT? 00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:37.200 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:39:37.200 --> 00:39:45.849 NEXT UP IS DANIEL FOLLOWED BY JEREMY. >> I AM DANIEL FROM DISTRICT 6. AM 00:39:45.849 --> 00:39:48.460 CALLING IN SUPPORT OF INCREASING THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:55.500 SALES TAX TO .0%. RAPID LINE HAS BEEN DELAYED WHICH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR 00:39:55.500 --> 00:40:02.359 AN EQUITY FOR CITY. 0.1 OR 0.15% TAX ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR US TO REACH OUR 00:40:02.359 --> 00:40:06.640 GOALS OF THE CITY. I ALSO SUPPORT EXTENDING THE BENEFIT DISTRICT LENGTH 00:40:06.640 --> 00:40:10.770 TO SIX YEARS RATHER THAN THREE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE NOW KNOW THE COUNCIL 00:40:10.770 --> 00:40:13.910 HAS THE POWER TO DECREASE THE SALES TAX AND INCREASE EXISTING VEHICLE 00:40:13.910 --> 00:40:22.310 LICENSE FEES WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL SHOULD GET STRUCK DOWN. THANK YOU. 00:40:22.310 --> 00:40:28.320 NEXT UP IS JEREMY FOLLOWED BY SARAH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS 00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:35.260 JEREMY. I COME BEFORE YOU ON BEHALF OF THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY BUS 00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:39.030 DRIVERS. WE SUPPORT THE RENEWAL OF THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT 00:40:39.030 --> 00:40:43.480 DISTRICT. THE TAX FUNDING IS NO EASY MATTER AND YET EVEN IN A PANDEMIC 00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:47.710 PEOPLE NEED TO GET TO WORK , GO TO THE DOCTOR, GO TO THE STORE, AND OUR 00:40:47.710 --> 00:40:53.260 DRIVERS HAVE CONSISTENTLY SHOWN UP TO MOVE SEATTLE AROUND. TRANSIT HAS 00:40:53.260 --> 00:41:00.190 BEEN IN THE MIX, FOR SOME REASONS IT'S NOT ONLY THE SMART CHOICE BUT A 00:41:00.190 --> 00:41:07.900 SOUND CHOICE. METRO HAS BECOME A NATIONAL EXAMPLE OF THE TRANSIT WE HOPE 00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:11.460 TO BRING IT THERE. THANK YOU. 00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:23.869 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS SARAH FOLLOWED BY ALEX. >> MY NAME 00:41:23.869 --> 00:41:28.780 IS SARAH AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE TRANSIT RIDERS YOU NEED. INCREASING THE 00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:34.839 SALES TAX 2.2% AS PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. THE BENEFIT OF 00:41:34.839 --> 00:41:39.500 INCREASING TRANSIT SERVICE OUTWEIGHS THE TAX. IT'S LESS THAN A PERSON 00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:44.070 WOULD NEED TO SPEND ON A SINGLE OVERRIDE . PEOPLE WILL BE HIT HARDEST BY 00:41:44.070 --> 00:41:50.580 THE LOSS OF TRANSIT SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST DURING THE PUBLIC 00:41:50.580 --> 00:41:54.270 HEALTH CRISIS. PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THE LUXURY OF A PERSONAL VEHICLE. 00:41:54.270 --> 00:42:01.670 IF THE CITY COUNCIL TRULY CARES ABOUT LIFE OF SEATTLEITES WHO RELY ON 00:42:01.670 --> 00:42:05.109 TRANSIT THEY MUST FUND IT. 00:42:05.109 --> 00:42:11.470 THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ALEX FOLLOWED BY KAREN . 00:42:11.470 --> 00:42:15.790 I AM ALEX HUDSON. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION CHOICE COALITION 00:42:15.790 --> 00:42:21.340 IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL 11 9833. RENEWAL OF THE STBD IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE 00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:28.460 PEOPLE HAVE WITH A NEED FOR THE LIFELINE INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS GOAL 00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:33.720 ARTICLE HAS BEEN TWOFOLD. ENSURE THAT STBD INVEST IN ADEQUATE LEVELS OF 00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:38.660 SERVICE AND INCREASE THE POLICY THAT WILL MITIGATE RISK FOR THE MEASURE 00:42:38.660 --> 00:42:41.390 IN NOVEMBER. IT'S CLEAR THAT STAKEHOLDERS FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY 00:42:41.390 --> 00:42:48.530 SHERRY TRANSIT THAT CENTER ON THE NEED TO COUNT ON TRANSIT. IT WILL 00:42:48.530 --> 00:42:53.720 UNDOUBTEDLY BRING MORE REVENUE AND I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE RATE 00:42:53.720 --> 00:43:01.500 OPTIONS THAT MITIGATE THE RISK IN THE NEXT PHASE. 00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:08.460 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS KAREN FOLLOWED BY ROBERT. 00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:17.040 THIS IS KAREN . I LIVE IN SEATTLE DISTRICT 3 AND I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT 00:43:17.040 --> 00:43:22.190 INTERNET FOR ALL. AS A MEMBER OF UPGRADE SEATTLE I HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF 00:43:22.190 --> 00:43:27.050 THIS COUNCIL FOR YEARS TALKING ABOUT THE SAME. I'M A LITTLE TIRED OF 00:43:27.050 --> 00:43:32.550 DOING IT NOW. THERE ARE TWO WORDS IN THIS RESOLUTION THE GIVE ME HOPE. 00:43:32.550 --> 00:43:38.980 AND THAT IS PASSION PLAN. THE CITY OF SEATTLE NEEDS TO ACT ON MUNICIPAL 00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:46.470 BROADBAND AND BRING INTERNET TO EVERYONE. I THINK WE ALL REALIZE WE HAVE 00:43:46.470 --> 00:43:52.220 BEEN UP AGAINST WITH COVID-19. AND THERE IS NO BETTER REASON TO DO IT 00:43:52.220 --> 00:43:57.780 THAN WHAT WE ARE LIVING THROUGH NOW. THANK YOU, FOR MY SUPPORT. 00:43:57.780 --> 00:44:01.780 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS ROBERT AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM 00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:02.780 JOE. 00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:10.490 MY NAME IS ROBERT, DISTRICT 6 RESIDENT, SIERRA CLUB. I URGE YOU TO PASS 00:44:10.490 --> 00:44:15.830 THE AMENDMENT FOR THE STBD PROPOSAL TO RAISE THE SALES TAX BY .2%. THERE 00:44:15.830 --> 00:44:21.220 AREN'T VERY MANY VOTERS OUT THERE WHO GO FOR 0.1 BUT 0.15 BUT WOULD 00:44:21.220 --> 00:44:27.750 SOMEHOW PUT DOWN 0.2. THERE ARE MANY VOTERS WHO HAVE PROVEN THEY WILL 00:44:27.750 --> 00:44:31.710 VOTE FOR TRANSIT AND WILL DO SO AGAIN DURING THE CRISIS. WE ALSO CAN'T 00:44:31.710 --> 00:44:37.710 RELY ON A REGIONAL SOLUTION. SIX YEARS AGO COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT, I WORKED 00:44:37.710 --> 00:44:41.750 WITH TRANSIT ACTIVISTS TO PROPOSE SEATTLE ONLY MEASURE TO SEATTLE CITY 00:44:41.750 --> 00:44:47.970 OFFICIALS. WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES FIRST. FINALLY PLEASE PASS 00:44:47.970 --> 00:44:54.390 THE BROADBAND RESOLUTION. 00:44:54.390 --> 00:45:00.200 NEXT UP IS JOE. AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 00:45:00.200 --> 00:45:08.380 CALLING. CHOLINE. >> AND MY BEING HEARD? 00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:10.920 YES WE CAN HEAR YOUR. 00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:16.830 EXCELLENT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JOE, I AM THE DIRECTOR AT 00:45:16.830 --> 00:45:21.340 SEATTLE SUBWAY AND I AM URGING YOU TO SUPPORT A POINT TO DISTRICT UNDER A 00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:26.000 .1 PLAN I'M CONCERNED BUS SERVICE WILL BECOME UNUSABLE WITHIN FREQUENCY 00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:31.119 OF SERVICE COMPOUNDING WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES FOR CAPACITY. IN 00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:36.540 SUPPORT OF .2, I DO ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE REGRESSIVE TAXATION 00:45:36.540 --> 00:45:41.560 IS NOT THE SAME THING IS REGRESSIVE OUTCOME. WERE .2 CAN ACTUALLY CONTAIN 00:45:41.560 --> 00:45:44.580 LEVEL OF TRANSIT SERVICE QUALITY THAT YIELDS A NET PROGRESSIVE LIVING 00:45:44.580 --> 00:45:53.510 CONDITION FOR PEOPLE WERE .1 CANNOT. WE DEFEATED INITIATIVE 3-1, WE DO 00:45:53.510 --> 00:45:57.040 NEED ENOUGH BUS SERVICE HOURS TO AVOID THE TRANSIT DEATH SPIRAL WHERE 00:45:57.040 --> 00:46:01.770 LARGE CUTS WILL CREATE A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP OF DRAMATICALLY FURTHER 00:46:01.770 --> 00:46:04.160 REDUCTION LOSS. 00:46:04.160 --> 00:46:08.950 LAST UP IS CHOLINE. 00:46:08.950 --> 00:46:14.150 THAT AFTERNOON. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR BRINGING , AND 00:46:14.150 --> 00:46:20.369 OTHERS FOR BRINGING INTERNET FOR ALL TO COUNCIL. RELIANCE ON INTERNET 00:46:20.369 --> 00:46:24.650 ACCESS FOR HEALTHCARE AND ACTIVITY FOR ALL POPULATIONS IS SO NEEDED IN 00:46:24.650 --> 00:46:29.200 TODAY'S WORLD, AS MUCH AS ELECTRICITY ITSELF. 20 YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS 00:46:29.200 --> 00:46:35.470 INTRODUCED TO SCHOOLS IN THE RAINIER VALLEY THE PARENTS GOT TO USE THE 00:46:35.470 --> 00:46:39.650 COMPUTERS AT SCHOOL AT NIGHT SO THE WHOLE FAMILY BENEFITED. INTERNET FOR 00:46:39.650 --> 00:46:51.609 ALL WILL IN PROVIDE ACCESS TO LIBRARIES . WE SUPPORT ALL ACTION PLANS 00:46:51.609 --> 00:46:55.900 WHICH DETAILS UNIVERSAL BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE FOR ALL CITY RESIDENTS 00:46:55.900 --> 00:47:01.140 AS A MATTER OF EQUITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:47:01.140 --> 00:47:07.500 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN TODAY. THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR FIRST 00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:12.650 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON TODAY'S FINAL ACTION. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND 00:47:12.650 --> 00:47:19.210 CLOSE OUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAR COMMENTS 00:47:19.210 --> 00:47:24.860 RELATED ON THE 2020 WORK PROGRAM PART TWO. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE 00:47:24.860 --> 00:47:31.130 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 3:15 PM WHICH ALLOWS 00:47:31.130 --> 00:47:36.610 APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES . HEARING NO OBJECTION THE TIME WILL BE EXTENDED 00:47:36.610 --> 00:47:40.760 TO APPROXIMATELY 3:15 PM AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND COMMENCE THE SECOND 00:47:40.760 --> 00:47:50.650 PUBLIC COMMENT . WE WILL BE ACCEPTING COMMENTS FOR 20 MINUTES. I ASK THAT 00:47:50.650 --> 00:47:54.200 EACH SPEAKER BE GIVEN, GIVE THEIR NAME AND TELL US WHAT THEY'RE CALLING 00:47:54.200 --> 00:48:00.640 ABOUT TODAY AND WE WILL OPEN UP THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD NOW. FIRST UP 00:48:00.640 --> 00:48:08.040 IS RICHIE . 00:48:08.040 --> 00:48:13.180 THANK YOU. I AM A SUPPORTER AND VOLUNTEER WITH THE COALITION OF SEATTLE 00:48:13.180 --> 00:48:18.160 INDIAN AMERICANS AS WELL AS SMALL BUSINESS LICENSE IN SEATTLE. I FOLLOW 00:48:18.160 --> 00:48:23.040 THE LEADERSHIP OF KING COUNTY AND CRIMINALIZING SEATTLE. COUNCIL MEMBERS, 00:48:23.040 --> 00:48:31.410 WE HAVE SEEN THE COMMITMENT BY DURKAN CONTINUE TO RING HOLLOW. CALLING 00:48:31.410 --> 00:48:43.210 SATURDAY CITIZEN PROTESTS RIOTS ACCUSED BY POLICE TO CALL THE VOICE OF 00:48:43.210 --> 00:48:48.320 THE PEOPLE TO USE BRUTE VOICE. WHY AREN'T WE TAKING A STRONGER STAND LIKE 00:48:48.320 --> 00:48:55.820 PHILADELPHIA? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. THE FIRE CHIEF . IMPEACH MAYOR 00:48:55.820 --> 00:49:08.599 DURKAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON EMMA VOLUNTEER WITH A COALITION OF SEATTLE AND 00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:13.099 WE FOLLOW THE LEAD OF KING COUNTY IN THE CRIMINALIZING SEATTLE. I CALL 00:49:13.099 --> 00:49:18.610 UPON THE COUNCIL REPEATEDLY TO DEFUND THE MILITANT TERRORIST GROUP CALLED 00:49:18.610 --> 00:49:24.370 THE SEATTLE PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. STARTING WITH MAYOR DURKAN AND THE 00:49:24.370 --> 00:49:28.869 CHIEF. THE PAST TWO MONTHS HAVE SHOWN THE SPD ROUTINELY TERRORIZES THE 00:49:28.869 --> 00:49:36.160 VERY PEOPLE IT SHOULD PROTECT. USING TEAR GAS, HIDING BADGES, TURNING OFF 00:49:36.160 --> 00:49:41.349 BODY CAMERAS, DETAINING PEOPLE WITHOUT CAUSE, THE LIST OF BRUTAL 00:49:41.349 --> 00:49:46.070 ATROCITIES IS ENDLESS. AT THIS POINT WE ARE REPEATING THIS LIKE A BROKEN 00:49:46.070 --> 00:49:50.430 RECORD. WHAT IS THE COUNCIL WAITING FOR TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ITS OWN 00:49:50.430 --> 00:49:58.490 PEOPLE? FIRE MAYOR DURKAN. DROP CHARGES ON ALL PROTESTERS. 00:49:58.490 --> 00:50:07.030 NEXT UP IS THOMAS . I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST SEATTLE . I WAS INJURED 00:50:07.030 --> 00:50:11.240 IN SATURDAY'S PROTEST. I DECIDED TO BE ON THE 00:50:11.240 --> 00:50:15.790 LINE FACING POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF THE JUDGE'S 00:50:15.790 --> 00:50:24.119 RULING ALLOWING USE OF DEVICES AND USE CASES. I SAW INDISCRIMINATE USE OF 00:50:24.119 --> 00:50:31.950 CROWD CONTROL DEVICES. AGAINST THE CROWD , EXPLODING ABOVE HEAD, A WOMAN 00:50:31.950 --> 00:50:36.240 BEING MACED IN THE FACE FOR NOTHING OTHER THAN HOLDING A SIGN. AND HAD 00:50:36.240 --> 00:50:39.770 TWO INCHES OF SKIN REMOVED FROM MY THIGH THROUGH MY JEANS FOR SOMETHING 00:50:39.770 --> 00:50:45.900 THAT EXPLODED BEHIND ME FOR STANDING IN THE FRONT. THE POLICE OFFICERS 00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:51.579 ARE WORKING THE LAW. NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER TACTIC AND GET RID OF MAYOR DURKAN 00:50:51.579 --> 00:50:56.060 AND SHOW THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY. 00:50:56.060 --> 00:51:10.000 NEXT UP HUSSEIN FOLLOWED BY HOWARD. >> TO WE HAVE HUSSEIN? 00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:18.010 HUSSEIN IS ON THE LINE, YES. 00:51:18.010 --> 00:51:28.010 HUSSEIN? IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WE WILL COME 00:51:28.010 --> 00:51:34.079 BACK TO US ON IF HE IS AVAILABLE AGAIN. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE OVER TO 00:51:34.079 --> 00:51:35.359 HOWARD. 00:51:35.359 --> 00:51:43.660 THIS IS HOWARD FROM DISTRICT 7. ON JUNE 15 COUNCIL BAND A VARIETY OF 00:51:43.660 --> 00:51:50.100 POLICE CONTROL WEAPONS. AS WITH THE DISCUSSION ON DEFUNDING THE POLICE, 00:51:50.100 --> 00:51:54.580 COUNCIL LEGISLATION AND UP WITH FOLKS STILL GETTING ABUSED BUT BY NOW 00:51:54.580 --> 00:52:02.740 USING FEWER WEAPONS. THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL POLICY IMPROVES. 00:52:02.740 --> 00:52:09.670 HERE ARE A FRUIT IF YOU TO ENACT. CREATE DISTINCT POLICIES FOR THE 00:52:09.670 --> 00:52:15.220 POLICING OF ACTIVITIES AS OPPOSED TO GENERALIZED POLICIES. MOST IMPORTANT 00:52:15.220 --> 00:52:19.720 INHIBIT THE USE OF CROWD CONTROL DEVICES THAT CANNOT BE TRACED BACK TO 00:52:19.720 --> 00:52:30.410 INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS. MAKE PLEASE USE A -- 00:52:30.410 --> 00:52:40.420 THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS MEGAN FOLLOWED BY WIN. >> OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME 00:52:40.420 --> 00:52:41.500 NOW? 00:52:41.500 --> 00:52:46.839 WE CAN HEAR YOUR. GO AHEAD. 00:52:46.839 --> 00:52:54.160 THAT AFTERNOON I AM MEGAN CALLING REGARDING CITY COUNCIL MAJORITY PLEDGED 00:52:54.160 --> 00:53:04.740 TO CUT BUDGET BY -- THERE WAS $180.6 MILLION LEFT IN SPD BUDGET. $94.3 00:53:04.740 --> 00:53:09.180 MILLION, IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON A REBALANCED 2020 00:53:09.180 --> 00:53:13.200 BUDGET. CITY COUNCIL CAN PUT THEIR PLEDGE INTO ACTION BY VOTING TO FIRST 00:53:13.200 --> 00:53:18.320 ELIMINATE SPD FUNCTIONS SUCH AS NAVIGATION, EXCESSIVE VIOLENCE , TRANSFER 00:53:18.320 --> 00:53:23.690 FUNCTIONS OF 911 DISPATCH OUT OF POLICE CONTROL AND SPD BUDGET. REDUCE 00:53:23.690 --> 00:53:28.100 SPD BUDGET ACROSS THE BOARD. A CORRECTION AFTER A 60% BUDGET FLOAT AND IN 00:53:28.100 --> 00:53:33.630 PLACE FUN COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS INSTEAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 00:53:33.630 --> 00:53:38.540 NEXT UP IS WIN FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE. 00:53:38.540 --> 00:53:43.190 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS WIN. I LIVE IN BEACON HILL. I'M AN ARTIST AND 00:53:43.190 --> 00:53:47.760 EDUCATOR AND I SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO DEFUND SPD BY 50% AND TO DIRECT 00:53:47.760 --> 00:53:51.570 THOSE FUNDS TOWARD COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS OUTLINED BY DECRIMINALIZE 00:53:51.570 --> 00:53:57.710 SEATTLE. I BELIEVE THE VOTE TO DEFUND SPD IS ABOUT ABOUT QUALITY AND 00:53:57.710 --> 00:54:03.161 COMMUNITY. WHEN I HEARD THE PRESENTATION BY DEFUND SEATTLE I CAME AWAY 00:54:03.161 --> 00:54:06.950 WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES WE NEED TO TRULY 00:54:06.950 --> 00:54:10.340 SUPPORT SEATTLE'S COMMUNITY'S ARE ALREADY HERE. I BELIEVE IN THE 00:54:10.340 --> 00:54:14.780 PRACTICALITY AND POSSIBILITY OF THEIR PROPOSAL. KNOWLEDGE, STRUCTURES, 00:54:14.780 --> 00:54:17.420 RELATIONSHIPS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. TO START AND SCALE UP CITYWIDE 00:54:17.420 --> 00:54:23.320 TRANSFORMATION. IT'S TIME AS A CITY TO START LIVING WHAT WE IMAGINE 00:54:23.320 --> 00:54:27.730 FREEDOM, EQUITY AND CARE TO LOOK LIKE. THANK YOU. 00:54:27.730 --> 00:54:32.540 NEXT UP IS STEPHANIE FOX FOLLOWED BY JOANNA. 00:54:32.540 --> 00:54:36.050 MY NAME IS STEPHANIE FOX, I AM A RESIDENT OF BEACON HILL AND EXECUTIVE 00:54:36.050 --> 00:54:42.730 DIRECTOR OF JEWISH I AM CALLING TO REINVEST THE COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE IT'S 00:54:42.730 --> 00:54:47.650 NECESSARY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MY TWO- YEAR-OLD CHILD TO GROW UP IN A 00:54:47.650 --> 00:54:52.660 CITY WHERE PEOPLE AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND TRANS PEOPLE AND PROTESTERS 00:54:52.660 --> 00:54:57.810 ARE BRUTALIZED AND KILLED AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL SAFETY. BUDGETS ARE 00:54:57.810 --> 00:55:04.020 MORAL DOCUMENTS AND THEY DO A SYSTEM AND BUDGET INVESTED IN VIOLENCE AND 00:55:04.020 --> 00:55:07.500 CONTROL WILL DO ONLY THAT. SAFETY AND HEALTH WILL FLOURISH WHEN WE 00:55:07.500 --> 00:55:11.200 INVESTED OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE REINVESTING COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS FOR 00:55:11.200 --> 00:55:15.760 HEALTH AND SAFETY BY VOTING TO ELIMINATE AND TRANSFER SPD FUNCTIONS BY 00:55:15.760 --> 00:55:21.490 ACROSS THE BOARD. 00:55:21.490 --> 00:55:24.110 NEXT UP IS JOANNA FOLLOWED BY LEAH. 00:55:24.110 --> 00:55:30.640 THIS IS JOANNA, A CONSTITUENT DISTRICT 7. I'M CALLING ON ALL COUNCIL 00:55:30.640 --> 00:55:36.130 MEMBERS TO DEFUND THE POLICE BY 50%. MOREOVER WE NEED TO DIRECT THE FUNDS 00:55:36.130 --> 00:55:42.670 TOWARDS BLACK AND BROWN COMMITTEES. I NEED YOU TO MEET OUR ADDITIONAL 00:55:42.670 --> 00:55:48.660 DEMANDS AS WELL, ALL PROTESTERS INCLUDING THE 45 ARRESTED SATURDAY, 00:55:48.660 --> 00:55:56.680 RECALL MAYOR DURKAN LITERALLY GOT THE CROWD CONTROL WEAPON OVERTURNED. A 00:55:56.680 --> 00:56:03.790 LEGAL [INDISCERNIBLE] WAS MACED BY A COP. ADDITIONALLY I WOULD LIKE YOU 00:56:03.790 --> 00:56:10.670 TO INCLUDE THE THE ORGANIZERS AND BUDGET MEETINGS SINCE WE ARE THE ONES 00:56:10.670 --> 00:56:16.210 PUTTING ALL THE WORK, THE CRIMINAL I SEATTLE. I YIELD MY TIME. 00:56:16.210 --> 00:56:20.050 NEXT UP IS LEAH FOLLOWED BY DEREK. 00:56:20.050 --> 00:56:30.119 HELLO MY NAME IS LEAH. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 5. FIRST TIME CALLING 00:56:30.119 --> 00:56:37.370 IN SUPPORT OF THE FUNDING FOR 119833 IN SUPPORT OF 31 960. TRANSIT 00:56:37.370 --> 00:56:44.150 INFORMATION ACT IS A VITAL INVESTMENT FOR A COUPLE CITY. AFFORDABLE 00:56:44.150 --> 00:56:51.330 BROADBAND INTERNET ESPECIALLY CANNOT COME TOO SOON AND THE CURRENT 00:56:51.330 --> 00:56:55.280 EPIDEMIC CRISIS HAS MADE IT CLEAR HOW INTERNET IS NECESSARY AND OVERDUE. 00:56:55.280 --> 00:57:00.970 X THIS IS IMPORTANT BUT NOT SUFFICIENT TO MEET THIS NEED. SECOND WANT TO 00:57:00.970 --> 00:57:04.920 ADDRESS DEPARTMENT OF THE SEATTLE COMMISSION, HER FOCUS ON BIKE SOLUTIONS 00:57:04.920 --> 00:57:09.970 , WANTS TO STRESS EQUAL CONSIDERATION FOR VARIABILITY AND FOR WHOM 00:57:09.970 --> 00:57:13.330 WALKING AND BIKING IS NOT AN OPTION. TRANSIT PLANNING NEEDS TO WORK FOR 00:57:13.330 --> 00:57:17.470 EVERYONE. 00:57:17.470 --> 00:57:22.170 THANK YOU FOR CALLING HIM. I APOLOGIZE, MY APOLOGIES FOR FILTERING YOU 00:57:22.170 --> 00:57:27.420 INTO THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN IN THE 00:57:27.420 --> 00:57:31.200 FIRST PHASE. WE WILL TRY TO GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME. NEXT UP IS DEREK 00:57:31.200 --> 00:57:43.579 FOLLOWED BY HUSSEIN. >> I AM A RENTER, I'M CALLING TODAY TO URGE YOU ALL 00:57:43.579 --> 00:57:52.980 , SORRY. I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT 6. I URGE YOU TO USE THE FULL EXTENT OF 00:57:52.980 --> 00:57:57.200 YOUR POSITIONS AS CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO DEFUND SPD BY 50%. INVESTED 00:57:57.200 --> 00:58:01.619 BLACK COMMUNITY'S FREE ALL PROTESTERS. IT'S OBVIOUS THEY WILL BE 00:58:01.619 --> 00:58:05.980 OBSTACLES LIKE JENNY DURKAN SO I'M CALLING ON YOU ALL TO STAND UP AND 00:58:05.980 --> 00:58:10.130 FACES OBSTACLES RATHER THAN USING THEM AS AN EXCUSE. IF JENNY DURKAN IS 00:58:10.130 --> 00:58:14.140 BLOCKING THESE DEMANDS, REMOVE HER FROM OFFICE FOR ALLOWING SPD FOR 00:58:14.140 --> 00:58:19.589 FLAGRANTLY ABUSING THE CITY. GO AFTER THEM FOR EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY 00:58:19.589 --> 00:58:26.540 COME BY UPRISING. IF THAT DOESN'T WORK FIND ANOTHER WAY, THAT IS WHY YOU 00:58:26.540 --> 00:58:29.620 ARE ELECTED TO STAND UP. 00:58:29.620 --> 00:58:32.060 NEXT UP IS HUSSEIN FOLLOWED BY GABBY 00:58:32.060 --> 00:58:42.650 HELLO MY NAME IS HUSSEIN. AM CALLING , WE ARE SEEING MAYOR DURKIN ABOUT 00:58:42.650 --> 00:58:55.910 POLICE FATALITY, IT CONTINUES TO RING HOLLOW. CALLING SATURDAY'S CITIZEN 00:58:55.910 --> 00:59:01.490 PROTEST RIOTS WAS AN EXCUSE BY THE POLICE TO QUELL THE VOICE OF THE 00:59:01.490 --> 00:59:09.070 PEOPLE BY USING BRUTE FORCE. CITY MAYOR WHO CANNOT PROTECT THE RESIDENTS 00:59:09.070 --> 00:59:14.430 OF HER OWN CITY FROM BORDER FEDERAL AGENTS BEING SET BY THE FEDERAL 00:59:14.430 --> 00:59:20.410 GOVERNMENT, WHY AREN'T WE TAKING A STAND LIKE OTHER CITIES, LIKE 00:59:20.410 --> 00:59:27.390 PHILADELPHIA, THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. DEFUND SPD 00:59:27.390 --> 00:59:34.290 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS GABBY FOLLOWED BY JESSE. 00:59:34.290 --> 00:59:39.089 MY NAME IS GABBY. I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT 6. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF 00:59:39.089 --> 00:59:43.650 GRADUATE STUDENT STUDYING TRAUMA RELATED DISORDERS. I'M HERE TO ADD MY 00:59:43.650 --> 00:59:48.319 VOICE TO DEFUND SPD BY 50%, INVEST THAT MONEY INTO THE BLACK COMMUNITY 00:59:48.319 --> 00:59:52.290 AND DROP CHARGES AGAINST ALL PROTESTERS. LIVING IN FEAR CAN HAVE UP 00:59:52.290 --> 00:59:56.869 PROFOUND IMPACT ON PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. EVERY DAY THE SPD IS 00:59:56.869 --> 01:00:00.530 OPERATING AT THE CAPACITY IS ANOTHER DAY WE ARE SACRIFICING THE 01:00:00.530 --> 01:00:14.020 COMMUNITY. WE NEED COMMUNITY CARE. I URGE EXPEDIENCY IN THIS MATTER. 01:00:14.020 --> 01:00:22.040 NEXT UP IS JESSE FOLLOWED BY ETHAN. >> MY NAME IS JESSE, I LIVE IN 01:00:22.040 --> 01:00:26.730 DISTRICT 2 . I BELIEVE IN THE FUNDING SPD AND REINVESTING IN THE 01:00:26.730 --> 01:00:31.310 COMMUNITY IS NECESSARY. GOING UP IN A WHITE MILITARY FAMILY WITH FAMILY 01:00:31.310 --> 01:00:38.810 MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO POLICE I WRONGLY BELIEVED THAT POLICE , SEEING THE 01:00:38.810 --> 01:00:44.040 MURDERS OF MANY IN OUR CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, I QUICKLY LEARNED HOW 01:00:44.040 --> 01:00:48.470 INCORRECT AND HURTFUL THAT BELIEF WAS. THIS WAS AFFIRMED EVEN MORE IN THE 01:00:48.470 --> 01:00:54.540 DISPROPORTIONATE FORCE IN THE SPD AND THE PROTESTERS. WHICH I HAVE 01:00:54.540 --> 01:00:59.750 EXPERIENCED STARTING MAY 30 BUT PARTICULARLY WHEN IT WAS THREADED INTO 01:00:59.750 --> 01:01:07.329 THE CROWD EXPLODED ON MY LEG. I'M DEMANDING THAT YOU SUPPORT THE KING 01:01:07.329 --> 01:01:12.950 COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND DEFUND SEATTLE. 01:01:12.950 --> 01:01:19.160 NEXT UP IS ETHAN FOLLOWED BY MAXWELL GOODWIN. >> I AM A RESIDENT OF 01:01:19.160 --> 01:01:23.849 DISTRICT 2 AND I'M JOINING OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS TO REMIND THE COUNCIL 01:01:23.849 --> 01:01:33.040 TO THEIR PLEDGE TO DEFUND BY 50% STARTING THIS YEAR THE SEATTLE CITY IS 01:01:33.040 --> 01:01:40.579 NOT ARMED MOBS OF RACIST OFFICERS ROAMING THE STREET. IT'S HOW THE ACCESS 01:01:40.579 --> 01:01:45.900 TO OPPORTUNITY, FOOD, I SUPPORT THE PLAN TO DEFUND SPD AND USE THOSE 01:01:45.900 --> 01:01:51.119 FUNDS USED TO BRUTALIZE THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE AND INVEST THEM INTO 01:01:51.119 --> 01:01:55.410 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT CRIME FROM HAPPENING RATHER 01:01:55.410 --> 01:02:02.490 THAN PENALIZING PEOPLE WHO ARE FORCED INTO CRIME OUT OF POVERTY. 01:02:02.490 --> 01:02:09.309 NEXT UP IS MAXWELL FOLLOWED BY SALLY. >> 01:02:09.309 --> 01:02:14.280 MY NAME IS MAXWELL I AM PLANNING TO MOVE , I'M NOT SURE TO WHICH 01:02:14.280 --> 01:02:23.110 DISTRICT. I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IS A SMALL STOREFRONT. CHEMICAL 01:02:23.110 --> 01:02:27.680 WEAPONS, EXPLOSIVES THAT SCARE WAY PEOPLE NOT TO MENTION SET UP MILITARY 01:02:27.680 --> 01:02:32.010 CHECKPOINTS THE KEEP CUSTOMERS AWAY. SOME BUSINESS OWNERS ARE SCARED , 01:02:32.010 --> 01:02:36.360 HONESTLY YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE FEW THAT DO THAT , NOT JUST STARBUCKS 01:02:36.360 --> 01:02:45.932 AND BIG BANKS, AND THE CLOTHING STORE THAT WAS OWNED BY THE COP. IT'S 01:02:45.932 --> 01:02:49.630 PRETTY OBVIOUS THE TRASHCAN TUMBLED IN THE STREETS ARE TO KEEP POLICE 01:02:49.630 --> 01:03:02.020 AWAY OR SLOW THEM DOWN WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE. NO BROKEN WINDOWS, -- 01:03:02.020 --> 01:03:09.880 NEXT UP IS SALLY FOLLOWED BY ERICA. 01:03:09.880 --> 01:03:10.880 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 01:03:10.880 --> 01:03:11.880 WE CAN HEAR YOUR. 01:03:11.880 --> 01:03:16.680 OKAY, MY NAME IS SALLY. I AM CALLING AS A SEATTLE RESIDENT PROPERTY 01:03:16.680 --> 01:03:20.809 OWNER. I'M CALLING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SO FRUSTRATED BY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 01:03:20.809 --> 01:03:26.050 THE CITY THAT I CALL HOME. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO REMIND YOU THAT 01:03:26.050 --> 01:03:29.950 SEATTLE IS SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF COVID- 19, NOT ONLY THE EFFECTS OF 01:03:29.950 --> 01:03:35.010 THE ILLNESS BUT IT'S EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. OF 01:03:35.010 --> 01:03:40.089 COURSE THERE IS THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE DRUG-RELATED CRIMINAL 01:03:40.089 --> 01:03:44.790 ACTIVITY. BUT I AM CALLING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE THE SEATTLE 01:03:44.790 --> 01:03:49.859 COUNCIL IS MAKING MATTERS FAR WORSE BY ENABLING THE DELIBERATE WRECKAGE 01:03:49.859 --> 01:03:56.000 OF DOWNTOWN AND BEYOND. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO AS PEACEFUL 01:03:56.000 --> 01:04:00.559 PROTESTERS WERE ACTUALLY BEHAVING AS THUGS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO 01:04:00.559 --> 01:04:06.670 CONTINUALLY CAUSE VIOLENCE . >> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS 01:04:06.670 --> 01:04:09.470 ERICA FOLLOWED BY JENNY. 01:04:09.470 --> 01:04:15.180 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ERICA. I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH THE PERSON 01:04:15.180 --> 01:04:19.970 WHO JUST SPOKE. I HAVE BEEN A PTO FOR THE 41st DISTRICT FOR TWO YEARS AND 01:04:19.970 --> 01:04:25.819 JUST RECENTLY MOVED TO THE BALLARD NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M ALSO A --HAVE BEEN 01:04:25.819 --> 01:04:30.091 INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL PROTESTS WHERE I'VE BEEN INJURED AND MACED. BY 01:04:30.091 --> 01:04:38.180 POLICE OFFICERS. I HAVE A CHRONIC CONDITION OF ASTHMA AND IT'S NOT GOOD. 01:04:38.180 --> 01:04:42.180 I'M CALLING TO DEFUND SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY 50% AND INSTEAD INVEST 01:04:42.180 --> 01:04:48.780 THE MONEY INTO COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS LIKE SOCIAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL 01:04:48.780 --> 01:04:57.150 WORK. WE MUST PUSH JENNY DURKAN TO DO IS, RESIGN, NOTE , THIS SHOULD BE 01:04:57.150 --> 01:05:04.600 AN ISSUE PRIORITY INTERDISTRICT. THANKS. 01:05:04.600 --> 01:05:12.300 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. NEXT UP IS JENNY PRICE FOLLOWED BY ROBERT. >> 01:05:12.300 --> 01:05:19.610 MY NAME IS JENNY PRICE. I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6. I'M ALSO A MEMBER 01:05:19.610 --> 01:05:23.170 . I'M CALLING TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE DEMANDS OF DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE 01:05:23.170 --> 01:05:27.790 AND KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW. WHICH INCLUDE DEFUNDING THE SEATTLE POLICE 01:05:27.790 --> 01:05:32.390 DEPARTMENT BY AT LEAST 50% AND REALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS TO COMMUNITY LED 01:05:32.390 --> 01:05:37.490 HEALTH AND SAFETY SYSTEMS. I BELIEVE THE FUNDING SPD AND REINVESTING IN 01:05:37.490 --> 01:05:41.470 THE COMMUNITY IS NECESSARY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF HARM CAUSED BY RACIST 01:05:41.470 --> 01:05:46.810 POLICING AND INSTEAD INVEST IN THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. BY 01:05:46.810 --> 01:05:50.830 REDIRECTING THOSE FUNDS TO THINGS LIKE HOUSING, CHILDCARE AND FOOD 01:05:50.830 --> 01:05:54.660 PROGRAMS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT 01:05:54.660 --> 01:05:59.170 TO REAL PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU. 01:05:59.170 --> 01:06:06.309 NEXT UP IS ROBERT FOLLOWED BY SETH. >> I AM A RESIDENT ADVISOR OF 01:06:06.309 --> 01:06:09.540 DISTRICT 5 AND A HOUSING WORKER IN DISTRICT 4. I WANT TO BE SURE WE 01:06:09.540 --> 01:06:14.190 INCLUDE IN THE DISCUSSION RESOURCE IMPROVEMENT. DEFUNDING POLICE BY HALF 01:06:14.190 --> 01:06:18.400 TO THE TUNE OF $85 MILLION REMAINING THIS YEAR FOR SPECIFIC REINVESTMENT 01:06:18.400 --> 01:06:22.150 IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY'S AND NOT HURTING PROTESTERS THAT SHOULD BE 01:06:22.150 --> 01:06:27.760 FREED OR CAGING KIDS IN A JAIL NOW OR IN FIVE YEARS. MAYOR DURKAN SHOULD 01:06:27.760 --> 01:06:34.630 TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESIGN. IN ADDITION WE NEED TO STOP DOING SWEEPS 01:06:34.630 --> 01:06:38.220 OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND WE NEED TO START FUNDING SERVICES TO GIVE 01:06:38.220 --> 01:06:43.730 JOBS TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM . OF COURSE WE NEED TO START LOOKING OUT FOR 01:06:43.730 --> 01:06:49.330 RENTERS WHO MAY BE FACING EVICTION SO THAT RENTERS CAN ORGANIZE . I 01:06:49.330 --> 01:06:51.170 YIELD. 01:06:51.170 --> 01:06:59.579 THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS SETH FOLLOWED BY JOE. >> MY NAME IS SETH, I LIVE IN 01:06:59.579 --> 01:07:03.140 DISTRICT 6 AND I'M CALLING TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR ALL KING COUNTY 01:07:03.140 --> 01:07:08.900 EQUITY NOW DEMANDS. I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL SHOULD DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST 01:07:08.900 --> 01:07:12.370 50%. I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD REMOVE MAYOR DURKAN FROM OFFICE 01:07:12.370 --> 01:07:16.730 BECAUSE SHE HAS SHOWN SHE HAS NO REGARD FOR THE HUMANITY OR SAFETY OF HER 01:07:16.730 --> 01:07:22.620 CITY. AND I SUPPORT THE INTERNET FOR ALL BILL. THANK YOU. 01:07:22.620 --> 01:07:26.900 OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR THIS AFTERNOON 'S JOE. 01:07:26.900 --> 01:07:34.500 THANK YOU , AS ALWAYS YOU ARE AWESOME AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT BUT THAT'S NOT 01:07:34.500 --> 01:07:42.800 WHY COLD. I STAND BEHIND THE COMMENTS , I'M CALLING TODAY TO PROTEST VERY 01:07:42.800 --> 01:07:48.960 FIRMLY THE REQUEST FOR A SUBPOENA OF PRESS FOOTAGE OF EVENTS. IT'S MAKING 01:07:48.960 --> 01:07:55.040 CITIZENS LIKE ME A TARGET. EVEN AT PUBLIC MEETINGS. THIS IS VERY, VERY 01:07:55.040 --> 01:08:02.170 DANGEROUS. REMOVING THE MAYOR FROM OFFICE PEACEFULLY AND NONVIOLENTLY, 01:08:02.170 --> 01:08:09.420 THIS IS ATTACK ON A FREE PRESS AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. I ASK THAT 01:08:09.420 --> 01:08:13.710 YOU PLEASE GET THE SUBPOENA AGAINST OUR FRIENDS OF IMMEDIATE REMOVED. 01:08:13.710 --> 01:08:20.440 THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. COLLEAGUES, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT 01:08:20.440 --> 01:08:27.130 SESSION. IT IS 3:15 PM. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT OUR PUBLIC 01:08:27.130 --> 01:08:32.589 COMMENT SESSION. AND BEGIN WITH ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA. 01:08:32.589 --> 01:08:35.339 COLLEAGUES, THIS MORNING DURING COUNCIL BRIEFING I MENTIONED 01:08:35.339 --> 01:08:40.460 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WOULD NOT BE WILL TO JOIN US IN COUNCIL BRIEFING AND 01:08:40.460 --> 01:08:45.900 FULL COUNCIL. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT SHE IS FEELING BETTER AND SHE HAS 01:08:45.900 --> 01:08:50.259 BEEN ON THE CALL WITH US AND IN THIS MEETING WITH US. SHE CALLED AND 01:08:50.259 --> 01:08:55.940 SHORTLY AFTER ROLLCALL. I WANTED TO MAKE NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT 01:08:55.940 --> 01:09:00.900 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS PRESENT AND HAS BEEN LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 01:09:00.900 --> 01:09:04.320 AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ TO TODAY'S MEETING. THANK 01:09:04.320 --> 01:09:09.509 YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME TO CALL IN AND FOR LETTING US KNOW YOU WOULD BE 01:09:09.509 --> 01:09:12.690 ABLE TO JOIN US. 01:09:12.690 --> 01:09:17.549 NEXT UP, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. I ASK THE 01:09:17.549 --> 01:09:19.699 CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE. 01:09:19.699 --> 01:09:27.310 COUNCIL BILL 119836. AND ORDINANCE APPROPRIATE MONEY TO PAY CERTAIN 01:09:27.310 --> 01:09:33.810 AUDITED CLAIMS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 13, 2020 THROUGH JULY 17, 2020 AND 01:09:33.810 --> 01:09:34.819 ORDERING THE PAYMENT THEREOF. 01:09:34.819 --> 01:09:44.239 IS OUR SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? 01:09:44.239 --> 01:09:48.360 HEARING NO COMMENTS PLEASE CALL THE ROLLCALL. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES 01:09:48.360 --> 01:10:06.880 COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA , COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, 01:10:06.880 --> 01:10:25.410 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , 01:10:25.410 --> 01:10:42.920 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ , 01:10:42.920 --> 01:10:47.310 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. EIGHT IN FAVOR. NONE 01:10:47.310 --> 01:10:48.770 OPPOSED. 01:10:48.770 --> 01:10:54.000 YOU SO MUCH. THE BILL PASSES. I ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE AFFIX MY 01:10:54.000 --> 01:11:01.230 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. PLEASE READ INTO 01:11:01.230 --> 01:11:02.230 THE RECORD. 01:11:02.230 --> 01:11:10.820 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO A SALES AND USE TAX; PROVIDING FOR THE 01:11:10.820 --> 01:11:19.210 SUBMISSION TO QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON 01:11:19.210 --> 01:11:24.240 NOVEMBER 3, 2020, A PROPOSITION TO COLLECT A SALES AND USE TAX TO FUND 01:11:24.240 --> 01:11:27.480 TRANSIT AND RELATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE. THE COMMITTEE 01:11:27.480 --> 01:11:30.760 RECOMMENDS THAT THE BILL PASSES AMENDED. 01:11:30.760 --> 01:11:37.480 THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAME CLERK, HERE IS WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO 01:11:37.480 --> 01:11:42.400 BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF MOVING PIECES ON THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL BILL. 01:11:42.400 --> 01:11:47.980 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE WILL FIRST HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, 01:11:47.980 --> 01:11:51.520 COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN TO PRESENT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. AND THEN WE CAN 01:11:51.520 --> 01:11:57.920 CONSIDER THE POSSIBLE SEVEN AMENDMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER. I WOULD 01:11:57.920 --> 01:12:01.690 PROPOSE WE CONSIDER AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO WHICH WAS PUBLISHED ON THE 01:12:01.690 --> 01:12:06.840 AGENDA, THAT IS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE 01:12:06.840 --> 01:12:14.980 FROM .1% TO .2%. THEN I PROPOSE WE CONSIDER AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX WHICH 01:12:14.980 --> 01:12:20.610 WAS NOT PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA, THAT IS MY PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND WOULD 01:12:20.610 --> 01:12:29.650 INCREASE THE TAX RATE FROM .1% TO .15%. AND THEN THERE ARE , THERE IS 01:12:29.650 --> 01:12:36.440 ANOTHER POTENTIAL AMENDMENT, 6 B THAT WOULD REQUIRE SUSPENDED, THAT IS 01:12:36.440 --> 01:12:41.670 BEING POTENTIALLY BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. IT WOULD 01:12:41.670 --> 01:12:48.320 AMEND , IT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE INCREASE TO THE LOW INCOME 01:12:48.320 --> 01:12:55.340 SPENDING CATEGORY WITH ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS BEING DIRECTED TO TRANSIT 01:12:55.340 --> 01:13:01.030 SERVICE. WE ALSO HAVE AMENDMENT EIGHT, WE CAN CONSIDER AMENDMENT EIGHT 01:13:01.030 --> 01:13:06.520 LETTER A OR 8B ALSO NOT ON THE AGENDA, THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY 01:13:06.520 --> 01:13:11.500 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND GOES TO INCREASE THE EMERGING SERVICE CATEGORY 01:13:11.500 --> 01:13:18.620 CAP. WE COULD CONSIDER AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE IS ON THE AGENDA BEING 01:13:18.620 --> 01:13:22.430 BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND PROPOSES STRUCTURING THE 01:13:22.430 --> 01:13:28.380 LEVY, CHANGING THE TIME AND LENGTH OF THE LEVY FROM FOUR YEARS TO SIX 01:13:28.380 --> 01:13:36.239 YEARS. AND THEN WE WOULD HEAR AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN A OR 7B, ALSO NOT ON 01:13:36.239 --> 01:13:41.900 THE AGENDA BUT BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WHICH WOULD 01:13:41.900 --> 01:13:47.260 CLARIFY THE TERM OF THE MEASURE IF THE TERM OF THE MEASURE IS EXTENDED TO 01:13:47.260 --> 01:13:53.860 APRIL, 2025 OR APRIL, 2027. LASTLY WE COULD CONSIDER AMENDMENT NUMBER 01:13:53.860 --> 01:14:00.219 THREE WHICH WAS ON THE AGENDA, MY AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE ESSENTIAL WORKERS 01:14:00.219 --> 01:14:07.219 IN THE LOW INCOME SPENDING CATEGORY. SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THAT 01:14:07.219 --> 01:14:12.570 ORDER OF DISCUSSION OF THE AMENDMENTS THEN WE WILL CONSIDER THEM IN THAT 01:14:12.570 --> 01:14:13.570 ORDER. 01:14:13.570 --> 01:14:19.920 MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU REPEAT THE NUMBERS FOR ME REAL QUICK IF YOU DON'T 01:14:19.920 --> 01:14:24.850 MIND. I GOT THE DESCRIPTIONS WHICH I APPRECIATE BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE 01:14:24.850 --> 01:14:26.390 GOT IT RIGHT. 01:14:26.390 --> 01:14:36.860 OKAY. AMENDMENT 2, AMENDMENT 6, POTENTIAL AMENDMENT 6th B. AMENDMENT 8A 01:14:36.860 --> 01:14:45.980 OR 8 B. AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, AMENDMENT SEVEN OR EIGHT, OR 7B. AND WE 01:14:45.980 --> 01:14:55.090 CONCLUDE WITH AMENDMENT THREE. IT'S LIKE WE ARE HAVING A SELECT COMMITTEE 01:14:55.090 --> 01:15:02.440 MEETING OF THE LEVY. BUT HERE WE GO. I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OBJECTION, NO 01:15:02.440 --> 01:15:07.880 OBJECTIONS, LET'S ROCK 'N ROLL. HEARING NO OBJECTION THEY WILL BE 01:15:07.880 --> 01:15:13.380 CONSIDERING THAT ORDER. COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO 01:15:13.380 --> 01:15:15.800 PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. 01:15:15.800 --> 01:15:20.110 THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, OUR TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT HAS BEEN 01:15:20.110 --> 01:15:23.810 OPERATING SUCCESSFULLY FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS AFTER VOTERS APPROVED THE 01:15:23.810 --> 01:15:29.880 CURRENT VERSION IN 2014. ON FRIDAY JULY 17 OUR SELECT COMMITTEE ON 01:15:29.880 --> 01:15:33.710 SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT FUNDING UNANIMOUSLY PASSED 01:15:33.710 --> 01:15:40.940 COUNCIL BILL 119 TO RENEW FUNDING FOR THE IMPORTANT TRANSIT MEASURE. WE 01:15:40.940 --> 01:15:45.989 VOTED ON ALL SEVEN PUBLISHED MINUTES AT THAT TIME. A FEMA COMMITTEE WAS 01:15:45.989 --> 01:15:51.690 TO PRIORITIZE TRANSIT SERVICE OVER ROADWORK WHICH WE DID BY MOVING MORE 01:15:51.690 --> 01:15:55.780 DOLLARS FROM ROADWORK AND TRANSIT AND REQUIRING A MAJORITY OF ALL NEW 01:15:55.780 --> 01:16:00.219 FUNDS GO TOWARD TRANSIT SERVICE. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE IT'S 01:16:00.219 --> 01:16:06.010 DISAPPOINTING THAT TIM'S INITIATIVE 976 WHICH WAS REJECTED BY A WHOPPING 01:16:06.010 --> 01:16:11.670 70%'S HAS REMOVED APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE FUNDING SOURCE. WE HOPE TO 01:16:11.670 --> 01:16:16.800 OVERTURN THAT MEASURE IN THE COURTS. IF WE DO OVERTURN IT I SUPPORT 01:16:16.800 --> 01:16:23.130 DOUBLING THE CAR TAB REVENUES WE ARE ALLOWED TO INCREASE AS A COUNCIL. AT 01:16:23.130 --> 01:16:28.670 THE SAME TIME YOU CAN'T IGNORE THE RIDERSHIP HAS PLUMMETED OVER 72% 01:16:28.670 --> 01:16:34.300 DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC. MOREOVER A SECOND WAVE OF THE CORONAVIRUS IS 01:16:34.300 --> 01:16:37.770 OF IMMINENT CONCERN AS WE HAVE SEEN WITH OUR GOVERNOR LAST WEEK IMPOSING 01:16:37.770 --> 01:16:44.160 ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS. YET I AM UPBEAT ON THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF 01:16:44.160 --> 01:16:49.810 TRANSIT, THE DEMAND IS GOING TO INCREASE AND HOPEFULLY WE GET BACK TO THE 01:16:49.810 --> 01:16:53.820 HIGH LEVELS THAT WERE THE PRIDE OF THE NATION AND WILL CONTINUE TO 01:16:53.820 --> 01:16:58.739 INCREASE THAT TRANSIT RIDERSHIP. TODAY THERE ARE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS 01:16:58.739 --> 01:17:03.370 FOR CONSIDERATION AND WHILE WE ARE LIKELY TO HEAR A ROBUST DEBATE ABOUT 01:17:03.370 --> 01:17:07.450 SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS, I JUST HOPE THE GENERAL PUBLIC SEES THERE IS 01:17:07.450 --> 01:17:13.691 UNITY AND THAT WE ALL SUPPORT TRANSIT AND WANT TO RENEW THIS MEASURE. ONE 01:17:13.691 --> 01:17:20.510 OF THE KEY AMENDMENTS WE WILL DEBATE TODAY IS ABOUT THE TAX RATE. ONE OF 01:17:20.510 --> 01:17:24.560 THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO DOUBLE THE TAX RATE, TO DOUBLE THE SALES TAX 01:17:24.560 --> 01:17:30.790 TO .2%. I'M NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT DOUBLING OF THE SALES TAX FOR ALL THE 01:17:30.790 --> 01:17:35.060 REASONS WE DON'T LIKE SALES TAX. I AM PLEASED TO SEE THE COMPROMISE 01:17:35.060 --> 01:17:38.449 AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ TO MAKE SURE WE GET MORE REVENUE 01:17:38.449 --> 01:17:46.670 THAN WAS TRANSMITTED TO US. THIS WILL INCREASE TO .15% WHICH WE DISCUSSED 01:17:46.670 --> 01:17:52.551 A LITTLE THIS MORNING. AFTER WE VOTE ON ALL THE AMENDMENTS TODAY, I LIKE 01:17:52.551 --> 01:17:55.510 TO MAKE FINAL REMARKS. 01:17:55.510 --> 01:17:56.820 THANK YOU. 01:17:56.820 --> 01:18:00.940 ABSOLUTELY. THE PRIME SPONSOR OF THE LEGISLATION ALWAYS GETS THE LAST 01:18:00.940 --> 01:18:07.610 WORD BEFORE WE CALL ABOUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR 01:18:07.610 --> 01:18:12.960 THOSE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. IT IS 325 SO I THINK WE SHOULD GET STARTED ON 01:18:12.960 --> 01:18:20.820 THE AMENDMENT WORK. LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH AMENDMENT 2. THE 01:18:20.820 --> 01:18:24.080 PRIMARY SPONSOR OF THAT IS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. I'M GOING TO HAND IT 01:18:24.080 --> 01:18:27.830 OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES TO MAKE HER MOTION TO FORMALLY PUT 01:18:27.830 --> 01:18:34.150 AMENDMENT TO BEFORE THE COUNCIL. 01:18:34.150 --> 01:18:42.929 THANK YOU. I MOVE AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT TO ON THE AGENDA. 01:18:42.929 --> 01:18:44.540 IS THERE A SECOND? 01:18:44.540 --> 01:18:45.800 SECOND. 01:18:45.800 --> 01:18:51.860 IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. TO ADOPT AMENDMENT 2. COUNCILMEMBER 01:18:51.860 --> 01:18:57.390 MORALES YOUR THE PRIME SPONSOR AND YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS 01:18:57.390 --> 01:18:59.090 YOUR AMENDMENT. 