>> JANUARY 16th, 2020 BOARD
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT
IS TO: 01. I NELSON, PRESIDENT
OF THE COUNCIL. WILL THE CLERK
IS CALLED THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE ?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
QUESTION MARK
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> HERE.
>> PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> MOVING ON, I AM NOT AWARE OF
ANY PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. SO,
WE WILL JUST UNIT TO THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
IT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA. THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR OR THE COUNCIL'S WORK
PROGRAM. HOWEVER, AGENDA ITEMS
ONE AND TWO ARE QUASIJUDICIAL
AND THE RULES PROHIBIT PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THESE TWO ITEMS.
MADAME CLERK, HOW MANY PEOPLE
DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> WE HAVE NO ONE IN PERSON .
WE HAVE THREE PRESENT REMOTELY.
>> WE WILL PROCEED DIRECTLY TO
THE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES. MADAME CLERK, I WILL
HAND THIS OVER TO YOU TO READ
THE INSTRUCTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. SO, THE REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS
IS A 20 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER
WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES FOR
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE CALLED OUT
IN THE ORDER THEY ARE
REGISTERED ON THE WEBSITE. A
REMINDER TO THE REMOTE SPEAKERS
PRIOR TO SPEAKING, ONCE I CALL
YOUR NAME, YOU WILL NEED TO
PRESS START 6 TO BEGIN
SPEAKING. OUR FIRST REMOTE
BEAKER IS ALL OF HER -- THEY
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY YVETTE. GO
AHEAD.
>> HELLO. CONGRATULATIONS,
NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS AND
WELCOME BACK. I AM A LIFELONG
SEATTLEITE AND I SPENT TIME IN
CAPITOL HILL. I AM HERE SPEAK
TO ORDER 12 OF SEVEN OF THE
NINE INCLUDES THE HOUSE AT 1620
19th AVENUE. SADLY, I AM HERE
TO TESTIFY TUESDAY PART OF
SEATTLE THAT IS CONTEMPT TO BE
DESTROYED AND FORGOTTEN GOOD I
USED TO LIVE AT 1620 --
>> I'M SORRY. CAN YOU PLEASE
PAUSE? WHICH ITEM ARE YOU
SPEAKING TO? THESE ARE KEY
THAT.
>> 12 0739. REGARDING THE
REZONING OF THE LOT AT 1620
19th AVENUE.
>> I'M SORRY BUT WE CANNOT
ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENT ON
QUASIJUDICIAL MATTERS. SO I
WILL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO --
>> OKAY. WELL, THE HOUSE IS
BEING DESTROYED UNDER FALSE
PREMISES. UNFORTUNATELY THERE
ARE BLOCKS THAT SHOULD BE
RESTORED.
>> THIS IS A QUASIJUDICIAL
MATTER IN WHICH WE ARE SEEKING
EXPERT TAKES MEDICATIONS BUT I
WOULD ASK THAT IF THE PUBLIC
COMMENT OR CANNOT SPEAK TO A
DIFFERENT ITEM THAT WE GOT THE
MICROPHONE. WE WILL ALSO NEED
TO CONVERT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
WE NEED TO DISCLOSE
COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING THIS
ITEM GOING FORWARD.
>> EXCUSE ME.
>> I COULD HEAR THAT. I CAN
HEAR THAT. THANK YOU. THERE WAS
A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT THERE
WAS PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS. I
ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY MOVING
FORWARD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS YVETTE DINESH. SHE WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES. GO
AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, GREAT. REGARDING
PUBLIC SAFETY. THE COUNCIL
RECENTLY ADDRESSED THE STOLEN
KEY IS THAT WILL -- WERE USED
TO CREATE CRIME. THE CITY OF
BENTON HAS THREE PEEL OFFICE TO
ALL OF THOSE WHO WANT THEM. IF
THE CITY CAN FIND IN THEIR
BUDGET, IT WOULD BE A GREAT
PROACTIVE APPROACH TO ALL THESE
GETTING STOLEN. COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND PEACE OF MIND. THAT
IS MY COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER IS
DAVID HAYNES. GO AHEAD, DAVID.
