>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN
CITY HALL.
THE NOVEMBER 25, 2019 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING OF THE FULL
CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 2 PM AND I BRUCE HARRELL
PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
>> PACHINKO?
SO LOT?
BACK SHOCK?
GONZALES?
WAR IS?
MUSCARIA?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
>> THERE NINE PRESENT.
>> THINK VERY MUCH.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
INTRODUCTION A REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION TODAY'S
PRO CALENDAR IS ADOPTED AND
SOME LEAVE THERE'S NO ADOPTION
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL ALSO BE IN
THERE.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
THERE ARE NO MINUTES FOR
APPROVAL TODAY.
PRESENTATIONS I'M NOT AWARE OF
ANY PRESENTATIONS THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE THE DOORS OPEN AT THIS
POINT WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC
COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT DO APPEAR
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE INTELLECTUAL CALENDAR FOR
THE WORK PROGRAM OR FOR THE
BUDGET.
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED
FOR 20 MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED WE ONLY
HAVE ABOUT 23 HERE.
SO ONE AWAY GO A MINUTE AND A
HALF AND SPLIT THE BABY A BIT.
I DID HAVE SOME REQUEST TO
STICK TO MINUTE BUT WE ONLY
ABOUT TWO PAGES.
AND SO GET READY FOR A MINUTE
AND A HALF.
WE WILL START ON THE ORDER WITH
WHICH YOU SIGNED AND HUNG THEM
OFF ONE AT A TIME.
LET'S TRY TO GET BOTH
MICROPHONES IN PLACE.
1:YOUR FIRST.
AND KERA ALDERTON IF YOU DON'T
MND COMING OVER TO OUR RIGHT
IN YOUR LEFT JULIE DAVIS IS
BACK IN THE MIDDLE.
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> MY NAME IS OUR UNCLE COLD.
I'VE BEEN A NURSE HERE FOR 21
YEARS.
I'M ONE OF 8000 WORKERS AT
SWEDISH HILL WHO IS AUTHORIZED
TO THE BARGAINING TEAM TO CALL
FOR STRIKE.
THE GOAL IS A FAIR TRON TRACT
BUT WE ARE WILLING TO STRIKE IF
NEEDED.
WE ARE PART OF A COALITION OF
15,000 PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH
HEALTH EMPLOYEES FROM AROUND
WASHINGTON STATE WHO ARE ALL
READY TO STRIKE NOW.
WORKER STANDING UP TO
PROVIDENCE AND SAYING ENOUGH.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE
COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTERS LIKE
YOURSELVES UNDERSTAND THAT WE
ARE IN CRISIS.
AND UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE
STANDING UP FOR PATIENTS.
WE NEED CONTRACT COMMITMENTS
FROM SWEDISH PROVIDENCE FOR
SAFE PATIENT CARE.
BECAUSE OF THE STAFFING CUTS
THAT THEY'VE MADE IS NO LONGER
SAFE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
IS NO LONGER SAFE FOR MYSELF OR
MY COWORKERS.
MORE AND MORE WE ARE BEING
INJURED AND ASSAULTED AT WORK.
THE CUTS SWEDISH PROVIDENCE HAS
MADE OUR TOD.
WEENIE WAGES AND BENEFITS THAT
WILL RECRUIT AND RETAIN
QUALIFIED STAFF AND WE
CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 700
EMPLOYEE VACANCIES AT SWEDISH
PROVIDENCE.
NOWHERE ELSE IS IT LIKE THIS.
WE ARE IN CRISIS.
WE ARE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EVERY
WORKER, PATIENT AND COMMUNITY
MEMBER WHO DOES COME TO SWEDISH
PROVIDENCE WILL BE TREATED WITH
RESPECT AND DIGNITY THAT THEY
DESERVE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU THE
CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING TO
TAKE A STANCE.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT OUR
COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO SWEDISH PROVIDENCE
AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE CAN
WIN.
WE CAN WIN ON PATIENT SAFETY
AND FAIR WAGES.
AND WITH BENEFITS THAT RECRUIT
AND RETAIN STAFF AND WE CAN WIN
ON RACIAL JUSTICE BECAUSE THERE
IS NO ECONOMIC JUSTICE WITHOUT
RACHEL JUST RACIAL JUSTICE.
THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL.
>> KERA IS NOT HERE SO WE WILL
KEEP GOING.
IF SOMEONE SEES HER PLEASE FLAG
HER.
JULIE DAVIS?
AND THEN IMOGENE WILLIAMS.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS --
>> OKAY I AM SPEAKING FOR THE
RIDESHARE DRIVERS ASSOCIATION.
MY NAME IS JULIE DAVIS.
I'M A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
SEATTLE RIDESHARE DRIVERS
ASSOCIATION.
A NONPROFIT.
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR ORGANIZING THE
DRIVERS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MIKE
O'BRIEN FOR MEETING WITH US.
WE DO URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR THE
AMENDMENT TO EXPAND THE DRIVER
RESOLUTION CENTER INTO DRIVER
SOLIDARITY AND RESOURCE CENTER.
THE RESOLUTION CENTER WHICH IS
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
LEGISLATION IS A GOOD START BUT
IT IS NOT ENOUGH.
IT IS ONLY A BAND-AID TO THE
TRUE NEEDS TO THE COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION TO THE DEACTIVATION
RESOLUTION ANY MANY OTHER
THINGS LIKE MEETING SPACES FOR
DRIVERS TO COME TOGETHER AND
ABDICATE FOR THEMSELVES.
MULTILINGUAL WORKSHOPS AND
TRAINING ON T AND C COMPANY
POLICIES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE
AS WELL AS TAX AND FINANCIAL
TRADING.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
ASSISTANCE AND DRIVER AND
FAMILY ASSISTANCE WITH SUPPORT
SERVICES.
COUNSELING WITH HEALTHCARE AND
SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING
IDENTIFICATION.
THIS IS THE SOLUTION TO
DRIVER'S PROBLEMS AND WILL
ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF THE ROOT
CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.
DRIVERS COME FROM DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES
ONCE YOU PASS THE LEGISLATION
WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH THE COMMUNITY'S AND WITH
THE TEAMSTERS TO BUILD A STRONG
VOICE FOR ALL DRIVERS AND
DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
FUNDING THE DRIVER SOLIDARITY
AND RESOURCE CENTER.
AS THE AMENDMENT CALLS FOR.
WE AS DRIVERS ARE TAXED,
TICKETED, TOLD, PENALIZED
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AND
BULLIED.
WE ARE EXPLOITED BY UBER LYFT
WHOSE EXECUTIVES MAKE MILLIONS
WILL STRUGGLE TO PAY OUR BILLS.
BUT WE ARE ORGANIZING AND
FIGHTING BACK.
YOU SEE OUR FACES AND YOU KNOW
OUR NAMES.
>> HOW MANY ARE SPEAKING FROM
YOUR GROUP?
>> JUST ME.
>> OKAY.
TAKE AN EXTRA MINUTE THAN.
>> MORE THAN 300 DRIVERS HAVE
SIGNED A PETITION FOR
SOLIDARITY IN THE RESOURCE
CENTER.
UNITED DRIVERS WILL HAVE POWER
AND VOICE AND THE SOLITARY AND
RESOURCE CENTER SO WE CAN
ACHIEVE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IS IMAGING HERE?
>> YES.
SHE'S HIDING IN THE BACK.
>> OKAY.
AFTER IMOGENE WILL BE ART
GRANT.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL
MEMBER SALLY AND ALL OF YOU.
FOR FUNDING THE YOUTH
CONSORTIUM AND THE RAINIER
BEACH ACTION COALITION.
I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE
FINDING THOSE TO HELP OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SUMMER
SCHOOL?
THE IDEA OF THE SUMMER SCHOOLS
ABOUT KIDS THAT ARE STRUGGLING.
LET'S GIVE THEM A LYFT.
LET'S HELP THEM CATCH UP.
THAT WAS THE IDEA OF THE SUMMER
SCHOOL.
WHY ISN'T IT A GOOD IDEA NOW?
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
IT IS COLD OUT THERE.
PEOPLE ARE DYING OUT THERE.
I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES ARE
SUCCESSFUL.
THEY HELP HOMELESS PEOPLE
TRANSITION OUT OF HOMELESSNESS
INSTEAD OF JUST BEING HOMELESS.
YEAR AFTER YEAR AND MAYBE EVEN
KIDS THAT ARE ABLE TO HAVE A
HIGH RATE OF TRANSITION OUT OF
HOMELESSNESS TO HOUSING.
AND WE NEED A LOT MORE HOUSING
ANYWAY.
WE DON'T NEED JUST ONE OR TWO
OR THREE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
WE NEED A LOT OF TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL REVISIT
THAT.
AND THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
>> THANK YOU IMOGENE.
>> OUR GRANTS.
I SAW YOU THERE.
AND THEN FOLLOWING ART IS
BARBARA FEENEY.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND MAKING
YOUR WAY TO THIS MICROPHONE WE
WILL GET THEM BOTH IN PLAY.
>> HELLO MISTER PRESIDENT.
>> HELLO MISTER GRANT.
>> OKAY.
SO I AM ART GRANT.
RETIRED HARVARD TRAINED LAWYER.
AND I DRIVE WITH LYFT AND UBER.
SPEAKING ON 2427.
I ONLY HAVE 4000 RIDES.
BUT I DID LOOK AT THIS ISSUE OF
THE ORDINANCES AND DETACHING
THEM MEANS THAT THEY ARE NOT A
PACKAGE.
AND I CAN ALWAYS PRESENT A
PROBLEM.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT NUMBER 24
IT REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO THE
MONEY TO BE COLLECTD AS A FEE.
WHEN YOU GO TO 25 HOWEVER IT IS
CALLED THE TAX.
AND I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE
STRAIGHT THROUGH.
I THINK IT IS JUST THE CITY
TAKING THE MONEY.
BUT IT SHOULD BE CHARGED ON THE
DROP IN RATHER THAN ON THE
FRONT END.
BECAUSE DRIVERS ARE REALLY
EMPLOYEES.
WE DON'T HANDLE MONEY AND WE
DON'T DO BILLING.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW IT IS
FIGURED.
WHEN WE GET INTO SITUATIONS OF
POOLED RIDES A GETS REALLY
BIZARRE ON HOW YOU GET PAID.
BECAUSE THE PASSENGERS COMPLAIN
THAT THEIR RIDES DOESN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE WHEN THEY ADD UP
THERE RIDE TOGETHER AS TO WHAT
IS BEING QUOTED.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY HAVE
NOT SHOWN THAT THEY CAN BE HERE.
AND YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY TAX
THEM.
I THINK YOU NEED TO WORK WITH
THE ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY HAVE
ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS MEET
HERE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE STOCK
MARKET IS BETTING THAT THEY
WILL NOT SURVIVE IN THE CURRENT
FORMAT.
AND THEN YOU WILL CALL AND
THROW A TAX ON TOP.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY
MISTER GRANT.
BARBARA FEENEY FOLLOWED BY
ANNALEE DEUS.
>> HELLO CANCEL.
MY NAME IS BARBARA FEENEY AND I
LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. WITH THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET ISSUES I RUN TO
THE NEWLY COUNCILMEMBER OFFICE
HERE AND I WANT TO SAY HOW
PROUD I AM TO BE PART OF THAT.
ASKED COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SHOW
SUPPORT FOR THE YOUTH OF COLOR
AND YOUR YOUTH DETENTION.
VOTE YES TO RESTORE FUNDING TO
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE BUDGET
PACKET.
FUNDED TO 523,000 AND DO NOT
GIVE ANY OF THOSE TO SPD.
LET'S GO TO THE PRISON PIPELINE
IT IS REAL AND WE ALL HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO AND IT.
THE RJ PACKAGE INCLUDES
PROJECTS LIKE UP FROM THE TABLE
AND ART SPACE ALTERNATIVE.
AND A FULLY FUNDED RESTORATION
JUSTICE PACKAGE WILL HAVE LIFE-
CHANGING IMPACTS ON HOW THEY
DEBUT THE CALLER WITH POSITIVE
EFFECTS PLAYING THROUGH.
WITH WORKING FAMILIES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS SEATTLE.
I DID HEAR A RUMOR THAT YOU MAY
HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON
PASSING THIS AND I DO HOPE THAT
THAT IS TRUE.
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS ANNA LEE DAY.
AND I'M A MEDICAL ASSISTANT
WITH U.S. CW A MEMBER OF
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE AND A
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE.
I AM SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT
OF THE COUNCIL FOR FULLY
FUNDING THE COMMUNITY BASE
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT ON
BEHALF OF SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
AND HIS UNION MEMBER THAT WE
ARE BEHIND THE WORKERS WITH THE
PROVIDENCE.
AND IF YOU GO OUT ON STRIKE WE
WILL BE ON THE PICKET LINE WITH
YOU.
>> THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN
MADE TO FULLY FUND THE
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM HAS
BEEN THE RESULT OF HARD WORK ON
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
MOVEMENT AND COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
YOUNG ACTIVIST OF COLOR WHO
LINK UP WITH COUNCILMEMBER
SALONS HIS OFFICE TO DEMAND
SEATTLE PRIORITIZE RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE.
IF WE WIN FULL FUNDING FOR
COMMITTEE PASSAGEWAYS COMMUNITY
JUSTICE PROGRAM IT WILL BE AN
IMPORTANT STEP FOR SEATTLE TO
SHOW THE COMMITMENT TO
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT IT IS NOT
NEARLY ENOUGH TO SHOW THE
RACIAL INEQUALITY IN OUR CITY.
SO WE SHOULD CONTINUE
ORGANIZING IMMEDIATLY SO THE
NEXT YEAR WE CAN WIN EVEN MORE
FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE
TO ACTUALLY PRIORITIZE
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
WE WOULDN'T JUST BE TALKING
ABOUT $500,000.
WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT
MILLIONS.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE
FIGHTING FOR AND 2020.
THANK YOU.
>> DOUG DUMAS AND ALYSSA
PURCELL.
DOUG AND MELISSA ARE YOU
SPEAKING AS A COUPLE TOGETHER?
>> MISTER PRESIDENT IF YOU
DON'T MIND WE REPRESENT THE
FILM AND MUSIC INDUSTRY AND WE
WOULD LIKE TO LET MELISSA SPEAK
FOR US.
>> IF WE COULD HAVE A COUPLE OF
MINUTES EXTRA?
>> ABOUT A HALF HOUR?
>> I WILL BE BRIEF TODAY
ACTUALLY.
>> DESTINY EVERS AND ALISHA K
SOME ARE FOLLOWING.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS
FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE
SUPPORT THROUGH THE LAST MONTH
OR TWO OF BUDGET PROCESS YEAR.
I'M THE NORTHERN BUSINESS AGENT
FRY TS AC NUMBER LOCAL 48.
I PART OF PHIL MUSIC COALITION
AND WE ARE HERE ONCE AGAIN TO
SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A
HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
WHERE THIS STARTED AND WHERE WE
HAVE LANDED.
I THINK THAT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO REACH OUT TO THOSE THAT ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT EQUITY AND
REACHING UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY ARE
FAMILIAR WITH OUR LABOR UNIONS
AND WHAT SORT OF WORK WE ARE
LOOKING TO DEVELOP.
AND CERTAINLY IT IS AN INDUSTRY
THAT IS ALL ABOUT NETWORKING
AND ALL ABOUT KNOCKING ON
DOORS.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND WE
DO LOOK FORWARD TO TRYING TO
GROW MORE JOBS AND HAVE THE
CITY SUPPORT IN THE FILM AND
MUSIC INDUSTRIES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> DESTINY AND ALISHA?
SIGNING ON THE TIMELINE.
ARE THEY HERE?
OKAY COME FORWARD PLEASE.
FOLLOWING DESTINY AND ALISHA IT
WILL BE LISA DO GUARD.
>> HELLO.
WHEN AMOS DESTINY EVERS.
AND THIS IS ALISHA CAYSON.
WE ARE HERE TOGETHER TO SPEAK
TO CITY COUNCIL.
WE JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF THE RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE FUNDING.
WE THINK IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT
HERE.
WE TOOK TIME OUT OF WORK TODAY
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING
THEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LISA BEFORE YOU BEGIN THE
CALL TO MORE NAMES OUT.
A NOURI TO HEAR AND I'M SORRY
AMAURY TO HEAR AND A KEY TO ALL
OF HER.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WANTED TO BE HERE TO EXPRESS
PROFOUND THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF
THE PARTNERS WITH THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANT PROGRAM.
FOR THIS COUNSEL'S REAL
VISIONARY STEP TOWARD MAKING
SURE THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A
CHOICE AND THAT NO ONE HAS TO
GO TO JAIL OR BE PUSHED THROUGH
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
BECAUSE THERE IS NO IMMEDIATELY
AVAILABLE WELL-PLANNED AND
ORGANIZED ALTERNATIVE.
IT REALLY DID TAKE VISION AND
RESOLVE.
IN WAYS THAT ARE OBVIOUS AND
NOT SO OBVIOUS.
AND I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY CALL
OUT SOME OF YOU THAT I MAY NOT
HAVE A CHANCE TO THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR THIS WORK.
COUNTS MEMBER BACK SHAW
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO COUNCIL
MEMBER HAROLD COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
IT IS NOT JUST THEM IN THIS
DECISION BUT YEARS OF LABOR FOR
MANY OF YOU.
AND THOSE ARE NOT WORDS FOR HOW
GRATEFUL WE CAN ALL BE HERE FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND THEN FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT
WE WILL SEE NEXT YEAR COUNTS
MEMBER'S HORRIBLE OLD GONZALES
MASCARA AND WATER AS.
YOU WANT TO MAKE A STRONG
COMMITMENTS THAT WE WILL DO
EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR
COLLECTIVE POWER TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE DELIVERING WHAT YOU
ARE ASKING.
FROM THIS STRATEGY.
AND FINALLY I DID WANT TO LEAD
A STRONG SUPPORT AND
APPRECIATION FOR THE DECISION
TO INVEST IN THE COMMITTEE
PASSAGEWAYS AND CREATIVE
JUSTICE.
AND WITH THE BEACH ACTION
COALITION.
NO ONE DOES MORE EXTRAORDINARY
WORK CREATING ALTERNATIVES IN
THAT REALM AND WE WILL NOT SEE
IS YOUR YOUTH DETENTION UNTIL
THERE IS A PRAGMATIC
ALTERNATIVE AVAILABLE.
THAT IS WHAT THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE DEVELOPING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
IN THAT WAY AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IS OMAR HERE?
I DON'T SEE YOU.
OKAY.
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND FOLLOW
MISS ALL OF HER.
THAT WILL BE DOMINIQUE DAVIS
HERE.
HAVE THE OTHER MICROPHONE AND
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSELL.
I'M ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED TO BE
HERE.
I AM NOT ALWAYS EXCITED TO COME
TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS BUT TODAY I
AM.
I AM HERE TO SAY THANK YOU.
AFTER A LOT OF ORGANIZING AND A
LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND A LOT OF
EMAILS, SEEING THE JUSTICE
PACKAGE BEING FULLY FUNDED THE
COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE HERE AND
WHAT I WANT TO ASK IS THAT NEXT
YEAR AS WE TURN TO THE BUDGET
SESSION THAT INSTEAD OF
SPENDING OUR VALUABLE TIME
ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES TO
ABDICATE COUNSEL TO INVEST IN
PROGRAMS THAT ARE WORKING, THAT
YOU ALL DECIDE TO INVEST IN
THOSE PROGRAMS UP FRONT SO THAT
WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.
ALL OF THAT WORK THAT WE ARE
ABLE TO DO EFFECTIVELY HERE.
AND LIKE LISA SAID, ACHIEVING
ZERO YOUTH DETENTION IS GOING
TO REQUIRE HUGE INVESTMENT IN
ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING AND
INCARCERATION.
AND IF THAT IS MORE THAN
RESOLUTION IS GOING TO REQUIRE
A BUDGET COMMITMENT.
THE BUDGET IS A VALUE
STATEMENT.
IT SAYS WHO AND WHAT WE VALUE.
WHERE WE PUT OUR MONEY AND WHO
WE INTEND TO SEE STAYING HERE.
AND WHO WE INTEND TO SEE
HEALTHY.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THE ONLY PULL
FROM THE MARGINS OUR CITY AND
WE GO FROM THE BOTTOM THE WHOLE
OF THE CITY IS ACTUALLY THAT
MUCH HEALTHIER.
WITH THE CONTINUED DISCUSSION
LISA THAT THE POLICE NEED MORE
MONEY.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU
PERSONALLY.
THE POLICE HAVE A $409 MILLION
BUDGET AND THE COMMUNITY THAT I
LIVE IN THEY DO SO MUCH MORE
HARM THAN GOOD.
AND IT'S FOLKS LIKE COACH DON
AND I THAT I PARTNER WITH THAT
ARE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND
GET US TO A PLACE FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY IS FOR EVERYONE.
NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT
THE POLICE PROTECT.
>> BEFORE YOU BEGIN LET'S CALL
THAT NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE MARY
DIGGS HOPKIN FOLLOWING
DOMINIQUE DAVIS.
THANK YOU SIR.
>> FIRST OF ALL HOW ARE YOU
DOING COUNSELL?
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
SUPPORTING THIS BILL FULLY.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK
THAT WE ARE GETTING READY TO
DO.
WITH THIS FUNDING.
YOU JUST OPENED UP THE DOOR FOR
ABOUT 50 YOUTH AND YOUNG
ADULTS.
THERE SOME SERVICES AND
OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY WOULD
NOT NORMALLY HAVE.
THE FUNDING IS SUPPORTING
PROJECTS.
WE DID A WONDERFUL PROJECT
DOWNSTAIRS WHEN WE DID THE
LOCAL CANDIDATE FORUM.
AND THOSE KIDS BUT THAT WENT
TOGETHER.
WE WANT TO DO A FEW MORE COMING
UP THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE.
WE ALSO HAVE THESE KIDS WRITING
THE FIRST PROPOSALS ON
TRADITIONAL WAS THE LIVING
FACILITIES.
THERE WRITING IT ON THEIR OWN
IN THEIR OWN WORDS AND SETTING
UP MEETINGS WITH INDIVIDUAL
COUNCILMEMBERS AND YOU HAVE AN
OFFICE FULL OF YOUNG PEOPLE
TALKING TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THEY
NEED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS THEM BEING ENGAGED
IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
LEARNING ABOUT HOW IT OPERATES
AND BEING INTERESTED IN IT AT A
YOUNG AGE.
AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL ONE DAY
BE SITTING IN THE SEATS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE GOALS THAT
WE HAVE.
FUNDING THE POLICE OFFICERS AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT ALL OF THAT
STUFF.
MY GOAL IS TO PUT US IN A
POSITION WHERE YOU DON'T EVEN
THINK ABOUT DOING THAT ANYMORE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IS VERY LOW ON
THE TOTEM POLE.
THEY NEED ENOUGH FUNDING TO BE
ABLE TO HELP HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
WITH THE KIND OF MONEY THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAS WE COULD DO
THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT
THAT YOU GUYS ARE OPENING UP
FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY ARE GETTING STIPENDS EVERY
MEETING THAT THE COME TO.
THEY ARE GETTING PAID HUNDRED
DOLLARS EVERY TIME THEY COME
TOGETHER.
THEY'RE MAKING 4 TO 5 TO $600
EVERY MONTH BEING ENGAGED IN
POSITIVE ACTIVITIES.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> BEFORE YOU BEGIN I DO WANT
TO SAY OMAR I JUST RECOGNIZED
YOU COMING IN HERE.
SEEK TO FOLLOW THIS GROUP.
MAINLY WE CALLED THEM AND
EARLIER AND YOU WEREN'T HERE.
BUT I RECOGNIZE YOU TO SPEAK
AFTER THIS GROUP.
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON PRESIDENT
HAROLD.
AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MARY DIGGS HOP SKIN.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS TEACHING
HEALTH MINISTRY OR ART
RESTORATIVE.
WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE
EMERGENCY FUNDING REQUESTS.
THE STAFF IS LINDA CHEST DEAN
AND PETE TOMORROW'S.
AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS.
>> THIS IS THE NATIONAL
ALLIANCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
SARAH SAVAGE, PROGRAM MANAGER
FOR MOUNTAIN WEST AIDS
EDUCATION.
>> SO BASICALLY WE WERE JUST
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
ORGANIZATION SINCE WE DID
REQUEST FUNDING.
ART HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2002.
AND OUR PURPOSE THAT WE STARTED
OUT HERE BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO
HAVE CULTURALLY RELEVANT HEALTH
INFORMATION AROUND HIV AND
AIDS.
WHICH WAS A DISEASE THAT WAS
RAVISHING THE BLACK COMMUNITY
IN THE EARLY 90s.
AND THERE WAS NO REAL
CULTURALLY RELEVANT INFORMATION
IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OUR
PEOPLE.
SO WE STARTED THE ORGANIZATION
HERE.
PARTICULARLY TO EDUCATE THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NEED FOR
SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR BLACK
SISTERS AND BROTHERS WHO WERE
DYING OF AIDS.
