>>> GOOD AFTERNOON TO DECEMBER 16, 2025 MEETING OF SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER AT 1:12 LEAD I AM COUNCIL PRESIDENT WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK >> PRESENT A >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA >> PRESENT >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS , COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH >> HERE >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE >> HERE >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> HERE. >> 8 PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST ONE MOMENT HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO, THE , WE WILL NOW BEGIN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD , THAT IS REGULARLY SCHEDULED AND ALSO THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT, THAT PUBLIC HEARING MUST OCCUR AFTER 2:00 PER THE NOTICE WE PUT OUT ALREADY. WE ARE HAVING AN EARLIER MEETING THIS WEEK BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT ON THE AGENDA, IT IS A 27 PAGE AGENDA MORE OR LESS AND MOST OF THE ITEMS ARE APPOINTMENTS, NEVERTHELESS WE HAVE A LOT TO GET THE INCLUDING OUR COMP PLAN LEGISLATION. SO WHAT WE WILL DO NOW IS GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT WERE INTENDING TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING INSTEAD ABOUT THE GROCERY STORE LEGISLATION, THEN BE MINDFUL AND SKIP THIS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS TIME, BY THE WAY I SHOULD NOTE THIS IS MY LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I WILL HAVE EXTREMELY BRIEF REMARKS AT THE END OF THE MEETING. I WILL SPARE US ALL OF THOSE NOW AND GET INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND YOU MAY READ INSTRUCTIONS. >> WE HAVE 20 IN PERSON AND 8 REMOTE SPEAKERS. >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN WHICH THE ORDER THEY WERE REGISTERED, SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT FOR THEIR TIME, MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. WE WILL BEGIN WITH IN PERSON COMMENTERS. >> WE WILL ALLOW FOR 1 MINUTE EACH, THANK YOU. >> STARTING WITH OUR 1st SPEAKERS. WE HAVE -- >> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILMEMBERS, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. AS USUAL I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I CAME HERE FOR A THANK YOU. AT BEHALF OF THE WETLANDS EACH OF YOU GET A BAG OF FRESH ORGANIC PRODUCE. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO BECAUSE LAST WEEK WAS BRUTAL I HAVE TO ADMIT. WE WILL SEE THE 2:00 MEETING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE TREATS. MY NAME IS ANN I AM A RESIDENT DOWN IN SOUTH PARK. WE NEED MORE SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND ONE WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE TAXING THE WEALTHY. AND WE NEED THESE PROGRAMS SUCH AS GARDENS AND SHARED PRIVATE PLACES ON THE PROPERTY TO PUT THEM. MAKING THE CITY MORE WELL FED AND HAPPIER IS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE A MORE DESPERATE POPULACE IS A MORE VIOLENT POPULACE. AS SHOWN IN CASES WITH THE FORT BRAGG CARTEL AND THE NUMEROUS POLICE GANGS IN LOS ANGELES WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY OPERATING AS THEIR OWN CARTELS. >> MARTHA? AFTER MARTHA WILL BE DAVID AND THEN SANDY , THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS MARTHA AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4. I AM HERE TODAY TO SAY I AM SUPPORTIVE OF AFFORDABILITY DENSITY AND ALSO PRESERVING THE EXISTING TREE CANOPY AND INCREASING GREEN SPACE IN A EQUITABLE AND THOUGHTFUL MANNER. I AM CONCERNED SEATTLE IS POISED TO HAND THE FUTURE OF THE CITY OVER TO DEVELOPERS TO EXPLOIT OUR BEAUTY ENTRIES AND GREEN SPACE FOR THEIR MONETARY GAIN. IF YOU WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW AVERAGES REMOVAL OF HEALTHY AND MATURE TREES AT THE CURRENT RATE NOT ONLY WILL BE NOT MEET CLIMATE GOALS BUT RISK LOSING THE NATURAL BEAUTY THAT MAKES SEATTLE SO SPECIAL TO MANY OF US. WITHOUT SOLID PLANS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT ESPECIALLY TREE CANOPY MAINTAINING STORM WATER RUNOFF AND DRAINAGE AND STOP BUILDING LUXURY HOUSING THE GOALS OF THE RESOLUTION ARE NOT POSSIBLE, SO THANK YOU. >> DAVID. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILMAN A MS. DAVE AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 5. I ASSUME YOU'RE SEEING THE NEWS ABOUT FLOODING IN AND AROUND SEATTLE. IT IS TRULY HEARTBREAKING TO SEE HOUSES WASHED AWAY AND ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDED BY WATER. WHEN I LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION BEING PASSED BY THIS COUNCIL I WOULD GUESS YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. THE COMP PLAN WILL INCREASE HARD SCAPE AND DECREASE GREEN CANOPY, THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE RUNOFF AND MORE FLOODING. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO LEARN YOU CANNOT KEEP CUTTING DOWN TREES AND PAVING OVER 95% OF PROPERTIES AND ACT SURPRISED WHEN THERE IS FLOODING. ON THE KING COUNTY WEBSITE THAT SHOWS SEWER OVERFLOWS THAT HAVE BEEN 13 OVERFLOWS IN SEATTLE IN THE PAST 48 HOURS WHICH MEANS RAW SEWAGE IS FLOWING INTO STREAMS, WATERWAYS AND PUGET SOUND IMPACTING. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY LIKE DONALD TRUMP IS IN CHARGE YELLING BUILD BABY BUILD. WE ARE A PROGRESSIVE CITY AND WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE SANDY AND THEN WE WILL HAVE JOSH FRIEDMAN AND EVE . YES. SORRY. PLEASE MOVE FORWARD. >> OKAY GREAT HI I AM SANDY COMMENTING ON CV 120993. YESTERDAY THE UNITED NATIONS SAID NATURE IS NOT A GUEST IN THE CITY, NATURE IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND MUST BE TREATED AS ESSENTIAL LIKE ROADS AND ELECTRICITY. OUR PLAN MOVES SEATTLE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION BY REDUCING GREEN SPACE AND ENCOURAGING PAVEMENT ON A 5000 SQUARE-FOOT LOT JUST 36 FT.÷ IS REQUIRED FOR TREES. LESS THAN 1% UNLESS A HE ALREADY EXISTS. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR AMENDMENT 102 AND THOSE WHO SUPPORTED, 102 PROTECTS TREES WE HAVE BUT THE PLAN STILL MEANS MORE PAVEMENT IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT TREES AND LESS CLIMATE RESILIENCE OVERALL. AS YOU VOTE TODAY PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT YOU CAN DO IN 2026 TO REDUCE THIS HARM AND BUILD A CITY THAT TRULY CARES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS JOSH FRIEDMAN A LAND-USE ATTORNEY IN SEATTLE. I SPECIALIZE IN HELPING HOUSING, HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES AT ALL INCOME LEVELS TO GET PERMITTED AND BILLED AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS, PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND ELECTED TO PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO THE 1st PHASE OF THE COMP PLAN BEFORE YOU TODAY. NOBODY IS PROBABLY COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH IT WHICH MEANS THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IS WORKING THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO. WE ARE A CITY THAT CONTAINS MULTITUDES SO IF ANYBODY WERE COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH THE COMP PLAN THAT WOULD MEAN NOT EVERYBODY WAS BEING LISTENED TO EQUALLY. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THIS 1st PHASE OF THE GROUNDWORK TO ENABLE HOUSING THAT OUR CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS. PLEASE PASS THE 1st PHASE DECISIVELY WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY SO WE CAN START WORKING IN EARNEST ON THE NEXT PHASE OF ADDRESSING THE HOUSING EMERGENCY, THANK YOU. >> AND THEN RYAN AND LOGAN. >> HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MY NAME IS EVAN A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4. I WANT TO START BY EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THE PLAN BY COUNCILMEMBERS, STAFF AND THE MAYOR, THE WORK HAS COME THROUGH IN THE PLAN. I STILL HAVE MY GRIPES BUT AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING TOO POSITIVE I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, EVEN ONES YOU MAY DISAGREE WITH AND I CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS BALANCED AND MEETS WHAT RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR. ON THAT NOTE I ASKED THE PLAN BE PASSED AS IS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON, OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TODAY I AM THE EFFICACY AND POLICY MANAGER FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS, I KNOW IT HAS BEEN YEARS, THE WORK OF CITY COUNCIL COME THE STAFF AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS GOT US HERE. I WISH THIS WAS A PANACEA IT IS NOT BUT IT IS A GREAT START, WE HAVE 204 HOMEOWNER PROPERTIES AND THIS IS TO START TO ADD TO THAT. MY TEAM IS LOOKING AT NEW POSSIBILITIES IN THE COMING YEAR BASED ON CHANGES YOU GUYS HAVE MADE SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON FOR YOUR HELP ON THESE PROJECTS. >> WE NOW HAVE RYAN? LOGAN. LOGAN AND THEN LILY HAYWARD AND WE WILL GO TO REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS LOGAN SCHMIDT WITH THE MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERS I WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR ADOPTION ACCOUNTABILITY 12 085 AND 993 ALONG WITH THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION. TOGETHER THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION WILL MEANINGFULLY PROVIDE SEATTLE WITH MORE DIVERSE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF COMMITTEE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH THE PROCESS AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON FOR ADVANCING AMENDMENTS THAT IMPROVE FEASIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY EXEMPTING, INCREASING SIZE, INCENTIVIZING COTTAGE HOUSING AND EXPANDING STACK 5 BONUSES TIED TO GREEN FACTOR METRICS. THEY ARE SMART TARGETED POLICIES THAT WILL SUPPORT HOMEOWNERSHIP, MIDDLE HOUSING AND INFILL PRODUCTION. OTHER BERRIES REMAIN IMPACTS WILL REMAIN A PARTNER TO COUNCIL IN PHASE 2 AND BEYOND. THANK YOU AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, LILY HAYWARD ON BEHALF OF THE METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THIS COMP PLAN UPDATE WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO START A BUSINESS, HIRE AND RETAIN WORKERS AND GROW FAMILIES IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY. TOOK A STRONG PLAN AND MADE IT STRONGER WITH COMMITMENT TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS PROCESS WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND NELSON FOR COALITION AND TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR PUTTING FORWARD AMENDMENTS AND TAKING THOSE TO INCREASE THE HOUSING SUPPLY TO MAKE SEATTLE A MORE VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE NEXT PHASE AND PARTNERSHIP AND BEYOND. WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL, YOU HAVE BEEN A ADVOCATE FOR HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFETY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. THE AMENDED COMP PLAN AND ETHICS LEGISLATION TODAY ARE EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE. >> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> REMINDER TO REMOTE SPEAKERS PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 AFTER YOU HAVE HEARD THE MESSAGE THAT YOU BEEN UNMUTED, 1st REMOTE SPEAKER IS JUNE BLUE SPRUCE FOLLOWED BY LOIS MARTIN. GO AHEAD, JUNE. >> HELLO RESIDENT [ INAUDIBLE ] POSITIVE GOALS I SUPPORT THANK YOU. A LAUNDRY LIST OF DEVELOPER FROM THE PROVISIONS. WITH MANY LOOPHOLES FOR SEATTLE AFFORDABILITY TREE CANOPY NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE RESOLUTION OPENS DOORS FOR DEVELOPERS TO INCREASE DEVELOPMENT ON IMPERVIOUS SURFACES AFTER THE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED WITH MOST POSITIVE LANGUAGE VAGUE AND NOT ENFORCEABLE. THE NOTION THAT INCREASED HOUSING SUPPLY WILL AUTOMATICALLY APPROVE AFFORDABILITY WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE FACT THAT DEVELOPERS PRIORITIZE PROCESS OVER AFFORDABILITY , THE RESOLUTION MENTIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SEVERAL PLACES HOWEVER THE COUNCIL RAISES THRESHOLD FOR MOST PROJECTS WILL NOT REQUIRE THIS. PLEASE CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE TO THIS RESOLUTION AND PASS AMENDMENT A TO PROTECT THE CENTRAL AREA FROM FURTHER UP ZONING AND DISPLACEMENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO WANT TO THANK >> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS LOIS MARTIN FOLLOWED BY GREG SMITH. GO AHEAD, LOIS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CITY COUNCIL I AM A LEGACY RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT A AND FIXED THE LOOPHOLES AND RESOLUTIONS AMENDMENT A VERSION 2 AMENDMENT A CREATES POSITIVE ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY BEFORE EXPANDING CENTER BOUNDARIES TIED TO THE CENTRAL AREA. AT THE SAME TIME RESOLUTION 321 VERSION 2 RELIES ON ENVIRONMENT IMPACT THAT UNDERSTATES TREE LOSS ON SERVICES THAT DRIVES -- THESE ARE CONNECTED IMPACTS , LAND-USE DECISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND DISPLACEMENT SUPPORT AMENDMENT A AND CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE BEFORE THESE HARM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GREG SMITH FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES, GO AHEAD. >> HELLO MY NAME IS GREG SMITH. 1st I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT WAS NOT EASY AND IT WAS NOT ALWAYS COMFORTABLE SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. ASK YOU TO PASS THE 1st PART OF THE COMPANY INTO PLAN AS IT IS TODAY. NO MORE DELAYS PLEASE IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT THE COMP PLAN IS OVER ONE YEAR LATE. MORE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME HOMELESS, OTHERS HAVE BECOME BRAND BURDENED AND OTHERS HAVE HAD TO LEAVE SEATTLE. IN 2026 PASSING THE NEXT PHASE OF THE COMPANY INTO PLANT AS RAPIDLY AS YOU CAN. PEOPLE ARE COUNTING ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID HAYNES FOLLOWED BY SUZANNE GRANT. GO AHEAD, DAVID. >> HI THANK YOU THE COMP PLAN HAS BEEN SABOTAGED BY LANDLORDS ON THE COUNCIL WITH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WEAPON ISAAC THE TREE ORDINANCE, THEY HAVE WEAPON ICED REAPPOINTMENTS AND THEY DISTRACT FROM THE INFRACTIONS CHANGING LAWS THAT DENIED AND PUT RESTRICTIONS ON DEVELOPERS THAT SHE DID A BUNCH OF PEOPLE OUT OF ALREADY BUILT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEN CREATED WHAT AMOUNTS TO POLITICALLY CONNECTED NONPROFITS THAT ARE ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE MONEY. FOR THE EFFORTS TO BUILD 21ST-CENTURY QUALITY HOMES THE LANDLORDS HAVE NO PROBLEMS PUTTING EVERYBODY ON THE SIDE OF THE LOUD OBNOXIOUSLY NOISE POLLUTED TRANSIT ORIENTED SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. REPEATING HISTORY ACTING LIKE THEY DO BY CREATING MODERN THIRD WORLD SLUM PIECES OF REAL ESTATE ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY THAT'S TOO LOW TO THE GROUND WITHOUT THE NOISE WITH LIMITED INVESTIGATION OF THE ABUSE TO FIX THE COMPANY INTO PLAN. >> THANK YOU. SUZANNE GRANT FOLLOWED BY PATRICK CHRISTIE GO AHEAD, SUZANNE. >> THANK YOU. TREES ARE NOT WELL DEPICTED THE LANGUAGE IN THIS RESOLUTION NEEDS TO SAY PROTECT TREES ESPECIALLY ON DEVELOPMENT SITES AND WE NEED PROTECTION FOR PIER 2 AND 3 TREES TO MAINTAIN AND GROW THE CANOPY, RETAIN WATER WHICH SAVES AQUATIC LIFE INCLUDING ENDANGERED IT TAKES ONE HEAVY RAIN TO SEE WASTEWATER CAPACITY RESULT IN SEWAGE GOING INTO THE SEA. A TANK WILL NOT FIX THE MOST TOXIC CHEMICALS ARE NOT MOVED BY THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM WE NEED TREES TO FILTER AND FLOW STORM WATER RUNOFF AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON SIDEWALK STRIPS TO REPLACE THE MANY TREES REMOVED, CUTDOWN OR PRIVATE PROPERTY ON NEW DEVELOPMENT SO REMOVING FROM CALCULATION AND MAXIMUM DENSITY REGULATIONS WILL INCREASE IMPERVIOUS SURFACES AGAIN CONTRIBUTE INTO THE STORM WATER RUNOFF INCREASINGLY KILLING ENDANGERED ORGANIST THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO KEEP SEATTLE GREEN AND NOT COMPLETELY LOSE THE EMERALD CANOPY. >> THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICK CHRISTIE. [ INAUDIBLE ] IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO SPEAK PLEASE CALL NOW AND MOVING ON TO PATRICK CHRISTIE, GO AHEAD. >> HELLO THIS IS PATRICK CHRISTIE. A UNIVERSITY [ INAUDIBLE ] ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY HAVE CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON THE PROPERTY AND WORK [ INAUDIBLE ] WE KNOW FROM DECADES OF WORK [ INAUDIBLE ] >> ACKNOWLEDGE THE POLICY AND WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE [ INAUDIBLE ] AND IMPACTS ON WATER : A CASE STUDY WITH A CLASS 150 STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN THE COMING WEEKS. >> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [ NAME ] GO AHEAD AND THERE YOU GO.! HI , MY APOLOGIES EVERYONE. FOR THE TECHNICAL GLITCH I AM ON THE ROAD BUT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT I WANTED TO COMMENT MY NAME IS , FROM DISTRICT 4 AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN PERSON AND AN I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION SPEAKING ABOUT 120993 AND AND WANTED TO DISPEL THE FALSE NARRATIVE IT IS NATURE OR DENSITY AT THIS MOMENT WE HAVE OVERFLOWING SEWERS WITH A NEWBORN BABY ORCA IN OUR SOUND AND YOUNG CAFS THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY AND BEFORE THEN, WE HAVE WILDFIRES THAT ARE CROWDING SKIES AND THE UNITED NATIONS HABITAT PROGRAM STOP TREATING TREES AS A DECORATION. >> THANK YOU OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER SIGN-UP IS AIDAN THORNSBERRY, GO AHEAD. >> HELLO MY NAME IS AIDAN THORNSBERRY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR WORK IN IMPROVING THE CONFERENCE A PLAN FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS ALLOWING MORE HOUSING FOR ALL SEATTLE. ENABLING BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, MORE AFFORDABLE CITY FOR EVERYONE. ADDITIONALLY PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE ANY AREAS LIKE THE CENTRAL DISTRICT DONOR HOLE OR FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS FROM FUTURE UP ZONES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU THAT WAS OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER SIGNED UP. >> GOING BACK TO IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS STARTING WITH CARTER NELSON, JASMINE SMITH, AND THEN BENNETT HOLSTEN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBERS HERE IN BEHALF OF WASHINGTON STATE THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING MORE THAN 400 MEMBERS WHO CREATE OWN AND MANAGE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REFLECTS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK FROM YOU ALL, YOUR STAFF AND SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS, A TRUE GROUP EFFORT AND WE ARE HONORED TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR WORK AS PART OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITY COALITION. THE PLAN SET SEATTLE ON A PATH MORE ABUNDANT HOUSING AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH AFTER ACTION TODAY THE NEXT STEP IS CRITICAL FOCUSING ON HIGH DENSITY AREAS WHERE WE CAN DELIVER MORE HOUSING THAT OUR CITY NEEDS REQUIRING THE MARKET TO PLAY ITS PART FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE REMOVING BARRIERS MAKING IT EASIER TO BUILD OUR MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED TO BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION AND WE ARE GRATEFUL, FOR THE THOUGHTFUL AND COLLABORATIVE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS PLAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP AS SEATTLE MOVES FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> HI COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS JASMINE SMITH THE DIRECTOR OF LOCAL ADVOCACY FOR FUTURE WIVES AND COCHAIR OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITY COALITION. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILMEMBERS, CENTRAL STAFF, THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ADVOCATES, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, SOMEBODY EVERYONE HAS COME TOGETHER OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT INCORPORATES ALL OF OUR VOICES. THAT HAS BEEN THOUGHTFUL AND HOLD. AS WE LOOK AT HOW TO PREVENT SOME OF THE TRAGEDIES SURROUNDING US , THINGS WE CAN DO THAT PROTECT WETLANDS AND RURAL SPACES AND TO PREVENT WITH ALL VOICES BEING INCLUDED IN PUTTING TOGETHER A COMP PLAN THAT INCLUDES ALL OF US . HAS REALLY BUILT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE INCREDIBLE AND I CANNOT WAIT TO CONTINUE ITS WORK. WE HAVE A PLAN THAT INCLUDES ALL OF US FROM VIEW RIDGE TO DELL RIDGE FROM COLUMBIA CITY TO LAKE CITY. >> WE HAVE DAVID AND FOLLOWING DAVID WILL BE IN IT. >> THANK YOU, DAVID MORNING DISTRICT NUMBER 7, 2 QUICK THINGS, I WANT TO SUPPORT PASSING AMENDMENT A ESPECIALLY AFTER SEPTEMBER 18 AND 19th DISCUSSIONS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND SECONDED BY , WE HAVE TO PRESERVE THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. THE 2nd ITEM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR THE MANATEE AREAS ITEM J ON PAGE 5 THAT SAYS TO DEVELOP A PROPOSAL TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE AMENITY AREAS NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY ENTRY PROTECTION. A SICKLY IF THERE IS ANY MESSAGE ABOUT EXTERIOR AMENITY AREAS TAKING AWAY TREES THERE'S A LOT OF EXAMPLES WHERE THEY ARE PRESERVED. SO NOT HAVING TREES BY TAKING THAT AWAY AND YOU'RE NOT HAVING COMMUNITIES SUCH AS 3728 SOUTH ANGELES STREET. >> WE HAVE BEEN AND THEN JUST YOUNG. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. I FREQUENTLY SUGGESTED HERE I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD DO A Q&A ESPECIALLY FOR CONTROVERSIAL THINGS LIKE THE SURVEILLANCE BILL. I WANTED TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING THAT MARK SOLOMON SAID TO ME ABOUT THE SUGGESTION BEFORE HIS TERM ENDED AND HE SAID IT WAS OKAY TO REPEAT THIS, HE FELT IT MEANT MORE TO THE CONSTITUENT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO REPLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL EMAIL OR MEET THEM IN PERSON AT A TOWN HALL SO LET ME SAY I GET THAT, OF COURSE IT IS TRUE THAT IT WOULD MEAN MORE TO THE PERSON, THE PROBLEM IS IT DOES NOT SCALE UP TO THE OTHER 800,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY. THINK ABOUT Q&A ONE PERSON CAN ASK A QUESTION MANY PEOPLE CAN VOTE IT UP. UNDERSTAND IT FEELS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOMEBODY'S DAY LIKE THAT BY ANSWERING THE QUESTION . THIS MAY BE A CASE WHERE , WHERE YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN DOING WHAT FEELS GOOD AND WHAT IS BEST FOR THE MOST NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE IT HELPS MORE PEOPLE IF YOU ANSWER A QUESTION ON A -- >> WE NOW HAVE JUST YOUNG AND TARA CAMP AND THEN KYLER. >> HI COUNCIL, GOOD TO SEE YOU. HOMEOWNER AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER SPEAKING WITH COMPLETE COMMUNITY COALITION FINALLY HERE THE END OF THE BEGINNING EXPRESSING MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR HARD WORK PASSING THE OVERALL PRO HOUSING AMENDMENTS AND I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY PROCESS BUT THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE OPINIONS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS INTO ACCOUNT. I ASK YOU TO PASS BOTH BILLS AS THEY STAND, THINK ABOUT ON HOUSE NEIGHBORS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO KEEP COMMUNITIES STRONG, THEY NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW. WITH A FORWARD TO CONTINUED COLLABORATION AS THE PROCESS CONTINUES. THANK YOU AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. >> THAT ONE IS BETTER I LIKE THIS ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCIL MY NAME IS TARA, AN ORGANIZER WITH FUTURE VICE AND A RESIDENT AS WELL AS A SURVIVOR FROM LOS ANGELES. I WILL BE SHARING COMMUNITY MEMBER STORIES, BUT HAVE BEEN TELLING US ABOUT HOUSING STRUGGLES AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN SEATTLE. WHAT STRUGGLES HAVE BEEN FACING FROM THE DISTRICT I CANNOT AFFORD TO EAT I CAN BARELY MANAGE RENT AND I WAS IN THE SHELTER AND I'M FEARFUL OF BEING BACK THERE FROM CROWN HILL IN A RECENT SEARCH FOR HOUSING I STRUGGLED WITH FINDING A SPACE WITHIN 250 FT.