>>> NOW RECORDING AND YOU'RE
READY TO TWO.
>> MAY 17, 2021 MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME
TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:01 P.M.
ON LISA HERBOLT PRESIDENT
PROTEM OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> PETERSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PROTEM
HERBOLT.
>> PRESENT.
>> I'M NOT AWARE OF A
PRESENTATION FOR TODAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES.
THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING OF MAY 17, 2021 HAVE
BEEN REVIEWED, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, MINUTES WILL BE
SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE BEING SIGNED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES.
MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION.
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
NEXT WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE
AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
AGAIN HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
COLLEAGUES NEXT WE'LL BE
OPENING THE REMOTE COMMENT
PERIOD FOR ITEMS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA.
THE INTRODUCTION AND THE
COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM.
I THANK EVERYONE FOR EVERYONE'S
ONGOING PATIENCE AND COOPERATE
AS WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE THESE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT SYSTEM.
IT REMAINS THE STRONG INTENT OF
THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY
INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA.
AS A REMINDER THE CITY COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO END OR
ELIMINATE THESE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIODS AT ANY POINT.
IF WE DEEM IS SYSTEM IS BEING
ABUSED OR NO LONGER SUITABLE
FOR ALLOWING THE MEETING TO BE
CONDUCTED EFFECTIVELY.
WE'LL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MATTER.
WE HAVE 76 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION.
AGENDA WILL BE REMANDED TO
EXTEND THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THIS MEETING FROM 20
MINUTES TO 60 MINUTES.
AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN
1 MINUTE TO SPEAK.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS AMENDED TO ALLOW FOR
60 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED ON IN
THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED BY PUBLIC COMMENT ON
THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER WILL CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER USED FOR THIS
REGISTRATION.
AND USING THE MEETING PHONE
NUMBER ID AND PASS CODE THAT
WAS E-MAILED TO THEM UPON
CONFIRMATION.
AND WITH LINE CALL IN
INFORMATION.
I'LL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED IN THE COUNTY'S
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU
CAN DO SO BY GOING TO THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL THE SPEAKER, AND
ONCE I SAY YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED THE SPEAKER MUST PRESS
STAR SIX TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
LET'S BEGIN BY SAYING YOUR NAME
AND THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE
ADDRESSING.
AS A REMINDER PUBLIC COMMENT
RELATE TO AN ITEM ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR OR THE
COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN
10 SECOND ARE LEFT ON THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME WE ASK
THAT YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THEIR
ALLOTTED TIME PROVISITTED
SPEAKERS MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE
NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ASK THAT YOU
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE.
IF YOU PLAN TO COMPLETE
FOLLOWING THE MEETING, YOU CAN
DO SO VIA THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
OR THE LISTENING ITEMS.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN AND
WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
AGAIN PLEA REMEMBER TO DIAL
STAR SIX AFTER YOU HEAR THE
PROMPT OF YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED.
I WILL READ THE FIRST TWO
SPEAKERS INTO, INTO THE RECORD.
WE HAVE HOWARD BELL FOLLOWED BY
STEVE COOPER.
HOWARD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, HOWARD DALE
DISTRICT 7. NEXT MONTH WILL BE
THE FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF
THE SPD MURDER OF CHARLENE
LYLES LEAVING HER FOUR CHILDREN
MOTHERLESS.
AFTER THAT MURDER, COUNCIL
MEMBER, SAWANT, AND GONZALEZ
SAID THEY WERE DEEPLY
DISTRAUGHT.
LAST WEEK MARKED THE TWO YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPD MURDER
OF RYAN SMITH AND TWO DAYS FROM
NOW ON WEDNESDAY WE WILL MARK
THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SPD MURDER OF TERRY CAVER.
THESE ARE BOTH AFRICAN-
AMERICANS FATALLY SHOT BY THE
SPD WHEN IN SEVERE MENTAL
CRISIS HOLDING KNIVES IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
DESPITE THE ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
CONTINUES TO DEMAND THAT THE
POLICE BE HELD TO LESS
STRINGENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE
HOOPER.
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ZOE AMAIR.
STEVE.
>> HI MY NAME IS STEVE HOOPER.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF EBEN
RESTAURANTS.
I'M SPEAKING TO YOU ALL TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF THE STREET USE
PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN CRITICAL
OVER THE COURSE OF THIS
PANDEMIC AND THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS AND GONZALEZ
HAVE SHOWN SO MUCH LEADERSHIP
TO SUPPORT.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY TO EXTEND THIS
PROGRAM WELL INTO NEXT YEAR.
HOPEFULLY INDEFINITELY.
IT'S BECOME A REALLY EXCITING
PART OF THE SEATTLE RESTAURANT
SCENE AND REALLY CHANGED THE
STREETS SKAEUPS IN WHICH IT'S
BECOME AN STREET SCAPES IN
WHICH ITS BECOME A STREET.
IT'S BECOME TIME TO TALK ABOUT
THIS CRITICAL ISSUE AND WHAT IT
CAN DO TO TRANSFORM THIS CITY
FURTHER.
THIS EXTENSION IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO RESTAURANT
TOURISTS TO ALLOW THEM TO MAKE
THE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS IN
THOSE OUTDOOR SPACES AND BEGIN
TO PAY OUT THE DEATHS INCURRED
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
>>> NEXT IS ZOE AMAIR FOLLOWED
BY EDWARD MASK.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ZOE AMAIR
I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR.
PALESTINIANS IN GAZA HAVE BEEN
UNDER ATTACK BY THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT WITH THEIR COLONIAL
AGENDA.
ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE HAVE
BEEN BRUTALLY FORCED BY THEIR
HOMES BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
NONE OF THE SILENCE CAN BE
JUSTIFIED BY THE LIE THAT
THERE'S A WAR OR MUTUAL
CONFLICT HAPPENING.
THE U.S. WILL THE U.S. SHOULD
PULL SUPPORT IMMEDIATELY UNLESS
A DEAL IS SIGNED.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED A DEAL
FOR ARMS AND IT'S OUR
OBLIGATION TO STAND AGAINST
THIS GENOCIDE AND RACIST
MATTERS FROM LAST SUMMER.
MANY OF US STILL REMEMBER THE
EFFECTS OF TEAR GAS AND RUBBER
BULLETS ON OUR MIND AND BODY
USED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WHO THEMSELVES TRAINED WITH THE
ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE, PASS
THIS RESOLUTION, THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU ZOE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS EDWARD
MASS.
EDWARD, GREAT THANK YOU.
>> I BELIEVE I'M UNMUTED.
ED MAST, WALLINGFORD SPEAKING
IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL MEMBER
SIGNING THE LETTER PROPOSED
ABOUT PALESTINIAN LIVES BY
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
KNOW THAT THE POLITICAL CLIMATE
IS CHANGING IN THIS COUNTRY AS
MORE PEOPLE STAND AGAINST WHITE
SUPREMACY.
AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO STAND
AGAINST ETHNIC SUPREMACY AND
WHITE SUPREMACY IN ISRAEL WHICH
IS BEING SUPPORTED BY THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT.
ISRAEL WAS FOUNDED AS A RACIST
STATE AND SUPREMACIST STATE.
I DON'T LIKE SUPREMACIST STATE.
THAT'S WHAT PALESTINIANS ARE
RESISTING NOW.
OUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS
TO HEAR FROM OUR MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
PLEASE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK IN FAVOR OF PALESTINIAN
LIVES AND AGAINST WHITE
SUPREMACY.
PLEASE SIGN ON TO MS. SAWANT'S
LETTER.
>>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PEJAS.
>> HI I'M PEJAS.
I SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT'S RESOLUTION DEMANDING
THAT THE BIDEN ADMISSION
DENOUNCE THE REPRESSION OF THE
PALESTINIANS.
AS WE SAW WITH THE MOVEMENT TO
END BIG PHARMA'S VACCINE, MASS
PRESSURE AND SOLIDARITY FROM
REGULAR POPLE CAN FORCE THE
HAND OF THE RULING CLASS AND
END BRUTAL ATTACKS ON THE
PALESTINIANS.
BIDEN IS NOT GOING TO DO IT
HIMSELF.
I ASK ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A
CLEAR STAND AGAINST THE
ATROCITIES THAT THE ISRAELI
STATE IS CONDUCTING AND THE
MATERIAL THAT THE U.S. IS
PROVIDING TO BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
AND THE FAR RIGHT MOVEMENT,
THANK YOU.
>> KATHERINE DAWSON WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY KYLIE HENDERSON.
>> HI I'M KATHERINE DAWSON I'M
CALLING ON THE COUNCIL TO SIGN
ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
LETTER TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST
PALESTINIANS AND TO END THE
U.S. FUNDING OF ISRAEL.
THE U.S. SENDS $15 MILLION TO
ISRAEL.
IN THE LAST WEEK 192
PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED.
58 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED.
AND AS YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT A
CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES.
ISRAEL IS AN APARTIDE STATE.
AN AN END TO THE U.S. FUNDING
IN ISRAEL.
SO PLEASE TAKE A TIME TO LISTEN
TO THE RALLY ORGANIZERS AND
SPEAKERS.
FINALLY AS WE KNOW THIS FIGHT
IS TIED TO A FIGHT AGAINST
POLICE VIOLENCE.
AS THE U.S. POLICE INCLUDING
SPD.
>>> NEXT SPEAKER IS SHIRLEY
HENDERSON.
FOLLOWED BY NEHAN RASHEEM.
>> HI, SHERLEY HENDERSON.
I'M CALLING TODAY AS A SEATTLE
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND AS
SOMEONE WHO LIVED IN JERUSALEM
DURING ONE OF THE LAST MAJOR UP
SURGENCE.
WHICH IS WHY I SUPPORT COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S LETTER TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
AND I STRONGLY URGE OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SIGN AS
WELL.
TWO WEEK WEEKS INTO THIS
DEADLY ASSAULT.
250 CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED
AND OVER 40,000 HAVE BECOME
HOMELESS DUE TO THE VIOLENCE
AND DESTRUCTION.
THIS IS COMING ON THE HEELS OF
AN ALREADY DEVASTATING IMPACT
OF COVID AND THE ECONOMIC
CRISIS.
THIS VIOLENCE NEEDS TO END NOW.
AGAIN THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING ON
YOU TO SIGN COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT'S PUBLIC STATEMENT.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU THE NEXT SPEAKER
IS NEHOW SEHEME.
>> I'M CALMING TO SUPPORT
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
STATEMENT CONDEMNING ASKING
PRESIDENT BIDEN TO CONDEMN THE
ATTACKS ON THE PALESTINIANS.
AS AN AMERICAN MUSLIM, I'M
REALLY, I'M REALLY DISTURBED BY
THE PICTURES AND THE SCENES
THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN
GAZA AND IN JERUSALEM.
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE
PALESTINIANS IS NOT JUST SELF-
DEFENSE.
IT'S AN ETHNIC CLEANSIC AND AS
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, I'M REALLY
DISTURBED ALSO BY THE BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS THAT AMERICA HAS
BEEN SENDING IN SUPPORTING THE
ISRAELI ARMY.
HELPING THEM TO KILL INNOCENT
CHILDREN AND INNOCENT CIVILIANS
FOR NO REASON.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO
PLEASE SIGN THE STATEMENT AND
THIS IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO.
I DON'T WANT MY TAX MONEY GOING
INTO KILLING CHILDREN.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS
TRACY MARKS.
AND TRACY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
GENANIE RENGRAN.
AND GENANIE IS SHOWING ABSENT
IF SHE'S NOT BACK WE'LL MOVE TO
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
BUT FOR NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM
TRACY MARKS.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS TRACY
MARKS.
I'M A JEWISH PRAYER LEADER.
I STAND WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT ADDING MY VOICE TO
DEMAND THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN
CONDEMN ISRAEL'S BRUTAL ATTACKS
ON GAZA AND THE OCCUPATION AND
SUSPEND ALL MILITARY AID TO
ISRAEL.
I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SIGN
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S PUBLIC
STATEMENT TO PRESIDENT BIDEN.
PALESTINIAN LIFE IS ON THE
LINE.
FREEDOM IS ON THE LINE.
