WE ARE NOW RECORDING AND THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
THE JUNE 1ST, 201 MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME
TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:01 P.M.
I'M LORENA GONZALEZ.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> HERBOLD.
JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> I AM HERE AND IF YOU DON'T
MIND WOULD YOU CALL ON COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD ONE MORE TIME?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DIDN'T RECEIVE A CALL FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS BEFORE WE
GOT STARTED THIS AFTERNOON.
HE DID INDICATE TO ME HE WAS
RUNNING A LITTLE LATE FROM A --
COMMITMENT IN GREEN WOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE JOIN US AS SOON AS HE IS ABLE
TO.
LET'S GET STARTED.
FIRST ITEM IS
PRESENTATIONS.
WE WILL ALLOW COMMENTS FROM
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS WE
WILL US FEND RULES TO ALLOW OUR
GUESTS TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE
COMMENTS TO US AND THE VIEWING
PUBLIC.
I WILL HAND IT OVER THE COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD IN ORDER TO
PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
SO JUNE 4TH IS THE ON SEARCH
VIOLENCE OF THE SEVENTH NATIONAL
GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY.
WE KNOW THAT -- THE WEAR ORANGE
CAMPAIGN BEGINS THE WEEKEND OF
JUNE 4TH THROUGH 6TH.
THE GREATER SEATTLE MOMS JOIN
ACTION IS JOINING US TODAY.
WE ARE JOINED BY NANCY ON BEHALF
OF THE GREATER SEATTLE MOMS
DEMAND ACTION.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ FOR HER
LEADERSHIP IN GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION POLICY AND APPRECIATE
THE WORK OF EVERYONE IN HER
OFFICE IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK
THAT IS SO CRITICAL TO OUR
COMMUNITIES.
TODAY IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT
TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND
SUPPORT COMMUNITY LEADERS AND
GUN SENSIBLE ADVOCATES WHO ARE
WORKING EVERYDAY TOWARDS FUTURE
FREE OF GUN VIOLENCE.
SKIED THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR SOME DATA ABOUT
GUN VIOLENCE DURING 2020.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES AN
ANNUAL REPORT ON GUN VIOLENCE.
THEY REPORT THAT IN 2020 THERE
WERE 421 REPORTED INCIDENTS OF
SHOTS FIRED UP FROM 332 SUCH
INCIDENTS IN 2019 AND AN
INCREASE OF 89 INCIDENTS WHICH
REPRESENTS A 27% INCREASE.
WE HAD 301 INCIDENTS OF SHOTS
FIRED IN 2020 AND SO THAT IS
COMPARED TO 235 SUCH INCIDENTS
IN 2019.
AN INCREASE OF 66 INCIDENT OR A
28% INCREASE.
WE HAD 97 NON-FATAL INJURY
SHOOTING INCIDENTS IN 2020
COMPARED TO 79 IN 2019.
AN INCREASE OF 18 INCIDENTS OR A
23% INCREASE.
AND THEN SADLY WE HAD 23 FATAL
SHOOTING INCIDENTS IN 2020
COMPARED TO 18 IN 2019.
AN INCREASE OF 5 INCIDENTS OF
28% INCREASE.
JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
ORIGINS OF THE WEAR ORANGE
CAMPAIGN.
WEAR ORANGE IS THE COLOR THAT
PENDLETON'S FRIENDS WORE IN HER
HONOR AFTER SHE WAS SHOT AND
KILLED IN CHICAGO AT THE AGE OF
15 JUST ONE WEEK AFTER
PERFORMING AT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
SECOND INAUGURAL PARADE IN 2013.
AFTER HER DEATH HER FRIENDS
STARTED TO WEAR ORANGE TO RAISE
AWARENESS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.
WHAT STARTED WITH A GROUP OF
FRIENDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
CHICAGO HAS TURNED INTO A
NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO HONOR THE
HUNDRED LIVES CUT SHORT AND THE
HUNDREDS MORE INJURED BY GUN
VIOLENCE EVERYDAY AND TO DEMAND
ACTION.
ORANGE EXPRESSES OUR COLLECTIVE
NATION AS WHOLE FOR A FUTURE
FREE FROM GUN VIOLENCE WHERE OUR
MOVIE THEATERS, OUR CONCERTS,
PLACES OF WORSHIPS AND SCHOOLS
ARE FREE FROM GUN VIOLENCE.
REGULATIONS FOR THE SAFE
STORAGE OF FIREARMS.
I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE SOME OF
THE OBJECTIVES ACCOMPLISHED THIS
YEAR IN A STATE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA THANKS TO THE WORK OF GUN
COMMON SENSE ADVOCATES FOR
RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO GUN
VIOLENCE WHICH ASSISTED THE
PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL 5038
PROHIBITING THE OPEN CARRY OF
FIREARMS AT PUBLIC
DEMONSTRATIONS.
AND ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT THE WORK
THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE AND
WILL DON'T DO TO INCREASE
FUNDING FOR A VARIETY OF
VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN
THE EXAMPLE OF INCREASED FUNDING
OF $14 MILLION IN 2021 FOR
VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD FOR THOSE
COMMENTS.
COLLEAGUES, THAT THE POINTLY --
POINT I WILL ASK IF ANYONE ELSE
HAS COMMENTS.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS HAS
HIS HAND RAISED.
>> JUST GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK.
REALLY THANK YOU.
REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD FOR BRINGING THIS
FORKER WARD AND ALSO YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS PROCLAMATION
FORWARD BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT GUN
VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE.
WHEN GUN -- THIS DATE WAS SET AS
AN AWARENESS DAY SEVEN YEARS
AGO, THAT WAS A YEAR THAT WE
COULD NOT GET ONE GUN
RESPONSIBILITY BILL PASSED
THROUGH THE LEGISLATOR.
TODAY WE ARE SEEING MULTIPLE
COMMON SENSE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THAT PROTECT PUBLIC
HEALTH AND ENSURE RESPONSIBLE
GUN OWNERSHIP BEING PASSED
THROUGH THE LEGISLATOR EVERY
YEAR.
THERE IS AN ARTICLE IN TODAY'S
SEATTLE TIMES BY JOSEPH AND
SARAH JEAN GREEN ABOUT EXTREME
RISK PROTECTION ORDERS AND THE
PATH THEY TOOK LEGISLATIVELY
SEVEN YEARS AGO.
THAT THE TIME I WORKED FOR
SENATOR WORKING ON ONE OF THE
FIRST DRAFTS OF THE PROTECTION
ORDER AND WHEN WE COULDN'T GET A
HEARING, THE STATE LEGISLATOR --
I LEFT WORKING FOR SENATOR TO
JOIN THE ALLIANCE FOR GUN
RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE THAT BILL
BE PASSED BY INITIATIVE WITH
69.4% OF THE VOTE IN THE 2016
ELECTION.
JUST TO DEMONSTRATE THE COMMON
SENSE GUN LEGISLATION HAS THE
SUPPORT OF THE STATE EVEN IF IT
CAN'T GET A HEARING AT THE
LEGISLATOR.
I JUST TAKE THIS MOMENT TO NOTE
WE -- WE WOULD NOT BE HERE AND
WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS
WITHOUT GRASS ROOTS ADVOCATES.
WITHOUT THE ALLIANCE FOR GUN
RESPONSIBILITY.
WITHOUT DEMAND ACTION AND
WITHOUT GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST GUN
VIOLENCE.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THESE LOCAL
GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE
WHAT MOVE THE NEEDLE.
THEY MOVE THE NEEDLE MORE THAN
ANY OF US CAN HERE SITTING AT
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
THANK YOU, NANCY, ALL OF THE
GRANDMOTHERS OUT THERE WITH
GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST GUN
VIOLENCE AND OF COURSE THE
ALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS
RAISED.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND SUSPEND THE
RULES IN ORDER TO ALLOW OUR
GUESTS TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW NANCY FROM MOMS DEMAND
ACTION TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE
REMARKS.
THE COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED
AND NANCY, WELCOME TO THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER
TO YOU TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION AND MAKE SOME
REMARKS.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH -- MOMS
DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN
AMERICA.
ON BEHALL -- BEHALF OF OUR LOCAL
GROUP WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR $14
MILLION INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY
BASED PREVENTION PROGRAMS.
ALSO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THE $30 MILLION FOR BUDGETING IN
NEIGHBOR HOODS MOST AFFECTED BY
GUN VIOLENCE.
AND MOVING AHEAD ON CREATING A
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
AND YOU KNOW THAT GUN VIOLENCE
IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND IT
REQUIRES SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS TO
PREVENT ITS VIRAL SPREAD AND WE
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR
SUSTAINED FOCUS ON THIS UNIQUELY
AMERICAN PROBLEM.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NANCY.
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL
OF YOUR WORK IN AND THE WORK OF
MOMS DEMAND ACTION ON CONTINUING
TO ADVOCATE FOR SENSIBLE GUN
LAWS THAT KEEP US ALL SAFE BUT
ALSO REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE
YOU AND MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO REALLY
TAKING A STRONG STANCE ON
ADVOCATING THAT REALLY -- ARE
FOCUSED NOT JUST ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE FIRST FOCUS
BUT ON BUILDING RESILIENCE AND
STRENGTH WITHIN COMMUNITIES.
THANKS TO YOU, NANCY AND THE
FOLKS OVER AT MOMS DEMAND ACTION
FOR THAT.
>> WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE CAN'T
WAIT TO GET BACK TO THE CITY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS SOMETIME SOON.
>> SOMETIME SOON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, NANCY.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
YOU ARE WELCOMED TO SIGN OFF AT
THIS POINT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, WE WILL MOVE TO OVER
ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT UP IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
THE MINTS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING OF MAY 24, 2021 HAVE
BEEN REVIEWED.
THERE IS NO I -- THE MINUTES ARE
BEING
SIGNED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEAR NOTHING OBJECTION THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS NOW ADOPTED
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEAR NOTHING OBJECTION THE
AGENDA IS NOW ADOPTED.
OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN
UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
THEIR ON GOING PATIENCE.
IT REMAINS OUR STRONG INTENT TO
HAVE IT REGULARLY INCLUDED ON
MEETING AGENDAS.
HOWEVER, THE CITY COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ENDER
ELIMINATE THESE BUT LICK COMMENT
PERIODS AT ANY POINT THE WE DEEM
THE SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR IS
NO LONGER SUITABLE FOR ALLOWING
OUR MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
THIS MEETING WAS SCHEDULED TO BE
20 MINUTES WITH EACH SPEAKER
HAVING TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE 42 INDIVIDUALS
INSIDE UP TO DATE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY.
I DO -- WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM
EVERYONE SO I AM GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT
ON THE FRONT END THIS MORNING TO
ALLOW US TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE
WHO HAS CALLED IN SO FAR.
SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE
EXTENDED TO 60 MINUTES.
HEAR NOTHING OBJECTION THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
EXTENDED TO 60 MINUTES.
IF WE NEED TO EXTEND IT FURTHER
TO ALLOW FOR EVERY ONE TO
ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL THIS
AFTERNOON, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO
DO THAT ACCORDINGLY.
SO SPEAKERS ARE AGAIN GOING TO
BE CALLED UPON IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH THEY REGISTERED TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
EACH SPEAKER HAS TO CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER USED FOR THIS
REGISTRATION.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN GENERAL
MEETING LISTEN LINE CALL IN
INFORMATION.
IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO ME RIGHT
NOW AND YOU ARE WAITING TO GIVE
PUBLIC COMMENT, MAKE SURE YOU
DOUBLE CHECK THE E-MAIL
CONFIRMATION THAT YOU RECEIVED
FROM OUR STAFF.
CHECK YOU ARE CALLING FROM THE
NUMBER YOU USED TO REGISTER AND
THAT YOU CALLED IN TO THE
SPECIFIC NUMBER USING THE AND
I'D PASS CODE THAT WAS E-MAILED
TO YOU WHEN YOU REGISTERED.
IF YOU HAVE CALLED IN TO THE
GENERAL MEETING LISTEN LINE, YOU
WILL SHOW UP AS NOT PRESENT ON
MY END ON OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
SIGN UP SHEET.
IF YOU ARE SHOWING UP AS NOT
PRESENT, I WILL CONTINUE TO CALL
YOUR NAME SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
I AM NOT SKIPPING YOU AND THAT
WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY SEEING
YOU IN THE WAITING ROOM AND
THEREFORE ARE MARKING YOU AS NOT
PRESENT.
SO AGAIN MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE
CHECK THAT INFORMATION YOU
RECEIVED IN THE E-MAILED
CONFIRMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU HAVE CALLED IN WITH THE
EXACT NUMBER YOU REGISTERED WITH
AND THAT YOU HAVE CALLED IN TO
THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER, NOT THE
GENERAL MEETING LISTEN LINE.
AGAIN I WILL CALL ON EACH
SPEAKER BY NAME AND IN THE ORDER
IN WHICH THEY REGISTER ON THE
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED TO
SPEAK YET BUT WOULD LIKE TO YOU
CAN DO SO BY GOING TO
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
YOU CAN SIGN UP AND REGISTER TO
GET PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE I END
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
ONCE I CALL ON YOUR NAME YOU
WILL BE UNMUTED AND YOU ARE R
GOING TO HEAR AN AUTOMATIC
PROMPT OF YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT WILL BE YOUR CUE THAT IT IS
YOUR TURN TO PRESS STAR 6 AND
THEN BEGIN SPEAKING.
AGAIN YOU WILL HEAR AN AUTOMATIC
PROMPT.
AFTER YOU HEAR IT, PRESS STAR 6
BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO SPEAK.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY STATING
YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO
AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
OR THE COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM.
.
YOU WILL HEAR A CHIME.
ONCE YOU HA -- HEAR THE CHIME WE
WILL ASK YOU TO WRAP UP.
IF YOU DO NOT END YOUR COMMENTS,
YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED SO
I CAN CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
COMMENT, I ASK YOU PLEASE
DECEMBER -- DISCONNECT
FROM THE LINE.
SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPENED.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
AND GIVE ME JUST A MINUTE.
AND THE FIRST SPEAKER IS HOWARD
GAIL FOLLOWED BY TANA.
HOWARD, WELCOME.
>> HI.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
LAST WEEK BOB FERGUSON ANNOUNCED
THAT THREE TACOMA POLICE
OFFICERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN
LAST YEAR'S MURDER OF MANUAL
ELLIS.
IT TOOK THE RESURGENCE OF A
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND
THE PRESENCE AND THE
UNIMAGINABLE STRENGTH OF FAMILY
AND FRIENDS TO KEEP THIS CASE IN
THE NEWS.
IT ALSO TOOK THE HIGHLY UNUSUAL
INTERVENTION OF THE GOVERNOR AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE FOR TRULY INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION.
WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE PEOPLE
KILLED BY SEATTLE OLICE WHOSE
FAMILIES COULDN'T NAVIGATE WHAT
SAN UNRESPONSIVE AND VICTIMIZING
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM?
WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO DIDN'T HAVE
FAMILY IN THE AREA TO ADVOCATE
FOR THEIR LOVED ONES AND TO
BRING THEIR CASES TO LIGHT?
THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF
HAD TO SUFFER NOT JUST
THEIR LOVED ONES' MURDER BUT
ADDITIONALLY SUFFER FROM THE
FACT THAT THEY WERE KILLED IN
SEATTLE WHERE TRULY INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN AND
REMAIN IMPOSSIBLE.
WE STILL HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE IT
IS ONLY POLICE THAT INVESTIGATE
POLICE.
WE STILL HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE THE
HEAD OF THE BODY THAT
INVESTIGATES POLICE IS SOMEONE
WHO SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER
DEFENDING POLICE OFFICERS.
PLEASE, GO TO SEATTLESTOP.ORG TO
FIND OUT HOW WE CAN BRING REAL
CIVILIAN ACCOUNTABILITY TO
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS TANA FOLLOWED BY
ALICE.
>> HELLO.
DISTRICT 7.
I'M CALLING TO SAY THAT COUNCIL
SHOULD REJECT BILL 11981.
SPD'S EXCESS OVERTIME SPENDING
AND ON GOING SALARY SAVINGS
SHOULD GO TO COMMUNITY LED
BUDGETING, NOT BACK INTO A KEPT
THAT USES ITS RESOURCES TO HARM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ APART OF MY
TESTIMONY THAT HAS MADE IT TO
THE NATIONAL LAWYER'S --
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I ARRIVED FOR A PEACEFUL RALLY.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS SURPRISED
COUNTRY MUSIC STARTED BLARG ON
THE SPEAKERS AND DOZENS OF
POLICE OFFICERS CAME OUT OF
NOWHERE USING TEAR GAS.
IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GAME TO
THEM.
ONCE THINGS DIED DOWN I SAW
MULTIPLE POLICE OFFICERS CHARGE
A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS FROM
50-FEET AWAY THEY WERE JUST
SITTING ON THE GROUND TRYING TO
COLLECT THEMSELVES.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE INCIDENT
I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM.
TO BE CLEAR, BY NOT REJECTING
THIS BILL YOU ARE CHOOSING THIS
VIOLENT BEHAVIOR INSTEAD OF
COMMUNITY.
INSTEAD PLEASE LISTEN TO WHAT
ORGANIZERS ARE SAYING.
UPHOLD YOUR COMMITMENT AND
REJECT THIS BILL.
ANYTHING ELSE EXCUSES MORE WORDS
MEANS BEING COMPLICIT IN THE
SYSTEM WE HAVE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ALICE FOLLOWED BY
WAGNER.
ALICE, WELCOME.
ALICE, IF YOU ARE WITH US, MAKE
SURE YOU PRESS STAR 6 SO WE CAN
HEAR YOU?
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
HI.
I'M CALLING FROM DISTRICT 2 TO
ASK COUNCIL TO REJECT --
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IT NOW GRANTS MORE
RESOURCES TO SPD INSTEAD OF
HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR
HARMING COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ A TESTIMONY
OF SPD'S VIOLENCE LAST SUMMER.
ON JUNE 7TH 2020, J.H.
WAS
PEACEFULLY PROTESTING WHEN
MULTIPLE EXPLOSIVES DISCHARGED.
HIS BICYCLE WE KE -- WAS HIT AND
SO WAS
HE.
THE OFFICERS
INSTRUCTED PROTESTERS TO STAY ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK
AND JH COMPLIED.
SUDDENLY POLICE RUSHED AT THE
PROTESTERS INTO THE PORTION OF
THE CROSSWALK.
MULTIPLE OFFICERS TACKLED YH,
PINNED HIM TO THE GROUND AND
PUNCHED HIM.
THE OFFICERS FINALLY PULLED
HIM TO HIS FEET AFTER HE
EXCLAIMED I CAN'T BREATHE.
JUST H WAS ARRESTED AND TOLD HE
HIT AN OFFICER WITH HIS BIKE.
THOSE CHARGES HAVE BEEN DROPPED.
AS A RESULT OF THE EXPLOSIVE
DEVICES AND PHYSICAL FORCE, JH
SUFFERS FROM PAIN, TRAUMA AND
MULTIPLE INJURY INCLUDING A
FRACTURED RIB, BRUISED AND
SWOLLEN HIP, SPRAINED RIGHT
THUMB AND CUTS AND BRUISES OVER
HIS ENTIRE BODY.
PLEASE REJECT THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS FOLLOWED BY PETER.
KIRSTEN?
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS KIRSTEN.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6.
SORRY.
COUNCIL SHOULD REJECT BILL
119981.
SPD'S $5.4 OF EDGE SES OVERTIME
OF ON GOING SALARY SAVINGSLION
SHOULD GO TOWARDS BUDGETING, NOT
BACK INTO A KEPT THAT USES ITS
RESOURCES TO HARM COMMUNIY
MEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ A TESTIMONY
OF SPD'S VIOLENCE ON JULY 25TH,
2020 FROM A PERSON IDENTIFIED AS
TDM.
THEY SAW A MAN STEP INTO THE
STREET WHILE RECORDING THE
PROTESTS.
A POLICE OFFICER RAN OVER THE
MAN'S FOOT WITH THEIR BIKE
CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
HER HUSBAND TRY TO DO HELP THE
MAN TO HIS FEET BUT WAS TACKLED
TO THE GROUND BY THE POLICE.
AS SHE REACHED TO HER HUSBAND,
SHE WAS ALSO TACKLED BY AN
OFFICER.
MULTIPLE OFFICERS PILED ON TOP
OF HER BACK PIRNING HER --
PINNING HER FACE
DOWN.
THE OFFICERS TORE OFF THE
MOTORCYCLE HELMET SHE WORE
CAUSING HER NECK TO WREN SXCH
HER FACE MASK TO DISLODGE AND
COVER HER FACE.
OFFICERS ALSO CUT THE STRAPS OF
HER BACKPACK WITH A KNIFE AND
TOOK IT.
SHE WAS THEN HANDCUFFED AND
TRANSPORTED TO THE EAST PRECINCT
WHERE SHE WAS KEPT IN HANDCUFFS
FOR FOUR HOURS.
SHE FELT PAIN IN HER SHOULDER,
WRISTS, BACK AND NECK.
SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO HOLD HER
HEAD UP RIGHT.
OFFICERS ASKED IF SHE WAS
INJURED AND SHE SAID YES BUT
THEY DID NOT EVALUATE HER, SEND
A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL TO SEE
HER OR CHECK HER HANDCUFFS.
