>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
THE AIRBRAKE 2019 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:00 PM.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE
ROLL.[ROLL CALL]
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> AND THERE IS NO OBJECTION
TODAY'S INTRODUCTION A REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION IT IS
ADOPTED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
TODAY'S AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WE HAVE A FAIRLY BRIEF AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER, YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR.
>> I WANT TO START OFF BY
THANKING THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S
COALITION, THE COALITION
ENTERED -- ENDING SEXUAL
VIOLENCE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP YEAR AFTER
YEAR ON THIS ISSUE.
ONE IS FOR WOMEN AND ONE IN SIX
MEN WILL BE AFFECTED BY SEXUAL
ASSAULT IN THEIR LIFETIME.
TRANCE WOMEN AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY MORE LIKELY
TO BE VICTIMS.
THE COALITION ENDING GENDER-
BASED VIOLENCE CAPTURES THE
ISSUE AROUND ENDING GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE THAT RECOGNIZES THAT
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS IN WHICH WOMEN,
PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES AND CHILDREN
ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE.
WE KNOW THAT NATIONWIDE
RESEARCH UNCOVERED THAT ONLY
116 OF THE MORE THAN 5700
REPORTS OF MISSING AMERICAN
INDIAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE WOMEN
AND GIRLS WERE LOGGED IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MISSING
PERSONS DATABASE IN 2016.
THIS REPORT FLUSHES OUT THE
ROLE THAT INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
PLAYS IN INVESTIGATION AND DATA
COLLECTION CASES.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
MAKE POLICY LOCALLY AS WELL AS
NATIONALLY THAT ADDRESSES
SEXUAL ASSAULT, HARASSMENT AND
COERCION IN THE WORKPLACE,
DOMESTIC AND SCHOOL SETTINGS
AND PLACES PEOPLE ARE ACCESSING
SERVICES AND PROGRAMS.
LAST YEAR THE COUNCIL PASSED
LEGISLATION TO EXTEND THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN
EMPLOYMENT HOUSING, PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATION AND CONTRACTING
INVESTIGATED BY THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS.
THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR'S
OFFICE HAVE WORKED IN
PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS
DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT
IN CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PER
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AN ANTI-
HARASSMENT INTERDEPARTMENTAL
TEAM A NEW OFFICE WAS CREATED
TO ASSIST CITY EMPLOYEES AND
UNDERSTANDING THEIR OPTIONS AND
WORKING THROUGH CLAIMS OF
WORKPLACE HARASSMENT AND
DISCRIMINATION.
FINALLY, THERE ARE SEVERAL
PROPOSALS WORKING THROUGH THE
STATE LEGISLATURE TO REMOVE
BARRIERS FOR THOSE WHO REPORT
SEXUAL ASSAULT, RANGING FROM
EXPANDING THE STATUE OF
LIMITATIONS ON SEXUAL ASSAULT
CRIMES TO ADDRESSING THE
BACKLOG OF OVER 6000 UNTESTED
KITS AND TO IMPROVING
RESPONSES TO MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
WE WILL BE HEARING MORE FROM
THE SEATTLE SWIMMING COMMISSION
ABOUT DETAILS FOR OUR ANNUAL
DENIM DAY ON APRIL 24.
THIS DAY IS INTENDED TO RAISE
AWARENESS ON VICTIM BLAMING AND
THE IMPORTANCE THAT WE ALL TAKE
ACTION TO END SEXUAL ASSAULT
AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.
IF I COULD I WOULD LIKE TO READ
A FEW OF THE RECITALS.
WHEREAS SEXUAL ASSAULT
AWARENESS MONTH WAS FIRST
OBSERVED BY THE UNITED STATES
IN APRIL 2001 TO RAISE
AWARENESS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT,
TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT WAYS
TO PREVENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND
TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS.
THE NAME MILLIONS WHO ARE
GENDER NONCONFORMING ARE
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED INTO OFTEN
LEFT WITH LITTLE SUPPORT AND
FEW SOLUTIONS.
WE MUST COMMIT TO THE
ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF
HATE AS WELL AS FIVE TO CHANGE
ALL NORMS THAT PERPETUATE
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GENDER-
QUEER INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CITIES
AND HOUSING INSECURE WOMEN FACE
UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT AFFECT
THEIR WELL-BEING, HEALTH AND
FAMILY INCLUDING BEING AT HIGH
RISK FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
EXPLOITATION.