AND SO OUR MISSION IS TO
INCREASE THE CAPACITY AND THE
COMMUNITY AROUND NOT ONLY HIV
AND AIDS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
FOR THE COMMUNITY FOLKS BUT
PROVIDERS AS WELL AS PATIENT
AND CONSUMERS.
AND WE ARE DOING SOME WORK
RIGHT NOW IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY
CLINICS ACROSS THE CITY AND THE
COUNTY.
WE ALSO PROVIDE WHAT IS CALLED
SELF-MANAGEMENT TRAINING HERE.
AND THAT IS TO TRAIN
INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY TO
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CONTINUE
TO SUSTAIN THE WORK AROUND
DIABETES, CANCER AND CHRONIC
PAIN.
AND WE ARE DOING THAT WORK IN
PLACES LIKE LOUCHE A HOUSE
WHERE THEY ARE DOING HEALTH
EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
HIV CARE FOR CHANGE IN THE
CULTURE THE ORGANIZATION TO
ACTUALLY PROVIDE SERVICES THAT
HELP ENGAGE CLIENTS OF COLOR
PARTICULARLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE OTHER WORK THAT WE ARE
DOING IS WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH
PARTNERS.
WHICH IS THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION SORRY THE YOUNG
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL
ILLNESS.
TO HELP INCREASE AWARENESS IN
THE COMMUNITY ABOUT MENTAL
ILLNESS.
TO DECREASE SILENCE AND THE
STIGMA THAT SURROUNDS MENTAL
ILLNESS.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE
WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND THE
NEED FOR SUSTAINED FUNDING.
TO CONTINUE THE WORK IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THAT MY TIME APPLAUSE ]
>> I RECOGNIZE AMARI TO HEAR TO
SPEAK, AND THEN WE WILL HEAR
FROM MICHAEL REEVES.
>> MISTER PRESIDENT-ELECT TO
SPEAK ON, I DO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW 20 TO 30
POLICEMEN BEFORE THEY WERE
POLICE, AND, WHILE THEY WERE
POLICE, AND IN SOME NURSING
HOMES THEY HAVE HAD STROKES.
HALF THE TEAM I QUARTERBACKED
OUT OF SHORELINE COLLEGE IN
1964 AND 65, GOT ON THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
MARK EDMONDSON BECAME THE
SPOKESPERSON FOR THIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE
THAT A POLICEMAN SHOULD ONLY BE
ALLOWED TO BE A POLICEMAN FIVE
YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME, THEY HAVE TO
GO TO SCHOOL TO GET THERE
TEACHING CERTIFICATE.
BECAUSE, IF YOU GO ON THE
INTERNET, BEING A POLICEMAN IN
THIS CULTURE IS WORKING IN A
TOXIC ENVIRONMENT AND EVERY DAY
YOU WAKE UP YOU DON'T KNOW
WHETHER YOU ARE GOING TO COME
HOME, AND THEN IF YOU GO TO A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHEN YOU
KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR, YOU DON'T
KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE GOING TO
GET SHOT AND THE HUSBAND IS
LYING ON THE WIFE, THE WIFE IS
LYING ON THE HUSBAND, SO, I AM
MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE POLICE BE MORE
DEMOCRATIZED, AND GET MORE
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN BEING A
POLICEMAN.
I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD GO TO
POLICE ACADEMY.
>> THANK YOU SURE -- THANK YOU,
SIR.
FOLLOWING MICHAEL WILL BE
ABDULLA -- BAYO?
PLEASE PROCEED, SIR.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS,
>> YOU ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
úOF BOTH MICS.
ONE OF THE OTHER.
>> AS SOMEONE WHO HAS FOUGHT
FOR DRIVERS WITH TRANSPORTATION
COMPANIES, HELPING DRIVERS WHO
HAVE BECOME DEACTIVATED IN THE
PAST FOR A VARIETY OF UNFAIR
REASONS I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE
INITIATIVES THAT THE CITY IS
NOW CREATING, TO FORM A
RESOLUTION CENTER, FOR
DEACTIVATING DRIVERS.
I HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
WILL CONSIDER ALL AVAILABLE
OPTIONS FOR NOT ONLY TEAMSTERS
AS YOU MAY RECOGNIZE I'VE BEEN
HERE BEFORE.
TEAMSTERS INVOLVEMENT IN THE
ORGANIZATION WE HAVE HAD IN THE
PAST.
WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER
INITIATIVES IN THE PROCESS,
INCLUDING OUR DRIVER SOLIDARITY
RESOURCE CENTER YOU HEARD ABOUT
EARLIER, ERIC PALMER HAS BEEN
HERE IN THE PAST, SPEAKING OF
ANOTHER INITIATIVE WE ARE
WORKING ON.
ORGANIZATIONS CREATED BY
DRIVERS, WHICH WOULD BE IN
SUPPORT OF THESE ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS THAT YOU ARE NOT
DOZING.
I PERSONALLY REACHED OUT TO
BOTH COUNCILMAN O'BRIEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, IN
FEBRUARY WHEN GOOBER CHOSE TO
CEASE SURGES THAT DRIVERS ARE
COUNTED ON AS PART OF THEIR
INCOME.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T HEAR
BACK AND GOOBER HAS DECIDED TO
CONTINUE TO CHARGE PASSENGERS
HIGHER RATES THAN DRIVERS
EXPERIENCE.
SO, GREAT REGULATIONS WERE ALSO
BAD FOR DRIVERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS ABDULLAH, I AM AN
GOOBER AND LIFE DRIVER, WE NEED
TO DRIVER SOLIDARITY, AND I
URGE TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SOMMER PROPOSAL AND DEDICATED,
AT LEAST HALF OF ALL RIDESHARE
TYPE REVENUE TOWARD THE DRIVER
SOLIDARITY AND RESOURCE CENTER.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE A
FAMILY.
WE TOOK THIS JOB OVER AS FULL-
TIME.
THAT IS HOW WE FEED OUR
FAMILIES.
THAT IS HOW WE PAY OUR RENTS.
THAT IS HOW WE LIVE ON.
NO OTHER JOB BESIDE THAT.
WE WORK OUT OF OUR HOME BEFORE
ANYONE WAKE UP TO TRY TO TAKE
PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY ARE GOING
TO MAKE THEIR EVENING BETTER,
GOOBER TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AS A RIDE YOU KNOW IT WHEN THEY
CHARGE THE CUSTOMER, WE ARE NOT
EVEN GETTING HALF OF THAT,
INCLUDING THE HIGH PRICE THAT
THEY CHARGE A HIGH PERCENTAGE
THEY'RE CHARGING THE DRIVERS,
WE OWN OUR CARS WE PAY THE RENT
AND INSURANCE, WE PAY FOR OUR
CARS AND ARE OFFERED IN THE CAR
ALL DAY LONG.
AND THESE DAYS, IT BECOME OVER
AS THE LAW SAID, IF WE ARE
INDEPENDENT DRIVERS, WE DO WHAT
WE NEED TO DO IN THE JOB, THE
CONTROLLERS PHILLIPS IS THE
NAME IS THERE AS INDEPENDENT
DRIVERS, BUT WE NEED OUR RIGHT.
SO SUPPORTERS, AND THOSE WHO
AREN'T NO LONGER BEING HERE,
BRUCE AND APPLE, WE TAKE YOU
FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US -- WE
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR A
SENSORY START HERE AND WE HOPE
TO HAVE SOME MEMBER WHO WILL
TAKE YOUR SPOT TO BE WITH US
AND SUPPORT US ALSO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> SO, I HAVE OF THE SHIRE,
AFTER THAT IS IT REB WALKER?
I CAN'T MAKE THAT ONE OUT.
KARL NELSON AND SARAH.
>> GO AHEAD PRETTY
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M WITH A GROUP IF YOU COULD
GIVE ME FOUR MINUTES.
>> I RECOGNIZE JULIE FROM
BEFORE.
LET'S GO TO MINUTES TO SEE WHAT
WE WANT TO DO.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AND ALL
MEMBERS, I AM WITH THE SEATTLE
RIDESHARE DRIVERS ASSOCIATION.
WE ARE NOT ANTAGONISTIC WITH
TEAMSTERS, WE WOULD LIKE TO
WORK WITH TEAMSTERS AS DRIVERS
ON ONE PLATFORM.
AND, WE NEED THE DRIVER
SOLIDARITY RESOURCE CENTER TO
SUPPORT AND ADD LEGISLATION,
WHICH COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
PROPOSE.
WE KNOW THAT THE PROPOSAL IS
ONLY ONE SOLUTION SHE IS
SUGGESTING THAT DRIVER
SOLIDARITY RESOURCE CENTER
COULD HAVE MORE PROGRAMS.
ACTIVATION BEFORE CARS WE CAN
DRIVE THIS.
FOR THE MOMENT, ALL THIS YOU
SEE BEAUTIFUL DRIVERS.
PASSENGERS OF THE CITY, THEY
HAVE FAIR SHARES WE ARE THE
FIRST CONTACT PEOPLE OF THE
CITY.
THANKS TO THOSE MEMBERS OF
COUNCIL, BRUCE, BRIAN, AND FOR
THE TREMENDOUS TIME FOR OUR
CITY.
TO WORK WITH THEM, TO BE A PART
OF SINCE WE ARE A MAJORITY OF
THESE PEOPLE, IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY, WE ARE ASKING TO BE
A PART OF SEATTLE.
LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE.
TO ADD THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE
INTO THE PROPOSAL.
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS SAWANT'S
PROPOSAL.
>> THANK YOU SIR.
>> COULDN'T READ MY CHICKEN
SCRATCH?
>> I APOLOGIZE.
LET ME ANNOUNCE THAT WALDEN
WILL FOLLOW YOU
>> NOTICING MY NAME IS REVEREND
HARRIETT, I'M SPEAKING IN MY
POSITION AS MOTHERS FOR POLICE
ACCOUNT ABILITY.
RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I AM ALSO
CHANNELING.
IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN HER WE
MUST GO SO WE CAN ALL HAVE
COURAGE.
AND IF YOU LIVE WITH THAT FEAR
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO SEE
HARRIETT.
SINCE I NAMED AFTER HER I WILL
USE MY VOICE FOR COURAGE TODAY.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR VOTING FOR WILL
MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR OUR USE.
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER O'HARA, BRADSHAW
AND O'BRIEN FOR ALL THE TIMES
THAT YOU ALL HAVE WORKED WITH
US, AND I WANT TO WISH YOU I
ALSO WANT TO WELCOME THE BABY
ON THE DAIS.
WE SEE THE BABY, AND WE SAY
WELCOME TO THE NEW GENERATION
OF ORGANIZERS.
ALREADY IN THE BLOOD, THAT'S A
GOOD SIGN FOR SEATTLE IS NOT
RIGHT Y'ALL?
>> [ APPLAUSE ] LET'S GIVE A
CLAP FOR THE BABY.
AND ANOTHER BABY IS COMING.
I KNOW THAT.
SO, WE WILL HAVE TWO BABIES ON
THE DAIS.
REALLY GOING TO MAKE HISTORY IN
SEATTLE.
SO, ACTUALLY, MY TALK TODAY IS
ABOUT GRATITUDE AND I AM
THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL THAT YOU
WILL HAVE THE COURAGE TO
INCLUDE THIS, EVEN THOUGH THE
OPPOSITION MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THERE AND IT TAKES COURAGE TO
STAND UP FOR THE PROPOSITION.
ALSO WHILE I HAVE THE MIC HERE
I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON
DECEMBER 5 THERE WILL BE A
COMMUNITY HEARING WITH THE CITY
COUNCIL, COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION, A PUBLIC HEARING
ABOUT SMOG, THAT IS THE SEATTLE
POLICE OFFICERS KILLED CONTRACT,
SO I'M INVITING EVERYONE HERE
TO COME BACK OUT ON DECEMBER 5.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU REVEREND WALDEN.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS SARAH
STALLMAN.
AND I AM FAIRLY NEW TO SEATTLE.
I AM A DOCTOR, AND WHAT I HAVE
TO SAY IS A VERY SMALL PIECE OF
A VERY BIG ISSUE THAT MANY
PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN
TALKING ABOUT.
AND, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE INS
AND OUTS OF IT BUT I WILL SAY
THAT I AM LISTENING TO NIKITA
OLIVER, IT SEEMS VERY IMPORTANT
TO ME, THAT WE THINK FORWARD,
AND SPEND OUR MONEY WISELY FOR
THE USE OF THIS CITY, THAT WILL
RUN US.
AND NOW, I WILL TALK ABOUT MY
LITTLE TINY PIECE.
I WAS A PRACTICING DOCTOR FOR
ABOUT 20 YEARS, AND MY FOCUS
WAS PATIENT CARE.
THAT'S ALL I CARED ABOUT.
AND, WHAT I SAW, WAS BEAUTIFUL
HAPPY JOYOUS LITTLE CHILDREN
GROWING UP TO BE FRIGHTENED,
UPTIGHT, SCARED MONEY FOCUSED
ADULTS, AND OFTEN INCARCERATED
PEOPLE, AND I DID NOT
UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO
CHILDREN, AND I WANTED TO
UNDERSTAND.
AND I FOUND OUT.
AND IT'S ON MY WEBSITE, AND
THERE ARE SIGNS UP AND IF YOU
WANT TO SEE IT IT'S FINE, BUT
FUNDAMENTALLY, THE BIG ISSUE IS
CHILDREN NEED THREE THINGS WHEN
THEY ARE LITTLE.
I'M TALKING TO YOU AND YOUR
BABY.
THEY NEED GUIDANCE.
AND SOMETIMES, THAT MEANS
PUNISHMENT.
BUT, THEY NEED LOVING GUIDANCE.
THEY ARE NEW, THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT IS GOING ON.
THEY NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM
TERROR.
IT CAUSES LIFELONG PANIC,
CHILDREN NEED TO BE PROTECTED
FROM FEAR, AND THEY NEED TO
PLAY, AND THAT IS ALL THEY
NEED.
AND, WHAT HUMAN BEINGS DO, WHEN
THEY GET THAT, IS THEY GROW UP
TO BE JOYOUS, SEXUALLY ACTIVE,
GENEROUS, HONORABLE PEOPLE.
IF THEY DON'T GET THAT, THEY
CAN'T BE, BECAUSE THEY ARE
LIMITED BY THEIR OWN FEARS FROM
CHILDHOOD.
SO, WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT A
WORLD THAT IS BEING RECOGNIZING
THE VALUE OF USE.
IT IS YOUTH THAT IS STANDING UP
FOR OUR CLIMATE AND OUR PLANET.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WRAP UP PLEASE?
>> HERE IN SEATTLE YOU TO
STANDING UP TO PROTECT OTHER
USE, PLEASE SUPPORT AND FULLY
FUND THE COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PROGRAMS.
THANK YOU I'M SORRY.
>> THAT'S FINE, THANK YOU.
>> IS KARL NELSON HERE?
IF YOU ARE HERE, YOU ARE UP.
>> HI, MY NAME IS KARL NELSON,
I AM A 10 YEAR RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE IN DISTRICT 4 AND I
WANTED TO SPEAK IN GRATITUDE
AND THANKS TO THE COUNCIL FOR
PASSING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
BUDGET.
BY VOCATION I AM AN ALUM
ANIMATOR AND ILLUSTRATOR.
I HAVE DRAWN MY WHOLE ENTIRE
LIFE AND IT BEGAN VERY EARLY
FOR ME.
BUT, MY SUCCESS IN MY
PROFESSION IS THE PRODUCT OF
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND LOVE
AND INTENTION FROM MY PARENTS,
AND TEACHERS, AND THE COMMUNITY
AT LARGE.
WHEN OUR CITY HAS A BUDGET IT
IS OF COURSE A MORAL DOCUMENT
AND IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT THAT
WE SHOW AS A CITY THAT WE ARE
WILLING TO INVEST IN THE YOUNG
PEOPLE HERE, IN PROGRAMS SUCH
AS CREATIVE JUSTICE WHICH
ALLOWS THEM TO FULLY ACHIEVE
THE PERSON THAT THEY NEED TO
BE.
THAT'S ABOUT IT, BUT THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE ENTIRE
BUDGET FOR RESTORAIVE JUSTICE,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> I THINK WE HAD A FEW LATE
SIGN-UPS THAT WE WILL
ENTERTAIN, AND THEN -- WE HAVE
SIX MORE FOLKS HERE, SO LET'S
HEAR FROM CAROL ISAAC AND BB
MONET.
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> HI, I'M CAROL ISAAC, AND MY
GOAL RIGHT NOW IS NOT TO CRY.
I WANT TO PREMATURELY BUT MY
PREMONITION FEELS GOOD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING THIS
CREATIVE JUSTICE PACKAGE YOUR
VOTE.
IT IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL, AND
LAST NIGHT, I WAS AT A CREATIVE
JUSTICE EVENT.
AND, I SEE LEADERS COMING OUT
OVER THERE, I SEE SO MUCH
CHANGE.
I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL I CANNOT
STAND IT RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR SOMETHING YOU
DID A LONG TIME AGO I DON'T
KNOW YOU EVEN REMEMBER, BUT I
BET YOU DO.
IT WAS THAT DAY WHEN THIS ROOM
AND AFTERNOON WAS JUST FULL OF
YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THEY WERE
DOING A SHOW FOR YOU, A REALLY
GOOD ONE.
COUNCILMEMBERS WERE LEAVING ONE
BY ONE, AND YOU WERE THE LAST
ONE LEFT, AND WE HAD OUR MEDIA
TURNED OFF SO YOU ONLY HEARD IT
AND I'M SO SORRY IT DID NOT GET
COLLECTED, AND THERE WERE TWO
SPEECHES, ONE BY A WOMAN NAMED
TRACY WHO WAS A BUDDHIST, A
YOUNG BLACK WOMAN, AT A WOMAN
NAMED JAY -- MJ WONG, WHO IS
CHINESE.
AND, THEY WERE INCREDIBLE
SPEECHES, AND I KNOW YOU HEARD
THEM IN YOUR HEART, I SAW THAT
DAY, THANK YOU FOR STAYING THAT
DAY POINT
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> FOLLOWING WILL BE ALDON
CAROL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK
YOU ALL FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING
FOR SEATTLE.
WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
MY NAME IS KEY BB MONET, I AM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NEW
BLACK ARTS THEATER, THE OLDEST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN THEATER
COMPANY IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND I SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES.
ALL ABOARD.
LIKE THE POWERFUL RUMBLING
FIELD A LOCOMOTIVE HEADED
TOWARDS FREEDOM, STARTING OUT
SLOW AND GATHERING SPEED, TAKE
A KNEE, TAKE A KNEE, TAKE A
KNEE, TAKEN KNEE.
LIKE A THE SOUND OF A RAILROAD
CAR MOVING TOWARDS EQUALITY.
TAKEN KNEE, TAKEN KNEE, TAKEN
KNEE.
>> I LOVE YOUR DETERMINATION TO
BE FREE, BUT WHY SHOULD I TAKE
A KNEE, TAKEN KNEE?
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DEHUMANIZED
BY A SYSTEM FULL OF ALL SORTS
OF LIARS WITH FALSE ACCUSATIONS
AND OUT AND OUT HUMILIATIONS,
BED TO THE WORLD WITH
DETERMINATION TO KEEP US DOWN
DOWN AND INTO THE GROUND, TAKEN
KNEE, TAKEN KNEE, TAKEN KNEE,
TAKEN KNEE.
I STAND ACCUSED OF NOT SAYING
YOU ARE FREE BUT I STILL SEE NO
REASON TO TAKE A KNEE, TAKEN
KNEE, TAKEN KNEE.
FOR FREE TO BUILD AND THRIVE.
TAKEN KNEE.
FREE TO BE ALIVE, TAKEN KNEE.
FREE FROM MISEDUCATION, THREE
FROM MISS INCARCERATION, ALL
FORMS OF APPROPRIATION,
INCLUDING MISREPRESENTATION,
ONGOING HATEFUL DISCRIMINATION,
VIOLENCE AND SHAME FOR
DISCRIMINATION.
TAKEN KNEE, TAKEN KNEE, TAKEN
KNEE.
IF YOU STAND FOR PEACE, LOVE,
AND HARMONY, TAKEN KNEE.
IF YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL
BE FREE OF POVERTY, TAKE THE
KNEE.
IF THE MURDER OF CHILDREN IN
OUR SCHOOLS IS WRONG, TAKEN
KNEE.
IF THE KILLING OF BLACK PEOPLE
SHOULD NOT GO ON, BEEN GOING ON
FOR FAR TOO LONG, TAKEN KNEE,
TAKEN KNEE, TAKEN KNEE.
IF THIS MAKES US RIGHT, STAND
UP.
BE FREE.
WITH LIBERTY.
AND JUSTICE, FOR ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALDON BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO
ANNOUNCE THE NEXT SPEAKER, THAT
WOULD BE ALLISON ICING OR
FOLLOW.
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> AS YOU KNOW I HAVE
TOURETTE'S, THANK YOU FOR
UNDERSTANDING.
AIDEN IS A RECENT GRADUATE,
THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP TO
THE MAYOR, TO FULLY FUND LEADS,
IF IT NEEDS MORE CAPACITIES,
EVIDENCE IS IMPORTANT, BUT THAT
WILL COME.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IS VERY
IMPORTANT, AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE
FINDING THAT AS WELL.
PRISONS AND BELIEFS ARE FOSSIL
FUELS RIGHT NOW WE CAN USE THEM
AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE, AND WE
CAN STOP NEEDING THEM ENTIRELY
IN A SHORT TIME IF YOU FIND
LESS HARMFUL SIDE EFFECTS
ALTERNATIVES.
IT WOULD BE A GREAT DAY WHEN
STUDENTS ARE HOLDING A BAKE
SALE TO FIND A BOMBER BECAUSE
THAT MEANS THAT SOCIAL SERVICES
ARE FULLY FUNDED.
NO WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT
REVENUE TODAY BUT THE THINGS
ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE,
WHEN WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE
WEALTHIEST CITIES IN HUMAN
HISTORY, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE
A HEAD TAX, LET ALONE THE SAME
KIND THAT WE EXPLAIN TO OUR
NEIGHBORS.
JOHN SCOTT'S CAMPAIGN NOTIFIED
A WHOLE BUNCH OF POTENTIAL
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE STREAMS,
AND I HOPE YOU CAN PICK UP SOME
OF THOSE NEXT YEAR.
BECAUSE, THAT CREATES FALSE
CHOICES.
THE ONLY LIMITED CAPITAL IS
POLITICAL, AND WE WILL TRY TO
FUND RAISE THAT FOR YOU ALL, SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
AFTER ALLISON, FORGIVE ME, BUT
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU KNEW,
IF YOU CAN PLEASE COME UP TO
THE MICROPHONE, AND LAST IS
GARRETT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS, ALLISON ICING HER WITH
THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY
COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST I'M HERE TO
SAY THANK YOU TO EACH AND
EVERYONE OF YOU ON BEHALF OF
THE COALITION'S MEMBERS, I HAVE
THANK YOU CARDS HERE WHICH
PERHAPS STAFF CAN'T HANDOUT,
THEY ARE EVEN ORGANIZED IN
ORDER OF WHERE YOU ARE SITTING.
AND, THIS IS THANKS NOT ONLY
FOR YOUR WORK ON A BUDGET THAT
PRIORITIZES WHAT THE COMMUNITY
HAS INSISTED IS NECESSARY, BUT
ALSO FOR YOUR WORK IN MANY
CASES FOR YEARS, TO CORRECT THE
PROCESS OF HOW WE BUDGET IN
THIS CITY.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
SINCERELY THANK EACH OF YOU FOR
YOUR WORK TO BRING MORE
RESOURCES FORWARD FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS
BUDGET, FOR FUNDING CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS, LIKE THE CLINIC TO
BE NAMED AFTER BILL HOBSON,
LEGAL SERVICES FOR YOUTH, AND
THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PACKAGE
THAT YOU FIXED OVER THE WEEKEND.
THOSE ARE ALL TREMENDOUSLY
IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY AND I
AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU AGREED TO
FUND THE HOME FOR GOOD
PROPOSAL, BECAUSE I THINK YOU
KNOW AS WELL AS ANY OF US THAT
CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT
PEOPLE'S LIMITED INCOMES ARE,
AND WHAT RENT COSTS IS THE WAY
TO PREVENT AND END
HOMELESSNESS.
IN THE SPIRIT OF GIVING THANKS,
WE ARE GIVING THANKS BUT IN THE
SPIRIT OF A HOLIDAY THAT IS
FOUNDED ON A LOT OF LIES AND
HISTORICAL INACCURACY, I ALSO
WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO
INTERJECT A MOMENT OF TRUTH
THAT AGAIN YOU KNOW AS WELL AS
WE DO.
MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO MAKE, COME FROM ONE-
TIME FUNDING SOURCES, AND SO,
THIS IS PUTTING A PAIN IN THE
FACT THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS HERBOLD,
GONZALES, SAWANT, MOSQUEDA, AND
JUAREZ, GOING FORWARD.
AND, WITH MAYOR DURKIN.
AND, I INVITE THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WILL NOT BE
SITTING ON THE DAIS TO JOIN US
IN THINKING ABOUT SERIOUSLY HOW
WE GENERATE THE REVENUE AND
ALLOCATED TO MEET OUR
COMMUNITIES PRIORITIES GOING
FORWARD, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LAST FEW SPEAKERS,
>> HI, MY NAME IS JIN, I AM
HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH SWEDISH
WORKERS AND UBER DRIVERS AND AS
I UNDERSTAND THEIR STRUGGLES,
THAT THE COST OF BEING HERE TO
BE WITH YOU FOR TWO MINUTES IS
$20 WORKING FOR ME.
SO, I AM IN SOLIDARITY WITH
THEM, AS PART OF RAINIER BEACH
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROJECT WE
WILL IMPLEMENT CIRCLE BUSES AT
RAINIER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, I AM
GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO
PUSH THE COUNSEL TO FUND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING
TO MEDIATE THE HARMS OF SCHOOLS
IN STATE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE.
ZERO YOUTH DETENTION RESOLUTION
MEANS DEFUNDING POLICE.
IT MEANS DEFUNDING COURTS.
SO, WE ARE HERE TO REMIND YOU
WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THOSE
WHO ARE MARGINALIZED NOT THE
POLICE UNION.
AND ONE-TIME FUNDING IS NOT
ENOUGH.
I AM ALSO HERE TO PLANT THE
SEED UP FOR REVIEW SOON, WHICH
ALLOWS 17 STORY BUILDING TO BE
VOTE, DEMOLISHING BUSH GARDEN
WHICH A LOT OF API COMMUNITY
WERE BIRTHED OUT OF, AND NOT
HAVING TALL BUILDINGS AND WHITE
NORTH NEIGHBORHOODS, MAKE SURE
THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE
WHEN IT IS TIME TO COME AND
TALK TO YOU, THAT IS THE
IMPORTANT ROLE OF YOU, IS TO
DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LAST SPEAKER IS KY KING
GARRETT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL.
I'M KY KING GARRETT, THIRD-
GENERATION COMMUNITY BUILDER
FROM CENTRAL DISTRICT, AFRICA
TOWN, HERE TO SPEAK AND SUPPORT
THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET, THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THE
VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY
BASED GRASSROOTS DOING
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
THE WAY THAT WE MAKE THE CITY
SAFER IS REPLACING NEGATIVE
CULTURE WITH POSITIVE CULTURE
AND MANY OF THESE GROUPS LIKE
CREATIVE JUSTICE AND OTHERS ARE
DOING THAT, AND I THINK THAT
THAT IS THE MOST AFFORDABLE AND
ECONOMICAL WAY TO REDIRECT
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN
OFF THEIR PATH TO GREATNESS.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU,
TO COUNCILWOMAN SAWANT FOR
MAKING SURE THE COMMUNITY IS
REALLY PARTICIPATING, SOME
VOICES ARE LEFT OUT TO ALL OF
THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE
SUPPORTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
INITIATIVES, COUNCILWOMAN
MOSQUEDA, COUNCILMEMBER MIKE
O'BRIEN WHO HAS HEADED OUT,
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL, AND LET
ME REALLY SAY THAT SEATTLE IS
AT A CROSSROADS, STILL.
IS IT GOING TO BE A WORLD-CLASS
CITY THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF THE
COMMUNITIES OF THE WORLD THAT
HAVE MADE THIS CITY OR A ONE
CLASS CITY, WHICH IT IS RAPIDLY
MOVING TOWARDS AN APARTHEID
CONDITION, AND WE NEED TO TAKE
BOLD ACTION WITH THE POLITICAL
WILL, WE KNOW THE RESOURCES ARE
HERE, BOTH THE FINANCIAL AND
INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL IN THIS
CITY AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
PROJECTS LIKE AFRICA TOWN
PLAZA, WHICH I THINK IS MAYBE
THE ONLY BLACK LEATHER
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UP FOR
FUNDING RIGHT NOW WITH THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING MOVING
FORWARD, WE WOULD LIKE YOUR
SUPPORT ON THAT.
FIRE STATION SIX IS STILL A
BLIGHT ON OUR COMMUNITY, WHERE
PARKING AND METER MAID VEHICLES
ARE NOT ADDING ANY ECONOMIC
VITALITY, ANY CULTURAL VIBRANCY
TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WHICH
WAS AN ORIGINAL EDI PROJECT, TO
REPURPOSE FIRE STATION SIX AS A
WILLIAM GROSS CENTER FOR
CULTURAL GROWTH AND ENTERPRISE
SO THAT WE CAN CONNECT THE
GENIUS AND BRILLIANCE THAT IS
IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES,
KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY THAT
SURROUNDS US, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119705, CLAIMS
FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 11
2013 THROUGH NOVEMBER 15, 2018,
ORDERING PAYMENT THEREOF.
>> I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNSEL
BILL 119705.
SEGMENT OF THE BILL PASSED ANY
COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL ROLE IN THE PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
>> JAKE?
SAWANT?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASS, PLEASE READ THE
FIRST AGENDA ITEMS.
>> RESOLUTION 31917 RECOGNIZING
THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHCARE
WORKERS UNIONIZED WORKERS AS
SEI YOU HEALTHCARE 1199
EXERCISING THE RIGHT TO STRIKE
AND WITHHOLD THEIR LABOR.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR VOTING
WITH ME ON THIS RESOLUTION.
IT IS RECOGNIZING THE
IMPORTANCE OF ALL OF OUR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AND
SUPPORTING THE UNIONIZED
WORKERS OF SEI YOU HEALTHCARE
11 NINE NORTHWEST, TO EXERCISE
THEIR RIGHT TO STRIKE AND
WITHHOLD THEIR LABOR.
CLEARLY THESE HEALTHCARE
WORKERS DON'T WANT TO BE DOING
THAT.
WE KNOW THEIR HEARTS, AND FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN THE
AUDIENCE, I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE
YOU.
I THINK THAT ALLISON EISNER
FROM MY OFFICE IS OVER THERE.
YESTERDAY ALLISON McLEAN, THANK
YOU, ALLISON WRIGHT.
MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE WHO I THINK
I OUGHT TO KNOW BY NOW, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BRINGING
THIS FORWARD AND I AM NOT
BLOWING ANY SECRETS, YOU HAVE
BEEN SO HONORABLE ABOUT THIS.
ALLISON'S BABY WAS BORN AT ONLY
26 WEEKS.
HIS NAME IS AIDAN WRIGHT, AND
AIDAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT
NOW AT SWEDISH, AND WE ARE
DOING EVERYTHING, THE FAMILY IS
DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN
TO TAKE CARE OF THAT LITTLE BOY
AND THEY NEED GOOD NURSES.
SO, I AM HONORED TO BRING
FORWARD OF THIS RESOLUTION, AND
JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS
IS ABOUT SAFETY FOR PATIENTS,
AND WORKERS IT IS ABOUT WAGES
AND BENEFITS YES, BUT MOSTLY IT
IS ABOUT THE RESPECT THAT THEY
NEED AND DESERVE AND WE NEED
THESE VACANCIES FILLED AND WE
NEED TO TAKE CARE OF AIDAN SO I
ASKED TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION
POINT
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, AS AN ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVE OF WORKING
PEOPLE AND ALSO AS A RANK-AND-
FILE TEACHERS UNION MEMBER
MYSELF I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION.
AND, I AM IN COMPLETE
SOLIDARITY WITH HEALTHCARE
WORKERS.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS MY
STAFF AND I AND MANY OF THE
COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS, WE HAVE
GROWN LARGE WITH SWEDISH
PROVIDENCE WORKERS I LEARNED
ABOUT THEIR STRUGGLES INCLUDING
CHRONIC SHORT STAFFING THAT
COUNTS MEMBER BACK SO
MENTIONED.
AND ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE
WORKERS WHO ARE IN JEOPARDY OF
LOSING THEIR OWN HEALTHCARE
BENEFITS BECAUSE SWEDISH
PROVIDENCE WANTS TO CUT THEM,
THAT IS THE IRONY WE ARE FACING
HERE.
IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT A
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT OPERATES
14 HOSPITALS, HUNDREDS OF
AMBULATORY CARE SITES, AND
WHICH GENERATES $7.6 BILLION
AND PAYS ITS TOP 15 EXECUTIVES
$41 MILLION SHOULD TREAT ITS
WORKERS AND OUR COMMUNITIES
WITH SUCH A CAVALIER ATTITUDE.
SWEDISH PROVIDENCE HAS PUT
PROFITS BEFORE PATIENTS AND
CAREGIVERS ATTITUDE IS
PRECISELY WHY WE NEED TO
URGENTLY FIGHT FOR MEDICARE FOR
ALL IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE NEED TO PUT PATIENTS BEFORE
PROFITS, AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS
MUST STRIKE AND ARE FORCED TO
STRIKE FOR A DECENT CONTRACT,
IT IS ENTIRELY BECAUSE OF THE
FAILURE OF FREAKISH PROVIDENCE
EXECUTIVES TO SUPPORT WORKERS
AND PATIENTS.
AND, IF SWEDISH FORCES
HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO STRIKE
AND SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE AND I
WILL BE ON THE PICKET LINES AND
NO DOUBT MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF YOU AND
VERY QUICKLY ON A PERSONAL
NOTE, THIS WHOLE CAMPAIGN, YOU
KNOW, THE REELECTION CAMPAIGN
THAT WAS SO MASSIVELY ATTACKED,
THE LEAGUE OF THE CITY AMAZON
AMONG THEM, IT TOOK A REAL TOLL
ON ALL THE CAMPAIGN ACTIVISTS.
BEYOND ELECTION NIGHT, I DON'T
USUALLY SHARE PERSONAL STUFF
BUT I AM SHARING THIS BECAUSE
IT IS RELEVANT HERE, IT IS
REALLY LIKE MY BODY GOT THE
MEMO THAT IT IS OKAY TO FALL
SICK AND I ENDED UP IN URGENT
CARE SEVERAL TIMES JUST IN 15
DAYS, AND, IT IS WHEN YOU ARE
TRULY VULNERABLE, AND YOU END
UP IN A HEALTHCARE FACILITY,
AND YOU SEE THE DEDICATION, AND
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ADDRESS
YOUR NEEDS AND THE NEEDS OF
EVERYBODY, ALL THE PATIENTS WHO
ARE THERE.
IT IS REALLY PALPABLE WHY WE
SHOULD ALL BE STANDING WITH OUR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AND SO I AM
PROUD TO BE STANDING WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT.
TODAY, I AM HONORED TO BE
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE
WORKERS FROM SAI UN SOUTHWEST.
úI AM HONORED TO BE STANDING
WITH THEM IN THEIR CALL FOR THE
CONTRACT IT RESPECTS THE WORK
THAT THEY DO, THE WORK THAT
THEY PUT INTO CARING FOR OUR
COMMITTEE.
IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT I
STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THESE
WORKERS IS A LONGTIME LABOR
ACTIVIST AND UNION MEMBER.
TODAY IT IS PERSONAL.
TODAY I STAND HERE WITH
CAMILLA, MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS
HEALTHY TODAY BECAUSE OF THE
WORKERS AT SEI YOU, 1199, THE
WORKERS WHO HELPED TO MAKE SURE
THAT IN THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF
HER LIFE, THEY WERE THERE 24
SEVEN.
IT IS THOSE WORKERS WHO CAME IN
EVERY FEW HOURS, TO CHECK HER
VITALS, TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE
WAS HEALTHY, WHO GOT THE POOP
OUT OF HER LUNGS WHEN SHE CAME
OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE WAS
BREATHING, AND TO MAKE SURE
THAT SHE WAS WEIGHED AND THAT
SHE WAS CLEAN AND THAT WE FELT
CARED FOR.
IT IS THE WORKERS IN THE
DELIVERY ROOM, IN THE TRIAGE
ROOM, IT IS THE FOLKS WHO CLEAN
THE ROOM EVERY DAY, IT IS THE
PEOPLE WHO CAME IN EVERY SINGLE
DAY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE
OUT THE TRASH TO THE ONES WHO
ARE MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE
STITCHES ARE PUT IN CORRECTLY.
THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO MAKE US
HEALTHY.
THE WORKERS.
SEI YOU 1199 HEALTHCARE
NORTHWEST WORKERS.
THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO MADE US
HEALTHY.
IT WAS NOT THE BROKEN ELEVATOR
THAT DID NOT WORK INTO OUR POST
TRIAGE AREA.
IT WAS NOT THE LIGHT THAT WOULD
NOT TURN ON WHEN WE NEEDED THE
POSTDELIVERY SERVICES AND IT
WAS NOT THE HOT WATER THAT DID
NOT WORK WHICH MADE IT A GREAT
EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS THE WORKERS.
WHEN YOU ARE SITTING ON $23
BILLION IN REVENUE, $11.3
BILLION IN CASH RESERVES, $780
MILLION IN PROFIT, AND AN $11.5
MILLION IN COMPENSATION FOR THE
CEO, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THOSE
THINGS WOULD BE CARED FOR, THE
ELEVATOR, THE LIGHT, THE HOT
WATER.
BUT, MY GOD, WE NEED OUR
WORKERS TAKEN CARE OFF.
WHEN YOU ARE SITTING ON THAT
MUCH REVENUE, IT IS THE WORKERS
WHO MAKE THAT PLACE FUNCTION,
AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.
SO, DO IT FOR THE FOLKS THAT WE
HAVE HEARD ABOUT EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
DO IT FOR THE WORKERS TO TALK
TO TALK ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO
AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY
ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT
HAVE THE CONVERSATION LIKE I
HEARD ABOUT.
THE PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT
CRYING ON THE WAY TO WORK EVERY
DAY TO CAUSE THEIR SCHEDULES
ARE GETTING MESSED UP.
THE RATIOS, THE NURSE TO
PATIENT RATIOS THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN ADEQUATELY STAFFED, AND
THE REFUSAL TO HEAR THE NURSES
AND THE HEALTHCARE TEAM WHEN
THEY SAY THEY NEED MORE
ADEQUATE STAFFING.
DO IT FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO SAY
THAT THEY USED TO LOVE COMING
TO WORK AND ALL THEY WANTED TO
DO WAS BE A HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONAL.
DO IT FOR THEM, DO IT FOR FOLKS
LIKE ME, FROM OTHERS LIKE
ALLISON, FOR THE FOLKS WHO GO
TO THE NICU.
DO IT FOR THE PATIENT THAT THEY
TAKE CARE OFF.
RESPECT YOUR WORKERS, AND BY
RESPECTING YOUR WORKERS YOU
RESPECT YOUR COMMUNITY.
RESPECT THE BARGAINING PROCESS
SO NO ONE EVER HAS TO WORRY
ABOUT CROSSING THE PICKET LINE
BECAUSE WE RESPECT WORKERS AND
WE WANT THAT CONTRACT TO BE
PASSED NOW.
DO IT FOR THE WORKERS.
WE HONOR YOU, SEI YOU 11 99.
>> WELL, DOES ANYONE DARE SPEAK
AFTER THAT?
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
OKAY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE SIGNAL FOR US TO
VOTE ON THIS IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION.
SO, I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT
RESOLUTION 31917.
MOVED AND SECOND, THOSE IN
FAVOR OF ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION, PLEASE VOTE.
THOSE OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES, AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> OKAY PLEASE READ THE NEXT
AGENDA ITEM.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, RELATING TO
CITY A PLANET AUTHORIZE
EXECUTION OF A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
UNITED ASSOCIATION OF
JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF
THE PLUMBING AND PIPEFITTING
INDUSTRY LOCAL 32, PRIOR ACTS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THIS
LEGISLATION WILL AUTHORIZE THE
EXECUTION OF COUNCIL ACTION
BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
AND THE UNITED ASSOCIATION OF
JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF
THE PLUMBING AND PIPEFITTING
INDUSTRY LOCAL 32.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO
LEANNE GEYER.
THIS IS FOR A THREE-YEAR PERIOD
FROM JANUARY 1, 2019, THROUGH
DECEMBER 21, 2021.
IT WOULD AFFECT THE WAGES,
BENEFITS, HOURS AND OTHER
WORKING CONDITIONS FOR
APPROXIMATELY 300 EMPLOYEES IN
THE CITY DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC
UTILITY, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND PARKS AND
RECREATION.
IT IS STANDARD PRACTICE TO
REFER THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION
FROM THE SEATTLE APARTMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES, DIRECTLY TO
FULL COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION,
AND WE APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD TODAY.
>> THANK YOU GOT THE MEMBER
BAGSHAW.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNSEL
BILL 119703.
OKAY.
WILL THE QUICK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSED.
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
>>> OKAY, LET ME DESCRIBE WHAT
WE WILL DO WITH SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE ITEMS, I WILL READ
THEM OFF IN GROUPS, WE HAVE
BROKEN THEM OUT INTO GROUPS
SOMETIMES THREE OR FOUR ITEMS,
SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE.
AND, THAT WILL GIVE US A CHANCE
TO GET THROUGH IT, AND THEN,
WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A COMMENT
OR AMENDMENT I WILL PAUSE AND
GET THROUGH IT.
AND HOPEFULLY, HAVE A PACKAGE.
SO, WE WILL DO THAT.
HAVING SAID, READ THE SHORT
TITLE FOR ITEMS THREE AND FOUR,
JUST THREE AND FOUR POINT
>> SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
AGENDA ITEMS COUNTABLE 119 677,
AUTHORIZING FUNDING FROM
DENSITY SOURCES, COUNTABLE
11968, AND ORDINANCE 119 24
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2019 BUDGET
INCLUDING THE 2019 FOR 2020
WATERFRONT PROGRAM.
COUNSEL RECOMMENDS BILL PASSED
AS AMENDED.
>> WE WILL VOTE ON THESE
INDIVIDUALLY STARTING WITH
NUMBER THREE, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
THREE?
COUNSEL 119667?
PLEASE CALL PASSAGE OF THE BILL
POINT
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSED AND CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER FOUR?
PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE PASSAGE
OF COUNSEL BILL 119668
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSED, TERRIBLE
SIGNAGE.
CHAIR READ ITEMS FIVE AND SIX
POINT
>> AGENDA ITEMS FIVE AND SIX,
CLICK BILL 11346 2020 PROPOSED
BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PLACED ON FILE, CLICK BILL
11334, 2000 2325 PROPOSED
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM,
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PLACED ON
FILE.
>> ITEMS FIVE, ANY COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF PLACING THE
CLICK FILE ON FILE, PLEASE
VOTE, THOSE OPPOSED?
MOST MOTION CARRIES, CLERK
PLACED ON FILE, WITH RESPECT TO
ITEM 6 ANY COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF PLACING THE
CLERK FILE ON FILE PLEASE NOTE
I. A CLOSED, THAT FILE IS
PLACED ON FILE.
PLEASE READ ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH
11, AND YOU CAN READ THE SHORT
TITLE IF YOU WOULD LIKE THERE
TO
>> AGENDA ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH
11, COUNTABLE 119669 RELATING
TO THE FEES AND CHARGES FOR
PERMITS AND ACTIVITIES OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS
COMMITTEE.
RECOMMENDS THIS BILL PASSED
POINT COUNSEL BILL 11967,
ORDINANCE RELATED TO TRAFFIC,
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PATH AS
AMENDED POINT COUNSEL BILL
119671 FOR PARKS AND RECREATION
SALVAGE FEE SCHEDULE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS BILL PASSED,
COUNTABLE 119672 LENGTH OF
SOLID WASTE SYSTEM OF SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS BILL PASSED AND
COUNTABLE 119673, CONTRACTING,
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS BILL PASS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH
SEVEN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
IF NONE PLEASE CALL ROLE ON
PASSAGE OF THE BILL POINT
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MUST GET A? O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> PAST AND CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
NUMBER EIGHT ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSAGE, CHAIR WILL
SIGN.
671?
ON NUMBER NINE, ANY QUESTIONS
ON NUMBER NINE?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MUSCULAR?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSAGE CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
NUMBER 10.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MUST GET A? O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSED CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT, NUMBER 11?
ANY PASSAGE -- QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL ROLE ON PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MUSCULAR?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSES, CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
ITEMS 12 THROUGH 16.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 12 THROUGH 16,
COUNSEL BILL 119674 RELATED TO
THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND CITY OF
SEATTLE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
FULL PASSAGE, COUNTABLE 119675
RELATING TO THE FINANCING OF
CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE FUND
PROGRAMS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
BILL PASS, COUNTABLE 119 676,
RELATING TO THE FINANCING OF
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
PLANNED PROJECTS COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT THE BILL
PASSED.
COUNTABLE 119677 RELATING TO
THE FINANCING OF THE CENTRAL
WATERFRONT APARTMENT PROGRAM
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS BILL
PASS, COUNTABLE 1196 70 RELATED
TO THE FINANCING OF THE CENTRAL
WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS.
>> THANK YOU.
ON ITEM NUMBER 12, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
IF NOT PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL POINT
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MUSCULAR?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED
POINT
>> WILL PASSED CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
>> NUMBER 13 ANY QUESTIONS?
PLEASE CALL ROLE ON PASSAGE OF
THE BILL POINT
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW, GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSED AND CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT.
NUMBER 14 ANY QUESTIONS?
PLEASE CALL ROLE ON PASSAGE OF
THE BILL POINT
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT, BECK SHAW?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ, MOSQUEDA?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
CHAIR WILL SIGN.
PLEASE CALL ROLE?
>> GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED
POINT
>> PASSAGE, CHAIR WILL SIGN
NUMBER 16 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
>> NINE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSES CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
PLEASE READ ITEMS 17 THROUGH
22.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 17 THROUGH 22,
COUNTABLE 11967 UNRELATED TO
THE FINANCING OF THE MERCER
WEST PROJECT.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS BILL PASS.
COUNSEL BILL 1196 80 RELATING
TO THE FINANCING OF STREETCAR
RECOMMENDATIONS THE BILL
PASSED.
COUNSEL BILL 699 RELATED TO
TRAFFIC CODE, COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS BILL PASTORED
COUNTABLE 11968 RELATED TO THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX REVENUE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS BILL
PASTORED COUNTABLE 119 682
RELATING TO THE BUSINESS
LICENSE TAX COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS AND
COUNCILMAN BILL 1196 83
RELATING TO TAXATION, COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE
ITEMS 17 THROUGH 22?
I WON'T KEEP ASKING IF I DON'T
SEE ANY QUESTIONS SO 17, PLEASE
HOLD ROLE IN THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL POINT
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
>> WAY, I HEAR HER IN THE OTHER
ROOM.
>> THAT'S ME.
>> O'BRIEN?
HARRELL?
EIGHT IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> CORRECT.
CHAIR PASSED WILL SIGN IT.
NUMBER 18 PLEASE CALL ROLE IN
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
EIGHT IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSED CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
NUMBER 19, PLEASE READ THE ROLL
CALL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
EIGHT IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSED CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT WHAT NUMBER WAS THAT?
18?
THAT WAS 19.
SO, 20, PLEASE CALL ROLE IN THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSES CHAIR WILL SIGN
T.
NUMBER 21, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> WILL PASSED CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT, JUST ONE MOMENT.
ITEM 22, ANY QUESTIONS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES, CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT.
>> IF SO, LET ME GIVE YOU THESE
ASSIGNED BILLS.
WE WERE GOING RATHER FAST.
AND, I WANT TO SHOW SOME
FLEXIBILITY FOR THE RULES THAT
ALLOW THAT I DO HAVE ONE
COUNCILMEMBER WHO ACTUALLY
VOTED OPPOSITE HOW THAT MEMBER
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE VOTED
BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH IN A
CERTAIN WAY, WHAT ARE MY
OPTIONS NOW, CAN I DO A REVOTE
ON A CERTAIN ITEM?
WE WILL TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER
19.
WHICH I DID A LITTLE QUICKLY.
>> GIVE ME A QUICK SECOND.
>> I CAN DO IT AT THE END, THAT
IS ONE POSSIBILITY.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> CAN WE PROCEED WITH THE NEXT
ITEM ABOUT GO BACK?
>> WE WILL PROCEED, AND SLOW IT
DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND FIGURE
OUT HOW WE CAN CORRECT THE
RECORD ON THAT ONE FOR ITEM
NUMBER 19 WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A
REVOTE.
OKAY.
SO,
>> WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 23.
>> ITEM TO 23?
WE WILL TAKE THAT ONE BY ITSELF
I BELIEVE.
DON'T REREAD THAT ONE FOR THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 23, COUNTABLE
119 684 TAXATION OPPOSING
ATTACKS ON TREPIDATION NETWORK
COMPANIES, COMMITTEE REGIMENS
BILL PASSED AS AMENDED.
>> OKAY, THIS IS THE ONE I
BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
HAD SOME -- HAS AN AMENDMENT I
DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT
ELLIPSE IS NOT THIS AMENDMENT,
YOUR AMENDMENTS ARE FOR NUMBER
23 AND 25 BUT NOT 24, CORRECT?
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE 23
FIRST, READ INTO THE RECORD.
