>>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
THE APRIL 23 MEETING OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS UTILITIES ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OF ARTS.
I AM LISA HERBOLD, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE AND JOIN MY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
O'BRIEN.
FOR TODAY'S AGENDA, WE HAVE A
START OF OUR MORNING WITH
PRESENTATION FROM CULTURAL
SPOTLIGHT AND FOLLOWED UP WITH
ITEMS OF BUSINESS AS FOLLOWS,
WE WILL HAVE OUR SECOND
APPOINTMENT MEANING PROPOSED
LOCKHART AS OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS AND EXPECT TO VOTE TODAY
AFTER A SECOND DISCUSSION.
THEN, WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION
ONLY OF AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO
THE MUNICIPAL WATERSHED RELATED
TO THE APPLICATION OF HERBICIDE
TO TREAT INVASIVE NON-WEED
SPECIES AND THEN FINALLY WE
WILL WRAP UP WITH PRESENTATIONS
FROM EACH OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMISSIONS ON THEIR 2019 WORK
CLIENTS.
WITH THAT, I WILL HEAD OVER TO
JENNY WHO CAN TELL US ABOUT OUR
CULTURAL SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION
TODAY.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
MY NAME IS JENNY AND I'M FROM
THE OFFICE OF OUR CULTURE.
I'M JOINED BY RAVEN.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS RAVEN TWOFEATHERS.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM ALBUQUERQUE
AND I'M HERE BECAUSE OF TRACY
RAPTOR.
SHE IS ONE OF THE THREE PEOPLE
WILL WHO WE HAVE THAT LEADS AND
SHE NEEDS ME TO GO INTO
RESIDENCY.
AS BUBBLY AS EVER AND AS
ENTHUSIASTIC AS EVER, SHE TELLS
ME YOU PROBABLY SHOULD GO TO
THIS THING.
KNOWING THAT IT WILL MAINLY BE
CLASSICAL ARTISTS, I HAD ONLY
JUST STARTED PASSING IT WHEN I
GOT INTO GROUPS, I GOT GROUPED
IN WITH THEM BUT I GET THERE
AND I PICK UP ONE OF THE OTHER
ARTISTS AND IT TURNS OUT THAT
WE GO THROUGH OUR WHOLE
INTRODUCTION IN FIGURING OUT
WHO IS IN WHAT PART OF THE CABIN
, WE GO THROUGH PRONOUNS AND
EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
WE ARE ALL NOW ON THE BINARY
SPECTRUM SO IT'S BRILLIANT.
WE ALL SEEM SUPER EXCITED TO GO
AND GET STARTED WITH THIS
RESIDENCY BECAUSE WE STAY UP
TALKING UNTIL 5 AM.
EVENTUALLY WHEN I WAKE UP THE
NEXT MORNING, WE WERE I DO NOT
FEEL THE CREATIVE ENDEAVOR
WHATSOEVER.
THINGS ARE CLICKING FOR ME AND
I DECIDE WE WILL JUST TAKE THIS
SLOWER THAN I EXPECTED.
I GO OUT WITH HUA AND WE ASK OR
WHICH WAS AMAZING.
>> SO, THE RESIDENCY WAS IMPORT
TOWNSMEN?
>> YES.
>> ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW
MANY ARTISTS WERE
PARTICIPATING?
>> IT WAS 5+.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO, WE GO OUT AND COME BACK
AND I'LL MAKE ARE ONE OF MANY
FAMILY DINNERS THAT WEEK AND
THEN WE GET TO GO AND WORK ON
OUR OWN PIECES TOGETHER.
FOR THE EXHIBITION.
SOME OR WORKING ON A ROADMAP.
IT'S THE MOST I CAN MANAGE TO
WORK UP TO WHICH GETS ME GOING
IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS AND
THEN I WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING
AND AN ABUSIVE EX TEXTS ME AND
ALL THE TERRIBLE MEMORIES COME
FLOODING BACK.
I TRY TO TAKE A WALK BUT
UNFORTUNATELY THAT MAKES THINGS
WORSE.
I GO BACK AND MAKE A BREAKFAST
BURRITO AND TRY TO CALM DOWN.
IT MANAGES TO KEEP IT FROM
GETTING WORSE AND THEN LET HUA
COMES BACK FROM THEIR WALK ON
THE BEACH AND THEY NOTICED THAT
SOMETHING IS OFF.
THEY ASKED ME WHAT IS IT AND DO
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AND I
SAY NO AND THEN IMMEDIATELY
START TALKING ABOUT IT.
ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE
MESSING WITH MY CREATIVE PROCESS
AND THAT I AM NOT DOING AS MUCH
WORK ON THE PRODUCT THAT I WILL
BE SUBMITTING BUT THEN THEY
COME BACK AND SAY THAT THERE IS
NO ONE PIECE THAT YOU COULD
EVER STRING YOURSELF OVER THAT
WOULD MAKE IT WORTH YOU LOSING
YOURSELF.
DOING AS MUCH WORK AS YOU CAN
ON YOURSELF IS DOING MORE FOR
YOUR ARTWORK AND YOUR ART AND
YOURSELF THAN ANYTHING ELSE
EVER COULD BE.
>> SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT, IT
SOUNDS LIKE .
>> ALL OF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN
IN ONE DAY.
I BLOCKED MY EX FINALLY AND
DURING THE DINNERS WE ARE ABLE
TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS
BEEN BOTHERING US AND ALL OF US
BUILT UP THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT
FOR INDIGENOUS ARTISTS AND
FINALLY ON THE LAST DAY I'M ABLE
TO GET THE ONLY RECORDING I
REALLY NEEDED FROM MY NEWFOUND
FRIENDS. TRACY AND ASIA HAVE
BEEN DOING SO MUCH INCREDIBLE
WORK FOR SEATTLE AND THE ARTS
COMMUNITY HERE AND THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT
WITH US.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A FANTASTIC
EXPERIENCE FOR YOU AND THE
OTHER ARTISTS.
>> VERY MUCH SO.
>> DO YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH
US ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED POST CREATIVE
PROCESS?
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I DID
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE
OF ATTENDING THE OPENING AND I
ALSO SAID I WOULD NEED TO GET
BACK BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT
GOING ON THAT DAY BUT MAYBE
JUST A QUICK SKETCH OF WHAT
FOLKS WILL EXPERIENCE IF THEY
ARE ABLE TO MAKE TIME TO GO DOWN
?
>> YEAH, DEFTLY.
AND SEVEN I BELIEVE THERE ARE
MULTIPLE CURATORS.
>> CORRECT.
WE HAVE OVER 200 INDIGENOUS
ARTISTS AND OVER 280 PIECES AT
KING STREET STATION.
WE ALSO HAVE A SHOW AT THE ART
GALLERY AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT CURATORS FROM ALL
OVER AND WE HAVE GAS CURATORS
AS WELL FROM THROUGHOUT
INDIGENOUS AMERICAS.
>> THE SHOW RUNS THROUGH AUGUST
3?
>> YES, A RUN THROUGH AUGUST 3
AND THREE MAY 4, I BELIEVE.
>> OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING
YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH US.
I AM REALLY GLAD THAT TRACY
RECTOR WAS ABLE TO HAVE THAT
MENTORING AND SUPPORTIVE ROLE
IN YOUR PROCESS AND THAT YOU
WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
THIS GROUNDBREAKING EXHIBIT.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH
US.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
>> LOOKING ONTO PUBLIC
COMMENT, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE
SIGNED UP AND THE FIRST IS
STEPHEN BYRD FOLLOWED BY TOUR
BELL.
>> I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF ORDINANCE 119502.
THIS IS ABOUT AUTHORIZING
LEGISLATION WHICH HAS DEVASTATED
THE DOWNSTREAM OF THE WATERSHED
AND THROUGH THE COMMUNITY-BASED
LUNCHEON. IT WOULD MINIMIZE THE
WATER QUALITY AND HABITAT
PROBLEMS THAT IT HAS CREATED.
HOWEVER, THE WATERSHED IS VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS UPSTREAM
AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FROM A
PERSPECTIVE TO CONTROL THE
WATERSHED.
THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IS
IN THE VERY LOW LEVELS AND FROM
THAT POINT OF VIEW, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THAT
LEVEL OF CONTROL.
THE AMOUNTS OF HERBICIDE USED
MAINTAINS THE LEVELS AND
CONTROLS AND WE HAVE REACHED
THIS PROJECT TO GET CONTROL
WITH THE PARTNERS SO IT HAS
BEEN A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY
RUN THAT HAS BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL.
WE SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE AND IT
IS TO BE USED AS SAFE IN THE
REGISTERED PRODUCT IS THE BEST
TOOL FOR THE JOB.
I URGE YOU TO GET THE TOOLS
THAT YOU NEED TO BE EFFECTIVE
AND SAFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> TOR BELLE.
>> HI, MY NAME IS TOR BELLE.
I TOO AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF
ORDINANCE 119502 FOR THE USE
OF THE WATERSHED.
WE TRUST THEY HAVE IN
PARTNERING WITH THE WATERSHED
FOR 15 YEARS OR MORE ON
RECREATION AND CONSERVATION
PROJECTS.
WE HAVE WORKED OUTSIDE OF THE
WATERSHED ON CONTROL AND HAVE A
GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE.
THE LIMITED USE OF THE LONG-
TERM NEED TO CONTROL IT IS
IMPORTANT IN THE WATERSHED AND
AS STEVE MENTIONED, IT VERY
MUCH IS THIS LONG-TERM
INTEGRATIVE PROCESS OF WORKING
DOWN THE ENTIRE LENGTH
THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED.
THIS IS A TOOL THAT HAS PROVEN
EFFECTIVE AND IS ONE THAT NEEDS
TO BE CONTINUED IN THE
WATERSHED.
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF
THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE INTO
THE BUSINESS REPORT TODAY.
WE WILL START WITH ITEM NUMBER
ONE.
>> ITEM ONE IS APPOINTMENT
01274.
APPOINTMENT OF MARIKO LOCKHART
AS THE DIRECTOR OFFICE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS FOR TERM OF
DECEMBER 31, 2021.
>> GOOD MORNING.
START WITH INTRODUCTIONS,
PLEASE.
>> MARIKO LOCKHART, INTERIM
DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS.
>> GOOD MORNING, SHEFALI
RANGANATHAN WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
>> WHO WOULD LIKE TO START?
>> I'M HAPPY TO.
GOOD MORNING ONCE AGAIN
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO
REINTRODUCE MARIKO LOCKHART AS
THE MAYOR'S NOMINEE TO HAVE THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AS WE
SPOKE ABOUT LAST MEETING.
MARIKO LOCKHART HAS A LONG
HISTORY AND EMPOWERING
COMMUNITIES AND LIFTING UP
VOICES OF THOSE WHOSE VOICES
ARE NOT TRADITIONALLY HEARD IN
THE COMMUNITY.
AS THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL
RIGHTS, HE HAS PLAYED A VITAL
ROLE IN HELPING TO STABILIZE
OFFICE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO
HELP CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT ITS
VISION OF ENSURING THAT CIVIL
RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED AND THAT
WE CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THROUGH
SEATTLE.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO MARIKO.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE A NEW STATEMENT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE
WORK OF OUR OFFICE IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY
THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND
THROUGHOUT THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY.
