WE ARE RECORDING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. TODAY IS
JANUARY 17, 2023. THIS MEETING
WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:00
P.M. MY NAME IS ANDREW LEWIS.
THYME COUNSEL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
EIGHT PRESENT! COUNCIL
PRESIDENT INDICATED SHE WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS
MEETING. HEAR NOTHING
OBJECTION, DOWN COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ IS EXCUSED.
PRESENTATION I'M NOT AWARE OF
ANY FOR TODAY'S MEETING OF THE
FULL COUNCIL. WE WILL PROCEED
TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE TWO
REMOTE COMMENTATORS SIGNED UP.
I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO MOD
TRAIT RATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD. I THINK OUR RULES ARE
WELL UNDERSTOOD AT THAT POINT.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MADAM
CLERK TO PRESIDE OVER OR TO
SIGN UP COMMENTATORS. FOR TWO
MINUTES OF SPEAKING TIME.
>> I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO
THE RECORDING. GO AHEAD! THAT
SOUNDS GOOD. OUR FIRST REMOTE
SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE SANDY.
SANDY, PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS
STAR 6. DO WE HAVE A REMOTE
SPEAKER SANDY?
>> HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES. THANK YOU.
>> OH. GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH,
HI. I'M SANDY. I'M COMMENTING
ON TODAY'S URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION APPOINTMENT. THIS IS
ONE OF THE RARE TIMES THE
COUNCIL GETS TO INTERACT WITH
THE USC DICHLTZN'T NEED BE SO
RARE. THE USC EXISTS TO ADVISE
YOU AND THE MAYOR ON BEST
PRACTICES AND URBAN FOREST
MANAGEMENT. THE COMMISSIONERS
ARE FIELD EXPERTS WHO ARE UP TO
DATE WITH THE LATEST IN URBAN
FORESTRY INCLUDING HOW TO
PRESERVE TREES WHILE ADDING
HOUSING. I HAVE BEEN GOING TO
THEIR MEETINGS FOR OVER A YEAR.
THE USC HAS HAD ALMOST NO
INVOLVEMENT IN THE NEW
ORDINANCE YOU WILL SOON
CONSIDER. THEY HAVEN'T EVEN
SEEN THE LATEST DRAFT WHICH HAS
BEEN MAKING THE ROUNDS AT SDCI
FOR TWO MONTHS. THEY HAVE
WRITTEN LETTERS TO YOU WITH
THEIR CONCERNS. ONE IS COMING
OUT THIS WEEK AND FOCUSES ON
MAJOR THINGS MISSING FROM THE
NEW ORDINANCE. I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO READ IT AND I WILL SEND YOU
A COPY TO MAKE SURE YOU GET IT.
THE USC IS AN AMAZING RESOURCE.
IT IS TIME TO LISTEN TO THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
WHICH I SHOW IS NOT PRESENT BUT
WE WILL CALL THE NAME ANYWAY IS
DAVID. DAVID, IF YOU ARE OUT
THERE PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. I
BELIEVE HE SIGNED UP BUT HAS
NOT CALLED IN. THAT WOULD
CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
DAVID, FEEL FREE TO SEND
WRITTEN COMMENTARY AND REMARKS.
I'M SORRY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO
GET YOU ONLINE TODAY.
APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN
TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. I DO
WANT TO MOVE US TON ADOPTION OF
THE INFROM DROVE DUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR. I DO HAVE AN
AMENDMENT THAT JACOB JUST
DISTRIBUTED FOR THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR. I DO APOLOGIZE FOR
THE LATENESS OF BRINGING THE
AMENDMENT. IT IS SIMPLY TO PUT
ON THE IRC WHAT IS NOW COUNCIL
BILL 120496 WHICH IS THE
WATERFRONT LEGISLATION WE HAVE
DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE AND WE
DISCUSSED LAST WEEK ON THAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTED FOR THE
IRC THROUGH A MISCOMMUNICATION
THAT WAS NOT BAKED INTO THE IRC
LAST WEEK. I DO APOLOGIZE FOR
THAT. AND TO BE BRINGING IT AS
AN AMENDMENT. I DO WANT TO
CLARIFY IT IS THE EXACT SAME
PROPOSAL THAT ALMOST TWO WEEKS
AGO NOW MY COMMITTEE HEARD A
PRESENTATION ON FROM THE OFFICE
OF THE WATERFRONT. IT IS A --
EAST LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN
PERCOLATING IN SOME SHAPE OR
ANOTHER AS FAR BACK AS OUR
DISCUSSIONS ON METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT AND SOME
DELIBERATION ON PRIOR TO THE
DOWN IS ALL RECESS AT THE END
OF DECEMBER. SO, I WOULD LIKE
AT THIS POINT TO MOVE TO AMEND
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR TO ADD COUNCIL BILL
120496. AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO
THE SEATTLE WATERFRONT PARK
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF
SEATTLE CENTER TO ACCEPT
NON-SAFETY FUNDS AMENDING
ORDINANCE 126725 WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2023 BUDGET AND CREATING A
NEW POSITION AT SEATTLE CENTER.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED. MADAM
CLERK ----WELL, FIRST ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND THE
ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE AMENDMENT IS
ADOPTED TO THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR. ARE THERE
ANY -- IS THERE ANY OBJECTION
TO THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR AS AMENDED
FOR IT TO BE ADOPTED FOR OUR
MEETING TODAY? SEEING NO
OBJECTION T INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
NOW ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEAR
NOTHING OBJECTION THE DANGER IS
ADOPTED. ADOPTION OF THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. SO
FORTUNATELY THIS IS A GREAT
MEETING TO BE PRESIDENT PRO TEM
OF COLLEAGUES. PRETTY MUCH
EVERYTHING IS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
SEEING NO SUCH MOTION, I MOVE
THAT WE ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND! MOVED AND SECONDED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR. NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE CONSENT
CALENDAR PASSES AND WILL BE
ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
MINUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF.