MEMBER SAWANT WOULD YOU LIKE TO
EXPLAIN YOUR AMENDMENT?
>> SHORT,
>> MAY BE IN THE BILL, YOU
COULD DESCRIBE IT, I WAS NOT
PREPARED, HAS BEEN DESCRIBED A
LITTLE BIT, LET ME LOOK AT THE
AMENDMENTS.
ONE WAS JUST A SIMPLE LANGUAGE
CHANGE, I THINK.
BUT THAT WAS THE NAME OF THE
RESOLUTION CENTER.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST START OFF
WITH THE AMENDMENT, AND I WILL
CHIME IN I HAVE TO GET MY NOTES
TOGETHER HERE.
SO, LET'S START WITH NUMBER 23.
>> FIRST MOVED THE BILL TO --
>> SO, THE BILL --
>> MOVIE AMENDMENT OF THE BILL.
>> WALK US THROUGH WHAT
DOCUMENT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING
AT.
>> THERE SHOULD BE -- THERE ON
YOUR DESK.
WHICH SAYS TMC.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST ONE, JUST
THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT WE ARE
CALLING IT, CORRECT?
THE SECOND ONE IS MORE
SUBSTANTIVE.
SO, OKAY.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED, COUNSEL BILL
119 684.
I HAVE THIS VERSION WHICH IS
SECTION D. GO-AHEAD COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT POINT
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT 12 ADD A
DRIVERS RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE
LIST OF ACCEPTABLE USES POINT
>> THAT THE AMENDMENT AS
DESCRIBED, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> I WILL SECONDED FOR
DISCUSSION.
>> COUNTS MEMBER O'BRIEN,
SECONDED FOR DISCUSSION, GO-
AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
POINT
>> THANK YOU.
AS YOU SAID, PRESIDENT HARRELL,
CORRECTLY, THE SUBSTANTIVE PART
OF THE AMENDMENT COMES INTO THE
LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION,
WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 25.
BUT, SINCE THEY ARE ALL RELATED
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ONCE AND
FOR ALL, AND HAVE THE POINTS
APPLY TO ITEM NUMBER 25 AS
WELL.
>> NOW, IT IS HARD, YOUR FIRST
AMENDMENT SUPPORTS THE LARGER
AMENDMENT, WHICH IS A MORE
COMPREHENSIVE CENTER.
>> YEAH, BUT BOTH THE
AMENDMENTS ARE ABOUT THAT.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
MAYBE JUST FOR MOST TACTICAL
STANDPOINT, WHAT WE CAN DO, IT
IS A LITTLE UNORTHODOX, BUT
MAYBE IF THIS HAS LEGS, THEN
MAYBE WE SHOULD WAIT FOR IT TO
GET INTO THE SUBSTANTIVE ONE
AND COME BACK AND VOTE FOR
NUMBER 23, BECAUSE --
>> AM OKAY WITH THAT.
>> OKAY.
>> YOU CAN MOVE TO HOLD THIS
ITEM, AND THEN, WE CAN MOVE ON
TO ITEM ELLIPSE IS MOVED TO
HOLD THIS ITEM UNTIL AFTER
CONSIDERATION OF ITEM 25.
>> SO, WHAT I WAS HOPING TO DO,
I CAN DO IT THAT WAY, BUT
PERHAPS AN EASIER WAY IS FOR
COUNTS MEMBER SAWANT TO
DESCRIBE THESE TWO, AND THEN WE
CAN DO A PRO OR CON OR WHO
LIKES AND WHO DOESN'T, AND THEN
AFTER THAT, WE CAN COME BACK
AND TAKE THE VOTES.
THAT MAY MAKE SENSE TO ME AT
LEAST.
DOES THAT ELLIPSE IS EVEN THE
NUMBER 25, WHICH IS THE
RESOLUTION, IS NOT INTRODUCED.
WE CAN OPENLY TALK ABOUT IT AS
IF IT IS RELATED TO NUMBER 23.
OKAY.
AM I GOING TO GO TO JAIL IF I
DO THAT?
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME.
>> ONLY ITEM 23 IS BEFORE YOU
RIGHT NOW.
>> OKAY ONLY 23 IS BEFORE ME
WHICH TIES INTO 25 WE WILL NOT
VOTE ON 25, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT, MAYBE YOU CAN DESCRIBE
THE WHOLE CONCEPT WHICH
EMBODIES 25, BUT ONLY 23 IS IN
FRONT OF US.
>> YES, I CAN DO THAT.
BEFORE GOING INTO THE SUBSTANCE
OF MY AMENDMENTS, WHAT IT DOES,
SO, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 23,
WHICH IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US,
WHICH IS THE BILL THAT
ESTABLISHES THE LANGUAGE FOR
HOW THE PROCEEDS OF THE TAX ON
UBER AND LYFT CORPORATIONS
WOULD BE USED.
SO, WE ALREADY HAVE POSSIBLE
ITEMS FOR WHICH THE TAX
REVENUES COULD BE USED, LIKE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS RELATED TO
THE TAX, INVESTMENT IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT
INVESTMENTS, ALREADY AB AND C,
ALL OF WHICH I STRONGLY SUPPORT
AND ALL THE EFFORTS BY THE
TEAMSTER UNIONS.
SO, THE FIRST THING FIRSTLY TO
CLARIFY, THIS IS NOT IN
CONFLICT WITH WHAT THE
TEAMSTERS UNION HAS WORKED ON.
THIS ITEM NUMBER 23 WOULD ADD
AN ITEM D, IN AMONG THE LIST OF
USES OR POTENTIAL USES FOR THE
REVENUES OF THE TAX, AND THAT
IS A DRIVER SOLIDARITY AND
RESOURCE CENTER INCLUDING A
DRIVER RESOLUTION CENTER, AND
DRIVER RESOLUTION CENTER IS
ALREADY IN THE ORIGINAL
LANGUAGE.
THEN WHEN WE COME TO ITEM
NUMBER 25, THAT IS THE
RESOLUTION, THAT IS THE
ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION TO
DESCRIBE WHAT KIND OF ELIGIBLE
USES THERE WILL BE FOR THE
FUNDS GENERATED FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY TAX, AND
IN THAT, THAT GOES INTO MORE
DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE
SOLIDARITY AND RESOURCE CENTER,
WHAT KIND OF SERVICES THEY
WOULD PROVIDE IF WE HAD SUCH A
CENTER.
SO, IF I CAN -- IF THAT
CLARIFIES THAT I CAN MOTIVATE
WHY POINT
>> PLEASE DO.
>> FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR
THE TEAMSTERS UNION, EVERYBODY
ALL THE STAFF ORGANIZERS, AND
THE MEMBERS, BOTH THE SEATTLE
AD BASED DRIVERS ASSOCIATION
WHICH IS WORKING MORE DIRECTLY
WITH TEAMSTERS AND ALSO THE
SEATTLE RIDESHARE DRIVERS
ASSOCIATION WHICH IS ALSO
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRIVERS
ASSOCIATION AND MANY DRIVERS
ARE COLLABORATING AMONGST
THEMSELVES, BUT THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL POINTS THAT THE
RIDESHARE DRIVERS ASSOCIATION
WILL BRING THIS IS ABOUT THAT,
IT IS NOT IN ANY WAY IN
ANTAGONISM OF THE POINTS THAT
THE TEAMSTERS HAVE ALREADY
BROUGHT UP WHICH WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT, MY OFFICE STRONGLY
SUPPORTS.
ALSO I ANOTHER THING I WANT TO
SAY AT THE OUTSET IS THAT AS A
UNION MEMBER MYSELF AND STRONG
SUPPORTER OF THE TEAMSTERS
UNION I COMPLETELY AND
UNAMBIGUOUSLY -- ABOUT ANY
ANTIUNION OR ANTICANCER
SENTIMENTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
BROUGHT UP BY CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS, SOME OF IT IS
OUTRIGHT COMPANY SHILLS OR
SPOKESPERSONS.
LOBBYISTS.
SOMETIMES THEY HAD ARE BROUGHT
UP FROM JOURNEYMEN ACTIVISTS
AND WORKERS WHO MAY HAVE
CERTAIN DOUBTS OR CONFUSIONS
AND I WANT TO ENSURE EVERYBODY
HERE, AND NOBODY WATCHING OR
LISTENING, THAT THIS IS IN NO
WAY MEANT TO OR IS IN FACT
INTEGRAL STICK TO UNIONS AND I
WANT TO GO EVEN FURTHER THAN
THAT, AND SAY, THAT ALL
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, OF WORKING-
CLASS PEOPLE NOT JUST IN THE
U.S. BUT AROUND THE WORLD, WE
HAVE SEEN THAT WITHOUT UNION
ORGANIZING, THERE HAS BEEN
NOTHING THAT HAS STOOD FOR US,
IT IS LITERALLY WHEN WORKERS
ORGANIZE INTO UNIONS THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO WIN EVEN A MODICUM
OF OF RIGHTS IN A DEEPLY
HOSTILE AND EXPORTED A SYSTEM
WHICH WE LIVE IN WHICH IS
CAPITALISM.
AND, UNIONS WERE BUILT IN THIS
COUNTRY BY WORKERS WHO WERE
ORGANIZING, BEFORE IT THERE WAS
A LEGAL RIGHT TO A UNION, WHICH
MEANS THAT MANY OF THE EARLIEST
ORGANIZERS MADE TREMENDOUS
SACRIFICES, SOMETIMES THROUGH
LIFE AND LIMB, IN ORDER FOR THE
RIGHT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO
HAVE UNIONS.
THAT IS THE KIND OF COURAGE WE
STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF, AND
HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT
THAT.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT,
IS TO SUPPORT THE DEMAND OF
HUNDREDS AND UBER AND LYFT
DRIVERS, FOR DRIVER SOLIDARITY
AND RESOURCE CENTER.
I WOULD NEVER BE LISTENING TO
KNOW THAT THE REASON MY OFFICE
CAME TO SUPPORT THESE DEMANDS
IS AFTER HAVING TALKED WITH
THOUSANDS OF THE 300 DRIVERS
THAT HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION
FOR THIS.
MANY OF WHOM, OVERWHELMINGLY
ARE IMMIGRANTS OR EVEN REFUGEES
FROM EAST AFRICA, SOUTH ASIA,
FROM MY HOME COUNTRY, MANY OF
WHOM FACED SYSTEMATIC
MARGINALIZATION IN OUR SOCIETY,
THE OBJECTIVE OF ALL OF THIS
EFFORT WHETHER IT IS WHAT THE
TEAMSTER UNION BROUGHT FORWARD,
OR THE SOLIDARITY AND RESOURCE
CENTER.
ALL OF THIS, I THINK YOU HAVE A
SHARED OBJECTIVE OF MOVING
ELLIPSE IS MOVING MOTIVATING
THE POWER OF RANK-AND-FILE
DRIVERS, THAT IS THE ONLY
THING, BUILDING REALLY STRONG
RANK AND FILE UNIONS, THAT IS
THE ONLY THING THAT CAN GO UP
AGAINST THE MASSIVE POWER OF
THIS SWEATSHOP ON WHEELS, WHICH
IS UBER AND LYFT CORPORATIONS,
NOTHING NEW, NOTHING INNOVATIVE
ABOUT THIS EXPLOITATION, THIS
IS ALL GOOD OLD-FASHIONED
GARDEN-VARIETY EXPLOITATION OF
THE SO-CALLED GIG ECONOMY.
WORKERS, THE ONLY THING THAT WE
CAN DO TO OVERCOME THESE
POWERFUL COOPERATIVE EXECUTIVES,
VENTURE CAPITALIST AND ALL THE
OTHER CAPITALISTS WHO HAVE A
STAKE IN MAINTAINING THIS
EXPLOITATIVE COMPANIES IS FOR
WORKERS TO GET ORGANIZED.
THE ONLY REASON I'M BRINGING
THIS FORWARD IS AFTER HAVING
TALKED TO DOZENS OF DRIVERS, IF
I DON'T WIN IS A MINUTE TODAY
WITH ANOTHER I WILL I WANTED TO
BRING THIS FORWARD AS A TOPIC
OF AND IMPORTANCE FOR
DISCUSSION AND TO PUBLISHERS IT
REQUIRES THESE TWO AMENDMENTS.
SO, WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH, I
HAVE PERSONALLY TALKED TO
DOZENS OF DRIVERS BUT BETWEEN
MY STAFF AND I WE HAVE TALKED
TO OVER 100 LIST AND -- LYFT
AND UBER DRIVERS ABOUT THEIR
WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE AND
CONCERNS, WE KNOW THAT UBER AND
LYFT HAVE GENERATED A REALLY
LARGE AMOUNT OF WEALTH FOR THE
TOP EXECUTIVES AND MAJOR
SHAREHOLDERS AND SO ON, BUT THE
DRIVERS, MOST OF THE DRIVERS
REMAIN IN DEEP AND FURTHER
DEEPENING POVERTY, AND CONTINUE
TO BE REAL DESPERATE.
DRIVERS ARE STRUGGLING
ECONOMICALLY CONTINUINGLY WITH
THE COST OF HEALTHCARE SOME
DRIVERS OR EVEN LIVING AND
SLEEPING INSIDE THEIR VEHICLES,
OTHERS ARE HAVING TROUBLE
PAYING RENT EVERY MONTH, AND
THAT IS -- JUST WORSENING
THROUGHOUT THE REGION, IT IS
NOT JUST SEATTLE, EVEN DRIVERS
WHO ARE LIVING IN THE SOUTHERN
EXTREMITIES OF KING COUNTY ARE
ALSO FACING THAT.
MANY OF THE DRIVERS WERE FORMER
TAXICAB DRIVERS WHO OWNED TAXI
MEDALLIONS, AND I'M USING THE
TERM LOOSELY BECAUSE THEY WENT
INTO MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DEBT TO
GET A MEDALLION IN THE FIRST
PLACE, THEY BORROWED HUGE SUMS
OF MONEY, IN ORDER TO START
THEIR TAXI BUSINESS, AND THEN
UBER AND LYFT DISRUPTED THE
PATRONS ROTATION SECTOR AND THE
MEDALLION LOST NEARLY ALL OF
THEIR VALUE, DESTROYING THE
HARD-EARNED ASSETS OF THE TAXI
DRIVERS, AND, THROWING MANY OF
THE DRIVERS INTO DEEP DEBT,
HENCE THE NEED FOR SUICIDE
PREVENTION AND COUNSELING IN
THE DRIVER SOLIDARITY AND
RESOURCE CENTER, THERE IS A
STRONG NEED TO PREVENT SUICIDE,
úAND THE REASON IS BECAUSE MANY
OF THE DRIVERS ARE STUCK IN
DEBT, AND IN FACT, I AM SORRY
TO SHARE WITH YOU, I ALREADY
SHARED WITH YOU AND EARLIER
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IS THAT WHEN
WE WERE ORGANIZING FOR THIS IN
THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF, IN
THAT SAME PERIOD, ALL OF THE
DRIVERS WHO ARE OF AFRICAN
ORIGIN COMMITTED SUICIDE IN
THAT TIME, A DEEPLY TRAGIC
EVENT THAT FALLS DIRECTLY AT
THE DOORSTEP OF UBER AND LYFT
CORPORATIONS.
SO, I FIND THIS A VERY
COMPELLING ISSUE, AND I HOPE
THAT IN THE COMING YEAR, WE ARE
ABLE TO WORK TOWARDS IT, AND
MAKE SURE THAT ELLIPSE IS IT IS
NOT ABOUT WHAT WE CALL IT, IT
IS NOT ABOUT THE NAME
SOLIDARITY AND RESOURCE CENTER
ALTHOUGH IT IS AN APT NAME, IT
IS ABOUT WHAT THE DRIVERS, WHAT
THE WORKERS WANT OUT OF SUCH A
RESOURCE.
THE CENTER WE ARE ASKING FOR.
THERE WAS INTERVENTION AND
COUNSELING.
SUPPORT SERVICES, ENGLISH AS A
SECOND OR THIRD OR FOURTH
LANGUAGE FROM THEM, THEY NEED
TO ORGANIZE TO ADVOCATE
EFFECTIVELY FOR THEIR RIGHTS,
CITIZENSHIP IS ALSO AN
IMPORTANT ASPECT OF IT, BECAUSE
UBER MISS CLASSIFIES DRIVERS AS
CONTRACTORS RATHER THAN
WORKERS, DRIVERS OR FORMWORK
OBLIGATED TAXES AS WELL, AND
SO, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF
BARRIERS AND OBSTACLES DRIVERS
FACE TO HAVE A DECENT STANDARD
OF LIVING.
AND, WE DON'T IMAGINE THOSE
THINGS BECAUSE WE DO NOT FACE
THE SAME NEEDS.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
ISSUES THE BASE LEGISLATION IS
NEEDED FOR IS THAT, ADDRESSED
THE LONG HISTORY THAT UBER AND
LYFT HAVE HAD, AS THEY CALL IT
EUPHEMISTICALLY, DEACTIVATING
DRIVERS FOR DEACTIVATING
DRIVERS IS NOTHING BUT FIRING
WITHOUT CAUSE.
THAT IS WHAT IT IS, AND DRIVERS
WILL TELL YOU THEY FACE THIS
MOST ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, IT
IS ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS.
DRIVER RESOLUTION CENTER THAT
IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THAT
ISSUE.
HOWEVER, I HAVE A CONCERN THAT
THIS DEPENDS ON UBER AND LYFT
AGREEING TO VOLUNTARILY
PARTICIPATE IN THE DRIVER
RESOLUTION CENTER AND I HAVE
MENTIONED THIS BEFORE IN THESE
COMPANIES DO NOT HAVE A TRACK
RECORD OF TREATING DRIVERS
FAIRLY, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS
A STRETCH THAT WILL HAPPEN.
I WOULD BE THRILLED IF THE
COMPANIES ARE WILLING, BUT I
ALSO DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD
ASSUME THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN,
EITHER.
SO, IF A DRIVERS RESOLUTION
CENTER STARTS OVERTURNING THE
ACTIVATIONS, WE NEED TO BE REAL
ABOUT HOW UBER AND LEFT -- UBER
AND LYFT WE ANTICIPATE WILL
RESPOND.
THERE IS ONE WAY TO HOLD UBER
AND LYFT ACCOUNTABLE WHICH IS
TO TRULY HAVE THE POWER TO STOP
THE ACTIVATIONS AND PERMIT
LIVING WAGE AS WE ARTIE SAID
THAT IS FOR DRIVERS TO GET INTO
A POWERFUL UNION, BECAUSE UBER
AND LYFT COULD NOT MAKE UP ANY
OF THE DRIVERS WENT ON STRIKE
AND REFUSED TO DRIVE.
AND THEY DID THAT REFUSAL IN AN
ORGANIZED WAY, UNTIL THEIR
DEMANDS WERE MET.
AND, I AM NOT RAISING THIS AS
IF TO SAY THAT WOULD BE SIMPLE.
MANY OF US WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE
LABOR MOVEMENT, WE KNOW THAT IS
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO
DO, IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF
SACRIFICE, IT WILL TAKE A LOT
OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT, BUT IT IS
WORTH RAISING BECAUSE IT IS SO
CRUCIAL IN BUILDING WORKER
POWER, AND ALSO, BECAUSE THIS
HAS BEEN DONE IN NEW YORK STATE
AND IN NEW YORK CITY THE NEW
YORK TAXI DRIVERS ALLIANCE HAS
ONE HISTORIC VICTORIES AGAINST
UBER AND LYFT CORPORATIONS,
WINNING PRACTICALLY THE RIGHT
FOR DRIVERS TO BE CONSIDERED
EMPLOYEES, AND NOT CONTRACTORS.
SO, WE ARE NOT TALKING IN THE
ABSTRACT.
WE HAVE EXAMPLES TO FOLLOW, WE
ALSO HAD THE SUCCESSFUL A.B.
BILL IN CALIFORNIA THERE JUST
WAS ONE, WE HAVE TREMENDOUS
EXAMPLES WE CAN BUILD OFF OF,
MAYBE NOT EVERY SINGLE DETAIL
BUT THE OVERALL MODEL OF WORKER
ORGANIZING AND POWER BUILDING
IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO
STAND UP IN GOOD STEAD.
SO, JUST TO GO THROUGH THE
SPECIFICS, SOLIDARITY AND
RESOURCE CENTER CAN COME
TOGETHER TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR
RIGHTS WITHIN THE RIDESHARING
INDUSTRY.
AND GET SERVICES INCLUDING
COMMITTEE SUPPORT TRAINING AND
LEGAL TRAINING TO SUPPORT
DRIVERS ACTIVATIONS WHICH WILL
HELP THEM GET ORGANIZED BECAUSE
THEY WILL COME AND TALK TO EACH
OTHER OVER IN BUILD YOUR OWN
POWER.
MEMBERSHIP MEETING SPACE FOR
THESE ORGANIZING MEETINGS.
VOTER RIGHTS TRAINING,
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
ASSISTANCE, WHICH I CAN TELL
YOU MYSELF, YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED
THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU'RE NOT FALLING INTO SOME
SORT OF BAD SITUATION.
DRIVER FAMILY ASSISTANCE, AND
SUPPORT SERVICES, COUNSELING
AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE AS I
SAID, ALL OF THIS IS SORT OF
ENCOMPASSED IN THE IDEA
SOLIDARITY AND RESOURCE CENTER
EVEN IF THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT
PASS TODAY I LOOK FORWARD TO
THE NEW COUNSEL WORKING
TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE THAT
THESE NEEDS ARE FULLY
INCORPORATED.
ONE MORE THING TO SAY JUST AS
AN TESTAMENT TO HOW WONDERFULLY
THE DRIVERS HAVE ORGANIZED,
THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST
MARGINALIZED SISTERS AND
BROTHERS WE HAVE, ROGER DRIVERS
ASSOCIATION, IN 2014, THEY
REALLY BEGAN THEIR ORGANIZING
UNDER THE AGES OF THE TEAMSTERS
AND THEY ORGANIZED A STRIKE
AGAINST UNFAIR THE ACTIVATIONS
AND LOW WAGES AND I WAS THERE
THAT DAY WHEN THEY WERE
COURAGEOUSLY THROWING THEIR
PHONES INTO A CARDBOARD BOX,
THAT WAS THEIR STRIKE BECAUSE
THE PHONE IS WHERE YOU REACH
THE APT TO BE A DRIVER, AND IT
TOOK INCREDIBLE COURAGE AND I
WILL NEVER FORGET THAT MOMENT
WHEN ALL THE DRIVERS WERE
THROWING THE PHONES INTO BOXES,
AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OMAR
AND ABDI WHO WERE PART OF THE
LEADERSHIP OF THAT, ALONGSIDE
THE TEAMSTERS, AND I WANTED TO
HOLD UP THIS SIGN, HANGING IN
MY OFFICE SINCE 2014, AND IT IS
A TESTAMENT TO HOW LONG THE
DRIVERS HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED.
AND, I BRING THIS UP TO POINT
OUT THAT ORGANIZING WORKS.
FIGHTING BACK WORKS BECAUSE WE
WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY WITH
HIS BILL IN FRONT OF US, IF THE
DRIVERS AND UNION HAD NOT TAKEN
THOSE STEPS FIVE YEARS AGO.
JUST TO CLARIFY, THE BUDGET
AMENDMENT DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING
SPECIFIC ABOUT IT APPROVES THE
CENTER IN THE APPROVED LIST OF
USERS FOR TAX REVENUES.
I WILL STOP THERE BUT IN
CONCLUSION, I WILL REITERATE MY
HOPE THAT THE TEAMSTERS UNION,
KING COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL, THE
RANK-AND-FILE DRIVERS, AND
PROGRESSIVES ON THE CITY
COUNCIL THAT WE CAN REALLY
FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
DRIVERS HAVE THEIR FULL RIGHTS
GUARANTEED IN THE NEXT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
WE HAVE AN AMENDMEN ON THE
TABLE MOVED TO -- MOVED AND
SECONDED.
I WILL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION I
DON'T WANT TO GO FIRST IF YOU
WANT TO GO FIRST.
FIRST OF ALL I APPRECIATE ALL
OF THE COMMENTS, THERE IS
NOTHING IN THE RESOLUTION THAT
BY ANY STRETCH OF THE
IMAGINATION.
IS BAD IT'S ALL REALLY GOOD
STUFF.
DURING THE CONVERSATIONS ON THE
BAD-FAITH LEGISLATION, I TALKED
ABOUT THE FIRST ITEM 23 WHICH
CHANGES THE NAME.
DRIVERS RESOLUTION CENTER FOR
ME, IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN
THAT.
AND, WHILE SOLIDARITY AND
RESOURCE DOES NOT EXACTLY ROLL
OFF THE TONGUE.
THE POINT BEING, I HAVE
CERTAINLY BEEN RESPECT --
RECEPTIVE TO HER NAME LITERALLY
TALKS ABOUT SOLIDARITY AND
EMPOWERMENT AND RESOURCES.
AND SO I THINK THAT WE ARE ONTO
SOMETHING THERE.
HERE IS THE CHALLENGE WITH THE
AMENDMENT, WHY I WILL NOT
SUPPORT AT THIS TIME IS NUMBER
ONE, WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN.
