>> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS? HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER.
>> HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ,
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LINN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> HERE.
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU, EXCUSE
ME, IF NO OBJECTIONS THE MINUTES
OF MAY 4th, 2026, WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. THERE
ARE NO PRESENTATIONS OR
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS SCHEDULED FOR
TODAY. THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CONSENT CALENDAR, THERE ARE 20
ITEMS ON THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR, BILLS,
MINUTES, TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE
CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL. WE HAVE
FOUR PROCLAMATIONS FOR
DISCUSSION AND SIG NCH FOR THE
RECORD, WE ARE JOINED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER
FOSTER. THANK YOU. A REMINDER
THAT COUNCIL BRIEFING, THAT IS--
SORRY, I LOOKED AT COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ AND IT THREW ME
OFF. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> LATE BECAUSE OF COUNCIL
MEMBER FOSTER, LET THE RECORD
REFLECT THAT.
>> SOCCER PLAYER.
>> IT IS AMAZING TO SEE YOU.
OKAY? NOT JUST GOOD. COUNCIL
MEMBER BRIEFING AND CITY COUNCIL
ARE CANCELED ON MAY 25th, THAT
IS OUR COUNCIL BRIEFING, AND
FULL COUNCIL MEETING, THE 26th.
SO OUR NEXT SCHEDULED CITY
COUNCIL MEETING IS JUNE 2nd.
MAKING SURE WE KNOW ABOUT THAT.
ON JUNE 1st, COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL
BRIEFING, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
WILL PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON
AFFORDABILITY IN SEATTLE IN
LIGHT OF THE UP COMING LEVY AND
RATE INCREASING PROPOSALS SO WE
HAVE COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
PRESENTING TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT
THE LEVYS CURRENTLY BEING PAID
ON RIGHT NOW&ONES COMING DOWN
THE PIPELINE AS WELL TO DO A
TABLE SETTING TO UNDERSTAND HOW
THEY INTERCONNECT. IF THERE IS
STUFF OFFLINE, YOU CAN TALK
ABOUT THAT, YOU WANT TO SEE IN
THERE, MORE THAN HAPPY TO
DISCUSS. I THINK IT IS GOOD FROM
CENTRAL STAFF PERSPECTIVE TO
TELL US WHAT WE HAVE VOTED ON IN
THE PAST, WHAT IS CURRENTLY
BEING PAID ON CAP, EVERYTHING
YOU COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF
ABOUT AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE I IT
IS IMPORTANT. JUNE 1 AT 2:00
P.M. WE WILL HAVE A
PRESENTATION. LOOKING AT LOT OF
NODS. TODAY FOUR PROCCLAMATIONS
AND SIGNATURE. I WILL ASK EACH
COUNCIL MEMBER TO INTRODUCE THE
PROCLAMATION AND SEEK ANY FINAL
FEEDBACK BEFORE I REQUEST ROLL
CALL TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO AFFIX
THEIR SIGNATURE. I THINK WE ONLY
HAVE ONE BEING PRESENTED
TOMORROW, IN COUNCIL Y. AM
LOOKING AT THE OTHER COUNCIL
SPONSORS AND, BECAUSE I KNOW
COUNCIL MEMBER LINN AND I HAVE
ONE COMING TOMORROW, THAT WILL
BE PRESENTED IN COUNCIL.
EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING,
PRESENTING THEM IN COMMUNITY
AWESOME. OKAY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK HAS A PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING MAY 24th AS
INDEPENDENCE DAY, COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK.
>> I AM BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO
CELEBRATE THE INDEPENDENCE DAY,
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
DAYS IN THE DIASPERA, WE ARE
PROUD TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS TO SELL BRACE THIS
DAY AND RECOGNIZE OUR INCREDIBLE
LEADERS HERE IN SEATTLE AND
THEIR CONTRABUGS TO OUR CITY.
SO, INVITING ALL OF YOU TO JOIN
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE
CELEBRATION AT THE AMPHITHEATER
THIS SATURDAY, MAY 23rd, TO
CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE DAY.
IT IS A REALLY FUNFESTIVAL. I
TRY AND GO EVERY YEAR AND WOULD
LOVE IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME AND
ASK FOR SIGNATURES.
>> IS THERE COMMENT BEFORE WE
CALL ROLL? AWESOME. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
FIND WHO WOULD LIKE TO AFFIX
THEIR SIGNATURE TO THE
PROCLAMATION?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> LINN.
>> YES.
>> RINCK.
>> YES.
>> HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT SIGNATURES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER, TWO
PROCLAMATIONS.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, I AM
EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD NOT
ONE, BUT TWO PROCLAMATIONS, BOTH
HELPING US WELCOME IN JUNE AS
PRIDE MONTH, WHICH I AM THRILLED
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO. SO, I AM
GOING TO BRING FORTH THE FIRST
ONE, WHICH IS OUR GENERAL JUNE
PROCLAMATION FOR PRIDE, IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE
ALLF OUR LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNEFY,
WHICH WHERE AM A PART OF AND I
KNOW OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL ARE AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO GETTING TO PRESENT THIS
PROCLAMATION TO FOLKS AND
CELEBRATE PRIDE, BECAUSE SEATTLE
IS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE
PRIDE OURSELVES ON IS BEING A
WELCOMING CITY AND PLACE WHERE
QUEER RESIDENTS CAN FEEL SAFE,
WARM, AND WELCOME. I KNOW
EVERYONE HAS NOT FELT THATWAY
ESPECIALLY IN RECENT DAYS. SO I
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE
AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO
PRIDE AND TO WELCOMING JUNE IN
WITH THAT SPIRIT. SO, I ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT, COLLEAGUES.
>> AWESOME. ARE THERE COMMENTS?
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
FOSTER, FOR BRINGING THAT
DRAFTING AND DOING THAT. ARE
THERE COMMENTS REGARDING PRIDE
MONTH PROCLAMATION? AWESOME. I
AM JUST GLAD WE HAVE ANOTHER
COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE TEAM WHO
CAN DRAFT IT TOO, ON THE
PROCLAMATION. I LIKE THE
ROTATION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS. OKAY. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR PRIDE?
WHO WANTS TO PUT THEIR SIGNATURE
ON THE PRIDE PROCLAMATION?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LINN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK?
>> HELL YEAH.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT SIGNATURES.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER, BACK TO
YOU FOR PRIDE ASIA DAY.
>> HAT I AM EXCITED TO
BRINGPROCLAMATION FOR PRIDE
ASIA, A POWERFUL REMINDER ABOUT
INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITY AND
GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CELEBRATE LGBTQATION AND PACIFIC
ISLANDER COMMUNITIES WHO ARE
CREATING THEIR OWN SPACES TO BE
SEEN AND PROTECTED AND
CELEBRATED. IN SEATTLE, ABOUT
17% OF OUR CITY'S POPULATION
ISATION AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
RESIDENTS. PRIDE ASIA GIVES US
AN OPPORTUNITY TO INSURE THAT
LGBTQIA PLUS AAPI RESIDENTS ARE
CELEBRATED. I LOOK FORWARD TO
PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION
LATER ON THIS MONTH FOR PRIDE
ASIA, AND, COLLEAGUES, ASK FOR
YOUR SIGNATURE AND SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCIL
MEMBER FOSTER, AND FOR TR
RECORD, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA, WELCOME. I WAS ACTUALLY
SUPPOSED TO SUSPEND THE RULES SO
WE COULD VOTE ON BOTH OF THEM AT
THE SAME TIME. I APOLOGIZE, WE
DID ONE BY ONE. ARE THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS TO TALK ABOUT
PRIDE ASIA? AT ALL? AWESOME.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LINN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> NINE SIGNATURES.
>> THANK YOU, AWESOME. NOW WE
WILL GO TO-- THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER FOSTER, FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK ON THAT AS WELL. NOW WE
WILL GO TO THE LAST
PROCLAMATION, I KNOW COUNCIL
MEMBER LINN AND I HAVE A
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MAY
19th AS STATE CHAMPION RAINIER
BEACH BOYS BASKETBALL DAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER LINN, I WILL TOSS
IT TO YOU. I KNOW IT IS YOUR
DISTRICT, NOT TRYING TO OVERSTEP
BUT HAPPY TO JOIN YOU IN THIS
PROCLAMATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
PRESIDENT. REALLY, WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN, AND
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, JUST, WHAT
IS THAT?
>> IT IS ALL YOU.
>> AND, YEAH, JUST WANT TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HONOR OUR
INCREDIBLE RAINIER BEACH BOYS
BASKETBALL TEAM, AND JUST SHOW
SOME LOVE TO THE RAINIER BEACH
COMMUNITY, WHICH CERTAINLY NEEDS
ALL THE LOVE WE CAN GIVE IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU,
COUNCIL MEMBER LINN, PARTNERING
WITH YOUR OFFICE ON THIS,
RAINIER BEACH BOYS BASKETBALL
HAS WON NUMEROUS CHAMPIONSHIPS,
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE JOINED BY
THEM IN-- AT THE MEETING
TOMORROW, WITH COACH MIKE
BETHEA, WHO WON HIS 10th
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AT
RAINIER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL. SO, A
LEGEND IN THE COMMUNITY WITH
COACH MIKE, AND THEN SOME
PLAYERS, THEY DO HAVE FINALS
GOING ON, SO WE MIGHT NOT HAVE
THE FULL BASKETBALL TEAM, MIGHT
ONLY BE COACH MIKE AS WELL. BUT
WE WILL HAVE SOMEBODY
REPRESENTING RAINIER BEACH HIGH
SCHOOL TOMORROW, WHICH WILL BE
GREAT. WE WILL HAVE THE COACH,
AND MAYBE A COUPLE-- FEW
PLAYERS. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT
THAT. THAT WILL BE PRESENTED
TOMORROW IN CHAMBERS. THANK YOU.
>>> WE ARE GOING-- WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? IS
THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
REGARDING THE PROCLAMATION FOR
RAINIER BEACH BOYS BASKETBALL
TEAM? I DIDN'T ASK, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, WHO
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE AFEX
SND
>> COUNCIL MEMBER AIRA? AYE.
>> STRAUSS?
>> IOOH.
>> FOSTER.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LIN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> I THINK YOU GUYS ALREADY DID
THE PRIDE PROCLAMATION, AND I
DEFINITELY WANT TO SIGN ON TO
THAT. SO, APOLOGIES, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET
MY NAME ON THERE TOO. CAN YOU DO
IT?
>> I THINK THAT IS ACCEPTABLE IN
OPEN SESSION.
>> YES, WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL
THE ROLL AGAIN, I AM ASSUMING.
>> THANKS FOR ADDING MY NAME.
>> FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE TWO
PROCLAMATIONS FOR PRIDE, PRIDE
ASIA, AND PRIDE SEATTLE. COUNCIL
MEMBER RIVERA WOULD LIKE HER
SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO BOTH.
>> AYE. TO BOTH.
>> AWESOME.
>> GOTCHA. THEN THERE WAS
ARETRIAN DAY BOUGHT BY COUNCIL
MEMBER RINCK.
