1 00:00:10,844 --> 00:00:17,684 COUNCIL PRESIDENT WORRIES IS 2 00:00:17,684 --> 00:00:18,418 EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S COUNCIL 3 00:00:18,418 --> 00:00:18,752 BRIEFING. 4 00:00:18,752 --> 00:00:19,652 THE BRIEFING MEETING WILL NOW 5 00:00:19,652 --> 00:00:20,220 COME TO ORDER. 6 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:21,521 THE TIME IS 2:00 P.M. 7 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:22,455 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 8 00:00:22,455 --> 00:00:22,756 ROLE? 9 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:25,191 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 10 00:00:25,191 --> 00:00:26,092 COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 11 00:00:26,092 --> 00:00:28,528 COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? 12 00:00:28,528 --> 00:00:29,462 >> HERE. 13 00:00:29,462 --> 00:00:34,000 >> COUNCILMEMBER MUSCAT. 14 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:34,534 >> HERE. 15 00:00:34,534 --> 00:00:40,940 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. 16 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:41,474 COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN? 17 00:00:41,474 --> 00:00:41,975 >> HERE. 18 00:00:41,975 --> 00:00:42,842 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. 19 00:00:42,842 --> 00:00:49,048 >> PRESENT GO 20 00:00:49,048 --> 00:00:50,150 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM 21 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:50,417 STRAUSS. 22 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:50,717 >> PRESENT. 23 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:52,018 I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE MORE 24 00:00:52,018 --> 00:00:52,285 JOINING. 25 00:00:52,285 --> 00:00:53,353 >> I SEE THAT. 26 00:00:53,353 --> 00:00:53,853 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. 27 00:00:53,853 --> 00:00:56,256 >> THANK YOU. 28 00:00:56,256 --> 00:01:03,430 >> HELLO. 29 00:01:03,430 --> 00:01:04,063 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. 30 00:01:04,063 --> 00:01:04,531 >> PRESENT. 31 00:01:04,531 --> 00:01:06,132 >> ONE, TWO, THREE, 4.7 32 00:01:06,132 --> 00:01:06,399 PRESENT. 33 00:01:06,399 --> 00:01:09,069 >> WONDERFUL, AND ONE LAST 34 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:09,669 JOINING. 35 00:01:09,669 --> 00:01:20,113 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. 36 00:01:21,881 --> 00:01:32,325 HELLO, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. 37 00:01:37,430 --> 00:01:37,897 >> PRESENT. 38 00:01:37,897 --> 00:01:38,531 >> THANK YOU. 39 00:01:38,531 --> 00:01:38,832 PRESENT. 40 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:40,099 >> THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THE 41 00:01:40,099 --> 00:01:41,301 MEETING ON FEBRUARY 27, 2023, 42 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:42,035 WILL BE ADOPTED. 43 00:01:42,035 --> 00:01:42,602 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE 44 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:43,136 MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. 45 00:01:43,136 --> 00:01:44,404 ON TODAY'S AGENDA WE HAVE NO 46 00:01:44,404 --> 00:01:45,105 PROCLAMATIONS OR LETTERS TO 47 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:45,338 SIGN. 48 00:01:45,338 --> 00:01:46,906 WE WILL HAVE INDIVIDUAL REPORT 49 00:01:46,906 --> 00:01:50,910 BY COUNCILMEMBERS. YOU SHOULD 50 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:52,145 HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE 51 00:01:52,145 --> 00:01:52,545 ROLLCALL. 52 00:01:52,545 --> 00:01:53,279 WE WILL BEGIN WITH 53 00:01:53,279 --> 00:01:53,913 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TODAY. 54 00:01:53,913 --> 00:01:55,849 PLEASE NOTE WE WILL HAVE ONE 30 55 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:56,616 MINUTE EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. 56 00:01:56,616 --> 00:01:57,550 JASMINE MARWAN PROVIDED THE 57 00:01:57,550 --> 00:02:08,061 INFORMATION PERTINENT TO EACH 58 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:14,267 COUNCILMEMBER LAST WEEK. 59 00:02:14,267 --> 00:02:15,502 WE WILL NOT HAVE A BRIEFING BY 60 00:02:15,502 --> 00:02:15,969 OIR TODAY. 61 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:17,036 THEY WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK. 62 00:02:17,036 --> 00:02:17,670 ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA THE 63 00:02:17,670 --> 00:02:18,471 CONSENT CALENDAR WILL INCLUDE 64 00:02:18,471 --> 00:02:19,839 THE MINUTES AND PAYMENT OF THE 65 00:02:19,839 --> 00:02:20,373 BILLS INCLUDING 12 66 00:02:20,373 --> 00:02:21,174 APPOINTMENTS, FOUR TO THE 67 00:02:21,174 --> 00:02:22,008 SEATTLE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 68 00:02:22,008 --> 00:02:23,109 COMMISSION, ONE TO THE SEATTLE 69 00:02:23,109 --> 00:02:24,110 YOUTH COMMISSION, SIX TO THE 70 00:02:24,110 --> 00:02:24,978 PIKE PLACE MARKET RESERVATION 71 00:02:24,978 --> 00:02:25,845 AND IS ELEMENT AUTHORITY AND 72 00:02:25,845 --> 00:02:26,946 WENT TO THE HISTORIC SEATTLE 73 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:27,580 PRESERVATION AUTHORITY 74 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:28,014 GOVERNING COUNCIL. 75 00:02:28,014 --> 00:02:28,848 ALL WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE 76 00:02:28,848 --> 00:02:29,516 NEIGHBORHOOD'S EDUCATION, CIVIL 77 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:35,255 RIGHTS AND COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 78 00:02:35,255 --> 00:02:36,990 WE WILL TAKE ONE VOTE ON ALL 79 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:37,624 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, 80 00:02:37,624 --> 00:02:38,625 UNLESS ANY COUNCILMEMBER 81 00:02:38,625 --> 00:02:39,692 REQUEST AN ITEM BE REMOVED FOR 82 00:02:39,692 --> 00:02:40,426 CONSIDERATION SEPARATELY. 83 00:02:40,426 --> 00:02:45,732 IF SO, THAT ITEM WILL BE TAKEN 84 00:02:45,732 --> 00:02:47,200 UP AT THE END OF THE AGENDA. 85 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,234 THERE IS ONE ITEM UNDER 86 00:02:48,234 --> 00:02:49,335 COMMITTEE REPORTS ON THE AGENDA 87 00:02:49,335 --> 00:02:49,602 TOMORROW. 88 00:02:49,602 --> 00:02:50,570 IT IS THE FIRST QUARTER 2023 89 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:51,437 EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE THAT MAKES 90 00:02:51,437 --> 00:02:52,505 ADJUSTMENT TO POSITIONS ON THE 91 00:02:52,505 --> 00:02:53,106 CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. 92 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:54,307 KARINA BOLAN CENTRAL STAFF HAS 93 00:02:54,307 --> 00:03:00,213 THE INFORMATION ON THIS. 94 00:03:00,213 --> 00:03:01,214 INFORMATION ON ALL OF 95 00:03:01,214 --> 00:03:01,915 TOMORROW'S AGENDA IS ONLINE. 96 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:03,049 NEXT COUNCIL BRIEFING WILL BE 97 00:03:03,049 --> 00:03:10,657 AT 2:00 P.M., MARCH 13th. 98 00:03:10,657 --> 00:03:11,591 THE AGENDA PROCLAMATIONS, I'M 99 00:03:11,591 --> 00:03:12,825 NOT AWARE OF A LETTER NO 100 00:03:12,825 --> 00:03:13,560 PROCLAMATIONS OR SIGNATURE 101 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:14,160 TODAY. 102 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,530 ITEM FOUR, PREVIEW CITY COUNCIL 103 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:18,264 ACTIONS, COUNCIL, REGIONAL 104 00:03:18,264 --> 00:03:18,565 COMMITTEES. 105 00:03:18,565 --> 00:03:19,432 WE WILL BEGIN OUR NEXT 106 00:03:19,432 --> 00:03:24,103 DISCUSSION ON THE PREVIEW OF 107 00:03:24,103 --> 00:03:25,004 CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS, COUNCIL 108 00:03:25,004 --> 00:03:26,306 AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES AND THE 109 00:03:26,306 --> 00:03:27,407 ORDER OF DISCUSSIONS 110 00:03:27,407 --> 00:03:37,417 ESTABLISHED BY THE ROTATED 111 00:03:37,417 --> 00:03:38,384 ROLLCALL FOR CITY COUNCIL 112 00:03:38,384 --> 00:03:39,118 MEETINGS, WHICH IS DESIGNATED 113 00:03:39,118 --> 00:03:39,819 ALPHABETICALLY BY LAST NAME 114 00:03:39,819 --> 00:03:40,687 WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT 115 00:03:40,687 --> 00:03:41,020 CALLED LAST. 116 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:41,788 THIS WEEK'S ROLLCALL ROTATION 117 00:03:41,788 --> 00:03:43,223 WILL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER 118 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:48,027 HERBOLD AND I WILL SUM IT UP 119 00:03:48,027 --> 00:03:48,861 WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT WAR AS 120 00:03:48,861 --> 00:03:50,229 NOTES AND FINALLY WITH MY OWN 121 00:03:50,229 --> 00:03:51,064 COMMENTS ABOUT THE LAND-USE 122 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:51,364 COMMITTEE. 123 00:03:51,364 --> 00:03:51,898 WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER 124 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:52,565 HERBOLD, WHEN YOU'RE READY, 125 00:03:52,565 --> 00:03:53,800 PLEASE BEGIN AND FROM THERE 126 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,968 HEADED OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER 127 00:03:54,968 --> 00:03:55,201 LEWIS. 128 00:03:55,201 --> 00:03:56,769 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM. 129 00:03:56,769 --> 00:04:03,443 SO THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON 130 00:04:03,443 --> 00:04:04,377 TOMORROW'S FULL COUNCIL AGENDA 131 00:04:04,377 --> 00:04:05,478 FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND 132 00:04:05,478 --> 00:04:06,512 HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, AND 133 00:04:06,512 --> 00:04:07,547 THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN 134 00:04:07,547 --> 00:04:11,184 SERVICES COMMITTEE DOES NOT MEET 135 00:04:11,184 --> 00:04:12,185 THIS WEEK. 136 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:13,653 OUR NEXT MEETING OF THE PUBLIC 137 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:14,287 SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES 138 00:04:14,287 --> 00:04:15,488 COMMITTEE IS TUESDAY, MARCH 139 00:04:15,488 --> 00:04:17,290 14th AT 9:30 A.M.. 140 00:04:17,290 --> 00:04:24,697 JUST A FEW UPDATES ON THE HUMAN 141 00:04:24,697 --> 00:04:25,565 SERVICES DEPARTMENT SIDE OF 142 00:04:25,565 --> 00:04:25,798 THINGS. 143 00:04:25,798 --> 00:04:27,734 I'D LIKE TO MENTION LAST WEEK 144 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:33,673 THAT THE MAYOR HAD ANNOUNCED 145 00:04:33,673 --> 00:04:34,340 HIS NOMINATION FOR PERMANENT 146 00:04:34,340 --> 00:04:35,942 DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN SERVICES 147 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:37,043 DEPARTMENT, AND THAT NOMINEE IS 148 00:04:37,043 --> 00:04:40,780 CURRENT ACTING DIRECTOR TONYA 149 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:40,980 KEMP. 150 00:04:40,980 --> 00:04:43,016 JUST LETTING FOLKS KNOW THAT 151 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:50,023 THE REQUIREMENTS OF RESOLUTION 152 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:51,357 231868 LAYS OUT A PROCESS FOR 153 00:04:51,357 --> 00:04:52,925 COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF SUCH 154 00:04:52,925 --> 00:04:53,259 APPOINTMENTS. 155 00:04:53,259 --> 00:04:55,228 AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN 156 00:04:55,228 --> 00:04:57,563 SERVICES COMMITTEE WILL 157 00:04:57,563 --> 00:04:59,165 CONSIDER THIS NOMINATION AT THE 158 00:04:59,165 --> 00:05:00,633 APRIL 11th COMMITTEE MEETING. 159 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:03,336 MY OFFICE WILL BE WORKING TO 160 00:05:03,336 --> 00:05:05,138 COMPILE QUESTIONS FOR ACT IN 161 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:09,375 DIRECT OR KIM'S WRITTEN 162 00:05:09,375 --> 00:05:10,343 RESPONSE AND I EXPECT TO 163 00:05:10,343 --> 00:05:12,145 CIRCULATE THOSE QUESTIONS TO 164 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:13,413 COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT THE END OF 165 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:14,614 THE WEEK FOR YOUR REVIEW AND 166 00:05:14,614 --> 00:05:16,115 POTENTIAL ADDITIONS TO THE 167 00:05:16,115 --> 00:05:16,416 QUESTIONS. 168 00:05:16,416 --> 00:05:19,719 ANOTHER ITEM THAT YOU MIGHT BE 169 00:05:19,719 --> 00:05:21,754 SEEING IN THE NEWS AND SOME 170 00:05:21,754 --> 00:05:26,392 BACKGROUND, AND SOME NEXT 171 00:05:26,392 --> 00:05:26,626 STEPS. 172 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:29,095 LAST YEAR THE COUNCIL PROVIDED 173 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:30,463 FUNDS FOR A WAGE EQUITY STUDY 174 00:05:30,463 --> 00:05:34,200 EXAMINING THE LOW WAGES OFFERED 175 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,401 TO HUMAN SERVICES WORKERS HERE 176 00:05:35,401 --> 00:05:37,203 AND ELSEWHERE AND COMPARING 177 00:05:37,203 --> 00:05:41,140 THOSE PAY LEVELS FOR HUMAN 178 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:41,974 SERVICES JOBS WITH JOBS IN 179 00:05:41,974 --> 00:05:44,544 OTHER SECTORS THAT REQUIRE 180 00:05:44,544 --> 00:05:45,378 SIMILAR LEVELS OF 181 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:46,446 RESPONSIBILITY, SKILL, AND 182 00:05:46,446 --> 00:05:48,414 EXPERIENCE. 183 00:05:48,414 --> 00:05:53,519 THE STUDY HAS RECENTLY BEEN 184 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:54,087 COMPLETED. 