THOSE WITH THIS DISABILITY ARE
ASSAULTED MORE OFTEN.
WE REJECT VIOLENCE IN ALL
FORMS, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO
IDENTIFY AS WOMEN WHETHER IT IS
IN THE HOME, INDUSTRIES, AND
THE MEDIA OR ON THE INTERNET.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE INVESTS IN
A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF
SOCIAL SETTINGS AND A
SOCIALIZED RESPONSE THAT
ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF
SURVIVORS BY PROVIDING A 24-
HOUR RESPONSE CENTER,
INFORMATION AND GENERAL MEDICAL
AND LEGAL ADVOCACY.
WE KNOW THAT WORKING TOGETHER
TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT
SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SUPPORTIN
SURVIVORS AND SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST HARMFUL ATTITUDES AND
ACTIONS, ENGAGING IN BEST
PRACTICES AND ALL OF US WORKING
TOGETHER WILL HELP HIM SEXUAL
VIOLENCE.
IN EFFORTS TO CHANGE BELIEFS
AND PRACTICES THAT PERPETUATE
SEXUAL VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY IN
TARGETED POPULATIONS REQUIRE
THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL.
SEATTLE MUST WORK WHERE SOCIAL
PERCEPTIONS AROUND SEX VIOLENCE
ARE CHANGED AND WHERE SURVIVORS
CAN ACCESS AN ARRAY OF SERVICES
APPROPRIATE AND RELEVANT TO
THEIR NEEDS AND ULTIMATELY WERE
SEXUAL VIOLENCE DECREASES
INFREQUENTLY.
THEREFORE, JENNY DURKAN DO
HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 19 TO BE
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE
PRESENTATION OR RATHER THE
PHOTOGRAPH AND HEAR A FEW WORDS
FROM SOME OF OUR GUESTS.
THANK YOU.
WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SAY
ANYTHING BEFORE COUNCILWOMAN
HER BOLD APPROACHES?
>> THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE
ITCHING IN AND WORKING TO GET
THIS OUT.
>> SHALL WE PROCEED?
OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS MEGAN FREENEY.
I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF KING
COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE
CENTER.
>> CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> WE ARE AN NONPROFIT THAT
SERVES THOSE WHO HAVE
EXERIENCED OR BEEN AFFECTED BY
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THIS PAST YEAR THEY HAVE SERVED
20% MORE INDIVIDUALS.
THAT IS A HUGE INCREASE.
THEY DO IT SO WELL.
THEY PROVIDE COUNSELING
SERVICES, THEY PROVIDE LEGAL
ADVOCACY AND THEY GIVE PEOPLE
WHO HAE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL
ASSAULT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHARE THEIR STORY.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND EVEN MORE
DIFFICULT TO LIVE WITH IT AND
BE ISOLATED AND SILENCED.
I AM GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU WHO
ARE RAISING AWARENESS AND OPEN
TO HEARING ALL OF THE STORIES
AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT,
LIKE MYSELF.
I ACCEPTED THE BURDEN OF
STRIVING FOR CHANGE THE DAY
THAT I REPORTED MY SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
I ACCEPTED THE BURDEN
THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL AND I
ACCEPTED EVERY TIME I GIVE A
SPEECH LIKE THIS.
IT IS A LARGE BURDEN, BUT IT IS
MY HOPE THAT THROUGH
LEGISLATIVE CHANGE AND AN
INCREASE IN AWARENESS AND MORE
ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT WE CAN
LESSEN THE BURDEN FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE EXPERIENCED AND THOSE WHO
MIGHT EXPERIENCE.
I AM REALLY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF
YOU FOR STANDING WITH ME TODAY
INTO CARING APRIL SEXUAL
ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE
AND COMMITMENT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER GUEST THAT
WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING?
PLEASE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE POLICY AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
MANAGER FOR THE COALITION
ENDING GENDER-BASED BIAS
EDUCATES AND LEAVES OVER 30
AGENCIES IN SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY, ALL OF WHICH TOUCH THE
LIVES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
SURVIVORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I AM HONORED TO PARTICIPATE AND
DECLARE APRIL SEXUAL ASSAULT
AWARENESS MONTH FOR THE CITY.
IT WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT
TO SAY THE ME TOO MOVEMENT HAS
SPARKED SIGNIFICANT DEBATE.
