THANK YOU.
THE JANUARY 4, 2022 MEETAL OF
THE SEATTLE CITY DOWN SHRILL
COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:01 P.M.
I AM COUNCIL PRESIDENT FROM --
PRO TEM TAIL PRESIDENT IS
ELECTED.
>> JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> HEK.
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
>> PRESS SDMRENT MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO THE
ELECTION OF THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT FOR 2022 AND 2023.
NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT ARE NOW THIS ORDER.
ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM
THE FLOOR?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM?
> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
NOMINATION?
I WILL FWIET A SECOND.
HEAR NOTHING FURTHER NOMINATIONS
NOMINATIONS WILL CLOSED.
WE WILL PROCEED WITH A VOTE.
WILL THE CLESHLG PLEASE --
COLLEGE PLEASE CALL THE
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>> EXCUSE ME.
I BELIEVE I MADE IT A MOTION AND
THEN IT NEEDS TO BE SECONDED.
>> THAT IS FINE.
TO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> LISA IS TRYING TO SECOND.
I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD HAS
HER HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR COLLEAGUES.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOUR
FACES AND ONE NEW FACE AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ IT IS
HONOR TO BE ABLE TO NOMINATE
YOU.
YOU HAVE BAN FRIEND AND A MENTOR
IN MY TERM ON COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO
OUR CITY AND YOUR CONTINUED
COMMITMENT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
SINCE GETTING ELECTED IN 2023
YOU HAVE SERVED WITH CONVICTION
AND PASSION.
I APPRECIATE THE JOINT INTEREST
YOU AND I SHARE FOR CREATING A
DENSER CITY A CITY THAT ALLOWS
FOR MORE FAMILIES TO LIVE HERE,
FOR ELDERS TO LIVE HERE AND FOR
WORKERS TO BE IN OUR CITY.
YOU HAVE DONE THAT NOT KNOWLEDGE
KNOWLEDGE -- ONLY THIS DISTRICT
5 BUT FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY.
WE SHARE THE SAME FIERCE
COMMITMENT TO MAKING SEATTLE A
THRIVING PLACE.
IT IS FOR THAT SHARED INTEREST I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU
ON THIS COUNCIL.
I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO
STRIVE SERVE OUR ENTIRE CITY AND
WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF
THIS CITY SEATTLE COUNCIL AND
OUR NEW EXECUTIVE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM TO
BE -- UH WILL CONCLUDE MY
COMMENTS CAUSE I KNOW THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND
OTHERS PROBABLY HAVE ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS TO MAY BELIEVE.
I WOULDN'T BE DONE IF I DIDN'T
SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND
BEING INTERESTED AND WILLING TO
SERVE AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IN AN INTERVIEW YESTERDAY THERE
WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
DIVISION AMONG POLITICS ACROSS
OUR COUNTRY.
HE SAID IT IS A DANGEROUS TIME
BE IN OFFICE.
IT IS A DANGEROUS TIME TO BE A
PUBLIC SERVANT.
WHEN IT IS YOUR TIME BE CALLED
UPON TO SERVE, THAT TIME CHOOSES
YOU.
THAT IS THE CHALLENGE YOU ARE
ACCEPTING TODAY BY ACCEPTING
THIS NOMINATION.
I LOOK FORWHATRD -- FORWARD TO
WORKING
WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD'S
ZOOM HAND UP.
I WILL CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND AFTER THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR HELPING ME WITH --
WITH THE SECOND.
CONSISTENT WITH THE PREFERENCE
OF OUR HOPEFULLY INCOMING
COUNCIL MEMBER FOR US TO BE
BRIEF IN OUR REMARKS AND HER
FREQUENT REMINDER WE HONOR OUR
ELDERS.
I WILL SPEAK TO MY SUPPORT FOR
THIS MOTION BY SHARING A BRIEF
INSERT FROM THE WORDS OF
REVEREND YET WHO WALDEN WHO
WROTE --
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HELP SEATTLE HEAL AND UNITE.
IT IS TIME FOR A LEADER LIKE
DEBORA TO RESTORE OUR
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OTHER AND
WITH THE EARTH.
IT IS FINAL FOR THEM TO STEP
ASIDE AND LET INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE'S OF THIS LAND
REPRESENTED IN SEA HALL AND SEE
SEAT UNTIL A FLU DIRECTION.
ON THE STEPPING ASIDE PART I'M
PRETTY SURE REVEREND IS
REFERRING TO ME BUT THAT IS
OKAY.
I REALLY AGREE WITH HER.
IN CLOSING WHEN DISCUSSING
COUNCIL PRESIDENCY WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ, SHE TOLD ME ABOUT
THE BLACK FOOT CONFEDERACY MODEL
OF KINSHIP.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN
SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBER'S
LEADERSHIP IN 2022.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN WHO RAISED HIS HAND.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE YET.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, PLEASE
RAID YOUR ZOOM HAND AND I WILL
CALL ON YOU.
GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PRO TEM
SAWANT AND THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR NOMINATING AND
SECONDING THE MOTION TO HAVE
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ AS OUR
NEXT COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER SARA
NELSON.
I'M PLEASED TO VOTE FOR HER.
I BELIEVE SHE WILL BRING TOUT
BEST IN ALL OF US.
I BELIEVE SHE WILL CREATE
POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE
ENVIRONMENT ON THE CITY COUNCIL
THEN A ABLES
COUNCIL -- ENABLES US TO DELIVER
THE MOST.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ AND HER TEAM.
I BELIEVE SEATTLE WANTS US
SIMPLY TO FOSTER A SAFE, CLEAN
AND AFFORDABLE CITY FOR ALL.
TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
RESET TO WORK CONSTRUCTIVELY
WITH THE MAYOR OUT OF THE GATE.
AND THE COMPASSIONATE MESSAGE OF
UNITY HE DELIVERED A FEW HOURS
AGO.
GOVERNING A DYNAMIC CITY
EFFECTIVELY IS A DAUNTING
CHALLENGE.
TO SUCCEED I BELIEVE WE CAN AND
MUST FOCUS ON OUR COMMON GROUND,
OUR POINTS OF UNITY INSTEAD OF
LABELING, LETS LISTEN.
INSTEAD OF DRIVING WEDGES, LETS
BUILD BRIDGES.
I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER --
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ WILL
ENABLE US ALL TOGETHER TO
DELIVER A BETTER SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
GO AHEAD.
>> I THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM AND INCOMING COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
I WILL BE BRIEF AS PER YOUR
REQUEST.
I WILL SIMPLY SEND MY MESSAGE OF
THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THE WAY THAT THIS TEAM WORKS
TOGETHER OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS
DEMONSTRATES THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
PUT ASIDE OUR DIFFERENCES AND
FOCUS ON WHAT MAKES US TO --
WHAT THE COHESION BETWEEN US.
I JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK YOU
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ BUT ALSO
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
HERBOLD.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GREAT
YEAR.
AND THRIVING IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER ZOOM
HANDS UP.
IS ANYBODY WANTING TO SPEAK THAT
HASN'T SPOKEN?
I DON'T SEE ANYONE SO -- I
WILL -- GO AHEAD FOR US TO
PROCEED WITH A VOTE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE NOMINATION OF
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ AS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE YES, THOUGH
OPPOSED VOTE NO.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>>.