185 00:05:54,087 --> 00:05:54,754 ITS RESEARCHERS FROM THE 186 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:55,588 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WHO 187 00:05:55,588 --> 00:05:56,856 HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK, AND 188 00:05:56,856 --> 00:06:01,461 IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT READ 189 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:02,662 FOR ANYBODY WHO IS CONCERNED 190 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:03,796 WITH ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A 191 00:06:03,796 --> 00:06:13,740 STRONG POOL OF WORKERS, A 192 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:14,640 WORKFORCE WHO IS WILLING AND 193 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:15,508 ABLE TO TAKE ON MISSION- 194 00:06:15,508 --> 00:06:16,342 CRITICAL WORK SUCH AS OPERATING 195 00:06:16,342 --> 00:06:16,943 SHELTERS AND AFFORDABLE 196 00:06:16,943 --> 00:06:18,111 HOUSING, AND CARING FOR OUR 197 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:18,377 CHILDREN. 198 00:06:18,377 --> 00:06:19,379 SO THE UPSHOT IS THAT HUMAN 199 00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:20,780 SERVICES WORKERS IN THE 200 00:06:20,780 --> 00:06:23,583 NONPROFIT SECTOR RECEIVE AN 201 00:06:23,583 --> 00:06:27,920 ANNUAL -- MEDIAN ANNUAL PAY 202 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:32,325 THAT IS 37% LOWER THAN NON-CARE 203 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:37,029 INDUSTRIES, AND THERE ARE SOME 204 00:06:37,029 --> 00:06:37,563 SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS 205 00:06:37,563 --> 00:06:38,498 INCLUDED TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS. 206 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:43,035 I APPRECIATE THE REPORTING ON 207 00:06:43,035 --> 00:06:44,871 THE STUDY FROM COST CUT AND 208 00:06:44,871 --> 00:06:49,175 PUBLIC: RECENTLY, AND JUST 209 00:06:49,175 --> 00:06:52,211 WANTING FOLKS TO KNOW THAT NEXT 210 00:06:52,211 --> 00:06:55,214 WEEK'S PUBLIC SERVICES AND 211 00:06:55,214 --> 00:06:59,051 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL 212 00:06:59,051 --> 00:06:59,652 INCLUDE AUTHORS JUST NOTING 213 00:06:59,652 --> 00:07:01,287 THAT THE CROSSCUT ARTICLE THIS 214 00:07:01,287 --> 00:07:06,859 MORNING INCLUDES I THINK AN 215 00:07:06,859 --> 00:07:10,129 ASTONISHING FINDING AND THAT 216 00:07:10,129 --> 00:07:10,963 HIS WORKERS ARE LEAVING FOR 217 00:07:10,963 --> 00:07:12,598 HIGHER-PAYING CAREERS IN THE 218 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:15,701 FOR-PROFIT SECTOR, INCLUDING 219 00:07:15,701 --> 00:07:20,873 FAST FOOD AND RETAIL, AND 220 00:07:20,873 --> 00:07:21,674 ORGANIZATIONS ARE STRUGGLING TO 221 00:07:21,674 --> 00:07:22,875 HIRE NEW WORKERS TO FILL 222 00:07:22,875 --> 00:07:23,643 POSITIONS. 223 00:07:23,643 --> 00:07:26,279 >>> VERY SOBERING. 224 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:30,650 OTHER ITEMS JUST TO UPLIFT ON 225 00:07:30,650 --> 00:07:32,718 THE PUBLIC HEALTH SIDE. FOLKS 226 00:07:32,718 --> 00:07:35,321 MIGHT RECALL THAT THE BOARD OF 227 00:07:35,321 --> 00:07:38,858 HEALTH LAST YEAR VOTED TO REPEAL 228 00:07:38,858 --> 00:07:41,360 A LAW REQUIRING MANDATORY 229 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:47,600 HELMET USAGE FOR BICYCLISTS. I 230 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:48,968 AM NOW ON THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 231 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:51,537 I WAS THEN, WHEN WE VOTED ON 232 00:07:51,537 --> 00:07:52,471 THIS. 233 00:07:52,471 --> 00:07:57,510 WE -- WHEN WE VOTED ON A CHANGE 234 00:07:57,510 --> 00:08:03,816 IN THE REGULATION AS PART OF 235 00:08:03,816 --> 00:08:04,851 THE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH, I 236 00:08:04,851 --> 00:08:07,253 THINK ALL OF US WERE VERY, VERY 237 00:08:07,253 --> 00:08:13,259 CLEAR THAT WE BELIEVE AND KNOW, 238 00:08:13,259 --> 00:08:14,527 BUT FROM THE DATA, THAT HELMETS 239 00:08:14,527 --> 00:08:15,328 SAVE LIVES AND THAT EVERYONE 240 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:16,362 WHO CYCLES SHOULD WEAR ONE 241 00:08:16,362 --> 00:08:16,662 EVERY TIME. 242 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:24,203 BUT WE JUST RECEIVED A STUDY ON 243 00:08:24,203 --> 00:08:25,638 -- FROM PUBLIC HEALTH THAT 244 00:08:25,638 --> 00:08:26,205 DEMONSTRATES THAT THE LAW'S 245 00:08:26,205 --> 00:08:27,240 REPEAL DID NOT CAUSE HELMET 246 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,675 USAGE TO DROP. 247 00:08:29,675 --> 00:08:31,844 SO I'M REALLY PLEASED TO LEARN 248 00:08:31,844 --> 00:08:33,513 THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A REALLY 249 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:35,448 IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT WE 250 00:08:35,448 --> 00:08:38,584 WANTED TO PUSH OUT THERE, THAT 251 00:08:38,584 --> 00:08:40,353 THE CHANGE IN THE REGULATION IS 252 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:43,823 COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO THE 253 00:08:43,823 --> 00:08:47,994 FACTS THAT HELMETS DO SAVE 254 00:08:47,994 --> 00:08:48,227 LIVES. 255 00:08:48,227 --> 00:08:50,930 THE STUDY OBSERVED THAT 2000 256 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:53,633 PEOPLE AT 50 DIFFERENT 257 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:55,668 LOCATIONS, AND FOUND THAT 91% 258 00:08:55,668 --> 00:09:00,640 WORE A HELMET. 259 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,141 AND I THINK THE LAST THING I 260 00:09:02,141 --> 00:09:03,242 WANTED TO JUST MENTION TODAY IS 261 00:09:03,242 --> 00:09:07,980 I SERVE ON THE DOMESTIC 262 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:08,748 VIOLENCE PREVENTION COUNCIL AS 263 00:09:08,748 --> 00:09:09,482 ONE OF THE COCHAIRS 264 00:09:09,482 --> 00:09:11,050 REPRESENTING THE CITY COUNCIL, 265 00:09:11,050 --> 00:09:17,156 AND AT A MEETING ON FRIDAY, WE 266 00:09:17,156 --> 00:09:23,095 BOTH SAID OUR GOODBYES AND GAVE 267 00:09:23,095 --> 00:09:23,963 OUR APPRECIATION TO LONG TERM 268 00:09:23,963 --> 00:09:25,665 MEMBER OF THAT GROUP, JUDGE 269 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:28,501 EISENBERG, WHO IS DEPARTING. 270 00:09:28,501 --> 00:09:29,702 BUT WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE 271 00:09:29,702 --> 00:09:31,837 MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT THEIR 272 00:09:31,837 --> 00:09:33,105 REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRESS ON 273 00:09:33,105 --> 00:09:42,581 EXECUTIVE ORDER 2022-5, WHICH 274 00:09:42,581 --> 00:09:44,784 AND PRACTICES RELATED TO LICIES 275 00:09:44,784 --> 00:09:45,718 SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. 276 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:49,021 SO THERE WAS A PRESENTATION 277 00:09:49,021 --> 00:09:49,789 FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, 278 00:09:49,789 --> 00:09:53,659 SPECIFICALLY AND RE-MAYER BERG 279 00:09:53,659 --> 00:09:54,727 GIVING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 280 00:09:54,727 --> 00:09:58,564 PREVENTION COUNCIL AN UPDATE ON 281 00:09:58,564 --> 00:10:01,334 THEIR PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTING 282 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:06,205 EXECUTIVE ORDER AND HAVING TO 283 00:10:06,205 --> 00:10:06,872 GIVE FOLKS ADDITIONAL 284 00:10:06,872 --> 00:10:08,074 INFORMATION OFF-LINE ABOUT THAT 285 00:10:08,074 --> 00:10:10,476 PROGRESS IF IT IS OF INTEREST. 286 00:10:10,476 --> 00:10:11,644 THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. 287 00:10:11,644 --> 00:10:16,115 AND IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS OR 288 00:10:16,115 --> 00:10:22,054 QUESTIONS, I WILL PASS IT OFF 289 00:10:22,054 --> 00:10:22,621 TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. 290 00:10:22,621 --> 00:10:23,255 COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 291 00:10:23,255 --> 00:10:25,524 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, 292 00:10:25,524 --> 00:10:26,025 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. 293 00:10:26,025 --> 00:10:28,594 NOT A WHOLE LOT OF UPDATES TODAY 294 00:10:28,594 --> 00:10:30,429 , COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, SO I 295 00:10:30,429 --> 00:10:32,498 WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO GET 296 00:10:32,498 --> 00:10:34,734 THROUGH THEM BRIEFLY AS OUR 297 00:10:34,734 --> 00:10:37,803 TIME THIS AFTERNOON IMPLIES. 298 00:10:37,803 --> 00:10:39,839 AT THE MARCH 15th COMMITTEE 299 00:10:39,839 --> 00:10:43,976 MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC ASSETS 300 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:45,277 AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE, WE 301 00:10:45,277 --> 00:10:48,280 ARE HOSTING THE HUMAN SERVICES 302 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:49,048 DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR QUARTERLY 303 00:10:49,048 --> 00:10:50,082 HOPE TEAM REPORT, WHICH WILL 304 00:10:50,082 --> 00:10:53,352 ALSO INCLUDE A REVIEW OF 2022 305 00:10:53,352 --> 00:10:54,086 AS A WHOLE. 306 00:10:54,086 --> 00:10:56,956 WE WILL ALSO BE HOPING TO 307 00:10:56,956 --> 00:11:01,327 RECEIVE LEGISLATION FROM PARKS 308 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:02,595 RELATED TO THE RESTORATION OF 309 00:11:02,595 --> 00:11:03,162 RAINIER PLAYFIELD, WHICH I 310 00:11:03,162 --> 00:11:04,764 ALLUDED TO AT LAST WEEK'S 311 00:11:04,764 --> 00:11:08,868 BRIEFING THAT WAS POSTPONED. 312 00:11:08,868 --> 00:11:10,236 WE HAVEN'T CONFIRMED WHETHER 313 00:11:10,236 --> 00:11:14,140 THAT WILL BE AN AGENDA ITEM 314 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:15,541 NEXT WEEK, BUT I'M HOPING TO BE 315 00:11:15,541 --> 00:11:17,076 ABLE TO CONFIRM BY NEXT WEEK'S 316 00:11:17,076 --> 00:11:18,144 BRIEFING IF WE ANTICIPATE 317 00:11:18,144 --> 00:11:18,944 TAKING UP THAT LEGISLATION AT 318 00:11:18,944 --> 00:11:19,311 THAT TIME. 319 00:11:19,311 --> 00:11:23,516 CLEAN CITY INITIATIVE. FEBRUARY 320 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:28,054 21st TO SAVE YOUR 24th 321 00:11:28,054 --> 00:11:29,422 INDICATES THAT 587 NEEDLES WERE 322 00:11:29,422 --> 00:11:31,891 RECOVERED AND THAT THE 5400 323 00:11:31,891 --> 00:11:33,692 POUNDS OF GARBAGE FROM 68 PARK 324 00:11:33,692 --> 00:11:38,030 PICKUP LOCATIONS. ON SEATTLE 325 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:42,868 PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE 10 RE: 326 00:11:42,868 --> 00:11:44,336 SEATTLE BLACK SPATIAL HISTORIES 327 00:11:44,336 --> 00:11:45,571 INSTITUTE WITH 328 00:11:45,571 --> 00:11:54,080 >> Translator: COMMUNITY 329 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:54,914 MEMBERS, ORAL HISTORY AND BLACK 330 00:11:54,914 --> 00:11:55,881 MEMORY WORK IS ACCEPTING 331 00:11:55,881 --> 00:11:56,782 APPLICATIONS FOR ITS NEXT SIX 332 00:11:56,782 --> 00:11:57,750 PERSON COHORT OF COMMUNITY ORAL 333 00:11:57,750 --> 00:11:58,050 HISTORIANS. 334 00:11:58,050 --> 00:11:58,951 THOSE INTERESTED CAN FIND OUT 335 00:11:58,951 --> 00:12:00,519 MORE ABOUT THE INSTITUTE AND 336 00:12:00,519 --> 00:12:05,257 APPLY AT WWW.1A LARI.ORG. 337 00:12:05,257 --> 00:12:07,093 AND THAT'S SPELLED OUT AS ALL 338 00:12:07,093 --> 00:12:10,796 ONE WORD. W A AND A WRI.ORG. 339 00:12:10,796 --> 00:12:12,264 THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS 340 00:12:12,264 --> 00:12:15,634 FRIDAY, MARCH 10th, 2023 AT 341 00:12:15,634 --> 00:12:16,635 11:59 P.M. 342 00:12:16,635 --> 00:12:18,971 THE INSTITUTE RUNS FROM JUNE 343 00:12:18,971 --> 00:12:20,072 2023 TO JUNE OF 2025. 344 00:12:20,072 --> 00:12:26,312 OVER TWO YEARS, COHORT MEMBERS 345 00:12:26,312 --> 00:12:27,046 WILL WORK WITH HISTORIANS, 346 00:12:27,046 --> 00:12:27,680 ARCHIVISTS, GEOGRAPHERS, 347 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:38,224 LIBRARIANS, ARTISTS AND OTHERS, 348 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:48,434 TO LEARN AND EXPLORE THE 349 00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:48,968 ETHICS, TECHNIQUES, BEST 350 00:12:48,968 --> 00:12:49,735 PRACTICES, TENSIONS AND 351 00:12:49,735 --> 00:12:50,603 DILEMMAS OF ORAL HISTORY AND 352 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:51,270 BLACK MEMORY WORK. 353 00:12:51,270 --> 00:12:52,004 COHORT MEMBERS WILL ACQUIRE 354 00:12:52,004 --> 00:12:52,705 SKILLS IN ARCHIVAL RESEARCH 355 00:12:52,705 --> 00:12:53,305 METHODS, AUDIO RECORDING 356 00:12:53,305 --> 00:12:53,973 TECHNIQUES, ORAL HISTORY 357 00:12:53,973 --> 00:12:54,673 INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES, 358 00:12:54,673 --> 00:12:55,241 TRANSCRIPT, STORY EDITING, 359 00:12:55,241 --> 00:12:55,941 AUDIO EDITING AND PUBLIC ART 360 00:12:55,941 --> 00:12:56,575 PROPOSAL AND ACTIVATION 361 00:12:56,575 --> 00:12:56,876 PROCESSES. 362 00:12:56,876 --> 00:12:57,743 ADDITIONALLY I WANT TO JUST 363 00:12:57,743 --> 00:12:59,078 BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE 364 00:12:59,078 --> 00:12:59,445 FULL COUNCIL. 365 00:12:59,445 --> 00:13:00,513 I KNOW SEVERAL MEMBERS ARE 366 00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:01,614 AWARE OF THIS AND HAVE BEEN 367 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:03,349 MADE AWARE BY BUSINESS 368 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:04,884 DISTRICT WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT 369 00:13:04,884 --> 00:13:05,184 BOUNDARIES. 370 00:13:05,184 --> 00:13:06,018 THE MANY SMALL BUSINESSES 371 00:13:06,018 --> 00:13:07,453 RECENTLY RECEIVED AWARD LETTERS 372 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:10,523 FROM BUSINESS PARTNERS FOR 373 00:13:10,523 --> 00:13:15,060 VITALITY GREAT TO CREATE 374 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:15,794 STOREFRONTS, REPLACE BROKEN 375 00:13:15,794 --> 00:13:16,862 WINDOWS, COMPLETE TENANT 376 00:13:16,862 --> 00:13:18,731 IMPROVEMENTS, PRESERVE BUILDING 377 00:13:18,731 --> 00:13:19,565 FACADES AND OTHER SUCH 378 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:20,366 IMPROVEMENTS AND PREPARES. 