WHICH SHARED RULES ARE ERA IN
EVOLVING, BOUNDARIES ARE
SHIFTING, DEFINITIONS OF
ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR ARE
CHANGING.
AS RECENTLY AS LAST WEDNESDAY
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
EXPLAINED AWAY SOME OF HIS
QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIORS
ASSIGNING CHANGING SOCIAL
NORMS.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST TORONTO
BERG FIRST STARTED USING THE
HASHTAG TO HIGHLIGHT THE
PERVASIVENESS AND THE -- IN
2006.
IN THE UNITED STATES THE FIRST
CAME FROM FIVE BLACK WOMEN
TESTIFYING BEFORE CONGRESS IN
1866 ABOUT WIDESPREAD RATE OF
BLACK WOMEN BY WHITE MEN
FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR.
SEXUAL NORMS HAVE NOT CHANGED.
THE USE OF POWER, COERCION,
VIOLENCE TO VIOLATE ANOTHER'S
PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL
BOUNDARIES HAS NEVER BEEN
ACCEPTABLE.
SURVIVORS HAVE BEEN TELLING
THEIR STORIES AND CALLING FOR
JUSTICE FOR GENERATIONS.
WHAT IS CHANGING IS OUR
SOCIETY'S INCREASING AWARENESS
OF THE PREVALENCE OF THESE
ISSUES, OUR DIMINISHING
TOLERANCE FOR THOSE WHO
PERPETRATE SEXUAL HARASSMENT,
AND A GROWING CRY FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE.
BY DECLARING APRIL SEXUAL
ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH YOU
SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT
SEXUAL ASSAULT IS NOT AND HAS
NEVER BEEN ACCEPTABLE IN
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS IMPORTANT
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND LEADING ON
BEHALF OF ALL SURVIVORS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM THE CHAIR OF VIOLENCE
PREVENTION AND JUSTICE FOR THE
SEATTLE'S WOMEN COALITION.
WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT AND
SPONSORSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THEM
FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE
DEVASTATING REALITY THE SEXUAL
ASSAULT IS STILL PREVALENT AND
BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE
DISTURBINGLY HIGH RATES IN
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
TODAY WE REFLECT ON THE LIVES
THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY
SEXUAL ASSAULT, PRAISE AND
THANK THOSE WHO SUPPORT
SURVIVORS, APPRECIATE THOSE WHO
DO PREVENTION, AND TAKE A HARD
LOOK AT OUR CURRENT CULTURE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CREATING A
CULTURE THAT VALUES PREVENTION,
BRING THE TOPIC TO LIGHT, LEADS
AND SUPPORTS THE ROBBERS.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE
EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND WORK
WITH OUR YOUTH TO SHIFT THIS
DANGEROUS CULTURE.
COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION
IN ALL SCHOOLS IS CRUCIAL TO
PREVENTION.
IF WE HOPE TO HAVE A CULTURE
THAT BELIEVES AND SUPPORTS THE
ROBBERS WE NEED TO INVEST IN
OUR YOUTH.
IN ORDER TO PROPERLY SUPPORT
SURVIVORS WE NEED TO FULLY FUND
ORGANIZATIONS DOING THE WORK,
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HIRE
SURVIVORS.
WE NEED RESOURCES THAT WORK
WITH MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
AND CAN NAVIGATE THE
INTERSECTIONS.
THIS MONTH IS FOR REFLECTION,
PRAISE, AWARENESS, AND CHANGING
OUR FUTURE.
MYSELF AND THE ENTIRE WOMEN'S
COALITION LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT
SURVIVORS IN THEIR PURSUIT.
WE THANK YOU FOR SHINING THE
LIGHT ON THIS ISSUE AND URGE
YOU TO DO MORE.
WE URGE YOU TO INVEST IN
PREVENTION AND RECOVERY.
THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S COALITION
LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED
COLLABORATION AND THE CHANGING
CULTURAL NORMS AND WORKING
TOGETHER TO IMPROVE OUR CITY.
VERY BRIEFLY, IF I COULD TALK
ABOUT THE DENIM DAY EVENT THAT
WILL HAPPEN ON APRIL 21.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HOST
THIS EVENT.
THE EVENT WILL START AT 5:30 PM
AND GO UNTIL 7 PM.