>> YES, PLEASE, THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CP. SORRY ABOUT
THAT.
>> NO WORRIES, YOU ARE GOOD. WE
ARE GOING TO NOW BEGIN OUR NEXT
DISCUSSION ON PREVIEW OF CITY
COUNCIL ACTIONS, AND REGIONAL
COMMITTEES. I THENT WE WENT TO
THE RIGHT. HOW ABOUT WE START
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ AND
THEN TO THE RIGHT.
>> DID YOU SEE MY HAND UP?
>> SAW YOUR FACE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ. WE
WILL GO TO YOU, YOU CAN GO TO
THE RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER PRESIDENT. MAN, I THOUGHT
I WAS GOING TO SIT BACK AND
SLIDE, BUT OKAY. OKAY, HERE WE
GO, GUYS. LETS SEE, PARK AND
CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE, WE HAVE A
MEETING WEDNESDAY 2:00, WE HAVE
SEVEN MATTERS, INCLUDING THE
DATA CENTER RESOLUTION,ER AND
SOME HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS. I
WANT TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE
SEVEN MATTERS BECAUSE I WOULD
LIKE TO VOTE ON ALL OF THEM,
BECAUSE SOME ARE JUST BASIC
HOUSEKEEPING. SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
2026 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT LAND
DEED ACCEPTANCE, SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT EASEMENT CONVEYANCE TO
PUGET SOUND ENERGY, SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT EASEMENT TO KING COUNTY.
AND THEN THE TWO I AM GOING TO
FOCUS IN ON IN D1, CURRENT USE
TAXATION FOR BUYERS BULLDOG
GARDEN PEE PATCH IN WEST
SEATTLE, A SEPARATE HEARING AND
VOTE. SEATTLE PARKS AND
RERIATION PRESCHOOL IN D3, THAT
IS THEIR YOUTH CONTRACT, AND A
VOTE. AND SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION VICTORY HEIGHTS
COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL OPERATIONS
AND USE CONTRACT AND A VOTE. THE
LAST THING I MENTIONED ON THE
USE CONTRACT, WHICH WE ARE
LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, I WANT
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ON
COMMITTEE TO JUST FOCUS IN ON
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OFFSET IN THE
CONTRACT, WHICH WILL WILL BE
LOOKING AT, USUALLY PRETTY
STRAIGHT FORWARD, BUT AS YOU
KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE
CONTRACTS AND USING PUBLIC
FACILITIES AND PUBLIC SPACE AT
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAS TO OFFSET
THAT. SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT
THAT, THOSE ARE ARE THE TWO
THINGS AND PARKS HAS BEEN REALLY
GOOD AT KEEPING THOSE CONTRACTS
BALANCED THAT THE PUBLIC STAYS
PUBLIC. SO, THOSE TWO CONTRACTS
WILL BE LOOKING AT, AND VOTING
ON. AND, LAST, THE DATA CENTER
POLICY RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON, AND I THINK I
SENT OUT AN E-MAIL TO EVERYBODY,
BUT I WOULD WELCOME ANYONE WHO
WANS TO LET OUR STAFF KNOW EARLY
IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE A
POTENTIAL CO-SPONSORS AS WELL.
LAST WEEK WE, OF COURSE, MET
WITH OUR NEW ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND AS YOU
KNOW, HE WAS CONFIRMED OR WILL
GO TO FULL COUNCIL, I WAS HAPPY
TO VOTE YES ON THAT
CONFIRMATION. THIS WEEK, KING
COUNTY BOARD OHEALTH MEETING, WE
WILL HAVE IT THIS THURSDAY, WE
WILL HAVE BRIEFINGS ON THE
PUBLIC HEALTH, SEATTLE KING
COUNTY PREP FOR FIFA MEN'S
WORLD CUP. THE IMPACT OF
INEQUITABLE ACCESS TO MASSAGE
LICENSER ON WORKERS AND PUBLIC
SAFETY PRESENTED BY THE MASSAGE
PARLER ORGANIZING PROJECT, THE
OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
REPORT, AND PROGRESS IN
INNOVATION AND HIV STI CONTROL.
I DON'T KNOW-- WHO ELSE HERE IS
ON BOARD OF HEALTH? YOU ARE ON
THERE? JUST YOU AND I? AND YOU
OKAY, YOU WILL BE CARRYING THE
WEIGHT ON THAT. I WILL SIT BACK
AND WATCH. THAT IS IT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. ANYTHING ELSE YOU
NEED OF ME?
>> IS THERE QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ. SEEING
NONE, PASSING THE TORCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER RIVERA. GOING TO THE
RIGHT. IS THAT OKAY? WE CAN GO
TO THE LEFT. I AM SORRY.
>> DON'T MATTER TO ME.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA.
>> LETS GO. ALL RIGHT.
>> IT IS BINGO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES.
TRANSPORTATION, WATER FRONT IN
SEATTLE CITY COMMITTEE, FORMERLY
KNOWN AS STEPS, NEXT MEETING
WILL BE THURSDAY 9:30 A.M. AS
ALWAYS, WE HAVE A VERY PACKED
AND ROBUST AGENDA. THE FIRST
THING WE GOING TO HEAR IS
COMMUNITY PANEL TALKING ABOUT
THE URGENT OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE
TO RENOVATE THE SEATTLE CENTER,
ONCE AND FOR ALL. MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH ACTING
DIRECTOR INGSTRAM, ARE TALKING
THE NEED THERE, THE IMPERATIVE:
WE WILL HEAR, CONSIDER, AND
POSSIBLY VOTE ON A NEW JOINT
MAYORAL COUNCIL PROCLAMATION
AFFIRMING OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT
TO MODERNIZE AND UPGRADE AND,
ONCE AND FOR ALL, ADDRESS THE
DECADES LONGP CAPITAL
MAINTENANCE AND RENOVATION NEEDS
AT SEATTLE CENTER, SEE THE TITLE
OF THE AGENDA FOR THE OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE THERE FOR THOSE THAT
CARE ABOUT OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.
AND WE ARE ALSO-- IT ALSO, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, ESTABLISHES THAT
BY 2027, OR EARLIER, WE WILL
RENOVATE THE CENTER. THE THIRD
ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT
WEEK, EXCUSE ME, NEXT STEPS
MEETING THURSDAY, WE WILL HEAR
AN UPDATE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT ON UNPERMITTED STREET
VENDING, I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A
TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR A LOT OF
YOU, A LOT OF THE SMALL
BUSINESSES, AND YOUR
COMMUNITIES, AND WE ARE GOING TO
HEAR AN UPDATE, THERE HAS BEEN
AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM
CONVENED, COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE
STAKEHOLDERS SDOT, PARKS, FIRE,
OUR KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH,
SO WE WILL HEAR FROM A FEW OF
THOSE ON THURSDAY. FINALLY, A
BRIEF AND DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON
ALLEY STREET LOCATION THAT WE
HEARD AT LAST COMMITTEE. SO,
AGAIN, VERY STACKED, ROBUST
AGENDA, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO IT. A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
COMMUNITY, I WILL SHARE THAT ON
SATURDAY WAS DELIGHTED TO JOIN
THE MAYOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY, MORE SPECIFICALLY,
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION, AS THEY LAUNCHED
THIS YEAR'S DEL RCH FARMER'S
MARKET AT A BRAND NEW LOCATION
IN HIGH POINT. SO WE
PARTICIPATED IN THE RIBBON
CUTTING FOR THAT. REALLY
IMPORTANT MILESTONE, BECAUSE, AS
WE KNOW, COLLEAGUES, THIS
COUNCIL HAS DONE A LOT TO EXPAND
FOOD ACCESS AND ADDRESS FOOD
DESERTS, INCLUDING THROUGH, BY,
AND EXPANDING OUR FARMER'S
MARKET, RESOURCES FOR FARMER'S
MARKETS AND PROVIDING CULTURALLY
RELEVANT FOOD FOR COMMUNITIES
THAT NEED IT THE MOST. HONORED
TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
THIS ON SATURDAY. BEEN VERY
ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY SINCE THE
LAST TIME WE HAVE TALKED, AT
THIS TABLE, THIS FORUM, BUT I
WILL JUST SHARE ONE OTHER THING
THAT HAS BEEN ON MY MIND, AND MY
HEART AS WELL. SO, A FEW WEEKS
AGO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF
JOINING THE WEST SEATTLE
BASEBALL COMMUNITY AT THE
PEE-WEE PLAY FIELD, REALLY COOL.
CEREMONY, DOWN THERE AT THE
FIELDS HAD, BECAUSE THEY HAD A
30-FOOT FLAG POLE THAT HAS BEEN
EMPTY AND BARE FOR THREE, FOUR
YEARS, AND THEY WANTED AN
AMERICAN FLAG THERE, LIKE HAS
ALWAYS BEEN THERE, AND THEY
ASKED ME AND MY OFFICE FOR SOME
SUPPORT, AND I HAPPEN TO HAVE A
FEW AMERICAN FLAGS LYING AROUND,
I PROUDLY FLY ONE IN MY OWN
HOME, AND RIGHT NEXT TO A BLACK
LIVES MATTER FLAG, SO, JOIN THE
PRESIDENT OF WEST SEATTLE AND
PARTICIPATED IN THE FLAG RAISING
CEREMONY AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE FLAG, AND WHAT
IT MEANS TO COMMUNITY. I SHARED
THAT, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A
VETERAN, WHO HAS FOUGHT FOR
PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF
SPEECH, AND WE ARE HAVING THESE
NECESSARY, AND I THINK
APPROPRIATE CONVERSATIONS AROUND
THE COUNTRY, OR AROUND THE
REGION, EVEN, AROUND WHAT THE
FLAG MEANS EXACTLY, CONTINUED
SIGNIFICANCE, RELATIVE
SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE IN
OUR COUNTRY, AND, FOR ME, YOU
KNOW, I SHARED THAT AND I THINK
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
MEMORIAL DAY IS COMING UP NEXT
WEEK. WE WON'T BE HERE AT THIS
TABLE BECAUSE OF A FEDERAL
HAURLD, MEMORIAL DAY. BUT A LOT
OF PEOPLE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR
THAT FLAG, A LOT OF BRAVE MEN
AND WOMEN, PEOPLE FOUGHT AND
DIED FOR THAT FLAG. THE REASON
WHY WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THESE
REALLY IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX AND
NUANCEED POLICY DISCUSSIONS
AROUND WHAT THE FLAG EVEN MEANS
TO BEGIN WITH IS BECAUSE OF THAT
FACT. LOT OF PEOPLE SACRIFICE A
LOT FOR THE FLAG, AND I READ IN
THE SEATTLE TIMES, LAST WEEK OR
SO, THERE WAS A CALL TO ACTION,
OR CALL FOR COMMENTS ON, ARE WE
GOING TO BE CHEERING? IS ANYONE
EVEN GOING TO BE CHEERING FOR
TEAM USA IN UPCOMING WORLD CUP?