379 00:13:20,366 --> 00:13:25,905 THESE ARE FEDERAL ARPA GRANTS 380 00:13:25,905 --> 00:13:26,772 ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE 381 00:13:26,772 --> 00:13:27,807 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND HAVE 382 00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:29,375 A STRICT DEADLINE FOR PROJECT 383 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:30,676 COMPLETION, WHICH IS MAY 31st 384 00:13:30,676 --> 00:13:31,043 OF THIS YEAR. 385 00:13:31,043 --> 00:13:35,714 MANY BUSINESSES ARE BEING TOLD 386 00:13:35,714 --> 00:13:37,082 THEY NEED APPROVALS OR PERMITS 387 00:13:37,082 --> 00:13:37,917 FROM THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 388 00:13:37,917 --> 00:13:38,584 CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS 389 00:13:38,584 --> 00:13:39,685 AND THAT IN MANY CASES THOSE 390 00:13:39,685 --> 00:13:40,820 TIMELINES ARE RUNNING PAST THE 391 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:41,654 MAY 31st DEADLINE. 392 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:44,523 I WANT TO -- MY OFFICE HAS 393 00:13:44,523 --> 00:13:47,126 REACHED OUT TO THE RELATIVE 394 00:13:47,126 --> 00:13:52,798 DEPARTMENTS AND TO THE MAYOR'S 395 00:13:52,798 --> 00:13:53,732 OFFICE TO REALLY DRIVE A 396 00:13:53,732 --> 00:13:54,466 PRIORITY BEHIND THIS. 397 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:56,435 AND I JUST WANT TO RAISE THIS 398 00:13:56,435 --> 00:13:57,636 FOR COLLEAGUES, AND I KNOW A 399 00:13:57,636 --> 00:13:58,737 NUMBER OF COLLEAGUES ARE AWARE 400 00:13:58,737 --> 00:13:59,805 OF THIS AND SIMILARLY WORKING 401 00:13:59,805 --> 00:14:01,140 INDEPENDENTLY ON THIS TO WORK 402 00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:11,684 WITH THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 403 00:14:12,384 --> 00:14:13,252 CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION'S 404 00:14:13,252 --> 00:14:13,886 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 405 00:14:13,886 --> 00:14:14,920 AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO 406 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:15,588 ENSURE THAT SMALL BUSINESSES 407 00:14:15,588 --> 00:14:16,589 CAN RECEIVE THESE VITAL FUNDS 408 00:14:16,589 --> 00:14:17,756 AND THAT WE AREN'T LEAVING 409 00:14:17,756 --> 00:14:19,058 FEDERAL MONEY TO HELP OUR SMALL 410 00:14:19,058 --> 00:14:20,292 BUSINESSES ON THE TABLE DUE TO 411 00:14:20,292 --> 00:14:21,293 THE EXPIRATION OF THE DEADLINE. 412 00:14:21,293 --> 00:14:22,695 SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE 413 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:23,529 BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE 414 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:24,396 BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION 415 00:14:24,396 --> 00:14:25,598 AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK 416 00:14:25,598 --> 00:14:26,999 WITH YOU IF THERE'S ANY HURDLE 417 00:14:26,999 --> 00:14:28,500 ON OUR END TO PUSH THE CITY TO 418 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:29,802 HELP GET THOSE FUNDS OUT THE 419 00:14:29,802 --> 00:14:31,704 DOOR BEFORE THEY EXPIRE. 420 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:34,840 FINALLY, I DID ATTEND LAST WEEK 421 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:40,312 A ROUNDTABLE WITH BUSINESSES IN 422 00:14:40,312 --> 00:14:41,347 THE QUEEN ANNE NEIGHBORHOOD 423 00:14:41,347 --> 00:14:42,514 REGARDING SEVERAL RECENT 424 00:14:42,514 --> 00:14:50,322 INCIDENTS OF CRIME THAT THE 425 00:14:50,322 --> 00:14:51,090 NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT 426 00:14:51,090 --> 00:14:51,857 HAS EXPERIENCED, RANGING FROM 427 00:14:51,857 --> 00:14:52,625 BURGLARIES TO VIOLENT ASSAULTS, 428 00:14:52,625 --> 00:14:59,265 TO A NUMBER OF OTHER TRAGIC 429 00:14:59,265 --> 00:15:00,399 OCCURRENCES THAT ARE NOT UNIQUE 430 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:01,400 TO THE QUEEN ANNE NEIGHBORHOOD 431 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:02,434 BUT ARE INDEED HAPPENING IN 432 00:15:02,434 --> 00:15:12,878 PLACES ALL OVER THE CITY. 433 00:15:20,686 --> 00:15:21,787 APPRECIATED THE LARGE TURNOUT 434 00:15:21,787 --> 00:15:22,788 FOR THAT MEETING TO CANDIDLY 435 00:15:22,788 --> 00:15:23,689 SHARE THOSE INCIDENTS AND TO 436 00:15:23,689 --> 00:15:24,923 WORK WITH THE CITY ON HOW WE 437 00:15:24,923 --> 00:15:26,258 CAN WORK TOGETHER TO PREVENT 438 00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:26,959 SUCH INCIDENTS FROM OCCURRING 439 00:15:26,959 --> 00:15:28,294 IN THE FUTURE, AND HOW WE CAN 440 00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:29,595 WORK WITH ALL OF OUR BUSINESS 441 00:15:29,595 --> 00:15:30,496 DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE 442 00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:31,931 SAFE AND VITAL PLACES FOR THE 443 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:32,231 COMMUNITY. 444 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:32,965 IT WAS GREAT TO SEE 445 00:15:32,965 --> 00:15:33,899 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THERE AS 446 00:15:33,899 --> 00:15:34,933 WELL AS HAS ATTENDANCE BOTH 447 00:15:34,933 --> 00:15:35,834 FROM OUR WEST PRECINCT CAPTAIN, 448 00:15:35,834 --> 00:15:36,936 CAPTAIN STEPHEN STRAND, AND OUR 449 00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:37,770 WEST PRECINCT OFFICE LIEUTENANT 450 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,004 RANDY WARD IN ADDITION TO BART 451 00:15:39,004 --> 00:15:39,872 BIONDO, OUR SAFETY CIVILIAN 452 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:40,506 COORDINATOR IN THE WEST 453 00:15:40,506 --> 00:15:41,840 PRECINCT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 454 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:42,574 FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE 455 00:15:42,574 --> 00:15:43,642 BUSINESS OWNERS OVER THE COURSE 456 00:15:43,642 --> 00:15:44,843 OF THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AS 457 00:15:44,843 --> 00:15:48,013 WE WORK ON NEW ADDITIVE PUBLIC 458 00:15:48,013 --> 00:15:52,284 SAFETY STRATEGIES TO HELP 459 00:15:52,284 --> 00:15:53,519 PROTECT AND EXPAND OUR SMALL 460 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:53,952 BUSINESS DISTRICT. 461 00:15:53,952 --> 00:15:57,323 AND WITH THAT, PRESIDENT PRO 462 00:15:57,323 --> 00:15:58,490 TEM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE 463 00:15:58,490 --> 00:15:58,991 TO ADD. 464 00:15:58,991 --> 00:16:00,359 I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS IF 465 00:16:00,359 --> 00:16:05,698 THERE ARE ANY. SEEING AND 466 00:16:05,698 --> 00:16:06,865 HEARING NO QUESTIONS, I WILL 467 00:16:06,865 --> 00:16:08,167 PASS IT ALONG TO COUNCILMEMBER 468 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:13,305 MORRELL THIS. 469 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:15,040 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 470 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:15,507 COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. 471 00:16:15,507 --> 00:16:16,108 GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. 472 00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:17,109 I WILL START WITH MY COMMITTEE, 473 00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:23,415 AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM 474 00:16:23,415 --> 00:16:24,016 STRAUSS INDICATED. 475 00:16:24,016 --> 00:16:25,017 I DO HAVE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS 476 00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:25,784 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR 477 00:16:25,784 --> 00:16:27,152 TOMORROW'S MEETING, BUT NO 478 00:16:27,152 --> 00:16:32,791 OTHER ITEMS FROM THE 479 00:16:32,791 --> 00:16:33,459 NEIGHBORHOOD EDUCATION ARTS AND 480 00:16:33,459 --> 00:16:34,026 RIGHTS COMMITTEE. 481 00:16:34,026 --> 00:16:34,893 OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL 482 00:16:34,893 --> 00:16:36,061 BE THIS COMING FRIDAY, MARCH 483 00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:36,428 10th, AT 9:30. 484 00:16:36,428 --> 00:16:38,597 WE'VE GOT THREE AGENDA ITEMS 485 00:16:38,597 --> 00:16:43,669 INCLUDING A RESOLUTION ON 486 00:16:43,669 --> 00:16:44,737 APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF 487 00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:46,171 AGREEMENT WITH THE UW MEDICAL 488 00:16:46,171 --> 00:16:47,139 CENTER NORTHWEST CAMPUS. 489 00:16:47,139 --> 00:16:48,407 THAT IS A MAJOR INSTITUTION 490 00:16:48,407 --> 00:16:49,908 MASTER PLAN DISCUSSION, AND SO, 491 00:16:49,908 --> 00:16:54,313 I WILL JUST REMIND COLLEAGUES, 492 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:55,447 THIS IS A QUASIJUDICIAL MATTER, 493 00:16:55,447 --> 00:17:00,619 AND WHEN WE ARE DISCUSSING ITEMS 494 00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:01,954 THAT ARE QUASIJUDICIAL, THAT 495 00:17:01,954 --> 00:17:03,355 MEANS WE CANNOT ENGAGE IN EX 496 00:17:03,355 --> 00:17:04,323 PARTE COMMUNICATIONS. 497 00:17:04,323 --> 00:17:13,465 SO JUST A REMINDER AS THAT 498 00:17:13,465 --> 00:17:13,932 COMES BEFORE US. 499 00:17:13,932 --> 00:17:15,367 THE SECOND ITEM IS GOING TO BE 500 00:17:15,367 --> 00:17:16,435 AN UPDATE ON THE PASSAGE OF 501 00:17:16,435 --> 00:17:17,269 INITIATIVE 135, CREATING A 502 00:17:17,269 --> 00:17:18,170 SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING 503 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:18,704 DEVELOPER AND A PUBLIC 504 00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:19,304 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. 505 00:17:19,304 --> 00:17:22,775 I WILL BE BRIEFING, THANKS TO 506 00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:24,743 THE HELP OF OUR CENTRAL STAFF, 507 00:17:24,743 --> 00:17:34,653 I THINK ESTHER GANDY MAY BE 508 00:17:34,653 --> 00:17:36,055 THERE BUT TRACY IS NOT ABLE TO 509 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:37,122 BE THERE, SO SHE IS ASSISTING 510 00:17:37,122 --> 00:17:38,123 ME IN GETTING A PRESENTATION 511 00:17:38,123 --> 00:17:38,357 READY. 512 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:39,691 AND THEN THE THIRD AGENDA ITEM 513 00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:40,793 IS COUNCIL BILL 120525, WHICH 514 00:17:40,793 --> 00:17:41,927 WOULD CODIFY OUR RACE AND 515 00:17:41,927 --> 00:17:42,795 SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE FOR A 516 00:17:42,795 --> 00:17:43,595 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND A 517 00:17:43,595 --> 00:17:44,029 POSSIBLE VOTE. 518 00:17:44,029 --> 00:17:45,330 I REALLY WANT TO THANK MAYOR 519 00:17:45,330 --> 00:17:49,368 HARRELL INTERIM DIRECTOR DEREK 520 00:17:49,368 --> 00:17:53,272 WHEELER SMITH, ASHOK THE CHRIS 521 00:17:53,272 --> 00:17:54,039 CRON AND ON CENTRAL STAFF AND 522 00:17:54,039 --> 00:17:55,274 MY CHIEF OF STAFF, ELECTRA 523 00:17:55,274 --> 00:17:55,541 STERLING. 524 00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:56,608 THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING VERY 525 00:17:56,608 --> 00:18:02,347 HARD ON THIS BILL FOR OVER A 526 00:18:02,347 --> 00:18:03,715 YEAR, AND I THINK WE ARE 527 00:18:03,715 --> 00:18:04,516 FINALLY THERE, SO I'M VERY 528 00:18:04,516 --> 00:18:06,118 EXCITED TO THE BRINGING THAT TO 529 00:18:06,118 --> 00:18:09,254 COMMITTEE AND DO HOPE TO BE 530 00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:10,255 ABLE TO VOTE IT OUT OF 531 00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:14,526 COMMITTEE THIS WEEK, AS WELL. 532 00:18:14,526 --> 00:18:14,793 OKAY. 533 00:18:14,793 --> 00:18:15,794 THIS WEEK I MET WITH DEPARTMENT 534 00:18:15,794 --> 00:18:17,029 OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET BRIEFED 535 00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:18,797 ON THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE 536 00:18:18,797 --> 00:18:21,333 REGARDING THE U DUB MEDICAL 537 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:21,567 CENTER. 538 00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:23,168 I ALSO HAVE MY MONTHLY CHECK IN 539 00:18:23,168 --> 00:18:28,207 WITH OCR AND WE'LL BE GETTING 540 00:18:28,207 --> 00:18:29,675 BRIEFED LATER THIS WEEK ON OP 541 00:18:29,675 --> 00:18:31,777 CD'S 2023 WORK PLAN SO WE CAN 542 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:32,878 LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 543 00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:36,849 AND THEN SOME QUICK DISTRICT 544 00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:37,115 UPDATES. 545 00:18:37,115 --> 00:18:38,617 LAST WEEK I JOINED THE CASCADE 546 00:18:38,617 --> 00:18:39,952 BICYCLE CLUB TO BIKE AROUND 547 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:46,391 DISTRICT 2. I WILL SAY IT WAS 548 00:18:46,391 --> 00:18:47,826 LUNCH TIME AND WE SAW LOTS OF 549 00:18:47,826 --> 00:18:49,027 FOLKS USING THEIR BIKES TO RUN 550 00:18:49,027 --> 00:18:50,496 ERRANDS, TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO 551 00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:56,668 PRESCHOOL, GO TO THE GROCERY 552 00:18:56,668 --> 00:18:57,035 STORE. 553 00:18:57,035 --> 00:18:58,070 SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE 554 00:18:58,070 --> 00:18:58,737 NAVIGATING THROUGH THE 555 00:18:58,737 --> 00:18:59,638 NEIGHBORHOOD ON THEIR BIKES AND 556 00:18:59,638 --> 00:19:04,710 IT WAS JUST A REMINDER ABOUT 557 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:06,078 HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE 558 00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:07,246 CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON MAKING 559 00:19:07,246 --> 00:19:08,280 SURE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING CAN 560 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:09,348 ALSO GET AROUND THEIR 561 00:19:09,348 --> 00:19:09,815 NEIGHBORHOOD SAFELY. 562 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:10,883 MY STAFF ALSO HAD A MEETING 563 00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:11,783 WITH THE SAVE ANDREWS DATE 564 00:19:11,783 --> 00:19:12,017 GROUP. 565 00:19:12,017 --> 00:19:13,051 WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE 566 00:19:13,051 --> 00:19:14,520 FOLKS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. 567 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:25,063 AND A GROUP OF NEIGHBORS IN THE 568 00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:28,200 SOUTH END, THEY WERE VERY 569 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,234 EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT 570 00:19:29,234 --> 00:19:30,736 WE ARE MAKING TO TRY TO DEAL 571 00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:31,770 WITH SOME OF THE NOISE AND 572 00:19:31,770 --> 00:19:32,971 OTHER ISSUES THAT WE SEE AT 573 00:19:32,971 --> 00:19:33,772 ANDREWS BAY, PARTICULARLY IN 574 00:19:33,772 --> 00:19:34,173 THE SUMMERTIME. 575 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:35,440 GLAD THAT WE ARE ABLE TO 576 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:36,608 ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS. 577 00:19:36,608 --> 00:19:37,709 THIS WEEK I'LL BE HAVING AN 578 00:19:37,709 --> 00:19:38,577 DISTRICT OFFICE HOURS ON 579 00:19:38,577 --> 00:19:38,844 THURSDAY. 580 00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:39,745 I WILL BE MEETING WITH 581 00:19:39,745 --> 00:19:40,946 CONSTITUENTS AT CAFE RED AT THE 582 00:19:40,946 --> 00:19:42,047 OF FELLOW LIGHT RAIL STATION. 583 00:19:42,047 --> 00:19:43,515 WE WILL BE TAKING A LUNCH 584 00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:44,716 BREAK, I BELIEVE FROM 12:00 TO 585 00:19:44,716 --> 00:19:45,551 1:00, BUT WILL OTHERWISE BE 586 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:52,291 DOWN AT THE A FELLOW STATION 587 00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:52,758 AREA AT CAFE RED. 588 00:19:52,758 --> 00:19:54,226 I INVITE FOLKS TO COME AND JOIN 589 00:19:54,226 --> 00:19:54,426 US. 590 00:19:54,426 --> 00:19:55,427 I'LL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE 591 00:19:55,427 --> 00:19:56,528 FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR OF 592 00:19:56,528 --> 00:19:57,596 THE BUILD A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. 593 00:19:57,596 --> 00:19:58,564 THIS IS A COALITION OF 594 00:19:58,564 --> 00:20:02,601 PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BROWN 595 00:20:02,601 --> 00:20:03,902 DEVELOPERS, FINANCE FOLKS WHO 596 00:20:03,902 --> 00:20:08,840 HAVE BEEN MEETING -- THIS IS A 597 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:09,708 MEETING CONVENED BY CURTIS 598 00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:11,743 BROWN WITH CORE THAT REALLY 599 00:20:11,743 --> 00:20:12,945 FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY LED 600 00:20:12,945 --> 00:20:18,517 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BUT IS 601 00:20:18,517 --> 00:20:19,484 REALLY SORT OF A GROUP THAT 602 00:20:19,484 --> 00:20:20,419 COMES TOGETHER TO WORKSHOP AND 603 00:20:20,419 --> 00:20:22,020 PROVIDE EACH OTHER SOME 604 00:20:22,020 --> 00:20:23,422 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT TO 605 00:20:23,422 --> 00:20:32,464 ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT THEY 606 00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:33,065 FACE, PARTICULARLY AROUND 607 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:33,832 FINANCE AND ACQUISITION, AND 608 00:20:33,832 --> 00:20:34,866 SOME OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES 609 00:20:34,866 --> 00:20:36,034 FACED BY BLACK AND BROWN 610 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:36,335 DEVELOPERS. 611 00:20:36,335 --> 00:20:37,202 WE WILL BE ATTENDING THAT 612 00:20:37,202 --> 00:20:38,870 MEETING TO LISTEN AND TO TRY TO 613 00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:44,042 UNDERSTAND WHAT WE COULD BE 614 00:20:44,042 --> 00:20:45,577 DOING AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE 615 00:20:45,577 --> 00:20:46,912 THAT THESE FOLKS ARE ABLE TO 616 00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:47,512 PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS 617 00:20:47,512 --> 00:20:47,746 BETTER. 618 00:20:47,746 --> 00:20:48,947 COLLEAGUES, THAT IS ALL I HAVE, 619 00:20:48,947 --> 00:20:49,948 UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR 620 00:20:49,948 --> 00:20:50,315 COMMENTS. 621 00:20:50,315 --> 00:20:54,219 I'M NOT SEEING ANY. I'LL PASS 622 00:20:54,219 --> 00:20:59,925 IT TO COUNCILMEMBER MUSCAT. 623 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:01,259 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 624 00:21:01,259 --> 00:21:01,827 GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. 625 00:21:01,827 --> 00:21:03,128 I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE 626 00:21:03,128 --> 00:21:03,428 LAST WEEK. 627 00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:07,733 I WAS OUT DUE TO BEING SICK. 628 00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:09,735 I WANTED TO FLAG TWO ITEMS FROM 629 00:21:09,735 --> 00:21:14,539 LAST WEEK'S INTRODUCTION AND 630 00:21:14,539 --> 00:21:15,641 REFERRAL CALENDAR, THE TWO YOU 631 00:21:15,641 --> 00:21:16,308 HAVE SEEN ALREADY. 632 00:21:16,308 --> 00:21:17,542 ONE OF THOSE HIM LAST WEEK'S I 633 00:21:17,542 --> 00:21:19,111 AND OUR CALENDAR IS THE MULTI 634 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:19,778 FAMILY TAX ABSTENTION 635 00:21:19,778 --> 00:21:20,112 EXTENSION. 636 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:20,879 THIS LEGISLATION WILL ENSURE 637 00:21:20,879 --> 00:21:21,947 THAT WE KEEP THE PROGRAM IN 638 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:23,715 PLACE AND THAT THE PROGRAM CAN 639 00:21:23,715 --> 00:21:25,484 PLAY A VITAL AND PIVOTAL ROLE 640 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:32,591 IN ENSURING THAT WE ARE 641 00:21:32,591 --> 00:21:33,825 AVOIDING ANY IMPACT OF EXPIRING 642 00:21:33,825 --> 00:21:34,760 UNITS WHILE THE OFFICE OF 643 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,895 HOUSING WORKS WITH THE SEATTLE 644 00:21:36,895 --> 00:21:43,035 CITY COUNCIL AND STAKEHOLDERS 645 00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:44,336 AT LARGE TO DEVELOP A MORE 646 00:21:44,336 --> 00:21:45,370 COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THE MFT 647 00:21:45,370 --> 00:21:46,338 PROGRAM IN 2024 NEXT YEAR. 648 00:21:46,338 --> 00:21:47,906 OFFICE OF HOUSINGSTAFF MEMBERS 649 00:21:47,906 --> 00:21:49,775 ALONG WITH TRACY RATS WITH FROM 650 00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:50,642 CENTRAL STAFF HAVE REACHED OUT 651 00:21:50,642 --> 00:21:51,643 TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PROVIDE 652 00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:52,811 BRIEFINGS AND UPDATES ON THE 653 00:21:52,811 --> 00:21:57,115 LEGISLATION THAT WAS ON THE 654 00:21:57,115 --> 00:21:57,816 INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 655 00:21:57,816 --> 00:21:58,283 CALENDAR. 656 00:21:58,283 --> 00:21:59,384 WE WILL HAVE THIS ITEM IN AN 657 00:21:59,384 --> 00:22:00,285 UPCOMING HOUSING AND FINANCE 658 00:22:00,285 --> 00:22:01,386 COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MONTH. 659 00:22:01,386 --> 00:22:02,454 BUT IF YOU WOULD STILL LIKE A 660 00:22:02,454 --> 00:22:10,362 BRIEFING IN ADVANCE OF THAT 661 00:22:10,362 --> 00:22:11,329 FINANCE AND HOUSING DISCUSSION, 662 00:22:11,329 --> 00:22:12,564 PLEASE DO REACH OUT TO TRACY 663 00:22:12,564 --> 00:22:13,632 RADCLIFFE AS WELL TO ARRANGE A 664 00:22:13,632 --> 00:22:14,032 BRIEFING. 665 00:22:14,032 --> 00:22:14,933 THE SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION 666 00:22:14,933 --> 00:22:18,103 THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, 667 00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:19,905 THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE 668 00:22:19,905 --> 00:22:20,439 INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 669 00:22:20,439 --> 00:22:21,273 CALENDAR, RELATES TO PAID SICK 670 00:22:21,273 --> 00:22:21,506 LEAVE. 671 00:22:21,506 --> 00:22:22,774 AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, MY 672 00:22:22,774 --> 00:22:23,375 OFFICE SPECIFICALLY CHIEF OF 673 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:24,276 STAFF AND OUR OFFICE, SHE 674 00:22:24,276 --> 00:22:25,210 WORKED WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND 675 00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:27,145 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE EARLY IN THE 676 00:22:27,145 --> 00:22:30,382 PANDEMIC ON EMERGENCY 677 00:22:30,382 --> 00:22:31,750 LEGISLATION IN 2020 TO AND SURE 678 00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:32,684 PARTICULAR THAT DURING THE 679 00:22:32,684 --> 00:22:39,124 COVID-19 EMERGENCY THE DECLARED 680 00:22:39,124 --> 00:22:40,592 STATE OF EMERGENCY, THE FRONT- 681 00:22:40,592 --> 00:22:41,293 LINE DELIVERY WORKERS HAD 682 00:22:41,293 --> 00:22:42,594 ACCESS TO PAID SICK AND SAFE 683 00:22:42,594 --> 00:22:44,162 LEAVE TO ENTER BOTH EQUITY AND 684 00:22:44,162 --> 00:22:49,568 BROADER PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS. 685 00:22:49,568 --> 00:22:50,669 THESE PROTECTIONS ARE SLATED TO 686 00:22:50,669 --> 00:22:52,070 END AT THE END OF APRIL THIS 687 00:22:52,070 --> 00:22:52,270 YEAR. 688 00:22:52,270 --> 00:22:53,438 SO WE ARE ACTING WITH URGENCY 689 00:22:53,438 --> 00:23:03,048 AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 690 00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:04,082 MAYOR'S OFFICE TO ADVANCE THE 691 00:23:04,082 --> 00:23:05,050 PAID SICK LEAVE LEGISLATION 692 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:06,118 THAT WAS ON THE INTRODUCTION 693 00:23:06,118 --> 00:23:07,185 AND REFERRAL CALENDAR LAST 694 00:23:07,185 --> 00:23:07,385 WEEK. 695 00:23:07,385 --> 00:23:08,019 WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OVER 696 00:23:08,019 --> 00:23:09,488 THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO PARTNER 697 00:23:09,488 --> 00:23:10,155 WITH'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT 698 00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:11,156 OUR BROADER PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS 699 00:23:11,156 --> 00:23:12,791 ARE CONTINUING TO BE MET, AND 700 00:23:12,791 --> 00:23:13,658 THAT WE ARE MEETING THESE GOALS 701 00:23:13,658 --> 00:23:14,559 BY OFFERING A PERMANENT 702 00:23:14,559 --> 00:23:15,394 EXTENSION OF THESE POLICIES 703 00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:23,935 WITH SOME ENHANCEMENTS BASED ON 704 00:23:23,935 --> 00:23:24,970 THE EVER EVOLVING POLICY THAT 705 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:25,604 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND 706 00:23:25,604 --> 00:23:26,538 COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ARE LEANING 707 00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:27,639 ON, RELATED TO THE PAY UP 708 00:23:27,639 --> 00:23:28,006 LEGISLATION. 709 00:23:28,006 --> 00:23:29,241 SO WE WANTED TO HARMONIZE SOME 710 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:30,075 DEFINITIONS AND INCLUDE CHANGES 711 00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:30,942 BASED ON THE ACTUAL 712 00:23:30,942 --> 00:23:31,543 IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICES 713 00:23:31,543 --> 00:23:32,277 THAT WE'VE OBSERVED OVER THE 714 00:23:32,277 --> 00:23:34,880 LAST TWO YEARS AS WORKERS AND 715 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:35,680 COMMUNITY MEMBERS SOUGHT TO 716 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:46,224 ACCESS THEIR PAID SICK AND SAFE 717 00:23:47,058 --> 00:23:47,259 LEAVE. 718 00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:48,627 MUCH OF THAT HAS ALSO BEEN 719 00:23:48,627 --> 00:23:49,361 INFORMED BY REAL-TIME FEEDBACK 720 00:23:49,361 --> 00:23:50,295 WITH OUR OFFICE OF LABOR 721 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:51,463 STANDARDS OVER THE LAST FEW 722 00:23:51,463 --> 00:23:52,597 YEARS, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING 723 00:23:52,597 --> 00:23:53,498 FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO CODIFY 724 00:23:53,498 --> 00:23:54,466 THESE PROTECTIONS, AND WE WILL 725 00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:55,567 HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION NEXT 726 00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:56,368 WEDNESDAY AND HAVE AN 727 00:23:56,368 --> 00:23:57,202 OPPORTUNITY FOR A FOLLOW-UP 728 00:23:57,202 --> 00:24:01,273 CONSERVATION AT OUR FOLLOW-UP 729 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:02,007 MEETINGS LATER THIS MONTH. 730 00:24:02,007 --> 00:24:03,341 AS A REMINDER, TO AVOID ANY 731 00:24:03,341 --> 00:24:04,543 GAPS IN COVERAGE FOR WORKERS, 732 00:24:04,543 --> 00:24:14,986 AND TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE 733 00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:15,520 AVOIDING A 734 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:16,154 STOP/START/STOP/START SITUATION 735 00:24:16,154 --> 00:24:17,355 FOR THE APPS, WE DO NEED TO 736 00:24:17,355 --> 00:24:18,056 PASS THIS LEGISLATION AND GET 737 00:24:18,056 --> 00:24:19,791 IT SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE END 738 00:24:19,791 --> 00:24:23,662 OF MARCH TO AVOID GETTING OUR 739 00:24:23,662 --> 00:24:24,729 DEADLINE THAT WE HAD TO PUT 740 00:24:24,729 --> 00:24:25,730 INTO PLACE WHEN THE EMERGENCY 741 00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:26,298 LEGISLATION WAS ORIGINALLY 742 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:27,365 PASSED PROGRESS OVER THE COURSE 743 00:24:27,365 --> 00:24:29,167 OF THE UPCOMING FEW WEEKS WE 744 00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:30,735 HAVE TWO MEETINGS TO DISCUSS 745 00:24:30,735 --> 00:24:32,037 THOSE TWO ITEMS AND A HANDFUL 746 00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:32,337 OF OTHERS. 