>>> WE WERE GETTING TECHNOLOGY
ISSUES FIXED. WE ARE ONLY SIX
MINUTES BEHIND.
LET'S GET THE MEETING STARTED.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THE JANUARY 11, 2021 COUNCIL
BRIEFING MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER.
MY APOLOGIES TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC AND THE GUESTS
ATTENDING.
WE WERE PUT ON ALERT THAT
SEATTLE CHANNEL HAD TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT
RESOLVED AND FIXED.
WE ALL LIVE AND READY TO GO.
CAN WE PLEASE CALL ROLE.
>> [ROLL CALL]
WE HAVE NINE PRESENT.
>> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, THE
MINUTES FROM JANUARY 4, 2021
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
THE PRESIDENTS REPORT, I WILL
SAVE MY COMMENTS UNTIL MY REPORT
AT THE END OF THE NEXT SECTION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DIG INTO A
PREVIEW OF TODAY CITY COUNCIL
ACTIONS AND COMMITTEES.
WE WILL BEGIN THIS NEXT SECTION
NOW.
AS A REMINDER, WE WILL CALL ON
COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE ROTATED
ROLL CALL.
AND THAT ROLL CALL IS AS
FOLLOWS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, -- AND
THEN I WILL CONCLUDE THIS
PORTION OF AGENDA ITEM 3. WE
HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY
THAT IS SCHEDULED TO LAST AT
LEAST 45 MINUTES.
I AM HOPING THAT WE WILL BE
ABLE TO CONCLUDE EXECUTIVE
SESSION NO LATER THAN 11:30
A.M.
OR NOON TODAY IN ORDER TO GIVE
STAFF ENOUGH TIME TO RESET AND
GET READY FOR THE FULL COUNCIL
MEETING.
FIRST UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. SHE IS COMING IN LOUD
AND CLEAR BUT SHE IS WORKING ON
TECHNICAL ISSUES BEFORE THE
2:00 MEETING.
AFTER COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> GOOD MORNING AT THANK YOU .
I WANT TO START OFF WITH FULL
COUNCIL ITEMS.
WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS TODAY
AT FULL COUNCIL.
IS BRIEFLY MENTIONED LAST WEEK
WE HAVE AN UPDATED VERSION OF
THE PROCLAMATION HONORING THE
FRONT-LINE WORKERS WHO MADE US
SAFE THROUGH CITYWIDE TESTING.
WE HAVE NEEDED TO CLEAN UP SOME
OF THE LANGUAGE AND ADDED SOME
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
SPECIFICALLY DETAILS RELATED TO
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF ALL
INDIVIDUALS AND DEPARTMENTS WHO
PARTICIPATED IN ROLLINGOUT
CITYWIDE TESTING.
AS OF FRIDAY THE CITY HAS
SURPASSED 550,000 TESTS
ADMINISTERED.
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
TOGETHER WITH THE SEATTLE, KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
ARE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
WE CAN USE OUR CITYWIDE TESTING
INFRASTRUCTURE AS PART OF
DELIVERING VACCINES.
THE SECOND PROCLAMATION IS
HONORING THE COMMUNITY SERVICE
OF TIM HARRIS WHO RETIRED FROM
REAL CHANGE LAST YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF FOLKS TO
THANK AS PART OF THE
PRESENTATION FOR THAT
PROCLAMATION AT 2:00 TODAY.
I AM WALKING ON A RESOLUTION IN
SUPPORT OF ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT TO IMPEACH DONALD
TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS. IT WAS DRAFTED
WITH SUPPORT FROM LOCAL
PROGRESS AND SHARED WITH THE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS AND THE LAW
DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY WAITING
FOR THE LAW OFFICE REVIEW.
THE RESOLUTION ITSELF MIRRORS
THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION BEING
DISCUSSED IN CONGRESS.
AND IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE
LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED
BY REPRESENTATIVE ELMAR.
I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE
ANOTHER VERSION OF A SIMILAR
RESOLUTION CIRCULATING BUT I AM
SURE WE CAN GET IT TOGETHER
BEFORE. AS FAR AS ITEMS ON
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICE
COMMITTEE MEETING TOMORROW AT
9:30 ON JANUARY 12, WE HAVE SIX
REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION.
TWO FROM EACH OF THE APPOINTING
BODIES.
WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING INITIAL
DISCUSSON OF APPOINTMENT OF
THE NEW PROPOSED DIRECTOR OF
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WE ARE INTENDING ON VOTING THE
APPOINTMENT OUT OF COMMITTEE ON
JANUARY 26.
THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE AN
INTRODUCTION TO PROPOSED
DIRECTOR TOMORROW MORNING.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE A WALK-
THROUGH DECISION AGENDA ON
WEAPONS RECOMMENDATION OF THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION,
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AND
OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE
COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED
LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT THE USE
OF LESS LETHAL WEAPONS IN ALL
CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING CROWD
CONTROL AND OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES.
I WANT TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND
WHERE WE ARE AT AND HOW WE GOT
HERE.
IN JUNE AFTER THE LOCAL
PROTESTS IN RESPONSE TO THE
MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND
HEAVY USE OF THESE WEAPONS BY
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE
126102 TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF
NUMEROUS LESS LETHAL WEAPONS.
IN JULY, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE ROBILLARD ISSUED A
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER,
WHICH PROHIBITED THE ORDINANCE
FROM GOING INTO EFFECT. IN
AUGUST, THE THREE ACCOUNTABILITY
BODIES COMPLETED
RECOMMENDATIONS AS REQUESTED BY
BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE COURT.
IF YOU RECALL WE INCLUDED
LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE WHERE
WE SPECIFICALLY SOLICITED THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE THREE
ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES.
GOSSIP BACK ON CHANGES WE MAY
NEED TO MAKE TO BE THE
ORDINANCE.
WE ASK THE SAME OF THE COURT,
RECOGNIZING WE WERE OBLIGATED
TO DO SO UNDER THE CONSENT
DECREE. ON SEPTEMBER 11 THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICE
COMMITTEE MEETING, THE
ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES INCLUDING
COMMUNITY OF POLICE COMMISSION,
INSPECTOR GENERAL, OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY GAVE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
ON DECEMBER 17 WHERE THERE WAS
A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH
THESE SAME ACCOUNTABILITY
BODIES AND WE INCLUDED THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
THE DISCUSSION AS WELL.
ON DECEMBER 17 IN THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE MEETING, WE ANNOUNCED
THAT THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE
WOULD HAVE, THE ONE COMING OUT
TOMORROW, THAT WE WOULD BE
GOING THROUGH A DECISION AGENDA
COMPRISED OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES AND OTHER
OPTIONS TO DISCUSS HOW WE MIGHT
VOTE AND MAKE CHANGES TO OUR
EXISTING ORDINANCE.
WE ARE AIMING FOR COMMITTEE VOTE
ON THE 26th. BUT TOMORROW'S
MEETING IS A CONTINUATION IN
OUR DELIBERATION.
THE LEGISLATION WOULD BE SENT
TO THE MONITOR AS A DRAFT BILL.
TOGETHER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE AND JUDGE ROBILLARD FOR
THE CONSENT DECREE PROCESS
BEFORE ANY FINAL CONSIDERATION
I COUNCIL.
TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHERE WE ARE
NOW, THERE IS NO CITY LAW
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT WITH THE
USE OF LESS LETHAL FOR CROWD
CONTROL WEAPONS AND THE
LIMITATIONS THAT EXIST RIGHT
NOW ARE A RESULT OF THE CURRENT
LAWSUIT FROM BLACK LIVES MATTER
AND THE ACLU. THAT IS AN
OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE AREN'T AT
NOW.
I THINK ANOTHER PIECE OF
IMPORTANT BACKGROUND IS TO
CONSIDER THE JUDGES PERSPECTIVE
IN THE JUNE TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER HE ISSUED
THAT SHE WAS CRITICAL OF THE
ORDINANCE SAYING IT DOES NOT
INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HE
EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HEARING
THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
THREE ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES. IT
IS A KEY REASON THAT COMMITTEE
HAS MET TWICE TO ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION AND
WHY THE DISCUSSION TOMORROW IS
STRUCTURED AROUND THE
RECOMMENDATION.
OTHER ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE
RELATED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HUMAN SERVICE COMMITTEE, AS
MENTIONED EARLIER, THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT COVID-19 TEST
TESTING SITE IS AT 550,000
TESTS.
THEY ARE DISTRIBUTING IN
LANGUAGE CARDS TO INCLUDE WITH
FOOD, MEALS AND OTHER
DELIVERABLES.
PROMOTING SERVICES FOR CLIENTS
EXPERIENCING ISOLATION DURING
COVID. AND OPERATION PACK LUNCH
MOBILE KITCHEN THIS SHOULD BE
TO 230 MEALS OUTSIDE OF CITY
HALL ON CHRISTMAS DAY WITH SOME
SUPPORT.
I WANT TO MENTION THAT I AS
WELL AS OTHERS RELEASED A
STATEMENT ON WEDNESDAY IN
RESPONSE TO THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL VIOLENT OCCUPATION AND
TO ATTEMPT BROUGHT ON BY DONALD
TRUP'S REFUSAL TO SUPPORT THE
PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER.
HE LOST THE ELECTION.
I ALSO ECHO JOE BIDEN'S
COMMENTS ON THURSDAY.
IF IT HAD BEEN BLACK LIVES
MATTER'S PROTESTERS THEY WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN TREATED VERY
DIFFERENTLY THAN THE MOB FROM
THE CAPITAL.