I WILL BE, PERSONALLY, AND
CONTINUING TO RAISE MY AMERICAN
FLAG AND PROUD OF IT, AND THE
FLAG IS SOMETHING WHERE, AGAIN,
A LOT OF PEOPLE FOUGHT AND DIED
FOR OUR FLAG, IN OUR COUNTRY,
AND I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S RIGHT
TO VIEW THE FLAG AND WHATEVER
WAY THAT IS MEANINGFUL TO THEM.
BUT PATRIOTISM, AND LOVE FOR OUR
COUNTRY, IS SOMETHING THAT I
DON'T THINK SHOULD EVER BE
POLITICIZED. I AM GOING TO
PARAPHRASE THE GREAT, LATE,
GREAT, MARK TWAIN, WHO SAID
SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF
"LOYALTY TO THE COUNTRY, ALWAYS,
LOYALTY TO THE GOVERNMENT, ONLY
WHEN IT IS EARNED,." AND I,
PERSONALLY, I THINK WE ALL ARE
OUTRAGED BY THE ACTIONS OF THE
CURRENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT
THE FLAG ITSELF IS SOMETHING I
WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD NEAR AND
DEAR TO ME AND I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE TO
REMEMBER SYMBOLS THAT SHOULD,
HAVE HISTORICALLY, ALWAYS, AND
SHOULD, FOREVER, UNITE US. THE
FLAG IS ONE OF THOSE FOR ME.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE. QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS? IF NOT, I WILL PASS
THE BATON IF WE ARE KEEPING
GOING LEFT.
>> WONDERFUL. GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYBODY, I WILL START FULL
COUNCIL, LAST LAND USE COMMITTEE
MEETING, COLLEAGUES WERE NOT
READY TO VOTE ON MY AMENDMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS IN SHELTERS SO I
HELD IT BACK TO DO SOMETHING I
HATE DOING, BRINGING AN
AMENDMENT TO FULL COUNCIL. YET,
HERE I AM, BECAUSE THAT TIME DID
ALLOW FOR MORE COLLABORATION,
MORE CONVERSATION, IT IS IN A
BETTER PLACE THAN IT WAS BEFORE.
IT IS THE SAME AMENDMENT THAT I
WOULD HAVE VERBALLY AMENDED, SO,
IT REQUIRES NEIGHBORHOODS OF 50
UNITS OR BY DIRECTOR'S RULE, UP
TO 75, BUT IT DOES TAKE OUT THE
REQUIREMENT FOR CONTROLLED
ACCESS, DESPITE IT BEING A
REALLY GOOD IDEA. SO THIS ALLOWS
FOR IT TO OCCUR WITHOUT THE
BURDENSOME REQUIREMENTS. SO IF
ANYONE HAS GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT AMENDMENT, WOULD LOVE TO
CHAT WITH YOU, WOULD LOVE TO
EARN YOUR SUPPORT. MOVING ON TO
FINANCE NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAD A
SPECIAL MEETING LAST FRIDAY
BECAUSE THIS WEEK I WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE ON SISTER CITY DELEGATION
TRIP TO CHINA THAT I AM NOT ON
BECAUSE OF THE WORK OCCURRING AT
SOUND TRANSIT AND THE NEED FOR
ME TO BE HEREX PRESENT, AND
ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF
US. THERE WAS A COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK, AND NOT THIS WEEK. SO THIS
WEEK'S COMMITTEE, TOMORROW'S
COMMITTEE IS CANCELED. LAST WEEK
WE RECOMMENDED THE CONSFORMATION
OF DWIGHT DIVELY AS FINANCE
DIRECTOR, AND WE WERE BRIEFED ON
THE 2025 EXCEPTIONS AS WELL AS
THE 2026 CARRY FORWARD
ORDINANCES, WHICH WILL BE
BRIEFED AND VOTED ON IN THE
COMMITTEE AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
SO, AGAIN, THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING IS CANCELED THIS
WEDNESDAY, AND DWIGHT DIVELY'S
CONFIRMATION WILL GO TO NEXT
WEEK'S FULL COUNCIL MEETING
BECAUSE LAST FRIDAY'S COMMITTEE
MEETING WAS AFTER THE THURSDAY
DEADLINE. TO MOVE TO THE
FOLLOWING WEEK. SO, ON SOUND
TRANSIT, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS RINCK AND SAKA FOR
COMING TO SOUND TRANSIT TO
TESTIFY, COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ,
ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU. I
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR SOUND
TRANSIT TO DELIVER THE LIGHT
RAIL IT PROMISED TO VOTERS. THAT
IS GRAHAM STREET, THAT IS EVEN
BOWING ACCESS ROAD, EVEN THOUGH
IT IS NOT IN OUR NORTH KING
SUBAREA, TECHNICALLY, AND IT IS
GETTING ALL THE WAY TO BALLARD.
THAT MEANS CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS
ON TOP OF DESIGN DOLLARS. WE ARE
EVER GRATEFUL THERE ARE DESIGN
DOLLARS, BUT IT IS THE BASE
MINIMUM. LAST WEEK I HOSTED A
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF LIGHT RAIL IN BALLARD.
THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE FOR COMING. THANK YOU TO
COUNCIL MEMBER BUROAN, SENATOR
FRAME, REPRESENTATIVE BARRY,
REPRESENTATIVE REID, AS WELL AS
SOUND TRANSIT STAFF THERE, WHAT
I WAS JUST STRUCK BY WAS HOW
POWERFUL THAT DELEGATION IS, NOT
NECESSARILY IN DIRECT POW, BUT
JUST ALL TOGETHER, ALL OF US
SITTING UP THERE UNITED TO SAY
TO SOUND TRANSIT, YOU NEED TO
DELIVER LIGHT RAIL TO BALLARD,
AS YOU PROMISED VOTERS. WHERE WE
ARE NOW IS WE ARE TWO EXECUTIVE
MEETINGS ON THE CHAIR'S
PROPOSAL AT SOUND TRANSIT. WE
WILL NOT BE HAVING ANOTHER
EXECUTIVE MEETING, WE WILL GO
STRAIGHT TO THE SOUND TRANSIT
BOARD ON MAY 28th, THERE ARE
AMENDMENTS I AM WORKING ON WITH
MAYOR WILSON, SOME I AM WORKING
ON WITH NORTH KING COLLEAGUES, A
FEW AMENDMENTS I AM BRINGING BY
MYSELF. IF YOU ALL HAVE
AMENDMENTS, WE ARE PAST THE
CONCEPTS DEADLINE BUT I AM STILL
HERE TO WORK WITH YOU TO SEE
WHAT I CAN DO, RIGHT? SO THE
AMENDMENTS HAVE TO WE DONE THIS
FRIDAY, AND WILL BE PUBLISHED
NEXT WEEK FOR THE PUBLIC TO
VIEW. I AM CONTINUING TO WORK ON
THOSE PROPOSALS, AND THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR TESTIFYING. IF ANYONE
WOULD LIKE TO, I HIGHLY
ENCOURAGE COMING DOWN TO TESTIFY
ON MAY 28th, 1:30 P.M. LET ME
KNOW AND WE WILL HAVE STAFF
SUPPORT YOU THERE. DISTRICT 6,
17th OF MAY IN MY PARADE
YESTERDAY WHERE WE HAD FORMER
PRIME MINISTER EARNEST SOL BRG
FROM NORWAY AS OUR GRAND
MARSHAL, AS WE ALL KNOW, A PRIME
MINISTER IS ESSENTIALLY THE
PRESIDENT IN MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS, SO IT WAS AMAZING TO GET
TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME EARNA, WHO
CAN EASILY SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER
AS IF WE ARE TWO PEOPLE ON THE
STREET, AND AT THE SAME TIME
SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
NATO AND NOW NORWAY'S
INTELLIGENCE EFFORT TRACK
RUSSIAN SUBMARINES THAT ARE NOT
POINTED AT NORWAY, THEY ARE
POINTED AT US. THAT IS THE
IMPORTANCE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP.
I HAD OFFICE HOURS LAST WEEK, I
WILL HAVE OFFICE HOURS AGAIN
THIS WEEK. JUST FYI, OUR SIGN UP
LINK IS BROKEN, SO MY TEAM IS
MANUALLY SIGNING PEOPLE UP FOR
OFFICE HOURS RIGHT NOW. IF YOU
HAVE BEEN WAITING, THAT IS WHAT
IS GOING ON, AND WE ARE EXCITED
TO SEE YOU FOR OFFICE HOURS THIS
WEEK. CHAIR, THAT IS MY REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, I
KNOW YOU AND I HAVE A LONG
HISTORY ABOUT SOUND TRANSIT AND
WHEN WE PASSED THE, WAS IT SOUND
TRANSIT THREE?
>> IN 2016?
>> OKAY. YOU REMIND ME, BECAUSE
REMEMBER IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN,
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH
BALLARD AND THEN WE MOVED IT
OVER A STREET. SO, WHERE IS THE
TENSION RIGHT NOW THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO KICK IT OUT TO 20--
WHAT YEAR?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, SO, ORIGINALLY
IT WAS THE WEST SEATTLE BALLARD
LINK EXTENSION.
>> RIGHT.
>> THERE WERE THREE COMPONENTS
IN THE PLAN, WEST SEATTLE
EXTENSION, THERE WAS SOTO TO
DENNY, REGIONALLY CONTRIBUTED TO
DOWNTOWN TUNNEL, THERE IS DENNY
TO BALLARD, WHICH IS ALL, AGAIN,
NORTH KING.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN
THIS WAY, WEST SEATTLE SEGMENT,
DOWNTOWN TUNNEL SEGMENT, AND
BALLARD SEGMENT. WHERE WE ARE
TODAY IS THERE IS FUNDING FOR
THE WEST SEATTLE SEGMENT, THERE
IS FUNDING FOR THE DOWNTOWN
TUNNEL TO SEATTLE CENTER, AND
THERE IS NO CONSTRUCTION FUNDING
FROM SEATTLE CENTER TO BALLARD,
INCLUDING SMITH COVE AND DRAVIS
STREET STATIONS.
>> I AM NOT TRYING TO BE
PROVOCATIVE, HELP ME OUT HERE, I
REMEMBER SITTING ON SOUND
TRANSIT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WASN'T THE LINK FOR BALLARD
LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE LINK TO
WEST SEATTLE?
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT--
>> THE ENGINEERING PIECE.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT RIDERSHIP,
ESPECIALLY, THERE WAS A LOT MORE
CONVERSATION, MANY YEARS AGO,
ABOUT WHERE SHOULD THAT
ALIGNMENT BE BETWEEN SOTO AND
WEST SEATTLE? NO OFFENSE, WEST
SEATTLE TOOK LONG TO GET TO
THEIR FINAL ALIGNMENT THAN
BALLARD DID. WE ALL KNEW WHERE
WE WANTED IT, RIGHT? BUT THAT IS
ALL IN THE PAST, THEY SPLIT THE
EIS OFFICE OF THE WEST SEATTLE
MOVING FASTER, FURTHER, FASTER.
AND WHERE WE ARE, THOUGH, IS THE
RIDERSHIP NUMBERS, SO RIDERSHIP
TO CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS, THE
BALLARD LINK EXTENSION HAS THE
HIGHEST RIDERSHIP OUT OF ANY
LINE THAT SOUND TRANSIT WORKED
ON. LAST WEEK'S EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE, SOUND TRANSIT TRIED
TO PROVIDE DATA TO SHOW THAT THE
STATIONS OF SMITH COVE INTERVAN
BALLARD ONLY REPRESENTED
40-45,000 RIDERS. THAT
INFORMATION WAS INACCURATE. IT
WAS SO INACCURATE THAT I ASKED A
NUMBER OF FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS,
WHICH PROVED THE POINT THEY WERE
PROVIDING INFORMATION THAT WAS
NOT BASED IN REALTY. WHEN
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA BROUGHT
SOUND TRANSIT TO THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL, THEY CAME AND THEY
SPOKE TO US AND THEY SPOKE TO US
ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT TAKES
THEM SIX TO NINE, POSSIBLY 12
MONTHS TO UPDATE OUR ZONING
CHANGES, THROUGH PSRC, INTO
SOUND TRANSIT' DATABASE CHT SO,
THERE ARE TWO POTENTIALLY THREE
DIFFERENT UP ZONE S THAT HAVE
OCCURRED IN BALLARD AND INNER
BAY THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN
INTO COUNT IN THEIR MATH AND IT
IS POTENTIAL THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN
INTO ACCOUNT ANY OF THE INCREASE
ZONINGS SINCE 2016.
>> OKAY. SO, WITHOUT GETTING TOO
MUCH MORE IN THE WEEDS, ON THE
28th, DO WHERE WE COME TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT TALKING POINTS TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT TO
SUPPORT THE BALLARD LINE?
>> YOU KNOW, I WOULD ALWAYS LOVE
YOUR SUPPORT, TELL ME WHAT IS
MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU, AND I
WILL HELP YOU CRAFT THE TALKING
POINTS THAT BEST SUPPORT YOUR
POSITION. I, REALLY, YOU KNOW,
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, I SAID TO
YOU AFTER THE COMMITTEE, SPOT
ON, YOU DID GREAT. SAME THING
WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK,
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT SOUND TRANSIT BOARD HEARS
THAT WE ARE ENGAGED, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE WE ARE THE CLOSEST CITY,
THE CLOSEST CITY HALL TO THE
SOUND TRANSIT BOARD, RIGHT?
EVERY OTHER BOARD MEMBER HAS TO
TRAVEL FAR AND WIDE TO GET
THERE, THIS IS JUST DOWN THE
STREET FOR US. ALWAYS HELPFUL TO
HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS. AND NOW WE ARE OFF TO
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
I AM, I WILL SPEAK TO FLAGS
LATER. BUT I WASN'T EXPECTING
NORWEGIAN INTELLIGENCE COMING
UP. TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
SOVIET/RUSSIAN SUBMARINES AND
OTHER THINGS.
>> YOU HEARD ME ALMOST CALL IT A
SOVIET SUB, DIDN'T YOU?
>> ALTHOUGH, AT THE-- YOU KNOW.
UM, I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT.
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
ABOUT ANYTHING ALONG THOSE
LINES, COME DOWN TO MY OFFICE.
IN AN UNCLASSIFIED SETTING, I
DON'T WANT TO GET MYSELF IN
TROUBLE. THIS WEEK, FIRST PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE, NEXT, WE
DON'T HAVE IT THIS WEEK, PUBLIC
SAFETY WILL BE NEXT WEEK AND WE
WILL HAVE OEM LEADING THIS ALONG
WITH OTHER REPRESENTATION.
BASICALLY SAYING WHERE WE ARE
FROM EMERGENCY OPS CENTER FOR
FIFA WORLD CUP. USING FIFA WORLD
CUP TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT
OAM DOES ON THIS STAGE, AND
OTHER RELATED KIND OF
CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THAT WILL BE
THE, YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS OF NEXT
WEEK'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
MEETING. FOR THIS WEEK, YOU
KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS COMING
UP. I WANTED TO NOTE TODAY, THIS
MORNING, I WAS AT A DATA CENTER,
OR DATA CENTER FOR THOSE WHO SAY
DATA. HERE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
REALLY IMPORTANT, IT WAS A GREAT
TOUR TO GO ON, GIVES YOU SOME
CONTEXT IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT
STATE OF PLAY, AND WHAT THEY DO
AND WHY THEY SUPPORT. REALLY
GOOD POINTS THERE WITH THAT.
SPEAKING OF TECHNOLOGY, I WILL
BE AT THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY
LUNCHEON TOMORROW, HERE AGAIN
DOWNTOWN, AND THEN, ALSO THIS
WEEK, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,
FRIDAY, I DO THIS ON A REGULAR
BASIS IN TERMS OF THE IN MY
OPINION ENTITIES THAT COME TO MY
COMMITTEE, I WILL BE MEETING
WITH JUDGE WILLIS TOMORROW AND
CHIEFS BARDEN AND BARNS NEXT
DAY. YOU KNOW, CHECKING IN WITH
THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT
REPORT TO MY COMMITTEE. ALSO,
THURSDAY, WE WILL HAVE CONDO
CONNECT MEETING WITH COMMUNITY,
SO CONDO CONNECT IS A BIG ONE
FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. THERE IS A
LOT OF CONDOS IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
THAT IS THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK,
KIND OF GOES TO WHAT COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA WAS SPEAKING TO, ON
MONDAY, IT IS MEMORIAL DAY, SO I
WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY
AT THE GARDEN REMEMBRANCE, AND
THIS WILL BE VERY POIGNANT,
BECAUSE BASICALLY WE ARE ADDING
A NAME TO THE WALL.
UNFORTUNATELY WE LOST SOMEONE
DURING THE IRAN WAR, AND THAT
NAME IS BEING ADDED NEXT MONDAY
AND WOULD BE HONORED ON THAT
DAY. I WILL BE GIVING THE SPEECH
THERE AT THE GARDEN REMEMBRANCE
NEXT TO THE WITH BEN ROYAL HALL,
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW. THAT
WILL BE 10:00 A.M. ALSO,
MENTIONED PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE MEETING THE FOLLOWING
DAY, TUESDAY. GOT HABITAT FOR
COMMUNITY LUNCHEON . I HAVE BEEN
BUMPED OFF PSRC COMMITTEE BUT
GOING TO THEIR GENERAL ASSEMBLY
LUNCHEON MEETING, BECAUSE I HAVE
BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS WITH MY COLLEAGUE,
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, AND I
DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU
HANGING, SO I WILL BE THERE,
EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT ON THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD OR
THE AD HOC COMMITTEES AND ALL
THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT JOSH
BROM HAS H ME WORKING ON PSRC. I
ALSO WANTED TO NOTE FROM LAST
WEEK, COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, I
HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING AT
MCDONALD'S AT THIRD AND PINE,
TALKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGES
THAT ARE THERE. KING COUNTY
MEMBER MCKOSKI TALKING ABOUT THE
ISSUES THAT ARE BEING FACED AT
THAT LOCATION AND ACROSS THE
CITY. ONE THING THAT CAME OUT OF
THAT IS WHAT CAN WE DO IN TERMS
OF BETTER CITY/COUNTY
COORDINATION AND WORKING IN
TERMS OF OUR CAPACITY TO BRING
SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF OUR
CHALLENGES? LATER THAT DAY I WAS
AT THE BALLARD SOUND TRANSIT
TOWN HALL, AND ITSER THE BALLARD
LINK EXTENSION BUT IT IS GOOD TO
NOTE THAT IT IS THE DOWNTOWN
SOUTH LAKE UNION, UPTOWN, INNER
BAY BALLARD EXTENSION, AND I
HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO THIS, I
ALREADY MENTIONED PSRC, WE HAVE
THE STATE THROUGH THE PUGET
SOUND REGIONAL CENTER, THROUGH
THE COMP PLAN PROCESS HAVING US
CREATE A BALLARD REGIONAL CENTER
ON ONE HAND, SO WE ARE
DENSEIFYING, THEN THE STATE
THROUGH TRANSIT THREE ON THE
OTHER HAND IS TAKING AWAY,
ESSENTIALLY, SO THERE ARE
DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT A AT THE
END OF THE DAY, TAKING AWAY THE
TRANSPORTATION, THE TRANSIT, THE
PUBLIC TRANSIT OPTION TO GET
THERE. HAS EVERYBODY KNOWS AT
THIS TABLE, LAND USE AND
TRANSPORTATION ARE TWO SIDES OF
THE SAME CONTINUE. THERE IS A
DISCONNECT THAT IS HAPPENING AND
IT IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE. A
POINT THAT I MADE AT THE TOWN
HALL, TOO S ONE REASON WHY I
SAID ALL THOSE DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
THE, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT AT
SOUND TRANSIT IS WE WILL JUST GO
TO SEATTLE CENTER. THAT IS A
PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO
CONNECTION BETWEEN LIGHT RAIL
AND BUSES, KING COUNTY METRO
BUSES IN SEATTLE CENTER, UP
TOWN, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS
TOO DENSE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO
WAS THINKING THAT THROUGH. AT A
MINIMUM, AT A MINIM, SMITH COVE,
BUT IN A LOT OF WAYS DRAVIS IF
NOT GOING ALL THE WAY TO
BALLARD. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A
HEALTHY CONNECTION BETWEEN PARTS
OF TRANSIT, SEATTLE
CENTER/UPTOWN IS NOT THE PLACE
TO DO IT. IN FACT, YOU CAN'T DO
IT. DON'T EVEN TRY. THEN LAST
THING I HAVE BEEN SAYING ON THE
TOPIC AND I WILL SAY IT HERE
WITH MY PUBLIC SAFETY HAT ON IS
I DO NOT LIKE THE FACT THEY
DECIDED THEY WANT TO BURROW THE
TUNNEL UNDERNEATH THE EMERGENCY
OPS CENTER, AND THE FIRE ALARM
CENTER. YOU KNOW? PLUS, MAKING
THE DECISION WHEN OEM AND FIRE
WERE THERE, BUT THEN THEY WERE
TOLD TO LEAVE, THEN WHEN OEM AND
FIRE COME BACK, THE DECISION HAS
ALREADY BEEN MADE. THAT IS NOT
GOOD GOVERNANCE. SO, THERE IS
SOME SERIOUS ISSUES HERE, BOTTOM
LINE IS, AND I THANK MY
COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS, BY THE WAY, FANTASTIC
JOB RUNNING THAT TOWN HALL,
BEING ON TOP OF EVERY DETAIL
RELATED TO SOUND TRANSIT THREE,
IS THE FACT THAT GETTING THE
PLANNING DONE IS SO IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT
PLANNING DONE, THAT IS GOING TO
BE A PROBLEM, LIKE IF SOMETHING
HAPPENS IN TERMS OF POSSIBILITY
WITH FEDERAL FUNDING AND SO
FORTH. WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT, YOU
KNOW, THE PLANNING DONE
COMPLETELY FOR THE LINE. AND I
KNOW SOUND TRANSIT TOOK ME OFF A
LITTLE LONGER THAN I
ANTICIPATED, SORRY, BUT ALSO
LAST WEEK IT WAS GREAT Y HAD MLK
LABOR VISIT, WE HAD A TOUR, AND
THEN THE PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER
LUNCHEON WITH DIRECTOR WILL
DAUGHTERY, WHO IS STEPPING DOWN,
THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. AND LAST
THING I WILL SAY TO COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA'S POINT ABOUT THE
FLAG, 110% AGREE WITH YOU,
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, IT IS SO
IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, AS
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID, IT IS NOT
ABOUT RED AMERICA, WHITE, RED,
WHITE, BLUE OF AMERICA, THAT IS
WHAT OUR FLAG REPRESENTS. THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. SORRY,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SOUND TRANSIT
GOT MY SIDETRACKED FOR A SECOND.
