AN ORDINANCE adopting a budget, including a capital improvement program and position modifications, for The City of Seattle for 2020; and creating positions exempt from civil service; all by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.
Please read the agenda item number 32. Gentium 3032 Council Bill 119 689 Adopting a budget including capital improvement program and position modifications for the City of Seattle for 2020 and creating positions exempt from civil service by two thirds vote of the City Council. The committee recommends the bill passes amended. Okay. This is the final adoption of the budget. We're going to turn it over to Councilmember Bagshaw, who I want to say before you begin, thank you, thank you for working. This is a lot of work and a lot of commitment from you, and I appreciate it the way you handled it from start to finish. Councilmember Bagshaw, you have the floor. Thank you. Well, I've got about five pages of thank you's, if you will all recognize the good work that you have all done. Council, central staff. How come you're hiding in the background and where are your colleagues? But let's let's say I want to start by saying last year in our 2019 budget, it really reflected what our collective commitment was to areas that needed our most attention, and it included what we built on this year around housing and homeless services, the hygiene. And we will get to all these thank you's and lead the criminal justice reform. And I just want to acknowledge Lisa Guard Tara moss, thank you very much for being here. And I'm going to get more to that in a moment. But this year, as we continue to focus on these commitments, I was so impressed by how all of us here not only got along, but focused on those commitments that were most important to us and that that's where we put our highest priorities. We did indeed build on the mayors budget, and that was that was great. But as Councilmember Gonzales, you said from the beginning, we're going to put our own priorities on this, our own mark. And I believe that we've done that. So just as a couple of examples, a few things that we ended up doing, 2.15 million to build up to 100 more tiny homes. We heard from so many people who are living in tiny homes saying that this was an answer for them. And as somebody who's been working on this for at least nine years, I could not tell you how happy I am. Clearly, I think we need more, but that is a good start. I am honored that the 1.8 million that we put in for the Bill Hopson Clinic moved forward. I want to say thanks to Daniel Malone, DC As many of you and I know, many of us were good friends with Bill Hobson, but this makes such a difference to me personally. I also want to say thank you for the 1.6 million and this is Councilmember Herbold and Councilmember Suarez for unsheltered individuals to get access to bathrooms and showers and then to provide diapers and women's hygiene products, expand trash collection at these encampments, that's made a big difference. And Councilmember Sawant, I just want to. Add, Councilmember. Saw the record. She was my co-sponsor. Thank you. And just the 1.5 million we put in today for the youth program, Education and Diversion. It was $1,000,000. Councilmember Herbold, that you did, as we pointed out, $3 million in our original budget and additional $2,200,000. Councilmember Swan, thank you for that. I'm very excited and this is Councilmember Pacheco that you push this with the 1.6 million to keep our enhanced shelter beds for youth open, for youth that are experiencing homelessness, to have that support, to have the legal services that they need. And I want to recognize all of the people, the advocates, the providers, whether it's Melinda Giovinco or others, that just make sure that we have services and places for youth to be at night and more. 24 seven more places, more support for them will help people get off the street. Councilmember wise, big thanks to you for the million dollars that you have really pushed to expand homeless services and improve outcomes for American native Indian Alaska Native homeless individuals makes a big difference that and the murdered and missing indigenous women. That's something that you have been advocating for. I'm deeply thankful for that. So we're also addressing the council's highest priorities around criminal justice reform, as we mentioned, public safety, transportation and environmental protection. So I'm not going to beat that one too much. You know where we're going with it. Thanks to our Seattle Fire Department for getting health one up and operational this year. It was a big deal. And then also the moneys that we put in to redesign Thomas Street to help complete market to fly the work we're doing down in Fortson Square to make yes crescent the improvement a reality. So with that and the 3.5 million to our local genius, thank you so much for all the work that you've done. With the additional money that you were able to get from the Ballmer Foundation. This is going to move us from a position, one of which we're proud of, to one that is going to be great. So I know that was we're being able to measure and monitor, and you've already done so much in that regard. We're going to come back and see, yes, this is an option that is way better than putting people in jail. So thank you so much, Lisa, for all your good work and all of your colleagues there working on that. So with that, I want to say some very specific. Thank you, Ali. Poochie, you're hiding back there. But to you and Dan, Peter, thank you for your leadership on this. It was a spectacular time for me working with you. And I just really appreciate your management, your calm, everything that you did to help this become a success. And Lisa. Okay, thank you. And Tom, thanks for the work that you two did on spreadsheets. A little known secret up here is that I break out in hives when I have to look at numbers by myself. So