747 00:24:32,337 --> 00:24:33,438 OUR NEXT FINANCE AND HOUSING 748 00:24:33,438 --> 00:24:34,940 COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE THIS 749 00:24:34,940 --> 00:24:35,907 UPCOMING WEDNESDAY. 750 00:24:35,907 --> 00:24:36,808 SORRY, NEXT WEEK, ON WEDNESDAY, 751 00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:41,680 MARCH 15th WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 752 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,348 FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR 753 00:24:43,348 --> 00:24:43,548 THAT. 754 00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:44,416 THAT INCLUDES THE PAID SICK 755 00:24:44,416 --> 00:24:45,250 LEAVE LEGISLATION I JUST 756 00:24:45,250 --> 00:24:45,550 MENTIONED. 757 00:24:45,550 --> 00:24:47,018 ALSO WILL INCLUDE THE CITY 758 00:24:47,018 --> 00:24:51,089 BUDGETS OFFICE QUARTER ONE 759 00:24:51,089 --> 00:24:51,790 GRANT ACCEPTANCE OFFICE. 760 00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:52,858 IT WILL INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF 761 00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:54,960 THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN 2022 762 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:55,994 YEAR END REPORT. 763 00:24:55,994 --> 00:25:00,098 THANKS AGAIN TO THE CREW LED BY 764 00:25:00,098 --> 00:25:06,738 ADAM SCHAFFER IN THE OFFICE WHO 765 00:25:06,738 --> 00:25:07,939 HAVE BEEN PROVIDING US REGULAR 766 00:25:07,939 --> 00:25:08,707 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND 767 00:25:08,707 --> 00:25:09,808 SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN 768 00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:12,878 IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS, 769 00:25:12,878 --> 00:25:14,045 MONTHLY, AND WE LIKE TO HAVE 770 00:25:14,045 --> 00:25:15,413 THESE QUARTERLY REPORTS AT OUR 771 00:25:15,413 --> 00:25:17,749 COMMITTEE MEETING. 772 00:25:17,749 --> 00:25:18,817 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US 773 00:25:18,817 --> 00:25:20,285 TO GET A FULL YEAR END REPORT 774 00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:23,521 IN THIS FIRST ORDER, AS WELL. 775 00:25:23,521 --> 00:25:25,023 THE LAST ITEM THAT WILL BE UP 776 00:25:25,023 --> 00:25:25,790 FOR DISCUSSION ON WEDNESDAY, 777 00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:27,359 MARCH 15th, IS GOING TO BE THE 778 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,929 BROKEN BUILDING PROPERTY. FOLKS 779 00:25:30,929 --> 00:25:31,830 PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT BUILDING 780 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:33,031 AS PART OF OUR DISCUSSIONS AND 781 00:25:33,031 --> 00:25:33,598 DELIBERATIONS DURING THE 782 00:25:33,598 --> 00:25:38,837 BUDGET, WHERE WE ARE PURCHASING 783 00:25:38,837 --> 00:25:39,971 THAT BUILDING AND FAS IS 784 00:25:39,971 --> 00:25:41,106 LEADING ON THAT EFFORT TOOK US 785 00:25:41,106 --> 00:25:43,408 OF THIS IS FOLLOW-UP FROM THAT 786 00:25:43,408 --> 00:25:44,376 BUDGET DELIBERATIONS AND THE 787 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:45,944 COMPANY ORDINANCE TO ENACT THE 788 00:25:45,944 --> 00:25:52,851 DIRECTION THAT WE PUT IN LAST 789 00:25:52,851 --> 00:25:53,251 YEAR'S BUDGET. 790 00:25:53,251 --> 00:25:54,519 AS I KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER 791 00:25:54,519 --> 00:25:55,253 MEETING SCHEDULED FOR LATER 792 00:25:55,253 --> 00:25:56,721 THIS MONTH, ON MARCH 20th, THIS 793 00:25:56,721 --> 00:25:57,789 IS A MAKEUP MEETING FOR THE 794 00:25:57,789 --> 00:25:58,957 MEETING THAT WAS CANCELED LAST 795 00:25:58,957 --> 00:26:01,526 WEEK BECAUSE I WAS OUT TAKING 796 00:26:01,526 --> 00:26:02,527 MY OWN PAID SICK LEAVE. 797 00:26:02,527 --> 00:26:07,599 SO THE MAKEUP MEETING WILL BE 798 00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:08,633 MARCH 20th AT 9:30 A.M. 799 00:26:08,633 --> 00:26:09,534 I BELIEVE COLLEAGUES, YOU 800 00:26:09,534 --> 00:26:10,502 SHOULD'VE RECEIVED A CALENDAR 801 00:26:10,502 --> 00:26:19,411 COLD AND I BELIEVE THAT DATE WAS 802 00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:20,745 VERIFIED WITH YOUR OFFICES 803 00:26:20,745 --> 00:26:21,613 BEFORE WE SCHEDULED IT. 804 00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:22,881 AT THIS MEETING ON MARCH 20th, 805 00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:24,249 AT 9:30 A.M., WE INTEND TO HAVE 806 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:25,183 THE MFT LEGISLATION THAT I 807 00:26:25,183 --> 00:26:25,984 MENTIONED AND THE FINAL 808 00:26:25,984 --> 00:26:26,952 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION AND 809 00:26:26,952 --> 00:26:28,620 VOTES ON THE PAID SICK LEAVE 810 00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:30,055 LEGISLATION. 811 00:26:30,055 --> 00:26:35,727 JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK. 812 00:26:35,727 --> 00:26:38,797 THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR ITEMS 813 00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:40,432 THAT WE HAVE IN THE FINANCE AND 814 00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:50,909 HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING. 815 00:26:51,977 --> 00:26:53,078 AGAIN, MARCH 15th AND MARCH 816 00:26:53,078 --> 00:26:53,278 20th. 817 00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:54,679 MY APOLOGIES TO YOU ALL AND 818 00:26:54,679 --> 00:26:55,447 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR 819 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:56,982 NOT BEING ABLE TO BE PRESENT IN 820 00:26:56,982 --> 00:26:57,916 LAST WEEK'S FINANCE AND HOUSING 821 00:26:57,916 --> 00:26:58,450 COMMITTEE MEETING. 822 00:26:58,450 --> 00:26:59,551 WE WILL WAKE UP FOR IT. 823 00:26:59,551 --> 00:27:00,385 ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL 824 00:27:00,385 --> 00:27:00,685 QUESTIONS? 825 00:27:00,685 --> 00:27:00,885 OKAY. 826 00:27:00,885 --> 00:27:01,619 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 827 00:27:01,619 --> 00:27:02,921 I AM NOT HEARING OR SEEING ANY, 828 00:27:02,921 --> 00:27:05,190 SO I BELIEVE I HAND IT OVER TO 829 00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:11,863 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. 830 00:27:11,863 --> 00:27:12,597 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. 831 00:27:12,597 --> 00:27:22,874 ARE YOU READY? 832 00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:32,584 LET'S MOVE ON TO COUNCILMEMBER 833 00:27:32,584 --> 00:27:33,985 PEDERSEN AND WE CAN COME BACK 834 00:27:33,985 --> 00:27:34,819 TO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IN A 835 00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:35,053 MOMENT. 836 00:27:35,053 --> 00:27:36,087 >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PRO TEM 837 00:27:36,087 --> 00:27:36,354 STRAUSS. 838 00:27:36,354 --> 00:27:37,122 GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. 839 00:27:37,122 --> 00:27:38,156 THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE 840 00:27:38,156 --> 00:27:39,124 TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE 841 00:27:39,124 --> 00:27:39,791 PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE ON 842 00:27:39,791 --> 00:27:40,525 THE FULL COUNCIL AGENDA 843 00:27:40,525 --> 00:27:41,159 TOMORROW AFTERNOON. 844 00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:42,093 OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING OF 845 00:27:42,093 --> 00:27:42,927 THE TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE 846 00:27:42,927 --> 00:27:43,828 PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE WILL 847 00:27:43,828 --> 00:27:44,763 BE TOMORROW, TUESDAY MARCH 7th 848 00:27:44,763 --> 00:27:51,236 AT 9:30 A.M. 849 00:27:51,236 --> 00:27:52,404 THIS PAST FRIDAY WE PUBLISHED 850 00:27:52,404 --> 00:27:53,638 THE AGENDA ONLINE AND IT SHOWS 851 00:27:53,638 --> 00:27:54,873 WE WILL TACKLE THREE ITEMS AT 852 00:27:54,873 --> 00:27:55,607 COMMITTEE TOMORROW MORNING. 853 00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:56,174 FIRST, OUR COMMITTEE WILL 854 00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:57,575 DEVOTE MOST OF ITS TIMES ON OUR 855 00:27:57,575 --> 00:28:08,119 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION OF S.'S 856 00:28:08,887 --> 00:28:10,188 RECENT REPORT ON ITS VISION 857 00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:10,855 ZERO TRAFFIC SAFETY EFFORTS. 858 00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:11,923 LAST MONTH THE CITY RECEIVED A 859 00:28:11,923 --> 00:28:12,924 $25 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO 860 00:28:12,924 --> 00:28:14,092 MAKE STREETS SAFER AND THE 861 00:28:14,092 --> 00:28:14,826 EXECUTIVE WANTED THAT 862 00:28:14,826 --> 00:28:15,627 ADDITIONAL TIME TO INCORPORATE 863 00:28:15,627 --> 00:28:23,101 THE NEW FUNDING INTO ITS INITIAL 864 00:28:23,101 --> 00:28:23,401 SOLUTIONS. 865 00:28:23,401 --> 00:28:24,169 FDOT PUBLISHED THEIR VISION 866 00:28:24,169 --> 00:28:25,570 ZERO REPORT ON THEIR BLOG ON 867 00:28:25,570 --> 00:28:25,937 FEBRUARY 23rd. 868 00:28:25,937 --> 00:28:26,738 IN ADDITION TO SGOT'S 869 00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:27,338 POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR 870 00:28:27,338 --> 00:28:28,239 TOMORROW IS ATTACHED TO OUR 871 00:28:28,239 --> 00:28:28,973 COMMITTEE AGENDAS. 872 00:28:28,973 --> 00:28:33,278 NEXT HOUR COMMITTEE WILL VOTE ON 873 00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:34,846 THE SOLID WASTE PLAN FROM 874 00:28:34,846 --> 00:28:35,780 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES THAT 875 00:28:35,780 --> 00:28:36,781 WE ALREADY DISCUSSED AT OUR 876 00:28:36,781 --> 00:28:37,382 FEBRUARY 21st MEETING. 877 00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:38,083 SINCE THEN, THE INITIAL 878 00:28:38,083 --> 00:28:38,683 COMMITTEE MEETING, CENTRAL 879 00:28:38,683 --> 00:28:39,784 STAFF HAS COMPLETED THEIR MEMO 880 00:28:39,784 --> 00:28:41,119 WHICH IS AVAILABLE FROM THE 881 00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:41,653 ONLINE COMMITTEE AGENDA. 882 00:28:41,653 --> 00:28:44,422 ONE OF THE KEY GOALS OF THE 883 00:28:44,422 --> 00:28:45,623 SOLID WASTE PLAN IS TO BETTER 884 00:28:45,623 --> 00:28:46,591 ALIGN OUR PROGRESS METRICS WITH 885 00:28:46,591 --> 00:28:54,132 MORE RELEVANT STANDARDS 886 00:28:54,132 --> 00:28:55,300 SUPPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON 887 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:56,301 STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND 888 00:28:56,301 --> 00:28:57,102 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS. 889 00:28:57,102 --> 00:28:57,869 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT 890 00:28:57,869 --> 00:28:58,970 SBU'S SOLID WASTE PLAN UPDATE, 891 00:28:58,970 --> 00:29:00,138 PLEASE CONTACT RYAN GOOD NIGHT 892 00:29:00,138 --> 00:29:00,872 FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF , 893 00:29:00,872 --> 00:29:01,940 AND FINALLY WE'LL HAVE A 894 00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:03,141 PRELIMINARY BRIEFING AND 895 00:29:03,141 --> 00:29:07,378 DISCUSSION OF HIS REQUEST TO 896 00:29:07,378 --> 00:29:08,613 HAVE THE CITY VACATE AN ALLEY 897 00:29:08,613 --> 00:29:09,447 THAT RUNS NORTH/SOUTH DIRECTLY 898 00:29:09,447 --> 00:29:18,556 WEST OF IDENTIFIED AND ORDERED 899 00:29:18,556 --> 00:29:19,691 BY DENNY WAY, STORCH STREET AND 900 00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:20,859 DISTRICT 7, WHICH IS PART OF 901 00:29:20,859 --> 00:29:21,960 THE SOUTH LAKE UNION URBAN 902 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:22,393 CENTER. 903 00:29:22,393 --> 00:29:23,061 A FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPER IS 904 00:29:23,061 --> 00:29:23,928 REQUESTING THE CITY VACATE THE 905 00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:25,497 PUBLIC ALLEY TO FACILITATE THE 906 00:29:25,497 --> 00:29:26,364 DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PROPOSED 907 00:29:26,364 --> 00:29:33,471 15 STORY RESEARCH FACILITY. 908 00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:34,606 CURRENTLY ON THE PARCELS THAT 909 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,007 INCLUDE A TATTOO SHOP, A HOOKAH 910 00:29:36,007 --> 00:29:37,175 LOUNGE, THE L CORAZON AND FUN 911 00:29:37,175 --> 00:29:38,777 HOUSE MAGIC CLUBS, AND AN AUTO 912 00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:44,015 REPAIR SHOP. 913 00:29:44,015 --> 00:29:45,049 THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD 914 00:29:45,049 --> 00:29:45,750 DISPLACE THOSE BUSINESSES AND 915 00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:46,251 DEMOLISH THE EXISTING 916 00:29:46,251 --> 00:29:46,551 BUILDINGS. 917 00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:47,752 THIS IS VERY EARLY IN THE 918 00:29:47,752 --> 00:29:53,691 PROCESS FOR THE A POTENTIAL 919 00:29:53,691 --> 00:29:55,126 ALLEY VACATION AND IT WON'T BE 920 00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:56,294 READY FOR APPROVAL UNTIL LATER 921 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:56,594 THIS YEAR. 922 00:29:56,594 --> 00:29:57,495 A CENTRAL STAFF COMPLETED ITS 923 00:29:57,495 --> 00:29:58,863 MEMO AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY 924 00:29:58,863 --> 00:30:00,098 QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT LISH 925 00:30:00,098 --> 00:30:00,365 WHITSON. 