1 00:00:03,937 --> 00:00:14,147 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:00:15,648 --> 00:00:18,184 -- OKAY. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. 3 00:00:18,184 --> 00:00:19,052 THE JULY 28th MEETING OF THE 4 00:00:19,052 --> 00:00:19,786 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME 5 00:00:19,786 --> 00:00:21,187 TO ORDER. IT IS 2:05 P.M.. I'M 6 00:00:21,187 --> 00:00:23,256 JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNCIL 7 00:00:23,256 --> 00:00:24,491 PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 8 00:00:24,491 --> 00:00:28,261 CALL THE ROLL? 9 00:00:28,261 --> 00:00:28,828 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. 10 00:00:28,828 --> 00:00:31,531 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 11 00:00:31,531 --> 00:00:35,535 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. HERE. 12 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:37,871 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE. 13 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:38,471 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 14 00:00:38,471 --> 00:00:41,641 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 15 00:00:41,641 --> 00:00:42,075 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 16 00:00:42,075 --> 00:00:43,143 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA PRESENT. 17 00:00:43,143 --> 00:00:44,711 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 18 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:45,211 -- HOLLINGSWORTH HERE. 19 00:00:45,211 --> 00:00:47,414 -- NINE. PRESENT. 20 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:48,882 -- AWESOME. COLLEAGUES. THERE'S 21 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:49,849 NO PRESENTATIONS TODAY. AND 22 00:00:49,849 --> 00:00:50,917 BEFORE WE JUMP RIGHT INTO PUBLIC 23 00:00:50,917 --> 00:00:52,819 COMMENT, I'M GOING TO START 24 00:00:52,819 --> 00:00:54,687 OPENING THIS MEETING. WE WILL DO 25 00:00:54,687 --> 00:00:55,422 A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE 26 00:00:55,422 --> 00:00:59,125 VICTIMS WHO DID LOSE THEIR LIVES 27 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:00,627 AT THE SEATTLE CENTER. AND 28 00:01:00,627 --> 00:01:01,227 PEOPLE ARE ALSO THE ONES THAT 29 00:01:01,227 --> 00:01:04,764 WERE SHOT AND ARE RECOVERING 30 00:01:04,764 --> 00:01:07,700 TODAY. SO WE WILL CALL WE WILL 31 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:10,470 ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO 32 00:01:10,470 --> 00:01:11,704 RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE PEOPLE 33 00:01:11,704 --> 00:01:12,338 THAT LOST THEIR LIVES. AND THE 34 00:01:12,338 --> 00:01:13,306 FOLKS THAT ARE RECOVERING TODAY. 35 00:01:13,306 --> 00:01:23,516 THANK YOU. 36 00:01:24,117 --> 00:01:34,594 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW THAT 37 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,402 WE'VE HEARD CALL TO ACTION FROM 38 00:01:42,402 --> 00:01:45,105 CITY OFFICIALS FOR CITY 39 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:46,773 OFFICIALS, ESPECIALLY 40 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:48,274 COUNCILMEMBERS. WE LEGISLATE 41 00:01:48,274 --> 00:01:50,777 LAWS IN OUR CITY. THE EXECUTIVE 42 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:51,377 EXECUTES AND THE DEPARTMENTS 43 00:01:51,377 --> 00:01:52,111 HELP DELIVER THIS WORK. AND WE 44 00:01:52,111 --> 00:01:54,547 ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. SO 45 00:01:54,547 --> 00:01:57,217 THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT MOMENT OF 46 00:01:57,217 --> 00:01:58,952 SILENCE AS WE PRAY FOR THE 47 00:01:58,952 --> 00:01:59,619 VICTIMS, AND THEN ALSO THE 48 00:01:59,619 --> 00:02:01,521 PEOPLE THAT ARE RECOVERING RIGHT 49 00:02:01,521 --> 00:02:03,523 NOW. WE ARE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT 50 00:02:03,523 --> 00:02:05,058 INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND 51 00:02:05,058 --> 00:02:06,993 COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE 52 00:02:06,993 --> 00:02:08,528 GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT 53 00:02:08,528 --> 00:02:09,963 PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT IS 54 00:02:09,963 --> 00:02:12,332 LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S 55 00:02:12,332 --> 00:02:14,434 AGENDA. THE INTRODUCTION AND 56 00:02:14,434 --> 00:02:14,968 REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE 57 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:16,369 COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM. THE 58 00:02:16,369 --> 00:02:21,341 COUNCIL CANNOT ACCEPT COMMENTS 59 00:02:21,341 --> 00:02:23,343 ON QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS OR ON 60 00:02:23,343 --> 00:02:24,611 CAMPAIGN RELATED MATTERS. I KNOW 61 00:02:24,611 --> 00:02:26,212 WE HAVE OVER 30 SPEAKERS, SO 62 00:02:26,212 --> 00:02:27,046 BEFORE EVERYONE BOOS, 63 00:02:27,046 --> 00:02:28,581 EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET ONE 64 00:02:28,581 --> 00:02:29,749 MINUTE BECAUSE THOSE ARE WITHIN 65 00:02:29,749 --> 00:02:31,584 COUNCIL RULES. OVER 30 PEOPLE. 66 00:02:31,584 --> 00:02:33,286 HOW MANY FOLKS DO WE HAVE? 67 00:02:33,286 --> 00:02:38,558 -- WE HAVE ABOUT 34 IN PERSON 68 00:02:38,558 --> 00:02:42,829 AND 37 REMOTE. 69 00:02:42,829 --> 00:02:47,367 -- OKAY, SO NINE. SUCCESS. 70 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:50,303 THAT'S 71. SO USUALLY IF IT'S 71 00:02:50,303 --> 00:02:51,337 MORE THAN 60, IT'S ONE MINUTE 72 00:02:51,337 --> 00:02:52,972 OR LESS. BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO 73 00:02:52,972 --> 00:02:53,606 ONE MINUTE. I'D LIKE TO HONOR 74 00:02:53,606 --> 00:02:55,608 THAT. AND IF THERE'S NO 75 00:02:55,608 --> 00:02:56,876 OBJECTION FROM MY COLLEAGUES, I 76 00:02:56,876 --> 00:02:58,244 THINK LESS THAN ONE MINUTE IS 77 00:02:58,244 --> 00:02:58,878 QUICK. AND IS THAT COOL. I'M 78 00:02:58,878 --> 00:03:00,947 JUST LOOKING LEFT AND RIGHT. 79 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:02,215 AWESOME. THERE'S NO OBJECTION. 80 00:03:02,215 --> 00:03:04,217 SO WE WILL DO ONE MINUTE FOR 81 00:03:04,217 --> 00:03:05,752 SPEAKERS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 82 00:03:05,752 --> 00:03:09,589 READ THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TO 83 00:03:09,589 --> 00:03:10,156 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? 84 00:03:10,156 --> 00:03:11,124 -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 85 00:03:11,124 --> 00:03:12,559 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 86 00:03:12,559 --> 00:03:13,193 FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL 87 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:14,661 BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 88 00:03:14,661 --> 00:03:15,295 THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL 89 00:03:15,295 --> 00:03:16,629 HEAR A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE 90 00:03:16,629 --> 00:03:17,664 LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS 91 00:03:17,664 --> 00:03:19,465 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DID NOT 92 00:03:19,465 --> 00:03:20,066 END THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 93 00:03:20,066 --> 00:03:21,801 ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 94 00:03:21,801 --> 00:03:22,669 CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. PUBLIC 95 00:03:22,669 --> 00:03:23,703 COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND 96 00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:24,938 WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 97 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:25,672 SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 98 00:03:25,672 --> 00:03:26,506 -- OKAY, AWESOME. WE'RE GOING 99 00:03:26,506 --> 00:03:27,807 TO BE ABLE WE'RE GOING TO CALL 100 00:03:27,807 --> 00:03:30,910 PEOPLE IN GROUPS OF FIVE. SO IF 101 00:03:30,910 --> 00:03:33,012 YOU HEAR YOUR NAME AND PLEASE 102 00:03:33,012 --> 00:03:34,581 COME UP TO THE FRONT AND JUST 103 00:03:34,581 --> 00:03:35,248 START GETTING UP SO WE CAN KIND 104 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:37,951 OF JUST KEEP PEOPLE MOVING. 105 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:38,818 DON'T WORRY IF YOU'RE CONTINUING 106 00:03:38,818 --> 00:03:40,987 TO SIGN UP, WE'LL STILL HAVE 107 00:03:40,987 --> 00:03:41,721 YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK. 108 00:03:41,721 --> 00:03:44,891 SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE EL 109 00:03:44,891 --> 00:03:47,360 HARRISON, JEROME, MARIA. WE HAVE 110 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,564 JUNE VAL AND KATE. THOSE FIVE 111 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:55,468 YOU ARE UP AND ON DECK. WE HAVE 112 00:03:55,468 --> 00:03:58,438 MARTA JOHNSON, CHRIS, MAGDALENA, 113 00:03:58,438 --> 00:03:59,505 FRANCESCA AND DAVID LONG. SO AIR 114 00:03:59,505 --> 00:04:02,175 HARRISON. SO WE'LL ASK MARIA TO 115 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:04,844 ON DECK. JUNE, VAL AND KATE. 116 00:04:04,844 --> 00:04:08,615 RUBEN. THANK YOU ALL. AND YOU 117 00:04:08,615 --> 00:04:09,616 CAN START WHENEVER YOU ARE. AND 118 00:04:09,616 --> 00:04:10,950 THE TIMER. YOU'RE ALL GOOD. MAKE 119 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:12,018 SURE YOU SPEAK RIGHT INTO THE 120 00:04:12,018 --> 00:04:14,320 MIC AS WELL. 121 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:15,321 -- THANK YOU COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 122 00:04:15,321 --> 00:04:17,323 EL HARRISON JEROME. IT IS HOT IN 123 00:04:17,323 --> 00:04:19,359 THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. NOT 124 00:04:19,359 --> 00:04:21,327 ONLY IS IT HOT, SOME PLACES LIKE 125 00:04:21,327 --> 00:04:22,061 CORPUS CHRISTI AND PHOENIX ARE 126 00:04:22,061 --> 00:04:24,497 ON TRACK TO BECOME 127 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:25,498 UNINHABITABLE. IF YOU THINK THE 128 00:04:25,498 --> 00:04:26,499 TECH BOOM IS BRINGING A LOT OF 129 00:04:26,499 --> 00:04:28,101 PEOPLE TO THE CITY, IMAGINE WHAT 130 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:29,302 ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE OF THE 131 00:04:29,302 --> 00:04:30,169 AMERICAN SOUTHWEST WILL BRING. 132 00:04:30,169 --> 00:04:31,638 WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR OUR 133 00:04:31,638 --> 00:04:33,172 POPULATION TO BE IN THE MILLIONS 134 00:04:33,172 --> 00:04:36,042 BY MID-CENTURY. THERE IS NO WAY 135 00:04:36,042 --> 00:04:37,076 OF AVOIDING THIS. THE COMP PLAN 136 00:04:37,076 --> 00:04:38,911 WE HAVE FALLS WOEFULLY SHORT OF 137 00:04:38,911 --> 00:04:40,780 THE CAPACITY. CAPACITY WE NEED. 138 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:42,682 EVERY SERIOUS CLIMATE AUTHORITY 139 00:04:42,682 --> 00:04:43,683 EXPRESSES THAT WE NEED TO 140 00:04:43,683 --> 00:04:46,019 URGENTLY MOVE TOWARD DENSE 141 00:04:46,019 --> 00:04:47,353 HOUSING. THIS APPEAL PROCESS IS 142 00:04:47,353 --> 00:04:49,288 NOT ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND IS 143 00:04:49,288 --> 00:04:49,722 CERTAINLY NOT ABOUT 144 00:04:49,722 --> 00:04:51,224 ENVIRONMENTALISM. THE. THIS 145 00:04:51,224 --> 00:04:52,058 APPEAL PROCESS IS WHY THE 146 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:53,726 MISSING LINK ON THE BURKE-GILMAN 147 00:04:53,726 --> 00:04:55,962 HASN'T GOTTEN DONE IS WHY LIGHT 148 00:04:55,962 --> 00:04:58,998 RAIL IS PROGRESSING SO SLOWLY. 149 00:04:58,998 --> 00:05:00,566 THIS IS WHY PEOPLE WONDER WHY 150 00:05:00,566 --> 00:05:01,768 OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN'T 151 00:05:01,768 --> 00:05:03,703 LEAD. BECAUSE THEY CAN'T. IF YOU 152 00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:05,705 THINK IT'S JUST ONE MORE YEAR OF 153 00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:07,073 DELAY, JUST ONE MORE YEAR OF 154 00:05:07,073 --> 00:05:08,207 HOMES NOT BEING BUILT. JUST ONE 155 00:05:08,207 --> 00:05:09,409 MORE YEAR OF PEOPLE BEING FORCED 156 00:05:09,409 --> 00:05:10,510 OUT OF SEATTLE BECAUSE THERE'S 157 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:12,645 NOT ENOUGH UNITS FOR EVERYONE. 158 00:05:12,645 --> 00:05:14,480 MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS IS 2300 159 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,816 PAGES LONG. NIMBY GROUPS WILL 160 00:05:16,816 --> 00:05:17,917 FIND A TECHNICALITY. VOTE YES ON 161 00:05:17,917 --> 00:05:18,951 THE BILL. THANK YOU. 162 00:05:18,951 --> 00:05:20,787 -- THANK YOU. L NEXT WE HAVE 163 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:22,922 MARIA, FOLLOWED BY JUNE. VAL, 164 00:05:22,922 --> 00:05:25,058 KATE. RUBEN. WELCOME. 165 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:25,491 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 166 00:05:25,491 --> 00:05:26,426 COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR 167 00:05:26,426 --> 00:05:27,994 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY 168 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:30,463 THOUGHTS WITH YOU. MY NAME IS 169 00:05:30,463 --> 00:05:31,064 MARIA AND I CHAIR THE BEACON 170 00:05:31,064 --> 00:05:35,735 HILL COUNCIL. THE CITY BILL ONE, 171 00:05:35,735 --> 00:05:38,171 TWO, 125 PROPOSES TO RETAIN 172 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:41,908 PROJECTS, ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS 173 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:42,442 AND ELIMINATE RESIDENTIAL 174 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:45,878 APPEALS UNFORTUNATELY, 175 00:05:45,878 --> 00:05:46,512 COUNCILMEMBER LIN IS SILENT. THE 176 00:05:46,512 --> 00:05:48,815 ACTUAL IMPACT OF THE BILL, WHICH 177 00:05:48,815 --> 00:05:50,717 IS TO DENY RESIDENTIAL OWNERS 178 00:05:50,717 --> 00:05:52,285 THE ABILITY TO APPEAL WHEN THEY 179 00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:52,785 THINK THE ENVIRONMENTAL 180 00:05:52,785 --> 00:05:56,522 PROTECTION LAW IS NOT PROPERLY 181 00:05:56,522 --> 00:05:58,691 APPLIED. WE UNDERSTAND THOSE 182 00:05:58,691 --> 00:05:59,292 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS ARE 183 00:05:59,292 --> 00:06:01,527 STILL IN PLACE. AS AN EXAMPLE OF 184 00:06:01,527 --> 00:06:03,096 THE VALUE OF THE APPEAL, THE 185 00:06:03,096 --> 00:06:06,232 SCALE APPEALED. THE MANDATORY 186 00:06:06,232 --> 00:06:07,500 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ACT QUITE 187 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,802 A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND THEY 188 00:06:09,802 --> 00:06:12,238 AND MYSELF PRESENT TEN PLUS CITY 189 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:14,374 DEPARTMENT MEMOS THAT CONCLUDED 190 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:15,975 THAT EITHER MHA DID NOT HAVE A 191 00:06:15,975 --> 00:06:19,245 RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS 192 00:06:19,245 --> 00:06:20,012 AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY. ARE 193 00:06:20,012 --> 00:06:21,280 BASQUE. ASKED TO PAUSE THE BILL, 194 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:23,916 VOTE IT DOWN OR VOTE, AS AMENDED 195 00:06:23,916 --> 00:06:25,318 BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THANK 196 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:25,518 YOU. 197 00:06:25,518 --> 00:06:26,419 -- THANK YOU MARIA. NEXT WE HAVE 198 00:06:26,419 --> 00:06:30,289 JUNE, FOLLOWED BY VAL AND THEN 199 00:06:30,289 --> 00:06:31,190 KATE AND MARTA. 200 00:06:31,190 --> 00:06:32,925 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, I URGE YOU TO 201 00:06:32,925 --> 00:06:35,895 VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT B TO 202 00:06:35,895 --> 00:06:37,764 COUNCIL BILL 121215. THIS 203 00:06:37,764 --> 00:06:38,364 AMENDMENT PRESERVES THE ONLY 204 00:06:38,364 --> 00:06:39,332 AFFORDABLE SEPA APPEAL OPTION 205 00:06:39,332 --> 00:06:41,434 FOR SEATTLE CITIZENS AND 206 00:06:41,434 --> 00:06:43,369 COMMUNITIES. IF AMENDMENT B DOES 207 00:06:43,369 --> 00:06:45,338 NOT PASS, VOTE NO ON THE BILL. 208 00:06:45,338 --> 00:06:47,640 IT'S DISINGENUOUS TO CITE 209 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:48,908 SEATTLE'S HARMFUL HISTORY OF 210 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:51,310 RACIST LAND USE POLICIES LIKE 211 00:06:51,310 --> 00:06:54,046 REDLINING, AND THEN FAIL TO TO 212 00:06:54,046 --> 00:06:57,683 PERFORM A RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS 213 00:06:57,683 --> 00:06:59,752 ON CB 121215. PLEASE READ THE 214 00:06:59,752 --> 00:07:01,120 LIVED HISTORY FROM LOIS MARTIN 215 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,389 OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE CENTRAL 216 00:07:03,389 --> 00:07:05,124 DISTRICT, ABOUT BLACK COMMUNITY 217 00:07:05,124 --> 00:07:07,427 ACTIVISTS SUCCESSFUL USE OF 218 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:08,060 ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS TO PREVENT 219 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:10,062 OR MITIGATE HARM TO THEIR 220 00:07:10,062 --> 00:07:11,364 COMMUNITIES. YOU MAY SAY THOSE 221 00:07:11,364 --> 00:07:13,733 WERE PROJECT ACTIONS. THIS BILL 222 00:07:13,733 --> 00:07:15,001 PRESERVES THOSE STATE LAW AND 223 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:17,837 RECENT CITY ACTION NOW EXEMPT 224 00:07:17,837 --> 00:07:19,005 MOST HOUSING PROJECTS FROM SIPA 225 00:07:19,005 --> 00:07:20,540 REVIEW. THERE IS NO APPEAL WHERE 226 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:22,842 THERE IS NO REVIEW. PROJECT 227 00:07:22,842 --> 00:07:24,844 REVIEW LOOKS AT ONE DEVELOPMENT 228 00:07:24,844 --> 00:07:26,612 AT A TIME. NON PROJECT REVIEW 229 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:28,714 LOOKS AT THE RULES THAT SHAPE 230 00:07:28,714 --> 00:07:30,249 WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE ONLY 231 00:07:30,249 --> 00:07:32,218 STAGE WHERE THE CITY STUDIES 232 00:07:32,218 --> 00:07:34,954 DISPLACEMENT AND COMMUNITY. 233 00:07:34,954 --> 00:07:35,521 CUMULATIVE IMPACT ACROSS A 234 00:07:35,521 --> 00:07:36,756 COMMUNITY. 235 00:07:36,756 --> 00:07:37,657 -- JUNE NEXT WE HAVE VAL 236 00:07:37,657 --> 00:07:39,091 FOLLOWED BY KATE, RUBEN, MARTA, 237 00:07:39,091 --> 00:07:40,760 CHRIS, MAGDALENA. FRANCESCA. 238 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,094 DAVID. WELCOME. 239 00:07:42,094 --> 00:07:43,596 -- HI, I'M VAL, I'M PART OF 240 00:07:43,596 --> 00:07:45,565 DISTRICT TWO. I WANT YOU TO VOTE 241 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:47,099 YES ON AMENDMENT B, AND IF THIS 242 00:07:47,099 --> 00:07:48,401 AMENDMENT DOESN'T PASS, PLEASE 243 00:07:48,401 --> 00:07:50,203 VOTE NO AS A BILL AS A WHOLE. 244 00:07:50,203 --> 00:07:51,637 EDDIE LIN, I'M ONE OF YOUR 245 00:07:51,637 --> 00:07:52,238 CONSTITUENTS. THE REASON WHY 246 00:07:52,238 --> 00:07:54,207 I'M HERE IS BECAUSE OF YOU. I 247 00:07:54,207 --> 00:07:55,107 ACTUALLY CAME HERE TO LET YOU 248 00:07:55,107 --> 00:07:56,943 KNOW THAT I FEEL VERY MISLED BY 249 00:07:56,943 --> 00:07:59,712 SOME OF THE BY SOME OF THE WORK 250 00:07:59,712 --> 00:08:00,947 THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, SOME OF 251 00:08:00,947 --> 00:08:02,615 THE EMAILS THAT I'VE BEEN 252 00:08:02,615 --> 00:08:03,516 READING, I ACTUALLY FELT SOME OF 253 00:08:03,516 --> 00:08:06,519 THEM MISLED BY BY SOME OF THAT 254 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:08,487 I, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT AMENDMENT 255 00:08:08,487 --> 00:08:11,657 B, WHICH I HAD TO LEARN ABOUT 256 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:13,693 BECAUSE YOUR WORK WAS VERY 257 00:08:13,693 --> 00:08:14,627 MISGUIDED, MISLEADING. I 258 00:08:14,627 --> 00:08:16,729 APOLOGIZE, YOUR BILL DOES NOT 259 00:08:16,729 --> 00:08:18,631 WITHOUT THE AMENDMENT. B, THE 260 00:08:18,631 --> 00:08:19,999 BILL DOES MORE HARM TO PEOPLE AS 261 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:21,767 A WHOLE. I JUST WANTED TO LET 262 00:08:21,767 --> 00:08:22,235 YOU KNOW I'M NOT A 263 00:08:22,235 --> 00:08:23,169 WELL-RESOURCED INDIVIDUAL. I 264 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:24,904 DON'T HAVE GENERATIONAL WEALTH. 265 00:08:24,904 --> 00:08:27,707 I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 266 00:08:27,707 --> 00:08:31,210 HOUSING. BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE 267 00:08:31,210 --> 00:08:31,844 ABLE TO HAVE NOT HAVE A CAMERA 268 00:08:31,844 --> 00:08:33,145 COST OF NOT BEING ABLE TO APPEAL 269 00:08:33,145 --> 00:08:35,548 FOR RACIAL EQUITY. THAT ALREADY 270 00:08:35,548 --> 00:08:36,549 HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I LIVED IN 271 00:08:36,549 --> 00:08:37,984 YESLER TERRACE. I'M NOT LETTING 272 00:08:37,984 --> 00:08:40,319 IT HAPPEN AGAIN, AGAIN, BUT NO. 273 00:08:40,319 --> 00:08:42,889 VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT B, VOTE NO 274 00:08:42,889 --> 00:08:43,689 ON THE BILL AS A WHOLE IF IT 275 00:08:43,689 --> 00:08:45,258 DOESN'T PASS. THANK YOU. 276 00:08:45,258 --> 00:08:46,592 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE KATE, 277 00:08:46,592 --> 00:08:48,160 FOLLOWED BY MARTA AND THEN 278 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,730 CHRIS. HI, KATE. RUBEN. OH, 279 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:51,697 YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK FOR 280 00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:52,465 TIFFANY 281 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:53,432 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. OKAY. IF 282 00:08:53,432 --> 00:08:54,500 WE SWITCH. SHE'S STILL IN LINE. 283 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,669 -- YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT 284 00:08:56,669 --> 00:08:58,604 NUMBER ARE YOU? 285 00:08:58,604 --> 00:09:01,474 -- I DID NOT GRAB A NUMBER FROM. 286 00:09:01,474 --> 00:09:02,041 -- BURIEN. YOU'RE FINE. 287 00:09:02,041 --> 00:09:02,675 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 288 00:09:02,675 --> 00:09:03,943 -- YEAH. YOU'LL SWITCH. THANK 289 00:09:03,943 --> 00:09:04,944 YOU TIFFANY. 290 00:09:04,944 --> 00:09:07,246 -- THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, 291 00:09:07,246 --> 00:09:08,114 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 292 00:09:08,114 --> 00:09:10,349 TIFFANY MCCOY. I'M THE INTERIM 293 00:09:10,349 --> 00:09:12,351 CEO AT THE SEATTLE SOCIAL 294 00:09:12,351 --> 00:09:14,520 HOUSING DEVELOPER. WE HAVE BEEN 295 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:15,121 IN MULTIPLE NEGOTIATIONS FOR 296 00:09:15,121 --> 00:09:16,756 LAND SITES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION 297 00:09:16,756 --> 00:09:18,791 PIPELINE FOR MONTHS. WE HAVE 298 00:09:18,791 --> 00:09:21,561 SITE CONTROL ON TWO PARCELS OF 299 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:22,929 LAND, AND WE'RE GETTING READY 300 00:09:22,929 --> 00:09:25,197 TO ANNOUNCE SOME OF THOSE SITES 301 00:09:25,197 --> 00:09:27,633 ONCE DUE DILIGENCE IS WAIVED, WE 302 00:09:27,633 --> 00:09:29,435 WILL BE BUILDING 50% OF THOSE 303 00:09:29,435 --> 00:09:30,636 UNITS AT TWO AND THREE BEDROOM 304 00:09:30,636 --> 00:09:32,905 UNITS. WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY 305 00:09:32,905 --> 00:09:33,873 DEVELOPERS IN THIS CITY THAT HAS 306 00:09:33,873 --> 00:09:36,142 A MANDATE TO BE BUILDING FAMILY 307 00:09:36,142 --> 00:09:37,376 SIZED UNITS. BUT I CONTINUE TO 308 00:09:37,376 --> 00:09:39,111 FIND THAT THERE IS A NAGGING 309 00:09:39,111 --> 00:09:40,246 CONCERN IN THE BACK OF MY MIND 310 00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:42,048 THAT OUR VOTER MANDATED SOCIAL 311 00:09:42,048 --> 00:09:44,116 HOUSING EFFORTS WILL BE STIFLED 312 00:09:44,116 --> 00:09:45,952 THROUGH OUR CURRENT SEPA SYSTEM. 313 00:09:45,952 --> 00:09:47,620 WHY CAN WE BUILD ENDLESS ROADS 314 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:49,689 AND HIGHWAYS? BUT WE CAN'T SITE 315 00:09:49,689 --> 00:09:51,657 A TINY HOUSE VILLAGE FOR OUR 316 00:09:51,657 --> 00:09:52,591 UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, OR A 317 00:09:52,591 --> 00:09:55,528 MULTIFAMILY BUILDING IN OUR 318 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:55,995 HISTORICALLY REDLINED 319 00:09:55,995 --> 00:09:56,629 NEIGHBORHOODS? I HAVE NO DOUBT 320 00:09:56,629 --> 00:09:59,732 THAT ALL OF US HERE CARE ABOUT 321 00:09:59,732 --> 00:10:00,366 THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT I FEAR THAT 322 00:10:00,366 --> 00:10:02,702 SOME OF US ARE USING THE 323 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:04,136 ENVIRONMENT FOR PROXY MEANS 324 00:10:04,136 --> 00:10:04,804 OTHERWISE. WHY DON'T WE SEE THE 325 00:10:04,804 --> 00:10:05,771 SAME FACES HERE FOR THE 326 00:10:05,771 --> 00:10:07,506 TRANSPORTATION LEVY? 327 00:10:07,506 --> 00:10:08,107 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU ARE A 328 00:10:08,107 --> 00:10:09,642 BREATH OF FRESH AIR. THANK YOU 329 00:10:09,642 --> 00:10:11,610 FOR YOUR COURAGE. 330 00:10:11,610 --> 00:10:12,778 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 331 00:10:12,778 --> 00:10:16,949 TIFFANY. NEXT. YEP. YOU'RE ALL 332 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:19,085 GOOD. THANK YOU. MARSHA. 333 00:10:19,085 --> 00:10:19,352 WELCOME. 334 00:10:19,352 --> 00:10:20,286 -- HELLO ALL. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY 335 00:10:20,286 --> 00:10:22,822 NAME IS MARTIN. I'M HERE WITH 336 00:10:22,822 --> 00:10:25,291 FOREST SEATTLE IN SUPPORT OF 337 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:25,791 COUNCILMEMBERS LIN'S 338 00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:27,293 LEGISLATION. THANKS SO MUCH FOR 339 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:29,095 YOUR EFFORTS HERE. QUICKLY. 340 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:31,297 SEATTLE DOESN'T HAVE A HOUSING 341 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:33,065 SHORTAGE BECAUSE WE LACK GOOD 342 00:10:33,065 --> 00:10:35,668 INTENTIONS. WE HAVE HOUSING 343 00:10:35,668 --> 00:10:36,335 SHORTAGE BECAUSE WE'VE BUILT A 344 00:10:36,335 --> 00:10:38,537 DUPLICATIVE SYSTEM THAT MAKES IT 345 00:10:38,537 --> 00:10:39,171 TOO EASY TO DELAY THE HOMES WE 346 00:10:39,171 --> 00:10:41,540 ALL DESERVE. SEATTLE SHOULD BE A 347 00:10:41,540 --> 00:10:42,675 CITY THAT SAYS YES TO MORE 348 00:10:42,675 --> 00:10:43,909 NEIGHBORS, MORE HOMES, AND A 349 00:10:43,909 --> 00:10:45,945 FASTER PATH FROM POLICY TO 350 00:10:45,945 --> 00:10:47,380 REALITY. WE SHOULD MEASURE OUR 351 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:48,814 SUCCESS NOT BY HOW MANY 352 00:10:48,814 --> 00:10:50,149 OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO DELAY 353 00:10:50,149 --> 00:10:51,984 CHANGE, BUT BY WHETHER PEOPLE 354 00:10:51,984 --> 00:10:53,052 CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO LIVE 355 00:10:53,052 --> 00:10:56,689 HERE, GET AROUND EASILY AND 356 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:59,592 AVOID THE SPRAWL THAT COULD 357 00:10:59,592 --> 00:11:02,261 ENDURE. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES 358 00:11:02,261 --> 00:11:04,030 TO COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S BILL 359 00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:04,597 TODAY TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY 360 00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:06,432 DELAYS AND HELP SEATTLE BUILD A 361 00:11:06,432 --> 00:11:07,299 FUTURE WE CAN ALL ENJOY. 362 00:11:07,299 --> 00:11:08,668 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU MARTHA. 363 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:12,605 NEXT WE HAVE CHRIS, FOLLOWED BY 364 00:11:12,605 --> 00:11:13,239 MAGDALENA, FRANCESCA AND THEN 365 00:11:13,239 --> 00:11:16,876 DAVID. WELCOME, CHRIS. 366 00:11:16,876 --> 00:11:19,845 -- THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRIS 367 00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:21,714 JENKINS. I AM THE COORDINATOR OF 368 00:11:21,714 --> 00:11:23,482 THE SEATTLE COMMITTEE TO SAVE 369 00:11:23,482 --> 00:11:25,618 SCHOOLS. FIVE POINTS. NUMBER 370 00:11:25,618 --> 00:11:27,086 ONE, THE SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT 371 00:11:27,086 --> 00:11:28,187 WENT INTO DEBT TO BUY A NEW 372 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:30,523 HEADQUARTERS SOME 25 YEARS AGO. 373 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:33,626 NUMBER TWO, I FILED APPEALS 374 00:11:33,626 --> 00:11:35,428 ALONG WITH INDUSTRIAL USERS IN 375 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:37,596 THE AREA. THE CITY THEN DENIED 376 00:11:37,596 --> 00:11:39,498 PERMITS FOR THE PROJECT. THE 377 00:11:39,498 --> 00:11:41,967 DISTRICT THEN SUED THE CITY. 378 00:11:41,967 --> 00:11:42,601 NUMBER THREE ONE STOP ALONG THE 379 00:11:42,601 --> 00:11:45,037 WAY WAS THE CITY HEARING 380 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:46,839 EXAMINER'S OFFICE. NUMBER FOUR. 381 00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:49,108 THE FIRST CITY PROPOSAL AFFECTED 382 00:11:49,108 --> 00:11:50,643 A GIANT NUMBER OF PROPERTIES. 383 00:11:50,643 --> 00:11:52,578 THE EXAMINER RULED THAT FURTHER 384 00:11:52,578 --> 00:11:55,581 ANALYSIS WAS REQUIRED. NUMBER 385 00:11:55,581 --> 00:11:58,184 FIVE, COUNCIL BILL 12, 12, 15 386 00:11:58,184 --> 00:11:59,919 ALSO AFFECTS A GIANT NUMBER OF 387 00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:01,454 PROPERTIES. HAS THERE BEEN A 388 00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:03,656 REQUIRED SEPA THRESHOLD 389 00:12:03,656 --> 00:12:04,457 DETERMINATION? PLEASE VOTE NO. 390 00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:06,092 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 391 00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:10,730 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. CHRIS. IS 392 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:12,565 IT MAGDALENA? IS IT WOULD YOU 393 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:13,966 MIND? YOU'RE ON CRUTCHES. IF 394 00:12:13,966 --> 00:12:16,135 SHE CAN, CAN SHE GO BEFORE YOU? 395 00:12:16,135 --> 00:12:17,403 IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. FRANCESCA. 396 00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:19,705 I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. I HAD YOU 397 00:12:19,705 --> 00:12:21,140 STANDING THERE THE WHOLE TIME. I 398 00:12:21,140 --> 00:12:22,108 APOLOGIZE, GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK 399 00:12:22,108 --> 00:12:23,743 YOU. MAGDALENA, I APPRECIATE 400 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:23,943 THAT. 401 00:12:23,943 --> 00:12:24,744 -- THANK YOU. 402 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:26,145 -- MY NAME IS FRANCESCA. I'M AN 403 00:12:26,145 --> 00:12:28,481 ARTIST AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, 404 00:12:28,481 --> 00:12:29,682 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE, AND 405 00:12:29,682 --> 00:12:31,550 I WORK IN DISTRICT TWO. I'M HERE 406 00:12:31,550 --> 00:12:33,285 TO ASK COUNCIL TO ADOPT 407 00:12:33,285 --> 00:12:36,188 AMENDMENT B FOR COUNCIL BILL 12, 408 00:12:36,188 --> 00:12:37,723 1215, OR VOTE NO TO COUNCIL BILL 409 00:12:37,723 --> 00:12:41,026 12, 1215. I UNDERSTAND SEATTLE 410 00:12:41,026 --> 00:12:42,328 IS IN A HOUSING CRISIS, BUT WE 411 00:12:42,328 --> 00:12:43,996 ARE ALSO FACING GREATER THREATS 412 00:12:43,996 --> 00:12:45,331 TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY THAN 413 00:12:45,331 --> 00:12:47,466 EVER BEFORE. BUILDING HOUSING OR 414 00:12:47,466 --> 00:12:48,400 CITY INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT 415 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,537 ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY 416 00:12:51,537 --> 00:12:53,172 WILL INEVITABLY LAND HARDEST ON 417 00:12:53,172 --> 00:12:54,573 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. WE'VE SEEN 418 00:12:54,573 --> 00:12:55,875 PROOF OF THIS IN THE PAST WITH 419 00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:58,244 I-90 IN THE SAM SMITH PARK, AND 420 00:12:58,244 --> 00:13:00,613 WE SEE PROOF OF THAT TODAY WITH 421 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:01,147 RAINIER VALLEY LIGHT RAIL 422 00:13:01,147 --> 00:13:02,481 CUTTING THROUGH MLK, PUTTING 423 00:13:02,481 --> 00:13:03,716 PEDESTRIAN LIVES IN JEOPARDY 424 00:13:03,716 --> 00:13:05,885 EVERY DAY. MARGINALIZED 425 00:13:05,885 --> 00:13:07,253 COMMUNITIES CANNOT AFFORD TO 426 00:13:07,253 --> 00:13:08,888 PURSUE LEGAL RECOURSE. LIKE OUR 427 00:13:08,888 --> 00:13:11,390 WHITE COUNTERPARTS. PROTECT 428 00:13:11,390 --> 00:13:12,057 SEATTLE'S ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL 429 00:13:12,057 --> 00:13:12,992 PROCESS TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES 430 00:13:12,992 --> 00:13:14,059 OF COLOR AND THE LEGACY OF OUR 431 00:13:14,059 --> 00:13:15,461 CITY. THANK YOU. 432 00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:16,595 -- THANK YOU, FRANCESCA. NEXT, 433 00:13:16,595 --> 00:13:18,931 WE HAVE MAGDALENA. THANK YOU FOR 434 00:13:18,931 --> 00:13:20,399 THAT. MAGDALENA. AND THEN NEXT 435 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:23,569 WE HAVE DAVID AFTER MAGDALENA. 436 00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:26,605 -- COUNCIL. DO WE SUPPORT BLACK 437 00:13:26,605 --> 00:13:27,339 WOMEN? RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU 438 00:13:27,339 --> 00:13:30,276 SUPPORT BLACK WOMEN. THERE WE 439 00:13:30,276 --> 00:13:33,078 GO. LET'S GET SOME MORE HANDS. 440 00:13:33,078 --> 00:13:34,647 I DON'T SEE ANY WHITE HANDS IN 441 00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:36,649 THE AIR. WHAT'S GOING ON? ALL 442 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:38,651 RIGHT. DO WE SUPPORT INDIGENOUS 443 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:41,554 WOMEN? CAN WE RAISE OUR HANDS? 444 00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:44,390 YES. CAN WE SUPPORT THAT? YES. 445 00:13:44,390 --> 00:13:45,291 SO WHY DOES IT CHANGE WHEN 446 00:13:45,291 --> 00:13:48,093 THEY'RE TRANS? REMEMBER, JUAREZ 447 00:13:48,093 --> 00:13:50,563 TRANS PEOPLE MISSING AND 448 00:13:50,563 --> 00:13:52,231 MURDERED INDIGENOUS TRANS PEOPLE 449 00:13:52,231 --> 00:13:53,832 MISSING AND MURDERED, INDIGENOUS 450 00:13:53,832 --> 00:13:55,568 TWO SPIRIT PEOPLE AND MISSING 451 00:13:55,568 --> 00:13:57,002 AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS QUEER 452 00:13:57,002 --> 00:13:58,971 PEOPLE ARE RELYING ON YOU TO 453 00:13:58,971 --> 00:14:00,506 STEP FORWARD AND FIGHT FOR OUR 454 00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:02,441 RIGHTS IN THIS TIME OF CIVIL 455 00:14:02,441 --> 00:14:03,342 EMERGENCY. IN THE TRANS REFUGEE 456 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:05,344 CRISIS. IF YOU THINK THAT THIS 457 00:14:05,344 --> 00:14:08,681 IS A WHITE ISSUE, THINK AGAIN. 458 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:11,050 REMEMBER STRAUSS AND COMMANDER 459 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:12,985 KETTLE. COMMANDER KETTLE, YOU 460 00:14:12,985 --> 00:14:14,753 WOULD HAVE DRUMMED HALF OF THE 461 00:14:14,753 --> 00:14:18,791 SPD OUT OF THE NAVY IF THEY HAD 462 00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:20,326 BEEN YOUR SAILORS. INSTEAD, WE 463 00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:21,427 ARE SERVED BY MERCENARIES FROM 464 00:14:21,427 --> 00:14:23,095 OUT OF TOWN. AND TELL ME WHAT 465 00:14:23,095 --> 00:14:25,197 CITY HAS EVER RETAINED ITS 466 00:14:25,197 --> 00:14:26,732 SOVEREIGNTY BY BEING ENTIRELY 467 00:14:26,732 --> 00:14:28,567 STAFFED BY MERCENARIES. SUPPORT 468 00:14:28,567 --> 00:14:30,336 TRANS RIGHTS AND GIVE US AN 469 00:14:30,336 --> 00:14:32,271 EMERGENCY AMENDMENT. 470 00:14:32,271 --> 00:14:32,871 -- THANK YOU MAGDALENA. THANK 471 00:14:32,871 --> 00:14:36,909 YOU. MAGDALENA. NEXT WE HAVE 472 00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:39,178 DAVID LONG AFTER DAVID. WE HAVE 473 00:14:39,178 --> 00:14:41,981 MARTA, FOLLOWED BY STEVE AND 474 00:14:41,981 --> 00:14:44,550 THEN ALICE. 475 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:46,051 -- HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 476 00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:48,654 DAVID LONG. I AM A FIFTH 477 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:51,123 GENERATION SEATTLEITE AND FIRST 478 00:14:51,123 --> 00:14:53,459 OF ALL, I WANT TO COMMEND THE 479 00:14:53,459 --> 00:14:56,295 POLICE FOR THEIR RESPONSE. ON 480 00:14:56,295 --> 00:15:00,566 SUNDAY. AND I WAS OUT OF TOWN, I 481 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:02,101 HEARD ABOUT IT IMMEDIATELY, MADE 482 00:15:02,101 --> 00:15:03,235 SOME PHONE CALLS, AND JUST FOUND 483 00:15:03,235 --> 00:15:04,570 OUT THAT THE POLICE DID AN 484 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:05,237 EXCEPTIONAL JOB. SO I JUST WANT 485 00:15:05,237 --> 00:15:06,071 TO MAKE SURE I COMMEND THE 486 00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:08,774 POLICE FOR THEIR RESPONSE. I 487 00:15:08,774 --> 00:15:10,509 WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 488 00:15:10,509 --> 00:15:11,944 ABOUT THE IT THAT'S BRINGING 489 00:15:11,944 --> 00:15:13,712 BROUGHT TO THE CITY. AND WHAT IS 490 00:15:13,712 --> 00:15:16,148 THE CB ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, TWO, 491 00:15:16,148 --> 00:15:18,017 FIVE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT 492 00:15:18,017 --> 00:15:19,618 UPGRADING OR ADDING IT OR PEOPLE 493 00:15:19,618 --> 00:15:20,819 THAT HANDLE THAT, WE NEED TO 494 00:15:20,819 --> 00:15:22,855 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UPGRADING 495 00:15:22,855 --> 00:15:23,923 THE SYSTEMS AT THE SEATTLE 496 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:26,191 CENTER AND ALL OF OUR OTHER 497 00:15:26,191 --> 00:15:29,061 PUBLIC PLACES. A LOT OF PEOPLE 498 00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:29,895 SOMETIMES SAY THEY DON'T LIKE 499 00:15:29,895 --> 00:15:31,263 THE CAMERAS OF THE POLICE. WE 500 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:34,466 NEED MORE COVERAGE, I'LL JUST 501 00:15:34,466 --> 00:15:35,601 PUT IT THAT WAY. SO AS YOU'RE 502 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:36,769 THINKING ABOUT GROWTH, AS WE'RE 503 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:38,537 THINKING ABOUT EXPANDING IN 504 00:15:38,537 --> 00:15:39,571 AREAS, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT 505 00:15:39,571 --> 00:15:41,106 WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS OF 506 00:15:41,106 --> 00:15:42,107 KEEPING THE EYES ON THE PEOPLE 507 00:15:42,107 --> 00:15:43,375 TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SAFE. THANK 508 00:15:43,375 --> 00:15:44,043 YOU. 509 00:15:44,043 --> 00:15:45,144 -- THANK YOU, DAVID. NEXT WE 510 00:15:45,144 --> 00:15:47,313 HAVE. SO THE NEXT TEN SPEAKERS 511 00:15:47,313 --> 00:15:48,781 AND WE'RE GOING TO DO TEN 512 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:49,481 SPEAKERS HERE. AND THEN WE ARE 513 00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:51,250 GOING TO GO, WE'RE GONNA DO 20 514 00:15:51,250 --> 00:15:53,085 IN PERSON. EXCUSE ME. IF YOU'RE 515 00:15:53,085 --> 00:15:54,253 ONLINE, WE'RE GOING TO COME TO 516 00:15:54,253 --> 00:15:55,788 YOU AND DO TEN. AND WE'RE GOING 517 00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:57,289 TO COME BACK AND DO IN PERSON. 518 00:15:57,289 --> 00:15:59,625 SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO 519 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:01,427 TEN MORE HERE IN PERSON. WE'LL 520 00:16:01,427 --> 00:16:03,962 GO ONLINE AND DO TEN AND WE'LL 521 00:16:03,962 --> 00:16:06,265 DO 20 IN PERSON. SO WE'LL KEEP 522 00:16:06,265 --> 00:16:07,299 ROTATING OR ELSE IT GETS LONG 523 00:16:07,299 --> 00:16:09,034 FOR THE PEOPLE ONLINE AS WELL. 524 00:16:09,034 --> 00:16:11,203 SO WE HAVE MARTHA, MARTHA, 525 00:16:11,203 --> 00:16:13,205 MARTHA BASKIN FOLLOWED BY STEVE 526 00:16:13,205 --> 00:16:15,908 HERE. THE NEXT TEN. SO MARTHA, 527 00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:21,180 STEVE, ALICE GREEN, JEFF, PAUL, 528 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:24,216 DAVID HILL, KENNETH, KENNETH 529 00:16:24,216 --> 00:16:27,186 DAVIES, JORDAN, ALICIA, LYDIA 530 00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:30,155 AND STEVE SMC. SO WE HAVE 531 00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:31,657 MARTHA, STEVE, MARTHA, EXCUSE 532 00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:34,860 ME, STEVE, ALICE, JEFF, DAVID, 533 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:36,061 KENNETH. JORDAN, ALICIA, LYDIA 534 00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:37,262 AND STEVE. YOU ALL ARE THE NEXT 535 00:16:37,262 --> 00:16:39,398 TEN SPEAKERS. GO AHEAD. MARTHA. 536 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:41,700 -- ALL RIGHT. I LIKE MARTHA, 537 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:42,368 ACTUALLY, IT'S FAR PREFERABLE. 538 00:16:42,368 --> 00:16:45,237 SO GOOD AFTERNOON. HELLO. HELLO, 539 00:16:45,237 --> 00:16:48,173 PLEASE VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT B, 540 00:16:48,173 --> 00:16:50,709 AND IF THAT AMENDMENT DOES NOT 541 00:16:50,709 --> 00:16:53,679 PASS, SAY NO TO CB 1215. THE 542 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:55,881 RATIONALE BEHIND CB 1215 AN 543 00:16:55,881 --> 00:16:58,517 AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ELIMINATE 544 00:16:58,517 --> 00:17:00,152 ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS ON ALL 545 00:17:00,152 --> 00:17:01,854 CITY LAND USE LEGISLATION AND 546 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:03,689 ANY CITY BUILDING PROJECT IS, 547 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:05,457 LIKE TRUMP'S CLAIMS ABOUT VOTER 548 00:17:05,457 --> 00:17:08,160 USE. VOTER FRAUD, RATHER AN 549 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,161 EXERCISE IN DECEPTION. TRUMP'S 550 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:11,163 CRUSADE ISN'T ENSURING EVERYONE 551 00:17:11,163 --> 00:17:14,032 GETS TO VOTE. IT'S ABOUT 552 00:17:14,032 --> 00:17:14,666 DISENFRANCHIZING VOTERS, IN THIS 553 00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:16,435 CASE. CB 1215 ISN'T ABOUT 554 00:17:16,435 --> 00:17:17,903 REFORM. IT'S ABOUT TAKING AWAY 555 00:17:17,903 --> 00:17:19,705 THE ONE AVENUE ORDINARY PEOPLE 556 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:22,207 HAVE TO ADDRESS CRITICAL 557 00:17:22,207 --> 00:17:23,675 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. THE CITY 558 00:17:23,675 --> 00:17:25,778 IS IGNORING. AND WITH THIS NEXT 559 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:27,312 POINT, I INVOKE THE VOICE OF 560 00:17:27,312 --> 00:17:28,514 LOIS MARTIN, A TREE ALLY AND A 561 00:17:28,514 --> 00:17:31,450 FRIEND WHO I'M HONORED TO KNOW. 562 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:32,351 MARTIN IS AN EDUCATOR AND 563 00:17:32,351 --> 00:17:34,386 TEACHING CHILDREN. AS WE. AS I 564 00:17:34,386 --> 00:17:36,155 SPEAK, THE SPONSORS PUBLIC FAQ, 565 00:17:36,155 --> 00:17:38,157 SHE WRITES, INVOKES THE UGLY 566 00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:39,958 HISTORY OF REDLINING AND THE 567 00:17:39,958 --> 00:17:41,794 WORST HEALTH OUTCOMES IT LEFT 568 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:42,995 FOR BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS OF 569 00:17:42,995 --> 00:17:44,897 SOUTH AND CENTRAL SEATTLE YET NO 570 00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:47,733 RACIAL EQUITY IN. 571 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:49,735 -- THANK YOU MARTHA. THANK YOU 572 00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:50,569 SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE HAVE 573 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:51,970 STEVE, AND YOU CAN PUT YOUR 574 00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:53,305 COMMENTS IN THE BASKET, TOO. WE 575 00:17:53,305 --> 00:17:54,373 HAVE STEVE, ALICE, JEFF. AND 576 00:17:54,373 --> 00:17:57,309 THEN DAVID. WELCOME. STEVE. 577 00:17:57,309 --> 00:18:00,479 -- YES, THIS IS EXPERIMENT IN 578 00:18:00,479 --> 00:18:02,915 DEMOCRACY. YOU KNOW, IT'S SO 579 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:05,050 MUCH MORE EFFICIENT NOT TO HAVE 580 00:18:05,050 --> 00:18:07,619 PEOPLE COMMENT. IT IS SO MUCH 581 00:18:07,619 --> 00:18:09,721 MORE EFFICIENT NOT TO HAVE 582 00:18:09,721 --> 00:18:12,257 PEOPLE WITH POWER, BECAUSE YOU 583 00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:14,827 CAN DO THINGS QUICKLY. AND OUR 584 00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:16,995 FEARLESS LEADER, WHO'S ALSO A 585 00:18:16,995 --> 00:18:19,398 DEVELOPER, STRANGELY ENOUGH, 586 00:18:19,398 --> 00:18:22,034 THINKS LIKE A DEVELOPER, 587 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:26,105 BELIEVES THE SAME THING. I 588 00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:27,840 DON'T I THINK THAT SEATTLE HAS 589 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,842 GONE TOO FAR THAT WAY BECAUSE 590 00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:32,444 WE'RE SEEING LESS AND LESS GOOD 591 00:18:32,444 --> 00:18:34,813 DEVELOPMENT. RECENTLY, I'VE SEEN 592 00:18:34,813 --> 00:18:36,982 A LOT OF OLDER BUILDINGS BEING 593 00:18:36,982 --> 00:18:40,786 TORN DOWN IN THE BELLTOWN AREA 594 00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:41,653 AND SOME OTHER AREAS OF THE 595 00:18:41,653 --> 00:18:42,855 CITY, AND THESE ARE NOT GOING TO 596 00:18:42,855 --> 00:18:46,191 BE REPLACED BY AFFORDABLE 597 00:18:46,191 --> 00:18:47,493 HOUSING, BECAUSE WE REFUSE TO 598 00:18:47,493 --> 00:18:52,164 LOOK AT MHA, WE REFUSE TO SAVE 599 00:18:52,164 --> 00:18:54,133 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT IS NOT 600 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:57,236 SUBSIDIZED. SO LET'S DO 601 00:18:57,236 --> 00:18:58,837 SOMETHING FOR DEMOCRACY. YOU 602 00:18:58,837 --> 00:18:59,404 KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF 603 00:18:59,404 --> 00:19:02,908 MONEY, YOU CAN GO TO SUPERIOR 604 00:19:02,908 --> 00:19:04,343 COURT. IF YOU DON'T. 605 00:19:04,343 --> 00:19:05,644 -- HEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU 606 00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:06,678 STEVE. NEXT, WE HAVE ALEX GREEN, 607 00:19:06,678 --> 00:19:11,717 JEFF, PAUL, DAVID, KENNETH 608 00:19:11,717 --> 00:19:12,117 JORDAN. WELCOME. 609 00:19:12,117 --> 00:19:13,051 -- THANK YOU FOR HEARING US 610 00:19:13,051 --> 00:19:15,721 TODAY. I'M WITH THE GREEN PARTY 611 00:19:15,721 --> 00:19:17,623 OF SEATTLE. MY NAME IS ALICE 612 00:19:17,623 --> 00:19:20,125 GREEN. MY MAIN CONCERN IS 613 00:19:20,125 --> 00:19:22,895 ELIMINATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL 614 00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:25,931 REVIEWS FOR BUILDINGS. I DO 615 00:19:25,931 --> 00:19:26,565 THINK WE NEED TO STREAMLINE IT. 616 00:19:26,565 --> 00:19:28,734 WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE INTO 617 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:31,036 HOUSES. BUT WITH ALL OF THE 618 00:19:31,036 --> 00:19:33,572 VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACE AND 619 00:19:33,572 --> 00:19:37,242 OFFICE SPACE DOWNTOWN AND ALL 620 00:19:37,242 --> 00:19:37,876 THE POTENTIAL FOR DEEP DENSITY, 621 00:19:37,876 --> 00:19:39,011 WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT AS 622 00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:43,148 WELL. I WOULD SAY VOTE FOR THE 623 00:19:43,148 --> 00:19:44,583 AMENDMENT B, THANK YOU. 624 00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:45,684 -- THANK YOU ALEX. NEXT WE HAVE 625 00:19:45,684 --> 00:19:48,186 JEFF. PAUL, WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE 626 00:19:48,186 --> 00:19:52,257 YOU, DAVID. KENNETH JORDAN. 627 00:19:52,257 --> 00:19:52,591 HELLO. HELLO. 628 00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:54,326 -- HELLO, COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO 629 00:19:54,326 --> 00:19:57,362 GO A LITTLE HIGHER. MY NAME IS 630 00:19:57,362 --> 00:19:58,664 JEFF PAUL. I'M THE CO-EXECUTIVE 631 00:19:58,664 --> 00:19:59,298 DIRECTOR OF HOUSE OUR NEIGHBORS, 632 00:19:59,298 --> 00:20:00,999 AND I'M A RENTER IN D THREE. I 633 00:20:00,999 --> 00:20:02,134 HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS 634 00:20:02,134 --> 00:20:05,938 BILL. AGAIN, I'M HERE BECAUSE 635 00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:07,639 I'M STILL VERY FRUSTRATED. I'M 636 00:20:07,639 --> 00:20:09,074 FRUSTRATED THAT PEOPLE ARE HERE 637 00:20:09,074 --> 00:20:10,609 WHO CLAIM TO CARE ABOUT THE 638 00:20:10,609 --> 00:20:11,577 ENVIRONMENT, YET THEY'RE 639 00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:12,611 FIGHTING AGAINST ONE OF THE MOST 640 00:20:12,611 --> 00:20:14,446 IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO 641 00:20:14,446 --> 00:20:16,148 TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND 642 00:20:16,148 --> 00:20:16,748 SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS, 643 00:20:16,748 --> 00:20:17,983 WHICH IS DENSE HOUSING THAT 644 00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:19,651 ENABLES CAR FREE OR CAR LIGHT 645 00:20:19,651 --> 00:20:21,687 LIVING. I'M YOUNG ENOUGH TO GET 646 00:20:21,687 --> 00:20:23,055 TO LOOK FORWARD TO CLIMATE 647 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:25,223 COLLAPSE IN MY LIFETIME. I'LL BE 648 00:20:25,223 --> 00:20:27,059 LIVING IN SEATTLE IN A FEW 649 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:28,126 DECADES. WHEN CLIMATE REFUGEES 650 00:20:28,126 --> 00:20:29,761 POUR IN, AS ENTIRE SWATHS OF OUR 651 00:20:29,761 --> 00:20:30,796 PLANET BECOME UNLIVABLE. UNLESS 652 00:20:30,796 --> 00:20:33,599 WE TAKE DRASTIC ACTION, EVERY 653 00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:34,633 SINGLE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST 654 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:38,003 IN THE WORLD SAYS THAT WE HAVE 655 00:20:38,003 --> 00:20:38,637 TO MASSIVELY REDUCE THE AMOUNT 656 00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:40,706 OF TIME PEOPLE DRIVING CARS, 657 00:20:40,706 --> 00:20:41,306 THEY DESTROY OUR ATMOSPHERE, 658 00:20:41,306 --> 00:20:42,174 THEIR TIRES AND BRAKES, POLLUTE 659 00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:44,610 OUR WATER. SEATTLE IS JUST ONE 660 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:45,677 CITY, BUT WE MUST DO OUR PART TO 661 00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:47,112 MOVE WITH URGENCY. THE ONLY WAY 662 00:20:47,112 --> 00:20:49,848 WE CAN DO THAT IS IF WE BUILD 663 00:20:49,848 --> 00:20:50,749 DENSELY. PUBLIC TRANSIT ONLY 664 00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:51,650 WORKS WHEN WE HAVE DENSE CITIES. 665 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:53,218 IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 666 00:20:53,218 --> 00:20:54,786 DRAW DOWNS THAT WE CAN MAKE. 667 00:20:54,786 --> 00:20:56,121 PLEASE TAKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL 668 00:20:56,121 --> 00:20:57,422 CRISIS AND THE HOUSING CRISIS 669 00:20:57,422 --> 00:20:57,723 SERIOUSLY. 670 00:20:57,723 --> 00:20:59,491 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JEFF. 671 00:20:59,491 --> 00:21:01,093 NEXT WE HAVE DAVID, KENNETH, 672 00:21:01,093 --> 00:21:02,995 JORDAN, ALICIA, LYDIA, STEVE, 673 00:21:02,995 --> 00:21:04,229 WELCOME. 674 00:21:04,229 --> 00:21:04,997 -- HI, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DAVID 675 00:21:04,997 --> 00:21:07,466 HILL. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE 676 00:21:07,466 --> 00:21:08,133 TRANSIT RIDERS UNION. I'M HERE 677 00:21:08,133 --> 00:21:10,035 TO ASK YOU TO VOTE YES ON 678 00:21:10,035 --> 00:21:12,404 AMENDMENT ONE TO BILL 12, 12, 679 00:21:12,404 --> 00:21:14,539 15. CITIES HAVE TO EVOLVE TO 680 00:21:14,539 --> 00:21:16,208 MEET NEW DEMANDS. OPPONENTS OF 681 00:21:16,208 --> 00:21:17,209 THIS CHANGE ARE CLINGING TO AN 682 00:21:17,209 --> 00:21:19,344 OUTDATED VISION OF SEATTLE FROM 683 00:21:19,344 --> 00:21:21,079 1995 THAT SIMPLY CANNOT SUPPORT 684 00:21:21,079 --> 00:21:23,148 OUR CITY TODAY. TO DELIVER THE 685 00:21:23,148 --> 00:21:24,983 WALKABLE, TRANSIT RICH FUTURE IN 686 00:21:24,983 --> 00:21:27,586 OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE MUST 687 00:21:27,586 --> 00:21:29,721 BUILD DENSE HOUSING NEAR TRANSIT 688 00:21:29,721 --> 00:21:31,523 DENSITY IS CLIMATE ACTION. RIGHT 689 00:21:31,523 --> 00:21:34,192 NOW, SPECIAL INTERESTS USE $100 690 00:21:34,192 --> 00:21:36,828 $120 FILING FEES TO WEAPONIZE 691 00:21:36,828 --> 00:21:38,830 ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS AND BLOCK 692 00:21:38,830 --> 00:21:40,298 HOUSING, FORCING GROWTH OUT TO 693 00:21:40,298 --> 00:21:41,366 THE PERIPHERY AND DESTROYING 694 00:21:41,366 --> 00:21:44,169 ACTUAL WILDLIFE HABITAT, PUSHING 695 00:21:44,169 --> 00:21:45,737 HOUSING INTO SPRAWLING 696 00:21:45,737 --> 00:21:48,407 SUBDIVISIONS IS NOT 697 00:21:48,407 --> 00:21:49,041 ENVIRONMENTALISM. TRUE CLIMATE 698 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:50,108 JUSTICE MEANS WELCOMING 699 00:21:50,108 --> 00:21:51,643 NEIGHBORS INTO OUR URBAN CORE. 700 00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:53,478 PLEASE END THE CYNICAL ABUSE OF 701 00:21:53,478 --> 00:21:56,181 PROCEDURAL RED TAPE AND VOTE YES 702 00:21:56,181 --> 00:21:56,581 ON AMENDMENT ONE. 703 00:21:56,581 --> 00:21:57,649 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU DAVID. 704 00:21:57,649 --> 00:21:59,484 NEXT WE HAVE KENNETH, FOLLOWED 705 00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:02,487 BY JORDAN, ALICIA, LYDIA, STEVE, 706 00:22:02,487 --> 00:22:02,754 WELCOME. 707 00:22:02,754 --> 00:22:05,123 -- HI. A FEW OF YOU ON THE CITY 708 00:22:05,123 --> 00:22:05,691 COUNCIL THINK SILENCING THE 709 00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:07,526 PUBLIC IS A GREAT IDEA. YOU HAVE 710 00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:08,360 PLANS AND IDEAS, AND YOU DON'T 711 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:09,494 WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ANY OF THE 712 00:22:09,494 --> 00:22:12,264 POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH THEM. IF 713 00:22:12,264 --> 00:22:12,931 THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS ARE GETTING 714 00:22:12,931 --> 00:22:14,366 IN THE WAY AND THEY'RE SLOWING 715 00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:15,667 THINGS DOWN, WELL, THOSE RIGHTS 716 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:17,602 JUST HAVE TO GO, DON'T THEY? 717 00:22:17,602 --> 00:22:19,404 BUT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SEATTLE 718 00:22:19,404 --> 00:22:20,572 RAILROAD THROUGH A POLICY YOU 719 00:22:20,572 --> 00:22:21,873 KNEW WAS WRONG, BUT IT WAS 720 00:22:21,873 --> 00:22:23,108 ENACTED ANYWAY? OF COURSE YOU 721 00:22:23,108 --> 00:22:24,609 HAVE. SO WHY ARE YOU WANTING TO 722 00:22:24,609 --> 00:22:26,912 TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHT TO POINT 723 00:22:26,912 --> 00:22:29,147 THESE PROBLEMS OUT BEFORE THEY 724 00:22:29,147 --> 00:22:30,582 BECOME LAW? THIS ONE MINUTE 725 00:22:30,582 --> 00:22:32,484 KABUKI THEATER IS A JOKE. 726 00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:33,952 SEATTLE GIVES US THE RIGHT TO 727 00:22:33,952 --> 00:22:34,586 CHALLENGE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, 728 00:22:34,586 --> 00:22:36,021 TO HAVE PROPOSALS THAT CAN BE 729 00:22:36,021 --> 00:22:38,290 CORRECTED AND IMPROVED BEFORE 730 00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:39,825 THEY'RE ENTOMBED IN CONCRETE, 731 00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:40,892 BEFORE THEY'RE TOO BIG TO FAIL 732 00:22:40,892 --> 00:22:43,328 AND MUST BE PASSED. DON'T TELL 733 00:22:43,328 --> 00:22:44,563 THE PUBLIC TO SHUT UP AND LET 734 00:22:44,563 --> 00:22:46,164 THE DEVELOPERS RULE. WHEN YOU 735 00:22:46,164 --> 00:22:46,865 DEMOCRATS ACT LIKE THIS, YOU 736 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:48,066 DON'T NEED REPUBLICANS TO TAKE 737 00:22:48,066 --> 00:22:51,169 AWAY OUR STATE GIVEN RIGHTS. 738 00:22:51,169 --> 00:22:52,904 YOU'LL DO THAT FOR THEM. DON'T 739 00:22:52,904 --> 00:22:53,372 BECOME AS BAD AS THE 740 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:55,374 REPUBLICANS. DON'T IMITATE THEIR 741 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:57,109 VERY WORST BEHAVIORS. DON'T 742 00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:59,845 APPROVE THIS TERRIBLE PROPOSAL. 743 00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:01,480 -- IF WE THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 744 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,348 JORDAN, FOLLOWED BY ALICIA. WE 745 00:23:03,348 --> 00:23:04,616 DO JUST SPIRIT HANDS. I WILL 746 00:23:04,616 --> 00:23:06,952 KEEP US GOING. THANK YOU SO 747 00:23:06,952 --> 00:23:08,687 MUCH. WELCOME, JORDAN. 748 00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:09,788 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JORDAN 749 00:23:09,788 --> 00:23:11,356 CRAWLEY, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF 750 00:23:11,356 --> 00:23:13,125 DISTRICT ONE. SPEAKING IN 751 00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:14,693 OPPOSITION TO AMENDMENT B AND IN 752 00:23:14,693 --> 00:23:16,762 SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILL 121215. 753 00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:19,197 I'M ALSO SOMEONE WHO HAS LIVED 754 00:23:19,197 --> 00:23:20,665 THROUGH HOUSING INSECURITY AND 755 00:23:20,665 --> 00:23:21,933 STRUGGLED WITH AFFORDING A ROOF 756 00:23:21,933 --> 00:23:23,935 OVER MY HEAD. THE UNDERLYING 757 00:23:23,935 --> 00:23:26,338 BILL HELPS TO STREAMLINE 758 00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:26,972 LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS CRITICAL TO 759 00:23:26,972 --> 00:23:27,773 OUR ABILITY TO BUILD ENOUGH 760 00:23:27,773 --> 00:23:30,575 HOUSING AT ALL INCOME LEVELS IN 761 00:23:30,575 --> 00:23:33,311 OUR CITY. AMENDMENT B UNDERMINES 762 00:23:33,311 --> 00:23:34,746 THAT EFFORT. PRESENTED AS A MERE 763 00:23:34,746 --> 00:23:36,248 CHANGE, IT DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS 764 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,183 THE CORE PURPOSE OF THE BILL. IT 765 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:38,884 LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN TO THE 766 00:23:38,884 --> 00:23:39,918 TYPES OF APPEALS THAT HAVE 767 00:23:39,918 --> 00:23:42,220 BOGGED DOWN DEVELOPMENT FOR 768 00:23:42,220 --> 00:23:44,122 DECADES, WITHOUT ANY MEANINGFUL 769 00:23:44,122 --> 00:23:46,158 REDUCTION IN PROCESSING TIME. IT 770 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:47,592 WOULD ALLOW OPPONENTS OF A 771 00:23:47,592 --> 00:23:49,060 TALLER AND DENSER SEATTLE TO 772 00:23:49,060 --> 00:23:50,162 REDUCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS 773 00:23:50,162 --> 00:23:51,696 COUNCIL. AND THAT IS NOT WHAT 774 00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:53,532 GOOD GOVERNANCE LOOKS LIKE. IF 775 00:23:53,532 --> 00:23:56,334 YOU BELIEVE IN A HOUSED SEATTLE, 776 00:23:56,334 --> 00:23:57,903 IF YOU BELIEVE IN AFFORDABILITY 777 00:23:57,903 --> 00:24:00,005 FOR ALL, WE NEED YOU TO OPPOSE 778 00:24:00,005 --> 00:24:01,673 EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE THIS BILL 779 00:24:01,673 --> 00:24:02,274 AND OPPOSE AMENDMENT B. THANK 780 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:03,442 YOU. 781 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:04,576 -- THANK YOU JORDAN. NEXT WE 782 00:24:04,576 --> 00:24:05,610 HAVE ALICIA, FOLLOWED BY LYDIA 783 00:24:05,610 --> 00:24:06,444 AND THEN STEVE. AND THEN WE'RE 784 00:24:06,444 --> 00:24:08,914 GOING TO GO ONLINE. SO IF YOU'RE 785 00:24:08,914 --> 00:24:09,481 LISTENING ONLINE, FIRST TEN 786 00:24:09,481 --> 00:24:10,715 SPEAKERS AND WE'LL COME BACK IN 787 00:24:10,715 --> 00:24:12,717 PERSON. THANK YOU. 788 00:24:12,717 --> 00:24:14,085 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT 789 00:24:14,085 --> 00:24:14,786 HOLLINGSWORTH AND MEMBERS OF THE 790 00:24:14,786 --> 00:24:18,089 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALICIA RUIZ. 791 00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:18,690 I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING 792 00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:20,759 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, KING AND 793 00:24:20,759 --> 00:24:22,694 SEATTLE KING AND KITTITAS 794 00:24:22,694 --> 00:24:24,496 COUNTIES. OVER 1400 LETTERS HAVE 795 00:24:24,496 --> 00:24:26,865 LANDED IN YOUR INBOXES FROM OUR 796 00:24:26,865 --> 00:24:28,800 OUR NETWORK OF SUPPORTERS. THEY 797 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,871 ARE ALL IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL 798 00:24:32,871 --> 00:24:33,538 BILL 12115. THAT'S NOT NOISE. 799 00:24:33,538 --> 00:24:34,906 THAT'S A COMMUNITY TELLING YOU 800 00:24:34,906 --> 00:24:37,542 THAT DELAY HAS A COST. A FAMILY 801 00:24:37,542 --> 00:24:39,911 DOESN'T NEED MORE REVIEW. THEY 802 00:24:39,911 --> 00:24:41,513 NEED A ROOF EVERY MONTH. THIS 803 00:24:41,513 --> 00:24:43,248 REDUNDANT PROCESS DRAGS ON IS 804 00:24:43,248 --> 00:24:44,049 ANOTHER MONTH THEY SPEND WAITING 805 00:24:44,049 --> 00:24:45,884 FOR A HOME TO CALL THEIR OWN. 806 00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:47,486 THAT WAIT ISN'T PAPERWORK TO 807 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:51,056 THEM. IT'S REAL LIFE. PUT ON 808 00:24:51,056 --> 00:24:53,191 HOLD. HABITAT BELIEVES STRONGLY 809 00:24:53,191 --> 00:24:53,792 IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, 810 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:57,429 BUT BUT THIS IS. THIS IS BEING 811 00:24:57,429 --> 00:24:59,097 USED AS A TOOL TO STALL HOUSING 812 00:24:59,097 --> 00:25:01,132 RATHER THAN SAFEGUARD OUR 813 00:25:01,132 --> 00:25:01,633 NEIGHBORHOODS. BUILDING 814 00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:03,001 AFFORDABLE, DENSE HOMES NEAR 815 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:04,569 TRANSIT ISN'T AT ODDS WITH OUR 816 00:25:04,569 --> 00:25:05,770 CLIMATE GOALS. INSTEAD, IT'S ONE 817 00:25:05,770 --> 00:25:08,740 OF THE CLEAREST WAYS TO ADVANCE 818 00:25:08,740 --> 00:25:10,509 THEM. SEATTLE HOUSING CRISIS 819 00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:12,143 DEMANDS ACTION, NOT REDUNDANT 820 00:25:12,143 --> 00:25:14,145 PROCESS. WE URGE YOU TO PASS 821 00:25:14,145 --> 00:25:16,581 COUNCIL BILL 121215 TODAY AND 822 00:25:16,581 --> 00:25:17,616 VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT B. 823 00:25:17,616 --> 00:25:18,250 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALICIA. 824 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:19,951 NEXT WE HAVE LYDIA, FOLLOWED BY 825 00:25:19,951 --> 00:25:22,854 STEVE. WELCOME. 826 00:25:22,854 --> 00:25:24,756 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 827 00:25:24,756 --> 00:25:28,059 NAME IS LYDIA AND I'M HERE IN 828 00:25:28,059 --> 00:25:29,828 SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILL 121215. 829 00:25:29,828 --> 00:25:31,563 PROTECTING LAND USE ACTIONS FROM 830 00:25:31,563 --> 00:25:33,531 EIS APPEALS. MANY OF US HAVE 831 00:25:33,531 --> 00:25:34,833 PARTICIPATED FROM BEGINNING TO 832 00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:37,135 END OF OUR LONG SEATTLE PROCESS. 833 00:25:37,135 --> 00:25:40,639 JUST TO SEE A FEW PEOPLE OR EVEN 834 00:25:40,639 --> 00:25:41,273 ONE PERSON HALT IMPLEMENTATION 835 00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:41,907 BECAUSE IT WASN'T THE OUTCOME 836 00:25:41,907 --> 00:25:44,676 THEY WANTED. THIS IS NOT FAIR OR 837 00:25:44,676 --> 00:25:46,444 DEMOCRATIC. WE HAVE SUFFERED THE 838 00:25:46,444 --> 00:25:48,346 TYRANNY OF THE FEW FOR TOO LONG. 839 00:25:48,346 --> 00:25:50,482 WE HAVE SPOKEN FOR LAND USE CODE 840 00:25:50,482 --> 00:25:52,484 THAT ALLOWS MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE 841 00:25:52,484 --> 00:25:54,386 WITHIN OUR URBAN BOUNDARIES AND 842 00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:55,387 REDUCES CAR DEPENDENCY, WHICH IS 843 00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:57,222 THE GREATEST THING WE CAN DO FOR 844 00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:59,958 OUR ENVIRONMENT. FRIVOLOUS, TIME 845 00:25:59,958 --> 00:26:00,558 CONSUMING APPEALS PREVENT OR 846 00:26:00,558 --> 00:26:01,559 DELAY WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY 847 00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:04,129 SPOKEN FOR. AND I'M SO TIRED OF 848 00:26:04,129 --> 00:26:04,696 HAVING TO REPEAT EVERYTHING 849 00:26:04,696 --> 00:26:06,998 AGAIN AND AGAIN. I'M ASKING THAT 850 00:26:06,998 --> 00:26:08,500 YOU END THIS TYRANNY. I'M ASKING 851 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:11,069 THAT YOU APPROVE THIS BILL. 852 00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:11,770 PLEASE VOTE NO TO AMENDMENT B, 853 00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:14,439 WHICH EFFECTIVELY NEGATES THE 854 00:26:14,439 --> 00:26:15,774 PROPOSED LEGISLATION. THANK YOU 855 00:26:15,774 --> 00:26:16,041 COUNCIL. 856 00:26:16,041 --> 00:26:17,008 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE STEVE 857 00:26:17,008 --> 00:26:19,377 AND THEN WE WILL GO ONLINE WITH 858 00:26:19,377 --> 00:26:21,046 RILEY AVRON. YOU WILL BE FIRST 859 00:26:21,046 --> 00:26:22,914 ONLINE. WELCOME, STEVE. 860 00:26:22,914 --> 00:26:24,282 -- STEVE ZEMKE SPEAKING FOR 861 00:26:24,282 --> 00:26:25,317 FRIENDS OF SEATTLE'S URBAN 862 00:26:25,317 --> 00:26:27,919 FOREST AND TREE PACK. NOTE THAT 863 00:26:27,919 --> 00:26:29,354 WE SUPPORT BUILDING MORE HOUSING 864 00:26:29,354 --> 00:26:31,056 IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WE 865 00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:32,958 SUPPORT BUILDING UP. WE SUPPORT 866 00:26:32,958 --> 00:26:34,326 STACKED FLATS AND WE SUPPORT 867 00:26:34,326 --> 00:26:35,760 COMMON WALLS AND THINGS LIKE 868 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,263 TOWNHOUSES SO WE CAN GET MORE 869 00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:39,464 TREES ON LOTS AND NATURE IN 870 00:26:39,464 --> 00:26:41,166 PARTICULAR, WE WANT TODAY TO 871 00:26:41,166 --> 00:26:42,267 THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO 872 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:44,202 HAVE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. WE 873 00:26:44,202 --> 00:26:47,205 THINK THESE ARE HELPFUL. THEY 874 00:26:47,205 --> 00:26:47,806 ARE POSITIVE CHANGES IN MOST 875 00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:49,908 CASES. IN PARTICULAR AMENDMENT 876 00:26:49,908 --> 00:26:52,110 B, WE SUPPORT. WE FEEL THAT IT 877 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:52,744 ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF SEPA 878 00:26:52,744 --> 00:26:54,746 APPEALS BY THE PUBLIC AND 879 00:26:54,746 --> 00:26:56,848 PROPOSES NECESSARY REFORMS SUCH 880 00:26:56,848 --> 00:26:57,482 AS MOVING THESE APPEALS TO THE 881 00:26:57,482 --> 00:26:58,850 FRONT OF THE LINE FOR THE 882 00:26:58,850 --> 00:27:02,053 HEARING. EXAMINER PROPOSES 883 00:27:02,053 --> 00:27:03,154 REASONABLE TIME FRAMES TO 884 00:27:03,154 --> 00:27:06,024 CONSIDER APPEALS. FOR INSTANCE, 885 00:27:06,024 --> 00:27:09,427 90 DAYS SUPPORT AMENDMENT A BY 886 00:27:09,427 --> 00:27:11,863 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH 887 00:27:11,863 --> 00:27:12,464 PROPOSED ORIGINAL ADDITION TO 888 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:13,131 DIRECTOR'S REPORTS ALSO SUPPORT 889 00:27:13,131 --> 00:27:16,935 AMENDMENT F BY KETTLE SUPPOSEDLY 890 00:27:16,935 --> 00:27:20,505 DEVELOP A SEPA HANDBOOK AND DO 891 00:27:20,505 --> 00:27:22,607 HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT NOT 892 00:27:22,607 --> 00:27:23,241 COVERING THE COUNCIL NOT HAVING 893 00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:28,413 TO DO DIRECTOR'S REPORTS BY 894 00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:30,849 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, STEVE. 