01:18:59.090 --> 01:19:04.060 THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, WE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS THIS 01:19:04.060 --> 01:19:09.110 MORNING. BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THIS AFTERNOON, I WANT TO 01:19:09.110 --> 01:19:13.890 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT. 01:19:13.890 --> 01:19:20.400 AS I SAID, I AM LOOKING TO TRY TO PROTECT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SERVICE 01:19:20.400 --> 01:19:26.449 HOURS UP TO 150,000 SERVICE HOURS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS , EVEN AS WE DO 01:19:26.449 --> 01:19:32.400 STRUGGLE WITH AN INCREASE IN SALES TAX. I WITHDREW IT LAST WEEK TO ALLOW 01:19:32.400 --> 01:19:35.590 MORE TIME TO HEAR FROM STAKEHOLDERS. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT AFTER 01:19:35.590 --> 01:19:41.750 SPEAKING WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN MY DISTRICT INCLUDING AC 01:19:41.750 --> 01:19:52.780 RS, WOMEN'S ALLIANCE, ONE AMERICA, ROOTED IN RIGHTS, LABOR COUNCIL, 01:19:52.780 --> 01:19:56.600 TEAMSTERS 117, I HAVE DECIDED TO BRING THE AMENDMENT BACK FOR 01:19:56.600 --> 01:20:01.390 CONSIDERATION. THESE STAKEHOLDERS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AT RISK IF WE MOVE 01:20:01.390 --> 01:20:07.080 SOMETHING TO THE BALLOT THAT WILL REDUCE TRANSIT SERVICE SO DRASTICALLY. 01:20:07.080 --> 01:20:10.810 SO I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT. I JUST WILL SAY THAT THE .2% 01:20:10.810 --> 01:20:14.270 INCREASE IS AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THE TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE ALREADY 01:20:14.270 --> 01:20:19.040 INVESTED IN . AND CUTTING SEATTLE'S INVESTMENT TO $30 MILLION PER YEAR IT 01:20:19.040 --> 01:20:24.440 WILL WIPE OUT THAT SYSTEM AND HARM THOSE WHO NEED TRANSIT MOST. SO I AM 01:20:24.440 --> 01:20:29.210 MOVING THIS AMENDMENT AND ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUE SUPPORT. 01:20:29.210 --> 01:20:32.610 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR THOSE REMARKS. I REALLY APPRECIATED 01:20:32.610 --> 01:20:38.530 THE AS YOU PUT IT VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION AROUND ALL OF THE AMENDMENT'S 01:20:38.530 --> 01:20:42.480 THIS MORNING. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION OF COURSE. 01:20:42.480 --> 01:20:47.699 COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 2? COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, 01:20:47.699 --> 01:20:53.980 PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, AS I SAID THIS MORNING I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE 01:20:53.980 --> 01:20:57.760 EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING GOING TO THESE 01:20:57.760 --> 01:21:02.530 CRITICAL TRANSIT SERVICES. WE KNOW THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY HAS CUCKOLDED 01:21:02.530 --> 01:21:07.670 THE IMPACT AT .1% SALES TAX INCREASE WOULD HAVE ON HOUSEHOLDS AND 01:21:07.670 --> 01:21:11.550 ESTIMATES THE AMENDMENT WOULD MEAN AN ANNUAL COST OF ABOUT NINE DOLLARS 01:21:11.550 --> 01:21:16.590 PER HOUSEHOLD ACHING ABOUT $25,000 PER YEAR. OR ABOUT $12 PER HOUSEHOLD 01:21:16.590 --> 01:21:23.550 MAKING $50,000. WE CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT 01:21:23.550 --> 01:21:27.679 ON WORKING FAMILIES. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT CUTTING TRANSIT WHICH IS A 01:21:27.679 --> 01:21:31.350 LIFELINE ARE THE SAME FOLKS WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING TO PAY THIS TAX 01:21:31.350 --> 01:21:36.120 WOULD HAVE A MUCH MORE REGRESSIVE AND HARMFUL IMPACT. WITHOUT BEING ABLE 01:21:36.120 --> 01:21:40.760 TO GET TO WORK OR CHILD CARE OR OTHER CRITICAL SERVICES LIKE MEDICAL 01:21:40.760 --> 01:21:47.170 APPOINTMENTS, WE HAVE HEARD FROM FOLKS WERE SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT. I 01:21:47.170 --> 01:21:52.360 WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT AND IF THIS IS NOT PASS I WILL ALSO 01:21:52.360 --> 01:21:56.340 SUPPORT THE OTHER PROPOSAL FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. I WOULD EVER 01:21:56.340 --> 01:22:03.840 THINK TO MAKE SURE WE GET ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN HAND WERE POSSIBLE TO 01:22:03.840 --> 01:22:08.100 REDUCE THE BURDEN OF THE CUTS THAT ARE EXPECTED. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS 01:22:08.100 --> 01:22:11.740 PUT FORWARD TODAY TO DO JUST THAT. 01:22:11.740 --> 01:22:15.170 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR THOSE COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 01:22:15.170 --> 01:22:25.710 COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 2? COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. PLEASE. 01:22:25.710 --> 01:22:32.960 THANK YOU. SALES TAXES ARE A REGRESSIVE TAX THAT PUT THE BURDEN ON 01:22:32.960 --> 01:22:37.159 FUNDING TRANSIT ON POOR AND WORKING- CLASS PEOPLE LEAVING BIG BUSINESS 01:22:37.159 --> 01:22:41.630 AND THE RICH RELATIVELY UNTAXED. MANY COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED 01:22:41.630 --> 01:22:46.590 THIS. IF ON THE OTHER HAND WE ALLOW THE CUTS TO HAPPEN IT WILL IMPACT 01:22:46.590 --> 01:22:51.480 WORKERS WHO DEPEND ON TRANSIT FOR BASIC ABILITY. THE SAME WORKING 01:22:51.480 --> 01:22:55.719 FAMILIES WHO ARE HIT BY THE REGRESSIVE TAXATION ANNOUNCEMENT IN PUBLIC 01:22:55.719 --> 01:23:01.820 COMMENT, IT HIT PEOPLE VERY LOW INCOMES, PEOPLE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS 01:23:01.820 --> 01:23:05.910 WITH DISABILITIES IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. AND IT WILL HIT TRANSIT WORKERS 01:23:05.910 --> 01:23:11.909 COMMUNITY MEMBERS . THE CHOICE BETWEEN INCREASING THE SALES TAX AND 01:23:11.909 --> 01:23:17.540 AUSTERITY CUTS TO BUDGET HOURS IS A FALSE CHOICE WHERE WORKING-CLASS 01:23:17.540 --> 01:23:22.080 PEOPLE AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY AND POOR PEOPLE LOSE EITHER WAY. IN 01:23:22.080 --> 01:23:25.770 DECIDING WHETHER TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT , MOST DECISIVE IS WHETHER 01:23:25.770 --> 01:23:31.630 OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WILL BE WILLING TO SUPPORT PROGRESSIVE FUNDING 01:23:31.630 --> 01:23:36.260 ALTERNATIVES TO THIS. TO THE REGRESSIVE TAX. I MENTIONED IN COMMITTEE 10 01:23:36.260 --> 01:23:41.489 DAYS AGO THAT LEGALLY IT IS NOT TRUE THAT SALES TAXES ARE THE ONLY OPTION 01:23:41.489 --> 01:23:45.150 FOR FUNDING. YES, THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT ARE LEGAL CONSTRUCT 01:23:45.150 --> 01:23:48.940 AND HAVE CERTAIN IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCES. HOWEVER THERE IS NOTHING IN 01:23:48.940 --> 01:23:52.770 THE LAW AND THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING A LOT TO PREVENT THE COUNCIL FROM 01:23:52.770 --> 01:23:56.810 PASSING SOME OTHER PROGRESSIVE GENERAL FUND TAX AND USING THOSE FUNDS TO 01:23:56.810 --> 01:24:00.940 PAY FOR BUS SERVICE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY COUNCIL COULD PASS AN 01:24:00.940 --> 01:24:04.830 ORDINANCE TO INCREASE THE TAX IN THE JUST PASSED AMAZON TAX. INCREASING 01:24:04.830 --> 01:24:11.070 THAT TAX BY A QUARTER OF A PERCENT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO RAISE THE FUNDS 01:24:11.070 --> 01:24:14.810 TO ILLUMINATE THE TRANSIT BUDGET CUTS WITHOUT ANY SALES TAX AT ALL. I 01:24:14.810 --> 01:24:18.630 ASKED THE QUESTION AT THAT TIME IF COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD SUPPORT THAT. 01:24:18.630 --> 01:24:24.530 ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE CITY COULD PUT ON THE BALLOT AN INCREASE IN THE 01:24:24.530 --> 01:24:29.150 TAX RATE AND USE THAT INSTEAD OF SALES TAXES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT 01:24:29.150 --> 01:24:34.449 REGRESSIVE LIKE SALES TAX. IS LESS PROGRESSIVE, THEY ARE LESS PROGRESSIVE 01:24:34.449 --> 01:24:41.100 THAN THAT AMAZON TAX, THE AMAZON TAX ONLY TAXES LARGE 3% OF BUSINESSES. 01:24:41.100 --> 01:24:44.260 THEIR MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN SALES TAXES BECAUSE SALES TAXES HIT THE 01:24:44.260 --> 01:24:49.200 POOREST HOUSEHOLDS THE MOST. 10 DAYS AGO I ASKED IF ANY COUNCILMEMBERS 01:24:49.200 --> 01:24:52.230 WOULD SUPPORT EITHER OF THOSE PROGRESSIVE OPTIONS INSTEAD OF THE 01:24:52.230 --> 01:24:56.670 REGRESSIVE SALES TAX AND BUDGET CUTS AND THEY SAID IF SO I WOULD BE HAPPY 01:24:56.670 --> 01:25:02.850 TO MAKE THAT MOTION. I INDICATED I WOULD ABSTAIN FROM A VOTE AT THE 01:25:02.850 --> 01:25:06.420 COMMITTEE TO GIVE TIME FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR 01:25:06.420 --> 01:25:11.430 PROGRESSIVE ALTERNATIVE. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO SHARE WITH MEMBERS OF 01:25:11.430 --> 01:25:14.610 THE PUBLIC THAT IN THE PAST 10 DAYS I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER 01:25:14.610 --> 01:25:19.060 COUNCILMEMBER SUPPORTING SHIFTING TRANSIT FUNDING TOWARDS AVENUES FOR 01:25:19.060 --> 01:25:24.761 PROGRESSIVE TAXATION. THE REALITY IS THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT IN 01:25:24.761 --> 01:25:27.890 SEATTLE AND ELSEWHERE ALWAYS TRIES TO PUT THE BURDEN OF TAXES ON WORKING 01:25:27.890 --> 01:25:32.000 PEOPLE UNLESS THERE IS A MOVEMENT TO FIGHT BACK. WE WON THE AMAZON TAX 01:25:32.000 --> 01:25:38.880 ONLY BECAUSE WE HAD UP MASTIC -- MASSIVE MOVEMENT THAT WAS A CREDIT TO 01:25:38.880 --> 01:25:44.530 BIG BUSINESS. A FALSE CHOICE THE WE'RE LEFT WITH TODAY INSTEAD OF 01:25:44.530 --> 01:25:48.160 PROGRESSIVE TAXES IS THAT THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT CANNOT BE TRUSTED 01:25:48.160 --> 01:25:52.690 TO SUPPORT THE INTEREST UNLESS THEY'RE FORCED TO DO SO BY A POWERFUL 01:25:52.690 --> 01:25:58.449 MOVEMENT. HOWEVER, FACED WITH THE SITUATION, MY OFFICE MUST GO TO EITHER 01:25:58.449 --> 01:26:06.160 ACCEPT THE MAYOR'S CUT TO METRO OR WORK TO INCREASE PROGRESSIVE TAX. AS I 01:26:06.160 --> 01:26:09.360 SAID BOTH CHOICES ARE BAD BUT AS MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SAID IN 01:26:09.360 --> 01:26:13.840 PUBLIC COMMENT, TODAY AND BEFORE, THE BUDGET CUTS WILL BE THE MOST 01:26:13.840 --> 01:26:18.080 HARMFUL AND FOR ALL THOSE REASONS I WILL VOTE YES ON INCREASING THE 01:26:18.080 --> 01:26:24.440 PROPOSED SALES TAX. 01:26:24.440 --> 01:26:27.219 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 01:26:27.219 --> 01:26:29.270 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 01:26:29.270 --> 01:26:36.940 THANK YOU. AS I STATED IN MY COMMENTS EARLIER THIS MORNING, THE DURATION 01:26:36.940 --> 01:26:42.820 IT IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. JUST BY LISTENING TO MY COLLEAGUES 01:26:42.820 --> 01:26:51.710 COMMENTS AND CONSIDERATION BETWEEN .2 AND .15 AND .1, I'M NOT HEARING A 01:26:51.710 --> 01:26:58.640 MAJORITY OF COMMENTS . THE WE HAVE TO GO OFF OF HERE, ON EITHER .1 AND 01:26:58.640 --> 01:27:05.140 .2, I'M WONDERING IF FOLKS ARE COALESCING AROUND 1.5. THAT IS A QUESTION 01:27:05.140 --> 01:27:14.881 OUT OF ORDER BUT I FIGURED I WOULD ASK IT. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WE 01:27:14.881 --> 01:27:18.750 WILL CONSIDER A .15 AMENDMENT IN THE FUTURE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAVING A 01:27:18.750 --> 01:27:22.610 CONVERSATION AROUND THE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO WHICH IS COUNCILMEMBER 01:27:22.610 --> 01:27:34.290 MORALES'S PROPOSAL FOR A POINT TO INCREASE. I CAN'T COMPEL COLLEAGUES TO 01:27:34.290 --> 01:27:37.739 SAY WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY. BUT THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THE ALTERNATIVE 01:27:37.739 --> 01:27:46.050 PROPOSAL OF AMENDMENT SIX WHICH IS .15. PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO SIGNAL A 01:27:46.050 --> 01:27:49.540 PREFERENCE ONE MIGHT OR THE OTHER IF THEY ARE COMFORTABLE DOING SO. AND 01:27:49.540 --> 01:27:57.830 IF NOT, WE WILL KNOW WHERE FOLKS LIE ONCE WE CALL THE AMENDMENT TO A 01:27:57.830 --> 01:28:01.550 VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , EUROPE. 01:28:01.550 --> 01:28:07.410 THANK YOU. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. I HAVE 01:28:07.410 --> 01:28:15.640 EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS IN THE PAST ABOUT INCREASING TAXES THAT HAVE A 01:28:15.640 --> 01:28:20.449 DISPARATE IMPACT ON LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND SALES TAXES IS ONE OF THE MOST 01:28:20.449 --> 01:28:26.500 REGRESSIVE FORMS OF TAXATION. I UNDERSTAND FROM THE ANALYSIS THAT 01:28:26.500 --> 01:28:34.710 INCREASING THE SALES TAX FROM .1% TO .2% WILL BE FOR CAR OWNING LOW 01:28:34.710 --> 01:28:42.489 INCOME HOUSEHOLDS , IT WILL BE OUTWEIGHED BY NOT HAVING TO PAY THE CAR 01:28:42.489 --> 01:28:47.960 TAX , I SHOULD SAY CAR OWNING HOUSEHOLDS GENERALLY WILL BE OUTWEIGHED BY 01:28:47.960 --> 01:28:53.600 NOT HAVING TO PAY THE CAR TAX AS WELL AS CAR OWNING LOWER- INCOME 01:28:53.600 --> 01:28:58.670 HOUSEHOLDS , IF THE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS DON'T HAVE A CAR, THAT WOULD 01:28:58.670 --> 01:29:04.230 UNDER THIS PROPOSAL SEE THEIR TAX BURDEN RISE BY INCREASING THE SALES TAX 01:29:04.230 --> 01:29:14.300 .1% TO .2%. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT IT OR NOT THE 01:29:14.300 --> 01:29:22.300 LOSS OF TRANSIT SERVICE OUTWEIGHS THE NEGATIVES AROUND HAVING THE TOTAL 01:29:22.300 --> 01:29:26.670 TAX BURDEN FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WHO DON'T HAVE CARS. BUT I DO 01:29:26.670 --> 01:29:33.710 BELIEVE THE COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ PUTS FORWARD A GOOD COMPROMISE TO HELP 01:29:33.710 --> 01:29:40.670 ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF LOSS OF TRANSIT SERVICES TO THOSE 01:29:40.670 --> 01:29:49.949 HOUSEHOLDS AND ALSO WHILE MINIMIZING THE REGRESSIVE ANTI- OF THE 01:29:49.949 --> 01:29:52.760 TAXATION. OF COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ EXPLAINED THIS MORNING, I HAVE 01:29:52.760 --> 01:29:57.640 CONCERNS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TAX MEASURE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING ON 01:29:57.640 --> 01:30:10.179 THE BALLOT IN A POST COVID TIME. WHERE PEOPLE ARE VERY IMPACTED ACROSS 01:30:10.179 --> 01:30:17.430 MANY SOCIOECONOMIC SPECTRUMS , NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE REALITIES THE 01:30:17.430 --> 01:30:25.409 COVID-19 --THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY. THAT THEY REALLY DON'T WANT 01:30:25.409 --> 01:30:34.570 TO RISK LOSING IT. I AM MAYBE PERHAPS CAUTIOUS AND RISK-AVERSE I WANT TO 01:30:34.570 --> 01:30:39.870 THANK COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR THE WORK SHE HAS DONE OVER THE LAST WEEK 01:30:39.870 --> 01:30:44.260 TO GENERATE SUPPORT FOR AN INCREASE . I BELIEVE THAT SUPPORT FOR INCREASE 01:30:44.260 --> 01:30:55.250 WILL TRANSFER OVER TO A .15% INCREASE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE TRANSIT 01:30:55.250 --> 01:31:01.270 ADVISORY BOARD FOR WEIGHING IN BOTH ON THE SIZE OF THE TAX AS WELL AS THE 01:31:01.270 --> 01:31:04.980 TERMS. THANK YOU. 01:31:04.980 --> 01:31:09.360 COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO? COUNCILMEMBER 01:31:09.360 --> 01:31:10.360 LEWIS. 01:31:10.360 --> 01:31:16.960 THANK YOU SO MUCH. FRANKLY, I AM STILL IN A PLACE WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO 01:31:16.960 --> 01:31:24.090 SEE NO INCREASE OF THE SALES TAX AT ALL OVER THE .1%. I UNDERSTAND THERE 01:31:24.090 --> 01:31:31.710 ARE LOTS OF TRADE-OFFS THAT THAT WOULD INVOLVE IN TERMS OF SERVICE, 01:31:31.710 --> 01:31:35.989 FUTURE SERVICE CUTS POTENTIAL SERVICE REDUCTIONS. I CONTINUE TO BE VERY 01:31:35.989 --> 01:31:44.830 OPTIMISTIC THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO PREVAIL IN OUR LITIGATION TO CAR TAX 01:31:44.830 --> 01:31:52.170 AGAIN AS A COMPONENT OF OUR TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT STRATEGY. 01:31:52.170 --> 01:31:57.450 THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON A REGIONAL SUCCESSOR THAT 01:31:57.450 --> 01:32:02.920 COULD POTENTIALLY GO UP TO $100. ON THE CAR TABS. ABOVE AND BEYOND THE 01:32:02.920 --> 01:32:08.870 $60 CAR TABS WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND THAT THAT REVENUE COULD HAVE A 01:32:08.870 --> 01:32:12.430 MASSIVE IMPACT ESPECIALLY ON A COUNTYWIDE BASIS TO RESTORING THOSE 01:32:12.430 --> 01:32:18.030 TRANSIT HOURS. BUT, THAT IS STILL A RISK AND THERE IS STILL A LOT THAT 01:32:18.030 --> 01:32:24.180 NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. SO I DO THINK IT IS WARRANTED 01:32:24.180 --> 01:32:30.210 TO SEND TO THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE THE 1.5 NUMBER SO WE CAN HAVE THAT 01:32:30.210 --> 01:32:36.250 OPTION TO GO UP THAT HIGH IN THE EVENT WE ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN OLYMPIA 01:32:36.250 --> 01:32:43.650 LITIGATING IN THE COURT THE INITIATIVE. I WOULD ALSO SIGNAL THAT WOULD BE 01:32:43.650 --> 01:32:50.890 MY INTENT TO SEEK ONLY RENEWING THE RENEWING EXISTING .1 IN THE EVENT WE 01:32:50.890 --> 01:32:56.699 ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WE DO WANT THE CAR TABS PER MY COMMENTS THIS MORNING. 01:32:56.699 --> 01:33:02.940 BUT IN THE MEANTIME TO AVOID THE WORST OF THE REDUCTIONS IN SERVICE I 01:33:02.940 --> 01:33:13.150 WOULD SUPPORT THE .15 THE HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY CONSUL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. 01:33:13.150 --> 01:33:17.219 HOPING THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY NOT HAVE TO REALIZE THAT SALES TAX INCREASE 01:33:17.219 --> 01:33:24.430 BASED ON THE SUCCESSFUL RESOLVE LITIGATION. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT 01:33:24.430 --> 01:33:30.530 THERE . I DO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR GIVING US THE OPTION 01:33:30.530 --> 01:33:37.719 OF HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. I KNOW THAT IT WAS AN AMENDMENT LAST WEEK, BUT 01:33:37.719 --> 01:33:43.310 I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THIS WAS THOROUGHLY VETTED, THAT THERE WAS 01:33:43.310 --> 01:33:47.980 A LENGTHY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE IMPACTS. I DO THINK THAT THE COMPROMISE 01:33:47.980 --> 01:33:51.850 THAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS PUT FORWARD IS A GOOD ONE AND IT'S WHAT I 01:33:51.850 --> 01:33:55.940 INTEND TO SUPPORT. 01:33:55.940 --> 01:34:05.179 THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT AMENDMENT 2? 01:34:05.179 --> 01:34:10.180 SEEING AND HEARING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, ANY LAST WORDS YOU WOULD 01:34:10.180 --> 01:34:13.340 LIKE TO OFFER? OR WOULD YOU JUST LIKE US TO VOTE? 01:34:13.340 --> 01:34:17.530 LET'S JUST DO IT. 01:34:17.530 --> 01:34:21.770 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN'T SEE THE ENTIRE GRID OF THE COUNCIL, MANY OF US 01:34:21.770 --> 01:34:28.010 WERE FANNING OURSELVES. WE HOPE EVERYONE IS STAYING SAFE IN HIS HE. 01:34:28.010 --> 01:34:31.330 WITHOUT THERE BEING ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK 01:34:31.330 --> 01:34:38.570 FOR A ROLE ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES 01:34:38.570 --> 01:34:41.969 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA 01:34:41.969 --> 01:34:45.370 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN 01:34:45.370 --> 01:34:47.640 COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT 01:34:47.640 --> 01:34:48.770 AYE. 01:34:48.770 --> 01:34:50.179 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 01:34:50.179 --> 01:34:51.320 AYE. 01:34:51.320 --> 01:34:53.600 COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS 01:34:53.600 --> 01:34:54.740 NO. 01:34:54.740 --> 01:34:55.881 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD 01:34:55.881 --> 01:35:03.560 NO. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 01:35:03.560 --> 01:35:11.090 NO. COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. 01:35:11.090 --> 01:35:18.170 NO. FOUR IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED. 01:35:18.170 --> 01:35:22.890 THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE MOTION FAILS AND AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS NOT 01:35:22.890 --> 01:35:30.030 ADOPTED. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX . I WILL 01:35:30.030 --> 01:35:36.020 MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 119833 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT SIX RECENTLY 01:35:36.020 --> 01:35:37.020 DISTORTED. 01:35:37.020 --> 01:35:38.020 SECOND. 01:35:38.020 --> 01:35:42.980 IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT SIX. A SPONSOR OF THIS 01:35:42.980 --> 01:35:48.800 AMENDMENT, I WILL ADDRESS IT AND OPEN IT UP FOR DEBATE AND DISCUSSION. WE 01:35:48.800 --> 01:35:54.840 TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT THIS MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE 01:35:54.840 --> 01:36:00.610 THAT I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DATES IMPORTANT FOR THE MEMBERS OF 01:36:00.610 --> 01:36:05.409 THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO INCREASING THE 01:36:05.409 --> 01:36:12.310 ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR TO MITIGATE AGAINST DEEP 01:36:12.310 --> 01:36:19.500 SERVICE CUTS TO OUR FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK. AGAIN, AS WE MENTIONED AND 01:36:19.500 --> 01:36:25.130 DISCUSSED DURING THIS MORNING'S COUNCIL BRIEFING, EVEN UNDER A .15% 01:36:25.130 --> 01:36:31.409 MODEL, EVEN UNDER EIGHT .2% MODEL WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT 01:36:31.409 --> 01:36:39.310 ALLOWABLE FOR US TO SEND TO THE VOTERS, EVEN UNDER THE MAXIMUM TAXATION 01:36:39.310 --> 01:36:45.409 AMOUNT WE ARE STILL EXPECTING CUTS TO SERVICE FROM KING COUNTY METRO AS A 01:36:45.409 --> 01:36:51.370 RESULT OF THE COVID-19 ECONOMIC CRISIS. AND A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN 01:36:51.370 --> 01:37:00.850 RIDERSHIP, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OUR SYSTEM RELIES ON FARES FOR IT TO BE 01:37:00.850 --> 01:37:07.330 VIABLE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS COUNCILMEMBERS TO FAIRLY AND 01:37:07.330 --> 01:37:12.800 ACCURATELY COMMUNICATE YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION 01:37:12.800 --> 01:37:18.550 BENEFIT DISTRICT IS NOT GOING TO BE ADDITIVE IF PASSED BY THE VOTERS AS A 01:37:18.550 --> 01:37:26.469 HAS BEEN IN YEARS PAST. BUT INSTEAD IT WILL FUNCTION TO BE A BASE AND TO 01:37:26.469 --> 01:37:30.909 HOPEFULLY ALLOW SEATTLE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BUY THE SERVICES WE NEED. BUT 01:37:30.909 --> 01:37:40.190 WE WILL STILL BE RELIANT ON KING COUNTY METRO TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. 