>> YOU ARE GOOD. I KNOW I
USUALLY GO LAST, THERE IS NO
ORDER, WE WILL JUST GO.
>> THANK YOU. SO, NEXT, AND
THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCIL
MEMBER KETTLE, I JUST WANT TO
NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WHEN
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA WAS TALKING
ABOUT FLAGS, YOU REMAIN CALM,
YOU KNOW, STILL, AND THEN WHEN
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS STARTED
TALKING ABOUT INTELLIGENCE,
AND-- HE WAS LIKE-- EYES GO
WIDE, HE IS LOOKING AT ME LIKE,
YEAH. SO, I WANTED TO-- JUST
WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
>> BIT OF A SURPRISE, THAT IS
ALL.
>> HE LOOKED AT ME, JUST LOOKED
OVER, WAS LIKE DID HE SAY
INTELLIGENCE AND SUBMARINE? THAT
GOT BOB GOING. THAT WAS REALLY
FUNNY. SO, THE NEXT GOVERNANCE
AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING
WILL BE THURSDAY, JUNE 11th AT
9:30, COLLEAGUES, WHAT IS CAN
COMING BEFORE YOU TOMORROW ARE
TWO APPOINTMENTS FROM THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL,
REAPPOINTMENT OF GENERAL MANAGER
ANDREW LEE AND SPU FLOOD
DISTRICT THAT WE VOTED OUT OF
COMMITTEE, WE ALSO VOTED OUT THE
STORM COVE AS WELL. SO THE NEW
STORM WATER CODE, IT IS VERY
WONKY, IT IS A LOT. SO WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE THAT AT THE JUNE
SECOND MEETING, BECAUSE I KNOW
THERE WAS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT
WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IT, TO
ABSORB IT, BECAUSE IT IS A LOT,
TRUST ME. AND I KNOW IF YOU NEED
TO TALK TO CENTRAL STAFF, JUST
TO KIND OF GET ABREAST OF WHAT
IS GOING ON, BUT IT IS A BIG,
MAJOR CODE. WE STILL WANT TO
WORK WITH SOME GROUPS SO THEY
CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AS
WELL, REGARDING THE STORM WATER
CODE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE
IS, YOU KNOW, GOOD KNOWLEDGE ALL
GOING AROUN. SO, JUST KNOW THOSE
THREE PIECES OF ITEMS ARE COMING
TO COUNCIL TOMORROW, EXCEPT THE
STORM WATER CODE WILL BE JUNE
2nd. OKAY? ALSO, EXTERNAL
COMMITTEES, I WANT TO THANK-- I
THINK I MIGHT HAVE SAID THIS
BEFORE, BUT THANK EVERYBODY FOR
SIGNING ON TO THE LETTER TO KING
COUNTY REGARDING OUR WASTE WATER
RATES, WORKING WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER LIN AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
ALL SIGNING ON TO THAT. AND,
ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE, REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FLAG AND
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF
IT AND THINKING ABOUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE DIED FOR THE FLAG, FOR
OUR COUNTRY, AND THEN PEOPLE
THAT, WITHIN THE UNITED STATES,
DIED FOR WHAT THE FLAG COULD BE,
AND THE ROLLING BACK OF OUR
VOTERS CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, OVER 61
YEARS, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
DIED FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE, AND
HAVE DIED FOR THE RIGHT FOR WHAT
THAT FLAG COULD BE. SO, REALLY
GRATEFUL FOR ARMED SERVICE WHOSE
DIED FOR PROTECTING THIS
COUNTRY&THE PEOPLE THAT INSIDE
THIS COUNTRY DIED FOR WHAT THEY
THOUGHT THE FLAG COULD BE, AND
HOW WE ARE NAVIGATING THAT.
BECAUSE THIS WEEKEND THERE WAS A
BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT IN
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, AND
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOWING
THEIR PROTEST OF THE
REDISTRICTING OF OUR SOUTH, AND
THOU THERE ARE AMAZING
REPRESENTATIVES THAT COULD NOT
HAVE A SEAT ANYMORE, YOU THINK
OF SOME OF THOSE
REPRESENTATIVES, CLYBURN, SOUTH
CAROLINA. SO, ANYWAY, I KNOW
THAT IS ON THE TOP OF PEOPLE'S
MIND THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THOSE
THINGS AND WE HAVE A LOT TO MOVE
FORWARD IN THIS COUNTRY, SO,
ANYWAY, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE
THE SERVICE FOLKS ON THIS
COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA AND
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE, FOR YOUR
SERVICE . I WON'T SAY IF THE
NAVY IS BETTER THAN THE AIR
FORCE, I AM NOT HERE TO BATTLE,
BUT YES, I WANT TO SAY, REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU ALL, BECAUSE I
LEARNED A LOT FROM WHEN YOU ALL
TALK ABOUT YOUR SERVICE, THE
DEDICATION YOU ALL HAVE, BOB IS
STILL THE INTELLIGENCE GUY, HE
CAN TELL IF YOU ARE LYING, ARE
YOU TWITCHING? ARE YOUR EYES? GO
GOING? COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, FOR
YOUR DEDICATION IN THE AIR
FORCE, AND ALL THAT YOU
SACRIFICED. REALLY GRATEFUL FOR
BOTH IN SERVING WITH BOTH OF
Y'ALL IN THIS CAPACITY. I THINK
I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE WHEN WE SAY
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO SERVE WITH
YOU IN THE NEW CAPACITY OF
SERVICE. COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA.
>> MY PLEASURE. FIRST OFF,
COUNCIL MEMBER PRESIDENT, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR TELLING THE
COMPLETE PICTURE OF SERVICE AND
SACRIFICE AND WHAT IT MEANS IN
THIS COUNTRY FROM A FOREIGN
POLICY PERSPECTIVE, AND FROM A
DOMESTIC POLICY PERSPECTIVE, AND
HOW THOSE TWO THINGS
INTERRELATE, AND HOW THERE ARE
SOME TREMENDOUS THINGS TO BE
PROUD OF, AND HOW WE STILL HAVE
A LONG WAY TO GO IN ACHIEVING
THE TRUE, REALIZING THE TRUE
VALUES THAT OUR FLAG SYMBOLIZES,
AND, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS
LIVED UP TO OUR NATION'S
IDEALS. AND IT IS VERY CLEAR
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND LOT OF
PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE, BUT ONE
THING THAT I AM PROUD OF THIS
COUNTRY, PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE
AS A COUNTRY, IN BETTER CLOSING
THE GAP BETWEEN OUR STATED
VALUES, AND PEOPLE'S EVERYDAY
LIVED EXPERIENCES IN THIS
COUNTRY. DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T
HAVE PLENTY MORE WORK TO DO AS
EVIDENCE BY, YOU KNOW, THE
MONTGOMERY RALLYS AND ELSEWHERE
AROUND THE NATION, AND EVEN IN
OUR OWN CITY. ONE QUICK
ANECDOTE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS
IS IMPORTANT T IS AN IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
A FRIEND AND MENTOR OF MINE,
LEGENDARY DR. ROBERT RADFORD, IS
ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS OLD,
WORLD WAR II VETERAN, LIVES IN
BELLTOWN, DRIVES A TESLA, THIS
PERSON IS THE MOST INTERESTING
PERSON IN THE WORLD, I DON'T
CARE ABOUT THE DOSEA KEES GUY,
IT IS DR. RADFORD IN MY BOOK
EVERY TIME. BUT DR. RADFORD WAS
TELLING ME A STORY IN HIS
SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II, HOW
THERE WERE CERTAIN GERMAN
PRISONERS OF WAR, AND WORLD WAR
II, WHO HE HAD TO RIDE THE SAME
TRAIN AS THEM, DOMESTICALLY IN
THE UNITED STATES, AND WHEN THE
GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR ON THAT
SAME TRAIN WERE ABLE TO SIT AND
HAVE APPROPRIATE ACCOMMODATIONS,
ALL THE BLACK SERVICE MEMBERS
WHO FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY AND
THE IDEALS THAT IT REPRESENTED,
THEY WERE FORCED TO STAND IN THE
SAME TRAIN WITH GERMAN PRISONERS
OF WAR. SHAMEFUL. WE CLEARLY
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, WE
HAVE MADE SOME GREAT PROGRESS,
THANK YOU FOR-- ALL THIS TO SAY,
THANK YOU FOR HELPING ILLUMINATE
THE COMPLETE PICTURE AND I AM
STILL PROUD OF THE PROGRESS,
MINDFUL, ALWAYS, MORE WORK TO
DO. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA. COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER, AND
THEN WE WILL KEEP GOING DOWN THE
LINE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA, WHEN I WAS
LISTENING TO, IT MADE ME THINK
ABOUT ALL THE FOLK WHOSE SERVED
AND THEN CAME HOME AND COULDN'T
GET A VA LOAN, TO GET INTO HOME
OWNERSHIP, AND HOW SO MUCH OF
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE STILL TRYING
TO RECTIFY TODAY WHEN WE THINK
ABOUT ACCESS, THE ABILITY TO
BUILD WEALTH FOR GENERATIONS,
ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR SHARING
THAT, BOTH OF MY PARENTS WERE IN
THE ARMY, AND SERVICE HAS BEEN,
I THINK FOR A LOT OF BLACK FOLKS
IN THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY BLACK
PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH, MY
FAMILY, MY MOM' SIDE IS FROM
VIRGINIA, A WAY TO GET A PATHWAY
INTO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, WHICH
IS VERY COMPLICATED, I WOULD
SAY, BECAUSE I THINK-- WE WON'T
GET INTO THAT. I DON'T WANT TO
SAY ANYTHING, BUT I THINK IT IS
VERY COMPLICATED, BOTH A PATHWAY
TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, ALSO
MEANT NOT HAVING ACCESS AND
FAIRNESS, HISTORICALLY, TO
THINGS THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO
ALL SERVICE NEMBERS AS WELL AS
WHAT IT MEANS WHEN WE THINK
ABOUT WHAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY
OVERRECRUITING IN SOME OF OUR
COMMUNITIES. SO MUCH COMPLEXITY
AND RICHNESS THERE AND I
APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING TO THAT.
