COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, STRAWS
ARE
EXCUSED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LINKE
RINCK.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT.
>> HERE.
>> THE MINUTES ARE
ADOPTED. THERE ARE NO
PRESENTATIONS OR
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS SCHEDULED
FOR TODAY.
THERE ARE TWO PROCLAMATIONS
TO SIGN TODAY.
THERE ARE
25 ITEMS ON THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR AND TWO ITEMS
ON
THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THE BILLS
AND
MINUTES.
ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTE,
THANK YOU, LAST TIME WE
HAD COUNCIL HUDDLE WE
HAD COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
PARTICIPATE. TODAY,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
PARTICIPATING.
COLLEAGUES, YOU CAN TALK TO
THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO SEE HOW
THEY RECEIVED IT BUT IT IS A
GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH
THE PRESS, VERY CONVERSATIONAL
AS
WELL AND THERE ARE
DIFFERENT TIME SLOTS FOR PEOPLE.
THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME
TO
PARTICIPATE. I THINK IT IS A
GREAT WAY FOR US TO
BE INTERACTIVE. SO I KNOW IF
ANYONE IS
HESITATING, COME ON DOWN.
IT IS OFTEN.
WE WILL HAVE IT ONCE A MONTH SO
IT IS FREE FLOWING.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
TODAY.
HOPEFULLY IT WAS WELL
WORTH IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AWESOME.
THE NEXT THING, ONE
NOTE REGARDING -- SO THERE
IS A CHANGE ON ONLINE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
SO LAST WEEK WE HAD SOME ISSUES
WITH OUR MEETING ON
PUBLIC
COMMENT. IT JUST COMPLETELY
COLLAPSED.
SO I WANT TO THANK
OUR INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR
JUMPING IN
AND FIXING THIS SO QUICKLY.
SO THE CITY'S COUNCIL'S
ONLINE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRATION FORM HAS
BEEN UPDATED TO COMPLY WITH
CITY
STANDARDS. THIS UPDATE HAS
MINIMAL
EFFECTS TO THE PUBLIC AND THE
COUNCIL WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A
NEW LINK
ON HOW TO ACCESS THE LIST
OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE
PUBLIC, WHICH IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT
PIECE?
THE ONLINE LINK TO SIGN UP
FOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT HAS
NOT
CHANGED, IT IS THE SAME.
ONE NOTICEABLE CHANGE IS
THAT THE PUBLIC WILL NOT SEE THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
FORM DIRECTLY INTO THE WEBSITE.
SO THERE'S A MAIN PUBLIC
COMMENT PAGE WHICH TALKS ABOUT
DIFFERENT WAYS TO GIVE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IT WAS EMBEDDED
FIRST WITHIN THAT LINK.
YOU WILL NOW HAVE TO ACCESS ON
ANOTHER LINK.
SO PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GO
ON THE MAIN PAGE, THEY WILL SEE
IT
SAYS "CLICK THIS LINK TO DO A
PUBLIC COMMENT" AND THEN IT WILL
SEND THEM TO A FORM WHERE
THEY CAN INSERT THEIR
INFORMATION.
THOSE WHO SIGN UP TO SPEAK
WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
A CONFIRMATION E- MAIL
WITH INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS
ON HOW
TO PROVIDE THE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO
BE A NICE VIDEO PUT OUT BY OUR
COMSCOMS WALKING PEOPLE THROUGH
THIS AND JUST MAKING SURE PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND.
SO IT IS VERY MINIMAL EFFECT
TO THE PUBLIC.
THEY'LL SEE JUST A NEW
INTERFACE, PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT
THEY WILL RECEIVE THE
SAME E-MAIL TO THEM, JUST GIVING
THEM INSTRUCTIONS TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT,
BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
I.T. HAS BEEN ON TOP OF IT
SINCE LAST THURSDAY SINCE OUR
SYSTEM KIND OF FAILED.
SO JUST UPDATE ON THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE ON TO THE SIGNING
OF LETTERS AND PROCLAMATIONS.
TODAY WE HAVE TWO
PROCLAMATIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND
SIGNATURE.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
PROCLAMATION FROM COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK RECOGNIZING OCTOBER
14th -- SORRY, APRIL 13th AS
THE 51st ANNIVERSARY OFOF --
WHAT IS
THAT? THANK YOU.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HELP
ME PRONOUNCE IT.
I DON'T WANT TO BUTCHER THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, PLEASE
LEAD THE DISCUSSION ON
THE PROCLAMATION AND ANY
FEEDBACK BEFORE I
REQUEST SIGNATURES.
>> CERTAINLY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, BEFORE YOU IS
A PROCLAMATION IN OBSERVANCE OF
THE 51st ANNIVERSARY OF
THE
GENOCIDE. NOW MORE THAN EVER WE
NEED
TO STAND BY, SUPPORT AND UPLIFT
OUR
IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES.
SO I'M HONORED TO SPONSOR THE
PROCLAMATION IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY
COMMUNITIES WORKING
WITH THE
DIASPORA. I ATTENDED
WASHINGTON'S
FIRST- EVER GALA AT THE
PACIFIC TOWER.
THE WORK THEY DO NOT JUST
IN SEATTLE
BUT ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE IS
INCREDIBLE AND THEY
ARE ONE THAT WILL BE SPEAKING AT
FULL COUNCIL TOMORROW.
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE
CAMBODIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FOR
PEACE,
AND OTHER GROUPS AND THE
COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY.
AND WE WILL HAVE -- JOINING US.
TO REITERATE A POINT, WE KNOW
WE ARE A WELCOMING CITY.
IT IS A REAL, SPECIAL THING
THAT WE HAVE A STRONG AND
THRIVING
CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY HERE IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
WHILE TOMORROW KICK STARTS
THE FIRST OFFICIAL OF THE NEW
YEAR, I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY WILL
BE HOLDING EVENTS THROUGHOUT
THIS
YEAR,
THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR FOR US TO
JOIN IN
ON. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING FOLKS IN CHAMBERS TO
COMMEMORATE THIS IMPORTANT
ANNIVERSARY.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
ANY COMMENTS ON THIS
PROCLAMATION BEFORE WE ASK
FOR SIGNATURES?
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO SIGN THE
PROCLAMATION?
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> YES.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>>
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL
PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL
11th TO BE BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH
WEEK.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO
BRING FORTH THIS
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AIL
11th THROUGH APRIL 16 th 2026 AS
BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK.
I WILL PRESENT THIS
PROCLAMATION TO COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AT A
LATER DATE AND I WANT TO
SHARE INFORMATION THAT I'M
EXCITED
TO DO THIS, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH
THIS GROUP AND BEING A BLACK
MOM, BUT WE KNOW THERE
CONTINUE TO BE DISPARITIES IN
BIRTHING OUTCOMES BETWEEN
BLACK PARENTS AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS A LOT OF
WORK TO DO TO
HONOR THE WORK AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING BLACK
BIRTH WORKERS AND DOULAS IN THE
COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SUPPORT THAT WORK AND NETWORK.
AS WE THINK ABOUT AND WORKING
ON ADVANCING EQUITY, DIGNITY
AND CULTURALLY GROUNDED CARE
I'M
EXCITED TO BRING IT
FORWARD. I WANT TO DO A HUGE
SHOUT OUT
TO JACKIE VAUGHN AND PRODUCTIVE
JUSTICE.
I KNOW A COUNCILMEMBER HAD
A CONVERSATION WITH THEM
ALLOWING
US TO BRING THIS FORWARD.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR THE
CITY, THE COUNTY AND THE
STATE ALL RECOGNIZE BLACK
MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK WHICH I
THINK IS
EXCITING.
I WILL SHARE MY LITTLE
PERSONAL BIT WHICH IS WHEN I
HAVE --
I TALKED A BIT ABOUT WHEN I
WAS PREGNANT AND I HAD MY SON I
WAS
ON APPLE HEALTH, WHICH IS OUR
STATE- SUBSIDIZED CARE PROGRAM
AND IT WAS SO HARD TO FIND A
DOULA THAT QUALIFIED FOR THAT
PROGRAM.
LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND
A BLACK DOULA THAT QUALIFIED
FOR
THAT PROGRAM. SO THE WORK THAT
THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
WE'RE
GOING TO GET TO HONOR DO IS
REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY MADE
GREAT STRIDES IN ALLOWING BLACK
BIRTH WORKERS TO GET ADDITIONAL
--
WHAT IS THE WORD I'M LOOKING
HERE?
IT IS NOT STIPENDED BUT
ADDITIONAL FUNDING SUPPORT
TO EXPAND THE POOL OF BLACK
DOULAS SO FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE
SAME
CHALLENGES.
THIS IS EXCITING FOR ME TO BRING
FORWARD.
>> I HAD A DOULA.
>> ALL
RIGHT.
>> BUT I DON'T WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THE OLD
SCHOOL --
>> I WILL CATCH YOU
AFTER
COUNCIL.
>> ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS REGARDING THE
PROCLAMATION AT
ALL?
ALL RIGHT.
SO WE'LL TAKE THE ROLL
ON SIGNING THE -- THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER TER
FOR BRINGING
THIS.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> YES.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>>
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HOELGS WORTH.
>> YES.
>> SIX SIGNATURES WILL BE
AFFIXED.
>> THANK YOU FOR BOTH OF YOUR
PROCLAMATIONS. LET'S MOVE INTO
THE NEXT
AGENDA ITEM WHICH IS PREVIEW
OF ACTIONS, COUNCIL AND
REGIONAL
COMMITTEES. WE'LL GO TO
OUR RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
SURPRISE, YOU ARE NUMBER ONE,
BABY.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> TWO
MINUTES.
>> TWO MINUTES.
LET'S GET THE TIMER GOING.
I'M STILL REELING FROM THE
DOULA
THING, BUT I'M GOING TO LET
THAT
GO BECAUSE THE OLD SCHOOL HAD TO
WALK TO SCHOOL 20 MILES IN THE
SNOW.
THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO THIS IS
GOING TO BE --
I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE BRIEF
BUT
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
LONG WINDED BUT IT WILL COME
IN A LITTLE BIT.
PARKS CITY LIGHT
COMMITTEE, PARKS AND CITY LIGHT
COMMITTEE MEETING IS CANCELLED
THIS WEEK,
AND THE LICENSING AGREEMENT
PASSED BY FULL COUNCIL OF THE
$4 BILLION PACKAGE, THANK YOU
ALL, IS SCHEDULED TO BE SIGNED
ON
MAY 12th.
I UNDERSTAND IT WILL BE IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND I
THINK WE WILL FIND OUT WHERE
EXACTLY
IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
LAST WEEK WE MET WITH -- COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WAS THERE -- DIRECTOR
CHAPPELLE OF DEAL.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND CENTRAL
STAFF MEMBER JASMINE AND TRACIE
MET WITH OUR OFFICE TO DISCUSS
HOW THE CITY CAN PROVIDE
MORE SUPPORT FOR OUR BLACK
SCHOLARS.
AS I SAID, WE MET IN THE SAM
SMITH ROOM.
IT WAS A WORKING MEETING,
TWO- HOUR MEETING, WHICH
WAS GREAT.
A FUTURE RESOLUTION,
BUDGET ITEMS AND WORK WITH THE
MAYOR'S
OFFICE IN DEAL, AND THIS IS
MY PREPARED STATEMENT.
THEN I HAVE A LITTLE MORE I
WANT TO ADD TO THAT BECAUSE I
WANTED TO TO SURE I GOT THIS ON
THE
RECORD AND I GOT IT CORRECT.
SEATTLE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
COMMITTING TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT
HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED
AND UNDERRESOURCED COMMUNITIES
AND THIS HAS BECOME EVEN MORE
CRITICAL AS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO
CUT
SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS OF
COLOR, ESPECIALLY IN POST-
SECONDARY
EDUCATION.
WE NEED TO CREATE
EDUCATIONAL SPACES THAT INCREASE
COMMUNITY BELONGING AND SUPPORT
FOR AMAZING AND MOTIVATED
STUDENTS
AND FOSTER CULTURALLY ALIGNED
POST- SECONDARY LEARNING
COMMUNITIES. NOW, THIS IS WHAT I
WANTED
TO ADD MORE ON A PERSONAL
NOTE WHICH WE
CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION
LATER.
WE KNOW THAT INSTITUTIONS,
PRE- K, K- 12, HIGHER ODE
INDICATION, POST- SECONDARY,
THAT WHEN YOU VALUE THE CULTURE,
THE
FAITH, THE HISTORY AND BACK
GROUND OF OUR CHILDREN, OUR
YOUTH, WHEN IT IS EXPRESSED
IN ACTUAL BRICK AND MORTAR THAT
OUR CHILDREN AND OUR YOUTH
DO BETTER.
THEY DO BETTER
ACADEMICALLY WHERE SCHOOLS
CELEBRATE AND
OPERATE WHO THEY ARE --
I'M SORRY, INCORPORATE WHO THEY
ARE
AND RESEARCH, AS YOU ALL
KNOW, BACKS THIS UP.
OUR CHILDREN SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
LEAVE HOME, SEATTLE, TO GET
A FIRST CLASS EDUCATION FROM
AN INSTITUTION BASED ON THOSE
PRINCIPLES, MORALS, BEAUTY,
INTELLIGENCE AND WHAT THEY
KNOW TO BE AS WHAT WE WOULD CALL
SENSIBILITIES.
WE NEED MORE THAN JUST SOFT
SUPPORT. WE NEED MORE THAN JUST
WHAT
IS POLITICALLY PALATABLE.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS EXPRESSED IN
INSTITUTIONS, REAL BRICK
AND MORTAR, A PLACE YOU CAN
POINT
TO, BE PROUD OF THAT SAYS, I'M
HERE, I BELONG HERE AND THIS
IS
OURS. SO WITH THAT BEING
SAID, YOU WILL HEAR MORE FROM ME
AND,
OF COURSE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON
OUR WORK THAT WE'RE DOING
WITH DR. CHAPPELLE AT DEAL, AND
EXPLORING MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR
A POTENTIAL HBCU OR A PBI,
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK
INSTITUTION, AND WORKING WITH
THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IN OAKLAND,
MAYOR LEE.
MORE TO COME ON THAT.
ALSO, OUR OFFICE ATTENDED
THE REOPENING OF THE REFUGEE
ARTISAN
INITIATIVE, RAI.
IT IS NEWLY RENOVATED
IN LAKE CITY WAY, AND AT RAI
ARTISANS OVERCOME BARRIERS TO
EMPLOYMENT
THROUGH SKILLS AND MICROBUSINESS
TRAINING. THIS IS A REALLY
SUCCESS STORY.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I
DID MY VERY FIRST BUDGET BACK
IN 2016.
THESE ARE ONE OF THE
FIRST COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WE
FUNDED AND NOW THEY HAVE
BASICALLY NOT
ONLY HAVE A GRAND
REOPENING, THEY REOPENED THEIR
SPACE.
I THINK THEY WENT FROM LIKE
FOUR WOMEN AND TWO SEWING
MACHINES
TO SOMETHING LIKE 40 WOMEN
AND SOMETHING LIKE 30 SEWING
MACHINES, ENDED UP DOING ALL
OF THE COSTUMES FOR SEATTLE
REPERTORY THEATER, THE OPEN
RAUF.
IT HAS OPERA.
IT HAS BEEN AMAZING
WATCHING
THIS. WE HAVE GONE TO THEIR
DINNER AND
LUNCH JUST ABOUT EVERY YEAR.
I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET
THIS WEEK, WITH OUR NEW
DIRECTOR,
DIRECTOR WHITSON WITH CENTRAL
STAFF. THERE WILL BE A
MEETING AT SEATTLE CITY HALL ON
FRIDAY.
PORTLAND BASED THEIR
INDIGENOUS COUNCIL ON SEATTLE'S
SO IT WAS
WONDERFUL FOR THEM TO REACH
OUT TO US WHEN WE CREATED IT
FOUR YEARS AGO.