926 00:30:00,365 --> 00:30:01,766 A KEY ISSUE WILL BE THE PUBLIC 927 00:30:01,766 --> 00:30:04,269 BENEFITS OR BENEFITS WITH THE 928 00:30:04,269 --> 00:30:05,136 PUBLIC AND IN EXCHANGE FOR 929 00:30:05,136 --> 00:30:05,770 POTENTIALLY GRANTING THE 930 00:30:05,770 --> 00:30:11,676 VACATION OF THE PUBLIC ALLEY, 931 00:30:11,676 --> 00:30:13,077 SO IT'S A STANDARD PROCESS THAT 932 00:30:13,077 --> 00:30:13,978 WE GO THROUGH USING AN 933 00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:14,279 S.PROCESS. 934 00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:14,712 THANK YOU. 935 00:30:14,712 --> 00:30:15,847 THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND WE 936 00:30:15,847 --> 00:30:20,451 CAN GO BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER 937 00:30:20,451 --> 00:30:21,286 MORALES WITH QUESTIONS. 938 00:30:21,286 --> 00:30:22,754 >> OKAY. 939 00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:30,929 I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE. 940 00:30:30,929 --> 00:30:32,197 I WAS TRYING TO FINISH 941 00:30:32,197 --> 00:30:32,931 SOMETHING UP AND FIND MY 942 00:30:32,931 --> 00:30:33,164 SCREEN. 943 00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:33,398 ANYWAY. 944 00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:33,898 HELLO, EVERYONE. 945 00:30:33,898 --> 00:30:34,833 THIS WEEK THE ECONOMIC 946 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:36,100 DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND 947 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:38,002 CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE WILL MEET 948 00:30:38,002 --> 00:30:39,904 ON WEDNESDAY AT 9:30, AND WE'VE 949 00:30:39,904 --> 00:30:42,173 GOT THREE THINGS ON THE AGENDA. 950 00:30:42,173 --> 00:30:49,614 THE FIRST IS THE DISCUSSION AND 951 00:30:49,614 --> 00:30:50,815 POSSIBLE VOTE ON COUNCIL BILL 952 00:30:50,815 --> 00:30:51,683 120518, AN UPDATED SURVEILLANCE 953 00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:53,218 IMPACT REPORT ON FORWARD- 954 00:30:53,218 --> 00:30:54,419 LOOKING INFRARED REAL-TIME 955 00:30:54,419 --> 00:30:54,652 VIDEO. 956 00:30:54,652 --> 00:30:59,057 NOW THIS IS MOUNTED ON KING 957 00:30:59,057 --> 00:30:59,724 COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 958 00:30:59,724 --> 00:31:03,294 HELICOPTERS AND USED FOR LAW 959 00:31:03,294 --> 00:31:03,795 ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY 960 00:31:03,795 --> 00:31:04,696 MANAGEMENT, AND SEARCH AND 961 00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:05,530 RESCUE PURPOSES. 962 00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:06,064 COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THE 963 00:31:06,064 --> 00:31:11,803 ORIGINAL SIR IN 2021. AND JUST 964 00:31:11,803 --> 00:31:12,670 TO RECAP, PILOTS CAN SEE 965 00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:16,541 INFRARED IMAGES ON A LIVE 966 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:18,610 STREAM VIDEO BUT NO ONE ON THE 967 00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:23,314 GROUND RIGHT NOW CAN SEE IT. 968 00:31:23,314 --> 00:31:24,382 THE PILOTS HAD TO DESCRIBE WHAT 969 00:31:24,382 --> 00:31:25,516 THEY SEE IN THE VIDEO TO 970 00:31:25,516 --> 00:31:26,651 OFFICERS ON THE GROUND VOCALLY. 971 00:31:26,651 --> 00:31:27,619 LAST YEAR COUNCIL APPROVED 972 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:28,353 RECEIPT OF FEDERAL GRANTS THAT 973 00:31:28,353 --> 00:31:30,722 SPD CAN PURCHASE DOWNLINK 974 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:31,589 TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD LET 975 00:31:31,589 --> 00:31:33,224 OFFICERS ON THE GROUND VIEW 976 00:31:33,224 --> 00:31:42,934 THAT VIDEO IN REAL TIME AS WELL 977 00:31:42,934 --> 00:31:43,701 AS HEAR THE VOICE. 978 00:31:43,701 --> 00:31:45,336 SO WE NEED TO UPDATE THE SIR TO 979 00:31:45,336 --> 00:31:46,137 REFLECT THAT THE DOWNLINK 980 00:31:46,137 --> 00:31:47,171 CONSTITUTES A SLIGHTLY 981 00:31:47,171 --> 00:31:50,174 DIFFERENT USE BUT THE UPDATE 982 00:31:50,174 --> 00:31:51,209 DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN 983 00:31:51,209 --> 00:31:56,614 TERMS OF WHAT INFORMATION THE 984 00:31:56,614 --> 00:31:57,915 -- MAY BE COLLECTED BY SPD, OR 985 00:31:57,915 --> 00:31:59,417 HOW SPD WILL HOLD ONTO OR USE 986 00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:01,419 THAT INFORMATION, AND THEY WILL 987 00:32:01,419 --> 00:32:02,520 NOT -- THE TECHNOLOGY, IF IT 988 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,056 DOES NOT GIVE SPD THE CAPACITY 989 00:32:05,056 --> 00:32:06,391 TO RECORD THAT VIDEO. 990 00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:15,033 SO THIS LEGISLATION IS TIME 991 00:32:15,033 --> 00:32:15,667 SENSITIVE, WHICH IS WHY I'M 992 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:16,934 HOPING TO PRESENT IT AND VOTE 993 00:32:16,934 --> 00:32:18,236 IT OUT IN THE SAME MEETING, 994 00:32:18,236 --> 00:32:19,470 BECAUSE IN ORDER TO USE THIS 995 00:32:19,470 --> 00:32:20,838 GRANT MONEY, THE -- THIS 996 00:32:20,838 --> 00:32:22,006 LEGISLATION HAS TO BE VOTED OUT 997 00:32:22,006 --> 00:32:23,074 OF COUNCIL ON MARCH 14th. 998 00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:26,711 AND IF WE DON'T DO THAT, LEAVE 999 00:32:26,711 --> 00:32:27,979 MONEY ON THE TABLE BY MISSING 1000 00:32:27,979 --> 00:32:28,880 THE DEADLINE. 1001 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:39,424 SO CENTRAL STAFF MEMBER LISA K 1002 00:32:40,124 --> 00:32:41,125 HAS DISTRIBUTED A MEMO AND 1003 00:32:41,125 --> 00:32:42,160 SHE'S AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY 1004 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,328 QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT TO GET 1005 00:32:43,328 --> 00:32:44,195 INTO SPECIFICS BEFORE THAT 1006 00:32:44,195 --> 00:32:44,595 MEETING. 1007 00:32:44,595 --> 00:32:44,896 ALL RIGHT. 1008 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:45,897 THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR AGENDA 1009 00:32:45,897 --> 00:32:46,698 ON WEDNESDAY IS THE 1010 00:32:46,698 --> 00:32:57,241 PRESENTATION FROM SEATTLE I.T. 1011 00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:00,678 ON ITS WORK IN 2022, AND ITS 1012 00:33:00,678 --> 00:33:01,279 PRIORITIES FOR 2023. 1013 00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:02,380 AND LASTLY, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 1014 00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:03,114 WILL PRESENT THE CITY'S 1015 00:33:03,114 --> 00:33:03,748 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION 1016 00:33:03,748 --> 00:33:04,315 STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PLAN, 1017 00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:05,183 WHICH LAYS OUT THE PRINCIPLES 1018 00:33:05,183 --> 00:33:06,684 FOR THE CITY AND HOW THEY PLAN 1019 00:33:06,684 --> 00:33:10,655 TO IMPLEMENT THE RAPID -- 1020 00:33:10,655 --> 00:33:11,823 HOPEFULLY THE RAPID 1021 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:13,624 ELECTRIFICATION OF VEHICLES IN 1022 00:33:13,624 --> 00:33:14,258 THE CITY. 1023 00:33:14,258 --> 00:33:20,164 AND THEN IN RELATED NEWS FOR 1024 00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:21,032 THE COMMITTEE, IN MOVING INTO 1025 00:33:21,032 --> 00:33:25,069 WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, THE 1026 00:33:25,069 --> 00:33:25,670 NOMINATIONS AND APPLICATIONS 1027 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:36,214 FOR THE FILM COMMISSION ARE NOW 1028 00:33:37,148 --> 00:33:38,182 OPEN, SO THAT WENT LIVE LAST 1029 00:33:38,182 --> 00:33:39,217 THURSDAY AND ANYONE WHO WANTS 1030 00:33:39,217 --> 00:33:40,251 TO NOMINATE SOMEONE OR APPLY 1031 00:33:40,251 --> 00:33:41,285 THEMSELVES NEEDS TO GET THEIR 1032 00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:42,220 MATERIALS IN BY MARCH 12th. 1033 00:33:42,220 --> 00:33:43,588 THERE IS A WEBSITE ON THE 1034 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:44,155 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 1035 00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:44,756 DEVELOPMENT'S HOMEPAGE, WHERE 1036 00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:54,832 YOU CAN SUBMIT MATERIALS. 1037 00:33:54,832 --> 00:33:55,433 THAT'S VERY EXCITING. 1038 00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:56,634 LAST WEEK ALSO, I ATTENDED THE 1039 00:33:56,634 --> 00:33:57,502 PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL'S 1040 00:33:57,502 --> 00:33:58,069 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD 1041 00:33:58,069 --> 00:33:59,037 MEETING AND I APPRECIATE 1042 00:33:59,037 --> 00:33:59,704 COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS GETTING A 1043 00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:00,738 SUMMARY OF THE MEETING WITH 1044 00:34:00,738 --> 00:34:01,739 QUEEN ANNE SMALL BUSINESSES. 1045 00:34:01,739 --> 00:34:03,040 I WILL NOT GO INTO THE CONTENT 1046 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,342 ITSELF, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT 1047 00:34:04,342 --> 00:34:05,710 LIKE I OFTEN SAY, THESE 1048 00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:11,682 BUSINESSES ARE READY TO SEE 1049 00:34:11,682 --> 00:34:19,657 SOME CHANGE. THEY HAVE 1050 00:34:19,657 --> 00:34:20,258 EXPERIENCED REPEATED THEFT, 1051 00:34:20,258 --> 00:34:21,125 PROPERTY DAMAGE, THREATS TO 1052 00:34:21,125 --> 00:34:21,926 EMPLOYEES, THREATS TO CONTINUE 1053 00:34:21,926 --> 00:34:23,127 WORKING ON SMALL BUSINESSES 1054 00:34:23,127 --> 00:34:28,900 GOING FORWARD. 1055 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:30,201 THE, CON WAS LAST WEEKEND 1056 00:34:30,201 --> 00:34:30,468 DOWNTOWN. 1057 00:34:30,468 --> 00:34:37,041 I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO THIS YEAR 1058 00:34:37,041 --> 00:34:38,743 BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WAS A 1059 00:34:38,743 --> 00:34:40,044 SUCCESS, THAT IT WAS GREAT TO 1060 00:34:40,044 --> 00:34:41,145 SEE PEOPLE IN COSTUME, OLIVER 1061 00:34:41,145 --> 00:34:42,213 DOWNTOWN, AND I'M TOLD THAT THE 1062 00:34:42,213 --> 00:34:43,081 FESTIVAL GENERATED MILLIONS OF 1063 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:45,049 DOLLARS FOR THE CITY, AND SO 1064 00:34:45,049 --> 00:34:47,318 IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT SPARK OF 1065 00:34:47,318 --> 00:34:54,959 LIFE DOWNTOWN THIS PAST WEEKEND. 1066 00:34:54,959 --> 00:34:56,694 ANYWAY, I HAVE MY NOTES, 75,000 1067 00:34:56,694 --> 00:34:57,628 PEOPLE CAME TO THE SOLD-OUT 1068 00:34:57,628 --> 00:34:57,862 EVENT. 1069 00:34:57,862 --> 00:35:05,470 THIS WEEK I WILL BE MEETING 1070 00:35:05,470 --> 00:35:06,771 WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE 1071 00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:07,605 REPUBLIC OF FINLAND TONIGHT AT 1072 00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:08,873 THE NATIONAL NORDIC MUSEUM'S 1073 00:35:08,873 --> 00:35:12,810 FIRESIDE CHAT, WITH HIM AND 1074 00:35:12,810 --> 00:35:14,011 ALSO SENATOR MIKE ELIAS. 1075 00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:14,846 I WILL BE JOINING THE BEACON 1076 00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:16,314 HILL COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING 1077 00:35:16,314 --> 00:35:25,523 ON TUESDAY, TOMORROW, TO 1078 00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:26,190 INTRODUCE MYSELF, WHAT I'VE 1079 00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:27,291 BEEN DOING, AND HEAR ABOUT 1080 00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:28,593 WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE 1081 00:35:28,593 --> 00:35:28,926 NEIGHBORHOOD. 1082 00:35:28,926 --> 00:35:29,894 AND ON WEDNESDAY I'LL BE 1083 00:35:29,894 --> 00:35:30,695 JOINING THE GREENLAKE COMMUNITY 1084 00:35:30,695 --> 00:35:31,629 COUNCIL TO HEAR ABOUT ISSUES 1085 00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:32,730 AND CONCERNS THAT THEY ARE 1086 00:35:32,730 --> 00:35:32,964 FACING. 1087 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:33,965 AND THEN SATURDAY MY STAFF AND 1088 00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:35,132 I WILL ATTEND THE WINDLEY 1089 00:35:35,132 --> 00:35:35,800 MUSEUM ANNUAL DINNER AND 1090 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:36,067 AUCTION. 1091 00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:37,435 THAT'S IT FOR ME. 1092 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:38,236 ANY QUESTIONS? 