HER UNLAWFUL UNREST AND
TREATMENT AT THE JAIL, SHE
SUFFERED PAIN, TRAUMA, NECK
INJURY, CALF INJURY, LOSS OF
MOBILE IN THE LEFT ARM, BULGING
DWIKS, NECK SWELLING, PTSD AND
MORE.
SHE WAS UNABLE TO WORK FOR OVER
A MONTH FOLLOWING THIS ASSAULT.
PLEASE REJECT BILL 119981.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS PIER FOLLOWED BY
WALKER.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS PETER.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 4.
I SUPPORT COUNCIL BILL 120087
WHICH RELEASES $1 MILLION FOR
PB.
I STRONGLY REJECT COUNCIL BILL
119981 WHICH HAS BEEN CHANGE
FROM ITS ORIGINAL FORM TO
RELEASE $10.9 MILLION ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.
IT TAKES $8.4 MILLION TO HAVE
THOSE DOLLARS FROM WHAT WAS
PROMISED TO COMMUNITY VIA PB.
IF COUNCIL PASSES THIS BILL YOU
WILL BE REWARDING GNOME THEIR
PAST VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.
I WILL READ A TESTIMONY OF
SPD'S VIOLENCE IN A PERSON
IDENTIFIED AS AI.
ONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS NEXT TO ME
AND STANDING WITH HIS HANDS IN
THE AIR HOLDING FLOWERS.
ANOTHER FRIEND WAS KNEELING.
I BEGAN TO KNEEL AND I WAS HIT
IN THE CHEST WITH A FLASH THEY
GLE MADE.
I COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
MY EARS WERE RINGING.
I WAS HYPER VENTILATING AND THEN
I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.
I COULD REMEMBER SMOKE AND WHAT
SEEMED LIKE FIRE.
THE NEXT MORNING I WOKE UP IN
THE HOSPITAL WITH A TUBE DOWN MY
THROAT.
A DOCTOR TOLD ME I WENT INTO
CARDIAC ARREST ON THE STREET AND
IF THEY ARE NOT PROVIDE ON SITE
CHEST COMPRESSIONS I MIGHT HAVE
DIED.
FOR DAYS FOLLOWING MY DISCHARGE
MY THROAT WAS VERY SORE AND I
TIRED EASILY.
I COULDN'T WALK OR STAND FOR A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT
DIFFICULTY BREATHING.
UH FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS
STANDING ON MY CHEST.
MY CHEST STILL FEELS
STRANGE AND HOLLOW AND EVEN
WEARING A SEATBELT IS
UNCOMFORTABLE.
I DON'T -- CONTINUE TO
EXPERIENCE TRAUMA FROM THAT
NIGHT.
I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
POLICE BRUTALITY IS SYSTEM AND I
CAN MUST BE STOPPED.
THERE STORY IS NOT ABOUT ME.
IT IS ABOUT CONTINUED POLICE
OPPRESSION AND THE LIVES THAT
HAVE BEEN LOST.
I HOPE PEOPLE DON'T SPEAK OUT
AND THEY STAND UP FOR JUSTICE.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT IS UP WALKER THOMAS
FOLLOWED BY TALLY.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS WALKER.
I LIVE IN D3.
I'M CALLING TO ADD MY VOICE TO
THE CHOIR OF PEOPLE BEGGING YOU
NOT GIVE SPD ANYMORE MONEY.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT TO THE
ME WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING THIS
AFTER A YEAR OF JUST CONSTANT
POLICE VIOLENCE.
I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS
GASSED AND BEATEN ALONG EVERYONE
ELSE PROTESTING FOR FLAG --
BLACK
LIVES.
ALL THEY ARE DOING IS USING
THEIR MONEY TO DO THIS.
I WORKED IN A HOMELESS SHELTER.
WE NEED THAT MONEY SO
DESPERATELY.
WE NEED ALL THAT MONEY YOU ARE
SPENDING ON THE POLICE AND THE
TRAINING AND THEIR EQUIPMENT TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S
LIVES.
WHEN WE GET THE POLICE TO THE
SHELTERS TO TRY TO HELPS OUT,
THEY ARE ALWAYS COMPLETELY
USELESS.
THEY ARE ONLY IN IT TO BEAT UP
PROTESTERS.
YOU NEED TO STOP FUNDING THEM.
WE COULD NOT BE MORE CLEAR ABOUT
THIS.
YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO IT LAST
SUMMER.
YOU NEED DO IT.
WE DON'T WANT THEM AROUND.
DEFUND THE SPD.
THEY DO NOT GET OVERTIME FOR
BEATING PEOPLE UP.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS TALLY FOLLOWED BY
MATT.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS TALLY.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4.
NO I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL SHOULD
REJECT BILL 119981.
IT SHOULD GLO TO
COMMUNITY LED BUDGETING AND NOT
BACK INTO A DEPARTMENT THAT USES
ITS RESOURCES TO HARM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN
PROTESTING LAST YEAR AND THIS
YEAR AND I'M ASKING YOU PLEASE
THINK OF THE FUTURE OF BLACK
INDIGENOUS AND CHILDREN OF
COLOR.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE PARENTS
AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
THINK ABOUT HOW YOUR DECISION
WILL IMPACT THEM.
AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT CURRENT
ELDERS AND PARENTS AND TO LGBTQ
COMMUNITIES.
YOUR DECISION TODAY TO HOLD
POLICE ACCOUNTABLE CAN MAKE AN
IMPACT AND POSITIVE CHANGE TO
ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES.
KIT ACTUALLY CREATE SAFETY.
MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN HARD AND
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
THAT YOU HEAR SOME OF THESE
THINGS THAT I WITNESS ALL THE
TIME.
I HAVE SEEN BLACK TRANS PEOPLE
BE BEATEN, BLOODIED, SCARED TO
GO TO HOSPITALS.
SCARED OF WHAT WILL FOLLOW.
I HAVE BEEN CHOKED.
I HAVE HAD CHEMICAL GASES CREATE
LONG TERM DAMAGE TO MY LUNGS AND
NOW HAVE TO USE AN INHALER QUITE
OFTEN.
THE THINGS POLICE SAY ABOUT --
SAWANT AND NIKITA OLIVER AND
LOTS OF BLACK ACTIVIST SOCIAL
SECURITY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THEY
ARE HARMFUL AND WILL DON'T
CREATE HARM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT IS MATT FOLLOWED BY ALICE.
I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD WE
HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS.
MATT, PLEASE.
>> HI.
THIS IS MATT.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3.
I AM CALLING TO ASK YOU TO
PLEASE REJECT BILL 119981.
DO NOT REWARD THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR LAST YEAR'S
EXCESS OVERTIME, MUCH OF WHICH
THEY SPENT HARMING PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS.
PLEASE PUT THOSE FUNDS IN THE
POLICE SALARY SAVINGS AND THE
COMMUNITY LED BUDGETING.
I WILL READ AN EXCERPT FROM
TESTIMONY ABOUT THE EVENTS OF
JUNE 25, 2020.
I ARRIVED TO THE SEATTLE CENTRAL
LAWN IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
THE CROWD WAS OVERWHELMINGLY
MADE UP OF PEACEFUL PROTESTERS.
THE FIRST EXPLOSIONS I HEARD
WERE WHEN OUR MARCH TURNED A
CORNER AND SAW A LARGE GROUP OF
BIKE POLICE UP THE HILL UNLEASH
A ROUND OF FLASH BANG GRENADES
ON TO THE STREET.
THE POLICE DEPLOYED THE FIRST
ROUND SEEMING THREW CREATE A LOT
OF NOISE AND SCARY SMOKE AS THEY
CHARGED DOWNHILL AT US.
THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.
IT WAS TERRIFYING.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
IT.
LATER POLICE STARTED DRAWING
BLAST BALLS AND FLASH BANG
GRENADES INTO THE CROWD.
MY IMPRESSION WAS THAT THEY ARE
INCREASING THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE
AND INTENTIONALLY TERRORIZING
PEOPLE.
I HAD MULTIPLE EXPLOSIVES LAND
AND EXPLODE AT MY FEET.
I GOT HIT IN THE FACE WITH A
LARGE PIECE OF A SHELL FROM A
BLAST BALL THAT EXPLODED AT MY
FEET.
I GOT CHEMICAL BURNS ALL OVER MY
FACE.
I WAS REALLY SCARED.
I SEEN PICTURES OF PEOPLE WHO
LOST EYES THAT WAY.
THERE WAS SO MUCH SMOKE IN THE
AIR.
THE RATE OF DEPLOYMENT AND THE
VOLUME OF WEAPONS WAS MUCH
GREATER THAN I HAD SEEN AT
EARLIER PROTESTS.
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO
DESCRIBE THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S USE OF FORCE
THAN --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
SPENCER YOU ARE SHOWING UP AS
NOT PRESENT ON MY END.
SPENCER IF YOU CALL IN BEFORE
THE END OF TODAY'S MEETINGLY
MAKE --
MEETING I WILL MAKE SURE TO
CIRCLE BACK TO YOU.
NEXT UP IS ALICE.
ALICE, MAKE SURE YOU HIT STAR 6
SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> SORRY.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU GO.
AHEAD.
>> COOL.
THANKS.
I AM ALICE SPEAKING AN ARGUMENT
AGAINST COUNCIL BILL 119981.
I WILL READ A LITTLE BIT OF
TESTIMONY FROM EB, A REGISTERED
NURSE.
SHE WRITES NOT LONG AFTER I
ARRIVED I OBSERVED POLICE PUSH
PROGRESS TESTERS WITH --
PUSHING PROTESTERS.
EB WRITES OF BEING PEPPER
SPRAYED DIRECTLY IN THE FACE NOT
ONCE NOT TWICE.
-- NOT ONCE BUT
TWICE.
SHE SAID WAS NOT DANGEROUS,
BREAKING ANYTHING OR HURTING
ANYBODY.
I'M A NURSE.
SHE WROTE THAT SPD USED A
CONSTANT SURGE OF FLASH BANG
GRENADES TO OW -- CORRAL THE
CROWD.
THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT WAS
INCREDIBLE.
I EXAMINED HER AND SUSPECT THE
HIT --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IN HER CONCLUSION SHE WROTE
I WITNESSED NON-VIOLENT
PROTESTERS BEING CONTINUOUSLY
ASSAULTED WITH PEPPER SPRAY AND
FLASH GRENADES.
I SEEN MULTIPLE PEOPLE STRUCK AT
CLOSE RAIN WITH THIS PROJECTILES
THAT COULD HAVE EASILY SHATTERED
THEIR BONES.
I NOW HAD FOUR INCAPACITATED
PEOPLE WITH ME SCREAMING AND
VOMITING FROM PAIN ON THE
GROUND.
PLEASE DON'T AWARD POLICE ABUSE.
VOTE NO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL OF A YOU ARE SHOWN
AS REGISTERED BUT NOT PRESENT.
PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK YOU ARE
CALLING IN TO THE CORRECT NUMBER
WITH THE NUMBER YOU REGISTERED
WITH SO WE CAN GET YOU OUT OF
THE THE WAITING ROOM IF THAT IS
WHERE YOU ARE AT.
NEXT UP IS FLORA WRIGHT FOLLOWED
BY EMILY GRAHAM.
>> HELL LOT.
MY NAME IS FLORA.
I'M RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3.
I AM CALLING TO TELL COUNCIL TO
REJECT CB119981.
THE CURRENT SUBSTITUTE BILL
VOTED FOR AS WELL AS THE
AMENDMENT ADDED WHEN IT WAS
VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE TURNED
THIS BILL TO A $10.9 MILLION
INCREASE TO SPD'S BUDGET FOR
MONEY WHICH WAS PROMISED FOR
BUDGETING.
THIS GOES AGAINST ALL QUOTE ON
QUOTE COMMITMENTS MADE BY
COUNCIL AND ALL COMMUNITY
DEMANDS.
SPD'S $5.4 MILLION OF EXCESS
OVERTIME SPENDING AND THEIR $11
MILLION PLUS DOLLARS OF ON GOING
SALARY SAVINGS SHOULD GO TO
COMMUNITY LED BLACK LIVES
BUDGETING.
IT SHOULD NOT GO BACK INTO A
DEPARTMENT THAT USES ITS
RESOURCES TO HARM AND BRUTALIZE
BLACK RESIDENTS AND OTHER
COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPEAKING OF
GUN VIOLENCE.
THE ACCOUNTS OF SPD VIOLENCE
BEING SHARED THROUGHOUT COMMENT
IS A VIOLENCE YOU WILL FUND BY
PASSING CB119981.
YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN
CLEAR.
REJECT CB119981.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS EMILY GRAHAM FOLLOWED
BY THOMPSON WILEY.
EMILY, WELCOME.
EMILY, IF YOU ARE WITH US,
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6.
.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS EMILY GRAHAM.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3.
COUNCIL SHOULD REJECT THE BILL.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ A
TESTIMONY OF SPD'S VIOLENCE.
.
THE POLICE ATTEMPTED
TO MOVE THE PROTESTERS BACK BUT
JK COULDN'T MOVE VERY FAR STUCK
BETWEEN A MASS OF PROTESTERS ON
ONE SIDE AND A LINE OF OFFICERS
ON THE OTHER.
SUDDENLY AN OFFICER GRABBED HER
BY THE NECK AND YANKED HER INTO
THE POLICE LINE KNOCKING HER
UNCONSCIOUS.
SHE DOES NOT KNOW HOW LONG SHE
WAS OUT.
WHEN SHE RESGANED CONSCIOUSNESS
SHE WAS LYING OR NOT GROUND
BEHIND THE BARRICADE AND MISSING
HER PROTEST EQUIPMENT.
AFTER SHE WAS PROVIDED WITH SOME
TREATMENT, THE POLICE MOVED HER
TO A CELL.
SHE WAS DISORIENTED AND ON THE
VERGE OF VOMITING FROM A HEAD
INJURY SHE SUSTAINED YET SHE WAS
NOT PROVIDED WITH FURTHER
MEDICAL TREATMENT.
J.K.
WAS ALSO PLACED IN
HANDCUFFS WHILE STILL BEING HELD
IN THE CELL.
EVENTUALLY SHE WAS MOVED TO KING
COUNTY AND RELEASED LATER IN THE
DAY ON JUNE 8, 2020.
J.K.
WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO
DISPERSE.
THESE CHARGES WERE DROPPED.
YOU MUST OPPOSE THIS BILL.
GIVING MONEY BACK TO SPD IS A --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THAT WE HAVE HEARD SO MANY
STORIES ABOUT TODAY.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS THOMPSON WILEY.
>> HELLO.
I'M A RESIDENT.
I'M CALLING TODAY TO TELL CITY
COUNCIL TO REJECT BILL 119981.
SPD'S $5.4 MILLION OF EXCESS
SPENDING TO OVERTIME AND THEIR
$11 MILLION MORE SHOULD GO TO
THE COMMUNITY.
AND NOT BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT
THAT LITERALLY BRUTALIZE THEM.
I WANTED TO READ TESTIMONY OF
SPD'S VIOLENCE ON JULY 25, 2020
FROM A PERSON IDENTIFIED AS JC.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
ON JULY 25, 2020, I WALKED
WITH MY SISTER AND GIRLFRIEND TO
THE PROTEST AREA.
WE ARRIVED IN EAST PINE STREET
BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH AVENUES
AROUND 8:30 P.M.
THE POLICE AND PROTESTERS WERE
ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STREET.
I RUSHED TO THE HER SXIED THE
OFFICER HIT ME TWICE IN THE ARM
WITH A BATON.
AS BACKED AWAY ANOTHER OFFICER
SPRAYED ME DIRECTLY IN THE FACE
WITH PEPPER SPRAY.
AT THIS POINT MY EYES WERE
BEGINNING TO SWELL AND I WAS
HAVING TROUBLE BRINGING.
MY ENTIRE FACE WAS BURNING.
WITHIN A FEW MINT MINUTES MY
EYES WERE COMPLETELY SWOLLEN
SHUT.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I WANTED TO END WITH THE STORY
BY SAYING I'VE BEEN AT A PROTEST
AND SEEN EXAMPLES OF VIOLENCE
MYSELF WITH THE POLICE.
ESPECIAL THINK FACT THAT A
PROTESTER HAD THEIR HEAD --
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME RAN OVER BY
AN SPD BIKE COP.
THE IMAGE I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE
TO GET AWAY AND THE FACT THAT WE
ARE LITERALLY ON THE YEAR
ANNIVERSARY -- DPRN SPD MAY GET
MORE MONEY LITERALLY SHOULD NOT
HAPPEN AND THE CITY COUNCIL
SHOULD STAND BEHIND THE
COMMUNITY AND NOT BEHIND SPD.
I YIELD MY -- THE RE OF MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT IS UP SARAH FOLLOWED BY
EMILY CHILD'S.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
COUNCIL SHOULD REJECT THE BILL.
I JOIN MY VOICE WITH OTHERS.
WE SHOULD NOT PUT THE MONEY BACK
INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT
HARMS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I WILL READ A TESTIMONY OF
VIOLENCE FROM A PERSON
IDENTIFIED AS AF.
QUOTE ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER
23RD THE NIGHT AFTER PROSECUTORS
IN LOUISVILLE DECIDED NOT TO
CHARGE TAYLOR'S KILLERS WITH
MURDER I PROTESTED.
THAT NIGHT THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HIT ME IN THE HEAD,
CHOKED ME WITH PEPPER SXRA GAS
UNTIL I COULD NOT SEE AND
BREATHE, CHASED ME TILL I HAD A
PANIC ATTACK AND HARMED INS
AROUND ME.
I HAVE BEEN TO MANY PROTESTS BUT
SPD'S RESPONSE ON SEPTEMBER 23RD
FELT ESPECIALLY BRUTAL.
THERE WERE ABOUT 400 OF US OUT
PROTESTING AT THE BEGINNING.
AT SOME POINT SPD STARTED
AGGRESSIVELY PUSHING US BACK AS
THEY ALWAYS DO.
I WAS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE POLICE
TRYING TO MOVE BACK BUT WITH A
HUGE CROWD OF AHEAD OF ME WE
YELLED MOVE AT THE PROTESTERS
TRYING TO GET THEM TO MAKE SPACE
BUT AT ONE POINT THE CROWD WAS
SO BACKED WIN COULDN'T MOVE AT
ALL WHICH WAS REALLY SCARY.
THEY THREW SO MANY AT US THAT A
WOMAN ON THE SIDEWALK WALKING BY
STARTED YELLING AT THE POLICE TO
STOP
IT AND STOP TERRORIZEING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE BUILT A
BARRICADE AND LIT IT ON FIRE.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CROWD
WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING
DESTRUCTIVE OR DANGEROUS.
I HEARD AN EXPLOSION OF SOME
KIND HAPPEN AT THE EAST
PRECINCT.
ALL OF SUDDEN PROTESTERS CAME
RUNNING TOWARDS US.
THE BIKE COPS STARTED PUSHING US
BACK PEPPER SPRAYING THE ENTIRE
FRONT LINE.
PLEASE REJECT BILL 119981.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS EMILY CHILD'S AND
JESSIE ROTH YOU ARE SHOWING UP
AS NOT PRESENT MINE SIDE.
AFTER EMILY CHILDS WILL BE
PENNY.
>> HI.
THIS IS EMILY CHILD'S IN
DISTRICT 2.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A
MOMENTO ARE VIEW SOME OF SPD'S
HITS IN THE PAST YEAR.
THEY PEPPER SPRAY ADD CHILD IN
THE FACE.
THEY FILLED CAPITOL HILL WITH SO
MUCH TEAR GAS THAT BABIES WOKE
UP VOMITING.
THEY STOPPED HER WITH A BLAST.
THEY CAUSED COUNTLESS INJURIES
RANGING FROM CONCUSSIONS AND
PERMANENT SPINAL DAMAGE TO THE
LARGEST BRUISES I HAVE EVER SEEN
TO PROTESTERS EXERCISING THEIR
RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH.
THEY MURDERED TERRY.
THEY MURDERED SHAWN.
THEY MURDERED OTHERS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS.
THEY VIOLATED THE JAIL'S COVID
PROTOCOLS TO ARREST AND
DEHUMANIZE PROTESTERS.
FOR THESE REASONS AND MANY MORE
I CALL ON YOU NOT TO GIVE SPD
MORE MONEY AND TO REJECT THIS
VERSION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS PENNY FOLLOWED BY
SEVERE.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS PENNY.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 6.
I URGE COUNCIL TO REJECT
CB119981.
SPD'S ON GOING SALARY SAVINGS
SHOULD NOT GO BACK INTO A
DEPARTMENT THAT USE ITS
RESOURCES TO HARM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
I WILL READ FROM SOME TESTIMONY
GIVE FROM A PERSON IDENTIFIED AS
SF.
SF SAID A SEPTEMBER PROTEST SPD
PUSHED US BACK WITH BIKES AND
PEPPER SPRAY INTO A PARKING LOT.
THEY CONTINUED TO CHASE US.
I WAS TRYING TO WALK AWAY
FROM THE POLICE LINE BUT UNABLE
TO WALK FAST ENOUGH TO SATISFY
SPD AS THEY PUSHED US SPD THREW
MORE EXPLOSIVES THAT WERE LOUD
LIKE CONCUSSION GRENADES.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE FROM WHERE
THEY WERE THROWING THE FLASH
BANGS BUT THAT NIGHT THEY HIT
WITH SUCH FORCE THEY RICOCHETTED
OFF THE FOUPD GROUND HIGH
ENOUGH TO REACH MY HEAD AND I'M
6-FOOT-3.
SPD'S MOOD SEEMED JUBILANT.
IT SEEMED LINE -- LIKE THIS WAS
A GAME TO
THEM.
WE WERE MOVING BACK AS FAST AS
WE COULD.
EARLY OPINION IN THE MARCH SPD
STARTED FOLLOWING US VERY CLOSE.
IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE
GRABBING ANYONE THEY COULD TO
PICK OFF FROM THE CROWD.
SPD PEPPER SPRAYED US TWO TO
THREE TIMES FROM CLOSE RANGE.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE I WAS WITH
DUCKED HIS HEAD DOWN AS AB
OFFICER UNLEASHED AER -- PEPPER
SPRAY INTO HIS FACE.
THE FORCE MOVED HIS GOGGLES OUT
OF PLACE AND THE GOGGLES BEGAN
FILLING FULL OF PEPPER SPRAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT I MEAN YOUNG FOR CALLING
IN.
NEXT UP IS FOLLOWED BY CLAIRE.
>> HELLO.
I AM A 39-YEAR-OLD BLACK QUEER
NON-BINARY PERSON.
COUNCIL BILL SHOULD REJECT THE
BILL.
SPD SHOULD NOT BE REWARDED FOR
VIOLENTLY --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
YOU ALL SAID YOU WOULD
WITH HOLD THEIR FUNDS IF THEY
OVER SPENT AND I URGE YOU DO SO
TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ A TESTIMONY
OF SPD'S VIOLENCE ON JULY 25,
2020 FROM A PERSON IDENTIFIED AS
EL.
ON JULY 25, 2020, EL MARCHED
WITH BLM, GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTERS AT THE EAST PRECINCT.
UPON ARRIVAL AT THE INTERSECTION
NEAR THE PRECINCT, EL
IMMEDIATELY HEARD FLASH BANGS.
HE DID NOT HEAR ANY WARNING OR
REQUESTS TO DISPERSAL BEFORE
POLICE BEGAN USING EXPLOSIVE
AMMUNITIONS ON THE CROWD.
HE BEGAN FILMING AS PROTESTERS
RAN FROM THE POLICE.
SPD OFFICERS BEGAN FORMING IN A
LINE PUSHING PROTESTERS SOUTH.
SUDDENLY AN OFFICER SHOVED HIM
AND KNOCKED HIM BACKWARDS TO THE
GROUND KNOCKING HIS PHONE OUT OF
HIS HAND.
AS HE REACHED FOR HIS PHONE
STILL ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES
ANOTHER OFFICER GRABBED IT FROM
HIS HANDS.
AN OFFICER THEN SMASHED HIS FACE
TO THE PAVEMENT WHILE OTHERS
KNEELED ON HIS BACK, LEGS AND
ARM.
THEY THEN HANDCUFFED HIM, CUT
HIS BACKPACK OFF HIM AND
TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE WEST
PRECINCT.
AT THE WEST PRECINCT HE WAS
DENIED WATER.
HE WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSPORTED TO
KING COUNTY JAIL.
THE OFFICERS ESCORTED HIM
INSIDE, SLAMMED HIS BODY INTO
THE DOOR BETWEEN JAIL AND THE
GARAGE.
A JAIL GUARD SLAMMED HIS HEAD
INTO THE SURFACE OF A DESK
BREAKING HIS TWO FRONT TEETH AS
DEPICTED IN A PICTURE ONLINE.
I URGE YOU TODAY PLEASE DON'T
AWARD SPD VIOLENCE.
REJECT THE BILL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS CLAIRE FOLLOWED BY
ASHTON.
BECK -- CLAIRE, WITH EL COME.
>> HI -- WELCOME.
>> HI.
I AM CALLING TO OPPOSE BILL
119981 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT
THERE ARE BETTER USES OF SPD'S
$5.400-0000 OF EXCESS OVERTIME
SPENDING.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
ADDRESS COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD'S
CLAIMS THE RECENT AMENDMENT
IS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE CONSENT DECREE WAS PUT IN
PLACE IN RESPONSE TO THEIR
VIOLENCE CONDUCT.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ A
TESTIMONY OF SPD'S VIOLENCE ON
JULY 25, 2020 FROM A PERSON
IDENTIFIED AS JM.
ON JULY 25, JM WAS OUT ON THE
STREET DOCUMENTING THE PROTESTS.
JM WAS STANDING OFF TO THE SIDE
WITH A GROUP OF MEMBERS FROM THE
MEDIA.
THE POLICE DELIBERATELY
ATTACKING THE GROUP BY THROWING
BLAST BALLS RIGHT AT THEM.
THE POLICE RELY --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
ONE BLAST BALL EXPLODED
VERY CLOSE TO JM AND A PIECE OF
SHRAPNEL HIT THEM IN THE NECK
AND ARM.
JM FELT EXTREME PAIN AND THEY
HAD TO BE HELPED BECAUSE THEY
COULD BARELY STAND.
JM STILL CAN'T HEAR CORRECTLY
OUT OF THEIR RIGHT EAR.
WITHIN TWO MINTS AFTER BEING HIT
JM AND THEIR COLLEAGUES BEGAN
KICKING MOVING AWAY FROM THE
AREA AWAY FROM THE ADVANCING
OFFICERS.
THERE WAS A LARGE CROWD IN PAIR
PATH SO THEY COULD ONLY MOVE AS
FAST AS PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THEM.
JM HELD THEIR PRESS BADGE OVER
THEIR RIGHT SHOULDER TO MAKE
SURE THE POLICE COULD STILL
IDENTIFY THEM AS PRESS.
AS THEY WERE WALKING AWAY THE
POLICE STARTED QUICKLY ADVANCING
AND PULLED OUT SPRAY.
JM DID NOT HEAR AN ORDER OR ANY
WARNING AND THE POLICE BEGAN
SPRAYING BLUE SPRAY INTO THE
GROUP.
JM WAS SPRAYED WITH BLUE SPRAY
ON THEIR FACE AND ARM.
AND THERE IS MORE BUT I THINK
THAT IS MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ASHTON FOLLOWED BY
LINA.
>> HI.
I'M CALLING IN TO OPPOSE
CB119981 FROM DISTRICT 7.
IF COUNCIL INTENDS TO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THEY NEED TO -- EXISTING BUDGET,
NOT GRANT MONEY TO SPD.
THE -- I WILL KIP PAST THAT.
ANYWAY I WILL READ SOME
TESTIMONY AS WELL.
QUOTE I HAVE BEEN PEACEFUL PLOY
TESTING IN SEATTLE SINCE MAY
30TH.
IN THAT TIME POLICE HAVE TEAR
GASSED, PEPPER SPRAYED AND
ARRESTED ME AND NEARLY HIT ME
WITH A CAR.
I ATTENDED THE LABOR DAY
PROTEST.
SPD OFFICERS LAUNCHED BLAST
BALLS AT ME, MACED ME AND FORCED
KNOW MARCH QUICKLY.
THE POLICE WEAPONS AND FAST
MARCH TRIGGERED AN ASTHMA ATTACK
CAUSING ME TO PASS OUT.
PEOPLE TRIED TO FLEE BUT THEY
POSITIONED THEMSELVES TO CAUSE
ACCESS TO ANYWHERE WE COULD GO
TO ESCAPE.
POLICE BLEW BLAST BALLS INTO THE
MIDDLE OF A DENSELY PACKED
CROWD.
POLICE PULLED THE -- PART OF THE
CROWD WHERE I WAS INTO A PARKING
LOT ACROSS THE STREET.
I THOUGHT THEY MIGHT ALLOW US TO
DISPERSE BUT THEY DID NOT.
THEY FUNNELED PROTESTERS INTO A
THIN LINE.
I HAD A BROWN AND WHITE UMBRELLA
OBJECTION FOR PROTECTION FROM
POLICE WEAPONS.
POLICE BLASTED IT SO MUCH WITH
PEPPER SPRAY SO MUCH SO THAT IT
TURNED ORANGE.
I WALKED SCREAMING IN PAIN
BECAUSE OF THE MACE IN MY EYES
CRYING FOR HELP.
I SAW MANY PEOPLE WITH OPEN
WOUNDS.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS LINA AND MICHAEL.
IF YOU ARE LISTENING, YOU
SHOWING UP AS NOT PRESENT ON MY
END.
SO, AFTER LINA WILL BE ADEN.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS LINA.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4.
I'M ASKING YOU TO REJECT THE
BILL.
IT SHOULD GO TO COMMUNITY LED
BUDGETING.
I'M ALSO GOING TO READ A
TESTIMONY OF SPD'S VIOLENCE FROM
A PERSON IDENTIFIED AS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
QUOTE ON JULY 25, 2020 AROUND
7:00 P.M.
X WAS ATTENDING A
PROTEST NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
11TH AVENUE AND PINE STREET.
LIKE MANY PROTESTERS X WANTED TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
OFFICERS THOUGH MOST OF THE
OFFICERS WOULD NOT RECIPROCATE.
ANOTHER OFFICER FIRED A WEAPON
AT HIM PRESUMABLY A RUBBER
BULLET STRIKING X IN THE
ABDOMEN.
THE PROJECTILE INJURED BOTH HIS
TORSO AND RIGHT ARM AND CAUSED
PAIN, TRAUMA AND OTHER DAJS
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
LACERATION ON HIS RIB CAGE,
CONTUSIONS ON HIS RIGHT ARM,
TISSUE DAMAGE, SCARRING,
DEVERAUX DIFFICULTY
CONCENTRATING, DEPRESSION AND
SYMPTOMS OF PTSD.
YOU NEED TO HOLD TRUE TO YOUR
PROMISES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ADEN CAROL AND AFTER
ADEN IS STEPHANIE ANDERSON.
STEPHANIE YOU ARE SHOWING UP AS
NOT PRESENT ON MY END.
AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOU SHOWING UP
AS NOT PRESENT PLEASE DOUBLE
CHECK THE NUMBER YOU ARE USING
TO CALL IN AND MIKE SURE YOU ARE
CALLING IN TO THE NUMBER
PROVIDED TO YOU AND NOT THE
LISTENING LINE.
>> EYE.
HI.
I AM CALLING BECAUSE COUNCIL
SHOULD REJECT THE BILL.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
NOT BACK INTO A DEPARTMENT
THAT USES RESOURCES TO HARM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
ON THE TOPIC OF GUN VIOLENCE,
THE TRAGIC SHOOTING INCIDENT AT
THE PARK YESTERDAY IS NOW BEING
USED A PRETEXT TO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THAT IS SO WRONG.
WHEN THERE IS A -- WHEN THERE IS
A -- A SHOOTING OR A -- A CRIME
WITH SOMEBODY WHO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AT THE VERY LEAST PEOPLE
WHO IN THAT -- ENCAMPMENT SHOULD
HAVE PRIORITY FOR ON GOING
HOUSING BECOMES AVAILABLE.
NOW I AM GOING TO READ TESTIMONY
OF SPD'S VIOLENCE ON MAY 30TH
FROM A PERSON IDENTIFIED AS AE2.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
ON MAY 30TH SPD'S
GASES THROUGH THE CROWD WELL
BEYOND THE VICINITY WHERE IT WAS
DEPLOYED MAKING MY EYES STING.
I ALSO SAW AN SPD OFFICER MACE A
LITTLE GIRL WHO POSED A NO RISK
TO THE OFFICER.
ON JUNE 6TH SPD KEPT REPEATING
THEY WANTED PROTESTERS TO MOVE
BACK BUT THE CROWD --
>> SORRY WE RAN OUT OF TIME BUT
YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL THE
REST OF YOUR COMMENTS.
NEXT IS UP SARAH FOLLOWED BY
NATALIE.
SARAH, WELCOME.
>> HELLO.
I URGE COUNCIL TO REJECT BILL
1199981 WHICH GIVES $10.9
MILLION OF INCREASED FUNDING TO
A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT USES
ITS RESOURCES TO HARM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
THOSE FUNDS MUST GO TO COMMUNITY
LED BUDGETING TO CREATE TRUE
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
TO ILLUSTRATE THEIR HARMFUL
ACTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO READ AN
EXCERPT FROM TESTIMONY ABOUT
THEIR EXPERIENCE AS A JOURNALIST
COVERING A DEMONSTRATION IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ON MAY 30,
Ö020.
QUOTE, ON EAST PINE STREET I SAW
A TRUCK PLAYING MUSIC AS
PROTESTERS DANCED AROUND IT.
IT WAS AN UPLIFTING JOYFUL
SCENE.
I PAUSED TO OBSERVE AND RECORD A
VIDEO WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT THREW
FLASH BANG GRENADE INTO THE
CROWD WITHOUT WARNING.
THEY DEPLOYED TEAR GAS SECONDS
LATER.
THE PROTESTERS THAT FIRST
GATHERED BACK INTO A GROUP.
LAW ENFORCEMENT PUSHED THEM
BACK.
I WAS SHOCKED BY THE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I SAW NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY OF
THESE SEVERE CROWD DISPERSAL
TACTICS WERE WARRANTED AND THERE
WAS NEVER ANY WARNING BEFORE
THEY WERE DEPLOYED.
AT THIS POINT I DECIDED TO LEAVE
THE AREA BECAUSE I FEARED FOR MY
SAFETY.
THERE WAS TEAR GAS EVERYWHERE,
FLASH BANG GRENADES EXPLODING IN
THE STREET.
I WAS ANXIOUS THE POLICE WOULD
FURTHER ESCALATE THEIR TACTICS.
I DECIDED REPORTING ON THE
SITUATION WAS NO LONGER WORTH
THE PAIN OF ENDURING TEAR GAS
AND THE RISK OF SUFFERING
VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT WITNESSING THE
DEPLOYMENT OF CHEMICAL AGENTS
AND FLASH BANG GRENADES BY
POLICE HAVE MADE ME RECONSIDER
VOW HOW UH APPROACH MY
ASSIGNMENTS.
I AM DETERMINED TO ASSERT MY
RIGHTS AND DO MY JOB SO I WILL
CONTINUE REPORTING BUT I WOULD
NOT BE SURPRISED IF OTHER
JOURNALISTS FELT THEIR ABILITY
TO REPORT FROM THE GROUND WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRED BY THESE
LAW ENFORCEMENT TACTICS.
THIS TESTIMONY IS ONE OF MANY
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PLEASE REJECT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS NATALIE FOLLOWED BY
STEPHANIE.
GO AHEAD, NATALIE.
STAR 6.
>> MY NAME IS NATALIE.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3.
I AM CALLING YOU URGE TO THE --
TO URGE YOU TO
REJECT THE BILL.
THIS BILL FLIES IN THE FACE OF
THAT PROMISE.
THE BILL'S DISCUSSION OF WHERE
THE FUNDS WILL GO IS A
DISINDIGENOUS DISTRACTION.
THE CITY MUST TAKE A STRONG
STAND AND DEFUND SPD.
IT IS SPD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO
ADDRESS THEIR OWN BUDGETING
ISSUES.
IN RESPONSE DAY'S PROCLAMATION,
I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT
SPD HAS NEVER BE PROTECTED OUR
COMMUNITY FROM GUN VIOLENCE.
THEY EITHER CAUSE IT OR AT BEST
RESPOND TO IT.
SO PLEASE STAND STRONG AND HONOR
YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE TO DEFUND SPD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN TO
DAY.
NEXT UP IS STEPHANIE.
AGAIN HENRY AND EMMA YOU ARE
SHOWING UP AS NOT PRESENT ON MY
SPREAD SHEET SO DOUBLE COLLEGE
THOSE CALL IN DETAILS AND IF YOU
CALL IN BEFORE WE CONCLUDELY
MAKE SURE TO GIVE YOU YOUR TWO
MINUTE.
STEPHANIE, WELCOME.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3.
COUNCIL SHOULD REJECT BILL
119981.
SPD'S EXCESS OVERTIME SPENDING
AND THEIR ON GOING SALARY
SAVINGS SHOULD GO TO COMMUNITY
LED BUDGETING AND NOT BACK INTO
THE DEPARTMENT THAT USES ITS
RESOURCES TO HARM COMMUNITY
úMEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ A TESTIMONY
OF SPD'S VIOLENCE ON AUGUST 16,
2020 FROM A PERSON IDENTIFIED AS
NS.
THE POLICE TOLD
PROTESTERS THAT THEY HAD FOUR
MINUTES TO EVACUATE.
AS THEY BACKED UP T POLICE
CHARGED FORWARD, SOMEONE CHIPPED
--
TRIPPED --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THEY ARE WERE ARRESTED BEFORE
THEY COULD STAND UP.
THEY WERE CUFFED WHILE ON THE
GROUND RESHGS MAIMED ON THE
GROUND FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES
AND THEN WAITED 30 MORE MINUTES
ON THE CURB.
THEY WERE HANDCUFFED TIGHTLY
WITH HANDS BEHIND THEIR BACK AND
THE BACKS OF THEIR HANDS PRESSED
TOGETHER.
THEY WERE HELD IN THOSE
HANDCUFFS FOR TWO HOURS.
WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY REALIZED
THEY COULD NOT BEND OR RAISE
THEIR LEFT ARM.
WHEN THEY REPORTED THE INJURY
THE NURSE DID NOT EXAMINE THE
ARM AND FAILED TO DETECT WHAT
MEDICAL PROVIDERS FOUND THAT THE
ARM WAS BROKEN.
THE NEXT DAY AT 10:00 P.M.
THEY
THOUGHT THEY WERE RELEASED.
THEY SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.
THE ARRESTING CHARGE WAS FAILURE
TO DISPERSE.
PROSECUTORS DECLINED TO FILE ANY
CHARGES.
THE UNLAWFUL ARREST AND THE
UNLAWFUL TREATMENT AT KING
COUNTY JAIL, THEY SUFFERED PAIN,
TRAUMA AND OTHER DAMAGES.
PLEASE REJECT BILL 119981 AND DO
NOT FURTHER FUND VIOLENT POLICE.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS CARMEN WHO IS SHOWING
UP AS NOT PRESENT ON MY SPREAD
SHEET.
CARMEN DOUBLE CHECK YOU ARE
CALLING IN TO THE RIGHT NUMBER
WITH THE NUMBER YOU USED TO
REGISTER.
NEXT UP IS ERIC FOLLOWED BY
LYDIA.
ERIC.
>> HI.
I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME.
MY NAME IS ERIC.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7.
I AM ALSO CALLING ABOUT
CB119981.
THIS IS JUST BEEN A REALLY
EMOTIONAL AND HARD PUBLIC
HEARING FOR ME HONESTLY.
IT IS SICKENING LISTENING TO
THIS TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE STILL
HERE AND STILL DEBATING FUNDING
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH HA
HAS DONE ALL OF THESE THINGS.
WE HAVE HAD A YEAR FOR THIS T
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DEMONSTRATE
ANY SIGNS OF ACCOUNT ABILITY AND
HAVE SEEN NOTHING.
WE HAVE SEEN TRAINING REFERRALS.
WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF WRITTEN
REPRIMANDS.
WE GOT AN ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF
DEMOTED.
THERE HAS BEEN NO ADDRESSING THE
ROOT CAUSE.
THERE HAS BEEN NO REFORM.
THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMITMENT TO
REFORM.
WE HAVE THE HONOR OF SENDING THE
LARGEST DELEGATION OF POLICE
OFFICERS TO THE CAPITOL
INSURRECTION ON JANUARY 6TH.
THIS IS NOT A DEPARTMENT
TRENDING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.
I UNDERSTAND YOU FEEL THE COURT
MONITOR TOLD YOU YOU HAVE TO
PASS THIS BUT NONE OF YOU HAVE
TO VOTE YES ON THIS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN EVEN
THINK ABOUT DOING THAT.
IT IS COMPLETELY HEARTBREAKING
AND UNACCEPTABLE.
IF THE COURT MONITOR DOESN'T
WANT TO PRODUCE ACCOUNTABILITY
AND THE COURT MONITOR WANTS TO
APPROVE MORE FUNDING THEN MAYBE
HE SHOULD RAISE IT HIMSELF.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON I TALKED TO
SAID I HAVE TO WORK, I AM GLAD
SOMEONE IS SHOWING UP TO SAY
THINGS FOR ME BECAUSE I AGREE
WITH YOU 100%.
WE SHOULDN'T BE GIVING THE
POLICE MONEY.
THIS IS COMPLETELY ABSURD AND
HEARTBREAKING.
IT IS RIDICULOUS WE HAVE TO SHOW
UP AND BEG FOR THE NICKEL DIME
CUTS.
YOU OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
PLEASE DO YOUR JOB.
THANK YOU.
NEXT SDMR NEXT UP -- NEXT UP WE
HAVE B.J.
AND
LYDIA BOTH SHOWING NOT HERE.
AARON.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS AARON.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY.
COOL.
I'M RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6.
I AM CALLING IN BECAUSE I
STRONGLY BELIEVE COUNCIL SHOULD
REJECT THE BILL.
I THINK SPD'S $5.4 MILLION OF
EXCESS OVERTIME SPENDING AND
THEIR $11 PLUS MILLION OF ON
GOING SALARY SAVINGS SHOULD GO
TO COMMUNITY LED BUDGETING, NOT
BACK INTO A DEPARTMENT THAT USES
ITS RESOURCES TO HARM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST -- TALK
ABOUT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
BEING AT PROTESTS THIS SUMMER.
I INHALED TEAR GAS COUNTLESS
TIMES AND HAVE HAD ASTHMA THAT
HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH UNDER
CONTROL MOST OF MY LIFE AND JUST
LIKE -- SO MANY PEOPLE COUGHING.
I'VE HAD HAS NOT UNDER CONTROL
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I WAS
LITTLE KID.
IT HAS BEEN A REALLY -- TERRIBLE
EXPERIENCE.