895 00:27:30,849 --> 00:27:32,817 THANK YOU STEVE. THANK YOU, MR. 896 00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:35,653 ZEMKE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT 897 00:27:35,653 --> 00:27:37,555 WE HAVE RILEY, FOLLOWED BY KEN, 898 00:27:37,555 --> 00:27:40,091 THEN LOIS MARTIN, YOU'RE GOING 899 00:27:40,091 --> 00:27:43,795 TO PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 900 00:27:43,795 --> 00:27:46,931 YOURSELF. 901 00:27:46,931 --> 00:27:48,299 -- HI THERE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 902 00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:49,334 RILEY FROM WEST SEATTLE. I WANT 903 00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:50,635 TO FIRST RECOGNIZE THAT THIS 904 00:27:50,635 --> 00:27:52,170 FORM OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS 905 00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:52,804 PROFOUNDLY UNREPRESENTATIVE AND 906 00:27:52,804 --> 00:27:53,605 BIASED TOWARDS PEOPLE LIKE ME, 907 00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:54,506 WHO ARE ABLE TO SPEND THEIR 908 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:55,907 WEEKDAY AFTERNOON PARTICIPATING 909 00:27:55,907 --> 00:27:57,475 IN THIS MEETING. THAT SAID, I 910 00:27:57,475 --> 00:27:59,744 URGE YOU TO PASS THIS BILL 911 00:27:59,744 --> 00:28:00,311 WITHOUT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 912 00:28:00,311 --> 00:28:01,012 GETTING AMENDMENT. WE DON'T LET 913 00:28:01,012 --> 00:28:02,280 ONE PERSON WASTE MONTHS ON 914 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,982 POINTLESS PROCESS WHEN IT COMES 915 00:28:03,982 --> 00:28:05,450 TO BUDGET OR THE POLICE CONTRACT 916 00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:06,651 OR WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS. BUT 917 00:28:06,651 --> 00:28:09,087 WHEN IT COMES TO ALLOWING MORE 918 00:28:09,087 --> 00:28:09,988 HOMES, WE DO. THESE APPEALS ARE 919 00:28:09,988 --> 00:28:11,656 THE SEATTLE PROCESS IN THE WORST 920 00:28:11,656 --> 00:28:12,424 WAY. A WASTE OF TIME AND A WAY 921 00:28:12,424 --> 00:28:14,726 TO RUN DOWN THE CLOCK, GET THE 922 00:28:14,726 --> 00:28:16,261 APPEAL PROCESS HAS NEVER 923 00:28:16,261 --> 00:28:16,895 RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES 924 00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:18,830 TO AN EIS, MUCH LESS TO THE 925 00:28:18,830 --> 00:28:20,365 ACTUAL PLAN. BUILDING MORE HOMES 926 00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:21,700 IN OUR CITIES IS UNEQUIVOCALLY 927 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,101 GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. 928 00:28:23,101 --> 00:28:25,303 RECOGNIZING THIS, THE STATE IS 929 00:28:25,303 --> 00:28:25,937 ALREADY PERMANENTLY ELIMINATING 930 00:28:25,937 --> 00:28:26,504 THESE APPEALS. AS OF KING 931 00:28:26,504 --> 00:28:28,106 COUNTY, BELLEVUE, TACOMA AND 932 00:28:28,106 --> 00:28:30,675 EVERETT. AGAIN, SEATTLE, SEPA 933 00:28:30,675 --> 00:28:32,677 APPEALS HAVE NEVER RESULTED IN 934 00:28:32,677 --> 00:28:33,845 SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO AN EIS OR 935 00:28:33,845 --> 00:28:34,813 THE ACTUAL PLAN. THE STATUS QUO 936 00:28:34,813 --> 00:28:36,414 IS NOT NEUTRAL AND WASTING TIME 937 00:28:36,414 --> 00:28:38,416 TO PRESERVE IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. 938 00:28:38,416 --> 00:28:39,584 PLEASE PASS THIS BILL. THANK 939 00:28:39,584 --> 00:28:39,984 YOU. 940 00:28:39,984 --> 00:28:41,119 -- THANK YOU. RILEY. NEXT WE 941 00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:44,556 HAVE KEN, FOLLOWED BY LOIS 942 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:45,890 MARTIN. TOBY IS NEXT. STAR SIX 943 00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:48,960 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. WELCOME, 944 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:54,299 KEN. YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE, KEN. 945 00:28:54,299 --> 00:28:58,169 JUST STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 946 00:28:58,169 --> 00:29:07,579 YOURSELF. STAR SIX. WE'LL COME 947 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:09,948 BACK. OKAY. SO, LOIS. OH, THERE 948 00:29:09,948 --> 00:29:14,719 YOU GO. HELLO 949 00:29:14,719 --> 00:29:15,753 -- HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? 950 00:29:15,753 --> 00:29:19,290 -- YEP. GO AHEAD AND START. KEN. 951 00:29:19,290 --> 00:29:20,125 -- OH, THIS IS AARON TULLOCK 952 00:29:20,125 --> 00:29:21,926 WITH FMS GLOBAL STRATEGIES. TOLD 953 00:29:21,926 --> 00:29:25,230 ME TO UNMUTE. 954 00:29:25,230 --> 00:29:27,265 -- OKAY, GOOD. GO AHEAD. IT SAYS 955 00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:32,403 KENT. GO. GO RIGHT AHEAD. 956 00:29:32,403 --> 00:29:34,706 -- OKAY AFTERNOON. I'M AARON 957 00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:35,206 TULLOCK WITH FMS GLOBAL 958 00:29:35,206 --> 00:29:36,307 STRATEGIES AND THE. WE BUILD 959 00:29:36,307 --> 00:29:38,510 BACK BETTER ALLIANCE, A 960 00:29:38,510 --> 00:29:40,245 COALITION REPRESENTING MORE THAN 961 00:29:40,245 --> 00:29:40,678 900 COMMUNITY BASED 962 00:29:40,678 --> 00:29:42,247 ORGANIZATIONS. THANK YOU FOR 963 00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:42,881 REACHING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE 964 00:29:42,881 --> 00:29:44,282 MAYOR. RATHER THAN MAKING 965 00:29:44,282 --> 00:29:46,718 SEATTLE CHOOSE BETWEEN FEEDING 966 00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:47,719 CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, FEEDING 967 00:29:47,719 --> 00:29:49,387 THEM. WHEN IT CLOSES. AMENDMENT 968 00:29:49,387 --> 00:29:51,890 SIX, VERSION TWO FEEDS UP TO 969 00:29:51,890 --> 00:29:53,625 5000 FAMILIES A YEAR ON WEEKENDS 970 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:55,527 AND BREAKS FOR SIX YEARS. 971 00:29:55,527 --> 00:29:57,996 UNIVERSAL MEALS REACH MORE THAN 972 00:29:57,996 --> 00:30:00,532 6800 FOOD INSECURE STUDENTS AT 973 00:30:00,532 --> 00:30:02,233 53 SCHOOLS NOT COVERED LAST 974 00:30:02,233 --> 00:30:04,836 YEAR, WHEN THE CAFETERIA CLOSES, 975 00:30:04,836 --> 00:30:06,504 A CHILD WHO EATS 2 OR 3 MEALS AT 976 00:30:06,504 --> 00:30:08,573 SCHOOL STOPS EATING. WE SUPPORT 977 00:30:08,573 --> 00:30:09,140 THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION AND 978 00:30:09,140 --> 00:30:10,975 EVALUATION PLAN AND ASK YOU TO 979 00:30:10,975 --> 00:30:13,077 CARRY IT. BOTH PIECES TO FINAL 980 00:30:13,077 --> 00:30:15,346 PASSAGE INTACT. THANK YOU. 981 00:30:15,346 --> 00:30:18,016 -- THANK YOU AARON. NEXT WE HAVE 982 00:30:18,016 --> 00:30:21,886 LOIS MARTIN, FOLLOWED BY TOBY 983 00:30:21,886 --> 00:30:26,558 SALYER. 984 00:30:26,558 --> 00:30:28,359 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 985 00:30:28,359 --> 00:30:29,861 MARTIN AND I'M SORRY I COULD 986 00:30:29,861 --> 00:30:32,130 NOT BE THERE IN PERSON, BUT I'M 987 00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:32,897 HERE ABOUT ONE THING. OUR RIGHT 988 00:30:32,897 --> 00:30:36,434 AS CITIZENS TO HOLD THE CITY 989 00:30:36,434 --> 00:30:37,068 ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THE CITY PLANS 990 00:30:37,068 --> 00:30:39,103 A MAJOR CHANGE, IT HAS TO STUDY 991 00:30:39,103 --> 00:30:40,905 THE HARM FIRST, INCLUDING WHO 992 00:30:40,905 --> 00:30:42,874 GETS THIS PLACE. PEER REVIEWED 993 00:30:42,874 --> 00:30:44,309 RESEARCH, THE COLOR OF HEALTH 994 00:30:44,309 --> 00:30:46,778 FOUND THAT TRANSIT DRIVEN 995 00:30:46,778 --> 00:30:47,412 DEVELOPMENT AND GENTRIFICATION 996 00:30:47,412 --> 00:30:48,680 AROUND IT DISPLACES COMMUNITIES 997 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,548 OF COLOR, AND THAT BLACK 998 00:30:50,548 --> 00:30:53,751 RESIDENTS BENEFIT LEAST AND ARE 999 00:30:53,751 --> 00:30:55,286 PUSHED OUT MORE. CB 121215 TAKES 1000 00:30:55,286 --> 00:30:57,589 AWAY OUR RIGHT TO QUESTION THE 1001 00:30:57,589 --> 00:30:58,223 CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 1002 00:30:58,223 --> 00:31:00,091 THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE 1003 00:31:00,091 --> 00:31:01,526 APPEAL. HOUSING BUILT FOR 1004 00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:02,794 AFFORDABILITY IS ALREADY EXEMPT 1005 00:31:02,794 --> 00:31:03,828 FROM THESE APPEALS, SO THIS BILL 1006 00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:06,130 DOES NOT CLEAR THE WAY FOR THAT 1007 00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:07,665 HOUSING. IT ONLY REMOVES OUR 1008 00:31:07,665 --> 00:31:09,968 VOICE ON THE BIG REASON FOR 1009 00:31:09,968 --> 00:31:11,135 DISPLACEMENT HAPPENS. AND BY THE 1010 00:31:11,135 --> 00:31:12,604 CITY'S OWN SUMMARY AND FISCAL 1011 00:31:12,604 --> 00:31:14,405 NOTE, NO RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS 1012 00:31:14,405 --> 00:31:17,642 WAS DONE ON THIS BILL. NONE. SO 1013 00:31:17,642 --> 00:31:20,078 I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT AMENDMENT 1014 00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:22,780 B, AND IF THAT DOES NOT PASS, 1015 00:31:22,780 --> 00:31:26,017 THE VOTE NO ON CB 121215. THANK 1016 00:31:26,017 --> 00:31:26,217 YOU. 1017 00:31:26,217 --> 00:31:28,786 -- THANK YOU. LOIS. NEXT WE HAVE 1018 00:31:28,786 --> 00:31:31,789 TOBY FOLLOWED BY RICK K. THEN 1019 00:31:31,789 --> 00:31:32,957 DEB KEN OR EXCUSE ME, TOBY STAR 1020 00:31:32,957 --> 00:31:37,528 SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 1021 00:31:37,528 --> 00:31:40,265 -- HELLO. TOBY TAYLOR HERE. GOOD 1022 00:31:40,265 --> 00:31:42,500 AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. THE 1023 00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:45,103 STATED MOTIVE FOR ELIMINATING 1024 00:31:45,103 --> 00:31:46,938 SEPA APPEALS IS TO PREVENT DELAY 1025 00:31:46,938 --> 00:31:48,773 IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEEDED 1026 00:31:48,773 --> 00:31:50,675 HOUSING. THUS, WHAT HOUSING IS 1027 00:31:50,675 --> 00:31:53,311 NEEDED. WHAT WE NEED IS 1028 00:31:53,311 --> 00:31:55,213 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE CITY 1029 00:31:55,213 --> 00:31:57,382 ATTORNEY HAS STATED ON THE 1030 00:31:57,382 --> 00:31:59,484 RECORD THAT INCREASING THE 1031 00:31:59,484 --> 00:32:02,520 NUMBER OF MARKET RATE HOUSING 1032 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,255 UNITS WILL DECREASE THE COST, OR 1033 00:32:04,255 --> 00:32:07,292 AT LEAST LIMIT THE INCREASE IN 1034 00:32:07,292 --> 00:32:10,028 COST, AND IT WILL REDUCE 1035 00:32:10,028 --> 00:32:12,463 DISPLACEMENT ON THOSE AREAS THAT 1036 00:32:12,463 --> 00:32:12,964 TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN 1037 00:32:12,964 --> 00:32:13,965 DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THEIR LOWER 1038 00:32:13,965 --> 00:32:17,402 COSTS, END QUOTE. IN OTHER 1039 00:32:17,402 --> 00:32:20,138 WORDS, THE CITY TAKES THE 1040 00:32:20,138 --> 00:32:20,738 POSITION THAT INCREASING THE 1041 00:32:20,738 --> 00:32:22,040 QUANTITY OF MARKET RATE HOUSING 1042 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,575 IS MITIGATION OF DISPLACEMENT. 1043 00:32:24,575 --> 00:32:28,579 IF THAT CLAIM WERE TRUE, THEN 1044 00:32:28,579 --> 00:32:30,181 THE 2019 MHA PROGRAM WOULD HAVE 1045 00:32:30,181 --> 00:32:32,283 MADE A DENT IN DISPLACEMENT. BUT 1046 00:32:32,283 --> 00:32:34,786 THE CITY HASN'T PRODUCED ANY 1047 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:36,521 EVIDENCE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. 1048 00:32:36,521 --> 00:32:40,325 WHERE IS THE OPCD? THE POINT OF 1049 00:32:40,325 --> 00:32:42,794 CPA IS TO 1050 00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:44,629 -- THANK YOU TOBY. NEXT WE HAVE 1051 00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:53,004 RICK, DEB. AND THEN IRENE WALL. 1052 00:32:53,004 --> 00:32:53,571 -- THE DATA SHOWED THAT THE 1053 00:32:53,571 --> 00:32:54,739 PUBLIC HAS NOT BEEN ABUSING THE 1054 00:32:54,739 --> 00:32:57,475 APPEALS PROCESS. ON THE OTHER 1055 00:32:57,475 --> 00:32:58,076 HAND, SOME CITY EMPLOYEES AND 1056 00:32:58,076 --> 00:32:59,811 ELECTEDS HAVE BEEN ABUSING THE 1057 00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:00,411 FAITH THAT PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN 1058 00:33:00,411 --> 00:33:03,448 THEM, MAKING SHODDY POLICY 1059 00:33:03,448 --> 00:33:04,682 CONTRARY TO SCIENCE AND 1060 00:33:04,682 --> 00:33:06,384 EXCLUDING THE SCIENTIFIC 1061 00:33:06,384 --> 00:33:07,018 COMMUNITY FROM INVOLVEMENT. THEY 1062 00:33:07,018 --> 00:33:08,619 HAVE BEEN OBSTINATE IN REFUSAL 1063 00:33:08,619 --> 00:33:09,988 TO CORRECT EVEN OBVIOUS ERRORS 1064 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:13,324 IN THE ANALYSIS. THEY EVEN 1065 00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:13,958 REWORDED PEOPLE'S COMMENTS IN 1066 00:33:13,958 --> 00:33:15,293 THE COMMENT SECTION TO REMOVE 1067 00:33:15,293 --> 00:33:16,627 THE SUPPORTING ARGUMENTS. IT'S 1068 00:33:16,627 --> 00:33:18,096 TIME FOR BETTER ANGELS ON THE 1069 00:33:18,096 --> 00:33:21,065 CITY COUNCIL TO SPEAK UP FOR THE 1070 00:33:21,065 --> 00:33:23,568 PEOPLE AND CREATE LEGISLATION 1071 00:33:23,568 --> 00:33:24,202 THAT ENABLES INTELLIGENT PUBLIC 1072 00:33:24,202 --> 00:33:25,370 INVOLVEMENT. THE GOAL SHOULD BE 1073 00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:28,873 TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR APPEALS 1074 00:33:28,873 --> 00:33:29,340 RATHER THAN BLOCKING 1075 00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:30,375 ACCOUNTABILITY. NOW IS NOT THE 1076 00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:33,911 TIME. WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK 1077 00:33:33,911 --> 00:33:34,512 PUSHING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN 1078 00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:35,413 WASHINGTON, D.C. AND YOUR 1079 00:33:35,413 --> 00:33:37,882 ACTIONS HERE LOCALLY ARE 1080 00:33:37,882 --> 00:33:39,117 DISCREDITING THAT ONLY A TOTAL 1081 00:33:39,117 --> 00:33:39,584 HYPOCRITE CAN LET THE 1082 00:33:39,584 --> 00:33:40,752 BILLIONAIRES OWN THE SEATTLE 1083 00:33:40,752 --> 00:33:41,786 CITY COUNCIL AND THEN COMPLAIN 1084 00:33:41,786 --> 00:33:44,989 THAT THEY OWN DC. IF YOU WANT 1085 00:33:44,989 --> 00:33:46,391 ACCOUNTABILITY IN DC, MODEL IT 1086 00:33:46,391 --> 00:33:47,558 HERE. REMEMBER, YOU DON'T KNOW 1087 00:33:47,558 --> 00:33:48,926 WHO WILL BE IN OFFICE AFTER YOU 1088 00:33:48,926 --> 00:33:51,028 VOTE NO ON THIS 1089 00:33:51,028 --> 00:33:51,662 DISENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. COMMIT 1090 00:33:51,662 --> 00:33:53,431 INSTEAD TO INCREASED 1091 00:33:53,431 --> 00:33:54,899 ACCOUNTABILITY, CLAIMING THAT 1092 00:33:54,899 --> 00:33:55,366 THERE'S NO NEED FOR 1093 00:33:55,366 --> 00:33:57,468 ACCOUNTABILITY 1094 00:33:57,468 --> 00:33:58,336 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DEB, 1095 00:33:58,336 --> 00:34:00,772 FOLLOWED BY IRENE JAMES AND THEN 1096 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:01,406 PATRICK. AND THEN WE'LL COME 1097 00:34:01,406 --> 00:34:07,412 BACK IN PERSON. STAR SIX TO 1098 00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:10,782 UNMUTE YOURSELF, DEB. 1099 00:34:10,782 --> 00:34:13,351 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS HELLO. MY 1100 00:34:13,351 --> 00:34:17,021 NAME IS DEB LEICESTER AND TB 1101 00:34:17,021 --> 00:34:18,456 12115 SHOULD NOT BE PASSED 1102 00:34:18,456 --> 00:34:20,425 UNLESS AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED, 1103 00:34:20,425 --> 00:34:22,093 WHICH PRESERVES THE PUBLIC'S 1104 00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:23,027 RIGHT TO APPEAL DURING THE NON 1105 00:34:23,027 --> 00:34:25,196 PROJECT PHASE. PROBLEMS 1106 00:34:25,196 --> 00:34:26,063 IDENTIFIED IN THE NON PROJECT 1107 00:34:26,063 --> 00:34:27,532 PHASE CAN IMPACT THE ENTIRE CITY 1108 00:34:27,532 --> 00:34:28,733 AND MUST BE CORRECTED BEFORE 1109 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:30,902 THEY REACH THE PROJECT LEVEL. 1110 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:33,104 WHEN IT'S TOO LATE FOR 1111 00:34:33,104 --> 00:34:35,072 CORRECTIONS, THE DMB OPTION IS 1112 00:34:35,072 --> 00:34:36,474 NOT FEASIBLE FOR MOST DUE TO 1113 00:34:36,474 --> 00:34:37,708 COST AND ANALYSIS. NO ONE CAN 1114 00:34:37,708 --> 00:34:38,910 AFFORD TO. CHALLENGE IS NOT 1115 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:40,978 RIGOROUS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS 1116 00:34:40,978 --> 00:34:42,447 LOST. STATE LAW AND RECENT CITY 1117 00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:44,949 ACTION NOW EXEMPT MOST HOUSING 1118 00:34:44,949 --> 00:34:46,083 PROJECTS FROM TEP REVIEW. THERE 1119 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:48,219 IS NO APPEAL WHEN THERE IS NO 1120 00:34:48,219 --> 00:34:50,488 REVIEW WITHOUT THE APPEAL OPTION 1121 00:34:50,488 --> 00:34:52,223 OR FOLKS THAT CAN'T AFFORD THE 1122 00:34:52,223 --> 00:34:53,524 NHP PROCESS, PUBLIC INPUT IS 1123 00:34:53,524 --> 00:34:55,193 LIMITED TO THESE ONE MINUTE 1124 00:34:55,193 --> 00:34:56,527 PUBLIC COMMENTS. WRITTEN 1125 00:34:56,527 --> 00:34:57,628 COMMENTS DURING A COMMENT PERIOD 1126 00:34:57,628 --> 00:35:00,465 THAT ARE OFTEN NOT INCLUDED, ARE 1127 00:35:00,465 --> 00:35:01,332 RESPONDED TO OR CONTACTING YOUR 1128 00:35:01,332 --> 00:35:03,134 COUNCIL PERSON, WHO IN MANY 1129 00:35:03,134 --> 00:35:04,202 CASES WILL NOT RESPOND TO OR 1130 00:35:04,202 --> 00:35:05,837 MEET WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS. 1131 00:35:05,837 --> 00:35:07,905 THESE ARE ALL FRUSTRATING 1132 00:35:07,905 --> 00:35:09,240 OPTIONS. SEATTLE CAN DO BETTER 1133 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:10,942 BY MAINTAINING THE OPPORTUNITY 1134 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:12,043 FOR RESIDENTS TO IDENTIFY KEY 1135 00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:13,244 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, SO THEY 1136 00:35:13,244 --> 00:35:14,512 CAN BE CORRECTED BEFORE THE 1137 00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:15,980 DAMAGE IS DONE. THANK YOU. 1138 00:35:15,980 --> 00:35:17,715 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE IRENE 1139 00:35:17,715 --> 00:35:19,584 WAHL, FOLLOWED BY JAMES WU, 1140 00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:23,087 PATRICK TAYLOR. THEN WE'LL COME 1141 00:35:23,087 --> 00:35:28,292 BACK IN PERSON. 1142 00:35:28,292 --> 00:35:30,027 -- HELLO, THIS IS IRENE WALL, 1143 00:35:30,027 --> 00:35:31,128 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX. TO 1144 00:35:31,128 --> 00:35:32,296 ADDRESS CB ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO 1145 00:35:32,296 --> 00:35:34,265 AND FIVE, THE FLURRY OF LATE 1146 00:35:34,265 --> 00:35:35,733 AMENDMENTS SHOWS THE MATTER IS 1147 00:35:35,733 --> 00:35:39,070 NOT READY FOR FINAL VOTE TODAY. 1148 00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:41,005 AMENDMENT B IS WORTHY OF 1149 00:35:41,005 --> 00:35:42,173 CONSIDERATION AS THE BASIS FOR A 1150 00:35:42,173 --> 00:35:44,709 SUBSTITUTE BILL, BUT OTHERWISE 1151 00:35:44,709 --> 00:35:45,409 THE AMENDMENTS DON'T ADDRESS THE 1152 00:35:45,409 --> 00:35:46,677 FUNDAMENTAL REASON THE MAJORITY 1153 00:35:46,677 --> 00:35:48,679 OF PEOPLE STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS 1154 00:35:48,679 --> 00:35:50,748 ACTION. ATTEMPTS TO JUSTIFY THIS 1155 00:35:50,748 --> 00:35:55,419 BILL FAIL TO CONVINCE ANYONE. 1156 00:35:55,419 --> 00:35:58,322 YES, WE ELECT THE COUNCIL TO 1157 00:35:58,322 --> 00:35:58,956 REPRESENT US, BUT THAT DOES NOT 1158 00:35:58,956 --> 00:36:02,426 MEAN REPLACE US OR SILENCE US IN 1159 00:36:02,426 --> 00:36:02,994 MATTERS AS IMPORTANT AS THE 1160 00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:05,696 FUTURE OF OUR CITY. PLEASE READ 1161 00:36:05,696 --> 00:36:08,032 THE COMMENTS IN THE SEATTLE 1162 00:36:08,032 --> 00:36:08,599 TIMES FOLLOWING THE PRO CON 1163 00:36:08,599 --> 00:36:10,101 OPINIONS. WHEN COMMUNITY LEADERS 1164 00:36:10,101 --> 00:36:12,170 AND RESIDENTS FROM VERY 1165 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:12,803 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS VOICED 1166 00:36:12,803 --> 00:36:15,072 THEIR OPPOSITION, THAT SHOULD BE 1167 00:36:15,072 --> 00:36:17,909 YOUR GUIDE, NOT THE TEAR STAINED 1168 00:36:17,909 --> 00:36:19,710 ALLEGATIONS THAT RARE SEPA 1169 00:36:19,710 --> 00:36:21,612 APPEALS ARE PREVENTING THE 1170 00:36:21,612 --> 00:36:22,179 CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE 1171 00:36:22,179 --> 00:36:24,315 HOUSING. THOSE PROJECTS ARE 1172 00:36:24,315 --> 00:36:26,651 ALREADY EXEMPT FROM SEPA AND 1173 00:36:26,651 --> 00:36:28,386 DESIGN REVIEW. GETTING SEPA 1174 00:36:28,386 --> 00:36:28,886 RIGHT IS ABOUT GETTING 1175 00:36:28,886 --> 00:36:30,288 MITIGATION NEEDED TO GET 1176 00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:32,256 DEVELOPMENT. 1177 00:36:32,256 --> 00:36:33,991 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 1178 00:36:33,991 --> 00:36:37,495 JAMES, FOLLOWED BY PATRICK JAMES 1179 00:36:37,495 --> 00:36:38,663 FOLLOWED BY PATRICK. AND THEN 1180 00:36:38,663 --> 00:36:40,765 WE'LL COME BACK IN PERSON. STAR 1181 00:36:40,765 --> 00:36:43,401 SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 1182 00:36:43,401 --> 00:36:45,970 -- THANK YOU, DEAR 1183 00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:48,139 COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M A PHD 1184 00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:50,107 STUDENT OR PHD SCIENTIST WORKING 1185 00:36:50,107 --> 00:36:51,876 IN HEALTHCARE. I WOULD LIKE AN 1186 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:53,077 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY OF 1187 00:36:53,077 --> 00:36:54,946 THE CLIMATE HARMS OF NOT 1188 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:55,613 BUILDING HOUSING DENSELY ENOUGH. 1189 00:36:55,613 --> 00:36:57,882 HOW DO I MAKE SURE THIS GETS 1190 00:36:57,882 --> 00:36:59,650 STUDIED? I WOULD LIKE A RACIAL 1191 00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:01,786 EQUITY ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING 1192 00:37:01,786 --> 00:37:04,055 HIGH OPPORTUNITY WEALTHY, 1193 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:05,957 MAJORITY WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS OF 1194 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:07,425 THE CITY, PREVENTING DENSE 1195 00:37:07,425 --> 00:37:08,726 RENTAL HOMES FROM BEING BUILT IN 1196 00:37:08,726 --> 00:37:11,028 THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. HOW DO 1197 00:37:11,028 --> 00:37:12,563 I GET THIS STUDY STARTED? THESE 1198 00:37:12,563 --> 00:37:13,831 ARE, OF COURSE, RHETORICAL 1199 00:37:13,831 --> 00:37:14,565 QUESTIONS. THE ANSWER IS I 1200 00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:16,901 CANNOT APPARENTLY, CITIZENS ONLY 1201 00:37:16,901 --> 00:37:19,837 HAVE THE RIGHT TO DELAY CHANGE, 1202 00:37:19,837 --> 00:37:21,806 BUT NEVER THE RIGHT TO QUESTION 1203 00:37:21,806 --> 00:37:23,007 THE DAMAGE OF THE STATUS QUO. 1204 00:37:23,007 --> 00:37:26,711 YOU'VE HEARD TODAY FROM 1205 00:37:26,711 --> 00:37:27,178 PROPERTY OWNING TREE 1206 00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:27,778 REACTIONARIES THAT THE STATUS 1207 00:37:27,778 --> 00:37:29,413 QUO WORKS JUST GREAT FOR THEM. 1208 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:32,116 WHAT STUDIES SHOW THAT HOUSING 1209 00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:33,517 DELAY KILLS RENTERS HAVE THREE 1210 00:37:33,517 --> 00:37:35,686 AND A HALF YEARS SHORTER LIFE 1211 00:37:35,686 --> 00:37:36,320 EXPECTANCY THAN HOMEOWNERS DUE 1212 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:37,388 TO THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF 1213 00:37:37,388 --> 00:37:39,890 SUFFERING, INSTABILITY PAST 12, 1214 00:37:39,890 --> 00:37:42,126 12, 15 AS IS. THANK YOU. 1215 00:37:42,126 --> 00:37:44,428 -- THANK YOU, JAMES. NEXT WE 1216 00:37:44,428 --> 00:37:46,330 HAVE PATRICK. AND IF WE COULD 1217 00:37:46,330 --> 00:37:47,965 JUST DO SPIRIT HANDS, WE HAVE 1218 00:37:47,965 --> 00:37:49,133 OVER 100 SPEAKERS. AND SO WE'LL 1219 00:37:49,133 --> 00:37:51,135 TRY TO MOVE THROUGH AS BEST WE 1220 00:37:51,135 --> 00:37:52,536 CAN. NEXT WE HAVE PATRICK. AND 1221 00:37:52,536 --> 00:37:53,704 THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK 1222 00:37:53,704 --> 00:37:54,905 IN PERSON. BEFORE YOU GO, 1223 00:37:54,905 --> 00:37:55,573 PATRICK, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UP 1224 00:37:55,573 --> 00:38:01,612 ON DECK NEXT IS ALEXANDRIA. 1225 00:38:01,612 --> 00:38:06,217 SARAH CLARKE SHIMONA MCKENZIE, 1226 00:38:06,217 --> 00:38:10,721 LOGAN, JONATHAN FITTER FRUIT 1227 00:38:10,721 --> 00:38:12,757 FRITTER. IF I SAID YOUR NAME 1228 00:38:12,757 --> 00:38:15,493 WRONG, I REALLY APOLOGIZE. 1229 00:38:15,493 --> 00:38:18,496 BENNET LAM AND THEN HARPER, YOU 1230 00:38:18,496 --> 00:38:20,698 ALL WILL BE NEXT AFTER PATRICK. 1231 00:38:20,698 --> 00:38:24,335 YOU SPEAK ONLINE. GO AHEAD. 1232 00:38:24,335 --> 00:38:27,605 PATRICK STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 1233 00:38:27,605 --> 00:38:27,872 YOURSELF. 1234 00:38:27,872 --> 00:38:28,105 -- HI. 1235 00:38:28,105 --> 00:38:29,340 -- MY NAME IS PATRICK TAYLOR. 1236 00:38:29,340 --> 00:38:32,610 DUE TO MY COMMENTS REGARDING CB 1237 00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:34,145 121215, I'M SURE EVERYONE IN 1238 00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:34,679 COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT 1239 00:38:34,679 --> 00:38:35,413 IMPROVING THE SEATTLE PROCESS 1240 00:38:35,413 --> 00:38:37,782 AND CUTTING RED TAPE. THIS IS 1241 00:38:37,782 --> 00:38:39,917 THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. 1242 00:38:39,917 --> 00:38:40,618 COUNCILMEMBER LYNN'S PROPOSAL IS 1243 00:38:40,618 --> 00:38:41,218 A SENSIBLE REFORM THAT WILL 1244 00:38:41,218 --> 00:38:42,853 SPEED UP MUCH NEEDED POLICY 1245 00:38:42,853 --> 00:38:44,221 CHANGES AND IMPORTANT PROJECTS, 1246 00:38:44,221 --> 00:38:46,023 WHILE MAINTAINING AN OPPORTUNITY 1247 00:38:46,023 --> 00:38:47,658 FOR APPEAL. IT WILL WILL 1248 00:38:47,658 --> 00:38:48,893 ELIMINATE MALICIOUS APPEALS, THE 1249 00:38:48,893 --> 00:38:50,161 COST OF THE CITY TIME AND 1250 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:51,729 TAXPAYER MONEY SPENT ON 1251 00:38:51,729 --> 00:38:53,464 ADDITIONAL STUDY AND DELAY THAT 1252 00:38:53,464 --> 00:38:53,998 DON'T IMPROVE POLICY OR 1253 00:38:53,998 --> 00:38:55,099 ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES. WORK ON 1254 00:38:55,099 --> 00:38:56,967 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN HAS BEEN 1255 00:38:56,967 --> 00:38:57,568 GOING ON FOR OVER FOUR YEARS, 1256 00:38:57,568 --> 00:38:59,437 WITH SEVERAL MORE TO GO. THERE 1257 00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:00,971 HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OPEN HOUSES, 1258 00:39:00,971 --> 00:39:03,741 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS, COUNCIL 1259 00:39:03,741 --> 00:39:06,210 HEARINGS, SEVERAL ELECTIONS AND 1260 00:39:06,210 --> 00:39:08,279 A 2000 PAGE EIS. RESIDENTS HAVE 1261 00:39:08,279 --> 00:39:09,046 HAD ABUNDANT OPPORTUNITY TO 1262 00:39:09,046 --> 00:39:10,114 EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS LOUD AND 1263 00:39:10,114 --> 00:39:11,882 CLEAR. YET A SMALL GROUP OF 1264 00:39:11,882 --> 00:39:12,516 AFFLUENT PEOPLE WITH FREE TIME 1265 00:39:12,516 --> 00:39:14,552 AND MONEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 1266 00:39:14,552 --> 00:39:15,453 SUBVERT THE PROCESS, DELAYING 1267 00:39:15,453 --> 00:39:17,688 THE COMP PLAN AND MUCH NEEDED 1268 00:39:17,688 --> 00:39:18,322 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS 1269 00:39:18,322 --> 00:39:20,024 NOT WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE. 1270 00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:21,625 THIS IS NOT WHAT SMART 1271 00:39:21,625 --> 00:39:22,193 ENVIRONMENTALISM LOOKS LIKE 1272 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:25,196 EITHER. PLEASE PASS THE BILL AND 1273 00:39:25,196 --> 00:39:26,864 VOTE DOWN THE AMEND. THANK YOU. 1274 00:39:26,864 --> 00:39:28,432 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU PATRICK. 1275 00:39:28,432 --> 00:39:30,134 ALL RIGHT. ALEXANDRIA, WELCOME. 1276 00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:32,770 FOLLOWED BY SARAH SHIMONA 1277 00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:34,004 MCKENZIE. LOGAN, WELCOME. 1278 00:39:34,004 --> 00:39:35,339 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ALEXANDRA 1279 00:39:35,339 --> 00:39:36,307 KLEEMAN, A PARTNER AT HILLIS, 1280 00:39:36,307 --> 00:39:37,608 CLARK MARTIN AND PETERSON THAT 1281 00:39:37,608 --> 00:39:39,310 PRACTICES IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL 1282 00:39:39,310 --> 00:39:41,011 GROUP. ONE AREA OF MY PRACTICE 1283 00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:42,646 RELATES TO THE CLEANUP OF 1284 00:39:42,646 --> 00:39:44,715 CONTAMINATED SITES UNDERGOING 1285 00:39:44,715 --> 00:39:45,649 REDEVELOPMENT. THE CLEANUP THAT 1286 00:39:45,649 --> 00:39:47,218 OCCURS AS PART OF THIS NEW 1287 00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:48,619 CONSTRUCTION IS ONE OF THE MOST 1288 00:39:48,619 --> 00:39:50,788 EFFECTIVE WAYS TO IMPROVE 1289 00:39:50,788 --> 00:39:51,422 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE 1290 00:39:51,422 --> 00:39:52,790 URBAN AND URBAN LOCATIONS. IF 1291 00:39:52,790 --> 00:39:54,391 THESE SITES ARE NOT REDEVELOPED, 1292 00:39:54,391 --> 00:39:58,028 THEN THEY ARE OFTEN NOT CLEANED 1293 00:39:58,028 --> 00:39:59,463 UP. URBAN REDEVELOPMENT LEAVES 1294 00:39:59,463 --> 00:40:00,798 BEHIND A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT. IN 1295 00:40:00,798 --> 00:40:01,966 ADDITION TO THE CLEANUP THAT 1296 00:40:01,966 --> 00:40:04,368 OCCURS AS PART OF THIS 1297 00:40:04,368 --> 00:40:05,002 REDEVELOPMENT, WASHINGTON STATES 1298 00:40:05,002 --> 00:40:06,504 BASELINE TECHNICAL CODES LIKE 1299 00:40:06,504 --> 00:40:08,005 THE ENERGY CODE AND THE 1300 00:40:08,005 --> 00:40:10,474 STORMWATER CODE RESULT IN GREEN 1301 00:40:10,474 --> 00:40:11,776 NEW DEVELOPMENT PASSING NEW CODE 1302 00:40:11,776 --> 00:40:13,444 TO IMPLEMENT PRO-HOUSING 1303 00:40:13,444 --> 00:40:16,046 POLICIES IS ONE OF THE BEST 1304 00:40:16,046 --> 00:40:17,114 THINGS THIS COUNCIL CAN DO TO 1305 00:40:17,114 --> 00:40:19,183 ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT AND 1306 00:40:19,183 --> 00:40:21,552 CLEANUP OF CONTAMINATED SITES. 1307 00:40:21,552 --> 00:40:25,022 COUNCIL BILL 121215 MAKES THAT 1308 00:40:25,022 --> 00:40:25,589 CODE ADOPTION PROCESS MORE 1309 00:40:25,589 --> 00:40:26,223 EFFICIENT, AND I ENCOURAGE YOUR 1310 00:40:26,223 --> 00:40:26,857 SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. 1311 00:40:26,857 --> 00:40:27,825 -- YOUR TIME. 1312 00:40:27,825 --> 00:40:29,994 -- THANK YOU. ALEXANDRIA. NEXT 1313 00:40:29,994 --> 00:40:31,395 WE HAVE SARAH SHIMONA MACKENZIE 1314 00:40:31,395 --> 00:40:34,532 LOGAN, WELCOME, SARAH CLARK. 1315 00:40:34,532 --> 00:40:36,300 -- HEY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1316 00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:38,002 HOLLINGSWORTH. MEMBERS OF THE 1317 00:40:38,002 --> 00:40:39,770 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE 1318 00:40:39,770 --> 00:40:41,205 RECORD, MY NAME IS SARAH CLARK 1319 00:40:41,205 --> 00:40:44,275 AND I'M HERE TODAY TESTIFYING 1320 00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:46,377 ON THE OVER 2600 MEMBERS OF THE 1321 00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:47,845 SEATTLE METRO CHAMBER, SPEAKING 1322 00:40:47,845 --> 00:40:50,447 IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILL 1323 00:40:50,447 --> 00:40:52,616 121215. SEATTLE'S BUSINESS 1324 00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:53,284 COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN 1325 00:40:53,284 --> 00:40:57,188 OUR ADVOCACY ON HOUSING POLICY. 1326 00:40:57,188 --> 00:40:58,522 WE HAVE A HUGE DEFICIT AND IN 1327 00:40:58,522 --> 00:41:00,324 ORDER FOR US TO BUILD ALL THE 1328 00:41:00,324 --> 00:41:02,026 HOUSING ACROSS ALL TYPES AT ALL 1329 00:41:02,026 --> 00:41:05,162 INCOME LEVELS FOR ALL PEOPLE IN 1330 00:41:05,162 --> 00:41:07,531 SEATTLE, WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE 1331 00:41:07,531 --> 00:41:08,933 APPROACH, AND WE FEEL THAT. CB 1332 00:41:08,933 --> 00:41:11,402 ONE TWO, ONE, TWO, ONE FIVE IS 1333 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:14,138 GETTING US INTO A BETTER 1334 00:41:14,138 --> 00:41:16,040 DIRECTION BY ELIMINATING 1335 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,676 REDUNDANT REVIEWS IN THE SEPA 1336 00:41:18,676 --> 00:41:20,678 PROCESS FOR SEATTLE'S BUSINESS 1337 00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:23,614 COMMUNITY, THE LACK OF 1338 00:41:23,614 --> 00:41:24,148 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ALSO 1339 00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:25,483 CONTRIBUTES TO OTHER STRUGGLES 1340 00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:28,452 TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN WORKERS, 1341 00:41:28,452 --> 00:41:29,386 AND WE ARE IN A VULNERABLE PLACE 1342 00:41:29,386 --> 00:41:32,756 AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE 1343 00:41:32,756 --> 00:41:34,959 MORE. SO WE ARE RESPECTFULLY 1344 00:41:34,959 --> 00:41:36,594 ASKING THE COMMITTEE TO TO PASS 1345 00:41:36,594 --> 00:41:37,528 THIS LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU 1346 00:41:37,528 --> 00:41:38,395 TODAY. THANK YOU. 1347 00:41:38,395 --> 00:41:39,029 -- THANK YOU, SARAH. NEXT, WE 1348 00:41:39,029 --> 00:41:40,798 HAVE SHIMONA, FOLLOWED BY 1349 00:41:40,798 --> 00:41:42,399 MACKENZIE AND THEN LOGAN. 1350 00:41:42,399 --> 00:41:44,235 WELCOME. 1351 00:41:44,235 --> 00:41:45,803 -- HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, 1352 00:41:45,803 --> 00:41:47,371 COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF 1353 00:41:47,371 --> 00:41:49,206 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. MY 1354 00:41:49,206 --> 00:41:50,074 NAME IS SHIMONA MORENO AND I'M 1355 00:41:50,074 --> 00:41:51,942 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT 350 1356 00:41:51,942 --> 00:41:52,877 SEATTLE. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK 1357 00:41:52,877 --> 00:41:56,447 YOU TO PLEASE PASS COUNCIL BILL 1358 00:41:56,447 --> 00:41:58,449 121215. THIS IS A PRACTICAL 1359 00:41:58,449 --> 00:42:00,351 PROCESS REFORM. ENVIRONMENTAL 1360 00:42:00,351 --> 00:42:02,519 REVIEW REMAINS IN PLACE AND THE 1361 00:42:02,519 --> 00:42:04,154 BILL ADDRESSES A REDUNDANT LOCAL 1362 00:42:04,154 --> 00:42:06,790 APPEAL PATH THAT CAN ADD MONTHS 1363 00:42:06,790 --> 00:42:07,658 TO LEGISLATIVE HOUSING DECISIONS 1364 00:42:07,658 --> 00:42:09,593 WITHOUT BUILDING A SINGLE HOME 1365 00:42:09,593 --> 00:42:10,861 OR IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL 1366 00:42:10,861 --> 00:42:12,029 OUTCOMES. HERE AT 350 SEATTLE, 1367 00:42:12,029 --> 00:42:14,398 WE BELIEVE THAT HOUSING IS A 1368 00:42:14,398 --> 00:42:15,466 HUMAN RIGHT AND A POWERFUL 1369 00:42:15,466 --> 00:42:18,836 CLIMATE SOLUTION. WHEN WE BUILD 1370 00:42:18,836 --> 00:42:20,237 AFFORDABLE, DENSE HOUSING WHERE 1371 00:42:20,237 --> 00:42:21,972 OUR PEOPLE WORK, SHOP, PLAY AND 1372 00:42:21,972 --> 00:42:23,307 PRAY, WE DRIVE LESS, WHICH MEANS 1373 00:42:23,307 --> 00:42:26,243 LESS POLLUTION, LESS SPRAWL, 1374 00:42:26,243 --> 00:42:28,979 LESS TIME IN TRAFFIC AND LOWER 1375 00:42:28,979 --> 00:42:30,347 MONTHLY BILLS. DENSE, AFFORDABLE 1376 00:42:30,347 --> 00:42:31,882 HOUSING IS THE CRITICAL FIRST 1377 00:42:31,882 --> 00:42:32,883 STEP TO NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE 1378 00:42:32,883 --> 00:42:34,752 EVERYONE CAN GET THEIR NEEDS MET 1379 00:42:34,752 --> 00:42:36,253 BY WALKING, ROLLING, BIKING AND 1380 00:42:36,253 --> 00:42:38,455 BUSSING. CLIMATE RESILIENCE CAN 1381 00:42:38,455 --> 00:42:39,390 HAPPEN WITHOUT. IT CAN'T HAPPEN 1382 00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:42,259 WITHOUT IT. I HAD THE HONOR OF 1383 00:42:42,259 --> 00:42:42,927 BEING PART OF MAYOR'S TRANSITION 1384 00:42:42,927 --> 00:42:45,629 TEAM AND A BIG THING PEOPLE 1385 00:42:45,629 --> 00:42:46,263 MENTIONED IN OUR STAKEHOLDERS IS 1386 00:42:46,263 --> 00:42:48,799 IN THE HOLD UP IN SEATTLE'S 1387 00:42:48,799 --> 00:42:49,233 PLANNING PROCESSES. 1388 00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:51,335 -- THAT WE GET STUCK IN PROCESS. 1389 00:42:51,335 --> 00:42:52,703 -- THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I KNOW 1390 00:42:52,703 --> 00:42:54,338 YOU COULD PUT YOUR COMMENTS IN 1391 00:42:54,338 --> 00:42:55,172 THE IN THE THING IF YOU WANT, OR 1392 00:42:55,172 --> 00:42:56,407 YOU CAN EMAIL THEM TO US AS 1393 00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:58,375 WELL. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THEM. 1394 00:42:58,375 --> 00:42:59,743 OKAY, AWESOME. LOOKING FORWARD 1395 00:42:59,743 --> 00:43:01,579 TO THOSE. MCKENZIE. FOLLOWED BY 1396 00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:04,548 LOGAN. AND THEN FRITTER. 1397 00:43:04,548 --> 00:43:06,216 WELCOME. MCKENZIE. 1398 00:43:06,216 --> 00:43:07,484 -- HELLO CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME 1399 00:43:07,484 --> 00:43:09,620 IS MCKENZIE MAYFIELD. I GREW UP 1400 00:43:09,620 --> 00:43:11,488 IN SEATTLE AND I'M A CURRENT 1401 00:43:11,488 --> 00:43:12,089 GRAD STUDENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL 1402 00:43:12,089 --> 00:43:14,925 SCIENCE AT UW. I'M HERE TO URGE 1403 00:43:14,925 --> 00:43:16,927 YOU TO ADOPT COUNCIL BILL ONE 1404 00:43:16,927 --> 00:43:18,796 21215. THE ABILITY OF JUST A FEW 1405 00:43:18,796 --> 00:43:20,898 WELL RESOURCED INDIVIDUALS AND 1406 00:43:20,898 --> 00:43:22,866 ORGANIZATIONS TO STALL REFORM 1407 00:43:22,866 --> 00:43:24,969 WITH SEPA APPEALS LONG TERM IS 1408 00:43:24,969 --> 00:43:27,104 NEITHER DEMOCRATIC, NOR IS IT 1409 00:43:27,104 --> 00:43:29,473 GOOD ENVIRONMENTALISM. 1410 00:43:29,473 --> 00:43:30,040 CONTINUING TO LIMIT HOUSING 1411 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:31,075 DENSITY IN A GROWING CITY WILL 1412 00:43:31,075 --> 00:43:32,409 LEAD TO SUBURBAN SPRAWL AND 1413 00:43:32,409 --> 00:43:33,877 INCREASE CAR TRAFFIC. THIS WILL 1414 00:43:33,877 --> 00:43:36,914 LEAD TO INCREASED INPUTS OF 1415 00:43:36,914 --> 00:43:37,448 GREENHOUSE GASES IN THE 1416 00:43:37,448 --> 00:43:40,017 ATMOSPHERE, INCREASED STORMWATER 1417 00:43:40,017 --> 00:43:41,952 RUNOFF INTO THE WATERWAYS. WE 1418 00:43:41,952 --> 00:43:44,421 KNOW THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND THE 1419 00:43:44,421 --> 00:43:45,322 FEAR AROUND URBAN GROWTH. BUT 1420 00:43:45,322 --> 00:43:46,623 RATHER THAN BEING AFRAID OF 1421 00:43:46,623 --> 00:43:47,958 CHANGE, WE NEED TO FACE IT AND 1422 00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:49,393 ADAPT TO IT. WE HAVE A CITY WITH 1423 00:43:49,393 --> 00:43:52,463 A GROWING POPULATION AND A 1424 00:43:52,463 --> 00:43:53,130 HOUSING SHORTAGE. LET'S NOT KID 1425 00:43:53,130 --> 00:43:55,899 OURSELVES THAT MAKING SEATTLE 1426 00:43:55,899 --> 00:43:57,134 LESS LIVABLE WILL IMPROVE THE 1427 00:43:57,134 --> 00:43:59,837 ENVIRONMENT, OR THAT DELAYING 1428 00:43:59,837 --> 00:44:02,306 BUILDING WILL STOP GROWTH. 1429 00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:03,774 INSTEAD, I URGE THE CITY TO FACE 1430 00:44:03,774 --> 00:44:05,576 THE PROBLEM HEAD ON WITH 1431 00:44:05,576 --> 00:44:07,177 SOLUTIONS LIKE BUILDING MORE 1432 00:44:07,177 --> 00:44:08,912 WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND 1433 00:44:08,912 --> 00:44:09,446 INCREASING PUBLIC TRANSIT 1434 00:44:09,446 --> 00:44:09,880 ACCESS. THANK YOU. 1435 00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:10,914 -- THANK YOU. MCKENZIE. NEXT, WE 1436 00:44:10,914 --> 00:44:14,818 HAVE LOGAN, FOLLOWED BY FRITTER, 1437 00:44:14,818 --> 00:44:18,522 JONATHAN BENNETT LAMPO HARPER. 1438 00:44:18,522 --> 00:44:18,889 WELCOME, LOGAN. 1439 00:44:18,889 --> 00:44:21,859 -- AFTERNOON. COUNCIL. LOGAN 1440 00:44:21,859 --> 00:44:23,761 WITH MAX AND ALSO DISTRICT FIVE 1441 00:44:23,761 --> 00:44:25,396 RESIDENT. I'M HERE TODAY IN 1442 00:44:25,396 --> 00:44:27,464 SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILL 121215. 1443 00:44:27,464 --> 00:44:29,266 AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES 1444 00:44:29,266 --> 00:44:30,668 TODAY, INCLUDING A YES ON 1445 00:44:30,668 --> 00:44:32,636 AMENDMENTS A, D AND E. SEATTLE 1446 00:44:32,636 --> 00:44:33,937 IS IN THE MIDST OF A REAL 1447 00:44:33,937 --> 00:44:35,672 HOUSING SHORTAGE, AND WE CAN SEE 1448 00:44:35,672 --> 00:44:37,307 THAT AS PERMANENT APPLICATIONS 1449 00:44:37,307 --> 00:44:38,909 CONTINUE TO DROP TO ALL TIME 1450 00:44:38,909 --> 00:44:42,179 LOWS AND HOME PRICES CONTINUE TO 1451 00:44:42,179 --> 00:44:43,914 RISE. WHILE THIS BILL ITSELF 1452 00:44:43,914 --> 00:44:45,315 DOESN'T BUILD MORE HOUSING, IT 1453 00:44:45,315 --> 00:44:47,084 DOES HELP ENSURE THAT THE CITY 1454 00:44:47,084 --> 00:44:47,651 DOES NOT EXPERIENCE FURTHER 1455 00:44:47,651 --> 00:44:49,920 UNNECESSARY DELAY IN PLANNING 1456 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,589 FOR AND IMPLEMENTING ZONING AND 1457 00:44:52,589 --> 00:44:54,024 POLICY CHANGES THAT WILL BUILD 1458 00:44:54,024 --> 00:44:56,060 MORE HOUSING. AND I WANT TO 1459 00:44:56,060 --> 00:44:57,428 REITERATE, BECAUSE THIS CANNOT 1460 00:44:57,428 --> 00:44:58,762 BE STATED ENOUGH HERE TODAY, 1461 00:44:58,762 --> 00:45:01,265 THIS IS A PROCEDURAL REFORM, AND 1462 00:45:01,265 --> 00:45:03,267 IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE PUBLIC 1463 00:45:03,267 --> 00:45:04,768 PROCESS OR TAKE BACK 1464 00:45:04,768 --> 00:45:07,438 ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS. VOTING 1465 00:45:07,438 --> 00:45:08,505 YES TODAY WILL HELP ENSURE THAT 1466 00:45:08,505 --> 00:45:13,010 WE CAN BUILD MORE HOUSING OF ALL 1467 00:45:13,010 --> 00:45:15,345 TYPES, BUILD FASTER AND WITHOUT 1468 00:45:15,345 --> 00:45:15,746 DELAY. THANK YOU. 1469 00:45:15,746 --> 00:45:19,049 -- THANK YOU LOGAN. NEXT WE HAVE 1470 00:45:19,049 --> 00:45:20,350 FRITTER FOR IS FRITTER HERE. 1471 00:45:20,350 --> 00:45:23,120 WALT. WALLET, IS THAT YOU, SIR? 1472 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:26,623 I MESSED UP YOUR NAME. I'M SORRY 1473 00:45:26,623 --> 00:45:29,093 FRITZ, OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE THE Z. 1474 00:45:29,093 --> 00:45:30,627 -- FRITZ WALLET. OKAY. THANK 1475 00:45:30,627 --> 00:45:30,828 YOU. 1476 00:45:30,828 --> 00:45:32,062 -- YOUR Z IS A LITTLE. YOU GOT 1477 00:45:32,062 --> 00:45:33,697 TO ADMIT, BECAUSE PEOPLE ON TV 1478 00:45:33,697 --> 00:45:35,399 ARE GOING TO THINK I CAN'T READ. 1479 00:45:35,399 --> 00:45:36,700 CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME THAT? THAT 1480 00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:39,903 THE Z IS A LITTLE ARE OFF. 1481 00:45:39,903 --> 00:45:40,504 -- I'M SORRY. WHAT? 1482 00:45:40,504 --> 00:45:41,338 -- NEVER MIND ON YOUR WRITING. 1483 00:45:41,338 --> 00:45:42,639 I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR WRITING. 1484 00:45:42,639 --> 00:45:44,074 THAT THAT AYE. 1485 00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:44,608 -- DIDN'T I APOLOGIZE. 1486 00:45:44,608 --> 00:45:45,309 -- NO, NO NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. I 1487 00:45:45,309 --> 00:45:46,210 DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK I 1488 00:45:46,210 --> 00:45:48,545 CAN'T READ. THANK YOU. FRITZ. 1489 00:45:48,545 --> 00:45:49,413 OKAY, THEN. JONATHAN BENNETT, 1490 00:45:49,413 --> 00:45:50,647 LAMB AND HARPER. THANKS FOR 1491 00:45:50,647 --> 00:45:52,282 GIVING ME THAT ONE. 1492 00:45:52,282 --> 00:45:54,151 -- SO I COME HERE TODAY TO 1493 00:45:54,151 --> 00:45:56,186 OPPOSE 12, 12, 15 AS IT'S 1494 00:45:56,186 --> 00:45:58,055 PRESENTLY WRITTEN. IF AMENDMENT 1495 00:45:58,055 --> 00:46:00,357 B WERE TO PASS, THAT WOULD 1496 00:46:00,357 --> 00:46:06,764 VASTLY IMPROVE ITS PROVISIONS. I 1497 00:46:06,764 --> 00:46:08,966 AM A FORMER ASSISTANT CITY 1498 00:46:08,966 --> 00:46:10,801 ATTORNEY. I WORKED UNDER THREE 1499 00:46:10,801 --> 00:46:14,571 CITY ATTORNEYS WHILE I WAS HERE 1500 00:46:14,571 --> 00:46:17,875 FOR 18 YEARS, AND I HAVE NEVER 1501 00:46:17,875 --> 00:46:19,443 SEEN A BILL QUITE LIKE THIS 1502 00:46:19,443 --> 00:46:20,878 DURING THE TIME I WAS THERE THAT 1503 00:46:20,878 --> 00:46:25,249 TOOK AWAY RIGHTS IN SEATTLE, WE, 1504 00:46:25,249 --> 00:46:28,285 GENERALLY SPEAKING, PRESERVE 1505 00:46:28,285 --> 00:46:30,154 RIGHTS OR WE INCREASE RIGHTS, WE 1506 00:46:30,154 --> 00:46:31,989 DON'T TAKE THEM AWAY. WE LEAVE 1507 00:46:31,989 --> 00:46:33,957 THAT TO THE FOLKS ON THE BANKS 1508 00:46:33,957 --> 00:46:35,125 OF THE POTOMAC IN THE WHITE 1509 00:46:35,125 --> 00:46:38,795 HOUSE TO DO THAT. I REGARD 12, 1510 00:46:38,795 --> 00:46:41,698 12, 15 AS AN OVERREACTION TO 1511 00:46:41,698 --> 00:46:42,866 GENERAL GODFREYS JENNIFER 1512 00:46:42,866 --> 00:46:45,102 GODFREY'S VICTORY IN THE COURT 1513 00:46:45,102 --> 00:46:46,503 OF APPEALS. AND WE GOT A LOT OF 1514 00:46:46,503 --> 00:46:47,704 HELPFUL INFORMATION IN THE COURT 1515 00:46:47,704 --> 00:46:52,242 OF APPEALS. LET'S MOVE ON TO 1516 00:46:52,242 --> 00:46:54,344 PASS A BILL THAT SUPPORTS THE 1517 00:46:54,344 --> 00:46:55,546 ENVIRONMENT AND TREES AND 1518 00:46:55,546 --> 00:46:56,446 SALMON. THANK YOU. 1519 00:46:56,446 --> 00:46:57,815 -- THANK YOU, FRITZ. NEXT WE 1520 00:46:57,815 --> 00:46:59,249 HAVE JONATHAN, FOLLOWED BY 1521 00:46:59,249 --> 00:47:00,918 BENNETT LAMB AND THEN HARPER. WE 1522 00:47:00,918 --> 00:47:02,352 JUST DO OUR SPIRIT HANDS. WE'LL 1523 00:47:02,352 --> 00:47:04,154 GET TO JONATHAN BENNETT, LAMB 1524 00:47:04,154 --> 00:47:06,290 AND HARPER. WELCOME. 1525 00:47:06,290 --> 00:47:08,292 -- OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL 1526 00:47:08,292 --> 00:47:09,893 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND 1527 00:47:09,893 --> 00:47:11,061 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1528 00:47:11,061 --> 00:47:13,030 JONATHAN LOPEZ AND I SERVE AS AN 1529 00:47:13,030 --> 00:47:14,431 APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE 1530 00:47:14,431 --> 00:47:16,033 SEATTLE'S IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 1531 00:47:16,033 --> 00:47:18,302 COMMISSION. AND I AM HERE IN 1532 00:47:18,302 --> 00:47:19,703 THAT CAPACITY TODAY TO ADVOCATE 1533 00:47:19,703 --> 00:47:20,304 FOR SEATTLE'S IMMIGRANT AND 1534 00:47:20,304 --> 00:47:23,640 REFUGEE COMMUNITIES. I WANT TO 1535 00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:24,274 THANK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND 1536 00:47:24,274 --> 00:47:25,776 THE MEMBERS OF THE SELECT 1537 00:47:25,776 --> 00:47:27,311 COMMITTEE FOR ADVANCING THE. 1538 00:47:27,311 --> 00:47:29,746 FEPP LEVY. IMPLEMENTATION AND 1539 00:47:29,746 --> 00:47:31,949 EVALUATION PLAN. SEATTLE'S 1540 00:47:31,949 --> 00:47:33,183 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 1541 00:47:33,183 --> 00:47:35,619 COMMUNITIES DO NOT LACK TALENT, 1542 00:47:35,619 --> 00:47:38,255 AMBITION OR THE DESIRE TO 1543 00:47:38,255 --> 00:47:38,889 CONTRIBUTE. HOWEVER, MANY FROM 1544 00:47:38,889 --> 00:47:40,557 THESE COMMUNITIES ARE NOT 1545 00:47:40,557 --> 00:47:42,226 PRESENTED WITH THE SAME ACCESS 1546 00:47:42,226 --> 00:47:44,661 TO PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS. CAREER 1547 00:47:44,661 --> 00:47:46,897 PREPARATION, MENTORSHIP AND 1548 00:47:46,897 --> 00:47:49,032 OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP REACH 1549 00:47:49,032 --> 00:47:49,867 THEIR POTENTIAL. PASSING THIS 1550 00:47:49,867 --> 00:47:53,937 PLAN IS IMPORTANT, BUT ITS 1551 00:47:53,937 --> 00:47:54,504 SUCCESS WILL BE MEASURED BY 1552 00:47:54,504 --> 00:47:55,072 WHETHER THESE OPPORTUNITIES 1553 00:47:55,072 --> 00:47:56,006 REACH THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE 1554 00:47:56,006 --> 00:47:58,909 HISTORICALLY BEEN FURTHEST FROM 1555 00:47:58,909 --> 00:48:03,480 THEM. PLEASE PASS COUNCIL BILL 1556 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:05,082 12140121240. SORRY ABOUT THAT 1557 00:48:05,082 --> 00:48:07,885 AND CONTINUE PRIORITIZING 1558 00:48:07,885 --> 00:48:08,485 INVESTMENTS THAT ALLOW EVERY 1559 00:48:08,485 --> 00:48:09,419 YOUNG PERSON IN SEATTLE TO 1560 00:48:09,419 --> 00:48:12,089 LEARN, CONTRIBUTE AND THRIVE. 1561 00:48:12,089 --> 00:48:14,524 -- THANK YOU JONATHAN. THANK 1562 00:48:14,524 --> 00:48:16,093 YOU. THERE YOU GO. BENNETT. 1563 00:48:16,093 --> 00:48:19,196 LAMB. HARPER. WELCOME. 1564 00:48:19,196 --> 00:48:20,597 -- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. MY 1565 00:48:20,597 --> 00:48:22,566 NAME IS BENNETT HAZELTON. AND 1566 00:48:22,566 --> 00:48:24,101 TODAY OUTSIDE THE STORM FEVER 1567 00:48:24,101 --> 00:48:25,569 GAME AT CLIMATE PLEDGE, THERE IS 1568 00:48:25,569 --> 00:48:26,970 AN ANTI-TRANS GROUP PLANNING TO 1569 00:48:26,970 --> 00:48:29,239 HOLD A RALLY. NOW, WHEN I SAY 1570 00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:30,507 ANTI-TRANS, IF THE GROUP SAID 1571 00:48:30,507 --> 00:48:31,141 SOMETHING LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, WE 1572 00:48:31,141 --> 00:48:32,142 DIDN'T THINK ABOUT DOING 1573 00:48:32,142 --> 00:48:33,377 SOMETHING WITH THE RULES BECAUSE 1574 00:48:33,377 --> 00:48:34,978 TRANS WOMEN HAVE SUCH A PHYSICAL 1575 00:48:34,978 --> 00:48:36,280 ADVANTAGE OVER SWISS WOMEN. AND 1576 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:36,947 PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK 1577 00:48:36,947 --> 00:48:37,881 THAT'S HATE SPEECH, BUT I'VE 1578 00:48:37,881 --> 00:48:39,383 BEEN TO THESE THINGS AND THEY 1579 00:48:39,383 --> 00:48:40,417 NEVER STOP WITH THAT. IT'S 1580 00:48:40,417 --> 00:48:41,852 ALWAYS THIS UGLY, LIKE SAYING A 1581 00:48:41,852 --> 00:48:42,953 TRANS WOMAN IS A MAN IN A DRESS, 1582 00:48:42,953 --> 00:48:44,688 CALLING TRANS WOMEN MENTALLY 1583 00:48:44,688 --> 00:48:46,356 ILL, CLAIMING THAT TRANS WOMEN 1584 00:48:46,356 --> 00:48:49,359 ARE DANGEROUS TO KIDS, WHICH IS 1585 00:48:49,359 --> 00:48:49,893 UP AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY NOT 1586 00:48:49,893 --> 00:48:52,629 SUPPORTED BY STATISTICS. WE NEED 1587 00:48:52,629 --> 00:48:53,664 TO GO ON RECORD THAT THIS RALLY 1588 00:48:53,664 --> 00:48:54,898 THAT'S HAPPENING DOES NOT 1589 00:48:54,898 --> 00:48:55,499 REPRESENT SEATTLE'S VALUES. 1590 00:48:55,499 --> 00:48:57,934 THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT 1591 00:48:57,934 --> 00:48:58,635 VICTORIA PALMER IS GOING TO BE 1592 00:48:58,635 --> 00:48:59,569 THERE. SHE, OF COURSE, MOST OF 1593 00:48:59,569 --> 00:49:01,538 YOU KNOW, IS A PIECE OF WORK. 1594 00:49:01,538 --> 00:49:03,774 WHO'S THE ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD 1595 00:49:03,774 --> 00:49:04,775 OF THE KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN 1596 00:49:04,775 --> 00:49:06,276 PARTY AND IS THE ONE WHO CAME TO 1597 00:49:06,276 --> 00:49:08,111 CITY COUNCIL CLAIMING THAT TRANS 1598 00:49:08,111 --> 00:49:09,846 PEOPLE ARE COMMITTING A GENOCIDE 1599 00:49:09,846 --> 00:49:11,381 AGAINST OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OR 1600 00:49:11,381 --> 00:49:12,949 SOMETHING. IT'S UP. SO I WOULD 1601 00:49:12,949 --> 00:49:14,384 INVITE YOU IF YOU HAVE TIME OR 1602 00:49:14,384 --> 00:49:15,452 ANYONE HERE OR ANYONE WATCHING 1603 00:49:15,452 --> 00:49:16,420 TO COME AND HELP PROTEST THIS. 1604 00:49:16,420 --> 00:49:18,855 I'M GOING TO BE THERE WITH A 1605 00:49:18,855 --> 00:49:21,725 SIGN EXHORTING TICKET HOLDERS 1606 00:49:21,725 --> 00:49:23,727 TO. PLEASE THROW YOUR. YOU KNOW 1607 00:49:23,727 --> 00:49:25,829 WHAT'S AT THESE IDIOTS NOT ONTO 1608 00:49:25,829 --> 00:49:26,129 THE COURT. 1609 00:49:26,129 --> 00:49:26,997 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK 1610 00:49:26,997 --> 00:49:30,901 YOU. BENNETT. BENNETT. ALL 1611 00:49:30,901 --> 00:49:32,002 RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 1612 00:49:32,002 --> 00:49:37,441 BENNETT. CAN WE HAVE LAMB AND 1613 00:49:37,441 --> 00:49:39,242 HARPER? WE LOVE YOUR SIGNS, 1614 00:49:39,242 --> 00:49:41,845 BENNETT, BY THE WAY. ALL RIGHT, 1615 00:49:41,845 --> 00:49:44,548 LAMB. AND THEN HARPER. 1616 00:49:44,548 --> 00:49:45,015 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1617 00:49:45,015 --> 00:49:45,415 HOLLINGSWORTH AND 1618 00:49:45,415 --> 00:49:46,083 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS LAMB 1619 00:49:46,083 --> 00:49:47,117 HOE, AND I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER 1620 00:49:47,117 --> 00:49:49,353 OF THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION. 1621 00:49:49,353 --> 00:49:51,555 I'VE ALSO BEEN A COMMUNITY 1622 00:49:51,555 --> 00:49:53,090 LAWYER FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES IN 1623 00:49:53,090 --> 00:49:55,425 LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. SO DUE 1624 00:49:55,425 --> 00:49:56,727 PROCESS AND A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM 1625 00:49:56,727 --> 00:49:59,329 LEGAL SYSTEM IS SOMETHING THAT 1626 00:49:59,329 --> 00:49:59,963 IS MY GUIDING PRINCIPLE AND OF 1627 00:49:59,963 --> 00:50:02,466 MY WORK. AND I'M HERE TO ASK 1628 00:50:02,466 --> 00:50:04,434 FOR YOU TO VOTE FOR ONE, TWO, 1629 00:50:04,434 --> 00:50:06,136 ONE, TWO, ONE, FIVE WITHOUT 1630 00:50:06,136 --> 00:50:08,672 AMENDMENT B, BECAUSE IT IS THE 1631 00:50:08,672 --> 00:50:11,274 DEMOCRATIC OPTION. THE. WHEN YOU 1632 00:50:11,274 --> 00:50:13,010 THINK ABOUT DUE PROCESS, IT'S 1633 00:50:13,010 --> 00:50:15,679 AN. IT FACTORS IN MEANINGFUL 1634 00:50:15,679 --> 00:50:17,614 ACCESS, WHICH COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1635 00:50:17,614 --> 00:50:18,215 HAS THOUGHT VERY MEANINGFULLY 1636 00:50:18,215 --> 00:50:20,684 ABOUT AND MAINTAINED AN 1637 00:50:20,684 --> 00:50:21,284 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, WHICH 1638 00:50:21,284 --> 00:50:21,918 I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS 1639 00:50:21,918 --> 00:50:24,788 ACTUALLY WITHOUT A FEE. SO THIS 1640 00:50:24,788 --> 00:50:25,355 STILL IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE 1641 00:50:25,355 --> 00:50:27,190 APPEAL PROCESS, AS WELL AS A 1642 00:50:27,190 --> 00:50:28,992 JUDICIAL OPTION THAT'S STILL 1643 00:50:28,992 --> 00:50:31,461 AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITIES TO 1644 00:50:31,461 --> 00:50:32,562 QUESTION DECISIONS BY THE CITY. 1645 00:50:32,562 --> 00:50:35,032 BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO BALANCE IT 1646 00:50:35,032 --> 00:50:37,801 WITH THE IMPACT WHEN MEANINGFUL 1647 00:50:37,801 --> 00:50:39,669 ACCESS IS NOT DOES NOT PROVIDE A 1648 00:50:39,669 --> 00:50:41,438 RESOLUTION TO WHAT IS JUST AND 1649 00:50:41,438 --> 00:50:43,039 WHAT IS JUST IS ENSURING THAT 1650 00:50:43,039 --> 00:50:45,075 SEATTLE IS NOT HARMED BY THE 1651 00:50:45,075 --> 00:50:46,710 CONTINUING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS 1652 00:50:46,710 --> 00:50:48,111 AND THE CRISIS THAT WE DEAL WITH 1653 00:50:48,111 --> 00:50:49,713 HOMELESSNESS. WE CAN'T ALLOW. 1654 00:50:49,713 --> 00:50:52,416 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU LUM. 1655 00:50:52,416 --> 00:50:54,151 THANK YOU. LUM. YOU'RE ALL GOOD. 1656 00:50:54,151 --> 00:50:55,719 HARPER. YOU'RE NEXT. AND THEN 1657 00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:56,620 THE NEXT TEN PEOPLE. AND THEN 1658 00:50:56,620 --> 00:50:57,721 WE'LL JUMP BACK ONLINE. BEFORE 1659 00:50:57,721 --> 00:50:58,722 YOU GO, HARPER, GIVE ME ONE 1660 00:50:58,722 --> 00:50:59,923 SECOND. I'M GONNA SAY THE NEXT 1661 00:50:59,923 --> 00:51:03,760 TEN PEOPLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 1662 00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:06,396 SANDY. SANDY. KATHY. JESSICA. 1663 00:51:06,396 --> 00:51:11,835 SUSAN. DAVID MEGAN. CATHERINE. 1664 00:51:11,835 --> 00:51:14,171 MARK. MANTAI. AND THEN PAUL. YOU 1665 00:51:14,171 --> 00:51:16,339 ALL ARE NEXT. SO IF YOU ALL 1666 00:51:16,339 --> 00:51:16,940 START STANDING UP AND GETTING 1667 00:51:16,940 --> 00:51:18,608 READY, YOU ALL WILL BE THE NEXT 1668 00:51:18,608 --> 00:51:19,910 TEN. AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH 1669 00:51:19,910 --> 00:51:21,978 THEM AND WE'LL JUMP BACK ONLINE. 1670 00:51:21,978 --> 00:51:23,847 HARPER. NATALIE, YOU ARE UP. 1671 00:51:23,847 --> 00:51:25,015 -- HELLO, I'M HARPER NELLY, AND 1672 00:51:25,015 --> 00:51:26,316 I'M A LIFELONG 1673 00:51:26,316 --> 00:51:28,852 ENVIRONMENTALIST, WHICH IS WHY I 1674 00:51:28,852 --> 00:51:30,854 SUPPORT 121215 WITHOUT 1675 00:51:30,854 --> 00:51:32,122 AMENDMENT. BE. THE SIDES TO ME 1676 00:51:32,122 --> 00:51:34,458 ARE CLEAR. I CARE ABOUT TREES. 1677 00:51:34,458 --> 00:51:36,126 WHICH IS WHY I BELIEVE WE SHOULD 1678 00:51:36,126 --> 00:51:37,594 MAKE IT EASIER TO PREVENT 1679 00:51:37,594 --> 00:51:40,263 SPRAWL. I CARE ABOUT TREES. OR 1680 00:51:40,263 --> 00:51:41,565 IF YOU CARE ABOUT TREES, YOU 1681 00:51:41,565 --> 00:51:43,667 CARE ABOUT DEFORESTATION. IF YOU 1682 00:51:43,667 --> 00:51:45,335 CARE ABOUT PRESERVING YOUR HOME 1683 00:51:45,335 --> 00:51:50,040 VALUE AND YOUR WEALTH, YOU CARE 1684 00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:50,507 ABOUT OPPOSING SEPA, 1685 00:51:50,507 --> 00:51:52,809 STREAMLINING ABUSE OF SEPA BY 1686 00:51:52,809 --> 00:51:55,412 HOMEOWNERS IS A HUGE PART OF WHY 1687 00:51:55,412 --> 00:51:56,680 LA AND SAN FRANCISCO ARE SOME OF 1688 00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:59,616 THE LEAST AFFORDABLE CITIES IN 1689 00:51:59,616 --> 00:52:03,920 THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. WE ARE. WE. 1690 00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:05,655 SORRY, I FINISHED MY SCRIPT. 1691 00:52:05,655 --> 00:52:09,025 THE. THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN 1692 00:52:09,025 --> 00:52:09,559 PRESERVE TREE COVERAGE IN 1693 00:52:09,559 --> 00:52:12,262 SEATTLE AND THAT DON'T HARM 1694 00:52:12,262 --> 00:52:15,499 HOUSING. WE CAN REPLACE STREET 1695 00:52:15,499 --> 00:52:20,137 PARKING WITH PLANTERS. THIS IS A 1696 00:52:20,137 --> 00:52:21,905 VERY, VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION TO 1697 00:52:21,905 --> 00:52:24,674 THIS PROBLEM THAT IN THEORY 1698 00:52:24,674 --> 00:52:26,610 SATISFIES, SATISFIES BOTH SIDES. 1699 00:52:26,610 --> 00:52:28,512 ASK YOURSELF WHY IT DOESN'T. 1700 00:52:28,512 --> 00:52:28,879 THANK YOU. 1701 00:52:28,879 --> 00:52:30,080 -- THANK YOU. HARPER. NEXT WE 1702 00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:31,615 HAVE SANDY, KATHY, JESSICA. 1703 00:52:31,615 --> 00:52:37,387 SUSAN. DAVID. WELCOME, SANDY 1704 00:52:37,387 --> 00:52:37,854 -- GREAT. 1705 00:52:37,854 --> 00:52:39,689 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1706 00:52:39,689 --> 00:52:40,257 COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M SANDY 1707 00:52:40,257 --> 00:52:41,725 SHETLER AT EVERY MEETING ON THIS 1708 00:52:41,725 --> 00:52:43,560 BILL, SOMEONE HAS ASKED THE 1709 00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:47,230 SPONSOR, DOES CB 1212, 15 TAKE 1710 00:52:47,230 --> 00:52:49,166 AWAY PROJECT APPEALS? AND EVERY 1711 00:52:49,166 --> 00:52:51,034 TIME WE'VE BEEN REASSURED THAT 1712 00:52:51,034 --> 00:52:53,637 IT DOESN'T. BUT THIS IS 1713 00:52:53,637 --> 00:52:58,441 DISINGENUOUS BECAUSE. CB 121093 1714 00:52:58,441 --> 00:53:00,911 ALREADY REMOVED ALMOST ALL 1715 00:53:00,911 --> 00:53:03,313 PROJECT SORRY REMOVED ALL SEPA 1716 00:53:03,313 --> 00:53:05,048 AND THE PROJECT APPEALS THAT GO 1717 00:53:05,048 --> 00:53:06,516 WITH THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, A 300 1718 00:53:06,516 --> 00:53:08,885 ZERO SQUARE FOOT BIG BOX STORE 1719 00:53:08,885 --> 00:53:10,654 IS COMPLETELY EXEMPT FROM A 1720 00:53:10,654 --> 00:53:12,856 PROJECT APPEAL FROM A SEPA IF IT 1721 00:53:12,856 --> 00:53:15,325 HAS ONE ADU IN THE BASEMENT. 1722 00:53:15,325 --> 00:53:17,827 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ALSO 1723 00:53:17,827 --> 00:53:20,530 ALREADY EXEMPT. ADMINISTRATIVE 1724 00:53:20,530 --> 00:53:21,364 TYPE FIVE APPEALS ARE ALL WE 1725 00:53:21,364 --> 00:53:23,199 HAVE LEFT, AND THEY ARE THE MOST 1726 00:53:23,199 --> 00:53:24,801 IMPORTANT. IT'S THE ONLY STAGE 1727 00:53:24,801 --> 00:53:26,403 WHERE THE CITY STUDIES 1728 00:53:26,403 --> 00:53:28,972 CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 1729 00:53:28,972 --> 00:53:30,607 AND DISPLACEMENT ACROSS THE 1730 00:53:30,607 --> 00:53:32,509 COMMUNITY. NOT ONE PARCEL AT A 1731 00:53:32,509 --> 00:53:33,577 TIME. WITHOUT THE CHECK OF A 1732 00:53:33,577 --> 00:53:35,946 POTENTIAL APPEAL, EIS QUALITY 1733 00:53:35,946 --> 00:53:38,348 WILL CERTAINLY DECREASE. THANK 1734 00:53:38,348 --> 00:53:40,584 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR 1735 00:53:40,584 --> 00:53:43,787 SPONSORING AMENDMENT B, WHICH 1736 00:53:43,787 --> 00:53:44,054 STREAMS. 1737 00:53:44,054 --> 00:53:44,688 -- THANK YOU SANDY. NEXT WE HAVE 1738 00:53:44,688 --> 00:53:46,723 KATHY, FOLLOWED BY JESSICA AND 1739 00:53:46,723 --> 00:53:51,661 SUSAN. WELCOME, KATHY. 1740 00:53:51,661 --> 00:53:55,699 -- HI. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS 1741 00:53:55,699 --> 00:53:58,201 KATHY KAPLAN. TODAY, CITIZENS 1742 00:53:58,201 --> 00:53:59,603 HAVE A RIGHT, INDEED A 1743 00:53:59,603 --> 00:54:02,038 RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE 1744 00:54:02,038 --> 00:54:02,639 GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THE FULL 1745 00:54:02,639 --> 00:54:05,408 EXTENT OF VARIOUS IMPACTS BEFORE 1746 00:54:05,408 --> 00:54:07,510 IRREPARABLE HARM IS DONE, TO TRY 1747 00:54:07,510 --> 00:54:09,879 TO MAKE SURE BIG MONEY DOES NOT 1748 00:54:09,879 --> 00:54:11,915 RECKLESSLY DESTROY THE 1749 00:54:11,915 --> 00:54:14,251 ENVIRONMENT. CB 121215 WOULD 1750 00:54:14,251 --> 00:54:16,486 MOVE THE TIMING OF THAT RIGHT TO 1751 00:54:16,486 --> 00:54:19,189 ONLY AFTER PERMANENT SLASH LONG 1752 00:54:19,189 --> 00:54:20,724 LASTING HARMS HAVE BEEN DONE. I 1753 00:54:20,724 --> 00:54:24,561 -- I DO NOT TAKE KINDLY TO BEING 1754 00:54:24,561 --> 00:54:27,230 DENIED MY RIGHTS. WE CAN HAVE 1755 00:54:27,230 --> 00:54:30,333 BOTH TREES AND DENSE HOUSING 1756 00:54:30,333 --> 00:54:32,969 JUST DONE RIGHT AND CAREFULLY. 1757 00:54:32,969 --> 00:54:35,805 SO I ASK, IS THIS A COUNCIL THAT 1758 00:54:35,805 --> 00:54:37,974 WILL SUMMARILY ABANDON GREEN 1759 00:54:37,974 --> 00:54:42,445 SPACE? ADVOCATES AGAIN? HOUSE 1760 00:54:42,445 --> 00:54:44,014 TREES WITH HOUSING? IS THIS A 1761 00:54:44,014 --> 00:54:45,682 COUNCIL THAT WILL BEND ITS KNEE 1762 00:54:45,682 --> 00:54:46,816 TO THE INDUSTRIES THAT WOULD SEE 1763 00:54:46,816 --> 00:54:50,186 OUR FAIR CITY LOOK LIKE NEW YORK 1764 00:54:50,186 --> 00:54:53,823 CITY? I URGE YOU, I NEED YOU TO 1765 00:54:53,823 --> 00:54:55,358 STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY AND 1766 00:54:55,358 --> 00:54:56,226 SCIENCE AND VOTE NO ON CB 12, 1767 00:54:56,226 --> 00:54:57,594 1215. 1768 00:54:57,594 --> 00:55:00,030 -- THANK YOU KATHY. THANK YOU 1769 00:55:00,030 --> 00:55:02,265 KATHY. NEXT WE HAVE JESSICA, 1770 00:55:02,265 --> 00:55:04,167 FOLLOWED BY SUSAN AND THEN 1771 00:55:04,167 --> 00:55:06,102 DAVID. YOU PUT YOUR COMMENTS IF 1772 00:55:06,102 --> 00:55:07,504 YOU WANT OR SEND THEM TO US, 1773 00:55:07,504 --> 00:55:08,505 WHATEVER, WHATEVER IS BEST FOR 1774 00:55:08,505 --> 00:55:09,539 YOU IF YOU WANT. THANK YOU SO 1775 00:55:09,539 --> 00:55:11,808 MUCH, SUSAN, KATHY. JESSICA. 1776 00:55:11,808 --> 00:55:12,075 WELCOME. 1777 00:55:12,075 --> 00:55:16,579 -- HI. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. HI. 1778 00:55:16,579 --> 00:55:18,815 -- WHICHEVER ONE YOU WANT TO 1779 00:55:18,815 --> 00:55:19,082 USE. HI. 1780 00:55:19,082 --> 00:55:21,851 -- HI. MY NAME IS JESSICA DIXON. 1781 00:55:21,851 --> 00:55:24,454 I'M IN DISTRICT SIX. I'M ASKING 1782 00:55:24,454 --> 00:55:27,857 THE COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON CB 1783 00:55:27,857 --> 00:55:30,293 121215. UNLESS AMENDMENT B 1784 00:55:30,293 --> 00:55:31,294 PASSES. AMENDMENT B PRESERVES 1785 00:55:31,294 --> 00:55:33,096 THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO APPEAL 1786 00:55:33,096 --> 00:55:35,799 WHILE REFORMING THE PROCESS TO 1787 00:55:35,799 --> 00:55:36,366 STREAMLINE HOUSING RELATED 1788 00:55:36,366 --> 00:55:39,402 APPEALS. CB 121215 1789 00:55:39,402 --> 00:55:41,771 DISENFRANCHIZES SEATTLE VOTERS. 1790 00:55:41,771 --> 00:55:43,673 OTHER APPEALS PROCESSES COST 1791 00:55:43,673 --> 00:55:45,342 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. LOTS OF 1792 00:55:45,342 --> 00:55:47,744 TIME AND ONLY HAPPEN AFTER 1793 00:55:47,744 --> 00:55:50,680 LEGISLATION IS ENACTED CB 121215 1794 00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:52,349 IS A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A 1795 00:55:52,349 --> 00:55:54,551 PROBLEM. AS NOTED BY FUTUREWISE, 1796 00:55:54,551 --> 00:55:56,286 SEATTLE HAS CONSISTENTLY LED THE 1797 00:55:56,286 --> 00:55:57,754 NATION IN PRODUCING HOUSING. 1798 00:55:57,754 --> 00:55:59,823 THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE IF 1799 00:55:59,823 --> 00:56:01,558 APPEALS WERE REALLY HOLDING UP 1800 00:56:01,558 --> 00:56:03,660 THE HOUSING PRODUCTION, AND AN 1801 00:56:03,660 --> 00:56:05,395 ARGUMENT THAT APPEALS COST TIME 1802 00:56:05,395 --> 00:56:07,497 AND MONEY FALLS FLAT. SINCE 1803 00:56:07,497 --> 00:56:09,866 2016, SEATTLE'S AVERAGE JUST 2.7 1804 00:56:09,866 --> 00:56:12,001 APPEALS PER YEAR, AND ONLY EIGHT 1805 00:56:12,001 --> 00:56:14,938 OF THE 27 APPEALS INVOLVED 1806 00:56:14,938 --> 00:56:15,839 HOUSING. ELIMINATING THE RIGHT 1807 00:56:15,839 --> 00:56:17,407 TO ADDRESS FEWER THAN ONE 1808 00:56:17,407 --> 00:56:18,942 HOUSING RELATED APPEAL PER YEAR 1809 00:56:18,942 --> 00:56:22,045 IS OUT OF SCALE. VOTE NO. UNLESS 1810 00:56:22,045 --> 00:56:23,213 B IS PASSED. 1811 00:56:23,213 --> 00:56:24,280 -- THANK YOU KATHY. NEXT WE HAVE 1812 00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:26,282 JESS OR THAT WAS JESSICA. SORRY. 1813 00:56:26,282 --> 00:56:27,650 THANK YOU JESSICA. NEXT WE HAVE 1814 00:56:27,650 --> 00:56:29,452 SUSAN, FOLLOWED BY DAVID. AND 1815 00:56:29,452 --> 00:56:30,954 THEN MEGAN. WELCOME. 1816 00:56:30,954 --> 00:56:32,555 -- GOOD AFTERNOON SUSAN. FOR 1817 00:56:32,555 --> 00:56:33,823 DISTRICT ONE. I'D LIKE TO 1818 00:56:33,823 --> 00:56:36,426 EXPRESS OPPOSITION TO CB 121215 1819 00:56:36,426 --> 00:56:37,627 AS WRITTEN, NOT AS ANTI-HOUSING, 1820 00:56:37,627 --> 00:56:39,929 BUT AS PRO ACCOUNTABILITY. 1821 00:56:39,929 --> 00:56:41,664 CITIZEN APPEALS AND PUBLIC 1822 00:56:41,664 --> 00:56:42,298 PARTICIPATION ARE NOT OBSTACLES 1823 00:56:42,298 --> 00:56:43,967 TO PROGRESS. THEY'RE HOW WE 1824 00:56:43,967 --> 00:56:45,835 CATCH UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES 1825 00:56:45,835 --> 00:56:47,971 BEFORE THEY BECOME PERMANENT. 