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The clerk called the roll for attendance early in the briefing and, after no objections were raised, the council president said: \"Hearing no objection, the minutes are adopted.\" That action was taken by unanimous consent; no separate recorded roll call vote was held.

Later in the meeting, Councilmember Rink presented a proclamation honoring transgender and gender-nonconforming Seattle residents. Councilmember Rink asked colleagues on the dais to sign the proclamation; the clerk then called a roll for signatures. Councilmember Kettle, Councilmember Moore, Councilmember Rink, Councilmember Rivera, Councilmember Saka, Councilmember Solomon, Councilmember Hollingsworth and Council President Nelson each responded \"Aye,\" and \"8 signatures will be affixed,\" the clerk recorded.

Why it matters: The proclamation and the adoption of the minutes are formal, public records of council action. The proclamation highlights local recognition of an internationally observed day and reiterates city policy and values on protection and visibility for transgender residents.

Procedural note: The meeting later entered an executive session to discuss pending or potential litigation; briefing adjourned after the executive session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Seattle City Council Briefing 3/31/2025","oneSentenceSummary","At the March 31 briefing the council adopted the March 24 minutes by unanimous consent and affixed signatures to a proclamation recognizing March 31, 2025, as International Transgender Day of Visibility.","taxTitle","Seattle, King County, Washington","taxId",2543,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6095738,"City and local organizers outline World Cup planning: fan zones, transit, security and small-business efforts",2267,1748000,4015000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2837005-490707a2f7df98327696edf5c99fb97b&start=1748&end=4015","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2837005-490707a2f7df98327696edf5c99fb97b/thumbnail_1748000.jpg","/articles/6095738/Seattle/King-County/Washington/City-and-local-organizers-outline-World-Cup-planning-fan-zones-transit-security-and-small-business-efforts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6095738-2edbbdcdcbdd8d0b164d9f48d9e39d7f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771155136&Signature=TL51Hx7ic4sQgXiwT5IFPmDsRbrQlQTcn~RjmHzTNrhMaAhpHcXXqZFh~DBAcSTWiWTbSbwS9SaJmf3mlhcC-cBjFQIZjPKnvrnt~Sd1UmTDNRkiN6LNRAMfU3ugm89Qx0SahvH9LBOxIZ8z7HiGFyoL3qm62yeaCczyDNnlK-0ZL6LOjk4joaV4-BZbELG0a5eJD9z7ABIQU8on1sSdxupqGEzVQK-mjW88WrZw3wOrgK737FIis4mI60neylMopCaSk-8PokI1x31LYL6V9jPEa40PU-7VuJLdooZB4R-JxF1yDb8vvTrqgvgm~Snsmg8TtwCdEB1bqIeV3-ZSrA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Seattle officials and representatives of the local World Cup organizing committee updated council members March 31 on preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including neighborhood outreach, transportation planning and safety and security funding requests.

Deputy Mayor Greg Wong introduced the panel and Kylie Ralph, director of World Cup operations in the mayor's office, told the council, \"We are 436 days away\" from hosting matches, framing the briefing as a point-in-time overview of planning across city departments and the local organizing committee.

April Putney, chief strategy officer for the Seattle FIFA Local Organizing Committee, described roles: FIFA handles stadium operations and international coordination, the local organizing committee manages events outside the stadium footprint, and city departments will continue to provide enhanced government services. \"We wanted to make sure that we are doing that in light of and consistent with our region's values,\" Putney said, describing the LOC's six legacy pillars: human rights, accessibility, sustainability, children, culture and community.

Key details presented:

- Match and attendance: Seattle is scheduled to host six matches (four in the group stage and two in the knockout stage). The LOC projected up to 750,000 visitors to the city during the three-week tournament window and estimated large cross-border movement with Vancouver, B.C., as a nearby host.

- Economic impact and jobs: Early modeling by Visit Seattle with Tourism Economics estimates nearly $1 billion in economic impact in King County, more than $100 million in direct state and local tax revenue and nearly 21,000 local jobs supported between planning and the event.

- Fan celebrations and neighborhood outreach: The city and LOC plan an official fan celebration at Seattle Center, expecting 15,000 to 30,000 people daily, and a network of nine statewide fan zones to extend access. The city said it will provide microgrants (funded in the 2025 city budget at about $500,000) to neighborhood groups; the goal is at least one community celebration in each council district.

- Small-business support: The LOC and Visit Seattle will provide toolkits and technical assistance; King County-funded programs will deliver localized technical assistance and the city will fund neighborhood liaisons in the stadium-adjacent neighborhoods of the Chinatown-International District, Pioneer Square and SoDo to offer one-on-one support.

- Labor and human-rights commitments: The LOC said it has signed a labor-standards agreement with MLK Labor for work at Seattle Center fan activities and highlighted collaboration with trafficking-prevention nonprofits and federal partners to provide training and outreach.

- Safety, security and funding: The LOC and city said all 16 host cities are coordinating federal asks. Locally, the LOC said it supports a collective federal request of $625 million for host-city security; the Seattle-specific ask is $33 million. The OIR noted a $5.5 million item for safety and security in the Senate budget and city staff said they are working to preserve that funding during negotiations.

- Transportation goals: The city aims for 80% of ticket holders to arrive without a personal car, citing expanded transit service, a planned circulator bus connecting Lumen Field, Seattle Center, Chinatown-International District and the waterfront, and permanent walking/bike connections such as the Elliott Bay connector.

