>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. TODAY'S COUNCIL BRIEFING MEETING, MAY 5, 2025 WILL BEGIN. IT IS 2:01, I'M SARAH NELSON, PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL. WILL CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> HERE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON? PRESENT. >> EIGHT PRESENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE MINUTES OF APRIL 8, 2025 WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. FIRST I WANT TO E OF THE STAFF IN THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT WHO WORK TIRELESSLY ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND THE ENTIRE CITY. WE AS A COUNCIL APPRECIATE YOU AND I WANTED TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION, ONE AND NO EXECUTIVE SESSION. TOMORROW'S AGENDA, 15 ITEMS ON THE CALENDAR. COUNCILMEMBER 120976, THE WEEKLY BILL PAYMENT ORDINANCE, BILL 120979, ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 126995 WHICH ADOPTED THE 2024 BUDGET. COUNCIL BILL 120 # 78, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CODE OF ETHICS, RESOLUTION 321720, A RESOLUTION GRANTING EXCEPTIONAL APPROVAL OF THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION TO INSTALL, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE INTERACTIVE MEDIA KIOSKS IN PUBLIC PLACES. AND COUNCIL BILL 120977, AN ORDINANCE REELATING TO OVER SIGHT OF THE POLICE. LET'S SEE. WE ALSO HAVE COUNCIL BILL 120981, ORDINANCE RELATING TO REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES AND APPOINTMENTS, LET'S SEE, ONE, TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE APOINTMENTS TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. THE CONSENT AND THOSE ARE PRIMARILY THE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE DID LAST WEEK. THERE ARE NO PIECES OF LEGISLATION FROM COMMITTEES. OKAY. MOVING ON TO PROCLAMATIONS. EXCUSE ME. NEXT UP IS WE HAVE OUR O.I.R. TEAM, EXCUSE ME. I SCROLLED TOO FAR DOWN. WE HAVE THE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE. THIS IS OUR WRAP UP OF THE SESSION AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE OUR WHOLE TEAM HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE IN PERSON AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR REPORT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT NEL SKWN AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M MINA HASHEMI, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. >> I'M STATE RELATIONS DIRECTOR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, ANNA JOHNSON, STATE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DIRECTOR. >> WE ARE ALL IN TERN TODAY. WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY FOR THE FINAL PRESENTATION OF THE SESSION AND FOR DEDICATING TIME ALL SESSION TO ENGAGE WITH OUR STATE PROGRAM HERE IN THESE MEETINGS AS WELL AS OUR ONE ON ONES AND PARTNERSHIP STUDYING THE CITY'S PRIORITIES. I WILL START BY SAYING THE 2025 SESSION HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST TUMULTUOUS AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SESSIONS IN RECENT MEMORY, MARKED BY SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL TENSION, MAJOR FISCAL CHALLENGES AND THE DEATHS OCH TWO BELOVED LEGISLATORS. FROM THE OPENING DAYS, THE ATMOSPHERE ENOLYMPIA WAS FRAUGHT WITH DIVISION. DEEPIDEOLOGICAL SPLITS OVER HOW TO ADDRESS THE STATE'S FINANCIAL CRISIS CREATED A CHARGED ENVIRONMENT WHERE LEGISLATORS CLASHED NOT OMON PARTY LINES BUT ALSO WITHIN THEIR OWN CAUCUSES AND WITH THE NEW GOVERNOR. THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE WAS THE STAGGERING $16 BILLION BUDGET DEFICIT. THE REALITY OF THE SHORT FALL QUICKLY CONSUMED LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSIONS, SETTING THE TONE FOR THE MONTHS AHEAD. ADDING TO THE STRAIN INSIDE THE BUILDING WERE PROTESTS SPARKED BY PROPOSED CUTS. IN RESPONSE, A RANGE OF REVENUE IDEAS WERE VOLLEYED AROUND THE CAPITAL FROM NEW TAXES ON CAPITAL GAINS TO EXPANDED SALES TAX AND PROPOSED BOND MEASURES. THE SESSION WAS SHAGEN BY FORMER SPEAKER FRANK CHOP, A TOWERING FIGURE IN STATE POLITICS FOR DECADES. CHOP'S PASSING WAS MOURNED ACROSS PARTY LIEPZ. ADTO THE HEAVY MOOD, SENATOR BILL RAMOS PASSED AWAY WHILE IN OFFICE. ELECTED TO THE SENATE LAST NOVEMBER, BILL HAD BEEN IN THE HOUSE SINCE 2019. ULTIMATELY LEGISLATORS FINISHED THEIR WORK WITH DAYLIGHT TO SPARE. THE FINAL $77.8 BILLION OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDES NEARLY $6 BILLION IN CUTS AND CLOSE TO $9 BILLION IN NEW REVENUE OVER DEMOCRATS HAD INITIALLY SOUGHT. GOVERNOR FURGSUB HAS PREVIOUSLY REJECTED EACH VERSION OF THE REVENUE PLAN, CITING CONCERNS THAT THE PROPOSAL WAS TOO RISKY. THE BUDGET STEERS CLEAR OF FURLOUGHS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES, AN OPTION FLOATED EARLIER IN THE SESSION. IT IS STILL AN OPEN QUESTION WHETHER GOVERNOR FERGUSON WILL SUPPORT THE BUDGET IN FULL OR ISSUE PARTIAL VETOES IN HIS PRESS RELEASE, HE SAID HE INTENDS TO REVIEW ALL REVENUE INCREASES AND HIS DECISION WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED AS IT COULD EITHER CEMENT COOPERATION WITH THE LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY OR TRIGGER A NEW ROUND OF POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS AND A SPECIAL SESSION. LONG SESSIONS LIKE THIS ARE GRUELLING AND DESPITE THE HARD DYNAMICS I JUST DESCRIBED, OUR STATE PROGRAM DELIVERED STRONG RESULTS IN ALL OF THE CITY'S PRIORITY AREAS WITH JUST TWO IN HOUSE STATE RELATIONS DIRECTOR AND A SMALLER CONTRACT LOBBYING PRESENCE THAN THE CITY HAS HAD IN RECENT YEARS. NEXT SLIDE? THIS SESSION, THERE WERE 1904 BILLS INTRODUCED WITH 423 PASSED WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL OF AN A SESSION OF THIS LENGTH. O.I.R. TRACKED 795 OF THOSE BILLS WHICH IS UP FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. AND AS YOU KNOW, ON THE GROUND LOBBYING IS THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF THE PROGRAM AND OUR STATE TEAM HAD OVER 100 MEETINGS ARE LEGISLATORS THIS SESSION, INCLUDING MULTIPLE CONTACTS WITH THE SEATTLE DELEGATION AND MEMBERS OF LEADERSHIP. IN FEBRUARY, O.I.R. WAS PLEASED TO WELCOME MAYOR HARRELL TO OLYMPIA AS WELL AS KETTLE, RINCK, SAKA, STRAUSS FOR CITY CAN YOU MEAN DAYS. COUNCILMEMBERS MOORE, RINCK, SAKA TESTIFIED IN ADDITION TO 13 DEPARTMENTS WHO TESTIFIED AT 34 DIFFERENT HEARINGS. ALL OF THIS COMBINED ON THE GROUND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING IS A CRITICAL PART OF OUR SUCCESS IN OLYMPIA AND WAS A FIRST FOR THE O.I.R. TEAM IT IS HELPFUL TO QUANTIFY OUR IMPACT WHENEVER POSSIBLE, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TRACK HALLWAY CONVERSATIONS, QUICK PHONE CALLS AND FLOOR POLLS WHERE MUCH OF THE BUSINESS IS DONE IN OLYMPIA'S PAST PACED ENVIRONMENT AND WHERE OUR TEAM ALSO THRIVES. YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF TEGSS ON THE UPCOMING SLIDES. WE WILL FOCUS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING DETAILS. BUT WE WANTED THIS TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR YOU AND THE PUBLIC TO COME BACK TO. SO WE HAVE INCLUDED BILL DETAILS AND FUNDING BREAKDOWNS. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ANNA AND SAMIR AFTER I ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR HARD WORK AND SUCCESS THIS SESSION. AS I SAID, IT WAS A HARD, LONG SESSION. THEY REMAIN STRATEGIC, DEDICATED AND EFFECTIVE ALL SESSION TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND DELIVER MEANINGFUL RESULTS FOR OUR CITY, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE WILL GO OVER WHERE OUR SEATTLE PRIORITIES LANDED. WE WILL GO OVER THE FINAL BUDGETS AND REVENUE PACKAGES AND ALSO AN OVER VIEW OF LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WEREN'T ON THE PRIORITY LIST. STARTING WITH PRIORITIES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, SOME OF THESE WILL SOUND FAMILIAR. HOUSE BILL 1112 RELATES TO THE PRO TEM JUDGES AND ABILITY TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. THAT ONE HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW. HOUSE BILL 2015 IS THE BIG PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING BILL YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE SESSION. THIS BILL INCLUDES $100 MILLION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION GRANTS AS WELL AS A NEW LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES AS 0.1%. THE SHARED STREET BILL MADE IT TO THE FINISH LIEP, SENATE BILL 5595. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE FINAL TRANSPORTATION BUDGET IS THE NEXT SEGMENT OF OUR AURORA SAFETY IMPROVEMENT FUNDING AT F >> DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS BILLS, HOUSE BILL 1515 WE TRACKED ALL SESSION, MODERNIZING OUTDOOR DINING, ALCOHOL REGULATION PASSED INTO LAW, NOW AWAITING THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE. 1733 HELPS SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS RELOCATE WHEN THEY ARE CAUSED BY AGENCY DISPLACEMENT SUCH AS SOUND TRANSIT LINCOLN SECTION. THAT PASSED INTO LAW. AND ALSO THE FINAL BUNL T PROVIDED $3300,000 TO THE CITY FOR TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS START UP INCUBATOR LEASING COSTS SUCH AS A.I. HUB. FOR HOMELESSNESS, 1403 AND 1633, RELATED TO CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT , THOSE BILLS WHICH WE HAVE SUPPORTED HAVE PASSED INTO LAW. HOUSE BILL 1774 ALLOWING WASH DOT TO LEASE LAND FOR LESS THAN FAIR MARKET VALUE WHEN IT IS USED FOR COMMUNITY PURPOSES. ALSO PASSED ON THE CAPITAL BUNL T, IT WAS $10 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS FOR LOTTERY DEVELOPMENT AND A MRNLG FOR AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION. >> FOR CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT, THE RECYCLING REFORM ACT MADE IT THROUGH THE FINISH LINE AS WELL AS HOUSE BILL 1253 RELATING TO JOINT USE AGREEMENTS FOR CITY LIGHT. THEN CLARIFICATION TO THE CLEAN FUELS PROGRAM, HOUSE BILL 1409 MADE IT THROUGH THE FINISH LINE. IN TERMS OF FUNDING FOR CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT, IN THE FINAL BUDGET, SEATTLE PARKS AND REC WILL RECEIVE ABOUT 1.5 MILLION FOR RENOVATION AS WELL AS HALF A MILLION FOR LAKE SIDE. AND FOR THE SUPERFUND REMEDIAL GRANT PROGRAM, 5.7 MILLION AND CITY LIGHT WILL RECEIVE $1.4 MILLION. IN TERMS OF ADEQUATE CIRCUMSTANCES, THESE BILL SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU. THE FIRST THREE DEAL WITH CHILD CARE IN TERMS OF CITING, CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT, AND WORKFORCE. THE FINAL TWO BILLS DEAL WITH K-12 PUBLIC EDUCATION RELATED TO MATERIALS, OPERATING COSTS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION. THERE ARE SOME SEATTLE PRIORITIES THAT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE. WE RECAP SOME OF THE BILLS HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THEY ARE OVER THE INTERIM AND BRINGING THEM BACK NEXT SESSION. >> I WILL MOVE ON TO BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, STARTING WITH OPERATING BUDGET. THERE WAS ABOUT $9 BILLION IN NEW REVENUE. SOME OF THE NEW REVENUE SOURCES I WILL GO OVER QUICKLY. THERE WAS AN EXCISE TAX ON VOKES, AN INCREASE IN THE ESTATE TAX AND AN INCREASE IN THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX AND THEN THE BULK OF THE REVENUE FROM THE STATE BUDGET COMES FROM THE TWO TAXES ON SCREEN RIGHT NOW. ONE OF THEM WILL ESTABLISH SALES TAX ON CURRENTLY EXEMPT SERVICES. THE SERVICES INCLUDE TEMPORARY STAFFING ADVERTISING INVESTIGATION SECURITY SERVICES AND ADDS NICOTINE TO THE TOBACCO TAX. BECAUSE THIS ESTABLISHES THE ENTIRETY OF THE SALES TAX ON THE SERVICE, IT MEANS AN INCREASE IN LOCAL REVENUE AND A LOCAL SALES TAX WILL APPLY ON THESE SERVICES. B AND O TAX INCREASE WAS A BIG REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THIS BUDGET. THEY INCREASED ACROSS THE BOARD. PRIMARY RATES AND PROCEEDS INCREASED, SERVICES FOR BUSINESSES WITH INCOME OVER $5 MILLION INCREASED. THERE WAS A NEW SURCHARGE ON BUSINESSES WITH MORE THAN $250 MILLION IN COMECOME. TWO EXISTING SURCHARGE, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SURCHARGE AND ADVANCED COMPUTING SURCHARGE SAW INCREASES. MOVING ONTO THE FUNDING AND OPERATING BUDGET, THERE IS A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT WERE FUNDED. I WON'T GO EVERY ALL OF THEM BUT SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS SAW INCREASE. FACILITY BRANTS AND ALSO DISTRIBUTION OF WALK ZONE AND ALSO A HOT LINE WAS FUNDED. THERE WERE ALSO SOME CUTS, VARIOUS CUTS TO ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, SHORT-TERM HOUSING SUBSIDEDIES, RECOVERY RESIDENCES, AND REIMBURSEMENT AS WELL. >> THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, A NUMBER OF HIGHLIGHTS, $60.3 MILLION IN THE MUNICIPAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACCOUNT WHICH FLOWS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THE OPERATING BUDGET ALSO FUNDED 23 CLASSES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN THE NEXT REGIONAL ACADEMIES. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FINAL BUDGET DID REINSTATE THE 25% LOCAL MATCH FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHEN THEY SEND NEW RECRUITS. IT ALSO INCLUDED A $4 MILLION GRANT FOR AWC FOR ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. $3.6 MILLION PROPOSED GRANTS, $1.2 MILLION FOR THE STATE PATROL TOXICOLOGY BACK LOG. 9.5 FOR ASSISTED DEVERSION FWRANTS AND ABOUT $40 MILLION FWR THE RECOVERY NAVIGATOR PROGRAM IN THE STATE. AND THEN FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, THERE ARE A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SLIDE. I WON'T GO OVER ALL OF THEM BUT A FEW TO MENTION THAT ARE NOTABLE, $117 MILLION TO BACK FILL DOCUMENT REPORTING FEE LOSSES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH GOES TO PRIMARILY SERVE FOR HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS. $90 MILLION FOR THE STATE'S ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAM FOR THOSE LIVING ON STATE RIGHT OF WAYS. THEN $25 MILLION FOR OPERATIONS, SUPPORT MAINTENANCE FOR PERMANENT HOUSING PROVIDERS. SWITCHING TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET, A LOT OF THE HOUSOF WHERE THE FUNDINGS ARE SLOTTED TO GO. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF OUR FORT LAWTON DIRECT APPROP RIATIONS, WE ARE EXCITEDED TO SEE THE CHIP PROGRAM INCREASED OVERALL AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GOOD SHARE OF THAT FOR THE PROJECT. THERE ARE ALSO DIRECT PROJECTS FOR SEATTLE THAT ARE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROGRAM. AND A VARIETY OF OTHER GOOD FUNDING SOURCES FOR HOUSING ACROSS THE INCOME SPECTRUM. FOR CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT, SOME OF THE FUNDING HERE, THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU CAN SEE, THE CITY OF SEATTLE ADMINISTERS AS IT FLOWS FROM THE STATE TO THE CITY AND THEN TO EITHER BUSINESSES, LOW INCOME HOUSING OR COMMUNITY BASED NONPROFITS TO PROVIDE EITHER REBATES TO SWITCH THEIR ELECTRIC UTILITY OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, ADD SOLAR TO BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THE CITY WITH OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS' CARBON FOOTPRINT. >> MOVING ON TO THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET, THIS YEAR THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET WAS IN A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE IN THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR MANY OF THE PROJECTS THEY HAD ALREADY PROMISED IN PREVIOUS BUMGTS. BECAUSE OF THAT THERE WAS LOTS OF TRANSPORTATION REVENUE BILLS ESSENTIALLY, ONE BIG BILL THAT PASSED ALL OF THESE. I WON'T MENTION EVERY ONE OF THE REVENUE SOURCES BUT THE BIGGEST ONE THAT IS A 6 CENT GAS INCREASE THAT WILL FUND A LOT OF IT. AND WILL INCREASE 2% EACH YEAR TO ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION. CITIES WILL GET 2.5% OF THAT INCREASE. IN TERMS OF WHAT THE BUDGET FUNDS IN THE CITY, $9 MILLION TO ADDRESS HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ON WASH DOT RIGHT OF WAYS WHICH INCLUDES $6 MILLION CARVE OUT FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENT AND DEBRIS CLEAN UP IN SEATTLE. $10 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION. THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR ON THE SHIPPING BRIDGE BUT IS NOW DELAYED TO NEXT YEAR. THIS IS MONEY THAT WILL SLOW TO THE KING COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF GRANT PROGRAMS FOR PORT ELECTRIFICATION AND EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. MOVING ON TO WORLD CUP FUNDING, THERE WERE A FEW BUCKETS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE WORLD CUP NEXT YEAR STARTING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, $2.75 MILLION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESOURCES AT OFFICIAL VENUES INCLUDING FIELDS AND FAN ACTIVATION AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A NUMBER O OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED FUNDING INCLUDING $9 MILLION FOR GRANTS TO TRANSIT AGENCIES FOR ENHANCED SERVICES. AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, THE HIGHLIGHT HERE IS ALMOST $20 MILLION FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE PUBLIC STADIUM AUTHORITY AT LUMIN FIELD WHICH WILL FUND A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STADIUM TO MAKE IT IN LINE WITH FIFA REQUIREMENTS. MOVING ONTO OTHER BILLS THAT WERE NOT ON OUR PRIORITY BUT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. MANY OF THEM WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST. WE WILL GO OVER THEM QUICKLY STARTING WITH BUDGET AND REVENUE BILLS, HOUSE BILL 91 INCREASES A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY FOR GOVERNMENTS AND HOUSE BILL 1858 DEALS WITH THE REPORTING FEE SHORT FALL BY REMOVING AN EXEMPTION, SO INCREASING SOME OF THE REPORTING FEE INCOME. >> FOR CLIMATE AND VOIRMENT BILLS, HOUSE BILL 1018 DEALS WITH ENERGY FACILITY CITING FOR FUSION ENERGY. HOUSE BILL 132T MAKES CLARIFICATION TO THE WASHINGTON CLEAN ENERGY TRANSFORMATION ACT FOR POWERER UTILITIES AND THEN HOUSE BILL 1483 KNOWN AS THE RIGHT TO REPAIR BILL, AND THEN HOUSE BILL 1543 IS AN AGENCY REQUEST BILL TO HELP MAKE FLESHABLE COMPLIANT PATHWAYS FOR BUILDING UNDERSTAND UNDER THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD. AND 5626 DEALS WITH MAKING TWEAKS TO THE SAFE EXCAVATION PRACTICES AND PREVENTING DAMAGES TO UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. >> HOUSE BILL 1813 CENTRALIZES SOME OF THE CRISIS SERVICE PAYMENT IN MEDICAID AND IT IMPACTS JUST MEDICAID ENROLLEES AND HOW THE SERVICES ARE PAID. 1432 WHICH RELATES TO INSURANCE PRACTICES FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER. AND 1427 WHICH INCREASES ACCESS TO CERTIFIED PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS. A NUMBER OF HOUSING BILLS THAT PASSED THIS YEAR WAS A BIG THEME FOR THIS SESSION. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SLIDES ON THIS. I WON'T READ ALL OF THE BILLS, MANY HAVE GONE OVER IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE PASSAGE OF BILL 1217 WHICH INCREASES THE ANNUAL RENT INCREASES TO 7% CPI OR 10%, WHICH EVER IS LOWER. AND ANOTHER BILL INTRODUCED MANY YEARS IS HOUSE BILL 1491 WHICH HAS PASSED INTO LAW WHICH CREATES DENSITY REQUIREMENTS AROUND LIGHT AND RAIL AND TRANSIT STATIONS. AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHER BILLS THAT WILL IMPACT THE CITY SPECIFICALLY, HOUSE AND SENATE BILL 84 WHICH INCLUDES PARKING AND COMMERCIAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND 5571 WHICH IS THE CITY REQUIRING OR EXCLUDING CERTAIN EXTERIOR MATERIALS IN OUR CODE. LABOR AND COMMERCE, WE SAW HOUSE BILL 1747 WHICH EXPANDS WASHINGTON'S FAIR CHANCE ACT AND IS MODELED IN PART AFTER THE CITY'S OWN FAIR CHANCE ORDINANCE. 5441 MAKES WORKERS ELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND IMPROVING ACCESS FOR WORKERS VICTIMS OF HATE CRIMES. AND HOUSE BILL INCREASES LIQUOR LICENSES AND PERMITS, INCREASES THE FEES ACROSS THE BOARD. >> FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILLS, HOUSE BILLS 1163, KNOWN AS PERMIT TO PURCHASE A FIREARM OR ALSO A BILL THAT ENHANCES THE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO BOTH PURCHASES AND ALSO TRANSFERRING AND POSSESSING FIREARMS PASSED INTO LAW. HOUSE BILL 1498 IS CREITTING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. AND ENHANCING RESPONSE SERVICE THROUGH INTEGRATION AND SUPPORT THROUGH WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS AS WELL AS CREATING A TRAINING ACADEMY THROUGH THE UW SOCIAL SCHOOL. SENATE BILL 520 IT IS ENSURING THE EFFICACY OF JUDICIAL ORDER AND HARM REDUCTION TOOLS TO INCREASE SAFETY OF SURVIVORS OF ABUSE. THIS IS KITHAT MAKES CLARIFICATIONS FOR SURVIVOR NOTIFICATION WHEN AN ABUSING IS PETITIONING TO RESTORE FIREARM RIGHTS OR HAS TO RELINQUISH THEIR FIREARM RIGHTS AND MAKES FOR WHEN AN ABUSER IS IN POSSESSION OF A GHOST GUN. BILL 5745 MAKES CLARIFICATIONS TO THE PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTED COUNCIL FOR THOSE WHO ARE CIVILLY COMMITTED AT THE UW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEACHING HOSPITAL IN NORTH GATE. FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION, JUST A FEW BILLS HERE, HOUSE BILL 1296, THIS IS KNOWN AS THE STUDENT AND PARENTS RIGHTS BILL, HOUSE BILL 2049 IS A BILL THAT WOULD INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PER PUPIL USED FOR AM ENRICHMENT LEVY AND THEN 32 MAKING CLEAR THE HOUSING NEEDS ESSENTIAL PROGRAM. >> SENATE BILL 5801 WAS A TRANSPORTATION REVENUE BILL. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POLICY ITEMS IN THERE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. THE FIRST TWO BULLETS RELATE TO HIGH CAPACITY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS WHICH IS MOSTLY, WHICH WOULD BE LIGHT RAIL AND ALSO SOME BUT TRAFFIC TRANSIT. THE IDEA IS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO CITE THE STATIONS AND MAKE THEM ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES. AND ALSO SPECIFYING THAT CITIES CANNOT PRECLUDE THE STATIONS BY IMPROSING CONDITIONS OR COSTS NOT REASONABLY NECESSARY TO MIDIGATE THE COSTS FOR IMPROVEMENT AND LANGUAGE REQUIRING CITIES TO COMMIT TO REASONABLE TIMELINES FOR PERMITTING OF THE FACILITIES AS WELL AND ALSO A REQUIREMENT ON THE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES THEMSELVES TO PROVIDE THE CITIES OR COUNTIES WITH INFORMATION NECESSARY TO MAKE TIMELY DECISIONS. AND LASTLY HERE, THE PROVISION AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION OF TOLLS ON THE 520 CORRIDOR INSTEAD OF JUST THE FLOATING BRIDGE. >> WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? >> THANK YOU TO THE STATE TEAM FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK IN OLYMPIA, CALLING IN EVERY MONDAY TO TALK TO US AS WELL, SPECIFICALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE SHARED STREETS BILL AND THE ALCOHOL MODERNIZATION BILL AHEAD O OF FIFA. WE WORKED TOGETHER AND MY OFFICE HELPED COORDINATE SOME OF THE WORK IN SPOKANE AND VANCOUVER INTO TACOMA. THESE TWO BILLS WERE A COUPLE YEARS IN THE MAKING. AS I SAID BEFORE THE MEETING, THIS HAS BEEN MY OFFICE'S MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR BECAUSE OF YOUR HARD WORK. AND ALSO THANKS TO MEGAN BAR TALL ON MY TEAM AND KATE HOFFMAN WHO MANAGED MY INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORK LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT TOOK PREWORK OF TWO YEARS TO GET THE BILLS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. AGAIN I WANT TO GIVE YOU MY THANKS. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US PREPARE FOR CITY ACTION DAYS. WE HAD MORE SEATTLE ELECTEDS IN OLYMPIA, MORE THIS YEAR THAN IN THE PAST DECADE. ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON CITY NOTICED IT, LEGISLATORSINOSE NOTICED IT AND IT MAKES A BIG STATEMENT TO A LOT OF FOLKS. IT WAS MEANINGFUL TO THE LEGISLATION AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE ENGAGING IN THIS WAY. REALLY, FOLKS WERE SHOCKED THAT SO MANY OF US WERE IN OLYMPIA ENGAGING. ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES IS ASKING WHY AND IT IS BECAUSE IN THE PAST, SEATTLE ELECTED HAVE NOT GONE DOWN TO OLYMPIA. I THINK 2013 WAS THE LAST TIME I REMEMBER MORE THAN FIVE. IT WAS A BIG DEAL. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. OF COURSE THERE IS ALWAYS THE HARD NEWS COMING OUT OF OLYMPIA WITH ALL OF THOSE GREAT SUCCESSES, I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT SENATE BILL 6459 DID NOT PASS THIS YEAR. IT WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED LANDLORDS FROM USING A.I. TO FIX RENT PRICES. IT DID PASS THE SENATE WITH EVERY DEMOCRAT VOTING IN FAVOR OF IT, IT DID NOT PASS THE HOUSE THIS TIME. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE IN SEATTLE WHERE LANDLORDS HAVE ALLEGEDLY PUT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION INTO PLATFORMS AND THE SERVICES USE THE DATA TO SUGGEST LANDLORDS INCREASE RENTS BEYOND WHAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE, OTHERWISE WHAT THE FREE MARKET WOULD HAVE PUSHED FOR. THIS CAN UNDERMINE COMPETITION AND RESULT IN DE FACTO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN LANDLORDS. OUR SYSTEM ONLY WORKS WHEN FOLKS ARE COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER ON PRICE. THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY CAN UNDERMINE THAT. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND OUR OWN ATTORNEY GENERAL HAVE ACTIVE LAWSUITS ABOUT THIS BUT NONE OF THE LAWSUITS, THEY WILL TAKE TIME, TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS. IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO TAKE ACTION NOW. AT THIS TIME I HAVE ASKED STAFF TO DRAFT LEGISLATION AND I HAVE ASKED FOR LEGAL ANALYSIS, GUARDING IT BECAUSE COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU IN THE COMING WEEKS TO PROPOSE LEGISLATION LIKE MANY OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE BAN PRACTICES THAT CAN RESULT IN ARTIFICIALLY INCREASING RENT PRICES FOR RENTERS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK THIS YEAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE INTERIM WHICH IS THE BUSIEST TIME OF SESSION, THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLY HARD WORK DURING THIS SESSION. I CAN'T EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION ENOUGH. I KNOW WHEN WE WERE IN OLYMPIA, WE APPRECIATED BEING ABLE TO TAP INTO YOUR EXPERTISE AS A RESOURCE IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGISLATORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND ALSO COMING TO UPDATE US SO OFTEN ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I THINK MYSELF AND OTHERS WERE DIGESTING THE BUDGET, ALL OF THE SUCCESSES IN TERMS OF THE WAY FUNDING WILL BE SHOWING UP ACROSS OUR CITY. BUT I'M ALSO VERY INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF POTENTIAL CUTS. OF THE CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, DO WE KNEHOW THE CITY OF SEATTLE PROGRAMS COULD BE IMPACTED? FROM WHAT I KNOW, AND FEEL FREE TO ADD ON, THERE WERE CUTS IN EVERY SECTION OF THE BUDGET. IN TERMS OF WHERE THE CITY WOULD GET DIRECT APPROPRIATION, ONE THAT COMES IN MIND IS THE COST OF SENDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO THE ACADEMY THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE TO COVER. I THINK AN A LOT OF THE CUTS CAME IN TERMS OF 10% HERE ON THE PROGRAM, 20% HERE. SOME PROGRAMS WERE CUT ALTOGETHER OR WE DELAYED ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT WERE SET TO IMPLEMENT OVER THE YEARS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FAIR START FOR KIDS ACT WHICH WAS A CHILD CARE SUBSIDY. IT WILL AFFECT ORGANIZATIONS WE WORK WITH AND PROGRAMS WE EADMINISTER HERE. IT VARIES DEPENDING ON WHAT SUBJECT AREA AND WE ARE HAPPY TO DIG IN FURTHER IF YOU HAVE SPECIFICS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. >> I WILL ADD THAT MANY PROGRAMS WERE CUT WITH 10% OR 20% PROGRAMS. MANY OF THE GRANT PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY APPLIES FOR AND RELIES ON, HARD TO QUANTIFY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BUT CERTAINLY THOSE CUTS TO THOSE BUCKETS OF GRANT FUNDING CAN CERTAINLY TRICKLE DOWN TO THE STATE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY FINAL QUESTION IS RELATED TO B AND O AND LOOKING AT SENATE BILL 2081, I'M WONDERING IF WITHIN THE BILL, THERE WERE CHANGES TO THE EXEMPTIONS AS IT RELATES TO B AND O, IF THERE WERE ANY CHANGES ON THAT FRONT? >> I CAN GET BACK TO YOU. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CHANGES ON WHAT THE TAX RATE APPLIES TO. THERE WAS ALSO A SEPARATE BILL THAT HAD CHANGED A CLOSE NUMBER OF EXEMPTIONS, NOT JUST B AND O AND I CAN SEND THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AS WELL. >> THSO MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN. LOOKING FORWARD TO DIGESTING ALL OF THESE CHANGES ALONG SIDE YOU, THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK OVER THE COURSE OF THE SESSION AND PARTICULARLY AS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS NOTED, ALL OF US COMING DOWN TO VISIT, I REALLY APPRECIATES MY DAY THERE AND SPENDING THE DAY WITH YOU BOTH. I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GIVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMICES HAPPENING IN OLYMPIA BECAUSE IT HAS DIRECT CONSEQUENCES ON US. OBVIOUSLY, I CARE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY BUT NOT JUST PUBLIC SAFETY BUT OTHER AREAS TOO. SEPARATELY, MAKING THOSE -- OF COURSE WE RUN IN THE SEATTLE AREA REPRESENTATIVES, WE RUN INTO THEM IN VARIOUS WAYS BUT GOING DOWN THERE AND MEETING WITH THEM AND TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES REALLY HELPS. BECAUSE LATER ON THE RECOVERY NAVIGATION PROGRAM ISSUE WE HAD ALLOWS US TO ENGAGE IN A WAY BETTER THAN WOULD HAVE BEEN. SO THANK YOU, WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR, MAYBE MORE THAN ONCE, I DON'T KNOW. AND BY THE WAY, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY NOW BUT I HAVE AN IDEA FOR A BILL THAT I WILL TELL YOU LATER , OKAY? IT IS FOR NEXT SESSION. IF YOU WANT A PREVIEW, YOU WILL SEE IT DURING THE PROCESS. THAT'S MY ONLY HINT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> COUNCIL SAKA? >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR HASHEMI, ANNA, SAMIR, FOR YOUR GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THE SESSION AND ALL OF THE PREP WORK REQUIRED THAT GOES INTO IT BEFORE AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT WORK AND SAY THANK YOU. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING DOWN -- I WENT DOWN TO OLYMPIA TWICE THIS SESSION. AND TESTIFIED TWICE, ONCE IN PERSON AND ONCE VIRTUALLY. YOU ALL HELPED COORDINATE THOSE EFFORTS WITH I MY OFFICE, GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IT. A LOT HAPPENED, A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATE SOME WINS FOR THE CITY EAND ENTIRE STATE. MANY OF WHICH ARE REFLECTED HERE AND ALSO LEFT MORE TO BE DESIRED. THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE GIVEN THE TIGHT TIMELINE OF THE LONG SESSION AS THIS ONE WAS. RART THAN CALL OUT INDIVIDUALLY SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCCESSES, I WANT TO JUST FOCUS FOR A MOMENT, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TALKING A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ONE OF THE BILLS THAT DID NOT ADVANCE, HOUSE BILL 1423 THAT WOULD HAVE AUTHORIZED THE USE OF AUTOMATIVE NOISE CAMERAS. THAT IS ONE OF THE BILLS THAT I PERSONALLY TESTIFIED ON AS YOU KNOW AND IS IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF MOY OWN CONSTITUENTS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND THE PATH FORWARD? THERE MAY BE AN EFFORT TO GET SEATTLE INCLUDED AS ONE OF THE PILOT JURISDICTIONS WHICH CURRENTLY THE CITY OF KIRKLAND IS THE ONLY ONE CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED. WHAT'S THE LATEST AND GREATEST THERE? >> YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. THAT BILL MADE IT THROUGH THE HOUSE AND ENDED UP STALLING IN THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SO IT NEVER CAME TO THE FULL CHAMBER. THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SUPPORT IN THAT CHAMBER TO BRING IT TO THE FLOOR, WASN'T A PRIORITY ENOUGH FOR THE MEMBERS. AS WE WERE TALKING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION CHAIRS AND SPONSORS, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO BRING IT TO THE FINISH LINE. FOLKS WERE AWARE THAT SEATTLE IS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN A PILOT HERE. WE HAVE LAID A LOT OF GROUNDWORK TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR TO SEE IF WE CAN GET AUTHORIZATION FOR US AND WORK OUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD IN THE BACKGROUND THAT MADE IT STALL OUT IN THE SENATE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PIECES OF LEGISLATION BUT FIRST, ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU INCLUDING A BRIEF SNAUPSIS ON SOME OF YOUR ACTIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE WHOLE THING. I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING, IS IT REGULAR TO SIGN IN PRO OR CON ON BILLS OR DO SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS NOW. DO SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN MORE IN PASSING WHEN YOU TALK TO LEGISLATORS? I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT AT LEAST TWO OF US, COUNCILMEMBER SETTLE AND I WERE REALLY IN FAVOR OF. AND THAT IS ALLOWING PRIVATE LABS TO PROCESS TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN OUR ONE ON ONE MEETINGS, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT PERHAPS IT WOULDN'T ADVANCE AS IS. THERE WERE CHANGES BEING MADE TO IT. I STOPPED ASKING ABOUT IT. IT SEEMS AS IF THERE MIGHT BE A FIX IN THE WORKS OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO PLEASE EVERYONE. COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT WAS? IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT UNLESS I UNDERSTAND -- UNLESS YOU CAN EXPLAIN DIFFERENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION TO THE BACK LOG THAT IS REALLY KEEPING UNSAFE DRIVERS ON THE ROADS. SO WHAT IS THAT? >> THE BILL STALLED OUT EARLY IN THE SESSION. IT HAD A HEARING IN THE HOUSE COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMITTEE BUT ULTIMATELY DIDN'T MOVE OUT OF THE FIRST STOP IN THE PROCESS. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES THAT CAME UP IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH THE STATE PATROL SPECIFICALLY WHO MANAGES THE TOXICOLOGY LABS AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ON HOW TO HANDLE THE EVIDENCE AND COURT PROCESSES THAT FOLKS HADN'T GRAPPLED WITH OR HAVE AN ANSWER WITH AT THE TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL ENDED UP HAVING MEDICAL LEAVE IN THAT SESSION. THERE WASN'T A MEMBER PUSHING THAT BILL FORWARD. IT IS A CULMINATION OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS ON THAT TOPIC. ONE SOLUTION THAT DID KIND OF ADDRESS WHAT WE ARE GETTING AT AROUND THE BACK LOG IS THROUGH THE BUDGET. SO THE STATE PATROL IS GOING TO RECEIVE A LITTLE OVER A MILLION OF EVIDENCE THEY HAVE IN THEIR LAB TO HELP THINGS IN THE QUEUE TO MOVE THINGS UP MORE SWIFTLY. THAT IS ONE STRATEGY, NOT NECESSARILY THE SOLUTION WE WERE LOOKING FOR BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN COUNT ON. >> THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD, THAT WAS HB1228 CONCERNING TOXICOLOGY TESTING. THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HB5814, ESTABLISHING SALES TAX ON CURRENTLY EXEMPT SERVICES. WHAT IS THE ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH SEATTLE COULD RECEIVE FROM THAT? >> THE ESTIMATE I RECEIVED FROM CBO WAS A WIDE RANGE, ESSENTIALLY OF BETWEEN 2 AND $35 MILLION. IT IS HARD TO -- >> DON'T TAKE THAT TO THE BANK. >> EXACTLY. I THINK THEY WOULD LET ME KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE A BETTER ESTIMATE AT THE NEXT FORECAST. >> GOT IT. AND I THINK THAT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE SORT OF THE -- THAT WAS $1.2 MILLION TO DECREASE CASE BACK LOGS FOR THAT WAS PAGE 116. DO YOU THINK THAT 1228 WOULD COME BACK NEXT YEAR? >> YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING UP THE CONVERSATION AGAIN. I THINK AS SOON AS WE CAN WORK OUT THE POLICY QUESTIONS THAT AROSE IN THE COMMITTEE PROCESS AND HAVE ANSWERERERS TO THEM AND HAVE COMPROMISED APPROACH WITH THE STAKE HOLDERS, WE CAN GET BACK. >> WOULD IT BE CORRECT TO CHARACTERIZE SOME OF THE CONCERN THAT IF THE PRIVATE ACCREDITED LABS ARE USED, WHO WOULD PAY FOR THAT AND THERE WAS CONCERN THAT COUNTIES OR MUNICIPALITIES -- WAS THERE A -- >> THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME UP ONNER AROUND WHO PAYS BUT THE BILL DID NOT SPECIFY IF THE STATE HAD TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR THAT. THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT LEGISLATORS HAD IF WE AUTHORIZE THE OTHER LABS TO DO IT, DOES THE STATE HAVE TO HELP PAY. IT WAS MOROF A QUESTION, I DON'T THINK IT WAS NECESSARILY A FACTOR THAT HELD UP THE BILL. >> OKAY. THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET, $9.2 MILLION TO ADDRESS HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ON OR LESS THAN WHAT WE GET? BECAUSE I WAS GOING IN AND I HAD HEARD FROM OUR PARTNERS THAT THERE WAS CONCERN THERE WOULD BE FEWER RESOURCES. >> YES. THOSE ARE TWO AREAS THAT DEALT WITH THAT. THERE WAS IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, THERE WAS THE PROGRAM ITSELF THAT DOES THE OPERATIONS. THAT WAS FUNDED AT $90 MILLION FOR THE TWO YEARS. THAT IS LESS THAN PREVIOUS. PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS AROUND $140 MILLION FOR TWO YEARS. THIS IS A REDUCTION. THEN THE CLEANUP MONEY, WSDOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM TO DO THE LITERAL CLEANUP, THE DEBRIS CLEANUP THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE OUT REACH. THAT $9 MILLION IS RELATIVELY THE SAME AS WHAT IS RECEIVED IN THE PAST BUDGET. >> DOES THIS MEAN THAT IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED THAT THERE ARE FEWER RESOURCES TO OUT REACH TO PEOPLE AND FEWER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO BE HOUSED AFTERWARDS? >> YES. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION? THERE IS NOW THE QUESTION, YOU ARE ALL NODDING KNOWINGLY. ONE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. SO IS THERE, I'M ASSUMING NO JURISDICTIONS ARE COUNING ON THESE NUMBERS AT ALL, INCLUDING SEATTLE, WE ARE ALL JUST WAITING SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE EXECUTIVE? >> YEAH, I THINK THE TIMELINE IS THE GOVERNOR HAS 20 DAYS TO SIGN IT OR SIGN VETO TO LEGISLATION. SO WE WILL FIND OUT IN THE COMING WEEKS. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR HANDS UP, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY FURTHER FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, GO AHEAD AND ASK BUT I AM ALSO TEMPTED TO SAY, TAKE SOME REST ALSO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. UP NEXT, SIGNING OF LETTERS AND PROCLAMATIONS. I WAS PLANNING ON DISTRIBUTING FOR SIGNATURE A PROCLAMATION AT TODAY'S MEETING HONORING REVEREND HARRIET WALDEN. IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION LATE THAT THERE WERE SOME ERRORS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. SO I WILL BE HOLDING THIS PROCLAMATION UNTIL TOMORROW WHEN I WILL ASK FOR SIGNATURES AND PRESENT IT AT THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I WILL SAVE THE MAIN TALKING POINTS FOR THAT PRESENTATION BUT I DO WANT TO, JUST SO WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION THAT STATES THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE HONORS REVEREND HARRIET WALDEN, AN ADVOCATE AND CHANGE MAKER WHOSE IMPACT WILL CONTINUE TO SHAPE AND INSPIRE THE CITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT IN THE MAKING. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS UP. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT FOR ANY OTHER ACTIONS. SO WE WILL GO RIGHT NOW TO THE PREVIEW OF COUNCIL ACTIONS, COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES. THIS WEEK'S ROLL CALL STARTS WITH COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON? >> THANK YOU MADAM COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WILL TRY TO KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF AND FOCUSED. SO WITH TOMORROW'S COUNCIL AGENDA, THERE IS AN ADA CAN BE CONTACTED WITH THAT. LAND USE COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, MAY 12. THIS WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING STARTING AT 9:30. AND ON TAP FOR T MEETING WILL BE A BRIEFING REGARDING SOUND TRANSIT 3, CODE AMENDMENT LEGISLATION. IN TERMS OF ACTIVITY THIS PAST WEEK, I WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY FOR THE 11 THAT DIED IN VANCOUVER. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE THERE. SOMBER EVENT TO SAY THE LEAST. HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAD A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS FOR THE OFFICE OF RIGHTS OPEN HOUSE, PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL GROWTH MANAGEMENT BOARD, MET WITH DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP MET WITH OFFICE OF STANDARDS, STAFF TOURED FORT LAWTON. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND I WERE AT A COMMUNITY BRUNCH WITH THE ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY YESTERDAY AND JUST THIS AFTERNOON THERE WERE SEVERAL OF US IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR GOVERNANCE LUNCHEON. RATHER THAN PREVIEWING WHAT IS GOING ON FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE ALLIANCE LUNCHEON. IT IS NOT LOST ON ME THAT WE ARE AT A LUNCHEON TALKING ABOUT T THE ALLIANCE FOR GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY AND JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, I HAD ANOTHER SHOOTING AT BEAR SHAPE PARK IN WHICH A 36-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL WERE BOTH HIT BY GUNFIRE. STILL TRYING TO GET TO THE DETAILS OF THIS BUT EVIDENTLY SHOTS FIRED INTO A CAR FROM A PARK INTO AN AREA WHERE A FAMILY WAS GATHERING. A LOT OF KIDS RUNNING AROUND. AND THEN A LOT OF KIDS RUNNING INTO THE WOODS TO AVOID THE GUNFIRE. A LOT OF ADULTS HITTING THE DIRT. AND THEN AFTER THAT HAPPENED, THERE WAS ANOTHER VOLLEY OF GUNFIRE THAT OCCURRED. I'M TRYING TO GET SPECIFICS ON IF IT WAS FOLKS IN THE PARK SHOOTING BACK OR IF WHOEVER SHOT THE FIRST TIME CAME BACK TO SHOOT AGAIN. I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT ONE OF OUR OWN CENTRAL STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAPPENED TO LIVE NOT TOO FAR FROM THAT AND SAW IT HAPPEN. I ALSO CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THAT, WHO ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AND ARE GOING TO BE TRAUMATIZED BY THAT FOR LIFE. A LOT OF FOLKS ARE ASKING ABOUT, WE NEED TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETING. WE NEED MORE POLICE. WE NEED SOMETHING. BUT WHAT I'M LEFT WITH IS, WHY? WHY DO WE HAVE PEOPLE SHOOTING AT A FAMILY IN A PARK, WHY. AND I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY COMMUNITY FORUM THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE THAT ANSWER BUT I WOULD ASK OF THOSE WHO DECIDE TO PICK UP A FIREARM TO RESOLVE CONFLICT, THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THOSE YOUNG LIVES THAT COULD BE YOUR LITTLE COUSINS, YOUR BROTHERS, YOUR SISTERS, THINK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE SCARRED BECAUSE YOU DECIDED TO USE A FIREARM TO RESOLVE SOME KIND OF BEEF. I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOMEONE HAS MADE ME ANG REBUT I CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT HOW I RESPOND TO THAT. SO THAT IS MY ASK. THINK, PLEASE AND THINK ABOUT THOSE YOUNG LIVES. AND UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, WELL SAID. GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE. WE CAN'T STOP FIGHTS FROM HAPPENING. WE CAN TAKE FIREARMS OUT OF THE SITUATION WHICH IN AN INSTANT, SOMEBODY'S IMPULSE CAN BE LIFE ALTERING IN A REALLY NEGATIVE WAY. THAT LIGHT LOOKED REALLY GOOD ON YOU AS WELL. IT LOOKED SO GOOD, IT WAS BLINDING. GLAD THAT WE GOT THE SHADES PULLED DOWN FOR THE RECORD. >> IT WAS THE SHINE OFF THE HEAD. >> OUT OF YOUR EYES, MY FRIEND. THIS WEEK, THE FINANCE AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEES WILL MEET THIS WEDNESDAY AT 9:30 A.M. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON THE GRANTS ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS PRESENTED DURING THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING. WE WILL BE RECEIVING A FINANCE UPDATE FROM CENTRAL STAFF REGARDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGETING AND BALANCING ANALYSIS. THIS WEEK OUR ANALYSTS WILL BE BREAKING DOWN THE EFFECTS OF APRIL'S REVENUE FORECAST. AND WHAT THAT IMPACT WILL BE ON DIFFERENT FUNDS AND THOSE FUND LEVELS. THESE ARE DENSE AND IMPORTANT INSIGHTS FOR OUR BUDGETING PROCESS COMING THIS FALL AND FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL THIS SUMMER. IF YOU ARE UP ABLE TO ATTEND COMMITTEE, I ASK YOU RECEIVE THIS BRIEFING ON THE MATERIAL BECAUSE IT IS A CRITICAL BASE OF INFORMATION, SETTING US AHEAD OF THE BUDGET MEETINGS IN JUNE AND JULY. I AM STILL PLANNING ON HOSTING THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEES IN JUNE AND JULY. THE WHEN WE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, I MENTIONED I WAS LOOKING TO HOST THESE MEETINGS IN JUNE AND JULY TO LOOK BACK AT THE WORK WE DID LAST YEAR AND GET OUR FEET SET BOTH T PROCEDURE AND PRODUCT. WITH THE NEWS LAST MONTH THAT WE RECEIVED, IT MAKES THESE MEETINGS D MONTH AFTER EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AND WILL CONTAIN THE PREREQUISITE INFORMATION TO REENACT THE STABILIZATION WORK THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE THIS FALL. FOR FULL COUNCIL, THE BUDGET T COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE ANY BILLS COMING TO FULL COUNCIL TOMORROW. BEFORE I MOVE ON TO EXTERNAL WORK, REGARDING THE KIOSKS, I WON'T SPEAK TO THE MERITS OF THE PROPOSAL TODAY, SIMPLY THAT IN THE PAST THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. THAT PROPOSAL HAS BEEN SQUARELY WITHIN THE SIGN CODE, RATHER THAN THE PROPOSAL AS A STREET USE TERM PERMIT. THAT SAID, TYPICAL PROCEDURE REFLECTS IF THIS IS SIGN CODE, THEN IT SHOULD BE REFERRED TO LAND USE COMMITTEE. IF TAKEN AT FACE VALUE AS A STREET TERM PERMIT, TYPICAL SERVICE WOULD HAVE THE BILL REFERRED TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. THESE COMMENTS ARE SOLELY ON THE PROER TODAY AND I WILL SPEAK TO THE MERITS OF THE PROPOSAL AS IT MOVES FORWARD. TO EXTERNAL COMMITTEES, THE SOUND TRANSIT EXPANSION COMMITTEE MEETS THIS THURSDAY, MAY 8. THE AGENDA WILL BE A COUPLE OF MOTIONS AND REPORTS TO THE COMMITTEE REGARDING THE TACOMA DOME LINK EXTENSION, DIS PUBLIC COMMENT REPORT AND THE MULTIPLE APARD TASK ORDER CONTRASTS BRIEFING. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE COST SAVINGS FOR SOUND TRANSIT AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT VERY CAREFULLY. IF THE ENTIRE SOUND TRANSIT BUDGET T DOES NOT SUPPORT? OF THESE ACTIONS, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. ONTO THE GOOD NEWS, THIS COMING SATURDAY, SATURDAY MAY 10, DOWNTOWN REDMOND LINK EXTENSION WILL GO LIVE WITH TWO NEW RAIL STATIONS. ONE NEAR MARY MORE PARK AND ONE NEAR DOWNTOWN. THERE WILL BE A SPEAKING PROGRAM AND RIBBON CUTTING AT THE DOWNTOWN REDMOND LOCATION STATION. PROGRAMMING BEGINS AT 10:30 WITH LIGHT RAIL SERVICE BEGINNING AROUND NOON. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO CAR POOL OR BUS POOL WITH YOU OUT THERE. THERE WILL BE LIVE MUSIC, VENDORS, FOOD, AND FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. COME BY AND JOIN THE FESTIVITIES. IN DISTRICT 6, I SHARED THIS LAST WEEK AND I KNOW THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS NOT WITHIN DISTRICT 6 BUT IT IS MY COMMITTEE. JUNE 8 THE ANIMAL SHELTER WILL HOST THEIR 5K FUN RUN AND WALK. PROCEEDS HELP FURTHER THE ANIMAL SHELTER'S MISSION TO PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE ANIMALS. IN DISTRICT 6, I HELD OFFICE HOURSALIST WEEK, LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING NEXT WEEK. FINALLY, I WANT TO SPEAK TO ANOTHER ITEM ON THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR TODAY. THE BILL REGARDING ETHICS. I WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH YOU. I'M SKEPTICAL OF LEGSHIP THAT WOULD LOOSEN ETHICS CODE. I HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE PROPOSAL SINCE LAST YEAR. WE ARE JUST 100 DAYS INTO THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE TRUST IN GOVERNMENT IS NEARING ALL TIME LOWS. WE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE IN POWER HAVE CROSSED THE ETHICAL LINES. IT UNDERMINES THE WORK WE ARE DOING. FOR ME, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT LOOSENING OUR ETHICAL STANDARDS, THE ONES WHEE ARE HELD TO. BUT IF WE ARE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION, I THINK VOTERS SHOULD BE THE ONES TO DECIDE. OUR COUNCIL SHOULD NOT BE CHANGING ITS OWN ETHICAL CONSTRAINTS. WE SHOULDN'T BE CHANGING OUR OWN RULES. VOTERS HAVE ELECTED US TO OPERATE UNDER THESE RULES. CHANGING THEM MIDTERM WITHIN SIX WEEK PERIOD AND WITHOUT A VOTE OF PEOPLE UNDERMINES THAT AGREEMENT WE HAVE MADE WITH OUR RESIDENTS. YF SEEN ARGUMENTS FOR THE CHANGES BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES ONE QUESTION, WOULD THIS INSPIRE TRUST WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE? ANSWER IS IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS NO. WE NEED TO INSPIRE TRUST IN GOVERNMENT, FIX BIG PROBLEMS AND SMALL AND I STAND READY TO PARTNER WITH EVERYONE AND ANYONE TO PASS LAWS THAT INSPIRE TRUST THAT FIX BIG PROBLEMS OR SMALL. THIS LEGISLATION DOESN'T DO THAT FOR ME. I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. WITH THAT, THAT'S MY REPORT. I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. IF NO QUESTIONS, I WILL GO OVER TO THE ONE, ONLY COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> I SEE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SO GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IFFIA ONLY TOLD ME YOU WERE GOING TO DO THE INTRO LAST WEEK. >> IT WAS TWO WEEKS. IT WASN'T T THE FULL INTROFOR THE RECORD. >> FAIR ENOUGH. I'M JUST PLAYING. PARKS UTILITIES TECHNOLOGY MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, NEXT WEEK AT 2:00 P.M. WE WILL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT SPOs, THE LEGISLATION PRESENTED LAST MEETING, SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MEMORIAL STADIUM AS WELL FOR PRESENTATION. WE ARE ON A LITTLE BIT OF A TIGHT TIMELINE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO WE WILL BE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE HAVE ASKED OUR SEATTLE CENTER, AND SOME OF OUR CENTRAL STAFF TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO PROVIDE A DETAIL. WE RECEIVED EMAIL REGARDING THAT INFORMATION LAST WEEK. THANK YOU TO CENTRAL STAFF FOR PROVIDING THAT. I KNOW I'M NEW TO THE SITUATION. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THIS PROCESS FOR ALONG TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALSO, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL BE MAY 7 WHICH IS THIS WEDNESDAY. THAT'S GOING TO BE AT 2:00 P.M. WE WILL ENGAGE AND TALK ABOUT -- WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL STAFF ATTEND WHERE THEY WILL BE PRESENTING SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT SOME OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT FORTH. ALSO THE WORK PLAN THAT OUR OFFICE IS PROPOSING. SO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT SO WE CAN HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE WORK PLAN AS WELL. WE WILL BE ACCEPTING WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON WEDNESDAY, JUST SO WE CAN DIVE INTO THE DETAILS ABOUT THE LEGISLATION BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRETTY HEFTY AGENDA THAT WE NEED TO GET THROUGH. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT HAVE THEIR AMENDMENTS. FYI, WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL STAFF PRESENT THOSE AND WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOU TO SPLIN AND WALK US THROUGH SOME OF YOUR AMENDMENTS FOR THE INTERIM LEGISLATION FOR HOUSE BILL 1110. WE ALSO HAVE SENT OUT A PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING THE MAY 19th PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT WAS SENT OUT AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION WITHIN OUR NEWSLETTER TO KIND OF MAKE IT SO IT IS MORE PALATABLE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. LOOKING FORWARD TO PEOPLE ENGAGING ON MAY 19. WE ARE HAVING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE FIRST IS ONLINE, THAT WILL BEGIN AT 9:30. WE ARE ONLY TAKING ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT IS VIRTUAL. THEN WE WILL BE MOVING AT 4:00 P.M. INTO OUR IN PERSON PUBLIC HEARING, JUST SO WE CAN BE SURE TO SPLIT IT UP AND WE CAN HEAR EVERYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S EVERYTHING WE HAVE FOR OUR COMMITTEES. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO PASS THIS OFF TO MY LEFT, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> HEARING AND SEEING NONE, EITHER, I WILL START. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER, HOLLINGSWORTH. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE NEXT MEETING WILL BE A WEEK FROM TOMORROW, 13th OF MAY. WE WILL HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. FIRST WE WILL HAVE CHIEF BARNES WHO AT THAT POINT WILL BE PRETTY MUCH AT HIS 100 DAY MARK. HE WILL HAVE A BRIEFING ON HIS NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY PLAN. SO THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA. SECONDLY, AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET TO ITEM FOUR IN THEALIST MEETING WHICH IS CHIEF OF POLICE INVESTIGATION ORDINANCE, WE HAD A RAM BUNKTIOUS LONG DISCUSSION IN EARLIER PARTS OF THE AGENDA. SO WE WILL TAKE THAT UP NEXT WEEK. GENERALLY FOR ME, FOR MEETINGS EXTERNAL AND SOFORTH OF INTEREST, THIS WEEK, NOTE TODAY I HAD AN INTERESTING MEETING WITH THE A.I. SAFETY PROETH, TALKING ABOUT A.I., LOTS TO THINK ABOUT. I DON'T THINK THE FEDERAL, STATE LOCAL LEVELS WE ARE REALLY DO DOING THAT. WHICH IS IN TURN A SAFETY ISSUE. MEETING WITH CPC, THE COMMUNITY T POLICE COMMISSION TOMORROW AND TOMORROW EVENING, MY STAFF WILL PARTICIPATE WITH THE SOUTH LAKE UNION COMMUNITY COUNCIL. WEDNESDAY, WE HAVE THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE THAT I PARTICIPATE IN WITH COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. ON THURSDAY, PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY MEETING WHICH I PLAN ON ATTENDING IN PERSON, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, AFTER MY DAUGHTER'S DENTIST APPOINTMENT, SO I WANT TO CAVEAT THAT A LITTLE BIT. NEXT WEEK, A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE, ENGAGING WITH THE FIFA WORLD CUP TEAM PARTICULARLY OF THE IMPACT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER WHICH IS A JEWEL OF THE CITY AND THEIR IGNITE LUNCHEON WHICH IS GOING TO BE HEADLINED BY OUR OWN MAYOR, MAYOR HARRELL. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, TOO, LAST WEEK I HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS. THAT KIND OF POINT T TO THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AND THE KIND OF ENGAGEMENT WE NEED TO DO. I WENT TO THE JEWISH FAMILIES SERVICES LUNCHEON. RABBI BURKWITS GAVE A FANTASTIC SPEECH, SPEAKING TO THE CHALLENGE OF LOOKING OUT IN THIS TIME OF IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE OR AT A TIME WHEN USDA HAS CUT DOWN DELIVERIES TO FOOD BANKS AND THE CHALLENGES THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH, DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED TO EVERYONE. IT IS THE BEST SPEECH I HAVE LISTENED TO REGARDING THE NEW ENVIRONMENT WE ARE IN. THURSDAY I MET WITH THE STATE'S DHSH OFFICE, MET WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES IN BELLTOWN REGARDING THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE SEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE STATE,PLERLY WITH THEIR LOCATION IN BELLTOWN TO COME TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY, ALSO ON FRIDAY MET WITH WHEEL, WOMEN'S SHELTER, AND THE CHALLENGES OF USING THE MARY'S PLACE DAY CENTER, STILL REVERBERATING. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES. AND YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS IS ENGAGING IN DIFFERENT WAYS. I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE UNION GOSPEL MISSION FOR MY TOUR OF SOME OF THE WORK THEY DO WHICH GAVE ME GREAT INSIGHT IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT -- FOR EXAMPLE THAT COLEY IS DOING IN TERMS OF GETTING INDIVIDUALS INTO HOUSING WHICH KIND OF GOES TO THE STATE BRIEFING, THE OIR BRIEFING WE GOT EARLIER. IT SHOWS WHAT A DIFFERENCE CAN BE MADE BY THE DIFFERENT GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER AND HAVING THE VARIOUS ANGLES COVERED BASED ON VARYING TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS DOING THEIR WORK IN THE AREA. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE ONE, TWO THREE, COMBINATION I HAD LAST WEEK AND IT WAS REALLY ENLIGHTENING AND I WANT TO THANK THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO WERE MEETING WITH ME. AND NOW, OVER TO -- BARRING ANY QUESTIONS -- COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ON TOMORROW'S FULL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE HOUSE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE. WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, I WILL BE BRINGING LEGISLATION TO THE COMMITTEE THAT PROPOSES A CHANGE TO THE ETHICS CODE. THIS LEGISLATION IS AT THE BEHEST OF THE DIRECTOR OF ETHICS AND ELECTION TO ADDRESS CONCERNS HE HAS IDENTIFIED WITH THE CURRENT CODE THAT EFFECTIVELY DE FACTODISENFRANCHISES VOTERS, LARLY DISTRICT VOTERS. THE INTENT IS FOR GREATER TRANSERRANCY AND SUNSHINE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION AND ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE RENT ALGORITHM ISSUE. I TOO SHARE THOSE FRUSTRATIONS AND HAD REACHED OUT TO CENTRAL STAFF TO BRING FORTH REGULATION TO PREVENT PRICE FIXING. HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THAT LEGISLATION. ALIST WEEK, I HAD A BRIEFING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ISSUE TO REVITALIZE THE AURORA CORRIDOR. SOME VERY EXCITING IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO REALLY BRING THAT STRETCH OF STATE HIGHWAY TO LIFE IN A WAY THAT CONTRIBUTES TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND POSITIVE ACTIVATION. MY CONCERN RELANES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A COORDINATED PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY. UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO PLACE. SO I SHARED THOSE COMMENTS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A COORDINATED AND WHOLISTIC APPROACH TO REVITALIZING THEIR CORRIDOR. ALONG THOSE LINES, I HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING IN DISTRICT REGARDING THE CHRONIC OPEN AIR DRUG USE AND OFTEN VIOLENT DISORDER OCCURRING ON 33rd AVENUE AND LAKE CITY. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT THIS COMMUNITY T HAS DEALT WITH FOR ALONG TIME. IT WAS CLEAR FROM THIS MEETING THAT THE CITY NEEDS A COORDINATED STRATEGY THAT INCLUDES NEIGHBORS, BUSINESS OWNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SBD, CARE AND UCD TO ENSURE THAT THE HEAVILY BURDENED 33rd AVENUE COMMUNITY OF MOSTLY IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, VETERANS, THOSE LIVING IN SPECTRUM PROVIDED HOISING AND OTHERS CAN FEEL SAFE IN THEIR RESIDENCES AND STREETS. I WILL BE WORKING TO FIND HOPEFULLY A SOLUTION TO THIS. I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE FEDERAL CUTS TO THE AMERCORPS PROGRAM HAS IMPACTED D5 PROVIDERS, THE HUNGER PREVENTION PROVIDER PROGRAM IS NOW NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR FOOD SERVICE PROVISION. THEY RUN AN IMPORTANT SENIOR MEAL PROVIDER PROGRAM. THE LITERACY SOURCE PROGRAM WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR PROGRAMMING. THEY WORK WITH IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEES TO HELP THEM LEARN ENGLISH TO STUDY FOR THEIR CITIZENSHIP EXAM SO THEY CAN BECOME CITIZENS AND ALSO TO LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE THE KIJTLE WORLD THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN. THEY WILL NOT BE IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE WHICH IS QUITE DISTRESSING. I REACHED OUT TO THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE AFFAIRS TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY POTENTIAL UNDERSPEND TO HELP WITH TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE IN THAT REGARD. LATER THIS WEEK, I'M SCHEDULED TO ATTEND WEST SEATTLE ART WALK. THAT WILL FEATURE WORK FROM LOCAL SURVIVORS OF COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXMRITATION. SATURDAY I WILL HAVE OFFICE HOURS AT THE LAKE SERVICE COMMUNITY CENTER. LAST WEEK DURING OFFICE HOURS, I WOULD NOTE THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE OPENLY SMOKING FENTANYL ON THE SERVICE STEPS JUST FEET AWAY FROM KIDS PLAYING AND BLOCKING PATHWAY FOR CONSTITUENTS TRYING TO NAVIGATE UP THE STEPS TO THEIR APPOINTMENT WITH ME. NOTE THIS IS JUST A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THE FUTURE LAKE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WILL BE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. JUST AGAIN MORE EVIDENCE OF THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING OPEN AIR DRUG USE AND CHRONIC DISORDER THAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AFFECTING REAL PEOPLE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE UTC AND CONTRACTED SERVICE PROVIDERS. WE TOOK BACK THE SERVICE OUT REACH CONTRACTS LAST YEAR. REKRATHED WITH D HRGS C AND OTHER GROUPS. THOSE RELATIONSHIPS APPEAR TO BE WORKING VERY WELL I WANTED TO SHOUTOUT TO THEM FOR THE AMAZING WORK THEY DO TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO HOUSING AND SERVICES AS WELL AS KEEPING NEIGHBORHOODS CLEAR OF TRASH AND NEEDLES AS WELL AS THEIR EFFORTS TO FIND WAYS TO BRING COMMUNITY SPACES INTO POSITIVE USE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE DOING IN DISTRICT 5. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. THE THE SUSTAINABILITY CITY LIGHT AND ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE MET LAST FRIDAY WHERE WE RECEIVED TWO PRESENTATIONS FROM THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT. THE FIRST ON FRESH BUCKS AND THE SECOND ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FUND. I LOCK FORWARD TO STRENGTHENING THE PROGRAMS AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE CHANGES TO SNAP AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRESH BUCKS TO STEP IN. WE ALSO CONFIRMED AN APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL WE HAVE CLOSED AND WE HAVE A FULLY SEATED SEATTLE LIGHT REVIEW PANEL WHICH IS EXCITING. FOLLOWING THE END OF THE MEETING, I HAD A CHANCE TO CONNECT TO THE GENERAL MANAGER DAWN LINDELL TO SEE HOW THEY ARE MAKING CHANGES FOLLOWING THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. LAST WEEK THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RELEASED ITS DISCRETIONARY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. I'M STILL WORKING MY WAY THROUGH THE BUT THE CULTS ARE JARRING. ANY CUT WILL NEED TO MAKE IT THROUGH A REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED CONGRESS TO BE ENACTED BUT THERE IS DIRE CAUSE FOR CERTAIN AT THE INITIAL PROPOSAL. AS CHAIR OF SUSTAINABILITY ARTS AND CULTURE, I WANT TO DAYLIGHT A FEW ITEMS THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION INCLUDING 12 MENTIONS OF CUTS HAPPENING TO PROGRAMS THAT ARE CONSIDERED WOKE. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE AREAS THAT WILL IMPACT THE COMMITTEES THEY CHAIR AS AN EXERCISE TO SEE WHAT MAY COME. SOME OF THE DRAMATIC CUTS INCLUDE A TOTAL ELIMINATION OF THE LOW INCOME HEATING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, KNOWN AS LIHEAP AND REPORTS THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STATES THE BUDGET PROPOSES TO END THIS PROGRAM AND TO INSTEAD SUPPORT LOW INCOME THROUGH ENERGY DOMINANCE, LOWER PRICES AND AN AMERICA FIRST ECONOMIC PLATFORM. BUT THERE ARE NO SPECIFICS ON HOW THEY PLAN TO DO THIS WHICH IS CONCERNING AS WE HEAD INTO WARM SUMMER MONTHS. THERE IS ALSO AN ELIMINATE OF $15.2 BILLION IN REMAINING BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW FUNDS THAT WERE INTENDED TO BE INVESTED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY AND VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION AND CHARGING STATIONS. THERE IS A $2.6 BILLION CUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STATES THAT THIS IS A NECESSARY STEP TO ELIMINATING GREEN NEW DEAL, CHIEMENT CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN TO CALLING THE GREEN NEW DEAL THE GREEN NEW SCAM. THERE IS A TOTAL ELIMINATION OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, AKA AMERCORPS AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. TWO OF MOY STAFF PREVIOUSLY SERVED WITH AMERCORPS AND THE CORPORATION OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND MUSEUM OF LIBRARY SCIENCES, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES, MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION AND MORE. COLLEAGUES, I INKRMG YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE. IT WAS ILLUMINATING FOR ME EAND DEEPLY CONCERNING WHEN WE THINK OF HOW THIS WILL IMPACT T THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. BUILDING ON THAT, THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY CHANGES IS MEETING FRIDAY MAY 16. WE WILL HEAR FROM A PANEL OF TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATIONS ON FEDERAL CHANGES AND HOW THEY ARE IMPACTING THEIR WORK, ESPECIALLY AS THEY PERTAIN TO UPCOMING PROJECTS. I WANT TO THANK OUR TRANSPORTATION CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR HIS PARTNERSHIP IN HELPING PUT TOGETHER THAT PANEL SO WE CAN TEE UP A POSITIVE DISCUSSION FOR THAT TOPIC. WE WILL BE VOTING ON A WELCOMING CITY RESOLUTION. THANK YOU TO MEMBERS WHO HAVE PROVIDED FEEDBACK AND ENGAGED WITH THE OFFICE OVER NT T TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS THE LAST LINE OF DEMOCRACY. AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE HOLDING. WE MUST DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PROTECT IT LOCALLY WHILE ALSO RESTORING TRUST IN THE PULIC, TRUST OF THE PUBLIC IN GOVERNMENT WHICH IS KURPT CURRENTLY AT AN ALL TIME LOW. I SHARE IN THE CONCERNS RAISED BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ABOUT THE PROPOSED ETHICS AND I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING. I WILL NAME ONE QUESTION TODAY AND THAT IS WHY NOW? SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING ON THE MATTER. I WILL BE ENGAGING CLOSELY. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> OKAY, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO THANK E SELECT FAMILIES EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY WHERE WE HEARD FROM THE EXECUTIVE VIA DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON AND DIRECTOR CHAPELLE, THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, EVERY CHILD READY LEVY RENEWAL PROPOSAL. TODAY THE CLERK'S OFFICE WILL BE PUBLISHING MY AMENDED LEGISLATION WHICH YOU CAN REVIEW AS YOU KNOW. YOU OR YOUR STAFF ARE WELCOME TO COME TO ME DIRECTLY AND ALSO OUR CENTRAL STAFF, JASMINE MORA AT ANY POINT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS. NEXT WEEK ON MONDAY 12 AT 5:00 P.M., WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RENEWAL PROPOSAL AT CITY HALL IN CHAMBERS. ON WEDNESDAY 15th, WE HAVE ANOTHER SELECT COMMITTEE WHERE CENTRAL STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING THE POLICY CONSIDERATION FOR THE PROPOSAL AND WE WILL HAVE A VERY TIGHT QUORUM. SO I HOPE YOU WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND SO WE CAN KEEP THE LEVY RENEWAL PROCESS ON TRACK. I WANT TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING TO ACCOMMODATE AND PRIORITIZE THE SELECT COMMITTEE TOWARDS THAT END. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OR AMOUNT OF TIME FOR WHICH WE NEED TO PUT THIS -- VOTE ON THIS SO IT CAN APPEAR IN THE BALLOT IN THE FALL. IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I MET WITH DIRECTOR MOHAMED FROM THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS TO DISCUSS THEIR SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE TERRIBLE ATTACKS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LIKE COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, I ASKED AND REQUESTED INFORMATION RELATED TO ANY UNDERSPEND FROM THE CITY'S BUDGET T THAT COULD GO TOWARDS HELPING WITH THE REPRESENTATION OF UNACCOMPANIED MINORS IN SEATTLE IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING THAT ORI PROVIDES UNDER THE CITY'S LEGAL DEFENSE FUND. LAST WEEK I HAD A REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING WITH CHIEF BARNES WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE RECENT ACTIVATION OR UPCOMING ACTIVATION OF MAGNUSON PARK BY THE PARK RANGERS AT SEATTLE PARKS TO DETER LARGE AFTER HOURS ACTIVITY AT THE PARK'S BOAT LAUNCH. MAGNUSON PARK HAS BECOME THE NEXT PARK THAT HAS EXPERIENCED SUCH ACTIVITY, SOME OF WHICH IS VERY DISTURBING THAT HAS INVOLVED GUNFIRE. THAT ACTIVATION WILL START MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND SPD HAS ALSO INCREASED PATROLS IN THE AREA BETWEEN NOW AND THE OFFICIAL ACTIVATION AS THEY ARE ABLE TO GIVEN THE STAFFING NUMBERS. I CONFIRM THAT WITH CAPTAIN DAVIDSON FROM THE NORTH PRECINCT WHO I MET WITH THIS MORNING. THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN ON THAT END TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE BEING RESPONSIVE TO ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY THAT IS HAPPENING AT MAGNUSON PARK AND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. I WILL SAY I KNOW THAT CAPTAIN DAVIDSON HAS ALSO PRIORITIZED AS THEY ARE ABLE PATROLLING THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT BUT THE NORTH END AND THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY THE NORTH PRECINCT. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING THE MONTHLY COUNCIL WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE NORTH PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING. THE NORTH PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING. WHICH WE ALWAYS MAKE A PRIORITY TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN. LASTLY, NEXT FRIDAY, MAY 16, I WILL BE ATTENDING MY FIRST MEETING AS A NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBER TO THE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES COMMITTEE, A COMMITTEE THAT HELPS DETERMINE THE ORGANIZATION'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR OLYMPIA'S NEXT LEGISLATIVE CYCLE. COLLEAGUES, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL PASS IT ALONG TO OUR COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. SO ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FRONT, OUR NEXT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:30 A.M., THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. FIRST AND FOREMOST, AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT CAMERA AUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION. SECOND, THE AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT BUDGET PROVIZO LIFT, SPECIFIC FOR NONSCHOOL ZONES. THIRD AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A BLOCK 52, ALLEY VACATION IN DISTRICT 7 TOWN HALL. EXCITING, FUN PACKED, IMPACTFUL AGENDA FOR TOMORROW MORNING. WE WILL SEE YOU THERE COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND. WITH RESPECT TO THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, FRIENDLY REMINDER COLLEAGUES, MORE SPECIFICALLY NONCITY WIDE DISTRICT BASED COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE GET YOUR PIGS IN FOR THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO SDOT OR MY OFFICE APOINLT PROCESS AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING. SO FAR WE HAVE CONFIRMED PICKS FROM DISTRICTS ONE, THREE, FIVE, PLUS ALL OF THE MODAL BOARDS, THE PEDESTRIAN FREIGHT BIKE TRANSIT ET CETERA. SO WE NEED TO INITIATE THIS PROCESS AND GET THE -- THE GOAL IS TO START THE CONSIDERATION OF AND REVIEW, GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL. THE GOAL IS TO FINALIZE AND TO GET THESE PEOPLE SEATED SO THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING IN THE SUMMER SOMETIME BECAUSE WE ARE FOUR AND A HALF, FIVE MONTHS NOW INTO A BRAND NEW VOTER APPROVED LEVY. I THINK BY SUMMERTIME IS WHEN THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO FRIENDLY REMINDER, I DON'T WANT TO AIR ANYONE OUT OR PUT ANYONE ON BLAST IN PARTICULAR BUT IS THIS ON, COLLEAGUES FROM DISTRICTS I DIDN'T NAME, TWO, FOUR, SIX, SEVEN, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PICKS AND HAPPY TO TALK OFF LINE AS WELL. VERY IMPORTANT STUFF. MOVING ON TO -- SO LATER NEXT WEEK, JUST FINALIZED A DATE FOR AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY TOWN HALL CONVERSATION ON COMMUNITY SAFETY FOR THE NORTH DEL RIDGE SNAKE HILL AND HIGH POINT COMMUNITIES. FINALIZED A DATE AND LOCATION. NEXT WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 IN MY DISTRICT, MORE INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW AND ONE OF MY NEWSLETTERS LATER THIS WEEK. WE HAVE SOME GREAT GUESTS LINED UP AND PANELISTS INCLUDING SPD CHIEF BARNES, THE MAYOR'S CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER ANDERSON AND SEATTLE CITY LIGHT CEO LINDELL AND OTHERS. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT FOLLOWS. RAMPANT INCIDENTS O OF GUN VIOLENCE ESCALATING, RISING, GUN SHOTS, SHOTS FIRED INCIDENTS, IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR. AS YOU KNOW, ME AND MY FAMILY HAPPENED TO BE PERSONALLY IMPACTED BY ALL OF THEM BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR. SO NOW IS THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT T SOME SOLUTIONS AND GATHER COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER CITY SOLUTIONS ARISE, WHATEVER ADDITIONAL CITY SOLUTIONS ARISE OUT OF THIS, I SENT A PROBUST COMPREHENSIVE NEWSLETTER UPDATE LAST WEEK THAT INCLUDED SOME ROBUST SET OF INITIAL STEPS BUT WHATEVER ARISES OUT OF THIS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS INFORMED BY COMMUNITY WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT AS WELL AS CELEBRITY SOLOMON APTLY NOTED TO KICK US OFF TODAY, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY FORUM, YES, NO, MAYBE SO. THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY FORUMS AND PUBLIC SAFETY TOWN HALLS THAT WE CAN DO THAT CAN HELP RESOLVE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES OF THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT SHOOT GUNS AT KIDS, TO NOT SHOOT GUNS AT PARKS NEXT TOPEOPLE'S HOMES, TO HAVE BULLETS LODGED IN CAR SEATS. YES, THE CITY NEEDS TO DO MORE. IN PARTICULAR, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IN PARTICULAR THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THE NEXT WEEK'S D1 COMMUNITY SAFETY TOWN HALL, THERE IS SOME UNFORTUNATE, IT IS ULTIMATELY, THEY ARE ULTIMATELY ATTRIBUTED TO TWO THINGS, SPD TELLS ME, GANG VIOLENCE ONE AND TWO SOME SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD ELETES, A TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY SO TO SPEAK FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE PRACTICE SHOTS. THESE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE ARE HISTORICAL LEVELS OF UNDERINVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITIES AROUND BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, LIGHTING, LACK OF SIDEWALKS THAT DON'T MAKE -- MAKE IT MORE EASY AND CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO DO THIS KIND OF THING. WE NEED TO DO MORE. THE CITY NEEDS TO DO MORE. THAT SAID, INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS THE SOLUTIONS. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT. ONTO STREET LIGHTS. SO AT LAST WEEK'S COUNCIL BRIEFING, I HAD AN EXCUSED ABSENCE BUT I KNOW THERE WAS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AROUND AND CREDIT TAKEN FOR SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT CITY LIGHT HAS DONE TO REPAIR SOME DOWNED STREET LIGHTS IN MY DISTRICT AND HIGHLAND PARK IN PARTICULAR WHICH IS TERRIFIC. COLLEAGUES I DO APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION AND SHARED COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING SAFETY IN HIGH POINT INCLUDING IN BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED INVESTMENTS. AND CREDIT IN MY VIEW IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A FINIGHT RESOURCE. IT IS AN UNCAPPED RESOURCE THAT WE CAN ALL SHARE AND CELEBRATE. SO I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ACTIVELY WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT ON THE ISSUE SINCE AT LEAST LATE FEBRUARY, FOLLOWING ANOTHER TRAGIC SHOOTING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH RESPECT TO THE STREET LIGHT ISSUE. SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR OFFICES. BUT AS THIS SPECIFIC COMMUNITY'S DIRECT REPRESENTATIVE, OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN LEADING THE PUSH TO RESTORE LIGHTING AND APPROVE SAFETY IN THIS AREA. I HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING TOURS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND THEN WHEN THREE OTHER COUNCILMEMBER OFFICES GET INVOLVED, THAT REALLY HELPS LIGHT THE FIRE AND MOTIVATE PEOPLE. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE CAN ALL WIN IN THIS AND CELEBRATE THOSE UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENTS. MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE WILL CONTINUE. MY OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE. SPECIAL SHOUTOUT ON THE ISSUE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR LAST WEEK IN MY ABSENCE CLARIFYING MY OFFICE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THAT. THANK YOU TO, LET ME NAME NAMES TOO. I'M NOT HERE TO SILENCE ANYONE OR CONVENIENTLY OMIT IMPACTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS OF EVERYONE. LET ME NAME NAMES. ERIC SCHMITT FROM MY OFFICE, IAN GRIZ WLD, PLENTY OF OTHERS I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS OUR SHARED SUCCESS, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND FINALLY, QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THE FEDERAL SELECT COMMITTEE PANEL. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THAT. I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO BE A THOUGHT PARTNER IN FORMULATING THE EXACT PANEL BUT YOU AND I HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR AROUND WHAT THE LIKE THE IDEA, GENERATION, WHITEBOARDING AROUND WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE CHALLENGE THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP INFORMED SOME OF THE SELECTION USED TO WORK WITH COMMUNITIES TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST PANEL COMPOSITION BUT IN ANY EVENT, THE BROADER POINT WAS ON THE PARTNERSHIP ON THIS IN WHICH I WOULD WHOLE HEARTEDLY AGREE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP AS WELL. COLLEAGUES, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I WELCOMEBY QUESTIONS. AND IF NOT, I'M THE LAST ONE AND I WILL PASS IT TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE LEVY. ARE THOSE APPOINTMENTS LIKELY TO BE COMPETITIVE? ARE THERE LIKELY TO BE MORE THAN ONE -- SEVERAL PEOPLE PUT FORWARD FOR ONE POSITION? >> FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, DO YOU MEAN THE MODAL ADVISORY BOARD SELECTIONS? I THINK THERE ARE 18 OFFHAND INDIVIDUALS. >> BY DISTRICT. I DON'T HAVE A DISTRICT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF I SHOULD PUT FORWARD NAMES IF I HAD A NAME -- GO AHEAD. >> YEAH. WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR OFFICES THAT HAVE MADE SELECTIONS. I WILL SPEAK FOR MY OFFICE, VERY COMPETITIVE. WE INTERVIEWED SEVERAL PEOPLE AND FIGURED OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST NEEDS FOR OUR DISTRICT. BUT I KNOW -- YEAH, I THINK THEY WERE FAIRLY COMPETITIVE BUT FOR CLARITY, THEY ARE BATHAT'S WHAT. >> AWESOME. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT I HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FROM MY EARLIER REPORT, WOULDIA LIKE ME TO DO THAT NOW OR AFTER YOU GO? >> GO AHEAD. >> COLLEAGUES, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEAR, THE CHANGES I MADE TO THE LEVY RENEWAL ARE FOR MINOR GRAMMATICAL CHANGES. I DID NOT MAKE CHANGE TO SEE THE INVESTMENT. I WANTED TO MAKE THIS YEAR AS THE LEGISLATION AN AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. AS YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED THE LEGISLATION AND THE INVESTMENTS AND I MADE SURE THAT YOUR INTERESTS WERE REPRESENTED AS THE EXECUTIVE WAS PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND IT WAS VERY COLLABORATIVE. I DID NOT MAKE XAE ANY CHANGES TO THE INVESTMENT PIECE AND I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE CONCERNED THAT WAS THE CASE BUT ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, PLEASE DO REACH OUT WITH QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK TO BOTH MYSELF AND JASMINE MARA. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME CLARIFY. >> BEFORE GETTING INTO MY REGULAR COMMENTS I HAVE PREPARED, I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON FOR VOICING YOUR OUTRAGE AND DISMAY ON WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE FRIDAY -- NO THURSDAY IN BER SHEBA AND THEN SUBSEQUENT COMMENTS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE. WHEN THAT HAPPENED ON THURSDAY, I RECEIVED WORD SHORTLY THEREAFTER. WHAT POPPED THROUGH MY MIND WAS WHAT IS THE RESPONSE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OR THE WORK OF OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE HOW MUCH, WHAT ARE THE IMMEDIATE STEPS TAKEN WHEN GUN VIOLENCE HAPPENS TO PREVENT RETRIBUTION OR PERPETUATION OF THE EVENT. I OFTEN WRITE TO HSD AFTERWARDS AND SAY WHAT IS HAPPENING. BUT AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR BRINGING UP WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR DISTRICT. I WILL JOIN YOU AT THE TOWN HALL. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION. I WILL ATTEND THE SOUTHWEST PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL WHERE I WILL BE JOINED BY C.A.O. DAVIDSON AND SOUTHWEST PRECINCT COMMANDER STAFF FOR A PANEL DISCUSSION REGARDING GUN VIOLENCE AND SAFETY IN GENERAL IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IT JUST SEEMS THAT THIS IS COMING UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I DO WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE DID JUST HAVE AN AUDIT T ON GUN VIOLENCE AND WHAT MORE THE CITY COULD BE OR SHOULD BE DOING TO REDUCE AND PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE. THESE ARE STEPS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT AUDIT. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE PRECISE DATE IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE BUT THESE ARE RESOURCES THAT DON'T COST THE CITY ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY ARE PROVIDED BY OUR PARTNERS AT THE DOJ, DEA, ET CETERA. SO AGAIN, I WILL STATE THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE A PRIORITY FOR ME TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND AGAIN, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE TOWN HALLS OR AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT, THERE ARE NOT ONE IN INCUMBENT UPON US IT TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING I WOULD SAY BECAUSE LIFE IS WORTH T IT SHALL WE SAY. ANYWAY, MOVING ON. THE GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETS THIS THURSDAY AT 2:00. THERE ARE FIVE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. TWO MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE FILM CHIGZ AND ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE FILM COMMISSION. AND A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON RESOLUTION 32170 WHICH GRANTS CONSPTIAL APPROVAL TO INSTALL AND OPERATE MEDIA KIOSKS IN THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. I WILL SAY THIS IN ENGLISH. THIS LEGISLATION IS FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING. I WOULD BRIEFED ON THESE KIOSKS, OFFICIALLY BRIEFED ALTHOUGH WE HAD PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS THE FIRST MONTH I TOOK OFFICE BUT MY FIRST MEETING WAS ON APRIL 12, 2022, I WAS BRIEFED ON THIS INITIATIVE. AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STAKE HOLDERS FOR THE BETTER PART OF THREE YEARS. THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR MY OFFICE AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE THIS IN MY COMMITTEE. WHY AM I SO SUPPORTIVE? I'M SO SUPPORTIVE PRIMARILY FOR THREE REASONS. AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAIR, THIS SUPPORTS LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES. THESE WILL BE AND THERE WILL BE ONE INSTALLED IN CITY HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR ON THE FIRST LEVEL LATER THIS WEEK I BELIEVE IT IS TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. I THINK IT IS WEDNESDAY. THIS SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESSES. USERS WILL BE ABLE TO WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE MIDAREA AT FIRST IN PHASE ONE, AND IDENTIFY OR ASK ABOUT WHERE THEY SHOULD SHOP, EAT, PLAY, ET CETERA. OR JUST REGULAR RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO INPUT A QUESTION OR A RESOURCE THAT THEY WANT AND BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION IN -- IN THE MOMENT. SO IT SUPPORTS OUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT T SMALL BUSINESSES. THERE IS ALSO A PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE PROGRAMMING. THERE WILL BE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS TRANSIT SCHEDULES, LIBRARY HOURS, THERE WILL ALSO BE EMERGENCY INFORMATION. IF THERE IS ANY KIND OF, WELL, AN EARTHQUAKE FOR EXAMPLE. THERE WILL BE EMERGENCY INFORMATION AVAILABLE VERY -- TO THE PUBLIC ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION WILL BE MULTILINGUAL. THERE IS A STRONG PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE KIOSKS. FINALLY, THESE KIOSKS WOULD GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA WHO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS TRASH PICKUP, GRAFFITI REMOVAL, ADDITIONAL SECURITY THAT BENEFIT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST THE BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS WHO PAY FOR THE ASSESSMENT. INSERT HERE MY USER BOILER PLATE LANGUAGE IN SUPPORT OF OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS AND THE VITAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN OUR CITY. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE DISCUSSION. THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WILL OUTLINE THE CONCEPT AND THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT WHICH IS MANY -- I THINK IT IS 300 PAGES LONG AND COMES ALONG WITH THE RESOLUTION. SO THAT PRESENTS THE CONCEPT AND THEN THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION THAT CONTAINS THE TERM SHEET WILL BE COMING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THAT. IT IS EXCITING FOR ME TO SEE THIS COMING TO FRUITION. I INVITE ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED TO CHECK OUT THE KIOSK THAT WILL BE IN THE LOBBY DOWN STAIRS. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE GOT A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON COUNCILMEMBER MOORE'S COUNCIL BILL 120 # 78 REGARDING THE CODE OF ETHICS. THAT'S THE COMMITTEE MEETING COMING UP. LOOKING BACK OVER LAST WEEK, ON THURSDAY, MAY DAY, I JOINED THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS AT THE CHINESE INFORMATION AND SERVICE CENTER FOR THEIR ANNUAL OUT REACH EVENT TO REACH OUT TO BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE EDUCATED ABOUT SEATTLE'S LABOR STANDARDS, RULES, PROCEDURES. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE TODAY AS WE WATCH TRUMP GUOUR NATIONAL LABOR PROTECTION AND WORKERS RIGHTS WHILE THROWING BUSINESSES INTO A TAIL SPIN THROUGH TARIFFS AND UNPREDICTABILITY, IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO SUPPORT BOTH OUR WORKERS AND OUR EMPLOYERS HERE IN THE CITY. PROACTIVE OUT REACH LIKE THIS EVENT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR BUSINESSES WHERE ENGLISH MAY NOT BE THE FIRST LANGUAGE SPOKEN. THIS HELPS SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS AND ENSURES THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO DO RIGHT BY THEIR WORKERS. LET'S NOT FORGET THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JOBS AND ANTIDISPLACEMENT EFFORTS IN OUR CITY. THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT, GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE COMING FORWARD AND GOING OUT, SPREADING OUT THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WILL ECHO THE POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK STATED ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I CONSISTENTLY THINK AS TRUMP A BASHING WEST COAST BLUE CITIES AND MAKING FUN OF WHATEVER STRUGGLES THEY HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS OR SO, I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST -- NOT THE BEST BUT A VERY GOOD FORM OF RESISTANCE TO THAT KIND OF ATTACK IS A VERY WELL FUNCTIONING AND VIBRANT CITY THAT WE HAVE GOT IN SEATTLE AND WE NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES THAT THERE ARE SOME POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING HERE. THIS WEEK MY STAFF WILL BE SPEAKING -- ATTENDING SEATTLE PFTS ANNUAL MEETING. I CAN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE IT IS DURING MY COMMITTEE BUT IT IS HELD DURING THE NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK . THE EVENT WILL HIGHLIGHT VISIT SEATTLE'S 2024 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND REVEAL THE LATEST VISITATION DATA AND OUTLINE KEY PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES PLANNED FOR 2025. GIVEN THAT IT IS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE STAFF AT VISIT SEATTLE, CONVENTION CENTER AND EVERYTHING THEY DO TO MAKE SEATTLE WELCOMING, CLONE, BEAUTIFUL AND FUN CITY FOR TOURISM, GUESTS, AND FOLKS AT HOME AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, HELPING TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN THE JOBS WHILE PUMPING DOLLARS INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT A WELL FUNCTIONING CITY AND HAVING THE REVENUE TO PROVIDE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ALL DEEM IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO SEATTLE VALUES, NOT JUST WHEN IT COMES TO DELIVERING BASIC SERVICES BUT PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR CITY. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. LET'S SEE. I WILL HOLD OFF ON SOME OF THE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON AND JUST ASK IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING? OKAY. AND LET'S SEE IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT, HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. IT IS 3:40. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.