1826 00:56:47,971 --> 00:56:48,805 AMENDMENT B EFFECTIVELY 1827 00:56:48,805 --> 00:56:49,372 ADDRESSES THE CONCERN THAT 1828 00:56:49,372 --> 00:56:51,841 PROMPTED THE BILL, AND ALSO 1829 00:56:51,841 --> 00:56:52,409 PROTECTS MEANINGFUL PUBLIC 1830 00:56:52,409 --> 00:56:53,576 PARTICIPATION. I STRONGLY URGE 1831 00:56:53,576 --> 00:56:54,778 COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE 1832 00:56:54,778 --> 00:56:56,913 AMENDMENT AND OFFER THANKS TO 1833 00:56:56,913 --> 00:56:57,414 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR 1834 00:56:57,414 --> 00:56:58,181 SPONSORING IT. A STATED INTENT 1835 00:56:58,181 --> 00:56:59,849 OF THIS BILL WAS TO MEANINGFULLY 1836 00:56:59,849 --> 00:57:00,617 ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE. FOR A 1837 00:57:00,617 --> 00:57:03,019 CITY THAT BELIEVES IN SCIENCE, 1838 00:57:03,019 --> 00:57:03,520 YET THE URBAN FORESTRY 1839 00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:05,522 COMMISSION, COMPRISED OF 1840 00:57:05,522 --> 00:57:06,556 SCIENTISTS AND ARBORIST 1841 00:57:06,556 --> 00:57:09,225 APPOINTED BY CITY LEADERS WHO 1842 00:57:09,225 --> 00:57:09,859 VOLUNTEER EXPERTISE TO INTEGRATE 1843 00:57:09,859 --> 00:57:10,794 ECOLOGICAL WISDOM INTO URBAN 1844 00:57:10,794 --> 00:57:13,029 PLANNING, ARE LARGELY UNDER 1845 00:57:13,029 --> 00:57:14,831 UTILIZED, IF NOT IGNORED. BY 1846 00:57:14,831 --> 00:57:16,900 CONTRAST, DEVELOPERS ARE GRANTED 1847 00:57:16,900 --> 00:57:19,068 PRIVATE MONTHLY MEETINGS WHO ARE 1848 00:57:19,068 --> 00:57:19,569 NOT STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR 1849 00:57:19,569 --> 00:57:20,637 COMMUNITIES. THEY ARE GUIDED 1850 00:57:20,637 --> 00:57:21,237 MORE BY PROFIT THAN SCIENCE, 1851 00:57:21,237 --> 00:57:22,672 WHICH IS WHY WE CONTINUE TO LOSE 1852 00:57:22,672 --> 00:57:23,773 SOME OF OUR BIGGEST TREES. FOR 1853 00:57:23,773 --> 00:57:26,142 MORE PARKING SPACES. THE PUBLIC 1854 00:57:26,142 --> 00:57:27,110 DESERVES TO MAINTAIN A SEAT AT 1855 00:57:27,110 --> 00:57:28,445 THE TABLE, AND AMENDMENT B 1856 00:57:28,445 --> 00:57:30,914 ALLOWS FOR THAT. THANK YOU. 1857 00:57:30,914 --> 00:57:31,648 -- THANK YOU SUSAN. NEXT WE HAVE 1858 00:57:31,648 --> 00:57:35,418 DAVID, FOLLOWED BY MEGAN. 1859 00:57:35,418 --> 00:57:39,289 KATHERINE. HI, DAVID. 1860 00:57:39,289 --> 00:57:41,524 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 1861 00:57:41,524 --> 00:57:44,093 DAVE GALLAGHER FROM DISTRICT 1862 00:57:44,093 --> 00:57:46,129 FIVE COUNCIL. BILL 121215 HAS 1863 00:57:46,129 --> 00:57:46,763 BEEN PRESENTED WITH A STAGGERING 1864 00:57:46,763 --> 00:57:48,698 AMOUNT OF MISINFORMATION. HERE 1865 00:57:48,698 --> 00:57:52,101 ARE A COUPLE EXAMPLES. IT IS A 1866 00:57:52,101 --> 00:57:53,736 CLAIM THAT APPEALS SLOW, 1867 00:57:53,736 --> 00:57:54,370 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, 1868 00:57:54,370 --> 00:57:56,039 BUT NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN SHOWN 1869 00:57:56,039 --> 00:57:59,375 TO SUPPORT THIS. THE ORCA APPEAL 1870 00:57:59,375 --> 00:58:01,511 WAS FILED BECAUSE THE EIS FOR 1871 00:58:01,511 --> 00:58:02,412 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN HAD SERIOUS 1872 00:58:02,412 --> 00:58:04,547 FLAWS. IT WAS NOT TO SLOW 1873 00:58:04,547 --> 00:58:06,182 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE CITY 1874 00:58:06,182 --> 00:58:07,383 ATTORNEYS HAVE FILED LEGAL 1875 00:58:07,383 --> 00:58:09,485 DELAYS AT EVERY STEP OF THE 1876 00:58:09,485 --> 00:58:12,088 APPEAL PROCESS, SO BLAME THEM, 1877 00:58:12,088 --> 00:58:13,823 NOT THE APPELLANT OR BLAME THE 1878 00:58:13,823 --> 00:58:15,592 CITY FOR PRODUCING AN INCOMPLETE 1879 00:58:15,592 --> 00:58:19,162 EIS. THE SPONSOR OF 12, 1215 1880 00:58:19,162 --> 00:58:20,763 CLAIMS TO CARE ABOUT SOUTH AND 1881 00:58:20,763 --> 00:58:22,665 CENTRAL SEATTLE, BUT HE CONDEMNS 1882 00:58:22,665 --> 00:58:25,935 A SYMBOL SIMILAR NATIONAL APPEAL 1883 00:58:25,935 --> 00:58:26,836 PROCESS FROM 50 YEARS AGO THAT 1884 00:58:26,836 --> 00:58:28,938 WAS CRUCIAL TO THE BLACK 1885 00:58:28,938 --> 00:58:30,740 COMMUNITY'S FIGHT FOR IT OVER 1886 00:58:30,740 --> 00:58:33,176 I-90 AND THE RAINIER VALLEY 1887 00:58:33,176 --> 00:58:35,345 MITIGATION FUND. THE NATIONAL 1888 00:58:35,345 --> 00:58:36,746 PROCESS DOESN'T APPLY TO LOCAL 1889 00:58:36,746 --> 00:58:38,815 ISSUES, AND CB 121215 WOULD TAKE 1890 00:58:38,815 --> 00:58:43,019 THAT AWAY. SO NO, ON 12, 12, 15, 1891 00:58:43,019 --> 00:58:45,922 UNLESS WE GET AMENDMENT B FROM. 1892 00:58:45,922 --> 00:58:47,757 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1893 00:58:47,757 --> 00:58:49,826 NEXT WE HAVE MEGAN, FOLLOWED BY 1894 00:58:49,826 --> 00:58:55,932 KATHERINE MARIE MANTEI AND PAUL. 1895 00:58:55,932 --> 00:58:59,035 -- GREETINGS EVERYBODY. 1896 00:58:59,035 --> 00:58:59,536 -- GREETINGS. 1897 00:58:59,536 --> 00:59:01,271 -- I NEVER AM REAL HAPPY TO BE 1898 00:59:01,271 --> 00:59:07,510 HERE AND I'M ALMOST LOSING HOPE. 1899 00:59:07,510 --> 00:59:09,979 I I'M MEGAN MCKIERNAN. I'M A 1900 00:59:09,979 --> 00:59:12,181 THIRD GENERATION SEATTLEITE AND 1901 00:59:12,181 --> 00:59:14,050 I GOT TO CURE THE CHILDHOOD 1902 00:59:14,050 --> 00:59:14,751 BLUES BY STOMPING AROUND IN 1903 00:59:14,751 --> 00:59:16,686 THORNTON CREEK. AND I WANT SO 1904 00:59:16,686 --> 00:59:20,056 MUCH FOR THE CITY TO GROW IN A 1905 00:59:20,056 --> 00:59:23,660 WAY THAT PRESERVES AS MUCH AS 1906 00:59:23,660 --> 00:59:25,628 POSSIBLE OUR CANOPY, OUR 1907 00:59:25,628 --> 00:59:26,829 EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW WE NEED 1908 00:59:26,829 --> 00:59:29,532 AND LOVE. I DON'T HAVE 1909 00:59:29,532 --> 00:59:31,668 GRANDCHILDREN. I'M DOING THIS 1910 00:59:31,668 --> 00:59:32,235 WORK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE'S 1911 00:59:32,235 --> 00:59:34,404 GRANDCHILDREN COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 1912 00:59:34,404 --> 00:59:35,738 THANK YOU FOR CARING ENOUGH TO 1913 00:59:35,738 --> 00:59:37,574 WORK THIS HARD TO BRING THIS 1914 00:59:37,574 --> 00:59:42,645 BILL FORWARD. IT NEEDS HELP. I 1915 00:59:42,645 --> 00:59:43,146 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE 1916 00:59:43,146 --> 00:59:45,415 CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT 1917 00:59:45,415 --> 00:59:48,985 AND WE. BUT WE NEED MORE TIME. 1918 00:59:48,985 --> 00:59:50,486 WE. WE NEED THE THE THE VOICE OF 1919 00:59:50,486 --> 00:59:52,121 THE PEOPLE. PLEASE INCLUDE THE 1920 00:59:52,121 --> 00:59:56,159 VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. PLEASE VOTE 1921 00:59:56,159 --> 00:59:57,126 FOR AMENDMENT B AND THEN LET'S 1922 00:59:57,126 --> 00:59:58,428 HAVE A NEW BILL AND LET'S HAVE A 1923 00:59:58,428 --> 01:00:00,797 NEW TREE ORDINANCE. 1924 01:00:00,797 --> 01:00:02,398 -- THANK YOU MEGAN. NEXT WE HAVE 1925 01:00:02,398 --> 01:00:10,707 KATHERINE, FOLLOWED BY. WELCOME. 1926 01:00:10,707 --> 01:00:10,974 -- HELLO. 1927 01:00:10,974 --> 01:00:13,109 -- MY NAME IS KATHERINE 1928 01:00:13,109 --> 01:00:15,044 SHOEMAKER AND I LIVE IN 1929 01:00:15,044 --> 01:00:16,579 NORTHEAST SEATTLE. AND I'M 1930 01:00:16,579 --> 01:00:18,147 STANDING HERE WITH MANY OF MY 1931 01:00:18,147 --> 01:00:19,482 FELLOW CITIZENS TO URGE THE CITY 1932 01:00:19,482 --> 01:00:24,821 COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON CB 121215 1933 01:00:24,821 --> 01:00:27,123 UNLESS AMENDMENT B PASSES. IF 1934 01:00:27,123 --> 01:00:29,559 PASSED WITHOUT AMENDMENT B, THIS 1935 01:00:29,559 --> 01:00:30,193 BILL WOULD EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATE 1936 01:00:30,193 --> 01:00:32,862 THE ONLY AFFORDABLE LEGAL 1937 01:00:32,862 --> 01:00:34,864 PATHWAY FOR SEATTLEITES TO 1938 01:00:34,864 --> 01:00:36,466 CHALLENGE THE CITY'S 1939 01:00:36,466 --> 01:00:37,033 ASSUMPTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 1940 01:00:37,033 --> 01:00:38,534 ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THE CITY'S 1941 01:00:38,534 --> 01:00:40,603 DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS ON 1942 01:00:40,603 --> 01:00:42,839 WATERWAYS, TREES AND ANIMALS. 1943 01:00:42,839 --> 01:00:43,439 THE CITY'S ASSUMPTIONS ARE 1944 01:00:43,439 --> 01:00:44,874 SOMETIMES BASED ON INACCURATE OR 1945 01:00:44,874 --> 01:00:47,377 INCOMPLETE INFORMATION. LET 1946 01:00:47,377 --> 01:00:50,713 SEATTLE CITIZENS SPEAK. VOTERS 1947 01:00:50,713 --> 01:00:52,248 AND TAXPAYERS DESERVE THE 1948 01:00:52,248 --> 01:00:54,317 ABILITY TO AFFORDABLY, LEGALLY, 1949 01:00:54,317 --> 01:00:56,519 AND FORMALLY CHALLENGE THE 1950 01:00:56,519 --> 01:00:57,120 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCLUSIONS THE 1951 01:00:57,120 --> 01:00:58,287 CITY MAKES WHEN THERE IS 1952 01:00:58,287 --> 01:01:00,289 AVAILABLE INFORMATION TO THE 1953 01:01:00,289 --> 01:01:01,791 CONTRARY, MANY RESIDENTS IN THE 1954 01:01:01,791 --> 01:01:04,661 CITY ARE DESPERATE TO WORK WITH, 1955 01:01:04,661 --> 01:01:06,429 NOT AGAINST, THE SEATTLE CITY 1956 01:01:06,429 --> 01:01:09,699 COUNCIL TO ACHIEVE COMMON GOALS 1957 01:01:09,699 --> 01:01:10,266 OF INCREASED HOUSING WHILE 1958 01:01:10,266 --> 01:01:11,134 PRESERVING OUR ENVIRONMENT. 1959 01:01:11,134 --> 01:01:12,835 PLEASE DO NOT SHUT US OUT OF THE 1960 01:01:12,835 --> 01:01:14,337 PROCESS. 1961 01:01:14,337 --> 01:01:15,338 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 1962 01:01:15,338 --> 01:01:16,572 COLLEAGUES. WE'RE ABOUT AN HOUR 1963 01:01:16,572 --> 01:01:17,774 IN AGAIN. IF THERE'S NO 1964 01:01:17,774 --> 01:01:19,142 OBJECTION, I'M GOING TO EXTEND 1965 01:01:19,142 --> 01:01:20,977 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR 1966 01:01:20,977 --> 01:01:24,647 ANOTHER HOUR. WE DO HAVE ABOUT 1967 01:01:24,647 --> 01:01:26,849 40 PEOPLE ONLINE, AND THEN WE 1968 01:01:26,849 --> 01:01:30,420 HAVE A REMAINING ABOUT 30. WE DO 1969 01:01:30,420 --> 01:01:34,157 SIX. OKAY. SO AROUND. SO YEAH. 1970 01:01:34,157 --> 01:01:34,791 SO IF NO OBJECTION AND THEN IF 1971 01:01:34,791 --> 01:01:36,159 WE HAVE TO EXTEND IT, WE'LL 1972 01:01:36,159 --> 01:01:38,428 CONTINUE TO EXTEND IT. OKAY. NO 1973 01:01:38,428 --> 01:01:40,363 OBJECTION. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. 1974 01:01:40,363 --> 01:01:42,198 CATHERINE, THAT WAS CATHERINE. 1975 01:01:42,198 --> 01:01:44,467 WAS THAT CATHERINE? THAT JUST 1976 01:01:44,467 --> 01:01:46,436 SPOKE? THAT WAS OKAY. NOW WE 1977 01:01:46,436 --> 01:01:52,442 HAVE MARLEE. IS MARLEE HERE? 1978 01:01:52,442 --> 01:01:54,310 MARLEE HOLLAND I MIGHT THAT'S 1979 01:01:54,310 --> 01:01:55,912 YOU. DID I SAY YOUR NAME WRONG? 1980 01:01:55,912 --> 01:01:58,314 COME ON, MARLEE, YOU'RE UP. 1981 01:01:58,314 --> 01:02:00,249 YOU'VE WON THE LOTTO. COME ON. 1982 01:02:00,249 --> 01:02:03,019 POWERBALL, MARK. OH, OKAY. 1983 01:02:03,019 --> 01:02:04,921 YOU'RE OKAY. HOLD ON. 1984 01:02:04,921 --> 01:02:05,254 -- OKAY. 1985 01:02:05,254 --> 01:02:08,491 -- VOTE NO ON ONE TWO. 1215. I 1986 01:02:08,491 --> 01:02:09,859 HELPED WIN AN APPEAL AGAINST THE 1987 01:02:09,859 --> 01:02:10,426 CHEASTY BIKE PARK ON BEACON 1988 01:02:10,426 --> 01:02:12,528 HILL. AS A MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS 1989 01:02:12,528 --> 01:02:13,196 OF CHEASTY, AN APPEAL MEETS THE 1990 01:02:13,196 --> 01:02:14,997 LEGAL DEFINITION OF THE FIRST 1991 01:02:14,997 --> 01:02:16,733 AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PETITION THE 1992 01:02:16,733 --> 01:02:18,468 GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF 1993 01:02:18,468 --> 01:02:19,469 GRIEVANCES. YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE 1994 01:02:19,469 --> 01:02:20,503 ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A LAW TO 1995 01:02:20,503 --> 01:02:22,505 ELIMINATE THE RIGHT OF MOST, BUT 1996 01:02:22,505 --> 01:02:24,440 NOT ALL CITIZENS TO FILE THE 1997 01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:26,008 APPEAL. ALL BUT EDDIE LYNN'S 1998 01:02:26,008 --> 01:02:27,510 HIGH PAYING CORPORATE CLIENTS. 1999 01:02:27,510 --> 01:02:29,479 OUR APPEAL MADE THE PARKS 2000 01:02:29,479 --> 01:02:30,113 DEPARTMENT DO THEIR JOB RIGHT. 2001 01:02:30,113 --> 01:02:31,481 FOR EXAMPLE, SPR WILL NEVER 2002 01:02:31,481 --> 01:02:32,748 AGAIN BE ALLOWED TO CONTROL 2003 01:02:32,748 --> 01:02:35,051 PERMITTING FOR PROJECTS IN GREEN 2004 01:02:35,051 --> 01:02:36,652 SPACES AND NATURAL AREAS. ALL 2005 01:02:36,652 --> 01:02:40,757 PERMITS MUST NOW GO THROUGH SDCI 2006 01:02:40,757 --> 01:02:43,126 TWO. SPU SPR WILL NEVER AGAIN 2007 01:02:43,126 --> 01:02:44,560 LET A SINGLE COMPROMISED 2008 01:02:44,560 --> 01:02:47,063 EMPLOYEE CONTROL A PUBLIC 2009 01:02:47,063 --> 01:02:47,597 INVOLVEMENT OR PERMITTING 2010 01:02:47,597 --> 01:02:48,831 PROCESS TO BENEFIT HIS FRIENDS 2011 01:02:48,831 --> 01:02:49,866 COMPANY, ON WHICH HE SERVED AS A 2012 01:02:49,866 --> 01:02:52,702 BOARD MEMBER. THREE SPR WILL 2013 01:02:52,702 --> 01:02:54,170 NEVER AGAIN FILE FOR A PERMIT IN 2014 01:02:54,170 --> 01:02:57,106 NATURAL AREAS WITHOUT FIRST 2015 01:02:57,106 --> 01:02:59,976 DOING NECESSARY GEOTECHNICAL AND 2016 01:02:59,976 --> 01:03:01,310 WILDLIFE STUDY. OUR APPEAL 2017 01:03:01,310 --> 01:03:01,911 PROTECTED CHEASTY, GREENSPACE 2018 01:03:01,911 --> 01:03:03,846 AND ULTIMATELY ALL GREEN SPACES 2019 01:03:03,846 --> 01:03:06,282 AND DEMOCRACY IN SEATTLE. VOTE 2020 01:03:06,282 --> 01:03:09,552 NO ON CB ONE, 21215. THANKS. 2021 01:03:09,552 --> 01:03:11,554 -- THANK YOU MARK. NEXT WE HAVE 2022 01:03:11,554 --> 01:03:12,155 MANTEI FOLLOWED BY PAUL. AND 2023 01:03:12,155 --> 01:03:13,389 THEN WE'RE GOING TO JUMP 2024 01:03:13,389 --> 01:03:15,658 ONLINE. OUR FIRST SPEAKER ONLINE 2025 01:03:15,658 --> 01:03:19,929 WILL BE RACHEL NATHANSON 2026 01:03:19,929 --> 01:03:20,196 WELCOME. 2027 01:03:20,196 --> 01:03:22,031 -- YOU MAY CALL ME MONTY. I'M A 2028 01:03:22,031 --> 01:03:23,065 SPIRITUAL LEADER IN THE TRANS 2029 01:03:23,065 --> 01:03:25,868 COMMUNITY HERE IN SEATTLE. KEEP 2030 01:03:25,868 --> 01:03:27,670 YOUR OATHS AND HAVE MERCY FOR MY 2031 01:03:27,670 --> 01:03:29,338 PEOPLE. THE REGULATIONS ARE 2032 01:03:29,338 --> 01:03:32,975 WRITTEN IN BLOOD. KILL NO, RAPE, 2033 01:03:32,975 --> 01:03:38,681 NO DOCS, NO ERASE NO EXPLOIT NO. 2034 01:03:38,681 --> 01:03:39,782 EVERY DAY, THE CRUEL GOVERNMENT 2035 01:03:39,782 --> 01:03:41,250 OF THIS NATION DOES ALL IT CAN 2036 01:03:41,250 --> 01:03:42,685 TO BREAK THESE RULES, BETRAYING 2037 01:03:42,685 --> 01:03:45,254 ITS CHILDREN. AND LOOK WHAT 2038 01:03:45,254 --> 01:03:47,523 HAPPENS. YOUR LEADERS ARE 2039 01:03:47,523 --> 01:03:48,124 DEMENTED. DISEASED STALKS THE 2040 01:03:48,124 --> 01:03:49,292 LAND. YOUR CROPS ARE FAILING. 2041 01:03:49,292 --> 01:03:52,161 YOUR CATTLE ARE DYING IN WAR. 2042 01:03:52,161 --> 01:03:54,263 YOU BLUNDER, UNREST AND VIOLENCE 2043 01:03:54,263 --> 01:03:55,665 SPREADS. NOW NATURAL DISASTERS 2044 01:03:55,665 --> 01:03:57,066 ARE COMING. THE GOVERNMENT OF 2045 01:03:57,066 --> 01:03:58,868 THIS NATION HAS LOST THE MANDATE 2046 01:03:58,868 --> 01:04:00,369 OF HEAVEN FOR WHAT IT DOES TO MY 2047 01:04:00,369 --> 01:04:01,270 PEOPLE. AND IF YOU DO NOT WISH 2048 01:04:01,270 --> 01:04:03,606 TO JOIN THEM IN PERDITION, YOU 2049 01:04:03,606 --> 01:04:05,208 CANNOT SIT BACK AND DO NOTHING. 2050 01:04:05,208 --> 01:04:07,243 YOU MUST FULFILL YOUR PROMISES 2051 01:04:07,243 --> 01:04:08,811 OF SANCTUARY TO TRANSGENDER 2052 01:04:08,811 --> 01:04:10,112 PEOPLE. I WOULD SAY, HAVE YOU NO 2053 01:04:10,112 --> 01:04:12,682 ROOM AT YOUR INN? BUT UNLIKE 2054 01:04:12,682 --> 01:04:14,283 YOU, THE INNKEEPER DID NOT 2055 01:04:14,283 --> 01:04:16,252 PROMISE A ROOM TO MARY AND 2056 01:04:16,252 --> 01:04:17,653 JOSEPH BEFORE THEY TRAVELED TO 2057 01:04:17,653 --> 01:04:18,254 BETHLEHEM. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW 2058 01:04:18,254 --> 01:04:20,323 HOW TO LOVE A WRETCH LIKE ME, 2059 01:04:20,323 --> 01:04:21,858 YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO LOVE GOD. 2060 01:04:21,858 --> 01:04:23,960 HAVE MERCY ON MY PEOPLE. 2061 01:04:23,960 --> 01:04:25,862 -- THANK YOU. MANTAI. NEXT WE 2062 01:04:25,862 --> 01:04:28,397 HAVE PAUL. WELCOME, PAUL. AND 2063 01:04:28,397 --> 01:04:29,699 THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO ONLINE. 2064 01:04:29,699 --> 01:04:32,768 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME ONLINE. THANK 2065 01:04:32,768 --> 01:04:35,605 YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2066 01:04:35,605 --> 01:04:36,606 THEN WE HAVE RACHEL WHO WILL 2067 01:04:36,606 --> 01:04:38,875 SWITCH TO ONLINE. WELCOME, PAUL. 2068 01:04:38,875 --> 01:04:41,244 -- HI. TWO WEEKS AGO, THE BLUE 2069 01:04:41,244 --> 01:04:43,112 ANGELS MADE THE NEWS WITH AN 2070 01:04:43,112 --> 01:04:44,413 EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LOW PASS. 2071 01:04:44,413 --> 01:04:46,515 AND I'M NOT SURPRISED BECAUSE 2072 01:04:46,515 --> 01:04:49,018 LAST YEAR THEY FLEW BARELY 2073 01:04:49,018 --> 01:04:50,453 HIGHER THAN THAT ABOVE MY HOUSE. 2074 01:04:50,453 --> 01:04:51,520 MIND YOU, IT'S NOT PART OF THE 2075 01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:53,389 SHOW. IT'S NOT VISIBLE BY THE 2076 01:04:53,389 --> 01:04:55,391 PEOPLE, BY THE PUBLIC OF 2077 01:04:55,391 --> 01:04:57,693 SEAFAIR. I AM NOT EVEN IN THE 2078 01:04:57,693 --> 01:04:59,262 AREA THAT IS SAID TO BE AFFECTED 2079 01:04:59,262 --> 01:05:00,896 BY SEAFAIR. YET HERE WE ARE 2080 01:05:00,896 --> 01:05:02,798 EVERY YEAR WITH EXTREMELY LOW 2081 01:05:02,798 --> 01:05:06,168 PASS THAT ARE SO LOW, SO LOUD IT 2082 01:05:06,168 --> 01:05:06,836 TRIGGERS CAR ALARMS. WHAT DO YOU 2083 01:05:06,836 --> 01:05:10,172 THINK IT DOES TO CHILD'S EARS? 2084 01:05:10,172 --> 01:05:12,308 SO I'M ASKING TO YOU ALL THIS 2085 01:05:12,308 --> 01:05:14,110 YEAR, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO 2086 01:05:14,110 --> 01:05:15,578 PREVENT DANGEROUS MANEUVERS AND 2087 01:05:15,578 --> 01:05:17,647 EXTREMELY LOW PASS ABOVE OUR 2088 01:05:17,647 --> 01:05:18,748 HABITATIONS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2089 01:05:18,748 --> 01:05:20,716 TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF THE 2090 01:05:20,716 --> 01:05:22,885 CITY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HOLD 2091 01:05:22,885 --> 01:05:23,819 THE PILOTS ACCOUNTABLE? BECAUSE 2092 01:05:23,819 --> 01:05:28,758 WE KNOW THEY WILL NOT LISTEN. WE 2093 01:05:28,758 --> 01:05:30,226 ARE NOT COMMUNING WITH THE ARMY 2094 01:05:30,226 --> 01:05:34,797 AND ITS WAR MACHINES. AND WE. WE 2095 01:05:34,797 --> 01:05:35,398 ARE THE UNWILLING COLLATERAL 2096 01:05:35,398 --> 01:05:38,334 DAMAGE. IT IS TIME TO PUT AT 2097 01:05:38,334 --> 01:05:40,303 LEAST SOME COMMON SENSE LIMITS 2098 01:05:40,303 --> 01:05:41,771 ON THAT. THANK YOU. AND I 2099 01:05:41,771 --> 01:05:44,206 SUPPORT THE BILL. BY THE WAY. 2100 01:05:44,206 --> 01:05:45,107 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE 2101 01:05:45,107 --> 01:05:48,678 GOING TO JUMP ONLINE. SO ONLINE, 2102 01:05:48,678 --> 01:05:50,846 TEN SPEAKERS, RACHEL, FOLLOWED 2103 01:05:50,846 --> 01:05:53,749 BY RUTH DIET LADY SCRIBE MARK 2104 01:05:53,749 --> 01:05:59,889 ROSE, JASON BRANDON, ORLA. AND 2105 01:05:59,889 --> 01:06:00,523 MARIANA STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 2106 01:06:00,523 --> 01:06:01,157 YOURSELF AND THEN WE'LL COME 2107 01:06:01,157 --> 01:06:11,701 BACK IN PERSON. STAR SIX RACHEL 2108 01:06:14,804 --> 01:06:22,378 STAR SIX IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON 2109 01:06:22,378 --> 01:06:23,412 AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 2110 01:06:23,412 --> 01:06:24,847 LET'S COME BACK TO YOU. LET'S 2111 01:06:24,847 --> 01:06:26,382 GO TO LADY SCRIBE STAR SIX TO 2112 01:06:26,382 --> 01:06:33,489 UNMUTE YOURSELF. STAR SIX. 2113 01:06:33,489 --> 01:06:34,256 -- HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? 2114 01:06:34,256 --> 01:06:36,225 -- YES, WE CAN. GO AHEAD. SCRIBE 2115 01:06:36,225 --> 01:06:38,127 OH, OKAY. 2116 01:06:38,127 --> 01:06:39,996 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL LADY 2117 01:06:39,996 --> 01:06:41,464 SCRIBE I'M A MOTHER AND 2118 01:06:41,464 --> 01:06:43,065 COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. I WISH I 2119 01:06:43,065 --> 01:06:46,736 CAN GIVE AN EDUCATED OPINION ON 2120 01:06:46,736 --> 01:06:49,271 THE CB. 121215 BUT AS WE ARE 2121 01:06:49,271 --> 01:06:50,506 CONTINUING BURYING OUR BABIES 2122 01:06:50,506 --> 01:06:51,407 AND BYSTANDERS, I DON'T EVEN 2123 01:06:51,407 --> 01:06:52,975 HAVE THE MENTAL CAPACITY TO DO 2124 01:06:52,975 --> 01:06:54,710 SO. I'M HERE TO FIGHT AGAINST 2125 01:06:54,710 --> 01:06:55,978 RACISM AND THE HATE SPEWING FROM 2126 01:06:55,978 --> 01:06:57,580 JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO 2127 01:06:57,580 --> 01:07:00,583 FEED OUR CHILDREN. THE FEP 2128 01:07:00,583 --> 01:07:01,851 FINDINGS CONFIRMED WHAT MANY OF 2129 01:07:01,851 --> 01:07:04,286 US HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS FOOD 2130 01:07:04,286 --> 01:07:05,521 INSECURITY IS A BARRIER TO 2131 01:07:05,521 --> 01:07:08,124 EDUCATION, HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY 2132 01:07:08,124 --> 01:07:10,693 AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S WHY 2133 01:07:10,693 --> 01:07:11,660 I'M IN THESE THIS MATTER. AS 2134 01:07:11,660 --> 01:07:12,628 SOMEONE WHO GREW UP BLACK IN 2135 01:07:12,628 --> 01:07:13,796 SEATTLE, IT WAS DEEPLY 2136 01:07:13,796 --> 01:07:16,132 DISAPPOINTING TO SEE 2137 01:07:16,132 --> 01:07:16,632 COUNCILMEMBER EDDIE LIN 2138 01:07:16,632 --> 01:07:18,701 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AMENDMENT SIX 2139 01:07:18,701 --> 01:07:19,268 WOULD BENEFIT CHILDREN IN 2140 01:07:19,268 --> 01:07:20,669 DISTRICT TWO, YET NOT SUPPORT 2141 01:07:20,669 --> 01:07:22,438 IT. FOR MANY OF US, THAT 2142 01:07:22,438 --> 01:07:25,174 REFLECTS THE SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES 2143 01:07:25,174 --> 01:07:27,009 AND DISENFRANCHISEMENT WE'VE 2144 01:07:27,009 --> 01:07:27,643 EXPERIENCED FOR GENERATIONS. I 2145 01:07:27,643 --> 01:07:29,979 WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO 2146 01:07:29,979 --> 01:07:31,814 THE PRESIDENT, HOLLINGSWORTH AND 2147 01:07:31,814 --> 01:07:32,448 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND STRAUSS 2148 01:07:32,448 --> 01:07:35,885 FOR WORKING TO FIND A PATH TO 2149 01:07:35,885 --> 01:07:37,653 WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FROM 2150 01:07:37,653 --> 01:07:39,054 SEATTLE'S MOST VULNERABLE. AND 2151 01:07:39,054 --> 01:07:40,589 ALSO, PLEASE LOOK INTO WHO OWNS 2152 01:07:40,589 --> 01:07:43,392 YOUR CITY. 2153 01:07:43,392 --> 01:07:44,393 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MARK 2154 01:07:44,393 --> 01:07:46,028 BRUNSON, FOLLOWED BY ROSE, AND 2155 01:07:46,028 --> 01:07:48,197 THEN JASON STAR STAR SIX TO 2156 01:07:48,197 --> 01:07:53,302 UNMUTE YOURSELF, MARK. 2157 01:07:53,302 --> 01:07:54,603 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 2158 01:07:54,603 --> 01:07:57,206 MARK BRUNSON. I URGE THE COUNCIL 2159 01:07:57,206 --> 01:07:59,675 TO PASS CB ONE TWO, ONE TWO, ONE 2160 01:07:59,675 --> 01:08:01,410 FIVE AND REJECT AMENDMENT B. OUR 2161 01:08:01,410 --> 01:08:03,479 CITY FACES A CLIMATE CRISIS AND 2162 01:08:03,479 --> 01:08:04,880 AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND A 2163 01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:06,348 TRAFFIC SAFETY CRISIS. OUR CITY 2164 01:08:06,348 --> 01:08:08,317 NEEDS TO ACT ON THESE CRISES 2165 01:08:08,317 --> 01:08:10,052 WITH THE URGENCY THEY DEMAND. 2166 01:08:10,052 --> 01:08:11,921 THE CONSENSUS OF CLIMATE 2167 01:08:11,921 --> 01:08:13,355 SCIENTISTS AND THE IPCC IS THAT 2168 01:08:13,355 --> 01:08:15,291 CITIES MUST BUILD DENSE HOUSING 2169 01:08:15,291 --> 01:08:16,926 THAT FOCUSES ON MOBILITY, THAT 2170 01:08:16,926 --> 01:08:19,028 FOCUSES MOBILITY ON WALKING, 2171 01:08:19,028 --> 01:08:21,163 CYCLING AND PUBLIC TRANSIT. ALL 2172 01:08:21,163 --> 01:08:23,332 THE RESEARCH ON TIRE AND BRAKE 2173 01:08:23,332 --> 01:08:24,733 DUST EMISSIONS FROM VEHICLES 2174 01:08:24,733 --> 01:08:26,535 MAKES CLEAR THAT IT IS HAZARDOUS 2175 01:08:26,535 --> 01:08:28,304 TO HUMAN HEALTH AND LETHAL TO 2176 01:08:28,304 --> 01:08:29,705 OUR SALMON POPULATION. I CAN'T 2177 01:08:29,705 --> 01:08:32,141 APPEAL THE CURRENT ZONING THAT 2178 01:08:32,141 --> 01:08:33,742 CONFINES NEW MULTIFAMILY HOUSING 2179 01:08:33,742 --> 01:08:36,011 AND COMMERCIAL SPACE TO POLLUTED 2180 01:08:36,011 --> 01:08:37,079 AND UNSAFE ARTERIALS. 2181 01:08:37,079 --> 01:08:39,348 UNFORTUNATELY, THE DESTRUCTIVE 2182 01:08:39,348 --> 01:08:40,549 STATUS QUO IS SACROSANCT IN OUR 2183 01:08:40,549 --> 01:08:42,051 SYSTEM, AND ANY ATTEMPTS TO 2184 01:08:42,051 --> 01:08:43,752 IMPROVE IT MUST SURVIVE LONG AND 2185 01:08:43,752 --> 01:08:47,156 ARDUOUS PROCESS. WE SHOULD NOT 2186 01:08:47,156 --> 01:08:48,257 BE PROVIDING A MECHANISM OF 2187 01:08:48,257 --> 01:08:50,726 DELAY FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO 2188 01:08:50,726 --> 01:08:51,327 MAINTAIN UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING 2189 01:08:51,327 --> 01:08:52,394 AND MAXIMIZE DRIVER'S 2190 01:08:52,394 --> 01:08:54,263 CONVENIENCE. PLEASE PASS THIS 2191 01:08:54,263 --> 01:08:56,098 BILL WITH ITS ORIGINAL INTENT 2192 01:08:56,098 --> 01:08:56,332 INTACT. 2193 01:08:56,332 --> 01:08:57,700 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MARK. 2194 01:08:57,700 --> 01:08:58,934 NEXT, WE HAVE ROSE, FOLLOWED BY 2195 01:08:58,934 --> 01:09:07,776 JASON AND THEN BRANDON. 2196 01:09:07,776 --> 01:09:09,378 -- HELLO. THIS WEEK WE ARE 2197 01:09:09,378 --> 01:09:11,146 REELING FROM THE SHOOTING THAT 2198 01:09:11,146 --> 01:09:13,082 HAPPENED THIS LAST WEEKEND. THE 2199 01:09:13,082 --> 01:09:14,350 TRANS COMMUNITY IS ALSO REELING 2200 01:09:14,350 --> 01:09:16,018 FROM A SUICIDE THAT HAPPENED OF 2201 01:09:16,018 --> 01:09:17,319 SOMEONE KILLING THEMSELVES AT 2202 01:09:17,319 --> 01:09:17,953 RED SQUARE, WHERE THE MEMORIAL 2203 01:09:17,953 --> 01:09:20,155 WHERE JUNIPER BLESSING WAS 2204 01:09:20,155 --> 01:09:23,058 MEMORIALIZED IN MAY. WE ARE 2205 01:09:23,058 --> 01:09:27,229 CURRENTLY SUFFERING IN WAYS THAT 2206 01:09:27,229 --> 01:09:30,466 ARE. BEYOND DESCRIPTION, 2207 01:09:30,466 --> 01:09:31,867 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. I 2208 01:09:31,867 --> 01:09:33,536 REACHED OUT TO YOU ALL ABOUT 2209 01:09:33,536 --> 01:09:34,537 TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE INCIDENTS 2210 01:09:34,537 --> 01:09:35,638 THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE POLICE 2211 01:09:35,638 --> 01:09:37,072 AS WELL THIS LAST WEEK, AND I 2212 01:09:37,072 --> 01:09:38,374 HAVE NOT RECEIVED MUCH OF A 2213 01:09:38,374 --> 01:09:39,074 RESPONSE. I WANTED TO SET UP A 2214 01:09:39,074 --> 01:09:40,509 MEETING OR A TIME OR THINGS TO 2215 01:09:40,509 --> 01:09:41,911 BE ABLE TO TALK. WHAT'S GOING 2216 01:09:41,911 --> 01:09:43,479 ON. AND THAT HASN'T HAPPENED 2217 01:09:43,479 --> 01:09:45,347 EITHER. WE NEED AN EMERGENCY 2218 01:09:45,347 --> 01:09:46,415 DECLARATION. PEOPLE ARE LOSING 2219 01:09:46,415 --> 01:09:48,250 HOPE. PEOPLE ARE FEELING LIKE 2220 01:09:48,250 --> 01:09:49,351 THEY ARE LOST AND WE NEED TO BE 2221 01:09:49,351 --> 01:09:51,453 THERE FOR THEM. AND RIGHT NOW 2222 01:09:51,453 --> 01:09:52,755 THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THE CITY 2223 01:09:52,755 --> 01:09:53,422 IS THERE FOR THEM AND THEY'RE 2224 01:09:53,422 --> 01:09:54,757 CHOOSING TO KILL THEMSELVES IN 2225 01:09:54,757 --> 01:09:56,292 RESPONSE. HOW MANY MORE OF MY 2226 01:09:56,292 --> 01:09:57,326 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL WE HAVE 2227 01:09:57,326 --> 01:09:58,861 TO BURY BEFORE SOMETHING IS 2228 01:09:58,861 --> 01:10:00,329 DONE? BEFORE WE START LOOKING 2229 01:10:00,329 --> 01:10:03,265 INTO THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING 2230 01:10:03,265 --> 01:10:04,300 AND STRUGGLING AND JUST WANT TO 2231 01:10:04,300 --> 01:10:07,069 EKE OUT AN EXISTENCE IN THIS 2232 01:10:07,069 --> 01:10:07,269 CITY. 2233 01:10:07,269 --> 01:10:09,038 -- THANK YOU. ROSE. NEXT WE HAVE 2234 01:10:09,038 --> 01:10:12,074 JASON, FOLLOWED BY BRANDON AND 2235 01:10:12,074 --> 01:10:19,615 THEN JASON. BRANDON, ORLA. 2236 01:10:19,615 --> 01:10:21,350 -- HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, 2237 01:10:21,350 --> 01:10:22,518 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 2238 01:10:22,518 --> 01:10:24,553 JASON. WHILE I AM A HOMEOWNER IN 2239 01:10:24,553 --> 01:10:26,555 DISTRICT SIX, AND I'M CALLING TO 2240 01:10:26,555 --> 01:10:31,193 GIVE COMMENT IN FAVOR OF PASSING 2241 01:10:31,193 --> 01:10:31,694 CB 121215 AND REJECTING 2242 01:10:31,694 --> 01:10:35,030 AMENDMENT B, THE CITY OF SEATTLE 2243 01:10:35,030 --> 01:10:35,631 DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY 2244 01:10:35,631 --> 01:10:38,734 ABOUT HOMELESSNESS 13 YEARS AGO, 2245 01:10:38,734 --> 01:10:40,169 AND SINCE THEN, OUR POPULATION 2246 01:10:40,169 --> 01:10:42,805 HAS GROWN AND OUR UNHOUSED 2247 01:10:42,805 --> 01:10:44,373 POPULATION HAS ALSO GROWN, AND 2248 01:10:44,373 --> 01:10:45,874 THE COST OF HOUSING CONTINUES TO 2249 01:10:45,874 --> 01:10:48,110 GROW PAST THE POINT OF 2250 01:10:48,110 --> 01:10:51,080 AFFORDABILITY FOR MANY OF OUR 2251 01:10:51,080 --> 01:10:53,148 VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS, BUILDING 2252 01:10:53,148 --> 01:10:56,185 MORE HOUSING HAS BEEN SHOWN BY 2253 01:10:56,185 --> 01:10:57,820 TALENTED RESEARCHERS, INCLUDING 2254 01:10:57,820 --> 01:10:59,822 GREG COLBURN AT THE UNIVERSITY 2255 01:10:59,822 --> 01:11:02,925 OF WASHINGTON, TO BE DIRECTLY 2256 01:11:02,925 --> 01:11:03,692 RELATED TO HOUSING PRICES AND 2257 01:11:03,692 --> 01:11:04,493 HOUSING PRICES ARE RELATED TO 2258 01:11:04,493 --> 01:11:07,930 THE LEVEL OF HOMELESSNESS. SEPA 2259 01:11:07,930 --> 01:11:08,530 WAS STARTED WITH THE BEST OF 2260 01:11:08,530 --> 01:11:10,165 INTENTIONS, BUT IT HAS BEEN USED 2261 01:11:10,165 --> 01:11:12,768 IN BAD FAITH BY MANY 2262 01:11:12,768 --> 01:11:13,936 WELL-MEANING PEOPLE TO SLOW THE 2263 01:11:13,936 --> 01:11:16,639 GROWTH OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 2264 01:11:16,639 --> 01:11:17,539 ALL HOUSING. WE NEED MORE 2265 01:11:17,539 --> 01:11:19,141 HOUSING IN OUR CITY, SO I URGE 2266 01:11:19,141 --> 01:11:21,543 YOU TO PASS THE BILL. THANK YOU. 2267 01:11:21,543 --> 01:11:22,978 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JASON. 2268 01:11:22,978 --> 01:11:26,649 NEXT, BRANDON, FOLLOWED BY ORLA 2269 01:11:26,649 --> 01:11:28,183 AND MARIANA STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 2270 01:11:28,183 --> 01:11:33,155 YOURSELF, BRANDON 2271 01:11:33,155 --> 01:11:34,423 -- I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT COUNCIL 2272 01:11:34,423 --> 01:11:36,659 BILLS 121215. YOU'VE HEARD MANY 2273 01:11:36,659 --> 01:11:37,893 PEOPLE SAY THE RIGHTS OF 2274 01:11:37,893 --> 01:11:39,061 RESIDENTS ARE MOST IMPORTANT, 2275 01:11:39,061 --> 01:11:40,362 BUT ALL HUMANS HAVE EQUAL 2276 01:11:40,362 --> 01:11:41,096 RIGHTS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO DO 2277 01:11:41,096 --> 01:11:41,997 NOT LIVE HERE, THE PEOPLE WHO DO 2278 01:11:41,997 --> 01:11:43,732 NOT LIVE HERE YET ARE NOT ABLE 2279 01:11:43,732 --> 01:11:45,401 TO SPEAK AT THIS MEETING TO 2280 01:11:45,401 --> 01:11:46,101 DEFEND THEMSELVES. THE ONLY WAY 2281 01:11:46,101 --> 01:11:47,636 WE CAN HEAR THEIR VOICES IS IF 2282 01:11:47,636 --> 01:11:49,171 WE BUILD THE REQUISITE HOUSING 2283 01:11:49,171 --> 01:11:50,706 FOR THEM TO BECOME RESIDENTS. I 2284 01:11:50,706 --> 01:11:51,740 ALSO WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL 2285 01:11:51,740 --> 01:11:53,509 AGAIN THAT DURING THE MIDDLE OF 2286 01:11:53,509 --> 01:11:54,710 A 9 TO 5 WORKDAY, THE VAST 2287 01:11:54,710 --> 01:11:55,878 MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE 2288 01:11:55,878 --> 01:11:57,046 TO COMMENT ARE THE ONES 2289 01:11:57,046 --> 01:11:57,980 PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO NOT HAVE TO 2290 01:11:57,980 --> 01:11:59,581 WORK DURING THIS TIME. YOU CAN 2291 01:11:59,581 --> 01:12:01,850 NOW HEAR THE TWO SIDES, PEOPLE 2292 01:12:01,850 --> 01:12:03,686 WHO DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO 2293 01:12:03,686 --> 01:12:04,253 MOVE INTO THE CITY UNLESS 2294 01:12:04,253 --> 01:12:05,487 THEY'RE DISPLACING RESIDENTS 2295 01:12:05,487 --> 01:12:06,889 WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE PEOPLE 2296 01:12:06,889 --> 01:12:08,657 OF COLOR, DISABLED OR POOR, AND 2297 01:12:08,657 --> 01:12:10,626 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO 2298 01:12:10,626 --> 01:12:11,593 WELCOME NEW NEIGHBORS. THE ONLY 2299 01:12:11,593 --> 01:12:13,128 WAY NEW PEOPLE CAN MOVE IN 2300 01:12:13,128 --> 01:12:14,396 WITHOUT DISPLACING OTHERS IS IF 2301 01:12:14,396 --> 01:12:16,198 WE BUILD MORE HOUSING. PLEASE 2302 01:12:16,198 --> 01:12:19,101 REJECT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA POISON 2303 01:12:19,101 --> 01:12:19,702 PILL AMENDMENT TO THIS BILL. 2304 01:12:19,702 --> 01:12:21,036 AMENDMENT B WOULD GET THE BILL 2305 01:12:21,036 --> 01:12:22,905 ENTIRELY. IT RETAINS THE 2306 01:12:22,905 --> 01:12:24,206 EXISTING RIGHT TO APPEAL, WHICH 2307 01:12:24,206 --> 01:12:24,807 DEFEATS THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF 2308 01:12:24,807 --> 01:12:27,276 THIS BILL IN FAVOR OF SOME 2309 01:12:27,276 --> 01:12:27,910 HOPEFUL LANGUAGE THAT DOESN'T 2310 01:12:27,910 --> 01:12:28,844 MEANINGFULLY CHANGE ANY 2311 01:12:28,844 --> 01:12:30,612 REALITIES ABOUT THE APPEAL 2312 01:12:30,612 --> 01:12:31,880 PROCESS, PLEASE VOTE NO ON 2313 01:12:31,880 --> 01:12:34,116 AMENDMENT B AND YES ON CB 2314 01:12:34,116 --> 01:12:34,783 121215. THANK YOU. 2315 01:12:34,783 --> 01:12:37,586 -- THANK YOU. BRANDON. NEXT WE 2316 01:12:37,586 --> 01:12:38,220 HAVE ORLA, FOLLOWED BY MARIANA 2317 01:12:38,220 --> 01:12:47,830 AND THEN ARETHA. 2318 01:12:47,830 --> 01:12:48,664 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS ORLA 2319 01:12:48,664 --> 01:12:50,699 CONCANNON. THANK YOU FOR THIS 2320 01:12:50,699 --> 01:12:55,971 OPPORTUNITY. I AM ASKING YOU TO 2321 01:12:55,971 --> 01:12:57,840 PLEASE VOTE NO ON CB121215 2322 01:12:57,840 --> 01:13:00,008 UNLESS AMENDMENT B PASSES. AS IT 2323 01:13:00,008 --> 01:13:03,145 STANDS, THE BILL DISENFRANCHIZES 2324 01:13:03,145 --> 01:13:05,147 AND MUSCLES SEATTLE RESIDENTS 2325 01:13:05,147 --> 01:13:06,682 AND THE BILL REMOVES THE ONLY 2326 01:13:06,682 --> 01:13:08,550 AFFORDABLE WAY FOR THE PUBLIC'S 2327 01:13:08,550 --> 01:13:10,853 RIGHT TO FILE APPEALS. THIS IS 2328 01:13:10,853 --> 01:13:12,788 FAR FROM DEMOCRATIC. FURTHER, 2329 01:13:12,788 --> 01:13:16,158 THIS BILL SHOULD NOT PASS 2330 01:13:16,158 --> 01:13:18,827 WITHOUT A RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT 2331 01:13:18,827 --> 01:13:20,529 ANALYSIS. THE CURRENT ORCA 2332 01:13:20,529 --> 01:13:23,098 APPEAL HAS BEEN DELAYED BY THE 2333 01:13:23,098 --> 01:13:23,699 CITY'S ATTORNEYS, NOT THE 2334 01:13:23,699 --> 01:13:24,833 APPELLANTS. IT IS INCREDIBLY 2335 01:13:24,833 --> 01:13:26,535 UNFORTUNATE TO PENALIZE THE 2336 01:13:26,535 --> 01:13:28,137 PUBLIC AND CONCERNED PEOPLE WHO 2337 01:13:28,137 --> 01:13:30,105 VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO SAVE 2338 01:13:30,105 --> 01:13:32,941 NATURE, AND PARTICULARLY 2339 01:13:32,941 --> 01:13:33,475 ENDANGERED RESIDENT ORCAS 2340 01:13:33,475 --> 01:13:35,511 WITHOUT OTHER SPECIAL INTERESTS, 2341 01:13:35,511 --> 01:13:38,247 AS CLAIMED, RATHER, THE SPECIAL 2342 01:13:38,247 --> 01:13:40,282 INTERESTS STRIKE ME AS A 30 2343 01:13:40,282 --> 01:13:41,850 PRIVATE MEETINGS OF THE CITY HAS 2344 01:13:41,850 --> 01:13:43,852 HAD WITH DEVELOPERS WITHOUT ANY 2345 01:13:43,852 --> 01:13:45,421 ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS PRESENT. AS 2346 01:13:45,421 --> 01:13:47,456 NOTED BY FUTUREWISE, SEATTLE HAS 2347 01:13:47,456 --> 01:13:48,891 CONSISTENTLY LED THE NATION IN 2348 01:13:48,891 --> 01:13:50,292 PRODUCING HOUSING. THIS WOULD 2349 01:13:50,292 --> 01:13:50,492 NOT. 2350 01:13:50,492 --> 01:13:53,061 -- THANK YOU ORLA. NEXT WE HAVE 2351 01:13:53,061 --> 01:13:54,196 MARIANA, FOLLOWED BY ARETHA AND 2352 01:13:54,196 --> 01:13:55,230 THEN JOANNA CULLEN AND GREG 2353 01:13:55,230 --> 01:13:57,166 SMITH AS OUR CUT OFF FOR THE 2354 01:13:57,166 --> 01:13:58,367 PEOPLE ONLINE. AND THEN WE'LL GO 2355 01:13:58,367 --> 01:14:01,103 BACK IN PERSON AND WE'LL 2356 01:14:01,103 --> 01:14:03,572 ALTERNATE. HI, MARIANA 2357 01:14:03,572 --> 01:14:05,707 -- HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND 2358 01:14:05,707 --> 01:14:06,575 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 2359 01:14:06,575 --> 01:14:08,410 MARIANA HIKE WITH THE NORTH 2360 01:14:08,410 --> 01:14:10,579 COAST CARPENTERS UNION. I'M 2361 01:14:10,579 --> 01:14:13,115 HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF 2362 01:14:13,115 --> 01:14:13,982 RESOLUTION 121215. WE KNOW 2363 01:14:13,982 --> 01:14:15,350 THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR 2364 01:14:15,350 --> 01:14:16,452 HOUSING. WE'VE HEARD IT A COUPLE 2365 01:14:16,452 --> 01:14:17,953 OF TIMES ON THIS CALL ALREADY, 2366 01:14:17,953 --> 01:14:19,822 AND WE MUST CREATE MORE 2367 01:14:19,822 --> 01:14:21,023 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROJECTS TO BE 2368 01:14:21,023 --> 01:14:22,457 BUILT. THIS RESOLUTION CAN HELP 2369 01:14:22,457 --> 01:14:23,826 BY OPENING THE DOOR FOR NEW 2370 01:14:23,826 --> 01:14:25,060 DEVELOPMENT AND MOVE US CLOSER 2371 01:14:25,060 --> 01:14:26,995 TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR 2372 01:14:26,995 --> 01:14:29,198 COMMUNITIES. YOU KNOW, WE DO 2373 01:14:29,198 --> 01:14:29,798 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD 2374 01:14:29,798 --> 01:14:31,600 MUCH NEEDED HOUSING AND OTHER 2375 01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:33,035 INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE ALSO 2376 01:14:33,035 --> 01:14:33,769 INVESTING IN THE WORKERS WHO 2377 01:14:33,769 --> 01:14:35,337 BUILD IT. SO I JUST ASK YOU REAL 2378 01:14:35,337 --> 01:14:37,472 QUICKLY, PLEASE RESPECTFULLY ASK 2379 01:14:37,472 --> 01:14:39,141 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THIS IS A 2380 01:14:39,141 --> 01:14:41,276 GREAT RESOLUTION. AGAIN, 12, 12, 2381 01:14:41,276 --> 01:14:43,979 15 AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO 2382 01:14:43,979 --> 01:14:44,179 MUCH. 2383 01:14:44,179 --> 01:14:46,014 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 2384 01:14:46,014 --> 01:14:47,249 ARETHA, FOLLOWED BY JOANNA AND 2385 01:14:47,249 --> 01:14:50,352 THEN GREG SMITH. AND WE'LL COME 2386 01:14:50,352 --> 01:14:54,256 BACK IN PERSON. 2387 01:14:54,256 --> 01:14:55,390 -- HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. ARETHA 2388 01:14:55,390 --> 01:14:56,992 BASU, POLITICAL DIRECTOR OF 2389 01:14:56,992 --> 01:14:58,961 PUGET SOUND, SAGE. AND I'M 2390 01:14:58,961 --> 01:15:00,195 CALLING IN TODAY IN SUPPORT OF 2391 01:15:00,195 --> 01:15:02,197 CHANGES TO SEPA, THE LONG TERM 2392 01:15:02,197 --> 01:15:03,799 ECONOMIC AND RACIAL SEGREGATION 2393 01:15:03,799 --> 01:15:05,667 THAT SEATTLE HAS SEEN BECAUSE OF 2394 01:15:05,667 --> 01:15:07,402 SINGLE FAMILY ZONING MUST END. 2395 01:15:07,402 --> 01:15:08,737 ALL NEIGHBORHOODS NEED TO ACCEPT 2396 01:15:08,737 --> 01:15:10,439 THEIR FAIR SHARE OF HOUSING, AND 2397 01:15:10,439 --> 01:15:11,340 THE STRUGGLE OVER WHO GETS 2398 01:15:11,340 --> 01:15:13,675 DENSITY AND WHO DOESN'T SEE THE 2399 01:15:13,675 --> 01:15:14,343 APPEALS HAVE PRIMARILY BEEN USED 2400 01:15:14,343 --> 01:15:15,978 BY WELL-OFF HOMEOWNERS TO STOP 2401 01:15:15,978 --> 01:15:18,280 DENSITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 2402 01:15:18,280 --> 01:15:20,148 FOR THIS REASON, PUGET SOUND 2403 01:15:20,148 --> 01:15:21,383 SAGE SUPPORTS THE CHANGE TO THE 2404 01:15:21,383 --> 01:15:22,484 CITY'S FAS PROCESS. OVER THE 2405 01:15:22,484 --> 01:15:24,887 LAST 40 YEARS, BIPOC COMMUNITIES 2406 01:15:24,887 --> 01:15:26,822 HAVE FACED EXTREMELY HIGH RATES 2407 01:15:26,822 --> 01:15:27,289 OF GENTRIFICATION AND 2408 01:15:27,289 --> 01:15:28,490 DISPLACEMENT FROM THEIR HISTORIC 2409 01:15:28,490 --> 01:15:30,325 NEIGHBORHOODS. IN THE LARGER, 2410 01:15:30,325 --> 01:15:32,127 LONGER STRUGGLE OVER LAND USE, 2411 01:15:32,127 --> 01:15:33,128 MARGINALIZED PEOPLE ALMOST 2412 01:15:33,128 --> 01:15:34,796 ALWAYS LOSE. SO IN ADDITION TO 2413 01:15:34,796 --> 01:15:36,031 CHANGING PEOPLE RULES, I URGE 2414 01:15:36,031 --> 01:15:37,032 THE COUNCIL TO COMMIT TO 2415 01:15:37,032 --> 01:15:38,233 CENTERING THE NEEDS OF WORKING 2416 01:15:38,233 --> 01:15:39,701 CLASS BIPOC NEIGHBORHOODS. AS 2417 01:15:39,701 --> 01:15:41,470 YOU MAKE MORE CHANGES TO LAND 2418 01:15:41,470 --> 01:15:42,671 USE POLICY IN THE NEXT FEW 2419 01:15:42,671 --> 01:15:44,239 YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2420 01:15:44,239 --> 01:15:46,074 -- THANK YOU. ARETHA. JOANNA 2421 01:15:46,074 --> 01:15:47,309 CULLEN, FOLLOWED BY GREG SMITH. 2422 01:15:47,309 --> 01:15:56,318 AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK IN PERSON 2423 01:15:56,451 --> 01:16:06,895 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, 2424 01:16:08,697 --> 01:16:11,700 GREG OR JOANNA. SORRY. GO AHEAD. 2425 01:16:11,700 --> 01:16:15,737 JOANNA. 2426 01:16:15,737 --> 01:16:17,639 -- I'M SORRY. AM I UNMUTED NOW? 2427 01:16:17,639 --> 01:16:19,041 -- YOU ARE UNMUTED. GO AHEAD AND 2428 01:16:19,041 --> 01:16:21,977 JUST TALK. 2429 01:16:21,977 --> 01:16:24,046 -- I'M JOANNA CULLEN IN THE 2430 01:16:24,046 --> 01:16:29,718 CENTRAL DISTRICT. PLEASE VOTE NO 2431 01:16:29,718 --> 01:16:32,721 ON PB 121215. REMEMBER, THERE 2432 01:16:32,721 --> 01:16:34,723 ARE IMPORTANT REASONS WHY THE 2433 01:16:34,723 --> 01:16:37,292 COMMUNITY VALUES THE CURRENT 2434 01:16:37,292 --> 01:16:38,794 APPEALS PROCESS. THE PROCESS 2435 01:16:38,794 --> 01:16:42,097 HELPS SAVE THE COMMUNITY FROM 2436 01:16:42,097 --> 01:16:42,698 HISTORIC DEMOLITION AND TOTAL 2437 01:16:42,698 --> 01:16:44,800 ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION. IT 2438 01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:46,868 EMPOWERS THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE 2439 01:16:46,868 --> 01:16:48,236 ACCESS TO POWER BEHIND CLOSED 2440 01:16:48,236 --> 01:16:50,973 DOORS. IT INVITES THE COMMUNITY 2441 01:16:50,973 --> 01:16:53,609 TO EXAMINE AND UNDERSTAND EVEN 2442 01:16:53,609 --> 01:16:56,912 WHEN THEY DON'T OBJECT. SEEKING 2443 01:16:56,912 --> 01:17:01,149 CONCESSIONS IS HOW I-90, LID AND 2444 01:17:01,149 --> 01:17:01,883 THE RAINIER VALLEY MITIGATION 2445 01:17:01,883 --> 01:17:06,688 FUND WERE. ONE FOR COMMUNITIES 2446 01:17:06,688 --> 01:17:08,657 WITHOUT WEALTH, POLITICAL POWER 2447 01:17:08,657 --> 01:17:10,559 AND LEVERAGE. THE APPEAL PROCESS 2448 01:17:10,559 --> 01:17:14,329 IS NOT AN ABUSE OF A PROCESS. IT 2449 01:17:14,329 --> 01:17:14,896 EMPOWERS THE PEOPLE TO HOLD 2450 01:17:14,896 --> 01:17:19,501 THEIR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. 2451 01:17:19,501 --> 01:17:20,936 PLEASE DON'T TAKE AWAY OUR 2452 01:17:20,936 --> 01:17:22,938 RIGHTS AND DON'T SILENCE OUR 2453 01:17:22,938 --> 01:17:24,406 VOICES. 2454 01:17:24,406 --> 01:17:24,873 -- THANK YOU JOANNA. 2455 01:17:24,873 --> 01:17:26,041 -- THANK YOU. 2456 01:17:26,041 --> 01:17:27,142 -- NEXT WE HAVE GREG SMITH, AND 2457 01:17:27,142 --> 01:17:28,677 THEN WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK IN 2458 01:17:28,677 --> 01:17:29,645 PERSON. BEFORE YOU GO, GREG, 2459 01:17:29,645 --> 01:17:30,479 I'LL TELL YOU, THE PEOPLE THAT 2460 01:17:30,479 --> 01:17:33,749 NEED TO GET READY, WE HAVE 2461 01:17:33,749 --> 01:17:33,982 CEDAR. 2462 01:17:33,982 --> 01:17:35,050 -- HI, I'M GREG SMITH. 2463 01:17:35,050 --> 01:17:36,418 -- HEY, GREG. GIVE ME ONE 2464 01:17:36,418 --> 01:17:37,719 SECOND. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD 2465 01:17:37,719 --> 01:17:39,154 AND CALL THE NEXT PEOPLE UP. SO 2466 01:17:39,154 --> 01:17:40,822 GIVE ME ONE SECOND, OKAY? DON'T 2467 01:17:40,822 --> 01:17:43,692 START YET. CEDAR. JULIE. SUSAN. 2468 01:17:43,692 --> 01:17:48,230 SOLAR. CAROL. NOAH. KATE. RUBIN, 2469 01:17:48,230 --> 01:17:50,232 YOU SWITCHED WITH TIFFANY. KATE, 2470 01:17:50,232 --> 01:17:52,034 ARE YOU STILL SPEAKING? YEP. 2471 01:17:52,034 --> 01:17:54,369 OKAY. AWESOME. KATE RUBIN, 2472 01:17:54,369 --> 01:17:56,571 FOLLOWED BY CAROLINE, AMANDA AND 2473 01:17:56,571 --> 01:17:58,807 ANDREW WHITTON. SO. CEDAR. 2474 01:17:58,807 --> 01:18:02,878 JULIE. SUSAN. SOLAR. CAROL. 2475 01:18:02,878 --> 01:18:04,913 NOAH. KATE. CAROLINE. I THINK 2476 01:18:04,913 --> 01:18:06,181 IT'S AMANDA AND THEN ANDREW. 2477 01:18:06,181 --> 01:18:09,885 OKAY, GREG. GO RIGHT AHEAD 2478 01:18:09,885 --> 01:18:11,620 -- GREG. HI, I'M GREG SMITH. I 2479 01:18:11,620 --> 01:18:13,455 LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE. I URGE 2480 01:18:13,455 --> 01:18:18,760 YOU TO VOTE FOR CB 121215 AS IS 2481 01:18:18,760 --> 01:18:22,064 TO REDUCE REDUNDANT APPEALS. CB 2482 01:18:22,064 --> 01:18:23,131 121215 IS PRO-ENVIRONMENT AND 2483 01:18:23,131 --> 01:18:26,068 WILL MAKE A SEATTLE MORE 2484 01:18:26,068 --> 01:18:28,970 AFFORDABLE. CB 121215 WILL ALSO 2485 01:18:28,970 --> 01:18:29,438 REDUCE DISPLACEMENT. 2486 01:18:29,438 --> 01:18:30,906 DISPLACEMENT IN ANY PARTICULAR 2487 01:18:30,906 --> 01:18:33,075 NEIGHBORHOOD IS CAUSED BY LACK 2488 01:18:33,075 --> 01:18:34,843 OF ENOUGH HOUSING IN A CITY. 2489 01:18:34,843 --> 01:18:36,778 BUILDING MORE REDUCES 2490 01:18:36,778 --> 01:18:38,580 DISPLACEMENT. THEY NEED TO BE 2491 01:18:38,580 --> 01:18:40,148 BUILDING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AS 2492 01:18:40,148 --> 01:18:42,717 FAST AS POSSIBLE TO REDUCE 2493 01:18:42,717 --> 01:18:44,419 DISPLACEMENT. THE RECENT SIX 2494 01:18:44,419 --> 01:18:45,887 MONTH DELAY OF THE COMP PLAN BY 2495 01:18:45,887 --> 01:18:47,856 A CAO APPEAL MEANS SIX MORE 2496 01:18:47,856 --> 01:18:52,594 MONTHS OF DISPLACEMENT. PLEASE 2497 01:18:52,594 --> 01:18:54,329 VOTE FOR CB 121215 REJECT 2498 01:18:54,329 --> 01:18:56,398 AMENDMENT B. THANK YOU. 2499 01:18:56,398 --> 01:18:57,499 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU GREG. SO. 2500 01:18:57,499 --> 01:18:59,901 CEDAR. JULIE. SUSAN. SODA. 2501 01:18:59,901 --> 01:19:01,937 CAROL. NOAH. TIFFANY. CAROLINE 2502 01:19:01,937 --> 01:19:04,439 OR EXCUSE ME NOT TIFFANY. KATE. 2503 01:19:04,439 --> 01:19:06,007 CAROLINE, AMANDA AND ANDREW. YOU 2504 01:19:06,007 --> 01:19:08,844 ALL ARE NEXT. SO JUST START 2505 01:19:08,844 --> 01:19:09,811 COMING UP ON DECK. GO AHEAD. 2506 01:19:09,811 --> 01:19:12,047 CEDAR. 2507 01:19:12,047 --> 01:19:13,081 -- OKAY, SO OVER THE NEXT FEW 2508 01:19:13,081 --> 01:19:15,317 YEARS, WE ARE IN FOR SOME 2509 01:19:15,317 --> 01:19:16,885 EXCITING TIMES. FIRST OFF, WE 2510 01:19:16,885 --> 01:19:18,086 HAVE THE EXPANSION OF THE 2511 01:19:18,086 --> 01:19:20,055 SURVEILLANCE STATE THAT WILL SEE 2512 01:19:20,055 --> 01:19:22,524 COPS REPLACED WITH ROBOTS. NEXT 2513 01:19:22,524 --> 01:19:23,558 IS THE MASS SURVEILLANCE 2514 01:19:23,558 --> 01:19:24,559 CENTERS. NOW, AS A MEMBER OF A 2515 01:19:24,559 --> 01:19:28,296 FAMILY IN THE AMERICAN 1%, WE 2516 01:19:28,296 --> 01:19:28,930 ARE BUILDING MASS SURVEILLANCE 2517 01:19:28,930 --> 01:19:30,966 CENTERS TO STEAL WATER FROM THE 2518 01:19:30,966 --> 01:19:32,467 MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC 2519 01:19:32,467 --> 01:19:35,170 TO POISON THE HABITAT, SEE THE 2520 01:19:35,170 --> 01:19:38,173 FARMERS EXPERIENCING STILLBORN 2521 01:19:38,173 --> 01:19:39,708 LIVESTOCK AND PEOPLE HAVING A 2522 01:19:39,708 --> 01:19:40,609 COUNTLESS HEALTH EFFECTS LIVING 2523 01:19:40,609 --> 01:19:41,610 NEAR THEM. SO YES, WE ARE 2524 01:19:41,610 --> 01:19:42,811 BUILDING THEM TO HURT THE 2525 01:19:42,811 --> 01:19:46,348 AMERICAN PUBLIC AND THE JOB 2526 01:19:46,348 --> 01:19:48,183 MARKET, THE MILITARY AND POLICE 2527 01:19:48,183 --> 01:19:49,551 ARE BOTH REPLACEABLE AT THIS 2528 01:19:49,551 --> 01:19:52,787 POINT, HAVING LONG SERVED THEIR 2529 01:19:52,787 --> 01:19:54,222 PURPOSE AS FAR AS REPLACING 2530 01:19:54,222 --> 01:19:57,359 GOES, WE ARE ALSO ATTEMPTING TO 2531 01:19:57,359 --> 01:19:59,427 HURT THE MAJORITY OF THE 2532 01:19:59,427 --> 01:20:01,696 AMERICAN PUBLIC BY MAKING 2533 01:20:01,696 --> 01:20:02,330 FARMING UNAFFORDABLE, POISONING 2534 01:20:02,330 --> 01:20:04,032 YOUR WATER THROUGH MONSANTO AND 2535 01:20:04,032 --> 01:20:08,103 OTHER CORPORATIONS AND GOOD OLD 2536 01:20:08,103 --> 01:20:10,972 CAPITALISM. SO IF ANY OF YOU 2537 01:20:10,972 --> 01:20:11,606 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, I 2538 01:20:11,606 --> 01:20:13,942 WILL BE IN THE HALLWAY. 2539 01:20:13,942 --> 01:20:15,610 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 2540 01:20:15,610 --> 01:20:17,012 JULIE, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN AND 2541 01:20:17,012 --> 01:20:19,314 SOLO. WELCOME, JULIE 2542 01:20:19,314 --> 01:20:20,982 -- HI, COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU 2543 01:20:20,982 --> 01:20:22,250 SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO 2544 01:20:22,250 --> 01:20:24,753 SPEAK. GROWING UP, ALL MY 2545 01:20:24,753 --> 01:20:26,688 PARENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE ALWAYS 2546 01:20:26,688 --> 01:20:27,823 EMPHASIZED TO SPEAK UP, LET YOUR 2547 01:20:27,823 --> 01:20:30,992 VOICE BE HEARD. THIS IS ME 2548 01:20:30,992 --> 01:20:32,160 SPEAKING UP. AND IN MY OPINION, 2549 01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:33,962 WE NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS FOR 2550 01:20:33,962 --> 01:20:36,431 APPEALS. THE DEVELOPERS TALK 2551 01:20:36,431 --> 01:20:37,933 ABOUT FASTER AND QUICKER, AND 2552 01:20:37,933 --> 01:20:41,837 THEY THINK THAT TAKING AWAY THE 2553 01:20:41,837 --> 01:20:43,405 PROCESS WILL MAKE THINGS FASTER 2554 01:20:43,405 --> 01:20:44,506 AND CHEAPER. WELL, WE ALL KNOW 2555 01:20:44,506 --> 01:20:45,507 THAT EACH LAW IS UNIQUE AND WE 2556 01:20:45,507 --> 01:20:46,374 CAN'T RUBBER STAMP LAND, USE 2557 01:20:46,374 --> 01:20:49,010 WATER, USE TREE CANOPY WITH NO 2558 01:20:49,010 --> 01:20:51,846 PROCESS. WE'RE ASSUMING THAT 2559 01:20:51,846 --> 01:20:53,315 EACH DEVELOPMENT IS THE SAME, 2560 01:20:53,315 --> 01:20:54,349 AND WE NEED TO BE SMARTER. WE 2561 01:20:54,349 --> 01:20:56,151 NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE, AND WE NEED 2562 01:20:56,151 --> 01:20:58,620 TO BE OPEN TO A PROCESS. 2563 01:20:58,620 --> 01:21:01,957 OTHERWISE, IT FEELS LIKE THE 2564 01:21:01,957 --> 01:21:03,124 INSTITUTIONS ARE JUST TELLING US 2565 01:21:03,124 --> 01:21:05,460 CITIZENS TO JUST SHUT UP, PIGGY. 2566 01:21:05,460 --> 01:21:07,495 AND THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT. 2567 01:21:07,495 --> 01:21:09,497 THANK YOU. 2568 01:21:09,497 --> 01:21:10,632 -- THANK YOU JULIE. NEXT WE HAVE 2569 01:21:10,632 --> 01:21:12,567 SUSAN, FOLLOWED BY SOLAR AND 2570 01:21:12,567 --> 01:21:14,936 THEN CAROL. SUSAN HERE, SUSAN 2571 01:21:14,936 --> 01:21:17,339 JONES, WELCOME. YOU ARE UP. 2572 01:21:17,339 --> 01:21:19,374 FOLLOWED BY SOLAR. CAROL AND 2573 01:21:19,374 --> 01:21:21,209 THEN NOAH, WELCOME. 2574 01:21:21,209 --> 01:21:23,378 -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF 2575 01:21:23,378 --> 01:21:24,913 YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 2576 01:21:24,913 --> 01:21:29,784 TO YOU. MY NAME IS SUSAN JONES. 2577 01:21:29,784 --> 01:21:31,386 I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO, AND I AM 2578 01:21:31,386 --> 01:21:33,321 HERE TO ADD MY VOICE TO THOSE 2579 01:21:33,321 --> 01:21:40,061 WHO PRECEDED ME IN OPPOSING 12, 2580 01:21:40,061 --> 01:21:42,297 12, 15 I AM ESPECIALLY DISTURBED 2581 01:21:42,297 --> 01:21:49,938 BY THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF OUR 2582 01:21:49,938 --> 01:21:52,974 CITIZEN RIGHTS UNDER THIS BILL, 2583 01:21:52,974 --> 01:21:57,412 AND I'M ESPECIALLY DISAPPOINTED 2584 01:21:57,412 --> 01:22:00,782 THAT COUNCILMEMBER LYNN IS THE 2585 01:22:00,782 --> 01:22:01,383 ONE WHO AUTHORED THIS BILL, 2586 01:22:01,383 --> 01:22:04,986 BECAUSE I WENT TO A A 2587 01:22:04,986 --> 01:22:07,088 NEIGHBORHOOD MEET AND GREET 2588 01:22:07,088 --> 01:22:09,224 BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED. AND I 2589 01:22:09,224 --> 01:22:13,895 ASKED HIM SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HIS 2590 01:22:13,895 --> 01:22:16,998 FEELINGS AND VALUES FOR THE 2591 01:22:16,998 --> 01:22:19,100 ENVIRONMENT AND TREE CANOPY. AND 2592 01:22:19,100 --> 01:22:21,670 HE ASSURED ME THAT HE WOULD 2593 01:22:21,670 --> 01:22:24,472 UPHOLD THOSE VALUES. SO ANYWAY, 2594 01:22:24,472 --> 01:22:26,041 I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE. 2595 01:22:26,041 --> 01:22:27,108 -- THANK YOU. SUSAN. NEXT WE 2596 01:22:27,108 --> 01:22:28,243 HAVE SOLAR, FOLLOWED BY CAROL 2597 01:22:28,243 --> 01:22:29,911 AND THEN NOAH, KATE, REUBEN, 2598 01:22:29,911 --> 01:22:31,947 CAROLINE. AMANDA, ANDREW. 2599 01:22:31,947 --> 01:22:36,151 WELCOME SOLAR. WELCOME. 2600 01:22:36,151 --> 01:22:36,885 -- AFTERNOON. SORRY. COUNCIL 2601 01:22:36,885 --> 01:22:37,485 PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE 2602 01:22:37,485 --> 01:22:39,587 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SOLAR AND 2603 01:22:39,587 --> 01:22:41,890 I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL 2604 01:22:41,890 --> 01:22:42,490 AFFAIRS FOR PLYMOUTH HOUSING. 2605 01:22:42,490 --> 01:22:43,958 I'M ASKING YOU TO PASS COUNCIL 2606 01:22:43,958 --> 01:22:46,394 BILL 121215 AND REJECT 2607 01:22:46,394 --> 01:22:48,463 AMENDMENT. B. PLYMOUTH HOUSING 2608 01:22:48,463 --> 01:22:50,365 BELIEVES DEEPLY IN ENVIRONMENTAL 2609 01:22:50,365 --> 01:22:52,500 STEWARDSHIP. MEANINGFUL PUBLIC 2610 01:22:52,500 --> 01:22:54,135 PARTICIPATION AND RESPONSIBLE 2611 01:22:54,135 --> 01:22:56,104 PLANNING. THIS. THIS BILL DOES 2612 01:22:56,104 --> 01:22:58,740 NOT END ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. IT 2613 01:22:58,740 --> 01:23:01,343 CHANGES A LOCALLY CREATED 2614 01:23:01,343 --> 01:23:01,943 ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROCESS 2615 01:23:01,943 --> 01:23:03,745 FOR LEGISLATIVE LAND USE 2616 01:23:03,745 --> 01:23:05,580 DECISIONS, A PROCESS STATE LAW 2617 01:23:05,580 --> 01:23:08,183 DOES NOT REQUIRE WHEN REDUNDANT 2618 01:23:08,183 --> 01:23:09,451 PROCEDURES ADD MONTHS TO HOUSING 2619 01:23:09,451 --> 01:23:12,020 PLACEMENT, REVIEW COMMUNITIES 2620 01:23:12,020 --> 01:23:14,322 PAY THE PRICE LITERALLY BECAUSE 2621 01:23:14,322 --> 01:23:16,257 DELAYS COST MILLIONS. PLYMOUTH 2622 01:23:16,257 --> 01:23:16,891 RESIDENTS ALREADY FACE LIMITED 2623 01:23:16,891 --> 01:23:18,393 OPTIONS FOR HOUSING, SCARCE 2624 01:23:18,393 --> 01:23:19,728 PUBLIC FUNDING AND LONG WAIT 2625 01:23:19,728 --> 01:23:22,197 LISTS. COUNCIL SHOULD CONTINUE 2626 01:23:22,197 --> 01:23:24,132 DEMANDING STRONG ANALYSIS, 2627 01:23:24,132 --> 01:23:24,632 TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC 2628 01:23:24,632 --> 01:23:26,101 ENGAGEMENT. BUT A DUPLICATIVE 2629 01:23:26,101 --> 01:23:27,135 APPEAL PATH IS NOT THE SAME 2630 01:23:27,135 --> 01:23:29,671 THING AS ENVIRONMENTAL 2631 01:23:29,671 --> 01:23:30,839 PROTECTION. GOOD REVIEW SHOULD 2632 01:23:30,839 --> 01:23:32,040 INFORM DECISIONS. IT SHOULD NOT 2633 01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:34,576 DELAY BECOMING A TOOL FOR 2634 01:23:34,576 --> 01:23:35,377 IMMEDIATE SORRY. IT SHOULD. IT 2635 01:23:35,377 --> 01:23:37,245 SHOULD NOT BECOME A TOOL FOR 2636 01:23:37,245 --> 01:23:38,847 INDEFINITE DELAY. PLYMOUTH ASKS 2637 01:23:38,847 --> 01:23:43,418 YOU TO PASS THIS BILL AND 2638 01:23:43,418 --> 01:23:44,019 PRESERVE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 2639 01:23:44,019 --> 01:23:45,420 AND CREATE A PROCESS THAT 2640 01:23:45,420 --> 01:23:47,822 DELIVERS MORE HOUSING IN SEATTLE 2641 01:23:47,822 --> 01:23:48,723 URGENTLY. 2642 01:23:48,723 --> 01:23:50,258 -- THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK 2643 01:23:50,258 --> 01:23:51,459 YOU. SO NEXT WE HAVE CAROL, 2644 01:23:51,459 --> 01:23:53,628 FOLLOWED BY NOAH, THEN KATE, 2645 01:23:53,628 --> 01:23:55,263 REUBEN, CAROLYN, AMANDA. ANDREW, 2646 01:23:55,263 --> 01:23:55,530 WELCOME. 2647 01:23:55,530 --> 01:23:58,233 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 2648 01:23:58,233 --> 01:23:59,701 CAROL BURNS. LET ME START WITH. 2649 01:23:59,701 --> 01:24:02,237 I'D LIKE TO URGE YOU TO 2650 01:24:02,237 --> 01:24:04,572 PRESERVE AN ACCESSIBLE CITIZEN 2651 01:24:04,572 --> 01:24:05,740 APPEAL PROCESS AND VOTE NO ON 2652 01:24:05,740 --> 01:24:09,878 12, 12, 15. THE ABILITY TO 2653 01:24:09,878 --> 01:24:12,680 APPEAL A CITY DECISION IS A 2654 01:24:12,680 --> 01:24:13,248 CORNERSTONE OF ACCOUNTABLE 2655 01:24:13,248 --> 01:24:14,716 GOVERNMENT. IT RECOGNIZES THAT 2656 01:24:14,716 --> 01:24:16,384 NO DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS 2657 01:24:16,384 --> 01:24:19,454 PERFECT, AND THAT INDEPENDENT 2658 01:24:19,454 --> 01:24:20,755 REVIEW PROTECTS BOTH THE PUBLIC 2659 01:24:20,755 --> 01:24:23,224 AND THE INTEGRITY OF OUR CITY 2660 01:24:23,224 --> 01:24:25,393 GOVERNMENT. IF APPEALS BECOME 2661 01:24:25,393 --> 01:24:26,027 MORE EXPENSIVE, MORE COMPLICATED 2662 01:24:26,027 --> 01:24:28,963 OR MORE LIMITED, THE PEOPLE WHO 2663 01:24:28,963 --> 01:24:31,332 LOSE ACCESS WON'T BE LARGE. 2664 01:24:31,332 --> 01:24:34,702 ORGANIZATIONS OR WELL-FUNDED 2665 01:24:34,702 --> 01:24:36,871 INTERESTS. AND YOU CAN'T HEAR, 2666 01:24:36,871 --> 01:24:38,907 OKAY, SORRY, IT WILL BE ORDINARY 2667 01:24:38,907 --> 01:24:40,975 SEATTLE RESIDENTS WHO SIMPLY 2668 01:24:40,975 --> 01:24:41,843 WANT A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO BE 2669 01:24:41,843 --> 01:24:43,678 HEARD, WHICH WE'RE ENTITLED TO, 2670 01:24:43,678 --> 01:24:46,448 AND WE SHOULD KEEP THAT IN MIND. 2671 01:24:46,448 --> 01:24:53,321 PUBLIC TRUST IS BUILT THROUGH 2672 01:24:53,321 --> 01:24:53,955 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, 2673 01:24:53,955 --> 01:24:54,789 NOT BY MAKING OVERSIGHT HARDER. 2674 01:24:54,789 --> 01:24:56,691 I'LL AD LIB A LITTLE BIT 2675 01:24:56,691 --> 01:24:57,725 FASTER. TO ME, HEARING ALL THESE 2676 01:24:57,725 --> 01:24:58,393 ARGUMENTS, I TOTALLY GET IT. WE 2677 01:24:58,393 --> 01:24:59,894 HAVE A HOST OF PROBLEMS IN THIS 2678 01:24:59,894 --> 01:25:02,530 CITY HOUSING EVERYTHING, RIGHT? 2679 01:25:02,530 --> 01:25:04,432 BUT TAKING AWAY MY RIGHTS FROM 2680 01:25:04,432 --> 01:25:04,966 THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE. 2681 01:25:04,966 --> 01:25:08,103 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CAROL. 2682 01:25:08,103 --> 01:25:09,671 THANK YOU. CAROL. THANK YOU. 2683 01:25:09,671 --> 01:25:13,374 CAROL. NEXT WE HAVE NOAH, 2684 01:25:13,374 --> 01:25:15,710 FOLLOWED BY KATE. CAROLINE, 2685 01:25:15,710 --> 01:25:18,113 AMANDA AND ANDREW. WELCOME, 2686 01:25:18,113 --> 01:25:18,313 NOAH. 2687 01:25:18,313 --> 01:25:20,548 -- THANK YOU COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 2688 01:25:20,548 --> 01:25:21,549 NOAH WILLIAMS FROM WEST SEATTLE, 2689 01:25:21,549 --> 01:25:23,017 BUT I WAS BORN IN ALASKA, A 2690 01:25:23,017 --> 01:25:24,352 STATE WHERE I WAS FORCED OUT 2691 01:25:24,352 --> 01:25:25,453 BECAUSE OF, AMONGST OTHER 2692 01:25:25,453 --> 01:25:27,822 THINGS, THE COST OF LIVING THAT 2693 01:25:27,822 --> 01:25:28,723 KEPT INCREASING. GROWING UP 2694 01:25:28,723 --> 01:25:29,357 THERE, I SAW A LOT OF 2695 01:25:29,357 --> 01:25:31,793 ENVIRONMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE 2696 01:25:31,793 --> 01:25:33,094 DEREGULATION FOR PROFIT. AND 2697 01:25:33,094 --> 01:25:34,963 THIS BILL IS NOT THAT THIS IS 2698 01:25:34,963 --> 01:25:36,664 KEEPING THE ENVIRONMENTAL 2699 01:25:36,664 --> 01:25:37,265 REGULATIONS AND ALLOWING THE 2700 01:25:37,265 --> 01:25:38,199 REGULATORS TO BE THE ONES TO 2701 01:25:38,199 --> 01:25:39,868 ENFORCE THEM. ONE OF THE MOST 2702 01:25:39,868 --> 01:25:41,703 SALIENT AND CRITICISMS OF THIS 2703 01:25:41,703 --> 01:25:42,537 COUNTRY IS THAT WE'VE TRAINED A 2704 01:25:42,537 --> 01:25:44,572 NATION OF LAWYERS, NOT 2705 01:25:44,572 --> 01:25:45,740 ENGINEERS. IF YOU PASS THIS BILL 2706 01:25:45,740 --> 01:25:47,175 WITHOUT AMENDMENT B, YOU'LL HAVE 2707 01:25:47,175 --> 01:25:49,811 LEGISLATION WITH STRONG 2708 01:25:49,811 --> 01:25:50,345 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS 2709 01:25:50,345 --> 01:25:51,779 REMAINING IN PLACE. THIS BILL 2710 01:25:51,779 --> 01:25:52,714 ELIMINATES THE PRIVATE RIGHT OF 2711 01:25:52,714 --> 01:25:54,983 ACTION, WHICH WAS AN ABUSED BY 2712 01:25:54,983 --> 01:25:56,451 RACIST NIMBYS OVER AND OVER 2713 01:25:56,451 --> 01:25:58,520 AGAIN WHO DON'T GIVE A ABOUT THE 2714 01:25:58,520 --> 01:25:59,187 ENVIRONMENT THEY TRY TO HIDE 2715 01:25:59,187 --> 01:26:01,222 BEHIND. IF WE START, IF WE WANT 2716 01:26:01,222 --> 01:26:02,390 TO START UNDOING THE DAMAGE DONE 2717 01:26:02,390 --> 01:26:04,125 BY THESE DECADES OF DEEPLY 2718 01:26:04,125 --> 01:26:05,727 MALICIOUS AND RACIST. KEEP THOSE 2719 01:26:05,727 --> 01:26:06,694 PEOPLE OUT OF HERE POLICIES. WE 2720 01:26:06,694 --> 01:26:09,197 HAVE TO PASS THIS BILL AND DO SO 2721 01:26:09,197 --> 01:26:10,532 WITHOUT AMENDMENT B. AND TO THE 2722 01:26:10,532 --> 01:26:12,467 OLD WHITE PEOPLE ADVOCATING THE 2723 01:26:12,467 --> 01:26:13,434 CONTINUATION OF THIS, I SEE YOU, 2724 01:26:13,434 --> 01:26:14,536 I HEAR YOU, AND I'M MORE 2725 01:26:14,536 --> 01:26:15,770 DISAPPOINTED IN YOU BECAUSE OF 2726 01:26:15,770 --> 01:26:17,205 IT. THANK YOU. 2727 01:26:17,205 --> 01:26:18,439 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE KATE 2728 01:26:18,439 --> 01:26:20,008 RUBIN, FOLLOWED BY CAROLYN, 2729 01:26:20,008 --> 01:26:23,478 AMANDA AND ANDREW. WELCOME, 2730 01:26:23,478 --> 01:26:23,678 KATE. 2731 01:26:23,678 --> 01:26:26,281 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS KATE RUBIN. 2732 01:26:26,281 --> 01:26:27,515 I'M THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 2733 01:26:27,515 --> 01:26:28,750 BE SEATTLE AND A RENTER LIVING 2734 01:26:28,750 --> 01:26:30,385 IN DISTRICT TWO. I URGE YOU TO 2735 01:26:30,385 --> 01:26:32,887 SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER LIN BILL 2736 01:26:32,887 --> 01:26:34,522 REGARDING SEPA APPEALS. IT'S 2737 01:26:34,522 --> 01:26:36,624 EASY TO FEEL VIRTUOUS PROTECTING 2738 01:26:36,624 --> 01:26:37,492 THE TREE OUTSIDE YOUR OWN HOUSE, 2739 01:26:37,492 --> 01:26:39,928 BUT THAT IGNORES THE FACT THAT 2740 01:26:39,928 --> 01:26:41,095 THERE ARE ENTIRE FORESTS BEING 2741 01:26:41,095 --> 01:26:42,463 CUT DOWN TO BUILD HOUSING FOR 2742 01:26:42,463 --> 01:26:44,065 PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO SPEND AN HOUR 2743 01:26:44,065 --> 01:26:45,099 COMMUTING, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T 2744 01:26:45,099 --> 01:26:46,801 ENOUGH HOUSING HERE TO 2745 01:26:46,801 --> 01:26:47,835 ACCOMMODATE THEM. I GREW UP IN 2746 01:26:47,835 --> 01:26:49,437 THE WOODS IN UNINCORPORATED 2747 01:26:49,437 --> 01:26:51,773 SOUTH KING COUNTY. IT'S NEARLY 2748 01:26:51,773 --> 01:26:53,608 UNRECOGNIZABLE NOW. SEATTLE'S 2749 01:26:53,608 --> 01:26:55,310 REFUSAL TO GROW IS CREATING 2750 01:26:55,310 --> 01:26:56,811 MASSIVE URBAN SPRAWL THAT HAS 2751 01:26:56,811 --> 01:26:58,379 FAR GREATER IMPACTS ON THE 2752 01:26:58,379 --> 01:26:59,981 ENVIRONMENT AS A WHOLE THAN 2753 01:26:59,981 --> 01:27:03,351 CONCENTRATING GROWTH IN THE 2754 01:27:03,351 --> 01:27:03,985 LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE. THE 2755 01:27:03,985 --> 01:27:04,619 DUPLICATIVE SEPA APPEALS PROCESS 2756 01:27:04,619 --> 01:27:06,621 HAS BEEN WEAPONIZED TO KEEP 2757 01:27:06,621 --> 01:27:07,789 RENTERS OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 2758 01:27:07,789 --> 01:27:09,857 UNDER THE GUISE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 2759 01:27:09,857 --> 01:27:11,993 PROTECTION. THE AREA MEDIAN 2760 01:27:11,993 --> 01:27:12,627 INCOME FOR HOMEOWNER HOUSEHOLDS 2761 01:27:12,627 --> 01:27:15,530 IS NEARLY TWICE THAT OF RENTER 2762 01:27:15,530 --> 01:27:17,632 HOUSEHOLDS. WE DESPERATELY NEED 2763 01:27:17,632 --> 01:27:18,166 MORE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY 2764 01:27:18,166 --> 01:27:20,368 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SOCIAL 2765 01:27:20,368 --> 01:27:21,502 HOUSING, AND WE NEED IT NOW. 2766 01:27:21,502 --> 01:27:23,771 PLEASE SUPPORT COUNCIL BILL 2767 01:27:23,771 --> 01:27:24,005 121215. 2768 01:27:24,005 --> 01:27:25,440 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU KATE. 2769 01:27:25,440 --> 01:27:27,008 NEXT WE HAVE CAROLINE FOLLOWED 2770 01:27:27,008 --> 01:27:33,615 BY AMANDA AND THEN ANDREW. 2771 01:27:33,615 --> 01:27:34,048 WELCOME, CAROLINE. 2772 01:27:34,048 --> 01:27:36,050 -- HELLO. AND THANK YOU FOR THE 2773 01:27:36,050 --> 01:27:37,819 OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. MY NAME 2774 01:27:37,819 --> 01:27:39,654 IS CAROLINE VILANOVA AND I'M 2775 01:27:39,654 --> 01:27:40,221 THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT 2776 01:27:40,221 --> 01:27:42,824 RELATIONS AT SEATTLE PARK 2777 01:27:42,824 --> 01:27:43,458 FOUNDATION. I WANT TO SHARE THAT 2778 01:27:43,458 --> 01:27:45,326 WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE 2779 01:27:45,326 --> 01:27:47,362 THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENTS THAT 2780 01:27:47,362 --> 01:27:47,996 COUNCILMEMBERS CREATED AND PUT 2781 01:27:47,996 --> 01:27:48,763 FORWARD FOR CB ONE, TWO, ONE, 2782 01:27:48,763 --> 01:27:51,666 TWO, ONE FIVE. AND WHILE WE SEE 2783 01:27:51,666 --> 01:27:52,166 THE BENEFITS OF ALL THE 2784 01:27:52,166 --> 01:27:53,835 AMENDMENTS YOU'RE CONSIDERING 2785 01:27:53,835 --> 01:27:54,669 TODAY, WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT 2786 01:27:54,669 --> 01:27:58,673 AMENDMENT B IS A MUST PASS. THIS 2787 01:27:58,673 --> 01:27:59,274 AMENDMENT IMPROVES THE APPEAL 2788 01:27:59,274 --> 01:28:00,742 PROCESS RATHER THAN REMOVING IT 2789 01:28:00,742 --> 01:28:02,243 OUTRIGHT, ALLOWING FOR CIVIC 2790 01:28:02,243 --> 01:28:04,712 ENGAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL 2791 01:28:04,712 --> 01:28:06,180 REVIEW OF PUBLIC PROJECTS. A 2792 01:28:06,180 --> 01:28:09,550 FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT 2793 01:28:09,550 --> 01:28:10,151 HEARING EXAMINER PROCESS THAT 2794 01:28:10,151 --> 01:28:11,252 PRIORITIZES HOUSING RELATED 2795 01:28:11,252 --> 01:28:12,553 APPEALS IS A CLEAR WIN FOR 2796 01:28:12,553 --> 01:28:13,988 DEVELOPING THE MUCH NEEDED 2797 01:28:13,988 --> 01:28:16,024 HOUSING IN THE CITY, AND TODAY 2798 01:28:16,024 --> 01:28:17,992 YOU CAN SHOW IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. 2799 01:28:17,992 --> 01:28:19,861 IT IS POSSIBLE TO IMPROVE A 2800 01:28:19,861 --> 01:28:22,964 PROCESS RATHER THAN DISMANTLING 2801 01:28:22,964 --> 01:28:23,831 IT AND BUILD A LIVABLE AND 2802 01:28:23,831 --> 01:28:26,534 CLIMATE RESILIENT CITY. THANK 2803 01:28:26,534 --> 01:28:28,302 YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, AND WE 2804 01:28:28,302 --> 01:28:29,804 ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADOPT AMENDMENT 2805 01:28:29,804 --> 01:28:34,309 B SO THAT YOU CAN VOTE YES ON CB 2806 01:28:34,309 --> 01:28:34,609 121215. 2807 01:28:34,609 --> 01:28:35,643 -- THANK YOU. CAROLINE. THANK 2808 01:28:35,643 --> 01:28:37,512 YOU. NEXT WE HAVE AMANDA 2809 01:28:37,512 --> 01:28:41,182 FOLLOWED BY ANDREW. AMANDA LIN. 2810 01:28:41,182 --> 01:28:42,917 WELCOME. AND THEN WE HAVE 2811 01:28:42,917 --> 01:28:45,353 ANDREW. AND THEN AFTER AMANDA 2812 01:28:45,353 --> 01:28:49,590 AND ANDREW WE HAVE PETER STAR 2813 01:28:49,590 --> 01:28:53,561 CURTIS, CLIVE, CARL, RUTH, 2814 01:28:53,561 --> 01:28:57,165 JENNIFER, AMBER AND CEDRIC 2815 01:28:57,165 --> 01:28:58,099 -- AFTERNOON COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 2816 01:28:58,099 --> 01:29:00,134 NAME IS AMANDA LYNN. I AM AN 2817 01:29:00,134 --> 01:29:01,102 ORGANIZER FOR HAUSER NEIGHBORS. 