I FEEL LIKE IT IS NOT SOMETHING
OKAY THAT COPS SHOULD BE USING
AT ALL WHATSOEVER.
THEY CLEARLY SHOWED TIME AND
TIME AGAIN THAT THEY WOULD USE
THAT ON ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY
TO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING
BUT I JUST STRONGLY ENCOURAGE
COUNCIL REMEMBER THE COUNTLESS
PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED IN TO
TALK ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE THIS
EXPERIENCE WAS AND TRAUMATIC IT
WAS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE
COUNCIL
TO REJECT THE BILL.
THAT IS ALL I GOT.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE MORE PEOPLE
TO GO SO WE ARE ALMOST DOWN
HERE.
NEXT IS UP DAVID FOLLOWED BY
JAIME FLESHER.
DAVID, PLEASE.
>> HI.
THANK YOU.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 7 AND
I AM STILL OWED MONEY FROM A
COMPANY IN DISTRICT 6 AND 7 WHO
COERCED THE COPS TO HAVE ME IN
JAIL HOLDING A SIGN THAT SAYS
BACK PAY STILL OWED.
NOW, PERHAPS CITY NOVEMBER
COUNCIL WILL REALIZE THE ONLY
ANSWER IS A ROBUST HIGHER LEVEL
NOISE ABATED FLOOR PLAN MORE
VIEW AND LESS DRIVE-THRU.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WE NEED A JOB CREATION
FOR REAL EQUITY.
IT IS OBVIOUS CITY COUNCIL IS
GOING THROUGH SUCH HARD TIMES
CAUSE GOD IS TRYING TO CONVINCE
COUNCIL TO GET OUT OF POLITICS
AND IS COMPLETELY DISTRACTED
FROM THE FACT SOCIETY HAS
IMPLODED BECAUSE SUSTAINED CITY
COUNCIL POLICIES --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
CITY COUNCIL SHOULD FOCUS ON
THEIR OWN FAMILY AND RETIRE
SINCE COUNCIL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT
NORMAL IS FOR FAMILIES.
STOP USING TRAGEDY AS SYMPATHY
VOTES.
ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE'S LIVES
ARE BEING DESTROYED EVERY THYME
NIGHT AROUND 1ST AND TERRY
STREET WHERE NO COPS ARE
POLICING.
PAYING COPS OVERTIME
ELSEWHERE AS ALL THESE EVIL
PREDATORS DESTROYING THE
HOMELESS LIVES AND ANY INNOCENT
PASSING THROUGH NIGHTLY ALL
AROUND THE PIONEER SQUARE AREA.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE
POLICIES AND THE SABOTAGE OF
COURSE POLICE REFORM BY THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND LEAD
HAS JUSTIFIED LIKE -- COUNCIL
RETIRING.
ANYWAY WE NEED AN INVESTIGATION
OF THE HOMELESS OUT SXREECH
POLICE ARE NEVER AROUND.
PLEASE INVESTIGATE YOUR
POLITICAL DONORS OF HOMELESS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> NEXT UP IS JAIME FLESHER
FOLLOWED BY GRACE HARVEY.
JAIME.
>>MES -- THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JAIME FLESHER.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1.
IT SHOULD GO TO
COMMUNITY LED BUDGETING.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ A TESTIMONY
OF SPD'S VIOLENCE ON MAY 30,
2020 FROM A PERSON IDENTIFIED AS
AW.
AW2 IS A VIDEOGRAPHER AND
GRAPHIC DESIGNER RESIDING IN
SEATTLE.
HE PROTESTED EVERYDAY BETWEEN
MAY 30TH AND JUNE 7, 2020.
ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THAT
WEEK HE AND HIS PARTNER WERE
PERSONALLY EXPOSED TO POLICE
VIOLENCE IN THE FORM OF TEAR
GAS, PEPPER SPRAY AND FLASH
BANGS.
THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED IN WEST
LAKE PARK.
WHEN
THE TEAR GAS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE WORDS I CAN'T BREATHE BECAME
MORE THAN SYMBOLIC.
I PERSONALLY AND PHYSICALLY
EXPERIENCED WHAT IT FELT LIKE
HAVE POLICE VIOLENCE LITERALLY
CHOKE ME FOR A POINTY WAS
UNCERTAIN IF I WOULD REMAIN
CONSCIOUS.
THIS EXPERIENCE HAS AFFECTED EVE
PART OF MY LIFE.
I CAN'T SLEEP BECAUSE EVERY
NIGHT.
WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE
MORNING I CAN'T WORK BECAUSE MY
BRAIN HAS BEEN ON OVER DRIVE
WORRYING ALL NIGHT.
HEADACHES ARE A CONSTANT.
APPETITE IS AN ALL TIME LOW.
I KNOW WHEN I ATTEND A
PROTEST FOR --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I KNOW THESE PROTESTS AREN'T
BEEN IMPORTANT PART OF HOLDING
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE.
I DO NOT CONTINUE TO EXERCISE MY
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, NOTHING
WILL CHANGE SO I WILL CONTINUE
TO PROTEST.
I WILL DON'T PROTECT MY
COMMUNITY KNOWING FULL WELL
ALLOW THIS MAY AFFECT MY HEALTH.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
>> HELLO.
I AM CALLING -- I AM CALLING
WITH A REQUEST TO DEFUND THE
POLICE.
YOU ALL MADE A PROMISE.
50% AT LEAST LAST SUMMER YOU
MADE THIS PROMISE WHEN SPD WAS
TEAR GASSING NEIGHBORHOODS FULL
OF PEOPLE, WHEN HARMING AND
BEATING UP PROTESTERS.
SPD HAS DONE NOTHING TO CHANGE.
THEY HAVEN'T EVEN --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
YET THEY WENT AND SPENT MONEY
OVER THEIR BUDGET, MONEY YOU
PROMISED TO TAKE AWAY AND NOW
YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT GIVING IT
BACK.
THIS IS ABSURD.
THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS BILL
WAS TO -- THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF
THIS BILL WAS TO DEFUND THE
POLICE AND YET WE ARE SOMEHOW
GIVING THEM MORE MONEY AND MORE
OVERTIME?
IS PD JUST WASTE ADD HUGE AMOUNT
OF TIME AND RESOURCES AT THE
BEACH.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IN --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THAT -- PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
MURDERED AT THE HANDS OF SPD.
IT IS UP TO YOU TO DO SOMETHING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS GRACE HARVEY AND
JAMES YOU ARE SHOWING UP AS NOT
PRESENT.
AFTER JAMES WILL BE JULIA.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS GRACE HARVEY.
I'M A RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER IN
SEATTLE.
I PERSONALLY TOOK MANY OF THE
DECLARATIONS THAT WERE READ
TODAY AND -- PERSONALLY ONE OF
MINE WAS THE DECLARATION THAT
WAS GIVEN ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.
I WAS TEAR GASSED BY THE POLICE
INSIDE OF MY OWN HOME.
THE COLLECTIVE TRAUMA I
EXPERIENCED ALONG WITH MY
COMMUNITY AND MY --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AND SEEING THEM AND WITNESSING
THEM WAS ENORMOUS.
UM, I -- STILL FLINCH EVERY TIME
A DOOR IS SHUT TOO LOUD OUTSIDE
OF MY HOUSE.
I WENT TO THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY
YESTERDAY AND WAS -- COMPLETELY
OVERWHELMED TO SEE MY OWN
EXPERIENCE IN THE DISPLAY CASES.
I AM STILL AFFECTED BY WHAT I
EXPERIENCED.
YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE FIRST
AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHT TO
PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATE.
YOU SHOULD CARE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT POLICE
BRUTALITY IN YOUR OWN CITY THAT
IS TERRIBLE NATIONALLY.
IF YOU NEED MORE REASONS -- TAKE
THESE.
I AM A WHITE HOMEOWNER AND THERE
ARE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I CARE ABOUT THIS.
DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY INCREASES
LIKELIHOOD OF REELECTION.
IN SEATTLE THEY HAVEN'T DECIDE
WHO HAD IS IN CHARGE YET.
YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THE MONITOR
IS IN CHARGE.
WE HAVE ADDED MORE MONEY TO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO
SOLVE PROBLEMS WE HAVE AND WE
CONSISTENTLY SEE NOW THAT IT
DOESN'T WORK.
I AM URGING YOU TO VOTE NO.
THIS IMPACTS ALL OF US DEEPLY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS JULIA BUCK FOLLOWED
BY COCOA WEBER.
>> HELLO.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6.
I'M CALLING TO ASK THAT COUNCIL
REJECT BILL 1119981 AS WRITTEN.
WE SHOULD NOT BE HOLDING SPD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR OVER SPENDING BY
GIVING THEM MORE MONEY.
UM -- I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO READ
A TESTIMONY FROM SPD'S VIOLENCE
ON JULY 25TH, 2020 FROM A PERSON
IDENTIFIED JUST AS JB2.
QUOTE AS WE TURN THE CORNER THE
CROWD WAS FORCED TO SPLIT INTO
TWO GROUPS.
I WAS HIT WITH SOMETHING IN THE
BACK OF MY HEAD.
THERE WAS POLICE OFFICERS
THROWING FLASH BANGS AT US.
I LINKED ARM WITH PROTESTERS
NEXT TO ME.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE NEXT TO ME WAS
HIT IN THE BACK WITH A
PROJECTILE.
THIS PERSON POSED NO THREAT.
AFT WAS HIT WITH A PROJECTILE I
QUICKLY MOVED TO A NEARBY ALLEY
WAY.
THAT T BACK OF MY LEG WAS RED
AND STINGING.
I HAD TO LIMP TO WALK AND IT WAS
VERY PAINFUL.
I CONTINUED TO HEAR NEAR
CONSTANT SOUNDS LIKE FIRE
CRACKERS WHICH I BELIEVE WERE
FLASH BANGS.
I POSED NO THREAT.
I WAS EXERCISING MY RIGHT TO
PROTEST AND ASSEMBLE.
I LEFT THE MARCH AND RETURNED
HOME.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE
COUNCIL TO PLEASE REJECT COUNCIL
BILL 119981.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU IF FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS COCOA WEBER.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS COCOA.
I'M AN EDUCATOR IN AND DISTRICT
4 RESIDENT WHO HAS EXPERIENCED
POLICE BRUTALITY WHILE
EXERCISING MY CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO PROTEST.
I JOINED THE MASSES.
THE MASSES AND N ASKING YOU THE
REJECT CB119981.
WE MUST HAVE BUDGET
ACCOUNTABILITY IN ORDER TO HAVE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
IF NOT FROM THE COUNCIL THEN
WHO?
IF NOT THE COULD BE SILL, WHO
WILL STAND UP TO THE POLICE WHO
HAVE TERRORIZE SOD MANY
CIVILIANS, SO MANY TESTIMONIES
YOU HAVE HEARD.
WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED FROM US?
WE NEED CHECK BALANCES AND THE
BUCK STOPS HERE WITH YOU.
I HAVE BEEN SHOT BY RUBBER
BULLETS POINT BLANK.
I HAVE BEEN GASSED.
I WITNESSED POLICE BRUTALITY
COUNTLESS TIMES.
SHE WAS IN SHORTS, SNEAKERS AND
A JEAN JACKET.
I -- THE POLICE TRIED TO STOP ME
FROM FILMING AND TOLD KNOW DRIVE
ON.
WHEN I KEPT DOING IT THEY BROKE
MY WINDOW OF MY CAR, DRAGGED ME
OUT AND ARRESTED ME, TOO.
I SHARED A JAIL CELL WITH HER.
SHE WAS SUPER SHAKEN BECAUSE THE
POLICE HAD ALSO PUT THEIR HANDS
UP HER SHORTS.
IN THE COURSE OF OUR BOOKING I
HEARD POLICE OFFICERS RIDICULE
HER BOTH TO HER FACE AND TO EACH
OTHER IN COMMENTS IN WAYS THEY
DID NOT DO WITH WHITE
PROTESTERS.
WHEN THE SMOKE CAME THAT
WAS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WHEN THE HEAT IS COMING BACK WE
WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THOUSAND
DO THIS AGAIN -- HOW
TO DO THIS AGAIN.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TAKE CARE OF
THE PEOPLE, REJECT THE BILL AND
GIVE THE FUNDS TO BUDGETING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN TODAY.
I'M SCANNING THE SIGN UP SHEET
ONE LAST TIME.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE
BOTH REGISTERED AND PRESENT AND
AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL CLOSE OUT THE PERIOD OF
PUBLIC COMMENT AND DIG IN ON
OVER THER -- ON OVER ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
NEXT ITEM IS PAYMENT OF THE
BILLS.
WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE?
>> PAYMENT OF BILLS, COUNCIL
BILL 12091.
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING MONEY
TO PAY CERTAIN AUDITED CLAIMS
FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 17TH THROUGH
MAY 21ST, 2021 AND ORDERING THE
PAYMENT THERE OF.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> NINE FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
ITEM NUMBER ONE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.
COUNCIL BILL 120080.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND
USE AND ZONING EXTENDING FOR SIX
MONTHS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
TON FILING, ACCEPTANCE,
PROCESSING AND AOR APPROVAL OF
ANY APPLICATION TO ESTABLISH A
NEW PRINCIPAL OR ACCESS USE OR
CHANGE A PRINCIPAL OR ACCESS USE
FOR ANY SITE CURRENTLY USE AS A
MOBILE HOME PARK.
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
P.
>> ALL RIGHT, FOLKS.
JUST TOGGLING BETWEEN SCREENS
HERE.
OKAY.
AS PRESENTING OFFICER I AM NOW
OPENING TO PUBLIC HEARING ON
COUNCIL BILL 120080 RELATING TO
LAND USE AND ZONING.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE ONLINE REGISTRATION TO
SIGN UP TO SPEAK THAT THE
HEARING OPENED AT 12:00 NOON
DAY.
THE ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL
REMAIN OPENED TILL THE
CONCLUSION OF THIS PUBLIC
HEARING.
THE RULES ALSO APPLY TO THIS
PUBLIC HEARING.
IF WILL ARE ANY SPEAKERS, THE
SPEAKER WILL BE PROVIDED TWO
MINUTES.
SPEAKERS MICROPHONES WILL BE
MUTED AT THE END OF THE COMMENT
TIME.
IT IS ONLY BEING ACCEPTED THAT
THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO BEGIN
THEIR COMMENTS BY STATING THEIR
NAME.
LET ME SEE IF ANYONE HAS SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS
PARTICULAR COUNCIL BILL.
I DO NOT SEE ANYONE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS
PARTICULAR COUNCIL BILL.
AT THIS TIME I DO NOT HAVE
ANYONE REMOTELY PRESENT TO SPEAK
ON COUNCIL BILL 120080.
WILL STAFF PLEASE CONFIRM THERE
IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IN
THE CUE BEFORE I CLOSE THIS
PUBLIC HEARING?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, OR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ THIS IS
DEPUTY -- WE COULD LIKE TO OPEN
THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CLOSE IT
EVEN THOUGH --
>> I DID.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
I ALREADY WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE
OPENING OF IT SO NOW I'M AT THE
POINT OF ASKING WHETHER THERE IS
ANYONE REMOTELY PRESS TENT TO
SPEAK ON COUNCIL BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WILL STAFF PLEASE CONFIRM
THERE IS NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC
AVAILABLE TO SPEAK DURING THIS
OPEN PUBLIC HEARING?
>> COB CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW
CLOSED.
SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 2.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
2 INTO THE RECORD.
>>MADAM CLERK, YOU MAY BE MUTED.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN DATE EM TWO, COUNCIL BILL
120089.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CITY LIGHT AND SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES DEPARTMENTS
TEMPORARILY REMOVING THE CHARGE
OF INTEREST ON DELINQUENT
UTILITY CONSUMPTION AND
UTILIZATION ACCOUNTS.
>>THAT IS THE SHORT TITLE.
I'M FINISHED.
>> OKAY.
SORRY.
UM DUB MY SCRIPT DID NOT CALL
FOR THE SHORT TITLES.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I -- GAVE
YOU THE TIME IN CASE THERE WAS A
LITTLE TECHNOLOGICAL HICCUP.
THANK YOU FOR READING THE SHORT
TIME INTOL THE RECORD.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO
WALK US THROUGH THE LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, AS I NOTED AT OUR
COUNCIL FWLEEFG MORNING COUNCIL
BILL 120089 WOULD EXTEND
TEMPORARY US SPENGS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES AND
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT CUSTOMERS
DURING THE COVID EMERGENCY.
THIS WILL BENEFIT CUSTOMERS WHO
MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR
BILLS FROM EITHER OF OUR CITY
OWNED UTILITIES.
THIS BILL IS THE THIRD EXTENSION
OF THIS PANDEMIC RELIEF POLICY.
THE THREE PREVIOUS BILLS ALSO
WENT TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
WE PASSED THE PREVIOUS
ORDINANCES IN MARCH 2020,
SEPTEMBER 2020 AND DECEMBER
2020.
THIS BILL WOULD EXTEND
SUGGESTION PENSION OF INTEREST
STARTERS THROUGH THE END OF THIS
YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL?
HEAR NOTHING ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>>
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM THREE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 3 COUNCIL BILL
120087.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SEATTLE
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AMENDING
ORDINANCE 126237 WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2021 BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120087.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL HAND IT OVER THE YOU TO
WALK US THROUGH THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU.
THERE IS AN AMENDMENT.
DO I ADDRESS THAT FIRST OR
SHOULD I ADDRESS THE BASE BILL?
>> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU
ADDRESS THE BASE BILL FIRST AND
THEN WE WILL TAKE UP THE
AMENDMENT.
>> OKAY.
SO, THANK YOUNG.
SO COLLEAGUES THIS BILL LIFTS
THE -- ON SOME OF THE BUDGETING,
FUNDING AND DIRECTS THE OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO BEGIN
ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
TO DRAFT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
THAT RPP WILL BEGIN SEARCH FOR
AN ORGANIZATION THAT WILL MANAGE
THE ACTUAL BUDGETING PROCESS.
AN RFP WOULD ALLOW FOR AN OPEN
AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS, GIVE
OUR ORGANIZATIONS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON THE WORK
AND WILL LEAD TO MORE EQUITABLE
OUTCOME FOR OUR COMPANY MEMBERS.
I HAVE TO SAY I'M REALLY EXCITED
TO BE GETTING THIS PROJECT
STARTED AND TO LISTEN TO OUR
NEIGHBOR'S CALLS FOR A SEAT AT
THE TABLE ABOUT HOW OUR PUBLIC
DOLLARS GET SPENT.
WE DID HERE IN COMMITTEE -- MY
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK THAT -- OCR
WILL BE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THIS YEAR TO FIND THE
RIGHT ORGANIZATION TO LAUNCH
BUDGETING.
IN MY COMMITTEE MEETING WE HEARD
FROM TWO GUESTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER FROM NEW YORK
CITY WHO SAID ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCE IN NEW YORK THAT
PEOPLE WERE REALLY HUNGRY TO
CONNECT TO THEIR GOVERNMENT, TO
SHARE THE IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE
AND THAT ONCE PEOPLE STARTED
SEEING THEIR IDEAS WERE BEING
LISTENED TO, ONE THEY BEGAN TO
UNDERSTAND THE COST OF A PROGRAM
OR PROJECT, THEY NO LONGER FELT
OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT BUT REALLY
BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE
GOVERNMENT WORKS AND IT ALSO
BROUGHT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS
TOGETHER AND PEOPLE STARTED
TEACHING ONE ANOTHER ABOUT HOW
THESE PROCESSES WORK.
THAT IS THE POTENTIAL OF
BUDGETING.
IT IS ABOUT INCREASING CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT.
SO OUR NEIGHBORS UNDERSTAND HOW
THESE PROCESSES WORK AND
UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES ARE LISTENING.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM SHAWN GOOD
WHO WE HAVE HEARD FROM BEFORE.
HE'S WITH CHOOSE 180.
SHAWN, I THINK SAID SOMETHING
REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE $28 MILLION WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT HERE WON'T BEGIN TO MAKE
UP FOR THE ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT WON'T BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE
INJUSTICES OR --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IT WILL GOING BLAZE A TRAIL THAT
SPEAKS TO HOW WE DO THIS IN THE
FUTURE AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO
ALLOCATE TAX PAYER DOLLARS SO
THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHED
FARTHEST TO THE MARGINS CAN
BEGIN TO HAVE ACCESS.
THAT IS THE PATH WE ARE WORKING
ON TODAY.
THAT IS THE EQUITABLE WAY FOR US
TO ADDRESS OUR ROLE AS ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND WITH TODAY'S VOTE
THAT IS WHAT WE BEGIN TODAY.
I AM EXCITED TO GET THIS MOVING
AND LOOK FORWARD TO MY
COLLEAGUE'S SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE
YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION ON THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT, DESCRIBE THE
AMENDMENT AND WE CAN CONSIDER
THE AMENDMENT AND THEN WE WILL
OPEN IT UP FOR GENERAL COMMENTS
ON THE BILL AS AMENDED.
>> OKAY.
I MOVE AMENDMENT 1 -- UM --
WAIT.
SORRY.
OKAY, AMENDMENT 1 -- ADDS A
SUNSET PROVISION.
THIS BILL --
>> HOLD ON.
HOLD ON.
I'M SO SORRY.
IT HAS TO BE SECONDED.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> GREAT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
NOW WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION
INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
>> MY APOLOGIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO THE BASE BILL DOES CREATE
THREE NEW POSITIONS AT THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO HELP
MANAGE THE PROCESS COORDINATE
OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE
CITY SO THAT THIS WORK CAN GET
DONE WELL.
WHAT THE AMENDMENT DOES IS
PROVIDE A SUNSET PROVISION SO
THAT IT -- THOSE THREE POSITIONS
AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2023.
THAT THE POINT COUNCIL WILL
DETERMINE HOW TO PROCEED WITH
THE PROGRAM AND WHAT THE
APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVEL
SHOULD BE.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE
OURSELVES LATITUDE TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS AND CORRECT THIS
PROGRAM AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT █GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> NINE FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED AND THE
AMENDED BILL IS NOW BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS TON BILL AS AMENDED?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS
MOMENT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES TO HER
TEAM AND TO THE COMITY Y AT
LARGE
COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
I WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO THE
COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE COMMUNITY
WHO HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
THIS.
THIS IS AN EXCITING STEP FORWARD
AS WE BEGIN PROCESS TO MAKE SURE
THAT DOLLARS ARE GOING DIRECTLY
INTO THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
BEEN LONG UNDER SERVED.
LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHANCE TO
FOLLOW THE COMMUNITY'S LEAD AS
WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE
BUDGETING PROCESS AND PROUD OUR
CITY HAS BEEN A LEADER ACROSS
THE NATION.
MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE CALLED TO
US.
THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR
BUDGETING PROS SES AND OUR
MODEL.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
PROCESS.
SHARE THE FRUS FRAGS COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES AND SDPEEM THE
COMMUNITY THIS HASN'T BEEN DONE
SOONER AND I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THIS
TODAY SO WE CAN GET THESE WHEELS
INTO MOTION AND GET SOME
FEEDBACK.
I APPRECIATE IT AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MORALES YOU HAVE THE
LAST WORD.
YOU CAN CLOSE OUT DEBATE.
>> THANKS SO MUCH EVERYBODY.
I DO WANT TO THANK EVERY WHO YOU
KNOW HAS WORKED SO HARD IN THE
LAST YEAR TO GET US TO THIS
POINT.
THE ORGANIZING THAT STARTED LAST
SUMMER WAS CRITICAL TO MOVING
THIS CITY IN THIS DIRECTION.
THIS IS A DIRECTION OF A MORE
DEMOCRATIC WAY TO ALLOCATE
RESOURCES.
I WANTED TO THANK THE FOLKS AT
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE, KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW, FREEDOM
PROJECT, THE BLACK BRILLIANCE
RESEARCH PROJECT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY STAFF
WHO ALL HAD AED IN AN KEEPING
THIS MOVING OVER THE LAST YEAR.
I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF
FOR HEMMING US WITH ALL THE
TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THOUSAND DO
THIS RIGHT SO WE CAN SERVE
COMMUNITY WELL.
FINALLY I WANT TO THANK DANA,
STEPHANIE AND JOSEPH FOR HELPING
US.
WE ARE ADDING A PAGE ON TO THE
COUNCIL WEBSITE SO FOLKS HAVE A
PLACE TO GO AND CAN FOLLOW ALONG
IN THE PROCESS AND CAN ANSWER
SOME OF THE BASIC QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE ARE TRYING
TO DO HERE.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS
WORKED SO HARD ON THIS.
I'M EAGER TO GET US STARTED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES FOR THOSE CLOSING
REMARKS.
YOU WRAPPED UP VERY WELL.
I WILL ASK THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
AMENDED BILL.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THAT IS A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN
FAVOR OF A BUDGET BILL.
APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS
BEEN DONE HERE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
FOUR INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR.
APPOINTMENT 01915.
THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MARTHA
LUCAS AS MEMBER COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION FOR TERM
MAY 31, 2023.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MOVE TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT
1915.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS YOU THE
SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS ADVISES THE MAYOR AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
MARTHA LUCAS SERVES IN THE
DISTRICT 4 POSITION ON THE
COMMISSION AND WE PREVIOUSLY
CONSIDERED HER APPOINTMENT
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THIS -- THAT APPOINTMENT WAS TO
SERVE THE REMAINDER OF A TERM
WHICH HAS SINCE EXPIRED.
THIS APOINTMENT IS TO A NEW FULL
TERM TON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMISSION.
WE RECOMMEND A YAY VOTE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
FIVE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGAIN DATE EM FIVE
APPOINTMENT 01916.
THE APPOINTMENT OF JESSICA
HERNANDEZ FOR A TERM TO MARCH
31, 2024.
>> I MOVE TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT
1916.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS YOU ARE
THE SPONSOR OF THIS APPOINTMENT.
I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
REPRESENTATIVE POSITION ON THE
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION WHICH
ADVISES THE CITY ON ISSUES
RELATED TO TREES AND THE URBAN
CANOPY INCLUDING THE URBAN
FOREST TREE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THE INTERSECTION OF FOOD,
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE THROUGH THE INDIGENOUS
LENS FOCUSED ON THE URBAN NATIVE
COMMUNITIES OF SEATTLE.
WE RECOMMEND A YAY VOTE TO DR.
HERNANDEZ.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THIS APPOINTMENT?
HEARING NONE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ IT
SIX INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REAPPOINTMENT OF VINITA
SIDHU AS MEMBER SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO
FEBRUARY 28, 2023.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT
1918.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS WHO IS
THE UPON SORT OF THIS
APPOINTMENT TO WALK US THROUGH
THIS ITEM
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS PART OF THE SAME SET OF
APPOINTMENTS WE CONSIDERED LAST
WEEK.
THIS ONE WAS LEFT OFF THE
AGENDA.
MY APOLOGIES VINITA.
VINITA IS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
AND PRINCIPAL AT SITE WORKSHOP.
HER WORK INCLUDES THE U-DUB
MEDICAL CENTER, CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL AND PARKS AND OTHER
PUBLIC FACILITIES.
WE FOUND VINITA TO BE A HIGHLY
CAPABLE AND DESIRED CANDIDATE
FOR THIS POSITION AND WE
RECOMMEND A YAY VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENT?
HEARING NONE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COULD BE SILL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS IS CONFIRMED.
ITEM 7.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM 7 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC
úSAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE AGAIN EM 7.
COUNCIL BILL 119981.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
126237 WHICH ADOPTED THE 2021
BUDGET INCLUDING THE 2021-2026
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CIP.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
CITY COUNCIL WAS NOT PASS AS
AMENDED THE COUNCIL BILL WAS W
DAY RIDE ISSED REPORT.
WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS GONZALEZ,
MORALES AND SAWANT IN FAVOR OF
THE RECOMMENDATION AND COUNCIL
MEMBERS HERBOLD AND LEWIS
OPPOSED TO THE RECOMMENDATION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS
BILL SO THAT IT CAN BE PLACED
BEFORE US FOR CONSIDERATION
DISCUSSION AND A VOTE.
I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119981.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SHE WILL ADDRESS THIS ITEM FOR
US.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO JUST
DO -- WHEY HOPE COULD BE A QUICK
OVER VIEW OF THE BILL BEFORE WE
START TALKING ABOUT AMENDMENTS?
>> YES.
SO LETS DISCUSS THE BASE BILL AS
IT CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE AND
THEN IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING
CAUSE THEY CAME OUT WITH A DO
NOT RECOMMEND PASSAGE BY THE
COMMITTEE BUT I STILL THINK --
YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AND
CUE UP FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC
THE -- COME PONENTS OF THE BASE
BILL AND THEN WE CAN CONSIDER
AMENDMENTS.
AFTER WE CONSIDER AMENDMENTS WE
WILL OPEN IT UP FOR A DISCUSSION
ON THE BILL AS AMENDED.
SO HOLD TON YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT
THE BILL AS A WHOLE UNTIL WE
HAVE GONE THROUGH THE EXERCISE
OF THE AMENDMENTS.
THAT WOULD BE THE CLEANEST MOST
LOGICAL WAY TO GO THROUGH THIS.
>> SORRY.
I THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD YOUR
DIRECTION.
I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW IT.
THE LAST THING YOU SEEMED -- TO
CONTRADICT IT.
I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO WHAT THE
BILL IS THAT IS BEFORE US NOW.
IS THAT -- YOUR UNDERSTANDING?
>> YES.
>> YOU ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU
ARE THE SPONSOR OF THE
LEGISLATION AND THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE.
BECAUSE YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE YOU GET TO SPEAK TO
THE BASE OF THE BILL.
WHAT I'M ASKING IS OTHER
COLLEAGUES TO HOLD ON TO THEIR
COMMENTS RELATED TO THE ENTIRETY
OF THE BILL FOR WHEN WE HAVE AN
AMENDED BILL BEFORE US TO --
DEBATE AND VOTE ON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY APOLOGY.
UM, SO, JUST -- WANT TO FIRST
OFF CLARIFY THAT THIS --
LEGISLATION IS NOT ABOUT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGE
PHOTOOFFICER HIRING.
THE BUDGE PHOTOOFFICER HIRE --
NOR IS THIS BILL ABOUT A
PARTICULAR NUMBER.
THIS BILL IS ABOUT COUNCIL
PHYSICAL OVER SIGHT OF SPD
SPENDING.
AS BACKGROUND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS UNDER A CONSENT
DECREE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
DEVELOPMENT IN THIS
LEGISLATION AFTER IT WAS
ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED WERE
DRIVEN BY THE PROCESS AND
SPECIFIC STATEMENT FROM THE
MONITOR IN COURT ABOUT THIS
BILL.
BACK IN AUGUST 2020 COUNCIL
ADOPTED RESOLUTION 31962 THAT
THE COUNCIL WILL NOT SUPPOR ANY
BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE IT
AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE SPD
BUDGET TO OFFSET OVERTIME
EXPENDITURES ABOVE THOSE FUNDS
BUDGETED IN 2020 OR 2021.
THAT NOT IN LINE WITH THE
PREVIOUS RESOLUTION.
BECAUSE COUNCIL VOTED TO ADD
$5.4 MILLION FOR FUNDS IN LATE
2020, CONTINUE DRIER -- CONTRARY
TO OUR POLICY, COUNCIL STATE OUR
INTENT T PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO
REDUCE THE 2021 SPD BUDGET.
AFTER THIS BILL WAS INTRODUCED
THE JUDGE HAD SHARP CRITICISM OF
COUNCIL ON BUDGET ISSUES.
THE MONITOR SUBSEQUENTLY NOTED
CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF VARIOUS
CUTS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IT ALSO ALLOWED FOR
FUNDING FOR CIVILIAN AND
TECHNOLOGY REQUESTS SPD MADE.
THEY INCLUDE A NEW EARLY
INTERVENTION SYSTEM AND
RECOGNITION.
IT IS INTENDED TO PRECONNECT AND
GUIDE INTERVENTION FOR EMPLOYEES
WITH SIGNS THEY NEED SUPPORT AS
A WAY OF ENHANCING POLICE OVER
SIGHT OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO
MAY -- BE DISPLAYING -- IN THE
COURSE OF THE WORK.
IT ALSO INCLUDED SOME DATA
ANALYTICS PLATFORM AND CAPACITY
BUILDING TOOLS THAT WILL ALLOW
AMONG OTHER THINGS FOR THE
ANALYSIS THAT WE ARE ALL DOING
TOGETHER THE COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
THE PUBLIC FOR --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
NEW BILL ALSO PROVIDE
FNDING FOR RESPONSE POSITIONS
AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY
AUDITOR AND EXTENSIVELY REPORTED
ON BY THE SEATTLE TIMES AND
CALLED OUT BY THE WASHINGTON
STATE COMMISSION DIRECTOR AS
PROBLEMATIC IF LEFT UNADDRESSED.
AND ALSO FOR EVIDENCE STORAGE AS
RECOMMENDED BY THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL BECAUSE SPD HAS
UNSUFFICIENT SPACE FOR PHYSICAL
STORAGE OF EVIDENCE.
AGAIN THE MAJORITY OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS VOTED TO DAUGHTER --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
MONITOR ASKED A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WROTE TO THE COUNCIL THAT EVEN
AFTER THE COMMITTEE MEETING
SUPPORTING THE SMALLER CUT AND
LIFTING THE $5 MILLION HE WROTE
COURT IN THE MONITOR ARE
INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
REDUCTION OF FUNDING THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IN RESPONSE I PROPOSED AN
AMENDMENT VOTING STAFF NOW
ESTIMATES UP TO $13 MILLION FOR
SALARY SAVINGS AND RELEASING A
$2.5 MILLION SPENDING PROVISO
BASED ON SUSTAINED MISCONDUCT
NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME DUE TO
THE INTERSECTION OF PUBLIC
SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND
STATE LAW.
THE LEGISLATION INCLUDES
ADDITIONAL FUNDS CAN BE SPENT --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AS IDENTIFIED BY THE MONITOR.
THAT IS THE BACKGROUND AND THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE BILL BEFORE
US TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE BASED BILL.
COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, YOU WILL VAN
OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BASE BILL OR
INFORMATION COMMENTS ON THE BASE
BILL.
I JUST THINK THE
CONVERSATION WILL BE RICHER
AND -- AND MORE ACCURATE IF WE
HAVE -- A FINAL AMENDED BILL
BEFORE US FOR A DEBATE.
IF THAT IS OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO
GO AHEAD AND ASK COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD TO ADDRESS HER FIRST
PROPOSED AMENDMENT 1 IF THERE IS
NO OBJECTION WITH THAT.
GO AHEAD.
>> THIS ONE SHOULD BE SUPER
EASY.
THIS IS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT
THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED VIA E-MAIL
THIS MORNING.
I -- IT WAS LEFT OFF THE AGENDA.
I MOVE TO AMEND THE BILL.
IT WAS INCLUDED ON THE RECORD OF
COULD BE SILL BILL 119981 AND
DISTRIBUTED VIA E-MAIL TO
COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS MORNING.
>> SECOND.
>> GREAT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT 1.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT 1?
AGAIN THIS IS JUST AN AMENDMENT
WITH TECHNICAL -- WHAT HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED AS TECHNICAL
MODIFICATIONS TO THE BASE BILL
AND SO IT IS JUST A VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENT ITSELF.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
AS WAS EXPLAINEDLY BE VOTING YES
ON THE AMENDMENT.
I WANTED TO BE CLEAR TO MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC I OPPOSE THE BILL
AS A WHOLE AND WILL VOTE AGAINST
IT WHEN IT IS TIME FOR THE FINAL
VOTE IN A MOMENT.
THIS IS A VOTE ON THE TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT NOW.
I WANTED TO ALSO ADD MY COMMENTS
TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD
COMING OUT OF THE COMMITTEE
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE MINUTES
APPEAR TO THE BILLS -- THAT HAVE
MORE NO VOTES THAN YES VOTES IS
CONFUSING AS COUNCIL MEMBERS
HAVE STATED.
I VOTED NO OH ON THE BILL IN THE
COMMITTEE BECAUSE THE MAJORITY
OF THE COMMITTEE VOTED NO.
THE MINUTES SHOW A DO NOT PASS
RECOMMENDATION AND THEN LIST ALL
THE NO VOTES AS YES DO NOT PASS
WHICH IS VERY CONFUSING.
JUST TO BE CLEAR TO MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC I VOTED NO ON THIS
BILL AND WILL DO SO AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
OKAY.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
PROPOSED AMENDMENT 1?
HEARING NONE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 1.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS HAS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT
AS WELL.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS TO MAKE HIS MOTION
AND SEE IF THERE IS A SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I MOVE AMENDMENT 2.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMERND THE BILL AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT 2.
I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCIL MEMBER THEM LEWIS TO
WALK US
THROUGH AMENDMENT 2 AND THEN WE
WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION AND
DEBATE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I'M BRINGING AMENDMENT 2 AS A --
AS AN OPTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I WANT TO SAY AT THE
TOP THAT THE AMENDMENT IN NO WAY
IMPLIES FROM ME A LACK OF
COMMITMENT TO BUDGETING.
I DO NOT THINK THAT THE MONEY
THAT HAS BEEN PORTIONED ALREADY
FOR THE BUDGETING
WITH ENOUGH TIME TO BE
SUPPLEMENTED BY ADDITIONAL
APPROPRIATIONS ON TOP OF THE 30
MILLION.
I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF
PUTTING ADDITIONAL MONEY INTO
THAT PAR TISTORY BUDGET.
I BRING THIS AMENDMENT FOR US
TOHAVE A DISCUSSION AND
CONVERSATION OF WAYS THAT WE
MAY BE ABLE TO AT THE SAME TIME
THAT WE ARE BUILDING TOWARDS
THAT PARTICIPATORY BUDGET FLOSS
MAKE SOME MORE SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS IN OTHER PUBLIC
SAFETY PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW
ARE WORKING EXTREMELY WELL AND
TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE MASSIVE
NEED THAT WE SEE IN THE
COMMUNITY AND THEN I BELIEVE
HAS ERODED CONFIDENCE FROM SOME
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR
ABILITY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE
PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES THAT
THE CITY IS FACING.
AND IN A WAY THAT THE POLICE
WILL NOT BE FRANKLY RESPONSIVE.
UNDER THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE
ARE MAKING HERE OR SOME OF THE
STAFFING INVESTMENTS THROUGH
THE STAFFING PLAN WE FUNDED.
THE BIG ISSUE AS I SEE IT AND
LIKE I'M DIGRESSING A LITTLE
BIT AND TALKING MORE GENERALLY
ABOUT THE PUBLIC FUNDS AND THE
EMAILS THAT ALL OF OUR OFFICES
GET THAT A LOT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT ARE VERY
COMPASSIONATE ARE FRUSTRATED
FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
REASONS AND SOME THAT ARE NOT
THAT COMPASSIONATE AND
FRUSTRATED FOR A LOT OF
DIFFERENT REASONS THAT THE
STATE OF SANCTIONS ENCAMPMENTS
AND CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS IN THE
CITY AND THE INABILITY TO
PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF
SHELTER AND CARE THAT IS IN A
WAY THAT IS CULTURALLY
COMPETENT AND THAT IS RESOURCES
FOR THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE
FACING AND THAT GIVES COMMUNITY
MEMBERS A CONTACT OR SOMEONE
THEY CAN CALL IF NOT THE POLICE
TO INTERVENE IN THESE KINDS OF
CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE JUST CARE PROGRAM THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK THAT I
TALKED ABOUT A BRIEFING THIS
MORNING IS SOMETHING THAT CAN
BE SCALED TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL
OF RESPONSE FOR EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD INSTEAD OF THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT AND PINIER SQUARE
WHERE IT CURRENTLY SERVES.
THERE ARE PLANS TO EXPAND IT
UNDER THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT
APPROPRIATIONS BUT THAT STILL
IS NOT GOING TO BE TO AN EXTENT
WHERE THEY CAN DO THE WORK THEY
ARE DOING ON THE CITYWIDE
CASES.
SO I DO JUST WANT TO TALK
REALLY BRIEFLY LIKE A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT JUST CARE.
THIS AMEND WOULD MOVE THE $2
MILLION INSTEAD OF MOVING IT
INTO THE PARTICIPATORY PROCESS
MOVING IT TO THE PROCUREMENT TO
THE COUNTY TO EXPAND THE JUST
CARE PROGRAM.
AS WE HEARD LAST WEEK THE JUST
CARE PROGRAM IS COMPOSED OF A
CONSORTIUM OF PROVIDERS, MANY
OF WHICH ARE LED.
WE HEARD FROM DOMINIC DAVIS ON
OUR PANEL THAT WORK WITH THE
CONSORTIUM TO PROVIDE COST CARE
COM PENT SECURITY AT A NUMBER
OF THE HOTELS THAT THE
CONSORTIUM LEASES.
PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION AND
THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB HAVE ALL
BEEN A PART OF THIS MULTI
PROVIDER EFFORT TO REALLY GET
INTO THESE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN
THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE
AROUND THE PUBLIC SAFETY
DISCUSSION.
AND RESOLVE THE UNDERLYING
PROBLEM FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS
INVOLVED.
TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY
TO PEOPLE IN ENCAMPMENTS AND
PROVIDE A RESOURCE THAT IS
ALTERNATIVE TO THE POLICE AND
TO INTERVENE IN SOME OF THESE
SITUATIONS AND IT HAS BEEN
DIRECTLY RESPONSIVE TO THE
ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING.
I HAVE CONCERNS AS WE ARE A
YEAR INTO AND THERE IS
DISCUSSIONS TO CONTINUE DOWN
THIS PATH OF CONTINUING
COMMUNITY BASED ALTERNATIVES
THAT COUNCIL EFFORTS ARE LOSING
MOMENTUM IN A LOT OF RESPECTS.
IT IS BECAUSE AS FAR AS I CAN
TELL WHAT MY COUNCILMEMBER
CALLS THE TEST FOR THE ABILITY
TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
ALTERNATIVES ARE AND HOW THEY
ARE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS,
HOW IT AFFECTS THEIR DAILY
LIFE.
I SAY THIS TO SOMEONE THAT IS
UNIQUELY POSITIONED BECAUSE I
HAVE CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE
SEEN THE SEE TEST.
I HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED
OUT TO MY OFFICE THAT ARE NOT
HISTORIC COMPONENTS OF HOUSING
IRST AND HARM REDUCTION BUT
THEY HAVE SEEN IT WORK AND BE
RESPONSIVE TO THEIR CONCERNS
AND THEY HAVE THE ZEAL OF
CONVERTS AND LEANING IN TO IT.