you really were terrific in making that happen. Thank you for that. Jeff Simms and Tracy there. They're hiding somewhere. I think Jeff is is gone. But Tracey Ratcliffe, he few are listening. Thank you for all the work that you did on Human Services and the regional governance, not only to date, but what's to come. Amelia and Jody, thank you to for the two of you. I am so respectful for your keeping us on track. Everything that you've taught me about substitutions and amendments and and adopting things, keeping us on track. So thank you both for that very much. Greg Doss I don't know where everybody is, but Greg, if you're listening and Carlos Lugo on the work that you've done on criminal justice reform. Special thanks, Greg, for working on lead with me and helping with all of the good work that we have done on the resolution, the drafting, just keeping that on track. So. Greg Doss thank you, Brian. Good night on. It's the special on education and utilities and thank you that we just had Calvin Chao and Eric McConaghy come in. Calvin, thanks for all the work that you've done on transportation. And of course, Eric, I'm just so appreciative of the work that you and Amy Gore have done. I mean, you've got a broad catalog of work you were doing on Seattle City Light and Human Services in the works on TNC. So thank you, gentlemen, both for that Lish Whitten and Ketel Freeman on land use. I cannot tell you how many times poor Ketel in ten years has had to explain land use 101 to me carrying a bull for your office, Office of Labor Standards. Thank you for your tutorials on that. I think I mentioned Brian Goodnight already around education and utilities, but the focus that you individually have had have have really meant a great deal to me. I share your work on civil rights Kelvin I've mentioned and Eric, you walked in the door just at the right time. Yolanda So the great work that Yolanda you have done around helping me support and get forward with our urban trees ordinance, the environment, climate change, you and Michael Brian are a great team there, so thank you all. And so colleagues, let me just turn my attention to you for just three more minutes if you bear with me . And so, Councilmember Mosqueda, thank you for bringing Camilla here. Thank you for all of the work. I've missed you. I'm glad you're back. Truly your dedication to workers over this last year with the hotel workers that you've done, the domestic workers, it's just mattered so much. And I just appreciate your leadership and our work to promote more child care. And we are getting a mama's room here in city hall this year. We put $100,000 into it. So that is in your capable hands now going forward next year. And Councilmember Swan, I do want to recognize and say thank you for your dedication to the people of the city. Many people's lives are really better because of you. Excuse me, Councilmember O'Brien. It's been ten wonderful years working with you, your commitment to climate change, the good work that you've done on all environmental issues. One time I know that the stranger said to me begrudgingly, that that I was sort of a nice person, but I didn't hold a candle to you. And I'm I'm I'm honored and appreciate so much the work that we have done together. So thank you for that. And Council President Hiro, you have been my buddy, my favorite linebacker and defender for the ten years that I've been on this. And you really understand how much we all need each other in this community. And I think, above all, I appreciate the fact that, you know, that excessive individualism doesn't build. The city we want. It's something I've heard you say many times, and you are a colleague that I greatly appreciate. And I just want you to know that. And thank you for caring for all of us and for Seattle. And Councilmember Gonzales, since I'm now turning on this site. I just appreciate so much your knowledge of the law, your willingness to dove deep into all issues, including public safety issues. And you've done a tremendous amount about protecting and promoting and teaching us about immigrant and refugee issues. And that has meant so much to me. And I know that all of our neighbors are going to be better off because of you. And it's just been an honor working with you and your number your number two here. And Councilmember Herbold, I get so much appreciation thinking about your long journey. I mean, 18 years, I think, is the legislative aide and into where you are now, the number one champion of D1. And it's been my pleasure. But I also I want to thank you personally for your advocacy for not just your district, but the whole city and the work that you've done, bringing some special support and attention to South Park, better transportation to West Seattle, fighting for sound transit and ways that we need to, and being very smart about operation costs for roads, for the busses, for streetcar, that's really in your hands going forward. And I just want you to know how much I appreciate that. And Councilmember Pacheco, what a delight it has been working with you. Thank you. You jumped in here, I think, in April of last year with both feet and you have been unflagging. Thank you so much for helping us with this, for building on our colleague, council member Rob Johnson's legacy as well. You've done a lot for us, so I appreciate you. I want to recognize you and then Councilmember Suarez, not least at all. But I just I want you to know how much you make me smile thinking about D5. Everything is around five. But as I as I mentioned earlier, what you have done to promote justice for missing and murdered indigenous women and also to support our good friend Colin Echo Hawk and Chief Seattle Club. It's been my honor working with you, and I just want you to know, Holy Mountain Woman, how much deep respect I have for you. And we have a favorite movie character, wind in his hair. And as he said, you will always be my friend. Thank