SO, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA. COMMITTEE WORK, SO,
COLLEAGUES, TOMORROW THERE IS
GOING TO BE A FEW PIECES OF
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US THAT
OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON
AND SPONSORERING. WE WILL HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON
CREATING THE HILLMAN CITY ARTS
DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE
GEORGETOWN ARTS DISTRICT, SO WE
ARE EXCITED TO BRING THOSE
FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL. REALLY
EXCITING WORK THERE. I KNOW
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS ALREADY
SPOKE TO THIS, WE WILL ALSO BE
VOTING ON THE SHELTERS
LEGISLATION AND I APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN
COMMITTEE, AND IN PARTICULAR,
THE PARTNERSHIP FROM YOU,
COUNCIL MEMBER LIN, AS CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE, AND THE
RELATIONSHIP AND THE WORK THAT
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DID IN
SENDING THE LEGISLATION DOWN
EARL. I KNOW WE HAVE A FUL
COMING TO FULL COUNCIL. MAYBE
LONGER DAY TOMORROW BUT LOOKING
FORWARD TO ROBUST DISCUSSION ON
GETTING THOSE FINALIZED. ONE
UPDATE FROM OUR HOUSING
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, WE BROUGHT
FORWARD AS DISCUSSION ITEM
SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE HAS
BEEN WORKING ON FOR IT LAST
SEVERAL MONTHS, WHICH ARE
UPDATES, MOSTLY TECHNICAL IN
NATURE, TO THE SEATTLE SOCIAL
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CHARTER,
THAT ARE TARGETED AT INSURING
THAT THE DEVELOPER CAN USE THEIR
EXISTING, EXCUSE ME, ONCE THEY
HAVE ACQUIRED OR BUILT BUILDINGS
THE BUILDINGS CAN BE USED AS
COLLATERAL, THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, AS YOU ARE THINKING
ABOUT THE ABILITY TO SECURE ANY
ADDITIONAL FINANCING. IT IS
PRIMARILY A TECHNICAL CHANGE. WE
BRIEFED ON THAT IN COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK, AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO DISCUSSION IN THE COMING
WEEKS. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK
THAT WENT INTO THIS POTENTIAL
CHANGE, AND GIVEN THE WAY THAT
THE DEVELOPER IS STRUCTURED, AS
WELL AS THE RECENT VOTES BY THE
PUBLIC, THERE IS A VERY
TECHNICAL PROCESS THAT WE NEED
TO TAKE IN ORDER TO AMEND THE
CHARTER THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN
CLOSELY FOLLOWING. SO, I
APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WE WILL
DO IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IN
COMMITTEE TO INSURE THAT WE
ADHERE TO THAT, AND, COLLEAGUES,
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, MY OFFICE
IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THOSE.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LIN FOLLOWED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK, JUST
KEEP GOING.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL. TO
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, JUST ON
THE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THE SOUND TRANSIT
BOARD AND THANK YOU TO
COLLEAGUES WHO ARE BEEN FIGHTING
FOR EVERYTHING PROMISED TO
VOTERS INCLUDING THE GRAHAM
STREET STATION, LIKELY WILL BE
APPEARING ON THE 28th TO TESTIFY
IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THAT ALIVE.
WE HAD PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED LAND
USE COMMITTEE MEETING BUT
RESCHEDULED THAT GIVEN THAT
CONFLICT. SO MANY PEOPLE WILL
WANT TO BE AT THAT SOUND TRANSIT
MEETING. ALSO, WANT TO POINT OUT
MAY ISATION AMERICAN NATIVE
HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH.
SO OFFICE PROCLAMATION OVER THE
WEEKEND, THERE WAS A WALK FOR
RICE EVENT FOR ACRS, AGENT
COUNSELING REFERRAL SERVICE, SO
HONORED THEM, AND ALL THE
SERVICE THEY PROVIDE TO OUR
COMMUNITY. AND COMING UP THIS
WEEK IN THE LAND USE COMMITTEE,
GOT QUITE A FEW THINGS, WE HAVE
GOT THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH,
I BELIEVE YOU ARE COSPONSORING
THAT, WHICH IS GREAT. THANK YOU
FOR THAT. AND JUST WANT TO,
AGAIN, NOTE FOR THE RECORD WE
ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE MEGA
DATA CENTERS, WE HAVE LOT OF
SMALLER DATA CENTERS THAT ARE
EXISTING, PLAN TO CHECK SOME OF
THEM OUT IN PERSON AS WELL, BUT
THIS IS REALLY BASED, FOCUSED ON
THE INTEREST AND MUCH LARGER
DATA CENTERS THAT ARE BEING
PROPOSED. WE ALSO HAVE HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES LEGISLATION COMING
UP, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME CIPA
LEGISLATION COMING UP THAT WILL
BE INTRODUCED AND THIS IS
FOCUSED ON COUNCIL LEGISLATION,
OR LEGISLATIVE ACTS, AND CIPA
APPEALS TO HEARING EXAMINER.
WHAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IS
REMOVING THE APPEALS TO THE
HEARING EXAMINER, WHICH OFTEN
RESULTS IN SIGNIFICANT DELAYS TO
LEGISLATION, AS WE HAVE SEEN IN
THE PAST, WE DON'T SEE OTHER
TYPES OF LEGISLATION HAVING
THESE TYPES OF APPEALS, WE
DON'T APPEAL OUR BUDGET TO THE
HEARING EXAMINER. YOU KNOW,
THESE TYPE THINGS LIKE COMP PLAN
AFFECT OUR ENTIRE CITY. AND, YOU
KNOW, ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND
FOR A SINGLE RESIDENT TO BE ABLE
TO CAUSE DELAY OF SEVERAL
MONTHS, JUST OFTEN TIMES WITHOUT
ANY CHANGE TO THAT LEGISLATION,
YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I
THINK IS WORTH TAKING A LOOK
ATMENT SO THAT WILL BE ON THE
AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY AS WELL. AS
MENTIONED ALREADY, WE WILL HAVE
THE SHELTER LEGISLATION COMING
UP WITH A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION.
ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? HAPPY
TO FIELD THEM. OTHERWISE, THANK
YOU.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, COUNCIL
MEMBER LIN, ON THE CIPA APPEALS,
ARE YOU SAYING YOU ARE GOING
TO-- WE WOULD ELIMINATE CIPA
APPEALS ALL TOGETHER? OR WOULD
SOMEONE, LIKE, DIFFERENT BODY? I
AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
>> IT WOULD BE APPEALS OF
LEGISLATIVE ACTS, AND IT WOULD
REMOVE THE HEARING EXAMINER,
MANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO
NOT-- IT IS SORT OF A VOLUNTARY
PROCESS THAT WE DO, NOT REQUIRED
TO ALLOW SOMEBODY TO GO TO THE
HEARING EXAMINER FIRST, THEY
WILL STILL HAVE AN APPEAL TO
COURT, BUT THIS WOULD REMOVE IT
ONLY FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTS, SO
THERE IS LOTS OF OTHER APPEAL
PROCESSES THAT PEOPLE WILL STILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT APPEAL TO
THE HEARING EXAMINER, BUT, SO,
THIS LAST TIME, AND THERE ARE
STILL APPEALS GOING ON OF OUR
COMP PLAN, SO, LAST YEAR, YOU
MIGHT RECALL, THERE ARE APPEALS
OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE
COMP PLAN, THEY WERE DISMISSED
AND THEN NOW THEY ARE BEING
APPEALED TO COURT, SO THAT STOP
AT THE HEARING EXAMINER WOULD BE
REMOVED, THAT IS WHAT THE
PROPOSAL IS.
>> THEN THEY CAN STILL GO TO THE
COURTS.
>> CORRECT. THEY COULD STILL GO
TO COURT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
CLARIFICATION.
>> I HAVE A QUESTIONURIC
UNDERSTAND, I LIKE HEARING
EXAMINERS, IT IS A BUFFER IN
THERE.
>> YEAH.
>> LETS THEM DO THE FACT FINDING
WHERE WE ARE NOT IN A QUASI
JUDICIAL POSITION, WHICH I
APPRECIATE WHEN WE DID THE LED
IN THE WATER FRONT BECAUSE WE
HAD 68 LAWSUITS. LET ME ASK YOU
THIS, SO, WE CAN TALK MORE
OFFLINE, WHEN YOU SAY JUST
LIMITED TO LEGISLATIVE, CAN YOU
GIVE AN EXAMPLE? WHAT IS A
LEGISLATIVE THAT WOULD COME OUT
OF THIS BRANCH WHERE WE COULD
SKIP HEARING EXAMINER AND GO TO
KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT?
>> OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS
LEGISLATIVE, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE
IS LOTS OF PERMITS SDCI DOES
THAT ARE NON-LEGISLATIVE, JUST
FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME PROJECT,
MAYBE IN THE FUTURE MIGHT HAVE
DATA CENTER LEGISLATION, THERE
COULD BE A PERMIT THAT WOULD
HAVE A CIPA APPEAL. BUT FOR
LEGISLATIVE ACTS, REZONES,
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THOSE ARE
LEGISLATIVE IN NATURE, THOSE
APPEALS WITH NOT GO TO THE
HEARING EXAMINER, WE ARE ACTING
IN A LEGISLATIVE CAPACITY, LIKE
OUR COMP PLAN, NOT A QUASI
JUDICIAL CAPACITY, THOSE WOULD
NOT GO TO THE HEARING EXAMINER
FIRST BEFORE IT CAME TO COUNCIL.
IT WOULD JUST COME TO COUNCIL,
AND THEN IF THERE IS AN APPEAL T
WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO COURT.
>> SO, WOULD THE ACTION THAT WE
TAKE BE TOLD, WELL, IT IS
PENDING IN KING COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURT?
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE SO BUT WE
SHOULD GET A BRIEFING FROM THE
LAW DEPARTMENT ON THAT AFFECT.
>> YEAH, BUZZ THAT WILL, I MEAN,
THEIR DOCKET, THAT IS WHY YOU
LIKE A HEARING EXAMINER, YOU CAN
GET IT DONE QUICKER, BUT IF YOU
LET THEM GO TO COURT T IS ALL UP
TO HOW MANY CASES ARE THERE, AND
IT COULD SIT THERE FOR A YEAR.
>> RIGHT. SO, YEAH, I DON'T
BELIEVE-- I THINK IT WOULD BE
EFFECTIVE UNLESS IT WAS
OVERTURNED, SO, BUT, YOU KNOW,
CURRENTLY WE ARE NOT ABLE TO
TAKE ACTION, THIS WOULD ALLOW US
TO TAKE ACTION AND THEN, BUT,
AGAIN, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT ON THE AFFECT OF
APPEAL BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT
WOULD PUT IT ON HOLD.
