>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE IN CITY HALL FOR
THE DECEMBER 8, 2018 MEETING TO
COME TO ORDER, IT IS 2:00 P.M.
I AM BRUCE HARRELL.
>> HERE.
>> JOHNSON?
>> HERE.
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE
TO MOVE TO ADOPT THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
I BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN SECONDED
BUT I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE,
JUST ONE MOMENT.
WE WILL HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO
IT, IN ORDER TO DO THAT I WILL
MOVE TO SUSPEND THE COUNCIL
ROLES RELATED TO THE
CIRCULATION A PROPOSED
RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND
ADOPTION BEFORE 5:00 P.M.
ON THE PROCEEDING PRECEDING
BUSINESS DAY.
THERE IS NO OBJECTION I WILL
SUSPEND THAT WHICH WE TALKED
ABOUT DURING THE BRIEFING THIS
MORNING AND HAVING SAID THAT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO AMEND THE
PROPOSAL FOR THE CALENDAR?
>> I MOVED TO AMEND THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR BY
INTRODUCING RESOLUTION 31858
ENTITLED A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING
AND COMMENDING THE VALIDITY AND
APPLICATION OF THE UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO
PEACE AND HUMAN DIGNITY
EVERYWHERE, BY REFERRING TO THE
CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION AT
TODAY'S MEETING.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
MOVED AND SECONDED AND STATED BY
COUNCILMEMBER ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE I,
OPPOSED?
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL HAS
BEEN AMENDED.
I WILL VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF
ADOPTING THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR AS AMENDED
PLEASE VOTE I. OPPOSED?
THE I'S HAVE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
I DO NOT SEE ANY AMENDMENTS.
FOR TODAY'S AGENDA THAT HAVE
CHANGED, THE MINUTES OF THE
DECEMBER 3 2018 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING HAVE BEEN REVIEWED IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES WILL BE ASSIGNED, THE
MINUTES ARE BEING SIGNED.
PRESENTATIONS, I'M NOT AWARE OF
ANY PRESENTATIONS TODAY BUT I
WANT TO THINK ALL OF YOU FOR
COMING OUT.
WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS,
THE THIRD-GRADERS FROM THE
ACADEMY THANK YOU FUTURE
VOTERS.
A LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE
DID WHEN I CALLED THE VOTE
EARLIER.
WHEN WE VOTE ON DOCUMENTS HERE
WE TYPICALLY HAVE TO HAVE THEM
IN WRITING A CERTAIN DAY.
THE FRIDAY BEFORE, BUT
SOMETIMES BECAUSE THE DOCUMENTS
ARE NOT QUITE PREPARED WE HAVE
TO AMEND THE RULES IN ORDER FOR
US TO CONSIDER THEM TODAY AND
WE HAVE SOME EXCITING
LEGISLATION DEALING WITH OUR
RIGHTS AS HUMAN BEINGS, HUMAN
RIGHTS THAT WE WILL BE
PRESENTED TO LATER TODAY.
SO WE SUSPENDED THE RULES IN
ORDER TO CONSIDER THAT.
AT THIS POINT WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT
APPEAR ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR THE
WORKPLAN OR THE INTRODUCTION
RFERRAL CALENDAR AND I WILL
CALL YOU OUT IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH YOU HAVE SIGNED UP.
WE START OFF WITH CHARLES DAVIS
FOLLOWED BY THE REVEREND
GILLETTE TWO MINUTES EACH AND
WELCOME TO CITY HALL.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THIS WORKING?
>> YES IT IS.
>> I AM CHARLES DAVIS, I LIVE
ON NORTH BEACON HILL IN YOUR
DISTRICT AND I LIVED IN SEATTLE
NEARLY ALL MY LIFE, SINCE MY
FAMILY MOVED HERE IN 1938,
EXCEPT FOR A FEW YEARS IN THE
NAVY AND I WAS THE LONGEST TIME
I HAVE BEEN AWAY.
MY CONCERN WITH THIS FINE
DOCUMENT IS TO EMPHASIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE CLAUSE ABOUT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE AN ENORMOUS
HAZARD EVEN WITHOUT WAR.
THEY HAVE ACCIDENTS.
THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF
ACCIDENTS REPORTED, WE DON'T
KNOW ABOUT THE UNREPORTED.
IF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON WAS
AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY, WE
úWOULD BE THE THIRD LARGEST
HOLDER OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
BECAUSE OF THAT COMPLEX ACROSS
THE SOUND AT BANGOR AT HOOD
CANAL.
IT SEEMS LIKE A FEDERAL ISSUE.
IT IS A VERY LOCAL ISSUE FOR US.
IT IS ONLY 20 MILES AWAY.
WE REALLY NEED TO GET RID OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THERE WAS A VERY FINE
RESOLUTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYORS
EARLIER THIS YEAR AND OUR NINTH
DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN ADAM SMITH
IS PUSHING FOR A NO FIRST USE
RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE
A POLICY THAT WE WOULD NOT BE
THE FIRST TO USE NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
YOU NEED TO GET RID OF THEM ALL
BUT IT HAS TO BE TAKEN A STEP
AT A TIME SO IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT THAT THIS RESOLUTION
EMPHASIZES THE DANGERS OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
AND WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THEM.
AND I URGE YOU NOT JUST TO PASS
THAT BUT PLEASE TALK ABOUT WHEN
YOU DO MEET OUR SENATORS AND
REPRESENTATIVES, TO EMPHASIZE
THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THE
AMERICAN POLICY CHANGED IN
REGARDS TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
>> THANK YOU.
CALLING REVEREND DICK GILLETTE
WILL BE MICHAEL RAMOSE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS DICK GILLETTE I AM A
RETIRED EPISCOPAL AND I HAVE
BEEN CONCERNED WITH SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR
MANY DECADES.
I AM MOST GRATEFUL TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR
TAKING THIS RESOLUTION AND
PROPOSING IT AND I AM LIKEWISE
VERY APPRECIATIVE OF MICHAEL
RAMOS OF THE CHURCH COUNCIL OF
GREATER SEATTLE AND THE FAITH
ACTION NETWORK. IT IS WORTH
CONSIDERING TODAY THE
CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION CAME INTO
BEING BACK IN 1948.
WORLD WAR II, THE WORLD WAR II
PEACE WAS SHORT-LIVED.
1946 TO 1948 WERE THE VERY
YEARS IN WHICH A NEW COLD WAR
BETWEEN THE USSR AND THE WEST
WAS DEVELOPED.
MAJOR NEW CONFLICTS WERE
ERUPTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND
AFRICA AND THE FAR EAST. CHINA
WAS ABOUT TO GO COMMUNIST IN
1949.
YET IN THE MIDST OF THESE NEW
CONFLICTS AN ASTOUNDING ARRAY
OF DIPLOMATS, STATESMEN AND
WOMEN AND PROMINENT LITERARY
FIGURES BUCKLED DOWN UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF WOULD YOU GUESS
WHO?
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT.
THE RESULT WAS AND IS THE
DECLARATION.
IT WAS FORGED IN THE MIDST OF
THESE NEW CONFLICTS AND THERE
WERE GREAT TUGS OF WAR BETWEEN
THE SOVIETS AND THE WEST WITH
ALL CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND
HAVING A VOICE.
TODAY, GIVEN THE MORAL SEISMIC
JOLT OF THE RECENT MURDER
INSIDE THE TURKISH CONSULATE WE
HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO
LOOK AGAIN AT THE ISSUE OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
I TRUST THAT THE CELEBRATION OF
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THIS
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION MIGHT
MOVE US AWAY FROM ANY SUPPOSE
IT MORAL HIGH GROUND WE MIGHT
INDULGE IN.
TO APPLY THE SPECIFIC ARTICLES
OF THIS ASTOUNDING DECLARATION
TO THE MANIFOLD AND JUSTICES
THAT CONTINUE RIGHT HERE IN OUR
SEATTLE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> FOLLOWING MICHAEL RAMOS WILL
BE AMY, I CANNOT MAKE IT OUT.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON I'M MICHAEL
RAMOSE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR
RESOLUTION UPHOLDING AND
AFFIRMING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE PRACTICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN
OUR NATION, INTERNATIONALLY AND
LOCALLY.
ON THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, PEOPLE OF FAITH
AND GOOD WILL RECOGNIZE LIVING
BY THE PRINCIPLES IN THE
DECLARATION AND ENACTING
POLICIES AND LAWS TO HONOR THE
DIGNITY OF EVERY HUMAN BEING
AND FOSTERING A JUST AND
EQUITABLE SOCIETY ARE NEEDED
MORE THAN EVER.
AS IMMIGRANTS ARE UNDER ATTACK
PEOPLE OF COLOR FACE
DISCRIMINATION, MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES FACE VIOLENCE,
ECONOMIC EXCLUSION GROSS AND
INTERSECTING CORPORATE AND
MILITARY ELITES PERPETUATE THE
NUCLEAR ARMS RACE AND CLIMATE
CHANGE.
THE DECLARATION OFFERS A WORD
OF TRUTH AND HOPE THAT WE ARE
CHARGED FOR HER FUTURE OR
NEGLECT AT OUR OWN PERIL.
THE LAND WE WHICH WE STAND IS
NOT OURS, SEATTLE MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. COUNTY AND OUR NATION
MUST AIM HIGH TO PROMOTE THE
INTEGRITY OF MOTHER EARTH AND
EVERY HUMAN BEING.
THE DECLARATION POINTS US TO A
GLOBAL ETHIC OF SOLIDARITY AND
COMPASSION, LET IT INSPIRE US
TO PAY IT FORWARD, THE LIFT OF
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
AND FAMILIES TRYING TO STAY IN
THEIR HOME, LET IT LEAD US TO
ACCESS IN INVESTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND SENIORS IN
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE SELF
ORGANIZED FOR ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE.