WE WILL HAVE SPEAKERS INCLUDING
COUNCILMEMBER AND GONZALES AND
HER BOLD.
WE WILL HAVE SOME OTHER
ORGANIZATION SPEAKING AS WELL.
IN ADDITION WE ARE EXCITED SAY
WILL HAVE A DISPLAY OF T-SHIRTS
FROM 50 DIFFERENT SURVIVORS AND
THROUGH THOSE T-SHIRTS THAT
WILL BE DISPLAYED THEY WILL BE
ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND
SHARE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU AGAIN.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT
APPEAR ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR 2019 WORK PROGRAM OR OUR
INTRODUCTION OF CALENDAR.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE
ACCEPTED FOR 20 MINUTES.
WE ASK THAT YOU IDENTIFY
YOURSELF AND THE TOPIC YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON.
WE WILL START OFF WITH ALEX
ZIMMERMAN, HE WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY YVETTE DYNASH.
>> MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW
ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
AT FIRST IT CONFUSED ME BECAUSE
IT IS WOMEN AND NO MAN.
I WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED, OUR
WOMEN AND MEN EQUAL IN
NUMERICAL OR NOT?
I FOR EXAMPLE HAVE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT HAPPENED TO ME MANY
TIMES EXACTLY FROM THIS COUNCIL
CHAMBER.
I GIVE YOU VARIOUS EXAMPLES.
THREE WOMEN HAVE TRESPASSED ME
FROM EVERY MEETING FOR THE PAST
FEW YEARS.
>> MISSED THE PRESIDENT, I
THINK WE TAKE THE ISSUE OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT VERY
SERIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY ON A DAY
WHERE WE ARE CLAIMING APRIL
2019 TO BE AWARENESS DAY.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS
PERSON HAS INDICATED THAT THERE
HAS BEEN SOME FORM OF
HARASSMENT AND MAKING LIGHT OF
THE ISSUE.
HE IS ACCUSING FOLKS BECAUSE OF
SCAN AND GENDER AND IT IS NOT
APPROPRIATE IN ANY REGARD.
TODAY, ON ALL DAYS TO HAVE THE
ACCUSATION LEVIED AGAINST THE
COUNCIL IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE EXACT
MOTION IS, MR. PRESIDENT, BUT I
WOULD SAY THAT THIS TYPE OF
ACCUSATION LEVIED AGAINST THE
THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS BOTH
FALSE AND INAPPROPRIATE.
>> SO THE STANDARDS ARE WHETHER
HE IS DISRUPTING THE MEETING?
HE DOES HAVE A RIGHT, A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO EXPRESS
HIS OPINION ON ISSUES AND
LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE WORKING
ON, SEXUAL HARASSMENT BEING ONE
OF THEM.
HIS OPINIONS, WHILE CERTAINLY
VULGAR AND OFFENSIVE, IN MY
OPINION AND IN THE CHAIR'S
OPINION STILL FIT WITHIN THE
PARAMETERS OF FREE SPEECH ON A
TOPIC WE ARE WORKING ON.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ADDRESS
THE ISSUE AND NOT ATTACK OUR
COLLEAGUES.
AT THIS POINT UNLESS SOMEONE
DETERMINES HE IS DISRUPTIVE, HE
HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO
SPEAK ON OUR AGENDA ITEMS.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> PLEASE PROCEED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THESE ARE THREE WOMEN AND I AM
A MAN.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO
EXPLAIN TO YOU.
THIS TOTALLY CONFUSES ME, BUT I
AM VERY HAPPY.
IT GIVES ME A CHANCE RIGHT NOW
TO EXPLAIN TO YOU, SO MY KOSHER
SAUSAGE CAN STAY IN YOUR THROAT
FOREVER RIGHT NOW.
>> STOP THE CLOCK, PLEASE.
NOW YOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED THAT IS
DISRUPTIVE AND VULGAR SPEECH
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR
AGENDA.
IF I HEAR IT AGAIN YOU WILL BE
REMOVED FOR DISRUPTION.
>> I ACTUALLY FIND THAT TO BE
MORE THAN OFFENSIVE, I FIND IT
TO BE A THREAT OF SEXUAL
VIOLENCE AND I WOULD ASK YOU AS
A PRESIDING OFFICER TO TREAT
THAT BEHAVIOR ACCORDINGLY.
THIS MAN JUST THREATENED TO
STICK HIS GENITALS DOWN OUR
THROATS.
