>> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYBODY, IT IS MARCH 22nd,
2022, THIS IS THE MEETING OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
I AM DEBORA JUAREZ.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> PEDERSEN ? COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT?
>> EIGHT ARE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU GOOD I WANT TO
START OFF BY THANKING
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WILL BE
HERE IN MY ABSENCE, THANK YOU
FOR STEPPING UP FOR ME WHILE I
WAS OUT YESTERDAY.
MOVING ALONG THE AGENDA TO
PRESENTATIONS, THERE ARE NO
PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
YOU ALL HAVE HAD A COPY OF THE
AGENDA AND WE WILL NOT CONSIDER
THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR THAT MY
COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL?
I MOVED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, THE CONSENT
CALENDAR HAS BEEN MOVED AND
CONSENTED AND IT PASSES DID NOT
PASS, WILL BE QUICK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR?
>> PEARSON?
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE .
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> YES .
>> I SAID PRESENT BY MISTAKE.
>> I KNOW WHAT YOU MEANT.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS ADOPTED
AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO THE CALENDAR.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTIVE.
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED HEARING
AND SEEING NO OBJECTION TO I
WILL READ THE FIRST SET OF
INSTRUCTIONS TO PUBLIC COMMENTS
AND THE BOTTOM CLERK WILL TAKE
OVER.
WE WILL OPEN THE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA, INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE
COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM, IT IS
THE STRONG INTENT OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY
INCLUDED ON MEETING AGENDAS.
AS A REMINDER, THE CITY COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO STOP OR
ELIMINATE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS
AT ANY POINT IF WE DEEMED THE
SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR IS NO
LONGER SUITABLE FOR ALLOWING
OUR MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE
SIGNED UP?
>> WE HAVE THREE SIGNED UP,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
TWO MINUTES EACH.
THE CITY CLERK WILL MODERATE
THE COMMENTS AND I WILL HAND IT
OFF TO HER TO READ THE
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS
MEETING IS UP TO 20 MINUTES AND
EACH SPEAKER IS GIVEN TWO
MINUTES, SPEAKERS ARE CALLED
UPON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE AND THEY MUST CALL IN
ON THE PHONE NUMBER YOU
PROVIDED AND USE THE PASSCODE
THAT WAS EMAILED UPON
CONFIRMATION.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
GENERAL MEETING WAS IN LINE
I.D.
LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CONFIRMATION, PLEASE CHECK YOUR
SPAM OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS AND
ONCE YOU ARE CALLED, STAFF WILL
OPEN THE MICROPHONE AND A PROP
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UMUTED WILL
BE YOUR Q. THE SPEAKER MUST
PRESS STAR SIX.
STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
10 SECONDS ARE LEFT.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME, WRAP
UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT STOP THERE
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE TIME
PROVIDED, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL
BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE
PUBLIC COMMENT, DISCONNECT FROM
THE LINE AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THE MEETING, GO TO THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE LISTED
OPTIONS ON THE AGENDA.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR
SIX WHEN PROMPTED.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HOWARD
DALE, THEN TED.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM WITH
THE SEATTLE STOP, COMMENTING ON
OUR FAILED POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE ON
JANUARY 27 THE NATIONAL POLICE
KILLED A MAN EXPERIENCING A
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS AND
WIELDING AN EDGED WEAPON.
WITHIN 24 HOURS, NATIONAL
CITIZEN OVERSIGHT BOARD
OFFICIALLY RELEASED A STATEMENT
CALLING THE KILLING GRAVELY
DISTURBING.
AND ANNOUNCED THE INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION.
IN NASHVILLE, AN INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION MEANS EXACTLY
THAT, AN INVESTIGATION THAT
DOES NOT INVOLVE POLICE
OFFICERS DOING THE
INVESTIGATION.
IN THE SEATTLE, ON JANUARY 5th,
THE SEATTLE POLICE KILLED A MAN
EXPERIENCING A BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CRISIS AND WIELDING AN
EDGED WEAPON AND NEARLY 3
MONTHS LATER THE SEATTLE POLICE
COMMISSION HAS RELEASED NO
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
NEARLY 3 MONTHS LATER, WE DO
NOT KNOW THE MAN'S NAME.
THIS CASE QUICKLY DISAPPEARED
FROM THE HEADLINE AND PUBLIC
AWARENESS.
IF AND WHEN AN INVESTIGATION IS
DONE, IT WILL BE SPD OFFICERS
INVESTIGATING OTHER OFFICERS
AND IT IS HARD TO COMPREHEND
TWO SUCH RADICALLY DIFFERENT
RESPONSES TO TWO SIMILAR
INCIDENTS.
THESE CITIES ARE SIMILAR IN
SIZE AND DEMOGRAPHICS.
IT IS CLEAR THAT PROACTIVE
CITIZENS OVERSIGHT BOARD IN
NASHVILLE HELP TO PRODUCE A
RADICALLY DIFFERENT RESPONSE
COMPARED TO SEATTLE.
IN SEATTLE, THE SILENCE AGAINST
EVERYONE SILENCE.
NASHVILLE HAS HAD THEIR CITIZEN
OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THREE YEARS
AND TWO MONTHS, A SYSTEM CHOSEN
BY THE PEOPLE THROUGH AN
INITIATIVE AND IT WORKS.