WE KNOW THIS IS TRUE.
IT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE SAW IN PLAIN
VIEW.
ON FRIDAY EVENING MANY OF US
ARE AWARE THAT CHIEF DIAZ POSTED
AN UPDATE IN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BLOTTER EXPLAINING
THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN
MADE AWARE THAT OFFICERS WERE
REPORTEDLY IN DC ON WEDNESDAY.
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE
DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS LAWFUL
EXPRESSIONS OF FIRST AMENDMENT,
FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
BUT THE VIOLENT MOB WAS
UNLAWFUL AND RESULTED IN THE
DEATH OF ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER
.EXPLAINED THE INCIDENT HAS
BEEN FORWARDED TO THE OFFICE OF
POLCE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FULL
REVIEW.
I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT
WITH THE OFFICE FOR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE
UNDERSTAND THEY WILL
INVESTIGATE WHETHER ANY OF
POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICIES WERE
VIOLATED AND IF ANYTHING NEEDS
TO BE REFERRED FOR CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
THE OPA IS INVESTIGATING THE
COMMENTS OF GILDA PRESIDENT
MIKE SULLIVAN WHO FALSELY
CLAIMED BOTH THE FAR RIGHT AND
THE FAR LEFT WERE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE INSURRECTION AND TO
ATTEMPT IN WASHINGTON DC LAST
WEEK.
AND HIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN HE
PRODUCED A CAMPAIGN VIDEO THAT
GLORIFIED VIOLENCE AND
SENSATIONALIZED CONFLICT. OVER
THE SUMMER HE WENT ON NATIONAL
TELEVISION AND CALL FOR FEDERAL
FORCES TO INTERVENE IN SEATTLE
DESPITE THE OPPOSITION OF THE
CHIEF AND MAYOR AND SEVERAL
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
NOW HE IS PROMOTIN FALSEHOODS
ABOUT THE ATTACK AT THE CAPITAL
LAST WEEK.
I CANNOT HELP BUT WONDER
WHETHER THE ACTIONS OF THESE
OFFICERS WERE INFLUENCED BY THE
RHETORIC OF THEIR LEADER.
THIS IS NOT THE PERSON I
BELIEVE SHOULD BE LEADING OUR
POLICE OFFICERS GUILD IN THESE
CHALLENGING TIMES OF NECESSARY
CHANGE.
I HOPE THE MEMBERS COME TO
AGREE.
THE MAYOR RELEASED A STATEMENT
RELATED TO THIS STATEMENT, SHE
CALLED IT WRONG, IMMORAL AND A
LIE.
SHE SAID HIS STATEMENTS DO NOT
REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE BUT INSTEAD ECHO THE
FAILED LAWS OF THE PRESIDENCY.
AND SHE MENTIONED IT EFFECT
EVERY OFFICER OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS AN OBLIGATION TO
NOT POST SPEECH THAT NEGATIVELY
IMPACTS THE DEPARTMENT'S
ABILITY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS A QUOTE FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT MANUAL
REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA. I THINK
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME EXTRA
TIME TODAY.
ONE LAST THING TO MENTION, IS
THAT THIS WEEK WE HAVE A KING
COUNTY REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE MEETING AND I HAVE
OFFICE HOURS, VIRTUAL OFFICE
HOURS ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 29
BETWEEN 2:00 PM AND 6:00 PM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR THAT REPORT AND
THOSE REMARKS . ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT?
HEARING ON WE WILL MOVE DOWN
THE LINE AND WE WILL HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOLLOWED
BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> GOOD MORNING. IT HAS BEEN
QUITE THE WEEK.
LET'S SEE.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS OF THE
PUBLIC ASSET AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S COUNCIL AGENDA.
THE WEEK AHEAD, JANUARY 12 ON
TUESDAY AM SCHEDULED FOR A
SOUND TRANSIT NORTH KING COUNTY
BRIEFING TO PREP FOR THE
REALIGNMENT DISCUSSIONS IN THE
COMING MONTHS.
JANUARY 14 I PLAN TO ATTEND A
PUGET SOUND REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD
MEETING IN THE MORNING.
IT IS IMPORTANT MEETING IN
DISCUSSIONS WE PARTICIPATED IN
TO SECURE THE CITY OF SEATTLE
$15 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING
TOWARD THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
PROJECT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN JOIN ME
ON THE LAST MEETING AND I HOPE
WE HAVE THE SAME DISCUSSIONS
WE HAD LAST TIME ABOUT SECURING
THIS MONEY FOR THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE PROJECT.
BIG SHOUT OUT TO OIR AND
SEATTLE D.O.T.
ARE PREPPING US WITH THE
MATERIAL AND THE NUMBERS SO WE
CAN WORK WITH THE REST OF THE
TRANSPORTATION BOARD SO THEY
VOTE FAVORABLY SO WE CAN
RELEASE THESE FUNDS FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
ON JANURY 15 I WILL BE JOINING
THE NATIVE ACTION NETWORK AND
THE NATIVE ACTION NETWORK IS AN
ORGANIZATION THAT IS BEEN
AROUND FOR ALMOST 2 DECADES.
SHARED AND CREATED BY FORMER
SENATOR CLAUDIA KAUFMAN,
DEDICATED TO THE EMPOWERMENT OF
YOUNG NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN.
A LOT OF THESE YOUNG GIRLS HAVE
GONE OFF TO COLLEGE AND HAVE
COME BACK AND WENT TO LAW
SCHOOL AND WORK FOR THEIR
TRIBES AND SEEK PUBLIC OFFICE
RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN THEIR OWN
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING
MY OWN DAUGHTERS.
I AM GOING TO ATTEND ONE OF THE
CLASSES IN THE MORNING, THIS
FRIDAY.
I WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON
THAT. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE
ORGANIZATION. IT IS BEEN AROUND
A WHILE AND HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY
SUCCESSFUL.
UPDATE ON SOUND TRANSIT.
I AM SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN
READING ABOUT THIS AND OUR
DISCUSSIONS AND CHANGES IN THE
ENHANCED COSTS TO REALIGNMENT.
AS WE ENTER 2021 WITH THE SAME
CHALLENGES OF 2020, THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD REMAINS DILIGENT
IN ITS PROCESSES TO REALIGN
LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS IN RESPONSE
TO COVID-19. BASICALLY IN THIS
PANDEMIC FIELD RECESSION, COSTS
HAVE GONE UP AND HOW WE WILL DO
REALIGNMENT.
WHAT WE LEARNED FROM SOUND
TRANSIT LAST WEEK, ONE OF THE
-- TWO OF THE REASONS WHY IS
THAT WE HAVE INCREDIBLE INCREASE
IN REAL ESTATE COSTS AND
CONSTRUCTION.
CONSTRUCTION SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY.
THOSE HAVE SKYROCKETED AND HAVE
TAKEN SOME PROJECTS UP TO 150%
IN PROPERTY COSTS.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE FOCUSING ON
WEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD.
WE EXPECT SOME COST INCREASES
SUCH AS EXTENSIONS TO EVERETT,
SOUTH KIRKLAND, ISSAQUAH,
TACOMA LINK EXTENSION. I WANT
TO SHARE A FEW OF MY NOTES AND
FOLLOW UP WITH SOME OF YOU
LATER.
úTHE GOOD NEWS IS, THERE ARE
EIGHT PROJECTS AND SEVEN ARE ON
SCHEDULE AND UNDER BUDGET. AND
SOME OF THEM ARE NOT.
AS I SAID WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT IS THE CONSTRUCTION
MARKET COSTS AND OF COURSE
PROPERTY VALUES. THE WEST
SEATTLE BALLARD PROJECT WHICH
IS CONSIDERED ONE PROJECT WE
ARE ESTIMATING IT WAS AROUND $8
BILLION AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING
AT ABOUT $12 BILLION. THAT IS A
50% INCREASE.
WE ARE HOPING -- AND ALSO ONE
OF THE PROJECTS IN PIERCE
COUNTY HAS GONE UP FROM 11% UP
TO 15%.
THAT IS NEAR THE TACOMA DOME.
THE RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM IS
FAIRLY STABLE.
SOME OF THE NUMBERS THEY CAME
OUT ON THURSDAY WILL BE UPDATED
AGAIN.
WE WILL BE MORE SPECIFIC.
I KNOW YOU ARE WONKY AND I WANT
TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU.
WE LOOKED AT THE PROGRAM
REALIGNMENT BOARD BRIEFING BOOK
AND THERE'S A POWERPOINT LIKE
44 PAGES LONG.
IT CAME OUT IN DECEMBER, 2020.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT, YOU
DON'T NEED TO SEE ALL 44 PAGES,
IT ACTUALLY GOES IN AND
EXPLAINS THE COST OF THE
PROPERTY CONSTRUCTION, INFLATION
, AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT SOUND
TRANSIT HAS HIRED A THIRD PARTY
VALIDATOR TO COME IN TO
REASSESS AND LOOK AT THE MATH
AND THEIR CALCULAIONS AND COST
ESTIMATES. WHICH IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
I THINK WE NEED THE OUTSIDE
THIRD PARTY TO COME IN AND SAY
YOUR NUMBERS ARE OFF OR THEY
ARE GOOD OR CLOSE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT PREDICT
UNTIL WE GET THIS PANDEMIC
UNDER CONTROL.
IT IS LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT.
ONCE WE GET THE PANDEMIC UNDER
CONTROL AND THE RECESSION UNDER
CONTROL OTHER THINGS WILL FALL
INTO PLACE.
I THINK EVERY SECTOR IS RIGHT
THERE.
