Speaker 2: Agenda item five. Resolution 319 42. Adding the West Seattle Bridge Emergency Closure and repairs to the watch list of capital projects for enhanced quarterly monitoring. Establishment Resolution 319 31.
Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you so much. I move to adopt resolution 31942. Is there a second check? It's been moved the second to adopt the resolution. I am going to hand it over to Councilmember Herbold as the lead sponsor of this resolution to address the resolution. Please come to my verbal. The floor is yours. Thank you so much. This resolution would place the West Seattle Bridge onto the capital improvement program watchlist. Just some general points. As you know, the council has has a watch list that we approve every year and we create a yearly watch list by resolution. Just last month, the council approved resolution 31931 sponsored by comes from Muscala to adopt the 2020 Capital.
Speaker 2: Projects Watch list for projects requiring.
Speaker 0: Quarterly enhanced reporting. In 2018, the Council adopted legislation to establish this enhanced reporting, which includes these quarterly updates on all individual projects that are on the watch list itself, as well as ongoing programs. This resolution adds the West Seattle Bridge to the 2020 watch list. It does so in light of the fact that a week ago it announced the closure of the West Seattle Bridge due the public safety threat posed by cracks that were expanding rapidly. They announced the closure of the West Seattle Bridge to two council members about 3 hours before actually closing the bridge. So that really highlights the need to get projects like this in front of the council. And any time that there is advance knowledge of there being being risk associated with the project. Now that we know that there is risk, we want to make sure that we are monitoring the short term and long term work associated with this project as it relates specifically to some of the technical aspects of the legislation, because the project doesn't have a capital project ID number yet. It's described a little differently than other projects adopted by by resolution in the watch list. And so for that reason, it says the city council requests that the mayor add any capital projects with spending related to the near term.
Speaker 2: Repair.
Speaker 0: Long term repair and mitigation during closure of the West Seattle Bridge to the 2020 watch list for enhanced quarterly reporting, as described in Section two of Resolution 31931. So we have that description of the project instead of as an identification number. I really want to thank Councilmember Peterson, the chair of the related committee, for his work on the resolution and co-sponsoring it and his commitment as chair to work towards greater transparency and public reporting on important escort issues. I do have a small amendment as well, just to kind of get to the meat of the importance of the bridge. Okay. So why don't we go ahead and consider your amendment first and then once we vote on that amendment, we can provide your co-sponsor, Councilmember Peterson, an opportunity to make remarks as well. So why don't you go ahead and make the formal motion to introduce the amendment? Councilmember Herbold. I moved to amend Resolution 31942 as presented on version two of Amendment one of the agenda. Okay. Is there a second?
Speaker 1: Second.
Speaker 0: It's been moved and seconded to amend the resolution. Councilmember Herbold, would you like to speak to the amendment? Thank you. Yes, this amendment was requested by a member of the community in West Seattle. I do agree that it's really important to highlight the critical nature of the West Seattle Bridge as the busiest roadway in the city of Seattle, handling 100,000 vehicle per weekday under normal conditions, along with 70,000 transit riders and ferry traffic from Vachon and Kitsap County, including this language in the resolution. Putting this project on the watch list, we are signaling as a council that we understand and agree the importance of this of this roadway to to Seattle residents, not just on the peninsula, but throughout the city. Great. Are there any comments on the amendments? Okay. Hearing none. Well, the clerk please call the roll on the adoption of the amendment.
Speaker 2: Councilmember Suarez, I. Councilmember Lewis.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: Councilmember Morales.
Speaker 3: I.
Speaker 2: Council member Macheda. I Material Council member Peterson.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: Council members want. Councilmember Strauss, I. Councilmember Herbert. Hi. President Gonzalez.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 2: Eight in favor, none opposed.
Speaker 0: Okay. The motion carries and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further comments on the resolution as amended? And I, I think this might be an appropriate time to hear from Councilmember Peterson, if you would like to make some remarks.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Council President, just briefly, I appreciate working with Councilmember Herbold on this. I think that we were all surprised last week to hear about the need to close the Seattle Bridge so suddenly. But we support the decision of the mayor and start to do that closure. However, we want to put it on the watch list because now it's become a major capital project. We have to intensify our scrutiny of this not only the West Seattle Bridge, but it really raises the question about what is our start doing with the other major bridges throughout our city that need major maintenance and repair? There are some seismic projects that are happening throughout our city on bridges. So really just raising the level of intense scrutiny on getting back to the basics of our city infrastructure so that we can not only get the West Seattle Bridge fixed and open as quickly as possible to keep everybody safe, but also to look deeper at what our state is doing with the other bridges throughout our city. So I look forward to working with our state and my council colleagues to intensify oversight of this. Thank you.