NELSON.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
SAWANT.
>> YES
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE YESES HAVE IT AND COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ IS ELECTED AS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR 2022.
AND
2023 AND WILL NOW ASSUME THE
CHAIR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
UM -- I AM NOT -- I'M TRYING NOT
BE EMOTIONAL BUT I REALLY WANT
THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT -- I
WORKED I'M REALLY TOUCHED
BY ALL OF YOUR WORDS AND IN
PARTICULAR COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, YOU SHARED A TEXT I
SHARED WITH A FEW OF YOU AND --
YOU HAVE NO IDEA DISH -- I NEVER
THOUGHT I WOULD BE SITTING HERE
HEARING SOMEONE AS GRACIOUS AND
KIND AS YOU AS REPEATING THE
WHOLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BLACK
FOOT WAY OF KNOWING AND THE
BLACK FOOT CONFEDERACY AND HOW
WE COME TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER
GOOD AND HAVING THAT COME FROM
YOU -- REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME.
I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND I
WERE COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER
EVEN THROUGH OUR RESOLUTIONS AND
WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE BUT WE
HAVE ALWAYS HAD MUTUAL RESPECT.
SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY
STRAIGHTFORWARD AND HONEST WITH
ME.
SHE CERTAINLY HAS A LOT OF FIRE
AND GOOD MEDICINE IN HER.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
WITH THAT I WILL JUST MOVE ON.
IT -- I WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU.
IT IS AN HONOR AND WITH THAT I
WILL MOVE ON.
SO TODAY IS EXCITING AND
HISTORIC.
THIS IS THE GOOD PART OF THE
DAY.
WE ARE DOING REMOTE SWEARING IN
OF MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA ASK OUR
THEY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL
MEMBER SARA NELSON.
I THINK THIS IS EXCITING
EACH HAVE NEVER DONE THIS IN A
REMOTE WAY.
SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING HOW WE
DO THIS.
WE WILL ASK THE PUBLIC TO BE
PATIENT WITH US.
I KNOW I'M TRYING TO STILL
FIGURE THIS OUT.
UM, SO WE WILL GO FROM THERE.
SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL PROCEED
TO THE OATH OF OFFICE CEREMONIES
FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL
MEMBERS IN THE ORDER OF DISTRICT
NUMBERS.
NOT EVERY SOMEONE NEW.
SOME OF US ARE BACK AGAIN.
AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA FOLLOWED
BY BRIEF REMARKS FROM EACH
COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE WILL COMMENCE WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER TERESA MOSQUEDA'S OATH OF
OFFICE FIRST REPRESENTING
DISTRICT 8, THE OATH OF OFFICE
WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY CITY
CLERK.
MADAM CLERK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND
REPEAT AFTER ME.
I TERESA MOSQUEDA.
>> I TERESA MOSQUEDA.
>> SWEAR OR AFFIRM.
>> THAT I POSSESS ALL THE
QUALIFICATIONS.
>> THAT I POSSESS ALL OF THE
QUALIFICATIONS.
>> PRESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE
CITY CHARTER.
>> PRESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE
CITY CHARTER.
>> AND THE SEATTLE NEW NEW
MISSAL CODE FOR THE POSITION OF
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> FOR THE POSITION OF CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
>> AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
>> AND THE CHARTER AND
ORDINANCES.
>> AND THE CHARTER AND
ORDINANCES.
>> OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY
CONDUCT MYSELF.
>> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY
CONDUCT MYSELF.
>> AS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER.
>> AS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
I WILL TURN THE TIME OVER TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU TO OUR SEATTLE
RESIDENTS AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE FAITH YOU HAVE
SHOWN TO ALLOW FOR ME TO SERVE
CITY WIDE AND POSITION AID FOR
SECOND TIME.
FOUR YEARS AGO GOT ELECTED AT
TIME WHERE WE WERE IN THE CITIES
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY WORRIED ABOUT
WHAT WOULD COME FROM THE FEDERAL
DELEGATION.
HAVING JUST HAD AN ELECTION
OF -- DONALD TRUMP AT THE TIME,
I TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW CITIES
WOULD BE THE FIRST LINE OF
OFFENSE AND THE LAST LINE OF
DEFENSE IN THIS TIME THAT WAS --
TREMENDOUSLY -- ENGRAINED IN
TURMOIL AND IN A DIVIDED COUNTRY
AT THAT TIME.
SINCE THEN WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF
THOSE DIVISION CONTINUE TO BE
SPREAD APART.
WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR
HOMES.
WE HAVE SEEN SMALL BUSINESSES
LOSE THEIR -- SHOPS AND WE HAVE
SEEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR
LIVELIHOODS.
WE I THINK IN SEATTLE HAVE SHOWN
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE ON THAT
FRONT LINE OF OFFENSE AND THAT
LAST LINE OF DEFENSE.
WE STOOD UP MORE HOUSING THAN WE
HAVE SEEN IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS
BY PASSING JUMP START
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE TO INVEST IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT AND WE DID THAT IN
THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF COVID
BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT HARD TIMES
WERE COMING.
IN MY FIRST TERM WE STOOD UP
PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS WHO HAD
BEEN LONG LEFT OUT OF STATE AND
FEDERAL LABOR STANDARDS BY
EXPANDING RIGHTS FOR DOMESTIC
WORKERS THAT GAINED NATIONAL
ATTENTION AND HOTEL WORKERS WHO
HAVE HIGHER RATES OF BACK INJURY
THAN THOSE WHO ARE WORKING IN
COAL MINES.
WE HAVE DONE THESE AND BEEN ON
THE NATIONAL STAGE FOR GOOD
PROGRESSIVE POLICY.
I AM PROUD OF THOSE POLICIES
THAT WE HAVE DONE AS A COUNCIL,
THAT WE HAVE PASSED TOGETHER AND
THEN STOOD BY.
I THINK NOW IS WHAT WE NEED TO
DO AS WELL IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT
THE DIVISION THAT CONTINUES TO
WIDEN IN OUR COUNTRY CAN ONLY
COME TOGETHER IN THESE MOMENTS
WHERE WE CHOOSE TO REACH OUT AND
WORK WITH EACH OTHER TO FIND THE
IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING PUBLIC
DOLLAR AND PUBLIC GOOD TO MAKE
SURE WE WARD OFF -- AND FOCUS ON
REBUILDING AN ECONOMY THAT IS
MORE EQUITABLE AND JUST FOR
EVERYONE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU IN THIS TIME TO BRING
OUR CITY TOGETHER BECAUSE I KNOW
WHAT WE DO IN SEATTLE REPLICATES
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE POSITIVE
WAVES OF POLICY AND ACTION.
TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF --
PROGRESSIVE POLICY REPLICATED IN
THIS MOMENT WHEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT RECOVERING FROM COVID.
IT IS NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER.
WE HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST.
WE
CONTINUE TO GET NATIONAL
RECOGNITION.
I KNOW WE CAN DO IT HERE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU TO CREATE A DENSER, MORE
LIVE ABLG, AFFORDABLE, HEALTHY,
WELCOMING SEATTLE FOR EVERYONE.