NOT JUST SOUND TRANSIT.
IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION
AND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION,
I AM HAVE TO FOLLOW UP. WE CAN
PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION YOU MAY NEED.
LET'S GO TO PARKS.
LAST WEEK MY OFFICE RECEIVED AN
ACTIVITY REPORT THAT WE HAVE
BEEN REQUESTING AND WE GOT FROM
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THE CLEAN
CITIES INITIATIVE. FROM
DECEMBER 28 UNTIL JANUARY 3,
ABOUT SIX DAYS, HERE IS SOME OF
THE RESULTS.
THAT IS ABOUT SIX DAYS.
WE HAVE RECOVERED 636 NEEDLES
THAT WERE REMOVED. WE HAVE
DISCOVERED OR WE COLLECTED
185,000 POUNDS OF TRASH, WHICH
WAS REMOVED FROM 10 PARK
LOCATIONS.
ENCAMPMENT TRASH PICKUP.
10 ENCAMPMENT AREAS WERE
SERVICED.
CITY HALL.
BALLARD COMMENTS.
NORTHEAST 45th AND 50 OF THE
STREET.
104th AND 105th AND EVANSTON.
DANNY PARK.
LAKE CITY.
ALBERT DAVID'S PARK.
LAKE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER.
THOSE ARE LIKE 10 AREAS WHERE
THIS COUNCIL PASSED LIKE $3.9
MILLION, I KNOW THEY ORIGINALY
ASKED FOR 5.9 MILLION FOR THE
CLEAN CITIES INITIATIVE.
PARKS HAS TAKEN IT ON WORK WITH
US AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS
OF HOW WE WILL FILL IN THIS GAP
TO COME INTO JUST CLEAN.
IT IS NOT JUST CLEAN AND
PICKING UP TRASH AND NEEDLES.
IT IS EMPTYING OUT THE CANS AND
TAKING AWAY FURNITURE AND ALSO,
THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL, WE
PASSED MORE NAVIGATORS TO COME
OUT. I AM USING THE WORD, NOT
NAVIGATORS LIKE BEFORE, PEOPLE
THAT ARE WORKING IN PARTICULAR
NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP PEOPLE
WITH SOCIAL SERVICES,
PARTICULARLY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE IN THE DISTRICT OR IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT SOME OF THE
UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS ALREADY
KNOW OR THERE IS TRUST AND WE
CAN GET THEM TO SERVICES AND
GET THEM INTO HOUSING.
THE INDOOR SHOWER PROGRAM FROM
DECEMBER 30 THROUGH JANUARY 5,
PARKS SERVED 344 USERS IN THE
SHOWER PROGRAM AT FIVE
COMMUNITY CENTERS. FOOD
DISTRIBUTION, THEY DISTRIBUTE
FOOD FREE, WHICH INCLUDE MEAT
AND VEGETABLES ON WEDNESDAYS
FROM 10:00 UNTIL 1:00. LAST
WEDNESDAY FOOD BOXES WERE
DISTRIBUTED TO FAMILIES IN NEED.
COVID TESTING ON DECEMBER 29
THROUGH JANUARY 5, 3438 PEOPLE
WERE TESTED FOR COVID BY A
MEDICAL TESTING COMPANY AT
THREE SEATTLE PUBLIC RECREATION
SITES.
NORTHGATE, GARFIELD COMMUNITY
CENTER AND LOWER WOODLAND PARK.
CAL ANDERSON OUTREACH AND
ACTIVATION.
THE PARK PROJECT TEAM HAS
HELPED VIRTUAL COMMUNITY
MEETINGS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE
ON THE STATUS OF THE PARK AT A
DECEMBER MEETING ATTENDEES
REQUESTED DISCUSSION TO BE
DEDICATED TO HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS AT THE PARK. ITS
REMOVAL AND THE CITY'S
RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
PLANS TO BRING THE COMMUNITY
TOGETHER FOR A FOLLOW-UP WORK
SESSION ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 15.
I DO NOT KNOW THE TIME.
I AM SURE NEIGHBORS, PARK USERS
AND BUSINESS OWNERS CAN USE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT NEEDS
AND IN VISION FOR PARK USE.
OUR OFFICE CAN PROVIDE MORE
INFORMATION.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
WITH THEM ON ALL THE CLEANUP.
PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE
MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR
THE INITIATIVE.
OFFICE OF THE WATERFRONT.
GREAT NEWS ON.
58.
THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS BEEN
REMOVED.
THE CONTRACTOR IS CURRENTLY
REMOVING THE CONCRETE ELEMENTS
FROM THE WATER INCLUDING SAVING
WHAT THEY CAN OF THE FITZGERALD
FOUNTAIN.
I SHOULD NOT LAUGH BUT
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN SAVE THE
FOUNTAIN.
NATIVE COMMUNITIES, I AM HAPPY
AND EXCITED AND WE SHOULD ALL
BE, SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS HIRED THEIR NEW MISSING,
MURDERED, INDIGENOUS WOMAN
ADVISOR.
THE COUNCIL VOTED FOR THE
RESOLUTION BUT ALSO THE
ORDINANCE AND THE BUDGET AND
THE MONEY TO HIRE SOMEBODY
WITHIN SPD TO HANDLE THIS.
I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, THIS IS THE FIRST
OF ITS KIND LOCALLY AND
NATIONALLY.
CONGRATULATIONS, THEY HAD THE
FIRST DAY DECEMBER 28, 2020.
THEY HAVE A STRONG BACKGROUND
IN DATABASE SYSTEMS AND WORKING
FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
I AM CONFIDENT IN THEIR ABILITY
TO REFORM INTERNAL SYSTEMS SO
SEATTLE CAN BETTER ASSIST
NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
MY OFFICE IS ENGAGED WITH THE
SPD DATA DIVISION AND THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD AS
WELL AS TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS,
URBAN INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS,
TRIBAL POLICE AND COURTS.
WE SHOULD ALL GIVE OURSELVES
THAT I THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T
DO THIS ENOUGH. I THINK WE DID
GOOD HERE. WE TOOK SOMETHING
FROM A NATIONAL LEVER AND TOOK
SOMETHING FROM A STATE LEVEL
AND MADE IT SEATTLE.
I AM PROUD OF THAT.
NO MAJOR CITY HAS DONE THIS.
AND ALSO, THE TRIBES IN THE
STATE ARE VERY THANKFUL THAT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE WE
HAVE CONNECTED ALL OF THESE
NETWORKS, NOT JUST SPD, NOT
JUST CITY OF SEATTLE BUT TRIBAL
POLICE AND COURTS. SO WHEN
NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS
GO MISSING, THE DATA IS
COLLECTED AND WE LOOK FOR THEM.
ON JANUARY 7 I JOINED THE
MAYOR, FIRE CHIEF, POLICE CHIEF,
THE BUSINESS ADVOCATE, AND A
MEETING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS
AND COMMUNITY WHO WERE AFFECTED
BY THE LARGE FIRE ON THE
EVENING OF MONDAY, DECEMBER 28.
THERE WERE EIGHT STORES, SEVEN
HAVE BUSINESSES IN THEM.
THEY HAVE BEEN THERE
PRACTICALLY 30 YEARS AND ALL OF
THEM BURNT TO THE GROUND.
SEATTLE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE
DETERMINED THAT THE SUSPECTS
INTENTIONALLY STARTED THE FIRE
AND SEATTLE FIRE ESTIMATES THE
LOSS AT AROUND $2.7 MILLION.
SEATTLE POLICE ARSON AND BOMB
SQUAD ARE FOLLOWING UP AND THE
SUSPECTS ARE OUTSTANDING.
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN
COORDINATING TO PROVIDE
OUTREACH SUPPORT AND RESOURCES
FOR THE BUSINESSES.
OUR HEARTS BREAK FOR THESE
BUSINESS OWNERS. WE MET SOME OF
THEM WHO HAVE BEEN TO AN
UNPRECEDENTED YEAR.
OF A PANDEMIC FUELED RECESSION,
THE IMPACT OF SMALL BUSINESSES,
WHAT IT IS DONE TO THEIR
EMPLOYEES AND THE EMPLOYERS AND
PARTICULARLY TO THE PROPERTY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU
CAN CONTACT CHRIS LEVINSON, WE
HAVE THE INFORMATION. WE CAN
FOLLOW UP WITH A PARTICULAR
EMAIL ON THE DETAILS IF YOU
NEED ASSISTANCE, WE PUT THIS IN
THE NORTH STAR WHICH IS THE
NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT ON
THURSDAY.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM THE
BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WERE ON
THE CALL ON THURSDAY.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT?
HEARING NONE.
COLLEAGUES, I APOLOGIZE FOR
HAVING TO DO THIS BUT WE HAVE
TO GO BACK TO THE REPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
STAFF HAS REMINDED ME THAT WE
WERE SUPPOSED TO CALL FOR
SIGNATURES ON THE TWO
PROCLAMATIONS SHE MENTIONED AND
I INADVERTENTLY FORGOT TO DO
THAT.
FOR YOUR INDULGENCE, I WOULD
LIKE TO DO THAT BEFORE WE HEAR
FROM COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COLLEAGUES, AS YOU HEARD
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD MENTION,
THE FIRST PROCLAMATION WILL BE
RELATED TO HONORING FRONT-LINE
WORKERS YOU HAVE MADE US SAY
FIRST TWO THROUGH CITYWIDE
TESTING.
THIS IS AN UPDATED VERSION THAT
WE ALL SIGNED PREVIOUSLY.
OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I
REQUEST THE ROLE BE CALLED ON
THE FIRST PROCLAMATION? HEARING
NONE.
