THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYBODY. TODAY IS DECEMBER
12th, TUESDAY. THE MEETING OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. I
WILL CALL INTO ORDER. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> FRIEND HERE.
>> FOUR TO
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> HERE.
>> FIVE.
>> I'M HERE.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS
TODAY GOOD IS GOING TO PUBLIC
COMMENT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT WE HAVE AUTHORITY FOLKS ON
THE LINE AND 30 IN CHAMBERS
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ONE MINUTE.
I WILL HAND OVER THE
INSTRUCTIONS TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT BUT I'M GOING TO
PLAY THE RECORDING. WE GOING TO
START WITH REMOTE OR IN PERSON?
>> LET'S GO 10 BACK AND FORTH.
LET'S START WITH IN PERSON. CAN
WE DO THAT?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, SEATTLE. WE ARE THE
EMERALD CITY. THE CITY OF
FLOWERS AND THE CITY OF
GOODWILL. BUILT ON INDIGENOUS
LAND, THE TERRITORY OF THE
PEOPLES. THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WELCOMES REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT -- IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE A VERBAL PUBLIC COMMENT
YOU MAY REGISTER TWO HOURS
PRIOR TO THE MEETING THE -- VIA
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WEBSITE. HERE'S SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC
COMMON PROCEEDINGS. SPEAKERS
ARE CARVED UPON IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH THEY REGISTERED ON THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE. EACH SPEAKER
MUST CALL IN FROM THE PHONE
NUMBER PROVIDED WHEN THEY
REGISTERED ONLINE AND USE THE
MEETING IN PASCO THAT WAS
EMAILED UPON CONFIRMATION. IF
YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CONFIRMATION, PLEASE CHECK YOUR
SPAM OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS. A
REMINDER, THE SPEAKER MEETING
IDEAS DIFFERENT FROM THE
GENERAL LISTENED LINE MEETING
I.D. PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA.
ONCE A SPEAKER'S NAME IS
CALLED, THE SPEAKERS MICROPHONE
WILL BE UNNEEDED AND AN
AUTOMATIC PROMPT WILL SAY THE
HOST WOULD LIKE YOU TO UNMUTE
YOUR MICROPHONE. THAT IS YOUR
KEELEY THAT IT IS YOUR TIME TO
SPEAK. AT THAT TIME, YOU MUST
PRESS START 6. YOU WILL HEAR A
PROMPT OF YOU ARE AND MUTED. BE
SURE YOUR PHONE IS UNNEEDED ON
YOUR END SO YOU CAN BE HEARD.
AS A SPEAKER, YOU SHOULD BEGIN
BY STATING YOUR NAME AND THE
ITEM THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING. A
CHIME WILL SOUND WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT IN YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME. AS A GENTLE
REMINDER TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS. AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME, YOUR MICROPHONE
WILL BE MUTED AND THE NEXT
SPEAKER REGISTERED WILL BE
CALLED. ONCE SPEAKERS HAVE
COMPLETED PROVIDING PUBLIC
COMMENTS, PLEASE DISCONNECT
FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINE
AND JOIN US BY FOLLOWING THE
MEETING VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL
BROADCAST OR THROUGH THE
LISTENING LINE OPTION LISTED ON
THE AGENDA. THE COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ELIMINATE
PUBLIC COMMENT IF THE SYSTEM IS
BEING ABUSED OR IF THE PROCESS
IMPEDES THE COUNCIL'S ABILITY
TO CONDUCT ITS BUSINESS ON
BEHALF OF RESIDENTS OF THE
CITY. ANY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
THAT IS DISRUPTIVE TO THESE
PROCEEDINGS OR IS NOT FOCUSED
ON AN APPROPRIATE TOPIC AS
SPECIFIED IN COUNCIL RULES MAY
LEAD TO THE SPEAKER BEING MUTED
BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER. OUR
HOPE IS TO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL ASSIST
OUR ORDERLY CONSIDERATION OF
ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL. THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS START
6 AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT OF
YOU HAVE BEEN UNNEEDED. THANK
YOU, SEATTLE.
>> OUR FIRST IN PERSON SPEAKER
WILL BE TRAVIS ROSENTHAL.
TRAVIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
RANCH. WE HAVE ONE MINUTE.
>> PLEASE DO NOT THE PASSAGE OF
THE PERSONAL GUARANTEE
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD JUST BE
PURE POLITICAL GAMESMANSHIP. WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
LEGISLATION SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF THE YEAR. IT HAS BEEN THREE
COMMITTEE HEARINGS STARTING
LAST AUGUST. SO I DON'T
BELIEVE THAT DELAYING THIS
LEGISLATION IS THE CORRECT
MOVE. I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN
AFFECT BY THIS PERSONAL
GUARANTEE LEGISLATION. IT
REWARDS AND PROTECTS LANDMARKS.
I'M SORRY. THE LEGISLATION DOES
NOT ELIMINATE PERSONAL
GUARANTEES, IT SIMPLY LIMITS
THEM. IT ALSO REWARDS AND
PROTECTS LANDMARKS TO REINVEST
AND HOLD IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP A
NEW TENANT GET OFF THE GROUND.
MANY LANDLORDS YOU WILL HEAR
FROM HER AGAINST THIS
LEGISLATION SAY THEY HAVE NEVER
ENFORCED THESE PERSONAL
GUARANTEES SO WHY DO THEY CARE
ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION? BANKS
WANT TO PROVE THEIR LOANS IF
THEY ARE NOT PERSONAL
GUARANTEES. THIS IS SIMPLY NOT
TRUE. WE TALKED WITH THE BANKS.
THE ONLY PERSONAL GUARANTEES
THEY WANT HER FOR THE BUILDING
OWNERS THEMSELVES.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO
REMIND EVERYONE, YOU CAN SPEAK
FROM ANY OF THE THREE
MICROPHONES. YOU WOULD HAVE TO
BE WITHIN A COUPLE OF INCHES
FOR IT TO PICK UP YOUR VOICE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RICH. RICH
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY NICOLE
GRANT.
>> I AM HERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION. I JUST WANT TO
GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE
WHOLE CLIMATE SITUATION. IT
TURNS OUT THAT 70% OF CLIMATE
POLLUTION IN THE U.S. COMES
FROM CITIES THERE FOR IT FALLS
UPON THIS COUNSEL TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT REDUCING
EMISSIONS IN THE CITY. THE
LEGISLATION WILL REDUCE THE
TOTAL ADMISSIONS IN SEATTLE BY
10%, WHICH IS JUST AN AMAZING
AMOUNT OF REDUCTION FOR ONE
PIECE OF LEGISLATION. THE OTHER
POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT
PEOPLE CRY AND SAY WELL, THIS
COST TOO MUCH MONEY. IN FACT,
THE LONGER YOU WAIT , THE MORE
IT IS GOING TO COST IN THE LAST
EFFECTIVE IT'LL BE. SO, PLEASE
PASS THIS CONSENSUS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU.
>> DINKY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
NICOLE GRANT. NICOLE WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL GOLF.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. I AM
A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
MEMBERS, NUMBER 46. WE ARE HERE
IN SUPPORT OF BUILDING THE
MISSION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
THIS IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING TO
SEE THAT THIS LEGISLATION COULD
PASS TODAY WITH SO MUCH SUPPORT
ON A DAY IT THAT IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION FOR BOTH THE
DRIVERS UNION AND DISABILITY
RIGHTS WASHINGTON COULD PASS. I
THINK IT SHOWS THAT THIS IS AN
ICONIC CITY COUNCIL. I JUST
WANT TO SAY HOW WONDERFUL IT
HAS BEEN AS A MEMBER OF THE
LABOR MOVEMENT TO WORK WITH SO
MANY OF YOU FOR SO MANY YEARS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS MICHAEL. MICHAEL WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY ALICE .
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. ALSO A
MEMBER OF IBEW LOCAL 46. HERE
TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE YEARS
OF EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THE
CONSIDERATIONS AND I AM VERY
EAGER AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
PASS IT TODAY AS THE GENTLEMAN
BEFORE IS MENTIONED, THE STATE
OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
ACROSS OUR NATION AND AROUND
THE WORLD IS PRETTY SEVERE
RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT IS
EXCELLENT FOR THIS COUNSEL TO
STAND UP AS A BEACON, THE 18th
LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED
STATES, AS A BEACON FOR WHAT
CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE MUNICIPAL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE
AND ENCOURAGE THE REST OF THE
NATION TO FOLLOW BEHIND THE
GREAT CITY OF SEATTLE. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS
THAT TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ALICE LOCKHART. ALICE WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY JOSHUA LOBSTER.
>> SO SORRY THAT I AM ALICE
LOCKHART WITH 350 SEATTLE. I
WANT TO BRIEFLY SAY THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR SETTING A GREAT
EXAMPLE FOR THE NEW COUNSEL
WITH THIS NEW COMMITTEE FOR
CLIMATE ACTION. WE NEED MORE
AND MORE AND MORE OF THIS.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN
ADVANCE FOR YOUR FINAL YES VOTE
ON BUILDING ADMISSIONS
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JOSH BOULDER. JOSH WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY KEITH WEIR.
>> MY NAME IS JOSHUA, FOR THE
RECORD WITH TEAMSTERS LOCAL 117
BUT I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL
FOR STANDING UP FOR DRIVERS AND
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AS THE TAXI
INDUSTRY EVOLVES WITH NEW
TECHNOLOGY. I WANT TO
APPRECIATE IN PARTICULAR THE
WORKING COMMITTEE
COUNCILMEMBER, ALEX PEDERSON.
AMENDMENTS TO PROTECT
TECHNOLOGY WITH ROBO TAXIS. WE
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA WITH TAX RELATED
DEDUCTIONS FROM DRIVER PAY AS
THE INDUSTRY EVOLVES WITH NEW
TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU ALL FOR
YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT. ON A
PERSONAL NOTE IN MY FINAL 18
SECONDS, AS A RANIER BEACH
RESIDENCE, I COULD NOT BE MORE
PLEASED TO HEAR OF THE WORK
WITH WASHINGTON AROUND
SIDEWALKS. WE DON'T HAVE
SIDEWALKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
WHERE I LIVE AND I WANT TO
APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO
THAT MATTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS KEITH. KEITH WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY HEIDI MORRISSETTE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. IBEW LOCAL
46. I AM UP HERE, I DON'T KNOW
IF IT IS THE VIBE AND THE
MUSIC. THE SUN IS OUT, IT IS A
WONDERFUL DAY. IT IS SHINING.
YOU KNOW, IT IS SHINING UPON
YOU AS FOR PASSING THIS
LEGISLATION WITH YOUR YES VOTE
TODAY. I THOUGHT BACK ON IT,
THEN, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS A LONG TIME. THE PAST 15,
16 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH FOLKS AROUND CLIMATE AND
GETTING THINGS MOVING FORWARD
IN THE CITY. IT SOUNDS LIKE A
LONG TIME, BUT YOU NEED TO SIT
AND HAVE PATIENCE AND MOVE THE
PROCESS FORWARD. FOLKS NEED TO
TAKE PART IN NOT KNOWING THAT
WE CAN DO THE RIGHT IS. 60
MINUTES, THE OTHER EVENING BEEN
REPORTING FROM WYOMING WAS
MENTIONING CITIES FROM THE
CLIMATE CRISIS. THE MIDDLE OF
AMERICA AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS
REAL. FRED CAN GO GREEN WE CAN
DO IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU GET OUR NEXT
SPEAKER IS HEIDI MORRISSETTE.
HEIDI WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
CHARLIE .
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS
HEIDI. THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO ME TODAY. I WANTED
TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME THE
INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION PLAYS A
CRITICAL ROLE IN THE FUTURE
SUCCESS OF SEATTLE. EACH OF US
IN THIS ROOM WAS SEEMINGLY A
MEMBER OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITY
-- IF IT IS WORK-RELATED, THEIR
FAMILY, FRIENDS, HOBBIES,
SPIRITUAL ALIGNMENTS OR
OTHERWISE COMMUNITIES BRING US
TOGETHER. THEY TELL US ABOUT
PURPOSE AND JOY. EACH OF OUR
INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES CALLED
INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVES. THE
MORE WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH
UNITIES, THE -- MORE
PERSPECTIVES WE HOLD. JOEY AND
SAYS THE OPPOSITE OF ADDICTION
IS CONNECTION REMAINING AREAS
WHERE COMMUNITIES ARE ABSENT
ARE ACTUALLY THE SPACES BETTER
NEEDED MOST. THE CIC PLAYS A
CRITICAL ROLE IN FINDING GAPS
IN THE REQUIREMENTS AROUND US
IN PREVENTING SOLUTION-BASED
STRATEGIES. WITH THIS, I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE MY
INVOLVEMENT IN SEATTLE'S
WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU. OUR LAST IN
PERSON SPEAKER FOR THIS ROUND
IS CHARLIE AND THEN WE WILL
MOVE ON TO REMOTE SPEAKERS. GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
THANK YOU TO THE COUNSEL FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY. I AM A CONE
OWNER -- I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF COUNSEL THE 120643
WHICH LIMITS THE PERSONAL
GUARANTEES WITH COMMERCIAL
LEASES. AFTER CONSULTATION IN
THREE COMMITTEE HEARINGS I FEEL
THE TIME IS NOW TO PASS THE
COMMENTS OF LEGISLATION. I CAN
SPEAK FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
THAT UNLIMITED AND UNBOUNDED
PERSONAL GUARANTEES ARE A HUGE
ENTRY FOR NEW AND ASPIRING
ENTREPRENEURS. WHEN I PURCHASED
MY BUSINESS, NOT ONLY DID I
HAVE TO PUT MY OWN PERSONAL
ASSETS ON THE LINE FOR UP TO
HALF $1 MILLION, BUT OUR
LANDLORD REFUSED TO RELEASE THE
SELLER OF THE BUSINESS FROM HIS
OWN PERSONAL GUARANTEE ON THE
LEASE, MEANING HE WAS NOT
PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR A
BUSINESS HE NO LONGER HAD ANY
OWNERSHIP OVER. IT IS
REQUIREMENTS LIKE THIS THAT
REQUIRED COMMONSENSE
LEGISLATION TO BALANCE THE
POWER BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND
ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS AND
ALLOW FOLKS WITH -- MY TIME IS
UP. I WILL MY COMMENTS. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR FIRST REMOTE
SPEAKER WILL BE HOWARD GAIL.
HOWARD WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
JOELLE ROBINSON. REMEMBER, IF
YOU ARE CALLING REMOTELY TO
SPEAK, YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS
START 6.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, HOWARD GAIL.
YEAH. HOWARD GAIL. LOOKING BACK
ON 2023, WE SEE AN INCREASING
EXAMPLE OF FAILURES OF OUR
LEASE ACCOUNT ABILITY SYSTEM,
DESPITE THE MASSIVE PUBLIC AND
MEDIA ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THE
KILLING -- THERE HAS BEEN NO
ACCOUNT ABILITY, FROM THE
OFFICER WHO RAN HIM OVER, NOR
FOR THE OFFICER IN UNION VICE
PRESIDENT WHO MADE REMARKS TO
MEETING EVALUATING YOUR LIFE.
AT LEAST WE KNOW HER NAME IN
THE CASE OF LAST YEAR'S SPD
MURDER OF AMY WITH SEVERE
MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS RUNNING
NAKED AND CHASED BY A POLICE
DOG TO ATTACK THE MUSIC AND ,
WE DO NOT KNOW HIS NAME.
SIMILARLY, WE HAVE DISCOVERED
MUCH MEDIA AND PUBLIC ATTENTION
GIVEN TO THE APPROPRIATE ITEMS
DISPLAYED IN THE POLICE STATION
BACK TO 2021 AND IGNORED THE
HORRIFYING ABUSE OF POWER JUST
OF FEBRUARY AND CAPITOL HILL
WHEN THE SPD POINTED ASSAULT
RIFLES OUT AND TERRORIZED A
DISTRACTING IS AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEENAGER WHO
WAS ONLY SAVED BY THE
INTERVENTION OF BYSTANDERS.
THESE TWO EXAMPLES INDICATE
THAT OUR ACCOUNT ABILITY SYSTEM
ONLY RESPOND WHEN HOT, IGNORING
EGREGIOUS POLICE ABUSE WHEN IT
GOES --
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JOELLE ROBERTSON. JOELLE
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STEVE
COOPER.
>> I AM JOELLE ROBINSON. ON
STAFF AT CLIMATE SOLUTIONS HERE
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
BUILDING EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE
STANDARD. COMMON SOLUTIONS WAS
TO GIVE A HEARTFELT THANK YOU
TO THE CITY, THE SUSTAINABILITY
ENVIRONMENT FOR WORKING
TIRELESSLY ON THIS ORDINANCE IN
THE PAST FEW YEARS, AS WELL AS
TO THE AMERICAN COUNCILMEMBER
CALLED FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. AS
A MOTHER OF THREE-YEAR-OLD, I
AM GRATEFUL FOR THE VITAL WORK
ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS STEVE COOPER. STEVE WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY BARBARA. GO AHEAD,
STEVE. HELLO COUNSEL, I AM THE
PRESIDENT OF -- I COME TO YOU
TODAY TO SPEAK ON THE PERSONAL
GUARANTEE LEGISLATION BEFORE
YOU. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS AS A RESTAURANT IN THE
COMMUNITY AND A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AT
THE END OF THE DAY, THE
LEGISLATION IS ABOUT EQUITY AND
REBUILDING PORTABLE ECONOMY
FROM THE GROUND ABOUT THE
GROUND FOR OUR BUILDINGS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THERE ARE
SEVERAL LANDLORDS WHO HAVE
GIVEN FEEDBACK TO THE COUNSEL
IN MANY OF THE COMMENTS WERE
INCLUDED ALONG THE WAY.
MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE
INPUT AT THIS JUNCTURE. I DO
APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS, AT THE
END OF THE DAY, SMALL SHOP IN
THE CITY IN CREATING A BALANCED
AND FAIR PLAYING FIELD FOR A
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHO IS
IMMIGRANT THAT IS ALL THAT WE
ASK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
AND CONSIDERATION APPRECIATE
THE VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA
FAY. BARBARA WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY JUST WALLETS -- JUST
22. SPEAKING NO TO -- 3197
STRENGTH CONTROL LEGISLATION --
PART OF THE COALITION TO LIFT
THE BAN ON RENT CONTROL IN
WASHINGTON STATE CONTROL IN
SEATTLE -- A WORKERS ISSUE, A
LABEL -- LABOR ISSUE. CONTROL
NOW MORE THAN EVER. --
CRIMINAL
ALL PEOPLE OF SEATTLE,
SOLIDARITY.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS 22. 322
IS FOLLOWED BY KIMBERLY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS JESS WALLICH WITH
THE OVERSIGHT BOARD IN SUPPORT
OF THAT LEGISLATION. WE AGREE
THIS POLICY FOR MANY REASONS
MORE THAN I CAN EXPLAIN IN MY
ONE MINUTE OF COMMENT. I WILL
HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS. TACK ON
SEATTLE'S FASTEST-GROWING
CLIMATE POLLUTION. 250 GREEN
JOBS ANNUALLY. LIFESAVING
COOLING TO WORK RACES ACROSS
SEATTLE. AND COULD DEDICATE A
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO -- FROM
UNITIES BENEFIT FROM UPGRADES.
WITH THE EXISTING ACCELERATING
PROGRAM WHICH IS COUNSEL HAD
FUNDED, THANK YOU. THERE IS A
NO COST TRAINING AND BUILDING
OWNERS AND INTEGERS. LET'S TAKE
THIS IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS THE
EQUITY FUTURE TOGETHER. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS KIMBERLY. SHE WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY MEGAN CRUZ.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS KIMBERLY. I LOVE YOU
AND CAPITOL HILL IN DISTRICT 3.
AS SOMEBODY WHO CANNOT DRIVE I
RELY ON THE TRANSIT SYSTEM AND
WALKING. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
THE ORDINANCE CV 120658.
SIDEWALKS ARE A BASIC PART OF
THE NEED FOR ASPORTATION
NETWORK. A HUGE PART OF OUR
CITY LACK SIDEWALKS OR
CONDITIONS WHEN THEY DO EXIST
ARE SUBSTANDARD OR VERY POORLY
MAINTAINED. THIS ORDINANCE IS
AN IMPORTANT BANK SO OUR
SIDEWALKS ARE TREATED LIKE A
BASIC ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT THEY ARE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGAN
CRUZ. MEGAN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
TODD.
>> I AM MEGAN CRUZ SPEAKING ON
120674. BILL TO EXPAND MASTER
YOUTH PERMITS THROUGH 2026. IT
IS A GOOD IDEA TO SEND THEM UP,
THIS BILL GOES WRONG BY
ELEVATING CURRENT ACCOUNTS AND
-- NOW PAY THOSE FEES IF THEY
EXPAND AND THOSE AFTER --
PAYMENTS FOR INFLATION. THIS
WILL LOSE UP TO $5 MILLION IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING REVENUE BY
THREE TO 5%. THE CITY ALSO
NOTES THE 200 PROJECTS THIS
BILL REWARDS ARE ALMOST 80%
DOWNTOWN LUXURY APARTMENT,
CONDO AND HOTEL POWERS.
SHOESTRING OPERATIONS THAT WILL
BE BROKEN. IN ADDITION TO THE
LOSS OF HOUSING REVENUE, THESE
PROJECTS WILL BE EXEMPTED FROM
THE REQUIREMENT WITH BUILDING
ENVIRONMENTAL CODES -- PLEASE
EXTEND THEM BUT REQUIRE THE USE
PROJECTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL
CODES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS TODD CARDIN. SET -- TODD
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SARAH
MORNINGSTAR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
MEMBERS THAT I OWNER OPERATOR
OF A LOCAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
OWNER. I SENT -- SUPPORT KILLS
ABOUT 12034. A PRESSING NEED TO
BOLSTER SMALL BUSINESS AND
FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
ENTREPRENEURS CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
DIVERSITY FOR THE LANDSCAPE OF
BUILDING OPERATIONS IS A
DAUNTING WITH ESCALATED COSTS
OF GOD, SOCIAL ECONOMIC
CHALLENGES IN INSTABILITY. THIS
BILL IS SET FORWARD. ADDRESSING
THESE HURDLES. FOUR PERSON WHO
SETS SUCH AS ONE WHOM.
SYNERGISTIC PARTNERSHIP.
DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD DEMAND
FOR THIS OPERATION. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION OF THIS BILL.
APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
WILL BE TONY MORNINGSTAR. WE
WILL MOVE BACK TO 10 IN PERSON
SPEAKERS. GO AHEAD, SARAH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
SARAH MORNINGSTAR CAME HERE TO
SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE
RESOLUTION WITH THE STREET
DESIGNATION. SENT HER ENTIRE
LIFE IN SERVICE WITH SEATTLE
FAMILIES. TEACHER AND STRAINER,
SHE WENT ON TO BE ELECTED TO
THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE SEATTLE
SCHOOL BOARD. I'LL WHILE
CREATING A BASKETBALL PROGRAM
AND PARTNERING WITH SEATTLE
PARKING TAKE THE REINS FROM HER
MOM OF THE SHOW STOPPING
CHINESE DRILL TEAM, BOTH OF
WHICH ARE ALIVE TODAY. WHETHER
IT WAS LUNCH LATE NIGHT
PROGRAMMING TO COMBAT TWO-GAME
ISSUES OR GOING AGAINST
DOWNTOWN ISSUES WITH THE FIRST
URBAN RESTAURANT . SHE WAS
RELENTLESS. IT SIGNIFIES A LIFE
OF SERVICE TO HER COMMUNITY AND
SPEAKS TO HOW IMPORTANT
REPRESENTATION IS. PEOPLE NEED
TO SEE THEMSELVES IN THE FACES
AND NAMES AROUND THEM. IF SHE
CANNOT BE HERE THEN WE HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO HONOR HER. I
URGE YOU TO PASS THIS
RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE TO HELP
SEATTLE'S RICH HISTORY OF NEVER
GIVING UP AND NEVER BACKING
DOWN.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT
IN-PERSON SPEAKER WILL BE
WENDY. WENDY WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY --
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
WENDY. I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT
OF THE LEGISLATION. I WILL
PROBABLY NOT BE ALIVE WHEN THE
2050 TARGET DATE FOR REDUCING
EMISSIONS SET BY THIS IS
REACHED. MY DAUGHTERS WILL BE
MIDDLE AGED AND MY
GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE YOUNG
ADULTS. DESPITE NOT BEING
AROUND MYSELF TO SEE THE POLICY
TO FULL FRUITION, I
WHOLEHEARTEDLY URGED THE
COUNCIL TO ENACT. A RESULT OF
MANY YEARS OF WORK AND LOSS OF
DISCUSSION BETWEEN CLIMATE
GROUPS, BUILDING OWNERS,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS,
ORGANIZE LASER AND
POLICYMAKERS. WHILE NOT
PERFECT, NONETHELESS IT GOES A
LONG WAY TO MEETING URGENTLY
NECESSARY CLIMATE GOALS WHILE
ALSO CREATING GOOD JOBS. A MORE
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR MY
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN THAT
WILL BE AROUND IN 2050 AND
BEYOND.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN IN
THIS INDUSTRY, THE TAXI
INDUSTRY FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
16 AS A DRIVER, NINE AS A
GENERAL MANAGER FOR SEATTLE
YELLOW CAB. WHAT I SEE HERE
TODAY IS SELECTIVE RULEMAKING
THAT ONLY WANTS TO CAP THE TAXI
INDUSTRY AND IGNORE
CORPORATIONS LIKE HUBER AND
LEFT THAT ARE CHARGING SO MUCH
MORE THAN THE TAXI INDUSTRY. IF
ANYONE THINKS THAT THIS TAKES
ADVANTAGE OF DRIVERS, THEY ARE
WRONG. I HAVE BEEN THERE AS A
DRIVER AND I AM THERE NOW AS A
GENERAL MANAGER. OUR RECORD
SPEAKS WORDS HEALTH, WE HAVEN'T
RAISED OUR DISPATCH FEES FOR
OVER 20 YEARS EXPAND -- EXCEPT
ONE TIME ADJUSTMENT OF THE
PRESENT FOR INFLATION. PLEASE,
AT LEAST HAVE THE COMPASSION
LIKE THINKING COUNTY
COUNCILMEMBERS SAID THAT YOU
WILL REVISIT THIS ISSUE IF IT
--
>> THANK YOU . -- WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY MARTHA LIMA.
>> I AM IN THIS INDUSTRY ALMOST
32 YEARS . WITH THE TAXI
COMPANY SINCE 2000. WHEN I
DRIVE A TAXI, WE ARE PAYING
ALMOST $250 PER WEEK. MINIMUM
WAGE AT THAT TIME, SEATTLE IS
$4.25. NOW WE ARE CHARGING
AFTER 30 YEARS $225 A WEEK.
MINIMUM WAGE -- $20 AN HOUR.
THIS IS -- WE SHUT DOWN THE
TAXI INDUSTRY. 20 DRIVERS TWO
WEEKS AGO. THEY WORK IN THE
AIRPORT. THEY DON'T WANT ANY
WEEKLY FEE. THEY WANT TO PAY
20%, 15% IF THEY PICK UP THE
CUSTOMER WHEN THEY HAVE A DAY
OFF. I DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE
BUT TO REFUSE THEM IN MY
COMPANY. ACCORDING TO
EXPERIENCES, WE ARE CHARGING 5%
OR 4%. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ONLY
ACCOUNT ASSESSING THE THIS
TIME. BUT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU. THE MINUTE IS
UP. I'M SORRY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS MARTHA LIMA. MARTHA WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY AMARA SHERMAN.
WHEN YOU HELD THE BELL RANG,
THAT GIVES YOU 10 SECONDS TO
WRAP UP. MARTHA, THANK YOU. AND
WHEN I WAS GOING TO REMIND
PEOPLE, PLEASE MIND THE 10
SECOND TIMER. I DON'T LIKE TO
CUT PEOPLE OFF, ESPECIALLY
THOSE FOLKS CALLING IN. PAY
ATTENTION TO THE TIMER. WE HAVE
A HUGE CALENDAR TO GET TO.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
MARTHA LIMA. REPRESENTING
SEATTLE YELLOW CAB AS AN
OPERATOR OF A LOCAL DISPATCH
COMPANY THE 10% CAP ON FEES IS
CONCERNING. THE REASON I AM
HERE TODAY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE 10% CAP
WAS A LAST-MINUTE AMENDMENT
THAT PASSED VERY QUICKLY AND
HAS A LOOMING IMPACT ON OUR
BUSINESS THAT IS UNCLEAR TO US.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CAPPING
REVENUE FOR LOCAL DISPATCH
COMPANIES IS UNPRECEDENTED IN
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. WE
HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR THE
LAST 35 YEARS AND AS MY
COLLEAGUES SHARED, WE HAVE NOT
INCREASED OUR FEES FOR OVER 20
YEARS. THE DRIVERS THAT WE
PARTNER WITH IN OUR ABILITY TO
MAKE DECISIONS FOR OUR
BUSINESS. THIS COUNTRY WAS
FOUNDED ON A FREE MARKET, WHICH
IS LISTED AS A DEMOCRACY IN
EVERY OTHER U.S. CITY, FOR THAT
MATTER. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS
TO UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES THAT
PROPEL OUR NATION. UNTIL NOW WE
HAVE THE AUTONOMY OF THE
COMPANY AND INDUSTRY TO SET OUR
OWN FEES WITH NATURAL SUPPLY
AND DEMAND FORCES BUT WE DO NOT
BELIEVE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
INTERFERE WITH THE FREE MARKET
IN THIS WAY, PARTICULARLY
WITHOUT EXTENSIVE DUE
DILIGENCE.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS AMARA SHERMAN FOLLOWED BY
CECELIA BLACK.
>> HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME. MY NAME IS AMARA SHERMAN.
I AM ASKING FOR SUPPORT OF BILL
12658 WHICH CONCERNS PLACING
REQUIREMENTS ON S.TO PRIORITIZE
PEDESTRIAN -- WITH THE
SIDEWALKS. AS A LOW VISION
PEDESTRIAN, I RELY ON PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION. WHILE I
CURRENTLY ENJOY THE MANY MODES
OF TRANSPORTATION THAT SEATTLE
OFFERS, SIDEWALKS ARE THE
MISSING LINK OF CONNECTIVITY TO
OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION,
SUCH AS BETWEEN THE BUS, TRAIN
AND SUCH. SO, CURRENTLY HALF OF
SEATTLE SIDEWALKS ARE EITHER
MISSING OR IN DISREPAIR. SO, BY
PRIORITIZING MEDIATION, WE CAN
KEEP IN MIND THE NEEDS OF MANY
PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH
DISABILITIES. THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CECELIA
BLACK.
>> SORRY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS CECELIA
BLACK , I AM A QUADRIPLEGIC
RESIDENT AND SPEAKING IN
SUPPORT OF THE SIDEWALK
ORDINANCE CB 120658. LIKE AMARA
SAID, OVER HALF OF OUR CITY
BLOCKS EITHER DON'T EXIST OR
ARE IN DISREPAIR THAT AFFECT
MOBILITY. PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES WERE INVOLVED IN
4% OF ALL TOTAL TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS BUT ACCOUNTED FOR 52%
OF PEOPLE KILLED IN SEATTLE.
THE STATE OF SEATTLE SIDEWALKS
AS A SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION
PRICES FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM THAT EVERYONE USES THE
FOUNDATION OF THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM BUT THEY
HAVE BEEN OUR ABSOLUTE LAST
PRIORITY. NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE
SETTING THE COURSE OF
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR THE
NEXT DECADE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO
PASS THIS, WE MUST DO IT NOW SO
THAT THE CITY AND S.CAN FIND
PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE THESE
SIDEWALKS. THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TANISHA
FOLLOWED BY ANNA.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS TANISHA
SEPULVEDA. I AM HERE IN SUPPORT
OF THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE BILL.
AS SOME OF YOU CAN TELL, I AM A
POWERED WHEELCHAIR USER. I
PRETTY MUCH FULLY RELY ON THE
SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT TO
GET AROUND. WITH THE SIDEWALKS
IN THE STATES, I AM OFTEN
HAVING TO GO IN THE ROAD THEN
USE THE STREET. BY DOING THAT,
THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES
WHERE I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BY
CARS, I HAVE BEEN CURSED AT,
YELLED THAT. I HAVE BEEN DOORED
BY A VEHICLE. I ENDED UP HAVING
TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL
AFTERWARDS. OBVIOUSLY, THERE
ARE MULTIPLE REASONS WHY GOING
OUT INTO THE STREET IS
DANGEROUS FOR PEDESTRIANS. SO,
I REALLY URGE YOU ALL TO PUSH
THIS THROUGH AND GET SIDEWALKS
REPAIRED AS THE ROADS ARE
GETTING REPAIRED AND HELP GROW
THE COMMUNITY AND OUR ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ANNA FOLLOWED BY KATIE.
>> HELLO. THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DISABILITY MOBILITY INITIATIVE
IN A PROGRAM OF DISABILITY
RIGHTS WASHINGTON. THANK YOU
FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY AND
TAKING THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT
THE SIDEWALKS ORDINANCE. AS YOU
HEARD, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO FOLKS WITH THE DISABILITY
COMMUNITY AS A POINT OF ACCESS.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR WORKING THIS WITH
THIS BILL. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON FORGETTING AT THE LAST
MINUTE AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD WHO WORKED WITH US
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC TO
HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
SIDEWALKS AND GET US STARTED ON
THIS PATH OF SOLUTIONS OF
REPAIRING OUR CITY SIDEWALKS
AND BUILDING THE MISSING ONES
BUT I KNOW -- A PIECE OF
MISSING SIDEWALKS FOR THE
CENTER OF THE SERVICES OFF LAKE
CITY WAY. I JUST GOT BUILT, SO
THAT IS REALLY EXCITING. THANK
YOU ALL. IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE
WITH OUR ALLIES FROM WEAVER AND
CLIENT. WE APPRECIATE THEIR
WORK. WE KNOW THAT THIS ACCESS
IS CLIMATE AND LABOR AND
MOBILITY JUSTICE ISSUES, AS
WELL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS KATIE, FOLLOWED BY.--
>> KATIE FROM MLK LABOR. WE
REPRESENT 150 UNIONIZED WORKERS
HERE IN KING COUNTY. WE WERE
PROUD TO ENDORSE THE BUILDING
AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
POLICY BACK IN FEBRUARY. WE
SUPPORTED IT BECAUSE OF THE
HUNDREDS OF JOBS THAT IT IS
GOING TO CREATE IN HVAC AND
ELECTRICIANS . WE SUPPORTED IT
BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE IS NO
STRANGER TO WORKERS. WE WORK
OUTSIDE, MANY OF US IN THE
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. U.P.S.
DRIVERS HAVE REPORTED
TEMPERATURES AS HOT AS 130
DEGREES INSIDE THE DELIVERY
TRUCKS. TEACHERS HAVE REPORTED
PURPLE AIR DAYS IN THE
CLASSROOM WHERE SMOKE FILLS
WITH THE CHILDREN. WE RECOGNIZE
THAT THE LABOR MOVEMENT THAT
IMMEDIATE ACTION IS NEEDED TO
ADDRESS CHANGE AND TO CHANGE
OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. IT
WOULD NOT BE A SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL HEARING WITHOUT OUR
ALLIES HEAR FROM DISABILITY
RIGHTS WASHINGTON AND FROM
TEAMSTERS 117 IN THE DRIVERS
UNION. I WANT TO ALSO EXPRESS
SUPPORT FOR THEIR POLICIES AND
THE UNION BACKED TAXI
REGULATIONS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DOT.
THEN WE WILL BE BACK TO REMOTE
SPEAKERS . THE REMOTE SPEAKER
WILL START WITH PAUL. GO AHEAD,
DOT.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS DOT. I
DROVE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
AS A WHEELCHAIR ACCESS TAXI, WE
HAVE A BIG, BIG PROBLEM WITH
INSURANCE. THE INSURANCE
COMPANY ABUSING US. THEY ARE
CHARGING US, ESPECIALLY AFTER
THE PANDEMIC, A LOT OF MONEY
WHEN WE ARE SERVICING THE
DISABLED COMMUNITY AND ALL OF
THAT. WE WANT THE CITY TO
CONSIDER THIS. TELL THE
INSURANCE PEOPLE TO STOP. WHEN
WE ASKED THE CITY, THE CITY
SAID STAY. BUT WE ARE CONFUSED.
WE NEED HELP WITH INSURANCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WITH INSURANCE, WE
ARE LOSING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
ACCOUNT. THEY ARE OUTSOURCING
OUR ACCOUNT TO ANOTHER STATE.
PLEASE HELP US WITH INSURANCE.
INSURANCE. INSURANCE. WE HAVE A
PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT
SPEAKER, WE ARE MOVING TO
REMOTE SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST
REMOTE SPEAKER IS PAUL AUDIT.
PAUL WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ERIC.
GO AHEAD, PAUL.
>> HI, CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU
FOR TAKING THE TIME --
>> GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO LISTEN, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS PAUL. I AM THE OWNER
OF RACHEL'S BAGELS IN BALLARD.
I ASKED THAT YOU PASS THE
LEGISLATION CAPPING PERSONAL
GUARANTEES TODAY. MANY PEOPLE
HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN VERY
PERSUASIVELY ABOUT THE ISSUE.
I WANT TO JUST ADD THAT OPENING
A BUSINESS IS SO DIFFICULT. IT
IS SO, SO HARD. THE POSSIBILITY
OF LOSING EVERYTHING IS
TERRIFYING AND PROHIBITIVE. IT
IS A HUGE BARRIER. THIS
LEGISLATION OFFERS A STRONG
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT EASIER
TO OPEN WITH SMALL BUSINESSES
THAT MAKE SEATTLE SUCH A
WORLD-CLASS CITY. THANK YOU FOR
THE SUPPORT. I REALLY LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING SEATTLE DO
SOMETHING BAD IS SO IMPORTANT
AND SO POWERFUL. THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ERIC,
FOLLOWED BY ALASTAIR JACKSON.
GO AHEAD, ERIC.
>> MY NAME IS ERIC AND I AM
REPRESENTING THE -- ON BILL
120643 COMMITTEE PERSONAL
GUARANTEE LEGISLATION. I THINK
POST-PANDEMIC, IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT AS WE JUMPSTART
DOWNTOWN. WE NEED TO MITIGATE
RISK FOR THOSE THAT ARE
UNDERSERVED BUT STILL
DESERVING. THERE ARE MANY
BUSINESSES LIKE THIS AND PRIOR
PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. IT
IS A HUGE LEAP AND A HUGE
BARRIER FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
HIGHLY CAPITALIZED. I THINK
MITIGATING THAT RISK FOR THOSE
BUSINESSES THAT PROVIDE THE
FABRIC OF DOWNTOWN, THE
RICHNESS, THE DEPTH THAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR. I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE JUST HELP
JUMPSTART THEM TO HELP OUR
DOWNTOWN DRIVE WITH THESE
BUSINESSES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ALASTAIR JACKSON. ALASTAIR
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A DYLAN
PLUMBER.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS ALASTAIR
JACKSON. I AM A MEMBER OF
ALLIANCE 360. BUILDING
PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT BASED IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. I AM SPEAKING
IN SUPPORT OF THE BUILDING
STANDARD. WE NEED TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EXISTING
BUILDINGS -- THE CHALLENGE IS
SIGNIFICANT. WE HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE BEEN
DEPLOYING IT IN NEW BUILDINGS
BUT FEW ARE MOTIVATED TO TAKE
ON THE CHALLENGES. IT IS NOT
COST-EFFECTIVE AND KICK THE CAN
DOWN THE ROAD. THE PLUMBING
CONTRACTORS ARE TOO BUSY
BUILDING NEW BUILDINGS TO
DEVELOP THE CAPACITY FOR
EXISTING BUILDINGS WHEN THERE
IS NO DEMAND. THIS BILL -- YOU
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS,
GET READY. STAKEHOLDERS PUT
TOGETHER A PROGRAM THAT IS
PREDICTABLE SO CONTRACTORS CAN
SEE THE MARKET OPPORTUNITY
DEVELOP. THE MARKET WILL
EVOLVE.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS DYLAN PLUMBER. DYLAN WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY KIRK ROBBINS.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS DYLAN
PLUMBER. ORGANIZING
STRATEGISTS -- TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS OF
SEATTLE. PROPOSED BUILDING
ADMISSIONS STANDARDS THAT WILL
CREATE GOOD PAYING UNION JOBS
AND ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING --
OVER TWO YEARS WE HAVE WORKED
WITH LSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROVIDERS, ORGANIZED LABOR,
BUILDING OWNERS, AND DEVELOPED
THIS POLICY -- WITH WIDESPREAD
SUPPORT FROM ALL OF THOSE
STAKEHOLDERS AND MORE. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR UNANIMOUS VOTE TO
MOVE THE BILL ONTO THE
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
LEADING THIS EFFORT TO SUPPORT
THIS CRITICAL POLICY TO MOVE
FORWARD. ON BEHALF -- THANK YOU
FOR HAVING THESE MEMBERS IN
SEATTLE AND ACROSS THE STATE
WITH THE STANDARD POLICY. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS KIRK ROBBINS. KIRK WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY JASMINE. KIRK, YOU
MAY NEED TO PRESS STAR SIX TO
UNMUTE YOUR CALL. OKAY WE
MIGHT MOVE FORWARD AND TRY BACK
WITH KIRK. JASMINE. JASMINE
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SABRINA.
>> IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE AND
BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. I HAVE
COME TO THE LAST TWO MEETINGS
BUT HOPEFULLY I AM NOT TOO MUCH
OF A NEW VOICE, BUT MY NAME IS
JASMINE FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN
INSTITUTE AND I SUPPORT THE
AMERICA COALITION, A NATIONAL
GROUP TO ADVANCING CLIMATE
ACTION, WHICH SEATTLE IS A
MEMBER OF. WE ARE THRILLED TO
SEE THIS TYPE OF POLICY WITH
THE PERFORMANCE CENTER BEING
CONSIDERED IN SEATTLE. THE
FASTEST GROWING SOURCE OF
CARBON EMISSIONS SEATTLE WILL
PAVE THE WAY FOR GREENHOUSE GAS
REDUCTIONS. WITH THE ENERGY
CODES AND MARKET TRENDS THAT
HAVE ALMOST COMPLETELY HALTED
THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, EXISTING
BUILDINGS FACE SIGNIFICANT
BARRIERS WITH ZERO MISSIONS.
THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD IN THE
LARGE CITY OF SEATTLE IS A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT ON
THIS INITIATIVE.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS SABRINA. FOLLOWING SABRINA
WILL BE JONATHAN HELLER .
>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
SABRINA. I AM SPEAKING TO
32097. I KNOW YOU HAVE A PACKED
AGENDA. I WILL SPEAK AT A
HIGH-LEVEL INTERVIEW -- THANK
YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THE
RESOLUTION IS RECOGNIZING THAT
POLICIES DON'T EXIST IN A
VACUUM. LAND-USE AND
TRANSPORTATION MUST BE USED IN
CONJUNCTION -- INDUSTRIAL
CENTERS ARE THE ECONOMIC
BACKBONE WITH JOBS IN SEATTLE
AND REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THE
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN AND MOST
EFFICIENTLY BETWEEN THE
WATERFRONT, RAILS,
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND
WAREHOUSES. THANK YOU FOR
RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF
--
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JONATHAN HELLER. JONATHAN
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY KIRK
ROBBINS ONCE MORE. THANK YOU,
JONATHAN. WE WILL TRY KIRK.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS JONATHAN
HELLER. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF
ECO-TROPE. IT IS A SMALL
RESEARCH AND MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING FIRM LOCATED IN
SEATTLE SINCE 1976. WE FOCUS ON
HIGHWAY AND URGENT ENERGY
EFFICIENT DESIGN AND FOCUS ON
ELECTRIC BUILDING AND
TRANSITIONING BUILDINGS OFF OF
FOSSIL FUELS. WE WORK WITH THE
CITY SEATTLE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS TO HELP
TRANSITION THE CITY-OWNED
BUILDINGS TO ENERGY-EFFICIENT
ELECTRIC BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE
WORKED WITH MULTIFAMILY HOUSING
PROVIDERS AND PRIVATE
DEVELOPERS OF COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS, AS WELL. I AM
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS AS
THE SMART WAY TO PHASE IN THIS
NECESSARY TRANSITION AWAY FROM
FOSSIL FUELS IN BUILDINGS. I AM
SPEAKING AS AN EXPERIENCED
MECHANICAL ENGINEER -- THE
TECHNOLOGY TO DO THIS
COST-EFFECTIVELY EXISTS TODAY
IN THE MARKET
>>
DISTRICT 6, I SUPPORT THE
SIDEWALK FUNDING AS FOR ALL
TRANSPORTATION AND STRUCTURE,
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT A WEEK
AGO THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED DOWN
DEVELOPER IMPACT FEES WITH
SUBTERFUGE IS. COMING INTO
APPOINT A MEMBER WITH IMPACT
FEES. WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING A
LETTER FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
THAT THEY WILL SUPPORT
DEVELOPER IMPACT FEES SO WE
DON'T PAY FOR A TRANSPORTATION
PACKAGE THAT -- THE BURDEN WILL
FALL ON EVERYONE BUT
DEVELOPERS, SPECIFICALLY
PROPERTY OWNERS. CALL THIS OUT.
I DISAGREE WITH HER ON SILLY
ISSUES, ALICIA WOULD CALL IT
HYPOCRISY. ELOQUENTLY AND
WITHOUT FEAR. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS COLLEEN McALEER. FOLLOWING
WILL BE RACHEL KOHLER.