2818 01:29:01,102 --> 01:29:03,838 I'M ALSO A RENTER IN DISTRICT 2819 01:29:03,838 --> 01:29:05,506 THREE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 2820 01:29:05,506 --> 01:29:06,140 PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, WE 2821 01:29:06,140 --> 01:29:08,976 OFTEN PICTURE FORESTS, WETLANDS, 2822 01:29:08,976 --> 01:29:10,545 OPEN SPACE. BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, 2823 01:29:10,545 --> 01:29:12,947 THE MOST EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL 2824 01:29:12,947 --> 01:29:14,282 POLICIES WE HAVE TO PROTECT 2825 01:29:14,282 --> 01:29:15,216 THOSE LANDS IS ACTUALLY ALLOWING 2826 01:29:15,216 --> 01:29:17,351 MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY. 2827 01:29:17,351 --> 01:29:18,953 BEYOND THE DELAYS AND COSTS I 2828 01:29:18,953 --> 01:29:20,421 TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME I WAS 2829 01:29:20,421 --> 01:29:22,390 HERE ON THIS ISSUE, WHICH MOST 2830 01:29:22,390 --> 01:29:24,325 DRASTICALLY AFFECT OUR 2831 01:29:24,325 --> 01:29:24,959 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS. 2832 01:29:24,959 --> 01:29:26,661 THIS IS A MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL 2833 01:29:26,661 --> 01:29:28,463 ISSUE, AND AS AN 2834 01:29:28,463 --> 01:29:29,130 ENVIRONMENTALIST, I'M LISTENING 2835 01:29:29,130 --> 01:29:31,132 TO THE EXPERTS. IF WE ARE 2836 01:29:31,132 --> 01:29:31,733 SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE 2837 01:29:31,733 --> 01:29:33,368 CLIMATE CRISIS, PROTECTING OUR 2838 01:29:33,368 --> 01:29:34,469 NATURAL LANDS, AND CREATING MORE 2839 01:29:34,469 --> 01:29:36,471 EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES THAN WE 2840 01:29:36,471 --> 01:29:38,139 NEED TO EMBRACE COMPACT, TRANSIT 2841 01:29:38,139 --> 01:29:39,373 ORIENTED GROWTH THAT ALLOWS MORE 2842 01:29:39,373 --> 01:29:40,675 PEOPLE TO LIVE WHERE THEY CAN 2843 01:29:40,675 --> 01:29:42,176 THRIVE. WE NEED TO THINK BEYOND 2844 01:29:42,176 --> 01:29:43,745 THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR IMMEDIATE 2845 01:29:43,745 --> 01:29:44,378 NEIGHBORHOODS AND SINGLE TREES 2846 01:29:44,378 --> 01:29:45,613 THAT MAKE OUR DAY TO DAY LIFE 2847 01:29:45,613 --> 01:29:47,381 PLEASANT, AND INSTEAD SEE THE 2848 01:29:47,381 --> 01:29:49,016 LARGER PICTURE CREATING A GREEN, 2849 01:29:49,016 --> 01:29:50,752 EQUITABLE CITY WHERE EVERYONE 2850 01:29:50,752 --> 01:29:52,353 HAS ACCESS TO TREES, AFFORDABLE 2851 01:29:52,353 --> 01:29:53,721 HOUSING OPPORTUNITY, AND A HIGH 2852 01:29:53,721 --> 01:29:55,156 QUALITY OF LIFE WHERE WE HAVE A 2853 01:29:55,156 --> 01:29:56,491 FUTURE IN WHICH EVERYONE HAS 2854 01:29:56,491 --> 01:30:00,228 CLEAN AIR AND WATER. THE 2855 01:30:00,228 --> 01:30:01,496 POSITION ALIGNED WITH 2856 01:30:01,496 --> 01:30:01,963 ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND 2857 01:30:01,963 --> 01:30:03,564 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IS TO PASS 2858 01:30:03,564 --> 01:30:05,066 THIS LEGISLATION. 2859 01:30:05,066 --> 01:30:05,800 -- I URGE YOU TO PASS IT SO THAT 2860 01:30:05,800 --> 01:30:07,402 WE DON'T LOSE ANOTHER 2861 01:30:07,402 --> 01:30:07,935 GENERATION OF AFFORDABLE 2862 01:30:07,935 --> 01:30:09,137 HOUSING. 2863 01:30:09,137 --> 01:30:11,672 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANDREW, 2864 01:30:11,672 --> 01:30:14,475 IS ANDREW HERE? ANDREW, ARE YOU 2865 01:30:14,475 --> 01:30:16,177 HERE? WHAT WAS HIS LAST NAME? I 2866 01:30:16,177 --> 01:30:19,313 GAVE IT TO YOU. AMELIA. I'M 2867 01:30:19,313 --> 01:30:20,615 SORRY. ANDREW. NEXT WE HAVE 2868 01:30:20,615 --> 01:30:24,786 PETER, THEN STAR, THEN CURTIS. 2869 01:30:24,786 --> 01:30:25,119 CLIVE. CARL. 2870 01:30:25,119 --> 01:30:25,686 -- ANDREW. 2871 01:30:25,686 --> 01:30:29,590 -- WHITTON. IS ANDREW WHITTON 2872 01:30:29,590 --> 01:30:30,491 HERE? ANDREW? NO. OKAY. HI, 2873 01:30:30,491 --> 01:30:31,926 PETER. GOOD TO SEE YOU. ONE 2874 01:30:31,926 --> 01:30:33,361 SECOND. LET ME JUST SAY 2875 01:30:33,361 --> 01:30:35,129 EVERYONE'S NAME. YOU COOL? OKAY. 2876 01:30:35,129 --> 01:30:37,331 AWESOME. STAR. CURTIS CLIVE. 2877 01:30:37,331 --> 01:30:39,734 CARL. RUTH. JENNIFER. AMBER. 2878 01:30:39,734 --> 01:30:41,936 CEDRIC. WE'RE GOING TO FINISH 2879 01:30:41,936 --> 01:30:44,372 OUT THE PEOPLE INSIDE. PAMELA. 2880 01:30:44,372 --> 01:30:45,773 WE HAVE X, WE HAVE HANNAH AND 2881 01:30:45,773 --> 01:30:47,408 HENRY. AND THEN WE'LL GO JUMP 2882 01:30:47,408 --> 01:30:51,112 BACK ONLINE. OKAY. HI, PETER. 2883 01:30:51,112 --> 01:30:51,279 HI. 2884 01:30:51,279 --> 01:30:53,548 -- HI, COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M PETER 2885 01:30:53,548 --> 01:30:54,348 HASEGAWA, I'M A RESIDENT OF D7 2886 01:30:54,348 --> 01:30:56,884 AND A BOARD MEMBER OF 350 2887 01:30:56,884 --> 01:30:59,520 SEATTLE HERE IN SUPPORT OF 1212, 2888 01:30:59,520 --> 01:31:00,888 15. I WANT TO START BY 2889 01:31:00,888 --> 01:31:03,324 RECOGNIZING THE NEIGHBORHOOD 2890 01:31:03,324 --> 01:31:03,858 ADVOCATES WHO CAME TODAY 2891 01:31:03,858 --> 01:31:05,726 INVOLVED. NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATES 2892 01:31:05,726 --> 01:31:07,395 ARE A PREREQUISITE FOR HEALTHY 2893 01:31:07,395 --> 01:31:09,030 NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY. THE 2894 01:31:09,030 --> 01:31:09,864 FACT THAT PEOPLE FEEL 2895 01:31:09,864 --> 01:31:10,465 STEWARDSHIP AND OWNERSHIP IN 2896 01:31:10,465 --> 01:31:11,999 THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS IS A CIVIC 2897 01:31:11,999 --> 01:31:14,869 ASSET, AND I URGE THE COUNCIL TO 2898 01:31:14,869 --> 01:31:16,103 TRY TO REACH RESPECTFUL, 2899 01:31:16,103 --> 01:31:18,406 REASONABLE COMPROMISES. BUT THE 2900 01:31:18,406 --> 01:31:19,941 REASON THAT I THINK PASSING THIS 2901 01:31:19,941 --> 01:31:20,908 ORDINANCE IS THE RIGHT CHANGE 2902 01:31:20,908 --> 01:31:22,443 FOR OUR CITY COMES FROM MY 2903 01:31:22,443 --> 01:31:24,545 PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE. 2904 01:31:24,545 --> 01:31:25,646 IN MY SON SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL, 2905 01:31:25,646 --> 01:31:26,681 WE ARE FRIENDS WITH ONE FAMILY 2906 01:31:26,681 --> 01:31:28,082 WHO MOVED HERE AFTER THEIR. 2907 01:31:28,082 --> 01:31:31,018 THEIR HOME BURNED IN EASTERN 2908 01:31:31,018 --> 01:31:31,619 OREGON. ANOTHER FAMILY MOVED 2909 01:31:31,619 --> 01:31:32,920 HERE FROM ARIZONA BECAUSE THEY 2910 01:31:32,920 --> 01:31:35,389 DO NOT SEE A LIVABLE FUTURE IN 2911 01:31:35,389 --> 01:31:35,990 THE SOUTHWEST, AND BECAUSE WE 2912 01:31:35,990 --> 01:31:37,558 WILL HAVE ONE OF THE FEW GOOD 2913 01:31:37,558 --> 01:31:38,125 CLIMATES LEFT IN THE UNITED 2914 01:31:38,125 --> 01:31:40,494 STATES, THIS TREND IS GOING TO 2915 01:31:40,494 --> 01:31:42,063 CONTINUE. WE ALSO HAVE AN 2916 01:31:42,063 --> 01:31:43,297 AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. THE MORE 2917 01:31:43,297 --> 01:31:44,332 PEOPLE WE HAVE. SHARING THE COST 2918 01:31:44,332 --> 01:31:45,867 OF A NEIGHBORHOOD COFFEE SHOP, A 2919 01:31:45,867 --> 01:31:46,901 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT DAM OR A 2920 01:31:46,901 --> 01:31:48,870 ROAD, THE CHEAPER. ALL OF THESE 2921 01:31:48,870 --> 01:31:50,571 THINGS CAN BECOME FOR ALL OF US. 2922 01:31:50,571 --> 01:31:53,507 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS 2923 01:31:53,507 --> 01:31:53,808 ORDINANCE. 2924 01:31:53,808 --> 01:31:55,910 -- THANK YOU PETER. NEXT WE HAVE 2925 01:31:55,910 --> 01:31:58,279 STAR, FOLLOWED BY CURTIS, CLIVE 2926 01:31:58,279 --> 01:32:01,749 AND CARL STAR HERE, STAR M OKAY, 2927 01:32:01,749 --> 01:32:03,084 I'LL YOU GO GET HER. I'LL JUST 2928 01:32:03,084 --> 01:32:05,152 GO TO THE NEXT PERSON. THANK 2929 01:32:05,152 --> 01:32:06,654 YOU. ALL RIGHT. CURTIS FOLLOWED 2930 01:32:06,654 --> 01:32:10,191 BY CLIVE. GO. CURTIS. THEN 2931 01:32:10,191 --> 01:32:12,727 CLIVE. WELCOME THANK YOU, THANK 2932 01:32:12,727 --> 01:32:14,362 YOU. 2933 01:32:14,362 --> 01:32:18,432 -- YES. ON AMENDMENT B OR NO ON 2934 01:32:18,432 --> 01:32:20,368 CB121215CB121215 IS NOT A BLOW 2935 01:32:20,368 --> 01:32:21,636 AGAINST SPECIAL INTERESTS. IT'S 2936 01:32:21,636 --> 01:32:22,970 A BLOW FOR THE REAL SPECIAL 2937 01:32:22,970 --> 01:32:25,373 INTEREST DEVELOPERS. AND NO, 2938 01:32:25,373 --> 01:32:26,641 I'M SORRY, CLIMATE CHANGE IS 2939 01:32:26,641 --> 01:32:29,310 NOT GOING TO BE ADDRESSED BY 2940 01:32:29,310 --> 01:32:30,811 LIMITING ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS. 2941 01:32:30,811 --> 01:32:32,313 THAT'S ABSURD. WHAT'S NEXT? 2942 01:32:32,313 --> 01:32:33,481 LET'S CUT DOWN THE TREES IN 2943 01:32:33,481 --> 01:32:35,716 ORDER TO SAVE THEM. NO FRIENDS. 2944 01:32:35,716 --> 01:32:38,052 ALLOWING FASTER URBAN 2945 01:32:38,052 --> 01:32:38,686 DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT REGULATION 2946 01:32:38,686 --> 01:32:40,888 DOES NOT STOP URBAN SPRAWL. BOTH 2947 01:32:40,888 --> 01:32:44,625 ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. 2948 01:32:44,625 --> 01:32:45,192 BOTH ARE ELIMINATING GREEN 2949 01:32:45,192 --> 01:32:46,093 SPACE, AND THEY'RE AIDED BY 2950 01:32:46,093 --> 01:32:48,029 THINGS LIKE THIS PROPOSAL AND 2951 01:32:48,029 --> 01:32:50,264 THE COMP PLAN. THE MARKET IS NOT 2952 01:32:50,264 --> 01:32:52,300 GOING TO SAVE YOU. IT'S NOT 2953 01:32:52,300 --> 01:32:54,201 GOING TO RESULT EITHER IN MORE 2954 01:32:54,201 --> 01:32:55,303 AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THESE 2955 01:32:55,303 --> 01:32:56,804 PLANS. THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO 2956 01:32:56,804 --> 01:32:58,906 LET DEVELOPERS BUILD WHATEVER IS 2957 01:32:58,906 --> 01:33:01,776 MOST PROFITABLE. EXAMPLE 2024 2958 01:33:01,776 --> 01:33:03,778 MOST HOUSING BUILT IN SEATTLE IN 2959 01:33:03,778 --> 01:33:06,881 ALL TIME. MAJORITY OF APARTMENTS 2960 01:33:06,881 --> 01:33:08,683 BUILT WERE LUXURY APARTMENTS. 2961 01:33:08,683 --> 01:33:10,818 AVERAGE PRICE FOR NEW HOME OVER 2962 01:33:10,818 --> 01:33:12,787 $1 MILLION. CONDOS 950 000. WE 2963 01:33:12,787 --> 01:33:15,523 LOST 4000 TREES. MEANWHILE, WE 2964 01:33:15,523 --> 01:33:17,525 NEED A PLAN, AN OVERALL PLAN FOR 2965 01:33:17,525 --> 01:33:19,427 PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 2966 01:33:19,427 --> 01:33:20,861 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 2967 01:33:20,861 --> 01:33:24,699 YOU CURTIS. THANK YOU CURTIS. 2968 01:33:24,699 --> 01:33:26,334 YOU CAN PUT YOUR. THANK YOU 2969 01:33:26,334 --> 01:33:29,804 THANK YOU CURTIS. NEXT WE HAVE 2970 01:33:29,804 --> 01:33:36,010 STAR. COME ON UP STAR. IT'S 2971 01:33:36,010 --> 01:33:40,281 YOUR BEAUTIFUL BABY. 2972 01:33:40,281 --> 01:33:41,782 -- HI MY NAME IS KIANA 2973 01:33:41,782 --> 01:33:42,984 MONTGOMERY. AND I'M ASKING YOU 2974 01:33:42,984 --> 01:33:43,184 GUYS. 2975 01:33:43,184 --> 01:33:44,919 -- HOLD ON. LET'S START YOUR 2976 01:33:44,919 --> 01:33:45,987 TIME OVER AND JUST TALK IN THE 2977 01:33:45,987 --> 01:33:47,221 MIC SO WE CAN HEAR YOU'RE GOOD, 2978 01:33:47,221 --> 01:33:47,722 YOU'RE GOOD. 2979 01:33:47,722 --> 01:33:49,190 -- YOU'RE GOOD. HI, MY NAME IS 2980 01:33:49,190 --> 01:33:51,158 KIANA MONTGOMERY, AND I'M 2981 01:33:51,158 --> 01:33:53,627 ASKING YOU GUYS TO PASS CB 2982 01:33:53,627 --> 01:33:57,331 121215 REJECT AMENDMENT B AS 2983 01:33:57,331 --> 01:33:58,566 SOMEBODY WHO WAS HOMELESS, I WAS 2984 01:33:58,566 --> 01:33:59,166 AN ADDICT. AND THERE WAS A 2985 01:33:59,166 --> 01:33:59,967 COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN 2986 01:33:59,967 --> 01:34:02,370 THROUGH IN THIS CITY WAITING FOR 2987 01:34:02,370 --> 01:34:03,938 PEOPLE TO KEEP RE EDITING AND 2988 01:34:03,938 --> 01:34:05,940 DOING LIKE THAT. I HAD TO WAIT 2989 01:34:05,940 --> 01:34:07,775 MULTIPLE YEARS FOR HOUSING. I 2990 01:34:07,775 --> 01:34:08,709 WAS GETTING ASSISTANCE FROM THE 2991 01:34:08,709 --> 01:34:09,977 REACH PROGRAM AND THE LEAD 2992 01:34:09,977 --> 01:34:12,813 PROGRAM. THEY'RE A VERY GREAT 2993 01:34:12,813 --> 01:34:14,081 PROGRAM. I AM NOW A MOTHER TO 2994 01:34:14,081 --> 01:34:15,516 THREE BEAUTIFUL KIDDOS, AND I 2995 01:34:15,516 --> 01:34:17,118 JUST GOT MY HOUSING TWO YEARS 2996 01:34:17,118 --> 01:34:18,185 AGO, AND I'VE BEEN MAINTAINING 2997 01:34:18,185 --> 01:34:21,022 IT. THERE'S A LOT OF OVERSIGHT 2998 01:34:21,022 --> 01:34:22,156 THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS 2999 01:34:22,156 --> 01:34:22,823 THAT CAN BE APPROVED, BUT I'M 3000 01:34:22,823 --> 01:34:23,958 NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND SAY 3001 01:34:23,958 --> 01:34:25,826 THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE 3002 01:34:25,826 --> 01:34:28,095 PROGRAM. I DO FEEL LIKE THE MORE 3003 01:34:28,095 --> 01:34:29,196 WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN AND 3004 01:34:29,196 --> 01:34:33,300 DELAYING PROGRAMS AND RE HASH 3005 01:34:33,300 --> 01:34:34,402 HASHING OUT BILLS, IT MAKES IT 3006 01:34:34,402 --> 01:34:35,136 HARDER FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME TO GET 3007 01:34:35,136 --> 01:34:36,904 HOUSING. I WAS WAITING FOR 3008 01:34:36,904 --> 01:34:38,672 HOUSING SINCE 2018. I WAS 18 3009 01:34:38,672 --> 01:34:41,242 YEARS OLD, I WAS HOMELESS, I WAS 3010 01:34:41,242 --> 01:34:41,876 TRAFFICKED, I WAS BROUGHT HERE. 3011 01:34:41,876 --> 01:34:43,310 SO I FEEL LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO 3012 01:34:43,310 --> 01:34:44,779 MAKE THINGS BETTER AND MAKE 3013 01:34:44,779 --> 01:34:45,446 THINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE. I'M NOT 3014 01:34:45,446 --> 01:34:46,547 SAYING THAT I HATE THE TREES OR 3015 01:34:46,547 --> 01:34:47,681 ANYTHING LIKE THAT. MY KIDS LOVE 3016 01:34:47,681 --> 01:34:49,417 GOING TO THE PARK, BUT I'M 3017 01:34:49,417 --> 01:34:50,484 SAYING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IT 3018 01:34:50,484 --> 01:34:52,253 TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET HOUSING. 3019 01:34:52,253 --> 01:34:53,320 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GLAD 3020 01:34:53,320 --> 01:34:55,022 YOU GOT HOUSING FOR YOUR BABIES. 3021 01:34:55,022 --> 01:34:55,723 YOU AND YOUR BABIES. HAVE A GOOD 3022 01:34:55,723 --> 01:34:57,692 DAY. LIKEWISE. THANK YOU QUEEN. 3023 01:34:57,692 --> 01:34:59,694 ALL RIGHT. WE GOT CLIVE WELCOME, 3024 01:34:59,694 --> 01:35:03,230 FOLLOWED BY CARL. COME ON. 3025 01:35:03,230 --> 01:35:04,031 -- CLIVE HAYWARD. 3026 01:35:04,031 --> 01:35:05,132 -- I'M A STREET MAGICIAN WHO 3027 01:35:05,132 --> 01:35:06,867 HAS PERFORMED ON THE SEATTLE 3028 01:35:06,867 --> 01:35:08,469 WATERFRONT FOR OVER A DECADE. 3029 01:35:08,469 --> 01:35:11,939 THE TINY NUMBER OF DESIGNATED 3030 01:35:11,939 --> 01:35:12,473 FREE SPEECH ZONES ON THE 3031 01:35:12,473 --> 01:35:15,309 WATERFRONT ARE UNNECESSARY. 3032 01:35:15,309 --> 01:35:16,877 INSTEAD, THE CITY SHOULD USE 3033 01:35:16,877 --> 01:35:19,046 NARROWLY TAILORED, CONTENT 3034 01:35:19,046 --> 01:35:21,215 NEUTRAL RULES SUCH AS REASONABLE 3035 01:35:21,215 --> 01:35:24,085 NOISE LIMITS, KEEPING SIDEWALKS 3036 01:35:24,085 --> 01:35:24,719 CLEAR AND MAINTAINING EMERGENCY 3037 01:35:24,719 --> 01:35:28,055 ACCESS THOSE MEASURES PROTECT 3038 01:35:28,055 --> 01:35:30,391 THE PUBLIC WITHOUT RESTRICTING 3039 01:35:30,391 --> 01:35:33,027 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THE 3040 01:35:33,027 --> 01:35:35,863 CURRENT SYSTEM ENABLES SELECTIVE 3041 01:35:35,863 --> 01:35:36,497 ENFORCEMENT AGAINST PERFORMERS, 3042 01:35:36,497 --> 01:35:37,465 DISCOURAGES PROTECTED 3043 01:35:37,465 --> 01:35:39,800 EXPRESSION, AND HAS DRIVEN MANY 3044 01:35:39,800 --> 01:35:42,002 PERFORMERS AND ARTISTS AWAY FROM 3045 01:35:42,002 --> 01:35:43,904 THE WATERFRONT. YOU'RE NOT ONLY 3046 01:35:43,904 --> 01:35:46,841 LIMITING FREE SPEECH, YOU'VE 3047 01:35:46,841 --> 01:35:49,009 TAKEN AWAY PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS. 3048 01:35:49,009 --> 01:35:49,643 FOR MANY PERFORMERS AND ARTISTS, 3049 01:35:49,643 --> 01:35:52,279 THIS IS THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF 3050 01:35:52,279 --> 01:35:54,281 INCOME. SEATTLE HAS ALREADY LOST 3051 01:35:54,281 --> 01:35:56,784 IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT OVER 3052 01:35:56,784 --> 01:36:00,054 SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS. I URGE YOU 3053 01:36:00,054 --> 01:36:01,989 TO REPLACE THE RULES FOR THE 3054 01:36:01,989 --> 01:36:03,491 DESIGNATED FREE SPEECH ZONES 3055 01:36:03,491 --> 01:36:04,091 WITH NARROWLY TAILORED RULES 3056 01:36:04,091 --> 01:36:06,360 THAT PROTECT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT 3057 01:36:06,360 --> 01:36:08,095 RIGHTS. 3058 01:36:08,095 --> 01:36:09,730 -- THANK YOU CLIVE. NEXT WE HAVE 3059 01:36:09,730 --> 01:36:13,434 CARL, FOLLOWED BY RUTH AND THEN 3060 01:36:13,434 --> 01:36:13,701 JENNIFER. 3061 01:36:13,701 --> 01:36:15,202 -- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. 3062 01:36:15,202 --> 01:36:16,537 -- MY NAME IS CARL NELSON. I'M A 3063 01:36:16,537 --> 01:36:18,606 17 YEAR RENTER IN DISTRICT FOUR, 3064 01:36:18,606 --> 01:36:20,307 ATTENDANCE ORGANIZER AND 3065 01:36:20,307 --> 01:36:22,777 CO-CHAIR OF THE CEDAR CROSSING 3066 01:36:22,777 --> 01:36:24,011 TENANTS ASSOCIATION AND A MEMBER 3067 01:36:24,011 --> 01:36:24,879 OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE 3068 01:36:24,879 --> 01:36:26,814 SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING 3069 01:36:26,814 --> 01:36:27,882 DEVELOPER. I'M HERE TODAY IN MY 3070 01:36:27,882 --> 01:36:29,450 PERSONAL CAPACITY, THOUGH, TO 3071 01:36:29,450 --> 01:36:30,084 VOICE SUPPORT FOR COUNCILMEMBER 3072 01:36:30,084 --> 01:36:32,386 LIN LEGISLATION REFORMING OUR 3073 01:36:32,386 --> 01:36:34,455 BROKEN SIPA PROCESS. LET'S BE 3074 01:36:34,455 --> 01:36:36,157 VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE 3075 01:36:36,157 --> 01:36:37,491 HERE. THERE IS NO GREATER THREAT 3076 01:36:37,491 --> 01:36:38,859 TO OUR SALMON POPULATION, OUR 3077 01:36:38,859 --> 01:36:40,461 ORCAS OR TREES OR TREE CANOPY, 3078 01:36:40,461 --> 01:36:41,662 OUR CLEAN AIR AND WATER, AND ALL 3079 01:36:41,662 --> 01:36:44,298 OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE THAN THE 3080 01:36:44,298 --> 01:36:45,633 CONTINUOUS SPRAWL CREATED BY OUR 3081 01:36:45,633 --> 01:36:47,835 REFUSAL TO BUILD THE CITY. WE 3082 01:36:47,835 --> 01:36:49,670 MUST. A SEATTLE WITH DENSE, 3083 01:36:49,670 --> 01:36:50,604 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WALKABLE 3084 01:36:50,604 --> 01:36:52,573 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND AMPLE ACCESS 3085 01:36:52,573 --> 01:36:54,575 TO PUBLIC TRANSIT. THIS IS A 3086 01:36:54,575 --> 01:36:56,577 FUTURE THAT ALL OUR CHILDREN 3087 01:36:56,577 --> 01:36:57,178 DESERVE. TODAY, COUNCILMEMBER 3088 01:36:57,178 --> 01:37:00,080 LIN IS GIVING US A COMMON SENSE, 3089 01:37:00,080 --> 01:37:00,548 LONG OVERDUE PIECE OF 3090 01:37:00,548 --> 01:37:01,348 LEGISLATION THAT HELPS OUR CITY 3091 01:37:01,348 --> 01:37:02,783 BUILD THE FUTURE IT NEEDS. 3092 01:37:02,783 --> 01:37:04,451 INSTEAD OF CLINGING TO AN UNJUST 3093 01:37:04,451 --> 01:37:07,021 AND UNSUSTAINABLE STATUS QUO, I 3094 01:37:07,021 --> 01:37:09,957 URGE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THIS 3095 01:37:09,957 --> 01:37:11,458 LEGISLATION WITHOUT AMENDMENT B, 3096 01:37:11,458 --> 01:37:12,693 WITHOUT DELAY. THANK YOU. 3097 01:37:12,693 --> 01:37:13,761 -- THANK YOU, CARL. NEXT WE HAVE 3098 01:37:13,761 --> 01:37:15,429 RUTH, FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER, 3099 01:37:15,429 --> 01:37:19,433 AMBER AND CEDRIC. WELCOME, RUTH. 3100 01:37:19,433 --> 01:37:19,700 -- HELLO. 3101 01:37:19,700 --> 01:37:21,669 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M RUTH 3102 01:37:21,669 --> 01:37:23,204 WILLIAMS, REPRESENTING THORNTON 3103 01:37:23,204 --> 01:37:26,106 CREEK ALLIANCE LARGELY IN DEFY 3104 01:37:26,106 --> 01:37:28,676 AGAINST SPEAKING AGAINST COUNCIL 3105 01:37:28,676 --> 01:37:30,277 BILL 121215. AS IT STANDS, WE 3106 01:37:30,277 --> 01:37:32,913 THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR 3107 01:37:32,913 --> 01:37:34,248 WORKING TO REDEEM THE BILL WITH 3108 01:37:34,248 --> 01:37:36,684 AMENDMENT B. THIS AMENDMENT IS 3109 01:37:36,684 --> 01:37:38,519 EXACTLY THE KIND OF THOUGHTFUL 3110 01:37:38,519 --> 01:37:39,653 PERSPECTIVE THE CITY NEEDS IN A 3111 01:37:39,653 --> 01:37:41,455 TIME WHEN WE KNOW THAT ALL THE 3112 01:37:41,455 --> 01:37:43,991 FACTS AND FIGURES WE CITE CAN BE 3113 01:37:43,991 --> 01:37:46,293 WRITTEN OFF TO UNSUBSTANTIATED, 3114 01:37:46,293 --> 01:37:47,428 IMPURE MOTIVES, WE VOLUNTEER OUR 3115 01:37:47,428 --> 01:37:48,896 TIME HERE AND PLEAD OUR CASE TO 3116 01:37:48,896 --> 01:37:51,365 YOU, THE COUNCIL. WHILE MONEYED 3117 01:37:51,365 --> 01:37:53,567 INTERESTS HAVE ROUTINE MEETINGS 3118 01:37:53,567 --> 01:37:55,169 WITH SDCI, APPEALS TO THE 3119 01:37:55,169 --> 01:37:56,770 HEARING EXAMINER, DO OFFER AN 3120 01:37:56,770 --> 01:37:58,572 INKLING OF FAIRNESS. JUST THE 3121 01:37:58,572 --> 01:38:01,542 POSSIBILITY ALSO HELPS KEEP 3122 01:38:01,542 --> 01:38:03,310 LEGISLATION MORE REASONED AND 3123 01:38:03,310 --> 01:38:05,012 CAN HELP REIN IN A CHERRY PICKED 3124 01:38:05,012 --> 01:38:06,280 RESPONSE TO HOUSING AND CLIMATE 3125 01:38:06,280 --> 01:38:08,315 CHANGE THAT IGNORES HEAT ISLAND 3126 01:38:08,315 --> 01:38:08,949 EFFECTS AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF 3127 01:38:08,949 --> 01:38:11,385 THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. PLEASE 3128 01:38:11,385 --> 01:38:14,822 VOTE YES FOR AMENDMENT B. THANK 3129 01:38:14,822 --> 01:38:15,022 YOU. 3130 01:38:15,022 --> 01:38:15,923 -- THANK YOU RUTH. NEXT WE HAVE 3131 01:38:15,923 --> 01:38:17,658 JENNIFER, FOLLOWED BY AMBER AND 3132 01:38:17,658 --> 01:38:20,794 CEDRIC. WELCOME, JENNIFER. 3133 01:38:20,794 --> 01:38:23,130 -- HI. 3134 01:38:23,130 --> 01:38:23,731 -- PLEASE PASS AMENDMENT B OR 3135 01:38:23,731 --> 01:38:24,899 VOTE NO ON 12, 12, 15. AND 3136 01:38:24,899 --> 01:38:27,268 PLEASE DO THE RIGHT. THE CITY 3137 01:38:27,268 --> 01:38:29,904 CAUSED DELAYS. MY APPEAL DIDN'T 3138 01:38:29,904 --> 01:38:30,471 DELAY OR LIMIT HOUSING. MY 3139 01:38:30,471 --> 01:38:31,805 APPEAL IS ON THE KING COUNTY 3140 01:38:31,805 --> 01:38:33,107 SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAR. WHILE 3141 01:38:33,107 --> 01:38:34,508 SEATTLE DELAYS THE DATE AGAIN 3142 01:38:34,508 --> 01:38:36,043 BANNING THE ABILITY TO CORRECT 3143 01:38:36,043 --> 01:38:37,211 DANGEROUS ERRORS IN THE LARGEST 3144 01:38:37,211 --> 01:38:39,179 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. WHEN 3145 01:38:39,179 --> 01:38:39,680 PUBLIC COMMENT FAILS IS 3146 01:38:39,680 --> 01:38:40,814 ANTI-DEMOCRATIC. I ATTENDED 3147 01:38:40,814 --> 01:38:42,950 PUBLIC MEETINGS TO CORRECT 3148 01:38:42,950 --> 01:38:46,086 DANGEROUS ERRORS FOR TEN MONTHS 3149 01:38:46,086 --> 01:38:48,989 BEFORE APPEALING THE 2859 PAGE 3150 01:38:48,989 --> 01:38:49,690 LONG EIS, THE CITY STILL MEETS 3151 01:38:49,690 --> 01:38:51,292 MONTHLY, WITH DEVELOPERS. 3152 01:38:51,292 --> 01:38:54,161 PRIVATELY, EIS STATES THE 3153 01:38:54,161 --> 01:38:54,762 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PREFERRED 3154 01:38:54,762 --> 01:38:56,297 ALTERNATIVE WILL HAVE THE SECOND 3155 01:38:56,297 --> 01:38:57,865 HIGHEST VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED. 3156 01:38:57,865 --> 01:38:59,600 THE NATURE CONSERVANCY SHOWED NO 3157 01:38:59,600 --> 01:39:01,602 LOSS OF DENSITY WHEN PROTECTING 3158 01:39:01,602 --> 01:39:03,270 WATER FILTERING AND COOLING BIG 3159 01:39:03,270 --> 01:39:05,105 TREES. NOAA'S SALMON AND ORCA 3160 01:39:05,105 --> 01:39:07,875 RECOVERY PLANS BOTH SAY, TO 3161 01:39:07,875 --> 01:39:09,777 PROTECT SALMON HABITAT IN URBAN 3162 01:39:09,777 --> 01:39:10,944 AND RURAL AREAS. IT'S NOT IF, 3163 01:39:10,944 --> 01:39:12,780 BUT HOW WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT 3164 01:39:12,780 --> 01:39:15,082 PROCESS FAILS, APPEALS ARE 3165 01:39:15,082 --> 01:39:15,716 NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL 3166 01:39:15,716 --> 01:39:16,317 HAS THE BEST INFORMATION IN 3167 01:39:16,317 --> 01:39:17,184 FRONT OF IT. AS THE STATE COURT 3168 01:39:17,184 --> 01:39:18,953 OF APPEALS RULED, THE LAKE 3169 01:39:18,953 --> 01:39:20,054 WASHINGTON STUDY LEFT OUT THE 3170 01:39:20,054 --> 01:39:22,656 MAJORITY OF HARMFUL CONTAMINANTS 3171 01:39:22,656 --> 01:39:23,824 TO SALMON AND ORCA. THANK YOU. 3172 01:39:23,824 --> 01:39:24,725 -- THANK YOU JENNIFER. NEXT WE 3173 01:39:24,725 --> 01:39:27,761 HAVE AMBER SEDGWICK, FOLLOWED BY 3174 01:39:27,761 --> 01:39:28,996 PAMELA. WE HAVE X, HANNAH AND 3175 01:39:28,996 --> 01:39:31,999 THEN HENRY. WELCOME. 3176 01:39:31,999 --> 01:39:34,034 -- HELLO, COUNCIL. I'M A 3177 01:39:34,034 --> 01:39:37,004 LIFELONG ENVIRONMENTALIST AND I 3178 01:39:37,004 --> 01:39:38,372 SUPPORT CB 121215 RODE MY BIKE 3179 01:39:38,372 --> 01:39:41,308 HERE AND I ALSO TEACH AT UW, AND 3180 01:39:41,308 --> 01:39:42,176 I'M ONLY AVAILABLE TO BE HERE 3181 01:39:42,176 --> 01:39:44,044 BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO NOT TEACH 3182 01:39:44,044 --> 01:39:47,214 CLASS TODAY. I URGE YOU TO THINK 3183 01:39:47,214 --> 01:39:48,849 ABOUT WHO ARE WE EXCLUDING BY 3184 01:39:48,849 --> 01:39:50,117 HAVING PUBLIC COMMENT AT 2 P.M. 3185 01:39:50,117 --> 01:39:51,318 ON A TUESDAY. WHILE MOST FULL 3186 01:39:51,318 --> 01:39:54,421 TIME WORKERS. SO I'M HERE FOR 3187 01:39:54,421 --> 01:39:55,289 ALL OF MY FRIENDS THAT ARE HARD 3188 01:39:55,289 --> 01:39:58,225 AT WORK POWERING SEATTLE, PAYING 3189 01:39:58,225 --> 01:40:00,861 TAXES, MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY 3190 01:40:00,861 --> 01:40:01,462 BECOMES A MORE LIVABLE PLACE. 3191 01:40:01,462 --> 01:40:03,564 BUT THE ONE THING THAT UNITES 3192 01:40:03,564 --> 01:40:04,465 YOUNG PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO IS 3193 01:40:04,465 --> 01:40:05,833 HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND HOUSING. 3194 01:40:05,833 --> 01:40:07,034 AND THE THING THAT I HEAR FROM 3195 01:40:07,034 --> 01:40:08,702 PEOPLE OF ALL POLITICAL STRIPES 3196 01:40:08,702 --> 01:40:11,438 IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE MAKE IT 3197 01:40:11,438 --> 01:40:13,574 HARDER TO DELAY HOUSING. HOUSING 3198 01:40:13,574 --> 01:40:14,942 DELAYED IS HOUSING DENIED. THANK 3199 01:40:14,942 --> 01:40:15,142 YOU. 3200 01:40:15,142 --> 01:40:16,143 -- THANK YOU. AMBER. NEXT WE 3201 01:40:16,143 --> 01:40:18,312 HAVE CEDRIC, FOLLOWED BY PAMELA 3202 01:40:18,312 --> 01:40:19,646 X, HANNAH HENRY, AND THEN WE'LL 3203 01:40:19,646 --> 01:40:25,252 GO BACK ONLINE. IS CEDRIC HERE? 3204 01:40:25,252 --> 01:40:28,889 CEDRIC JONES, CEDRIC JONES ONCE, 3205 01:40:28,889 --> 01:40:31,058 TWICE SOLD TO THE SIGN UP SHEET. 3206 01:40:31,058 --> 01:40:33,360 NEXT WE HAVE PAMELA. PAMELA 3207 01:40:33,360 --> 01:40:35,596 HERE. PAMELA ADAMS THERE YOU GO. 3208 01:40:35,596 --> 01:40:36,697 YOU HOPPED UP FAST. 3209 01:40:36,697 --> 01:40:38,832 -- PAMELA ADAMS, FREELANCE 3210 01:40:38,832 --> 01:40:41,068 BEAVER DETECTIVE COMING BACK 3211 01:40:41,068 --> 01:40:42,169 WITH SEVEN INCH STRETCH. ANYWAY, 3212 01:40:42,169 --> 01:40:44,071 I WANT TO JUST TO SAY THERE'S 3213 01:40:44,071 --> 01:40:44,972 SOME OVERSIGHTS THAT I 3214 01:40:44,972 --> 01:40:46,373 DISCOVERED IN MY FIVE YEARS 3215 01:40:46,373 --> 01:40:47,775 HERE. ONE, BEAVERS WERE NOT 3216 01:40:47,775 --> 01:40:49,209 INCLUDED ON THE LIST OF 3217 01:40:49,209 --> 01:40:50,477 WILDLIFE. WHEN YOU'RE DOING A 3218 01:40:50,477 --> 01:40:51,378 DEVELOPMENT, AND I BROUGHT IT UP 3219 01:40:51,378 --> 01:40:53,080 TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEY TOLD ME 3220 01:40:53,080 --> 01:40:55,282 IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT. I WAS ALSO 3221 01:40:55,282 --> 01:40:56,483 TOLD I WAS WEARING A BEAR SUIT. 3222 01:40:56,483 --> 01:40:59,219 THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT TO. I JUST 3223 01:40:59,219 --> 01:41:03,824 THINK I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ROB BE 3224 01:41:03,824 --> 01:41:05,626 PASSE OR, YOU KNOW, DO NOT 3225 01:41:05,626 --> 01:41:07,294 CONTINUE. BECAUSE WHEN WE NEED 3226 01:41:07,294 --> 01:41:08,395 WHEN WE TAKE PUBLIC AWAY, WE 3227 01:41:08,395 --> 01:41:11,165 THINK WE MIGHT LOSE GAPS. 3228 01:41:11,165 --> 01:41:11,865 THERE'S OVERSIGHTS AND THERE'S 3229 01:41:11,865 --> 01:41:13,267 OVERSIGHT OVERSIGHTS THAT COULD 3230 01:41:13,267 --> 01:41:15,436 BE FILLING IN A GAP LIKE PIKES 3231 01:41:15,436 --> 01:41:16,503 LAKE MARKET. WHEN THE PUBLIC 3232 01:41:16,503 --> 01:41:17,271 CAME IN AND TALKED ABOUT, HEY, 3233 01:41:17,271 --> 01:41:18,605 WE COULD DO SOMETHING BETTER, 3234 01:41:18,605 --> 01:41:20,007 WE'VE GOT THAT NOW. WE NEED 3235 01:41:20,007 --> 01:41:23,410 PUBLIC INPUT AT ALL POINTS. THE 3236 01:41:23,410 --> 01:41:24,878 28 TIMES THAT THIS APPEALS 3237 01:41:24,878 --> 01:41:26,413 PROCESS HAS BEEN USED IS NOT AN 3238 01:41:26,413 --> 01:41:27,181 OBSTRUCTION. WE'RE NOT, YOU 3239 01:41:27,181 --> 01:41:29,249 KNOW, IT'S NOT OBSTRUCTING 3240 01:41:29,249 --> 01:41:30,617 HOUSING. SO WHY ARE YOU TAKING 3241 01:41:30,617 --> 01:41:32,152 IT AWAY? I DON'T UNDERSTAND 3242 01:41:32,152 --> 01:41:34,254 THAT. THANK YOU. 3243 01:41:34,254 --> 01:41:36,290 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 3244 01:41:36,290 --> 01:41:37,558 PAMELA ADAMS. OH, THAT WAS THAT 3245 01:41:37,558 --> 01:41:39,726 WAS YOU. SORRY. MY BAD. THAT WAS 3246 01:41:39,726 --> 01:41:41,929 PAMELA. MY BAD. THANK YOU. 3247 01:41:41,929 --> 01:41:42,930 PAMELA X FOLLOWED BY HANNAH AND 3248 01:41:42,930 --> 01:41:44,097 THEN HENRY. AND THEN WE'LL GO 3249 01:41:44,097 --> 01:41:46,834 ONLINE. WELCOME. 3250 01:41:46,834 --> 01:41:48,535 -- X HELLO, COUNCILWOMAN. MY 3251 01:41:48,535 --> 01:41:51,572 COUNCILWOMAN. HEY, GUYS I'M JUST 3252 01:41:51,572 --> 01:41:54,308 SO TIRED FROM THIS IRRATIONAL 3253 01:41:54,308 --> 01:41:56,977 ARGUMENT THAT ONE THING LEADS TO 3254 01:41:56,977 --> 01:41:57,811 ANOTHER THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE 3255 01:41:57,811 --> 01:41:59,580 SURE THAT WE HAVE SIX STORY 3256 01:41:59,580 --> 01:42:00,714 HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, 3257 01:42:00,714 --> 01:42:01,482 WHEN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK 3258 01:42:01,482 --> 01:42:03,083 OUT THERE TO SEE A HOLE IN THE 3259 01:42:03,083 --> 01:42:03,917 GROUND. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE 3260 01:42:03,917 --> 01:42:05,986 LAND USE TAXES THAT MAKE SURE 3261 01:42:05,986 --> 01:42:07,921 THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING THE LAND 3262 01:42:07,921 --> 01:42:08,989 THAT ALREADY EXISTS FOR HIGH 3263 01:42:08,989 --> 01:42:11,058 DENSITY HOUSING. THERE'S A BRAND 3264 01:42:11,058 --> 01:42:13,160 NEW STARBUCKS IN BALLARD. IT'S 3265 01:42:13,160 --> 01:42:16,530 HUGE, BUT IT'S A PARKING LOT. 3266 01:42:16,530 --> 01:42:18,031 WHY? WHY IS BALLARD BLOCKS HAVE 3267 01:42:18,031 --> 01:42:19,366 NO HOUSING? WHY DOES U VILLAGE 3268 01:42:19,366 --> 01:42:20,667 HAVE NO HOUSING? WHY DO YOU GO 3269 01:42:20,667 --> 01:42:22,236 TO WHOLE FOODS IN INTERBAY AND 3270 01:42:22,236 --> 01:42:23,937 THERE'S NO HOUSING? AND WHY IS 3271 01:42:23,937 --> 01:42:25,205 IT THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALLOWING 3272 01:42:25,205 --> 01:42:26,840 THIS KIND OF STUFF TO HAPPEN 3273 01:42:26,840 --> 01:42:29,510 WHILE WE PIT NEIGHBOR AGAINST 3274 01:42:29,510 --> 01:42:30,110 NEIGHBOR, INSTEAD OF SAYING, 3275 01:42:30,110 --> 01:42:31,678 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO MAKE 3276 01:42:31,678 --> 01:42:32,346 SURE THAT WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN 3277 01:42:32,346 --> 01:42:33,680 TREE CANOPY WHEN WE HAVE A 3278 01:42:33,680 --> 01:42:35,949 GLOBAL WARMING CRISIS THAT WILL 3279 01:42:35,949 --> 01:42:37,351 BE AT OUR DOORSTEP, WE HAVE 3280 01:42:37,351 --> 01:42:39,586 ORCAS WHO ARE DISAPPEARING AND 3281 01:42:39,586 --> 01:42:40,954 WE HAVE WILDLIFE IN THIS CITY 3282 01:42:40,954 --> 01:42:43,624 THAT NEEDS US TO DO BETTER. 3283 01:42:43,624 --> 01:42:45,425 IT'S KIND OF JUST OLD, STALE 3284 01:42:45,425 --> 01:42:46,159 AND INCORRECT. WE NEED TO BE 3285 01:42:46,159 --> 01:42:48,228 CRITICAL THINKERS, NOT 3286 01:42:48,228 --> 01:42:49,229 REACTIONARY. AS A LOT OF FOLKS 3287 01:42:49,229 --> 01:42:50,097 HERE TODAY HAVE BEEN. 3288 01:42:50,097 --> 01:42:52,933 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU X. NEXT 3289 01:42:52,933 --> 01:42:53,300 WE HAVE HANNAH, 3290 01:42:53,300 --> 01:42:53,634 -- [APPLAUSE] 3291 01:42:53,634 --> 01:42:56,003 -- FOLLOWED BY HENRY. 3292 01:42:56,003 --> 01:42:57,437 -- HI. THANK YOU. I'M HANNAH 3293 01:42:57,437 --> 01:42:59,106 FROM PIONEER SQUARE. I JUST WANT 3294 01:42:59,106 --> 01:43:01,575 TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE 3295 01:43:01,575 --> 01:43:02,843 THAT WE'RE ON NATIVE LAND. I 3296 01:43:02,843 --> 01:43:04,011 THINK IT'S A LITTLE 3297 01:43:04,011 --> 01:43:05,846 DISAPPOINTING THAT WE WENT 3298 01:43:05,846 --> 01:43:07,381 THROUGH THIS WHOLE MEETING, AND 3299 01:43:07,381 --> 01:43:08,015 NOBODY RECOGNIZED THAT. AS FAR 3300 01:43:08,015 --> 01:43:10,751 AS I KNOW, WHEN I GO WITH MY 3301 01:43:10,751 --> 01:43:12,653 FRIENDS TO FIND THEY'RE LOOKING 3302 01:43:12,653 --> 01:43:14,821 FOR AN APARTMENT I OWN DOWNTOWN, 3303 01:43:14,821 --> 01:43:19,193 I WALK HERE, THESE GIANT 3304 01:43:19,193 --> 01:43:19,793 APARTMENT BUILDINGS BUILT BY 3305 01:43:19,793 --> 01:43:21,094 DEVELOPERS, THEY'RE 98, 99% 3306 01:43:21,094 --> 01:43:23,964 FULL. AND THEN WE HAVE BIG HOLES 3307 01:43:23,964 --> 01:43:25,699 IN THE GROUND EVERYWHERE, AND IT 3308 01:43:25,699 --> 01:43:27,968 MAKES IT UNSAFE FOR WALKING. AND 3309 01:43:27,968 --> 01:43:29,903 THEN WE IN THIS MEETING, 3310 01:43:29,903 --> 01:43:31,939 THERE'S PEOPLE WHO WANT HOUSING 3311 01:43:31,939 --> 01:43:33,240 AND THERE'S ENVIRONMENTALISTS, 3312 01:43:33,240 --> 01:43:34,942 AND THEN THEY'RE FIGHTING OVER 3313 01:43:34,942 --> 01:43:36,944 THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. WHEN ALL 3314 01:43:36,944 --> 01:43:39,680 OF THESE THINGS GO TOGETHER, WE 3315 01:43:39,680 --> 01:43:41,114 SHOULD BE COOPERATING, NOT 3316 01:43:41,114 --> 01:43:41,648 FIGHTING OVER THESE THREE 3317 01:43:41,648 --> 01:43:43,817 THINGS. SO IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF 3318 01:43:43,817 --> 01:43:46,520 LIKE A CLUE. I REALLY WANT TO 3319 01:43:46,520 --> 01:43:47,454 COMMEND LIN FOR TARGETING WHAT 3320 01:43:47,454 --> 01:43:49,723 WENT WRONG, BECAUSE WE NEEDED 3321 01:43:49,723 --> 01:43:51,458 THIS HOUSING YESTERDAY. AND THEN 3322 01:43:51,458 --> 01:43:53,260 HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND IN THIS 3323 01:43:53,260 --> 01:43:56,229 PROCESS WHAT WENT WRONG OVERALL 3324 01:43:56,229 --> 01:43:56,797 TO TRIANGULATE THESE THREE 3325 01:43:56,797 --> 01:43:57,497 THINGS. THANK YOU. 3326 01:43:57,497 --> 01:43:58,498 -- THANK YOU HANNAH. NEXT WE 3327 01:43:58,498 --> 01:44:01,034 HAVE HENRY AND THEN WE WILL JUMP 3328 01:44:01,034 --> 01:44:02,135 RIGHT ONLINE. THANK YOU. HANNAH. 3329 01:44:02,135 --> 01:44:03,971 WHAT'S UP HENRY. AND WE'RE 3330 01:44:03,971 --> 01:44:05,305 GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO ETHAN. 3331 01:44:05,305 --> 01:44:08,942 ETHAN IS NEXT ONLINE. WELCOME. 3332 01:44:08,942 --> 01:44:10,410 -- HI. MY NAME IS HENRY AND I'M 3333 01:44:10,410 --> 01:44:12,045 A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 3334 01:44:12,045 --> 01:44:13,847 SEPA IS AN EXCELLENT PROCESS FOR 3335 01:44:13,847 --> 01:44:16,250 PRESERVING PROPERTY VALUES 3336 01:44:16,250 --> 01:44:18,885 THROUGH ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY FOR 3337 01:44:18,885 --> 01:44:20,554 NEARLY $120, APPLICANTS CAN 3338 01:44:20,554 --> 01:44:21,221 THROW APPEALS AT THE WALL TO SEE 3339 01:44:21,221 --> 01:44:23,490 WHAT STICKS, WHILE DELAYING MUCH 3340 01:44:23,490 --> 01:44:25,792 NEEDED HOUSING AND WASTING 3341 01:44:25,792 --> 01:44:26,793 THOUSANDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 3342 01:44:26,793 --> 01:44:28,762 LAST YEAR, APPEALS LARGELY FROM 3343 01:44:28,762 --> 01:44:30,797 SEATTLE'S WEALTHIEST ZIP CODES 3344 01:44:30,797 --> 01:44:31,398 HELPED PUSH THE COMPREHENSIVE 3345 01:44:31,398 --> 01:44:33,367 PLAN, ONE YEAR BEHIND THE STATE 3346 01:44:33,367 --> 01:44:35,502 DEADLINE. HOUSING DELAYED IS 3347 01:44:35,502 --> 01:44:36,970 HOUSING DENIED. URBAN SPRAWL IS 3348 01:44:36,970 --> 01:44:37,504 THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE 3349 01:44:37,504 --> 01:44:39,773 ENVIRONMENT, WORSENING 3350 01:44:39,773 --> 01:44:40,307 DEFORESTATION AND CLIMATE 3351 01:44:40,307 --> 01:44:41,975 CHANGE, REMOVING REDUNDANT 3352 01:44:41,975 --> 01:44:44,077 BARRIERS TO DENSER, ABUNDANT 3353 01:44:44,077 --> 01:44:46,413 HOUSING IN WALKABLE, INCLUSIVE 3354 01:44:46,413 --> 01:44:47,014 NEIGHBORHOODS IS THE SCIENCE 3355 01:44:47,014 --> 01:44:49,049 BASED ANSWER. IF YOU WANT 3356 01:44:49,049 --> 01:44:50,651 SEATTLE TO BE A WELCOMING CITY 3357 01:44:50,651 --> 01:44:52,386 FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOUNGER 3358 01:44:52,386 --> 01:44:54,254 WORKING PEOPLE OF COLOR LIKE 3359 01:44:54,254 --> 01:44:56,223 MYSELF AND MY SON, AND TO SAVE 3360 01:44:56,223 --> 01:44:58,859 THE ORCAS, PLEASE VOTE YES ON CB 3361 01:44:58,859 --> 01:44:59,393 121215. THANK YOU. 3362 01:44:59,393 --> 01:45:03,063 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE 3363 01:45:03,063 --> 01:45:04,831 HAVE ETHAN ONLINE AND THEN WE 3364 01:45:04,831 --> 01:45:05,999 ARE GOING TO. I SKIPPED OVER 3365 01:45:05,999 --> 01:45:07,768 SOME PEOPLE, RACHEL NATHANSON 3366 01:45:07,768 --> 01:45:08,835 AND THEN RUTH DIED. SO THEY WILL 3367 01:45:08,835 --> 01:45:11,571 BE AFTER ETHAN. ETHAN. WELCOME. 3368 01:45:11,571 --> 01:45:14,074 STAR SIX. 3369 01:45:14,074 --> 01:45:14,708 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 3370 01:45:14,708 --> 01:45:15,842 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3371 01:45:15,842 --> 01:45:18,445 -- YES, WE CAN. 3372 01:45:18,445 --> 01:45:20,747 -- ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS ETHAN 3373 01:45:20,747 --> 01:45:23,417 KARLINSKY AND I LIVE IN MADISON 3374 01:45:23,417 --> 01:45:24,217 VALLEY. I'M SPEAKING IN STRONG 3375 01:45:24,217 --> 01:45:25,218 SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILL ONE TWO, 3376 01:45:25,218 --> 01:45:27,287 ONE, TWO, ONE FIVE AND URGING 3377 01:45:27,287 --> 01:45:31,725 YOU TO REJECT AMENDMENT B PEOPLE 3378 01:45:31,725 --> 01:45:32,292 WAS INTENDED TO PROTECT THE 3379 01:45:32,292 --> 01:45:33,093 ENVIRONMENT, BUT IN SEATTLE IT 3380 01:45:33,093 --> 01:45:35,562 HAS BEEN WEAPONIZED AS A TOOL TO 3381 01:45:35,562 --> 01:45:38,098 BLOCK PROGRESS AND FIGHT AGAINST 3382 01:45:38,098 --> 01:45:38,665 CHANGE WITH WILDFIRE SMOKE 3383 01:45:38,665 --> 01:45:41,435 CHOKING OUR CITY, OUR SKIES, AND 3384 01:45:41,435 --> 01:45:43,637 CRUSHING, CRUSHING HOUSING 3385 01:45:43,637 --> 01:45:45,072 CRISIS, IT IS CLEAR THAT CHANGE 3386 01:45:45,072 --> 01:45:45,872 IS ALREADY UPON US, WHETHER WE 3387 01:45:45,872 --> 01:45:47,674 LIKE IT OR NOT, WE CANNOT STOP 3388 01:45:47,674 --> 01:45:49,409 CHANGE. BUT WE DO HAVE A HAND IN 3389 01:45:49,409 --> 01:45:50,944 SHAPING WHAT KIND OF CHANGE WE 3390 01:45:50,944 --> 01:45:52,045 GET. I WANT A FUTURE WHERE WE 3391 01:45:52,045 --> 01:45:54,147 BUILD THE HOUSING AND GREEN 3392 01:45:54,147 --> 01:45:55,015 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO FACE 3393 01:45:55,015 --> 01:45:56,850 THE CLIMATE CRISIS HEAD ON, 3394 01:45:56,850 --> 01:45:58,251 RATHER THAN HUDDLING TO PROTECT 3395 01:45:58,251 --> 01:46:00,253 A FEW PRIVILEGED ENCLAVES IN A 3396 01:46:00,253 --> 01:46:03,523 GROWING CITY. URBAN LIVING IS 3397 01:46:03,523 --> 01:46:04,758 LOWER IMPACT THAN SPRAWL, AND IT 3398 01:46:04,758 --> 01:46:06,393 IS CRAZY THAT SEPA OF ALL 3399 01:46:06,393 --> 01:46:08,829 THINGS, HAS DELAYED THE CITYWIDE 3400 01:46:08,829 --> 01:46:09,863 UPZONE FOR THIS LONG. THIS 3401 01:46:09,863 --> 01:46:11,364 UPLOAD ZONE CAME FROM A MANDATE 3402 01:46:11,364 --> 01:46:12,499 FOR MORE HOUSING, BUT WE'RE 3403 01:46:12,499 --> 01:46:14,768 STILL WAITING. PLEASE APPROVE IT 3404 01:46:14,768 --> 01:46:16,703 WITHOUT AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. 3405 01:46:16,703 --> 01:46:19,906 -- THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE RUTH 3406 01:46:19,906 --> 01:46:22,275 OR EXCUSE ME, RACHEL NATHANSON. 3407 01:46:22,275 --> 01:46:26,780 AND THEN RUTH DIED. STAR SIX. TO 3408 01:46:26,780 --> 01:46:27,180 UNMUTE YOURSELF. 3409 01:46:27,180 --> 01:46:28,548 -- THIS IS RACHEL NATHANSON. 3410 01:46:28,548 --> 01:46:32,953 -- I'M CALLING TO URGE YOU TO 3411 01:46:32,953 --> 01:46:34,488 NOT APPROVE CB 121215 UNLESS 3412 01:46:34,488 --> 01:46:36,123 AMENDMENT B IS ATTACHED TO IT. 3413 01:46:36,123 --> 01:46:38,091 THIS BILL IS A PERMANENT CHANGE 3414 01:46:38,091 --> 01:46:39,059 TO THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING 3415 01:46:39,059 --> 01:46:41,862 THINGS. IT IS A TAKING OF RIGHTS 3416 01:46:41,862 --> 01:46:44,831 WE HAVE HAD SINCE ITS INCEPTION 3417 01:46:44,831 --> 01:46:46,333 IN 1972. BUT KEEP IN MIND, 3418 01:46:46,333 --> 01:46:48,168 SOMEDAY THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL WILL 3419 01:46:48,168 --> 01:46:50,036 BE FILLED WITH OTHER DECISION 3420 01:46:50,036 --> 01:46:51,872 MAKERS. THE CITY STAFF WILL BE 3421 01:46:51,872 --> 01:46:54,141 DIFFERENT. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT 3422 01:46:54,141 --> 01:46:55,909 THE LOSS OF APPEALS AFFECTS MUCH 3423 01:46:55,909 --> 01:46:57,010 MORE THAN JUST HOUSING. DO WE 3424 01:46:57,010 --> 01:46:59,246 REALLY WANT TO REMOVE THIS CHECK 3425 01:46:59,246 --> 01:47:00,814 ON THE SYSTEM AND LEAVE IT TO 3426 01:47:00,814 --> 01:47:03,717 THE FUTURE AS YET UNKNOWN 3427 01:47:03,717 --> 01:47:05,352 DECISION MAKERS? WHAT WILL THEIR 3428 01:47:05,352 --> 01:47:06,420 AGENDA BE? WILL THEY BE GOOD AT 3429 01:47:06,420 --> 01:47:08,855 THEIR JOBS? AS WE'VE SEEN A 3430 01:47:08,855 --> 01:47:12,025 REGIME CHANGE IN OUR NATIONAL 3431 01:47:12,025 --> 01:47:12,659 POLITICS HAS CREATED A DISASTER. 3432 01:47:12,659 --> 01:47:14,861 LET'S NOT APPROVE. CB 121215 3433 01:47:14,861 --> 01:47:17,798 AND TAKE AWAY THE ONE SMALL 3434 01:47:17,798 --> 01:47:19,933 CHECK ON THE SYSTEM WE CURRENTLY 3435 01:47:19,933 --> 01:47:21,601 HAVE AND MAY VERY WELL NEED IN 3436 01:47:21,601 --> 01:47:22,969 THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. 3437 01:47:22,969 --> 01:47:23,637 -- THANK YOU RACHEL. NEXT WE 3438 01:47:23,637 --> 01:47:26,506 HAVE RUTH DIONNE PRESS STAR SIX 3439 01:47:26,506 --> 01:47:29,142 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. AND THEN 3440 01:47:29,142 --> 01:47:36,983 JULIA SHETLER 3441 01:47:37,117 --> 01:47:40,787 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 3442 01:47:40,787 --> 01:47:46,226 RUTH STAR SIX. 3443 01:47:46,226 --> 01:47:47,694 -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3444 01:47:47,694 --> 01:47:51,431 -- YES. HELLO. 3445 01:47:51,431 --> 01:47:55,302 -- THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO ASK 3446 01:47:55,302 --> 01:47:58,104 YOU TO PRESERVE OUR DEMOCRATIC 3447 01:47:58,104 --> 01:48:00,674 RIGHT TO APPEAL INADEQUATE EIS 3448 01:48:00,674 --> 01:48:01,308 AND VOTE FOR COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3449 01:48:01,308 --> 01:48:03,143 AMENDMENT B TOO OFTEN WE 3450 01:48:03,143 --> 01:48:04,444 CONFLATE A HOUSING CRISIS WITH A 3451 01:48:04,444 --> 01:48:05,445 HOUSING PROBLEM, BUT THEY ARE 3452 01:48:05,445 --> 01:48:08,215 NOT THE SAME. A HOUSING CRISIS 3453 01:48:08,215 --> 01:48:09,282 IS PEOPLE LIVING ON OUR STREETS 3454 01:48:09,282 --> 01:48:10,717 OR WHO ARE SO RENT BURDENED THEY 3455 01:48:10,717 --> 01:48:12,052 CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY FOOD AND 3456 01:48:12,052 --> 01:48:14,621 MEDICINE, JUSTIFYING DRAMATIC 3457 01:48:14,621 --> 01:48:17,023 ACTION THAT MAY REQUIRE SWEEPING 3458 01:48:17,023 --> 01:48:18,091 ASIDE RULES. PEOPLE WHO WORK IN 3459 01:48:18,091 --> 01:48:19,893 THE CITY BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY 3460 01:48:19,893 --> 01:48:22,329 A HOME IS DIFFERENT. THIS IS A 3461 01:48:22,329 --> 01:48:24,197 HOUSING PROBLEM, AND WE HAVE 3462 01:48:24,197 --> 01:48:26,099 TIME TO DELIBERATE ON IT. WE 3463 01:48:26,099 --> 01:48:29,236 HAVE SHOWN SIGNIFICANTLY ALREADY 3464 01:48:29,236 --> 01:48:32,672 UNDER HB 1110 AND WITH WIDE 3465 01:48:32,672 --> 01:48:34,941 INCREASES IN ALL THE LR ZONES, 3466 01:48:34,941 --> 01:48:36,376 WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL CAPACITY. 3467 01:48:36,376 --> 01:48:38,478 RIGHT NOW. TRUMP CREATES A 3468 01:48:38,478 --> 01:48:40,847 CRISIS AROUND EVERYTHING FROM 3469 01:48:40,847 --> 01:48:42,549 IMMIGRATION TO VOTING TO JUSTIFY 3470 01:48:42,549 --> 01:48:44,518 ANTI-DEMOCRATIC MOVES. I SEE 3471 01:48:44,518 --> 01:48:45,652 STATE AND CITY DECISION MAKERS 3472 01:48:45,652 --> 01:48:47,287 DOING THE SAME. FRAMING HOUSING 3473 01:48:47,287 --> 01:48:49,556 IS A CRISIS TO LIMIT CITIZEN 3474 01:48:49,556 --> 01:48:51,858 INVOLVEMENT, ROLL BACK QUALITY 3475 01:48:51,858 --> 01:48:54,561 OF WHITE DEVELOPMENT, 3476 01:48:54,561 --> 01:48:55,195 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND CURB 3477 01:48:55,195 --> 01:48:57,697 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. CB 12. 3478 01:48:57,697 --> 01:48:59,733 -- THANK YOU RUTH. NEXT WE HAVE 3479 01:48:59,733 --> 01:49:06,039 JULIA, FOLLOWED BY. JULIA STAR 3480 01:49:06,039 --> 01:49:10,543 SIX. TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 3481 01:49:10,543 --> 01:49:15,115 -- HI THERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3482 01:49:15,115 --> 01:49:15,348 -- YES. 3483 01:49:15,348 --> 01:49:17,651 -- HI. THANK YOU. YEAH. MY NAME 3484 01:49:17,651 --> 01:49:19,552 IS JULIA. I AM AN ENGINEER AND A 3485 01:49:19,552 --> 01:49:20,987 RENTER, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO 3486 01:49:20,987 --> 01:49:22,656 PLEASE PASS AMENDMENT B OR VOTE 3487 01:49:22,656 --> 01:49:26,259 NO ON CB 1212, 15. FIRST, PLEASE 3488 01:49:26,259 --> 01:49:27,661 PAY ATTENTION TO WHO IS GIVING 3489 01:49:27,661 --> 01:49:28,962 THESE COMMENTS. I'VE HEARD 3490 01:49:28,962 --> 01:49:30,497 LOBBYISTS AND LAW FIRMS COMMENT 3491 01:49:30,497 --> 01:49:32,599 IN FAVOR OF THIS BILL EVERY DAY. 3492 01:49:32,599 --> 01:49:34,534 SEATTLEITES, WHICH IS YOUR 3493 01:49:34,534 --> 01:49:35,936 CONSTITUENCY, IS ASKING YOU TO 3494 01:49:35,936 --> 01:49:39,105 REJECT IT SINCE 2016, ONLY 27 3495 01:49:39,105 --> 01:49:40,941 APPEALS HAVE COME FORWARD AND 3496 01:49:40,941 --> 01:49:42,309 THE VAST MAJORITY ARE QUICKLY 3497 01:49:42,309 --> 01:49:43,577 STRUCK DOWN. I'VE HEARD SO MANY 3498 01:49:43,577 --> 01:49:44,744 COMMENTERS SAY THAT THESE 3499 01:49:44,744 --> 01:49:46,947 APPEALS ARE USED BY WEALTHY 3500 01:49:46,947 --> 01:49:47,581 LANDOWNERS TO STOP HOUSING. NOT 3501 01:49:47,581 --> 01:49:48,982 ONLY IS THIS FALSE, BUT THE 3502 01:49:48,982 --> 01:49:50,984 BILL'S SPONSOR HAS PROVIDED NO 3503 01:49:50,984 --> 01:49:52,452 EVIDENCE THAT REMOVING APPEALS 3504 01:49:52,452 --> 01:49:54,020 WOULD SPEED UP HOUSING. IN 3505 01:49:54,020 --> 01:49:55,956 REALITY, THESE APPEALS HAVE BEEN 3506 01:49:55,956 --> 01:49:57,691 EXTREMELY VALUABLE. IT WAS A 3507 01:49:57,691 --> 01:49:58,992 SEPA APPEAL THAT RESULTED IN THE 3508 01:49:58,992 --> 01:50:00,560 CREATION OF THE RAINIER VALLEY 3509 01:50:00,560 --> 01:50:03,430 VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 3510 01:50:03,430 --> 01:50:04,698 FUND. IRONICALLY, THIS BILL 3511 01:50:04,698 --> 01:50:06,533 SPONSOR CITED REDLINING IN HIS 3512 01:50:06,533 --> 01:50:08,635 PUBLIC FAQ IN SUPPORT OF THIS 3513 01:50:08,635 --> 01:50:10,203 BILL, BUT NO RACIAL EQUITY 3514 01:50:10,203 --> 01:50:12,005 ANALYSIS WAS EVEN PERFORMED. 3515 01:50:12,005 --> 01:50:12,973 AMENDMENT B IS THE ONLY PATH 3516 01:50:12,973 --> 01:50:15,575 THAT WOULD RETAIN SEPA APPEALS 3517 01:50:15,575 --> 01:50:17,010 WITH REFORM. PLEASE VOTE B OR 3518 01:50:17,010 --> 01:50:19,346 VOTE NO. 3519 01:50:19,346 --> 01:50:20,547 -- THANK YOU JULIA. NEXT, WE 3520 01:50:20,547 --> 01:50:23,750 HAVE ANDREW LYNN, FOLLOWED BY 3521 01:50:23,750 --> 01:50:31,591 KEITH, AND THEN MATT 3522 01:50:31,725 --> 01:50:42,168 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 3523 01:50:43,036 --> 01:50:45,972 STAR THE LITTLE STAR IN NUMBER 3524 01:50:45,972 --> 01:50:47,574 SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. IF NOT, 3525 01:50:47,574 --> 01:50:52,212 WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU OH, 3526 01:50:52,212 --> 01:50:52,545 THERE YOU GO. 3527 01:50:52,545 --> 01:50:53,146 -- OH, THERE WE GO. IT TOOK A 3528 01:50:53,146 --> 01:50:55,815 COUPLE OF TRIES. THANK YOU VERY 3529 01:50:55,815 --> 01:50:57,217 MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON, 3530 01:50:57,217 --> 01:51:00,086 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 3531 01:51:00,086 --> 01:51:00,720 ANGELINA FIGUEIREDO FROM PIERCE 3532 01:51:00,720 --> 01:51:02,856 COUNTY DISTRICT TWO. AND I AM 3533 01:51:02,856 --> 01:51:04,424 SPEAKING TODAY IN REGARDS TO A 3534 01:51:04,424 --> 01:51:06,659 VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT IS AN 3535 01:51:06,659 --> 01:51:10,096 EMERGENCY FOR WOMEN WHO ARE 3536 01:51:10,096 --> 01:51:10,630 HAVING TO ENDURE ILLEGAL 3537 01:51:10,630 --> 01:51:12,365 PREGNANCY EXPERIMENTATION, 3538 01:51:12,365 --> 01:51:14,634 INCLUDING MYSELF WHILE 3539 01:51:14,634 --> 01:51:16,536 WASHINGTON STATE IS A NO BAN, 3540 01:51:16,536 --> 01:51:18,271 ABORTION STATE, THERE'S A 3541 01:51:18,271 --> 01:51:20,006 THERE'S STILL A HUGE PROBLEM 3542 01:51:20,006 --> 01:51:21,174 WITH TRYING TO GAIN ADEQUATE 3543 01:51:21,174 --> 01:51:23,309 ABORTION, HEALTH CARE FROM 3544 01:51:23,309 --> 01:51:23,977 HOSPITALS IN THE CITY OF 3545 01:51:23,977 --> 01:51:27,280 SEATTLE. ACCORDING TO WASHINGTON 3546 01:51:27,280 --> 01:51:29,149 STATE UNIVERSITY, MORE THAN TWO 3547 01:51:29,149 --> 01:51:33,286 THIRDS OF ABORTIONS IN WESTERN 3548 01:51:33,286 --> 01:51:35,955 WASHINGTON ARE OCCURRING. KING, 3549 01:51:35,955 --> 01:51:37,157 PIERCE AND SNOHOMISH COUNTY. 3550 01:51:37,157 --> 01:51:38,458 WHILE WE HAVE THE LARGEST 3551 01:51:38,458 --> 01:51:40,226 STATISTICS AT THE SIDE OF OUR 3552 01:51:40,226 --> 01:51:41,594 STATE, WE ARE STILL LACKING IN 3553 01:51:41,594 --> 01:51:43,630 MEDICAL CARE TO ACTUALLY HAVING 3554 01:51:43,630 --> 01:51:45,965 TO RECEIVE AN ABORTION, SURGICAL 3555 01:51:45,965 --> 01:51:48,868 PROCEDURE OR ABORTION MEDICATION 3556 01:51:48,868 --> 01:51:49,803 FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, I HAVE 3557 01:51:49,803 --> 01:51:53,039 SEARCHED FOR ABORTION MEDICATION 3558 01:51:53,039 --> 01:51:54,674 DUE TO BEING A VICTIM OF ILLEGAL 3559 01:51:54,674 --> 01:51:55,675 PREGNANCY EXPERIMENTATION. I 3560 01:51:55,675 --> 01:51:58,078 HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY. 3561 01:51:58,078 --> 01:52:00,246 IS THAT. 3562 01:52:00,246 --> 01:52:01,981 -- THANK YOU ANGELA. AND NEXT WE 3563 01:52:01,981 --> 01:52:02,949 HAVE KEITH COLLEAGUES. WE'RE 3564 01:52:02,949 --> 01:52:04,884 GOING TO EXTEND. IF THERE'S NO 3565 01:52:04,884 --> 01:52:06,052 OBJECTION, EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT 3566 01:52:06,052 --> 01:52:07,353 PERIOD FOR ANOTHER 20 MINUTES. 3567 01:52:07,353 --> 01:52:08,488 WE'RE ABOUT TWO HOURS IN AND WE 3568 01:52:08,488 --> 01:52:13,393 HAVE ABOUT 18 MORE PEOPLE. NO 3569 01:52:13,393 --> 01:52:15,028 OBJECTION. AWESOME. THANK YOU. 3570 01:52:15,028 --> 01:52:18,031 KEITH, WELCOME 3571 01:52:18,031 --> 01:52:19,999 -- HELLO. MY NAME IS KEITH AND 3572 01:52:19,999 --> 01:52:20,633 I'M A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT 3573 01:52:20,633 --> 01:52:24,104 FOUR. I'M COMMENTING ON CV 3574 01:52:24,104 --> 01:52:26,372 121215. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT 3575 01:52:26,372 --> 01:52:27,674 INTRODUCTION OF THIS BILL IS 3576 01:52:27,674 --> 01:52:29,876 MOTIVATED BY THE ONGOING LEGAL 3577 01:52:29,876 --> 01:52:31,778 CHALLENGE TO THE FBIS OF THE ONE 3578 01:52:31,778 --> 01:52:33,113 SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE 3579 01:52:33,113 --> 01:52:34,647 CITY ATTEMPTED TO PREVENT AN 3580 01:52:34,647 --> 01:52:36,015 APPEAL OF THE EIS, BUT LOST AT 3581 01:52:36,015 --> 01:52:38,051 THE STATE LEVEL. SO NOW SOME 3582 01:52:38,051 --> 01:52:38,985 COUNCILMEMBERS ARE TRYING TO 3583 01:52:38,985 --> 01:52:40,286 CHANGE THE LAW TO AVOID HAVING 3584 01:52:40,286 --> 01:52:42,021 TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE 3585 01:52:42,021 --> 01:52:45,492 CITY'S ENVIRONMENT IT IS CITY 3586 01:52:45,492 --> 01:52:46,793 COUNCIL'S UNNECESSARY PUSHBACK 3587 01:52:46,793 --> 01:52:48,194 THAT HAS RESULTED IN DELAYS. 3588 01:52:48,194 --> 01:52:50,063 THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS 3589 01:52:50,063 --> 01:52:51,798 ON THE WAYS THAT THE EIS COULD 3590 01:52:51,798 --> 01:52:53,566 BE IMPROVED. RATHER THAN ADDRESS 3591 01:52:53,566 --> 01:52:54,934 THESE SHORTFALLS. THIS COUNCIL 3592 01:52:54,934 --> 01:52:56,569 HAS PUT SIGNIFICANT EFFORT INTO 3593 01:52:56,569 --> 01:52:58,471 VILIFYING AND THWARTING THOSE 3594 01:52:58,471 --> 01:53:00,874 WHO SEEM TO TAKE TO IMPROVE THE 3595 01:53:00,874 --> 01:53:01,741 FEIS. IT IS UNFAIR TO SAY THAT 3596 01:53:01,741 --> 01:53:03,843 THOSE WHO SEEK TO RETAIN THE 3597 01:53:03,843 --> 01:53:05,945 CITY'S GREEN SPACE AND PROTECT 3598 01:53:05,945 --> 01:53:08,948 THE REGION'S WILDLIFE ARE BEING 3599 01:53:08,948 --> 01:53:09,516 MALICIOUS AND ATTEMPTING TO 3600 01:53:09,516 --> 01:53:11,551 WEAPONIZE SEPA. WE ARE NOT A 3601 01:53:11,551 --> 01:53:12,886 SMALL NUMBER AND WE ARE NOT 3602 01:53:12,886 --> 01:53:15,021 WEAPONIZING A SYSTEM. PLEASE 3603 01:53:15,021 --> 01:53:16,723 VOTE NO ON COUNCIL BILL 121215 3604 01:53:16,723 --> 01:53:18,224 OR IF THE BILL MOVES FORWARD, 3605 01:53:18,224 --> 01:53:19,659 PLEASE PASS THE VERSION THAT 3606 01:53:19,659 --> 01:53:21,694 INCLUDES AMENDMENT B. THANK YOU. 3607 01:53:21,694 --> 01:53:25,231 -- THANK YOU KEITH. NEXT WE HAVE 3608 01:53:25,231 --> 01:53:33,273 MATT, FOLLOWED BY RICHARD 3609 01:53:33,506 --> 01:53:35,975 -- HI, I'M MATT HUTCHINS AND I 3610 01:53:35,975 --> 01:53:40,346 URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON B AND YES 3611 01:53:40,346 --> 01:53:42,248 ON CB 121215. SEATTLE'S 3612 01:53:42,248 --> 01:53:43,850 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO FAR HAS 3613 01:53:43,850 --> 01:53:45,518 TAKEN FIVE YEARS AND HAS BEEN 3614 01:53:45,518 --> 01:53:47,086 SHAPED BY THOUSANDS, TENS OF 3615 01:53:47,086 --> 01:53:48,721 THOUSANDS OF CITIZEN COMMENTS. 3616 01:53:48,721 --> 01:53:50,557 BUT TODAY IT HINGES ON WHETHER 3617 01:53:50,557 --> 01:53:52,158 EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HAS A 3618 01:53:52,158 --> 01:53:54,794 SPARE $120 CAN FILE AN APPEAL 3619 01:53:54,794 --> 01:53:56,563 THAT THEY'RE SATISFIED WITH 3620 01:53:56,563 --> 01:53:57,897 EVERY POTENTIAL, EVEN MARGINAL 3621 01:53:57,897 --> 01:53:59,966 IMPACT, HAS BEEN STUDIED. 3622 01:53:59,966 --> 01:54:03,603 COUNCIL SPENT $555,000 ON THE 3623 01:54:03,603 --> 01:54:05,438 ONE SEALED PLANS EIS. THAT'S 3624 01:54:05,438 --> 01:54:06,539 MORE THAN 3000 PAGES LONG. AND 3625 01:54:06,539 --> 01:54:10,376 SOMEHOW IT'S NOT ENOUGH. YOU 3626 01:54:10,376 --> 01:54:11,010 BUDGET ANOTHER $350,000 FOR THE 3627 01:54:11,010 --> 01:54:12,779 SUPPLEMENTAL EIS. YOU SLASH. 3628 01:54:12,779 --> 01:54:14,447 THIS ONE IS GOING TO GET 3629 01:54:14,447 --> 01:54:16,449 APPEALED TO. WHY? WE DON'T KNOW. 3630 01:54:16,449 --> 01:54:19,185 BUT DELAY IS THE GOAL. WITHOUT 3631 01:54:19,185 --> 01:54:20,486 COUNCILMEMBER LIN PERFORM, THE 3632 01:54:20,486 --> 01:54:22,288 NEXT EIS WILL BE EVEN MORE 3633 01:54:22,288 --> 01:54:23,389 EXPENSIVE, EXHAUSTIVE, AND 3634 01:54:23,389 --> 01:54:25,225 ESOTERIC TO THE POINT WHERE ANY 3635 01:54:25,225 --> 01:54:27,126 ZONING REFORM IS GOING TO COST 3636 01:54:27,126 --> 01:54:28,328 TAXPAYERS $1 MILLION BEFORE IT 3637 01:54:28,328 --> 01:54:32,165 CAN EVEN BE CONSIDERED. 3638 01:54:32,165 --> 01:54:34,734 -- THANK YOU MATT. NEXT WE HAVE 3639 01:54:34,734 --> 01:54:36,202 RICHARD, FOLLOWED BY SARAH, THEN 3640 01:54:36,202 --> 01:54:37,303 NATHANIEL RICHARD, STAR SIX. TO 3641 01:54:37,303 --> 01:54:45,745 UNMUTE YOURSELF 3642 01:54:45,878 --> 01:54:53,052 YOU'RE OFF MUTE, RICHARD. HELLO. 3643 01:54:53,052 --> 01:54:56,322 -- HELLO. I'M. HELLO, I AM 3644 01:54:56,322 --> 01:54:57,123 RICHARD ALLISON, A RESIDENT OF 3645 01:54:57,123 --> 01:54:57,991 DISTRICT FOUR. I OPPOSE CB 3646 01:54:57,991 --> 01:54:59,525 121215 BANNING PUBLIC APPEALS ON 3647 01:54:59,525 --> 01:55:06,766 TEP DECISIONS AS WRITTEN, BUT 3648 01:55:06,766 --> 01:55:07,267 SUPPORT AMENDMENT B BY 3649 01:55:07,267 --> 01:55:09,302 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, WHICH 3650 01:55:09,302 --> 01:55:09,903 PRESERVES AND STREAMLINES THE 3651 01:55:09,903 --> 01:55:14,474 APPEAL PROCESS. THE LOSS OF 3652 01:55:14,474 --> 01:55:15,174 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE IS 3653 01:55:15,174 --> 01:55:16,542 ROOTED IN THE 1990s DECISIONS BY 3654 01:55:16,542 --> 01:55:17,410 THE CITY COUNCIL, ALLOWING 3655 01:55:17,410 --> 01:55:17,911 DEVELOPERS TO TEAR DOWN 3656 01:55:17,911 --> 01:55:18,478 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT NOT 3657 01:55:18,478 --> 01:55:19,145 REQUIRE REPLACEMENT, AFFORDABLE 3658 01:55:19,145 --> 01:55:20,146 HOUSING AND DECADES OF 3659 01:55:20,146 --> 01:55:20,713 LEADERSHIP FROM THE MASTER 3660 01:55:20,713 --> 01:55:21,881 BUILDERS ASSOCIATION HAS ONLY 3661 01:55:21,881 --> 01:55:24,150 RESULTED IN EXPENSIVE MARKET 3662 01:55:24,150 --> 01:55:24,784 RATE HOUSING. NOW, THE COUNCIL 3663 01:55:24,784 --> 01:55:25,652 WISHES TO REMOVE ENVIRONMENTAL 3664 01:55:25,652 --> 01:55:27,420 APPEALS ON ANY DECISIONS AS A 3665 01:55:27,420 --> 01:55:29,422 SUPPOSED PANACEA TO THE HOUSING 3666 01:55:29,422 --> 01:55:31,124 CRISIS. THIS HOUSING CRISIS IS 3667 01:55:31,124 --> 01:55:32,425 BECAUSE THE COUNCIL FOR DECADES 3668 01:55:32,425 --> 01:55:34,694 HAS BEEN RUN BY THE MASTER 3669 01:55:34,694 --> 01:55:35,228 BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, WHO 3670 01:55:35,228 --> 01:55:36,329 DOESN'T WANT TO BUILD 3671 01:55:36,329 --> 01:55:38,998 AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH LOWER 3672 01:55:38,998 --> 01:55:40,133 PROFITS, COMPACT AND DENSE 3673 01:55:40,133 --> 01:55:41,501 AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAN BE BUILT 3674 01:55:41,501 --> 01:55:43,036 AROUND TREES AND OPEN SPACE. 3675 01:55:43,036 --> 01:55:44,237 MORE HOUSING BUILT TALLER AROUND 3676 01:55:44,237 --> 01:55:46,406 TREES AND OPEN SPACE. BUT TO 3677 01:55:46,406 --> 01:55:48,408 POSTURE AND, SAY 3678 01:55:48,408 --> 01:55:49,042 ENVIRONMENTALISM IS NIMBYISM AND 3679 01:55:49,042 --> 01:55:51,711 TOTAL Bs IS DRINKING, THE MASTER 3680 01:55:51,711 --> 01:55:52,345 BUILDERS KOOL-AID, VOTING WITH 3681 01:55:52,345 --> 01:55:54,080 LOTS WITH 100% IMPERVIOUS 3682 01:55:54,080 --> 01:55:55,148 SURFACE. 3683 01:55:55,148 --> 01:55:56,282 -- AND THANK YOU, RICHARD. NEXT 3684 01:55:56,282 --> 01:55:59,185 WE HAVE SARAH, FOLLOWED BY 3685 01:55:59,185 --> 01:56:02,221 NATHANIEL, SARAH, THEN 3686 01:56:02,221 --> 01:56:10,530 NATHANIEL. 3687 01:56:10,763 --> 01:56:14,667 -- HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3688 01:56:14,667 --> 01:56:15,435 -- YES WE CAN. THANK YOU. THANK 3689 01:56:15,435 --> 01:56:15,835 YOU FOR WAITING. 3690 01:56:15,835 --> 01:56:16,836 -- HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3691 01:56:16,836 --> 01:56:18,271 -- YES, WE CAN 3692 01:56:18,271 --> 01:56:20,273 -- HEAR. OKAY. YEAH GREAT, 3693 01:56:20,273 --> 01:56:23,576 GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M CALLING 3694 01:56:23,576 --> 01:56:24,610 TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT AMENDMENT 3695 01:56:24,610 --> 01:56:25,812 B, AND IF AMENDMENT B DOES NOT 3696 01:56:25,812 --> 01:56:29,816 PASS TO VOTE NO ON CB 121215, 3697 01:56:29,816 --> 01:56:31,818 I'M WONDERING IF THE PREVIOUS 3698 01:56:31,818 --> 01:56:32,418 SPEAKERS WHO MENTIONED TOXIC 3699 01:56:32,418 --> 01:56:33,586 STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM TIRES ARE 3700 01:56:33,586 --> 01:56:35,755 AWARE THAT THE FINAL 3701 01:56:35,755 --> 01:56:36,389 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 3702 01:56:36,389 --> 01:56:38,291 FOR THE COMP PLAN CONTAINS A 3703 01:56:38,291 --> 01:56:38,825 STATEMENT CLAIMING THAT 3704 01:56:38,825 --> 01:56:41,394 POLLUTANTS IN STORMWATER RUNOFF 3705 01:56:41,394 --> 01:56:42,528 ARE IMMEDIATELY DILUTED TO 3706 01:56:42,528 --> 01:56:44,330 CONCENTRATIONS TOO LOW TO AFFECT 3707 01:56:44,330 --> 01:56:46,532 MARINE LIFE. THAT'S SIMPLY 3708 01:56:46,532 --> 01:56:48,368 FALSE. RETIRED KING COUNTY 3709 01:56:48,368 --> 01:56:50,269 AQUATIC TOXICOLOGIST DEB LESTER 3710 01:56:50,269 --> 01:56:50,903 SUBMITTED COMMENTS IDENTIFYING 3711 01:56:50,903 --> 01:56:52,572 THIS ERROR OVER MULTIPLE YEARS. 3712 01:56:52,572 --> 01:56:54,307 YET IT REMAINS IN THE DOCUMENT 3713 01:56:54,307 --> 01:56:56,409 TODAY. IF PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE 3714 01:56:56,409 --> 01:56:57,577 CONSISTENTLY AND MEANINGFULLY 3715 01:56:57,577 --> 01:56:58,344 ADDRESSED, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 3716 01:56:58,344 --> 01:57:00,713 NO NEED FOR THE ORCA APPEAL. 3717 01:57:00,713 --> 01:57:02,548 ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS EXIST 3718 01:57:02,548 --> 01:57:03,182 BECAUSE AGENCIES SOMETIMES FAIL 3719 01:57:03,182 --> 01:57:04,650 TO CORRECT SIGNIFICANT ERRORS. 3720 01:57:04,650 --> 01:57:08,254 DESPITE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC 3721 01:57:08,254 --> 01:57:09,155 PARTICIPATION. ENVIRONMENTAL 3722 01:57:09,155 --> 01:57:09,789 APPEALS ARE NOT AN OBSTACLE TO 3723 01:57:09,789 --> 01:57:11,290 GOOD GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE A 3724 01:57:11,290 --> 01:57:12,825 SAFEGUARD THAT HELPS ENSURE 3725 01:57:12,825 --> 01:57:14,827 DECISIONS ARE LEGALLY AND 3726 01:57:14,827 --> 01:57:15,461 SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND. I WANT TO 3727 01:57:15,461 --> 01:57:17,063 THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR 3728 01:57:17,063 --> 01:57:17,730 BRINGING FORWARD AMENDMENT B. IT 3729 01:57:17,730 --> 01:57:19,999 PRESERVES CITIZENS RIGHTS TO 3730 01:57:19,999 --> 01:57:21,167 ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL WHILE 3731 01:57:21,167 --> 01:57:21,667 MAKING THE PROCESS MORE 3732 01:57:21,667 --> 01:57:22,902 EFFICIENT, AND THAT'S A 3733 01:57:22,902 --> 01:57:23,636 REASONABLE COMPROMISE. THANK 3734 01:57:23,636 --> 01:57:25,104 YOU. 3735 01:57:25,104 --> 01:57:27,440 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 3736 01:57:27,440 --> 01:57:28,074 NATHANIEL, FOLLOWED BY HANS AND 3737 01:57:28,074 --> 01:57:36,682 THEN SCOTT NELSON. 3738 01:57:36,682 --> 01:57:37,517 -- HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3739 01:57:37,517 --> 01:57:38,484 -- YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU, 3740 01:57:38,484 --> 01:57:42,355 NATHANIEL. HELLO 3741 01:57:42,355 --> 01:57:43,489 -- OKAY. HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS, 3742 01:57:43,489 --> 01:57:46,626 MY NAME IS NATHANIEL, MY RENTER, 3743 01:57:46,626 --> 01:57:48,161 SIX YEAR RENTER IN DISTRICT 3744 01:57:48,161 --> 01:57:49,996 THREE. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE 3745 01:57:49,996 --> 01:57:52,265 VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT B FOR CB 3746 01:57:52,265 --> 01:57:52,932 121215. AND IF THAT DOES NOT 3747 01:57:52,932 --> 01:57:55,535 PASS, PLEASE VOTE NO ON CB 3748 01:57:55,535 --> 01:57:57,703 121215. AS A WHOLE, THE CLAIMS 3749 01:57:57,703 --> 01:57:58,704 THAT SEPA APPEALS DELAY HOUSING 3750 01:57:58,704 --> 01:58:01,674 ARE NOT GROUNDED IN REALITY, 3751 01:58:01,674 --> 01:58:02,341 RATHER, FAILURES IN THE CITY'S 3752 01:58:02,341 --> 01:58:04,744 OWN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND 3753 01:58:04,744 --> 01:58:05,344 BUREAUCRATIC FOOT DRAGGING IN 3754 01:58:05,344 --> 01:58:06,779 HEARING. THESE APPEALS ARE WHAT 3755 01:58:06,779 --> 01:58:08,181 ARE BOGGING THE SYSTEM DOWN. 3756 01:58:08,181 --> 01:58:09,916 ACCURATE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS 3757 01:58:09,916 --> 01:58:13,119 SHOULD BE THE CITY'S GOAL, NOT 3758 01:58:13,119 --> 01:58:14,487 PUBLIC DISENFRANCHISEMENT. 3759 01:58:14,487 --> 01:58:15,021 FURTHERMORE, SEATTLE HAS 3760 01:58:15,021 --> 01:58:16,389 CONSISTENTLY LED THE NATION IN 3761 01:58:16,389 --> 01:58:18,491 ADDED HOUSING STOCK IN THE PAST 3762 01:58:18,491 --> 01:58:20,793 TWO DECADES. YET VACANCY AND 3763 01:58:20,793 --> 01:58:22,929 AFFORDABILITY ISSUES PERSIST. 3764 01:58:22,929 --> 01:58:23,863 THAT INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH 3765 01:58:23,863 --> 01:58:24,764 THE MONEY DEVELOPMENT LOBBY, NOT 3766 01:58:24,764 --> 01:58:26,999 WITH AN ACCESSIBLE APPEALS 3767 01:58:26,999 --> 01:58:28,167 PROCESS. PLEASE AGAIN, VOTE YES 3768 01:58:28,167 --> 01:58:30,803 ON AMENDMENT B, OR IF THAT DOES 3769 01:58:30,803 --> 01:58:32,505 NOT PASS, PLEASE VOTE NO ON CB 3770 01:58:32,505 --> 01:58:34,340 121215. THANK YOU. 3771 01:58:34,340 --> 01:58:37,109 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE HANS, 3772 01:58:37,109 --> 01:58:40,079 FOLLOWED BY SCOTT AND THEN 3773 01:58:40,079 --> 01:58:44,450 DAVID. I HAVE ABOUT TEN MORE 3774 01:58:44,450 --> 01:58:46,152 SPEAKERS. THANK YOU ALL FOR 3775 01:58:46,152 --> 01:58:46,419 WAITING. 3776 01:58:46,419 --> 01:58:47,019 -- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. MY 3777 01:58:47,019 --> 01:58:50,756 NAME IS HANS. I WOULD LIKE TO 3778 01:58:50,756 --> 01:58:59,165 VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR BILL 12125. 3779 01:58:59,165 --> 01:58:59,832 I'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN A NUMBER OF 3780 01:58:59,832 --> 01:59:00,366 THESE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 3781 01:59:00,366 --> 01:59:03,336 ADVOCACY MEETINGS AND THE 3782 01:59:03,336 --> 01:59:04,070 PROCESS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, AND 3783 01:59:04,070 --> 01:59:06,906 IT SEEMS THERE IS NO END TO WHAT 3784 01:59:06,906 --> 01:59:10,109 WOULD BE DEEMED ADEQUATE PROCESS 3785 01:59:10,109 --> 01:59:12,845 OR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. THE CITY 3786 01:59:12,845 --> 01:59:13,479 SPENDS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF 3787 01:59:13,479 --> 01:59:16,716 NOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND 3788 01:59:16,716 --> 01:59:19,452 YEARS AND YEARS COLLATING AND 3789 01:59:19,452 --> 01:59:20,052 COLLECTING PUBLIC COMMENT AND 3790 01:59:20,052 --> 01:59:23,122 INPUT ON ITS PROCESS. WE HAVE A 3791 01:59:23,122 --> 01:59:23,623 REPRESENTATIVE FORM OF 3792 01:59:23,623 --> 01:59:25,658 GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE ELECTED THE 3793 01:59:25,658 --> 01:59:28,261 COUNCIL TO MAKE A DECISION 3794 01:59:28,261 --> 01:59:30,796 AMONGST A BUNCH OF COMPETING 3795 01:59:30,796 --> 01:59:31,531 INTERESTS AND TO FORM A 3796 01:59:31,531 --> 01:59:34,133 GOVERNMENT. THEY'VE DONE THAT, 3797 01:59:34,133 --> 01:59:40,673 AND THE THE TECHNICAL REVIEW CAN 3798 01:59:40,673 --> 01:59:43,676 STILL OCCUR FOR THE WORK 3799 01:59:43,676 --> 01:59:46,812 PRODUCT, WHICH CAN HAPPEN AT THE 3800 01:59:46,812 --> 01:59:48,681 GROWTH MANAGEMENT BOARD LEVEL. 3801 01:59:48,681 --> 01:59:50,082 REMOVING THIS APPEAL DOES NOT 3802 01:59:50,082 --> 01:59:54,053 TAKE AWAY OUR VOICE. THANK YOU. 3803 01:59:54,053 --> 01:59:55,922 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THAT 3804 01:59:55,922 --> 01:59:57,757 WAS SCOTT DAVID HAYNES, FOLLOWED 3805 01:59:57,757 --> 02:00:01,961 BY JASON LEE, STAR SIX. TO 3806 02:00:01,961 --> 02:00:07,266 UNMUTE YOURSELF. 