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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. TY
IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th. THEG
SEPTEMBER 20th. THE MEETING OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL
COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:03, AND
I AM DEBORA JUAREZ. MADAME
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CLEM MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAME
CLERK. PRESENTATIONS, I AM
AWARE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY
PRESENTATIONS TODAY, SO WE WILL
MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. COLLEA,
PUBLIC COMMENT. COLLEAGUES, AT
THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE HYBD
THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD. FOR HYBRID COMMENT
PERIOD, THE REMOTE/IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER
WILL BE HEARD FIRST, ACTUALLY
LESSER. FOLLOWED BY
REMOTE/IN-PERSON SPEAKERS
ATTENDING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.L
CHAMBERS. WE'LL COME BACK TO
THAT SCRIPT. I GOT TO FIX THATS
THAT. TODAY'S MEETING WE HAVE
TWO INTERPRET TERES.
>> YES, WE DO. WE NEED THEM TO
GO FIRST. THE INTERPRETER IS ON
A TIME SCHEDULE HERE.
>> GREAT. WE WILL DO THAT. LET
ME TEE UP WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT
NOW. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
WE HAVE 12 FOLKS THAT HAVE
CALLED IN, THE REMOTE CALLERS,
AND WE HAVE 60 PEOPLE PRESENT
IN CHAMBERS, CORRECT, MADAME
CLERK?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO IS
WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THE REMOTE
SPEAKERS TO GO FIRST. THEN WE
WILL DO THE IN-PERSON FOLKS.
>> ACTUALLY, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, WE MAY NEED TO DO
IN-PERSON FIRST AS THE
INTERPRETER HAS A TIME LIMIT
AND HAS TO LEAVE SHORTLY DURING
THE MIDDLE OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> RIGHT, I WAS JUST GOING TO
SHARE THAT WHY DON'T -- THAT'S
KIND OF HOW I WANT TO GO, BUT I
WANTED TO TAKE THE TWO -- OR
THE FOLKS WHO NEED INTERPRETERT
INTERPRETERS FIRST IN CHAMBERS
AND THEN GO BACK TO THE 12
REMOTE AND THE REST OF THE
FOLKS IN CHAMBERS. SO IF WE CAN
GET THE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR
INTERPRETERS READY TO GO, WE'LL
DO THEM -- WE'LL DO THAT
COURTESY, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE 12 REMOTE
CALLERS. DOES THAT SOUND OKAY,
MADAME CLERK?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, I'LL
SPEAK WITH THE INTERPRETER.
>> OKAY. SO BECAUSE WE HAVE NINE
MATTERS ON THE AGENDA TODAY,
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
SPEAKERS, EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE ONE MINUTE EXCEPT FOR THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED THEIR
INTERPRETER, SO THEY WILL HAVE
A COUPLE MINUTES AND SOME
LEEWAY THERE. WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY GETS HEARD. AND WHAT
I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT, AND MADAME CLEK
MADAME CLERK PLEASE ADVISE ME
WHEN WE GET CLOSE, FOR 90
MINUTES. SO I'M HOPING WITH 90
MINUTES WE CAN GET 82 PEOPLE,
GET THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
FOR ONE MINUTE. WITH THAT, I'MG
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
YOU, MADAME CLERK, TO START THE
DIRECTIONS AND THE RECORDING
FOR FOLKS. AND AGAIN, IT'S ONE,
ONE MINUTE, AND YOU WILL HEAR A
CHIME. I DON'T LIKE TO HAVE TO
CUT PEOPLE OFF. I REALLY DON'T
LIKE DOING THAT, SO PLEASE PAYN
PAY ATTENTION TO THE TEN-SECOND
WARNING THAT YOU GET TO WRAP UR
UP YOUR COMMENTS. I'M GUESSING A
LOT OF YOU ARE HERE SPEAKING ON
THE SAME THING. ALL RIGHT, WITH
THAT, MADAME CLERK, I'M GOING
TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO
HAND IT OVER -- BEFORE WE DO
THE RECORDING, I'M JUST GOING
TO HAVE THE INTERPRETER START
CALLING THE NAMES IN PERSON. TN
PERSON. THEN WE'LL DO RECORDINGE
RECORDING BEFORE THE REMOTE, IS
THAT ALL RIGHT?
>> PERFECT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SIR, SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN, PLE.
>> SIR, SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN,
>> ONLY HAVE ONE MINUTE.
>> SORRY, SORRY. [ SPEAKING NONH
]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. [G
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN
CHINATOWN/INTERNATIONAL DISTRIT
CHINATOWN/INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
AND DOING BUSINESS THERE FOR 3.
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> I AM HORRIFIED TO LEARN THAT
THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO PUT
TOGETHER A PROBLEMATIC SHELTERE
VERY CLOSE TO CHINATOWN. [ SPEAG
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> I PERSONALLY SYMPATHIZE WITH
THE HOMELESS, AND I OFTEN
DONATE MONEY AND DONATE OTHER F
FOR THEM. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLIS]
FOR THEM. [ SPEAKING
>> I AM ALWAYS VERY CONCERNED
WITH AND CARE ABOUT THEM AND
NEVER OBJECT ABOUT THE
GOVERNMENT TAKING GOOD CARE OF.
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> BUT THE PROBLEM WITH CID IS
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE --
A LOT OF OUR SENIORS ARE
SUFFERING. A LOT OF THE
BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY THE
PEOPLE, THE BEGGARS, THE PEOPLG
FOR MONEY IN CID. [ SPEAKING NOH
]
>> CID'S A SPECIAL COMMUNITY,
UNIQUE BY ITSELF. 70% TO 80% OF
THE RESIDENTS ARE SENIORS, AND
THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. AND
THEN THEY CANNOT COMMUNICATE
WITH THE HOMELESS, AND THEY ARD
OF THEM. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH]
OF THEM. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM IN
SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT
GIVING MORE MONEY, GIVING MORE
MANPOWER, GIVING MORE MATERIALO
HELP THE HOMELESS. [ SPEAKING NH
]
>> BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
IT'S GOOD TO PUT 500 BEDS MEGA
SHELTER CLOSE TO CHINATOWN ID.
>> SIR --
>> MR. INTERPRETER, CAN YOU LETR
LET OUR SPEAKER KNOW HE HAS
ABOUT TEN SECONDS TO WRAP IT U?
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> I HOPE THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT,
THE CITY GOVERNMENT WOULD BE
FAIR TO EVERYBODY AND EVEN THE
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES, AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO BE CARING AND TAKING CARE OF
THE HOMELESS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. [ SPEAKING NH
SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> I AM REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE
MANY CHINATOWN WHO DON'T SPEAK
ENGLISH. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLIS]
>> A RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF ALL
THE COMMUNITIES OF THEIR PUBLIY
AND CLEANLINESS. [ SPEAKING NONH
]
>> EVER SINCE THE GOVERNMENT HAS
ESTABLISHED A NAVIGATION CENTER
AND NOW CALLING ANOTHER PROJECT
A GREAT PROJECT CLOSE TO
CHINATOWN ID WE DON'T OPPOSE TO
THAT, BUT EVERY DAY
CHINATOWN/ID IS SHARING BIGGERE
OF CRIME AND INSECURITY. [
SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> AND INCLUDING THEFT, ROBBERY,
HAPPENING EVERY DAY. [ SPEAKINGH
]
>> AND THE LAWS OF THE BUSINESS
OWNERS ARE IN THE MORE THAN TES
OF THOUSANDS EVERY DAY. [ SPEAKG
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> EVERY SOMEONE SETS THESE GRET
THESE GREAT PROJECTS, GREAT
PLANS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. HW
COMMUNITY. HOW COME YOU DON'T
DISTRIBUTE IT TO EVERY SINGLE ?
DISTRIBUTE IT TO EVERY SINGLE C?
DISTRIBUTE IT TO EVERY SINGLE CT
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> SO TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY,
THEY SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO
SOME AREA, COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE BETTER AIR, MORE PERSONAL
SPACE. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
]
>> AND THOSE WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
THOSE WHO HAVE MENTAL ILLNESS .
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT ABLE TO
HANDLE THE CRIME THESE DAYS,
AND THEN THIS GREAT PLAN IS
TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND UNFAR
TO US. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> WE DEMAND THIS GREAT PLAN TO
BE FAR AWAY FROM US, THE
RESIDENTS OF CID AND ALSO THE
BUSINESS OWNERS OF CID. AND WE
ALSO DEMAND COMPENSATION TO US
TOO.
>> MR. INTERPRETER, CAN YOU LET
THE SPEAKER KNOW WE NEED TO WRP
IT UP? ?