OUR OFFICE PLACES A VERY
IMPORTANT ROLE AND HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO DO EVEN MORE. IT
WOULD BE A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO
HELP GUIDE THIS OFFICE THROUGH
ITS NEXT PHASE OF TRANSITION
WHEREVER THAT MAY TAKE US.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND
FOR THE PUBLIC , THIS IS A
FOLLOW-UP TO THE COMMITTEE
MEETING ON APRIL 9. WE HEARD
SOME INITIAL ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND SPECIFICALLY FOLKS FROM
REPRESENTING THE CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMISSIONS PREPARED QUESTIONS
ON APRIL 9. WE DISCUSSED MANY
BUT NOT ALL OF THE ANSWERS TO
THOSE QUESTIONS.
THE COUNCIL BACK IN 2018 PASS
LEGISLATION THAT DEFINED SOME
OF OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT
THE PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE OF
THIS CONFIRMATION AND
SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT THE
INTEREST OF THE COUNCIL TO
INVOLVE THE COMMISSIONS MORE
THAN TYPICALLY SPELLED OUT IN
THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS.
THAT IS WHY WE WORK WITH THEM
TO COLLECT ANSWERS.
SHOULD THIS MOVE FORWARD, THE
COUNCIL TYPICALLY PREPARES AN
EXPECTATIONS LETTER AND I WILL
BE WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION
AS WELL AS PUTTING TOGETHER THE
EXPECTATIONS LETTER.
BECAUSE THE MAYOR APPOINTED THE
DIRECTOR AS INTERIM BACK IN 2018
, THAT IS WHAT LED TO THE
DECISION TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE
ABOUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IS
CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN AN
EXERCISE TO MAKE A
DETERMINATION ABOUT
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL
CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE.
BECAUSE OF THE DESIRE OF THE
COUNCIL TO PROTECT THAT WORK
AND HONOR THAT WORK, WE HAD
SOME HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS
THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ACTING ON
THIS PARTICULAR NOMINATION UNTIL
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE BULK
OF THAT AND I THINK WE HAVE.
APPRECIATE DIRECTOR LOCKHART
AND THE EXECUTIVE FOR WORKING
WITH ME ON THE TIMING AND
WORKING WITH THE REST OF THE
STAFF.
I APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE AND
ATTENTION TO THE PROCESS
GENERALLY AND TO THE COMMITMENT
OF THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE AS
WELL AS THE STAFF AND YOUR
ORGANIZATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS?
ú>> I DON'T.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION AND I'M EXCITED
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY MOVING
FORWARD.
I THINK I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR
THE REPORT BACK IN A MONTH OR SO
AND I DOUBT THAT IT WILL BE A
LONG PROCESS BUT I FEEL
CONFIDENT IN HAVING YOU AT THE
HELM TO SHEPHERD THINGS THROUGH
THAT PROCESS AND MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.
>> I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLLOW-
UP QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST
DISCUSSION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
HIGHLIGHTED THAT I THOUGHT WAS
REALLY HELPFUL WAS THAT THERE
ARE CHALLENGES FOR HOW TO
ADVANCE EQUITY WHILE
CONSTRAINED BY LAWS THAT ARE
AIMED AT ENSURING QUALITY.
YOU SPOKE TO THE FACT THAT
THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS TO
THE COMPLAINT BASED MODEL AND
THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
EXPLORING OTHER TOOLS TO GET AT
THE EQUITY ROLE.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT?
>> SURE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS
ARE ONGOING AND WE ARE IN
STRATEGIC PLANNING MODE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL
MEETINGS TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE.
RIGHT NOW, THE WAY OUR SYSTEM
WORKS, ANYONE CAN COME TO OUR
OFFICE WITH A COMPLAINT EITHER
IN PERSON, BY PHONE, OR ONLINE.
THERE IS A SCREENING PROCESS TO
DETERMINE IF IT IS
JURISDICTIONAL OR IF IT FALLS
WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF
SEATTLE AND REALLY THERE IS A
SET OF CRITERIA TO SEE IF IT
MAKES THE THRESHOLD OF AN
INVESTIGATION.
THAT IS THE ONE TOOL THAT WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, THERE
ARE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE
STARTING TO USE OTHER TYPES OF
REMEDIES AS WELL.
AT WHICH STAGE MIGHT WE OFFER
AND SUPPORT AND FACILITATE
OTHER TYPES OF RESOLUTIONS.
THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPTION OF
CONCILIATION THAT EXISTS IN OUR
PROCESS BUT THAT COMES AT A
LATER STAGE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY
SOMEONE COMING TO US WITH THEIR
INITIAL COMPLAINT THAT THEY
MIGHT BE MORE INTERESTED IN A
RESTORATIVE PRACTICE EARLY ON
AND NOT GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE
INVESTIGATION.
THOSE ARE GENERALLY QUITE
LENGTHY BECAUSE THEY ARE
THOROUGH.
THEY INVOLVE POTENTIALLY
LOOKING AT COMPARATORS AND
SEVERAL INTERVIEWS AND
RESEARCHING DOCUMENTATION AND
LOOKING AT EVERY ASPECT OF THE
COMPLAINT AND THE RESPONDENTS
INFORMATION AND RESPONSE.
SO, I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING
POSSIBILITY.
I WAS RECENTLY AT THE RECENT
EQUITY MEMBERSHIP MEETING IN
ALBUQUERQUE AND HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE
FOLKS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND
THEY ARE USING RESTORATIVE
PRACTICES AT DIFFERENT STAGES
AND ALSO INTERESTED IN
EXPLORING A NEW FIELD FOR THE
COUNTRY AND FOR PEOPLE ENGAGED
IN ENFORCEMENT.
SO, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE DO
THAT AND TO TAP IN THE EXISTING
RESOURCES LIKE THE DISPUTE
RESOLUTION TEAM AT THE CITY AND
ALSO HOW WE MIGHT TAP INTO
COMMUNITY RESOURCES AS WELL.
>> THAT IS REALLY EXCITING.
THE REASON I ASKED THIS FOLLOW-
UP QUESTION IS BECAUSE THAT
ALIGNS WITH SOME OF THE WORK
I'M TRYING TO DO AND BECAUSE OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING BOTH
FROM THE STAFF OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS AS WELL AS COMMISSIONS,
WE ARE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT
WE COULD WORK TO DESIGN A
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE APPROACH TO
THOSE INSTANCES WHERE THE CITY
ATTORNEY ADDS A CHARGE OF BIAS
ON TOP OF THE UNDERLYING CRIME
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PURSUING.
I'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO A
NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT DO THIS
KIND OF WORK AROUND OTHER TYPES
OF CRIMES AND TRYING TO SEE
WHETHER OR NOT A CURRICULUM
COULD BE DEVELOPED.
SO, I AM EXCITED TO WORK WELL
WITH YOU ON THAT.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING FIELD
AN OPPORTUNITY AND I WANT TO
MENTION THAT AS WE ARE ROLLING
OUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON ANTI-
HARASSMENT AND ANTI-
DESCRIPTION, WE NOW HAVE A NEW
CENTRALIZED INVESTIGATIONS UNIT
AND THE OFFICE OF THE EMPLOYEE
AND TOGETHER WITH THE OFFICE
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, WE ARE
LOOKING AT, ONE THAT THERE IS
NO WRONG DOOR AND THAT TOGETHER
WE WILL BE COORDINATING AND
ENSURING THE RESPONSE IS
APPROPRIATE AND SUPPORTIVE TO
WHATEVER COMPLAINT AND WHAT THE
COMPLAINANT IS HOPING TO
ACHIEVE.
NOT ONLY NO WRONG DOOR BUT
HOPEFULLY ALSO SOME CONSISTENT
PRACTICES FOR HANDLING THOSE
COMPLAINTS.
>> EXACTLY.
>> GOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT WAS THE MAIN QUESTION THAT
I HAD AS A FOLLOW-UP.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, GREAT, I WOULD LIKE
TO MOVE APPOINTMENT 01274 .
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE I.
>> I.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2 IS COUNSEL
BILL 119502.
AND COORDINATES RELATED TO THE
CEDAR RIVER MUNICIPAL WATERSHED
AMENDING THE POLICIES ADOPTED
BY 114632 TO PROVIDE FOR THE
LIMITED APPLICATION OF THE
HERBICIDE TO TREAT INVASIVE
NONWEIGHT SPECIES.
>> WELCOME.
HELLO.
LET'S START WITH A ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS ON THE LINE.
>> I AM JULIA MONK OR.
I AM THE SPECIES PROGRAM MANAGER
AT THE WATERSHED.
>> I AM AMY ON MARCH.
I'M THE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
DIRECTOR.
>> GREAT, WHO WOULD LIKE TO
KICK US OFF?
>> I WILL KICK US OFF AND PASS
IT TO JULIA.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE CONTEXT
TO THIS ORDINANCE REQUEST AND
GO BACK IN TIME A LITTLE BIT TO
THE SECONDARY USE POLICIES FOR
THE MUNICIPAL WATERSHED THAT WE
PASSED IN 1999 UNDER THE
ORDINANCE 114632.
>> 1989 .
>> YES, 1989.
SO, THIS ORDINANCE WAY BACK
WHEN CLARIFIED THE MISSION FOR
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL WATERSHED.
THE CEDAR RIVER MUNICIPAL
WATERSHED AND DOES NEED THE
PRIMARY MISSION AS HIGH-QUALITY
DRINKING WATER SUPPLY.
IT ALSO ARTICULATE A SECONDARY
MISSIONS OF PROTECTING FISH AND
WILDLIFE HABITAT AND MANAGING
TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL IN THE
WATERSHED AND PROTECT THEM FOR
HABITAT AND WATER SUPPLY.
THIS ORDINANCE CLARIFIED
POLICIES AND THE FIRST OF WHICH
WAS TO MAINTAIN WATERSHED ACCESS
WITH THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING
THE WATER SUPPLY AND THE SECOND
WAS TO CONTINUE FIRE PREVENTION
AND SUPPRESSION EFFORTS.
THE THIRD WAS TO ADVANCE IN
EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO INFORM
USERS OF THE WATER ABOUT WHERE
THEIR WATER COMES FROM AND THE
UNIQUE ASSET OF THE MUNICIPAL
WATERSHED AND TO CONDUCT
RESEARCH THAT WAS RELEVANT TO
THE MANAGEMENT AND THE LONG-
TERM.
THERE ARE ALSO POLICIES TO
PROTECT CULTURAL RESOURCES IN
THE LAST POLICY I WILL MENTION
IS TO CONTINUE ON HERBICIDE
APPLICATION IN THE CEDAR RIVER
WITH THE MUNICIPAL WATERSHED.
WE ARE HERE FOR THE FOURTH TIME
TO REQUEST EXEMPTION TO THAT
PORTION OF THE SECONDARY USE
POLICIES AND TO REQUEST
EXCEPTION TO THE HERBICIDE
MORATORIUM FOR THE STRICT
PURPOSE OF APPLYING THE
HERBICIDE ON THE INVASIVE PLANT
SPECIES WHICH WE HAVE HEARD A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOR A PERIOD
OF THREE YEARS.
THAT IS THE CONTEXT.
I WILL PASS IT TO JULIA.
>> THANKS.
AS AMY MENTIONED, WE ARE HERE
TO REQUEST THE CONTINUED
TREATMENT OF KNOTWEED WITH
HERBICIDE WATERSHED. WE WORKED
FOR NEARLY 2 DECADES TO CONTROL
THE WATERSHED.
WE STARTED WITH MANUAL CONTROL
AND CHEMICAL CONTROL NINE YEARS
AGO.
IT HAS BEEN INTEGRAL TO THE
HEALTH OF THE WATERSHED TO
CONTINUE THIS NONWEIGHT
PROGRAM.
I WILL COVER OUR HISTORY AND
WHY WE CONTROL IT.
SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT SOME
OF THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE HAD IN
THE PAST THAT THEY MAY HAVE
CURRENTLY AND ALSO WHAT WE HAVE
DONE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
AS AMY MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A
GENERAL PROHIBITION OF
HERBICIDE IN THE WATERSHED AND
AFTER WE DISCOVERED THE
KNOTWEED IN 2002 AND WORKED FOR
EIGHT YEARS TO CONTROL IT, WE
CONTROLLED FOUR ACRES BY
DIGGING AND COVERING IT WITH
FABRIC AND THAT WAS LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF THE KNOWN
INFESTATION AT THE TIME.
EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE PATCHES
SHRUNK DURING THOSE EIGHT
YEARS, MOST OF THEM REMAINED
VIGOROUS AND WE REALIZED THAT
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO FULLY
TREAT THE INFESTATION USING THE
METHODS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
USING.
AND 2009 WE CAME TO COUNSEL AND
ASKED FOR THE USE OF THE
HERBICIDE TO TREAT KNOTWEED AND
WE RECEIVED AUTHORITY FROM CITY
COUNCIL THREE TIMES TO DO THAT.
WE ARE BACK ASKING FOR A FOURTH
TIME. BEGAN TREATING KNOTWEED
AND SINCE WE BEGAN TREATING IT,
WE HAVE HAD A DRASTIC DECREASE
IN THE COVERAGE. WE ESTIMATE
THERE HAS BEEN A 95% DECREASE
IN THE KNOTWEED AREA OR THE
COVERAGE OF LEAVES IN THAT TIME
SINCE 2011. WE HAVE ALSO
DECREASED OUR USE OF HERBICIDE
WITH THE DECREASE IN KNOTWEED.
IN THE EARLIER YEARS, WE USE
HUNDREDS OF OUNCES PER YEAR AND
IN 2018, WHEEZED THE TOTALS OF
10 OUNCES THROUGH THE 20 ACRES
AT THE KNOTWEED IS PRESENT.
>> AS A DRASTIC REDUCTION.
IS NOT ONLY BECAUSE THE NOT WE
COVERAGE HAS DECLINED OR ARE
THERE OTHER REASONS SUCH AS THE
METHOD THAT YOU ARE USING?
>> WE HAVE BEEN USING THE SAME
METHOD SINCE WE STARTED WHICH
IS A TARGETED SPRAY. IT'S JUST
A DECLINE IN THE COVERAGE THAT
ALLOWS US TO USE SO MUCH LESS.
SO, WE ARE ANTICIPATING A NEED
FOR MAINTENANCE OF A CONTROL
AND WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 5%
COVERAGE OF KNOTWEED.
WE WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 16 OUNCES
A YEAR AND WE THINK IT WILL BE
MORE THAN THE 10 OUNCES THIS
LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE FOUND
REALLY LARGE FLOWER AND PLANS
LATE IN THE SEASON THAT WE
DECIDED TO FLAG AND COME BACK
TO TREAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO
AVOID POLLINATORS BEFORE THEY
BEGIN FLOWERING.
WE HAVE LARGE AREAS OR LARGE
PLANTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
TREAT THIS YEAR SO THAT THE
AMOUNT WILL PROBABLY INCREASE.
>> IS THAT 5% COVERAGE?
ú>> YES.
>> 5% OF THE ENTIRE WATERSHED
OR THE AREA?
>> 5% OF THE ORIGINAL 20 ACRES.
WE HAVE DECREASED BY 95%.
SO, WE HAVE MULTIPLE REASONS
AND SO THOSE ARE ECOLOGICAL.
THERE IS MAJOR QUALITY IMPACTS
THAT NOT WE CAN HAVE ON STREAMS
THAT CAUSES EROSION AND IT
LIMITS HABITAT.
ALL OF THESE ISSUES CAN END UP
BEING NEGATIVELY IMPACT FULL TO
THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND
ALSO THE HABITAT THAT WE HAVE
ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SALMON
SPECIES IN THE CEDAR RIVER AND
WE ALSO HAVE CIVIC REASONS WHY
WE ARE CONTROLLING KNOTWEED. IT
IS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO CONTROL
ALONG THE CEDAR RIVER AND WE
ALSO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR
DOWNSTREAM GROUPS INCLUDING
KING COUNTY WHO CAME TO SPEAK
EARLIER AND THESE GROUPS HAVE
ALSO BEEN CONTROLLING KNOTWEED
ALONG THE CEDAR RIVER FOR OVER
A DECADE AND WE HAVE WORKED
CLOSELY WITH THEM TO COORDINATE
OUR TREATMENT DOWN THE CEDAR
RIVER AND WE ARE ALL USING
SIMILAR APPROACHES TO THE
METHOD.
A CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS
CORONATION IS MAINTAINING THE
UPSTREAM WORK.
AS MENTIONED, EVEN A SMALL
FRAGMENT OF KNOTWEED FLOWING
DOWNSTREAM CAN REROUTE AND
CAUSE A NEW POPULATION.
SO, CONTROLLING THIS UPSTREAM
WORK NOW THAT WE HAVE CLEARED
DOWN TO THE CEDAR RIVER IS A
CRITICAL PIECE TO THIS SUCCESS
OF OUR DOWNSTREAM PARTNERS.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION ? WITH
THE WORK BELOW, HAS IT HAD
SIMILAR SUCCESS WHERE THERE IS
JUST A FRACTION OF WHAT IS
LEFT?
I REMEMBER SEEING VARIOUS PLACES
.
>> I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT
EARLIER WITH KING COUNTY AND
NOT TELLING THEM OUR EXPERIENCE
, THEY SHOT BACK ALMOST THE
SAME NUMBERS OF ABOUT A 90 TO
95% REDUCTION LIMITED
RECURRENCES BUT STILL HAVING TO
TREAT YEAR AFTER YEAR AND THESE
PLANTS HAVE A REALLY LARGE ROOT
MASS.
YOU MIGHT TREAT ONE LITTLE PLANT
ON THE ROOT MASS BUT UNDER THE
GROUND, THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER
ONE THAT POPS UP THE FOLLOWING
YEAR.
THEY HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING
ALMOST EERILY SIMILAR RESULTS
TO US SO IT'S VERY CONSISTENT
ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CEDAR.
>> IS THAT ON BOTH PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC LAND?
>> YEAH, SO , I KNOW FOR TARA,
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND IT IS
REQUIRED BY KING COUNTY FOR
CONTROL SO THEY ARE REQUIRED.
>> SO IF THEY WANT TO HARVEST,
THEY CAN DO THAT?
>> RIGHT.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY MORE WITH
THE FIRST OF THESE ORDINANCES,
THE INFESTATION OF KNOTWEED WAS
NOT NECESSARILY ADJACENT TO THE
RIVER. A LOT OF IT WAS PLANNED.
DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW IT
GETS THERE?
DO BIRDS DROP PIECES OR HOW DID
IT HAPPEN?
>> THERE ARE CERTAINLY AREAS
THAT USED TO BE OCCUPIED BY
PEOPLE AND THOSE TOWNS HAVE
SINCE CEASED TO EXIST BUT SOME
OF THOSE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
REMAIN. ALSO, BACK 20 YEARS AGO
BEFORE IT WAS RECOGNIZED AS A
PROBLEM, IT WOULD GET MOWED
FREQUENTLY.
SO, THOSE SMALL FRAGMENTS WOULD
GET DISTRIBUTED ALL OVER THE
PLACE AND SOME OF THAT IS A
LITTLE BIT BY OUR OWN DOING
BEFORE ANYONE KNEW ANY BETTER.
SO, THERE ARE CERTAINLY PATCHES
THAT ARE ROADSIDE OR MORE
WETLAND AREAS THAT DIRECTLY
ALONG THE CEDAR RIVER.
I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OR A
GOOD PORTION OF OUR KNOTWEED
INFESTATION IS BEYOND JUST
STREAMBANKS.
SO, I WILL CONTINUE ON. WE
UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT THE PUBLIC
MIGHT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
HERBICIDE APPLICATION WITH THE
WATERSHED SO WE HAVE BEEN
WANTING TO ADDRESS THE
COMMUNITY CONCERN ABOUT HOW IT
IMPACTS HUMAN HEALTH.
THE ENZYME IMPACTS ONLY AND
WILL HEALTH AND THAT INCLUDES
FISH AND POLLINATORS THAT IS
MINIMAL.
WE WORKED WITH A TOXICOLOGIST
AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
AND HIS ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT
EVEN A FAIRLY LARGE AMOUNT OF
HERBICIDE THAT ACCIDENTALLY
ENTERED THE STREAMS WOULD
RESULT IN NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNTS IF
IT EVER REACHED CONSUMERS TASKS
AND THE ANALYSIS HAD FAR MORE
THAN IN A GIVEN YEAR AND THAT
AMOUNT WAS 60 MILLION TIMES
LOWER THAN THE NO OBSERVABLE
ADVERSE EFFECT FOR A CHILD.
>> SO, DOES THE SIX CUPS
DOUBLE, THAT IS BEYOND WHAT YOU
USED AND WHAT YOU USED DOES NOT
MAKE ITS WAY TO THE WATER.
>> CORRECT.
>> WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPACTS TO
POLLINATORS THAT ARE ALSO
CONCERNED.
WE MADE A POINT TO PRIORITIZE
THAT WITHIN THE WATERSHED AND
EVEN THOUGH ENZYMES WERE ONLY
FOUND IN PLANTS, WE AVOID
SPRAYING POLLINATORS AND FLAG
LARGE PLANTS TO COME BACK TO
SPRAY LEADER RATHER THAN
TREATING THEM WHILE THEY ARE
FLOWERING.
BOTH OF THOSE EFFORTS ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDELINES
AND BY THE FACT THAT THE
MAJORITY OF THE PLANTS THAT WE
ARE TREATING ARE VERY SMALL
REGROWTH AND MOST OF THOSE DO
NOT PRODUCE FLOWERS.
>> YOU MENTIONED EARLIER OUR
DOWNSTREAM PARTNERS.
