Speaker 2: The report of the Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development and Arts Committee Agenda Item one Council 119 583 relating to preparations for the Office of Arts and Culture amending Ordinance 125 724, which adopted the 2019 Budget and lifting improvise it impose on the Arts and Office of Arts and Culture as a cultural space budget control level by Seattle . But City Council Green Sheet 25b1 2019. The committee recommends the bill pass.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much, Councilman Herbold. I reserved this room for an hour so you can make this last for a long time if you like. Councilmember Herbold.
Speaker 3: Thank you. But I'm going to try and show some leadership there. Council Bill 11 9583 is a council bill to lift a proviso on $150,000 in funding for town hall renovations approved in the 2019 budget. The funds added in the 2019 budget require a public benefit to accompany them. And so we've used the time since the the passage and enactment of the 2019 budget and today to have a negotiation with town hall on what that public benefit is. And the agreement was to focus their the public benefit on racial equity for community based organizations. And as a result, town hall will provide up to 50 hours per year of free use of their one of their rooms that you can you can book and make available for events called The Reading Room and it will be provided to 501c threes, other community based organizations and community groups as well as access by city departments for program related to race and equity. And as I mentioned earlier this morning, there have been previous allocations to town hall for costs associated with their renovations and there was a different set of public benefits negotiated for that disbursement of funds.
Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you very much. Any questions or comments on this bill? If not, please call the role on the passage of the Bill.
Speaker 1: O'Brien by Pacheco. So what I think John Gonzalez purple. Hi whereas Mr. President Harrell.
Speaker 0: High.
Speaker 1: Eight in favor and unopposed.
Speaker 0: Bill Pass and chair of Senate. Is there any further business cover for the council? Okay. If not, we stand adjourned and everyone have a great rest of the afternoon.
Speaker 3: All right. I think.
AN ORDINANCE related to appropriations for the Office of Arts & Culture; amending Ordinance 125724, which adopted the 2019 Budget; and lifting a proviso imposed on the Office of Arts & Culture’s Cultural Space Budget Control Level by Seattle City Council Green Sheet 2-5-B-1-2019.