>> EQUALITY IN DISTRIBUTION OF
THESE SHELTERS.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AD
MUCH. AND THANK YOU,
INTERPRETER, FOR BEING THERE FR
THERE FOR US. MADAME CLERK, AREE
ARE WE -- ARE WE READY TO MOVE
ON TO THE REMOTE SPEAKERS?
>> YES, WE'LL SWITCH UP TO THE
REMOTE SPEAKERS NOW, AND THEN
WE'LL COME BACK TO THE
IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AFTER THE
REMOTE SPEAKERS. SO WE'LL RUN E
VIDEO FOR THE DIRECTIONS ON THE
REMOTE SPEAKERS, AND WE'LL
START THERE. THANK YOU.
>> MADAME CLERK, BEFORE YOU
START THE RECORDING, I WANT TO
REITERATE AGAIN, WE HAVE 60
PEOPLE SITTING IN CHAMBERS, AND
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 12 REMOTE
SPEAKERS. PLEASE KEEP YOUR
COMMENTS TO ONE MINUTE. I DON'T
LIKE TO HAVE TO SHUT PEOPLE
OFF. THANK YOU, GO AHEAD,
MADAME CLERK.
>> HELLO, SEATTLE, WE ARE THE
EMERALD CITY, THE CITY OF
FLOWERS, AND THE CITY OF
GOODWILL, BUILT ON INDIGENOUS
LAND, THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORF
TERRITORY OF THE COSALISH
PEOPLES. THE SEATTLE CITY COUNL
CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND IS EAGER TO
HEAR FROM RESIDENTS OF OUR
CITY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A
SPEAKER AND PROVIDE A VERBAL
PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY
REGISTER TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE
MEETING VIA THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WEBSITE. HERE'S SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PROCEEDINGS. SPEAKERS
ARE COULD UPON IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH THEY REGISTER ON THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE. EACH SPEAKER
MUST CALL IN FROM THE PHONE
NUMBER PROVIDED WHEN THEY
REGISTERED ONLINE AND USED THE
MEETING ID AND PASS CODE THAT
WAS EMAILED UPON CONFIRMATION.F
CONFIRMATION. IF YOU DID NOT
RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION,
PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM OR JUNK
MAIL FOLDERS. A REMINDER, THE
SPEAKER MEETING ID IS DIFFERENT
FROM THE GENERAL LISTEN LINE
MEETING ID PROVIDED ON THE
AGENDA. ONCE THE SPEAKER'S NAME
IS CALLED, THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMUTED AND
AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT WILL SAY
THE HOST WOULD LIKE YOU TO
UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE. THAT IS
YOUR CUE THAT IT'S YOUR TURN TO
SPEAK. AT THAT TIME, YOU MUST
PRESS STAR SIX. YOU WILL THEN
HEAR A PROMPT OF YOU ARE
UNMUTED. BE SURE YOUR PHONE IS
UNMUTED ON YOUR END SO THAT YOU
WILL BE HEARD. AS A SPEAKER,
YOU SHOULD BEGIN BY STATING
YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM THAT YOU
ARE ADDRESSING. A CHIME WILL
SOUND WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT
IN YOUR ALLOTTED TIME. AS A
GENTLE REMINDER TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENTS. AT THE END OFE
OF THE ALLOTTED TIME, YOUR
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED. AND E
MUTED. AND THE NEXT SPEAKER
REGISTERED WILL BE CALLED. ONCE
SPEAKERS HAVE COMPLETED
PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT,
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE
PUBLIC COMMENT LINE AND JOIN US
BY FOLLOWING THE MEETING VIA
SEATTLE CHANNEL BROADCAST OR
THROUGH THE LISTENING LINE
OPTION LISTED ON THE AGENDA. TE
AGENDA. THE COUNCIL RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO ELIMINATE PUBLIC
COMMENT IF THE SYSTEM IS BEING
ABUSED OR IF THE PROCESS
IMPEDES THE COUNCIL'S ABILITY
TO CONDUCT ITS BUSINESS ON
BEHALF OF RESIDENTS OF THE
CITY. ANY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
THAT IS DISRUPTIVE TO THESE
PROCEEDINGS OR THAT IS NOT
FOCUSED ON AN APPROPRIATE TOPIS
TOPIC AS SPECIFIED IN COUNCIL
RULES MAY LEAD TO THE SPEAKING
BEING MUTED BY THE PRESIDING
OFFICER. OUR HOPE IS TO PROVIDE
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCTIVE .
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.E
LIST. PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS
STAR SIX AFTER YOU HEAR THE
PROMPT OF, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUT.
THANK YOU, SEATTLE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, HOWARD GAIL
WITH SEATTLE -- COMMENTING ON
OUR FAILED POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. TODAY
YOU WILL APPOINT THE NEW OPA
DIRECTOR, AND IN THE NEXT FEW S
YOU WILL APPOINT THE NEW POLICEF
POLICE CHIEF AND APPROVE A NEW
POLICE UNION CONTRACT. NONE OF
THIS WILL RESULT IN POLICE
BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEE
THE VIOLENCE AND ABUSE THAT THEY
ENGAGED IN DURING 2020. NONE OF
THIS WILL RESULT IN SEATTLE
POLICE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE
WHEN THEY GROSSLY VIOLATE
POLICY AND KILL FOLKS IN
BEHAVIORAL CRISIS. DEREK HAYDE,
CRISIS. DEREK HAYDEN, TERRY
KAIFR, AND SO MANY OTHERS. WE
WILL STILL BE EMPOWERING,
SALARIED BUREAUCRATS TO PROTECT
THE POLICE FROM COMMUNITY AND
SPENDING OVER $10 MILLION TO D.
THIS SEPTEMBER MARKS THE
ANNIVERSARIES OF THE SPD
KILTINGS OF HERBERT HIGHTOWER
JR., WHOSE SISTER IS STILL
FIGHTING FOR RECOGNITION AND
JUSTICE, CHEN, AND FRANKIE LEE
SR. WE DO NOT NEED NEW -- THAN.
NEED NEW -- THANK YOU.
>> JACOB?
>> REMINDER TO THE REMOTE CALLIN
SPEAKERS, YOU MAY NEED TO HIT
STAR SIX ONE TIME TO MAKE YOURF
AUDIBLE. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER,
WHICH IS JULIE NIELSEN, JULIE?
>> HI. MY NAME IS ZU LEE NIELSEN
AND I WORK FOR INTERIM CBA ANDE
AND THE CID. TWO YEARS AGO YOU
OPENED A 270-BED EMERGENCY
SHELTER ALONG OUR BORDER WITH
NO PUBLIC NOTICE OR INCREASE IN
SERVICES. WE'VE BEEN WONDERING
WHERE THE DRASTIC SPIKE IN
CRIME, VANDALISM, FIRES,
GRAFFITI AND SQUALOR WAS COMING
FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEAR,
AND NOW WE SEE HOW IT PERFECTLY
ALIGNS WITH THE OPENING. THIS
IS NOT AN US VERSUS THEM OR
NIMBY SITUATION, THIS IS ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND SHELTERS,
ESPECIALLY LOW BARRIER WITH
ACTIVE DRUG USE, LIKE THE
EXISTING SHELTER. THEY DON'T
LIVE IN THE POOREST, LARGELY
NONENGLISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES
THAT ALREADY HAVE MANY SHELTERN
SHELTERS WITHIN A MILE OF THEIR
HOME. LOOK AT AN AERIAL MAP,
YOU'LL FIND UNAUTHORIZED TENT
ENCAMPMENTS SURROUNDING LOW
BARRIER SHELTERS. DRUG DEALERS,
SEX TRAFFICKERS, SEX OFFENDERS,
AND ILLEGAL WEAPONS. YOU KNOW
WE'RE ALREADY AT THE HIGHEST
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT WITH SCHOS
WITH SCHOOLS AND DAY CARES, AND
A MAJORITY --
>> OUR NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER IS
LESLIE.
>> LESLIE? I DON'T -- LESLIE,
ARE YOU THERE?
>> YES, I'M LESLIE WITH INTERIM
CBA. INTERIM HAS HELPED
REVITALIZE THE CID FOR 55 YEAR.