>> COLLEEN, YOU MAY NEED TO
PRESS STAR 6.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY
COUNCIL. THIS IS COLLEEN MAKE
CLEAR. WE ASK YOU TO VOTE NO
INCOMES ABOUT 120674 AND
ACTUALLY IT RUNS COUNTER FROM
EXPEDITING THE REVITALIZATION
OF SEATTLE DOWNTOWN TO CONSOLE
APPROVED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS TO BE RAPIDLY BUILT BY
LENGTHENING 26.5 YEARS. THE
EXISTING THREE-YEAR RENEWAL
PROCESS IS ALREADY A WONDERFUL
TOOL FOR DEVELOPERS IN THE CITY
AND OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE
CHANGES TO A VIABLE PLAN. 6.5
YEARS IS TOO LONG TO ALLOW
MASTER USE PLANS THAT MAY NOT
COMPLY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE
PLANS USE OF THE NEW
LEGISLATION IS RECRUITING
DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION. --
THIS MAY BE THE OPPOSITE WITH
VACANT PROPERTIES WITH
VITALITY TO THE CITY AND
DELAYING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
VOTE NO. THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RACHEL
KOHLER FOLLOWED BY SAM HEARN.
>> I AM RACHEL KOHLER, MANAGING
DIRECTOR OF SHIFT IS ZERO. WE
ARE AN ALLIANCE OF OVER 50
GREEN BUILDING ENERGY
EFFICIENCY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE WERE CAUSING BUILDINGS FOR
ALL -- REITERATE OUR NUMBERS
WITH STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS WITH
LEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS
POLICIES TO ENSURE THOSE ARE
PART OF CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY WITH
EQUITABLE -- IN THE COMING
YEARS. THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAM. SAM
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN
HELLER.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS SAM HEARN,
REGIONAL AIR, RAIL AND
TRANSPORTATION WORKERS. WE ARE
LOCAL 66. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR IN THE PASSAGE OF THE
BUILDING CONDITIONS PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS POLICY. THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
FOR THE WORK ON THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THIS
IMPORTANT POLICY. STUDIES HAVE
SHOWN THAT COMMERCIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ACCOUNT
FOR 37% OF CLIMATE POLLUTION.
OUR MEMBERS PERFORM
INSTALLATION, SERVICE, IS
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF AIR
CONDITIONING SYSTEMS ALL OVER
WESTERN WASHINGTON. OUR MEMBERS
ARE TRAINED AND READY TO
PERFORM THIS WORK AND WE ARE
READY TO TAKE ON THIS
MONUMENTAL TASK. LET'S GET THE
WORK DONE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR LAST REMOTE
SPEAKER FOR THIS GROUP WILL BE
BRITNEY. WE WILL MOVE BACK TO
IN PERSON. GO AHEAD, BRITTANY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
BRITTANY. I AM HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS -- AS
SOMEBODY WHO CALLS HERSELF A
PEDESTRIAN AND UTILIZES PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN
SEATTLE IN ORDER TO GET AROUND
WITH DAILY LIFE, I URGE YOU TO
MAKE THIS A PRIORITY FOR NOT
ONLY COUNSEL, BUT TO ENCOURAGE
MORE PEOPLE TO FIND NEW AND
ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO GET AROUND
THE SIDES DRIVING. IF YOU DRIVE
AND PARK YOUR CAR, YOU ARE
GOING TO WALK ON THE SIDEWALK
TOO. IT IS IMPORTANT , IT IS
ALSO MISSING SECTIONS IN
DISREPAIR THAT IS NOT USED BY A
LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF
MOBILITY ISSUES, DISABILITY,
SEEN OR UNSEEN -- I THINK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. IT
>> THANK YOU . OUR IN PERSON
SPEAKERS WE ARE MOVING ONTO THE
FIRST ONE THAT IS DYLAN YOUNG,
FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA ELLIS.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I
WOULD LIKE TO PROBABLY STOP
PUBLIC COMMENT AT 3:00. LET'S
FINISH UP AS FAR AS WE CAN GO
WITH IN PERSON, THE FIRST 10.
SEE WHERE WE ARE AT.
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT . DYLAN
YOUNG?
>> I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
SIDEWALK ORDINANCE . SIDEWALKS
ARE FUNDAMENTAL FOR EVERYBODY.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GREEN
CITY, SIDEWALKS AND WALKING
AROUND IS PART OF
TRANSPORTATION AND BEYOND THE
FUNDAMENTAL. I USE A WHEELCHAIR
AND A BAD SIDEWALK AND BE VERY
DETRIMENTAL AND UNSAFE FOR ME.
BUT MY MIND WAS OPENED UP TO
THIS ISSUE WHEN I WOULD
ACCOMPANY MY MOTHER, WHO HAS
PARKINSON'S DISEASE WITH HER
WALKER OUTSIDE ON THE
SIDEWALKS. EVEN SOMETHING THAT
IS A MINOR CHALLENGE FOR ME I
TRIED TO HELP HER, -- GREAT
SIDEWALKS. THANK YOU. CHRISTINA
ELLIS, FOLLOWED BY KURT.
>> I AM CHRISTINA ELLIS, I AM A
DISTRICT 4 SEATTLE VOTER AND
THE IDW ELECTRIC WORKERS, 46. I
SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION FOR
GOOD UNION JOBS FOR THE
CLIMATE, FOR OUR FUTURE. I
SUPPORT THE SIDEWALK
LEGISLATION AND I SUPPORT THE
TAXI DRIVERS.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS KURT WINTER, POSSIBLY,
FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES.
>> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS BUT I
AM KURT WINTER HERE ON BEHALF
OF COMMUTE SEATTLE TO SUPPORT
THE COUNTABLE 1206 58 RELATING
TO SIDEWALKS. OUR 2022 SEATTLE
COMMERCIAL SURVEY SHOWS THE
IMPORTANCE OF THAT WAS FOR
PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS
TO WALK OR ROLL TO DESTINATIONS
SIMPLY AND COMFORTABLY. SOCIAL,
MEDICAL AND COMMUTE TRIPS WITH
AREAS WITH EXCELLENT CONDITION
SIDEWALKS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY OUT
PACING THOSE IN LESS SIDEWALK
DENSE NEIGHBORHOODS. I
REGULARLY THINK ABOUT A WALKING
TOUR AROUND RANIER BEACH
COMMUNITY CENTER I TOOK WITH
SEATTLE CITY CLUB WITH
ADVOCATES FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS
WASHINGTON WITH THE DANGER AND
RISK IN NAVIGATING UNMAINTAINED
AND INCOMPLETE SIDEWALK
CONNECTIONS. PASSING THIS BILL
AND INVESTING IN SIDEWALK
MAINTENANCE AND INSTALLATION
SHOULD BE A PRIORITY IN THE
NEXT TRANSPORTATION LEVY. AS WE
COME CLOSER TO A SAFE AND
EQUITABLE MOBILITY FOR ALL OF
OUR NEIGHBORS. I WANTED
COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES AND HER
STAFF WAITING ON THIS PROPOSAL.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS DAVID HAYNES, FOLLOWING
DAVID IS SERNA.
>> THANK YOU. THERE IS AN
ONGOING GLOBAL -- HOMELESS
CRISIS IN SAFETY PULSES THAT IS
EXACERBATED BY PRIORITIES WITH
REPEAT OFFENDERS AND CRIMINALS
WHO RUINED THE PURSUITS OF
THEIR FELLOW MAN GETTING UP
THERE IN QUESTION TO FIND OUT
WHERE THEY GOT THE DRUGS TO GO
SHUT IT DOWN. NOW, THIS
MORNING, I AM WONDERING, ON THE
COMMITTEE MEETING, HOW MUCH
CAPACITY AND RESOURCE WITH
LEAD, CO-LEAD, PUBLIC DEFENDER,
ANYTHING THAT IS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE ATTEMPTS TO KEEP
CRIMINALS OUT OF JAIL. I AGREE
THAT WE HAVE GOT TO BREAK THE
HABIT OF JUNKIES, BUT UNTIL YOU
HAVE NATIONAL GUARD STANDING UP
LOW-LEVEL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
STAY OUT OF JAIL AND ROAM
AROUND UNTIL HE GETS INTO OUR
INTAKE. WITH THE CAPACITY BUILD
OUT -- THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS FROM THE CITY IN THE
COUNTY. IMMINENT DOMAIN OF NEED
TO TAKE OVER THE MOTELS ON THE
AVENUE AND TURN THEM INTO
HOMELESS HOUSING --
>> THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES. OUR
NEXT SPEAKER IS IS SERNA, WHO
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MARGARET
McCAULEY.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE. I HAVE
BEEN DRIVING TAXI ABOUT 24
YEARS. MY POINT IS REGARDING
-- THE LAST 15 YEARS IT
REMAINS THE SAME. THIS IS THE
MOST EXPENSIVE CITY, EVERYTHING
IS GOING UP EVERY DAY. PLEASE
TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. ALREADY TOO LATE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS MARGARET McCAULEY. MARGARET
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY RUTH
SAWYER.
>> LET'S DO THAT.
>> I AM A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, ON THE CITY'S
BOARDING COMMISSION COULD I'M
HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE SIDEWALK
ORDINANCE OR LAW OR WHATEVER IT
IS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE STUDENTS
GOING TO SCHOOL AS EARLY AS
7:30 IN THE MORNING.
PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH AND
THE SOUTH, BUT NOT
SPECIFICALLY, CONCERNS AND
FIRST-GRADERS WALKING ON THESE
STREETS WITH NO SIDEWALKS WHICH
IS A BUMMER. I WOULD LIKE TO
SUPPORT THIS FOR ALL OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS. AS PEOPLE HAVE
SAID, IT IS A CROSS GOING ISSUE
WITH THE CLIMATE AND LABOR
ISSUES. THE LABOR
REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PEOPLE
THAT GET KILLED WITHOUT
SIDEWALKS AND INDUSTRIAL
WORKERS THERE. WE NEED THEM
EVERYWHERE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU GET OUR LAST
SPEAKER TODAY IS RUTH SAWYER.
>> HELLO. THIS IS RUTH SAWYER.
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
SIERRA CLUB IN SUPPORT OF THE
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I AM
HERE WITH BRIAN THE HEART, ONE
OF OUR MEMBERS.
>> WE LIKE TO STATE OUR
APPRECIATION FOR THE COUNSEL
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
WITH ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU
HAVE DONE PUSHING THIS
LEGISLATION FORWARD. PASSING
THIS BILL WILL MEAN CLEANER
AIR. IT WILL MEAN HEALTHIER
COMMUNITY IS AND IT WILL ALSO
MEAN A CHANCE AT CURBING
CLIMATE CHANGE, AS MYSELF, I
AM LOOKING TO HAVE A FAMILY
SOON. THIS OPTIMISM THAT WE
MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP OUT THE
COMMUNITY FOR OUR YOUTH, IT
>> THANK YOU , AND THAT
CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT
FOR TODAY.
>> I WAS ON MUTE. THANK YOU ,
THOSE WHO CALLED IN. PUBLIC
COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED . LET'S
MOVED ON IN OUR AGENDA TO CALE
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MADAM PRESIDENT?
>> YES?
>> THANK YOU. I DO HAVE AN
AMENDMENT. DO WE HAVE TO MOVE
IT FIRST BEFORE -- OKAY, YES.
MY APOLOGIES, MADAM CLERK.
>> SECOND.
>> LET ME MOVE -- OKAY. THANK
YOU. WE HAVE TWO MATTERS,
ACTUALLY, AND I THINK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS FIRST
. SO WE HAVE TO WE HAVE A
SECOND. SO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MOVED
TO AMEND THE RC BY INTRODUCING
RESOLUTION 32122, A RESOLUTION
CALLING UPON THE NATIONAL
HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO
ISSUE A RECALL OF KIA AND
HYUNDAI MODELS LACKING
IMMOBILIZER TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE
VULNERABLE TO THREAT AND
REFERRING IT TO THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION AT TODAY'S
MEETING.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND -- TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION
32122 FOR THE REFERRAL TO THE
CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION
TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE ? NOT
SEEING ANY, MADAM CLERK, WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> HEIDI MORISSET .
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON ?
AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> I'M SORRY. THAT'S NINE IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE POINT I
DIDN'T COUNT CORRECTLY. I
APOLOGIZE, CHAIR. EIGHT IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER --
OKAY. I WAS QUICK ON THE DRAW
HERE. NOW WE HAVE THAT. MOTION
CARRIES. IT WILL SHOW UP UNDER
ITEM 39 UNDER ADOPTION OF
OTHER RESOLUTION, SECTION J OF
TODAY'S AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY
OTHER, IS THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS , COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I
MOVED TO AMEND THE IRC BY --
APPOINTMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION
BOARD FOR A TERM TO JULY 15th
OF 2026 AND BY REFERRING IT TO
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION
AT TODAY'S MEETING.
>> SECOND.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> WAS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IS THAT YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ?
>> INSURANCE.
>> I'VE GOT YOU. LET ME TURN MY
VOLUME UP. MAYBE IT'S ME. OKAY,
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE INTRODUCTION TO
INTRODUCE THE APPOINTMENT OF
DR. REDDY . IS THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS? NOT SEEING ANY, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
AMENDMENT,
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES. COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
?
>> AYE .
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES . COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ ?
>> AYE. EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES, THE MINIMUM
IS ADOPTED AND IT WILL BE
ADDED TO TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL
FOR CONSIDERATION. WILL
CONSIDER THIS ITEM AFTER AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 25 POINT ARE THERE
ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS
BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE? OR ANY
INTRODUCTION ? NOT HEARING ANY
OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION IS
-- WAIT, DO I HAVE TO GO TO A
VOTE HERE, NO. I ALREADY DID
THAT. OKAY, SO THE HEARING NO
OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION OF
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED AS AMENDED. THOSE OF
THE LAST TWO ITEMS INTRODUCED
BY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. ADOPTION
OF THE AGENDA. IF THERE'S NO
-- NOT SEEING AN EJECTION , THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. LET'S GO TO
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE
PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR,
THERE ARE 34 MATTERS ON THIS
COUNTER SO LET'S JUST GET
THROUGH THIS. I WON'T READ THEM
ALL BUT LET'S GET THROUGH THIS.
WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM
DECEMBER 5th, 2023. WE HAVE
COUNCIL BILL , PAYROLL BILL,
120732. THE TRANSPORTATION OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMITTEE. WE HAVE COUNCIL
BILLS 120721, 120723, 120713 .
COUNCIL BILL 120715, 722, AND
724. ON APPOINTMENTS, WE HAVE
28 APPOINTMENTS FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOODS, EDUCATION, AND
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE, AND
FROM THE -- AND FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE, WE
HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE
LEVY TO MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS
AT ANY COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE
TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT
CALENDAR? OKAY, NOT HEARING OR
SEEING NONE, I MOVED TO ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT A CONSENT
CALENDAR . WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> AYE .
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU. THE CONSENT
CALENDAR IS APPROVED. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
ON MY BEHALF . MOVING ON IN OUR
AGENDA TO COMMITTEE REPORTS ,
WE HAVE 37 REPORTS AND WE HAVE
TWO RESOLUTIONS AT THE END SO
WE HAVE 39 ITEMS TO GET THROUGH
SO LET'S GO WITH ITEM NUMBER
ONE. MADAM CLERK WILL YOU
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE
INTO THE RECORD. APPOINTMENT
2693, APPOINTMENT OF G÷LG÷N
KAYIM AS DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
>> THANK YOU, COLIN, I'M
EXCITED TO -- I WAS PART OF
THE MAYOR'S SELECTION
COMMITTEE THAT INTERVIEWED
CANDIDATES FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO FIND THE RIGHT
PERSON WHO COULD SUPPORT OUR
ARTS COMMUNITY, EXPAND OUR
CREATIVE SCEPTER AND REALLY
FIND NEW WAYS TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE CRITICAL ROLL THAT
CREATIVE'S PLAY IN THE FABRIC
OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR
ECONOMY . MS. KAYIM WAS
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, IN
COMMITTEE, AND WE RECOMMEND
HER SUPPORT. I THOUGHT SHE WAS
GOING TO BE HERE, BUT IT LOOKS
LIKE SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE
IT SO I RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES , I'M GLAD -- I'M
GUESSING YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY
CLOSING COMMENTS.
>> I DO NOT. I VERY MUCH.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF
THE APPOINTMENT ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ?
>> YES. --
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ ?
>> AYE.
>> IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY
ARE NOT HERE TODAY BUT THEY
ARE, IF THEY WERE, THEY WOULD
WE WERE CAN I
>> COMMENTS BUT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES SURE THAT WITH US SO WE
HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER TWO.
>> APPOINTMENT 2734,
APPOINTMENT OF JENIFER CHAO AS
THE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOODS
FOR A TERM OF DECEMBER 31st ,
2025.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES .
>> I'M VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT
AS DIRECTOR OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS. IN THE YEAR I'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH JENNIFER,
SHE'S PROVEN TO HAVE A KEEN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANT
ROLL THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PLAYS IN SUPPORTING THE CITY'S
EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE OUR RACIAL
EQUITY GOALS . I SEE HER AT
COMMUNITY EVENTS ALL OVER THE
CITY AND COUNTY . I HEAR HER
DEEP COMMITMENT TO ENSURING
THAT OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLL OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TO FINDING
WAYS FOR THEM TO BE PART OF THE
PROCESSES JENIFER HAS WORKED
FOR THE CITY SINCE 2009 IN
DIFFERENT CAPACITIES AND IS
BACK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS . THE COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED
APPROVAL OF HER CONFIRMATION ,
THE CONFIRMATION OF HER
APPOINTMENT AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT
TODAY. JENIFER IS HERE.
>> OKAY, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
FROM THE FLOOR? I DO NOT SEE
ANY SO LET'S GO TO A VOTE AND
THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM , WELL,
LET'S GO TO THE BOAT FIRST.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WARRANTS. I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR -- MY LIFE'S
WORK FOR MAKING THINGS BETTER
THROUGH THE NONPROFIT SECTOR
AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND
15 YEARS OF THE CITY HAS LED ME
TO THIS POSITION AND I'M
HONORED TO BE APPOINTED BY THE
MAYOR. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY
GRATITUDE TO THE MAYOR AND THE
DEPUTY MAYOR FOR THEIR FAITH IN
ME . I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
STAFF AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE DEEP
COMMITMENT TO MAKING THINGS
BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY. I AM
ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE
COLLABORATION WITH COUNCIL AS
WE WORK TOWARDS ONE SEATTLE
WHERE EVERYONE IS INCLUDED AND
CAN THRIVE AND I WOULD NOT BE
HERE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE
FAMILY AND TRUST FROM
COMMUNITY. SINCE I STARTED THIS
JOURNEY AS INTERIM DIRECTOR IN
MARCH, I HAVE ATTENDED 65
COMMUNITY GATHERINGS ACROSS ALL
NEIGHBORHOODS IN EACH OF THE
SEVENTH COUNCIL NEIGHBORHOODS.
BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY AS
A HIGHLIGHT OF MY JOB AND WHAT
BRINGS ME JOY IN THIS ROLL. I
LISTENED TO EACH COMMUNITY AS
THEY SHARE THEIR NUANCES THAT
WOULD ALLOW THEIR COMMUNITIES
TO THRIVE. I KNOW THERE'S
STILL MUCH WORK TO DO TO
CONNECT COMMUNITIES TOGETHER
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH MY COLLEAGUES AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND
ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS TO GROW
OUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM TO
BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO
CELEBRATE HUMANITY AND
DIVERSITY. I TAKE MY ROLL
SERIOUSLY AND THIS WORK IS
CLOSE TO MY HEART. AS A WOMAN
OF COLOR FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA
WHO CALLS SEATTLE HOME, I
UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
TO CULTIVATE VISIBILITY,
BELONGING, AND ACCESS. I WON'T
BE -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> IT'S GOOD TO SEE AND HEAR
FROM YOU AGAIN.
CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT,
LET'S MOVE ONTO, IT LOOKS LIKE
ITEMS THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND
SIX ARE MINE. NO, I'M SORRY,
GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF. CAN WE
READ ITEM NUMBER THREE INTO THE
RECORD? THAT IS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> AGENDA -3, RELATING TO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION IMPOSING
CONTROLS UPON THE ELEPHANT CAR
WASH SIGN, A LANDMARK
DESIGNATED BY THE LANDMARKS
PRESERVATION BOARD .
>> THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY
BUT THE ELEPHANT CAR WASH SIGN,
WHICH I KNOW WE ALL KNOW AND
LIVE WAS DESIGNED FOR A CAR
WASH BUSINESS. IT WAS
FABRICATED IN 1956, INSTALLED
IN ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION IN
SIX AND BATTERY AND HAS SINCE
BEEN RELOCATED TO SEVENTH AND
BLANCHARD. IT CONTROLS -- IT
HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE OWNER
AND APPROVED BY THE LANDMARK
PRESERVATION BOARD. THE
COMMITTEE UNIVERSALLY
RECOMMEND A PASSAGE.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR MY
COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE PEAK
ELEPHANT SIGN, WHICH IS OLDER
THAN ME? I GUESS YOU'RE OKAY
GOING TO A VOTE THEN ?
>> YES.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE PASSAGE ON THE ROLL?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? TRENT
21
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> GREAT, THE BILL PASSES.
WILL MY CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE. THANK YOU . THIS IS
WHAT I MEANT TO SAY. ITEMS
FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX ARE MINE .
CLERK, KENNY PLEASE READ ITEM
FOR INTO THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 1207 30,
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CITY
EMPLOYMENT, AUTHORIZING
EXECUTION OF A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 27
AFL-CIO-CLC; .
>> AS A SPONSOR OF THE BILL I
WILL ADDRESS IT AND THEN OPEN
THE FLOOR. THIS BILL WOULD
AUTHORIZE A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 27
AFL-CIO-CLC . THROUGH DECEMBER
21st 2026. FOR APPROXIMATELY
974 ACTIVE EMPLOYEES IN 292
FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE SEATTLE
, IN THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. WITH THAT, ARE
THERE ANY COMMENTS? I'M NOT
SEEING ANY WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE -- NO ? WE ARE GOOD ?
OH, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> SORRY, I WAS RAISING MY
ACTUAL HANDS IN MY VIRTUAL
HAND. JUST WANT TO UPDATE HOW
IMPORTANT THIS CONTRACT IS. THE
SEATTLE FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE
EMPLOYEES ARE THERE FOR ALL OF
US, ON OUR WORST DAYS HIM EVERY
DAY. THEY ARE ASKED TO DO SO
MUCH TO ROUTINELY PUT
THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY AND I
AM SO PROUD AS ONE OF MY FINAL
ACTS IN OFFICE TO SUPPORT THIS
CONTRACT. WE WORKED HARD ON IT
, BOTH IN THE LABOR RELATIONS
POLICY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS
THE COUNCILS SELECT LABOR
COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ. THE COST OF
INFLUENCING THE RETROACTIVE
WAGE ADJUSTMENTS IN 2022
THROUGH 2023 IS ESTIMATED TO
BE $22.3 MILLION . IN 2024,
THE ADDITIONAL BUDGET TO FULLY
FUND ALL POSITIONS IS AN
ADDITIONAL $21.4 MILLION . THIS
IS MONEY WELL SPENT TO SUPPORT
OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE
EMPLOYEES, AGAIN, WHO PUT
THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY EVERY
DAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. GREAT. IS THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO?