THAT MEANS INVESTMENTS IN
WORKING PROTECTIONS, SMALL
BUSINESS SUPPORT AND MAKING SURE
EVERYONE HAS A PLACE TO CALL
HOME AND IT IS AFFORDABLE THIS
OUR CITY.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK
WITH ALL OF YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE
AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU COLLEAGUES AND MY NEW
COLLEAGUE AS WELL, WELCOME
COUNCIL MEMBER NEL ON.
>> -- NELSON.
>> WITH THAT I WILL GO TO THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
NEXT REPRESENTING DISTRICT 9,
THE OATH OF OFFICE WILL BE
ADMINISTERED TO COUNCIL MEMBER
SARA NELSON.
THE OATH OF OFFICE WILL BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE FORMER
SEATTLE COUNCIL MEMBER
MR. RICHARD AND WITH THAT I WILL
HAND IT OVER.
>> HEY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR
OF ADMINISTERING THIS OATH OF
OFFICE TO YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
NELSON.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO
DO SO.
SO PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
I, SARA NELSON.
>> I SARA NELSON.
>> SWEAR OR AFFIRM.
>> THAT I POSSESS ALL THE
QUALIFICATIONS.
>> THAT I POSSESSION ALL OF THE
QUALIFICATIONS.
>> PRESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE
CITY CHARTER AND THE CITY
MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> PRESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE
CITY CHARTER AND THE CITY
MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> FOR THE POSITION OF CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> FOR THE POSITION OF CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> THE COPS OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON.
>> AND THE CHARTER IN AND
ORDINANCES OF THE STATE OF SEAT
SEATTLE AND I WILL FAITHFULLY
CONDUCT MYSELF.
>> AND I WILL FAITHFULLY CONDUCT
MYSELF?
AS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU
>> THANK YOU.
>> YAY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> I'M JUST
GETTING -- PUTTING MY TOES UP TO
THE LINE HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
RICHARD.
I AM PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL FOR THE
HONOR OF SERVING AS YOUR NEW
CITY WIDE COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND I AM -- I RAN ON A PLATFORM
OF CHANGE BUT WITH A VISION OF
HOPE THAT WITH A DIFFERENT KIND
OF LEADERSHIP AND A COMMITMENT
TO WORKING TOGETHER WE COULD
MAKE PROGRESS ON OUR MAJOR
CHALLENGES AND ALSO HAVE A REAL
POSITIVE IMPACT ON DETAIL YAY
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL SEATTLE
IDENTITIES.
THOUSAND WE HAVE A FRESH START.
WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR AND A NEW
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
úCONGRATULATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
I AM EXCITED TO GET TO WORK FOR
YOU.
SO IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR ON
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL I WANT TO
TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
MYSELF AND MY APPROACH TO PUBLIC
POLICY BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE YOU
A SENSE OF WHERE I'M COMING
FROM.
I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND
A POLICY NERD WHO WATCHES THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL FOR FUN.
SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE CHAN NEL THAT MAKE THIS
POSSIBLE.
I'M A PRAGMATIC PROGRESSIVE.
I LOVE THE CITY VERY, VERY MUCH.
I CAME HERE IN 1990.
I TAUGHT COURSES IN ANTHRO AND
WOMEN STUDIES FOR A FEW YEARS.
I DECIDED TO LEAVE TO -- HAVE A
MORE DIRECT IMPACT ON MY
COMMUNITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND I GOT MY START IN 2002
TAKING A JOB IN RICHARD'S OFFICE
AS A LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT.
SKIED HIM TO ADMINISTER MY OATH
TODAY BECAUSE OVER THE COURSE OF
TEN YEARS OF WORKING WITH HIM, I
LEARNED SO MUCH.
HE SHOWED ME AND BECAME MY
MENTOR.
HE SHOWED ME THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING TRANSPARENT, ABOUT THE
PROBLEM YOU ARE TRYING TO FIX
AND THE BENEFITS YOU ARE TRYING
TO ACHIEVE.
OF REALLY TAKING YOUR TIME TO
CONSIDER ALL THE OPTIONS THAT
YOU HAVE GOTTEN BY LISTENING,
TRULY LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC
AND ALL STAKE HOLDERS, NOT JUST
THE LOUDEST VOICES.
AND PAYING ATTENTION TO DETAIL
CAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE DEVIL
REALLY LIVES.
AND THEN FINALLY TO SET CLEAR
PERFORMANCE METRICS AND THEN IF
YOU FALL SHORT, TO CORRECT
COURSE.
AND I DO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE
WITH THAT.
AND SO -- UM, FUN FACT.
I MET MY HUSBAND MATT AT WTO.
HE WAS A HOME BREWER AND LATER
WHEN HE DECIDED TO LEAVE HIS LAW
CAREER IN HOSPITALITY -- I
JUMPED RIGHT IN.
WE LAUNCHED FREMONT BREWING IN
2009.
I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT -- IT TOOK
SOME CONVINCING BECAUSE BEING
FAIRLY RISK -- IT TURNED OUT TO
BE A VEHICLE FOR MYSELF TO PUT
MY PROGRESSIVE VALUES TO WORK.
BY SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE NON-PROFITS AND
PROMOTING US STAIN ABILITY AND
PROVIDING EXTENSIVE BENEFITS TO
OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN BEING ON THE RECEIVING
END I LEARN HOUD DIFFICULT IT IS
TO START AND GROW A SMALL
BUSINESS IN SEATTLE.
AND SO -- THIS -- FUNDAMENTALS
OF GOOD GOVERNANCE FROM
RICHARD'S OFFICE AND IN MY
EXPERIENCE STARTING THIS
BUSINESS, THESE ARE THE THINGS I
BRING IN AND -- THAT SHAPE MY
APPROACH AND ALSO MY PRIORITIES.
TOP OF WHICH IS -- ACHIEVING AN
EQUITABLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING.
I ASK TO BE CHAIR OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THESE ARE
THE -- THEY FORM THE FABRIC OF
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY ARE
THE JOB CREATORS AND THEY -- THE
SMALL BUSINESSES PROVIDE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AND BUILD
GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
THEY ARE HURTING.
THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE
AND FAMILIES ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING AT THE SAME TIME.
I KNOW THERE IS MUCH MORE WE CAN
DO TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES
AND RETAIN THOSE JOBS.
SO, ON MY COMMITTEE WORK PLAN
WILL BE -- FIRST OF ALL A
DOWNTOWN AND NEIGHBORHOOD
DISTRICT REVITALIZATION PLAN.
ALSO A PLAN TO REDUCE THE
DISPLACEMENT OF MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESSES BY IMPROVING ACCESS
TO CAPITAL AND INCREASING
TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR
ENTREPRENEURS.
NOW OF COURSE YOU CAN'T --
EXCUSE ME WHILE I -- WET MY
WHISTLE HERE.
WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT RECOVERY
WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY BECAUSE I HEARD LOUD AND
CLEAR FROM BUSINESS OWNERS THAT
CRIME WAS ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST
CONCERNS AND OF RESIDENTS AS
WELL.