Speaker 0: I thank you, Councilmember Peterson, for those remarks. Are there any other comments on the resolution? As amended. All right. Hearing well, the clerk is called the roll on the adoption of the resolution as amended.
Speaker 2: Council member, Juarez High Council member Luis. I. Councilmember Morales, I. Councilmember Mesquita.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 2: Councilmember Peterson.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: Council members want. Councilmember Strauss.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: Councilmember Herbold.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 2: President Gonzales. I ain't in favor and unopposed.
Speaker 0: Thank you. The resolution is adopted as amended and the chair will sign. It will please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf. So we are now going to address other. I understand that a councilor will say that has other business for the Council to consider, so I will hand it over to her.
Speaker 2: Council President Gonzalez, this is show me. So I'm sorry.
Speaker 0: We lost we lost you for a moment. I understand you have some technological difficulties, so thanks for calling back.
Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely. But I was just going to request, could we take the last two votes that I missed again so I can vote?
Speaker 0: Oh, boy. Yes. I'm going to have to remember my Robert's Rules of Order. So I think I have to move for reconsideration of. Of those agenda items. Is that correct, Madam Clerk?
Speaker 2: This is Amelia. Yes, that's correct. And we can do that by unanimous consent. So if you'd like to request that there's no objection for reconsideration of agenda item four as amended as well as number five, and then after you seek the reconsideration for item for, then we will give you the roll call.
Speaker 0: Okay, great. And if there is no objection to is if there is no objection to reconsideration of agenda item four as amended, we will reconsider it. Hearing no objection. We will reconsider agenda item four as amended. Will the clerk please call the roll on the adoption of resolution 31940 as amended?
Speaker 2: Councilmember warrants. Hi. I'm sorry. Councilmember Lewis.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: Councilmember Morales. I come from Ramon's ghetto.
Speaker 0: If they lose her, I.
Speaker 2: Councilmember Peterson.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: Council members who want I. Councilmember Strauss.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: Councilmember Herbold.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 2: President Gonzalez.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 2: I'm in favor and I'm opposed.
Speaker 0: Okay. So the. Adoption of resolution 31940 passes and the chair will sign it if the Court will please affix my signature to the list on my behalf. If there is no objection, we will reconsider agenda item five, which is resolution 31942.
Speaker 2: CHEERING Gentlemen, please.
Speaker 0: Okay, hold on here. No objection to the reconsideration of an agenda item five, which is resolution 31942. I'll ask that the clerk please hold the roll on the passage of resolution 31942.
Speaker 2: Councilmember Suarez, but. Council member, Lewis.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: Councilmember Morales.
Speaker 3: I.
Speaker 2: Council member.
Speaker 0: Ambassador I.
Speaker 2: Council member Peterson.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 2: Council member. So what I can remember. Strauss. I remember herbals.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 2: Do dollars.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 2: Nine in favor and then opposed.
