Normalized plain-text transcript derived directly from the source .srt.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE: COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE . COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON . SIX PRESENT: SIX PRESENT. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE MINUTES OF JULY SEVEN, 2025, WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. PRESIDENTS REPORT TODAY. I WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE THEY CAN SEE FILLING PROCESS. WE RECEIVED A 22 APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTEE WILL ON FRIDAY. ALSO PUBLISHED ON THE CLERK'S WEBSITE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WE ARE NOW ON DAY SEVEN OF THE 20 DAY TIMELINE. THIS PROCESS WILL REPLICATE WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR THE TWO OTHER VACANCY BILLING PROCESSES. TOMORROW AFTER FULL COUNSEL, THERE WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR US TO DISCUSS THE VACANCY . WEWILL THEN HAVE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AT 9:30 THIS THURSDAY , THE 17TH, TO IDENTIFY FINALISTS. THERE WERE TWO COMMITTEE GROUPS THAT APPLIED TO HOST THE CANDIDATE FORUM WHICH IS PART OF THE -- BY LAW, WE DO THAT. ONE PROPOSED A ZOOM MEETING AND THE OTHER PROPOSED A MEETING IN DISTRICT 5. I SELECTED THEM TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL AND CONSISTENCY WITH PASSED PRACTICE. THE CANDIDATE FORUM IS SCHEDULED FOR 7:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, JULY 21st. THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THE NORTH SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND OF COURSE IT WILL BE BROADCAST BY THE SEATTLE CHANNEL ONLINE AND OVER THE YEAR . AND THEN, THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, THE 22nd, WILL BEGIN ONE HOUR EARLIER THAN NORMAL AT 1:00 P.M. TO PROVIDE EXTRA TIME FOR US TO PUBLICLY INTERVIEW THE FINALISTS PRIOR TO THE NORMAL COUNSEL BUSINESS . AND FINALLY, WE WILL HAVE THE VOTE TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO THE VACANCY IN TWO WEEKS ON MONDAY, JULY 28TH. AND THAT WILL BE DAY 20, I BELIEVE. THIS WILL BE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING INSTEAD OF THE COUNCIL WE THING ON THAT DAY . AND THEN THE RULES MAINTAINED THAT IF NO CANDIDATE IS SELECTED TO FILL THE VACANCY ON THAT DAY, OUR APPOINTMENT WILL STIPULATE THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO MEET EVERY DAY UNTIL SOMEONE IS SELECTED. THAT IS THE PROCESS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE TWO GROUPS THAT APPLIED AND ONE WAS SELECTED. YES IT. WHO WAS THE GROUP SELECTED? THE GROUP SELECTED WAS: THE GROUP SELECTED WAS UNIFIED OUTREACH. SOUNDS GOOD: SOUNDS GOOD . ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE WHO THE: ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE WHO THE ZOOM GROUP WAS? IT WAS A GROUP OF CITY: IT WAS A GROUP OF CITY COMMISSIONS. I REMEMBER THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE OTHERS. THERE WAS A HANDFUL OF COMMISSIONS. THANKS. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE AND PERSON OVER ZOOM EVERY DAY. INDEED: INDEED. THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS: THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS FOR SIGNATURE TODAY SO WE WILL GO RIGHT INTO BLUE SKY. THIS WEEK'S ROLL CALL ROTATION BEGINS WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. PLEASE BEGIN AND THEN HANDED OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. OKAY. [ INAUDIBLE ] YOUR MICROPHONE IS NOT ON: YOUR MICROPHONE IS NOT ON . GO AHEAD . I HAD TO DO THE ALPHABET AND MY HEAD TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS GOING IN THE RIGHT ORDER. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCIL: THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AS USUAL, STARTING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. WE DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THIS WEEK. THE SLOTIS TRANSPORTATION . NEXT WEEK, THE FOCUS WILL BE ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND DISCUSSIONS. AND PARTLY COMING OUT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ARE TWO BILLS THAT WILL BE BEFORE FULL COUNSEL MEETING TOMORROW. ONE IS THE GRAFFITI BILL , GRAFFITI ABATEMENT. AND THEN CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTIES BILL. AND BOTH SEEN IN COMMITTEE AND OUT COMING TO FULL COUNSEL. WE DO HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS ON EACH BILL . I WILL LET MY COLLEAGUES SPEAK TO THOSE IF THEY LIKE. I DO BASICALLY HAVE ONE TECHNICAL FIX , PARTICULARLY WITH CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTY. AND SIMILARLY WITH THE GRAFFITI BILL TOO IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THUS FAR IS ALSO CAPTURED IN THE PROCESS. RELATED TO GRAFFITI DOCUMENTING AND ACCOUNTING FOR RECENT GRAFFITI ACTIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. FOR THOSE TWO. AND WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL STAFF PRESENT TO ASSIST IF NEEDED. TERMS OF SCHEDULES. THIS WEEK, TODAY, I SHOULD NOTE THAT I HAD AN INTERVIEW FOR THE OPA RECTOR. OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT IS THE THIRD I HAVE MET WITH. THAT PROCESS IS ONGOING AS YOU KNOW. WE HAVE AN INTERIM DIRECTOR WITH MISSES GLENN . AND SO NOW , THE PROCESS IS UNFOLDING . IN TERMS OF APPOINTING A FULL-TIME DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. TOMORROW, IT IS BASICALLY THE , IF YOU WILL, A GRAND OPENING, PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER. THAT IS HAPPENING AT 11:00 . WE INFORMED COUNCILMEMBER CHAIR SAKA THAT HIS TEAM, I WOULD EXCUSE MYSELF FROM COMMITTEE A LITTLE BIT EARLY TO RUN ACROSS THE STREET TO THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS FOR THAT PRESS CONFERENCE RELATED TO THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER. SPEAKING OF THE SPD, I WILL BE GOING TO THE NORTH PRECINCT ON WEDNESDAY . AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF MY GOING OUT AND ABOUT TO ALL PRECINCTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THURSDAY, KING COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH WITH MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES AROUND THE KING COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH. FRIDAY, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT , AND THIS HAS COME UP IN DIFFERENT WAYS. IT CAME UP IN A DISCUSSION REGARDING, DURING GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ECONOMIC ELEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING WORKING WITH THE KING COUNTY COUNTERPART. I HAVE A MEETING WITH MY COUNTERPART . BOTH IN TERMS OF AREA OF COVERAGE BUT ALSO AS MY SISTER COMMITTEE AND THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER PERRONE AND TEAM WILL BE MEETING ON FRIDAY TO TALK THE VARIOUS ISSUES RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECT AND BACK TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING . SOME OF THOSE PIECES AS IT GOES TO THE BUDGET. FOR NEXT WEEK, IT WILL BE CREATING A SAFER SEATTLE COMMUNITY FORUM ON MONDAY. THIS IS CHIEF BARNES. AND THAT WILL BE AT THE QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY CENTER. I WILL BE AT THE BIRDS CONNECT SEATTLE RIBBON-CUTTING. THEY HAVE A NEW HEADQUARTERS ON OLIVE WAY ON WEDNESDAY. SO BURGERS OUT THERE. BIRDS CONNECT SEATTLE. IN THE PUGET SOUND COUNCIL EXECUTIVE BOARD IS THURSDAY. THAT IS NEXT WEEK. SEPARATELY, I WANTED TO KNOW THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL COMING . THE FULL GROUP COMING TO THE SAM SMITH TO TALK TO ISSUES RELATED TO DOWNTOWN. NOT BELLTOWN. NOT SELF TAKE -- SOUTHLAKE LENIENT -- NOT SOUTHLAKE UNION. NOT FIRE SQUARE. BUT THE AREA BETWEEN ALL OF THEM. THE DISTINCT DOWNTOWN. ALSO, I HAD A MEETING WITH THE FIRST AVENUE TRANSIT ALLIANCE TALKING ABOUT BUS SERVICE AND THE NEED FOR IT AND IDEAS ABOUT IT . AND THE GROUP HAS REACHED OUT TO MANY OF YOU. MY COLLEAGUES. ALSO ON THE COUNTY SIDE. KING COUNTY METRO ENGAGING COME REGARDING FIRST AVENUE BUS SERVICE. AND I DID HAVE IT ON MY LIST. SOMEBODY STUDIED IN FRANCE AND I WANTED TO WISH A HAPPY BEST DEAL DAY TO ALL OF OUR FRENCH CONNECTED RESIDENTS AND/OR FRANCOPHONES . HAPPY BEST DEAL DAY. THANK YOU . CORRECT: CORRECT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. COLLEAGUES, I'M BACK FROM CHICAGO. FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW, I HAVE BEEN IN CHICAGO THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE LOCAL PROGRESS NATIONAL CONVENING . JUST AN INCREDIBLE EVENT BEING ALONGSIDE REPRESENTING 38 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY . TALKING THROUGH THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FEEL EVERY DAY . AND IT IS A GOOD REMINDER THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THESE CHALLENGES . SO MANY CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FACING STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICITS AND DEALING WITH THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE BIG BETRAYAL BILL AND ALL THE RESIDENTS AND COPING WITH THIS NASTY DEPORTATION AGENDA WHICH IS FUELING CRUELTY ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS MEETING AND CONNECTING WITH CITY LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES. ALSO A CAUCUS ON LEGISLATION. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM NINE OTHER CITIES WHO ALSO HAVE PASSED ALGORITHMIC RENT FIXING AND COMPARING NOTES AND VERY HOW CERTAIN CITIES TACKLE THAT ISSUE AND ATTENDING WORKSHOPS RELATED TO IMMIGRATION AND HOUSING AND DISPLACEMENT , WORLD CUP AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. IT WAS REALLY AN INCREDIBLE PASSED COUPLE OF DAYS. WE GOT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM MR. CHICAGO HIMSELF GIVING AN INCREDIBLE SPEECH. EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD AND CHAT WITH YOU ALL ABOUT SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THIS EVENT. AND I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK AND CONTINUE THE WORK AND ALSO, I WILL CLOSE ON THIS NOTE BY SAYING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE MORE WE CAN FIND WAYS TO WORK WITH OTHER CITIES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITIES FACING MANY OF THE SAME CHALLENGES WE ARE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PATH FORWARD. ON THAT NOTE, GOING TO SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY AT THE UPCOMING WEDNESDAY SELECT BUDGET MEETING, WE WILL BE CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION ON THE SEATTLE SHIELD INITIATIVE AND BNO TAX REBALANCING PROPOSAL THAT BEGAN AT THE JULY 2nd FINANCE COMMITTEE. THIS WILL BE A BIT OF THE REPRISE OF THAT SECTION WITH AN ADDED BONUS THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE BODY WILL BE ABLE TO GET THIS INFORMATION BRIEFING AT THE SAME TIME . AS A REMINDER, THE PROPOSAL WOULD RAISE THE BNO TAX SOCIAL EXEMPTION FROM $100,000, TO $2 MILLION IN GROSS RECEIPTS AND CREATE A NEW BNO REDUCTION OF UP TO $2 MILLION. ABOUT EVAN D6% OF CURRENT BNO TAXPAYERS AND SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE BUSINESSES WOULD NO LONGER OWE TEXT TO THE CITY AND 90% OF BUSINESSES WOULD OWE LESS THAN THEY DO TODAY. AND BNO TAX RELIEF HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY SMALL BUSINESS LEADERS TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMY AND MAKE THE CITY MORE COMPETITIVE WITH NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS AND HELP MORE JURISDICTIONS THRIVE. WE CRAFTED THE LEGISLATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH THREE SIMPLE GOALS IN MIND. CRITICAL CITY INVESTMENTS FROM CUTS AND A CHALLENGING BUDGET ENVIRONMENT, SHIELD SMALL BUSINESSES FROM THE IMPACT OF RISING COST AND SHIELD OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE MASSIVE CUTS OF FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE ALL KNOW ARE COMING. MY OFFICE HAS CONTINUED OUTREACH TO SMALL BUSINESSES AROUND SEATTLE AND THE RECEPTION CONTINUES TO BE REALLY STRONG IN FAVOR. BOTH IN TERMS OF TAX RELIEF BUT FOR PROTECTING HUMAN SERVICES AND SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION AND ENSURING THAT SEATTLE VOTERS GET TO WEIGH AND ON THIS. MOVING TO LAND USE COMMITTEE: MOVING TO LAND USE COMMITTEE. TWO BILLS COMING FORWARD. WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON'S PARTNERSHIP COSPONSORING THE LEGISLATION AND INCENTIVIZING COMMUNITY AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PICK LASTLY, I WILL TOUCH ON THE SELECT COMMITTEE FOR FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY CHANGES ON FRIDAY. WE WILL BE RECEIVING A BRIEFING FROM THE OFFICE OF EVER -- INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ON TRUMP'S BIG BETRAYAL BILL AND WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND ON WASHINGTON STATE. WE WILL HAVE A PANEL OF HUMAN SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS INCLUDING THE SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES COALITION, THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD BANK AND THE COALITION ENDING SILENCE WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE LOCAL CONTEXT AS TO WHAT FEDERAL MEDICAID AND SNAP CUTS COULD LOOK LIKE . WITH THAT, JUST IN TIME, TO -- MY. QUICK QUESTION. I'M INTERESTED IN THE EVENT IN CHICAGO. YOU MENTIONED SURVEILLANCE. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE VOTED MANY TIMES IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS WITH REALTIME CRIME CENTER AND CC-TV AND THE VARIOUS BILLS WE HAVE DONE KEEPING WITH THE SEATTLE VALUES AND THE LIKE AND AND AND COMMENDATION WITH THE OTHER BILLS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN. I'M JUST CURIOUS, A, IF THERE IS ANY INTEREST IN WHAT SEATTLE IS DOING. I MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO ANY OF THEM. WE DO HAVE A PLAN. WE ARE PUTTING IT FORWARD. IT IS A DYNAMIC PLAN . AND IT ALSO IS NOT KEEPING WITH SEATTLE'S VALUES AS FAR AS WORKING WITH ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS . I THINK IT IS A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND IF THERE WAS ANY INTEREST IN CHICAGO, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH ANY OF THOSE FOLKS . CERTAINLY. THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN UP THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY. WE DIDN'T CAUCUS ON THIS. WE DID HAVE WORKSHOP SESSIONS JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES THAT CAN COME UP WITH THE USE OF THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY THAT I KNOW HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. I WILL BE SURE TO SHARE THOSE MATERIALS AND I WOULD LOVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE MAY BE DEPLOYING THIS IN A WAY THAT SUPPORTS -- AS YOU ARE SAYING, REALLY LIVES UP TO SEATTLE VALUES. AND THROUGH SOME GREAT: AND THROUGH SOME GREAT AMENDMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. OKAY, COLLEAGUES. APOLOGIES FOR SHOWING UP LATE. I WAS MEETING WITH THE CONSTITUENT IN THE DISTRICT WHO WAS A LITTLE BIT UPSET ABOUT MAGNUSON PARK AND SOME OF THE NOISE ISSUES THERE. AND THIS MORNING, I DID SMALL BUSINESS PUBLIC SAFETY LOCK, THIS TIME IN THE ROOSEVELT NEIGHBORHOOD. HEARING ABOUT A LOT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES THAT THE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE HAVING . THEY ARE HAVING BREAK-INS AND A LOT OF GRAFFITI THAT IS HAPPENING AND ALSO, THERE ARE FOLKS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE SOMETIMES ENTERING SMALL BUSINESSES. OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO RESPOND TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE GETTING THE SERVICES THEY NEED AND BE RESPONSIVE TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AND I WOULD SAY THAT I HEARD FROM ONE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHO , WAS THAT ROOSEVELT, WHO -- WHERE PARKING -- SDOT HAD TAKEN OUT SOME PARKING BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING SOME BIKE LANES AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORK BUT IT HAS TRANSLATED INTO 50% WALK IN BUSINESS DECREASE FOR THAT SMALL BUSINESS. SO JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE SERIOUS ISSUES SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITIES ARE FACING. THAT IS A BIG HIT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER REVENUE. AND SO AS PART OF THE SMALL BUSINESS PUBLIC SAFETY WALK, I BRING A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER TO DO THESE WALKS. 70 WAS THERE FROM SDOT SO THEY COULD HEAR FIRSTHAND AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER ABOUT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MITIGATE FOR THE LACK OF PARKING AND THE IMPACT -- THE HUGE IMPACT TO THE BUSINESS AND THERE WERE SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS HAD ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP IN TERMS OF EVEN DELIVERY SERVICES THERE AND IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN DO SOME BY PARKING, FOOD DELIVERY SIGNS FOLKS ARE ORDERING OUT AND HE IS ABLE TO DO THE FOOD DELIVERY PART. THAT CAN BE HELPED ALONG SINCE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING CURRENTLY ABOUT THE PARKING. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE FACING. NOT JUST OBVIOUSLY IN OUR DISTRICT BUT ACROSS THE CITY. AND THIS IS REAL. AND I HAD FOLKS FROM -- OBVIOUSLY, SPD WAS THERE AND CHIEF SCOGGINS WAS THERE WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME [ INAUDIBLE ] IN THE DISTRICT AND WHETHER THEY WERE IN A CONDITION. WE DON'T WANT TO ATTRACT FOLKS THERE. IS IT SAFEGUARDED? BECAUSE HE HAVE FIRE WORRIED -- FIRE WORRIES. IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE CHIEF SCOGGINS THERE AND I APPRECIATE HIS PARTNERSHIP AND CHIEF BARNES PARTNERSHIP AND WE HAVE THE CLEAN CITIES FOLKS THERE TOO. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THERE IS A LOT OF GRAFFITI. A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS DON'T KNOW SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES HAS A TEAM WHERE IF THEY CAN SIGN A WAIVER, THE SPU TEAM CAN COME OUT AND HELP WITH CLEANUP OF THE GRAFFITI. SO THINGS OF THAT NATURE. JUST MORE TOUCH POINTS SO SMALL BUSINESSES NO THESE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THEY DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THAT. TO ME , FOR THE DISTRICT, IT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT. THE RESIDENTS ARE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES AND AM CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND SPD BRINGING ATTENTION TO AND THEN SMALL BUSINESSES ALSO HAVE SOME PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES WE ARE BRINGING ATTENTION TO AND SEEING WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE SERVICES . IT WAS A REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION THIS MORNING. GREAT CONVERSATION. NOT SO GREAT THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THESE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE CITY. THAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING. LAST WEEK, WE TOOK A WALK WITH RESIDENTS AT THE BRIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. I HAD OPDC JOINED ME ON THE WALK TO TALK ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER THERE. I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR OP CD TO BE THERE. BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT EXPLAINED TO THE CONSTITUENTS THERE HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER CAME TO BE DESIGNATED. THERE IS LIKE ONE GROCERY STORE THERE AND A FIRE STATION. IT IS A VERY SMALL AREA. AND CONSTITUENTS FELT CONFUSED ABOUT HOW THAT DETERMINATION CAME TO BE. SO IT WAS GOOD FOR WIND SIX TO BE THERE. AND YOU HEARD ME SAY IN THE PAST THAT OPCD DO YOU -- NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF DOING THE COMMITTEE OUTREACH AS THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE TWO. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ARE DOING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT IS A HEAVY LIFT. I FOR ONE AM GRATEFUL TO YOU AND FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. NOT JUST THE ONES YOU REPRESENT IN YOUR DISTRICT. AND THERE IS A PHASE 2 THAT OPCD WILL BE IN CONCERT WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SENDING US ZONING LEGISLATION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE LISTENING TO CONSTITUENTS AS THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. BECAUSE I'M FEELING A LITTLE BIT SOMETIMES LIKE THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD AROUND CONSTITUENTS INSTEAD OF, YOU REALLY NEED TO MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS AND REALLY HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND DO. NOT JUST LISTEN BUT DO. ALL OF THAT IS IMPORTANT. IN TERMS OF COMPROMISE, WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED WORKING TOGETHER, TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE CONCERNS AND NOT TALK PAST CONSTITUENTS. WE ARE HERE TO SERVE CONSTITUENTS. NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. SO THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND THAT IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD AND I WILL BE CONTINUING TO TALK WITH FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT. TODAY AFTER THE PUBLIC SAFETY WALK, I HAD THE MONTHLY MEETING WITH CHIEF BARNES. NOW HE IS OFFICIAL. SADLY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO TO THE SWEARING IN LAST WEEK. I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE IT WAS INCOMING COMMUNITY . THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND TOMORROW, I WILL BE ALSO SEEING, LUCKILY, CHIEF BARNES AGAIN AND SPD BECAUSE THEY WILL BE HAVING A SERIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY MEETINGS ACROSS THE CITY AND OUR DISTRICT HAS THEIRS TOMORROW. I WILL BE JOINING THEM THERE AT THE MAGNUSON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 6:00 UNTIL 7:30. AND HEAR FROM THE CHIEF ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON COMMUNITY POLICING. ONE THING I REALLY AM SUPER APPRECIATIVE OF -- AND I TALKED TO CHIEF BARNES ABOUT THIS, IT IS HIS APPROACH TO COMMUNITY POLICING. THAT REALLY MEANS WORKING WITH DOING THE OUTREACH AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HEAR THEM AND TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO SOLVE SOME OF THESE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES THAT HAVE REALLY TAKEN HOLD IN THE CITY. AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE NEED TO, AS I SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO, LISTEN TO COMMUNITIES AS WE ARE DOING THIS WORK AND NOT TALKING PAST COMMUNITY BUT WORKING TOGETHER. IT IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN SEATTLE, BY WORKING TOGETHER. ALL OF US. THE MAYOR ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT " ONE SEATTLE" AND I AGREE ON THAT PART. WEARE ONE SEATTLE. WE ALL MAKE UP SEATTLE. THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE PART OF THAT ONE SEATTLE AND WE ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARD CURRENT AND FUTURE SEATTLE THAT WILL WORK FOR EVERYONE AND IT WILL BE SAFE FOR EVERYONE THAT IS HERE . I REALLY APPRECIATE HIS COMMITMENT TO DO THAT COMMUNITY WORK. AND I THINK PART OF HIS COMING OUT NEW AND SPEAKING TO THAT -- THOSE SERIES OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS THEY ARE HAVING. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE JOINING THEM TOMORROW. I DIDN'T MEAN FOR ALL OF THIS TO TRANSLATE INTO ALL THINGS PUBLIC SAFETY, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. BUT IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT TODAY AND THIS WEEK ARE ALL THINGS PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE DISTRICT. IT IS SOMETHING I -- IT IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR FOLKS AND THE DISTRICT FOLLOWED NOW BY THE COMP PLAN AND THE LAND USE ZONING ISSUES THAT HAVE COME WITH THE COMP PLAN AND HB1110 ARE THE BIGGEST THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THE DISTRICT. CERTAINLY, PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE. SO THANK YOU. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MUST -- NAY FOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC: THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY RUN DOWN. IT IS IMPORTANT. THERE ARE REASONS TO THE THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT. I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE TWO BILLS TOMORROW. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS YOU KNOW , EVERY MEETING BECOMES A PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING AT SOME POINT. I WAS GOING TO ASK BEFORE THAT, BUT SAY THANK YOU FOR RAISING THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENT AND THE COMMUNICATION RELATED TO IMPACT ON BUSINESSES LIKE FROM SDOT PROJECTS. NOT JUST WIND THREE BUT I HAD ONE LAST WEEK AND I HAD OTHERS. WE HAD SD 3. WE NEED MITIGATION PLANNING ON STEROIDS WITH RESPECT TO SD3 AND ENGAGEMENT. ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP , THE OPCD. WE NEED THAT ON STEROIDS TO RESPECT BECAUSE IT IS BIGGER AND MORE IMPACTFUL. WE COULD LOSE MAJOR BUSINESSES IF WE DON'T GET IT RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR RAISING THIS . AND MY COLLEAGUE TO THE LEFT, WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH CHAIR SAKA FROM TRANSPORTATION AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WITH YOUR ROLE ON THE BOARD. IT IS SO IMPORTANT. PARTICULARLY AND D7, DOWNTOWN. ALSO, WITH SOUTH LAKE UNION AND UPTOWN, WE HAVE TWO GOING AT THE SAME TIME. YOU ARE TRYING TO MITIGATE ONE BUT YOU MIGHT BE MAKING THE OTHER ONE WORSE. IT'S LIKE DOUBLE TROUBLE. I'M STAMPING MY BUT ON THAT POINT RELATED TO SDOT AND SHIFTING IT OVER TO SD3. I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING: I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING THAT, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I COULD NOT BE MORE WHOLEHEARTED -- I KEEP TALKING ABOUT OUTREACH AND I BROUGHT IN A MEMO THAT PASSED OUTREACH RELATED TO THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WHICH -- WAS WITH SOUND TRANSIT. I GOT A LOT OF FLAK FOR THAT AS SOMEHOW I WAS BEING AN OBSTRUCTIONIST WHEN IN FACT, I'M NOT. AGAIN, AND I HAVE SAID THIS MULTIPLE TIMES. I DID NOT HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE UNTIL I WAS 30. I HATE DRIVING. I WOULD MUCH RATHER TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT. THAT IS WHERE I HAVE ALWAYS FELT MORE COMFORTABLE. OF COURSE I DRIVE NOW AND I'M A MOM AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T HELP WHEN YOU ARE SHUTTLING KIDS AROUND. THAT IS REAL FOR PARENTS IN THE CITY. BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE AN OBSTRUCTION. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT . I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO THE CITY 25 YEARS AGO, THAT THERE WASN'T A MORE ROBUST PUBLIC TRANSIT AND THERE WAS NO LIGHT RAIL. I HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY WE HAVE THAT NOW AND I'M VERY LUCKY THAT THERE IS ONE IN THE DISTRICTS THAT I REPRESENT AND ONE I CAN WALK TO FROM MY HOME . AND, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THE PROPER OUTREACH. WEWANT SUPPORT FOR THESE PROJECTS AND WE WANT TO HELP AS MESSES AND RESIDENTS MITIGATE WHEN WE ARE DOING THESE PROJECTS. WE NEED TO HELP THEM WITH MITIGATION EFFORTS AS DISPLACEMENT IS HAPPENING OR OTHER ISSUES. AND IT'S NOT TO BE OBSTRUCTIONISTS OR TO STOP THE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD . NO. WE NEED TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD. WE NEED TO HAVE A ROBUST TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE CITY, IF WE ARE GOING TO BE THAT WORLD-CLASS CITY THAT WE WANT TO BE . AND, THAT DOESN'T MEAN -- ONE DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE OTHER. YOU NEED TO HAVE OUTREACH AS YOU ARE DOING THESE PROJECTS. AND SO IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT SOMEHOW IT GOT PORTRAYED THAT WAY BUT IT IS NOT THAT AT ALL. WE CAN DO BOTH. THE CONVERSATION THIS MORNING WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER AND SDOT, THERE ARE SOME LOADING DOCKS. COULD WE PUT A SIGN THERE WHERE IT COULD BE TEMPORARY PARKING FOR THE DELIVERY CARS THAT ARE PICKING UP FOOD FROM THAT RESTAURANT. THE SMALL BUSINESSES OR RESTAURANTS. FROM THEIR RESTAURANT, TO BRING TO CONSTITUENTS THAT ORDERED THE FOOD. CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO FIND THESE WORKABLE SOLUTIONS? IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WILL SHUT ANYTHING DOWN . IT IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR RAISING IT. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WHEN YOU SAID IT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE SHUTTING ANYTHING DOWN, IT MIGHT NOT BE THE INTENTION OF THE CITY BUT DECREASED REVENUE OR LOST REVENUE OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME CAN SHUT THE BUSINESS DOWN. A SMALL BUSINESS DOWN. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING SUCH A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN D4. COUNCILMEMBER , I NOTED YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT LIGHT RAIL CONSTRUCTION DOWNTOWN. THE FACT IS, WILL ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS IS WASHINGTON IS -- IT PROHIBITS THE GIFTING OF PUBLIC FUNDS. UNLIKE OTHER STATES, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO COMPENSATE FOR THE IMPACT OF CITY PROJECTS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME CITIES INTERPRET THE LATITUDE , TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE MORE WIDE THAN SEATTLE DOES . AND I KNOW DIRECTOR MCINTYRE WAS LOOKING INTO THAT LAST YEAR . I DO THINK THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH LIGHT RAIL BUT IN GENERAL, THINKING ABOUT HOW WE COULD MINIMIZE IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS WITH CITY PROJECTS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HELP THEM THROUGH IT. IF NOT FINANCIALLY, THEN WHAT MORE THAN A SANDWICH BOARD SAYING BUSINESSES ARE OPEN ON THIS BLOCK. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT BLOCKS ON ROOSEVELT FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY WALK ? I WENT ON 65TH AND ROOSEVELT . ON ROOSEVELT AND THEN ON 65TH. WE WENT TO THREE BUSINESSES ALONG THE WAY. THESE ARE VERY WELCOME. I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I SAID WE DON'T WANT TO SHUT THINGS DOWN, I MET LIKE RAIL PROJECTS WHICH IS WHAT I WAS ACCUSED OF DOING WHICH IS NOT THE CASE AT ALL. YES. THE IMPACT TO BUSINESSES MEANS THAT SOME OF THEM DO SHUT DOWN. AND AS WE ARE DOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF ANY KIND , WHETHER THEY ARE WITH A PARTNER ORGANIZATION OR WHETHER THEY ARE OUR OWN , WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP MITIGATE THE IMPACT ? I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN. BUT WE NEED TO BE HONEST. WE NEED TO DO THE OUTREACH AND WE NEED TO -- WHEN SDOT IS OUT THERE DOING THESE PROJECTS, THEY NEED TO WORK WITH THESE SMALL BUSINESSES AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE FULL LANDSCAPE OF WHAT IS GOING ON THERE AND SOMETIMES -- I ALWAYS SAY RIGHT-HAND LEFT-HAND NEED TO BE WORKING IN CONCERT WORK IT CAN'T JUST BE THAT WE ARE DOING THE ROAD PROJECT BUT WE ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACT TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE SMALL BUSINESSES THERE. AND BOTH CAN BE ACHIEVED. YOU CAN DO THE PROJECT AND THE MITIGATION PIECES TO HELP THE BUSINESSES ALONG. SO, THANK YOU . THANK YOU: THANK YOU . GO AHEAD: GO AHEAD . THANK YOU MADAM, PRESIDENT. JUMPING RIGHT IN, THE LAND USE COMMITTEE THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS [ INAUDIBLE ] -- A COUPLE REASONS FOR THAT. LOOKING UP THE SUBDIVISION THING, WE HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON OTHERS. NOTHING MORE TO SAY ABOUT IT. THE [ INAUDIBLE ] -- THERE IS CENTRAL STAFF DOES THINGS THEY ARE WORKING ON SO THERE IS NOTHING TO UPDATE PEOPLE ON. SO YOUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IS FREE. THIS PAST WEEK, I MET WITH THE TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH AND FREEDOM. THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, REPRODUCTIVE CARE. THEY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS IN D2 AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING UP A THIRD ONE AT THE RAINIER BEACH LIGHT RAIL STATION. THEY HAVESPECIFIC ASKS. AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR ASKS. IT IS INTERESTING THE PERSON WHO HEADS UP THE CLINIC, OR HEADS OF THE ORGANIZATION IS SOMEONE I WORKED WITH 30 YEARS AGO ON YOUTH POLICE RELATIONS ISSUES. IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THINGS COME FULL CIRCLE. I ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE INDIAN SERVICES COMMISSION. IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE [ INAUDIBLE ] ATTENDANT CHIEF BARNES SWEARINGEN AT THE NORTHEAST SOFT -- SOUTH AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. FOLLOWING THAT, WENT TO ELDER MASON'S 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY AND FISH FRY. THAT WAS A GOOD TIME TO BE THERE. DIDN'T GET ANY FISH THOUGH. I DID MEET WITH SOME STUDENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM THIS PAST THURSDAY. THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE HAD GREAT PROPOSALS. GREAT IDEAS. IN TERMS OF THINGS THEY WANT TO PROPOSE FOR CONSIDERATION . THEY DID THEIR RESEARCH. REALLY GOOD TO SEE. IT'S LIKE, I WISH EVERY BUDDY THAT CAME TO TALK TO ME DID THE SAME THING. GREAT KIDS. ONE OF THEM IS THE SEATTLE PREP STUDENTS. DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT? I TOLD THEM TO LOOK FOR YOUR PICTURE DOWNSTAIRS ON THE WALL. ON THURSDAY, I SAID, DON'T BE SHY. EXCUSE ME, WHAT WALL? THE WALL OF FAME: THE WALL OF FAME. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A WALL OF: THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A WALL OF FAME WITH OUR COLLEAGUE POSTED IN THE BASKETBALL GEAR. YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT. OKAY. YOU CAN KEEP GOING: YOU CAN KEEP GOING . WE DID HAVE STAFF THAT: WE DID HAVE STAFF THAT ATTENDED THE SALESFORCE COMMISSION CELEBRATION OF SEATTLE SPORTS THURSDAY. I WAS ATTENDING THE COMMUNITY SAFETY FORUM IN RAINIER BEACH WITH CHIEF BARNES , CHIEF SCOGGINS AND CHIEF BARTON. ALL OF THEM WERE THERE AND YESTERDAY, WE HAD DOES THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO -- EXCUSE ME, THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONE DAY OF SERVICE. DOING LITTER PICKUP AT CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. COMING UP THIS WEEK, WE WILL BE DOING BASICALLY -- ATTENDING A GROUNDBREAKING AT 4001 SOUTH WEBSTER. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO DO THE REVIEW OF PRIOR TO THEM ACTUALLY COMPLETING THE PROJECTS. ORDER THE [ INAUDIBLE ] -- THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. AND THEY SHE REVISED WHAT IT IS THEY WOULD BUILD. AND SO I WOULD BE ATTENDING NOT. THIS THURSDAY. TWO OF US WILL BE -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND I WILL BE DOING THE COUNCIL ADDITION. FRIDAY, A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH FIRST TEE REGARDING ISSUES AT THE GOLF COMPLEX. FATHERS AND SONS TOGETHER . WE WILL HAVE -- I'MALSO MEETING WITH A GROUP OF SMALL LANDLORDS ON FRIDAY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HOUSING ISSUES AND HOUSING CONCERNS AND WE HAVE SOME EVENTS COMING UP. MEETING WITH FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON ATTENDING THE CHINATOWN SEAFAIR PARADE. SO KIND OF A PACKED WEEK. AND I WILL CLOSE BY SAYING THAT I DID HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING IN PARIS ON BASTILLE DAY . I WON'T SAY WHAT YEAR . IT WAS SO [ INAUDIBLE ] SOMETHING ABOUT DANCING ON THE BANKS ON THE STEEL DAY. STILL PRETTY COOL. [ INAUDIBLE ] AT THAT TIME, I WOULD NOT EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT . COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. COLLEAGUES, I HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CATEGORY UPDATES TODAY OLD WITHIN MY INTERNAL COMMITTEE AND MY EXTERNAL COMMITTEES . I WILL START WITH THE INTERNAL COMMITTEES. I WILL FOCUS ON THE NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL AVERMENT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH , I HAD A WONDERFUL MEETING LAST WEEK WITH THE SNOHOMISH TRIBAL COUNCIL. THE ENTIRE TRIBAL COUNCIL WAS THERE. OBOES ABLE TO DISCUSS GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. A NUMBER OF LOCAL ISSUES AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I BROUGHT UP THE EMERGENCY ACCESS IN