THE U.S. CAN END THIS.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
STILL SEEING GENENIE IS STILL
NOT BACK.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANA ADIE.
>> HI ANA ADIE FIRST
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND I'M
TELL YOU RIGHT NOW I FELT
ASHAMED WHEN I HEARD BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU THANKING AMERICA FOR
SUPPORTING ISRAELI'S OCCUPATION
OF PALESTINE.
64 ATTACKS ON A NATION THAT
HAS NO AIRPORT.
WHEN THE SUPPORT IS KILLING
INNOCENT PEOPLE AND WOMEN.
PLEASE SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT ON HER BILL.
SUPPORT HUMAN LIFE.
WE DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU NEXT SPEAKER IS
INGRID CAMPOS FOLLOWED BY
JORDAN QUINN.
INGRID.
>> YES HELLO THANK YOU.
I'M HERE TO DEMAND THAT THE
CITY THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORT AND SIGN COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT'S STATEMENT TO PRESIDENT
BIDEN SUPPORT OF THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
AS A RESULT.
BIDEN GAVE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
THE GREEN LIGHT TO KILL AS MANY
PEOPLE AS THEY WANT.
THIS MUST END.
PLEASE COSIGN THIS STATEMENT.
DO THE RIGHT THING.
PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT GENOCIDE
LIKE BIDEN HAS.
WE MUST PRESSURE HIM TO DO THE
SAME THING.
FREE PALESTINE.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT WE HAVE JORDAN QUINN.
JORDAN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
SELINA CARSIOTES.
>> HI CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> YES WE CAN.
>> COOL, THANKS.
MY NAME IS JORDAN I'M A RENTER
AND A MEMBER OF SOCIALIST
ALTERNATIVES.
I'M CALLING TO URGE THE SEATTLE
COUNCIL TO SIGN ON TO COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S LETTER TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
THE BRUTAL STRIKES AND KILLINGS
ON PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS ARE AN
ONGOING POLICIES OF ISRAEL.
BRUTAL ATTACKS BY FAR RIGHT
GANGS BY THE IDF, BY POLICE AND
MORE.
THESE ARE SIMILAR TACTICS USED
BY POLICE AGAINST BLACK
FAMILIES AND AGAINST THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT BUT ON A
HEIGHTENED SCALE.
WHILE THE U.S. CONTINUES TO
SUPPORT THE OCCUPATION.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE DOESN'T
HAVE TO.
PLEASE SIGN ON TO KSHAMA
SAWANT'S LETTER.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS.
FRIA CARSIEL.
>> HE HROEL HELLO, MY NAME IS
SELENA CARSIEL.
I LIVE ON A LAKE FRONT
COMMUNITY COMPRISED OF 82
UNITS.
HOMEOWNERS HERE ENJOY
RECREATING ON THE WATER
ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER.
DESIGNATED FROM THE WATER TOLL
WHICH SUSTAINS AQUATIC LIFE BUT
WE WHO LIVE ON IT ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT WATER QUALITY.
WE SEE FIRSTHAND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PEOPLE
LIVING IN TENTS ON THE
SHORELINE AT BITTER LAKE PARK.
COUNCIL BILL 120054 AS IT
RELATES TO REGULATION ADDRESSES
BITTER LAKE COMMUNITY'S OF THE
ENCAMPMENT ON STORM WATER AND
THE LAKE WATER.
FOR EXAMPLE, SHAMPOO, AND SOAP
HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE
LAKE WATER.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LOGAN
SWAN FOLLOWED BY SOFIA PARVINE.
>>> MY NAME IS LOGAN WINE.
I'M JOINING THE GROWING NUMBERS
OF UNIONS SUPPORTING THE
OPPOSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
ISRAEL AND DEMAND THAT THE
ELECTED DEMOCRATS OF THIS CITY
DO THE SAME BY SIGNING ON TO
THE STATEMENT BY KSHAMA SAWANT.
YOU CANNOT WASH YOUR HAND OF
THIS MANIFESTATION.
WHAT CHOICE WILL YOU MAKE
TODAY?
WILL YOU STAND WITH THE
OPPRESSED AND DEMAND JUSTICE
AND AN END TO ETHNIC CLEANSING
OR WILL YOU STAND WITH YOUR
PARTY THAT ENDS AND ABET
IMPERIALISM.
>>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS SAPHIA PAVINE FOLLOWED BY
BRYAN BANE.
>> HI CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES WE CAN.
>> OKAY.
HI, THANK YOU.
SO MY COMMENT IS IN SUPPORT OF
THE LETTER BY COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
WHAT WE FAIL TO UNDERSTAND IS
PALESTINIANS IS AT RISK.
IT'S BAFFLING WHEN CHRISTIAN
PALESTINIANS ARE OVERLOOKED
WHEN THEIR FATE ORIGINATES FROM
THAT LAND AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT
A PARTICULAR FATE.
THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
THERE'S HOMES BEING DESTROYED,
SCHOOLS.
NO ONE IS OUT OF THE THREAT.
CUT OFF THE U.S. MILITARY AID.
STOP AIDING THE KILLING OF
CHILDREN.
THE WORLD IS SUFFERING FROM ARE
REFUGEE CRISIS AND WE'RE
FUNDING IT IN BILLIONS RIGHT
NOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> BRIAN BANG WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY JUSTIN SIMMONS.
BRIAN.
>> BRIAN WITH YOU ARE US.
I SEE YOU'RE STILL MUTED CAN
YOU HIT STAR SIX.
AGAIN, THERE YOU GO.
>> I'M SO SORRY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS BRIAN AND I LIVE
IN DISTRICT FOUR.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
KSHAMA SAWANT'S LETTER.
AND ASK THE COUNCIL TO SIGN ON
AS A COLLECTIVE.
SEATTLE IS SINISTER AND YOU
MUST ANSWER TO THIS.
BOEING IN THE NORTHWEST ARE A
HUGE EMPLOYER OF SEATTLE.
SEATTLE IS FUEL BID THEIR
MILITARY CONTRACTS AND THE
LEAST THAT SEATTLE CAN DO RIGHT
NOW IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE IS
TO SIGN THIS LETTER TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
WE MUST PUSH FORWARD TO ENDING
MILITARY AID OR SEATTLE BECOMES
STAINED BY INTERNATIONAL
WARFARE.
WE KNOW THE U.S. INTEREST IS
IMPERIALISTIC AND NOT IN
SUPPORT OF JEWISH COMMUNITY.
TO QUOTE PRESIDENT BIDEN
HIMSELF.
IT IS THE BEST $3 BILLION
INVESTMENT WE MAKE WHETHER OR
NOT IN ISRAEL THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT
AND INVENT AN ISRAEL TO PROTECT
OUR INTEREST.
I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS SIMPLE
ACTION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN
SIMMONS.
JUSTIN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
STEVE HOWELL.
>> THANK YOU, I'M JUSTIN
SIMMONS.
I'M RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.
I'M SPEAKING TO NUMBER FOUR,
THE ORDNANCE RELATED TO THE
STORM WATER QUITE A FEW, THE
STORM WATER CODE.
YOU HEARD FROM SELINA A FEW
SPEAKERS AGO.
I ALSO LIVE ON A LARGE
COMMUNITY OF BITTER LAKE AND
I'M ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE GROUP
SAVE BITTER LAKE AND BROAD VIEW
THOMPSON K 8. WE'RE IN A
SITUATION THAT WE HAVE ABOUT
1,000 TAXPAYERS WHO ARE NOT
COMFORTABLE SWIMMING IN THE
LAKE OR USING THE ADJACENT PARK
BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF
CAMPERS, MISUSING THE LAKE AND
UNDOING THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN
DOING IN RECENT YEARS.
POLICY GUIDANCE INDICATING THE
PROVIDING HYGIENE FACILITIES
WILL REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS AND HEALTH RISKS AND
INCREASES OUTREACH
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE REQUEST THE COUNCIL TAKE THE
FOLLOWING ACTIONS WHICH ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE STORM WATER
CODE UPDATE.
ONE, OPEN ADJACENT HYGIENE
FACILITY AT BITTER LAKE
FACILITIES.
>> THANK YOU JUSTIN.
YOU CAN PLEASE SEND ON YOUR
REMAINDER OF YOUR COMMENTS VIA
E-MAIL OR SNAIL MAIL.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JUDE HANO
FOLLOWED BY BARLO WALOON.
JUDE.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JUDE HANO
AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
THE FREE PALESTINE MOVEMENT.
I'MAPPALLED AT THE COMPLACENCY
OF THE U.S. IN REGARD TO
ISRAEL'S APARTIDE STATE.
AND WE NEED TO DEMAND AN END TO
THE PALESTINE AND STOP SENDING
MILLIONS OF THE DOLLARS TO
ISRAEL.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHY OUR
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ARE
FUNDING THE MURDER OF WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
THE U.S. CANNOT CLEAN TO STAND
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WHEN WE CAN'T
EVEN STAND UP TO WHO WE
CONSIDER AN ALLY.
I STRONGLY URGE OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO DO SO AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RILEY
HALOOM FOLLOWED BY WAYNE
FOKLER.
RILEY.
>> HI I'M RILEY GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M ALSO CALLING IN REGARD TO
THE APARTIDE STATE.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF
THE BY ISRAELI.
THESE ARE ALL WAR CRIMES
AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW.
JOE BIDEN IS COMPLACENT.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR U.S. BACKING
THIS WOULD STOP.
HOW MANY DEAD BODIES IS IT
GOING TO TAKE.
I ASK THAT YOU BE BRAVE AND
SIGN ON TO SAWANT'S LETTER TO
CONGRESS.
>>> AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
JAMES BECKLER.
>> HI JAMES BECKL ER I'M A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO.
I'M TESTIFYING IN REGARDS TO
THE CURRENT CHANGES TO THE
STORM WATER CODE.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE A PROPERTY
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT THAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP INTO A
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDING AND
PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
A RECENT PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT
REPORT FROM SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS
STATES THAT WE WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO DO A STORM WATER
EXTENSION.
IN ADDITION TO THE FEES THAT WE
WOULD BE PROVIDING OR PAYING OR
RATHER PROVIDING.
THIS ANNOUNCED TO APPROXIMATELY
3/4 OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN
FEES.
I URGE A NO VOTE ON THE STORM
WATER CODE UNTIL WE CAN
ESTABLISH SENSIBLE REGULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
SUMMER WEBSTER IS NOT SHOWING
AS PRESENT.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO SINSATH
PREMIER.
SINSATH.
>> HI MY NAME IS SINSASTH CAN
YOU HEAR ME.
>> YES WE CAN, THANK YOU.
>> I'M SPEAKING TODAY ASKING
THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S PUBLIC
STATEMENT DEMANDING THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN CUT OFF ALL
MILITARY AID AND WEAPONS TO THE
ISRAELI STATE.
TENSIONS HAVE BEEN ESCALATING.
MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE WERE
INJURED AS ISRAELI POLICE USED
GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS.
AS OF YESTERDAY, AIR STRIKES AT
LEAST 92 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN
KILLED INCLUDING 58 CHILDREN.
PRESIDENT BIDEN ONLY CONDEMNED
THE ROCKET TAKES BY HAMAS AND
SHOWS SUPPORT FOR ISRAELI
RIGHTS.
BY ONLY NAMES HAMAS AND
REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
PALESTINIAN.
WHICH HAS BEEN FOSTERED ONLY
BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED AID
AND SUPPORT
>> THANK YOU THE NEXT SPEAKER
IS RUBENSTEIN FOLLOWED BY
McARTHUR.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS JULIE
RUBENSTEIN CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> YES WE CAN, THANK YOU.
>> I AM CALLING TO URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THE LETTER FROM SAWANT
TO SEIZE ALL MILITARY AID AND
WEAPON SALES TO ISRAEL.
WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY HAS BEEN
SAID BEFORE I WILL SAY IT AGAIN
FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HEAR
SINCE 1948 AND THE FIRST
CATASTROPHE AND ETHNIC
CLEANSING PALESTINIAN ARABS
HAVE FACED AN ENDING STRUGGLE.
WE HAVE SEEN THE MOST RECENT
AND MOST DIVISIVE.
>> EMILY McARTHUR WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY HAMDIA LUGO.