SO I WILL WORK WITH ENSURE OUR
FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE
ADEQUATELY STAFFED AND RESOURCED
TO BRING DOWN 911 RESPONSE TIMES
AND TO REVERSE THE TREND ON GUN
VIOLENCE AND ALSO TO ADVANCE THE
CRITICAL WORK OF POLICE REFORM.
IMPROVING ACCOUNT ABILITY GOES
HAND IN HAND.
IT IS NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
WITH KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE.
SO THAT IS A TOP PRIORITY OF
MINE.
THE OTHER BIG CONCERN OF COURSE
IS OUR WORSENING HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS.
SO I WILL SUPPORT THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITIES
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND STARTING
WITH THE PROPOSAL OF MOVING
DOWNTOWN ENCAMMENT PRESIDENT
PMENT RESIDENTS
INTO HOUSING.
WE NEED BEGIN FUNDING.
THIS IS A BIG, HUGE, MISSING
PIECE OF OUR RESPONSE
HOMELESSNESS.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO STATE AND
FEDERAL DOLLARS.
WE HAVE TO REALLY PRIORITIZE
RESOURCES AND BEGIN FUNDING
THESE SERVICES.
SO, THESE ARE -- SOME OF THE BIG
YOU ARE GEPT ISSUE -- FOR
URGENT ISSUES.
SOLVING CONSTITUENT PROBLEMS AND
ENSURING THE -- THE DELIVERY OF
ESSENTIAL CHARTER SERVICES,
POLICE, FIRE, PARKS, LIBRARIES
AND TRANSPORTATION, THAT IS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S FIRST JOB.
AND SO I WILL BE COMMITTING OUR
OFFICE TO BEING RESPONSIVE AND
TO GETTING THE BASICS DONE
RIGHT.
SO, I HAVE TO SAY THAT --
WHATEVER THE POLICY ISSUE, I
WILL BE TAKING A PRAGMATIC
APPROACH TO FULFILLING MY DUTIES
OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WITH
ACCOUNTABILITY AND HUMILITY.
WHEN I SAY PRAGMATIC APPROACH,
HERE IS WHAT I MEAN.
I MEAN ALIGNING OUR REGULATORY
STRUCTURE WITH OUR POLICY GOALS
SO FOR EXAMPLE WHAT ARE THE
BARRIERS IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE
WE CAN REMOVE?
WHAT IS THE AUTHORITY THAT THE
STATE GIVES US TO -- AND
INCENTIVES WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO
US TO MEET THOSE POLICY GOALS?
AND THEN THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF
COURSE IS TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS WHY MEAN BY PRAGMATIC
APPROACH.
I KNOW THAT MY ABILITY TO
DELIVER ON ALL OF THIS DEPENDS
100% ON COLLABORATING WITH MY
COLLEAGUES AND OUR NEW MAYOR.
IN THE END THE VOTERS WANT US TO
GET THINGS DONE.
OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER ON THE
MANDATE FOR CHANGE THAT THEY
EXPRESSED IN THIS LAST ELECTION
DEPENDS ON US ALL WORKING
TOGETHER.
PUTTING ASIDE DIVISIVE POLITICS
AND GETTING TOGETHER AND WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY FOR THE GOOD OF
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE.
THAT IS WHAT I PLEDGE TO DO AND
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
NELSON.
SO WITH THAT
CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON, THIS WILL
BE AN EXCITING TWO YEARS.
AT LEAST FOR ME, TWO YEARS.
SO LETS MOVE ON TO TODAY'S
AGENDA.
SO WE WILL START WITH THE
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
MINUTES OF SEATTLE, THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER
13, 2021 HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
THERE IS NO OBJECTION.
HEAR NOTHING OBJECTION THE
MINUTES ARE BEING SIGNED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES?
NOW WE WILL BE TO APPROVAL.
THAT IS THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> SECOND
>> GREAT.
WE -- IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
SO RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO --
MOVE TO AMEND THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR BY
INTRODUCING RESOLUTION 32037
ENTITLED A RESOLUTION RELATING
TO COMMITTEE STRUCTURE,
MEMBERSHIP, MEETING TIMES AND
DUTIES OF STANDING COMMITTEES OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FOR
2022 AND 2023.
AND SUPER CREEDING RESOLUTION
31947 FOR CONSIDERATION AT
TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR BY INTRODUCING
RESOLUTION 32027 AND BY
REFERRING IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR CONSIDERATION ON TODAY'S
CALENDAR.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
NOT SEEING ANY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON ADOPTION OF THE
AMENDMENT?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> NELSON.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING OR HEARING NONE, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CAL ENDER?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> NELSON.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED.
NEXT THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
COLLEAGUES, AT THAT TIME WE WILL
OPEN THE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR ITEMS ON THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR AND THE COUNCIL'S WORK
PROGRAM.
IT REMAINS A STRONG INTENT TO
THE CITY DOWN STILL HAVE MORE
TO -- TO HAVE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGULARLY INCLUDED.
HOWEVER AS A REMINDER THE CITY
COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
END OR ELIMINATE THESE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIODS AT ANY POINT IF
YOU DEEM THE SYSTEM IS BEING
ABUSED OR IS NO LONGER SUIT
ANGLE FOR ALLOWING OUR MEETINGS
TO BE CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY.
OUR CITY CLERK WILL MODERATE
THIS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
I WILL HAND IT OFF TO OUR CITY
CLERK.
AND THAT IS JODIE.
JODIE, YOU WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY?
>> THANK YOU.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
THIS MEETING IS UP TO 20 MINUTES
AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVE
WON THE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER USED FOR THIS
REGISTRATION AND USING THE
MEETING PHONE NUMBER ID AND PASS
CODE THAT WAS E-MAILED TO THEM
UPON CONFIRMATION.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT MEETING AND
PASS CODE THAN GENERAL MEETING
LISTEN LINE CALL IN INFORMATION.
AGAIN EACH SPEAKER WILL BE
CALLED UPON BY NAME AND IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
ON THE WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO
SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO YOU CAN
SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BY GOING
TO THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LYNN -- LINK
IS ALSO LISTED ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE.
YOU WILL HEAR AN AUTOMATIC
PROMPT OF YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT IS YOUR CUE TO PRESS STAR 6
BEFORE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY STATING
YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING AND AS A REMINDER
PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO
AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CAL
END ORRER THE SPEAK EARS WORK
PROGRAM.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME WE ASK
YOU BEGAN TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE TIME
PROVIDED THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ASK YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND IF
YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING
THIS MEETING, PLEASE DO SO VIA
SEATTLE CHAN ORALNEL OR THE
LISTENING
OPTIONS.
PLEASE REMEMBER THE SPEAKER MUST
ALSO TOUCH STAR 6 ON THEIR PHONE
TO UNMUTE THEMSELVES AFTER THEIR
NAME IS CALLED AND YOU HEAR THE
PROMPT YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
OKAY.
WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS TODAY.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE
HOWARD GAIL AND HOWARD GAIL WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY BARBARA FENNY.
HOWARD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOWARD GAIL DISTRICT 7 SPEAKING
ON OUR FAILED POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
IT IS NOW OVER SIX MONTHS SINCE
JOURNALIST CAROLYN AT THE SOUTH
SEATTLE EMERALD FIRST UNCOVERED
EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION AND
COLLUSION BETWEEN SEATTLE
SUPPOSEDLY INDEPENDENT POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES.