MR. SKELTON IS A MEMBER OF THE
CLAMATH TRIBE.
HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE
IN ADVANCING SALMON RESTORATION
ON THE CLAMATH RIVER,
INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION.
THIS IS INTERESTING.
I AM JOINING TO DISCUSS ALL
THINGS CITY TRIBAL RELATIONS
AND INFORMATION SHARING
ACROSS MUNICIPALITIES AND
DISCUSS TRIBAL AND URBAN NATIVE
ENGAGEMENT. BASICALLY I'M
MEETING TO
TALK ABOUT HOW PORTLAND AND
SEATTLE
CAN
WORK TOGETHER.
BOOM. WE'RE DONE.
AND JUST ON A SIDE NOTE,
I HESITATED WITH THIS BUT THEN
I KNOW THAT I SHARED THIS
WITH PROFESSOR -- NOT PROFESSOR.
DR. CHAPPELLE AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT BECAUSE I
THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT AND I
KNOW WE
WILL DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT
MORE
FORMAL DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT ON MARCH 26th, 2026, UNITED
NATIONS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FOR
THE FIRST TIME DECLARED
SLAVERY AS THE GREATEST --
GREATEST CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.
YOU WOULD -- IT IS INTERESTING.
IT IS SEVEN PAGES LONG, BUT OF
THE RESOLUTION, OF ALL OF
THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
THAT BELONG TO THE
UNITED NATIONS, 123 COUNTRIES
VOTED YES,
52 COUNTRIES ABSTAINED AND THREE
COUNTRIES VOTED NO.
I WON'T TELL YOU WHO THE
THREE COUNTRIES THAT VOTED NO.
BUT WHAT IS IN IT WHEN YOU READ
IT, BESIDES -- I MEAN I
WORKED AT THE U.N. , BELIEVE IT
OR
NOT, AT ONE TIME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN
CODIFYCODIFY WRITE OR PUT INK ON
PAPER TO
RECOGNIZE, AS THEY SAY,
HOW LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE
400-YEAR- LONG
TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE.
I THINK WHAT I FOUND THE MOST
PROVOCATIVE AND PROFOUND IS THE
COMBINING OF
SLAVERY, DEPORTATION AND
COLONIZATION AS
CRIMES AGAINST
HUMANITY TOGETHER.
HAVING IT TALK ABOUT REPARATIONS
AND REPAIR, AND NOT JUST
IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NORMALLY
HEAR WHEN PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT REPARATIONS.
REPARATIONS MEANS REPAIR,
WHICH MEANS
ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH MEANS
APOLOGY, WHICH MEANS DO
SOMETHING. SO LOOKING AT THIS
AND
READING IT AND UNDERSTANDING HOW
THEY
PULLED THIS TOGETHER AND
THEN HAVING CERTAIN COUNTRIES
VOTE
NO, BUT I THINK THE THING
THAT STRUCK ME THE MOST IS ONE
OF THE
MOST -- WELL, ALL OF IT IS
POWERFUL.
IT IS ONLY SEVEN PAGES IF YOU
GET A CHANCE TO READ IT.
BUT I THINK THE
THING THAT CAUGHT MY HEART AND
MIND
AND SOUL THE MOST IS THE VERY
END WHEN IT SAYS, IT CALLS
UPON MEMBER STATES INDIVIDUALLY
AND COLLECTIVELY TO ENGAGE IN
INCLUSIVE GOOD- FAITH
DIALOGUE, REPERTORY JUSTICE
INCLUDING A FULL AND FORMAL
APOLOGY,
MEASURES OF RESTITUTION,
COMPENSATION,
REHABILITATION, SATISFACTION,
GUARANTEES OF
NON- REPETITION AND CHANGES
TO LAWS AND SERVICES TO ADDRESS
RACISM AND
SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION.
AND OF THE THREE COUNTRIES
THAT VOTED NO OUR COUNTRY WAS
ONE OF
THEM. SO THAT BEING SAID, THAT
DOESN'T
TAKE AWAY FROM OUR HUMANITY
AND WHAT WE KNOW TO BE TRUE AND
WHAT TO BE RIGHT.
SO WITH THAT I HOPE TO
WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT LATER
ON DOWN THE ROAD ADVANCE A
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING -- OH,
I'M SO SORRY.
RECOGNIZING THIS RESOLUTION.
THAT WAS JUST MY -- IT IS JUST
MY DAUGHTER THAT I HAD WITHOUT A
DOULA.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I WILL END
ON THAT NOTE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> I HAVE TO INTERJECT
SOME
HUMOR. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO
HAVE
INDIAN HUMOR.
YOU HAVE TO LAUGH AT SOME STUFF.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
ON THE STEPS COMMITTEE FRONT
OR MORE FORMALLYFORMALLY
TRANSPORTATION WATERFRONT AND
SEATTLE
CENTER COMMITTEE, I'M GOING TO
ACTUALLY
ACCEPT THE TWO- MINUTE CHALLENGE
HERE.
I WILL BE BRIEF.
SO ON THURSDAY'S OUR NEXT
STEPS
MEETING. I HAVE AN EXCITING,
ROBUST,
JAM-
PACKED AGENDA. FIRST WE WILL BE
HEARING
BRIEFING AND THEN VOTE ON A
RESOLUTION TO NAME THE
2800 BLOCK OF SOUTH JACKSON
STREET AFTER DR. R.L. MANAWAY
SR.
HE HAS BEEN A SENIOR PASTOR
AT TABERNACLE MISSION
BAPTIST CHURCH ON THE CORNER OF
28th
AND JACKSON SOUTH SINCE 2023.
WE WILL HEAR THAT RESOLUTION.
THE NEXT ITEM, ANOTHER
TRAFFIC SAFETY BRIEFING AND
UPDATE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I
EXPECT A
LOT OF ENGAGEMENT FROM YOU
ALL,
COLLEAGUES. REALLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE I
KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL
AS
WELL. THEN THIRD AND FINALLY,
WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE JUST A
GENERAL OVERVIEW BRIEFING FROM
THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF THE
WATERFRONT, WHO HAS NOT
BEEN ABLE YET TO COME
BEFORE
COMMITTEE. NOW THAT THEY'RE
UNDER THE
PORTFOLIO, AND SO JUST
GENERAL OVERVIEW TO TALK ABOUT.
THEY'RE A GREAT WORK, MISSION,
ROLE, ORGANIZATION, ET CETERA.
SO THOSE THREE THINGS, A
MINUTE AND TEN SECONDS.
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
I WILL JUST NOTE ON THE -- I
APPRECIATE
BOTH COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK AND
STER FOR
BRINGING FORTH YOUR PROCLAMATION
ON THE
PROCLAMATION YOU BROUGHT
FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER,
GOOD TO
KNOW ABOUT THE STRUGGLES
OF FINDING BLACK DOULAS.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS
A
CHALLENGE. SADLY, I'M NOT
SURPRISED
OR SHOCKED BECAUSE IT IS -- AS
A PARENT OF KIDS, OF BLACK --
OF AFRICAN DESCENT IT
IS CHALLENGING TO
FIND PEDIATRICIANS THAT ARE
BLACK.
WE HAD ONE IN WEST SEATTLE
THAT RECENTLY LEFT ELSEWHERE, SO
I
GET IT.
STRUGGLES ARE REAL.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THOSE
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M AT TIME.
DROP THE MIC.
ON TO THE NEXT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I'M
IMPRESSED.
COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
I WILL ALSO KEEP
THIS BRIEF. THIS COMING WEEK IN
LAND USE WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE
OF BILLS.
WE WILL INTRODUCE THE MAYOR'S
SHELTER LEGISLATION, SO THAT
WILL COME FORWARD FOR THE FIRST
TIME, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE
HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES
LEGISLATION. SO THIS IS
LEGISLATION THAT
WAS PREPARED BY THE PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION THAT
HAD COMPLETED ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW, AND SO THAT IS COMING
FORWARD.
IT INCLUDES A
FEW TARGETED REZONES IN CERTAIN
AREAS.
THERE'S ONE IN FREMONT,
THERE'S ONE IN BELL TOWN.