you. So thank you all, everybody for steering, helping me work this budget. It's been a complete honor to work with all of you and I am so pleased how far we've gotten this year . So you can call me in Boston and I'll be here to work with you anytime. Thank you guys for your. Thank you very much. Well, we have item number 32 in front of us, which is the vote on the budget. And I think. Did anyone else want to say any words before he passed? Councilmember Revenue Councilmember Skater. I do want to say a few words. I thank you, Mr. President. I know I haven't had the chance to be with you over the last six weeks, so I do want to take a few minutes to express my appreciation first to my staff Sadia Parekh, Aaron House, Aretha Basu, Frida Cuevas, who have been working with all of you and all of your staff to get our priorities incorporated in this budget. Thank you, Councilmember Bagshaw, for your incredible work, to work with our office and to reach out and to ask for our input and feedback throughout the process. As I'm on parental leave, I thought it was important to come back and I had somebody asked me, a reporter asked me why come back today? I think the importance is to highlight the work that they have been able to accomplish in my absence. I do want to underscore it is really critical, though, that people who have the ability to take that parental leave, take it. You get 12 weeks starting in January thanks to the state and a law that passed. So don't forget to take it. After this budget vote, I will be going back on leave. And we know that it's important to have not just those laws on paper, but to make sure that they actually work. You all as colleagues, your staff, central staff, my team, the communications team have been able to support me and my office and my family in making sure that the leave was there for us and that we were able to take it. That it wasn't just black words on a white piece of paper that truly I was able to take that leave and have the support around me to make sure that these budget priorities were included. So thank you so much to again my incredible team at the team throughout the office and central staff and all of you council colleagues and your team for helping to make these priorities possible. I do want to highlight a few things that we were able to get into the budget. Mr. President, if this is the appropriate time, very appropriate. Again, thanks to the incredible work of our office, Aaron House and Central Creek on the housing, affordable housing, working with central staff. Ali and Tracy, we were able to secure an additional $20 million. It's $19.75 million that we could redirect to affordable housing efforts that are possible now. You heard people speak today about affordable housing efforts, like the folks from Africa Town who have projects that are ready to be built now and they just need additional funding and support from the city of Seattle. We redirected some of those funds so that $20 million can go into affordable housing efforts. Now, by redirecting $2 and making sure that the Mercer Walk sale dollars went into efforts that are ready to be built. Now we're really moving forward on affordable housing efforts that the community has prioritized. And with your help and with the Council share of actions support as well, we were able to get efforts into the housing budget that not only put the funding there for affordable housing, but the community preference. First, we funded community preference. We funded affirmative marketing efforts. These are two public policies that we've worked on with community over the last two years, and now we're putting funding forward so that there will be equitable engagement by those most affected by the legacy of redlining and racist, exclusionary policies that allow for folks to not only build the housing that we need , but build it in the community's eyes and make sure that those who are most risk of displacement, those are the lowest income folks get to come and live in our communities. Still, we put funding forward to continue the efforts that we had last year. If you remember, we did the Racial Equity Toolkit on our current zoning policies because our current zoning policies are much like other cities throughout the nation where we've excluded, intentionally excluded through historically racist policies, communities, specifically communities of color from living in areas that have high access to opportunity. When we do the racial equity analysis and now with the comp comp plan that we incorporated here, we will be following in much of the same footsteps that cities like Minneapolis have done, where we've taken a look at the blueprint of our city and said, why do we continue to have a single family housing zoning in much of the city? 75% of the city still has that zoning. How is that contributing to displacement and gentrification and prohibiting people from being able to live in the city and stay in the city? I'm really excited about that effort to make sure that there's both anti displacement efforts and that we're looking at building more inclusive housing through by undoing these past discriminatory practices. I'm really honored to have worked with many of you, including Councilmember Sawant and others who've supported the tiny house villages with the $815,000 that we got in four tiny house villages. That's another 40 homes. If you think about it, that's about another 75 individuals potentially that can live there. That is a drop in the bucket to I know what we want to work on next year in terms of allowing more tiny house villages. It goes without saying that this council's in a constantly told be smart with the public dollar, invest in proven practices. Well, I haven't. And here for the last six weeks to see it. So I got to say it again. Tiny house villages are proven practice to get folks into permanent housing. 