THIS IS THE KIND OF MOMENTUM
THAT WILL HELP TO DRIVE THE
BROADER RESTRUCTURING TO SET A
NEW NATIONAL STANDARD OF
CENTERING OUR HOUSING FIRST AND
CULTURE AND COMPETENT CARE FOR
MILITARIZED POLICING.
WE ARE NOT QUICKLY TO RESPOND
AND GIVE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT IMPRESSION OF SOME OF
THESE ALTERNATIVES.
I'M WORRIED THAT THE INEVITABLE
INERTIA OF THINGS WILL LEAD TO
BACK SLIDING.
BE IT BACK SLIDING THAT IS
ORDERED BY A FEDERAL COURT WHO
IS INPATIENT WITH THE PROCESS
OR UNCONVINCED FOR WAITING FOR
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS TO GET
OFF OF THE GROUND AND BE IT THE
BACK SLIDING AND THE FUTURE
COUNCILS.
I AM WORRIED ABOUT LOSING THE
MOMENT AND CONVENING THIS
CONVERSATION THAT PERHAPS SOME
OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS
SHOULD BE MADE OUT OF ORDER OF
THE BROADER PARTICIPATORY
PROCESS AND TO BE DIRECTLY
RESPONSIVE TO SITUATIONS WHERE
PEOPLE IN ENCAMPMENTS ARE
SUFFERING FROM DISEASES
TYPICALLY COMMON IN THIRD WORLD
CIRCUMSTANCES AND BEING VICTIMS
OF CRIME THAT RECENTLY CULL
COME CULMINATED IN A NEIGHBOR
THAT WAS UNHOUSED.
WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE
WORK OF THIS CITY SERVICE
CITYWIDE TO BE ENJOYED BY EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DO WANT TO CONCLUDE THAT $2
MILLION ALONE IS NOT GOING TO
DO THAT BUT WE CAN SET AN
EXPECTATION THAT AS WE EXPAND
AND BUILD OUT A JUST CARE
CITYWIDE NETWORK OF CARE THAT
MONEY SHOULD COME FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT IS MONEY GOING INTO WHAT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TYPICALLY
THINK AND ASSOCIATE THAT POLICE
DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE DOING.
I HAVE A WHOLE EMAIL INBOK AS
MY COLLEAGUES DO OF PEOPLE
SAYING WE NEED POLICE TO SHOW
UP TO THAT ENCAMPMENT AND THEM
SAYING THE POLICE CAN'T PROVIDE
SHELTER PLACE BUT THE POLICE
WILL SHOW UP AND SAY THEY CAN
DO ANYTHING AND DRIVE ON AND
THAT IS COMMON IN A LOT OF
EMAILS THAT I HAVE.
THEY ARE TELLING THE TRUTH,
THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WHEN
THEY SHOW UP TO THE ENCAMPMENTS
UNLESS THEY CAN ESTABLISH
PROBABLE CAUSE IMMEDIATELY TO A
CRIME HAPPENING IN FRONT OF
THEM AND PUT THE PERSON
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
JAIL THEY WILL BE BACK ON THE
STREET IN A FEW HOURS BECAUSE
THE JAIL CAN'T PROVIDE MENTAL
HEALTH CARE OR TREATMENT OR THE
THINGS THAT OUR HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
JUST CARE CAN'T.
I THINK WE HAVE THE BROADER
CORNUCOPIA TO PARTICIPATE IN
BUDGETING AND SO WE CAN BUILD
THE JUST CARE NETWORK AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SINCE IT IS CASE
LOAD THAT IS BEING TRANSFERRED.
I THINK THERE'S A NEXUS THAT
MAKES SENSE.
MAYBE IT WON'T BE THROUGH THIS
AMENDMENT OR ANOTHER
CONVERSATION BUT WE ARE
ACCUMULATING SALARY SAVING FOR
OFFICERS THAT ARE LEAVING THE
DEPARTMENT.
THAT UNDER THE PROVISO THAT WE
SET IN THE FALL.
I THINK WE CAN BE STRATEGIC
WITH THE SALARY SAVING TO TREAT
THE JUST CARE RESPONSE SYSTEM
THE WAY THAT WE TREAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AS A PERMANENT AND
ONGOING INSTITUTIONAL PILLAR OF
OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM THAT
HAS THE RESOURCES DEDICATED IN
SUCH A WAY THAT THEY CAN BUILD
CAPACITY AND SCALE UP AND
DEPEND ON THAT APPROPRIATION ON
A ROLLING BASIS.
>> BY AMENDMENT IS A WAY TO
INTRODUCE THAT CONVERSATION TO
THE DISCOURSE OF WHAT WE ARE
DOING HERE AT THE COUNCIL.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT PROBABLY
WON'T NECESSARILY BE SUCCESSFUL
TODAY.
I AM SENSITIVE ABOUT THE FACT
THAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY
EARMARKED FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING AND THIS IS REROUTING
THIS AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I
HAVE A COPY OF THAT AND NOT
THRILLED ABOUT THAT.
BUT I AM ALSO JUST SAYING THIS
OUT OF SEVERE FRUSTRATION, NOT
WITH MY COLLEAGUES OR THE
PROVIDER COMMUNITY, BUT JUST
GENERALLY THAT THERE ARE
RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THESE
PROBLEMS AND THEY SEEM SOLVABLE
AND WE HAVE A HEARING WITH JUST
CARE THAT SEEMS SOLVABLE IF THE
PEOPLE DOING THE WORKING GET
THE RESOURCE THAT THEY NEED.
AND MAYBE DON'T DO IT HERE BUT
I DID WITH RESPECT TO CUE UP
THE CONVERSATION AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION
AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO
TALK ABOUT IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I WILL
ASK IF PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTS ON
THAT AMENDMENT IF YOU CAN USE
THE RING FEATURE ON ZOOM THAT
CAN BE HELPFUL IN KEEPING TRACK
OF THOSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE COMMENTS ON AMEND TWO.
FIRST IN THE CUE IS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> MOSTLY AS THE SPONSOR OF THE
UNDERLYING LEGISLATION, WHO
WITH THE PROPOSAL TO ALLOCATE
THESE FUNDS ORIGINALLY TO
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, I WANT
TO SAY THAT I WELCOME THE
DISCUSSION AND I WELCOME THIS
AMENDMENT.
I THINK A LAW HAS CHANGED SINCE
DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
WHERE AS WITH TODAY'S VOTE ON
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'
LEGISLATION WE ARE STILL
STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF THAT $30
MILLION INVESTMENT.
AND PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND
THE IDEA OF ADDING TO A POT OF
FUNDS THAT IT IS NOT LIKELY
THAT WE WILL SEE THOSE
INVESTMENTS ON THE GROUND UNTIL
2022 AT THIS POINT, REALLY TO
ME UNDERSCORES THE NEED TO LOOK
AT WHERE WE COULD BE SPENDING
DOLLARS ON PROGRAMS THAT ARE ON
THE GROUNDWORKING AND MAKING A
DIFFERENCE FOR ALL OF OUR
COMMUNITIES.
OUR COMMUNITIES OF NEIGHBORS
THAT ARE UNHOUSED AS WELL AS
COMMUNITIES OF BUSINESS PEOPLE
AND RESIDENTS THAT HAVE HOMES.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CREATIVITY FOR COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND THE SENSE OF URGENCY.
I WAS AT THE SPD AFRICAN-
AMERICAN ADVISORY COUNCIL
MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
I MENTIONED THAT IN BRIEFINGS A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
THEY WERE REALLY DISTRAUGHT
THAT THEY WERE NOT SEEING
INVESTMENTS AND THEY WERE
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT AN
INCREASE OF VIOLENCE IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND YOU KNOW JUST
GIVING AGAIN THIS IS NOT --
THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM OF ANY
CITY DEPARTMENT OR OF OUR
PROCESSES BUT JUST TO GIVE
ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THE MILLION IN
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENTS
THAT THE COUNCIL VOTED ON LAST
NOVEMBER, ARE NOT TO BE OUT THE
DOOR UNTIL AUGUST AND I THINK
PEOPLE ARE RIGHTFULLY CONCERNED
ABOUT THOSE INVESTMENTS AND
OTHER INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF OUR REDUCTIONS TO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BEING
ONES THAT CAN PRODUCE PUBLIC
SAFETY OUTCOMES.
AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD
TO DISCUSSION.
>> NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
I DON'T INTEND TO SUPPORT THE
BASE BILL HERE.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT WE MEAN SUPPORTING
JUST CARES IS WHAT WE MEAN WHEN
WE SAY WE SHOULD BE SHIFTING
THE ABD BUDGET INTO CRITICAL
SERVICES.
COMMUNITY SAFETY MEANS A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS.
SUPPORTING INVESTMENTS, GREATER
INVESTMENT IN OUR HOMELESS
SERVICES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND SOMETHING AS INNOVATIVE AND
COMPREHENSIVE AS JUST CARES
MEETS THAT GOAL AND CRITERIA.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT AND WHETHER WE DO
THIS HERE OR WE DO IT WITH --
IN A DIFFERENT WAY LATER THIS
YEAR THIS IS THE DIRECTION TO
GO AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
I SUPPOSE INCREASING FUNDING
FOR JUST CASE AND THE BUDGETING
FUND I OPPOSE THIS AMENDMENT
THAT PITS THOSE TWO PROGRAMS
AGAINST EACH OTHER.
REMEMBER, THIS WAS A BILL TO
CUT $5.4 MILLION FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET TO
MAKE UP FROM THE $5.1 MILLION
THAT THEY STOE AND DID IT MORE
THAN THEY WERE AUTHORIZED TO.
THE AMENDMENT, TO REMOVE $5.4
MILLION FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND A PROVISO WAS
LISTED AND ANOTHER ONE LIFTED.
NOW THIS BILL INCREASES THE
FUNDS THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS ACCESS TO BY 4.5
MILLION RATHER THAN DECREASING
IT BY 5.4 MILLION.
IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IT
WAS WHEN IT STARTED.
THE FUNDING FOR JUST CARE, WHY
DOES IT HAVE TO BE TAKEN FROM
THE FUNDING FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
IT SHOULD COME FROM THE MONEY
ALLOCATED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AS BEEN PROMISED BY
THE COUNCIL AGAIN AND AGAIN.
MY OFFICE CONSULTED LEADER IN
DECRIMINALIZED SEATTLE
ORGANIZATION THIS MORNING ABOUT
THIS AMENDMENT WHICH THEY SAID
THEY HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY SEEN
AND THAT THIS AMENDMENT
OBSCURES THE FACT THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET IS
NOT CUT BUT GOOD PROGRAMS ARE
BEING PIT AGAINST EACH OTHER.
I AGREE WITH THE GRUM THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS MAKES THAT
PROVIDES BETTER FUNDS FOR THE
POLICE, ABSOLUTELY BUT
UNFORTUNATELY WHAT THIS
AMENDMENT DOES IS TAKE THOSE
FUNDS FROM PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETS AND NOT THE POLICE.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT A
MOMENT THAT INCREASES FUNDS AND
NOT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND NOT PITTING GOOD PROGRAMS
AGAINST EACH OTHER.
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS EXPRESSED A
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE OF USING
FUNDS THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY
PLANNED FOR PARTICIPATORY BUT
THAT IS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE
THIS BILL AS A WHOLE NO LONGER
COSTS $5.4 MILLION FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND THIS
AMENDMENT MAY HAVE BEEN
DIFFERENT SO I WILL BE VOTING
NO.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TWO OR
COMMENTS?
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
COLLEAGUES, I JUST REALLY
QUICKLY WANTED TO CHIME IN ON
THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE INTENT
OF COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS IS TO
PIT TWO GOOD PROGRAMS AGAINST
EACH OTHER.
I SEE THE INTENT AND DESIRE IS
TO HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO
SUPPORT A PROGRAM THAT MANY OF
US HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
HISTORICALLY AND I THINK WE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTIVE
OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE MODELED
AFTER THE JUST CARE PILOT
PROGRAM.
I THINK MY CONCERN WITH THIS
PARTICULAR AMENDMENT IS THAT I
DO WORRY HA WHAT IT WOULD DO IS
EFFECTIVELY TAKE MONEY THAT WE
HAD DESIGNATED FOR
PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES AND
AHEAD OF THE DESIGNATED PROCESS
AND THE PROVISOS THAT I
SPONSORED LAST FALL AND BEGIN
THE PROCESS OF REAPPROPRIATING
THOSE DOLLARS TO A DIFFERENT
USE.
SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS DESCRIBED
IN HIS OPENING REMARKS.
AND WORRIED THAT WE HAVE NOT
DONE THE NATIONAL WORK WITH
SOME OF THE IMPACTED
STAKEHOLDERS TO BE SURE THEY
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EFFECT AND
IMPACT WOULD BE OF ADOPTION OF
THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT IN
THE CONTEXT OF THE BASE COUNCIL
BILL.
FOR THOSE REASONS, I AM NOT
GOING TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS
IN THE CURRENT PROCESS AND FORM
AND PRESENTATION.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I AM
NOT SUPPORTIVE OF JUST CARE IN
MODELS LIKE JUST CARE.
WE HAVE TAKEN STRONG VOTES AND
HAVE TAKEN IMPORTANT STEPS TO
MAKE SURE THAT MODEL IS
CONTINUED TO BE SUPPORTED AND
WE HAVE THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
BEFORE US THAT WAS ON TODAY'S
INTRODUCTION CALENDAR THAT
INDICATES NO LESS THAN $49
MILLION TO ADDITIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING NEEDS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS AND NOT JUST ONE
OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS BUT PART
TWO OF FEDERAL DOLLARS AND I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT VIEWING
PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MEET THE NEEDS DESCRIBED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS THAT I
BELIEVE 100% OF THE COUNCIL IS
IN AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO
AND WE MUST DO MORE AND MORE
URGENTLY TO MEET THE NEEDS
UNHOUSED AND THE IMPACTS THAT
CREATES THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
FOR THAT REASON WON'T BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR
AMENDMENT AT THIS JUNCTURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS GETS THE
LAST WORD.
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED.
I WILL ASK YOU TO MAKE CLOSING
COMMENTS AND CALL THIS
AMENDMENT TO A ROLL CALL.
>> I WILL BE BRIEF COUNCIL
PRESIDENT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE
IS A LOT OF SPEECHES ON THE
UNDERLYING BILL.
I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION.
I DO OWN THAT THIS WAS SORT OF
A SPUR OF THE MOMENT AMENDMENT.
SO IT WASN'T REALLY TO A LOT OF
OUR PARTNERS.
I DO THINK IT WAS GENERATED.
WE SHOULD THINK OF THE SALARY
SAVINGS BEING REALIZED FROM
POLICE DEPARTMENT ATTRITION TO
PROJECTS LIKE THIS REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER IT PASSES OR FAILS.
YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CONSIDERATION
THAT I WILL SAY FOR PEOPLE THAT
ARE ADVOCATES ARE TAKING THE
SAVINGS AND DOUBLING DOWN ON
INCREASING THE RESOURCES FOR
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY CAN ONLY STAFF UP SO MUCH
IN A GIVEN YEAR.
WE FUNDED THE HIRING PLAN FOR
THE YEAR AND THIS HAS NO
BEARING ON THAT.
OUR COMMUNITY CAN STAFF UP
FASTER TO DO SOME OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY WORK THAT PEOPLE CLAMOR
FROM THE POLICE DON'T KNOW IT
YET BUT THEY ARE CLAMORING FOR
PEOPLE LIKE JUST CARE TO GET
HIRED.
AND IT COULD BE A WAY FOR HAVE
A CONVERSATION AND WHERE WE
COULD HIRE MORE COPS AND NOT
GOING TO BE HERE FOR THREE OR
FOUR YEARS BECAUSE OF HOW LONG
IT TAKES TO HIRE THEM OR HIRE
SOME THINGS TO HAPPEN QUICKER
AND HOPEFULLY THIS AMENDMENT
DISCUSSION CUES YOU WERE A
DISCUSSION LIKE THAT AND
WILLING TO VOTE ON IT AND MOVE
ON TO AN UNDERLYING BILL.
>> GREAT.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE
DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TWO SO I WILL GO
AHEAD THAT CLERK CALL THE ROLE
ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT
TWO.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> NO.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> NO.
>> KSHAMA SAWANT.
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZELEZ.
>> NO.
FIVE IN FAVOR AND FOUR OPPOSED
AN.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED AND THE
AMENDED BILL IS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
ARE THERE -- NOW I WILL OPEN IT
UP TO COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED.
SO ARE THERE FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE BILL.
YOU WILL GET THE LAST BILL AS
WE CLOSE THAT DEBATE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT I SEE YOUR
HAND IS RAISED.
IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAPPENED.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS BILL IS A FARCE.
AMENDED AND AMENDED UNTIL IT
NOW DOES ALMOST EXACTLY THE
OPPOSITE OF WHAT IT INITIALLY
CLAIMED TO DO.
IT IS THE BILL THAT FORMALLY
WOULD HAVE REMOVED $5.4 MILLION
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
SOCIALLY BENEFICIAL PURPOSES
AND IT CREASES THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BY $5.5 MILLION.
AS WAS SAID IN 1984 THE
MINISTRY OF PEACE CONCERNS
ITSELF WITH WAR AND THE
MINISTRY OF TRUTH WITH LIGHTS
AND LOVE WITH TORCHIER AND
PLENTY WITH STARVATION.
THEY ARE NOT ACCIDENT AND NOR
DO THEY RESULT FROM ORDER
HYPOCRISY.
THEY ARE NORMAL EXERCISEsS.
THIS IS A CASE STUFF AS TO HOW
THE ESTABLISHMENT INCLUDING THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY SHOUT FOR THE
POLICE FOR FOR ABILITY WHEN
THE PLAINTIFF MURDERED GEORGE
FLOYD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOOK
TO THE STREETS AND TO PROTEST
POLICE VIOLENCE.
THOSE OVERWHELM BLOG PROTESTORS
WERE YET WITH MORE POLICE
VIOLENCE.
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
POLICE OVERTIME, TEAR GAS FLASH
BRIGADES AND AIRPLANES WERE
LOOKING FOR REALM VIDEO AND
MASK ARRESTS WERE USED BY THE
POLICE TO ESSENTIALLY RAGE WAR
FAIR AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE.
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LARGEST
STREET PROTEST IN U.S. HISTORY
THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, SEVEN OF THE NINE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS PLEDGED TO
SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT'S DEMAND
TO DEFUND THE POLICE BY 50%.
CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER CITIES
MADE SIMILAR PROMISES.
FOR THE BUN CIGARETTE HOWEVER I
WAS THE OM ELECTED PREPARATIVE
TO STAND WITH THE MOVEMENT'S
DEMAND.
>> NOT ONLY DID THE MAJORITY OF
THE COUNCIL REFUSE TO FOLLOW
THROUGH ON THEIR MAN TO DEFUND
THE POLICE BY 50% PERCENT AND
AT THE LAST MEETING OF 2020
WHEN THE COUNCIL WAS TOLD THAT
THE POLICE HAVE OVERSPENT THEIR
BUDGET BY $5.4 BILLION.
THEY VOTED TO GIVE THE POLICE
THOSE $5.4 MILLION ET CETERA.
I WAS THE ONLY COUNCILMEMBER TO
VOTE NO.
AT THE SAME TIME THE MAJORITY
OF THE COUNCIL PROMISED TO THAT
I CAN THAT $5.4 MILLION FROM
THE SP D 2021 BUDGET AND HOLD
THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
I SAID THAT WOULD NOT BE
TRUSTED AND HERE WE ARE.
DO COUNCILMEMBERRINGS REMEMBER
THEIR PROMISES.
DO COUNCILMEMBER REMEMBER
SUPPORTING THE POLICE LIKE LAST
SUMMER AND THAT THEY COULD NOT
DEFUND THE POLICE IN 2020
BECAUSE WE ARE USING THE NUMBER
OF POLICE OFFICERS WOULD TAKE
UP TO TOUGH MONTHS IF THEY
PROMISED TO DO SO.
THEY BE DO COUNSEL MEMBERS
SAYING THEY QUANTED FUND THE
POLICE IN 2021 BECAUSE THAT
WOULD REQUIRE THE USE OF
OFFICERS IN IN 2021.
THE POLICE LAYOFFS WAS NEVER A
DEMAND OF THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT.
AND THEN ADDING $5.4 MILLION IN
DECEMBER OF 2020 AND PROMISED
TO REMOVE IT IN 2021.
NOW THEY ARE SAYING THAT
LAYOFFS OF APPLICATION ARE NOT
POSSIBLE AND PLEASE FORGET THEY
HAVE PROMISED TO KEEP THE SIZE
OF THE POLICE FORCE AND REMOVE
SOME OF THE MONEY.
WHETHER THAN THE BILL HAVING
THE POLICE BREAKING EVEN AND TO
WHAT WAS ADDED IN 2020.
IT CUTS $3 MILLION FROM THE
POLICE BUDGET WITH ONE HAND AND
GIVES THE POLICE ACCESS TO $7.5
MILLION.
AS MOL COM X SAID IF YOU STICK
A KNIFE IN MY BACK AND PULL IT
OUT SIX INCHES THAT I IS NOT
PROGRESS.
THERE ARE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S CONSEQUENCE FOR
GOING OVER LAST YEAR IS TO GET
EXTRA MONEY THIS YEAR.
THIS IS WHAT POLICE
ACCOUNTABLITY LOOK LIKES FOR
THE DEMOCRAT ESTABLISHMENT.
THIS IS THE POWER ABOUT MASS
MOVEMENT ON THE STREETS.