SINCE THEN DICK HAS WRITTEN NINE
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES REVEALING
THE INNER WORKERS OF A SELF
SERVING SYSTEM.
THE LAST ARTICLE A FEW WEEKS AGO
REVEALING THAT NO CITY AGENCY
INCLUDING THE CITY COUNCIL AND
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
HAS TAKEN ANY STEPS TO LAUNCH AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE
SHOCKING CORRUPTION AND
FAILURES.
IN THIS NEW YEAR THE COUNCIL
WILL FACE MAJOR CHALLENGES
CONCERNING HIRING INTERIM POLICE
CHIEF --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
NONE OF THAT WOULD MATTER.
HOW COULD ANY OF IT MATTER WHEN
ALL 31 SPD KILLINGS OVER THE
LAST 11 YEARS HAVE ALL BEEN
DEEMED QUOTE LAWFUL AND PROPER
UNQUOTE BY ACCOUNT ABILITY
BODIES KNOWN TO BE CORRUPT?
SO MANY SPD OFFICERS HAVE
ESCAPED ACCOUNTABLE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WE CANNOT IF I CAN THE SYSTEM
WHICH HAS NOT ONLY SO BADLY
FAILED US BUT PERHAPS MORE
WORRISOME HAS MANAGED TO PROVE
ITSELF COMPLETELY RESISTANT TO
CHANGE OR TO ANY FORM OF
ACCOUNTABILITY.
MY HOPE IS IN 2022 WE FINALLY
EMBRACE THE CRITICAL NEED FOR
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
THAT PROVIDES FULL CIVILIAN
COMMUNITY CONTROL OVER POLICE
POLICY, POLICE MISCONDUCT
INVESTIGATIONS AND POLICE
DISCIPLINE AS SO MANY CITIES
HAVE DONE POST GEORGE FLOYD.
GO TO SEATTLE STOP DOT ORG TO
FIND OUT HOW.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA
FENNY AND SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED.
GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS BARBARA FENNY.
I RISE TO SALUTE THE
ELECTORAL VICTORY OF THE
CAMPAIGN AGAINST A RACIST RIGHT
WING BIG BUSINESS BACKED RECALL
ATTEMPT.
HER SOCIALIST COUNCIL OFFICE HAS
LED AND LEADS FIGHTS FOR REAL
SOLUTIONS FOR THE WORKING CLASS.
LIKE RENT CONTROL, INCREASED
WAGES, TAXING THE RICH AND THE
SOCIALIST GREEN NEW DEAL JOBS
PROGRAM FUNDED BY EXPANDING THE
AMAZON TAX FOR URGENTLY NEEDED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT,
CONGRATULATIONS.
LET'S WIN CONTROL.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAMIUS.
HE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AL JONES.
ALTHOUGH AL JONES NOT PRESENT.
AL PLEASE CALL IN IF YOU ARE
PLANNING ON SPEAKING.
DAMIUS PLEASE GO AHEAD
>> HELLO.
I AM HERE TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT
AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN ON GOING.
I WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF A CITY
CONTRACTOR.
I LIVED IN A BUNK HOUSE PAID FOR
AND FUNDED BY SEATTL LEVIES.
I SUFFERED DISCRIMINATION AND
RETALIATION.
I REACHED OUT TO MULTIPLE
MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL TROOIPG
TRYING TO BRING THESE ISSUES TO
THEIR ATTENTION.
I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK SINCE
2019.
THE FUNDS BEING MISUSED ARE IN
THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS NOW.
I TOOK THIS TO THE WASHINGTON
STATE SUPREME COURT.
THE ISSUES WEPT UNRESOLVED.
WASHINGTON HOUSING EQUITY
ALLIANCE IN THE CITY ARE
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THERE ARE DOZENS MORE
WHO HAVE NOT BEEN PAID AND ARE
SUFFERING THE SAME --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SADLY THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
TO FILE CLAIMS WERE TO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU.
OUR LAST SPEAKER -- AL JONES --
SORRY SECOND TO LAST SPEAKER AL
ZOENS CURRENTLY LISTED AS NOT
PRESIDENT.
OUR LAST SPEAKER JOE IS ALSO NOT
PRESENT.
THAT WILL COME CONCLUDE OUR
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
WE REACHED THE END OF OUR A
LOTTED TIME FOR PUBLIC DON'T
KNOW -- COMMENT TODAY.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
CLOSED.
SO, WE WILL MOVE TON PAYMENT OF
THE BILLS.
PAYMENT OF THE BILLS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLES OF ALL THREE BILLS?
>> PAYMENT OF BILLS.
COUNCIL BILL 1202550 AN
ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING MONEY TO
PAY CERTAIN AUDITED CLAIMS FOR
THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 6 THROUGH
DECEMBER 10 AND ORDERING THE
PAYMENT THERE OF COUNCIL BILL
120251 AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING MONEY TO PAY
CERTAIN AUDITED CLAIMS FOR THE
WEEK OF DECEMBER 13 THROUGH
DECEMBER 17 AND ORDERING THE
PAYMENT THERE OF.
AND COUNCIL BILL 120252 APP
ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING MONEY TO
PAY CERTAIN AUDITED CLAIMS FOR
THE WEEK.
AND ORDERING THE PAYMENT THERE
OF.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120250.
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
NOT SEEING OR HEARING ANY
COMMENTS.
>> HERBOLD?
YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> NELSON.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> -- COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> NINE FAVOR, NOUN POSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE MY BEHALF?
BILL NUMBER TWO.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120251.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT THE BILL PASS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
SEEING OR HEARING NO COMMENTS OR
ANY RAISED HANDS MADAM CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF PAYMENT OF THE BILLS
NUMBER TWO.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> NELSON.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES AND LETS MOVE ON
TO THE LAST ONE.
PAYMENT OF THE BILLS NUMBER
THREE.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120252.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
HATSZ BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
SEEING OR HEARING NONE MADAM
CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> NELSON.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU CHLT.
THE BILL PASSES.
FOLKS WE WILL MOVE INTO COMMITY
SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> OPPOSED.
>> OHH --
DARN DAY.
LETS GO TO ITEMS FOUR AND SIX.
AGENDA ITEMS FOUR THROUGH SIX.
THE APPOINTMENT OF INI ABYE AND
THE REAPPOINTMENT OF NANCY
KATHLEEN AS MEMBERS PACIFIC
HOSPITAL PRESERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNING
COUNCIL FOR TERMS TO DECEMBER
31, 2022.
THE COMMITTEE REGIMENS THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HEK
>> THANK YOU.
ABYE HAS LED COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING EFFORT FOR THE PAST
17 YEARS AND IS THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE HARRIET
TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH AND
FREEDOM.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SHE IS AN ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
MEDICINE AT HARBOR VIEW AND THE
MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SHE IS THE FORMER MEDICAL
DIRECTOR OF THE URBAN REST STOP
HEALTH CENTER AND SERVE AS
PHYSICIAN.
SHE SERVINGS AS A BOARD THEM --
SERVES AS A BOARD MEMBER.