40% success rate of getting people into affordable housing versus a 4% success rate for math on the ground. This is ten times more effective. We ought to be investing in these small, tiny house villages and other enhanced 24 seven shelter models that I know the council . Councilmember Bagshaw, as chair of the budget, has prioritized in past efforts. So thank you for including those tiny house villages. And that's the criminal justice work that has been done. This is another great way for us to be effective with our dollars. This is about an early intervention. It's like a public health model, right? If you want to invest early in keeping the community safe, you invest in public health or when you invest in restorative justice and harm reduction strategies. That is a public health strategy. That is a harm reduction strategy. It saves lives and it saves dollars. So thank you so much to all of our folks who've been working to move funding back into the sex worker harm reduction program, the Restorative Justice for Youth Programs, and working with community organizations like Park Slope, Creative Justice, We , Passageways, Rain, Beach Action Coalition and so many more. I'm really excited about the funding that we got in there for the Green Light Project, which is run by the people of color sex worker outreach project. Very excited about the funding that we got in for retraining speedy officers who work with sex officers so that it's really about coming from those workers themselves and not a patronizing way of thinking about how somebody should engage with that work. This is coming directly from the workers themselves. Continuing the line of work and inventions investments. I'm appreciative of the support for the apprenticeship coordinator and the electrical compliance officer. Again, these are upstream investments to make sure that people get into high paying jobs. I wish we could have done more with investing in the Office of Labor Standards, and next year I'll be working with all of you to make sure that we can have additional enforcement measures and dollars put in place for both education and enforcement . And this is important for the high road employers, small businesses who are doing the right thing and getting undercut by the guy next door who's engaging in wave stuff. And it's also important for the workers themselves. We passed so many pieces of legislation here with this incredible council and previous councils. We just need to make sure that those policies are followed through. And thank you, Councilwoman Bagshaw, for your past efforts on child care. And I know that we will continue fighting for additional child care throughout the city. I'm disappointed to hear that some of the private partners that we've been talking with about wanting to open additional childcare facilities across the city have just been told that some of the places that they're looking at is not possible. We need to look at this like we do with health care, that it is not getting picked up by the private market. This shouldn't be a market good and we shouldn't be thinking about everything we can do from the public policy perspective to invest in public childcare so that 0 to 3 and 0 to 5 child care is affordable, accessible and throughout our city. So that's something that I think is on our to do list next year and we'll continue working on that. Thank you for all your work. And lastly, I know you guys have been working on it for a long time, so I will stop talking. But I do want to thank our council colleagues who've been working with us over the last six weeks in my absence. I'm really proud of the the approach that we've taken in this budget and. Councilmember Bagshaw with the small amount of additional funding that was included that you found. I do think that there is it reflects the budget reflects that you put those priorities towards helping people who have been most marginalized and the highest need. So thank you for that. We had to work within the constraints that we have. And so I think that this, again, calls on us to find additional revenue, equitable revenue, so that we can have an equitable investment in our most vulnerable communities. So we're not thinking about investments for lead verses, investments in tiny homes, investments for child care versus investments in workers and health care. These are things that I know we all want to do. So I'll be looking forward to working with all of you to make sure that we find equitable revenue for a more equitable society. Thank you all for your work and I'm happy to be here and happy to be taken off after this. And thank you for your support as I do that. Thank you. Councilmember skater, this given given the fact that this is the last budget item, maybe we just sort of come down the. The day is here and if there's any comments I'm not saying comes from whereas comes from so on. May I say one more thing? Just as you were coming this way, I was also thinking of my mom. She came to watch her daughter. So thank you for watching her. That's my mom, Patty, in the back. I really appreciate. It. I didn't see anyone wave. Where's Mom? She's back in the office. Oh, in the office? She was on TV. Thank you, Mom. Very, very, very appropriate. Councilmember, what would you like to say? Something or catch from Brian? Yes, please. Councilmember 20th floor. Thank you to all our central staff members who, as usual, have provided incredible support. Ali Banerjee I shall Anker Drummond. Amy Gore. Kittel Freeman. Lisa Kaye, Calvin Chow Greg does Karina Bull, Geoff Simms, Yolanda Ho, Paddy Reagan and Kirsten Aristide. And done eda for everything that you have done to help myself and me make available all the people's budget amendments and for your commitment for on the issues. There are many people in the staff who have worked on other parts of the budget, but these are you know, this is about the budget amendments. And I apologize if I left any names out accidentally. I definitely also want to