>> TOWARD THAT POINT, ALSO WANT
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THEDER LAY
PEACE BECAUSE LAST YEAR THE
HEARING EXAMINER HEARD THAT
FAIRLY QUICKLY, AND ACTUALLY,
YOU KNOW, ISSUED THEIR DECISION
TO DISMISS VERY QUICKLY. I WOULD
LOVE IT TO HEAR MORE, IF WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF THE
TABLE, THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES AND IMPACTS TO THE
BODY AND TO THE CONSTITUENCY AS
WELL. AND HEAR MORE ABOUT THE
HEARING EXAMINER AND THEIR
THOUGHTS AROUND THIS AS WELL.
>> GREAT QUESTIONS, I LOOK
FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH-- NO,
THEY ARE GOOD QUESTIONS. AND
THEY ARE GOOD QUESTIONS AND
CERTAINLY F YOU ARE ABLE TO JOIN
WEDNESDAY, IF NOT, AGAIN, WE
SHOULD GET A BRIEFING FROM THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL, IT IS
QUITE POSSIBLE WE WILL NEED TO
SCHEDULE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION
FOR THAT AT SOME POINT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LIN, HIT YOU
WITH THAT NICE E-MAIL, I LOOK
FORWARD TO OUR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WILL BE BRIEF. THIS PAST
FRIDAY AT THE HUMAN SERVICES
LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE MEETING, WE VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND ACTING
OUD DIRECTOR TO BE CONFIRMED, I
THINK COMMITTEE MEMBERS KNOW
THIS, BETO IS A GEM, AND WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED, I AM
PARTICULARLY EXCITED FOR THE
WHOLE BODY TO VOTE ON HIS
APPOINTMENT. AT THE SAME
COMMITTEE MEETING WE VOTED TO
RECOMMEND THE PASSAGE OF THE
RESOLUTION CO-AUTHORED BY MYSELF
AND COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER ON
NEXT STEP, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER FOR HER
LEADERSHIP AND PARTNER SHIP
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND
THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE AS WELL AS ALTERNATE TO
KSHR BOARD AND HUGE THANK YOU TO
MY COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR
DEEP ENGAGEMENT AND REALLY
THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS. YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN THIS MOMENT
MATTERS AND I THANK YOU FOR
THAT. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO BE IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH
KING COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS
BUROAN ASK FEIGN WHO INTRODUCED
A SIMILAR RESOLUTION THAT WORKED
THROUGH KING COUNTY COUNCIL AND
CONTINUE OUR WORK AS WELL WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND KING
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE HANDLING THIS
SITUATION WITH DILIGENCE AND
GOOD GOVERNANCE AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE
GOVERNING BOARD IS THIS COMING
FRIDAY AND WE WILL BE SURE TO
PROVIDE UPDATES AT THE FOLLOWING
BRIEFING ABOUT HOW THAT MEETING
GOES. COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ
ALREADY COVERED WHAT IS
HAPPENING AT BOARD OF HEALTH
THIS WEEK, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU WILL-- WE GOT IT COVERED. MY
UPDATES ARE BRIEF. I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT TWO COMMUNITY EVENTS
THE PAST WEEK. SATURDAY, NOPE,
SUNDAY, KIDDING. I JOIND
ALONGSIDE COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER
AT THE 16th ANNUAL PIONEER
SQUARE SPRING CLEAN EVENT, IN
PREPARATION FOR FIFA, IT WAS
REALLY GREAT TURNOUT SH OVER A
HUNDRED FOLKS. I GOT TO PICK UP
A FAIR AMOUNT OF TRASH. A LOT OF
FOLKS DID. REALLY FANTASTIC
WORK, AND HUGE SHOUTOUT TO
PIONEER SQUARE ALLIANCE FOR THAT
WORK PULLING THAT EVENT
TOGETHER. AND THEN I ALSO GOT TO
HEAD OUT YESTERDAY TO DISTRICT
SIX TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS IN HIS ELEMENT, AND
MARCH ALONGSIDE THEM FOR A
LITTLE BIT. I WILL NOTE FOR THE
RECORD THAT THEY SHOULD
ABSOLUTELY ALLOW YOU TO RIDE A
SKATEBOARD AGAIN IN THE PARADE.
AND IT IS A DARN SHAME THEY
DON'T ALLOW THAT ANYMORE.
>> WHOLE OTHER CONVERSATION.
>> WITH THAT, I WILL END MY
UPDATE THERE. THANK YOU ALL.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL
MEMBER RINCK? AWESOME.
>> SORRY. NO QUESTIONS, JUST A
QUICK, I KNOW WE SAW COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA'S OFFICE THERE
YESTERDAY IN PIONEER SQUARE AS
WELL. SO, I GOT TO SEE SOME OF
YOUR STAFF. THANKS FOR HAVING
FOLKS OUT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA?
>> ALL RIGHT. UM, LAST ROUNDING
OUT THE BACK HERE, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR UPDATE, COUNCIL MEMBER
RINCK, ON KCHRA, I LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING WHAT COMES OUT OF
THAT. I KNOW KING COUNTY, AND WE
ARE TRYING TO STAY ALIGNED AND I
AGREE WITH STAYING ALIGNED AND
WANT TO HEAR WHAT DIRECTION THAT
HAS TAKEN. I WILL SAY I DRAFTED
A RESOLUTION THAT IS JUST
WAITING IF WE SHOULD NEED IT, TO
CALLING FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF
KRRHA AND THE TIME ASKING FOR A
PLAN FOR HOW WE WOULD UNRAVEL
THAT, BECAUSE WORK ABSOLUTELY
HAS TO GET DONE, AND I KNOW OUR
PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN DOING THE
WORK. THE WAY IT WAS STRUCTURED
IT DIDN'T WORK THE WAY
EVERYBODY ININTENDED, WHILE
EVERYBODY'S INTENTION WAS WELL
PLACED, IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT
THE WAY EVERYBODY HAD HOPED, I
WILL SAY IT LIKE THAT. SO, I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE GO
TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION WITH
KCHRA, IT IS A SERIOUS ONE, ONE
WE NEED TO TAKE WITH GREAT
RESPONSIBILITY. SO, LOOKING
FORWARD TO MORE TO COME ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT. I WILL SAY AT THE
DISTRICT, THERE WERE ARRESTS
MADE, BOTH IN QUEUES, KILLING OF
QUEUE, IN OUR DISTRICT. I KNOW
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, YOU WERE
ABLE TO GO TO THE MEMORIAL ON
SATURDAY. I WAS UNA ABLE TO BE
THERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE
ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND
LAKE CITY, IT WAS MY SIDE OF
LAKE CITY AND WE SHARE LAKE LAKE
CITY.
>> WE ARE GOOD FRIENDS WITH THE
PEOPLE THAT OWN BALLARD PLACE.
THE MEMORIAL, I THINK I SHARED
WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO,
I KNOW FOLKS WERE GATHERED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF YOUNG KIDS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, I
THINK YOUR MIC IS OFF.
>> SORRY, JUST ACROSS-- I WANT
TO QUICKLY SAY WHAT YOU SAID,
BECAUSE WE TALKED AT THE
MEMORIAL. 20 YEARS OLD. INATEEN
HILL GRADUATE, MY KIDS WENT TO
SCHOOL, ALL OF THEM, ALL
CONNECTED, THEY ALL KNEW EACH
OTHER. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS,
UM-- IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE GUN
VIOLENCE, ALL THAT, IT JUST--
BUT THE GOOD THING WAS THERE
WERE SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE THAT
SHOWED UP AND MUSIC AND
MUSICIANS AND ALL THE LOCAL
BREWERIES AND RESTAURANTS, ALL
OF THEIR STAFF SHOWED UP AND
THERE WERE VOLUNTEERS BEHIND THE
BARS SO PEOPLE WHO WORKED THERE
COULD CELEBRATE Q'S LIFE, WITH
THE PICTURE, I THINK I SENT THE
QR CODE, RAISING MONEY FOR THE
FAMILY, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO
HAD A ROBBERY AT WALLGREENS AND
TWO MORE SHOOTINGS AT GREENWOOD.
I COULD GO ON AND ON. I WILL
LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, A VERY YOUNG LIFE
GONE WAY TOO SOON. AND THEN,
ALSO, JUNIPER BLESSING, ALSO
FROM THE DISTRICT UW STUDENT,
ARREST WAS MADE THERE AS WELL.
SORRY, THIS IS-- YOUNG PEOPLE,
THE VIOLENCE IN THIS CITY, AS
YOU ALL KNOW, COLLEAGUES, I
JUST, UM, AND I KNOW WE ALL FEEL
THIS WAY, ITSER TOO MUCH, SO
WANTED TO RAISE THAT ARRESTS
WERE MADE IN BOTH OF THOSE
CASES, AND I REALLY WANT TO
SHOUT OUT THE UW POLICE AND SPD
IN THE CASE OF JUNIPER, WHO
WORKED TOGETHER, THAT A STRONG
PARTNERSHIP, AND I SO APPRECIATE
THAT. ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT UW,
I MEANT WITH THEM LAST WEEK AND
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE COUNSELORS
READY TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS,
AND REALLY APPRECIATE THEM FOR
THEIR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THEIR
STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO
COUNSELING SUPPORT DURING THIS
SIGNIFICANT TIME FOR THE U-DUB
COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. I WILL
SAY, ACTUALLY, IN BOTH OF THOSE
INCIDENTS, THERE WERE SECURITY
CAMERAS THAT CAUGHT FOOTAGE
WHERE BY SPD WAS ABLE TO MAKE
ARRESTS. SO, AGAIN, TO THE
CONVERSATION OF CAMERAS, I KNOW
IT IS A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION,
AND IT IS TRUE THAT THEY ARE
ALSO HELPFUL WHEN WE TRYING TO
INVESTIGATE CRIME, AND MAKE
ARRESTS, SO, I WILL JUST LEAVE
IT THERE IN TERMS OF THAT. SEEMS
LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF
CONFIRMATIONS. TOMORROW WE HAVE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
ACTING DIRECTOR, QUINN FAM, WHO
WAS, HER CONFIRMATION WAS VOTED
OUT OF COMMITTEE, IT IS COMING
BEFORE US TOMORROW, SO LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING A VOTE TO
CONFIRM HER. REALLY, I AM JOYED
GETTING TO WORK WITH HER SINCE
SHE HAS BEEN THE CITY AND REALLY
APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD'S WORK, SO,
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I ALSO
WANT TO SAY, IN TERM S OF THE
SHELTER LEGISLATION, APPRECIATE,
WE HAVE MOVED WITH URGENCY AND,
AS WE SHOULD, BECAUSE WE HAVE
FOLKS LIVING ON THE STREETS AND
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF
OUR FOLKS IN OUR CITY. I AM
BRINGING TWO PIECES, TWO
AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATION
THAT I BROUGHT THROUGH
COMMITTEE, AND THEN PULLED BACK
BECAUSE THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL
WORK. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL
MEMBER PRESIDENT FOR SPONSORING
THAT. I DON'T SIT ON THAT
COMMITTEE, AND I TALKED TO SOME
OF THE PROVIDERS AND OTHER FOLKS
AND THIS IS WHERE I LANDED WITH
BOTH OF THESE AMENDMENTS. ONE IS
RELATED TO SHELTERS CLOSE TO
SCHOOLS, WE DO THE STATE PASSED,
WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE
TIME, 2266, WHICH PROHIBITS OUR
ABILITY TO BE RESTRICTIVE IN
TERMS OF SHELTERS YEAR SCHOOLS,
BUT WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO, AND
THIS IS WHAT THE AMENDMENT WILL
DO IS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
HAVE RSDCI DIRECTOR WORKING WITH
OUR HSD DIRECTOR AND THE
PROVIDER THAT THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE PROVIDER, THE ABILITY TO
WORK TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOLS.