WE HOLD TWO CONTRACTS FOR
DIVERSION AND HOMELESSNESS
PREVENTION. OUR CID BUILDING
HOUSES HOMELESS AND IMMINENTLYS
IMMINENTLY HOMELESS FAMILIES. TY
FAMILIES. THEY ARE MAKING OUR
WORK MUCH HARDER. WE IMPLORE YU
IMPLORE YOU TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE HOMELESS AUTHORITY'S
STATED CONVICTIONS AROUND
RACIAL EQUITY. AS IT STANDS,
THIS SCHEME FOR A COLOSSAL
HOMELESS SHELTER NEXT TO THE CD
THE CID LOOKS LIKE AN
INTENTIONAL PLOY TO KEEP THE
POOREST PEOPLE OF COLOR DOWN,
TO CONCENTRATE THEM IN ONE
SMALL AREA AWAY FROM WHITER,
MORE AFFLUENT AREAS AND PIT
THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER. HOW
CAN YOU ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY
BY FOCUSSING ON ONE
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY,
HOMELESS PEOPLE, TO THE
EXCLUSION OF ANOTHER, THE CID.P
CID. STO DISREGARDING THE LIVED
EXPERIENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
CID.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIRK
ROBBINS, KIRK? KIRK?
>> HI. I'M KIRK ROBBINS,
DISTRICT SIX.
>> SPEAK UP, KIRK.
>> ACCOUNT -- SORRY? HELLO?
>> HELLO, WE'RE HERE, YOU GOT TO
SPEAK UP, SIR.
>> SORRY. I'M KIRK ROBBINS LIVE
IN DISTRICT SIX IN BALLARD,
TALKING ABOUT BALLARD COMMONS
PARK. BALLARD COMMONS PARK IS
VACANT AND FENCED OFF ENTIRELY
FROM USERS. THERE'S NO REASON
FOR THIS EXCEPT THAT THEY'RE
PLANNING FOR A -- THERE'S NO
REASON WHY THEY CAN'T MOVE THE
FENCES TO ALLOW AT LEAST HALF,Y
HALF, PROBABLY MORE OF THE PARK
TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM IT
DURING THE PANDEMIC. ALSO, CALG
PANDEMIC. ALSO, CALLING IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE FOLKS IN
THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. I W
DISTRICT. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO HAVE A PROJECT DUMPED ON
YOU. I THINK THE FACT THAT IT'S
BEING DONE NOW IN A MANNER THAT
IS RACIST.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BETTY LU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BETTY LUKE.
>> OKAY, AM I ON?
>> YOU ARE.
>> YES, YOU ARE.
>> OKAY, BETTY LUKE, CID. IT IS
OUTRAGEOUS THAT THERE IS A
DOUBLE JEOPARDY OF TWO PROJECTS
PROPOSED TO PUT IN THE CID. BOH
CID. BOTH THE TRANSIT HUB AND
THE HOMELESS MEGA PLANT WILL
CREATE SAFETY AND ECONOMIC LOSO
LOSS TO THE RESIDENTS, WORKERS,
AND VISITORS TO THE CID. THERES
THE CID. THERE'S A NAVIGATION
CENTER, WHICH WAS FOISTED ON US
WITH NO WARNING. IT FEATURES
POPULATION OF HOMELESS WITH
ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS. THE MEGA PLEX PLAN
WOULD DRASTICALLY INCREASE THAT
LEVEL OF HARM TO OUR NEIGHBORH.
BECAUSE THOSE 500 PEOPLE ARE NOT
GOING TO STAY AT THE MEGAPLEX
DURING THE DAY AND EARLY
EVENING. SINCE DRUG AND ALCOHOL
WILL NOT BE ALLOWED AT THE
MEGAPLEX, THOSE CRIMINAL
ADDICTION AND ACTIONS WILL BE
BROUGHT INTO OUR CID STREETS,
ALLEYS, AND DOORWAYS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACK FRA.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACK FRANCI.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER I
AND JACK, YOU NEED TO HIT STAR.
YOU NEED TO HIT STAR SIX.
>> JACK ARE YOU THERE?
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO
SKIP --
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YEP, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. MY NAME IS
JACK, I LIVE IN THE U DISTRICTI
DISTRICT. I AM CALLING IN FROM A
JOB SITE. I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON
INITIATIVE I-35, IT'S THE
POSSIBILITY -- TO THE BALLOT
FOR FEBRUARY 14th. I WOULD LIKE
TO HOUSE OUR NEIGHBORS AND
HOUSE THE MOST VULNERABLE
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. PEOPLE
ON THIS SITE KEEP ON COMMENTING
ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A SHELTER
BEING BUILT IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. I MEAN,
IF THEY HAVE COMMUNITY HOUSING,
WHY WOULD WE NEED A SHELTER? I
DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S
MY THOUGHT PROCESS. I DON'T
WANT TO TAKE UP OTHER PEOPLE'S
TIME. I SUPPORT INITIATIVE 135,
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. I YIELD
MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER S
MAXWELL.
>> HI, MY NAME IS MAX. I'M A
FINNY RIDGE RESIDENT, AND I'M
GOING TO REITERATE WHAT WAS
SAID BEFORE. I'M CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF INITIATIVE 135. I WT
135. I WANT TO HOUSE MY
NEIGHBORS AND UNDERSTAND THE
COMMENTS BEING MADE ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS AND IT BEING
DISTRESSING IN SEATTLE. SO
THAT'S WHY I'M IN SUPPORT OF
CREATING A SEATTLE CENTRAL
HOUSING DEVELOPER SO WE CAN
BUILD AND MAINTAIN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTT
THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR DIVERSY
OUR DIVERSITY AS A CITY, AND I
THINK IT'S A COMPLETELY ETHICAL
AND MORLEY RIGHT THING TO DO. K
DO. THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ABBY.
>> ABBY?
>> HELLO?
>> HI.
>> HI, YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY
NAME IS ABBY, AND I AM
APPRECIATIVE FOR THE ABILITY TO
SPEAK TO YOU ALL TODAY IN
REGARDS TO BUILDING A BETTER
FILM COMMUNITY FOR THE SEATTLE
AREA. I'VE BEEN A FILMMAKER
SINCE 2013, AND SINCE I WAS
STATIONED HERE WITH THE NAVY IN
2008 I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND S
FIND WAYS TO COMBAT MENTAL
HEALTH AND PTSD SYMPTOMS. AND
WHAT HAS HELPED ME THE MOST
WITH THAT IS BEING A SCREEN
WRITER AND FILMMAKER. AS A
RESIDENT OF KING COUNTY, I'VE
HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING
INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF
ACTIVITIES THAT HELPED TO
PROMOTE OUR FILM COMMUNITY. I'N
COMMUNITY. I'M ON THE BOARD OF
THE SEATTLE FILM SUMMIT ALONG
WITH RISING REELS, WHICH IS A
BIPOC YOUTH ORGANIZATION FOR
TEENAGERS. AND I WORK WITH THE
SEATTLE FILM TASK FORCE, WHICH
WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY MAYOR
DURKAN. I'M HOPING WITH A FILM
COMMUNITY OR WITH A FILM
MISSION WE CAN HAVE MORE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DIVERSITY
AND EQUITY ON OUR FILM
PRODUCTIONS HERE IN SEATTLE. TK
SEATTLE. THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER, I
BELIEVE, IS NETSY. NETSY?
>> NETSY, ARE YOU HERE?
>> YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN NOW, THANK YOU.
>> HI, MY NAME IS NETSY. I JUST
WANTED TO ECHO THE STATEMENTS
OF ABBY AND SAY THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO CHAMPION THE EFFORTS OF
OUR FILMMAKERS, AND I WOULD
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE FILM
COMMISSION. I THINK WE HAVE A
LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US IN
TERMS OF MAKING AN EQUITABLE
AND DIVERSE FILM COMMUNITY. AND
I THINK THAT WORK STARTS BY
CREATING A FILM COMMISSION. AND
BY MAKING A REALLY WONDERFUL
AND PERMANENT STABLE FORCE IN
FRONT OF US. AND ALSO I ALSO
WANTED TO -- YEAH. I'LL LEAVE
IT WITH THAT. I'LL YIELD MY
TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR REMOTE
PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND WE'LL NOW
MOVE INTO THE IN-PERSON -- BACK
TO THE IN-PERSON SIGN-UP SHEETM
SHEET. I'M -- IF I GET YOUR NAME
WRONG, I'M ALSO GOING TO READ
THE NUMBER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
LOOKED AT THE NUMBER WHERE YOU
SIGNED UP. WE'RE GOING TO START
WITH NUMBER ONE. PLEASE
APPROACH THE PODIUM AND SPEAK
INTO THE MIC, CLOSE LIKE THIS.
>> IS SHE IN? OKAY, THEN WE'RE G
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT
PERSON. SPEAKER NUMBER TWO. AND
NOW WE HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER
THREE, SUE. AND SPEAKER NUMBER,
HUGH YING. IT'S VERY POSSIBLE
THAT SOME PEOPLE SIGNED UP
THINKING THEY NEEDED TO SIGN UP
TO COME INTO THE MEETING AND
NOT NECESSARILY SPEAK.