1093 00:35:38,236 --> 00:35:48,613 >> I WILL NOW SEE -- 1094 00:36:04,295 --> 00:36:05,062 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT? 1095 00:36:05,062 --> 00:36:05,630 >> THANK YOU. 1096 00:36:05,630 --> 00:36:06,597 >> THERE YOU ARE. 1097 00:36:06,597 --> 00:36:07,398 >> THANK YOU AND GOOD 1098 00:36:07,398 --> 00:36:07,899 AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 1099 00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:09,133 THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON 1100 00:36:09,133 --> 00:36:09,767 TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 1101 00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:10,601 FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY AND 1102 00:36:10,601 --> 00:36:11,269 RENTERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE. 1103 00:36:11,269 --> 00:36:11,969 THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED 1104 00:36:11,969 --> 00:36:13,037 MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE IS 1105 00:36:13,037 --> 00:36:14,138 FRIDAY, MARCH 17th AT 9:30 A.M. 1106 00:36:14,138 --> 00:36:15,039 THAT COMMITTEE WILL DISCUSS 1107 00:36:15,039 --> 00:36:15,940 LEGISLATION FROM MY OFFICE TO 1108 00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:17,208 CAP LATE FEES FOR RENTERS AT 1109 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:18,509 $10 AND SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS TO 1110 00:36:18,509 --> 00:36:19,143 THE SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION. 1111 00:36:19,143 --> 00:36:20,211 COUNCILMEMBERS WILL LIKELY KNOW 1112 00:36:20,211 --> 00:36:21,746 THAT THIS WEDNESDAY IS THE 1113 00:36:21,746 --> 00:36:22,647 DEADLINE FOR LEGISLATION IN 1114 00:36:22,647 --> 00:36:24,382 OLYMPIA TO BE VOTED OUT OF THE 1115 00:36:24,382 --> 00:36:34,125 HOUSE, WHICH MEANS THE TIME 1116 00:36:34,125 --> 00:36:35,226 THAT MANY PROGRESSIVE BILLS ARE 1117 00:36:35,226 --> 00:36:36,127 KILLED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 1118 00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:37,228 WITHOUT EVER BEING BROUGHT TO A 1119 00:36:37,228 --> 00:36:37,428 VOTE. 1120 00:36:37,428 --> 00:36:38,462 AS OF JANUARY 2023, DEMOCRATS 1121 00:36:38,462 --> 00:36:39,463 CONTROLLED BOTH HOUSES OF THE 1122 00:36:39,463 --> 00:36:40,865 WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE. 1123 00:36:40,865 --> 00:36:43,834 DEMOCRATS HOLD A 5840 MAJORITY 1124 00:36:43,834 --> 00:36:44,802 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1125 00:36:44,802 --> 00:36:46,404 AND A 29-20 MAJORITY IN THE 1126 00:36:46,404 --> 00:36:49,807 SENATE. 1127 00:36:49,807 --> 00:36:51,442 BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THIS 1128 00:36:51,442 --> 00:36:51,642 YEAR. 1129 00:36:51,642 --> 00:36:52,276 DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTROLLED THE 1130 00:36:52,276 --> 00:36:52,877 WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNOR'S 1131 00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:54,378 MANSION FOR 30 OUT OF THE LAST 1132 00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:55,413 38 YEARS, THE SENATE FOR 20 1133 00:36:55,413 --> 00:36:57,548 YEARS, THE HOUSE FOR 23 YEARS. 1134 00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:58,416 DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTROLLED ALL 1135 00:36:58,416 --> 00:36:59,617 THREE CENTERS OF THE GOVERNMENT 1136 00:36:59,617 --> 00:37:02,119 FOR 15 OF THOSE 30 YEARS AND AT 1137 00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:10,061 LEAST TWO OF THE THREE CENTERS 1138 00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:11,028 OF GOVERNMENT POWER FOR 28 OUT 1139 00:37:11,028 --> 00:37:11,929 OF THE 30 YEARS. 1140 00:37:11,929 --> 00:37:12,930 THEY HAD A MAJORITY IN THE 1141 00:37:12,930 --> 00:37:14,065 SENATE SINCE 2018 AND IN THE 1142 00:37:14,065 --> 00:37:14,899 HOUSE SINCE 2002. 1143 00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:16,767 SO THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR IN A 1144 00:37:16,767 --> 00:37:18,970 ROW WITH A MAJORITY IN ALL 1145 00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:21,205 HOUSES, AND FOR ALL THAT TIME, 1146 00:37:21,205 --> 00:37:22,306 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS PLAYED 1147 00:37:22,306 --> 00:37:23,674 A GAME WITH PROGRESSIVE 1148 00:37:23,674 --> 00:37:28,179 ACTIVISTS WHERE THEY PROPOSE 1149 00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:29,180 BILLS FOR RENTERS RIGHTS AND 1150 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:29,914 OTHER THINGS WORKING-CLASS 1151 00:37:29,914 --> 00:37:30,715 PEOPLE NEED, BUT THEY NEVER 1152 00:37:30,715 --> 00:37:31,816 CALL THEM TO A VOTE. 1153 00:37:31,816 --> 00:37:38,189 THE BILLS DIE WITHOUT ANY 1154 00:37:38,189 --> 00:37:39,357 POLITICIANS NEEDING TO GO ON 1155 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:40,157 RECORD, HAVING VOTED NO. 1156 00:37:40,157 --> 00:37:41,392 RENTS KEEP GOING UP AND THEY 1157 00:37:41,392 --> 00:37:42,526 WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT NOBODY 1158 00:37:42,526 --> 00:37:43,160 IS TO BLAME. 1159 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,930 RIGHT NOW HOUSE BILL 1839, 1160 00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:47,298 WHICH WOULD CREATE A FORM OF 1161 00:37:47,298 --> 00:37:48,432 RENT CONTROL, IS IN THIS LIMBO. 1162 00:37:48,432 --> 00:37:49,400 IT HAS MASSIVE CORPORATE 1163 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:54,105 LOOPHOLES, WHICH IS BAD, BUT IT 1164 00:37:54,105 --> 00:37:55,273 WAS STILL LIMIT OUTRAGEOUS RENT 1165 00:37:55,273 --> 00:37:56,440 INCREASES FOR MANY RENTERS IF 1166 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:56,874 IT WERE PASSED. 1167 00:37:56,874 --> 00:37:57,675 UNFORTUNATELY I WOULD BE 1168 00:37:57,675 --> 00:37:58,609 SHOCKED IF IT WERE ACTUALLY 1169 00:37:58,609 --> 00:38:00,144 CALLED TO A VOTE AS LEGISLATORS 1170 00:38:00,144 --> 00:38:01,145 PLAY THESE GAMES WITH WORKING 1171 00:38:01,145 --> 00:38:01,512 PEOPLE'S LIVES. 1172 00:38:01,512 --> 00:38:02,713 HOUSE BILL 1124 IS ANOTHER 1173 00:38:02,713 --> 00:38:13,224 RENTER WRIGHTSVILLE IN LIMBO 1174 00:38:13,924 --> 00:38:14,692 RIGHT NOW IN OLYMPIA. 1175 00:38:14,692 --> 00:38:15,993 IT WOULD CAP LATE FEES LIKE THE 1176 00:38:15,993 --> 00:38:16,927 LEGISLATION MY OFFICE HAS 1177 00:38:16,927 --> 00:38:17,728 PROPOSED FOR SEATTLE IN THE 1178 00:38:17,728 --> 00:38:18,362 SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS 1179 00:38:18,362 --> 00:38:18,896 RIGHTS COMMITTEE. 1180 00:38:18,896 --> 00:38:19,930 HOUSE BILL 1124 WOULD ALSO 1181 00:38:19,930 --> 00:38:23,234 INCREASE THE NOTICE LANDLORDS 1182 00:38:23,234 --> 00:38:24,535 NEED TO GIVE RENTERS FOR RENT 1183 00:38:24,535 --> 00:38:25,436 INCREASES, LIKE THE LEGISLATION 1184 00:38:25,436 --> 00:38:26,604 FOR MY OFFICE THAT THE CITY 1185 00:38:26,604 --> 00:38:27,471 COUNCIL PASSED IN 2021. 1186 00:38:27,471 --> 00:38:28,139 THESE ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT 1187 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:29,106 LOOPHOLES AND I URGE 1188 00:38:29,106 --> 00:38:30,074 LEGISLATORS TO PREVENT ANY 1189 00:38:30,074 --> 00:38:30,841 PREEMPTION OF STRONGER RENTERS 1190 00:38:30,841 --> 00:38:31,709 RIGHTS IN CITIES LIKE SEATTLE, 1191 00:38:31,709 --> 00:38:32,943 AS I SAID, IT'S NOT REALLY 1192 00:38:32,943 --> 00:38:34,278 LIKELY THAT ANY OF THOSE WOULD 1193 00:38:34,278 --> 00:38:35,346 EVEN BE BROUGHT TO A VOTE. 1194 00:38:35,346 --> 00:38:38,749 BUT I WOULD URGE THE WASHINGTON 1195 00:38:38,749 --> 00:38:39,684 STATE LEGISLATURE TO ACTUALLY 1196 00:38:39,684 --> 00:38:40,751 GO AHEAD WITH THESE BILLS. 1197 00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:41,585 BETTER IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE 1198 00:38:41,585 --> 00:38:49,327 CORPORATE LOOPHOLES, BUT I KNOW 1199 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:49,894 RENTERS WILL APPRECIATE ANY 1200 00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:50,861 KIND OF REPRIEVE STATEWIDE, SO 1201 00:38:50,861 --> 00:38:52,196 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN WIN 1202 00:38:52,196 --> 00:38:53,464 WHATEVER WE CAN. 1203 00:38:53,464 --> 00:38:55,900 BUT I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT 1204 00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:56,967 THERE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE HIGH 1205 00:38:56,967 --> 00:38:57,301 EXPECTATIONS. 1206 00:38:57,301 --> 00:39:01,605 BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 1207 00:39:01,605 --> 00:39:03,407 I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS ON 1208 00:39:03,407 --> 00:39:06,944 THE ZOOM SO I SHOULD PASS IT TO 1209 00:39:06,944 --> 00:39:16,053 YOU COUNCILMEMBERS, PRESIDENT 1210 00:39:16,053 --> 00:39:16,454 PRO TEM STRAUSS. 1211 00:39:16,454 --> 00:39:17,455 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 1212 00:39:17,455 --> 00:39:18,422 COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO FIRST 1213 00:39:18,422 --> 00:39:19,390 READ THE REPORT FROM COUNCIL 1214 00:39:19,390 --> 00:39:20,324 PRESIDENT WARRIORS OF DISTRICT 1215 00:39:20,324 --> 00:39:21,459 5 AND THEN I WILL CONCLUDE WITH 1216 00:39:21,459 --> 00:39:22,426 MY REMARKS REGARDING THE LAND- 1217 00:39:22,426 --> 00:39:23,594 USE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS ONLY 1218 00:39:23,594 --> 00:39:24,428 GOING TO BE INCREASINGLY MORE 1219 00:39:24,428 --> 00:39:25,563 BUSY AS THE WEEKS GO ON. 1220 00:39:25,563 --> 00:39:26,430 FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ, 1221 00:39:26,430 --> 00:39:34,538 ON MONDAY WE WELCOMED A 1222 00:39:34,538 --> 00:39:35,639 DELEGATION OF 35 LITERS FROM 1223 00:39:35,639 --> 00:39:36,640 THE CITY OF DETROIT, INCLUDING 1224 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:37,441 DETROIT CITY COUNCILMEMBER 1225 00:39:37,441 --> 00:39:37,908 SCOTT BENSON. 1226 00:39:37,908 --> 00:39:39,210 IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE THEM 1227 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:39,643 VISIT CITY HALL. 1228 00:39:39,643 --> 00:39:40,878 THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT MET WITH 1229 00:39:40,878 --> 00:39:41,612 THE HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION 1230 00:39:41,612 --> 00:39:42,413 REGARDING OUTREACH TO HOMELESS 1231 00:39:42,413 --> 00:39:45,816 ENCAMPMENTS IN DISTRICT 5. THE 1232 00:39:45,816 --> 00:39:46,917 COUNCIL PRESIDENT MET WITH ERIN 1233 00:39:46,917 --> 00:39:47,685 GOODMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 1234 00:39:47,685 --> 00:39:48,686 SOTO BIA TO DISCUSS PUBLIC 1235 00:39:48,686 --> 00:39:51,088 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SOTO 1236 00:39:51,088 --> 00:39:51,589 NEIGHBORHOOD. 1237 00:39:51,589 --> 00:39:52,123 COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S TEAM 1238 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:54,391 ATTENDED THE SOUND TRANSIT 1239 00:39:54,391 --> 00:39:55,025 RIDERSHIP EXPERIENCE IN 1240 00:39:55,025 --> 00:40:00,898 OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS 1241 00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:02,066 THEIR AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND AN 1242 00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:03,134 UPDATE ON THE SOUND TRANSIT 1243 00:40:03,134 --> 00:40:03,701 FARE STRATEGY. 1244 00:40:03,701 --> 00:40:04,368 SHE ALSO HEARD A PRESENTATION 1245 00:40:04,368 --> 00:40:05,970 úON THE PERFORMANCE METRICS AND 1246 00:40:05,970 --> 00:40:08,472 THE SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE 1247 00:40:08,472 --> 00:40:08,739 TRACKER. 1248 00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:09,507 COUNCIL PRESIDENT ATTENDED A 1249 00:40:09,507 --> 00:40:10,741 SOUND TRANSIT TOUR OF THE WEST 1250 00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:12,209 SEATTLE BALLARD LINK EXTENSION 1251 00:40:12,209 --> 00:40:14,812 ALONG WITH MY COUNCILMEMBER DAN 1252 00:40:14,812 --> 00:40:21,919 STRAUSS'S TEAMMATE NAOMI LEWIS 1253 00:40:21,919 --> 00:40:23,120 IN PREPARATION FOR AN UPCOMING 1254 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:24,288 VOTE BY THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD 1255 00:40:24,288 --> 00:40:25,322 ON THE PREFERRED ALIGNMENT ON 1256 00:40:25,322 --> 00:40:25,756 MARCH 20th. 1257 00:40:25,756 --> 00:40:26,891 THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR 1258 00:40:26,891 --> 00:40:37,268 EXTENDING THAT INFORMATION TO 1259 00:40:37,268 --> 00:40:37,501 NAOMI. 1260 00:40:37,501 --> 00:40:38,269 SHE LOVED IT. 1261 00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:38,936 MANY GREAT STORIES. 1262 00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:39,837 THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WOULD 1263 00:40:39,837 --> 00:40:40,805 LIKE TO REMIND COLLEAGUES THAT 1264 00:40:40,805 --> 00:40:41,639 SOUND TRANSIT SYSTEM EXPANSION 1265 00:40:41,639 --> 00:40:42,440 COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING THIS 1266 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:43,541 THURSDAY, MARCH 9th AT 1:30 1267 00:40:43,541 --> 00:40:43,774 P.M. 1268 00:40:43,774 --> 00:40:44,675 TO CONSIDER OPTIONS FROM THE 1269 00:40:44,675 --> 00:40:45,676 WEST SEATTLE BALLARD LINK LIGHT 1270 00:40:45,676 --> 00:40:46,110 RAIL EXTENSION. 1271 00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:47,378 THIS IS THE COMMITTEE VOTE THAT 1272 00:40:47,378 --> 00:40:48,412 WILL PRECEDE THE FULL BOARD 1273 00:40:48,412 --> 00:40:49,180 VOTE ON MARCH 23rd. 1274 00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:50,714 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY 1275 00:40:50,714 --> 00:40:53,017 COMMENTS ABOUT THE COMMITTEE 1276 00:40:53,017 --> 00:40:54,285 MEETING OR THE BOARD MEETING, 1277 00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:55,152 PLEASE LET THE COUNCIL 1278 00:40:55,152 --> 00:40:55,953 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE NO AS SHE 1279 00:40:55,953 --> 00:41:00,357 WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST YOU. 1280 00:41:00,357 --> 00:41:01,625 COMING UP THIS WEEK, COUNCIL 1281 00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:02,293 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE WILL BE 1282 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:03,160 MEETING WITH MULTIPLE 1283 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:03,761 CONSTITUENCY GROUPS REGARDING 1284 00:41:03,761 --> 00:41:04,361 REMAINING OUTSTANDING ISSUES 1285 00:41:04,361 --> 00:41:05,796 RELATED TO THE WEST SEATTLE 1286 00:41:05,796 --> 00:41:15,506 SOUND TRANSIT WEST SEATTLE 1287 00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:16,273 BALLARD LINK RAIL EXTENSION 1288 00:41:16,273 --> 00:41:16,540 PROJECT. 