DO THEY ALSO FOLLOW THIS
PRACTICE OF NOT SPRAYING WHEN
FLOWERS ARE PRESENT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
I KNOW KING COUNTY HAS WORKED
TO ADJUST THEIR GUIDELINES IN
THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THE
POLICY IS TO AVOID WHEN
POLLINATORS ARE PRESENT,
SOMETIMES THEY ARE SPRING
OUTSIDE OF THE PATTERNS SO WHEN
THEY ARE NOT ACTIVE, THIS IS
ANOTHER THING THEY MIGHT USE.
WE HAVE SOPHIE PLANTS WHERE WE
HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO
COMPLETELY AVOID PLANTS WHILE
THEY ARE FLOWERING AT ALL.
>> IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU
ARE SAYING SOME OF THE OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK
DON'T CONSISTENTLY DO A PLANT
BY PLANT OBSERVATION AND AVOID
SPRAYING. SOME OF THEM JUST DO
IT IN A DIFFERENT TIME OF THE
DAY.
>> YEAH, I THINK FOR THE MOST
PART THEY HAVE TRIED TO ADJUST
FOR THE LARGER PLANTS TO A TIME
OF THE SEASON WHEN THEY ARE NOT
FLOWERING.
THERE IS ALSO EVIDENCE THAT
SHOWS THAT HERBICIDE DRIVES
WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND
SO, BEING ABLE TO AVOID THE
TIME OF DAY WHERE POLLINATORS
ARE ACTIVE HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO
THEM. I AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE OF
ALL THE PRACTICES.
>> THERE PRACTICES ARE
GOVERNED BY KING POLICIES?
>> YEAH, THEY HAVE A GUIDELINE
THAT THEY HAVE PRODUCED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> FINALLY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE MIGHT BE CONCERNS OF
GETTING COMPARED AND ELEVATED
TO A TIER 1 PESTICIDE BY THE
CITY AND THE HAS ALSO BEEN IN
THE NEWS AS A SET OF LAWSUITS.
ALL PESTICIDES ARE CLASSIFIED
AS TIER 1 PESTICIDE IN THE CITY
AND THAT INCLUDES AS THEY
APPEAR.
GLYPHOSATE HAS BEEN LESS
RESTRICTED BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN
READILY AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS
AND PRODUCTS LIKE ROUNDUP.
THE ELEVATION IS ESSENTIALLY
THE RECOGNITION THAT THE
HERBICIDE IS NOT AS SAFE AS
THEY ONCE THOUGHT.
SO, WE ARE BEGINNING TO USE
HIGHER PRECAUTIONS FOR THAT IN
THE CITY AND THOSE ARE
PRECAUTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN
PLACE AND WE HAVE BEEN USING
THOSE PRECAUTIONS TO LIMIT
EXPOSURE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND
THE APPLICATORS.
THERE'S ALSO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
GLYPHOSATE EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE
BOTH USED TO TREAT KNOTWEED, WE
USE THEM IN THE WATERSHED
BECAUSE IT IS LESS HARMFUL TO
ANIMALS AND IT IS MORE POTENT.
WE END UP HAVING TO USE A LOT
LESS OF IT.
>> AS IT RELATES TO ELEVATING
LIFE ESTATE TIER 1, IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT IS CONTAINED OR
IS THAT DONE VIA POLICY
>> THIS IS A CITYWIDE POLICY
THAT IS OUTSIDE THE ORDINANCE.
>> SO, I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE
IS SOME SORT OF A GUIDING
DOCUMENT THAT DEFINES WHAT TIER
1 PRODUCTS ARE AND WHAT THE
RESTRICTIONS ARE FOR THOSE
PRODUCTS.
>> YEAH, THE CITY HAS AN
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT TEAM
THAT IS WORKING TO REVAMP THIS.
A CAUSE THAT FOR THE REDOING OF
THE TIERED SYSTEM.
SO, THE TEAM THAT I'M ALSO A
MEMBER OF IS TAKING A CLOSE
LOOK AT ALL THESE HERBICIDES
AND COMING UP WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR WHY EACH
HERBICIDE IS IN A DIFFERENT
TIER.
>> IT BE GREAT TO GET
BACKGROUND WITH THE SCOPE OF
THAT EFFORT.
HOW MANY DIFFERENT PRODUCTS ARE
YOU LOOKING AT AND HOW MANY ARE
CURRENTLY TIERED AND WHAT THE
APPROACH IS OF THE TEAM. IT'S
VERY INTERESTING.
>> YEAH, SO, WE ARE DEDICATED
TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND
CITIZENS AND WE HAVE A DOING
THIS BY ENSURING WATER QUALITY
AND THAT THE APPLICATORS ARE
SAYING SAFE.
WE HAVE TESTED WATER QUALITY
DURING THE KNOTWEED TREATMENT
AND WE FOUND LIMITED
DETECTIONS.
WE HAVE DETAILED ALL OF THE
PREVIOUS DETECTIONS IN OUR
KNOTWEED REPORT.
LAST YEAR WE DEVELOPED A NEW
WATER QUALITY SAMPLING PROTOCOL
AND HAD ZERO DETECTIONS IN 2018.
TO PROTECT POLLINATORS, WE ARE
AVOIDING SPRAYING KNOTWEED EVEN
IF IT MEANS SKIPPING A PATCH
FOR A YEAR.
WE HAVE ALSO REPLANTED AREAS
INFESTED WITH KNOTWEED WITH
NATIVE PLANTS TO ATTRACT THE
NATIVE POLLINATORS AND WE ARE
MAKING SURE THAT THE
APPLICATORS ARE PROTECTING
THEMSELVES BY WEARING
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND
APPLYING HERBICIDE IN A
TARGETED MANNER USING HANDHELD
SPRAYERS.
SO, DURING THE NINE YEARS, WE
HAD DRASTIC DECREASES IN
KNOTWEED.
WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO
KEEP GOING ON THIS PATH TO
MAINTAIN THE SUCCESS AND AS I
MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE PRESENTATION, WE HAD AN
ESTIMATED 95% DECREASE IN OUR
KNOTWEED COVERAGE SINCE WE
STARTED HERBICIDE TREATMENT BUT
WE DO STILL HAVE SOME LEFT AND
IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GROW BACK
TO PRETREATMENT LEVELS IF IT
GOES UNTREATED.
SO, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE
NEED FOR MAINTENANCE LEVEL
CONTROL AND WE ARE THINKING
THAT THAT WILL BE ABOUT 16
OUNCES A YEAR.
ULTIMATELY, OUR GOAL IS TO
ERADICATE THIS FROM THE
WATERSHED.
>> SO, MAINTENANCE LEVEL
CONTROL , IS THAT SOMETHING
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU HAVE
BEEN DOING?
>> I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT ,
WE HAVE KIND OF REACHED -- I
THINK WE HAVE BEEN DECREASING
EVER SINCE WE STARTED AND NOW
WE ARE AT THIS LEVEL WHERE WE
THINK WE MIGHT START TO KEEP
SEEING THESE POP UP WITH THE
POPULATIONS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS
POTENTIALLY AS THESE LARGE ROOT
SYSTEMS KIND OF FIZZLE OUT.
THE RESEARCH IS UNKNOWN AT THIS
TIME.
THE TREATMENT OF KNOTWEED IS A
RELATIVELY NEW SCIENCE AND WE
ARE CONSTANTLY USING THE BEST
AVAILABLE SCIENCE BUT THAT IS
EVOLVING.
WE HAVE FOUND AS OUR PARTNERS
HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT WE ARE AT
THIS STAGE WHERE WE JUST HAVE
TO KIND OF KEEP GOING BACK AND
IT'S KIND OF LIKE PUTTING OUT
LITTLE POP-UP FIRES.
>> YOU REFER TO IT BEING TO
ERADICATE KNOTWEED AS THE GOAL.
CAN WE DO THAT IN THREE YEARS
AND IS THAT THE ERADICATION OF
KNOTWEED?
IS THAT DIFFERENT OR MEASURABLY
DIFFERENT THAN YOUR
IDENTIFICATION OF THE ONGOING
NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR THE POP-
UPS UNTIL THE ROOT SYSTEM
AND'S?
>> OUR GOAL IS NOT NECESSARILY
IN A THREE-YEAR TIMELINE FOR
THIS ORDINANCE.
WE HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW LONG
THAT MIGHT BE.
WE HAVE TALKED TO MULTIPLE
OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING BUT
IT IS CONSIDERED FIVE YEARS
WITH NO DETECTIONS AND WE WOULD
REALLY LIKE TO GET TO THAT
POINT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSELOR
O'BRIEN.
>> I APPRECIATE THE ONGOING
WORK AND HOW THE WHOLE TEAM
AND SPU IS APPROACHING THIS.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY FRUSTRATING TO
SEE KNOTWEED IN OUR PRISTINE
WATERSHED.
I KNOW WHEN I WAS A PART OF THE
CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH
COMMUNITIES SEVEN OR EIGHT
YEARS AGO OR NINE YEARS AGO,
THERE WAS A LOT OF SENSITIVITY
TO ARE THERE BETTER WAYS TO DO
IT AND CAN WE COVER AND DIG IT
UP AND THE CONSENSUS OF THE TIME
WAS THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS
THREAT AND THE RISK OF NOT
GETTING IT RIGHT AND ALLOWING
IT TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND WAS
GREATER THAN THE POTENTIAL RISK
FOR USING AN HERBICIDE.
IT WAS SOME TREPIDATION TO MOVE
THAT DIRECTION BUT I HAVE BEEN
REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE
SERIOUSNESS WITH WHICH SPU IS
TAKING THIS WORK AND TO GET A
SMALLER POPULATION, IT'S ROUGH
THAT IT HAS BEEN NINE YEARS AND
IT MIGHT BE A FEW MORE CYCLES
BUT HOPEFULLY NOT DEFINITELY.
WE ARE CLEARLY TRENDING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION AND THE
DEDICATION AND THE FOCUS ON
MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT AND THE
IMPACTS ON BOTH ANIMAL AND
HUMAN HEALTH, IT IS CLEAR THAT
EVERYONE IS TAKING THIS REALLY
SERIOUSLY AS OPPOSED TO JUST
SPRAYING LIKE CRAZY.
I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT
AND DEFTLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY
WHEN WE SAY WE HAVE NOT SEEN
KNOTWEED ANYWHERE. THAT WOULD
BE AN AMAZING DAY.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT TOO.
GOOD WORK ON THE 95% REDUCTION.
THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THE WORK
IN THE 2018 REPORT.
I KNOW MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT
WE ARE IDENTIFYING BY PREVIOUS
COUNSEL TO BE ADDRESSED IN THAT
REPORT, YOU HAVE COVERED WELL
RELATED TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS
WITH THE LITERATURE REVIEW AND
AGAIN, I ECHO COUNSELOR
O'BRIEN'S WORDS THAT WE ARE
GLAD THAT YOU ARE TAKING THIS
SERIOUSLY AND DOING THIS WORK
WITH GREAT CARE TO ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS.
THANK YOU.
SO, I AM OPEN TO VOTING ON THIS
TODAY IF YOU ARE.
>> YEAH.
>> GREAT, LET'S DO IT.
>> LET'S NOT GIVE KNOTWEED TWO
MORE WEEKS.
>> I WILL MOVE COUNSEL BILL
SAWANT 119502.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
>> I.
>> ALL AS OPPOSED?
WE CAN MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE,
SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMISSIONS 2019 WORK PLANS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN IS
HOPEFULLY GETTING AN
ADDITIONAL CHAIR.
I THINK WE ARE GOOD.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT.
GREAT, WELCOME EVERYBODY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ANNUAL
VISIT ON THE WORK PLAN.
IF WE CAN MAYBE START OFF WITH
A QUICK ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS
SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR EVERYONE
WHO IS REPRESENTED HERE AND
THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM EACH OF
THE COMMISSIONS INDIVIDUALLY.
I WANTED TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR
COMPRESSING WHAT I KNOW IS A
LOT OF WORK FOR 2019 INTO A
DIGESTIBLE PRESENTATION FOR US.
>> SO, THE COCHAIR OF SEATTLE.
>> MARIKO LOCKHART, FIRST ALL
RIGHT.
>> MANUAL MANGUS WITH THE
TRAINING COMMISSION.
>> JAYSON WERTH, COMMISSION FOR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
COMMISSIONER.
>> CHRISTIANA ELISE , COCHAIR OF
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
>> KATRINA SANFORD, COCHAIR FOR
THE LGBTQ COMMISSION.
>> ARE GREAT, COMMISSION FOR
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
AND SEVEN SECRETARY OF HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION.
>> DIRK CLUB, COMMISSIONER OF
THAT UNITED COMMISSIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO KICK US OFF?
>> I WOULD.
SO, I WILL GO THROUGH REALLY
QUICKLY. WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT
COMMITTEES SO THAT MANY HEALTH
AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE OR THE
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION,
YES, I'M SORRY.
ACQUITTAL DEVELOPMENT,
OPPORTUNITIES AND BALANCE
PREVENTION AND JUSTICE.
I WOULD JUST LOOK AT SOME NOTES
FROM MY PHONE.
SO, OVERALL, THE POLICY FOCUS
WILL BE PROMOTING STABLE
HOUSING FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES.
A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THAT
SPECIFICALLY WILL LOOK LIKE IS
DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE STATE
LEGISLATOR IS DOING.
THE EVICTION REFORM BILL WHICH
WE PUSHED THROUGH OUR EVICTION
REPORT THAT WE RELEASED LAST
YEAR IS REALLY CLOSE TO BEING
DONE.
IT JUST NEEDS TO BE IN THE
SENATE. I AM NOT SAYING IT IS
ON THE WAY DONE YET. THAT NEEDS
TO HAPPEN.
IF IT DOES HAPPEN, I THINK
WHATEVER OTHER POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS WE DID NOT GET
IN THAT BILL WILL PROBABLY COME
TO Y'ALL.
THEN, AS FAR AS FOR THE OTHER
PIECES, I WAS NOT PLANNING ON
DOING THIS SO IF IT IS A LITTLE
ROUGH, SORRY.
SO THEN, THAT IS THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES FOCUS.
THEN, ALSO FOR VIOLENCE
PREVENTION AND JUSTICE, WE WILL
BE DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN PARTICULAR
AND LOOKING AT HOW TO ADVOCATE
FOR CONTINUED FUNDING. WE ARE
ALSO LOOKING AT DOING A PORT
WITH THE KING COUNTY BAR
ASSOCIATION ON PROTECTION
ORDERS.
THAT IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT
AND IN FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
WELLNESS, WE ARE GOING TO BE
FOCUSING ON MATERNAL HEALTH
ISSUES AND IN PARTICULAR THE
DEATH RATE FOR BLACK AND NATIVE
WOMEN.
AND FOR EDUCATIONAL ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY, THE BIG FOCUS I
THINK WILL BE CHILDCARE AND
SUPPORTING EFFORTS AROUND
MAKING CHILDCARE MORE
ACCESSIBLE.
>> IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT YOU
WILL BE PARTNERING UP WITH KING
COUNTY BAR AS IT RELATES TO THE
PREVENTION AND JUSTICE PROJECT.
I THINK THE COMMISSION JOINING
FORCES WITH AN ENTITY THAT CAN
HELP IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND
USE THOSE REPORTS AS A JUMPING
OFF POLICY FOR POLICY CHANGE IS
A REALLY GOOD MODEL AND IT IS
CERTAINLY PROVED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AS IT RELATES TO
YOUR EVICTION REFORM WORK THIS
YEAR.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> I DECIDED TO GET THROUGH
THE SESSION AND GET TO WORK.
>> WE ARE TOO.
>> YES, WHEN WE GET THROUGH
SESSION, I THINK IT WILL BE
IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE REMAINING POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW TO MOVE
THOSE FORWARD.
I THINK THE LAST TIME WE HAD A
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EVICTION
REFORM WORK, WE DID A FAIRLY
TRANSPARENT JOB WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF CENTRAL STAFF
IDENTIFYING THE ITEMS THAT WE
WANT TO GOING FORWARD AND THE
ONES THAT DID NOT LOOK LIKE
THEY WERE CONTAINED IN ANY OF
THE CASES OF LEGISLATION BEFORE
THE STATE LEGISLATOR.
SO, I THINK WE HAVE INDICATED A
LIKELY PATH FOR FOLKS WHO ARE
WATCHING THAT PROGRESS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE
CONVERSATIONS IN THIS COMMITTEE.
>> JUST REALLY QUICK , WE ALSO
LIKE DOING EVENTS AND WE ARE
DOING AN EVENT WITH BOTH YOUR
OFFICE AND COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALES'S OFFICE ON THE 24th
WHICH IS THURSDAY.
AT 5:30 AROUND SEXUAL ASSAULT
AWARENESS.
>> IT'S DENIM DAY SO WEAR YOUR
DENIM.
>> YES.
I AM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> SHE HAS TO LEAVE.
>> SO, SINCE I WORK PLAN IS UP
THERE, I THINK MAYBE WE CAN GO
NEXT ON THE LGBTQ COMMISSION.
WE HAD SOME CHANGES OCCUR THIS
YEAR WHERE WE DECREASED MANY OF
OUR COMMITTEE WHICH HAS BEEN
SUPER HELPFUL.
IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONDENSE
OUR WORK AND FOCUS MORE ON THE
PRIORITIES AND WITH THAT WE
ALSO CHANGE THAT YOU WORK PLAN
AND SET OF A ONE-YEAR.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ENSURING THAT TRENCH JUSTICE
AND RACIAL AND READY IS A LENS
THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY LOOKING
AT THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING
THROUGH.
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO
PRIORITIZE THOSE MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE
COMMUNITIES AND THE
DIFFICULTIES THAT COME WITH
BEING A PERSON OF COLOR OR
SOMEONE THAT IS TRANS.
THAT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST.
I WILL CHAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE NOW
AND THEN I WILL MOVE TO THE
OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO CHAT AS
WELL.
WE NOW HAVE OUR COMMISSIONS
OPERATION COMMITTEE WHICH IS
STILL WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE AND
THIS COMMITTEE IS THE HEART OF
OUR COMMITTEE AND HELPS US TO
STAY ORGANIZED.
WE HAVE A PEOPLE OF COLOR
STAKEHOLDERS COMMITTEE AND THAT
IS VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON MAKING
SURE THAT THE VOICES OF THE
PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE HEARD BUT
ALSO WE ARE REVIEWING CURRENT
POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF
CREATING AND AFFIRMING
EQUITABLE STASIS FOR PEOPLE OF
COLOR, THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
EXCITED ABOUT.
WE HAVE OUR SOCIAL COMMITTEE
MEETING AND THEY WILL LEVERAGE
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING
AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE
DOING THE WORK FOR OUR BEING
AND PROVIDE THROUGH SOCIAL
MEDIA IN ADDITION WE WILL START
SPOTLIGHTING LGBTQ LEADERS AS
WELL SO WE CAN GET THE WORD
OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
WE HAVE OUR ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
AND THIS WILL ADVOCATE FOR OUR
POPULATION BY SERVING AS A HUB
OR CONDUIT OF INFORMATION WHICH
WE FIND IS IMPORTANT AND IT
APPEARS THAT THE INFORMATION IS
EITHER NOT ONE PLACE AND WE
WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SO
THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TO OUR
WEBSITE AND I NEED LGBTQ
RESTAURANTS.
THERE THEY ARE.
THAT SORT OF THING . THAT I WILL
PASS IT ON TO MANY WELL TO CHAT
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE
ARE DOING.
>> HELLO, GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE.
I WILL BE REVIEWING THE SECOND
SECTION HERE ON ADVOCATING FOR
AND TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
HOUSING HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.
PROBABLY, THIS IS 2016 WHERE
THE ALLIANCE WAS CREATED IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LGBTQ
COMMISSION AT THE TIME AND IT
WAS LED TO THE COCHAIR AT THE
TIME, LULU CARPENTER.
THIS ALLIANCE IS AN ORGANIZATION
OF DISABLED AND BLACK AND BROWN
AND PACIFICA, , TRANS PEOPLE
OF COLOR , WE ARE HONORING THE
EXPERIENCE AND IMPORTANCE OF
STORYTELLING AND COLLECTING
STORIES OF RESILIENCE FROM
THESE GROUPS.
THIS EFFORT WAS SORT OF A
RESPONSE TO THE 2010 LGBTQ
COMMISSION SURVEY AND WHAT WAS
FOUND IN THE 2010 SNAPSHOT
SURVEY WAS THAT THE MAJORITY OF
THE RESPONDENTS WERE WHITE AND
THE MAJORITY WERE MALE AND
IDENTIFYING AS . AS WE KNOW,
THE COMMUNITY IS MORE DIVERSE
THAN THAT.
SOME QUESTIONS THAT THE GROUP
IS PROPOSING AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT SOME ANSWERS WOULD
BE HOW DO WE DECOLONIZE
RESEARCH.
I KNOW IN SOME COMMITTEES, THEY
ARE STILL REFERRING TO THE 2010
SNAPSHOT SURVEY. HOW DO WE
FOCUS ON STRENGTH-BASED
APPROACHES VERSUS DEFICIT?
THE SECOND BULLET POINT HERE IS
A CONTINUING RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AND ONE EXAMPLE OF A CURRENT
RELATIONSHIP IS THE STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT WORKGROUP
TO REVIEW THE E CONTRACT OF
SHELTER SERVICES AND I WOULD
HOPE THAT AT THE END OF OUR
COMMISSION, WE WOULD REVISIT THE
TASK FORCE AND I KNOW FROM Q3
AND Q4, WERE PRESENTERS AT THAT
TIME ARE NO LONGER WITH THE
COMMISSION'S BUT WE HAVE AT
LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM
EACH COMMISSION AT THE TABLE
AND MAYBE IF WE COULD REVISIT
THAT, WE COULD REVIEW THE
HIGHLIGHTS AND GET IT FOR 2019
AND 2020.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT BULLET , I WANT TO CHECK
IN WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT AND
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ON THE
PARTICIPATION ON THE WORKGROUP
REVIEWING THE SHELTER AND HUMAN
SERVICES CONTRACTS.
I WAS RECENTLY INFORMED THAT
THEY WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE
DEADLINE FOR THE REPORT BUT I
WAS VERY ENCOURAGED THAT THE
REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THEY ARE
ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT TO
GUIDE THE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL
AS DEVELOPING THE REPORT AND I
THINK THIS IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH BASE WITH
YOU AND FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT
WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS A
PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION AND SET
OF CONDITIONS THAT WILL IMPROVE
PEOPLE WHO RELY ON OUR HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> YEAH, JUST A QUICK RESPONSE
TO THAT, WE ARE ON TRACK.
THE EXTENSION GRANTED THE
WORKGROUP THE ABILITY TO
FURTHER ENGAGE THE COMMISSIONS
SENSE THE LGBTQ COMMISSION WAS
SORT OF PRESENTED WITH THE
PRETEXT OF THE INITIAL DEADLINE
WHICH WAS THE END OF THIS
MONTH, I BELIEVE.
>> I GRANTED THE EXTENSION
EARLIER .
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT SEEMED LIKE THE
REASONABLE THING TO DO.
>> YES, WITH THE EXTENSION,
THE GOAL AS WAS OUTLINED, THESE
DOCUMENTS WILL BE NEEDING TO BE
SHARED THROUGHOUT THE CIVIL
RIGHTS COMMISSION SO THIS WOULD
BE THE FIRST PROJECT TO IDENTIFY
SOME AREAS OF CONCERN AND GAPS
IN THESE DOCUMENTS AND THEN
LASTLY, TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS
WITHIN THE ALLIANCE AND OTHER
AND TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH
COALITIONS TO FURTHER
STRENGTHEN OUR RATES AND TRANS
EQUITY LINES.
NOW, OFF TO KARI.
>> GREAT.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE
THIRD BULLET POINT AREA OF THE
LGBTQ COMMISSION WERE PLAN AND
THAT IS TO INCREASE
ACCESSIBILITY AND ACCESS AND
BETTER RELATIONSHIPS IN GENERAL.
WE HAVE SEVERAL STRATEGIES FOR
DOING THIS AND ONE IS TO HOLD
GENERAL QUARTERLY MEETINGS
OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL AND MORE
THE PLACES WHERE THE COMMUNITY
LIVES AND WORKS.
SECONDLY, KATRINA ALREADY
MENTIONED TO HAVE A VERY
DIVERSE ARRAY OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO CAN TALK TO ISSUES THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ADVOCATING VERY STRONGLY
FOR BETTER TECHNOLOGY FOR THE
COMMISSION MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE CAN COME VIRTUALLY
IF THEY CANNOT COME
INDIVIDUALLY DUE TO
ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES AND
FINALLY WE WERE DELIGHTED TO
SEE THE SEATTLE REENTRY
WORKGROUP FINAL REPORT WHICH IS
COMMISSIONED BY THE OFFICE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE FINAL
REPORT CAME OUT 2018.
WE WERE DELIGHTED TO SEE THE
MOVE TOWARDS MORE SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND AWAY FROM CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SOLUTION TO SOCIAL
PROBLEMS AND IN PARTICULAR, WE
ARE INTERESTED IN AMPLIFYING
THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPEAL
THE PROSTITUTION LOITERING
ORDINANCE.
THIS IS AN ISSUE OF
PROSTITUTION AND SEX WERE THAT
IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ALL
KINDS OF HISTORICAL REASONS.
WE ARE LOCATED IN THIS INDUSTRY
AND WE ARE WORKING QUITE CLOSELY
WITH THE OUTREACH PROJECT AND
THERE'S A COALITION WITH A A
COALITION OF ANTI-VIOLENCE AND
HUMAN RIGHTS AND WE THINK WE ARE
IN A POSITION TO CREATE AN
GREATER COALITION THROUGH THE
RACE AND TRANS FOLKS AND FOLKS
OF COLOR ON THESE ISSUES.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD
SOMETHING DOWN, MANUAL.
>> YEAH, WHILE NOT EXCESSIVELY
UNDER THE PURVIEW, ALONG THE
LINES OF THE SEATTLE REENTRY
WORKGROUP RECOMMENDATIONS,
THERE HAS BEEN A PARTNERSHIP
MADE WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION AND THE TRAFFICKING,
HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE AND
WE ARE TRYING TO COLLABORATE
WITH THE CRIMINALIZATION PIECE
BUT ADDITIONALLY THE COMMISSION
HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE SEATTLE
YOUTH COMMISSION MEETINGS, I
KNOW I HAVE RE-HIGHLIGHTED
STRATEGY WHICH WAS REIMAGINING
AND THIS COULD BE A POTENTIAL
COLLABORATION WITH THE SEATTLE
YOUTH COMMISSION PARTICULARLY
AT THE CITY REACHES ZERO USED
AND PARTICULARLY HIGHLIGHTING
THE REENTRY WORKGROUP OF
CREATING WITH THE TWO
INTERNSHIP POSITIONS FROM THE
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AND
THAT WOULD BE FOR THE SEATTLE
YOUTH COMMISSIONER TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS ADVISORY
BOARD.
>> AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY
TO THE REENTRY CONDITIONS AND
WE HAD SOME LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES I CAME FOR AND
BEFORE WE CAN HAVE A
CONVERSATION ON THOSE
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, WE HAVE
TO HAVE A VERY BROAD CITYWIDE
EDUCATION CONVERSATION. I JUST
REMEMBER THE RESPONSE I GOT
FROM PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED MY
NEWSLETTER WHEN I PUSHED OUT
THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT THE ORDERING LAWS ARE
SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
BE ABLE TO CLARIFY PARTICULARLY
IN THE CLIMATE WE ARE IN NOW
AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES TO
HAVE A BROAD-BASED DISCUSSION
AND SEEK AGREEMENT THAT THE
LOITERING LAWS ARE NOT VERY
MUCH USED AND REMOVING THEM
FROM THAT MUNICIPAL CODE WILL
NOT PROHIBIT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FROM ENFORCING OR
USING OTHER METHODS TO ENFORCE
LAWS RELATED TO THOSE ISSUES OF
ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES AND SEXUAL
EXPLICATION.
SO, I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF
GROUNDWORK THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE AROUND THAT BUT I AM
WONDERING IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER
A REQUEST FROM ME AS IT RELATES
TO THE BUDGET PROCESS WHICH WE
ARE COMING UP ON SOON TO
HIGHLIGHT WHICH OF THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT HAVE
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS THAT WE CAN
WORK ON CHAMPIONING IN THE
UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS.
>> YEAH, YOU MUST HAVE BEEN
TELEPATHICALLY COMMITTED ANY
WITH ME BECAUSE OF THE CROSS
COMMISSION REVIEW AND
PROJECTION FOR 2019 AND 2020,
IT WOULD BE PARTNERSHIP AND THE
BUDGET CYCLE PROCESS.
>> ALSO, I APPRECIATE THAT
REQUEST VERY MUCH . I'M HAPPY
TO ADVOCATE OR TALK TO WHATEVER
COMMITTEES THAT YOU WOULD WANT
ME TO AND ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMISSION, THERE IS ALSO A
SURVEY THAT I HAVE BEEN
ANALYZING THAT COMES FROM THE
COALITION FROM PEOPLE FROM THE
SEX TRADE AND WE ARE COLLECTING
DATA WHICH I THINK WOULD BE OF
GREAT INTEREST TO THE
COMMITTEE.
>> GREAT, LOOK FORWARD TO
LEARNING MORE.
>> WE ALSO ARE GOING TO A
BIANNUAL WORK PLAN. I THINK
THAT WILL HELP THE COMMISSION
STABILIZE OUR DIRECTION AND
WORK TOGETHER AND BE A TEAM.
IT'S OUR JOB TO ESTABLISH FULL
MEMBERSHIP WITH INTENTIONALITY
AND COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT
AND COHESIVENESS.
I THINK EVERYONE IS ON THAT
SAME PAGE.
ONE OF OUR BULLET POINTS IS
INCLUSION AND DEVELOPMENT AND
OUTREACH.
THIS EMPHASIZE RECRUITMENT WITH
DIVERSE CANDIDATES AND SUPPORT
INDIVIDUALS TO NOMINATIONS AND
ON BOARDING PROCESSES TO THE
COMMISSION AND BRIDGING GAPS
BETWEEN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY
AND INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL TYPES.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO
MENTION IS THAT WE SUPPOSED DFR
AND THE MEMBERSHIP ELECTING ME
AS CHAIR OF THAT.
WE ARE ALSO IMPRESSED BY THE
DIRECTOR LOCKHART'S LEADERSHIP.
THAT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL WITH
OUR WORK.
THE COMMITTEE WILL BE SENDING
OUT APPLICATIONS TO CANDIDATES
AND ANSWERING CANDIDATE
QUESTIONS AS COMMISSIONER AND
DOING 101 WITH FUTURE
CANDIDATES.
WE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON
INTERVIEWS ALONE AND IN GROUPS.
WE WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING
HOLDING HANDS AND WALKING
APPLICANTS THROUGH THE
INTERVIEW PROCESS.
THIS INCLUDES CHECKING IN EVERY
TWO WEEKS AFTER THE PRIMARY
INTERVIEW TO CORRECT
INFORMATION'S AND OFFICIALS TO
MAKE SURE ALL DEADLINES ARE
PLEADED AND THE PAPERWORK AND
DATES ARE INCLUDED AND DONE.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO WELCOME
AND YOU END ON BOARDING PROCESS
TO THE NEW APPOINTED
COMMISSIONERS.
WE ARE BUILDING AN ON BOARDING
PROCESS FOR FUTURE NOMINEES AND
LEADERSHIP FOR THE COMMISSION
WE ASSIST AND UNDERSTAND THE
CRITERIA FOR GUIDELINES AND THE
DUTIES WITH OCR AS WELL AS THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND WE WILL BE ASSISTING IN
UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT WORK
PLAN ON BOARDING WITH NEW
NOMINATIONS IN THE AREAS AND
THE RULES THAT UTILIZE THEIR
INDIVIDUAL STRENGTHS AND
COLLABORATION WITH THE
COMMISSION.
THEN, ASSISTING GUIDELINES WITH
NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS
WITH QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
FIRST YEAR OF THE COMMISSIONERS
WORK AND TO HELP ASSIST ANY
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION THAT
THEY MAY HAVE IN THE COMMISSION.
THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD PACKAGE
AND I WANT TO KNOW IF
CHRISTIANA HAS ANYTHING TO ADD.
AND HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING
WITH YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE
IS A LOT OF INTERNAL FOCUS THAT
YOU ARE DEVOTING TIME AND
ENERGY TO WITH THIS COMMISSION
AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE
FEEL SUPPORTED THROUGH THE
NOMINATION ON BOARDING PROCESS
WITH THE EXTRA CARE THAT YOU
ARE TAKING WITH THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>
>> THE LAST POINTS OF THE WORK
PLAN, TO THAT POINT, THIS LAST
YEAR, WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS AND
A LARGE EXODUS. WE HAD SOME
ISSUES WITHIN THE COMMISSION
AND I'M OKAY WITH ADMITTING
THAT.
YOUR OFFICE HAS KNOWN THAT WE
HAVE SPOKEN AND I HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS AS WELL AS THE OTHER
COMMISSIONERS AND I THINK THAT
COMING TO THIS WORK PLAN, WHILE
IT WAS A DIFFICULT PROCESS, I
THINK IT WAS A GENERATIVE AND
TRANSFORMATIVE PROCESS.
I AM HOPING THAT THROUGHOUT THE
OPERATION OF THIS WORKPLAN
WITHOUT NOMINATING OTHER
SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED
FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE
CITY COUNCIL, WE WILL BE A
STRONGER AND MORE COLLECTIVISTIC
COMMISSION AND THAT HAS BEEN MY
CHARGE TO BE ELECTED COCHAIR.
THE ACCESSIBILITY, EACH OF
THESE, THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE
ARE KIND OF UNDER THE FOUR
BUCKETS WITH LEADS OF COMMITTEES
BUT WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO HAVE
IT BE MORE FLUID OF A PROCESS
WITH WORKING TOGETHER.
ACCESSIBILITY WILL BE CHAIRED
BY MY COCHAIR WITH INCLUSIVE
VOMIT AND OUTREACH.
QUITO WAS IN ATTENDANCE WITH US
TODAY.
THEY WILL SEE HOW WE CAN
ENHANCE THE FULL PARTICIPATION
THROUGH INCREASED ACCESS WITH
UNIVERSAL USE.
WE PUT IT DOWN TO THE AREAS OF
HOUSING AND EDUCATION AND
TRANSPORTATION BUT OF COURSE
THERE ARE A LOT OF AREAS WITH
ACCESSIBILITY AND UNIVERSAL
DESIGN THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED
AND NOT JUST WITHIN THE
COMMISSION ITSELF BUT ALSO
WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
AND HOW LEGISLATION IS PASSED
AND ALSO HOW OUR COMMUNITY
OPERATES WITH US AND I WILL BE
LEADING THE CHARGE.
IT HAS BEEN A PASSION OF MINE
SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE
COMMISSION. INTERSECTIONAL
DISABILITY JUSTICE SEEKS TO HOLD
THE ENTIRE PERSON.
INERSECTIONAL IS THIS IDEA
THAT ONE YOU HAVE THIS
INTERSECTION AUDI OF MULTIPLE
OPPRESSED OR PRIVILEGED
IDENTITIES THAT THE ONES THAT
YOU WERE THE MOST OUT LOUD ARE
THE ONES THAT SHOW UP.
THE ONES THAT YOU DON'T WEAR AS
MUCH OUT LOUD KIND OF FALL BY
THE WAYSIDE.
MY EXPERIENCE OF THIS
SPECIFICALLY IS GENDER RACE AND
DISABILITY AND ESPECIALLY
HAVING MULTIPLE DISABILITY.
PEOPLE MIGHT SEE THE DIVERGENCE
BUT THAT MIGHT NOT SEE THE
CHRONIC ILLNESS FOR EXAMPLE.
WORKING AS A RULEMAKING AT THE
STATE LEVEL, THERE IS MORE OF
THIS CONVERSATION AROUND
TRAINING AROUND ISSUES LEADING
TO RACE AND DISABILITY AND
ISSUES AT THE INTERSECTION OF
RACE AND DISABILITY BECAUSE
DEONTE WILLIAMS SHOULD HAVE THAT
ANALYSIS OF TRAINING.
SO, WITH INTERSECTION AUDI, THE
MAIN THING THAT I HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THAT I THINK WOULD BE
REALLY IMPORTANT IS TO WORK
WITH THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
AS WELL AS YOURSELF AND OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AROUND
LOOKING AT THE RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE TO SEEN ONLY
IF THERE COULD BE PERHAPS
TRANSLATIONS FOR GREATER
ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURE BUT IF
THIS EQUITY TOOL COULD PERHAPS
BECOME A SOCIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT
THAT LEADS WITH RACE BUT ALSO
HOLDS THE ENTIRE PERSON SO THAT
LEGISLATION AND DECISION-MAKING
COULD BE AS EQUITABLE WITHOUT A
BEING SILENT.
WITH ONLY ONE CONTACT THE
PHRASE.
>>
>> I CAN IMAGINE OF THE PERSON
LEADING THIS WORK.
>> WITH THE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL
THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON , I AM
REALLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL
BE GETTING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE TEAM THAT WILL PRODUCE A
BLUEPRINT ON HOW TO HAVE SOME
THOSE GOALS.
ALL RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT, TURNING OVER TO
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
I JUST WANTED TO SET THE STAGE
ABOUT OUR COMMISSION.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR, ONLY TWO
OF US WERE ON THE COMMISSION
AND WE ADDED 14 NEW INDIVIDUALS
TO THE COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT WAS A WELCOME
CHANGE.
THE ENERGY AND NEW VISION THAT
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BROUGHT IN
HAS REALLY TRANSFORMED OUR
COMMISSION.
WE DECIDED TO WITH ALL THESE
NEW IDEAS TAKE A MORE HOLISTIC
APPROACH TO OUR WORK.
THAT STARTS WITH TAKING A TWO
YEAR PLAN WHICH OTHER
COMMISSIONS HAVE DONE AS WELL
BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO TAKE A
LONGER-TERM LOOK AT SOME OF THE
ISSUES THAT WE ARE APPROACHING.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND HAVING THE
FIRST COMMISSION MEETING IN THE
COMMUNITY WITH THE MEETING IN
APRIL AND THERE ARE CHALLENGES
THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH AND
THAT IS THE FIRST STEP WE ARE
TAKING.
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY
FELLOW COMMISSION MEMBERS TO
TALK ABOUT THE THREE TASK
FORCES THAT WE HAVE
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON
HOMELESSNESS AND IMMIGRANT
REFUGEE CHALLENGES AND ALSO ON
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO, FIRST UP I'M
THE CHAIR OF THE HOMELESSNESS
SUBCOMMITTEE AND SO WE IN
GENERAL HAVE FOUR AREAS THAT WE
ARE WORKING IN. ONE IS TO HAVE
THE AREA OF SWEEPS AND
DECREASING THEM.
WE HAVE HEARD AND THIS IS
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING THAT WE HAVE HEARD IN THE
COMMUNITY.
THAT THEY ARE VERY OPPOSED.
NUMBER TWO IS INCREASED ACCESS
AND THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT
WE HAVE HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY-
BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS
EXPERIENCES.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
NUMBER THREE IS INCREASED IN
EARLY INTERVENTION OUTREACH
WITH INDIVIDUALS AND NUMBER FOUR
IS INCREASED COORDINATION TO
HELP BEST PRACTICES.
SO, THOSE ARE WHAT WE ARE
STARTING OUT WITH AND THOSE ARE
WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
THERE WAYS TO HAVE THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
ALSO, WE ARE BEING VERY
INTENTIONAL AND HOW WE ARE
DEVELOPING COMMUNITY
RELATIONSHIPS AND BEING IN THE
COMMUNITY, WE HAVE MET AND
TALKED WITH FOLKS WITH OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS AND WE ARE
PLANNING MORE OUTREACH TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT PEOPLE
ARE INTERESTED IN AS THE CENTER
OF OUR AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
THE ISSUE OF ENCAMPMENT
REMOVALS, YOU KNOW MY FOCUS HAS
BEEN ON WATCH TALKING AND
REFORMING THE PROCESS OF THE
CITIES IS CURRENTLY TO ENSURE
THAT THE CITY IS FOLLOWING THE
PROTOCOLS WITH AND COMMIT
REMOVALS THAT MEET PARTICULAR
CRITERIA AROUND HEALTH AND
SAFETY AND AS PART OF THAT OF
THE PROCESS, WE HAVE INVITED
THE CITY AUDITOR TO DO A SERIES
OF REPORTS ON PARTICULAR
BENCHMARKS THAT THE CITY
AUDITOR HAS IDENTIFIED THAT IF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THE
BENCHMARKS BY THE CITY AUDITOR
ARE ADDRESSED, THAT WE MIGHT SEE
BETTER OUTCOMES BOTH FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE LIVING IN SHELTERED AS
WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
LIVING SHELTERED IN HOMES
SURROUNDING THOSE AREAS.
SO, IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED A
BRIEFING FROM THE CITY AUDITOR
ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
THEY HAVE MADE THUS FAR, I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO FACILITATE
THAT BUT I THINK THAT AUDIT IS
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TOOLS
THAT WE HAVE FOR REFORM AND TO
THE EXTENT THAT FOLKS ON THE
SUPER COMMISSION CAN WORK ON
SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS,
IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
>> YEAH, WE HAVE AN AND TALK
ABOUT A BRIEFING KIND OF LIKE
WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH
THE CITY AUDITOR.
>> GREAT.
>> ACTUALLY, JUST A FOLLOW-UP,
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE
SUPPORT TO YOUR OFFICE HAS
SHOWN IN PARTICULAR FOR KEEPING
VISIBILITY ON THE ISSUE AND
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
THE SWEEPS WHICH HAS BEEN AN
INTENSE ISSUE.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> LIZ PASHAD, ARE TO OUR WORK
FOCUSES ON THE SEATTLE'S
CATEGORY AS KEEPING IT AS A
CENTURY CITY FOR IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN
úTHE AREA AND THANKFULLY A LOT
OF WORK IS BEING DONE BY OTHER
COALITIONS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
SO, OUR WORK HAS LARGELY
FOCUSED ON NOT REINVENTING
NETWORK BUT CREATING A CROSS
COMMUNITY COALITION.
WE HAVE BEEN INVITING SEVERAL
MEMBERS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO OUR
MEETING.
ALMOST EVERY MONTH WE HAVE A
VISITOR AND THIS MONTH IT WAS
THE SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE ROSTER
THAT COME THROUGH AND TELL US
ABOUT THEIR WORK AND HOW WE CAN
HOLISTICALLY SUPPORT THEM
THROUGH THE LENS OF THE CITY
AND I GUESS USING THE CITY AS A
LEVER TO HELP THEM AND SUPPORT
THEM IN THEIR WORK.
ANOTHER COMPONENT OF OUR WORK
PLAN THAT CAME UP THROUGHOUT
THE COMMISSION WAS THE ASPECT
OF STORYTELLING AND HOW WE CAN
BEST SUPPORT COMMUNITIES
WITHOUT DOING TOP-DOWN
REORGANIZING ON THEIR BEHALF.
SO, STORYTELLING WAS A WAY THAT
WE IDENTIFIED TO UPLIFT VOICES
THAT NEEDED AMPLIFICATION
WITHOUT PLANTING OUR OWN LENS
ON TOP OF THEM.
FOR OUR TASK FORCE IN
PARTICULAR, WHAT THAT MEANS IS
THE LAUNCHING OF A FORTHCOMING
PODCAST WHICH IS A STORY STYLE
PODCAST WHICH INCLUDES
COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM THE
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES TO I LITERALLY
UNADULTERATED THE TELL STORIES
THAT THEY WILL BE RELEASING IN
THE COMING MONTHS SO WE WILL
KEEP EVERYONE UPDATED ON THAT.