>> WELL, IF SOME OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS COME IN, THEN WE'LL
JUST -- WE'LL GET -- WE'LL MAKE
SURE THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY. T
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH]
>> OKAY. [ SPE
>> DO WE HAVE AN INTERPRETER? ?R
THIS GENTLEMAN? [ SPEAKING
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS SANDY. [
SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> I COME HERE TO ATTEND TODAY'S
MEETING FOR THE WHOLE AREA ANDL
THE RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN/ID. [
SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> THE GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T BE
ESTABLISHING A MEGA SHELTER CLE
TO CHINATOWN/ID. [ SPEAKING NONH
]
>> IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNSAFE
TO OUR SENIORS, TO OUR
MINORITIES, TO OUR KIDS IN CHI.
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> BECAUSE THEY WILL SPIT ON USY
US. THEY WOULD HAVE PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE AGAINST US, CREATING Y
UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR US. [
SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE
LIVING JUST NEXT DOOR TO US. [
SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> WE WANT THEM TO BE DISTRIBUTD
THROUGHOUT LOCATIONS SOMEWHERE
ELSE. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> WHEN THEY DON'T LIVE CLOSE TO
OUR COMMUNITY, WE WILL BE
SAFER. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
]
>> IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO US, GT
LISTEN TO US, GOVERNMENT -- [
SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> -- GOVERNMENT, LISTEN, IF YOU
DON'T LISTEN TO US, HOW ABOUT
LET THEM LIVE BY THE GOVERNMEN.
DON'T YOU GUYS AGREE? EVERYBODY.
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> THIS BUILDING IS EXTREMELY
SAFE, AND IT'S EXTREMELY
SUITABLE FOR THEM TO MOVE HERE.
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> WE SYMPATHIZE THE STREET PEOE
SYMPATHIZE THE STREET PEOPLE --
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> -- BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN
KIND TO US. THAT'S ALL. THANK .
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH]
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I COME
HERE TODAY TO BE VOICING OUT FR
OUR PEOPLE IN CHINATOWN/ID. [ SG
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE
2006 FOR THE MANY, MANY YEARS,
AND I'M VERY -- I KNOW CHINATON
VERY WELL. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLIH
]
>> BECAUSE OF THE HOMELESS
PEOPLE GATHERING IN
CHINATOWN/ID IS CREATING A LOT
OF INSECURITY. I CAN GIVE YOU E
EXAMPLES. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLIS]
EXAMPLES. [
>> THEY ARE BEATING UP THE
SENIOR CITIZENS, CURSING THEM ,
ROBBING THEM. [ SPEAKING
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. [G
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> AND THE BUSINESS PEOPLE, THEY
GOT THEIR DOOR BROKEN INTO. THY
INTO. THEY GOT THEIR STORAGE
AREA BROKEN INTO. ALMOST GOT
THEIR CAR BROKEN INTO. I
MYSELF, I HAD MY CAR BROKEN
INTO TWO TIMES THE LAST FEW
MONTHS. AND EACH TIME COSTING E
$200. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> TEN SECONDS, OKAY, ALL RIGHTK
YOU.
>> NEXT? OKAY. WE HAVE THE NEXT?
OKAY. WE HAVE THE NEXT ONE? ONE?
WE HAVE THE NEXT ONE? [ SPEAKIG
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> NEXT? NEXT? NEXT? THIS IS --S
IS ENGLISH, MARGARITA RICHARD.
>> YOU GO AHEAD FIRST, I'LL
DOUBLE CHECK WITH HER.
>> OKAY, MY NAME IS MARGUERITE
RICHARD, I'M FROM SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON. AND I BROUGHT THIS
BOOK ON PURPOSE, BECAUSE IT
SAYS EYES ON THE PRIZE:
AMERICA'S CIVIL RIGHTS YEARS,
1954 TO 1965. JUAN WILLIAMS. AD
I KNOW -- I DON'T KNOW HIM
PERSONALLY, BUT I WAS IN HIS NT
HIS NEST WHEN HE CAME HERE TO S,
TO SPEAK, AND I'M CONCERNED AS I
LOOK IN THIS AUDIENCE, I'M SURE
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF
DISABILITY GOING ON HERE, AND
THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY'S RIGHTS
HAS A RIGHT TO BE PROTECTED. I
CAN IMAGINE THEM HAVING TO GO
THROUGH THAT. WHATEVER IT IS
THAT THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT,
WE'VE DONE THE SAME THING WITH
NO RECOURSE WHATSOEVER. YOU
HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF THE STRUGGLE AND THE
STRUGGLE IS CONTINUING AND THIS
IS 2022. THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR.
IF THEY HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE
IN NUMBERS TO SAY THAT THEIR
RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED,
THAT'S THE SAME THING I'VE BEE.
IT'S JUST -- --
>> MADAME CLERK, I'M TRYING TO
BE MINDFUL OF THE INTERPRETER'S
TIME, SO -- OR THE TRANSLATOR,
INTERPRETER, SO ARE WE GOING TO
CONTINUE WITH SOME MORE
INDIVIDUALS WHERE WE'LL NEED HS
INDIVIDUALS WHERE WE'LL NEED HIS
SERVICES? [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLIH
]
>> WE DON'T AGREE HAVING A MEGA
SHELTER BUILT CLOSE TO US FOR
THE HOMELESS. NUMBER ONE, IT'SG
THE MARKET. [ SPEAKING
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> IT'S AFFECTING THE HYGIENE OE
AFFECTING THE HYGIENE OF THE
ENVIRONMENT. [ SPEAKING
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> IT'S CAUSING US SENIOR
CITIZENS TO NOT LEAVE OUR HOUSN
IT'S DARK. [ SPEAKING
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> ALL OF US DO NOT AGREE. THAN.
OF US DO NOT AGREE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES.R
NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARON LEE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M SHARON
LEE, DIRECTOR OF THE LOW-INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE. HI, AND I
WANTED TO ADDRESS THE MEGA
SHELTER THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.I
PROPOSED. I WOULD LIKE THE CITY
COUNCIL TO TAKE SOME
LEADERSHIP, ALONG WITH THE
MAYOR, TO UNWIND THIS PROPOSAL
AND SEEK AN ALTERNATIVE. I
BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE TO HOUSE
HOMELESS PEOPLE BUT TO HOUSE
PEOPLE IN A DIGNIFIED,
RESPECTFUL WAY THROUGHOUT KING
COUNTY AND SEATTLE IN
NEIGHBORHOODS IN TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 11
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, AND THEY
WORK VERY WELL. AND THEY
INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH HIGH
ACUITY, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND
FRAILTY. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT
IS RACIST TO BE PUTTING MORE
PEOPLE IN THE
CHINATOWN/INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT BECAUSE THIS IS POOR .
THE INITIAL SITE WAS DONE
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC TO HAVE
A 270 SHELTER. AND BY ADDING
200 ADDITIONAL UNITS --
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
VIVIAN CHOW, VIVIAN?
>> HI, MY NAME IS VIVIAN CHOW. I
HAVE A BUSINESS IN CHINATOWN. Y
CHINATOWN. MY PARENTS OPENED
THIS BUSINESS SINCE 1987. AND
I'VE BEEN -- I SEE HOW IT
AFFECT OUR BUSINESS AND THE
COMMUNITY. THE SENIORS ARE
BEING BEATEN UP AND ALL THE
BUSINESSES ARE AFRAID BECAUSE
OF THE WINDOWS AND DOORS BEING
VIOLATED AND SO EVEN BARTELL
DRUGS IS DOWN NEARBY IN
CHINATOWN IS TOTALLY CLOSED DUE
TO THE HOMELESS AND THE THEFT
AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING
AROUND. AND I DON'T THINK THE
SHELTER SHOULD BE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD OR NEARBY OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JIMMY LUANG.
>> HE ALREADY SPOKE.
>> OH, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAR
IS CONNIE SO, CONNIE? ?
>> I'M WONDERING, CAN I GET A
MINUTE 30, I WANT TO SAY A FEW
THINGS IN CANTNESE TOO. I DON'T
THINK I'LL TAKE A MINUTE 30,
BUT I WANT A LITTLE BIT JUST IN
CASE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ, MAY
SHE SPEAK PARTIALLY IN ENGLISHY
IN CANTNESE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. [ SPEAKING NON-EH
]
>> I'M CONNIE SO, A TEACHING
PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON'S AMERICA PARTNER. E
PARTNER. I'VE LIVED IN SEATTLE
FOR 54 YEARS. I'M ASHAMED,
FRUSTRATED, AND VERY ANGRY
ABOUT THE SEEMING INDIFFERENCE
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO
THE NEEDS OF THE
CHINATOWN/INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT. ISN'T IT ENOUGH THAT
OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE SUFFERED
OUTRIGHT DISCRIMINATION,
INCLUDING EXCLUSION LAWS, RED
LIGHTING. IT'S NOT HISTORICAL,
IT CONTINUES. THIS WHOLE RACIS.