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE MOVEMENT
COUNCIL PROMISED TO DEFUND THE
POLICE AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS
LATER WE AGREED TO.
THE LESSEN FOR OUR MOVEMENT WE
MUST DEPEND ON OUR STRENGTH AND
NOT PUT OUR FAITH IN THE
ESTABLISHMENT.
FINALLY I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND
TO WHAT IS CIRCULATED THAT
COUNCIL CAN'T DEFUND THE POLICE
WITHOUT THE AGREEMENT OF THE
FEDERAL MONITOR.
OBVIOUSLY MEMBERS VOTE ON THE
BUDGET, NOT THE FEDERAL MONITOR
AND COUNCILMEMBERRINGS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN
VOTES.
IF COUNCILMEMBERS AGREE WITH
THE FEDERAL MONITOR OR ANY
OTHER PART OF THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS THEIR
DECISION BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT
THIS WANTED.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE CITY'S
HIGHEST BODY.
I DON'T AGREE WITH THE FEDERAL
MONITOR OR THAT ESTABLISHMENT,
MY FOE HAS ALWAYS BEEN
INCLUDING THIS ONE WILL REFLECT
THAT.
IF COUNCILMEMBER WERE SERIOUS
ABOUTDY FINDING THE POLICE THEY
WOULD PASS A BUDGET.
WHAT WOULD JUDGE ROB THES DO?
WE GET LETTERS AND COUNSEL
FEELING THAT THEY ARE BINDING.
OF COURSE IF COUNCILMEMBERS
WERE SERIOUS ABOUT DEFUNDING
THE POLICE THEY WOULD BE SERVE
ABOUT PEOPLE NEED TO GET
ORGANIZED TO WIN WITH FULL
POWERS OVER THE POLICE
INCLUDING HIRING AND FIRING AND
SUBPOENA POWERS AND POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES.
MY OBSERVATION FOR HAVING 200
HOURS IS IN ON BROAD SPECTRUM
AND THE PEOPLE NOT SURE ABOUT
TEE FUNDING RESET THE POWERS OF
THE POLICE.
IT IS NOT OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND
THE OPPOSITE.
IT SHOWS A MYRIAD OF WAYS THAT
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT
PROTECTS THE POLICE.
THERE ARE ADVOCATES THAT
PROTECT POLICE AND SOME ARE
HORRIFIED BY POLICE VIOLENCE
AND VERY MUCH EXCUSE FOR NOT
FOLLOWING THROUGH.
THERE ARE FEDERAL COURTS WHO
HAVE DEFENDED THE POWER OF THE
RULING CLASS AGAINST MOVEMENT
AND ORDINARY PEOPLE TO THE
POINT OF THE DISSENT DEGREE
AGAINST VIOLENCE IS USED TO
PREVENT GRASSROOTS VIOLENCE.
THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS P WHEN
THE MOVEMENT SAYS WE NEED
SYSTEM CHANGE AND THIS IS WHY I
AM A SOCIALIST.
I VOTED AGAINST THE BILLS, A
$5.4 MILLION POLICE CUT TO A
4.5 POLICE AD.
I WILL NOW VOTE NO ON THIS
FINAL BILL, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER SUAREZ.
>> I WILL VOTE TO SUPPORT AND I
HOPE I SAY THIS RIGHT.
PLEASE CORRECT ME.
I WANT TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
YOU WILL FIGURE THAT OUT BUT I
WANT TO SAY -- I ALWAYS RESPECT
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS
TO SHARE BUT IN THE REAL WORLD
WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE LUXURY
TO TALK ABOUT THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT OR DISAGREE ALL
OF THE TIME WITH THE FEDERAL
COURT JUDGE OR COURT MONITOR.
AND SOMETIMES IT IS NOT
REALISTIC TO JUST COMPLETELY
AND DECISIVELY DECIDE TO WIPE
OUT A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A CHARTER TO WITHHOLD.
ONE OFFICER OR 12 OFFICERS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING
THERE.
WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS
DEMONSTRATED IN THE LAST YEAR
IS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS
COMMUNITY SAFETY IS MORE
WARRIORS AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE
US MORE SAFE AND I THINK WE
AGREE.
THERE IS NO NEED TO POINT
FINGERS AND CALL NAMED AND BE
CALLED A DEMOCRAT ESTABLISHMENT
OR WHATEVER.
MEANWHILE ON EARTH, I JUST WANT
TO SAY THIS, THE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, I WANT TO END THIS
CAPTAIN BECAUSE I THINK IT IS
CAUTION AS YOU HAVE HEARD ME
SAY BEFORE A LOT OF TRAUMA AND
I WANT TO START THE HEALING.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
WITH HER HARD WORK WILL ALLOW
US TO CLOSE THE CHAPTER AND
BEGIN A NEW ONE WITH
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
WE ARE NOT PITTING ONE IDEA
AGAINST THE OTHER.
BOTH CAN BE TRUE AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BE TRUE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AS ELECTED LEADERS WE CAN'T
JUST HAPPENED TO IT A BASE OR
AN ECHO CHAMBER.
WE HAVE TO REPRESENT ALL OF
SEATTLE AND THE NEEDS OF OUR
CITY.
IF ANYTHING OVER THIS YEAR WHAT
WE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT WE WILL
REIMAGINE AND REDIRECT FUNDS
FROM THE POLICE TO UPSTREAM
PROJECTS TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE
HARM THAT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
EVERYONE GRAYS ABOUT THAT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME WHAT WE ARE
LENDING IS WE ARE FINALLY
LEARNING TO PUT TOGETHER A
PLAN.
IT IS NOT PERFECT AND NOT
EVERYONE WILL ALWAYS AGREE.
AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS TO SHIFT
THE $2 MILLION OVER.
THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE WERE
HAVING A YEAR AGO OR SIX MONTHS
AGO AND WE ARE THROUGH THE
LEADERSHIP OF EVERYBODY.
I'M IN THE CAMP OF CLOSURE AND
BEING DECISIVE AND BEING LEADER
AND MAKING A DECISION AND
MOVING FORWARD AND ON.
I AM ALSO IN THE CAMP OF
BELIEVING IN THIS GREAT CITY
AND HEALING AND THAT'S HOW I AM
GOING TO VOTE TODAY.
I THINK WE HAVE ALL BEEN
THROUGH A LOT AND I DON'T THINK
IT IS GOOD TO CONTINUE THE
DECISIVENESS.
WE HAVE EXPERIENCED DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF FRUSTRATION AND I
THINK COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
OUTLINED SOME OF THAT WHEN
PEOPLE COME TO US AND CALL US
WHEN THEY WANT CAMP REMOVALS
AND THEY ARE UPSET ABOUT THE
HOMELESS AND POLICE.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE SEEN IT IN
THE CITY.
AND WE HAVE SEEN IT NATIONALLY
IN THIS GREAT CITY AND ACROSS
THE NATION AND I AM READY TO
TURN THE PAGE AND GET STUFF
DOWN.
SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
AND NEXT UP COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> I WILL BE BRIEF.
I VOTED TWICE IN COMMITTEE SO I
DON'T THINK MY VOTE IS A
SURPRISE HERE.
I THINK THIS COMES PACK TO THE
ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE BILL
THAT HAS BEEN TO HOLD THE
DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THEIR OVERSPENDING.
THEY HAVE ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED
THAT THEY COULD ABSORB THE
REDUCTION THROUGH SALARY
SAVINGS AND IF THEY FIND LATER
THAT THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL NEEDS
THEY CAN BRING IT BACK TO
COUNCIL TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL
FUNDS AND THAT IS HOW WE HOLD
THE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE.
THE ONLY THING IN THEIR REQUEST
THAT THEY ARE OBLIGED TO PAY IS
THE SEPARATION PAY AND SALARY
SAVINGS CAN COVER THIS.
MY FEELING ABOUT THIS IS THAT
SPD CREATED ITS OWN FUNDING
CRISIS WHEN THEY DECIDED TO
OVERPEND ON OVERTIME LAST
SUMMER.
AND GIVING THE DEPARTMENT MORE
FUNDING WON'T PREVENT CRIME.
IT WON'T ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
OR REDUCED SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
IT WON'T IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH
OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
ONLY INVESTING IN COMMUNITY
SERVICES WILL DO THAT.
OUR GOAL, I THINK CHA WE SHARE
IS INVESTING PUBLIC DOLLARS IN
A WAY THAT CAN CHANGE CONDITION
CONDITIONS ON THE BROWN SO IT
NEEDS TO BETTER HEALTH AND WELL-
BEING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND I
WARDING SP D FOR OVERSPENDING
OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET AUTHOR.
I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS BILL AND
WILL BE VOTING WHICH WAY IT IS
THAT REGISTERS THAT
DISAGREEMENT.
>> OKAY.
SOME LACK OF PROCEDURAL
UNDERSTANDING AS YOU ALL FRAME
YOUR THOUGHTS HERE A YES VOTE
ON COUNCIL BILL WHATEVER THE
BILL IS IS AN ACTUAL YES VOTE
ON PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
A NO VOTE IS YOU'RE VOTING THE
BILL DOWN.
SOLOOK COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS
CONFUSED.
SHE THINKS SHE IS SUPPOSED TO
VOTE NO.
I'M GOING TO CALL UPON THE
CLERK.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE
IS A RECOMMENATION FROM THE
COMMITTEE TO NOT PASS THE BILL
AND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
DOESN'T CHANGE A YES OR NO VOTE
AFFECTUATES THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL, IS IT BUSINESS AS USUALLY
IN TERMS OF HOW WE VOTE?
>> IT IS CONFUSING BECAUSE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO
NOT PASS BUT IN ORDER TO BRING
IT FORWARD WE HAD TO MAKE A
MOTION TO PASS THE BILL.
SO THE MOTION IS TO PASS IT AS
WE HAD IT AMENDED.
IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THE BILL
YOU WILL VOTE TO PASS IT BUT IF
YOU ARE OPPOSED TO THE
UNDERLYING BILL, YOU ARE GOING
TO NOT WHICH IS WHAT IS THE
OPPOSITE OUT OF COMMITTEE BUT
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION.
>> NO, NO, NO.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE
RECORD THAT MY PROCEDURAL
PROWNESS AND I REMEMBER THE
QUEEN OF PROCESS.
I FEEL THAT IS A WIN ALREADY.
IF YOU WANT THE BILL TO PASS IN
SPITE OF THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION.
YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE YES.
OKAY?
IF YOU WANT THE BILL TO FAIL
CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMITTEE'S
RECOMMENDATION FOR A DO NOT
PASS THEN WILL YOU VOTE NO.
>> YOU ARE THE QUEEN.
>> SOMEBODY SEND ME A CROWN.
>> NEXT UP IS I THINK HOLD ON.
LET ME LOOK.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN IS NEXT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR HER
WORK AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE AND HER WORK TO CRAFT
AND COMPROMISE ON THIS BILL
EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT IN
AGREEMENT ON SEVERAL ELEMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND HER FOR
TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THIS AND
COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE AND
ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ COMMENTED
ON.
I CAN'T APPROVE UNTIL COUNCIL
AMENDMENTS ARE IN PLACE.
IT IS COMPLEX AND CONTINUES TO
REDUCE RESOURCES FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AT A TIME
WHEN WE ARE SEEING RECORD
ATTRITION OF OFFICERS.
I WILL BE VOTING NO.
I BELIEVE IT IS PREMATURE TO
LABEL THE LOSS OF POLICE
OFFICERS AS BUDGETARY SAVINGS
TO BE SCOOPED AWAY AND SPENT
ELSEWHERE.
THE RECORD-BREAKING A TRIG OF
OFFICERS IS ALARMING AND
RESPONSE TIMES ON 911 CALLS ARE
TOO LONG.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR I WANT
TO BE SURE THAT DEPARTMENT HAS
THE FUNDS IT NEEDS TO HIRE MORE
CRIME PREVENTION OFFICERS AND
TO RAMP UP RECRUIT MANY OF
OFFICERS AND TO IMPLEMENT THE
FEDERAL DECENT DECREE UNHEADS
THE WARBLES OF THE JUDGE AND
MONITORS AND TO INCREASE
CHANGING AND RETURN OFFICERS TO
COMMUNITY WORK INSTEAD WORKING
OVERTIME ON PATROL.
TALKING ABOUT THE PROVISO TO
FREE UMM DOLLARS.
WHILE THE INTENTIONS WERE
POSITIVE.
I BELIEVE THIS BILL IS A
DISTRACTION.
DESPITE THE WELL INTENTIONS OF
AMENDMENTS I BELIEVE THIS SENDS
NEGATIVE MESSAGE TO THE SAFETY
FIELD AND IT TAKES TIME AND
ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE MOST
TASKS ON HAND FOR THE EXPENSIVE
CONTRACT WITH THE SEATTLE
POLICE OFFICERS' GUILD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
THE WORK OF THE LABOR RELATIONS
POLICY COMMITTEE TO REVISE A
POLICE CONTRACT IN A WAY THAT
IS POSITIVE AND FOR THE
OFFICERS AND THE OFFICERS AND
úSUSTAINABLE JUSTICE.
THANK YOU.
>>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU HAVE TAKEN THE REINS AND WE
KNOW THAT IS NO SMALL PASSK AND
MONTHS OF WORK AND NAMED MORE
DIFFICULT WHEN THE CHIEF AND
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES WEIGH IN
AND WHEN THE JUDGE AND THE
COURT MONITOR WEIGHED IN.
THIS LEGISLATION WAS INTENDED
TO HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THEIR SPENDING AND THE
INTENT WAS TO USE THE COUNCIL'S
POWER OF THE FIRST AND THE
LEGISLATIVE RANCH TO ENSURE
THAT EXECUTIVE AGENCIES SPENDS
IN THE BOUND OF THE BUDGET AND
TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A
RECKONING OR BALANCING BETWEEN
THIS YEAR'S BALANCE AND THE
CITY AND LAST YEAR'S OVERSPEND.
AS WE HEARD IN THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE JUST LAST MONTH IT IS
VERY HIGHLY IRREGULAR FOR
COUNCIL TO BE ASKED TO
AUTHORIZE SPENDING AFTER THE
FACT AND TO HAVE A RETRO ACTIVE
AUTHORITY GRANTED SHOULD BE
SOMETHING UNCOMMON AND HAPPEN
INFREQUENT LE.
THAT IS NOT THE PRACTICE AS IT
RELATES TO SPD.
NOT ONLY IS IT HIGHLY IRREGULAR
AND OUT OF ALIGNMENT IN THE
3532A THAT SAYS THERE SHALL BE
NO AUTHORIZATIONS ALLOWANCES
CONTRACTS AND PAYMENTS MADE OR
ATTEMPTED TO BE MADE IN EXCESS
OF THE EXPENDITURES AUTHORIZED
IN THE BUDGET OR MODIFIED AND
ANY ATTEMPT SHALL BE VOID.
THAT IS WHAT THE RCW SAYS AND
WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
AND SO THE PROVISO THAT WE PUT
IN PLACE WERE IGNORED AND
DISMISSED BY THE CITY AT THE
TIME.
AND INSTEAD WHAT PLANNING WAS
AUTHORIZED FOR LAST YEAR WAS
THE PRIORITY THAT THE COUNCIL
DID NOT WANT TO SEE PRIORITIZED
AND WHAT IT LEFT FOR FUNDING
WAS THINGS THAT COUNCIL WANTED
PRIORITIZED LIKE PAYMENT FOR
FAMILY LEAVE AND BENEFITS AND
SEVERANCE.
THEY ARE ITEMS THAT WE COULD
NOT PAY.
SO THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THOSE
PAYMENTS.
THAT TOTAL WAS 5.4 MILLION AND
A DESIRE AND I THINK THERE
CONTINUES TO BE A DESIRE BY ME
THAT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET
RECTIFIES THAT OVERSPEND AND
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET CORRECTIONS
FOR THAT IN TERMS OF THE DEBT
FROM LAST LAST YEAR.
THE $5.4 MILLION NUMBER IS NOT
ARBITRARY AND COMES FROM THE
FOLLOWING THREE ITEMS IN LAST
YEAR'S OVERSPEND.
$1.9 MILLION REIMBURSEMENT AND
1.9 MILLION IN PAY BACKS AND
1.96 MILLION IN SEPARATION PAY.
ALL OF IT MEANS THE IMPORTANCE
OF PAY AND THIS MONEY PAID
MONEY ON ITEMS THAT WE HEARD
ABOUT DURING TESTIMONY TODAY.
WE HAVE SEEN THE VIDEOS AND
HEARD FROM FIRST HAND ACCOUNT
AND THES OF WHERE PEOPLE HAD
BEEN MET WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE
FOR EXPRESSING THE FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT AND THAT IS THE
PROTESTS THAT WERE TAKEN PLACE
A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK.
THE TESTIMONIALS TODAY
CONSTITUTE A MAKE SHIFT
TRIBUNAL ON WHAT WAS
EXPERIENCED AT THE TIME OF THE
PROTESTS A YEAR AGO.
AND WE REMAIN I THINK AS A
COUNCIL COMMITTED TO MAKING
SURE THAT THERE IS
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE PIECES
AND NOT ONLY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
THE OVERSPEND IN THE BUDGET BUT
FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY
SITUATION THAT WE CONTINUE TO
HEAR ABOUT ON A DAILY BASIS AND
OUTER LINED IN TODAY'S PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
WE REMAIN IN THE MIDST OF
FEDERAL DA SCENT DEGREE THAT IS
A DECADE OLD AND COMMITTED TO
ADDRESSING THE CALL FOR ACTION
FROM THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN
CALLING IN FOR OVER A YEAR TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ALIGN.
WE REALIGN OUR PROGRAM TO
SOCIAL SERVICES AND MENTAL
HEALTH AND TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS
WE WON'T HAVE ARMED OFFICERS
SHOW UP.
THE COUNCIL HAS IMPORTANT
EFFORTS LED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND I APPRECIATE THAT
THOSE INITIAL INVESTMENTS WERE
MADE TO REALIGN OUR VALUES TO
WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
CALLING FOR AND TO DIVEST IN
AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN
OVERINVESTED IN OVER THE YEAR.
WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE THE
$5.4 MILLION ADDITION THAT
COUNCIL HAS MADE AND REMOVE IT
FROM THE BUDGET AND THAT WILL
HAVE CALLS FROM THE COURT AND
MONITOR AND JUDGE.
I THINK THAT MADE THIS BILL A
LITTLE BIT OUT OF ALIGNMENT OF
WHAT WE WERE DOING.
I DISAGREED WITH THE CONCERNS
AND THE COURT AND THE MONITOR
AND I HOPE THAT COURT AND COURT
MONITOR DO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY THAT WAS PROVIDED
TODAY THROUGH THE QUASI
TRIBUNAL.
THE COUNCIL HAS MOT PUT SPD IN
A POSITION NOT TO RESPOND TO
EMERGENCY CALLS.
AND THAT DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE
THE RESOURCES TO FULFILL THE
FULL HIRING PLAN AS WE FUNDED
LAST YEAR.
CENTRAL STAFF MEMO DOES THE
MATH AND SHOWS IT IS FUNDED AND
13 MILLION IN SALARIES OVER THE
COURSE OF THIS YEAR.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THAT SP D
CARING PLAN AS REQUESTED BY THE
MAYOR AND THE IMMEDIATE IS IN
PLACE AND IT CAN BE WHAT WAS
NOTED TO BE REASONABLY
ACCOMPLISHED WAS FULLY FUNDED.
THROUGH THE PROCESS WE HAVE
LEARNED THAT DUE TO CONTINUE
ATTRITION RATES THAT 13 MILLION
SAVINGS IS ANTICIPATED AND
HOPEFUL WITH THE BILL IF IT
DOES NOT PASS TODAY THAT WE CAN
DIRECT THOSE FUNDS, THOSE 13
MILLION TO THINGS THAT I THINK
ARE COMMON AGREEMENTS TO WHAT
THE BILL OFFERS AND WHAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND QUICK
RESPONSE AND ACCURATE AND
ADEQUATE RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC
RECORDS REQUEST AND MAKING SURE
MORE FUNDS GO TO THE OFFICERS
AND I.T.
THERE WOULD STILL BE OVER 5
MILLION IN UNSPENT DOLLARS AT
THE END OF THE YEAR.
I THINK TODAY'S TESTIMONY WAS
VERY HELPFUL AND HEART BREAKING
THAT THIS STORY HAS CONTINUED
TO SURFACE ABOUT THE VIOLENCE
AND I DO HOPE THAT THIS
TESTIMONY IN TODAY WILL HELP TO
PAINT A FULL PICTURE OF THE
ISSUES.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY ON THIS BILL
I WOULD BE VOTING NO BECAUSE I
AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE $5
MILLIONPRO VITEO.
I AM CONCERN THAT THERE IS NOT
A FULL $5.4 MILLION TEAPOT.
I APPRECIATE THAT $3 MILLION.
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK MY
COLLEAGUES AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING
ACCOUNTABLE THE DEPARTMENT THAT
OVERSPENT THEIR BUDGET THAT
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO STAY
WITHIN AND THAT WE CONTINUE THE
EVIDENCES TO REIMAGINE AND
REINVEST IN COMMUNITY SERVICES
AND DECREASE THE SERVICES IN
WHICH A ARMED OFFICER IS
SHOWING UP.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, NEW YORK,
LOS ANGELES ARE AMONG THE FOUR
CITIES HELD UP TOWARDS
REIMAGINING AND THAT WORK IS
NOT DONE AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO DO THAT EVEN AFTER TODAY.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS
GONE INTO THIS AND RECOGNIZE
INCREDIBLE OBSTACLES THAT THE
CHAIR HAS HAD TO ADDRESS WHILE
CONSIDERING THE LEGISLATION AND
APPRECIATE THE WORK.