ANOTHER THING FOR OUR OVERALL
COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE
TRANSFERRED TO OUR TASK FORCE
IS THE THEME OF CORPORATE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO, IT'S A LONGER-TERM APPROACH
FOR US TO IDENTIFY WAYS IN
WHICH WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH
CORPORATIONS TO ENHANCE
PROTECTIONS FOR OTHER COMMITTED
WORKERS AND CREATE MORE
PATHWAYS TO SPONSORSHIP OF
INDIVIDUALS AND DECREASE
BARRIERS FOR EMPLOYMENT.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THAT .
>> WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.
>> MY NAME IS ERIC GRAY OF THE
HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE
AND THE RIGHTS COMMISSION.
I HAVE PREPARED A LETTER
ALONGSIDE WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN THE
SEX TRADE IN COMMERCIAL
EXULTATION.
IT HAS BEEN VETTED THROUGH A
VARIETY OF COMMUNITIES FROM
HEALTHCARE AND TRANSGENDER
COMMUNITIES BY THOSE IDENTIFY
IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HAS
HEARD AND GIVEN TESTIMONY ON AN
ARRAY OF ISSUES WITH THE
NONPROFITS THAT SUPPORT THEM.
AFTER SOME DELIBERATION WITH
THE TASK FORCE, WE PROPOSE A
PROTECTED CLASS WITH OFFICE OF
SOLAR RIGHTS AND ADDITIONALLY
WE RECOMMEND THE CREATION OF
FULL-TIME SEPARATE STAFF
POSITION WITH $60,000 OF
FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE RIGHTS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS
AND COORDINATED EFFORTS LOCALLY
AND FEDERALLY.
THEY LEAVE THE NATION IN THE
NUMBER OF 45 REPORTED CASES AND
THIS ISSUE REMAINS UNADDRESSED.
THE 2015 REPORT CLAIMS THAT OUT
OF 5712 MISSING GIRLS, ONLY 116
OF THE 507 12 WERE LOCKED IN
THE DATABASE.
A STUDY INVOLVING 39% OF THE
VICTIMS WERE CURRENTLY INVOLVED
IN THE SEX TRADE WERE ASSAULTED
AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATH.
THE PROTECTED CLASS WITH
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING LEGAL
SERVICES AND LARGE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE WILL START THE PROCESS
TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE DIRE
NEEDS.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AFFECTS ALL
GENDERS AND CLASSES AND
CULTURES OF PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
2008 STUDY HAD AN ESTIMATED 500
CHILDREN BEING SEXUALLY
EXPLOITED IN KING COUNTY EVERY
NIGHT.
THE 2014 REPORT FINDING, 6800
BUYERS SOLICITED SEX ONLINE IN
SEATTLE WITHIN 124 HOUR PERIOD.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS
ALL OF US.
THE YOUTH AND THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE
OF COLOR AND THOSE IN POVERTY
ARE MOST NOTABLE.
TRANSIT ENTITIES DISCRIMINATION
AND IMPLEMENT EDUCATION AND
HOUSING AND ACCESSING OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE U. S.
TRENDS SURVEY FOR TRANSIT
QUALITY FUND IN 2016 HAD 81% OF
TRANSGENDER CHILDREN HAVE ALSO
EXPERIENCED EXPORTATION.
THEY REDEFINED THIS AS A RITE
OF PASSAGE.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS ONE THAT
SUPPORTS THE BINARY TRANSGENDER
ENTITIES AND THEY DO SUPPORT
IDENTITIES WITH THE PROGRAMMING
IN A SAFE PLACE THAT IS NOT
CURRENTLY EXIST VERY MUCH
OUTSIDE THE LIMITED SPACE.
CREATION OF A PROTECTED CLASS
WAS TO HAVE MORE RESOURCES TO
THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY.
TO THE BOTTOM LINE ISSUE, HUMAN
TRAFFICKING IS EXTENSIVE AND
THEY REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR THE
COMMERCIAL EXULTATION WITH
MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE REPORT STARTS ON ONE HAND
AND IN KING COUNTY, 52% OF ALL
VICTIMS AND THEIR ONLY
COMPRISED OF THE GENERAL
PUBLISHER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY ARE 80%
WHITE MALES.
THEY TEND TO HAVE HIGHER SOCIAL
ECONOMIC STATUS AND ARE
OFTENTIMES EMPLOYED AT MAJOR
COMPANIES IN THE AREA.
WE ALLOCATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
FOR THE CREATION OF YOUTH
DETENTION FACILITIES BUT THERE
ARE ZERO AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN
EXPERIENCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
CREATING A PROTECTED CLASS
SERVES TO NARROW THE EQUITY
DIVIDE AND BREAK THE PIPELINE.
THE COMMISSION THE MAN'S NEEDS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS
BE MET. WE PROPOSE ACCRETION OF
PROTECTED CLASS UNDER THE
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS WAS ONE
FULL TIME POSITION AND $50,000
IN FUNDING.
WE CALL FOR THIS TO BE APPLIED
TO THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE AND
WITH SAFE INTANGIBLE HOUSING
FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND IMMIGRANT
VEGGIES AND TRAFFICKING
SURVIVORS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU ON THOSE REGULATIONS.
I THINK AS A FIRST STEP, IF YOU
HAVE NOT YET MET WITH FOLKS
FROM THE EXECUTIVE TO MAKE THAT
PROPOSAL, THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING I WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN FACILITATING.
THE BUDGET IS ALWAYS THE FIRST
CUT.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> ON THE SLIDE, YOU MENTION
PROXIMITY TO RURAL AREAS.
WAS A CONNECTION WITH RURAL
AREAS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
>> RURAL AREAS WILL AFFECT
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
OFTENTIMES WE HAVE THE CULTURAL
INDUSTRY IN THIS AREA AND IT IS
OFTENTIMES OVERLOOKED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION
OF TRANSIT POPULATIONS AND
ENGAGEMENT IN TRAFFICKING, WE
HAVE A RIGHT HERE AND WE HAVE
HUNDREDS OF MILES OF
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS WITH
MAJOR REPORTS IN TACOMA AND
SEATTLE AND A SMALL PART IN
OLYMPIA.
IF I TRAFFICKER, I CAN APPOINT
A VICTIM OR SURVIVOR OF
TRAFFICKING WITHIN HOURS ACROSS
MANY CITIES FROM LAS VEGAS ALL
THE WAY TO SPOKANE AND SEATTLE
AND PORTLAND AND LA, IF YOU
LOOK AT FLIGHTS RIGHT NOW, YOU
COULD PROBABLY GET ONE FOR
UNDER A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS.
>> IF YOU JUST HELP ME
UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF CREATING A
NEW PROTECTED CLASS UNDER THE
CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCES FOR
SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND,
PEOPLE ARE SURVIVORS OF CRIMES
ARE NOT TYPICALLY, IT IS NOT A
NECESSARY COMPONENT FOR
PURSUING JUSTICE FOR
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MEMBERS OR
MAY NOT BE MEMBERS OF A
PROTECTED CLASS BUT ARE
SURVIVORS OF A CRIME.
IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
CREATING A NEW PROTECTIVE CLASS
WOULD ACCOMPLISH?
>> TAKE A LOOK AT DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE IS A PARALLEL ISSUE.
ACHING CONCEPTUALIZE AND
MISREPRESENT HERSELF.
IF WE LOOK AT THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE WITH HOMELESSNESS AND
VETERANS AND WHAT THEY HAVE
DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, I
ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD
EXPERIENCE IN PARALLEL EFFECTS
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WITHOUT KNOWING DEFINITIVELY
FOR SURE WITHOUT PURSUING
SUPPORTIVE EXECUTIVE TO EXPLORE
WHAT OTHER IMPACT IT COULD BE
BUT WITH DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE
WITH COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE
DISCUSSED IT WITH AND HOUSING
AND EMPLOYMENT, GIVES US
STABILITY AND I KNOW FOR MYSELF,
WITHOUT HAVING CERTAIN HOUSING
PROTECTIONS, I WOULD NOT BE
HERE TODAY.
SO, THAT DOES NOT ALWAYS
ACCOUNT FOR ALL THAT WE CAN DO
TO SUPPORT THE SURVIVOR.
>> JUST A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT, I
THINK THE PROJECT REQUEST HAS
ENHANCED SERVICES ALREADY
AVAILABLE BUT DON'T HAVE
SPECIFIC ORDINANCES FOR PEOPLE
WHO MAY BE SURVIVORS WHO
REQUIRE A CERTAIN ONES OF CARE.
ONE EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF OFF
THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS IN THE
KERNEL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND
OFTENTIMES FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU
ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE LET INTO A
DRUG DIVERSION PROGRAM INSTEAD
OF BEING CHARGED WITH A CRIME,
YOU ARE ACTUALLY NOT ELIGIBLE
IF YOUR CRIME INVOLVES SEX.
IF YOU OR SURVIVOR OF A
TRAFFICKING INCIDENT, YOU
ACTUALLY MAY NEED THAT
DIVERSION PROGRAM MORE THAN
ANYTHING AND INCARCERATION WILL
IN FACT HARM YOU QUITE A BIT
FURTHER AND WITH THE PROTECTIVE
CLASS, WE MAY BE ABLE TO CLOSE
THAT LOOPHOLE OR AT LEAST LOOK
AT IT IN A MORE HOLISTIC WAY.
>> THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE COMMISSIONERS.
I JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU
FOR THE EYE THAT YOU BRING FOR
THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I WANTED TO RESTATE WHAT WE
OFTEN DO SAY TO Y'ALL AT THIS
TABLE WHICH IS THAT WE COUNT ON
YOU TO BRING FORWARD YOUR
POLICY IDEAS.
THIS COMMITTEE TAKES YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS SERIOUSLY AND
AS IT RELATES TO OUR HANDLING
OF THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
AROUND EVICTION REFORM AND MORE
RECENTLY THE PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES RECOMMENDATIONS
AROUND CLOSED CAPTIONING, I
THINK THOSE EFFORTS AT POLICY
CHANGES, I WOULD HOPE SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES AS IT RELATES TO OUR
STRONG COMMITMENT TO YOU AND TO
ELEVATING YOUR VOICES AND USING
OUR POLICYMAKING TO DO SO.
>> I WOULD JUST SECOND THAT.
IN SUMMER HERBOLD, YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS COMMITTEE
HAS BEEN GREAT . JUST THE
CHANNEL FROM THE GREAT ADVOCACY
AND COMMUNITY WORK THAT THESE
COMMISSIONS ALL DUE AND
PROVIDING A PLACE FOR THAT TO
BE TURNED INTO A TANGIBLE
CHANGE OF THE CITY, IT HAS BEEN
GREAT TO BE A PART OF.
LOOKING AT THIS SET OF
AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKINGS THAT THE
COMMISSIONS ARE ALL LOOKING AT,
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES
OUT OF THIS IN THE NEXT FEW
YEARS SO THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THINGS AGAIN.
WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.