IF THERE SHOULD BE ADDITIONAL
SECURITY THINGS THAT SHOULD BE
IN PLACE TO HELP SET UP THE
SHELTER FOR SUCCESS, AND THE
SURROUNDING AREA FOR SUCCESS
NEAR THE SCHOOLS, THAT THAT CAN
HAPPEN. SO THAT IS NOT
PROHIBITATIVE AND THE AMENDMENT
JUST SAYS THAT, PLEASE WORK
TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE IF THERE
ARE ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES
THAT NEED TO HAPPEN, THAT NEED
TO BE PUT IN PLACE THAT THAT CAN
HAPPEN WORKING TOGETHER, OF
COURSE, BETWEEN THE CITY, THE
PROVIDER, AND THE SCHOOL. IT
JUST GIVES US THE ABILITY TO
MAKE SURE, AS I KEEP SAYING, WE
WANT TO SET SHELTERS UP FOR
SUCCESS. THAT IS THE ULTIMATE
GOAL. SO, THAT IS ONE, AND THEN
THE OTHER AMENDMENT HAD TO DO
WITH SECURITY, TALKING WITH THE
PROVIDERS IN MY DISTRICT,
SECURITY HAS BEEN REALLY
IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THEY
PROVIDE SECURITY OVERNIGHT,
WHICH THEN ACTUALLY THEIR STAFF
AND THEIR RESIDENTS AND THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE
ALL VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, AND
THE PROVIDERS HAVE SEEN THAT
DOING THAT HAS BEEN A GREAT
BENEFIT. IT IS A COST THAT IS
INCURRED BUT THEY HAVE SEEN A
BENEFIT TO THAT COST THAT THEY
HAVE HAD TO INCUR, BECAUSE WE
HAVE SEEN POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM
THEM BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE
OVERNIGHT SECURITY. SO. IN THIS
CASE, IT IS A THIRD-PARTY
SECURITY GUARD THAT IS THERE,
AND IT HELPS THEIR STAFF EVEN
WITH OTHER RESIDENTS, IT HELPS
PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE STAFF
WHEN THEY ARE WORKING WITH OTHER
RESIDENTS WITHIN THE
DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, AND IT
ALSO HELPS WITH THE OUTSIDE
FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW,
IN THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT ARE
TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THE
HOUSING, AND IT HELPS SAFEGUARD
STAFF. SO IT HAS BEEN REALLY
POSITIVE ALL THE WAY AROUND, AND
THEY HAVE SEEN SOME POSITIVE
IMPROVEMENTS BY WAY OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, AND I HAVE MET WITH
RESIDENTS WHO, AT THE HOUSING,
WHO APPRECIATE HAVING THE
SECURITY THERE, SO, AMENDMENT
DOESN'T SAY IT HAS TO BE A
THIRD PARTY, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE
OVERNIGHT SECURITY, IT IS NOT
PRESCRIPTIVE ON HOURS BECAUSE
THEY KNOW WHICH DAYS OF THE WEEK
AND HOURS ARE MOST HELPFUL AS
THEY HAVE ENGAGED IN PROVIDING
SECURITY AT THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY OVERSEE.
SO, IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE
PRESCRIPTIVE BUT IT MEANT TO BE
SUPPORTIVE AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
SET UP THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
FOR SUCCESS. THAT IS THE
ULTIMATE GOAL FOR THAT AS WELL.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT YOU ALL
SUPPORT THESE AMENDMENTS,
BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE MEANT TO
INSURE THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT
ARE LIVING THERE AND THE
NEIGHBORSED THAT ARE NEARBY, ARE
ALL HAVING SUCCESS WITH, YOU
KNOW, BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS TO
EACH OTHER AT THE END OF THE
DAY. SO THAT IS WHAT REALLY THIS
IS ABOUT. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS OTHERWISE, I WILL
ALSO SAY THAT I ATTENDED LAST
WEEK'S MARY'S PLACE ANNUAL
LUNCHEON, MARY'S PLACE IS AN
AMAZING ORGANIZATION. I SAW SOME
OF YOU THERE, COLLEAGUES, WE
WEREN'T SITTING AT THE SAME
TABLE, OPMA, BUT I KNOW WE ALL
VERY MUCH SUPPORT THIS
INCREDABLE ORGANIZATION THAT
PROVIDES SHELTER TO WOMEN AND
THEIR FAMILIES AND IT IS A REAL
RESOURCE AND ASSET TO OUR CITY,
AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT
THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY DO.
SO, I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY TO
PARTICIPATE WITH THEM. AND THEN
THIS WEEK I HAVE PSRC, AND WIREA
8 AS MY EXTERNAL COMMITTEES. AND
I THINK THE LAST THING I WILL
SAY IS I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR
COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR SERVICE,
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA AND COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA, AND TO ALL OF OUR
CITY RESIDENTS, MEN AND WOMEN,
WHO DIED SERVING TO PROTECT US,
AND I CAN'T SAY IT BETTER THAN
YOU SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA,
SO I WON'T, BUT A PLUS ONE TO
WHAT YOU SAID, AND THAT IS IT.
HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE
QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA? COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER RIVERA, YOU MENTIONED YOU
HAD BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH
PROVIDERS IN YOUR DISTRICT WHO
ARE ALREADY DOING THIS KIND OF
SECURITY COVERAGE, AND COULD YOU
CLARIFY, WERE THOSE LIKE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PROVIDERS, SHELTER PROVIDERS, OR
BOTH?
>> THERE ARE LOW INCOME HOUSING
AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PROVIDERS, WHERE WE HAVE SEEN
SOME SECURITY ISSUES THAT THE
RESIDENTS THEMSELVES HAVE
EXPERIENCED. AND, ALSO, SO WHAT
I AM TRYING TO SAY, IT IS NOT
JUST THE NEIGHBORS SURROUNDING
THE BUILDINGS, IT IS ACTUALLY
THE RESIDENTS ALSO WHO BARE THE
BIGGER BRUNT BECAUSE THEY ARE
LIVING THERE. SO, WHAT SECURITY
HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IN SOME
INSTANCES, FOR INSTANCE, IS IF
ALL ARE TWO RESIDENTS HAVING AN
ISSUE, SECURITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO
HELP THEM WORK THOSE ISSUES OUT,
RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY
HAVE EXPERIENCED IS LESS 911
CALLS, AND LESS INCIDENTS, SINCE
THEY HAVE INSTITUTED OVERNIGHT
SECURITY. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID,
THEY HAVE DONE IT IN A WAY WHERE
IT WORKS DEPENDING ON DAYS OF
THE WEEK, AND THE PARTICULAR
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
VERSES LOW INCOME HOUSING, BUT
THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILAR FOLKS
LIVING IN ALL OF THE HOUSING
UNITS AND I DON'T THINK IT IS
DISSIMILAR TO THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, AND THERE IS A TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE NEARBY, AND I
THINK IT HAS BENEFITED EVERYBODY
THAT LIVES NEARBY WHERE THE
PROVIDERS HAVE HAD SECURITY
PRESENT, BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE
TO HELP, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE
RESIDENTS. THEY ARE WITH STAFF
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T PUT STAFF IN
A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO
MANAGE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES,
AND THEN FOR THE SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THAT IS GREAT.
IT REALLY HAS HAD A HUGE
IMPROVEMENT ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SIDE, AND I THINK IT IS
BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY LIVING
THERE&EVERYBODY LIVING NEAR
THERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,
COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER?
>> NO, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT IF IT WAS LIKE MULTIFAMILY
BUILDINGS OR IF IT WAS SHELTER,
PSH, OR RVs, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS LOW
INCOME HOUSING PROVIDERS, AND I
THINK I GATHERED THEY WERE
SERVING CLIENTS IN BUILDINGS,
NOT IN TINY HOME VILLAGES, I
THINK THAT IS WHAT I GATHERED
FROM YOUR COMMENTS.
>> THESE PARTICULAR PROVIDERS IN
THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION BUT
THERE IS A TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
NEARBY WHO DEALT WITH PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES AS WELL.
>> AWESOME. ARE THERE ANYMORE
QUESTIONS? OKAY. COLLEAGUES,SER
IS THERE ANYMOREBUSINESS TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL BRIEFING?
JUST A QUICK REMINDER, MAY 25th,
THE COUNCIL BRIEFING IS
CANCELED, BECAUSE IT IS MEMORIAL
DAY. THE FOLLOWING DAY WE DO
HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
9:30 ON THE 26th, BUT THE FULL
COUNCIL MEETING IS CANCELED. SO
THERE IS A PUBLIC SAFETY
MEETING, FULL COUNCIL MEETING IS
CANCELED. WE WILL BE BACK HERE
FULL BODY JUNE 1st FOR OUR
COUNCIL BRIEFING, WHICH WILL
HAVE A PREZEN THAGZ FROM CENTRAL
STAFF ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, AND
TAXES, AND LEVYS, ALL THAT GOOD
STUFF, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A
FULL COUNCIL MEATING ON JUNE
2nd. ALL RIGHT? BUT THE COUNCIL
MEETING FOR THIS TUESDAY IS
STILL GOING, WE WILL SEE
EVERYBODY TOMORROW. HEADS UP,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE COUNCIL
BRIEFINGS EVERY OTHER WEEK,
JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST, ARE
GOING TO BE JAM PACKED. THERE
ARE SELECT COMMITTEES, THERE IS
A LOT OF LEGISLATION BEING
TRANSMITTED. THERE ARE THINGS
THAT WE HAVE TO PASS, THERE ARE
TIMELINES SO WE ARE GAUGING AND
DOING TEMPERATURE CHECKS ON
GIVING PEOPLE BACK THEIR MONDAY
TIME, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF
WORK FOR COMMITTEE. JUST WANTED
TO SAY THAT FOR THE PUBLIC, IF
WE NEED TO SIGN PROCLAMATIONS,
WE WILL DO THOSE AT FULL
COUNCIL, THAT IS SOMETHING WE
CAN DO AT FULL COUNCIL FOR
PROCLAMATIONS BUT UNDERSTAND
THAT WE ARE GETTING TO THIS
EVERY OTHER WEEK BUT WE CAN
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SKANCEAL
THOSE AND FILL WITH OTHER
MEETINGS, I WANT IT TO BE FLEX,
AND GIVE THE TIME BACK AND DO
ALL THE RESEARCH YOU DO DURING
THIS PROCESS. IS THAT COOL? IF
THE ARE NO OTHER AGENDA