LET IT MOVE US TO ENSURE LOCAL
STAKEHOLDERS AREN'T -- ARE
INCLUDED AS PROPOSALS ARE
DISCUSSED THAT IMPACT THEM.
LET US BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
PRACTICES AND SYSTEMS THAT ARE
IN NEED OF REFORM AND LET THE
DECLARATION NOT JUST BE A
DOCUMENT GATHERING DUST BUT A
VEHICLE OF TRANSFORMATION FOR
THE LIFE OF RESIDENTS, WORKERS
AND THOSE SEEKING COMMUNITY
WELL-BEING AND HEALTH WITHOUT
EXCLUSION.
THANK YOU SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
FOR REMEMBERING THAT WE ARE TO
BE THE CHANGE THAT WE WANT TO
SEE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
SORRY I DID NOT SEE HER LAST
NAME BUT FOLLOWING AMY WILL BE
--
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON
MY NAME IS AMY AND I AM A UNION
REPRESENTATIVE AT THE
PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL EMPLOYEE
LOCAL 17.
PTE 17 REPRESENTS 9000 MEMBERS
IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON.
IN ADDITION WE REPRESENT ALMOST
3000 CITY EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
I AM PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY TO
ASK TO PLEASE SUPPORT THE
LEGISLATION THAT COUNCIL WILL
BE VOTING ON HERE THIS
AFTERNOON.
THE EMPLOYEE OFFICE ORDINANCE.
I WAS A MEMBER OF THE IDT THAT
WAS INITIATED BY THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS
MYSELF AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER
MEMBERS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE
WORKED TO MEET THE MAYOR'S
DIRECTIVE.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE
OFFICE BECAUSE NOW EMPLOYEES
WILL HAVE AN INDEPENDENT PLACE,
A SAFE PLACE TO DISCUSS
WORKPLACE CONDUCT.
IN ADDITION AT THIS OFFICE THEY
WILL FEEL SUPPORTED AND HEARD.
THEY WILL HAVE ADVOCATES TO
ASSIST AND HELP THEM ASSESS
THEIR OPTIONS.
IN ADDITION THEY WILL LEARN
ABOUT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO
THEM AND REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES
WILL BRING THEIR UNION
REPRESENTATIVE WITH THEM. I
WOULD LIKE TO THINK BACK
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND HER
COMMITTEE FOR TAKING ACTION ON
THIS ORDINANCE AND PASSING IT
OUT OF THEIR SUBCOMMITTEE LAST
WEEK.
AGAIN THIS IS A STEP TO
PROVIDING A WORKPLACE THAT IS
SAFE FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES
FREE OF INTIMIDATION,
HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
FOLLOWING JEFF WILL BE STEVE
GILLESPIE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS
JEFF AND I AM THE PROVOST FROM
SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY.
I AM STANDING IN FOR THE
PRESIDENT DAN MARTIN WHO HAD TO
BE OUT OF TOWN BUT I'M HERE TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE
AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN.
THIS HAS BEEN AN AMENDMENT WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG
TIME GOING BACK TO AT LEAST 2016
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD WITH
THE CITY, WITH NEIGHBORS
INCLUDING THOSE IN THE
INDUSTRIAL SECTION ADJACENT TO
CAMPUS.
WE THINK WE HAVE REACHED A GOOD
CONSENSUS WITH OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO I BELIEVE
ARE SUPPORTING THIS.
THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN IN THE SAME
PLACE IN SEATTLE FOR 127 YEARS.
WHEN IT WAS FOUNDED SEATTLE HAD
40,000 RESIDENTS, BUT AS
SEATTLE HAS GROWN AND MATURED
AND BECAME A WORLD-CLASS CITY,
THE UNIVERSITY HAS GROWN UP
RIGHT ALONGSIDE IT.
SO WE HAVE GROWN IN RANKING AND
REPUTATIONS AND SO FORTH.
THIS SORT OF MUTUAL MATURATION
HAS ALLOWED US TO ALL THE WAY
ALONG THE LINE WORK CLOSELY
WITH THE CITY AND WORK HARD AT
BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE INTENDING
TO DO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THIS WILL ENABLE US TO COME
FORWARD WITH A MASTER PLAN THAT
ALLOWS US TO THINK THROUGH HOW
WE WOULD USE THE AREA NORTH OF
NICKERSON AND IT DOES NOT DO
ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVELY OTHER
THAN ALLOW THE CONVERSATION TO
BE CONTINUED AND TO ENGAGE WITH
NEIGHBORS AND THE CITY AROUND
FUTURE PLANS FOR THIS PARCEL.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT
FOR THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.>> THANK
YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, STEVE
GILLESPIE.
FOSTER PEPPER SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF SEATTLE PACIFIC I AM
EXCITED TO BE ADDRESSING THE
COUNCIL AND BUNCH OF THIRD-
GRADERS SO THANK YOU FOR COMING
AND I WOULD LIKE TO URGE
SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED PLAN
AMENDMENT.
I WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT THIS
WILL DO AND WHAT IT WILL NOT
DO.
WHAT IT DOES, IT MOVES THE
EASTERN BOUNDARY.
IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION OR THE
INDUSTRIAL ZONING FOR THE
PROPERTY.
IT DOES NOT ESTABLISH A NEW
MAJOR INSTITUTION OVERLAY AS
YOU KNOW THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN
THREE MAJOR INSTITUTION MASTER
PLAN WHICH IS A YEARS LONG
PROCESS INVOLVING GIVE-AND-TAKE
AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
COMMUNITY THE CITY THE
INSTITUTION AND STAKEHOLDERS.
THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS NOT
THE IT, THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF THE DISCUSSION.
SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE TO
APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT TO ALLOW
US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK
EVERYONE FURTHER WORK ON THIS.
THE COMMITTEE CHAIR JOHNSON,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW, THE
UNIVERSITY IS IN HER DISTRICT
AND SHE HAS BEEN A VERY CAPABLE
REPRESENTATIVE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YOUR
STAFF, CENTRAL STAFF ON THE
EXECUTIVE SIDE.
A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS OF HELP
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
SO WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, THE LAST TWO
SPEAKERS I HAVE ARE ALEX
FOLLOWED BY THE HONORABLE
MICHAEL FULLER.
>> OKAY.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
HONORABLE MICHAEL FULLER.
>> WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
>> YES I AM THE HONORABLE
MICHAEL FULLER.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO, FIRST I
WOULD LIKE TO, EXCUSE ME.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND
GEORGE H.W.
BUSH WHO IN FACT SERVED IN THE
UNITED STATES NAVY DURING WORLD
WAR II.
ALSO, THE 41st PRESIDENT AS THE
OLDEST.
IN HISTORY.
NOW I REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
YOU ALL THAT TOOK THE OATH --
YOUR OATH OF OFFICE.
I FEEL IT IS A BREACH OF
CONTRACT, BREACH OF INTENT,
MORE IMPORTANTLY WITH PRESIDENT
BRUCE HARRELL.
YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR CONTRACT
IN VIOLATION OF OUR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT AND 14th
AMENDMENT RIGHT AND PROCEDURE
OF DUE PROCESS.
YOU DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY
OVER WE THE PEOPLE WHEN YOU BEG
FOR THE CONSTITUENT VOTE SO IT
IS A PROBLEM WITH YOU, BRUCE
HARRELL AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO
REPRESENT MY DADDY THAT SERVED
THIS COUNTRY.
2 1/2 DECADES BUT I AM LOOKING
AT VETERANS SLEEPING ON THE
STREETS AND THEN I AM LOOKING
AT 338, $338 BILLION BEING
WASTED ON UNAUTHORIZED AND
UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS.
AFTER ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR THE
VETERANS.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL ASK SOMEBODY, THANK YOU.
SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR
PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
BEFORE WE GET INTO BUSINESS
INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF THE
BILLS I WANTED TO SAY AS PART
OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND SOME
LIBERTIES HERE THAT I WOULD ASK
THAT WE KNOW WE LOST A MEMBER
SERVING ON THE SEATAC COUNCIL,
WE LOST HER OVER THE WEEKEND
AND I JUST THOUGHT IT VERY
APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A FEW
MOMENTS OF SILENCE.
IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT HER OR TO HER
FAMILY, NOW WOULD BE A GOOD
TIME BUT IF I DON'T SEE ANY
HANDS RAISED.
JUST TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO HAVE
A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
IT WAS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT
WE LOST HER IN MANY COMMUNITIES
AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE GRIEVING
AS ARE MANY OF US SO LET'S HAVE
A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR
THE PAYMENT OF THE BILL
SECTION.>> COUNSEL BILL CB
119424 OF OPERATING MONEY TO
PAY CERTAIN AUDITOR CLAIMS AND
ORDERING THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
>> MOVIEPASS CB 119424.
MOVED AND SECONDED ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.>> I.
>> I.
>> SIX IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.>>
PLEASE READ THE FIRST COMMITTEE
REPORT.
>> REPORT OF THE PLANNING LAND
USE AND ZONING COMMITTEE AGENDA
ITEM 1 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
LAND USE AND ZONING TO
INCORPORATE CHANGES PROPOSED AS
PART OF THE 2017-2018
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ANNUAL
AMENDMENT PROCESS THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT THE BILL
PASSED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.