INTO THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO THE BILL?
OKAY.
COLLEAGUES I WANTED TO QUICKLY
MAKE REMARKS.
I DO WANT TO LIKE SO MANY
OTHERS HAVE.
START BY ACKNOWLEDGING
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S WORK
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO
MAKE PROGRESS.
THIS LEGISLATION HAS TRIED TO
DEVELOPED A WELL REASONED
APPROACH TO THIS BUDGET ACTION
THAT COUNCIL HAS LITERALLY BEEN
CONSIDERING SINCE DECEMBER.
I DO APPRECIATE HER WILLINGNESS
TO ENGAGE ALL OF THE PARTIES
THAT HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN OR
INTEREST IN THE LEGISLATION
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
THAT INCLUDES COMMUNITY
ADVOCATES AND THE MONITOR AND
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS
MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT IT APPEARS THAT
ALMOST ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS
INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET ACT OR
WHO HAVE INTEREST IN THE BUDGET
ACTION APPEAR TO BE
DISSATISFIED WITH THE CURRENT
LEGISLATION.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS A
REFLECTION ON COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S POLICY WORK AND
EFFORT TO GET US A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT WE COULD
POTENTIALLY SUPPORT.
I DO THINK IT IS THE REFLECTION
AND THE RESULT OF QUITE SIMPLY
THE IS THAT EXISTS HERE AND THE
ISSUE OF POLICING AND THEIR
BUDGET.
DESPITE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
INTENTION TO VOTE ON THIS BILL
I WILL VOTE CONSISTENT WITH MY
BILL IN VOTE WHICH IS COMMITTEE
THAT IS A VOTE AGAINST THE
BILL.
AS IIC PRESENCED DURING THE
SAFETY COMMITTEE DURING THE
DISCUSSION OF THIS BILL.
I FEEL PRIMARILY IT IS
PREMATURE TO MAKE SEVERAL OF
THE BUDGET ACTIONS THAT THE
BILL PRO MOSES WE COMPROMISE ON
INCLUDING CUTS TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT A BUDGET THAT THE
MONITOR HAS RAISED SIGNIFICANT
CONCERNS AND IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE HAVE FURTHER ENGAGEMENT
WITH THE MONITOR TO PROVIDE AN
EXPLANATION ABOUT HOW WE WILL
IMPACT OR NOT THE DEPARTMENT'S
ONGOING OPERATIONS AND
SPECIFICALLY WITH THE STAFFING
PLANS.
IT OF COURSE PUTS THE $5.4
MILLION ON THE PROVISO STAFFING
PLAN.
I THINK IT IS TOO EARLY TO LIFT
OR BEGIN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING
THE PROVISO.
IN ORDER TO GIVE THE CITY
ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO
HAVE SIGNIFICANT DISAGREEMENTS
ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND HOW THEY
MANAGE THE BUDGET INCLUDING
OVERTIME AND I CONTINUE TO
LEAVE THAT THIS PROVISO SERVES
AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS
ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM AND
THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO RETAIN
THIS $5 MILLION PROVISO IN
PLACE.
SO WE CAN ENSURE THE DEPARTMENT
IS NOT EXPANDING RESOURCES THAT
WERE SET BY THIS COUNCIL.
THE MORE APPROPRIATE TIME TO
CONSIDER THAT WILL BE IN THE
FALL BUDGET WHEN WE HAVE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND MORE
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
COUNCIL'S PROCESS WILL BE.
WE KNOW THE EXECUTIVE WILL BE
BACK WITH PROPOSED CHANGES
LATER THIS YEAR.
THAT IS COSTS WITH SUBSTANCES
AND EVENTS AND OVERTIME AND
PAID REIN VERSE MANY.
THESE ARE ISSUES TO BE
ADDRESSED VIA THE SUPPLEMENTAL
ORDINANCE.
MONTHS FOR NOW WHEN THE COUNCIL
IS MAKING DECISIONS ON THE
CITY'S BUDGET WE WILL HAVE MORE
FLEXIBILITY TO TAKE ACTION IF
THE PROVISO IS IN PLACE AND IF
ANY OF THE PROVISOS ARE IN
PLACE.
I WILL VOTE CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMMITTEE VOTE THAT IS A NO
VOTE ON THE COUNCIL BILL.
DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD
WORK.
NOT EASY AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE
REACHING OUR VOTES FOR SOME
REASONS AND SOME OTHER REASONS.
BUT I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO
MOVE FORWARD ON THIS REALLY
CITICAL ISSUE TOGETHER.
>> WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM
GOING TO HAND IT TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TO CLOSE
OUT THE DEBATE TO CALL THIS
BILL TO A RECALL CALL.
>>> I APPRECIATE THE TESTIMONY
AND REGRET THESE EXPERIENCES IN
THE CITY.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT IS UNDER THE
PURVIEW OF THE DISSENT DECREE.
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A
LEGISLATION OVER WEAPONS AND
THEY CRITICIZED THE LEGISLATION
FOR NOT PROTECTING PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THE LEGISLATION UNDER THE
DISSENT DECREE REQUIRES
APPROVAL.
BARRELING AHEAD IN THIS
INSTANCE MEANS THAT NOTHING HAS
HAPPENED.
WE HAVE NO BAN OR REGULATIONS
ON LETHAL WEAPONS.
GOING AHEAD WITH THE BUDGET
BILLS RISK THE SAME OUTCOME
THAT NO BUDGET WILL HAPPEN.
IN MY OPINION COLLEAGUES VOTE
NOT ABOUT A POLITICAL WIN ON
EITHER SIDE.
THOSE THAT DON'T SUPPORT ANY
CUT DON'T LIKE THIS BILL AND
THOSE THAT WANT THE CUT TO BE
BIGGER DON'T LIKE IT EITHER.
THIS BILL IS NOT A NUMBER.
IT IS TO EXERCISE PHYSICAL
OVERSIGHT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY
FUNDING IMPORTANT SAFETY
INVESTMENTS AND IN AREAS WHERE
THERE WAS BROAD AGREEMENT AND
HEEDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE
CONSENT DECREE WHERE THE COURT
IS SUGGESTING ACTIONS OVERLAP.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE
MAJORITY OF MEMBERS VOTED IN
FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT ON MAY
11th AND IN FAVOR OF
SUBSTITUTING THE ORIGINAL BILL
FOR A SMALLER BUDGET REDUCTION
IN MARCH.
OVER THE SUMMER AND FALL BUDGET
CYCLE THE COUNCIL LISTENED TO
PEOPLE CALLING FOR 50% CUT TO
THE SEATTLE POLICE BUDGET AND
LISTENED TO PEOPLE THAT OPPOSED
IT AND DEMONSTRATED TO LISTEN
TO MULTIPLE VOICES IN THE CITY
AND COMPROMISE TO MEET OUR
OBJECTIVE TO REDEFINE PUBLIC
SAFETY IN OUR CITY.
THE ABILITY TO LISTEN TO
MULTIPLE VOICES IS CRITICAL TO
CHANGE MOVING FORWARD.
TO COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
POINT TO REQUEST FOR FUNDING
AFTER THE FACT SHOULD BE RARE.
I AGREE.
AND IT IS JUNE.
THAT IS WHY THE TECHNOLOGY
NEEDS FUNDING.
THIS IS NOT A FULL LIFT BUT A
GRADUAL LIFT AS WE GET REPORTS
FROM SPD AND RESPECTFULLY THIS
WAS IN THE AMENDMENT SUPPORTED
BACK IN MARCH THAT WE -- THE
MAJORITY OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
VOTED IN FAVOR OF BRINGING IT
IN FRONT OF US AND IF THERE WAS
CONCERNS ABOUT THAT APPROACH, I
WOULD HAPPILY CONSIDER A
DIFFERENT APPROACH HAD I KNOWN.
THE HIGHEST SPENDING IS DURING
THE SUMMER AND AS WE FOUND OUT
DURING THE PROCESS, MOST OF THE
MONEY WILL HAVE BEEN SPENT.
WITH YOUR VOTE, PLEASE DO NOT
ALLOW THOSE THAT DON'T WANT US
TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT OF SP D'S
BUDGET AS WELL AS THOSE VOTES
THAT ADVOCATE FOR ALL OR
NOTHING APPROACH TO REVERT US
BACK.
IF THIS BILL DOES NOT PASS
THERE IS NO BUDGET CUTS AT ALL.
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WISH TO
SUPPORT THE INVESTMENTS IN THE
BILL AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE
YES.
THANK YOU.
AND THAT DOES STOP THE DEBATE.
I WILL ASK TO CLOSE.
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL AS AMENDED.
HERBOLD.
>> JUAREZ.
YES.
>> LEWIS.
YES.
MORALES.
NO.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> NO.
SAWAND THE NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZELEZ.
>> NO.
>> THREE IN FAVOR AND FIVE
OPPOSE.
THE MOTION FAILED AND THE BILL
DOES NOT PASS.
OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK THAT
WENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS.
AND AGAIN AT MY DEEP GRATITUDE
AND THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD WHO SERVED IN THAT ROLE
FOR FOUR YEARS.
I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT AND
CHALLENGING IT IS AND I HAVE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT
THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO AND
CONTINUE TO LEAD US AND WORK
WITH ALL OF US ON
THE REPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM
COUNCILMAN 120086, AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF
CITY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 525
NORTH 85th STREET.
AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF
THE PROPERTY TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE
WASHINGTON NONPROFIT
CORPORATION, CONSISTENT WITH
THE INTENT OF RESOLUTION 31856
AND REVIVED WITH THE CONTINUED
DELIVERY OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS IS AMENDED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
STRAUSS, YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF
úTHE COMMITTEE'S I'M GOING TO
HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO WALK US
THROUGH THE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
WANT TO 0086 TRANSFER ARE
PRETTY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION, TRANSFER THE
GREENWOOD SR. CENTER FROM THE
CITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION, WHICH CURRENTLY
OPERATES THE SENIOR CENTER.
THIS TRANSFER IS BEING DONE TO
THE CITY PROCESS WITH THE CITY
BENEFIT PROPERTIES.
IT WAS MEANT TO BE TRANSMITTED
TO COUNCIL LAST YEAR ALONGSIDE
THE TRANSFERS IN THE CENTRAL
AREA SENIOR CENTER.
UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS DELAYED
AND IT IS NOW BEFORE US.
SO THIS WAS INTENDED TO BE PART
OF THAT PACKAGE.
UNDER THE TERMS OF THE
TRANSFER, THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION WOULD RECEIVE
OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY AND
WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO CONTINUE
PROVIDING THE SOCIAL SERVICES
ASSOCIATED.
ADDITIONALLY THE FUTURE
REDEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE
OCCURRED WITH THE AGREEMENT
THAT REQUIRES THAT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, THEN ANY HOUSING BE
AFFORDABLE TO 80% OF THE
IMMEDIATE INCOME AND AT LEAST
HALF OF THE UNITS WOULD BE
AFFORDABLE TO 60% OF THE AREA
MEDIAN INCOME.
WE MADE ONE AMENDMENT FROM
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMENDMENT TO
CLARIFY THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO
RECLAIM OWNERSHIP IN THE EVENT
THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION DOES NOT MEET HIS
OBLIGATIONS.
I CAN TELL YOU MANY IN OUR
COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN VERY
EAGERLY AWAITING THE PASSAGE OF
THIS BILL, AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO PASSAGE TODAY.
I RECOMMENDED A VOTE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS AVAILABLE?
HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
VOTE.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WELLS?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MIRELES?
>> YES.
>> AYE.
>> PETERSON?
>> NO.
>> STEWART.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES.
>> AYE.
8 IN FAVOR, ONE POST POINT
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE BILL
PASSES AND WILL THE COURT
PLEASE FIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
LECLERC PLEASE READ ITEM RUN
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM IN COUNCILMAN
120084, AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO
LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITY,
UPDATING THE GREETING CARD TO
ALIGN WITH UPDATES TO OTHER
CODES AND AMENDING SECTIONS
2.17 0.020 .05 0.06 0.070
.110, AND .190 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAME
CLERK, AND MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT
USING MY CAMERA, MY WI-FI HERE
IS GLITCHING A LITTLE BIT.
SO IT SEEMS TO IMPROVE WHEN I
TURNED THE VIDEO OFF.
IF THAT RESOLVES I WILL MAKE
SURE TO TURN MY VIDEO BACK ON
BUT IN THE MEANTIME I WILL HAND
US OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE AND WHO WILL WALK US
THROUGH THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS LEGISLATION ON THE NEXT
TWO THOSE ARE ALL RELATED TO
THE TECHNICAL CODE THAT ARE
UPDATED REGULARLY BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTION.
THESE BILLS COME TO COUNCIL
AFTER YEARS ON PROCESS THAT
BEGAN WITH UPDATES TO INTERNAL
GUIDELINES AND EVENTUALLY
CONTINUES ON TO STATE THE
UPDATES AND FINALLY CITY LEVEL
UPDATES.
THIS LEGISLATION SPECIFICALLY
OF UPDATING THE GRADING CODE
WHICH IS A FLAT SURFACES
WITHOUT SUB- MEDITERRANEAN
ANYTHING, AND NO BUILDINGS.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST UPDATE
TO THE GRADING SINCE 2009, AND
THE UPDATES ARE MINIMAL.
EXAMPLES OF THE CHANGES IN THIS
QUOTE INCLUDE REQUIRING A
GRADING PERMIT WITH LAND
DISTURBING ACTIVITIES SITE THAT
EXCEEDS 5000 SQUARE FEET RATHER
THAN ONE ACRE.
REQUIRING A GRADING PERMIT
WHENEVER GROUNDWATER IS BEING
EXTRACTED WITH THE DEFINITION
OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
LOCATION TO INCLUDE ANY SITE ON
EPA OR ECOLOGY LIST WITH THE
INVESTIGATIONAL CLINICAL
CONTAMINATION.
THIS IS RGE A VOTE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COLLEGE ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
HEARING NONE, LECLERC PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL?
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> MIRELES?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES POINT
>> MIRELES.
>> YES.
>> PETERSON?
>> YES.
>> STEWART.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES?
>> AYE.
>> 9 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> THE BILL PASSES WILL THEY
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
WITH THE COURT PLEASE READ ITEM
10 INTO THE RECORD?
AND THE SHORT TITLE IS FINE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 10.120083 AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE'S
CONSTRUCTION CODES AMENDED
SECTION 7.13 .1 3.7, AND
16131.1, AND TABLE 2902 .1 OF
THE 2018 SEATTLE BUILDING CODE
ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE 126 278.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH
DEPUTY CLERK.
THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO
WALK US THROUGH THIS
LEGISLATION AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS COUNCILMEMBER IS UPDATING
SALES CONSTRUCTION CODES.
WE UPDATED CONSTRUCTION CODES
FILING THE SAME PROCESS OF
UPDATING INTERNATIONAL STATE
AND LOCAL BUILDING CODES.
THIS LEGISLATION IS MY
TECHNICAL CORRECTION FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION CODES WE UPDATED
TO ENSURE THESE CONSISTENT WITH
THE INTENT. THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WITH A QUIRK
PIECE TELL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> BOLD?
>> YES.
>> ROSE?
>> LEWIS?
PETERSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES.
>> 9 IN FAVOR, NONE'MICHAEL
BILL PASSES WILL THEY PLEASE
FIX MY SIGNATURE THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
WITH A QUIRK PLEASE READ ITEM 11
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 11.
COUNSEL BILL 120-0825.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
OPERATIONS. AND MANY CHAPTERS
.6 .420 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS PRETTY
WHERE THE CHAIR THIS COMMITTEE
AND THEN GOING TO HAND IT OVER
TO YOU TO WALK US THROUGH THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR EXPANDING THIS
IS THE LAST OF THE THREE BILLS
WHICH IS RELATING TO BOILER
STEAM ENGINE OPERATIONS.
THIS IS THE FINAL OF OUR
TECHNICAL CODE CHANGES AND
UPDATES TO STEAM ENGINEER AND
BOILER OPERATING LICENSING CODE
WHICH WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2006
PEER THE CHANGES INCLUDE
UPDATING THE CODE TO REFLECT
THE PROCESS THAT HAS MOVED
ONLINE SINCE THE LAST UPDATE
AND ADDS EXEMPTIONS FOR
INDIVIDUALS ON THE
MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTIONS AND
REQUIRING APPLICANTS FOR
LICENSE TO TEST TO THEIR
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN
REQUIRING THAT THESE BE PAID IN
THE MONTHLY ADVANCE OF
LICENSING.
THE URGE AEA VOIGT ON THIS
HIGHLY TECHNICAL BILL.
IF WE HAD BEEN HERE YESTERDAY,
IF WE HAD NOT HAD A HOLIDAY, WE
WOULD STILL BE IN THE MONTH OF
MAY, WHICH WAS BUILDING SAFETY
MONTH, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO SAY THIS IS THE END,
CONCLUDES THE END OF OUR
BUILDING SAFETY MONTH BY
UPDATING OUR CODES INSTEAD, I
HOPE THAT EVERYONE ENJOYING
MAY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
URGE A YAY VOTE.
>> THANK YOU ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WOULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL?
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> MORALE IS?
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALE IS?
>> YES.
>> AYE.
>> YES.
>> AYE.
>> NONE IN FAVOR, NINE OPPOSE.
>> WILL THEY FIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY
BEHALF.
WITH A QUIRK PLEASE READ ITEM
12 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 12 APPOINTMENT
01917.
APPOINTMENT OF MARKET
PRESERVATION OF DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL.
JUNE 30th, 2022.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FREEDOM
GOING TO CONFIRM A POINT MEANT
1917, IS THERE A SECOND?
IT'S BEEN MOVED.
TAKEN FROM THE APPOINTMENT OF
GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO WALK
US THROUGH THIS APPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
APPOINTMENT 01917 IS THE
APPOINTMENT WITH A MEMBER OF
THE MARKET PDA GOVERNMENT
COUNSEL.
NICK HAS SERVED THEM ON THE
CONSTITUENCY BOARD SINCE 2016.
HE SERVES ON THE BOARD OF
FRIENDS OF THE MARKET HAS BEEN
A TARGET OF THE MARKET SINCE
2011.
ONLY LEADING TOWARDS BUT
CREATING CHORES AND HELPING
DEVELOP CURRENT REGULATIONS FOR
MARKET TOWARDS AT-LARGE.
THIS IS WHY THE CONSTITUENCY ON
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL BECAUSE
THE CONSTITUENTS DO NOT FILL
THE SEAT IN THE TIME REQUIRED
BY THE PDA COUNSEL TO MAKE THIS
NOMINATION AND SELECT THE
FINALISTS, THE CONSTITUENCY
CONSIDERED.
HIS APPOINTMENT FOLLOWED ALL
THE RULES AND HE HAS BEGUN
SERVING IN THIS ROLE PENDING
CONFIRMATION.
WE URGE YOU TO VOTE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENT?
HEARING NONE, WITH THE COURT
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HUMBLED?
>> YES.
>> WELLS?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MIRELES?
>> YES.
>> AYE.
>> PETERSON?
>> AYE.
>> SAVANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES.
>> AYE.
>> 9 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE
POINT
>> THE MOTION CARRIES ON THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
OTHER BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
>> YES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
AS A REMINDER, SO SORRY.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
I'M SORRY, WE WILL HEAR FROM
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANT TO BE EXCUSED FROM THE
COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 7,
2021.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, SHALL BE
EXCUSED FROM THE JUNE 7 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
HEARING NO OBJECTION.
THE COUNCILMEMBER HUMBOLDT IS
EXCUSED FROM THE JUNE 7 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILMEMBER, GO FOR IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SORRY
FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
COLLINGS I FORGOT TO MENTION
THIS MORNING'S COUNSEL
BRIEFING.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WAS A
REMINDER FOR AMENDMENTS THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO THE
HOME FEDERAL RELIEF DOLLARS, RC
ON A RESCUE PLAN AS WE ARE
CALLING IT WHICH WE DISCUSSED
ON FRIDAY, JUNE 4th AT 9:30
A.M.
WITH THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE IF YOU DO HAVE
AMENDMENTS, THE DEADLINE IS
NOON NEXT TUESDAY.
SO, THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A FULL
WEEK TO WORK ON THIS WITH
STAFF.
SO AGAIN, NOON NEXT TUESDAY IF
YOU DO HAVE A MINUTES AFTER
HEARING THE DISCUSSION AND
READINGS WITH THE BILL.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF
THOSE CAN BE DIRECTED TO ALI
CANOOCHEE OR THE CENTRAL STAFF
PERSON DIRECTLY WORKING ON THE
ITEM AS LISTED IN THE CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO SENT AROUND TO THE
ENTIRE COUNSEL AND THANKS IN
ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
APPRECIATE THAT REMINDER.
AND AS CAMILLA SAYS, SHE IS NOT
READY TO SAY BYE-BYE JUST LIKE
THE REST OF US.
ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME UP BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
OKAY.
ALEX, HEARING NONE.
THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE ITEMS OF
BUSINESS OPTED DAYS AGENDA.
OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
IS ON TUESDAY, JUNE 7th OF 2021
AT TWO HAVE A WONDERFUL
AFTERNOON IN THE NEAR 80
DEGREES WEATHER WE ARE
CURRENTLY HAVING.