THERE'S RAYONIER BEACH.
THERE'S VARIOUS INCENTIVES FOR
PASSIVE HOUSE, FOR
CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER.
THERE'S AN INCENTIVE
IN LAKE CITY FOR GROCERY STORES
WITH HOUSING ON TOP.
SO, AGAIN, THIS WAS WORK THAT
WAS PREPARED BY THE PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION,
NEVER INTRODUCED.
SO THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD.
SO EXCITED TO HAVE THAT
BRIEFING. THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR
TODAY.
>> WOW.
Y'ALL ARE
FAST TODAY.
>>
I LOVE --
>> DON'T WORRY, I GOT IT, I
GOT
IT.
>> WE DID HAVE A DOULA FOR OUR
FIRST.
IT WAS GREAT.
>> SHE ABOUT TO
COVER
PEDIATRICIANS NEXT.
>> SHE ACTING LIKE SHE JUST GAVE
BIRTH ON THE GROUND, IN THE
BACKYARD.
>> YEAH, I DID.
>> NO.
>> OKAY.
>> OLD
SCHOOL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> ACTING LIKE IT IS
A
COMPETITION. I WILL ALSO BE
BRIEF.
THE HUMAN
SERVICES LABOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL MEET THIS
FRIDAY,
9:30 A.M. , APRIL 17th.
WE WILL HAVE APPOINTMENTS
FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION.
THEY WILL BE BRIEFING ALSO
ON THEIR BODY OF WORK AND THEN
WE
WILL HAVE A BRIEFING
DISCUSSION ON THE LABOR
STANDARDS ADVISORY
BOARD AND THEN A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION ON WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT. THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
AND STRATEGIC PLAN
OVERVIEW FROM THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
SO REALLY EXCITED FOR
THAT BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF
COMMUNITY EVENTS, MY OFFICE
PARTNERED WITH THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS TO HOLD A
COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS LAST WEEK
ALONGSIDE
DOMESTIC WORKERS REPRESENTING
A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS TO
ENGAGE AND TALK THROUGH
SOME POTENTIAL CHANGES TO
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS ORDINANCE
FOR OUR CITY.
AS WE KNOW THE STATE TOOK
ACTION IN THE STATE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.
THAT STATE LEGISLATION
DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT NEXT
YEAR, BUT AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT OURS
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD MEAN
TO
BRING INTO COMPLIANCE OR EXPLORE
SOME NEW AVENUES TO JUST IMPROVE
THAT LEGISLATION.
I WAS PROUD TO PARTNER IN TWO
SECTIONS, ONE IN PERSON, ONE
VIRTUAL. REALLY ROBUST
DISCUSSION.
I WAS ALSO ABLE TO JOIN AT THE
REFUGEE ARTISANS INITIATIVE
EVENT.
YES, IT WAS REALLY A VERY
BEAUTIFUL EVENT. IT FEELS LIKE
IT WAS
JUST YESTERDAY THEY
WERE LIKE -- I WAS BASHING IN AA
AT
THE GROUNDBREAKING EVENT, IF YOU
WILL. BUT REALLY INCREDIBLE
ORGANIZATION, JUST TO
PUT A FINER POINT ON THAT.
IT WAS PROFOUND HOW ONE OF
THE WOMAN WHO ACTUALLY
WORKS THERE SHARED WITH THE
AUDIENCE SHE HAS
JUST BEEN OFFERED A FULL- TIME
ROLE, FULL- TIME EMPLOYMENT
AT ANOTHER
BUSINESS, WHICH IS REALLY
EXCITING AND JUST SPEAKS
TO, AGAIN, THE INCREDIBLE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,
WORK AND OPPORTUNITIES THIS
ORGANIZATION IS PROVIDING FOR
WOMEN.
I WAS ALSO ABLE TO JOIN
FOR THE ST. LUKE'S GRAND
OPENING
WHICH IS OUT IN BALLARD.
SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NEW
FAMILY- SIZED
HOUSING OPPORTUNITY, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OUT IN BALLARD.
REALLY BE RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS BONUS LEGISLATION
AT WORK.
FAMILY- SIZED HOUSING, WE
ARE TALKING ONE BEDROOM, TWO
BEDROOM, THREE BEDROOMS,
AND, NOTABLY, FAMILIES ARE
ALREADY
MOVED IN WHICH IS JUST REALLY
EXCITING. WE GOT TO TAKE A LOOK
AT A COUPLE OF THE UNITS, BUT
MOST
OF THE UNITS ARE NOW MOVED IN,
AND
SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
AFFORDABLE
FAMILY- SIZED
HOUSING OUT IN
BALLARD. I'M SURE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WHEN HE COMES BACK WILL
HAVE MORE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
IT WAS GREAT TO CELEBRATE HIM
AND HIS HARD WORK TO BRING THAT
PROJECT TO FRUITION.
I'LL CLOSE WITH JUST AA
VISIT THAT I HAD THAT
WAS PARTICULARLY PROFOUND
AND IMPORTANT FOR ME.
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
SIGNING ON TO THE
PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE APRIL
AS
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH.
I WAS ABLE TO VISIT LAST
WEEK WITH THE COMMUNITY
SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM AND CRIME
VICTIMVICTIM
CENTER AT HARBOR
VIEW AND WAS ABLE TO VISIT
ALONGSIDE
JUST WITH SOME OF OUR
PARTNERS AT U- DUB MEDICINE TO
REALLY
OFFER THEIR PROCLAMATION.
THEY WERE UNABLE TO JOIN US IN
COUNCIL CHAMBERS SO I WANTED
TO BRING IN ONE OF THE SIGNED
PROCLAMATIONS, BUT ALSO MEET
WITH THE FOLKS THAT RUN THAT
PROGRAM WHO PERFORM A VITAL
ROLEROLE THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM WHEN IT COMES TO DATA
COLLECTION, EVIDENCE
COLLECTION I SHOULD SAY.
SO
SAME KITS. BUT ALSO THEY DO A
LOT OF WORK
ON THE PREVENTION FRONT AS
WELL, SO I WOULD JUST ENKORPG IF
COURAGE IF YOU
HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
MEET WITH THEM YET, THEY'RE
DOING IMPORTANT WORK FOR OUR
COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING
SURVIVORS.
THOSE ARE MY UPDATES FOR TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ANY
QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK?
FANTASTIC.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> I'M GOING TO DO A SHOUT
OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
QUICKLY.
ONE OF THE STORIES SOMEBODY SAID
ON THE MIC, THE
REVEREND FROM ST. LUKES TALKED
ABOUT --
I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST WEEK
DAN GOT IN OFFICE, SHE CALLED
HIM WITH THREE THINGS AND THIS
WAS
ONE OFOF THINGS.
IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL TO
SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION, AND
ALSO REALLY BEAUTIFUL TO GET
TO LISTEN TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS
AS SOMEBODY THAT GREW UP IN
BALLARD TALK ABOUT WHAT IT
MEANT TO HIM.
I WAS TOTALLY
BLOWN AWAY. THAT BUILDING IS
GORGEOUS.
WE GOT TO GO UP TO THE ROOF.
WE GOT TO VISIT THE UNITS,
BUT WHAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME
THAT DAY WAS THE
REVEREND'S LEADERSHIP FROM ST.
LUKE'S AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
LEADERSHIP. THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
I DID -- IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE
OF WEEKS SINCE WE'VE BEEN AT THE
TABLE SINCE WE WEREN'T
HERE LAST YEAR SO I WILL SHARE
HIGHLIGHTS.
I DID A RIDE ALONG WITH SPD
IN THE PRECINCT WHICH WAS
A
FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY. I WANT
TO THANK THE OFFICER
FOR SPENDING TIME WITH ME AND
THE CHIEF IN LEADERSHIP FOR
SETTING
THAT UP, ESPECIALLY AS WE
HEAR CONCERNS AROUND PUBLIC
SAFETY.
IT WAS HELPFUL TO SPEND THE
TIME AND, FRANKLY, THE OFFICER
WAS FORTHCOMING AND WE GOT TO
HAVE
GREAT CONVERSATIONS.