ON MARCH 27, THE SEATTLE
FUNCTION FORCED ON THE PEOPLE
OF SEATTLE, WILL START ITS 10th
YEAR, IT DOES NOT WORK.
LIKE NASHVILLE, WE IN SEATTLE
THE TO BILL FOR A CITY THAT HAS
FULL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY PATROL
OVER POLICE.
GO TO SEATTLESTOP.ORG TO FIND
OUT HOW.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TED
LEEMAN FOLLOWED BY ALAN JONES,
NEITHER ARE PRESENT AND THAT IS
THE END OF THE LIST.
>> OKAY, I AM GUESSING WE ARE
NOT EXPECTING ANYONE ELSE.
WITH THAT, WAIT, SORRY ABOUT
THAT.
I WAS EXPECTING OUR OTHER TWO
SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR
SPEAKERS WE HAD THREE AND ONE
PERSON SHOWED UP.
WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THAT CORRECT, MADAME CLERK?
>> YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT, I WAS
TRYING TO GET TO THE AGENDA.
INTO THE AGENDA, WE WILL GO TO
COMMITTEE REPORTS AND I
UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ONE ITEM
FROM THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMITTEE, MR.
PEDERSEN . CAN YOU READ THAT
INTO THE RECORD?
>> THE REPORT OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMITTEE, COUNCIL
BILL RELATED TO JOHN LEWIS
MEMORIAL BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED
UNDER THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION NORTH DID BRIDGE
AND CYCLE TRACK PROJECT.
EXCEPTING THE NORTHGATE
EASEMENT AGREEMENT GRANTED BY
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, STATE
BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND
TECHNICAL ON BEHALF OF NORTH
SEATTLE COLLEGE DATED FEBRUARY
28th, 2019.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU WAS I SUPPOSED TO
SAY READ THE SHORT TITLE OR DID
YOU READ THE WHOLE THING?
>> I READ THE SHORT TITLE.
>> GOOD.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ?
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, THE
BILL FINALIZES THE VARIOUS
EASEMENTS AND AGREEMENTS
BETWEEN OUR SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH SEATTLE
COLLEGE, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF
THE JOHN LEWIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
AS WE KNOW, THE NEW BRIDGE
ENABLES BICYCLES AND
PEDESTRIANS TO SAFELY CROSS
OVER I-5 TO CONNECT WITH THE
NORTHGATE TRANSIT HUB IN
DISTRICT 5. OUR COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED
APPROVAL OF THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
>> SO, IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE
WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN REGARDS TO
COUNCIL BILL 120271 TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ? I HAVE
A FEW THINGS TO SAY WITHOUT
GOING INTO MUCH DETAIL.
I DID AN UPDATE, I DO NOT SIT
ON YOUR COMMITTEE BUT THIS HAS
BEEN A LONG TIME COMING,
GETTING THIS DONE.
SINCE 2016.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT THE TAIL
END OF GETTING FOUR MAJOR SIGNS
PUT UP ON THE BRIDGE, THEY WILL
BE INTERPRETED WITH PHENOMENAL
QUOTES.
OF CONGRESSMAN LEWIS.
WE ARE WORKING TO GET A SIGNED
ON THE ROAD WHERE PEOPLE CAN
LOOK UP AND SEE THE HISTORICAL
SIGN THAT SAYS JOHN LEWIS
BRIDGE, THE OFFICIAL TITLE.
I WANT TO THANK PARKS AND ALSO
NORTH SALE COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US ON
THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
SO WE CAN HAVE THE BRIDGE AND
NAME IT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WE
COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO
RECOGNIZE CONGRESSMAN LEWIS.
IT WAS A TESTAMENT OF PARKS
COMING TO TO TAKE OVER THE LAND
AND MAKING SURE THEY MAINTAIN
THE WETLANDS AND MARSHLANDS AND
REDESIGN THE PROJECT AND THE
BRIDGE SO IT HAD A BETTER ARC
AND INVITE MORE STROLLERS AND
RUNNERS WITH IT BEING MORE
WIDE.
NOTHING AGAINST BICYCLES, BUT
EVERYBODY HAS THE BRIDGE.
I'M GLAD THIS IS FINALLY DONE.
THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
OF THE BILL?
>>
>> YES.>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND WILL BE
CLICK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION OR THE
ORDINANCE ON MY BEHALF?
THANK YOU.
LIVING ON -- MOVING ON TO OTHER
RESOLUTIONS.
THERE ARE NO OTHER RESOLUTIONS
TO ADOPTION.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED ON
APRIL 12th?
>> I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
AS WELL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH
HIM BEING EXCUSE ON APRIL 12th?
NOT SEEING AN OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING ON
THAT DATE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BEFORE WE ADJOURN, IT
INCLUDES THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS
--
>> I AM SORRY, PRESIDENT JUAREZ
. IT IS DIFFERENT DATES.
I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO EXCUSE
ME FROM MARCH 29th AND APRIL
5th COUNCIL MEETINGS.
>> OKAY.
I HAVE ONE OF THEM ON HERE.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT , SHE
MOVED SHE BE EXCUSED ON MARCH
29th AND APRIL -- WHAT WAS IT?
>> FIFTH.
>> IT IS NOT ON MY THING.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WILL BE
EXCUSED ON MARCH 29th AND APRIL
5th . FROM THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS DOES CONCLUDE OUR ITEMS
BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON MARCH
29th AT 2:00.
HAVE A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON, WE
ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.