01:37:40.190 --> 01:37:47.750 AND TO COMMIT TO PROVIDING THOSE AVAILABLE SERVICES. SO JUST REALLY 01:37:47.750 --> 01:37:54.910 QUICKLY, AT .15%, IT WILL IN ESSENCE PROVIDE US WITH AN ADDITIONAL $14 01:37:54.910 --> 01:38:01.199 MILLION PER YEAR . ACCORDING TO THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 01:38:01.199 --> 01:38:07.719 THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO BUY ABOUT 30,000 HOURS FOR WEST SEATTLE IN BETWEEN 01:38:07.719 --> 01:38:14.550 120,000 TO 165,000 SERVICE HOURS WOULD BE AVAILABLE SYSTEMWIDE. DEPENDING 01:38:14.550 --> 01:38:19.659 ON SOME POLICY DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE DURING THE BUDGET AND ON 01:38:19.659 --> 01:38:25.530 COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND FEEDBACK THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER AS A COUNCIL FOR 01:38:25.530 --> 01:38:35.801 FINALIZING THE SPEND PLAN. ONCE THE LEVEES APPROVED. YOU ALSO GET THE 01:38:35.801 --> 01:38:40.850 POTENTIAL , IF YOU DO THE MATH THERE, IT GETS US TO A POTENTIAL TOTAL 01:38:40.850 --> 01:38:50.641 RANGE OF 250,000-200,000 TOTAL SERVICE HOURS IN A 0.15% TAX SCENARIO. TAX 01:38:50.641 --> 01:38:57.010 RATE SCENARIO. WITH THE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE REVENUE FORECASTING. FOR A 01:38:57.010 --> 01:39:10.010 SENSE OF SCALE, AND UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, 175,000 HOURS COULD 01:39:10.010 --> 01:39:15.469 MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT STBD INVESTMENTS IN THE FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK 01:39:15.469 --> 01:39:21.760 INCLUDING 30, 15 AND 10 MINUTE SERVICE AND NIGHT OWL FUNCTIONS. AGAIN, 01:39:21.760 --> 01:39:29.370 WITH METRO'S 20/21 SERVICE BEING STILL QUITE UNCERTAIN, WE I THINK ARE 01:39:29.370 --> 01:39:37.600 BEING PRUDENT AND GOING WITH THE .15 PERCENT ROUTE. AND MAKING SURE WE 01:39:37.600 --> 01:39:43.850 CAN MAKE SOME SPECIFIC DECISIONS ONCE THE LEVY IS APPROVED THAT IS GOING 01:39:43.850 --> 01:39:54.280 TO BE HELPFUL. SO THE , SORRY ABOUT THE INTERFERENCE, QUARANTINE MAKING 01:39:54.280 --> 01:40:01.760 AN ARGUMENT ABOUT AN AMENDMENT. LOVE IT. OKAY. I'M GOING TO TRY TO FOCUS 01:40:01.760 --> 01:40:06.240 WHILE MULTITASKING. I REALLY APPRECIATE HOPEFULLY THE SUPPORT THAT FOLKS 01:40:06.240 --> 01:40:11.870 CAN GIVE THIS POTENTIAL AMENDMENT , AMENDMENT SIX. I THINK IT IS A 01:40:11.870 --> 01:40:17.290 REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE. I DO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES AND HER 01:40:17.290 --> 01:40:23.909 STAFF , I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD IN HER OFFICE TO 01:40:23.909 --> 01:40:31.550 ADVANCE THE PRIOR AMENDMENT. AND SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO 01:40:31.550 --> 01:40:36.460 RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT NOW WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE 01:40:36.460 --> 01:40:42.160 REVENUE WE CAN GENERATE IN ORDER TO MITIGATE AGAINST DEEPER SERVICE CUTS. 01:40:42.160 --> 01:40:45.880 AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU ON PUTTING THIS 01:40:45.880 --> 01:40:52.240 FORWARD. AND ON MAKING THE BEST CASE POSSIBLE TO OUR VOTERS WHO WILL BE 01:40:52.240 --> 01:40:59.570 ASKED TO TAX THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO FUND REALLY INCREDIBLY 01:40:59.570 --> 01:41:05.470 IMPORTANT TRANSIT SERVICES. AND I AM REALLY HAPPY THAT ONE OF THE 01:41:05.470 --> 01:41:09.610 AMENDMENTS WE WILL BE CONSIDERING , THAT I THINK IS REALLY CRITICALLY 01:41:09.610 --> 01:41:15.541 IMPORTANT IS AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD INCLUDE ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN OUR LOW 01:41:15.541 --> 01:41:19.750 INCOME PROGRAM. I JUST THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO ESPECIALLY 01:41:19.750 --> 01:41:25.340 GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHO ESSENTIAL WORKERS ARE IN OUR CITY. AND SO I 01:41:25.340 --> 01:41:30.699 LOOK FORWARD TO FOLKS SUPPORTING AMENDMENT SIX AND AMENDMENT THREE THAT 01:41:30.699 --> 01:41:36.680 WE WILL BE CONSIDERING LATER ON THAT AFTERNOON. THAT BEING SAID, I'M 01:41:36.680 --> 01:41:41.820 GOING TO PASS IT ON AND SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS 01:41:41.820 --> 01:41:48.790 ABOUT AMENDMENT SIX. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? >> THANK YOU COUNCIL 01:41:48.790 --> 01:41:54.170 PRESIDENT. I KNOW YOU AND I HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW 01:41:54.170 --> 01:41:59.030 DAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST PATH FORWARD IS. I DO WANT TO SAY 01:41:59.030 --> 01:42:04.520 I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. FOR ALL THE REASONS WE HAVE BEEN 01:42:04.520 --> 01:42:10.219 TALKING ABOUT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO INCREASE OR PRESERVE 01:42:10.219 --> 01:42:13.780 AS MUCH TRANSIT AS POSSIBLE , TRANSIT SERVICES POSSIBLE FOR OUR 01:42:13.780 --> 01:42:20.200 COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR US TO TAKE. I DO 01:42:20.200 --> 01:42:22.930 PLAN TO SUPPORT THIS. 01:42:22.930 --> 01:42:28.820 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. COUNCILMEMBER 01:42:28.820 --> 01:42:29.820 MOSQUEDA? 01:42:29.820 --> 01:42:34.560 I ECHO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S COMMENTS. I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR 01:42:34.560 --> 01:42:39.650 CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THERE IS ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AT HAND. THANK YOU 01:42:39.650 --> 01:42:44.800 COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR STEWARDING THIS THROUGH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I 01:42:44.800 --> 01:42:50.980 WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT AND IF POSSIBLE INCLUDE A 01:42:50.980 --> 01:42:57.300 FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT WE HAD NOT CIRCULATED BEFORE NOW, I WOULD LOVE TO 01:42:57.300 --> 01:43:02.679 HAVE AMENDMENT 6B IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO SUSPEND RULES TO CONSIDER THAT AS 01:43:02.679 --> 01:43:07.570 TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. 01:43:07.570 --> 01:43:20.250 HOLD ON. YES. I'M CATCHING UP AND I PROCEDURE SCRIPT. IT WOULD BE 01:43:20.250 --> 01:43:26.030 APPROPRIATE FOR US TO HAVE , TO CONSIDER YOUR AMENDMENT TO MY AMENDMENT 01:43:26.030 --> 01:43:35.360 BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON AMENDMENT SIX. SO, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND GO 01:43:35.360 --> 01:43:39.800 THROUGH THOSE STEPS NOW? 01:43:39.800 --> 01:43:47.270 THANK YOU. I ASSUME THERE IS NO OBJECTION IF I GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE 01:43:47.270 --> 01:43:49.460 MOTION TO CONSIDER? 01:43:49.460 --> 01:43:55.380 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SO SORRY. I AM NEEDING MORE COFFEE. COUNCILMEMBER 01:43:55.380 --> 01:44:00.790 MOSQUEDA WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER AMENDMENT , YOUR AMENDMENT 01:44:00.790 --> 01:44:05.120 TO AMENDMENT SIX THAT WAS NOT CIRCULATED BY NOON THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO 01:44:05.120 --> 01:44:08.409 PRESENT THAT DID NOT MEET THE COUNCIL RULES. THE COUNCIL RULES WILL NEED 01:44:08.409 --> 01:44:11.760 TO BE SUSPENDED BEFORE WE CONSIDER IT. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE 01:44:11.760 --> 01:44:20.580 COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT 6B. HEARING NO 01:44:20.580 --> 01:44:24.980 OBJECTION THE COUNCIL RULE IS SUSPENDED AND NOW YOU MAY PROCEED WITH YOUR 01:44:24.980 --> 01:44:25.980 AMENDMENT. 01:44:25.980 --> 01:44:31.280 THANK YOU. I MOVED TO AMEND THE COUNCIL BILL 119833 AS PRESENTED IN 01:44:31.280 --> 01:44:34.800 AMENDMENT 6B WHICH WAS RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED. 01:44:34.800 --> 01:44:47.540 SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. YOU MAY NOW ADDRESS YOUR 01:44:47.540 --> 01:44:49.630 AMENDMENT 6B. 01:44:49.630 --> 01:44:53.560 THANK YOU SO MUCH. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR OFFICE FOR YOUR 01:44:53.560 --> 01:44:59.850 PARTNERSHIP ON THIS POTENTIAL AMENDMENT. 6B PROPOSES TO INCREASE THE RATE 01:44:59.850 --> 01:45:09.010 TO 1.5% , I AM SORRY, .15% OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS DESCRIBED IT. IT 01:45:09.010 --> 01:45:12.730 DOES NOT CHANGE THE SPENDING CAPS. UNDER 6B THE SPENDING CAPS WOULD 01:45:12.730 --> 01:45:16.280 REMAIN AS THEY ARE IN THE BILL IS A CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE AND THIS MEANS 01:45:16.280 --> 01:45:19.760 INCREASED REVENUE WOULD BE SPENT ON TRANSIT SERVICES AS WELL AS THE OTHER 01:45:19.760 --> 01:45:23.900 ITEMS INCLUDED. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD THIS 01:45:23.900 --> 01:45:29.739 MORNING, YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE AS WE MOVE FORWARD THERE OBVIOUSLY WILL BE 01:45:29.739 --> 01:45:35.930 CUTS TO THE VARIOUS NATURE, TOGETHER THIS COUNCIL IS WORKING THROUGH 01:45:35.930 --> 01:45:39.820 THESE AMENDMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PRIORITIZING KEY SERVICES ESPECIALLY 01:45:39.820 --> 01:45:43.880 AS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES DESCRIBED THIS MORNING, SPECIFICALLY FOLKS AND 01:45:43.880 --> 01:45:47.860 HURT DISTRICT FOR MORE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND LOWER WAGE WORKERS 01:45:47.860 --> 01:45:54.409 ESPECIALLY RELY ARE ON TRANSIT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT 01:45:54.409 --> 01:45:59.880 GONZALEZ FOR AMENDMENT THREE WHICH WILL SPECIFICALLY CALL ESSENTIAL 01:45:59.880 --> 01:46:05.780 WORKERS IS A CRITICAL IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROPOSAL. AMENDMENT 6B 01:46:05.780 --> 01:46:13.199 SUPPORTING THE ABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS KEY TRANSIT SERVICES AND 01:46:13.199 --> 01:46:19.350 MAKING SURE WE LOOK AT FREQUENCY OF SERVICES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I 01:46:19.350 --> 01:46:23.040 ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AROUND TRANSIT PASSES FOR 01:46:23.040 --> 01:46:29.370 LOW INCOME WORKERS AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE 01:46:29.370 --> 01:46:33.810 COUNTY. THE COUNTY HAS AN UPCOMING LAUNCH OF THEIR FREE AND LOW- COST 01:46:33.810 --> 01:46:38.060 FAIR PROGRAM THIS FALL. THAT PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON LEVERAGING EXISTING 01:46:38.060 --> 01:46:42.560 INFRASTRUCTURE TO FULLY SUBSIDIZED SERVICES FOR CUSTOMERS WHO EARN AT OR 01:46:42.560 --> 01:46:47.370 BELOW 80% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. AS WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 01:46:47.370 --> 01:46:52.760 METRO IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE OUR VALUE AS A 01:46:52.760 --> 01:46:56.550 COUNCIL THAT WE WANT MORE PEOPLE TO ACCESS TRANSIT SERVICES, MAKING SURE 01:46:56.550 --> 01:47:00.139 THE PROGRAM CAN ACCOMMODATE ESSENTIAL WORKERS HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING 01:47:00.139 --> 01:47:05.050 OF WHERE THE NEEDS ARE. AND, AS WE DO SO, I THINK THE AMENDMENT IN FRONT 01:47:05.050 --> 01:47:11.310 OF US , REALLY MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS AND CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF 01:47:11.310 --> 01:47:14.780 THE FOLKS WHO CALLED IN TODAY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND THE CITY THAT 01:47:14.780 --> 01:47:20.560 WE WANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE CUTS IN SERVICES AND FREQUENCY WE 01:47:20.560 --> 01:47:23.921 ARE ALREADY HEARING ABOUT , FOLKS WERE CONCERNED, LOW-WAGE WORKERS AND 01:47:23.921 --> 01:47:27.780 ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO TRANSIT 01:47:27.780 --> 01:47:34.429 SERVICES. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO PUT 01:47:34.429 --> 01:47:40.230 FORWARD THIS CHANGE SO WE CAN REALLY BALANCE WILL BE HEARD IN TERMS OF 01:47:40.230 --> 01:47:45.250 THE REGIONAL GOALS IN THE LETTER THAT CAME FROM THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 01:47:45.250 --> 01:47:49.719 KING COUNTY, AND OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INCREASE , 01:47:49.719 --> 01:47:54.250 SORRY THAT WE PRESERVE AS MANY ROUTES AS POSSIBLE AND LESSEN THE 01:47:54.250 --> 01:47:59.880 REDUCTIONS IN KEY SERVICES SO WE CAN PROMOTE RIDERSHIP, ESPECIALLY FOR 01:47:59.880 --> 01:48:04.250 OUR MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORHOODS SO MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSIT AND 01:48:04.250 --> 01:48:08.280 ESSENTIAL SERVICES. 01:48:08.280 --> 01:48:12.510 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON 01:48:12.510 --> 01:48:16.300 THIS AMENDMENT? I DO CONSIDER IT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. COUNCILMEMBER 01:48:16.300 --> 01:48:17.300 HERBOLD ? 01:48:17.300 --> 01:48:25.670 MY QUESTION IS, GIVEN THAT THESE ARE CAPS, NOT MINIMUM SPENDING 01:48:25.670 --> 01:48:30.840 REQUIREMENTS, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY WE WOULDN'T WANT TO INCREASE THE CAP 01:48:30.840 --> 01:48:37.650 FOR ACCESS TO TRANSIT FOR USE, LOW INCOME AND SENIORS GIVEN THAT OUR 01:48:37.650 --> 01:48:44.340 PROPOSAL WE HAVE BEFORE US IS TALKING ABOUT AN INCREASE IN OVERALL 01:48:44.340 --> 01:48:53.100 REVENUE . IF WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE REVENUE SELECTION FROM ONE 10th 01:48:53.100 --> 01:49:01.280 OF A PERCENT TO .15%, THAT IS GOING TO RESULT IN A DECREASE IN OVERALL 01:49:01.280 --> 01:49:10.030 TRANSIT CAPACITY. AND IT SEEMS LIKE HAVING FUNDING OF, A FUNDING CAP OF 01:49:10.030 --> 01:49:19.540 $10 MILLION IS BASED ON A 10th OF A PERCENT. ASSUMPTION OF REVENUE. I 01:49:19.540 --> 01:49:25.480 THINK IF WE ARE EXPANDING THE CAPACITY OF TRANSIT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE 01:49:25.480 --> 01:49:33.880 TO CONTEMPLATE THE EXPANSION OF ACCESS AND POPULATIONS TO TRANSIT. AND 01:49:33.880 --> 01:49:40.960 AGAIN, THE 23 MILLION COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ'S AMENDMENT ISN'T 01:49:40.960 --> 01:49:47.880 REQUIRED SPENDING, IT'S A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DOLLARS TO BE SPENT. AND SO, 01:49:47.880 --> 01:49:52.830 I AM CONCERNED YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING OURSELVES TO CONSIDER FOR INSTANCE $11 01:49:52.830 --> 01:50:00.520 MILLION IN SPENDING GIVEN THAT WE HAVE THIS INCREASE IN CAPACITY 01:50:00.520 --> 01:50:05.320 UNDECIDED BY THE INCREASE IN TAX. 01:50:05.320 --> 01:50:13.710 THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. I WOULD START BY SAYING WE KNOW THAT EVEN 01:50:13.710 --> 01:50:17.370 THOUGH IT'S JUST THE CAP, WE KNOW THOSE NUMBERS CAN BE VERY POWERFUL AND 01:50:17.370 --> 01:50:22.050 WE DON'T WANT TO SET EXPECTATIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY 01:50:22.050 --> 01:50:25.630 TO GO TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OR THAT ANY MONEY IS GOING TO BE DRAWN AWAY FROM 01:50:25.630 --> 01:50:30.790 OTHER TRANSIT SERVICES. WE ALSO HEARD STRONGLY FROM TRINITY PARTNERS 01:50:30.790 --> 01:50:36.290 INCLUDING TRANSIT AND LABOR THAT FREQUENCY ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST 01:50:36.290 --> 01:50:44.619 PRIORITIES THEY WANT TO SEE INVESTED IN. AND, THIS IS I THINK AN EFFORT 01:50:44.619 --> 01:50:51.389 TO ALSO SAY THERE IS ONGOING INVESTMENTS AND PASSES AT OUR COUNTY LEVEL. 01:50:51.389 --> 01:50:54.889 SO IT WOULD BE NICE PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT DRYING JOURNALS 01:50:54.889 --> 01:51:02.840 DOLLARS OVER TO A CERTAIN AREA EVEN THOUGH IT'S CONSIDERED A CAP. 01:51:02.840 --> 01:51:10.640 I AM CONCERNED THAT IF WE ARE EXPANDING FREQUENCY OF SERVICE, AND NUMBERS 01:51:10.640 --> 01:51:16.409 OF ROUNDS ROUTES AND NOT EXPANDING THE ABILITY OF LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND 01:51:16.409 --> 01:51:26.420 SENIORS TO ACCESS THAT WE MAY BE DOING A DISSERVICE IT CERTAINLY SEEMS 01:51:26.420 --> 01:51:29.510 LIKE IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING HIGHER THAN THE $10 MILLION THAT WAS BASED ON 01:51:29.510 --> 01:51:43.520 A 10th OF A PERCENT OF REVENUE. 01:51:43.520 --> 01:51:47.840 ANYTHING ELSE TO RESPOND AT THIS POINT. 01:51:47.840 --> 01:51:53.150 NO. I THINK THIS IS THE HARD CHOICE TO MAKE WITH VERY FEW DOLLARS. IT'S 01:51:53.150 --> 01:51:59.370 NOT NECESSARILY --WE ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE AS MANY ROUTES AS POSSIBLE. 01:51:59.370 --> 01:52:04.890 WE ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE FREQUENCY AND WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE ACT 01:52:04.890 --> 01:52:13.179 SIS TO PASSES WHEN IT IS NOT COMING 207 MINUTES AND COMING 40 MINUTE. 01:52:13.179 --> 01:52:20.060 ACTION TO PASSES VERSUS FREQUENCY TO SERVICE. WHEN WE PARTNER WITH THE 01:52:20.060 --> 01:52:33.430 COUNTY AND BASICALLY WITH THE NUMBER OF ROUTES AND 01:52:33.430 --> 01:52:39.830 SERVICES WE HAVE IN PLACE. THE RIGHT HYBRID WITH THE PEOPLE THAT 01:52:39.830 --> 01:52:46.680 HAVE PASSES AND THE BUS ACTUALLY CAME. THERE HAVE BEEN THOSE WITH 01:52:46.680 --> 01:52:56.301 MORALES'S BILL, YOU WERE ALSO GRAPPLING WITH. BOTH ARE NEEDED AND WE ARE 01:52:56.301 --> 01:53:16.080 NOT DRAW AGO LINE THAT WE NIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MEET 01:53:16.080 --> 01:53:21.800 THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE STILL WANT TO STAY COMMITTED TO THE LOW INCOME 01:53:21.800 --> 01:53:25.929 PROGRAMS. I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES. THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES AT WHAT 01:53:25.929 --> 01:53:33.350 LEVEL. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN INCREASE IT BY A LITTLE BIT OR 01:53:33.350 --> 01:53:37.681 WE COULD INCREASE IT BY A LOT, WHICH WAS MY ORIGINAL AMENDMENT. BUT I 01:53:37.681 --> 01:53:46.980 THINK ULTIMATELY WHAT THE OTHER POLICY QUESTION HERE IS WHAT WE WANT TO 01:53:46.980 --> 01:53:51.830 SEE IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK 01:53:51.830 --> 01:54:02.020 CITYWIDE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL TRANSIT RIDERS REGARDLESS OF INCOME. 01:54:02.020 --> 01:54:08.360 SO I THINK FOR THAT REASON, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA 01:54:08.360 --> 01:54:19.170 IS BRINGING B, WHICH LEAVE IT IS LOW INCOME FUNDING INTACT, BUT THE LEVEL 01:54:19.170 --> 01:54:27.980 OF 17% LEVEL SUBMITTED TO US WHILE STILL SAYING THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE 01:54:27.980 --> 01:54:35.580 GENERATED FROM A .15% PROPOSAL CAN AND SHOULD BE USEDED TO FOCUS ON 01:54:35.580 --> 01:54:46.110 FREQUENCY AND ENHANCED TRANSIT SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO --SO I'M 01:54:46.110 --> 01:54:55.950 --YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH CALL, BUT I WILL LIKELY SUPPORT AMENDMENT 6B, 01:54:55.950 --> 01:55:04.900 FAVORING A FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK THROUGH THAT MODEL, SO --COUNCIL 01:55:04.900 --> 01:55:06.460 MEMBER PETERSON. 01:55:06.460 --> 01:55:09.880 THANK YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT HELPS OTHERS MAKING A DECISION, BUT THE 01:55:09.880 --> 01:55:15.210 MEMO WE GOT FROM CENTRAL STAFF BREAKS OUT TO BUDGET THAT S DOT WAS 01:55:15.210 --> 01:55:21.360 PLANNING GOING FORWARD. THEY SET THE BUCKETS, THE CATEGORIES AT HIGHER 01:55:21.360 --> 01:55:27.199 LEVELS THAN WHAT THEY WERE BUDGETS, SO THEY ARE ONLY BUDGETING $7 MILLION 01:55:27.199 --> 01:55:36.080 FOR THE LOW INCOME PASSES FOR ON AVERAGE. THE 10 MILLION BUCKET PROVIDES 01:55:36.080 --> 01:55:41.670 A LOT OF CUSHION FOR IT TO GO UP, IF THAT HELPS FOLKS TODAY. 01:55:41.670 --> 01:55:47.130 THAT IS HELPFUL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON. A GOOD REMINDER. 01:55:47.130 --> 01:55:55.330 APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 6B? ? 01:55:55.330 --> 01:55:59.260 ANYTHING IN CLOSING REMARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA. 01:55:59.260 --> 01:56:07.179 I WANT TO THANK YOU. YOU CLARIFIED BETTER THAN I DID. I APPRECIATE 01:56:07.179 --> 01:56:13.570 WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY TO ADVANCE THIS ROBUST PROPOSAL 01:56:13.570 --> 01:56:18.030 YOU HAVE PUT FORWARD, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND CONTINUE AS MUCH AS WE CAN 01:56:18.030 --> 01:56:23.869 IN THIS TOUGH ECONOMIC TIME TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING AS MUCH ACCESS 01:56:23.869 --> 01:56:30.490 TO TRANSIT SERVICES AND PASSES, AS WE KNOW THE RECESSION WILL BE LONG AND 01:56:30.490 --> 01:56:33.619 THESE SERVICES ARE REALLY INCREED EBB. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK WE HAVE 01:56:33.619 --> 01:56:35.840 DONE WITH YOUR OFFICE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 01:56:35.840 --> 01:56:37.659 FLEXIBILITY ON THIS. 01:56:37.659 --> 01:56:43.810 ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT DEBATE ON AMENDMENT 6B 01:56:43.810 --> 01:56:50.909 AND ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 6 B. 01:56:50.909 --> 01:56:53.929 MORALES? MORALES? 01:56:53.929 --> 01:57:04.500 AYE CLERIC AYE, YES? THANK YOU. MOSQUEDA? 01:57:04.500 --> 01:57:06.010 AYE 01:57:06.010 --> 01:57:07.520 PETERSON. 01:57:07.520 --> 01:57:09.030 AYE 01:57:09.030 --> 01:57:10.540 SAWANT. 01:57:10.540 --> 01:57:12.050 AYE 01:57:12.050 --> 01:57:13.560 STRAUSS. 01:57:13.560 --> 01:57:15.070 YES. 01:57:15.070 --> 01:57:16.580 LEWIS. 01:57:16.580 --> 01:57:18.090 YES. 01:57:18.090 --> 01:57:19.600 HERBOLD. 01:57:19.600 --> 01:57:21.110 YES. 01:57:21.110 --> 01:57:22.619 JUAREZ. 01:57:22.619 --> 01:57:24.130 YES. 01:57:24.130 --> 01:57:25.680 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ? 01:57:25.680 --> 01:57:26.840 YES. 01:57:26.840 --> 01:57:29.280 NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 01:57:29.280 --> 01:57:36.480 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. OKAY. ARE THERE --MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT 6B 01:57:36.480 --> 01:57:45.920 IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 6 AS AMENDED? OKAY. 01:57:45.920 --> 01:57:49.940 HEARING NONE, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT DURING COUNCIL BRIEFING. 01:57:49.940 --> 01:57:55.030 WE HAVE DEBATED A LOT. I WILL ASK THE CLERK CALL ROLL ON ADOPTION 01:57:55.030 --> 01:57:58.280 AMENDMENT 6 AS AMENDED. 01:57:58.280 --> 01:58:00.100 MORALES? 01:58:00.100 --> 01:58:01.920 YES 01:58:01.920 --> 01:58:03.750 MOSQUEDA. 01:58:03.750 --> 01:58:05.570 AYE. 01:58:05.570 --> 01:58:07.389 PETERSON. 01:58:07.389 --> 01:58:09.210 NO. 01:58:09.210 --> 01:58:11.040 SAWANT 01:58:11.040 --> 01:58:12.860 AYE. 01:58:12.860 --> 01:58:14.679 STRAUSS. 01:58:14.679 --> 01:58:16.510 YES. 01:58:16.510 --> 01:58:18.330 LEWIS. 01:58:18.330 --> 01:58:20.150 AYE. 01:58:20.150 --> 01:58:21.969 HERBOLD. 01:58:21.969 --> 01:58:23.800 YES. 01:58:23.800 --> 01:58:25.619 JUAREZ. 01:58:25.619 --> 01:58:27.449 YES. 01:58:27.449 --> 01:58:28.810 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ? 