WITH THE CLERK CALL THE ROLE TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
HONORING THE FRONT-LINE WORKERS
WHO HAVE MADE US ALL DAY FOR
THROUGH CITYWIDE TESTING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD . YES.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
YES . LEWIS.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA . YES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
YES . COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
YES . COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
YES.
ALL IN FAVOR.
>> THE SIGNATURES WILL BE A
FIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE
ROE TO DETERMINE WAS
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE THE
SIGNATURES AFFIXED TO THE
SECOND PROCLAMATION WHICH IS
HONORING THE COMMUNITY SERVICE
OF TIM HARRIS.
OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT
PROCLAMATION? HEARING ON A
QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL ROLE TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
HONORING THE COMMUNITY SERVICE
OF TIM HARRIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
YES . COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
YES.
LEWIS. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
YES. ALL IN FAVOR.
>> THE SIGNATURES WILL BE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APOLOGIZE
FOR HAVING TO GO BACKWARDS IN
THE AGENDA.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DO SO. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS YOU
ARE NEXT.
AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES .
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL BE BRIEF SINCE I KNOW WE
ARE EAGER TO GET TO THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION LATER IN THE
MORNING.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THAT MUCH TO
REPORT THIS MORNING.
I WANT TO JOIN THE EXPRESSIONS
OF MY COLLEAGUES, IN
PARTICULAR COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD THIS MORNING IN HER
EXTENSIVE REMARKS CONDEMNING
THE VIOLENT ATTACK ON THE
UNITED STATES CAPITAL ON THE
PART OF DOMESTIC TERRORISTS
SEEKING TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS
OF A FAIR, FREE AND DEMOCRATIC
ELECTION.
I FURTHER THIS WEEKEND, SIMILAR
TO THE COMMENTS CALLED ON
OFFICER MIKE SULLIVAN TO RESIGN
HIS POSITION, NOT ONLY AS HEAD
OF THE UNION BUT WITHIN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
RECOGNITION OF THE EXTREMELY
DIVISIVE, INACCURATE AND FALSE
STATEMENTS THAT HE HAS MADE IN
THE WAKE OF THIS VIOLENT ATTACK
, IMPLYING A FALSE EQUIVALENCY
OF CONTACT AND A COMPLETELY
FAKE THEORY OF INVOLVEMENT FROM
BLM ACTIVISTS IN THE
INSURRECTION THAT OCCURRED ON
WEDNESDAY ON THE PART OF
EXTREMIST GROUPS.
I STAND WITH COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
WITH THE MAYOR, WITH LABOR
LEADERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
CONDEMNING THAT VIOLENT AND
MISLEADING RHETORIC. AND
BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR NEW
LEADERSHIP IN THE UNION AND IT
WOULD BE WISE TO RELIEVE ITSELF
OF THAT DIVISIVE LEADERSHIP
THAT IS THE NOTHING TO ADVANCE
THE CAUSE NOR THE ISSUES OF
THAT UNION.
OR BETTER THE QUALITY OF
SUPPORT FOR THE WORKERS IN THAT
UNION.
SIMILARLY I SUPPORT THE
RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE BEING
BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN CALLING FOR THE
IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL OF
DONALD TRUMP GIVEN THE EXTREME
VIOLATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL
NORMS AND BLATANT INSURRECTION
AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC
INSTITUTIONS OF THIS COUNTRY
THAT HE DISPLAYED LAST WEEK. I
LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE EFFORTS
BEING CONSOLIDATED AND I THINK
BOTH OF THOSE, BOTH OF MY
COLLEAGUES FOR YOU BRING THAT
FORWARD.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER UPDATES
THIS MORNING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE
TO SAY ON SOME SUBSTANTIVE
UPDATES ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN
SHEPHERDING BY BREATHING NEXT
MONDAY WANTS CRITICAL DEADLINES
HAVE LAPSED AND WE ARE READY TO
MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF
CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS AND
MOVING FORWARD ON THAT
LEGISLATION WITH MORE
CERTAINTY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS
AND THE REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS? HEARING NONE WE WILL
MOVE OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR THE
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC COMMITTEE ON
úTODAY'S AGENDA.
NEXT MONDAY WE WILL BE
CELEBRATING THE REVEREND DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
CONSEQUENTLY, THINGS WILL GET
BUMPED. MY FIRST COMMITTEE OF
THE YEAR WILL BE MOVED TO NEXT
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22.
THE CALENDAR STATES 2:00 PM BUT
I BELIEVE WE HAVE SWAPPED WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND WE
WILL MEET AT 9:30.
CAN I ASKED THE CLERK TO
CONFIRM THAT?
>> WE CAN SEE A THUMBS UP.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SWITCH
HAS BEEN COMPLETED. BY THE
CLERK'S OFFICE.
YOU SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LAST WEEK I MET WITH THE
DIRECTOR OF THE DHARMESH
LONGHOUSE TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR
RESTORATION WORK AND OTHER
PROGRAMMING THEY HAVE GOING ON
ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO GO BACK AND
MEET WITH FOLKS IN PERSON.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES
TO CHECK IT OUT.
ITIS A BEAUTIFUL CDER
LONGHOUSE AND THERE ARE
IMPORTANT HISTORY TO LEARN.
IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THEY
ARE DOING NOW.
WE CONTINUE TO HOLD ZOOM
MEETINGS WITH CONSTITUENTS AND
HEAR ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES FOR
THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING A
STRONG DESIRE TO KEEP LAKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD CLOSED TO
TRAFFIC TO ALLOW FOR RATER
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ACCESS. AND
ALSO MET WITH ARTS AND CULTURE
DIRECTOR AND THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR
TRANSITION PLANNING.
I WANT TO LET COLLEAGUES KNOW
ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THEY ARE
DOING RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE
WORKING WITH OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT
GRANTMAKING SYSTEM THAT BETTER
REFLECTS AVAILABLE CITY
RESOURCES IN REAL TIME.
BUT ALSO STREAMLINED THE GRANT
APPLICATION PROCESS TO THE CITY
AND THE IDEA IS TO MAKE THE
PROCESS LESS ONEROUS ON
COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE
SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
REPRESENTING COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, VERY OFTEN FIND THE
GRANTMAKING OR APPLICATION
PROCESS OVERLY BURDENSOME.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE
DOING TO TRY TO STREAMLINE THAT
AND MAKE THE PROCESS MORE
EQUITABLE.
THIS WEEK I WILL MEET WITH
FORMER COUNCILMEMBER TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT THE SOUND TRANSIT
PROGRAM REALIGNMENT WORK THAT
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ MENTION.
PARTICULARLY HOW PROJECTS IN
SEATTLE WILL BE IMPACTED AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP
WITH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AS
WELL.
FINALLY, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE
OUR NEWEST LEGISLATORS FROM
SEATTLE.
I HOPE WE CAN KEEP OUR
COLLEAGUES IN MIND AS THEY
BEGIN THEIR WORK IN OLYMPIA
TODAY.
WE ARE WISHING THEM A
PRODUCTIVE AND SAFE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.
AFTER THE EVENTS OF LAST WEEK
WE ARE ALL THINKING ABOUT THE
VERY TENUOUS NATURE OF OUR
DEMOCRACY. AND IT IS IMPORTANT
TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE TO
WORK HARD TO PROTECT OUR
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS.
THEY DO NOT PROTECT THEMSELVES.
I WANT TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN
CONDEMNING THE VIOLENCE, THIS
EDITION WE WITNESSED LAST WEEK.
AND CALLING FOR ANYONE
ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIZING OR
INCITING THAT VIOLENCE TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
I FEAR THIS IS REALLY THE
BEGINNING OF THESE EFFORTS
COMMENT NOT THE END.
I WANT TO JOIN THOSE CALLING ON
OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
AND THE VICE PRESIDENT TO ACT
WITH URGENCY TO IMPEACH THE
45th PRESIDENT AND CALLING ON
MIKE SULLIVAN TO RESIGN FROM
HIS LEADERSHIP POSITION AND HIS
POSITION IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THAT REPORT AND THE
COMMENTS.
OTHER ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
FOR COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ?
HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE DOWN
THE LINE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES.
THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS TODAY
FROM MY OFFICE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS TO
THE COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING PDA
AND SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THERE IS RESOLUTION 3198 THREE.
THIS CONFIRMS OUR DESIRE TO
MAKE SURE THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS
MEDICAL FOLKS IN THE REGION AND
HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS COME
TOGETHER TO EXCHANGE
INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-
19.
THIS INCLUDES LIFTING UP AND
SHOWING THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
HEALTH SYSTEM.
I WANT TO THANK CINDY WHO HAS
BEEN A LONG TIME LEADER IN
LEADING DELEGATIONS TO CUBA.
SHE HAS BEEN THE BOARD
PRESIDENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE --
WORKING FROM HOME WE ARE SO
FOCUSED ON WHAT WE ARE DOING
HERE IN SEATTLE, JUST FOR
úBACKGROUND I WANT TO PUT THE
REASON FOR THIS RESOLUTION INTO
CONTEXT.
CUBA HAS REPORTED 1.3 DEATHS
PER 100,000.
WHILE THE UNITED STATES IS
REPORTED 110 DEATHS PER
100,000.
THIS COMPARED TO THE PER
CAPITAL RATES OF TOTAL CASES IN
THE U.S. IS 56 TIMES THE RATE
OF CUBA.
AND THE PER CAPITA RATE OF
TOTAL DEATHS IS 85 TIMES HIGHER
IN THE U.S. THAN IT IS IN CUBA.