I FIND THAT TO BE A GENDER-
BASED, VIOLENT THREATS TO
ANYBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL,
BUT IN PARTICULAR TO THE WOMEN.
I AM ASKING THAT YOU FIND HIM
DISRUPTIVE AND HAVE HIM REMOVED
.
>> POINT WAS TAKEN, I AM
REQUIRED TO GIVE THEM ONE
NOTICE BEFORE I REMOVE ANYONE.
YOU HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
I AGREE WITH YOUR POINT.
YOU HAVE BEEN PUT ON NOTICE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I UPHOLD
MR.'S IN A MEN'S FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT, BUT I CAN
CATEGORICALLY SAY FOR THE FIRST
THREE AND HALF YEARS WE HAVEN'T
SUBJECT, PARTICULARLY THE THREE
LATINA WOMEN APPEAR NOT ONLY TO
ATTACKS ON OUR RACE, BUT OUR
GENDER AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT
YOU CAN IMAGINE.
AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO DRAW
THE LINE.
THEY ARE ACTUAL THREATS TO US
BASED ON OUR GENDER, OUR RACE,
ON WHO WE ARE AND THE FACT THAT
WE SIT HERE.
I FOR ONE AM TIRED OF IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THERE IS A SEPARATE SECURITY
PROCEDURE WE USED FOR THREATS.
OU HAVE HEARD,
MEMBERS TOOK THOSE AS THREATS.
I AM SURE BEYOND THIS HEARING
THEY WILL FOLLOW THROUGH ON HOW
WE PROCEED ON THREATS.
YOU HAVE BEEN PUT ON NOTICE OF
YOUR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
ANYMORE OUTBURST THAT QUALIFY
AS DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR WILL
HAVE YOU REMOVED IMMEDIATELY.
YOU HAVE 29 SECONDS LEFT, SIR.
>> I AM DONE TALKING ABOUT
RACE.
I ONLY GIVE YOU EXAMPLES.
THIS IS PURE STATISTICAL
EXPLANATION, IT HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH PERSONAL.
IT IS TALKING ABOUT SITUATIONS
THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THIS
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
THIS IS ABOUT WOMEN BROWN,
WHITE, BLACK, IT IS ABOUT THE
SITUATION.
SO I DON'T HAVE A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT BY LAW TO
SPEAK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE
WANT?
>> TIME IS UP, SIR.
JUST SO YOU KNOW YOUR BEHAVIOR
TODAY WAS DEEMED THREATENING BY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
YOU MAY WANT TO EXPECT FOLLOW-
UP.
>> WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE
YVETTE DYNASTY.
>> THAT AFTERNOON, I AM BACK
AGAIN ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS
CRISES.
FOUR YEARS INTO THIS NOTHING
HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
THE REASON I AM MORE CONCERNED
TODAY IS A STOP BY THE VILLAGE
BECAUSE I READ A PAPER ABOUT
DRAMA GOING ON BETWEEN THE
VILLAGES AND THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE.
I STOP BY TO CHECK ON THEIR
WELFARE.
THERE ARE CHILDREN LIVING
THERE.
WHEN I LIVED THERE THERE WERE
FOUR TODDLERS UNDER TWO YEARS
OLD RUNNING AROUND.
WHAT I AM ASKING IS CAN YOU
MEDIATE OR FIGURE OUT HOW YOU
CAN RESOLVE THE ISSUE BETWEEN
LEHIGH AND THOSE VILLAGES?
RIGHT NOW THANK YOU FOR
STEPPING UP AND PROVIDING
NECESSITIES LIKE TOILET PAPER,
CUTLERY, FOOD, DIAPERS WHILE
THIS IS BEING WORKED OUT.
WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO
MEDIATE THAT SITUATION, PLEASE
DO SO.
ALSO, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE OUT THERE, HOW WE MAKE
THINGS BETTER IS BY THE POWER
OF YOUR VOTE.
YOUR VOTE MATTERS.
SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBER SEES OUR
UP FOR GRABS.
PAY ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES,
SHOW UP AND VOTE.
ALSO, IF YOU ARE HOMELESS YOU
CAN VOTE AS WELL.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE STARTING
IT TO YOUR PUSH TO REGISTER
PEOPLE TO VOTE.
WITH THAT, FIX THE SITUATION
PLEASE AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE
TO SAY FOR TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DAVID HAYNES WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY TYRONE KENNEDY.