÷ LESS THAN 1500 A MONTH, PREVIOUS APARTMENT WAS DEMANDING RENT 35% OF MY NET INCOME. WHAT THEY WANT FOR FUTURE IN SEATTLE FROM THE INTERBAY WE NEED HOUSING OF MORE KINDS WHICH MUST MEAN DENSITY SINCE SEATTLE CANNOT GROW GEOGRAPHICALLY WE HAVE TO END THE NOTION THAT SEATTLE IS A CITY OF DETACHED HOMES OF ARTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SEATTLE BREAKOUT OF SUBURBAN MENTALITY WITH SO MANY CITIZENS CAPTIVATED AND SOME OF OUR LEADERS. WE NEED HOUSING, DO THEY ALL NEEDED OR CAN AFFORD THE SAME STYLE I THINK NOT, THANK YOU COUNCIL. >> KYLER AND THEN JEFF AND THEN JESSE SIMPSON. >> THANK YOU. HELLO COUNCIL MY NAME IS KYLER PEARS 8 D3 RESIDENT. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE CONFERENCE A PLAN BEFORE YOU. WE RARELY GET THE OPPORTUNITY IN GOVERNMENT TO CELEBRATE UNEQUIVOCAL WINS. I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS MOMENT TODAY TO CELEBRATE WHAT HAS BEEN A REALLY LONG AND ARDUOUS PROCESS. MAYBE A LITTLE PAT ON THE BACK TO YOURSELF OR A DRINK. ALSO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE MINI ADVOCATES AND RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR YEARS, WHO HAVE SHOWN UP AT TOWN HALLS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS, THIS IS A LONG PROCESS FOR THEM AND CITY STAFF, PRETTY INCREDIBLE WE CAN NOW BUILD A LOT MORE HOMES IN SEATTLE , INCREASING AFFORDABILITY AND MAYBE AT SOME POINT ALSO MAKE THIS A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE HAS A HOME. THANK YOU. >> GOOD TO GO. >> HI EVERYBODY SO GREAT TO SEE YOU TODAY SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER , COUNCILMEMBER LIN THE DIOCESE YOU TO WELL. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR FINALLY GETTING TO THE 1st PHASE I'M SURE YOU ARE ARE VERY TIRED AND EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY EXCITED BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO VOTE FOR A CONFERENCE A PLAN WAS AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE FOR SUPPORTING IT AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE LEGISLATIVE STATE ADVOCACY PLATFORM , REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THANK YOU FOR PUSHING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS TO HAVE MORE NEIGHBORS IN THE CITY AND THANK YOU FOR PRIORITIZING FAMILIES WITH THE DENSITY BONUS . WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT COMP PLAN TO INCREASE AND MAKE THE CITY A PLACE EVERYONE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE AND THRIVE. >> NOW I HAVE JESSE SIMPSON AND JENNIFER GODFREY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM AND CULTURE OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITY COALITION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP ON THIS PLAN AND NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONING TODAY. I URGE YOU TO PASS THEM QUICKLY. SEATTLE HAS A HOUSING SHORTAGE THE RESULT OF DECADES OF RESTRICTED POLICIES. THAT IT MADE SO MUCH OF THE CITY OFF-LIMITS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. CONSEQUENCES OF THIS SHORTAGE ARE REAL WITH SPIRALING COST, DISPLACEMENT, LONG COMMUTES AND FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLING TO STAY HOUSED, FUNDAMENTALLY WE WANT SEATTLE TO BE MORE WELCOMING AND AFFORDABLE WE NEED TO BUILD MORE HOMES AND THAT STARTS WITH MAKING IT LEGAL TO BUILD DENSE HOMES ACROSS THE CITY. TODAY'S VOTE IS A HISTORIC STEP FORWARD FOR SEATTLE BY PRIORITIZING HOUSING AND AMENDMENTS INCLUDING STRONG STACKED FLAT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONUSES , OPENING THE DOOR TO MEANINGFUL PROCESS. LOOK FORWARD TO CLIMBING WITH PHASE 2 ZONING IMPLEMENTATION MULTIFAMILY MIXED-USE AREAS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN. THANKS. >> HI, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. I WOULD 1st ASK THAT YOU ADDRESS THE SERIOUS TYPOS IN THE RESOLUTION BEFORE GOING FORWARD WITH THEM. OTHERWISE I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OF ENDANGERED SPECIES AND HUMANITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO A CITY THAT EMBRACES THE SCIENCE OF HOW EVERGREENS REDUCE, FILTER COOL STORM WATER CREATING CONDITIONS INCOMPATIBLE WITH AQUATIC LIFE INCLUDING BABY OR CAUSE. HEAVY RAIN CAN CAUSE UNTREATED CSO SEWAGE OVERFLOW. MANY TOXIC CHEMICALS ARE NOT REMOVED BY THE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS IN SEATTLE. I LOOK FORWARD TO A CITY THAT KNOWS INSPECTING TRIBES MEANS RESPECTING TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE OF ECOSYSTEM AND ACTING ON GUIDANCE, THEIR GUIDANCE WAS LARGELY IGNORED. BUILDING MORE EXPENSIVE HOMES CREATES MORE EXPENSIVE HOMES. FAILING THE ENVIRONMENT AFFORDABILITY DISPLACEMENT RACIAL EQUITY THAT IS WHAT IS IN THIS PLAN BUILDERS WHICH IS MAXIMUM PROFIT WITHOUT REGARD TO THE ENVIRONMENT PLEASE PROTECT GOOD REGULATIONS TO FIND A MIDDLE GROUND, NOT 6 SEPARATE LUXURY HOMES ON A LOT. >> WE HAVE SUSAN , DONALD AND THEN MIKE. >> 1st THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ABSOLUTE CHAMPION FOR DISTRICT 1 WE APPRECIATE YOUR. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG AND DRAWNOUT THING BUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS FOR COLONIZATION OF THE LAND REOCCUPY WITH CORPORATIONS PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS AND FOREIGN INVESTORS TO FURTHER ENRICH THE WEALTHY. 85% OF PROJECTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ARE DEMOLISHING AFFORDABLE HOMES TO BE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER SINGLE-FAMILY HOME 3 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE AND TWICE THE SIZE. HIDDEN BEHIND PROVISIONS OUTLINED IN RESOLUTION IS THE ERASURE OF GREEN SPACE AND, RESILIENCE PRIORITIZING REAL ESTATE INTEREST WITH THE ANALYSIS IN THE NAME OF EQUITY TO JUSTIFY FRACTURING OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO STILL GREEN SPACE, DRAINAGE AND ENVIRONMENT OF RESILIENCE. WITH REMOVAL OF TREES AND SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACES WE LACK PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE TO MANAGE INCREASE OF WASTE AND STORM WATER FLOW OVER THE PAST WEEK THERE BEEN DOZENS OF SEWAGE OVERFLOWS IN THE PUGET SOUND THREATENING SALMON. -- >> WE HAVE DONNA AND THEN MIKE. >> HELLO MY NAME IS DONNA I'M A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER MY AREA OF PRACTICE IS WATER SYSTEM DESIGN AND POLICY ANALYSIS. THE 2025 SEATTLE ONE COMPANY HAS A PLAN DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENT TO ENSURE TREATED WATER SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECTED GROWTH. WASHINGTON STATE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT REQUIRES LAND ELEMENT AND CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN ARE COORDINATED AND CONSISTENT, THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON 36.7 A REQUIRES PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES , IDENTIFIED FOR WATER SYSTEM UTILITY STRUCTURE UPGRADES. SEATTLE'S GEO DATA MAP DEPICTS MILES AND MILES OF WATER WAYS LISTED UNSUITABLE FOR WATER SERVICE. IS NOTHING IN THE 2019 SPU BUSINESS PLAN . >> MIKE ? >> HELLO MY NAME IS MIKE, A SEATTLE HOMEMAKER. MATTER FACT MAKING HOMES IN THE SEATTLE AREA SINCE THE 60s, THAT WOULD BE THE 1860S. I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO DEVELOP A CONFERENCE A PLAN LIKE THIS. I CO-AUTHORED THE CITY OF KIRKWOOD COMP PLAN IN 1995 CALLING IT THE 2020 PLAN. THAT CAME AND LEFT IN THE HOMES I'M ABLE TO BUILD NOW UNDERNEATH THE COMP PLAN WE HAVE BEEN DOING SO BELOW THE MEDIAN PRICE POINT OF THREE-BEDROOM, SIMPLE PROPERTIES FOR PEOPLE ON THEIR OWN LAND GARAGE OFF STREET RAISE A FAMILY DOING IT WITH THE PRECURSOR THE COMP PLAN CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE COMP PLAN, HELP BUILDERS LIKE ME WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND MORE THAN A FEW YEARS, A FEW DECADES EXCUSE ME A CENTURY AND A HALF AND HELP CONTINUE TO BUILD SEATTLE'S FUTURE. BY THE WAY, GO DOGS. >> LAST REGISTERED SPEAKER. >> OKAY, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED FOR TODAY AND WE WILL MOVE ON . HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN YOU TELL ME KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? >> WE CURRENTLY HAVE 2 REMOTE SPEAKERS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> OKAY JUST ONE MOMENT PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. WE CANNOT LEGALLY START UNTIL 2:00 SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND SWITCH THE ORDER. INSTEAD OF MAKING PEOPLE WAIT 9 MINUTES WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THE ORDER HERE, TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THE APPROVALS OF THINGS 1st. DOES THAT PASS PARLIAMENTARY MUSTER? OKAY. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM F WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR. HEARING NO OBJECTION THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. NOW, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE COUNCIL BILL 1214 FOR PAYMENT OF BILLS, 29 APPOINTMENTS FROM THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE . 20 APPOINTMENT FROM THE LIBRARY EDUCATION AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE, 12 APPOINTMENTS FROM THE PARKS TOPIC UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. ONE APPOINTMENT FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, 18 APPOINTMENTS FROM SUSTAINABILITY CITY LIGHT ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE. ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR? COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> THANK YOU I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM 80 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR PLEASE. >> COULD YOU PLEASE READ WHAT THAT ITEM IS? >> OH, APPOINTMENT NUMBER 03382. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER ITEMS PEOPLE WOULD LIKE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. HEARING ON I MOVED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM A/D APPOINTMENT 3382 REMOVED AND WILL BE ADDRESSED SEPARATELY I MOVED TO ADOPT CONSENT CALENDAR EXCLUDING ITEM 80 AND IS THERE A 2nd? >> 2nd. >> THANK YOU MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CALENDAR WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN >> YES >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK >> YES >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA >> AYE >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS >> AYE >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH >> YES >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE >> AYE >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON >> AYE. >> 8 IN FAVOR, KNOWN OPPOSED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS EXCLUDING ITEM 80 ARE ADOPTED WITH THE COURT PLEASE FIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLICK PLEASE READ ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD? >> AGENDA ITEM 1 COUNCIL BILL 1211 26 AMENDING ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2025 BUDGET MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FROM GENERAL FUND FOOD PROGRAMS AND RESERVES. >> ALL RIGHT I MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL 121126. IS THERE A 2nd? >> 2nd. >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS THE BILL AS SPONSOR OF THE BILL I WILL ADDRESS IT AND THEN GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE , THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS. OCTOBER 30, THE MAYOR PROCLAIMED CIVIL EMERGENCY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WHICH IMPACTED THE FEDERAL DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL SNAP BENEFITS, ON NOVEMBER 3 CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION 32186 WHICH MODIFIED THE MAYOR EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION. NOVEMBER 12 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENDED THE SHUTDOWN RESTORING SNAP BENEFITS AND ON 21 NOVEMBER 2025 THE MAYOR PROCLAIMED THE END OF THE CIVIL EMERGENCY. SO THIS BILL WOULD IDENTIFY THE GENERAL FUND AS THE SOURCE OF PUBLIC FUND TO ADDRESS THE FOOD SECURITY USES INCLUDING APPROPRIATIONS OF 2.7 MILLION HST AND 300,000 OSCE THESE AMOUNTS COVER 3 WEEKS OF FOOD ASSISTANCE TOTALLY 1 MILLION PER WEEK AUTHORIZED BY THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR DURING THE CIVIL EMERGENCY. ACCORDING TO THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE THESE REPRESENT THE APPROPRIATIONS NECESSARY TO COVER INVOICES RECEIVED BY EACH DEPARTMENT. NO ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY FOOD SPENDING IS PLANNED. THE 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST MONTH INCLUDED 4 MILLION IN RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND TO COVER PARTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE ONGOING FOOD EMERGENCY WHICH HAD BEEN ESTIMATED AT 8 MILLION. OF THIS RESERVE, 3 MILLION IS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT FOOD SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS HERE IN COUNCIL BILL 121126. THIS BILL WOULD APPROPRIATE THE REMAINING 1 MILLION, TO FINANCE GENERAL AS A RESERVE AGAINST FUTURE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES AFFECTING CITY AND COMMUNITY PROVIDED PROGRAMS. SO BASICALLY, WE, WE ARE LOCATED $4 MILLION, 3 MILLION WAS USED, 1 MILLION IS LEFT OVER AND THIS PUTS IT IN ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE. SO ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND I ASSUMED AS THIS IS BUDGET LEGISLATION I WOULD BE THE SPONSOR, I WILL BE ASKING TO BE ADDED AS A COSPONSOR. I ASSUME THIS WAS A MISTAKE CORRECT? >> THAT IS FINE. GO AHEAD, SURE. THAT WAS A MISTAKE. OKAY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THIS IS BUDGET LEGISLATION AND I WON'T RATTLE OFF HOW MANY PIECES OF BUDGET LEGISLATION WE HAVE PASSED THIS YEAR BUT IT IS A HIGH NUMBER, THIS LEGISLATION FOR US IS ABOUT A CITY STEPPING FORWARD TO CARE FOR EACH OTHER WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECIDES NOT TO FULFILL ITS MOST BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES. COLLEAGUES WHILE WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET SESSION, THE FOOD EMERGENCY BECAME EVER PRESENT. WITH THE SNAP BENEFITS ENDING AND AS THE MAYOR PROVIDED ACCESS TO EMERGENCY FUNDING , TO PROVIDE FOOD TO EVERYDAY SEATTLE RESIDENTS , WE AS A COUNCIL MADE THE DECISION THAT USING EMERGENCY FUND WAS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT SO THAT'S WHY WE SET ASIDE $4 MILLION , FOR THE EFFORT DURING THE BUDGET SESSION. THIS LEGISLATION CLOSES THE LOOP ON THAT EFFORT, PAYING FOR THE SURGE IN FOOD SUPPORT, CHECKING RECEIPTS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT OVERPAYING WHAT THE MAYOR PROMISED AND MAKING SURE WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER THE NEED . SO WHAT AMOUNTED IS WE SPENT $3 MILLION AS A CITY IN 3 SHORT WEEKS TO PAY FOR FOOD WHICH LEFT $1 MILLION REMAINING WHICH WE ARE PUTTING TO THE RESERVE FUND WHICH SETS US UP TO RESPOND TO THE FEDERAL CRISIS, THE NEXT EFFECTIVE CRISIS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING BECAUSE IF THE FOOD CRISIS IF SNAP AND IF IT'S HAVE NOT BEEN RESTORED WHEN THEY HAD WE WOULD'VE SPENT $8 MILLION BETWEEN 1 NOVEMBER AND CHRISTMAS. SO THIS IS PRUDENT LEGISLATION TO PUT THE $1 MILLION BACK INTO RESERVES AND TO PAY FOR THE FOOD WITHOUT TAPPING OUR EMERGENCY FUND. THIS IS THE TYPE OF COORDINATION THAT IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NEXT , WE ARE UPHOLDING RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR WORKING FAMILIES IN SEATTLE. THIS STRATEGY STREAMLINES THE PROCESS PREVENTING US FROM HAVING TO DEPLETE THE EMERGENCY FUND, FOR A DIFFERENT RAINY DAY. SO COLLEAGUES BECAUSE THIS IS BUDGET LEGISLATION IT DOES REQUIRE 3/4 VOTE. >> [ CAPTIONERS >> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTION? ALL RIGHT. PLEASE GO AHEAD AND CALL THE VOTE ON THE BILL. >> COUNCILMEMBER LYNN. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES . >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> ALL RIGHT. THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? IT IS NOW 2:00 SO WE WILL GO BACK TO THAT OTHER ITEM, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. GETTING BACK TO THE SCRIPT. AND PLEASE, IF YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP YET, NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL 121094 OR ORDINANCE 127329 RELATING TO NEGATIVE USE RESTRICTIONS THAT LIMIT A PROPERTY'S USE AS A GROCERY STORE OR PHARMACY. HOW MANY BEAKERS HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY, PLEASE? >> EXCUSE ME, TWO IN PERSON AND TWO REMOTE SO FAR. >> OKAY. LET'S GIVE EACH SPEAKER TWO MINUTES AND START WITH THE TWO IN PERSON SPEAKERS. >> WE'LL START WITH DONNA AND THEN CAROLYN. DONNA. DONNA FIRST. >> SINCE IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, I ASSUME I CAN TALK ABOUT WHATEVER I WANT. IF NOT, PLEASE HAVE SOMEBODY ESCORT ME AWAY AND I WILL WILLFULLY BE ESCORTED BY SECURITY. THE -- >> THIS IS [ INAUDIBLE ] >> I SUSPECT THAT I AM JUDGED BY ME, THE MESSENGER, AS OPPOSED TO THE MESSAGE I HAVE TO GIVE. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOUR NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION TO ME AS YOU SPOKE YOU HAD YOUR HANDS -- >> YOU MUST BE SPEAKING ON THE -- >> I WILL IF AN OFFICER COMES TO ME UNDERSCORES ME AWAY, SECURITY OFFICER, I WILL WALK AWAY WITH THEM WITHOUT ANY CONFRONTATION. >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION FROM MY COLLEAGUES, I WILL COMMIT THE COMMENTS AND THAT IS BEFORE US RIGHT NOW -- >> [ INAUDIBLE ] LONGTIME TODAY. >> THERE IS A LAWSUIT FROM SPU. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT. IT HAS TO DO WITH RCW 82, DIRECT NEXUS AND PROPORTIONALITY. THE SECTION OF THE RCW THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS RCW 3670. THERE IS NO LAWSUIT ON THAT. THIS IS THE DISCONNECT IN YOUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT. THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN AT LEAST 6000 UNBUILT HOMES IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, BECAUSE THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH. I SUPPOSEDLY HAVE CLIENTS THAT PUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO SURVEY WITH THE HOPE OF THE ADU AND TAD YOU THAT JUST HAVE TO BE ABANDONED AFTER 50, $100,000, THERE'S OVER 20 MILES. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS THE SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES BUSINESS PLAN IN IT FROM 2019. THIS IN ITSELF SHOULD BE A RED FLAG. IN 2020, SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES RELEASED WTR 440 DESIGNATING MILES AND MILES OF PIPE AS OBSOLETE AND NO NEW TAPS. HOW COULD A 2019 REPORT BE YOUR CURRENT PREHENSILE PLAN POSSIBLY HAVE FUNDING FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN 2020? PLEASE READ THIS. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. >> CAROLYN? >> COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M HERE TO ADDRESS YOU ON THE LIBRARY'S EDUCATION AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE, ITEM NUMBER THREE SEE BE ONE 1239, LAND MARKING THE STEWART HOUSE. WHEN I APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, COUNCILMEMBER CHIN HAD A QUESTION, WHICH I DID WANT TO ANSWER NOW IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE PICTURES OF THIS RESIDENCE, THERE IS A GARAGE. UNDERNEATH THAT GARAGE WAS ALWAYS AN APARTMENT. THE GARAGE ITSELF HAS BEEN MADE INTO A SECOND APARTMENT AND THEN A THIRD APARTMENT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE TOP SO THIS IS NOT A PROPERTY THAT HOUSES A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD, IT'S A PROPERTY THAT HOUSES FOUR HOUSEHOLDS. I ALSO WANT TO TOUCH ON ANOTHER REASON WHY I THINK LAND MARKING THE LAND WILL INCREASE PROPERTY IS IMPORTANT AND I BROUGHT THE BOOK WRITTEN BY PROFESSOR JEFFREY OCHSNER AS A PROP TO SHOW YOU. >> PLEASE PAUSE AND JUST LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THIS IS NOT GERMANE TO THE TOPIC OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. BUT YOU MAY FINISH YOUR COMMENTS. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT HONORING AND RECOGNIZING LIONEL KREIS IS RESTORING AN IMPORTANT ARCHITECT TO A POSITION THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN TAKEN FROM HIM. I'M NOT SURE IF THE COUNCILMEMBERS READ THIS IN THE REPORT, BUT ONE THING THAT HAPPENED WAS LIONEL KREIS WAS A TALENTED, WELL-RECOGNIZED, AND BELOVED PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. HE WAS DISCOVERED BY THE DEAN, THAT HE WAS A GAY MAN, AND HE WAS CALLED INTO THE DEAN'S OFFICE ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FIRED, TOLD HAVE YOUR THINGS OUT BY MONDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT, IN THE '50S AND '60S, THIS ARCHITECT REALLY WASN'T RECOGNIZED AND HONORED AND DISCUSSED FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS IN OUR CITY. LAND MARKING THIS HOUSE, WHICH IS [ INAUDIBLE ] HOUSE HE DESIGNED, IS A WAY TO RESTORE HIM TO WHAT HE DESERVES. THANKS FOR HEARING ME. >> WE'LL GO TO OUR ONLY REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTER THAT IS PRESENT FOR THIS TOPIC. >> OUR PRESENT REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTER FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IS DAVID HAYNE. DAVID HAYNE, GO AHEAD. ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR VEST JUST SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHO WILL FOLLOW, AND THAT IS LEO PICKLE. FOLLOWING DAVID HAYNES WILL BE NEIL KITCHELL. GO AHEAD, DAVID. >> DAVID HAYNES, WE NEED TO GET RID OF THAT LAW THAT RESTRICTS THE USE OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT BENEFITS THE ANTITRUST MONOPOLIZED SHELL SPACE THAT KROGER ARGUABLY ALREADY TAKES ADVANTAGE OF. AND I THINK WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FARMERS MARKET BEING MORE PERMANENT, HAS TO BE PERMANENT SHELF SPACE IN A NORMAL LOCATION, NOT IN THE PARKING LOT. GETTING RID OF THAT LAW THAT PUTS RESTRICTIONS, THAT SHOULD'VE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO BEGIN WITH AND IT'S A TELLTALE SIGN THAT SEATTLE HAS A BACKSTAB THAT'S BUILT INTO SOME OF THEIR CITY CHAPTERS, THEY CHEAT THE PEOPLE AND RIP OFF THE WORKERS AND THE CONSUMERS. SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE EXPEDITE GETTING RID OF THAT ORDINANCE AND PROLIFERATE THE CELEBRATION OF ROBUST FLOORPLANS AND 21ST-CENTURY [ INAUDIBLE ] REDEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE PEDESTRIAN CENTRIC AND RESIDENT FRIENDLY, THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE THE [ INAUDIBLE ] INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES EVERYBODY LIVING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, DEALING WITH ROAD RAGE, JUST GET RID OF THE ORDINANCE AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT RESTRICTS USE OF FIRST WORLD QUALITY, ROBUST WORK PLANS. BUT I SWEAR THE FARMERS MARKET NEEDS TO HAVE PERMANENT SHELF SPACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH REAL REAL ESTATE, NOT IN THE PARKING LOT AND NOT LIKE ONE DAY A WEEK, LIKE THE MAYOR ASK LIKE HE'S DOING THE PEOPLE A FAVOR AND MAKING THE FARMERS SET UP UNTIL DECEMBER TO SELL THEIR STUFF FOR LIKE SIX HOURS AND THEY'VE GOT TO PACK UP. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR PUBLIC HEARING SPEAKER LEO KITCHELL IS SIGNED UP AND HE IS NOT PRESENT. LEO, IF YOU ARE THERE, YOU NEED TO CALL IN NOW, OTHERWISE WE ARE FINISHED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M NOT SEEING LEO PRESENT. I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING SPEAKER. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD? >> THE REPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE, AGENDA NUMBER TWO, APPOINTMENT 3294, THE APPOINTMENT OF DEWAYNE CHAPELLE AS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING FOR TERM TO AUGUST 1st 2029. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE COUNCIL CONFIRMED THE APPOINTMENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE HONOR, REALLY, TO PRESENT THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF DR. DIRECTOR DEWAYNE CHAPELLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING. DR. CHAPELLE HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR A NUMBER OF MAYORAL ADMINISTRATIONS, SO QUITE SOMETIME. WE AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL PAST IT OUT OF COMMITTEE ON THIS PAST FRIDAY WITH A 4-0 VOTE AND RESOUNDING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DIRECTOR CHAPELLE, WITH DWANE NOW FOR EIGHT YEARS, AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THICK AND THIN TOGETHER , COLLEAGUES. SOME OF YOU HEARD ME SAY AT COMMITTEE, DWANE IS ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT HOW TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR KIDS AND OUR STUDENTS. HE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVOCATES FOR KIDS AND I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM WITHOUT A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. THAT IS WHY MANY OF US LOVE DIRECTOR CHAPELLE. IN FACT, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO DOESN'T AND I AM REALLY JUST PROUD TO CALL HIM MY COLLEAGUE AND MY FRIEND. HE'S DONE GREAT WORK AT THE DEPARTMENT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU JOIN ME IN REAPPOINTING HIM AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER? >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH DR. DIRECT HER CHAPELLE YESTERDAY AND TALKING ABOUT THE [ INAUDIBLE ] LETTY IMPLEMENTATION. IT WAS GREAT DISCUSSION AND TALK ABOUT PRIORITIES THAT HAVE THE IMPORTANT PIECES LIKE EARLY EDUCATION. SO IMPORTANT. BUT ALSO ON THE OTHER END, SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM. THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK TO GIVE THAT LIFT UP FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY I WOULD NOTE, TOO, BUT THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO GET EDUCATION FOR SERVING IN PUBLIC SAFETY, WHATEVER DEPARTMENT THAT THAT MAY BE. AND ALSO -- AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR THE INCLUSION OF K-12 AND BEYOND, INCLUDING THE PROMISE PROGRAM, OF SUPPORTING THE TRADES. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, SO I WANT TO THANK BOTH FOR THEIR INCLUSION OF DIFFERENT PIECES AND PUTTING THE EMPHASIS ON THAT VERY IMPORTANT AREA. SO -- BUT THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE VOTING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> THANK YOU MADAME COUNCILLOR. MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT DIRECTOR DR. DWANE CHAPPELLE , REFERRING TO HIM IN HIS OFFICIAL CITY CAPACITY. YES, HIS FANCY TITLE IS WELL-EARNED AND IMPORTANT BUT HE IS ONE OF OUR ESTEEMED LEADERS AS WELL SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT HIM TODAY. HE SHARES -- I THINK HE'S THE RIGHT LEADER IN THE RIGHT MOMENT, RIGHT TIME, IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY, TO HELP USHER IN AND IMPLEMENT THIS GENEROUS $1.3 BILLION VOTER APPROVED LEVY, BUT ALSO POSITION OUR CITY TO IMPLEMENT, ONCE AND FOR ALL, UNIVERSAL FREE PRESCHOOL FOR ALL PROGRAM IN SEATTLE, WHICH IS, COLLEAGUES, AS YOU KNOW, A HUGE PRIORITY OF MINE, AND I THINK OUR MAYOR ELECT AS WELL, AND I THINK A NUMBER OF YOU. SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR ESTEEMED DIRECTORS REAPPOINTMENT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH HIM AND HIS TEAM TO HELP BRING TO LIFE SO MANY OF THESE GREAT INVESTMENTS. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER -- I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED. I'LL SIMPLY NOTE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO REAPPOINT MR. CHAPPELLE BECAUSE THERE IS A BIG BODY OF WORK THAT'S INCOMING TO FULFILL THE [ INAUDIBLE ] LEVY, WHICH IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND BEFORE I JUST NOTE THAT, I WANT TO THANK, SINCE I HAVE MENTIONED THE EDUCATION PLAN, I MEAN THE [ INAUDIBLE ] LEVY, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT PROCESS AND FOR REALLY MAKING THIS FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND, WHICH IS TO GET THAT TO THE BALLOT AND NOW THAT IT HAS PASSED, THE BIG BODY OF WORK IS GOING TO BE THIS COMING YEAR, FIGURING OUT WHAT ARE THOSE INVESTMENTS IN THE K-12 BUCKET THAT REMAIN TO BE DECIDED, AND IT IS -- AND SO I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT CONTINUITY OF LEADERSHIP AT THE TABLE AS THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE AND AS THAT LEVY FULFILLS ITS PROMISE. SO THAT'S ONE THING I'LL SAY. AND THEN IN GENERAL, I -- YOU ARE A VERY -- FIRST OF ALL I WILL NOTE THAT USUALLY WE DO HAVE DIRECTORS PRESENT WHEN THEY REAFFIRM -- THE DEPARTMENT HEADS PRESENT. SO SINCE HE IS NOT HERE, I WILL SPEAK OF HIM IN THE THIRD PERSON AND JUST SAY THAT HE IS A WARM AND CARING INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN OPEN TO THE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND PROPOSALS OF COUNCILMEMBERS, EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE HE HAS BEEN VERY ACCESSIBLE AND VERY RESPONSIVE, AND I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP GOING FORWARD AS THE LEVY IS IMPLEMENTED AND FOR ALL OTHER WORK THAT DEAL IS DOING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES IN THE EDUCATION OF VERY YOUNG PEOPLE AND IN TOWN SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING HIS VIEWPOINT WITH FULL CONFIDENCE AND GRATITUDE FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, NOT SEEING ANY, OKAY. I WILL THEN CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL, THE REAPPOINTMENT, PLEASE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER ETHEL. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED. >> ALL RIGHT, THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. CONGRATULATIONS , DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 3 INTO THE RECORD? >> AGENDA ITEM 3, COUNCIL HILL 121 139, HISTORIC PRESERVATION UPON THE STEWART HOUSE, LANDMARKED PRESERVATION BOARD, COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS THE BILL POUNCE , COUNCILMEMBERS RIVERA, RINCK HALL INGWERSON FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED AND ONE ABSTENTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE YOU ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE COMMITTEE REPORT . >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT WAS LANDMARKED BY THE CITY'S LANDMARK BOARD. THIS LEGISLATION IMPOSES THE NEGOTIATOR CONTROLS AND INCENTIVES AGREEMENT FOR THAT LANDMARK DESIGNATION, WHICH IS IN THIS CASE, THE STEWART HOUSE, WHICH THE OWNER HAS AGREED TO. THE HISTORIC PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 1931 IN THE ENDERLIN AREA HEIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD OF WEST SEATTLE AND THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THE PASSAGE OF THESE NEGOTIATED CONTROLS AND INCENTIVES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FOUR INTO THE RECORD. >> COUNCIL BILL 121140 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION, IMPOSING CONTROLS UPON LIFTON SPRINGS PARK DESIGNATED BY LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASSED. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE YOU'RE AGONIZED TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AGAIN, THIS IS A PARK THAT WAS LANDMARKED BY THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD IMPOSE THE NEGOTIATED CONTROLS AND INCENTIVES AGREEMENT FOR THE LIFTON SPRINGS PARK. THE PARK WAS CREATED IN 1974 BUT THE IRON OXIDE AND MAGNESIUM SULFITE SPRINGS PRESENT IN THE PARK HAVE LONG BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRADITIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE OF OUR REGION, AND AS SUCH, IS WHAT SOME CONSIDER TO BE THE FIRST INDIGENOUS LANDMARK OF SEATTLE, AS PER THE LANDMARK PRESERVATION BOARD'S PRESERVATION LAST WEEK. OUR UNDERSTANDING ON THE COMMITTEE, FROM THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD, IS THAT THEY WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO NOMINATED THE PARK, INCLUDING SOME MEMBERS FROM OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS. THE DESIGNATION IS TO LANDMARK THE PARK, NOT THE PLAY STRUCTURE OR THE STRUCTURE ON THE PARK. IN THIS WAY, IN CASE THINGS NEED UPDATING, ET CETERA, PARKS CAN DO THAT WORK, THAT THE PARK ITSELF IS BEING DESIGNATED AS A LANDMARK AND THE LANDMARK COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ITS PASSAGE. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. SUPER EXCITED TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS AND I DO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS POTENTIALLY THE FIRST INDIGENOUS LANDMARK, I THINK THIS IS PRETTY SPECIAL AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE, AS WE LOOK AT HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND LANDMARKS, THAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS PART OF OUR HISTORY, MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY, MANY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, MANY INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WERE DRIVEN OUT OF THE CITY AND AS WE THINK ABOUT PRESERVING BUILDINGS, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT MANY COMMUNITIES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO OWN LAND AND WERE NOT ALLOWED TO OWN BUILDINGS. SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING ADDITIONAL WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRESERVING THE FULL BREADTH OF OUR HISTORY, AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED TO VOTE FOR THIS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO FURTHER COMMENTS? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 5 INTO THE RECORD? >> ACCOUNTABILITY AND ECONOMIC NUMBER 512-1073 RELATED TO THE ESSO D.O. PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA CHANGING ASSESSMENT RATE AND EXEMPTIONS. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS AS REGIMENTED. >> AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE I'LL PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. THIS BILL IS STEP ONE IN A TWO STEP PROCESS TO HELP THE ESSO D.O. BIA TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE AND MAKE DRAMATIC CHANGES TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE THREE MEGAPROJECTS SLATED TO BEGIN WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BIA AND FOR THE PUBLIC WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA IN SODO. MOST NOTABLY THE WEST SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION WHICH WILL INCLUDE SOUND TRANSIT PURCHASING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BIA. AND UNDER THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT IS, THIS WOULD DECIMATE THE BIA FINANCES SINCE PUBLIC ENTITIES DO NOT PAY INTO THE SYSTEM. THE FIRST STEP MODIFIES THE ASSESSMENT TO BE BASED ON APPRAISED PROPERTY VALUE INSTEAD OF TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH WILL SET THE STAGE TO EVENTUALLY COLLECT DUES FROM PUBLIC PROPERTY WHILE ALSO ALIGNING THE ASSESSMENT TO COME MORE CLOSELY -- TO MORE CLOSELY MATCH WHAT OTHER BIAS IN SEATTLE HAVING THEIR CODE. SECONDLY, THIS WILL ESTABLISH A STAKEHOLDER IN OED, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOP, DEVELOP AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON HOW TO ASSESS PUBLIC PROPERTIES LIKE THE SEATTLE SCHOOLS HEADQUARTERS OR THE METRO BUS BASE. THIS BILL BEFORE US WOULD NOT FORCE ANY PUBLIC ENTITIES TO PAY WHEN THEY DO NOT CURRENTLY. ANY OF THOSE CHANGES WOULD BE MADE WITH SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL ACTION. SO THIS IS -- AND THIS BILL WAS REQUESTED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BIA AND ERIN GOODMAN, SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED THIS LEGISLATION IN CONSULTATION WITH HER, ALSO WORKING WITH OUR CENTRAL STAFF AND WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE LEGISLATION? WELL THEN I WILL SIMPLY SAY, THANK YOU ERIN GOODMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FIRST OF ALL, PREVAILING UPON US TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES FOR THE SODO BIA TO THRIVE. I KNOW HOW VALUABLE THE BIA IS TO THE BUSINESSES IN SODO, WHICH ARE CHALLENGED BY MANY THINGS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A TREMENDOUS STEWARD OF SMALL BUSINESS IN GENERAL IN THIS CITY AND YOU HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY HELPFUL TO ME IN MY ROLE AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAIR, NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT CONCERNS THE DISMISSES IN SODO, BUT ALSO, WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SMALL BUSINESSES CITYWIDE. YOU'VE BEEN A VERY ACTIVE AND LUCID STAKEHOLDER IN A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE COUNCIL THAT DIDN'T DIRECTLY INVOLVE BIAS BUT I'VE ALWAYS DEPENDED ON YOU FOR ADVICE AND COUNCIL WHEN IT CAME TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN GENERAL, AND YOU WERE AT THE TABLE IN MY SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING, TALKING ABOUT WHAT SMALL BUSINESSES NEED RIGHT NOW. SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND TO THE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE BIA. SO IT'S WITH MY PLEASURE THAT I AM STEWARDING THIS LEGISLATION, THAT IS REALLY YOURS TO HELP YOUR GOOD WORK. ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED, OR ANY HANDS RAISED, SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> EXCUSE ME. >> COUNCIL IN BERLIN. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THE BILL PASSES. WILL THE CHAIR SIGN IT AND PLEASE FIX MY SIGNATURE ON THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 6 INTO THE RECORD? >> ITEM 6, COUNCIL BILL 121130 RELATED TO ETHICS CODE PROHIBITING POLITICAL SULTANS FROM PERFORMING CONSULTING WORK WITH THE CITY ESTABLISHING A COOL OFF PERIOD FOR POLITICAL CONSULTANTS. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS AS AMENDED, COUNCILMEMBERS NELSON, CATALAN RIVERA IN FAVOR, COUNCILLOR HOLLINGSWORTH OPPOSED AND WITH AN ABSTENTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER LIN . >> OKAY. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE I'LL PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. THIS IS A GOOD GOVERNANCE BILL, COLLEAGUES. THE LEGISLATION WAS INTENDED TO ADDRESS A PROBLEM, WHICH IS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT CAN ARISE WHEN CONSULTANTS CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE CONSULTING SERVICES OF OTHER KINDS, POLICY RELATED OR OTHER SERVICES. AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN CONFER UPON THEIR CANDIDATES A TAXPAYER-FUNDED POLITICAL ADVANTAGE AND ALLOW FOR THE INSIDER-TRADING OF NONPUBLIC INFORMATION THAT CAN BENEFIT ONE CANDIDATE OVER ANOTHER. BUT MOSTLY IT WAS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR BALLOT MEASURES THAT ARE PUT FORWARD OUR REALLY DONE IN THE PUBLIC'S BEST INTEREST, AND THAT THEY ARE FORMED WITH POLICY INTEREST IN MIND AND THEN THEY ARE RUN BY A CAMPAIGN AND THEN VOTED ON SUBSEQUENTLY. WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO CLOSE A LOOPHOLE THAT BLURS THE LINE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT WORK AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE OF CONSULTING. AND SO I APPRECIATE -- THIS CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE WITH THREE VOTES IN FAVOR, ONE VOTE OPPOSED AND ONE ABSTENTION, AND I HAVE RECOGNIZED OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS THAT THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION, FIRST OF ALL, WOULD HAVE REQUIRED POLITICAL CONSULTANTS TO REGISTER THEMSELVES AND THE CAMPAIGNS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, FOR CITY CANDIDATES OF OFFICE OR CITY BALLOT MEASURES. IT WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED THE CONCURRENT -- IT WOULD'VE PROHIBITED POLITICAL CONSULTANTS FROM WORKING ON A CAMPAIGN AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME DOING POLICY ORIENTED WORK OR PROVIDING OTHER SERVICES THAT A CONSULTANT MIGHT. AND IT WOULD'VE ESTABLISHED A COOLING-OFF PERIOD BETWEEN DOING POLITICAL CONSULTING AND PROVIDING OTHER CONSULTING SERVICES TO THE CITY. AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILLINGNESS TO ENTERTAIN THIS LEGISLATION. I UNDERSTAND, HOWEVER, THAT SOME OF THE PROHIBITORY LANGUAGE GOES TOO FAR AND -- AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND SO WE HAVE THREE AMENDMENTS BEFORE US TODAY AND I DO APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING FORWARD THE AMENDMENTS FOR REALLY ENGAGING WITH THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC TODAY. WHAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS STRENGTHEN PUBLIC TRUST IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND THAT DEPENDS ON OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVING CONFIDENCE THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING, THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE ARE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. AND SO I WELCOME THE DISCUSSION OF THE AMENDMENTS TODAY AND I ALSO JUST THINK THANK THE WHOLE COUNCIL FOR ENGAGING IN THIS CONVERSATION. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT HAD TO COME AT THE VERY END, BUT I DID WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION SEASON, AND OF COURSE AFTER THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND OTHER COUNCIL MEETINGS AND HEAVY LEGISLATION IS REALLY NOT ALLOWED. SO FOR THIS REASON, THIS IS COMING UP AT THE VERY END OF MY TERM. IS NOT MEANT TO BE A RUSHED PROCESS, HOWEVER. ANYWAY, I WILL CALL ON THE SPONSORS OF THE AMENDMENTS AS THEY APPEAR ON THE AGENDA. LET'S SEE, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121130 AS PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT ONE ON TODAY'S AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO GO FORWARD WITH AMENDMENT LETTER A AND -- AMENDMENT ONE, EXCUSE ME, ON MY SCRIPT IT SAYS LETTER A. OKAY. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SPONSORING THE AMENDMENT, AND I RECOGNIZED? THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME AS SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT. COLLEAGUES AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M GOING TO SPEAK JUST TO MY AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW. I WILL RAISE MY HAND LATER IN THIS PROCESS TO SPEAK TO THE UNDERLYING BILL. MY FINAL COMMENTS TODAY WOULD BE BASED ON THE PASSAGE OR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THESE AMENDMENTS. FROM THE BEGINNING THIS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PITCHED AS A WAY TO IMPROVE OUR ETHICS LAWS REGARDING CONSULTANTS IN THE SAME WAY SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND HAS. I'VE HEARD COLLEAGUES SHARE THAT SEATTLE SHOULD NO LONGER BE IN THE BUSINESS OF PASSING FIRST IN THE NATION LEGISLATION. THAT'S WHY I WAS SURPRISED THAT A NEW VERSION OF THE LEGISLATION UNVEILED LAST THURSDAY, THE LEGISLATION STRIP OUT ALL OF THE REVIEW REQUIREMENTS AND FOCUSED ON [ INAUDIBLE ], NOT ETHICS. THE AMENDMENTS THAT I HAVE JUST MOVED WOULD ADD THOSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BACK IN, SO SAID ANOTHER WAY, SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND ARE REPORTING BASED. THEY ARE NOT COOLING-OFF BASED PIECES OF LEGISLATION. IF WE PASS THE LEGISLATION AS IT CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE, WE WOULD BE PASSING THE FIRST IN THE NATION LEGISLATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED. IF THE COUNCIL ADOPTS MY AMENDMENT, WE WOULD BE BACK IN PLACE ALONGSIDE SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND REGARDING THIS CONSULTANTS LEGISLATION. SO MY AMENDMENT WOULD ADD THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BACK IN AND IT WOULD BRING US INTO THE ALIGNMENT WITH SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND, THAT HAVE BEEN HELD UP AS EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE AMENDMENT WOULD REMOVE THE PROVISIONS IN THE LEGISLATION THAT ARE COUNTER TO THE SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND LAWS, LIKE THE PROHIBITED CONDUCT PROVISIONS. IT HAS OFTEN BEEN SAID SUNSHINE IS THE BEST IS INFECTED AND IN GOVERNMENT. I AGREE. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD CREATE THAT SUNSHINE. ADDING THESE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WOULD CREATE A MORE FAIR AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED AND TO ME, DAYLIGHTING THIS REQUIREMENT IS CENTRAL IN THIS BILL. REMOVING IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. I HOPE THAT YOU JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS, TO REINSTATE THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND BRING THIS BILL IN LINE WITH OUR PEER CITIES, INSTEAD OF GOING FURTHER THAN ANYONE HAS BEEN TESTED BEFORE. AND I SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THREE AMENDMENTS TODAY. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SHORT PROCESS THAT I THINK WE NEED MORE TIME, BUT I THINK WE CAN GET THERE IF THIS AMENDMENT IS PASSED. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE LEGISLATION IN SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND DO MORE THAN -- THE REGULATIONS THAT CAN FIND THE ACTIONS OF POLITICAL CONSULTANTS IN THOSE CITIES IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. THAT IS MENTIONED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE SAN FRANCISCO ETHICS CODE. SAN FRANCISCO'S ETHICS CODE EXPLICITLY APPLIES TO CONSULTANTS AND LIMITS THEM FROM PARTICIPATING IN DECISIONS WHERE THEY HAVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. PAGE ONE STATES, IF YOU ARE A CITY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING CONSULTANTS, BUT ARE NOT A BOARD MEMBER OR COMMISSIONER, YOU SHOULD DISCLOSE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON THE PUBLIC RECORD AND ABSTAIN FROM DISCUSSING OR PARTICIPATING IN THE DECISION IN ANY WAY. AND ON PAGE TWO IT SAYS ALL CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMISSIONERS, OR EMPLOYEES ARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AS OUR INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS WORKING FOR THEM. AND IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE ETHICS CODE THAT IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, WHICH MEANS BASICALLY IT'S TERMED IN SAN FRANCISCO'S CODE AS ADVANCING A FINANCIAL SELF-INTEREST, AND SO THAT IS WHY IT EXPLICITLY MENTIONS CONSULTANTS. SO IT'S ALL IN BASICALLY -- I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THAT THE REPORTING IS IMPORTANT. I ABSOLUTELY DO AGREE. HOWEVER, I WOULD DISAGREE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS COMPLETELY GROUNDBREAKING OR NEW. IT IS THE PROHIBITION OF BEING -- OF DOING TWO THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION, AS PRESENTED BEFORE US, PREVENTS A POLITICAL CONSULTANT FROM PROVIDING POLITICAL CONSULTING SERVICES TO A CITY CANDIDATE OR TO A BALLOT MEASURE AT THE SAME TIME AS PROVIDING OTHER CONSULTING SERVICES, AND IT'S THAT CONCURRENCE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PROBLEM, BECAUSE IT PROVIDES FOR A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN TERMS OF THE ONGOING FINANCIAL INTEREST OF THAT CONSULTANT'S BODY OF WORK, AND THE UNEQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT THEIR POLITICAL CLIENTS MIGHT RECEIVE. AND THEN THE LEGISLATION WOULD NOT SAY YOU CAN'T BE A POLITICAL CONSULTANT OR WE ARE NOT TRYING TO LIMIT ONE'S WORK WITH THE CITY. WE ARE SIMPLY SAYING THAT WHEN YOU FINISH ONE BODY OF WORK, THERE MUST BE A PASSAGE OF TIME, AND THAT WAS THE COOLING-OFF PERIOD THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT SAME CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE A BODY OF WORK TO THE CITY. AND SO THAT IS THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL BODY, PROHIBITING CONCURRENT WORK, ESTABLISHING A COOLING-OFF PERIOD AND THEN REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL CONSULTANTS. AND SO, I'M TRYING TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE SIMILARITIES WITH WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING PRACTICED IN THOSE OTHER CITIES, AND WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO HERE. WE REQUIRE LOBBYISTS TO REGISTER AND NOT JUST GET ON THE LIST, BUT ALSO DISCLOSE THEIR WORK, AND WE ALSO REQUIRE CITY EMPLOYEES FROM WORKING ON -- IN A CONSULTING FIRM, FOR EXAMPLE, ESPECIALLY ON PROJECTS OR WITH FIRMS THAT FOCUS ON PROVIDING CONSULTING SERVICES THAT DIRECTLY RELATE TO TOPICS THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON AS A CITY EMPLOYEE. SO THERE ARE SIMILARITIES. THIS IS FILLING A GAP BY ENSURING THE CONSULTANTS DO NOT CONDUCT THAT SAME WORK CONCURRENTLY. SO IT IS -- IN ANY CASE, I AM SIMPLY SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT BRAND NEW WORK AND THE IMPULSE THAT DROVE IT WAS THE SAME PRINCIPLES THAT THE OTHER CITIES THAT THIS LEGISLATION WAS MODELED ON, WAS BASED ON. SO, HOWEVER, I DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING BACK THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THIS REPORTING REQUIREMENT IS SO THAT POLITICAL -- WELL LET ME BACK UP AND JUST SAY, MY SPOUSE IS A POLITICAL CONSULTANT IN TOWN. HE DOESN'T, NOR HAS HE EVER HAD CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WHICH I THINK WAS A BIG PIECE AND ACTUALLY THE MAIN PIECE OF YOUR ORIGINAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, TO MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS TRYING TO GET AT POLITICAL CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM ALSO HAVING ENGAGING CONTRACTS WITH CAMPAIGNS OR POLITICAL CANDIDATES BECAUSE OF THAT INSIDE INFORMATION, FROM HAVING THE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO BEGIN WITH. SO MY UNDERSTANDING, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, IS THAT YOU ARE TAKING OUT THE PROHIBITION AND THEN PUTTING BACK IN THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT WITH THE SPEC FOR POLITICAL CONSULTANT ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY IN THE CITY THAT IS CAMPAIGN WORK OR BALLOT MEASURE WORK. UNDERSTANDING, HOWEVER, IS THAT POLITICAL CONSULTANTS ENGAGING IN CAMPAIGN OR REPRESENTING CANDIDATES IN RACES -- >> OH, YOU FROZE. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? CAN YOU REFRESH? WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN -- YOU CAN LIKELY HEAR US. LET'S -- ARE THERE OTHER HANDS UP THAT -- WHAT DID YOU SAY, AMELIA? >> I WAS JUST NOTING THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO HER BUT IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS, IF WE WANT TO BE AT EASE OR IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH A VOTE ON AMENDMENT ONE. AND SHE'S OFF. >> WHAT DID YOU SAY? >> SHE'S OFF THE CALL NOW. >> OKAY. WELL HOLD, PLEASE. LET'S BE AT EASE UNTIL 2:45 AND WE'LL TAKE A SHORT RECESS. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, PLEASE LOG BACK ON. WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU FOR -- >> IF YOU'D ALLOW COUNCILMEMBERS TO LEAVE THE DAIS, WOULD YOU LIKE NETTLE RECESS? >> YES, WE WILL RECESS UNTIL 2:45. >> [ MUSIC ] >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> HERE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> PRESENT. >> EIGHT PRESENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE DISCUSSING COUNCIL BILL 121130 AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU HAD THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT . APOLOGIES, COLLEAGUES. MY WIFE I WENT OUT IN MY HOME, PROBABLY DUE TO THE WEATHER, AND I COULDN'T JOIN YOU IN PERSON TODAY BECAUSE I'M FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO JOIN BACK IN. HOPEFULLY YOU ARE HEARING ME OKAY NOW. THANK YOU. I WAS MAKING THE COMMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S REPORTING REQUIREMENT SEEKS TO GET INFORMATION THAT IS ALREADY BEING REPORTED TO THE PDC AND SCV OF THE CAMPAIGNS WHO HAVE TO REPORT TO THEIR CONSULTANTS SO I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S ADDING ANYTHING THAT ISN'T ALREADY DISCLOSED VIA ALL THE CAMPAIGNS IN THE CITY. SO I'M NOT SURE IT GETS TO THE ISSUE AT HAND, WHICH IS FOLKS THAT HAVE BOTH CONSULTING CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY AND OUTSIDE CAMPAIGN WORK, IN ESSENCE SIMULTANEOUSLY. AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS ABOUT BEING FIRST AT THE CITY, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF THOSE OTHER TWO CITIES BUT I WILL SAY THE INFORMATION BEING SOUGHT AFTER BY THIS AMENDMENT IS INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN ALREADY GET FROM THE PDC AND THE SDC THE OF THOSE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FROM ALL THE CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING BALLOT MEASURES. STILL, I'M NOT SURE, IT SEEMED A DUPLICATION OF THAT INFORMATION. UNLESS I'M READING YOUR AMENDMENT -- NOT IN THE RIGHT WAY. SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT IS PARTLY WHY THE SUBSTITUTE THAT YOU ARE DISCUSSING DID OMIT THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE ONE COULD FIND THAT INFORMATION, BUT THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION INCLUDED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS SO THAT IT WAS ALL IN ONE PLACE SO I WILL LET COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ADDRESS. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YES, AS YOU JUST STATED , IT'S DEMONSTRATION OF HOW QUICKLY THIS PROCESS IS MOVING, THERE'S NO FINGER-POINTING IN THAT STATEMENT, JUST A FACT OF THE MATTER THAT THE SUBSTITUTE WILL CAME TO COMMITTEE LAST WEEK STRIPPED OUT THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE, AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT NOTED, THEY ARE REPORTED IN OTHER PLACES THAT TOOK IT OUT OF BEING IN LINE WITH SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND AND CREATED REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND. SO THE AMENDMENT BEFORE US RIGHT NOW BRINGS US BACK IN LINE WITH SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND'S CONSULTANT BY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. I WILL JUST BE REALLY TRANSPARENT IN SAYING I WILL VOTE FOR THIS BILL EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT NEEDS MORE TIME, IF THIS AMENDMENT PASSES, AND IF THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT PASS AND THE UNDERLYING BUILDERS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT OUR PEERS CITIES ARE DOING, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE DEAL AT THIS TIME, EVEN THOUGH I DO THINK THAT, AS YOU SAID, THE IMPULSE THAT DROVE YOU TO DO THIS WORK IS THE SAME AS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND. THAT'S WHY I NEED OUR LEGISLATION TO MIRROR THOSE OTHER BODIES AND SO I WOULD LOVE -- I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF YOU'VE GOT A TAKE ON THIS AMENDMENT BUT I'D LOVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA , THAT'S A NEW HAND. >> THAT'S A NEW HAND. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT -- IT STRIPS THE ORIGINAL -- YOUR ORIGINAL -- THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S ORIGINAL BILL FROM THE PROHIBITIONS AND REALLY IN ESSENCE IS REPLACING THE BILL WITH THIS REPORTING REQUIREMENT THAT I GUESS I FEEL LIKE IS ALREADY INFORMATION WE ARE ABLE TO GET. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER PORTLAND OR SAN FRANCISCO REQUIRE CAMPAIGNS TO DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION. SO PERHAPS THEIR BILLS ARE BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION ISN'T OTHERWISE AVAILABLE. I DO NOT KNOW THAT BUT THAT IS A CONSIDERATION HERE AND PERHAPS, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU CAN TELL ME WHETHER PORTLAND OR SAN FRANCISCO DO NOT HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENTS AS THE PDC AND SPEC FOR CAMPAIGN STAFF TO DISCLOSE THEIR CONSULTANTS, IN WHICH CASE I'M COMPELLED THAT THE WAY THEY SET UP THERE'S WAS BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT READILY AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE. OTHERWISE I FEEL LIKE YOUR AMENDMENT IS REPLACING THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT WITH JUSTICE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE OBTAINED ELSEWHERE, IN ESSENCE. SO I'M JUST GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER HERE AND WHAT THIS AMENDMENT IS ACTUALLY DOING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR THE UNDERLYING BILL ON THIS AMENDMENT UNLESS THIS AMENDMENT PASSES, YOUR AMENDMENT IS IN ESSENCE NOW THE NEW UNDERLYING BILL. >> WELL IF -- I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM. I WOULD STILL PREFER A BILL WITH BOTH REPORTING AND RULES AND SOME PROHIBITIONS ABOUT CONCURRENT WORK AND COOLING-OFF PERIODS BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AND WE MUST HAVE CHANGE OVER THE STATUS QUO. AND ORIGINALLY IN HAVING THE ORIGINAL IMPULSE OF HAVING A REPORTING REQUIREMENT WAS SO THAT DIRECTORS OR PEOPLE IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHEN THEY ARE NEEDING TO HIRE A CONSULTANT FOR ANY KIND OF WORK, WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO GO SO THAT THEY KNOW WHO ARE THE POLITICAL CONSULTANTS AND THEN MAYBE BE ABLE TO NARROW THEIR FIELD FOR THEIR SPECIFIC WORK IF THEY DIDN'T REQUIRE THOSE SERVICES. SO BELIEVE ME, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THIS IS STRIPPING TWO OF THE SECTIONS -- OR TWO OF THE ACTIONS THIS BILL WOULD TAKE, AND LIKE I SAID, I PREFER DOING IT ALL BUT I STAND WHY . THIS BILL DOES REPLACE THE ORIGINAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT, SO I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. >> ARE THERE ANY -- OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT A? >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> NO . >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> SIX IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED . >> OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE -- WE HAVE ONE MORE. LET'S SEE. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU MADAME COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121130 AS SPECIFICALLY PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT B ON THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT B. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO PRESENT IT. >> THANK YOU MADAME COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH THE STATED GOAL AND INTENT OF THE UNDERLYING BILL IS TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IN THIS CASE CITY OF SEATTLE GOVERNMENT. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE NOTION THAT THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY A GOOD GOVERNANCE BILL AND WHAT MY AMENDMENT WOULD DO IS TO >> [ CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING ]STRENGTHEN THAT EVEN FURTHER, PARTICULARLY ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS. >> IT WOULD FIRST REQUIRE A CONSULTATION WITH OUR SEATTLE ETHICS AND ELECTION COMMISSION ON NATIONAL BUT BEST PRACTICES AND DELEGATE RULEMAKING AUTHORITY, WHICH IN MY VIEW WOULD STRENGTHEN PUBLIC TRUST AND CONFIDENCE AND PROMOTE ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE GOVERNMENT, AS WELL. IF YOU SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT, THIS ENSHRINES A COMMITMENT FOR ALL OF US THAT ANY FUTURE CHANGES TO THE ETHICS CODE MUST BE MADE IN DIRECT CONSULTATION WITH S EC -- S.E.C. AND RULEMAKING AUTHORITY DIRECTLY TO THEM. THAT CAN LOOK TWO DIFFERENT WAYS AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. ONE, IT CAN COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY DELEGATE ROLE MAKING AUTHORITY TO THE INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS. IN MY MIND, THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. THE BALANCE OF POWER ISSUES AND HOW MUCH OF OUR AUTHORITY AS POLICYMAKERS DO WANT TO DELEGATE TO OTHERS. THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE I GIVE THE WHOLE FARM. I THINK THERE ARE MANY VALID AND IMPORTANT POLICY JUSTIFICATIONS AND GOALS UNDERLYING -- UNDERLYING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE ETHICS CODE, BUT ULTIMATELY AND I'M NOT AT ALL CONCERNED WITH IMPROPRIETY IN THIS CASE. THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM RESTS WITH THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY, SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD BE PERFECTLY SATISFIED IF WE JUST COMPLETELY 100% DELEGATED THAT RULEMAKING AUTHORITY TO THE INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS AND LET THEM LIVE UP TO WHATEVER ROLES THEY COME UP WITH ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS. ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT IS TO -- ANY CHANGES TO THE CODE HAVE TO ORIGINATE FROM THEM, S.E.C. S.E.C.. WE CAN EITHER ADOPT OR REJECT. THE UNDERLYING THING THAT WE ARE ULTIMATELY DEFERRING TO AN INDEPENDENT PANEL OF ETHICS EXPERTS AND IT IS PROBABLY A MATTER OF PERSONAL COMFORT WITH WHAT YOU ARE WILLING TO DO IN TERMS OF ACCEPTING OR REJECT RECOMMENDATIONS OR COMPLETELY HANDOFF AND I'M IN THE CAMP OF COMPLETELY HAND OFF, BECAUSE HOWEVER VALID AND PURE MOTIVE AND INTENT ANY CHANGES THAT DIRECTLY ORIGINATE FROM INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS ARE -- OR MAYOR IF IT CAME UP IF IT ORIGINATED OUT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY IS NOT WHERE IT COULD OR SHOULD BE. FOR THOSE REASONS ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS, WE NEED TO BE MORE HANDS-OFF WITH THIS AND LIVE UP TO AND COLLECTIVELY AGREE TO LIVE UP TO WHATEVER INDEPENDENT EXPERT THINKS. THEY ARE MORE INCLINED, I SUPPOSE, TO CLOSELY TRACK OR MONITOR ALL OF THESE PRACTICES AND WHAT MARKET OR EMERGING BEST PRACTICES ET CETERA BUT OUR PROBLEMS WITHIN THE CITY AND CHALLENGES THAT WE NEED TO BE MOST FOCUSED ON IN MY OPINION ARE HOMELESSNESS, FOR ABILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ETHICS IS IMPORTANT, BUT ONE TOPIC THAT I THINK WE CAN CARVE OFF AND HANDOFF TO INDEPENDENT EXPERTS TO SET THE STANDARDS. THIS IS A COMMON SENSE AMENDMENT AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR YOUR AMENDMENT. I AGREE WITH THE UNDERLYING THOUGHT BEHIND IT AND THE INTENT BEHIND IT. ONE THING IS THAT THERE IS A QUESTION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VERSUS THE COMMISSION AND WE DID HAVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMITTEE AND THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN. THE COMMISSIONERS VERSUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR COMBINATION AND I THINK CLARITY ON THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I DO BELIEVE IN GRANTING A ROLE AND BEING PART OF IT. IT IS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED, BUT IT SAYS DELEGATE RULEMAKING AUTHORITY AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO OURSELVES AND APPROVE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING, SO I DO AGREE WITH DELEGATING PART OF THE PROCESS TO THEM IN TERMS OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY TO HAVE THEM HAVE A GREATER ROLE TO PARTICIPATE AND TO CONTRIBUTE, BUT AS WRITTEN, YOU CAN GO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. I'M NOT SURE ON THAT POINT . MORE IN TERMS OF HOW IT WAS WRITTEN, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE A GREATER ROLE THEY ALSO THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY PIECES TO OURSELVES. THE LAST POINT, TOO, THAT I WANT TO MAKE. THE LAST SENTENCE SAYS THAT THIS WORK SHOULD PRODUCE AND SO FORTH. THIS SENTENCE STRIKES ME AS AN EFFECT AS OPPOSED TO SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. THOSE ARE THREE POINTS AND OBSERVATIONS OF QUESTION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VERSUS FULL COMMISSION. GIVING THEM A GREATER ROLE AND WE CANNOT DELEGATE EVERYTHING, BUT I DO BELIEVE IN HAVING A STRONG ROLE. IN MY BELIEF, THE LAST SENTENCE IS REALLY AN EFFECTIVE SENTENCE AS OPPOSED TO COUNSEL THE LEGISLATION SENTENCE PRETTY THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I WANT TO THANK KETTLE FOR HIS COMMENTS. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DELEGATING OUR AUTHORITY TO OUR ADVISORY IN NATURE TO THE COUNCIL. I VERY MUCH THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSULTING WITH THE SEATTLE ETHICS COMMISSION AND ELECTION COMMISSION, BUT ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBILITY IS WITH US, BECAUSE THE VOTERS HAVE VOTED AND ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS TO DO THIS WORK AND IT'S PART OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE TO BE DOING. WHILE I AGREE THAT WE DEFINITELY SHOULD BE CONSULTING WITH THE S.E.C. ON ANY CHANGES WE ARE MAKING TO THE ETHICS SECTIONS OF THE SMC. FOR THAT REASON, I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS AMENDMENT, BUT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA BRINGING IT FORWARD AND THE POINTS THAT YOU JUST MADE . THANK YOU. >> I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I AGREE IN THE PRINCIPLE THAT IS DRIVING AT THAT OUR ETHICS COMMISSION MUST BE ALL THINGS ETHICAL THAT CAN COME BEFORE US EITHER DIRECTLY TO US COMING -- BROUGHT TO US BY CONSTITUENT CONCERNS OR TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE THAT WE WANT TO ADVANCE AND HAVE A REMEDY FOR. I WANT THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT I DID SEND AN EARLIER VERSION OF MY LEGISLATION TO WAYNE BARNETT AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS ANYBODY ON THE ETHICS COMMISSION, BUT I SEND IT TO THE DIRECTOR ON NOVEMBER 18th, SO I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD WEIGH IN ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION AT YOUR DECEMBER 3rd MEETING. I DID NOT HEAR ANY RESPONSE, CITING THEM AGAIN ON THE 24th, SO SIX DAYS HAVE GONE BY, SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE DRAFT HAD CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WOULD LIKE IT IF YOU WEIGHED IN ON YOUR MEETING ON THE THIRD AND I HEARD FROM THE CHAIR THAT THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE ENOUGH TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT IN THE WEEK PRECEDING THE MEETING ON THE THIRD. LONG STORY SHORT, I DID TRY TO GET SOME OPINIONS, PLANS AND ADVICE, ET CETERA FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION. LONG BEFORE THAT WHEN IT FIRST BECAME PUBLICLY AWARE THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN THIS REALM OF POLITICAL CONSULTING IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, I DID REACH OUT TO DIRECTOR BARNETT AND ASKED IF THERE COULD BE ANYTHING DONE ABOUT THIS OR THE OPINION OF THE COMMISSION . I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO STAY IN OUR LANE SOMETIMES WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ISSUES, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT IT TO APPEAR THAT WE ARE STACKING THE DECK FOR US AS ELECTEDS AND FUTURE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES. THAT IS THE SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN. WHAT REALLY HAS TO HAPPEN IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY WELL ENGAGED COMMISSION AND THAT THEY ARE TRACKING WHAT'S GOING ON AND IT HAS BEEN MY IMPRESSION THAT SOMETIMES THE COMMISSION IS VERY INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL CAMPAIGNS AND THEY ARE THERE TO ADJUDICATE ON WHETHER OR NOT A CAMPAIGN HAS FILED FINANCIAL REPORTS LATER OR WHATEVER. WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIGGER PICTURE ITEMS, LET ME JUST SAY THAT WE CAN USE THEIR GUIDANCE -- MORE RIGOROUS GUIDANCE. WHEN WE TRY TO CHANGE SOME ETHICS RULES, THAT SHOWS YOU THAT SEATTLE REALLY DOES CARE ABOUT ETHICS. I BELIEVE THAT THE OPENINGS ON THE ETHICS COMMISSION SHOULD BE PUBLICLY POSTED, SO I WILL BE ENCOURAGING THAT THE POSITIONS ARE PUBLICLY POSTED, SO WHETHER OR NOT THE OCEANS ARE NOT MANY SLOTS THAT WE GET THE WHOLE POSSIBLE ARRAY OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN ENGAGING ISSUES WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, GO AHEAD. >> CLOSE IT OUT AND APPRECIATE COMMENTS FROM ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCILMEMBERS CATTELL AND RIVERA, I THINK THE SESSION ON RIVERA IS PRETTY CLEAR, BUT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I HAVE HEARD SOME MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS, WHICH I APPRECIATE. I THINK THIS AMENDMENT, FIRST OFF I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR STAFF AND LEGAL TEAM TO CONSTRUCT. I DO THINK IT ALLOWS US MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS TO INVOLVE THE SEEC DIRECTOR ONLY OR DIRECTOR AND COMMISSION OR JUST THE COMMISSION OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF AND I THINK FLEXIBILITY IS A GOOD THING. I DON'T THINK THIS REPORTS THE BLINDNESS IN ONE POSITION PATH OR ANOTHER . YOU DELEGATE AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COLOR AROUND THE EDGES LOOKS LIKE. THEY WERE TRANSPARENT. WHAT THAT DELEGATION WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT COULD OPERATE. THANK YOU. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT TWO? >> COUNCILMEMBER LYNN? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> NO. >> COUNSEL NUMBER SAKA? >> AYE . >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE AMENDMENT PASSES AND WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT THREE. ALL RIGHT, SO ARE WE GOING --. >> AMENDMENT ONE AND --. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. C. THANK YOU. AMENDMENT C IS ACTUALLY A PARTNERSHIP EFFORT BETWEEN COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND MYSELF. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE AND IT WAS PAST AROUND TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE. THE EFFECT OF THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE TO THE SEATTLE ETHICS AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION BY ANY POLITICAL CONSULTANT THAT ACCEPTS THE CITY CONSULTING CONTRACT REQUIRING THIS DISCLOSURE BY A POLITICAL CONSULTANT WILL DELIGHT TO THE S.E.C. AND CONCURRENT ROLES OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNING AND CITY CONSULTING WORK. LET ME EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THIS. THE PURPOSE IS THAT I AM PUTTING THIS FORWARD, BECAUSE I AM STILL AND I WILL ALLOW FOR COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA TO SPEAK, AS WELL, BUT IT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO PROHIBIT CURRENT WORK BY POLITICAL CONSULTANTS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHICH POLITICAL CONSULTANTS ARE ALSO DOING CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY TO DO OTHER WORK. THIS PRESERVES TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE IN THE ORIGINAL BILL. IF ONE IS A POLITICAL CONSULTANT AND CITY BALLOT MEASURE OR FOR A CAMPAIGN FOR CITY OFFICE, THEN IF YOU HAVE A CONSULTING CONTRACT WITH ANY DEPARTMENTS OR OFFICES WITHIN THE CITY, YOU MUST DISCLOSE THAT, SO THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS LEGISLATION, SO WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE RANGE OF WORK THAT OUR POLITICAL CONSULTANTS ARE TAKING ON. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO THE COMMENTS? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION, MY COMMENT THAT WAS WANTING TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS TAILORED AND I SAID THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS CONVERSATION IN THE LAST WEEK OR HOWEVER LONG IT HAS BEEN SINCE WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT. THE POINT WAS TO ADDRESS THE PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR WAS JUST TO HAVE AN EXTERNAL CONTRACT WITH EITHER A CAMPAIGN OF WHICHEVER VARIETY, BECAUSE HAVING THIS CONTRACT MIGHT GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THAT YOU CAN USE IN YOUR EXTERNAL CONTRACTS. THAT WAS THE LEGISLATION THAT YOU ARE BRINGING TO MY UNDERSTANDING. THAT IS WHAT WE VOTED ON OUT OF COMMITTEE. THIS THAT YOU ARE BRINGING TODAY IS KEEPING THAT SPIRIT OF THE ORIGINAL , WHICH IS JUST ENSURING THAT THE CONSTITUENTS, THE PUBLIC AT LARGE HAS INSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY ABOUT POLITICAL CONSULTANTS CONTRACTS DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DISCLOSE THAT RIGHT NOW. THAT IS NOT INFORMATION YOU CAN GET ANYWHERE. I LIKE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S AMENDMENT, WHICH YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY REQUIRED CAMPAIGNS TO DISCLOSE THEIR POLITICAL CONSULTANTS AND I FELT LIKE YOU COULD GET THAT INFORMATION. YOU CANNOT CURRENTLY GET INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT POLITICAL CONSULTANTS HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE, SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE AMENDMENT WOULD DO THAT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY -- THAT WAS THE POINT OF WHICH, THIS IS HOW I'M READING THIS NEW LEGISLATION AMENDMENT THAT YOU BRING FORWARD, SO IF I GOT THAT WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT ME. IT IS TO A POLITICAL CONSULTANT THAT HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE DIRECTLY BE IT A DEPARTMENT OR ANY CITY DEPARTMENT OR MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THAT. >> THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS HOW THIS IS IN MY YEARS OF CONVERSATION, SO IT SIMPLY DOES ALLOW THAT INFORMATION TO BE PRESENT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ALSO THINKING ABOUT HIRING A CONSULTANT, AS WELL. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? IT IS HELPFUL TO KNOW AND IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT DOING BOTH OR HAVING A CONTRACT FOR CONSULTING SERVICES AND ALSO ENGAGE IN KEY KIND OF CAMPAIGN RELATED ACTIVITY FOR A BALLOT MEASURE OR CANDIDATE. IT IS SIMPLY DAYLIGHTS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M JUST DIGESTING THIS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE RECEIVED THIS AMENDMENT WHILE WE WERE UP HERE AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AT THIS TIME, RAMIFICATIONS AND AND IMPACT OF THIS, SO I KNOW WE HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE ARE TRYING TO MIRROR THE POLICIES THAT CAME TO PORTLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO. DO THEY HAVE THIS REQUIREMENT OR DO WE KNOW CITIES THAT HAVE SPECIFICALLY THIS 15 DAY TIMELINE ASSOCIATED? WHAT CAN YOU SPEAK TO ABOUT OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE THIS REPORTING IN PLACE? >> THE 15 DAYS IS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT I KNEW THAT COUNSEL NUMBER STRAUSS'S AMENDMENT WOULD REPLACE INTO THE BILL. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE 15 DAYS. HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A TIME LIMIT BY WHICH CONSULTANTS IN SAN FRANCISCO OR PORTLAND HAVE TO REGISTER. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. RESPECTFULLY, I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT JUST GIVEN THAT THIS IS NEW AND IDEAL, I WOULD HAVE LIKED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE TIME WITH THIS AND CONFER WITH OTHERS, BUT I'M NOT IN A PLACE WHERE I CAN VOTE ON IT TODAY. THANK YOU. >> I UNDERSTAND. WHILE YOU MENTIONED THAT, THIS IS CONSIDERED A WALK ON, SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO MARRY AND INTENT WITH THE AMENDMENT, SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE COUNCIL WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR DELIBERATION ON AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS NOT DISTRIBUTED BY THE COUNCIL DEADLINE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE RULE IS SUSPENDED AND WILL PROCEED WITH CONSIDERATION AND DELIBERATION. IN ESSENCE, I UNDERSTAND YOUR VIEWPOINT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. I MOVE AMENDMENT -- I MOVE TO AMEND COUNSEL BILL 121-1130 AS PRESENTED ON THE RECENTLY JUST DEBATED AMENDMENT C. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU PRETTY MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL. MOVED ON AMENDMENT C. THIS ENSURES THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC RECORD FROM NOW ON TO ABOUT WHICH CONSULTANTS ARE OR HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ENGAGE IN CITY ACTIVITIES, THEN LEAVE IT UP BECAUSE OF THE PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT B AND LEAVE IT UP TO IF THE LEGISLATION PASSES, THE COMMISSION TO WEIGH IN ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS AN ISSUE AND HOW TO REMEDY IT. OKAY. IF THERE AREN'T ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT C, WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT C? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I HAVE MY HAND UP. >> THANK YOU. I'M NOT CLEAR NOW, SO WITH COUNCILMEMBER SOCCER -- SAKA. ARE USING THIS IS ALL GOING TO S.E.C. TO WEIGH IN ON AND MAKE A DETERMINATION ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD? >> THAT IS NOT WHAT I INTENDED TO COMMUNICATE. >> CAN YOU RESTATE? I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD. CAN YOU RESTATE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR AMENDMENT AND THE ROLE? I WILL BE HONEST, WITH THE LATEST BREAKING AMENDMENTS, IT HAS BECOME A BIT CONFUSING TO TRY, SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT WE ARE REALLY DOING. >> I DO AGREE WITH THE LATEST. WE DISCUSSED THIS TWICE AND I WAS RESPONDING TO AN AMENDMENT DISTRIBUTIVE LATE AND I WANT TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH OF THE TRANSPARENCY AS POSSIBLE. THIS AMENDMENT ALLOWS -- IF POLITICAL CONSULTANTS WHO ALSO HAVE CONTRACTING WORK WITH THE CITY MUST DISCLOSE THAT. THAT'S THE SHORTEST WAY I CAN PUT IT. >> THANK YOU, BUT I WAS ASKING ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA'S AMENDMENT. YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. >> I WAS JUST SAYING THAT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO SIMPLY GETS IT PART OF THE ISSUE AND THAT WAS A COMMON SAYING IN THE FUTURE THAT IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT WITH OUR CONSULTING ROLES WHENEVER. >> THAT WAS A GENERAL OFFHAND COMMENT >> I WAS JUST GOING TO NOT GIVING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S REMARKS AND IT IS ONE REASON WHY I DID VOTE FOR AMENDMENT B. THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITS THAT IF IT TAKES UP AGAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF ETHICS THAT IT WILL CONSULT ON THE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES. THE CONSOLE WORD IS KEY AND IT'S INDEPENDENT OF THIS AMENDMENT C AND IT GOES BACK TO MOVING TO THE FUTURE, SO I THINK IT'S INDEPENDENT. I RECOGNIZE IT, BUT THE KEYWORD AND THE AMENDMENT IS ACTUALLY CONSULT AN AMENDMENT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WILL SAY THAT I WILL VOTE NO ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD, BECAUSE IT HAS COME IN A WAY WHERE IT WON'T BE FAIR FOR ME TO VOTE WITH ALL OF THE VARIOUS POINTS THAT NOW HAVE COME EVEN AS EARLY AS YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND IF WE ARE GOING TO CONSULT WITH THE S.E.C. TO GIVE US FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN I'M FINE WITH THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY WITHOUT HAVING THESE PIECES COMING TOGETHER TO REALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE. THANK YOU. >> I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE AMENDMENT? WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT C? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> I WILL VOTE NO. >> BEFORE YOU SEE THE FINAL NUMBER, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ABSTAIN ON AMENDMENTS IN FULL COUNSEL AT THE FINAL VOTE. >> I THOUGHT THAT ROLL WAS ON UNDERLYING BILLS RATHER THAN AMENDMENTS? THEY WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ABSTAIN ON ONLY RESOLUTIONS. >> UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. IN THAT CASE TO REFLECT MY EARLIER COMMENTS, NO. >> CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US THE FINAL VOTE? >> FIVE IN FAVOR AND THREE OPPOSED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT C AS ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS BILL FROM MY COLLEAGUES? I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COLLABORATING WITH ME TODAY SO CLOSELY AS WE DEMONSTRATE THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND THE VALUE OF COUNCIL ACTION THROUGH ROBUST DEBATE, CONVERSATION AND AMENDMENTS. WE HAVE A BILL WE CAN BE PROUD OF KNOWING HOW SIGNIFICANT A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IT IS AND WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE. WILL THIS FIX ALL FORMS OF UNDUE INFLUENCE ON POLICY AT CITY HALL? NO. IT IS A MEANINGFUL STATUS START AND SHINES AREAS ON POLITICS AND POLICY ARE BLURRED IN WAYS THAT ERODE PUBLIC TRUST. PASSING THE BILL TODAY WILL MAKE OUR GOVERNMENT BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE. AGAIN, IT IS INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC TRUST IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT, CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS AMENDED. >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> SIX IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED. >> THE BILL AMENDED PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. WHILE THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM SEVEN INTO THE RECORD? >> COUNTABLE 1211 41 RELATED TO CITY EMPLOYMENT EXEMPTING POSITIONS FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM, RETURNING POSITIONS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM AND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS. >> AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, I WILL ADDRESS THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION. CITY POSITIONS ARE EXEMPT FROM CIVIL SERVICE OR NONEXEMPT. AN EXEMPT EMPLOYEE MEANS ONE WHO SERVES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY IN A POSITION TO EXEMPT FROM CIVIL SERVICE RULES. FROM CIVIL SERVICE RULE ONE. THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZES CERTAIN CITY PERSONNEL ACTIONS THROUGH ORDINANCES AND THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTED TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL ACTIONS. ONE POSITION FROM CIVIL SERVICE AND RETURN FOUR POSITIONS TO CIVIL SERVICE. SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED. >> THE BILL PASSES AND CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATURE ON MY BEHALF. PLEASE READ ITEM EIGHT INTO THE RECORD. >> 121 142, RELATED TO CITY IMPLEMENT AND ESTABLISHING DEFERRED COMPENSATION ANALYST CLASSIFICATION TITLE SERIES AND CORRESPONDING RATES OF PAY IN SEATTLE CITY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM. >> OKAY . THE LEGISLATION WOULD CREATE A NEW CLASSIFICATION SERIES FOR EMPLOYEES PROVIDING DEFERRED COMPENSATION BENEFITS SERVICES IN THE RESTRUCTURED SEATTLE CITY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM DEPARTMENT. THE CURRENT CLASSIFICATION OF SERIES AND PERSONNEL IS RESTRICTED TO S D.A.S STAFF AND STAFF WORKING ON DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN THAT CLASSIFICATION HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO SCERS. THE SEATTLE EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT SYSTEM IS REFERRED TO. THE NEW CLASSIFICATION OFFERS A DEFINED SCOPE LIMITED TO DEFERRED COMPENSATION WORKING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT RATHER THAN REFERENCE TO CITYWIDE HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES. THIS IS EXECUTIVE REQUESTED A LEGISLATION AND I OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND UNOPPOSED. >> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NINE INTO THE RECORD? >> THE REPORT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AGENDA NINE RELATED TO THE LAND USE AND ZONING REPEALING AND REPLACING THE SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO A MAJOR UPDATE WITH NEW GOALS, POLICIES AND ELEMENTS AND A NEW FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AMENDING SECTIONS AS AMENDED. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE COMMITTEE SUPPORT REPORT. >> EVERYONE, WAKE UP. ARE YOU READY? IT STARTS GETTING DARK AT 3:02 AND IT HAS BEEN DREADFUL LOOKING OUTSIDE AND I WILL JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE. WE ARE HERE AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF THE SMILING FACES HERE IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS. COLLEAGUES, I WILL KEEP MY REMARKS SHORT, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DIDN'T COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING TO HEAR ME TALK ALONE, BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HOW CRITICAL THE LEGISLATION PROCESS WAS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. THE COUNCIL HAS LEGACY -- THIS COUNSEL HAS THE LEGACY OF 20 YEAR PLAN WITH A WONDERFUL HONOR AND RESPONSIBILITY OF AMENDING PLANS FOR TRANSPORTATION, PARKS, HOUSING, ART, CULTURE AND MORE. AS A CHILD OF THE COMMITTEE, I HAVE LED WITH A CLEAR SET OF VALUES AND I'VE EXPRESSED EACH AND ONE OF YOU. YOU HAVE ALL EXPRESSED TO ME HOW WE ARE STRIVING FOR A WELCOMING AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, LIVABLE AND SAFE CITY. WE HAVE A SEATED JUDGMENT ON HOW OUR COMMITTEE WANTS TO FEEL AND ADAPT. WE HAVE A TON MORE WORK TO DO. THERE ARE SEVERAL PHASES OF LEGISLATION TO GET THROUGH THE COMING YEARS. WE STILL NEED TO STRENGTHEN IT WITH OUR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN, TREE CANOPY, WALK ABILITY, SIDEWALKS, TRANSPORTATIONS. BEST INTEREST POLICIES AND EVERYTHING IN SUPPORT AND PROMOTE GROWTH. I'M PROUD OF WHERE THIS PLAN HAS LANDED AND IT'S A GREAT STARTING POINT AND I CANNOT WAIT TO WORK ON PHASE TWO. I MEAN THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENTS AND THANK YOU, RESIDENTS, FOR BRINGING WONDERFUL IDEAS AND FOR HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE. THE THINGS WE WILL APPROVE ON AND I WAS IT IS ON THE DAIS, BECAUSE I MEAN IT. NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE BETTER OUTREACH TO BETTER PEOPLE FROM OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR OFFICE, AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S VOICES ARE HEARD AND WE GET EVERYONE'S VOICES ACROSS THE CITY THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND ALSO, I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS AND ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WORKING IN YOUR OFFICE LATE NIGHTS. EVERYTHING FROM START TO FINISH I HAVE ENJOYED AND WE HAVE HAD HARD CONVERSATION AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO US PASSING THIS TODAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION. JUST A SECOND, PLEASE. IS THERE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS GOING FORWARD? >> I NEED TO MOVE MY AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. I WILL MOVE -- THOSE COMMENTS WERE THE FINAL COMMENTS, BUT I HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE. THAT WAS A GREAT INTRODUCTION . I WILL MOVE TO AMEND COUNTABLE 120985 AS PRESENTED AMENDMENT A ON THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A. RECOGNIZED IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT IT. >> I DO. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL REALLY QUICK. WE HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING A DEEP DIVE IN THIS AMENDMENT AND DURING COUNSELED BRIEFING. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR YOUR ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS. WE HAD ROBUST CONVERSATION IN OUR BRIEFING AND THIS AMENDMENT, OBVIOUSLY IS TO PROTECT THE HISTORIC CENTRAL DISTRICT LINES THAT YOU ALL KNOW IS A NEW HILL AND WILLING TO DIE ON NO MATTER HOW I PUT MY FLAG ON THE GROUND AND I RESPECT EVERYONE'S OPINIONS AND VOTE AND WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT. THANK YOU ALL. TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE AND SOME PEOPLE ASKED THE ENTIRE CITY, 52,000 ACRES AND THIS IS 99 ACRES, .2% OF THE CITY, WHICH COMES OUT TO 10% OF THE REGIONAL CENTER. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN WHICH I AM TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ZONE TURNS INTO AN URBAN CENTER. EVERYONE KNOWS MY INTENTIONS AND THEY PUT THIS IN THE RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT BESIDES PROTECTING THE HISTORIC CENTRAL DISTRICT THAT WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLANS, AND ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN REDLINED IN CERTAIN AREAS, IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM OF HAVING CERTAIN BOUNDARIES IN PLACE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH AREAS BEING UP SELLING IN THE CITY AS LONG AS WE ARE DESIGNATING CERTAIN LINES AND HAVING THE CORRECT NAMES ON STUFF. NAMES AND LINES MEAN A LOT TO PEOPLE AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AS WELL. I HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT AND BRINGING THE AMENDMENT BACK AND I TOLD PEOPLE MONTHS AGO THAT I WOULD BRING IT BACK, SO EVERYONE KNOWS I BROUGHT IT BACK, AS WELL. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WILL POST THESE FULL COMMENTS ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA, PARTICULARLY THE COMMENTS I MADE IN SEPTEMBER AND THE COMMENTS, AS WELL, SO PEOPLE AREN'T PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT I'M SAYING HERE ON THE DAIS, AS WELL, THAT THERE IS A COMPLETE RECORD OF WHAT I'M SAYING FULLY, SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND MY INTENTIONS AND MY GOALS AND OUTCOMES TO THIS AMENDMENT, SO NO ONE IS ACCUSING ME OF ANYTHING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. THIS AMENDMENT WILL MAKE AN IMPORTANT CHANGE POSSIBLE, SO I KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND DISTRICT AND I KNOW YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT TRULY REPRESENTING THEM, SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MODELING WHAT COUNSEL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IS SUPPOSED TO DO. GET IN THERE AND WORK THROUGH THESE THINGS. ALSO, YOUR WORK ON THE COMP PLAN IN GENERAL WAS -- THAT WAS CLASS A AND THEY ALSO KNOW IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THAT PROCESS, YOU REALLY DID ALSO HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN YOUR OWN DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH . IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT I RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT I NOTICED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH ACTIONS TAKEN BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH TO FURTHER THE COMMUNITY CENTRAL DISTRICT, DISTRICT THREE AND MOVING IT FORWARD. I HAVE SEEN IT IN THE BUDGET, AS WELL, WITH OTHER LITTLE PIECES THAT I SEE THE WORK SHE IS DOING AND MOVING FORWARD ON ACCOMPLISHING GOALS. I DO SUPPORT THIS AS A RESOLUTION AND THAT THE ONLY REASON HESITANCY IN TERMS OF EXPLAINING MY VOTE IS THE LEGAL RISK AS I WAS ADVISED, SO I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE EFFORT AND ALL DIFFERENT PIECES WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH YOU ARE TAKING AND I WILL SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. NOT HERE, BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL RISK CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, SO THANK YOU, AGAIN. I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS THROUGH RESOLUTION INTO THE FUTURE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT. CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH US THAT IF THIS AMENDMENT PASSES, HOW WILL WE APPROACH THE ZONING IN THIS AREA? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. MAY I, COUNCIL PRESIDENT? AWESOME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOR THAT QUESTION. LET ME BACK UP. MY ORIGINAL AMENDMENT WAS TO RESTORE AN AREA THAT WAS NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL FURTHER TALKING TO PEOPLE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WITHDREW THAT AND OUR ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO MAKE THE AREA BE AN URBAN CENTER AND WE RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT BECAUSE WE DID NOT POST A 30 DAY NOTICE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IT WOULD PUT THE ENTIRE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN JEOPARDY, SO WE WITHDREW THAT AND THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT END THERE IS LEGAL RISK AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T JEOPARDIZE THE ENTIRE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS AND THE SECOND PHASE TO THIS DURING THE PHASE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO THEN POST A 30 DAY NOTICE FOR US TO UP ZONE THAT AREA PARTICULARLY FOR THAT TO BE THE CENTRAL DISTRICT URBAN CENTER, SO THAT IS 10% OF THE REGIONAL CENTER THAT WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT URBAN CENTER, WHICH WOULD NOT REMAIN A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. IT WOULD BE AN URBAN CENTER, SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. >> YES, IT DOES. JUST TO SAY THAT THIS IS ONE STEP IN A TWO STEP PROCESS AND THERE WILL BE INCREASED ZONING FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE BROUGHT FORWARD NEXT YEAR IN THIS AREA. IS THAT A CORRECT SUMMARY? >> THERE IS NO INTENTION FOR ME TO HAVE THE URBAN CENTER WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD AREA NEXT TO A REGIONAL CENTER. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A REGIONAL CENTER NEXT TO THE URBAN CENTER CENTRAL DISTRICT, SO WE COULD DO A 30 DAY NOTICE. >> I WILL JUST AUTHENTICATE THAT I BELIEVE THE ERROR WAS MADE BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NORTH SEATTLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CENTRAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. THAT IS PERSONAL OPINION. WITH THAT, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE ALL OF IT IS WRAPPED UP, BUT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY THAN IT IS TO RUSH LEGISLATION. I WILL BE SUPPORTING OR AMENDMENT TODAY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE WILL BE TAKING THIS UP NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER TRENT EIGHT? >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AND CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC, I USED TO LIVE IN THIS AREA THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW AND IT IS A WONDERFUL SPOT. TO PREFACE MY COMMENTS, I WOULD SAY THAT IN THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I VOTED NO ON ALL AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD REDUCE NEIGHBORHOOD OR URBAN CENTER REGIONAL BORDERS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT STATE WE ARE IN WITH THE HOUSING CRISIS NECESSITATES US TO TAKE BOLD ACTION TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BUILD HOUSING THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED, SO IN THAT SAME SPIRIT, I WILL VOTE NO ON THIS AMENDMENT AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE, HOLLINGSWORTH, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND ENACTING THE DOCKET RESOLUTION FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT THAT IS APPROPRIATELY ZONED WITH THE CENTRAL DISTRICT URBAN CENTER. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> COUNCILMEMBER? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT EIGHT IS ADOPTED. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? >> THANK YOU. I WILL MOVE TO AMEND -- I WILL MOVE TO AMEND CONSTABLE 120985 AS PRESENTED ON RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED AMENDMENT VERSION 2. >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT B VERSION 2. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR HIS WORK AND ENGAGEMENT AND AM ACTUALLY GOING TO DEFER TO HIM, IF THAT'S OKAY, ON THIS AMENDMENT AND I KNOW I'M THE SPONSOR, BUT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH HIS OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CORRECT ON THIS AMENDMENT. WE WERE KEEPING THE INTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, AS WELL WITH TRANSPORTATION, SO IF IT'S OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER MY TIME. >> FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP IN DEVELOPING THIS AMENDMENT. >> THE SUBSTANTIVE TRANSPORTATION RELATED COMP PLAN AMENDMENTS AND THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED BY LAW -- IT WAS PROPOSED BY LAW AND I INTENTIONALLY REJECTED THAT. IT COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED AND RENDERED OBSOLETE AND COMPELLING POLICY GOALS AND JUSTIFICATIONS FOR PUTTING FORTH THE UNDERLYING AMENDMENT AND GUTTED IT TO A POINT WHERE IT WAS TOTALLY UNATTAINABLE, BUT AS A FELLOW LAWYER, I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM AND LEGAL RISK AND POTENTIAL LEGAL RISK. I SHOULD KNOW. THE UNDERLYING ISSUE IS 100% A POLICY DECISION THAT WE AS COUNSEL ARE EMPOWERED TO MAKE. I THINK THERE IS A WAY FOR THEM TO ADDRESS ALL DESPERATE NEEDS AND CONSIDERATIONS AND BY PUTTING A FIRM TARGET DATE, THAT GETS US THERE. FOR US TO LIVE UP TO THESE STANDARDS, I THINK COMPOSITE CONDITION INDEX CAN'T REMEMBER I THINK IT WAS ASSET SUSTAINABILITY RATIO WITH MANY WAYS TO MEASURE PERFORMANCE, BUT IN ANY EVENT, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR HER PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION AND HEAR MY PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE I ALWAYS WANT TO DO THE SAME WITH HER TERRIFIC TEAM . >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT B VERSION 2 . >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE MOTION CARRIES AND VERSION 2 IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER AMENDMENTS -- I MEAN ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND HOLLINGSWORTH FOR LEADING US THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I'M SPEAKING WITH A LITTLE ENTHUSIASM, BECAUSE LIKE YOU, WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS AND IT'S DARK. IT'S A MOMENT FOR US TO LIVEN UP A LITTLE BIT. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE STREETS CAME ON BEFORE 3:30 P.M. AND IT IS STORMY AND DARK. LET'S LIVEN THIS UP A LITTLE BIT, SO WE CAN GET OUT OF HERE WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE ENTHUSIASM. SERIOUSLY, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU STEWARD A VERY GOOD PROCESS AND IT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO BRING EVERYONE'S WORK TOGETHER INTO A COLLABORATIVE MANNER AND YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL. I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU WATCHING THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS WHY THE BUDGET PROCESS WAS BETTER BECAUSE I GOT TO USE SOME TRICKS AND TIPS AND TOOLS THAT YOU USED TO IMPROVE OUR OWN PROCESS, SO THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND THIS YEAR-LONG PROCESS . THIS GOES TO THE LAWYERS WHO DID NOT LIKE THE QUESTIONS I ASKED COUNCILMEMBER PUT FORWARD, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. THE HIGH LEVEL NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS CAME, BECAUSE I WORKED WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND THOUSANDS TO THE ENGAGEMENT OF MY OFFICE, BUT MANY PEOPLE ONE ON ONE, WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO MEETINGS AT MY DISTRICT OFFICE WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMING BACK TOGETHER AROUND THE CONFERENCE TABLE WITH MAPS AND HIGHLIGHTERS AND PENS, THAN HAVING THE AMENDMENTS PUBLISHED AND HAVING A SURVEY TO GET PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK ON THAT, THEN ONLY BRINGING A FEW MORE AMENDMENTS. WHILE OBESITY WAS NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE THOSE RESIDENTS AS DIRECTLY AS I WAS THIS IS NOT -- IT IS A REPEATED PARTNERSHIP CONTINUES. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO WALKED WITH ME IN THE RAIN AND CAME TO THE MEETINGS LATE AT NIGHT AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR FILLED OUT THE SURVEY, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS COLLABORATION WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY, LEGISLATION WILL IMMENSELY EXPAND OUR ABILITY TO BUILD HOUSING AND COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES . LET'S BE CLEAR THAT I WORK ON THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN ISN'T DONE AND WE HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING PHASE TWO TO COME AND BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, WE ARE PASSING A THAT WILL CONDUCT STUDIES TO LET US LOOK AT EXPANDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES EVEN MORE IN THE FUTURE. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS ON THAT SIMILAR CADENCE AS WE DID IN PHASE ONE AND I WANT TO SHOW MY GRATITUDE ACROSS THE BOARD AND NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TREES, SO I WILL SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT. IN 2019, I WAS PROUD TO HELP CRAFT THE RESOLUTION THAT'S AT THE PATHWAY FOR PASSING THE TREE ORDINANCE. FROM 2020 TO 2022, I PUSHED OUR CITY TO PUT FORWARD THE TREE ORDINANCE AND TRANSMIT IT TO COUNSEL. IN 2023, THE TRUE PROTECTION ORDINANCE WAS TRANSMITTED TO COUNSEL. APOLOGIES. I'M PICKING UP SOME OTHER NOTES RIGHT HERE. MAKING SURE I HAVE SOME ACCURACY. FROM 2020 TO 2022, I PUSHED THE CITY TO TRANSMIT THE ORDINANCE AND 2022 FINALLY RECEIVED THE ORDINANCE. WE THEN HAD IT IN COMMITTEE AND AFTER EIGHT COMMITTEES, SO FOR THE RECORD, IT WAS SENT TO CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 21, 2023 AND I MADE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT AHEAD OF THAT OUTLINING THE SCHEDULE IN WHICH WE WOULD TAKE UP THE TREE ORDINANCE. WE HAD COMMITTEES ON SUBJECT MATTERS, SO ON TUESDAY MARCH 21, WE HAD THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL TO THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, A POLICY DISCUSSION AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE BILL. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, WE HAD A POLICY DISCUSSION ON TRUE PROTECTIONS AND PROTECT TRUE PROTECTION STANDARDS. FRIDAY, APRIL 7, POLICY DISCUSSION ON THE TRUE PROTECTIONS, BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS. WE WAITED UNTIL FRIDAY, APRIL 31 TO BUILD ON A SUBSTITUTE THAT ENACTED COLLABORATIVE CHANGES. ON MONDAY, APRIL 21, WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CHANGES. ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 -- APRIL 26, VOTE ON AMENDMENTS AND THURSDAY, MAY 4, WE VOTED ON MORE AMENDMENTS. MY APOLOGIES. WE VOTED THE BILL OUT OF LAND-USE COMMITTEE AND I WILL DOUBLE CHECK. WE VOTED THE BILL OUT OF THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE ON MARCH 4th, THEN WE WAITED 19 DAYS AND HAD TO VOTE CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 23. THAT WAS AFTER EIGHT COMMITTEE MEETINGS INTENT TO MEETINGS AND WAITING 19 DAYS BETWEEN COMMITTEE PASSAGE AND FULL COUNSEL CONSIDERATION. WE RECEIVED OPPOSITION FROM THE URBAN FORESTRY IN THE LAST 48 HOURS BEFORE FINAL PASSAGE. DESPITE THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION BEING INVITED TO ALL COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS PARTICIPANTS AT THE COMMITTEE TABLE AND HAVING THE COMMISSION PARTICIPATING AT THE COMMITTEE TABLE FOR MOST OF THOSE MEETINGS. DURING THE TRUE PROTECTION ORDINANCE, I STATED THAT I WOULD BRING FIXES THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO THE ORDINANCE. AS PASSING THE ORDINANCE, SOME FOLKS HAVE WAITED 20 YEARS. IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO PASS THE ORDINANCE. WE COULDN'T LET IT BE. IN 2023, I SAW FIXES THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE AND I STATED I WOULD BRING THEM. I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WITH THE LACK OF COLLABORATION, WHICH IS WHY I PUT FORWARD THE AMENDMENTS DURING A CONFERENCE PLAN PROCESS. THIS REPRESENTS MY PACKAGE OF FIXES TO THE 2023 TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE. AS I STATED, TREE PROTECTION SHOULD BE STRICKEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND NOT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WITHOUT THE OPTION OF COLLABORATION, I CREATED MY AMENDMENT PACKAGE, INCLUDING TRUE PROTECTIONS. AMENDMENT 92 WAS SIMILAR TO AMENDMENT 91, WHICH PAST AND IT WOULD GIVE BONUSES FOR HOUSING IF THEY WERE STACKED FLAT AND PROTECTED IT TIER ONE OR TIER TWO. AMENDED REQUIRED MINIMUM PLANTING OF TREES AND PARCELS DEVELOPED WITH NO EXCUSES. AMENDMENT 103 DID NOT PASS, WHICH WOULD PROTECT LARGE TREES OUT RIGHT LOCATED WITHIN FIVE FEET. AMENDMENT 104, LARGE TREES BY REDUCING OTHER CITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE MAKE REMOVING THE TREE INEVITABLE. I DID DRAW AMENDMENT 106 SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT DID PASS . IT WOULD HAVE AVERTED THE TRUE PROTECTION AREA TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN THE 2023 ORDINANCE. THIS REPRESENTS THE PACKAGE OF FIXES TO THE 2020 TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE. IF WE HAD A STANDALONE PROCESS, WE COULD HAVE A MORE PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION. ALAS, THAT DID NOT OCCUR AND I WILL PASS THE BATON TO SOMEONE ELSE TO TAKE UP TREE POLICY FROM HERE. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THIS BILL AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PLACES THE CITY ON OUR TOES TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS IN HOUSING PRODUCTION AND BUILDING HOMES. I BELIEVE THE BILL WILL HELP THE CITY BECOME THE CITY IT CAN BE IN THE CITY I NEED IT TO BE. I RECOGNIZE DIFFERING OPINIONS. TRUST ME, I HEARD THEM ALL. ON THE BILL, AND AMENDMENTS AND ON THE PROCESS. IT IS VERY COMPLEX. I RECOGNIZE THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE AND IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. I WANT TO THANK THE NUMBER OF FOLKS OR GROUPS IN MY DISTRICT SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL THAT STOOD UP AND PARTICIPATED IN REACHED OUT INTO COMMUNITIES. VARIOUS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT STOOD UP TO COMMENT ON THIS LEGISLATION AND TO DO A NEIGHBORHOOD WALK. RECOGNIZE THAT THERE HAS BEEN DIFFERING OPINIONS AND I HAVE FRUITFUL AND POSITIVE MEETINGS WITH OPIE CD . I WANT TO THANK THEM, AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM. MY CHIEF OF STAFF DEAN SMITH POLICY DIRECTOR BRENT AND MY DISTRICT ENGAGING WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS, REBECCA AND SIR HANNEMANN WHO HAS COME UP WITH SENIOR POLICY AND THAT HAS BEEN A POINT PERSON ON THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN. I WANT TO THANK HER AND HER TEAM WHO I SEE OUT IN CHAMBERS, AS WELL. THEIR WORK, BECAUSE IT IS NOT EASY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU STOOD UP AND TOOK ON. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR GETTING THE JOB DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S SEE WHO'S NEXT. >> THANK YOU. I WILL BE BRIEF. YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME LIKE, I WILL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT. I DON'T NEED TO VIGOROUSLY DISAGREE AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN ALL BE PROUD. I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, TO THE COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC WHO CAME IN THE. THEY CAME OFTENTIMES COMING IN PERSON AND TESTIFYING AND SHOWING UP AND SHARING YOUR EMAILS, LETTERS, DOCUMENTATION, HARD COPIES OF WHICH WERE PLACED. THEY WERE LATER SENT TO ALL OF US AND MEETING WITH OUR OFFICES. ALL OF THE ADVOCACY AND ALL OF THE ADVOCATES BEHIND THIS WHOLE EFFORT. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND I THINK THE PACKAGE FOR THIS PHASE IS ULTIMATELY A BETTER PACKAGE, BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS ADVOCATES INVOLVED. THANK YOU. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, STEWARDSHIP FOR THIS WHOLE PROCESS. YOU PUT ON A CLINIC FOR ALL OF US TO LEARN FROM AND INCORPORATE LESSONS LEARNED AND OUR OWN AS WE LEAD VARIOUS COMMITTEE WORK OR SELECT COMMITTEE WORK ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS. YOU ARE COLLABORATIVE, EXCEPTIONALLY COLLABORATIVE. ENSURING THAT AS MANY COMMUNITY VOICES AS POSSIBLE WERE HEARD AND REFLECTED IN OUR PROCESS. A BANG UP JOB AND EXCEPTIONAL WORK. I'M THANKFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR OFFICE. I WANT TO THANK YOUR ENTIRE OFFICE STAFF STARTING WITH ALEX, NINA, CAMERON. ALEX IN PARTICULAR, KUDOS. MY OFFICE APPRECIATED WORKING WITH YOU IN PARTICULAR, BUT COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, YOUR WHOLE OFFICE DID AN AMAZING JOB AND CAN'T EXPRESS THANKS WITHOUT SHOUTING OUT MY OWN OFFICE TEAM, CHIEF OF STAFF, DISTRICT AFFAIRS AND OFFICE SCHEDULER EXTRAORDINAIRE LOGAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PLAN AND SUCCESS OF THIS PLAN AND SPECIAL SHOUT OUT PARTICULAR TO LAND TO SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS ON A VERY COMPLEX TECHNICAL SET OF STREAMS. THANK YOU AND THAT'S MY COMMENTS JUST ONE. AGAIN, KUDOS TO CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND SUCCESSES. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? I WILL TRY TO KEEP THE ENERGY UP AND THE DARK IS GETTING TO ME. HI, EVERYBODY. THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY. THANKS TO CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH FOR SHEPHERDING THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR SHEPHERDING A FAIR AND INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING PROCESS, BUT WHEN YOU HANDLED WITH A LOT OF GRACE THROUGH A LOT OF ADS AND FLOW. THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND OUR STAFF. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHEPHERDING THE AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU TO EVERY NEIGHBOR WHO INVITED MY OFFICE TO WALK THERE BLOCK. TO EVERY NEIGHBOR WHO CAME OUT AND PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT, TOOK TIME TO SEND AN EMAIL, THANK YOU TO EVERY ORGANIZATION WHO TOOK THE TIME TO DEVELOP A POSITION AND THANK YOU TO THE COALITIONS WHO ALSO SPEND TIME DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US TO TAKE UP. WHEN I TALK TO NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE COMP PLAN I OFTEN SAY THAT IT IS THE ONE THEIST 1000 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT HAS A DEEP IMPACT ON OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES. AT THE HEART OF THIS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ABOUT HOW WE WILL LIVE OUR LIVES AND WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE ACROSS OUR CITY AND HOW WE WILL MOVE THROUGH OUR CITY. IT REPRESENTS OUR SHARED FUTURE. THIS UPDATE TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT START IN OUR WORK TO MAKE SEATTLE A MORE AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE WHILE ALSO RECONCILING WITH OUR RACIST HISTORY OF LAND-USE POLICY IN THE CITY. AND, WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO FROM THIS POINT. THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WE WILL TAKE UP NEXT, IS EVIDENCE TO CONTINUE MOVING WORK FORWARD IN OUR HOUSING OPPORTUNITY GOALS AND AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING THROUGH PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE, IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ORIENTATED DEVELOPMENT LAW AND SO MUCH MORE. ALL IN ALL, THIS COMP PLAN UPDATE IS CERTAINLY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND REPRESENTS A LOT OF PEOPLE POWER, WORK AND HARD CONVERSATIONS AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN PART OF THIS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER? I DON'T KNOW WHO HAD THEIR HAND UP FIRST. COUNCILMEMBER LYNN? >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT NELSON. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. PRIOR TO TESTIFYING ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE ADVOCATES HERE. THIS IS A MOMENTOUS DAY. I DO THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY. THE REASON WE ARE IN THE POSITION WE ARE IN TODAY IS BECAUSE AROUND AFFORDABILITY AROUND HOMELESSNESS AND AROUND UNSAFE STREETS AND BECAUSE OF MISTAKES WE MADE IN THE PAST. I THINK THIS PUTS US ON A BETTER PATH MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I DON'T MEAN TO SOMBER THE MOOD TOO MUCH, BUT WE LOST THE LIFE OF A BICYCLIST ON BEACON HILL AND THAT IS PRETTY DEVASTATING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IF WE WANT TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE ADDRESSING OUR ENVIRONMENT AND HOW WE ARE BUILDING DENSE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS AND WE ARE TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM OVERRELIANCE ON VEHICLES AS A PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. AGAIN, NOT PERFECT, BUT THIS STARTS TO GET US ON THE RIGHT PATH AND WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO. WE WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS PUT IN THE INCREDIBLY HARD WORK FOR THIS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> I MADE MOST OF MY REMARKS BACK. I WILL JUST SAY THAT I WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR HER PARTNERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO GET US TO THIS POINT. IT WAS NOT A SMALL FEET. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU REALLY ARE A JOY, PUN INTENDED, TO WORK WITH AND THE TEAM, AS WELL. I REALLY THINK THIS PROCESS WENT AS SMOOTHLY AS IT POSSIBLY COULD HAVE, BECAUSE OF YOUR STEWARDSHIP. I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY MY STAFF ALL AROUND FOR ALL OF THE WORK WE DO EVERY DAY. NICK, JACOB, WENDY AND A PARTICULAR WINDY, BECAUSE SHE WAS TASKED WITH THE COMP PLAN AND WORKING WITH ALL CONSTITUENTS. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE CONSTITUENTS WE HEARD FROM AND PARTNERED ON THIS AND WHO WE HEARD FROM IN GENERAL AND WHO CAME OUT TO GIVE TESTIMONY. IT IS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LISTEN TO ALL CONSTITUENTS AS WE ARE DOING THIS WORK AS DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES. OF COURSE, WHEN YOU TO LISTEN TO THE POPULACE AT LARGE. THAT IS OUR JOB AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO ENGAGED. OBVIOUSLY, OUR CENTRAL STAFF, BECAUSE THE MARRYING OF ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS INTO THIS DOCUMENT BEFORE US TODAY WAS NO SMALL FEAT, SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THAT HARD WORK. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE ENGAGEMENT ON THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT GETTING CERTIFIED BY THE ORIGINAL COUNSEL, SO WE CAN GET TO THE NEXT STEPS AND WE ARE ABLE TO MEET THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT REQUIREMENTS. I THINK TODAY'S VOTE WILL GET US THERE NEXT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? >> THANK YOU. I WAS REMISS NOT TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION FOR ONE PERSON THAT GOT ALL THE WORK DONE IN MY OFFICE, ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ WALKED EVERY RAINY STEP WITH ME AND EVERY EVENING WITH RESIDENTS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD A DIFFERENT COLORED MARKERS, SO WE DIDN'T GET CONFUSED. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WORKING WITH CENTRAL STAFF TO GET ALL OF MY NEARLY 30 AMENDMENTS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. >> I WILL JUST SAY BRIEFLY THAT THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS PRETTY MUCH ALL YEAR AND OUR MEETING WAS MAY BE FEBRUARY OR END OF JANUARY. WE ARE ABOUT TO MAKE THE LARGEST CHANGE IN SEATTLE ZONING MAPS, SO WE ARE MEETING THE MOMENT OF OUR GROWING CITY AND HOPEFULLY BY EXTENSION, AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. ONE CANNOT SAY THAT ZONING RESULTS IN MORE AFFORDABILITY, BUT I WILL FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE MORE HOUSING WE HAVE, THE MORE CHOICE PEOPLE HAVE AND THAT IS GOOD FOR OUR CITY AND WILL HOPEFULLY GIVE PEOPLE OF ALL INCOMES MORE CHOICE, SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CRISIS HERE AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE LET ALONE, THE PEOPLE WHO PLAN TO COME TO OUR CITY, SO YOU MUST OF COURSE EXPAND OUR DEVELOP AND CAPACITY. JUST SAYING THAT THE BOTTOM-LINE PURPOSE OF THIS LEGISLATION AND WE WILL GET INTO, OBVIOUSLY, THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS WHERE THE REAL FUN STARTS AND DECIDING HOW HIGH BUILDINGS ARE AND WHAT IT MIGHT BE OR WHAT IT MIGHT CUT OFF AND LEAVE THAT WORK TO YOU ALL. I WANT TO NOTE THAT SINCE I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOTE THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO BETTER ALIGN OUR GOAL FOR MORE HOUSING WITH REGULATIONS AND WE DO NOT WANT TO INHIBIT ONCE WE ALLOW FOR THE CAPACITY, THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE EXTREMELY HIGH. SEATTLE HAS GONE FAR OVER THE STATE AND THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THERE HAS TO BE A COST BENEFIT. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY IN THE END. AFTER THE BUT ELEVATOR REQUIREMENTS, CONDO LIABILITY LAWS, HIGH TAXES ACROSS THE BOARD FOR DEVELOPING ABOVE THE PRESCRIBED ZONING AND NOT JUST CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO MEET OUR POLICY GOALS WITH WHAT WE WRITE DOWN ON PAPER AND WHAT WE GET IN FOR THIS PLAN. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND NOTE THAT EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO AS SHARON WOULD SAY ONE OF OUR PARTNERS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE DO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE MAKING IT EASY FOR LANDLORDS TO OPERATE APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS. KEEP THOSE THINGS IN MIND, AS WELL, BECAUSE PROVIDING FOR CAPACITY OF HOUSING DOESN'T GET BUILT IS A PROBLEM. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT OF COURSE I AM EXCITED TO BE TAKING THIS MAJOR STEP FORWARD WITH YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH FOR LEAVING US ALL ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER --. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE LAST WORD? >> IF I MAY? I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF AND TEAM, ALEX AND NINA FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT YOU AND AM THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND CENTRAL STAFF, THANK YOU. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND IN UNOPPOSED. >> THE AMENDMENT PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WITH A QUICK FIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? WITH THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 10 INTO THE RECORD? >> 120993 LAND USE AND ZONING IMPLEMENTING A MAJOR UPDATE OF NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AND MODIFYING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND OTHER ZONES TO COMPLY WITH VARIOUS STATE LAWS AND COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS THAT THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDMENT. >> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT. >> THANK YOU. I WILL MOVE TO AMEND CONSTABLE 120993 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT ON THE AGENDA. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND AMENDED ON AMENDMENT A. HOLLINGSWORTH, GO AHEAD. >> IT'S ALMOST DARK, SO WAKE UP, EVERYONE. WE ARE STILL HERE. HOUSE BILL 1110, WE ARE ALMOST ON THE FINISH LINE. THIS IS A BILL OF TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS THAT CENTRAL STAFF AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED HOW YOU ALL RECEIVED THOSE VERSIONS AND IT IS TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEANING UP HOUSE BILL 1110 AND WE WOULD URGE YOUR VOTE ON THIS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE CENTRAL STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE, SO WE HAD A PRESENTATION YESTERDAY TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT? >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT A? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT A ADOPTED. ARE THERE FINAL COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED? NO? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. FINAL COMMENTS? >> WE ARE NOW GOING FOR THE FINAL VOTE. THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING AND I TOOK THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND FORCING HER HAND HERE TO GET US REALLY FOCUSED ON FACILITATING MORE GENTLE INFILL IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR MANY REASONS. IT IS FOR MANY REASONS, BUT I WILL MENTION FIRST OF ALL THAT IT UNLOCKS NEW HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES IN SEATTLE AND I'M GLAD THAT THE COUNCIL TOOK THE CARROT APPROACH AND WORKED IT WITH ACCESSIBLE UNITS PROTECTING THE EXISTING TREES AND PLANTING NEW TREES AND MAXIMIZING GREEN SPACE ARE IMPORTANT. THEY RESPOND TO THE PRIORITIES OF OUR CONSTITUENCIES THEY WILL ALL HAPPEN IN THESE NEW HOME PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THE LEVERAGE. BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT CONFERENCE OF PLAN, HOMEBUILDERS WILL HAVE HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF NEW UNITS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS KEEPING HOMES AFFORDABLE WITHOUT CHANGING WHAT MAKES SEATTLE A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE AND I SAY KEEPING HOMES AFFORDABLE. THAT IS A STRETCH. BY CREATING THE CAPACITY FOR MORE, IT IS A STEP IN TRYING TO KEEP PRICES FROM GOING UP AS FAST AS THEY COULD WITH LEVELS OF SCARCITY THAT WERE GREATER THEN EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS AMENDED? >> COUNCILMEMBER? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED. >> THE BILL AMENDED PASSES IN THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF. THEN, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 11 INTO THE RECORD? >> AGENDA ITEM 11, 321 83, BATTLE PLAN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS VISITED DEFERMENTS TO FURTHER THE GOALS OF THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN AND REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND DEVELOP ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE TIME IN 26 AND THEY COMMEND THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED AS AMENDED. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY REPORT. >> THANK YOU. I AM GOING TO MOVE TO MN RESOLUTION 321 183 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A ON THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A. GO AHEAD AND BE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. RESOLUTION TIME. RESOLUTION HAS A LOT OF GOOD STUFF IN IT. THIS AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY ASKS AND REQUEST OUR OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OTHERWISE AS OBESITY TO RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL AND ONE OF THEM IS FOR OUTREACH TO CENTRAL DISTRICT RESIDENTS AND THE GOAL FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH GROWTH DISPLACEMENT AND IT'S ALSO IN THE RESOLUTION FOR 14th TO 18th AVENUE FOR CENTRAL DISTRICT URBAN CENTER AND THAT IS IN THE RESOLUTION RIGHT THERE TO MAKE IT TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS AND OUR PROCESS AND ALSO OBESITY SHOULD SUGGEST WAYS TO REDUCE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES AMONGST ENTIRE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY AND ALSO PLACES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REDLINED, AS WELL. THIS IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF REDLINING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY IDENTITY AND CULTURAL ANCHORS AS WE ARE BUILDING A CITY AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CULTURAL ANCHORS IN PLACE TO CREATE COMMUNITY IDENTITY AND HAVE REALLY INCREDIBLE PLACES IN HISTORICAL PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY, AS WELL. COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THIS AMENDMENT. I KNOW TALKING TO YOU ALL AND HOW MUCH YOU ALL SUPPORT A LOT OF THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURES AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT DURING THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. NOT SEEING ANY HANDS. I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT FOR THE SAME REASONS. WHILE THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED TO >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT A IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? CONSUMMATE RETURN EIGHT? >> JUST OFFERING FINAL REMARKS ON THE ACTION. AS I STATED, THIS PLAN IS AN IMPORTANT START AND THERE IS WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE COMING YEARS AND WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT WE NEED TO GO FURTHER BY EXPENDING OPPORTUNITY AND HIGH OPPORTUNITY LOW DISPLACEMENT RISK NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT IS WHY I INTRODUCED AMENDMENT 34 FOR EIGHT PREVIOUSLY, DAWSON, ROANOKE PART PARK, LAW REVIEW, LAUREL HEIGHTS AND NICKERSON SOUTH CANAL. ALL OF THESE EIGHT CENTERS ARE IN THE DOCKET RESOLUTION MEETING THAT WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD THEM TO THE COMP PLAN AFTER ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENT TO REVIEW IN NEXT YEAR OR SO AND WE WILL TAKE UP CHANGES TO PARKING MINIMUMS ALLOWING HOUSING ON TRANSIT CORRIDOR'S AND ANTI-DISPLACEMEN T MEASURES AND I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU ON THESE POLICY ISSUES IN THE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. >> ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> I WILL SIMPLY STATE THE OBVIOUS THAT A RESOLUTION INCIDENT ISN'T THE PREFERRED PATH FOR MAKING THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT THE COUNCIL WANTED TO SEE IN THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE OF PLAN, BUT WE ARE BOUND BY REQUIREMENTS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY WHEN WE WANT ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND STUDIED ORIGINALLY. ADOPTING THESE ITEMS WOULDN'T JEOPARDIZE THE WHOLE THING, SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING FORWARD WITH THIS RESOLUTION. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW AS MANDATED BY THE STATE AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE LIMITATIONS LOOSENED ACROSS THE STATE, SO COUNCILS CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROSPECTIVELY STUDIED IN PREVIOUS ACTIONS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO INSTITUTE TO MAKE THE MOMENTS OF THE CITIES. WE HAVE CLEARLY INDICATED TO PCD AND THE FUTURE MAYOR OF WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE NEXT YEARS UPDATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THIS IS ALWAYS AN ONGOING PROCESS. OUR NEEDS TODAY AND INTO THE FUTURE WHEN IT COMES TO THE GROWTH OF THE CITY. YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE THE LAST WORD IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COLLABORATIVE APPROACH, ESPECIALLY ON A RESOLUTION. A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE AND A LOT OF IDEAS. LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE PROCESS IN PHASE TWO FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND TRANSPORTATION AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT. WE CAN GO ON AND ON AND IT'S A GREAT RESOLUTION AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING A LOT OF THE INFORMATION UP IN PHASE TWO OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. >> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION AS AMENDED? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED BRIDGE >> RESOLUTION AS AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? GOOD JOB. ONE REALLY DOES HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF THAT PROJECT COMING TO THIS POINT, SO OFF SCRIPT A LITTLE BIT AND THAT WAS LONG AND HARD AND WORTH IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 12 INTO THE RECORD? >> PARK UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE ON POSSIBLE 1211, LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM FUNDING PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN AS ADOPTED BY 127 252 AMENDED ORDINANCE 127156 ADOPTED THE 2025 BUDGET, INCLUDING 2025-2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASSED. >> CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> WHERE IS EVERYONE GOING? YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 3.5 HOURS AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE UP ON US LIKE THAT? I'M JUST PLAYING. OKAY, LAST TWO ITEMS AND WE WILL POWER THROUGH THESE. AGENDA ITEM 121137, THIS COUNSEL BILL IS AN AMENDED VERSION, LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION AND LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM ALSO KNOWN WAS PASSED COMMITTEE AND FULL COUNSEL LAST JULY. THE COUNSEL BILL MODIFIES THAT IT APPROPRIATES THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE WEST LAKE PARK IMPROVEMENT AND THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS WOULD FUND REMOVAL AND STORAGE ART INSTALLATION AND ADDRESS EXPENSES TO KEEP PROJECT ON TRACK FOR COMPLETION BY SUMMER 2026. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I HOPE FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> THIS IS ALSO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S DISTRICT, AS WELL, JUST FOR THE RECORD. >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THAT TIME. ANY COMMENTS ON THE LEGISLATION? SEEMED UNPRINTABLE THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED. >> WILL THE CLERK AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 13 INTO THE RECORD? >> 121 138, UTILITIES AUTHORIZING GENERAL MANAGER CEO PUBLIC UTILITIES ORDINATE TO REQUIRE BY DESIGNATION OR INTIMATE PARCEL IN SEATTLE FOR UTILITY PURPOSES IDENTIFIED AS KING COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 152 504-9010 LOCATED AT 4000 NORTH EAST 41st STREET AND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS IT WILL PASS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> THANK YOU. 12113 IT AUTHORIZES TO REQUIRE A PARCEL IN NEIGHBORHOOD APPROPRIATING 912 TO AUGMENT 55 MILLION IN 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THIS WOULD BE BUYING THE PROPERTY THAT NOW PROTECTS RATEPAYERS FROM PAYING TO REMOVE THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISPLACED HOMEOWNERS WHEN A PIPE FAILS. THE CITY MUST COMPLY WITH STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR REPLACING IT WITH AN OPEN CREEK CHANNEL. IF WE PASS, BE ABLE TO START THE PROCESS OF PLANNING FOR THIS PROJECT AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR ALL HER HARD WORK AND TO THIS DISTRICT AND I BELIEVE SHE BROUGHT AN AMENDMENT TO INCORPORATE, OR THEY DID, TO MAKE SURE WE INCORPORATED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS INTO LEGISLATION, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS COMMUNITY AND I KNOW THEY WILL DO A GREAT JOB. AS I SAY, THERE IS -- I APOLOGIZE. I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. THAT IS THE END OF MY QUOTE. THANK YOU. >> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. I'M SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> THANK YOU. SORRY. I'M ONLINE, SO IT'S -- JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND TO SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES FOR THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND ADDING LANGUAGE INTO THE LEGISLATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE COMMUNICATING WITH CONSTITUENTS WHO CARE ABOUT THIS AND THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT IT IS STATE LAW THAT NECESSITATES WHEN YOU ARE REPLACING TO ACTUALLY DO THE FISH PASSAGE THE DAYLIGHTING OF THE CREEK, SO I MADE SOME COMMENTS LAST COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS, SO THAT IS WHAT THE DATA IS REQUIRING OF US FOR THE FISH PASSAGE IN DAYLIGHTING AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AS WE ARE UPDATING THESE AND WE HAVE DONE IT IN VARIOUS PLACES ACROSS THE CITY, INCLUDING CREEK AND ALSO THORTON CREEK. IT IS SOMETHING THE STATE IS TELLING US TO DO IN TERMS OF DOING THE FISH PASSAGE AND DAYLIGHTING. LIKE I SAID, IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO SO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO PROMOTE AND YOU KNOW I SAID ON MY RECOVERY, SO WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO REALLY PROMOTE FISH PASSAGE AND DAYLIGHTING THESE CREEKS, WHICH BRINGS BACK WILDLIFE INTO THE AREA, LIKE WE HAVE SEEN, SO I WANT TO ADD THAT AND CLARIFY THAT. SOME COMMENTS I MADE LAST COMMITTEE , SO THAT IT WAS CLEAR. MY INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT CONSTITUENTS ARE PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING FISH PASSAGE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND COUNCILMEMBER FOR YOUR CLOSE LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION AND ADVOCATE FOR THE DISTRICT. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS. WHILE THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. NOW, ITEM J IS ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR. RINCK, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE REPORT ON APPOINTMENT 3382. >> CERTAINLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. DO I NEED TO MOVE? NO? WE COULD JUST ADDRESS. >> I WILL SIMPLY READ THE APPOINTMENT AS A MEMBER OF CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY PUBLIC TO THE LIVING AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR A TERM TO DECEMBER 31, 2027. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMED THE APPOINTMENT AND MOVE FOUR IN FAVOR. THAT WAS ITEM REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? WAIT A MINUTE. EXCUSE ME. I'M BEING TOLD -- GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME. THIS NOMINATION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF MY COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 5th MEETING. I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE REASON BEHIND IT BEING PULLED FROM CONSENT , BUT BY WAY OF INSTRUCTION, THE CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY IS A PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THAT EMERGED FROM A DECADE OF WORK LED BY THE OFFICE OF ART CULTURE AND SEATTLE ART COMMISSION AND IT WAS ENVISIONED AS A COMMUNITY LED PARTNER WITH WHOM WE COULD PRESERVE AND EXPAND SPACE IN OUR CITY. THIS CONCERNS IS SIMPLY THE APPOINTMENT AND I WILL PAUSE THERE TO HEAR ANY RATIONAL BEING PULLED FOR TODAY AND WILL RESPOND. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. LET ME GET TO MY NOTES. I KNOW I AM HAVING TECH ISSUES BUT MY WI-FI IS OUT AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE -- ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MARKS AND I WANT TO REACH OUT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WILL BE PULLING THIS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE PLAYING COMMUNICATION TAG AND NOT ABLE TO CONNECT AND THERE WERE SO MANY ITEMS THAT MADE IT HARD TO CATCH SOONER. COLLEAGUES, I PULLED OUT THIS ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL, BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT CITY DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS PARTICIPATING ON ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES FROM THE CITY OF SEATTLE. SAY WHETHER IT'S LEGAL LEGAL OR NOT OR EVEN TECHNICALLY ETHICAL FOR THEM TO DO SO, I KNOW THEY WOULD HAVE TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM BUSINESS INVOLVING THE CITY AND THAT WOULD BE A LARGE PORTION OF THE ENTITY WORK AND THERE IS ALSO THE APPEARANCE THAT THEY WOULD UNDULY GIVE AN ADVANTAGE OR UPPERHAND TO THE ENTITY OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE ENTITY REPRESENTS . OF COURSE, IT COULD BE SEEN THAT WAY BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ENTITY OR PARTNERSHIP. WE UNDERSTAND THIS OURSELVES WHEN WE HAVE TO NOT SIT ON BOARDS OR ACCUSE OURSELVES, SO I HAVE NOT HEARD BEFORE OF A DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS SITTING ON A ORGANIZATIONS BOARD IN THIS MANNER AND THIS THIS DOESN'T MEAN AS HAVING HAPPENED. I CAN SPEAK TO WHAT I HAD OR WHAT THE PRACTICE WAS, BUT WHEN I SAW THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, SO THAT IS NOT MY CONCERN, BUT ANY DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS SITTING AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE DECISION-MAKING BODY THAT GETS FUNDING FROM THE CITY, IT DOES RAISE ETHICAL CONCERNS FOR ME, SO I DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE WHETHER OR NOT, LIKE I SAID IS EARLIER OR TRUE IT CAN BE SEEN BY THE PUBLIC OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SOMEHOW THEY WILL GIVE FAVORITISM TO THIS ENTITY OR ENTITIES INVOLVED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION INVOLVED WITH THIS ENTITY. THIS IS THE REASON WHY I POURED THIS ITEM FOR AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE. I DON'T WANT TO START HAVING DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS FOR THEIR PROTECTION AND THE CITIES PROTECTION OF HAVING THE ABILITY TO SIT ON THESE BOARDS THAT OFTENTIMES YOU HAVE TO RECUSE YOURSELF, BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING PIECE WITH THE CITY AND BECAUSE OF THE APPEARANCE THAT SOMETHING NEFARIOUS IS GOING ON. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE TO BE, SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON. IN ANY EVENT, THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER -- THIS APPOINTMENT CAN BE FILLED BY MANY FOLKS IN THE ART COMMUNITY THAT ARE SUPER ENGAGED AND AND FOR THAT REASON, I PULLED THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL VOTE AND I DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR A DIRECTOR TO SIT ON A GOVERNING BOARD OF THIS OR ANY OTHER ENTITY. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE DIRECTORS WORK AND THE WORK OF HER STAFF IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY. I SUPPORT THE ART COMMUNITY AND APPRECIATE THAT OUR CITY GIVES A STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE ARTS. NEVERTHELESS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR ON OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND INVOLVEMENTS WITH SEPARATE ENTITIES. LIKE I SAID ON THIS CASE, IT HAPPENED TO BE ARTS, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER AND ITS ANY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME EXPLAIN WHY I PULLED IT OUT. THESE ARE MY FEELINGS ON DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS IN GENERAL AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AS I A LITTLE BUT STUMBLED THROUGH MY REMARK'S, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY REMARKS PREPARED, BECAUSE MY WI-FI IS OUT AND I THINK YOU GET FROM WHAT I'M SAYING OF THE CONCERN ON THIS PARTICULAR -- APPOINTMENT. THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFY ANYTHING I JUST SAID. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND I WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCILMEMBER TO RESPOND. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I KNOW I SWUNG BY YOUR OFFICE A FEW TIMES TO CATCH YOU AND I ALWAYS INVITE YOU TO SEND AN EMAIL OR AT LEAST ALLOWED TO SPEAK YOUR MIND AND AVOID MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN THE FUTURE. IN CASE THERE ARE ANY CONFUSION, PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND CAUSE I AGENCY. THIS IS MORE TO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS TRANSIT BOARD OR REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SEATTLE HAVING A SEAT ON THE GOVERNING COUNCIL IS ENSURING THAT OUR COMMUNITIES INTERESTS ARE BEING SERVED IN A COORDINATED AND EFFICIENT MANNER AND THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE CLOSER OVERSIGHT AND CAN ENSURE GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY. WHEN THE PDA WAS CHARTERED WITH ARTS AND CULTURE WHEN THE PDA WAS CHARTERED, THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE HAD A DEDICATED CULTURAL SPACE AND LIAISON. AND ENSURE THAT BOTH ARTS AND PDA WERE RESPONSIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY WE ALL SERVE. LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT ARTS AT THE END OF THE ADMINISTRATION LED TO THE ARTS OFFICE LARGELY WALKING AWAY FROM CULTURAL SPACE WORK ALTOGETHER AND IN MY OPINION THAT WAS A HUGE MISTAKE. IN 2023 WHEN THEY APPOINTED DIRECTOR AND NATIONAL GREATER ECONOMY AND CULTURAL PLACE MAKING, IT WAS A CLEAR SIGNAL THAT THE CITY IS RE-ENGAGING IN CULTURAL SPACE WORK. APPOINTMENT TO CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY PDA GOVERNING COUNCIL IS DELIVERING ON THIS PROMISE. APPOINTING TO THIS PDA GOVERNING COUNCIL THAT WE ARE IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH A COMMUNITY LED ENTITY FOCUSED ON BUILDING AND PRESERVING SPACES THAT FUEL OUR ECONOMY AND HELP CULTURAL COMMUNITIES REMAIN IN THE CITY. THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK AND IT'S GOOD GOVERNANCE TO HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF ARTS AND CULTURES ENGAGED IN THIS WORK. THIS ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THIS APPOINTMENT AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS IN SERVICE OF SUPPORTING OUR CULTURAL SECTOR. THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY -- OKAY. I WILL ALLOW FOR COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA TO RESPOND IF IT WAS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO SOMETHING JUST SAID. OTHERWISE, I BELIEVE LIN HAD HIS HAND UP FIRST. >> YES. I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT ENGAGEMENT. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT WAS ALWAYS THAT I DID REACH OUT AND THAT WAS MY INTENTION. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THERE WAS ANYTHING NEFARIOUS ON MY PART. THERE WASN'T. THAT'S WHY I REACHED OUT EARLIER. I DON'T SIT ON THE ARTS COMMITTEE, SO I COULDN'T ADDRESS THIS EARLIER AND THERE WAS A LIST OF MANY PAGES WORTH OF APPOINTMENTS, SO WHEN I WAS GOING DOWN THE APPOINTMENTS, IT WAS A DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. THERE IS NO WAY THAT I CARE ABOUT THE CULTURAL SECTOR OF OUR CITY. THIS IS NOT THAT I -- WE AS A CITY ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THE ART SPACE AND THIS IS IN NO WAY UNDERMINING THAT OR TAKING AWAY FROM THAT. I SUPPORT THAT AND I'M VERY ACTIVE. THIS IS JUST MORE AT THE VERY BASIC LEVEL, I DON'T THINK DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS SHOULD BE SITTING ON ENTITIES THAT GET FUNDING FROM THE CITY FOR THE ENGAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT GET FUNDING FROM THE CITY, BECAUSE OF THAT POINT OF CONFUSION. IT IS NOT IN ANY WAY TO INSULT -- IT TO DIRECT THE DIRECTOR, ORGANIZATION OR ARE ARTS COMMUNITY OR WE SHOULD BE ROBUSTLY ENGAGING IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY. THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE KEPT IN THAT WAY. THIS HAPPENED TO BE ARTS, BUT THIS COULD BE ANY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, SO THIS IS MORE ABOUT THE SPACES AND BOARD POSITIONS, IF YOU WILL, THE DIRECTORS AND DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE ARE ENGAGED WITH AS IT RELATES TO FUNDING THAT WE MAY PROVIDE THAT ENTITY. THAT IS ALL THIS IS AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR AND IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO CHAT. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD INTERVIEW WELL TO EACH OTHER AND WE HAVE UNTIL THIS POINT, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS VERY CLEAR. AGAIN, NOT FEELING WELL TODAY, SO MAYBE I DIDN'T ARTICULATE IT SEPARATELY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS VERY CLEAR FOR THE RECORD, SO THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> I DO THINK THERE IS AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS VERSUS NONPROFITS AND PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES AND THE CITY STOOD UP FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND THEY ARE INDEPENDENT AND WE DO HAVE AN OVERSIGHT ROLE FOR THEM AND WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP AS WE OFTEN FIND WITH UNIQUE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE THEM. I HEAR YOUR CONCERN. I WOULD BE CURIOUS. I'M COMFORTABLE APPROVING THIS APPOINTMENT TODAY IN THE FUTURE AND ENGAGE WITH PERHAPS OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ON FUTURE APPOINTMENTS. IF THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ADDRESS, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP AND IT IS DIFFERENT THAN NONPROFITS OR OTHER GROUPS WE FUND. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. I WILL COME THAT CONVERSATION. I KNOW THAT SERVES AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT GET FUNDING FROM THE CITY, SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A WEIRD AND UNIQUE POSITION THAT THIS SITS ON , SO THAT IS WHY HAVING DIRECTOR FROM DEPARTMENTS THAT MIGHT PROVIDE FUNDING OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THE DIRECTOR SITS ON A BOARD, THEY ARE REPRESENTED OF THE CITY. I GUESS I'M OVERLY CAUTIOUS, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T APPEAR AND THAT WE ARE PLAYING FAVORITISM, BUT THAT IS WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND THEY WELCOME THE CONVERSATION IN THIS REGARD, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS, IT IS UNIQUE WHERE THEY SERVE AS FISCAL SPONSOR FOR ORGANIZATIONS. ORGANIZATIONS WILL COME TO THE CITY AND SAY, WE FEEL LIKE THE WAY THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE IMPLEMENTING FUNDING AND PROVIDING ADVANTAGE OF SOME ORGANIZATIONS VERSUS OTHERS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT IS THE CASE AT ALL, BUT IT'S THE APPEARANCE PIECE THAT IS THAT OF CONCERN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM. >> I SEE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> SIX IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED. >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. THERE IS NOT A RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTION TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE BASED ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM IF I MAY. I HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD IS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT PEOPLE OR JUST IN GENERAL, THE PEOPLE WHO OVERSEE THE COMMITTEES THAT -- HOUSING LEVY, TRANSPORTATION LEVY AND PRIMARILY LEVEES THAT WE DO HAVE TO NOTE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN ALL AREAS AND APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S ATTENTION TO THAT. DON'T WORRY. LIKE I SAID, I WILL BE BRIEF AND I MEAN THAT. I JUST WANT TO NOTE AS I SAID BEFORE ON TODAY'S THE LAST DAY IN THE LEGISLATION AND PROUD OF ET CETERA. IS THAT A NEW HAND? >> I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE DONE, BUT I WILL TALK NOW, IF YOU WANT. >> ARE YOU SPEAKING TO AN ITEM? WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER TO SPEAK ON? >> I WILL JUST GET THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH, WHICH IS THAT YOU AND I AGREED AND DISAGREED ON MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES OF THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS AND WHAT I KNOW TO BE A FACT IS THAT YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLY DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT, SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE. YOU HAVE MADE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE AND WE AGREE AND DISAGREE. I HAVE JUST SEEN IMMENSE DEDICATION TO OUR CITY AND AS MUCH AS I HATE TO WALK ON AMENDMENTS, IT WAS APPROVED WITH BRINGING THE WALK ON AMENDMENT ON YOUR LAST DAY ON COUNSEL, BECAUSE OF YOUR DESIRE TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE. ON THE POLICY AGREE OR DISAGREE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLY DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BUT I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE TEAM, JEREMY FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE AND SERVICE TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PRINT >> THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. I WILL TAKE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. YOU ARE RIGHT. I DO GET INTO THE WEEDS AND THE FLOW FROM -- WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ? >> I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE AND EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOU AND YOUR SELFLESS SERVICE TO OUR CITY OVER THE COURSE OF MULTIPLE DECADES, BUT THESE LAST FOUR YEARS . OUR CITY NO DOUBT IS BETTER OFF, BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR WORK AND LEADERSHIP. I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS BEING A SOUNDING BOARD FOR ME, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MORE SENIOR MEMBERS AND IT IS BODY OF KIND OF SHOWING ME THE ROPES AND GIVING ME CUES AND PRACTICE POINTERS OF WHERE TO LOOK AND HOW YOU WOULD APPROACH A PARTICULAR ISSUE IN RESOLVING A PARTICULAR ISSUE OR GETTING SMARTER ABOUT A PARTICULAR POLICY ISSUE. YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT THOUGHT PARTNER AND WE HAVE AGREED AND DISAGREED SOME. THROUGH IT ALL, YOU HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE AND COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR ANYTHING BETTER AND A COLLEAGUE. I APPRECIATE YOU. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOUR TIME WITH COUNSEL, WHICH OVERLAPS HALF MY TIME, I THINK THREE LEVEL POLICY ACHIEVEMENTS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO WIN, YOU WERE ABLE TO DELIVER AND HELP EXPAND TREATMENT SERVICES IN OUR CITY. NO OTHER INDIVIDUAL ELECTED OFFICIAL IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY AS FAR AS I CAN TELL WAS ABLE TO EXPAND TREATMENT SERVICES TO THE LEVEL AND SCOPE YOU WERE ABLE TO DELIVER IN MY TWO YEARS AND YOUR FOUR YEARS ON THIS COUNSEL. I THINK A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM THE PERSONAL FIRST-HAND LIVED EXPERIENCES AS SOMEONE WHO HAS OVERCOME ADDICTION AND SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN VERY CANDID IN FORTHRIGHT STRUGGLES. USING THOSE EXPERIENCES TO EMPOWER AND DO BETTER FOR COMMUNITY SUFFERING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISES, SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL. THE CITY OF SEATTLE SHOULD BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EXPANDING TREATMENT SERVICES ACROSS OUR CITY. ANOTHER THING EPIC ABOUT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND YOUR POLICY ACHIEVEMENTS. TO SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORTS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DELIVER TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY AND I THINK PART OF THAT MIGHT COME FROM YOUR PERSONAL FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE AS IN THAT SPACE, AS WELL. BEYOND THAT, VERY IMPACTFUL. YOUR ARCHITECT, IN MY EYES, THE STOREFRONT REPAIR FUND. RECOGNIZING THAT OUR CITY FAILED TO DELIVER ON OUR HIGHEST RESPONSIBILITY -- CHARTER RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES AND SMALL BUSINESS IS SAFE. COOL NEW FUND TO HELP RESPOND AND HELP OUR CITY BETTER RESPOND TO CRIME, VANDALISM AND THINGS LIKE THAT. LATE LAST YEAR OR WHATEVER IT WAS, I WORKED HARD AND WORKED WITH OED AND IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE SOME BUDGET IDEAS IN MIND TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM AND TO MAKE IT MORE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE, MORE PROACTIVE IN NATURE TO COVER PREVENTATIVE TYPE WORK AND YOU ARE ALREADY LEADING THE CHARGE IN THAT WORK. ULTIMATELY, WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING YOURSELF, BUILD UPON YOUR OWN WORK. I WAS TRYING TO BUILD UPON YOUR OWN WORK AND YOU ARE ALREADY ITERATING BUILDING AND MAKING IT BETTER BY NOW CALL TO BUSINESS PROGRAM. HUGELY IMPACTFUL. I'M WORKING WITH CONSTITUENTS RIGHT NOW. WANT TO THANK OED, WHILE I'M AT IT, FOR DEVELOPING -- DELIVERING THIS PROGRAM. I'M WORKING WITH CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE BENEFITING WITH THE PREVENTATIVE NATURE OF THE PROGRAM AND RESPONSE, BROKEN WINDOWS AND STOREFRONT REPAIR FUND ASPECTS OF IT, AS WELL. YOU LET THAT EFFORT. THE THIRD AND FINAL, ALL OF YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT A THRIVING ARTS AND CULTURAL SCENE HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, INCLUDING THROUGH THE CREATION OF THE SEATTLE FILM COMMISSION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO -- THOSE THINGS AND SO MUCH MORE, I KNOW IN MY MIND AND HEART THAT OUR CITY IS WAY BETTER OFF. CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP, FRIENDSHIP AND FEEDBACK . WHENEVER WE DISAGREE AND HOW WE DID IT IN A MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL MANNER AND HOLDING FIRM TO OUR PRINCIPAL POSITIONS AND THE FINAL THING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I THINK YOU ARE UNFAIRLY TARGETED AT TIMES AND THIS JOB REQUIRES US TO HAVE THICK SKIN AND NOT TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY, BUT I DO AT THE SAME TIME THINK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNFAIRLY TARGETED AND LAST WEEK I RECALL I HEARD PEOPLE SAYING INSENSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR PRIOR LIVED EXPERIENCES IN HOPES. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE NEED TO BE CIVIL AND DISAGREE ON POLICY, MERITS AND AVOID BULLYING AND HARASSING INTIMIDATION TYPE OF BEHAVIOR. YOU HAVE BEEN UNFAIRLY TARGETED AND I THINK YOU HANDLED YOURSELF WITH TREMENDOUS GRACE AND DIGNITY AND SET AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE SHOULD EMULATE WHEN FACED WITH THAT UNFORTUNATE STUFF THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN WITH A SENSE OF MORAL MAGNANIMITY THAT WE CAN ALL ASPIRE TO AND I APPLAUD YOUR BRAVERY, COURAGE, WILLINGNESS TO STICK THROUGH IT ALL . YOUR PARTNERSHIP, COLLABORATION AND FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION TO THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS. THANK YOU. >> THOSE COMMENTS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. DIDN'T MEAN TO UNDERMINE THE SPIRIT OF YOUR COMMENTS. WHEN YOU WERE TALKING COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WHICH TIME WAS HE REFERRING TO X HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY BEFORE ANYTHING. THANK YOU. YOU SHORTENED MY SPEECH. WHAT I WANT PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT EVERYONE WHO SITS UP HERE, WE ARE DOING -- WE ARE WORKING OUR HARDEST AND IT'S NOT ABOUT ME OR POLICY. HAVING LIVED THIS JOB FOR FOUR YEARS, I RECOGNIZE IT IS CHALLENGING AND I WILL ASK THE PUBLIC OF THE FUTURE TO TREAT GOING FORWARD WHOEVER WE ARE UP HERE WITH RESPECT. YOU DON'T KNOW THE WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL TRYING THE HARDEST WE CAN. IT IS A DIFFERENT CITY THAN IT WAS WHEN I TOOK OFFICE. WHEN I TOOK OFFICE AND STARTED THE CHILD AND I CAN'T MEMBER WHAT IT WAS PRETTY SECOND FLOOR WAS DARK. I AM TOO ON PUBLIC SAFETY ON EXPANDING ACCESS TO ON-DEMAND TREATMENT. THIS IS DRIVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELESSNESS PROBLEMS. I HAVE SAID THAT SO MANY TIMES THAT PEOPLE CAN SAY IT FOR ME. WE HAVE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUTTING PUBLIC SAFETY BACK AT THE TOP OF OUR PRIORITIES. I WAS THE FIRST OF ALL BUSINESS OWNER TO SERVE ON CITY COUNCIL TO SERVE ON 2009 AND I THINK HELOISE, I CAN'T REMEMBER OTHER BUSINESSES, BUT A LOT OF MY WORK WAS FOCUSED ON REALLY TRYING TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES WERE IMPACTED BY ALL OTHER ISSUES. PUTTING IT ON THE TABLE TO OWN SMALL BUSINESS AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE CITY -- THE WONDERFUL CITY AND WE ARE NOT A CITY FULL OF CHANGE, BUT QUIRKY INDIVIDUAL BRICK-AND-MORTAR'S AND ALSO BUSINESSES THAT DRIVE OUR ECONOMY, SO THAT WAS MOTIVATING ME IN MY LIVED EXPERIENCE AS A BUSINESS OWNER, BUT IT REALLY IS THE BACKING OF OUR ECONOMY. CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE DRIVEN MY WORK OVER THE YEARS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT REALLY MATTERS WAS JUST EVERYDAY THINKING WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND SOME THINGS BEING FROZEN BY INDECISION AND DEPENDING ON WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO AND THINGS ARE REALLY COMPLICATED. I TOOK ON ISSUES THAT I THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT AND I ALSO LISTENED TO CONSTITUENTS AND TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THIS IS JUST MY LAST MEETING AND IT IS THE END OF THE TERM FOR YOU ALL. WHAT IS REALLY REMARKABLE, COLLEAGUES, MOST OF YOU WHEN YOU WERE ELECTED IN 2023, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE TYPICAL BACKGROUND AS SOMEONE IN POLITICS. YOU DIDN'T FOR SERVE AS L.A.'S OR ANYTHING ELSE, YOU CAME FROM MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND. THE NAVY. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT FOUR YEARS AGO THAT WE WOULD HAVE CONTESTS OR BE BRAGGING ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE ARMED SERVICES OR VETERANS WE HAVE UP HERE. THIS IS THE END OF YOUR FIRST TERM . WHO IS TO SAY WHAT'S GOING WELL AND WHAT'S NOT? THE POINT IS DOWNTOWN IS NO LONGER DEAD. NET POSITIVE OFFICERS. OUR CITY IS GOING BACK AND THAT IS WHAT GIVES ME HOPE. WE ALL DID THAT WILL TAKE OWNERSHIP OF LEGISLATION AND IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHO DID WHAT, ET CETERA, BUT WE ACT AS A BODY. THE CITY IS BETTER THAN IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO AND THAT IS WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I TALKED ABOUT ALIGNING OUR POLICY GOALS WITH OUR REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. THAT IS A WAY OF JUST SAYING, REMOVE THE BARRIERS THAT EXIST IN OUR LAWS AND SOMETIMES THE WAY WE DO THINGS THAT PREVENT US FROM REALLY GETTING IMPORTANT WORK DONE AND MAKING THIS A BETTER CITY? I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE ARE SEEING CHANGES IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND I PLAYED A SMALL PART IN THAT. YOU WILL TAKE HIM SOME HARD THINGS NEXT YEAR AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE. IT'S BEEN A BLAST WORKING WITH YOU. I SEE -- LOOK AT THIS. MAYBE SOMETIME WE WILL SEE THE FIRST NAME ON THE DAIS, BUT I WON'T PUSH IT. MY POINT IS THAT I SEE YOUR HAND UP. I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM RIGHT HERE THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND MY STAFF. YOU MENTIONED IN OUR LITTLE PARTY TELL ME WHAT TO DO. THAT IS THE CASE AND I AM DEDICATED SMART AND COMMITTED STAFF THEY HAVE MY BACK AND WAS WHO I LISTEN FOR ADVICE AND POLICY AND OTHERWISE. THEY'RE OUT THERE FLOATING THEIR OTHER JOBS. I HAVE A TO DO LIST AND IT'S SIMPLE. I WOULD LIKE THAT YOU CONTINUE WORKING ON PERMITTING. OUR PERMITTING NUMBER PROBLEMS ARE SLOWLY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAT ARE CREATING HASSLES FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND A BIG DETRIMENT, SO I HOPE COUNSEL CONTINUES TO WORK ON THAT. KEEP WORKING ON DOWNTOWN AND KEEP ALWAYS -- YOU GOT TO PICK UP THE PHONE WITH THE CONSTITUENTS CALL. SOMETIMES WE FORGET WHAT OUR JOB IS IS SERVING THE PUBLIC AND WHEN THEY CALL WITH A PROBLEM, YOU'VE GOT TO PICK UP YOUR PHONE AND ANSWER THAT EMAIL AND SOLVE IT. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE POLICY. IT'S ABOUT HELPING THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN SEATTLE. IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, TRY TO SOLVE IT. THAT'S ALL I WILL SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK GOING FORWARD AND I HOPE FOR THE ABSOLUTE VERY BEST FOR THE INCOMING MAYOR WITH GREAT STAFF OUT THERE IN THE DEPARTMENTS AND I HAVE TO BELIEVE AND I HEARD YOU ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, MAYOR ELECT WILSON, WE HAVE THE SAME HOPES FOR THE CITY AND I THINK WE ALL DO HERE AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GET THE ON POLITICS AND GET DOWN TO THE BUSINESS OF HELPING PEOPLE. RIVERA? DO YOU WANT THE LAST WORD? >> NO, I JUST WANT TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN GRATITUDE. I KNOW THAT I SAID SOME THINGS YESTERDAY AT THE PARTY, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU PUBLICLY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT LASTS TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD AND I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH YOU. AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU LEAD US THROUGH A LOT OF PROCESSES. YOU ABSOLUTELY ARE RIGHT. AS A BODY, I THINK WE WILL SINK OR SWIM TOGETHER. THAT IS WHAT I TOLD MY TEAM IN THE OFFICE AND ANYBODY IS COMING TOGETHER TO DO THE WORK. I THINK YOU DID A LOT AND AND YOU ALSO DID SO MUCH TO PARTNER WITH ME IN DISTRICT 4 TO SUPPORT SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT DISTRICT 4 REALLY CARED ABOUT. THEY SAW YOU OUT THERE AND THEY KNOW HOW MUCH YOU PARTNERED WITH ME ON THEIR BEHALF. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE DISTRICT. YOU ALSO HAVE THE DISTRICT TO WORK ON ALL OF THE THINGS FROM COMP PLAN TO PARKS TO S CCI . I JUST STARTED WITH THAT. I WILL MENTION IT TWICE. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS. OF COURSE, THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESSES AND GIVING A LOT OF FOCUS. LIKE I SAID, YESTERDAY, YOUR STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO ADDICTION AND RECOVERY SERVICES IN THE CITY SUPPORT OF THAT CANNOT BE UNDERSCORED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT WITH A LOT OF FOCUS AND I AGREE. WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY SUCCEED. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SUCCEED IF THEY ARE SETTLED BY ADDICTION AND I WOULD ADD MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, WHICH YOU AND I TALKED A LOT ABOUT, SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP. YOU ARE A CARING INDIVIDUAL. YOU ARE PASSIONATE. BECAUSE YOU CARE SO MUCH AND I FOR ONE APPRECIATED -- APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY IN THE CITY. AS RECURRED, ALL OF THE WORK WE DO AS ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THIS COUNCIL BODY, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE AND WORKING SO HARD TO PUSH US TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TO PUSH US IN THE DIRECTION THAT HAS BEEN ADVANTAGEOUS IN THIS COUNCIL HAS ACCOMPLISHED A LOT TOGETHER AND WE ALL HAD A PIECE OF THE PUDDLE, AS YOU SAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN SHEPHERDING US THROUGH ALL OF THE VARIOUS PROCESSES AND LEGISLATION TO GET TO THE CITY IN A BETTER PLACE THAN YOU PROBABLY ENTERED AT THE TIME THAT YOU ENTERED IT. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT TO MY COMMENTS FROM YESTERDAY. YOU WILL BE MISSED. >> THANK YOU. CHEST AND YOU RAN WITH IT ALL THROUGHOUT SEATTLE BUT ALSO SMALL BUSINESSES OF COLOR AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S A DRIVER OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR A LOT OF THEM, IMMIGRANT FAMILY, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THAT TO ME WAS EVERYTHING FOR YOU TO PUT THAT FLAG ON YOUR CHEST AND RUN AROUND AND TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL BUSINESS SO REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALSO FOR YOU JUST BEING AUTHENTIC IN WHO YOU ARE. AND I SAID THIS YESTERDAY AT THE PARTY, YOU KNOW, NOT CARING HONESTLY WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT YOU. AND JUST SAYING HOW IT WAS NO MATTER HOW IT LANDED. THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU HAVE ENOUGH REST, RELAXATION, AND ALSO A GOOD RECHARGE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT NOT TAKING MYSELF SO SERIOUSLY. YEAH, I'M A MIDDLE- AGED WHITE LADY WHO'S IN RECOVERY, SO I HAVE NO SHAME. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT I HAVE HELPED TO LOWER THE STANDARDS OF PERFECTION AROUND HERE. AND NOT TAKING YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY IS A WAY TO CONNECT BETTER WITH PEOPLE AND ALSO HAVE A BETTER TIME AT THIS JOB. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO SAY AND FROM MY PAST LIFE, SIMPLY SAY FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS TO YOU, TO YOUR FAMILY, AND BEST WISHES FOR WHATEVER THE NEXT CHAPTER IN YOUR LIFE BRINGS. AS A FELLOW GEN- Xer, CLASS OF '84 AND ALL THE LIKE, ISH WITHING YOU ALL THE BEST MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND TO THE VOTERS OUT THERE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF -- OF GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW THIS CITY, TO SERVE YOU. IT WAS -- IT WAS PURE JOY TO BE IN THIS POSITION, AND I APPRECIATE THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE YOU PUT IN ME TO GET ME INTO THIS JOB, AND JUST STAY ENGAGED IN POLITICS BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, SO IT'S BEEN TREMENDOUS LEARNING EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF FUN, AND I -- I WILL MISS IT. BUT WITH THAT, I'LL BE WATCHING. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE. OH, ONE LAST THING. OH, OKAY. SEE, I'M NOT TAKING MYSELF TOO SERIOUSLY THAT I FORGOT TO DO THIS ONE REALLY IMPORTANTIMPORTANT THAT OUR CLERK IS TELLING ME TO DO. OH, YES, MY TERM AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT ENDS ON DECEMBER 31, 2025. AND THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO ELECT A NEW COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS ON JANUARY 6, 2026. THIS TIME GAP CREATES A PRESIDENT VACANCY FROM JANUARY 1st THROUGH THE 6th OR UNTIL A COUNCIL PRESIDENT A ELECTED SO THE VACANCY NEEDS TO BE TEMPORARILY FILLED TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A SUCCESSION IN PLACE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY TO HANDLE URGENT CITY BUSINESS, AND TO DO THIS THE COUNCIL WILL APPOINT A 2026 COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM IN SUCCESSION BASED ON SENIORITY AND IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER STARTING JANUARY 1, 2026, AND ENDING WHEN THE COUNCIL ADOPTS A 2026 AND 2027 COUNCIL PRO TEM RESOLUTION. THIS IS ALL A WAY OF SAYING THAT THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN WHEN -- WHEN MY TERM ENDS AND THE -- THE VOTE FOR THE NEW, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT HAPPENS. SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WILL BE APPOINTED AS PRESIDENT PRO TEM, AND IN ABSENCE OF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE FOLLOWING WILL SERVE AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM IN THE ORDER OF SUCCESSION FOLLOWING. OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ COUNCILMEMBER LYNN, AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. THIS APPOINTMENT WILL BE IN EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2026, AND EXPIRE WHEN THE COUNCIL ADOPTS A 2026 AND 2027 COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM RESOLUTION, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS WHO'S PRO TEM WHEN IN THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS. ALL RIGHT. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCY. WE HAVE LEADERS. ALL RIGHT, HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE PRO TEM IN THE ORDER OF SUCCESSION WILL BE IN EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2026, AND EXPIRE WHEN THE COUNCIL ADOPTS A 2026 AND 2027 COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM RESOLUTION. THANK YOU ALL. THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. OKAY, IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. SIGNING OFF. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT'S 5:20.