[ MUSIC ] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THE AUGUST 12th, 2025 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT PRESENT. >> THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS SO NOW, COLLEAGUES WILL START THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COVENANTS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA AND THE COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP? >> TWO IN PERSON, TWO REMOTE. >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER, SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED, PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE ADDRESSING. SPEAKERS ' MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED . THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST PERSON ON THE LIST. >> BENNIS? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL . CLICK PAUSE. YOU MAY REMEMBER I CAME IN AND I SHOWED A SCREENSHOT FROM A CAMPAIGN WEBSITE, I TALKED TO COUNCILMEMBER BETA 46 ABOUT AN ENDORSER, AND I FILED A COMPLAINT, JUST THIS MORNING THEY SENT ME A NOTE, THEY SAID, THERE WERE PLANTS FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS DURING A RECENT WEBSITE UPDATED, IT WAS MISTAKENLY SENT TO THE WEB DESIGNER. I WAS ALWAYS 99% SURE THEY WERE GOING TO SAY THIS WAS SOME TYPE OF ACCIDENT. BUT IT STILL DOES SEEM ODD, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GET IN TROUBLE FOR THINGS ALL THE TIME, YOU PROBABLY RECALL SEAN SCOTT GOT SIGN -- FIND $11,000 FOR HAIRCUTS AS A CAMPAIGN EXPENSE, I MEAN, HE WAS LIKE, THERE IS ALSO A MORAL HAZARD THING, WHERE THIS IS ACTUALLY INCENTIVIZING PEOPLE, NOT RUNNING A TIGHT SHIP, BUT THEN WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, YOU CAN CLAIM IT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. WE ARE FOLLOWING UP. I WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF ORDER, REGARDING THE RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, TO INCLUDE A SPECIAL MEETING AT 1:00, ROLLING INTO A GENERAL MEETING AT 2:00, I WOULD SAY THAT, IN THAT CASE, YOU EITHER HALF TO ALLOW EITHER SPECIAL AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COMBINED MEETING, OR WHEN THE GENERAL MEETING STARTS AT 2:00, YOU HAVE TO STOP THE MEETING AND THEN ALLOW A SEPARATE PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL 2:00. BECAUSE THERE WAS A MEETING THAT I CAME TO, WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT APPOINTMENTS, AND THAT WAS A COMBINED SPECIAL AND IN GENERAL, AT THE BEGINNING, I WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU GUYS, STANDING UP TO TRUMP AND THERE WAS A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS BREAKING THE RULES, I DID NOT CONTEND ABOUT BREAKING THE RULES THAT TIME, I HAVE BEEN AS GATED OUT OF HERE IN HANDCUFFS, I BELIEVE MY INTERPRETATION WAS CORRECT. THE COMBINED MEETING, YOU HAVE TO ALLOW BOTH GENERAL AND SPECIAL COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE MEETING, THANK YOU. >> [ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING , COUNCILMEMBERS, FIRST AND FOREMOST , I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WE USED TO HAVE TO DO THAT IN SCHOOL, BACK IN MY DAY. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AROUND THE BUDGET. I THOUGHT ABOUT RUNNING FOR COUNCIL A FEW YEARS AGO THINKING THAT I COULD DO A BETTER JOB AND THEN AFTER I WENT TO THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY ENGAGEMENT COURSE, I LEARNED HOW EXCRUCIATING THE BUDGET PROCESS IS THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU , TOY DRIVE IS WHERE I GOT MY BIBLE. AND IT JUST SHOWS IT , THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND OTHER EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY , LOVE TO GO, LIKE THE EMOJI FEST IN THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL THEY ARE SPONSORED WITH FUNDING, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, FOR THAT. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR DOING SUCH GREAT WORK. BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND FOR TAKING KIDS TO AFRICA. AND TO OFFER THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OTHER WORTHY EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES LIKE SKYWAY. AND LASTLY, I SENT YOU GUYS AN EMAIL REGARDING THE DEMOCRACY PROGRAM, WHICH IS NOBLE IN FACT. IT IS NOT WELL VIEWED. AND THE SOLUTIONS, LET'S -- >> WE ARE MOVING TO THE REMOTE SPEAKERS. >> ALBERTO ALVAREZ, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX, WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT. GO AHEAD , ALBERTO. >> THANK YOU, NOW SURVEILLANCE , ANY VOLATILE GOVERNMENT AGAINST SEATTLE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS , NO AMOUNT OF PROMISE OR GUARANTEE CAN STOP THAT. ABORTION AND TRENDS CARE PATIENCE WILL FALL VICTIM TO BOUNTY HUNTER LOSS FOR THE OTHER STATES, IT IS A FACT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS MOVING AGAINST THE FREEDOMS OF WOMEN AND THE RIGHTS, OF LGBTQ , AS PART OF THE CITY, IT WILL BE OFF-LIMITS, THAT IS INHUMANE AND DISCRIMINATORY, THIS COUNCIL IS HAPPY TO SAY A LOT, AND DO NOTHING . TO HELP COMMUNITIES IN CRISIS , AT THAT VERY MOMENT, STOP SERVING UP OUR CITY , HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID HAYNES, PLEASE GO AHEAD, DAVID. >> IT IS A LOT EASIER TO CONVINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PONY UP $1 BILLION THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS. THIS IS NOBLE USE OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL THAT INCLUDES THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. YET I DO NOT SEE THAT. THE DEMOCRATS FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE SAME TALKING POINTS, BLAMING THE WHITE MAN , OPEN THE BORDER TO CUSTOMS VIOLATORS AND FAILED TO THAT THE PROPER TRANSPORTATION OF A MIGRAINE, THEY ACT LIKE THEY ARE THE CAUSE OF THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY, PROVING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE STABLE MENTAL HEALTH INSIDE AMERICA, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING RACE BAITED, AND BUTTON PUSHED , AND THAT HAS CHANGED THE WAY THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY HALL FACES THEIR POLICIES. TRUMP WAS ELECTED TO PURGE THE EVIL WITHIN , THOSE WHO WANT TO SEX CHANGE YOUR CHILD AND ACT LIKE THEY ARE DOING YOU A FAVOR. THE WHOLE TIME, THEY REFUSE TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS AND PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS . AND COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS THAT ARE RUNNING INTERFERENCE AND YET, THE WHOLE TIME, THE NATIONAL GUARD COULD BE USED TO IMPLEMENT THE TAX , 25% OF IT , A RESOLUTION NONBINDING THAT WOULD SOLVE THE HOMELESS CRISIS AND THE HOUSING CRISIS AND AUTHORIZE IT INSTEAD OF GIVING IT A PROBLEM WITH THE HOMELESS . >> WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR LIST OF SPEAKERS . IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED . HEARING , EXCUSE ME, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED AND HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED AND WE WILL CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR, THE ITEMS ARE THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 4th, AUGUST 5th 2025, AND THREE APPOINTMENTS , COUNCIL BILL 121054, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE , I MOVED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. >> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED , WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE ADOPTED , WILL THE CLERK AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF? >> AGENDA ITEM 1 , COUNCIL BILL 121059 , AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 127259 TO CORRECT A TECHNICAL ERROR ON THE DURATION OF BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAX RATES. >> I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL 121059. >> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED, AND NOW , COUNCILMEMBER ALEXIS MERCEDES RINCK, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THIS ADDRESS IS PURELY TECHNICAL ERRORS THAT WERE INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED IN THE BALLOT MEASURE WE APPROVED. BY MAKING THESE CORRECTIONS NOW WE WILL ENSURE THAT THE ORDINANCE PRESENTED TO THE VOTERS AND REFLECTED IN THE VOTERS' PAMPHLET WILL ORIGINALLY -- ACCURATELY REFLECT OUR INTENT. WE HAVE DONATED WITH KING COUNTY ELECTIONS ON THIS AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO ALL INVOLVED IN IDENTIFYING AND IMPLEMENTING THESE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, MOST CENTRALLY, OUR STAFF. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. NOT HEARING ANY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS , COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE , COUNCILMEMBER RINCK , COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON ? EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED >> THE BILL PASSES. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM TWO? >> ITEM NUMBER TWO , COUNCIL BILL 121042, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 127 156 , WHICH ADOPTED THE 2020 BUDGET, CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET CONTROL LEVELS, AND FROM VARIOUS FUNDS IN THE BUDGET, AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, AS CHAIRPERSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> SELECT BUDGET THAT HE HAS TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL, THIS IS THE 2024 CARRYFORWARD LEGISLATION, THERE ARE TWO BILLS WITHIN IT, 121042, AND 121049, THESE BILLS , TOGETHER, I WILL SPEAK TO IT SEPARATELY, AS WELL, THIS FIRST ONE IS THE TERRY FORWARD, CARRYFORWARD UNDER SPEND , MAKING INVESTMENTS THAT ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY AND THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL FEEL THIS YEAR . INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INVESTMENT IN EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, AFTERSCHOOL MEALS FOR KIDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND THE RAINIER VALLEY AFRICAN AMERICAN ART CLUB AND MORE THAN $200,000 TO UPGRADE THE LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS HUB, THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX , THE ORDINANCE, I WILL SPEAK TO HIM JUST A MOMENT, THIS BILL, BEFORE US, I AM SPEAKING ABOUT THE JUMPSTART EXCHANGE. THAT IS WHAT CARRYFORWARD DOES. THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? >> I'M SORRY . I THINK I SPOKE TO THE WRONG ONE FIRST. SO, JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE WE ON 121042? >> 29. >> 29? >> SO, I DID DO IT QUICKLY. THANK YOU. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR, I AM ALSO HAVING QUESTIONS. >> 42, CORRECT, THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX BILL. >> SO, THE BILL BEFORE US RIGHT NOW IS 121042? SO, LET ME SPEAK TO THIS BILL, I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE CARRYFORWARD, THE SECOND, THIS BILL BEFORE US IS THE JUMPSTART TRANSFER ORDINANCE, IT ESSENTIALLY MAKES THE CARRYFORWARD MAKE SENSE. THE CITY BUDGET BALANCE SHEETS, LAST YEAR, WHEN CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE JUMPSTART LEGISLATION, AS I STATED THEN, THE GENERAL FUNDS SHOULD REFILL THOSE FUNDS, UNFORTUNATELY, THE SITUATION OCCURRED, AND THIS ADDS GENERAL FUNDS TO THE JUMPSTART FUND, IN ORDER TO BALANCE OUR SHEETS, RESOLVING THE UNBALANCED, AFTER THE PLANNED CARRY FORWARD, UNDERSTANDING THAT RECEIPTS CAME IN BELOW PROJECTIONS FROM LAST YEAR. NOW, THANK YOU. >> ANY COMMENTS ON THAT ? ALL RIGHT. SO, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE VOTING ON THE LEGISLATION THAT IS SORT OF AFFIXED TO THE CARRYFORWARD, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON ITEM 2, COUNCIL BILL 121042? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ? COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGS WORLD -- HOLLINGSWORTH? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ? EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED >> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, CAN THE COURT -- CLERK FIX MY SIGNATURE, I PEERED >> ITEM NUMBER THREE, CELTIC BILL 121029, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 127156, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2025 BUDGET , CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENT AND BUDGET CONTROL LEVELS. >> AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ALREADY DID , BUT I WANTED TO GO BY THE BOOK HERE. >> THE INVESTMENTS THAT I CALLED OUT, TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUE, AFTERSCHOOL MEALS FOR KIDS, THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THE AMERICAN ARTS HUB, AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTS HUB, AND UPGRADES TO THE LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THESE ARE ALL FUNDS THAT WERE SET ASIDE AND APPROPRIATED TO BE USED AND WERE NOT SPENT THIS LAST YEAR. WE ARE NOW CARRYING THEM FORWARD FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, I URGE A YES VOTE. >> OKAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT , WELL, I WILL MAKE A COMMENT. I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE, ON THE RECORD. I HAVE VOICED CONCERNS THAT THIS IS A $169.2 MILLION CARRY FORWARD AND THAT IS MONEY NOT SPENT ON REALLY IMPORTANT WORK, AS FINANCE CHAIR DAN STRAUSS MENTIONED, HOUSING, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, ET CETERA, THE LIST GOES ON BUT THE POINT IS , IT REALLY DOES . IT BRINGS UP QUESTIONS, WHAT SLOWS US DOWN GETTING THE MONEY OUT THE DOOR? I APPRECIATE GOING THROUGH A REALLY THOROUGH, LINE BY LINE