A RESOLUTION authorizing an exception to the level of General Fund support to Seattle Parks and Recreation due to exigent economic circumstances, by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
Thank you, Madam Park. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. And as the clerk, please, to fix my signature to the legislation. Item number five Will the clerk please read agenda item five into the record? Agenda item five Resolution 31951 authorizing the exception to the level of general fund support to up park and recreation due to exigent economic circumstances. By 3/1 vote of the City Council, the committee recommends that the resolution be adopted. Thank you, Madam Park Councilmember Mosqueda as sponsor of the resolution. You are recognized in order to address this item. Thank you, Madam President. Nothing else to add to this one. Thank you so much. Are there any other comments on the on the resolution? Did I see your hand? Because first a lot. Customers silent, please. Sorry. This is agenda item five. This one and the next one. Agenda item six. Lift the legally required minimum investment in the Parks Department and the Department of Transportation. If this was being done purely as an accounting measure to swap different types of funds in order to allow the city to fund the best priorities, of course I would be supporting this. However, that is not the reality of this austerity budget. The reality is, this year, the mayor has chosen to cut parks and roads rather than supporting the Amazon tax, let alone urging that the Amazon tax be increased so that austerity is averted. When we were voting on the Amazon tax earlier this month, my office proposed an amendment to increase those big business taxes in a very small way to cover all budget shortfalls so that no austerity would be needed. As I said, this could have been done with a very small increase in the Amazon tax paid for by the wealthiest who have been enjoying a tax haven in our city for years. Unfortunately, no other council member supported that amendment, and as a result, we are now faced with this austerity budget, including these resolutions that are legally required to invest so little into roads and parks. I believe I will be voting no on this resolution, which allows austerity in parks and the next council bill, which allows austerity in the Department of Transportation. And my comments apply to both items. If the. Majority of council members agreed with me and instead wanted to avoid austerity by increasing the taxes on big business. And of course I would be open to that at any time and would be happy to bring that forward at any time. But at this moment, I will be voting no. And I don't think you. Thank you, Councilmember Swann. Any other comments on resolution 31951? Agenda item number five. Hearing and seeing none. I'd ask that the clerk. Please call the role on the adoption of the resolution. Petersen I. Don't know. Strauss Yes. Verbal. Yes. Lewis. Yes. Morales. Yes. Macheda. Yes. President Gonzalez. Yes. Seven in favor. One opposed. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The resolution is adopted and the chair will sign it. And as with the clerk, please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf. Okay. Agenda item number six. Will the clerk please read item six into the record?