HAMDIA LUGO IS SHOWING AS NOT
PRESENT.
AND IF SHE IS NOT BACK THEN WE
WILL FOLLOW WITH SAWAD FANGIA.
EMILY.
>> HI I'M ALSO SPEAKING TODAY
TO URGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SIGN
ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S SAWANT'S
STATEMENT.
CONDEMNING THE VIOLENCE.
AS SOCIALIST CONGRESSWOMAN SAID
THIS WEEK.
NO ONE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT
BOMBING FALLING FROM THE SKY.
THE BOMBS AND WEAPONS BEING
USED TO MURDER INNOCENT
CIVILIAN, INNOCENT CHILDREN
FROM GAZA ARE FUNDED BY THE
U.S. HE HAS AN ABILITY TO SPEAK
OUT AGAINST THIS.
YOU WITH YOUR POSITION OF POWER
HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK
AGAINST THIS.
DONALD TRUMP GREEN LIT THE MOST
VICIOUS RACIST EMBOLDEN.
>> AND SEEING THAT ANGIA IS NOT
PRESENT.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO AMON CHI.
AMON.
>> YES, I'M HERE CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> YES WE CAN, THANK YOU.
SO I'M CALLING TODAY IN SUPPORT
OF COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
STATEMENT TO PRESIDENT BIDEN.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM GAZA AND
FORTUNATE TO SURVIVE TWO.
THE NARRATIVE THAT ISRAEL HAS
THE RIGHT TO DEFEND IS IN
ITSELF INCOMPLETE.
IT GOES BOTH WAYS.
TPHAáS THE THAT'S THE FACT
THAT IS OFTEN IGNORED.
LIVING IN AN AREA THAT'S MORE
THAN SAWANT COUNTY.
OVER 60% UNEMPLOYMENT FAITH AND
NO ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER OR
ELECTRICITY BECAUSE IT PREVENTS
IT WITH NO AIR BECAUSE THEY
HAVE DESTROYED THEM.
AFTER MORE THAN 7 DECADE OF
BEING FORCED OUT TO DEADLINE,
HUMAN RIGHTS SUBJECT TO
CONTINUE THESE VIOLATIONS,
PALESTINIANS AND MY FRUSTRATION
RUNS DEEP.
WE ASK THAT YOU SIGN THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CARAS
SHE IS SHOWING AS NONPRESENT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ADELE WHO WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY NICOLSON.
ADELE.
>> HI EVERYONE, CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> YES WE CAN, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS ADEL
I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT PUBLIC
COUNCIL SAWANT'S STATEMENT
TODAY AS YOU HEAR FROM OTHERS.
IN THE LAST 7 DAYS THE ISRAELI
MINISTRY CONTINUES LAUNCHING
THE INTENSE ON GAS SAá STRIP
KILLING CIVILIANS AND INTENSE
ON GAZA STRIP KILLING CIVILIANS
DAMAGING BUILDINGS.
AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN IT
REALLY HURTS ME TO SEE THAT
INSTEAD OF KIDS CELEBRATING THE
END OF RAMADAN.
I'M CALLING YOU AND ASKING ALL
OF YOU TO SUPPORT PUBLIC
COUNCIL STATEMENT ASKING
PRESIDENT BIDEN TO CONDEMN THE
VIOLENCE.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS CALAM NICOLESON.
CALAM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
HALAO.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS CALAM N
ICOLESON.
I'M A WORKING MOM AND RESIDENT
OF DISTRICT, I'M ALSO CALLING
TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO SIGN ON
TO COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
LETTER.
THIS IS NOT EVEN A NEW ISSUE.
IT'S HORRIFIC WHAT IS HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW.
BUT THIS ISSUE OF APARTHEID AND
BRUTAL VIOLENCE BY ISRAELI AND
SUPPORTED BY THE U.S. I JUST
WANT TO ECHO OTHER SPEAKERS
THAT YOU KNOW IT IS A DEMOCRAT
IN THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW
THAT IS SENDING THIS MONEY AND
THESE FIGHTER JETS AND BOMBS
FOR THIS VIOLENCE TO HAPPEN.
THE DEMCRATS ON THE COUNCIL
NEED TO TAKE A CLEAR STAND.
THERE WAS A PROTEST YESTERDAY
IN SEATTLE THAT OVER 1,000
PEOPLE WERE THERE AND SAWANT
WAS THE ONLY ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVE THERE AT ALL.
THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRAT
PRESENT AT THAT PROTEST.
>> THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ALIA HILAO I BELIEVE IS THE
NAME.
FOLLOWED BY MAJAR ACON.
>> HI CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> YES WE CAN, THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS ALIA HILAO, I'M
SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT'S PUBLIC STATEMENT
DEMANDING PRESIDENT BIDEN TO
CONDEMN THE RACIST ATTACK
AGAINST GAZA AND PALESTINIAN
ETHNIC CLEANSING.
AND TO CUT OFF ALL THE U.S.
MILITARY AID AND WEAPONS TO THE
ISRAELI STATE.
AND IN THE PALESTINIAN HAVE
ENDURING A GREAT VIOLENCE AT
THE HANDS OF THE ISRAELI
OCCUPATION FORCES FOR THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS.
AND IN THE LAST DAYS THERE IS
AND INSTEAD OF KIDS CELEBRATING
THE END OF RAMADAN THEY'RE
HAVING BEEN KILLED.
SO I'M SUPPORTING COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S AT STATEMENT
ASKING PRESIDENT BIDEN TO
CONDEMN THE ATTACKS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NOT
SHOWING PRESENT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO LARISSA
FOLLOWED BY LAWANT.
LARISSA.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS LARISSA
SEMICOLINSTEIN I'M CALLING
TODAY TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
SIGN ON TO SAWANT'S PUBLIC
STATEMENT TO CONDEMN THE BRUTAL
ATTACKS ON GAZA AND TO STOP
WEAPON SALES FOR THE ISRAELI
REGION.
FOR 80 YEARS.
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN
DESTROYING HOMES WHICH VIOLATES
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT.
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HAVE THE
STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY AND
MILITARY FUNDED BY POWERFUL
NATIONS LIKE UNITED STATES.
NOT ONLY UNITED STATES, SPENDS
MILLIONS OF HOURS SENT TO YOUR
DOOR.
IT REFUSE APARTHEID CLEANSING
AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE STATE IN THE REGIME IS
JUSTIFICATION.
HAVE BEEN THE PRIMARY OBSTACLES
TO A COMPREHENSIVE DISAGREEMENT
IN THE HOLY LAND.
PEACE NOT APARTHEID.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GUY
ARIDE.
FOLLOWED BY KETAHIR.
>> I DO, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
PRESS STAR SIX PLEASE.
THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
>> HI MY NAME IS GUY, I'M A
SEATTLE DISTRICT 5 RESIDENT.
I'M CALLING ON THE CITY COUNCIL
TO SIGN ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT'S LETTER THE CITY OF
SEATTLE MUST END ITS COMPLEXITY
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
MUST END THE SECURITY FORCES.
SEATTLE PENSIONS AND OTHER
CONTRACTS WITH COMPLICIT
COMPANIES SUCH AS D 4 S MUST BE
TERMINATED.
PLEASE SIGN ON TO THIS LETTER
AND CONDEMN YOUR SUPPORT FOR
APARTHEID.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NOTED AS
NOT PRESENT.
AND WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO ASTMATH
KAHN.
>> HELLO I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT
THE COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
ASKING PRESIDENT BIDEN TO
CONDEMN THE VIOLENCE HAPPENING
IN PALESTINE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE MUST WE SEE
KILLED.
PLEASE THIS VIOLENCE NEED TO
END NOW.
IT'S ETHNIC CLEANSING.
LIVES HAVE BEEN SUDDENLY
PASSED, KILLING HAPPENING AND
HELPING THE MURDER.
THEY'RE VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL
LAWS AND AMERICA IS HELPING
THEM.
I DON'T WANT MY TAX DOLLARS TO
BE USED TO KILL CHILDREN.
AND I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT THE STATEMENT OF
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>>> AND NEXT SPEAKER IS MAHA
SHAKILLE FOLLOWED BY BARUT.
MAHA.
I'M SEEING YOU ON MUTE.
CAN YOU PLEASE HIT STAR SIX.
THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
WE SHOULD HEAR YOU NOW I'M NOT
HEARING YOU BUT I'M NOT SEEING
YOU ON MUTE EITHER.
I'M SHOWING YOU ON MUTE AGAIN,
NOW YOU'RE OFF.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
I'M REALLY SORRY.
OH THERE YOU GO.
HOW ABOUT NOW?
I'M SO SORRY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO, LET'S SEE
HERE.
MAHA SHAQUILLE.
OKAY, I HEAR YOU CLICKING
TRYING TO GET OFF OF MUTE.
BUT, IT'S JUST NOT WORKING.
SO, SUSY BARUTE IS SHOWING
ABSENT.
NAYU IDEN IS ALSO NOT PRESENT.
NAVID SEDIQUI IS SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK BUT SHOWING NOT PRESENT.
ABNA AWADE IS SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK BUT SHOWING AS NOT
PRESENT.
GALLO IS SHOWING UP AS NOT
PRESENT.
ARUM S ATEL NOT PRESENT.
ADAM BUSHNEL NOT PRESENT.
I'M GOING TO GIVE MAHAD
SHAQUILLE ONE MORE TRY THEN I'M
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PERSON.
AND LOOKS LIKE MAHAD HAS
EXITED.
I'M SO SORRY.
THE NEXT PERSON SHOWING UP AS
PRESENT IS CONWAD CODIER.
>>> HELLO DO YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES WE CAN, THANK YOU.
>> HI I LIVE ON DISTRICT ONE.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOWED CONDEMN
THE BRUTE FORCE ATTACKS ON
PALESTINIANS.
AND YOU KNOW THEY SHOULD CUT
OFF THE U.S. MILITARY AID TO
ISRAEL.
IT'S BEEN SO DEPRESSING TO SEE
THAT U.S. MONEY IS BEING USED
IN SUCH A WAY IN KILLING
INNOCENT CHILDREN.
SO PLEASE, STOP DOING THAT IT'S
BEEN SO DEPRESSING, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS CHRIS BOYLAN, CHRIS.
>> HEY THERE MY NAME IS CHRIS
AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
FOUR.
I LIVE IN ROWENA.
I'M CALLING TO ASK ALEX
PEDERSON TO SIGN ON WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
I RECOGNIZE NONE OF YOU WORK
FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT
THE MOST POPULOUS CITY IN THE
STATE IS A POWERFUL FIRST STEP
IN BUBBLING UP THE ATTENTION TO
OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND
BEYOND.
MANY OF YOU PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR
BLACK LIVES LAST SUMMER.
THE U.S. IS LITERALLY FUNDING
IN ISRAEL ALLOWS SIMILAR STATES
ATTENTION VIOLENCE TO CONTINUE
HAPPENING HERE AT HOME.
A THREAT TO JUSTICE ANY WHERE
IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE
EVERYWHERE.
I IMPLORE YOU TO TAKE THIS STEP
AND CUT THEM OFF FROM MILITARY
AID AND WEAPON SALES, THANK
YOU.
ú>> THANK YOU, CHRIS.
NEXT SPEAKER IS MARWA.
SHOWING UP AS NOT PRESENT.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON DOWN TO
KATHLEEN MYERS.
KATHLEEN MYERS WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY ADOL HEARY.
KATHLEEN ARE YOU WITH US?
>> YES.
>> PERFECT.
>> OKAY, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN
SEATTLE FOR MOST OF MY LIFE.
I'M CALLING ON THE ISSUE OF
KSHAMA SAWANT STATEMENT WHICH I
STRONGLY SUPPORT.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO THE PEOPLE
OF THE UNITED STATES APPARENTLY
HAVE TO EXERT ENOUGH PRESSURE
ON THE PRESIDENT SO HE DOES NOT
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ISRAEL.
ONE EFFECTIVE WAY IS FOR OUR
MUNICIPALITIES TO TAKE A STAND
AND SEATTLE IS READY FOR IT.
THE POPULATION IS BEHIND THIS
AND IT'S OUR DUTY.
TO SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM THE
POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT.