OKAY. I DO NOT SEE ANY. MADAM
CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO LEGISLATION ON MY
BEHALF. MOVING ON TO ITEM
NUMBER FIVE, CAN YOU PLEASE
READ ITEM NUMBER FIVE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA MINE FIVE, COUNCIL
BILL 1207 31, RELATING TO CITY
EMPLOYMENT, AUTHORIZATION OF AN
EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
WORKERS, LOCAL 77.
>> THANK YOU, I MOVED TO PASS
120731. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. WE MOVED AND
SECONDED TO PASS THE BILL. THE
SPONSOR OF THE BILL, ME, I WILL
OPEN THE FLOOR TO MY
COLLEAGUES. THIS BILL WILL
AUTHORIZE AND THE
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 77.
THE MOA WOULD AUTHORIZE WAGE
ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE POWER
DISPATCHER SERIES AT SEATTLE
LIGHT. THIS IS TO BETTER ALIGN
SALARIES WITH MARKET
CONDITIONS AND IMPROVE
RETENTION. THESE WAGE
ADJUSTMENTS WILL IMPACT
APPROXIMATELY 24 EMPLOYEES AT
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND WILL BE
RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY 23rd,
2021. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
FROM MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE GO
FORWARD? LOOKING FOR A VIRTUAL
HAND OR A REAL HAND. NOT
SEEING ANY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
ANANDA RAO
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES? TRENT
21
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, AND
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF. LET'S MOVE ON TO
ITEM NUMBER SIX. MADAM CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM SIX
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM SIX, RESOLUTION
32120, SETTING FORTH THE
SEATTLE 2024 STATE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVED TO ADOPT
RESOLUTION 32120. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. AS A SPONSOR, I WILL
ADDRESS IT. AGAIN, I WILL OPEN
THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS FOR MY
COLLEAGUES. AS YOU KNOW FROM
YESTERDAY, THIS RESOLUTION
PROVIDES OUR STATE LEGISLATION
TEAM WITH GUIDELINES ON THE
CITY OF SEATTLE ON THE 2024
STATE LEGISLATION SESSION.
YESTERDAY, A PRESENTATION ON
RESOLUTION 32120 , THE OFFICE
OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL --
DIRECTOR GAEL TARLETON ON THE
KEY COMPONENTS OF 2024 STATE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND
ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS. A VOTE IN
SUPPORT WILL HELP THE
LEGISLATIVE TEAM MOVE FORWARD
WITH THEIR WORK IN OLYMPIA. I
RECOMMEND AND ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO A
VOTE? LIKE OPEN THE FLOOR. I'M
NOT SEEING OR HEARING ANY .
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS GAETA?
>> -- ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON? YES.
>>
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSE, ONE ABSTENTION.
>> OKAY, SO REGARDING ITEMS.
THE NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE ARE
GOING TO READ ITEMS SEVEN
THROUGH 23 . MADAM CLERK WE
JUST GO IN LIKE A SHORT TITLE.
>> YES. I WILL TRY TO GROUP
THEM IS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
>> WILL HAND THE FLOOR OVER TO
STRAUSS.
>> APPOINTMENT OF -- ANY
APPOINTMENTS 2604 AND 2605,
2696, 326 98, 2703, AND 2734
THROUGH 2748. THE APPOINTMENTS
ARE FROM McCULLOCH, RYAN, --
JONAS KUO SOLOMON WAGNER,
JACOB COSMAN -- AND ZI ZHANG
, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
APPOINTMENT 2740, APPOINTMENT
OF RADIA SOULMANI FOR THE
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD FOR THE
TERM OF AUGUST 31st, 2024.
>> WELL DONE, MADAM CLERK. I
MOVED TO CONFIRM THE --
SEVENTH OR 23. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, AS A SPONSOR, YOUR
RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. THESE ARE
APPOINTMENTS TO THE DESIGN
REVIEW BOARD AND I SPOKE TO
EACH OF THESE CANDIDATES
YESTERDAY DURING OUR COUNCIL
BRIEFING, SAVING TIME BECAUSE
OF OUR LONG AGENDA TODAY, I
REFER TO THE PUBLIC BACK TO
THOSE COMMENTS AND I THINK EACH
OF THOSE -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE
FROM ANYONE ELSE? NOT SEEING
ANY. WE'LL CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENTS LISTED AS AGENDA
ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 23 ?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE
.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
24. YOU PLEASE READ I'M 24th
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 24, APPOINTMENT
2741. REAPPOINTMENT OF MARC
SCHMITT , LANDMARK PRESERVATION
BOARD FOR A TERM TO AUGUST
31st, 2024.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT 2741.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THE
FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEGE, THIS WAS
NOT INCLUDED WITH APPOINTMENTS
THAT WERE TRANSMITTED AND
CONFIRMED AS A MEMBER OF THE
SEPTEMBER THIS IS A GET
ENGAGED MEMBER -- ON HAVING
OUR HISTORIC AND IS EXCITED
HELP PRESERVE WHAT MAKES
SEATTLE SPECIAL TO OUR
NEIGHBORS.
>> THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM
OUR COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE GO TO
A VOTE? NOT SEEING ANY . WE'LL
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION
CARRIES AND IT'S CONFIRMED.
IT'S GETTING A LITTLE TRICKY
HERE. THIS IS ITEM 25.
>> CORRECT. SO WE HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS UP. CAN WE
PLEASE READ ITEM 25 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 25, APPOINTMENT
2732, APPOINTMENT OF MERAL
KANDYMOVA AS A MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE KEY CENTER ADVISORY
COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVED TO
APPROVE THIS.
>> THE SECOND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THE
FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU. MERRILL IS A
FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT FROM
TURKMENISTAN WHO CAME TO THE
UNITED STATES IN AUGUST OF LAST
YEAR. AFTER ARRIVAL, SHE
STARTED HER STUDIES AT CAPITOL
HILL AS A POLITICAL SCIENCE
MAJOR AND HER PASSION FOR THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT AND HER
SINCERITY IS CLEAR. SHE
BELIEVES THAT IF SHE WANTS TO
BECOME A SUCCESSFUL LEADER IN
OUR COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY TRUST,
SHE NEEDS TO MAKE SERVING THEM
A PRIORITY. TWO YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE
FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC CORPS OF
TURKMENISTAN, ADVOCATING FOR
HER COMMUNITY, MERAL'S TOP
PRIORITIES ARE ADVOCATING FOR
MINORITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT
THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AND SHE
WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE
SEATTLE CENTER ADVISORY
COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS FOR MY
COLLEAGUES REGARDING THIS
APPOINTMENT? NOT SEEING ANY
WITH THE PULL CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF
THE APPOINTMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
TRENT 21
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES AND THE APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED. WE HAVE ANOTHER
ITEM THAT WE CAN SQUEEZE IN
HERE. THIS IS ITEM 26. IT'S
CALLED NEW 26. MADAM CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE READ NEW AGENDA
ITEM 26 IS THE RECORD.
>> THE AMENDED AGENDA, NEW ITEM
26, APPOINTMENT 2749,
APPOINTMENT OF -- AS MEMBER OF
KING COUNTY REGIONAL AUTHORITY
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD FOR TERM
TO DELIGHT 2026.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DR. REDDY HAS SERVED WITH
DISTINCTION ON THE IMPLANTATION
BOARD FOR THESE INITIAL
COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE
EXISTENT OF THE KING COUNTY
HOMELESS AUTHORITY. DR. REDDY
THROUGH THEIR PRACTICE ON A
DAILY BASIS WHO ARE EXPENSING
HOMELESSNESS AND A LOT OF THE
UNIQUE PUBLIC NEEDS . DR. REDDY
HAS SERVED IN LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS WITH THE IMPLANTATION
BOARD, BRINGING NOT JUST HIS
DILIGENT BACKGROUND AND
EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO CAPACITY
FOR LEADERSHIP AND I AM GLAD
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A
COUNCIL, BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR, TO REAFFIRM OUR NOMINEE
AND SEND DR. REDDY BACK TO
CONTINUE HIS GOOD WORK AND HIS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMITMENT
TO A REGIONAL SOLUTION IN
HOMELESSNESS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LOUIS. IT SEEMS I SKIPPED OVER
AN IMPORTANT PART. I CAUGHT IT
AFTER YOU START SPEAKING BUT I
MOVED TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT
2749. THERE WAS A SECOND,
CORRECT
>> OKAY GOOD. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED. COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS HAS ADDRESSED THE
APPOINTEE. IS THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENT FROM OUR COLLEAGUES?
ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF DR. REDDY?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
ANANDA RAO
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES, AND THE APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED. LET'S MOVE ON TO
ITEM 26. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU
PLEASE VIEW THE SHORT TITLE OF
ITEM 26.
>> ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA,
AGENDA ITEM 26, FOR THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE.
COUNCIL BILL 120652, RELATING
TO TAXICABS AND FOR HIRE
VEHICLES REPEALING OR DELETING
PROVISIONS INTENDED TO NO
LONGER BE IN EFFECT IN
SEPARATING THE TAXICAB AND
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
INDUSTRIES , CONFORMING TO
CHANGES IN STATE LAW . THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, AS CHAIR, YOUR
RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH POINT I
WANTED TO SPEAK TO ITEMS 23
THROUGH 25 ALTOGETHER?
>> THOSE ARE ALL YOURS, RIGHT?
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> OH, I SEE NOW. I'M SORRY.
YES, SURE. IF THAT WILL MAKE IT
EASIER, I KNOW YOU GOT
AMENDMENTS ON ALL THREE OF THEM
.
>> I DO, THANK YOU.
>> WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT. I LOVE TO SPEAK TO
THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION THAT
WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US. THE
THREE LEGISLATION REPRESENT ONE
COMPLETE PACKAGE. SPEAKING TO
THEM TOGETHER HERE WILL HELP,
I THINK, SAVE SOME TIME AND
ALSO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE
PICTURE OF THE TYPE OF CHANGES
THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND
AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT NOTED,
WE DO HAVE ONE AMENDMENT TO
EACH OF THE THREE BILLS SO I
WILL SEE THAT UP AT THE END IF
THAT'S OKAY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THESE MAKE UP THE FIRST IN
THE NATION PACKAGE THAT WOULD
MODERNIZE AND UPDATE THE -- TO
ENSURE THAT WORKERS, CONSUMERS,
AND THE PUBLIC ARE PROTECTED AS
THE INDUSTRY EVOLVES. THE
SUITE OF LEGISLATION IS THE
RESULT OF YEARS OF ENGAGEMENT
AND ADVOCACY BY DRIVERS,
DISPATCH COMPANIES, ENGAGEMENT,
AND COORDINATION BY THE CITY'S
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KING
COUNTY DEPARTMENT AND
COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS LEGISLATION WAS VOTED OUT
OF THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE FOLLOWING A ROBUST
DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION IN
OUR FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT
SEPTEMBER AND IN EARLY AUGUST.
WE HELD TIME TO ALLOW FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO
PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND PROVIDE AN
INPUT TO THE LEGISLATION THAT
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAD BEEN
LEADING ON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ALSO
THEN, ONCE WE VOTED OUT ON
SEPTEMBER 20th, HELD IT FROM
GOING TO THE FULL COUNCIL SO
THAT WE COULD ENSURE THAT ALL
OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE
ADOPTED BY KING COUNTY COUNCIL
WERE FULLY REFLECTED IN OUR
CITY LEGISLATION, AS WELL.
KING COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED ON
THEIR LEGISLATION ON NOVEMBER
28th, WHICH IS CENTRAL STAFF
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE AND
ALIGN OUR CITY ORDINANCE TO
ENSURE THAT THE FINAL PASSAGE
HERE TODAY WAS ACTUALLY IN
HARMONY AND THAT WE REFLECTED
ANY CHANGES MADE BY KING COUNTY
COUNCIL, AS THEY ADOPTED THEIR
FOR HIRE LEGISLATION. I WANT TO
THINK KARINA BULL FOR ALL THE
WORK THAT SHE DID IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH LAUREN HENRY
ON COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, THE
CITY ETERNAL OFFICE, A MINISTRY
OF SERVICES AND THE KING COUNTY
STAFF AND EXECUTIVE TEAMS WHO
HAD BEEN WORKING TO ENHANCE
THIS LEGISLATION AND MAKE THE
NEEDED, NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGES
TO SEATTLE'S LEGISLATION TO
PUT AS IN HARMONY WITH THE KING
COUNTY COUNCILS LEGISLATION
THAT PASSED PRIOR TO THE FINAL
VOTE TODAY. AGAIN, KARINA BULL
AND CENTRAL STAFF IN THAT TEAM
ARE WORKING HAND IN GLOVE TO
ENSURE THAT THE CITY AND THE
COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE WERE
NEARLY IDENTICAL. THE THREE
SUBSIDY BILLS THAT WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING HERE TODAY WITH THE
AMENDMENTS, ALL OF THEM LABELED
AMENDMENT A HELP TO SYNCHRONIZE
THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE PASSED
OUT OF THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER AND SO
THAT OUR FINAL PACKAGE OF FOR
HIRE LEGISLATION IS FULLY IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE COUNTIES
LEGISLATION, MAKING THEM TRUE
COMPANION BILLS. THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US
ANTICIPATES THE IMPACTS OF
TECHNOLOGY ON TAXI DISPATCH
SERVICES AND PROVIDES
GUARDRAILS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS
AND DRIVERS THROUGH THOSE
TRANSITIONS, INCLUDING
REGULATING AND CAPPING
EXCESSIVE FEES. CHANGES IN
TECHNOLOGY SHOULD NOT RESULT IN
REDUCED EARNINGS FOR DRIVERS OR
COMPROMISE SAFETY FOR THE
PUBLIC. THE POLICY THAT WE ARE
ABOUT TO PASS TODAY, THE THREE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION, PROVIDE
THE NEEDED SAFEGUARDS FOR
DRIVERS AND THE COMMUNITY
MOVING FORWARD. I HOPE THIS IS
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OUR
CONTINUED COLLABORATION BETWEEN
THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AND I
AGAIN WANT TO THINK THE REAL
BEST -- ROBUST LIST OF THE
STAKEHOLDERS. THIS, MADAM
PRESIDENT, WILL THINK IS MY --
SERVICE MY THINK IS FOR ALL
THREE PIECES OF LEGISLATION. I
WANT TO THANK ALL MEMBERS OF
THE TEAM . SARA O'CONNOR CHRIS
AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE, BREANNA THOMAS IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE , THE MAYOR
HIMSELF, OUR COUNTY PARTNERS
FOR ALL OF THE COLLABORATION
THEY HAVE DONE, BOTH ON THE
LEGISLATIVE AND THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH, AND AS I MENTIONED,
LAUREN HENRY, OUR LEGISLATIVE
LEGAL COUNCIL ALONG WITH KARINA
BULL . TEAMSTERS 117 LED BY
SAMANTHA BRAD AND OUR MANY
CONVERSATIONS ALONG WITH MANY
MEMBERS OF THE DISPATCH
COMMUNITY WHO ARE INVOLVED IN
THIS CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS
YEAR. AGAIN, THANK YOU, KARINA
BULL FOR THE FINAL TWEAKS THAT
YOU ARE SUGGESTING HERE TO
HARMONIZE THE CITIES COUNTY AND
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS HERE
TODAY. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD
LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT A. I
MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120 -- 120652 AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT A TO THE AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL
AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA YOU DID
SPEAK TO IT. YOU WANT TO SPEAK
TO THAT AND -- NO, YOUR GOOD?
OKAY. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND
APPEARED IS IT TO SPEAK TO THE
UNDERLYING, ALL THREE PIECES,
OR TO THE AMENDMENT?
>> IS TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL BILL
120653. JUST TELL ME WHEN THE
BEST TIME WOULD BE TO TALK TO
THAT, ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> THAT IS THE NEXT ONE.
>> ITEM 27.
>> YEAH. WE ARE DOING THE
AMENDMENT NOW, ITEM 26 .
>> OKAY, SO, BECAUSE THEY WERE
SPOKEN OF IN THE BEGINNING AS A
PACKAGE, I DIDN'T KNOW. I'M
JUST SIGNALING THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> OKAY. LET'S GET THROUGH THIS
AMENDMENT. WE WILL OPEN THE
FLOOR ON THE AMENDMENT THERE.
DOES THAT SOUND FAIR?
>> SO COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
MOVED AND WE SECONDED
AMENDMENT A AND YOU ARE GOOD,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ON A ?
OTHER ANY COMMENTS REGARDING
AMENDMENT A AS PROVIDED FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA? I'M
NOT SEEING ANY SO, WITH THAT,
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT A?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
ANANDA RAO
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NOT
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES, AND
AMENDMENT A IS ADOPTED. SO
LET'S MOVE ON. I'M GUESSING YOU
HAVE NO CLOSING REMARKS.
>> KNOW. SO THE NEXT PART IS ,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL
AS AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED
.
>> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF. WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM 27 INTO THE RECORD?
>> GETTING THERE, THANK YOU.
AGENDA ITEM 27, COUNCIL BILL
120 653 , RELATING TO TAXICABS
AND FOR HIRE VEHICLES,
SEPARATING AND AMENDING
TAXICABS AND FOR HIGHER VEHICLE
INDUSTRY REGULATIONS AND ADDING
A NEW CHAPTER 6.311 TO THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A PASS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU
SPOKE IN GENERAL TO ALL THREE
BECAUSE THEY ARE A PACKAGE. ARE
YOU GOING TO MOVE ON YOUR
AMENDMENT HERE?
>> YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK
YOU. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I
DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU TO AARON
HOUSE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH
MULTIPLE MEMBERS. CHEAPER
STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, I MOVED TO AMEND
ITEM 27 653 AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT A ON THE AGENDA AND
CIRCULATED BY CENTRAL STAFF.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> I WILL SECONDED. SECONDED .
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT A. COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK
TO THIS AND THEN I WILL OPEN
THE FLOOR?
>> THE SAME COMMENTS APPLY TO
ALL THREE OF THE AMENDMENTS
THAT WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD
TODAY. WE ARE OFFERING
TECHNICAL CHANGES IN THESE
SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENTS . THESE
ARE CHANGES THAT ARE MEANT TO
HARMONIZE THE BILL PASSED BY
THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL AND
KARINA BULL SENT A DETAILED
SUMMARY LAST WEEK THAT
SUMMARIZES ALL THREE OF THE
CHANGES HERE. BUT BASICALLY ALL
OF THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE IN
HARMONY AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH
KING COUNTIES LEGISLATION
THAT'S ALREADY PASSED IN LATE
NOVEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR
NELSON, IS THIS WE WANTED TO
SPEAK?
>> THANK YOU. MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT THE STARTED OUT AS A
TWO-PIECE LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE
TO UPDATE TAX PROVISIONS AND
ALSO APPROVE AN ILA WITH KING
COUNTY AND AT LEAST THAT'S HOW
IT WAS DESCRIBED BY THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND THIS PARTICULAR BILL
CAME AS A SURPRISE TO ME OVER
THE SUMMER. IT HAS A WHOLE NEW
CHAPTER OF NEW REGULATIONS TO
THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
CONSTITUTES A HUGE NEW BODY OF
WORK GOING FORWARD. I DON'T
KNOW HOW ROBUST THIS
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS WAS WITH
DRIVERS AND DISPATCHERS AND
WE'VE HEARD SOME CONCERN FROM
THEM IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD BUT I'VE STAYED IN
COMMITTEE AND UPON LEARNING
MORE, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO
BECAUSE THE ISSUE WITH FAIRS
AND INSURANCE. SO FAIRS HAVE
BEEN REGULATED SINCE 1991 TO
ENSURE CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE
INDUSTRY -- TAXICAB. BUT THEY
HAVE NOW BEEN THE SAME SINCE
2014, WHILE THE CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX IS INCREASING NEARLY 30%
SINCE 2014. THE COST OF RENTAL
HOUSING IN SEATTLE HAS NEARLY
DOUBLED IN THE COST OF VEHICLES
AND MAINTENANCE HAVE INCREASED
MORE THAN THE CPI. I
CONSIDERED BUT ULTIMATELY
DECIDED AGAINST AN AMENDMENT
THAT WOULD HAVE CONVENED A
STUDY TO SEEK INPUT FROM
STAKEHOLDERS ON WHETHER TO
INCREASE THESE FARES AND WHAT
WOULD BE THE RIGHT NUMBER AND I
BELIEVE FAS WAS ASKED TO
CONVENE THIS STUDY A LONG TIME
AGO. I UNDERSTAND THAT FAS
DECIDED NOT TO ADJUST THE
TAXING METER RATES IN THIS
LEGISLATION, DUE TO THE
IMPENDING REQUIREMENT FOR
DISPATCH AGENCIES TO ADOPT THE
SMART TAXI METER SYSTEM BY
MARCH 2026 AND A GENERAL
PREFERENCE TO MOVE AWAY FROM
REGULATING FARES BUT TAXI
OPERATORS ARE THE ONES WHO WILL
PUT THE SMART METERS IN AND
DISPATCH COMPANIES, MOST OF WHO
HAVE BEEN ON THE EDGE OF YOUR
LICENSE COVID AND THE NUMBER
HAS ALREADY FAILED WILL HAVE TO
BUY EXPENSIVE NEW SYSTEMS TO
MANAGE THEM. CORPORATIONS LIKE
HUBER HAVE ALREADY DROPPED
SURGE PRICING IN SOME AREAS DUE
TO CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS THAT IT
IS REALLY JUST GREAT PRICE
GOUGING. SO IT REALLY DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE TO RELY ON A
TECHNOLOGY THAT'S ALREADY GOING
OUT OF FAVOR WITH NATIONAL ,
INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES. THESE
HIGHER FEES MAKE
TRANSPORTATION TOO EXPENSIVE
FOR LOWER INCOME PEOPLE AND I
THINK THIS WILL ACTUALLY REDUCE
THE NUMBER OF WRITE SERVICES
AND RIDES AND TAKE AWAY JOBS,
MANY OF THEM HELD BY IMMIGRANTS
TO THE CITY. IT GETS WORSE WHEN
WE CONSIDER WHEELCHAIR ACCESS ,
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE TAXIS IN
MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT SPOKE
EARLIER MIGHT FIND THIS
RELEVANT. WE HAVE FAR TOO FEW
-- TO MAKE A DEMAND AND IF
THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND, THE
SMART METER WOULD PRESUMABLY
RAISE THE FAIR. THAT RAISES
SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS UNDER THE
FEDERAL AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT. THIS DOES NOT
ALLOW A HIGHER FARE FOR
DISABILITIES AND A MAJORITY OF
WHAT TRIPS ARE CONTRACT TRIPS,
PAID AT THE HIGHLANDS RATE,
SMART METERS NOT BE USED.