SPENDING PLAN WILL HAVE TO COME
BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS MORE
GRANULE -- GRANULAR, WE WILL
HAVE MORE DATA FROM THE DRIVERS,
AND WHAT KIND OF MONEY WE HAVE
GENERATED, AND THERE WILL
LIKELY BE A SUPPLEMENT BUDGET
OR ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THE
PRIMARY THRUST OF THE
RESOLUTION CENTER OR THE THOSE
FIRST RESULTS FOR DEACTIVATION.
THAT'S THE FOCUS, THE LANGUAGE
THAT I ORIGINALLY HAD COME UP
WITH THAT HAD BEEN STRICKEN WE
HAD EDITORS, RETOOLING OF
DRIVERS, AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WE WANTED THEM TO HAVE GOOD
JOBS.
IF THEY DID NOT HAVE GOOD JOBS
TO HELP THEM GET GOOD OR EVEN
BETTER JOBS.
FROM THAT, WE LOOKED AT HAVING
AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM
ORGANIZE AND HAVE A STRONGER
ABILITY, TO GREATER THINGS FOR
THEIR FAMILIES.
MY CONCERN AT THIS POINT, IS TO
WHETHER, WE ARE LOSING FOCUS ON
THE COMPETENCY, BUT NUMBER TWO
AS WE LOOK AT THIS BUDGET
PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN REAL
TOUGH, THERE ARE SEVERAL
COMPONENTS TO IT, AND I JUST
THINK AGAIN NEXT YEAR, THAT A
COUNSEL WILL SIT DOWN AND TALK
TO ALL OF THE DRIVERS, GET
FEEDBACK, AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
INVESTING WE ARE INVESTING IN
WHAT THE CONSTITUENTS ARE
SAYING, IT IS A VERY SORT OF
TOUGH CONSTITUENT BASE BECAUSE
HE CERTAINLY CANNOT PLEASE
ANYONE IN THIS WORLD OF TMC IS
THAT I HAVE FOUND THAT OUT.
SO, I'M WONDERING IF IT'S
PREMATURE TO BE AS GRANULAR IN
APPROACH, IT'S PRETTY MUCH MY
OBJECTION TO IT, NOT FOR WHAT
IS IN THERE.
THE OTHER POINT I WOULD MAKE IS
THAT ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS OF
THE AMENDMENT ARE MULTILINGUAL
WORKSHOPS, TAX AND FINANCIAL
TRAINING, VOTER REGISTRATION,
ET CETERA.
AGAIN ALL OUTSTANDING
INVESTMENTS, AND WE ARE SORT OF
CREATING THESE GREAT SERVICES
FOR A SUBSET OF THE POPULATION.
OF DRIVERS, THE QUESTION I
WOULD HAVE IS WHETHER THIS
GREAT ENRICHED WORK IS BETTER
SERVED IN LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER
GROUPS AND DEMOGRAPHICS OUTSIDE
OF THE DRIVERS CIRCLE WE MAY
WANT TO SUPPORT IF WE WERE TO
INVEST IN THAT KIND OF CENTER.
SO AGAIN, I DO NOT OPPOSE THIS
APPROACH.
IN FACT IT IS ALL REALLY GOOD
STUFF.
I JUST WONDER, IF THIS STAGE OF
THE LEGISLATION.
WHETHER WE SHOULD BE THAT
GRANULAR.
AS YOU MAY RECALL IN THE
LANGUAGE WE DID APPROVE DURING
THE BUDGET PROCESS, SORT OF
TALKED ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION
WITH A PROVEN COMMITMENT TO
WORKERS RIGHTS PROVIDING
RESOURCES TO DRIVERS AND
CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS.
PARTICULARLY WITH CULTURAL
COMPETENCIES FOR THIS EVENT AT
GROUPS AND DISADVANTAGED
SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS.
HAVING THAT DIRECTION THIS YEAR
AND HOPES WE COULD BE A BIT
MORE GRANULAR NEXT YEAR.
THOSE ARE THE REASONS WHY I AM
NOT SUPPORTING AMENDMENT AND I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
WE ARE JUST VOTING ON 23, BY
THE WAY, ALTHOUGH WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT 25 I WILL JUST
STOP THERE AND SEE IF ANYONE
WANTS TO RAISE THEIR HAND.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
QUESTION?
>> JUST TO REORIENT MYSELF.
HE SAID WE ARE JUST VOTING ON
23?
>> WELL YEAH, WE HAVE NOT EVEN
GONE TO 24.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT BASICALLY
DESCRIBED, AND I ASKED TO
DESCRIBE NUMBER 23 AND NUMBER
25, BUT WE HAVE NOT READ 25
INTO THE RECORD BUT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT 25.23 IS THE NAME
CHANGE, 23 IS THE SUBSTANCE OF
WHAT SHE IS PRESENT IN.
>> IF WE ARE INTENDING TO SPEAK
TO THE AMENDMENT, WHEN IS THE
APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO THAT?
>> NOW.
>> IS THIS AMENDMENT FOR ITEM
NUMBER 23 DOES NOT PASS AND I
NOT PLAN TO BRING FORWARD THE
MONEY FOR ITEM NUMBER 25,
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
BUT, IF YOU DON'T MIND I WOULD
LIKE A FEW CLOSING REMARKS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THAT IS
YOUR QUESTION POINT
>> THAT IS MY QUESTION.
SO, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO
TALK ABOUT 25, READ INTO THE
RECORD AS IT RELATES TO THAT
NAME CHANGE.
SO YES.
I DO SEE THIS AMENDMENT IS
BROADER THAN A NAME CHANGE, AND
I CERTAINLY SUPPORT ITS
OBJECTIVES.
AS I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS
GOING FORWARD IS THAT, WE AS
THE COUNCIL WILL BE BRIEFED ON
THE COMPONENTS OF AN RFP BEFORE
IT GOES OUT, AND I WANT TO
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR
REMINDING ME OF LANGUAGE THAT
IS ACTUALLY IN THE ORDINANCE,
RIGHT NOW IT'S A COUNSEL BILL,
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE AN
ORDINANCE SOON.
IN THE COUNSEL BILL ITSELF THAT
GIVES I THINK THE EXECUTIVES
THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
COMING BACK.
BEFORE THE RFP GOES OUT.
CONTRACTUAL PARTNERSHIPS AMONG
ENTITIES TO ACHIEVE THE DIRECT
PARTICIPATION OF ORGANIZATIONS,
PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY
AND ADVOCATING FOR THE CIVIL
AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF WORKERS
FROM DISADVANTAGED
SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS.
FROM THE DRIVERS RESOLUTION
CENTER, WE WANT AN ENTITY
BIDDING ON THE FUNDING FOR THE
CENTER, TO DO MORE THAN SIMPLY
RESOLVE EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE
CONFLICT FLICKED AND COMPLAINTS.
WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS LANGUAGE
AND NOT THE AMENDED LANGUAGE --
AMENDED TO THE RESOLUTION POINT
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, DID YOU
HAVE SOME COMMENTS YOU WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE?
>> I DID.
THANK YOU.
I WILL NOW REITERATE SOME OF
THE COMMENTS I HAVE HEARD FROM
OTHERS THAT I FULLY SUPPORT.
AND, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, I
THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
IN THE DIRECTION THIS WORK
NEEDS TO GO.
I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS
AMENDMENT, BECAUSE FRANKLY AS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL SAID,
THE TIMING OF THIS NOT THE
AMENDMENT FRANKLY BUT THE
TIMING OF THIS COMING INTO THE
COUNSEL AND WORK REQUIRED AND
OUTREACH REQUIRED TO DO THIS
PROPERLY, I THINK I HAVE NOT
HAD THAT TIME TO DO THAT.
BUT, I DO BELIEVE THERE WILL BE
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW YEAR
TO DO THAT WORK.
I THINK THAT WHAT IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD, AS WE
TRANSITION FROM THIS PHASE,
WHERE LEGISLATION WAS DRAFTED
AND INTRODUCED, AND STARTED TO
BE PUBLICIZED DURING A VERY
BUSY BUDGET SEASON, AND TURNED
INTO A PROCESS THAT WILL
HOPEFULLY BE A MUCH MORE
TRANSPARENT AND INCLUSIVE
PROCESS, WHERE PEOPLE CAN
ENGAGE THOUGHTFULLY IN HOW THEY
WANT TO SEE THIS WORK MOVE
FORWARD.
THAT IT IS GOING TO BE
INCUMBENT UPON THE COUNSEL NEXT
YEAR, TO BE MAKING SURE THAT
THAT PROCESS IS OPEN TO
EVERYONE AND TRANSPARENT.
FRANKLY THE COUNCIL MEMBER I
WAS NOT A PART OF THE
DISCUSSIONS.
THAT'S IN THE DARK OF THE
COUNCIL MEMBER.
CONVERSATIONS WERE HAPPENING
ABOUT YOUR FUTURE, AND YOU'RE
NOT PARTICIPATING IN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS, LET ALONE BEING
AWARE OF WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
WHEN ACTIONS LIKE THAT
HAPPENED, IT BREEDS A LOT OF
MISTRUST.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND WHY THE
CONVERSATIONS FELT THE WAY THEY
DID.
INTENDING TO UNDERMINING ANYONE
ELSE'S INTERESTS.
I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THE
CITY NEEDS TO LEAN ON IN THE
NEW YEAR WHICH IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE DRIVER
TOGETHER IN A VERY TRANSPARENT
AND INCLUSIVE WAY, TO
UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
DRIVERS OUT THERE WITH
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND
DIFFERENT INTERESTS AND THOSE
INTERESTS ARE NOT ALWAYS
EXACTLY ALIGNED.
ORKING WITH THE DRIVERS, I
KNOW THEY HAVE IT A DEDICATED
PASSIONATE GROUP WHO CAN FIND A
WAY TO MAKE THIS MOVE FORWARD
TO BENEFIT ALL DRIVERS.
AND, IF WE FAIL AT THAT AND THE
DRIVERS DO NOT HAVE THE TRUST
OF EACH OTHER, UNFORTUNATELY,
THE FOLKS WHO WILL CONTINUE TO
MAKE MONEY AND EXPLOIT THEM
WILL BE THE BIG CORPORATIONS
THAT ARE DOING SUCH DAY.
SO, IT IS IN ALL OF OUR
INTERESTS TO USE IT ALTOGETHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT I THINK
THE LANGUAGE HERE GOES A LONG
WAY TO INDICATING THAT.
I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT
THE SPECIFIC WORDING OF HOW IT
IS USED AND THE RESOLUTION OF
WHAT THE COUNSEL WILL DO NEXT
YEAR I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I HOPE
THE COUNSEL DOES NEXT YEAR, BUT
NOT VOTE YES ON THIS
RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
CLOSES DEBATE ON HER PROPOSAL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE?
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, YOU WANT
TO CLOSE US OUT?
>> YES.
FIRSTLY, ON YOUR POINT,
PRESIDENT HARRELL.
I DID NOT EXACTLY UNDERSTAND,
BUT, WHERE WE HAVE A BROADER
IMPACT FOR DRIVERS, FIRST OF
ALL I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT,
WHATEVER WE DO TO DIRECTLY
HELPS THE DRIVERS ALSO HELP
THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR
CHILDREN, AND THEIR SPOUSES,
AND THEY ARE ALL A PART OF A
DEEPLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY.
I HAVE FOUGHT WITH REVENUES FOR
THIS TAX, WE HAVE TO, AND I
HOPE THE NEW COUNCIL WILL HAVE
THE COURAGE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE
THE VOTERS OF CERTAINLY GIVEN
US THEIR MANDATE THAT WE WILL
HAVE THE COURAGE TO NOT DO THE
BUSINESS OF USUAL AS ROBBING
PETER TO PAY PAUL.
AND PITTING PITTING VARIOUS
NEEDS AGAINST EACH OTHER WHICH
IS A DIRECT RESULT OF A LACK OF
POLITICAL COURAGE, TO REALLY
AGGRESSIVELY GO FOR PROGRESSIVE
REVENUES OF DIFFERENT KINDS.
SO, RATHER THAN CLOSING THE
QUESTION OFF, CAN WE HAVE A
BROADER USE OF REVENUES FROM
THE TNT DUCKS, I WOULD RATHER
PROPOSE IT AS, CAN WE MAKE SURE
THAT THE DRIVERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES GET THE MAXIMUM
BENEFIT OF THE TNT DUCKS, AND
CAN WE ALSO PASSED THE AMAZON
TA, CAN WE ALSO PASS IMPACT
FEES ON CORPORATE DEVELOPERS
AND CAN WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERY -- THAT NO STONE IS LEFT
UNTURNED IN RAISING PROGRESSIVE
REVENUES, SO THAT WE DO NOT
SAY.
ARE THERE OTHER COMMUNITIES
THAT NEED TO BE SUPPORTIVE,
BECAUSE THANK YOU, THE VAST
MAJORITY OF SOCIAL NEEDS IN OUR
CITY AND REGION ARE NOT BEING
SUPPORTED AT THIS MOMENT.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO DO IS
JUST TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER
BRIAN.
WHICH IS THAT, I THINK THAT ALL
ORGANIZERS ON THE GROUND HAVE
AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE PRIORITIZE UNITY AND POWER
BUILDING AMONG THE DRIVERS, AND
THAT OBLIGATION LIVES WITH ME
AS A COUNCILMEMBER, I TAKE THAT
RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY, AND
AS A UNION MEMBER, I WILL SAY
THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES ALSO,
WE ALL HAVE TO TAKE OUR
RESPONSE ABILITY SERIOUSLY, AND
I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE
WAY THE BALANCE OF FORCES WORKS,
BUT DRIVERS ARE BROUGHT
TOGETHER AND DON'T WORK IN A
STRONG UNITED FASHION, THEN THE
ENTITIES THAT END UP BENEFITING
IS NOT THE UNION, BUT IT IS
UBER AND LYFT CORPORATION.
AND SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE
WHAT ALLOWS ME TO LIFT UP AN
IMPORTANT POINT THAT CAME UP
DURING ORGANIZING, THAT BOTH
DRIVERS WHO ARE PRIMARILY
ORGANIZING WITH THE OUTPATIENT
DRIVERS ASSOCIATION AND THE
DRIVERS WHO ARE PRIMARILY
ORGANIZING UNDER THE BANNER OF
THE RIDESHARE ASSOCIATION HAVE
ACTUALLY THEMSELVES PUT AN
EMPHASIS ON THEIR OWN UNITY,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANYBODY ELSE
IS DOING, AND THAT I WANTED TO
APPRECIATE, AND SO IN ADDITION
TO THANKING BROTHERS OMAR AND
ABDI, I ALSO WANT TO THANK
BROTHERS DON CLEARY, PETER
COOL, AND ALSO SISTER JULIE
DAVIS, WHO ALL -- I MEAN, WE
MAY NOT ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE
ON EVERY LAST THING, BUT WE ARE
CLEARLY ON THE SAME PAGE THAT
WORKERS, DRIVERS NEED TO BE
UNITED.
AND THAT GIVES ME A LOT OF
HOPE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
NEXT YEAR, AND JUST LAST BUT
NOT LEAST, AS FAR AS THE
SPECIFIC WORDING, I HONESTLY DO
NOT THINK THAT WORDING WE
BROUGHT FORWARD IS SPECIFIC.
IT IS VERY GENERAL.
THESE ARE ALL NEEDS THAT WE
CLEARLY KNOW OUR COMMUNITY HAS,
SO I DON'T THINK THERE IS
ANYTHING CONTROVERSIAL IN THAT,
SO THAT I HOPE IN THE NEW YEAR
WE WILL SEE DRIVER NEEDS BEING
PRIORITIZED, BUT MY MESSAGES
ALSO FOR MY SISTERS AND
BROTHERS WHO ARE DRIVERS, THAT
WE ARE NOT GOING TO WIN ANY OF
THAT UNLESS WE KEEP GETTING
ORGANIZED.
KEEP GETTING UNITY AND POWER
BUILT AMONG OURSELVES.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> OKAY.
SO, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON
ITEM NUMBER 23, IS IT MOVED AND
SECONDED?
I WILL TAKE A VOTE JUST ON THE
AMENDMENT, BUT NOT ON THE BASE
BILL.
OKAY?
SO, WE ARE JUST VOTING ON THE
AMENDMENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, PLEASE VOTE AND
RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO
AND RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO, THE AMENDMENT FAILS, BUT
THE BASE LEGISLATION IS STILL
INTACT.
NOW WE CAN VOTE ON THE BEST
BASE LEGISLATION.
SO, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF COUNSEL BILL 119684.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BUCKSHOT?
FELLAS?
HERBALS?
JUAREZ?
MUST GET A? -- MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSED CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
24 TODAY.
>> AGENDA ITEM 24, COUNSEL BILL
19685 RELATING TO
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
FEES THE COMMITTEE REP
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS AS
AMENDED.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
NUMBER 24?
PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
>> I POINT
>> SAWANT, BAGSHAW, GONZALES,
OROSZ, MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSES, CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
>> PLEASE READ RESOLUTION 31984,
>> AGENDA ITEM 25, REVOLUTION
31914 ADOPTING A SPENDING PLAN
FOR THE PROCEEDS OF THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY TAX FOR
PREVENTABLE HOUSING NEAR DRIVER
-- RESOLUTION CENTER.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ADOPTED AS
AMENDED.
>> THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
THIS IS FOR ITEM NUMBER 19
POINT OKAY.
OKAY.
THIS IS THE OTHER PART OF THE
SPENDING PLAN AND RESOLUTION
THAT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WAS
GOING TO AMEND IN LIGHT OF WHAT
HAPPENED WITH ITEM NUMBER 23,
COUNSEL NUMBER SAWANT, DO YOU
NOTICE ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT OR SHOULD I PROCEED
WITH THE VOTE?
I WILL DEFER TO YOU.
>> I AM NOT -- YEAH.
SINCE THE OTHER AMENDMENTS
FAILED I'M NOT PLANNING TO
BRING IT FORWARD TODAY.
AND, I DO PLAN TO VOTE YES ON
THE SPENDING PLAN RESOLUTION,
BUT, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
ORGANIZING WITH DRIVERS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE MET
THROUGH THE REVENUES RAISED.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GENERATE A
LONG DISCUSSION, BUT YOU SHOWED
SOME -- I DON'T THINK I MADE MY
POINT CLEAR, TO UNDERSTAND MY
POINT ABOUT WHEN I SAID THAT
THE SERVICES PROVIDED IN YOUR
AMENDMENT WAS A SUBSET I THINK
WAS THE WORD THAT I USED OF
DRIVERS.
ONE OF MY THINKING, AS I LOOK
AT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO BOTH
OUR COUNTRY IS THAT WE WILL
HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIALLY
DISPLACED WORKERS.
TECHNOLOGY TAKING PLACE.
WHICH MANY PEOPLE HAVE I WAS
MAKING THE POINT OF THESE GREAT
SERVICES MIGHT BE ADVISED FOR
THE COUNSEL ELSE IS COUNSEL TO
LOOK AT OTHER SUBSETS OR
GROUPS, OTHER WORKERS AND OTHER
TYPES OF WORKERS WHO MAY BE
IMPACTED AS LIFE GOES ON IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS
MAKING, AND I HOPE THAT IS
CLEAR.
OKAY.
NUMBER 25 IS HERE, RESOLUTION.
SO, THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
THE RESOLUTION, PLEASE VOTE,
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
YOU ARE VOTING NO ON THE
RESOLUTION?
>> WE WEREN'T EVEN COMING
FORWARD WITH THIS.
>> NO, THIS IS THE BASE
RESOLUTION THAT AN AMENDMENT TO
>> SORRY SORRY SORRY.
BUT LET'S DO THAT ONE AGAIN.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING A
RESOLUTION?
THOSE OPPOSED?
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED,
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
>> THANK YOU.
SORRY ABOUT THAT EVERYBODY.
>> OKAY, LET'S GO TO 26 THROUGH
30.
COLLECTIVELY.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 26 330.
COUNSEL BILL 119686 RELATED TO
THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANY DRIVERS, COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASSED AS
AMENDED.
109687 RELATED TO LABOR
STANDARDS, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASSED AS
AMENDED.
COUNSEL BILL 119688, RELATING
TO AN EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS,
COUNSEL BILL 11969, RELATING TO
LOANS, COMMITTEE REFERENCE THE
BILL PASS AND ONE 1916
ACKNOWLEDGING THE INHERENT
RESPONSE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO
REDUCE UNNECESSARY JUSTICE
SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSES WERE MEANT AT -- AS
AMENDED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SWAN,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT I WILL
COME BACK TO ITEM NUMBER I 19
RIGHT BEFORE THE FULL BUDGET IS
APPROVED.
I WILL DO THAT AND WE WILL HAVE
A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
OKAY.
NUMBER 26 330.
FIRST OF ALL, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS ON THIS GROUP?
OF ITEMS?
I WILL JUST SORT OF GO THROUGH
IT.
THESE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM
NUMBER 26 POINT COUNSEL BILL
119686 POINT
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBALS?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED.
>> OKAY.
NUMBER 27?
PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSED IN CHAIR WILL
SIGN.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM
NUMBER 28 POINT
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSENGER WILL SIGN.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF NUMBER 29?
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSED CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
ON THE RESOLUTION, NUMBER 30.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE
RESOLUTION, PLEASE VOTE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
JUST ONE MOMENT HERE.
SO, WE WILL TAKE NUMBER 31 BY
ITSELF.
OKAY, LET'S DO THE
RECONSIDERATION NOW.
SO, WE WILL GO BACK TO NUMBER
19.
ITEM NUMBER 19, WHICH IS
WELL, WE WILL GET TO IT IN A
MOMENT.
BUT, LET ME MAKE A MOTION.
I WILL MOVE TO RECONSIDER THE
PASSAGE OF COUNSEL BILL 119699,
WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 19.
IS THERE A SECOND?
OKAY.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE
RECONSIDERATION.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO
RECONSIDER, PLEASE VOTE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
SO, ALL THE EYES HAVE IT, THE
MOTION CARRIES AND WE WILL NOW
CONSIDER -- WE WILL RECONSIDER
THE PASSAGE OF COUNSEL BILL
119699.
AND WE CAN ALL SEE WHAT IT IS
BECAUSE I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT IT
YET.
OKAY.
IT'S THE TRAFFIC OUT AMENDMENT,
AND IT IS READ BACK INTO THE
RECORD?
OKAY.
SO, IT IS IN FRONT OF US NOW,
AND I THINK IT WAS ALL VOTED ON
AFFIRMATIVELY.
COUNSEL NUMBER SAWANT, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS
ON THAT?
>> YES.
I VOTED YES ON IT, BUT I
INTENDED TO VOTE NO AND I
APOLOGIZE THAT I DID NOT CATCH
IT IN THE LIST OF ITEMS.
THIS ORDINANCE REDUCES THE FEE
CHARGED FOR RESTRICTED PARKING
ZONES, COMPANIES FROM $700 PER
YEAR TO $200 PER YEAR, USING
THE TOTAL PER CAR FEE IS
CHARGED BY THE CITY FROM $1730
PER YEAR TO 1200 AND $30 PER
YEAR.
THOSE WERE ORIGINALLY EARMARKED
FOR LOW INCOME MOBILITY
PROGRAMS.
THE LEGISLATION SAYS THIS
REDUCTION IS BECAUSE OF THE LOW
INCOME PROGRAMS DO NOT NEED THE
MONEY BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF
FREE-FLOATING HARSHER COMPANIES
IN SEATTLE HAS SHRUNK FROM 3 TO
1, WHICH IS A CAR TO GO.
HIS CAR TO GO NOW HAS A
MONOPOLY ON THE CITY, I AM NOT
CLEAR AT ALL FROM AN ECONOMIC
STANDPOINT, WHY THE CITY WOULD
BE GIVING THEM A TAX BREAK.
AND SO, THIS IS NOT AS
PROMINENT OF AN ISSUE AS TAXING
ALL LARGE CORPORATIONS, TO FUND
VITAL SERVICES, IT IS STILL IS
THE QUESTION OF A PROFIT-MAKING
CORPORATION AND I DON'T SEE A
COMPELLING REASON FOR THIS
REDUCTION.
AND SO, I WILL BE VOTING NO,
AND I APPRECIATE THE
RECONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS,
THIS IS A BILL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE
VOTE AGAIN?
FOR MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES?
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I AM NOT THERE TO BE VOTING
AGAINST THIS BUT I AM GOING TO
EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT, THAT
IN ILLUMINATING THE $700 FEE
THAT WE ARE NOT, AS CONSUMERS,
GETTING SOMETHING IN RETURN.
RECENTLY THIS YEAR, CAR TO GO
MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO HAVE A HIGHER
COST SERVICE, TO CERTAIN
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE NOT
HIGH-DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
IN THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CASES,
THOSE HIGH DENSITY -- THOSE LOW-
DENSITY NEIGHBOR HOODS OVERLAP
WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT
SEEMS TO ME THAT IN EXCHANGE
FOR THIS REDUCTION, IN THIS
ANNUAL FEE, WE SHOULD BE
GETTING FROM CAR TO GO A
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY OF
SERVICE, AND EQUITY OF COST OF
SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
DESPITE I'LL COMMENT BRIEFLY ON
THIS.