THE ONLY REASON WHY SOME OF IT
DISSIPATES IS BECAUSE WE THE
PEOPLE DEMAND IT. NOW ONCE
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO STOP THE
GOVERNMENT FROM BULLYING US. TS
US. THIS IS THE 50th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE KINGDOM RALLY. WE HAD TO
COME TOGETHER, STOP THE
GOVERNMENT FROM BULLDOZING OUR
COMMUNITY. BUT RATHER THAN
CELEBRATE THE PRESERVATION OF
OUR COMMUNITY, THEY NOW WANT TO
DEMOLISH FOURTH AVENUE AND
FIFTH AVENUE AND KILL OFF THE
BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE ALREADY SUFFERED DURING
THE PANDEMIC AND THE INCREASING
HATE CRIME THAT HAS NOT
DISAPPEARED. NOW THEY'RE
CREATING A LARGE MEGA SHELTER
NEAR OUR COMMUNITY WITHOUT
LETTING OUR COMMUNITY KNOW. WHE
KNOW. WHILE WE ARE GENEROUS AND
COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE, WE HAVE
ALSO SUFFERED FROM HATE CRIMESR
CRIMES. OUR ELDERLY ARE AFRAID
TO GO OUT BECAUSE OF HARASSMENT
AND ASSAULTS. PLEASE ENGAGE
WITH US. LISTEN TO OUR PEOPLE
AND PUT A MORATORIUM ON THE
PROJECT. ENOUGH OF BULLYING OF
IMMIGRANTS AND ASIAN AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER S
JAY.
>> HELLO, I AM JAY. I LIVE IN A
CONDO, AND I'VE BEEN VICTIMIZED
BY MY CAR BEING BROKEN INTO AND
EVERYTHING TAKEN. WE -- I AM IN
THE CHINATOWN SAFETY PATROL AND
SEE FIRSTHAND DRUG USE AND ALL
KINDS OF PROBLEMS. AND I WANT O
WANT TO THANK SARAH NELSON AND
ANDREW LEWIS FOR SHOWING UP,
TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW UP,
ALONG WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE. I
HOPE AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC
COMMENT, TAMMY MORALES, WHO
REPRESENTS OUR DISTRICT, WILL
SUPPORT US AND MAKE A STATEMENT
THAT SAYS SHE WILL SUPPORT US
AND HELP DEFEND OUR RIGHTS. I
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY OF SPENDING
$66.5 MILLION TO ADD ONLY 150
BEDS, COMES OUT TO ABOUT
$440,000 FOR ADDITIONAL BEDS. Y
BEDS. WHY NOT USE MAGNUSON PARK
WHERE THEY HAVE HANGER 30, THE
INDOOR TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE
CLIMATE CONTROLLED WITH FOOD
SERVICES AND SHELTERS ALREADY N
ALREADY IN PLACE. THEY WERE
GIFTED THE LAND BY U.S. NAVY. S
NAVY. IT'S ALREADY THERE. WHY
NOT USE THAT FACILITY? WHY BUT
IT IN CHINATOWN WHERE THERE'S
NO BUFFER? THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS BETH. BETH?
>> SHE ALREADY SPOKE.
>> SHE SPOKE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS FRANK BROWN. IS FRANK BROWN
STILL HERE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I AM
FRANK BROWN, RESIDENT OF
WALLINGFORD. PEOPLE RESPOND TO
INCENTIVES AND DISINCENTIVES. D
DISINCENTIVES. PROPOSED HOMELESS
EXPANSION WOULD FURTHER
INCENTIVIZE THE CRIME THAT IS
DESTROYING THIS CITY, THE
VANDALISM, THE THEFT, AND THE
PERSONAL SELF-DESTRUCTION. AT
THE SAME TIME, THE PROPOSAL
WOULD FURTHER DISINCENTIVIZE WT
DISINCENTIVIZE WHAT IS KEY TO
THE WELL BEING OF A CITY, A
VIBRANT, MIDDLE CLASS OF
BUSINESSES LIKE WE HAVE IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH
WOULD ONLY PROMOTE THE MONOPOLY
POSITION OF THE BIG BOX STORES
AND BUSINESSES. IN OTHER WORDS,
FURTHER ENRICHING THE WEALTHY D
WEALTHY AND IMPOVERISHING ALL
THE REST OF US. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER,
IF I COULD ASK THE AUDIENCE AND
BYSTANDERS TO KEEP DOWN THEIR
CHATTER. AL ROSENTHAL, PLEASE.R
NEXT SPEAKER IS AL ROSENTHAL.
>> WALK THE STREETS OF SEATTLE.K
SEATTLE. LOOK AT THE HOMELESS. T
THE NUMBER OF ASIAN HOMELESS
THAT YOU SEE. THERE ARE VERY
FEW. OBSERVE THE HOMELESS THAT
YOU SEE. THE MAJORITY OF THEM
HAVE DRUG OR ALCOHOL PROBLEMS.E
PROBLEMS. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS
TO LOOK AT THE ASIAN COMMUNITY
TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING
RIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THE
HOMELESS PROBLEM. I KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE DOING RIGHT. IT'S
CLOSE FAMILY. I HAVE THE CDC
DATA TO PROVE IT. PER THE FBI,
WHITE PEOPLE HAVE A CRIME RATE
FOUR TIMES ASIAN AMERICANS. WHY
ARE YOU DUMPING 500 HOMELESS, T
HOMELESS, VAST MAJORITY WHITE,
MOSTLY ADDICTED HOMELESS ON
CHINATOWN. DO YOU WANT TO
DESTROY CHINATOWN? WHY DON'T
YOU PUT THIS HOMELESS CAMP IN
DISCOVERY PARK. OU HAVE
FACILITIES THERE, BUILDINGS, A
BIG FIELD FOR THE RVs. IS
MAGNOLIA TOO WHITE OF A
NEIGHBORHOOD TO PUT A HOMELESS
CAMP THAT HAS VAST MAJORITY
WHITE PEOPLE? I WAS ON THE 2015
REDMOND HOMELESS TASK FORCE. I
OWN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN
SEATTLE. I KNOW WHAT THE
HOMELESS CAUSE IN THE CRIME.
>> MADAME CLERK, HOLD UP A BIT.,
BIT. FOLKS, I UNDERSTAND YOUR EN
YOUR EMOTION AND YOUR
ENTHUSIASM, BUT FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC, WE REALLY NEED YOU TO
KIND OF KEEP IT DOWN, BECAUSE
WE CAN'T -- PEOPLE CAN'T HEAR.I
HEAR. I APPRECIATE, THAT'S WHY E
WHY WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND
IF WE NEED TO EXTEND IT SO
THOSE OF YOU WHO SIGNED UP CAN
SPEAK AS WELL, BUT BE
RESPECTFUL AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO
HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO HAVE THEIR
OPINION, BUT ALSO IF THAT
OPINION IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T
AGREE WITH. WITH THAT MADAME
CLERK, GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOEY COL,
JOEY? ?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> YES.
>> MY NAME IS JOEY, I ACTUALLY E
IN THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
BETWEEN KING AND JACKSON OVER Y
OVER BY THE OVERPASS. PRETTY
MUCH SINCE I'VE BEEN LIVING
THERE, I'VE WITNESSED ALL
MANNER OF THINGS IN THE PAST
COUPLE MONTHS. I'VE KICKED OUT
THREE DRUG USERS THAT I'VE SEEN
DOING DRUGS FROM MY DOORSTEP. E
DOORSTEP. I'VE STEPPED OVER
HUMAN FECES RIGHT IN MY DOORST.
THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF
YOU WALK DOWN THERE, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE
THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT
BUSINESSES ARE BOARDED UP,
WINDOWS ARE SMASHED, PINK
GORILLA, A BUSINESS DOWN THERE,
HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO TWICE IN
THE SAME WEEK. THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS OF MERCHANDISE TAKEN.
FUJI BAKERY RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC. AND
YOU WANT TO MOVE 500 MORE
PEOPLE INTO THAT? 500 MORE
HOMELESS WITH ALL MANNER OF
PROBLEMS? THINK ABOUT THAT. THK
THAT. THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
LETTING HAPPEN. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER S
MIKE DONNELLY. MIKE DONNELLY.