CUBA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
PROVIDING INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL
AND HEALTHCARE ASSISTANCE TO
THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
ESPECIALLY IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES UNDER THE BANNER AND
THE CAUSE FOR MAKING SURE THAT
HEALTHCARE IS SEEN AS A TRUE
HUMAN RIGHT THAT IT IS THE
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL BRIGADE
WAS DECISIVE IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST EBOLA EPIDEMIC IN WEST
AFRICA AND A STEP FORWARD IN
MANY EPIDEMICS AROUND THE WORLD.
SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF COVID-19
CUBA HAS SENT 52 MEDICAL
BRIGADE EQUIPMENTS AROUND THE
WORLD WITH PHARMACEUTICAL
EQUIPMENT TO OVER 45 COUNTRIES
WITH ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FROM
SIMILAR ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES. IT SHOULD BE
EXPLICITLY STATED THAT THE U.S.
BLOCKADE HAS SEVERELY
RESTRICTED COLLABORATION ON
SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
THAT INTERFERES WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SAVING LIVES IN
THE FACE OF THIS PANDEMIC WHICH
NOT ONLY HARMS THE PEOPLE OF
CUBA BUT IT HARMS US, THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO
BENEFIT FROM THE MEDICAL
EXPERTISE AND GENEROSITY OF THE
PEOPLE IN CUBA.
I WANT TO NOTE THE WASHINGTON
STATE LABOR COUNCIL HAVE PASSED
RESOLUTIONS CALLING FOR
COOPERATION IN CUBA TO SAVE
LIVES IN THE FACE OF COVID-19.
IT ASKED FOR FEDERAL AND STATE
DELEGATION ALONG WITH THE
MEDICAL AND RESEARCH COMMUNITY
IN SEATTLE WHICH WE ARE PROUD
OF AND NO THEY HAVE
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AS
WITH CUBAN COUNTERPART SO WE
CAN EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE AND
COLLABORATE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
IMPROVING THE LIVES, SAVING
LIVES, IMPROVING TREATMENTS AND
ENSURING THERE IS VACCINES IN
THE MOST CUTTING-EDGE PROTOCOLS
DEPLOYED ACROSS THE GLOBE.
WE CAN DO THIS IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH KEY.
IT ILL ALSO BE UP FOR
CONSIDERATION ON MONDAY.
IN TERMS OF FULL COUNCIL THERE
ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE ON
TODAY'S FULL COUNCIL AGENDA.
THE NEXT FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE WILL BE ON FRIDAY,
JANUARY 22 AT 2:00 PM.
THIS IS NOT THE NORMAL TIME.
I HOPE THIS TIME WORKS WELL FOR
OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE WILL HAVE MANY APPOINTMENTS
AND A PRESENTATION.
THERE IS 100% SUCCESS RATE OF
OFFERING FOLKS OPPORTUNITIES TO
MOVE BACK AND EVERY SINGLE
PERSON WHO HAS WANTED TO MOVE
BACK HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DO SO.
THAT IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY
PREFERENCE POLICY LOOKS LIKE
AND IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
WHEN YOU DO DEVELOP MAKING SURE
THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THAT
AREA GET THE CHANCE TO COME
BACK.
IT IS SUCCEEDING AND IT IS
SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO LIFT
UP AND HIGHLIGHT THE GREAT WORK
OF THE SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
, WHICH WE WILL BE SAD TO SEE
THE DIRECTOR LEAVE.
I WANT TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO
TALK ABOUT THE WORK COMING OUT
BEFORE HE DEPARTS FROM HIS
TENURE AT SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE A LEGISLATION THAT WE
WILL BE CONSIDERING THAT ALLOWS
FOR US TO OFFER EMERGENCY AND
HAZARD PAY TO GROCERY WORKERS.
FOLKS MAY HAVE FOLLOWED THE
NEWS BEFORE THE HOLIDAY BREAK
FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH,
CALIFORNIA.
OTHER CITIES ARE CONSIDERING
THIS AS WELL.
ONLY TAKE ABOUT ESSENTIAL
WORKERS WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF
PROTECTIONS MANDATORY AT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND ESPECIALLY
FOR THE GIG WORKERS.
INITIALLY WE WERE EXCITED TO
HEAR THAT THE UNION AND WORKING
WITH SOME LOCAL GROCERS HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH TWO
DOLLARS AN HOUR FOR THE WORKERS.
QUICKLY THAT WENT AWAY.
IN THE TIME OF COVID WERE
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SEE
SKYROCKETING RATES OF INFECTION
INCLUDING THE MOST DEADLY DAY
FOR COVID DEATHS JUST THIS LAST
WEEK, WE KNOW THE COVID EPIDEMIC
OR PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER OR NEAR
TO BE OVER.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
VACCINE BUT WE NEED TO TREAT
THESE WORKERS AS THE TRUE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS THEY ARE.
THEY HAVE BEEN SACRIFICING
THEMSELVES TO GO TO THE GROCERY
STORES AND TO WORK ON OUR BEHALF
. DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE
SACRIFICIAL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE
HAZARD PAY AND EMERGENCY PAY
JUST LIKE HAS BEEN PAID FOR IN
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
I AM EXCITED TO BRING THIS
LEGISLATION FORWARD AND WE WILL
HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEXT
FRIDAY.
I JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN THE
CONDEMNATION ON THE LANGUAGE
USED LOCALLY AND I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE EXPLICIT IN
OUR CONDEMNATION FOR WHAT WE
SAW IN NOT ONLY OUR STATE
CAPITAL BUT IN THE NATION'S
CAPITAL.
LET'S MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
THE ATTEMPT OF THE TWO WAS AN
ATTEMPT TO TELL OUR COUNTRY'S
RESIDENTS IN PARTICULAR ARE
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, LGBTQ
RESIDENTS, WOMEN AND WORKING
FAMILIES THAT THEY DON'T MATTER
AND THEIR VOICES THE MATTER BY
MAKING SURE THEY WERE TRYING TO
FIGHT THE VOTE. THEY WERE
TRYING TO INCITE VIOLENCE AND
FEAR.
THEIR EFFORTS WILL NOT WORK.
ALL OF YOUR VOTES MATTER.
ALL OF YOUR CALLS FOR JUSTICE
CONTINUE TO MATTER.
BLACK LIVES MATTER AND WE WE
SHOULD MAKE SURE WE FIGHT TO
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFE NO
MATTER WHERE THEY WORK.
THAT INCLUDES COMMUNITY, SAFETY
OFFICIALS, ELECTED OFFICIALS,
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AND THAT
INCLUDES IN CAPITOL HILL HERE
AND IN DC AND IN GROCERY
STORES, PACKING HOUSES, THE
GOVERNOR'S HOUSE, OR THE STATE
AND HOUSE IN OUR STATE
LEGISLATURE.
I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS WHO ARE
SERVING TODAY IN OLYMPIA.
OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, THIS IS
THE FIRST DAY OF THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THEY ARE
SURROUNDED BY A BARRICADE.
WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE
PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE TO
FIGHT FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
RESIDENTS BY BRINGING TOGETHER
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS VERY
TERRIFYING TO SEE, MY HUSBAND
WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE PRESS
HAVING TO WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR
INCLUDING A BULLETPROOF VEST.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE,
WHETHER ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, COMMUNITY
MEMBERS OR OTHERWISE, EVERYONE
IS SAFER THEY WORK.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU
DO.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK A
REPRESENTATIVE, OUR U.S.
WASHINGTON DISTRICT
REPRESENTATIVE.
SHE AND ANOTHER SENATOR LED THE
CALL FOR THE 20 FIFTH AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON STATE DELEGATION.
ALL NINE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF
THE WASHINGTON STATE DELEGATION
IN ADDITION TO THE GOVERNOR
HAVE CALLED FOR THE 20 FIFTH
AMENDMENT TO BE INVOKED IT
TAKES TREMENDOUS COURAGE TO DO
THAT.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN DC AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT
FOR JUSTICE AND NOT BIG DOWN IN
THE FACE OF FEAR AND
INTIMIDATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE UPDATES
AND FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT
>> THIS IS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION
ABOUT U.S. CUBA COLLABORATION
ON THE MEDICAL ISSUES RELATED
TO COMBATING COVID. DAVID HE
WAS A PROMINENT ACTIVIST FROM
THE PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN
CONTACTED MY OFFICE AND
REQUESTED WE COSPONSOR THE
RESOLUTION THEY HAVE ADVOCATED
CALLING FOR U.S./CUBAN
COLLABORATION IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COVID-19.
THE STATISTICS SPEAK A POWERFUL
STORY FOR WHAT CAN BE
ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PUBLIC AND
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE
RESOLUTION. OVER THE WEEKEND WE
CONTACTED -- THE COMPLETE
FAILURE OF PRIVATE PROFITEERING
HEALTH COMPANIES IN THE CONTEXT
OF U.S. CAPITALISM TO ADDRESS
THE COVID HEALTH EMERGENCY IS A
CLEAR DEMONSTRATION FOR SINGLE-
PAYER MEDICARE FOR ALL WITH
FULL COVERAGE OF MEDICAL NEEDS
INCLUDING DENTAL AND GENDER
MEDICINE NEEDS AND FULLY
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.
I'M HAPPY TO COSPONSOR THIS
RESOLUTION WITH CUBA TOO MUCH
MORE EFFECTIVELY BY THE PANDEMIC
AND WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
ACTIVISTS HAVE FOR YEARS BEEN
ADVOCATING FOR MEDICAID FOR ALL.
>> ANYTHING ELSE FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
HEARING NONE WE WILL GO DOWN
THE LINE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT .
>> THANK YOU.
OUR TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE HAS NO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S FULL CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA.
OUR COMMITTEE MEETS ON
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 AT 2:00
PM.
NORMALLY THE COMMITTEE MEETS IN
THE MORNING BUT WE MOVED TO THE
AFTERNOON SO WE CAN WITNESS AND
BREATHE A COLLECTIVE SIGH OF
RELIEF WITH THE INAUGURATION OF
PRESIDENT BIDEN EARLIER THAT
DAY.
ON JANUARY 20 IN THE AFTERNOON
OUR COMMITTEE WILL BE VERY BUSY
WITH MORE APPOINTMENTS TO
ADVISORY BOARDS AND BRIEFINGS
ON IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY MATTERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT BRIEFLY
ON THE REPREHENSIBLE, ILLEGAL
AND VIOLENT STORMING OF THE
U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING LAST
WEEK'S HEARD BY A PRESIDENT WHO
IS NOT FIT TO LEAD OUR NATION.
BEFORE BECOMING A HUSBAND AND A
FATHER MANY YEARS AGO I HAD THE
HONOR OF WORKING IN OUR NATIONS
CAPITAL AND INSIDE THE HALLOWED
HALLS OF CONGRESS.
EACH MORNING I WOULD SIT
OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
AND STARE AT THE CAPITOL DOME.
LAST WEEK THE VIDEOS SMASHED MY
SOUL AS A PUBLIC SERVANT.
APPRECIATED THE SWIFT AND
ELOQUENT STATEMENTS FROM OUR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT CONDEMNING
THE HORRIBLE EVENTS AS THEY
WERE UNFOLDING LAST WEEK AND
ALSO FROM MY COLLEAGUES THIS
MORNING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE
RESOLUTION.
AFTER THE SHOCK AND SADNESS
THAT VIOLENCE IS HARD TO MY
RESOLVE TO LEAN INTO MY JOB AND
TRY MY BEST TO GOVERN WITH
SKILL AND DO MY PART TO MAKE
SUCH AN EVENT UNTHINKABLE FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
JANUARY 6, 2021 WILL BE A
BRUTAL REMINDER OF HOW FRAGILE
ANY DEMOCRACY IS. THE
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND HOW
MUCH EDUCATION AND HOW MUCH
ELECTIONS REALLY MATTER.
OF EFFORTS ON CAPITOL HILL THIS
WEEK TO IMPEACH AND REMOVE
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE INAUGURATION OF A NEW
ADMINISTRATION CANNOT COME SOON
ENOUGH. REGARDING THE COMMENTS
OF MIKE SULLIVAN, I HAVE NOT
BEEN IN FAVOR OF DEFINING THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, ANY SPECIFIC
PERCENTAGE BUT HAVE INSTEAD
FAVORED APPROACH AT FIRST
IMPLEMENTS A SOLID PLAN TO
REVAMP PUBLIC SAFETY ABSOLUTELY
CONDEMNED THE REMARKS BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE POLICE UNION
ON TWITTER.
WHILE THE CITY COUNCIL LIKE ALL
LEGISLATIVE BODIES WILL
DISAGREE ON MANY THINGS, I
BELIEVE WE ALL AGREE NOT ONLY
THAT HIS REMARKS AND THEIR
IMPLICATIONS ARE REPREHENSIBLE
AND UNTRUE, BUT ALSO THE NEED
TO REVAMP THE INFLEXIBLE
EXPENSIVE AND UNJUST POLICE
UNION CONTRACT.
I CONCUR WITH THE COMMENTS FROM
THE MAYOR, FORMER POLICE CHIEF
AND MANY OTHERS.
FOR THE GOOD OF 1000 MEN AND
WOMEN IN UNIFORM WHO HAVE
WORKED HARD AS PART OF THE CITY
GOVERNMENT FAMILY, I THINK IT
IS TIME FOR HIM TO HAVE THIS
POSITION OVER TO SOMEONE WHO
CAN REPRESENT THE OFFICERS WE
RELY ON WITH THE DIGNITY AND
DECORUM THEY DESERVE DURING
THESE TUMULTUOUS TIMES OF CHANGE
. WE MUST HAVE A PARTNER WHO IS
TRULY EMBRACE THAT WE CANNOT GO
BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE
POLICE UNION HAS IN MY VIEW
DISQUALIFIED HIMSELF TO BE A
FAIR PARTNER IN NEGOTIATING THE
CONTRACT WHICH WILL BECOME THE
MOST IMPORTANT TOOL FOR
SUSTAINING REFORM, SAVING
MONEY, MAINTAINING SAFETY AND
DELIVERING JUSTICE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT
AND THOSE COMMENTS.
ALL ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FOR COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN I JUST
WANTED TO NOTE QUICKLY AS IT
RELATES TO THE WORK RELEVANT TO
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE, THERE'S A LOT GOING
ON.
I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT
DURING REPORT TO GIVE A PUBLIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
STARTING TODAY, THE WEST SEATTLE
LOW BRIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BE
MONITORED VIA CAMERA AND THAT
MEANS AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT. FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT
PREAUTHORIZED TO BE ON THAT
BRIDGE BETWEEN 5:00 AM AND 9:00
PM, IF YOU USE THE WEST SEATTLE
LOW BRIDGE IT WILL RESULT IN AN
AUTOMATIC $75 FINE FOR EACH
TRIP EACH WAY.
I WANT TO THANK SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FOR PUSHING OUT THAT
INFORMATION.
AND FOR THOSE COUNCILMEMBERS
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PUSHING
OUT THE SAME MESSAGE VIA YOUR
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TRANSPORTATION TWITTER PAGE AND
FIND SOME HANDY GRAPHICS AND A
CLEAR MESSAGE AROUND NOT
UTILIZING THAT LOW BRIDGE.
>> JUST A QUICK PLUG SINCE THIS
WAS BOUGHT UP.
FOLKS WHO VISITED ME ABOUT THE
LOWER BRIDGE. THEY WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THERE WAS A SAFE
PLACE TO PARK THEIR CAR SO THEY
CAN BIKE OVER OR WALK OVER TO
DOWNTOWN.
IT IS FASTER TO GET THERE ON
FOOT OR BIKE. IF WE CAN FOLLOW
UP ON THAT, I THINK FOLKS WOULD
APPRECIATE IT IF THEY WANT TO
BUY TO TAKE THE STROLLER OR GO
FOR A WALK. I THINK IT IS A LOT
FASTER.
I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU SO I CAN GET BACK TO THEM.
>> HEARING NOTHING ELSE, WE
WILL GO DOWN THE LINE.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> GOOD MORNING . THERE ARE NO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND RENTER RIGHT COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26.
WEDNESDAYS HORRIFIC
DEMONSTRATION OF FAR RIGHT
VIOLENCE IN WASHINGTON DC IS A
SCARY REMINDER THAT MAY HAVE
LOST THE ELECTION BUT IS THEM
IN THE FAR RIGHT IS GROWING.
THEY ARE REFUSING TO ACCEPT A
DEMOCRATIC ELECTION RESULT AND
ATTEMPTING TO OVERTURN IT.
MY OFFICE STANDS IN SOLIDARITY
WITH EVERYONE AND WITH ALL
THOSE WHO WERE CAUGHT IN THE
FIRE IN THE CAPITAL BUILDING
INCLUDING THE CUSTODIAL
WORKERS, SERVICE WORKERS, STAFF
MEMBERS AND OTHERS MY OFFICE
PROPOSE A PEACEFUL COUNTER
PROTEST THAT WERE HELD BY
WORKING PEOPLE AND SOCIALISTS
AS PART OF AN IMMEDIATE FIGHT
BACK AGAINST THESE FOUR
REDUCTIONS THE ONLY REAL
DEFENSE IS A MASS MOVEMENT AND
MASS ORGANIZATION OF WORKING
PEOPLE, LABOR UNIONS, SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS AND SOCIALISTS TO
SHUT DOWN THE FAR RIGHT'S.
POLICE AND CITY AFTER CITY
BRUTALIZED PEACEFUL BLACK LIVES
MATTER PROTESTS. WHERE ARE THE
DEFENDERS WHEN THE FAR RIGHT
GOES ON A TERRORIZING RAMPAGE?
WE SAW THE POLICE NONRESPONSE
TO THE HORRIFIC ACTIONS BY THE
FAR RIGHT IN THE U.S. CAPITAL.
THEY ALLOWED AN ARMED RIGHT
WING MOB WITH AN INTENT TO
OVERRIDE A DEMOCRATIC ELECTION
TO WALK UNHINDERED UP THE
STEPS.
SOME POLICE TOOK SELFIES WITH
THE RIGHT-WING SUPPORTERS.
MICHIGAN -- POLICE REPRESSION
IS PRIMARILY THE RESULT THAT IS
USED AGAINST PROGRESSIVE
MOVEMENTS.
BLACK LIVES MATTER'S PROTESTERS
MARCHING IN SEATTLE ARE MET WITH
-- DURING JIM CROW THE -- LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EVEN THOUGH
IT WAS NOT LEGAL NOT ONE COURT
WOULD CONVICT THAT.
TWO SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS
WERE IN DC ON WEDNESDAY -- MIKE
SULLIVAN NEEDS TO RESIGN
IMMEDIATELY FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND FROM THE GUILD.
IT IS NOTABLE DURING THE
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
FORMER LEASE CHIEF CARMEN BEST
TO ADJUST PRESIDED OVER BRUTAL
ATTACKS SENT TO PLEASE, YOU ARE
TRULY THE BEST POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY.