thank Amy Gore specifically for doing the final draft of our TNC and Restorative Justice amendments the last few days. I know that was rushed work, but it was done extremely well. I also thank councilmembers who have supported the amendment, and I also think that the support we've had from our activists around the city and especially those of us who have really campaigned around the people's budget amendments. And I wanted to say, you know, because it is also this this is a budget vote that we're taking after an incredibly historic election season where we had, you know, for for several months, I was saying we have had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at us. And then the kitchen sink was also thrown at us and we were able to prevail. And I think the people's budget, the successes that we have won to the people's budget movement and this is the sixth iteration of the People's Budget campaign that we have done this year is a small but important example of what you can win when you build a really active movement. I want to thank everybody who has campaigned not only for the people's budget demands this year, but for all the six years that we have done it. And I think it shows and as I said, in a small way, but in an important way, the people's budget successes show that organizing works, that when you fight, you do , indeed, when you don't win everything every single time. But it really works. Some of the specific examples that we are one that are, you know, prominent this year but also have come on the shoulders of organizing for several years. Today, the Seattle Times has a really prominent article on the law enforcement assistance version. And Dan Diekman, one of the coauthors of the article, is right here, and I want to thank him also personally for his coverage of for several years on many important issues. And, you know, just to make a distinction between the Seattle Times reporters and The Seattle Times editorial board, talk two totally different components. I couldn't resist that. But, you know, the progress that we have seen this year on the law enforcement agencies diversion and undoubtedly I'm thankful to all the council members who have supported this. But narratives matter. And if our narrative is that a very generous council that this or that, I think it misses the point. As a matter of fact, expanding the lead and in fact having lead take form in the first place required community advocates to really, really push forward. Community advocates like Lisa Dugard and others who are sitting here who have played an incredible grassroots role. And I'm sure Lisa and others, you will remember the townhall that we did at the Miller Community Center on Capitol Hill several years ago, I think five years ago now. And there we built the initial pressure to expand lead from its original pilot in Belltown to Capitol Hill. And in fact, that meeting was momentous because I remember we I was actually treasurer of modestly trying to say, okay, can we please do Capitol Hill? And then we had representatives from the NAACP come there and say, why aren't you talking about a central district? And that's how that took shape. And I think that's extremely important to recognize. Doctor Mosquito, you mentioned the tiny house villages. It's very important and I thank you for signing in support of. Then I look forward to the passing the bill next year to make the land use code flexible so that we can also make sure that Daniel's villages can be sited throughout the city. And I thank you in advance for all your support on that one as well. And I'm excited about that. And thank you Councilmember Back show for also for supporting this. But I also wanted to make clear that one of the key things that this council did, you know. In in. Contrast to what the mayor has done, which is really important, is to take a really strong position against shutting down tiny house villages. And the initial proposal from the mayor has been to shut down Georgetown and not leg. And we are absolutely I think we are united in not shutting down Georgetown. But I also want to reiterate in solidarity with Nicole as well that we don't want to shut down like either. I know that there are issues and we need to resolve those issues. But shutting down a tiny house village is not a solution. It's never going to be a solution. And I find it quite egregious. And in the middle of a very cold winter, the mayor is proposing that December 9th is a date. I don't think that is viable. And I really appreciate community members, including host community members like Carol and others who have been here, who have said that they're going to be standing there, even engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience, disobedience, if that is needed. And of course, you can be sure my community organizers and I will be there in solidarity with them. I also want to. They say very clearly, we do. We don't want to pit and hand shoulders against Chinese soldiers because we do need to expand and shelters also. But we have to be clear that the the majority demand from home people who have experienced homelessness is for tiny house villages. It is not for enhanced shelters. Let's be very clear about that. We've also seen incredible community organizing to the people's budget from the Vietnamese Senior Association. And many of these seniors have put young people to shame by their enthusiasm and their energy. And I think they are not going to be stopping there. I think they want to fight for free, free public transit, among other things, and I'm really inspired by them. We were also able to win $15,000 for dedicated funding for Indigenous Peoples Day. I'm glad to say Councilmember Suarez and I were able to push for that together. And controversial. You already mentioned the mobile bathrooms. A real change said everybody poos and there and they have a chocolate cake not a book to celebrate the victory. And