>> OUR FIRST ITEM TODAY IS THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS
WE DO THROUGH THE USUAL PLAN
AMENDMENT PROCESS, THE FIRST IS
THE AMENDMENT TO LAND-USE GOAL
SIX WHICH WOULD CLARIFY THAT
PART OF OUR OBJECTIVE AS A CITY
IS TO LOWER CONSTRUCTION COST
TO REDUCE THE COST OF HOUSING
AND INCREASE ACCESS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED
THE PASSGE OF THIS.
THE SECOND IS WHAT WE HEARD
ABOUT DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY
TODAY WHICH IS A REFLECTION OF
A BOUNDARY CHANGE IN THE
INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING
DISTRICT.
TO REFLECT THE ABILITY FOR A
COUPLE OF PIECES OF LAND TO BE
CONSIDERED BY SEATTLE PACIFIC
UNIVERSITY AS PART OF THEIR
MAJOR INSTITUTION MASTER PLAN
PROCESS.
THIS AREA IS NOT UNIQUELY
ACCESSIBLE TO THE WATER OR
REGIONAL HIGHWAYS, IT WOULD
KEEP EVERYTHING IN THE
SHORELINE DISTRICT PART, WE
HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM
PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA
INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE NORTH SEATTLE INDUSTRIAL
ASSOCIATION.
SO WE DO NOT SEE ANY REASON WHY
WE WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH
THIS.
THERE WAS CONCERN BROUGHT TO US
BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION
DURING DELIBERATIONS ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THIS IS KIND OF A ONE-
OFF CHANGE TO THE INDUSTRIAL
LANDS PROCESS.
WE ARE WAITING A LARGER SCALE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A TASK
FORCE BUT GIVEN THIS HAS BEEN
THREE YEARS SITTING ON THE
SIDELINES WE THOUGHT IT
APPROPRIATE TO MAKE THIS CHANGE
TO THE FUTURE LAND USE TO ALLOW
FOR SEATTLE PACIFIC TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THEIR POTENTIAL
MAJOR INSTITUTION MASTER PLAN
AND ELIMINATE CONFUSION.
WITH THAT UNLESS THERE ARE
QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION
I WOULD MOVE ADOPTION OF
COUNSEL BILL 119424.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS
LEGISLATION?
SO WE DON'T NEED A MOTION OR
SECOND.
IT IS COMING OUT OF COMMITTEE
SO PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> QUICK COMMENT IF I MIGHT.
I WANTED TO THANK THE CHAIR FOR
HIS WORK ON THIS AND THE
PLANNIN COMMISSION HAVE DONE
TREMENDOUS WORK RECENTLY TO
BRING TO LIGHT SOME OF THE
ISSUES OF PUTTING NEEDED POLICY
CHANGES ON THE BACKGROUND AND
THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THAT
ARE CREATED.
THIS IS A GOOD PIECE OF
LEGISLATION I AM HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THE CHAIR AND PLANNING
COMMISSION IN ADVANCING THIS.
AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED THERE'S
A DEEP DESIRE FROM THIS BODY TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE
COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION 3176
TO PROVIDE RECOMMENATIONS OF
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY
RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL LANDS
INCLUDING POLICIES TO
STRENGTHEN LONG-TERM VIABILITY
OF MANUFACTURING, INDUSTRIAL
CENTERS AND REEVALUATION OF THE
STADIUM DISTRICT IN 2018.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE POINT
THAT WAS MADE IS THAT IT IS AT
THE END OF 2018 AND WE HAVE NOT
SEEN RECOMMENDATIONS.
I AGREE IT IS AN IMPORTANT
FIRST STEP TO MOVE FORWARD OR
COMPONENT TO MOVE FORWARD
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE BROAD
SWATH OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE
REACHED OUT AND SUPPORT.
I KNOW WITH THE CHAIR'S
LEADERSHIP WE HAVE A HUGE
AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY TO
ADVANCE A CONVERSATION AROUND A
TRUE APPREHENSIVE PLAN RELATED
TO INDUSTRIAL LANDS SO WE ARE
NOT TAKING THAT STEP NOW BUT I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE
THE COMMITTEE DESIRE TO GET
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE IN
THE COMPREHENSIVE OR IN THE
MISSION WE CAN MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN
UPDATES AS YOU DESCRIBE IT IS
CRITICAL.>> COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
MY COLLEAGUES IN THE AUDIENCE.
JEFF, STEVE MUST BE YOU HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS AND I'M HONORED
TO BE WORKING AND SUPPORTING
SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY.
SO THANK YOU WE WILL SEE IF WE
CAN'T GET THIS MOVING.>> THANK
YOU.
WITH NO OTHER COMMENTS PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.>> I, I, I, I, I, I.>>
PLEASE READ NUMBER TO MAKE.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119426
ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND-USE
AND ZONING GRANTING
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2018
SEATTLE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN AND
AMENDING CHAPTER 23.32 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE PAGES 61, 62,
63, 77, 78, 79, 80 AND 81.>>
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.
>> THIS BILL IN THE NEXT CLICK
FILE FOLLOWING IT ARE RELATED
TO THE 2 1/2 YEAR MAJOR
INSTITUTION MASTER PLAN PROCESS
THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON SEATTLE CAMPUS HAS
BEEN UNDERGOING.
WE AS A COUNCIL AND THE CITY
HAVE A PARTICULAR AGREEMENT
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS DANCE
ON THE AGREEMENT UNTIL TODAY
AND TODAY'S THE FINAL SET OF
ACTIONS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO
GET OUR VERSION OF THIS COUNSEL
BILL ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
I WANT TO START BY TALKING
ABOUT WHAT IS IN HERE AND WHAT
IT WILL DO AND THEN ASK PEOPLE
IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS OR
THOUGHTS AND THEN WE WILL
CONCLUDE.
IN RESPONSE TO THE RAPID GROWTH
OF THE CITY THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON SUBMITTED TO THIS
COUNSEL A DRAFT MASTER PLAN AND
FOLLOWING INPUT A FINAL MASTER
PLAN WHICH THEN WENT TO THE
CITY EXAMINER AND THE CITY
UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
ALL OF THOSE BODIES OF
INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTION WEIGHED IN ON THE
PROPOSAL AND THE HEARINGS
EXAMINER HELD A HEARING WITH
PARTIES OF RECORD INCLUDING
SEVERAL FOLKS FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
THE HEARING EXAMINER THEN
RECOMMENDED ADOPTION OF THE
MAJOR INSTITUTION MASTER PLAN
WITH SOME CONDITIONS.
AND THE COUNCIL ADDED IMPORTANT
CONDITIONS.
ONE WAS REQUIRING WASHINGTON TO
PROVIDE 300 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AT 80% A MI ON TOP OF
THE 150 UNITS THAT THE EXAMINER
HAD CONDITIONED TO REDUCE THE
DRIVE ALONE RATE TO THE
UNIVERSITY FROM 15% TO 12%.
WITH SOME INTERIM GOALS TIE TO
THE OPENING OF LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS INCLUDING PARKING
ASSOCIATED WITH RESIDENCY HALLS
AND CAPS ON PARKING SPACES AND
TO LOWER THE CAP TO REQUIRE
SHOWERS, BIKE PARKING AND TRAIL
WIDENING OF PEDESTRIAN
SEPARATION ON THE TRAIL.
TO WORK ON EXEMPTING CHILDCARE
SPACE FROM THE FLOOR AREA CAP
SO INDIVIDUAL ZONING OF SOME
PARCELS NEAR THE LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS. SUPPORTER OF USING
PRIORITY HIRE AND CONTRACTING
EXEMPTING SMALL BUSINESSES FROM
THE FLOOR AREA CAPS AND
ENCOURAGING THE DIVERSITY OF
RETAIL OWNERSHIP ON CAMPUS AS
WELL AS BEST PRACTICES FOR
ADDUCING STORMWATER RUNOFF.
THAT WAS IN THE RESOLUTION WE
ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER.
THE RESOLUTION THEN ALLOWS FOR
A BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ALL
PARTIES OF RECORD.
AND THEN A BUNCH OF ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS CAME TO US IN DECEMBER
FOR CONSIDERATION.
A COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, THE
COMMITTEE OF PLANNING LAND AND
ZONING COMMITTEE RECOGNIZED THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IS
PLANNING TO PROVIDE 450 UNITS
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NEARBY
TRANSIT. ASKED THAT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND INCLUDED
A RANGE OF UNIT TYPES AND
COMMIT TO A LONG-TERM
AFFORDABILITY WITHIN THOSE
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
REQUEST THAT CHILDCARE BEING
INCORPORATED INTO THE UNITS.
REQUEST THAT THE BICYCLE
PARKING AND CHILDCARE VOUCHER
PROGRAMS BE ANALYZED BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
REQUEST THE ANNUAL REPORT ON
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE
COUNCIL AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAD ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION
AND DEBATE ON THE HEIGHTS OF
BUILDINGS BY THE LIGHT RAIL
STATION.
WITH THOSE CHANGES THE
COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO
APPROVE THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS.
FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL THIS
THEN GOES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON BOARD OF REGENTS FOR
THEIR APPROVAL.
SHOULD THEY APPROVED AND WE ARE
DONE, SHOULD THEY NOT NOBODY
HAS ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
BUT THE STAFF HAS NAVIGATED US
THROUGH THIS MATTER FOR THE
LAST 2 1/2 YEARS AND HAS READ
THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS
. TO HIM WE ARE ETERNALLY
GRATEFUL BECAUSE JUDICIAL
PROCESSES DO NOT ALLOW FOR US
TO HAVE NEGOTIATION WITH
PARTIES OF RECORD INCLUDING THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON OR ANY
APPELLANT'S SO WE HAVE TO HAVE
ALL CONVERSATIONS OUT IN THE
PUBLIC AUDIENCE WHICH REQUIRES
A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING ALL OF
THAT APPROPRIATELY AND
UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THE ISSUES
ON AND OFF THE RECORD.