>> HELLO PURE DAVID HAYNES. IT
IS BEEN SEVEN WEEKS SINCE THE
ELECTION RESULTS AND WE
SHOULD'VE HAD A MORE EXPEDITED
PROCESS. I THINK WE HAVE TO
CHANGE THE CITY CHAPTER SO THAT
WE, AS THE PEOPLE, CAN HAVE AN
ELECTION IN A 90 DAY PERIOD.
WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO
ADDRESS THE MANDATORY HOUSING
ACT. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
REQUIREMENTS. IT SEEMS LIKE IN
THE LAST FEW YEARS, A LOT OF
DEVELOPERS WERE ALLOWED TO PAY
INTO A SYSTEM AND NOT MAKE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM THEIR
FOR-PROFIT QUALITY HOUSING. PUT
THE MONEY INTO A BANK ACCOUNT
THAT WAS EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY
AND ONLY FOR THE NONPROFITS.
SOME OF WHOM ARE POLITICALLY
CONNECTED WHO DON'T MAKE THE
BEST HOUSING AND I HOPE THAT
THE FAVORS THAT ARE BEING
OFFERED IN THIS REZONING, KEEP
THEM HONEST WHEN IT COMES TO
EXPECTING THEM TO ALLOW FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THEIR
DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF PAYING
INTO THE SYSTEM AND THEN
RAISING THE RATES ON FOR-PROFIT
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE
CERTAINLY NEED GREAT HOUSING.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF COUNSEL
CAN MAKE A LAW THAT KIND OF
INCENTIVIZED AND ALMOST
DEMANDED THAT THE CORPORATE
BANKS PRIORITIZE HOUSING AND
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES THAT WERE
FLOOR PLANS THAT HAVE A BETTER
CHOICE WITH REAL EQUITY AND
OFFSET OF OBSOLETE, FLAWED REAL
ESTATE THAT APPEARS TO BE
WATERED DOWN IN THE INTEGRITY
FROM THE LAND USE COMMITTEE
THAT ACCOMMODATES REAL ESTATE
THAT HAD TO BE CLOSED DOWN
DURING THE PANDEMIC AND HAS NOW
BILLED ALL OF THIS STRONG TYPE
OF FLOOR PLANS IN THE GUTTER OF
THE STREETS IN BALLARD AND
ELSEWHERE TO HELP GENERATE
REVENUE. IT IS JUST NOT FAIR
THAT WE HAVE A MODERN THIRD
WORLD REAL ESTATE EMPIRE THAT
IS DOUBLE, TRIPLE MORTGAGES
THAT ARE SHAKING THE PEOPLE
DOWN.
>> OKAY. SHIFTING INTO IN
PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE
MR. GARRETT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. JUST WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE WAKE OF
MANY CELEBRATIONS IN THE NAME
OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, SOME
OF THE REALITY IS OF THE STATE
OF AFFAIRS HERE IN SEATTLE.
MARTIN LUTHER KING COUNTY HAS
17% OF BLACK STUDENTS AT MATH
PROFICIENCY. WE HAVE LESS THAN
1% OF VENTURE CAPITAL GOING TO
BLACK BUSINESSES. WE HAVE ZERO
BLACK DEVELOPERS OR GENERAL
CONTRACTORS DOING A PROJECT AT
THE SCALE OF 100 UNITS OR
BETTER. THERE IS 0% BLACK
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND PORT
INDUSTRIAL AREA. MATERNAL DEATH
RATE OF BLACK WOMEN IS THREE
TIMES AS HIGH AS WHITE MEN AND
BLACK MALES ALSO REPRESENTED.