I APPRECIATE BOTH CONCERNS
RAISED BY MY COLLEAGUES.
I THINK THIS IS A TRICKY LINE
TO WALK.
CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE IDEA
FOR BUSINESS AS A MONOPOLY BUT
THEY COULD EXTRACT HIGHER
PRICES AND SO WE WOULD BE
COMPLICIT IN THAT.
THERE IS ALSO EVIDENCE, LOOKING
AROUND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
WHERE WE HAVE SEEN FREE-
FLOATING HARSHER IS COMPLETELY
ELIMINATED FROM MARKETS AND
THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION,
WHICH IS HARD FOR US TO FULLY
UNDERSTAND WITHOUT SEEING THE
BOOKS OF THESE COMPANIES, AS TO
THE VIABILITY OF THIS PRODUCT
AT ALL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MODELS
IN FACT INCLUDING HERE I
BELIEVE LONG BEFORE I WAS ON
CITY COUNCIL, WHEN FOR
TRANSPORTATION REASONS WE
WANTED TO SEE A CAR SHARING
PROGRAM AND I BELIEVE THE CITY
AND COUNTY SUPPORTED THE
ORIGINAL FLEX CAR WHICH EMERGED
TO BECOME ZIPCAR, SIMILAR TO
WHAT WE DID A FEW YEARS AGO
CREATING A BIKE SHARE PROGRAM.
AND SO, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE
SAY HOW MUCH DO WE WANT TO DO?
WE ARE NOT SUBSIDIZING THIS.
THIS IS THE CHARGES WE HAVE
BEEN ACCUMULATING AN ACCOUNT
WITH SOME TYPES OF LOW INCOME
ACCESS THAT THE CITY HAS NOT
FIGURED OUT YET.
AND SO, I THINK IT IS AN
APPROPRIATE STEP TO TAKE FOR
THIS YEAR AS WE STILL
UNDERSTAND HOW THIS MARKET WILL
SHAKE OUT.
I THINK THE PRESENCE OF A FREE-
FLOATING CAR SHARE PROGRAM IS A
KEY COMPONENT, TO OUR MULTI-
MOBILE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE
DEVASTATING FOR SOME FOLKS IF
THAT WENT AWAY, SO I HOPE WE
CAN GET BETTER INFORMATION ON
HOW TO HAVE COMPETITION IN THE
SPACE SO WE WILL NOT BE IN THIS
POSITION IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
OKAY.
WE ARE GOING TO VOTE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLE
ON THE PASSAGE OF BILL 119699.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
SEVEN IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSES, THE CHAIR HAS
ALREADY SIGNED IT.
>> UNAFFECTED.
>> WAS MOVED TO ITEM NUMBER 31.
>> AGENDA ITEM 31 CLICK FILE
31438, CITY COUNCIL CHANGES TO
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET AND
2023 2025 PROPOSED CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THE COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS THE
CLERK FILE THE APPROVED FILE.
>> THIS IS JUST A CLERK FILE,
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE ADOPTED.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CLERK
FILE?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING AND
PLACING THE CLERK FILE ON FILE
PLEASE VOTE ON.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND CLICK
FILE IS APPROVED AND PLACED ON
FILE.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
32.
>> AGENDA ITEM 32, COUNSEL BILL
119689 ADOPTING A BUDGET
INCLUDING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
AND POSITION MEDICATIONS FOR
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, POSITIONS
EXEMPT FROM CIVIL SERVICE BY
TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
THIS COMMITTEE VOTES PAST IS
AMENDED POINT
>> THIS IS THE FINAL ADOPTION
OF A BUDGET WE WILL TURN IT
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW
WHO I WANT TO SAY, BEFORE YOU
BEGIN, THANK YOU, THIS IS A LOT
OF WORK AND A LOT OF COMMITMENT
FROM YOU, AND I APPRECIATED THE
WAY YOU HANDLED IT FROM START
TO FINISH.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW, YOU HAVE
THE FLOOR POINT
>> THANK YOU.
WELL, I HAVE GOT ABOUT FIVE
PAGES OF THANK YOUSE, IF YOU
WILL ALL RECOGNIZE THE GOOD
WORK THAT YOU HAVE ALL DONE.
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF, HOW COME
YOU ARE HIDING IN THE
BACKGROUND AND WHERE ARE YOUR
COLLEAGUES?
BUT, I WANT TO START BY SAYING,
LAST YEAR IN OUR 2019 BUDGET,
IT REALLY REFLECTED WHAT OUR
COME COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT WAS
TO AREAS THAT NEEDED OUR MOST
ATTENTION.
AND IT INCLUDED WHAT WE BUILD
ON THIS YEAR, AROUND HOUSING,
AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
HYGIENE, AND WE WILL GET TO ALL
OF THESE THANK YOUSE.
AND LEAD THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM AND I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE LISA DU GARD AND
TARA MOSS, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE AND I WILL GET
MORE TO THAT IN A MOMENT.
BUT, THIS YEAR, AS WE CONTINUE
TO FOCUS ON THESE COMMITMENTS,
I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY HOW ALL
OF US HERE NOT ONLY GOT ALONG
BUT FOCUSED ON THOSE
COMMITMENTS, THAT WERE MOST
IMPORTANT TO US, AND THAT THAT
IS WHERE WE PUT OUR HIGHEST
PRIORITIES.
WE DID INDEED BUILD ON THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET AND THAT WAS
GREAT, BUT IS COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES, YOU SAID FROM THE
BEGINNING, WE WILL PUT OUR OWN
PRIORITIES, OUR OWN MARK ON
THIS AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE
DONE THAT.
SO, JUST AS A COUPLE OF
EXAMPLES, A FEW THINGS THAT WE
ENDED UP DOING, 2.15 MILLION TO
BUILD UP TO 100 MORE TINY
HOMES.
WE HEARD FROM SO MANY PEOPLE
LIVING IN TINY HOMES SAYING
THAT THIS WAS AN ANSWER FOR
THEM.
AND, AS SOMEBODY WORKING ON
THIS FOR AT LEAST NINE YEARS, I
COULD NOT TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I
AM, CLEARLY I THINK WE NEED
MORE BUT THAT IS A GOOD START.
I AM HONORED THAT THE 1.8
MILLION THAT WE PUT IN FOR THE
BILL HOBSON CLINIC MOVE
FORWARD, I WANT TO SAY THANKS
FOR TWO DANNY MALONE, DES SEE
AS MANY OF US I KNOW WERE GOOD
FRIENDS WITH BILL HOBSON.
BUT, THIS MAKES SUCH A
DIFFERENCE TO ME, PERSONALLY.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU,
FOR THE 1.6 MILLION, AND THIS
IS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, FOR
SHELTERED INDIVIDUALS TO GET
ACCESS TO BATHROOMS AND
SHOWERS, AND THEN, TO PROVIDE
DIAPERS, AND WOMEN'S HYGIENE
PRODUCTS, EXPAND TRASH
COLLECTION, AND USING CAMPUS
HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, I
JUST WAT TO --
>> AND COUNSEL NEVER SAWANT
POINT
>> FOR THE RECORD SHE WAS MY
COSPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU.
THE 1.5 MILLION, THAT WE PUT IN
TODAY FOR THE YOUTH PROGRAM
EDUCATION AND DIVERSION, IT WAS
$1 MILLION, COUNCILMEMBER
úHERBOLD, THAT YOU DID AS WE
POINTED OUT, $3 MILLION IN OUR
ORIGINAL BUDGET, AND AN
ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION, $200,000.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, THANK
YOU FOR THAT.
I AM VERY EXCITED, THIS IS
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, THAT YOU
PUSHED THIS WITH 1.6 MILLION TO
KEEP OUR ENHANCED SHELTER BEDS
FOR USE OPEN.
FOR YOUTH WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, TO HAVE THAT
SUPPORT, TO HAVE THE LEGAL
SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AND I
WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE
PEOPLE, THE ADVOCATES, THE
PROVIDERS, WHETHER IT IS
MELINDA G OR OTHERS WHO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE SERVICES IN
PLACES FOR YOU TO BE AT NIGHT,
MORE 24 SEVEN, MORE PLACES MORE
SUPPORT FOR THEM WILL HELP
PEOPLE GET OFF THE STREET.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, BIG
THANKS TO YOU FOR THE $1
MILLION THAT YOU HAVE REALLY
PUSHED FOR HOMELESS SERVICES
AND IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR ANY
AND, IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE,
THAT AND THE MURDERED AND
MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
ADVOCATING FOR, BUT I AM DEEPLY
THANKFUL FOR.
WE ARE ALSO ADDRESSING THE
COUNCIL'S HIGHEST PRIORITIES
AROUND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM,
AS WE MENTIONED, PUBLIC SAFETY
TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENT
PRODUCTION, SO, I AM NOT GOING
TO BEAT THAT HORN TOO MUCH, YOU
KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH
IT.
THANKS TO OUR SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR GETTING HELP ONE
UP AND OPERATIONAL THIS YEAR.
IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
AND THEN ALSO, THE MONIES THAT
WE PUT IN TO REDESIGN THOMAS
STREET, TO HELP COMPLETE THE
WORK WE ARE DOING DOWN, THE
IMPROVEMENT A REALITY.
WITH THAT IN THE 3.5 MILLION TO
OUR LOCAL GENIUS, THANK YOU FOR
ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE
DONE.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT
YOU WERE ABLE TO GET FROM THE
BALLMER FOUNDATION.
THIS IS GOING TO MOVE US FROM A
POSITION ONE OF WHICH WE ARE
PROUD OF, TO ONE THAT WILL BE
GREAT.
SO, I KNOW THAT AS WE ARE BEING
ABLE TO MEASURE AND MONITOR AND
YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE SO MUCH
IN THAT REGARD, WE WILL COME
BACK AND SEE YES, THIS IS AN
OPTION THAT IS WAY BETTER THAN
PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA,
FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORK AND ALL
OF YOUR COLLEAGUES THERE.
WORKING ON THAT.
SO, WITH THAT, I WANT TO SAY
SOME BERRIES PACIFIC THANK
YOUSE.
ALLIE KENICHI, YOU ARE HIDING
BACK THERE BUT TO YOU AND
DANNY, THANK YOU TO YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS, IT WAS A
SPECTACULAR TIME FOR ME WORKING
WITH YOU AND I JUST WANT TO --
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
MANAGEMENT, YOUR CALM,
EVERYTHING YOU DID TO HELP US
BECOME A SUCCESS.
TO LISA K, THANK YOU AND TOM,
THANKS FOR THE WORK THAT YOU
TWO DID ON SPREADSHEETS, A
LITTLE-KNOWN SECRET UP HERE IS
THAT I BREAK OUT IN HIVES WHEN
I HAVE TO LOOK AT NUMBERS BY
MYSELF.
SO, YOU REALLY WERE TERRIFIC IN
MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
JUST SIMS ATTORNEY, I THINK
JEFF IS GONE BUT TRACY, IF YOU
ARE LISTENING, THANK YOU.
FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE
DONE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND THE
REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NOT ONLY
TO DATE, BUT WHAT IS TO COME.
AMELIA AND JODY, THANK YOU TO
THE TWO OF YOU, I AM SO
RESPECTFUL FOR KEEPING ME ON
TRACK AND TEACHING ME ABOUT
AMENDMENTS AND KEEPING THINGS
ON TRACK SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR
THAT.
GREG DAWSON.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY
IS.
BUT GREG, IF YOU ARE LISTENING.
AND CARLOS, ON THE WORK THAT
YOU HAVE DONE ON CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM, SPECIAL THANKS
FOR WORKING ON LEAD WITH ME AND
HELPING WITH ALL OF THE GOOD
WORKS THAT WE HAVE DONE ON THE
RESOLUTION, THE DRAFTING, JUST
KEEPING THAT ON TRACK.
SO, THANK YOU.
BRIAN, IT'S YOUR SPECIAL ON
EDUCATION AND UTILITIES AND
THANK YOU, WE JUST HAD CALVIN
CHOW AND ERIC McCONAUGHEY COME
IN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK
THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON
TRANSPORTATION, AND OF COURSE
ERIC I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF
THE WORK THAT YOU AND AMY GORE
HAVE DONE.
YOU HAVE GOT A BROAD CATALOG OF
WORK YOU DOING ON THE WORKS IN
PNC SAID THANK YOU GENTLEMEN
BOTH FOR THAT.
ON LAND USE I CANNOT TELL YOU
HOW MANY TIMES PORK UTILE IN 10
YEARS OF HAD TO EXPLAIN LAND-
USE 101 TO ME.
KARINA BOLL, FOR YOUR OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TUTORIALS ON THAT.
I THINK I MENTIONED BRIAN GOOD
NIGHT ALREADY AROUND EDUCATION
AND UTILITIES, BUT, THE FOCUS
THAT YOU INDIVIDUALLY HAVE HAD
HAS REALLY MEANT A GREAT DEAL
TO ME ASHOK, YOUR WORK ON CIVIL
RIGHTS, CALVIN I HAVE MENTIONED
AND ERIC YOU WALKED IN THE DOOR
JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME.
THE GREAT WORK THAT YOLANDA YOU
HAVE DONE AROUND HELPING
SUPPORT AND GET FORWARD WITH
CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU AND MICHAEL
RYAN ARE BRIAN ARE A GREAT TEAM
THERE.
SO THANK YOU ALL AND COLLEAGUES
JUST LET ME TURN MY ATTENTION
TO YOU FOR THREE MORE MINUTES
IF YOU WILL BEAR WITH ME.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, THANK
YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK.
I HAVE MISSED YOU, I'M GLAD YOU
ARE BACK, TRULY YOUR DEDICATION
TO WORKERS OVER THIS LAST YEAR
WITH HOTEL WORKERS YOU HAVE
DONE AND DOMESTIC WORKERS, IT
HAS JUST MATTERED SO MUCH.
AND I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND WORK TO PROMOTE
MORE CHILDCARE, AND WE ARE
GETTING THEM ALL IN THIS ROOM
HERE IN CITY HALL, WE HAVE PUT
$100,000 INTO IT, SO THAT IS IN
YOUR CAPABLE HANDS, GOING
FORWARD NEXT YEAR.
AND, COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, I
DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND SAY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DOES A
DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF
THIS CITY.
MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE REALLY
BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN, IT HAS
BEEN 10 WONDERFUL YEARS WORKING
WITH YOU, YOUR COMMITMENT TO
CLIMATE CHANGE, THE GOOD WORK
YOU HAVE DONE ON ALL
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
ONE TIME, I KNOW THAT A
STRANGER SAID TO ME
BEGRUDGINGLY THAT I WAS SORT OF
A NICE PERSON BUT I DID NOT
HOLD A CANDLE TO YOU.
AND, I AM HONORED AND
APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE WORK
THAT WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAROLD, YOU
HAVE BEEN MY BODY, MY FAVORITE
LINEBACKER AND DEFENDER FOR THE
10 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN ON
THIS, AND YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND
HOW MUCH WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER
IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I THINK
ABOVE ALL I APPRECIATE THE FACT
THAT YOU KNOW THAT EXCESSIVE
INDIVIDUALISM DOES NOT BUILD
THE CITY WE WANT AND IT IS
SOMETHING I HAVE HEARD YOU SAY
MANY TIMES.
YOU ARE A COLLEAGUE THAT I
GREATLY APPRECIATED I JUST
WANTED TO KNOW THAT.
THANK YOU FOR CARING, FOR ALL
OF US, AND FOR SEATTLE.
AND COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES,
SINCE I AM NOW TURNING TO THE
SIDE, I APPRECIATE SO MUCH THAT
YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW, YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO DIVE DEEP INTO
ALL ISSUES INCLUDING PUBLIC
SAFETY, YOU HAVE DONE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROTECTING
AND PROMOTING AND TEACHING US
ABOUT IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
ISSUES AND THAT HAS MEANT SO
MUCH TO ME, AND I KNOW THAT ALL
OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO
BE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF YOU.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR WORKING
WITH YOU, AND YOUR NUMBER TWO,
HERE.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, I
GET SUCH APPRECIATION TO YOU
ABOUT YOUR LONG JOURNEY.
18 YEARS I THINK IS A
LEGISLATIVE AIDE, AND INTO
WHERE YOU ARE NOW, THE NUMBER
ONE CHAMPION OF D1, IT HAS BEEN
MY PLEASURE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO
THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR YOUR
ADVOCACY FOR NOT JUST HER
DISTRICT BUT THE WHOLE CITY.
AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE
DONE, BRINGING SOME SPECIAL
SUPPORT AND ATTENTION TO SOUTH
PARK, BETTER TRANSPORTATION TO
WEST SEATTLE, FIGHTING FOR
SOUND TRANSIT IN WAYS THAT WE
NEED TO, AND THE COSTS THAT WE
HAVE FOR BUSES AND STREETCAR,
THAT IS REALLY IN YOUR HANDS
GOING FORWARD, AND I WANTED TO
KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE
THAT POINT COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO, WHAT A DELIGHT IT HAS
BEEN, YOU JUMPED IN HERE I
THINK OF APRIL OF LAST YEAR
WITH BOTH FEET AND YOU HAVE
BEEN UNFLAGGING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING
US WITH D4, BUILDING ON OUR
COLLEAGUE ROB JOHNSON'S LEGACY
AS WELL.
YOU HAVE DONE A LOT FOR US.
SO, I APPRECIATE YOU, I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE YOU AND THEN, COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ, NOT LEASED AT
ALL, BUT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW
HOW MUCH YOU MAKE ME SMILE,
THINKING ABOUT D5.
EVERYTHING IS AROUND D5, BUT AS
I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
WITH INDIGENOUS WOMEN, AND ALSO
TO SUPPORT OUR GOOD FRIEND
COLLEEN IN CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB
IT HAS BEEN MY HONOR WORKING
WITH YOU.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW,
HOLY MOUNTAIN WOMAN, HOW MUCH
RESPECT I HAVE FOR YOU.
WE HAVE A FAVORITE MOVIE
CHARACTER, WIND IN HIS HAIR,
AND AS HE SAID, YOU WILL ALWAYS
BE MY FRIEND.
THANK YOU.
SO, THANK YOU ALL, EVERYBODY,
FOR STEERING AND HELPING ME
WORK THIS BUDGET, IT HAS BEEN A
COMPLETE HONOR.
TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU, AND I
AM SO PLEASED HOW FAR WE HAVE
GOTTEN THIS YEAR.
SO, YOU CAN CALL ME IN BOSTON,
AND I WILL BE HERE TO WORK WITH
YOU ANYTIME.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 32 IN
FRONT OF US, WHICH IS THE VOTE
ON THE BUDGET AND I THINK, DID
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SAY ANY
WORDS, BEFORE WE PASS
COUNCILMEMBER SKATER?
GRABBING YOUR MIC?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY A FEW
WORDS, THANK YOU MISTER
PRESIDENT.
I KNOW I HAVE NOT HAD THE
CHANCE TO BE WITH YOU OVER THE
LAST FEW WEEKS SO I WANT TO
THANK -- TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO
EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FIRST
IN MY STAFF, ARETHA BASU,
CUEVAS, WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR
STAFF, TO GET INCORPORATED IN
THIS BUDGET, THINKING COUNCIL
MEMBER BAGSHAW FOR YOUR
INCREDIBLE WORK TO WORK WITH
OUR OFFICE AND TO REACH OUT AND
ASK FOR OUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
AS I AM ON PARENTAL LEAVE, I
THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
COME BACK AND I HAD A REPORTER
ASKED ME WHY COME BACK TODAY
AND I THINK THE IMPORTANCE IS
TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN MY
ABSENCE.
REALLY CRITICAL THAT PEOPLE WHO
HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE
PARENTAL LEAVE, TAKE IT, AFTER
THIS BUDGET VOTE, I WILL BE
GOING BACK ON LEAVE, AND WE
KNOW THAT IT IS IMPORTANT, TO
NOT JUST HAVE THOSE LAWS ON
PAPER BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ACTUALLY WORK.
YOU ALL AS COLLEAGUES, YOUR
STAFF ESSENTIAL STAFF, MY TEAM,
THE COMING OCCASIONS TEAM HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT ME AND MY
OFFICE AND MY FAMILY AND MAKING
SURE THAT THEY WERE THERE FOR
US AND WERE ABLE TO TAKE IT,
THAT WAS NOT JUST WORDS ON A
PIECE OF PAPER, BUT TRULY I WAS
ABLE TO TAKE THAT AND HAVE THE
SUPPORT AROUND ME TO MAKE SURE
THAT THESE BUDGET PRIORITIES
WERE INCLUDED.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO AGAIN,
MY INCREDIBLE TEAM AT THE
TEAMSTERS OFFICE, AND CENTRAL
STAFF AND ALL OF YOU THAT
COUNSEL COLLEAGUES AND YOUR
TEAM FOR WORKING TO MAKE THESE
PRIORITIES POSSIBLE.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW
THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO
THE BUDGET MISTER PRESIDENT IF
THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME?
>> VERY APPROPRIATE.
>> AGAIN, THANKS TO THE
INCREDIBLE WORK OF OUR OFFICE
ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORKING
WITH CENTRAL STAFF, ALLIE AND
TRACY WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE AN
ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION, $19.75
MILLION THAT WE COULD REDIRECT
TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING POSSIBLE
NOW.
YOU HEARD PEOPLE SPEAK TODAY
ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
EFFORTS, LIKE THE FOLKS FROM
AFRICA TOWN WHO HAVE PROJECTS
THAT ARE READY TO BE BUILT NOW,
AND THEY JUST NEED ADDITIONAL
FUNDING AND SUPPORT FROM THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE HAVE REDIRECTED SOME OF
THOSE FUNDS SO THAT $20 MILLION
CAN GO INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
EFFORTS NOW.
BY REDIRECTING TWO DOLLARS AND
MAKING SURE THAT THE MERCER
MABEL BOX SALE DOLLARS WENT
INTO EFFORTS THAT ARE READY TO
BE BUILT NOW WE ARE REALLY
MOVING FORWARD ON AFFORDABLE
HOUSING EFFORTS THE COMMUNITY
HAS PRIORITIZED AND WITH YOUR
HELP AND WITH THE COUNSEL CHAIR
BAGSHAW'S SUPPORT AS WELL, WE
WERE ABLE TO GET EFFORTS INTO
THE HOUSING BUDGET, THAT NOT
ONLY HAD THE FUNDING THERE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT PUT
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE FIRST.
WEFUNDED COMMUNITY PREFERENCE,
WE FUNDED AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING
EFFORTS, THESE ARE TWO PUBLIC
POLICIES THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON
WITH COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST
TWO YEARS, AND NOW WE ARE
PUTTING FUNDING FORWARD SO THAT
WE WILL HAVE EQUITABLE
ENGAGEMENT BY THOSE MOST
AFFECTED BY THE HISTORY OF
REDLINING AND RACIST
INCLUSIONARY POLICIES WHICH
ALLOW FOR FOLKS TO TELL THEM TO
BUILD A HOUSE AND WE NEED BUT
IN THE COMMUNITY'S EYES AND
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE
MOST AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT,
GET TO COME AND LIVE IN OUR
COMMUNITY STILL.
WE PUT FUNDING FORWARD TO
CONTINUE THE EFFORTS WE HAD
LAST YEAR IF YOU REMEMBER WE
HAD THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT
ON OUR CURRENT ZONING POLICIES,
BECAUSE OUR CURRENT ZONING
POLICIES ARE MUCH LIKE OTHER
CITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION
WHERE WE HAVE EXCLUDED,
INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDED THROUGH
HISTORICALLY RACIST POLICIES,
COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY
COMMITTEES OF COLOR FROM LIVING
IN AREAS THAT HAVE HIGH ACCESS
TO OPPORTUNITY.
WHEN WE DO THE RACIAL EQUITY
ANALYSIS, NOW THAT THE COMP
PLAN BUT WE HAVE PRE-CREATED
HERE, WE WILL BE FOLLOWING IN
MUCH OF THE SAME FOOTSTEPS OF
CITIES LIKE WHAT MINNEAPOLIS
HAS DONE OR WE HAVE TAKEN A
LOOK AT THE BLUEPRINT OF OUR
CITY AND SAID WHY DO WE
CONTINUE TO HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY
HOUSING ZONING IN MUCH OF THE
CITY.
75% OF THE CITY STILL HAS
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING, HOW IS
THAT CONTRIBUTING TO THE
DISPLACEMENT, AND
GENTRIFICATION, AND PREVENTING
PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO LIVE
IN THIS CITY AND STATE IN THE
CITY.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT
EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE
IS BOTH AND I JUST LISTENED
EFFORTS AND THAT WE ARE LOOKING
AT BUILDING MORE INCLUSIVE
HOUSING, BUT UNDOING THESE PAST
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.