MAGNOLIA THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE BETWEEN MARINA AND 32. WHILE THEY COULDN'T GET APPROVAL IN THAT MEETING, IT WAS A VERY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION AND IT PROVED THAT WHEN WE SPEAK WITH THE TRIBES FIRST , EVERYTHING IS EASIER BECAUSE THEY ARE A SEPARATE GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE TO CONSULT WITH . AND WHAT I FOUND HIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WHEN FOLKS DON'T CONSULT WITH THEM UPFRONT, IT CREATES MORE PROBLEMS ON THE BACK END. ARE TAKING THE RIGHT FIRST STEP RIGHT AWAY. IN SEPTEMBER, THERE WILL BE THE SECOND EVER TRIBAL SUMMIT . ANDCOMMITTEE, WE PLANNED TO HAVE IT IN COMMITTEE THIS MONTH. WE WILL HAVE IT IN AUGUST DUE TO THE UPDATES COMING NEXT. AN UPDATE ABOUT THE PROGRESS SINCE THE LAST TRIBAL SUMMIT. THAT IS VERY EXCITING . AGAIN,THE LAST TRIBAL SUMMIT WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND EVER TO HAVE EVER MET TO GOVERNMENT MEETINGS HERE AT CITY HALL BETWEEN TRIBAL ELECTED LEADERS AND ELECTED LEADERS WITHIN THE CITY OF GOVERNMENT. MOVING ON TO THE FINANCE SIDE OF THE HOUSE , UTILIZING THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS EQUAL ACCESS TO VOTING AND BRING AMENDMENTS FORWARD. ANYONE AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT ANY ONE OF THE FINANCE MEETINGS. WITHIN THE BODY OF WORK, WE'D HAVE TO PASS THE SUPPLEMENTAL AND CARRY IT FORWARD THE FIFA APPRECIATIONS AND THE [ INAUDIBLE ] LOAN AND CONSIDER THE SHIELD PROTECTION LAW. THIS ALL HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE RECESS. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WORK THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. WE WILL START WITH [ INAUDIBLE ] THE UPDATE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH BOTH COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S OFFICE AND PROVIDING AS MUCH TIME WITH THE LEGISLATION BEFORE THE DEADLINE TO PASS IT AT FULL COUNSEL WHICH IS AUGUST 4th. TO BE ABLE TO SEND IT TO THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AS REQUESTED. SO HERE'S WHERE WE STAND. THIS WEDNESDAY, JULY 16TH, AND SELECT BUDGET, WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND BRIEFING ON THE LEGISLATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY EARLY THOUGHTS, ESPECIALLY ON WHAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING FOR AMENDMENTS, I ENCOURAGE EARLY DISCUSSION OF THESE IDEAS AT THIS MEETING. WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION . WE WILL HAVE THE BRIEFING AGAIN . YOUCAN HAVE THE PIECES OF PAPER IN FRONT OF YOU. THE CORRECTED VERSION HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA , ET CETERA. OTHER THAN HAVING A BRIEFING ON THE UNDERLINING REGISTRATION WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY HAD, THERE IS SNOW NEW INFORMATION UNLESS YOU HAVE AMENDMENTS TO DISCUSS. WE WILL HAVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND THEN REQUESTING THAT IF YOU DO HAVE AMENDMENTS, WE WILL HAVE -- WE WILL TALK ABOUT THEM. AMENDMENT CONCEPTS WILL BE DUE TO THE CENTRAL STAFF THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON JULY 22nd. SO THIS IS LIKE EVERY OTHER PROCESS WE USE. I THINK WE ARE IN THE PROCESS WITH THE COMP PLAN CURRENTLY. THERE CONCEPTS IN THE FINAL . CONCEPTS ARE DUE TO THE CENTRAL STAFF BY JULY 22nd AND FINAL MEN MENTALLY PUBLISH WITH THE AGENDA BUDGET -- BY JULY 28TH . THEN THE LONG SCHEDULE JULY 30TH SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WHICH HAD A MUCH DIFFERENT PURPOSE THAN WHEN WE SCHEDULED IT MONTHS AGO, WE WILL VOTE ON AMENDMENTS AND THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION. WE DISCUSSED ABOUT MOVING THIS UP A WEEK TO EITHER JULY 25TH OR THE 23rdTH. COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON IS HOSTING THE HOUSING MEETING ON THE 23rd WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW US TO MEET AT THAT TIME. AND AT THIS TIME, WE SOLICITED FEEDBACK FROM COLLEAGUES . WE CAN HAVE THE MEETING ON THE 25th BUT I FOUND TWO THINGS TO BE TRUE. ONE, MORE TIME WITH THE BILLS SO EVERYBODY CAN COME UP WITH BETTER SPEED SO WE CAN REDUCE OR REMOVE THE NEED TO BRING AMENDMENTS TO FULL COUNSEL. SO YOU NEED MORE TIME AND COMMITTEE TO HAVE THOSE VOTES THERE. SO MORE TIME FOR YOU AND THEN MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE THAT DOES PUT US UP AGAINST THE AUGUST 4th MEETING, WHICH IS THE LAST DAY TO SEND IT TO KING COUNTY FOR THE NOVEMBER 4th BALLOT WHICH HAS BEEN REQUESTED WE WORKED WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ON THE SCHEDULE TO GIVE US THE MOST TIME POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER THE LEGISLATION AND TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXTRA TIME AS I HAVE JUST DESCRIBED. IF THERE IS A SPLIT VOTE ON THE JULY 30TH SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING, WILL HAVE TO PASS LEGISLATION TO BE DEFERRED TO AUGUST 4th FOR THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING. UNDER THE COUNCIL RULES, WE ARE ABLE TO DEFER TO THE COUNCIL MEETING WITH A VOTE FROM THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AN ANNOYING SEEN AN E-MAIL FROM YOUR STAFF INDICATING WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON JULY 4th. I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK. ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE NO INTEREST -- I DON'T WANT TO CREATE ANY PRESSURE TO ADD MORE TIME TO THE SCHEDULE FOR A DIVIDED REPORT. I'M ALL THERE. ANDTHE LAST DAY OF ACTION, THE DEADLINE IS THE FIFTH. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT TO THE DEADLINE. YES. IT IS DO IT JUST BY 4:30. MANY DON'T WORK FROM THE OFFICE. IT IS HARDER. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MEET THAT MONDAY DEADLINE. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR BEING THERE. MY GOAL HERE, AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE FULL BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR, MY GOAL IS TO REDUCE LAST-MINUTE AMENDMENTS AND GIVE FOLKS TIME. JULY 22nd IS THE CONCEPT DEADLINE. I WILL MOVE ON TO THE OTHER ITEMS WITHIN THE SELECT BUDGET OR FINANCE SPACE. WE HAVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL . THE CARRYFORWARD. WE RECEIVED A NEW DRAFT OF THE CARRYFORWARD AFTER LAST WEEK'S CONFUSION. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE THE FIFA WORLD CUP INITIAL APPROPRIATIONS. WE ALREADY SET THE MONEY ASIDE AND LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. NOW IT IS TO APPROPRIATED ON THE SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS WHICH IS PUBLIC SPACES . WE WILL BE TAKING THAT UP AND WE HAVEN'T INTERFUND REVOLVING LOAN SEALING CHANGE. WE CAN GET INTO THAT . IT IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT MAKES GOOD SENSE. JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THOSE ARE FOUR PRETTY MEATY ITEMS. AND SO, AFTER JENNA SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE, WILL HAVE THE BNO LEGISLATION WE DISCUSSED. BECAUSE THE CARRYFORWARD HAS JUST BEEN SENT DOWN TO US LATE LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE , IT IS NOT READY TO BE POSTED TO THIS WEEK'S COMMITTEE. WEWILL HAVE IT DISCUSSED AS PART OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. FOR ME, IT IS IMPORTANT THESE TWO THINGS GO TOGETHER. THE MONEY WE ARE CARRYING FORWARD FROM LAST YEAR AND WHAT ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS WE ARE PUTTING INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE NEEDED FROM ME. AND SO THEN WE WILL FROM THERE, DISCUSS THE FIFI WORLD CUP APPROPRIATIONS AND THEN FINALLY, THE INTERFUND LOAN REGARDING THE HUMAN CAPITAL [ INAUDIBLE ] SYSTEM. I WILL PAUSE THERE BEFORE GET TO THE FULL COUNSEL SOUND TRANSIT IN DISTRICT SIX. SEEING NO QUESTIONS, I WILL KEEP TAKING. IN FULL COUNSEL, THE COMMITTEE HAS NO BILLS. WHY DO I STILL HAVE BULLET POINTS ON THE PAGE? BECAUSE I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT , COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S CHRONIC NUISANCE BILL. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS. IT IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE BILL WOULD ALLOW SOME PROPERTY NUISANCE ACTIVITY TO COUNT TOWARD DETERMINING IF THE PROPERTY IS A CHRONIC NUISANCE. COLLEAGUES, AS STAFF , AT COUNCIL, I WAS EXCITED TO PUT FORWARD THE CONDEMNATION LEGISLATION FOR CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTY. I'M NOT AFRAID OF THIS . I HAVE USED IT AS A TOOL TO MOTIVATE GOOD CHANGE. MY AMENDMENT THIS WEEK WOULD EXEMPT NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM NEW PROVISIONS AND PROPERTY ORDINANCE RELATED TO THOSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES. CONCERN ARE PLACES LIKE FOOD BANKS. I KNOW IN OUR DISTRICT, THE BALLARD FOOD BANK IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT THEIR FAULT. AND REALLY ARE THE CITY OF SEATTLE GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO DEAL WITH. WHILE WE ARE WORKING, WE DID A PUBLIC SAFETY WALK WITH THE CHIEF'S OFFICE AND CAPTAIN DAVISON 'S TEAM AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NATALIE WALTON ANDERSON. THOSE ARE NOT THE RESPONSIBLE TO THE FOOD BANK AND THEY ARE NOT CAUSED BY THE FOOD BANK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT CONFUSING OR ADDING A LAYER OF GRACE BASED ON THAT OR FOR NEIGHBORS TO THINK THESE ISSUES ARE CAUSED BY THE FOOD BANK. THE AMENDMENT WOULD ENSURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE AND AS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENT OF THE BILL AND IT WOULD GIVE PROVIDERS LIKE FOOD BANKS THE CONFIDENCE THEY NEED. IF WE WANT TO STOP THERE AND MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON THE MEMO . GOOD NEWS FROM SOUND TRANSIT. LAST WEEK, THE FEDERAL WEIGH STATION WAS NOTED TO BE OPENING SOONER. WE ACTUALLY WILL -- THE FEDERAL WEIGH STATION WILL OPEN BEFORE WE GET ACROSS . THE TRAINS GETTING ACROSS ARE ENTERING IN SOME OF THE FINAL SEGMENTS OF TESTING. THE TESTING TAKES MANY MONTHS. BUT THEY ARE GOOD THRESHOLDS TO MEET. IT IS EXCITING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET TO FEDERAL WAY SOONER THEN ANTICIPATED AND NOT HAVE IMPACT CROSSING THE LAKE. SOUND TRANSIT IS IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING PROPERTIES IN WEST SEATTLE FOR LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION. I WAS HOPING COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WAS HERE. I HAVE BEEN CARRYING HIS PASSION OVER THERE TO MAKE SURE ANY PROPERTY SOUND TRANSIT PURCHASES IS MAINTAINED WELL AND NOT LEFT VACANT OR DERELICT IN ASSOCIATION WITH WASHINGTON CITIES, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE APPOINTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AS A LARGE CITY. FOR REFERENCE, THE CITY OF SEATTLE SET ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THIS ROLE IN 2019 . THAT IS A NICE STEP FORWARD FOR THE CITY. MOVING ON TO DISTRICT SIX, LAST WEEK, LAST WEEK I DID NOT HAVE OFFICE HOURS. I SPENT THE ENTIRE TIME WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS AND DRAWING LINES ON MAPS REGARDING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER BOUNDARIES. WE DID AN OUTREACH. HALF AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF DEPENDING ON THE GROUP PUTTING THE PEN TO PAPER AND WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME BACK, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA THIS TUESDAY BECAUSE I HAVE TO RETURN BACK AND TALK MORE BEFORE HE PUT FORWARD THE AMENDMENTS. I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONE SEATTLE DAY. I HAD 2-1 SEATTLE DAY S. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS TWO SEATTLES. WE VOLUNTEERED AS PART OF ONE SEATTLE DAY AT THE BALLARD SEAFOOD FEST I WAS SERVING SALMON FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND I JUDGED THE EATING CONTEST SUNDAY. YES, I LEARNED MY LESSON AND SMART ENOUGH NOT TO EAT IT MYSELF . BUTWE DID HAVE A NEW CHAMPION FOR THAT EATING CONTEST. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, THAT IS MY REPORT. I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE: COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE . I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR REFERENCING. I HAD TO WALK WITH THE SAME GROUP ON THE D-7 PART OF MAGNOLIA. VERY IMPORTANT TO DO SO. AND VERY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH POSSIBILITIES AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I FORGOT TO MENTION MY WALK WITH MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THEY EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES. BUT REALLY, IT IS ON YOUR SIDE OF FREMONT. I'M HOPING THAT SOMEONE CONNECTED WITH YOU AND IF NOT, WE CAN CONNECT YOU WITH THE PERSON AT FEMA THAT REACHED OUT. I THINK YOU WALKED IN THEY WERE PART OF THE WALK YOU DID. A PLAY THAT IS ALL SQUARED AND THEY ARE -- THOSE WERE THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES. WE CAN FOLLOW UP AFTER . HAPPY TO FOLLOW-UP. WE HAVE BOUNDARIES OF THE FREMONT URBAN CENTER AND THE UPPER FREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. AND THEN TANGLED TOWN IS UP AGAINST THE [ INAUDIBLE ] CENTER. WE HAVE A LOT OF SHARED BOUNDARIES . YES. I HEARD FROM BOTH GROUPS. THEY ARE RELATED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER BOTH IN FREMONT AND [ INAUDIBLE ] WONDERFUL. JUST LET US KNOW THE NAME . ITSOUNDS LIKE THEY WERE ON THE WALK ALREADY . WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BRING EVERYONE FROM THE WALKS TO THE CONFERENCE TABLE MEETING BECAUSE WHAT I FOUND IS THAT, IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 4-5 PEOPLE, THAT MEANS NOT EVERYBODY'S VOICE GETS HURT IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE COME TO THE MEETING WITHOUT HAVING THEIR VOICE EXPRESSED AND THAT IS A CHALLENGING EXPECTATION TO MANAGE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER: OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. HALL OF FAMER . THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I HAVE NO RESPONSE BESIDES, THANK YOU. THE PARKS UTILITY TECHNOLOGY MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd AT 2:00 P.M. THE AGENDA IS BEING FORMULATED RIGHT NOW. COLLEAGUES, I DON'T HAVE UPDATES ABOUT THAT MEETING BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT. PEOPLE THAT SIT ON THE COMMITTEE AND ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR PARKS, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT . WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF LEGISLATION THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS . WEAPPRECIATE YOU ALL ENGAGING IN THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU. UPCOMING MEETINGS, WE HAVE THE SELECT COMMITTEE COPPERHEADS OF PLAN. THAT WILL BE AUGUST -- MONDAY, AUGUST 4th AT 9:30 A.M. WE CANCELED THE JULY 11TH MEETING. NUMBER ONE, IT WAS A FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT NUMBER TWO, WE FELT LIKE COUNCILMEMBERS NEEDED MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR PROCESS ON THE COPPERHEADS A PLAN TO FORMULATE YOUR AMENDMENTS AND ALSO GET FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS. ANDTHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST THING. MAKING SURE WE ARE GETTING ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS TO ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO THE DRAWING ON THE MAP EXERCISE . COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS OR ENGAGEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WHATEVER WAY PEOPLE ARE ACCESSING I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE TAKING THESE CHANNELS AND GETTING THE INFORMATION WE HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH CENTRAL STAFF ABOUT THE CONCEPTS AND PEOPLE WORKING ON . OR THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. OBVIOUSLY, THOSE ARE NOT SHARED . REALLY APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE WITH THE PROCESS AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO THE CITY . I THINK WE HAVE BEEN HYPERFOCUS TO THE LAST -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS, ON BUILDING A CITY AND NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BUILD A HOME FOR EVERYONE AND THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT. ALSO, WHERE ARE WE AT? I CANNOT READ MY OWN HANDWRITING. APOLOGIZE. THE BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING WE HAD THIS LAST WEEK, JULY 17TH -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I KNOW THAT WE GET THOSE AGENDA ITEMS SENT OVER. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORK ON THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND WHAT WE ARE PUSHING FOR. THE WHOLE BODY OF WORK. THAT IS A BIG CHUNK . I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER REGIONAL COMMITTEES. I GUESS WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT -- I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT LIT -- WITHTHE GRAFFITI ORDINANCE I WILL BE BRINGING TO FULL COUNCIL TOMORROW. AND LET ME BACK UP. I FIRST ONE TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DISTINGUISH WHAT IS THE [ INAUDIBLE ] VERSUS TAGGING OR GRAFFITI. WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SINCE LAST YEAR, I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE CAPITOL HILL BEING THE WYNWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE WEST COAST . COLLEAGUES IN MIAMI. WYNWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IS A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD FULL OF MURALS. AND I WANT TO THANK THE BUDGET CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ADDED INTO HIS PACKAGE, MONEY FOR MURALS ON CAPITOL HILL. THOSE ARE IN THE PROCESS WITH THE ARTS DEPARTMENT OF BEING FORMULATED JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN BELLTOWN THAT WAS A BIG THING FOR US TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITY GROUPS IN THE PROCESS TO HAPPEN. REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT BUT WE ALSO HAD IN THE CHAIRS PACKAGE, SO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, MONEY THAT WENT TO PAINT THE BATHROOM AT CAL ANDERSON. THAT PROCESS WILL CONTINUE . WE -- WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PARKS TO FIGURE OUT THE NEXT STEPS TO ENSURE WE HAVE A VIBRANT CAPITOL HILL AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO OUR EXECUTIVE AND DOES THE EXECUTIVE AND PARKS DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SAVE , HOT RAT SUMMER. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE THE HOT RAT SUMMER AND THE MOSAIC IS GORGEOUS AND BEAUTIFUL AT CAL ANDERSON ON THE LINCOLN RESERVOIR , VIA THE GATE -- AND THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK ON THE SOUTH END OF CAL ANDERSON ON THE RESERVOIR. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK LOVES HOT RAT SUMMER. WE WANT TO SAY THAT. AND PARTICULARLY, THE MURALS THAT ARE ON CAPITOL HILL THAT CREATE THE VIBRANCY AND COLOR AND ARTWORK , IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DISTINGUISH THAT FROM SOME OF THE TAGGING HAPPENING. I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. A DELICATE BALANCE. AND WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT . AND I WANT TO THANK ONE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS FOR ADVOCATING FOR THAT WHO HAS COME TO THE PARKS MEETING AND HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT ON CAPITOL HILL. AND IT HAS BECOME A RITUAL THAT PEOPLE HAVE LEFT CANDLES AND FLOWERS AND ALL DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SAVE HOT RAT SUMMER . HOT RAT. I DON'T KNOW. IT IS A RAT. IT IS A RAT. THAT IS ALL IT IS. AND IT IS FLUID AND WE LOVE IT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH: WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON THAT . THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY WHO BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO BRING UP -- I SENT REGARDS . I WAS GOING INTO YOUR DISTRICT, COUNCILMEMBER CLERK. HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE SOFT OPENING OF PCC DOWNTOWN. JUST WANTED TO THANK PCC FOR COMING BACK DOWNTOWN. IT IS A NEW MODEL. PCC CORNER MARKETS. IT IS A NEW CONCEPT IN SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND BECAUSE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT NOT NEED A FULL-SERVICE GROCERY STORE. THEY MIGHT NEED OTHER TYPES OF GROCERY STORES AND MODELS I THINK THIS ONE COULD BE INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. SO WE HAD THE CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THE CEO AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO FOR A LONG TIME. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS A CHAMPION OF GROCERY STORES. FROM THE SAFEWAY IN THE TRADER JOE'S. I COULD NAME ALL THE GROCERY STORES IN THE DISTRICT. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AND I WILL BRING THIS UP. I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TWO QFC'S ON BROADWAY. I BROUGHT THAT UP NUMEROUS TIMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN MEETINGS. I DO CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE TWO GROCERY STORES AND THE IMPACT OF WHAT THEY MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY IF WE, THE CITY, DOES NOT CONTINUE TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE SERVICES WE NEED WITH ENGAGEMENT FOR THOSE GROCERY STORES. DURING MY TENURE, WE LOST TWO GROCERY STORES IN MY DISTRICT . COLLEAGUES, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANOTHER ONE. I TAKE IT REALLY SERIOUSLY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A FOOD ACCESS POINT. IT'S NOT JUST THE CONSUMERS. THING ABOUT ALL THE MEAL PROGRAMS THAT EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE FOOD -- FROM THE FOOD ACCESS POINT TO PUT BACK INTO COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. ANOTHER DROP OFF POINT OR PICKUP POINT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE, TO RECEIVE FOOD. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY. I WILL END ON -- IS NOT A SOUR NOTE BUT HOT RAT SUMMER. IT'S A GOOD NOTE . I HAVE A QUESTION: I HAVE A QUESTION. I WILL GO AHEAD: I WILL GO AHEAD . I WAS SORRY TO MISS THE: I WAS SORRY TO MISS THE OPENING OF THE PCC. I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING THERE. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING. AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU REPRESENTED. MY QUESTION IS, HAS QFC TOLD YOU WHAT THEY WANT? HAVE THEY PUT ANY ASKS FORWARD THAT HAD A LEGISLATIVE FIX? A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH: A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. ANDWE KNOW THAT. I'M LOOKING AT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I SENT OUR WHOLE REGARDS TO THE GROCERY STORE DOWNTOWN. IT IS A LOT WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY . IT IS ALSO THE SECURITY PIECE. IT IS THE LIGHTING. ITIS THE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. IT IS A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN INVEST IN IS A CITY THAT WILL MAKE THAT EXPERIENCE BE BETTER FOR SOME OF THE GROCERY STORES. AND IT IS ALSO THEM HAVING A DIRECT LINE TO FOLKS I CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES IMMEDIATELY OR JUST SAY, WE ARE LISTENING, OR THE COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH FROM THE DEPARTMENTS. PUMP -- SOME PEOPLE SAID, WHAT IS LEGISLATIVE STUFF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT? IT IS NOT NECESSARILY LEGISLATIVE THINGS. IT IS BETTER COMMUNICATION FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS TO GROCERY STORES AND IDENTIFYING ISSUES SO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT. JUST LIKE SMALL BUSINESSES. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT TO NAVIGATE THE ISSUES WE SEE ON THE STREETS . I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RAISING IT. WE LOST A COUPLE GROCERY STORES IN THE D4 AS WELL. THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY AND IT IS A REAL ISSUE FOR FOLKS. AND PARTICULARLY, WE LOST A SAFEWAY. IT WAS THE ONE CLOSEST TO FOLKS THAT LIVE AT MAGNUSON PARK. IT IS A HUGE DEAL. THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT. THIS IS VERY MUCH OF AN IMPORTANT PIECE. AND I AGREE , COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER COMMUNICATION SO FOLKS UNDERSTAND, INCLUDING THE GROCERY STORES AND WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO COMMUNITY WHEN THEY DO CLOSE. AND HOW TO BE BETTER SUPPORT THEM SO THEY DON'T AND FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD. SAME WITH DRUGSTORES THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE. A LOT OF THE GROCERY STORES DO HAVE DRUGSTORES IN THEM AND SO THAT IS REALLY HAVING AN IMPACT ON FOLKS GETTING THEIR MEDICATION. AND SO THE IMPACT IS BIG . IT IS THE PHARMACY PIECE AND: IT IS THE PHARMACY PIECE AND THOSE GROCERY STORES AND -- I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT EVERY -- RESTORER IS DIFFERENT. SOME EXCEPT SNAP. SOME EXCEPT FRESH. IT IS DIFFERENT. I KNOW PEOPLE ARE LIKE, THERE'LL SO THESE GROCERY STORES. I KNOW THE SAFEWAY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. THERE MIGHT BE QFC AND THESE OTHER ONES. THERE IS A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE. DIFFERENT GROCERY STORES SERVE. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT SNAP AND FOOD ACCESS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY: ABSOLUTELY . COUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK . COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH: COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. THANK YOU FOR SAVING HOT RAT: THANK YOU FOR SAVING HOT RAT SUMMER. I SAID PLEASE DON'T PAINT OVER IT. LET'S HAVE MORE OF HOT RAT SUMMER. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE THE PILGRIMAGE OUT TO VISIT IT. IT MIGHT SEEM SILLY TO TALK ABOUT THE MOSAIC OF A RAT WHICH IS BEAUTIFULLY DONE BY THE WAY. THESE ARE THE PLACE MAKING THINGS. THE LITTLE THINGS THAT KIND OF BRING CHARACTER TO THE CITY. HOW WE MAY BE TALKING ABOUT HOT RAT SUMMER RIGHT NOW. MAYBE THE ORIGINS OF THE GUM WALL OR SOME OTHER KEY DESTINATIONS. THE LINEN STATUE OR THE TROLL. THIS IS HOW DESTINATIONS ARE MADE AND WHAT MAKES THE CITY REALLY ALIVE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT HOT RAT SUMMER AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. I GOT A LOT OF OUTREACH AS WELL. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I HAVE TO ASK. IS THIS AN INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL NOD TO FRANK ZAPPA ? UNINTENTIONAL.SORRY. SHOWING MY AGE . WHO: WHO? YOU ARE SHOWING YOUR AGE BUT: YOU ARE SHOWING YOUR AGE BUT YET I'M OLDER THAN YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. YES. I THINK ART IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THE WYNWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIAMI IS ONE OF THE MOST GORGEOUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COUNTRY OR PEOPLE GO THERE TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL MURALS THAT ARE PAINTED ALL ACROSS. IT HAS BEEN A MULTIPLE TIMES. THAT IS WHAT CAPITOL HILL SHOULD BE AND WILL BE. IT IS A GENTRIFIED: IT IS A GENTRIFIED NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THEY PUT A LOT INTO UPLIFTING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE MURALS WERE A HUGE DRAW TO IT. SO I HAVE BEEN THERE. GORGEOUS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. OFF TO YOU. THANK YOU. YOU MENTIONED GROCERY STORES. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT GROCERY STORES. WHILE THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT FEATURES . PHARMACIES, NOT PHARMACIES. CATERING TO DIFFERENT CLIENTELE. FOR THE MOST PART, ACROSS THE BOARD. THEY ARE ALL FAIRLY LOW MARGIN. THIN MARGIN FOR WHAT THEY -- FOR THE AMOUNT OF LOSS THEY CAN TAKE IF SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COLUMNS KEEP PERSISTING. THEY DO HAVE THAT IN COMMON. AND ANYWAY, THAT LEADS A LITTLE BIT INTO MY TOPIC. LAST WEEK AT THE GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, WE HAD THE FIRST BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION OF RESOLUTION 32174 , WHICH I'M CALLING A PROGRESSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVE WHICH WOULD DISH AND CALLING IT PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE IT WOULD USE A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC -- OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE COMING FORWARD LATER ON THIS YEAR FROM THE EXECUTIVE AND ALLOCATED TO A SUITE OF PROMISING NEW TREATMENT SERVICES AS WELL AS SHORING UP EXISTING TREATMENT SERVICES THAT WAS AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION. ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO LISTEN IN. WE WERE JOINED BY DANIEL MALONE OF DESC AND LEE SAID DOUG GERD AND BRANDY MCNEIL OF PDA AND BRANDY FLED FROM EVERGREEN TREATMENT SERVICES REACH, WHICH ALL OF WHOM ARE WANT A% SUPPORT PARTLY BECAUSE THEY HELP CRAFT THE LIST OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT SERVE AS EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT COULD BE USED TO -- THAT COULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THIS REVENUE SOURCE WHICH PROBABLY WOULDN'T GENERATE MORE THAN ABOUT $10 MILLION A YEAR. NOT TO GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES, THAT WAS THE FIRST DISCUSSION OF THAT AND WE WILL HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE AT COMMITTEE JULY 24TH. WE ALSO COME AND COMMITTEE LAST THURSDAY, HAD A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY AUDITOR ON A -- ON IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS. I DID FIND IT IMPRESSIVE THAT SENSE 2007, 72% OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEIR OFFICE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT . FROMTHE AUDIT IN 2024, ONLY 21, 123 TRACK REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING. IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. THE BIGGEST GROUP OF OUTSTANDING REGULATIONS ARE FROM A SERIES OF THREE REPORTS RELATED TO CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY. AND SO THERE WILL BE AS MENTIONED, -- DR. CLAUDIA SHADE -- IN ADDITION, -- WITH THE SMALL GROUP OF AUDITS AT THE NEXT MEETING. WE COULD NOT FIT THEM ALL INTO THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE HAD THREE THINGS ON THE AGENDA. THOSE SPECIFIC AUDITS WILL BE PRESENTED IN MORE DETAIL ON JULY 24TH. FINALLY, WE HAD THE FIRST PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED 15 CHANGES TO THE COUNCIL RULES. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT BUT IT IS PRETTY MUCH STANDARD PRACTICE . THESE CHANGES COME FROM A LONG LIST OF SUGGESTIONS PROVIDED BY THE CITY CLERK, CENTRAL STAFF AND CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHICH WE NARROWED DOWN WITH YOUR FEEDBACK. ALL OF YOU, WHEN THIS WAS DISTRIBUTED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO , A DRAFT. AND THEN ANOTHER BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION AND A POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE 24TH AS WELL. I OPENED -- I INVITED FOLKS TO JOIN LAST WEEKEND . OF COURSE, YOU'RE WELCOME AGAIN NEXT THURSDAY. A WEEK FROM THIS THURSDAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG, I WILL BE JOINING COUNCILMEMBER KENDALL AT THE REALTIME CRIMES CENTER OPENING TOMORROW. THAT IS EXCITING. THE SEATTLE -- SEATTLE IS A TEXT TOWN AND IT IS GREAT THAT SEATTLE WILL JOIN OTHER LARGE PROGRESSIVE CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TO HELP ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR CONSTITUENTS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT . IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. AND I THINK I WILL STOP THERE. WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR FROM THE. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO NOTE -- AND AS THE COURSE OF THE MEETING WENT ALONG, IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE ONE TO SAY, PROBABLY ALL OF US READ AN ARTICLE IN THE SEATTLE TIMES THIS WEEKEND. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TO READ IT . YOU COULD JUST LISTEN TO THIS MEETING. WALK A MILE IN OUR CHOOSE NOT JUST THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES BUT THE CITY IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING. THE EXPECTATION MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES. WE ARE WORKING THEM AND THEIR IS MORE TO DO . HERE IS THE OTHER THING. WE HAVE A STRATEGY. WE HAVE A PLAN. WE ARE EXECUTING IT. WE ARE UP TO 20 PLUS OR MINUS BILLS RIGHT NOW IF YOU INCLUDE CONFIRMATION OVER 20. IT IS ABOUT PUTTING THE BILLS OUT THERE AND 25 IS ABOUT AND LAMENTING AND OPERATION OF THE BILLS. THIS IS WHAT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON PUBLIC SAFETY. WE ARE IN A BRIDGING FUNCTION RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF GETTING TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON PUBLIC SAFETY. TO BE BLUNT, WHEN I READ THE ARTICLE IN THE SEATTLE TIMES, I SCRATCH MY HEAD AND SAY, WHAT IN THE WORLD ! WALK A MILE IN OUR CHOOSE. WE DEAL WITH THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. THERE YOU GO. AND HIRING IS AT: AND HIRING IS AT UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS THANKS LARGELY TO SOME OF THOSE 20 BILLS YOUR REFERENCE SEEING.'S I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT . GO AHEAD . AS I TALKED THIS MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WITH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, WE ARE FINALLY AT THE POINT WHERE WE ARE NOT LOSING MORE OFFICERS THEN WE ARE HIRING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST HOWEVER MANY YEARS. SINCE 2019 . 2019, WHICH IS A HUGE PROGRESS POINT THAT WE -- SENSES COUNSEL HAS BEEN HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT AND WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS HERE EVEN THOUGH I ACKNOWLEDGE -- AND LIKE I SAID, I STARTED MY REPORT WITH HAVING HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CONSTITUENT. THERE WAS A LOT OF FRUSTRATION. WE ARE PRESSING TO USE YOUR WORK, COUNCILMEMBER. WE CONTINUE TO PRESS ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. AS I SAID EARLIER, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT AND I WOULD SAY ACROSS THE CITY . WE ARE CONTINUING TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE PRIZE ON THE AND WORKING WITH SPD AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THESE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. THINGS DON'T CHANGE OVERNIGHT. WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THIS SHORT YEAR AND A HALF I HAVE BEEN HERE. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS. THAT IS NOT TO PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK AT ALL. THAT IS TO SAY, WE ARE PRESSING ON IT AND WE ARE GETTING RESULTS AND WE WILL KEEP PRESSING ON IT BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. HAVING A SAFE CITY FOR EVERYBODY THAT LIVES HERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE. AS A KID WHO GREW UP ON SAFE, IN THE INNER CITY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE , FOR OUR KIDS TO GROW UP IN A SAFE CITY AND GROWN-UPS AS WELL AND SENIORS , IT IS CRITICAL. IT IS MISSION CRITICAL. SO, THANK YOU . I WILL NOTE THAT -- THERE IS -- THERE IS THE LINK BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND SMALL BUSINESSES. SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN TALKED A LOT ABOUT TODAY TOO. IF NOT A DRIVER, A VERY STRONG CORRELATION BETWEEN PEOPLE -- THE TERRIBLE TOLL THAT ADDICTION TAKES ON A COMMUNITY AND THEN THE IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR GETTING READY TO GO, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. SO I WILL HUSTLE UP HERE. SEEING NO FURTHER IS THIS, FOR THE COUNCIL , WE WILL NOW GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION . AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I ANNOUNCE THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO DISCUSS PENDING, POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL LITIGATION. AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL MATTERS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE ARE WATCHED OVER BY A MONITOR WHO MAKES SURE WE ARE NOT GETTING INTO POLICY . LET'S SEE. NOW I HAVE TO ADD. 75 MINUTES TO THE TIME. AND SO IT IS 3:15. LET'S SAY ABOUT 4:30 . THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I EXPECT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO END BY 4:30. IF IT GOES LONGER, I WILL SAY THAT IT WILL GO LONGER. IF IT ENDS EARLIER, THE MEETING WILL ADJOURN AUTOMATICALLY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. . [ COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ].