1 00:00:19,886 --> 00:00:20,920 >>> GOOD AFTERNOON. 2 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:22,689 THIS MEET WILLING COME TO ORDER. 3 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:24,958 IT IS 2:07 P.M. 4 00:00:24,958 --> 00:00:27,127 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 5 00:00:27,127 --> 00:00:27,560 THE ROLL. 6 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:37,904 [ ROLL CALL TAKEN ] 7 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:44,778 >> SIX PRESENT. 8 00:00:44,911 --> 00:00:48,681 >> FOR THE RECORD, 9 00:00:48,681 --> 00:00:51,151 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED, 10 00:00:51,151 --> 00:00:52,018 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 11 00:00:52,018 --> 00:00:54,654 AND RIVERA IS EXCUSED, AS WELL. 12 00:00:54,654 --> 00:00:57,824 BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE 13 00:00:57,824 --> 00:01:00,193 PROCLAMATION, I WANT TO TURN IT 14 00:01:00,193 --> 00:01:01,828 OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER TO 15 00:01:01,828 --> 00:01:03,163 TALK ABOUT THE 16 00:01:03,163 --> 00:01:06,566 GUEST THAT WE HAVE IN THE 17 00:01:06,566 --> 00:01:08,802 HALLWAY. 18 00:01:08,935 --> 00:01:10,403 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 19 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:11,771 I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A 20 00:01:11,771 --> 00:01:13,840 SECOND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUMMER 21 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:14,040 CAMP 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,409 FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. 23 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:18,745 IF YOU CAN'T HEAR THEM ON ZOOM, 24 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:20,847 THEY'RE CLAPPING LOUDLY AND 25 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:21,214 CHEERING. 26 00:01:21,214 --> 00:01:23,316 I AM JUST SO HONORED THAT I 27 00:01:23,316 --> 00:01:24,517 GOT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF 28 00:01:24,517 --> 00:01:26,653 TIME WITH THE SUMMER CAMP 29 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:26,886 EARLIER 30 00:01:26,886 --> 00:01:27,120 TODAY. 31 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,355 SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE 32 00:01:29,355 --> 00:01:31,925 SCHOLARS WHO ASKED US SOME VERY 33 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:32,158 HARD 34 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:33,993 QUESTIONS ABOUT GOVERNANCE, 35 00:01:33,993 --> 00:01:35,695 THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, 36 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:37,397 THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, SPEEDING 37 00:01:37,397 --> 00:01:40,767 TICKETS, AFFORDABILITY, 38 00:01:40,767 --> 00:01:42,402 THEY REALLY HAD IT ALL ON LOCK. 39 00:01:42,402 --> 00:01:44,737 SO I WANT TO EXPRESS 40 00:01:44,737 --> 00:01:46,573 MY GRATITUDE TO THEM AND TO 41 00:01:46,573 --> 00:01:47,974 THEIR PROFESSORS FOR JOINING US 42 00:01:47,974 --> 00:01:48,174 TODAY 43 00:01:48,174 --> 00:01:50,710 OUTSIDE OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND 44 00:01:50,710 --> 00:01:56,282 ALSO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE 45 00:01:56,282 --> 00:01:57,450 COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO CAME DOWN 46 00:01:57,450 --> 00:01:59,052 AND SHARED HER TIME. 47 00:01:59,052 --> 00:02:03,123 RUMOR HAS IT ALLALL AN 48 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:05,425 ACTIVITY OR TWO. 49 00:02:05,425 --> 00:02:06,659 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THEM 50 00:02:06,659 --> 00:02:07,227 FOR BEING HERE. 51 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,630 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 52 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:10,997 FOSTER. 53 00:02:10,997 --> 00:02:15,335 AND THANK YOU FOR COMING, THE 54 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:17,937 SUMMER MP IS FIVE WEEKS LONG 55 00:02:17,937 --> 00:02:19,439 AND IT WAS A PRIORITY FOR 56 00:02:19,439 --> 00:02:21,374 THEM TO LOWER SPEEDING TICKETS 57 00:02:21,374 --> 00:02:22,308 TO 58 00:02:22,308 --> 00:02:22,575 $80. 59 00:02:22,575 --> 00:02:24,210 JUST WANTED TO SAY I 60 00:02:24,210 --> 00:02:26,613 THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA, SO 61 00:02:26,613 --> 00:02:29,782 DID COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 62 00:02:29,782 --> 00:02:30,083 $80. 63 00:02:30,083 --> 00:02:31,117 THANK YOU FOR COMING. 64 00:02:31,117 --> 00:02:37,624 WE LOVE Y'ALL. 65 00:02:37,624 --> 00:02:39,726 NOW WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT 66 00:02:39,726 --> 00:02:40,960 OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 67 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,862 YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION TODAY. 68 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:46,900 >> YES, THANK YOU, MAD 69 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:47,867 AME COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 70 00:02:47,867 --> 00:02:49,269 I'M HONORED TO BRING 71 00:02:49,269 --> 00:02:50,436 THIS FORWARD TODAY. 72 00:02:50,436 --> 00:02:54,140 COLLEAGUES, A RECENT REPORT FROM 73 00:02:54,140 --> 00:02:56,509 COMMUNITIES COUNT ESTIMATES THAT 74 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:57,944 ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE IN 75 00:02:57,944 --> 00:03:00,079 KING COUNTY ARE LIVING WITH A 76 00:03:00,079 --> 00:03:02,515 DISABILITY, AND DUE TO SYSTEMIC 77 00:03:02,515 --> 00:03:03,449 BARRIERS, THEY ARE MORE 78 00:03:03,449 --> 00:03:09,088 LIKELY TO BE OLDER ADULTS, 79 00:03:09,088 --> 00:03:09,989 LBGTQ, 80 00:03:09,989 --> 00:03:12,091 LOWER INCOME, AMERICAN INDIAN, 81 00:03:12,091 --> 00:03:13,726 ALASKA NATIVE RESIDENTS. 82 00:03:13,726 --> 00:03:16,529 BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE. 83 00:03:16,529 --> 00:03:20,934 AND HAVE STATUSES OF BEING 84 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:23,903 A MILITARY VETERAN, AS 85 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:24,737 ARE COUNCILMEMBER COLLEAGUE 86 00:03:24,737 --> 00:03:26,239 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS 87 00:03:26,239 --> 00:03:29,075 SHARED WITH MY OFFICE 88 00:03:29,075 --> 00:03:31,678 RECENTLY, WASHINGTON STATE HAS A 89 00:03:31,678 --> 00:03:31,978 LONG 90 00:03:31,978 --> 00:03:33,179 HISTORY OF CHALLENGING BELIEFS 91 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:34,614 ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE 92 00:03:34,614 --> 00:03:35,949 WITH DISABILITIES COULD LEARN 93 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:36,182 AND DO. 94 00:03:36,182 --> 00:03:41,054 WHICH LED TO THE PASSAGE 95 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:43,256 OF EDUCATION FOR ALL, THAT ACT, 96 00:03:43,256 --> 00:03:45,058 SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR DAN 97 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:46,559 EVANS, A LITTLE OVER 50 98 00:03:46,559 --> 00:03:52,131 YEARS AGO ON MAY 25th, 1 971. 99 00:03:52,131 --> 00:03:53,833 THIS BILL WAS BORN RIGHT HERE 100 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:55,435 IN SEATTLE AND WAS THE FIRST OF 101 00:03:55,435 --> 00:03:56,769 ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES 102 00:03:56,769 --> 00:03:59,672 REQUIRING THAT ALL CHILDREN, NO 103 00:03:59,672 --> 00:04:01,341 EXCEPTIONS, ALL CHILDREN HAD A 104 00:04:01,341 --> 00:04:06,779 RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION, A 105 00:04:06,779 --> 00:04:08,615 RIGHT TO AN APPROPRIATE 106 00:04:08,615 --> 00:04:08,915 EDUCATION, 107 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:15,655 AND A RIGHT SO THAT NO ONE OR 108 00:04:15,655 --> 00:04:17,690 NOTHING AROUND THEM WAS 109 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:19,092 DESIGNED WITHOUT THEIR SPECIFIC 110 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:20,493 NEEDS OR 111 00:04:20,493 --> 00:04:21,194 DISABILITIES IN MIND. 112 00:04:21,194 --> 00:04:23,363 IT'S WHY I'M HONORED TO 113 00:04:23,363 --> 00:04:25,665 BRING THIS PROCLAMATION 114 00:04:25,665 --> 00:04:26,566 FORWARD RECOGNIZING DISABILITY 115 00:04:26,566 --> 00:04:26,899 PRIDE 116 00:04:26,899 --> 00:04:28,935 MONTH, WHICH IS 117 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:30,703 CELEBRATED ANNUALLY AND 118 00:04:30,703 --> 00:04:31,070 INTERNATIONALLY 119 00:04:31,070 --> 00:04:33,273 EACH JULY TO MARK 120 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:35,608 THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN 121 00:04:35,608 --> 00:04:37,644 WITH DISABILITIES ACT, SIGNED ON 122 00:04:37,644 --> 00:04:42,015 JULY 26th, 1990, THE ADA IS A 123 00:04:42,015 --> 00:04:45,718 LANDMARK PIECE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 124 00:04:45,718 --> 00:04:49,922 LEGISLATION, PREVENTING 125 00:04:49,922 --> 00:04:51,791 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST 126 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:56,763 PEOPLE WITH IES, 127 00:04:56,763 --> 00:04:58,631 REMOVING BARRIERS FOR EMPLOYMENT 128 00:04:58,631 --> 00:04:58,798 AND 129 00:04:58,798 --> 00:05:04,671 PUBLIC SERVICES, AND ONE OF 130 00:05:04,671 --> 00:05:09,642 THE AREAS MOST CRITICAL, 131 00:05:09,642 --> 00:05:10,243 PREVENTS DISCRIMINATION IN 132 00:05:10,243 --> 00:05:13,012 TRANSPORTATION. 133 00:05:13,012 --> 00:05:15,815 THAT'S WHY SOME 134 00:05:15,815 --> 00:05:16,282 AMENDMENTSAMENDMENTS 135 00:05:16,282 --> 00:05:17,784 A SIMILAR POLICY DISCUSSION 136 00:05:17,784 --> 00:05:19,752 WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW FROM 137 00:05:19,752 --> 00:05:20,720 MYSELF AND 138 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:21,988 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ TO 139 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:24,957 THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE TO 140 00:05:24,957 --> 00:05:26,793 INCREASE OUR FOCUS 141 00:05:26,793 --> 00:05:27,994 ON ACCESSIBILITY AND 142 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:29,395 ENSURING PEOPLE WALKING AND 143 00:05:29,395 --> 00:05:29,862 ROLLING CAN 144 00:05:29,862 --> 00:05:33,833 SAFELY ACCESS TRANSIT STOPS IN A 145 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:35,668 DIGNIFIED MANNER. 146 00:05:35,668 --> 00:05:38,071 THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL THEME, 147 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:41,207 THE WORLD WORKS BETTER WITH 148 00:05:41,207 --> 00:05:43,576 US, PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY 149 00:05:43,576 --> 00:05:44,977 TO CELEBRATE THE 150 00:05:44,977 --> 00:05:46,379 MANY WAYS THAT PEOPLE LIVING 151 00:05:46,379 --> 00:05:47,513 WITH 152 00:05:47,513 --> 00:05:50,083 DISABILITIES, WHETHER VISIBLE, 153 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:53,453 DISCERNIBLE, OR 154 00:05:53,453 --> 00:05:58,925 INVISIBLE, THOSE PEOPLE, IN ALL 155 00:05:58,925 --> 00:06:01,360 AREAS, ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE 156 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:02,595 ECONOMICALLY, POLITICALLY, 157 00:06:02,595 --> 00:06:08,768 AND IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN THE 158 00:06:08,901 --> 00:06:10,303 CITY, AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S 159 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:13,806 ALSO MORE WORK TO DO, AS WELL. 160 00:06:13,806 --> 00:06:15,608 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK 161 00:06:15,608 --> 00:06:19,278 THAT ORGANIZATIONS AND ADVOCATES 162 00:06:19,278 --> 00:06:21,347 HERE TODAY, AND SO MANY MORE, 163 00:06:21,347 --> 00:06:23,449 DO EVERY SINGLE DAY TO 164 00:06:23,449 --> 00:06:26,519 CHALLENGE US TO BE BETTER, TO 165 00:06:26,519 --> 00:06:26,819 PROMOTE THE 166 00:06:26,819 --> 00:06:27,754 FULL PARTICIPATION OF 167 00:06:27,754 --> 00:06:31,023 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INTO 168 00:06:31,023 --> 00:06:31,190 ALL 169 00:06:31,190 --> 00:06:33,793 AREAS OF THINGS I MENTIONED 170 00:06:33,793 --> 00:06:34,060 EARLIER, 171 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:34,694 ECONOMIC, POLITICAL COMMUNITY 172 00:06:34,694 --> 00:06:37,697 HERE IN SEATTLE. 173 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:40,032 ADVISE THING COUNCIL AND OUR 174 00:06:40,032 --> 00:06:41,300 MAYOR AND THE EXECUTIVE 175 00:06:41,300 --> 00:06:42,401 DEPARTMENTS ON ISSUES 176 00:06:42,401 --> 00:06:44,003 OF IMPORTANCE THAT PEOPLE 177 00:06:44,003 --> 00:06:45,738 WITH DISABILITIES AND 178 00:06:45,738 --> 00:06:46,072 RECOMMENDING 179 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:51,210 POLICIES, PRACTICES AND 180 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:53,079 LEGISLATION. ALLOW ME TO READ A 181 00:06:53,079 --> 00:06:53,679 FEW 182 00:06:53,679 --> 00:06:55,748 SELECT PASSAGES FROM THIS 183 00:06:55,748 --> 00:06:56,082 HISTORIC 184 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:57,784 PROCLAMATION, IF I MAY. 185 00:06:57,917 --> 00:07:00,520 WHEREAS DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH 186 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,822 IS CELEBRATED NATIONALLY AND 187 00:07:02,822 --> 00:07:03,656 INTERNATIONALLY EACH JULY TO 188 00:07:03,656 --> 00:07:05,391 MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF 189 00:07:05,391 --> 00:07:07,260 THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY 190 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:10,229 ACT, SIGNED ON JULY 26, 1990, 191 00:07:10,229 --> 00:07:12,832 A LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS 192 00:07:12,832 --> 00:07:15,001 LAW PROHIBITING 193 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:16,002 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE 194 00:07:16,002 --> 00:07:16,202 WITH 195 00:07:16,202 --> 00:07:17,270 DISABILITIES, 196 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:19,105 REMOVING BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, 197 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:20,506 TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SERVICES 198 00:07:20,506 --> 00:07:21,607 AND OTHER 199 00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:25,478 CRITICAL AREAS. 200 00:07:25,478 --> 00:07:27,647 AND, WHEREAS THIS 201 00:07:27,647 --> 00:07:31,717 MONTH CHALLENGES ABLISM AND 202 00:07:31,717 --> 00:07:33,019 STIGMA, COMBATS THEIR 203 00:07:33,019 --> 00:07:34,520 INTERSECTION WITH 204 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,890 RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, AND 205 00:07:37,890 --> 00:07:40,026 ECONOMIC INJUSTICE, AND PROMOTES 206 00:07:40,026 --> 00:07:42,228 FULL INFLUENCE AND EQUITY 207 00:07:42,228 --> 00:07:43,529 BY RECOGNIZING THAT DISABILITY 208 00:07:43,529 --> 00:07:43,796 IS 209 00:07:43,796 --> 00:07:47,700 NOT A DEFICIT, BUT AN 210 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:49,669 INTEGRAL PART OF WHO PEOPLE ARE 211 00:07:49,669 --> 00:07:50,269 AND HOW THEY MOVE THROUGH THE 212 00:07:50,269 --> 00:07:54,140 WORLD. 213 00:07:54,140 --> 00:07:55,842 AND, WHEREAS THE CITY OF SEATTLE 214 00:07:55,842 --> 00:07:58,811 IS COMMITTED TO BEING A PLACE 215 00:07:58,811 --> 00:08:01,480 WHERE ALL 216 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:02,315 PEOPLE, INCLUDING THOSE WITH 217 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:02,648 DISABILITIES, 218 00:08:02,648 --> 00:08:06,152 CAN LIVE WITH DIGNITY, SAFETY, 219 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:09,255 ACCESS, JOY, AND PRIDE. 220 00:08:09,255 --> 00:08:11,924 NOW THEREFORE, BE 221 00:08:11,924 --> 00:08:13,626 IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE SEATTLE 222 00:08:13,626 --> 00:08:14,260 CITY 223 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:17,530 COUNCIL RECOGNIZES JULY 26th, 224 00:08:17,530 --> 00:08:20,132 2026 AS 225 00:08:20,132 --> 00:08:23,970 DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH. 226 00:08:23,970 --> 00:08:26,672 I WOULD NOW, MADAME COUNCIL 227 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:28,207 PRESIDENT, IF IT PLEASES YOU, I 228 00:08:28,207 --> 00:08:30,509 WOULD LIKE TO INVITE A FEW 229 00:08:30,509 --> 00:08:33,246 SPEAKERS, STARTING FIRST WITH 230 00:08:33,246 --> 00:08:34,447 CECILIA BLACK FROM THE 231 00:08:34,447 --> 00:08:35,681 NON- DRIVER'S ALLIANCE TO 232 00:08:35,681 --> 00:08:38,351 SHARE SOME REMARKS. 233 00:08:38,484 --> 00:08:41,454 >> BEFORE WE DO, CAN WE -- 234 00:08:41,454 --> 00:08:42,054 AND THANK YOU. 235 00:08:42,054 --> 00:08:43,923 BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN WE SEE 236 00:08:43,923 --> 00:08:45,458 IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS 237 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:45,825 AND SIGNATURES? 238 00:08:45,958 --> 00:08:47,093 >> I'M PUTTING THE CART 239 00:08:47,093 --> 00:08:48,728 BEFORE THE HORSE. 240 00:08:48,728 --> 00:08:49,228 YES, THANK YOU. 241 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:51,898 >> YOU'RE GOOD. 242 00:08:51,898 --> 00:08:55,968 BEFORE WE DO THAT, 243 00:08:55,968 --> 00:08:57,303 WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF OTHER 244 00:08:57,303 --> 00:08:58,838 COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS AND 245 00:08:58,838 --> 00:08:59,372 SIGNATURES 246 00:08:59,372 --> 00:09:00,539 AND SUSPEND THE ROLL. 247 00:09:00,539 --> 00:09:00,873 IS THAT 248 00:09:00,873 --> 00:09:02,942 COOL? 249 00:09:02,942 --> 00:09:03,242 >> AWESOME. 250 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:06,178 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 251 00:09:06,312 --> 00:09:07,713 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 252 00:09:07,713 --> 00:09:09,415 AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 253 00:09:09,415 --> 00:09:12,351 SAKA, FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND 254 00:09:12,485 --> 00:09:13,920 HIGHLIGHTING SUCH AN 255 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,055 IMPORTANT STORY HERE IN SEATTLE. 256 00:09:16,055 --> 00:09:18,124 JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON IT, IT 257 00:09:18,124 --> 00:09:20,259 WAS FOUR MOMS IN QUEEN 258 00:09:20,259 --> 00:09:23,029 ANN WORKING WITH TWO LAW SCHOOL 259 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:23,362 STUDENTS WHO 260 00:09:23,362 --> 00:09:24,563 TOOK UP ON THE CHALLENGE 261 00:09:24,563 --> 00:09:27,800 BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY, A CHILD 262 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:28,367 WITH A 263 00:09:28,367 --> 00:09:30,169 DISABILITY HAS TWO 264 00:09:30,169 --> 00:09:31,203 OPTIONS, INSTITUTION OR BEING 265 00:09:31,203 --> 00:09:31,437 LOCKED 266 00:09:31,437 --> 00:09:32,672 UP IN THE HOUSE BASICALLY. 267 00:09:32,672 --> 00:09:34,740 THESE MOMS TOOK THE ACTION 268 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:36,976 AND THEY GOT TO HEAR GOVERNOR 269 00:09:36,976 --> 00:09:38,978 EVANS AND OTHER LEGISLATORS AT 270 00:09:38,978 --> 00:09:39,345 THE 271 00:09:39,345 --> 00:09:42,448 TIME, IN THE LATE '60s, EARLY 272 00:09:42,448 --> 00:09:44,884 '70s AND THIS BILL WAS 273 00:09:44,884 --> 00:09:45,851 PASSED, EDUCATION FOR ALL. 274 00:09:45,851 --> 00:09:48,721 IT'S INCREDIBLE, IN TERMS 275 00:09:48,721 --> 00:09:50,256 OF EDUCATION AND DISABILITIES. 276 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:52,191 AND INTERESTINGLY, IN THE MID 277 00:09:52,191 --> 00:09:55,761 '70s, '75 I BELIEVE, SENATOR 278 00:09:55,761 --> 00:09:57,730 MAGSON TOOK THE ACT AND BROUGHT 279 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:58,864 IT INTO CONGRESS. 280 00:09:58,864 --> 00:10:00,666 IT WAS BASICALLY DONE WORD FOR 281 00:10:00,666 --> 00:10:00,933 WORD. 282 00:10:00,933 --> 00:10:02,368 THERE WAS NO CHANGES TO IT. 283 00:10:02,368 --> 00:10:03,569 THEY BASICALLY TOOK 284 00:10:03,569 --> 00:10:04,570 THE WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATION 285 00:10:04,570 --> 00:10:05,204 AND MADE 286 00:10:05,204 --> 00:10:05,838 IT INTO CONGRESS. AND THAT WAS 287 00:10:05,838 --> 00:10:13,079 PASSED. 288 00:10:13,212 --> 00:10:14,914 SO SO STUDENTS, CHILDREN, 289 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:16,916 YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD 290 00:10:16,916 --> 00:10:17,116 WITH 291 00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:20,286 DISABILITIES, AS YOU NOTED, IT 292 00:10:20,286 --> 00:10:23,556 WAS THEN SIGNED AS THE ADA IN 293 00:10:23,689 --> 00:10:26,625 1990. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 294 00:10:26,625 --> 00:10:26,993 PIECE. 295 00:10:26,993 --> 00:10:28,294 THAT LINK HAS CONTINUED ON TODAY 296 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:31,564 WITH THE NORTHWEST CENTER THAT 297 00:10:31,697 --> 00:10:32,331 CONTINUES THE WORK FOR THOSE 298 00:10:32,331 --> 00:10:33,432 WITH DISABILITIES FOR 299 00:10:33,432 --> 00:10:35,134 EDUCATION AND THEN FOR 300 00:10:35,134 --> 00:10:35,534 EMPLOYMENT 301 00:10:35,668 --> 00:10:37,470 OPPORTUNITIES. I JUST WANT TO 302 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:37,737 THANK 303 00:10:37,737 --> 00:10:39,305 NORTHWEST CENTER FOR THEIR WORK. 304 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:40,740 BUT REALLY GOING ALL THE 305 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:44,410 WAY BACK TO THOSE FOUR MOM OF 306 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:44,610 WHICH 307 00:10:44,610 --> 00:10:46,679 I KNEW ONE OF THOSE 308 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,516 DAUGHTERS, STILL DO, AND IT'S AN 309 00:10:50,516 --> 00:10:50,816 INCREDIBLE 310 00:10:50,950 --> 00:10:53,285 STORY. THANK YOU FOR ADDING THIS 311 00:10:53,285 --> 00:10:53,953 AS A 312 00:10:53,953 --> 00:10:55,087 PROCLAMATION, BECAUSE I THINK 313 00:10:55,087 --> 00:10:57,256 IT'S A STORY WORTH KNOWING. 314 00:10:57,256 --> 00:10:59,291 SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 315 00:10:59,291 --> 00:10:59,759 SAKA. 316 00:10:59,892 --> 00:11:00,993 >> ANY FURTHER 317 00:11:00,993 --> 00:11:01,527 COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? 318 00:11:01,527 --> 00:11:04,397 AND I DO WANT TO GIVE -- AND 319 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:05,631 SAY THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 320 00:11:05,631 --> 00:11:05,831 SAKA, 321 00:11:05,831 --> 00:11:07,967 FOR BRINGING THIS. 322 00:11:07,967 --> 00:11:11,203 OFTENTIMES PEOPLE HAVE 323 00:11:11,203 --> 00:11:15,708 PROCLAMATIONS AND PEOPLE THINK 324 00:11:15,708 --> 00:11:17,376 IT'S PERFORMTIVE. 325 00:11:17,376 --> 00:11:18,544 THIS IS NOT. 326 00:11:18,544 --> 00:11:20,279 I'VE SEEN YOU UPHOLDING 327 00:11:20,279 --> 00:11:22,048 THESE VALUES IN EVERY TYPE 328 00:11:22,048 --> 00:11:22,815 OF LEGISLATION AND INFORMATION 329 00:11:22,815 --> 00:11:23,549 THAT YOU DO. 330 00:11:23,549 --> 00:11:24,950 SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 331 00:11:24,950 --> 00:11:26,152 AND YOUR WORK ON THIS, AS WELL. 332 00:11:26,152 --> 00:11:28,654 SO HAPPY TO SIGN ON FOR THIS. 333 00:11:28,654 --> 00:11:30,523 ARE THERE ANY OTHER 334 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:31,157 FURTHER COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE ON 335 00:11:31,157 --> 00:11:31,791 THE 336 00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:32,191 TABLE? 337 00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:32,858 ALL RIGHT. 338 00:11:32,858 --> 00:11:34,760 SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN WE 339 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,096 SEE WHO WOULD LIKE TO AFFIX 340 00:11:37,096 --> 00:11:39,899 THEIR SIGNATURE TO THE 341 00:11:39,899 --> 00:11:40,232 PROCLAMATION 342 00:11:40,232 --> 00:11:41,901 RECOGNIZING JULY 2026 343 00:11:41,901 --> 00:11:46,505 AS DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH 344 00:11:46,505 --> 00:11:49,141 SENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER 345 00:11:49,141 --> 00:11:59,585 SAKA. [ ROLL CALL TAKEN ] 346 00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:02,221 >> SIX SIGNATURES WILL BE 347 00:12:02,354 --> 00:12:02,588 AFFIXED. 348 00:12:02,588 --> 00:12:03,089 >> AWESOME. 349 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:07,560 SO IT IS PROCLAIMED JULY 350 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,428 2026 THE DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH 351 00:12:09,428 --> 00:12:09,595 IN 352 00:12:09,595 --> 00:12:10,496 SEATTLE. 353 00:12:10,496 --> 00:12:14,166 YES, WE CAN ALL CLAP FOR THAT. 354 00:12:14,166 --> 00:12:16,469 AND NOW WE'LL SUSPEND THE 355 00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:18,070 RULES TO -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 356 00:12:18,070 --> 00:12:20,005 HAVE MORE THAN ONE SPEAKER, 357 00:12:20,005 --> 00:12:21,907 BUT WHOEVER IS HERE TO SPEAK ON 358 00:12:21,907 --> 00:12:24,210 BEHALF, CECILIA, MORE THAN 359 00:12:24,210 --> 00:12:25,277 HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. 360 00:12:25,277 --> 00:12:25,845 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 361 00:12:25,978 --> 00:12:26,612 >> THANK YOU. 362 00:12:26,612 --> 00:12:28,180 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. 363 00:12:28,180 --> 00:12:31,016 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, 364 00:12:31,016 --> 00:12:33,953 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND ALL 365 00:12:33,953 --> 00:12:37,089 OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FOR 366 00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:40,493 RECOGNIZING JULY AS DISABILITY 367 00:12:40,626 --> 00:12:42,461 PRIDE MONTH. I'M CECILIA BLACK, 368 00:12:42,461 --> 00:12:44,897 A WHEELCHAIR 369 00:12:44,897 --> 00:12:46,265 USER AND WORK WITH AN 370 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:50,636 ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH 371 00:12:50,636 --> 00:12:53,005 DISABLED PEOPLE WHO ARE 372 00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:54,473 NON-DRIVERS. I TALK A LOT ABOUT 373 00:12:54,473 --> 00:12:56,942 THE BARRIERS THAT STILL FACE THE 374 00:12:56,942 --> 00:12:58,210 DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND I HOPE 375 00:12:58,210 --> 00:12:58,444 WE CAN 376 00:12:58,444 --> 00:12:59,712 CONTINUE TO REFLECT ON 377 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:01,080 WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR 378 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:02,047 THE MONTH OF JULY. 379 00:13:02,047 --> 00:13:05,050 BUT MY WISH FOR MYSELF 380 00:13:05,050 --> 00:13:06,452 AND COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF 381 00:13:06,452 --> 00:13:10,055 SEATTLE IS THAT WE USE THIS 382 00:13:10,055 --> 00:13:11,323 MONTH, DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH, 383 00:13:11,323 --> 00:13:13,826 TO REALLY FEEL THE POWER OF THE 384 00:13:13,826 --> 00:13:15,027 DISABILITY COMMUNITY, 385 00:13:15,027 --> 00:13:17,863 BECAUSE THE ADA WAS NOT PASSED 386 00:13:17,863 --> 00:13:18,130 OVERNIGHT 387 00:13:18,130 --> 00:13:20,933 AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DO 388 00:13:20,933 --> 00:13:23,569 NOT PASSIVELY WAY FOR HISTORY 389 00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:23,769 TOTO 390 00:13:23,769 --> 00:13:24,403 HAPPEN FOR US. 391 00:13:24,403 --> 00:13:27,139 THE ADA WAS FOUGHT 392 00:13:27,139 --> 00:13:31,377 AND WON BY DISABLED LEADERS WHO 393 00:13:31,510 --> 00:13:33,913 ORGANIZED AND USED ALL THE 394 00:13:33,913 --> 00:13:34,380 IDENTITIES THEY 395 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:36,515 WORE TO CREATE AN 396 00:13:36,515 --> 00:13:37,316 INTERSECTIONAL CROSS DISABILITY 397 00:13:37,316 --> 00:13:37,583 MOVEMENT. 398 00:13:37,583 --> 00:13:40,152 AND THEY CHANGED THE WORLD. 399 00:13:40,152 --> 00:13:46,525 IF AND WHEN YOUR FAMILY -- IF 400 00:13:46,525 --> 00:13:50,429 YOU RECEIVE SUPPORTIVE ELDER 401 00:13:50,429 --> 00:13:52,598 CARE, IT IS BECAUSE OF 402 00:13:52,598 --> 00:13:53,799 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO 403 00:13:53,799 --> 00:13:54,900 FOUGHT TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY. 404 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:59,271 IF YOU EVER WATCH A TikTok 405 00:13:59,271 --> 00:14:01,040 VIDEO, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE 406 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,008 TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE PIONEERS 407 00:14:03,008 --> 00:14:07,580 BY APPLYING AND DEAF DISABLED 408 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:08,480 ACTIVISTS. 409 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,584 IF YOU EVER PUSH A SUITCASE OR A 410 00:14:11,584 --> 00:14:15,154 STROLLER DOWN A SIDEWALK 411 00:14:15,154 --> 00:14:17,323 AND USED A CURB CUT, IT'S 412 00:14:17,323 --> 00:14:17,556 BECAUSE 413 00:14:17,556 --> 00:14:19,058 OF PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY 414 00:14:19,191 --> 00:14:20,759 DISABILITIES. IN THE LAST TWO 415 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:21,227 MONTHS, THE 416 00:14:21,227 --> 00:14:22,528 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ERODED 417 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:24,663 THE RIGHTS AND 418 00:14:24,663 --> 00:14:26,131 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES OF CHILDREN 419 00:14:26,131 --> 00:14:28,434 WITH DISABILITIES TO RECEIVE AN 420 00:14:28,434 --> 00:14:28,734 EDUCATION. 421 00:14:28,734 --> 00:14:30,870 AND THEY HAVE ATTACKED THE 422 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:33,005 VERY IDEA THAT PEOPLE WITH 423 00:14:33,005 --> 00:14:34,607 DISABILITIES SHOULD BE LIVING 424 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:35,007 IN COMMUNITIES. 425 00:14:35,007 --> 00:14:37,543 SO THIS WORK IS SO IMPORTANT AND 426 00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:39,879 I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN 427 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:42,548 CONTINUE TO HONOR THE 428 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:43,449 ADVOCATES THAT HAVE PAVED THE 429 00:14:43,449 --> 00:14:43,616 WAY 430 00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:45,150 AND CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR 431 00:14:45,150 --> 00:14:47,820 WORLD BETTER FOR NOT JUST PEOPLE 432 00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:48,454 WITH 433 00:14:48,454 --> 00:14:49,355 DISABILITIES BUT OUR ENTIRE 434 00:14:49,488 --> 00:14:49,889 COMMUNITIES. 435 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:53,559 THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] 436 00:14:53,692 --> 00:14:56,695 >> CECILIA, I KNOW MS. BLACK 437 00:14:56,695 --> 00:14:58,831 HAS ANOTHER ARRANGEMENT AT 2:30. 438 00:14:58,831 --> 00:15:00,132 I'M HOPING YOU COULD STAY. 439 00:15:00,132 --> 00:15:01,700 WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A PHOTO. 440 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:04,436 WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, 441 00:15:04,436 --> 00:15:06,772 IF YOU'RE ABLE, NO 442 00:15:06,772 --> 00:15:08,741 WORRIES. CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 443 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:08,908 IF 444 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:09,975 IT PLEASE THE CITY COUNCIL 445 00:15:09,975 --> 00:15:11,210 PRESIDENT, WE HAVE ONE MORE 446 00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:12,444 SPEAKER LINED UP. 447 00:15:12,444 --> 00:15:15,514 FIRST OFF, WE HAVE THREE 448 00:15:15,514 --> 00:15:17,483 AMAZING ORGANIZATIONS HERE WITH 449 00:15:17,483 --> 00:15:17,983 US 450 00:15:18,117 --> 00:15:19,118 TODAY. THE NATIONAL FEDERATION 451 00:15:19,118 --> 00:15:19,351 OF THE 452 00:15:19,351 --> 00:15:21,287 BLIND, THE SEATTLE CHAPTER. 453 00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:25,224 THE NON- DRIVER'S ALLIANCE AND 454 00:15:25,224 --> 00:15:27,059 MEMBERS OF OUR VERY 455 00:15:27,059 --> 00:15:27,559 OWN SEATTLE DISABILITY 456 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:31,430 COMMISSION. 457 00:15:31,430 --> 00:15:35,901 AND I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE OUR 458 00:15:35,901 --> 00:15:38,704 NEXT SPEAKER, WHO WILL SPEAK ON 459 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:39,905 BEHALF OF THE 460 00:15:39,905 --> 00:15:42,274 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE 461 00:15:42,274 --> 00:15:42,708 BLIND. 462 00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:44,476 WELCOME, AND THANK YOU IN 463 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:47,713 ADVANCE. MR. WONG. 464 00:15:47,846 --> 00:15:52,651 >> THANK YOU SO 465 00:15:52,651 --> 00:15:54,253 MUCH, COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THIS 466 00:15:54,386 --> 00:15:56,121 PROCLAMATION. I'M HONORED TO 467 00:15:56,121 --> 00:15:56,422 REPRESENT 468 00:15:56,422 --> 00:15:58,290 THE NATIONAL 469 00:15:58,290 --> 00:15:59,692 FEDERATION OF THE BLIND, WE'RE 470 00:15:59,692 --> 00:16:00,426 AN ORGANIZATION 471 00:16:00,426 --> 00:16:01,527 OF BLIND PEOPLE 472 00:16:01,527 --> 00:16:02,161 ACROSS SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON 473 00:16:02,161 --> 00:16:06,165 AND NATIONALLY. 474 00:16:06,165 --> 00:16:08,267 WHEN I THINK OF DISABILITY 475 00:16:08,267 --> 00:16:10,135 PRIDE MONTH, I THINK THAT 476 00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:11,103 DISABILITY DOES NOT HAVE TO BE 477 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:12,037 THE END, IT 478 00:16:12,037 --> 00:16:13,605 COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A NEW 479 00:16:13,605 --> 00:16:13,872 LIFE. 480 00:16:13,872 --> 00:16:15,874 THAT STARTS WITH INCLUSION AND 481 00:16:15,874 --> 00:16:17,242 ACCESSIBILITY AND STARTS WITH A 482 00:16:17,242 --> 00:16:20,546 HOME WHERE YOU CAN FEEL INCLUDED 483 00:16:20,546 --> 00:16:23,716 AND PARTICIPATE MEANINGFULLY AND 484 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:28,153 HAVE -- AND YOU FEEL INCLUDED. 485 00:16:28,153 --> 00:16:30,122 AND TO ME, SEATTLE IS THAT 486 00:16:30,122 --> 00:16:30,723 PLACE. 487 00:16:30,723 --> 00:16:32,057 SEATTLE IS MY HOME. 488 00:16:32,057 --> 00:16:35,327 I BELONG TO DISTRICT ONE, 489 00:16:35,327 --> 00:16:39,064 AND ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO 490 00:16:39,198 --> 00:16:40,666 ME FROM COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WAS 491 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:42,501 THE FACT THAT THERE IS ROOM TO 492 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:42,768 GROW. 493 00:16:42,768 --> 00:16:44,937 I THINK OFTENTIMES WHEN 494 00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:48,707 WE THINK OF PROGRESS, WE THINK 495 00:16:48,707 --> 00:16:49,908 OF 496 00:16:49,908 --> 00:16:50,542 COMPLETION. 497 00:16:50,542 --> 00:16:52,411 BUT I THINK IT'S A VERY 498 00:16:52,411 --> 00:16:53,645 POWERFUL STATEMENT WHEN WE 499 00:16:53,645 --> 00:16:54,813 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S ROOM 500 00:16:54,813 --> 00:16:55,314 TO 501 00:16:55,314 --> 00:16:57,716 GROW IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY 502 00:16:57,716 --> 00:16:57,883 AND 503 00:16:57,883 --> 00:16:58,484 INCLUSION. 504 00:16:58,484 --> 00:16:59,651 ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION FOR 505 00:16:59,651 --> 00:17:01,387 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IS 506 00:17:01,387 --> 00:17:02,721 NOT THE LAST STEP, BUT THE FIRST 507 00:17:02,721 --> 00:17:03,956 STEP, BECAUSE IT'S THE 508 00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:06,925 FIRST DOOR TO OPENING CONTINUED 509 00:17:06,925 --> 00:17:07,926 DIALOGUE WHERE WE CAN LEARN 510 00:17:07,926 --> 00:17:09,728 FROM EACH OTHER, 511 00:17:09,728 --> 00:17:11,530 WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE GROWING AS 512 00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:11,764 A 513 00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:13,365 COMMUNITY, AND WHERE WE CAN 514 00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:13,632 CONTINUE 515 00:17:13,632 --> 00:17:15,868 GROWING THAT HOME AND 516 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:16,735 THAT COMMUNITY WHERE BLIND 517 00:17:16,735 --> 00:17:16,969 PEOPLE 518 00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:18,670 AND OTHER PEOPLE WITH 519 00:17:18,670 --> 00:17:19,004 DISABILITIES 520 00:17:19,004 --> 00:17:24,309 HAVE A PLACE OF FULL INCLUSION. 521 00:17:24,309 --> 00:17:26,311 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 522 00:17:26,311 --> 00:17:27,746 ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS ALL 523 00:17:27,746 --> 00:17:29,448 ACROSS SEATTLE AND ACROSS 524 00:17:29,448 --> 00:17:30,082 WASHINGTON. 525 00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:31,683 THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS. 526 00:17:31,683 --> 00:17:34,420 THEY ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME. 527 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:36,889 THEY'RE FELLOW STUDENTS AND 528 00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:37,222 PEDESTRIANS. 529 00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:39,191 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY 530 00:17:39,191 --> 00:17:41,160 HAVE AND I HAVE 531 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:46,665 EQUAL ACCESS TO SEATTLE. 532 00:17:46,665 --> 00:17:50,803 SEATTLE HAS DEMONSTRATED A 533 00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:54,606 HISTORIC EFFORT IN INCLUDING 534 00:17:54,606 --> 00:17:58,076 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 535 00:17:58,076 --> 00:18:02,347 SO IT WAS LAST MONTH WHO 536 00:18:02,347 --> 00:18:04,683 THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADA 537 00:18:04,683 --> 00:18:06,952 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 538 00:18:06,952 --> 00:18:09,021 FOR SEATTLE SPOKE TO THE MEMBERS 539 00:18:09,021 --> 00:18:15,561 OF THE NFB ABOUT THE PROGRESS 540 00:18:15,561 --> 00:18:15,894 THAT 541 00:18:15,894 --> 00:18:17,896 TRANSPORTATION IS OCCURRING. 542 00:18:17,896 --> 00:18:19,498 WHAT TYPE OF ACCESSIBILITY 543 00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:22,234 IS BEING FOCUSED ON, AND MOST 544 00:18:22,234 --> 00:18:23,469 IMPORTANTLY, HEARING OUR 545 00:18:23,469 --> 00:18:23,902 CONCERNS. 546 00:18:23,902 --> 00:18:26,305 I BELIEVE THAT CONTINUED 547 00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:28,173 DIALOGUE IS IMPORTANT AS 548 00:18:28,173 --> 00:18:29,341 THINGS CHANGE EVERY DAY. 549 00:18:29,341 --> 00:18:30,576 CONCERNS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE 550 00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:32,044 AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ROOM 551 00:18:32,044 --> 00:18:33,745 FOR GROWTH AND WE'RE LOOKING 552 00:18:33,745 --> 00:18:34,947 FORWARD TO BE A PART OF THAT 553 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:35,280 CONVERSATION. 554 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:39,218 I WANT TO THANK YOU, I WANT TO 555 00:18:39,218 --> 00:18:40,085 THANK EVERYBODY HERE. 556 00:18:40,085 --> 00:18:41,787 I'M A PROUD PERSON WITH A 557 00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:43,655 DISABILITY, AND I'M A 558 00:18:43,655 --> 00:18:45,124 PROUD PERSON LIVING IN SEATTLE, 559 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:45,457 AND 560 00:18:45,457 --> 00:18:47,059 I LOOK FORWARD TO 561 00:18:47,059 --> 00:18:48,160 SEATTLE CONTINUING TO GROW AND 562 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:48,727 BEING AN 563 00:18:48,727 --> 00:18:49,695 EXAMPLE TO THE REST OF THE 564 00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:49,962 COUNTRY. 565 00:18:50,095 --> 00:18:56,568 THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] 566 00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:59,438 >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT, WE 567 00:18:59,438 --> 00:19:00,606 HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA HERE. 568 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:02,074 A VERBAL YES IF YOU WOULD 569 00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:05,844 LIKE YOUR NAME ADDED TOTO 570 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:06,378 PROCLAMATION. 571 00:19:06,378 --> 00:19:07,179 >> YES, YES. 572 00:19:07,312 --> 00:19:09,348 >> SEVEN SIGNATURE ALSO BE 573 00:19:09,481 --> 00:19:11,250 AFFIXED. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, ANY 574 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:12,684 CLOSING WORDS BEFORE WE TAKE A 575 00:19:12,684 --> 00:19:13,051 PHOTO? 576 00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:13,452 >> NO. 577 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:14,987 I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS 578 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:16,922 OF THE SEATTLE DISABILITY 579 00:19:16,922 --> 00:19:18,624 COMMISSION, MR. WONG, MS. 580 00:19:18,624 --> 00:19:19,558 BLACK FOR BEING HERE. 581 00:19:19,558 --> 00:19:21,326 NOW WE'LL INVITE 582 00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:22,461 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 583 00:19:22,461 --> 00:19:22,928 NATIONAL FEDERATION 584 00:19:22,928 --> 00:19:27,699 OF THE BLIND, THE NON- DRIVER'S 585 00:19:27,699 --> 00:19:30,002 ALLIANCE, OTHER MEMBERS OF 586 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:31,236 THE SEATTLE DISABILITY 587 00:19:31,236 --> 00:19:32,704 COMMISSION FORWARD TO TAKE A 588 00:19:32,704 --> 00:19:33,172 PHOTO WITH 589 00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:35,073 ME AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 590 00:19:35,207 --> 00:19:35,974 >> AWESOME. 591 00:19:35,974 --> 00:19:41,079 SO WE'LL HAVE FOLKS COME UP 592 00:19:41,079 --> 00:19:42,948 ON THE STAGE. 593 00:19:42,948 --> 00:19:45,751 OR IS THERE SOMEPLACE, WE COME 594 00:19:45,884 --> 00:19:48,120 DOWN? SO WE'LL COME DOWN HERE 595 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:48,487 TO THE 596 00:19:48,487 --> 00:19:48,921 FRONT. 597 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:49,955 COUNCILMEMBERS WILL COME DOWN 598 00:19:49,955 --> 00:19:51,023 TO THE FRONT AND JUMP 599 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:51,423 RIGHT INTO 600 00:19:51,423 --> 00:19:52,024 PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU SO 601 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:57,896 MUCH. 602 00:21:10,502 --> 00:21:20,679 [ APPLAUSE ] 603 00:21:23,215 --> 00:21:23,915 >> ALL RIGHT. 604 00:21:23,915 --> 00:21:24,783 THANK YOU ALL. 605 00:21:24,783 --> 00:21:26,818 SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO 606 00:21:26,818 --> 00:21:29,154 TRANSITION INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. 607 00:21:29,154 --> 00:21:31,323 I'LL WAIT TILL WE GET A 608 00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:32,357 LITTLE SETTLED HERE. 609 00:21:32,357 --> 00:21:35,160 THANK YOU, PUBLIC, FOR 610 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,629 YOUR PATIENCE AND THE 611 00:21:37,629 --> 00:21:37,963 PROCLAMATION, 612 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:39,931 I KNOW WE'RE DOING A LITTLE 613 00:21:39,931 --> 00:21:40,232 TRANSITION. 614 00:21:40,365 --> 00:21:42,467 >> 13 SPEAKERS. 615 00:21:42,601 --> 00:21:46,038 >> THAT IS ONLINE AND IN PERSON. 616 00:21:46,038 --> 00:21:48,307 EVERYONE GETS TWO MINUTES. 617 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:50,075 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ 618 00:21:50,075 --> 00:21:51,176 THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE 619 00:21:51,176 --> 00:21:53,078 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 620 00:21:53,211 --> 00:21:54,913 >> IT WILL BE 621 00:21:54,913 --> 00:21:55,847 MODERATED, SPEAKERS WILL BE 622 00:21:55,847 --> 00:21:56,448 CALLED IN 623 00:21:56,448 --> 00:21:57,983 THE ORDER WHICH THEY REGISTERED. 624 00:21:57,983 --> 00:21:59,651 PEOPLERS WILL HEAR A CHIME 625 00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:00,819 WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT. 626 00:22:00,819 --> 00:22:02,988 MICS WILL BE MUTED IF YOU DO 627 00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:05,223 NOT END YOUR COMMENTS IN 628 00:22:05,223 --> 00:22:06,792 THE ALLOTTED TIME. 629 00:22:06,792 --> 00:22:09,094 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 630 00:22:09,094 --> 00:22:09,294 NOW 631 00:22:09,294 --> 00:22:09,795 OPEN. 632 00:22:09,795 --> 00:22:12,898 >> COUNCIL CANNOT 633 00:22:12,898 --> 00:22:15,600 ACCEPT COMMENTS ON ANY CAMPAIGN 634 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:15,967 RELATED 635 00:22:16,101 --> 00:22:18,737 MATTERS. WE HAVE 13 SPEAKERS. 636 00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:20,439 I'LL CALL PEOPLE IN GROUPS OF 637 00:22:20,439 --> 00:22:20,806 THREE. 638 00:22:20,806 --> 00:22:22,507 WE HAVE KENDALL, WELCOME. 639 00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:24,876 WE HAVE SCOTT AND THEN EVONNA. 640 00:22:24,876 --> 00:22:27,846 WELCOME. 641 00:22:27,979 --> 00:22:32,384 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. 642 00:22:32,384 --> 00:22:34,019 I'M A CANDIDATE FOR THE 643 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:35,420 AMERICAN PARTY OF LABOR. 644 00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:37,422 THE INSTALLED STADIUM 645 00:22:37,422 --> 00:22:39,057 CAMERAS HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF, IT 646 00:22:39,057 --> 00:22:39,224 WAS 647 00:22:39,224 --> 00:22:40,492 STATED, BECAUSE THE WORLD CUP IS 648 00:22:40,492 --> 00:22:41,026 OVER. 649 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:45,764 NOW, I THINK WE ALL KNOW 650 00:22:45,764 --> 00:22:47,466 ELLING THE PUBLIC THAT THE 651 00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:47,833 CAMERAS 652 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:50,368 ARE OFF IS A MOVE TO GAIN 653 00:22:50,368 --> 00:22:55,173 WHAT LITTLE SUPPORT 654 00:22:55,173 --> 00:22:55,807 THIS ADMINISTRATION IS HANGING 655 00:22:55,807 --> 00:22:56,208 ON. 656 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:59,411 PEOPLE ARE CALLING THE 657 00:22:59,411 --> 00:23:01,713 MAYOR SHADY KATIE, BECAUSE 658 00:23:01,713 --> 00:23:03,415 SHE'S CAPITULATED ON SO MANY 659 00:23:03,415 --> 00:23:03,648 THINGS. 660 00:23:03,648 --> 00:23:05,417 WE ALL KNOW THAT THE MAYORS 661 00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:07,352 KNOW THAT THE CAMERAS SHOULD 662 00:23:07,352 --> 00:23:08,754 HAVE NEVER BEEN INSTALLED IN 663 00:23:08,754 --> 00:23:09,287 THE FIRST PLACE. 664 00:23:09,287 --> 00:23:11,690 THESE ARE THREATS TO THE PUBLIC. 665 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:13,558 THEY ARE NOT DETERRENT TO ANY 666 00:23:13,558 --> 00:23:14,192 KIND OF CRIME. 667 00:23:14,192 --> 00:23:18,096 WE KNOW THAT, 668 00:23:18,096 --> 00:23:19,998 BECAUSE CHRISTOPHER LEAHY 669 00:23:19,998 --> 00:23:20,465 DISABLED 670 00:23:20,465 --> 00:23:23,835 THE CAMERA BEFORE HE 671 00:23:23,835 --> 00:23:25,837 STABBED JENNIFER BLESSING 40 672 00:23:25,837 --> 00:23:26,605 TIMES. 673 00:23:26,605 --> 00:23:28,707 CAMERAS NOT A DETERRENT. 674 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,042 CAMERAS ARE TOOL OF THE 675 00:23:31,042 --> 00:23:32,577 SURVEILLANCE STATE TO HARASS THE 676 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:33,578 PUBLIC. THERE ARE REPORTS FROM 677 00:23:33,578 --> 00:23:33,745 ALL 678 00:23:33,745 --> 00:23:38,250 OVER THE COUNTRY ABOUT HOW 679 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:38,483 PISSED 680 00:23:38,483 --> 00:23:40,886 COPS ARE USING THESE CAMERAS TO 681 00:23:40,886 --> 00:23:41,086 STOP 682 00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:42,554 CITIZENS. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE 683 00:23:42,554 --> 00:23:43,288 SOME OF 684 00:23:43,288 --> 00:23:44,990 MY PRECIOUS TIME TO ASK EACH OF 685 00:23:44,990 --> 00:23:45,524 YOU A 686 00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:47,759 QUESTION. YES OR NO, PLEASE. 687 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:49,594 IF YOU DO NOT ANSWER, I 688 00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:51,563 WILL SAFELY ASSUME THE ANSWER IS 689 00:23:51,563 --> 00:23:51,763 NO. 690 00:23:51,763 --> 00:23:53,131 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, WILL 691 00:23:53,131 --> 00:23:54,633 YOU COMMIT TO PHYSICALLY 692 00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:57,569 REMOVING THE CAMERAS? 693 00:23:57,569 --> 00:24:00,572 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, WILL 694 00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:02,274 YOU PHYSICALLY COMMIT TO 695 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:02,541 REMOVING 696 00:24:02,541 --> 00:24:03,375 THE CAMERAS? 697 00:24:03,375 --> 00:24:06,111 I'LL TAKE THAT AS A NO. 698 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:07,012 COUNCIL PRESIDENT 699 00:24:07,012 --> 00:24:08,113 HOLLINGSWORTH, WILL YOU COMMIT 700 00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:08,713 TO PHYSICALLY 701 00:24:08,713 --> 00:24:09,781 REMOVING THE CAMERAS? 702 00:24:09,781 --> 00:24:12,083 I'LL TAKE THAT AS A NO. 703 00:24:12,083 --> 00:24:13,685 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, WILL YOU 704 00:24:13,685 --> 00:24:15,487 COMMIT TO REMOVING THE CAMERAS? 705 00:24:15,487 --> 00:24:17,756 I'LL TAKE THAT AS A NO. 706 00:24:17,756 --> 00:24:19,724 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU'RE 707 00:24:19,858 --> 00:24:21,293 SMILING. WILL YOU COMMIT TO 708 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:21,860 REMOVING THE 709 00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:22,227 CAMERAS? 710 00:24:22,227 --> 00:24:24,062 I'LL TAKE THAT AS A NO. 711 00:24:24,062 --> 00:24:27,332 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, DO 712 00:24:27,332 --> 00:24:28,066 YOU COMMIT TO PHYSICALLY 713 00:24:28,066 --> 00:24:28,333 REMOVING 714 00:24:28,333 --> 00:24:28,700 THE CAMERAS? 715 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:30,502 I'LL TAKE THAT AS A NO. 716 00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:34,573 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WILL YOU 717 00:24:34,573 --> 00:24:37,843 COMMIT? 718 00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:38,944 >> THANK YOU. 719 00:24:38,944 --> 00:24:40,512 JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS 720 00:24:40,512 --> 00:24:42,814 YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT TIME, SO 721 00:24:42,814 --> 00:24:44,482 SOMETIMES COUNCILMEMBERS ARE 722 00:24:44,482 --> 00:24:45,217 NOT RESPONDING BACK. 723 00:24:45,217 --> 00:24:47,085 I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. 724 00:24:47,085 --> 00:24:47,886 SCOTT, WELCOME. 725 00:24:48,019 --> 00:24:50,288 >> I'M SCOTT BLIZZARD, A 726 00:24:50,288 --> 00:24:51,656 CANDIDATE MEMBER OF THE 727 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:53,925 AMERICAN PARTY OF LABOR. 728 00:24:53,925 --> 00:24:57,362 I ASK, WHAT DOES YOUR 729 00:24:57,362 --> 00:25:00,532 POLICEPOLICE FORCE USE TO DEFEND 730 00:25:00,532 --> 00:25:03,635 AGAINST NAZI 731 00:25:03,768 --> 00:25:08,206 PROPAGANDA? 732 00:25:08,206 --> 00:25:09,708 INSTEAD OF PROTECTING 733 00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:11,543 THE INNOCENT PARKGOERS AND 734 00:25:11,543 --> 00:25:13,511 THE PEOPLE OPPOSED TO THIS 735 00:25:13,511 --> 00:25:16,081 FILTH, YOUR POLICE FORCE CHOSE 736 00:25:16,081 --> 00:25:16,781 TO 737 00:25:16,781 --> 00:25:17,449 PROTECT AND ESCORT NAZIS. 738 00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:19,784 LET ME SAY THIS AGAIN IN 739 00:25:19,784 --> 00:25:23,755 CASE YOU ARE NOT LISTENING, YOUR 740 00:25:23,755 --> 00:25:24,522 $486 MILLION POLICE FORCE 741 00:25:24,522 --> 00:25:25,790 DEFENDED CRIMINALS AGAINST THE 742 00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:26,558 MASSES 743 00:25:26,558 --> 00:25:27,692 OF INNOCENT 744 00:25:27,692 --> 00:25:29,361 PEOPLE. DURING PRIDE MONTH, WHEN 745 00:25:29,361 --> 00:25:30,595 THESE PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL THE 746 00:25:30,595 --> 00:25:30,862 SAFE NEST 747 00:25:30,862 --> 00:25:31,630 OUR CITY. 748 00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:33,765 YOU ALL USE QUEER ISSUES AS 749 00:25:33,765 --> 00:25:36,568 A PLATFORM FOR ELECTION, FOR 750 00:25:36,568 --> 00:25:38,403 PHOTO- OPES, BUT WHEN THE 751 00:25:38,403 --> 00:25:39,838 QUEER COMMUNITY IS IN DANGER, 752 00:25:39,838 --> 00:25:40,338 YOU 753 00:25:40,338 --> 00:25:43,141 ARE SILENT AND SEND THE CHILD 754 00:25:43,141 --> 00:25:50,582 BEATING BRIGADE TO DEFEND THESE 755 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:51,049 BIG 756 00:25:51,049 --> 00:25:51,783 BIGOTS. YOU ATTACK THE QUEER 757 00:25:51,783 --> 00:25:52,050 COMMUNITY 758 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:53,084 FOR DEFENDING ITSELF. 759 00:25:53,084 --> 00:25:56,321 YOU CREATE A CONFLICT BYBY 760 00:25:56,321 --> 00:25:57,455 VIOLENT POLICE OFFICER COME 761 00:25:57,455 --> 00:25:58,690 TO CORRAL PEOPLE AS THEY FIGHT 762 00:25:58,690 --> 00:25:58,857 FOR 763 00:25:58,857 --> 00:26:03,695 THEIR RIGHT 764 00:26:03,695 --> 00:26:06,731 TO EXIST. THIS IS A 765 00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:07,999 BETRAYAL OF YOUR DUTIES AND 766 00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:08,433 RESPONSIBILITY TO 767 00:26:08,433 --> 00:26:11,236 PROTECT SEATTLE'S VARIOUS 768 00:26:11,369 --> 00:26:12,804 COMMUNITIES. WHEN THESE 769 00:26:12,804 --> 00:26:13,805 AGITATORS ARRIVE, 770 00:26:13,805 --> 00:26:15,273 IT'S BEEN THE MASSES TO 771 00:26:15,273 --> 00:26:16,741 PROTECT THE PEOPLE, THE 772 00:26:16,741 --> 00:26:17,142 ORGANIZED EFFORT 773 00:26:17,142 --> 00:26:18,543 OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS THAT 774 00:26:18,543 --> 00:26:20,178 HAVE DRIVEN BACK THE HORDE OF 775 00:26:20,178 --> 00:26:23,715 EVIL THAT HAS TERRORIZED OUR 776 00:26:23,715 --> 00:26:24,816 FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND IT'S 777 00:26:24,816 --> 00:26:28,186 BEEN THE 778 00:26:28,186 --> 00:26:31,656 AMERICAN PARTY OF BOR THAT 779 00:26:31,656 --> 00:26:33,391 HAS DEFENDED THE PEOPLE. 780 00:26:33,391 --> 00:26:35,894 YOU ALL SIT BY, YOU 781 00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:37,295 ARE NOTHINGNOTHING 782 00:26:37,295 --> 00:26:37,796 WITHOUT THE PEOPLE, 783 00:26:37,796 --> 00:26:38,396 COUNCIL, AND WE ARE REALIZING 784 00:26:38,396 --> 00:26:38,596 THIS. 785 00:26:38,596 --> 00:26:41,633 REMEMBER THIS, AS YOUR FAILING 786 00:26:41,633 --> 00:26:43,335 CONTINUES, REMEMBER THE 787 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:43,635 PEOPLE'S 788 00:26:43,635 --> 00:26:45,937 MOVEMENT AGAINST 789 00:26:45,937 --> 00:26:49,774 INJUSTICE AND THE SYSTEMS YOU 790 00:26:49,774 --> 00:26:50,141 JOUP UPHOLD. 791 00:26:50,141 --> 00:26:53,278 THE PEOPLE WILL FIGHT FOR TRUE 792 00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:54,312 FREEDOM, WHATEVER MEANS 793 00:26:54,312 --> 00:26:55,146 NECESSARY. 794 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,282 >> NEXT WE HAVE EVONNA. 795 00:26:57,282 --> 00:26:59,884 IS SHE HERE? 796 00:26:59,884 --> 00:27:00,285 EVONNA, WELCOME. 797 00:27:00,418 --> 00:27:02,821 >> THANK YOU, CITY COUNCILS. 798 00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:05,590 I'M THE DIVISION SECRETARY FOR 799 00:27:05,590 --> 00:27:09,794 THE AMERICAN PARTY OF LABOR. 800 00:27:09,794 --> 00:27:11,463 RECENTLY, CHRISTOPHER LEAHY 801 00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:14,799 WAS RULED UNFIT TO STAND STAND 802 00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:15,066 TRIAL. 803 00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:17,235 REMIND THE COUNCIL THIS IS 804 00:27:17,235 --> 00:27:19,371 A TRIAL OVER STABBING A 805 00:27:19,371 --> 00:27:21,439 YOUNG TRANSGENDER GIRL 40 TIMES 806 00:27:21,439 --> 00:27:22,273 IN THE 807 00:27:22,407 --> 00:27:26,011 FACE. IF HE'S UNFIT TO STAND 808 00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:26,244 TRIAL, 809 00:27:26,244 --> 00:27:29,447 HOW IS HE FIT TO UNSTABLE 810 00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:31,216 EVERY SECURITY CAMERA IN A 811 00:27:31,216 --> 00:27:31,516 HOUSING 812 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:33,051 UNIT? HE WAS WELL AWARE 813 00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:35,653 OF WHAT HE WAS DOING. 814 00:27:35,653 --> 00:27:38,490 THE COURTS, THIS 815 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:38,990 COUNCIL AND THE CITY 816 00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:40,325 ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE BE 817 00:27:40,458 --> 00:27:42,293 ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR THIS 818 00:27:42,293 --> 00:27:43,695 RULING. 819 00:27:43,695 --> 00:27:45,463 SECONDLY, THERE'S BEEN A 820 00:27:45,463 --> 00:27:45,697 MASSIVE 821 00:27:45,697 --> 00:27:47,432 DELAY IN THE SIGNING AND 822 00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:49,467 RATIFICATION OF THE CIVIL 823 00:27:49,467 --> 00:27:53,071 STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR A TRANS 824 00:27:53,071 --> 00:27:53,405 REFUGEE 825 00:27:53,405 --> 00:27:54,039 CRISIS, INTERNAL REFUGEES MOVING 826 00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:57,709 TO THE CITY. 827 00:27:57,709 --> 00:27:59,110 THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S 828 00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:00,979 BEEN GOING ON, NOT JUST THIS 829 00:28:00,979 --> 00:28:01,212 YEAR OR 830 00:28:01,212 --> 00:28:01,546 THE 831 00:28:01,546 --> 00:28:04,849 LAST FIVE YEARS, BUT DECADES. 832 00:28:04,849 --> 00:28:06,751 IT'S COMING TO A POINT 833 00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:08,653 WHERE EVERY THIRD TRANS PERSON 834 00:28:08,653 --> 00:28:09,120 IN OUR 835 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,522 COMMUNITY IS A TRANSPLANT 836 00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:13,725 TO THIS CITY. 837 00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:17,729 I WAS BOSH AND RN AND RAISED 838 00:28:17,729 --> 00:28:20,699 HERE, AND EVERY TRANS PERSON II 839 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:20,899 MOVES 840 00:28:20,899 --> 00:28:22,600 HERE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 841 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,903 NOT SIGN THING PROCLAMATION 842 00:28:24,903 --> 00:28:26,905 IS COMPLACENCY IN THE 843 00:28:26,905 --> 00:28:27,472 EMERGING GENOCIDE OF TRANS 844 00:28:27,472 --> 00:28:30,341 PEOPLE. 845 00:28:30,341 --> 00:28:33,144 UNTIL THIS PROCLAMATION IS 846 00:28:33,144 --> 00:28:34,946 SIGNED AND ACT THE CIVIL 847 00:28:34,946 --> 00:28:36,948 STATE OF EMERGENCY IS SIGNED, 848 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:38,583 THE AMERICAN LABOR PARTY 849 00:28:38,583 --> 00:28:40,218 WILL CONTINUE OUR WORK 850 00:28:40,218 --> 00:28:41,419 RADICALIZING TRANS PEOPLE 851 00:28:41,419 --> 00:28:42,454 AGAINST A 852 00:28:42,454 --> 00:28:45,990 SYSTEM THAT IS PERPETUATING 853 00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:47,358 THIS GENOCIDE AGAINST A CAPITAL 854 00:28:47,358 --> 00:28:47,926 SYSTEM. 855 00:28:47,926 --> 00:28:52,664 WE WILL TRAIN THEM TACTICALLY 856 00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:54,566 IN COMBATTING CAPITALISM 857 00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:55,533 EFFECTIVELY, AND WE WILL 858 00:28:55,533 --> 00:28:56,901 ARM THEM TO THE TEETH. 859 00:28:56,901 --> 00:28:58,803 DO WITH THAT WHAT YOU WILL. 860 00:28:58,937 --> 00:29:00,739 >> THANK YOU. 861 00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:01,673 NEXT, WE HAVE CLIVE. 862 00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:06,478 WELCOME, FOLLOWED BY 863 00:29:06,478 --> 00:29:06,711 MANTAY. 864 00:29:06,711 --> 00:29:11,783 THANK YOU. AND THEN MATT. 865 00:29:11,783 --> 00:29:12,217 WELCOME. 866 00:29:12,350 --> 00:29:14,886 >> ON JULY FOURTH, INDEPENDENCE 867 00:29:14,886 --> 00:29:16,921 DAY, A VISUAL ARTIST CAME TO THE 868 00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:17,889 WATER FRONT WITH THE 869 00:29:17,889 --> 00:29:21,926 INTENTION OF CREATING HIS 870 00:29:21,926 --> 00:29:24,329 ARTWORK. BEFORE HE BEGUN, HE 871 00:29:24,329 --> 00:29:25,964 WAS THREATENED WITH 872 00:29:25,964 --> 00:29:27,632 TRESPASS, DESPITE NO APPARENT 873 00:29:27,632 --> 00:29:27,866 SAFETY 874 00:29:27,999 --> 00:29:32,270 ISSUE. THE IRONY OF PREVENTING 875 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:32,537 ARTISTIC 876 00:29:32,537 --> 00:29:33,705 EXPRESSION ON THE DAY 877 00:29:33,705 --> 00:29:35,106 WE CELEBRATE OUR FREEDOMS IS 878 00:29:35,106 --> 00:29:35,406 HARD 879 00:29:35,406 --> 00:29:35,974 TO MISS. 880 00:29:35,974 --> 00:29:38,843 THIS SAME ARTIST HAS CREATED HIS 881 00:29:38,843 --> 00:29:41,312 ARTWORK IN CITY PARKS, 882 00:29:41,312 --> 00:29:43,081 PUBLIC SIDEWALKS WITHOUT ISSUE. 883 00:29:43,081 --> 00:29:44,916 THERE'S NO REASON THE 884 00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:45,216 WATERFRONT 885 00:29:45,216 --> 00:29:46,785 SHOULD BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY. 886 00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:48,720 TO MY KNOWLEDGE, HE'S THE FIFTH 887 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,089 ARTIST WHO HAS BEEN EXCLUDED 888 00:29:51,089 --> 00:29:53,124 OR TRESPASSED FROM THE PUBLIC 889 00:29:53,124 --> 00:29:53,324 PARK. 890 00:29:53,324 --> 00:29:55,560 THESE ARE ARTISTS AND 891 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,395 PERFORMERS WHO BRING VITALITY, 892 00:29:57,395 --> 00:29:57,629 CULTURE 893 00:29:57,629 --> 00:29:59,798 AND A SENSE OF PLACE TO 894 00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:01,666 SEATTLE'S PUBLIC SPACES. 895 00:30:01,666 --> 00:30:05,036 ALSO, ON JULY 5th, AT 9:40 P.M. 896 00:30:05,036 --> 00:30:06,604 , 897 00:30:06,604 --> 00:30:08,373 I CALLED SEATTLE 898 00:30:08,373 --> 00:30:10,408 CENTER EMERGENCY SERVICES UNIT 899 00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:12,911 BECAUSE A TOURIST NEEDED MEDICAL 900 00:30:12,911 --> 00:30:13,678 AID. 901 00:30:13,678 --> 00:30:16,047 ESU DECLINED TO RESPOND 902 00:30:16,047 --> 00:30:17,849 AND INSTRUCTED ME TO CALL 911 903 00:30:17,849 --> 00:30:18,183 INSTEAD. 904 00:30:18,183 --> 00:30:20,518 THE CITY'S WEBSITE STATES THAT 905 00:30:20,518 --> 00:30:22,921 ESU PROVIDES FIRST AID AND 906 00:30:22,921 --> 00:30:23,955 RESPONDS TO EMERGENCIES. 907 00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:25,723 I ASK THE COUNCIL TO 908 00:30:25,723 --> 00:30:28,359 REVIEW WHETHER ESU PRACTICES 909 00:30:28,359 --> 00:30:30,762 ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE PUBLIC 910 00:30:30,762 --> 00:30:31,162 COMMITMENTS. 911 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:33,198 I ASK YOU ENSURE THAT 912 00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:34,966 WATER FRONT REMAINS A PLACE 913 00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:40,505 WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY 914 00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:42,407 AND FREE EX- EXPRESSION ARE BOTH 915 00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:42,707 PROTECTED. 916 00:30:42,707 --> 00:30:43,842 THAT VISUAL ARTIST 917 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:45,109 WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. 918 00:30:45,109 --> 00:30:47,779 A HOMELESS BLACK 919 00:30:47,779 --> 00:30:51,683 MAN. HE'S NOW IN COUNTY JAIL. 920 00:30:51,816 --> 00:30:55,153 >> THANK YOU, CLIVE. 921 00:30:55,153 --> 00:30:57,121 NEXT WE HAVE MANTAY FOLLOWED 922 00:30:57,121 --> 00:30:58,790 BY MATT AND 923 00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:03,761 TERRY JONES, JOHN AND HOWARD. 924 00:31:03,895 --> 00:31:06,030 >> I AM MANTAY, SPIRITUAL LEADER 925 00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:08,666 OF THE TRANLS COMMUNITY AND I'M 926 00:31:08,666 --> 00:31:12,370 HERE TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER, 927 00:31:12,370 --> 00:31:14,873 TO EXPRESS OUTRAGE TO THE MAN 928 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:15,173 WHO 929 00:31:15,173 --> 00:31:16,708 STABBED AN ART STUDENT 40 930 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:18,977 TIMES. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND 931 00:31:18,977 --> 00:31:21,312 THIS IS EXACTLY THE SYSTEMIC 932 00:31:21,312 --> 00:31:23,848 NEGLECT MY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO 933 00:31:23,848 --> 00:31:24,148 EXPECT 934 00:31:24,148 --> 00:31:26,751 WITH THIS SEXIST SO- 935 00:31:26,751 --> 00:31:27,952 CALLED JUSTICE SYSTEM OF 936 00:31:27,952 --> 00:31:29,988 THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 937 00:31:29,988 --> 00:31:32,023 IF JUNIPER HAD BEEN A SEXUAL 938 00:31:32,023 --> 00:31:35,493 WOMAN INSTEAD OF A TRANSGENDER 939 00:31:35,493 --> 00:31:38,930 ONE, I DOUBT IF THIS MURDER 940 00:31:38,930 --> 00:31:40,698 WOULD HAVE TREATED WITH THIS 941 00:31:40,832 --> 00:31:44,269 CARE. THIS STATE, THIS 942 00:31:44,269 --> 00:31:44,602 CONSTITUTION 943 00:31:44,602 --> 00:31:45,737 IS THE CASE THAT TRANSGENDER 944 00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:45,970 PEOPLE 945 00:31:45,970 --> 00:31:47,972 ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL. 946 00:31:47,972 --> 00:31:56,814 THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF 947 00:31:56,814 --> 00:31:58,850 MURDERED TRANSGENDER 948 00:31:58,850 --> 00:32:00,818 PEOPLE, THAT SEXUAL MEN CANNOT 949 00:32:00,818 --> 00:32:01,119 BE 950 00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:02,320 EXPECTED TO CONTROL THEIR 951 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:03,221 URGE TO KILL US. 952 00:32:03,221 --> 00:32:06,791 IN TEXAS, TRANSGENDER WOMEN ARE 953 00:32:06,791 --> 00:32:11,396 FACING SENTENCES ON CHARGES. 954 00:32:11,396 --> 00:32:14,098 THEY WILL BE SYSTEMICALLY RAPED 955 00:32:14,098 --> 00:32:18,503 IN THE MEN'S PRISON 956 00:32:18,503 --> 00:32:21,105 WHERE TRANSGENDER ARE GUILTED TO 957 00:32:21,105 --> 00:32:21,706 THE 958 00:32:21,706 --> 00:32:23,775 MOST SEXUALLY 959 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:25,276 AGGRESSIVE INMATES TO "CALM THEM 960 00:32:25,276 --> 00:32:28,079 DOWN" AS THEIR 961 00:32:28,079 --> 00:32:29,314 PROVIDED SEX SLAVES. 962 00:32:29,314 --> 00:32:31,749 THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, IN A 6- 963 00:32:31,749 --> 00:32:31,883 3 964 00:32:31,883 --> 00:32:33,418 DECISION, DECLARED THAT 965 00:32:33,418 --> 00:32:34,485 TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SHALL 966 00:32:34,485 --> 00:32:36,020 NOT HAVE EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER 967 00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:36,587 THE 968 00:32:36,587 --> 00:32:36,988 LAW. 969 00:32:36,988 --> 00:32:38,289 WE ARE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS 970 00:32:38,289 --> 00:32:40,358 IN YOUR COUNTRY, AND IT IS 971 00:32:40,358 --> 00:32:43,528 ONLY YOUR COUNTRY, BECAUSE IN 972 00:32:43,528 --> 00:32:44,429 YOUR 973 00:32:44,429 --> 00:32:49,200 COUNTRY, I DEMAND MY RIGHT 974 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,169 TO LIFE AND PURSUIT OF 975 00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:51,536 HAPPINESS, 976 00:32:51,536 --> 00:32:53,037 I DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR 977 00:32:53,037 --> 00:32:55,406 MY PEOPLE UNDER YOUR LAWS. 978 00:32:55,406 --> 00:32:58,209 STOP THE GENOCIDE AND DECLARE AN 979 00:32:58,209 --> 00:32:58,743 EMERGENCY NOW. 980 00:32:58,876 --> 00:33:00,378 >> THANK YOU. 981 00:33:00,378 --> 00:33:02,647 NEXT, WE HAVE MATT FOLLOWED 982 00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:09,120 BY TERRY JONES, JOHN AND EVETTE. 983 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:09,954 MATT. 984 00:33:09,954 --> 00:33:11,189 JUST WALK RIGHT CLOSE INTO THE 985 00:33:11,189 --> 00:33:11,556 CAMERA. 986 00:33:11,689 --> 00:33:12,557 >> HI, GUYS. 987 00:33:12,557 --> 00:33:15,727 I JUST WANT TO SAY I 988 00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:16,794 APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 989 00:33:16,794 --> 00:33:21,499 I SPECIFICALLY 990 00:33:21,499 --> 00:33:21,833 CAME TO THANK 991 00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:24,836 YOU. I BIKE FROM FREMONT AND 992 00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:27,305 THE WORST PART OF IF COMMUTE WAS 993 00:33:27,305 --> 00:33:28,439 FREMONT AVENUE, AND NOW 994 00:33:28,439 --> 00:33:30,541 THERE'S A PROTECTED BIKE LANE. 995 00:33:30,541 --> 00:33:31,943 SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU 996 00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:33,411 GUYS FOR THAT AND THANK YOU 997 00:33:33,411 --> 00:33:38,883 FOR CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON OPEN 998 00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:40,785 DRUG USE AND HOW TO MITIGATE 999 00:33:40,785 --> 00:33:42,653 THAT VERY TOUGH PROBLEM, BECAUSE 1000 00:33:42,653 --> 00:33:42,854 THAT 1001 00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:46,691 IS VERY SCARY TO BE IN MY OWN 1002 00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:48,459 COMMUNITY AROUND FOLKS THAT 1003 00:33:48,459 --> 00:33:49,527 ARE OPENLY USING DRUGS. 1004 00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:51,896 SO I APPRECIATE THE 1005 00:33:51,896 --> 00:33:53,564 CONTINUED FOCUS ON THAT. 1006 00:33:53,564 --> 00:33:55,767 AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD 1007 00:33:55,767 --> 00:33:58,836 HOPE THAT YOU ALL MIGHT 1008 00:33:58,836 --> 00:33:59,537 CONSIDER OR MAYBE YOU'VE 1009 00:33:59,537 --> 00:34:00,238 ALREADY DONE THIS, 1010 00:34:00,238 --> 00:34:03,608 I KNOW IT'S HARD WORK TO CLEAN 1011 00:34:03,608 --> 00:34:06,010 UNLIKE UNIONS, BUT -- AND 1012 00:34:06,010 --> 00:34:08,079 IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO 1013 00:34:08,079 --> 00:34:08,279 GET 1014 00:34:08,279 --> 00:34:09,480 INVOLVED, BUT FOLKS ARE 1015 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,083 SWIM THING AND IT'S SUCH A 1016 00:34:12,083 --> 00:34:13,885 LOVELY SWIM TO BE ABLE TO SWIM 1017 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:14,052 IN 1018 00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:15,887 A LAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 1019 00:34:15,887 --> 00:34:17,655 CITY, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY 1020 00:34:17,655 --> 00:34:17,922 POLLUTED. 1021 00:34:17,922 --> 00:34:20,224 SO CONSIDERING HOW WE CAN 1022 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:21,259 COLLABORATE TOGETHER TO CLEAN 1023 00:34:21,259 --> 00:34:23,728 IT UP SO THAT PEOPLE WHO 1024 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:27,231 ARE ALREADY THERE WILL BE -- 1025 00:34:27,231 --> 00:34:27,432 THAT 1026 00:34:27,432 --> 00:34:29,600 WOULD BE GREAT, AND 1027 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:30,835 JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR 1028 00:34:30,835 --> 00:34:31,302 HARD WORK. 1029 00:34:31,436 --> 00:34:32,503 >> AWESOME. 1030 00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:33,037 THANK YOU. 1031 00:34:33,037 --> 00:34:34,405 IS IT MATT? 1032 00:34:34,405 --> 00:34:38,009 AWESOME, THANK YOU, MATT. 1033 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:42,046 MAGEE IS 1034 00:34:42,046 --> 00:34:44,782 NEXT. THE GEESE THERE IN LAKE 1035 00:34:44,782 --> 00:34:45,416 UNIONUNION 1036 00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:48,052 POOP ABOUT 30 TO 50 TIMES A DAY. 1037 00:34:48,052 --> 00:34:50,755 I FOUND THAT INTERESTING. 1038 00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:53,324 TERRY JONES FOLLOWED BY JOHN AND 1039 00:34:53,324 --> 00:34:54,158 EVETTE. 1040 00:34:54,158 --> 00:34:56,160 AND THEN HOWARD GILL. 1041 00:34:56,294 --> 00:35:01,199 >> I'M TERRY JONES. 1042 00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:03,367 I'M HERE REPRESENTING 1043 00:35:03,367 --> 00:35:03,668 DISABILITY 1044 00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:05,536 COMIC CENTER AND HERE 1045 00:35:05,536 --> 00:35:07,472 TO CELEBRATE THE DISABILITY 1046 00:35:07,472 --> 00:35:13,344 AND PRIDE MONTH 1047 00:35:13,344 --> 00:35:13,678 PROCLAMATION. 1048 00:35:13,678 --> 00:35:14,312 OUR ORGANIZATION, WE SERVICE AND 1049 00:35:14,312 --> 00:35:14,745 HELP PEOPLE WITH 1050 00:35:14,745 --> 00:35:15,813 DISABILITIES MAINTAIN THEIR 1051 00:35:15,813 --> 00:35:16,114 INDEPENDENT 1052 00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:18,015 LIVING, INCLUDING HELPING THEM 1053 00:35:18,015 --> 00:35:21,486 APPLY FOR BENEFITS, 1054 00:35:21,486 --> 00:35:23,054 WE'RE LOCATED IN CAPITAL HILL 1055 00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:23,554 -- 1056 00:35:23,554 --> 00:35:25,723 SORRY, FIRST HILL AND AUBURN 1057 00:35:25,723 --> 00:35:27,859 AND IN REDMOND. 1058 00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:29,360 I AM JUST THRILLED TO BE A PART 1059 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:30,094 OF THIS AND 1060 00:35:30,094 --> 00:35:30,728 I THINK THAT'S ALL I WANT TO 1061 00:35:30,728 --> 00:35:32,196 SAY. 1062 00:35:32,396 --> 00:35:33,064 >> AWESOME. 1063 00:35:33,064 --> 00:35:35,600 THANK YOU, MR. JONES. WELCOME. 1064 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,536 NEXT WE HAVE JOHN SMITH FOLLOWED 1065 00:35:38,536 --> 00:35:41,539 BY EVETTE 1066 00:35:41,539 --> 00:35:41,806 DINNISH. 1067 00:35:41,806 --> 00:35:45,743 WELCOME, JOHN SMITH. WELCOME. 1068 00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:50,314 >> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1069 00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:53,417 I AM HERE BECAUSE TWO NIGHTS AGO 1070 00:35:53,417 --> 00:35:56,254 I HAVE WATCHED 911 FAIL TO 1071 00:35:56,254 --> 00:35:58,122 HELP ONE OF OUR DISABLED MEMBERS 1072 00:35:58,122 --> 00:35:58,289 IN 1073 00:35:58,289 --> 00:35:58,856 OUR COMMUNITY. 1074 00:35:58,856 --> 00:36:02,193 THE COUNCIL IS NOT USING 1075 00:36:02,193 --> 00:36:04,128 FUNDS TO ADDRESS THE 1076 00:36:04,128 --> 00:36:04,462 HOMELESSNESS 1077 00:36:04,462 --> 00:36:04,695 CRISIS. 1078 00:36:04,695 --> 00:36:06,597 I'M AWARE THERE IS A BUDGET 1079 00:36:06,597 --> 00:36:08,199 SHORTAGE, BUT THE JUMP- START 1080 00:36:08,199 --> 00:36:11,168 TAX IS NOT BEING USED FOR THIS 1081 00:36:11,168 --> 00:36:11,435 PURPOSE. 1082 00:36:11,435 --> 00:36:12,937 I'M AWARE OF THAT. 1083 00:36:12,937 --> 00:36:14,939 IT MAY BE USED FOR A GENERAL 1084 00:36:14,939 --> 00:36:17,475 FUND, BUT ITS INTENTION WAS FOR 1085 00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:18,075 ADDING 1086 00:36:18,075 --> 00:36:18,676 ADDITIONAL HOUSING WITHIN THE 1087 00:36:18,676 --> 00:36:20,878 CITY OF SEATTLE. 1088 00:36:20,878 --> 00:36:22,547 YOU ARE ALSO LETTING OUT OF 1089 00:36:22,547 --> 00:36:25,149 STATE AI TRIAGE SYSTEMS 1090 00:36:25,149 --> 00:36:29,153 ABANDON AND KILL OUR DISABLED 1091 00:36:29,153 --> 00:36:33,291 NEIGHBORS. 1092 00:36:33,291 --> 00:36:35,693 AND TWO NIGHTS AGO I CALLED 1093 00:36:35,693 --> 00:36:39,297 911 AND MEDIC ONE ABANDON ED A 1094 00:36:39,297 --> 00:36:42,667 DIABETIC BI MAN. 1095 00:36:42,667 --> 00:36:44,802 HE WAS LEFT THERE TO ROT AND NO 1096 00:36:44,802 --> 00:36:46,537 ONE DID ANYTHING TO HELP HIM. 1097 00:36:46,537 --> 00:36:48,806 I REACHED OUT TO ANYONE I COULD 1098 00:36:48,806 --> 00:36:49,106 FIND. 1099 00:36:49,106 --> 00:36:50,908 NO ONE WANTED TO HELP HIM. 1100 00:36:50,908 --> 00:36:52,643 I CALLED AND THE ONLY 1101 00:36:52,643 --> 00:36:55,313 OPTION I WAS GIVEN WAS, OH, 1102 00:36:55,313 --> 00:36:55,746 WE'RE 1103 00:36:55,746 --> 00:36:57,582 SORRY, WE HAD A CARE TEAM, BUT 1104 00:36:57,582 --> 00:36:58,950 THEY'RE OFF DUTY RIGHT NOW. 1105 00:36:58,950 --> 00:37:01,385 IT'S NIGHTTIME, NOTHING WE CAN 1106 00:37:01,519 --> 00:37:02,653 DO. DO YOU WANT US TO SEND A 1107 00:37:02,653 --> 00:37:02,887 POLICE 1108 00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:03,154 OFFICER? 1109 00:37:03,154 --> 00:37:04,155 WHAT IS A POLICE OFFICER 1110 00:37:04,155 --> 00:37:05,623 GOING TO DO TO HELP THEM? 1111 00:37:05,623 --> 00:37:07,124 WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? 1112 00:37:07,124 --> 00:37:08,793 IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO 1113 00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:09,160 HELP? 1114 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,162 PEOPLE ARE DYING IN THIS CITY. 1115 00:37:11,162 --> 00:37:12,730 PEOPLE ARE DYING. 1116 00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:14,265 IF THIS IS NOT AN 1117 00:37:14,265 --> 00:37:15,099 EMERGENCY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT 1118 00:37:15,099 --> 00:37:15,566 ELSE IS. 1119 00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:17,835 I COME FROM LOUISIANA, WHERE 1120 00:37:17,835 --> 00:37:19,303 WE HAVE NATURAL DISASTERS AT ANY 1121 00:37:19,303 --> 00:37:19,503 TIME. 1122 00:37:19,503 --> 00:37:23,140 WE HELP OUR COMMUNITY. 1123 00:37:23,140 --> 00:37:28,746 WHY IS THE CITY COUNCIL 1124 00:37:28,746 --> 00:37:29,580 NOT DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN? 1125 00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:30,815 WHY IS NOTHING HAPPENING? 1126 00:37:30,815 --> 00:37:33,317 WHY IS NOTHING HAPPENING? 1127 00:37:33,317 --> 00:37:35,353 WHY ARE THEY BEING ABANDONED. 1128 00:37:35,353 --> 00:37:37,822 WHY IS NO ONE HELPING THEM? 1129 00:37:37,822 --> 00:37:38,623 SOMEONE TELL ME. 1130 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:40,558 I JUST WANT TO KNOW, WHY IS 1131 00:37:40,558 --> 00:37:43,094 NO ONE HELPING ANYONE? 1132 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:44,695 PLEASE! 1133 00:37:44,695 --> 00:37:45,196 PLEASE! 1134 00:37:45,196 --> 00:37:45,696 PLEASE! 1135 00:37:45,696 --> 00:37:47,298 I UNDERSTAND, I 1136 00:37:47,298 --> 00:37:48,232 UNDERSTAND THINGS ARE TOUGH 1137 00:37:48,232 --> 00:37:49,066 RIGHT NOW, 1138 00:37:49,066 --> 00:37:49,700 BUT 1139 00:37:49,700 --> 00:38:00,111 PLEASE -- [ MIC MUTED ] 1140 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,116 >> THANK YOU. 1141 00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:11,188 THANK YOU, JOHN. 1142 00:38:11,188 --> 00:38:19,363 THANK YOU, JOHN. 1143 00:38:19,363 --> 00:38:22,233 THANK YOU, JOHN. 1144 00:38:22,233 --> 00:38:32,476 [ MIC MUTED ] 1145 00:38:34,645 --> 00:38:36,380 JOHN, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1146 00:38:36,380 --> 00:38:40,251 I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE A 1147 00:38:40,251 --> 00:38:40,851 CONVERSATION AFTER THIS. 1148 00:38:40,851 --> 00:38:42,420 NO ONE IS GOING TO COME UP 1149 00:38:42,420 --> 00:38:44,221 HERE AND KICK YOU OFF, BUT WE'RE 1150 00:38:44,221 --> 00:38:45,790 GOING TO ASK YOU NICELY 1151 00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:47,091 IF WE CAN MOVE THROUGH PUBLIC 1152 00:38:47,091 --> 00:38:47,358 COMMENT. 1153 00:38:47,358 --> 00:38:48,926 IS THAT OKAY, JOHN? 1154 00:38:48,926 --> 00:38:51,228 I WILL TALK TO YOU AFTER THIS 1155 00:38:51,228 --> 00:38:51,929 MEETING, BUT I WANT TO 1156 00:38:51,929 --> 00:38:53,531 GET THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT. 1157 00:38:53,531 --> 00:38:54,832 YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1158 00:38:54,832 --> 00:38:57,968 NO ONE IS GOING TO PUSH YOU OUT, 1159 00:38:57,968 --> 00:38:59,870 BUT I'M ASKING YOU NICELY 1160 00:38:59,870 --> 00:39:00,604 TO MOVE THROUGH 1161 00:39:00,604 --> 00:39:02,139 PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THAT COOL? 1162 00:39:02,139 --> 00:39:06,677 YOU'RE GOOD. 1163 00:39:06,677 --> 00:39:08,713 SO CAN I ASK SOMEONE TO 1164 00:39:08,713 --> 00:39:10,247 HELP COME ASSIST YOU TO THAT 1165 00:39:10,247 --> 00:39:10,448 SEAT 1166 00:39:10,448 --> 00:39:12,216 THAT'S CLOSEST TO YOU, IS THAT 1167 00:39:12,216 --> 00:39:12,550 OKAY? 1168 00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:14,652 SO THE PERSON BEHIND YOU, SHE'S 1169 00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:15,453 OUR CITY CLERK. 1170 00:39:15,453 --> 00:39:16,554 SHE'S PHENOMENAL. 1171 00:39:16,554 --> 00:39:18,456 SHE'S GOING TO GET YOU TO 1172 00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:19,857 THIS FRONT AREA AND GIVE YOU A 1173 00:39:19,857 --> 00:39:20,057 GLASS 1174 00:39:20,057 --> 00:39:20,958 OF WATER TOO. 1175 00:39:20,958 --> 00:39:22,393 IS THAT COOL, JOHN? 1176 00:39:22,393 --> 00:39:24,795 SO YOU GEARING TO SEE HER ON 1177 00:39:24,795 --> 00:39:25,496 YOUR RIGHT SIDE. 1178 00:39:25,496 --> 00:39:27,331 AND I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER 1179 00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:28,766 THE MEETING TO ADDRESS SOME OF 1180 00:39:28,766 --> 00:39:30,301 THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE ABOUT 911 1181 00:39:30,301 --> 00:39:30,468 AND 1182 00:39:30,468 --> 00:39:31,202 OTHER STUFF. 1183 00:39:31,202 --> 00:39:31,769 IS THAT COOL? 1184 00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:34,071 I GOT 1185 00:39:34,071 --> 00:39:34,538 YOU. YOU'RE GOOD. 1186 00:39:34,538 --> 00:39:36,006 I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME 1187 00:39:36,006 --> 00:39:36,640 WATER TOO, JOHN. 1188 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:37,575 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1189 00:39:37,575 --> 00:39:38,876 THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, 1190 00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:41,912 FOPSER FOR THAT WATER FOR JOHN. 1191 00:39:41,912 --> 00:39:42,446 APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. 1192 00:39:42,446 --> 00:39:45,716 THANK YOU, JOHN. 1193 00:39:45,850 --> 00:39:48,018 OKAY. WE HAVE -- THANK 1194 00:39:48,018 --> 00:39:49,053 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1195 00:39:49,053 --> 00:39:51,288 JUST DRINK UP THAT WATER. 1196 00:39:51,422 --> 00:39:51,956 NEXT WE HAVE MS. EVETTE. 1197 00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:59,897 WELCOME. 1198 00:40:00,030 --> 00:40:02,800 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 1199 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,835 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 1200 00:40:04,835 --> 00:40:05,903 OF THE UNITED STATES OF 1201 00:40:05,903 --> 00:40:07,805 AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR 1202 00:40:07,805 --> 00:40:08,506 WHICH 1203 00:40:08,506 --> 00:40:12,076 IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER 1204 00:40:12,076 --> 00:40:12,276 GOD, 1205 00:40:12,276 --> 00:40:12,877 INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND 1206 00:40:12,877 --> 00:40:19,049 JUSTICE FOR ALL. 1207 00:40:19,049 --> 00:40:20,251 I WANT TO THANK YOU, 1208 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:24,388 COUNCIL, FOR THE FUNDING OF 1209 00:40:24,388 --> 00:40:27,958 EVENT S, THE 1210 00:40:27,958 --> 00:40:30,661 CHINA TOWN -- 1211 00:40:30,661 --> 00:40:32,863 [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 1212 00:40:32,863 --> 00:40:34,732 -- IT GIVES IF 1213 00:40:34,732 --> 00:40:36,133 COMMUNITY SOMETHING TO DO. 1214 00:40:36,133 --> 00:40:41,138 I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR -- 1215 00:40:41,138 --> 00:40:47,445 [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 1216 00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:53,050 AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER LIN, 1217 00:40:53,050 --> 00:40:56,220 THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1218 00:40:56,220 --> 00:40:59,323 CONCERN ABOUT -- 1219 00:40:59,323 --> 00:41:02,026 [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 1220 00:41:02,026 --> 00:41:05,763 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I READ YOUR 1221 00:41:05,763 --> 00:41:07,231 NEW 1222 00:41:07,231 --> 00:41:07,898 NEWSLETTER. 1223 00:41:07,898 --> 00:41:08,799 IT WAS INTRIGUING ABOUT 1224 00:41:08,799 --> 00:41:10,434 THE DISTRICT MEETING UPCOMING. 1225 00:41:10,434 --> 00:41:12,369 IT GOT ME TO THINKING, BECAUSE 1226 00:41:12,369 --> 00:41:14,638 CID IS STRUGGLING, BUSINESS IS 1227 00:41:14,638 --> 00:41:14,939 DOWN. 1228 00:41:14,939 --> 00:41:21,979 THE THING ABOUT HAVING -- 1229 00:41:21,979 --> 00:41:32,289 [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 1230 00:41:43,133 --> 00:41:44,668 AND THEN THIS HAS NOTHING TO 1231 00:41:44,668 --> 00:41:47,271 DO WITH ANYTHING, BUT THE 1232 00:41:47,271 --> 00:41:47,538 EDUCATION 1233 00:41:47,538 --> 00:41:51,942 FOR ALL, I HAD A FLASHBACK WITH 1234 00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:54,945 THAT, BECAUSE -- 1235 00:41:54,945 --> 00:42:00,818 [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 1236 00:42:00,951 --> 00:42:07,424 >> THANK YOU, MS. EVETTE. 1237 00:42:07,424 --> 00:42:09,293 THAT OREGON GEAR IS 1238 00:42:09,293 --> 00:42:13,297 NOT APPROPRIATE IN COUNCIL 1239 00:42:13,297 --> 00:42:13,564 CHAMBERS. 1240 00:42:13,564 --> 00:42:15,833 VERY OFFENSIVE OREGON GEAR. 1241 00:42:15,966 --> 00:42:16,667 >> GOOD 1242 00:42:16,667 --> 00:42:18,969 AFTERNOON. THREE WEEKS AGO WAS 1243 00:42:18,969 --> 00:42:19,770 THE NINTH 1244 00:42:19,770 --> 00:42:22,273 ANNIVERSARY OF A MURDER 1245 00:42:22,273 --> 00:42:26,810 BY SEATTLE PD, SEEMINGLY 1246 00:42:26,810 --> 00:42:28,913 UNMENTIONED BY CITY AND ELECTED 1247 00:42:28,913 --> 00:42:29,313 OFFICIALS. 1248 00:42:29,313 --> 00:42:33,050 JULY IS THE 11TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1249 00:42:33,183 --> 00:42:37,688 THE SANTA SHEERA'S SMITH MURDER 1250 00:42:37,688 --> 00:42:39,356 BY SEATTLE PD. 1251 00:42:39,356 --> 00:42:41,959 ALL THESE OBJECTS WERE IN CRISIS 1252 00:42:41,959 --> 00:42:46,397 WHEN KILLED BY THE PD. 1253 00:42:46,397 --> 00:42:47,798 ALSO, SPEAKING OF 1254 00:42:47,798 --> 00:42:50,968 DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH, IT'S A 1255 00:42:50,968 --> 00:42:51,335 LITTLE 1256 00:42:51,335 --> 00:42:52,803 HYPOCRITICAL WHEN, IN FACT, 1257 00:42:52,803 --> 00:42:54,905 ALL THOSE PEOPLE I MENTIONED 1258 00:42:54,905 --> 00:42:56,473 HAD SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH 1259 00:42:56,473 --> 00:42:58,008 CRISES AND OVER HALF OF THE 1260 00:42:58,008 --> 00:42:58,342 PEOPLE THAT 1261 00:42:58,342 --> 00:43:00,511 ARE KILLED IN SEATTLE AND MOST 1262 00:43:00,511 --> 00:43:02,079 OTHER CITIES ARE KILLED WHEN 1263 00:43:02,079 --> 00:43:03,280 THEY'RE IN MENTAL HEALTH 1264 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:03,514 CRISIS. 1265 00:43:03,514 --> 00:43:05,916 SO WHEN YOU'RE STILL KILLING 1266 00:43:05,916 --> 00:43:07,351 PEOPLE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, 1267 00:43:07,351 --> 00:43:10,921 IT'S A LITTLE HYPOCRITICAL TO 1268 00:43:10,921 --> 00:43:19,196 DECLARE THIS DISABILITY 1269 00:43:19,196 --> 00:43:19,697 PRIDE 1270 00:43:19,697 --> 00:43:21,665 MONTH. THREE OF SIX JURORS FOUND 1271 00:43:21,665 --> 00:43:23,267 THIS KILLING AUTHORIZED USE 1272 00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:23,801 OF DEADLY FORCE AND NOT 1273 00:43:23,801 --> 00:43:25,769 CRIMINAL. 1274 00:43:25,769 --> 00:43:27,705 DESPITE ALL ASPECTS OF 1275 00:43:27,705 --> 00:43:29,340 OUR POLICE 1276 00:43:29,340 --> 00:43:30,941 ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM DEEM THING 1277 00:43:30,941 --> 00:43:32,309 KILLING LAWFUL AND 1278 00:43:32,309 --> 00:43:32,576 PROPER. 1279 00:43:32,576 --> 00:43:34,678 NEXT WEEK THERE WILL BE ANOTHER 1280 00:43:34,678 --> 00:43:36,814 INQUEST JURY INTO THE MURDER 1281 00:43:36,814 --> 00:43:39,683 ALSO DEEMED LAWFUL OF RYAN 1282 00:43:39,683 --> 00:43:42,519 SMITH IN 2019, AN AFRICAN 1283 00:43:42,519 --> 00:43:42,786 AMERICAN 1284 00:43:42,786 --> 00:43:46,357 MAN IN CRISIS HOLDING JUST A 1285 00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:47,424 KNIFE WITH FOUR COPS WHO DECIDED 1286 00:43:47,424 --> 00:43:47,591 TO 1287 00:43:47,591 --> 00:43:52,596 SHOOT HIM DEAD. 1288 00:43:52,596 --> 00:43:56,266 POLICE HAVE SEATTLE RANKED SPD 1289 00:43:56,266 --> 00:43:59,403 KILLINGS HIGHER THAN 83% OF ALL 1290 00:43:59,403 --> 00:44:01,772 DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 1291 00:44:01,772 --> 00:44:04,408 83% OF DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE 1292 00:44:04,541 --> 00:44:06,110 COUNTRY. I HEAR THE WORD 1293 00:44:06,110 --> 00:44:07,811 ACCOUNTABILITY THROWN AROUND BY 1294 00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:08,412 THIS COUNCIL. 1295 00:44:08,412 --> 00:44:11,548 IN 2017, THE CITY 1296 00:44:11,548 --> 00:44:15,819 AUDITOR DEMANDED OR REQUESTED AN 1297 00:44:15,819 --> 00:44:17,154 AUDIT OF OUR POLICE 1298 00:44:17,154 --> 00:44:17,521 ACCOUNTABILITY 1299 00:44:17,521 --> 00:44:19,123 SYSTEM. 1300 00:44:19,123 --> 00:44:19,923 NINE YEARS 1301 00:44:19,923 --> 00:44:25,396 LATER -- [ MIC MUTED ] 1302 00:44:25,529 --> 00:44:26,997 >> THANK YOU, MR. GILL. 1303 00:44:26,997 --> 00:44:29,033 NEXT, WE HAVE, IF YOU'RE 1304 00:44:29,033 --> 00:44:30,234 ONLINE, WE'RE COMING TO YOU 1305 00:44:30,234 --> 00:44:30,534 AFTER 1306 00:44:30,534 --> 00:44:32,202 THE LAST FOUR IN- PERSON 1307 00:44:32,202 --> 00:44:32,469 SPEAKERS. 1308 00:44:32,469 --> 00:44:34,872 WE HAVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY 1309 00:44:34,872 --> 00:44:37,107 CAMILLE, ERICA AND NAOMI. 1310 00:44:37,107 --> 00:44:38,842 IF YOU ARE ONLINE, 1311 00:44:38,842 --> 00:44:41,011 WE'RE COMING TO YOU AFTER OUR 1312 00:44:41,011 --> 00:44:41,178 IN- 1313 00:44:41,178 --> 00:44:41,412 PERSON 1314 00:44:41,412 --> 00:44:44,114 SPEAKERS. BENNETT, WELCOME. 1315 00:44:44,114 --> 00:44:47,051 WE'LL START WHEN YOU START. 1316 00:44:47,051 --> 00:44:57,294 I UNDERSTAND. 1317 00:45:01,999 --> 00:45:03,167 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 1318 00:45:03,167 --> 00:45:04,301 SO REMEMBER LAST WEEK I WAS 1319 00:45:04,301 --> 00:45:05,536 TALKING ABOUT HOW I WAS 1320 00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:08,205 ATTACKED WITH PEPPER SPRAY AND 1321 00:45:08,205 --> 00:45:08,472 PUNCHED 1322 00:45:08,472 --> 00:45:08,906 OUT. 1323 00:45:08,906 --> 00:45:10,674 I MENTIONED THAT THE 1324 00:45:10,674 --> 00:45:12,342 VAST MAJORITY OF VIOLENCE THAT 1325 00:45:12,342 --> 00:45:12,576 OCCURS 1326 00:45:12,576 --> 00:45:14,778 AT LEFT WING PROTESTS HAS 1327 00:45:14,778 --> 00:45:15,646 A COMMON CAUSE. 1328 00:45:15,646 --> 00:45:17,614 BOTH THE MEN AND THE WOMEN 1329 00:45:17,614 --> 00:45:18,649 IN PROTEST MOVEMENT HAVE SAID 1330 00:45:18,649 --> 00:45:20,984 OFFENSIVE THINGS, BUT 1331 00:45:20,984 --> 00:45:24,121 SOMETIME IT IS A WOMAN SAYS 1332 00:45:24,121 --> 00:45:24,388 SOMETHING 1333 00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:25,055 OFFENSIVE AND A MAN 1334 00:45:25,055 --> 00:45:29,059 CRITICIZES, THEY RETALIATE BY 1335 00:45:29,059 --> 00:45:29,359 HARASSMENT. 1336 00:45:29,359 --> 00:45:31,762 SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 1337 00:45:31,762 --> 00:45:32,296 ANOTHER 1338 00:45:32,296 --> 00:45:32,596 EXAMPLE. 1339 00:45:32,596 --> 00:45:33,997 I'M SORRY ABOUT THE 1340 00:45:33,997 --> 00:45:35,399 LANGUAGE, BUT THIS IS FACTUAL 1341 00:45:35,399 --> 00:45:36,567 INFORMATION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT 1342 00:45:36,567 --> 00:45:36,834 HAPPENED. 1343 00:45:36,834 --> 00:45:39,470 I'M GLAD THE KIDS LEFT, 1344 00:45:39,470 --> 00:45:41,939 BUT SEATTLE PERSON, THIS IS 1345 00:45:41,939 --> 00:45:44,074 STILL BEING DONE BY 1346 00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:50,314 A HUMAN, I AM SORRY. 1347 00:45:50,314 --> 00:46:00,557 [ INAUDIBLE ] 1348 00:46:06,797 --> 00:46:08,932 >> I BET YOU EAT HIS ASS. 1349 00:46:08,932 --> 00:46:10,200 IS HIS 1350 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,870 ASS GOOD? ARE YOU GAY? 1351 00:46:13,003 --> 00:46:13,637 CONGRATULATIONS FOR COMING OUT. 1352 00:46:13,637 --> 00:46:17,241 I LOVE IT. 1353 00:46:17,374 --> 00:46:18,542 >> SHE KILLED 1354 00:46:18,542 --> 00:46:18,809 HERSELF. 1355 00:46:18,809 --> 00:46:22,546 >> YEAH? 1356 00:46:22,679 --> 00:46:25,015 >> THIS IS SOMEONE I TALKED TO, 1357 00:46:25,015 --> 00:46:27,117 I SAID WE'RE ON THE SAME 1358 00:46:27,117 --> 00:46:28,819 TEAM, PLEASE STOP CALLING COPS 1359 00:46:28,819 --> 00:46:28,986 GAY 1360 00:46:28,986 --> 00:46:31,288 AS AN INSULT. 1361 00:46:31,288 --> 00:46:33,323 PLEASE STOP TELLING PEOPLE TO 1362 00:46:33,323 --> 00:46:34,158 KILL THEMSELVES. 1363 00:46:34,158 --> 00:46:36,760 SHE CALLED IT HARASSMENT 1364 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:37,861 AND SLIDING INTO DMs. 1365 00:46:37,861 --> 00:46:39,863 I PLAYED YOU THE TAPE LAST WEEK 1366 00:46:39,863 --> 00:46:46,003 OF THE WOMAN YELLING ING RAPIST 1367 00:46:46,003 --> 00:46:46,203 AT 1368 00:46:46,203 --> 00:46:47,171 ME. THIS IS BECAUSE THESE 1369 00:46:47,171 --> 00:46:49,640 INCIDENT WHERE IS I HAVE SPOKEN 1370 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:51,475 OUT AGAINST PEOPLE DOING OR 1371 00:46:51,475 --> 00:46:51,708 SAYING 1372 00:46:51,708 --> 00:46:52,209 SOMETHING OFFENSIVELY. 1373 00:46:52,209 --> 00:46:54,411 PEOPLE CANNOT BELIEVE THIS. 1374 00:46:54,411 --> 00:46:57,447 PEOPLE SAY IS THERE ANYTHING 1375 00:46:57,447 --> 00:46:58,415 ELSE GOING ON HERE? 1376 00:46:58,415 --> 00:47:00,117 I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THERE'S 1377 00:47:00,117 --> 00:47:03,353 ONE PARTY HERE TELLING THE 1378 00:47:03,353 --> 00:47:03,954 TRUTH, OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE 1379 00:47:03,954 --> 00:47:04,154 NOT. 1380 00:47:04,154 --> 00:47:06,423 THANK YOU. 1381 00:47:06,557 --> 00:47:08,559 >> THANK YOU, BENNETT. 1382 00:47:08,559 --> 00:47:10,928 NEXT WE HAVE CAMILLE FOLLOWED 1383 00:47:10,928 --> 00:47:11,995 BY ERICA AND NAOMI. 1384 00:47:11,995 --> 00:47:13,730 IF YOU ARE ONLINE, WE 1385 00:47:13,730 --> 00:47:15,666 ARE COMING TO YOU AFTER OUR 1386 00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:16,567 THREE IN- 1387 00:47:16,567 --> 00:47:17,167 PERSON SPEAKERS. 1388 00:47:17,167 --> 00:47:17,935 WELCOME, CAMILLE. 1389 00:47:18,068 --> 00:47:18,936 >> OKAY. 1390 00:47:18,936 --> 00:47:21,672 I'LL PROBABLY BE BRIEF, I 1391 00:47:21,672 --> 00:47:23,507 USUALLY OVERPREPARED AND 1392 00:47:23,507 --> 00:47:24,608 I DIDN'T PREPARE ANYTHING. 1393 00:47:24,608 --> 00:47:27,077 I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT 1394 00:47:27,077 --> 00:47:27,744 SURVEILLANCE. 1395 00:47:27,744 --> 00:47:30,247 I AM VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT 1396 00:47:30,247 --> 00:47:33,016 MAYOR WILSON TURNED OFF THE 1397 00:47:33,016 --> 00:47:33,951 CAMERAS IN THE STADIUM 1398 00:47:33,951 --> 00:47:35,686 DISTRICT, BUT WE KNOW THAT WHEN 1399 00:47:35,686 --> 00:47:35,919 TURNED 1400 00:47:35,919 --> 00:47:38,622 OFF, THEY'RE NEVER REALLY 1401 00:47:38,622 --> 00:47:38,856 REALLY 1402 00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:40,724 AND WE WANT THEM TAKEN DOWN. 1403 00:47:40,724 --> 00:47:43,527 WE ALSO -- I THINK YOU 1404 00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:45,462 HAVE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF 1405 00:47:45,462 --> 00:47:46,563 PEOPLE ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS 1406 00:47:46,563 --> 00:47:47,097 IN 1407 00:47:47,097 --> 00:47:48,632 OUR CITY, AND THERE ARE 1408 00:47:48,632 --> 00:47:49,900 REAL 1409 00:47:49,900 --> 00:47:50,367 EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS. 1410 00:47:50,367 --> 00:47:51,001 AND SURVEILLANCE IS NOT ONE OF 1411 00:47:51,001 --> 00:47:53,604 THEM. 1412 00:47:53,604 --> 00:47:55,806 JUST TO NAME ONE ON HERE, 1413 00:47:55,806 --> 00:47:58,308 THIS IS FROM A NUMBER OF 1414 00:47:58,308 --> 00:47:58,842 COMMUNITY 1415 00:47:58,842 --> 00:48:01,011 MEMBERS WHO HAVE PUT THIS 1416 00:48:01,011 --> 00:48:02,045 TOGETHER, BUT I THINK YOU 1417 00:48:02,045 --> 00:48:04,114 HAVE HEARD ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT 1418 00:48:04,114 --> 00:48:06,116 THE CARE TEAM EXPANDING THE 1419 00:48:06,116 --> 00:48:10,687 CARE TEAM AND FREEING THEM WOULD 1420 00:48:10,687 --> 00:48:10,988 BE A 1421 00:48:11,121 --> 00:48:11,788 HUGE BENEFIT TO OUR PUBLIC 1422 00:48:11,788 --> 00:48:16,526 SAFETY. 1423 00:48:16,526 --> 00:48:18,562 SPD'S REIGN ON THEM HAS 1424 00:48:18,562 --> 00:48:20,497 NOTHING TO DO WITH PUBLIC 1425 00:48:20,497 --> 00:48:22,299 SAFETY. IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO 1426 00:48:22,299 --> 00:48:23,133 WITH POWER AND CONTROL. 1427 00:48:23,133 --> 00:48:25,168 AND IF WE WANT SAFETY FOR 1428 00:48:25,168 --> 00:48:26,903 OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEN WE 1429 00:48:26,903 --> 00:48:27,104 NEED 1430 00:48:27,104 --> 00:48:28,205 THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO COME 1431 00:48:28,205 --> 00:48:28,739 AND HELP WHEN THEY ARE IN 1432 00:48:28,739 --> 00:48:30,974 CRISIS. 1433 00:48:30,974 --> 00:48:34,144 WE ALSO NEED HOUSING. 1434 00:48:34,144 --> 00:48:35,479 THERE ARE MANY OTHER 1435 00:48:35,479 --> 00:48:36,647 THINGS, BUT I'M GOING 1436 00:48:36,647 --> 00:48:39,416 TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS GIFT. 1437 00:48:39,549 --> 00:48:41,118 >> THANK YOU, CAMILLE. 1438 00:48:41,251 --> 00:48:43,287 >> NEXT, WE HAVE ERICA, 1439 00:48:43,287 --> 00:48:43,553 FOLLOWED 1440 00:48:43,553 --> 00:48:46,923 BY NAOMI. WELCOME, ERICA. 1441 00:48:47,057 --> 00:48:47,858 >> THANK YOU ALL. 1442 00:48:47,858 --> 00:48:54,464 AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL 1443 00:48:54,464 --> 00:48:57,601 FOR THE COMPASSION YOU SHOWED 1444 00:48:57,601 --> 00:48:58,201 A FEW SPEAKERS AGO. 1445 00:48:58,201 --> 00:49:01,471 THAT SETS A GREAT 1446 00:49:01,471 --> 00:49:01,972 ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT 1447 00:49:02,105 --> 00:49:02,673 FOR EVERYBODY HERE. I WANT TO 1448 00:49:02,673 --> 00:49:03,040 EXPRESS SUPPORT 1449 00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:03,573 FOR THE MAYOR FOR KEEPING 1450 00:49:03,573 --> 00:49:05,175 HER PROMISE TO TURN OFF 1451 00:49:05,175 --> 00:49:05,876 THE CAMERAS AT THE STADIUM. 1452 00:49:05,876 --> 00:49:09,880 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE HER 1453 00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,683 TO CONTINUE TO DISINVEST IN 1454 00:49:12,683 --> 00:49:13,583 THIS TECHNOLOGY GOING FORWARD. 1455 00:49:13,583 --> 00:49:17,120 WE HAD A RALLY JUST 1456 00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:18,422 DOWNSTAIRS, AND I WANT TO 1457 00:49:18,422 --> 00:49:18,789 HIGHLIGHT WHAT 1458 00:49:18,789 --> 00:49:20,524 WE HEARD AND WHAT WE DIDN'T. 1459 00:49:20,524 --> 00:49:22,693 OFTEN WHEN PEOPLE SPEAK 1460 00:49:22,693 --> 00:49:24,461 AGAINST THE SOLUTIONS THAT COME 1461 00:49:24,461 --> 00:49:25,128 FROM 1462 00:49:25,128 --> 00:49:26,330 SPD, THAT COME FROM 1463 00:49:26,330 --> 00:49:28,598 THE SURVEILLANCE COMMUNITY, 1464 00:49:28,598 --> 00:49:31,101 THEY'RE PAINTED AS A UNIFORM 1465 00:49:31,101 --> 00:49:32,569 GROUP BY 1466 00:49:32,569 --> 00:49:33,737 SOME PEOPLE, WHO 1467 00:49:33,737 --> 00:49:35,172 ARE DISMISSING THE SAFETY 1468 00:49:35,172 --> 00:49:35,939 CONCERNS OF THEIR 1469 00:49:35,939 --> 00:49:36,239 NEIGHBORS. 1470 00:49:36,239 --> 00:49:38,275 BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HEARD 1471 00:49:38,408 --> 00:49:39,743 TODAY. EVERYONE WHO SPOKE CAME 1472 00:49:39,743 --> 00:49:39,943 FROM 1473 00:49:39,943 --> 00:49:41,078 A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND. 1474 00:49:41,078 --> 00:49:43,046 EVERYONE HIGHLIGHTED TRAGEDIES, 1475 00:49:43,046 --> 00:49:44,614 HEARTBREAK, INJUSTICE AND HARM 1476 00:49:44,614 --> 00:49:45,916 THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED, 1477 00:49:45,916 --> 00:49:47,551 THAT THEIR LOVES ONES 1478 00:49:47,551 --> 00:49:49,086 HAVE EXPERIENCED AND THEY ALSO 1479 00:49:49,086 --> 00:49:50,087 WANT CHANGE AND SAFETY. 1480 00:49:50,087 --> 00:49:52,289 THE DIFFERENCE IS THEY 1481 00:49:52,289 --> 00:49:53,824 DON'T WANT SOLUTIONS, BUT ONLY 1482 00:49:53,824 --> 00:49:54,091 TO KEEP 1483 00:49:54,091 --> 00:49:55,859 THOSE WITH PRIVILEGE 1484 00:49:55,859 --> 00:49:57,260 AND WEALTH SAFE AT THE EXPENSE 1485 00:49:57,260 --> 00:49:57,694 OF 1486 00:49:57,694 --> 00:49:58,495 EVERYBODY ELSE. 1487 00:49:58,495 --> 00:50:00,030 THEY WANT REAL SAFETY FOR 1488 00:50:00,030 --> 00:50:00,364 EVERYBODY. 1489 00:50:00,364 --> 00:50:02,933 I BRING THIS UP TO 1490 00:50:02,933 --> 00:50:04,468 ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE NOT TO 1491 00:50:04,468 --> 00:50:04,801 DISMISS 1492 00:50:04,801 --> 00:50:06,436 THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE 1493 00:50:06,436 --> 00:50:08,472 ABOUT SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. 1494 00:50:08,472 --> 00:50:09,940 THOSE CONCERNS COME FROM 1495 00:50:09,940 --> 00:50:12,309 INFORMED AND LIVED PLACES. 1496 00:50:12,309 --> 00:50:14,544 AS YOU HEAR FROM THEM, 1497 00:50:14,544 --> 00:50:15,746 PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM 1498 00:50:15,746 --> 00:50:16,646 WITH AN OPEN HEART AND MIND. 1499 00:50:16,646 --> 00:50:17,180 THANK YOU. 1500 00:50:17,314 --> 00:50:18,115 >> THANK 1501 00:50:18,115 --> 00:50:18,415 YOU, ERICA. 1502 00:50:18,415 --> 00:50:23,720 NEXT WE HAVE NAOMI. WELCOME. 1503 00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:25,455 IF YOU ARE ONLINE, THIS IS 1504 00:50:25,455 --> 00:50:27,224 OUR LAST IN- PERSON SPEAKER. 1505 00:50:27,224 --> 00:50:28,392 NAOMI, WELCOME. 1506 00:50:28,525 --> 00:50:30,660 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. 1507 00:50:30,660 --> 00:50:32,362 THIS AFTERNOON, I GATHERED 1508 00:50:32,362 --> 00:50:34,865 WITH DOZENS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS 1509 00:50:34,865 --> 00:50:35,065 TO 1510 00:50:35,065 --> 00:50:38,135 OPPOSE THE USE OF 1511 00:50:38,135 --> 00:50:39,503 SURVEILLANCE WITH CAMERAS. 1512 00:50:39,503 --> 00:50:41,772 WE HEARD FROM MANY SPEAKERS OF 1513 00:50:41,772 --> 00:50:44,941 THE HARM THIS DOES TO COMMUNITY 1514 00:50:45,142 --> 00:50:50,080 MEMBERS. CAMERAS ARE REACTIVE 1515 00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:50,347 AND NOT 1516 00:50:50,547 --> 00:50:52,916 PROACTIVE. THIS COSTS THE CITY 1517 00:50:52,916 --> 00:50:53,450 $8. 8 MILLION 1518 00:50:53,450 --> 00:50:54,885 A YEAR WHILE WE ARE 1519 00:50:54,885 --> 00:51:00,991 FACING CUTS TO SERVICES. 1520 00:51:00,991 --> 00:51:02,959 THAT COULD SUPPORT HOUSING AND 1521 00:51:02,959 --> 00:51:06,029 NON- POLICE COMMUNITY SAFETY 1522 00:51:06,029 --> 00:51:06,563 INITIATIVES. 1523 00:51:06,563 --> 00:51:08,632 OUR DEMANDS WERE DIRECTED 1524 00:51:08,632 --> 00:51:10,534 TO MAYOR WILSON WHO COULD 1525 00:51:10,534 --> 00:51:12,836 TURN OFF THE CAMERAS AT ANY TIME 1526 00:51:12,836 --> 00:51:17,874 AND 1527 00:51:17,874 --> 00:51:18,241 DID TODAY. 1528 00:51:18,241 --> 00:51:26,783 MOVE AS A COULD NSEL TO 1529 00:51:26,783 --> 00:51:27,050 UNINSTALL 1530 00:51:27,050 --> 00:51:27,717 THEM. 1531 00:51:27,717 --> 00:51:31,054 WE SEE I.C.E. USING THESE 1532 00:51:31,054 --> 00:51:31,755 CAMERAS. 1533 00:51:31,755 --> 00:51:35,692 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBERS 1534 00:51:35,692 --> 00:51:36,793 RINCK AND STRAUSS FOR 1535 00:51:36,793 --> 00:51:38,495 VOTING AGAINST THE CAMERAS LAST 1536 00:51:38,495 --> 00:51:40,497 YEAR AND I URGE THE REST OF YOU 1537 00:51:40,497 --> 00:51:42,432 TO CATCH 1538 00:51:42,432 --> 00:51:42,766 UP WITH YOU. 1539 00:51:42,766 --> 00:51:43,200 >> AWESOME. 1540 00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:45,769 NOW WE MOVE TO ONLINE SPEAKERS. 1541 00:51:45,769 --> 00:51:47,471 ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? 1542 00:51:47,471 --> 00:51:55,011 WE'LL GO ONLINE AND COME BACK. 1543 00:51:55,011 --> 00:51:57,814 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE 1544 00:51:57,948 --> 00:51:58,348 YOURSELF. 1545 00:51:58,348 --> 00:51:58,915 WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE ONLINE 1546 00:51:58,915 --> 00:52:04,754 SIGNED UP. 1547 00:52:04,888 --> 00:52:11,328 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 1548 00:52:11,328 --> 00:52:13,363 COUNCILMEMBERS. 1549 00:52:13,363 --> 00:52:17,934 MY COMMENT TOPIC TODAY 1550 00:52:17,934 --> 00:52:19,569 IS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S ON 1551 00:52:19,569 --> 00:52:20,770 THE AGENDA TODAY. 1552 00:52:20,770 --> 00:52:25,208 IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME 1553 00:52:25,208 --> 00:52:31,448 SINCE 2010 TO RESOLUTION 32210 1554 00:52:31,448 --> 00:52:35,418 REGARDING THE 2027 TO 1555 00:52:35,418 --> 00:52:36,753 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN. 1556 00:52:36,753 --> 00:52:38,421 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR 1557 00:52:38,421 --> 00:52:44,327 AND COUNCIL FOR TRANSPARENCY AND 1558 00:52:44,327 --> 00:52:44,895 ACCOUNTABILITY. 1559 00:52:44,895 --> 00:52:46,530 ONE HAS TO BE FROM THIS CITY 1560 00:52:46,530 --> 00:52:47,964 TO APPRECIATE WHAT THE COMMUNITY 1561 00:52:47,964 --> 00:52:49,866 NEEDS, WHETHER THEY'RE 1562 00:52:49,866 --> 00:52:52,636 WORKING IN SEATTLE 1563 00:52:52,636 --> 00:52:53,436 -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 1564 00:52:53,436 --> 00:52:54,104 THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 1565 00:52:54,104 --> 00:52:57,541 DEMANDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO 1566 00:52:57,541 --> 00:52:58,942 GOVERN THE 1567 00:52:58,942 --> 00:53:01,545 POLITICS, DOCUMENTS 1568 00:53:01,545 --> 00:53:02,612 AND PROCESSES SINCE AT LEAST 1569 00:53:02,612 --> 00:53:12,722 1700. 1570 00:53:15,225 --> 00:53:18,995 >> WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE YOUR 1571 00:53:19,129 --> 00:53:22,265 TIME AND RESET IT TO ONE MINUTE. 1572 00:53:22,265 --> 00:53:22,866 THERE WAS A LONG PAUSE, SO WE 1573 00:53:22,866 --> 00:53:23,400 WILL RESET TO ONE MINUTE. 1574 00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:23,733 I APOLOGIZE. 1575 00:53:23,733 --> 00:53:25,035 GO AHEAD. 1576 00:53:25,235 --> 00:53:25,869 >> NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU VERY 1577 00:53:25,869 --> 00:53:29,739 MUCH. 1578 00:53:29,739 --> 00:53:32,642 SO IN THE LATE 1700s, IT 1579 00:53:32,642 --> 00:53:38,615 WAS ENCOURAGED FOR PROTECTION TO 1580 00:53:38,748 --> 00:53:42,085 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW -- 1581 00:53:42,085 --> 00:53:47,090 [ INAUDIBLE ] 1582 00:53:47,090 --> 00:53:49,025 SO OUR ACT HAS SPREAD 1583 00:53:49,025 --> 00:53:50,460 FROM CITY TO CITY, STATE TO 1584 00:53:50,460 --> 00:53:51,161 STATE AND 1585 00:53:51,161 --> 00:53:53,129 EVEN MORE SO NOW FROM COUNTRY TO 1586 00:53:53,129 --> 00:53:56,900 COUNTRY, PROVIDING ACCESS TO 1587 00:53:56,900 --> 00:53:58,034 THE COMMUNITY 1588 00:53:58,034 --> 00:53:58,668 HAS BEEN POSITIVE -- [ INAUDIBLE 1589 00:53:58,668 --> 00:54:00,370 ] 1590 00:54:00,370 --> 00:54:03,139 AND PUT THE POLICY QUICKER INTO 1591 00:54:03,139 --> 00:54:03,540 ACTION. 1592 00:54:03,540 --> 00:54:05,675 WHILE IT MAY SEEM LIKE TOO 1593 00:54:05,675 --> 00:54:07,844 MANY COOKS ARE IN THE KITCHEN AT 1594 00:54:07,844 --> 00:54:10,413 ONCE, AND WITH RESPECT 1595 00:54:10,413 --> 00:54:12,315 TO CONFIDENTIALITY AND IN 1596 00:54:12,315 --> 00:54:15,719 THIS PARTICULAR CASE, SOMETHING 1597 00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:17,554 SURPRISING CAN ARISE OUT OF 1598 00:54:17,687 --> 00:54:18,288 NOTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1599 00:54:18,421 --> 00:54:20,123 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1600 00:54:20,123 --> 00:54:20,991 NEXT WE HAVE ROSE FOLLOWED BY 1601 00:54:20,991 --> 00:54:28,965 DAVID AND THEN JOE. 1602 00:54:29,099 --> 00:54:32,836 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS ROSE. 1603 00:54:32,836 --> 00:54:34,037 DISABILITY PRIDE MOMENT FOR 1604 00:54:34,037 --> 00:54:35,839 MANY IS NOT JUST ABOUT 1605 00:54:35,839 --> 00:54:37,774 DISABILITY, FOR THE TRANS 1606 00:54:37,774 --> 00:54:38,408 COMMUNITY, TRANPS 1607 00:54:38,408 --> 00:54:41,678 AND DISABILITY ARE ENTER TWINED. 1608 00:54:41,678 --> 00:54:45,048 THIS LAST WEEK, WE HAD 1609 00:54:45,048 --> 00:54:45,849 NOTIFICATION OF TWO 1610 00:54:45,849 --> 00:54:47,050 INDIVIDUALS THAT TOOK THEIR LIFE 1611 00:54:47,050 --> 00:54:47,217 IN 1612 00:54:47,217 --> 00:54:48,618 THE UNITED STATES THAT WERE 1613 00:54:48,618 --> 00:54:48,852 TRANS. 1614 00:54:48,852 --> 00:54:53,590 IN NEW YORK AND IN MINNESOTA. 1615 00:54:53,590 --> 00:54:56,626 TRANSMEN WHO WERE JUST ININ 1616 00:54:56,760 --> 00:54:58,828 20s. BUT THINGS HAVE BEEN SO 1617 00:54:58,828 --> 00:54:59,062 DIRE 1618 00:54:59,062 --> 00:55:00,630 AND TERRIBLE THAT PEOPLE ARE 1619 00:55:00,630 --> 00:55:02,198 FEELING MORE SCARED AND 1620 00:55:02,198 --> 00:55:02,465 DESPERATE 1621 00:55:02,465 --> 00:55:03,366 THAN EVER BEFORE. 1622 00:55:03,366 --> 00:55:04,367 WE ARE HAVING INDIVIDUALS 1623 00:55:04,367 --> 00:55:06,803 HERE IN SEATTLE THAT HAVE TAKEN 1624 00:55:06,803 --> 00:55:08,972 THEIR LIVES AND THAT ARE AT 1625 00:55:08,972 --> 00:55:10,907 CONSTANT RISK OF SUICIDE AND 1626 00:55:10,907 --> 00:55:11,274 OTHER 1627 00:55:11,274 --> 00:55:11,608 THINGS. 1628 00:55:11,608 --> 00:55:13,309 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 1629 00:55:13,309 --> 00:55:14,344 EMERGENCY DECLARATION THAT NEEDS 1630 00:55:14,344 --> 00:55:14,611 TO 1631 00:55:14,611 --> 00:55:18,515 HAPPEN, THERE ARE NOT JUST 1632 00:55:18,515 --> 00:55:20,950 THE NEEDS BY OTHER MENTAL HEALTH 1633 00:55:20,950 --> 00:55:22,018 ORGANIZATIONS, BUT HOUSING AND 1634 00:55:22,018 --> 00:55:24,320 RESOURCES AND SUPPORT ARE 1635 00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:24,821 ALL 1636 00:55:24,821 --> 00:55:25,388 NEEDED TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE 1637 00:55:25,388 --> 00:55:29,292 ALIVE. 1638 00:55:29,292 --> 00:55:31,661 WE DON'T HAVE BASIC RESOURCES, 1639 00:55:31,661 --> 00:55:33,363 AND THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS LIKE 1640 00:55:33,363 --> 00:55:37,967 MYSELF THAT ARE LIVING OFF 1641 00:55:37,967 --> 00:55:40,437 $450 A MONTH ON DISABILITY 1642 00:55:40,437 --> 00:55:43,039 BENEFITS IN SEATTLE, TRYING TO 1643 00:55:43,039 --> 00:55:45,542 SURVIVE MONTH TO MONTH. 1644 00:55:45,542 --> 00:55:46,309 AND WE'RE STRUGGLING. 1645 00:55:46,309 --> 00:55:47,644 IT IS NOT WORKING WELL. 1646 00:55:47,644 --> 00:55:49,879 AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS 1647 00:55:49,879 --> 00:55:51,147 THAT THEY ARE CRACKING DOWN OR 1648 00:55:51,147 --> 00:55:52,615 GOING TO TRY TO 1649 00:55:52,615 --> 00:55:53,850 ELIMINATE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN 1650 00:55:53,850 --> 00:55:55,218 RESPONSE TO THE SUPREME COURT 1651 00:55:55,218 --> 00:55:57,721 RULING, WE ARE IN AN INCREDIBLY 1652 00:55:57,721 --> 00:55:57,987 DESPERATE 1653 00:55:57,987 --> 00:55:58,288 SITUATION. 1654 00:55:58,288 --> 00:56:00,356 WE ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING 1655 00:56:00,356 --> 00:56:06,162 ALL SORTS OF VIOLENCE, LIKE ASIA 1656 00:56:06,162 --> 00:56:08,364 WILLIAMS GUNNED DOWN IN MARYLAND 1657 00:56:08,364 --> 00:56:10,233 THIS LAST WEEK. 1658 00:56:10,233 --> 00:56:11,968 VIOLENCE IS WHAT'S HAPPENING 1659 00:56:11,968 --> 00:56:12,936 TO US CONSTANTLY. 1660 00:56:12,936 --> 00:56:15,071 WE NEED SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO 1661 00:56:15,071 --> 00:56:17,474 PUSH BACK AND TO HELP KEEP OUR 1662 00:56:17,474 --> 00:56:20,543 COMMUNITY ALIVE AND HEALTHY IN 1663 00:56:20,543 --> 00:56:21,811 A WAY THAT WE SHOULD BE, BECAUSE 1664 00:56:21,811 --> 00:56:23,847 SO MANY OF US STRUGGLE WITH 1665 00:56:23,847 --> 00:56:26,516 ALL SORTS OF DISABILITIES AND 1666 00:56:26,516 --> 00:56:26,850 TRAUMA. 1667 00:56:26,850 --> 00:56:28,918 WE NEED YOU ALL'S SUPPORT 1668 00:56:28,918 --> 00:56:31,087 TO FIGHT 1669 00:56:31,087 --> 00:56:31,721 AGAINST THAT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, 1670 00:56:31,721 --> 00:56:34,557 WE'RE STRUGGLING. 1671 00:56:34,691 --> 00:56:36,659 >> THANK YOU, ROSE. 1672 00:56:36,659 --> 00:56:37,127 NEXT, WE HAVE 1673 00:56:37,127 --> 00:56:43,800 DAVID HAYNES FOLLOWED BY JOE. 1674 00:56:43,933 --> 00:56:45,802 >> HI, 1675 00:56:45,802 --> 00:56:47,237 DAVID HANES. THERE'S A TWISTED 1676 00:56:47,237 --> 00:56:48,605 LIE THAT GETS 1677 00:56:48,605 --> 00:56:49,606 SPEWED FROM LEADERSHIP IN 1678 00:56:49,606 --> 00:56:52,442 SEATTLE WHERE THEY GO ON THE 1679 00:56:52,442 --> 00:56:53,176 MEDIA. 1680 00:56:53,176 --> 00:56:54,811 OUT OF ALL THE 1681 00:56:54,811 --> 00:56:56,679 GUNSHOTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, 1682 00:56:56,679 --> 00:56:57,013 HITTING 1683 00:56:57,013 --> 00:56:58,915 HOUSES, CARS, LUCKILY 1684 00:56:58,915 --> 00:57:00,550 NOBODY DIED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE 1685 00:57:00,550 --> 00:57:00,717 BAD 1686 00:57:00,717 --> 00:57:00,950 SHOTS. 1687 00:57:00,950 --> 00:57:03,820 AND YET WE HAD THREE 1688 00:57:03,820 --> 00:57:04,287 SHOOTINGSSHOOTINGS 1689 00:57:04,287 --> 00:57:05,355 YESTERDAY, AND AWORLDING TO THE 1690 00:57:05,355 --> 00:57:06,990 LEADERSHIP, IT'S 1691 00:57:06,990 --> 00:57:08,625 ALL GOOD BECAUSE NOBODY DIED, 1692 00:57:08,625 --> 00:57:09,058 EVEN THOUGH 1693 00:57:09,058 --> 00:57:10,460 SIX PEOPLE GOT SHOT. 1694 00:57:10,460 --> 00:57:12,562 ONE OF THEM IS SO CLOSE TO 1695 00:57:12,562 --> 00:57:15,331 THE STADIUM WHERE THERE'S STILL 1696 00:57:15,465 --> 00:57:18,001 45 SOMETHING ODD GAMES FOR THE 1697 00:57:18,001 --> 00:57:20,003 MARINERS TO BE PLAYED. 1698 00:57:20,003 --> 00:57:22,806 YET, THE MAYOR WHO ALREADY TOOK 1699 00:57:22,806 --> 00:57:24,507 AWAY THE SURVEILLANCE 1700 00:57:24,507 --> 00:57:27,010 CAMERAS, STILL THINK THAT THE 1701 00:57:27,010 --> 00:57:29,012 BIGGEST THREAT IS THE FEDERAL 1702 00:57:29,012 --> 00:57:30,713 GOVERNMENT THAT SHE REFUSES TO 1703 00:57:30,713 --> 00:57:31,214 WORK WITH 1704 00:57:31,214 --> 00:57:34,484 TO SHUT DOWN THE PREDATORY 1705 00:57:34,484 --> 00:57:35,151 CRIMINALS. 1706 00:57:35,151 --> 00:57:36,319 BUT LET'S TAKE CREDIT FOR 1707 00:57:36,319 --> 00:57:40,023 WHAT THE FEDS DO TO GET SOME 1708 00:57:40,023 --> 00:57:41,357 CRIME FIGHTING 1709 00:57:41,357 --> 00:57:42,559 ASSISTANCE. WHEN IT COMES TO THE 1710 00:57:42,559 --> 00:57:44,227 POLICE CHIEF SUPPORTING HIS 1711 00:57:44,227 --> 00:57:44,627 CAPTAINS, 1712 00:57:44,627 --> 00:57:46,663 HE KEEPS THINNING OUT THE 1713 00:57:46,663 --> 00:57:48,031 RESOURCES TO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO 1714 00:57:48,031 --> 00:57:49,432 SHUT DOWN THE EVIL PREDATORS 1715 00:57:49,432 --> 00:57:50,567 IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT 1716 00:57:50,567 --> 00:57:50,900 COMMUNITIES. 1717 00:57:50,900 --> 00:57:52,435 BUT THEY DO HAVE A TYPE OF 1718 00:57:52,435 --> 00:57:54,103 OUTREACH WHERE THEY GIVE A 1719 00:57:54,103 --> 00:57:55,405 HEADS UP TO THE CRIMINALS AND 1720 00:57:55,405 --> 00:57:57,974 CREATE THESE OPERATIONS TO LET 1721 00:57:57,974 --> 00:57:58,208 THE 1722 00:57:58,208 --> 00:58:00,910 PUSHERS AND PROSTITUTES KNOW THE 1723 00:58:00,910 --> 00:58:02,345 COPS ARE WORKING IN THE AREA 1724 00:58:02,345 --> 00:58:03,947 SO THEY CAN GET MORE 1725 00:58:03,947 --> 00:58:06,049 SOPHISTICATED IN THEIR RAPE 1726 00:58:06,049 --> 00:58:06,282 HOUSES 1727 00:58:06,282 --> 00:58:08,318 THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY, 1728 00:58:08,318 --> 00:58:09,352 OVERLAKE, AND 1729 00:58:09,352 --> 00:58:10,553 THE NEW DISTRICT. 1730 00:58:10,553 --> 00:58:16,626 YET COUNCIL IS FOCUSING ON 1731 00:58:16,626 --> 00:58:19,262 A STRATEGIC PLAN TO RAISE THE 1732 00:58:19,262 --> 00:58:20,930 CITY LIGHT COST TO HAVE 1733 00:58:20,930 --> 00:58:27,337 ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO LITERALLY 1734 00:58:27,337 --> 00:58:27,537 HELP 1735 00:58:27,537 --> 00:58:28,238 -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 1736 00:58:28,238 --> 00:58:29,639 AND RAID THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT 1737 00:58:29,639 --> 00:58:31,107 COVER THE BOND PAYMENT FOR 1738 00:58:31,107 --> 00:58:33,476 ALL THE DEBT THAT'S CREATED BY 1739 00:58:33,476 --> 00:58:37,413 THE CRUISE BOATS AND THE PORT 1740 00:58:37,413 --> 00:58:43,319 OF SEATTLE. 1741 00:58:43,319 --> 00:58:50,860 TRA 1742 00:58:50,860 --> 00:58:51,261 [ MIC MUTED ] 1743 00:58:51,394 --> 00:58:52,095 >> NEXT, WE HAVE JOE. 1744 00:58:52,095 --> 00:58:57,700 STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 1745 00:58:57,834 --> 00:58:59,369 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1746 00:58:59,369 --> 00:59:00,036 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1747 00:59:00,036 --> 00:59:01,437 IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO CALL AND 1748 00:59:01,437 --> 00:59:02,238 SEE THE 1749 00:59:02,238 --> 00:59:03,840 COUNCIL. I WANTED TO CALL IN AND 1750 00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:05,141 SAY THANK YOU FOR THE 1751 00:59:05,141 --> 00:59:05,909 DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH. 1752 00:59:05,909 --> 00:59:15,351 AS A DISABLED SON, I'M 1753 00:59:15,351 --> 00:59:18,288 GRATEFUL TO THE CITY COUNCIL 1754 00:59:18,288 --> 00:59:20,857 FOR LEADING THE CHARGE ON THAT. 1755 00:59:20,857 --> 00:59:25,161 I JUST REALLY THINK THAT WHEN WE 1756 00:59:25,161 --> 00:59:28,464 HAVE MAGA REPUBLICANS IN THE 1757 00:59:28,464 --> 00:59:30,833 STATE SENATE WHO WANT TO 1758 00:59:30,833 --> 00:59:32,802 CUT CRITICAL FUNDING TO LOCAL 1759 00:59:32,802 --> 00:59:34,537 TRANSITS, THAT WE STAND UP 1760 00:59:34,537 --> 00:59:36,773 FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY'S 1761 00:59:36,773 --> 00:59:38,875 RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT 1762 00:59:38,875 --> 00:59:40,677 TO MOVE AROUND SAFELY. 1763 00:59:40,677 --> 00:59:44,547 SO I HOPE YOU WILL BACK MAYOR 1764 00:59:44,547 --> 00:59:47,216 WILSON'S FULL PROPOSAL, PLEASE. 1765 00:59:47,216 --> 00:59:50,453 I ALSO HOPE THAT YOU WILL 1766 00:59:50,453 --> 00:59:52,188 PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT BUSES ARE 1767 00:59:52,188 --> 00:59:54,490 SAFE AND CLEAN AND EFFECTIVE, AS 1768 00:59:54,490 --> 00:59:54,624 I 1769 00:59:54,624 --> 00:59:56,092 WILL BE COMING DOWN TOMORROW 1770 00:59:56,092 --> 00:59:59,963 FOR THE FIRST- EVER WORLD'S 1771 00:59:59,963 --> 01:00:02,966 AVIATION 1772 01:00:03,099 --> 01:00:06,069 EXPO. AND HOPEFULLY, UNLIKE 1773 01:00:06,069 --> 01:00:09,606 THE WORLD CUP TEAM, I CAN ASSURE 1774 01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:11,641 YOUYOU 1775 01:00:11,641 --> 01:00:14,711 ALASKA AIRLINES ARE PROVIDING 1776 01:00:14,711 --> 01:00:16,145 A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1777 01:00:16,145 --> 01:00:16,879 PERFORMANCE EVERY TIME. 1778 01:00:16,879 --> 01:00:19,215 OF COURSE, THE COUNCIL 1779 01:00:19,215 --> 01:00:20,383 PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE BASKETBALL 1780 01:00:20,383 --> 01:00:21,884 PEOPLE, THE SEATTLE STORM. 1781 01:00:21,884 --> 01:00:24,621 WITH THAT, GO STORM, TO HAWKS, 1782 01:00:24,621 --> 01:00:25,788 AND GO, SEATTLE. 1783 01:00:25,788 --> 01:00:26,122 THANK 1784 01:00:26,122 --> 01:00:26,489 YOU. 1785 01:00:26,489 --> 01:00:26,923 >> AWESOME. 1786 01:00:27,056 --> 01:00:27,623 THANK YOU, JOE, FOR YOUR 1787 01:00:27,623 --> 01:00:30,326 COMMENTS. 1788 01:00:30,326 --> 01:00:31,928 WE'LL DO A DOUBLE-CHECK. 1789 01:00:31,928 --> 01:00:33,096 THERE'S ONE MORE. 1790 01:00:33,096 --> 01:00:33,596 AWESOME. 1791 01:00:33,596 --> 01:00:34,263 ONE MORE SIGNED UP IN PERSON. 1792 01:00:34,263 --> 01:00:39,168 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1793 01:00:39,168 --> 01:00:39,836 WE HAVE PHIL IS. 1794 01:00:39,836 --> 01:00:50,113 WELCOME, PHIL. 1795 01:00:50,413 --> 01:00:51,781 >> MY NAME IS PHIL. 1796 01:00:51,781 --> 01:00:54,917 I AM A LONG- TIME TECHNOLOGIST. 1797 01:00:54,917 --> 01:00:57,553 I DO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR A 1798 01:00:57,553 --> 01:01:00,957 LIVING, BUT I'VE BEEN 1799 01:01:00,957 --> 01:01:01,858 VERY CONCERNED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY 1800 01:01:01,858 --> 01:01:02,025 FOR 1801 01:01:02,025 --> 01:01:02,692 A LONG TIME. 1802 01:01:02,692 --> 01:01:04,494 I JUST CAME FROM A RALLY 1803 01:01:04,494 --> 01:01:08,865 OUTSIDE. 1804 01:01:08,998 --> 01:01:10,466 I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 1805 01:01:10,466 --> 01:01:11,300 RINCK FOR THE STATEMENT AND THE 1806 01:01:11,434 --> 01:01:13,036 SUPPORT. WHAT CAN I SAY THAT 1807 01:01:13,036 --> 01:01:13,302 WILL 1808 01:01:13,302 --> 01:01:14,704 DO ANYTHING TO PEOPLE ALREADY 1809 01:01:14,704 --> 01:01:14,871 NOT 1810 01:01:14,871 --> 01:01:15,538 DECIDED ON THIS? 1811 01:01:15,538 --> 01:01:17,407 I KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE IS 1812 01:01:17,407 --> 01:01:17,740 DIFFICULT. 1813 01:01:17,740 --> 01:01:21,944 I KNOW THAT -- I THINK THE MAYOR 1814 01:01:21,944 --> 01:01:23,346 WOULD LIKE TO DO WHAT I 1815 01:01:23,346 --> 01:01:25,281 CONSIDER IS THE RIGHT THING, BUT 1816 01:01:25,281 --> 01:01:25,548 I 1817 01:01:25,548 --> 01:01:29,619 KNOW THERE'S PRESSURE TO DO 1818 01:01:29,752 --> 01:01:31,688 SOMETHING. YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHOSE 1819 01:01:31,688 --> 01:01:33,623 CHILDREN WERE HARMED IF NOT KID. 1820 01:01:33,623 --> 01:01:34,824 WHEN THE COMMUNITY SAYS THIS IS 1821 01:01:34,824 --> 01:01:36,626 WHAT WE WANT, IT'S HARD TO SAY 1822 01:01:36,626 --> 01:01:37,060 NO. 1823 01:01:37,060 --> 01:01:39,395 IF YOU IMAGINE THAT CC- 1824 01:01:39,395 --> 01:01:44,267 TV SYSTEM WITH CAMERAS ON THE 1825 01:01:44,267 --> 01:01:44,467 WALL, 1826 01:01:44,467 --> 01:01:47,003 OR THAT JUST EXISTS AND IT 1827 01:01:47,003 --> 01:01:48,204 DISAPPEARS, YOU'RE 1828 01:01:48,204 --> 01:01:50,273 THINKING ABOUT A SYSTEM THAT 1829 01:01:50,273 --> 01:01:50,573 SEEMS MAYBE 1830 01:01:50,573 --> 01:01:52,241 REASONABLE TO SAY OKAY TO THE 1831 01:01:52,241 --> 01:01:53,276 PEOPLE WHO WANT IT. 1832 01:01:53,276 --> 01:01:54,911 OUT OF CAUTION, THOSE PEOPLE 1833 01:01:54,911 --> 01:01:57,113 WHO WANT IT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY 1834 01:01:57,113 --> 01:01:59,682 MARKETED TO BY THE VENDOR. 1835 01:01:59,682 --> 01:02:03,686 AND THE POINT IS, AXON IS 1836 01:02:03,686 --> 01:02:05,855 AN INFORMATION BROKER. 1837 01:02:05,855 --> 01:02:11,060 THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY BY SELLING 1838 01:02:11,060 --> 01:02:13,029 SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR A LOWER FEE. 1839 01:02:13,029 --> 01:02:15,064 AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING 1840 01:02:15,064 --> 01:02:16,165 IS SLIPPING IN INFORMATION ABOUT 1841 01:02:16,165 --> 01:02:17,333 WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR 1842 01:02:17,333 --> 01:02:19,635 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FROM THE 1843 01:02:19,635 --> 01:02:19,802 911 1844 01:02:19,802 --> 01:02:22,305 CALL, WHICH IS VIRTUALIZED BY 1845 01:02:22,305 --> 01:02:24,340 A BUSINESS THEY PURCHASED, 1846 01:02:24,340 --> 01:02:25,808 TO THE EVIDENCE USED IN COURT. 1847 01:02:25,808 --> 01:02:27,610 THAT STUFF IS ALL PRIVATE, 1848 01:02:27,610 --> 01:02:29,278 AND THEY'RE TRAINING THEIR -- I 1849 01:02:29,278 --> 01:02:31,781 KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 1850 01:02:31,781 --> 01:02:32,949 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND 1851 01:02:32,949 --> 01:02:33,583 LANGUAGE 1852 01:02:33,583 --> 01:02:35,151 MODELS AND HOW YOU GO THROUGH 1853 01:02:35,151 --> 01:02:36,018 LOTS OF 1854 01:02:36,018 --> 01:02:37,253 DATA TO MAKE THESE THINGS 1855 01:02:37,253 --> 01:02:38,054 DO AMAZING STUFF. 1856 01:02:38,054 --> 01:02:40,089 YOU NEED MORE AND MORE DATA. 1857 01:02:40,089 --> 01:02:41,858 AXON ARE RIGHT AT THE CENTER OF 1858 01:02:41,858 --> 01:02:43,159 ALL THAT DATA. 1859 01:02:43,159 --> 01:02:44,093 IT'S CENTRALIZED. 1860 01:02:44,093 --> 01:02:45,828 THEY STAND TO MAKE A LOT OF 1861 01:02:45,828 --> 01:02:46,295 MONEY OFF 1862 01:02:46,295 --> 01:02:47,897 THIS. EVEN IF YOU DON'T CARE 1863 01:02:47,897 --> 01:02:48,097 ABOUT 1864 01:02:48,097 --> 01:02:49,932 THE FACT THAT WE'RE CREATING 1865 01:02:49,932 --> 01:02:52,768 A SYSTEM TO TRACK PEOPLE ARE 1866 01:02:52,768 --> 01:03:03,079 -- [ MIC MUTED ] 1867 01:03:05,982 --> 01:03:09,585 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1868 01:03:09,585 --> 01:03:10,653 ARE THERE 1869 01:03:10,653 --> 01:03:13,456 ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTERS? 1870 01:03:13,456 --> 01:03:13,789 AWESOME. 1871 01:03:13,789 --> 01:03:15,324 I WANT TO THANK THE 1872 01:03:15,324 --> 01:03:16,626 PEOPLE ONLINE AND FOR THE PEOPLE 1873 01:03:16,626 --> 01:03:17,894 THAT CAME IN PERSON. 