IT WAS FANTASTIC.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
WAR EGGS AND COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, YOUR STAFF FOR THE
MEETING WE HAD TOGETHER
IN LAKE CITY A FEW WEEKS AGO
WITH SOME
OF THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL AS
THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OED, A BIG
FOCUS THERE ON NEIGHBORHOOD
INVESTMENT FOR THE LONG TERM
AND THE NEEDS AROUND PUBLIC
SAFETY WERE VERY CLEAR.
ALSO, THE COMMUNITY WAS
JUST REALLY CLEAR ABOUT HOW
EXCITED THEY ARE AND THE VISION
THAT
THEY HAVE FOR THEIR
SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY THERE.
SO THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
Y'ALL, I DID A TOUR OF THE
ZOO, OKAY.
I THINK WE HAVE ALL DONE THIS
TOUR OF THE ZOO AS
THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR LONG-
RANGE
STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
WE GOT TO FEED THE RHINO ,
LOVED THAT.
AND GOT TO FEED -- OH.
WELL, EVERYONE DIDN'T GET
TO FEED THE RHINO.
OKAY.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT.
THANK YOU TO THEM FOR SPENDING
THE TIME AND WE ALSO KNOW
THEY HAVE A LONG- RANGE PLAN
THAT
WILL COME IN FRONT OF US SOON,
SO IT
WAS IMPORTANT TO GET TO SEE
SOME OF THEIR FACILITIES.
THEY WILL BE REOPENING ONE
OF THE FACILITIES THAT BURNT
DOWN A FEW YEARS AGO, SO WE GOT
TO SEE
THAT.
IT WAS
GREAT.
YES. I HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION,
PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ONON
ACCELERATION.
I WANT TO THANK THE
MEALS COALITION FOR COMING IN
AND MEETING WITH MY TEAM ABOUT
THEIR IMPORTANT WORK.
LASTLY, I SPENT SATURDAY ON
A WALK WITH THE RECONNECT
FREMONT
FOLKS. SO TAKE WAS GREAT.
WE GOT TO SEE SOME OF
THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTER
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THERE.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING THE UPDATE.
I WANT
TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA,
FOR CONTINUING TO PUT PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY IN YOUR COMMITTEE.
LAST UPDATE, COUNCILMEMBER
LIN ALREADY
MENTIONED THAT WE WILL HAVE THE
SHELTER LEGISLATION
COMING UP THIS WEEK.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE TIMELINE
FOR AMENDMENTS FOR THAT.
I BELIEVE MY TEAM WALKED THE
FLOOR AND CHECKED IN WITH FOLKS
TODAY. SO AMENDMENTS, IF YOU
HAVE THEM, ARE DUE ON THE 22nd.
WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSION
ON AMENDMENTS ON THE 29th, AND
THEN WE WILL VOTE ON THE
LEGISLATION
IN COMMITTEE ON THE 6th OF MAY.
THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO
REITERATE THOSE TIMELINES FOR
FOLKS IF YOU
HAVE THEM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED
TO BRING THIS UP AND FEEL
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE
WILL BE
PRESENTING ON WEDNESDAY.
I WILL TALK MORE ON
WEDNESDAY ABOUT SOME OF
THE PREINTRODUCTION EDITS THAT
FOLKS WILL SEE WITH THAT
LEGISLATION.
>> I HAVE
A QUESTION.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, FIRST OF
ALL, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER, FOR BEING SO
GOOD ABOUT TALKING TO ALL OF US
ABOUT THE SHELTER
LEGISLATION WHEN ALL OF THIS
STARTED. I THINK ONE OF
THE CONVERSATIONS -- I DON'T
KNOW --
I DON'T THINK YOU WERE IN
THAT CONVERSATION, BUT WE WERE
HAVING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS
PUT
TO ME IS LIKE WHAT IS IT GOING
TO TAKE TO GET YOU TO YES, AND
MY
RESPONSE WAS I THINK WE ARE ALL
AT YES, WE JUST WANT TO KNOW
HOW THE MAYOR GOT THERE, HOW THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE GOT TO
THE FACTORS AND HOW THEY CITE
TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAD
THE DISCUSSION OF LOOKING AT
THE MAPS, LOOKING AT HOW
MANY TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES ARE IN EACH DISTRICT,
LOOKING AT THE TOP
15 NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE
AND WHETHER OR NOT -- AND THE
MOST EXPENSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS IN
WHICH THERE ARE WITHIN A FIVE-
MILE
RADIUS NO TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
SO ANY EXPANSION FROM
SEVEN FACTORS TO 21 FACTORS.
SO MY ANSWER FOR EVERYONE
LISTENING, FOR GOD AND
EVERYBODY, WAS NO ONE HAS -- I
HAVE NEVER BEEN AT NO. I KNOW MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE
NEVER BEEN AT NO.
WE HAVE ALWAYS JUST WANTED
TO KNOW HOW DID YOU GET THERE,
MAYOR'S OFFICE, ESPECIALLY
SINCE WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO A
NEW
ADMINISTRATION. SOME OF THE
POLICIES I
DON'T COMPLETELY AGREE WITH,
BUT THAT'S NEITHER
HERE FOR THERE BECAUSE AT THE
END OF THE DAY OF
COURSE WE WANT TO
HOUSE PEOPLE THAT NEED THAT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
DOING THE LEADERSHIP THAT I
HAVE WATCHED YOU GROW INTO,
AND I'M NOT SPEAKING IN A
DEROGATORY
OR
MINIMIZING WAY. IT IS MORE OF A
WAY OF
REALLY WATCHING YOU EXPRESS
SHARED
LEADERSHIP, WHICH YOU DON'T
NORMALLY SEE IN ANGELO WESTERN
CONCEPT.
IT IS MAINLY HIERARCHICAL.
TO HAVE SOMEONE
WITH YOUR CALIBER TAKING THE
TIME TO GO
IN EVERYONE'S OFFICE, TALK TO
THEM
CITY WIDE, DISTRICT WIDE,
AND ALSO ABOUT TRANSPORTATION
SPINES
AND WHAT SERVICES AND
WHAT TRANSPORTATION SPINES ARE
THERE AND HOW CLOSE SERVICES
ARE, NOT
ONLY TO TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
BUT TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING
AND OTHER AREAS OF
HOUSING, PRIVATE.
SO IT ISN'T JUST TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES THAT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE IS OVERSEEING WITH
OPERATORS, IT IS THE
COUNTY, IT IS CHURCHES.
WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OTHER
PLACES.
LIKE A GOOD EXAMPLE IS SHARE
WHEEL. THEY RELY ON THE GOOD
WORTH AND
FAITH OF RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS TO ALLOW THEM TO
SITE
THERE. ALSO, YOU TAKING THE TIME
ALONG WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
AND
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, TO
LOOK AT THE CONTRACTS THAT
THE OPERATORS HAVE, THE CRITICAL
RESPONSE INCIDENT REPORTS
THAT ARE REQUIRED AND ALSO OUR
PUBLIC
RECORD.
THE GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD --
THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS
WHICH,
YOU KNOW, NEEDED TO BE.
AS SOMEONE HAS -- AND,
AGAIN, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN HERE,
IS
I WATCHED THE TRANSITION FROM
HSD WHEN THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOUSING WAS CREATED,
HOW SOME OF
THOSE CONTRACTS MIGRATED TO
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOUSING BUT REALLY WEREN'T
CHANGED.
I SAID IT BEFORE AND I WILL SAY
IT AGAIN ON THE RECORD, THE WERE
DEALING WITH
IN 2015 ARE DIFFERENT THAN
THE FOLKS WE ARE DEALING WITH IN
2026 FOR MANY REASONS
BESIDES FENTANYL AND METH, BUT
ALSO
IN REGARDS TO CRIME AND
PREDATORY BEHAVIOR,
VULNERABILITY,
BUT ALSO FOR THE FOLKS THAT
ACTUALLY
LIVE IN THOSE ENCAMPMENTS,
SANCTIONED, UNSANCTIONED,
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE, YOU NAME IT.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP.