EXPLANATION OF ALL OF THIS, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT. AND THEY ALSO NOTED THIS IS MONEY THAT IS CONSIDERED LEGISLATIVE CARRY FORWARD, THERE IS, I THINK, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY SAID EXACTLY, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AUTOMATICALLY CARRIED FORWARD, AND WE, AS A CITY GOVERNMENT, MUST HAVE A WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT THE MONEY ALLOCATED GETS SPENT THERE, AND I AM SIMPLY MAKING A CALL , I GUESS MORE REGULAR . AND AS AN OVERSIGHT BODY, MAYBE WE , OURSELVES, ARE ALLOCATING INAPPROPRIATE AMOUNTS TO CERTAIN THINGS AND THE MONEY COULD BE A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, THE EXECUTIVE AND THE COUNCIL. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY IS GOING OUT THE DOOR TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT BOTH OF OUR INTENTIONS, AND GET THE WORK THAT WE INTEND TO GET DONE . ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ? >> AYE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ? COUNCILMEMBER WOO ? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? >> PLEASE AFFIXED MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM FOUR INTO THE RECORD. >> COUNCIL BILL 121009, AMENDING SECTIONS 22.2 2.024, 23.2 2.064, 23.2 2.066 , AND REPEALING SUBCHAPTER FOUR AND CHAPTER 23.22, CONSISTING OF SECTIONS 23.2 2.082, OF THE SEATTLE MENISCAL CODE TO UPDATE SUBDIVISION PROCEDURES. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, YOU ARE AUTHORIZED . >> THIS AMENDS THE CITY SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, THE CELTIC ROLE IN APPROVING FINAL SUBDIVISION PLANS TO THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. REVIEW OF FINAL IS LIMITED TO THE CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON THE SUBDIVISION ARE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL SUBMITTED PLANS. AS SUCH, FINAL SUBMITTAL IS A MINISTERIAL ACT WITH LITTLE OR NO DISCUSSION ON THE PART OF THE COUNCIL. BY REMOVING THE COUNCIL'S MINISTERIAL ROLL , WE WOULD THEREBY SAVE TIME, MONEY, AND COUNCIL RESOURCES. THIS LEGISLATION PASSED WITH A 4-0 VOTE AT THE LENDERS COMMITTEE , AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO STREAMLINE THE APPROACH AND TO PASS THIS BILL. >> ALL RIGHT, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE -- ROLL ? COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ? COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON ? COUNCIL PRESIDENT SARA NELSON? EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE LEGISLATION PASSES. CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM 5 INTO THE RECORD. >> TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, COUNTED BILL 121016, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE NORTHEAST 130th STREET AND NORTHEAST 125th STREET MOBILITY AND SAFETY PROJECT, AUTHORIZED -- AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE SETTLED DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION >> THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WOULD FORMALLY ACCEPT THE 72 SQUARE FEET OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 130th STREET AND FIRST AVENUE NORTHEAST, THE DEED WAS RECORDED WITH KING COUNTY IN APRIL, 2024. THE ACQUISITION COST WAS APPROXIMATELY $6500. THIS SUPPORTS THE SDOT NORTHEAST 130th STREET AND NORTHWEST 125th STREET MOBILITY AND SAFETY PROJECT. IT ALSO PROVIDES RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR SIDEWALKS, SIGNALS, AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE , NORTHEAST 130th STREET, AND NORTHEAST 125th STREET MOBILITY AND SAFETY PROJECT, TRANSPORTATION. MOBILITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS , WILL MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, ROLLING, AND TAKING TRANSIT IN THIS SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA. THIS PASSED THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? IF >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ? COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ? COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON? COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON ? EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED >> THE LEGISLATION PASSES, THE CLERK , PLEASE AFFIXED MY SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF. OKAY, A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THIS AGENDA, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 6, ROUTE 10, I BELIEVE, SIX, THROUGH 10. >> COUNCILOR BILL 121017, COUNT BILL 121018, PURPOSE EASEMENTS FOR PUBLIC SIDEWALK, ALLIE TURNAROUND, AND SIGNAL POLE PURPOSES, COUNCIL BILL 121019, COUNCIL BILL 1210 20, LIMITED PURPOSE EASEMENTS FOR PUBLIC SIDEWALK, ALLIE TURNAROUND, AND COUNCILOR BILL 121021 , LAYING OFF OPENING WHITENING EXTENDING RIGHTS-OF-WAY. >> A SEPARATE VOTE WILL BE REQUESTED FOR EACH ITEM, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS THEM ALL. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT. THIS IS A VERY HEAVY TRANSPORTATION AGENDA, THAT IS MUSIC TO MY EARS. THE COMMUNITY IS MICRO, NITTY-GRITTY, IMPORTANT TECHNICAL DETAILS. SO, THIS IS MINISTERIAL LEGISLATION. AND DOES NOT AT ALL REFLECT THE POLICY CHOICE, HOWEVER COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO FORMALLY APPROVE CERTAIN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, SUCH AS THESE. SO, EACH, LISTED AND MENTIONED COUNCIL BILL, 25 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. AND THESE RIGHTS ARE SIGNS OF THE CITY. THEY ARE A CONDITION OF PUBLIC ACTIVITY, THESE TRANSACTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECORDED WITH KING COUNTY, AND THE LEGISLATION , OUR CITY, FORMAL STEPS, ACCEPTING THESE RIGHTS, AND NO POLICY CHOICE AT PLAY, SOMETHING WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO . THIS MINISTERIAL TECHNICAL DETAIL, AGAIN, COPY AND PASTE THE COMMENTS, PORT THEM OVER, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON EACH INDIVIDUALLY, AND THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF THE COMMITTEE, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT WE SHOULD COPY AND PASTE ACROSS THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT, SANE NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL , ITEM 6. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ? COUNCILMEMBER WHEREAS ? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ? COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON? EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIXED MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF, NOW , OTHER ANY FINAL COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, WILL BE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? COUNCILMEMBER DATA 42? COUNCILMEMBER WHEREAS ? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ? COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON? COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON? EIGHT IN FAVOR , NONE OPPOSED . >> WILL BE CLERK PLEASE AFFIXED MY SIGNATURE, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT WAS READ INTO THE RECORD, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ? COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ? COUNCILMEMBER WOO ? COUNCILOR PRESIDENT NELSON ? >> THE LEGISLATION PASSES, WILL BE CLERK PLEASE AFFIXED MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF ? ITEM 9, COUNCILOR BILL 121020, WAS READ INTO THE RECORD, THERE WERE NO COMMENTS WILL BE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ? COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ? COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON ? OUR PRESIDENT NELSON? EIGHT IN FAVOR. >> WILL BE CLERK PLEASE AFFIXED MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. ITEM 10, COUNCILOR BILL 121021 WAS READ INTO THE RECORD WITH NO QUESTIONS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ? COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ? COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON ? COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON? EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE LEGISLATION PASSES, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIXED MY SIGNATURE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 11 INTO THE RECORD? >> COUNCILOR BILL 121026, AN ORDINANCE VACATING THE ALLEY IN BLOCK 14, TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN THE NORTH RAINIER HUB URBAN VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ACCEPTING A PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ON BEHALF OF GRAND STREET COMMONS LLC, NOW GRAND STREET COMMONS MBH LLLP. >> COLLEAGUES, AFTER PASSING FIVE SIMILAR MINISTERIAL BILLS, THIS IS, I WOULD IMAGINE, A NEEDED DEPARTURE FROM THE SEEMINGLY BY ROTE ITS EXERCISE -- EXERCISE THAT WE WENT THROUGH, THIS IS FOR THE GRANT STREET COMMONS, THIS IS COUNCILOR BILL 121026, A FINAL APPROVAL OF AN ALLEY VACATION , RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH AND AROUND SOUTH GRAND STREET. THE NORTH RAINIER NEIGHBORHOOD, IN COUNCILOR DISTRICT 3, ACROSS THE STREET