Okay, here we go.
Good afternoon.
Thank you for being here in City Hall.
The July 29, 2019 City Council meeting of the full City Council will come to order.
It's 2 o'clock PM.
I'm Bruce Harrell, President of the Council.
The clerk, please call the roll.
O'Brien.
Here.
Pacheco.
Here.
Zawan.
Here.
Bankshaw.
Here.
Gonzales.
Here.
Herpold.
Here.
Juarez.
Here.
Mosqueda.
President Harrell.
Here.
Eight present.
Thank you very much.
If there's no objection, today's introduction and referral calendar will be adopted.
Hearing no objection, the introduction and referral calendar is adopted.
And similarly, if there's no objection, today's agenda will be adopted.
Hearing no objection, today's agenda is adopted.
The minutes of the July 22, 2019 City Council meeting have been reviewed.
And if there's no objection, the minutes will be signed.
Hearing no objection, the minutes are being signed.
presentations I do not believe we have any presentations today which will lead us into public comment and at this time we'll take public comment on items that appear on today's agenda or introduction for a calendar our work program and I do not believe we have any people sign up for public comment this afternoon so we'll close the public comment section and I'll ask the clerk to move to the first agenda item which is the payment of the bills and please read it into the record
Council Bill 119586, appropriating money to phase out a claim for the week of July 15, 2019 through July 19, 2019 and ordering the payment thereof.
I'll move to pass Council Bill 119586. It's been moved and seconded to pass.
Any comments?
If not, please call the roll on the passage of the bill.
O'Brien.
Aye.
Jaco.
Aye.
Sawant.
Aye.
Bangshaw.
Aye.
Gonzalez.
Aye.
Herbold.
Aye.
Juarez.
Aye.
Mosqueda.
Aye.
President Harrell.
Aye.
Eight in favor, none opposed.
The bill passes and the chair will sign it.
Please read the agenda item number one.
The report of the Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts Committee, agenda item one, Council Bill 119583, relating to appropriations for the Office of Arts and Culture, amending Ordinance 125724, which adopted the 2019 budget, and lifting a proviso imposed on the Office of Arts and Culture's cultural space budget control level by Seattle City Council, Green Sheet 25B1-2019.
Committee recommends the bill pass.
Thank you very much.
Council Member Herbold, I reserved this room for an hour so you can make this last for a long time if you like.
Council Member Herbold.
Thank you, but I'm going to try and show some leadership here.
Council Bill 119583 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 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 the public benefit on race and equity for community-based organizations.
And as a result, Town Hall will provide up to 50 hours per year of free use of one of their rooms that you can book and make available for events called the Reading Room.
And it will be provided to 501c3s, 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.
Okay, thank you very much.
Any questions or comments on this bill?
If not, please call the roll on the passage of the bill.
O'Brien.
Aye.
Pacheco.
Aye.
Sawant.
Aye.
Begshaw.
Aye.
Gonzalez.
Aye.
Herbold.
Aye.
Juarez.
Aye.
Mosqueda.
Aye.
President Harrell.
Aye.
Eight in favor, none opposed.
Bill passed and the chair will sign it.
Okay, is there any further business coming for the council?
Okay, if not, we stand adjourned and everyone have a great rest of the afternoon.
Bye!