IT REALLY MEANS A LOT.
I GOT SEVEN MONTHS HERE AND I
HOPE BEFORE I GO THAT WE WRAP
ALL OF THIS STUFF UP AND WE CAN
SEE SUCCESS FOR ALL OF US.
SO THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR
THAT, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
EVEN WHEN YOU ARE CALLING
ME COUNCILMEMBER DOULA, I DON'T
IS DEROGATORY.
I FEEL LIKE IT IS DONE IN
LOVE, SO -- NO, NO,
I'M TEASING. BUT I APPRECIATE
THAT.
THANK YOU FOR SAYING
THAT, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
MY TEAM HAS BEEN, AND I WILL
SAY I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR MY
TEAM WHO HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY
HARD AND JUST APPRECIATE THEM
AND THEIR WORK GETTING INTO
THE DETAILS.
WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY
GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH KCRHA,
ABOUT
THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE
KCRHA CONTRACTS AND TRYING TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE CONTINUITY
AND CLARITY WHICH I THINK IS
HELPFUL
NOT JUST -- IT IS HELPFUL
FOR BOTH THE PROVIDERS AND THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE WE CAN
HAVE THE
SAME CLEAR STANDARD WHEN IT GETS
INTO CONTRACTING.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S NOTES.
HE GAVE THEM TO ME TO READ.
SO HERE THEY ARE.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO THESE
IN TWO MINUTES.
THE FINANCE AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT APPROVED THREE PIECES
OF LEGISLATION COMING TO
FULL COUNCIL TOMORROW INCLUDING
TWO PIECE OF SHELTER
LEGISLATION.
THIS DEALS WITH FAS DIRECTOR
SIGNING AUTHORITY AND
BUDGET ASPECTS OF THE BILL.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE COUNCIL BILL
121187, OUR STANDARD QUARTER ONE
GRANTS ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HELD A
SPECIAL MEETING ON MARCH 30th
AND APRIL 21st, MEETING OF
THE COMMITTEE -- EXCUSE ME, HELD
A SPECIAL MEETING MARCH 30th
AND THE APRIL 21st MEETING OF
THE COMMITTEE WILL BE CANCELLED.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE MAY
5th.
REVENUE FORECAST.
THE ECONOMIC AND
REVENUE FORECAST COUNCIL
RECEIVED
AN UPDATED REVENUE FORECAST
ON FRIDAY.
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THE
BASELINE FORECAST.
THE FULL COUNCIL FORECAST
IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND THE
PRESENTATION WAS RECORDED
BY SEATTLE CHANNEL.
TOP LINE, REVENUES ARE
MOSTLY FLAT BUT THERE IS A LOT
OF UNCERTAINTY DUE TO THE U.S.
/IRAN WAR, RISING OIL PRICES AND
SOME
OTHER FACTORS THAT
COULD INCREASE THE CHANCES OF A
RECESSION.
DISTRICT SIX AND MORE.
DAN ALSO HOSTED HIS
WEEKLY OFFICE HOURS LASTLAST TO
MEET DIRECTLY WITH CONSTITUENTS,
AND
THAT IS THE UPDATE FROM
D6, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
OUR NEXT -- NOW MOVING --
ANY QUESTIONS FOR -- WELL, I
CAN'T ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS.
SORRY.
OKAY. THE NEXT GOVERNANCE
AND UTILITIES I WOULD REFER THEM
TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
UTILITIES COMMITTEE IS MAY 14th,
9:30 A.M.
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THE SECOND
STORMWATER CODE LEGISLATION THAT
IS COMING DOWN FROM SPU.
IT IS AN UPDATE.
WE HAD THE FIRST ONE.
WE WILL HEAR THE SECOND ONE.
COMING TO FULL COUNCIL ARE
THREE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE
SEATTLE ELECTIONS ETHICS
COMMITTEE COMING OUT OF OUR
COMMITTEE,
AND SPU EASEMENT ON NORTHEAST
91st AND THEN AN SPU PUMP
STATION
PROPERTY AGREEMENT WHICH
IS NUMBER -- IS PUMP STATION
NUMBER FOUR.
ALSO WANT TO THANK AND BIG
SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
FOR THE LEGISLATION FOR PASTOR
MANAWAY, THE STREET RENAMING
AND YOUR COMMITTEE AND WORKING
WITH YOUR OFFICE SIDE BY SIDE.
THANK YOU FOR THE COLLABORATION
EARLY ON AND GETTING
IT INTO YOUR COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU ON THAT ONE.
ALSO THE REGIONAL WATER
QUALITY COMMITTEE, I KNOW I SIT
ON
IT WITH COUNCILMEMBER LIN,
I WILL BE SUPER TRANSPARENT AND
FRANK.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE
CANNOT ABSORB DOUBLE DIGIT
INCREASES
FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS, 12. 9%
FOR FOUR YEARS AND THEN DROPPING
IT TO 11%.
IT IS 25% OF YOUR WATER BILL IS
FROM THE WASTEWATER FROM
KING COUNTY.
IT WILL DOUBLE YOUR BILL
WITH THESE INCREASES AND
COMPLETELY
UNATTAINABLE, AND CITY RESIDENTS
CANNOT ABSORB THAT AT ALL.
THAT IS JUST PUSHING
BACK
VERBALLY. I HAVE DONE IT IN
MEETINGS.
I WILL DO IT NOW PUBLICLY.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT I DO
NOT THINK RESIDENTS CAN ABSORB
AND THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF RELIEF
FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT WE
CURRENTLY HAVE AT SPU THAT CAN
HELP ALLEVIATE THAT COST FOR
RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING
WE
ARE WATCHING CLOSELY, THAT WE
SIT
ON THE COMMITTEE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE
REGIONAL WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE
HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT JUST
AS WE ARE THINKING
ABOUT AFFORDABILITY IN THAT
PIECE.
WE CANNOT HANDLE DOUBLE-
DIGIT INCREASES FOR THE NEXT SIX
YEARS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AT ALL.
FULL STOP.
NEXT, SORRY, AS WE
ARE TRANSITIONING -- SORRY, I
WENT A LITTLE HARD THERE.
WELL, THERE'S NOT -- IT IS
20% OF YOUR WATER BILL, AND
SO PEOPLE -- RESIDENTS, THE
FIRST THING THEY'RE GOING TO
SAY IS
SEATTLE HAS RAISED YOUR WATER
BILL, AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
WE HAVE RATES THAT ARE ABOUT
5% EVERY YEAR OVER YEAR,
AND, YOU KNOW, WE VOTE ON RATES
TWO
TO THREE YEARS AND WE HAVE A
PLAN.
WHAT KING COUNTY IS PROPOSING IS
NOT SUSTAINABLE AT ALL, AND
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL
BE
ADVOCATING AND BE VERY
LOUD ABOUT AS WE ARE TRYING
TO NAVIGATE THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
UP, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IF YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH
QUICKLY WHAT THE
DECISIONMAKINGDECISIONMAKING
IS. I HAVEN'T SAT ON RWQC FOR
YOUR COMMITTEE SO I'M TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP
AND THE DECISIONMAKING.
DOES RWQC VOTE ON
A RECOMMENDATION THAT GOES TO
KING COUNTY
COUNCIL?
>> THAT'S CORRECT, AND THEN
KING COUNTY COUNCIL VOTES ON
THE RATES.
MY ASK IN WORKING WITH THEM,
THE CHAIR HAS BEEN
PHENOMENAL USHERING THIS.
THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON THAT IS
LIKE, YEAH, RATES NEED
TO INCREASE.
WE'VE ASKED FOR A NUMBER
OF THINGS IN PLANNING, NOT JUST
ONE
YEAR, GETTING RATES EVERY ONE
YEAR, HAVING A PLAN SO WE CAN
UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW,
THE INCREASES THAT ARE COMING
OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.
