1 00:00:06,806 --> 00:00:17,016 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:24,224 -- OKAY. OKAY. PERFECT. THE 3 00:00:24,224 --> 00:00:24,791 AUGUST 18th MEETING OF THE 4 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:25,458 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME 5 00:00:25,458 --> 00:00:27,160 TO ORDER. IT IS 206. I'M JOY 6 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:28,361 HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:29,529 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 8 00:00:29,529 --> 00:00:32,999 ROLL? 9 00:00:32,999 --> 00:00:33,533 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 10 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:35,535 -- HERE. 11 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:36,169 -- COUNCILMEMBER LINN. 12 00:00:36,169 --> 00:00:39,105 -- HERE. 13 00:00:39,105 --> 00:00:39,706 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HERE. 14 00:00:39,706 --> 00:00:43,042 -- AWESOME 15 00:00:43,042 --> 00:00:43,643 -- HERE. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK 16 00:00:43,643 --> 00:00:45,745 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 17 00:00:45,745 --> 00:00:48,882 PRESENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 18 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:50,650 -- HOLLINGSWORTH HERE 19 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:51,051 -- FIVE PRESENT. 20 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:52,252 -- AWESOME. WE ARE RIGHT AT 21 00:00:52,252 --> 00:00:54,621 QUORUM. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, 22 00:00:54,621 --> 00:00:55,922 AND WE ARE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT 23 00:00:55,922 --> 00:00:58,224 INTO THE MEETING. SO WE'RE GOING 24 00:00:58,224 --> 00:01:01,227 TO BEGIN WITH A PROCLAMATION 25 00:01:01,227 --> 00:01:03,463 RECOGNIZING AUGUST 18th, 2026 TO 26 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:05,231 BE MISS AYE LIN RUTH DAY FOR 27 00:01:05,231 --> 00:01:09,169 SIGNATURE AND PRESENTATION 28 00:01:09,169 --> 00:01:12,505 TODAY. 29 00:01:12,505 --> 00:01:18,478 -- [APPLAUSE] 30 00:01:18,478 --> 00:01:21,781 -- OH MY GOD, I LOVE THIS. 31 00:01:21,781 --> 00:01:23,683 -- AWESOME. AND IF YOU'RE AT 32 00:01:23,683 --> 00:01:25,652 HOME WATCHING ON THE SEATTLE 33 00:01:25,652 --> 00:01:26,553 CHANNEL, WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL 34 00:01:26,553 --> 00:01:31,291 CHURCH FANS BECAUSE BECAUSE 35 00:01:31,291 --> 00:01:31,858 SEATTLE DIDN'T PAY THEIR 36 00:01:31,858 --> 00:01:32,525 ELECTRIC BILL FOR THE AIR, I'M 37 00:01:32,525 --> 00:01:33,827 JUST PLAYING. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW 38 00:01:33,827 --> 00:01:35,595 WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO 39 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:36,296 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. YOU 40 00:01:36,296 --> 00:01:39,032 OVERSEE THE COMMITTEE AND FOR 41 00:01:39,032 --> 00:01:39,732 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. SO 42 00:01:39,732 --> 00:01:41,301 WE WANT TO PASS IT TO YOU. SO 43 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:43,002 THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FROM THE 44 00:01:43,002 --> 00:01:45,371 ENTIRE COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER 45 00:01:45,371 --> 00:01:45,605 RIVERA. 46 00:01:45,605 --> 00:01:46,873 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 47 00:01:46,873 --> 00:01:50,977 AND FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU 48 00:01:50,977 --> 00:01:51,611 FOR BRINGING THIS PROCLAMATION 49 00:01:51,611 --> 00:01:54,080 FORWARD AND BRINGING TO OUR 50 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,850 ATTENTION THAT MISS LIN IS BEEN 51 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:57,984 WORKING AT THE CITY OF SEATTLE 52 00:01:57,984 --> 00:02:01,054 FOR OVER 50 YEARS. THAT CANNOT 53 00:02:01,054 --> 00:02:04,657 BE. IT JUST CANNOT. 54 00:02:04,657 --> 00:02:04,891 -- BE. 55 00:02:04,891 --> 00:02:10,096 -- [APPLAUSE] 56 00:02:10,096 --> 00:02:11,898 -- AND IT IS SO, SO SPECIAL AND 57 00:02:11,898 --> 00:02:14,167 EVEN MORE SO BECAUSE OF, YOU 58 00:02:14,167 --> 00:02:16,269 KNOW HER. THEN YOU KNOW HOW 59 00:02:16,269 --> 00:02:17,337 SPECIAL AND HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO 60 00:02:17,337 --> 00:02:20,406 HAVE HER AT THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 61 00:02:20,406 --> 00:02:22,108 I MET HER MANY YEARS AGO, AND 62 00:02:22,108 --> 00:02:23,443 ANY TIME YOU SEE HER, WHETHER 63 00:02:23,443 --> 00:02:26,346 IT'S AT THE COFFEE CART OR IN 64 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:27,180 THE ELEVATOR, ON THE FLOOR OR IN 65 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:30,350 A MEETING, SHE'S ALWAYS 66 00:02:30,350 --> 00:02:32,285 SMILING, ALWAYS SO HELPFUL AND 67 00:02:32,285 --> 00:02:33,286 ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE HERE. SO SHE 68 00:02:33,286 --> 00:02:37,423 IS REALLY A TREASURE IN SEATTLE 69 00:02:37,423 --> 00:02:39,292 SHE'S DEDICATED HER 70 00:02:39,292 --> 00:02:39,926 PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND A LOT OF 71 00:02:39,926 --> 00:02:42,295 HER PERSONAL LIFE TO PUBLIC 72 00:02:42,295 --> 00:02:44,564 SERVICE HAS SPENT MANY OF HER 73 00:02:44,564 --> 00:02:46,900 YEARS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 74 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:48,868 NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS, AS 75 00:02:48,868 --> 00:02:49,469 COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL 76 00:02:49,469 --> 00:02:50,603 PRESIDENT, SAID IN MY COMMITTEE. 77 00:02:50,603 --> 00:02:52,438 AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HAD 78 00:02:52,438 --> 00:02:55,341 SOMEONE SO DEVOTED AND CARING 79 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:58,645 REPRESENTING OUR CITY. WE ARE SO 80 00:02:58,645 --> 00:02:59,445 GRATEFUL. SHE BEGAN WORK AT THE 81 00:02:59,445 --> 00:03:02,315 CITY OF SEATTLE IN SEPTEMBER OF 82 00:03:02,315 --> 00:03:05,785 1975. 83 00:03:05,785 --> 00:03:06,019 -- WHO. 84 00:03:06,019 --> 00:03:11,491 -- THINK ABOUT THAT. SHE JOINED 85 00:03:11,491 --> 00:03:13,226 IN 1990, SHE JOINED THE 86 00:03:13,226 --> 00:03:14,627 NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING FUND 87 00:03:14,627 --> 00:03:19,399 PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 88 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:19,832 NEIGHBORHOODS AND. 89 00:03:19,832 --> 00:03:20,066 -- WHO. 90 00:03:20,066 --> 00:03:20,700 -- AND FOR FOLKS THAT DON'T 91 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:22,535 KNOW, THE. THE MATCHING 92 00:03:22,535 --> 00:03:25,038 NEIGHBORHOOD FUND. IT IS A FUND 93 00:03:25,038 --> 00:03:27,040 THAT ANYONE, ANY NEIGHBOR IN THE 94 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:31,444 CITY CAN TAP INTO TO DO THINGS 95 00:03:31,444 --> 00:03:33,279 FROM BLOCK PARTIES AND OTHER 96 00:03:33,279 --> 00:03:34,514 COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL EVENTS. 97 00:03:34,514 --> 00:03:37,283 IT'S A FUN THAT OUR CITY 98 00:03:37,283 --> 00:03:38,351 RESIDENTS REALLY HAVE COME TO 99 00:03:38,351 --> 00:03:42,455 LOVE AND APPRECIATE. AND SHE WAS 100 00:03:42,455 --> 00:03:43,356 THERE IN 1990 DOING THE HARD 101 00:03:43,356 --> 00:03:46,359 WORK OF MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE 102 00:03:46,359 --> 00:03:47,894 GETTING FUNDS OUT TO OUR 103 00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:50,463 NEIGHBORS TO DO THOSE VERY 104 00:03:50,463 --> 00:03:52,865 IMPORTANT CULTURAL EVENTS AND 105 00:03:52,865 --> 00:03:54,667 BLOCK PARTIES. SO A BUILDING 106 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:56,402 COMMUNITY, AS THE DEPARTMENT OF 107 00:03:56,402 --> 00:03:58,304 NEIGHBORHOODS DOES, AND AS LIN 108 00:03:58,304 --> 00:04:00,340 HAS DONE FOR MANY YEARS, I WILL 109 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:04,377 ALSO SAY THAT SHE OVERSAW MORE 110 00:04:04,377 --> 00:04:06,546 THAN $10 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS 111 00:04:06,546 --> 00:04:07,146 AS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING 112 00:04:07,146 --> 00:04:13,386 FUND COORDINATOR. AND, AND ALSO 113 00:04:13,386 --> 00:04:15,655 FOOD EQUITY FUND PROJECT MANAGER 114 00:04:15,655 --> 00:04:16,589 AS WELL. AND THIS IS SOMETHING 115 00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:19,425 THAT I KNOW IS DEAR AND NEAR AND 116 00:04:19,425 --> 00:04:21,160 DEAR TO YOUR HEART. COUNCIL 117 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,330 PRESIDENT, AS MINE IS TO MAKE 118 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:24,931 SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING 119 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:26,232 FUNDING ACROSS THE CITY TO MAKE 120 00:04:26,232 --> 00:04:29,035 SURE NO CHILD AND NO PERSON IN 121 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:31,604 NEED GOES HUNGRY IN OUR CITY. SO 122 00:04:31,604 --> 00:04:32,538 WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO 123 00:04:32,538 --> 00:04:33,906 TRANSFER IT BACK TO YOU. COUNCIL 124 00:04:33,906 --> 00:04:36,442 PRESIDENT, I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME 125 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:38,011 REMARKS TO SAY AS WELL, AND THEN 126 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:40,313 I KNOW WE'LL BE READING FROM 127 00:04:40,313 --> 00:04:40,947 THE PROCLAMATION, WHICH I CAN DO 128 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:42,515 IF YOU WANT TO KICK IT BACK 129 00:04:42,515 --> 00:04:43,416 AFTER. DO YOU WANT TO. 130 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:44,784 -- DO IT? OH, NO, NO, NO, 131 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:46,252 ABSOLUTELY NO. YOU'RE PERFECT. 132 00:04:46,252 --> 00:04:47,120 DID YOU READ ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS? 133 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,721 DID YOU WANT TO READ SOME OF THE 134 00:04:48,721 --> 00:04:49,022 HIGHLIGHTS? 135 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:50,123 -- I READ SOME OF THE 136 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:50,823 HIGHLIGHTS, BUT I CAN READ. 137 00:04:50,823 --> 00:04:52,358 -- YEAH. READ THE PROCLAMATION. 138 00:04:52,358 --> 00:04:53,159 AND THEN 139 00:04:53,159 --> 00:04:54,427 -- AWESOME. THANKS FOR GIVING ME 140 00:04:54,427 --> 00:04:56,262 THE TIME TO DO THAT BECAUSE I'M 141 00:04:56,262 --> 00:05:01,367 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WHEREAS 142 00:05:01,367 --> 00:05:02,735 THE CITY OF SEATTLE RECOGNIZES 143 00:05:02,735 --> 00:05:04,671 LIN DENISE RUTH OF SEATTLE, 144 00:05:04,671 --> 00:05:06,339 WASHINGTON, FOR HER MORE THAN 50 145 00:05:06,339 --> 00:05:09,075 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE 146 00:05:09,075 --> 00:05:10,510 TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE. AND 147 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:13,413 WHEREAS LYNN RUTH GREW UP IN 148 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:17,650 SEATTLE, GRADUATING FROM 149 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:20,687 GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. AND 150 00:05:20,687 --> 00:05:21,220 ATTENDING SEATTLE PACIFIC 151 00:05:21,220 --> 00:05:22,422 UNIVERSITY BEFORE BEGINNING TO 152 00:05:22,422 --> 00:05:25,825 WORK FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN 153 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:28,795 SEPTEMBER OF 1975. AND WHEREAS 154 00:05:28,795 --> 00:05:30,897 LYNN RUTH WORKED AS A 155 00:05:30,897 --> 00:05:31,531 RECEPTIONIST AND ADMINISTRATIVE 156 00:05:31,531 --> 00:05:32,532 ASSISTANT AND A LEGISLATIVE 157 00:05:32,532 --> 00:05:34,801 ASSISTANT FOR THE SEATTLE CITY 158 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:38,137 COUNCIL AND THE OFFICE OF 159 00:05:38,137 --> 00:05:38,705 COUNCILMEMBER PAUL CRABILL 160 00:05:38,705 --> 00:05:40,406 BEFORE JOINING THE DEPARTMENT OF 161 00:05:40,406 --> 00:05:42,842 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN 1984 AS 162 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:46,312 A NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNER UNTIL 163 00:05:46,312 --> 00:05:47,714 1989 1990, WHEN SHE JOINED THE 164 00:05:47,714 --> 00:05:48,581 NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING FUND 165 00:05:48,581 --> 00:05:50,450 PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 166 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:51,851 NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE SHE HAS 167 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:55,488 BEEN A DEDICATED PROJECT MANAGER 168 00:05:55,488 --> 00:05:56,122 AND CONTINUES HER PUBLIC SERVICE 169 00:05:56,122 --> 00:05:57,623 AS A FOOD EQUITY FUND PROJECT 170 00:05:57,623 --> 00:05:59,692 MANAGER. DESIGNING, MANAGING AND 171 00:05:59,692 --> 00:06:01,227 IMPLEMENTING THE FOOD EQUITY 172 00:06:01,227 --> 00:06:05,231 FUND. SINCE 2020. AND WHEREAS 173 00:06:05,231 --> 00:06:06,766 ELLEN RUTH HAS SERVED AS CHAIR 174 00:06:06,766 --> 00:06:09,168 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 175 00:06:09,168 --> 00:06:09,736 NEIGHBORHOODS BLACK CAUCUS, 176 00:06:09,736 --> 00:06:10,903 SUPPORTING AND MENTORING THE 177 00:06:10,903 --> 00:06:12,739 BLACK EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE WORKED 178 00:06:12,739 --> 00:06:15,041 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 179 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:15,675 NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WHEREAS ELLEN 180 00:06:15,675 --> 00:06:18,778 RUTH HAS ALWAYS GONE ABOVE AND 181 00:06:18,778 --> 00:06:19,312 BEYOND FOR HER COMMUNITY, 182 00:06:19,312 --> 00:06:22,248 SERVING AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR 183 00:06:22,248 --> 00:06:24,550 ROOSEVELT, ALUMNI FOR RACIAL 184 00:06:24,550 --> 00:06:26,152 EQUITY, VOLUNTEERING WITH BIG 185 00:06:26,152 --> 00:06:28,721 BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS, TEACHING 186 00:06:28,721 --> 00:06:29,789 SUNDAY SCHOOL AND MENTORING MANY 187 00:06:29,789 --> 00:06:31,791 YOUNG PEOPLE, AND FOSTERING A 188 00:06:31,791 --> 00:06:34,293 COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND 189 00:06:34,293 --> 00:06:37,063 REINVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF 190 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:37,697 THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS, 191 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:38,765 ELLEN RUTH HAS OVERSEEN MORE 192 00:06:38,765 --> 00:06:40,466 THAN 10 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS 193 00:06:40,466 --> 00:06:42,268 AS A NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING FUND 194 00:06:42,268 --> 00:06:44,570 AND FOOD EQUITY FUND PROJECT 195 00:06:44,570 --> 00:06:48,341 MANAGER. AND WHEREAS, IN HER 196 00:06:48,341 --> 00:06:49,375 ROLE AS A PROJECT MANAGER, SHE 197 00:06:49,375 --> 00:06:52,545 STALWART TO COME TO COMBAT FOOD 198 00:06:52,545 --> 00:06:55,047 INSECURITY IN COMMUNITIES THAT 199 00:06:55,047 --> 00:06:57,016 ARE HIT HARDEST BY FOOD AND 200 00:06:57,016 --> 00:06:59,185 HEALTH INEQUITY, SUPPORTED THE 201 00:06:59,185 --> 00:07:01,287 DESIGN, PLANNING AND 202 00:07:01,287 --> 00:07:04,056 CONSTRUCTION OF JIMI HENDRIX 203 00:07:04,056 --> 00:07:05,258 PARK AND MANY MORE PROFESSIONAL 204 00:07:05,258 --> 00:07:07,326 ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT STRENGTHEN 205 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:09,629 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WHEREAS, 206 00:07:09,629 --> 00:07:11,931 THE CITY OF SEATTLE HONORS THIS 207 00:07:11,931 --> 00:07:13,900 DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND 208 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:16,869 HER ENDURING IMPACT ON THE 209 00:07:16,869 --> 00:07:18,971 GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF 210 00:07:18,971 --> 00:07:20,339 SEATTLE AND THE PEOPLE THAT HER 211 00:07:20,339 --> 00:07:24,877 WORK HAS UPLIFTED, ELLEN RUTH IS 212 00:07:24,877 --> 00:07:26,245 CELEBRATED TODAY. NOW, 213 00:07:26,245 --> 00:07:29,749 THEREFORE, THE SEATTLE CITY 214 00:07:29,749 --> 00:07:32,685 COUNCIL PROCLAIMS. AUGUST 18th, 215 00:07:32,685 --> 00:07:35,454 2026, TO BE ELLEN RUTH DAY. 216 00:07:35,454 --> 00:07:43,129 -- [APPLAUSE] 217 00:07:43,262 --> 00:07:53,573 [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 218 00:07:59,378 --> 00:08:01,147 -- OH YEAH. SO HOW WILL SORRY. 219 00:08:01,147 --> 00:08:03,182 SO HOW WILL HOW. WE'LL DO THIS. 220 00:08:03,182 --> 00:08:05,918 WE'RE GOING TO. WE HAVE OTHER 221 00:08:05,918 --> 00:08:06,853 COMMENTS AND THEN WE ARE GOING 222 00:08:06,853 --> 00:08:08,554 TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO PRESENT 223 00:08:08,554 --> 00:08:09,522 THE PROCLAMATION WHERE WE'LL 224 00:08:09,522 --> 00:08:11,324 HAVE YOU, MISS ELLEN, COME UP 225 00:08:11,324 --> 00:08:12,425 AND SAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME REAL 226 00:08:12,425 --> 00:08:14,227 QUICK? NO YOU CAN'T. OKAY. WE'LL 227 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:16,395 TURN THE VOLUME UP. I'M SORRY. 228 00:08:16,395 --> 00:08:18,664 ALL RIGHT, I GOT YOU, I GOT YOU, 229 00:08:18,664 --> 00:08:19,899 I GOT YOU. OKAY. TESTING. ONE, 230 00:08:19,899 --> 00:08:22,635 TWO. IS THAT BETTER? NO IT'S 231 00:08:22,635 --> 00:08:25,204 NOT, IT'S NOT BETTER. SO THEY 232 00:08:25,204 --> 00:08:27,540 LIKE IT A LITTLE LOUDER. OKAY. 233 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:29,442 TESTING. ONE, TWO. IS THAT 234 00:08:29,442 --> 00:08:29,675 BETTER? 235 00:08:29,675 --> 00:08:29,909 -- YES. 236 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:30,509 -- YOU GUYS JUST HAVE TO BE 237 00:08:30,509 --> 00:08:32,745 QUIET. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 238 00:08:32,745 --> 00:08:35,314 YOU'RE TOO LOUD. OKAY, SO I'M 239 00:08:35,314 --> 00:08:35,982 GOING TO SAY MY COMMENTS REALLY 240 00:08:35,982 --> 00:08:37,950 QUICK, AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP 241 00:08:37,950 --> 00:08:38,985 TO MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF THEY 242 00:08:38,985 --> 00:08:40,319 HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD 243 00:08:40,319 --> 00:08:41,120 LIKE TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR 244 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:42,889 READING THAT PROCLAMATION. 245 00:08:42,889 --> 00:08:44,190 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. MISS LIN, 246 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:46,592 THIS YEAR YOU SHARED WITH ME A 247 00:08:46,592 --> 00:08:50,029 STORY ABOUT YOU STARTING AT CITY 248 00:08:50,029 --> 00:08:50,696 HALL, AND YOU SAID THAT THERE 249 00:08:50,696 --> 00:08:52,265 WERE A GROUP OF WOMEN OF COLOR. 250 00:08:52,265 --> 00:08:53,599 THERE WERE BLACK WOMEN WHO 251 00:08:53,599 --> 00:08:56,402 WORKED IN THE CAFETERIA AND 252 00:08:56,402 --> 00:08:58,838 OTHER PLACES THAT WERE SOME OF 253 00:08:58,838 --> 00:09:01,440 THE CLEANING CREWS AS WELL. AND 254 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,942 WHEN WHAT YOU SHARED WITH ME IS 255 00:09:02,942 --> 00:09:04,377 THAT THOSE WOMEN WERE SO PROUD 256 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:05,778 OF YOU BECAUSE THEY TOLD YOU 257 00:09:05,778 --> 00:09:08,114 THAT THEY WERE WORKING THOSE 258 00:09:08,114 --> 00:09:08,848 POSITIONS SO YOU COULD BE IN THE 259 00:09:08,848 --> 00:09:12,952 POSITION THAT YOU WERE IN. AND 260 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:14,053 THAT ALWAYS HIT HARD FOR ME, 261 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:17,323 BECAUSE I'M HERE TO TELL YOU 262 00:09:17,323 --> 00:09:17,957 THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE 263 00:09:17,957 --> 00:09:19,058 LIKE YOU, IS THE REASON WHY I'M 264 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:24,297 SITTING IN THE CHAIR THAT I AM 265 00:09:24,297 --> 00:09:24,530 TODAY. 266 00:09:24,530 --> 00:09:24,864 -- [APPLAUSE] 267 00:09:24,864 --> 00:09:25,131 -- YEAH. 268 00:09:25,131 --> 00:09:28,367 -- [APPLAUSE] 269 00:09:28,367 --> 00:09:31,103 -- STRAIGHT UP, THE SACRIFICES 270 00:09:31,103 --> 00:09:33,039 THAT YOU HAVE MADE, THE DOORS 271 00:09:33,039 --> 00:09:34,473 THAT YOU HAVE OPENED AND THE 272 00:09:34,473 --> 00:09:36,142 PATH THAT YOU'VE BLAZED IS THE 273 00:09:36,142 --> 00:09:37,276 REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY. THE 274 00:09:37,276 --> 00:09:39,345 REASON WHY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 275 00:09:39,345 --> 00:09:41,247 IS HERE TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER 276 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:42,181 RINCK IS HERE TODAY. WOMEN OF 277 00:09:42,181 --> 00:09:44,717 COLOR. YOU HAVE BLAZED THE PATH 278 00:09:44,717 --> 00:09:45,952 FOR US AS WELL. IN THE POSITION 279 00:09:45,952 --> 00:09:48,921 THAT YOU HAVE. AND IT IS MY 280 00:09:48,921 --> 00:09:51,357 RESPONSIBILITY, OUR 281 00:09:51,357 --> 00:09:51,991 RESPONSIBILITY, TO DO WHAT THOSE 282 00:09:51,991 --> 00:09:52,992 WOMEN DID. WHO WERE THE COOKS IN 283 00:09:52,992 --> 00:09:55,461 THE CITY CAFETERIA? THE ONES WHO 284 00:09:55,461 --> 00:09:57,163 SWEPT THE FLOORS AT NIGHT, THE 285 00:09:57,163 --> 00:09:57,997 PEOPLE THAT TOOK OUT THE TRASH, 286 00:09:57,997 --> 00:09:59,365 THE ONES THAT WERE ANSWERING 287 00:09:59,365 --> 00:10:02,034 PHONES, THAT WE CONTINUE TO PAY 288 00:10:02,034 --> 00:10:03,169 IT FORWARD FOR THE NEXT 289 00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:04,604 GENERATION, JUST LIKE YOU DID 290 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,372 FOR THOSE YOUNG GIRLS THAT ARE 291 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:08,607 WITHIN OUR CITY OF SEATTLE. 292 00:10:08,607 --> 00:10:09,976 MAYBE WATCHING THIS ON THE 293 00:10:09,976 --> 00:10:10,776 SEATTLE CHANNEL BECAUSE THEY 294 00:10:10,776 --> 00:10:12,678 HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO IN THE 295 00:10:12,678 --> 00:10:15,114 SUMMER. JUST WATCH OUR MEETING 296 00:10:15,114 --> 00:10:17,016 AT 2:00 IN AUGUST. MISS LYNN, 297 00:10:17,016 --> 00:10:20,920 THANK YOU FOR PAVING THE WAY. 298 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:21,287 GOD BLESS YOU. 299 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:22,555 -- AMEN. 300 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:23,923 -- GOD BLESS YOU. YOU ARE A 301 00:10:23,923 --> 00:10:25,558 GREAT GIFT TO THIS UNIVERSE, AND 302 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:27,526 THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND 303 00:10:27,526 --> 00:10:31,197 THAT YOU ARE FAVORED. OKAY, SO I 304 00:10:31,197 --> 00:10:34,266 JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. WE LOVE 305 00:10:34,266 --> 00:10:34,533 YOU. 306 00:10:34,533 --> 00:10:38,004 -- [APPLAUSE] 307 00:10:38,004 --> 00:10:39,305 -- WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU. 308 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:41,007 WE LOVE YOU. WE THANK YOU. 51 I 309 00:10:41,007 --> 00:10:43,109 TOLD YOU, IT'S NOT 51 YEARS. 310 00:10:43,109 --> 00:10:45,177 IT'S 51. YEARS. RIGHT? 311 00:10:45,177 --> 00:10:45,511 -- [LAUGHTER] 312 00:10:45,511 --> 00:10:48,814 -- THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT. YEAH, 313 00:10:48,814 --> 00:10:50,049 SHE'S BEEN WORKING HERE FOR 314 00:10:50,049 --> 00:10:52,184 YEARS, NOT YEARS. COLLEAGUES, I 315 00:10:52,184 --> 00:10:54,653 WILL PAUSE NOW TO SEE IF ANYONE 316 00:10:54,653 --> 00:10:55,621 WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE 317 00:10:55,621 --> 00:10:57,323 BEFORE WE TAKE THE ROLL. FOR US 318 00:10:57,323 --> 00:11:02,328 TO SIGN ON TO THE PROCLAMATION. 319 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:04,563 OKAY. AWESOME. AYE. WE SAID. WE 320 00:11:04,563 --> 00:11:08,267 SAID ALL. WE SAID OKAY, WHICH IS 321 00:11:08,267 --> 00:11:09,568 A LOT. SO NOW WILL THE CLERK 322 00:11:09,568 --> 00:11:10,169 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? ON THE 323 00:11:10,169 --> 00:11:11,671 SIGNING OF THE PROCLAMATION FOR 324 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:16,175 IT TO BE MISS ELIN RUTH DAY FOR 325 00:11:16,175 --> 00:11:18,544 AUGUST THE 18th. 326 00:11:18,544 --> 00:11:21,213 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 327 00:11:21,213 --> 00:11:21,647 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 328 00:11:21,647 --> 00:11:23,015 -- YES. 329 00:11:23,015 --> 00:11:25,017 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 330 00:11:25,017 --> 00:11:26,552 YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. RIVERA. 331 00:11:26,552 --> 00:11:29,288 -- YES. 332 00:11:29,288 --> 00:11:31,190 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 333 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:31,791 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. FIVE 334 00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:35,161 SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED. 335 00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:36,495 -- AWESOME. SO IT IS OFFICIALLY 336 00:11:36,495 --> 00:11:40,700 MISS ELIN RUTH DAY AND. 337 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:41,133 -- YES. 338 00:11:41,133 --> 00:11:47,440 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 339 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:47,840 -- OKAY, SO. 340 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,543 -- SO NEXT STEPS WE ARE. IF 341 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:52,711 THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL WE 342 00:11:52,711 --> 00:11:53,479 WILL SUSPEND THE RULES. I WILL 343 00:11:53,479 --> 00:11:55,014 COME AND PRESENT THIS 344 00:11:55,014 --> 00:11:56,182 PROCLAMATION TO YOU. IT DOESN'T 345 00:11:56,182 --> 00:11:57,049 HAVE SIGNATURES ON IT, BUT WE'LL 346 00:11:57,049 --> 00:12:00,820 GET SIGNATURES ON IT, ESPECIALLY 347 00:12:00,820 --> 00:12:01,454 FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS. WELL, 348 00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:03,289 WE HAVE TO SIGN IT. NOT 349 00:12:03,289 --> 00:12:03,722 ESPECIALLY FROM THE 350 00:12:03,722 --> 00:12:04,757 COUNCILMEMBERS. AND THEN IF YOU 351 00:12:04,757 --> 00:12:07,293 WANT OUR SIGNATURE ON THERE, 352 00:12:07,293 --> 00:12:09,295 MISS. OKAY, I GOT YOU. AND THEN 353 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:11,297 WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE 354 00:12:11,297 --> 00:12:13,399 HERE TO SPEAK. WE HAVE DIRECTOR 355 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:15,000 PHAM WHO'S HERE, ZACHARY 356 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,302 PULLEN, WE HAVE IONA MACKENZIE. 357 00:12:16,302 --> 00:12:20,106 AND THEN MISS ELLEN YOURSELF. IS 358 00:12:20,106 --> 00:12:22,341 THAT RIGHT? IN ORDER? NO. IF 359 00:12:22,341 --> 00:12:25,211 NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE. YEAH, 360 00:12:25,211 --> 00:12:26,512 THAT'S IN ORDER. OKAY. SO WE'RE 361 00:12:26,512 --> 00:12:27,213 GOING TO SUSPEND THE RULES. I'M 362 00:12:27,213 --> 00:12:29,381 GOING TO COME GIVE YOU THIS 363 00:12:29,381 --> 00:12:30,015 PROCLAMATION AND GIVE YOU A NICE 364 00:12:30,015 --> 00:12:31,650 BIG HUG. AND YOU HAVE SOME 365 00:12:31,650 --> 00:12:32,585 FLOWERS WE GOT FROM THE COUNCIL. 366 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:34,353 WE GOT YOU TWO DOZEN ROSES AND 367 00:12:34,353 --> 00:12:35,588 SOME COOKIES THAT ARE ONLY FOR 368 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:38,023 YOU THERE. TWO DOZEN FROM HELLO, 369 00:12:38,023 --> 00:12:39,558 ROBIN. YOU CAN SHARE THEM. OKAY. 370 00:12:39,558 --> 00:12:44,363 AND THEN DIRECTOR PHAM, YOU ALL 371 00:12:44,363 --> 00:12:46,198 WILL COME AND SPEAK. SO, 372 00:12:46,198 --> 00:12:48,033 DIRECTOR PHAM, WE HAVE ZACHARY, 373 00:12:48,033 --> 00:12:48,667 WE HAVE IONA. AND THEN MISS 374 00:12:48,667 --> 00:12:50,503 ELLEN. SO WE'LL SUSPEND THE 375 00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:52,338 RULES. GO AHEAD. DIRECTOR. 376 00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:55,608 -- DO YOU WANT HIM TO SPEAK? 377 00:12:55,608 --> 00:12:59,044 OKAY. 378 00:12:59,044 --> 00:13:01,547 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO 379 00:13:01,547 --> 00:13:03,682 MUCH, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR 380 00:13:03,682 --> 00:13:05,217 ACKNOWLEDGING THIS VERY SPECIAL 381 00:13:05,217 --> 00:13:06,719 DAY AND THIS VERY SPECIAL 382 00:13:06,719 --> 00:13:08,954 PERSON, MISS ELLEN RUTH, IN MY 383 00:13:08,954 --> 00:13:10,523 TIME WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 384 00:13:10,523 --> 00:13:11,323 NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH HAS BEEN 385 00:13:11,323 --> 00:13:13,959 ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS, 386 00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:15,995 I'VE REALLY HAD THE HONOR TO 387 00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:18,564 GET TO KNOW THE STAFF AND THE 388 00:13:18,564 --> 00:13:19,465 STORIES BEHIND WHAT MAKES OUR 389 00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:23,669 DEPARTMENT GREAT. AND SO I'VE 390 00:13:23,669 --> 00:13:26,505 HAD THE HONOR TO HAVE SOME 391 00:13:26,505 --> 00:13:29,074 COFFEE CONVERSATIONS OR KITCHEN 392 00:13:29,074 --> 00:13:29,642 CONVERSATIONS, WATER COOLER 393 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:30,442 CONVERSATIONS WITH MISS LIN TO 394 00:13:30,442 --> 00:13:34,046 LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF 395 00:13:34,046 --> 00:13:35,881 OUR DEPARTMENT, THE ROLE THAT 396 00:13:35,881 --> 00:13:37,883 SHE HAS PLAYED, AND JUST THE 397 00:13:37,883 --> 00:13:39,285 STORIES THAT SHE'S ENCOUNTERED 398 00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:42,254 OVER THE YEARS. SO IT'S JUST 399 00:13:42,254 --> 00:13:42,855 BEEN A TRUE HONOR TO BE A NEW 400 00:13:42,855 --> 00:13:45,057 DIRECTOR AND TO BE ABLE TO HEAR 401 00:13:45,057 --> 00:13:47,726 THESE STORIES DIRECTLY FROM HER. 402 00:13:47,726 --> 00:13:49,094 SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU, MISS ELLEN. 403 00:13:49,094 --> 00:13:50,863 I'M GOING TO JUST THROW YOU 404 00:13:50,863 --> 00:13:55,267 THESE FLOWERS. I'LL HAND THEM 405 00:13:55,267 --> 00:13:57,069 TO YOU. SO THANK YOU. 406 00:13:57,069 --> 00:14:01,640 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN 407 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:01,807 WE. 408 00:14:01,807 --> 00:14:02,074 -- HAVE. 409 00:14:02,074 --> 00:14:06,478 -- [APPLAUSE] 410 00:14:06,478 --> 00:14:07,613 -- OH, JUST BE BRIEF. BUT I JUST 411 00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:10,382 WANT TO SAY, I STARTED HERE A 412 00:14:10,382 --> 00:14:11,550 YEAR AGO, AND LIN WAS ONE OF THE 413 00:14:11,550 --> 00:14:12,551 FIRST PEOPLE TO WELCOME ME AND 414 00:14:12,551 --> 00:14:16,422 MADE ME FEEL VERY WELCOME. SHE 415 00:14:16,422 --> 00:14:17,256 WORKS RIGHT BY MY OFFICE, AND 416 00:14:17,256 --> 00:14:18,724 I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE A VERY 417 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:22,161 QUICK MEMORY I HAVE OF A LIN. 418 00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:25,130 AND WE WERE RECENTLY AT THE PEA 419 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:28,467 PATCH COMMUNITY GARDENING FAIR, 420 00:14:28,467 --> 00:14:32,371 AND SHE MISPLACED SOMETHING. AND 421 00:14:32,371 --> 00:14:35,708 IT WAS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT 422 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:39,645 TO HER. IT WAS HER HANDBAG. AND 423 00:14:39,645 --> 00:14:44,216 SHE SPENT MOST OF THE DAY 424 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:45,017 LOOKING FOR IT. AND I FOUND IT 425 00:14:45,017 --> 00:14:49,788 FOR HER IT WAS PRECARIOUSLY 426 00:14:49,788 --> 00:14:51,724 PLACED SOMEWHERE BY A VOLUNTEER. 427 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:54,360 BUT WHAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL WAS 428 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:55,761 THAT NOW ELLEN AND I HAVE A VERY 429 00:14:55,761 --> 00:14:57,062 SPECIAL INSIDE JOKE, AND I FEEL 430 00:14:57,062 --> 00:14:57,997 LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY 431 00:14:57,997 --> 00:14:59,231 MUCH CONNECTED FOR THE REST OF 432 00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:01,467 OUR LIVES. BUT I THINK ELLEN IS 433 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:03,502 DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST 434 00:15:03,502 --> 00:15:04,169 SPECIAL PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET, 435 00:15:04,169 --> 00:15:05,404 AND SHE DEFINITELY MAKES YOU 436 00:15:05,404 --> 00:15:06,305 FEEL VERY WELCOME AND CONNECTED. 437 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:08,307 AND CERTAINLY PART OF THE DIONNE 438 00:15:08,307 --> 00:15:09,608 FAMILY. AND SO I REALLY DO FEEL 439 00:15:09,608 --> 00:15:11,010 VERY GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF 440 00:15:11,010 --> 00:15:14,179 ELLEN RUTH'S STORY. I THINK, AS 441 00:15:14,179 --> 00:15:14,880 YOU MENTIONED, 51 YEARS IS VERY 442 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:16,649 SPECIAL. AND SO I LIKE TO THINK 443 00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:19,551 THAT OBVIOUSLY THE UNIVERSE IS A 444 00:15:19,551 --> 00:15:20,519 PARTICULARLY WILD PLACE. YOU 445 00:15:20,519 --> 00:15:21,420 KNOW, WE'RE ON THE MIDDLE OF 446 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:23,923 THIS FLOATING ROCK, AND THE FACT 447 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:25,724 THAT TWO PEOPLE GET TO BE 448 00:15:25,724 --> 00:15:26,692 CONNECTED HERE MIRACULOUSLY, AND 449 00:15:26,692 --> 00:15:28,060 EACH OTHER'S STORY IS VERY 450 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:29,962 SPECIAL. SO THE FACT THAT TWO 451 00:15:29,962 --> 00:15:31,297 RANDOM PEOPLE GOT TO BE 452 00:15:31,297 --> 00:15:32,431 CONNECTED HERE IN OUR STORIES IS 453 00:15:32,431 --> 00:15:33,565 VERY SPECIAL. SO I'M GRATEFUL 454 00:15:33,565 --> 00:15:34,833 THAT WE GOT TO BE CONNECTED IN 455 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:36,969 OUR STORY. SO I'M SO EXCITED FOR 456 00:15:36,969 --> 00:15:38,671 YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 51 457 00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:40,406 YEARS. I WOULD HOPE TO BE 458 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:42,841 ANYWHERE FOR 51 YEARS. SO THANK 459 00:15:42,841 --> 00:15:45,077 YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR DOING THAT. 460 00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:47,246 -- AWESOME. 461 00:15:47,246 --> 00:15:47,579 -- THANK YOU. 462 00:15:47,579 --> 00:15:53,218 -- IONA WE HAVE IONA NEXT AND 463 00:15:53,218 --> 00:15:54,853 THEN MISS LYNN HERSELF, GUESTS 464 00:15:54,853 --> 00:15:57,089 OF HONOR. 465 00:15:57,089 --> 00:16:00,926 -- WHO DID THIS TO ME. I'M LIKE, 466 00:16:00,926 --> 00:16:05,831 OH MY GOD. ANYWAY LYNN IS SUCH A 467 00:16:05,831 --> 00:16:07,833 LIN. I CALL HER LYNN. SORRY, 468 00:16:07,833 --> 00:16:09,401 DON'T CALL HER. HER NAME IS 469 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:12,905 ELLEN UNLESS SHE INVITES YOU TO. 470 00:16:12,905 --> 00:16:14,473 SO MISS ELLEN HAS INVITED ME TO 471 00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:15,674 CALL HER LYNN, SO I'M GOING TO 472 00:16:15,674 --> 00:16:18,777 CALL HER LYNN. SHE IS SUCH A 473 00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:22,514 SPECIAL PERSON TO ME. THE FIRST 474 00:16:22,514 --> 00:16:24,183 DAY I STARTED AT DIONNE, SHE 475 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:26,385 CAME TO MY OFFICE TO MAKE SURE 476 00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:27,653 THAT I WAS OKAY. YOU KNOW, 477 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:29,054 SHE'S LIKE, I'M HERE, YOU KNOW, 478 00:16:29,054 --> 00:16:31,190 YOU NEED ANYTHING, COME TO ME. 479 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:33,392 AND I'VE BEEN GOING TO HER EVER 480 00:16:33,392 --> 00:16:35,527 SINCE. AND I'M WAITING FOR THAT 481 00:16:35,527 --> 00:16:38,230 PANCAKE RECIPE. JUST SAYING, 482 00:16:38,230 --> 00:16:39,331 PANCAKE RECIPE. 483 00:16:39,331 --> 00:16:39,665 -- [LAUGHTER] 484 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:40,799 -- I'M PUTTING IT OUT IN THE 485 00:16:40,799 --> 00:16:45,437 UNIVERSE I'M KEEPING HOPE ALIVE, 486 00:16:45,437 --> 00:16:47,072 ELLEN. ANYWAY, THE ONE THING FOR 487 00:16:47,072 --> 00:16:49,808 SURE THAT I KNOW ABOUT ELLEN IS 488 00:16:49,808 --> 00:16:52,244 COMMUNITY LOVES HER. EVERY TIME 489 00:16:52,244 --> 00:16:53,946 I GO IN AND. AND WHEN YOU KNOW 490 00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:58,884 YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON, IT'S 491 00:16:58,884 --> 00:17:00,819 WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN THE ROOM AND 492 00:17:00,819 --> 00:17:01,954 EVERYBODY JUST HAVE GOOD THINGS 493 00:17:01,954 --> 00:17:04,323 TO SAY ABOUT YOU. I'VE BEEN 494 00:17:04,323 --> 00:17:06,425 GOING OUT IN COMMUNITY FOR A 495 00:17:06,425 --> 00:17:08,327 VERY LONG TIME, AND EVERY TIME A 496 00:17:08,327 --> 00:17:09,161 LYNN'S NAME COME UP, THEY'RE 497 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:11,029 LIKE, WOW, SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE 498 00:17:11,029 --> 00:17:13,732 HELPED ME DO THIS. SHE HELPED ME 499 00:17:13,732 --> 00:17:16,035 DID DO THAT. AND WHETHER IT'S 500 00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:17,569 SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, LATE 501 00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:20,506 AT NIGHT, EARLY IN THE MORNING, 502 00:17:20,506 --> 00:17:23,041 IF COMMUNITY CALL, SHE ANSWERS 503 00:17:23,041 --> 00:17:24,977 THE PHONE. SO MISS LYNN, 50 504 00:17:24,977 --> 00:17:27,079 YEARS, I ONLY HAVE TWO AND A 505 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:28,280 HALF MORE TO GIVE. I'M NOT GOING 506 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,618 TO MAKE IT TO 50. MAYBE UNLESS I 507 00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:35,754 WIN THE LOTTERY, THEN IT'S GAME 508 00:17:35,754 --> 00:17:39,258 OVER. MISS ELLEN, I LOVE YOU AND 509 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:40,325 THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT 510 00:17:40,325 --> 00:17:44,063 YOU SUPPORT. AND EVERYONE IS 511 00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:47,499 HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU. 512 00:17:47,499 --> 00:17:51,870 -- [APPLAUSE] 513 00:17:51,870 --> 00:17:54,873 -- FROM YOUR DORM COMMUNITY. 514 00:17:54,873 --> 00:17:56,575 -- AND THEN MISS ELLEN HERSELF. 515 00:17:56,575 --> 00:17:58,544 COME ON THROUGH. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 516 00:17:58,544 --> 00:18:00,813 -- OH 517 00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:01,046 -- OH. 518 00:18:01,046 --> 00:18:01,814 -- I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW 519 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:04,216 THESE THINGS WORK, BUT I'LL 520 00:18:04,216 --> 00:18:07,853 JUST EASE ON UP HERE MY NAME IS 521 00:18:07,853 --> 00:18:09,888 CLIFFORD. MY NAME IS CLIFFORD 522 00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:16,195 HOLLAND, AND I WAS LYNN'S VICE 523 00:18:16,195 --> 00:18:18,130 PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD 524 00:18:18,130 --> 00:18:18,964 OF THE RAINIER VISTA BOYS AND 525 00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:23,469 GIRLS CLUB FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 526 00:18:23,469 --> 00:18:26,205 AND SHE WAS WORKING. AND WHEN I 527 00:18:26,205 --> 00:18:29,107 RETIRED IN 2003, SHE WORKED ME 528 00:18:29,107 --> 00:18:30,642 HARD. BUT HEY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 529 00:18:30,642 --> 00:18:31,610 ALL ABOUT. WE WERE A TEAM. BUT 530 00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:33,545 I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, IT'S 531 00:18:33,545 --> 00:18:35,481 IT'S A TESTAMENT TO ALL THESE 532 00:18:35,481 --> 00:18:39,318 PEOPLE HERE. WHAT LYNN RUTH 533 00:18:39,318 --> 00:18:40,452 MEANS BECAUSE SHE JUST DID SO 534 00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:41,553 MUCH FOR THE KIDS AT RAINIER 535 00:18:41,553 --> 00:18:43,555 VISTA AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, 536 00:18:43,555 --> 00:18:45,290 WHETHER IT'S RAISING FUNDS, 537 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:46,925 WHETHER IT'S DOING EVERYTHING, 538 00:18:46,925 --> 00:18:49,428 I COULDN'T HELP BUT I MEAN, NOT 539 00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:53,532 HELP. I JUST HAD TO BE A PART OF 540 00:18:53,532 --> 00:18:54,466 HER TEAM AND LYNN, IT'S JUST 541 00:18:54,466 --> 00:18:56,068 THE WORK THAT SHE DOES. SHE'S 542 00:18:56,068 --> 00:18:58,737 STILL WORKING, WHICH IS WAY 543 00:18:58,737 --> 00:19:00,939 BEYOND WHAT I EVEN IMAGINED. BUT 544 00:19:00,939 --> 00:19:02,374 THAT JUST SHOWS HOW GOOD A 545 00:19:02,374 --> 00:19:04,643 PERSON SHE IS. AND I JUST WANT 546 00:19:04,643 --> 00:19:06,545 TO SAY, LYNN, YOU'RE MY HERO. 547 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:09,815 -- OH, THANK YOU. AND NOW. 548 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:11,316 -- MISS. MISS LYNN. 549 00:19:11,316 --> 00:19:11,950 -- NOW, MISS. 550 00:19:11,950 --> 00:19:19,024 -- LYNN 551 00:19:19,024 --> 00:19:21,093 -- I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO CRY. 552 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:22,261 -- OH. 553 00:19:22,261 --> 00:19:23,595 -- YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY 554 00:19:23,595 --> 00:19:25,063 SPECIAL TO ME. IT'S A SPECIAL 555 00:19:25,063 --> 00:19:26,798 MONTH. IT'S THE MONTH THAT MY 556 00:19:26,798 --> 00:19:29,167 MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND SHE WAS 557 00:19:29,167 --> 00:19:33,839 THE SINGLE MOST DRIVING FORCE IN 558 00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:35,741 MY LIFE. I'M A YESLER TERRACE 559 00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:37,142 KID. AND WHEN SOMEONE TOLD ME 560 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:40,045 THIS WAS HAPPENING, I THOUGHT, 561 00:19:40,045 --> 00:19:40,712 WHY ME? JUST. I'M JUST THIS 562 00:19:40,712 --> 00:19:44,182 LITTLE KID FROM Y T AND MY 563 00:19:44,182 --> 00:19:45,784 MOTHER'S WHOLE POINT WAS SHE 564 00:19:45,784 --> 00:19:46,552 NEVER ASKED US WHAT WE WERE 565 00:19:46,552 --> 00:19:47,920 GOING TO BE WHEN WE GREW UP. SHE 566 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,055 SAID, EVERYBODY DOES WHAT 567 00:19:50,055 --> 00:19:50,789 THEY'RE PAID TO DO. WHAT ARE 568 00:19:50,789 --> 00:19:53,192 YOU GOING TO DO THAT YOU'RE NOT 569 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:55,027 PAID TO DO TO, YOU KNOW, TO 570 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:56,995 BENEFIT OTHERS? AND I'M SO 571 00:19:56,995 --> 00:20:00,032 HAPPY TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE MY 572 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:01,200 BIBLE SCHOOL STUDENTS STAND UP. 573 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,235 THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE BOOKS OF 574 00:20:03,235 --> 00:20:03,535 THE BIBLE. 575 00:20:03,535 --> 00:20:03,869 -- [LAUGHTER] 576 00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:06,872 -- AND ORDER. 577 00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:09,208 -- [APPLAUSE] 578 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:09,575 -- BECAUSE THE. 579 00:20:09,575 --> 00:20:10,976 -- HARD PART ABOUT WORKING IN 580 00:20:10,976 --> 00:20:12,444 THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 581 00:20:12,444 --> 00:20:13,412 ISN'T THAT WE DON'T LOVE IT. 582 00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:15,414 IT'S THAT WE ARE NO GOOD TO THE 583 00:20:15,414 --> 00:20:16,882 DEPARTMENT UNLESS WE'RE IN 584 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:18,550 COMMUNITY. SO IT'S HOW I SHOW 585 00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:20,519 UP AT MY CHURCH. IT'S HOW I SHOW 586 00:20:20,519 --> 00:20:22,721 UP AS A VOLUNTEER. IT'S HOW I 587 00:20:22,721 --> 00:20:24,122 SHOW UP AS A HUMAN BEING THAT 588 00:20:24,122 --> 00:20:26,024 MAKES ME WORTH SOMETHING. TO THE 589 00:20:26,024 --> 00:20:28,560 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. AND 590 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,464 I HAVE TO SAY THIS GOD HAS 591 00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:34,166 REALLY SMILED ON ME. HE HAS 592 00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:36,501 REALLY SMILED ON ME. I DON'T 593 00:20:36,501 --> 00:20:37,336 UNDERSTAND, I'M NOT THE 594 00:20:37,336 --> 00:20:38,370 SMARTEST. I'M THE SEVENTH OF 595 00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:40,005 EIGHT KIDS. I'M NOT THE SMARTEST 596 00:20:40,005 --> 00:20:41,406 IN MY FAMILY. PLEASE BELIEVE 597 00:20:41,406 --> 00:20:43,175 THAT MY SISTER BECAME A 598 00:20:43,175 --> 00:20:45,444 FIREFIGHTER AT THE AGE OF 71, 599 00:20:45,444 --> 00:20:46,545 AND MY MOTHER SAID TO ME WHEN I 600 00:20:46,545 --> 00:20:48,113 WAS YOUNGER, SHE. SHE ASKED ME 601 00:20:48,113 --> 00:20:50,716 TO MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF US 602 00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:51,817 EVER LIVED IN PUBLIC HOUSING 603 00:20:51,817 --> 00:20:53,785 AGAIN, BECAUSE IT WAS SO 604 00:20:53,785 --> 00:20:55,320 SHAMEFUL TO LIVE IN PUBLIC 605 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,388 HOUSING. AND, AND WE WERE TOLD, 606 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:57,489 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GRADUATE 607 00:20:57,489 --> 00:20:59,024 FROM HIGH SCHOOL. YOU'RE NOT 608 00:20:59,024 --> 00:21:00,726 GOING TO DO ANYTHING. SO ALL MY 609 00:21:00,726 --> 00:21:04,429 WORK AT RAINIER VISTA WITH 610 00:21:04,429 --> 00:21:05,797 DETECTIVE COOKIE AND CLIFF AND 611 00:21:05,797 --> 00:21:06,832 JUDGE ANITA CRAWFORD-WILLIS, WHO 612 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:08,200 HAD TO GO BACK AND ANDREW 613 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,002 LOFTON, ALL OF THAT WAS TO MAKE 614 00:21:10,002 --> 00:21:12,504 SURE THAT NO KID FELT LIKE WE 615 00:21:12,504 --> 00:21:13,839 FELT TO BE TOLD WE WERE LESS 616 00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:15,107 THAN THAT. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO 617 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:15,941 GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE. YOU'RE 618 00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:17,442 NEVER GOING TO GET OUT OF HIGH 619 00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:18,910 SCHOOL. AND SO I JUST WANTED NO 620 00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:20,779 KID TO EVER FEEL THAT. AND MY 621 00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:22,280 MOTHER SAID TO ME WHEN I SAID TO 622 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:22,948 HER, WHY DO PEOPLE HATE US? 623 00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:25,350 BECAUSE WE'RE POOR. SHE SAID, 624 00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:26,385 IF YOU FAIL IN LIFE, IT WILL NOT 625 00:21:26,385 --> 00:21:28,587 BE BECAUSE YOU CAME FROM ULSTER 626 00:21:28,587 --> 00:21:29,755 TERRACE. IT WILL BE BECAUSE YOU 627 00:21:29,755 --> 00:21:32,924 FAILED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 628 00:21:32,924 --> 00:21:33,592 EVERY OPPORTUNITY I'M GOING TO 629 00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:35,627 GIVE YOU. AND SHE WENT AROUND IN 630 00:21:35,627 --> 00:21:36,762 SINGLE HANDEDLY CHANGED THE 631 00:21:36,762 --> 00:21:38,864 COURSE OF OUR LIFE. I LISTENED 632 00:21:38,864 --> 00:21:41,566 TO OPERA. SHE TOOK US TO THE 633 00:21:41,566 --> 00:21:42,868 MUSEUM. SHE MADE US USE THE 634 00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:44,236 KING'S ENGLISH OUTSIDE OF THE 635 00:21:44,236 --> 00:21:47,372 HOUSE. BUT SHE ALSO OPENED UP 636 00:21:47,372 --> 00:21:49,374 HER HOME TO EVERYONE. I'D LIKE 637 00:21:49,374 --> 00:21:51,677 MY FAMILY TO STAND, STAND UP. 638 00:21:51,677 --> 00:21:52,678 -- OH. 639 00:21:52,678 --> 00:21:55,614 -- IF YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE. 640 00:21:55,614 --> 00:21:55,947 -- [APPLAUSE] 641 00:21:55,947 --> 00:21:56,181 -- ME. 642 00:21:56,181 --> 00:22:03,522 -- [APPLAUSE] 643 00:22:03,522 --> 00:22:03,822 -- FAMILY 644 00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:04,523 -- [APPLAUSE] 645 00:22:04,523 --> 00:22:04,756 -- IS. 646 00:22:04,756 --> 00:22:05,090 -- [APPLAUSE] 647 00:22:05,090 --> 00:22:05,891 -- BORN INTO THE FAMILY ARE YOU? 648 00:22:05,891 --> 00:22:07,326 ACT LIKE FAMILY AND IT DOESN'T 649 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:09,027 MATTER. YOU HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS 650 00:22:09,027 --> 00:22:10,128 AND PRIVILEGES. AND I'VE ALWAYS 651 00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:11,997 TOLD PEOPLE IN THE CITY JUST 652 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:13,198 BECAUSE YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WHO 653 00:22:13,198 --> 00:22:15,400 LOVED ME DON'T LOOK LIKE ME. I 654 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,803 GOT A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS WHO 655 00:22:17,803 --> 00:22:21,306 AREN'T HERE, BUT AYE. 656 00:22:21,306 --> 00:22:24,876 -- [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] 657 00:22:24,876 --> 00:22:25,510 -- THE ONLY ONE IN MY NEPHEWS I 658 00:22:25,510 --> 00:22:29,748 HAD TO WHIP, BY THE WAY. BUT BUT 659 00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,349 I DO WANT TO SAY THAT. RAISE 660 00:22:31,349 --> 00:22:38,223 YOUR HAND, TONI. RUTH. I HAD I 661 00:22:38,223 --> 00:22:39,524 HAD FIVE OLDER BROTHERS GROWING 662 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:42,794 UP IN YESLER TERRACE. IT WAS A 663 00:22:42,794 --> 00:22:43,328 LOT OF THINGS WOULD HAVE 664 00:22:43,328 --> 00:22:45,364 HAPPENED TO ME HAD I NOT HAD MY 665 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:46,531 OLDER BROTHERS AS PROTECTORS. SO 666 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:48,266 MY SENSE OF SAFETY HAS ALWAYS 667 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:49,868 BEEN ROOTED IN BLACK MEN. AND 668 00:22:49,868 --> 00:22:51,670 WERE IT NOT FOR ANTHONY 669 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:53,438 DOUGLASS, RUTH, WHO CALLED ME 670 00:22:53,438 --> 00:22:54,906 COLLEGE GIRL, WHO TOLD ME WHEN 671 00:22:54,906 --> 00:22:55,507 GIRLS WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO 672 00:22:55,507 --> 00:22:57,275 ANSWER QUESTIONS, THEY WERE 673 00:22:57,275 --> 00:22:58,610 SUPPOSED TO LET THE BOYS RAISE 674 00:22:58,610 --> 00:22:59,978 THEIR HAND FIRST. HE TOLD ME, 675 00:22:59,978 --> 00:23:02,514 YOU CAN GO TO COLLEGE. MY 676 00:23:02,514 --> 00:23:04,649 STEPDAD SAID, I THINK YOU CAN DO 677 00:23:04,649 --> 00:23:06,618 IT. AND WHEN I GOT INTO SEATTLE 678 00:23:06,618 --> 00:23:07,719 PACIFIC, A SCHOOL THAT DIDN'T 679 00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:08,420 EVEN ACCEPT BLACK KIDS, BUT THEY 680 00:23:08,420 --> 00:23:10,155 DIDN'T KNOW I WAS BLACK. BUT MY 681 00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:13,058 GRADES WERE BY MY NAME, HE SAID, 682 00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:14,059 YOU CAN STILL DO IT. WHEN I WAS 683 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:15,761 WORKING 30 HOURS A WEEK AND 684 00:23:15,761 --> 00:23:17,496 TIRED, HE JUST SAID, COLLEGE 685 00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:19,297 GIRL, YOU CAN DO IT. WHEN I GOT 686 00:23:19,297 --> 00:23:21,633 A JOB AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND I 687 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:22,667 DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO A BUDGET, 688 00:23:22,667 --> 00:23:24,536 HE SAID, YOU CAN DO IT. HE 689 00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:28,240 ALWAYS SAID THAT. AND PEOPLE IN 690 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:29,975 NEIGHBORHOODS SEE HIM. WHEN I'M 691 00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:31,743 ASSIGNED SOMETHING THAT'S HARD 692 00:23:31,743 --> 00:23:34,713 FOR ME, I ALWAYS HAVE MY BROTHER 693 00:23:34,713 --> 00:23:35,347 BECAUSE MY FAVORITE THING TO SAY 694 00:23:35,347 --> 00:23:38,083 IS, I'LL TELL MY BIG BROTHER ON 695 00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:41,586 YOU AND TONY, I KNOW I'M HERE 696 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:42,788 BECAUSE OF SOME THINGS I'VE 697 00:23:42,788 --> 00:23:45,590 DONE, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M HERE 698 00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:47,125 BECAUSE OF YOU. AND NOW THE 699 00:23:47,125 --> 00:23:47,926 WHOLE WORLD KNOWS IT. AND I LOVE 700 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:49,261 YOU WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL. 701 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:52,964 AND HE WAS MY ONLY BROTHER TO 702 00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:53,465 REALLY SURVIVE VIETNAM. 703 00:23:53,465 --> 00:23:56,501 -- OH IMPOSSIBLE. 704 00:23:56,501 --> 00:23:56,835 -- [APPLAUSE] 705 00:23:56,835 --> 00:23:58,737 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, BIG 706 00:23:58,737 --> 00:23:59,838 BROTHER. BROTHERS. LOVE IS THE 707 00:23:59,838 --> 00:24:01,006 ONLY LOVE YOU DON'T HAVE TO 708 00:24:01,006 --> 00:24:03,108 EARN. HE WOULD TAKE ME OUT WHEN 709 00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:04,176 I COULDN'T GET A DATE. KIND OF 710 00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:06,878 LIKE NOW. HE TAKES ME OUT. HE 711 00:24:06,878 --> 00:24:07,746 MADE ME BELIEVE I WAS BEAUTIFUL. 712 00:24:07,746 --> 00:24:09,014 AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO GO SO LONG 713 00:24:09,014 --> 00:24:11,917 ON YOU. BUT I LOVE YOU. AND I 714 00:24:11,917 --> 00:24:13,618 WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU 715 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:14,719 AND MY GRANDSON. RAISE YOUR 716 00:24:14,719 --> 00:24:18,190 HAND. RAISE YOUR HAND. LEMON 717 00:24:18,190 --> 00:24:19,424 STEVENS. WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHY I 718 00:24:19,424 --> 00:24:21,927 WORK SO LONG IS BECAUSE HE WAS. 719 00:24:21,927 --> 00:24:23,528 I WANTED MY DAUGHTERS TO HAVE 720 00:24:23,528 --> 00:24:24,029 HOUSES AND I WANTED MY 721 00:24:24,029 --> 00:24:24,763 GRANDCHILDREN. I HAVE TEN TO 722 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:26,832 EITHER GO TO COLLEGE OR GET A 723 00:24:26,832 --> 00:24:28,200 HOUSE. AND IF YOU HURRY UP, YOU 724 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,668 CAN GET BOTH. AND HE WORKED IN 725 00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:31,803 THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, 726 00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:33,738 WENT TO CHINA, AND HE'S NOW BACK 727 00:24:33,738 --> 00:24:35,340 WITH HIS DEGREE IN LIBRARY 728 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:36,908 SCIENCE, AND HE'S TEACHING IN A 729 00:24:36,908 --> 00:24:41,279 SCHOOL FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS. 730 00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:41,680 AND HE TOOK ALL. 731 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,082 -- [APPLAUSE] 732 00:24:44,082 --> 00:24:45,817 -- HE TOOK ALL OF MY BEST QUOTES 733 00:24:45,817 --> 00:24:48,520 TO SCHOOL LAST FALL FOR THOSE 734 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:49,688 KIDS. BUT IT'S OKAY, BUT I'M 735 00:24:49,688 --> 00:24:51,623 GOING TO STOP NOW. BUT I JUST 736 00:24:51,623 --> 00:24:53,091 THANK ALL OF YOU WHO CAME. I 737 00:24:53,091 --> 00:24:54,192 CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE HERE. AND 738 00:24:54,192 --> 00:24:55,560 I GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO 739 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:56,795 VIVIAN PHILLIPS, BECAUSE EVERY 740 00:24:56,795 --> 00:24:58,296 TIME I TELL PEOPLE I KNOW HER, 741 00:24:58,296 --> 00:24:59,798 THEY SAY, I DON'T. 742 00:24:59,798 --> 00:25:00,131 -- [LAUGHTER] 743 00:25:00,131 --> 00:25:01,366 -- BUT I DO KNOW HER. I GREW UP 744 00:25:01,366 --> 00:25:03,501 WITH SOME EXCEPTIONAL, 745 00:25:03,501 --> 00:25:04,603 EXCEPTIONAL KIDS, EXCEPTIONAL 746 00:25:04,603 --> 00:25:06,838 KIDS. AND I'M JUST I'M JUST ONE 747 00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:08,373 OF THE CREW. BUT THANK YOU SO 748 00:25:08,373 --> 00:25:10,842 MUCH. THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME 749 00:25:10,842 --> 00:25:12,410 AND IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO MY 750 00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:13,511 MOTHER IF SHE WERE HERE. SHE'D 751 00:25:13,511 --> 00:25:14,980 SAY, BABY, GO SIT DOWN AND 752 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:18,083 SHE'D BE TALKING TO YOU, 753 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:19,050 TELLING YOU WHAT SHE THINKS SHE 754 00:25:19,050 --> 00:25:21,019 OUGHT TO DO. AND THE OTHER PART 755 00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:23,088 OF MY STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SAY 756 00:25:23,088 --> 00:25:24,522 IS THAT THE OLDER BLACK WOMEN 757 00:25:24,522 --> 00:25:26,224 SAID, WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE 758 00:25:26,224 --> 00:25:29,294 ABLE TO RIDE ABOVE THE FIFTH 759 00:25:29,294 --> 00:25:30,028 FLOOR, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO 760 00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:31,329 BLACK PEOPLE UP THERE. AND I, 761 00:25:31,329 --> 00:25:32,430 THANKFUL TO GOD, TO PAUL 762 00:25:32,430 --> 00:25:34,866 KRAABEL, WHO HAD THE AUDACITY TO 763 00:25:34,866 --> 00:25:35,467 HAVE TWO BLACK PEOPLE ON HIS 764 00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:36,935 STAFF, WHICH IS YOU THINK IT'S 765 00:25:36,935 --> 00:25:39,004 NOT A BIG THING. IT WAS A BIG 766 00:25:39,004 --> 00:25:40,739 DEAL. HE ALLOWED ME TO HIRE 767 00:25:40,739 --> 00:25:42,140 BRUCE HARRELL, WHO HAS BEEN MY 768 00:25:42,140 --> 00:25:44,643 MENTOR, MY FRIEND, THE, YOU 769 00:25:44,643 --> 00:25:46,845 KNOW, THE HONORABLE MAYOR. HE 770 00:25:46,845 --> 00:25:48,747 TAUGHT ME ONE LESSON I'LL NEVER 771 00:25:48,747 --> 00:25:50,215 FORGET. HE SAID, FIGHT JUST AS 772 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:51,249 HARD FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE 773 00:25:51,249 --> 00:25:52,751 PEOPLE WHO YOU DON'T LIKE IS THE 774 00:25:52,751 --> 00:25:53,919 ONES THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE 775 00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:55,654 WITH. AND THAT IS THE LESSON 776 00:25:55,654 --> 00:25:57,022 I'LL NEVER FORGET. SO I'M GOING 777 00:25:57,022 --> 00:25:59,591 TO I'M GOING TO JUST SAY THANK 778 00:25:59,591 --> 00:26:01,092 YOU. THIS MEANS SO MUCH. AND 779 00:26:01,092 --> 00:26:03,328 YOU. WE MAY NOT BE RIDING ABOVE 780 00:26:03,328 --> 00:26:04,129 THE FIFTH FLOOR, BUT YOU DON'T. 781 00:26:04,129 --> 00:26:08,767 YOU RUN IN THE SECOND, RIGHT? 782 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:09,267 -- [APPLAUSE] 783 00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:09,801 -- RIGHT. 784 00:26:09,801 --> 00:26:15,473 -- [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] 785 00:26:15,473 --> 00:26:20,312 [APPLAUSE] 786 00:26:20,312 --> 00:26:22,380 -- SO NOW I KNOW WE'VE DONE OUR 787 00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:22,580 TIME. 788 00:26:22,580 --> 00:26:23,915 -- SO NOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO 789 00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:24,916 NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO DETECTIVE 790 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:27,052 COOKIE. HOLD ON. WE'RE GOING TO 791 00:26:27,052 --> 00:26:27,886 I HEAR JUST ONE SECOND. WE'RE 792 00:26:27,886 --> 00:26:31,022 GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH MISS 793 00:26:31,022 --> 00:26:32,524 LIN. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO 794 00:26:32,524 --> 00:26:33,158 JUMP INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND 795 00:26:33,158 --> 00:26:34,593 THEN DETECTIVE COOKIE, IF YOU 796 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:35,493 WANT TO DO THAT, YOU'RE MORE 797 00:26:35,493 --> 00:26:37,262 THAN WELCOME TO JUMP IN AND DO 798 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:38,797 THAT. SO WE CAN JUST KIND OF 799 00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:39,831 MOVE THROUGH THE MEETING. AND I 800 00:26:39,831 --> 00:26:42,367 KNOW YOU ALL GOT TO GO UPSTAIRS 801 00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:43,234 TO 370 NEXT. SO WE'LL TAKE A 802 00:26:43,234 --> 00:26:44,369 PHOTO. MISS LIN, IF YOU'LL COME 803 00:26:44,369 --> 00:26:47,072 OVER HERE, WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO 804 00:26:47,072 --> 00:26:48,273 AND THEN WE WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO 805 00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:48,907 PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THEN I KNOW 806 00:26:48,907 --> 00:26:50,241 THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO 807 00:26:50,241 --> 00:26:53,812 TO 370 FOR A CELEBRATION. DID I 808 00:26:53,812 --> 00:26:57,115 WAS THAT A SURPRISE? SURPRISE? 809 00:26:57,115 --> 00:27:01,286 ALL RIGHT. AND THEN DEANNA LEE 810 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:01,753 WHERE'S DEANNA LEE? 811 00:27:01,753 --> 00:27:02,821 -- THERE SHE IS. OKAY, AWESOME. 812 00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:05,423 ALL RIGHT. OKAY. BE IN THE 813 00:27:05,423 --> 00:27:06,558 MIDDLE. YOU BE IN THE MIDDLE. 814 00:27:06,558 --> 00:27:08,760 -- HERE. YOU BE HERE. 815 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:09,861 -- OKAY. AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING 816 00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:11,162 RIGHT HERE. JUST RIGHT HERE. 817 00:27:11,162 --> 00:27:11,429 -- OKAY. 818 00:27:11,429 --> 00:27:13,865 -- WAIT, WAIT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 819 00:27:13,865 --> 00:27:20,605 READY? OKAY. RIGHT THERE. YEAH. 820 00:27:20,605 --> 00:27:24,643 SORRY. OKAY SORRY. OKAY. I 821 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:32,584 THOUGHT IT WAS FINE 822 00:27:32,717 --> 00:27:37,155 THANK YOU. 823 00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:38,857 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 824 00:27:38,857 --> 00:27:39,758 -- [APPLAUSE] 825 00:27:39,758 --> 00:27:42,861 -- THANK YOU. 826 00:27:42,861 --> 00:27:43,194 -- [APPLAUSE] 827 00:27:43,194 --> 00:27:43,728 -- GOOD. WE HAVE ONE. 828 00:27:43,728 --> 00:27:45,463 -- BROTHER, TONY. WE? YES. 829 00:27:45,463 --> 00:27:45,797 -- [LAUGHTER] 830 00:27:45,797 --> 00:27:46,398 -- YES. 831 00:27:46,398 --> 00:27:46,831 -- [LAUGHTER] 832 00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:47,265 -- TAKE A PICTURE. 833 00:27:47,265 --> 00:27:47,599 -- [LAUGHTER] 834 00:27:47,599 --> 00:27:47,932 -- WITH YOU. 835 00:27:47,932 --> 00:27:48,366 -- YES. ALL RIGHT. 836 00:27:48,366 --> 00:27:48,700 -- [LAUGHTER] 837 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:51,002 -- COME ON, COME ON. TONY. COME 838 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:51,169 ON. 839 00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:51,503 -- [APPLAUSE] 840 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:52,037 -- ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE. 841 00:27:52,037 --> 00:27:52,370 -- [APPLAUSE] 842 00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:52,837 -- COME ON. 843 00:27:52,837 --> 00:27:53,371 -- [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] 844 00:27:53,371 --> 00:27:53,605 -- NO, 845 00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:54,205 -- NO, NO. 846 00:27:54,205 --> 00:27:55,306 -- YOU'RE GOOD. NO WORRIES. 847 00:27:55,306 --> 00:27:55,640 -- ONE MORE. 848 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:56,674 -- YOU'RE. YOU'RE OKAY. COME 849 00:27:56,674 --> 00:27:59,044 ON, BROTHER TONY. COME ON, COME 850 00:27:59,044 --> 00:28:01,946 ON. BROTHER. I LIKE HIS WALK. 851 00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:02,213 -- OKAY. 852 00:28:02,213 --> 00:28:02,881 -- ALL RIGHT. WE'RE RIGHT HERE. 853 00:28:02,881 --> 00:28:04,349 -- YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO STAND 854 00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:04,716 NEXT TO HER. 855 00:28:04,716 --> 00:28:05,250 -- [LAUGHTER] 856 00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:06,684 -- I CAN'T, I CAN'T BUY YOU A 857 00:28:06,684 --> 00:28:06,985 NEW CAMERA. 858 00:28:06,985 --> 00:28:07,652 -- WE'RE RIGHT HERE. WE'RE 859 00:28:07,652 --> 00:28:09,688 RIGHT HERE. 860 00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:10,021 -- [LAUGHTER] 861 00:28:10,021 --> 00:28:10,555 -- CAMERA BREAKS. 862 00:28:10,555 --> 00:28:11,222 -- COME ON, COME ON, BROTHER 863 00:28:11,222 --> 00:28:14,359 TONY. RIGHT HERE. THAT'S RIGHT. 864 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:20,632 RIGHT. READY? 865 00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:20,965 -- HERE. 866 00:28:20,965 --> 00:28:21,366 -- YOU. 867 00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:23,001 -- AWESOME 868 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:24,669 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH 869 00:28:24,669 --> 00:28:30,375 -- [APPLAUSE] 870 00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:31,376 -- OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL 871 00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:33,478 SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS LIN. WE 872 00:28:33,478 --> 00:28:36,081 ARE SO, SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU. 873 00:28:36,081 --> 00:28:38,717 AYE. 70 OH, IT'S SO NEXT. I KNOW 874 00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:41,586 THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE 875 00:28:41,586 --> 00:28:42,921 TRANSITIONING TO THREE 370. 876 00:28:42,921 --> 00:28:45,023 YOU'RE POINTING DOWN. 303 70 877 00:28:45,023 --> 00:28:46,524 OKAY. BERTHA KNIGHT LANDES OKAY. 878 00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:47,659 370 WE'RE GOING TO BECAUSE 879 00:28:47,659 --> 00:28:48,860 WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO 880 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:50,028 OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. SO I 881 00:28:50,028 --> 00:28:51,062 KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO 882 00:28:51,062 --> 00:28:57,135 GO TO THREE, 370. SO. YES, 883 00:28:57,135 --> 00:28:57,635 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. 884 00:28:57,635 --> 00:28:58,536 ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING 885 00:28:58,536 --> 00:29:04,642 TO JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR PUBLIC 886 00:29:04,642 --> 00:29:05,276 COMMENT PERIOD RIGHT NOW. AND IF 887 00:29:05,276 --> 00:29:07,312 YOU'RE ON TV, WE'RE GOING TO 888 00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:07,846 PAUSE BECAUSE THERE'S A 889 00:29:07,846 --> 00:29:09,114 TRANSITION RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE 890 00:29:09,114 --> 00:29:10,915 GOING TO PAUSE REALLY QUICK 891 00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:15,053 BECAUSE THERE'S A ROOM CHANGE. 892 00:29:15,053 --> 00:29:17,555 -- 370 FOR A RECEPTION. YES. 893 00:29:17,555 --> 00:29:19,424 -- SO 370 IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE 894 00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:21,493 GOING. WE'RE AT EASE. YEAH, 895 00:29:21,493 --> 00:29:25,697 WE'LL SIGN HIM. SO WE'RE AT 896 00:29:25,697 --> 00:29:29,701 EASE RIGHT NOW. OH YEAH. THAT'S 897 00:29:29,701 --> 00:29:34,072 THAT. YEAH. THAT'S YOUR COPY. 898 00:29:34,072 --> 00:29:37,609 WE'LL GET IT TO YOU 899 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:38,777 -- THAT'S FINE. 900 00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:39,744 -- AND WE ARE GOING TO 901 00:29:39,744 --> 00:29:41,713 TRANSITION RIGHT INTO PUBLIC 902 00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:43,114 COMMENT PERIOD. SO WE'RE AT EASE 903 00:29:43,114 --> 00:29:45,016 RIGHT NOW. BUT WE ARE GOING TO 904 00:29:45,016 --> 00:29:46,251 DO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. SO WE 905 00:29:46,251 --> 00:29:49,053 DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE SIGNED UP. 906 00:29:49,053 --> 00:29:54,259 THANK YOU ALL. SO WE'RE STILL 907 00:29:54,259 --> 00:29:57,729 WE'RE STILL IN A COUNCIL 908 00:29:57,729 --> 00:30:01,466 MEETING. SO. 909 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,033 -- WHEN YOU'RE ON THERE. 910 00:30:02,033 --> 00:30:04,269 -- AND THEN I DON'T WANT TO BE 911 00:30:04,269 --> 00:30:06,871 ONLINE, BUT I CAN LOOK. OKAY, 912 00:30:06,871 --> 00:30:07,972 GREAT. AWESOME. IF YOU HAVE BEEN 913 00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:10,408 ONLINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE 914 00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:13,144 GOING TO TRANSITION INTO PUBLIC 915 00:30:13,144 --> 00:30:14,712 COMMENT PERIOD. THANK YOU ALL. 916 00:30:14,712 --> 00:30:17,248 YOU'RE JUST MAKING YOUR WAY TO 917 00:30:17,248 --> 00:30:25,323 370. THANK YOU ALL. SHOUT OUT. 918 00:30:25,323 --> 00:30:27,592 WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR 919 00:30:27,592 --> 00:30:31,763 EVERYONE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH 920 00:30:31,763 --> 00:30:36,668 WE ARE AT EASE RIGHT NOW. AND I 921 00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:38,736 SEE JOYCE WALKER HERE THE BEST 922 00:30:38,736 --> 00:30:40,772 BASKETBALL PLAYER THE STATE OF 923 00:30:40,772 --> 00:30:43,575 WASHINGTON HAS EVER SEEN. COACH 924 00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:44,909 JOYCE WALKER, MALE OR FEMALE, 925 00:30:44,909 --> 00:30:47,445 DOESN'T MATTER. 926 00:30:47,445 --> 00:30:47,846 -- AND AND JUDGE. 927 00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:49,047 -- BASKETBALL PLAYER IN THE 928 00:30:49,047 --> 00:30:49,948 ENTIRE STATE TO COME OUT OF 929 00:30:49,948 --> 00:30:52,483 STATE OF WASHINGTON. JOYCE 930 00:30:52,483 --> 00:30:54,085 WALKER NOT JAMAL CRAWFORD NOT 931 00:30:54,085 --> 00:30:55,553 NATE ROBINSON, NOT SPENCER 932 00:30:55,553 --> 00:30:58,489 HAWES. JOYCE WALKER. 933 00:30:58,489 --> 00:31:04,429 -- AND I DID SEE CP JUDGE WILLIS 934 00:31:04,429 --> 00:31:05,630 CRAWFORD. CRAWFORD HERE. JUDGE. 935 00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:05,897 CRAWFORD. 936 00:31:05,897 --> 00:31:07,098 -- CRAWFORD WILLIS IS HERE AS 937 00:31:07,098 --> 00:31:08,433 WELL. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING 938 00:31:08,433 --> 00:31:09,300 TO JUMP RIGHT INTO PUBLIC 939 00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:10,501 COMMENT. THANK YOU. IF YOU'RE 940 00:31:10,501 --> 00:31:11,436 WAITING ONLINE WE HAD A 941 00:31:11,436 --> 00:31:12,804 TRANSITION. WE HAD A LOT OF 942 00:31:12,804 --> 00:31:15,874 PEOPLE HERE. SO COLLEAGUES AT 943 00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:17,308 THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO OPEN 944 00:31:17,308 --> 00:31:18,710 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 945 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:20,044 PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO 946 00:31:20,044 --> 00:31:22,080 ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THE 947 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:22,614 INTRODUCTION OF REFERRAL 948 00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:24,082 CALENDAR, THE COUNCIL'S WORK 949 00:31:24,082 --> 00:31:27,151 PROGRAM, AND THE COUNCIL CANNOT 950 00:31:27,151 --> 00:31:27,585 ACCEPT COMMENTS ON 951 00:31:27,585 --> 00:31:29,954 QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS OR CAMPAIGN 952 00:31:29,954 --> 00:31:30,622 RELATED MATTERS. CLERK HOW MANY 953 00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:32,957 SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? 954 00:31:32,957 --> 00:31:34,425 -- WE HAVE EIGHT IN PERSON AND 955 00:31:34,425 --> 00:31:34,759 FOUR REMOTE. 956 00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:36,194 -- SO WE HAVE EIGHT SPEAKERS IN 957 00:31:36,194 --> 00:31:37,595 PERSON AND WE HAVE FOUR REMOTE. 958 00:31:37,595 --> 00:31:39,264 EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET TWO 959 00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:40,765 MINUTES AND WILL THE CLERK. 960 00:31:40,765 --> 00:31:44,903 WE'RE JUST. YEP, ONE SECOND. 961 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:45,570 WE'RE AT EASE. REAL QUICK. I 962 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:48,573 SEE YOU ALL RIGHT. WE'RE JUST 963 00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:50,708 MAKING A TRANSITION. OKAY. WILL 964 00:31:50,708 --> 00:31:53,711 THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC 965 00:31:53,711 --> 00:31:55,480 COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS 966 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:56,648 -- SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN 967 00:31:56,648 --> 00:31:58,116 THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE 968 00:31:58,116 --> 00:32:00,084 REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 969 00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:01,653 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 970 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:04,555 OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS 971 00:32:04,555 --> 00:32:06,357 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 972 00:32:06,357 --> 00:32:07,692 THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 973 00:32:07,692 --> 00:32:08,826 ALLOTTED TIME. TO ALLOW US TO 974 00:32:08,826 --> 00:32:12,563 CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. 975 00:32:12,563 --> 00:32:14,399 -- OKAY, AWESOME SPEAKERS. 976 00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:15,833 FIRST, WE HAVE MISS JACQUELINE 977 00:32:15,833 --> 00:32:17,201 WARE. THEN WE HAVE SHELLY, THEN 978 00:32:17,201 --> 00:32:19,971 WE HAVE PAUL, WE HAVE PATRICK, 979 00:32:19,971 --> 00:32:21,406 WE HAVE CATHERINE, WE HAVE 980 00:32:21,406 --> 00:32:24,676 PATRICIA, WE HAVE MISS YVETTE 981 00:32:24,676 --> 00:32:25,209 DANISH, AND WE HAVE DAVID 982 00:32:25,209 --> 00:32:26,010 HAYNES. GIVE US ONE SECOND. AND 983 00:32:26,010 --> 00:32:27,312 WHEN YOUR TIME, WHEN YOU START 984 00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:28,613 THE TIME WILL START. MISS 985 00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:30,682 JACQUELINE. 986 00:32:30,682 --> 00:32:32,383 -- I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU 987 00:32:32,383 --> 00:32:35,219 GUYS TOOK AWAY MY. AMEN CORNER. 988 00:32:35,219 --> 00:32:37,121 ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE OVER 989 00:32:37,121 --> 00:32:38,790 THERE WERE CERTAINLY GOING TO 990 00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:40,692 BACK UP AND SUPPORT. AND I KNEW 991 00:32:40,692 --> 00:32:42,327 A GOOD 90% OF THEM ABOUT WHAT 992 00:32:42,327 --> 00:32:44,062 I'M GETTING READY TO TALK 993 00:32:44,062 --> 00:32:45,496 ABOUT. SO THAT'S UNFORTUNATE 994 00:32:45,496 --> 00:32:47,231 THAT YOU HAD THEM GO EAT WHEN I 995 00:32:47,231 --> 00:32:49,467 HAD SOMETHING TO SAY. WITH THAT 996 00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:51,169 BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO TALK 997 00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:53,237 ABOUT LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, 998 00:32:53,237 --> 00:32:55,606 BUT BASED UPON WITH ALAN, RUTH 999 00:32:55,606 --> 00:32:57,775 SAID RUTH, WHO IS PART OF OUR 1000 00:32:57,775 --> 00:32:59,010 CONGREGATION. I HAVE KNOWN HER 1001 00:32:59,010 --> 00:33:00,278 FOR YEARS. I'M GOING TO DO A. 1002 00:33:00,278 --> 00:33:04,949 WHEREAS, WHEREAS ALAN RUTH 1003 00:33:04,949 --> 00:33:06,751 BUILDS COMMUNITY AND SHE DOES 1004 00:33:06,751 --> 00:33:09,120 NOT DIVIDE COMMUNITY THE WAY THE 1005 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,589 COMMUNITY WAS DIVIDED BY THE 1006 00:33:11,589 --> 00:33:12,156 CLOSURE OF LAKE WASHINGTON 1007 00:33:12,156 --> 00:33:13,624 BOULEVARD THREE MILES AS A 1008 00:33:13,624 --> 00:33:16,260 RESULT OF DISTRICT TWO, 1009 00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:17,628 REPRESENTATIVE EDDIE LIN WITH 1010 00:33:17,628 --> 00:33:20,365 SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR, DEVISED 1011 00:33:20,365 --> 00:33:22,633 COMMUNITY. WHEREAS JOY 1012 00:33:22,633 --> 00:33:24,068 HOLLINGSWORTH BUILDS COMMUNITY 1013 00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:25,937 AND DID NOT SUPPORT THAT THREE 1014 00:33:25,937 --> 00:33:28,473 MILE CLOSURE OF LAKE WASHINGTON 1015 00:33:28,473 --> 00:33:31,442 BOULEVARD THAT BARS COMMUNITIES 1016 00:33:31,442 --> 00:33:34,112 THAT BARS RESIDENTS THAT BARS 1017 00:33:34,112 --> 00:33:36,314 ANYONE INTERESTED IN DRIVING 1018 00:33:36,314 --> 00:33:38,716 THAT FULL STRETCH OF LAKE 1019 00:33:38,716 --> 00:33:39,450 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD DURING THE 1020 00:33:39,450 --> 00:33:42,920 SUMMER THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR 1021 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,089 A SPECIFIC GROUP AND A SPECIFIC 1022 00:33:45,089 --> 00:33:48,359 GROUP ONLY. WHEREAS JOY 1023 00:33:48,359 --> 00:33:51,095 HOLLINGSWORTH, WHO IS NOT A 1024 00:33:51,095 --> 00:33:54,265 DISTRICT TWO REPRESENTATIVE, 1025 00:33:54,265 --> 00:33:57,168 SUPPORTED RESIDENTS THAT LIVE 1026 00:33:57,168 --> 00:33:59,771 AROUND HOLGATE AND MARTIN LUTHER 1027 00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:02,039 KING WAY. WHEN WE HAD MY TIME IS 1028 00:34:02,039 --> 00:34:03,241 ALMOST UP. SO THAT BEING THE 1029 00:34:03,241 --> 00:34:06,911 CASE, WHAT I DO WANT TO SAY IS 1030 00:34:06,911 --> 00:34:08,646 THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SIMPLY DID 1031 00:34:08,646 --> 00:34:09,480 NOT DO THEIR HOMEWORK, DID NOT 1032 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,283 PAY ATTENTION, DID NOT REALIZE 1033 00:34:12,283 --> 00:34:13,851 THAT RESIDENTS AND VOTERS AND 1034 00:34:13,851 --> 00:34:16,621 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT 1035 00:34:16,621 --> 00:34:17,488 ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THAT 1036 00:34:17,488 --> 00:34:19,991 THREE MILE CLOSURE OF LAKE 1037 00:34:19,991 --> 00:34:22,994 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD DID NOT PAY 1038 00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:23,561 ATTENTION AND REALIZE THAT 1039 00:34:23,561 --> 00:34:26,764 SURVEYS WERE NOT DONE. TOWN HALL 1040 00:34:26,764 --> 00:34:29,300 HOUSE HALLS WERE NOT CONDUCTED, 1041 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:32,503 AND THE FULL SCOPE OF PEOPLE 1042 00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:33,504 THAT ENJOY THAT DRIVE WERE NOT 1043 00:34:33,504 --> 00:34:36,340 INVOLVED IN THE CHANGE. THANK 1044 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:36,541 YOU. 1045 00:34:36,541 --> 00:34:38,042 -- I'M CUT OFF. 1046 00:34:38,042 --> 00:34:39,177 -- THANK YOU, MISS JACQUELINE. 1047 00:34:39,177 --> 00:34:40,478 NEXT WE HAVE SHELLEY. SHELLEY 1048 00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:43,381 HERE, FOLLOWED BY PAUL SHELLEY 1049 00:34:43,381 --> 00:34:52,290 HERE. YES. HEY, WELCOME. 1050 00:34:52,290 --> 00:34:54,125 -- MY NAME IS SHELLEY MORRISON 1051 00:34:54,125 --> 00:34:56,027 AND I'M A MEMBER OF COEXIST, 1052 00:34:56,027 --> 00:35:00,031 AND I'M ALSO A CYCLIST WHO HAS 1053 00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:02,733 BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE 1054 00:35:02,733 --> 00:35:05,069 BICYCLE WEEKENDS ON LAKE 1055 00:35:05,069 --> 00:35:06,304 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD FOR OVER 40 1056 00:35:06,304 --> 00:35:09,307 YEARS. BUT I'M HERE TO EXPRESS 1057 00:35:09,307 --> 00:35:11,576 MY DEEP CONCERN OVER THE 1058 00:35:11,576 --> 00:35:14,479 INSTALLATION OF LOCKED, 1059 00:35:14,479 --> 00:35:16,714 PERMANENT GATES BETWEEN MOUNT 1060 00:35:16,714 --> 00:35:18,783 BAKER BEACH AND STAN SAYERS 1061 00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:21,419 PARK, LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD 1062 00:35:21,419 --> 00:35:23,955 IS A PUBLIC ARTERIAL AND A 1063 00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:25,857 PUBLIC PARK, AND THIS PROJECT 1064 00:35:25,857 --> 00:35:28,860 HAS HAD NO MEANINGFUL PUBLIC 1065 00:35:28,860 --> 00:35:31,195 PROCESS. IT'S BEEN RUBBER 1066 00:35:31,195 --> 00:35:34,398 STAMPED THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT 1067 00:35:34,398 --> 00:35:34,999 CITY DEPARTMENTS WITHOUT ANY 1068 00:35:34,999 --> 00:35:37,235 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TYPICAL 1069 00:35:37,235 --> 00:35:41,672 PUBLIC COMMENT. A NONPROFIT 1070 00:35:41,672 --> 00:35:42,306 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP PROMOTED 1071 00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:45,076 THESE GATES UNDER THE GUISE OF 1072 00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:47,078 SAFETY BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO 1073 00:35:47,078 --> 00:35:51,015 KEEP CARS OUT, BUT THEY HAVE 1074 00:35:51,015 --> 00:35:53,551 PROVIDED NO DATA SHOWING ANY 1075 00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:56,420 ACCIDENTS THAT WOULD WARRANT 1076 00:35:56,420 --> 00:35:58,122 THIS REASON. BUT PROBLEM IS, AS 1077 00:35:58,122 --> 00:36:00,091 DESIGNED, THESE STEEL GATES WITH 1078 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:02,994 CONCRETE BOLLARDS ARE CREATING 1079 00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:04,862 NEW HAZARDS THAT ARE LIABILITY 1080 00:36:04,862 --> 00:36:08,099 FOR THE CITY. THE GATES SPAN THE 1081 00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:10,334 ENTIRE ROADWAY AND HAVE VERY 1082 00:36:10,334 --> 00:36:12,904 LITTLE ROOM ON EITHER SIDE FOR 1083 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:14,772 PARTICIPANTS TO GET AROUND. THEY 1084 00:36:14,772 --> 00:36:17,108 ARE INSTALLED AT MOUNT BAKER 1085 00:36:17,108 --> 00:36:21,279 BEACH AND NEAR STAN SAYERS. 1086 00:36:21,279 --> 00:36:22,713 EXACTLY WHERE THE MOTORIZED 1087 00:36:22,713 --> 00:36:24,282 VEHICLES ARE TURNING IN TO GET 1088 00:36:24,282 --> 00:36:26,384 TO THE PARKING PLACE. SO THEIR 1089 00:36:26,384 --> 00:36:28,219 INCREASING INTERACTION WITH 1090 00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:31,022 CARS, THE ONE AT HOLGATE NEEDS 1091 00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:33,824 AN ADA REVIEW. THERE'S NO WAY A 1092 00:36:33,824 --> 00:36:36,494 WHEELCHAIR IS GOING TO ENTER 1093 00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:37,728 THERE, BUT FINALLY, THE THREE 1094 00:36:37,728 --> 00:36:43,267 LOCKED GATES. WILL BLOCK 1095 00:36:43,267 --> 00:36:45,536 EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND WE CANNOT 1096 00:36:45,536 --> 00:36:49,006 AFFORD ANY MORE INCREASED 1097 00:36:49,006 --> 00:36:50,541 EMERGENCY TIME ON A MILE AND A 1098 00:36:50,541 --> 00:36:52,443 HALF OF LAKE WASHINGTON 1099 00:36:52,443 --> 00:36:54,445 BOULEVARD. WE'VE ALREADY LOST 1100 00:36:54,445 --> 00:36:56,280 HAD A NEAR DROWNING. 1101 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,082 -- THANK YOU SHELLEY. 1102 00:36:58,082 --> 00:37:00,051 -- GO. SO PLEASE. YES. 1103 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:01,485 -- THANK YOU. SHELLEY. YOU CAN. 1104 00:37:01,485 --> 00:37:04,355 THANK YOU. SHELLEY. NEXT WE HAVE 1105 00:37:04,355 --> 00:37:06,724 PAUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND 1106 00:37:06,724 --> 00:37:07,325 THEN PATRICK. WELCOME, PAUL. 1107 00:37:07,325 --> 00:37:09,460 -- HI. BECAUSE I HAVE A BIT OF 1108 00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:10,528 TIME, I WILL FIRST START. I 1109 00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:13,064 FIRST WANT TO START WITH 1110 00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:15,466 THANKING YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1111 00:37:15,466 --> 00:37:17,868 HOLLINGSWORTH AS WELL AS EVERY 1112 00:37:17,868 --> 00:37:19,203 COUNCILMEMBER FOR INSISTING ON 1113 00:37:19,203 --> 00:37:21,105 GIVING US AT LEAST ONE MINUTE 1114 00:37:21,105 --> 00:37:22,707 EVERY TIME, INCLUDING WHEN IT 1115 00:37:22,707 --> 00:37:24,208 MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A 1116 00:37:24,208 --> 00:37:26,577 FOUR HOURS LONG MEETING LIKE 1117 00:37:26,577 --> 00:37:27,311 LAST WEEK. SO THANK YOU FOR 1118 00:37:27,311 --> 00:37:31,415 THAT. NOW, THAT BEING SAID, SOME 1119 00:37:31,415 --> 00:37:33,284 OF YOU ARE WORKING ON AN 1120 00:37:33,284 --> 00:37:35,519 ORDINANCE TO BAN SURVEILLANCE 1121 00:37:35,519 --> 00:37:37,288 PRICING. THE OTHERS WERE AWFULLY 1122 00:37:37,288 --> 00:37:40,558 SEE THAT LATER BUT I AM A BIT 1123 00:37:40,558 --> 00:37:41,192 SURPRISED TO SEE THAT IT WOULD 1124 00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:43,494 ONLY APPLY TO GROCERIES AND 1125 00:37:43,494 --> 00:37:47,331 HYGIENE PRODUCTS. SO I GET IT. 1126 00:37:47,331 --> 00:37:49,500 THE NECESSITIES ISSUE IS IF A 1127 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:51,736 STUDENT OR AN ARTIST COMPUTER 1128 00:37:51,736 --> 00:37:54,038 BREAKS, THEY NEEDED TO WORK, 1129 00:37:54,038 --> 00:37:55,806 DON'T THEY NEED IT TO REPLACE 1130 00:37:55,806 --> 00:37:58,776 IT? ISN'T THAT NECESSITY? IF A 1131 00:37:58,776 --> 00:38:01,212 KID IS PART OF A SPORTS TEAM, 1132 00:38:01,212 --> 00:38:02,813 THE GEARBOX DOESN'T MATCH 1133 00:38:02,813 --> 00:38:04,448 COMING. DOESN'T IT NEED TO 1134 00:38:04,448 --> 00:38:09,220 REPLACE THE GEAR TWO WEEKS AGO, 1135 00:38:09,220 --> 00:38:09,854 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER SAID THAT 1136 00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:11,889 WE DO NOT HAVE TO BUY PLANE 1137 00:38:11,889 --> 00:38:13,858 TICKETS. OKAY, WHAT IF WE HAVE 1138 00:38:13,858 --> 00:38:16,127 TO FLY TO A HEALTHCARE 1139 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:20,498 SPECIALIST OR A DYING PARENTS? 1140 00:38:20,498 --> 00:38:21,098 IS THE PERSONALIZED EXTORTION 1141 00:38:21,098 --> 00:38:23,167 THEN OKAY? BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT 1142 00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:25,169 IT IS. THAT IS PERSONAL 1143 00:38:25,169 --> 00:38:28,306 EXTORTION. SO, I MEAN, I GET THE 1144 00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:31,175 STRATEGY OF STARTING SMALL, THEN 1145 00:38:31,175 --> 00:38:33,277 EXPANDING. BUT THE ISSUE IS WHEN 1146 00:38:33,277 --> 00:38:35,313 WE LIMIT SUCH BILL TO THE 1147 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:37,982 NECESSITIES, WE MISS SOME OF THE 1148 00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:40,918 NEEDS AND THE ACTUAL NEEDS, AND 1149 00:38:40,918 --> 00:38:42,253 THE BIG COMPANIES MIGHT NOT MISS 1150 00:38:42,253 --> 00:38:43,120 THOSE NEEDS TO TAKE AS MUCH 1151 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,723 MONEY AS THEY CAN FROM US. SO 1152 00:38:45,723 --> 00:38:47,825 STILL, RESPECTING THE STRATEGY 1153 00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:49,226 OF STARTING SMALL, I WOULD 1154 00:38:49,226 --> 00:38:52,063 INVITE YOU TO CONSIDER HAVING AN 1155 00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:53,798 AMENDMENT READY FOR WHEN THIS 1156 00:38:53,798 --> 00:38:54,265 ORDINANCE COME TO THE 1157 00:38:54,265 --> 00:38:57,001 COUNCILMEMBERS. THAT WOULD 1158 00:38:57,001 --> 00:38:59,270 EXTEND THIS ORDINANCE FOR ALL 1159 00:38:59,270 --> 00:38:59,804 GOODS AND SERVICES WITHIN 1160 00:38:59,804 --> 00:39:01,205 SEATTLE. THANK YOU. 1161 00:39:01,205 --> 00:39:03,541 -- THANK YOU, PAUL. NEXT WE HAVE 1162 00:39:03,541 --> 00:39:04,575 PATRICK. THANK YOU PAUL. THANKS. 1163 00:39:04,575 --> 00:39:06,310 NEXT WE HAVE PATRICK, FOLLOWED 1164 00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:10,147 BY KATHERINE. IT'S PATRICK 1165 00:39:10,147 --> 00:39:12,216 HERE. WELCOME 1166 00:39:12,216 --> 00:39:13,851 -- YEAH. HI. MY NAME IS PAT 1167 00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:16,620 MCKEE. I LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE 1168 00:39:16,620 --> 00:39:18,122 COUNCILMEMBERS, SEATTLE TIMES 1169 00:39:18,122 --> 00:39:20,324 REPORTED THIS WEEK. METRO 1170 00:39:20,324 --> 00:39:20,958 SEATTLE IS EXPERIENCING A SURGE 1171 00:39:20,958 --> 00:39:23,661 IN ICE KIDNAPINGS ICE. OUT.ORG 1172 00:39:23,661 --> 00:39:24,295 REPORTS MORE ACTIVITY HERE LAST 1173 00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:26,364 WEEK THAN IN LOS ANGELES, 1174 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:28,299 ATLANTA OR D.C.. A WOMAN WAS 1175 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:28,899 TAKEN AT SEVENTH AND STEWART 1176 00:39:28,899 --> 00:39:30,334 THIS MORNING. MAYBE SHE WAS THE 1177 00:39:30,334 --> 00:39:31,535 WORST OF THE WORST. MAYBE SHE 1178 00:39:31,535 --> 00:39:33,337 WAS JUST HEADED TO WORK. LAST 1179 00:39:33,337 --> 00:39:34,739 WINTER WE WATCHED NEIGHBORS 1180 00:39:34,739 --> 00:39:35,573 STANDING UP FOR NEIGHBORS IN THE 1181 00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:38,109 FROZEN STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS, 1182 00:39:38,109 --> 00:39:39,810 PREVAILING AGAINST SECRET POLICE 1183 00:39:39,810 --> 00:39:40,544 AGENTS, TWO LEGALLY COMPROMISED 1184 00:39:40,544 --> 00:39:42,179 TO DISCLOSE THEIR OWN IDENTITIES 1185 00:39:42,179 --> 00:39:43,414 AND YET EMPOWERED TO USE LETHAL 1186 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:45,382 FORCE WITH IMPUNITY. FOR A 1187 00:39:45,382 --> 00:39:46,784 MOMENT, IT LOOKED LIKE NEIGHBORS 1188 00:39:46,784 --> 00:39:48,519 HAD WON, AND OUR CITY MIGHT BE 1189 00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:50,488 SPARED. BUT ICE TACTICS EVOLVE, 1190 00:39:50,488 --> 00:39:52,456 AND RESISTANCE ORGS AND 1191 00:39:52,456 --> 00:39:53,090 POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AREN'T 1192 00:39:53,090 --> 00:39:55,159 KEEPING UP. WHERE I LIVE, THERE 1193 00:39:55,159 --> 00:39:56,060 ARE MULTIPLE REPORTS SOME DAYS 1194 00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:57,661 AND IT HAPPENS SO FAST THEY'RE 1195 00:39:57,661 --> 00:39:59,563 GENERALLY GONE BEFORE RESPONDERS 1196 00:39:59,563 --> 00:40:00,531 ARRIVE. GONE. A NEIGHBOR 1197 00:40:00,531 --> 00:40:02,199 SNATCHED FROM THEIR FAMILY, 1198 00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:03,768 THEIR LIVELIHOOD, THEIR HOME. 1199 00:40:03,768 --> 00:40:05,636 MAYBE ONLY A CAR LEFT BEHIND ON 1200 00:40:05,636 --> 00:40:06,971 THE SHOULDER OUTSIDE THIS 1201 00:40:06,971 --> 00:40:08,339 CHAMBER. NOBODY CARES WHETHER 1202 00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:09,573 THE MAYOR SHOWED THE COUNCIL 1203 00:40:09,573 --> 00:40:11,075 SUFFICIENT RESPECT WHEN SHE 1204 00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:12,576 FIRED THE ABSENTEE POLICE CHIEF. 1205 00:40:12,576 --> 00:40:14,111 THAT'S YOUR PROCESS. WE NEED 1206 00:40:14,111 --> 00:40:15,346 THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THIS 1207 00:40:15,346 --> 00:40:16,614 URGENT CRISIS FOR PEOPLE WHO 1208 00:40:16,614 --> 00:40:18,482 ACTUALLY DO LIVE HERE AND HAVE, 1209 00:40:18,482 --> 00:40:21,252 FOR DECADES, THE GARDENER TAKING 1210 00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:21,886 IN WEDGEWOOD, THE CONTRACTOR IN 1211 00:40:21,886 --> 00:40:22,920 WEST SEATTLE, THE AMAZON 1212 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,856 DELIVERY GUY OUTSIDE OF AMAYA. 1213 00:40:25,856 --> 00:40:27,825 THIS WEEKEND, I GOT A CALL FROM 1214 00:40:27,825 --> 00:40:29,093 A FRIEND IN TEARS ASKING WHAT HE 1215 00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:30,461 SHOULD DO. A MAN HE'S WORKED 1216 00:40:30,461 --> 00:40:32,696 WITH FOR YEARS SWUNG BY HOME 1217 00:40:32,696 --> 00:40:33,831 DEPOT TO BUY SUPPLIES FOR A JOB 1218 00:40:33,831 --> 00:40:36,367 THEY WERE DOING AND NEVER CAME 1219 00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:37,902 BACK. HE'S IN WDC NOW. NOT THE 1220 00:40:37,902 --> 00:40:39,670 FIRST GUY KIDNAPED LEAVING HOME 1221 00:40:39,670 --> 00:40:42,807 DEPOT, BY THE WAY. CARING 1222 00:40:42,807 --> 00:40:43,407 NEIGHBORS HAD TO BABYSIT HIS 1223 00:40:43,407 --> 00:40:45,643 PICKUP FOR HOURS SO SPD 1224 00:40:45,643 --> 00:40:47,311 WOULDN'T IMPOUND IT. THAT SEEMS 1225 00:40:47,311 --> 00:40:49,346 LIKE A PROBLEM THE COUNCIL COULD 1226 00:40:49,346 --> 00:40:51,348 FIX RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? SO MANY 1227 00:40:51,348 --> 00:40:51,982 QUESTIONS. HOW ARE YOU LEADING 1228 00:40:51,982 --> 00:40:53,384 ON THIS ISSUE? WHO ARE YOUR 1229 00:40:53,384 --> 00:40:55,252 ALLIES? ARE BIG BOX STORES 1230 00:40:55,252 --> 00:40:57,388 SHARING FLOC DATA? IS THERE A 1231 00:40:57,388 --> 00:40:59,590 ROLE HERE FOR SPD OR UNARMED 1232 00:40:59,590 --> 00:41:01,592 CARE TEAMS? WHY IS ISIS LANDLORD 1233 00:41:01,592 --> 00:41:03,294 SABY CORP STILL REPRESENTED ON 1234 00:41:03,294 --> 00:41:06,397 THE CITY LIGHT BOARD? WHILE 1235 00:41:06,397 --> 00:41:08,732 PEOPLE ARE DOING GOFUNDME'S FOR 1236 00:41:08,732 --> 00:41:09,433 VICTIMS FAMILIES, FASCISTS ARE 1237 00:41:09,433 --> 00:41:11,402 TAKING OUR NEIGHBORS. IT'S A 1238 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:12,970 PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT ARE WE 1239 00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:15,906 GOING TO DO? THANK YOU. 1240 00:41:15,906 --> 00:41:17,842 -- THANK YOU PATRICK. NEXT WE 1241 00:41:17,842 --> 00:41:19,577 HAVE CATHERINE, FOLLOWED BY 1242 00:41:19,577 --> 00:41:22,079 PATRICIA, MISS YVETTE, WELCOME 1243 00:41:22,079 --> 00:41:27,518 CATHERINE, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA. 1244 00:41:27,518 --> 00:41:28,686 -- WHICH ONE OF THESE? I DON'T 1245 00:41:28,686 --> 00:41:29,987 DO THIS VERY OFTEN, SO FORGIVE 1246 00:41:29,987 --> 00:41:38,429 ME OKAY. SO I'M READY. MY NAME 1247 00:41:38,429 --> 00:41:40,931 IS CATHERINE ALEXANDER. I'M AN 1248 00:41:40,931 --> 00:41:41,632 EARLY MEMBER OF COEXIST, AND 1249 00:41:41,632 --> 00:41:43,033 I'M SPEAKING TODAY FOR MYSELF. 1250 00:41:43,033 --> 00:41:44,935 I NEED TO SPEAK TO THE LANGUAGE 1251 00:41:44,935 --> 00:41:46,837 THAT'S BEING USED TO ARGUE FOR 1252 00:41:46,837 --> 00:41:47,404 CHANGES ON LAKE WASHINGTON 1253 00:41:47,404 --> 00:41:48,372 BOULEVARD. WE HEAR WE'RE GOING 1254 00:41:48,372 --> 00:41:50,574 TO CLOSE IT TO CARS AND OPEN IT 1255 00:41:50,574 --> 00:41:53,043 TO PEOPLE, AS IF THE PEOPLE IN 1256 00:41:53,043 --> 00:41:54,845 THE CARS DON'T EXIST, OR THEY'RE 1257 00:41:54,845 --> 00:41:56,747 NOT EVEN HUMAN. HERE ARE TWO 1258 00:41:56,747 --> 00:41:58,482 STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE 1259 00:41:58,482 --> 00:41:59,750 DEPENDED ON CARS TO EXPERIENCE 1260 00:41:59,750 --> 00:42:01,518 THE LAKE. THERE ARE MORE OF 1261 00:42:01,518 --> 00:42:03,287 THESE STORIES. VERA WAS A 1262 00:42:03,287 --> 00:42:04,755 NEIGHBOR, AN ELDER WIDOW ON MY 1263 00:42:04,755 --> 00:42:06,657 BLOCK. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS PART 1264 00:42:06,657 --> 00:42:09,560 OF HER SUPPORT SYSTEM. WHEN 1265 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:10,227 NECESSARY, WE'D MADE SURE THAT 1266 00:42:10,227 --> 00:42:11,896 SHE COULD GET TO EVERYWHERE SHE 1267 00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:13,030 WENT NEEDED, AND EVERY TIME WE 1268 00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:15,199 DID, SHE'D ASK US TO DRIVE 1269 00:42:15,199 --> 00:42:16,834 ALONG THE LAKE OR ON THE WAY 1270 00:42:16,834 --> 00:42:20,037 HOME. IT MADE HER HAPPY. SHE'S 1271 00:42:20,037 --> 00:42:22,640 GONE NOW BUT THERE ARE OTHER 1272 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,142 VERA'S LIVING IN THE SOUTH END 1273 00:42:25,142 --> 00:42:25,976 WHO STILL FIND JOY IN A DRIVE 1274 00:42:25,976 --> 00:42:27,578 ALONG THE LAKE. AND THESE ARE 1275 00:42:27,578 --> 00:42:28,646 ALL PEOPLE. LUCAS WAS A YOUNG 1276 00:42:28,646 --> 00:42:30,281 MAN WHO HAD A TERRIBLE CANCER. 1277 00:42:30,281 --> 00:42:32,316 HE STAYED WITH FRIENDS IN THE 1278 00:42:32,316 --> 00:42:35,252 SOUTH END WHEN HE WAS HERE FOR 1279 00:42:35,252 --> 00:42:38,222 TREATMENTS. HE SAID THAT THE 1280 00:42:38,222 --> 00:42:40,457 LAKE BROUGHT HIM STRENGTH AS 1281 00:42:40,457 --> 00:42:41,992 THEY DROVE UP THE BOULEVARD TO 1282 00:42:41,992 --> 00:42:42,626 THE TREATMENTS, AND IT BROUGHT 1283 00:42:42,626 --> 00:42:44,395 HIM COMFORT. ON THE WAY HOME, 1284 00:42:44,395 --> 00:42:47,298 LUCAS WAS A PERSON. HE'S GONE 1285 00:42:47,298 --> 00:42:49,266 NOW, BUT THERE ARE OTHER. 1286 00:42:49,266 --> 00:42:52,069 LUCAS'S STILL HERE. CANCER 1287 00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:54,838 DOESN'T TAKE THE WEEKENDS OFF. 1288 00:42:54,838 --> 00:42:58,842 FROM THE BEGINNING, I'VE SENSED 1289 00:42:58,842 --> 00:42:59,677 A HESITANCY. HESITANCY FROM THE 1290 00:42:59,677 --> 00:43:01,679 CITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STORIES, 1291 00:43:01,679 --> 00:43:03,314 EVEN IF IT'S AS IT'S MADE. 1292 00:43:03,314 --> 00:43:05,316 DECISIONS THAT AFFECT US DEEPLY. 1293 00:43:05,316 --> 00:43:08,652 THIS DISRESPECT IS REALLY VERY 1294 00:43:08,652 --> 00:43:10,521 REAL TO US. AND THANK YOU SO 1295 00:43:10,521 --> 00:43:13,490 MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME. 1296 00:43:13,490 --> 00:43:14,959 -- THANK YOU. CATHERINE. NEXT WE 1297 00:43:14,959 --> 00:43:16,627 HAVE PATRICIA, FOLLOWED BY MISS 1298 00:43:16,627 --> 00:43:19,396 YVETTE AND THEN DAVID HAYNES 1299 00:43:19,396 --> 00:43:22,466 THEN WE'LL GO ONLINE. 1300 00:43:22,466 --> 00:43:22,933 -- THANK YOU. 1301 00:43:22,933 --> 00:43:23,834 -- BEFORE I START, I'M GOING TO 1302 00:43:23,834 --> 00:43:25,502 TALK ABOUT LAKE WASHINGTON 1303 00:43:25,502 --> 00:43:27,471 BOULEVARD TOO. BUT I JUST WANTED 1304 00:43:27,471 --> 00:43:29,840 TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION FOR A 1305 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,810 COUPLE OF EVENTS. THE CITY HELD 1306 00:43:32,810 --> 00:43:34,178 THIS THIS PAST WEEKEND. ONE WAS 1307 00:43:34,178 --> 00:43:36,413 THE BIG DAY OF PLAY WHERE WE GOT 1308 00:43:36,413 --> 00:43:38,882 TO REPRESENT OUR DETECTIVE 1309 00:43:38,882 --> 00:43:43,354 COOKIE CHESS CLUB AS A SPORT FOR 1310 00:43:43,354 --> 00:43:47,291 THE MIND, AND ALSO WE HAD A 1311 00:43:47,291 --> 00:43:52,863 JOINT EMERGENCY HUB DRILL IN 1312 00:43:52,863 --> 00:43:54,598 RAINIER BEACH AND IT WAS JUST 1313 00:43:54,598 --> 00:43:55,265 TERRIFIC. IT'S JUST A BRILLIANT 1314 00:43:55,265 --> 00:43:59,370 IT'S A BRILLIANT PROGRAM. SO I 1315 00:43:59,370 --> 00:44:00,504 DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT LAKE 1316 00:44:00,504 --> 00:44:03,507 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, AND I'M 1317 00:44:03,507 --> 00:44:06,110 SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER LIN IS NOT 1318 00:44:06,110 --> 00:44:10,280 HERE BECAUSE OF COURSE HE IS OUR 1319 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:16,987 COUNCILMEMBER. I'VE LIVED ON 1320 00:44:16,987 --> 00:44:17,821 ORCA STREET FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS 1321 00:44:17,821 --> 00:44:18,922 NOW, SO I'VE HAD A VERY GOOD 1322 00:44:18,922 --> 00:44:24,728 VIEW OF THIS. AND I THINK 1323 00:44:24,728 --> 00:44:27,598 EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THE HALF 1324 00:44:27,598 --> 00:44:28,932 CENTURY OF BICYCLE SUNDAYS, 1325 00:44:28,932 --> 00:44:29,600 WHICH HAPPENED ONCE OR TWICE A 1326 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:33,137 MONTH. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT 1327 00:44:33,137 --> 00:44:33,704 THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WAS THE 1328 00:44:33,704 --> 00:44:37,641 WHOLE CITY, I BELIEVE, WAS USED 1329 00:44:37,641 --> 00:44:38,242 UNIVERSALLY HAPPY FOR THAT, 1330 00:44:38,242 --> 00:44:40,310 INCLUDING THE HOSTING COMMUNITY. 1331 00:44:40,310 --> 00:44:44,882 IT WAS MUCH BELOVED. AND NOW WE 1332 00:44:44,882 --> 00:44:46,116 HAVE THIS IMPOSITION. AS YOU'VE 1333 00:44:46,116 --> 00:44:47,418 ALREADY HEARD THE DETAILS OF 1334 00:44:47,418 --> 00:44:50,654 THAT, AND ALSO THE LOCKING 1335 00:44:50,654 --> 00:44:52,823 GATES. I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE A 1336 00:44:52,823 --> 00:44:55,192 GATED COMMUNITY IN OUR 1337 00:44:55,192 --> 00:44:58,028 NEIGHBORHOOD. I WAS I 1338 00:44:58,028 --> 00:44:58,962 REPRESENTED FRIENDS OF SEWARD 1339 00:44:58,962 --> 00:45:02,166 PARK ON THE LAKE WASHINGTON 1340 00:45:02,166 --> 00:45:02,866 BOULEVARD VISIONING TASK FORCE. 1341 00:45:02,866 --> 00:45:07,204 SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT TASK 1342 00:45:07,204 --> 00:45:08,072 FORCE WAS OVERLOADED WITH FOLKS 1343 00:45:08,072 --> 00:45:09,640 WHO CAME IN WITH STATING THEIR 1344 00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:14,178 GOAL OF CLOSING THE BOULEVARD 1345 00:45:14,178 --> 00:45:18,282 PERMANENTLY. I DON'T OH, IS THAT 1346 00:45:18,282 --> 00:45:19,016 REALLY TWO MINUTES? OKAY. 1347 00:45:19,016 --> 00:45:19,383 -- 10 SECONDS. 1348 00:45:19,383 --> 00:45:21,652 -- I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S ABOUT 1349 00:45:21,652 --> 00:45:23,287 180 DEGREES FROM EQUITY. THANK 1350 00:45:23,287 --> 00:45:25,322 YOU. 1351 00:45:25,322 --> 00:45:26,457 -- THANK YOU. PATRICIA. NEXT WE 1352 00:45:26,457 --> 00:45:27,858 HAVE MISS YVETTE, FOLLOWED BY 1353 00:45:27,858 --> 00:45:28,926 DAVID HAYNES. AND THEN WE'LL 1354 00:45:28,926 --> 00:45:30,894 JUMP ONLINE TO L'OREAL. LAUREL. 1355 00:45:30,894 --> 00:45:32,796 EXCUSE ME. 1356 00:45:32,796 --> 00:45:34,565 -- THAT'S MY HEART 1357 00:45:34,565 --> 00:45:36,700 -- WELCOME, MISS YVETTE. 1358 00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:38,902 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. I PLEDGE 1359 00:45:38,902 --> 00:45:40,537 ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE 1360 00:45:40,537 --> 00:45:42,372 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO 1361 00:45:42,372 --> 00:45:44,041 THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT 1362 00:45:44,041 --> 00:45:46,410 STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 1363 00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:48,245 INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND 1364 00:45:48,245 --> 00:45:50,781 JUSTICE FOR ALL. I WANT TO ADD 1365 00:45:50,781 --> 00:45:52,483 ON TO HER STATEMENT ABOUT 1366 00:45:52,483 --> 00:45:54,852 CLOSING THE LAKE WASHINGTON 1367 00:45:54,852 --> 00:45:55,519 BOULEVARD. I'VE GOT A LOT OF 1368 00:45:55,519 --> 00:45:56,954 HITS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 4000 1369 00:45:56,954 --> 00:45:58,989 PEOPLE ARE AGAINST IT AS WELL. 1370 00:45:58,989 --> 00:46:00,724 AND ALSO, THE BIG DAY OF PLAY 1371 00:46:00,724 --> 00:46:02,392 WAS HELLA FUN. RAINIER BEACH 1372 00:46:02,392 --> 00:46:04,762 PLAYFIELD WAS ROCKING. I WENT 1373 00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:06,430 THERE, MY ONLY COMPLAINT WAS 1374 00:46:06,430 --> 00:46:07,631 THAT THE FOOD WAS NOT FREE, BUT 1375 00:46:07,631 --> 00:46:08,232 THAT'S A WHOLE 'NOTHER 1376 00:46:08,232 --> 00:46:09,833 CONVERSATION. I ALSO WANTED TO 1377 00:46:09,833 --> 00:46:12,369 COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT A LIN 1378 00:46:12,369 --> 00:46:13,070 RUTH. I WORKED WITH HER FOR 1379 00:46:13,070 --> 00:46:14,872 YEARS AND I WORKED WITH THE CITY 1380 00:46:14,872 --> 00:46:16,073 AND IN RECOGNITION OF WHAT SHE 1381 00:46:16,073 --> 00:46:19,176 HAS DONE AND MY ORGANIZATION 1382 00:46:19,176 --> 00:46:20,177 PERSONALLY HAS GOTTEN FUNDING 1383 00:46:20,177 --> 00:46:23,680 FROM THE FOOD EQUITY FUND TO 1384 00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:24,281 HELP ME TO CONTINUE FEEDING 1385 00:46:24,281 --> 00:46:25,883 ALMOST 2000 PEOPLE DIRECTLY AND 1386 00:46:25,883 --> 00:46:26,917 DIRECTLY EVERY MONTH. SO THE 1387 00:46:26,917 --> 00:46:32,956 FUNDING IS VERY MUCH 1388 00:46:32,956 --> 00:46:33,590 APPRECIATED. AND ALSO. BACKING 1389 00:46:33,590 --> 00:46:35,325 UP THE LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD 1390 00:46:35,325 --> 00:46:38,495 CLOSURE, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE 1391 00:46:38,495 --> 00:46:40,397 STILL. AND WE RELEASED LIKE AN 1392 00:46:40,397 --> 00:46:42,900 EXPLANATION OF HOW THAT DECISION 1393 00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:44,935 CAME ABOUT IN THE FIRST PLACE. 1394 00:46:44,935 --> 00:46:45,969 SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE 1395 00:46:45,969 --> 00:46:48,038 AND PUSH FOR SOME ANSWERS ON 1396 00:46:48,038 --> 00:46:49,907 THAT. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1397 00:46:49,907 --> 00:46:50,607 AND WE'LL SEE YOU DOWNSTAIRS. 1398 00:46:50,607 --> 00:46:52,309 ONCE THEY GOT THE FOOD READY TO 1399 00:46:52,309 --> 00:46:53,377 TO. 1400 00:46:53,377 --> 00:46:56,180 -- THANK YOU, MISS YVETTE. NEXT 1401 00:46:56,180 --> 00:46:56,813 WE HAVE DAVID HAYNES, AND THEN 1402 00:46:56,813 --> 00:46:58,949 WE GO ONLINE TO LAUREL ONLINE. 1403 00:46:58,949 --> 00:47:08,292 WELCOME, MR. HAYNES. 1404 00:47:08,292 --> 00:47:09,827 -- HI. THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES. 1405 00:47:09,827 --> 00:47:12,763 WHEN YOU EXEMPT MISDEMEANOR DRUG 1406 00:47:12,763 --> 00:47:17,067 CRIMES AND LOOK THE OTHER WAY ON 1407 00:47:17,067 --> 00:47:17,734 OVERSERVING BARTENDERS, YOU'RE 1408 00:47:17,734 --> 00:47:19,836 ALLOWING FOR AN ESCALATION OF 1409 00:47:19,836 --> 00:47:22,206 VIOLENCE WHERE RIVAL DRUG GANGS 1410 00:47:22,206 --> 00:47:22,840 ARE CLAIMING TERRITORY BECAUSE 1411 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:24,241 THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE BEARING 1412 00:47:24,241 --> 00:47:25,943 WITNESS TO PEOPLE GETTING AWAY 1413 00:47:25,943 --> 00:47:28,946 WITH DESTROYING OTHER PEOPLE'S 1414 00:47:28,946 --> 00:47:30,047 LIVES AND JUST RUINING THE 1415 00:47:30,047 --> 00:47:32,449 PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. AND YOU 1416 00:47:32,449 --> 00:47:34,952 ALL ARE PAYING THE HUMAN 1417 00:47:34,952 --> 00:47:35,619 SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO UNDERMINE 1418 00:47:35,619 --> 00:47:41,925 THE PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS. WHILE 1419 00:47:41,925 --> 00:47:42,559 PRIORITIZING SELF-DESTRUCTIVE, 1420 00:47:42,559 --> 00:47:45,529 JUNKIE THIEVING REPEAT OFFENDERS 1421 00:47:45,529 --> 00:47:47,030 WHO HAVE CAUSED SO MANY. 911 1422 00:47:47,030 --> 00:47:50,901 CALLS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DEEMED 1423 00:47:50,901 --> 00:47:52,035 SUITABLE TO DECIDE FOR 1424 00:47:52,035 --> 00:47:53,737 THEMSELVES HOW MUCH OF AN EFFORT 1425 00:47:53,737 --> 00:47:55,305 THEY'RE GOING TO PUT INTO 1426 00:47:55,305 --> 00:47:57,574 SOLVING THE CRISIS OF THEIR 1427 00:47:57,574 --> 00:47:58,208 SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS AND 1428 00:47:58,208 --> 00:47:58,876 THEIR WILLINGNESS TO LOOK THE 1429 00:47:58,876 --> 00:48:00,077 OTHER WAY ON ALL THESE EVIL, 1430 00:48:00,077 --> 00:48:02,346 PREDATORY DRUG PUSHERS WHO KEEP 1431 00:48:02,346 --> 00:48:03,880 SUPPLYING THE OPEN DRUG MARKETS 1432 00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:05,415 THAT THE POLICE CHIEF EXECUTIVE 1433 00:48:05,415 --> 00:48:08,252 STAFF KEEPS PUSHING AROUND THE 1434 00:48:08,252 --> 00:48:09,119 COMMUNITY, ALL ON THE OUTER EDGE 1435 00:48:09,119 --> 00:48:12,656 OF BELLTOWN. IT'S CALLED HELL 1436 00:48:12,656 --> 00:48:13,757 TOWN AND THE FRIGHT OF SEATTLE 1437 00:48:13,757 --> 00:48:16,126 IS BECAUSE OF YOUR WILLINGNESS 1438 00:48:16,126 --> 00:48:18,295 TO HIRE POLICE CHIEF EXECUTIVES 1439 00:48:18,295 --> 00:48:20,998 WHO GOT A TAINTED INTERPRETATION 1440 00:48:20,998 --> 00:48:22,065 OF COMMUNITY POLICING AND HAVE 1441 00:48:22,065 --> 00:48:23,934 ALLOWED FOR A WHOLE BUNCH OF 1442 00:48:23,934 --> 00:48:25,168 EVIL PREDATORS TO GET AWAY WITH 1443 00:48:25,168 --> 00:48:27,804 IT BECAUSE OF THEIR ILL SUITED 1444 00:48:27,804 --> 00:48:29,706 TRAINING TO PROACTIVELY SHUT 1445 00:48:29,706 --> 00:48:32,242 DOWN ALL THESE EVIL MISDEMEANOR, 1446 00:48:32,242 --> 00:48:34,711 PREDATORY, LOW LIFE DRUG PUSHERS 1447 00:48:34,711 --> 00:48:36,346 AND PIMPS, AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE 1448 00:48:36,346 --> 00:48:38,949 REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO ARE 1449 00:48:38,949 --> 00:48:40,851 CONNECTED TO THE UNDERWORLD THAT 1450 00:48:40,851 --> 00:48:42,219 YOU ALL KEEP PRIORITIZING FOR 1451 00:48:42,219 --> 00:48:44,421 HOUSING FIRST, WHICH HAS RUINED 1452 00:48:44,421 --> 00:48:46,156 IT FOR EVERYBODY. YOU ALL HAVE 1453 00:48:46,156 --> 00:48:48,258 ALLOWED FOR A VICTIMIZATION OF 1454 00:48:48,258 --> 00:48:50,294 ALL THESE INNOCENT, HOUSELESS 1455 00:48:50,294 --> 00:48:52,729 CITIZENS, BECAUSE YOU ALL 1456 00:48:52,729 --> 00:48:53,931 SARCASTICALLY IN YOUR POLICIES, 1457 00:48:53,931 --> 00:48:55,299 CLAIM YOU CAN PULL YOURSELF UP 1458 00:48:55,299 --> 00:48:57,034 BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS. THE THING 1459 00:48:57,034 --> 00:49:02,506 IS, IS THE 2026 BUDGET IS IS A 1460 00:49:02,506 --> 00:49:03,407 VIOLATION OF OUR RIGHTS. AND IT 1461 00:49:03,407 --> 00:49:05,509 GOT BRUCE HARRELL KICKED OUT, 1462 00:49:05,509 --> 00:49:06,343 JENNY DURKAN KICKED OUT AND ED 1463 00:49:06,343 --> 00:49:06,977 MURRAY KICKED OUT, AND YOU ALL 1464 00:49:06,977 --> 00:49:09,079 ARE STILL APPROPRIATING THE SAME 1465 00:49:09,079 --> 00:49:09,780 BAD SPENDING PRIORITIES THAT 1466 00:49:09,780 --> 00:49:11,715 STILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND 1467 00:49:11,715 --> 00:49:13,550 YOU ALL GOT TO GET RID OF THIS 1468 00:49:13,550 --> 00:49:16,453 TEN SECOND BEEF. IT'S TOO NOISY 1469 00:49:16,453 --> 00:49:17,087 WHEN YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO 1470 00:49:17,087 --> 00:49:17,721 MAKE YOUR POINT. IT GETS DROWNED 1471 00:49:17,721 --> 00:49:20,057 OUT, ESPECIALLY ON THE PHONE. 1472 00:49:20,057 --> 00:49:21,458 -- THANK YOU, MR. HAINES. SO NOW 1473 00:49:21,458 --> 00:49:23,627 WE'RE GOING TO GO ONLINE, 1474 00:49:23,627 --> 00:49:24,928 LAUREL. THEN WE HAVE ROSE. WE 1475 00:49:24,928 --> 00:49:33,437 HAVE CEDAR AND. ANDREW. LIN. 1476 00:49:33,437 --> 00:49:37,774 -- HI. HI. I'M CALLING BECAUSE I 1477 00:49:37,774 --> 00:49:39,242 WANTED TO VOICE STRONG SUPPORT 1478 00:49:39,242 --> 00:49:43,180 FOR COUNCILWOMAN RIVERA'S 1479 00:49:43,180 --> 00:49:44,147 RESOLUTION 32217 ON USING 1480 00:49:44,147 --> 00:49:47,985 EVIDENCE BASED BI NATIONAL 1481 00:49:47,985 --> 00:49:49,419 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES 1482 00:49:49,419 --> 00:49:50,721 PROGRAMING. I'M VERY UPSET WITH 1483 00:49:50,721 --> 00:49:52,089 HOW LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS IN 1484 00:49:52,089 --> 00:49:54,091 SEATTLE HAVE BEEN FUNDED TO 1485 00:49:54,091 --> 00:49:55,158 TACKLE THIS PROBLEM THAT I DO 1486 00:49:55,158 --> 00:49:57,194 NOT BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE 1487 00:49:57,194 --> 00:49:59,496 EXPERTISE TO DO. THEY SEEM TO 1488 00:49:59,496 --> 00:50:00,297 HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE, BUT I 1489 00:50:00,297 --> 00:50:02,933 THINK THAT REALLY HAS FAILED 1490 00:50:02,933 --> 00:50:04,101 GREATLY, AND I THINK SOME OF 1491 00:50:04,101 --> 00:50:06,837 THEM DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD. AND 1492 00:50:06,837 --> 00:50:08,105 I'M DISGUSTED WHEN I SEE LIKE 1493 00:50:08,105 --> 00:50:08,772 THE TRAGEDY OF THE BITE OF 1494 00:50:08,772 --> 00:50:10,907 SEATTLE BEING USED TO DIRECT 1495 00:50:10,907 --> 00:50:13,510 MORE MONEY TOWARDS THESE GROUPS 1496 00:50:13,510 --> 00:50:15,779 WHO WORKED TO ENABLE THESE GUN 1497 00:50:15,779 --> 00:50:19,716 OFFENDERS, REPEAT OFFENDERS TO 1498 00:50:19,716 --> 00:50:22,352 CONTINUE ON THE CALL IS VERY 1499 00:50:22,352 --> 00:50:22,919 MUCH COMING FROM WITHIN THE 1500 00:50:22,919 --> 00:50:24,554 HOUSE. THE CEO OF COMMUNITY 1501 00:50:24,554 --> 00:50:26,123 PASSAGEWAYS CAN BE SEEN ON VIDEO 1502 00:50:26,123 --> 00:50:28,492 BRAGGING ABOUT KEEPING VIOLENT 1503 00:50:28,492 --> 00:50:30,127 YOUTH GUN OFFENDERS OUT OF 1504 00:50:30,127 --> 00:50:32,429 INCARCERATION AND IN, QUOTE, 1505 00:50:32,429 --> 00:50:33,530 COMMUNITY UNQUOTE, AND BEING 1506 00:50:33,530 --> 00:50:36,800 ABLE TO WORK TO REMOVE 150 YEARS 1507 00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:38,702 OF INCARCERATION TIME. AND THEN 1508 00:50:38,702 --> 00:50:40,203 THE CITY COUNCIL WAS GOING TO 1509 00:50:40,203 --> 00:50:41,204 GIVE THEM MORE MONEY AFTER BITE 1510 00:50:41,204 --> 00:50:43,073 OF SEATTLE, DESPITE THE FACT 1511 00:50:43,073 --> 00:50:45,275 THAT THEIR ORGANIZATION AND 1512 00:50:45,275 --> 00:50:45,809 SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS ARE 1513 00:50:45,809 --> 00:50:46,743 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACT THAT 1514 00:50:46,743 --> 00:50:48,445 THE REPEAT GUN OFFENDERS WERE 1515 00:50:48,445 --> 00:50:50,680 STILL ON THE STREET, IT IS CLEAR 1516 00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:53,750 THESE GROUPS DO NOT WANT TO SEE 1517 00:50:53,750 --> 00:50:56,319 PEOPLE OF THEIR DEMOGRAPHIC 1518 00:50:56,319 --> 00:50:57,421 INCARCERATED. BUT I'M SORRY, BUT 1519 00:50:57,421 --> 00:50:58,789 THE CITY PANDERING TO THAT SORT 1520 00:50:58,789 --> 00:51:00,690 OF RACISM, RACIAL BIAS IS 1521 00:51:00,690 --> 00:51:02,459 DESPICABLE AND HAS COST PEOPLE 1522 00:51:02,459 --> 00:51:04,828 THEIR LIVES. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON 1523 00:51:04,828 --> 00:51:07,297 INNOCENT PEOPLE, NOT GUILTY 1524 00:51:07,297 --> 00:51:08,298 PEOPLE. I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S 1525 00:51:08,298 --> 00:51:10,734 SOME HELP AVAILABLE FOR GANG 1526 00:51:10,734 --> 00:51:12,002 MEMBERS AND PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH 1527 00:51:12,002 --> 00:51:14,538 THIS, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE FOCUS 1528 00:51:14,538 --> 00:51:17,307 AND CENTERING NEEDS TO BE DONE 1529 00:51:17,307 --> 00:51:18,775 ON INNOCENT PEOPLE, NOT ON 1530 00:51:18,775 --> 00:51:20,410 TRYING TO COERCE VIOLENT PEOPLE 1531 00:51:20,410 --> 00:51:24,181 WITH MORE FREE PROGRAMING AND SO 1532 00:51:24,181 --> 00:51:27,050 ON. AND I'M FRUSTRATED WITH 1533 00:51:27,050 --> 00:51:27,617 SEEING HOW COMMUNITIES ARE 1534 00:51:27,617 --> 00:51:30,687 REWARDED FOR THEIR HIGH RATES OF 1535 00:51:30,687 --> 00:51:33,023 VIOLENCE. AGAIN, I SUPPORT 1536 00:51:33,023 --> 00:51:36,793 RESOLUTION 322, ONE SEVEN. THANK 1537 00:51:36,793 --> 00:51:37,160 YOU VERY MUCH. 1538 00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:39,463 -- THANK YOU. LAUREL. OKAY, NOW 1539 00:51:39,463 --> 00:51:44,401 WE HAVE ROSE, FOLLOWED BY CEDAR. 1540 00:51:44,401 --> 00:51:46,036 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 1541 00:51:46,036 --> 00:51:47,604 ROSE. THERE YOU GO. 1542 00:51:47,604 --> 00:51:48,939 -- I HOPE YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME. I 1543 00:51:48,939 --> 00:51:51,842 AM CURRENTLY AT UW MONTLAKE 1544 00:51:51,842 --> 00:51:52,476 HOSPITAL, SO I JUST WANT TO. 1545 00:51:52,476 --> 00:51:53,810 I'M HOPING THAT THINGS ARE 1546 00:51:53,810 --> 00:51:55,479 COMING THROUGH. CLEARLY THIS 1547 00:51:55,479 --> 00:51:56,480 WEEK. I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO 1548 00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:58,381 TALK ABOUT. POLICE THAT HAVE 1549 00:51:58,381 --> 00:52:00,183 HAPPENED IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY 1550 00:52:00,183 --> 00:52:02,686 THIS THURSDAY, MY PARTNER CAME 1551 00:52:02,686 --> 00:52:06,389 DOWN WITH MENINGITIS AND HAD 1552 00:52:06,389 --> 00:52:10,760 THE. I CALLED THE. HER PARTNER 1553 00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:12,095 CALLED 911 IN ORDER TO TRY AND 1554 00:52:12,095 --> 00:52:14,631 GET HER HELP AND INSTEAD OF 1555 00:52:14,631 --> 00:52:16,233 SENDING AN AMBULANCE, WE HAD TO 1556 00:52:16,233 --> 00:52:17,434 WAIT TWO HOURS AND HAVE THE COPS 1557 00:52:17,434 --> 00:52:19,269 SHOW UP FIRST. BEFORE SHE WAS 1558 00:52:19,269 --> 00:52:21,605 ABLE TO GET THE HELP SHE NEEDED. 1559 00:52:21,605 --> 00:52:22,272 WE'RE LUCKY THAT SHE IS LIVING 1560 00:52:22,272 --> 00:52:24,841 AND THAT SHE IS BETTER AND WILL 1561 00:52:24,841 --> 00:52:26,743 PROBABLY AND WILL BE ABLE TO 1562 00:52:26,743 --> 00:52:28,411 BOUNCE BACK. BUT I DON'T KNOW 1563 00:52:28,411 --> 00:52:30,013 WHY WE ARE HAVING SUCH A THING 1564 00:52:30,013 --> 00:52:32,682 WHERE WE ARE HAVING BASIC CARE 1565 00:52:32,682 --> 00:52:35,886 IN OUR CITY THAT IS DENIED TO 1566 00:52:35,886 --> 00:52:36,520 -- INDIVIDUALS. WE SHOULDN'T 1567 00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:40,257 HAVE TO BUG THE CITY TO SEND 1568 00:52:40,257 --> 00:52:42,192 BASIC HUMAN SERVICES IN ORDER TO 1569 00:52:42,192 --> 00:52:43,460 HAVE INDIVIDUALS GET THE CARE 1570 00:52:43,460 --> 00:52:45,595 THEY NEED. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. 1571 00:52:45,595 --> 00:52:46,062 THIS IS ALSO FURTHER 1572 00:52:46,062 --> 00:52:47,364 UNACCEPTABLE WHEN WE HAVE 1573 00:52:47,364 --> 00:52:48,832 INDIVIDUALS, WE HAVE POLICE 1574 00:52:48,832 --> 00:52:50,634 OFFICERS THAT ARE HARASSING 1575 00:52:50,634 --> 00:52:52,235 HOMELESS PEOPLE, PRIMARILY IN 1576 00:52:52,235 --> 00:52:54,838 CAL ANDERSON PARK, FOR 1577 00:52:54,838 --> 00:52:56,606 CIGARETTES. I UNDERSTAND THAT IN 1578 00:52:56,606 --> 00:52:58,842 2015, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY 1579 00:52:58,842 --> 00:53:01,912 COUNCIL, THE PARKS BOARD SAID 1580 00:53:01,912 --> 00:53:03,780 THAT SMOKING IS NOT LEGAL IN 1581 00:53:03,780 --> 00:53:07,284 PARKS, BUT IT IS NOT AGAINST A 1582 00:53:07,284 --> 00:53:08,885 LAW IS AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS, 1583 00:53:08,885 --> 00:53:10,253 AS PER THE SEATTLE WEBSITE, THAT 1584 00:53:10,253 --> 00:53:12,722 IT IS PRIMARILY OF EDUCATION, OF 1585 00:53:12,722 --> 00:53:13,256 TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY 1586 00:53:13,256 --> 00:53:14,925 SHOULDN'T BE SMOKING IN THE 1587 00:53:14,925 --> 00:53:16,193 PARKS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE 1588 00:53:16,193 --> 00:53:16,793 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING 1589 00:53:16,793 --> 00:53:19,663 THREATENED WITH BEING DETAINED 1590 00:53:19,663 --> 00:53:20,330 AND ARRESTED FOR SMOKING 1591 00:53:20,330 --> 00:53:22,265 CIGARETTES IN THE PARK, SMOKING. 1592 00:53:22,265 --> 00:53:24,000 I MEAN, LET'S BE REAL. PEOPLE 1593 00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:26,703 ARE SMOKING CIGARETTES, WEED AND 1594 00:53:26,703 --> 00:53:27,337 OTHER THINGS IN THE PARK. BUT IF 1595 00:53:27,337 --> 00:53:29,539 WE'RE COMING DOWN ON PEOPLE 1596 00:53:29,539 --> 00:53:30,440 THAT LITERALLY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE 1597 00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:34,210 TO GO, NOT ONLY IS IT UNFAIR TO 1598 00:53:34,210 --> 00:53:35,245 THOSE INDIVIDUALS, IT IS ALSO 1599 00:53:35,245 --> 00:53:35,845 DESTROYING WHATEVER GOODWILL 1600 00:53:35,845 --> 00:53:37,247 YOU'RE TRYING TO GET WITH THE 1601 00:53:37,247 --> 00:53:38,882 CITY TO HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS. 1602 00:53:38,882 --> 00:53:40,517 WE CANNOT HELP THE INDIVIDUALS 1603 00:53:40,517 --> 00:53:43,286 THAT ARE HOMELESS IN PLACES LIKE 1604 00:53:43,286 --> 00:53:45,255 CAL ANDERSON, IF THEY DO NOT 1605 00:53:45,255 --> 00:53:47,991 TRUST YOU ALL BECAUSE THE COPS 1606 00:53:47,991 --> 00:53:48,825 ARE COMING AFTER THEM. WE NEED 1607 00:53:48,825 --> 00:53:49,426 YOU ALL TO CRACK DOWN ON THE 1608 00:53:49,426 --> 00:53:50,527 COPS AND MAKE THEM DO BETTER. 1609 00:53:50,527 --> 00:53:54,297 -- THANK YOU. ROSE. NEXT WE HAVE 1610 00:53:54,297 --> 00:54:01,905 CEDAR FOLLOWED BY ANDREW LIN 1611 00:54:02,138 --> 00:54:04,608 -- HELLO, HELLO. 1612 00:54:04,608 --> 00:54:08,745 -- MY NAME IS PETER AND I AM 1613 00:54:08,745 --> 00:54:12,582 HERE TO TALK ON THE COMING 1614 00:54:12,582 --> 00:54:15,685 COLLAPSE OF THE COUNTRY. PART OF 1615 00:54:15,685 --> 00:54:18,555 IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT 1616 00:54:18,555 --> 00:54:20,257 WE ARE GOING THROUGH A SECOND 1617 00:54:20,257 --> 00:54:22,959 GREAT DEPRESSION WITH A 1930s 1618 00:54:22,959 --> 00:54:24,527 STOCK MARKET CRASH, IN PART DUE 1619 00:54:24,527 --> 00:54:29,733 TO THE FACT THAT AI AND MASS 1620 00:54:29,733 --> 00:54:31,835 SURVEILLANCE CENTERS ARE 1621 00:54:31,835 --> 00:54:33,803 REPLACING JOBS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 1622 00:54:33,803 --> 00:54:36,239 OHIO, THEY SPENT $55 BILLION ON 1623 00:54:36,239 --> 00:54:38,341 SURVEILLANCE CENTERS, AND THEY 1624 00:54:38,341 --> 00:54:43,446 CREATED TEN JOBS. ANOTHER PART 1625 00:54:43,446 --> 00:54:44,414 OF THE REASON OUR COUNTRY IS 1626 00:54:44,414 --> 00:54:48,785 GOING TO COLLAPSE IS BECAUSE THE 1627 00:54:48,785 --> 00:54:50,353 SOLDIERS ABOVE THE LINCOLN 1628 00:54:50,353 --> 00:54:51,721 AREN'T GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO 1629 00:54:51,721 --> 00:54:55,025 COME HOME, BECAUSE AS, LIKE PAT 1630 00:54:55,025 --> 00:54:55,558 TILLMAN AND RACHEL CORRIE 1631 00:54:55,558 --> 00:54:57,727 BEFORE, THEY HAVE NOW BECOME MY 1632 00:54:57,727 --> 00:55:02,766 ABILITIES TO THE EMPIRE AS THEY 1633 00:55:02,766 --> 00:55:06,603 KNOW TOO MUCH AND THE FARMING, 1634 00:55:06,603 --> 00:55:08,605 THE FARMING COLLAPSE IS COMING 1635 00:55:08,605 --> 00:55:10,473 DUE TO EL NINO AND FARMERS NOT 1636 00:55:10,473 --> 00:55:15,412 BEING ABLE TO AFFORD CROPS AND 1637 00:55:15,412 --> 00:55:16,413 YEAH, I'M JUST ON THAT END. 1638 00:55:16,413 --> 00:55:19,115 I'M GLAD THAT THEY HAVEN'T. THE 1639 00:55:19,115 --> 00:55:22,819 PUBLIC HASN'T STARTED BLAMING 1640 00:55:22,819 --> 00:55:26,256 THE 1% AND OUR POLITICAL AND 1641 00:55:26,256 --> 00:55:27,891 CORPORATE AND BILLIONAIRE CLASS 1642 00:55:27,891 --> 00:55:28,992 FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT KIND OF IS 1643 00:55:28,992 --> 00:55:31,695 OUR FAULT. LIKE, I'M FROM A 1644 00:55:31,695 --> 00:55:32,729 RATHER WEALTHY BACKGROUND ON ONE 1645 00:55:32,729 --> 00:55:36,433 SIDE OF MY FAMILY AND YEAH 1646 00:55:36,433 --> 00:55:39,703 THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR ME. 1647 00:55:39,703 --> 00:55:43,873 -- THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE. 1648 00:55:43,873 --> 00:55:52,315 ANDREW LIN. STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 1649 00:55:52,315 --> 00:55:55,185 YOURSELF. LAST PERSON. 1650 00:55:55,185 --> 00:55:55,919 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1651 00:55:55,919 --> 00:55:58,755 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1652 00:55:58,755 --> 00:55:59,322 ANGELA MOSQUITO FROM PIERCE 1653 00:55:59,322 --> 00:56:00,523 COUNTY DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. 1654 00:56:00,523 --> 00:56:01,958 TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY 1655 00:56:01,958 --> 00:56:04,794 SUPPORT ON THE HISTORIC 1656 00:56:04,794 --> 00:56:06,896 PRESERVATION OF THE WILD STREET 1657 00:56:06,896 --> 00:56:07,464 FIELD HOUSE AND THE BURWELL 1658 00:56:07,464 --> 00:56:09,399 HOUSE DESIGNATED BY THE 1659 00:56:09,399 --> 00:56:09,999 LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD 1660 00:56:09,999 --> 00:56:15,205 UNDER CHAPTER 25.12 FROM COUNCIL 1661 00:56:15,205 --> 00:56:18,441 BILLS 12, 1274 AND 121273. 1662 00:56:18,441 --> 00:56:20,643 SAVING OUR LOCAL HISTORY AND 1663 00:56:20,643 --> 00:56:23,279 CULTURE FOR EDUCATED PURPOSES. 1664 00:56:23,279 --> 00:56:25,782 PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITY A 1665 00:56:25,782 --> 00:56:27,884 GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE 1666 00:56:27,884 --> 00:56:29,085 THOSE AREAS CAME FROM, ALONG 1667 00:56:29,085 --> 00:56:31,387 WITH HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN IN 1668 00:56:31,387 --> 00:56:32,789 COMPARISON TO THE PRESENT. FOR 1669 00:56:32,789 --> 00:56:34,891 IMPROVEMENTS IN OTHER AREAS TO 1670 00:56:34,891 --> 00:56:35,592 ACHIEVE A BETTER FUTURE. EACH 1671 00:56:35,592 --> 00:56:37,527 PLACE HAS A STORY TO TELL, FULL 1672 00:56:37,527 --> 00:56:40,830 OF LESSONS TO LEARN THAT BENEFIT 1673 00:56:40,830 --> 00:56:42,499 OTHER AREAS UNDER UPON 1674 00:56:42,499 --> 00:56:44,634 APPLICATION. THANK YOU. 1675 00:56:44,634 --> 00:56:45,702 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I 1676 00:56:45,702 --> 00:56:48,338 DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MORE IN 1677 00:56:48,338 --> 00:56:48,938 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 1678 00:56:48,938 --> 00:56:50,673 CLOSED. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT 1679 00:56:50,673 --> 00:56:53,176 PEOPLE TOOK THE TIME OUT TO COME 1680 00:56:53,176 --> 00:56:54,778 DO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR US. AND 1681 00:56:54,778 --> 00:56:55,411 FOR THE RECORD, I THINK THERE 1682 00:56:55,411 --> 00:56:57,113 WAS A COMMENT COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1683 00:56:57,113 --> 00:56:57,781 IS PRESENT. HE'S HERE, HE'S 1684 00:56:57,781 --> 00:56:59,182 ON, HE'S VIRTUAL. BUT JUST 1685 00:56:59,182 --> 00:56:59,883 WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT HE IS 1686 00:56:59,883 --> 00:57:01,251 HERE. AND I KNOW THAT HE'S 1687 00:57:01,251 --> 00:57:02,619 LISTENING TO EVERYTHING. SO 1688 00:57:02,619 --> 00:57:08,191 THANK YOU ALL AS WELL. AND. YES, 1689 00:57:08,191 --> 00:57:09,559 WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE RIGHT 1690 00:57:09,559 --> 00:57:11,661 INTO OUR COUNCIL MEETING. SO 1691 00:57:11,661 --> 00:57:12,262 THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND 1692 00:57:12,262 --> 00:57:13,363 TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY, FOR 1693 00:57:13,363 --> 00:57:14,564 COMING DOWN HERE TO GIVE PUBLIC 1694 00:57:14,564 --> 00:57:15,899 COMMENT. AND THE PEOPLE THAT 1695 00:57:15,899 --> 00:57:17,734 WAIT ONLINE AS WELL. WE DID A 1696 00:57:17,734 --> 00:57:18,368 PROCLAMATION AT THE BEGINNING, 1697 00:57:18,368 --> 00:57:20,036 AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO POWER 1698 00:57:20,036 --> 00:57:21,104 THROUGH OUR WONDERFUL MEETING. 1699 00:57:21,104 --> 00:57:25,508 THANK YOU ALL. IF THERE'S NO 1700 00:57:25,508 --> 00:57:27,477 OBJECTION, THANK YOU. IF 1701 00:57:27,477 --> 00:57:28,044 THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 1702 00:57:28,044 --> 00:57:29,679 INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 1703 00:57:29,679 --> 00:57:31,114 CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. 1704 00:57:31,114 --> 00:57:33,349 HEARING NONE, THE REFERRAL. 1705 00:57:33,349 --> 00:57:34,918 EXCUSE ME. HEARING NO OBJECTION. 1706 00:57:34,918 --> 00:57:36,986 THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL 1707 00:57:36,986 --> 00:57:38,621 CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE'S 1708 00:57:38,621 --> 00:57:40,657 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 1709 00:57:40,657 --> 00:57:41,925 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 1710 00:57:41,925 --> 00:57:43,460 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW 1711 00:57:43,460 --> 00:57:45,028 GOING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED 1712 00:57:45,028 --> 00:57:47,330 CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ON 1713 00:57:47,330 --> 00:57:48,565 CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE THE 1714 00:57:48,565 --> 00:57:50,266 MINUTES OF AUGUST 11th, 2026. 1715 00:57:50,266 --> 00:57:53,403 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE 277 1716 00:57:53,403 --> 00:57:55,638 PAYMENT OF THE BILLS 17 1717 00:57:55,638 --> 00:57:58,408 APPOINTMENTS FROM THE LIBRARIES, 1718 00:57:58,408 --> 00:57:59,843 EDUCATION AND NEIGHBORHOODS 1719 00:57:59,843 --> 00:58:01,778 COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS 1720 00:58:01,778 --> 00:58:02,378 COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO 1721 00:58:02,378 --> 00:58:03,446 REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT 1722 00:58:03,446 --> 00:58:05,381 CALENDAR? YOU DON'T WANT TO 1723 00:58:05,381 --> 00:58:06,950 REMOVE THE 17 APPOINTMENTS AND 1724 00:58:06,950 --> 00:58:09,352 VOTE ON THEM ONE BY ONE. OKAY, 1725 00:58:09,352 --> 00:58:10,253 AWESOME. THANK YOU. HEARING 1726 00:58:10,253 --> 00:58:11,287 NONE, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE 1727 00:58:11,287 --> 00:58:13,223 CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE A 1728 00:58:13,223 --> 00:58:13,690 SECOND? 1729 00:58:13,690 --> 00:58:13,990 -- SECOND. 1730 00:58:13,990 --> 00:58:16,759 -- AWESOME. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND 1731 00:58:16,759 --> 00:58:17,694 SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 1732 00:58:17,694 --> 00:58:18,394 CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1733 00:58:18,394 --> 00:58:20,230 CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF 1734 00:58:20,230 --> 00:58:23,099 THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 1735 00:58:23,099 --> 00:58:26,436 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1736 00:58:26,436 --> 00:58:26,736 -- AYE. 1737 00:58:26,736 --> 00:58:29,038 -- COUNCILMEMBER LYNN. 1738 00:58:29,038 --> 00:58:30,039 -- YES. 1739 00:58:30,039 --> 00:58:32,342 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 1740 00:58:32,342 --> 00:58:32,809 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1741 00:58:32,809 --> 00:58:34,477 -- AYE. 1742 00:58:34,477 --> 00:58:34,944 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1743 00:58:34,944 --> 00:58:36,646 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1744 00:58:36,646 --> 00:58:37,547 -- YES. 1745 00:58:37,547 --> 00:58:38,448 -- FIVE IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. 1746 00:58:38,448 --> 00:58:40,250 -- AWESOME. THE CONSENT CALENDAR 1747 00:58:40,250 --> 00:58:42,218 WILL. THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS 1748 00:58:42,218 --> 00:58:43,086 ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1749 00:58:43,086 --> 00:58:44,721 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 1750 00:58:44,721 --> 00:58:45,922 MINUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE 1751 00:58:45,922 --> 00:58:49,826 CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? 1752 00:58:49,826 --> 00:58:50,493 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 1753 00:58:50,493 --> 00:58:52,996 NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD. 1754 00:58:52,996 --> 00:58:54,631 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE, RESOLUTION 1755 00:58:54,631 --> 00:58:56,032 32214. REQUESTING THE CODE 1756 00:58:56,032 --> 00:58:56,599 REVISER TO REFORMAT TABLES 1757 00:58:56,599 --> 00:58:57,767 WITHIN THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 1758 00:58:57,767 --> 00:58:59,536 CODE TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL 1759 00:58:59,536 --> 00:59:00,370 ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES. 1760 00:59:00,370 --> 00:59:02,438 -- AWESOME. I'M THE SPONSOR 1761 00:59:02,438 --> 00:59:04,073 COLLEAGUE, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE 1762 00:59:04,073 --> 00:59:07,043 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 32214. IS 1763 00:59:07,043 --> 00:59:07,911 THERE A SECOND? 1764 00:59:07,911 --> 00:59:09,612 -- SECOND. 1765 00:59:09,612 --> 00:59:10,313 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 1766 00:59:10,313 --> 00:59:11,714 TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS 1767 00:59:11,714 --> 00:59:12,582 SPONSOR. I'LL ADDRESS IT VERY 1768 00:59:12,582 --> 00:59:14,851 QUICKLY. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S 1769 00:59:14,851 --> 00:59:15,485 OFFICE DRAFTED THIS RESOLUTION 1770 00:59:15,485 --> 00:59:17,253 AS A PART OF THE CITY'S 1771 00:59:17,253 --> 00:59:19,289 CONTINUING EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH 1772 00:59:19,289 --> 00:59:21,624 FEDERAL DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY 1773 00:59:21,624 --> 00:59:24,561 GUIDELINES THAT GO INTO EFFECT 1774 00:59:24,561 --> 00:59:27,230 APRIL 2027. THIS RESOLUTION 1775 00:59:27,230 --> 00:59:30,833 REQUESTS THE CODE IS REFORMAT TO 1776 00:59:30,833 --> 00:59:31,834 REFORMAT TABLES WITHIN THE 1777 00:59:31,834 --> 00:59:32,468 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO COMPLY 1778 00:59:32,468 --> 00:59:35,872 WITH ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES. 1779 00:59:35,872 --> 00:59:36,506 THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT WILL BE 1780 00:59:36,506 --> 00:59:37,440 UNDERTAKING MOST OF THE WORK 1781 00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:39,876 BRINGING THE CITY INTO DIGITAL 1782 00:59:39,876 --> 00:59:40,944 ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE. ARE 1783 00:59:40,944 --> 00:59:43,579 THERE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE 1784 00:59:43,579 --> 00:59:44,681 RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT. WILL THE 1785 00:59:44,681 --> 00:59:47,684 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 1786 00:59:47,684 --> 00:59:49,919 ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION? 1787 00:59:49,919 --> 00:59:50,520 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1788 00:59:50,520 --> 00:59:51,955 -- AYE. 1789 00:59:51,955 --> 00:59:52,488 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1790 00:59:52,488 --> 00:59:54,023 -- YES. 1791 00:59:54,023 --> 00:59:54,524 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1792 00:59:54,524 --> 00:59:56,659 -- YES. 1793 00:59:56,659 --> 00:59:57,193 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1794 00:59:57,193 --> 00:59:58,928 -- AYE. 1795 00:59:58,928 --> 00:59:59,662 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1796 00:59:59,662 --> 01:00:00,830 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1797 01:00:00,830 --> 01:00:01,064 -- YES. 1798 01:00:01,064 --> 01:00:03,333 -- FIVE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 1799 01:00:03,333 --> 01:00:04,500 -- RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AND THE 1800 01:00:04,500 --> 01:00:05,802 CHAIR WILL SIGN. WILL THE CLERK 1801 01:00:05,802 --> 01:00:07,937 PLEASE FIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 1802 01:00:07,937 --> 01:00:08,871 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? WILL 1803 01:00:08,871 --> 01:00:10,139 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 1804 01:00:10,139 --> 01:00:10,707 NUMBER TWO INTO THE RECORD? 1805 01:00:10,707 --> 01:00:11,641 -- THREE FOUR THE LIBRARIES, 1806 01:00:11,641 --> 01:00:13,009 EDUCATION NEIGHBORHOODS 1807 01:00:13,009 --> 01:00:15,211 COMMITTEE. AGENDA ITEM TWO. 1808 01:00:15,211 --> 01:00:15,778 COUNCIL 121274 RELATING TO 1809 01:00:15,778 --> 01:00:17,046 HISTORIC PRESERVATION. OPPOSING 1810 01:00:17,046 --> 01:00:18,348 CONTROLS UPON THE WILD STRATFORD 1811 01:00:18,348 --> 01:00:20,016 HOUSE. A LANDMARK DESIGNATED BY 1812 01:00:20,016 --> 01:00:20,917 THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION 1813 01:00:20,917 --> 01:00:21,951 BOARD. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS. 1814 01:00:21,951 --> 01:00:23,553 THE BILL PASSES. EXCUSE ME. THE 1815 01:00:23,553 --> 01:00:24,921 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL 1816 01:00:24,921 --> 01:00:25,989 PASS. 1817 01:00:25,989 --> 01:00:27,156 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AS CHAIR 1818 01:00:27,156 --> 01:00:28,391 OF THE COMMITTEE. YOU'RE 1819 01:00:28,391 --> 01:00:28,925 RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT THE 1820 01:00:28,925 --> 01:00:31,294 COMMITTEE REPORT. 1821 01:00:31,294 --> 01:00:32,395 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1822 01:00:32,395 --> 01:00:34,364 IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU. I'M 1823 01:00:34,364 --> 01:00:37,300 JUST. I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT BOTH 1824 01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:42,438 BILLS. ONE, TWO, 1274 AND 1825 01:00:42,438 --> 01:00:43,106 121273. BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH 1826 01:00:43,106 --> 01:00:45,808 LANDMARKS. THE LANDMARK 1827 01:00:45,808 --> 01:00:47,443 PRESERVATION BOARD FORWARDED TO 1828 01:00:47,443 --> 01:00:50,013 US FOR OUR APPROVAL. THE 1829 01:00:50,013 --> 01:00:52,915 CONTROLS AND INCENTIVES FOR THE 1830 01:00:52,915 --> 01:00:57,687 WILD STREET FIELD HOUSE AND ALSO 1831 01:00:57,687 --> 01:01:01,491 THE BIRD WALL BURR WALL HOUSE. 1832 01:01:01,491 --> 01:01:03,926 BOTH HAD. APPROVALS FROM THE 1833 01:01:03,926 --> 01:01:07,196 OWNERS OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS AND 1834 01:01:07,196 --> 01:01:10,099 OUR COMMITTEE WENT AHEAD AND 1835 01:01:10,099 --> 01:01:12,168 PASSED THOSE THROUGH AND ARE 1836 01:01:12,168 --> 01:01:12,835 RECOMMENDING RECOMMENDING FULL 1837 01:01:12,835 --> 01:01:14,871 COUNCIL TO ADOPT THESE. AND 1838 01:01:14,871 --> 01:01:18,041 THERE ARE VARIOUS REASONS WHY 1839 01:01:18,041 --> 01:01:19,442 THE LANDMARKS BOARD. THERE'S A 1840 01:01:19,442 --> 01:01:21,277 LIST OF ABOUT FIVE ITEMS THAT 1841 01:01:21,277 --> 01:01:24,781 THEY LOOK AT EACH OF THE HOUSE 1842 01:01:24,781 --> 01:01:27,283 AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOUSE 1843 01:01:27,283 --> 01:01:28,518 HOUSES OR THE STRUCTURES, AND IN 1844 01:01:28,518 --> 01:01:29,786 THIS CASE, WITH THEIR 1845 01:01:29,786 --> 01:01:31,821 GUIDELINES, THEY WENT AHEAD AND 1846 01:01:31,821 --> 01:01:33,856 PROPOSED THESE TWO. AND SO I 1847 01:01:33,856 --> 01:01:35,391 OFFER THEM FOR YOUR 1848 01:01:35,391 --> 01:01:37,060 CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, 1849 01:01:37,060 --> 01:01:38,194 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1850 01:01:38,194 --> 01:01:40,596 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 1851 01:01:40,596 --> 01:01:41,230 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ARE THERE 1852 01:01:41,230 --> 01:01:43,900 ANY COMMENTS REGARDING 1853 01:01:43,900 --> 01:01:44,767 RESOLUTION? EXCUSE ME ONE, TWO 1854 01:01:44,767 --> 01:01:49,505 OR EXCUSE ME. COUNCIL BILL 1855 01:01:49,505 --> 01:01:53,409 121274. OKAY, AWESOME. WELL 1856 01:01:53,409 --> 01:01:54,444 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 1857 01:01:54,444 --> 01:01:55,511 FOR YOUR WORK. I KNOW THAT YOU 1858 01:01:55,511 --> 01:01:57,480 HAVE A LOT IN YOUR COMMITTEE. 1859 01:01:57,480 --> 01:02:00,616 AND SO GETTING SOME OF THIS, YOU 1860 01:02:00,616 --> 01:02:02,518 KNOW, TECHNICAL STUFF THROUGH IS 1861 01:02:02,518 --> 01:02:03,920 ALWAYS A LIFT AS WELL. SO THANK 1862 01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:05,755 YOU SO MUCH. 1863 01:02:05,755 --> 01:02:06,289 -- THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL 1864 01:02:06,289 --> 01:02:10,393 PRESIDENT, IF I MAY JUST WANT TO 1865 01:02:10,393 --> 01:02:10,960 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL THOSE 1866 01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:12,595 APPOINTMENTS AND THEN THESE 1867 01:02:12,595 --> 01:02:13,796 PARTICULAR LANDMARKS ALSO, AS 1868 01:02:13,796 --> 01:02:15,898 YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITTEE HAD BOTH 1869 01:02:15,898 --> 01:02:18,134 THE LIBRARIES LEVY OR THE 1870 01:02:18,134 --> 01:02:20,203 LIBRARY LEVY RATHER, AND ALSO 1871 01:02:20,203 --> 01:02:22,972 THE FAMILIES EDUCATION, 1872 01:02:22,972 --> 01:02:23,606 PRESCHOOL PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION 1873 01:02:23,606 --> 01:02:25,007 AND EVALUATION PLAN. SO MOST OF 1874 01:02:25,007 --> 01:02:26,809 OUR COMMITTEE WORK HAD TO BE 1875 01:02:26,809 --> 01:02:29,612 USED FOR THOSE TWO VERY BIG 1876 01:02:29,612 --> 01:02:30,446 PIECES OF LEGISLATION. AND SO 1877 01:02:30,446 --> 01:02:31,114 THEN WITH THIS COMMITTEE, WE 1878 01:02:31,114 --> 01:02:32,548 WERE TRYING TO GET IN AS MANY OF 1879 01:02:32,548 --> 01:02:34,484 THOSE APPOINTMENTS AS WE COULD, 1880 01:02:34,484 --> 01:02:36,786 INCLUDING SOME OF THE LANDMARK 1881 01:02:36,786 --> 01:02:37,453 WORK. SO THANK YOU. 1882 01:02:37,453 --> 01:02:38,688 -- NO, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHY I 1883 01:02:38,688 --> 01:02:40,423 MENTIONED THAT, BECAUSE I WAS. 1884 01:02:40,423 --> 01:02:42,058 YEAH, A LOT A LOT OF TIME SPENT 1885 01:02:42,058 --> 01:02:44,927 ON, ON THINGS THAT ARE 1886 01:02:44,927 --> 01:02:46,496 IMPORTANT. SO WILL THE CLERK 1887 01:02:46,496 --> 01:02:47,096 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 1888 01:02:47,096 --> 01:02:51,567 PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 1889 01:02:51,567 --> 01:02:52,635 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1890 01:02:52,635 --> 01:02:53,069 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1891 01:02:53,069 --> 01:02:56,005 -- YES. 1892 01:02:56,005 --> 01:02:56,806 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1893 01:02:56,806 --> 01:02:59,142 -- YES. 1894 01:02:59,142 --> 01:02:59,675 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1895 01:02:59,675 --> 01:03:01,010 -- AYE. 1896 01:03:01,010 --> 01:03:01,477 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1897 01:03:01,477 --> 01:03:03,579 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1898 01:03:03,579 --> 01:03:03,813 -- YES. 1899 01:03:03,813 --> 01:03:05,148 -- FIVE IN FAVOR. NONE. OPPOSED. 1900 01:03:05,148 --> 01:03:05,982 -- CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE 1901 01:03:05,982 --> 01:03:07,583 CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE 1902 01:03:07,583 --> 01:03:10,353 TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 1903 01:03:10,353 --> 01:03:10,987 WILL WE PLEASE. CLERK, WILL YOU 1904 01:03:10,987 --> 01:03:13,222 PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE 1905 01:03:13,222 --> 01:03:14,590 INTO THE RECORD. 1906 01:03:14,590 --> 01:03:15,224 -- AGENDA ITEM THREE. COUNCIL 1907 01:03:15,224 --> 01:03:16,959 BILL 121273. LIN HISTORIC 1908 01:03:16,959 --> 01:03:18,995 PRESERVATION POSTING CONTROLS 1909 01:03:18,995 --> 01:03:20,062 UPON THE BOROUGH HOUSE. A 1910 01:03:20,062 --> 01:03:21,531 LANDMARK DESIGNATION BY THE 1911 01:03:21,531 --> 01:03:22,131 LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD. 1912 01:03:22,131 --> 01:03:23,733 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE 1913 01:03:23,733 --> 01:03:24,700 BILL PASS. 1914 01:03:24,700 --> 01:03:25,301 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. YOU 1915 01:03:25,301 --> 01:03:26,369 ALREADY SPOKE TO THIS. DID YOU 1916 01:03:26,369 --> 01:03:28,070 HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE 1917 01:03:28,070 --> 01:03:28,938 WE CALL ROLL? NO. AWESOME. WILL 1918 01:03:28,938 --> 01:03:30,673 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 1919 01:03:30,673 --> 01:03:33,576 ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 1920 01:03:33,576 --> 01:03:34,277 COUNCILMEMBERS? NO. WELL, WILL 1921 01:03:34,277 --> 01:03:35,178 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 1922 01:03:35,178 --> 01:03:40,183 ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 1923 01:03:40,183 --> 01:03:43,486 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1924 01:03:43,486 --> 01:03:43,953 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1925 01:03:43,953 --> 01:03:46,088 -- YOU'RE ON MUTE. 1926 01:03:46,088 --> 01:03:49,992 -- COUNCIL AGAIN 1927 01:03:49,992 --> 01:03:51,194 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1928 01:03:51,194 --> 01:03:51,427 -- YES. 1929 01:03:51,427 --> 01:03:53,863 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1930 01:03:53,863 --> 01:03:56,465 -- YES. 1931 01:03:56,465 --> 01:03:56,999 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1932 01:03:56,999 --> 01:03:57,300 -- AYE. 1933 01:03:57,300 --> 01:03:57,767 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1934 01:03:57,767 --> 01:03:59,302 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1935 01:03:59,302 --> 01:03:59,535 -- YES. 1936 01:03:59,535 --> 01:04:00,903 -- FIVE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 1937 01:04:00,903 --> 01:04:02,238 -- BILL PASSES. CHAIR WILL SIGN 1938 01:04:02,238 --> 01:04:04,740 IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE FIX MY 1939 01:04:04,740 --> 01:04:06,275 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 1940 01:04:06,275 --> 01:04:07,677 MY BEHALF? COLLEAGUES, THERE 1941 01:04:07,677 --> 01:04:08,711 WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE 1942 01:04:08,711 --> 01:04:10,112 CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE'S NOT A 1943 01:04:10,112 --> 01:04:12,281 RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND 1944 01:04:12,281 --> 01:04:14,083 ADOPTION TODAY. AND ARE THERE 1945 01:04:14,083 --> 01:04:15,484 ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE 1946 01:04:15,484 --> 01:04:17,553 THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE ADJOURN? 1947 01:04:17,553 --> 01:04:18,421 SO JUST A LITTLE QUICK UPDATE. 1948 01:04:18,421 --> 01:04:19,455 WE'VE REACHED THE END OF 1949 01:04:19,455 --> 01:04:22,058 TODAY'S AGENDA. SO THE CITY 1950 01:04:22,058 --> 01:04:24,460 COUNCIL WILL BE IN RECESS FROM 1951 01:04:24,460 --> 01:04:25,361 AUGUST THE 21st, WHICH IS 1952 01:04:25,361 --> 01:04:27,897 FRIDAY. NO ONE IS COUNTING DOWN 1953 01:04:27,897 --> 01:04:31,067 THREE DAYS UNTIL FRIDAY. AND 1954 01:04:31,067 --> 01:04:34,537 THEN WE WILL RETURN HERE 1955 01:04:34,537 --> 01:04:36,572 SEPTEMBER THE 4th AND THE NEXT 1956 01:04:36,572 --> 01:04:39,308 CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOT BE 1957 01:04:39,308 --> 01:04:40,676 UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE 15th AT 2 1958 01:04:40,676 --> 01:04:43,312 P.M.. SO WE ARE ON RECESS FROM 1959 01:04:43,312 --> 01:04:44,914 THE 21st THROUGH SEPTEMBER. THE 1960 01:04:44,914 --> 01:04:45,848 FOURTH GIVES US A WEEK BACK TO 1961 01:04:45,848 --> 01:04:48,818 DO WORK, AND THEN WE WILL RETURN 1962 01:04:48,818 --> 01:04:52,588 BACK IN CHAMBERS TO YOU ALL ON 1963 01:04:52,588 --> 01:04:55,524 SEPTEMBER THE 15th AT 2 P.M. AND 1964 01:04:55,524 --> 01:04:56,158 HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS 1965 01:04:56,158 --> 01:04:57,860 COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU ALL. 1966 01:04:57,860 --> 01:04:58,494 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COUNCILMEMBER 1967 01:04:58,494 --> 01:05:02,331 KETTLE, COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 1968 01:05:02,331 --> 01:05:02,965 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR HOLDING 1969 01:05:02,965 --> 01:05:04,433 DOWN THE QUORUM TODAY FOR OUR 1970 01:05:04,433 --> 01:05:06,202 LAST MEETING BEFORE RECESS. 1971 01:05:06,202 --> 01:05:10,773 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, 1972 01:05:10,773 --> 01:05:11,774 Y'ALL, AND. HEARING NO FURTHER 1973 01:05:11,774 --> 01:05:14,477 BUSINESS. THIS MEETING IS 1974 01:05:14,477 --> 01:05:16,178 ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. 1975 01:05:16,178 --> 01:05:16,512 -- THANK YOU. 1976 01:05:16,512 --> 01:05:18,814 -- THANK YOU 1977 01:05:18,814 --> 01:05:19,916 --