SO WITH THAT I AM HAPPY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS FOLKS MAY
HAVE.
OPEN IT UP FOR OTHER COMMENTS
THAT PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE
AND THEN A FEW CLOSING REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
ANY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF
THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE I DO NOT
OPPOSE EXPANSION OF THE SCHOOL
AND THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS FOR
THE PUBLIC BUILDING TO THE
PLAN.
AS THE UNIVERSITY EXPANDED --
NEGOTIATED THE EXPANSION WHAT
IS MOST NOTABLE IS THE
DISINTEREST ON THE STATE
POLITICIANS THAT THEY REPORT
TO, TO INVEST IN THE NEEDS OF
THE WORKERS AND THE COMMUNITIES
THAT MAKE IT RUN.
$15 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE FOUR
YEARS AGO THE TRENTON
ADMINISTRATION TRY TO SAY IT
DID NOT APPLY TO THEM UNTIL
STUDENTS AND WORKERS BUILT A
MOVEMENT TO FORCE THEM TO BACK
DOWN WHICH THEY SUCCEEDED IN.
NOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS
TRYING TO PRIVATIZE THE
HOSPITAL LAUNDRY ELIMINATING
OVER 100 GOOD UNIONIZED JOBS
AND WE HAVE NOTED MOST JOBS ARE
HELD RIGHT NOW BY IMMIGRANT
PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM WOMEN OF
COLOR.
THERE WAS A RALLY OF HUNDREDS
OF WORKERS LAST THURSDAY WHERE
WORKERS TOLD THE TRENTON
PRESIDENT IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS
THEY WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE
HER NEAR MILLION DOLLAR SALARY
AS SHE CUTS THEIR JOBS AND
CONTINUES TO HOLD THEIR PAY
HOSTAGE IN SUCH A WAY MANY OF
THEM HAVE STAGNATING LIVING
STANDARDS.
IF ADMINISTRATION FORCES THE
WORKERS TO GO ON STRIKE AS THEY
SAID CLEARLY AT THE RALLY THEN
I WILL BE STANDING WITH THEM
AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE
UNION CAMPUS THAT REPRESENTS
THE GRADUATE STUDENTS WERE ALSO
THERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE
UNIONS AND THEY SAID IF THE
UNIONS WENT ON STRIKE THEY
WOULD HONOR THE PICKET LINE.
ADMINISTRATION HAS TOTALLY
DISREGARDED THE NEED FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR STUDENTS
AND WORKERS.
THIS LEGISLATION AUTHORIZES THE
NEXT PHASE OF GROWTH OVER THE
NEXT 10 YEARS IT AUTHORIZES 6
MILLION SQUARE FOOTAGE OF
DEVELOPMENT WITH AN ADDITIONAL
35,000 STUDENTS.
1900 STAFF AND 840 FACULTY.
YOU WOULD THINK THEY INTEND TO
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO
ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH AND YOU
WOULD THINK THE CITY OF SEATTLE
WOULD DEMAND SOMETHING ON THE
SCALE OF THOUSANDS.
HOWEVER THE UNIVERSITY IS
RESISTING 415 UNITS WHICH IS
REALLY A PALTRY NUMBER WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THE ACTUAL NEED.
UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES CLOSE TO
29,000 WORKERS AND HAS MORE
THAN 43,000 STUDENTS.
WHEN THE SURVEYED ACADEMIC
STUDENTS LAST FALL 82% OF THEM
WERE RENT BURDENED AND ON
AVERAGE THEY WERE SPENDING 44%
OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING.
WE KNOW OTHER WORKERS LIKE THE
THOUSANDS OF LAUNDRY WORKERS,
FOOD SERVICE WORKERS, OFFICE
STAFF, GARDENING STAFF,
FACULTY, CUSTODIANS AND MANY
OTHER WORKERS ARE IN SIMILAR
ECONOMIC STRAITS EVEN THOUGH
THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY A WORLD-
CLASS UNIVERSITY WITH FABULOUS
SALARIES TO THE EXECUTIVES AT
THE TOP.
THE UNIVERSITY IS FEELING ITS
STUDENTS AND ALL OF ITS STAFF
AND EVEN MORE SO IT IS FAILING
TO MEET SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
MANY UW WORKERS AND STUDENTS
ARE FORCED TO MAKE CHOICES
BETWEEN RENT, FOOD, MEDICINE
AND OTHER NECESSITIES.
GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF THIS
UNIVERSITY IS VERY GOOD.
OUR SOCIETY NEEDS A GREATER
COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AND
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE HOWEVER, IF IT
IS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY A MASSIVE
COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THAT EDUCATION WILL NOT
BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL.
AN INSTITUTION LIKE UW WITH
400 EXECUTIVES CAN BUILD MORE
THAN 450 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OVER 10 YEARS.
I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THE
BEHAVIOR OF THE ADMINISTRATION
IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE
MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND THE MAYOR OF THE CITY WHO
HAVE FAILED TO ADDRESS THE
PROBLEM OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND IN THIS PROCEEDING BUDGET
THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL
VOTED AGAINST 11 AMENDMENTS FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WERE
BROUGHT FORWARD FROM MY OFFICE.
I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS
EXPANSION BECAUSE THE EXPANSION
IS A GOOD THING BUT I ALSO URGE
WORKERS AT UW AND ORDINARY
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE WANT TO HAVE
AN AFFORDABLE CITY AND AN
AFFORDABLE CAMPUS COMMUNITY TO
CONTINUE BUILDING A MOVEMENT TO
DEMAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR
ALL.
TO SAVE LAUNDRY WORKER JOBS, TO
FIGHT FOR A DECENT CONTRACT FOR
THE UNIONS AND TO STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE UNIONS IF
THEY GO ON STRIKE.>> THANK YOU
FOR THOSE WORDS, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON YOU WANT
TO SAY CLOSING WORDS?
>> BRIEFLY I WANT TO REMIND MY
COLLEAGUES OF A COUPLE THINGS
WE HAVE DONE.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE ADOPTED
THE MANDATORY REZONING IN THE
úUNIVERSITY DISTRICT WHICH IS
BOTH RESULTING IN NEW MARKET
RATE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NEEDED
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEW
FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE $13 MILLION THE CITY PLANS
TO DISTRIBUTE THROUGH NOTICE OF
FUNDING AVAILABILITY AT LEAST
$4 MILLION HAS COME FROM
PROJECTS IN THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT.
MORE WILL COME ONLINE WHICH
MEANS MORE UNITS AND MORE
FUNDING.
WE HAVE GOT ONE LIGHT RAIL
STATION AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
NOW, WE HAVE ONE SET TO OPEN IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE
HAVE A UNIVERSITY THAT STANDS
OUT AS NOT JUST A STATE
FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY AND
EDUCATIONAL DRIVER BUT ECONOMIC
DRIVER.
I BELIEVE THIS MASTER PLAN LAYS
OUT A BOLD VISION FOR
CONTINUING TO EXPAND ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS AT ALL
INCOME LEVELS AND RECOGNIZES
THE IMPACT THE UNIVERSITY HAS.
AND ASKS NEIGHBORS TO BE
EQUITABLE ENSURING
RESPONSIBILITIES ABOUT THINGS
LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS LIKE
PROTECTED BY -- BIKE LANES AND
REDUCING SINGLE OCCUPANCY
VEHICLE RATES FROM SOMETHING
FAR BELOW WHAT IT IS TODAY.
FOR ME, I AM PROUD TO HAVE
SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY
ON THIS BUT IT IS A TEAM
EFFORT.
WE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE WORK
BUT I SHOULD ALSO MENTION
SPENCER WILLIAMS AND HIS
SUCCESSOR FOR HELPING US
SHEPHERD THIS ISSUE ACROSS THE
FINISH LINE.
THIS CONTINUES TO BE A JUDICIAL
MATTER SO EVEN AFTER VOTING
TODAY WE ARE REQUIRED TO
CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A JUDICIAL
COMMUNICATIONS UNTIL ALL OF THE
POTENTIAL AVENUES FOR APPEAL
ARE CONCLUDED.
SO WE MAY HAVE MANY FOLKS IN
THE AUDIENCE CELEBRATING ACTION
TODAY.
CELEBRATING WITH THEM UNTIL ALL
AVENUES ARE CLOSED.
I KNOW THAT NOBODY OTHER THAN A
SMALL VENN DIAGRAM OVERLAP OF
FOLKS THAT CARE ABOUT LAND-USE
AND FOOT TALL WOULD SAY THIS OR
MAYBE WOULD CARE BUT HOPEFULLY
THIS PASSAGE TODAY IS A GOOD
OMEN FOR THINGS TO COME WHEN
THE ROSE BOWL HAPPENS IN A
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WITH THAT I AM HAPPY TO ASK FOR
MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT 119426.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> --
>> BILL PASSES.
PLEASE READ THE COURT FILE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 314346
APPLICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON TO PREPARE A NEW
MAJOR INSTITUTION MASTER PLAN
FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON SEATTLE CAMPUS AT
4015th AVENUE NORTHEAST, THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPLICATION BE GRANTED AS
CONDITIONED.
>> THIS IS BASICALLY THE CLERK
FILE, DO YOU WANT TO SAY MORE?
>> I MOVED TO GRANT AS
CONDITIONED TO CLERK FILE
314346.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF GRANTING
THE APPLICATION PLEASE VOTE I.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES, THE
APPLICATION GRANTED AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN THE FINDINGS,
CONCLUSIONS AND DECISION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
PLEASE CALL THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
FOR MAXTOR SIX.