SPEAKING OF WATTS, INSURANCE
IS DIFFICULT TO GET BUT FOR
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE AND FOR
HIRE VEHICLES, THE SITUATION IS
CRITICAL. IT'S EVEN WORSE. WHAT
OPERATORS PAY MORE THAN TWICE
WHAT A STANDARD TAXI PACE. THE
CITY'S INSURANCE RATING
REQUIREMENTS OF CAUSE ALL BUT
ONE INSURER, PACIFIC MARINE,
FROM BEING IN THE MARKET AND
I'M HEARING THAT COVERAGE
THROUGH THAT INSURER CAN BE
HARD TO MAINTAIN. INSURANCE
HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC FOR ALMOST
A DECADE. WHAT OPERATORS
COMBINE INSURANCE FOR ONE THIRD
OF WHAT OPERATORS CAN PAY SO ,
OF COURSE, I ALSO CONSIDERED
BUT DID NOT OFFER GIVEN THE
DUAL CITY COUNTY NATURE OF THIS
LEGISLATION AND AMENDMENT THAT
WOULD HAVE CONVENED A STUDY
FOR INSURANCE FOR WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE TAXIS WITH THE AIM
OF IDENTIFYING STEPS TO
INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH
INSURANCE AND, YOU KNOW, I
WELCOME THAT AT ANY TIME.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
SERVES EVERYONE, NOT JUST THOSE
WITH GREATER MEANS AND THAT WE
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET
DEMAND, INCLUDING DEMAND BY
SEATTLE RESIDENTS WHO DEPEND ON
THE SERVICES TO GET AROUND.
AGAIN, I HAVE DEEP CONCERNS AND
I HOPE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT FAS IS GOING TO PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO GOING FORWARD
BECAUSE I FEAR WE REALLY COULD
BE DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD
HERE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. WITH THAT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT A ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? TRENT
21
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSE,
ONE ABSTENTION.
>> MY APOLOGIES. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WARRANTS, EXTENSIONS
ARE ALLOWED FOR AMENDMENTS ,
SPECIFICALLY BILLS .
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IS
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ALLOWED TO
ABSTAIN ON AN AMENDMENT TO A
BILL.
>> THE COUNCIL ROSE ONLY
PROVIDE THAT IF ABSTENTION'S
ARE ALLOWED TO RESOLUTIONS.
>> I CHANGE MY VOTE TO A GUESS
ON THE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU. EIGHT IN FAVOR,
NOT OPPOSED.
>> OKAY. SO THE MOTION
CARRIES , AMENDMENT A IS
ADOPTED . NOW WE GO TO THE BASE
LEGISLATION . COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA , DO YOU HAVE ANY
CLOSING REMARKS BEFORE WE GO TO
THE BASE LEGISLATION AS
AMENDED?
>> I DO NOT. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, MADAM
CLERK, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT
YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES
AS AMENDED AND I WILL SIGN IT
AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX
MY LEGISLATION TO -- MY
SIGNATURE TO ELATION ON MY
HALF. COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
SPOKE TO THAT BUT LET'S HAVE ,
LET'S READ THAT INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 28, 1207 --
AUTHORIZING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
AND ADMINISTER THE SERVICES OR
DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE AN
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH KING
COUNTY TO REGULATE FOR HIRE
TRANSPORTATION. THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS.
>> IN QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> YOU SO MUCH. I SPOKE TO THIS
ALREADY. THIS IS NUMBER THREE
OF THREE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COLLEAGUES, AND TO AMEND THIS
LEGISLATION AS WELL, I MOVED TO
AMEND 120656 AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT A.
>> THAT SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, WILL
YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THE
AMENDMENT.
>> I'M SORRY, MADAM
COUNCILMEMBER, THE PRESIDENT, I
MAY HAVE JUMPED THE GUN ON
THAT, AS WELL. THE AMENDMENT
CONTAINS THE TECHNICAL CHANGES
NECESSARY TO HARMONIZE THE BILL
WITH THE FOR HIRE LEGISLATION
RECENTLY PASSED BY KING COUNTY
COUNCIL.
>> IS YOUR INTRODUCTION TO THE
AMENDMENT? OKAY. IS THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO
CALL THE RULING ON THE ADOPTION
AMENDMENT A? ALL RIGHT. MADAM
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT A?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? TRENT
21
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU. A MOTION
CARRIES. AMENDMENT A IS
ADOPTED. NOW, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED
, I'M GOING TO LET MOSQUEDA, IF
YOU WANT TO SPEAK FIRST, I WILL
LET YOU CLOSE US OUT. OTHER ANY
OTHER COMMENTS ON AS AMENDED?
OKAY, I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, ANY
LAST COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO
THE ROLL ?
>> I GOT MY THINK IS IN. THANK
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU. CLERK, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL AS AMENDED .
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THE
BILL PASSES AS AMENDED PEER THE
CHAIR WILL PASS IT. MADAM
CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX MY
LEGISLATURE ON MY BEHALF. LET'S
MOVE ON TO ITEM 29. YAY!
>> THE REPORT OF THE 2023 --
AGENDA ITEM 29 , COUNCIL HILL
120718. RELATING TO REGULATING
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN
LARGER NONEXISTENT ROUND
RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY
BUILDINGS. INTENSITY TARGETS
AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
PRESCRIBING PENALTIES, AND
ADDING A NEW CHAPTER. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ?
>> I DID GIVE EXTENSIVE
COMMENTS SO IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME, I WILL BRIDGE MY COMMENTS
TODAY. I WANT TO THANK MOSQUEDA
AND STRAUSS FOR COSPONSORING
THE LEGISLATION AND I WANT TO
THINK MADAM PRESIDENT BORIS FOR
CALLING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON
CLIMATE. HAD YOU NOT DONE SO,
MADAM PRESIDENT, WE WOULD NOT
BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO THANK
YOU FOR DOING SO. ADDRESSING
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IS ONE
OF THE GREATEST PROBLEMS OF
OUR TIME. FUTURE GENERATIONS
WILL LOOK BACK TO THIS MOMENT
AND JUDGE US BY WHAT WE DID
TODAY TO ADDRESS OUR CLIMATE
CRISIS. WE EXPERIENCE THE
IMPACT HERE IN SEATTLE. FORCED
HOT FIRE HAYES IN SUMMER AND
EVEN AUTUMN HAS BECOME NORMAL.
IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE BIG
SWINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE
CAN FOR OURSELVES AND FOR OUR
FUTURE GENERATIONS OF
SEATTLEITES. I REALLY PROUD TO
HAVE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ANSWER THE CALL FROM MAYOR
HAROLD , THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY, AND ADVOCATES
TO SPONSOR THIS LEGISLATION
THROUGH THE COUNCIL IN OUR VERY
LAST WEEKS OF 2023. THE
LEGISLATION ITSELF WILL REQUIRE
OWNERS OF BUILDINGS LARGER
THAN 20,000 SQUARE FEET TO TAKE
STEPS TO INCREMENTALLY REDUCE
THOSE BUILDINGS, GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS THE STANDARDS
ARE PERFORMANCE BASED, WHICH
MEANS THAT OWNERS CAN CHOOSE
WHICH INVESTMENTS TO MAKE, AS
LONG AS THEY ARE MEETING THE
REDUCTION TARGETS. THIS IS THE
MOST AMBITIOUS PLAN TO REDUCE
EMISSIONS IN SEATTLE HISTORY.
WHILE THE CITY HAS REQUIRED --
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME CITY
LAW WILL ACTUALLY TARGET
EXISTING GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSION SPECIFICALLY. IT'S
EXPECTED THAT THE POLICY WILL
REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM BUILDINGS
OVERALL BY 27% AND REDUCE
SEATTLE'S TOTAL CORE EMISSIONS
BY 10%. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
REGULATIONS CAN NOW ALSO HELP
BUILDING OWNERS MAKE SMARTER
DECISIONS ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS
THEY MUST SOON ALSO MAKE TO
COMPLY WITH STATE LAW. SO THAT
THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE
BUILDINGS ARE BOTH REDUCING
ENERGY USE AS REQUIRED BY THE
STATE LAW AND USING ENERGY
SOURCES THAT PRODUCE LESS
GREENHOUSE GASES. AS REQUIRED
BY THE REGULATION. THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS ALSO OFFERING
ASSISTANCE TO BILLING OWNERS
WHO HAVE FEWER RESOURCES,
INCLUDING NONPROFITS, AND THE
ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET THESE
BUILDINGS TO NET ZERO EMISSIONS
BY 2050. WE HEARD FROM CITY
LIGHT AND COMMITTEE ABOUT THEIR
PREPARATIONS FOR GROWING
ELECTRIC -- ELECTRICITY IS, AS
WE MOVE TOWARDS GREATER USE OF
THIS CLIMATE FRIENDLY ENERGY
SOURCE AND REMEMBER, THIS
LEGISLATION IS PART OF A JUST
TRANSITION. THAT MEANS IT WILL
CREATE JOBS. IT WILL CREATE
GREEN JOBS. AN ESTIMATED 150 TO
270 NEW ANNUAL JOBS, GREEN JOBS
TO PROMOTE ELECTRIFICATION, AND
MANY THANKS TO OSC AND THE
MAYOR FOR PICKING THIS INTO THE
RECIPE AND EXEMPLIFYING THE
SPIRIT OF THE BLUE-GREEN
COALITION. I WANT TO ALSO GIVE
A SHOUT OUT TO OUR FORMER
COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER ROB
JOHNSON , WHO RECENTLY SENT A
LETTER OF SUPPORT JUST TODAY
FROM THE SEATTLE KRAKEN AND WE
ALSO HEARD ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
TODAY FROM SMART LOCAL 66. THE
SHEET-METAL OCHER -- MLK
LABOR, AND LOCAL 46 ELECTRICAL
WORK WORKERS. WE ALSO JUST
RECEIVED A NUMBER, A LETTER
FROM A NUMBER OF ARCHITECTS,
BUILDERS, BUSINESSES, AND
ELECTRIC -- FROM AROUND THE
COUNTRY. EMPHASIZING THAT
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES,
INCLUDING BIPOC AND
DISPROPORTIONATE -- THEY GO ON
TO SAY THAT SEATTLE'S
LEADERSHIP WILL SERVE IN HIS
EXAMPLE TO CITIES, COUNTIES,
AND STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BYPASSING THIS LEGISLATION ,
SEATTLE WILL JOIN JURISDICTIONS
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WHO
ARE PROVIDING PRECEDENTS THAT
OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN
LOOK TO IN CRAFTING OUR OWN
CARBON-BASED BPS POLICIES. I
WILL REST THERE. I MIGHT HAVE
SOME CLOSING COMMENTS. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. I HAVE A FEW WORDS. I
WILL BE BRIEF. FIRST OF ALL,
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR CHAIRING THE
MEETING ON DECEMBER 7th, THE
VERY FIRST COMMITTEE ON
CLIMATE ACTION. I KNOW THAT YOU
STEPPED IN AND PROVIDED THE
LEADERSHIP THAT THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL NEEDED SO IT WAS
-- TO ASSIST YOU IN MAKING SURE
THAT IT HAPPENS . I WANT TO
THANK DIRECTOR JUSTIN FARRELL
AND ALSO SANDRA MALLOY ,
MALLORY, I'M SORRY, FOR THE
OFFICE AND MADELINE CAUSTIC
WHO IS FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
, AS WELL AS OUR OWN YOLANDA
WHO PROVIDED US WITH AN EIGHT
PAGE MEMORANDUM WITH THE
HISTORY OF EVERYTHING OF WHAT
THIS TEAM HAS BEEN DOING SINCE
1992 REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE,
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, ET
CETERA. SO WE WORKED, WE
EXPANDED THE WORK OF SOME OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LEADERS AND
CERTAINLY, FROM MAYOR HARRELL'S
OFFICE, ON THIS WORK, AND IN
HIS HISTORIC, I WANT TO THINK
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS HIS
HAND UP. COUNCIL MEMBER STRESS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, HERBOLD
FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR
CONSIDERATION. IT'S AN HONOR TO
GET TO COSPONSOR THIS HISTORIC
PIECE OF LEGISLATION, WHICH FOR
THE LAST YEAR, HAS GONE THROUGH
THE LAST ROUND OF STAKEHOLDER,
PREVIOUS TO THAT, THERE WAS
ANOTHER YEAR OF STAKEHOLDER
RING AND PREVIOUS TO THAT,
WERE PREVIOUS MONTHS OF
CREATION REGARDING THIS POLICY.
WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PASS THE
STRONGEST ENERGY CODE IN THE
NATION, WHICH WILL HELP US
ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS WITH
NEW BUILDINGS AND THIS
LEGISLATION BEFORE US IS
HELPING US TO ADDRESS ONE OF
THE LARGEST EMITTERS, WHICH ARE
THE BUILT BUILDINGS AROUND US
TODAY. I CANNOT THANK YOU
ENOUGH, DIRECTOR FARRELL,
EVERYONE AT OSC, WHO MADE THIS
POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS OUT
BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> SORRY, I DIDN'T WANT TO
>> OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. GO
AHEAD.
>> SO SORRY, NOT TO JUMP IN
SOONER. I WANT TO ADD TO THE
LIST OF THANK YOU'S. THIS IS,
I THINK, ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT STEPS THAT OUR CITY
CAN TAKE RIGHT NOW. GIVEN THE
GLOBAL CONVERSATION THAT TOOK
PLACE OVER THE LAST WEEK ON
CLIMATE CRISIS. HERE WE ARE
TAKING STEPS TO ACT URGENTLY
AND TACKLE OUR LOCAL CLIMATE
ADMISSIONS. I THINK THAT THIS
LEGISLATION COMBINED WITH THE
RECORD INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE
MAKING THROUGH THE PROGRESSIVE
PAYROLL TAX . TO SHORE UP THE
RESILIENCE OF OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES AND WORKFORCE. THIS
POLICY HERE TODAY WILL
STRENGTHEN OUR CITIES CLIMATE
RESPONSE. AND SHOWS STRONG
LEADERSHIP ON LOCAL CLIMATE
ACTION. THE COMMITTEE OF THE
PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF THE
LEGISLATION THAT THERE IS MUCH
MORE AND TODAY IS A MOMENT FOR
CELEBRATION AS WE PASS THIS
LANDMARK POLICY AS WE LEAD BY
EXAMPLE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
WE CAN ALL VERY MUCH CELEBRATE
AND KNOW THAT THIS IS A
STEPPING STONE FOR FUTURE WORK,
AS WELL. I WANT TO THINK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
TORRES, AS WELL. ON CLIMATE
ACTION TO SHOW HOW WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD AND WORK TOGETHER AND
TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EXECUTIVE,
WITH MAYOR HAROLD AND DIRECTOR
MERAL AND ALL THE -- AND THE
COMMUNITY WAS INVOLVED , WE
HEARD FROM FOLKS, NOW IS THE
TIME TO RALLY AROUND THIS
LEGISLATION, DON'T AMEND IT,
GET IT THROUGH, WE KNOW THERE
ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE
ADDED OR CHANGED A DIFFERENT
WAY, BUT THIS IS THE BUILDING
BLOCK FOR CLIMATE ACTION SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OSC, MLK
LABOR, SEATTLE BUILDING TRAITS,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE
PROVIDERS WITHIN THOSE
BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS ALL OF
THE CLIMATE ADVOCATES WHO HAVE
BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS TYPE
OF POLICY AND THE COLLABORATION
MADE POSSIBLE TO GET THIS OVER
THE FINISH LINE AND THE FINAL
THINK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JOHNSON, I WANT TO THINK ONE OF
OUR FORMER COLLEAGUES,
COUNCILMEMBER MIKE O'BRIEN WHO
HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN
GETTING THIS OVER THE FINISH
LINE, AS WELL. FOR ALL OF THE
YEARS THAT THIS TOOK TO GET
HERE AND WE GET TO TAKE A VOTE
TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S
AN HONOR TO BE YOUR VICE CHAIR,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND YOUR
BESIDE PICK -- SIDEKICK.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS
A VERY WIDELY REPORTED THAT, AT
ONE POINT, IN THIS LEGISLATION,
BEFORE WE WENT TO THE BUDGET
PROCESS, MAYOR HARRELL ACTUALLY
DECLINED TO SEND THE BILL
DOWN. THERE WAS A MOMENT AT
SEPTEMBER 11th BRIEFINGS
MEETING WHERE COUNCILMEMBER --
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
MOSQUEDA AND MYSELF DISCUSSED
THAT TURN OF EVENTS. IN PART,
BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE EXPRESSED
OUR CONCERN THE DAY THAT JUST A
FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT, THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OSC DIRECTOR
JUSTIN FARRELL ASKED ME TO
SHEPHERD THE BILL AND I WAS
JUST, I'VE BEEN OVER THE MOON
AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
MY CONDITION TO INTRODUCING THE
BILL WAS THE SUPPORT OF ALL
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
BUILDING OWNERS, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES IN
LABOR. TWO CHANGES SOUGHT BY
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES,
SPECIFICALLY OWNER PENALTY
INCREASES TO BETTER MATCH THOSE
OF OTHER CITIES AND BUILDING D
CARBONATION COSTS. WHEN THE
BILL WAS SENT DOWN TO THE
COUNCIL, IT INCLUDED THAT
IMPORTANT CHANGE, HIGHER
PENALTIES, BUT BALANCED WITH
GIVING FLEXIBILITY FOR REDUCED
FINES FOR PARTIAL COMPLIANCE
AND FLEXIBILITY TO CREATE GRACE
PERIODS . THIS LEGISLATION IS
NOT ABOUT, IT'S NOT ABOUT
COLLECTING FEES AND FINES, IT'S
ABOUT BRINGING OWNERS INTO
COMPLIANCE. AGAIN, I WANT TO
THANK THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE YEARS,
MANY, MANY YEARS OF WORK ON
THIS POLICY , WHICH IS JUST A
NUMBER OF POLICIES THAT JUST
ONE OF A NUMBER OF POLICIES
THAT YOU HAVE WORKED ON.
SPECIAL THANKS TO DIRECTOR
FARRELL, SANDRA MALLORY, AND
EVERYONE WHO PLAYED A ROLL IN
THIS. OSC ENGAGED IN MORE THAN
125 STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS FROM
LATE 2021 THROUGH MID-2023 TO
DEVELOP THE PROPOSED POLICY.
THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR FOR
PROPOSING THIS, AND THE
CORROBORATIVE WORK TO DEVELOP
AND FINALIZE THIS PROPOSAL AND
WORKING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
SUPPORTERS , LABOR, AND
BUILDING OWNERS. THANK YOU TO
MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR
AGREEING TO MEET AFTER THE
CONCLUSION OF BUDGET PROCESSES
TO DISCUSS THIS LEGISLATION IN
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ,
GRACIOUSLY CALLED BY MADAM
PRESIDENT JUAREZ THANK YOU TO
YOLANDA OF CENTRAL STAFF,
ESTHER HANDY FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS , AND A SPECIAL THANKS AS
WELL TO -- AND ABLY AND
AFFECTING THIS POLICY BEING
STAFFED DEVELOPMENT AND
GETTING IT OVER THE FINISH
LINE. AGAIN, ANOTHER THING TO
ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, WHETHER
OR NOT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES, LABOR
LEADERS, WORKERS, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DEVELOPERS , OR
BUILDING OWNERS AND THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES. YOU HAVE
PLAYED A CRITICAL, ACTUALLY,
AND INDISPENSABLE ROLL IN
GETTING THIS LEGISLATION PASSED
AND I TRULY HOPE THAT YOU
CELEBRATE YOUR SUCCESS. THIS
IS A CRITICAL STEP, BUT THERE
IS MUCH MORE TO DO. LIFTING UP
ONCE AGAIN, THE LANGUAGE IN THE
DIRECTORS REPORT THAT SAYS THAT
THIS POLICY IN COMBINATION WITH
EXISTING CITY AND STATE
POLICIES GETS US HALFWAY
TOWARDS NET ZERO. THE REMAINING
ADMISSIONS WILL NEED TO BE
OBTAINED FROM FUTURE POLICIES
THAT ADDRESS NONRESIDENTIAL
AND MULTI FAMILY BUILDINGS THAT
ARE SMALLER THAN 20,000 SQUARE
FEET, AS WELL AS A
SINGLE-FAMILY SECTOR. BEYOND
THOSE THAT WILL ALREADY BE
ADDRESSED, BY THE EXISTING
RENTAL HEATING OIL CONVERSION
PROGRAM, OTHERWISE KNOWN BY THE
SEATTLE HEAT PROGRAM, IN
CLOSING, I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY WITH THIS
FANTASTIC AND POWERFUL AND
BUILDING OWNERS TO USE THE
MOMENTUM THAT'S BEEN CREATED
TODAY AND THE PARTNERSHIPS
CREATED AS PART OF THIS POLICY
TO TAKE THOSE NEXT STEPS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. WITH THE CLERK. --
>> COMES NEVER STRESS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE BILL PASSES.
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY
BEHALF. UBUNTU ITEM NUMBER 30.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM 30 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 30, RELATING
TO LAND USE AND ZONING,
AMENDING SECTION 23.70 6.029 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO
ALLOW FOR HOLDERS OF CERTAIN
MINISTRIES PERMITS APPROVED
FOR ISSUANCE BETWEEN MARCH 1st,
2020 AND DECEMBER 31st, .26 TO
HEATHER MATTHEWS PERMITS EXPIRE
IN SIX YEARS. THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THIS BILL PASSES AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
MOSQUEDA, MIRELES AND
PEDERSON OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. THIS WILL EXPEND THE
LIFE OF A MASTER USE PERMIT
FROM 5 TO 6 YEARS. THEY WOULD
HAVE TO RECEIVE -- THIS WOULD
HAVE STREAMLINED THE ENTIRE
PROCESS AND I URGE A VOTE.
THANK YOU .
>> THANK YOU. I DO NOT SEE
ANY. SO I ASSUMING YOU ARE
GOOD ON CLOSING COMMENTS?
>> YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> I AM COUNTING THE CLOCK ON
YOU.
>> I MET ONE MINUTE, 23
SECONDS.
>> GOOD FOR YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL PASS IT. MADAME
CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF. LET'S
MOVE ONTO ITEM 31. CAN YOU READ
THAT INTO THE RECORD?
>> CANCELED THE 120 675,
RELATING TO LAND USE AND
ZONING. AMENDING SECTION 23.50
A .008 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO MODIFY THE
MAXIMUM SIZE OF USE LIMIT FOR
MEDICAL SERVICES USED IN THE
PORTION DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTEROF THE --
>> FOR EXISTING MEDICAL
SERVICES WITHIN THE
MANUFACTURING LOGISTICS ZONE
EAST OF AIRPORT WAY SOUTH AND
WITHIN THE DUWAMISH
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL CENTER
. THIS IS A SIMPLE AND GOOD
BILL. I URGE A VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS?
>> I'M GUESSING YOU'RE OKAY,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, TO GO TO
A VOTE.
>> YES.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES,
AND THE CHAIR WILL PASSES.
AGAIN, MADAME CLERK, PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. LET'S
READ ITEM NUMBER 32 TO THE
RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 320 97,
ENDORSING STRATEGIC STRATEGIES
TO IMPROVE THE MOVEMENT OF
PEOPLE AND GOODS IN SEATTLE'S
INDUSTRIAL AND MARITIME AREAS.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED AS
AMENDED.
