Speaker 4: Agenda item two The Report of the Public Assets and Homelessness Committee Council Bill 120264 an ordinance relating to permits and Parks stating a maximum term for permits and Parks clarifying the nature of permissible commercial activities and parks and amending sections. 18.1 to 2.030. 18.1 2.042 and 18.1 2.160 of the Seattle Municipal Code. The committee recommends the bill pass.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Madam Clerk. Councilmember Lewis, it's all you.
Speaker 5: Thank you so much, Madam President. Hopefully, this can be a comparatively brief agenda item. Council Bill 120264 is aptly described by the title of the legislation. We heard a great presentation in committee last week from the Parks Department on the need to have a clearer regime to define what commercial activity might be in a park, and to have some kind of system to regulate the extent to which there can be allowed commercial activity, both in terms of the time and the space that that takes up in a public park going forward. So for the first time, this legislation creates a definition of what is considered commercial activity. To give a couple of examples of the kinds of activity parks has in mind that they would like to be able to facilitate with some level of consideration. And to do only permit would be something like an exercise class or a yoga class or some kind of mild food concession that might be seasonal. So some examples that were given were the food truck pilot for permitting in Westlake Park, which has been a fairly common occurrence over the last couple of years in the downtown core and potentially having services similar to that on a seasonal basis and some other parks around the city. This legislation was passed unanimously out of committee with five councilmembers voting in favor and nine opposed. And I am happy to move the legislation.
Speaker 0: Is there a second, second rate? Are there any other comments regarding Councilmember Lewis's legislation? Not seeing or hearing none. Will the clerk please call the role on the passage of the bill?
Speaker 2: Want? Yes. Strauss. Yes.
Speaker 5: LEWIS Yes.
Speaker 2: Morales Yes. MACHEDA All right. Nelson, I. Peterson.
Speaker 5: I.
Speaker 2: Council President Juarez. I Ididn't favor none of those.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Before we move on to a chairman and other businesses, I have a few comments I want to make that I had been hoping that I would not have to make at this point, but apparently it looks like I. Moving forward as a point of order, this council president will have an exercise and hopefully you will all recognize my quote unquote, my virtual gavel that it will mute us. I am going to rely on our colleagues to abide by all rules, hold us accountable to rules, behavior, and courtesy of decorum, civility and basic kindness. The members are reminded that it is never in order to make personal remarks or attacks. The members are reminded that colleagues will not attack or question the integrity or motives of other colleagues. And the members are reminded that we will not be discourteous to each other or make personal and insulting remarks. I'm hoping that going forward as council president, that we instill a safe place, a kind place, so the rest of the city can see that we are a functioning council. They can agree to, agree to disagree and still move forward for this great city. Again, I will use the point of order and I will mute us if indeed this Council President feels that we are not following those basic rules of decency and debate to our colleagues. So with that colleagues, this concludes our items of business today. Our next regularly scheduled city council meeting is on February 15th two, and I hope you all have a great afternoon. Thank you, Madam President. Yes.
Speaker 5: Sorry. I did have a good of the order item. I apologize. But just briefly, I would like to ask to be excused from the March 20 seconds and 29 Council meetings.
Speaker 0: Tuesday to Thursday Senate March due to Tuesdays to Tuesdays. Okay. Well, let's do this then. Well, I do not have my script here, so I'm just going to have to do it from memory. It seems that Council member Lewis would like to be excused. Are there any is there any opposition or concerns or comments that you would like to share with Mr. Lewis on why he cannot be excused on those two Tuesdays? Hearing or seeing none. You were indeed excused. Mr. Lewis.
Speaker 5: Thank you, Madam President. Sorry for just jumping in there.
Speaker 0: That's right. It's. That's how I like it. Just jump right on in. Let me know. I have no problem being told when I'm wrong. Thank you.
AN ORDINANCE relating to permits in parks; stating a maximum term for permits in parks; clarifying the nature of permissible commercial activities in parks; and amending Sections 18.12.030, 18.12.042, and 18.12.160 of the Seattle Municipal Code.