SO LONG THAT EVERY GOVERNMENT
UNTIL NOW SO PLEASE, SIGN ON
SIGN ON TO KSHAMA SAWANT'S
STATEMENT.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER ADELE IS
SHOWING AS NOT PRESENT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ZISHON,
FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL HARRIS.
ZISHON.
>>
>> HI CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> YES WE CAN, THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
AND BEING YOU KNOW, A MEMBER OF
RAISING DISTRICT NINE AND ALSO
IT'S REALLY HEARTBREAKING TO
SEE THAT YOU ARE IN OTHER U█.S.
MONEY IS BEING USED FOR
SUPPORTING THIS APARTHEID.
AND THIS REGIME WHICH HAS BEEN
CONDUCTING ITS BUSINESS THE WAY
IT IS FOR OVER 7 YEARS NOW.
EEN BEFORE THESE BOMBINGS
STARTED IN GAZA.
BEFORE THAT, THEY WERE KICKING
PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND
CHASED OFF.
AND THEY WERE GOING INTO THEIR
SITE FOR MUSLIMS AND
PALESTINIANS IN THE LAST YOU
MAY REMEMBER RAMADAN.
REALLY REQUESTING ALL THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL
HARRIS.
MICHAEL WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
SARAH KAHN.
MICHAEL ARE YOU WITH US?
I SEE YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE.
HIT STAR SIX PLEASE.
MICHAEL IF YOU'RE HEARING US I
NEED YOU TO HIT STAR SIX TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
ALL RIGHT I'M NOT SEEING
ANYTHING HERE INDICATING THAT
YOU'RE HEARING MY REQUEST THAT
YOU HIT STAR SIX.
SO I MOVE DOWN TO THE NEXT
SPEAKER, SARAH KAHN PLEASE.
SARAH KAHN YOU'RE SHOWING AS ON
MUTE ALSO.
CAN YOU HIT STAR SIX.
THERE YOU GO.
>> THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
HI MY NAME IS KAHN AND I'M HERE
TO ASK ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL
PLEASE SUPPORT SAWANT'S
STATEMENT TO PRESIDENT BIDEN
AFTER AFFECTING SO MANY HERE.
IT DESTROYED NEW HOMES IN THE
WEST BANK, LEAVING THOUSANDS OF
PALESTINIANS HOMELESS AND
CAUSING MORE WATER.
INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN OUR
HEALTH CARE EDUCATION OUR
GOVERNMENT IS FUNDING ISRAEL'S
OPPRESSION OF THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE.
THIS CONFLICTS WITH OUR VALUES
IN OUR OWN SOCIETY ESPECIALLY
AS IMPORTANT FOR ME AS A MUSLIM
TO REFLECT UPON AS IT'S BEEN
THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN AND
SHOWING THAT SUPPORT OF
PALESTINIAN MUSLIMS HAS BEEN
DIFFICULT AS WELL.
WE DEMAND PRESIDENT BIDEN DO
CONDEMN THE RACIST VIOLENT ACTS
ON GAZA THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, WE HAD SIGNED
UP IS LAWRENCE BUSHNELL
FOLLOWED BY AMAN BAYAN.
LAWRENCE.
>> HELLO CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> YES WE CAN, THANK YOU GOOD
AFTERNOON MY NAME IS DAVID
BUSHNELL I GRADUATED WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND I
WORK AS AN INCLUSION CONSULTANT
WITH A PORTFOLIO WITH CLIENTS
LIKE THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, THE
CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE STATE
OF DELAWARE.
I'M TAIWANESE AMERICAN AND MY
FAMILY WAS KICKED OUT BY THE.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS HISTORY I
DEMAND THE CITY FROM ALL
BUSINESSES PROFITING OFF THE
EXPLOITATION AND A APARTHEID
THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
I WILL READ THE NAMES OF THE
PALESTINIAN CHILDREN.
RASHE, D AGE 16 KILLED MAY 12,
2021 SHOT TWICE WHILE
PROTESTING RAID ON HIS CITY.
>> THANK YOU LAWRENCE.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMAN
AYA.
AMAN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JAEL
SAID.
WE WILL HEAR FROM AFTER AYED.
>> HI I WANTED TO TALK TO
PALESTINE AND ISRAEL OF COURSE.
WE HAVE HAD OVER 100 DEATHS IN
THE LAST FIVE DAYS.
58 OF THEM CHILDREN.
34 WOMEN.
WE HAVE HAD OVER 10,000 PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN INJURED.
250,000 THAT HAVE RESTRICTED
ACCESS TO WATER.
41 SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
325 HOUSES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.
76 BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED.
UNITED STATES IS FUNDING THIS
AND YOU ALL ARE QUIET.
PLEASE SIGN UP TODAY AND MAKE
SURE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
SINCE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF BEING
PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY SPEAKING
OUT AGAINST ALL OF THESE
CRIMES.
SEATTLE IS ONE OF THE MOST
PROGRESSIVE.
>>> AND WE HAVE MADISH.
CAN YOU HIT STAR SIX PLEASE.
HI I'M HERE TO TALK TO THE
SEATTLE COUNCIL TO CONDEMN THE
ATTACKS ON PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
AND IN ORDER TO SUPPORT
DEMANDING PRESIDENT BIDEN TO
CUT OFF ALL MILITARY AID AND
WEAPONS TO ISRAELI STATE.
WORKING TOWARD A SUSTAINED
BETWEEN ISRAELI AND PALESTINE.
THERE AS IN AMIDST BOMBARDMENT
OF GAZA.
WE NEED AS PEOPLE TO STOP THIS
SUFFERING.
THE RIGHTS, THE DESTRUCTION
THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN
PALESTINIAN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
WE HAVE AT LEAST 200
PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED
IN GAZA INCLUDING 39 CHILDREN.
PLEASE STOP.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
SIGNED AND PRESENT IS TARIKE
MAHAMAD.
IF JULIANA DEROSE JOINS US.
SHE IS SHOWING AS NOT PRESENT
RIGHT NOW BUT LET'S MOVE TO
MUHAMMAD IN THE MEANTIME.
>> THIS IS TAR MUHAMMAD CAN YOU
HEAR ME?
>> YES WE CAN.
>> I'M A AMERICAN BORN MUSLIM
AND I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT THE
SAWANT STATEMENT.
AND TO PLACE SANCTIONS ON
ISRAEL.
EVERY SINGLE NATION ON THE U.N.
SECURITY COUNCIL HAS CALLED TO
HOLD ISRAEL ACCOUNTABLE FOR
ACCEPT THE UNITED STATES.
IT WOULD BE HIS GREATEST
SADNESS TO SEE DYING TO
PALESTINIAN MUCH OF WHAT NAZIS
DID TO JEWS.
THANK YOU.
>>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
FOLLOWED BY MAHAD SHAQUILLE.
FOLLOWED BY KEHA ANA ALSO
SHOWING AS ABSENT.
THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE SIGNED
UP AND PRESENT IS JENNIFER
MASEEM FOLLOWED BY RASA.
>> AND I'M CALLING ON COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO SUPPORT COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S RESOLUTION.
DEMANDING PRESIDENT BIDEN
CONDEMN THE GENOCIDAL ATTACK.
IT'S NOT WAR IT'S COLONIALISM.
IT'S NOT EVICTION, IT'S ETHNIC
CLEANSING.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT OUR TAX
DOLLARS BRING THIS CRUELTY TO
THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE AND THE
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE.
OUR TAXES SHOULD BE REBUILDING
PALESTINE'S CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE NOT DEHUMANIZING
FELLOW HUMANS.
WE MUST COLLECTIVELY TELL BIDEN
WE REJECT GENOCIDE AND
APARTHEID.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER SIGNED UP AND
PRESENT, SEGEL IS SHOWING NOT
PRESENT.
HOPEFULLY JOHN WILL BE BACK BUT
LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH ROZACK.
>> HEY.
THANKS FOR THE TIME.
I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO HEAR ME.
>> YES WE CAN.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF
SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINE
PEOPLE.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
STATEMENT.
AND ALSO TO SIGN ON WHATEVER IS
NEEDED RIGHT NOW IMMEDIATELY.
SO THIS PRESIDENT OR ANY OTHER
PRESIDENT IN FACT, FUTURE
CLEARLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
SUPPORTING A JEW OR A MUSLIM OR
A CHRISTIAN IN PALESTINE, ONLY
LAND GRAB AND KILLING INNOCENT
PEOPLE.
THIS IS VERY CLEARLY RETURN TO
EVERYONE.
EVEN THOUGH OUR COUNTRY TRYING
TO SAVE THE JEWS IN EUROPE AND
INTERESTING IN TAKING THEM TO
THE MISSION THEY SIMPLY GIVE
THEM TO THE PALESTINE PEOPLE
AND MAKE THEM SUPPORT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO END AND IT IS
ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY U.S. IS
ACTUALLY THE CULPRIT WHO IS
SUPPORTING ISRAEL AND WHO IS
ACTUALLY DOING.
>> THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER
THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP IS, JOHN
SEGEL WHO IS ALSO NOT PRESENT.
WE'LL GO ON TO ALICIA RUIZ
FOLLOWED BY LAWRENCE.
HEUR MY NAME IS ALICIA RUIZ THE
MANAGER FOR THE MASTER
BUILDERS.
I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE STORM
WATER UPDATE.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SPU
FOR ENGAGING THE BUILDERS THEY
HAD GREAT CONVERSATION WITH US
AFTER SPEED BACK.
AND ACTUALLY MADE SOME
AMENDMENTS TO WE WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO CALL ATTENTION TO SOME
OF THE OTHER PIECES OF THE CODE
THAT ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO
ADD TO THE COST OF HOUSING.
ONE FOR EXAMPLE IS, YOU KNOW
TYING INTO THE NAME SEWER NO
LONGER ABLE TO DO THAT AND THEY
HAVE TO PAY FOR COSTLY
EXTENSIONS.
AND AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW WE'RE
RAISING THE RED FLAGS AS
HOUSING IS CONTINUING TO GET
HIGHER AND HIGHER.
AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE HEED
TO THAT CALL.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU.
AISHA THE NEXT SPEAKER IS
LAWRENCE THICKE.
FOLLOWED BY SOFINA.
>>> HI THIS IS LAWRENCE THICKES
I'M CALLING FOR SUPPORT OF
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
STATEMENT TO BIDEN DENOUNCING
ATTACKS ON THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE.
SEATTLE CAN'T SUPPORT ISRAELI
ACTION.
WE MUST HOLD UP OUR PROMISE TO
SUPPORT THE OPPRESSED.
SEATTLE WE MUST ALSO CALL TO
STOP FUNDING TO ISRAEL BECAUSE
IT'S THE BEST WAY TO CURB
ISRAEL'S ACTIONS AND THE MONEY
CAN BE USED MUCH MORE WISELY
HERE IN THE STATES.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
BYE BYE.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SOFINA
SHABRI.
SARAH KAHN ALSO NOT PRESENT.
WE HAVE SONIA PRANIS.
SONIA ARE YOU WITH US?
I SEE YOU'RE HERE BUT I NEED
YOU TO HIT STAR SIX.
SO YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF
PLEASE.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO, WE HEAR YOU.
>> OKAY NOW IT WORKS.
I STAND WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT AND SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION TO PRESSURE
PRESIDENT BIDEN STOP FUNDING
THIS MADNESS IN OUR NAMES.
MANY HAVE ALREADY BEEN KILLED
IN THESE BRUTAL RACIST ATTACKS
INCLUDING CHILDREN AND HUNDREDS
MORE HAVE BEEN INJURED AND LOST
THEIR HOMES.
WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD STANDING UP AND
PROTESTING.
AND STANDING WITH THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
TODAY BIDEN WAS EVEN CONFRONTED
BY THE OPPRESSED FOR ONCE.
ABOUT THE BILLIONS THAT GO TO
ISRAEL.
WHICH HE SAID HE'S GOING TO
TALK TO BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
BUT YOU HAVE THE POWER, COUNCIL
MEMBERS YOU MUST SPEAK UP ALONG
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
WE NEED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST
THIS.
SO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION AND VOTE YES.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S SEE HERE WE'VE GOT SARAH
SAID FOLLOWED BY KAITLAND
MARUBI.
SARAH.