GIVEN THAT -- USING KID GLOVES
IS IMPORTANT THAT GRASSROOT
ACTIVISTS FIGHT AGAINST --
REPEAL ONE OF THE FEW HISTORIC
VICTORIES WON LAST YEAR.
THE FIRST IN THE NATION A BAN
ON POLICE USE OF CROWD CONTROL
WEAPONS.
I URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO STAND
ON THE JUST SIDE OF HISTORY AND
OPPOSE THE ATTEMPTS.
THE FAR RIGHT VIGILANTISM IS
THE BEGINNING OF US WORKING
PEOPLE GET ORGANIZED WHEN BIDEN
BECAME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
AND BERNIE SANDERS DROPPED OUT
OF THE RACE, TRUMP WAS ABLE TO
PRESENT HIMSELF AS STANDING
AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT.
FALSELY SO.
BUT THE POINT IS WITHOUT A LEFT
ALTERNATIVE THE FAR RIGHT WILL
GROW IN LEGITIMAY.
THE ONLY WAY TO WENT OVER THE
TENS OF MILLIONS OF ORDINARY
PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP OUT
OF ANGER, THE CORPORATE ELITE
AND CONGRESS IS TO BREAK FROM
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BOTH MAJOR
PARTIES AND BUILD MOVEMENTS.
THE FAR RIGHT VIOLENCE AT THE
CAPITAL IS A RESULT OF TRUMP
AND THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT TO
STAND AGAINST HIS ATTACKS ON
THE WORKING CLASS IN ANY
MEANINGFUL WAY.
IT SHOWS WE SIMPLY HAVE NO TIME
TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD
FOR REAL CHANGE.
WE NEED A PARTY OF THE WORKING
CLASS AND WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK
FROM MEDICARE FOR ALL, GREEN
NEW DEAL AND ACTUAL DEMOCRATIC
CONTROL OVER POLICE. IS COMING
COMMUNITY GROUPS, SOCIALISTS,
ACTIVISTS AND OTHERS MUST FIGHT
FOR THESE DEMANDS TO BUILD A
POWERFUL ALTERNATIVE TO THE
FAKE AND DANGEROUS POPULISM OF
TRUMP AND TO DEFEAT THE FAR
RIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO GOOGLE
EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE FORMED A
UNION WITH THE COMMUNICATION
WORKERS.
THIS IS THE KIND OF STEPS WE
NEED IN THE DIRECTION TOWARDS A
REVIVAL OF AMERICA'S PROBLEM
MILITANT LABOR MOVEMENT.
WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE
BOARD ISSUE A TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER. THE CITY
COUNCIL IS NOT REQUIRED TO
WATER IT DOWN AND IT IS
SHAMEFUL THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
ARE USING IT AS AN EXCUSE TO
REPEAL THE HARD-FOUGHT VICTORY
OF THE BLM MOVEMENT.
THERE WAS NO REPRESENTATIVE
WHEN THE JUDGE ISSUED A
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER.
THERE WAS NO ONE DEFENDING THE
LEGISLATION.
MY OFFICE DOES NOT SUPPORT THE
WATERING DOWN REPEAL OF THE BAN
ON THE SO-CALLED CROWD CONTROL
WEAPONS. THESE ARE WEAPONS
WIELDED BY THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT USED TO VIOLATE A
FEDERAL INJUNCTION AGAINST ITS
BRUTALITY AGAINST THE BLM
MOVEMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THEIR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT REPORT? HEARING NINE WE
WILL GO DOWN THE LINE.
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
AND I WILL CONCLUDE THIS
PORTION OF THE AGENDA BEFORE WE
MOVED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
>> GOOD MORNING. THERE ARE NO
ITEMS. THERE ARE 10 ITEMS FOR
THE LAND USE COMMITTEE ON THE
INTRODUCTION OF THE CALENDAR.
THERE IS A CONTRACT RE-ZONE.
AN APPLICATION FOR CONTRACT
REZONE. 75 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT.
THIS ITEM IS PENDING FOR THE
PURPOSES OF COUNCIL
QUASIJUDICIAL ROLES.
COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD AVOID ANY
EX PARTE COMMUNICATION ABOUT
THE MERIT OF THE APPLICATION.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS CONTACT
THE CENTRAL STAFF.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
QUASIJUDICIAL PROCESS.
WE HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO
SEATTLE CHINATOWN DISTRICT
PRESERVATION.
WE HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE
PIKE PLACE HISTORICAL COMMISSION
. THE NEXT MEETING IS THIS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13.
THERE ARE THREE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
PUBLIC HEARING AND A VOTE ON
LEGISLATION TO EXTEND THE
INTERIM FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS
THAT COUNCIL ADOPTED LAST YEAR.
DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON AN
APPLICATION TO ASK SEND AN
ALREADY APPROVED CONTRACT REZONE
. AND INITIAL BREATHING AND
DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED
UPDATES TO THE CONSTRUCTION
CODE AND ENERGY CODE.
LAST WEEK MY COUNCIL DUTIES I
MET WITH MEMBERS OF SOME LARGE
CITIES TO PREPARE FOR THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT IS
BEGINNING TODAY.
I ATTENDED THE GROWTH POLICY
MANAGEMENT BOARD.
I DON'T NEED TO SAY MUCH MORE
THAN WHAT IS ALREADY BEEN SAID.
ABOUT LAST WEEK'S ATTEMPTING TO
OTHER THAN THIS IS A CLEAR
DEMONSTRATION OF THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN HOW AMERICA TREATS
BLACK AMERICA AND WHITE AMERICA.
I WILL TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
HIGHLIGHT AND THINK THE QUICK
THINKING STAFFER SECURING THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE CERTIFICATES.
LAST WE COULD HAVE GONE MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS HAD IS NOT
OCCURRED.
AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANT
ROLE THAT STAFF FULFILL MAKING
GOVERNMENT FUNCTION.
SO OFTEN STAFFS WORK GOES
UNNOTICED BECAUSE THEY MAKE IT
SMOOTH.
THE AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE
CHANNEL MAKES THE MEETINGS
SMOOTH. THIS MORNING THEY HAD A
SERIOUS ISSUE THEY WERE ABLE TO
RESOLVE IN MOMENTS GETTING A
>> ONLINE QUICKLY.
ALSO TAKING THIS MOMENT TO TAKE
ALL OF THE STAFF YOU MAKE OUR
CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CITY
GOVERNMENT FUNCTION FROM THE
CLERKS TO IT AND CENTRAL STAFF
AND ALL THE COUNCIL OFFICE AT
CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING GOVERNMENT
FUNCTION.
LAST WEEKEND DISTRICT 6, I MEET
WITH RESIDENTS EVERY WEEK.
IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF
THE WEEK.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS
FOR SPEAKING TO ME LAST WEEK.
WE DISCUSSED PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, PUBLIC
SAFETY, HOMELESSNESS AND THE
MISDEMEANOR BILLS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS
PROPOSED.
I ATTENDED THE WOODLAND PARK
SAFETY MEETING LAST NIGHT.
DISCUSSING THE SAFETY ISSUES
REGARDING THE ZOO AND THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH
RESIDENTS THIS WEEK.
WE WILL MEET ON TUESDAY AND THE
MIXED. I WILL MEET WITH THEM IN
THE EVENING.
I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE
TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO HAVE
YOUR VOICE HEARD AT CITY HALL.
THAT IS MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THAT REPORT?
HEARING NONE, I WILL GO AHEAD
AND GO THROUGH MY REPORT. REPORT
, WE HAVE NO ITEMS ON THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
MORE ITEMS ON THE CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA.
I AM SCHEDULED TO ATTEND THE
PUGET SOUND POLICY BOARD
MEETING ON THE 14th AT 9:30
A.M.
THEY WILL VOTE ON ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE.
MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON A
PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDES
SIGNIFICANT FUNDS FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. IT WILL
BE DISCUSSED AT THE DECEMBER
TRANSPORTATION -- EXCUSE ME.
NEXT TRANSPORTATION POLICY
BOARD MEETING OR WAS DISCUSSED,
HARDIN.
IT WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY AT
THE DECEMBER MEETING. I THINK
WE ARE EXPECTING THERE TO BE
SOME POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO
ADVANCE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS
TO THE NEXT PHASE OF
CONSIDERATION WITHIN THE PUGET
SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL.
THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR US AND
THE ENTIRE REGION.
I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SOME
COMMENTS RELATED TO LAST WEEK'S
EVENTS.
LAST WEDNESDAY'S MOB ATTACK ON
THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL
PUNCTUATED A DARK AND
DISTURBING MOMENT IN OUR
NATION'S HISTORY.
RESIDENT TRUMP PROMPTED AND
STOKED THIS INSURRECTION WITH
HIS LIES, RHETORIC AND OPEN
SEASON ATTACKS ON OUR ELECTORAL
PROCESS.
THIS THREATENS OUR COUNTRY'S
DEMOCRACY AND THE COHESION OF
OUR SOCIETY AND WE MUST NOT
ALLOW TRUMPS ACTS TO FURTHER
DISRUPT OUR LONG-STANDING
TRADITION OF PEACEFUL TRANSFERS
OF POWER.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR THEIR INTENT IN
BRINGING FORWARD A RESOLUTION
TO ENCOURAGE OUR FEDERAL
LEADERS TO CONSIDER IMPEACHING
THIS PARTICULAR PRESIDENT WHO
HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR HE IS
NOT FIT OR SUITED FOR THIS
POSITION, EVEN IF IT IS FOR ONE
MORE DAY.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CONSIDER THOSE RESOLUTIONS IN
SUPPORT OF SEATTLE'S DELEGATION
AND CONGRESS AND THE SENATE.