>> HI, MY NAME IS MIKE DONNELLY,
I'M THE BUILDING MANAGER FOR
THE INSCAPE ARTS BUILDING, THED
THE OLD IMMIGRATION BUILDING. WE
ARE THE DIRECT NEIGHBOR TO THE
SHELTER. I HAVE MANAGED THE
BUILDING FOR TEN YEAR, AND IN
THAT TIME WORKED WITH THE BOOTH
SHELTER, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET FROM US, THE
VETERANS SHELTER, RARELY HAD AN
ISSUE WITH THE BOOTH SHELTER. E
SHELTER. SINCE THE CURRENT
SHELTER WENT IN DURING COVID, Y
COVID, NOBODY WILL TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENS
OUTSIDE THE GATE. INSIDE THE
GATE I TOOK A TOUR WITH THE NEW
IN CHARGE. EVERYTHING'S CLEAN,
GUARDS IN THERE. OUTSIDE THE
GATES, NOBODY TAKES
RESPONSIBLE. URBAN VISIONS, WHO
OWNS THE PROPERTY, COULDN'T GEM
GET THEM TO CLEAN UP. THE
COUNTY, COULDN'T GET THEM TO DO
CLEANUP UNTIL TANYA GOT PRESS
GOING. SINCE THEN, THE COUNTY
IS MIRACULOUSLY COMING TWO,
THREE TIMES A WEEK, GETTING
READY FOR THEIR TOUR NEXT WEEKI
WEEK. I SUPPORT A PAUSE IN THE
EXPANSION UNTIL THEY START TO
LISTEN. THANKS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALENA FO.
ALENA? ?
>> HI, MY NAME IS ALENA WITH
HUMANE VOTERS OF WASHINGTON. PS
WASHINGTON. PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES T
ATTITUDES ABOUT CONFINING WILD
ANIMALS IN CAGES AND TANKS ARE
CHANGING. WE NEED OUR CITY
LEADERS TO CHANGE WITH US AND
STOP THE UNJUSTIFIABLE FLOW OF
TAXPAYER MONEY TO THE CAPTIVITY
INDUSTRY. A LOCAL SURVEY
CONDUCTED BY GMA RESEARCH, A
NATIONAL POLLING COMPANY, WAS
DONE. IT ASKED WHAT ARE YOUR
PRIMARY SOURCES OF INFORMATION
ABOUT WILD ANIMALS. ONLY 1%
SAID THE ZOO, EVEN THOUGH THE
ZOO WAS OFFERED AS A CHOICE. 6%
CHOICE. 60% OF RESIDENTS ARE
INTERESTED IN AN ALTERNATIVE TO
TRADITIONAL ZOOS WHICH DOESN'T
USE WILD ANIMALS. 85% OF RESPOS
OF RESPON DANTS SAID PEOPLE ARE
CHANGING THE WAY THEY THINK
ABOUT ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY. WHY
ARE WE FUNDING MORE ANIMALS TO
ÃSUFFER IN TANKS AND CAGES. WE
ARE ASKING TO THE CITY COUNCIL
END THE ZOO'S FUNDING THROUGH
THE SEATTLE PARKS DISTRICT ANDT
AND RESPECT OUR CITY'S ETHICS BY
PASSING A RESOLUTION FOR THE AM
THE AQUARIUM TO INSTALL A
NONLIVE EXPERIENCE INSTEAD OF
AN INHUMANE SHARK TANK. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS HANNAH THOMPSON GARNER. HAN?
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS HANNAH
THOMPSON GARNER, I'M THE
DIRECTOR FOR THE NORTHWEST
ANIMAL RIGHTS NETWORK. WE ARE
HERE TO DEMAND THE SEATTLE AQUM
SEATTLE AQUARIUM NOT RECEIVE INE
RECEIVE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS AND
TO VOICE OUR OPPOSITION TO THE
PLANNED OCEAN PAVILION OF THE E
THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM. WE ARE IN
OPPOSITION BECAUSE OF THE
INEQUITABLE COST TO TAXPAYERS,
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, AND
THE ANIMAL WELFARE CONCERNS OF
THE SHARK TANK. WE ARE HERE
BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL AND
MAYOR HARRELL REFUSE TO MEET
WITH US TO DISCUSS THESE
DEMANDS. WE GATHER HERE TODAY
O SHOW SEATTLEITES WHAT INFRASE
WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TOE
TO. PLEASE HAVE OUR TAX DOLLARS
GO TO EQUITABLE PROJECTS. ALSO,
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE IT IS WRONG
TO PORTRAY THE SHARK TANK AS A
FORM OF CONSERVATION. IT IS
WRONG TO KEEP ANIMALS IN
CAPTIVITY INSTEAD OF PROMOTING
REAL CONSERVATION EFFORTS. THE
USE OF LIVE ANIMALS IS AN
OUTDATED MODEL AND IS BECOMING
MORE AND MORE LESS PREFERABLE
TO PEOPLE WHO VISIT AQUARIUMS
AND ZOOS. NO SEATTLE SHARK
TANK, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS SOPHIE McFADDEN, SOPHIE? IS
SOPHIE IN THE ROOM? OKAY, OUR
NEXT SPEAKER IS PAUL HUGHES. TN
SUSAN LEE WOO. SUSAN? OUR NEXT R
COULD BE SITU? OKAY. NEXT? ? OUR
NEXT SPEAKER IS AMY CHEN -- OHO
DO WE HAVE? [ SPEAKING
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> MY HUSBAND IS HANDICAPPED,
AND HE WAS INTIMIDATED AND
HARASSED BY THE HOMELESS LAST
YEAR. AND THEN MY NEIGHBOR WHO
LIVE IN THE BASEMENT WAS ROBBE.
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> SO THE NEIGHBOR IN THE --
LIVING IN THE BASEMENT DOES
EMBROIDERY, AND HER EMBROIDERY
EQUIPMENT WAS STOLEN IN THE
BURGLARY. AND THEN ANOTHER
PERSON LIVING ON THE THIRD
FLOOR WAS PUNCHED BY THE HOMEL.
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> REGARDLESS, I DON'T AGREE
HAVING THE HOMELESS LIVING
CLOSE TO CHINATOWN/ID, BUT IF
THE GOVERNMENT REALLY WANTS IT,
ASK THEM TO COME AND LIVE HERET
HERE. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> AND THEN IN CHINATOWN/ID, WE
ORIGINALLY HAD A TREE THAT WAS,
WAS GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS, BUT THEN
THAT TREE WAS DESTROYED BY THE
HOMELESS. WE HAVE NO MORE BEAUL
TREE. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> AND THE HOMELESS LIVE RIGHT
OUTSIDE OUR BUILDING, AND
THEY'RE LEAVING BEHIND THOSE
CARDBOARD PAPER, FECES, URINE,
YOU NAME IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. [ SPEAKING
NON-ENGLISH ]
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHAN. ARU
HERE? [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]
>> OH, SHE ALREADY SPOKE.
>> OKAY. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH]
>> OKAY. [ SP
>> AMY CHEN. ENGLISH. OKAY.
>> IT IS UNFAIR AND UNJUST TO
PIT MARGINALIZED GROUPS AGAINSH
AGAINST EACH OTHER. WHY DO WE
HAVE TO CHOOSE WHO TO
PRIORITIZE? THERE ARE ALREADY
-- THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES
BESIDES THE CID. WE ALREADY
HAVE TEN SHELTERS WITHIN A
ONE-MILE RADIUS. IT IS ALSO
OUTRAGEOUS THAT IN 2022 WE SEEH
SEE SUCH BLATANT SYSTEMIC
RACISM. THERE'S THE D.O.T.
PROJECT RIPPING THROUGH THE CID
AND NOW THE MEGA SHELTER PLANSO
PLANS. SO YOU TELL US, IS THIS A
TARGETED ATTACK OR BLATANT
DISREGARD FOR THIS COMMUNITY? A
COMMUNITY THAT'S MORE THAN A
NEIGHBORHOOD, A HOME, BUT ALSO
A PLACE OF CULTURAL AND
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. THIS
IS THE THIRD LOCATION FOR CHIN.
EVERY TIME IT WAS MOVED BECAUSE
OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE
GREATER GOOD. SO WHO EXACTLY
THE GOOD GREATER FOR?
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER S
JANET BROWN. JANET? ?