HI MY NAME IS SARAH SAID
TKPHRAPBDING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION TO CONDEMN
DEMANDING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION TO CONDEMN
ISRAEL ISRAELI ACTION.
I URGE AND ASK ALL OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT AND STOP
THE AID THAT'S BEING SENT FROM
U.S. TO ISRAEL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER IS KATELAND
MARONEY FOLLOWED BY KATELAND
MALAN.
>> HI MY NAME IS KATELAND
MARONEY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> YES WE CAN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
FOUR.
I'M CALLING TO ASK COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO SIGN ON COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S LETTER
DEMANDING BIDEN TO SUSPEND AID
TO THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT.
JUST TODAY BIDEN HAS APPROVED
$735 MILLION IN WEAPON SALES TO
THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.
AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
CONDEMN THESE ATTACKS AND
PREVENT OUR COUNTRY FROM
FUNDING THESE EGREGIOUS ACTS OF
ETHNIC CLEANSING.
I URGE YOU TO SIGN ON.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEVIN.
>> I'M CALLING ASKING COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO SUPPORT AGAIN
AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
AS WELL AS BIDEN'S ROLE IN IT.
DEMOCRATS MUST ACCEPT THAT THIS
IS THE RESPONSIBILITY YOU
CANNOT CONTINUE FUNDING WHITE
SUPREMACIST OPPRESSION AND
COLONIAL AND THEM CLAIM TO
STAND AGAINST IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU KEVIN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GABRIELE.
>> HI MY NAME IS GABRIEL.
YES I WAS PROUD TO STAND WITH
OVER 5,000 OTHER SEATTLEITES
CALLING TO STOP THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT AND BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION FROM FUNDING
THAT VIOLENCE.
I'M CALLING ON THE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
LETTER IN CONDEMNATION OF THE
VIOLENCE AND U.S. FUNDING OF
THAT VIOLENCE AND TO CUT OFF
ALL WEAPON SALES TO THE REGIME.
WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE
NATIONAL LEVEL.
YOU CANNOT CALL YOURSELF A
PROGRESSIVE IF YOU SUPPORT THE
BOMBING OF CHILDREN, AND TO
COMPLETE THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT
OF ALL PEOPLE.
>> OUR LAST SPEAKER SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS GARY
LOTT.
>> I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OFF.
I THINK THERE WAS ACTUALLY ONE
OTHER SPEAKER.
BUT I'M CALLING TO COMMENT
ABOUT REFERRAL CALENDAR ITEMS
9, 11 AND 12.
I'M ASSUMING WE WOULD LIKE
CLARIFICATION WHETHER THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR MEANS THE ARE
GOING TO REQUIRE ACTION TODAY
BY THE COUNCIL.
SECOND WE MUST REMIND COUNSEL
SILL TO MAKE THE CONSIDERATION
TO THE ROLE.
IT CANNOT ADVOCATE THAT
REQUIREMENT BY RELYING ENTIRELY
ON THE HEARINGS AND THE
DECISION.
THIRD BECAUSE THE L.A.D.
ASSESSMENT INCLUDES DEPRAVATION
OF PROPERTY ACCORDINGLY RCW
3570 AND FC FROM THE EXAMINERS
REPORT COUNCIL DELEGATED THE
APPEAL AND REJECTED THE
EXAMINERS WITHOUT APPEAL.
>>> THANK YOU MR. LUXE YOU HAVE
A FULL CALENDAR ITSELF SAYS
WHERE THE BILL IN QUESTION IS
GOING.
IF IT INDICATES THAT IT'S GOING
TO FULL COUNCIL THAT MEANS IT
IS GOING TO BE VOTED ON.
BUT TYPICALLY IT IS REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE.
I DON'T HAVE REFERRAL CALENDAR
IN FRONT OF ME.
I BELIEVE 9 AND 10 ARE
REFERRALS TO A COMMITTEE.
YOUR COMMENT TOWARD ANOTHER
SPEAKER.
I DID NOT HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOOKING
OUT FOR US THOUGH.
WITH THAT, THE PUBLIC COMMENT
IS OVER.
LET'S MOVE INTO THE ITEMS ON
OUR AGENDA TODAY.
SO SWITCHING OVER.
THANK YOU WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEMNUMBER 1 INTO THE
RECORD.
THAT'S NOT ITEM ONE.
WE MUST DO THE PAYMENT OF
BILLS.
>> PAYMENT OF BILLS COUNCIL
BILL 120070 AN ORDNANCE
APPROPRIATE ING MONEY TO PAY
CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR THE WEEK
THROUGH MAY 7, 2021 AND
ORDERING THE PAYMENT THERE OF.
>> THANK YOU I MOVE TO PASS
COUNCIL BILL 1707.
IS THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
THE BILL PASSED.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NO COMMENTS.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE IN THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> PEDERSON.
>> YES.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PROTEM
HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> 7 APPROVE, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
NOW WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD?
>> THE RECORD OF THE GOVERNANCE
AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
AN ORDNANCE RELATING TO CITY
EMPLOYMENT COMMONLY REFERRED
TO AS THE FIRST QUARTER 2021
EMPLOYMENT ORDNANCE.
RETURNING POSITIONS TO THE
CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM ADJUSTING
THE PAY ZONE STRUCTURES FOR
2021.
FOR TITLES IN THE CITY'S
DISCRETIONARY PAY PROGRAMS AND
AMENDING SECTION 4.13.010 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA WILL
PROVIDE THIS COMMITTEE REPORT
ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
COUNCIL MOSQUEDA YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO PASS
THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK AGAIN.
AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING
OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING, OUR
COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPRESSED OUR
CONDOLENCES TO COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ AND HER FAMILY.
ESPECIALLY HER HUSBAND.
WE'RE ALL THINKING OF YOU.
TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING FOR
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
THIS BILL RETURNS SIX POSITIONS
TO CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.
SECOND IT ADJUST IT IS PAY
BANDS FOR THREE JOB TITLES AND
THIRD, IT AMEND THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO RECLASSIFY
TWO EXEMPT POSITIONINGS.
THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS.
>> NOT SEEING ANY COMMENTS WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PROTEM
HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> 7 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU THE BILL PASSES
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
MOVE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER
TWO.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER TWO INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120067 AN
ORDNANCE RELATEING TO THE2021
BUDGET AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO ACCEPT A GRANT
AND EXECUTE RELATE AID
AGREEMENTS AMENDING ORDNANCE
126237, WHICH ADOPTED IN 2021
BUDGET.
CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS TO
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
PASS. AFF RECOMMEND THE BILL TO
>> SPEAKING TO THIS COUNCIL
BILL 120067 THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT ACCEPTANCE
THIS LEGISLATION AUTHORIZES THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO
ACCEPT A $20,000 GRANT FROM THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.
THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT ONGOING
HOST CENSUS COMMUNITY WORK THAT
WILL INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT DIGITAL
ACADEMY WHICH IS THE NEW
VERSION OF THE PACE ACADEMY.
IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO PEOPLE'S
ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PACE WHICH FOCUSES
ON WORKING WITH HISTORICALLY
UNDER COUNTED COMMUNITIES TO
STAY ENGAGED AS THE CENSUS
RESULTS ARE APPLIED TO THE
UPCOMING YEARS.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND
CONGRATULATE THE DEPARTMENT WHO
WORKED ON CENSUS ENGAGEMENT
BECAUSE OF THEIR GREAT WORK.
SEATTLE HAS A RETURN RATE OF 76-
3% ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE
COUNTRY.
GREAT WORK DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND ELSA COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT
WITHOUT YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PROTEMPTS
THAT MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS
LEGISLATION?
SEEING NO COMMENT.
CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PROTEM
HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> 7 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3 ON
THE AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER THREE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE COUNCIL
BILL 120068 AN ORDNANCE RELATED
TO STREET USE ORDNANCE 125706
AND THE STREET USE PERMIT FEE
SCHEDULE.
AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 15.04.074
OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS AS RECOMMENDED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE
THE PRESENTATION ON THIS BILL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT
PROTEM WE'RE HERE DISCUSSING MY
COUNCIL BILL WITH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AS COSPONSOR
TO EXTEND THE FREE SIDEWALK
CURB SPACE VENDING AND CAFE
BILL TO HELP BUSINESSES RECOVER
FROM THE ECONOMIC RECESSION
BROUGHT ON BY THE COVID
PANDEMIC.
THAT REQUIRES THE BILL BEFORE
US TO TAKE THE STEPS THAT WORK
WELL RELEASES WHAT DIDN'T WORK
WELL IN THE PILOT AND THEN
MAKES ALL OF THAT PERMANENT.
THIS LEGISLATION CREATES THAT
PATH WAY TO PERMANENCY.
SDOT COULD HAVE SPENT THE LAST
YEAR TO DO REEVALUATION ON WHAT
WORKS AND WHAT DOES NOT BUT
INSTEAD THEY SPENT THEIR TIME
APPROVING PERMITS WHICH I
APPLAUD.
BECAUSE OF THEIR GREAT WORK WE
NOW HAVE GREAT BUSINESSES WITH
THESE STREET PERMITS THAN
BEFORE.
WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, FORCED
TO SHUT DOWN AND STRUGGLED TO
SURVIVE.
WE LOST SO MANY BUSINESSES I'M
RELIEVED TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND
TO OUR BUSINESSES TO USE OUR
OPEN SPACES TO SERVE OUR
RESIDENTS AND PROVIDE TO OUR
RESIDENTS.
AND THE STREET AND SIDEWALK
CAFE PROGRAM GIVES OUR
BUSINESSES THE SPACE TO USE
THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT TO
BE CREATIVE IN THESE OUTDOOR
SPACES.
RECOVERY WILL BE A LONG ROAD
AHEAD AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES
IN THEIR RECOVERY.
AS WE LOOK TOWARD THE PERMANENT
PROGRAM WE WILL NEED TO ADDRESS
HOW MUCH THESE PERMITS COST AND
WE ALSO NEED TO HEAR FEED BACK
FROM ALL BUSINESS TYPES TO
LESSEN ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT AND
ENSURE THAT SIDEWALKS CONTINUE
TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND NAVIGATE.
BUSINESSES NEED CERTAINTY AND
THIS BILL PROVIDES THAT.
WE NEED THEM TO KNOW WHATEVER
THEY BUILD TODAY WILL BE ABLE
TO LAST THROUGH THE NEXT WINTER
THROUGH THE BAD WEATHER, THE
RAIN AND THE COLD.
THIS SUMMER BEFORE US IS
ACTUALLY OUR FIRST SUMMER WITH
THESE SIDEWALK CAFE CURB PERMIT
S AND SIDEWALK STREETS.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE HOW
BUSINESSES USE THESE PERMITS TO
MAKE OUR STREETS MORE VIBRANT.
IN BALLARD WE USED PERMITS FOR
WHEN THE FARMERS MARKET CAME
IN.
AND UNDERSTAND HOW CAN WE SHARE
THIS SPACE.
IT IS PUBLIC SPACE AFTER ALL.
AND WE SHOULD BE HELPING
SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES THROUGH
THE PANDEMIC AND WE SHOULD MAKE
SURE IT'S SHAREABLE FOR
EVERYONE.
WE HERE AT CITY COUNCIL PASS
THE STABILIZATION GRANT THAT
HELPS MANY SMALL BUSINESSES IN
DIRE MOMENTS.
BY ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO
OPERATE IN OUR STREETS WE
PROVIDE THEM A PATH WAY TO
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
AND WE SHOULD MAKE THIS PATH
WAY A PERMANENT FEATURE OF OUR
CITY.
IN BALLARD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A DESIGN FOR BALLARD AVENUE.
IS UNIQUE IN AND OF ITSELF
BECAUSE IT CUTS OFF AT BALLARD
STREET AND MARKET STREET.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CREATE A
REPUTABLE PROGRAM SO THAT EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDING THE CITY
CAN HAVE A STREET DEDICATED TO
THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES.
THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR OF
UNCERTAINTY WE'VE CONTINUED TO
PLOT A PATH TOWARD EQUITABLE
RECOVERY.
WHERE BUSINESSES NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE HELPED ME BECAUSE AGAIN,
IN THIS SITUATION, THE CITY OF
SEATTLE PROVIDED THE PERMITS
AND GOT OUT OF THE WAY.
SMALL BUSINESSES, THEIR THE
ONES THAT CAME OUT WITH THE
DESIGN FOR THE PERGULAS.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CREATED
THE SPACE.
THE BUSINESSES CREATED MORE
VIBRANT COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
BEFORE I GO ON AND ANY LONGER.
IF COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ WERE
HERE SHE WOULD BE TELLING ME TO
SAY OUR THANK YOUS FINALLY
PLEASE AND LET'S KEEP GOING.
I NEED TO THANK ELISE NELSON,
CENTRAL STAFF, MIKE STEWART AND
REYNOLDS FOR ORGANIZING.
DOUG FARVE FOR SHOWING HOW WE
CAN SHARE THE SPACE.
FOR KEEPING OUR FOCUS ON ALL
AGES AND ABILITIES AND EVERY
SINGLE BUSINESS OWNER WHO HAS
USED THIS PERMIT TO PUT FORWARD
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRITS TO
WORK.
MAKING OUR CITY MORE VIBRANT.
JUST TO CLARIFY FOR COLLEAGUES,
THESE PERMITS ARE PERMANENT AND
AVAILABILITY AS BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC
WHAT THIS BILL BEFORE US DOES
IS TWO THINGS.
ONE IT EXTENDS THE FREE ASPECT
OF THESE PERMITS FOR A YEAR SO
THAT BUSINESSES CAN RECOVER.
THE SECOND THING IT DOES IS IT
REQUESTS A REPORT FROM SDOT BY
DECEMBER 15, 2021.
EXPLAINING WHAT ASPECTS OF THE
CURRENT PROGRAM SHOULD REMAIN.
WHICH NEED TO CHANGE.
AND PLOTS A PATH WAY FORWARD
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE UP
FINAL LEGISLATION BEFORE THIS
CURRENT LEGISLATION ENDS ON
MEMORIAL DAY 2022.
SO TAKES AGAIN TWO THINGS
ENSURES THESE PROGRAMS ARE FREE
FOR ANOTHER YEAR THEN SECONDLY
PLOTS THE PATH WAY FORWARD TO
PERMANENCY WITH A DEADLINE OF
DECEMBER 15, 2021.
TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY MAY OF
2022.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PROTEM THAT'S
THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON.
>> THANK YOU FOR ADVANCING THIS
LEGISLATION JUST TO, I THINK
YOU CLARIFIED PRETTY WELL.
BUT WE WOULD BE VOTING ON
WHETHER TO CONTINUE THE FREE
PERMITS.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST THROUGH MAY
2022.
SO WE'LL BE DOING ANOTHER VOTE
THESE PERMITS EVENTUALLY.
I JUST NEED TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE
THE PUBLIC SPACE PROGRAM IN
SDOT IS A FEE RECOVERY BASED
PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING SO AS
TO GIVE A LIFELINE TO THE SMALL
BUSINESSES.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE SMALL
BUSINESSES HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
MEAL FREE PARDON ME SO THEY CAN
RECOVER CORRECTLY.
I'M INTERESTED IN BUDGET CHAIR
MOSQUEDA TO FOLLOW UP TO SEE IF
WE HAVE MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN AVAILABLE TO BACK
FILL SDOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE
BEEN OPERATING AT A LOSS TO
ENSURE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES GET
THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.
SO WHAT WE WILL BE VOTING ON
NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE
PARAMETERS OF A PERMANENT
PERMIT AND SDOT MAY VERY WELL
CALL ME TOMORROW AND SAY YOU
WON'T BE VOTING ON THAT.
BECAUSE THESE PERMITS ALREADY
EXIST.
AND SO SDOT MAY JUST BE
TWEAKING THEIR CURRENT
PROGRAMS.
>> THANK YOU BOTH.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT
PROTEMHERBOLT AND COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
I AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO JOIN YOUR
METINGS.
I'M PERHAPS EQUALLY EXCITED OR
NOT MAYBE AS EXCITED AS THE
CHAIR BUT I WANT TO SHOW MY
ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS APPROACH.
DURING THIS PANDEMIC I KNOW
THAT IT'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US THAT COVID HAS TURNED
OUR LIVES UPSIDE DOWN.
ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL BUSINESS
TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND PEOPLE TO
THIS UPHEAVAL AND ARE NOT ABLE
TO CONTINUE WITH BUSINESS AS
USUAL.
CORONAVIRUS HAS LAYED BARE OUR
INEQUITIES IN MANY WAYS.
WE RECOGNIZE OUR LOCAL SHOPS
ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN
TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS VERY
DIFFICULT TIME.
BUSINESSES HAVE ANECDOTALLY
POKEN IN FAVOR OF THESE
CHANGES.
INDEED, RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
THIS IS TRUE.
MANY BROOKLYN FOR EXAMPLE AN
UNDER UTILIZED PARKING AREA WAS
TURNED INTO PUBLIC SPACE FOR
PUBLIC EVENTS INCREASING THE
VISIBILIY TO SMALL BUSINESSES
THERE WHICH HAS BEEN A 172%
INCREASE IN RETAIL SALES.
IT'S GOOD FOR PATRONS, IT'S
GOOD FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS
AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE HEALTH OF
OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
FURTHER OUR BOSTON STUDY SHOWS
CREATING A SEATING AREA OUT OF
A CURB LANE CAN INCREASE SALES
AT A FRONT AT A FRONT FACING
BUSINESS BY 14%.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S
CONCERN FROM SMALL BUSINESSES
IN CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE OF
LOSS OF PARKING.
AND WE CAN HELP MITIGATE THOSE
CONCERNS.
WHILE CREATING LASTING POSITIVE
IMPACTS FOR BUSINESSES AND DO
WHAT THE DATA HAS SHOWN.
ACTUALLY INCREASE SALES FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES AS WE DECREASE
THE NEED FOR CARS AND PARKING
SPACES AROUND OUR CITY AS WELL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE
TO VOTE YES FOR THIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
SPONSORS WORK ON THIS.
AND I DULY HEARD YOU ON THE
DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
ALSO LOOKING AT THE COST NEEDS
FOR SDOT RELATED TO POTENTIAL
úTHAT ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP
WITH THIS ORDNANCE AND WE'LL
LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING
THOSE RELATED CONVERSATIONS
OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS HERE.
APPRECIATE IT COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> SHE BROUGHT ME THE IDEA
BECAUSE OF HER DESIRE TO MAKE
THIS PERMANENT PROGRAM.
I WANTED TO SAY TO OUR
COLLEAGUES I COULD NOT HAVE
THOUGHT OF THIS LEGISLATION
WITHOUT COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ, HER HUSBAND'S
PERSPECTIVE IS WELL VALUED.
SO WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE COULDN'T
HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THOSE ARE MY REPORTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FITTING IN CLOSING.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PROTEM
HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> 7 APPROVE, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
ON MY PWAF.
>>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM FOUR INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
AGENDA ITEM 4, COUNCIL BILL
120044.
AN ORDNANCE RELATED TO THE
STORM WATER UPDATE AMENDING
CHAPTERS 22.801, 22.803, 22.805
AND 22-POINT 807 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE STAFF RECOMMEND THE BILL
PASS.
>> YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER
TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE
REPORT.
>> COLLEAGUES AS I MENTIONED AT
OUR COUNCILMEETING THIS
MORNING.
AT OUR TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY FIVE
WE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THIS
UPDATE TO THE CITY'S STORM
WATER CODE.
THE UPDATE WAS CRAFTED BY OUR
TEAM.
DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION WE DELAYED ITS A
ARRIVAL TO THE FULL CITY
COUNCIL FOR A WEEK.
AND HERE WE ARE.
SO WE'RE REQUIRED BY OUR STATE
GOVERNMENT TO HAVE THIS CODE
UPDATED AND IN PLACE BY JULY 1.
AND THE ORDNANCE NEEDS 30 DAYS
TO TAKE EFFECT SO THAT MAKES
TODAY TIME SENSITIVE.
OUR COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS.
>> SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PROTEM
HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> 7 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE BILL ON MY
BEHALF.
THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO OTHER BUSINESS.
WE HAVE A LETTER THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT CIRCULATED THIS
MORNING AND IN ORDER TO COLLECT
SIGNATURES ON THIS LETTER, WE
NEED TO DO THAT IN OPEN
SESSION.
SO, FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
SIGNING AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT'S COMMENTS.
RELATED TO U.S. MILITARY AID.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED BEFORE SIGNATURES
ARE REQUESTED BE AFFIXED TO IT.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PROTEM
HERBOLD APPRECIATE THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
EARLIER TODAY I CIRCULATED A
DRAFT OF THIS TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS DENOUNCING THE BRUTAL
ISRAELI ATROCITIES DEMANDING
THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
CONDEMN THE POLICIES OF THE
ISRAELI STATE AND THAT BIDEN
AND THE U.S. CONGRESS CUT OFF
MILITARY AID AND WEAPONS SALES
TO THE ISRAELI STATE AND DEMAND
THAT THEY ARE RELEASED
IMMEDIATELY TO A CEASE-FIRE.
AS PEOPLE IN PUBLIC COMMENT
POINTED OUT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HAS JUST DAYS
AGO APPROVED $735 MILLION WORTH
OF NEW PRECISION GUIDED WEAPONS
TO ISRAEL.
SINCE LAST NIGHT OUR OFFICE AND
OTHER CITY COUNCIL OFFICES HAVE
RECEIVED CALLS FROM COMMUNITY
LEADERS TO SIGN ON TO THE
STATEMENT.
AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP
AND SPOKE IN PUBLIC COMMENT
TODAY.
IN SUCH A SHORT TIME FRAME.
THIS IS A SHOW OF THE COMMUNITY
SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE AND AGAINST THE BRUTAL
VIOLENCE AND THE APARTHEID
REGIME BY THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT.
THE PALESTINIANS IN JERUSALEM
AND THE PEOPLE OF GAZA DID NOT
START THIS CURRENT CONFLICT.
THE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU REGIME
HAS DONE THAT.
FIRST WITH THEIR PROVOCATIVE
ATTEMPT TO EVICT PALESTINIAN
FAMILIES FROM THEIR HOMES AND
THE ARMED CONFLICT ASSAULT ON
MUSLIM WORSHIPERS AT JERUSALEMS
MOSQUE.
SECOND AND NOT LEAST WITH THE
DAILY ORGANIZED VIOLENCE
AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS BY THE
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND BY FAR
RIGHT SETTLERS.
THUS THE CURRENT MILITARY
ASSAULT COMES ON TOP OF THE
ONGOING PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE TO
SURVIVE UNDER CONDITIONS OF THE
PANDEMIC, OR POVERTY AND
UNEMPLOYMENT AND MISERY.
INCLUDING EXTENSIVE DEMOLITION
OF HOMES AND IN THE CASE OF
GAZA, A BRUTAL BLOCKADE FOR A
DECADE AND A HALF.
THE CONDITIONS IN GAZA EVEN
BEFORE THE PRESIDENT ASSAULT
WERE DESCRIBED BY THE UNITED
NATIONS AS QUOTE UNQUOTE
UNLIVABLE.
LET'S BE CLEAR, PALESTINIANS
SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO PROTEST
AND TO ORGANIZE AND DEFEND
THEMSELVES.
YES WE OPPOSE INDISCRIMINATE
FIRING OF ROCKETS IN ISRAEL AS
CONGRESS MEMBER SAWANT SAYS NO
CHILD, PALESTINIAN OR ISRAELI.
PALESTINIAN AND JEWISH PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN KILLED BY BOMBINGS
AND MILITARY ATTACKS, THAT'S
HORRIFIC.
SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE
LETTER WHICH I GREATLY
APPRECIATE.
BUT IN THE MORNING THERE WAS A
DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING MORE
TIME TO DETERMINE IF THEY COULD
SIGN OR NOT SIGN ON TO IT.
AND AS I HAD INDICATED IN THE
MORNING I WOULD HAVE BEEN
OPENED TO WAIT BUT I THINK
GIVEN THE URGENCY MANY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE
JUSTIFIABLY EXPRESSED JUST
MINUTES AGO, I WOULD STRONGLY
URGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO EXPRESS
THEIR SUPPORT TODAY THROUGH THE
ROLE COME AS COUNCIL HERBOLD
EXPRESSED THE SINCE THIS
MORNING.
WE CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER.
THE CITATIONS WILL STRENGTHEN
THE STATEMENT BY DEMONSTRATING
THE WIDE AND GLOBAL INCENTIVES
AND THE EVIDENCE OF AND THE
FACTUAL BASES.
WHETHER THEY STAND ON THIS
STATEMENT WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL ADD
THE CITATIONS AND ANY OTHER
COPY BEFORE SENDING THE
STATEMENT TO PRESIDENT BIDEN
AND THE U.S. CONGRESS.
NEED LESS TO SAY I WOULD OPPOSE
WATERING DOWN OF THE STATEMENTS
WITH BLAMING KWOETS UNQUOTE
BOTH SIDE FOR THE CURRENT
VIOLENCE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO
TAKE THE STAND AGAINST.
FOR THE FALACIAL STATEMENT THAT
WE KNOW WORLDWIDES THAT WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
AS WE SAID BEFORE, WE CONDEMN
THE KILLING OF ANY CIVILIAN
WHETHER IT'S ISRAELI OR
PALESTINIAN, YOUNG OR OLD.
A BUDGET BY FAR RIGHT ISRAELI
OUTSIDE THE MOSQUE.
I WANTED TO QUOTE QUICKLY FROM
THE STATEMENT THAT THIS, THAT
WE ARE DISCUSSING HERE QUOTE
THE CONTINUED OCCUPATION AND
OPPRESSION OF THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE HAS BEEN FUNDED AND
FACILITATED BY THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT.
IT HAS BEEN PART OF A LONG TERM
POLICY OF U.S. IMPERIALISM TO
SUPPORT APARTHEID.
SUCCESSFUL ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE
ATTEMPTED TO PORTRAY THEMSELVES
AS HONEST THE BACKERS OF PEACE.
BUT HAVE BLOCKED PEACE BOTH
DEMOCRATICALLY AND BY PROVIDING
AID.
OCASIO CORTEZ, CLYDE AND OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD SPEAKING
OUT AGAINST THE ATTACKS ON
GAZA.
WE AGREE WITH CONGRESS MEMBER
OCASIO-CORTEZ WHEN SHE SAID,
THE U.S. MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE
RIGHT OF PALESTINIANS.
ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES BUT DO THE ISRAELIS
HAVE THE RIGHT TO SURVIVE?
MOST IMPORTANTLY WE CALL ON YOU
TO CUT OFF ALL MILITARY AID AND
ALL WáEP SALES TO ISRAEL AND
STOP PROVIDING DIPLOMATIC COVER
FOR THOSE BRUTAL POLICIES OF
THE ISRAELI STATE.
PROTESTS ARE GROWING IN THE
UNITED STATES AND GLOBALLY.
4,000 PEOPLE PROTESTED OUTSIDE
THE ISRAELI CONSULATE IN LOS
ANGELES ON SATURDAY.
YESTERDAY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
PROTESTED HERE IN SEATTLE AND
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THE UNIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
INCLUDING THE UNITED ELECTRICAL
WORKERS AND HERE IN SEATTLE THE
UAW 41.
THE UNION OF STUDENT EMPLOYEES
AND POSTDOCS AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON HAVE PUBLICLY
CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI ATTACKS
JOINING UNIONS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD IN STANDING WITH THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IS
CRUCIAL.
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
MUST ITS DISASTROUS POSITION
AND RE RETRACT ALL SUPPORT
BEING CARRIED OUT.
I WANT TO THANK THE DOZENS OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE
ORGANIZATIONS WHO WORK ON
DEVELOPING THE STATEMENT
INCLUDING ACTIVISTS FROM THE
UNITED STATES AND ALSO IN
ISRAEL.
THANK YOU ESPECIALLY FOR THE
SUPPORT FROM THIS STATEMENT
FROM THE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR
GLOBAL JUSTICE.
THE COALITION OF SEATTLE INDIAN-
AMERICANS AND LOCAL 2141.
AND LABOR UNIONS AND EXPRESSING
THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS
STATEMENT AND FOR THIS POSITION
AS WELL, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
WHO TESTIFIED IN PUBLIC COMMENT
TODAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
TESTIFIED IN PUBLIC COMMENT
TODAY.
ORDINARILY I WOULD BE OPEN TO
WAITING BUT I FEEL LIKE IN THIS
CASE IT IS CALLED UPON US OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE CALLED
UPON US TO URGENTLY WORK ON
THIS.
AND THAT THE SITUATION COULD
GET WORSE AND SO WE CANNOT WAIT
FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
I WANT TO ALSO IN CLOSING, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS KNOW THAT I'VE ASKED
CENTRAL STAFF TO BEGIN DRAFTING
LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT SEATTLE
FROM ENGAGING WITH THE POLICE
FORCES, INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES,
SECURITY SERVICES, OR OTHER
ARMED FORCES OF ANY COUNTRY
WITH THE CONSISTENT PATTERN OF
HUMAN RIGHTS INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ISRAEL.
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
UNFORTUNATELY HAS TRACK RECORD
GOING BACK IN THE EARLY 20
YEARS OF HAVING ITS OFFICERS
ATTEND TRAINING.
EITHER BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY
OR POLICE OR ITS PROXIES.
ELSEWHERE AROUND THE COUNTRY,
JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE AND ALLY
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE WON
RESOLUTIONS BANNING WHAT THEY
CALL THE DEADLY EXCHANGES.
AND CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL
ACTIVISTS IN THE DEADLY
EXCHANGE MOVEMENT I WILL BE
BRINGING FORWARD LEGISLATION TO
DO THE SAME HERE IN SEATTLE.
GIVEN THE BRUTAL ONGOING
ATTACKS ON THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE THIS IS THE VERY LEAST
OUR CITY SHOULD DO AND I WOULD
REALLY WELCOME OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS WHO WISH TO WORK ON
THIS WITH MY OFFICE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
PRESIDENT PROTEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT I
UNDERSTAND YOUR DESIRE AND NEED
TO MOVE QUICKLY.
I CANNOT TODAY SIGN ON TO YOUR
LETTER AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN.
I DO HAVE ADDED SOME
SUGGESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO
SEND YOU IF YOU WERE ABLE TO
WAIT ANOTHER WEEK I WOULD BE
HAPPY TO SIGN ON SHOULD THOSE
EDITS AND AMENDMENTS BE TAKEN
ON.
>> THANK YOU MA'AM PRESIDENT
PROTEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THIS LETTER FORWARD.
YOUR CONCERNS ARE ONES I ECHO
DEEPLY HAVING PALESTINIAN
FRIENDS.
NOT HAVING A LOT OF TIME TO
REVIEW THIS LETTER I THINK WE
SHOULD TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME
TO DELIBERATE.
I JUST RECEIVED AN UPDATED
LETTER ABOUT 25 MINUTES AGO
THAT I GUESS MANIFESTS SOME OF
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA'S FEED
BACK.
I BRIEFLY SKIMMED THROUGH IT
DURING YOUR COMMENTS AND IT
LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST THE
ADDITION OF SOME CITATIONS BUT
IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE SOME
TIME TO REVIEW THOSE.
THERE'S SOME REVISIONS THE
LETTER WOULD BENEFIT FROM.
INCLUDING CITING AN EFFORT THAT
HAS BEEN COMING TOGETHER OVER
THE LAST 24 HOURS FOR A GROUP
OF 29 DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
INCLUDING SENATOR PATTY MURRAY
WHO HAVE OFFICIALLY COME
FORWARD AND CALLED FOR A CEASE-
FIRE TO BE NEGOTIATED WHICH IS
SOMETHING OF COURSE THAT THE
OFFICIAL BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
STATE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT YET
DONE SO THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS
THAT WE COULD REFERENCE IN
SUPPORT IN THE BODY OF THE
LETTER.
AND GIVE SOME SUPPORT
ADDITIONALLY FOR MEMBERS OF OUR
DELEGATION HERE WHO ARE
SUPPORTING SOME OF THESE
EFFORTS TOWARD NEGOTIATING A
PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT.
I THINK THE LETTER WOULD
BENEFIT FROM A LITTLE BIT MORE
OF THOSE ADDITIONS AND I JUST
WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE
GIVEN THAT THE LETTER IS NOT
CIRCULATED UNTIL THIS MORNING
AND A NEW DRAFT OF THE LETTER
WAS CIRCULATED JUST A FEW
MINUTES AGO.
I THINK I HAVE A SIMILAR
POSITION THAN COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
WEIGH IN AND INSTRUCT OUR
CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION THAT
WE AS A CITY WOULD LIKE THEM TO
PROCEED IN PRESSURING THE
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
BUT IN ITS CURRENT FORM I DON'T
THINK THIS LETTER ACCOMPLISHES.
ILL WOULD JOIN COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS' REQUEST TO HOLD THE
LETTER AND MAKE IT MORE TO THE
COUNCIL.
>> I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER
AND WE SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED AND
WOUNDED IN GAZA.
REPORTING ON THE VIOLENCE AND A
REFUGEE CAMP.
AND THE SILENCE FROM PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS DEAFENING.
OVER THE WEEKEND WITH PUBLIC
COMMUNICATION.
AND WE GOT THE LETTER AND
INCORPORATE REFERENCES THAT WE
HAVE INDICATED WE HAVE NOT SEEN
A FINAL VERSION OF THE LETTER.
THIS LETTER CAN RESPECT MEMBERS
OF THIS BODY.
WE MUST BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE OUR
INPUT.
WE EACH HAVE CONTENT WE WOULD
LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE AS WELL AS
OUR OWN TONE IN STYLE.
FOR INSTANCE THE LETTER
REFERENCES STATEMENTS FROM THE
SQUAD BUT IT DOES NOT REFERENCE
OUR OWN REPRESENTATIVE
STATEMENTS.
AND MY OFFICE REPLIED ASKING IF
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS HAD SEEN
THE LETTER.
WE HAD NOT RECEIVED RESPONSE TO
THAT REQUEST.
THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE THOUGHTFUL FEED BACK.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, I REQUEST
MORE TIME OF COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT THIS MORNING.
I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT
MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT CONTACTED ME AND
SAYS SHE IS NOT GIVING THIS
ADDITIONAL TIME BECAUSE OF
TESTIMONY TODAY.
I FEEL TESTIMONY THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S OFFICE HAS
MOBILIZED.
SO THESE ARE CONDITIONS OF HER
CREATION.
OF HER OFFICE.
OF THEIR GOOD WORK.
SEEMS THAT SOMEBODY WHO WOULD
LIKE TO SIGN THIS LETTER, THIS
IS UNFAIR.
IN ADDITION TO SHARING MEETING
I'VE BEEN ON ACCOUNTABLE ISSUE
AND FOLLOWING UP ON DISCUSSION.
AND I ALSO HAD ANOTHER MEETING
ABOUT A PIECE OF LEGISLATION
THAT IS BEING HEARD IN COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA TOMORROW.
5:00 P.M.
ON FRIDAY THE PREVIOUS WEEK TO
THE MONDAY THAT IT WILL BE
HEARD, AND AGAIN THE REFERENCES
TO ALLOW FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
REVIEW.
SO SORT OF IN THAT SPIRIT
CERTAINLY SEEMS TO ME THAT IT
WOULD BE FAIR TO GIVE US MORE
THAN A FEW HOURS OF TIME TO
REVIEW THE LETTER AND PROVIDE
OUR INPUT.
THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS YOU HAD
ADDITIONAL COMMENT.
>> I THOUGHT I WAS TEEING UP A
QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT AND THEN WE KIND OF WENT
INTO THAT WHOLE.
ROUND.
I HAVE A 4:00 MEETING.
I AM IN SHORT TIME AT THIS
MOMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT WOULD YOU
BE INTERESTED IN ACCEPTING SOME
ADDITIONAL EDITS.
ONE IN PARTICULAR IS, THE
UNITED NATIONS LET ME GET THE
NAME CORRECTLY.
UNITED NATION RELIEF AND WORKS
AGENCY IN THE NEAR EAST WE
HAVEN'T CONSIDERED ANY OF THEIR
IMPORTANT WORK IN THE
CONVERSATION.