SHE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS
AWARDS.
>>
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE REAPPOINTMENT IS FOR
HER THIRD TERM.
BEFORE THAT VIRGIL SERVED
AS THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE
TRIBE.
HE HAS SERVED OVER 20 YEARS IN
VARIOUS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS FOR
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT AND SERVED TON
CASINO ARIZONA TALKING STICK
RESORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CURRENTLY MR. WADE SERVES ON THE
TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER HE HAS
BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE
PACIFIC HOSPITAL PRESERVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
GOVERNING COUNCIL?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
THREE APPOINTMENTS?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> NELSON.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM NUMBER 7
INTO THE RECORD.
>> REPORT OF THE TRANSPORTATION
AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE AGENDA
ITEM 7 COUNCIL BILL 120230.
APP ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT IN --
EXCUSE ME THE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT T SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF PARKS AND RECS RECREATION AND
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, IT IS
ALL YOU?
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, THIS BILL PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF OUR
TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE LAST MONTH.
THIS IS THE VERY LAST IN A
SERIES OF COUNCIL ACTIONS TO
CLEAN UP ACCESS AND OWNERSHIP OF
PARCELS, LAND NEEDED TO
FACILITATE THE BIKE TRAIL.
ITS BEEN GRATIFYING TO SEE
SEATTLE CITY LIGHTS, SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, SEATTLE PARKS
AND REC AND THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
WORK TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY
AND SEAMLESSLY TO SHEPHERD THIS
COMPLEX PROJECT THROUGH THE
COUNCIL.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES VACATING A
DEAD END STREET NEARBY AT CITY
LIGHT SOUTH SERVICE CENTER.
THAT WILL PAVE THE WAY LITERALLY
AND FIGURATIVELY FOR SIGNIFICANT
PUBLIC BENEFITS ALONG THE
TRAIL'S RIGHT OF WAY INCLUDING A
NEW FEATURE DOG PARK.
AGAIN THE TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES COMMITTEE VOTED FOR
THIS COUNCIL BILL.
I'M HOPING FOR A FULL SUPPORT OF
THE COUNCIL TODAY TO MOVE THIS
PROJECT FORWARD.
I'M GETTING ALL CHOKED UP ABOUT
IT.
THANK YOU.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSE, THANKS
FOR YOUR WORK ON.
THIS I WANT TO THANK YOU SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT AND DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR THEIR JOINT
EFFORTS.
WE WORKED REALLY HARD A FEW
YEARS AGO TO PASS A RESOLUTION
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PARCEL
OF PUBLIC LAND WAS BEING USED
FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD AND THAT WE
PRIORITIZE HOUSING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROPERTY
IS A PUBLIC BENEFIT AS
IDENTIFIED IN ITS ORIGINATION
AND THE USE OF THE STREET VIEW
BE REQUESTED BY CITY LIGHT
CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THERE WILL BE
A PUBLIC BENEFIT.
THE PROPERTY DID NO GO THROUGH
THE PROCESS OUTLINED IN
RESOLUTION 31829 OR RESOLUTION
31424 WHICH IS THE SURPLUS LANDS
LEGISLATION THAT PASSED IN 2018.
AGAIN MY HOPE IS THAT ALL PIECES
OF PROPERTY WILL GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS SO WE CAN DON'T SHOW TO
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HOW
PARCELS INCLUDING THOSE OWNED BY
CITY LIGHT WILL BE REVIEWED FOR
POTENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
DEVELOPMENT, EVEN AS THE FIRST
PRIORITY REMAINS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
WE KNOW THAT EFFORTS LIKE THE
ONE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN
JUST OUTLINED ARE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT AS WELL TO CONNECT
COMMUNITY.
I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
LEGISLATION.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO CALL OUT
FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND
THIS APPLIES TO CITY LIGHT AND
ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
THE IMPORTANCE OF US GOING
THROUGH IN PROCESS TO SHOW THAT
EVERY PARCEL IS BEING
SCRUTINIZED FOR THAT LEVEL OF
ANALYSIS OF WHETHER OR NOT
HOUSING IS ABLE TO BE BUILT ON
THE SITE AND THAT WHEN WE HAVE A
PARCEL NOT SUITABLE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE MAKE
IT AVAILABLE TO CONNECT
COMMUNITIES TO BE MORE THRIVING
AND VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE IN DOING SO WE
ARE LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED
AND OUR WORK TO CREATE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
APPRECIATE THAT THIS LEGISLATION
WILL GO FORWARD TODAY.
I SUPPORT IT.
I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE SURE EVERY
DEPARTMENT SHOWS THE WORK THEY
ARE DOING TO FOLLOW 31829
RESOLUTION AND RESOLUTION 31824.
APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE MOMENT
TO -- HAVE ME ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS AS IT
RELATES TO PUBLIC PROPERTIES IN
GENERAL AND WILL BE SUPPORTING
THIS LEGISLATION TODAY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, IS
THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD?
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY.
SO NOT SEEING ANY OTHER COMMENTS
OR CONCERNS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> ENTHUSIASTIC YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> THEY WILL SON.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT AND WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION?
SO OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON.
WE HAVE ADOPTION OF OTHER
RESOLUTIONS AND THAT WOULD BE
ME.
I THINK I HAVE IT IT'S EIGHT AND
NINE.
SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM EIGHT INTO THE RECORD.
>>
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
32036.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> UM, I WILL ADDRESS IT FIRST.
RESOLUTION 32036 DECEMBER
IGNITES THE MONTHLY PRESIDENT
PRO TEM OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SEAT FALL 2022 AND
2023.
WHICH SUPERCEDES RESOLUTION
31924.
THE GENERAL RULES AND PROCEDURES
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
PROVIDE THAT A PRESIDENT PRO TEM
SHALL BE DESIGNATED EVE TWO
YEARS ON A MONTHLY ROTATION
BASIS BASED ON SENIORITY TO ACT
IN THE IN THE ABSENCE OF THE
PRESIDENT.
THIS RESOLUTION INCLUDES A TABLE
OUTLINING ASSIGNMENTS PER MONTH
FOR THE YEAR OF 2022 AND 2023.
MY OFFICE SENT EACH OF YOU A
COPY OF THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION
YESTERDAY.
THAT WAS MONDAY JANUARY 3RD FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION?
SEEING NONE -- WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> NELSON.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION?
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE
WHICH IS AL MINE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER NINE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA NINE RESOLUTION 32037.
A RESOLUTION RELATING TO
COMMITTEE STRUCTURE, MEMBERSHIP,
MEETING TIMES AND DUTIES OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FOR
2022 AND 2023 AND SUPERCEDING
RESOLUTION 31947 INTRODUCED
TODAY JANUARY 4TH.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
I MOVE TO ADOPT USE LUGS 32037.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE 4 OF
THE SEATTLE CITY CHARTER
OUTLINING THE POWERS AND DUTIES
OF SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, THE
COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO
CREATE AND USE COMMIT YOUS OF
ITS MEMBERS TO FACILITATE ITS
LEDGE IT LACIVE FUNCTIONS.
RESOLUTION 32037 WILL ESTABLISH
NINE STANDING COMMITTEES
INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP AND MEETING
TIMES FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD
COVERING THE YEARS 2022 TO 2023.