>> MY NAME IS JANET BROWN AND
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
MEGAPLEX THAT IS PROPOSED FOR E
CHINATOWN/ID. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO
SHOW UP IN THE CID FOR PARADESD
PARADES AND FESTIVALS. THE 4,000
PLUS RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA
DESERVE TO BE CONSULTED AND
INFORMED ABOUT CHANGES THAT
WILL IMPACT THEM. CERTAINLY THE
PROPOSED LOW BARRIER SHELTER
WITH 500 BEDS PLUS A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE FOR 50 AND AN RV LOT
FOR THE SAME NUMBER LOCATED ON
THE EDGE OF THE CID IS GOING TO
IMPACT THE COMMUNITY WITH AT LT
AT LEAST 600 NEW NEIGHBORS OR AN
INCREASE OF 15%. HOWEVER, THE
DISTRICT REMAINED UNINFORMED
ABOUT THIS PROJECT UNTIL SEEING
MAYOR HARRELL'S PRESS RELEASE
THAT WAS ISSUED IN MAY. IT'S
NOW SEPTEMBER, AND THIS COMPLEX
WILL SUPPOSEDLY OPEN IN LATE
FALL WITH NO CONSIDERATION TO
SHOW TO THE AREA ADJACENT TO
IT. PUT A MORATORIUM ON THIS
MULTIPLE DOLLAR FACILITY UNTIL
THE CID HAS PREVENTED A VOICE
CONCERNING IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ALEC ZIMMERMAN. I BELIEVE
HE'S LEFT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
ZH TANG? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KM
NGUYEN. KIM? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IE
-- --
>> WHAT NUMBER ARE WE ON, MADAM?
>> NUMBER 59.
>> MY NAME IS KIM NGUYEN, AND I
OWN THE BEAUTY SCHOOL IN
CHINATOWN NEXT TO THE VILLAGE
HOMELESS. AND EVERY DAY I HAVE
TO TAKE OUT ALL THE NEEDLES AND
EVERYTHING, SO MY JOB IS
BUILDING COMMUNITY, CLEANING,
NAIL LICENSE, COSMETOLOGY. I
REALLY LOVE THE HOMELESS. I CUT
HAIR IN BELLEVUE, BUT THE
HOMELESS HAVE TO CUT THE
POLICY, HAVE TO DO CORRECTLY,
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE THE
GOVERNMENT TAKING CARE OF THE
CROWD BEFORE ANYTHING. BECAUSE
THE SMALL THING YOU DON'T
TAKING CARE CORRECTLY THE
SMALL, LIKE WE PAY TAX AND WE
DO THE BEST WE CAN. WHEN I HAVE
A PROBLEM, I CALL POLICE, AND
THEY BREAK-IN FIVE TIME IN MY G
MY BUILDING AND THEN THEY BREAK
THE CALL FOR THE STUDENT TOO. T
THE STUDENT TOO. BUT ALSO NOBODY
TAKE CARE OF THAT. NO POLICE AT
ALL. TAKE CARE OF THE CRIME. TS
CRIME. THAT'S REALLY BAD. NO
SHELTER, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSE RO.
IS JESSE HERE? THANK YOU.
>> I'M A LIFELONG SEATTLEITE,
WENT TO ALL MY SCHOOL HERE AND
SPENT A LOT OF TIME, DECADES IN
FACT, IN THE
CHINATOWN/INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT COMMUNITY. NOW I HAVE
THE CHANCE TO RAISE MY KIDS IN
THE SAME KIND OF ENVIRONMENT,
IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
ÃTO DO THE SAME THING I GOT TO
DO WHEN I WAS A KID. NOW I FIND
MYSELF AS A BUSINESS OWNER. I
TEACH A SELF-DEFENSE IN THE
CHINATOWN/INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT COMMUNITY. I WAS INVID
TO HOLD A SELF-DEFENSE CLASS FOR
THE SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY
THAT. SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY,
RIGHT? I LOVE CHINATOWN. I LOVE
THE COMMUNITY. I'M A HUGE
SUPPORTER OF IT. BUT TIME AND
TIME AGAIN THE CHINATOWN
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IGNORED AND
IT SEEMS THAT THEY'RE JUST
SUPPOSED TO ROLL OVER AND TAKE
IT. THIS IS NOT ABOUT MINORITY
COMMUNITY VERSUS MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITY. THIS IS ABOUT THE
PEOPLE WHO PREY ON THE HOMELESD
HOMELESS AND WHO WORRY WITHOUT
PROPER PLANS IN PLACE AND
GETTING THE COMMUNITY BUY-IN, E
BUY-IN, THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY
IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY
SCREWED. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS TANYA WOO.
>> HELLO, TANYA.
>> HI, MY NAME IS TANYA WOO. I
WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ALLOWING OUR VOICES TO BE HEAR.
IN CASE YOU CAN'T SEE, WE ARE
ALMOST AT CAPACITY HERE. MOST
OF THE PEOPLE HERE AR SENIORS.E
SENIORS. WE TRAVELED ALL THIS
WAY FROM THE
CHINATOWN/INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT TO TALK TO YOU AND TO
PLEAD AND TO PLEASE ADVOCATE ON
OUR BEHALVES AND TO REBUILD
TRUST. WE'RE ASKING FOR A PAUSE
IN THIS FACILITY TO DO THE
PROPER OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENTE
ENGAGEMENT. WE'RE ALSO ASKING
FOR ANY PERMITS THAT ALLOW FOR
THE OUTREACH TO PLEASE RUN ITS
COURSE ASKING FOR LIFTING THAT
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE THAT MAYORN
MAYOR DURKAN HAS. WE BELIEVE
COUNCIL HAS THAT POWER TO LIFT
IT. ALSO ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC
SAFETY PLAN WHICH THE COUNTY
AND CITY DOES NOT HAVE. THE COY
HAVE. THE COUNTY IS PUTTING THIY
THIS FACILITY IN PLACE,
EXPECTING YOU THE CITY TO HAVEL
HAVE ALL THESE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE AND THAT'S NOT WHAT
WE'RE SEEING. AND WE REALLY
NEED THAT IN PLACE. SO PLEASE
CONTINUE THE OUTREACH ENGAGEME.
COME TALK TO US AND INVOLVE US.K
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MADAME CLERK,
BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SPEAKER, I JUST WANT TO SHARE,
TANYA, THANK YOU FOR THE EMAIL
MEMO THAT YOU SENT US THIS
MORNING AT 9:00 A.M. WE ALL
RECEIVED IT, AND THANK YOU FOR
THE FOUR POINTS THAT YOU HAD
OUTLINED FOR SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
MAO? LAST NAME MAO? OKAY. OUR
NEXT SPEAKER IS METZER.
>> HI, MY NAME IS MELZER, I LIVT
LIVE JUST SOUTH OF HERE. I'M
HERE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THE ASIAN COMMUNITY. CONGS
TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
DESTROYING THE ONCE BEAUTIFUL
CITY OF SEATTLE. YOU HAVE
WELCOMED DRUGS, CRIME, AND
VIOLENCE WITH YOUR PRO-CRIME PE
PRO-CRIME PROGRESSIVE POLICIES.T
POLICIES. LET ME SUGGEST THAT
YOU MOVE THE HOMELESS INTO YOUR
OWN NEIGHBORHOODS AND SPARE THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. THE
PLAGUES CREATED BY YOUR OWN
POLICIES. YOU HAVE FAILED TO
LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. YU
CONSTITUENTS. YOU HAVE FAILED AT
OUTREACH, WHICH IS DESPICABLE.D
DESPICABLE. AND I SINCERELY HOPE
THEY VOTE YOU ALL OUT AT THEIR
FIRST OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER S
ANTHONY.
>> HELLO. I'M ANTHONY, LOCAL FI.
I'M HERE TO -- EXCUSE ME -- I'M
HERE TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEATTLE FILM
COMMISSION. I JUST WANT TO SPEK
TO SPEAK ON ITS BEHALF. NOTHING
TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE ASIAN
COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED A LONG TIME AGO. BUT
THIS FILM COMMISSION SUPPLIES
FILMMAKERS THE AID AND SUPPORT
THEY NEED TO BECOME WONDERFUL
FILMMAKERS, WHICH HELPS TELL SS
TELL STORIES OF THE COMMUNITY,
WITH THE COMMUNITY. I WAS WITH
THE FILM TASK FORCE, WHICH
FORMED A COMMISSION THAT WE CAN
SEE, CAN SUPPORT EACH AND EVERY
COMMUNITY OF FILMMAKERS. WE ALL
HAVE OUR OWN EXCLUSIVE STORIESO
STORIES TO SHARE. THIS IS OUR
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, SHARE
RESOURCES, AND TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITIES IN NEED AND ALSO SY
ALSO SUPPLY LOTS OF JOBS, WHICH
WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AS
WELL, RIGHT, NOT COMPLETELY. TE
CITY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO
MORE, BUT THIS IS A NEXT STEP
TO THAT. GIVE MORE FOLKS
OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS SAMMY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I CAME HERE T
HERE LAST TIME, AND I'M LOOKING
FOR WISDOM AND SUPPORT. I OWN
THE FIRST MEDICAL WEED SHOP
HERE IN WASHINGTON, CANOPY, ALL
BLACK PEOPLE IS BEING PUSHED
AWAY. WE HELPING THOSE
HOMELESS. I BECAME HOMELESS
BECAUSE I GET HIT BY A CAR. THS
CAR. THAT'S BEFORE EVEN THAT. SO
I WANT TO HELP, AND I WANT TO
HELP MY COMMUNITY IN SUDAN AS
WELL. EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY,
NONE OF THEM HERE. ALL THOSE
SHOPS IS OWNED BY WHITE, SOME
KOREAN, AND SOME MEXICAN. THIS
IS NOT FAIR. IF YOU DON'T GIVE
US, YOU TOOK FROM US, WHO YOU
GOING TO GIVE? THEY CALL IT
CHINATOWN. DO WE HAVE
AFRICANTOWN? THIS IS LIKE
OKLAHOMA. THIS IS SAD. LAST TIE
SAD. LAST TIME I SAID -- I'VE
BEEN PUT OUT FOR NO REASON. I
NEVER DISRESPECTED YOU GUYS. I
HAVE MUCH RESPECT. I CAME FOR
WISDOM AND SUPPORT. IT'S SO SAD
FROM THE PERSON, AND HER NAME
IS HERE WITH ME, IS DISTRICT
FIVE, IT'S SO SAD FOR HER,
TERESA, TO PUT ME OUT. IF
THEY'RE USING US, THEY HAVE
WORK FOR THE LCB. HER BOYFRIEND
GET A LICENSE. HIS NAME IS CAN
NON. WE CAN'T BE USED BY PEOPLE
WHO LOOK LIKE US.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD
BLESS YOU. BLESS YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
THAT I HAVE LISTED IS GARY LEE.