01:58:28.810 --> 01:58:29.810 YES. 01:58:29.810 --> 01:58:32.770 8 IN FAVOR, 1 OPPOSED. 01:58:32.770 --> 01:58:37.869 THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT 6 AS AMENDED IS 01:58:37.869 --> 01:58:43.320 ADOPTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE 01:58:43.320 --> 01:58:51.360 IN THE ORDER I DESCRIBED. SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO CONSIDER I BELIEVE 01:58:51.360 --> 01:58:56.210 AMENDMENT 8B, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND 01:58:56.210 --> 01:59:01.489 PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I GOT THE LETTER WRONG, BUT I DO THINK IT'S 8B, SO I 01:59:01.489 --> 01:59:07.730 WILL RECOGNIZE YOU IN ORDER TO HAVE YOU MOVE YOUR AMID 8B. 01:59:07.730 --> 01:59:14.900 I MOVE TO MOVE AMENDMENT 8 B. 01:59:14.900 --> 01:59:16.469 ANY SECOND. 01:59:16.469 --> 01:59:17.469 SECOND 01:59:17.469 --> 01:59:33.790 COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE 01:59:33.790 --> 01:59:34.790 AMENDMENT. 01:59:34.790 --> 01:59:39.679 AGAIN, MUCH LIKE I ARGUED IN THE LAST AMENDMENT, THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE 01:59:39.679 --> 01:59:47.840 ADDITIONAL FUNDING. IT HAS A FUNDING CAP FOR COVID-1919 RESPONSE AND 01:59:47.840 --> 01:59:52.480 RECOVERY AND THE CLOSURE OF THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE IN PROPORTION WITH 01:59:52.480 --> 01:59:57.429 THE INCREASE OF THE SIZE OF THE LEVY TO --FROM 6 MILLION TO $9 MILLION. 01:59:57.429 --> 02:00:05.489 IT INCREASE IT IS FUNDING CAP, AGAIN, FOR BOTH EMERGING MOBILITY NEEDS 02:00:05.489 --> 02:00:12.790 RELATED TO COVID-19 RESPONSE, THAT INCLUDES SOCIAL DISTANCING 02:00:12.790 --> 02:00:16.989 REQUIREMENTS OF METRO, BUT ALSO FOR THE CLOSURE OF THE WEST SEATTLE 02:00:16.989 --> 02:00:23.840 BRIDGE AND IMPACTS TO WEST SEATTLE AND SOUTH PARK RESIDENTS. S DOT 02:00:23.840 --> 02:00:30.350 INDICATED THE BRIDGE WILL BE CLOSED THROUGH THE END OF 2021 AT LEAST AND 02:00:30.350 --> 02:00:36.369 THAT IS IF A REPAIR IS CHOSEN, OBVIOUSLY, MUCH LONGER, IF A REPLACEMENT 02:00:36.369 --> 02:00:42.070 IS CHOSEN, LAST WEEK THEY INDICATED REPAIR COULD TAKE EVEN LONGER THAN 02:00:42.070 --> 02:00:52.600 PREVIOUS ESTIMATES. --OR COULD LAST LONGER THAN PREVIOUS ESTIMATES. MY 02:00:52.600 --> 02:01:02.889 REQUEST TO METRO WAS TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT HOW A .1% STB WITH THE 02:01:02.889 --> 02:01:12.790 ADDITION OF SERVICE WOULD BE --HOW THE EMERGING NEEDS FUNDING IN THAT 02:01:12.790 --> 02:01:23.260 PARTICULAR SCENARIO WOULD STACK UP TO SERVICE CAPACITY PRECOVID-19. AND 02:01:23.260 --> 02:01:34.000 THE RESPONSE WITH METRO IS WITH A TENTH OF A PERCENT WITH THE SPENDING 02:01:34.000 --> 02:01:39.820 FOR EMERGING NEEDS, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR CAPACITY THAT WOULD BE CLOSE TO 02:01:39.820 --> 02:01:47.060 PRECOVID-19 LEVELS, BUT NOT AT THOSE LEVELS. AND, AGAIN, WE NEED IF IN 02:01:47.060 --> 02:01:53.639 WEST SEATTLE AND SOUTH PARK TO MOVE FROM 17% PEOPLE TAKING TRANSIT TO 02:01:53.639 --> 02:02:06.070 MORE, THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN MEET THAT. ONLY IF IT IS AT CAPACITY 02:02:06.070 --> 02:02:12.869 PRECOVID-19 LEVELS. SOME WOULD REQUIRE THIRD PARTY FUNDING, LIKE 02:02:12.869 --> 02:02:20.389 ADDITIONAL STBD TO REQUIRING ADDITIONAL TWO BOATS UP TO ALL DAY AND YEAR 02:02:20.389 --> 02:02:30.110 ROUND, ADDING 773, 775 WATER TAXI SHUTTLE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR A NEW THIRD 02:02:30.110 --> 02:02:35.830 ROUTE. AGAIN, RAPID RIDE C SERVICE FREQUENCY UPGRADES FOR PEAK AND OFF 02:02:35.830 --> 02:02:40.489 PEAK, ROBUST SERVICE BETWEEN ADMIRAL AND DOWNTOWN, WHICH DOESN'T EXIST 02:02:40.489 --> 02:02:46.760 RIGHT NOW, AND SUMMARILY ROUTE 50 SERVICE FREQUENCY UPGRADES TO THE SOTO 02:02:46.760 --> 02:02:51.820 LINKED STATION. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL 02:02:51.820 --> 02:03:00.110 REVENUE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE ARE CONTEMPLATING RIGHT NOW. AND TASK 02:03:00.110 --> 02:03:05.750 FORCE NOTED THEIR PLANS DO INCLUDE ADJUSTING SERVICE IN THE EVENT THERE 02:03:05.750 --> 02:03:10.670 IS A HIGH BRIDGE INSTABILITY AND/OR LONG TERM CLOSURE OF THE LOW BRIDGE, 02:03:10.670 --> 02:03:15.920 WHICH COULD SHIFT MORE FOR THE NEEDS FOR THE WATER TAXI. SO, AGAIN, THIS 02:03:15.920 --> 02:03:22.630 IS NOT -- ALLOWING FOR THE CHANGE IN THE CAP DOES NOT REQUIRE THIS LEVEL 02:03:22.630 --> 02:03:28.139 OF SPENDING, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW ADDITIONAL --IT WOULD ALLOW FOR 02:03:28.139 --> 02:03:34.510 ADDITIONAL SPENDING OF AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION, GOING FROM $6 MILLION TO 02:03:34.510 --> 02:03:37.850 $9 MILLION. THAT ISN'T 6 MILLION TO 9 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR WEST 02:03:37.850 --> 02:03:43.320 SEATTLE BRIDGE-RELATED SPENDING. THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE COVID-19 RESPONSE 02:03:43.320 --> 02:03:46.719 AND RECOVERY I CITED. THANK YOU 02:03:46.719 --> 02:03:50.920 THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON 02:03:50.920 --> 02:03:55.120 PROPOSED AMENDMENT 8B? COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA. 02:03:55.120 --> 02:04:05.280 THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD. I'M SORRY IF YOU SAID THIS, BUT CAN YOU 02:04:05.280 --> 02:04:10.820 REPEAT FOR US WHAT TYPE OF STAKE HOLDING HAS BEEN DONE OR CONVERSATIONS 02:04:10.820 --> 02:04:14.989 WITH THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT IMPACT THIS SORT OF EARMARKING WOULD HAVE 02:04:14.989 --> 02:04:18.230 ON THE PROPOSED USE OF DOLLARS ALREADY? 02:04:18.230 --> 02:04:23.469 SO, AGAIN, IT WOULDN'T BE EARMARKING. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THE SPENDING, 02:04:23.469 --> 02:04:28.139 BUT THERE ALREADY IS AN EMERGING NEEDS CATEGORY. THAT IS FOR BOTH COVID- 02:04:28.139 --> 02:04:34.810 19 RECOVERY AND EMERGING NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE 02:04:34.810 --> 02:04:41.550 CLOSURE. WE SPOKE WITH KING COUNTY METRO LAST WEEK ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACTS 02:04:41.550 --> 02:04:47.530 WOULD BE AND WHAT THESE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS COULD BE SPENT ON. I JUST GAVE 02:04:47.530 --> 02:04:52.889 THE LIST OF THOSE THINGS, WATER TAXI, THE SHUTTLE TO THE WATER TAXI, 02:04:52.889 --> 02:05:00.030 LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DID I SAY? ADDITIONAL PEAK AND OFF PEAK SERVICE TO 02:05:00.030 --> 02:05:06.090 RAPID RIDE. THIS IS ALL INFORMATION FROM METRO. AND ROBUST BUS SERVICE 02:05:06.090 --> 02:05:09.429 BETWEEN ADMIRAL AND DOWNTOWN, WHICH ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT EXIST RIGHT NOW 02:05:09.429 --> 02:05:15.160 AND ROUTE FREQUENCY UPGRADES TO THE SOTO LINKED STATION. SO IT'S AN 02:05:15.160 --> 02:05:22.220 ADDITIONAL MAXIMUM OF $3 MILLION, AGAIN, NOT ALL $3 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR 02:05:22.220 --> 02:05:30.790 THE EMERGING NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE CLOSURE, BUT ALSO 02:05:30.790 --> 02:05:38.469 ASSOCIATEDED WITH COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY, WHICH IS VERY FOCUSED 02:05:38.469 --> 02:05:47.099 ON MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS THE ABILITY TO ADD SERVICE COMMENSURATE WITH 02:05:47.099 --> 02:05:54.430 THE NEEDS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON EACH BUS. 02:05:54.430 --> 02:06:03.860 COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT 8B? 02:06:03.860 --> 02:06:08.909 COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON, PLEASE. 02:06:08.909 --> 02:06:14.920 SO COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, JUST TO CLARIFY, ONE OF THE THEMES IS TO THE 02:06:14.920 --> 02:06:20.790 INCREASING MORE DOLLARS TOWARD TRANSIT SERVICE. SO THE CONCERN WITH THE 02:06:20.790 --> 02:06:24.770 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE FOR THINGS OTHER THAN TRANSIT 02:06:24.770 --> 02:06:29.610 SERVICE. BUT JUST TO CLARIFY FOR ME SUBSECTION E THAT YOU WOULD BE 02:06:29.610 --> 02:06:32.520 AMENDING INCLUDES TRANSIT SERVICE. 02:06:32.520 --> 02:06:44.969 IT IS ONLY TRANSIT SERVICE. THOSE THINGS ARE ONLY TRANSIT SERVICE. . 02:06:44.969 --> 02:06:51.280 SO I THINK THE ISSUE IS, YOU KNOW, THE POLICY QUESTION IS DO WE WANT TO 02:06:51.280 --> 02:06:58.920 INCREASE THE AMOUNT IN THE EMERGING NEEDS BUCKET TO WHAT I THINK WOULD BE 02:06:58.920 --> 02:07:03.550 A TOTAL OF $9 MILLION IF YOUR AMENDMENT PASSES. DID I GET THAT NUMBER 02:07:03.550 --> 02:07:04.550 RIGHT. 02:07:04.550 --> 02:07:06.230 A TOTAL OF 9 FROM 6 02:07:06.230 --> 02:07:11.371 SO IT WOULD INCREASE THAT FUND BY 3 MILLION FOR EMERGING NEEDS. SO I 02:07:11.371 --> 02:07:17.110 GUESS THE POLICY QUESTION IS WOULD WE RATHER HAVE THE ADDITIONAL $3 02:07:17.110 --> 02:07:26.239 MILLION GO TO EMERGING NEEDS THAT ARE NOT YET KNOWN OR DO WE WANT IT TO 02:07:26.239 --> 02:07:35.560 GO TO SORT OF EXISTING NEEDS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF NOW TRANSIT. 02:07:35.560 --> 02:07:41.690 WE HAVE TO SHIFT OUR --THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TAKING THE BUS FROM 17%, WHO 02:07:41.690 --> 02:07:48.790 ARE TAKING THE BUS PRECOVID-19 TO 3%. THAT IS AN EMERGING TERM. 02:07:48.790 --> 02:08:00.010 I WAS GOING TO PIVOT AND I THINK EMERGING NEEDS SEEMS TO BE A CATEGORY OF 02:08:00.010 --> 02:08:08.949 THINGS THAT ARE STILL DEVELOPING, BUT THAT WE ARE AWARE ARE A GAP IN HOW 02:08:08.949 --> 02:08:16.119 WE ARE ABLE TO MEET THE TRANSIT NEEDS OF WRITERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND 02:08:16.119 --> 02:08:20.679 CERTAINLY THE POINTS YOU MAKE ABOUT WEST SEATTLE IN PARTICULAR ARE 02:08:20.679 --> 02:08:29.409 SIGNIFICANT, EVEN PRECOVID WITH MAXIMUM TRANSIT SERVICES BEING PROVIDED: 02:08:29.409 --> 02:08:35.590 MOST BUSES, IF NOT ALL OF THE BUSES IN AND OUT OF WEST SEATTLE WERE JUST 02:08:35.590 --> 02:08:41.429 PACKED TO TO GILLS. AND SO I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE EVEN MORE OF THAT 02:08:41.429 --> 02:08:48.930 IN THE FUTURE. SO I AM GOING TO SUPPORT AMENDMENT B --8 B WITH THE 02:08:48.930 --> 02:08:55.860 UNDERSTANDING IT IS GOING TO FOR TRANSIT SERVICE PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP 02:08:55.860 --> 02:09:01.540 OUR MOBILITY ACROSS THE CITY AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CAPITAL 02:09:01.540 --> 02:09:07.989 PROJECTS AND NEEDS RELATED TO CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS A DIFFERENT PART 02:09:07.989 --> 02:09:15.660 OF THE LEVY AND ALSO FEDERAL, REGIONAL, STATE, COUNTY RESOURCES TO 02:09:15.660 --> 02:09:23.290 ADDRESS THE CAPITAL BASED NEEDS. SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE AFTER THIS 02:09:23.290 --> 02:09:30.469 DISCUSSION IN SUPPORTING AMENDMENT 8B. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR 02:09:30.469 --> 02:09:37.320 QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I WOULD ASK THAT THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 02:09:37.320 --> 02:09:42.040 THE DEPOSITION OF AMENDMENT 8B. 02:09:42.040 --> 02:09:45.720 MORALES? 02:09:45.720 --> 02:09:49.389 NO. 02:09:49.389 --> 02:10:00.420 MOSQUEDA? ? MOSQUEDA? PETERSON ? 02:10:00.420 --> 02:10:04.100 YES. . 02:10:04.100 --> 02:10:07.780 SAWANT. 02:10:07.780 --> 02:10:10.820 NO >> STRAUSS. 02:10:10.820 --> 02:10:13.860 YES. . 02:10:13.860 --> 02:10:16.900 LEWIS. 02:10:16.900 --> 02:10:22.980 YES. >> HERBOLD. 02:10:22.980 --> 02:10:26.020 YES. 02:10:26.020 --> 02:10:29.060 JUAREZ? 02:10:29.060 --> 02:10:32.100 YES. 02:10:32.100 --> 02:10:34.110 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ? 02:10:34.110 --> 02:10:35.679 YES. 02:10:35.679 --> 02:10:38.780 COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, I DIDN'T GET YOUR VOTE. OKAY. 02:10:38.780 --> 02:10:45.690 I'M SORRY. CAN YOU CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA ONE MORE TIME? 02:10:45.690 --> 02:10:48.989 COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA? 02:10:48.989 --> 02:10:52.080 YES 02:10:52.080 --> 02:10:54.500 SEVEN IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED. 02:10:54.500 --> 02:10:58.580 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THE MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT 8B IS ADOPTED. 02:10:58.580 --> 02:11:03.870 OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ALONG NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS WHO IS 02:11:03.870 --> 02:11:08.619 GOING TO MOVE AMENDMENT 1. SO COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, I WILL HAND IT OVER 02:11:08.619 --> 02:11:10.380 TO YOU TO MAKE YOUR MOTION. 02:11:10.380 --> 02:11:16.830 THANK YOU, COUNCIL MADAM RESPECT. I MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER 1. 02:11:16.830 --> 02:11:25.409 IT HAS BEEN MOVE AND SECONDED. COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE TO ADDRESS 02:11:25.409 --> 02:11:27.090 AMENDMENT 1. 02:11:27.090 --> 02:11:35.130 I SPOKE AT LENGTH FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC'S REFERENCE, UNDERSTANDING THAT 02:11:35.130 --> 02:11:40.380 WE HAVE A LOT BEFORE US TODAY, MANY MORE AGENDA ITEMS,LY MAKE THIS PRETTY 02:11:40.380 --> 02:11:44.870 CLEAR. SIX YEARS ALLOWS FOR THE CONTINUITY OF SERVICE THAT FOUR YEARS 02:11:44.870 --> 02:11:51.429 DOES NOT PROVIDE. IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A PREDICTABLE AND DEPENDABLE 02:11:51.429 --> 02:11:56.130 LENGTH OF TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FUND OUR TRANSIT SERVICE. WHEN WE 02:11:56.130 --> 02:12:01.429 LOOK AT REGIONAL TRANSIT BENEFIT DISTRICTS, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED 02:12:01.429 --> 02:12:04.840 TO MOVE TO, THERE IS STILL THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION 02:12:04.840 --> 02:12:11.270 BENEFIT DISTRICT TO BE CREATED IN FOUR YEARS. AS WELL IF THAT IS THE 02:12:11.270 --> 02:12:16.380 CASE, IT IS STILL IMPORTANT FOR SEATTLE TO MAINTAIN SOME OF ITS LEVERAGE 02:12:16.380 --> 02:12:25.820 WITHIN KING COUNTY METRO TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT 02:12:25.820 --> 02:12:32.989 SEATTLEIT ES DESERVE. IF WE WERE TO HAVE IT AT FOUR YEARS AND THE 02:12:32.989 --> 02:12:36.940 REGIONAL SERVICE --THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY WAS TO BE STIRRED UP, THERE 02:12:36.940 --> 02:12:41.870 WOULD STILL BE A 6-MONTH GAP IN OUR ABILITY TO COLLECT AND IMPLEMENT THE 02:12:41.870 --> 02:12:46.950 LEVEL --THE REVENUE AND SERVICES THAT WE WANT. I DO HAVE ANOTHER 02:12:46.950 --> 02:12:52.699 AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE SHOULD THIS AMENDMENT FAIL AND/OR PASS. 02:12:52.699 --> 02:12:57.980 SO WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE ABLE TO GO BACK TO 02:12:57.980 --> 02:13:03.620 VOTERS. WHAT WE KNOW NOW AND TODAY IS WITHIN THIS PANDEMIC AND THIS 02:13:03.620 --> 02:13:10.599 CRISIS, ET CETERA, IT'S HARD TO TELL WHAT NEXT WEEK WILL LOOK LIKE, MUCH 02:13:10.599 --> 02:13:16.780 LESS NOVEMBER OR IN FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, 2020 IS THE YEAR FOR THE MERGER, 02:13:16.780 --> 02:13:21.680 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO RUN THIS TRANSPORTATION 02:13:21.680 --> 02:13:28.360 BENEFIT DISTRICT FOR SIX YEARS, EVEN IF WE MAKE CHANGES IN THAT INTERIM. 02:13:28.360 --> 02:13:31.659 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 02:13:31.659 --> 02:13:34.060 THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS. 02:13:34.060 --> 02:13:39.350 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ 02:13:39.350 --> 02:13:42.150 YES. COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ. 02:13:42.150 --> 02:13:47.800 YES. WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ON JULY 17TH IF YOU RECALL AT 10:00 IN 02:13:47.800 --> 02:13:56.500 THE MORNING IN WHICH THE MOTION TO REDUCE THIS FROM 6 TO 4 PASSED, AND I 02:13:56.500 --> 02:14:01.480 WAS CONCERNED THEN ABOUT REDUCING THE TERM OR THE DURATION FROM 6 TO 4 02:14:01.480 --> 02:14:05.880 YEARS IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE COMMENT WES TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. THE 02:14:05.880 --> 02:14:12.389 VEHICLE LICENSE IN I 976 AND MY CONCERN THAT SEATTLE WILL EXPIRE AND ALSO 02:14:12.389 --> 02:14:18.250 SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS THAT WE SEEK FROM THE COUNTY IN THAT 02:14:18.250 --> 02:14:25.020 ELECTION YEAR AND THE ADVISORY BOARD WANTED SIX YEARS AND I TEND TO LOOK 02:14:25.020 --> 02:14:29.150 TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AND WHO ARE PRETTY MUCH WAIST 02:14:29.150 --> 02:14:33.909 DEEP IN THIS STUFF TO ADVISE US, HENCE THE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD. IF WE 02:14:33.909 --> 02:14:42.630 ARE GOING TO --IF PEOPLE WANTED TO DOUBLE THE TAX, BUT LESSEN THE YEAR 02:14:42.630 --> 02:14:47.170 AND THEN COMPLAIN THAT THIS IS A SALES TAX THAT'S REGRESSIVE OR TAX ON 02:14:47.170 --> 02:14:53.010 PEOPLE, THAT SEEMED INCONSISTENT TO ME. SO IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S VOTE, WE 02:14:53.010 --> 02:14:56.840 ARE NOW --WE HAVE A COMPROMISE OF WE ARE GOING TO THE AMENDMENTS THAT 02:14:56.840 --> 02:15:01.199 PASSED THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DOUBLE THE TAX, THAT WE HAD A COMPROMISE 02:15:01.199 --> 02:15:06.389 AND THANK YOU, COUNSELOR GONZALEZ AND MOSQUEDA, THAT WE CAN LOOK AT A TAX 02:15:06.389 --> 02:15:13.060 OF .15% AND WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD'S RESENT PASSAGE THAT WE DID ON 02:15:13.060 --> 02:15:17.179 HER AMENDMENT, WHICH I THINK WAS PHENOMENAL, I AGAIN AM GOING TO VOICE MY 02:15:17.179 --> 02:15:22.619 SUPPORT THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT SIX YEARS. I'M ONLY GOING TO SAY 02:15:22.619 --> 02:15:26.300 THE TAXING AUTHORITY AND OUR ABILITY TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT, 02:15:26.300 --> 02:15:31.580 THAT WE AGREE TO TAX OURSELVES IS POWERFUL. AND A QUICK NOTE. I KNOW A 02:15:31.580 --> 02:15:34.580 LOT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS AND I'M NOT GOING TO TALK A LOT. 02:15:34.580 --> 02:15:40.739 THIS ISN'T AN AWARD SHOW THAT WE THANK EVERYBODY AND GOD. I JUST WANT TO 02:15:40.739 --> 02:15:47.449 SAY I AM JUST A BIG PROPONENT ON PUTTING THINGS ON A BALLOT WHEN IT COMES 02:15:47.449 --> 02:15:52.909 TO A TAX. DOESN'T MEAN I'M AGAINST OR FOR. I THINK THE PEOPLE SHOULD 02:15:52.909 --> 02:15:57.140 DECIDE AND WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THAT, THAT THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF 02:15:57.140 --> 02:16:02.969 WHAT'S GOING ON. THE PROPOSITION THAT THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, ME, THAT 02:16:02.969 --> 02:16:08.670 SOMEHOW I'M AGAINST THE --OR AGAINST THINGS AND FOR THE POLICE IS 02:16:08.670 --> 02:16:16.060 CATEGORICALLY WRONG. AGAIN, I'M BACK TO A PLAN PERCENTAGE, HOW WE GET 02:16:16.060 --> 02:16:20.520 THERE, WHAT WE DECIDE TO PUT OUT TO THE VOTERS AND WHAT WE DON'T AND THAT 02:16:20.520 --> 02:16:23.710 WE HAVE A RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THAT HAPPENS AND I'M SORRY 02:16:23.710 --> 02:16:28.260 FOR THE SIDE NOTE. AS YOU KNOW, I WASN'T ABLE TO BE THERE THIS MORNING. 02:16:28.260 --> 02:16:32.420 SO ANYWAY, I AM GOING TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DAN STRAUSS'S 02:16:32.420 --> 02:16:38.599 AMENDMENT THAT THE DURATION OF THIS SHOULD GO BACK TO 6 YEARS, NOT 4 FOR 02:16:38.599 --> 02:16:41.319 THE REASONS THAT WERE STATED EARLIER AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR 02:16:41.319 --> 02:16:46.989 GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO VENT JUST A TAD. 02:16:46.989 --> 02:16:53.920 NOT AT ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY --I SEE 02:16:53.920 --> 02:16:58.589 MORE HANDS UP. SO WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS AND COUNCIL 02:16:58.589 --> 02:17:02.380 MEMBER HERBOLD. WE WILL FOLLOW HIM. COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS. 02:17:02.380 --> 02:17:07.179 THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO AS WITH THE OTHER DAY I REMAIN 02:17:07.179 --> 02:17:14.210 COMMITTED TO THE 4-YEAR. I THINK ALL OF US CAN AGREE THAT THIS IS NOT AN 02:17:14.210 --> 02:17:20.829 IDEAL TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT THAT ALL OUR TOOLS ARE TIED UP EITHER IN 02:17:20.829 --> 02:17:26.869 COURT OR HAVEN'T BEEN INVENTED YET. I THINK FORCING THE CONVERSATION 02:17:26.869 --> 02:17:30.559 EARLIER, AS I DISCUSSED THIS MORNING DURING BRIEFING IS THE BETTER COURSE 02:17:30.559 --> 02:17:35.359 FORWARD. TO GET WHAT I THINK WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE, WHICH IS THE 02:17:35.359 --> 02:17:42.119 COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT BENEFIT DISTRICT WITH THE $100 CAR TAB FEES AND WITH 02:17:42.119 --> 02:17:48.559 THE 1% SALES TAX THAT IS MORE BROADLY ASSESSED, RATHER THAN ONLY ON 02:17:48.559 --> 02:17:52.960 SEATTLE TAXPAYERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SOONER, RATHER THAN LATER. I 02:17:52.960 --> 02:17:57.760 THINK THAT SETTING IT AT 4 YEARS CREATE THAT IS SENSE OF URGENCY AND THAT 02:17:57.760 --> 02:18:03.389 IS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO STICK WITH IT. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE IMPERFECT 02:18:03.389 --> 02:18:09.079 TRANSIT DISTRICT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE LAST MORE THAN IT NEEDS TO OR LAST 02:18:09.079 --> 02:18:11.579 LONGER THAN IT NEEDS TO. 02:18:11.579 --> 02:18:17.519 COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE. 02:18:17.519 --> 02:18:20.829 THANK YOU. I FIRST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS FOR BRINGING THIS 02:18:20.829 --> 02:18:28.050 BACK FOR US. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AS SOMEBODY WHO VOTED IN THE 02:18:28.050 --> 02:18:33.670 MINORITY LAST TIME IN SUPPORT OF THE 6 YEARS, I'M GLAD WE ARE HAVING 02:18:33.670 --> 02:18:40.010 ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF BOTH TERMS. I REALLY 02:18:40.010 --> 02:18:47.069 BELIEVE THAT SIX-YEAR TERM WILL GIVE US MORE LEVERAGE IN NEGOTIATION. WE 02:18:47.069 --> 02:18:51.050 CAN OPT NOT TO COLLECT FUNDS IN YEARS 5 AND 6 IN THE EVENT OF A 02:18:51.050 --> 02:19:01.149 SUCCESSFUL MEASURE AND IF IT MEANS HAVING MORE LEVERAGE, THIS IS A SIX- 02:19:01.149 --> 02:19:07.409 YEAR TERM. IF SEATTLE HAS FUND INNING PLACE, OUR BARGAINING POSITION IS 02:19:07.409 --> 02:19:12.340 BETTER AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT IS OUR MEASURE 02:19:12.340 --> 02:19:17.419 INCLUDES FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT TRANSIT ACCESSED TO LOW INCOME 02:19:17.419 --> 02:19:22.069 RESIDENTS, SENIOR, AND YOUTH AND INCLUDING THE OR CA OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM, 02:19:22.069 --> 02:19:25.659 WHICH AS WE KNOW PROVIDES TRANSIT PASSES FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL 02:19:25.659 --> 02:19:30.790 STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH 12, AS WELL AS STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE 02:19:30.790 --> 02:19:36.569 SEATTLE PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, AS WELL, AGAIN, AS PROGRAMS TARGETED 02:19:36.569 --> 02:19:42.969 TO SENIORS AND PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS. I THINK, AGAIN, OUR BARGAINING 02:19:42.969 --> 02:19:47.859 POSITION IS STRONGER TO PRESERVE THE FUNDING OF THESE PROGRAMS WITH A 6- 02:19:47.859 --> 02:19:54.529 YEAR LEVY AND IF A 4-YEAR LEVY IS ON THE VERGE OF EXPIRING AND ALSO IF 02:19:54.529 --> 02:20:00.199 THE KING COUNTY MEASURE FAILED IN 202 #4SHGS THE CITY WOULD NEED TO GO TO 02:20:00.199 --> 02:20:08.529 THE BALLOT AND PERHAPS VERY EARLY 2025, AS WE HAD TO DO AFTER THE APRIL 02:20:08.529 --> 02:20:14.659 2014 COUNTYWIDE MEASURE FAILED WITH 46% OF THE VOTE THAT YEAR. SO, AGAIN, 02:20:14.659 --> 02:20:18.629 THAT DOESN'T GIVE US VERY MUCH TIME TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE 02:20:18.629 --> 02:20:26.609 MEASURE AND I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THE EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR WHEN WE WERE 02:20:26.609 --> 02:20:31.640 HOPING THAT THE COUNTY WOULD PUT A REGIONAL BALLOT ON A REGIONAL MEASURE 02:20:31.640 --> 02:20:38.039 ON THE BALLOT AND AS WE HAVE SEEN, WE HAVE HAD TO SCRAMBLE A BIT HERE TO 02:20:38.039 --> 02:20:41.439 GET OUR VERSION ON WHEN THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I SERVED ON THE REGIONAL 02:20:41.439 --> 02:20:46.029 TRANSIT COMMITTEE LAST YEAR AND IT WAS DEFINITELY CHALLENGING FOR KING 02:20:46.029 --> 02:20:51.609 COUNTY MEMBERS WHO WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD. I DON'T WANT OUR CITY TO BE 02:20:51.609 --> 02:20:56.859 LEFT IN THE POSITION THAT WE WERE LEFT IN IN 2014 AND AGAIN THIS YEAR 02:20:56.859 --> 02:21:02.930 WHEN WE HAD TO VOTE ON A REALLY QUICKLY DEVELOPED MEASURE. THANK YOU. 02:21:02.930 --> 02:21:07.319 THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON 02:21:07.319 --> 02:21:16.390 PROPOSED AMENDMENT 1? COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA? 02:21:16.390 --> 02:21:20.569 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY AS I DID AT THE 02:21:20.569 --> 02:21:23.899 BEGINNING OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION, I WILL BE SUPPORTING MOVING FROM 4 YEARS 02:21:23.899 --> 02:21:29.790 TO 6 YEARS AGAIN. I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL COMMITTED TO WORKING ON A 02:21:29.790 --> 02:21:32.699 REGIONAL APPROACH, THE RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON WILL BE 02:21:32.699 --> 02:21:36.699 BRINGING FORWARD LATER TODAY WILL HELP WITH THAT STATED COMMITMENT AS WE 02:21:36.699 --> 02:21:44.600 WORK FOR BOTH MORE PROGRESSIVE OPTIONS AND FASTER OPTIONS IN OUR REGION. 02:21:44.600 --> 02:21:50.499 THE STD PACKAGE, SIX YEAR SUPPORTS LONG TERM FROM S DOTTED ON NOTHING 02:21:50.499 --> 02:21:57.119 PRESENTS REPLACING THIS AS DISCUSSIONS GO WITH THE COUNTY AND GO WELL. I 02:21:57.119 --> 02:22:00.619 DID SUPPORT FOUR YEARS PREVIOUSLY. NOW THAT WE HAVE INCREASED THE AMOUNT 02:22:00.619 --> 02:22:05.439 AND PROGRESSIVE REVENUE IN HAND, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO GO TO 6 YEARS 02:22:05.439 --> 02:22:10.760 AND ENSURE WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT --WE HAVE MORE MONEY TO HELP WITH 02:22:10.760 --> 02:22:14.520 SOME OF OUR CRITICAL SERVICES AS WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COUNTY 02:22:14.520 --> 02:22:20.339 PARTNERS. SO I APPRECIATE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS GOING HAND IN HAND AND I 02:22:20.339 --> 02:22:23.279 WILL BE SUPPORTING 6 YEARS. 02:22:23.279 --> 02:22:24.499 ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 02:22:24.499 --> 02:22:27.310 COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES. 02:22:27.310 --> 02:22:33.209 THANK YOU. JUST QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO RESTATE MY CONCURRENCE WITH 02:22:33.209 --> 02:22:38.770 COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS. I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 02:22:38.770 --> 02:22:43.430 HAVE THE CONVERSATION SOONER WITH THE REGIONAL PARTNERS. I DON'T THINK 02:22:43.430 --> 02:22:47.449 EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE NOW 02:22:47.449 --> 02:22:51.819 THAT THIS IS A PACKAGE THAT WILL TRULY MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY 02:22:51.819 --> 02:22:56.159 AND I THINK THE SOONER WE CAN MOVE FORWARD A SOLUTION AND ENCOURAGE A 02:22:56.159 --> 02:23:01.670 DIFFERENT KIND OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE FUND TRANSIT IN THE AREA, THE 02:23:01.670 --> 02:23:05.979 BETTER ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS WILL BE SERVED. SO I PLAN TO CONTINUE 02:23:05.979 --> 02:23:13.189 SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. SORRY: CONTINUE TO SUPPORT 4 YEARS OVER 6. 02:23:13.189 --> 02:23:20.290 OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES? OH, COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, CLOSE 02:23:20.290 --> 02:23:21.290 OUT DEBATE, PLEASE. 02:23:21.290 --> 02:23:25.280 JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND YOU COUNCIL 02:23:25.280 --> 02:23:31.970 MEMBER JUAREZ FOR YOUR SPACES. WE TAKE LARGE ISSUES BEFORE US VIRTUALLY 02:23:31.970 --> 02:23:37.510 AND WHILE THERE IS A SERIES OF LAYERS OF OTHER CRISES FACING US. THANK 02:23:37.510 --> 02:23:45.289 YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE DELVE INTO THE DURATION OF THIS BENEFIT 02:23:45.289 --> 02:23:48.729 DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. 02:23:48.729 --> 02:23:52.550 OKAY. COLLEAGUES, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT DEBATE AND I 02:23:52.550 --> 02:23:58.040 WOULD ASK THAT THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION ON AMENDMENT 1. 02:23:58.040 --> 02:23:59.729 MORALES? 02:23:59.729 --> 02:24:01.420 NO. 02:24:01.420 --> 02:24:03.109 MOSQUEDA. 02:24:03.109 --> 02:24:04.800 AYE. 02:24:04.800 --> 02:24:06.490 PETERSON. 02:24:06.490 --> 02:24:08.180 AYE. 02:24:08.180 --> 02:24:09.870 SAWANT. 02:24:09.870 --> 02:24:13.250 NO. >> STRAUSS. 02:24:13.250 --> 02:24:14.939 YES. 02:24:14.939 --> 02:24:16.630 LEWIS. 02:24:16.630 --> 02:24:18.319 NO. 02:24:18.319 --> 02:24:20.010 HERBOLD. 02:24:20.010 --> 02:24:26.770 AYE. I'M SORRY. YES. 02:24:26.770 --> 02:24:28.460 JUAREZ. 02:24:28.460 --> 02:24:31.489 AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. 02:24:31.489 --> 02:24:32.489 NO. 02:24:32.489 --> 02:24:36.930 FIVE IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED. 02:24:36.930 --> 02:24:44.739 OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT 1 IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY -- 02:24:44.739 --> 02:24:53.329 SORRY. HOLD ON A MINUTE. MOTION CARRIES AND MOTION IS ADOPTED. WE ARE 02:24:53.329 --> 02:25:03.949 GOING TO NOW MOVE TO AMENDMENT 7B, WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS'S 02:25:03.949 --> 02:25:10.709 AMENDMENT, SO COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO MAKE YOUR 02:25:10.709 --> 02:25:20.089 FORMAL AMENDMENT OF 7B SO THAT IT CAN BE BEFORE THE COUNCIL. 02:25:20.089 --> 02:25:25.149 THANK YOU, COUNCIL SUAREZ. I MOVE 911833 AS PRESENTED. 02:25:25.149 --> 02:25:32.810 OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? 02:25:32.810 --> 02:25:35.130 SECOND. 02:25:35.130 --> 02:25:38.250 IT'S BEEN MOVE AND SECONDED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT 7B. COUNCIL MEMBER 02:25:38.250 --> 02:25:42.119 STRAUSS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT. 02:25:42.119 --> 02:25:46.050 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M BRINGING FORTH THIS AMENDMENT TECHNICAL 02:25:46.050 --> 02:25:50.789 CORRECTIONS IS MEANT TO COVER THE WAY TAX COLLECTION OCCURS WHEN THE 02:25:50.789 --> 02:25:56.029 DEPARTMENT'S REVENUE IS MEASURE. IT WAS USEFUL IN THE LAST MEASURE AND 02:25:56.029 --> 02:26:02.310 ASSUMING THE BENEFIT DISTRICT PASSES AT THE BALLOT BOX, WE WILL STILL 02:26:02.310 --> 02:26:08.890 NEED TO HAVE A COLLECTION. WE WILL HAVE A COLLECTION GAP AND THE NEXT 02:26:08.890 --> 02:26:14.689 TIME IT WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEXT MEASURE, 02:26:14.689 --> 02:26:22.090 WHICH MEANS THAT THIS WILL ENSURE TAX COLLECTION FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2027 02:26:22.090 --> 02:26:27.020 TO APRIL 1ST, 2027. THANK YOU. 02:26:27.020 --> 02:26:33.210 THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT AMENDMENT 7B? OKAY. 02:26:33.210 --> 02:26:40.140 HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO 02:26:40.140 --> 02:26:43.069 CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 7B. 02:26:43.069 --> 02:26:44.069 MORALES. 02:26:44.069 --> 02:26:45.069 YES. 02:26:45.069 --> 02:26:46.069 MOSQUEDA? 02:26:46.069 --> 02:26:47.069 YES. 02:26:47.069 --> 02:26:48.069 PETERSON. 02:26:48.069 --> 02:26:49.069 YES. 02:26:49.069 --> 02:26:50.069 SAWANT. 02:26:50.069 --> 02:26:51.069 YES. 02:26:51.069 --> 02:26:52.069 STRAUSS. 02:26:52.069 --> 02:26:53.069 YES 02:26:53.069 --> 02:26:54.510 LEWIS. 02:26:54.510 --> 02:26:59.560 YES. >> HERBOLD. 02:26:59.560 --> 02:27:02.090 YES. 02:27:02.090 --> 02:27:04.609 JUAREZ. 02:27:04.609 --> 02:27:07.140 YES. 02:27:07.140 --> 02:27:08.970 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ? 02:27:08.970 --> 02:27:10.359 YES. 02:27:10.359 --> 02:27:12.909 NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 02:27:12.909 --> 02:27:17.149 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THE MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT 7B IS ADOPTED. 02:27:17.149 --> 02:27:26.640 WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AMENDMENT 3, SO I WILL MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 02:27:26.640 --> 02:27:34.050 119833 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 3 ON THE AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND? 02:27:34.050 --> 02:27:35.229 SECOND. 02:27:35.229 --> 02:27:36.409 SECOND. 02:27:36.409 --> 02:27:40.300 THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVE AND SECONDED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT 3. I WILL 02:27:40.300 --> 02:27:46.159 ADDRESS IT REALLY QUICKLY. PRETTY SIMPLE STRAIGHTFORWARD AMENDMENT. WE 02:27:46.159 --> 02:27:51.579 ADD A RECITAL CLAUSE THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT TRANSIT PROVIDES MOBILE TO 02:27:51.579 --> 02:27:57.289 ESSENTIAL WORKERS AS THEY PERFORM ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR THE EMERGENCY, 02:27:57.289 --> 02:28:07.060 REVISES SECTION 2 ITEM C TO ALLOW THE LOW INCOME PROGRAM BUCKET OF 02:28:07.060 --> 02:28:14.229 DOLLARS TO BE SPENT AND USED TO PROVIDE TRANSIT PASSES FOR LOW INCOME 02:28:14.229 --> 02:28:19.260 MEDICAL WORKERS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, GROCERY WORKERS 02:28:19.260 --> 02:28:24.470 AND OTHER WORKERS DEEMED ESSENTIAL BY ANY STATE ORDER. SO THE EFFECT OF 02:28:24.470 --> 02:28:31.720 THIS IS SIMPLY INCLUDE ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN THE LEVY SPENDING PLAN IF THE 02:28:31.720 --> 02:28:39.399 VOTERS APPROVE THE LEVY. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR HEAR ANY 02:28:39.399 --> 02:28:47.149 COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 3. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. 02:28:47.149 --> 02:28:48.609 HEARING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK -- 02:28:48.609 --> 02:28:50.109 MADAM PRESIDENT, SORRY. 02:28:50.109 --> 02:28:52.109 COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE. 02:28:52.109 --> 02:28:58.329 I WANTED TO CHIME IN AND SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK 02:28:58.329 --> 02:29:02.930 IT'S REALLY SMART TO INCLUDE THIS AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE ESSENTIAL 02:29:02.930 --> 02:29:08.090 WORKERS ARE EXPLICITLY CALL OUT AND WE EMPHASIZE OUR ONGOING SUPPORT NOT 02:29:08.090 --> 02:29:13.899 JUST FOR THE WORK BUT PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THEM AND DURING THIS CRISIS 02:29:13.899 --> 02:29:18.159 THAT IS COVID, WE KNOW THERE IS INCREASED NEED FOR US TO CONTINUE TO 02:29:18.159 --> 02:29:22.109 ELEVATE THIS TYPE OF WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DECREASING 02:29:22.109 --> 02:29:26.419 SERVICES THERE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS 02:29:26.419 --> 02:29:31.369 STRIKES A NICE HEALTHY BALANCE OF WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AND EMPHASIS 02:29:31.369 --> 02:29:32.939 ON ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 02:29:32.939 --> 02:29:36.279 THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON 02:29:36.279 --> 02:29:42.129 AMENDMENT 3? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I WOULD ASK THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 02:29:42.129 --> 02:29:47.810 ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 3. >> MORALES? 02:29:47.810 --> 02:29:49.699 YES. 02:29:49.699 --> 02:29:51.579 MOSQUEDA? 02:29:51.579 --> 02:29:53.470 AYE 02:29:53.470 --> 02:29:55.359 PETERSON. 02:29:55.359 --> 02:29:57.239 AYE 02:29:57.239 --> 02:29:59.129 SAWANT. 02:29:59.129 --> 02:30:00.129 YES 02:30:00.129 --> 02:30:04.680 STRAUSS. 02:30:04.680 --> 02:30:05.680 YES 02:30:05.680 --> 02:30:06.680 LEWIS. 02:30:06.680 --> 02:30:07.680 YES. 02:30:07.680 --> 02:30:08.680 HERBOLD. 02:30:08.680 --> 02:30:09.680 YES. 02:30:09.680 --> 02:30:10.770 JUAREZ. 02:30:10.770 --> 02:30:11.880 YES. 02:30:11.880 --> 02:30:14.060 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. 02:30:14.060 --> 02:30:15.060 YES. 02:30:15.060 --> 02:30:16.979 NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 02:30:16.979 --> 02:30:19.899 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THE MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT NUMBER 3 IS 02:30:19.899 --> 02:30:26.359 ADOPTED AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND NOW MOVE TO THE SUBSTANTIVE BILL. THERE 02:30:26.359 --> 02:30:30.959 ARE NO ADDITIONAL --THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS FOR US TO CONSIDER 02:30:30.959 --> 02:30:37.579 ON THIS COUNCIL BILL. SO I WILL MAKE A GENERAL CALL FOR ANY COMMENTS ON 02:30:37.579 --> 02:30:43.329 THE COUNCIL BILL AS AMENDED AND COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON, YOU WILL GET THE 02:30:43.329 --> 02:30:47.420 LAST WORD WHEN WE CLOSE OUT DEBATE. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE 02:30:47.420 --> 02:30:52.109 COUNCIL BILL AS AMENDED? 02:30:52.109 --> 02:30:55.930 SEEING NONE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON FOR 02:30:55.930 --> 02:31:00.770 FINAL REMARKS AND WE WILL CALL THE ROLL ON THIS BILL. 02:31:00.770 --> 02:31:05.910 THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YOU SURE THERE ARE NO MORE AMENDMENTS? JUST 02:31:05.910 --> 02:31:10.430 KIDDING. THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT. MANY WERE CONCERNED THAT 02:31:10.430 --> 02:31:14.050 WITH THE TURMOIL AND UNCERTAINTY OF THE COVID PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC 02:31:14.050 --> 02:31:17.229 RECESSION WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO RENEW THE FUNDING FOR THIS 02:31:17.229 --> 02:31:21.289 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT. IN FACT, OUR COLLEAGUES AT KING COUNTY 02:31:21.289 --> 02:31:24.510 HAD TO TEMPORARILY ABANDON A REGIONAL MATTER AS THEY DIRECT THEIR 02:31:24.510 --> 02:31:34.270 ATTENTION TO THE HEALTH CRISIS. WE WANTED TO BEAT THE CLOCK. WE SHARE 02:31:34.270 --> 02:31:39.379 COMMON GROUND PUBLIC TRANSIT IS AN ESSENTIAL OPTION TO MOVE THE MOST 02:31:39.379 --> 02:31:43.140 PEOPLE IN OUR REGION AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO A VIBRANT ECONOMY AND A 02:31:43.140 --> 02:31:48.140 HEALTHY PLANET AND DESPITE THE DIVISIONS AND CONFLICT THAT IS MANY PEOPLE 02:31:48.140 --> 02:31:52.359 MIGHT SEE REPORTED IN THE MEDIA, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL WITH PULL 02:31:52.359 --> 02:31:56.430 TOGETHER AND ROW IN THE SAME POSITIVE DIRECTION WHEN WE DIRECT OUR 02:31:56.430 --> 02:32:00.739 ATTENTION TO A HARD RESPONSIBLE WAY OF GOVERNING. IT WAS HEALTHY FOR US 02:32:00.739 --> 02:32:05.390 TO HAVE THIS ROBUST YET RESPONSIBLE DEBATE ON THE TRADE-OFFS AND VARIOUS 02:32:05.390 --> 02:32:10.479 DETAILS AND THE COMPROMISE TO MOVE IT FORWARD. IT MAY NOT BE PERFECT FOR 02:32:10.479 --> 02:32:14.600 EACH OF US, BUT IT IS NECESSARY FOR EVERYONE. WE ARE READY TO SEND THE 02:32:14.600 --> 02:32:21.270 SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT TO THE VOTERS. LET'S DO THIS. 02:32:21.270 --> 02:32:26.270 THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON FOR THOSE REMARKS. I JUST WANTED TO 02:32:26.270 --> 02:32:31.249 BEFORE WE HAVE THE CLERK READ --EXCUSE ME -- BEFORE WE HAVE THE CLERK 02:32:31.249 --> 02:32:38.749 CALL THE ROLL, I WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK CALVIN CHOW FROM OUR STAFF 02:32:38.749 --> 02:32:45.510 POLICY ANALYST WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE AND REALLY APPRECIATE 02:32:45.510 --> 02:32:50.749 ALL OF HIS WORK AND AS THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL SEE, WE HAVE KEPT - 02:32:50.749 --> 02:32:55.589 -WE KEPT HIM BUSY UNTIL THE VERY LAST MINUTE WITH ALL OF THESE IMPORTANT 02:32:55.589 --> 02:33:00.069 AMENDMENTS FOR OUR CONSIDERATION. SO THANK YOU TO CALND THANK YOU MY OWN 02:33:00.069 --> 02:33:07.850 CHIEF OF STAFF BRIANNA THOMAS FOR HER WORK IN SHEPHARDING THE VARIOUS 02:33:07.850 --> 02:33:12.659 AMENDMENTS FROM MY OFFICE THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE 02:33:12.659 --> 02:33:19.209 GOOD CONVERSATION, AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE CLERK READ -- EXCUSE 02:33:19.209 --> 02:33:24.589 ME --HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS AMENDED. 02:33:24.589 --> 02:33:25.600 MORALES. 02:33:25.600 --> 02:33:26.600 YES. 02:33:26.600 --> 02:33:27.609 MOSQUEDA? 02:33:27.609 --> 02:33:28.609 YES 02:33:28.609 --> 02:33:31.169 PETERSON? 02:33:31.169 --> 02:33:32.169 YES 02:33:32.169 --> 02:33:33.630 SAWANT? 02:33:33.630 --> 02:33:35.869 YES 02:33:35.869 --> 02:33:38.109 STRAUSS? 02:33:38.109 --> 02:33:40.350 YES 02:33:40.350 --> 02:33:42.590 LEWIS? 02:33:42.590 --> 02:33:43.590 YES 02:33:43.590 --> 02:33:44.930 HERBOLD? 02:33:44.930 --> 02:33:45.930 YES 02:33:45.930 --> 02:33:47.220 JUAREZ? 02:33:47.220 --> 02:33:49.380 YES 02:33:49.380 --> 02:33:51.399 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ? 02:33:51.399 --> 02:33:52.399 YES 02:33:52.399 --> 02:33:54.379 NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 02:33:54.379 --> 02:33:57.810 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN 02:33:57.810 --> 02:34:02.290 IT. I ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY 02:34:02.290 --> 02:34:07.319 BEHALF. MOVING THROUGH OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS, WE ARE NOW GOING TO 02:34:07.319 --> 02:34:11.419 CONSIDER AGENDA ITEM 2. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 2 INTO THE 02:34:11.419 --> 02:34:26.890 RECORD. THE CLERK MIGHT BE ON MUTE. 02:34:26.890 --> 02:34:33.420 THANK YOU. THE REPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 2, RESOLUTION 31960 02:34:33.420 --> 02:34:37.899 REQUIRE IT IS CITY OF SEATTLE RESOLVE TO WORK WITH KING COUNTY ON A 02:34:37.899 --> 02:34:43.579 COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT MEASURE PURSUE REVENUE OPTIONS TO REPLACE THE SALE AND 02:34:43.579 --> 02:34:47.089 USE TAX AND SUSTAINABILITY CONCERNS. 02:34:47.089 --> 02:34:51.689 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 31960. IS THERE A 02:34:51.689 --> 02:34:52.689 SECOND. 02:34:52.689 --> 02:34:53.689 SECOND 02:34:53.689 --> 02:34:59.989 IT HAS BEEN MOVE AND SECOND AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE 02:34:59.989 --> 02:35:03.800 COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA AS THE PRIME SPONSOR OF THE RESOLUTION. YOU ARE 02:35:03.800 --> 02:35:07.850 RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM. 02:35:07.850 --> 02:35:11.399 THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IN ORDER TO PUT THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED IN 02:35:11.399 --> 02:35:16.169 FRONT OF US, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION 31960 BY 02:35:16.169 --> 02:35:21.350 SUBSTITUTING VERSE 4 FOR VERSION 3. 02:35:21.350 --> 02:35:25.979 SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. THANK YOU TO ADOPT THE SUBSTITUTE. 02:35:25.979 --> 02:35:29.510 COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 02:35:29.510 --> 02:35:31.279 SUBSTITUTE. 02:35:31.279 --> 02:35:36.699 THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, THIS IS AN EXCITING VOTE WE JUST TOOK, SO THE 02:35:36.699 --> 02:35:40.520 RESOLUTION HERE TODAY IS COUPLED WITH THE IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION 02:35:40.520 --> 02:35:45.359 THAT WE JUST VOTED ON TO SEND TO THE BALLOT. IT'S COMPLEX IN ITS NATURE 02:35:45.359 --> 02:35:50.079 THAT WE ARE FACING ECONOMIC CRISIS AT THE SAME TIME THAT OUR LOWER WAGE 02:35:50.079 --> 02:35:53.970 HOUSEHOLDS AND MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES WILL NEED GOVERNMENT SERVICES 02:35:53.970 --> 02:35:59.470 EVEN MORE SO, GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY NEEDED DUE TO COVID AND INITIATIVES 02:35:59.470 --> 02:36:05.199 976 ON THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, THE PROPOSAL ON THE BALLOT WILL BE CRITICAL 02:36:05.199 --> 02:36:09.579 TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS NEEDED SERVICES. THE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR 02:36:09.579 --> 02:36:14.390 US TO DO MORE. WE KNOW THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN FRONT 02:36:14.390 --> 02:36:17.739 OF US. WE KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE 02:36:17.739 --> 02:36:21.450 RESILIENCY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE CAN DO SO AS WE COUPLE AND WORK 02:36:21.450 --> 02:36:25.789 TOGETHER WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS. PARTICULARLY, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS 02:36:25.789 --> 02:36:29.379 A REGION TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR LOWEST INCOME COMMUNITIES WHO ARE 02:36:29.379 --> 02:36:33.410 DISPROPORTIONATELY PEOPLE OF COLOR AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY 02:36:33.410 --> 02:36:37.910 COVID AND THE ECONOMIC RECESSION AND FRANKLY, THE INEQUITABLE ECONOMY WE 02:36:37.910 --> 02:36:45.489 HAD EGG PRIOR TO COVID. TRANSIT IS A LIFELINE AS WE PROMOTE TRANSIT AND 02:36:45.489 --> 02:36:49.239 NONCAR MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO 02:36:49.239 --> 02:36:54.109 INVEST IN THOSE SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY MAKING SURE LOWER INCOME FOLKS AND 02:36:54.109 --> 02:37:03.739 ALL SEATTLEITES CAN ACCESS. IN THE PAST MONTHS DUE TO COVID SINCE STD WAS 02:37:03.739 --> 02:37:10.140 IMPROVED TRANSIT RIDERSHIP HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN SEATTLE. WE 02:37:10.140 --> 02:37:14.260 NEEDED THE MEASURE WE JUST PASSED AND OUR COUNTY PARTNERS TO CONTINUE TO 02:37:14.260 --> 02:37:19.079 INVEST WITH US TO CREATE A SYSTEM THAT WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT OUR ENTIRE 02:37:19.079 --> 02:37:23.619 REGION, INCLUDING LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. SO THE RESOLUTION PUT FORWARD 02:37:23.619 --> 02:37:29.629 IS REALLY A PARTNERSHIP, A PARTNERSHIP WITH KING COUNTY, ADVOCATES, 02:37:29.629 --> 02:37:36.669 TRANSIT ADVOCATES TO REREGIONALIZE SPENDING AND PLANNING FOR COUNTYWIDE 02:37:36.669 --> 02:37:42.810 TRANSIT MEASURE. THIS RESOLUTION WORKS TOWARDS REPLACING PROGRESSIVE 02:37:42.810 --> 02:37:47.879 SALES TAX AND USES TAXES IN A MORE PROGRESSIVE WAY FOR TRANSIT SERVICES 02:37:47.879 --> 02:37:52.779 AND OTHER SOURCE. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS TALKING 02:37:52.779 --> 02:37:57.489 ABOUT THE REGRESSIVE WAYS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THIS AFTERNOON. THE 02:37:57.489 --> 02:38:01.709 RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US PUTS FORWARD OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT 02:38:01.709 --> 02:38:06.100 FUTURE TRANSIT PACKAGES ARE MOVING TOWARDS MORE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF 02:38:06.100 --> 02:38:13.350 TRANSIT MAY'VEE HEAVE KNEW SOURCES FOR THESE NEEDS AND ALSO BE RAISING 02:38:13.350 --> 02:38:17.649 REVENUE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A MORE ROBUST INVESTMENT IN TRANSIT SERVICES 02:38:17.649 --> 02:38:22.119 AROUND OUR REGION. THE RESOLUTION AS I MENTIONED FOLLOWS A LETTER SENT BY 02:38:22.119 --> 02:38:34.850 COUNCIL PRESIDENT -- KING COUNTY PRESIDENT BALLDUSHI AND UP THE GROVE TO 02:38:34.850 --> 02:38:39.459 ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS AROUND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 02:38:39.459 --> 02:38:43.310 CONVERSATIONS. PART OF THE LETTER READS "HAND TRANSIT HAS PROVIDED MUCH 02:38:43.310 --> 02:38:48.689 NEEDED MOBILITY OPTION FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND FIST SPOERNDS AND PEOPLE 02:38:48.689 --> 02:38:52.199 THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY HAVE HAD A WAY TO GET TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH 02:38:52.199 --> 02:38:59.619 AS GROCERY STORES. GREATLY REDUCED, THE NETWORK HAS CONTINUED TO 02:38:59.619 --> 02:39:04.640 FUNCTION, CURRENTLY PROVIDING MORE THAN 125,000 TRIPS A DAY. DURING THE 02:39:04.640 --> 02:39:08.579 LAST FEW MONTHS OF THE CLOSURES, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE SEEN THE ROUTES 02:39:08.579 --> 02:39:13.319 WITH THE LEAST REDUCTION IN RIDERSHIP HAVE PRIMARILY BEEN FROM THOSE IN 02:39:13.319 --> 02:39:17.800 SOUTH SEATTLE AND SOUTH KING COUNTY. THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE USING TRANSIT 02:39:17.800 --> 02:39:23.289 STILL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN ACCESS KEY ESSENTIAL TRIPS TO SHOPPING, 02:39:23.289 --> 02:39:29.239 CHILD CARE AND OTHER CRITICAL SERVICES LIKE HEALTHCARE. I LIKE TO THANK 02:39:29.239 --> 02:39:33.050 COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON FOR COSPONSORING AND MAYOR JURY KIN FOR 02:39:33.050 --> 02:39:45.609 CONCURRING, ESPECIALLY THIS RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US FROM TRANSPORTATION 02:39:45.609 --> 02:39:51.649 CHOICES, MLK LABOR AND PUGET SOUND AND ALSO FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BALLDUCHI 02:39:51.649 --> 02:40:04.499 'S OFFICE AND ALSO PREVIOUS STD WE HAD. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 02:40:04.499 --> 02:40:08.640 PETERSON FOR HELPING SHEPARD US THROUGH THIS. 02:40:08.640 --> 02:40:13.279 THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION? 02:40:13.279 --> 02:40:18.050 COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT? 02:40:18.050 --> 02:40:22.939 THANK YOU. I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION FOR REGIONAL 02:40:22.939 --> 02:40:26.339 FUNDING FOR METRO BECAUSE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE NEED TRANSIT SERVICE 02:40:26.339 --> 02:40:31.979 BEYOND CITY LIMITS AND THE COST OF HOUSING HAS PUSHED MORE AND MORE 02:40:31.979 --> 02:40:37.579 WORKING INCLUDING WORKING PEOPLE OF COLOR OUT OF LIMITS. IT IS IMPORTANT 02:40:37.579 --> 02:40:45.359 WE DO NOT ALLOW REGIONAL FUNDING TO BE USED AS AN EXCUSE BY ANYBODY ON 02:40:45.359 --> 02:40:51.130 THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE USED AS AN EXCUSE FOR OPPOSITION TO LOCAL 02:40:51.130 --> 02:40:55.049 PROGRESSIVE FUNDING OPTIONS. I'M NOT IMPLYING THIS RESOLUTION IS DOING 02:40:55.049 --> 02:41:00.319 THAT. BUT I'M SAYING IN GENERAL WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THAT. AND BECAUSE 02:41:00.319 --> 02:41:04.310 I RECALL WHEN WE STARTED FIGHTING FOR THE AMAZON TAX, THE MAYOR AND 02:41:04.310 --> 02:41:08.129 CHAMBEROVER COMMERCE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED SAYING THE ISSUE OF 02:41:08.129 --> 02:41:13.529 HOMELESSNESS WERE REGIONAL PROBLEMS. I DON'T DISAGREE. IN FACT THIS IS A 02:41:13.529 --> 02:41:17.850 NATIONWIDE PROBLEM, BUT THEY SAID THEREFORE THE CITY OF SEATTLE SHOULD 02:41:17.850 --> 02:41:22.939 NOT TAX BIG BUSINESS TO ADDRESS THEM. I SUPPORT THE COUNTY OR STATE IN 02:41:22.939 --> 02:41:28.229 ENACTING PROGRESSI TAXES ON BIG BUSINESS OR TRANSIT. IN FACT,LY WARMLY 02:41:28.229 --> 02:41:33.189 WELCOME ANY SUCH DEVELOPMENT. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT GIVEN THE PAST 02:41:33.189 --> 02:41:38.209 DECADE'S TRAJECTORY WE CAN WAIT FOR THEM TO DO SO. Y WILL HAVE TO 02:41:38.209 --> 02:41:43.601 CONTINUE FIGHTING TO IMPLEMENT PROGRESSIVE DEVELOP ND. CERTAINLY MY 02:41:43.601 --> 02:41:48.010 OFFICE WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT TO FUND TRANSIT AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT 02:41:48.010 --> 02:41:54.799 FEES IN 2021 AND I URGE THE ORDINARY PEOPLE IN THE MOVEMENT THAT WE NOT 02:41:54.799 --> 02:41:58.959 BE SIDETRACKED BY THE HOPE THAT WE HAVE HEARD MANY, MANY TIMES FOR 02:41:58.959 --> 02:42:04.069 PROGRESSIVE REGIONAL FUNDING OR FUNDING IN GENERAL. 02:42:04.069 --> 02:42:08.399 ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE. 02:42:08.399 --> 02:42:14.729 THANK YOU. JUST REAL QUICKLY I WANT TO SPEAK AS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO 02:42:14.729 --> 02:42:21.299 REPRESENTS A DISTRICT AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF SEATTLE THAT WE REALLY TAKE 02:42:21.299 --> 02:42:26.369 A DEEP DO I HAVE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION 02:42:26.369 --> 02:42:31.379 BENEFIT DISTRICT ABOUT HOW BUS SERVICE DOESN'T STOP AT THE CITY LIMITS 02:42:31.379 --> 02:42:35.199 AND THE LOGIC FOR DESIGNING ROUTES DOESN'T NECESSARILY FIT WITH CITY 02:42:35.199 --> 02:42:41.050 BOUNDARIES. IN FACT, SOME OF THE BUS SERVICE THAT VERY LARGE NUMBERS OF 02:42:41.050 --> 02:42:47.489 PEOPLE DEPEND ON HAVE MORE STOPS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS THAN WITHIN 02:42:47.489 --> 02:42:54.390 THE CITY LIMITS. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN DESIGNING THIS LEVY AND IN 02:42:54.390 --> 02:42:59.819 FUTURE LEVIES THAT WE STRUGGLE WITH HOW TO PROVIDE SERVICE AND WHAT LEVEL 02:42:59.819 --> 02:43:03.350 OF SERVICE FOR ROUTES THAT GO ACROSS THE CITY LIMITS BUT THAT OUR 02:43:03.350 --> 02:43:10.770 CONSTITUENTS DESPERATELY RELY ON AND THIS RESOLUTION FOR REGIONAL 02:43:10.770 --> 02:43:16.029 APPROACH TO TRANSIT FUNDING IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THAT REASON AND IN 02:43:16.029 --> 02:43:18.550 OTHERS AS WELL. THANK YOU. 02:43:18.550 --> 02:43:20.979 THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE 02:43:20.979 --> 02:43:28.029 RESOLUTION? OKAY. HEARING NONE, I ASK THAT THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 02:43:28.029 --> 02:43:31.409 ON THE ADOPTION OF THE SUBSTITUTE. 02:43:31.409 --> 02:43:33.220 MORALES. 02:43:33.220 --> 02:43:34.220 YES 02:43:34.220 --> 02:43:35.220 MOSQUEDA. 02:43:35.220 --> 02:43:36.220 YES. 02:43:36.220 --> 02:43:37.220 PETERSON. 02:43:37.220 --> 02:43:38.220 YES 02:43:38.220 --> 02:43:39.290 SAWANT 02:43:39.290 --> 02:43:41.479 YES 02:43:41.479 --> 02:43:43.670 STRAUSS. 02:43:43.670 --> 02:43:44.670 YES 02:43:44.670 --> 02:43:45.899 LEWIS. 02:43:45.899 --> 02:43:46.899 YES 02:43:46.899 --> 02:43:48.310 HERBOLD. >> YES 02:43:48.310 --> 02:43:58.799 JUAREZ? COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. 02:43:58.799 --> 02:44:00.579 YES 02:44:00.579 --> 02:44:02.600 EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 02:44:02.600 --> 02:44:06.339 THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE SUBSTITUTE IS ADOPTED AND 02:44:06.339 --> 02:44:10.909 VERSE FOUR OF THE RESOLUTION IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY 02:44:10.909 --> 02:44:18.289 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? OKAY. HEARING NONE, I 02:44:18.289 --> 02:44:23.910 WOULD ASK THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. 02:44:23.910 --> 02:44:26.100 MORALES. 02:44:26.100 --> 02:44:29.270 YES >> MOSQUEDA. 02:44:29.270 --> 02:44:35.390 SORRY. YES. 02:44:35.390 --> 02:44:38.449 PETERSON. 02:44:38.449 --> 02:44:39.449 YES 02:44:39.449 --> 02:44:43.319 SAWANT. 02:44:43.319 --> 02:44:44.319 YES 02:44:44.319 --> 02:44:46.869 STRAUSS. 02:44:46.869 --> 02:44:47.869 YES 02:44:47.869 --> 02:44:48.869 LEWIS. 02:44:48.869 --> 02:44:49.869 YES. 02:44:49.869 --> 02:44:50.869 HERBOLD. 02:44:50.869 --> 02:44:53.270 YES 02:44:53.270 --> 02:44:54.999 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. 02:44:54.999 --> 02:44:56.299 YES. 02:44:56.299 --> 02:44:59.149 EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 02:44:59.149 --> 02:45:03.419 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPT AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN 02:45:03.419 --> 02:45:06.420 IT. ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY 02:45:06.420 --> 02:45:12.079 BEHALF. COLLEAGUES, REALLY QUICKLY, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, COUNCIL 02:45:12.079 --> 02:45:16.130 MEMBER JUAREZ WILL BE EXCUSED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE JULY 27TH CITY 02:45:16.130 --> 02:45:20.909 COUNCIL MEETING. HEARING NO OBJECTION, COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED 02:45:20.909 --> 02:45:26.319 FROM THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I WOULD NOW ASK THE 02:45:26.319 --> 02:45:29.180 CLERK TO READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3 INTO THE RECORD. 02:45:29.180 --> 02:45:37.029 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3, ESTABLISHING CITY COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT INTERNET FOR 02:45:37.029 --> 02:45:42.790 ALL SEATTLE, ENABLING ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS TO ACCESS AND BROADBAND 02:45:42.790 --> 02:45:45.640 INTERNET SERVICE THAT IS AFFORDABLE AND RELIABILITY 02:45:45.640 --> 02:45:54.250 THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CLERK. PETERSON, WE WILL GET TO YOU, CUE YOU 02:45:54.250 --> 02:46:05.239 UP. I MOVE TO ADOPT 3196. YOU ARE THE PRIME SPONSOR, WHICH I HAD AN 02:46:05.239 --> 02:46:11.890 OPPORTUNITY TO COSPONSOR WITH YOU. I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU. 02:46:11.890 --> 02:46:16.729 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WILL ALSO READING THE REMARKS FROM 02:46:16.729 --> 02:46:24.339 JUAREZ, WHO IS ANOTHER COSPONSOR. THIS COLLEAGUE IS INTERNET FOR ALL 02:46:24.339 --> 02:46:29.810 RUSTS LUISING, 31956. I ANNOUNCED AND DISTRIBUTED THE RESOLUTION ON THE 02:46:29.810 --> 02:46:38.199 18 AND WE INTRODUCED IT OFFICIALLY ON JULY 6. AND WE --HAPPY TO HAVE 02:46:38.199 --> 02:46:43.060 LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ AND I 02:46:43.060 --> 02:46:46.779 KNOW OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORT THIS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT 02:46:46.779 --> 02:46:51.590 AND LEADERSHIP TO THIS SOCIAL JUSTICE TECHNOLOGY ISSUE. I DO WANT TO 02:46:51.590 --> 02:46:55.080 ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXECUTIVE FOR THEIR EFFORTS THUS FAR TO PURSUE DIGITAL 02:46:55.080 --> 02:47:00.850 EQUITY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE OVER 25 MEETS MY STAFF HAD, INITIAL 02:47:00.850 --> 02:47:04.640 PRELIMINARY MEETS WITH STAKE HOLDERS, THIS WILL CONTINUED, THIS OUTREACH 02:47:04.640 --> 02:47:09.649 AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY WILL CONTINUE THIS 02:47:09.649 --> 02:47:16.989 PROCESS. REALLY THIS RESOLUTION KICK STARTS THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING 02:47:16.989 --> 02:47:22.569 ACCESS AND ADOPTION OF INTERNET THAT'S RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE. THERE IS 02:47:22.569 --> 02:47:29.369 A SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION, SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT CAN REMIND ME ON THE 02:47:29.369 --> 02:47:32.779 PROCEDURE FOR THAT. THAT SUBSTITUTE SIMPLY MAKES MINOR AND TECHNICAL 02:47:32.779 --> 02:47:38.350 CORRECTIONS AND FLESHES OUT A FEW SECTIONS. STAFF DISTRIBUTED THIS. IT'S 02:47:38.350 --> 02:47:44.579 ON THE AGENDA TODAY. THE BIG PICTURE IS THAT THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION 02:47:44.579 --> 02:47:49.959 THAT OUTLINES OUR OPERATIONAL GOAL. IT STATE IT IS IMPORTANCE OF 02:47:49.959 --> 02:47:57.189 PROVIDING INTERNET ACCESS TO ALL RESIDENTS IN SEATTLE AND BEGINS THE WORK 02:47:57.189 --> 02:48:02.790 OF HEARING BACK FROM OUR DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. IN A CITY 02:48:02.790 --> 02:48:07.119 THAT PRIDES ITSELF IN LEADING THE WORLD IN TECHNOLOGY, THE COVID CRISIS 02:48:07.119 --> 02:48:15.819 HAS LAID BEAR THE INEQUITIES OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. WE CANNOT IMPEDE OUR 02:48:15.819 --> 02:48:20.749 WORKERS OR HINDER OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS. IN THE WORDS OF A 02:48:20.749 --> 02:48:24.859 LOCAL NONPROFIT LEADER IN SEATTLE THAT IS SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION, 02:48:24.859 --> 02:48:31.770 INECK QITYS LEAD TO DISPARATE OUTCOMES. FUNDAMENTAL WAY PEOPLE 02:48:31.770 --> 02:48:36.649 PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY. THIS PROPOSAL WILL MOVE US CLOSE TOWARD EQUITABLE 02:48:36.649 --> 02:48:41.609 INTERNET ACCESS. IT'S TIME TO ENSURE RELIABILITY AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS AS 02:48:41.609 --> 02:48:48.010 PART OF THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 02:48:48.010 --> 02:48:54.859 LET ME NOW PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS FROM COAT SPONSOR DEBORAH JUAREZ. 02:48:54.859 --> 02:49:00.060 COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ WRITES WITH THE ADVENT OF THE COAT I HAVE CRISIS, 02:49:00.060 --> 02:49:03.640 INEQUITIES IN OUR SOCIETY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. WE SEE SCHOOL CHILDREN 02:49:03.640 --> 02:49:07.989 UNABLE TO ACCESS SCHOOL WORK BECAUSE OF LACK OF ACT SAYS TO TECHNOLOGY. 02:49:07.989 --> 02:49:17.609 SMALL BUSINESSES CHALLENGE TO THE ECONOMY. THIS WILL HELP US TAKE A SOLID 02:49:17.609 --> 02:49:22.220 STEP FORWARD. WE NEEDED TO EXPAND INTERNET ACCESS AND MAKE IT MORE 02:49:22.220 --> 02:49:26.390 AFFORDABLE TO EMPOWER ALL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN REMOTE LEARNING AND 02:49:26.390 --> 02:49:31.589 ENABLE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO SUCCEED IN THIS NEW ECONOMY. I, COUNCIL 02:49:31.589 --> 02:49:38.159 MEMBER JUAREZ WORKING WITH GROUPS SUCH AS LITERACY SOURCE, A PUBLIC 02:49:38.159 --> 02:49:42.980 LIBRARY SYSTEM AND AM PLEASED TO BE A COSPONSOR TO FURTHER EXPAND 02:49:42.980 --> 02:49:52.209 INTERNET ACCESS FOR ALL. . 02:49:52.209 --> 02:49:57.890 WE DO HAVE TO GET A SUBSTITUTE VERSION BEFORE US, SO I WOULD LOOK TO YOU 02:49:57.890 --> 02:50:03.319 TO MAKE THE FORMAL MOTION TO INTRODUCE SUBSTITUTE VERSIONS FOR VERSION 02:50:03.319 --> 02:50:04.659 2B. 02:50:04.659 --> 02:50:12.720 YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE VERSION TO RESOLUTION 31956 AS 02:50:12.720 --> 02:50:15.449 PUBLISHED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 02:50:15.449 --> 02:50:18.390 THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE A SECOND? 02:50:18.390 --> 02:50:19.390 SECOND. 02:50:19.390 --> 02:50:22.010 IT'S BEEN MOVE AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE SUBSTITUTE. COUNCIL MEMBER 02:50:22.010 --> 02:50:26.449 PETERSON, I KNOW YOU JUST ADDRESSED THE SUBSTITUTE. ARE THERE ANY 02:50:26.449 --> 02:50:29.659 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS EITHER FROM YOU OR OTHER COLLEAGUES ON THE 02:50:29.659 --> 02:50:34.779 SUBSTITUTE. OKAY. HEARING NONE, I ASK THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL -- 02:50:34.779 --> 02:50:35.779 SORRY. 02:50:35.779 --> 02:50:42.189 OKAY. NO, THAT'S OKAY. WE ARE JUST VOTING ON A SUBSTITUTE BILL RIGHT NOW 02:50:42.189 --> 02:50:51.159 SO WE WILL BE VOTING ON THE WHOLE THING IN JUST A MINUTE. OKAY. GREAT. SO 02:50:51.159 --> 02:50:55.180 LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 02:50:55.180 --> 02:50:58.959 SUBSTITUTE. TFRJTS MORALES. 02:50:58.959 --> 02:50:59.959 YES 02:50:59.959 --> 02:51:00.959 MOSQUEDA. 02:51:00.959 --> 02:51:01.959 YES 02:51:01.959 --> 02:51:02.959 PETERSON. 02:51:02.959 --> 02:51:03.959 YES 02:51:03.959 --> 02:51:04.959 SAWANT. 02:51:04.959 --> 02:51:05.959 YES 02:51:05.959 --> 02:51:07.560 STRAUSS. 02:51:07.560 --> 02:51:10.439 YES 02:51:10.439 --> 02:51:13.319 LEWIS. 02:51:13.319 --> 02:51:14.319 YES 02:51:14.319 --> 02:51:15.629 HERBOLD. 02:51:15.629 --> 02:51:17.569 YES 02:51:17.569 --> 02:51:19.039 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. 02:51:19.039 --> 02:51:20.060 YES. 02:51:20.060 --> 02:51:22.069 EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 02:51:22.069 --> 02:51:25.430 THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE SUBSTITUTE IS ADOPTED AND 02:51:25.430 --> 02:51:30.569 VERSION THREE OF THE RESOLUTION IS NOW BEFORE THE COUNCIL. AND I'M GOING 02:51:30.569 --> 02:51:34.989 TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP NOW TO COLLEAGUES FOR FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE 02:51:34.989 --> 02:51:39.879 RESOLUTION. I THINK I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT FIRST AND THEN COUNCIL 02:51:39.879 --> 02:51:45.260 MEMBER MORALES AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD. COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE. 02:51:45.260 --> 02:51:52.449 THANK YOU. I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS RESOLUTION, OF COURSE. COMCAST 02:51:52.449 --> 02:51:56.529 AND OTHER FOR PROFIT INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN 02:51:56.529 --> 02:52:01.189 INTERNET FOR ALL OR EVEN EQUALITY FOR INTERNET FOR SOME. ACTUALLY THEY 02:52:01.189 --> 02:52:04.510 ARE INTERESTED IN THEIR OWN PROFIT. THAT'S WHY THEY MAKE INTERNET SO 02:52:04.510 --> 02:52:10.789 EXPENSIVE AND THAT'S WHY THEY SIGN YOU UP AT ONE RATE, ONLY TO HAVE YOUR 02:52:10.789 --> 02:52:14.020 BILL SKYROCKET. THAT IS WHY YOUR INTERNET RUNS AT ONE TENTH THE 02:52:14.020 --> 02:52:18.760 ADVERTISED SPEED IF YOU ARE LUCKY. WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS MUNICIPAL 02:52:18.760 --> 02:52:23.999 BROADBAND, ONE LIKE A UTILITY, PUBLIC UTILITY. MY TIME WITH THE COUNCIL I 02:52:23.999 --> 02:52:28.470 HAVE SEEN MANY, MANY STUDIES FOR INTERNET FOR ALL AND MUNICIPAL 02:52:28.470 --> 02:52:33.699 BROADBAND. THIS RESOLUTION REQUESTS ANOTHER REPORT AND I WILL SUPPORT. 02:52:33.699 --> 02:52:38.120 BUT WHAT HAS BEEN MISSING IN ALL THESE YEARS IS NOT ANOTHER REPORT. WHAT 02:52:38.120 --> 02:52:42.600 HAS BEEN MISSING IS THE POLITICAL TAKE ON COMCAST AND ACTUALLY BILL OUT A 02:52:42.600 --> 02:52:47.310 MUNICIPAL BROADBAND NETWORK IN THE CITY. POLITICAL WILL IS THE CENTRAL 02:52:47.310 --> 02:52:52.419 COMPONENT BECAUSE COMCAST IS COMPLETELY OPPOSE, COMCAST AND OTHER TELECOM 02:52:52.419 --> 02:52:58.020 ARE COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO MUNICIPAL BROADBAND AND WINNING BROADBAND WILL 02:52:58.020 --> 02:53:04.339 BE ELECTED OFFICIALS WILLING TO TAKE ON COMCAST. OFFICIAL HAVES FOUGHT 02:53:04.339 --> 02:53:10.260 FOR THE FUNDING TO BUILD THE PILOT THAT WAS PROPOSED BY ONE STUDY, THAT 02:53:10.260 --> 02:53:15.060 IS BUILDING MUNICIPAL BROADBAND IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, SEEING, YOU KNOW, 02:53:15.060 --> 02:53:19.939 LEARNING LESSONS FROM THAT AND BILLING OUT INTO THE ENTIRE CITY. BUT AT 02:53:19.939 --> 02:53:27.939 THAT TIME THEY DID NOT AGREE. THIS COMING AUTUMN, THEY WILL BRING THAT 02:53:27.939 --> 02:53:37.840 PILOT BACK. I BELIEVE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOTE YES SHOULD VOTE YES ON 02:53:37.840 --> 02:53:41.630 THAT PROPOSAL ALSO. THANK YOU 02:53:41.630 --> 02:53:45.010 THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT. UP NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES AND 02:53:45.010 --> 02:53:47.339 THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD. 02:53:47.339 --> 02:53:55.369 THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, I DO APPRECIATE THIS RESOLUTION. SEVERAL YEARS AGO 02:53:55.369 --> 02:54:01.100 I WAS WORKING WITH UPGRADE SEATTLE TO GET MORE INTEREST OF MUNICIPAL 02:54:01.100 --> 02:54:05.799 BROADBAND WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE SEEK OUT THE 02:54:05.799 --> 02:54:10.760 KIND OF SOLUTIONS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE TRIED AND, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND 02:54:10.760 --> 02:54:14.210 WHAT LESSONS THEY HAVE LEARNED ABOUT MUNICIPAL BROADBAND. I WOULD LOVE TO 02:54:14.210 --> 02:54:18.390 SEE THAT LANGUAGE RESTORED, UNLESS I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG VERSION OF 02:54:18.390 --> 02:54:23.470 THE RESOLUTION. BUT I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THERE 02:54:23.470 --> 02:54:30.890 ARE TWO THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO BIRD DOG AS MY TEXAS FAMILY 02:54:30.890 --> 02:54:38.289 WOULD SAY. ENSURING THE DIG ONCE ARE FOLLOWED. SO WHEN A CITY BIGS UP A 02:54:38.289 --> 02:54:43.859 STREET OR CONSTRUCTS A BIKE LANE THAT PUT THAT PUBLICLY OWNED FIBER DOWN. 02:54:43.859 --> 02:54:49.489 THAT'S 90% OF THE COST OF EXPANDING A NETWORK IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE 02:54:49.489 --> 02:54:53.549 SECOND THING IS, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT WAS SAYING, WE HAVE 02:54:53.549 --> 02:54:59.140 GOT STACKS OF REPORTS. WE KNOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL, ESPECIALLY THAT 02:54:59.140 --> 02:55:03.039 ISSUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO RELIEF IN LIGHT OF COVID AND UNDERSTANDING 02:55:03.039 --> 02:55:09.909 HOW DEEPLY INEQUITABLE ACCESS TO INTERNET IS IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY 02:55:09.909 --> 02:55:15.739 FOR YOUNG KIDS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TRYING TO GET THEIR SCHOOL WORK DONE. 02:55:15.739 --> 02:55:20.939 SO I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO COMMIT TO A PLAN, A SHOVEL READY MUNICIPAL 02:55:20.939 --> 02:55:26.919 BROADBAND PLAN SO IF THERE IS ANY STIMULUS MONEY COMING DOWN THE PIKE IN 02:55:26.919 --> 02:55:33.879 THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE CAN APPLY AND WE HAVE OUR PROJECT READY TO GO. I 02:55:33.879 --> 02:55:38.959 THINK DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR HOW WE WOULD BUILD THAT OUT COULD REALLY 02:55:38.959 --> 02:55:46.589 SUPPORT ANY EFFORTS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE FOR POTENTIAL FEDERAL MONEY AND 02:55:46.589 --> 02:55:50.199 WE WILL NEED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO GET THIS DONE, BUT 02:55:50.199 --> 02:55:56.810 CHATTANOOGA DID IT, I THINK WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO DO IT TOO. 02:55:56.810 --> 02:56:00.119 THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES FOR THOSE COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER 02:56:00.119 --> 02:56:01.119 HERBOLD. 