>> WINNIE CITY COUNCIL TO
DEMAND A WEEKLY UPDATE ON THE
HOMELESS CRISIS.
IT IS PRACTICALLY A NONSTOP
INVESTIGATIVE HEARING ON
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HIRING EX-
ADDICTS WHO STILL HAVE
ADDICTION FUELED BY WILFORD JOB
LINE TO THE HOMELESS ABOUT
SHELTER WITH SUBHUMAN SERVICES,
VIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT.
I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THE DRAMA
UNFOLD IN THE NEWSPAPERS ABOUT
LOW INCOME HOUSING, STEALING
AND INFLATING THE COST,
CHEATING THE HOMELESS DAILY.
AND ALSO SCOTT MOREAU WHO IS
WHO HAVE FORSAKEN INNOCENT
PEOPLE TO DRUG PUSHERS AND
PREDATORS.
SEATTLE IS DYING, PROOF THAT
WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE FAILING
TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WHILE
DISCRIMINATING AGAINST
THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT HOMELESS
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY SOCIAL
WELFARE INDUSTRY COLLEGE PUKES
MIX EDUCATED BY RACIST
SOCIOLOGY PROFESSORS.
YOU KNOW YOU CAN TELL SEATTLE
IS A GOOD FOR NOTHING FRAUD.
THEY TAKE MONTHS CREATING A
DATA COLLECTING RACES NARRATIVE
THAT FITS THE TREASONOUS AND
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AGENDA WORKING
THE PAY PLAN AT THE EXPENSE OF
SOCIETAL IMPLOSION.
WHEN HE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
AND THE NONPROFITS TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR EGREGIOUS
FAILURE TO PUT 40 HONEST AND
DILIGENT EFFORT.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THE SUFFERING
HAS WANED BECAUSE SPRING IS
HERE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> MY NAME IS TYRONE KENNEDY.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT WORKING IN
THE COMMUNITY.
I AM SITTING BACK LOOKING AT
THE CITY AND WE ARE DOING SO
MANY THINGS AND BUILDING SO
MANY PLACES.
WE ARE NOT SUPPORTING THE ONES
WHO REALLY NEED.
WE ARE NOT SUPPORTING THE
HOMELESS PEOPLE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT THEM IN
THE JUNGLE.
YOU JUST SHOULD HAVE LEFT THEM
THERE.
YOU KNEW WHERE THEY WERE.
YOU COULD'VE GIVEN THEM HELP
FROM THERE.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE THEM.
THEY ARE ALL OVER THE CITY NOW.
THEY ARE EVERYWHERE, ON THE
GROUND, NEAR CAR LOTS, EVEN ON
THE ROAD OF THE STREET.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING HIT OR
KILLED.
YOU WASTE MONEY AND YOU ARE
ASKING FOR MONEY.
YET MONEY FOR THEM TO DO IT BUT
YOU BLEW THE MONEY.
YOU BLEW THE MONEY BY SAYING
THAT YOU CLEANED UP THE CITY,
BUT THEN THERE IS WASTE AND
NEEDLES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I SIGH LITTLE KID THAT FELL
ONTO A NEEDLE THAT A HOMELESS
PERSON WAS USING.
WE HAVE FAILED TO PUT PEOPLE IN
HOMES.
WHAT KIND OF CITY IS THIS?
WE HAVE TAKEN LAND FROM
EVERYONE, FROM THE INDIANS AND
ALL OF THAT AND WEEVERYONE .
THE HAS BEEN GOING ON EVER
SINCE THE SLAVES HAS BEEN
COMING OVER.
THEY US AND BROUGHT US HERE.
WE FAIL TO UNDERSTAND THIS
THING.
WE ARE SO SAD PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AM NOT A COLOR, I AM A BLACK
MAN IN AMERICA BEING AND
BROUGHT OVER HERE ARE YOUR
THOUGHTS AND YOUR DREAMS AND
WHAT YOU SOLD THE INDIANS, A
DREAM AND THEN YOU TOOK THEIR
LAND AND PUT THEM ON
RESERVATIONS.
HOW CAN WE SAY WE ARE A GOOD
CITY?
THIS IS SAD.
A SAD CITY.
>> OUR LAST SPEAKER SIGN-UP IS
THE HONORABLE MICHAEL FULLER.
