A RESOLUTION stating The City of Seattle’s intent to address climate change and improve resiliency as part of the One Seattle update to the Comprehensive Plan.
Agenda Item three Resolution 32059a resolution stating the City of Seattle's intent to address climate change and improve resiliency as part of the one Seattle update to the Comprehensive Plan. The committee recommends the resolution be adopted. Councilmember strauss he council president. We have the major update to the comprehensive plan coming next year. The one seattle plan and this was last legislative session. The legislature failed to act on passing a bill requiring major updates to address the climate crisis before us. Thankfully, when the legislature doesn't act, we have the ability to, and that's what we have before us. A resolution stating our intent to address the climate crisis through our major update to the comprehensive plan bank accounts. President I should add that Councilor Macheda is a co-sponsor. Kaspersky's regional sponsor. Missouri. She wrote. Sorry, I this councilor Mosqueda, please. Well, thank you very much, Madam President, and thank you very much to Councilmember Straus. I'm really excited that we are co-sponsoring this resolution. This resolution states the city's intent to address climate change and improve resilience as a part of that major comprehensive plan that Councilmember Strauss just noted. And we want to make sure that at the forefront, as we consider the plan, that we think about our environment and environmental justice as a cornerstone to our work over the next few years. I think Aaron House, this was really a product of her saying we can do this in Seattle. Other jurisdictions have done this, providing examples to our team in the apartment to show that there is a really great opportunity for us to weigh in and support the good work that our state legislator members have considered doing. Again, I want to thank Representative Doer for joining us in Councilmember Strauss's Committee on Land Use and for all the work that she and the legislative team have done in Olympia, including Representative Joel Fitzgibbon and so many others on the state and the House excuse me, on the House and the Senate side who are truly fighting and will continue to fight for a statewide approach to require all cities and counties to address climate change through their local planning. As noted, this resolution follows up on House Bill 1099 that Councilmember Strauss noted did not make it through the state legislature. This is Representative Dora's legislation that is going to continue to seek to make sure that climate change is incorporated as climate planning excuse me, as as climate plans continue in cities and counties, and make sure that everyone is taking an active role in committing to climate resilient communities while reducing contributions to the climate crisis. There were valiant efforts by Representative Doer and others in the state legislature this last year. There was a broad based, broad coalition, broad based support from advocates across the state. And while the piece of legislation did not make it through last session. It really underscored there is a gap. There is a gap that this legislation was trying to fix at the statewide level to make sure that more cities and counties are truly considering climate justice as part of their comprehensive planning process. As we talked about in committee, this is also about making sure that we're leading with a racial justice lens as well, recognizing that it's bipoc, brown, black, indigenous communities of color who are often in either front line or fenceline communities, meaning they're living in communities or working in industries that have higher rates of exposure to toxins and the effects of climate injustice, such as extreme heat, wildfire, floods, and the disproportionate impact on our health as well. So as we think about the climate conference excuse me, as we think about the comprehensive plan, we should think about this as our best tool to combat the inequities that are driving climate injustice and to help use the comprehensive plan to drive the creation of additional housing and fight displacement. So it's really using that intersectional lens. I'm excited that this legislation will be part of our effort to not only build housing, but also as we think about what rezoning looks like, how we make sure that more people can live near the places that we call high opportunity zones, places that make sure that you don't have to rely on a car so you can get to work childcare, community centers, senior centers without having to have a car. And this is our tool to help make sure that fewer people are being pushed an hour or two outside of the cities, contributing to Seattle being the third highest mega commuter city in the entire country. So again, thank you to all of you for your possible support for this two representative doer, for all of the work that she did in Olympia to our state legislative champions who have not finished their work on this. We'll be back next session. And colleagues. You can tell that this will be part of our legislative agenda next year. I want to make sure that folks know that we are part of a growing list of jurisdictions that are doing this as. Well, trying to codify the intent of 1099 House Bill 1099 in our city and local, local statutes. We're now joining King County, Pierce County, Whatcom County, Bothell, Kirkland and Redmond in our proactive commitment to address climate change. And I want to thank the King County Council, who recently adopted a climate planning framework in their plan. Scoping motion and aligning this effort here today with the counties will make sure that we are in compliance with the Growth Management Act and also in compliance with, I think, our core values, which is to address climate injustice. Again, thanks to Aaron Lish, Yolanda, the law department, Robin Briggs and the strong coalition of community organizations that have been fighting for House Bill 1099 and are supportive of this legislation, along with Obesity and Office of Sustainability and the Environment. Madam President, thank you as well. I will turn it back over to you and thank you for your partnership, Councilmember Strauss. Thank you, Councilor Mosqueda. So with that, is there any other comments before we move to a vote for either Councilmember Strauss or Casper Moscato? I don't see any. But what I want to add is I want to thank Councilor Mosqueda and Councilmember Strauss for doing this. But it did pass out of committee 5 to 0 with no opposition. I want to thank everybody because we've been working on this since the Green New Deal was passed. It was not passed or the House resolution was in Congress. But council members so want addressed this issue in her committee Friday as we were appointing Justin Farrell as the new O.C. director, and they had their discussion regarding the Green New Deal, climate justice and the false narrative that it has to be jobs versus in the environment, that there is a false narrative, and we don't need to follow that narrative any more. So again, Councilmember Mosqueda has been working on this since she got elected and Councilmember Strauss is now working on this and looks like we're all on board here. So with that, Councilmember Strauss, is there anything you want to add before we move to a vote? Well, council president, I couldn't say it any better than Councilmember Mosquito did. I urge you to vote. Nobody can. So with that, Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll on the passage of the bill? Council member, Lewis. Yes. No resolution. Councilmember Morales. Yes. Councilmember Machado, i. Councilmember Nelson. I. Councilmember Peterson. Hi. Councilmember Salant Yes. Councilmember Strouse. Yes. Councilmember Herbold. Yes. Council President Was I not in favor and unopposed and I misspoke. It's a resolution, not a bill without the. Well, now it's a bill. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. And will the clerk please fix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? So moving on to item number four, we have something other than neighborhoods education, civil rights and Culture Committee. And this will be Councilwoman Morales, but first will have the clerk read item number four to the record. They're part of the neighborhood education, Civil Rights and Culture Committee. Agenda Item for Council Bill 120335 An ordinance relating to service animals conforming the definition of service animal to federal and state law. Establishing a uniform definition for service animal by removing similar terms and including the definition in the parks code and making technical changes to the Seattle