Speaker 0: The resolution as adopted, as amended, and the chair will sign it. Will the clerk please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? All right, so other business this I understand that council members get a has a letter to discuss with us. So I'm going to hand it over to her for discussion. Thank you. Council president and I again want to thank our central staff. I know they did a lot of work over the weekend on many of those amendments, so just a special thank you to them. Also on Friday, I circulated to your offices a sign on letter for the city of Seattle, the council members to send a message to our governor's office to extend a moratorium on all foreclosures, including multi-family structures and commercial properties throughout the state. This is in line with much of the conversation we've already had today. So I'll just say, well, there's been action taken at the city and the state to protect residents, small businesses and nonprofits from eviction. All of our offices are hearing the concerns that we've already talked about today, that banks will foreclose on thousands of property owners and that those property owners are facing loss of income for households and small businesses due to the downward spiral in the market. A lot of our renters who live in the city live in multi-family structures, and families across Washington are being forced to choose between necessities like food or paying for rent. While many businesses are also struggling to stay afloat and may be unable to make their rent or mortgage payments as a result of this crisis, placing a moratorium on evictions would complement other protections that we have already enacted as the city of Seattle and that you have seen echoed at the state level thanks to Governor Inslee. I think this would support housing stability and economic resilience for our communities and would help us avoid long term negative impacts. Our economy is statewide. Moratorium on foreclosures would address large gaps in the state that the federal administration has taken to authorize the Federal Housing Authority to implement a foreclosure and eviction moratorium for single family homeowners with FHA insured mortgages for the next 60 days. It also responds to the call from the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance and others to enact foreclosure moratoriums to help protect renters and small business owners as well. The letter has been discussed with the governor's office and the governor's staff, and I think that they appreciate us continuing to elevate these issues. They said that the letter would be welcomed as they look at various strategies at the state level to address the requests that they're also getting. So with your consideration, we'd love to have the council members sign on to the letter that has been circulated. We will affix your electronic signature to the letter if you indicate if you're interested in signing on. I mentioned this in my emails to the City Council, but a special thank you to Councilmember Peterson for following up with law on the request from the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance to advocate for foreclosure moratorium that would protect multifamily housing providers. Thanks to customer referral for weighing in as well. And you've already heard other councilmembers a morales and so lot that are working on similar efforts but really appreciate your consideration of signing on to this letter to the governor's office to continue to amplify the call for state level action as well as, I think, what Councilmember Morales effort did, which was to call for federal action. I appreciate all that's happened in our efforts already to try to protect homeowners and small business owners. This would be, I think, a really important measure as we look at protecting renters and those who are paying as small business owners as well as their monthly rent. So thanks for the consideration. And again, thanks to customer Peterson Brown for helping to draft that initial letter. That's the central. Thank you, Councilmember Mosqueda. So typically we deal with letters that are being circulated in in an open public session in order to make sure that we're complying with the Open Public Meetings Act. So I really appreciate you bringing in this opportunity for in this public setting. Before I go through the process of seeing who would like to have their signature added to the letter, I'm going to open it up and see if anyone has any additional comments or questions about the proposed letter. Councilmember Herbold. Thank you. I also just want to give a shout out to Councilmember Kate Burke in Spokane. Councilmember Burke has been doing a really wonderful job of assembling council members throughout the state who are housing champions to talk through many of these issues so that we can be speaking with a unified voice. This is one of those issues that came up in that context. I know it's come up in other contexts as well, but if folks who are on the council are interested in learning more about Councilmember Burke's housing champions calls just shoot me. Or Councilmember Mosqueda an email and we'll we'll be sure to get you on as well. It's a really great opportunity not just for us to talk to one another, but for us to be guided by the on the ground work that our advocates in the housing community are doing, as in particular led by the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance. Thank you. Councilmember Herbold. Are there any other questions or comments by my colleagues? Okay. Seen none. Just to avoid having to do a roll call again, I'm going to sort of do this in the in the negative, if you will. If you do not want your name added to you, do not want your electronic signature affixed to the letter as described by Councilmember Mosqueda. Please, please indicate so now. Okay. I'm not hearing anyone register their objection. So it sounds like you have the consent by all council members to have their electronic signature affixed to your letter. Council Member State I thank you for bringing it forward in open session and all present with our rules and state law. Really appreciate it and really looking forward to having that letter be transmitted to the governor. I think it's really important as we are continuing our conversations around providing relief to tenants. It's really important for us to acknowledge that there are many renters who who need this relief. But there's also it's really important for us to acknowledge that there are plenty of homeowners or condo owners that are going to be and are experiencing economic distress as a result of the economic crisis that was precipitated by COVID 19. So that's really important for us to make sure that we're looking at this as holistically as possible, to provide that to ensure that those reliefs can be provided. So I really appreciate your advocacy. Okay. Is there any other further business to come before the council? Okay. Hearing on that was the last item of business on our agenda. Our next regularly scheduled full council meeting will be on April 6th at 2 p.m. and there is no other business to come before us, so we are adjourned. Thank you, everyone. Thank you.
A RESOLUTION adding the West Seattle Bridge emergency closure and repairs to the Watch List of capital projects for enhanced quarterly monitoring established in Resolution 31931.