>> AGENDA ITEMS FOUR THROUGH
SIX, APPOINTMENTS 1194 THROUGH
1196 REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID
GOLDBERG, RICHARD MUELLER AND --
AS SEATTLE PLAN COMMISSION
APRIL 15 2021, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE APPOINTMENTS BE
CONFIRMED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON?
>> THESE ARE THREE
REAPPOINTMENTS AND I'M LOOKING
AND I DON'T SEE THESE
INDIVIDUALS.
OF COURSE REAPPOINTMENTS ARE
INVITED TO ATTEND BUT NOT
REQUIRED.
DAVID GOLDBERG IS THE COUNCIL
REAPPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION WITH MORE THAN 20
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING ON
PLANNING AND URBAN GROWTH
ISSUES SERVING ON LOCAL
PLANNING BOARDS IN OTHER CITIES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
RICHARD MOHLER IS A PLANNING
COMMISSION'S REAPPOINTMENT AS
WE CHANGE THE COMMISSION
RESPONSIBILITY SEVERAL YEARS AGO
MANY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPOINT AN
INDIVIDUAL ON THEIR OWN.
SO HE IS THE PLANNING
COMMISSION CHOSE TO BE
REAPPOINTED TO CONTINUE TO
SERVE ON THE COMMISSION.
A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON IN URBAN
ARCHITECTURE.
AND JULIO SANCHEZ IS A COUNCIL
REAPPOINTMENT, MR. SANCHEZ
OWNS A LOCAL BUSINESS DOING
WORK ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND
CLIMATE JUSTICE ISSUES AND WAS
ACTIVE IN THE PUGET SOUND SAGE
CANDIDATE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM
FOR THEIR GOOD WORK.
HE JOINED US AT THE LAST PLUS
COMMITTEE MEETING TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THINGS HE
HAS BEEN WORKING ON.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS ON THESE.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO WE MOVED TO
CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS 1194
THROUGH 1196.
>> ANY COMMENTS ON THESE
REAPPOINTMENTS?
I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM
FOR PRIVATE -- PRIOR SERVICE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
PLEASE VOTE I. THOSE OPPOSED?
THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 7 COUNCIL BILL
119413.
ORDINANCE VACATING PORTIONS OF
11th AVENUE SOUTHWEST 13th
AVENUE SOUTHWEST, HANFORD
STREET AND FLORIDA STREET ON
THE PETITION OF THE PORT OF
SEATTLE AND EXCEPTING CAO --
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT EASEMENTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A COUPLE
OF DECADES.
THOSE ADDRESSES YOU JUST HEARD
RELATE TO TERMINAL 18 ON HARBOR
ISLAND.
THIS IS PORT OF SEATTLE
PROPERTY.
GOING BACK BEFORE MY TIME ON
THE COUNCIL THERE USED TO BE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY IN CERTAIN
PORTIONS THAT LONG AGO WENT
THROUGH THE STREET VACATION
PROCESS WITH A CLERK FILE TO
GRANT CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL FOR
THAT.
THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS HAVE
EFFECTIVELY BEEN VACATED AND
TURNED OVER TO THE PORT AND
THAT HAS ALLOWED THE EXPANSION
OF TERMINAL 18 IN THE AREA FOR
STORAGE CONTAINERS AND OTHER
ADDITIONS.
HOWEVER WE HAVE NOT FINALIZED
THIS BECAUSE THERE IS ONGOING
AGREEMENT SPECIFICALLY AROUND
EASEMENT FOR WHERE THE UTILITY
FACILITIES THAT PREVIOUSLY IN
WHAT WAS A RIGHT AWAY BUT IS
NOW PRIVATE PROPERTY.
FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS IT HAS
TAKEN OVER A DECADE TO RESOLVE
ISSUES.
THEY ARE NOW RESOLVED SO THIS
IS THE FINAL ACTION TO CLOSE
OUT THE VACATION PROCESS THAT
WE HAVE IT OFF OF OUR PLATES
AND NOTHING WILL CHANGE
FURTHER.
BUT THOSE ARE NOW IN PLACE SO
WE CAN FINALIZE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
>> MOSQUEDA
>> I
>> -- SIX IN FAVOR NOT OPPOSED.
>> PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT.
>> CLERK FILE 314387 THE
PETITION OF SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
FOR A PORTION OF BROAD STREET
BETWEEN HARRISON STREET AND
TAYLOR AVENUE NORTH THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
PETITION BE GRANTED AS
CONDITIONED.
>> SO THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF
THE PROCESS.
THE ONE WE DID WAS AT THE VERY
END WHERE WE PASS THE ORDINANCE
TO APPROVE EVERYTHING THAT IS
DONE.
ON THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT IS BEFORE THEY HAVE
DONE ANY ACTUAL WORK, WE ARE
GRANTING CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL TO
WHAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED SO THEY
COULD GET THE STREET VACATION.
A RELATIVELY SMALL PORTION OF
PROPERTY OFTEN KNOWN AS THE
BROAD STREET SUBSTATION.
NEAR THE SEATTLE CENTER.
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT HAS A
SUBSTATION THERE AND BROAD
STREET RUNS ADJACENT TO IT. ALL
OF BROAD STREET IS GETTING
VACATED IN DIFFERENT PIECES AS
THE STREET IS NO LONGER USED AS
PART OF THE REDO FOR MERCER
AVENUE AND THE NEW TUNNEL.
THIS IS ADJACENT TO THE
SUBSTATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE
TO USE TO EXPAND THE FACILITY A
LITTLE BIT AND EXCHANGE
PROPOSING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
BENEFIT IN TERMS OF UPGRADING
THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
HAVE A LITTLE MORE PEDESTRIAN
FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AND SOME
MORE GREEN SPACE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS FILE?
IF NOT THOSE IN FAVOR OF
GRANTING THE PETITION PLEASE
FOE I. THOSE OPPOSED? THE
MOTION CARRIES.
PETITION IS GRANTED AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN THE CONDITIONS
OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEMS NINE
THROUGH 14.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 9 TO 14
APPOINTMENT 1197 THROUGH 1200
AND 1212 AND 1213.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF -- AS
MEMBERS OF SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD TERMS AUGUST 31,
2020 AND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF
AMANDA BARNETT AS SEATTLE
BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD FOR TERM
AUGUST 31 2019 THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE APPOINTMENTS BE
CONFIRMED.>> COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN?
>> A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS.
THE FIVE NEW APPOINTMENTS. A
GREAT MIX OF BACKGROUNDS.
ANDREW IS A PROFESSOR IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR IN
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
WE HAVE A REGISTERED NURSE
PRACTITIONER, CHARLES IS AT
CAPITOL HILL HOUSING, MERITED A
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, PATRICK IS
A ARCHITECT AND AMANDA IS A
CIVIL ENGINEER.
THEY SHARE IN COMMON A PASSION
FOR BICYCLING AND FIGURING OUT
HOW TO MAKE IT SAFER AND MORE
ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE AND THEY
BRING A BROAD SET OF BACKGROUND
TO THIS AND WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THEIR SERVICE ON THE
ADVISORY BOARD.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
OKAY THOSE IN FAVOR OF
CONFIRMING THESE APPOINTMENTS?
THOSE OPPOSED?
THE MOTION CARRIES THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT COMMITTEE
REPORT.
>> REPORT OF THE HOUSING HEALTH
ENERGY AND WORKERS RIGHTS
COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM 15
COUNCIL BILL 119374 ORDINANCE
RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION OF
CITY GOVERNMENT CREATING AN
OFFICE OF THE EMPLOYEE ON BUT
AND ADDING SECTIONS 3.15 .020,
3.1 5.022 AND 3.1 5.024 TO THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> TODAY MARKS A CRITICAL
MOMENT FOR THEM ME TO MOVEMENT.
WHEN I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL
LAST YEAR IT WAS AT THE SAME
TIME SOCIAL MEDIA WAS BEING
FLOODED WITH STORIES OF
HARASSMENT INTIMIDATION AND
ASSAULT.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD TO
ENDURE "ME TOO" MOMENTS IN THE
WORKPLACE I COMMITTED TO
MAKING SURE WE ACTED ON THIS IN
THE FIRST YEAR.
WITHIN THE FIRST FEW MEETINGS
OF THE COMMITTEE WE HEARD STORY
AFTER STORY FROM SILENCE
BREAKERS, FRONT-LINE WORKERS,
UNION MEMBERS AND
REPRESENTATIVES TALKING ABOUT
HOW THEY WANTED NOT JUST A
PLACE TO REPORT INCIDENTS OF
HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION BUT
WAYS TO PREVENT HARASSMENT AND
RETALIATION FROM OCCURRING IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
TODAY WE TAKE AN IMPORTANT
FIRST STEP OF MAKING THIS
ACTION INTO LAW.
THIS LEGISLATION IS ONE STEP IN
FULFILLING A PROMISE THAT ALL
CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE A PLACE TO
GO.
A PLACE TO ADDRESS INCIDENCES
OF INTIMIDATION AND HARASSMENT
AND TO MAKE SURE THEY ASK
QUESTIONS IN A CONFIDENTIAL
PLACE.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS
GONE INTO THIS AND I THINK
McNAMARA FOR HER WORK AND FRONT-
LINE WORKERS TO MAKE SURE WE
ADVANCE THIS LEGISLATION.
HERE WE HAVE A PLACE WHERE WE
CAN ADDRESS THE MISTRUST OF
HMAN RESOURCES, THE MISTRUST
OF MANAGEMENT AND THE FEAR OF
RETALIATION.