MY OFFICE AGAIN SENT YOU EACH A
COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION YESTERDAY MONDAY
JANUARY 3RD.
WITH YOUR SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION WILL SUPERCEDE
RESOLUTION 31947 WHICH ESTABLISH
FIND COMMITTEES IN THE PREVIOUS.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WILL MAKE
THIS RESOLUTION EFFECTIVE TO DAY
JANUARY 4, 2022.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION?
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> JUST REAL QUICK.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY I
HAD TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS
RESOLUTION AND I APPRECIATE
THE -- FEEDBACK YOU SO
GRACIOUSLY RECEIVED AND SAW IT
THAT IS VERY KIND OF YOU.
AND JUST -- I -- APPRECIATE
HAVING GONE THROUGH A SIMILAR
EXERCISE.
THE BALANCING EFFORT THAT IS
NECESSARY TO DEVELOP A --
RESOLUTION LIKE THIS.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO SPREAD
AROUND AND A LOT OF INTEREST ON
BEHALF ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO
DO THE WORK AND I THINK THIS
RESOLUTION IS A GREAT EXPRESSION
OF -- OF A -- OF HOW ONE ASSIGNS
WORK TO INDIVIDUALS BASED ON
THEIR PASSIONS, INTERESTS AND
CAPABILITIES AND THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT FOR DOING SO SO WELL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
I SAW YOUR HAND UP.
ARE YOU GOING?
>> THANK YOU.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME?
>> UH-HUH.
>> I'M VOTING YES ON THIS
RESOLUTION.
LIKE IN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS
THIS RESOLUTION ASCIENCE MY
OFFICE TO CHAIR THE US STAIN
ABILITY AND RENTER RIGHT'S
COMMITTEE.
IN THE PAST MY OFFICE ALONGSIDE
WORKING PEOPLE UNION MEMBERS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE USED A
MANDATE OF THE COMMITTEE TO
SUPPORT GRASS ROOTS, ACTIVISS
FIGHTING FOR RENTER'S RIGHTS AND
FOR GREEN NEW DEAL PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE PASSED A SERIES
PROTECTIONS AGAINST EVICTION
INCLUDING THE SCHOOL YEAR
EVICTION BAN WHICH IS THE
NATION'S ONLY SECOND AND
NATION'S STRONGEST SCHOOL YEAR
EVICTION BAN WHICH PROTECTS BOTH
SCHOOL CHILDREN AND PUBLIC
SCHOOL WORKERS.
WE ALSO PASSED THE WINTER
EVICTION BAN.
WE CLOSED THE LOOPHOLES IN THE
PROTECTIONS.
WE PASSED RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
FOR ECONOMIC EVICTIONS WHICH IS
A VERY STRONG LAW THAT IS GOING
TO TAKE INTO EFFECT ON ALL JUST
4TH OF THIS YEAR AND WE PASSED
ANOTHER IMPORTANT RENTER'S
RIGHTS LAW WHICH IS A SIX MONTHS
NOTICE FOR RENT INCREASES.
I HAVE PERSONALLY AND MY STAFF
AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
FOUGHT FOR THESE LAWS HAVE ALL
HAD THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF
GETTING FEEDBACK FROM RENTERS
THAT THESE LAWS HAVE MADE A REAL
CONCRETE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR
LIVES JUST LIKE THE $15 AN HOUR
MINIMUM WAGE.
WE STAFFED THROUGH THE COMMITTEE
AND MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVER SIGHT BOARD
AND AS I MENTIONED BUILD --
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TO TAX BIG BUSINESS TO FIND
GREEN NEW DEAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
WORK TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS FROM BUILDINGS.
THIS RESOLUTION ALSO STATES THE
INTENTIONS TO ESTABLISH A SELECT
COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
ISSUES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY
CONSIDERED BY THE US STAIN
ABILITY ASK RENTER'S ACTS
COMMITTEE.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO
SETTING UP A GIVEN COMMITTEEMENT
I WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE
RECORD AND FOR -- TO SHARE WITH
WORKING PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING
FOR A REAL GREEN NEW DEAL ON
BEHALF OF SEATTLE AND FOR
SEATTLE TO BE CARBON ZERO IN A
REALISTIC WAY BECAUSE WE KNOW
CLIMATE CATASTROPHE IS NEW
YORK'S AT OUR DOORS.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR IT IS NOT THE
ARRANGEMENT OF COMMITTEE
BUREAUCRACIES THAT WILL HAVE A
MEANINGFUL IMPACT FOR SEATTLE ON
CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE QUESTION AS ALWAYS REMAINS
ONE OF POLITICAL WILL.
THE REAL QUESTION IS, WHETHER
THE CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT
THAT NEEDS TO BE LED BY ORDINARY
PEOPLE, UNION MEMBERS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAS THE
STRENGTH TO PUSH ELECTED
OFFICIALS INTO STANDING UP TO
BIG BUSINESS POLLUTERS.
WE KNOW THAT THESE CHANGES
CANNOT BE MADE JUST BY APPEALING
TO A SECTION OF THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER MIDDLE CLASS TO MAKE
LIFESTYLE TRANSFORMATIONS.
WE KNOW GLOBALLY THE CLIMATE
CATASTROPHE CAN BE AVOID
FIRST-DEGREE WE HAVE MASS
MOVEMENTS AND ARE STRONG ENOUGH
DROE ATE THE MIGHT OF THE FOSSIL
FUEL LOBBY T BIG BANKS THAT
UNDER RIGHT THE PIPELINES AND
TAKE ON BIG BUSINESS AND THE
WEALTHY IN OUR LOCAL -- IN OUR
LOCAL AREAS LIKE SEATTLE IN
ORDER TO PUSH FOR INCREASED
PROGRESSIVE AND TAXATION TO FUND
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WE KNOW TRANSPORTATION ISSUES
ARE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR
CARBON EMISSIONS.
I APOLOGIZE.
WE HAVE -- WE HAVE A NEW PUPPY
AND HE IS BARK.
THE QUESTION IS CAN OUR MOVEMENT
PUSH THE COUNCIL P.S.
MAYOR TO
INCREASE THE AMAZON TAX TO FUND
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE
NEED?
IF A SELECT COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE
CHANGE IS FORMED, I WILL BE
HAPPY TO CHAIR ATE IT HAS CHAIR
OF THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
RENTER'S ACTS COMMITTEE IN THE
SAME WAY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
CHAIR, BUDGET COMMITTEE EACH
YEAR.
MY OFFICE IS FINALIZING IT TO
SUPPORT THE DEMANDS OF THE STOP
THE MONEY PIPELINE MOVEMENT.
THAT BACK FOSSIL FUEL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
I HOPE TO DISCUSS THOSE BILLS AT
OUR -- OUT COMING COMMITTEE
MEETING ON JANUARY 21ST.
I KNOW I HAVE MENTIONED THE STOP
THE MONEY PIPELINE MOVEMENT AND
THE LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE
WORKING ON ON PREVIOUS CITY
COUNCIL BRIEFALS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL
LAST YEAR WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH
TAT.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO ANY COUNCIL
MEMBER ABOUT THESE LEGISLATION.