>> COUNCIL NEVER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. THIS IS IN IN
TANDEM WITH THE ZONING CHANGES
WE MADE IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND
MARITIME ZONES THAT INCREASE
PROTECTIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL USE,
WHILE ALSO MAKING, BEING MORE
FLEXIBLE FOR OFFICE AND HOUSING
SPACES AS APPROPRIATE. THIS WAS
A PRODUCT OF FIVE YEARS OF
NEGOTIATED DISAGREEMENT THAT
RESULTED IN 87% AGREEMENT
AROUND STRATEGIES. MOST OF THEM
RELATING TO LAND-USE AND A FEW
OF THEM RELATED TO
TRANSPORTATION. WE PASS THE
LAND-USE CHANGES THROUGH THE
COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL.
THIS RESOLUTION INCORPORATES
THE TRANSPORTATION ASPECTS OF
THAT 87% CONSENSUS WHEN THIS
RESOLUTION CAME EARLIER THIS
YEAR, THE CONTENTIONS REGARDING
TWO WORDS THROUGHPUT AND AFTER
MANY MONTHS OF INTENSIVE
MEETING STAKEHOLDERS, I AM
SPONSORING ONE AMENDMENT WHICH
WOULD EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE
OF DESIGNING FOR SAFETY FOR --
FIRST. SORRY, THOSE ARE THE
WORDS WE ARE NOT USING TODAY.
THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS FROM THE
PORT TO THE HIGHWAYS REMAINED
EASY EASY AND ABLE TO BE
ACCOMPLISHED DESPITE THE
ZONING CHANGES AREAS. I URGE
YOU A VOTE. I WILL BE MOVING IN
AMENDMENT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
AT YOUR DESIRE.
>> LET'S HOLD OFF ON YOUR
MINUTE BUT I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK
IN GENERAL BEFORE WE LET
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS MOVE
FORWARD WITH HIS AMENDMENT? I
SAW YOUR HAND UP.
>> SURE. I WILL JUST DO THAT
AND MAKE MY REMARKS IF THAT'S
OKAY.
>> YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO START
BY THINKING COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS FOR WORKING WITH
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND EQUITABLE
MOBILITY ADVOCATES TO AMEND THE
LEGISLATION AS HE INDICATED
THERE WAS SOME CONCERN A LITTLE
BIT EARLIER IN THE YEAR. I
APPRECIATE AMENDING THE
LEGISLATION TO PUT A GREATER
FOCUS ON SAFETY FOR PEOPLE
WALKING, BIKING, AND ROLLING IN
OUR CITY. I WILL SAY THERE IS
A GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE THAT
NARROW WERE LANE WITH TO MAKE
OUR ROADS SAFER. A RECENT STUDY
BY JOHN HOPKINS -- 9 TO 10
FEET ARE SUFFICIENT FOR THE
MOVEMENT OF MOST VEHICLES,
WHILE ALSO ENCOURAGING DRIVERS
TO GO THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT
AND LIMIT CRASH OCCURRENCES.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT,
GIVEN WHAT WE ALL KNOW ABOUT
THE RATE OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES
IN MY DISTRICT. THIS IS NOT TO
SAY THAT THESE WIDTHS ARE
APPROPRIATE FOR ALL STREAK
CLASSIFICATION, BUT THAT THEY
WOULD BE BENEFICIAL ON MUCH OF
OUR CITY STREETS AND THE LANE
WITH SHOULD BE TAKEN UNDER
CONSIDERATION, AS ROADS ARE
REPAVED OR UPGRADED. THIS IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
SPEED DIRECTLY CORRELATES WITH
THE SURVIVAL RATE OF
VULNERABLE ROAD USERS LIKE THE
FOLKS WE HEARD FROM EARLIER
TODAY WHO ARE VICTIMS OF
VEHICULAR COLLISIONS. I'VE
MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE SDOT'S
CURRENT STANDARDS FOR MANY
ARTERIAL LANES ARE 11 OR 12
FEET WIDE. APPROXIMATELY AS
WIDE AS A HIGHWAY LANE . SO I
HOPE WE CAN SEE MORE COMMON
SENSE STREET IMPROVEMENT,
WHILE ALSO ACCOMMODATING THE
IMPRUDENT FREIGHT CORRIDOR
IMPROVEMENTS. I HOPE THEY WILL
COME TO CONSENSUS ON THE
IMPORTANT ISSUE OF ROAD SAFETY
ON ALL OF OUR CITY STREETS
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MOST CITY
STREETS ARE DESIGNATED AS MAJOR
TRUCK ROUTES . SO I AM GOING TO
SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT AND
SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION AND WE WILL
CONTINUE WORKING TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR STREETS ARE SAFE FOR
FOLKS, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY
ARE NAVIGATING THROUGH OUR
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. SO WITH THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, DO YOU
WANT TO MOVE YOUR AMENDMENT,
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER. I
32097.
>> IS THERE A SECOND? THANK
YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE
RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT A, VERSION 3.
COUNCILOR STRAUSS, DO YOU WANT
TO ADD ANYTHING TO YOUR
AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS IT?
>> NO, THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT .
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
BEFORE WE MOVE ON? NOT SEEING
ANY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT A, VERSION 3?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES, THE AMENDMENT IS
ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION AS
AMENDED? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
ADD BEFORE WE GO TO A FULL
VOTE?
>> NOTHING AT THIS TIME,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AS
AMENDED ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION,
AS AMENDED, IS ADOPTED. THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, AND AGAIN,
MEDICAL OR, PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF. THAT'S MOVE ON TO
ITEM 33. REGARDING
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S COMMITTEE
CAN YOU PLEASE READ ITEM THREE
INTO THE RECORD?
>> EXCUSE ME, LET ME GET, THE
REPORT OF PUBLIC ASSETS AND
HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE. AGENDA
ITEM 33, COUNCIL HILL 1207 19,
RELATES TO SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION. AUTHORIZING THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION TO GRANT AND CONVEY
UTILITY EASEMENTS UNDER
PORTIONS OF McKINLEY PARK,
MAGNOLIA BOULEVARD, URSULA
JUDKINS VIEW PARK. THE COUNCIL
RECOMMENDS A BILL PASSED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. THIS SUMMARY READ
BY THE CLERK IMPLIES, GRANTS
AND UTILITY EASEMENT CONNECTING
MAGNOLIA WITH THE BROADER
WASTEWATER TREATMENT GRID . THE
COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS
LEGISLATION DULY AND
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED IT TO
BE ADOPTED.
>> GOOD, THANK YOU. ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS? I AM NOT SEEING
ANY AND I'M GUESSING
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS YOU'RE OKAY
WITH ANY CLOSING REMARKS?
>> YES, READY TO VOTE.
>> OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
TRENT 21
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> CAN YOU COME BACK TO HER?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> CAN YOU COME BACK TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HOW ABOUT I JUST KIND OF HAM
AND HALF ABOUT HOW I MAY VOTE
FOR A SECOND. ON THIS
LEGISLATION FOR MY OWN
COMMITTEE. HYPOTHETICALLY.
GOLLY GEE, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
>> HOW ABOUT THEM HUSKIES?
>> WE GOT -- ALL NOT SUPPOSED
TO SAY THAT.
>> TEXAS IS GOING TO HAVE TO
EAT THAT BEDDING LINE. MARK MY
WORDS RIGHT HERE.
>> YEAH, RIGHT NOW. MARK YOUR
WORDS.
>> OKAY. I DECIDED TO VOTE IN
FAVOR OF THIS NOW.
>> THAT WAS FAST. THAT WAS A
FAST VOTE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE FIX MY
SIGNATURE AND THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS . GREAT
STALLING ON BEHALF OF YOUR
COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO
ON TO ITEM NUMBER 34. MADAME
CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER 34 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 34, COUNCIL BILL
-- ESTABLISHING LIMITS ON THE
MAXIMUM PERSONAL GUARANTEE THAT
MAY BE INCLUDED IN OR AS A
CONDITION OF COMMERCIAL LEASES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS AS AMENDED.
>> BEFORE HANDED OVER, I JUST
WANT TO SHARE WITH THE
COLLEAGUES IN THE VIEWING
PUBLIC THAT THERE WILL BE THREE
AMENDMENTS TO THIS THAT WE NEED
TO GO THROUGH SO LET'S JUST
MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW. I
HAVE AN INTERESTING SCRIPT
HERE. I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN
GET THROUGH THIS ALL IN ONE
PIECE. SO WITH THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THE FLOOR
IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I MOVE THE COUNCIL BILL, IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY, MOVED AND SECONDED. SO
I WILL MAKE SOME BRIEF REMARKS
AND THEN WE CAN CONSIDER THE
AMENDMENT. WHEN COVID HIT AT
THE BEGINNING OF OUR TERM OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE TERM
THAT WAS ELECTED IN 2019 ,
THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
WE DID TO MOVE AS A COUNCIL TO
MITIGATE THE IMPACTS TO SMALL
BUSINESSES. ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I WAS APPROACHED BY
WASHINGTON HOSPITALITY AND THE
SEATTLE RESTAURANT ALLIANCE TO
PURSUE WAS A TEMPORARY
ORDINANCE PREVENTING THE
ENFORCEMENT OF PERSONAL
GUARANTEES GIVEN THE SHUTDOWN
AND THE IMPACT PARTICULARLY ON
RESTAURANT. LET ME BACK UP A
LITTLE BIT. WHAT IS A PERSONAL
GUARANTY? IT'S WHERE SOMEONE
ENTERING INTO A TENANCY THAT
THEIR PERSONAL ASSETS CAN BE
RECOVERED BY THE LANDLORD IN
THE EVENT OF NOT HONORING THE
TERMS OF THE TENNESSEE --
TENANCY. THIS IS OF COURSE IN
A SITUATION WHERE THE ASSETS OF
THE UNDERLYING BUSINESS HAVE
NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT TO RECOUP
THE TERMS OF THE TENANCY. FOR
EXAMPLE, THE YEARS OF
COMMERCIAL RENTS THAT ARE DUE,
THE VALUE OF ANY TENANT
IMPROVEMENT. SOME LEVEL OF
PERSONAL GUARANTY DOES, OF
COURSE, NOT MAKE SENSE IN A
BUSINESS INTERACTION, LIKE THE
ENTERING INTO A MARTIAL
TENANCY. WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO
HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. WE
EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THE OBLIGATIONS THEY ARE
TAKING ON. BUT OBVIOUSLY, AT
THE HEIGHT OF COVID, WE HAD A
SITUATION WHERE, BECAUSE OF THE
ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT IN
RESPONSE TO AN UNPARALLELED
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, A LOT
OF THESE FOLKS WHO HAD SIGNED
ONTO THESE COMMERCIAL
TENDENCIES WERE NOT IN A
POSITION TO HAVE A VIABLE
BUSINESS TO HONOR THE TERMS OF
THE TENANCY. THEY WERE IN A
POSITION OF EXTREME STRESS AND
VULNERABILITY UNDER THESE
ACTIVE TENDENCIES TO
POTENTIALLY HAVE THEIR HOUSE,
THEIR LIFE SAVINGS, THEIR OTHER
PERSONAL ASSETS TAKEN IN A WAY
THAT THEY HAD NO CONCEPTION,
COULD BE POSSIBLE. WHEN THEY
INITIALLY ENTERED INTO THE
TENANCY. WE MOVED WITH
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION TO CREATE
THIS COVID ERA SAFEGUARDS, BUT
OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION CAME
AND INTEREST FROM WASHINGTON
HOSPITALITY IN THE SEATTLE
RESTAURANT ALLIANCE TO PURSUE
SOME ADDITIONAL GUARDRAILS
GOING FORWARD ON PERSONAL
GUARANTEES. NOT TO OUT RIGHT
BAN THEM. BUT TO PUT A
POTENTIAL CAP THAT MAKES THIS
A MORE EQUITABLE EXCHANGE AND
REFERS TO THE POWER IMBALANCES
INHERENT IN THE LANDLORD
COMMERCIAL TENANT EXPERIENCE.
THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US
WOULD CAP THE TOTAL , BECAUSE
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
TENABLE TO THEIR IMPROVEMENTS.
WE DON'T WANT TENANTS TO BE --
AND THEN WALK AWAY AFTER THE
LANDLORD HAS MADE THAT
OBLIGATION. WE WANT PEOPLE TO
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE
OBLIGATIONS. THAT SHOULD BE THE
VALUE OF ANY PERSONAL GUARANTY
AND TWO YEARS WORTH OF THE
COMMERCIAL RENT UNDER THE
PERSONAL OR UNDER THE TERM OF
THE TENANCY. SO THAT FORMULA,
THE TWO YEARS OF COMMERCIAL
RENT, THE VALUE OF TWO YEARS OF
COMMERCIAL RENT, THIS CAP WOULD
CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE
REGIME THAT HOLDS TENETS
ACCOUNTABLE AND ALLOWS A DEGREE
OF CERTAINTY ON THE PART OF
THE LAND , BUT ALSO DOES NOT
HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON
TENANTS ENTERING INTO POTENTIAL
COMMERCIAL TENDENCIES OR
POTENTIAL INEQUITABLE
APPLICATION OF A PERSONAL
GUARANTY IN THE EVENT THAT
SOMETHING DOES GO WRONG IN A
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER STANDING
TO LOSE MORE THAN JUST THEIR
BUSINESS, BUT ALSO THEIR
PERSONAL ASSETS TO AN EXCESSIVE
DEGREE. SO WITH THAT, GIVEN
THAT THE HOUR IS LATE, I WILL
KEEP MY INTRODUCTORY REMARKS TO
THAT . THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
AMENDMENTS I WILL WEIGH IN ON
THE AMENDMENTS, AS THEY ARE
CONSIDERED IN FRONT OF THE
COUNCIL, AND I DO WANT TO THINK
-- ON MY STAFF FOR WORKING ON
THIS POLICY, AS WELL AS
WASHINGTON HOSPITALITY , THE
SEATTLE RESTAURANT ALLIANCE,
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GALLERY.
THIS AFTERNOON , AND WITH THAT,
I WILL RESERVE ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS FOR OUR DISCUSSION AS
A COUNCIL. OH, AND THIS
MEASURE DID PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
OUT OF THE COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU. I SAW THAT FOUR
IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I WILL
BACK TO YOU BUT RIGHT NOW,
COLLEAGUES, DOES ANYONE HAVE
ANY COMMENTS ON THE BASE
LEGISLATION OVERALL BEFORE
HANDED OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES? OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING
ANY, SO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
DO YOU HAVE SLING FOR US?
>> YES. I MOVE AMENDMENT EIGHT
TO COUNCIL BILL AS PRESENTED ON
THE --
>> OKAY, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A , GO
AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER WHO
ROLLED -- HERBOLD . I ALSO WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
FOR PROVIDING ME AN OPPORTUNITY
TO EXPRESS MY INTEREST IN
COMMITTEE. TO INCORPORATE
LANGUAGE THAT REALLY CAPTURES
THE INTEREST OF MANY OF THE
BUSINESSES IN MY DISTRICT. AS I
EXPRESSED IN COMMITTEE, WE HAVE
A NUMBER OF FAMILY-OWNED
IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES AND
FOLKS THAT BELONG TO
NEIGHBORHOOD AFFINITY GROUPS
WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY
REFLECTED IN A LARGER BUSINESS
ORGANIZATION AND THESE ARE
GROUPS THAT ARE HEAVILY
IMPACTED BY THESE COMMERCIAL
LEASE AGREEMENTS AND THESE
TENDENCIES. SO THIS LANGUAGE
THAT WE ARE PRESENTING IS
REALLY INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT
THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS A PART OF
ANY STAKEHOLDER GROUP AND THAT
THE DEPARTMENT IS TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION OUR RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE VALUES TO
INCLUDE BIPOC, ECONOMICALLY
DIVERSE BUSINESSES IN THEIR
ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACTS OF
THIS WORK. THAT IS THE INTENT
ON MY PART OF THE AMENDMENT AND
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TO
ADDRESS HER PART.
>> HERBOLD?
>> THANKS SO MUCH. SO ONE OF
THE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS LEGISLATION RELATES TO
TENANTS WHO MIGHT HAVE SMALLER
TERM LEASES . FOR INSTANCE, TWO
YEARS OR LESS, AND SO, WE HAD
WORKED EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHEN
THIS BILL FIRST CAME UP, TO
CREATE A SEPARATE CAP ON
PERSONAL GUARANTEES FOR THOSE
SMALLER BUSINESSES WITH SHORTER
TERM LEASES, JUST BECAUSE THE
LIKELIHOOD OF RECOUPING YOUR
INVESTMENT IS EVEN YOUR
INVESTMENT IN THE FORM OF A
PERSONAL GUARANTY AND
PHYSICAL INVESTMENTS INTO THE
PROPERTY. THEY BECOME EVEN
LESS LIKELIHOOD THAT YOU ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECOUP THAT
WITH A SHORTER-TERM LEASE IN
THOSE CASES THAT THAT LEASE MAY
NOT BE RENEWED. SO, I HAD
PREPARED AN AMENDMENT THAT
CREATED A SEPARATE CAP FOR
THOSE LEASES . RATHER THAN
BRINGING THAT FORWARD AT THIS
POINT, BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED
THE LEGISLATION, AS PROPOSED ,
TO MOVE THROUGH COUNCIL
WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL
SURPRISES , INSTEAD, I WORK
WITH COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IN
ADDING TO HER AMENDMENT THAT
THIS ISSUE BE LOOKED AT AS PART
OF THE REVIEW GENERALLY
REQUIRED BY THE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT,
JUST INDICATE THAT THIS IS A
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
>> GREAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO
THE AMENDMENT BEFORE WE GO TO A
VOTE ON AMENDMENT A? I'M NOT
SEEING ANY SO MADAM CLERK, WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT A ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES. AMENDMENT EIGHT IS
ADOPTED. SO LET'S MOVE ON. WE
HAVE AMENDMENT A NOW THAT WE
KNOW HOW IT HAS PASSED,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? I
BELIEVE YOU HAVE --
>> YES. I MOVED TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 120643 AS
PRESENTED ON THE RECENTLY
DRIVEN -- WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE JULY 28, 28 , 2024
REPORT DATE.
>> IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL
SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. A SECOND. IT'S
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED.
AMENDMENT B WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF JULY 20th, 2024 REPORT DATE.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THIS IS
YOUR AMENDMENT. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS IT.
>> SO I WILL JUST READ THE
AFFECT STATEMENT. THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD DELAY THE
IMPLEMENTATION DATE TO JANUARY
1st, 2025 . THIS WOULD ALLOW
FOR ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT ABOUT ITS
ANTICIPATED IMPACTS. IT WOULD
CHANGE THE DATES BY WHICH THE
INITIAL REPORT ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION IS REQUESTED SO
THAT COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER
MAKING LEGISLATIVE CHANGES
BASED ON STAKEHOLDER
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE BILLS
REQUIREMENTS WILL BE REVIEWED.
IT ALSO INSERTS AN ACRONYM
WHICH WAS INADVERTENTLY OMITTED
AND CLARIFIES THAT THE INITIAL
REPORT SHOULD BE MORE
SUBSTANTIVE THEN SUBSEQUENT
ANNUAL REPORTS. SO I BELIEVE,
JUST BEFORE I GET INTO THE
SUBSTANCE OF THIS, I BELIEVE
THAT THE AMENDMENT A DOES
SPECIFY DECEMBER 31st, AND
THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, THAT DATE
IS SET AND I JUST ENCOURAGE
THAT WE CAN GET INPUT
PRESENTED TO US A LITTLE BIT
BEFORE THAT. BEFORE THAT WOULD
GIVE US MORE TIME BEFORE
JANUARY 1st, 2025. ANYWAY, LET
ME JUST THANK COUNCILMEMBER'S
HERBOLD AND MORALES FOR THEIR
AMENDMENT CALLING FOR A AND
DEFINING ITS MEMBERS BECAUSE
THERE'S LITTLE TO NO OUTREACH
FOR FOR THIS LEGISLATION. I
SURPRISE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
RESURRECTED THIS AFTER PULLING
IT OVER THE SUMMER AMID
OPPOSITION AND PROMISING NOT TO
PURSUE IT UNTIL HE CONVENE THAT
PROCESS SO THAT IS WHY I
APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE
ARE DOING THAT NOW THAT IT MADE
NO SENSE TO ME TO HAVE A
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS AFTER THE
LEGISLATION WENT INTO EFFECT
BECAUSE THE VALUE OF THAT
PROCESS IS TO SERVE AS
POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH IT AND
THOSE PROBLEMS COULD BE
ADDRESSED IN CHANGES TO THE
LEGISLATION BEFORE IT GOES INTO
EFFECT AND IDEALLY, THIS WOULD
ALL HAPPEN BEFORE IT'S EVEN
VOTED ON. SO I WILL GO INTO
SUBMIT THESE AND I THINK IT
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. ONE ISSUE
IS THE RATIONALE THAT, IT'S THE
RATIONALE FOR THIS LEGISLATION
IS TO PROTECT THE OPERATORS OF
SMALL RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL
SHOPS. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT
IT'S SCOPE IS BROADER BECAUSE
OF THE COMMERCIAL IS NOT
DEFINED CLEARLY AND PER THE
LAND USE CODE, COMMERCIAL USE
IS INCORPORATED MUCH MORE THAN
RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL , YOU
KNOW, AND WE HAVE NOT OPENED
UP THE DISCUSSION OF THE
PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE RIGHT
NOW, THAT REQUIRE THIS
LEGISLATION, NOR SOME OF THE
IMPACTS TO ALL THESE OTHER
COMMERCIAL OPERATORS. THAT IS
ONE ISSUE. THE CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO IS CLEAR THAT THERE ARE A
LOT OF UNKNOWNS AROUND THE
BILLS IMPACTS. THERE'S NO
APPARENT QUALITATIVE BASIS TO
THE PROPOSED LIMITS OF TWO
YEARS PERSONAL GUARANTEE AND
TWO MONTHS SECURITY DEPOSIT AND
LETTERS OF CREDIT AND THAT IS
A PROBLEM BECAUSE, IN TERMS OF
THE COST OF TENANT
IMPROVEMENTS, RESTAURANT LEASES
REQUIRE MUCH MORE CAPITAL THAN
NEARLY ANY OTHER TENANT IN USE,
AND LANDLORDS WHO FINANCE
RESTAURANT IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH
THEY WANT THEM TO DO, THEY NEED
SECURITY FOR THAT INVESTMENT. I
JUST LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT AT
LEAST FOR THE LARGER LANDLORDS,
LETTERS OF CREDIT ARE THE
PREFERRED METHOD OF SECURITY,
NOT PERSONAL GUARANTEES. WHY? I
DON'T KNOW. BUT THIS IS WHAT I
AM BEING TOLD. THIS
LEGISLATION FACES EVEN STRICTER
LIMITS ON LETTERS OF CREDIT, A
MAXIMUM OF TWO MONTHS RENTAL.
THEN ON PERSONAL GUARANTEES.