THESE ARE THE TOP THREE
INCIDENCES REPORTED IN THE JUNE
22 2018 MEMO TO THE
ANTIHARASSMENT
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TASK FORCE
THAT WORKED ON A SURVEY TO
IDENTIFY THE BARRIERS TO
REPORTING AND UNDERREPORTING.
THE QUANTITATIVE DATA REVIEWED
PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH
WORKFORCE EQUITY, TREATMENT AND
UNDERREPORTING ON THE
QUALITATIVE DATA ILLUMINATED A
DEEP PERVASIVE PATTERN AND
PERCEIVED AND REAL LACK OF
SAFETY AND LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT THE PROCESS.
TODAY WE ARE MAKING A STEP
FORWARD DOING THIS BECAUSE OF
THE COURAGEOUS WORK OF FRONT-
LINE WORKERS, UNION WORKERS AND
SILENCE BREAKERS, THESE
INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN A 8
TO 9 MONTH PROCESS WITH THE
TASK FORCE.
LOOKING AT VARIOUS
RECOMMENDATIONS AND OUR
INTERNAL DATA TO SEE WHAT WE
COULD DO TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
TO THE SYSTEM.
THE CITYWIDE TASK FORCE AND
FOCUS GROUP ALONG WITH THE RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE EMPLOYEE
SURVEY FOUND WORKERS LACK
TRANSPARENCY FOR A PLACE TO GO,
LACKED AWARENESS OF REFERENCE --
OFFENSES -- AND WITH THE "ME
TOO" MOVEMENT WE HAVE HEARD
STORY AFTER STORY OF PEOPLE
COMING FORWARD WHICH WAS
UNDERSCORED THE RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE SURVEY WHICH SHOWED
ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN IN THE
WORKFORCE IN SEATTLE AND WOMEN
OF COLOR THERE HAS BEEN A
HIDDEN AND EVEN TOLERATED WAY
OF DEALING WITH INAPPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOR.
MANY OF US KNOW THAT AT BEST
ALLEGATIONS OF HARASSMENT HAVE
BEEN MET WITH LITTLE
CONSEQUENCES OR OFTEN WITHOUT
ACTION.
TODAY WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO
ADDRESS THE CONSEQUENCES ALONG
THIS CONTINUUM SO WHETHER IT IS
AN INAPPROPRIATE COMMENT OR
INAPPROPRIATE ACTION OR ASSAULT
WE ARE TAKING ACTION TODAY TO
MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE
THEY CAN GO TO ASK QUESTIONS
AND TO DEAL WITH CLAIMS.
NOT ONLY INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR
THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, IT IS
SYSTEMS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED
AND LOOKING AT THE RESEARCH AND
WORKING WITH OTHER ENTITIES
WHERE WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT
ADDRESSING OUTDATED PERSONNEL
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WE CAME
ACROSS MANY THINGS WORKING WELL
AND THINGS TO IMPROVE.
NUMBER ONE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
IT IS NOT JUST A PLACE TO REPORT
THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT PATTERNS
FOR IMPROVING POLICIES AND
PRACTICES AND WE IMPROVE
TRAINING SO WE HAVE IN PERSON
TRAINING ON A REGULAR BASIS.
NOT JUST AT ORIENTATION AND
ALSO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE NOT
JUST AFFECTING THE ONE
INDIVIDUAL BUT IF YOU'RE A
BYSTANDER HOW YOU CAN PREVENT
AND INFLUENCE SITUATIONS.
CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS.
SO THAT INCIDENCES DO NOT
ESCALATE.
I WANT TO APPLAUD MEMBERS OF
THE TASK FORCE IF I MAY, AND
READ THEIR NAMES INTO THE
RECORD.
THIS WAS A BODY DEVELOPED WITH
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MAYOR AND
MY OFFICE PARTICIPATED AND I
WANT TO THANK SOME OF THE KEY
MEMBERS.
-- FROM MY OFFICE, ADRIAN
THOMPSON ON BEHALF OF THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, AMY BOWLES,
ALONG WITH ANDREA RAMIREZ, --
JANE PARK, LEE CULVERT, LINDA
ELWOOD, -- MARK WATSON, MARY
KEEFE, NATALIE HUNTER, SARAH
BUTLER, STEVE CALL BACK, -- AND
TRAVIS TAYLOR.
THESE INDIVIDUALS PUT
TREMENDOUS WORK INTO
RESEARCHING TRAINING, REPORTING
MECHANISMS, POLICY AND RULE
CHANGES, WORK CULTURE AND
ANTIRACIST PRACTICES.
WORKED TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY 34
PRACTICES AND 135 STRATEGIES.
TODAY WE ARE ACTING ON ONE
RECOMMENDATION BY CREATING THE
OFFICE OF THE EMPLOYEE.
WORKING TOGETHER WITH FRONT-
LINE WORKERS, THE SILENCE
BREAKERS, UNIONS AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THERE ARE KEY
PROVISIONS I WANT TO UNDERSCORE
IN THE AMENDED LEGISLATION.
NUMBER ONE IT WAS MY PRIORITY
WE MADE SURE THE OFFICE WAS
FREE FROM POLITICAL INFLUENCE
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, ANY
ENTITY WITH REPORTING AUTHORITY
DOES NOT INTERVENE IN TERMS OF
PERSONNEL ISSUES, INVESTIGATIONS
OR REMEDIATION.
WE ALSO MADE SURE THERE WAS A
DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION REPORT
BACK ON HOW THEY WILL MAINTAIN
CONFIDENTIALITY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
KNOW ALL REMEDIATION STRATEGIES
THROUGH THE FEDERAL, STATE OR
CITY AVENUES AND ALSO THROUGH
PERSONAL ATTORNEYS.
WE RECOMMENDED IN PERSON
TRAININGS TO BE DEVELOPED BY
LOOKING AT PATTERNS OF
HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION AND
LOOKING AT ORGANIZATIONAL OR
CULTURAL SHIFTS.
WE MADE SURE WE WERE WORKING IN
COORDINATION WITH THE EMPLOYEE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SO THERE WAS
APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE AND
REFERRAL.
WE ARE REVIEWING THE CURRENT
STRUCTURE WITHIN THE
LEGISLATION.
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR NEXT YEAR
AND ON GOING TO MAKE SURE WE DO
HAVE A PLACE FOSTERING TRUST SO
PEOPLE GO THERE TO REPORT
HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION
AND WE HAVE A BODY THAT TRULY
INSTILLS INDEPENDENCE.
WE ARE REQUIRING THE EMPLOYEE
OFFICE TO REPORT DATA REQUESTED
CONCURRENTLY TO THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL SO WE CAN LOOK AT
THE SAME DATA AND TRENDS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SAME
TIME.
WE MADE IT CLEAR IT IS OPEN FOR
ALL EMPLOYEES WHICH IS A
PRIORITY WE KNOW THE MAYOR HAD
COMMITTED TO EARLY AND WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CALLING
THAT OUT.
WE BROUGHT IN THE ROLE TO MAKE
SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS IS
A PLACE TO GO TO SO THEY CAN
GET ADVICE EDUCATION AND HELP
NAVIGATING THE OFTEN COMPLEX
SYSTEM ESPECIALLY WHEN
INDIVIDUALS ARE IN A MOMENT OF
CRISIS.
WE INCLUDED LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SURE THE OEO HAD THE ABILITY
TO ASSIST EMPLOYEES IN
UNDERSTANDING THEIR OPTIONS AND
PROCESSES FOR HOW TO CONTACT
THEIR UNION AND MAKE SURE A
REPRESENTATIVE WAS WITH THEM OR
A TRUSTED COMMUNITY PARTNER OR
ADVOCATE.
WE KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
EMPLOYEES BE ABLE TO GO BACK
AND TALK THROUGH THE PROCESS
AND THIS WAS REALLY AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY ROOT THE
OFFICE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE EQUITY.
I APPLAUD EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR
MAKING SURE THIS WAS A PROCESS
IN WHICH WE LOOKED AT THE OEO
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALL OF THE
REPORT IN THE ANTIHARASSMENT
INTERDEPARTMENTAL REPORT THAT
CAME OUT EARLIER.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP.
WE ARE MAKING SURE TO WRITE
INTO THE LEGISLATION THAT
REPORTS BACK, COUNSEL
CONSIDERATION, DON'T JUST SIT
ON THE SHELF THAT WE RESPOND
WITHIN 120 DAYS AND THAT WE
CONTINUE TO LOOK INTERNALLY ON
WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HOLD
OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE SO WE ARE
TAKING THIS STEP NOT JUST TODAY
34 RECOMMENDATIONS. I REALLY AM
EXCITED TO HAVE WORKED WITH THE
FOLKS ON THE FRONTLINE.
I THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
HER TEAM FOR WORKING WITH US AS
WE ENHANCE THIS LEGISLATION AND
REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME IN
WHICH FOLKS HAVE TAKEN DURING
THE BUDGET AND POST BUDGET TO
MAKE SURE WE GOT THIS RIGHT SO
WE COULD ROLL THIS OUT WITH
THOSE AFFECTED BY HARASSMENT
AND INTIMIDATION AND RETALIATION
TO MAKE THE FINAL AMENDMENTS.
WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK THIS
BODY FOR YOUR PAST WORK ON
ADDRESSING INTIMIDATION AND
HARASSMENT AND TODAY WE TAKE AN
IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL STEP
FORWARD AND WE KNOW WE WILL BE
BACK TO TAKE THE MARCH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
LEAD ON THIS AND I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO THE SILENCE
BREAKERS.
ALSO TO ALL OF YOU IN THE
AUDIENCE TODAY.