AS ELECTED LEADERS WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO DENOUNCE THIS
DANGEROUS RHETORIC AND WORK TO
MOVE OUR COUNTRY FORWARD TOWARD
PROGRESS IN DEALING.
I BELIEVE IN ORDER TO MOVE
FORWARD WE MUST HOLD TO ACCOUNT
THOSE THAT SEEK TO OVERTHROW A
DULY ELECTED GOVERNMENT, ATTACK
OUR ELECTED LEADERS OR
DELEGITIMIZE OUR DEMOCRACY.
THINKERS MEMBERS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND LEADERS OF THE
LEASE GUILDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
INCLUDING POLICE GUILD LEADERS
LIKE OFFICER MIKE SULLIVAN WHO
OVER THE PAST WEEK HAS SPREAD
CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT BLAME
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
LAST WEEK'S INSURRECTION THAT
WAS CLEARLY LED BY TRUMP
SUPPORTERS AND THOSE WHO
CLEARLY SOUGHT TO INTERFERE IN
OUR FAIR AND FREE ELECTIONS.
SPREADING CONSPIRACY THEORIES
AND LIES THAT ARE ULTIMATELY
INTENDED TO JUSTIFY TRUMP
SUPPORTERS UNPATRIOTIC ACTS OF
ATTEMPTING TO PRESENT THE
CERTIFICATION OF JOE BIDEN AS
THE 46 PRESIDENT IS
REPREHENSIBLE.
OFFICERS SULLIVAN SHOULD
VOLUNTARILY RESIGN FROM HIS
LEADERSHIP ROLE AND IF HE DOES
NOT, I HOPE THAT THE POLICE
GUILD MEMBERS TO ELECTED HIM
WILL SEEK TO HAVE HIM REMOVED
AND REPLACED WITH SOMEONE WHO
TRULY WILL FOCUS ON THE INTEREST
OF UNION REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES
WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR UNION.
REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICAL
PARTY OR IDEOLOGY WE SHOULD BE
UNIFIED IN SEEKING JUSTICE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE WHO
COMMITTED ILLEGAL ACTS IN OUR
NATION'S CAPITAL.
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF
ADVISED ME AND OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL THAT TWO
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
OFFICERS WERE IN WASHINGTON DC
ON WEDNESDAY AND MAY HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN THE DEADLY AND
SEDITIOUS ACTS OF THE MOB THAT
DESCENDED ON THE CAPITAL WHERE
OUR NATION SENATORS AND
CONGRESSPEOPLE AND THEIR STAFF
ARE HAVING A JOINT SESSION TO
CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF OUR
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
I UNDERSTAND THESE OFFICERS
HAVE BEEN PLACED ON A MINISTRY
TO LEAVE WHILE THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
INVESTIGATES THE ACTIONS. IT IS
MY EXPECTATION THAT MEMBERS OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO ARE SAID TO
HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE
INSURRECTION WILL BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT OF THE LAW. NOT JUST BY
INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS BUT BY
APPLICABLE LOCAL AND FEDERAL
LAWS.
OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND
IDEALS ARE STRONGER THAN WHAT
WE WITNESSED LAST WEEK.
I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE
SEATTLE DELEGATION AND OTHERS
WHO I KNOW EXPERIENCED
PERSONALLY THAT HORRIFIC MOMENT
WHILE THEY WERE IN THOSE
CHAMBERS. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT
TAKING DOWN LECTERNS. IT IS NOT
JUST ABOUT BREAKING WINDOWS IN
THE CAPITAL BUILDING.
IT IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT FIVE
PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THIS
EVENT, THAT WAS CLEARLY AN
ATTEMPT TO PREVENT THE RESULTS
OF A FAIR AND FREE ELECTION. WE
SAW HUNDREDS OF OTHER CAPITAL
STOCK SCRAMBLE.
MANY WERE GAS MASKS AND ALL
FEARING FOR THEIR LIVES AS A
RESULT OF WHAT OCCURRED AT THE
CAPITAL LAST WEDNESDAY.
MY SINCERE THOUGHTS AND
GRATITUDE GO OUT TO EVERY
SINGLE MEMBER OF CONGRESS WHO
WAS IN THE CAPITAL BUILDING YOU
HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT REALLY
TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE ALL WHILE
JUST SIMPLY DOING THEIR JOB.
ALL WHILE DOING THE PEOPLES
WORKED IN THE PEOPLE'S HALL.
I HOPE WE CAN STAND TOGETHER IN
THIS MOMENT I KNOW THAT OUR
HISTORY IS FILLED WITH
INJUSTICE AND VIOLENCE
COMMITTED IN THE NAME OF
PROGRESS.
WE GRAPPLE WITH THE LEGACY OF
INEQUALITY IN EVERY FACET OF
LIFE.
I BELIEVE IN OUR DEMOCRACY AND
IT IS MADE IT BETTER BY THE
PEOPLE WHO SERVE THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
AND WORK TOWARDS A MORE PERFECT
UNION BY FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE,
EQUITY AND FAIRNESS.
I BELIEVE OUR BEST DAYS ARE
AHEAD OF US AND LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THAT WORK ON BEHALF
OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND OUR
BELOVED COMMUNITY WITH EACH OF
YOU AND THOSE WHO WE WORK WITH
EVERYDAY.
TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, EQUITY
AND FAIRNESS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
UNFORTUNATELY STILL BEEN DENIED
THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY
SUCCEED AND THRIVE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THIS WEEK MARKS THE START OF
THE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I AM EXCITED TO WELCOME THE
NEWLY SWORN IN MEMBERS OF BOTH
HOUSES AND THE JUDICIARY.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
THE WILLINGNESS AND TO SERVE
AND LEAD AND BEING IN PUBLIC
OFFICE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS
VERY DIFFICULT.
IT IS CHALLENGING TO SERVE IN
THIS ROLE WITH MANY CRISES AND
ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITIES.
IT IS NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN
EVER THAT WE GET PEOPLE TO SERVE
IN THESE IMPORTANT POSITIONS
YOU ARE GOING TO BE WILLING TO
MEET THE CHALLENGES OF TRULY
UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES.
IN THE NEXT 105 DAYS THE STATE
LEGILATURE WILL HAVE TO
GRAPPLE WITH BUDGET AND POLICY
DECISIONS THAT WILL IMPACT
OUR'S DATE, INCLUDING OUR OWN
CITY.
WE HAVE RECORD MAKING
REPRESENTATION AND I AM
CONFIDENT THE REPRESENTATION
WILL LEAD TO MORE EQUITABLE
POLICY FOR CELL.
THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
REFLECTS OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT
TO EQUITY AND CITY COUNCIL WILL
SUPPORT EFFORTS THAT AIM TO
ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS AND WE
WILL WELCOME OPPORTUNITIES TO
PARTNER WITH OURS THEY
DELEGATION AND OTHERS AS WE
LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS TO THESE
UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES FACING
THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT IN
SEATTLE.
ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 THE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE
AT THE WEEKLY COUNSELING
BRIEFINGS TO PROVIDE US TIMELY
AND RELEVANT UPDATES ON THE
PROGRESS OF PRIORITY LEGISLATION
IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE
PURSUANT TO OUR STATE'S LOBBY
AGENDA.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING
MEMBERS OF OUR OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING A
TRANSPARENT REPORT TO MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC ON WHERE WE ARE
SUCCEEDING AND WHERE WE MAY NOT
BE ADVANCING AS MUCH AS WE LIKE
TO ON THE STATE LOBBYING AGENDA
PRIORITIES. IT WILL BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH OF YOU TO
ASK QUESTIONS AND OFFER TO BE
MORE DEEPLY ENGAGED IN ADVOCACY
AROUND YOUR LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES.
YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO
INTERACTING WITH THE OFFICE, IT
IS JUST -- AS YOU GET
INFORMATION ABOUT PARTICULAR
LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND
PRIORITIES OCCURRING AT THE
STATE LEVEL.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS FOR
THE WORK THEY HAVE BEEN DOING
TO SUPPORT SEVERAL OF US ON THE
COUNCIL WHO HAVE BEEN HAVING
MEETINGS, TO TALK THROUGH SOME
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES
RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND
POLICING AND WITH A FORWARD TO
HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND
BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE OUR
EFFORTS TO SEE SOME
TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE AT THE
STATE LEVEL THAT SEATTLE WILL
BENEFIT FROM.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
REPORT AS PART OF MY REPORT. I
AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
OR HEAR FURTHER COMMENTS BEFORE
WE MOVED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
HEARING NOTHING ELSE, WE WILL
CLOSE OUT THIS PORTION OF THE
AGENDA.
AS PRESIDING OFFICER I WILL
ANNOUNCE THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WILL CONVENE IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE WILL DISCUSS PENDING,
POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL LITIGATION.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL
LEGAL MATTERS WITH LEGAL
ATTORNEYS.
ILLEGAL MONITOR IS ALWAYS
PRESENT TO ENSURE THE
COUNCILMEMBER RESERVES
QUESTIONS FOR OPEN SESSION.
I EXPECT THE TIME OF THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION TO END BY NO
LATER THAN, LET'S SAY 12:30 P.M.
IF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS
EXTENDED BEYOND 12:30 P.M., I
WILL RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AND
WILL ANNOUNCE THE EXTENSION AND
THE ADDITIONAL EXPECTED
DURATION.
ARE NOW, WE WILL HOLD WHILE WE
STOPPED TRANSMITTING.