MANY ARGUE THAT THE RESULT WILL
BE LANDLORDS WILL BE UNABLE TO
EFFECTIVELY SECURE THEIR
INVESTMENTS IN RESTAURANT
IMPROVEMENTS SO THEY WILL
REFRAIN FROM MAKING THOSE
INVESTMENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE
WANT THEM TO TAKE ON THE COST
OF TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. AND
THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE
BENEFITS OF GREATER STAKEHOLDER
RING AND GREATER OUTREACH TO
PEOPLE IMPACTED AND WHO ARE
SUFFERING THE CONDITIONS THAT
WERE SET IN PLACE BY , YOU
KNOW, THE PANDEMIC. SO WHAT I
AM CALLING FOR IS A DELAY IN
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
LEGISLATION, WHICH IS
CONSISTENT WITH MANY OF THE
LABOR REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN PASSING RECENTLY. THE
LABOR STANDARDS ORDINANCES, AT
LEAST I'VE BEEN PARTY TO, HAVE
A LONG PERIOD OF RULEMAKING
THAT ENTAILS A LOT OF OUTREACH
TO THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND THAT
ENDS UP ACHIEVING A MAXIMUM
EFFECTIVE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION. SO THAT IS JUST,
I'M ASKING THAT WE DO DELAY
THIS BY A YEAR TO GIVE US TIME
TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS HAS HIS HAND UP TO SPEAK
TO THE AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT
FOR THE FULL COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION AS AN OPTION.
GIVEN THE TESTIMONY THAT WE
HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT FROM
STAKEHOLDERS NOT SUPPORTING
THIS PROPOSAL TIMELINE, I AM
IN OPPOSITION TO THIS
AMENDMENT. I WOULD URGE
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO
.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS TO AMENDMENT B
BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE?
>> I HAVE ONE.
>> OKAY, GO AHEAD.
>> WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER
TODAY FROM A JOINT LETTER
SIGNED BY DSA AND BOUMA , THOSE
ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
REPRESENT BUILDING OWNERS ,
MANAGERS, DEVELOPERS, AND
LANDLORDS, AND THEY STRONGLY
URGE THAT WE NOT SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION AS IS, AND I BRING
THIS UP NOW ONLY BECAUSE YES,
WE DID NOT HEAR, WE HEARD A
COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION.
I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN WE
RECEIVE A LETTER LIKE THAT, IT
BEHOOVES US TO TAKE THAT
PERSPECTIVE INTO , YOU KNOW,
INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. OKAY. I'M
NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS. SO,
WITH THAT, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT B , WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THE JULY 28th,
2024 REPORT DATE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I'M SORRY, NO, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> NO.
>> THREE IN FAVOR, FIVE
OPPOSED.
>> SO THAT MEANS THE MOTION
FAILS?
>> IT FAILED.
>> OKAY. MAKE SURE THAT THIS
LANGUAGE IS CORRECT. THE MOTION
FAILS, AND AMENDMENT B IS NOT
ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED?
>> THERE IS THE ONE MORE
AMENDMENT .
>> RIGHT, I KNOW WE ARE GETTING
THERE IN A MOMENT. I'M JUST IN
GENERAL TO WHAT WE JUST DID SO
WE CAN MOVE -- OKAY, I'M
SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. TOO MANY
NOTES HERE. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, I KNOW YOU WANT TO MOVE
ANOTHER AMENDMENT , SO THE
FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> I MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL
BILL 120643 ON THE RECENTLY
CIRCULATED AMENDMENT C.
>> SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO MOVE THE BILL
AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT C AS
PRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. IT REMOVES
THE FINDING O IN THE FINDING
SECTION. AND I WILL -- I SAY
IT'S IMMATERIAL. I WILL READ IT
FIRST. IS WHAT THIS WOULD DO.
AMENDMENT O READS RESEARCH FOR
2016 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
ANALYZING PERSONAL GUARANTEES
ACROSS FIVE TYPES OF LOANS
FOUND THAT, AND IT TALKS ABOUT
WHAT RESPONDENT SAID AND I AM
CLAIMING THAT THIS IS NOT
MATERIAL BECAUSE IT REFERS TO
LOANS AND NOT LEASES. THAT IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE I TOTALLY
AGREE THAT LOANS , ACCESS TO
CAPITAL, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY
TO GET A LOAN ON FAVORABLE
TERMS, THAT IS THE BIGGEST
BARRIER TO STARTING AND GROWING
A SMALL BUSINESS. I WOULD LOVE
TO FOCUS ON THAT. THE CITY DOES
HAVE A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS, THE
CAPITAL ACCESS PROGRAM. WE ALSO
HAVE A TENANT IMPROVEMENT LOAN
PROGRAM, ET CETERA HIM UP BUT
THAT IS THE BIGGEST AREA TOO,
LIKE I SAID, STARTING AND
GROWING A BUSINESS. I WOULD --
BUT IT , THIS IS NOT ABOUT
LOANS. THIS IS ABOUT LEASES,
WHICH ARE SEPARATE MATTERS.
THAT IS WHAT I SUGGESTING WE
STRIKE THAT ONE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. ANY OTHER COMMENTS
REGARDING COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON'S AMENDMENT C?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S
DISTINCTION BETWEEN LOANS AND
LEASES IS AN OBSERVATION WELL
TAKEN AND I THINK IT GOES TO
HOW MUCH WEIGHT THE READER
ASSIGNS TO THIS PARTICULAR
FINDING THAT IS IN THE
LEGISLATION. IT IS CONSISTENT
IN THAT IT IS DISCUSSING A
PERSONAL GUARANTEE AS A
COMPONENT OF THAT TRANSACTION ,
BE IT A LOAN OR BE IT A LEASE
AND WHILE THE UNDERLYING
OBLIGATION THAT IS BEING TAKEN
ON, WHETHER ENTERING A LEASE OR
TAKING OUT A LOAN , THE GENERAL
PRINCIPLE OF A PERSONAL
GUARANTEE IS CONSISTENT AND WAS
FOUND IN THIS RESEARCH TO HAVE
A PARTICULAR IMPACT . I THINK
THAT THE COMMENTS, I'M
PRACTICING MY RETURN TO
PRACTICING LAW RIGHT HERE ON
THE DAIS, BUT I THINK THAT IT
GOES TO THE HOW MUCH WEIGHT
AND WHAT TYPE OF WEIGHT THE
READER OF THIS FINDING WANTS
TO ASSIGN IT IN THE OVERALL
CONSIDERATION, THE LEGISLATION,
BUT I DON'T THINK IT GOES TO
REMOVING IT ENTIRELY. SO I WILL
BE OPPOSING THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS REGARDING THE ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENT C? I AM NOT
SEEING ANY.
>> I HAVE ONE.
>> I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND UP.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> THIS IS NOT A RESPONSE TO
COUNCIL LEWIS, BUT I DID FORGET
TO NOTE THAT THE KINDS OF
PERSONAL GUARANTEES THAT SMALL
BUSINESSES HAVE TO PUT UP TO
GET A COMMERCIAL LOAN ARE
THINGS LIKE PUTTING YOUR HOUSE
UP. AS COLLATERAL. THAT IS
INCREDIBLY SERIOUS. I AM NOT
DISCOUNTING THE WEIGHT OF
GETTING A COMMERCIAL LOAN IN
THOSE TERMS. I JUST WANTED TO,
AGAIN, NOTE THAT IT'S ABOUT A
COMMERCIAL LOAN, NOT THE LEASE,
BUT ANYWAY, GO ON. I AM DONE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. WITH
THAT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENT C.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> NO.
>> TWO IN FAVOR, SIX OPPOSED.
IT FAILS.
>> MOTION FAILS, AND AMENDMENT
C IS NOT ADOPTED. SO, WITH
THAT, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
ON THE BILL AS AMENDED ? THIS
IS WHERE WE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR
THE AMENDED BEFORE I HANDED
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS TO
CLOSE IT OUT AND GO FOR A VOTE.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR BRINGING THIS BILL
BEFORE US TODAY. THIS IS A
BILL THAT 18 MONTHS AGO I
OFFERED TO SPONSOR. AT THIS
POINT TODAY, I'M NOT ABLE TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL, AS I HEARD
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON JUST
A MOMENT AGO THE LIST OF
ORGANIZATIONS OPPOSING THE BILL
IS NOT THE REASON, BUT I USE
THIS IN CONTRAST WITH THE
LEGISLATION THAT WE PASSED JUST
A MOMENT AGO REGARDING
BUILDING AND MISSION
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS WAS
ACTUALLY THE SAME GROUP OF
PEOPLE THAT WERE NEUTRAL OR
SUPPORTIVE OF THAT BILL. THAT
WAS AFTER A ROBUST STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS AND I THINK WHAT I
HAVE HEARD IS JUST THAT THERE
NEEDS TO BE MORE STAKEHOLDERING
THAT OCCURS . I'M NOT OPPOSED
TO THE UNDERLYING INTENT OF
THIS BILL. I AM ACTUALLY
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IDEA . I'M
JUST NOT ABLE TO VOTE FOR IT
TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO ALSO ECHO THE
CONCERNS THAT I HEARD FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ABOUT THE
PROCESS AROUND STAKEHOLDERING.
THAT IS PART OF THE REASON
THAT I BROUGHT IN COMMITTEE
THAT WAS TWOFOLD. IT WAS
CREATING THE STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS AND TWO WAS CREATING AN
ANNUAL REPORT. IT FOLDED IN A
THREE-YEAR REVIEW REQUIREMENT.
WE DID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR
WITH THE LAND DISPOSITION
POLICY THAT WE PASSED IN 2018,
WHICH INCLUDED A FOUR YEAR
REVIEW. IT FOCUSED
INTENTIONALLY ON LESSONS
LEARNED AND ANY CONCERNS IN
THAT THREE-YEAR PROCESS. THIS
ALSO INCLUDES AN ANNUAL REPORT
BACK THAT ANY FEEDBACK WE GET
FROM ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS AND BIPOC BUSINESS
OWNERS ARE INCLUDED, INCLUDING
THE BROAD ARRAY OF THE BUILDING
COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO ARE
CREATING THE CITY OF THE
FUTURE. WE WANT THEM AT THE
TABLE. I AM GOING TO BE
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS LEGISLATION
HERE TODAY. HAVING DONE AS MUCH
STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH THAT I
COULD ON THE COMMITTEE WAS
NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS BILL COMING
FORWARD LESS WEDNESDAY AND I
REALLY WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS
THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
ON THE LEGISLATION
ENHANCEMENTS, THE AMENDMENT I
BROUGHT FORWARD LESS WEDNESDAY.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THIS
WORK. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES,
YOU KNOW, WE GET TEASED IN OUR
OFFICE ARE BEING AGGRESSIVELY
COLLABORATIVE, BUT DOING SO I
THINK LEADS TO THE TYPE OF
BROAD STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS JUST
NOTED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
PROPERLY -- WITH THE OMISSIONS
LEGISLATION OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN
JUMPSTART PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL
TAX. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A
LITTLE BIT LONGER TO DO THAT
OUTREACH, BUT I DO THINK THAT
THERE IS INTEREST IN MOVING
THIS FORWARD, AND A CONCERN
AROUND THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS,
SO THAT'S WHY , AND WE DID IT
LAST WEDNESDAY AND THAT'S WHY I
WOULD ALSO JUST NOTE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THAT STAKEHOLDER
BODY, PROVIDING FEEDBACK BEFORE
THE END OF NEXT YEAR SO THE
ENHANCEMENTS AND CHANGES CAN BE
MADE AND THE STAKEHOLDER TABLE
CAN BE BROUGHT IN. BUT I WILL
BE SUPPORTING THE LEGISLATION
HERE TODAY AND I WANT TO THANK
THE FOLKS WHO ARE ACROSS THE
SPECTRUM THAT I CHECKED IN WITH
ON THE AMENDMENT THAT WE
BROUGHT FORWARD LESS WEDNESDAY
AND I APPRECIATE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND HER
BOLD HAVE ENHANCED THE AMENDED
WE BROUGHT FORWARD IN A SHORT
TIMEFRAME TO I THINK FURTHER
THE GOAL. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT
WE WILL BE SUPPORTING THE
AMENDMENT THE UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS
GAETA.
>> JUST A NOTE, I FAILED TO
RECOGNIZE THE MY THANKS TO
MOSQUEDA FOR BEING THE FIRST TO
INCORPORATE A STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
YOU WERE THE FIRST, I REALIZE
THAT THAT HAPPENED INTO
COMMITTEE AND I WAS RESPONDING
TO THE AMENDMENT THAT JUST
HAPPENED MOMENTS BEFORE. I DO
KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF
A COMMERCIAL LEASE IS ABOUT
FIVE YEARS, NOT TWO YEARS, NOT
ONE YEAR, SO YES, I UNDERSTAND
THAT A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS, YOU
KNOW, IN ITSELF IS GOOD BUT IT
SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD
HAVE IT BEFORE, YOU KNOW,
BEFORE THIS TAKES EFFECT
BECAUSE OVER THE NEXT YEAR,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
LEASES EITHER BEING REJECTED
OR REQUEST FOR LEASES BEING
REJECTED OR LEASES THAT ARE
INKED IN, BAKED IN FOR FIVE
YEARS. ANYWAYS, THAT IS WHY I
THOUGHT IT WAS BENEFICIAL TO
PUT THAT OFF FOR A YEAR.
ANYWAY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS I
REALLY HATE BEING PUT IN THIS
POSITION OF OPPOSING A
INITIATIVE THAT IS SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS WANTING. I
HAVE A NATURAL AFFINITY WITH
THEM BECAUSE I AM MYSELF A
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. THIS DOES
NOT , THIS IS, IT'S PAINFUL FOR
ME TO DO THIS. BUT I AM GOING
TO BE VOTING NO BECAUSE I DO
BELIEVE, FIRMLY, THAT THIS WILL
DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD. I
ALREADY EXPRESSED MY CONCERN
THAT IT WILL DISCOURAGE
LANDLORDS FROM ASSUMING THE
COST OF TENANT IMPROVEMENTS AND
IF WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO
REMOVE BARRIERS, TO SMALL
BUSINESS SUCCESS, NOT HAVING TO
FOOT THE BILL FOR ATI IS A BIG
ONE. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WITH THAT. I ALSO FEAR THAT IT
WILL DISCOURAGE LANDLORDS FROM
LEASING TO THE EXACT BUSINESSES
WE ARE TRYING TO HELP. SMALL
LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO ARE MORE
VULNERABLE TO FAILURE THAN
REGIONAL OR NATIONAL BRANDS
THAT HAVE NO EQUITY OR GREATER
ACCESS TO CAPITAL. YOU KNOW,
IT WOULD DISCOURAGE LANDLORDS
BECAUSE THOSE BUSINESSES
LEASING TO THOSE BUSINESSES IS
LESS RISKY. THEN A BUSINESS
THAT COULD, PERCHANCE, GO OUT
OF BUSINESS. THEN, FINALLY, IT
WILL, I BELIEVE, INHIBIT THE
ABILITY FOR A SMALLER, LESS
WELL-CAPITALIZED DEVELOPER,
INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROVIDERS, FROM GETTING
FINANCING FOR THEIR PROJECTS.
LENDERS ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF
MITIGATING RISK AND LIMITS ON
PERSONAL GUARANTEES AND LETTERS
OF CREDIT WILL MAKE THIS
PROJECT IN SEATTLE LESS
COMPETITIVE THAN PROJECTS IN
OTHER CITIES BECAUSE LENDERS
NEED PROOF. THEY WILL BE PAID
BACK EVEN AFTER AND EVEN IF A
TENANT BREAKS THE LEASE. NOW I
REALIZE THE PROPONENTS AND
PUBLIC COMMENT HAVE BRUSHED OFF
THESE CONCERNS, AS RED HERRINGS
OR EXAGGERATED, ET CETERA, BUT
HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW?
WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT THE BANKS
IN FOR CONVERSATION. WE
HAVEN'T BROUGHT IN A BUNCH OF
LANDLORDS IN FOR QUESTIONING.
THAT IS THE BASIS FOR MY
CONCERN HERE. IT WOULD BE EASY
TO SAY THIS IS, I'M SIDING
WITH LANDLORDS OVER SMALL
BUSINESSES OR THIS IS ABOUT ,
YOU KNOW, BIG BUSINESS IS
VERSUS A CERTAIN SECTOR, WHICH
ARE, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANTS,
BARS, ET CETERA, BUT ULTIMATELY
I AM MAKING MY , I AM BASING MY
VOTE ON RESPONSIBLE
POLICYMAKING AND WHICH
REQUIRES THAT WE TALKED TO ALL
SIDES AND THAT WE HAVE, FOR
LONG CONVERSATION, WHEN THERE
IS STRONG OPPOSITION THAT IS
BEING EXPRESSED AND THAT WE
MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE
DETAILS RIGHT. I REMEMBER YOU
KNOW, AND SOMEONE WITH THE
PROPONENTS MIGHT REMEMBER THIS,
TOO. WHEN THE FIRST LABOR
STANDARD REGULATION CAME
BEFORE CITY COUNCIL IN 2011, IT
WAS THE PAID SICK AND SAFE TIME
LEGISLATION, AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE DIDN'T BALK THAT THEY
HAD NOT BEEN CONSULTED AND THEY
WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
IMPACTS. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
THE IMPACTS ON DIFFERENT SIZES
OF BUSINESSES, ET CETERA. AT
THAT TIME, THAT LEGISLATION WAS
SLOW DOWN FOR A STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS, WHICH WAS INCORPORATED
INTO THE FINAL LEGISLATION AND
I BELIEVE IMPROVED. THAT'S
PRECISELY WHAT WE SHOULD BE
DOING HERE. WE HAVE LANDLORDS
AND PROPERTY OWNERS SAYING
DON'T DO THIS. THERE ARE
PROBLEMS HERE. WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO? JUST NOT LISTEN TO
THEM BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT
ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO
THIS. WE DO HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO LISTEN TO
OUR CONSTITUENTS, BECAUSE IT
MIGHT HELP THE FINAL PRODUCT
AND I DON'T WANT TO DO MORE
HARM THAN GOOD. FINALLY, I WILL
JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT BEING
FIRST IN THE NATION TO DO
ANYTHING IS NOT A BIG SELLING
POINT FOR ME. I WOULD MUCH
RATHER THAT ANOTHER CITY TAKE
ON NEW IN THIS CASE, COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL LEASE FOR THE
OMISSIONS . I WOULD RATHER THEM
TAKEN ON , LEARN THE IMPACT,
AND MOVE FORWARD IN
ACCORDINGLY. THAT'S NOT THE
CASE HERE. NOT BEING THE FIRST
HELPS US TO AVOID POTENTIAL
LEGAL RISK AND EVERYONE KNOWS
THAT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME,
AS WELL. SO ANYWAY, I'M JUST
EXPLAINING AND HOPEFULLY THAT
MY PROPONENTS, FELLOW SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS, MANY OF WHOM I
CONSIDER FRIENDS, WILL
UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE TO BE
CONSISTENT IN MY CALL FOR A
ROBUST STAKEHOLDER PROCESS AND
THAT WE LISTEN TO ALL SIDES
BEFORE MOVING HASTILY. SO THAT
IS WHY I WILL BE VOTING NO, AND
I HOPE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
BEFORE I HANDED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS TO CLOSE US
OUT? I DO NOT SEE ANY. I JUST
WANT TO ADD TO COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS , COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. WE
STARTED WORKING ON THIS IN
2020, DID WE NOT?
>> A VERSION OF THIS, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. YES.
>> YEAH. I THOUGHT YOU JUST
KIND OF BUILT FROM THAT. THAT
WAS KIND OF THE GENESIS, IF I'M
WRONG, PLEASE CORRECTLY , BUT
THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT.
>> YES, BUT WE PASSED A
TEMPORARY CODE VERSION OF THIS
IN ESSENCE IN 2020 AND I WILL
SPEAK MORE TO THE PROCESS IN MY
CLOSING REMARKS. I DON'T WANT
TO, I DON'T WANT TO HIJACK THE
REST OF YOUR REMARKS BEFORE YOU
HAND IT BACK TO ME.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTOOD THAT BECAUSE YEAH. I
WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND LET YOU
CLOSE US OUT. AND YOUR
LEGISLATION BEFORE WE GO TO A
VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE THE
DISCUSSION. THAT WE HAVE HAD
HERE ON THE DAIS, AND OF
COURSE, I DO APPRECIATE THE
CONCERNS OF THE COMMERCIAL
LANDLORDS IN THE DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION WHO SENT US
A LETTER THIS AFTERNOON. I
WILL JUST SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD
THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS OF WHICH
MEMBERS OF THIS ORGANIZATION
WERE INVITED TO PUBLICLY SHARE
THEIR CONCERNS AS LIKE ANY
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS AND
INDEED OUR OFFICES ADVANCE
PUBLICLY SHARE THEIR CONCERNS ,
AFTER THE INITIAL DAYLIGHTING
OF THE INITIAL DRAFT OF THE
LEGISLATION. SEVERAL
LEGISLATIONS. CLARIFYING --
YOU KNOW, THROUGH ANY
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS, IT'S
ALWAYS POSSIBLE , RESIDENTIAL
LANDLORD , BUT NONETHELESS,
THEIR UNDERLYING POLICIES TO
HELP OUT THE LITTLE GUY HAS
HAD THEIR OWN EXTENSIVE PROCESS
INTERFACING WITH THE OTHER
IMPACTED PARTIES, INCLUDING
BOWMAN, AND THERE HAVE BEEN
ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS THERE. MY
ONLY GET ALONG QUITE WELL BUT
IN THIS CASE, THEY ARE THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT POSITIONS. SO,
WITH THAT, I DO JUST WANT TO
CLOSE OUT, I DO WANT TO -- IT
IN HOPE AND SESSION , I ALSO
WANT TO THINK AND GORMAN IN THE
CENTRAL STAFF AND MY STAFF FOR
THEIR WORK IN PUTTING THIS
TOGETHER AND THEIR WORK WITH
THE LAW DEPARTMENT, AS WELL ON
MULTIPLE DRAFTS OF THIS
LEGISLATION . AND, WITH THAT,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WILL TURN
IT BACK OVER TO YOU AND I'M
READY TO VOTE ON THIS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. COUNCIL
MEMBER STRESS, YOUR HAND IS HAS
BEEN UP FOR A WHILE. I'M
GUESSING THAT THE OLD HAND?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS IS
NOT IN THE ROOM. MAYBE WE
SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE SUGAR
BOWL AGAIN, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I DON'T SEE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS IN THE CHAMBER. WHO
ELSE CAN I THINK? GOT TO THINK
JACOB THORPE SITTING BACK
THERE. MY CHIEF OF STAFF. THE
WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS IN
A NUMBER OF THINGS. I'M GOING
TO PREEMPTIVELY THINK
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR
THANKING ME ON SOME THINGS WE
WORKED ON TOGETHER.
>> THANKS, BUDDY.
>> AND MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK
WE ARE READY TO VOTE.