FROM DISTRICT TO , COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON'S DISTRICT, ACROSS FROM THE NEW LIGHT RAIL STATION, 775 UNITS, AND INCLUDES 364 AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE . THE SPECIFIC BUILDING THAT WAS FACILITATED BY THE ALLEY VACATION IS OWNED BY MOUNT BAKER HOUSING AND INCLUDES 206 AFFORDABLE UNITS IN A MIXED I CAN USE BUILDING. ONE OF THE GROUND FLOOR TENANTS IS THE CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY, WHICH HAS A PERMANENT SPACE, WHICH HAS SOME PERMANENT SPACE IN THE BUILDING FOR VARIOUS ARTS ACTIVITIES, AND OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS INCLUDE AN 11,600 SQUARE FOOT PUBLIC PLAZA , INCORPORATING PUBLIC ART, AND A WATER FEATURE, APPROVAL WAS FIRST GRANTED, IN 2018, PASSING THE BILL BEFORE THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP TO MOUNT BAKER HOUSING, AND THE PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF THE PLAZA AND ART SPACE, REMAINS AGAIN, PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. >> ANY COMMENTS? I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I SHARE YOUR EXCITEMENT, WHEN AN ALLEY VACATION IS UP FOR A FINAL VOTE. ESPECIALLY THIS ONE, GIVEN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE, OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT IT WILL ALLOW. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, WILL BE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ? COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ? COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON ? COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON? EIGHT IN FAVOR. >> THE LEGISLATION PASSES, IT WILL BE CLERK PLEASE AFFIXED MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. ALL RIGHT, THERE WERE NO OTHER ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, SO WILL BE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 12 INTO THE RECORD? >> ITEM 12, RESOLUTION 32180, A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCILOR TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO MODIFYING THE EXEMPTIONS TO THE LEVY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA. >> THIS IS A BUSINESS FORMALITY, THE EXECUTIVE TRANSMITTED LEGISLATION, TO AMEND THE WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION , STATE LAW REQUIRES THE AMENDMENTS THAT IMPACT THE ASSESSMENT NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND A RESOLUTION GIVING NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING MUST BE ADOPTED BY COUNCILOR AT LEAST 15 DAYS BEFORE THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE NEED TO ACCELERATE THE TIMING OF THE NOTICE RESOLUTION SO THAT IT CAN BE ADOPTED MORE THAN 15 DAYS BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER 11th GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MIDI MEETING . WHEN THE HEARING IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE. AND IT IS AT THAT MEETING THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN ALL ABOUT THE AMENDMENT STUFF. SO, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, DID I SAY ? ALL RIGHT , I MOVE RESOLUTION 32180, IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> I -- IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IT WILL BE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ? COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON ? COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON? EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. IT WILL BE CLERK PLEASE AFFIXED MY SIGNATURE TO THE INSULATION ON MY BEHALF ? IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT . HEARING AND SEEING NONE . >> I'M SORRY, I MUST APOLOGIZE. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I NEED TO BE EXCUSED FROM THE 9/2 AND 9/10 MEETINGS. >> IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO COUNCILMEMBERS -- COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH BEING EXCUSED FROM THE SEPTEMBER 2nd AND SEPTEMBER 10th MEETINGS ? ALL RIGHT, I WILL LET YOU GUYS FIGURE THIS OUT , OFF-LINE. HEARING NONE, YOU ARE EXCUSED FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2nd AND SEPTEMBER 9th MEETINGS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT. >> -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> STARTING AUGUST 18th, THROUGH AUGUST 29th, RECESS, OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS ON SEPTEMBER 2nd AT 2:00 P.M. . ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, IT IS 240, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.