IT IS A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER
OF VICTIMS OF HOMICIDE. IT
THESE REALITIES, THESE
STATISTICS, THEY DEMONSTRATE A
REALITY THAT IS MORE JIM CROW
APARTHEID AND A FAR CRY OF THE
COMMUNITY THAT DR. KING SPOKE
TOWARDS AND ENVISIONED. WITH
THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THIS
COUNSEL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MOVE US TOWARDS A NEW NORMAL IN
EQUITY. TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE WHERE WE ARE. THEN,
COMMIT TO BOLD INTERVENTIONS
AND REPARATIVE INVESTMENTS THAT
CAN MOVE THE DIAL IN ANOTHER
DIRECTION. THE QUESTION IS,
WHAT TYPE OF CITY WILL THIS BE
AT THE END OF YOUR TERM? IT IS
IMPORTANT TO ALSO UNDERSTAND
AND DESEGREGATE THESE
STATISTICS AS IT RELATES TO
MULTIGENERATIONAL BLACK
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE
ENDURED UNDER THE REDLINING AND
MANY POLICIES AND PRACTICES
THAT HAVE DISENFRANCHISING
CAUSES. WE NEED INVESTMENT TO
HAPPEN. LOOK AT THE $27 MILLION
--
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEN
BUCHANAN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. FOR
HAVING RECENT MEETINGS. I WANT
TO FOCUS ON THE EPISCOPAL TORY
BUDGET ON WHAT WE DO SEND IT
OUT WITH. WE DO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE ORIGINATION OF WHAT THAT IS
FOR AND WE KIND OF GOT THE
MEASURES ON IT FOR NOW. THAT
IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL ASK AND
DEMAND WAS. WE ARE ASKING THE
COUNCIL TO GET TOGETHER TO LOOK
AT THAT AND TO DO THE RIGHT
THING. WE KNOW A LOT OF TIMES,
IT IS NOT EASY TO DO THE RIGHT
THING. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
AS WE ALL CELEBRATE HIM, A LOT
OF PEOPLE DO ON A SURFACE LEVEL
. IT IS MUCH CHEAPER THAN A
SURFACE LEVEL. WHAT HE SAYS IS
THERE COMES A TIME WHEN ONE
MUST TAKE A POSITION THAT IS
NEITHER FAITH NOR POLITICAL OR
POPULAR. ONE MUST TAKE IT
BECAUSE OF CONSCIOUS TELLING
THEM IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO
DO. WE WILL MOVE ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THIS. THE COMMUNITY IS
ENGAGED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE. LIKE I SAID A FEW WEEKS
AGO, WE ARE ON NOTICE. THANK
YOU.
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF LIST OF
REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED.
OKAY, MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE
WILL NOW, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS,
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE
IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NONE,
THE AGENDA IS ADOPT IT. PLEASE
NOTE, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
THE LAST ITEM OF BUSINESS ON
THE AGENDA. SO, COUNCILMEMBERS,
YOU WILL NEED TO LEAVE THE
LOGIN AT YOUR DESK, JUST FYI.
OKAY.
>> OKAY. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER
THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR,
WHICH CONTAINS THREE ITEMS.
THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR
JANUARY 2nd AND JANUARY 9th.
ALSO APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR
CLAIMS FROM JANUARY 1st THROUGH
JANUARY 5th. ARE THERE ANY
ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE
TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT
CALENDAR?
>> YES BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
THE JANUARY 2nd MOVING --
MEETING MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU. MINUTES FROM
JANUARY 2nd HAVE BEEN REMOVED
AND WILL BE ADDRESSED
SEPARATELY. I MOVED TO ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR EXCLUDING
ITEM ONE. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH BUT IT
HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ADOPT THE CALENDAR. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> TREND YET.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
QUESTIONNAIRE
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> EXCLUDING ITEM ONE IS
ADOPTED. IT WILL BE CONSIDERED
UNDER ITEMS REMOVED TOWARDS
THE END OF THE AGENDA. WHILE
THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES IN
LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. MOVING ON
TO ITEM ONE. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> 314400, APPLICATION OF
DANIEL GODDARD, WEINSTEIN A+U
FOR THE PROPERTY AT ECKSTEIN
2016 AVENUE FROM LOWRISE 32
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL 3-65
YOU THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
GRANT IN CONDITION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE
FORMER CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS
THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GOOD I WILL ADDRESS THIS ITEM
IN THE COUNCIL BILL THAT IS
ATTACHED TO IT. I'M ALSO GOING
TO ASK THAT WE POSTPONE THIS
VOTE FOR ONE WEEK SO THAT WE
CAN ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CURED
THE POTENTIAL EX PARTE
COMMUNICATION THAT WE JUST
RECEIVED A PUBLIC COMMENT. I
COULDN'T REALLY HEAR WHAT THAT
PERSON WAS SAYING, IT TOOK US
ALL A WHILE TO REALIZE THAT HE
WAS TALKING ABOUT THE REZONING
RATHER THAN THE BILL THAT HE
WROTE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT
SIGN IN SHEET WHICH SAID HE WAS
GOING TO SPEAK TO A BILL ABOUT
PAYING OUR BILLS. SO, I JUST
WANT TO FIRST GIVE A QUICK
OVERVIEW OF THESE TWO BILLS
AND THE CONTRACT REZONING
PROCESS. IF IT IS ALL RIGHT
WITH YOU, WE WILL POSTPONE
THESE FOR A WEEK.