>> OKAY KIDDOS, THANKS FOR THE
ROBUST COMBO THAT WE CENTERED
HERE TODAY. AND WE ARE GOING
TO UPLIFT EVERYBODY AND THAT IS
OLD HAND. I UNDERSTAND FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. SO, WITH
THAT, EVERYBODY, OKAY. SO WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS
AMENDED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
TRENT 21
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> NAY .
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> I GOT A LITTLE EXCITED. I
MEANT TO VOTE NO .
>> WHO AM I SPEAKING TO?
>> STRAUSS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS A
NO. I'M GOING TO RECALL THE
VOTE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS??
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER AYE
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
TRENT 21
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> SIX IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES
AS AMENDED AND THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 35. MADAM
CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 35, COUNCIL BILL
1207 12 , AMENDING ORDINANCE
125761 TO ESTABLISH NEW
APPOINTMENT TERMS FOR THE
CENTRAL WATERFRONT OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE. MANY RECOMMEND THE
BILL PASSED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> GIVING THE ADVANCED HOUR, I
WILL JUST SAY THAT WE HAD A
ROBUST DISCUSSION IN COMMITTEE
ON THIS BILL. IT DID PASS
UNANIMOUSLY AND WITH THAT, I
AM HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD TO A
VOTE.
>> ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO A
VOTE? NOT SEEING ANY. MADAM
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL A
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, AND
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE FIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF. LET'S MOVE ON TO
ITEM NUMBER 36. I BELIEVE THIS
IS COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON. CAN
WE PLEASE READ 36 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 36, COUNCIL
BILL 120658 , ADDING NEW
SECTION 15.70.0 40 TWO THIS
YOUNG WOMAN SIMPLE "-- SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE .
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, AND I WILL DEFER TO
THE BILLS SPONSOR,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON. COLLEAGUES, I AM
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
LEGISLATION . IN CIVIL TERMS,
IT MAKES RELATIVELY MINOR
CHANGES TO CODES SO THAT WE CAN
INCLUDE SIDEWALK REPAYMENTS IN
MAJOR PRODUCTS IT IS PROJECTS.
THESE CHANGES WOULD MAKE A
POTENTIALLY HUGE IMPACT FOR THE
ONE IN THREE PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY WHO, ACCORDING TO
CANNOT DRIVE. THAT IS SENIORS,
CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, PEOPLE WHO CANNOT
AFFORD A CAR. AS IT STANDS NOW,
WE DON'T HAVE A CONNECTED
SIDEWALK NETWORK . PORTIONS
THAT WE DO HAVE NOW ARE NOT
REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND THIS
CAN REALLY BE BOILED DOWN TO
OUR RELIANCE ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY OWNERS TO CONSTRUCT
AND MAINTAIN OUR CRITICAL
MUNICIPAL STRUCTURE. THIS BILL
WOULD SHIFT SOME OF THAT BURDEN
AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FROM
HOW WE APPROACH EQUITABLE
MOBILITY IN OUR CITY AND IN
THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION LOBBY.
IN CONCRETE TERMS, IT WOULD
REQUIRE NEW SIDEWALKS IN NEW
REPAVING PROJECTS AND IT WOULD
REQUIRE AN INVENTORY AND REPORT
OF ROAD REPAVING PROJECTS TO
BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BY
FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR AND
REQUIRES A REPORT FROM THE
SDOT DIRECTOR ON WHY THEY WOULD
ELECT NOT TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS
IN PARTICULAR PROJECTS,
INCLUDING HOW THEY WILL STILL
MITIGATE SAFETY ON THESE
ISSUES. THE SIMPLE FIXES WOULD
BRING THE SIDEWALK NETWORK
CLOSER TO COMPLETION AND THAT'S
IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT SEATTLE
TO BE AN ACCESSIBLE PLACE FOR
ALL FORMS OF MOBILITY. THAT IS
A GOAL THAT WE ARE NOT
CURRENTLY MEETING. A LACK OF
SAFE AND COMFORTABLE MOBILITY
AND AMBER STRUCTURE DOESN'T
JUST PUT PEOPLE IN DANGER. WE
ALL KNOW THAT IT DOES BUT ALSO
IT SOCIALLY ISOLATE PEOPLE WHO
CANNOT DRIVE DUE TO DISABILITY,
HEALTH, AGE, OR INCOME AND IF
THERE'S ANYTHING WE'VE LEARNED
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, IT'S
THAT SOCIAL ISOLATION IS A
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AND
ISOLATION IN ITSELF PUTS A
STRAIN ON PEOPLE'S MENTAL
HEALTH AND CAN JEOPARDIZE THEIR
LIVES. SO A SIDEWALK IS A
CENTRAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT PROVIDES A GOOD LOOK A
PUBLIC GOOD REGARDLESS OF AGE,
ABILITY OR INCOME AND INVESTING
IN THEM MEANS INVESTING IN OUR
WHOLE COMMUNITY. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, I SKIPPED FOUR
PARAGRAPHS FOR YOU SO I WILL
SAY THAT I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON FOR
MAKING SURE THAT WE GOT THIS ON
THE AGENDA BEFORE THE END OF
THE YEAR AND MY COMMITTEE
COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT. I
WANT TO THINK CALVIN SHALL AND
DEVON ON OUR TEAM AND I WANT
TO THANK DISABILITY RIGHTS
WASHINGTON SMART GROWTH
AMERICA, SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS, FORMER SDOT SAM
ZIMBABWE, AN AMERICAN WALKS
YOU ALL RECEIVE A LETTER FROM
THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
TODAY INDICATING THEIR SUPPORT
AND I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL
SHOUT OUT TO ANNA AND THE
DISABILITY INITIATIVE BRINGING
US ALTOGETHER. I WILL THINK MY
COLLEAGUES IN ADVANCE FOR
PASSING THIS BILL TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS
BEFORE WE MOVE ON OR BEFORE WE
GO TO A VOTE? ARE NOT SEEING
ANY. SO, WITH THAT, MADAM
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. MADAM
CLERK, PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION.
MOVING ON, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM 37 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 37. RESOLUTION
32119. PROVIDING AN HONORARY
DESIGNATION OF MOUNT BAKER
BOULEVARD BETWEEN 31st AVENUE
SOUTH AND 32nd AVENUE SOUTH AS
CHERYL CHOW BOULEVARD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES?
>> TO GIVE VERY MUCH. I DO
WANT TO THINK CHAIR PEDERSON
AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO BRING
THIS RESOLUTION WOULD PROVIDE
AN HONORARY DESIGNATION OF
MOUNT BAKER BOULEVARD BETWEEN
31st AND 32nd AVENUE SOUTH AS
CHERYL CHOW BOULEVARD. THIS
COMMEMORATES FORMER MEMBER WHO
SERVED BETWEEN 1990 AND 1997 .
SHE PASSED FROM CANCER EXACTLY
10 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR AND MY
OFFICE WAS APPROACHED TO
STEWARD THIS STREET NAMING.
COUNCILMEMBER CHOW WAS A
LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
2, A FREQUENT HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATE WITH AND SHE SERVED AS
PRINCIPAL AND WAS A STRONG
ADVOCATE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN
PUBLIC EDUCATION DURING HER
TENURE, SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN
THE EXPANSION OF FIVE DIFFERENT
COMMUNITY CENTERS, AS WELL AS
THE CREATION OF OVER AND --
URBAN REST STOPS AND WE ARE
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BRING
THIS RESOLUTION TO COMMEMORATE
COUNCILMEMBER CHOW.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. JUST A QUICK KNOW,
THOSE OF US, I KNEW CHERYL. SHE
WAS A FRIEND OF MINE AND I WISH
WE COULD HAVE HONORED HER WHILE
WE STILL HAD HER WITH US.
INCREDIBLE CITY COUNCILMEMBER ,
SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND
SHE WAS ALSO VERY INVOLVED IN
THE SEATTLE SCHOOLS. SHE IS A
DEAR FRIEND. I KNOW THE FAMILY,
AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON FOR ALLOWING
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES TO BRING
THIS HONORARY DESIGNATION TO
THIS DISTRICT OF WHICH
COUNCILMEMBER, FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER CHOW WAS FROM AND
SO I DON'T THINK WE DO THIS
ENOUGH. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
FROM ANYONE, INCLUDING YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON BEFORE
WE MOVED TO A VOTE? OKAY. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. WILL THE
CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION
PASSES. SIGN IT, AND PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
RESOLUTION HONORING CHERYL
CHOW. ALL RIGHT. THAT FINISHES
UP OUR COMMITTEE WORK. LET'S
MOVE ON IN OUR AGENDA TO ITEM
I. THERE ARE NO ITEMS REMOVED
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. NOW
WE'RE MOVING TO J, WHICH IS
ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS.
WOULD YOU READ NUMBER ITEM 38'S
THE RECORD.
>> ITEM 38. RESOLUTION 32121 ,
RETIRING INTRODUCED AND
REFERRED COUNCIL BILLS
RESOLUTIONS, CLERK FILES, AND A
POINT IS THAT I RECEIVED NO
FURTHER ACTION.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVED TO ADOPT
RESOLUTION 32121. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
RESOLUTION. AS A SPONSOR, I
WILL ADDRESS IT AND THEN OPEN
THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS.
RESOLUTION 32121 RETIRING
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED COUNCIL
BILLS, RESOLUTIONS . COUNCIL
BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, CLERK
FILES, AND APPOINTMENT ARE
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED TO CITY
COUNCIL COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR THROUGHOUT ACTION.
BETWEEN JUNE 2015 AND FEBRUARY
2020 , 2022, I'M SORRY, I
NUMBER OF COUNCIL BILLS,
RESOLUTIONS, CLERK FILES, AND
APPOINTMENTS WERE NEVER ACTED
ON BY CITY COUNCIL. RULE I, A
SIX , AND ALLOWS THE CITY
COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE
RETIREMENT OF ANY COUNCIL BILL,
RESOLUTION, KIRK FILE, OR
APPOINTMENT WHICH HAS BEEN IN A
STANDING COMMITTEE OR BEFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR AT LEAST
ONE YEAR PRIOR TO MARCH 1st.
RESOLUTION 32121 RETIRES THESE
BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, FILES, AND
APPOINTMENTS. ARE THERE ANY
REMARKS ON THIS BEFORE WE GO TO
A VOTE? SEEING NONE, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
TRENT 21
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSE.
>> THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, AND
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION. WILL BE MOVING ON
TO ITEM 39. WILL YOU PLEASE
READ ITEM 39 INTO THE RECORD?
>> NEW AGENDA ITEM 39,
RESOLUTION 32122 CALLING UPON
THE NATIONAL HEAVY TRAFFIC
SAFETY -- KIA AND HYUNDAI
MODELS LOCKING IMMOBILIZER
TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE
VULNERABLE TO THEFT.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVED TO ADOPT
RESOLUTION 32122. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
RESOLUTION. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THE
ISSUE GENERALLY. FOLKS MAY
REMEMBER THAT IN JANUARY OF
THIS YEAR, THE CITY OF SEATTLE
WAS THE FIRST MUNICIPALITY IN
THE NATION TO FILE A COMPLAINT
AGAINST AUTOMAKERS KIA AND
HYUNDAI. SINCE THAT TIME, 17
ADDITIONAL CITIES HAVE JOINED
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN THIS
LAWSUIT. IN NOVEMBER, WE LEARN
THAT THAT LAWSUIT AGAINST AUTO
MANUFACTURERS KIA AND HYUNDAI
WILL MOVE FORWARD AFTER A
FEDERAL JUDGE DENIED THE
AUTOMAKERS MOTION TO DISMISS.
THE LAWSUIT ITSELF SEEKS TO
REQUIRE THE CAR MANUFACTURERS
TO INSTALL INDUSTRY-STANDARD
ANTITHEFT TECHNOLOGY , IN
SPECIFIC KIA AND THEY MODELS
MADE BETWEEN 2011 AND 2021.
ADDITIONALLY, IT SEEKS TO
RECOVER DAMAGES FOR THE CITY,
FROM THE AUTOMAKERS, AS THE
ABSENCE OF SECURITY EQUIPMENT
HAS LED TO AN EXTRAORDINARY
NUMBER OF VEHICLE THEFTS AND A
COMMENSURATE SURGE IN THE NEED
FOR POLICE RESPONSE. THE SUIT
ITSELF SAYS THAT THE INCREASE
POLICE WORK IN SEATTLE AND
ELSEWHERE WOULD NOT HAVE
TRENDED UP SO STEEPLY IF THESE
SPECIFIC MODELS WERE
MANUFACTURED TO INDUSTRY
STANDARDS. THE RESOLUTION
BEFORE US TODAY BUILDS OFF OF
THE WORK RELATED TO THE
LAWSUIT , BUT IT CALLS UPON THE
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE A
RECALL OF KIA AND HYUNDAI
MODELS LOCKING IMMOBILIZER
TECHNOLOGY , THE SPECIFIC
MODELS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO
THEFT. LOCAL PROGRESS ,
NATIONAL NETWORK OF LOCAL
PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAS BEEN
REACHING OUT TO ORGANIZE MEMBER
CITIES TO PASS RESOLUTIONS SUCH
AS THIS ONE. IF PASSED, WE WILL
BE JOINING CITIES SUCH AS
BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA IN
PASSING RESOLUTIONS TO URGE A
RECALL. AS MENTIONED EARLIER,
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 17 CITIES
WHO HAVE SIGNED ON TO THE
LAWSUIT BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT
SOME OF THE CITIES THAT ARE
SIGN ONTO LAWSUIT ARE ALSO
DOING RESOLUTIONS JUST LIKE
THIS ONE. WE HAVE HEARD FROM
NUMEROUS CONSTITUENTS ABOUT
THEIR EXPERIENCES , AS THEFTS
OF HYUNDAI AND KIA CARS ROSE
AS MUCH AS 620% BETWEEN 2021
AND 2022 . FURTHER, THE 2023
NUMBERS DO NOT SHOW THAT THIS
ISSUE IS BEING ABATED. IN 2023
, THROUGH OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR
, WE HAVE SEEN 868 KIA'S AND
1021 HYUNDAI'S STOLEN WITH THE
KIA AND HYUNDAI THEFT TOTALS
BEING GREATER IN LARGER MONTHS
THEN ALL OTHER MAKES AND MODELS
COMBINED. AS COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON MENTIONED AS WE WERE
DISCUSSING THIS AND COUNCIL
BRIEFINGS, OFTEN THESE VEHICLES
ARE BEING STOLEN ARE BEING USED
TO COMMIT ADDITIONAL CRIMES .
AS IT AFFECTS THE OWNERS OF
THESE VEHICLES, WE ARE HEARING
THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING A HARD
TIME ATTAINING INSURANCE FROM
INSURANCE PROVIDERS OR HAVING
TO PAY HIGHER PRICES BECAUSE
THESE VEHICLES ARE IDENTIFIED
TO BE HIGH RISK. I ALSO WANT TO
THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE IN APRIL, THEY MADE
ANTITHEFT STEERING WHEEL LOCKS
AVAILABLE TO KIA AND HYUNDAI
OWNERS. THE RESOLUTION ITSELF
WAS CIRCULATED TO
COUNCILMEMBERS IN A.I.D.S. NEXT
WEEK, AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE
THAT THESE STEPS ARE, THE
MODELS THAT ARE BEING STOLEN
ARE SPECIFICALLY LOWER AND
MODELS OF THESE TWO CARS. IT
IS REASONABLE TO BELIEVE THAT
THESE STEPS ARE HITTING PEOPLE
OF LIMITED MEANS THE MOST AND
WE ARE LEARNING THAT THE PART,
IF THE PART IN QUESTION, THE
INDUSTRY-STANDARD PART WAS
INCLUDED IN THE VEHICLES IN THE
FIRST PLACE, THIS IS A PART
THAT ONLY COST $100 FOR CAR
COMPANIES TO MANUFACTURE.
CONSTITUENTS HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT
THIS , WRITTEN ABOUT OTHER LAW
ENFORCEMENT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
AND AS WE KNOW, TODAY'S
ADDITION TO THE ACTIONS THE
COUNCIL HAS ALREADY TAKEN. AS
IT RELATES TO THE POLICE
OFFICER HIRING BUDGET,
DEVELOPED BY SPD AND FULLY
FUNDED FOR 2024. THEN MAYORS
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
STRATEGY INITIALLY PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND IT'S
REALLY, I THINK, IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT SOMETIMES, WE
HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER
STRATEGIES . OTHER THAN LAW
ENFORCEMENT, WHEN LOOKING AT
SORT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION
ISSUES LIKE THE ONE BEFORE US
TODAY. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF
THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO A
VOTE? COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , I
GUESS YOU ARE GOOD ON YOUR
COMMENTS.
>> INDEED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION
CAMERA
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
DUWAMISH MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA? --
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES. THE CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY LEGISLATURE -- MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATURE.
UNDER OTHER BUSINESS, WHICH IS
UNDER K. THERE'S TWO MATTERS I
NEED TO CLEAN UP BEFORE WE HEAD
OUT TODAY. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, ANY OTHER
BUSINESS BEFORE I GO TO THESE
TWO ITEMS VERY QUICKLY? I'M NOT
SEEING ANY. SO, WITH THAT,
FIRST, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY
ATTENTION THAT THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF
SEPTEMBER 26th DID NOT
CORRECTLY REFLECT THE FINAL
VOTE ON COUNCIL BILL 120632.
NOW ORDINANCE 126917. THIS IS
RELATING TO THE REZONING OF
CERTAIN LAND IN THE DOWNTOWN
RETAIL CORE AND I WILL PROPOSE
A CORRECTION .
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
STRESS, YOU STILL HAVE YOUR
HAND UP. IS THERE -- Mc SORRY,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WAS GOING
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE MEALS
BUT THEN YOU JUST JUMPED IN.
KEEP GOING.
>> OKAY. WHY THANK YOU. IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE --
CORRECTLY REFLECT THE FINAL
VOTE OF COUNCIL BILL 120632
WITH COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ,
LEWIS, MOSQUEDA, -- OPPOSED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
ARE AMENDED TO CORRECTLY
REFLECT THE FINAL VOTE ON
COUNCIL BILL 120632, ALSO KNOWN
NOW AS ORDINANCE 126917. OKAY.
MY SECOND ITEM IS ANOTHER
MATTER TO CLEAR UP FOR THE NEW
COUNCIL COMING IN. MY TERM AS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT EXPIRES ON
DECEMBER 31st, 2023, AND THE
NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
INCOMING COUNCILMEMBERS TO
ELECT A COUNCIL PRESIDENT FROM
2024 THROUGH 2025 IS ON
JANUARY 22nd, 2024. THIS IS
GENERALLY SECOND. YES. I SAID
THAT, RIGHT? NO ? THANK YOU,
BRING DELL . 2024 THROUGH 2025
IS ON JANUARY 2nd, 2024. THERE
IS A VACANCY GAP BETWEEN THE
EXPIRATION OF MY TERM AND THE
ELECTION OF THE NEXT COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. THE VACANCY GAP
NEEDS TO BE TEMPORARILY FILLED
TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A
SUCCESSION IN PLACE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY AND TO HANDLE
EMERGENCY BUSINESS. TODAY, THE
COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A MOTION
TO FILL THIS VACANCY GAP BY
APPOINTING A COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM IN ORDER OF SUCCESSION
IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PRO TEM.
THIS APPOINTMENT TERM WILL BE
BEGINNING JANUARY 1st, 2024,
AND ENDS WHEN COUNCIL ADOPTS A
RESOLUTION , SETTING THE
PRESIDENT PRO TEM ROTATION FOR
2024 THROUGH 2025. SO I MOVED
TO ADOPT A PRO TEM IN
SUCCESSION AS FOLLOWS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WILL BE
APPOINTED AS PRO TEM, AND
ABSENCE OF PRO TEM OR ALICE,
-- IN THE ORDER OF SUCCESSION
WOULD BE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
NELSON, MOSQUEDA, -- RIVERA,
AND SOCCER . IT WILL EXPIRE
WHEN THE COUNCIL ADOPTS A 2024
-2025 COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO
TEM ROTATION RESOLUTION. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO APPOINT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AS
PRESIDENT PRO TEM WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, NELSON,
MOSQUEDA, HOLLANDSWORTH,
KENDALL, RIVERA, AND SOCA
SERVING IN THE ABSENCE OF
MORALES TO BE IN EFFECT 2024,
AND WHEN THE COUNCIL ADOPTS A
2024-2025 COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO
TEM ROTATION RESOLUTION. ARE
THERE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY.
THANK GOD. ALL RIGHT. SO OH
-- REALLY? COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. AND JUST IN CASE THE
VIEWING AUDIENCE IS WONDERING
HOW THIS CAME ABOUT, IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING IS DONE BY
SENIORITY AND PART OF THAT IS
DONE ALPHABETICALLY BY LAST
NAME. IS THAT -- DO I HAVE
THAT CORRECT TOGETHER?
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> GLAD TO CLEAR THAT UP FOR
YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS? GREAT. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
MOTION TO APPOINT A COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PRO TEM AND
SUCCESSION TO BEGIN JANUARY
1st, 2024 , AND END ON A
2024-2025 COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO
TEM ROTATION RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> OKAY. LET ME SAY THIS ONE
MORE TIME. THE MOTION CARRIES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS
APPOINTED AS PRESIDENT PRO TEM,
AND IN THE ABSENT OF PRO TEM OR
ALICE, THE FOLLOWING
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL SERVE AS
COUNCIL IN THIS ORDER OF
SUCCESSION. STARTING WITH
STRAUSS, NELSON, MOSQUEDA,
HOLLANDSWORTH, CATTLE -- THIS
IS AN EFFECT JANUARY 1st, 2024
AND ENDS WHEN THE COUNCIL
ADOPTS A 2024-2025 COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PRO TEM ROTATION
RESOLUTION. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE
WE ADJOURN, COLLEAGUES, THIS
DOES CONCLUDE THE ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
IT'S AFTER 5:00, IT'S A MOST
5:20. THIS IS OUR LAST REGULAR
CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF 2023.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS
SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 2nd,
2024. THANK YOU ALL. WE ARE
ADJOURNED -- OH . COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, I WAS AT THREE
MINUTES AND FOR ONE SECOND. I'M
GOING TO BLOW MY TIME OUT OF
THE WATER. JUST WANTED TO THANK
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, COUNCIL
HERBOLD, COMES MAYOR PEDERSON,
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA . ALL
THE STAFF THAT HAVE HELPED
ALONG THE WAY. I AM EXCITED
FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL, AS WELL
AND REGARDING COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON'S COMMENT ABOUT
SENIORITY, YES. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND I ARE , SHE HAS
MORE SENIORITY THAN I BECAUSE
OF LAST NAME BUT I'VE BEEN
HERE LONGER BUT I KNOW THAT
DOESN'T COUNT. SO I AM JUST
REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF
EVERYONE, I'M GOING TO MISS
EVERYONE, LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE NEXT COUNCIL AND LASTLY,
IT'S MY PARENTS ANNIVERSARY
TODAY SO HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MOM
AND DAD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. IS THERE ANY OTHER
WORDS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? NOT
SEEING ANY, THANK YOU. AND WE
ARE ADJOURNED.
>> THANKS, EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
.