WILL
>> I AM THE HONORABLE MICHAEL
FULLER.
I AM ALLEGING THAT ALL NINE OF
OU ARE IN VIOLA
PROCESS, EQUAL PROCESS.
BRUCE HAROLD, I AM DEVASTATED
BECAUSE THIS SANCTUARY CITY
WOULD VIOLATE HR 3003, NO
SANCTUARY FOR CRIMINAL ACTS.
NOW, BRUCE HAROLD, DO NOT THINK
THAT YOU ARE ABOVE THE LAW.
NO MAN IN THIS COUNTRY IS SO
HIGH WHERE THEY ARE ABOVE LAW.
YOU ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW.
YOU ARE PIMPING PEOPLE, YET IT
STILL YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE OF COLOR AT A TIME OF
WAR.
LOOK, BRUCE HAROLD, IT WAS 2996
DEATHS, 2977 VICTIMS, AND 19
FIREFIGHTER DEATHS AND THEN YOU
TURN AROUND AND SAY ONE
AMERICA.
>> THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
MICHAEL, YOU HAVE TO STOP NOW.
>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
PAYMENT OF THE BILLS.
PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>> I MOVED TO PASS BILL 119492.
I HOPE TO GET A SECOND? IT HAS
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.[ROLL CALL]
>> IN FAVOR NO POSE.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN.
PLEASE READ ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> KEVIN HUNTLEY IS A RESIDENT
WHO WAS SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR
THE PAST THREE YEARS.
HE CONTRIBUTES AN ESTOPPEL AND
BALANCED IN HIS APPROACH TO
ISSUES BROUGHT BEFORE THE
BOARD.
HE OWES A MASTERS IN URBAN
PLANNING AND GREW UP IN PART OF
THE PARKS AND RECREATION
FAMILY, PARTICIPATED IN
PROGRAMS AND HAS WORKED FOR THE
CITY AS A BUDGET ANALYST.
HE HAS APPLIED FOR
REAPPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD AND
I FOR ONE AM VERY HAPPY.
THE COMMITTEE MAKE A UNANIMOUS
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL PASS APPOINTMENT THERE
WERE 1278 THERE WERE 12784
>>> EVAN HUNTLEY.
THIS IS THE APPOINTMENT OF
KELLY McCAFFREY APPOINTMENT
01279.
KELLY, BOTH OF THESE ARE
REAPPOINTMENTS.
KELLY HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD
AND IS APPLYING FOR
REAPPOINTMENT AS WELL.
SHE HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC MEMBER
OF THE BOARD AND CALMS WILL
PREPARE, INKS CRITICALLY ABOUT
ISSUES AND IDEAS BEFORE THE
MEETINGS AND WE HAVE RELIED ON
HER EXPERTISE FOR AT LEAST THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SHE HAS A MASTERS DEGREE IN
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WITH A
FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENT POLICY.
SHE SEES PARK ISSUES TO THE
LENGTH OF A MOTHER, A DOG
OWNER, A DISABLED PARK USER AND
A BIKER.
HER WORK HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO
SPEARHEAD CORRESPONDED AS A
LIAISON FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AS
WELL AS AN EXCELLENT ADVISOR TO
MYSELF AND OUR STAFF.
THE COMMITTEE AND NATIVE
COMMITTEE MAKES A UNANIMOUS
RECOMMENDATION THE CITY COUNCIL
PASS THE APPOINTMENT OF 01279,
MRS. McCAFFREY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
IF NOT THOSE OF FURTHER --
FAVOR PLEASE VOTE I. THE MOTION
CARRIES AND THE APPOINTMENTS
ARE CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> THANK YOU.
BRIAN IS RETIRE FROM KING
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.
HE VOLUNTEER WITH THE SEATTLE
LEVY CAMPAIGN.
JOE IS A CPA AND VOLUNTEER.
THEY BOTH SERVE ADMIRABLY ON
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND I
AM PROUD TO REAPPOINT THEM.
I THINK THEY BOTH BRING OUTSIDE
EXPERTISE AND A PASSION FOR
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN THE
COMMITTEE.
THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT MEMBERS
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR
APPOINTMENT.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE APPOINTMENT PLEASE VOTE I.
THOSE WHO OPPOSE VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER AGENDA
BUSINESS?
HEARING NINE WE STAND
ADJOURNED.
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT REST OF
YOUR AFTERNOON.
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