3807 02:00:07,266 --> 02:00:09,602 -- HI. THANK YOU, DAVID. IT'S A 3808 02:00:09,602 --> 02:00:11,470 PROVEN FACT AND IT'S DIRECTLY 3809 02:00:11,470 --> 02:00:14,473 CORRELATED THAT WHEN YOU EXEMPT 3810 02:00:14,473 --> 02:00:16,576 MISDEMEANOR DRUG CRIMES, IT 3811 02:00:16,576 --> 02:00:19,045 ESCALATES VIOLENCE BETWEEN RIVAL 3812 02:00:19,045 --> 02:00:20,780 DRUG GANGS. AND YET WE SEE 3813 02:00:20,780 --> 02:00:22,848 SEATTLE REPEATING THE SAME BAD 3814 02:00:22,848 --> 02:00:26,152 HISTORY OF ALLOWING FOR THE SAME 3815 02:00:26,152 --> 02:00:28,321 BAKED INTO THE BUDGET FROM THE 3816 02:00:28,321 --> 02:00:30,523 THREE PREVIOUS FAILED MAYORS AND 3817 02:00:30,523 --> 02:00:31,958 TOP COPS THAT ALLOW FOR BAD 3818 02:00:31,958 --> 02:00:34,226 POLICIES TO CONTINUE TO BE 3819 02:00:34,226 --> 02:00:35,795 PLAYED OUT. IT'S ALMOST AS IF 3820 02:00:35,795 --> 02:00:38,397 GEORGE SOROS IS USING SEATTLE'S 3821 02:00:38,397 --> 02:00:40,399 POLICE REFORM AS A PILOT PROJECT 3822 02:00:40,399 --> 02:00:41,534 TO DESTROY AMERICA'S EFFORTS TO 3823 02:00:41,534 --> 02:00:43,936 GET PUBLIC SAFETY RIGHT, AND 3824 02:00:43,936 --> 02:00:45,638 LEAD, WHO ALWAYS IS RUNNING 3825 02:00:45,638 --> 02:00:47,273 INTERFERENCE FOR THE CRIMINAL 3826 02:00:47,273 --> 02:00:49,475 JUNKY, THIEVING REPEAT 3827 02:00:49,475 --> 02:00:51,577 OFFENDERS, ARE FILLING UP THE 3828 02:00:51,577 --> 02:00:54,146 CAPACITY OF HOUSING AND 3829 02:00:54,146 --> 02:00:56,716 PURPOSELY DENYING INNOCENT 3830 02:00:56,716 --> 02:00:58,317 PEOPLE, HOMELESS CITIZENS ANY 3831 02:00:58,317 --> 02:01:00,252 ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING 3832 02:01:00,252 --> 02:01:03,656 WHILE BEING SUBHUMAN IS TREATED. 3833 02:01:03,656 --> 02:01:07,660 WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT 3834 02:01:07,660 --> 02:01:08,194 CITY COUNCIL IS ALLOWING 3835 02:01:08,194 --> 02:01:11,664 BALTIMORE, WHICH HAD 30 SOME. 3836 02:01:11,664 --> 02:01:13,466 -- THANK YOU, DAVID SCOTT 3837 02:01:13,466 --> 02:01:22,942 NELSON, FOLLOWED BY JASON. 3838 02:01:22,942 --> 02:01:25,945 -- HEY, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY 3839 02:01:25,945 --> 02:01:28,781 NAME IS SCOTT NELSON AND I'M 3840 02:01:28,781 --> 02:01:29,282 CO-CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE 3841 02:01:29,282 --> 02:01:31,917 DISABILITY COMMISSION. JUST 3842 02:01:31,917 --> 02:01:34,153 COMMENTING HERE TODAY TO GIVE 3843 02:01:34,153 --> 02:01:40,893 HEARTFELT THANKS AND TO DESCRIBE 3844 02:01:40,893 --> 02:01:45,564 THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT IS ON THE 3845 02:01:45,564 --> 02:01:47,300 CONSENT CALENDAR TODAY. THE 3846 02:01:47,300 --> 02:01:47,933 SEATTLE DISABILITY COMMISSION IS 3847 02:01:47,933 --> 02:01:51,137 HAVING THREE NEW MEMBERS 3848 02:01:51,137 --> 02:01:53,305 CONFIRMED. AND THAT IS RARER 3849 02:01:53,305 --> 02:01:54,774 THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOR A 3850 02:01:54,774 --> 02:01:59,145 FEW YEARS THERE. BUT EVER SINCE 3851 02:01:59,145 --> 02:01:59,779 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ CAME BACK 3852 02:01:59,779 --> 02:02:04,884 TO THE COUNCIL AND THANKS TO 3853 02:02:04,884 --> 02:02:05,418 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, THE 3854 02:02:05,418 --> 02:02:07,453 SEATTLE DISABILITY COMMISSION IS 3855 02:02:07,453 --> 02:02:09,789 NEARING ITS FULL CAPACITY FOR 3856 02:02:09,789 --> 02:02:12,291 THAT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE 3857 02:02:12,291 --> 02:02:15,661 COUNCIL AND ENCOURAGE MORE FOLKS 3858 02:02:15,661 --> 02:02:21,200 TO GET PHYSICALLY INVOLVED. 3859 02:02:21,200 --> 02:02:22,201 -- THANK YOU JESSICA. NEXT WE 3860 02:02:22,201 --> 02:02:25,037 HAVE JASON LEE, FOLLOWED BY RUBY 3861 02:02:25,037 --> 02:02:27,006 HOLLAND. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR 3862 02:02:27,006 --> 02:02:34,080 WAITING TWO HOURS ON THE PHONE 3863 02:02:34,080 --> 02:02:34,647 -- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. 3864 02:02:34,647 --> 02:02:36,549 -- MY NAME IS JASON LEE. I'M A 3865 02:02:36,549 --> 02:02:37,783 RESIDENT OF CAPITOL HILL. I'M A 3866 02:02:37,783 --> 02:02:38,751 HOMEOWNER ACTUALLY, AND I'M HERE 3867 02:02:38,751 --> 02:02:41,087 TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL 3868 02:02:41,087 --> 02:02:45,057 BILLS 121215 AS WRITTEN. AS MANY 3869 02:02:45,057 --> 02:02:46,592 PEOPLE BEFORE ME HAVE STATED, 3870 02:02:46,592 --> 02:02:48,594 SEATTLE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 3871 02:02:48,594 --> 02:02:50,196 DIRE HOUSING CRISIS, AND WE NEED 3872 02:02:50,196 --> 02:02:50,996 TO ACT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO 3873 02:02:50,996 --> 02:02:53,666 MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS 3874 02:02:53,666 --> 02:02:55,034 RESOLVED AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO 3875 02:02:55,034 --> 02:02:56,469 LIVE WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE. IN 3876 02:02:56,469 --> 02:02:57,570 SEATTLE. I REALLY LOVE CAPITOL 3877 02:02:57,570 --> 02:02:59,271 HILL, BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF 3878 02:02:59,271 --> 02:03:00,706 MY NEIGHBORS AND A LOT OF MY 3879 02:03:00,706 --> 02:03:01,373 FRIENDS EITHER CAN'T AFFORD TO 3880 02:03:01,373 --> 02:03:02,575 LIVE THE CAPITAL IN CAPITOL HILL 3881 02:03:02,575 --> 02:03:04,977 ARE BEING FORCED OUT BECAUSE, 3882 02:03:04,977 --> 02:03:06,879 YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST NOT 3883 02:03:06,879 --> 02:03:07,947 ENOUGH HOUSING. AND CAPITOL HILL 3884 02:03:07,947 --> 02:03:09,215 IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT ARE 3885 02:03:09,215 --> 02:03:10,483 PRETTY WELL ABSORBED. BUT THAT 3886 02:03:10,483 --> 02:03:11,617 MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REST 3887 02:03:11,617 --> 02:03:13,786 OF THE CITY ISN'T. AND WE REALLY 3888 02:03:13,786 --> 02:03:14,754 NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE 3889 02:03:14,754 --> 02:03:16,389 THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE ANYWHERE IN 3890 02:03:16,389 --> 02:03:17,890 THE CITY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR 3891 02:03:17,890 --> 02:03:19,358 INCOME, REGARDLESS OF THEIR 3892 02:03:19,358 --> 02:03:22,628 ABILITY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE 3893 02:03:22,628 --> 02:03:24,163 AREAS OF THE CITY WITH GOOD 3894 02:03:24,163 --> 02:03:24,764 TRANSIT ARE REALLY DESIRABLE, 3895 02:03:24,764 --> 02:03:25,898 AND THEY ARE SEVERELY LACKING IN 3896 02:03:25,898 --> 02:03:27,333 HOUSING RIGHT NOW. AND WE NEED 3897 02:03:27,333 --> 02:03:28,634 TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN 3898 02:03:28,634 --> 02:03:30,770 LIVE WHERE THEY WHERE THEY 3899 02:03:30,770 --> 02:03:31,470 DESIRE. THANK YOU. 3900 02:03:31,470 --> 02:03:33,139 -- THANK YOU. JASON. NEXT WE 3901 02:03:33,139 --> 02:03:34,807 HAVE RUBY HOLLAND, FOLLOWED BY 3902 02:03:34,807 --> 02:03:38,711 ALBERTO ALVAREZ, STAR SIX TO 3903 02:03:38,711 --> 02:03:46,519 UNMUTE YOURSELF, MISS HOLLAND 3904 02:03:46,652 --> 02:03:55,227 I DON'T SEE HER ONLINE. I KNOW 3905 02:03:55,227 --> 02:03:58,864 TECH IS LOOKING FOR. ALL RIGHT. 3906 02:03:58,864 --> 02:04:00,699 WE'LL WE'LL LOOK FOR HER. WE'LL 3907 02:04:00,699 --> 02:04:02,034 GO TO ALBERTO ALVAREZ IF HE'S 3908 02:04:02,034 --> 02:04:03,235 IF HE'S STILL ONLINE. BUT KEEP 3909 02:04:03,235 --> 02:04:04,770 LOOKING FOR RUBY HOLLAND. MISS 3910 02:04:04,770 --> 02:04:15,114 HOLLAND. THANK YOU. 3911 02:04:16,348 --> 02:04:18,918 -- HELLO. THANK YOU. HOW MANY 3912 02:04:18,918 --> 02:04:19,552 MORE TRAGEDIES WILL THE POLICE 3913 02:04:19,552 --> 02:04:23,022 CHIEF BE AWAY IN CHICAGO OR ON A 3914 02:04:23,022 --> 02:04:24,223 SPEAKING TOUR IN OTHER CITIES 3915 02:04:24,223 --> 02:04:26,859 AND OTHER STATES? ACTUALLY, CAN 3916 02:04:26,859 --> 02:04:29,228 YOU, CHIEF THAT LIVES HERE 3917 02:04:29,228 --> 02:04:32,665 VALUES OUR CITY. YOU CAN'T RUN 3918 02:04:32,665 --> 02:04:34,366 A POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA ZOOM OR 3919 02:04:34,366 --> 02:04:37,770 WITH A FEW TEXT MESSAGES OR 3920 02:04:37,770 --> 02:04:39,405 ESPECIALLY HAS NO RIGHT TO FEEL 3921 02:04:39,405 --> 02:04:41,540 UPSET. WHEN A REPORTER ASKED WHY 3922 02:04:41,540 --> 02:04:44,009 HE WAS GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN 3923 02:04:44,009 --> 02:04:46,645 FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS OF AUGUST, IF 3924 02:04:46,645 --> 02:04:48,347 RUNNING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 3925 02:04:48,347 --> 02:04:52,818 OUR CITY IS TOO MUCH OF A BOTHER 3926 02:04:52,818 --> 02:04:54,987 FOR BARNES, HE NEEDS TO TURN 3927 02:04:54,987 --> 02:04:56,121 OVER HIS BADGE OR THE MAYOR 3928 02:04:56,121 --> 02:04:58,724 NEEDS TO FIRE HIM. IT'S BAD 3929 02:04:58,724 --> 02:05:01,460 ENOUGH PROBLEM THAT MANY POLICE 3930 02:05:01,460 --> 02:05:03,128 OFFICERS DON'T WALK OR LIVE IN 3931 02:05:03,128 --> 02:05:06,131 OUR COMMUNITIES. EVEN WORSE, 3932 02:05:06,131 --> 02:05:07,967 WHEN YOU HAVE A CHIEF WHO 3933 02:05:07,967 --> 02:05:09,935 DOESN'T VALUE OUR CITY AND 3934 02:05:09,935 --> 02:05:12,371 SPENDS HIS TIME IN ANOTHER STATE 3935 02:05:12,371 --> 02:05:15,774 EVERY CHANCE HE GETS, WE NEED A 3936 02:05:15,774 --> 02:05:21,113 CHIEF WHO LIVES IN OUR TOWN. 3937 02:05:21,113 --> 02:05:24,617 -- THANK YOU ALBERTO. TWO LAST 3938 02:05:24,617 --> 02:05:28,220 SPEAKERS WE HAVE KEVIN MEANS, 3939 02:05:28,220 --> 02:05:32,691 FOLLOWED BY EDWIN. LINDO. KEVIN 3940 02:05:32,691 --> 02:05:36,795 STARR SIX. 3941 02:05:36,795 --> 02:05:37,162 -- HI, COUNCIL. 3942 02:05:37,162 --> 02:05:38,964 -- THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3943 02:05:38,964 --> 02:05:42,067 -- SURE CAN. KEVIN. HEY 3944 02:05:42,067 --> 02:05:44,103 -- GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M A 3945 02:05:44,103 --> 02:05:46,272 PARENT AND A RESIDENT AND 3946 02:05:46,272 --> 02:05:50,609 HOMEOWNER IN D2, AND I WAS 3947 02:05:50,609 --> 02:05:51,210 CALLING IN TO SUPPORT COUNCIL 3948 02:05:51,210 --> 02:05:54,446 BILL 121215 AND ASK YOU TO 3949 02:05:54,446 --> 02:05:57,816 REJECT AMENDMENT B. I HAVE THREE 3950 02:05:57,816 --> 02:05:58,717 KIDS WHO ARE HERE IN THE BACK OF 3951 02:05:58,717 --> 02:06:00,886 THE MINIVAN WITH ME RIGHT NOW. 3952 02:06:00,886 --> 02:06:02,221 AND DON'T WORRY, I'M PARKED. 3953 02:06:02,221 --> 02:06:03,289 AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO 3954 02:06:03,289 --> 02:06:05,257 LIVE IN SEATTLE TWO. AND RIGHT 3955 02:06:05,257 --> 02:06:06,759 NOW IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD. IF 3956 02:06:06,759 --> 02:06:07,893 THE HOUSING PRICES CONTINUE THE 3957 02:06:07,893 --> 02:06:11,597 WAY THEY HAVE BEEN GOING AND OUR 3958 02:06:11,597 --> 02:06:12,131 LACK OF BUILDING HOUSING 3959 02:06:12,131 --> 02:06:13,132 CAPACITY CONTINUES THIS WAY, I 3960 02:06:13,132 --> 02:06:15,734 WOULD ALSO LIKE THEM TO LIVE IN 3961 02:06:15,734 --> 02:06:17,269 A CITY THAT HAS FORESTS AND 3962 02:06:17,269 --> 02:06:19,572 HEALTHY OCEANS AROUND THEM, AND 3963 02:06:19,572 --> 02:06:21,206 THAT MEANS BUILDING DENSER AND 3964 02:06:21,206 --> 02:06:24,610 AVOIDING SPRAWL. SO THANK YOU. 3965 02:06:24,610 --> 02:06:25,077 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 3966 02:06:25,077 --> 02:06:25,978 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU KEVIN. 3967 02:06:25,978 --> 02:06:36,488 NEXT WE HAVE EDWIN. WELCOME. 3968 02:06:37,256 --> 02:06:39,191 AND YOU ARE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO 3969 02:06:39,191 --> 02:06:46,865 HEAR YOU WHEN YOU'RE OFF MUTE. 3970 02:06:46,865 --> 02:06:48,400 NO. YOUR YOUR PHONE MIGHT BE 3971 02:06:48,400 --> 02:06:52,705 MUTED. EDWIN. BUT YOU LOOK 3972 02:06:52,705 --> 02:06:52,938 AWFUL. 3973 02:06:52,938 --> 02:06:53,339 -- I AM. 3974 02:06:53,339 --> 02:06:55,040 -- THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. 3975 02:06:55,040 --> 02:06:56,208 -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3976 02:06:56,208 --> 02:06:59,011 -- OKAY, LOUD AND CLEAR. 3977 02:06:59,011 --> 02:06:59,812 -- EVERYONE, I APPRECIATE IT. 3978 02:06:59,812 --> 02:07:02,481 HI, EVERYONE. EDWIN LINDO WITH 3979 02:07:02,481 --> 02:07:03,515 LIBRARY. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE 3980 02:07:03,515 --> 02:07:06,719 MY SUPPORT FOR 12, 12, 15 WITH 3981 02:07:06,719 --> 02:07:08,754 THE AMENDMENTS, NOT INCLUDING 3982 02:07:08,754 --> 02:07:10,956 AMENDMENT B. I APPRECIATE 3983 02:07:10,956 --> 02:07:12,858 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND OTHERS 3984 02:07:12,858 --> 02:07:14,360 REALLY REFINING THIS, MAKING 3985 02:07:14,360 --> 02:07:17,363 SURE THAT THERE'S STILL AN 3986 02:07:17,363 --> 02:07:17,997 APPEAL PROCESS FOR NON PROJECTS 3987 02:07:17,997 --> 02:07:19,431 ON THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT LEVEL. 3988 02:07:19,431 --> 02:07:23,068 SO THAT STILL EXISTS AND THAT 3989 02:07:23,068 --> 02:07:23,902 THE AMENDMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT 3990 02:07:23,902 --> 02:07:25,771 THERE IS AT LEAST REPORTS BEING 3991 02:07:25,771 --> 02:07:27,640 PRESENTED TO COUNCIL WHEN THOSE 3992 02:07:27,640 --> 02:07:28,307 ARE ASKED BY COUNCILMEMBERS. BUT 3993 02:07:28,307 --> 02:07:30,175 I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A LOT 3994 02:07:30,175 --> 02:07:31,510 OF THE CONCERNS COMMUNITIES 3995 02:07:31,510 --> 02:07:33,078 HAVE, INCLUDING MYSELF, IS THAT 3996 02:07:33,078 --> 02:07:35,814 THERE ISN'T AN ACTUAL REVIEW 3997 02:07:35,814 --> 02:07:36,448 FOR THE IMPACT OF DISPLACEMENT 3998 02:07:36,448 --> 02:07:38,784 ON MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, 3999 02:07:38,784 --> 02:07:39,385 INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL, AND I 4000 02:07:39,385 --> 02:07:43,789 WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR COUNCIL TO 4001 02:07:43,789 --> 02:07:44,356 EXPLORE TOGETHER HOW WE CAN 4002 02:07:44,356 --> 02:07:46,959 CREATE SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT 4003 02:07:46,959 --> 02:07:47,493 OF A ANTI-DISPLACEMENT OR 4004 02:07:47,493 --> 02:07:50,129 DISPLACEMENT REVIEW PROCESS OR 4005 02:07:50,129 --> 02:07:51,130 BOARD. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLY 4006 02:07:51,130 --> 02:07:52,297 IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AS 4007 02:07:52,297 --> 02:07:55,734 WE CONTINUE TO GROW, THAT WE 4008 02:07:55,734 --> 02:07:56,301 AREN'T EXACERBATING THE 4009 02:07:56,301 --> 02:07:57,036 DISPLACEMENT TAKING PLACE IN THE 4010 02:07:57,036 --> 02:07:58,570 HIGH RISK AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN 4011 02:07:58,570 --> 02:08:01,140 THE SOUTH END OF SEATTLE. 4012 02:08:01,140 --> 02:08:03,142 -- THANK YOU. EDWIN, ARE THERE 4013 02:08:03,142 --> 02:08:04,877 ANY MORE? THERE'S NO PUBLIC 4014 02:08:04,877 --> 02:08:06,912 COMMENT. SPEAKERS. WE'RE ABOUT 4015 02:08:06,912 --> 02:08:08,180 TWO HOURS AND 15 MINUTES IN 4016 02:08:08,180 --> 02:08:10,082 PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T SEE 4017 02:08:10,082 --> 02:08:11,784 ANYONE ELSE ONLINE WHO IS NOT 4018 02:08:11,784 --> 02:08:14,353 PRESENT. WE'LL GIVE IT LIKE 10 4019 02:08:14,353 --> 02:08:16,588 SECONDS SAM WOLFSON, NICOLE 4020 02:08:16,588 --> 02:08:19,391 CORRADO, RUBY HOLLAND HARPER 4021 02:08:19,391 --> 02:08:23,562 NALLEY AND STARR HOPE AND KEN 4022 02:08:23,562 --> 02:08:25,964 LETTERMAN. OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT 4023 02:08:25,964 --> 02:08:28,267 PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU 4024 02:08:28,267 --> 02:08:30,969 ALL FOR COMING FOR PUBLIC 4025 02:08:30,969 --> 02:08:33,238 COMMENT. VERY GRATEFUL. I KNOW 4026 02:08:33,238 --> 02:08:33,872 PEOPLE STOOD IN LINE FOR A LONG 4027 02:08:33,872 --> 02:08:35,674 TIME, AND THEN PEOPLE WERE ON 4028 02:08:35,674 --> 02:08:36,775 THE PHONE FOR A LONG TIME. SO 4029 02:08:36,775 --> 02:08:39,144 REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 4030 02:08:39,144 --> 02:08:41,213 AND YOUR COMMENTS TODAY AND 4031 02:08:41,213 --> 02:08:42,581 TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY. I 4032 02:08:42,581 --> 02:08:44,550 ALSO WANT TO CHECK IN WITH MY 4033 02:08:44,550 --> 02:08:45,684 COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE MOVE IN 4034 02:08:45,684 --> 02:08:47,286 POWER THROUGH THE AGENDA. DOES 4035 02:08:47,286 --> 02:08:48,454 ANYONE NEED A RECESS OR ARE WE 4036 02:08:48,454 --> 02:08:53,725 GOOD? I'LL BE LOOKING. SOME 4037 02:08:53,725 --> 02:08:54,259 PEOPLE COULD USE ONE FIVE 4038 02:08:54,259 --> 02:08:55,327 MINUTES. IS THAT OKAY? SO RIGHT 4039 02:08:55,327 --> 02:08:58,564 NOW IT'S GOING TO BE FOR 15. IF 4040 02:08:58,564 --> 02:09:02,801 WE CAME BACK AT 420, MY FAVORITE 4041 02:09:02,801 --> 02:09:04,570 TIME, WE WILL COME BACK AND 4042 02:09:04,570 --> 02:09:09,975 RESTART THE MEETING. OKAY. THANK 4043 02:09:09,975 --> 02:09:17,783 YOU. 4044 02:09:18,016 --> 02:09:28,427 -- [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4045 02:09:41,740 --> 02:09:51,950 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4046 02:10:03,462 --> 02:10:13,672 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4047 02:10:20,212 --> 02:10:30,422 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4048 02:10:35,861 --> 02:10:46,205 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4049 02:10:59,184 --> 02:11:09,394 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4050 02:11:15,601 --> 02:11:25,811 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4051 02:11:31,750 --> 02:11:41,960 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4052 02:11:47,866 --> 02:11:58,210 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4053 02:12:11,456 --> 02:12:21,667 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4054 02:12:27,572 --> 02:12:37,783 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4055 02:12:43,822 --> 02:12:54,032 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4056 02:13:00,005 --> 02:13:10,349 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4057 02:13:23,395 --> 02:13:33,739 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4058 02:13:45,717 --> 02:13:55,927 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4059 02:14:01,066 --> 02:14:11,276 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4060 02:14:17,682 --> 02:14:27,893 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4061 02:14:33,465 --> 02:14:43,675 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 4062 02:14:50,382 --> 02:15:00,459 [MUSIC] 4063 02:15:00,926 --> 02:15:11,303 -- OKAY. TESTING SEATTLE 4064 02:16:53,371 --> 02:16:55,407 CHANNEL. ARE WE ON? AND WE'RE 4065 02:16:55,407 --> 02:16:58,343 READY. LET'S GO AHEAD AND 4066 02:16:58,343 --> 02:17:00,245 BEGIN. RESUME ROLL. WE'RE GOING 4067 02:17:00,245 --> 02:17:01,680 TO START TWO. 4068 02:17:01,680 --> 02:17:02,013 -- YOU WANT. 4069 02:17:02,013 --> 02:17:03,949 -- ALL RIGHT. WELL THE CLERK 4070 02:17:03,949 --> 02:17:09,187 PLEASE. WE ARE HERE. TESTING 4071 02:17:09,187 --> 02:17:10,589 ONE. TWO. TESTING ONE, TWO. 4072 02:17:10,589 --> 02:17:12,290 -- ALL RIGHT. GOOD. 4073 02:17:12,290 --> 02:17:13,225 -- YOU ALL RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO 4074 02:17:13,225 --> 02:17:14,426 START. WE'RE GOING TO START. 4075 02:17:14,426 --> 02:17:17,062 WE'RE GONNA START. WE'RE GONNA 4076 02:17:17,062 --> 02:17:20,131 START. WE'RE GOING TO START IT 4077 02:17:20,131 --> 02:17:21,633 UP. FOOT ON THE GAS. ALL RIGHT. 4078 02:17:21,633 --> 02:17:23,468 CAN THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 4079 02:17:23,468 --> 02:17:25,170 ROLL WHILE WE'RE DRIVING THIS 4080 02:17:25,170 --> 02:17:29,174 CAR? 4081 02:17:29,174 --> 02:17:29,874 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. 4082 02:17:29,874 --> 02:17:33,578 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HERE. 4083 02:17:33,578 --> 02:17:34,045 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 4084 02:17:34,045 --> 02:17:36,715 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 4085 02:17:36,715 --> 02:17:37,282 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 4086 02:17:37,282 --> 02:17:39,818 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 4087 02:17:39,818 --> 02:17:42,587 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HERE. 4088 02:17:42,587 --> 02:17:43,121 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 4089 02:17:43,121 --> 02:17:44,089 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4090 02:17:44,089 --> 02:17:44,456 HOLLINGSWORTH. 4091 02:17:44,456 --> 02:17:45,624 -- YES. HERE. 4092 02:17:45,624 --> 02:17:47,425 -- EIGHT EIGHT. PRESENT. 4093 02:17:47,425 --> 02:17:48,059 -- AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 4094 02:17:48,059 --> 02:17:50,795 IS EXCUSED UNTIL SHE GETS HERE. 4095 02:17:50,795 --> 02:17:51,663 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS HERE, SO 4096 02:17:51,663 --> 02:17:52,731 PLEASE CALL HER AGAIN. I WANT 4097 02:17:52,731 --> 02:17:54,199 HER TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE 4098 02:17:54,199 --> 02:17:55,367 DOESN'T GET COUNTED AS LATE 4099 02:17:55,367 --> 02:17:58,236 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ YES! 4100 02:17:58,236 --> 02:17:59,204 -- AWESOME PRESENT. ALL RIGHT, 4101 02:17:59,204 --> 02:18:01,773 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION. THANK 4102 02:18:01,773 --> 02:18:03,341 YOU. THERE'S NO OBJECTION. THE 4103 02:18:03,341 --> 02:18:03,975 INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR 4104 02:18:03,975 --> 02:18:05,744 WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING. NO. NO 4105 02:18:05,744 --> 02:18:07,746 OBJECTION. THE INTRODUCTION AND 4106 02:18:07,746 --> 02:18:09,147 REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF 4107 02:18:09,147 --> 02:18:10,715 THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 4108 02:18:10,715 --> 02:18:12,784 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 4109 02:18:12,784 --> 02:18:14,753 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 4110 02:18:14,753 --> 02:18:16,755 ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW GOING TO 4111 02:18:16,755 --> 02:18:17,355 CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT 4112 02:18:17,355 --> 02:18:18,657 CALENDAR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT 4113 02:18:18,657 --> 02:18:20,959 CALENDAR INCLUDE MINUTES OF JULY 4114 02:18:20,959 --> 02:18:23,228 21st. COUNCIL BILL 121260, WHICH 4115 02:18:23,228 --> 02:18:25,697 IS PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. WE HAVE 4116 02:18:25,697 --> 02:18:27,165 ONE BILL FROM THE HUMAN 4117 02:18:27,165 --> 02:18:29,934 SERVICES, LABOR AND ECONOMIC 4118 02:18:29,934 --> 02:18:30,535 DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND 19 4119 02:18:30,535 --> 02:18:31,302 APPOINTMENTS FROM THE HOUSING, 4120 02:18:31,302 --> 02:18:33,271 ARTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. 4121 02:18:33,271 --> 02:18:33,972 ARE THERE ANY ITEMS 4122 02:18:33,972 --> 02:18:34,973 COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO 4123 02:18:34,973 --> 02:18:38,109 REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT 4124 02:18:38,109 --> 02:18:39,277 CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, I MOVE 4125 02:18:39,277 --> 02:18:41,246 TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 4126 02:18:41,246 --> 02:18:42,280 IS THERE A SECOND? 4127 02:18:42,280 --> 02:18:43,148 -- SECOND. 4128 02:18:43,148 --> 02:18:44,482 -- THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED. 4129 02:18:44,482 --> 02:18:45,116 AND SECOND, TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 4130 02:18:45,116 --> 02:18:46,051 CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 4131 02:18:46,051 --> 02:18:47,485 CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF 4132 02:18:47,485 --> 02:18:51,623 THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 4133 02:18:51,623 --> 02:18:52,457 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 4134 02:18:52,457 --> 02:18:53,625 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. HI, 4135 02:18:53,625 --> 02:18:56,127 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. HI, 4136 02:18:56,127 --> 02:19:00,332 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. HI, 4137 02:19:00,332 --> 02:19:00,832 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 4138 02:19:00,832 --> 02:19:02,967 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I 4139 02:19:02,967 --> 02:19:07,172 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 4140 02:19:07,172 --> 02:19:07,772 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. COUNCIL 4141 02:19:07,772 --> 02:19:09,841 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. 4142 02:19:09,841 --> 02:19:10,208 -- YES. 4143 02:19:10,208 --> 02:19:12,077 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE. OPPOSED. 4144 02:19:12,077 --> 02:19:12,711 -- CONSENT. CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. 4145 02:19:12,711 --> 02:19:13,845 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY 4146 02:19:13,845 --> 02:19:15,246 SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND THE 4147 02:19:15,246 --> 02:19:16,214 LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT 4148 02:19:16,214 --> 02:19:17,482 CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? WILL THE 4149 02:19:17,482 --> 02:19:19,351 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 4150 02:19:19,351 --> 02:19:20,785 ONE INTO THE RECORD? 4151 02:19:20,785 --> 02:19:21,986 -- THE REPORT OF THE SELECT 4152 02:19:21,986 --> 02:19:22,554 COMMITTEE ON THE FAMILIES, 4153 02:19:22,554 --> 02:19:23,488 EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE 4154 02:19:23,488 --> 02:19:25,590 LEVY. SIX YEAR IMPLEMENTATION 4155 02:19:25,590 --> 02:19:27,959 AND EVALUATION PLAN AGENDA ITEM 4156 02:19:27,959 --> 02:19:29,594 ONE. COUNCIL 1212 40. AN 4157 02:19:29,594 --> 02:19:31,129 ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 2025 4158 02:19:31,129 --> 02:19:31,863 FAMILIES EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL 4159 02:19:31,863 --> 02:19:34,566 AND PROMISE LEVY APPROVING AND 4160 02:19:34,566 --> 02:19:36,000 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 4161 02:19:36,000 --> 02:19:38,002 PLAN AS REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE 4162 02:19:38,002 --> 02:19:40,238 127238. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 4163 02:19:40,238 --> 02:19:41,306 THE BILL PASSES AMENDED. 4164 02:19:41,306 --> 02:19:41,806 COUNCILMEMBERS. RIVERA 4165 02:19:41,806 --> 02:19:43,241 HOLLINGSWORTH. FOSTER. JUAREZ, 4166 02:19:43,241 --> 02:19:44,376 KETTLE, LIN, RINCK AND STRAUSS 4167 02:19:44,376 --> 02:19:46,177 IN FAVOR AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 4168 02:19:46,177 --> 02:19:47,212 OPPOSED COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 4169 02:19:47,212 --> 02:19:48,379 -- AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, 4170 02:19:48,379 --> 02:19:51,750 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO 4171 02:19:51,750 --> 02:19:52,350 PRESENT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. 4172 02:19:52,350 --> 02:19:54,285 -- I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE HERE. 4173 02:19:54,285 --> 02:19:55,987 COLLEAGUES, THIS IS SO EXCITING. 4174 02:19:55,987 --> 02:20:00,325 THIS IS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE 4175 02:20:00,325 --> 02:20:01,993 BEEN WORKING ON MY TEAM AND MANY 4176 02:20:01,993 --> 02:20:02,961 OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 4177 02:20:02,961 --> 02:20:06,231 FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. REALLY. 4178 02:20:06,231 --> 02:20:08,133 AND SO THIS IS A REALLY BIG 4179 02:20:08,133 --> 02:20:12,270 MOMENT. THIS IS A LEVY THAT 4180 02:20:12,270 --> 02:20:15,607 EVERYONE CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT 4181 02:20:15,607 --> 02:20:17,075 AND CAN STAND BY. PASSED BY 80% 4182 02:20:17,075 --> 02:20:21,513 OF VOTERS WE SAW, AND WE HAD THE 4183 02:20:21,513 --> 02:20:22,781 OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE 4184 02:20:22,781 --> 02:20:24,315 DEPARTMENT ON ALL THE WONDERFUL 4185 02:20:24,315 --> 02:20:28,086 WORK THAT GETS DONE WITH THIS 4186 02:20:28,086 --> 02:20:31,956 PARTICULAR LEVY. SO CLERK DO WE 4187 02:20:31,956 --> 02:20:37,162 NEED TO DO I NEED TO WE DO 4188 02:20:37,162 --> 02:20:38,329 EVENTUALLY. 4189 02:20:38,329 --> 02:20:39,230 -- YOU DO? YES. AND JUST 4190 02:20:39,230 --> 02:20:41,533 CHECKING, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER 4191 02:20:41,533 --> 02:20:42,033 STRAUSS HAS HIS HAND. 4192 02:20:42,033 --> 02:20:44,035 -- I WAS TRYING TO GO AFTER 4193 02:20:44,035 --> 02:20:44,269 CHAIR. 4194 02:20:44,269 --> 02:20:45,270 -- UNDERSTOOD. GOT IT. GOT YOU. 4195 02:20:45,270 --> 02:20:47,138 MY BAD. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 4196 02:20:47,138 --> 02:20:47,772 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. CONTINUE, 4197 02:20:47,772 --> 02:20:49,941 PLEASE. 4198 02:20:49,941 --> 02:20:51,276 -- THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A LONG 4199 02:20:51,276 --> 02:20:52,477 A LONG MEETING TODAY, SO I'M NOT 4200 02:20:52,477 --> 02:20:54,345 GOING TO SAY MUCH MORE. I SAID 4201 02:20:54,345 --> 02:20:56,114 WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AT THE 4202 02:20:56,114 --> 02:20:56,781 SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT I 4203 02:20:56,781 --> 02:21:00,652 JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR 4204 02:21:00,652 --> 02:21:01,886 YOUR CONSIDERATION, YOUR 4205 02:21:01,886 --> 02:21:02,987 ATTENTION TO THIS. I KNOW THIS 4206 02:21:02,987 --> 02:21:04,923 IS SOMETHING, AS I SAID EARLIER, 4207 02:21:04,923 --> 02:21:06,858 WE ALL VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT, AND 4208 02:21:06,858 --> 02:21:10,695 I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM AND YOUR 4209 02:21:10,695 --> 02:21:12,931 OFFICES AND OUR CLERKS AND 4210 02:21:12,931 --> 02:21:15,500 EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN IN 4211 02:21:15,500 --> 02:21:17,502 GETTING TO THIS VOTE TODAY ON 4212 02:21:17,502 --> 02:21:20,371 THE FINE AND ALSO THE DEPARTMENT 4213 02:21:20,371 --> 02:21:23,475 OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING, 4214 02:21:23,475 --> 02:21:24,108 SOME FOLKS ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, 4215 02:21:24,108 --> 02:21:28,279 SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. 4216 02:21:28,279 --> 02:21:29,480 AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE REALLY 4217 02:21:29,480 --> 02:21:30,715 IT'S IT'S WHEN WE ALL, LIKE I 4218 02:21:30,715 --> 02:21:32,617 ALWAYS SAY, WHEN WE ALL WORK 4219 02:21:32,617 --> 02:21:34,953 TOGETHER, WE GET BETTER OUTCOMES 4220 02:21:34,953 --> 02:21:35,987 AND RESULTS. AND THIS IS A 4221 02:21:35,987 --> 02:21:39,023 PRODUCT OF THAT. SO I'M REALLY 4222 02:21:39,023 --> 02:21:41,459 EXCITED TO TAKE THIS FINAL VOTE 4223 02:21:41,459 --> 02:21:42,327 TODAY. CHAIR. THANK YOU. 4224 02:21:42,327 --> 02:21:45,263 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 4225 02:21:45,263 --> 02:21:47,398 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. SO YOU'RE 4226 02:21:47,398 --> 02:21:50,335 GOING TO MOVE TO AMEND YEP. I'LL 4227 02:21:50,335 --> 02:21:51,803 YEAH, I'LL LET YOU DO THAT. AND 4228 02:21:51,803 --> 02:21:52,670 THEN PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY HAVE 4229 02:21:52,670 --> 02:21:53,671 THEIR FINAL COMMENTS. WE'LL GET 4230 02:21:53,671 --> 02:21:57,175 THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS. 4231 02:21:57,175 --> 02:21:57,942 -- OKAY, GREAT. CLERK, CAN YOU 4232 02:21:57,942 --> 02:22:00,645 JUST CONFIRM, DO I MOVE THE BILL 4233 02:22:00,645 --> 02:22:02,013 AND THEN MOVE TO AMEND THE BILL 4234 02:22:02,013 --> 02:22:03,448 OR JUST MOVE TO AMEND, JUST MOVE 4235 02:22:03,448 --> 02:22:06,718 TO AMEND. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE TO 4236 02:22:06,718 --> 02:22:09,454 AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121240 AS 4237 02:22:09,454 --> 02:22:12,557 PRESENTED ON THE PROPOSED 4238 02:22:12,557 --> 02:22:15,260 SUBSTITUTE TO AMENDMENT ONE. 4239 02:22:15,260 --> 02:22:15,960 -- SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND 4240 02:22:15,960 --> 02:22:17,328 SECOND, TO AMEND ATTACHMENT 4241 02:22:17,328 --> 02:22:18,530 NUMBER ONE TO THE BILL AS 4242 02:22:18,530 --> 02:22:20,798 PRESENTED ON THE PROPOSED 4243 02:22:20,798 --> 02:22:21,633 SUBSTITUTE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 4244 02:22:21,633 --> 02:22:23,534 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO 4245 02:22:23,534 --> 02:22:23,835 ADDRESS IT. 4246 02:22:23,835 --> 02:22:26,604 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4247 02:22:26,604 --> 02:22:28,006 THE SUBSTITUTE WAS NEEDED THE 4248 02:22:28,006 --> 02:22:29,474 SUBSTITUTE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE 4249 02:22:29,474 --> 02:22:33,311 AMENDMENT IS TO FIX. PAGE NUMBER 4250 02:22:33,311 --> 02:22:33,945 REFERENCES, ADD CLARIFICATIONS 4251 02:22:33,945 --> 02:22:38,316 ON TO PAGES 54 AND 63 AND MAKE 4252 02:22:38,316 --> 02:22:40,585 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO ADDRESS 4253 02:22:40,585 --> 02:22:41,152 CENTRAL STAFF ERRORS IN THE 4254 02:22:41,152 --> 02:22:43,821 SPEND PLAN. THAT IS BASICALLY 4255 02:22:43,821 --> 02:22:45,790 WHAT THE SUBSTITUTE IS DOING. 4256 02:22:45,790 --> 02:22:48,559 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 4257 02:22:48,559 --> 02:22:50,028 -- ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE 4258 02:22:50,028 --> 02:22:53,298 SUBSTITUTE TO ATTACHMENT NUMBER 4259 02:22:53,298 --> 02:22:56,801 ONE? SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK 4260 02:22:56,801 --> 02:22:57,902 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 4261 02:22:57,902 --> 02:23:01,606 ADOPTION OF THE SUBSTITUTE TO 4262 02:23:01,606 --> 02:23:02,040 ATTACHMENT ONE. 4263 02:23:02,040 --> 02:23:05,343 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 4264 02:23:05,343 --> 02:23:05,576 -- AYE. 4265 02:23:05,576 --> 02:23:06,110 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 4266 02:23:06,110 --> 02:23:09,047 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES. 4267 02:23:09,047 --> 02:23:09,514 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 4268 02:23:09,514 --> 02:23:11,716 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 4269 02:23:11,716 --> 02:23:12,150 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4270 02:23:12,150 --> 02:23:13,651 -- YES. 4271 02:23:13,651 --> 02:23:16,054 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 4272 02:23:16,054 --> 02:23:16,587 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 4273 02:23:16,587 --> 02:23:17,555 -- AYE. 4274 02:23:17,555 --> 02:23:19,657 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 4275 02:23:19,657 --> 02:23:20,024 HOLLINGSWORTH. 4276 02:23:20,024 --> 02:23:20,792 -- AYE. 4277 02:23:20,792 --> 02:23:21,726 -- IN FAVOR NONE. OPPOSED. 4278 02:23:21,726 --> 02:23:22,627 -- MOTION CARRIES. SUBSTITUTE 4279 02:23:22,627 --> 02:23:24,195 SUBSTITUTE IS ADOPTED. 4280 02:23:24,195 --> 02:23:25,363 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. YOU ARE 4281 02:23:25,363 --> 02:23:26,464 RECOGNIZED TO MOVE YOUR 4282 02:23:26,464 --> 02:23:26,764 AMENDMENT. 4283 02:23:26,764 --> 02:23:27,732 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 4284 02:23:27,732 --> 02:23:31,869 PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO AMEND 4285 02:23:31,869 --> 02:23:32,370 COUNCIL BILL 121240 AS 4286 02:23:32,370 --> 02:23:35,206 SPECIFICALLY PRESENTED ON 4287 02:23:35,206 --> 02:23:36,574 AMENDMENT A SECOND. 4288 02:23:36,574 --> 02:23:37,275 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, 4289 02:23:37,275 --> 02:23:40,278 TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED 4290 02:23:40,278 --> 02:23:40,878 ON AMENDMENT A COUNCILMEMBER 4291 02:23:40,878 --> 02:23:41,579 SAKA YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER 4292 02:23:41,579 --> 02:23:42,080 TO ADDRESS IT. 4293 02:23:42,080 --> 02:23:43,081 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 4294 02:23:43,081 --> 02:23:44,449 PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. 4295 02:23:44,449 --> 02:23:45,617 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, CHAIR OF 4296 02:23:45,617 --> 02:23:46,250 THE COMMITTEE THAT SHEPHERDED 4297 02:23:46,250 --> 02:23:48,786 AND OVERSAW THIS PROCESS END TO 4298 02:23:48,786 --> 02:23:51,122 END, FOR, AS WAS NOTED TO TWO 4299 02:23:51,122 --> 02:23:54,792 YEARS NOW. SO, COLLEAGUES, THIS 4300 02:23:54,792 --> 02:23:55,393 AMENDMENT IS STRAIGHTFORWARD, 4301 02:23:55,393 --> 02:23:56,928 PRACTICAL, AND INTENDED TO 4302 02:23:56,928 --> 02:23:59,430 STRENGTHEN HOW WE EXPAND THE 4303 02:23:59,430 --> 02:24:00,932 SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM OVER 4304 02:24:00,932 --> 02:24:02,500 THE LIFE OF THIS LEVY. I WANT TO 4305 02:24:02,500 --> 02:24:05,103 THANK AGAIN CHAIR RIVERA COUNCIL 4306 02:24:05,103 --> 02:24:06,170 COLLEAGUES AND DEAL FOR THEIR 4307 02:24:06,170 --> 02:24:08,473 WORK ON THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 4308 02:24:08,473 --> 02:24:10,241 AND FOR THE COLLABORATIVE 4309 02:24:10,241 --> 02:24:10,808 CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD 4310 02:24:10,808 --> 02:24:12,944 THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THIS 4311 02:24:12,944 --> 02:24:15,813 AMENDMENT SIMPLY CLARIFIES THAT 4312 02:24:15,813 --> 02:24:19,517 AS DEEL CONSIDERS WHERE TO 4313 02:24:19,517 --> 02:24:20,918 EXPAND PRESCHOOL CAPACITY IN 4314 02:24:20,918 --> 02:24:23,588 FUTURE YEARS, IT SHOULD 4315 02:24:23,588 --> 02:24:24,088 EXPLICITLY CONSIDER TWO 4316 02:24:24,088 --> 02:24:26,057 IMPORTANT FACTORS. FIRST, THE 4317 02:24:26,057 --> 02:24:28,359 GEOGRAPHIC AREAS WITH THE 4318 02:24:28,359 --> 02:24:30,762 HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS OF 4319 02:24:30,762 --> 02:24:32,697 FAMILIES ON THE ESP WAIT LIST, 4320 02:24:32,697 --> 02:24:37,135 AND SECONDLY, OPPORTUNITIES TO 4321 02:24:37,135 --> 02:24:37,702 HELP CLOSE THE KINDERGARTEN 4322 02:24:37,702 --> 02:24:38,936 READINESS GAP FOR CHILDREN WHO 4323 02:24:38,936 --> 02:24:41,673 ARE FURTHEST FROM OPPORTUNITY. 4324 02:24:41,673 --> 02:24:46,010 AS WE CONTINUE EXPANDING SBP, 4325 02:24:46,010 --> 02:24:46,711 DEMAND WILL CONTINUE TO OUTPACE 4326 02:24:46,711 --> 02:24:48,846 AVAILABLE SEATS IN SOME PARTS OF 4327 02:24:48,846 --> 02:24:52,150 THE CITY. BUT WHEN WE'RE 4328 02:24:52,150 --> 02:24:53,117 INVESTING PUBLIC DOLLARS TO 4329 02:24:53,117 --> 02:24:54,218 CREATE NEW CAPACITY, WE SHOULD 4330 02:24:54,218 --> 02:24:55,887 BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHERE THOSE 4331 02:24:55,887 --> 02:24:58,089 INVESTMENTS WILL HAVE THE 4332 02:24:58,089 --> 02:24:58,723 GREATEST IMPACT. AND THIS HELPS 4333 02:24:58,723 --> 02:24:59,590 GET US THERE. I ASK FOR YOUR 4334 02:24:59,590 --> 02:25:01,359 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 4335 02:25:01,359 --> 02:25:02,693 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 4336 02:25:02,693 --> 02:25:05,496 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. ARE THERE 4337 02:25:05,496 --> 02:25:07,598 OTHER FOLKS THAT WOULD LIKE TO 4338 02:25:07,598 --> 02:25:08,266 COMMENT ABOUT THE AMENDMENT 4339 02:25:08,266 --> 02:25:08,566 BEFORE US? 4340 02:25:08,566 --> 02:25:11,736 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER THANK 4341 02:25:11,736 --> 02:25:12,537 YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 4342 02:25:12,537 --> 02:25:13,137 JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 4343 02:25:13,137 --> 02:25:13,771 APPRECIATE. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 4344 02:25:13,771 --> 02:25:14,439 AYE. KNOW WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION 4345 02:25:14,439 --> 02:25:16,240 IN THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEES IN 4346 02:25:16,240 --> 02:25:17,875 TERMS OF HOW TO TAKE UNDER 4347 02:25:17,875 --> 02:25:18,409 CONSIDERATION GEOGRAPHIC 4348 02:25:18,409 --> 02:25:19,544 LOCATION, AS WELL AS OTHER 4349 02:25:19,544 --> 02:25:20,311 FACTORS. AND I KNOW AFTER SOME 4350 02:25:20,311 --> 02:25:22,180 OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, I THINK WE 4351 02:25:22,180 --> 02:25:23,147 REALIZED THAT WE WERE CLOSER 4352 02:25:23,147 --> 02:25:24,882 TOGETHER THAN WE WERE ON THOSE. 4353 02:25:24,882 --> 02:25:26,384 AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING 4354 02:25:26,384 --> 02:25:28,219 BACK THIS AMENDED APPROACH. 4355 02:25:28,219 --> 02:25:29,187 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THANK YOU. 4356 02:25:29,187 --> 02:25:30,755 -- THANK YOU. 4357 02:25:30,755 --> 02:25:31,322 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4358 02:25:31,322 --> 02:25:32,023 FOSTER ARE THERE ANY OTHER 4359 02:25:32,023 --> 02:25:36,594 COMMENTS REGARDING AMENDMENT A 4360 02:25:36,594 --> 02:25:38,029 COUNCILMEMBER? SAKA WOULD YOU 4361 02:25:38,029 --> 02:25:38,963 LIKE TO DO ANY CLOSING? IS THAT 4362 02:25:38,963 --> 02:25:40,498 AN OLD HAND? COUNCILMEMBER 4363 02:25:40,498 --> 02:25:40,898 STRAUSS YOU WANT. 4364 02:25:40,898 --> 02:25:42,100 -- TO SORRY, I'M STILL JUST 4365 02:25:42,100 --> 02:25:43,401 WAITING IN THE QUEUE. 4366 02:25:43,401 --> 02:25:43,668 -- OKAY. 4367 02:25:43,668 --> 02:25:44,135 -- GOT VERY EXCITED. 4368 02:25:44,135 --> 02:25:48,639 -- OKAY, AWESOME. ME TOO. ME 4369 02:25:48,639 --> 02:25:49,974 TOO. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA YOUR 4370 02:25:49,974 --> 02:25:51,142 CLOSING STATEMENT. OKAY. 4371 02:25:51,142 --> 02:25:51,809 -- I JUST ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 4372 02:25:51,809 --> 02:25:53,778 -- THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK 4373 02:25:53,778 --> 02:25:54,445 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WILL THE 4374 02:25:54,445 --> 02:25:58,349 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 4375 02:25:58,349 --> 02:26:00,885 AMENDMENT A. 4376 02:26:00,885 --> 02:26:01,352 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 4377 02:26:01,352 --> 02:26:03,020 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 4378 02:26:03,020 --> 02:26:03,488 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4379 02:26:03,488 --> 02:26:05,923 -- YES. 4380 02:26:05,923 --> 02:26:07,892 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 4381 02:26:07,892 --> 02:26:08,426 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE 4382 02:26:08,426 --> 02:26:08,860 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4383 02:26:08,860 --> 02:26:10,528 -- YES. 4384 02:26:10,528 --> 02:26:13,831 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 4385 02:26:13,831 --> 02:26:14,432 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. COUNCIL 4386 02:26:14,432 --> 02:26:16,000 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. 4387 02:26:16,000 --> 02:26:16,234 -- YES. 4388 02:26:16,234 --> 02:26:18,169 -- NINE IN FAVOR? NONE. OPPOSED. 4389 02:26:18,169 --> 02:26:18,803 -- MOTION CARRIES. AN AMENDMENT 4390 02:26:18,803 --> 02:26:20,138 A IS ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER 4391 02:26:20,138 --> 02:26:23,007 STRAUSS. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED 4392 02:26:23,007 --> 02:26:25,343 BEFORE WE HAVE ANY FINAL 4393 02:26:25,343 --> 02:26:25,676 COMMENTS. 4394 02:26:25,676 --> 02:26:26,410 -- ON THE UNDERLYING BILL, AS 4395 02:26:26,410 --> 02:26:28,813 AMENDED. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 4396 02:26:28,813 --> 02:26:32,083 FANTASTIC. AS YOU CAN TELL, I AM 4397 02:26:32,083 --> 02:26:34,919 JUST VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING 4398 02:26:34,919 --> 02:26:37,789 THIS FAMILIES EDUCATION 4399 02:26:37,789 --> 02:26:38,289 PRESCHOOL PROMISE LEVY 4400 02:26:38,289 --> 02:26:39,824 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BEFORE US 4401 02:26:39,824 --> 02:26:40,791 COLLEAGUES. LAST WEEK WE HAD A 4402 02:26:40,791 --> 02:26:42,727 ROOM DIVIDED, NOT DIFFERENT THAN 4403 02:26:42,727 --> 02:26:44,629 THE ROOM THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT 4404 02:26:44,629 --> 02:26:46,998 FEELS A LITTLE DIVIDED. AND I 4405 02:26:46,998 --> 02:26:49,300 WAS REALLY HAPPY THAT OVER THE 4406 02:26:49,300 --> 02:26:51,435 WEEKEND AND EARLY THIS WEEK THAT 4407 02:26:51,435 --> 02:26:54,238 THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS HERE, 4408 02:26:54,238 --> 02:26:56,641 THE SPONSORS AND THE MAYOR 4409 02:26:56,641 --> 02:27:00,278 AGREED ON A UNIFIED STRATEGY TO 4410 02:27:00,278 --> 02:27:02,346 IMPROVE FOOD ACCESS FOR SEATTLE 4411 02:27:02,346 --> 02:27:04,382 STUDENTS. YES, EVERYONE CAN WIN 4412 02:27:04,382 --> 02:27:07,118 WHEN IT COMES TO FEEDING KIDS. 4413 02:27:07,118 --> 02:27:08,953 WE KNOW THAT HUNGRY KIDS DON'T 4414 02:27:08,953 --> 02:27:11,155 LEARN WELL AND THAT WE NEED TO 4415 02:27:11,155 --> 02:27:11,856 BE FEEDING KIDS DURING SCHOOL. 4416 02:27:11,856 --> 02:27:14,292 AFTER SCHOOL, ON BREAKS. WE NEED 4417 02:27:14,292 --> 02:27:16,961 TO MAKE SURE THAT FOOD SECURITY 4418 02:27:16,961 --> 02:27:20,631 IS CENTRAL AND FOR EVERYONE WHO 4419 02:27:20,631 --> 02:27:22,133 NEEDS IT. AND THAT'S NOT JUST 4420 02:27:22,133 --> 02:27:25,403 UNIVERSAL. THAT ALSO MEANS 4421 02:27:25,403 --> 02:27:27,104 BEYOND UNIVERSAL. THE PROPOSAL 4422 02:27:27,104 --> 02:27:28,272 THAT WE HAVE FUNDS, BOTH THE 4423 02:27:28,272 --> 02:27:30,208 UNIVERSAL FREE MEALS AS PROPOSED 4424 02:27:30,208 --> 02:27:36,280 BY THE MAYOR AND SIX YEARS OF 4425 02:27:36,280 --> 02:27:36,948 FOOD SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS IN 4426 02:27:36,948 --> 02:27:39,016 NEED OF OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM 4427 02:27:39,016 --> 02:27:41,185 FOOD, AS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL 4428 02:27:41,185 --> 02:27:43,187 PRESIDENT JOY HOLLINGSWORTH AND 4429 02:27:43,187 --> 02:27:44,288 COUNCILMEMBER DIONNE FOSTER. 4430 02:27:44,288 --> 02:27:45,790 THESE TWO THINGS ARE NOT AT ODDS 4431 02:27:45,790 --> 02:27:47,191 WITH EACH OTHER. WE DO NOT NEED 4432 02:27:47,191 --> 02:27:48,726 TO BE AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER, 4433 02:27:48,726 --> 02:27:50,394 AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT WE 4434 02:27:50,394 --> 02:27:53,898 WERE. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT 4435 02:27:53,898 --> 02:27:55,333 THAT WE ARE TOGETHER NOW. WE ARE 4436 02:27:55,333 --> 02:27:57,702 UNITED IN REJECTING THE NOTION 4437 02:27:57,702 --> 02:28:00,071 THAT WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 4438 02:28:00,071 --> 02:28:00,705 FEEDING STUDENTS DURING SCHOOL 4439 02:28:00,705 --> 02:28:03,241 OR OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. WE CAN 4440 02:28:03,241 --> 02:28:05,076 AND MUST DO BOTH. THIS 4441 02:28:05,076 --> 02:28:06,310 INVESTMENT IS SIMPLY TOO 4442 02:28:06,310 --> 02:28:07,945 IMPORTANT NOT TO MAKE, AND I'M 4443 02:28:07,945 --> 02:28:09,347 PROUD TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR AND 4444 02:28:09,347 --> 02:28:13,117 MY COLLEAGUES HERE TO MAKE SURE 4445 02:28:13,117 --> 02:28:14,285 AND ENSURE BOTH OF THESE 4446 02:28:14,285 --> 02:28:16,087 CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN 4447 02:28:16,087 --> 02:28:18,356 ADDRESSING STUDENT HUNGER BECOME 4448 02:28:18,356 --> 02:28:19,223 A REALITY, MAYOR WILSON SAID. 4449 02:28:19,223 --> 02:28:21,592 TODAY, WE ARE MAKING UNIVERSAL 4450 02:28:21,592 --> 02:28:23,127 SCHOOL MEALS A REALITY FOR 4451 02:28:23,127 --> 02:28:24,695 SEATTLE THIS SEPTEMBER, AND 4452 02:28:24,695 --> 02:28:26,364 STUDENTS WHO MOST NEED IT WILL 4453 02:28:26,364 --> 02:28:27,932 HAVE GREATER ACCESS TO FOOD ON 4454 02:28:27,932 --> 02:28:29,634 WEEKENDS AND SCHOOL BREAKS. 4455 02:28:29,634 --> 02:28:31,936 FEEDING EVERY STUDENT IN SEATTLE 4456 02:28:31,936 --> 02:28:33,204 IS A GOAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL 4457 02:28:33,204 --> 02:28:36,374 AND THE MAYOR, AND SHE IS 4458 02:28:36,374 --> 02:28:38,009 GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO 4459 02:28:38,009 --> 02:28:40,044 WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A FISCALLY 4460 02:28:40,044 --> 02:28:42,747 RESPONSIBLE PATHWAY FORWARD THE 4461 02:28:42,747 --> 02:28:44,749 AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWS 4462 02:28:44,749 --> 02:28:46,484 THESE TWO SEPARATE PROPOSALS, 4463 02:28:46,484 --> 02:28:48,819 ONE FROM THE MAYOR, WHICH FUNDS 4464 02:28:48,819 --> 02:28:52,423 THE UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL MEALS 4465 02:28:52,423 --> 02:28:55,559 PROGRAM FOR 2026 AND THROUGH 4466 02:28:55,559 --> 02:28:56,961 2028 SCHOOL YEARS AND ONE FROM 4467 02:28:56,961 --> 02:28:57,595 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HOLLINGSWORTH 4468 02:28:57,595 --> 02:29:00,865 AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER THAT 4469 02:29:00,865 --> 02:29:01,966 WOULD HAVE STARTED THE MEALS AT 4470 02:29:01,966 --> 02:29:03,267 A LATER DATE SO THAT WE COULD 4471 02:29:03,267 --> 02:29:04,902 INVEST IN THESE SIX YEARS OF 4472 02:29:04,902 --> 02:29:07,939 FUNDINGS FOR FOOD INSECURE 4473 02:29:07,939 --> 02:29:08,439 STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE 4474 02:29:08,439 --> 02:29:13,210 CLASSROOM THAT VOTE WAS HARD 4475 02:29:13,210 --> 02:29:13,744 LAST WEEK, IN PARTICULAR, 4476 02:29:13,744 --> 02:29:15,813 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE TITLE 4477 02:29:15,813 --> 02:29:19,050 ONE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT IN MY 4478 02:29:19,050 --> 02:29:20,818 DISTRICT ARE THE SAME SCHOOLS 4479 02:29:20,818 --> 02:29:22,186 THAT NEED FOOD THE MOST WHEN 4480 02:29:22,186 --> 02:29:24,622 THEY'RE NOT IN THE CLASSROOM, 4481 02:29:24,622 --> 02:29:26,490 AND IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO SAY 4482 02:29:26,490 --> 02:29:30,161 YES TO UNIVERSAL MEALS, DESPITE 4483 02:29:30,161 --> 02:29:31,595 ALL OF THE DATA, THAT SHOWS THAT 4484 02:29:31,595 --> 02:29:33,798 IT REDUCES STIGMA, REDUCES 4485 02:29:33,798 --> 02:29:35,466 DOCUMENTATION BARRIERS, REDUCES 4486 02:29:35,466 --> 02:29:36,200 EVERYTHING, MAKES KIDS SMARTER, 4487 02:29:36,200 --> 02:29:38,703 ALL OF THE REST. IT IS HARD FOR 4488 02:29:38,703 --> 02:29:40,504 ME TO TAKE LIMITED DOLLARS WHEN 4489 02:29:40,504 --> 02:29:42,039 I KNOW THAT KIDS DOWN IN OTHER 4490 02:29:42,039 --> 02:29:47,178 PARTS OF THE CITY ARE HUNGRY ON 4491 02:29:47,178 --> 02:29:48,913 WEEKENDS AND ON BREAKS. AND I 4492 02:29:48,913 --> 02:29:50,981 KNOW THAT WHEN WE PUT OUR BEST 4493 02:29:50,981 --> 02:29:53,117 WORK TOGETHER AS THE MAYOR, AS 4494 02:29:53,117 --> 02:29:54,418 THE COUNCIL, WE CAN FIND 4495 02:29:54,418 --> 02:29:56,187 PATHWAYS TO DO THIS RIGHT. AND 4496 02:29:56,187 --> 02:29:57,588 THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. WE'VE 4497 02:29:57,588 --> 02:29:59,290 BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE PATHWAY 4498 02:29:59,290 --> 02:30:00,624 FOR THE FAMILIES, EDUCATION, 4499 02:30:00,624 --> 02:30:03,561 PRESCHOOL PROMISE LEVY TO FULLY 4500 02:30:03,561 --> 02:30:06,764 FUND THE AFTER SCHOOL MEALS AND 4501 02:30:06,764 --> 02:30:08,132 THE WEEKEND MEALS. AND WE FOUND 4502 02:30:08,132 --> 02:30:09,867 ONE TIME FUNDING TO GET THE 4503 02:30:09,867 --> 02:30:11,635 UNIVERSAL MEALS STARTED THIS 4504 02:30:11,635 --> 02:30:14,305 YEAR. AND SO, YES, WE ALL CAN 4505 02:30:14,305 --> 02:30:17,274 EAT LUNCH, BUT I CAN TELL YOU 4506 02:30:17,274 --> 02:30:17,942 THERE'S NO FREE LUNCH, BUT WE 4507 02:30:17,942 --> 02:30:19,076 CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS 4508 02:30:19,076 --> 02:30:20,644 DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT 4509 02:30:20,644 --> 02:30:21,645 BECAUSE THE KIDS NEED TO BE FED 4510 02:30:21,645 --> 02:30:24,115 SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN. WELL, I 4511 02:30:24,115 --> 02:30:29,153 WENT OFF SCRIPT. I'M EXCITED 4512 02:30:29,153 --> 02:30:30,221 THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THIS 4513 02:30:30,221 --> 02:30:31,188 CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK IN THE 4514 02:30:31,188 --> 02:30:34,091 FINANCE, NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND 4515 02:30:34,091 --> 02:30:34,625 TRIBAL NATIONS COMMITTEE, 4516 02:30:34,625 --> 02:30:35,860 IDENTIFYING WHICH ONE TIME FUND 4517 02:30:35,860 --> 02:30:37,828 SOURCE OPTION WE WILL UTILIZE SO 4518 02:30:37,828 --> 02:30:39,797 AS NOT TO ADD TO THE STRUCTURAL 4519 02:30:39,797 --> 02:30:40,631 BUDGET DEFICIT AND TO ENSURE 4520 02:30:40,631 --> 02:30:42,199 THAT WE ARE FEEDING OUR KIDS, 4521 02:30:42,199 --> 02:30:44,368 BECAUSE WE KNOW HUNGRY KIDS 4522 02:30:44,368 --> 02:30:45,936 DON'T LEARN. WELL, THANK YOU, 4523 02:30:45,936 --> 02:30:47,071 ESPECIALLY TO OUR STUDENTS WHO 4524 02:30:47,071 --> 02:30:48,172 CAME TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FUTURE 4525 02:30:48,172 --> 02:30:50,708 THAT THEY WANT TO SEE. THANK 4526 02:30:50,708 --> 02:30:51,976 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4527 02:30:51,976 --> 02:30:52,576 -- AWESOME. WELL SAID. THANK 4528 02:30:52,576 --> 02:30:54,812 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND 4529 02:30:54,812 --> 02:30:59,016 OUR BUDGET CHAIR. ARE THERE ANY 4530 02:30:59,016 --> 02:31:00,084 OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS REGARDING 4531 02:31:00,084 --> 02:31:01,886 THE BILL? THE FINAL BILL BEFORE 4532 02:31:01,886 --> 02:31:03,154 US? WE DO. OKAY. AWESOME. WE 4533 02:31:03,154 --> 02:31:05,322 HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOLLOWED 4534 02:31:05,322 --> 02:31:06,924 BY COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4535 02:31:06,924 --> 02:31:07,525 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 4536 02:31:07,525 --> 02:31:11,262 PRESIDENT. I COLLEAGUES, I VOTED 4537 02:31:11,262 --> 02:31:12,963 AGAINST THE THE BILL AS IT WAS 4538 02:31:12,963 --> 02:31:14,799 THEN AMENDED IN COMMITTEE 4539 02:31:14,799 --> 02:31:17,201 BECAUSE AYE. I THOUGHT I THINK 4540 02:31:17,201 --> 02:31:20,337 WE WERE ALIGNED ON CONCEPTS, BUT 4541 02:31:20,337 --> 02:31:22,606 THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE I THOUGHT 4542 02:31:22,606 --> 02:31:25,876 GUTTED TOO MANY HARD FOUGHT D-1 4543 02:31:25,876 --> 02:31:28,946 PRIORITIES WITH RESPECT TO 4544 02:31:28,946 --> 02:31:32,850 IMPLEMENTATION. I AM HEARTENED 4545 02:31:32,850 --> 02:31:33,851 AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT 4546 02:31:33,851 --> 02:31:37,822 FOR MY AMENDMENT TO. TO CLARIFY 4547 02:31:37,822 --> 02:31:40,191 WHAT WHAT WAS INTENDED THE 4548 02:31:40,191 --> 02:31:43,861 ENTIRE TIME AND AS COUNCILMEMBER 4549 02:31:43,861 --> 02:31:45,930 FOSTER NOTED EARLIER, THERE WAS 4550 02:31:45,930 --> 02:31:47,765 A VERY SPIRITED DISCUSSION AT 4551 02:31:47,765 --> 02:31:49,767 THE TIME, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL 4552 02:31:49,767 --> 02:31:53,737 MORE ALIGNED THAN IN ON ON 4553 02:31:53,737 --> 02:31:56,440 THINGS THAN WE DIFFER. SO, SO I 4554 02:31:56,440 --> 02:31:58,709 WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY. 4555 02:31:58,709 --> 02:32:00,744 EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 4556 02:32:00,744 --> 02:32:02,646 AND I'M ALSO HEARTENED, I'LL 4557 02:32:02,646 --> 02:32:06,650 SAY, BY THE UNIFIED STRATEGY 4558 02:32:06,650 --> 02:32:09,954 THAT, THAT WE'VE ALIGNED ON AS 4559 02:32:09,954 --> 02:32:11,589 A COUNCIL WITH WITH THE 4560 02:32:11,589 --> 02:32:14,625 EXECUTIVE. SO LEDGE EXEC UNIFIED 4561 02:32:14,625 --> 02:32:15,960 STRATEGY TO FEED KIDS IN SCHOOL, 4562 02:32:15,960 --> 02:32:17,661 PROVIDE UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL 4563 02:32:17,661 --> 02:32:19,697 MEALS FOR ALL STARTING THIS 4564 02:32:19,697 --> 02:32:21,765 YEAR. SO I WANT TO THANK THE 4565 02:32:21,765 --> 02:32:25,002 LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT 4566 02:32:25,002 --> 02:32:25,569 HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCILMEMBER 4567 02:32:25,569 --> 02:32:27,071 FOSTER AND BUDGET CHAIR STRAUSS 4568 02:32:27,071 --> 02:32:29,039 FOR THAT. THANK YOU. 4569 02:32:29,039 --> 02:32:31,442 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 4570 02:32:31,442 --> 02:32:33,010 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA COUNCIL AND 4571 02:32:33,010 --> 02:32:34,912 COLLEAGUES, JUST TO KNOW, THIS 4572 02:32:34,912 --> 02:32:35,880 IS THE THE FINAL COMMENTS 4573 02:32:35,880 --> 02:32:37,882 REGARDING THE BILL BEFORE US FOR 4574 02:32:37,882 --> 02:32:38,649 THE LEVY IMPLEMENTATION. AND 4575 02:32:38,649 --> 02:32:40,317 THEN I WILL HAND IT BACK TO OUR 4576 02:32:40,317 --> 02:32:43,654 CHAIR FOR CLOSING COMMENTS. 4577 02:32:43,654 --> 02:32:46,056 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4578 02:32:46,056 --> 02:32:46,957 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'VE BEEN 4579 02:32:46,957 --> 02:32:47,691 WORKING ON MY IT STUFF OVER 4580 02:32:47,691 --> 02:32:49,360 HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 4581 02:32:49,360 --> 02:32:51,662 PRESIDENT, AND I WANT TO START 4582 02:32:51,662 --> 02:32:53,564 WITH JUST A LOT OF APPRECIATION. 4583 02:32:53,564 --> 02:32:56,300 SO, YOU KNOW, FIRST I'LL SAY 4584 02:32:56,300 --> 02:32:56,800 THANK YOU TO TO IN THIS 4585 02:32:56,800 --> 02:32:58,402 INSTANCE, CHAIR RIVERA, FOR YOUR 4586 02:32:58,402 --> 02:33:00,838 WORK ON THIS, BOTH LAST YEAR AND 4587 02:33:00,838 --> 02:33:01,906 THIS YEAR. I SAID IT, YOU KNOW, 4588 02:33:01,906 --> 02:33:03,374 WHEN WE DID STM, PUTTING THESE 4589 02:33:03,374 --> 02:33:04,508 TOGETHER IS A LOT OF WORK. AND 4590 02:33:04,508 --> 02:33:07,144 SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 4591 02:33:07,144 --> 02:33:09,780 AND APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO WANT 4592 02:33:09,780 --> 02:33:11,782 TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO 4593 02:33:11,782 --> 02:33:12,883 THE CENTRAL STAFF HERE, WHO DID 4594 02:33:12,883 --> 02:33:16,820 JUST A LOT OF WORK IN TERMS OF 4595 02:33:16,820 --> 02:33:18,389 THE PLAN, AND JUST WANT TO 4596 02:33:18,389 --> 02:33:19,924 EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THEM, TO 4597 02:33:19,924 --> 02:33:21,692 THE STAFF AND THE LEADERSHIP AT 4598 02:33:21,692 --> 02:33:23,260 DEEL AND TO THE STAFF AND THE 4599 02:33:23,260 --> 02:33:24,228 LEADERSHIP IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 4600 02:33:24,228 --> 02:33:27,064 AND TO THE MAYOR AS WELL. 4601 02:33:27,064 --> 02:33:27,698 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS YOU WENT 4602 02:33:27,698 --> 02:33:30,267 OFF SCRIPT. ME TOO. 4603 02:33:30,267 --> 02:33:31,001 -- [LAUGHTER] 4604 02:33:31,001 --> 02:33:33,070 -- SO THIS WILL BE FUN. I THINK 4605 02:33:33,070 --> 02:33:34,071 I JUST WANT TO SPEAK FROM THE 4606 02:33:34,071 --> 02:33:35,706 HEART A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, 4607 02:33:35,706 --> 02:33:37,408 AND I, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE 4608 02:33:37,408 --> 02:33:39,043 DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN 4609 02:33:39,043 --> 02:33:40,044 CHAMBERS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS 4610 02:33:40,044 --> 02:33:41,912 ON THIS HAVE BEEN REALLY 4611 02:33:41,912 --> 02:33:42,880 CHALLENGING FOR A LOT OF US, AND 4612 02:33:42,880 --> 02:33:44,248 I THINK THEY'VE BEEN 4613 02:33:44,248 --> 02:33:45,516 CHALLENGING, IN PART BECAUSE I 4614 02:33:45,516 --> 02:33:47,785 KNOW THAT WE GENUINELY CARE 4615 02:33:47,785 --> 02:33:50,087 ABOUT BOTH OF THE PIECES THAT I 4616 02:33:50,087 --> 02:33:51,655 WAS TRYING TO SOLVE FOR IN TERMS 4617 02:33:51,655 --> 02:33:52,990 OF THE AMENDMENT THAT I BROUGHT 4618 02:33:52,990 --> 02:33:55,960 FORWARD. YOU KNOW, MY EXPERIENCE 4619 02:33:55,960 --> 02:33:57,094 TALKING TO STUDENTS WHO WERE AT 4620 02:33:57,094 --> 02:33:59,530 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE UNIVERSAL 4621 02:33:59,530 --> 02:34:01,732 LUNCHES BUT STILL EXPERIENCE 4622 02:34:01,732 --> 02:34:03,968 GAPS IN MEAL ACCESS, IS 4623 02:34:03,968 --> 02:34:04,602 SOMETHING THAT INFLUENCED THIS, 4624 02:34:04,602 --> 02:34:06,070 AS WELL AS A BELIEF THAT WE 4625 02:34:06,070 --> 02:34:07,504 SHOULD AND WANT TO GET TO 4626 02:34:07,504 --> 02:34:09,139 UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS AND, YOU 4627 02:34:09,139 --> 02:34:10,874 KNOW, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME 4628 02:34:10,874 --> 02:34:12,743 WHEN I LOOKED AT HOW MUCH MONEY 4629 02:34:12,743 --> 02:34:15,012 WE WERE INVESTING, THE ROUGHLY 4630 02:34:15,012 --> 02:34:16,647 500 000 A YEAR IN THAT OUT OF 4631 02:34:16,647 --> 02:34:17,948 TIME ACCESS THAT, EXCUSE ME, OUT 4632 02:34:17,948 --> 02:34:21,852 OF SCHOOL ACCESS THAT AS WE'RE 4633 02:34:21,852 --> 02:34:22,519 GROWING AND WE'RE IMPLEMENTING 4634 02:34:22,519 --> 02:34:23,621 UNIVERSAL MEALS THAT WE WERE 4635 02:34:23,621 --> 02:34:25,856 ALSO GROWING OUR INVESTMENT IN 4636 02:34:25,856 --> 02:34:27,458 THAT OUT-OF-SCHOOL ACCESS. AND 4637 02:34:27,458 --> 02:34:30,527 SO I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THE 4638 02:34:30,527 --> 02:34:31,161 FACT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO A 4639 02:34:31,161 --> 02:34:33,197 PLACE WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO 4640 02:34:33,197 --> 02:34:35,165 IMPLEMENT THOSE. BOTH 4641 02:34:35,165 --> 02:34:37,234 SIMULTANEOUSLY AND IMPLEMENT 4642 02:34:37,234 --> 02:34:37,835 THEM BOTH STARTING THIS YEAR, 4643 02:34:37,835 --> 02:34:39,937 BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S 4644 02:34:39,937 --> 02:34:41,038 ULTIMATELY WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR 4645 02:34:41,038 --> 02:34:43,907 STUDENTS. SO I WANT TO EXPRESS 4646 02:34:43,907 --> 02:34:46,143 MY APPRECIATION TO THE MAYOR AND 4647 02:34:46,143 --> 02:34:46,877 HER TEAM FOR THE CONVERSATIONS 4648 02:34:46,877 --> 02:34:48,145 OVER THE LAST WEEK. I WANT TO 4649 02:34:48,145 --> 02:34:50,347 EXPRESS MY REALLY DEEP 4650 02:34:50,347 --> 02:34:52,349 APPRECIATION TO YOU, COUNCIL 4651 02:34:52,349 --> 02:34:53,450 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. I THINK 4652 02:34:53,450 --> 02:34:54,885 THAT THE IDEAS THAT WE WERE 4653 02:34:54,885 --> 02:34:57,187 TRYING TO PUT FORWARD HERE AND 4654 02:34:57,187 --> 02:34:58,989 SOMETIMES WERE DIFFICULT TO KIND 4655 02:34:58,989 --> 02:35:01,258 OF COME ACROSS AND, AND TO 4656 02:35:01,258 --> 02:35:02,192 EXPLAIN, LIKE WHAT WE'RE TRYING 4657 02:35:02,192 --> 02:35:03,427 TO DO IS COVER THESE GAPS THAT 4658 02:35:03,427 --> 02:35:07,731 WE SEE WHILE ALSO COVERING ALL 4659 02:35:07,731 --> 02:35:09,066 OF OUR STUDENTS. AND I KNOW THAT 4660 02:35:09,066 --> 02:35:11,135 WAS ALWAYS AT THE HEART OF THIS. 4661 02:35:11,135 --> 02:35:13,470 AND IT TOOK A LOT TO TRY TO STAY 4662 02:35:13,470 --> 02:35:15,039 FOCUSED ON THAT. AND I JUST WANT 4663 02:35:15,039 --> 02:35:17,274 TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR 4664 02:35:17,274 --> 02:35:17,875 LEADERSHIP THERE. AND I THINK 4665 02:35:17,875 --> 02:35:20,711 THAT THERE WAS A PART OF THIS 4666 02:35:20,711 --> 02:35:21,378 CONVERSATION THAT, YOU KNOW, IN 4667 02:35:21,378 --> 02:35:23,080 TERMS OF THOSE SCHOOL BREAKS 4668 02:35:23,080 --> 02:35:25,883 THAT WE JUST WEREN'T HAVING 4669 02:35:25,883 --> 02:35:27,985 PREVIOUSLY. AND I THINK, I ECHO 4670 02:35:27,985 --> 02:35:28,886 YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU 4671 02:35:28,886 --> 02:35:30,621 KNOW, GOVERNMENT, WE NEED TO 4672 02:35:30,621 --> 02:35:31,188 CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE AND 4673 02:35:31,188 --> 02:35:33,090 DEEPEN THAT COLLABORATION AND 4674 02:35:33,090 --> 02:35:34,458 IMPROVE THAT COLLABORATION. AND 4675 02:35:34,458 --> 02:35:36,093 I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO 4676 02:35:36,093 --> 02:35:36,894 DOING THAT, CONTINUING TO DO 4677 02:35:36,894 --> 02:35:39,063 THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND 4678 02:35:39,063 --> 02:35:40,898 MONTHS. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY 4679 02:35:40,898 --> 02:35:41,899 APPRECIATION TO YOU. 4680 02:35:41,899 --> 02:35:44,468 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR YOUR. 4681 02:35:44,468 --> 02:35:47,204 THERE IS A WAY FORWARD. ENERGY 4682 02:35:47,204 --> 02:35:49,573 AND ATTITUDE THAT YOU BROUGHT TO 4683 02:35:49,573 --> 02:35:51,375 THIS. IT WAS. IT WAS REALLY 4684 02:35:51,375 --> 02:35:52,810 MEANINGFUL AND CONTAGIOUS. SO. 4685 02:35:52,810 --> 02:35:54,778 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN 4686 02:35:54,778 --> 02:35:56,080 I WANT TO CLOSE WITH JUST 4687 02:35:56,080 --> 02:35:58,248 SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THAT 4688 02:35:58,248 --> 02:36:00,084 THIS DISCUSSION ON HOW WE'RE 4689 02:36:00,084 --> 02:36:01,585 APPROACHING MEALS, I THINK, HAS 4690 02:36:01,585 --> 02:36:03,420 BEEN THE FOCUS FOR THE LAST FEW 4691 02:36:03,420 --> 02:36:04,054 WEEKS. BUT THE FOCUS FOR THE 4692 02:36:04,054 --> 02:36:06,457 LEVY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT 4693 02:36:06,457 --> 02:36:09,960 EQUITY AND CLOSING GAPS FOR OUR 4694 02:36:09,960 --> 02:36:10,694 STUDENTS. AND WE HAVE A LONG WAY 4695 02:36:10,694 --> 02:36:12,863 TO GO THERE ON GRADE LEVEL 4696 02:36:12,863 --> 02:36:14,865 READING, ESPECIALLY FOR, YOU 4697 02:36:14,865 --> 02:36:16,233 KNOW, WE LOOK AT THOSE THE THIRD 4698 02:36:16,233 --> 02:36:17,668 GRADE NUMBERS FOR OUR BLACK 4699 02:36:17,668 --> 02:36:19,269 STUDENTS. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO 4700 02:36:19,269 --> 02:36:22,339 GO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE 4701 02:36:22,339 --> 02:36:25,542 EQUITY IN WHO'S ACCESSING OUR, 4702 02:36:25,542 --> 02:36:27,144 OUR PROGRAMS, WHETHER THAT'S 4703 02:36:27,144 --> 02:36:28,245 PRESCHOOL OR WHETHER THAT'S OUR 4704 02:36:28,245 --> 02:36:28,879 PROGRAMS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR 4705 02:36:28,879 --> 02:36:32,316 OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING INTO 4706 02:36:32,316 --> 02:36:33,317 TRADE PATHWAYS, CAREERS, OR 4707 02:36:33,317 --> 02:36:35,686 WHETHER THAT'S OUR STUDENTS WHO 4708 02:36:35,686 --> 02:36:37,588 ARE GOING INTO TWO YEAR COLLEGE 4709 02:36:37,588 --> 02:36:40,324 OR FOUR YEAR COLLEGE AND THAT'S 4710 02:36:40,324 --> 02:36:41,191 WHAT I'LL BE LOOKING TOWARDS 4711 02:36:41,191 --> 02:36:42,359 OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS IS HOW 4712 02:36:42,359 --> 02:36:45,796 ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS ON THOSE 4713 02:36:45,796 --> 02:36:47,131 OUTCOMES AND HOW ARE WE MAKING 4714 02:36:47,131 --> 02:36:48,599 PROGRESS ON SETTING OUR STUDENTS 4715 02:36:48,599 --> 02:36:49,366 UP FOR SUCCESS? SO THANK YOU SO 4716 02:36:49,366 --> 02:36:50,467 MUCH, COLLEAGUES, FOR ALL OF THE 4717 02:36:50,467 --> 02:36:52,503 DEEP ENGAGEMENT ON THESE ISSUES. 4718 02:36:52,503 --> 02:36:54,138 I KNOW I WASN'T HERE WHEN THIS 4719 02:36:54,138 --> 02:36:55,439 WAS PUT TOGETHER, SO JUST TO 4720 02:36:55,439 --> 02:36:56,874 EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO 4721 02:36:56,874 --> 02:36:57,775 OTHERS WHO WERE HERE AND WHO PUT 4722 02:36:57,775 --> 02:36:59,676 A LOT OF HARD WORK INTO THE 4723 02:36:59,676 --> 02:37:01,245 CONCEPTS IN THIS LEVY. THANK 4724 02:37:01,245 --> 02:37:02,679 YOU. 4725 02:37:02,679 --> 02:37:03,247 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4726 02:37:03,247 --> 02:37:06,316 FOSTER. WELL SAID. ARE THERE ANY 4727 02:37:06,316 --> 02:37:06,917 OTHER COLLEAGUES BEFORE THAT 4728 02:37:06,917 --> 02:37:08,986 HAVE COMMENTS BEFORE I TURN IT 4729 02:37:08,986 --> 02:37:10,187 OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? I 4730 02:37:10,187 --> 02:37:11,021 WILL SAY THIS REAL QUICK. RIVERA 4731 02:37:11,021 --> 02:37:12,289 AND THEN YOU HAVE CLOSING 4732 02:37:12,289 --> 02:37:15,559 COMMENTS. I'LL BE FAST. I WANT 4733 02:37:15,559 --> 02:37:16,627 TO GIVE A SEND A TREMENDOUS 4734 02:37:16,627 --> 02:37:18,996 GRATITUDE TO THE CHAIR FOR YOUR 4735 02:37:18,996 --> 02:37:22,166 TIRELESS WORK AND COMMITMENT AND 4736 02:37:22,166 --> 02:37:23,967 THAT YOU GAVE TO SEATTLE AND THE 4737 02:37:23,967 --> 02:37:25,402 KIDS AND FAMILIES. I'VE SEEN YOU 4738 02:37:25,402 --> 02:37:28,338 WORK LONG HOURS IN THE OFFICE 4739 02:37:28,338 --> 02:37:29,373 OUTSIDE OF THE CITY HALL WALLS, 4740 02:37:29,373 --> 02:37:31,308 AND I COULDN'T BE MORE 4741 02:37:31,308 --> 02:37:31,942 IMPRESSED WITH YOUR DEDICATION 4742 02:37:31,942 --> 02:37:35,546 TO HELP BUILD A SUCCESSFUL LEVY 4743 02:37:35,546 --> 02:37:36,180 IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE REST OF 4744 02:37:36,180 --> 02:37:40,317 YOUR COLLEAGUES. AND YOU ALSO 4745 02:37:40,317 --> 02:37:41,552 REMINDER YOU ALSO DID A LIBRARY 4746 02:37:41,552 --> 02:37:43,554 LEVY THIS YEAR, AND YOU HELPED 4747 02:37:43,554 --> 02:37:44,254 PASS THE THE LEVY LAST YEAR. 4748 02:37:44,254 --> 02:37:45,756 THIS WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION 4749 02:37:45,756 --> 02:37:48,625 PLAN. SO THANK YOU, 4750 02:37:48,625 --> 02:37:49,459 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ALSO 4751 02:37:49,459 --> 02:37:51,328 SENDING A BIG. I WILL NOT GO 4752 02:37:51,328 --> 02:37:52,663 INTO DETAILS ABOUT MEALS BECAUSE 4753 02:37:52,663 --> 02:37:53,697 WE HAD A OVER $1 BILLION LEVY 4754 02:37:53,697 --> 02:37:56,233 AND THIS WAS LIKE LESS THAN A 4755 02:37:56,233 --> 02:37:57,768 CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE 4756 02:37:57,768 --> 02:37:58,435 CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE'S SO 4757 02:37:58,435 --> 02:38:00,037 MANY AMAZING THINGS WITHIN THIS 4758 02:38:00,037 --> 02:38:01,972 LEVY. VERY GRATEFUL TO 4759 02:38:01,972 --> 02:38:03,740 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR 4760 02:38:03,740 --> 02:38:05,142 PARTNERSHIP ON THIS AS WELL. AND 4761 02:38:05,142 --> 02:38:08,412 THEN VERY GRATEFUL TO 4762 02:38:08,412 --> 02:38:10,013 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR YOUR 4763 02:38:10,013 --> 02:38:11,148 LEADERSHIP ON THIS AS OUR BUDGET 4764 02:38:11,148 --> 02:38:12,950 CHAIR AS WELL FOR THE CITY AND 4765 02:38:12,950 --> 02:38:14,585 FINDING A PATHWAY FORWARD. AND 4766 02:38:14,585 --> 02:38:17,754 TO MAYOR WILSON, HER TEAM AS 4767 02:38:17,754 --> 02:38:19,256 WELL FOR THE LAST THE 4768 02:38:19,256 --> 02:38:20,824 CONVERSATIONS FOR THE LAST WEEK 4769 02:38:20,824 --> 02:38:23,293 OR TWO ABOUT THIS, I THINK WE 4770 02:38:23,293 --> 02:38:24,361 FOUND A PATHWAY FORWARD AND JUST 4771 02:38:24,361 --> 02:38:26,597 REALLY EXCITED COLLEAGUES, 4772 02:38:26,597 --> 02:38:28,899 INCREDIBLY EXCITED FOR 4773 02:38:28,899 --> 02:38:32,069 OBVIOUSLY, THE MEALS THAT ARE 4774 02:38:32,069 --> 02:38:34,838 CREATING THAT ARE GOING TO BE 4775 02:38:34,838 --> 02:38:35,439 FOR STUDENTS IN SEATTLE, FOR 4776 02:38:35,439 --> 02:38:36,773 THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT TITLE 4777 02:38:36,773 --> 02:38:40,010 ONE SCHOOLS. AND THEN ALSO, MOST 4778 02:38:40,010 --> 02:38:41,545 IMPORTANTLY, THE BREAK MEALS AND 4779 02:38:41,545 --> 02:38:43,180 THE WINTER BREAK AND SPRING 4780 02:38:43,180 --> 02:38:44,381 BREAK. AND THAT IS BUILT INTO 4781 02:38:44,381 --> 02:38:46,717 THE LEVY FOR SIX YEARS, IS A 4782 02:38:46,717 --> 02:38:49,219 TREMENDOUS THING TO HAPPEN, TO 4783 02:38:49,219 --> 02:38:51,188 GIVE PEOPLE THE CHOICE. OKAY, SO 4784 02:38:51,188 --> 02:38:54,258 THEY CAN BE ABLE TO DO THEIR 4785 02:38:54,258 --> 02:38:54,858 DIETARY NEEDS, CULTURAL NEEDS 4786 02:38:54,858 --> 02:38:57,094 AND NUTRITIONAL NEEDS AND THE 4787 02:38:57,094 --> 02:38:58,195 DIGNITY THAT THAT HAS. WHEN WE 4788 02:38:58,195 --> 02:39:02,332 GIVE PEOPLE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE 4789 02:39:02,332 --> 02:39:03,333 TO CHOOSE IS BIGGER THAN A PRICE 4790 02:39:03,333 --> 02:39:06,470 TAG, TO BE HONEST. SO ANYWAYS, 4791 02:39:06,470 --> 02:39:08,605 THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. I WILL 4792 02:39:08,605 --> 02:39:09,239 STOP THERE AND I WILL PASS IT 4793 02:39:09,239 --> 02:39:11,141 OVER TO YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4794 02:39:11,141 --> 02:39:11,708 RIVERA FOR CLOSING COMMENTS 4795 02:39:11,708 --> 02:39:12,576 BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE. 4796 02:39:12,576 --> 02:39:14,878 -- THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 4797 02:39:14,878 --> 02:39:19,216 AND THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, 4798 02:39:19,216 --> 02:39:21,084 SAYING THE PIECE ABOUT THIS LEVY 4799 02:39:21,084 --> 02:39:22,486 CONTAINS THERE ARE A LOT OF 4800 02:39:22,486 --> 02:39:26,390 PARTS CHILD CARE, PRESCHOOL K 4801 02:39:26,390 --> 02:39:27,958 THROUGH 12 INVESTMENTS PROMISE 4802 02:39:27,958 --> 02:39:28,959 PATH TO TREAT. THAT IS A LOT FOR 4803 02:39:28,959 --> 02:39:32,062 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS CITY IN 4804 02:39:32,062 --> 02:39:35,532 ONE PACKAGE. AND SO ALL OF IT IS 4805 02:39:35,532 --> 02:39:37,968 IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR 4806 02:39:37,968 --> 02:39:39,836 THE REMINDER ON THAT. I WILL SAY 4807 02:39:39,836 --> 02:39:41,438 COLLEAGUES, IT WAS REALLY 4808 02:39:41,438 --> 02:39:43,607 IMPORTANT TO ME. YOU KNOW, THIS 4809 02:39:43,607 --> 02:39:45,142 CONVERSATION ABOUT SCHOOL MEALS. 4810 02:39:45,142 --> 02:39:47,177 I'M ALSO APPRECIATIVE BECAUSE 4811 02:39:47,177 --> 02:39:48,478 AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER IN THIS 4812 02:39:48,478 --> 02:39:51,114 IN IN OUR MEETING TODAY, WHEN WE 4813 02:39:51,114 --> 02:39:52,649 WORK TOGETHER, WE GET BETTER 4814 02:39:52,649 --> 02:39:56,219 RESULTS. AND SO REALLY 4815 02:39:56,219 --> 02:39:56,820 APPRECIATE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 4816 02:39:56,820 --> 02:39:59,222 COUNCIL MEMBER, FOSTER AND 4817 02:39:59,222 --> 02:40:00,958 STRAUSS AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 4818 02:40:00,958 --> 02:40:02,225 FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGURE 4819 02:40:02,225 --> 02:40:04,828 OUT A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR 4820 02:40:04,828 --> 02:40:05,762 EVERYONE. BECAUSE AT THE END OF 4821 02:40:05,762 --> 02:40:07,564 THE DAY, WE CARE ABOUT KIDS IN 4822 02:40:07,564 --> 02:40:10,801 THIS CITY. WE CARE ABOUT KIDS IN 4823 02:40:10,801 --> 02:40:12,736 GENERAL. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE 4824 02:40:12,736 --> 02:40:15,105 CARE ABOUT THE KIDS THAT ARE 4825 02:40:15,105 --> 02:40:18,308 FURTHEST FROM AND IN AND WHO ARE 4826 02:40:18,308 --> 02:40:20,611 EXPERIENCING OPPORTUNITY GAPS. 4827 02:40:20,611 --> 02:40:22,045 BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, 4828 02:40:22,045 --> 02:40:24,214 AND I'LL PUT A PLUG IN AGAIN 4829 02:40:24,214 --> 02:40:25,582 FOR DEAL IS I KNOW THAT DEAL 4830 02:40:25,582 --> 02:40:28,185 WORKS REALLY HARD TO ENSURE THAT 4831 02:40:28,185 --> 02:40:30,754 THESE INVESTMENTS ARE REALLY 4832 02:40:30,754 --> 02:40:31,288 CLOSING GAPS FOR STUDENTS 4833 02:40:31,288 --> 02:40:34,992 FURTHEST FROM THEIR EDUCATION 4834 02:40:34,992 --> 02:40:35,659 ACHIEVEMENT. AND THAT IS WHY ALL 4835 02:40:35,659 --> 02:40:40,664 OF THE LEVY IS PRIORITIZED FOR 4836 02:40:40,664 --> 02:40:43,000 OUR LOW INCOME KIDS. AND OUR 4837 02:40:43,000 --> 02:40:46,670 BLACK AND BROWN KIDS ACROSS THE 4838 02:40:46,670 --> 02:40:47,604 CITY WHO HAVE NEEDS. AND WE WANT 4839 02:40:47,604 --> 02:40:50,574 TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE 4840 02:40:50,574 --> 02:40:51,208 ACHIEVING ACADEMICALLY BECAUSE, 4841 02:40:51,208 --> 02:40:53,410 AS I ALWAYS SAY, AS GROWING UP, 4842 02:40:53,410 --> 02:40:55,112 A POOR PUERTO RICAN GIRL IN THE 4843 02:40:55,112 --> 02:40:58,915 BRONX, WHAT GOT ME OUT OF 4844 02:40:58,915 --> 02:40:59,883 POVERTY WAS AN EDUCATION. AND SO 4845 02:40:59,883 --> 02:41:02,085 TO ME, THIS IS THE MOST 4846 02:41:02,085 --> 02:41:03,153 IMPORTANT LEVY WE COULD EVER 4847 02:41:03,153 --> 02:41:06,690 PASS. EVERY LEVY IS IMPORTANT TO 4848 02:41:06,690 --> 02:41:09,693 ME. THIS ONE IS THE THE, THE ONE 4849 02:41:09,693 --> 02:41:10,360 THAT'S NEAREST TO MY HEART 4850 02:41:10,360 --> 02:41:11,061 BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 4851 02:41:11,061 --> 02:41:15,799 ALL OUR KIDS HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO 4852 02:41:15,799 --> 02:41:18,301 GROW AND LEARN AND HAVE A BRIGHT 4853 02:41:18,301 --> 02:41:21,004 FUTURE. AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE 4854 02:41:21,004 --> 02:41:26,276 ALL OF YOUR WORK WITH THAT. AND 4855 02:41:26,276 --> 02:41:26,743 AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE 4856 02:41:26,743 --> 02:41:28,578 DEPARTMENT'S HARD WORK AND MY 4857 02:41:28,578 --> 02:41:31,148 WORK WITH BOTH ADMINISTRATIONS. 4858 02:41:31,148 --> 02:41:32,783 THIS STARTED WITH HAROLD THE 4859 02:41:32,783 --> 02:41:34,317 HERO ADMINISTRATION. AND I SAID 4860 02:41:34,317 --> 02:41:37,154 LAST WEEK, DEPUTY MAYOR TIFFANY 4861 02:41:37,154 --> 02:41:38,855 WASHINGTON, WHO DID SO MUCH AND 4862 02:41:38,855 --> 02:41:41,992 WORKED, PARTNERED WITH ME ON 4863 02:41:41,992 --> 02:41:45,295 THIS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THIS 4864 02:41:45,295 --> 02:41:46,997 ADMINISTRATION CARES AS WELL, 4865 02:41:46,997 --> 02:41:50,901 WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WAS 4866 02:41:50,901 --> 02:41:53,970 EVIDENCED BY THIS CONVERSATION 4867 02:41:53,970 --> 02:41:56,173 ABOUT MEALS. SO AGAIN, WE ALL 4868 02:41:56,173 --> 02:41:58,975 CARE SO MUCH ABOUT OUR KIDS. AND 4869 02:41:58,975 --> 02:41:59,609 THEN SOMETIMES WHAT WE DISAGREE 4870 02:41:59,609 --> 02:42:01,978 ON IS HOW TO GET THERE. WE ALL 4871 02:42:01,978 --> 02:42:03,580 WANT THE END GOAL. AND THEN WE 4872 02:42:03,580 --> 02:42:05,348 ALL MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT 4873 02:42:05,348 --> 02:42:06,550 OPINIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE GET 4874 02:42:06,550 --> 02:42:09,252 THERE. AND THEN WHEN WE WORK 4875 02:42:09,252 --> 02:42:10,887 TOGETHER, WE FIGURE OUT A PATH. 4876 02:42:10,887 --> 02:42:13,156 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT 4877 02:42:13,156 --> 02:42:15,792 MAKES THIS ENTIRE BODY AND OUR 4878 02:42:15,792 --> 02:42:17,494 CITY AND OUR KIDS IN THE CITY 4879 02:42:17,494 --> 02:42:18,862 AND OUR FAMILIES BETTER FOR IT. 4880 02:42:18,862 --> 02:42:21,298 AND SO I, FOR ONE, AM VERY 4881 02:42:21,298 --> 02:42:23,166 GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND I'M SO 4882 02:42:23,166 --> 02:42:25,569 EXCITED TO BE PASSING THIS TODAY 4883 02:42:25,569 --> 02:42:28,572 TO HAVE EXPANDED MUCH EXPANDED 4884 02:42:28,572 --> 02:42:30,907 CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL 4885 02:42:30,907 --> 02:42:33,510 OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS. AND 4886 02:42:33,510 --> 02:42:36,746 K THROUGH 12 OFFERINGS THAT HAVE 4887 02:42:36,746 --> 02:42:39,116 INTENSE TUTORING AND MENTORSHIP 4888 02:42:39,116 --> 02:42:41,785 SO THAT KIDS DO MEET THEIR 4889 02:42:41,785 --> 02:42:43,920 MILESTONES FOR THIRD AND FOURTH 4890 02:42:43,920 --> 02:42:45,822 GRADE READING AND MATH, WHICH 4891 02:42:45,822 --> 02:42:47,858 ARE SO CRITICAL. THEY ARE A 4892 02:42:47,858 --> 02:42:50,994 FOUNDATION. YOU CANNOT GRADUATE 4893 02:42:50,994 --> 02:42:52,863 AND GO INTO EITHER PROMISE OR A 4894 02:42:52,863 --> 02:42:56,566 PATH TO TRADES WITHOUT MEETING 4895 02:42:56,566 --> 02:42:58,435 YOUR EDUCATIONAL MILESTONES. 4896 02:42:58,435 --> 02:42:59,903 GRADUATING OUT OF 12th GRADE. 4897 02:42:59,903 --> 02:43:01,271 AND THAT IS WHAT K THROUGH 12 IS 4898 02:43:01,271 --> 02:43:03,006 THERE TO DO IS SUPPORT THE KIDS 4899 02:43:03,006 --> 02:43:05,876 WITH THIS INTENSE TUTORING AND 4900 02:43:05,876 --> 02:43:07,978 MENTORSHIP. TO ACHIEVE THAT. AND 4901 02:43:07,978 --> 02:43:10,514 THEN, OF COURSE, THE PROMISE TO 4902 02:43:10,514 --> 02:43:12,682 EVERY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, 4903 02:43:12,682 --> 02:43:15,085 PUBLIC, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, AND 4904 02:43:15,085 --> 02:43:16,920 PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENT IN 4905 02:43:16,920 --> 02:43:20,323 THE CITY TO HAVE TWO YEARS OF 4906 02:43:20,323 --> 02:43:21,024 COLLEGE OR A PATH TO THE TRADES, 4907 02:43:21,024 --> 02:43:24,194 WHICH ARE REALLY GREAT UNION 4908 02:43:24,194 --> 02:43:24,861 PAYING JOBS. YOU ALL KNOW THIS. 4909 02:43:24,861 --> 02:43:26,997 THAT ONE IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR 4910 02:43:26,997 --> 02:43:29,399 TO MY HEART. AND SO THIS IS 4911 02:43:29,399 --> 02:43:31,468 SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE REALLY 4912 02:43:31,468 --> 02:43:35,605 PROUD OF. AND I AM JUST SO PROUD 4913 02:43:35,605 --> 02:43:37,374 OF THIS LEVY AND OF THE INE THAT 4914 02:43:37,374 --> 02:43:40,377 WE ARE ULTIMATELY PASSING TODAY 4915 02:43:40,377 --> 02:43:41,811 AND GRATEFUL. AND I'M EXCITED TO 4916 02:43:41,811 --> 02:43:44,181 SEE IT MOVE FORWARD. I WILL SAY, 4917 02:43:44,181 --> 02:43:46,650 COLLEAGUES, THAT IN TERMS OF THE 4918 02:43:46,650 --> 02:43:51,121 MEALS, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE 4919 02:43:51,121 --> 02:43:52,222 COMMITMENT TO. IT WAS IT'S A 4920 02:43:52,222 --> 02:43:53,723 GAP. IT'S FILLING THE GAP 4921 02:43:53,723 --> 02:43:55,225 BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THE STATE 4922 02:43:55,225 --> 02:43:57,527 STARTS PAYING FOR THIS 4923 02:43:57,527 --> 02:43:59,896 INVESTMENT. AND THAT IS CRITICAL 4924 02:43:59,896 --> 02:44:03,600 BECAUSE THE INITIAL LEVY DID NOT 4925 02:44:03,600 --> 02:44:04,568 CONTEMPLATE AN A UNIVERSAL 4926 02:44:04,568 --> 02:44:06,203 SCHOOL MEALS. SO LOOKING FORWARD 4927 02:44:06,203 --> 02:44:08,071 TO THE STATE COMING IN. AND THIS 4928 02:44:08,071 --> 02:44:11,074 WAS INTENDED AS A GAP AS THE 4929 02:44:11,074 --> 02:44:11,975 MAYOR PROPOSED IT. AND AS YOU 4930 02:44:11,975 --> 02:44:13,109 ALL HAVE FOUND A PATH FORWARD. 4931 02:44:13,109 --> 02:44:19,149 SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND 4932 02:44:19,149 --> 02:44:20,383 THEN ALSO JUST KEEPING IN MIND, 4933 02:44:20,383 --> 02:44:22,219 AS I SAID LAST WEEK, THERE'S 4934 02:44:22,219 --> 02:44:24,287 SOME INVESTMENTS THAT WEREN'T IN 4935 02:44:24,287 --> 02:44:25,088 HERE BEFORE. AND SO WE'RE GOING 4936 02:44:25,088 --> 02:44:26,523 TO KEEP OUR EYE TO MAKE SURE 4937 02:44:26,523 --> 02:44:28,859 THAT THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE 4938 02:44:28,859 --> 02:44:29,492 SERVING THE POPULATIONS THAT WE 4939 02:44:29,492 --> 02:44:31,428 TOLD VOTERS WE WOULD SERVE WITH 4940 02:44:31,428 --> 02:44:33,597 THIS LEVY. SO WE'RE GOING TO 4941 02:44:33,597 --> 02:44:34,631 MONITOR THIS LEVY VERY CLOSELY, 4942 02:44:34,631 --> 02:44:36,633 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING 4943 02:44:36,633 --> 02:44:38,535 TO WORK WITH NOT JUST DEAL, BUT 4944 02:44:38,535 --> 02:44:41,304 IN THIS CASE AS WELL. HSD PARKS 4945 02:44:41,304 --> 02:44:44,374 AND RECREATION AND OSE OFFICE OF 4946 02:44:44,374 --> 02:44:46,810 SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT 4947 02:44:46,810 --> 02:44:48,245 ON THESE ON THESE INVESTMENTS. 4948 02:44:48,245 --> 02:44:50,180 SO WITH THAT, CHAIR, THANK YOU 4949 02:44:50,180 --> 02:44:53,149 FOR LETTING ME HAVE A FEW EXTRA 4950 02:44:53,149 --> 02:44:54,751 MINUTES. I KNOW IT'S A LONG 4951 02:44:54,751 --> 02:44:56,653 MEETING. LET'S TAKE THIS AMAZING 4952 02:44:56,653 --> 02:44:57,020 VOTE. 4953 02:44:57,020 --> 02:44:59,089 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 4954 02:44:59,089 --> 02:44:59,723 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. OKAY. WILL 4955 02:44:59,723 --> 02:45:00,357 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 4956 02:45:00,357 --> 02:45:04,427 ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL, AS 4957 02:45:04,427 --> 02:45:06,096 AMENDED? 4958 02:45:06,096 --> 02:45:06,696 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 4959 02:45:06,696 --> 02:45:09,399 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 4960 02:45:09,399 --> 02:45:09,866 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4961 02:45:09,866 --> 02:45:12,869 -- YES. 4962 02:45:12,869 --> 02:45:13,603 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 4963 02:45:13,603 --> 02:45:16,640 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 4964 02:45:16,640 --> 02:45:16,873 -- AYE. 4965 02:45:16,873 --> 02:45:17,340 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4966 02:45:17,340 --> 02:45:18,308 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 4967 02:45:18,308 --> 02:45:20,911 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 4968 02:45:20,911 --> 02:45:21,144 -- AYE. 4969 02:45:21,144 --> 02:45:21,611 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 4970 02:45:21,611 --> 02:45:23,346 HOLLINGSWORTH. 4971 02:45:23,346 --> 02:45:23,847 -- YES. 4972 02:45:23,847 --> 02:45:24,648 -- NINE IN FAVOR? NONE. OPPOSED. 4973 02:45:24,648 --> 02:45:25,282 -- BILL PASSES AS AMENDED. THE 4974 02:45:25,282 --> 02:45:26,683 CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE 4975 02:45:26,683 --> 02:45:28,518 CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE 4976 02:45:28,518 --> 02:45:30,620 TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 4977 02:45:30,620 --> 02:45:31,288 CONGRATULATIONS, COLLEAGUES. 4978 02:45:31,288 --> 02:45:32,155 -- [APPLAUSE] 4979 02:45:32,155 --> 02:45:32,489 -- OKAY. 4980 02:45:32,489 --> 02:45:32,822 -- [APPLAUSE] 4981 02:45:32,822 --> 02:45:33,757 -- OH, YEAH. 4982 02:45:33,757 --> 02:45:34,090 -- [APPLAUSE] 4983 02:45:34,090 --> 02:45:34,457 -- OKAY, GOOD. 4984 02:45:34,457 --> 02:45:34,791 -- [APPLAUSE] 4985 02:45:34,791 --> 02:45:36,726 -- GOOD ONE. WOO! KIDS. 4986 02:45:36,726 --> 02:45:38,161 -- ALWAYS CLAPPING FOR KIDS. NOW 4987 02:45:38,161 --> 02:45:39,996 WE'RE GOING TO CLAP FOR LAND 4988 02:45:39,996 --> 02:45:43,166 USE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ 4989 02:45:43,166 --> 02:45:45,368 THE ITEM? READ ITEM NUMBER TWO 4990 02:45:45,368 --> 02:45:46,269 INTO THE RECORD. 4991 02:45:46,269 --> 02:45:48,071 -- THE FOR THE LAND USE AND 4992 02:45:48,071 --> 02:45:48,705 SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. GENDA 4993 02:45:48,705 --> 02:45:52,909 ITEM TWO COUNCIL BILL 121215. AN 4994 02:45:52,909 --> 02:45:54,377 ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 4995 02:45:54,377 --> 02:45:54,944 COUNCIL LAND USE DECISIONS 4996 02:45:54,944 --> 02:46:00,917 AMENDING SECTION 23.76.0 50 4997 02:46:00,917 --> 02:46:06,656 .06225.05.0, 70.3, 40.4, 55.4, 4998 02:46:06,656 --> 02:46:08,224 60.502 AND 0.6, 80. THE SEATTLE 4999 02:46:08,224 --> 02:46:11,294 MUNICIPAL CODE TO CLARIFY 5000 02:46:11,294 --> 02:46:11,928 PROCESSES FOR COUNCIL LAND USE 5001 02:46:11,928 --> 02:46:12,562 DECISIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 5002 02:46:12,562 --> 02:46:13,229 THE BILL AS AMENDED WITH 5003 02:46:13,229 --> 02:46:14,364 COUNCILMEMBERS, LIN, FOSTER AND 5004 02:46:14,364 --> 02:46:16,900 RINCK IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED 5005 02:46:16,900 --> 02:46:19,002 WITH ABSTENTIONS FROM 5006 02:46:19,002 --> 02:46:19,536 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND 5007 02:46:19,536 --> 02:46:19,903 HOLLINGSWORTH. 5008 02:46:19,903 --> 02:46:20,537 -- AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I 5009 02:46:20,537 --> 02:46:23,039 KNOW YOU'VE BEEN READY FOR THIS. 5010 02:46:23,039 --> 02:46:25,542 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO GIVE THE 5011 02:46:25,542 --> 02:46:25,942 COMMITTEE REPORT. 5012 02:46:25,942 --> 02:46:28,712 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5013 02:46:28,712 --> 02:46:29,779 THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU 5014 02:46:29,779 --> 02:46:34,250 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR 5015 02:46:34,250 --> 02:46:36,553 YOUR ENGAGEMENT TODAY. BUT ALSO 5016 02:46:36,553 --> 02:46:38,154 OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, 5017 02:46:38,154 --> 02:46:40,056 NOT JUST IN SENDING EMAILS, 5018 02:46:40,056 --> 02:46:41,891 PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU 5019 02:46:41,891 --> 02:46:44,728 KNOW, SUBMITTING OP, 5020 02:46:44,728 --> 02:46:45,628 PARTICIPATING IN RADIO 5021 02:46:45,628 --> 02:46:48,198 INTERVIEWS AND JUST REALLY 5022 02:46:48,198 --> 02:46:52,302 HAVING A ROBUST DIALOG ABOUT, AS 5023 02:46:52,302 --> 02:46:54,237 WE HEARD ONE COMMENTATOR SAY 5024 02:46:54,237 --> 02:46:56,039 ABOUT DEMOCRACY, ABOUT THE 5025 02:46:56,039 --> 02:46:58,208 ENVIRONMENT, ABOUT HOUSING, 5026 02:46:58,208 --> 02:47:00,643 ABOUT OUR PROCESSES. SO THANK 5027 02:47:00,643 --> 02:47:03,279 YOU. WE DID HEAR THIS IN OUR 5028 02:47:03,279 --> 02:47:06,483 COMMITTEE FOUR SEPARATE TIMES. 5029 02:47:06,483 --> 02:47:09,352 AND THEN WE IT WAS RECOMMENDED, 5030 02:47:09,352 --> 02:47:11,221 AS YOU HEARD, THREE AND TWO 5031 02:47:11,221 --> 02:47:12,322 ABSTAINED. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 5032 02:47:12,322 --> 02:47:14,290 AMENDMENTS THAT WE WILL TALK 5033 02:47:14,290 --> 02:47:20,130 ABOUT TODAY, BUT I JUST IF 5034 02:47:20,130 --> 02:47:21,931 YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO JUST SPEAK A 5035 02:47:21,931 --> 02:47:23,833 LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT 5036 02:47:23,833 --> 02:47:25,268 I'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY, WHAT 5037 02:47:25,268 --> 02:47:27,370 I'VE HEARD FROM COLLEAGUES, MY 5038 02:47:27,370 --> 02:47:30,907 PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, AND JUST 5039 02:47:30,907 --> 02:47:33,009 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE 5040 02:47:33,009 --> 02:47:34,944 WE HEARD A LOT OF A LOT OF GOOD 5041 02:47:34,944 --> 02:47:36,846 DEBATE AND DIALOG TODAY, AND I 5042 02:47:36,846 --> 02:47:38,782 APPRECIATE THAT. AND I TAKE IT 5043 02:47:38,782 --> 02:47:41,451 SERIOUSLY, I TAKE SERIOUSLY THE 5044 02:47:41,451 --> 02:47:43,253 CRITICISMS OF MY BILL. I TAKE 5045 02:47:43,253 --> 02:47:44,687 SERIOUSLY MY JOB TO NOT JUST 5046 02:47:44,687 --> 02:47:47,323 REPRESENT MY OWN VIEWS, BUT TO 5047 02:47:47,323 --> 02:47:48,792 REPRESENT ALL THE FOLKS I 5048 02:47:48,792 --> 02:47:50,427 REPRESENT IN DISTRICT TWO. AND I 5049 02:47:50,427 --> 02:47:54,597 THINK WE HEARD A NUMBER OF 5050 02:47:54,597 --> 02:47:55,231 DIFFERENT VIEWS THERE TODAY. I 5051 02:47:55,231 --> 02:47:58,334 WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS IS 5052 02:47:58,334 --> 02:48:00,970 NOT, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON THE 5053 02:48:00,970 --> 02:48:02,238 ORCA APPEAL. THAT HAS BEEN A LOT 5054 02:48:02,238 --> 02:48:05,775 OF THE DISCUSSION. I WANT TO 5055 02:48:05,775 --> 02:48:08,711 MAKE CLEAR THAT THE ORCA APPEAL 5056 02:48:08,711 --> 02:48:09,846 IS BEING HEARD RIGHT NOW IN 5057 02:48:09,846 --> 02:48:12,148 FRONT OF THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT 5058 02:48:12,148 --> 02:48:14,250 HEARINGS BOARD. THE ORCA APPEAL 5059 02:48:14,250 --> 02:48:17,020 WAS HEARD ON THE MERITS LAST 5060 02:48:17,020 --> 02:48:19,756 WEEK, AND THE APPELLANTS ARE 5061 02:48:19,756 --> 02:48:22,225 SEEKING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL 5062 02:48:22,225 --> 02:48:22,859 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND SEEKING 5063 02:48:22,859 --> 02:48:27,297 TO INVALIDATE WHAT WE PASSED 5064 02:48:27,297 --> 02:48:29,699 LAST DECEMBER, INCLUDING THE 5065 02:48:29,699 --> 02:48:31,434 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MIDDLE 5066 02:48:31,434 --> 02:48:33,002 HOUSING. SO I JUST WANT TO WE WE 5067 02:48:33,002 --> 02:48:34,471 WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE 5068 02:48:34,471 --> 02:48:36,506 GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BOARD 5069 02:48:36,506 --> 02:48:37,941 DECIDES. AND I THINK WE'RE 5070 02:48:37,941 --> 02:48:41,244 HOPING TO GET A DECISION IN 5071 02:48:41,244 --> 02:48:42,445 SEPTEMBER. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE 5072 02:48:42,445 --> 02:48:44,247 CLEAR THAT I BELIEVE THE ORCA 5073 02:48:44,247 --> 02:48:46,583 APPEAL TO THE HEARING EXAMINER. 5074 02:48:46,583 --> 02:48:47,617 IT IS A LITTLE BIT AWKWARD THAT 5075 02:48:47,617 --> 02:48:50,687 IT WOULD BE SORT OF A SECOND 5076 02:48:50,687 --> 02:48:53,056 SORT OF APPEAL ON THE SAME SAME 5077 02:48:53,056 --> 02:48:54,791 ISSUE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD 5078 02:48:54,791 --> 02:48:57,193 GO FORWARD. AND REGARDLESS OF 5079 02:48:57,193 --> 02:48:59,262 WHETHER THIS LEGISLATION PASSES, 5080 02:48:59,262 --> 02:49:01,331 I BELIEVE THAT AND I WILL BE 5081 02:49:01,331 --> 02:49:03,166 URGING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S 5082 02:49:03,166 --> 02:49:04,834 OFFICE TO ALLOW THAT APPEAL TO 5083 02:49:04,834 --> 02:49:06,970 MOVE FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY, 5084 02:49:06,970 --> 02:49:08,938 EXPEDITIOUSLY, BEFORE THE 5085 02:49:08,938 --> 02:49:10,607 HEARING, EXAMINER AND THIS BILL 5086 02:49:10,607 --> 02:49:13,409 DOES NOT PRECLUDE THAT FROM 5087 02:49:13,409 --> 02:49:17,080 GOING FORWARD. SO I JUST WANT TO 5088 02:49:17,080 --> 02:49:17,747 MAKE THAT CLEAR. I ALSO WANT TO 5089 02:49:17,747 --> 02:49:20,850 SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 5090 02:49:20,850 --> 02:49:22,619 DEMOCRACY TODAY. WE'VE HEARD A 5091 02:49:22,619 --> 02:49:24,888 LOT ABOUT DEMOCRACY, AND I 5092 02:49:24,888 --> 02:49:26,689 BELIEVE WE ALL BELIEVE IN THE 5093 02:49:26,689 --> 02:49:29,192 IMPORTANCE OF DEMOCRACY. YOU 5094 02:49:29,192 --> 02:49:31,594 KNOW, OUR DEMOCRACY IS NOT 5095 02:49:31,594 --> 02:49:35,198 PERFECT. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY 5096 02:49:35,198 --> 02:49:38,167 EVIDENT FROM WHO IS IN PRESIDENT 5097 02:49:38,167 --> 02:49:39,569 TODAY AND THAT HE'S BEEN IN 5098 02:49:39,569 --> 02:49:42,739 THAT SEAT TWICE NOW. AND I JUST 5099 02:49:42,739 --> 02:49:46,709 WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I 5100 02:49:46,709 --> 02:49:49,646 HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY WITH 5101 02:49:49,646 --> 02:49:53,149 CHALLENGING GOVERNMENT. I WAS IN 5102 02:49:53,149 --> 02:49:53,716 PRIVATE PRACTICE FOR EIGHT 5103 02:49:53,716 --> 02:49:54,951 YEARS, AND THE BULK OF THE WORK 5104 02:49:54,951 --> 02:49:56,920 THAT I DID WAS CHALLENGING 5105 02:49:56,920 --> 02:49:59,455 GOVERNMENT. I FOUGHT CITY OF 5106 02:49:59,455 --> 02:50:01,357 BELLEVUE, AND I BROUGHT A NUMBER 5107 02:50:01,357 --> 02:50:03,159 OF SEPA APPEALS FIGHTING AGAINST 5108 02:50:03,159 --> 02:50:08,398 A ROAD PROJECT. I FOUGHT AGAINST 5109 02:50:08,398 --> 02:50:11,200 SOUND TRANSIT. AND THEN IN IN 5110 02:50:11,200 --> 02:50:12,602 2017, TRUMP TOOK OFFICE AND I 5111 02:50:12,602 --> 02:50:15,238 KNEW I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING 5112 02:50:15,238 --> 02:50:16,472 DIFFERENT AND I NEEDED TO GIVE 5113 02:50:16,472 --> 02:50:17,907 BACK TO MY COMMUNITY IN A 5114 02:50:17,907 --> 02:50:19,976 DIFFERENT WAY. AND THAT'S WHY I 5115 02:50:19,976 --> 02:50:21,844 FELT VERY PRIVILEGED TO JOIN THE 5116 02:50:21,844 --> 02:50:24,847 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN 2017. 5117 02:50:24,847 --> 02:50:26,516 AND I LOVE THAT JOB. IT WAS THE 5118 02:50:26,516 --> 02:50:28,585 HONOR. IT WAS AN EXTREME HONOR 5119 02:50:28,585 --> 02:50:31,921 TO TO REPRESENT THE CITY IN THAT 5120 02:50:31,921 --> 02:50:33,623 WAY. AND, AND I'M SAD TO REPORT 5121 02:50:33,623 --> 02:50:35,391 THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS 5122 02:50:35,391 --> 02:50:37,393 ANOTHER CHANGE, ANOTHER ELECTION 5123 02:50:37,393 --> 02:50:40,096 THAT ALSO INSPIRED ME BECAUSE 5124 02:50:40,096 --> 02:50:43,900 WHEN HE WAS ELECTED AGAIN, I 5125 02:50:43,900 --> 02:50:46,369 KNEW THAT AGAIN, THAT I NEEDED 5126 02:50:46,369 --> 02:50:47,136 TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS 5127 02:50:47,136 --> 02:50:49,372 MUCH AS I COULD. AND IT WAS AN 5128 02:50:49,372 --> 02:50:50,907 IMPORTANT, MOTIVATING, 5129 02:50:50,907 --> 02:50:54,544 MOTIVATING FACTOR FOR ME RUNNING 5130 02:50:54,544 --> 02:50:56,813 FOR OFFICE BECAUSE DEMOCRACY 5131 02:50:56,813 --> 02:50:59,515 MATTERS. AND THE DISCUSSION 5132 02:50:59,515 --> 02:51:00,250 WE'VE HAD TODAY, I THINK IS 5133 02:51:00,250 --> 02:51:01,851 MEANINGFUL. A LOT OF THE 5134 02:51:01,851 --> 02:51:02,719 AMENDMENTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO 5135 02:51:02,719 --> 02:51:04,787 HEAR TODAY ARE A RESULT OF YOUR 5136 02:51:04,787 --> 02:51:10,660 VOICES AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS 5137 02:51:10,660 --> 02:51:12,028 BILL, WHETHER IT WILL PASS OR 5138 02:51:12,028 --> 02:51:12,929 NOT TODAY, WHETHER MY MY BILL 5139 02:51:12,929 --> 02:51:15,064 WILL PASS TODAY, NOT TODAY. AND 5140 02:51:15,064 --> 02:51:17,266 THAT'S THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S 5141 02:51:17,266 --> 02:51:18,401 DEMOCRACY. BUT I JUST WANT TO 5142 02:51:18,401 --> 02:51:20,803 MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I RESPECT ALL 5143 02:51:20,803 --> 02:51:23,606 OF YOUR VOICES AND THAT THEY DO 5144 02:51:23,606 --> 02:51:24,707 MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I KNOW THAT 5145 02:51:24,707 --> 02:51:26,376 ONE MINUTE IS NOT ENOUGH. THANK 5146 02:51:26,376 --> 02:51:28,878 YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, COUNCIL 5147 02:51:28,878 --> 02:51:29,979 PRESIDENT, FOR ALLOWING SORT OF 5148 02:51:29,979 --> 02:51:32,081 ALL THE COMMENTS TO GO FORWARD. 5149 02:51:32,081 --> 02:51:32,915 AND WE HEARD QUITE A QUITE A 5150 02:51:32,915 --> 02:51:36,286 LOT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD 5151 02:51:36,286 --> 02:51:38,955 PROBABLY KEEP KEEP HEARING MORE. 5152 02:51:38,955 --> 02:51:40,189 BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT 5153 02:51:40,189 --> 02:51:44,560 DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND I 5154 02:51:44,560 --> 02:51:47,196 ALSO THINK THAT DEMOCRACY 5155 02:51:47,196 --> 02:51:49,332 DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS 5156 02:51:49,332 --> 02:51:51,834 GOING TO WIN EVERY TIME. YOU 5157 02:51:51,834 --> 02:51:53,469 KNOW, SOMETIMES DEMOCRACY MEANS 5158 02:51:53,469 --> 02:51:54,504 YOU TRY AND TRY AGAIN. SOMETIMES 5159 02:51:54,504 --> 02:51:55,305 THE VOTE DOESN'T GO YOUR WAY. 5160 02:51:55,305 --> 02:51:57,073 AND WE WILL SEE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN 5161 02:51:57,073 --> 02:51:58,274 FOR THIS BILL. BUT THAT'S NOT 5162 02:51:58,274 --> 02:51:59,175 THE IMPORTANT THING. THE 5163 02:51:59,175 --> 02:52:02,111 IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE 5164 02:52:02,111 --> 02:52:06,049 CONTINUE TO ENGAGE, THAT WE 5165 02:52:06,049 --> 02:52:08,151 CONTINUE TO HAVE DEBATES, AND 5166 02:52:08,151 --> 02:52:09,519 ALSO THAT THAT FROM TIME TO TIME 5167 02:52:09,519 --> 02:52:13,022 THAT WE WE HOPEFULLY LISTEN TO 5168 02:52:13,022 --> 02:52:14,657 EACH OTHER. YOU KNOW, AND THAT 5169 02:52:14,657 --> 02:52:15,925 WE WORK TOGETHER. AND I DO THINK 5170 02:52:15,925 --> 02:52:17,927 WE HAVE A LOT MORE IN COMMON 5171 02:52:17,927 --> 02:52:22,832 THAN DIVIDES US. I ATTENDED THE 5172 02:52:22,832 --> 02:52:24,734 VIGIL LAST NIGHT AT THE SEATTLE 5173 02:52:24,734 --> 02:52:28,971 CENTER AND IT WAS WAS PRETTY 5174 02:52:28,971 --> 02:52:32,342 HEARTBREAKING. YOU KNOW, AND IT 5175 02:52:32,342 --> 02:52:34,077 WAS JUST A REMINDER, ONE, HOW, 5176 02:52:34,077 --> 02:52:36,412 HOW PRECIOUS LIFE IS AND HOW WE 5177 02:52:36,412 --> 02:52:40,316 SHOULD VALUE EACH OTHER. AND 5178 02:52:40,316 --> 02:52:41,250 MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE A PAUSE 5179 02:52:41,250 --> 02:52:42,719 BEFORE WE TEAR EACH OTHER DOWN 5180 02:52:42,719 --> 02:52:45,822 QUITE SO MUCH. BUT IT WAS ALSO A 5181 02:52:45,822 --> 02:52:46,989 REMINDER THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH 5182 02:52:46,989 --> 02:52:51,861 MORE IN COMMON THAN DIVIDES US 5183 02:52:51,861 --> 02:52:53,863 AND YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO 5184 02:52:53,863 --> 02:52:55,364 THINGS LIKE YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE, 5185 02:52:55,364 --> 02:52:56,365 HOW WE ARE REALLY GOING TO HAVE 5186 02:52:56,365 --> 02:52:58,167 TO WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, 5187 02:52:58,167 --> 02:52:59,802 WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO COME 5188 02:52:59,802 --> 02:53:01,003 TOGETHER. AND I THINK IT'S TRUE 5189 02:53:01,003 --> 02:53:02,872 HERE TOO, YOU KNOW, AS OUR CITY, 5190 02:53:02,872 --> 02:53:04,373 HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS 5191 02:53:04,373 --> 02:53:07,043 THINGS LIKE HOUSING 5192 02:53:07,043 --> 02:53:07,610 AFFORDABILITY AND, AND THE 5193 02:53:07,610 --> 02:53:09,045 ENVIRONMENT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO 5194 02:53:09,045 --> 02:53:10,680 GET THERE JUST YELLING AT EACH 5195 02:53:10,680 --> 02:53:12,415 OTHER. WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE 5196 02:53:12,415 --> 02:53:13,649 WORKING TOGETHER. AND I BELIEVE 5197 02:53:13,649 --> 02:53:15,818 WE HAVE A LOT MORE IN COMMON 5198 02:53:15,818 --> 02:53:21,257 THAN DIVIDES US IN TERMS OF THIS 5199 02:53:21,257 --> 02:53:22,759 SPECIFIC BILL. WHY I BELIEVE 5200 02:53:22,759 --> 02:53:25,628 THIS WILL ACTUALLY IMPROVE OUR 5201 02:53:25,628 --> 02:53:27,730 DECISION MAKING PROCESS. FIRST 5202 02:53:27,730 --> 02:53:30,867 OF ALL, AGAIN, IT DOES NOT 5203 02:53:30,867 --> 02:53:31,601 PREVENT APPEALS TO THE GROWTH 5204 02:53:31,601 --> 02:53:34,604 MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BOARD THAT 5205 02:53:34,604 --> 02:53:35,238 STAYS IN PLACE. AND YOU HAVE 5206 02:53:35,238 --> 02:53:37,373 EVERY RIGHT TO CHALLENGE 5207 02:53:37,373 --> 02:53:38,641 GOVERNMENT ACTION. AND WE HAVE 5208 02:53:38,641 --> 02:53:42,211 SEEN THAT TO BE EFFECTIVE. WE 5209 02:53:42,211 --> 02:53:43,079 HAD A BILL LAST YEAR ON THE 5210 02:53:43,079 --> 02:53:45,081 HOUSING IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT 5211 02:53:45,081 --> 02:53:45,948 THAT WAS APPEALED TO THE GROWTH 5212 02:53:45,948 --> 02:53:46,916 MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BOARD, AND 5213 02:53:46,916 --> 02:53:50,219 WE WERE OVERTURNED AND WE HAD TO 5214 02:53:50,219 --> 02:53:51,854 REPEAL IT. THAT IS A POSSIBILITY 5215 02:53:51,854 --> 02:53:53,189 WITH THE CURRENT APPEAL, AND 5216 02:53:53,189 --> 02:53:54,357 THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A 5217 02:53:54,357 --> 02:53:56,192 POSSIBILITY WITH FUTURE APPEALS. 5218 02:53:56,192 --> 02:53:58,528 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT 5219 02:53:58,528 --> 02:53:59,896 CLEAR. ANOTHER THING I WANT TO 5220 02:53:59,896 --> 02:54:01,764 MAKE CLEAR IS THAT PROJECT BASED 5221 02:54:01,764 --> 02:54:04,901 APPEALS WILL CONTINUE TO BE TO 5222 02:54:04,901 --> 02:54:05,868 GO FORWARD, EVEN IF THIS BILL IS 5223 02:54:05,868 --> 02:54:09,071 PASSED. AND AS I MENTIONED, I 5224 02:54:09,071 --> 02:54:11,474 FOUGHT AGAINST THE ROAD PROJECT 5225 02:54:11,474 --> 02:54:12,909 IN BELLEVUE. I, YOU KNOW, HAVE 5226 02:54:12,909 --> 02:54:17,146 GREAT RESPECT FOR RESIDENTS WHO 5227 02:54:17,146 --> 02:54:19,982 FOUGHT I-90. AND, YOU KNOW, IF 5228 02:54:19,982 --> 02:54:21,884 THERE WAS A HIGHWAY PROJECT, I 5229 02:54:21,884 --> 02:54:23,920 WOULD BE OUT THERE FIGHTING WITH 5230 02:54:23,920 --> 02:54:27,390 YOU. AND THAT APPEAL OF, OF A 5231 02:54:27,390 --> 02:54:29,025 PROJECT BASED DECISION LIKE THAT 5232 02:54:29,025 --> 02:54:30,526 WOULD BE AVAILABLE UNDER SEPA, 5233 02:54:30,526 --> 02:54:35,898 UNDER NEPA AND SHOULD BE ALLOWED 5234 02:54:35,898 --> 02:54:36,766 I'VE HEARD FROM A COMMENTER WHO 5235 02:54:36,766 --> 02:54:38,801 TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 5236 02:54:38,801 --> 02:54:39,402 SEPA TO THEM FIGHTING NUCLEAR 5237 02:54:39,402 --> 02:54:41,637 POWER PLANTS IN THE 1970s. 5238 02:54:41,637 --> 02:54:44,240 AGAIN, A PROJECT BASED APPEAL 5239 02:54:44,240 --> 02:54:46,542 THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE 5240 02:54:46,542 --> 02:54:47,443 ALLOWED. I ALSO JUST WANT TO 5241 02:54:47,443 --> 02:54:51,180 MAKE CLEAR THAT I DO THINK 5242 02:54:51,180 --> 02:54:55,952 THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 5243 02:54:55,952 --> 02:54:57,820 HIGHWAYS BEING BUILT, DESTROYING 5244 02:54:57,820 --> 02:54:58,387 COMMUNITIES, NUCLEAR POWER 5245 02:54:58,387 --> 02:55:02,692 PLANTS AND HOUSING. I DON'T 5246 02:55:02,692 --> 02:55:03,226 THINK HOUSING AND FUTURE 5247 02:55:03,226 --> 02:55:06,729 RESIDENTS ARE TOXIC WASTE OR 5248 02:55:06,729 --> 02:55:08,364 POLLUTION THAT NEED TO BE 5249 02:55:08,364 --> 02:55:12,768 STUDIED. FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND 5250 02:55:12,768 --> 02:55:13,836 YEARS ON END. I BELIEVE HOUSING 5251 02:55:13,836 --> 02:55:14,904 IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND WE SHOULD 5252 02:55:14,904 --> 02:55:17,073 TREAT IT THAT WAY AND THAT WE 5253 02:55:17,073 --> 02:55:19,775 NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO 5254 02:55:19,775 --> 02:55:22,712 MOVE FORWARD URGENTLY, TO BUILD 5255 02:55:22,712 --> 02:55:24,347 THE HOUSING WE NEED SO THAT 5256 02:55:24,347 --> 02:55:26,315 EVERYONE CAN LIVE HERE AND 5257 02:55:26,315 --> 02:55:27,783 THRIVE, SO THAT WE THAT THOSE 5258 02:55:27,783 --> 02:55:30,753 WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED HAVE A 5259 02:55:30,753 --> 02:55:33,723 PLACE TO, TO RETURN TO SO THAT 5260 02:55:33,723 --> 02:55:35,024 REFUGEES FROM ACROSS THE 5261 02:55:35,024 --> 02:55:36,926 COUNTRY, FROM ACROSS THE WORLD 5262 02:55:36,926 --> 02:55:40,263 HAVE A PLACE TO THRIVE, SO THAT 5263 02:55:40,263 --> 02:55:43,699 OUR YOUNG CHILDREN, OUR ELDERS, 5264 02:55:43,699 --> 02:55:45,735 CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE AND THRIVE 5265 02:55:45,735 --> 02:55:48,404 IN THIS COMMUNITY, SO THAT OUR 5266 02:55:48,404 --> 02:55:50,206 MOST VULNERABLE, WHO ARE ON THE 5267 02:55:50,206 --> 02:55:53,843 STREETS, CAN HAVE A PLACE TO 5268 02:55:53,843 --> 02:55:55,878 CALL HOME. AND I BELIEVE, AGAIN, 5269 02:55:55,878 --> 02:55:57,413 THE WAY THAT WE GET THERE IS 5270 02:55:57,413 --> 02:55:58,881 WORKING TOGETHER. IT IS NOT 5271 02:55:58,881 --> 02:56:00,416 FIGHTING. IT IS NOT YELLING AT 5272 02:56:00,416 --> 02:56:03,753 EACH OTHER. AND AND THAT IS WHAT 5273 02:56:03,753 --> 02:56:07,757 I SEE AS A ROOT CAUSE OR A ROOT 5274 02:56:07,757 --> 02:56:09,091 MOTIVATION FOR THIS BILL. I 5275 02:56:09,091 --> 02:56:10,626 DON'T BELIEVE THE HEARING 5276 02:56:10,626 --> 02:56:13,062 EXAMINER IS DEMOCRACY. I DON'T 5277 02:56:13,062 --> 02:56:16,766 BELIEVE LITIGATING. WHETHER THE 5278 02:56:16,766 --> 02:56:18,768 EIS OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 5279 02:56:18,768 --> 02:56:20,269 STATEMENT WAS SUFFICIENT. BEFORE 5280 02:56:20,269 --> 02:56:21,871 WE EVEN GET TO THE HARD WORK OF 5281 02:56:21,871 --> 02:56:23,739 TRYING TO REACH COMPROMISE AND 5282 02:56:23,739 --> 02:56:26,742 DEBATE AND DISCUSSION HELPS OUR 5283 02:56:26,742 --> 02:56:29,145 DECISION MAKING. I HAVE NOT SEEN 5284 02:56:29,145 --> 02:56:31,147 ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT OVER THE 5285 02:56:31,147 --> 02:56:31,514 PAST COUPLE OF 5286 02:56:31,514 --> 02:56:33,883 -- DECADES, WHETHER AS A 5287 02:56:33,883 --> 02:56:34,850 CONSTITUENT, WHETHER IN MY TIME 5288 02:56:34,850 --> 02:56:36,585 IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 5289 02:56:36,585 --> 02:56:38,287 AND I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT 5290 02:56:38,287 --> 02:56:41,824 IF WE CONTINUE ON THIS PATH OF 5291 02:56:41,824 --> 02:56:44,860 SIMPLY TRYING TO LITIGATE THIS, 5292 02:56:44,860 --> 02:56:46,462 THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO FIND A 5293 02:56:46,462 --> 02:56:48,164 PATH FORWARD. WE ARE NOT COMING 5294 02:56:48,164 --> 02:56:49,332 UP WITH WIN-WIN SOLUTIONS IN 5295 02:56:49,332 --> 02:56:50,600 FRONT OF THE HEARING EXAMINER. 5296 02:56:50,600 --> 02:56:52,468 WE ARE NOT LISTENING TO EACH 5297 02:56:52,468 --> 02:56:53,936 OTHER IN FRONT OF THE HEARING 5298 02:56:53,936 --> 02:56:56,005 EXAMINER. TODAY, WE HEARD A LOT 5299 02:56:56,005 --> 02:56:58,374 OF DIFFERENT VOICES AND 5300 02:56:58,374 --> 02:56:59,008 HOPEFULLY WE LISTENED TO EACH 5301 02:56:59,008 --> 02:57:03,279 OTHER. I FOUND IT VERY 5302 02:57:03,279 --> 02:57:06,048 MEANINGFUL. WE I'M GOING TO 5303 02:57:06,048 --> 02:57:09,251 STOP THERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE, 5304 02:57:09,251 --> 02:57:10,953 AGAIN, EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION 5305 02:57:10,953 --> 02:57:14,690 IN THIS. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL 5306 02:57:14,690 --> 02:57:15,558 MY COLLEAGUES AND I LOOK FORWARD 5307 02:57:15,558 --> 02:57:19,061 TO. REGARDLESS OF THIS OUTCOME, 5308 02:57:19,061 --> 02:57:20,796 I LOOK FORWARD TO US CONTINUING 5309 02:57:20,796 --> 02:57:22,231 TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE OUR 5310 02:57:22,231 --> 02:57:26,168 MOST URGENT PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. 5311 02:57:26,168 --> 02:57:27,470 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 5312 02:57:27,470 --> 02:57:28,871 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR THAT. AND 5313 02:57:28,871 --> 02:57:32,341 WE HAVE A LIST OF AMENDMENTS. SO 5314 02:57:32,341 --> 02:57:34,977 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I'D 5315 02:57:34,977 --> 02:57:37,313 LIKE TO INVITE LIZ WINSTON 5316 02:57:37,313 --> 02:57:39,648 WHITSON. SORRY I CALLED YOU. 5317 02:57:39,648 --> 02:57:40,549 WINSTON. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. 5318 02:57:40,549 --> 02:57:43,586 I'M SORRY. LIZ, HE'S OUR 5319 02:57:43,586 --> 02:57:44,153 DIRECTOR OF COUNCIL CENTRAL 5320 02:57:44,153 --> 02:57:46,622 STAFF TO COME TO THE TABLE, 5321 02:57:46,622 --> 02:57:47,223 COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE AS WE GO 5322 02:57:47,223 --> 02:57:50,793 THROUGH THEM, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME 5323 02:57:50,793 --> 02:57:51,627 QUESTIONS. POINT OF ORDER. 5324 02:57:51,627 --> 02:57:52,962 -- YEAH. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO 5325 02:57:52,962 --> 02:57:53,496 SUSPEND THE RULES BECAUSE 5326 02:57:53,496 --> 02:57:54,864 AMENDMENTS ARE TYPICALLY DONE IN 5327 02:57:54,864 --> 02:57:56,832 COMMITTEE. AND IS THAT CORRECT, 5328 02:57:56,832 --> 02:57:57,066 CHAIR? 5329 02:57:57,066 --> 02:57:58,768 -- YEAH, THAT WAS IN MY THANK 5330 02:57:58,768 --> 02:58:01,337 YOU. THAT WAS IN MY NOTES. 5331 02:58:01,337 --> 02:58:01,871 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IF 5332 02:58:01,871 --> 02:58:03,439 THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE RULES 5333 02:58:03,439 --> 02:58:05,708 WILL BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW 5334 02:58:05,708 --> 02:58:07,610 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF TO ADDRESS 5335 02:58:07,610 --> 02:58:09,679 THE COUNCIL. IS THAT OKAY? 5336 02:58:09,679 --> 02:58:10,846 AWESOME. I KNOW, AWESOME. THANK 5337 02:58:10,846 --> 02:58:12,248 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 5338 02:58:12,248 --> 02:58:13,783 HEARING NO OBJECTION, WE WILL BE 5339 02:58:13,783 --> 02:58:15,918 JOINED BY LIZ, DIRECTOR OF 5340 02:58:15,918 --> 02:58:19,989 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF OKAY, 5341 02:58:19,989 --> 02:58:22,158 AWESOME. AND THEN I'M GOING TO 5342 02:58:22,158 --> 02:58:22,825 MOVE MY AMENDMENT. OKAY, HERE WE 5343 02:58:22,825 --> 02:58:25,795 GO. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE TO 5344 02:58:25,795 --> 02:58:27,029 AMEND COUNCIL BILL ONE TWO, ONE 5345 02:58:27,029 --> 02:58:28,698 TWO, ONE FIVE AS PRESENTED ON 5346 02:58:28,698 --> 02:58:29,999 AMENDMENT A. 5347 02:58:29,999 --> 02:58:30,466 -- SECOND. 5348 02:58:30,466 --> 02:58:31,967 -- THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED. 5349 02:58:31,967 --> 02:58:33,536 AND SECOND, TO AMEND THE BILL AS 5350 02:58:33,536 --> 02:58:35,271 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A AS 5351 02:58:35,271 --> 02:58:40,242 SPONSOR. I WILL ADDRESS IT. NO. 5352 02:58:40,242 --> 02:58:41,510 YEAH, I WILL I WILL ADDRESS IT. 5353 02:58:41,510 --> 02:58:44,346 IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 5354 02:58:44,346 --> 02:58:45,681 WOULD YOU ALL LIKE AN UPDATE 5355 02:58:45,681 --> 02:58:47,616 FROM LIZ ABOUT THE AMENDMENT OR 5356 02:58:47,616 --> 02:58:48,617 WOULD YOU LIKE LIZ, WILL YOU 5357 02:58:48,617 --> 02:58:52,188 GIVE US WILL YOU TELL US ABOUT 5358 02:58:52,188 --> 02:58:54,090 THIS AMENDMENT, PLEASE? SORRY. 5359 02:58:54,090 --> 02:58:55,825 THANK YOU. PUTTING YOU ON THE 5360 02:58:55,825 --> 02:58:56,025 SPOT. 5361 02:58:56,025 --> 02:59:00,029 -- VERY BRIEFLY. 5362 02:59:00,029 --> 02:59:01,797 -- THERE YOU GO. 5363 02:59:01,797 --> 02:59:06,469 -- THERE YOU GO AMENDMENT A 5364 02:59:06,469 --> 02:59:10,940 WOULD REQUIRE THAT THERE BE A 5365 02:59:10,940 --> 02:59:13,509 SUMMARY PROVIDED FOR 5366 02:59:13,509 --> 02:59:15,611 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS 5367 02:59:15,611 --> 02:59:17,012 THAT IS NO MORE THAN TEN PAGES 5368 02:59:17,012 --> 02:59:21,417 LONG FOR LAND USE DECISIONS. 5369 02:59:21,417 --> 02:59:24,019 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. LIZ. THIS 5370 02:59:24,019 --> 02:59:24,920 IS REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. I 5371 02:59:24,920 --> 02:59:26,622 HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT EYES 5372 02:59:26,622 --> 02:59:28,224 BEING THOUSANDS OF PAGES. SO I 5373 02:59:28,224 --> 02:59:29,258 WANTED SEATTLEITES TO HAVE A 5374 02:59:29,258 --> 02:59:32,328 CLEAR, EASY TO READ SUMMARY OF 5375 02:59:32,328 --> 02:59:34,029 EACH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 5376 02:59:34,029 --> 02:59:34,630 STATEMENT WITHOUT THROWING IT 5377 02:59:34,630 --> 02:59:37,333 THROUGH AI YOURSELF. SO THIS 5378 02:59:37,333 --> 02:59:39,101 AMENDMENT REQUIRES A SUMMARY OF 5379 02:59:39,101 --> 02:59:39,702 KEY ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS NO 5380 02:59:39,702 --> 02:59:44,073 MORE THAN TEN PAGES IN PLAIN 5381 02:59:44,073 --> 02:59:44,573 ENGLISH TO HELP PEOPLE 5382 02:59:44,573 --> 02:59:46,575 UNDERSTAND WHAT IMPACTS WERE 5383 02:59:46,575 --> 02:59:49,812 STUDIED AND ENGAGE MEANINGFULLY 5384 02:59:49,812 --> 02:59:51,413 DURING THE 45 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT 5385 02:59:51,413 --> 02:59:52,481 PERIOD. SO SOMETHING THAT WILL 5386 02:59:52,481 --> 02:59:53,582 JUST SUMMARIZE IT AND MAKE IT 5387 02:59:53,582 --> 02:59:55,384 SUPER EASY. AND THEN I ALSO HAD 5388 02:59:55,384 --> 02:59:59,121 AN AMENDMENT TO EXTEND THE DRAFT 5389 02:59:59,121 --> 03:00:00,790 EIS COMMENT PERIOD FROM 30 TO 45 5390 03:00:00,790 --> 03:00:02,024 DAYS AS WELL. SO, COLLEAGUES, I 5391 03:00:02,024 --> 03:00:02,925 ASK FOR YOUR VOTE ON THIS 5392 03:00:02,925 --> 03:00:04,827 AMENDMENT AND WE'LL OPEN UP TO 5393 03:00:04,827 --> 03:00:06,428 COMMENTS. IF THERE'S ANY 5394 03:00:06,428 --> 03:00:07,463 QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE. 5395 03:00:07,463 --> 03:00:11,934 THANK YOU 5396 03:00:11,934 --> 03:00:13,536 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN THANK YOU, 5397 03:00:13,536 --> 03:00:14,937 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT 5398 03:00:14,937 --> 03:00:16,739 TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THIS. 5399 03:00:16,739 --> 03:00:18,707 YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF 5400 03:00:18,707 --> 03:00:19,208 AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 5401 03:00:19,208 --> 03:00:20,643 STATEMENT IS TO IMPROVE OUR 5402 03:00:20,643 --> 03:00:22,711 DECISION MAKING. THAT IS HARD TO 5403 03:00:22,711 --> 03:00:25,681 DO WHEN IT'S A 3000 PAGE 5404 03:00:25,681 --> 03:00:28,017 DOCUMENT. AND SO I DO BELIEVE A 5405 03:00:28,017 --> 03:00:29,885 SUMMARY, AS PROPOSED WOULD BE 5406 03:00:29,885 --> 03:00:32,354 EXTREMELY HELPFUL. SO I JUST 5407 03:00:32,354 --> 03:00:33,722 WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT. 5408 03:00:33,722 --> 03:00:34,323 -- THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK 5409 03:00:34,323 --> 03:00:35,558 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN ARE THERE 5410 03:00:35,558 --> 03:00:37,193 ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING 5411 03:00:37,193 --> 03:00:38,694 AMENDMENT? A? AWESOME. I DON'T 5412 03:00:38,694 --> 03:00:39,361 HAVE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS. THANK 5413 03:00:39,361 --> 03:00:41,764 YOU. COLLEAGUES, WILL THE CLERK 5414 03:00:41,764 --> 03:00:43,699 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 5415 03:00:43,699 --> 03:00:46,402 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT A. 5416 03:00:46,402 --> 03:00:48,737 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 5417 03:00:48,737 --> 03:00:49,238 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5418 03:00:49,238 --> 03:00:52,708 -- ALL RIGHT. 5419 03:00:52,708 --> 03:00:53,275 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5420 03:00:53,275 --> 03:00:54,843 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 5421 03:00:54,843 --> 03:00:57,179 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 5422 03:00:57,179 --> 03:00:59,081 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES. 5423 03:00:59,081 --> 03:00:59,548 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 5424 03:00:59,548 --> 03:01:01,250 -- YES. 5425 03:01:01,250 --> 03:01:01,784 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 5426 03:01:01,784 --> 03:01:03,319 -- AYE 5427 03:01:03,319 --> 03:01:03,852 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5428 03:01:03,852 --> 03:01:05,221 HOLLINGSWORTH. 5429 03:01:05,221 --> 03:01:05,521 -- YES. 5430 03:01:05,521 --> 03:01:06,722 -- AND IN FAVOR? NONE. OPPOSED. 5431 03:01:06,722 --> 03:01:08,591 -- MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT A 5432 03:01:08,591 --> 03:01:11,026 IS ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5433 03:01:11,026 --> 03:01:12,995 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO MOVE YOUR 5434 03:01:12,995 --> 03:01:13,295 AMENDMENT. 5435 03:01:13,295 --> 03:01:14,163 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 5436 03:01:14,163 --> 03:01:16,699 PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO AMEND 5437 03:01:16,699 --> 03:01:19,301 COUNCIL BILL 121215 AS PRESENTED 5438 03:01:19,301 --> 03:01:23,739 ON AMENDMENT B 5439 03:01:23,739 --> 03:01:24,840 -- SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND 5440 03:01:24,840 --> 03:01:26,342 SECOND, TO AMEND THE BILL AS 5441 03:01:26,342 --> 03:01:28,410 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT B. 5442 03:01:28,410 --> 03:01:29,011 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA YOU'RE 5443 03:01:29,011 --> 03:01:29,645 RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS 5444 03:01:29,645 --> 03:01:32,047 IT. 5445 03:01:32,047 --> 03:01:35,251 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5446 03:01:35,251 --> 03:01:37,453 AT STAKE. OUR FUNDAMENTAL DUE 5447 03:01:37,453 --> 03:01:39,288 PROCESS RIGHTS, FREE SPEECH 5448 03:01:39,288 --> 03:01:41,590 RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE 5449 03:01:41,590 --> 03:01:44,226 TO PETITION THEIR GOVERNMENT FOR 5450 03:01:44,226 --> 03:01:45,461 A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES. THESE 5451 03:01:45,461 --> 03:01:46,996 RIGHTS FORM THE BEDROCK OF OUR 5452 03:01:46,996 --> 03:01:53,302 DEMOCRACY AND THESE RIGHTS ARE 5453 03:01:53,302 --> 03:01:53,936 ENSHRINED IN OUR CONSTITUTION. 5454 03:01:53,936 --> 03:01:55,104 COLLEAGUES, I AM OFFERING 5455 03:01:55,104 --> 03:01:55,704 AMENDMENT B BECAUSE I BELIEVE 5456 03:01:55,704 --> 03:01:58,874 THERE IS A BETTER PATH FORWARD. 5457 03:01:58,874 --> 03:02:01,076 WE SHOULD REFORM AND STREAMLINE 5458 03:02:01,076 --> 03:02:03,579 THIS PROCESS, NOT ELIMINATE IT. 5459 03:02:03,579 --> 03:02:05,581 SEATTLE MUST MOVE FASTER TO 5460 03:02:05,581 --> 03:02:10,419 ADDRESS OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE. WE 5461 03:02:10,419 --> 03:02:11,020 MUST UPDATE OUR COMPREHENSIVE 5462 03:02:11,020 --> 03:02:14,189 PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 5463 03:02:14,189 --> 03:02:15,190 EFFICIENTLY AND MEET OUR 5464 03:02:15,190 --> 03:02:17,926 OBLIGATIONS UNDER STATE LAW. BUT 5465 03:02:17,926 --> 03:02:20,129 WHEN A PUBLIC PROCESS TAKES TOO 5466 03:02:20,129 --> 03:02:23,198 LONG, OUR FIRST RESPONSE SHOULD 5467 03:02:23,198 --> 03:02:27,269 BE TO IMPROVE IT, NOT ABOLISH 5468 03:02:27,269 --> 03:02:28,504 IT. MY AMENDMENT TAKES A 5469 03:02:28,504 --> 03:02:31,874 BALANCED APPROACH. IT PRESERVES 5470 03:02:31,874 --> 03:02:33,175 THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO SEEK 5471 03:02:33,175 --> 03:02:35,778 INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE 5472 03:02:35,778 --> 03:02:36,445 CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, 5473 03:02:36,445 --> 03:02:39,615 WHILE MAKING THAT REVIEW FASTER, 5474 03:02:39,615 --> 03:02:40,182 MORE PREDICTABLE AND BETTER 5475 03:02:40,182 --> 03:02:44,186 ALIGNED WITH OUR HOUSING GOALS. 5476 03:02:44,186 --> 03:02:46,655 SPECIFICALLY, IT REQUIRES THE 5477 03:02:46,655 --> 03:02:48,624 HEARING EXAMINER TO PRIORITIZE 5478 03:02:48,624 --> 03:02:50,526 HOUSING RELATED APPEALS AND 5479 03:02:50,526 --> 03:02:51,160 SHORTENS THE STANDARD TIMELINE 5480 03:02:51,160 --> 03:02:56,298 FROM 120 DAYS TO 90 DAYS. 5481 03:02:56,298 --> 03:02:57,433 THAT'S MEANINGFUL REFORM. I ALSO 5482 03:02:57,433 --> 03:02:59,868 WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT SEPA 5483 03:02:59,868 --> 03:03:02,638 APPEAL IS AND WHAT IT'S NOT. IT 5484 03:03:02,638 --> 03:03:06,508 IS NOT A VETO OVER HOUSING. IT 5485 03:03:06,508 --> 03:03:09,078 IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP 5486 03:03:09,078 --> 03:03:11,480 GROWTH SIMPLY BECAUSE SOMEONE 5487 03:03:11,480 --> 03:03:14,049 DISAGREES ABOUT A POLICY 5488 03:03:14,049 --> 03:03:17,419 DECISION. AN APPELLANT MUST 5489 03:03:17,419 --> 03:03:17,920 SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY A 5490 03:03:17,920 --> 03:03:19,321 LEGITIMATE DEFICIENCY IN THE 5491 03:03:19,321 --> 03:03:22,758 CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. 5492 03:03:22,758 --> 03:03:23,325 THE CITY'S DETERMINATION 5493 03:03:23,325 --> 03:03:25,494 RECEIVES SUBSTANTIAL WEIGHT, AND 5494 03:03:25,494 --> 03:03:27,696 THE BURDEN STILL RESTS ON THE 5495 03:03:27,696 --> 03:03:29,131 PERSON BRINGING THE APPEAL, 5496 03:03:29,131 --> 03:03:31,400 MAKING THE CHALLENGE. IF THE 5497 03:03:31,400 --> 03:03:34,269 CITY'S WORK IS SOUND, IT SHOULD 5498 03:03:34,269 --> 03:03:36,972 WITHSTAND INDEPENDENT REVIEW. IF 5499 03:03:36,972 --> 03:03:40,976 NOT, THEN CORRECTING AND 5500 03:03:40,976 --> 03:03:43,479 REMEDIATING THAT DEFICIENCY 5501 03:03:43,479 --> 03:03:45,280 BEFORE ADOPTING A DECISION THAT 5502 03:03:45,280 --> 03:03:47,783 SHAPES SEATTLE FOR GENERATIONS 5503 03:03:47,783 --> 03:03:48,384 MAKES OUR DECISIONS STRONGER, 5504 03:03:48,384 --> 03:03:50,119 MORE DURABLE AND WORTHY OF 5505 03:03:50,119 --> 03:03:53,856 PUBLIC TRUST. NOW, AS AN AIR 5506 03:03:53,856 --> 03:03:55,758 FORCE VETERAN, I PROUDLY SERVED 5507 03:03:55,758 --> 03:03:57,159 OUR COUNTRY TO PROTECT THE 5508 03:03:57,159 --> 03:03:59,995 FREEDOMS THAT DEFINE OUR 5509 03:03:59,995 --> 03:04:00,662 DEMOCRACY, INCLUDING THE FREEDOM 5510 03:04:00,662 --> 03:04:03,065 FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR VOICES 5511 03:04:03,065 --> 03:04:04,900 HEARD. THAT EXPERIENCE CONTINUES 5512 03:04:04,900 --> 03:04:07,436 TO SHAPE HOW I APPROACH PUBLIC 5513 03:04:07,436 --> 03:04:09,972 SERVICE TODAY DEMOCRACY IS 5514 03:04:09,972 --> 03:04:12,541 STRONGEST WHEN PEOPLE KNOW THEIR 5515 03:04:12,541 --> 03:04:14,910 VOICES MATTER, THEIR CONCERNS 5516 03:04:14,910 --> 03:04:17,713 ARE HEARD, AND OUR GOVERNMENT 5517 03:04:17,713 --> 03:04:19,882 REMAINS ACCOUNTABLE AND 5518 03:04:19,882 --> 03:04:21,583 RESPONSIVE. OUR LAND USE 5519 03:04:21,583 --> 03:04:24,052 DECISIONS SHOULD REFLECT THOSE 5520 03:04:24,052 --> 03:04:26,155 SAME VALUES. WE'VE HEARD 5521 03:04:26,155 --> 03:04:26,755 CONCERNS THAT ADMINISTRATIVE 5522 03:04:26,755 --> 03:04:28,724 APPEALS ARE ROUTINELY WEAPONIZED 5523 03:04:28,724 --> 03:04:31,260 TO DELAY HOUSING THE RECORD 5524 03:04:31,260 --> 03:04:33,862 BEFORE US TELLS A MORE NUANCED 5525 03:04:33,862 --> 03:04:37,433 STORY OVER ROUGHLY THE PAST 5526 03:04:37,433 --> 03:04:40,102 DECADE, THE CITY IDENTIFIED JUST 5527 03:04:40,102 --> 03:04:42,504 28 RELEVANT APPEALS. MOST WERE 5528 03:04:42,504 --> 03:04:44,373 DISMISSED OR WITHDRAWN, AND ONLY 5529 03:04:44,373 --> 03:04:45,874 A HANDFUL RESULTED IN ANY FORM 5530 03:04:45,874 --> 03:04:48,744 OF REMAND OR REVERSAL. THAT DOES 5531 03:04:48,744 --> 03:04:50,379 NEED. TO ME, THAT DOES NOT 5532 03:04:50,379 --> 03:04:53,382 SUGGEST A SYSTEM OVERWHELMED BY 5533 03:04:53,382 --> 03:04:55,784 FRIVOLOUS APPEALS. IT SUGGESTS A 5534 03:04:55,784 --> 03:04:58,287 LIMITED ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM 5535 03:04:58,287 --> 03:05:00,055 THAT GENERALLY FILTERS OUT WEAK 5536 03:05:00,055 --> 03:05:02,658 CLAIMS WHILE PRESERVING AN 5537 03:05:02,658 --> 03:05:05,961 AVENUE TO IDENTIFY LEGITIMATE 5538 03:05:05,961 --> 03:05:07,262 PROBLEMS. THAT SAID, SOME 5539 03:05:07,262 --> 03:05:08,864 APPEALS HAVE CLEARLY TAKEN TOO 5540 03:05:08,864 --> 03:05:13,035 LONG. I AGREE, AND THAT IS 5541 03:05:13,035 --> 03:05:17,339 EXACTLY WHY THIS AMENDMENT 5542 03:05:17,339 --> 03:05:20,209 SPEEDS UP THE PROCESS. HOUSING 5543 03:05:20,209 --> 03:05:20,776 AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE NOT 5544 03:05:20,776 --> 03:05:24,146 COMPETING VALUES HOUSING AND 5545 03:05:24,146 --> 03:05:26,248 PUBLIC TRUST ARE NOT COMPETING 5546 03:05:26,248 --> 03:05:27,883 VALUES. WE CAN BUILD MORE HOMES 5547 03:05:27,883 --> 03:05:29,518 WHILE PRESERVING CONFIDENCE THAT 5548 03:05:29,518 --> 03:05:31,453 THE CITY HAS DONE ITS WORK 5549 03:05:31,453 --> 03:05:34,490 CAREFULLY, TRANSPARENTLY AND 5550 03:05:34,490 --> 03:05:36,091 LAWFULLY. IN FACT, PUBLIC TRUST 5551 03:05:36,091 --> 03:05:39,027 HELPS MAKE LASTING, DURABLE 5552 03:05:39,027 --> 03:05:42,130 HOUSING POLICY POSSIBLE. THIS 5553 03:05:42,130 --> 03:05:44,733 AMENDMENT DOES NOT PRESERVE OR 5554 03:05:44,733 --> 03:05:46,468 PRESERVE DELAY FOR DELAY'S 5555 03:05:46,468 --> 03:05:48,770 SAKE. DOES NOT CREATE A NEW 5556 03:05:48,770 --> 03:05:50,305 OBSTACLE TO HOUSING. IT 5557 03:05:50,305 --> 03:05:52,508 MODERNIZES THE PROCESS, 5558 03:05:52,508 --> 03:05:54,476 ACCELERATES IT, PRIORITIZING 5559 03:05:54,476 --> 03:05:56,478 HOUSING, AND PRESERVES AN 5560 03:05:56,478 --> 03:05:56,979 INDEPENDENT CHECK THAT 5561 03:05:56,979 --> 03:06:00,349 STRENGTHENS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN 5562 03:06:00,349 --> 03:06:01,850 OUR DECISIONS. THAT IS A 5563 03:06:01,850 --> 03:06:04,119 PRACTICAL, BALANCED REFORM. IT 5564 03:06:04,119 --> 03:06:07,189 MOVES HOUSING FORWARD WITHOUT 5565 03:06:07,189 --> 03:06:07,890 LEAVING PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY 5566 03:06:07,890 --> 03:06:11,660 BEHIND. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 5567 03:06:11,660 --> 03:06:11,960 THANK YOU. 5568 03:06:11,960 --> 03:06:13,695 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 5569 03:06:13,695 --> 03:06:14,329 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I KNOW YOUR 5570 03:06:14,329 --> 03:06:15,631 HAND IS UP, I THINK, CAN WE GO? 5571 03:06:15,631 --> 03:06:17,266 AND I FORGOT TO DO THIS. CAN WE 5572 03:06:17,266 --> 03:06:20,002 GO TO LIST SO YOU CAN EXPLAIN 5573 03:06:20,002 --> 03:06:21,703 WHAT AMENDMENT NUMBER B DOES? I 5574 03:06:21,703 --> 03:06:23,539 APOLOGIZE JUST FOR THE GENERAL 5575 03:06:23,539 --> 03:06:24,439 PUBLIC FOR TRANSPARENCY. AND 5576 03:06:24,439 --> 03:06:25,807 THEN COUNCILMEMBER LIN WILL JUMP 5577 03:06:25,807 --> 03:06:26,041 TO YOU. 5578 03:06:26,041 --> 03:06:27,142 -- SURE. 5579 03:06:27,142 --> 03:06:29,511 -- AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, 5580 03:06:29,511 --> 03:06:30,179 I'LL JUST VERBALLY DESCRIBE IT. 5581 03:06:30,179 --> 03:06:31,513 BUT I ALSO HAVE ALL THE 5582 03:06:31,513 --> 03:06:33,215 AMENDMENTS. IF YOU WANT TO DIVE 5583 03:06:33,215 --> 03:06:39,188 INTO THE DETAILS. SO GENERALLY 5584 03:06:39,188 --> 03:06:41,924 THIS REMOVES THE PROVISIONS OF 5585 03:06:41,924 --> 03:06:43,959 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, 5586 03:06:43,959 --> 03:06:47,362 ONE FIVE. THAT WOULD ELIMINATE 5587 03:06:47,362 --> 03:06:48,030 APPEALS TO THE HEARING EXAMINER 5588 03:06:48,030 --> 03:06:51,400 ON SOME LEGISLATIVE LAND USE 5589 03:06:51,400 --> 03:06:57,372 ACTIONS IT ASKS THE HEARING 5590 03:06:57,372 --> 03:07:00,909 EXAMINER TO PRIORITIZE APPEALS 5591 03:07:00,909 --> 03:07:05,747 OF SEPA DOCUMENTS WHEN THEY COME 5592 03:07:05,747 --> 03:07:07,849 TO HIS OFFICE AND IT REDUCES THE 5593 03:07:07,849 --> 03:07:09,151 AMOUNT OF TIME THE HEARING 5594 03:07:09,151 --> 03:07:11,653 EXAMINER IS REQUESTED TO 5595 03:07:11,653 --> 03:07:14,156 CONSIDER AN APPEAL FROM 120 DAYS 5596 03:07:14,156 --> 03:07:16,325 TO 90 DAYS. 5597 03:07:16,325 --> 03:07:19,661 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. LIZ 5598 03:07:19,661 --> 03:07:23,031 COUNCILMEMBER LIN 5599 03:07:23,031 --> 03:07:24,099 -- THANK YOU AND COLLEAGUES. WE 5600 03:07:24,099 --> 03:07:27,436 DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO BRIEF 5601 03:07:27,436 --> 03:07:28,470 THIS IN COMMITTEE, SO I JUST 5602 03:07:28,470 --> 03:07:30,038 WANT TO, FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE, 5603 03:07:30,038 --> 03:07:33,242 ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND 5604 03:07:33,242 --> 03:07:36,979 CLARIFICATIONS ONE, I JUST WANT 5605 03:07:36,979 --> 03:07:38,880 TO I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT A 5606 03:07:38,880 --> 03:07:40,248 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO THESE 5607 03:07:40,248 --> 03:07:41,583 APPEALS. CAN YOU CLARIFY, IS 5608 03:07:41,583 --> 03:07:43,852 THERE A. UNDER STATE LAW, DO 5609 03:07:43,852 --> 03:07:46,421 PEOPLE DO WE HAVE TO OFFER THESE 5610 03:07:46,421 --> 03:07:46,688 APPEALS? 5611 03:07:46,688 --> 03:07:48,657 -- NO, THEY ARE VOLUNTARY 5612 03:07:48,657 --> 03:07:50,559 DECISION BY THE CITY. 5613 03:07:50,559 --> 03:07:55,030 -- OKAY SO I DON'T THINK WE 5614 03:07:55,030 --> 03:07:55,597 CAN'T ABROGATE PEOPLE'S 5615 03:07:55,597 --> 03:07:56,531 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. IS THAT 5616 03:07:56,531 --> 03:08:00,135 CORRECT? THROUGH OUR BILLS. 5617 03:08:00,135 --> 03:08:01,203 -- CORRECT. YOU SHOULD NOT. 5618 03:08:01,203 --> 03:08:03,839 -- OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO 5619 03:08:03,839 --> 03:08:05,874 THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT 5620 03:08:05,874 --> 03:08:07,175 TO THESE TYPES OF APPEALS. WOULD 5621 03:08:07,175 --> 03:08:12,147 THAT BE CORRECT? 5622 03:08:12,147 --> 03:08:12,814 -- CORRECT. 5623 03:08:12,814 --> 03:08:15,384 -- THANK YOU. DID WE DO YOU KNOW 5624 03:08:15,384 --> 03:08:17,252 WHETHER THE LEGISLATURE ARE THEY 5625 03:08:17,252 --> 03:08:18,954 SUBJECT TO THEY ARE THE LARGEST. 5626 03:08:18,954 --> 03:08:21,423 THE WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE, THE 5627 03:08:21,423 --> 03:08:22,057 LARGEST LEGISLATIVE BODY IN THE 5628 03:08:22,057 --> 03:08:23,725 STATE. DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THEY 5629 03:08:23,725 --> 03:08:24,292 ARE SUBJECT TO SEPA AT ALL, 5630 03:08:24,292 --> 03:08:26,061 WHETHER THEY DO ENVIRONMENTAL 5631 03:08:26,061 --> 03:08:27,963 REVIEW BEFORE THEY PASS 5632 03:08:27,963 --> 03:08:30,499 LEGISLATION AT ALL 5633 03:08:30,499 --> 03:08:31,099 -- LEGISLATION AT THE 5634 03:08:31,099 --> 03:08:33,201 LEGISLATURE IS EXEMPT FROM SEPA. 5635 03:08:33,201 --> 03:08:34,269 -- OKAY. SO THE LARGEST 5636 03:08:34,269 --> 03:08:35,637 DEMOCRATIC BODY IN OUR STATE IS 5637 03:08:35,637 --> 03:08:37,806 DOESN'T DO ANY CPA REVIEW FOR 5638 03:08:37,806 --> 03:08:38,407 ANY OF THEIR LEGISLATION. 5639 03:08:38,407 --> 03:08:39,441 THAT'S. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. 5640 03:08:39,441 --> 03:08:44,913 I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. DID 5641 03:08:44,913 --> 03:08:46,048 WE PASS LEGISLATION IN 2019 THAT 5642 03:08:46,048 --> 03:08:47,983 TRIED TO PUT LIMITS ON THE 5643 03:08:47,983 --> 03:08:49,685 TIMELINES FOR THESE APPEALS? 5644 03:08:49,685 --> 03:08:52,287 -- YES. THAT'S WHERE THE 120 5645 03:08:52,287 --> 03:08:53,789 DAY PERIOD CAME FROM. 5646 03:08:53,789 --> 03:08:55,724 -- OKAY. BUT DO APPEALS GO 5647 03:08:55,724 --> 03:08:57,793 EXCEED, GO BEYOND 120 DAYS? 5648 03:08:57,793 --> 03:09:01,263 -- YES. THEY HAVE. 5649 03:09:01,263 --> 03:09:03,231 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL 5650 03:09:03,231 --> 03:09:04,700 MY QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE SOME 5651 03:09:04,700 --> 03:09:07,436 COMMENTS IF SHOULD I GIVE THOSE 5652 03:09:07,436 --> 03:09:08,103 NOW OR SHOULD I? 5653 03:09:08,103 --> 03:09:09,738 -- NO. ABSOLUTELY. 5654 03:09:09,738 --> 03:09:11,473 -- OKAY. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, 5655 03:09:11,473 --> 03:09:12,841 AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5656 03:09:12,841 --> 03:09:15,711 SAKA, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 5657 03:09:15,711 --> 03:09:18,280 AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I 5658 03:09:18,280 --> 03:09:20,415 BELIEVE THE UNDERLYING BILL IS 5659 03:09:20,415 --> 03:09:22,617 REFORM BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL HAVE 5660 03:09:22,617 --> 03:09:27,055 THE RIGHT TO APPEAL DECISIONS TO 5661 03:09:27,055 --> 03:09:27,689 THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARINGS 5662 03:09:27,689 --> 03:09:29,024 BOARD. THE EXPERTS IN THIS 5663 03:09:29,024 --> 03:09:30,992 ISSUE. AND AS I MENTIONED 5664 03:09:30,992 --> 03:09:32,728 EARLIER, THOSE HAPPEN IN A VERY 5665 03:09:32,728 --> 03:09:36,398 TIMELY MANNER. WE AGAIN SAW WITH 5666 03:09:36,398 --> 03:09:38,667 THE STADIUM REZONE, OUR DECISION 5667 03:09:38,667 --> 03:09:39,768 WAS OVERTURNED. SO IF WE MAKE A 5668 03:09:39,768 --> 03:09:42,104 BIG MISTAKE, OUR OUR DECISIONS 5669 03:09:42,104 --> 03:09:45,841 ARE NOT LOCKED IN STONE. THEY 5670 03:09:45,841 --> 03:09:47,809 CAN BE OVERTURNED. BUT I DON'T 5671 03:09:47,809 --> 03:09:50,746 SEE A MATERIAL DIFFERENCE 5672 03:09:50,746 --> 03:09:51,279 BETWEEN THIS BILL OR THIS 5673 03:09:51,279 --> 03:09:53,281 AMENDMENT AND OUR CURRENT 5674 03:09:53,281 --> 03:09:56,385 PRACTICE. AND SO I WOULD URGE A 5675 03:09:56,385 --> 03:09:57,919 NO VOTE. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 5676 03:09:57,919 --> 03:09:59,721 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 5677 03:09:59,721 --> 03:10:00,355 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COUNCILMEMBER 5678 03:10:00,355 --> 03:10:01,223 FOSTER. 5679 03:10:01,223 --> 03:10:02,457 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5680 03:10:02,457 --> 03:10:04,159 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I REALLY 5681 03:10:04,159 --> 03:10:04,793 APPRECIATE THOSE QUESTIONS AND 5682 03:10:04,793 --> 03:10:06,728 REMARKS. AND, YOU KNOW, SERVING 5683 03:10:06,728 --> 03:10:07,329 AS A MEMBER OF THE LAND USE 5684 03:10:07,329 --> 03:10:08,663 COMMITTEE, I WANT TO SAY WE HAD 5685 03:10:08,663 --> 03:10:13,802 THIS IN COMMITTEE FOUR TIMES FOR 5686 03:10:13,802 --> 03:10:14,569 DISCUSSION. SO, YOU KNOW, AS 5687 03:10:14,569 --> 03:10:16,104 I'M REVIEWING THIS AMENDMENT 5688 03:10:16,104 --> 03:10:17,539 THAT WE RECEIVED YESTERDAY, I 5689 03:10:17,539 --> 03:10:18,640 APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS THAT WE 5690 03:10:18,640 --> 03:10:21,910 DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 5691 03:10:21,910 --> 03:10:22,411 BRIEF AND DISCUSS IT IN 5692 03:10:22,411 --> 03:10:23,044 COMMITTEE. SO WE ARE DOING SO 5693 03:10:23,044 --> 03:10:25,313 TODAY IN FULL COUNCIL. I WANT TO 5694 03:10:25,313 --> 03:10:25,981 GO BACK AND SORT OF BUILD A 5695 03:10:25,981 --> 03:10:27,315 LITTLE BIT. ACTUALLY, MY 5696 03:10:27,315 --> 03:10:27,949 QUESTIONS, I THINK, PICK UP 5697 03:10:27,949 --> 03:10:29,651 WHERE YOU LEFT OFF. 5698 03:10:29,651 --> 03:10:32,921 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YOU KNOW, SO 5699 03:10:32,921 --> 03:10:34,356 WE DID A PREVIOUS REFORM THAT 5700 03:10:34,356 --> 03:10:38,126 LED US TO THIS 120 DAY EXISTING 5701 03:10:38,126 --> 03:10:40,162 LANGUAGE. AND WHAT I BELIEVE MY 5702 03:10:40,162 --> 03:10:41,229 UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT 5703 03:10:41,229 --> 03:10:43,565 DESPITE THAT PREVIOUS REFORM 5704 03:10:43,565 --> 03:10:45,634 ATTEMPT, WE STILL HAVE APPEALS 5705 03:10:45,634 --> 03:10:47,469 THAT GO BEYOND THAT PERIOD. SO I 5706 03:10:47,469 --> 03:10:49,571 GUESS I WANT TO EXPRESS MY 5707 03:10:49,571 --> 03:10:50,806 CONCERN THAT THERE'S NOT A 5708 03:10:50,806 --> 03:10:51,907 REASON TO BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD 5709 03:10:51,907 --> 03:10:53,842 BE ABLE TO REACH THIS 90 DAY 5710 03:10:53,842 --> 03:10:59,748 GOAL. AND THEN I WANT TO ASK 5711 03:10:59,748 --> 03:11:00,382 LISH, CAN YOU JUST COMPARE TO US 5712 03:11:00,382 --> 03:11:03,752 THE BILL? WERE THIS TO PASS, HOW 5713 03:11:03,752 --> 03:11:05,487 THAT DIFFERS NOT FROM 5714 03:11:05,487 --> 03:11:06,087 COUNCILMEMBER LIN UNDERLYING 5715 03:11:06,087 --> 03:11:07,722 BILL, BUT FROM OUR EXISTING 5716 03:11:07,722 --> 03:11:10,058 PRACTICE 5717 03:11:10,058 --> 03:11:13,862 -- YEAH. THE HEARING EXAMINER 5718 03:11:13,862 --> 03:11:20,068 WOULD. LIKELY TRY TO PRIORITIZE 5719 03:11:20,068 --> 03:11:22,938 IF IF THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT 5720 03:11:22,938 --> 03:11:25,707 VOLUME OF APPEALS IN FRONT OF 5721 03:11:25,707 --> 03:11:27,442 THE HEARING EXAMINER. HEARING 5722 03:11:27,442 --> 03:11:33,915 EXAMINER WOULD TRY TO PRIORITIZE 5723 03:11:33,915 --> 03:11:38,920 THE SEPA APPEAL. AND THEY WOULD. 5724 03:11:38,920 --> 03:11:42,390 TRY TO SCHEDULE APPEALS SO THAT 5725 03:11:42,390 --> 03:11:44,693 THEY TAKE PLACE WITHIN 90 DAYS. 5726 03:11:44,693 --> 03:11:46,995 AND THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN 5727 03:11:46,995 --> 03:11:49,631 DISCUSSION WITH THE VARIOUS 5728 03:11:49,631 --> 03:11:50,131 PARTIES TO THE APPEAL. 5729 03:11:50,131 --> 03:11:51,166 -- GOT IT. SO ESSENTIALLY, THE 5730 03:11:51,166 --> 03:11:52,801 HEARING EXAMINER WOULD MAKE A 5731 03:11:52,801 --> 03:11:55,504 BEST EFFORT TO SCHEDULE WITHIN 5732 03:11:55,504 --> 03:11:58,673 THE 90 DAYS PRESENTED HERE. ARE 5733 03:11:58,673 --> 03:12:03,178 THERE ANY FURTHER REFORMS FROM 5734 03:12:03,178 --> 03:12:06,548 THIS COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT 5735 03:12:06,548 --> 03:12:06,815 PRACTICE? 5736 03:12:06,815 --> 03:12:07,282 -- NO. 5737 03:12:07,282 --> 03:12:08,550 -- OKAY. THAT'S I THINK THAT'S 5738 03:12:08,550 --> 03:12:10,485 REALLY HELPFUL. AND OH, NO. 5739 03:12:10,485 --> 03:12:11,353 OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE TRYING 5740 03:12:11,353 --> 03:12:12,420 TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT. 5741 03:12:12,420 --> 03:12:15,523 LISH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE THE 5742 03:12:15,523 --> 03:12:16,658 STATEMENT I WANT TO MAKE HERE 5743 03:12:16,658 --> 03:12:18,927 IS, AND I APPRECIATE THE BALANCE 5744 03:12:18,927 --> 03:12:20,662 THAT YOU'RE STRIKING HERE. 5745 03:12:20,662 --> 03:12:21,296 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. AND THE BILL 5746 03:12:21,296 --> 03:12:24,599 THAT YOU PUT FORWARD, BECAUSE 5747 03:12:24,599 --> 03:12:25,200 FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, I SEE 5748 03:12:25,200 --> 03:12:26,601 THAT BILL AS REFORM, THE 5749 03:12:26,601 --> 03:12:28,203 UNDERLYING BILL AS REFORM. AND I 5750 03:12:28,203 --> 03:12:30,772 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AGAIN, TO 5751 03:12:30,772 --> 03:12:32,707 REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER 5752 03:12:32,707 --> 03:12:33,942 OF CITIES AROUND THE STATE WHO 5753 03:12:33,942 --> 03:12:37,512 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY 5754 03:12:37,512 --> 03:12:38,113 MANAGE GROWTH WITHOUT HAVING 5755 03:12:38,113 --> 03:12:39,314 THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF SEPA 5756 03:12:39,314 --> 03:12:41,283 APPEAL AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, 5757 03:12:41,283 --> 03:12:42,884 INCLUDING CITIES WHO ARE HAVING 5758 03:12:42,884 --> 03:12:44,452 GREATER SUCCESS WITH THEIR TREE 5759 03:12:44,452 --> 03:12:46,688 CANOPY COVER AND OTHER EFFORTS 5760 03:12:46,688 --> 03:12:48,156 COMPARED TO SEATTLE. SO I WILL 5761 03:12:48,156 --> 03:12:50,125 NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS 5762 03:12:50,125 --> 03:12:50,759 AMENDMENT. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I 5763 03:12:50,759 --> 03:12:51,393 DO APPRECIATE YOU FOR BRINGING 5764 03:12:51,393 --> 03:12:53,161 IT FORWARD AND BRINGING THIS 5765 03:12:53,161 --> 03:12:55,030 CONVERSATION. I DO WISH WE HAD 5766 03:12:55,030 --> 03:12:56,131 THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS 5767 03:12:56,131 --> 03:12:58,066 IN COMMITTEE, BUT I DO BELIEVE 5768 03:12:58,066 --> 03:12:59,134 THAT OUR CURRENT SEPA PROCESS 5769 03:12:59,134 --> 03:13:00,969 WARRANTS MORE REFORM THAN WOULD 5770 03:13:00,969 --> 03:13:02,904 BE PUT FORWARD WITH THIS 5771 03:13:02,904 --> 03:13:03,805 AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. 5772 03:13:03,805 --> 03:13:05,173 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 5773 03:13:05,173 --> 03:13:07,676 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, ARE THERE 5774 03:13:07,676 --> 03:13:08,109 ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 5775 03:13:08,109 --> 03:13:11,346 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA THANK 5776 03:13:11,346 --> 03:13:11,546 YOU. 5777 03:13:11,546 --> 03:13:12,614 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK 5778 03:13:12,614 --> 03:13:14,115 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA FOR 5779 03:13:14,115 --> 03:13:16,384 BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD. 5780 03:13:16,384 --> 03:13:22,123 I, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE AND I, I 5781 03:13:22,123 --> 03:13:24,326 AGREE, WE CAN AGREE ACTUALLY IN 5782 03:13:24,326 --> 03:13:25,827 THAT WE HEARD FROM. AND I 5783 03:13:25,827 --> 03:13:29,497 CERTAINLY HEARD FROM A LOT OF MY 5784 03:13:29,497 --> 03:13:31,833 CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THEIR 5785 03:13:31,833 --> 03:13:33,802 CONCERNS ABOUT. TAKING AWAY 5786 03:13:33,802 --> 03:13:34,669 THEIR ABILITY TO APPEAL TO THE 5787 03:13:34,669 --> 03:13:36,471 HEARING EXAMINER. AND I THINK 5788 03:13:36,471 --> 03:13:37,439 THAT YOU'RE HEARING THAT, TOO. 5789 03:13:37,439 --> 03:13:38,406 AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS 5790 03:13:38,406 --> 03:13:40,642 IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT WHAT I HEARD 5791 03:13:40,642 --> 03:13:42,711 YOU DESCRIBING WAS TRYING TO 5792 03:13:42,711 --> 03:13:44,946 ADDRESS THAT PIECE OF IT. I WILL 5793 03:13:44,946 --> 03:13:50,719 SAY THAT I HAD A SOME A 5794 03:13:50,719 --> 03:13:52,921 CONVERSATION AND SUBSEQUENT, YOU 5795 03:13:52,921 --> 03:13:55,457 KNOW, WITH THE HEARING EXAMINER 5796 03:13:55,457 --> 03:13:57,559 BECAUSE I WANTED TO LEARN MORE 5797 03:13:57,559 --> 03:14:00,228 ABOUT THIS PIECE ABOUT DELAYS 5798 03:14:00,228 --> 03:14:01,363 AND HOW LONG THINGS TAKE. AND, 5799 03:14:01,363 --> 03:14:02,897 AND THE COURSE OF MY 5800 03:14:02,897 --> 03:14:05,033 CONVERSATION WITH HIM, HE TALKED 5801 03:14:05,033 --> 03:14:09,237 ABOUT THE, THIS IDEA OF THE 90 5802 03:14:09,237 --> 03:14:11,373 DAYS VERSUS 120 DAYS. AND THEN I 5803 03:14:11,373 --> 03:14:15,310 LEARNED THAT FOR MASTER USE 5804 03:14:15,310 --> 03:14:16,911 PERMITS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A 5805 03:14:16,911 --> 03:14:19,981 LAND USE DECISION THEY STRIVE TO 5806 03:14:19,981 --> 03:14:24,152 DO. AND THE LEGISLATION SAYS 5807 03:14:24,152 --> 03:14:24,919 HAVE A DETERMINATION ON THE 5808 03:14:24,919 --> 03:14:27,689 MERITS WITHIN 90 DAYS. AND THEN 5809 03:14:27,689 --> 03:14:30,325 FOR THOSE THINGS THAT REQUIRE 5810 03:14:30,325 --> 03:14:32,127 COUNCIL LAND USE DECISIONS, THEY 5811 03:14:32,127 --> 03:14:36,464 HAVE, THEY HAVE UP TO 120 DAYS. 5812 03:14:36,464 --> 03:14:37,732 BUT THERE IS THIS CAVEAT THAT 5813 03:14:37,732 --> 03:14:40,402 THEY CAN ALWAYS, IF IT GOES PAST 5814 03:14:40,402 --> 03:14:42,437 THE 90 OR 120 DAYS, THEY CAN 5815 03:14:42,437 --> 03:14:45,407 TAKE MORE TIME IF NEEDED, WHICH 5816 03:14:45,407 --> 03:14:51,413 IS WHY THINGS TAKE MORE LIKE 4 5817 03:14:51,413 --> 03:14:54,416 TO 5 MONTHS. IS, IS WHAT THINGS 5818 03:14:54,416 --> 03:14:56,051 ARE TAKING TO, TO HEAR FROM THE 5819 03:14:56,051 --> 03:14:58,520 HEARING EXAMINER'S OFFICE. SO I 5820 03:14:58,520 --> 03:15:03,925 THINK THAT. SO I REALLY 5821 03:15:03,925 --> 03:15:05,727 APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS 5822 03:15:05,727 --> 03:15:06,628 PIECE OF LEGISLATION. I JUST 5823 03:15:06,628 --> 03:15:10,565 DON'T THINK IT SOLVES FOR THE 5824 03:15:10,565 --> 03:15:12,934 MAIN. THE MAIN THING. AND 5825 03:15:12,934 --> 03:15:16,004 BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M NOT GOING 5826 03:15:16,004 --> 03:15:16,638 TO BE SUPPORTING THIS BILL. BUT 5827 03:15:16,638 --> 03:15:19,641 I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE 5828 03:15:19,641 --> 03:15:22,177 TRYING TO ADDRESS CONSTITUENTS 5829 03:15:22,177 --> 03:15:24,512 CONCERNS THAT THAT I SHARE WITH 5830 03:15:24,512 --> 03:15:26,381 YOU. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 5831 03:15:26,381 --> 03:15:30,418 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO 5832 03:15:30,418 --> 03:15:33,788 MAKE SOME CHANGES HERE TO 5833 03:15:33,788 --> 03:15:36,758 ADDRESS THAT. AND I GUESS 5834 03:15:36,758 --> 03:15:37,992 THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU FOR DOING 5835 03:15:37,992 --> 03:15:39,427 THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE 5836 03:15:39,427 --> 03:15:41,362 THIS IS COMING FROM. AND THEN I 5837 03:15:41,362 --> 03:15:42,997 ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS TO THE 5838 03:15:42,997 --> 03:15:44,799 PUBLIC WHY AND TO MY 5839 03:15:44,799 --> 03:15:46,801 CONSTITUENTS IN PARTICULAR, WHY 5840 03:15:46,801 --> 03:15:49,404 I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING 5841 03:15:49,404 --> 03:15:51,473 THIS AMENDMENT. I DON'T ACTUALLY 5842 03:15:51,473 --> 03:15:53,775 THINK IT GETS TO WHERE, YOU 5843 03:15:53,775 --> 03:15:56,745 KNOW, WE WHERE I THINK PEOPLE 5844 03:15:56,745 --> 03:15:58,680 WANT TO BE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL 5845 03:15:58,680 --> 03:16:00,448 PRESIDENT. 5846 03:16:00,448 --> 03:16:01,049 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5847 03:16:01,049 --> 03:16:01,716 RIVERA ARE THERE ANY OTHER 5848 03:16:01,716 --> 03:16:03,284 COMMENTS ABOUT AMENDMENT B 5849 03:16:03,284 --> 03:16:04,953 BEFORE I PASS IT BACK TO THE 5850 03:16:04,953 --> 03:16:07,622 AMENDMENT SPONSOR COUNCILMEMBER 5851 03:16:07,622 --> 03:16:08,590 SAKA YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR 5852 03:16:08,590 --> 03:16:10,024 CLOSING COMMENTS AND WE'LL TAKE 5853 03:16:10,024 --> 03:16:10,291 THE ROLL. 5854 03:16:10,291 --> 03:16:12,627 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5855 03:16:12,627 --> 03:16:15,597 YES. THIS AMENDMENT, IT IS 5856 03:16:15,597 --> 03:16:19,033 ABSOLUTELY TRUE. THERE IS NO 5857 03:16:19,033 --> 03:16:19,601 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT STATE 5858 03:16:19,601 --> 03:16:22,537 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO THIS 5859 03:16:22,537 --> 03:16:23,037 FORM OF PETITIONING THE 5860 03:16:23,037 --> 03:16:24,405 GOVERNMENT, CHALLENGING 5861 03:16:24,405 --> 03:16:27,175 DECISIONS, SEEKING REDRESS IN 5862 03:16:27,175 --> 03:16:31,112 SUCH A MANNER AND BUT THERE IS A 5863 03:16:31,112 --> 03:16:33,114 STATUTORY RIGHT TO DO SO 5864 03:16:33,114 --> 03:16:34,382 CURRENTLY, AND THE BASE PROPOSAL 5865 03:16:34,382 --> 03:16:40,989 WOULD ERODE THAT RIGHT. AND. I 5866 03:16:40,989 --> 03:16:45,493 THIS AMENDMENT SEEKS TO ADDRESS 5867 03:16:45,493 --> 03:16:48,496 THE UNDERLYING CONCERNS, WHICH 5868 03:16:48,496 --> 03:16:54,068 IS SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN. IN THE 5869 03:16:54,068 --> 03:16:58,139 PROCESS. AND DOING THAT BY 5870 03:16:58,139 --> 03:16:58,940 PRESERVING. AND EVEN IF IT'S NOT 5871 03:16:58,940 --> 03:17:03,178 A. RIGHT, BY THE WAY, WE HEARD. 5872 03:17:03,178 --> 03:17:06,614 DOZENS OF PEOPLE TODAY, FROM 5873 03:17:06,614 --> 03:17:07,582 THEIR PERSPECTIVE SAY IT IS A 5874 03:17:07,582 --> 03:17:08,183 RIGHT. AND THEN HUNDREDS AND 5875 03:17:08,183 --> 03:17:16,024 HUNDREDS, 5876 03:17:16,157 --> 03:17:18,026 700 WOULD LIKE. 756 EMAILS. MY 5877 03:17:18,026 --> 03:17:23,531 OFFICE RECEIVED THAT 5878 03:17:23,531 --> 03:17:25,200 SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED CB 121215 5879 03:17:25,200 --> 03:17:27,402 RECEIVED SINCE LATE MAY OF THIS 5880 03:17:27,402 --> 03:17:29,070 YEAR. HUNDREDS MORE, HUNDREDS 5881 03:17:29,070 --> 03:17:30,438 UPON HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS MORE 5882 03:17:30,438 --> 03:17:31,105 THAT DON'T SPECIFICALLY MENTION 5883 03:17:31,105 --> 03:17:34,576 THAT COUNCIL BILL. BUT. BUT 5884 03:17:34,576 --> 03:17:36,978 BROADLY REFERENCED SEPA AND THE 5885 03:17:36,978 --> 03:17:38,680 APPEAL PROCESS, THE OVERWHELMING 5886 03:17:38,680 --> 03:17:41,249 MAJORITY OF THOSE ROUGHLY 80%, 5887 03:17:41,249 --> 03:17:43,852 80% ARE OPPOSED. THE UNDERLYING 5888 03:17:43,852 --> 03:17:44,519 LEGISLATION, SOME I DON'T KNOW, 5889 03:17:44,519 --> 03:17:47,589 I HAVEN'T DONE A TALLY, BUT THE 5890 03:17:47,589 --> 03:17:52,060 PERCEPTION OF THE PUBLIC, THAT 5891 03:17:52,060 --> 03:17:53,494 IS THAT THESE THE BASE 5892 03:17:53,494 --> 03:17:56,497 LEGISLATION ERODES A RIGHT AND 5893 03:17:56,497 --> 03:17:58,533 WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THAT 5894 03:17:58,533 --> 03:18:01,736 PERCEPTION OR NOT, MY. MY 5895 03:18:01,736 --> 03:18:02,303 PROPOSED AMENDMENT SEEKS TO 5896 03:18:02,303 --> 03:18:07,542 ADDRESS IT AND. AND I APPRECIATE 5897 03:18:07,542 --> 03:18:09,010 THE THE INTENT BEHIND THE BASE 5898 03:18:09,010 --> 03:18:14,382 BILL AGAIN, I THINK MY PROPOSAL 5899 03:18:14,382 --> 03:18:18,887 STRIKES A BALANCED APPROACH AND. 5900 03:18:18,887 --> 03:18:19,554 AND FOR THOSE REASONS, I ASK FOR 5901 03:18:19,554 --> 03:18:20,822 YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 5902 03:18:20,822 --> 03:18:22,624 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5903 03:18:22,624 --> 03:18:24,225 SAKA. OH, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 5904 03:18:24,225 --> 03:18:29,597 CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT B. 5905 03:18:29,597 --> 03:18:30,098 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I 5906 03:18:30,098 --> 03:18:33,468 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 5907 03:18:33,468 --> 03:18:37,672 -- I DON'T THINK YOU CAN 5908 03:18:37,672 --> 03:18:37,972 -- ABSTAIN. 5909 03:18:37,972 --> 03:18:43,444 -- HE ABSTAINED AND. 5910 03:18:43,444 --> 03:18:44,045 -- I CAN ABSTAIN ON A. 5911 03:18:44,045 --> 03:18:44,279 -- NO. 5912 03:18:44,279 --> 03:18:44,979 -- HE CAN ABSTAIN AN AMENDMENT 5913 03:18:44,979 --> 03:18:46,381 NOT IN FULL COUNCIL. I'M 5914 03:18:46,381 --> 03:18:48,216 ASSUMING. 5915 03:18:48,216 --> 03:18:49,617 -- NO, NOT ON BILLS. 5916 03:18:49,617 --> 03:18:50,451 -- NO, WE'RE NOT ON A BILL. 5917 03:18:50,451 --> 03:18:52,320 WE'RE ON THE AMENDMENT. 5918 03:18:52,320 --> 03:18:54,389 -- CORRECT. THE COUNCIL BILLS 5919 03:18:54,389 --> 03:18:56,791 PROVIDE THAT A MEMBER MAY 5920 03:18:56,791 --> 03:18:58,893 ABSTAIN ON RESOLUTIONS AND VOTES 5921 03:18:58,893 --> 03:19:02,664 ON RESOLUTIONS ONLY. 5922 03:19:02,664 --> 03:19:03,431 -- STAND CORRECTED. NO. 5923 03:19:03,431 --> 03:19:06,301 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. NO 5924 03:19:06,301 --> 03:19:09,904 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, NO 5925 03:19:09,904 --> 03:19:10,438 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. NO 5926 03:19:10,438 --> 03:19:12,907 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COUNCILMEMBER 5927 03:19:12,907 --> 03:19:13,141 RINCK. 5928 03:19:13,141 --> 03:19:15,143 -- NO. 5929 03:19:15,143 --> 03:19:15,677 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 5930 03:19:15,677 --> 03:19:17,278 -- NO. 5931 03:19:17,278 --> 03:19:17,745 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5932 03:19:17,745 --> 03:19:18,680 HOLLINGSWORTH. NO. THAT IS ONE 5933 03:19:18,680 --> 03:19:22,050 IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED. 5934 03:19:22,050 --> 03:19:23,418 -- MOTION FAILS. AMENDMENT B IS 5935 03:19:23,418 --> 03:19:24,852 NOT ADOPTED. THERE IS NO 5936 03:19:24,852 --> 03:19:25,453 AMENDMENT C, BUT NOW WE'RE 5937 03:19:25,453 --> 03:19:27,455 GOING TO GO TO AMENDMENT D 5938 03:19:27,455 --> 03:19:28,556 COUNCILMEMBER LIN YOU'RE 5939 03:19:28,556 --> 03:19:31,326 RECOGNIZED TO MOVE YOUR 5940 03:19:31,326 --> 03:19:31,626 AMENDMENT. 5941 03:19:31,626 --> 03:19:33,494 -- I MOVE AMENDMENT D TO THE 5942 03:19:33,494 --> 03:19:34,662 UNDERLYING BILL. IS THERE A 5943 03:19:34,662 --> 03:19:35,797 SECOND. 5944 03:19:35,797 --> 03:19:38,833 -- MOVE? AND SECOND TO AMEND THE 5945 03:19:38,833 --> 03:19:40,401 BILL AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 5946 03:19:40,401 --> 03:19:43,438 D? CAN WE GO TO CENTRAL STAFF TO 5947 03:19:43,438 --> 03:19:44,038 EXPLAIN WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS 5948 03:19:44,038 --> 03:19:44,539 AND THEN GO TO YOU? 5949 03:19:44,539 --> 03:19:47,008 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. IS THAT OKAY? 5950 03:19:47,008 --> 03:19:48,209 AWESOME. WISH YOU WERE 5951 03:19:48,209 --> 03:19:48,509 RECOGNIZED. 5952 03:19:48,509 --> 03:19:50,912 -- THANK YOU. AMENDMENT D ADDS A 5953 03:19:50,912 --> 03:19:54,482 NUMBER OF RECITALS DESCRIBING 5954 03:19:54,482 --> 03:19:56,117 THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS FOR 5955 03:19:56,117 --> 03:19:58,886 ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS. AND 5956 03:19:58,886 --> 03:20:00,221 THEN STATES THAT WHEN THERE'S A 5957 03:20:00,221 --> 03:20:02,190 PUBLIC HEARING FOR A COUNCIL 5958 03:20:02,190 --> 03:20:07,095 LAND USE DECISION, THAT PUBLIC 5959 03:20:07,095 --> 03:20:07,628 HEARING SHOULD COVER THE 5960 03:20:07,628 --> 03:20:08,696 ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS THAT 5961 03:20:08,696 --> 03:20:10,031 WERE PREPARED FOR THE 5962 03:20:10,031 --> 03:20:10,365 LEGISLATION. 5963 03:20:10,365 --> 03:20:12,000 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. LIZ 5964 03:20:12,000 --> 03:20:14,502 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU ARE 5965 03:20:14,502 --> 03:20:14,802 RECOGNIZED. 5966 03:20:14,802 --> 03:20:15,737 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 5967 03:20:15,737 --> 03:20:18,940 COLLEAGUES, THIS IS SOME WAS 5968 03:20:18,940 --> 03:20:21,409 INTENDED TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A 5969 03:20:21,409 --> 03:20:23,544 CLARIFICATION. WE ALREADY HAVE A 5970 03:20:23,544 --> 03:20:24,879 PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENT FOR 5971 03:20:24,879 --> 03:20:26,180 TYPE FIVE COUNCIL LAND USE 5972 03:20:26,180 --> 03:20:28,349 DECISIONS. AND CERTAINLY PEOPLE 5973 03:20:28,349 --> 03:20:30,418 ARE FREE TO GIVE COMMENTS ON 5974 03:20:30,418 --> 03:20:32,420 BOTH THE UNDERLYING SORT OF BILL 5975 03:20:32,420 --> 03:20:33,588 OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE 5976 03:20:33,588 --> 03:20:36,457 CONSIDERING, AS WELL AS THE 5977 03:20:36,457 --> 03:20:40,962 ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS. AND 5978 03:20:40,962 --> 03:20:41,562 THIS JUST WANTS TO UPLIFT THE 5979 03:20:41,562 --> 03:20:44,365 IDEA THAT, AGAIN, PART OF MY 5980 03:20:44,365 --> 03:20:46,401 MOTIVATION IS TO BRING FORWARD 5981 03:20:46,401 --> 03:20:48,669 THE THE EIS PROCESS AND MAKE IT 5982 03:20:48,669 --> 03:20:51,239 A MEANINGFUL PROCESS. AND THAT 5983 03:20:51,239 --> 03:20:53,174 REQUIRES THAT WE HEAR DIRECTLY 5984 03:20:53,174 --> 03:20:55,510 FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND 5985 03:20:55,510 --> 03:20:56,177 THAT WE GIVE CONSIDERATION TO 5986 03:20:56,177 --> 03:20:57,879 THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 5987 03:20:57,879 --> 03:20:59,514 DOCUMENTS. AND SO THIS IS MEANT 5988 03:20:59,514 --> 03:21:00,982 TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT THE 5989 03:21:00,982 --> 03:21:04,152 IMPORTANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL 5990 03:21:04,152 --> 03:21:06,087 DETERMINATIONS WHEN WE DO THOSE 5991 03:21:06,087 --> 03:21:08,856 PUBLIC HEARINGS OR REQUEST YOUR 5992 03:21:08,856 --> 03:21:09,123 SUPPORT. 5993 03:21:09,123 --> 03:21:11,859 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 5994 03:21:11,859 --> 03:21:12,627 COUNCILMEMBER LIN JUST TO 5995 03:21:12,627 --> 03:21:15,430 CONFIRM, WE DID MOVE THE AMENDED 5996 03:21:15,430 --> 03:21:17,465 WE DID MOVE THE AMENDMENT. YEAH 5997 03:21:17,465 --> 03:21:18,099 WE DID. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 5998 03:21:18,099 --> 03:21:19,033 AWESOME. THANK YOU. 5999 03:21:19,033 --> 03:21:21,469 COUNCILMEMBER LIN ARE THERE ANY 6000 03:21:21,469 --> 03:21:22,069 COMMENTS REGARDING AMENDMENT 6001 03:21:22,069 --> 03:21:23,971 NUMBER AMENDMENT LETTER D? IT'S 6002 03:21:23,971 --> 03:21:29,877 NOT A NUMBER. IT'S A LETTER NO. 6003 03:21:29,877 --> 03:21:30,978 OKAY. AWESOME. DO YOU HAVE ANY 6004 03:21:30,978 --> 03:21:35,016 CLOSING REMARKS? COUNCILMEMBER 6005 03:21:35,016 --> 03:21:35,216 LIN. 6006 03:21:35,216 --> 03:21:35,650 -- NO. 6007 03:21:35,650 --> 03:21:36,451 -- OKAY. AWESOME. WILL THE CLERK 6008 03:21:36,451 --> 03:21:37,819 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 6009 03:21:37,819 --> 03:21:40,655 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT D. 6010 03:21:40,655 --> 03:21:46,394 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I 6011 03:21:46,394 --> 03:21:46,894 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 6012 03:21:46,894 --> 03:21:51,265 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 6013 03:21:51,265 --> 03:21:51,566 -- D AYE. 6014 03:21:51,566 --> 03:21:52,834 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 6015 03:21:52,834 --> 03:21:57,572 FOSTER. 6016 03:21:57,572 --> 03:21:57,939 -- YES. 6017 03:21:57,939 --> 03:21:58,439 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 6018 03:21:58,439 --> 03:21:59,540 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 6019 03:21:59,540 --> 03:22:01,642 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 6020 03:22:01,642 --> 03:22:01,876 -- YES. 6021 03:22:01,876 --> 03:22:04,111 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 6022 03:22:04,111 --> 03:22:04,445 -- YES. 6023 03:22:04,445 --> 03:22:06,848 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 6024 03:22:06,848 --> 03:22:07,114 -- NO. 6025 03:22:07,114 --> 03:22:09,083 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 6026 03:22:09,083 --> 03:22:09,450 HOLLINGSWORTH. 6027 03:22:09,450 --> 03:22:09,684 -- YES. 6028 03:22:09,684 --> 03:22:10,318 -- THAT IS SEVEN IN FAVOR. TWO 6029 03:22:10,318 --> 03:22:11,486 OPPOSED. 6030 03:22:11,486 --> 03:22:12,153 -- MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT D 6031 03:22:12,153 --> 03:22:14,922 IS ADOPTED. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER 6032 03:22:14,922 --> 03:22:17,258 LIN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO MOVE 6033 03:22:17,258 --> 03:22:20,361 AMENDMENT E. 6034 03:22:20,361 --> 03:22:21,829 -- I MOVE AMENDMENT E TO THE 6035 03:22:21,829 --> 03:22:22,029 BILL. 6036 03:22:22,029 --> 03:22:22,330 -- SECOND. 6037 03:22:22,330 --> 03:22:23,798 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, 6038 03:22:23,798 --> 03:22:25,166 TO AMEND BILL AS PRESENTED ON 6039 03:22:25,166 --> 03:22:25,766 AMENDMENT E COUNCILMEMBER LIN 6040 03:22:25,766 --> 03:22:27,568 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER. OH, 6041 03:22:27,568 --> 03:22:31,305 BEFORE YOU DO IT, PLEASE, WILL 6042 03:22:31,305 --> 03:22:34,408 YOU TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON? 6043 03:22:34,408 --> 03:22:36,577 -- SO COUNCIL BILL 121215 6044 03:22:36,577 --> 03:22:38,713 REMOVES A REQUIREMENT THAT THERE 6045 03:22:38,713 --> 03:22:42,550 BE DIRECTOR'S REPORTS PROVIDED 6046 03:22:42,550 --> 03:22:43,017 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 6047 03:22:43,017 --> 03:22:44,051 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS. WHEN 6048 03:22:44,051 --> 03:22:47,555 THERE IS COUNCIL GENERATED LAND 6049 03:22:47,555 --> 03:22:49,524 USE LEGISLATION. THIS AMENDMENT 6050 03:22:49,524 --> 03:22:52,026 WOULD REQUIRE THAT COUNCIL 6051 03:22:52,026 --> 03:22:54,428 CENTRAL STAFF INSTEAD PROVIDE A 6052 03:22:54,428 --> 03:22:56,030 REPORT THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE 6053 03:22:56,030 --> 03:22:57,999 DIRECTOR'S REPORTS THAT SDCI 6054 03:22:57,999 --> 03:23:00,268 PROVIDES. THE. ONE DIFFERENCE 6055 03:23:00,268 --> 03:23:02,503 WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD NOT 6056 03:23:02,503 --> 03:23:03,070 PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION ON 6057 03:23:03,070 --> 03:23:04,705 WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE THE 6058 03:23:04,705 --> 03:23:08,743 LEGISLATION. 6059 03:23:08,743 --> 03:23:09,377 -- THANK YOU, LIZ COUNCILMEMBER 6060 03:23:09,377 --> 03:23:10,077 LIN. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED AMENDMENT 6061 03:23:10,077 --> 03:23:11,946 E, AMENDMENT E COLLEAGUES E. 6062 03:23:11,946 --> 03:23:13,381 -- YES, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 6063 03:23:13,381 --> 03:23:15,550 AND THIS GETS BACK TO THE 6064 03:23:15,550 --> 03:23:17,818 UNDERLYING BILL REMOVES THE 6065 03:23:17,818 --> 03:23:19,820 REQUIREMENT FOR DIRECTOR'S 6066 03:23:19,820 --> 03:23:21,022 REPORT. CERTAINLY PEOPLE IN. 6067 03:23:21,022 --> 03:23:22,523 THERE'S ALREADY LANGUAGE THAT 6068 03:23:22,523 --> 03:23:24,091 SAYS THE COUNCILMEMBER CAN 6069 03:23:24,091 --> 03:23:25,026 REQUEST A DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 6070 03:23:25,026 --> 03:23:26,394 AND. AND I THINK IN THE NORMAL 6071 03:23:26,394 --> 03:23:28,829 COURSE, A DIRECTOR'S REPORT 6072 03:23:28,829 --> 03:23:30,598 WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. WE JUST 6073 03:23:30,598 --> 03:23:31,899 DIDN'T WANT TO REQUIRE IT IN 6074 03:23:31,899 --> 03:23:33,167 CASE BECAUSE I WOULD GIVE A 6075 03:23:33,167 --> 03:23:34,502 LITTLE BIT OF A TOO MUCH POWER 6076 03:23:34,502 --> 03:23:36,737 TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO 6077 03:23:36,737 --> 03:23:38,773 BASICALLY DELAY SORT OF A VETO 6078 03:23:38,773 --> 03:23:40,107 POWER. SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO 6079 03:23:40,107 --> 03:23:42,043 REQUIRE IT. BUT WE DO THINK THAT 6080 03:23:42,043 --> 03:23:44,211 A COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF REPORT 6081 03:23:44,211 --> 03:23:45,613 CAN SERVE A VERY SIMILAR 6082 03:23:45,613 --> 03:23:46,414 PURPOSE. AND I THINK IT MAKES A 6083 03:23:46,414 --> 03:23:48,282 LOT OF SENSE TO HAVE IT BE A 6084 03:23:48,282 --> 03:23:52,486 NEUTRAL AND OBJECTIVE. SO WITH 6085 03:23:52,486 --> 03:23:54,989 THAT, WE THIS WAS IN DIRECT 6086 03:23:54,989 --> 03:23:55,623 RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK 6087 03:23:55,623 --> 03:23:57,158 THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME 6088 03:23:57,158 --> 03:23:59,794 SORT OF DESCRIPTION, SOME SORT 6089 03:23:59,794 --> 03:24:02,897 OF REPORT, WHETHER FROM CENTRAL 6090 03:24:02,897 --> 03:24:04,332 STAFF OR THE SDCI FOR 6091 03:24:04,332 --> 03:24:06,100 LEGISLATION. SO I WOULD REQUEST 6092 03:24:06,100 --> 03:24:06,434 YOUR SUPPORT. 6093 03:24:06,434 --> 03:24:07,301 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 6094 03:24:07,301 --> 03:24:08,703 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WE'RE ON 6095 03:24:08,703 --> 03:24:10,805 AMENDMENT E, AS IN EDDIE K E. IS 6096 03:24:10,805 --> 03:24:12,273 THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS 6097 03:24:12,273 --> 03:24:15,676 REGARDING AMENDMENT E? OKAY. 6098 03:24:15,676 --> 03:24:17,378 SEEING NONE, DO YOU HAVE ANY 6099 03:24:17,378 --> 03:24:18,312 CLOSING COMMENTS BEFORE WE TAKE 6100 03:24:18,312 --> 03:24:19,780 A VOTE? AWESOME. WILL THE CLERK 6101 03:24:19,780 --> 03:24:22,116 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 6102 03:24:22,116 --> 03:24:23,818 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT E AS IN 6103 03:24:23,818 --> 03:24:28,856 EDDIE LIN 6104 03:24:28,856 --> 03:24:29,323 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 6105 03:24:29,323 --> 03:24:31,025 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I 6106 03:24:31,025 --> 03:24:35,830 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 6107 03:24:35,830 --> 03:24:36,097 -- YES. 6108 03:24:36,097 --> 03:24:37,965 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 6109 03:24:37,965 --> 03:24:38,499 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AYE 6110 03:24:38,499 --> 03:24:40,835 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COUNCILMEMBER 6111 03:24:40,835 --> 03:24:43,938 RINCK. YES. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 6112 03:24:43,938 --> 03:24:46,540 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 6113 03:24:46,540 --> 03:24:47,174 AS EIGHT IN FAVOR ONE OPPOSED. 6114 03:24:47,174 --> 03:24:50,211 -- MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT E 6115 03:24:50,211 --> 03:24:52,513 IS ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 6116 03:24:52,513 --> 03:24:53,714 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO MOVE 6117 03:24:53,714 --> 03:24:57,018 AMENDMENT F AS IN FIFA. 6118 03:24:57,018 --> 03:24:58,619 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 6119 03:24:58,619 --> 03:25:01,422 I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 6120 03:25:01,422 --> 03:25:03,958 121215 AS PRESENTED. AMENDMENT F 6121 03:25:03,958 --> 03:25:05,459 VERSION ONE. 6122 03:25:05,459 --> 03:25:06,694 -- SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED AND 6123 03:25:06,694 --> 03:25:07,328 SECOND TO AMEND THE BILL AS 6124 03:25:07,328 --> 03:25:09,263 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT F WILL GO 6125 03:25:09,263 --> 03:25:10,064 TO LISH AND THEN WE'LL BOUNCE 6126 03:25:10,064 --> 03:25:12,500 BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 6127 03:25:12,500 --> 03:25:16,504 -- ALL RIGHT 6128 03:25:16,504 --> 03:25:18,939 -- EACH EACH ENVIRONMENTAL 6129 03:25:18,939 --> 03:25:21,008 DOCUMENT IS PREPARED SORT OF ON 6130 03:25:21,008 --> 03:25:23,144 ITS OWN. THERE ARE STATE 6131 03:25:23,144 --> 03:25:25,179 GUIDELINES, BUT THIS AMENDMENT 6132 03:25:25,179 --> 03:25:27,315 ASKS THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND 6133 03:25:27,315 --> 03:25:29,583 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE 6134 03:25:29,583 --> 03:25:30,718 A REPORT TO COUNCIL WHETHER OR 6135 03:25:30,718 --> 03:25:31,619 NOT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO 6136 03:25:31,619 --> 03:25:35,423 CREATE CITY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES 6137 03:25:35,423 --> 03:25:37,825 ON HOW ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS 6138 03:25:37,825 --> 03:25:40,294 SHOULD ANALYZE AREAS OF THE 6139 03:25:40,294 --> 03:25:40,628 ENVIRONMENT. 6140 03:25:40,628 --> 03:25:42,563 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 6141 03:25:42,563 --> 03:25:44,498 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. YOU ARE 6142 03:25:44,498 --> 03:25:46,334 RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR AMENDMENT. 6143 03:25:46,334 --> 03:25:50,037 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 6144 03:25:50,037 --> 03:25:50,805 COUNCIL BILL 121215. IN A LOT OF 6145 03:25:50,805 --> 03:25:53,507 WAYS IS A REFLECTION OF FAILURE, 6146 03:25:53,507 --> 03:25:57,078 OF A CONVOLUTED PROCESS THAT HAS 6147 03:25:57,078 --> 03:25:59,280 REDUCED CONFIDENCE IN OUR SYSTEM 6148 03:25:59,280 --> 03:26:00,414 IN MY AMENDMENT, I NOTE THAT THE 6149 03:26:00,414 --> 03:26:02,516 STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS 6150 03:26:02,516 --> 03:26:03,784 DEVELOPED GUIDANCE ON SPECIFIC 6151 03:26:03,784 --> 03:26:05,953 TOPICS TO GUIDE ANALYSIS AND 6152 03:26:05,953 --> 03:26:08,456 ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS UNDER THE 6153 03:26:08,456 --> 03:26:09,090 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 6154 03:26:09,090 --> 03:26:10,891 ACT. THE CITY OF NEW YORK HAS 6155 03:26:10,891 --> 03:26:11,525 DEVELOPED A TECHNICAL MANUAL TO 6156 03:26:11,525 --> 03:26:13,561 GUIDE ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS 6157 03:26:13,561 --> 03:26:15,496 UNDER THE CITY. ENVIRONMENTAL 6158 03:26:15,496 --> 03:26:17,998 QUALITY REVIEW, AND UNLIKE SOME 6159 03:26:17,998 --> 03:26:18,632 STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA, CITIES 6160 03:26:18,632 --> 03:26:20,067 LIKE NEW YORK CITY, NEITHER 6161 03:26:20,067 --> 03:26:22,236 WASHINGTON STATE NOR THE CITY OF 6162 03:26:22,236 --> 03:26:22,870 SEATTLE HAVE DEVELOPED DETAILED 6163 03:26:22,870 --> 03:26:23,738 GUIDANCE ON HOW SEPA ANALYSIS 6164 03:26:23,738 --> 03:26:26,006 SHOULD BE PERFORMED, RESULTING 6165 03:26:26,006 --> 03:26:28,275 IN EACH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 6166 03:26:28,275 --> 03:26:30,544 STATEMENT USING DIFFERENT 6167 03:26:30,544 --> 03:26:31,078 APPROACHES TO ANALYZE THE 6168 03:26:31,078 --> 03:26:33,013 POSSIBLE IMPACTS. CLEAR AND 6169 03:26:33,013 --> 03:26:35,349 UNIFORM SEPA GUIDELINES CAN 6170 03:26:35,349 --> 03:26:37,118 INCREASE CLARITY, TRUST, 6171 03:26:37,118 --> 03:26:40,020 CONSISTENCY IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL 6172 03:26:40,020 --> 03:26:41,188 DOCUMENTS. COLLEAGUES, I WOULD 6173 03:26:41,188 --> 03:26:43,858 NOTE THAT SEPA AND IES REPORTS 6174 03:26:43,858 --> 03:26:45,493 ARE NOT UNDERSTOOD OR ACCESSIBLE 6175 03:26:45,493 --> 03:26:47,128 TO THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE, AND I 6176 03:26:47,128 --> 03:26:50,698 ARGUE A LOT OF WAYS COUNCIL 6177 03:26:50,698 --> 03:26:52,099 MEMBERS TO. WE COUNCILMEMBERS 6178 03:26:52,099 --> 03:26:52,566 NEED THE CLARITY AND 6179 03:26:52,566 --> 03:26:53,834 TRANSPARENCY WITH RESPECT TO 6180 03:26:53,834 --> 03:26:56,570 SEPA AND EIS AND WE AS A COUNCIL 6181 03:26:56,570 --> 03:26:58,406 NEED TO HAVE THIS CLARITY AND 6182 03:26:58,406 --> 03:26:59,607 TRANSPARENCY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE 6183 03:26:59,607 --> 03:27:02,676 THAT BASELINE. OUR RESIDENTS 6184 03:27:02,676 --> 03:27:03,310 NEED THIS TRANSPARENCY SO THEY 6185 03:27:03,310 --> 03:27:06,781 CAN PETITION THEIR DISTRICT 6186 03:27:06,781 --> 03:27:08,449 REPRESENTATIVE AND THEIR TWO 6187 03:27:08,449 --> 03:27:10,718 CITY WIDE REPRESENTATIVES. AND I 6188 03:27:10,718 --> 03:27:11,385 NOTE I'D ADD A GREATER COMMENT. 6189 03:27:11,385 --> 03:27:13,120 TIME WINDOWS ARE IMPORTANT, TOO. 6190 03:27:13,120 --> 03:27:14,321 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 6191 03:27:14,321 --> 03:27:15,489 AND ALSO THE TEN PAGE SUMMARIES 6192 03:27:15,489 --> 03:27:19,226 AS WELL. WE THE COUNCIL FIRST, 6193 03:27:19,226 --> 03:27:20,661 THE LAND USE COMMITTEE AND THEN 6194 03:27:20,661 --> 03:27:21,295 SECOND TO FULL COUNCIL NEED TO 6195 03:27:21,295 --> 03:27:23,164 DO OUR JOB TO INCLUDE HEARING 6196 03:27:23,164 --> 03:27:25,866 APPEALS FROM CONSTITUENTS, 6197 03:27:25,866 --> 03:27:27,468 COMPLETING THE DUE DILIGENCE AND 6198 03:27:27,468 --> 03:27:29,537 ADVOCATING FOR AMENDMENTS AND OR 6199 03:27:29,537 --> 03:27:30,571 THE BILL ITSELF. WE NEED TO DO 6200 03:27:30,571 --> 03:27:32,506 THIS WITH BETTER TOOLS, WITH 6201 03:27:32,506 --> 03:27:34,008 GREATER CLARITY AND 6202 03:27:34,008 --> 03:27:35,376 TRANSPARENCY. WE NEED STANDARDS 6203 03:27:35,376 --> 03:27:36,811 ON HOW SEPA EYES ARE CONDUCTED 6204 03:27:36,811 --> 03:27:38,512 AND PREPARED. MY AMENDMENT IS 6205 03:27:38,512 --> 03:27:39,914 GEARED TO THIS, WITH THE IDEA 6206 03:27:39,914 --> 03:27:42,283 THAT WE COULD BETTER FULFILL THE 6207 03:27:42,283 --> 03:27:43,751 ROLE OF ACTING ON LAND USE 6208 03:27:43,751 --> 03:27:48,222 DECISIONS WITH BETTER BASELINES. 6209 03:27:48,222 --> 03:27:49,190 COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND 6210 03:27:49,190 --> 03:27:51,325 COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANTED TO ADD 6211 03:27:51,325 --> 03:27:53,093 ONE ADDITIONAL POINT, AND THIS 6212 03:27:53,093 --> 03:27:55,729 COMES OUT FROM SOME OF THE. 6213 03:27:55,729 --> 03:27:59,900 COMMENTS I'VE HEARD TODAY, BUT 6214 03:27:59,900 --> 03:28:02,069 ALSO PREVIOUSLY. IT'S REGARDING 6215 03:28:02,069 --> 03:28:02,536 THE TONE TAKEN IN THE 6216 03:28:02,536 --> 03:28:03,337 DISCUSSIONS AND WORDS USED IN 6217 03:28:03,337 --> 03:28:05,372 DISCOURSE IN THE DISCOURSE OVER 6218 03:28:05,372 --> 03:28:09,810 THIS BILL TODAY, I NOTE THAT WE 6219 03:28:09,810 --> 03:28:12,746 ARE IN A AIR WAR AGAINST IRAN. 6220 03:28:12,746 --> 03:28:15,416 27 YEARS AGO I WAS THE EXECUTIVE 6221 03:28:15,416 --> 03:28:17,184 OFFICER TO THE DIRECTOR OF 6222 03:28:17,184 --> 03:28:17,751 INTELLIGENCE AND AIR FORCE 6223 03:28:17,751 --> 03:28:18,953 GENERAL REPORTING TO GENERAL 6224 03:28:18,953 --> 03:28:21,689 WESLEY CLARK. I WORKED THE 6225 03:28:21,689 --> 03:28:23,724 TARGET PACKAGE PROCESS CENTERED 6226 03:28:23,724 --> 03:28:26,360 ON TARGETING AND WEAPON HEARING 6227 03:28:26,360 --> 03:28:27,995 FOR THE KOSOVO WAR AGAINST 6228 03:28:27,995 --> 03:28:31,131 YUGOSLAVIA AND SERBIA IN 1999. 6229 03:28:31,131 --> 03:28:33,834 TODAY, I DO NOT THINK IT'S 6230 03:28:33,834 --> 03:28:36,504 RIGHT TO DECLARE OUR NEIGHBORS 6231 03:28:36,504 --> 03:28:38,973 OUR WEAPONIZING THE HEARING 6232 03:28:38,973 --> 03:28:40,841 EXAMINER PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IN 6233 03:28:40,841 --> 03:28:42,042 A PERIOD OF GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR 6234 03:28:42,042 --> 03:28:44,345 CITY. AS WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, I 6235 03:28:44,345 --> 03:28:46,647 KNOW MANY NEIGHBORS TO INCLUDE 6236 03:28:46,647 --> 03:28:48,115 OLD COLLEAGUES ON THE QUEEN ANNE 6237 03:28:48,115 --> 03:28:48,682 COMMUNITY COUNCIL WHO TOOK 6238 03:28:48,682 --> 03:28:51,952 POSITIONS AND MADE APPEALS. THEY 6239 03:28:51,952 --> 03:28:53,954 WERE ACTING ON PRINCIPLED 6240 03:28:53,954 --> 03:28:54,588 POSITIONS AND NOT WEAPONIZING A 6241 03:28:54,588 --> 03:28:55,522 PROCESS. AND I JUST THINK, 6242 03:28:55,522 --> 03:28:59,126 COLLEAGUES, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT 6243 03:28:59,126 --> 03:29:02,830 TO TO ENGAGE AND USE A TONE AND 6244 03:29:02,830 --> 03:29:04,431 WORD CHOICE THAT DOESN'T 6245 03:29:04,431 --> 03:29:05,666 DEMONIZE EITHER SIDE. AND, AND I 6246 03:29:05,666 --> 03:29:08,435 USE THIS PARTICULARLY GIVEN 6247 03:29:08,435 --> 03:29:10,771 RECENT EVENTS WITH GUN VIOLENCE, 6248 03:29:10,771 --> 03:29:12,006 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WAR IN 6249 03:29:12,006 --> 03:29:13,607 IRAN, AND THE IDEA OF 6250 03:29:13,607 --> 03:29:16,377 WEAPONIZING AND WEAPONIZING AND 6251 03:29:16,377 --> 03:29:17,211 TARGETING THAT. I JUST WANTED TO 6252 03:29:17,211 --> 03:29:19,980 MAKE THAT STATEMENT. THANK YOU. 6253 03:29:19,980 --> 03:29:21,015 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 6254 03:29:21,015 --> 03:29:24,852 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 6255 03:29:24,852 --> 03:29:25,486 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ARE THERE 6256 03:29:25,486 --> 03:29:26,120 ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING 6257 03:29:26,120 --> 03:29:31,158 AMENDMENT F AS IN FIFA 6258 03:29:31,158 --> 03:29:31,592 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 6259 03:29:31,592 --> 03:29:33,761 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 6260 03:29:33,761 --> 03:29:37,398 KETTLE AND FIRST, THANK YOU FOR 6261 03:29:37,398 --> 03:29:38,866 THE FOR THIS AMENDMENT. I DO 6262 03:29:38,866 --> 03:29:42,036 THINK, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THIS 6263 03:29:42,036 --> 03:29:43,304 WHOLE PROCESS HAS IS OFTENTIMES 6264 03:29:43,304 --> 03:29:43,804 CONFUSING AND NOT VERY 6265 03:29:43,804 --> 03:29:45,940 ACCESSIBLE, BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC 6266 03:29:45,940 --> 03:29:49,109 AND FOR COLLEAGUES AND SO I DO 6267 03:29:49,109 --> 03:29:51,512 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO TRY 6268 03:29:51,512 --> 03:29:56,483 TO IMPROVE THAT, INCLUDING WITH 6269 03:29:56,483 --> 03:29:58,052 BEST PRACTICES. AND THANK YOU 6270 03:29:58,052 --> 03:30:00,187 ALSO FOR YOUR COMMENT THERE 6271 03:30:00,187 --> 03:30:00,988 ABOUT RHETORIC. AND, YOU KNOW, I 6272 03:30:00,988 --> 03:30:02,056 WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE EXTENT 6273 03:30:02,056 --> 03:30:04,058 THAT I'VE USED SOME OF THAT 6274 03:30:04,058 --> 03:30:06,226 RHETORIC AND PARTIALLY, YOU 6275 03:30:06,226 --> 03:30:08,329 KNOW, THAT COMES FROM MY 6276 03:30:08,329 --> 03:30:10,998 PRACTICE AS AN ATTORNEY WHERE I 6277 03:30:10,998 --> 03:30:14,201 SAW THESE TOOLS BE VERY POWERFUL 6278 03:30:14,201 --> 03:30:16,971 LEGAL TOOLS. I GUESS I'LL USE A 6279 03:30:16,971 --> 03:30:19,006 DIFFERENT TERM INSTEAD OF THE 6280 03:30:19,006 --> 03:30:21,642 WORD WEAPON. BUT THEY ARE VERY 6281 03:30:21,642 --> 03:30:22,610 POWERFUL TOOLS. AND SO THAT'S, 6282 03:30:22,610 --> 03:30:25,512 YOU KNOW, COMES FROM MY 6283 03:30:25,512 --> 03:30:27,781 EXPERIENCE OF SEEING BOTH 6284 03:30:27,781 --> 03:30:29,149 BUSINESSES AS WELL AS OTHER, YOU 6285 03:30:29,149 --> 03:30:31,885 KNOW, FOLKS WHO OFTENTIMES ARE 6286 03:30:31,885 --> 03:30:33,420 BRINGING IN FORWARD WITH GOOD 6287 03:30:33,420 --> 03:30:36,323 INTENTIONS. BUT THEY CERTAINLY 6288 03:30:36,323 --> 03:30:38,092 ARE VERY POWERFUL TOOLS. AND SO 6289 03:30:38,092 --> 03:30:41,895 THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME FROM. 6290 03:30:41,895 --> 03:30:42,196 THANK YOU. 6291 03:30:42,196 --> 03:30:44,431 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 6292 03:30:44,431 --> 03:30:46,367 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 6293 03:30:46,367 --> 03:30:47,034 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 6294 03:30:47,034 --> 03:30:48,769 I WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF 6295 03:30:48,769 --> 03:30:51,038 THIS AMENDMENT AND THANK THE 6296 03:30:51,038 --> 03:30:51,672 SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 6297 03:30:51,672 --> 03:30:52,940 FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. I THINK 6298 03:30:52,940 --> 03:30:54,842 WE HAVE ALL LEARNED A LOT ABOUT 6299 03:30:54,842 --> 03:30:56,744 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES 6300 03:30:56,744 --> 03:30:58,278 THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND THE 6301 03:30:58,278 --> 03:30:59,313 WAY I SEE THIS AMENDMENT. THIS 6302 03:30:59,313 --> 03:31:01,348 IS A WAY FOR MORE PEOPLE TO 6303 03:31:01,348 --> 03:31:03,083 UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE 6304 03:31:03,083 --> 03:31:04,818 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 6305 03:31:04,818 --> 03:31:07,821 PROCESSES. AND SO I TRULY SEE 6306 03:31:07,821 --> 03:31:08,589 THIS AMENDMENT AS GOOD 6307 03:31:08,589 --> 03:31:11,158 GOVERNANCE. I THINK THIS WILL BE 6308 03:31:11,158 --> 03:31:12,893 HELPFUL REORIENTATION FOR OPCD 6309 03:31:12,893 --> 03:31:13,694 IN OUR WORK MOVING FORWARD. AND 6310 03:31:13,694 --> 03:31:15,362 I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT 6311 03:31:15,362 --> 03:31:17,665 FORWARD TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER 6312 03:31:17,665 --> 03:31:17,898 KETTLE. 6313 03:31:17,898 --> 03:31:18,899 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 6314 03:31:18,899 --> 03:31:20,000 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, ARE THERE 6315 03:31:20,000 --> 03:31:20,601 ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING 6316 03:31:20,601 --> 03:31:25,072 AMENDMENT NUMBER F AS IN FIFA, 6317 03:31:25,072 --> 03:31:25,773 THE LAST AMENDMENT? OKAY, NO. 6318 03:31:25,773 --> 03:31:27,341 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 6319 03:31:27,341 --> 03:31:30,344 ROLL ON THE ADOPTION? OH, I'M 6320 03:31:30,344 --> 03:31:30,944 SORRY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I 6321 03:31:30,944 --> 03:31:31,545 APOLOGIZE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO 6322 03:31:31,545 --> 03:31:33,747 SPEAK TO YOUR AMENDMENT? 6323 03:31:33,747 --> 03:31:34,348 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT? I JUST 6324 03:31:34,348 --> 03:31:36,617 WANTED TO NOTE THAT OPCD HAS 6325 03:31:36,617 --> 03:31:38,318 REVIEWED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT 6326 03:31:38,318 --> 03:31:39,219 LANGUAGE, AND THEY, AS THEY 6327 03:31:39,219 --> 03:31:42,056 SAID, ARE A WILLING PARTNER TO 6328 03:31:42,056 --> 03:31:44,258 DO THE ANALYSIS AND MAKE THE 6329 03:31:44,258 --> 03:31:46,360 REPORT. AWESOME. AND I ASK FOR 6330 03:31:46,360 --> 03:31:47,227 YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU 6331 03:31:47,227 --> 03:31:47,528 COLLEAGUES. 6332 03:31:47,528 --> 03:31:48,295 -- ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. WILL THE 6333 03:31:48,295 --> 03:31:49,263 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 6334 03:31:49,263 --> 03:31:55,836 AMENDMENT NUMBER F, LETTER F. 6335 03:31:55,836 --> 03:31:56,336 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 6336 03:31:56,336 --> 03:31:59,373 -- AYE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 6337 03:31:59,373 --> 03:31:59,840 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 6338 03:31:59,840 --> 03:32:02,676 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 6339 03:32:02,676 --> 03:32:03,143 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 6340 03:32:03,143 --> 03:32:04,144 -- AYE. 6341 03:32:04,144 --> 03:32:06,180 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 6342 03:32:06,180 --> 03:32:06,480 -- YES. 6343 03:32:06,480 --> 03:32:09,950 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 6344 03:32:09,950 --> 03:32:10,284 -- YES. 6345 03:32:10,284 --> 03:32:13,087 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. COUNCIL 6346 03:32:13,087 --> 03:32:13,720 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH NINE IN 6347 03:32:13,720 --> 03:32:14,488 FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. 6348 03:32:14,488 --> 03:32:16,757 -- KETTLE. MOTION CARRIES AND 6349 03:32:16,757 --> 03:32:17,858 AMENDMENT F IS ADOPTED. GOOD 6350 03:32:17,858 --> 03:32:21,128 JOB. OKAY, SO ARE THERE ANY 6351 03:32:21,128 --> 03:32:23,897 OTHER FINAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE 6352 03:32:23,897 --> 03:32:27,000 BILL BEFORE US? IS THE FINAL 6353 03:32:27,000 --> 03:32:28,469 BILL, SO WE HAVE NO MORE 6354 03:32:28,469 --> 03:32:29,970 AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU FOR ALL 6355 03:32:29,970 --> 03:32:32,206 YOUR HELP AND EXPLAINING THOSE 6356 03:32:32,206 --> 03:32:33,740 AMENDMENTS. NOW WE'RE HAVING 6357 03:32:33,740 --> 03:32:34,708 FINAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE BILL 6358 03:32:34,708 --> 03:32:38,612 BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 6359 03:32:38,612 --> 03:32:43,383 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 6360 03:32:43,383 --> 03:32:43,984 AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 6361 03:32:43,984 --> 03:32:46,920 LIN. YOU KNOW, YOU AND I TALKED 6362 03:32:46,920 --> 03:32:47,821 ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT AND TO THE 6363 03:32:47,821 --> 03:32:52,392 POINT YOU MADE EARLIER, I AGREE 6364 03:32:52,392 --> 03:32:52,993 THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE 6365 03:32:52,993 --> 03:32:54,828 ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, AND 6366 03:32:54,828 --> 03:32:55,729 SOMETIMES WE'RE GOING TO 6367 03:32:55,729 --> 03:32:56,930 DISAGREE, AND SOMETIMES WE'RE 6368 03:32:56,930 --> 03:33:00,200 NOT. BUT I HAVE RESPECT FOR YOU, 6369 03:33:00,200 --> 03:33:01,902 AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE 6370 03:33:01,902 --> 03:33:02,936 RESPECT FOR ME. AND SO I JUST 6371 03:33:02,936 --> 03:33:06,206 WANTED TO STATE THAT PUBLICLY 6372 03:33:06,206 --> 03:33:08,542 BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT. AND 6373 03:33:08,542 --> 03:33:09,643 THAT'S HOW WE TREAT EACH OTHER. 6374 03:33:09,643 --> 03:33:13,580 BECAUSE, AGAIN, I THINK WE ALL 6375 03:33:13,580 --> 03:33:14,681 AGREE WE NEED MORE HOUSING IN 6376 03:33:14,681 --> 03:33:16,416 THIS CITY, AND WE'RE ALL TRYING 6377 03:33:16,416 --> 03:33:18,418 TO GRAPPLE WITH HOW TO GET IT 6378 03:33:18,418 --> 03:33:20,521 DONE FASTER. SO I UNDERSTAND, 6379 03:33:20,521 --> 03:33:24,591 AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND I BECAUSE 6380 03:33:24,591 --> 03:33:27,995 I HAVE A LAW DEGREE, I PULL FROM 6381 03:33:27,995 --> 03:33:29,930 MY LEGAL BACKGROUND AS WELL. AND 6382 03:33:29,930 --> 03:33:31,098 I, I CONSTANTLY, I WILL SAY I 6383 03:33:31,098 --> 03:33:34,101 PULL FROM MY MEDIATION CLASS A 6384 03:33:34,101 --> 03:33:36,804 LOT BECAUSE I TRY TO DO WHERE 6385 03:33:36,804 --> 03:33:38,071 I'M LOOKING AT BOTH SIDES AND 6386 03:33:38,071 --> 03:33:39,907 I'M GATHERING ALL THE 6387 03:33:39,907 --> 03:33:42,009 INFORMATION ON BOTH SIDES, AND 6388 03:33:42,009 --> 03:33:43,210 I'M WEIGHING WHAT IS THE BEST 6389 03:33:43,210 --> 03:33:45,279 WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. AND, YOU 6390 03:33:45,279 --> 03:33:47,781 KNOW, THESE ARE DIFFICULT 6391 03:33:47,781 --> 03:33:51,485 DECISIONS. I WILL SAY IN THIS 6392 03:33:51,485 --> 03:33:55,422 CASE, I REALLY LED WITH MY 6393 03:33:55,422 --> 03:33:56,056 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HEARING 6394 03:33:56,056 --> 03:33:56,657 EXAMINER BECAUSE I WANTED TO 6395 03:33:56,657 --> 03:33:59,026 REALLY LEARN FROM THE HEARING 6396 03:33:59,026 --> 03:34:01,962 EXAMINER ON HOW HOW LONG ARE 6397 03:34:01,962 --> 03:34:02,596 THESE DECISIONS ACTUALLY TAKING, 6398 03:34:02,596 --> 03:34:05,699 AND IS THERE A TRUE PROBLEM THAT 6399 03:34:05,699 --> 03:34:08,235 WE NEED TO SOLVE FOR THAT WEIGHS 6400 03:34:08,235 --> 03:34:13,807 AND BALANCES THAT WE ARE TAKING 6401 03:34:13,807 --> 03:34:14,241 SOMETHING AWAY FROM 6402 03:34:14,241 --> 03:34:15,475 CONSTITUENTS? THAT IS REALLY 6403 03:34:15,475 --> 03:34:17,277 HARD, AND I KNOW THAT I HEARD 6404 03:34:17,277 --> 03:34:20,047 FROM MANY, MANY CONSTITUENTS, 6405 03:34:20,047 --> 03:34:22,983 BOTH EMAILS AND IN CHAMBERS AND 6406 03:34:22,983 --> 03:34:26,687 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THEIR 6407 03:34:26,687 --> 03:34:29,656 CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING THIS THESE 6408 03:34:29,656 --> 03:34:31,358 APPEALS, THE ABILITY TO TO 6409 03:34:31,358 --> 03:34:34,494 APPEAL TO THE HEARING EXAMINER 6410 03:34:34,494 --> 03:34:35,128 SPECIFICALLY. AND MY 6411 03:34:35,128 --> 03:34:36,797 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HEARING 6412 03:34:36,797 --> 03:34:40,267 EXAMINER, I LEARNED, AS I SAID 6413 03:34:40,267 --> 03:34:42,202 EARLIER, AND IN PART I SAID 6414 03:34:42,202 --> 03:34:44,671 EARLIER ABOUT THE THE 90 DAY 6415 03:34:44,671 --> 03:34:45,872 VERSUS THE 120. IT ACTUALLY, IN 6416 03:34:45,872 --> 03:34:49,877 REALITY, IT TAKES LONGER. I WISH 6417 03:34:49,877 --> 03:34:52,479 THAT WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, 6418 03:34:52,479 --> 03:34:54,014 AND PASS LEGISLATION TO TRULY 6419 03:34:54,014 --> 03:34:55,182 MAKE IT THAT SHORTER TIME, 6420 03:34:55,182 --> 03:34:57,117 BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD LEAD TO 6421 03:34:57,117 --> 03:34:58,719 FASTER HOUSING. FOR INSTANCE, 6422 03:34:58,719 --> 03:35:00,487 LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE ALL CARE 6423 03:35:00,487 --> 03:35:02,422 ABOUT, BUT WE KNOW IT TAKES A 6424 03:35:02,422 --> 03:35:04,057 LITTLE LONGER. BUT IN THE END, 6425 03:35:04,057 --> 03:35:06,226 WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT MOST OF 6426 03:35:06,226 --> 03:35:10,731 THESE CASES ARE RESOLVED WITHIN 6427 03:35:10,731 --> 03:35:14,201 4 OR 5 MONTHS. AND MANY OF THE 6428 03:35:14,201 --> 03:35:18,939 CASES ARE EITHER WITHDRAWN OR 6429 03:35:18,939 --> 03:35:22,242 DISMISSED. AND THEN MOST OF THE 6430 03:35:22,242 --> 03:35:25,178 CASES ARE DO NOT PREVAIL. SO 6431 03:35:25,178 --> 03:35:28,982 GIVEN THESE ALL THESE FACTS AND 6432 03:35:28,982 --> 03:35:29,583 ALSO THE HEARING EXAMINER DID 6433 03:35:29,583 --> 03:35:31,685 NOT FEEL LIKE THEY HAD LIMITED 6434 03:35:31,685 --> 03:35:33,186 CAPACITY TO HEAR THESE CASES. 6435 03:35:33,186 --> 03:35:34,554 THEY CAN HEAR THESE CASES. THE 6436 03:35:34,554 --> 03:35:37,557 CURRENT HEARING EXAMINER HAS 6437 03:35:37,557 --> 03:35:39,660 BEEN THERE TEN YEARS. AND I 6438 03:35:39,660 --> 03:35:42,195 ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO 6439 03:35:42,195 --> 03:35:43,130 HEAR THESE CASES OVER THE LAST 6440 03:35:43,130 --> 03:35:45,432 TEN YEARS. SO BASED ON ALL OF 6441 03:35:45,432 --> 03:35:47,000 THAT INFORMATION AND I'M 6442 03:35:47,000 --> 03:35:49,303 WEIGHING ALL THE FACTS AND AND, 6443 03:35:49,303 --> 03:35:50,470 YOU KNOW, I TO SUPPORT HOUSING, 6444 03:35:50,470 --> 03:35:53,907 WE NEED MORE OF IT OF ALL OF ALL 6445 03:35:53,907 --> 03:35:55,108 TYPES OF HOUSES, HOUSING, I 6446 03:35:55,108 --> 03:35:58,078 MEAN, AND THEN TAKING SOMETHING 6447 03:35:58,078 --> 03:36:00,514 AWAY FROM CONSTITUENTS, WEIGHING 6448 03:36:00,514 --> 03:36:03,150 ALL THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, 6449 03:36:03,150 --> 03:36:05,285 I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A 6450 03:36:05,285 --> 03:36:07,587 SITUATION WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE 6451 03:36:07,587 --> 03:36:11,191 THESE CHANGES. PERHAPS IN THE 6452 03:36:11,191 --> 03:36:11,992 FUTURE WHEN WE HAVE IF THERE ARE 6453 03:36:11,992 --> 03:36:13,593 MANY MORE APPEALS AND THEN 6454 03:36:13,593 --> 03:36:15,128 THERE'S AN IMPACT TO THE 6455 03:36:15,128 --> 03:36:16,963 HEARING EXAMINER'S OFFICE, THEN 6456 03:36:16,963 --> 03:36:18,799 THERE'S ALWAYS ABILITY TO LOOK 6457 03:36:18,799 --> 03:36:22,069 SOMETHING UP TO EXCUSE ME, TO 6458 03:36:22,069 --> 03:36:23,837 LOOK AT SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE. 6459 03:36:23,837 --> 03:36:26,606 BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S 6460 03:36:26,606 --> 03:36:30,110 OUTWEIGH THE ABILITY TO GIVE MY 6461 03:36:30,110 --> 03:36:34,748 CONSTITUENTS THE ABILITY TO TO 6462 03:36:34,748 --> 03:36:37,050 APPEAL. IF, IF THEY FEEL LIKE WE 6463 03:36:37,050 --> 03:36:40,253 GOT SOMETHING WRONG, GIVEN THAT 6464 03:36:40,253 --> 03:36:44,358 THAT TIME FRAME IN THE SCHEME OF 6465 03:36:44,358 --> 03:36:46,893 THE CREATION OF HOUSING AND AND 6466 03:36:46,893 --> 03:36:48,962 GIVEN THAT MOST OF THESE CASES 6467 03:36:48,962 --> 03:36:51,131 DO NOT PREVAIL. SO I REALLY WANT 6468 03:36:51,131 --> 03:36:54,334 TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 6469 03:36:54,334 --> 03:36:56,236 BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE 6470 03:36:56,236 --> 03:36:56,837 CONVERSATIONS IN DEPTH ABOUT 6471 03:36:56,837 --> 03:36:58,805 THIS. SO I DO WANT TO THANK YOU. 6472 03:36:58,805 --> 03:37:00,674 I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO CREATE 6473 03:37:00,674 --> 03:37:04,011 HOUSING FASTER. I DO TOO, AND 6474 03:37:04,011 --> 03:37:05,812 I'M WEIGHING MY CONSTITUENTS 6475 03:37:05,812 --> 03:37:07,748 INTEREST AND THE ACTUAL TIME IT 6476 03:37:07,748 --> 03:37:10,450 TAKES TO DO TO DO THESE ACTUAL 6477 03:37:10,450 --> 03:37:12,519 APPEALS. SO I DON'T WANT IT TO 6478 03:37:12,519 --> 03:37:15,922 BE SAID THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT 6479 03:37:15,922 --> 03:37:17,491 CREATING HOUSING FASTER, I DO. 6480 03:37:17,491 --> 03:37:20,861 THESE ARE NOT EASY DECISIONS. SO 6481 03:37:20,861 --> 03:37:22,229 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 6482 03:37:22,229 --> 03:37:22,529 PRESIDENT. 6483 03:37:22,529 --> 03:37:25,132 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 6484 03:37:25,132 --> 03:37:26,400 RIVERA COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, 6485 03:37:26,400 --> 03:37:27,801 FOLLOWED BY JUAREZ. AND THEN 6486 03:37:27,801 --> 03:37:28,235 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 6487 03:37:28,235 --> 03:37:29,803 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 6488 03:37:29,803 --> 03:37:33,306 PRESIDENT. LOOK, WE CAN QUIBBLE 6489 03:37:33,306 --> 03:37:36,009 ABOUT WHETHER THE LEGISLATION 6490 03:37:36,009 --> 03:37:40,047 IMPLICATES A RIGHT OR WHETHER 6491 03:37:40,047 --> 03:37:44,384 WHETHER IT IS THE MORE FORMAL 6492 03:37:44,384 --> 03:37:46,253 TECHNICAL TERM OF APPEAL 6493 03:37:46,253 --> 03:37:46,753 DIRECTLY TO THE HEARING 6494 03:37:46,753 --> 03:37:49,322 EXAMINER. AND WE INDEED, WE DID 6495 03:37:49,322 --> 03:37:51,224 THAT TODAY. I'M SURE, SURE THAT 6496 03:37:51,224 --> 03:37:54,828 THAT HAPPENED DURING COMMITTEE 6497 03:37:54,828 --> 03:37:57,330 TO. HERE'S A TRUE SEATTLE CAN 6498 03:37:57,330 --> 03:38:03,069 BUILD MORE HOUSING. WITHOUT 6499 03:38:03,069 --> 03:38:06,373 ASKING THE PUBLIC TO SURRENDER 6500 03:38:06,373 --> 03:38:07,140 WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. IN MY 6501 03:38:07,140 --> 03:38:08,809 VIEW, I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT 6502 03:38:08,809 --> 03:38:10,911 MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY. IT 6503 03:38:10,911 --> 03:38:13,613 IS. IT IS A AN IMPORTANT 6504 03:38:13,613 --> 03:38:17,317 MECHANISM TO DOUBLE CHECK OUR 6505 03:38:17,317 --> 03:38:19,152 WORK. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE 6506 03:38:19,152 --> 03:38:22,222 BILL, AS SPECIFICALLY MODIFIED 6507 03:38:22,222 --> 03:38:23,123 AND AMENDED TODAY, EVEN IN THE 6508 03:38:23,123 --> 03:38:24,958 ABSENCE OF MY OWN AMENDMENT, IS 6509 03:38:24,958 --> 03:38:26,593 BETTER THAN THE BASE BILL THAT 6510 03:38:26,593 --> 03:38:27,227 WAS PRESENTED AT THE BEGINNING 6511 03:38:27,227 --> 03:38:31,364 OF COUNCIL TODAY. BUT I STILL 6512 03:38:31,364 --> 03:38:35,669 THINK IT ALSO GOES A BIT TOO FAR 6513 03:38:35,669 --> 03:38:36,903 AND I CANNOT SUPPORT IT. I HEARD 6514 03:38:36,903 --> 03:38:40,807 SOME GREAT PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, 6515 03:38:40,807 --> 03:38:44,411 AND IN LINE WITH A FEW PIECES OF 6516 03:38:44,411 --> 03:38:45,045 FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD FROM 6517 03:38:45,045 --> 03:38:47,981 OTHERS AS WELL ABOUT THE THE 6518 03:38:47,981 --> 03:38:51,451 FACT THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A 6519 03:38:51,451 --> 03:38:52,819 NOMINAL FEE THAT PEOPLE ARE 6520 03:38:52,819 --> 03:38:57,858 PAYING TO MUCK UP THE SYSTEM 6521 03:38:57,858 --> 03:38:59,726 WITH FRIVOLOUS CLAIMS. IF THIS 6522 03:38:59,726 --> 03:39:02,129 PROPOSAL WERE ABOUT FEE REFORM 6523 03:39:02,129 --> 03:39:03,797 OR INCLUDED FEE REFORM AS A 6524 03:39:03,797 --> 03:39:07,367 COMPONENT OF THE BROADER 6525 03:39:07,367 --> 03:39:09,436 SOLUTION WOULD ABSOLUTELY GET 6526 03:39:09,436 --> 03:39:14,941 BEHIND THAT. BUT IT'S NOT. AND 6527 03:39:14,941 --> 03:39:15,575 REASONABLE MINDS DISAGREE ON ANY 6528 03:39:15,575 --> 03:39:16,643 NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING 6529 03:39:16,643 --> 03:39:20,213 WHERE WE'RE AT HERE. BUT I, I 6530 03:39:20,213 --> 03:39:22,649 DO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE 6531 03:39:22,649 --> 03:39:26,353 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR BRINGING 6532 03:39:26,353 --> 03:39:29,356 THIS FORWARD. HIS HIS LEADERSHIP 6533 03:39:29,356 --> 03:39:31,258 IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THESE 6534 03:39:31,258 --> 03:39:33,693 ARE TOUGH POLICY CONVERSATIONS 6535 03:39:33,693 --> 03:39:36,563 THAT WE'RE HAVING OPENLY IN A 6536 03:39:36,563 --> 03:39:38,899 TRANSPARENT MANNER IN PUBLIC, 6537 03:39:38,899 --> 03:39:41,635 DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH THE THE 6538 03:39:41,635 --> 03:39:45,472 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. AND AYE. SO 6539 03:39:45,472 --> 03:39:48,074 I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 6540 03:39:48,074 --> 03:39:52,812 LIN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP I ALSO 6541 03:39:52,812 --> 03:39:57,751 WANT TO SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT 6542 03:39:57,751 --> 03:40:00,654 THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD SOME 6543 03:40:00,654 --> 03:40:07,794 COMMENT WRITTEN FORM AS WELL. 6544 03:40:07,794 --> 03:40:10,564 PEOPLE. DOING PERSONAL ATTACKS 6545 03:40:10,564 --> 03:40:11,798 AGAINST COUNCILMEMBER LIN 6546 03:40:11,798 --> 03:40:14,801 ATTACKING HIS CHARACTER, 6547 03:40:14,801 --> 03:40:17,437 ATTACKING HIS. IMPUGNING HIS 6548 03:40:17,437 --> 03:40:19,906 MOTIVES AND INTENT, AND AYE. AND 6549 03:40:19,906 --> 03:40:22,075 NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WITH ALL 6550 03:40:22,075 --> 03:40:26,780 THE STUFF GOING ON. I THINK WE 6551 03:40:26,780 --> 03:40:28,582 SPECIFICALLY NEED TO REJECT 6552 03:40:28,582 --> 03:40:31,618 THAT. THAT'S WRONG WE CAN 6553 03:40:31,618 --> 03:40:34,054 DISAGREE ON POLICY AND SUBSTANCE 6554 03:40:34,054 --> 03:40:36,022 AND THE MERITS OF THE ISSUES. 6555 03:40:36,022 --> 03:40:37,224 AND WE'VE HAD THOSE 6556 03:40:37,224 --> 03:40:38,658 CONVERSATIONS TODAY AND FOR A 6557 03:40:38,658 --> 03:40:42,729 FEW MONTHS NOW ON THIS THIS ONE 6558 03:40:42,729 --> 03:40:44,931 PROPOSAL. BUT I DON'T I KNOW 6559 03:40:44,931 --> 03:40:46,333 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I KNOW HIS 6560 03:40:46,333 --> 03:40:50,170 HEART. I KNOW HIS CHARACTER. WE 6561 03:40:50,170 --> 03:40:57,410 SHOULD NOT ATTACK THE CHARACTER 6562 03:40:57,410 --> 03:41:00,347 AND MOTIVES OF PEOPLE FOR TRYING 6563 03:41:00,347 --> 03:41:03,016 TO DO THEIR LEVEL BEST TO, TO 6564 03:41:03,016 --> 03:41:05,252 INCORPORATE FEEDBACK FROM 6565 03:41:05,252 --> 03:41:06,786 PEOPLE. WE JUST HAPPEN TO 6566 03:41:06,786 --> 03:41:08,688 DISAGREE ON ON, YOU KNOW, THE 6567 03:41:08,688 --> 03:41:10,557 FINAL POLICY MATTER BEFORE US. 6568 03:41:10,557 --> 03:41:12,292 BUT I DO WANT TO THANK 6569 03:41:12,292 --> 03:41:16,463 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AGAIN FOR FOR 6570 03:41:16,463 --> 03:41:17,964 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK 6571 03:41:17,964 --> 03:41:18,164 YOU. 6572 03:41:18,164 --> 03:41:20,900 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 6573 03:41:20,900 --> 03:41:22,902 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 6574 03:41:22,902 --> 03:41:24,738 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 6575 03:41:24,738 --> 03:41:25,505 UNFORTUNATELY, I WILL NOT BE 6576 03:41:25,505 --> 03:41:26,973 ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS BILL TODAY. 6577 03:41:26,973 --> 03:41:27,807 I WANT TO THANK YOU, 6578 03:41:27,807 --> 03:41:28,775 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. WE'VE HAD 6579 03:41:28,775 --> 03:41:30,277 LONG TALKS IN THE LAST COUPLE 6580 03:41:30,277 --> 03:41:31,778 MONTHS, AND THEN WE HAD A FEW 6581 03:41:31,778 --> 03:41:33,847 MORE OF THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY 6582 03:41:33,847 --> 03:41:35,281 AND TODAY. AGAIN, LET ME JUST GO 6583 03:41:35,281 --> 03:41:38,218 BACK WITH SOME OF THE BASIC 6584 03:41:38,218 --> 03:41:38,818 STUFF THAT WE HAD READ. I HAD 6585 03:41:38,818 --> 03:41:39,686 READ ALL THE CASE LAW. WE LOOKED 6586 03:41:39,686 --> 03:41:41,821 AT WHAT THE HEARING EXAMINER 6587 03:41:41,821 --> 03:41:42,956 SAID. WE LOOKED AT THE GROWTH 6588 03:41:42,956 --> 03:41:43,923 MANAGEMENT APPEAL. WE HAD A FLOW 6589 03:41:43,923 --> 03:41:47,193 CHART. WE READ THE SUMMARY IN 6590 03:41:47,193 --> 03:41:48,995 FISCAL NOTE. WE HAD THE 6591 03:41:48,995 --> 03:41:49,729 ANALYSIS, AND I'LL GIVE A 6592 03:41:49,729 --> 03:41:51,364 LITTLE BIT BACK TO THE FACTS IN 6593 03:41:51,364 --> 03:41:52,499 A MINUTE, BUT AYE. I WANT TO 6594 03:41:52,499 --> 03:41:55,035 MAKE SOMETHING VERY CLEAR. I 6595 03:41:55,035 --> 03:41:56,936 DON'T BELIEVE THAT APPEALS ARE 6596 03:41:56,936 --> 03:42:00,607 HOLDING UP HOUSING PRODUCTION. I 6597 03:42:00,607 --> 03:42:01,274 THINK IT'S A FALSE NARRATIVE. I 6598 03:42:01,274 --> 03:42:04,110 THINK IT'S A FALSE EQUATION. I 6599 03:42:04,110 --> 03:42:05,211 DON'T THINK APPEALS AND DELAYS, 6600 03:42:05,211 --> 03:42:07,781 WHICH ON THE AVERAGE ARE AROUND 6601 03:42:07,781 --> 03:42:09,282 APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS. I 6602 03:42:09,282 --> 03:42:11,251 DON'T THINK THEY ALWAYS EQUAL 6603 03:42:11,251 --> 03:42:12,786 LACK OF HOUSING PRODUCTION. AND 6604 03:42:12,786 --> 03:42:16,189 TO PIT THOSE TWO AGAINST EACH 6605 03:42:16,189 --> 03:42:18,925 OTHER TO ME IS JUST I THINK 6606 03:42:18,925 --> 03:42:19,526 IT'S INTELLECTUALLY NOT 6607 03:42:19,526 --> 03:42:23,663 CORRECT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY 6608 03:42:23,663 --> 03:42:24,464 DISHONEST BECAUSE I CAN 6609 03:42:24,464 --> 03:42:25,098 UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE TAKE THAT 6610 03:42:25,098 --> 03:42:26,766 POSITION, BUT I DON'T AGREE 6611 03:42:26,766 --> 03:42:28,301 WITH THAT. I CANNOT MAKE THE 6612 03:42:28,301 --> 03:42:30,537 CONNECTION BETWEEN OR 6613 03:42:30,537 --> 03:42:32,739 UNEQUIVOCAL STATEMENT THAT THE 6614 03:42:32,739 --> 03:42:34,274 APPEALS STOP HOUSING PRODUCTION. 6615 03:42:34,274 --> 03:42:36,142 I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT 6616 03:42:36,142 --> 03:42:37,077 THAT'S TRUE. AND I WANTED TO 6617 03:42:37,077 --> 03:42:38,945 ADD IS THAT WE WENT BACK AND 6618 03:42:38,945 --> 03:42:40,447 LOOKED AT HOW MANY OF THESE 6619 03:42:40,447 --> 03:42:42,415 APPEALS COME FORWARD AND TO 6620 03:42:42,415 --> 03:42:45,819 DATE, FROM THE STATS WE RECEIVED 6621 03:42:45,819 --> 03:42:47,120 FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND SOME ARE 6622 03:42:47,120 --> 03:42:48,288 WORKING WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL 6623 03:42:48,288 --> 03:42:51,057 ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES. LAUREN, 6624 03:42:51,057 --> 03:42:55,562 WE HAVE 2728 APPEALS THAT WE'VE 6625 03:42:55,562 --> 03:42:56,863 RECEIVED IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. 6626 03:42:56,863 --> 03:42:58,098 AND OF THOSE APPEALS, THEY TOOK 6627 03:42:58,098 --> 03:43:01,368 AN AVERAGE OF 151 DAYS TO 6628 03:43:01,368 --> 03:43:04,104 RESOLVE. SO ABOUT 5 OR 6 MONTHS, 6629 03:43:04,104 --> 03:43:05,405 APPROXIMATELY 88% OF THOSE CASES 6630 03:43:05,405 --> 03:43:07,674 WERE AFFIRMED OR DISMISSED BY 6631 03:43:07,674 --> 03:43:10,110 THE EXAMINER, SO THAT MEANS 12% 6632 03:43:10,110 --> 03:43:10,744 WERE EITHER SUCCESSFUL OR THEY 6633 03:43:10,744 --> 03:43:15,048 WERE REEXAMINED. AND I KNOW THAT 6634 03:43:15,048 --> 03:43:15,615 THERE'S ISSUES THAT OTHER 6635 03:43:15,615 --> 03:43:16,516 CITIES, WELL, OTHER CITIES 6636 03:43:16,516 --> 03:43:18,251 DON'T HAVE THIS, THIS, THIS 6637 03:43:18,251 --> 03:43:20,887 STEP IN CITY DOES. BUT SEATTLE 6638 03:43:20,887 --> 03:43:21,654 DOES WELL. SEATTLE DOES A LOT OF 6639 03:43:21,654 --> 03:43:22,455 THINGS THAT A LOT OF OTHER 6640 03:43:22,455 --> 03:43:26,459 CITIES DON'T DO. AND SEATTLE IS 6641 03:43:26,459 --> 03:43:27,827 THE NUMBER ONE CITY IN THE STATE 6642 03:43:27,827 --> 03:43:29,629 OF WASHINGTON AND THE LARGEST 6643 03:43:29,629 --> 03:43:31,731 ECONOMIC DRIVER IN THE STATE. 