BUT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL
THAT'S IN FRONT OF US OF THE
DOUBLE DIGITS FOR THE NEXT SIX
YEARS IS
TOTAL -- IS NOT -- IS
SOMETHING THAT I AM PUSHING BACK
HEAVILY ON. SPEAK
FOR COUNCILMEMBER LIN OR
ANYTHING,
I KNOW HE SITS ON THE COMMITTEE
AS
WELL. COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS
ISSUE IS NOT JUST AFFECTING
SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
I MEAN THESE CHARGES GET
PASSED ON TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS
AS
WELL. SO IT IS CERTAINLY REGION
WIDE
ISSUE THAT SOMEHOW I DO THINK WE
COLLECTIVELY NEED TO GET
OUR ARMS AROUND.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY
EASY ANSWERS TO THESE RISING
COSTS ON
DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER.
CERTAINLY I DON'T KNOW IF WE
NEED HELP FROM STATE PARTNERS
OR WHAT THE SOLUTION IS, BUT WE
--
AT A MINIMUM WE NEED BETTER
LONG- TERM PLANNING.
BUT, YEAH, WITH RISING
COSTS, IT IS DIRECTLY GOING TO
IMPACT
ALL OF OUR
AFFORDABILITY GOALS.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU FOR
THAT, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
WE ARE NOT VOTING ON IT YET.
WE HAVE BEEN GETTING UPDATES.
WE WROTE A LETTER.
WE JUST WANT BETTER LONG-
TERM PLANNING FROM OUR COUNTY
PARTNERS, AND I KNOW THEY DO
TOO. IT IS NOT EASY, ANY ANSWER,
BUT
I THINK THE CURRENT PROPOSAL
AT HAND IS SOMETHING THAT IS
NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR RESIDENTS
AT ALL.
SO I WILL SAY THAT.
YEAH, YOU LOVE WRITING
LETTERS,
CLEARLY. SORRY.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WILL
SAY THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL, COLLEAGUES, FOR YOUR WORK
AND DILIGENCE ON THE MAYOR'S
SHELTER
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN USHERING
PEOPLE THROUGH.
I KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA,
YOU WERE AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HOSTED A
SPECIAL MEETING TO GET
IT THROUGH.
YOU ARE HOSTING IT IN
YOUR
COMMITTEE. THIS HAS BEEN A
TEAMWIDE EFFORT
ON THIS PROCESS.
IT HAS BEEN AN ENGAGEMENT ON
THE COUNCIL'S PART.
WE ARE READY TONE GAUGE ON
ENGAGE ON
THE TOPIC OF GETTING PEOPLE
HOUSED.
THE LEGISLATION IS THE EASY
PART. THE IMPLEMENTATION IS ONE
OF THE
ADMINISTRATIONEST PARTS HARDEST
PARTS.
I WANT ON THE RECORD THE
COUNCIL HAS DONE EVERYTHING ININ
POWER TO MOVE THIS LEGISLATION
VERY
KWIFTLY, VERY -- ON A VERY
TIGHT TIMELINE.
WE HAVE MADE A LOT
OF CONCESSIONS ON THIS COUNCIL
DEFERRING IT TO
COMMITTEE, FINDING SPONSORS,
SPECIAL MEETINGS FOR
COMMITTEE, GETTING -- MAKING
SURE
CENTRAL STAFF WAS ENGAGING ON
THE PROCESS BEFORE IT WAS SENT
DOWN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
BEING COOKED UP BEFORE IT WAS
SENT TO US AND US GETTING IT,
AND JUST
HAVING BETTER LINES
OF COMMUNICATION WITH OUR
EXECUTIVE.
JUST, YOU KNOW, THOSE
ARE GROWING PAINS TAKE WE ALL
HAVE.
SO ANYWAYS I JUST WANTED TO
SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE
ANYTHING THAT HAS -- ANY
COMMENT THAT CAN MAKE IT SEEM
LIKE
COUNCIL HAS BEEN SLOWING DOWN
ANYTHING, COMPLETELY PUSH
BACK ON AT ALL.
YOU CAN TALK TO EVERY
SINGLE COLLEAGUE ON HERE BECAUSE
WE
HAVE ALL MADE A VALIANT EFFORT
TO GET STUFF PUSHED THROUGH
AND TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALSO
GETTING
PROPERLY SITED SHELTERS THAT
WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK THAT'S THE KEY.
IT IS NOT THE SPEED OF STUFF.
IT IS GETTING STUFF
PROPERLY SITED SO THEY CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL SO EVERYONE WILL SAY,
I
WOULD LIKE THIS IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD,
RIGHT? OR WE WELCOME THIS, THIS
MAKES
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFER, WE WANT
TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET AND
HOUSED AND BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO THERE'S A PROCESS TO THAT.
ANYWAYS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I
SAID THAT BEFORE I ENDED
ANY
COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU
SAID SOMETHING AND I THINK
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS OFF LINE, I
KNOW COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND I
DID,
ON THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS.
YOU HAD THOUGHTS
ABOUT THAT.
>> I DO.
>> WOULD YOU MIND SHARING JUST
A LITTLE BIT FOR -- I'M SORRY.
I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE
SPOT, BUT I THINK SOME OF
WHAT YOU SHARED WITH ME WAS
OBVIOUSLY NOT ONLY WELL
ARTICULATED,
BUT FOR LEADERSHIP PURPOSES GAVE
US SOME DIRECTION, WHAT YOU
WERE THINKING AS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> YEAH.
SO I THINK WE HAVE ALL --
I DON'T WANT TO SAY CONCERNS,
BUT
WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED
DIFFERENT FEEDBACK FROM
DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN
THERE MIGHT BE SOME TYPE OF
ISSUE
GOING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE FIRST THING
THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ASK, WELL,
WHO
CAN WE CONTACT?
IS THERE A CONTACT ON SITE?
IS THERE AN E-MAIL?
IS THERE A NUMBER, YOU
KNOW, SOMEONE WE CAN SAY, HEY,
THIS IS
WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, TO BE ABLE TO --
YOU KNOW, SOME ISSUES THAT ARE
PRESENTED. IN OUR
GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD AGREEMENTS, A
LOT OF THEM
ARE DIFFERENT PER PROVIDER.
THEY'RE DIFFERENT FOR
DEPARTMENT.
THEY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT AT KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY, MIGHT
HAVE STUFF THAT'S DIFFERENT
THAN OUR
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE DIFFERENT AT KING
COUNTY. THEY'RE ALL OVER
THE PLACE. ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
DOING IS WHO IS THE POINT OF
CONTACT
PER SHELTER?
IS THERE A 24- HOUR LINE
THAT SOMEONE CAN CALL AND GET A
PERSON, NOT AN A.I. BUT GET
AN ACTUAL PERSON IF THERE'S
ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD?
HOW OFTEN ARE SHELTERS
OR PROVIDERS MEETING
WITH NEIGHBORHOODS TO TELL THEM,
HEY, HERE IS WHAT IS GOING ON,
THIS
IS THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WE ARE
PUTTING.
JUST GIVING PEOPLE AN
UPDATE, JUST HAVING THAT
CONNECTION WITH
FOLKS. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING
WHERE
WE ARE GOING TO SAY, YOU ARE
GOING TO GET YOUR FUNDING CUT IF
YOU DON'T DO THIS AND THIS AND
THIS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
WE ARE ACTUALLY ASKING
FOR BETTER OPEN LINES
OF COMMUNICATION WITH OUR
PROVIDERS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS
SO IT
IS NOT THE COUNCIL MEMBER AT
10:00 AND 12:00 P.M. GETTING A
CALL
ON YOUR CITY LINE REGARDING
CERTAIN THINGS AND THEN YOU ARE
CALLING THE POLICE AND, YOU
KNOW,
WE'RE CUTTING THE MIDDLE FOLKS
OUT
SO FOLKS CAN HAVE DIRECT ACCESS
TO THESE PROVIDERS AND PEOPLE
ON SITE SO THEY CAN ADDRESS
THEIR
CONCERNS.
>> I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE
POINT BUT I WANT TO
POINT IT OUT BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT
IT
UP BEFORE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
AND
THIS IS WHAT BRIEFING IS
ABOUT, AND I'M ENJOYING BEING
BACK AT THE OLD STYLE OF
BRIEFING
WHERE WE CAN BE CONVERSATIONAL
AND
TALK, AND TALK
WITH COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER ABOUT
THIS.