I AM HONORED TO HAVE WORKED
WITH MANY OF YOU INCLUDING
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, AND
OTHERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, WITH
$815,000 THAT WE GOT IN FOR
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, THAT IS
ANOTHER 40 HOMES, WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT IT ANOTHER 75
INDIVIDUALS POTENTIALLY WHO CAN
LIVE THERE WHICH IS A DROP IN
THE BUCKET I KNOW WHAT WE WANT
TO WORK ON NEXT YEAR IN TERMS
OF ALLOWING MORE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT
THIS COUNSEL IS CONSTANTLY TOLD,
BE SMART WITH THE PUBLIC
DOLLAR, INTEREST AND PROVEN
PRACTICES.
I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE FOR THE
LAST SIX WEEKS SO I GOT TO SAY
IT AGAIN.
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES ARE PROVEN
PRACTICE TO GET FOLKS INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
40% SUCCESS RATE OF GETTING
PEOPLE INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
VERSUS 4% SUCCESS RATE FROM
MATS ON THE GROUND.
THIS IS 10 TIMES MORE
EFFECTIVE.
WE OUGHT TO BE INVESTING IN THE
IN SMALL TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
AND OTHER ENHANCED 24 SEVEN
SHALL SHELTER MODELS THAT I
KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW SHARE OF THE BUDGET HAS
PRIORITIZED IN THE PAST SO
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THOSE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES IN THIS.
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE WORK THAT
HAS BEEN DONE, THIS IS ANOTHER
GREAT WAY FOR US TO BE
EFFECTIVE WITH OUR DOLLARS,
THIS IS ABOUT EARLY
INTERVENTION, THE PUBLIC HEALTH
MODEL.
IF YOU WANT TO INVEST EARLY AND
KEEPING THE COMMUNITY SAFE YOU
INVEST IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
WELL, WHEN YOU INVEST IN
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND HARM
REDUCTION STRATEGIES, THAT IS A
PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY THAT IS
A HARM REDUCTION STRATEGY, IT
SAVES LIVES AND IT SAVES
DOLLARS.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF
OUR FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
TO MOVE FUNDING BACK INTO THE
SEX WORKER HARM REDUCTION
úPROGRAM, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND WORKING
WITH THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE POT SWAP,
COMMUNITY JUSTICE PASSAGEWAYS,
RAINIER BEACH ACTION COALITION
AND SO MANY MORE, I'M EXCITED
ABOUT THE FUNDING THAT WE GOT
IN THERE FOR GREENLIGHT PROJECT
RUN BY THE PEOPLE OF COLOR SEX
WORKER OUTREACH PROJECT, VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THE FUNDING WE
GOT IN FOR RETRAINING SPD
OFFICERS WHO WORK WITH SEX
OFFICERS SO THAT IT IS REALLY
ABOUT COMING FROM THOSE WORKERS
THEMSELVES, AND NOT A
PATRONIZING WAY OF THINKING
ABOUT HOW SOMEBODY IS ENGAGED
WITH THAT WORK, THIS IS COMING
FROM THE WORKERS THEMSELVES.
CONTINUING THE LINE OF WORKER
INTERVENTIONS -- INVESTMENTS, I
AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT
FOR THE MENTORSHIP COORDINATOR
AND THE ELECTRICAL COMPLIANCE
OFFICER, AGAIN, THESE ARE
UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS TO MAKE
SURE THAT PEOPLE GET INTO HIGH-
PAYING JOBS.
I WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE MORE
WITH INVESTING THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS AND NEXT YEAR I
WILL BE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE
ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT MEASURES
AND DOLLARS PUT IN PLACE FOR
BOTH EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT.
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE HIGH
RATE EMPLOYERS, SMALL
BUSINESSES WHO ARE DOING THE
RIGHT THING AND GETTING
UNDERCUT BY THE GUY NEXT DOOR
ENGAGED IN WAGE THEFT AND IT IS
ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE WORKERS
THEMSELVES.
WE PASS SO MANY PIECES OF
LEGISLATION HERE WITH THIS
INCREDIBLE COUNSEL, AND
PREVIOUS COUNCILS, WE ARE JUST
NEEDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
POLICIES ARE FOLLOWED THROUGH.,
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW
FOR YOUR PAST EFFORTS ON
CHILDCARE, AND, I KNOW THAT WE
WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR
ADDITIONAL CHILDCARE THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
I'M DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT
SOME OF THE PRIVATE PARTNERS
THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH
ABOUT WANTING TO OPEN
ADDITIONAL CHILDCARE FACILITIES
ACROSS THE CITY HAVE JUST BEEN
TOLD THAT SOME OF THE PLACES
THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ARE
NOT POSSIBLE.
NEED TO LOOK AT THIS LIKE WE DO
WITH HEALTHCARE, THAT IT IS NOT
GETTING PICKED UP BY THE
PRIVATE MARKET, THIS SHOULD NOT
BE A MARKET GOOD AND WE SHOULD
BE THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING WE
CAN DO FROM THE PUBLIC POLICY
PERSPECTIVE TO INVEST IN PUBLIC
CHILDCARE, SO THAT 023 AND 0 TO
5 CHILDCARE IS AFFORDABLE,
ACCESSIBLE AND THROUGHOUT OUR
CITY.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
IS ON OUR TO DO LIST NEXT YEAR
AND WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON
THAT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
LASTLY, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG
TIME SO I WILL STOP TALKING BUT
I WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS OVER THE LAST
SIX WEEKS IN MY ABSENCE I AM
PROUD OF THE APPROACH THAT WE
HAVE TAKEN IN THIS BUDGET AND
COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW, WITH
THE SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL
FUNDING INCLUDED THAT YOU
FOUND, I DO THINK THAT IT
REFLECTS, THE BUDGET REFLECTS
THAT YOU PUT THOSE PRIORITIES
TOWARD HELPING PEOPLE THAT HAVE
BEEN MOST MARGINALIZED AND THE
HIGHEST NEED, SO THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
WE HAD TO WORK WITHIN THE
CONSTRAINT THAT WE HAVE, AND SO
I THINK THAT THIS AGAIN CALLS
ON US TO FIND ADDITIONAL REVENUE
, EQUITABLE REVENUE SO THAT WE
CAN HAVE AN EQUITABLE
INVESTMENT IN OUR MOST
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, SO WE
ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT
INVESTMENTS FOR LEAD VERSUS
INVESTMENTS IN IN TINY HOMES,
INVESTMENTS FOR CHILD CARE
VERSUS INVESTMENTS IN WORKERS.
AND HEALTHCARE.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT I KNOW
THAT WE ALL WANT TO DO, SO I
WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU, TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE FIND
EQUITABLE REVENUE FOR A MORE
EQUITABLE SOCIETY, THANK YOU
ALL FOR YOUR WORK AND I'M HAPPY
TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO BE
TAKING OFF AFTER THIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS I
DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE
LAST BUDGET ITEM, MAYBE WE JUST
SORT OF COME DOWN AT THE DAIS
HERE, TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY
COMMENTS.
I AM NOT SEEING COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ AND COUNCILMAN FOR
SAWANT POINT
>> MAY I ASK ONE MORE AS YOU
ARE COMING THIS WAY I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO MY MOM.
SHE CAME TO WATCH OUR DAUGHTER,
SO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HER.
THAT'S MY MOM PATTY IN THE
BACK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
DESPITE
>> SHE IS BACK IN THE OFFICE.
>> OH, IN THE OFFICE.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU MOM POINT
>> VERY APPROPRIATE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING?
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
YES?
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, YOU HAVE
THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU TO ALL OUR
ESSENTIAL STAFF MEMBERS WHO AS
USUAL HAVE PROVIDED INCREDIBLE
SUPPORT.
ALLIE PENNY G, AMY GORE,
SHEETAL FREEMAN.
LISA FREI, CALVIN CHILD, JEFF
SIMS, YOLANDA HOPE, AND
KIERSTEN OUR STEAD.
FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE
DONE, TO HELP MY STAFF AND ME
MAKE AVAILABLE ALL THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND YOUR
COMMITMENT FOR ON THE ISSUES.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE AND STAFF
WHO WORKED ON OTHER PARTS OF
THE BUDGET, BUT, THESE ARE --
THIS IS ABOUT THE BUDGET
AMENDMENTS, AND I APOLOGIZE IF
I LEFT ANY NAMES OUT
ACCIDENTALLY.
I DEFINITELY ALSO WANT TO THANK
AMY GORE, SPECIFICALLY, FOR
DOING THE FINAL DRAFT OF OUR
DNC AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
COMMITMENTS THE LAST FEW DAYS,
I KNOW THAT WAS RUSHED WORK BUT
IT WAS DONE EXTERNALLY WELL.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE
PEOPLE'S FIRST AMENDMENTS, AND
I ALSO THANK THE SUPPORT THAT
WE HAVE HAD FROM ACTIVISTS
AROUND THE CITY.
AND, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US WHO
HAVE REALLY CAMPAIGNED AROUND
THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET AMENDMENTS,
AND, I WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE IT IS ALSO -- THIS IS A
BUDGET THAT WE ARE TAKING AFTER
A INCREDIBLE HISTORIC ELECTION
SEASON, WHERE WE HAD, YOU KNOW,
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, I WAS
SAYING, WE HAVE HAD EVERYTHING
BUT THE KITCHEN SINK THROWN AT
US AND ON THE KITCHEN SINK WAS
ALSO THROWN AT US, AND, WE WERE
ABLE TO PREVAIL.
AND, I THINK THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET, THE SUCCESSES THAT WE
HAVE ONE OF THREE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET MOVEMENT, THIS IS THE
SIXTH ITERATION OF THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET CAMPAIGN THAT WE HAVE
DONE, THIS YEAR, IS A SMALL BUT
IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU
CAN WIN WHEN YOU BUILD A REALLY
ACTIVE MOVEMENT.
SO I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY
WHO HAS CAMPAIGNED NOT ONLY FOR
THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET DEMANDS
THIS YEAR, BUT FOR ALL THE SIX
YEARS THAT WE HAVE DONE IT.
AND, I THINK IT SHOWS, AND AS I
SAID IN A SMALL WAY, BUT AN
IMPORTANT WAY, THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET SUCCESSES SHOWS THAT
ORGANIZING WORKS, THAT WHEN YOU
FIGHT, EVERYTHING ALL TIME, BUT
IT WORKS.
SOME OF THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
THAT WE HAVE ONE, THAT ARE, YOU
KNOW, PROMINENT THIS YEAR BUT
ALSO HAVE COME ON THE SHOULDERS
OF ORGANIZING FOR SEVERAL
YEARS, TODAY, THE SEATTLE TIMES
HAS A REALLY PROMINENT ARTICLE
ON THE LAW OF ENFORCEMENT AND
DAN BEEKMAN ONE OF THE CO-
AUTHORS OF THE ARTICLE IS RIGHT
HERE AND I WANTED TO THANK HIM
ALSO PERSONALLY FOR THIS
COVERAGE OF SEVERAL YEARS ON
MANY IMPORTANT ISSUES, AND,
JUST TO MAKE A DISTENTION
BETWEEN THE SEATTLE TIMES
REPORTERS AND THE SEATTLE TIMES
EDITORIAL BOARD, AS TOTALLY
DFFERENT COMPONENTS, I COULD
NOT RESIST THAT.
[ LAUGHTER ] BUT, YOU KNOW, THE
PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE SEEN THIS
YEAR ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
ASSISTED VERSION, AND
UNDOUBTEDLY, I AM THANKFUL TO
ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
HAVE SUPPORTED THIS, BUT
NARRATIVES MATTER.
AND IF OUR NARRATIVE IS VERY
GENEROUS COUNSEL FOR THIS OR
THAT, I THINK IT MISSES THE
POINT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, STANDING
LEAD AND HAVING LEAD TAKE FORM
IN THE FIRST PLACE, REQUIRED
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES TO REALLY
PUSH FOR IT.
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES LIKE LISA
TO GUARD, AND OTHERS WHO ARE
SITTING HERE, WHO HAVE PLAYED
AN INCREDIBLE GRASSROOTS ROLE
AND I AM SURE LISA AND OTHERS
YOU WILL REMEMBER THE TOWN HALL
THAT WE DID OF THE MILITARY --
MILLER COMMUNITY CENTER ON
CAPITOL HILL SEVERAL YEARS AGO
I THINK FIVE YEARS AGO NOW,
AND, THERE, WE BUILT THE
ADDITIONAL -- INITIAL PRESSURE
TO BUILD LEAD INTO CAPITOL
HILL, AND THAT MEETING WAS
MOMENTOUS, BECAUSE I REMEMBER,
I WAS ACTUALLY MODESTLY TRYING
TO SAY OKAY, CAN WE AT LEAST
TWO CAPITOL HILL, AND THEN WE
HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
NAACP COME THERE AND SAY WHY
AREN'T YOU TALKING ABOUT THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT?
AND THAT IS HOW THAT TOOK SHAPE
I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT, TO RECOGNIZE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU
MENTIONED THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR SENDING IN SUPPORT OF
THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
PASSING THE BILL NEXT YEAR, TO
MAKE THE LAND USE GOALS LEXICAL
SO THAT WE CAN ALSO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN BE EXCITED
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THANK YOU
FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT
ONE AS WELL.
AND I AM SUPPORTED ABOUT ELLIS
IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THANK
YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BACKSTOP FOR
ALSO SUPPORTING THIS.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR
THAT ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT
THIS COUNSEL DID, YOU KNOW, IN
CONTRAST TO WHAT THE MAYOR HAS
DONE, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT
IS TAKE A REALLY STRONG
POSITION AGAINST SHUTTING DOWN
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
THE INITIAL PROPOSAL FROM THE
MAYOR HAS BEEN TO SHUT DOWN
GEORGETOWN AND NORTH LAKE, AND
I THINK WE ARE UNITED AND NOT
SHUTTING DOWN GEORGETOWN BUT I
ALSO WANT TO REITERATE
SOLIDARITY WITH NICHOLS PHIL,
WE DON'T WANT TO SHUT DOWN
NORTH LIKE I DO.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ISSUES TO
BE NEED -- WHICH NEED RESULTING
BUT SHUTTING DOWN A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES NOT A SOLUTION AND
WILL NEVER BE A SOLUTION AND I
FIND IT QUITE EGREGIOUS THAT IN
THE MIDDLE OF A VERY COLD
WINTER, THE MAYOR IS OPPOSING
THAT THE DECEMBER 9 IS THE
DATE, I DON'T THINK THAT IS
VIABLE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING
HOUSED COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE
GERALD AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN
HERE AND SAID THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO BE STANDING THERE,
EVEN ENGAGING IN NONVIOLENCE
AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IF THAT
IS NEEDED AND OF COURSE YOU CAN
BE SURE THAT MY COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS AND I WILL BE THERE
IN SOLIDARITY WITH THEM.
I ALSO WANTED TO SAY VERY
CLEARLY.
WE DO NOT WANT TO PIT SHELTERS
AGAINST TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
BECAUSE WE NEED TO EXPAND BOTH,
BUT WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT
THE MAJORITY DEMAND FROM PEOPLE
WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS IS FOR TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, AND NOT FOR ENHANCED
SHELTERS.
LET'S BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN INCREDIBLE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PEOPLE'S
BUDGET, FROM THE VIETNAMESE
SENIOR ASSOCIATION OF MANY OF
THESE SENIORS HAVE PUT YOUNG
PEOPLE TO SHAME IN THEIR
ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY, AND I
THINK THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE
STOPPING THERE.
I THINK THEY WANT TO FIGHT FOR
FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT AMONG OTHER
THINGS, AND I AM REALLY
INSPIRED BY THEM.
WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO WIN
$15,000 FOR DEDICATED FUNDING
FOR THE DAY, I AM GLAD TO SAY
MEMBER JUAREZ AND I WERE ABLE
TO PUSH FOR THIS TOGETHER.
AND, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
YOU ALREADY MENTIONED MOBILE
BATHROOMS, EVERYBODY GOES THERE
AND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE, NOT A
FRUITCAKE, TO CELEBRATE THE
VICTORY.
VERY IMPORTANTLY, WE WERE ABLE
TO WIN FUNDING FOR ONE CITY
ATTORNEY AGAINST EVICTIONS
FACED BY RENTERS, LAST YEAR, WE
SAW THE UNBELIEVABLE
EFFECTIVENESS IN PREVENTING
EVICTIONS, AND PREVENTING
EVICTIONS ONE OF THE MAJOR
THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO PREVENT
HOMELESSNESS SO WE WERE ABLE TO
WIN ONE ATTORNEY IN THE INITIAL
DRAFT OF THE BUDGET AND BECAUSE
OF CONTINUED ORGANIZING WE WERE
ABLE TO WIN TWO ATTORNEYS
FUNDED AND I THINK THAT IS
INCREDIBLE AS WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE ONE TOO IMPORTANT
STATEMENT ALLEGEDLY OF INTENSE,
NONSPORTS WORKERS AND THEIR
UNIONS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY,
AND THE WHOLE CONSORTIUM OF
LABOR UNIONS HAVE SPOKEN UP TO
BE INCLUDED, AND ALSO, ANOTHER
ONE TO ASK THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TREPIDATION TO
MAKE FUNDING PROPOSALS, TO MAKE
PUBLIC TRANSIT FREE FOR ALL,
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT
OF A GREEN NEW DEAL, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO WIN A REAL GREEN NEW
DEAL AND REDUCTION OF CARBON
EMISSIONS UNLESS PUBLIC TRANSIT
IS MADE FREE FOR ALL, SO IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT INCOME YOU
HAVE OR WHAT AGE YOU ARE, YOU
GET TO RIDE ON PUBLIC TRANSIT.
AND, FINALLY BUT NOT LEAST, WE
HAVE JUST WON THE 500 $22,600
THAT COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS HAVE
BEEN TO MANY FOR RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PROGRAMS LIKE USE
CONSORTIUM, CORNER READERS AND
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
AND, AS I SAID THIS MORNING, I
WAS SO HAPPY, THAT
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW AND I
WERE ABLE TO COSPONSOR THAT
AMENDMENT, I AM GLAD WE FOUND A
WAY TO DO THAT.
AND, I WANTED TO REALLY CREDIT
THE COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS WHO
HAVE GONE THE EXTRA MILE TO BE
ABLE TO WIN THIS, AND THEY WERE
RIGHT WHEN THEY SAID IN PUBLIC
TESTIMONY THAT THIS WAS ONLY
THE BEGINNING.
JUST TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE
WITH NUMBERS, THE POLICE GET
MORE OUT OF THE CITY'S
DISCRETIONARY FUNDING THAN ANY
OTHER DEPARTMENT.
409 MILLION, THAT IS ALMOST
1000 TIMES MORE THAN
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING
THAT WE WANT TO SEE AROUND.
SO, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO
GO, THE CITY IS SPENDING MORE
MONEY ON MOTION MOTIVATIONAL
SPEAKER TRAINING FOR POLICE
SERGEANTS THAN IT IS ON
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AT THIS
MOMENT.
AND SO, I THINK THAT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE.
SO, WE HAVE ONE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT COMPONENTS AND OTHERS
THAT I VOTED YES ON THE PACKAGE
OF AMENDMENTS THAT MAKE THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL BETTER,
AND I HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO
SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES PROPOSALS
AS WELL.
HOWEVER, THIS WILL COME AS NO
SURPRISE TO OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS, I AM GOING TO VOTE NO
ON THE WHOLE BUDGET I JUST WANT
TO MAKE IT CLEAR I VOTED YES ON
ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT MAKE
THE BUDGET MORE POSITIVE, BUT
THIS IS A VOTE ON THE BUDGET AS
A WHOLE AND I CANNOT AND HAVE
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO IN GOOD
CONSCIENCE VOTE FOR A BUDGET
THAT DESPITE THE GAINS THAT
WERE ONE OF THE COUNCIL, STILL
REPRESENTS CHANGES ON THE
MARGINS, AND WHEN YOU COMPARE
THE BUDGET THAT IS SUPPOSED TO
BE A MORAL DOCUMENT, TO THE
SOCIAL NEED OF OUR CITY, AND
THE DEEP INEQUALITY AND RACISM
IN OUR CITY, IT SIMPLY IS NOT A
MORAL DOCUMENT AS FAR AS WHAT
WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
IT CONTINUES TO RELY ON
REGRESSIVE TAXES FOR POOR AND
WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE,
CORPORATIONS CONTINUE TO GET A
FREE WIDE, IT HAS CONTINUED TO
FAIL TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING
INTELLIGENCE CRISIS DESPITE THE
CHANGES MADE TO OUR AMENDMENTS.
IT CONTINUES TO PRIORITIZE
REPRESSIVE POLICING OVER ACTUAL
JUSTICE TO OUR COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR IT PRIORITIZES REGRESSIVE
MEASURES, AND I DON'T WANT TO
BE TOLD YET AGAIN THAT SOMEHOW
THERE IS SOME PROGRESSIVE WAY
OF DOING IT BECAUSE AS AN
ECONOMIST I HAVE NEVER SEEN
CONDITION TOLLING THAT IS
PROGRESSIVE.
IF THERE IS I'M HAPPY TO
SUPPORT IT BUT AS OF NOW, THAT
IS JUST FUNDING THAT THE MAYOR
HAS PROPOSED IS SIMPLY FUNDING
PROPAGANDA TO PUSH THIS IDEA
RATHER THAN GUARANTEEING
RENTERS A RIGHT TO A LAWYER
BECAUSE IT IS NOT ENOUGH.
SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS CONTINUE
TO BE PAID POVERTY WAGES IN A
CITY WITH SOME OF THE RICHEST
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
SO, WITH ALL OF THIS INSIGHT,
THE BUDGET IS STILL FAILS TO
MEET HUMAN NEEDS, AND I REALLY
HOPE THAT BECAUSE OF THE
MANDATE THAT WE HAVE ONE THIS
YEAR, THE MOVEMENTS WILL COME
BACK NEXT YEAR WITH RENEWED
VIGOR.
WITH STRONG STATISTICAL
EVIDENCE, THAT WHEN YOU FIGHT
YOU DO WHEN BECAUSE WE SAW THAT
HAPPEN THIS YEAR, DESPITE
EVERYTHING THROWN AT US WE WERE
ABLE TO PREVAIL.
I DON'T WANT US TO REST ON OUR
LAURELS AND I HOPE THAT WHEN
JANUARY COMES AROUND, WE WILL
GET BACK TO SERIOUS ORGANIZING,
TO WIN TAXES ON BIG BUSINESS,
TO WIN RENT CONTROL AND TO MAKE
THE CITY AFFORDABLE AND
LIVABLE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS
WANT.
BEFORE WE PROCEED I DO WANT TO
REMIND EVERYONE WE HAVE A PARKS
BOARD MEETING AFTER THIS
MEETING.
JUST TO REMIND YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON THE
BUDGET?
>> A FEW.
I JUST WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN THE LAST TWO
YEARS ON THIS, YOU HAVE DONE AN
AMAZING JOB OF BALANCING THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY,
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE I
THINK ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL JOB OF
SHEPHERDING OUR INTEREST IN A
WAY THAT GETS ALL OF US WINS IN
THE AREAS WE WANT, YOU HAVE
ALSO CREATED SPACE FOR US TO
HAVE PUBLIC DEBATE IN AREAS
THAT ARE IMPORTANT AND THAT IS
NOT AN EASY BALANCE I'VE NEVER
TRIED TO MAKE THAT JOB IN MY 10
YEARS HERE.
AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE
WILLING TO MAKE A LOT OF WORK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW.
ON BREAKS, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALES?
>> I WILL BE FAST.
SO, I WANTED TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW AS WELL.
THAT IS A GOOD PICK UP FOR ME,
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE
LAST TWO YEARS OF THE PROCESS,
THAT YOU HAVE SHEPHERDED US
THROUGH AND LET US TREAT REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND, YOUR ABILITY TO PRIORITIZE
SO MANY DIFFERENT DESIRES AND
NEEDS FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES UP
HERE, REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A
SUCCESSFUL PROCESS, I ALSO WANT
TO THINK THANK COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.
AND, DO REALLY AWESOME WORK AND
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
RESPONSIVENESS, AND JUST THE
COUNTLESS NUMBER OF HOURS THAT
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE
WORKED, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET THAT
REALLY DOES REFLECT THE
COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY OWN
STAFF, CODY BREANNA FOR ALL THE
HARD WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICES
FUNDING PRIORITIES ARE INCLUDED
IN THE BUDGET I WANTED TO TAKE
A QUICK MINUTE TO GO THROUGH
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
EXCEPTIONALLY PROUD OF IN TERMS
OF ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED BY
THE CHAIR IN THE 2020 BUDGET
HAT WE WILL BE TAKING A
ON NOW.
WE WANT TO BE PROUD OF CHANTING
FULLY FUNDED POLICE OVERSIGHT
AGENCIES, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT
BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES
TO THE ORIGINALMYSTIC VIOLENCE
FIREARM UNIT TO GET DANGEROUS
GUNS OFF OF OUR STREETS.
WE HAVE ADVANCED SEVERAL
STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT TO EMPHASIZE REENTRY
WORK TO SUPPORT FORMERLY
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS
REENTERING THE ECONOMY.
WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED
STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF
OUR INVESTMENTS AND THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED FUNDING
FOR OUT-OF-THE-BOX EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION
STATIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
WE HAVE INCLUDED FUNDING FOR
LIFE STUDY FOR THE CAPITOL HILL
ECO-DISTRICT ACTIVATE PUBLIC
SPACES FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCY
AND STRONGER COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE ADVOCATED ALLOCATED
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
THOSE RELYING ON SHELTERS TINY
VILLAGES AND FOOD BANK
AMENITIES.
WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED SOME
ADDITIONAL FUNDING, AND
DIRECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING TO
EXPAND BIRTH TO THREE CHILDCARE
OPTIONS, INCLUDING INVESTING IN
DEVELOPMENT'S OF COMPETENCE OF
STRATEGIES TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND
ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY FOR
ACCESS FOR FAMILIES IN THE
UNDER THREE CHILDCARE CATEGORY.
WE HAVE ALSO DIRECTED THE
EXPANSION OF ADDITIONAL CHILD
CARE ASSISTANCE, BE PRIORITIZED
FOR INFANT CARE.
WE HAVE ALSO MODIFIED THE 80
YOU AND DAD YOU FINANCING TO
ENSURE THAT IT IS WITHIN REACH
FOR MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES WITH
A RACIAL EQUITY LENS APPLIED TO
ENSURE THAT THE FUTURE PILOT
DOES NOT UNINTENTIONALLY
EXCLUDE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
WE HAVE PROUDLY CHAMPIONED A
$750,000 PILOT PROGRAM.
THE HOME FOR GOOD PILOT PROGRAM
TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE
FACING HOUSING INSTABILITY
REALLY WANT TO THANK SO MANY OF
THE ADVOCATES, THE SEATTLE KING
COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION FOR
THEIR ADVOCACY IN BRINGING THE
ISSUE TO US, TO REALLY TALK
ABOUT WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
TAKE THIS INTERIM STEP, SO THIS
IS A HUGE INVESTMENT, REALLY
GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE
COLLABORATION.
BOTH IN CITY HALL AND OUTSIDE
OF CITY HALL, I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE IMPACT WE ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, THE
POSITIVE IMPACT WE WILL BE ABLE
TO HAVE WITH THAT INVESTMENT.
AND THEN LASTLY WE WERE ABLE TO
ESTABLISH A $375,000 RESILIENCY
FUNDS TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE NEIGHBORS FROM ONGOING
AND EMERGING THREATS FROM THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE REFUGEE
AFFAIRS, AND SO MANY OF THE
COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO HAVE
IDENTIFIED THAT WE NEED TO BE
READY IN 2020 FOR THE ONGOING
ATTACKS.
ON IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE FOLKS
WHO LIVE IN OUR CITY.
REALLY, HONORED TO BE ABLE TO
CHAMPION SOME OF THESE,
ADDITIONS TO THE 2020 BUDGET
AND AM REALLY GRATEFUL TO CHAIR
BAGSHAW FOR HEARING PRIORITIES
IN MY OFFICE AND FOR INCLUDING
THEM IN HER BUDGET AND REALLY
PROUD OF THE WORK THAT MY TEAM
HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THROUGH
THIS BUDGET PROCESS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS BUDGET REFLECTS
OUR PRIORITIES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES?
COUNCIL MEMBER AND HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU, IN ADDITION TO
APPRECIATING, HONORING,
EVALUATING AND JUST REALLY NOT,
ANY WORDS, TO SAY HOW HELPFUL
AND USEFUL THE WORK OF CENTRAL
STAFF HAS BEEN, THANK YOU, I
WANT TO ALSO THANK MY STAFF,
ALEX AND DIMITRI, THANKS TO THE
BUDGET CHAIR FOR BEING VERY
PATIENT WITH ME.
IN PARTICULAR, AND NOT PUSHING
TOO HARD WHEN SITTING DOWN, AND
FOR NOT HEARING WHAT MY BUDGET
PRIORITIES ARE, THE EXISTENCE
TO NARROWING THEM DOWN AND HOW
PATIENT YOU HAVE BEEN.
WITH ME.
IN MY RESISTANCE TO WANTING TO
GIVE ANYTHING UP.
SO I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR HOW
THIS BUDGET HAS RESULTED IN
IMPORTANT BUDGET INITIATIVES
FOR MY DISTRICT, AS WELL AS
CITYWIDE ISSUES THAT ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME.
AS FAR AS THE DISTRICT ONE
SPECIFIC PROPOSALS, I AM REALLY
EXCITED THAT THE D1 COMMUNITY
NETWORK LED THE WAY TO GET
FUNDING FOR THE WEST MARGINAL
WAY SAFE STREETS AND
ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT
THE DUWAMISH LONGHOUSE.
SPECIFICALLY, NEW FUNDING FOR
LENDING AND DESIGN OF THAT
PROJECT.
REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO, BY WORKING WITH
THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTHPARK AND
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE,
THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR SOUTHPARK
SAFETY COORDINATOR THAT
POSITION IS SO IMPORTANT TO
THAT COMMUNITY AND RAISING
THEIR VOICE TO ADDRESS THEIR
PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND NEEDS AND THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
GETTING A COMMITMENT, BUT WE
WILL RECEIVE SOME INFORMATION
FROM THE DEPARTMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS ON A STRATEGY TO
DEVELOP A COMMUNITY LED
PLAYSPACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION
INITIATIVE IN WESTWOOD AND
SOUTH STORAGE, TO HELP ADDRESS
SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES THERE.
AND, HOPEFULLY HAVE IT BE
MODELED ON THE VERY SUCCESSFUL
RAINIER BEACH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE
FOCUSED ON YOUNG PEOPLE IN THAT
COMMUNITY.
AS A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
APPROACH.
ALSO, PUTTING FORWARD THE
ONGOING AND CONTINUED FOCUS ON
THE WORK BEING DONE FOR THE
RAPID RIDE H LINE, ALLOW US TO
HAVE CONTINUED FOCUS ON THAT
WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
COMMUNITIES VOICES HEARD.
FINALLY AS IT RELATES TO
DISTRICT 1 ISSUES, APPRECIATE
THAT THE FUNDING FOR A NATURAL
CAPITAL EVALUATION STUDY IS
INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET,
THIS IS LED BY THE SEATTLE
GREEN SPACES COALITION,
SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON FOR FOUR YEARS NOW.
TO GET THE CITY TO ACTUALLY
BEGIN TO CONSIDER THE VALUE OF
OUR NATURAL ASSETS IN OUR
PLANNING PROCESS.
AND THEN, AS FAR AS THE
CITYWIDE PRIORITIES I HAVE AS
FAR AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS
RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH, WE WERE
SUCCESSFULLY ABLE TO ADD FUNDS
FOR A THIRD FIREFIGHTER CLASS
TO ADDRESS LONG-TERM STAFFING
NEEDS WHILE ALSO GIVING THE
ABILITY TO EXPAND SIZES FOR
EXISTING RECRUIT CLASSES WE
HAVE ADDED FUNDING TO EXPAND
THE INTERMENT TRASH PROGRAM OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES,
ALLOWING THEM TO PICK UP
GARBAGE AT MORE ON SHELTON AND
CAMPUS AND CAME IN LOCATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE HAVE AS HAS BEEN STATED
EARLIER, WE WORKED WITH THE
REAL CHANGE EVERYBODY WHOSE
CAMPAIGN TO FIND FIVE MOBILE
PITSTOPS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO
BATHROOMS AND HYGIENE CENTERS,
AND THEN, WE HAVE ALSO ADDED
FUNDING AGAIN FOR A PILOT
PROGRAM OF MOBILE PUMPOUT
SERVICES, TO LIMIT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE TO OUR
WATERWAYS.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, I
APPRECIATE HAVING THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH BOTH
COUNCILMEMBERS, GONZALES AND
JUAREZ, IN GETTING SOME FUNDING
INTO INITIATIVES THAT THEY HAD
ALREADY PROPOSED, TO ACTUALLY
DEAL SPECIFICALLY WITH THE
NEEDS FOR A DIAPER
DISTRIBUTION, ON ONE AREA.
DIAPER DISTRIBUTION IN SHELTERS
AND IN THE OTHER, DIAPER
DISTRIBUTION HOPEFULLY IN
CHILDCARE CENTERS.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT, IN THE
AREA OF HOUSING, ADDING FUNDING
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS FOR
TWO NEW POSITIONS TO SUPPORT
TENANT AND PROPERTY OWNER
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION,
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIVE NEW
PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WE
HAVE PASSED IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF MONTHS.
THESE MUSICIANS WILL ALLOW
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND
INSPECTIONS TO SUPPORT TENANT'S
AND HAVING THEIR RIGHTS
ENFORCED UNDER THOSE LAWS.
ALSO ADDING FUNDING FOR RENTERS
RIGHTS OUTREACH AND EDUCATION
ORGANIZING, MANY THANKS TO
WASHINGTON CAN BE SEATTLE THE
TENANTS UNION AND EYELASHES ARE
NAVIGATING FOR THAT WORK.
AND THEN OUR CONTINUED PROVISO
ON THE NAVIGATION TEAM,
APPROPRIATIONS AND HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT SO THAT
THIS COUNSEL CAN CONTINUE TO
HAVE APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT OF
THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE,
ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE LIVING IN
ENCAMPMENTS AND CONTAINING ELSE
IS MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC
SAFETY OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE
THOSE ENCHANTMENTS ARE FOUND.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES, APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECT
EXISTING FUNDS TO COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS, TO RESPOND
TO HATE VIOLENCE, AS WELL AS
SEPARATELY FROM THAT,
REQUESTING THAT THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS SPEND A PORTION OF
ITS 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET ON
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
WHICH WILL CREATE RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE APPROACHES TO
INDIVIDUALS COMMITTING HATE
CRIMES, AND ADDING TWO NEW
PERMANENT POSITIONS FOR TO THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS FOR
DISPUTE RESOLUTION MEDIATOR AND
TO HELP WITH ANTENNAS, NADER
AND ANTI-HARASSMENT TRAINING.
MANY THANKS FOR THE AREA OF
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES TO
TRANSIT FOR ALL, IN THEIR WORK
TO ADVOCATE FOR A REPORT FROM
THE DIFFERENT SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ON HOW WE CAN WORK
TO SUBSIDIZE TRANSIT PASSES FOR
HUMAN SERVICES APARTMENT
CONTRACTED SERVICE PROVIDERS,
AS WELL AS FUNDING TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES TO PROVIDE
SHUT OFF MEDICATION WHO OFTEN
DO NOT GET ADVANCE NOTICE OF
IMPENDING SHUTOFFS.
AND AND THEN, FINALLY IN THE
AREA OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND ARTS AND CULTURE, WE WANT
TO THANK THE WORKERS AND
MEMBERS OF THE LABOR MOVEMENTS
REPRESENTING THE FILM AND MUSIC
INDUSTRY FOLKS, SPECIFICALLY
LOOKING TO REDIRECT ADMISSIONS
TAX TO OED SPECIFICALLY FOR A
FILM AND MUSIC PROGRAM LEAD TO
HELP THE FILM INDUSTRY.
WE ARE HOPING TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONS TO THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE
FILM CONDITION AND PROVISO FOR
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY POLICY
ADVISOR POSITION TO REQUIRE
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FILM
INDUSTRY AND RESPONSIBILITIES
FOR THIS POSITION.
THEN LASTLY, RELATED TO ARTS,
REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE
ABILITY TO DIRECT FUNDING TO
SUPPORT THE SEATTLE REPS PUBLIC
WORKS PROGRAM, FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SEATTLE REP
TO WORK WITH MANY OF OUR
SERVICE PROVIDER AND THE
RECIPIENTS OF SERVICES IN OUR
CITY, TO GIVE THEM THE
EXPERIENCE OF PRODUCING AND
PARTICIPATING IN A LOT OF
THEATER WORK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANY WORDS
ON THE BUDGET?
WE DO HAVE TIME RESERVED IN THE
AGENDA FOR YOU ESPECIALLY?
>> YOU TOOK THE WORDS FROM MY
MOUTH.
BUT, I JUST WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW FOR
LEADING A VERY INCLUSIVE
PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO.
OKAY.
SO, LET'S VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER
32.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MUST GET A? O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
EIGHT IN FAVOR, WANT TO POST
POINT
>> BILL PASSES.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING.
PLEASE READ ITEMS 33 AND 34
TOGETHER SHORT IF YOU CAN
BUDGET AND ITEMS 33 AND 34
COUNSEL BILL 119691 RELATED TO
THE LEVYING OF PROPERTY TAXES
THE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS BOTH PASTORAL
COUNSELING COUNSEL BILL 116912
LEVYING OF TAXES BY THE CITY OF
SEATTLE FOR THE COLLECTION OF
2020 COMMUNITY COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED THE BILL PASSED.
>> QUESTIONED THE COMMENTS?
WE ARE GOOD.
OKAY.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF COUNSEL BILL 119691
POINT
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MISTRETTA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSED CHAIR WILL SIGN.
AND, ANY QUESTIONS ON NUMBER
34?
IF NOT, PLEASE CALL ROLE ON
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
BAGSHAW?
SOLACE?
HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
MOSQUEDA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED
POINT
>> BILL PASSES CHAIR WILL SIGN.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION TO COMMITTEE.
>> THE REPORT OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND TREPIDATION
COMMITTEE COUNSEL BILL 11974,
RELATING TO THE SALE OF
STREETCAR, THE COMMITTEE WILL
COMMENCE THE BILL PASSED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN?
>> THANK YOU AS I MENTIONED
THIS MORNING THIS IS A LOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND
KING COUNTY FOR OPERATION OF
THE EXISTING STREETCAR SYSTEMS,
THAT IS THE ONE ON FRISCO,
CAPITOL HILL AND THE ONE IN
SOUTH LAKE UNION.
THIS WILL RENEW THE EXISTING
AGREEMENT WHICH EXPIRES AT THE
END OF THE YEAR.
A COUPLE OF CHANGES, ONE IS
THIS WILL BE A FIVE-YEAR
AGREEMENT, WITH AN OPTION FOR
THE CITY TO EXTEND THE
AGREEMENT FOR TWO MORE FIVE-
YEAR TERMS.
WE ALSO WILL BE MOVING TOWARDS
A MONTHLY RECONCILIATION SYSTEM
AS OPPOSED TO WHAT HAD BEEN AN
ANNUAL SYSTEM FOR A WHILE, AND
SHIFTING SOME OF THE
MAINTENANCE REQUIRED FOR THE
STREETCAR BINDS TO THE COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
BRIAN.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE PASSAGE
OF THE BILL POINT
>> PACHECO?
SAWANT?
SHAH?
GONZALES?
HERBOLD?
RS?
MISTRETTA?
O'BRIEN?
PRESIDENT HARRELL?
NINE IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED
POINT
>> PASSED CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> ITEMS 36, PETITION FOR LOCAL
CROSSING, LLLP TO VACATE A
PORTION OF FERDINAND AVENUE
SOUTH AND SOUTH WILL
ILLUSTRATE.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
EVOCATION BE GRANTED AS BUT
CONDITION POINT
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> THANK YOU, THIS IS GOING TO
VACATE A PORTION OF 39th AVENUE
SOUTH JUST SOUTH OF SOUTH
WILLOW STREET.
THIS IS FOR A PRIVATE
DEVELOPER, DOING A AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECT, A LITTLE OVER
200 UNITS AT 60% AMI, WITHOUT
CITY HOUSING LEVY OR OTHER
FUNDS, THEY DID GET A LOAN FROM
THE CITY'S ACQUISITION FUNDS TO
ACQUIRE THE LAND WHEN THE
PROJECT IS COMPLETE THEY WILL
BE PAYING THAT BACK SO THERE
WILL BE NO PERMANENT CITY
DOLLARS BUT WE DID GET 20 YEARS
OF PERMANENT 60% AMI
AFFORDABILITY FOR THE 200
UNITS.
THERE ARE THE PUBLIC BENEFITS
INCLUDING PUBLIC SPACES, AND I
BELIEVE IT $25,000 DONATIO TO
A PROJECT A BLOCK AWAY.
WHICH IS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN
PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE
STREETSCAPE.
THIS PROJECT AND THE INVESTMENT
IN THAT OTHER PROJECT ARE ALL
NEAR THE LIGHT RAIL STATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
IF NOT, THOSE IN FAVOR OF
GRANTING THE PETITION AS
CONDITIONED, PLEASE VOTE BY.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES, PETITION IS
GRANTED US CONDITION, CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 37 POINT
PLEASE READ 37 POINT
>> CITY COUNCIL ITEM 37
COUNTABLE 119 28 THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED THE BILL PASS AS
AMENDED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU I MOVE COUNSEL
BILL 288 BE HELD INDEFINITELY.
>> WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT
THIS, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED AND, THAT THIS BILL BE
SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION,
PLEASE VOTE.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
SAY NO AND RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE MESSAGE ALEX'S MESSAGE HAS
PASSED BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU
WE HAVE A MEETING FOR THE PARKS
BOARD, I WANT TO SAY IN OTHER
BUSINESS THERE IS A LITTLE
BUSINESS I WOULD LIKE TO
MENTION BEFORE WE BREAK, AS YOU
MENTIONED, THIS IS
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO'S LAST
VISIT WITH US HERE ON THE DAIS.
I WILL START OFF BY SAYING, IT
HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE JOY AND
PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.
I HAVE FOUND YOU TO BE NOT ONLY
A HARD WORKER AND VERY SERIOUS
ABOUT ALL THESE ISSUES, BUT A
PERSON WITH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF
CONSCIOUSNESS, OF VOTING HIS
CONSCIENCE, VOTING HIS VALUES
AND I RESPECT THAT.
AND, I WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK
WE LEARN FROM YOU AS WELL
ALTHOUGH AMY I MAY HAVE TWO
YEARS ON YOU, I HAVE
APPRECIATED HOW YOU HAVE
NAVIGATED THE COMPLICITY OF
THIS JOB WITH CLASS.
SO, THANK YOU FOR SERVING WITH
US, AND I WILL BE THERE WITH
YOU OFF THE COUNSEL RANKS SOON
AS WELL BUT I GUESS I HAVE A
FEW MORE WEEKS.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
FOR SERVING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO THE LAST
WORD, UNLESS ANYONE WOULD LIKE
TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE, AND I DO
HAVE, THIS IS THE OTHER
BUSINESS, TOO, SO IF THERE IS
AN EXCUSE I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
LET ME KNOW THERE AS WELL.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SHARE
A FEW THOUGHTS OR WORDS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
HIS MOM AND DAD ARE HERE YOU
MAY WANT TO MAKE THEM SHINE A
LITTLE BIT.
>> OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO LET
AN OPPORTUNITY SLIP TO SAY
THINGS TO MOM AND DAD.
I WOULD TO SAY THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE SUN THAT YOU HAVE
RAISED, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE
WORKING WITH YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU OFF
THE DAIS AND IN OTHER
CAPACITIES IN THE FUTURE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO FOR PUTTING YOUR NAME
FORWARD FOR WANTING TO BE IN
THIS SEAT AND FOR ALL THE GOOD
WORK YOU HAVE DONE HERE, IT HAS
BEEN AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO
WORK WITH YOU.
THANK YOU, AND WHILE I WILL NOT
BE HERE FOR YOUR VERY LAST DAY
IT HAS BEEN TRULY A GREAT
PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU
IN THIS ROLE AND I'M SURE WE
WILL SEE YOU AGAIN.
SO, THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY AND GOOD LUCK TO YOUR
SISTER.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL
THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF
OF D4, YOU HAVE BEEN A GREATER
PERCENTAGE OF.
VERY QUICKLY, THANK YOU TO ALL
OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE YOU
FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
BUT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL
OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE
WITH OUR OFFICE OVER THE LAST
TWO YEARS, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
ARE NOT COMING BACK INCLUDING
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE
DONE.
I WILL BE TRYING TO SIT NEXT TO
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ NEXT YEAR
BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH SHE
LIKES SITTING NEXT TO ME AND MY
SPEECHES.
IT HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT
HONOR, SO THANKS TO EVERYONE,
AND COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, WE
WILL SEE YOU AROUND I'M SURE I
HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, THANKS
FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO, I AM NOT SURE THIS IS
TOTALLY ACCURATE BUT I REMEMBER
THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD AT BK
ALL DOWNSTAIRS A NUMBER OF
YEARS AGO.
AND YOU EXPRESSED THE TIME,
DESIRE AND PASSION FOR MAKING
THE CITY A BETTER PLACE AND I
APPRECIATE HOW YOU HAVE SHOWN
UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN, TO LIVE
UP TO THOSE VALUES THAT I KNOW
YOU HOLD DEARLY, AND HAVING
THIS BRIEF OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH YOU, YOU SERVED HONORABLY,
AND IT'S A SHORT STINT, BUT IT
WAS GREAT OF YOU TO STEP
FORWARD AND TO BE WILLING TO DO
THAT.
AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE HOW OUR
PATHS CROSSED IN THE FUTURE, SO
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS
PLEASE?
>> WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
-- WELL, LET ME JUST REALLY
QUICKLY, IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING
ROLLER COASTER TO BE SERVING
ALONGSIDE YOU, THANK YOU.
TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALONGSIDE
YOU MY OWN D 14, MAHALIK,
CONNOR, JERRY, COLLEAGUES THE
SIX VARIANCE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY
REWARDING AND HUMBLING.
OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS WE GOT
TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT TOGETHER,
REFORM, AMENDMENTS TO BUILD ON
THE HOTEL WORKERS ORDINANCES,
SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
A MOBILE FOOD BANK FOR LOW
INCOME FAMILIES, A MUCH-NEEDED
ELEVATOR TO MEET THE UNIVERSITY
HEIGHTS CENTER, 1.5 MILLION FOR
THE RELOCATION OF THE RICH
YOUNG ADULT CENTER, FUNDING
CONTINUAL MENTAL HEALTH
DISTRICT FOR BALLARD, RENEWAL
FOR DOCKET ASSISTANCE NEXT
YEAR, 250,000 TO HELP BUILD
ELIAS PARK, A PARK FOR ALL AGES
AND ABILITIES NEXT TO THE
RONALD McDONALD HOUSE, AND
FUNDING AND ESTABLISHING A SAFE
PARKING LOT FOR INDIVIDUALS
EXPERIENCING VEHICULAR
HOMELESSNESS.
SLIDES AND PROVISOS THAT
CONTINUE TO BUILD ON
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES,
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE AS WELL AS GREEN
BUILDING STANDARDS THAT WILL
KEEP MOVING THE CAMERA FORWARD
FOR OUR CITY AND WE DID ALL OF
THAT TOGETHER.
JUST LIKE I TOLD MY PARENTS
WHEN I MOVE TO SEATTLE.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO SEATTLE I
WAS ALONE AND SCARED.
THE PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS
INDUSTRY FOR SHAPED ME SINCE
THE GRAD SCHOOL.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO
REPRESENT AND SERVE YOU.
AND AN HONOR TO BUILD ON THE
LEGACY OF COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
LESLIE COLLEAGUES, EVERY MONDAY
WE HAD A SPECIAL VIEWER AT 2:00
P.M.
MY MOTHER.
AND, SHE IS HERE TODAY ON MY
LAST DAY AS WELL AS MY DAD,
BECAUSE WE WILL BE CELEBRATING
THANKS GIVING TOGETHER, THERE
IS A LOT FOR ME TO BE THANKFUL
FOR.
NOT JUST THIS OPPORTUNITY, BUT
FOR THEM.
MY DREAM WAS TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE, AND TO MAKE MY
PARENTS PROUD.
>> SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS
STORY, BUT AS A KID, I WAS SO
OFTEN IN TROUBLE, THE DEAN OF
STUDENTS HAD MY DAD'S BUSINESS
CARD ON HIS ROLODEX.
I WAS SUSPENDED MORE TIMES THAN
I CAN COUNT, AND ALMOST
EXPELLED TWICE.
THE JOURNEY OVER THE LAST 14
YEARS, TO BE HERE, HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLY REWARDING.
BUT, I WANT TO THANK EACH OF
YOU.
EACH OF YOU HAVE GIVEN ME SUCH
AN INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE, AND
HELP ME GROW NOT ONLY AS AN
INDIVIDUAL BUT AS A
PROFESSIONAL, AND AS A MAN.
SO, THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU.
AND MOM, DAD, WE GET TO GO BACK
TO BEING PRIVATE CITIZENS AND
HAVING FUN.
I CANNOT THANK YOU BOTH ENOUGH.
MY DREAM WAS INSPIRED BY BOTH
OF YOU.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO.
WELL DONE.
>> [ APPLAUSE ] ARE THE ANY
FURTHER METHOD FOR THE COUNCIL?
IF NOT WE WILL RECONVENE AT THE
PARKS BOARD AT 5:15.
5:15 WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE
DAIS WITH THAT WE STAND
ADJOURNED.