1289 00:41:16,540 --> 00:41:17,208 COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL BE 1290 00:41:17,208 --> 00:41:19,410 NORTH KING SUB AREA LEADERSHIP 1291 00:41:19,410 --> 00:41:20,478 GROUP INCLUDING KING COUNTY 1292 00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:21,078 COUNCILMEMBER McDERMOTT ALONG 1293 00:41:21,078 --> 00:41:21,679 WITH SOUND TRANSIT CEO JULIE 1294 00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:24,415 CHIN AND SOUND TRANSIT STAFF, 1295 00:41:24,415 --> 00:41:25,549 THE NORTH SUBAREA IS AN 1296 00:41:25,549 --> 00:41:27,184 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH STAFF 1297 00:41:27,184 --> 00:41:30,020 ON ISSUES SPECIFIC TO SEATTLE 1298 00:41:30,020 --> 00:41:30,955 AND THE CITIES NORTH OF 1299 00:41:30,955 --> 00:41:31,222 SEATTLE. 1300 00:41:31,222 --> 00:41:34,391 JUST A MOMENT WHILE I LOST 1301 00:41:34,391 --> 00:41:35,059 WHERE I WAS. 1302 00:41:35,059 --> 00:41:36,794 COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL ALSO BE 1303 00:41:36,794 --> 00:41:47,271 RECEIVING AN UPDATE ON THE 1304 00:41:58,415 --> 00:41:58,883 METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT 1305 00:41:58,883 --> 00:41:59,216 DISTRICT. 1306 00:41:59,216 --> 00:41:59,850 THAT INCLUDES COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1307 00:41:59,850 --> 00:42:00,251 JUAREZ'S REPORT. 1308 00:42:00,251 --> 00:42:01,485 SOUNDS LIKE D5 IS IN GOOD 1309 00:42:01,485 --> 00:42:01,719 SHAPE. 1310 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:02,586 THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR 1311 00:42:02,586 --> 00:42:03,220 ALL YOUR WORK. 1312 00:42:03,220 --> 00:42:04,088 NOW TRANSITIONING TO MY 1313 00:42:04,088 --> 00:42:04,722 COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS'S 1314 00:42:04,722 --> 00:42:05,523 COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE LAND- 1315 00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:05,890 USE COMMITTEE. 1316 00:42:05,890 --> 00:42:07,024 THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE 1317 00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:07,658 LAND-USE COMMITTEE ON 1318 00:42:07,658 --> 00:42:08,592 TOMORROW'S FULL COUNCIL AGENDA. 1319 00:42:08,592 --> 00:42:09,460 THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED 1320 00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:10,294 LAND-USE COMMITTEE MEETING IS 1321 00:42:10,294 --> 00:42:11,228 THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1322 00:42:11,228 --> 00:42:12,129 8th AT 2:00 P.M. 1323 00:42:12,129 --> 00:42:12,830 WE ANTICIPATE HEARING THE 1324 00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:13,297 FOLLOWING ITEMS. 1325 00:42:13,297 --> 00:42:14,198 BOTH ARE INFORMATIONAL. 1326 00:42:14,198 --> 00:42:14,932 ONE IS A PRESENTATION ON 1327 00:42:14,932 --> 00:42:16,000 NONCONFORMING USES IN OUR CITY. 1328 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:17,501 I MENTIONED THIS AT OUR LAST -- 1329 00:42:17,501 --> 00:42:18,435 THE LAST TWO COUNCIL BRIEFINGS 1330 00:42:18,435 --> 00:42:19,336 WHERE MARCUS JOHNSON, A UDOT 1331 00:42:19,336 --> 00:42:20,671 GRADUATE STUDENT, CREATED A GIS 1332 00:42:20,671 --> 00:42:21,839 MAP OF DUPLEX IS, TRIPLEXES, 1333 00:42:21,839 --> 00:42:22,606 QUADS AND SMALL APARTMENT 1334 00:42:22,606 --> 00:42:24,842 BUILDINGS FOCUSED IN MY DISTRICT 1335 00:42:24,842 --> 00:42:27,011 BECAUSE HE COULDN'T DO THE 1336 00:42:27,011 --> 00:42:31,882 WHOLE CITY, AS WELL AS SMALL 1337 00:42:31,882 --> 00:42:32,516 COMMERCIAL STOREFRONTS THAT 1338 00:42:32,516 --> 00:42:34,351 CURRENTLY ARE IN ZONES THAT DO 1339 00:42:34,351 --> 00:42:37,521 NOT ALLOW THESE TYPES OF 1340 00:42:37,521 --> 00:42:37,821 BUILDINGS. 1341 00:42:37,821 --> 00:42:38,722 THAT'S WHY THIS IS CALLED A 1342 00:42:38,722 --> 00:42:42,393 NONCONFORMING USES PRESENTATION. 1343 00:42:42,393 --> 00:42:44,261 WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT DUPLEXES, 1344 00:42:44,261 --> 00:42:44,795 TRIPLEXES, QUADS, SMALL 1345 00:42:44,795 --> 00:42:46,263 APARTMENTS AND STOREFRONTS ARE 1346 00:42:46,263 --> 00:42:47,865 ALREADY PART OF THE FABRIC OF 1347 00:42:47,865 --> 00:42:52,836 OUR CITY AND MAKE IT MORE 1348 00:42:52,836 --> 00:42:53,304 VIBRANT. 1349 00:42:53,304 --> 00:42:54,305 AND THIS IS SHOWING WHAT 1350 00:42:54,305 --> 00:42:55,005 DIFFERENT TYPES THERE ARE 1351 00:42:55,005 --> 00:42:57,508 THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. DURING 1352 00:42:57,508 --> 00:42:58,309 THIS PRESENTATION MARCUS WILL 1353 00:42:58,309 --> 00:42:59,376 EXPLORE WITH THE COMMITTEE THE 1354 00:42:59,376 --> 00:43:03,981 DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOW-DENSITY 1355 00:43:03,981 --> 00:43:04,915 DENSITY THAT ALREADY EXISTS 1356 00:43:04,915 --> 00:43:05,549 WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND 1357 00:43:05,549 --> 00:43:06,650 IN MANY CASES, FIT THE 1358 00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:07,851 NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER BETTER 1359 00:43:07,851 --> 00:43:09,053 THAN THE McMANSION BOOM THAT 1360 00:43:09,053 --> 00:43:10,721 WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE RECENT 1361 00:43:10,721 --> 00:43:14,959 PAST. 1362 00:43:14,959 --> 00:43:15,693 FOLLOWING MARCUS'S 1363 00:43:15,693 --> 00:43:16,594 PRESENTATION, WE WILL HAVE AN 1364 00:43:16,594 --> 00:43:17,728 82 ANNUAL REPORT BRIEFING AND 1365 00:43:17,728 --> 00:43:18,128 DISCUSSION. 1366 00:43:18,128 --> 00:43:19,330 CITY COUNCIL PASSED A BILL IN 1367 00:43:19,330 --> 00:43:23,734 2019 BEFORE I OR MANY MEMBERS 1368 00:43:23,734 --> 00:43:25,035 OF THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE WERE 1369 00:43:25,035 --> 00:43:28,238 ELECTED TO ALLOW FOR DAB YOU 1370 00:43:28,238 --> 00:43:32,409 AND AV YOUS. WITH THAT 1371 00:43:32,409 --> 00:43:33,243 LEGISLATION REQUIRES A REPORT 1372 00:43:33,243 --> 00:43:36,180 TO BE PROVIDED EACH YEAR. THIS 1373 00:43:36,180 --> 00:43:37,281 IS THE REPORT WITH NO 1374 00:43:37,281 --> 00:43:38,615 LEGISLATIVE ACTION THIS TIME ON 1375 00:43:38,615 --> 00:43:42,920 HOW THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN 1376 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:43,320 WORKING. 1377 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:44,121 THE PRESENTATION IS LONGER THAN 1378 00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:45,923 I ANTICIPATED WHEN I DID THE 1379 00:43:45,923 --> 00:43:52,229 PRE-BRIEFING WITH THE PCB. 1380 00:43:52,229 --> 00:43:53,130 PLEASE DO REVIEW THE 1381 00:43:53,130 --> 00:43:53,664 PRESENTATION IN ADVANCE. 1382 00:43:53,664 --> 00:43:54,798 I'LL BE ASKING FOR QUESTIONS TO 1383 00:43:54,798 --> 00:43:55,866 BE HELD UNTIL THE END. 1384 00:43:55,866 --> 00:43:57,468 SO AS WE ARE GOING, MAKE SURE 1385 00:43:57,468 --> 00:43:58,402 TO TAKE NOTES ON PAGE NUMBERS 1386 00:43:58,402 --> 00:44:06,677 AND I WILL TRY TO MAKE MORE 1387 00:44:06,677 --> 00:44:07,044 TIME. 1388 00:44:07,044 --> 00:44:08,512 I DO THINK WE HAVE THE BENEFIT 1389 00:44:08,512 --> 00:44:09,580 THAT THERE IS JUST TWO 1390 00:44:09,580 --> 00:44:10,648 PRESENTATIONS, SO IF WE ARE 1391 00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:11,615 ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY, I 1392 00:44:11,615 --> 00:44:12,983 JUST DON'T WANT TO EXCEED THE 1393 00:44:12,983 --> 00:44:20,691 TWO HOUR MARK THAT IS SCHEDULED 1394 00:44:20,691 --> 00:44:21,392 FOR THE COMMITTEE. 1395 00:44:21,392 --> 00:44:22,693 I WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE AN 1396 00:44:22,693 --> 00:44:23,727 UPDATE ON THE TREE LEGISLATION. 1397 00:44:23,727 --> 00:44:24,628 THE LEGISLATION HAS NOT BEEN 1398 00:44:24,628 --> 00:44:25,062 TRANSMITTED. 1399 00:44:25,062 --> 00:44:26,096 WHEN IT IS TRANSMITTED I WILL 1400 00:44:26,096 --> 00:44:27,297 ALSO RELEASE THE SCHEDULE FOR 1401 00:44:27,297 --> 00:44:27,798 HEARING THE BILL. 1402 00:44:27,798 --> 00:44:28,966 AGAIN WE PLAN ON SEGMENTING 1403 00:44:28,966 --> 00:44:29,800 THIS LEGISLATION, FOCUSING ON 1404 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:30,734 ONE SECTION AT A TIME FOR 1405 00:44:30,734 --> 00:44:31,635 AMENDMENTS AND DISCUSSION AND 1406 00:44:31,635 --> 00:44:34,571 MOVING ONTO THE NEXT SESSION. 1407 00:44:34,571 --> 00:44:36,140 WE WILL BEGIN WITH A PROCESS OF 1408 00:44:36,140 --> 00:44:37,274 THE OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE BILL 1409 00:44:37,274 --> 00:44:38,275 AND THEN MOVE SECTION BY 1410 00:44:38,275 --> 00:44:39,276 SECTION, BRIEF THE ENTIRETY OF 1411 00:44:39,276 --> 00:44:40,711 THE BILL AS AMENDED AND HAS TO 1412 00:44:40,711 --> 00:44:41,145 FULL COUNCIL. 1413 00:44:41,145 --> 00:44:46,350 THERE IS A 30 DAY PUBLIC 1414 00:44:46,350 --> 00:44:47,251 HEARING NOTICE REQUIREMENT, SO 1415 00:44:47,251 --> 00:44:48,552 ONCE THE BILL IS TRANSMITTED WE 1416 00:44:48,552 --> 00:44:52,222 WILL WORK QUICKLY TO GET THAT 1417 00:44:52,222 --> 00:44:53,057 INFORMATION POSTED FOR PUBLIC 1418 00:44:53,057 --> 00:45:03,534 REVIEW AND SCHEDULE PUBLIC 1419 00:45:06,203 --> 00:45:07,171 HEARING FOR 30 DAYS LATER. 1420 00:45:07,171 --> 00:45:08,405 THIS BILL HAS BEEN WORKED ON 1421 00:45:08,405 --> 00:45:09,773 FOR 20 YEARS BY SOME, 13 YEARS 1422 00:45:09,773 --> 00:45:10,774 BY OTHERS, AND FIVE YEARS FOR 1423 00:45:10,774 --> 00:45:11,408 ME, THAT IS. 1424 00:45:11,408 --> 00:45:12,576 SO WITH THIS MUCH ANTICIPATION 1425 00:45:12,576 --> 00:45:13,844 OF PROCESS OVER THE NEXT MONTH 1426 00:45:13,844 --> 00:45:15,079 OR MONTH AND A HALF, MAY FEEL 1427 00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:16,246 FASTER THAN EXPECTED BECAUSE OF 1428 00:45:16,246 --> 00:45:17,147 SO MANY YEARS OF INACTION. 1429 00:45:17,147 --> 00:45:18,582 I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT FOR 1430 00:45:18,582 --> 00:45:19,883 THE VIEWING PUBLIC WE WILL TAKE 1431 00:45:19,883 --> 00:45:20,784 THE TIME NEEDED TO FULLY 1432 00:45:20,784 --> 00:45:22,152 EXAMINE AND AMEND THE BILL IF 1433 00:45:22,152 --> 00:45:22,386 NEEDED. 1434 00:45:22,386 --> 00:45:23,620 AND WE WILL BE MOVING QUICKLY 1435 00:45:23,620 --> 00:45:26,623 SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE TREE 1436 00:45:26,623 --> 00:45:28,492 PROTECTIONS ARE PUT IN PLACE AS 1437 00:45:28,492 --> 00:45:29,159 FAST AS POSSIBLE AND WE'VE BEEN 1438 00:45:29,159 --> 00:45:30,327 TAKING TIME NEEDED TO MAKE SURE 1439 00:45:30,327 --> 00:45:31,328 THAT THE BILL IS WELL-ROUNDED. 1440 00:45:31,328 --> 00:45:34,865 SO WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, ANY 1441 00:45:34,865 --> 00:45:36,066 QUESTIONS ON MY REPORT OR 1442 00:45:36,066 --> 00:45:36,967 COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S REPORT? 1443 00:45:36,967 --> 00:45:40,204 >> I AM SEEING NONE, SO IF 1444 00:45:40,204 --> 00:45:42,840 THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, 1445 00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:44,441 WE WILL MOVE INTO THE EXECUTIVE 1446 00:45:44,441 --> 00:45:54,618 SESSION. 1447 00:45:57,087 --> 00:45:57,888 HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE 1448 00:45:57,888 --> 00:45:58,989 WILL NOW MOVE INTO AN EXECUTIVE 1449 00:45:58,989 --> 00:45:59,256 SESSION. 1450 00:45:59,256 --> 00:46:00,224 AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I'M 1451 00:46:00,224 --> 00:46:00,991 ANNOUNCING THAT THE SEATTLE 1452 00:46:00,991 --> 00:46:01,959 CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE 1453 00:46:01,959 --> 00:46:02,626 INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 1454 00:46:02,626 --> 00:46:04,461 THE PURPOSE OF THE EXECUTIVE 1455 00:46:04,461 --> 00:46:08,365 SESSION IS TO DISCUSS PENDING, 1456 00:46:08,365 --> 00:46:09,199 POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL LITIGATION. 1457 00:46:09,199 --> 00:46:10,234 COUNCIL EXECUTIVE SESSION IS AN 1458 00:46:10,234 --> 00:46:11,135 OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO 1459 00:46:11,135 --> 00:46:11,702 DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL 1460 00:46:11,702 --> 00:46:12,469 MATTERS WITH THE CITY 1461 00:46:12,469 --> 00:46:16,473 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 1462 00:46:16,473 --> 00:46:17,341 AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 1463 00:46:17,341 --> 00:46:18,408 ILLEGAL MONITOR FROM THE CITY 1464 00:46:18,408 --> 00:46:19,543 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS 1465 00:46:19,543 --> 00:46:20,277 PRESENT TO ENSURE THE CITY 1466 00:46:20,277 --> 00:46:21,245 COUNCIL RESERVES QUESTIONS OF 1467 00:46:21,245 --> 00:46:21,478 POLICY. 1468 00:46:21,478 --> 00:46:22,479 I EXPECT THE TIME OF THE 1469 00:46:22,479 --> 00:46:27,651 EXECUTIVE SESSION TO END BY -- 1470 00:46:27,651 --> 00:46:28,852 I'M GOING TO GIVE US A COUPLE 1471 00:46:28,852 --> 00:46:30,020 MINUTES TO GET ALL SITUATED. 1472 00:46:30,020 --> 00:46:31,688 I'M GOING TO SAY 3:30 P.M.. 1473 00:46:31,688 --> 00:46:42,199 IF THESE -- IF THE EXECUTIVE 1474 00:46:43,033 --> 00:46:44,067 SESSION IS TO BE EXTENDED 1475 00:46:44,067 --> 00:46:44,968 BEYOND THAT TIME, I WILL 1476 00:46:44,968 --> 00:46:46,103 ANNOUNCE THE EXTENSION AND THE 1477 00:46:46,103 --> 00:46:46,837 EXPECTED DURATION AT THE 1478 00:46:46,837 --> 00:46:47,671 CONCLUSION OF THE EXECUTIVE 1479 00:46:47,671 --> 00:46:47,938 SESSION. 1480 00:46:47,938 --> 00:46:48,705 THIS COUNCIL BRIEFING WILL 1481 00:46:48,705 --> 00:46:49,306 AUTOMATICALLY BE ADJOURNED. 1482 00:46:49,306 --> 00:46:50,207 THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED 1483 00:46:50,207 --> 00:46:52,242 COUNCIL BRIEFING IS ON MARCH 1484 00:46:52,242 --> 00:46:53,177 13th, 2023, AT 2:00 P.M. 1485 00:46:53,177 --> 00:46:54,811 THE COUNCIL IS NOW IN EXECUTIVE 1486 00:46:54,811 --> 00:46:55,212 SESSION? 1487 00:46:55,212 --> 00:46:55,712 >> RECORDING STOPPED. 1488 00:46:55,712 --> 00:46:56,413 >> PROVIDED --