very, very importantly, we were able to win funding for one, a city funded only against evictions faced by renters. Last year, we saw just the unbelievable effectiveness in preventing evictions and preventing evictions. One of the major things we need to do to prevent homelessness. And so we were able to win one Adani in the initial draft of the budget. And then because of continued organizing, we were able to win two, organize, funded. And I think that is incredible as well. We also have won two important statements of legislative intent. One supports the demands of workers and their unions and the film and music industry. And I really thank Doug Newman and the whole consortium of labor unions who have spoken up to be included and also for those yet another one to ask the Seattle Department of Transportation to make. Funding proposals to make public transit free for all. And I think this is an incredibly important component of a Green New Deal. We're not going to win a green a real green new deal and a reduction in carbon emissions unless public transit is made free for all. So it doesn't matter what income you have, what age you are, you get to ride on public transit. And and finally but not least, we have just won the $522,600 that community organizers and activists have been demanding for restorative justice programs like Community Passageways, Youth Consortium, Corner Riders and Creative Justice. And that and I as I said this morning, I was so happy that that Councilmember Robert Shaw and I were able to co-sponsor that amendment. I'm glad we found a way to do that. And I wanted to really credit the community activists who have gone the extra mile to able to be able to win this. And they were right when they said in public testimony that this is only the beginning. Just to put this in perspective in numbers, the police get more out of the city's discretionary funding than any other department, 409 million. That is almost a thousand times more than restorative justice programs that, you know, the funding that we won this this year around. So we're talking about the fact that we have a lot know we have a long way to go. The city is spending more money on motivational speaker training for police sergeants than it is on racial justice at this moment. And so I think that's also important to recognize. So we have one incredibly important component. And as I said, I voted yes on the package of amendments that makes the mayor's budget proposal better. And I have been happy to support my colleagues proposals as well. However, and this will come as no surprise to my two other councilmembers I'm going to vote no on the whole budget. So I just want to make it clear I voted yes on all the amendments that make the budget more positive, but this is a vote on the budget as a whole, and I cannot and I've never been able to in good conscience vote for a budget that, despite the gains that were won on the council, still represents changes on the margins. And when you compare the budget, that is supposed to be a moral document to the social needs of our city and the deep inequality and racism in our city, it simply is not a moral document as far as what we have right now. It continues to rely on regressive taxes that burden poor and working class people. While corporations continue to get a free ride. It continues to fail to address the housing and homelessness crisis. Despite the gains that were made to our amendments, it continues to prioritize repressive policing over actual justice to our communities of color. It prioritizes regressive, regressive measures like tolling. And I don't want to be told yet again that somehow there is some progressive way of doing it, because as an economist, I have never seen a conjunction doling that is progressive. If there is, I'm happy to support it. But as of now, that is just funding, though what the mayor has proposed is simply funding propaganda to push this idea rather than guaranteeing renters a right to a lawyer and know. Because it's not enough what we have. One social service workers continue to be paid poverty wages in a city with some of the richest people in the world. So with all this insight, the budget still fails to meet human need. And I really hope that because of the mandate that we have won this year, that movements will come back next year with renewed vigor , with strong statistical evidence that when you fight, you do win. Because we saw that happening this year, despite everything thrown at us, we were able to prevail. And I don't want us to rest on our laurels. And I hope that when January comes around, we will get back to serious organizing to win taxes on big business, to win rent control, and to make this city affordable and livable for everybody. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Swamp. Before we proceed, I do want to remind all of my colleagues we do have a parks board meeting after this meeting. Just to remind you. Councilmember O'Brien, would you like to say a few words on the budget? Q I, I just want to thank Councilmember Bakeshop for your leadership in the last two years on this. You've done an amazing job of balancing the needs of people in our city and council members. You've done a very successful job of shepherding our interests in a way that gets all of us wins in the areas you want . You've also created space for us to have the public debate over issues and fight on on those things that are really important. And that's not an easy balance. I've never tried to get that job in my ten years here, and I'm grateful that you were willing to serve in that role, because I know it's a lot of work, something. Your customer base, I. Think it comes from Brian comes from members on my right comes from Gonzalez. I'm going to be fast. So I wanted to thank Councilmember Bagshaw as well. So that's a good pick up for me. I just really appreciate the last two years of the process that you've