IT HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE
TO HAVE YOU HERE TALKING TO US
ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND WHY
WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
I WANT TO KNOWLEDGE A LOT OF
WORK HAS GONE IN HERE AND I
UNDERSTAND THE POSITION FOR THE
DIRECTOR IS NOW OPEN AND WE ARE
LOOKING FOR THE ABSOLUTE
PERFECT CANDIDATE.
TO GET GOING ON THIS SO YOU
HAVE MY SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MR. PRESIDENT. IF I MAY,
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT
BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT SECTION AND I
SHOULD'VE READ THE FULL SECTION
INTO THE RECORD AND IF I MAY.
TO THE SILENCE BREAKERS, THE
COALITION OF AFFINITY GROUPS
AGAINST RACIAL HARASSMENT THE
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
AFFILIATES, CHANGE TEAMS AND
EMPLOYEE AFFINITY GROUPS AND
ALL CITY EMPLOYEES FOR
ADVANCING CHANGE I WANT TO
APPRECIATE YOU FOR CALLING THAT
OUT.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> OKAY COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS
LEGISLATION TO CREATE AN OFFICE
OF EMPLOYEE OMBUD BECAUSE IT
OFFERS AN AVENUE FOR WORKERS
FACING HARASSMENT OR
DISSEMINATION TO GET
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO FILE
COMPLAINTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO CAUTION
OFFICES LIKE THIS ULTIMATELY
REFLECT THE POWER DYNAMIC IN
SOCIETY, FOR EXAMPLE HUMAN
RESOURCES DEPARTMENTS AROUND
THE WORLD CLAIM TO REPRESENT
WORKERS BUT IN REALITY THEY
REPRESENT THE INSTITUTION
AGAINST THE WORKERS.
THE REAL JOB OF HR DEPARTMENTS
IS TO PREVENT WORKERS FROM
SUING THE COMPANY OR
INSTITUTION AND I HAVE SPOKEN
úTO A NUMBER OF WORKERS IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE WHO HAVE FOR
YEARS BEEN FIGHTING AGAINST
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AS YOU
SAID AND ALSO SEXUAL
DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT.
THEY WILL TELL YOU THEY
REPEATEDLY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE
WITH HR DEPARTMENTS.
THIS WAS FULLY REPORTED IN
OTHER PUBLICATIONS SO WE KNOW
THIS IS HAPPENING.
IN SEATTLE MY FEAR IS THAT
BECAUSE THERE IS A POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT THAT DETERMINES
THE POLITICAL COURSE OF ACTION
IN THE CITY THAT THE OFFICE
ULTIMATELY WILL NOT BE
INDEPENDENT OF THE MAYOR AND
THE MAJORITY POLITICIANS THAT
WILL BE HIRING THE OFFICE TO DO
THE WORK.
IN THE LEGISLATION THE DIRECTOR
REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
SHE HIRES THEM AND HAS THE
POWER TO FIRE THEM IF THEY ARE
EMBARRASSING TO HER POLITICAL
AMBITIONS.
I KNOW THERE ARE CERTAIN
CRITERIA THAT MAY HELP MITIGATE
THAT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY
I THINK IT IS STILL NOT GOING
TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
FUNDAMENTALLY.
THE OFFICE IS NOT EMPOWERED TO
SEEK REMEDIES ONLY TO ADVISE
WORKERS THEIR OPTIONS AND
RETAIN RECORDS AND STATISTICS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT AND IS A
POSITIVE STEP ALTHOUGH IT DOES
NOT SOLVE THE HARASSMENT AND
DISCRIMINATION ITSELF THAT IS
FACED BY CITY WORKERS AND WE
HAVE TO BE CLEAR THE ONLY
REASON THE OFFICE WAS CREATED
HAS BEEN THE COURAGEOUS ACTION
OF CITY WORKERS, AS YOU
MENTIONED THE COALITION WHO
HAVE WORKED FOR YEARS.
THE SEATTLE SILENCE BREAKERS
AD THE CITY OF SEATTLE
COALITIONS WHOSE MANY
REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE IN THE
CHAMBERS TODAY.
IT REALLY SHOULD BE NOTED THE
KIND OF PERSONAL COURAGE THAT
IT TAKES, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR TO COME AND
SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING
TO THEM AS OPPOSED TO TALKING
ABOUT THE PROBLEM ABSTRACT.
IT IS MUCH EASIER THAN TALKING
ABOUT ACTUAL INCIDENCES.
SO I RECOMMEND ALL OF THE
WORKERS PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH
MY OFFICE ON ANY DIFFICULTIES
YOU MIGHT FACE AND I HOPE FROM
THIS STEP FORWARD WE CAN
ACTUALLY GO TOWARD AN
INDEPENDENTLY ELECTED OFFICE TO
DEAL WITH HARASSMENT AND
DISCRIMINATION, NOT ONLY AT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE BUT FOR ALL
SEATTLE WORKERS.
>> THANK YOU, ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS?
ARE WE READY?
DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS OUT?
>> THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.
WE HAD PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE
TIMES WHERE WE HAD THE SILENCE
BREAKERS COALITIONS AND VARIOUS
ENTITIES WHO ARE WORKING ON THE
FRONTLINE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO
THE GROUPS AGAINST HARASSMENT,
THE RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
TEAMS ALONG WITH THE SILENCE
BREAKERS WHO HAVE COME AND TOLD
THEIR STORIES.
AS I MENTIONED THIS IS THE
FIRST STEP AND I WOULD
ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK,
ESPECIALLY ON PAGE 6 WHERE WE
HAVE BUILT IN A KEY PROVISION
TO MAKE SURE CITY COUNCIL
CONTINUES TO LOOK AT
RECOMMENDED CHANGES NEEDED TO
COMPASS RECOMMENDATIONS
INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENCE AND
STRUCTURE OF NOT JUST THE OEO
BUT THE NEW INVESTIGATION UNIT.
WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE WERE
TO WALK OUT AND PAT OURSELVES
ON THE BACK BECAUSE THIS IS
JUST STEP ONE AND IT IS A LONG
TIME COMING BUT WE WILL
DEFINITELY SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE SYSTEM IF WE HOLD OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE TO IMPLEMENT THIS
OFFICE AS IT HAS BEEN AMENDED
BY THE FRONTLINE WORKERS IN
MAKING SURE WE HAVE IMPORTANT
AND HISTORIC FIRST STEP TODAY.
SO NOT JUST FOR CHANGING
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR BUT FOR
CHANGING ACTUAL CULTURAL NORMS
AND EXPECTATIONS SO EVERY
WORKPLACE IS FREE FROM
HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN
FOR YOUR WORK AND WE WILL BE
BACK AT THIS FOR THE NEXT
STEPS.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND ALL
OF THE ADVOCATES AND
ORGANIZATIONS.
IT IS MY HONOR TO VOTE ON THIS,
HAVING SAID THAT PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
>> MOSQUEDA, O'BRIEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, JOHNSON, PRESIDENT
HARRELL.
SIX IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM 16 COUNCIL BILL 119359
ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE CITY
-LIKE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING
THE GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CITY LIGHT
TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH THE
CITY OF BOTTLE FOR RELOCATION
OF APPROXIMATELY .87 MILES OF
EXISTING FIBER CABLE ALONG SR
522 FROM ARIAL TO UNDERGROUND
AS PART OF THE CITY STAGE III
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT INCLUDING
THE EXECUTION OF OTHER
AGREEMENTS OR AMENDMENTS
NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR THE
COMPLETION OF THE JOINT UTILITY
TRENCH.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU, MOSQUEDA ?
>> I WAS REMISS IN NOT
MENTIONING THE WORK OF CENTRAL
TAFF WHO REALLY HELP TO PUL
TOGETHER THIS FINAL PIECE OF
LEGISLATION SO IF YOU'RE
LISTENING, THANK YOU.
FROM THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION,
THIS LEGISLATION AUTHORIZES
CITY LIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF
BOTTLE AND SEVERAL OTHER
UTILITIES MOVING COMMUNITY
LINES BELOW GRADE AS PART OF
THE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS THAT
IS BEING MADE ALONGSIDE STATE
ROUTE 522, THE TOTAL COST TO
CITY LIGHT FOR THEIR SHARE OF
THE WORK IS APPROXIMATELY
$282,000.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL
TO VOTE YES AS WE HAVE VETTED
THIS AND DISCUSSED IN THE
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
>> MOSQUEDA, O'BRIEN, SAWANT,
BAGSHAW, JOHNSON, HARRELL, SIX
IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEMS 17
THROUGH 22.
>> ITEMS 17 THROUGH 22
APPOINTMENTS 1149, 1151 THROUGH
1153 AND 1187 AND 1188.
APPOINTMENT OF ELIZABETH FORD
AS MEMBER APRIL 30 TO 2019 AND
APPOINTMENTS OF ANDREW BEANE
AND MONA SMITH FOR TERMS APRIL
30, 2020 AND REAPPOINTMENT OF
ANTHONY BURNETT AND NICOLE
GRANT FOR TERMS APRIL 30 2020
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A
LITTLE INFORMATION ON THESE
APPOINTMENTS.
ELIZABETH FORD IS CURRENTLY A
DISTINGUISHED PRACTITIONER IN
RESIDENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF
SCHOOL OF LAW SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
PRACTICING LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
LAW FOR 15 YEARS.
FIRST AS A PARTNER WITH SHERWIN
CAMPBELL AND THEN CHIEF COUNSEL
FOR THE STATE NURSE ASSOCIATION.
ANDREW BEANE IS THE DIRECTOR OF
STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNS WHICH
REPRESENTS MORE THAN 45,000
LONG-TERM CARE WORKERS
PROVIDING QUALITY IN-HOME CARE,
NURSING HOME CARE AND ADULT
DAYCARE HEALTH AND SERVICES IN
WASHINGTON STATE AND MONTANA.