PLEASE ASK ME YOUR QUESTIONS.
I INTEND FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND RENTERS RIGHT COMMITTEE TO
BOLSTER THE EFFORT OF CLIMATE
CHANGE ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS
AND AS I SAID IF A SELECT
COMMITTEE ON THE CLIMATE IS
FORMED I'M HAPPY TO CHAIR THAT
TO ASSURE THAT IT IS DEDICATED
TO SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZING
EFFORT OF GREEN NEW DEAL
ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
VIEW FEW COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT THANKS FOR ALL
OF YOUR WORK ALONG WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE THIS MUST HAVE BEEN
A LOT OF JUGGLING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM AND YOUR
OFFICE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT I DID NOTE ON
THE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOUR AND
APOLOGIES DIDN'T CALL THIS TO
YOUR ATTENTION EARLIER I BELIEVE
THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO
SPEAK THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS AND LABOR RELATED
ITEMS WERE GOING TO BE UNDER
GOVERNANCE AS IN THE GOVERNANCE
OF BOTH THE CITY AND THE
GOVERNING FOR LABOR STANDARDS.
OKAY.
COUNSEL PRESIDENT, IF THAT IS
THE CASE I HAVE THE A VERBAL
AMENDMENT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
MAKE.
IF THAT IS OKAY WITH YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IF THAT IS SEEN AS A FRIENDLY
AMENDMENT, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE
MOTION.
>> YES, GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY.
THANKS.
WE SHOULD SAD WE DID HAVE A
CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
LICENSE 16 THROUGH 22 LISTED ON
PAGE 4 OF THE FIRST ATTACHMENT.
IN THE E-MAIL -- AND HAVE THOSE
ITEMS BE LISTED IN THE SAME
ORDER FOLLOWING LINE 18.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA JUST
MADE VERBAL AMENDMENT.
DID EVERYONE GET THAT?
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD HAS
SECONDED IT.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER -- COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE CONVERSATIONS WE
HAVE HAD.
I COME FROM THE LABOR MOVEMENT
AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED AT THE
WASHINGTON STATE LABOR COUNCIL
FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS BEFORE
COMING TO THIS SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF
THE WORK WE HAVE DONE ON LABOR
STANDARDS.
I BELIEVE THAT -- IN FACT THIS
LAST ELECTION WAS MANDATE TO DO
MORE.
TO DO MORE OF THE STRONG LABOR
PROTECTIONS WE HAVE DONE IN THIS
CITY AND WE HAVE DONE NOT JUST
IN MY TERM ON COUNCIL BUT IN THE
PREVIOUS COUNCIL'S -- SICK LEAVE
MINIMUM WAGE, WAGE THEFT
PROTECTIONS.
I AM RECOGNIZING THOUGH THAT WE
HAVE WITH THE WORKLOAD BETWEEN
FINANCE BUDGET AND HOUSING A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORKLOAD.
I'M PROUD TO BE TON COMMITTEE
THAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ AS THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO CHAIR
GOVERNANCE NATIVE COMMUNITIES
AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENT AND --
APPRECIATE THAT I CAN CONTINUE
TO WORK ON THESE LABOR ISSUES.
I WILL LOOK FRWARD TO
BEING ON THE COMMUNITY AND
WORKING ON THOSE LABOR ISSUES
WITH YOU.
DUE TO OUR WORKLOAD I APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO MOVE THOSE
ITEMS OVER.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
RIGHT NOW WE WILL VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENT AND THEN WE WILL MOVE
TO THE UNDERLYING RESOLUTION.
IS THAT CORRECT, MADAM CLERK?
>> YES, IT IS.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
SO YOU WANT TO CALL THE ROLL ON
THE AMENDMENT?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> NELSON.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> GREAT.
THE AMENDMENT PASSES AND SO NOW
WE WILL MOVE PASS THE AMENDED
RESOLUTION.
CORRECT MADAM CLERK?
>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
SO LETS -- GO AHEAD AND DO THE
ROLL.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> NELSON.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COULD BE SIM PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> SO THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDED RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
AND WILL -- THE CHAIR WILL SIGN
AND IT THE CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT I HAVE A FEW
COMMENTS TO MAKE ABOUT THIS
RESOLUTION, THE LAST ONE.
I WANT TO JUST THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD AND FOR THOSE OF
YOU WHO HAVE BEEN PAYING
ATTENTION TO THIS -- THERE HAS
BEEN TWO TIMES IN MY LIFE WHERE
I SAID TO MYSELF HOW HARD CAN IT
BE.
THAT WAS ONE TIME WHEN I DECIDED
TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL THE OTHER
TIME WHEN I DECIDED TO HAVE
KIDS.
IT CAME DOWN BE CAREFUL FOR WHAT
YOU WISH FOR.
THE THIRD TIME IS HOW HARD CAN
BIT TO BE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
FOR WORKING WITH ME
COLLABORATIVELY TO WORK WITH
NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND NINE
COMMITTEES AND WE GOT IT DONE
AND AGAIN I KNOW YOU GUYS KEEP
HEARING THIS BUT I REALLY WANT
TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
SHE'S RIGHT.
WE TALKED ABOUT OUR COLLEAGUES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR STRENGTHS,
THEIR SUCCESSES.
WHY WE WANT YOUR DISTRICT TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW AT THE END
OF THE DAY THAT WHATEVER IS GOOD
FOR OUR COMMITTEE AND OUR
DISTRICT IS GOOD FOR THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE THIS
KIND OF COLLABORATIVE PROCESS IT
BUILDS CONFIDENCE.
IT GIVES PEOPLE ROOM TO BE MORE
INNOVATIVE.
IT ALSO GIVES ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO
YOU KNOW MAKE MISTAKES BUT KNOW
THEY HAVE COLLEAGUES THAT ARE
TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE FOR
THEM.
ONE THING I LIKE TO SHARE WITH
PEOPLE IF YOU HAVE EVER WATCHED
THAT DOCUMENTARY THE LAST DANCE,
YOU CAN'T HAVE FIVE MICHAEL
JORDANS ON THE COURT.
AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO THROW
THE BALL AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE
YOUR TEAMMATE WILL CATCH IT AND
EVEN IF THEY DON'T, THAT IS OKAY
BECAUSE YOU WILL BE WILL TO HELP
THEM.
DON'T SEE THESE AS COMMITTEES
AS MUCH AS I SEE THEM AS TEAMS.
NINE TEAMS READY TO GO OUT INTO
THIS GREAT CITY AND DO GOOD
THINGS AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND
WHAT OUR STRENGTHS ARE, WHAT OUR
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE IS, HOW
WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER AND AGAIN
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD HAS BEEN
MY UNOFFICIAL VICE PRESIDENT.
I'M GUESSING SHE WILL CONTINUE
THAT ROLE.
SO WITH THAT I DON'T THINK THERE
IS ANYTHING ELSE I NEEDED TO
ADD.
ALL RIGHT.
LET ME FINISH WITH THE AGENDA.
OTHER BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
NOT SEEING ANY.
COLLEAGUES, THIS DOES CONCLUDE
THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
OUR NEXT SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL
MEETING IS ON TUESDAY JANUARY
11TH AT 2:00.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.