MOVING TON COMMITTEE REPORTS.
THERE ARE NO COMMITTEE REPORTS
FOR PRESENTATION TODAY. AND
THERE FWHOR ITEMS REMOVED FROM
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND THERE
ARE NO RESOLUTIONS TO BE
CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION AND
WITH THAT IT S THERE ANY OTHER
BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES? COUNCIL MEMBER
NELSON.
>> I ASK TO BE EXCUSED FROM
JANUARY 31ST FROM FULL COUNCIL.
>> UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION
TO COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON BEING
EXCUSED FROM THE JANUARY 31ST
FULL COUNCIL MEETING? COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS S THAT AROUND AN
OBJECTION TO EXCUSING COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON OR IS THAT
ANOTHER MATTER?
>> THAT WOULD BE RUDE, NO. NOT
AN OBJECTION.
>> I WAS JUST CHECKING. SO,
HEARING AND SEEING NO
OBJECTION, COUNCIL MEMBER
NELSON EXCUSED FOR THE JANUARY
31ST FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO
TAKE THIS MOMENT, COLLEAGUES,
USUALLY I WOULD SHARE THESE
REMARKS IN COUNCIL BRIEFING BUT
DUE TO NOT HAVING COUNCIL
BRIEFING THIS WEEK I JUST WANT
TO SHARE THIS IN THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER. TODAY IS CITY HALL
GARDNER PETER'S LAST DAY BEFORE
RETIREMENT. I WANT TO TAKE THIS
MOMENT TO THANK AND APPRECIATE
PETER. HE HAS BEEN ON LOAN TO
FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
DEPARTMENT FROM THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT. HE HAS SERVED OUR
CITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS IN THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT. IF YOU WONDER
WHY ALL OF THE PLANTS IN CITY
HALL STAY ALIVE, STAY WATERED
AND ARE THRIVING IS BECAUSE OF
PETER. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
LUCKY NOW HAVE RECEIVE ONE OF
PETER'S CALENDARS OR BE INVITED
TO ONE OF HIS HISTORY WALKS OR
HIKES IN THE MOUNTAINS, UM, I
AM SORRY. I GUESS -- HE DOES
ALL OF THESE THINGS AND IT IS
REALLY AMAZING TO SEE HIM HAVE
SO MANY DIFFERENT TOUCH POINTS
WITH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY
THAT ARE NOT JUST GARDENING.
AND THE FACT THAT THE FIG IN MY
OFFICE WAS ORIGINALLY SAM
SMITH'S FIG AND HE HAS KEPT IT
A LIVE FOR SO MANY YEARS. HE
HAS DONE HIS BEST TO TEACH ME
AND I AM DOING MY BEST TO KEEP
IT ALIVE. SO, IF ANYONE WONDERS
WHY THE WATER OR THE PLANTS
WEREN'T WATERED NEXT WEEK,
MIGHT BE BECAUSE TODAY IS
PETER'S LAST DAY. I JUST WANT
TO THANK YOU PETER FOR YOUR
OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR
CITY. THERE IS ONLY CERTAIN
TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT CAN WORK
IN CITY HALL. I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, PETER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS. COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM LEWIS. I WILL MOVE TO
BE EXCUSED FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING ON JANUARY
31ST.
>> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN REQUESTED
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT TO
BE EXCUSED. IS THERE ANY
OBJECTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT BEING EXCUSED AT THE
JANUARY 31ST FULL COUNCIL
MEETING? SEEING AND HEARING NO
OBJECTION COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
IS HEAR BY EXCUSED. COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA. PLEASE DON'T
BE EXCUSED FROM THE 31ST
MEETING. WE WILL NEED MORE.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> I PROMISE I WILL BE THERE ON
THE 31ST. MR. PRESIDENT, I
WANTED TO NOTE LAST WEEK I DID
ALREADY MOVE TO BE EXCUSED FROM
JANUARY 23rd AND 24TH. I
MISSTATED THE DATES WHEN I
ASKED FOR IT. JUST TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS NO CONFUSION. I WANTED
TO MAKE SURE THAT I GOT THAT
INTO THE RECORD AS WELL FOR
JANUARY 23rd AND 24TH. JANUARY
23rd AND 24TH NEXT WEEK AND
THEN JUST THE 13TH FOR COUNCIL
BRIEFING IN FEBRUARY. THOSE ARE
THE DATES I WAS SEEKING TO BE
EXCUSED FOR AND JUST WANTED TO
REAFFIRM THOSE.
>> OKAY. JUST A CLARIFICATION,
WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT EXCUSE ON
THE RECORD?
>> NO.
>> I GUESS JUST FOR GOOD
MEASURE, IN OPEN SESSION HERE S
THERE ANY OBJECTION TO COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA BEING EXCUSED
FROM FULL COUNCIL ON JANUARY
24TH? HEARING AND SEEING NO
OBJECTION COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA IS EXCUSED FROM THE
JANUARY 24TH FULL COUNCIL
MEETING. SIMILARLY IF -- DID
YOU SAY FEBRUARY 13TH?
>> THAT WAS LAST WEEK. I WAS
TRYING TO BE EXCUSED FOR
JANUARY 10TH WHICH HAD ALREADY
PASSED.
>> GREAT. DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH
SCHEDULING WAS INVOLVED SERVING
AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO, IF
THERE IS ANY OBJECTION TO
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA BEING
EXCUSED FROM THE FEBRUARY 13TH
FULL COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS PLEASE STATE THEIR
OBJECTION. COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA IS EXCUSED FROM THE
FEBRUARY 13TH FULL COUNCIL
MEETING.
>> AND MR. PRESIDENT, THE 13TH
WOULD BE THE COUNCIL BRIEFING.
I WILL BE HERE FOR THE 14TH FOR
THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING ON
TUESDAY.
>> OH. SORRY. OKAY. I LITERALLY
JUST CLARIFIED --
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> OKAY. I LITERALLY JUST
CLARIFIED WITH THE CLERKS WE
DON'T HAVE TO PUT THE BRIEFING
ON THE RECORD. SO, OKAY. WELL
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COLLEAGUES.
I HAVE A BRIEF GOOD OF THE
ORDER DISH KNOW WE RECEIVED
SOME COMMUNICATIONS. I KNOW MY
OFFICE HAD. I DON'T KNOW IF
OTHER COUNCIL OFFICES HAD ABOUT
THE APPOINTMENT THAT WE JUST
APPROVED ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR FOR DAVID BAKER TO THE
FORESTRY COMMISSION. IT -- MR.
BAKER IS A VERY GOOD NOMINEE
AND I'M GLAD WE APPROVED HIM AS
PART OF THE CONSENT PACKAGE. I
JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD
WE RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE
ADVOCATING FOR THE HOLDER OF
THAT POSITION WHO WILL BE
ROTATING OUT OF THAT POSITION.
I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK TO DAVID ABOUT THE
APPOINTMENT. HE IS A
CONSTITUENT OF MINE IN DISTRICT
7. I REALLY APPRECIATED MY
COLLABORATIONS WITH HIM. AND
JUST WANTED TO THANK HIM TO HIS
SERVICE IN THAT POSITION AS HE
ROTATES OFF. HE HAD VERY
GRACIOUS WORDS FOR MR. BAKER
COMING INTO THIS ROLE THAT I
WAS REALLY TOUCHED BY AND
APPRECIATE DAVID'S SERVICE TO
THE CITY AND KNOW HE WILL STILL
BE INVOLVED AS HE ROTATES OFF
OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. I DID WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS SERVICE
BEFORE WE SIGNED OFF FOR THIS
AFTERNOON. AND WITH THAT
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, I -- DON'T
HAVE ANY OTHER MATTERS AND
THERE IS NO MORE BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE COUNCIL. WE WILL
MOVE TO ADJOURNMENT. SO
COLLEAGUES THIS CONCLUDES
TODAY'S MEETING. THE NEXT
REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY
COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON
JANUARY 24TH OF 2023. THANK YOU
ALL AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.