shepherded us through and let us through really appreciate all your leadership and your ability to be able to prioritize so many different desires and needs from your colleagues. Appears a really want to thank you for for the work that you've done over the last couple of years to make sure that this is a successful process. Also, I want to thank council central staff. You guys are amazing and do really awesome work and really appreciate your responsiveness and and just your the countless number of hours that I know that you all have worked to make sure that we have a balanced budget that really does reflect the council's priorities. So thank you all for that. I also want to thank my own staff, Cody, Brianna and V for all the hard work that they've been doing to make sure that our officers funding priorities are included in the budget. I just wanted to take a quick minute to go through some of the things that we're exceptionally proud of in terms of items that were included by the chair in the 2020 budget that we'll be taking action on. Now, we're really excited about being able to champion fully full funding for civilian led police oversight agencies. We're stoked about being able to provide additional resources to the Regional Domestic Violence Firearm Enforcement Unit to get dangerous guns off of our streets. We have advanced several statements of legislative intent to implement reentry workgroup recommendations to support formerly incarcerated individuals who seek to reenter the economy. We have also included statements of legislative intent to examine the impact of our investments in the criminal legal system on communities of color and other vulnerable populations. We've included additional funding for hub in the box, emergency response, emergency management communication stations across the city. We've included some funding for a public life study for the Capitol Hill Echo District to activate public spaces for climate resiliency and stronger community connections. We've allocated about $100,000 to address the diaper gap for families reliant on shelters, tiny villages, food banks and child care facilities. We've also included some additional funding and direction to the Department of Education and Early Learning to expand birth to three child care options, including investing in comprehensive development of a comprehensive set of strategies to be able to expand access and and affordability for Seattle families in the birth to three child care category, we've directed that the expansion of additional child care assistance program dollars be prioritized for infant care. We've modified the ADA in India ADU financing to make sure that it is within reach for low to middle income families with a racial equity lens applied to make sure that the future pilot doesn't unintentionally exclude communities of color. We have proudly championed a $750,000 pilot program. The hope the Home for Good Pilot Program. To provide a rental assist to provide rental. Assistance to to those individuals who may be on disability benefits and facing housing instability. Really want to thank so many of the advocates, the Spokane County Homeless Coalition, for their. Advocacy. In bringing the issue to us to really talk about why it was important for us to take this interim step. So this is a huge investment. Really proud of it, really grateful for all of the collaboration both in City Hall and outside of City Hall to stand this up and really looking forward to the impact that we're going to be able to have, the positive impact we're going to be able to have with with that investment. And then. Lastly, we were able to establish. A $375,000 resiliency fund to support our immigrant refugee neighbors from ongoing and emerging threats from the Trump administration in partnership with the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs and so many of the community leaders who have identified that we need to be ready in 2020 for the ongoing attacks on immigrant and refugee folks who live in in our city. So really honored to have been able to champion some of these additions to the 2020 budget and really am grateful to Chair Bagshaw for hearing our priorities in my office and for including them in her budget. Really, really appreciate it and really proud of the work that my team has been able to do through this budget process to make sure that this budget reflects our priority. Thank you, Councilman Gonzales, because of our. Vote. Thank you. In addition to appreciating, honoring, valuing and just really not any words to say how helpful and useful the work of several staff has been through this budget process. Thank you. Thank you. I want to thank also my staff, Alex, Noel, Jean and Dmitri. Thanks to the budget chair for being very, very patient with me in particular and not pushing too hard when sitting down and in my office and hearing what my budget priorities are. My resistance to narrowing. Them down too much. And how patient you have been with me in my resistance to wanting to to give anything up. So I'm really pleased with how this budget has resulted in important budget initiatives for my district as well as for citywide issues that are really important to me. So as far as the District one specific proposals, I'm really excited that the D1 community network led the way to get funding for their West Marginal Way, Safe Streets and accessibility improvements at the Long Duwamish Longhouse, specifically new funding for planning and design of that project. Really excited that we've been able, by working with the residents of South Park and the Public Safety Committee, that we've been able to continue funding for a South Park public safety coordinator. That position is so important to that community in raising their voice to address their public safety needs in that neighborhood. Getting a commitment that we will receive some information from the Department and neighborhoods on a strategy