02:56:01.119 --> 02:56:05.310 THANK YOU. AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, EVERYBODY GETS EXCITEDED FOR INTERNET FOR 02:56:05.310 --> 02:56:10.699 ALL. BUT IN THE PAST WHEN THEY HAVE STUDIED IMPLEMENTING MUNICIPAL 02:56:10.699 --> 02:56:15.500 BROADBAND, THE COST HAVE PROVEN TO BE A REALLY BIG BARRIER AND IT'S MY 02:56:15.500 --> 02:56:21.209 HOPE THROUGH THE RESOLUTION COULD ALLOW FOR THE STUDY OF MORE CREATIVE 02:56:21.209 --> 02:56:26.249 METHODS TO DEVELOPING A MUNICIPAL BROADBAND NETWORK. LAST YEAR I WAS 02:56:26.249 --> 02:56:31.409 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A STATE OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT I PROPOSED AND THE 02:56:31.409 --> 02:56:35.709 STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT WOULD HAVE DIRECTED SEATTLE PUBLIC 02:56:35.709 --> 02:56:42.260 UTILITIES TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING THE CITY'S WATER PIPE 02:56:42.260 --> 02:56:47.489 STRUCTURE FOR DEVELOPING A MUNICIPAL BROADBAND NETWORK. I PUT TOGETHER A 02:56:47.489 --> 02:56:53.669 SLIDE LAST YEAR AND UNFORTUNATELY THE BUDGET DID NOT BRING IT FORWARD AND 02:56:53.669 --> 02:57:00.430 I WAS INSPIRED BY THE SUCCESS IN ACORDIS WHERE THEY HAD DRASTIC COST 02:57:00.430 --> 02:57:07.189 SAVINGS AND NOT HAVING TO BREAK UP THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO 02:57:07.189 --> 02:57:12.189 FEED FIBEROPTIC CABLE INTO THE WATER PIPE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER 02:57:12.189 --> 02:57:19.799 PETERSON FOR EXPLORING THIS CREATIVE METHOD TO BUILD A MUNICIPAL 02:57:19.799 --> 02:57:25.250 BROADBAND NETWORK AND LASTLY, I WANT TO JUST ECHO WHAT WE ALL KNOW TO BE 02:57:25.250 --> 02:57:29.270 TRUE, THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY HAS LAID BARE THE GAPS AND ACCESS 02:57:29.270 --> 02:57:33.999 TO SO ME SENSUAL SERVICES IN OUR ECONOMY, ACCESS TO INTERNET IS NO 02:57:33.999 --> 02:57:39.020 EXCEPTION AND COVID-19 HAS SHOWED US THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN 02:57:39.020 --> 02:57:44.319 EVER THAT THE CITY MUST ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE 02:57:44.319 --> 02:57:49.149 ACCESS TO THE INTERNET SO THAT WE CAN WORK SAFELY FROM HOME AND OUR 02:57:49.149 --> 02:57:52.949 CHILDREN HAVE RELIABLE ACCESS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION. 02:57:52.949 --> 02:57:57.359 THANK YOU CROW COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES HERBOLD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 02:57:57.359 --> 02:58:05.689 COMMENTS? OH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA. 02:58:05.689 --> 02:58:13.779 CAN YOU QUICKLY SUMMARIZE FOR ME WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AFTER THIS 02:58:13.779 --> 02:58:18.810 PASSES, WHICH I'M GOING TO ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT? 02:58:18.810 --> 02:58:25.310 SURE,LY GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT QUESTION. THE NEXT STEPS ARE --IT PUTS IT 02:58:25.310 --> 02:58:30.130 IN THE COURT OF THE EXECUTIVE, SO --WHICH WHO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO 02:58:30.130 --> 02:58:35.649 DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS RESOLUTION. THEY ARE ALREADY DOING DIGITAL 02:58:35.649 --> 02:58:41.989 EQUITY WORK. WE NEED THEM TO COME BACK TO US WITH THEIR INITIAL SHORT 02:58:41.989 --> 02:58:46.739 TERM-LONG-TERM SOLUTION AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO PUT FORWARD THE ACTION 02:58:46.739 --> 02:58:51.760 PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS. AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO COME BACK. IDEALLY 02:58:51.760 --> 02:58:55.040 WE WILL BE HAVING THE COMMITTEES IN SEPTEMBER. SO THEY ARE GOING TO COME 02:58:55.040 --> 02:58:59.970 BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, RIGHT BEFORE THE BUDGET IS UNVEILED BY 02:58:59.970 --> 02:59:05.699 THE MAYOR FOR THE FALL BUDGET IN CASE THERE ARE ANY FINANCIAL 02:59:05.699 --> 02:59:12.239 IMPLICATIONS FOR WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DO SO HOPING TO HEAR BACK 02:59:12.239 --> 02:59:20.229 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16 AND THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES COMMITTEE. 02:59:20.229 --> 02:59:25.390 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES PETERSON FOR THAT 02:59:25.390 --> 02:59:33.749 DESCRIPTION. THE RESOLUTION, SUBSTITUTE VERSION ASIDE FROM REESTABLISHING 02:59:33.749 --> 02:59:40.209 THE GOALS AROUND ENABLING SEATTLE RESIDENTS TO ACCESS AND ADOPT BROADBAND 02:59:40.209 --> 02:59:46.790 INTERNET SERVICE THAT IS BOTH RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE, IT DOES ALSO DO A 02:59:46.790 --> 02:59:55.579 THOROUGH AND SUCCINCT GAP ANALYSIS, SO THIS GAP ANALYSIS WOULD INCLUDE 02:59:55.579 --> 02:59:59.600 LISTS -- IT WOULD INCLUDE NO COST AND LOW COST PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY 02:59:59.600 --> 03:00:05.399 AVAILABLE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND ALSO LOOKING AT WHERE THE ACTUAL 03:00:05.399 --> 03:00:14.649 GAPS FOR SEATTLE RESIDENTS EXIST. SO THIS WOULD BE I THINK AN UPDATE TO - 03:00:14.649 --> 03:00:19.100 -EXCUSE ME --IT WOULD BE SORT OF THAT NOVEL APPROACH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER 03:00:19.100 --> 03:00:26.299 HERBOLD REFERENCED. SO FOR ME THE BIGGEST PART FOR THIS IS SORT OF 03:00:26.299 --> 03:00:32.979 GETTING INTO THAT GAP ANALYSIS. IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT 03:00:32.979 --> 03:00:39.119 LESSONS LEARNED FROM OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND 03:00:39.119 --> 03:00:46.390 ALSO CREATE AGO ACTION PLAN THAT DETAILS RECOMMENDED STEPS FOR --THAT THE 03:00:46.390 --> 03:00:54.399 CITY OF SEATTLE CAN TAKE TO EXPEDITE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO AND ADOPTION OF 03:00:54.399 --> 03:00:59.039 AFFORDABLE BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE FOR SEATTLE RESIDENTS. AND TO DO 03:00:59.039 --> 03:01:06.209 THAT IN THE CONSTRUCT OF MEANINGFUL BUSINESS COMMUNITIES, PHILANTHROPIC 03:01:06.209 --> 03:01:13.260 INTEREST, SEATTLE SCHOOLS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, SO IT ALSO I THINK WILL 03:01:13.260 --> 03:01:17.839 BE IMPORTANT THAT ACTION PLAN BE INCLUDE QUESTIONS AROUND THE 03:01:17.839 --> 03:01:22.989 INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT RESOURCES MIGHT BE NEEDED IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE 03:01:22.989 --> 03:01:31.029 ACTION PLAN AND A TIMELINE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FINALLY HAVE AS PART OF 03:01:31.029 --> 03:01:36.180 A CLEAR WORK PLAN, ACTION PLAN ON THIS BECAUSE FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE 03:01:36.180 --> 03:01:38.779 BEEN SERVING ON THE COUNCIL FOR A WHILE, WE KNOW THIS IS NOT THE FIRST 03:01:38.779 --> 03:01:47.419 TIME WE HAVE ADDRESSED ISSUES RELATED TO BROADBAND ACCESS, SO IT'S 03:01:47.419 --> 03:01:52.649 IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ADVANCING THE ONGOING ANALYSIS 03:01:52.649 --> 03:01:59.100 AROUND INTERNET FOR ALL. SO I WAS REALLY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH 03:01:59.100 --> 03:02:06.109 COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON IN COSPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION. I WON'T BELABOR 03:02:06.109 --> 03:02:11.589 ALL THE POINTS FOLKS HAVE MADE. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE SEE INNING THIS PANDEMIC 03:02:11.589 --> 03:02:16.640 AT THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF THE LACK OF INTERNET ACCESS WHEN MOST 03:02:16.640 --> 03:02:21.930 OF US ARE FUNCTIONING ALMOST ENTIRELY IN OUR PROFESSIONS VIA THE 03:02:21.930 --> 03:02:28.379 INTERNET. AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO FINALLY HOLD TOGETHER 03:02:28.379 --> 03:02:34.749 AN ACTION PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THE MANY PREVIOUSLY-STATED GOALS OF THE CITY 03:02:34.749 --> 03:02:40.799 AND NOW IS THE TIME TO DO THAT. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY 03:02:40.799 --> 03:02:46.859 TO ADVANCE THIS RESOLUTION AND ADD VANCE THIS BODY OF WORK. ANY QUESTIONS 03:02:46.859 --> 03:02:52.409 OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE WE CALL THIS TO A VOTE? ALL 03:02:52.409 --> 03:02:57.909 RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I WOULD ASK THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 03:02:57.909 --> 03:03:00.709 ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. 03:03:00.709 --> 03:03:01.859 MORALES? 03:03:01.859 --> 03:03:02.999 YES 03:03:02.999 --> 03:03:04.140 MOSQUEDA? 03:03:04.140 --> 03:03:05.290 YES 03:03:05.290 --> 03:03:06.430 PETERSON? 03:03:06.430 --> 03:03:07.580 YES 03:03:07.580 --> 03:03:08.720 SAWANT? 03:03:08.720 --> 03:03:09.870 YES 03:03:09.870 --> 03:03:11.010 STRAUSS? 03:03:11.010 --> 03:03:12.160 YES 03:03:12.160 --> 03:03:13.299 LEWIS? 03:03:13.299 --> 03:03:14.449 YES 03:03:14.449 --> 03:03:15.600 HERBOLD? 03:03:15.600 --> 03:03:19.939 YES 03:03:19.939 --> 03:03:21.629 COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 03:03:21.629 --> 03:03:22.770 YES 03:03:22.770 --> 03:03:24.710 EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED 03:03:24.710 --> 03:03:28.239 THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED IS ADOPT AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. I ASK THE 03:03:28.239 --> 03:03:32.729 CLERK TO PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION. OKAY. AGENDA ITEM 03:03:32.729 --> 03:03:37.970 4, I ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM 4 INTO THE RECORD. 03:03:37.970 --> 03:03:43.409 AGENDA ITEM 4, RESOLUTIONS B 1 APPROVING MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE 03:03:43.409 --> 03:03:50.239 ESTABLISHMENT, COMPOSITION AND RULES FOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR 03:03:50.239 --> 03:03:55.560 PREPARATION OF A MASTER INSTITUTION, MASTER PLAN FOR SEATTLE -- 03:03:55.560 --> 03:03:56.560 UNIVERSITY. 03:03:56.560 --> 03:04:03.409 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 319158. IS THERE A 03:04:03.409 --> 03:04:04.470 SECOND. 03:04:04.470 --> 03:04:05.529 SECOND 03:04:05.529 --> 03:04:10.680 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S BEEN MOVE AND SECONDED. COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, 03:04:10.680 --> 03:04:15.789 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO ANNOUNCE THE ITEM. >> APPROVING AND UNDERSTANDING 03:04:15.789 --> 03:04:31.010 STAPEDIS, IS APPLYING FOR NEW MAJOR INSTITUTION MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY. 03:04:31.010 --> 03:04:34.790 ONCE A MAJOR INSTITUTION INFORM IT IS CITY OF ITS INTENT TO COMPLETE A 03:04:34.790 --> 03:04:39.039 MASTER PLAN, THEY ARE REQUIRED UPON THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN 03:04:39.039 --> 03:04:46.319 CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, THIS APPROVES THE 03:04:46.319 --> 03:04:49.430 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH ADVISORY 03:04:49.430 --> 03:04:54.710 COMMITTEE AND MEMBERSHIP. MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN 03:04:54.710 --> 03:04:58.520 RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAS ALREADY BEEN 03:04:58.520 --> 03:05:03.229 BEGUN, BECAUSE THESE ARE QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE, WE SHOULD NOT DISCUSS 03:05:03.229 --> 03:05:07.729 THE MERITS OR DEMERITS OF THE MASTER PLANS THEMSELVES, RATHER, INSTEAD, 03:05:07.729 --> 03:05:13.850 KEEP CONVERSATION LIMITED TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR AGREEMENT 03:05:13.850 --> 03:05:20.109 -- SORRY --MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BEFORE US. READ THIS AGAIN ON THE 03:05:20.109 --> 03:05:23.419 QUASI JUDICIAL --THANK YOU VERY MUCH 03:05:23.419 --> 03:05:28.870 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OPT RESOLUTION? HEARING NONE, WILL 03:05:28.870 --> 03:05:32.640 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE RULE ON THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. 03:05:32.640 --> 03:05:34.270 MORALES? 03:05:34.270 --> 03:05:37.529 YES. >> MOSQUEDA? 03:05:37.529 --> 03:05:39.159 YES. 03:05:39.159 --> 03:05:40.779 PETERSON? 03:05:40.779 --> 03:05:42.409 YES 03:05:42.409 --> 03:05:44.039 SAWANT? 03:05:44.039 --> 03:05:45.669 YES 03:05:45.669 --> 03:05:47.299 STRAUSS? 03:05:47.299 --> 03:05:48.919 YES 03:05:48.919 --> 03:05:50.560 LEWIS? 03:05:50.560 --> 03:05:51.560 YES 03:05:51.560 --> 03:05:52.949 HERBOLD? 03:05:52.949 --> 03:05:54.159 YES 03:05:54.159 --> 03:05:56.020 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. 03:05:56.020 --> 03:05:57.020 YES 03:05:57.020 --> 03:05:58.819 EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 03:05:58.819 --> 03:06:02.669 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. I CAN THE CLERK PLEASE 03:06:02.669 --> 03:06:07.140 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4, WILL THE 03:06:07.140 --> 03:06:13.109 CLERK PLEASE READ --I'M SORRY 5, LOT CLERK PLEASE READ NUMBER 5. 03:06:13.109 --> 03:06:21.720 AGENDA ITEM 5, 315, APPROVING AGREEMENT WITH CENTRAL COLLEGE REGARDING 03:06:21.720 --> 03:06:25.859 THE RULE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PREPARATION OF A MAJOR 03:06:25.859 --> 03:06:31.890 INSTITUTION MASTER PLAN FOR SEATTLE CENTRAL COLLEGE. 03:06:31.890 --> 03:06:37.470 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 31959. IS THERE A 03:06:37.470 --> 03:06:38.470 SECOND? 03:06:38.470 --> 03:06:39.470 SECOND. 03:06:39.470 --> 03:06:41.890 IT'S BEEN MOVE AND SECONDED. COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE THE SPONSOR 03:06:41.890 --> 03:06:45.569 OF THIS RESOLUTION AND ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE ITEM. >> 03:06:45.569 --> 03:06:51.799 THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5 IS SIMILAR TO 4, WHICH 03:06:51.799 --> 03:06:56.079 IS APPROVE AGO MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH CENTRAL COLLEGE. THIS SERVES 03:06:56.079 --> 03:07:00.989 AS THE PREVIOUS SPECIFIED FOR SEATTLE CENTRAL COLLEGE APPROVE THE 03:07:00.989 --> 03:07:07.329 MEMORANDUM WITH SEATTLE CENTRAL COLLEGE TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN CITIZENS 03:07:07.329 --> 03:07:16.540 ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND MEMBERSHIP. THIS IS ALSO --FOR APROOUCHLT -- 03:07:16.540 --> 03:07:24.079 THANK YOU COULD BE SILL MEMBER STRAUSS. ANY COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, WILL 03:07:24.079 --> 03:07:28.939 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. 03:07:28.939 --> 03:07:30.600 MORALES? 03:07:30.600 --> 03:07:32.260 AYE 03:07:32.260 --> 03:07:33.910 MOSQUEDA? 03:07:33.910 --> 03:07:35.569 AYE 03:07:35.569 --> 03:07:37.220 PETERSON? 03:07:37.220 --> 03:07:38.880 AYE. 03:07:38.880 --> 03:07:40.539 SAWANT? 03:07:40.539 --> 03:07:42.189 AYE. 03:07:42.189 --> 03:07:43.850 STRAUSS? 03:07:43.850 --> 03:07:45.510 YES. 03:07:45.510 --> 03:07:47.169 LEWIS? 03:07:47.169 --> 03:07:48.169 YES 03:07:48.169 --> 03:07:49.260 HERBOLD? 03:07:49.260 --> 03:07:51.180 YES. 03:07:51.180 --> 03:07:53.260 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. 03:07:53.260 --> 03:07:54.260 YES 03:07:54.260 --> 03:07:55.729 EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 03:07:55.729 --> 03:08:00.919 THANK YOU SO MUCH RESOLUTION IS ADOPT AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. PLEASE 03:08:00.919 --> 03:08:04.189 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION. 03:08:04.189 --> 03:08:09.129 SEMIS 6 THROUGH 8. WILL THE CLERK READ 6 THROUGH 8. 03:08:09.129 --> 03:08:13.199 AGENDA ITEMS 6 THROUGH 8, APPOINTMENTS 1386 THROUGH 1588. MEMBERS OF 03:08:13.199 --> 03:08:20.609 PLANNING COMMISSION FOR TERMS APRIL 15 TO 21 AND LAWRENCE SQUIRE MEMBER 03:08:20.609 --> 03:08:27.749 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION THROUGH PRINCIPLE 15, 2022. 03:08:27.749 --> 03:08:38.379 THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, BEFORE WE CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS 1586 THROUGH 03:08:38.379 --> 03:08:45.500 1588, I AM GOING TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY OBJECTION TO EXCUSING COUNCIL 03:08:45.500 --> 03:08:49.709 MEMBER PETERSON FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE JULY 27TH, 2020 COUNCIL 03:08:49.709 --> 03:08:54.500 MEETING? HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON WILL BE 03:08:54.500 --> 03:09:00.680 EXCUSED FOR THE REMAINER OF THE JULY 27, 2020 COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. I 03:09:00.680 --> 03:09:05.140 MOVE TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT 1586 THROUGH 1588. IS THERE A SECOND. 03:09:05.140 --> 03:09:06.140 SECOND 03:09:06.140 --> 03:09:11.569 MOVED AND SECONDED. THE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MOVE AND SECONDED. COUNCIL 03:09:11.569 --> 03:09:14.949 MEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE THE SPONSOR OF THESE AMENDMENTS AND RECOGNIZED IN 03:09:14.949 --> 03:09:17.100 ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS. 03:09:17.100 --> 03:09:21.979 THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THESE THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE 03:09:21.979 --> 03:09:25.049 PLANNING COMMISSION COME DIRECTLY TO FULL COUNSEL IN ORDER TORE GET THESE 03:09:25.049 --> 03:09:29.640 MEMBERS APPOINTED BEFORE THE AND JEWEL CYCLE PLAN AMENDMENTS, WHICH THEY 03:09:29.640 --> 03:09:35.359 WILL BE TAKING UP FOR THE --FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL. PATIENTS MOWAB A IS THE 03:09:35.359 --> 03:09:42.999 ADVOCACY MANAGER WHERE SHE MANAGES HOUSING ADVOCACY. SHE HAS ALSO MANAGED 03:09:42.999 --> 03:09:48.489 SEATTLE FOR EVERYONE AND SERVED ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND PUGET 03:09:48.489 --> 03:09:54.060 SOUND GROWTH MANAGEMENT POLICY BOARD. SHE IS AN APPOINTEE AND I SPEAK 03:09:54.060 --> 03:09:59.060 STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF HER. CATHERINE IZEREK IS A PLANNING ADVISOR AND 03:09:59.060 --> 03:10:03.050 TEACHES STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. HER BACKGROUND IS 03:10:03.050 --> 03:10:08.140 DESIGN AND LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. HER MOST RECENT POSITION 03:10:08.140 --> 03:10:13.890 AT VIA ARCHITECTURE, SHE WORKED WITH DEPARTMENTS HERE AT THE CITY OF 03:10:13.890 --> 03:10:23.319 SEATTLE AND ALSO MEMBER OF THE WEST DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AND BOARD MEMBER 03:10:23.319 --> 03:10:29.090 OF THE SEATTLE CENTER FOUNDATION. SHE ALSO HAS MP. LASTLY, ED NELSON 03:10:29.090 --> 03:10:35.310 NYGARD, SPECIALIZING IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND POLICY WITH HEALTH 03:10:35.310 --> 03:10:39.900 AND SOCIAL EQUITY. ALSO A VALUE LEG RESIDENT AND HE HAS SERVED ON THE 03:10:39.900 --> 03:10:46.640 PLANNING COMMISSION SINCE 2014 AND IS BEING REAPPOINTED THIS TIME AS A 03:10:46.640 --> 03:10:56.329 COUNCIL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THAT IS MY REPORT. 03:10:56.329 --> 03:10:59.960 THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENTS? . 03:10:59.960 --> 03:11:05.140 OKAY. HEARING NONE, LOT CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF 03:11:05.140 --> 03:11:06.560 THE APPOINTMENTS. 03:11:06.560 --> 03:11:07.840 MORALES. 03:11:07.840 --> 03:11:09.119 YES. 03:11:09.119 --> 03:11:10.390 MOSQUEDA. 03:11:10.390 --> 03:11:11.670 YES. 03:11:11.670 --> 03:11:12.939 SAWANT. 03:11:12.939 --> 03:11:14.220 YES. 03:11:14.220 --> 03:11:15.500 STRAUSS. 03:11:15.500 --> 03:11:16.770 YES. 03:11:16.770 --> 03:11:18.050 LEWIS. 03:11:18.050 --> 03:11:19.169 YES 03:11:19.169 --> 03:11:24.350 HERBOLD. 03:11:24.350 --> 03:11:29.540 YES. 03:11:29.540 --> 03:11:31.510 COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. 03:11:31.510 --> 03:11:32.709 YES. 03:11:32.709 --> 03:11:34.909 SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED 03:11:34.909 --> 03:11:39.561 THANK YOU, THE MOTION CARRIES. ANY APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED. OTHER 03:11:39.561 --> 03:11:43.739 BUSINESS, COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 03:11:43.739 --> 03:11:45.229 THE COUNCIL? 03:11:45.229 --> 03:11:50.239 ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND, COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA? 03:11:50.239 --> 03:11:51.239 YES. 03:11:51.239 --> 03:11:52.359 COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE. 03:11:52.359 --> 03:12:01.931 I JUST COULD NOT GET MYSELF OFF MUTE FAST ENOUGH. VERY EXCITED TO WORK 03:12:01.931 --> 03:12:05.439 WITH HER. SHE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET AS WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING 03:12:05.439 --> 03:12:11.189 EVERYTHING FROM STATE TO LOCAL HOUSING POLICY. SO GOOD IDEA. GOOD PICK. 03:12:11.189 --> 03:12:12.189 THANKS. 03:12:12.189 --> 03:12:15.089 ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? 03:12:15.089 --> 03:12:19.029 ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, THIS CONCLUDES ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON TODAY'S 03:12:19.029 --> 03:12:25.240 AGENDA. OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS AUGUST 3RD, 2020 AT 2 P.M., HARD 03:12:25.240 --> 03:12:31.149 TO BELIEVE, BUT NEXT WEEK IS IN FACT AUGUST. I HOPE THAT YOU-ALL HAVE A 03:12:31.149 --> 03:12:34.969 WONDERFUL AFTERNOON. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.