>> I'M SORRY I DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE QUESTION.
>> CAN WE WAIT A WEEK.
>> I CANNOT RAISE MY HAND AND
COMMENT TO THE DISCUSSION.
>> WE'RE PUTTING THIS ALL ON
THE TABLE BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING
IN A TIGHT TIME SPACE.
I HAVE A 4:00 P.M.
APPOINTMENT THAT I HAVE TO
MAKE.
I HAVE SUBSTANTIVE.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
SUBSTANTIVE EDITS BUT I DO HAVE
EDITS FOR YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO SIGN ON TO THIS
LETTER BUT WOULD NEED TO HAVE
THESE EDITS TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO WAIT A
WEEK AND REVIEW MY EDITS SO
THAT I CAN KNOW IF I CAN SIGN
ON.
>> PRESIDENT PROTEM HERBOLD
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RESPOND TO
THE COMMENTS NOW.
>> I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU
ALREADY ANSWER THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD WAIT A
WEEK.
I DIDN'T REALIZE COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS YOU WERE ASKING A
QUESTION THAT HAD NOT ALREADY
BEEN ANSWERED.
BUT BY ALL MEANS, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
YES AS I HAD SAID THIS MORNING
AND ALSO A FEW MINUTES AGO, I
TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL
MEMBERS NEED TIME.
MY INTENTION IS NOT TO DO IT IN
ANY RUSHED MANNER AND I DID NOT
PRESIDENT HERBOLD CREATE THE
CONDITIONS IN REALITY.
I AM, QUITE IMPRESSED BY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS PASSIONATE ON
THIS ISSUE.
IT'S NOT LIKE I MAKE THEM
PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
THIS SHOWS HOW MUCH SUPPORT
THERE IS TO URGENTLY ADDRESS
THE EXTREMELY HORRIFIC
SITUATION THAT THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE ARE UNDER.
YES I DID REACH OUT TO PEOPLE
BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES
WHO HAVE DECIDED THAT THIS IS
AN ISSUE IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR
THEM TO TESTIFY IN PUBLIC
COMMENT IN SUCH GREAT NUMBERS
AND WITH SUCH, SUCH AN
INTENSITY WHICH I THINK IS
CORRECTLY WARRANTED GIVEN THE
SCALE OF THE VIOLENCE THAT IS
GOING ON IN ISRAEL.
AND GIVEN THAT STRENGTH THAT
WAS EXPRESSED TODAY.
AND ALSO TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
IN THE PROTEST YESTERDAY, I
FELT OBLIGATED BY MYSELF, I'M
NOT SAYING THAT OTHER, ALL
ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD FEEL
THIS SAME WAY I DO.
BUT I FEEL OBLIGATED THAT FOR
MY OFFICE, THERE'S A GREAT
SENSE OF URGENCY THAT IS NOW
MAGNIFIED GIVEN WHAT I'VE HEARD
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHICH I
DIDN'T SAY, I DIDN'T TELL THEM
WHAT TO SAY.
THEY SAID WHAT WAS ON THEIR
MINDS.
SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT I FEEL
LIKE THE WAY TO PROCEED HERE IS
FOR THE LETTER TO GO IN ITS
CURRENT FORM JUST FROM MY
OFFICE BUT ALSO IN ADDITION TO
THAT, I AM EXTREMELY INTERESTED
AND I WOULD REALLY BE GRATIFIED
I WE AS A COUNCIL WERE TO HAVE
OUR LETTER ALSO.
SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST.
WE DON'T DO THE ROLL CALL ON
THE LETTER TODAY.
I WILL SEND THE LETTER FROM MY
OFFICE BUT AT THE SAME TIME I
WANT TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH
ALL OFFICES TO SEE IF WE CAN
SEND AN ADDITIONAL LETTER IN AN
EDITED FORM WITH MANY OF THE
EDITS INCORPORATED IN ORDER TO
SEND IT NEXT MONDAY WITH A ROLL
CALL AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS OF
COURSE COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
WHICH WHO I'VE ALREADY BEEN
DISCUSSING.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PROTEM
HERBOLD.
I AM HAPPY TO INCLUDE THEIR
CITATIONS.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT
SEEM AS IF THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE AND THE ISRAELI STATE
ARE ON EQUAL GROUND AND SOMEHOW
OBSCURING THE FACT THE ISRAELI
REGIME AND THE U.S.
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT FOR THE
ISRAELI REGIME IS WHAT IS
CAUSING THIS CRISIS.
WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING.
I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO WORK ON A
LETTER THAT THE COUNCIL CAN
SEND NEXT WEEK.
BUT IN THE MEAN WHILE AS I SAID
TO COUNCIL MEMBERS I WOULD
PREFER THAT AT LEAST THIS
LETTER JUST FROM MY OFFICE GO
AND ALSO I WANTED TO POINT OUT
THAT THE REASON THE NEW DRAFT
WAS CIRCULATED JUST 25 MINUTES
AGO IS NOT BECAUSE IT WAS HALF
HAZARD.
IT WAS BECAUSE MY OFFICE WAS
TRYING TO INCLUDE AS MANY EDITS
AS POSSIBLE.
UNTIL THE VERY EARLY MORNING
HOURS, AND I WAS WORKING ON
THIS ALL LAST NIGHT.
WE WERE TRYING TO INCLUDE
COMMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHICH I THINK ARE VERY
IMPORTANT.
THESE ARE VERY CRUCIAL ISSUES,
OPINIONS ARE VERY STRONG.
WE ALL WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
WERE CONSULTING A WHOLE GROUP
OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
ALSO LABOR UNIONS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY FELT THE STATEMENT
REPRESENTED HOW THEY FELT ABOUT
THE SITUATION.
I DON'T AGREE THAT THIS LETTER
DOES NOT POWERFULLY EXPRESS
WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID IN THE
MOMENT.
AND IN REALITY, THE LETTER IS
NOT VERY LONG AND THE CONCRETE
POINTS IN THE LETTER ARE
REFLECTING THE AS I SAID
BEFORE, IT'S REFLECTING THE
BROAD CONSENSUS ON WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
NOT WHAT MY OPINION BUT IT
RESPECTS THE CONSENSUS FORM.
THAT THEY WITHDRAWAL MILITARY
WEAPONS AND SUPPORT.
THAT'S WHAT THE LETTER SAYS AND
I DON'T THINK IN THAT SENSE.
IF WE'RE TO TAKE THE CORRECT
POSITION AS HISTORY DEMANDS
THAT'S NOT A CONTROVERSY
CONTROVERSIAL POINT IN MY VIEW.
AND THE REASON I WANTED TO STOP
THE DELAY IS BECAUSE
PALESTINIANS WERE BEING KILLED
BY WEAPONS PROVIDED BY THE
UNITED STATES.
I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE FROM
PALESTINE WHO HAVE BEEN SAYING
PLEASE DO NOT DELAY THIS.
THAT WAS THE POSITION I WAS
REPRESENTING.
IN CONCLUSION I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL FOR A
LETTER THAT GOES FROM ALL OF
THE COUNCIL BUT I DO WANT TO
SEND THIS LETTER FROM MY OFFICE
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SENDING
SOMETHING FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
OFFICES TODAY IS CRUCIAL.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO WORK WITH US ON A STATEMENT
FROM THE COUNCIL.
I YOU KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS THIS
BALANCE I THINK BETWEEN THE
STRONGEST STATEMENT AS POSSIBLE
WITH ALL THE TOUGH WORD AND
INCLUDING THE A STRONG
STATEMENT BUT THAT IS
REPRESENTATIVE OF LARGER NUMBER
OF PEOPLE.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
FINDING A PATH THAT ALLOWS US
TO DO BOTH THINGS.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, I SEE
YOUR HAND IS UP.
>> DID YOU MEAN MOSQUEDA.
>> I'M SORRY WHAT DID I SAY.
>> I HAD MY HAND UP SO THAT'S
WHAT I WAS GUESSING.
>> I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I
SAID SO.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PROTEM I ALSO WANT TO
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT FOR
BRINGING FORWARD THIS DRAFT
TODAY.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH YOU AND APPRECIATE
THE DUEL STRATEGY I THINK YOU
JUST OUTLINED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CITATION AND
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALSO INCLUDE
FURTHER CURRENT EVENTS AND
STATE OF ISRAEL.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
INCLUDING SOME OF THE CITATIONS
AS WELL.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
CITATIONS WE WERE REFERENCING
IS REALLY TO CONTINUE TO BRING
ATTENTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL
BODIES THAT HAVE NOTED THE
REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
I THINK THIS WILL CORRESPOND
NICELY WITH THE LETTER THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT THAT
YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD TODAY
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR LOCAL VOICE IS HEARD ALONG
THE INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL
DISCUSSIONS AROUND THIS.
I WANT TO ALSO REITERATE SOME
OF THE POINTS THAT I MADE THIS
MORNING TO REALLY BRING US BACK
TO THE ISSUE AT HAND SO THAT,
THE CONVERSATION WAS REALLY
CENTERED ON THE NEED TO CALL
OUT UNEQUIVOCALLY AND CONDEMN
THE TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL
VIOLATIONS, THE INTERNATIONAL
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION THAT WE
CONTINUE TO SEE AS I MENTIONED
THIS MORNING IN COUNCIL
BRIEFING.
THERE'S A CALL FROM FOLKS
ACROSS THE, NOT ONLY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY BUT ACROSS THE WORLD
COMING FROM ELECTED LEADERS
INCLUDING
WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THE CALL
FROM THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST
COAST FROM LOCAL CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS DEMANDING
ACTION.
JUST TO REITERATE SOME OF THE
POINTS IN THE STATEMENT,
COUNCILMEMBER FROM ALEXANDRIA
NOTES THAT THERE IS NOTHING
COMPLEX ABOUT THE CONTINUED
HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL
LAW VIOLATIONS BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
THEY RECOMMEND MORE.
THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF
JUSTICE APPLIED THAT THE
ISRAELIS ACTIONS VIOLATE THE
COVENANT ON POLITICAL RIGHTS ON
ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
RIGHTS AND NATIONS AND
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE
CHILD.
SIMILARLY, THE U.N. SECURITY
COUNCIL HAS SAID THAT ON SIX
OCCASIONS THAT THE SENTIMENTS
ARE A VIOLATION UNDER
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HAVE NO
LEGAL VALIDITY.
A POSITION BACKED BY THE OFFICE
OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS CITED BY THE U.N.ORG.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GAO DETERMINED
úTHAT ISRAELI ACTIONS MEET THE
LEGAL DEFINITION AND THIS IS
FROM HUMAN RIGHTS, AGAIN.
THIS YEAR, THE COURT LAUNCHED
AN INVESTIGATION FOR MILITARY
OCCUPATIONS INCLUDING THE WAR
OF 2014 AND THE EXPANSION OF
SETTLEMENTS IN THE OCCUPIED
WEST.
THAT COMES FROM AP NEWS.
IN ADDITION TO THE ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE, I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU TO CONTINUE TO INCLUDE
ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL
CITATIONS AND I WANT TO THANK
THE FOUNDATION FOR ONGOING WORK
WHOM I HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO
WORK WITH.
MRS. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE
MURDER OF THEIR DAUGHTER AND MY
OLD FRIEND, RACHEL CORRIE AND
THE 14 YEAR BLOCKADE.
THINGS HAVING ONGOING FOR YEARS.
SO, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH ALL OF YOU AS WE CONTINUE
TO LIFT UP THE CALL AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL IN HARMONY WITH OUR
CONGRESSIONAL PARTNERS THAT ARE
CALLING FOR SIMILAR ACTIONS AND
TO MAKE SURE AS THE LETTER
STATES FROM COUNCILMEMBERS THAT
WE RESPOND SINCE THE WORLD IS
WATCHING AND HISTORY IS
JUDGING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS AND
LOOK FORWARD TO SIGNING ON.
>> WE ARE DOWN TO FIVE
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE
DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
BUSINESS BEFORE WE LOSE QUORUM
OR ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE
ORDER.
HEARING NONE, THIS DOES CONCLUDE
THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED
COUNCIL MEETING IS ON MONDAY,
MAY 24th.
IT IS 4:02 P.M.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL
AFTERNOON AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.