AND IS A LEADER IN ADVOCATING
LOW-WAGE WORKER ISSUES ACROSS
THE REGION.
ANTHONY BURNETT IS THE
PRINCIPAL OWNER OF MB DIVERSITY
LLC FOCUSING ON STAFFING
RECRUITING AND MANAGING PROJECT
RESOURCES WITH THE EMPHASIS ON
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
BACKGROUND INCLUDES BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOUNT
MANAGEMENT IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR.
MONA SMITH IS AN ATTORNEY WITH
BUSINESS AND ESTATE PLANNING
PRACTICE IN SEATTLE FOCUSING ON
COMPLEX COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
AND TRANSACTIONAL WORK.
LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN
CALIFORNIA MASSACHUSETTS AND
WASHINGTON.
A COMMUNITY LEADER WHO HAS
SERVED ON SEVERAL BOARDS
INCLUDING THE COCHAIR OF THE
VICTORY FUND CAMPAIGN BOARD
CHAIR AND CHAIR OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS AT THE GREATER SEATTLE
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
SAMANTHA GRAD THE LARGEST LOCAL
UNION IN WASHINGTON STATE
REPRESENTING OVER 100,000
WORKERS WHO LIVE OR WORK IN
SEATTLE IN GROCERY RETAIL
HEALTHCARE AND OTHER INDUSTRY
JOBS.
NICOLE GRANT IS THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE KING
COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL IN SEATTLE
PRIOR TO ACCEPTING THIS
POSITION SHE WAS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CERTIFIED
ELECTRICAL WORKERS OF
WASHINGTON FROM 2009 TWO 2015.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THESE APPOINTMENTS?
OKAY THOSE IN FAVOR OF
CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENTS
PLEASE VOTE I. THOSE OPPOSED
VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT'S ARE CONFIRMED.
AGENDA ITEMS 23 THROUGH 24.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 23 AND 24,
APPOINTMENTS 1124 AND 1185,
REAPPOINTMENT OF FRANK ALVARADO
III AND ERIC SNOW AS MEMBER
CAPITOL HILL HOUSING
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL FOR TERM MARCH 31, 2021
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
CONFIRMATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> FRANK ALVARADO III BEGAN
HIS CAREER IN 2003 AFTER
GRADUATING FROM THE SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS AT ARIZONA STATE
UNIVERSITY SERVING AS A
PROVIDER OF FINANCIAL SERVICES,
FRANK HAS HELPED HIS COMMUNITY
BY OFFERING TRUSTED ADVICE AND
SOLUTIONS.
ERIC SNOW HAS 25 PLUS YEARS
EXPERIENCE IN TECHNOLOGY AND
OPERATION LEADERSHIP.
FROM THE STAFF AND BOARD
PERSPECTIVE HE IS THE DIGITAL
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT COCOA AND
PROVIDES I.T., ICO AND COO
CONSULTING TO THE CENTER OF
DIGITAL BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION.
>> VERY GOOD ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THESE APPOINTMENTS?
IF NOT THOSE IN FAVOR OF
CONFIRMING APPOINTMENTS PLEASE
VOTE BY.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS.
PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 31858 A
RESOLUTION AFFIRMING AND
COMMENDING THE VALIDITY AND
APPLICATION OF THE UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO
PEACE AND HUMAN DIGNITY
EVERYWHERE INTRODUCED DECEMBER
10 2018.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> COMMEMORATING INTERNATIONAL
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ON THE 70th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
THIS IS A COMPLEMENTARY
RESOLUTION THAT COMPLEMENTS THE
PROCLAMATION THAT WE DISCUSSED
LAST WEEK.
I WANT TO THANK THE CHURCH
COUNCIL OF GREATER SEATTLE,
THANK YOU MICHAEL RAMOS AND THE
MEMBERS OF THE FAITH ACTION
NETWORK WHO ASKED US TO BRING
THIS FORWARD.
THIS RESOLUTION REAFFIRMS OUR
COMMITMENT AS A CITY TO UPHOLD
THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF
NATIVE PEOPLES TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE ELEVATING HUMAN RIGHTS FOR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEES.
MAKE SURE WE ARE ADVANCING FAIR
AND JUST WORKING CONDITIONS AND
THAT WE ALL WORK TO ACCOMPLISH
THE RIGHT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND THAT WE PROTECT PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL PEOPLE
IN OUR CITY.
AS WE SEE HATE CRIMES
INCREASING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND THE COMPLETE ABSENCE OF
LEADERSHIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE
TO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY
INCLUSION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IT
IS CRUCIAL FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO STEP UP TO
UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS AND TO DO
SO WITH URGENCY.
WE DO THIS BY USING OUR
COLLECTIVE VOICE TO ADVOCAT
FOR EVERYONE WHO FACES INJUSTICE
AND IMPRESSION FOR LEADING BY
EXAMPLE WE CAN DEEPLY EXAMINE
THE WORK WE NEED TO DO TO
RIGHTS PROTECTIONS IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
ACROSS SEATTLE WE WITNESS THE
DISPLACEMENT OF VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS, COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY
THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND THE DELAYS WE HAVE SEEN AND
ALTHOUGH WE CONSIDER OURSELVES
A WELCOMING CITY IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEES FACE CONSTANT THREATS
OF DEPORTATION AND HARASSMENT
IN THE REGION AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
LET'S REFLECT ON THE UNIVERSAL
HUMAN RIGHTS DECORATION. IT IS
STILL RELEVANT TODAY.
TO LEARN FROM ITS WISDOM AND
HISTORY AND ENERGIZE US TO
GUIDE US AS WE CONTINUE TO
ADDRESS THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES
THAT WE FACE IN SEATTLE.
HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE THE
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT.
WE ARE OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE
PEOPLE AND THIS RESOLUTION
REAFFIRMS OUR COMMITMENT TO
VALUES AND OUR PROMISE TO WORK
TOGETHER TO BUILD AN INCLUSIVE
AND JUST CITY FOR ALL AND HOLD
UP THE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR
EVERYONE.
TAKE YOU TO THE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK OVER THE LAST SEVEN
DECADES TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL
IN THE DECLARATION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS.
>> THANK YOU, ANY CONCERNS OR
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?>>
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL OF COURSE BE VOTING IN
FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION
BECAUSE I SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS
HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO BE HONEST.
THIS COUNCIL HAS A LONG HISTORY
OF DECLARING HUMAN RIGHTS
INWARDS AND VIOLATING HUMAN
RIGHTS IN PRACTICE.
TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
THIS RESOLUTION STATES THE CITY
COUNCIL COMMENCED SOLUTIONS BY
STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC TO
PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO
THE CHALLENGE OF LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS.
LESS THAN A MONTH AGO THIS SAME
COUNCIL VOTED NO ON ALL 11
BUDGET AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY
THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET MOVEMENT TO
INCREASE FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TO INCREASE FROM LESS
THAN 1% OF THE BUDGET WHICH
NEVER HAPPENED.
THIS WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER
REPEALING THE AMAZON TAX WHICH
HAD BEEN HELD INTACT AND WOULD
HAVE FUNDED HUNDREDS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS EVERY
YEAR.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRING THOSE
AMENDMENTS BACK FOR THE FOURTH
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IF
COUNCILMEMBERS TRULY WILL
SUPPORT PROVIDING A
PROPORTIONATE EMERGENCY
RESPONSE WITH THE LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS THE
RESOLUTION COMMITS.
LAST MONTH THE SEATTLE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION CORRECTLY
CRITICIZED THIS COUNCIL FOR
VIOLATING THE UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD
HONOR, THEY SAID AND I QUOTE
THEM.
THE CITY IS WILLFULLY NEGLIGENT
OF ITS OBLIGATION TO MEET
REQUIREMENTS.
NOT ONLY HAS THE CITY FAILED TO
PASS MEANINGFUL BUDGETARY
REFORM THAT WOULD BEGIN TO
ADDRESS THE EFFORTS BUT THE
CITY HAS ALSO BEEN WASTING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CHASE
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT RESIDENTS
FROM PARK TO PARK. THESE
FREQUENT SWEEPING CAMPAIGNS ARE
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND %
UNNECESSARY.
AGAIN THE COUNCIL HAS FAILED TO
VOTE ON ANY AMENDMENTS BROUGHT
FORWARD TO IT HOMELESS SWEEPS
THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR.
I WILL VOTE YES ON THIS
RESOLUTION BUT I URGE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO MATCH THESE
WORDS WITH ACTION AND TO FIND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND END
SWEEPS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE
TAKE ACTION ON THIS?
úOKAY I MOVED TO ADOPT
RESOLUTION 31858.
THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
PLEASE VOTE BY.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN.
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS FOR THE
COUNCIL?
>> THANK YOU I MOVED TO BE
EXCUSED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING ON DECEMBER 17 AND
JANUARY 7.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED.
12/17 AND 1/7.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
THE I'S HAVE IT SHE IS EXCUSED
ON THOSE TWO DAYS.
>> AS FOLKS HEARD ME SAY LAST
WEEK I ASKED TO BE EXCUSED AND
I APPRECIATE YOUR EXCUSE FOR
NEXT WEEK SO I WILL NOT BE HERE
MONDAY.
AS WE COME TO THE END OF 2018 I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WELCOMING APPROACH TO WORKING
WITH OUR OFFICE AND WITH ME
OVER THE LAST YEAR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU ALL NEXT YEAR BECAUSE I
THINK MY PARENTS WATCH EVERY
COUNCIL HEARING.
HIGH MOM AND DAD THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> WITH THAT WE STAND TO ADJOURN
HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR
AFTERNOON.