ON THE CRITICAL INCIDENT
REPORT, SCHEDULE ONE YOU HAVE TO
REPORT WITHIN 24 AND 48 HOURS 48
THOSE ARE SERIOUS CRIMES.
SCHEDULE TWO ARE SERIOUS
BUT THEY'RE QUARTERLY.
I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR TAKING
OUR AMENDMENTS AND
CORPORATING THEM AND THOSE
SHOULD
BE REPORTED MONTHLY IN
THE DISTRICTS IN WHICH THE
TINY HOUSES ARE SITUATED.
I THINK AS ELECTEDS AND WITH OUR
CONSTITUENTS AS WELL, WE ARE
NOT JUST
PROTECTING OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE AROUND
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES BUT THOSE
WHO LIVE IN THEM WHO ARE THE
MOST VULNERABLE AND ARE PREYED
UPON.
SO DRILLING DOWN ON THE CRITICAL
INCIDENT REPORTS AND THE TYPE
OF SCHEDULE ONE, SCHEDULE TWO
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE
REQUIRED BY LAW OF THE
OPERATOR BECAUSE THEY SIGNED THE
CONTRACT, I WANT TO THANK
BOTH OF YOU FOR TAKING
THE OPPORTUNITY -- TAKING THE
TIME TO LOOK AT THE MATERIAL
THAT
I PROVIDED YOU TO SAY THIS IS
WHAT IS REQUIRED, AND NOT MAKING
IT SOUND LIKE WE ARE ADDING
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OR YOU
WILL GET YOUR FUNDING CUT IF
YOU DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE THESE
ARE SERIOUS CRIMES
THAT ARE HAPPENING INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE
OF THE TINY HOUSE, BESIDES
SEX TRAFFICKING AND HOMICIDES
AND GUNSHOTS AND ALL OF THAT.
BY LAW THERE ARE CERTAIN
THINGS YOU MUST REPORT, BUT
BEFORE
THIS WE WEREN'T AWARE UNLESS WE
ASKED, NOBODY JUST -- NO ONE
GAVE THEM TO US EVEN
THOUGH THEY'RE PUBLIC RECORDS.
SO THAT'S ALL I WAS TRYING TO
DRILL DOWN ON, IS LIVE UP TO
THE CONTRACT THAT YOU SIGNED AND
THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO
THE CITY IN THAT PARTICULAR
DISTRICT, LIKE YOU SAID,
SO YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE CALL
AS A
COUNCILMEMBER ON YOUR WORK
PHONE SAYING, HEY, THERE'S BEEN
A
SHOOTING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
ABOUT IT, AND THIS HAPPENED
AND NOBODY IS THERE TO PICK UP
THE PHONE.
SO THANK YOU.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO
SAY
SOMETHING.
>> OH,
NO.
>> I WAS GOING TO JUMP
IN ON --
>> OH,
SORRY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, SORT
OF LIKE I ALLUDED TO THIS
EARLIER WHEN I WAS MENTIONING,
CONFIRMING THINGS WITH
KCRHA BECAUSE WE HAD
THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT
THE
CRITICAL INCIDENT REPORTS AND
THOSE
ARE THANKS THAT THE PROVIDERS
DO REPORT TO, AS YOU MENTIONED,
ALREADY REPORT TO KCRHA, BUT
I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE
HAS BEEN THAT IF YOU ARE A
MEMBER OF
THE PUBLIC YOU PROBABLY GO
TO YOUR COUNCILMEMBER NOT TO THE
KCRHA ADMINISTRATOR.
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS HAVING
THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE WE
CAN
BETTER RESPOND TO FOLKS
AND SHORTEN THE CONSTITUENT
RESPONSE
TIME WHEN WE GET THE INQUIRIES.
I WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE I
DON'T THINK YOU ARE IMPLYING
THIS
SO I WILL SAY IT ANYWAYS, YOU
KNOW,
I THINK -- LET ME BACK UP.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE, TWO --
I WOULD SAY CAN WALK TO THREE
TINY
HOUSES FROM WHERE I LIVE
IN SOUTH SEATTLE, AND ONE OF
THEM
IS ABOUT TO OPEN.
SO I'LL COUNT IT THOUGH,
WITH
THREE. I THINK IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, LIKE WE WALKED, SOME
OF
THEM HAVE MOVED AROUND AND WE
WALKED AND BROUGHT THINGS
OVER THERE. THERE'S TONS OF
KIDS WHO
LIVE IN ONE OF THEM.
THE KIDS ARE ALWAYS OUT
PLAYING, WE WILL SEE THEM OUT.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY
A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT TINY
HOUSE
VILLAGES HAVE
DIFFERENT POPULATIONS AND
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WITHIN
THEM,
WHETHER, YOU KNOW, SOME MAY
BE SERVING HIGH ACUITY, SOME MAY
BE SERVING LOWER ACUITY
AND THAT WILL JUST BE DIFFERENT
ACROSS THE BOARD.
I DO THINK SOMETIMES ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS
INADVERTENTLY IS WHEN WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CRITICAL
INCIDENT REPORTS OR SOME OF THE
PLACES WHERE WE'VE HAD
VIOLENCE OR OTHER THINGS
HAPPENING THAT
IT MAY SOUND LIKE WE
ARE IMPLYING THAT HAPPENS AT
EVERY
LOCATION, AND WE'RE NOT, RIGHT.
BUT WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO
MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE
THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE SO WE
CAN THEN BE RESPONSIVE.
SO JUST FELT IMPORTANT FOR ME
TOTO SAY -- STATE IT
THAT WAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> YEAH.
>> AND I THINK -- AND I'M SO
GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE
WE KNOW HOW PEOPLE TAKE OUR
WORDS
AND THEY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
I WILL SAY FROM MY
UNDERSTANDING THE FIRST 500
SHELTERS
ARE RESERVED -- NOT GOING TO
SAY RESERVED BUT THE PRIORITY
IS HIGH ACUITY FOLKS.
SO THAT EVEN CHANGED
MY AMENDMENTS TO FAMILIES
AND CHILDREN FOR THE FIRST 1,000
SO WE WOULDN'T BIND THE
EXECUTIVE ON IDENTIFYING IT FOR
THE FIRST
500, BUT GIVING IT A LITTLE
BIT OF RUNWAY AS WE WERE
BUILDING
THESE UP.
FROM MY
UNDERSTANDING PRIORITIZE.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
IS PRIORITIZING HIGH
ACUITY. IT IS VERY DIFFERENT,
THAT DEMOGRAPHIC.
THAT'S WHY THERE WERE -- I
KNOW I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT, HEY,
HOW ARE WE IMPLEMENTING THESE
AND WHAT ARE -- WHAT PRECAUTIONS
ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE GREAT WRAP- AROUND SERVICES
FOR
THESE FOLKS.
THERE'S A GREAT ONE BEHIND THE
RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK,
THAT IS WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES.
SO IT IS VERY -- EVERY TINY
HOME IS VERY
DIFFERENT, THE
POPULATION. I'M GLAD YOU
POINTED THAT
OUT, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER,
AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAS
BEEN PRIORITIZED BY THE
EXECUTIVE
OR HAS BEEN SAID PRIORITIZED FOR
THE INITIAL FIRST 500,
WHICH THOSE ARE WHAT WE WERE
TALKING
ABOUT, WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF
US RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF
EXPEDITING
THOSE. I KNOW IT IS A LOT.
WE ARE TALKING ALL WONKY STUFF.
ANY OTHER FOLLOW UP, ANYTHING?
AWESOME. IS THERE ANY OTHER
BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE GROUP BEFORE
WE
END OUR MEETING?
OKAY.
AWESOME. Y'ALL, I'M VERY
SHOCKED.
TWO MINUTES PER
PERSON. Y'ALL -- EVEN
COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA CAME THROUGH.
HE CAME THROUGH, PUT ON A
TIMER
AND SAT IT DOWN. OKAY.
IT IS 2:54 P.M.
OUR MEETING
IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.