Council members pressed officials on neighborhood selection for microgrants, mitigation for trash and restroom needs, transit safety and staffing, and whether federal and state funding requests will cover the security and transportation gaps the city anticipates. April Putney said the three prioritized neighborhoods were chosen because they are the closest to the stadium and likely to bear the largest impacts; LOC and city staff said they will expand outreach and create office hours for neighbors and businesses to ask questions.

Why it matters: The World Cup will bring substantial short-term visitor demand and permanent infrastructure and neighborhood changes; city staff said they are aiming to maximize local economic benefit while mitigating burdens on stadium-area neighborhoods.

Next steps: The LOC and city plan further briefings as the tournament draw (expected in December) determines which teams and fan populations will come to Seattle; the LOC expects to launch volunteer recruitment and ticket sales in the months after the draw.","City and Local Organizing Committee officials briefed council on planning for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including a Seattle fan celebration at Seattle Center, neighborhood microgrants for community events, small-business assistance, public-safety planning and federal and state funding requests.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6095743,"City briefed on House and Senate budget plans as April deadlines loom",805,190000,995000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2837005-490707a2f7df98327696edf5c99fb97b&start=190&end=995","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2837005-490707a2f7df98327696edf5c99fb97b/thumbnail_190000.jpg","/articles/6095743/Seattle/King-County/Washington/City-briefed-on-House-and-Senate-budget-plans-as-April-deadlines-loom","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6095743-b43bd0759496c32a581c0646b7867b21/orig.mp4?Expires=1771155136&Signature=DDjSI4Vz-zj7Sw~53y9S3TZ7-yduEFv9Hrt469YY9hIJlPaXL0WtY6BLVF3u795G03JHwgg-TVBIlUgxd~xxTF8MrS~YJAussrwgeGUSjQGShcojXrNpLwoo73YU8G50H5PWCpTQtVkIMQKi2~CzvvEUDDcvkLCSWQ9xUVFZGnB-L1SRTbtx2BZyCSzYYRByLNx7EssOSCazZ112AKFPU75VAoHPeZ8C~KD6P-1ii2jei3-kUccKq7K8rjb5QCfeEtdYda~gEfteMENsbORAO2I4N2ljNnJs1gJjJpXyyoAn-nleMj8GC6WtGKzzH8ch22~EtdUQbgZ6bYPYF1sr5w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Seattle council members received an update March 31 from the city\repartment of Intergovernmental Relations on competing House and Senate operating and transportation budgets as the Legislature moves into final negotiations.

The briefing, led by Nina Hashemi, director of the Office of Intergovernmental Relations (OIR), and Anna Johnson, the city's state legislative affairs director, outlined differences in revenue proposals and spending priorities and reminded council members that \"with less than 1 month left of the 2025 regular legislative session, the deadline for bills to be voted out of policy committees is Wednesday, April 2,\" Hashemi said.

The report matters to Seattle because several budget items in play affect city operations and local programs: both chambers fund a municipal criminal justice account at about $60 million and provide support for new law enforcement academy classes, but the chambers diverge on taxes and other program investments.

Johnson summarized key revenue contrasts: \"The house is proposing a financial intangibles tax, a property tax lift, and a B and O surcharge,\" while \"the senate is proposing a financial intangibles tax, a payroll expense tax, a property tax lift, repeal of some tax preferences, and a sales tax cut,\" she said. Those different revenue mixes shape how each chamber balances spending and cuts ahead of conference negotiations.

Both chambers include funding intended for local governments on public safety and behavioral health. The OIR brief said both budgets fund 23 new basic law enforcement classes distributed through regional academies and reinstate a 25% local match for the Basic Law Enforcement Academy. Both chambers also include a grant program to the Association of Washington Cities to support alternative response programs; the House and Senate differ on amounts for law-enforcement recruitment grants, behavioral health housing supports and other line items.

On housing and homelessness, the update said both budgets fund major programs including a covenant homeownership program and multiple homelessness supports with differing amounts. The OIR noted differing treatment of the document recording fees that currently support homelessness programs: the Senate proposal would transfer roughly $77 million while the House would transfer about $117 million to offset those losses.

Transportation funding and revenue proposals also diverge. The House proposal includes a 9-cent gas-tax increase indexed to inflation, a highway use fee and a larger vehicle sales tax share for transportation; the Senate proposal mixes a 6-cent gas-tax increase with a slate of other revenue options including fees for EV registrations, luxury vehicles and event attendees. Both chambers include allocations for safe routes to schools and bicycle/pedestrian safety, but line items and amounts vary.

Hashemi and Johnson emphasized deadlines: policy-committee cutoffs on April 2, a short six-day fiscal-committee window for bills with budget impact, and a target of April 27 for final conference report approval before Sine Die. \"The final budget must be approved by Sine Die on April 27,\" Johnson said.

Council members asked clarifying questions about specific proposals, including how B&O surcharges would be applied and the size and baseline of transfers from the Public Works Assistance Account; the OIR staff said they would follow up by email with statutory language and current-account balances.

Why it matters: Seattle could see direct impacts depending on which proposals survive and which revenue or cuts are chosen, from transportation projects and public-safety grants to homelessness and behavioral-health programming.

Looking ahead: OIR said capital budgets would be released this week and the office will continue to update council members as the chambers move into conference negotiations in April.","Seattle Office of Intergovernmental Relations staff told council members the House and Senate operating and transportation budgets differ on revenue and program priorities, and warned of tight cutoffs: policy-committee bills are due April 2 and conference negotiations must finish by April 27.","actionData","errors"]

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