>> THAT IS FINE.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. SO, I WAS
INTENDING TO SHARE THIS AT
COUNCIL BREATHING A FEW WEEKS
BACK. WE HAD A LOT OF
PRESENTATIONS THAT THEY SO WE
DID NOT GET TO THIS. CONTRACT
REZONING IN SHORT AND
HIGH-LEVEL INFORMATION ARE
TAKING A PARCEL THAT HAS TWO
LEVELS OF ZONING AND MAKING IT
ONE LEVEL OF ZONING. IT IS
ILLEGAL FOR US AS A CITY
COUNCIL TO MAKE A ZONING CHANGE
ON ONE PARCEL. THAT IS CALLED
SPOT ZONING. PEOPLE ARE ABLE
TO GET A ZONING CHANGE FOR
THEIR PERSONAL BY GOING THROUGH
THE CONTRACT REZONING PROCESS.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
FOR THIS TO OCCUR, THAT CHANGE
OF ZONING GOES THROUGH, THE
MERITS OF THAT DECISION WAS
HEARD BY THE HEARING EXAMINER,
WHICH IS WHY AS A
COUNCILMEMBER, WE ARE THE
JUDGES. THAT IS WHY IT IS
QUASIJUDICIAL. WE HAVE TO MAKE
OUR DECISIONS BASED UPON THE
FACTS PRESENTED TO THE HEARING
EXAMINER. THAT IS WHY THAT
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY WAS
PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THAT IS
INFORMATION THAT IS OUTSIDE OF
THE STREAM THAT IS CHANNELED
THROUGH THE HEARING EXAMINER.
THE HEARING EXAMINER MAKES A
DECISION. THE BILL IS
TRANSMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL
WHERE WE THEN ENSURE THROUGH
THE PROPERTY USE AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT ALL
OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OUTLINED BY THE HEARING
EXAMINER ARE CONTAINED WITHIN
THE BILL. SO, WE HAVE TWO
DIFFERENT BILLS THAT ACCOMPANY
THIS. ONE IS A CLERK FILE AND
THAT ADOPTS THE CITY COUNCIL
CONDITIONS IN DECISIONS AND
THEN THE COUNCIL BILL IS WHAT
IMPLEMENTS THE REZONING
CHANGING, THE LAND USE MAP AND
ACCEPTING THE PROPERTY USE AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ENSURING
THE COUNCILS CONDITIONS WILL BE
MET. SO, THAT IS WHY WE HAVE
TWO DIFFERENT FILES ASSOCIATED
WITH IT. ANYTIME YOU HEAR THE
WORDS QUASIJUDICIAL, THAT IS
WHEN YOU MUST MAKE SURE THAT
YOU ARE GETTING INFORMATION
FROM THE PROPER CHANNELS SO
THAT WE AVOID EX PARTE
COMMUNICATION AS WE ARE WISE I
JUDGES, QUASIJUDICIAL POSITIONS
WHEN TAKING UP CONTRACT
RESOUNDS. I AM SURE ESSENTIAL
STAFF HAS MUCH MORE INFORMATION
BECAUSE THAT IS THEIR JOB. I AM
JUST DOING THE BEST I CAN
TODAY. SO, WITH THAT, I DON'T
KNOW IF I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION
TO POSTPONE. I MOVED TO
POSTPONE CLERK FILE -- I AM
PULLING IT UP RIGHT NOW. COURT
FILE 314400 AND COUNCIL BILL
120737 UNTIL THE JANUARY 23rd
MEETING.
>> A SECOND.
>> OKAY. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, 314400 AND COUNCIL
BILL 120738 WILL BE POSTPONED
UNTIL JANUARY 23rd, 2024.
>> 37, NOT CREATE YOUR
>> EXCUSE ME. 37, YES. 120737
EXTENDED UNTIL JANUARY 21st,
2024 BUT I'M HEARING NO
OBJECTION. THOSE WILL BE
POSTPONED UNTIL THAT DATE.
OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY
OTHER COMMENTS?
>> NO.
>> OKAY. WE ARE GETTING
TOWARDS THE END OF OUR BUSINESS
HERE. SO, LET ME READ THE
ITEMS REMOVED. I AM GETTING TO
THAT PART. WE HAVE HAD AN ITEM
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. SO, IT IS NOW TIME TO
ADDRESS THEM SEPARATELY. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK,.
>> AS I WENT THROUGH THE
MINUTES, I NOTED WHAT I
BELIEVE WAS IN ERROR. SO I
WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE COUNCIL
MINUTES FROM JANUARY 2nd TO
CORRECT THEM UNDER THE VOTE FOR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT BY CHANGING
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH TO
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AS A
COUNCILMEMBER WHO NOMINATED
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO BE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOUR
>> CAN YOU CUT THAT TOO? THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CLOSE
ATTENTION TO THE MINUTES.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET
YOUR CREDIT.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES
ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TO
THE MINUTES? OKAY, THEN HEARING
ON, I MOVED TO ADOPT THE
JANUARY 2nd MINUTES AS
DIRECTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY
SECOND ARE ADOPTED AND
CORRECTED. ALL RIGHT, MOVING
ON, THERE ARE NO RESOLUTIONS
FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION
TODAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER
BUSINESS? I AM NOT SEEING ANY
OTHER BUSINESS. NORMALLY IF YOU
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ABSENT
FOR A FUTURE MEETING, THIS IS
THE TIME WHERE YOU WOULD SAY
THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO, WE WILL
NOW PROCEED TO THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION. BEFORE THAT, HOWEVER,
IS WE DO HAVE A WRAPPED TV
AUDIENCE, LET ME REMIND PEOPLE
THAT THE PUBLIC FORUM FOR THE
POSITION VACANCY WILL BE THIS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18th FROM
5:30 TO 7:30 HERE AT CITY HALL.
THAT IS JUST A REMINDER. WITH
THAT, WE WILL PROCEED INTO THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION. HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS, WE WILL NOW
MOVE INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
AS PROVIDING OFFICER I AM
ANNOUNCING THAT THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE
PURPOSE FOR THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION IS TO DISCUSS PENDING,
POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL LITIGATION.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNSEL TO
DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL
MATTERS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS
AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. A LEGAL
MONITOR FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS
PRESENT TO ENSURE THAT COUNSEL
RESERVES QUESTIONS ON POLICY
FOR OPEN SESSION. I EXPECT THE
TIME OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
TO END IN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR.
THAT WOULD BE TO: 52 P.M. --
LET'S JUST SAY 3:00. ALL
RIGHT. MEETING WILL
AUTOMATICALLY ADJOURN. THE CITY
COUNSELORS WILL BE HOLDING A
SPECIAL MEETING ON JANUARY 22nd
AT 9:30 TO CONTINUE OUR
DISCUSSION ON THE COUNCIL
VACANCY APPOINTMENT PROCESS.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE
HELD ON JANUARY 23rd AT 2:00
P.M. THE COUNCIL IS NOW IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION. COUNCIL
MEMBERS, PLEASE LOG OFF THIS
MEETING AND LOG INTO THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION ZOOM MEETING.