1874 01:03:17,894 --> 01:03:22,098 I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ALREADY LEFT. 1875 01:03:22,098 --> 01:03:23,966 CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO I ALWAYS 1876 01:03:23,966 --> 01:03:24,634 THE PEOPLE THAT 1877 01:03:24,634 --> 01:03:28,638 SEND US EMAILS OR SEE US IN 1878 01:03:28,638 --> 01:03:30,706 SON WHEN WE'RE OUT AND 1879 01:03:30,706 --> 01:03:32,441 ABOUT REGARDING COUNCIL BUSINESS 1880 01:03:32,441 --> 01:03:33,376 OR ANYTHING WITH THE CITY. 1881 01:03:33,376 --> 01:03:34,610 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1882 01:03:34,610 --> 01:03:36,045 WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION 1883 01:03:36,045 --> 01:03:37,280 RIGHT INTO OUR MEETING. 1884 01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:40,082 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 1885 01:03:40,082 --> 01:03:40,483 INTRODUCTION AND 1886 01:03:40,483 --> 01:03:41,050 REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE 1887 01:03:41,050 --> 01:03:43,486 ADOPTED. 1888 01:03:43,486 --> 01:03:45,321 HEARING NO OBJECTION, 1889 01:03:45,321 --> 01:03:47,824 THE REFERRAL CALENDAR IS 1890 01:03:47,824 --> 01:03:48,090 ADOPTED. 1891 01:03:48,090 --> 01:03:50,092 THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED IF NO 1892 01:03:50,092 --> 01:03:50,526 OBJECTION. 1893 01:03:50,526 --> 01:03:54,697 HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS 1894 01:03:54,697 --> 01:03:55,431 ADOPTED. 1895 01:03:55,431 --> 01:03:57,900 ITEMS ON THE CALENDAR 1896 01:03:57,900 --> 01:04:02,104 INCLUDE MINUTES OF JUNE 30th, 1897 01:04:02,104 --> 01:04:04,674 2026. 1898 01:04:04,807 --> 01:04:06,776 ONE BILL AND ONE RESOLUTION 1899 01:04:06,776 --> 01:04:08,311 FROM CITY AND LIGHT COMMITTEE. 1900 01:04:08,311 --> 01:04:09,712 WE HAVE SIX APPOINTMENTS 1901 01:04:09,712 --> 01:04:10,913 FROM THE LAND USE COMMITTEE. 1902 01:04:10,913 --> 01:04:12,548 ANY OTHER ITEMS 1903 01:04:12,548 --> 01:04:13,849 COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO 1904 01:04:13,849 --> 01:04:14,350 REMOVE FROM 1905 01:04:14,350 --> 01:04:15,985 TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR? 1906 01:04:15,985 --> 01:04:18,554 SEEING NONE, I MOVE TO ADOPT 1907 01:04:18,554 --> 01:04:18,721 THE 1908 01:04:18,721 --> 01:04:22,258 CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? 1909 01:04:22,258 --> 01:04:23,793 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS 1910 01:04:23,793 --> 01:04:25,728 FOSTER AND RIVERA. 1911 01:04:25,728 --> 01:04:27,864 IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND. 1912 01:04:27,864 --> 01:04:30,600 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 1913 01:04:30,733 --> 01:04:41,110 ROLL. [ ROLL CALL TAKEN ] 1914 01:04:45,982 --> 01:04:49,085 >> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 1915 01:04:49,218 --> 01:04:49,986 >> IT IS ADOPTED. 1916 01:04:49,986 --> 01:04:51,687 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX 1917 01:04:51,687 --> 01:04:54,090 MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES 1918 01:04:54,090 --> 01:04:55,691 AND LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. 1919 01:04:55,825 --> 01:04:56,559 PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO 1920 01:04:56,559 --> 01:04:59,395 THE RECORD. 1921 01:04:59,528 --> 01:05:01,998 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, 1922 01:05:01,998 --> 01:05:04,900 RESOLUTION 32207, A 1923 01:05:04,900 --> 01:05:06,736 RESOLUTION ADOPTING UPDATED 1924 01:05:06,736 --> 01:05:07,003 POLICIES 1925 01:05:07,003 --> 01:05:08,104 REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT 1926 01:05:08,104 --> 01:05:09,772 AND MANAGEMENT OF PARKING 1927 01:05:09,772 --> 01:05:11,073 AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS 1928 01:05:11,073 --> 01:05:14,310 FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND 1929 01:05:14,310 --> 01:05:18,481 SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION 316567. 1930 01:05:18,614 --> 01:05:20,249 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU'RE 1931 01:05:20,249 --> 01:05:20,616 RECOGNIZED. 1932 01:05:20,750 --> 01:05:22,385 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1933 01:05:22,385 --> 01:05:23,452 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1934 01:05:23,452 --> 01:05:25,354 COLLEAGUES, ON JUNE 5th IN 1935 01:05:25,354 --> 01:05:26,455 THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1936 01:05:26,455 --> 01:05:28,291 COMMITTEE, WE VOTED TO RECOMMEND 1937 01:05:28,291 --> 01:05:31,927 THE PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION 1938 01:05:31,927 --> 01:05:34,563 32207, ADOPTING BIA POLICY 1939 01:05:34,563 --> 01:05:34,897 UPDATES AT 1940 01:05:34,897 --> 01:05:37,833 THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 1941 01:05:37,833 --> 01:05:38,267 DEVELOPMENT. 1942 01:05:38,267 --> 01:05:39,902 THE CITY RECEIVED GUIDANCE 1943 01:05:39,902 --> 01:05:41,404 FOR EXISTING BIAs. 1944 01:05:41,404 --> 01:05:45,541 THIS RESOLUTION WILL UPDATE AND 1945 01:05:45,541 --> 01:05:46,208 SIMPLIFY THAT GUIDANCE. 1946 01:05:46,208 --> 01:05:48,010 THESE ARE A POWERFUL TOOL 1947 01:05:48,010 --> 01:05:49,378 TO ALLOW BUSINESSES 1948 01:05:49,378 --> 01:05:51,547 AND NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE 1949 01:05:51,547 --> 01:05:51,947 CITY 1950 01:05:51,947 --> 01:05:54,083 TO MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF 1951 01:05:54,083 --> 01:05:56,085 THEIR COMMUNITY WITH TARGETED 1952 01:05:56,085 --> 01:05:56,619 RESOURCES. 1953 01:05:56,619 --> 01:05:58,421 THIS HAS STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS 1954 01:05:58,421 --> 01:06:01,157 FOR EXISTING BIAs AND DOES NOT 1955 01:06:01,157 --> 01:06:02,325 FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE 1956 01:06:02,325 --> 01:06:04,660 THE OPERATIONS OF ANY CURRENT 1957 01:06:04,660 --> 01:06:05,061 BIAs. 1958 01:06:05,061 --> 01:06:07,797 I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO 1959 01:06:07,797 --> 01:06:08,431 MOVE WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. 1960 01:06:08,564 --> 01:06:09,799 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1961 01:06:09,799 --> 01:06:11,167 RINCK, AND ALL YOUR WORK ON 1962 01:06:11,167 --> 01:06:11,434 THIS. 1963 01:06:11,434 --> 01:06:13,969 I KNOW YOU DID SOME MORE STAKE 1964 01:06:13,969 --> 01:06:16,605 HOLDERING IN THIS, SO APPRECIATE 1965 01:06:16,605 --> 01:06:17,406 THIS. 1966 01:06:17,406 --> 01:06:19,809 ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE -- 1967 01:06:19,809 --> 01:06:22,345 BEFORE I TURN IT BACK TO YOU TO 1968 01:06:22,345 --> 01:06:22,645 MOVE 1969 01:06:22,645 --> 01:06:23,412 THE AMENDMENT? 1970 01:06:23,412 --> 01:06:33,823 OKAY, SEEING NONE, JUST 1971 01:06:37,994 --> 01:06:38,394 LOOKING 1972 01:06:38,394 --> 01:06:38,994 AT YES. 1973 01:06:39,128 --> 01:06:39,695 >> I MOVE TO AMEND THE 1974 01:06:39,695 --> 01:06:40,262 RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED ON 1975 01:06:40,262 --> 01:06:40,830 AMENDMENT A ON THE AGENDA. 1976 01:06:40,963 --> 01:06:41,230 >> SECOND. 1977 01:06:41,364 --> 01:06:42,331 >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO 1978 01:06:42,331 --> 01:06:43,766 AMEND THE RESOLUTION AS 1979 01:06:43,766 --> 01:06:44,500 PRESENTED 1980 01:06:44,500 --> 01:06:45,868 ON AMENDMENT A. 1981 01:06:45,868 --> 01:06:47,570 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU'RE 1982 01:06:47,570 --> 01:06:47,903 RECOGNIZED. 1983 01:06:48,037 --> 01:06:49,038 >> THANK YOU. 1984 01:06:49,038 --> 01:06:49,872 COLLEAGUES, AFTER 1985 01:06:49,872 --> 01:06:53,676 THIS RESOLUTION PASSED OUT OF 1986 01:06:53,676 --> 01:06:56,679 COMMITTEE, SEVERAL CITY BIAs 1987 01:06:56,679 --> 01:06:58,514 IDENTIFIED MINOR EDITS THEY 1988 01:06:58,514 --> 01:06:59,148 WANTED TO SEE. 1989 01:06:59,148 --> 01:07:01,884 THEY WERE LIMITED TO JUST A FEW 1990 01:07:02,018 --> 01:07:04,553 LINES, AND POLICY SEVEN, THAT IS 1991 01:07:04,553 --> 01:07:06,522 OUT OF 15 TOTAL POLICIES. 1992 01:07:06,522 --> 01:07:08,324 SO OUR OFFICE WORKED IN 1993 01:07:08,324 --> 01:07:10,526 CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH OED, 1994 01:07:10,526 --> 01:07:12,728 LAW AND 1995 01:07:12,728 --> 01:07:15,731 BIA'S LEADERSHIP AND 1996 01:07:15,731 --> 01:07:17,933 WE BROUGHT THOSE AS A TECHNICAL 1997 01:07:17,933 --> 01:07:18,234 AMENDMENT 1998 01:07:18,367 --> 01:07:23,005 TODAY. IT WAS CIRCULATED TO ALL 1999 01:07:23,005 --> 01:07:23,239 COUNCIL 2000 01:07:23,239 --> 01:07:25,608 MEMBER OFFICES ON JULY 2nd. 2001 01:07:25,608 --> 01:07:28,778 THIS IS TO CLARIFY LANGUAGE 2002 01:07:28,778 --> 01:07:29,678 AND DOES NOT CHANGE THE POLICY 2003 01:07:29,678 --> 01:07:31,514 NOR THE CITY'S GUIDELINES. 2004 01:07:31,514 --> 01:07:33,616 THESE EDITS ARE JUST A 2005 01:07:33,616 --> 01:07:37,052 REFLECTION OF OUR 2006 01:07:37,052 --> 01:07:39,555 ONGOING RESPONSIVE SPONSORSHIP 2007 01:07:39,555 --> 01:07:40,222 WITH OUR 2008 01:07:40,222 --> 01:07:42,224 LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS, AND I 2009 01:07:42,224 --> 01:07:43,192 ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT. 2010 01:07:43,325 --> 01:07:44,827 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2011 01:07:44,827 --> 01:07:45,227 RINCK. 2012 01:07:45,227 --> 01:07:48,030 ANY COMMENTS BEFORE US 2013 01:07:48,030 --> 01:07:48,464 REGARDINGREGARDING 2014 01:07:48,597 --> 01:07:55,304 A? I KNOW IT WAS CIRCULATED. 2015 01:07:55,304 --> 01:07:57,606 I DON'T SEE ANY 2016 01:07:57,606 --> 01:07:59,542 COMMENTS. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 2017 01:07:59,542 --> 01:07:59,708 ON 2018 01:07:59,708 --> 01:08:01,777 THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT A. 2019 01:08:01,777 --> 01:08:12,121 [ ROLL CALL TAKEN ] 2020 01:08:14,523 --> 01:08:17,560 >> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE 2021 01:08:17,560 --> 01:08:18,094 OPPOSED. 2022 01:08:18,094 --> 01:08:19,161 >> THIS IS ADOPTED. 2023 01:08:19,161 --> 01:08:20,796 ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE 2024 01:08:20,796 --> 01:08:22,131 AMENDED RESOLUTION? 2025 01:08:22,131 --> 01:08:23,866 BEFORE WE TAKE A 2026 01:08:23,866 --> 01:08:25,501 ROLL, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, ANY 2027 01:08:25,501 --> 01:08:25,701 FINAL 2028 01:08:25,701 --> 01:08:26,001 COMMENTS? 2029 01:08:26,001 --> 01:08:27,369 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2030 01:08:27,369 --> 01:08:28,604 ENGAGEMENT ON THIS AND YOUR 2031 01:08:28,604 --> 01:08:29,138 SUPPORT OF 2032 01:08:29,138 --> 01:08:32,408 THE AMENDMENT TODAY. 2033 01:08:32,408 --> 01:08:35,344 THANK YOU. 2034 01:08:35,478 --> 01:08:39,448 >> THANK YOU. 2035 01:08:39,582 --> 01:08:41,784 >> 2036 01:08:41,784 --> 01:08:42,318 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA HAD 2037 01:08:42,318 --> 01:08:42,618 SOMETHING. 2038 01:08:42,618 --> 01:08:43,018 >> THANK YOU FOR 2039 01:08:43,018 --> 01:08:43,786 LOOKING DOWN HERE AND SEEING. 2040 01:08:43,786 --> 01:08:45,788 I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK 2041 01:08:45,788 --> 01:08:48,157 YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 2042 01:08:48,157 --> 01:08:49,125 THIS AND I 2043 01:08:49,125 --> 01:08:51,393 WHOLE HEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE BIAs 2044 01:08:51,393 --> 01:08:52,361 IN OUR CITY. 2045 01:08:52,361 --> 01:08:57,199 I'M LUCKY TO HAVE ONEONE D- 4, 2046 01:08:57,199 --> 01:08:58,767 THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT 2047 01:08:58,901 --> 01:09:00,169 PARTNERSHIPS. I WANTED TO GIVE 2048 01:09:00,169 --> 01:09:00,569 THEM A 2049 01:09:00,703 --> 01:09:02,304 SHOUTOUT. BUT I ALSO HAVE HAD 2050 01:09:02,304 --> 01:09:02,638 THE PLEASURE 2051 01:09:02,638 --> 01:09:05,608 OF WORKING WITH MIKE STEWARD AND 2052 01:09:05,608 --> 01:09:07,843 BALLARD AND AARON GOODMAN AND 2053 01:09:07,843 --> 01:09:09,645 I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE 2054 01:09:09,645 --> 01:09:11,647 WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE 2055 01:09:11,647 --> 01:09:13,282 DISTRICTS WHERE THEY'RE 2056 01:09:13,282 --> 01:09:13,649 LOCATED, AND 2057 01:09:13,649 --> 01:09:16,218 I KNOW THEY DO SO MUCH BEYOND 2058 01:09:16,218 --> 01:09:16,452 JUST 2059 01:09:16,452 --> 01:09:17,453 HELPING THE SMALL 2060 01:09:17,453 --> 01:09:18,787 BUSINESSES. THEY DO A LOT FOR 2061 01:09:18,787 --> 01:09:18,988 THE 2062 01:09:18,988 --> 01:09:20,322 NEIGHBORS AROUND THE AREA, AS 2063 01:09:20,322 --> 01:09:20,523 WELL. 2064 01:09:20,523 --> 01:09:22,758 SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK 2065 01:09:22,758 --> 01:09:23,259 YOU. 2066 01:09:23,392 --> 01:09:24,059 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2067 01:09:24,059 --> 01:09:25,661 RIVERA. 2068 01:09:25,661 --> 01:09:27,463 IF THERE'S NO FINAL COMMENTS, 2069 01:09:27,463 --> 01:09:27,630 WE 2070 01:09:27,763 --> 01:09:28,264 WILL CALL THE ROLL ON THE 2071 01:09:28,264 --> 01:09:31,000 RESOLUTION. 2072 01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:31,300 CLERK? 2073 01:09:31,300 --> 01:09:41,644 [ ROLL CALL TAKEN ] 2074 01:09:46,549 --> 01:09:48,450 >> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 2075 01:09:48,584 --> 01:09:54,223 >> THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AS 2076 01:09:54,356 --> 01:09:55,991 AMENDED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2077 01:09:55,991 --> 01:09:56,425 AFFIX MY 2078 01:09:56,425 --> 01:09:57,826 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION. 2079 01:09:57,826 --> 01:09:59,962 IF WE HAD A SOUND 2080 01:09:59,962 --> 01:10:03,132 TRACK, WE WOULD PLAY THE SONG 2081 01:10:03,132 --> 01:10:08,103 "RESOLUTION" FROM 2001. 2082 01:10:08,103 --> 01:10:10,606 SO ANYWAYS, R&B FOR Y'ALL. 2083 01:10:10,606 --> 01:10:13,208 THERE WERE NO ITEMS -- 2084 01:10:13,208 --> 01:10:14,877 THAT COULD BE THE SOUNDTRACK. 2085 01:10:14,877 --> 01:10:16,845 SO THERE'S NO ITEMS REMOVED. 2086 01:10:16,845 --> 01:10:18,948 THERE'S NOT A RESOLUTION 2087 01:10:18,948 --> 01:10:20,349 FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION 2088 01:10:20,349 --> 01:10:20,983 TODAY. 2089 01:10:20,983 --> 01:10:23,485 IS THERE ANYMORE -- IS THERE 2090 01:10:23,485 --> 01:10:24,453 ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO 2091 01:10:24,453 --> 01:10:29,091 COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? 2092 01:10:29,091 --> 01:10:30,159 I'LL TAKE THAT AS 2093 01:10:30,159 --> 01:10:30,459 A NO, YOUR 2094 01:10:30,459 --> 01:10:32,428 SILENCE. THANK YOU. 2095 01:10:32,428 --> 01:10:34,897 HEARING NO OBJECTION, SO 2096 01:10:34,897 --> 01:10:36,832 THERE'S NO -- EXCUSE ME, 2097 01:10:36,832 --> 01:10:37,099 THERE'S 2098 01:10:37,099 --> 01:10:37,733 NO FURTHER BUSINESS. 2099 01:10:37,733 --> 01:10:40,302 SO WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 2100 01:10:40,302 --> 01:10:41,303 TODAY'S AGENDA. 2101 01:10:41,303 --> 01:10:43,305 THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING 2102 01:10:43,305 --> 01:10:44,974 IS JULY 14th AT 2:00 P.M. 2103 01:10:44,974 --> 01:10:47,543 I ALSO, BEFORE WE CLOSE, I KNOW 2104 01:10:47,543 --> 01:10:50,579 THAT YESTERDAY WAS OUR LAST 2105 01:10:50,579 --> 01:10:52,948 GAME HOSTED HERE AT FIFA. 2106 01:10:52,948 --> 01:10:55,417 I WILL SAY VERY HAPPY ABOUT 2107 01:10:55,417 --> 01:10:57,152 THE -- ALL OF THE CITY 2108 01:10:57,152 --> 01:10:58,754 WORKERS, THE FIFA PLANNING 2109 01:10:58,754 --> 01:10:59,221 COMMITTEE, 2110 01:10:59,221 --> 01:11:01,156 THE FOLKS THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, 2111 01:11:01,156 --> 01:11:03,792 HAD BEEN PLANNING FOR A LONG 2112 01:11:03,792 --> 01:11:05,527 TIME AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT 2113 01:11:05,527 --> 01:11:07,162 I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT 2114 01:11:07,162 --> 01:11:10,332 WERE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT 2115 01:11:10,332 --> 01:11:13,669 WERE ON THE GROUND, WHETHER IT 2116 01:11:13,669 --> 01:11:14,403 WAS 2117 01:11:14,403 --> 01:11:16,005 THE DEPARTMENT OF 2118 01:11:16,005 --> 01:11:17,640 TRANSPORTATION, IT WAS FIFA 2119 01:11:17,640 --> 01:11:19,808 FOLKS, IT WAS OUR FIRST 2120 01:11:19,808 --> 01:11:20,909 RESPONDERS, IT WAS PEOPLE 2121 01:11:20,909 --> 01:11:22,611 THAT WERE VOLUNTEERING. 2122 01:11:22,611 --> 01:11:24,013 IT WAS SO MANY DIFFERENT 2123 01:11:24,013 --> 01:11:25,914 FOLKS THAT WERE HELPING AND 2124 01:11:25,914 --> 01:11:27,049 JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK 2125 01:11:27,049 --> 01:11:29,551 THEM, BECAUSE I THINK OUR CITY 2126 01:11:29,551 --> 01:11:30,919 REALLY SHINED DURING THIS 2127 01:11:30,919 --> 01:11:31,787 MOMENT. 2128 01:11:31,787 --> 01:11:34,056 BUT I ALSO POSE THE QUESTION, 2129 01:11:34,056 --> 01:11:35,991 IS LIFE AFTER FIFA, WHAT DOES 2130 01:11:35,991 --> 01:11:38,227 THAT LOOK LIKE FOR OUR CITY? 2131 01:11:38,227 --> 01:11:39,228 BECAUSE WE SHOWED OUR GUESTS 2132 01:11:39,228 --> 01:11:41,697 A GOOD TIME, AND NOW I THINK 2133 01:11:41,697 --> 01:11:43,298 IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW 2134 01:11:43,298 --> 01:11:43,799 OUR RESIDENTS THE 2135 01:11:43,799 --> 01:11:44,433 SAME TYPE OF ENERGY AS WE MOVE 2136 01:11:44,433 --> 01:11:45,968 FORWARD. 2137 01:11:45,968 --> 01:11:47,736 SO THAT'S THE COMMITMENT 2138 01:11:47,736 --> 01:11:49,305 THAT I'LL BE LEANING INTO, AND 2139 01:11:49,305 --> 01:11:49,538 I 2140 01:11:49,538 --> 01:11:51,874 KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WILL 2141 01:11:51,874 --> 01:11:53,442 BE LEANING INTO THAT, AS WELL. 2142 01:11:53,442 --> 01:11:55,644 SO WORLD CLASS CITY, WORLD 2143 01:11:55,644 --> 01:11:55,911 CLASS 2144 01:11:55,911 --> 01:11:57,146 SERVICES. HEAR NOTHING FURTHER 2145 01:11:57,146 --> 01:11:57,479 BUSINESS, 2146 01:11:57,479 --> 01:11:58,347 WE ARE 2147 01:11:58,347 --> 01:11:58,914 ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, 2148 01:11:58,914 --> 01:12:00,315 COUNCILMEMBERS.