to develop a community led, police based violence prevention initiative in Westwood and South Ridge to help address some of the public safety issues there and hopefully have it be modeled on the very successful Rainier Beach, a beautiful place focused on young people in that in that community as a restorative justice approach, also putting forward the ongoing and continued focus on the work being done for the rapid, rapid Ride H line. The budget actions that we've taken allow us to have continued focus on that work and make sure that the community's voice is heard. Finally, as it relates to District One issues, appreciate that the funding for a natural capital evaluation study is included in this year's budget. This is led by the Seattle Greenspaces Coalition, something that they've been working on for four years now to get the city to actually begin to continue, consider the value of our of our natural assets , in our in our planning process. And then as far as some of the citywide priorities I have, as well as community members related specifically to public safety and public health, we were successfully able to add funds for a third firefighter recruit class to address long term staffing needs, while also giving them the flexibility to expand the sizes of their two existing recruit classes. We've added funding to expand the Encampment trash program of Seattle Public Utilities, allowing them to pick up garbage at more unsheltered encampment locations throughout the city. We have as been as has been stated earlier, we worked with the Real Change Everybody Pooh's campaign to fund five mobile pit stops to increase access to bathrooms and hygiene centers. And then we've also added funding again in SPU for a pilot program of mobile pump out services to Arby's to limit the environmental damage to our waterways as it relates specifically to homelessness and housing. As I mentioned earlier, I appreciate having the opportunity to work with both council members, Gonzalez and Juarez, in getting some funding into two initiatives that they had already proposed to actually deal specifically with the needs for diaper distribute distribution on one one area, diaper distribution in shelters and in the other diaper distribution in hopefully in in child care centers. We're also looking at. In the area of housing, adding funding to the Department of Construction inspections for two new positions to support tenant and property owner outreach and education associated with the about five new pieces of legislation that we've passed in the last couple of months. These new positions will allow the Department of Construction and Inspections to support tenants in having their rights enforced under those laws. Also adding funding for renters rights, outreach and education organizing. Many thanks to Washington can be Seattle, the tenants union and allyship and advocating for that for that work. And then our continued proviso on the navigation team appropriations in the Human Services Department so that this Council can continue to have appropriate oversight over the work that's being done around engagement with people living in encampments and maintaining the public safety of of the locations where those encampments are found. As it relates specifically to civil rights issues. I appreciate the opportunity to direct existing funds to community based organizations to respond to hate violence, as well as separately from that, requesting that the Office of Civil Rights spend a portion of its 2020 proposed budget on community based organizations that will create restorative justice approaches to individuals committing hate crimes and adding two new permanent positions for the Office of Civil Rights for a dispute resolution mediator, and another to help with anti-discrimination and anti-harassment training. Many thanks in the area of transportation and utilities to transit for all in their work. To advocate for a report from the Human Services Department on how we can work to subsidize transit passes for employees of Human Services Department contracted service providers, as well as funding to Seattle Public Utilities to improve, shut off notification to tenants in multifamily buildings who often do not get advance notice of impending shut offs. And then finally, in the area of economic development in arts and culture, I want to thank the workers and members of the labor movements representing the film, film and music industry. Folks specifically looking to redirect admissions tax to body OED specifically for a film and music program lead to help the film industry, requesting that the Office of Economic Development provide recommendations regarding the creation of a film commission. Imposing a proviso on the funding for the Creative Industry Policy Advisor position to require engagement with the film industry in developing the responsibilities for this position. And then lastly, related to arts, really appreciative of the ability to direct funding to support the Seattle Rep's Public Works program for for the opportunity for the Seattle Rep to work with many of our service provider and the recipients of services in our city to give them the experience of producing and participating in a live theater work. Thank you. Thank you. Cathy. Horrible. Kathryn. Rebecca, would you like setting words on the budget? And I do have time reserved at the end of the agenda for you especially, but. They just took the words from my mouth. But just thank Councilman Rebecca Shaw for being leading a very inclusive process in this budget. Thank you, Kathryn Pacheco. Okay, so let's vote on item number 32. Please call the role on the passage of the bill. Pacheco, i. So what? No. Major Gonzalez. Purple Eye, Juarez Mascara. Hi, O'Brien. Hi, President Harrell. Hi. Eight in favor. One opposed bill passed in show Senate. Thank you. Thanks for staying here to please read items 33 and 34 together short time if you can.