6644 03:43:31,731 --> 03:43:32,899 AND THEREFORE, WE HAVE A LOT 6645 03:43:32,899 --> 03:43:36,002 MORE DENSITY. WE HAVE A LOT 6646 03:43:36,002 --> 03:43:38,104 MORE. WE HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE 6647 03:43:38,104 --> 03:43:39,472 INVOLVED IN HOW HOW THIS CITY IS 6648 03:43:39,472 --> 03:43:43,076 GOING TO GROW. AND SO I KIND OF 6649 03:43:43,076 --> 03:43:43,977 FELT LIKE THIS LEGISLATION WAS A 6650 03:43:43,977 --> 03:43:46,479 SOLUTION, LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM. 6651 03:43:46,479 --> 03:43:49,048 I WOULD RATHER ON THE SIDE. AND 6652 03:43:49,048 --> 03:43:51,151 I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO 6653 03:43:51,151 --> 03:43:52,719 HEAR THIS STATUS QUO. NO, I WANT 6654 03:43:52,719 --> 03:43:54,788 TO ON THE SIDE OF GIVING A 6655 03:43:54,788 --> 03:43:57,290 LITTLE BIT MORE, GIVING THE ROOM 6656 03:43:57,290 --> 03:43:58,858 THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY ARE 6657 03:43:58,858 --> 03:44:01,828 ACCUSTOMED TO, TO STEPPING 6658 03:44:01,828 --> 03:44:02,362 FORWARD TO PROTECTING THE 6659 03:44:02,362 --> 03:44:03,930 ENVIRONMENT, THE TREES, THE TREE 6660 03:44:03,930 --> 03:44:05,365 CANOPY, AND ALL THE OTHER ISSUES 6661 03:44:05,365 --> 03:44:06,699 THAT WE HAVE NOW. YES, THERE ARE 6662 03:44:06,699 --> 03:44:08,234 PEOPLE THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 6663 03:44:08,234 --> 03:44:12,405 THE LAW AND USE IT AS A SWORD TO 6664 03:44:12,405 --> 03:44:12,906 STOP CONSTRUCTION OVER 6665 03:44:12,906 --> 03:44:13,573 SOMETHING. JUST WE'VE SEEN IT. 6666 03:44:13,573 --> 03:44:15,575 THEY'VE MISUSED THAT. AND I 6667 03:44:15,575 --> 03:44:17,343 RELY ON THE HEARING EXAMINER AS 6668 03:44:17,343 --> 03:44:17,977 A FORMER JUDGE TO WEED THOSE 6669 03:44:17,977 --> 03:44:19,879 THINGS OUT AND SAY, THIS IS 6670 03:44:19,879 --> 03:44:21,281 FRIVOLOUS. YOU'RE JUST DOING 6671 03:44:21,281 --> 03:44:22,148 THIS TO STOP IT BECAUSE YOU 6672 03:44:22,148 --> 03:44:24,284 DON'T LIKE IT. AND THAT HAPPENS 6673 03:44:24,284 --> 03:44:25,518 A LOT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A 6674 03:44:25,518 --> 03:44:27,387 HEARING EXAMINER. THAT'S WHY 6675 03:44:27,387 --> 03:44:29,355 SOMETIMES THIS BOARD OR THIS 6676 03:44:29,355 --> 03:44:30,990 THIS, THIS GROUP US IS ELECTED 6677 03:44:30,990 --> 03:44:32,492 HAVE QUASI JUDICIAL ISSUES AS 6678 03:44:32,492 --> 03:44:34,427 WELL. WHEN WE WERE DOING THE 6679 03:44:34,427 --> 03:44:37,096 WATERFRONT, WE HAD 62 LAWSUITS, 6680 03:44:37,096 --> 03:44:39,999 63, I THINK. AND AT THAT TIME, 6681 03:44:39,999 --> 03:44:40,600 AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I SAID, 6682 03:44:40,600 --> 03:44:41,301 YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO 6683 03:44:41,301 --> 03:44:42,001 HIRE A HEARING EXAMINER. WE'RE 6684 03:44:42,001 --> 03:44:43,770 GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF 6685 03:44:43,770 --> 03:44:45,071 THOSE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO 6686 03:44:45,071 --> 03:44:46,105 BECOME EXPERTS. WE'RE GOING TO 6687 03:44:46,105 --> 03:44:47,907 LET A HEARING EXAMINER LISTEN TO 6688 03:44:47,907 --> 03:44:49,008 FOLKS COME FORWARD AND MAKE A 6689 03:44:49,008 --> 03:44:51,277 RECORD AND A RECOMMENDATION, AND 6690 03:44:51,277 --> 03:44:53,613 WE WILL GO FROM THERE. I DID NOT 6691 03:44:53,613 --> 03:44:54,981 WANT TO STAND IN THE SHOES OF 6692 03:44:54,981 --> 03:44:56,983 THAT. NOW, THERE IS A FORMER 6693 03:44:56,983 --> 03:44:58,084 CITY ATTORNEY HERE, AND I 6694 03:44:58,084 --> 03:44:58,852 LISTENED TO WHAT HE WAS SAYING, 6695 03:44:58,852 --> 03:44:59,586 AND I KNOW LAWYERS KIND OF GET 6696 03:44:59,586 --> 03:45:03,957 CAUGHT UP IN THE WONKY STUFF, 6697 03:45:03,957 --> 03:45:06,626 BUT BUT I AGREE. CITY, CITY OF 6698 03:45:06,626 --> 03:45:08,228 SEATTLE. ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU 6699 03:45:08,228 --> 03:45:10,830 KNOW, LOVE IT OR HATE IT, WE 6700 03:45:10,830 --> 03:45:11,898 LOVE COMMITTEES. WE LOVE PUBLIC 6701 03:45:11,898 --> 03:45:15,969 COMMENT. WE WANT TO HEAR MORE. 6702 03:45:15,969 --> 03:45:16,769 AND WE CAN'T GROW MORE GROUND. 6703 03:45:16,769 --> 03:45:18,304 WE CAN'T GROW MORE SEATTLE. 6704 03:45:18,304 --> 03:45:22,342 THIS IS THIS IS ALL WE GOT. AND 6705 03:45:22,342 --> 03:45:24,978 THAT'S WHY PEOPLE FIGHT ABOUT 6706 03:45:24,978 --> 03:45:26,312 EVERY INCH. AND IN PARTICULAR, 6707 03:45:26,312 --> 03:45:28,248 WHAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE OF 6708 03:45:28,248 --> 03:45:30,416 REDLINING IN SOUTH OF THE SHIP 6709 03:45:30,416 --> 03:45:31,851 CANAL IS WE HAVE SO MANY, SO 6710 03:45:31,851 --> 03:45:33,753 MUCH. WE HAVE MORE GREENERY IN 6711 03:45:33,753 --> 03:45:36,189 THE NORTH THAN WE DO IN THE 6712 03:45:36,189 --> 03:45:37,757 SOUTH. AND THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS 6713 03:45:37,757 --> 03:45:39,325 HAVE GOTTEN HAVE HURT FOR THAT 6714 03:45:39,325 --> 03:45:41,327 WITHOUT A TREE CANOPY. WE IN THE 6715 03:45:41,327 --> 03:45:42,762 NORTH HAVE FOUGHT REALLY HARD TO 6716 03:45:42,762 --> 03:45:44,130 PROTECT THORNTON CREEK, THE 6717 03:45:44,130 --> 03:45:46,466 NORTH AND THE SOUTH FORK, AND WE 6718 03:45:46,466 --> 03:45:48,334 STILL WANT TO PROTECT AND KEEP 6719 03:45:48,334 --> 03:45:50,203 AS MUCH LAND AS WE CAN. GREEN 6720 03:45:50,203 --> 03:45:52,338 FOR THE FOLKS SOUTH OF THE SHIP 6721 03:45:52,338 --> 03:45:56,709 CANAL. SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I 6722 03:45:56,709 --> 03:45:57,343 DO AGREE WITH WITH AS A LAWYER, 6723 03:45:57,343 --> 03:45:59,178 I AGREE WITH WITH COUNCILMEMBER 6724 03:45:59,178 --> 03:46:02,148 LIN THAT THIS IS KIND OF AN 6725 03:46:02,148 --> 03:46:04,350 UNNECESSARY KIND OF HOLDS THINGS 6726 03:46:04,350 --> 03:46:04,851 UP. I GET IT, IT WOULD 6727 03:46:04,851 --> 03:46:05,752 STREAMLINE. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE 6728 03:46:05,752 --> 03:46:07,220 MORE CONVENIENT FOR THE CITY 6729 03:46:07,220 --> 03:46:09,222 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT AS A 6730 03:46:09,222 --> 03:46:11,491 LEGISLATOR, NOT AS A JUDGE, NOT 6731 03:46:11,491 --> 03:46:12,292 AS LEGAL COUNSEL, BUT AS A 6732 03:46:12,292 --> 03:46:13,693 STATE, AS A LEGISLATOR FOR THE 6733 03:46:13,693 --> 03:46:16,963 CITY OF SEATTLE. I HAVE TO ON 6734 03:46:16,963 --> 03:46:19,465 THE SIDE OF MORE BECAUSE THAT'S 6735 03:46:19,465 --> 03:46:20,600 DUE PROCESS. AND THAT IS THAT'S 6736 03:46:20,600 --> 03:46:23,136 WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. SO WITH 6737 03:46:23,136 --> 03:46:24,103 THAT, COUNCILMEMBER, I'M SORRY 6738 03:46:24,103 --> 03:46:25,838 THAT I CANNOT SUPPORT YOUR 6739 03:46:25,838 --> 03:46:27,006 LEGISLATION, BUT I WANT TO SAY 6740 03:46:27,006 --> 03:46:29,976 THIS, THOUGH, COUNCILMEMBER LIN 6741 03:46:29,976 --> 03:46:32,378 IS INCREDIBLY DILIGENT, 6742 03:46:32,378 --> 03:46:34,013 INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT, AND I 6743 03:46:34,013 --> 03:46:34,914 REALLY ENJOY TALKING WITH HIM 6744 03:46:34,914 --> 03:46:35,782 AND I LOVE THIS ABOUT HIM, IS 6745 03:46:35,782 --> 03:46:38,584 THAT WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE 6746 03:46:38,584 --> 03:46:39,419 AND WE'RE GOOD. AND THAT 6747 03:46:39,419 --> 03:46:40,453 HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE IN 6748 03:46:40,453 --> 03:46:42,255 MY TEN YEARS ON THIS COUNCIL. SO 6749 03:46:42,255 --> 03:46:43,256 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 6750 03:46:43,256 --> 03:46:46,159 FOR BEING NOT ONLY 6751 03:46:46,159 --> 03:46:47,727 INTELLECTUALLY WONDERFUL TO SPAR 6752 03:46:47,727 --> 03:46:48,494 WITH, BUT BEING A TRUE 6753 03:46:48,494 --> 03:46:51,965 GENTLEMAN. SO THANK YOU. 6754 03:46:51,965 --> 03:46:54,467 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 6755 03:46:54,467 --> 03:46:54,934 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 6756 03:46:54,934 --> 03:46:55,568 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, DO YOU WANT 6757 03:46:55,568 --> 03:46:57,003 ME TO GO TO YOU LAST? OKAY, 6758 03:46:57,003 --> 03:46:59,605 AWESOME. THANK YOU. 6759 03:46:59,605 --> 03:47:00,807 COUNCILMEMBER, CAN WE GO TO 6760 03:47:00,807 --> 03:47:02,008 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? SHE HASN'T 6761 03:47:02,008 --> 03:47:02,909 SPOKEN YET. AND THEN 6762 03:47:02,909 --> 03:47:05,545 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AWESOME. 6763 03:47:05,545 --> 03:47:06,012 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 6764 03:47:06,012 --> 03:47:07,513 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL 6765 03:47:07,513 --> 03:47:10,583 PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES, IN 6766 03:47:10,583 --> 03:47:11,150 PREPARATION FOR THIS POLICY 6767 03:47:11,150 --> 03:47:12,151 MATTER, REALLY STARTING WHEN WE 6768 03:47:12,151 --> 03:47:14,520 HAD OUR FIRST COMMITTEE 6769 03:47:14,520 --> 03:47:16,456 BRIEFING, WHICH THEN FOLLOWED 6770 03:47:16,456 --> 03:47:16,956 FOUR SEPARATE COMMITTEE 6771 03:47:16,956 --> 03:47:18,257 BRIEFINGS ON THIS TOPIC, I SPENT 6772 03:47:18,257 --> 03:47:20,493 SOME TIME TO DO A REFRESHER ON 6773 03:47:20,493 --> 03:47:21,060 OUR CPA PROCESS WITH AN EYE 6774 03:47:21,060 --> 03:47:22,662 TOWARDS HOW THEY'RE DEVELOPED, 6775 03:47:22,662 --> 03:47:24,564 BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR 6776 03:47:24,564 --> 03:47:25,932 COMMUNITY VOICE. NOW, THE 6777 03:47:25,932 --> 03:47:27,500 CITY'S PRACTICE HAS BEEN TO USE 6778 03:47:27,500 --> 03:47:29,736 OUTSIDE CONSULTING TEAMS TO 6779 03:47:29,736 --> 03:47:31,537 DEVELOP ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 6780 03:47:31,537 --> 03:47:33,373 STATEMENTS WITH INPUT FROM 6781 03:47:33,373 --> 03:47:36,576 SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN CITY 6782 03:47:36,576 --> 03:47:37,176 DEPARTMENTS. SEVEN DIFFERENT 6783 03:47:37,176 --> 03:47:37,977 CONSULTING FIRMS WERE A PART OF 6784 03:47:37,977 --> 03:47:40,313 THE TEAM THAT PUT TOGETHER THE 6785 03:47:40,313 --> 03:47:42,849 ONE SEATTLE EIS. THIS INCLUDES 6786 03:47:42,849 --> 03:47:44,550 BURKE CONSULTING FOR CPA 6787 03:47:44,550 --> 03:47:46,185 DOCUMENTATION, LAND USE AND 6788 03:47:46,185 --> 03:47:46,819 SHORELINE PATTERNS. RELATIONSHIP 6789 03:47:46,819 --> 03:47:48,554 TO PLANS, POLICIES AND 6790 03:47:48,554 --> 03:47:50,356 REGULATIONS, POPULATION, HOUSING 6791 03:47:50,356 --> 03:47:52,425 AND EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC 6792 03:47:52,425 --> 03:47:53,126 SERVICES. THERE WAS INFERS AND 6793 03:47:53,126 --> 03:47:55,528 PEERS WHO COVERED 6794 03:47:55,528 --> 03:47:58,965 TRANSPORTATION, THEN HISTORICAL 6795 03:47:58,965 --> 03:47:59,599 RESEARCH ASSOCIATES FOR CULTURAL 6796 03:47:59,599 --> 03:48:01,434 RESOURCES. KIMLEY-HORN FOR AIR 6797 03:48:01,434 --> 03:48:03,236 QUALITY AND GREENHOUSE GAS 6798 03:48:03,236 --> 03:48:06,506 EMISSIONS, ENERGY AND NATURAL 6799 03:48:06,506 --> 03:48:07,807 RESOURCES AND NOISE MAKERS FOR 6800 03:48:07,807 --> 03:48:09,909 URBAN FORM. PARAMETRICS FOR 6801 03:48:09,909 --> 03:48:11,611 EARTH AND WATER QUALITY. PLANTS 6802 03:48:11,611 --> 03:48:14,414 AND ANIMALS AND UTILITIES. 6803 03:48:14,414 --> 03:48:16,482 SCHEMATA WORKSHOP FOR URBAN 6804 03:48:16,482 --> 03:48:18,851 FORUM AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 6805 03:48:18,851 --> 03:48:20,420 ADVISOR AND THEN STATE AND 6806 03:48:20,420 --> 03:48:22,155 FEDERAL AGENCIES AND TRIBAL 6807 03:48:22,155 --> 03:48:22,755 GOVERNMENTS WERE CONSULTED IN 6808 03:48:22,755 --> 03:48:24,624 DEVELOPING THE AIS AND WERE 6809 03:48:24,624 --> 03:48:26,292 EXPLICITLY GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES 6810 03:48:26,292 --> 03:48:28,528 FOR INPUT. AND DURING THE 6811 03:48:28,528 --> 03:48:29,629 SCOPING PROCESS FOR AN EIS, IT 6812 03:48:29,629 --> 03:48:31,864 SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ANYONE CAN 6813 03:48:31,864 --> 03:48:32,899 PROVIDE INPUT INTO WHAT SHOULD 6814 03:48:32,899 --> 03:48:34,367 BE STUDIED AND HOW IT SHOULD BE 6815 03:48:34,367 --> 03:48:36,502 STUDIED. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING 6816 03:48:36,502 --> 03:48:38,638 THE SCOPING PROCESS FOR THE ONE 6817 03:48:38,638 --> 03:48:41,741 SEATTLE PLAN, OPCD RECEIVED MORE 6818 03:48:41,741 --> 03:48:42,308 THAN 1000 COMMENTS ON WHAT 6819 03:48:42,308 --> 03:48:44,310 SHOULD BE STUDIED, BOTH IN TERMS 6820 03:48:44,310 --> 03:48:45,711 OF ALTERNATIVES AND THE ANALYSIS 6821 03:48:45,711 --> 03:48:48,448 THAT SHOULD BE DONE. AND IT'S MY 6822 03:48:48,448 --> 03:48:49,449 UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS ONE 6823 03:48:49,449 --> 03:48:50,383 OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL 6824 03:48:50,383 --> 03:48:51,984 OPPORTUNITIES TO SHAPE 6825 03:48:51,984 --> 03:48:54,320 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AT THAT 6826 03:48:54,320 --> 03:48:57,323 STAGE. NOW, BOTH EYES AND 6827 03:48:57,323 --> 03:48:57,724 DETERMINATIONS OF 6828 03:48:57,724 --> 03:49:00,326 NON-SIGNIFICANCE OR DNS PROVIDE 6829 03:49:00,326 --> 03:49:01,961 OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMENTS FOR 6830 03:49:01,961 --> 03:49:03,930 AN EIS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO 6831 03:49:03,930 --> 03:49:05,932 COMMENT COMES WHEN THE DRAFT EIS 6832 03:49:05,932 --> 03:49:09,302 IS COMPLETE. THE DRAFT EIS IS 6833 03:49:09,302 --> 03:49:11,070 PUBLISHED AND ANYONE CAN SUBMIT 6834 03:49:11,070 --> 03:49:13,506 THEIR CRITIQUES. CRITICISMS OF 6835 03:49:13,506 --> 03:49:14,006 THAT ANALYSIS THAT WAS 6836 03:49:14,006 --> 03:49:17,043 PERFORMED. NOW, I CAN ACTUALLY 6837 03:49:17,043 --> 03:49:18,311 RECALL DURING THE TOWN HALL 6838 03:49:18,311 --> 03:49:20,680 PHASE OF THE ONE SEATTLE 6839 03:49:20,680 --> 03:49:21,948 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FOUR OF THE 6840 03:49:21,948 --> 03:49:25,051 TOWN HALLS I HAD ATTENDED BACK 6841 03:49:25,051 --> 03:49:25,885 IN 2024. THEY HAD A TABLE 6842 03:49:25,885 --> 03:49:28,054 DESIGNATED FOR EIS COMMENTS. NOW 6843 03:49:28,054 --> 03:49:29,922 THE LEAD AGENCY AND CONSULTANT 6844 03:49:29,922 --> 03:49:31,724 TEAM ARE REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO 6845 03:49:31,724 --> 03:49:34,193 EVERY SUBSTANTIVE CRITIQUE. ICES 6846 03:49:34,193 --> 03:49:36,929 ARE FREQUENTLY AND EXTENSIVELY 6847 03:49:36,929 --> 03:49:37,697 UPDATED TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS, 6848 03:49:37,697 --> 03:49:42,034 AND FOR DNS, ANYONE CAN SUBMIT 6849 03:49:42,034 --> 03:49:42,502 COMMENTS IDENTIFYING 6850 03:49:42,502 --> 03:49:43,136 DEFICIENCIES OR PROBLEMS WITH 6851 03:49:43,136 --> 03:49:46,105 THE ANALYSIS THAT CAN BE 6852 03:49:46,105 --> 03:49:47,173 PERFORMED. SO FOR THE TYPES OF 6853 03:49:47,173 --> 03:49:49,208 LAND USE DECISIONS THAT ARE 6854 03:49:49,208 --> 03:49:51,310 CONSIDERED UNDER CONSIDERATION 6855 03:49:51,310 --> 03:49:53,045 IN THIS PARTICULAR BILL, THE 6856 03:49:53,045 --> 03:49:53,613 COUNCIL MUST HOLD A PUBLIC 6857 03:49:53,613 --> 03:49:55,381 HEARING AND TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT 6858 03:49:55,381 --> 03:49:59,051 BEFORE ACTING. THIS IS ONE 6859 03:49:59,051 --> 03:50:00,253 OPPORTUNITY OF MANY TO FOR 6860 03:50:00,253 --> 03:50:02,121 ANYONE TO RAISE THEIR CONCERNS 6861 03:50:02,121 --> 03:50:02,755 WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BEFORE 6862 03:50:02,755 --> 03:50:04,924 DECISION MAKERS ARE ACTING ON A 6863 03:50:04,924 --> 03:50:07,326 PIECE OF LEGISLATION. AND AS YOU 6864 03:50:07,326 --> 03:50:09,796 CAN IMAGINE, AND AS IS EVIDENCED 6865 03:50:09,796 --> 03:50:10,463 BY TODAY, WE HEAR FROM THE 6866 03:50:10,463 --> 03:50:12,865 PUBLIC A LOT, NOT JUST IN THIS 6867 03:50:12,865 --> 03:50:14,667 ROOM, BUT THROUGH OUR EMAILS, 6868 03:50:14,667 --> 03:50:16,569 PHONE CALLS IN COMMUNITY. I GET 6869 03:50:16,569 --> 03:50:19,739 STOPPED ON THE STREET TO TALK 6870 03:50:19,739 --> 03:50:20,339 ABOUT THE WORK OF THIS BODY. 6871 03:50:20,339 --> 03:50:21,107 VERY OFTEN IN THE WORK THAT 6872 03:50:21,107 --> 03:50:23,109 WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY. BUT IN 6873 03:50:23,109 --> 03:50:25,478 OTHER WORDS, AN EIS OR DNS IS 6874 03:50:25,478 --> 03:50:27,346 ONE INPUT FOR COUNCILMEMBER 6875 03:50:27,346 --> 03:50:29,148 DELIBERATIONS. AND WE HEAR QUITE 6876 03:50:29,148 --> 03:50:31,918 OFTEN AND CONSIDER ANY OTHER 6877 03:50:31,918 --> 03:50:34,153 INFORMATION THE PUBLIC WANTS TO 6878 03:50:34,153 --> 03:50:34,854 PROVIDE WHEN THEY ARE 6879 03:50:34,854 --> 03:50:35,621 CONSIDERED. WHEN WE ARE 6880 03:50:35,621 --> 03:50:38,791 CONSIDERING ADOPTING A BILL, AND 6881 03:50:38,791 --> 03:50:39,492 AS WAS EMPHASIZED IN PUBLIC 6882 03:50:39,492 --> 03:50:44,463 COMMENT AND AGAIN BY THE BILL 6883 03:50:44,463 --> 03:50:45,131 SPONSOR, THESE APPEALS CAN STILL 6884 03:50:45,131 --> 03:50:45,665 BE BROUGHT TO THE GROWTH 6885 03:50:45,665 --> 03:50:47,333 MANAGEMENT HEARING BOARD AT NO 6886 03:50:47,333 --> 03:50:50,436 COST OR TO THE KING COUNTY 6887 03:50:50,436 --> 03:50:51,270 SUPERIOR COURT AND APPEALS AND 6888 03:50:51,270 --> 03:50:52,505 -- LEGAL ACTION CAN STILL BE 6889 03:50:52,505 --> 03:50:54,574 BROUGHT ON FOR LAND USE 6890 03:50:54,574 --> 03:50:56,409 DECISIONS, INCLUDING COUNCIL 6891 03:50:56,409 --> 03:50:58,778 REZONES. DESIGNATIONS FOR MAJOR 6892 03:50:58,778 --> 03:50:59,645 INSTITUTIONS. MASTER PLANS AREA 6893 03:50:59,645 --> 03:51:01,480 WIDE REZONES. PUBLIC FACILITIES 6894 03:51:01,480 --> 03:51:02,949 THAT HAVE EXCEPTIONS TO CODE AND 6895 03:51:02,949 --> 03:51:04,283 MORE. SO COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU 6896 03:51:04,283 --> 03:51:05,551 FOR INDULGING ME ON THAT. I JUST 6897 03:51:05,551 --> 03:51:06,886 WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT 6898 03:51:06,886 --> 03:51:08,588 OPPORTUNITIES AND GROUND US IN 6899 03:51:08,588 --> 03:51:11,257 WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND THE 6900 03:51:11,257 --> 03:51:13,492 OPPORTUNITIES THE PUBLIC HAS TO 6901 03:51:13,492 --> 03:51:14,026 ENGAGE IN THIS DEMOCRATIC 6902 03:51:14,026 --> 03:51:16,362 PROCESS AND MORE BROADLY IN OUR 6903 03:51:16,362 --> 03:51:18,631 LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND WE SAW 6904 03:51:18,631 --> 03:51:20,166 THAT TODAY, AND I AM GRATEFUL 6905 03:51:20,166 --> 03:51:22,568 THAT WE HEARD SO MANY VOICES 6906 03:51:22,568 --> 03:51:24,537 TODAY. I WANT TO REFLECT A 6907 03:51:24,537 --> 03:51:25,171 COMMENT THAT STUCK WITH ME FROM 6908 03:51:25,171 --> 03:51:28,040 ONE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS 6909 03:51:28,040 --> 03:51:29,609 ABOUT HOW PEOPLE BEING ENGAGED 6910 03:51:29,609 --> 03:51:30,877 IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND FEELING 6911 03:51:30,877 --> 03:51:33,446 OWNERSHIP OVER THEIR 6912 03:51:33,446 --> 03:51:35,514 NEIGHBORHOODS IS AN ASSET TO OUR 6913 03:51:35,514 --> 03:51:36,749 CITY. AND SO I FEEL LUCKY THAT 6914 03:51:36,749 --> 03:51:38,251 THE MATTER THAT WE'RE TALKING 6915 03:51:38,251 --> 03:51:40,052 ABOUT TODAY IS A MATTER OF 6916 03:51:40,052 --> 03:51:40,820 ENGAGING AND THE LEVELS AND WAYS 6917 03:51:40,820 --> 03:51:43,456 THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ENGAGE ON 6918 03:51:43,456 --> 03:51:44,790 LAND USE MATTERS. AND REALLY, 6919 03:51:44,790 --> 03:51:47,760 WHAT IS THE WORK OF BUILDING OUR 6920 03:51:47,760 --> 03:51:51,197 CITY? AND TODAY WE HEARD A 6921 03:51:51,197 --> 03:51:52,932 COALITION OF SUPPORT FOR THIS 6922 03:51:52,932 --> 03:51:54,367 BILL FROM AFFORDABLE AND SOCIAL 6923 03:51:54,367 --> 03:51:54,867 HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND 6924 03:51:54,867 --> 03:51:57,536 PROVIDERS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 6925 03:51:57,536 --> 03:51:59,005 ATTORNEYS, SCIENTISTS, AND 6926 03:51:59,005 --> 03:52:00,406 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE 350 SEATTLE 6927 03:52:00,406 --> 03:52:02,942 AND PUGET SOUND, SAGE TENANT 6928 03:52:02,942 --> 03:52:04,610 RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. 6929 03:52:04,610 --> 03:52:05,244 YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY 6930 03:52:05,244 --> 03:52:07,013 THAT HOUSE OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE 6931 03:52:07,013 --> 03:52:09,215 SEATTLE METROPOLITAN CHAMBER OF 6932 03:52:09,215 --> 03:52:11,617 COMMERCE AGREE ON SOMETHING. BUT 6933 03:52:11,617 --> 03:52:13,886 I WANT TO CLOSE WITH THIS. 6934 03:52:13,886 --> 03:52:15,788 SEATTLE IS MY HOME, BUT I GREW 6935 03:52:15,788 --> 03:52:17,223 UP IN ANOTHER PLACE, A PLACE 6936 03:52:17,223 --> 03:52:20,059 WHERE WE HAD A SAYING, IF IT'S 6937 03:52:20,059 --> 03:52:21,394 YELLOW, LEAVE IT MELLOW. IF 6938 03:52:21,394 --> 03:52:23,496 IT'S BROWN, FLUSH IT DOWN. AND 6939 03:52:23,496 --> 03:52:25,364 IF ANYONE KNOWS THAT PHRASE, 6940 03:52:25,364 --> 03:52:27,667 IT'S IT'S GROSS. FIRST OF ALL, 6941 03:52:27,667 --> 03:52:29,001 BUT IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH 6942 03:52:29,001 --> 03:52:30,102 THAT PHRASE, IT'S SOMETHING I 6943 03:52:30,102 --> 03:52:31,304 FEEL LIKE WE WE TELL OURSELVES 6944 03:52:31,304 --> 03:52:33,339 TO COPE WITH DROUGHT CONDITIONS, 6945 03:52:33,339 --> 03:52:36,742 WHICH I GREW UP IN A LOT. AND SO 6946 03:52:36,742 --> 03:52:38,577 I KNOW MY WHOLE LIFE, LIKE MANY 6947 03:52:38,577 --> 03:52:40,246 MILLENNIALS AND YOUNGER 6948 03:52:40,246 --> 03:52:41,781 GENERATIONS, WE HAVE BEEN 6949 03:52:41,781 --> 03:52:43,282 STARING DOWN A CLIMATE CRISIS 6950 03:52:43,282 --> 03:52:45,184 OUR WHOLE LIVES. GROWING UP IN 6951 03:52:45,184 --> 03:52:46,485 CONSTANT DROUGHT, IT FELT REAL. 6952 03:52:46,485 --> 03:52:48,654 THE THOUGHT OF NOT HAVING WATER 6953 03:52:48,654 --> 03:52:53,392 TO DRINK IS TERRIFYING, AND THAT 6954 03:52:53,392 --> 03:52:53,926 CLIMATE ANXIETY HAS ONLY 6955 03:52:53,926 --> 03:52:55,428 AMPLIFIED AS OUR CLIMATE CRISIS 6956 03:52:55,428 --> 03:52:56,929 HAS WORSENED. AND AS I THEN 6957 03:52:56,929 --> 03:53:00,132 ENTERED INTO ADULTHOOD FROM 6958 03:53:00,132 --> 03:53:00,933 ALMOST GETTING HEATSTROKE IN MY 6959 03:53:00,933 --> 03:53:02,768 APARTMENT DURING THE HEAT DOME 6960 03:53:02,768 --> 03:53:03,769 HERE IN SEATTLE, NOW WE KNOW 6961 03:53:03,769 --> 03:53:04,537 THAT THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN 6962 03:53:04,537 --> 03:53:07,139 DO TO ADDRESS OUR CLIMATE CRISIS 6963 03:53:07,139 --> 03:53:08,274 LOCALLY, AND THAT IS WITHIN OUR 6964 03:53:08,274 --> 03:53:09,575 POWERS, IS TO LOWER OUR 6965 03:53:09,575 --> 03:53:12,044 EMISSIONS. AND IN THE CITY OF 6966 03:53:12,044 --> 03:53:13,179 SEATTLE, TWO THIRDS OF OUR 6967 03:53:13,179 --> 03:53:14,780 EMISSIONS ARE COMING FROM 6968 03:53:14,780 --> 03:53:17,350 TRANSPORTATION. AND WE LOWER OUR 6969 03:53:17,350 --> 03:53:18,517 EMISSIONS BY THOSE EMISSIONS BY 6970 03:53:18,517 --> 03:53:19,719 GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR 6971 03:53:19,719 --> 03:53:23,022 CARS. WE DO THAT NOT JUST BY 6972 03:53:23,022 --> 03:53:23,556 INCREASING PUBLIC TRANSIT 6973 03:53:23,556 --> 03:53:25,524 OPTIONS, BUT BY BUILDING MORE 6974 03:53:25,524 --> 03:53:26,959 HOUSING WITHIN THE CITY SO 6975 03:53:26,959 --> 03:53:28,961 PEOPLE CAN BE CLOSER TO THEIR 6976 03:53:28,961 --> 03:53:31,630 COMMUNITIES AND WHERE THEY WORK. 6977 03:53:31,630 --> 03:53:33,632 SO I VOTED YES IN COMMITTEE ON 6978 03:53:33,632 --> 03:53:35,334 THIS, AND I'LL BE VOTING YES 6979 03:53:35,334 --> 03:53:37,103 TODAY. AND I DO WANT TO THANK 6980 03:53:37,103 --> 03:53:38,304 OUR LAND USE CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER 6981 03:53:38,304 --> 03:53:39,338 LIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE 6982 03:53:39,338 --> 03:53:42,007 DONE ON THIS. AS WAS REFLECTED 6983 03:53:42,007 --> 03:53:44,176 BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I 6984 03:53:44,176 --> 03:53:46,445 PARDON ME. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I 6985 03:53:46,445 --> 03:53:47,747 TOO HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED OVER 6986 03:53:47,747 --> 03:53:49,048 THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT 6987 03:53:49,048 --> 03:53:52,318 THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE HAS THEN 6988 03:53:52,318 --> 03:53:53,919 INCLUDED DIRECT ATTACKS ON YOU 6989 03:53:53,919 --> 03:53:57,289 AS A PERSON, AND I KNOW THAT 6990 03:53:57,289 --> 03:54:01,627 YOUR WORK ON THIS BILL HAS BEEN 6991 03:54:01,627 --> 03:54:02,762 GUIDED BY A URGENCY TO MOVE 6992 03:54:02,762 --> 03:54:04,597 TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE VERY REAL 6993 03:54:04,597 --> 03:54:05,197 AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES THAT 6994 03:54:05,197 --> 03:54:06,899 OUR CITY AND OUR CLIMATE CRISIS, 6995 03:54:06,899 --> 03:54:08,100 AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT. AND 6996 03:54:08,100 --> 03:54:08,934 I KNOW THAT THIS BILL WILL 6997 03:54:08,934 --> 03:54:10,770 POSITION US BETTER AS DECISION 6998 03:54:10,770 --> 03:54:12,538 MAKERS TO TAKE THE OVERDUE 6999 03:54:12,538 --> 03:54:13,839 ACTION TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING 7000 03:54:13,839 --> 03:54:15,608 AND CLIMATE CRISIS. THANK YOU. 7001 03:54:15,608 --> 03:54:18,411 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 7002 03:54:18,411 --> 03:54:19,545 RINCK. COUNCILMEMBER, IS IT 7003 03:54:19,545 --> 03:54:20,613 BEFORE WE GO TO YOU, IS THERE 7004 03:54:20,613 --> 03:54:22,114 ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBER THAT 7005 03:54:22,114 --> 03:54:24,450 WANTED TO TALK BEFORE WE DO 7006 03:54:24,450 --> 03:54:27,353 SECOND? OKAY. 7007 03:54:27,353 --> 03:54:27,987 -- COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER 7008 03:54:27,987 --> 03:54:28,254 STRAUSS. 7009 03:54:28,254 --> 03:54:29,155 -- IS THAT OKAY? COUNCILMEMBER 7010 03:54:29,155 --> 03:54:30,456 RIVERA JUST LETTING EVERYONE 7011 03:54:30,456 --> 03:54:31,123 TALK FIRST AND THEN WE'LL COME 7012 03:54:31,123 --> 03:54:32,124 BACK. OKAY. AWESOME. 7013 03:54:32,124 --> 03:54:33,159 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. FOLLOWED 7014 03:54:33,159 --> 03:54:35,795 BY. DAN. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 7015 03:54:35,795 --> 03:54:36,762 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7016 03:54:36,762 --> 03:54:38,531 OVERALL, I'M DISAPPOINTED ABOUT 7017 03:54:38,531 --> 03:54:40,533 HOW THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LED 7018 03:54:40,533 --> 03:54:41,600 THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION. THIS 7019 03:54:41,600 --> 03:54:42,635 BILL WAS HEARD IN COMMITTEE FOUR 7020 03:54:42,635 --> 03:54:43,769 TIMES AND WAITED TWO WEEKS TO 7021 03:54:43,769 --> 03:54:45,337 COME TO COUNCIL. AND YET THE 7022 03:54:45,337 --> 03:54:47,273 TIMING AND POLICY FRAMING HAS 7023 03:54:47,273 --> 03:54:51,844 MADE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT 7024 03:54:51,844 --> 03:54:53,712 EVERYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THIS 7025 03:54:53,712 --> 03:54:56,182 BILL. WE HAVE PEOPLE LITERALLY 7026 03:54:56,182 --> 03:54:57,149 TALKING PAST EACH OTHER. IT IS, 7027 03:54:57,149 --> 03:54:58,250 IN FACT, POSSIBLE THAT DIFFERENT 7028 03:54:58,250 --> 03:55:01,821 SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY CAN 7029 03:55:01,821 --> 03:55:03,656 LOOK AT THE SAME WORDS ON A 7030 03:55:03,656 --> 03:55:04,223 PIECE OF PAPER AND COME TO 7031 03:55:04,223 --> 03:55:06,792 DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS. DOES 7032 03:55:06,792 --> 03:55:11,864 PASSING THIS BILL HELP OR HARM 7033 03:55:11,864 --> 03:55:12,698 THE ENVIRONMENT? DOES NOT 7034 03:55:12,698 --> 03:55:15,101 PASSING THIS BILL HELP OR HARM 7035 03:55:15,101 --> 03:55:22,775 THE ENVIRONMENT IT IS OUR JOB TO 7036 03:55:22,775 --> 03:55:23,375 STEWARD THE COMMUNITY THROUGH 7037 03:55:23,375 --> 03:55:26,312 THIS CONVERSATION IN A WAY THAT 7038 03:55:26,312 --> 03:55:26,946 DECREASES CONFLICT AND INCREASES 7039 03:55:26,946 --> 03:55:28,881 OUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO 7040 03:55:28,881 --> 03:55:29,748 A COMMON FUTURE THAT IS BRIGHTER 7041 03:55:29,748 --> 03:55:34,353 AND BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE 7042 03:55:34,353 --> 03:55:35,521 TODAY. I AM DISAPPOINTED WHERE 7043 03:55:35,521 --> 03:55:39,859 THIS PROCESS HAS LANDED US AND 7044 03:55:39,859 --> 03:55:42,528 HAS BEEN EXPLAINED FOR YOU, THE 7045 03:55:42,528 --> 03:55:44,630 PUBLIC AND OUR RESIDENTS. THE 7046 03:55:44,630 --> 03:55:48,000 NUMBER AND THE CONTENT OF 7047 03:55:48,000 --> 03:55:49,935 AMENDMENTS AT FULL COUNCIL IS 7048 03:55:49,935 --> 03:55:50,569 THE DATA POINT THAT DESCRIBES, 7049 03:55:50,569 --> 03:55:52,872 THROUGH ACTION THAT THIS 7050 03:55:52,872 --> 03:55:54,240 CONVERSATION HAS BEEN PASSED 7051 03:55:54,240 --> 03:55:56,175 EACH OTHER, RATHER THAN WITH 7052 03:55:56,175 --> 03:55:57,877 EACH OTHER. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M 7053 03:55:57,877 --> 03:55:58,644 DISAPPOINTED IN TODAY. THANK 7054 03:55:58,644 --> 03:56:00,479 YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7055 03:56:00,479 --> 03:56:03,516 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 7056 03:56:03,516 --> 03:56:05,851 STRAUSS COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 7057 03:56:05,851 --> 03:56:07,820 -- I THINK EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. 7058 03:56:07,820 --> 03:56:09,221 COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU. 7059 03:56:09,221 --> 03:56:10,456 COUNCILMEMBER. LIN AGAIN FOR 7060 03:56:10,456 --> 03:56:13,259 BRINGING THIS LEGISLATION 7061 03:56:13,259 --> 03:56:14,059 FORWARD. I'LL PUT THE CART IN 7062 03:56:14,059 --> 03:56:14,760 FRONT OF THE HORSE AND SAY I 7063 03:56:14,760 --> 03:56:16,862 WAS, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORTED THIS 7064 03:56:16,862 --> 03:56:17,963 IN COMMITTEE AND I'LL BE 7065 03:56:17,963 --> 03:56:19,965 SUPPORTING IT AGAIN TODAY. AND 7066 03:56:19,965 --> 03:56:23,802 I'LL BE BRIEF WITH MY REMARKS. 7067 03:56:23,802 --> 03:56:25,271 YOU KNOW, FROM MY VANTAGE POINT 7068 03:56:25,271 --> 03:56:27,072 AS CHAIR OF HOUSING, ONE OF THE 7069 03:56:27,072 --> 03:56:28,107 THINGS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE 7070 03:56:28,107 --> 03:56:29,608 ARE FOCUSED ON IN THIS CITY IS 7071 03:56:29,608 --> 03:56:32,845 SPURRING ADDITIONAL HOUSING 7072 03:56:32,845 --> 03:56:34,847 PRODUCTION, AND WE NEED TO DO IT 7073 03:56:34,847 --> 03:56:36,248 ACROSS ALL INCOME LEVELS AND ALL 7074 03:56:36,248 --> 03:56:37,216 TYPES, AND WE NEED TO DO IT IN A 7075 03:56:37,216 --> 03:56:39,552 WAY THAT IS INCLUSIVE BECAUSE, 7076 03:56:39,552 --> 03:56:43,889 AS WAS ALREADY STATED, SPRAWL IS 7077 03:56:43,889 --> 03:56:45,457 ONE OF THE MOST THREATENING 7078 03:56:45,457 --> 03:56:47,927 THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE 7079 03:56:47,927 --> 03:56:49,128 CHANGE AND NOT JUST CLIMATE 7080 03:56:49,128 --> 03:56:52,131 CHANGE, BUT ENJOYING YOUR LIVES 7081 03:56:52,131 --> 03:56:52,798 AND HAVING LIVABILITY. I TALK A 7082 03:56:52,798 --> 03:56:55,467 LOT TO FOLKS WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF 7083 03:56:55,467 --> 03:56:56,902 THE CITY AND ARE COMMUTING IN 7084 03:56:56,902 --> 03:56:58,370 FOR WORK OR PLAY OR FUN OR 7085 03:56:58,370 --> 03:56:59,505 CHURCH, AND THAT HAS AN IMPACT 7086 03:56:59,505 --> 03:57:01,607 NOT JUST ON CLIMATE WHEN FOLKS 7087 03:57:01,607 --> 03:57:04,143 ARE IN THEIR CARS, BUT ALSO ON 7088 03:57:04,143 --> 03:57:06,612 YOUR TIME AND ANYBODY'S ABILITY 7089 03:57:06,612 --> 03:57:08,581 TO ENJOY THEIR LIFE AND THEIR 7090 03:57:08,581 --> 03:57:10,883 LIVELIHOOD. AND I THINK THAT'S, 7091 03:57:10,883 --> 03:57:13,052 THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO 7092 03:57:13,052 --> 03:57:14,153 CONTINUE TO ADDRESS WITH HOUSING 7093 03:57:14,153 --> 03:57:14,687 AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING 7094 03:57:14,687 --> 03:57:17,056 INVESTMENTS IN OUR CITY. AND 7095 03:57:17,056 --> 03:57:17,890 I'LL SAY AGAIN, I THINK THAT 7096 03:57:17,890 --> 03:57:20,259 WHAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD 7097 03:57:20,259 --> 03:57:22,795 HERE, I DO SEE IT AS REFORM TO 7098 03:57:22,795 --> 03:57:25,164 OUR PROCESS, GIVEN THAT WE WILL 7099 03:57:25,164 --> 03:57:26,599 STILL HAVE THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT 7100 03:57:26,599 --> 03:57:28,734 PROCESS AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS 7101 03:57:28,734 --> 03:57:30,402 WHO WANT TO SEEK AN APPEAL, 7102 03:57:30,402 --> 03:57:32,338 GIVEN THE APPLICATION WHEN IT 7103 03:57:32,338 --> 03:57:34,206 COMES TO PROJECT LEVEL ACTIONS. 7104 03:57:34,206 --> 03:57:36,542 AND I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I 7105 03:57:36,542 --> 03:57:38,077 APPRECIATE THE CLARITY THAT WE 7106 03:57:38,077 --> 03:57:39,211 GOT TO HAVE IN OUR LAST 7107 03:57:39,211 --> 03:57:41,647 COMMITTEE WHEN WE HAD THIS 7108 03:57:41,647 --> 03:57:42,281 DISCUSSION AROUND APPLICABILITY 7109 03:57:42,281 --> 03:57:43,382 OF THIS. SO FROM MY VANTAGE 7110 03:57:43,382 --> 03:57:45,651 POINT, I THINK THIS IS A 7111 03:57:45,651 --> 03:57:46,685 SUCCESSFUL APPROACH AT REFORM. I 7112 03:57:46,685 --> 03:57:49,254 THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, 7113 03:57:49,254 --> 03:57:52,224 NO FURTHER THAN OTHER CITIES 7114 03:57:52,224 --> 03:57:54,860 LIKE BELLEVUE AND EVERETT, WHO 7115 03:57:54,860 --> 03:57:56,362 HAVE ALREADY HAVE THIS PROCESS 7116 03:57:56,362 --> 03:57:58,263 IN PLACE, THIS CHANGE IN THIS 7117 03:57:58,263 --> 03:57:59,465 DIFFERENCE IN PLACE TO SEE THAT 7118 03:57:59,465 --> 03:58:01,800 THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN PUT IN 7119 03:58:01,800 --> 03:58:04,069 PLACE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE 7120 03:58:04,069 --> 03:58:05,738 SUCCESS IN BEING, BEING A CITY 7121 03:58:05,738 --> 03:58:06,772 AND BEING THE LARGEST CITY IN 7122 03:58:06,772 --> 03:58:08,807 THE STATE, I THINK WE HAVE A 7123 03:58:08,807 --> 03:58:09,975 RESPONSIBILITY TO STRIKE THAT 7124 03:58:09,975 --> 03:58:11,510 BALANCE. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT 7125 03:58:11,510 --> 03:58:12,177 THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT 7126 03:58:12,177 --> 03:58:13,379 FORWARD STRIKES THAT BALANCE. SO 7127 03:58:13,379 --> 03:58:15,848 I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT TODAY. 7128 03:58:15,848 --> 03:58:16,148 THANK YOU. 7129 03:58:16,148 --> 03:58:18,317 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 7130 03:58:18,317 --> 03:58:18,984 FOSTER. AND BEFORE YOU GO TO 7131 03:58:18,984 --> 03:58:20,619 YOUR LAST WORDS, COUNCILMEMBER 7132 03:58:20,619 --> 03:58:22,154 LIN, I'LL SPEAK ABOUT I JUST 7133 03:58:22,154 --> 03:58:24,390 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING 7134 03:58:24,390 --> 03:58:24,990 THIS FORWARD AND JUST DOUBLE 7135 03:58:24,990 --> 03:58:26,592 DOWN ON WHAT EVERYONE SAID ABOUT 7136 03:58:26,592 --> 03:58:28,227 THE. OFTENTIMES, WE MISS THE 7137 03:58:28,227 --> 03:58:28,961 POLICY DISCUSSION. WE GO 7138 03:58:28,961 --> 03:58:32,231 STRAIGHT TO CHARACTER 7139 03:58:32,231 --> 03:58:34,833 ASSASSINATIONS, AND IT'S JUST 7140 03:58:34,833 --> 03:58:36,902 UNFORTUNATE. SO I JUST WANT TO 7141 03:58:36,902 --> 03:58:38,137 SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE 7142 03:58:38,137 --> 03:58:40,005 WE DO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND 7143 03:58:40,005 --> 03:58:42,741 BUT IT COMES FROM BOTH SIDES. 7144 03:58:42,741 --> 03:58:44,410 OKAY, SO JUST WANT TO JUST WANT 7145 03:58:44,410 --> 03:58:45,577 TO STATE THAT IN COMMITTEE, I 7146 03:58:45,577 --> 03:58:46,845 VOTED TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I 7147 03:58:46,845 --> 03:58:49,114 NEEDED MORE INFORMATION, 7148 03:58:49,114 --> 03:58:52,484 COMMUNITY TRANSPARENCY AND PLAIN 7149 03:58:52,484 --> 03:58:53,052 LANGUAGE TO UNDERSTAND THE 7150 03:58:53,052 --> 03:58:54,453 PROCESSES, PROCEDURES AND HOW WE 7151 03:58:54,453 --> 03:58:57,423 WERE, HOW WE WERE MOVING 7152 03:58:57,423 --> 03:58:59,992 FORWARD. AND SO I REALLY 7153 03:58:59,992 --> 03:59:00,626 APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME. 7154 03:59:00,626 --> 03:59:05,164 I KNOW WE HEARD IT A LOT IN 7155 03:59:05,164 --> 03:59:08,233 COMMITTEE AND BOTH SIDES HAD 7156 03:59:08,233 --> 03:59:09,201 VALID POINTS AS WELL, AND 7157 03:59:09,201 --> 03:59:12,037 THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT TWO 7158 03:59:12,037 --> 03:59:13,138 AMENDMENTS TO THIS BILL, WHICH 7159 03:59:13,138 --> 03:59:15,174 WAS TO EXTEND IT FROM 30 DAYS TO 7160 03:59:15,174 --> 03:59:17,443 45 DAYS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD 7161 03:59:17,443 --> 03:59:18,844 THE AMENDMENT TODAY TO HAVE 7162 03:59:18,844 --> 03:59:21,580 PLAIN ENGLISH AS WELL. AND I 7163 03:59:21,580 --> 03:59:23,615 ALSO KNOW THAT I WILL CONTINUE 7164 03:59:23,615 --> 03:59:24,316 TO WORK ON BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT 7165 03:59:24,316 --> 03:59:29,021 THERE'S NOT JUST BILLS THAT. 7166 03:59:29,021 --> 03:59:31,390 SLOW DOWN. IF SOME PEOPLE LIKE 7167 03:59:31,390 --> 03:59:33,158 SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS OR 7168 03:59:33,158 --> 03:59:34,026 HOUSING. THERE ARE THINGS RIGHT 7169 03:59:34,026 --> 03:59:35,961 NOW THE CITY CAN PERMIT FEES, 7170 03:59:35,961 --> 03:59:38,130 FINANCING AND LOANS, BUILDING 7171 03:59:38,130 --> 03:59:41,033 CODES, COSTS OF MATERIALS, 7172 03:59:41,033 --> 03:59:43,469 EXECUTION OF PROJECTS, UTILITY 7173 03:59:43,469 --> 03:59:44,069 CONNECTIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE, 7174 03:59:44,069 --> 03:59:45,404 EXPENSIVE LAND. I HAVE PROJECTS 7175 03:59:45,404 --> 03:59:48,006 ALL OVER IN THE DISTRICT THAT 7176 03:59:48,006 --> 03:59:51,043 EITHER DON'T HAVE FINANCING. 7177 03:59:51,043 --> 03:59:51,710 THEY CAN'T GET STARTED. NUMBERS 7178 03:59:51,710 --> 03:59:55,781 DON'T WORK. THE UTILITY FEES 7179 03:59:55,781 --> 03:59:57,216 ARE HIGH TO CONNECT THE DOT TO 7180 03:59:57,216 --> 03:59:59,318 DO THE BEAUTIFICATION AND 7181 03:59:59,318 --> 03:59:59,952 INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. THERE 7182 03:59:59,952 --> 04:00:03,522 ARE A TON OF THINGS THAT GO INTO 7183 04:00:03,522 --> 04:00:07,059 BUILDING PROJECTS THAT DO NOT 7184 04:00:07,059 --> 04:00:08,894 INVOLVE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE 7185 04:00:08,894 --> 04:00:11,497 WITHIN OUR REACH, THAT WE CAN BE 7186 04:00:11,497 --> 04:00:12,531 ABLE TO CUT RED TAPE AND BE ABLE 7187 04:00:12,531 --> 04:00:13,532 TO DO. AND I'M ALWAYS COMMITTED 7188 04:00:13,532 --> 04:00:18,036 TO THAT. SO COUNCILMEMBER LIN 7189 04:00:18,036 --> 04:00:18,837 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AMENDMENT 7190 04:00:18,837 --> 04:00:21,206 OR EXCUSE ME, THIS BILL, I KNOW 7191 04:00:21,206 --> 04:00:22,574 EXACTLY WHERE YOUR HEART IS AT 7192 04:00:22,574 --> 04:00:24,743 AND WHERE IT CONTINUES TO BE AT 7193 04:00:24,743 --> 04:00:26,845 FOR THIS AND, AND FIXING A 7194 04:00:26,845 --> 04:00:28,614 PROBLEM TO MAKE THINGS FASTER 7195 04:00:28,614 --> 04:00:30,082 AND REACH THE SENSE OF URGENCY 7196 04:00:30,082 --> 04:00:33,519 THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR, FOR 7197 04:00:33,519 --> 04:00:34,720 HOUSING AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, 7198 04:00:34,720 --> 04:00:36,021 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I DON'T KNOW 7199 04:00:36,021 --> 04:00:38,090 IF THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS THAT 7200 04:00:38,090 --> 04:00:39,291 NEED TO SPEAK OR WOULD LIKE TO 7201 04:00:39,291 --> 04:00:40,259 SPEAK. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA, 7202 04:00:40,259 --> 04:00:42,694 DID YOU HAVE FINAL COMMENTS 7203 04:00:42,694 --> 04:00:45,197 BEFORE I PASS IT TO 7204 04:00:45,197 --> 04:00:45,631 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 7205 04:00:45,631 --> 04:00:47,232 -- AGREED COUNCIL PRESIDENT IN 7206 04:00:47,232 --> 04:00:51,270 TERMS OF YOU KNOW, I DO 7207 04:00:51,270 --> 04:00:51,904 APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 7208 04:00:51,904 --> 04:00:53,338 YOUR POINT ABOUT. I DON'T THINK 7209 04:00:53,338 --> 04:00:54,706 THIS IS A THING THAT'S ACTUALLY 7210 04:00:54,706 --> 04:00:57,810 CAUSING THE MOST BOTTLENECKS TO 7211 04:00:57,810 --> 04:00:59,711 THE CREATION OF HOUSING. I 7212 04:00:59,711 --> 04:01:00,679 SUPPORT CREATION OF HOUSING, AND 7213 04:01:00,679 --> 04:01:02,714 I'M HERE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS 7214 04:01:02,714 --> 04:01:05,717 ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO 7215 04:01:05,717 --> 04:01:06,318 INCENTIVIZE THAT, BECAUSE WE 7216 04:01:06,318 --> 04:01:09,922 NEED HOUSING OF ALL KINDS JUST 7217 04:01:09,922 --> 04:01:12,758 ACROSS THE BOARD. SO I LOOK 7218 04:01:12,758 --> 04:01:13,292 FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED 7219 04:01:13,292 --> 04:01:15,527 CONVERSATION. I DID HAVE IN MY 7220 04:01:15,527 --> 04:01:17,229 CONVERSATION WITH THE HEARING 7221 04:01:17,229 --> 04:01:18,096 EXAMINER. HE ALSO MENTIONED, YOU 7222 04:01:18,096 --> 04:01:21,366 KNOW, IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, 7223 04:01:21,366 --> 04:01:23,302 MAYBE HIS DECISIONS HAVE BEEN OR 7224 04:01:23,302 --> 04:01:24,503 THE HEARING EXAMINER'S 7225 04:01:24,503 --> 04:01:28,307 DECISIONS, I BELIEVE, HAVE ONLY 7226 04:01:28,307 --> 04:01:30,409 BEEN REVERSED TWICE. I THINK. SO 7227 04:01:30,409 --> 04:01:32,744 I JUST I THINK THAT AT THIS 7228 04:01:32,744 --> 04:01:34,046 POINT IN TIME, THIS ISN'T THE 7229 04:01:34,046 --> 04:01:37,216 THING. AND SO I WON'T BE 7230 04:01:37,216 --> 04:01:38,250 SUPPORTING THIS BILL. 7231 04:01:38,250 --> 04:01:40,252 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND I SO 7232 04:01:40,252 --> 04:01:41,486 APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS 7233 04:01:41,486 --> 04:01:42,654 WE'VE WE'VE HAD, BUT I AM HERE 7234 04:01:42,654 --> 04:01:45,023 TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS 7235 04:01:45,023 --> 04:01:46,425 COUNCILMEMBER LIN ON WHAT WE CAN 7236 04:01:46,425 --> 04:01:48,594 DO TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF 7237 04:01:48,594 --> 04:01:50,929 MORE HOUSING IN THE CITY. THANK 7238 04:01:50,929 --> 04:01:51,396 YOU. 7239 04:01:51,396 --> 04:01:53,432 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 7240 04:01:53,432 --> 04:01:54,366 RIVERA COUNCILMEMBER LIN FINAL 7241 04:01:54,366 --> 04:01:54,633 COMMENTS. 7242 04:01:54,633 --> 04:01:55,767 -- YEAH, THANK YOU ALL. AND I'LL 7243 04:01:55,767 --> 04:01:57,202 TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT. I KNOW 7244 04:01:57,202 --> 04:02:00,405 PEOPLE NEED TO GET GOING. I KNOW 7245 04:02:00,405 --> 04:02:04,877 THAT CHANGE IS HARD. YOU KNOW, 7246 04:02:04,877 --> 04:02:06,411 PEOPLE ARE WHO WHO TAKE 7247 04:02:06,411 --> 04:02:08,647 ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROCESS ARE 7248 04:02:08,647 --> 04:02:10,115 USED TO IT. BUT I THINK, YOU 7249 04:02:10,115 --> 04:02:13,318 KNOW, THE QUESTION FOR ME, FOR 7250 04:02:13,318 --> 04:02:14,486 LEGISLATIVE MATTERS, AND THIS 7251 04:02:14,486 --> 04:02:16,622 IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT FOR 7252 04:02:16,622 --> 04:02:17,256 PROJECT BASED DECISIONS WHERE WE 7253 04:02:17,256 --> 04:02:19,358 ARE NOT THE DECISION MAKERS, BUT 7254 04:02:19,358 --> 04:02:21,126 FOR LEGISLATIVE MATTERS, WE ARE 7255 04:02:21,126 --> 04:02:23,195 THE DECISION MAKERS. AND THAT'S 7256 04:02:23,195 --> 04:02:24,429 AT THE HEART OF THIS FOR ME IS 7257 04:02:24,429 --> 04:02:27,766 WHERE DO PEOPLE GO TO MAKE THEIR 7258 04:02:27,766 --> 04:02:28,934 VOICES HEARD? DO WE SEND PEOPLE 7259 04:02:28,934 --> 04:02:30,435 OFF TO THE HEARING EXAMINER WHO 7260 04:02:30,435 --> 04:02:34,806 HAS NO ABILITY TO MAKE 7261 04:02:34,806 --> 04:02:35,941 SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, WHO HAS NO 7262 04:02:35,941 --> 04:02:38,477 ABILITY TO FOSTER DIALOG, 7263 04:02:38,477 --> 04:02:41,280 COMPROMISE SOLUTIONS, AND I 7264 04:02:41,280 --> 04:02:44,716 REALLY SEE IT AS A DELEGATION OF 7265 04:02:44,716 --> 04:02:45,884 OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENGAGE 7266 04:02:45,884 --> 04:02:49,288 MORE DIRECTLY. SO I BELIEVE THAT 7267 04:02:49,288 --> 04:02:52,958 BY, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE SO 7268 04:02:52,958 --> 04:02:54,760 MUCH TIME AND RESOURCES, AND 7269 04:02:54,760 --> 04:02:55,360 THIS WOULD GIVE US ADDITIONAL 7270 04:02:55,360 --> 04:02:57,896 TIME AND RESOURCES TO, TO DO 7271 04:02:57,896 --> 04:03:00,265 THAT DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WHERE I 7272 04:03:00,265 --> 04:03:03,635 BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET 7273 04:03:03,635 --> 04:03:05,470 BETTER OUTCOMES AND BETTER 7274 04:03:05,470 --> 04:03:07,439 DEMOCRACY WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 7275 04:03:07,439 --> 04:03:09,575 THAT'S WHY I HAD FOR COMMITTEE 7276 04:03:09,575 --> 04:03:10,242 MEETINGS ON THIS BECAUSE I, YOU 7277 04:03:10,242 --> 04:03:11,710 KNOW, I'M NOT JUST ABOUT 7278 04:03:11,710 --> 04:03:14,012 RUSHING THE PROCESS. I'M ABOUT 7279 04:03:14,012 --> 04:03:14,913 IMPROVING THE PROCESS. AND 7280 04:03:14,913 --> 04:03:16,148 THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE THIS BILL 7281 04:03:16,148 --> 04:03:19,117 DOES. I BELIEVE IT FOSTERS 7282 04:03:19,117 --> 04:03:22,254 DIALOG BY BY PUTTING COUNCIL 7283 04:03:22,254 --> 04:03:24,356 BACK IN THE CENTER SEAT OF 7284 04:03:24,356 --> 04:03:26,858 ENGAGING WITH HOW TO PROTECT THE 7285 04:03:26,858 --> 04:03:28,593 ENVIRONMENT, HOW TO UNDERSTAND 7286 04:03:28,593 --> 04:03:30,963 THE IMPACTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT. 7287 04:03:30,963 --> 04:03:31,830 AND WITH THAT, I WOULD URGE YOUR 7288 04:03:31,830 --> 04:03:32,097 SUPPORT. 7289 04:03:32,097 --> 04:03:32,864 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 7290 04:03:32,864 --> 04:03:34,166 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WILL THE CLERK 7291 04:03:34,166 --> 04:03:36,134 PLEASE CALL? ARE THERE ANY OTHER 7292 04:03:36,134 --> 04:03:37,803 FINAL FINAL COMMENTS? WILL THE 7293 04:03:37,803 --> 04:03:39,538 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 7294 04:03:39,538 --> 04:03:43,275 THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 7295 04:03:43,275 --> 04:03:43,942 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AMENDED. I'M 7296 04:03:43,942 --> 04:03:45,110 SORRY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 7297 04:03:45,110 --> 04:03:45,711 CALL THE ROLL ON THE ON THE 7298 04:03:45,711 --> 04:03:51,316 PASSAGE OF THE BILL, AS AMENDED 7299 04:03:51,316 --> 04:03:51,783 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 7300 04:03:51,783 --> 04:03:53,919 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 7301 04:03:53,919 --> 04:03:54,353 -- A. 7302 04:03:54,353 --> 04:03:56,388 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES. 7303 04:03:56,388 --> 04:04:00,726 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 7304 04:04:00,726 --> 04:04:01,159 -- NO. 7305 04:04:01,159 --> 04:04:01,760 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE A. 7306 04:04:01,760 --> 04:04:02,794 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 7307 04:04:02,794 --> 04:04:03,028 -- YES. 7308 04:04:03,028 --> 04:04:07,599 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 7309 04:04:07,599 --> 04:04:07,866 -- YES. 7310 04:04:07,866 --> 04:04:08,467 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 7311 04:04:08,467 --> 04:04:09,835 -- NO 7312 04:04:09,835 --> 04:04:11,837 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7313 04:04:11,837 --> 04:04:12,204 HOLLINGSWORTH. 7314 04:04:12,204 --> 04:04:12,437 -- NO. 7315 04:04:12,437 --> 04:04:15,040 -- THAT IS FIVE IN FAVOR. FOUR 7316 04:04:15,040 --> 04:04:15,407 OPPOSED PASSES. 7317 04:04:15,407 --> 04:04:17,442 -- THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL 7318 04:04:17,442 --> 04:04:17,976 THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY 7319 04:04:17,976 --> 04:04:19,077 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 7320 04:04:19,077 --> 04:04:21,446 MY BEHALF? CONGRATULATIONS, 7321 04:04:21,446 --> 04:04:22,848 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. WILL THE 7322 04:04:22,848 --> 04:04:25,017 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 7323 04:04:25,017 --> 04:04:32,557 FOUR INTO THE RECORD? PARDON ME. 7324 04:04:32,557 --> 04:04:33,392 OH, LORD. 7325 04:04:33,392 --> 04:04:35,193 -- THE REPORT OF THE CITY 7326 04:04:35,193 --> 04:04:38,030 COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM THREE. 7327 04:04:38,030 --> 04:04:40,298 COUNCIL BILL 121256 RELATING TO 7328 04:04:40,298 --> 04:04:41,767 CITY EMPLOYMENT. AUTHORIZING 7329 04:04:41,767 --> 04:04:42,300 EXECUTION. MEMORANDUM OF 7330 04:04:42,300 --> 04:04:44,102 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF 7331 04:04:44,102 --> 04:04:44,736 SEATTLE AND THE PROFESSIONAL AND 7332 04:04:44,736 --> 04:04:47,172 TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES. LOCAL 17 7333 04:04:47,172 --> 04:04:49,875 REGARDING THE CREATION OF THE 7334 04:04:49,875 --> 04:04:50,409 FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEER 7335 04:04:50,409 --> 04:04:53,078 CLASSIFICATION SERIES. 7336 04:04:53,078 --> 04:05:03,155 -- THIS COUNCIL BILL 12125766. 7337 04:05:03,155 --> 04:05:04,122 ONE. SECOND. HOLLY, I DON'T 7338 04:05:04,122 --> 04:05:04,322 HAVE. 7339 04:05:04,322 --> 04:05:05,357 -- A PAPER. 7340 04:05:05,357 --> 04:05:07,092 -- SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO BE AT 7341 04:05:07,092 --> 04:05:08,994 E OKAY. FOUND IT. SORRY. MY 7342 04:05:08,994 --> 04:05:09,895 APOLOGIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 7343 04:05:09,895 --> 04:05:11,029 NUMBER THREE INTO THE RECORD. 7344 04:05:11,029 --> 04:05:12,631 YOU JUST READ IT. OKAY, I MOVE 7345 04:05:12,631 --> 04:05:15,367 TO PASS COUNCIL BILL 121256. IS 7346 04:05:15,367 --> 04:05:16,802 THERE A SECOND? SECOND. AWESOME. 7347 04:05:16,802 --> 04:05:17,636 IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO 7348 04:05:17,636 --> 04:05:19,171 PASS THE BILL. AS SPONSOR OF THE 7349 04:05:19,171 --> 04:05:21,339 BILL. I WILL ADDRESS IT. THANK 7350 04:05:21,339 --> 04:05:23,341 YOU, KARINA, FOR SENDING US SUCH 7351 04:05:23,341 --> 04:05:28,346 A DETAILED MEMO ABOUT THIS BILL. 7352 04:05:28,346 --> 04:05:28,880 COUNCIL BILL 121256 WOULD 7353 04:05:28,880 --> 04:05:33,652 AUTHORIZE A A MEMORANDUM OF 7354 04:05:33,652 --> 04:05:35,787 MEMORY MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT 7355 04:05:35,787 --> 04:05:39,691 BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE 7356 04:05:39,691 --> 04:05:42,394 PROFESSIONAL AND TECH LORD 7357 04:05:42,394 --> 04:05:44,729 PROTECT. 17 OKAY. REGARDING THE 7358 04:05:44,729 --> 04:05:47,599 ACCRETION OF THE FIRE PROTECTION 7359 04:05:47,599 --> 04:05:48,834 ENGINEER CLASSIFICATION SERIES 7360 04:05:48,834 --> 04:05:51,336 IN THE PROTECT. 17 STRATEGIC 7361 04:05:51,336 --> 04:05:53,105 ADVISORS AND MANAGERS COLLECTIVE 7362 04:05:53,105 --> 04:05:53,905 BARGAINING AGREEMENT, WHICH IS 7363 04:05:53,905 --> 04:05:55,173 CALLED THE CBA. THE MOU WOULD 7364 04:05:55,173 --> 04:05:56,708 COVER FIVE EMPLOYEES IN THE 7365 04:05:56,708 --> 04:05:57,909 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 7366 04:05:57,909 --> 04:05:59,845 EMPLOYEES IN THESE POSITIONS 7367 04:05:59,845 --> 04:06:02,781 REVIEW AND APPROVE FIRE 7368 04:06:02,781 --> 04:06:03,348 PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY 7369 04:06:03,348 --> 04:06:04,149 SYSTEMS AND BUILDING PLANS AND 7370 04:06:04,149 --> 04:06:07,219 DRAWINGS TO ENSURE CONFORMANCE 7371 04:06:07,219 --> 04:06:09,154 WITH FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY CODES. 7372 04:06:09,154 --> 04:06:11,957 THIS AGREEMENT WOULD INCLUDE A 7373 04:06:11,957 --> 04:06:14,493 9.4% SALARY INCREASE FOR EACH 7374 04:06:14,493 --> 04:06:15,761 EMPLOYEE AND THE PROVISIONS IN 7375 04:06:15,761 --> 04:06:18,730 THE EXISTING STRATEGIC ADVISORS 7376 04:06:18,730 --> 04:06:20,432 AND MANAGERS. SEE B AYE ARE 7377 04:06:20,432 --> 04:06:22,267 THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS 7378 04:06:22,267 --> 04:06:24,970 REGARDING THE BILL BEFORE US? 7379 04:06:24,970 --> 04:06:25,604 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 7380 04:06:25,604 --> 04:06:28,306 ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL 7381 04:06:28,306 --> 04:06:31,810 -- ROB SAKA 7382 04:06:31,810 --> 04:06:32,144 -- AYE. 7383 04:06:32,144 --> 04:06:35,180 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AYE. 7384 04:06:35,180 --> 04:06:36,748 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES. 7385 04:06:36,748 --> 04:06:37,449 -- COUNCILMEMBER. 7386 04:06:37,449 --> 04:06:39,951 -- JUAREZ AYE. 7387 04:06:39,951 --> 04:06:40,585 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AYE. 7388 04:06:40,585 --> 04:06:42,187 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN 7389 04:06:42,187 --> 04:06:42,654 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 7390 04:06:42,654 --> 04:06:45,190 -- YES, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 7391 04:06:45,190 --> 04:06:45,423 -- AYE. 7392 04:06:45,423 --> 04:06:48,393 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7393 04:06:48,393 --> 04:06:48,994 HOLLINGSWORTH NINE IN FAVOR? 7394 04:06:48,994 --> 04:06:49,361 NONE OPPOSED. 7395 04:06:49,361 --> 04:06:49,995 -- BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL 7396 04:06:49,995 --> 04:06:51,129 SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 7397 04:06:51,129 --> 04:06:52,864 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 7398 04:06:52,864 --> 04:06:53,932 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? ITEM 7399 04:06:53,932 --> 04:06:55,700 NUMBER FOUR. WILL THE CLERK 7400 04:06:55,700 --> 04:06:56,301 PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD. 7401 04:06:56,301 --> 04:06:59,004 -- AGENDA ITEM FOUR COUNCIL 7402 04:06:59,004 --> 04:06:59,871 CHAIR 121257 RELATING TO CITY 7403 04:06:59,871 --> 04:07:01,206 EMPLOYMENT. AUTHORIZING 7404 04:07:01,206 --> 04:07:02,541 EXECUTION OF A COLLECTIVE 7405 04:07:02,541 --> 04:07:03,175 BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 7406 04:07:03,175 --> 04:07:05,110 CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE SEATTLE 7407 04:07:05,110 --> 04:07:06,778 CITY LIGHT AND THE INTERNATIONAL 7408 04:07:06,778 --> 04:07:09,014 BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL 7409 04:07:09,014 --> 04:07:11,049 WORKERS. LOCAL 77. 7410 04:07:11,049 --> 04:07:11,983 -- AWESOME COLLEAGUES, I MOVED 7411 04:07:11,983 --> 04:07:13,618 TO PASS COUNCIL BILL 121257. IS 7412 04:07:13,618 --> 04:07:18,056 THERE A SECOND? 7413 04:07:18,056 --> 04:07:18,356 -- SECOND. 7414 04:07:18,356 --> 04:07:19,291 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO 7415 04:07:19,291 --> 04:07:19,925 PASS THE BILL. AS SPONSOR OF THE 7416 04:07:19,925 --> 04:07:23,295 BILL, I'M GOING TO ADDRESS IT. 7417 04:07:23,295 --> 04:07:24,930 CB 121257 WOULD AUTHORIZE A 7418 04:07:24,930 --> 04:07:26,198 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 7419 04:07:26,198 --> 04:07:26,665 BETWEEN THE CITY AND 7420 04:07:26,665 --> 04:07:30,001 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF 7421 04:07:30,001 --> 04:07:32,904 ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 77. 7422 04:07:32,904 --> 04:07:34,606 THE CBA WOULD COVER 548 7423 04:07:34,606 --> 04:07:35,207 ELECTRICAL WORKERS IN SEATTLE 7424 04:07:35,207 --> 04:07:38,910 CITY LIGHT. THE AGREEMENT WOULD 7425 04:07:38,910 --> 04:07:39,411 INCLUDE NEGOTIATED WAGE 7426 04:07:39,411 --> 04:07:41,846 ADJUSTMENTS FOR SPECIFIC 7427 04:07:41,846 --> 04:07:42,480 POSITIONS RANGING FROM 5 TO 15%, 7428 04:07:42,480 --> 04:07:44,883 THAT WERE INFORMED BY 7429 04:07:44,883 --> 04:07:47,285 COMPARATIVE MARKET STUDIES AND 7430 04:07:47,285 --> 04:07:49,354 GENERAL ANNUAL WAGE INCREASES. A 7431 04:07:49,354 --> 04:07:51,623 W IES. COLLEAGUES, I URGE YOUR 7432 04:07:51,623 --> 04:07:52,858 SUPPORT AND WE'LL PAUSE TO SEE 7433 04:07:52,858 --> 04:07:53,592 IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS 7434 04:07:53,592 --> 04:07:56,695 ON THE BILL WILL THE CLERK 7435 04:07:56,695 --> 04:07:57,395 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 7436 04:07:57,395 --> 04:08:00,432 PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 7437 04:08:00,432 --> 04:08:03,034 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 7438 04:08:03,034 --> 04:08:03,535 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 7439 04:08:03,535 --> 04:08:06,137 -- AYE. 7440 04:08:06,137 --> 04:08:08,240 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES. 7441 04:08:08,240 --> 04:08:08,773 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 7442 04:08:08,773 --> 04:08:12,110 -- AYE. 7443 04:08:12,110 --> 04:08:12,711 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AYE. 7444 04:08:12,711 --> 04:08:13,178 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 7445 04:08:13,178 --> 04:08:15,580 -- YES. 7446 04:08:15,580 --> 04:08:16,081 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 7447 04:08:16,081 --> 04:08:17,649 -- YES. 7448 04:08:17,649 --> 04:08:18,183 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 7449 04:08:18,183 --> 04:08:19,751 -- AYE. 7450 04:08:19,751 --> 04:08:20,218 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7451 04:08:20,218 --> 04:08:21,319 HOLLINGSWORTH. 7452 04:08:21,319 --> 04:08:21,553 -- YES. 7453 04:08:21,553 --> 04:08:23,255 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 7454 04:08:23,255 --> 04:08:24,055 -- AWESOME. THE BILL PASSES. 7455 04:08:24,055 --> 04:08:27,359 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE FIX MY 7456 04:08:27,359 --> 04:08:28,193 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 7457 04:08:28,193 --> 04:08:31,062 MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 7458 04:08:31,062 --> 04:08:32,163 READ NUMBER ITEM NUMBER FIVE 7459 04:08:32,163 --> 04:08:35,200 INTO THE RECORD. 7460 04:08:35,200 --> 04:08:35,834 -- AGENDA ITEM 5.121258 RELATING 7461 04:08:35,834 --> 04:08:37,836 TO CITY EMPLOYMENT. AUTHORIZING 7462 04:08:37,836 --> 04:08:39,070 EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF 7463 04:08:39,070 --> 04:08:40,805 UNDERSTANDING THAT MODIFIES THE 7464 04:08:40,805 --> 04:08:41,740 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 7465 04:08:41,740 --> 04:08:43,341 BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND 7466 04:08:43,341 --> 04:08:45,310 THE PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL 7467 04:08:45,310 --> 04:08:47,812 EMPLOYEES. LOCAL 17. 7468 04:08:47,812 --> 04:08:48,446 -- AWESOME COUNCIL BILL 121258 7469 04:08:48,446 --> 04:08:50,682 WOULD AUTHORIZE A MOU BETWEEN 7470 04:08:50,682 --> 04:08:52,317 THE CITY AND PROTECT 17 TO 7471 04:08:52,317 --> 04:08:54,920 CORRECT PAY INVERSIONS FOR THE 7472 04:08:54,920 --> 04:08:58,189 BRIDGE, ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE 7473 04:08:58,189 --> 04:08:58,924 SUPERVISOR AND BRIDGE GENERAL 7474 04:08:58,924 --> 04:09:01,626 MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR'S 7475 04:09:01,626 --> 04:09:03,895 POSITIONS IN SDOT. SO THAT'S ALL 7476 04:09:03,895 --> 04:09:07,799 THIS IS, IS JUST A PAY PAY 7477 04:09:07,799 --> 04:09:10,268 INVERSION FOR THE BRIDGE. 7478 04:09:10,268 --> 04:09:13,538 ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE PAY 7479 04:09:13,538 --> 04:09:14,039 INVERSIONS HAPPENS WHEN 7480 04:09:14,039 --> 04:09:14,673 CLASSIFICATION IS PAID MORE THAN 7481 04:09:14,673 --> 04:09:17,442 A SENIOR OR SUPERVISORY CLASS. 7482 04:09:17,442 --> 04:09:19,144 SO AFTER 500 JOBS, JOB TITLES 7483 04:09:19,144 --> 04:09:21,379 ACROSS THE CITY RECEIVED A 7484 04:09:21,379 --> 04:09:24,082 NEGOTIATED WAGE ADJUSTMENT UNDER 7485 04:09:24,082 --> 04:09:25,850 THE 2023 TO 2026 COALITION 7486 04:09:25,850 --> 04:09:28,486 AGREEMENTS, SOME SENIOR OR 7487 04:09:28,486 --> 04:09:29,054 SUPERVISOR CLASSIFICATIONS 7488 04:09:29,054 --> 04:09:31,222 EXPERIENCE A PAY INVERSION, SO 7489 04:09:31,222 --> 04:09:33,892 INCLUDING THE BRIDGE ELECTRICAL 7490 04:09:33,892 --> 04:09:34,459 MAINTENANCE SUPERVISORS AND 7491 04:09:34,459 --> 04:09:36,294 BRIDGE GENERAL MAINTENANCE 7492 04:09:36,294 --> 04:09:37,462 SUPERVISOR POSITIONS. 7493 04:09:37,462 --> 04:09:39,331 COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY 7494 04:09:39,331 --> 04:09:39,931 QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BILL 7495 04:09:39,931 --> 04:09:44,202 BEFORE US? I DID NOT MOVE IT. 7496 04:09:44,202 --> 04:09:45,337 CAN I MOVE COUNCIL BILL 121258. 7497 04:09:45,337 --> 04:09:47,505 IS THERE A SECOND? 7498 04:09:47,505 --> 04:09:47,806 -- SECOND. 7499 04:09:47,806 --> 04:09:49,040 -- THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED. 7500 04:09:49,040 --> 04:09:51,943 AND SECOND TO FOR COUNCIL BILL 7501 04:09:51,943 --> 04:09:53,978 121258. IF THERE'S NO OTHER 7502 04:09:53,978 --> 04:09:59,718 COMMENTS CAN WE TAKE A VOTE 7503 04:09:59,718 --> 04:10:00,418 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 7504 04:10:00,418 --> 04:10:00,919 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 7505 04:10:00,919 --> 04:10:02,887 -- AYE. 7506 04:10:02,887 --> 04:10:03,421 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 7507 04:10:03,421 --> 04:10:05,457 -- YES. 7508 04:10:05,457 --> 04:10:06,458 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 7509 04:10:06,458 --> 04:10:07,325 -- AYE. 7510 04:10:07,325 --> 04:10:07,859 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 7511 04:10:07,859 --> 04:10:09,761 -- AYE. 7512 04:10:09,761 --> 04:10:10,228 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 7513 04:10:10,228 --> 04:10:11,930 -- YES. 7514 04:10:11,930 --> 04:10:12,430 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 7515 04:10:12,430 --> 04:10:14,065 -- YES. 7516 04:10:14,065 --> 04:10:14,599 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 7517 04:10:14,599 --> 04:10:16,001 -- AYE. 7518 04:10:16,001 --> 04:10:16,468 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 7519 04:10:16,468 --> 04:10:17,902 HOLLINGSWORTH. 7520 04:10:17,902 --> 04:10:18,136 -- YES. 7521 04:10:18,136 --> 04:10:19,471 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE. OPPOSED. 7522 04:10:19,471 --> 04:10:20,438 -- BILL PASSES. CHAIR WILL SIGN 7523 04:10:20,438 --> 04:10:21,806 IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX 7524 04:10:21,806 --> 04:10:23,742 MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION 7525 04:10:23,742 --> 04:10:25,477 ON MY BEHALF? COLLEAGUES, THERE 7526 04:10:25,477 --> 04:10:27,545 WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE 7527 04:10:27,545 --> 04:10:28,480 CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE IS NOT A 7528 04:10:28,480 --> 04:10:31,015 RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION OR 7529 04:10:31,015 --> 04:10:34,786 ADOPTION TODAY, COUNCILMEMBER 7530 04:10:34,786 --> 04:10:35,787 FOSTER WILL BE EXCUSED IF 7531 04:10:35,787 --> 04:10:38,923 THERE'S NO OBJECTION. FROM THE 7532 04:10:38,923 --> 04:10:40,892 AUGUST 18th CITY COUNCIL MEETING 7533 04:10:40,892 --> 04:10:42,494 HEARING NO OBJECTION, 7534 04:10:42,494 --> 04:10:43,128 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IS EXCUSED 7535 04:10:43,128 --> 04:10:45,096 FROM THE AUGUST 18th COUNCIL 7536 04:10:45,096 --> 04:10:46,531 MEMBER MEETING. I KNOW WE'VE 7537 04:10:46,531 --> 04:10:47,232 BEEN IN HERE FOR HOURS, BUT I 7538 04:10:47,232 --> 04:10:48,600 PROMISE THIS LITTLE GIRL. I'D 7539 04:10:48,600 --> 04:10:50,034 READ THE EMAIL HER MOTHER SENT. 7540 04:10:50,034 --> 04:10:52,237 SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL 7541 04:10:52,237 --> 04:10:53,571 KNOW THIS YOUNG WOMAN BEFORE WE 7542 04:10:53,571 --> 04:10:56,040 GO. THIS YOUNG WOMAN SENT ME AN 7543 04:10:56,040 --> 04:10:57,375 EMAIL THAT SHE WAS A PARENT OF A 7544 04:10:57,375 --> 04:10:58,777 THREE YEAR OLD. THEY WERE 7545 04:10:58,777 --> 04:11:01,146 RECENTLY PLAYING AT A PLAYGROUND 7546 04:11:01,146 --> 04:11:02,714 IN MONTLAKE PLAYFIELD FELL ON 7547 04:11:02,714 --> 04:11:04,549 THE GROUND AND PRETTY HIGH UP 7548 04:11:04,549 --> 04:11:06,151 ABOUT A SIX SEVEN FOOT LANDING. 7549 04:11:06,151 --> 04:11:07,552 WHEN SHE LANDED ON HER BACK, SHE 7550 04:11:07,552 --> 04:11:10,655 WAS ABLE TO RECOVER COMPLETELY. 7551 04:11:10,655 --> 04:11:12,791 DESPITE THAT HIGH FALL, BUT SHE 7552 04:11:12,791 --> 04:11:14,392 USED TO POKE FUN AT THE MINI 7553 04:11:14,392 --> 04:11:15,660 PLAYGROUNDS AND FIELDS THAT WERE 7554 04:11:15,660 --> 04:11:17,962 COVERED IN SOFT TURF. SHE SAID 7555 04:11:17,962 --> 04:11:19,264 SHE USED TO ROLL HER EYES, BUT 7556 04:11:19,264 --> 04:11:21,766 AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE, SHE 7557 04:11:21,766 --> 04:11:23,535 UNDERSTANDS WHY, AND SHE WANTS 7558 04:11:23,535 --> 04:11:25,270 TO THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 7559 04:11:25,270 --> 04:11:26,638 ALL THE VOTES ON A LOT OF THE 7560 04:11:26,638 --> 04:11:28,540 SUSTAINABLE FIELDS AND THE 7561 04:11:28,540 --> 04:11:29,541 PLAYGROUNDS THAT COME. AND SO 7562 04:11:29,541 --> 04:11:31,009 WE'RE HERE TO SAY, KIRA, WE 7563 04:11:31,009 --> 04:11:33,611 LOVE YOU. WE'RE GLAD YOU GOT 7564 04:11:33,611 --> 04:11:34,779 WELL, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 7565 04:11:34,779 --> 04:11:35,847 YOU'RE ON A BUNCH OF 7566 04:11:35,847 --> 04:11:37,615 PLAYGROUNDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY 7567 04:11:37,615 --> 04:11:40,552 THAT CAN HAVE SOFT LANDINGS SO 7568 04:11:40,552 --> 04:11:41,186 YOU DON'T FALL AGAIN. OKAY? 7569 04:11:41,186 --> 04:11:42,954 KIRA, THE THREE YEAR OLD. WE 7570 04:11:42,954 --> 04:11:43,621 HOPE THAT YOU'RE GETTING WELL. 7571 04:11:43,621 --> 04:11:45,857 ALL RIGHT. SO JUST WANTED TO 7572 04:11:45,857 --> 04:11:46,825 READ THAT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, 7573 04:11:46,825 --> 04:11:47,692 COLLEAGUES, BEFORE WE END THIS 7574 04:11:47,692 --> 04:11:49,761 MEETING, I ALSO WANT TO SAY I 7575 04:11:49,761 --> 04:11:51,396 WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 7576 04:11:51,396 --> 04:11:53,631 HARD WORK. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A 7577 04:11:53,631 --> 04:11:54,899 CHALLENGING COUPLE WEEKS WITH A 7578 04:11:54,899 --> 04:11:57,802 LOT OF THE STUFF GOING ON, BUT I 7579 04:11:57,802 --> 04:12:00,171 JUST WANT TO SAY REALLY 7580 04:12:00,171 --> 04:12:02,974 APPRECIATE AND I HOPE AS 7581 04:12:02,974 --> 04:12:03,808 COLLEAGUES, I'M WRAPPING IT UP. 7582 04:12:03,808 --> 04:12:04,876 I HAVE THIS LAST THING THAT I 7583 04:12:04,876 --> 04:12:06,444 REALLY WANT TO SAY. 7584 04:12:06,444 --> 04:12:07,479 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. OKAY, SO 7585 04:12:07,479 --> 04:12:08,446 THANK YOU. I SEE YOU ROLLING. 7586 04:12:08,446 --> 04:12:10,215 THIS IS MY LAST THING IS THAT WE 7587 04:12:10,215 --> 04:12:11,916 CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE 7588 04:12:11,916 --> 04:12:13,551 CHARACTER OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS 7589 04:12:13,551 --> 04:12:15,453 WITH EACH OTHER, ESPECIALLY IN 7590 04:12:15,453 --> 04:12:17,355 PUBLIC, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES 7591 04:12:17,355 --> 04:12:18,857 THERE'S A LOT OF CHARACTER 7592 04:12:18,857 --> 04:12:19,524 ASSASSINATIONS. AND I JUST WANT 7593 04:12:19,524 --> 04:12:20,158 TO SAY, I HAVE EACH AND EVERY 7594 04:12:20,158 --> 04:12:21,292 ONE OF YOUR BACK BECAUSE I KNOW 7595 04:12:21,292 --> 04:12:23,428 THAT YOUR INTENTION AND I HOPE 7596 04:12:23,428 --> 04:12:25,430 THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO THE 7597 04:12:25,430 --> 04:12:28,099 SAME AS WELL, NOT JUST BEHIND 7598 04:12:28,099 --> 04:12:29,501 CLOSED DOORS. COLLEAGUES ON THE 7599 04:12:29,501 --> 04:12:32,504 DAIS AND OUT FRONT INTO PEOPLE 7600 04:12:32,504 --> 04:12:34,205 AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S REALLY 7601 04:12:34,205 --> 04:12:34,873 IMPORTANT AS WELL WHEN WE'RE 7602 04:12:34,873 --> 04:12:35,540 DOING THIS. SO I APPRECIATE YOU 7603 04:12:35,540 --> 04:12:36,908 ALL. YOU KNOW, I HAVE YOUR BACK 7604 04:12:36,908 --> 04:12:39,444 AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. SO 7605 04:12:39,444 --> 04:12:41,746 WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO 7606 04:12:41,746 --> 04:12:42,847 FURTHER BUSINESS, GUESS WHAT? 7607 04:12:42,847 --> 04:12:44,082 THIS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. WE'VE 7608 04:12:44,082 --> 04:12:45,416 REACHED TODAY'S AGENDA. THE 7609 04:12:45,416 --> 04:12:46,484 NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS 7610 04:12:46,484 --> 04:12:48,086 GOING TO BE AUGUST THE 4th AT 2 7611 04:12:48,086 --> 04:12:49,888 P.M., HEARING NO FURTHER 7612 04:12:49,888 --> 04:12:51,489 BUSINESS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. 7613 04:12:51,489 --> 04:12:56,628 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 7614 04:12:56,628 --> 04:12:58,163 -- COUNCIL. 7615 04:12:58,163 --> 04:13:08,173 -- [MUSIC] [MUSIC]