>> HELLO. I'M GARY LEE, AND I'M
TALKING ABOUT THE MEGAPLEX. I D
MEGAPLEX. I WOULD LIKE TO
REQUEST A PAUSE ON THAT. ALSO,
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A GOOD
SAFETY PLAN FOR THAT AND FOR TE
FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY I WOULD
LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION. IF
THERE'S DEVELOPMENT THAT
REQUIRES BUILDING PERMITS THAT
IS NONCOVID RELATED, FOR
EXAMPLE, CAN THEY USE THE
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE FOR
COVID-RELATED FACILITIES? WOULD
THAT BE ILLEGAL DOING THAT? BEE
THAT? BECAUSE THIS MEGAPLEX IS
NOT COVID RELATED. THAT'S THE .
IS IT ILLEGAL TO USE THE
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE THAT'S
COVID RELATED IF THE FACILITY
IS NOT COVID RELATED. DO YOU
UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION? THAT'S
MY QUESTION, THANKS, BYE.
>> THANK YOU. NOW, THAT'S --
THIS IS -- THAT WAS THE LAST
SPEAKER THAT I HAVE LISTED. THE
LISTED. THERE WERE POSSIBLY
THREE OR FOUR NAMES THAT I
COULD NOT READ AT ALL. NOT JUST
BECAUSE OF THE NAME BUT -- SO
IF I'VE MISSED SOMEBODY, COULD
YOU PLEASE STEP UP? BECAUSE WE
HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES LEFT. ,
LEFT. NO, NO, NO, ONE PERSON. Y.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. THAK
ASKING. THANK YOU. OKAY, I THINK
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC
COMMENT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK, AND
LET ME SAY TWO THINGS QUICKLY.,
QUICKLY. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK
OUR INTERPRETERS. THANK YOU. TK
YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING
HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR THE
COMMUNITY THAT CAME OUT. I HAD
SOME CONVERSATIONS YESTERDAY,
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SHOWING UP TODAY AND LETTING US
KNOW WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE
ABOUT THE PROPOSED PLANS, THE
COUNTY'S PROPOSED PLANS FOR THE
SHELTER GOING FROM 269 PEOPLE
TO 420 PEOPLE. AND WE HEARD YOU
LOUD AND CLEAR. AND I ALSO WANT
TO CLEAR THE RECORD, BECAUSE I
DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO COUNCR
TO COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. IT
WAS ME, COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA
JUAREZ, WHO ASKED ONE OF THE
GENTLEMEN WHO JUST SPOKE, WAS D
WAS ESCORTED OUT, BECAUSE AS THE
INSTRUCTIONS SAY, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO ENGAGE IN HATEFUL,
RACIST, MISOGYNISTIC, ANY KIND
OF LANGUAGE THAT DOESN'T MOVE
THE CONVERSATION FORWARD. WE
ARE NOT GOING TO ENGAGE IN NAME
CALLING, CALLING OUT PEOPLE'S
RACIAL, ETHNIC BACKGROUND, WE
ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. WE'RE
HAPPY TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO
SAY, WHETHER IT'S TO THE AGENDA
OR OUR REGULAR WORK PLAN,
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO
HOUSING OUR -- THE HOUSING
ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH
RIGHT NOW. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT IT WAS
ME WHO DID THAT, NOT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. OKAY,
SO MADAME CLERK, THANK YOU. WE
HAVE REACHED THE END OF ALL OF
OUR SPEAKERS, AND WE WILL NOW
CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. MOVING ON
TO THE ADOPTION OF THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR. IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED. NOT SEEING OR HEARING
AN OBJECTION, IT'S ADOPTED. MOG
ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO F,
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA, TODAY'S
AGENDA. IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, TODAY'S AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED. NOT SEEING OR
HEARING AN OBJECTION, THE
ADDENDA IS INDEED ADOPTED. MOVG
ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO G,
ADOPTION OF THE CONCEPT
CALENDAR. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER
THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR,
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS NO
COUNCILMEMBER HAS MADE A
REQUEST TO REMOVE THE ITEMS. OE
ITEMS. ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR
TODAY, WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM
SEPTEMBER 13th, THE PAYROLL
BILL, COUNCIL BILL 120420 AND
14 APPOINTMENTS, FIVE
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE ECONOMIC,
DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND
CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE, ONE
APPOINTMENT FROM THE TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE, AND
EIGHT APPOINTMENTS FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOODS, EDUCATION, CIVIL
RIGHTS, AND CULTURAL COMMITTEET
COMMITTEE. THAT BEING SAID, I
MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE CONCEPT
CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. MADAME CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK,
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE MINUTES AND THE LEGISLATION
ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY
BEHALF. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE
ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS AND
ITEM NUMBER ONE. MADAME CLERK
WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, REPORT OF
THE CITY CLERK ON THE
CERTIFICATE EFFICIENCY FOR
INITIATIVE 135 CONCERNING
DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING
AFFORDABLE SOCIAL HOUSING IN
SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE TO FILE,
CLERK FILE 314504. IS THERE A ?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO FILE -- TO
CLERK FILE. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS? OKAY. I DO NOT SEE
ANYONE RAISING THEIR HAND. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE FILING OF THE CLERK
FILE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION
CARRIES, AND THE CLERK FILE IS
FILED. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER TWO, MADAME CLERK,
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO
INTO THE RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 32069 REGARDING
INITIATIVE 135 CONCERNING DEVEG
CONCERNING DEVELOPING AND
MAINTAINING AFFORDABLE SOCIAL G
SOCIAL HOUSING IN SEATTLE,
AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK AND
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
COMMISSION TO TAKE THOSE
ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THD
THE PROPOSED INITIATIVE MEASURE
TO APPEAR ON THE FEBRUARY 14,
2023 BALLOT, AND THE LOCAL
VOTERS PAMPHLET REQUESTING THE
KING COUNTY ELECTIONS DIRECTOR
TO PLACE THE MEASURE ON THE
BALLOT AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PUBLICATION OF SUCH PROPOSED
INITIATIVE MEASURE.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE TO ADOPT
RESOLUTION 32069. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE RESO.
AS SPONSOR, I WILL ADDRESS IT
FIRST AND THEN OPEN THE FLOOR
FOR COMMENTS. THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL'S DUTY UNDER THE CITY
CHARTER, ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION
ONE, IS TO TRANSMIT FOR BALLOT
PLACEMENT ANY VOTER PROPOSED
INITIATIVE, WHICH RECEIVED A
SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF
SIGNATURES. AS WE KNOW,
INITIATIVE 135 CONCERNING
DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING
AFFORDABLE SOCIAL HOUSING IN
SEATTLE HAS RECEIVED A
CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY. ITM
SUFFICIENCY. ITEM TWO TODAY IS A
RESOLUTION REGARDING INITIATIVE
135. PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION
TODAY WILL AUTHORIZE THE CITY K
CITY CLERK AND THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE ETHICS AND
ELECTIONS COMMISSION TO TAKE
ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE
PROPOSED INITIATIVE TO APPEAR
ON THE FEBRUARY 14, 2023 BALLOT
AND LOCAL VOTER'S PAMPHLET. PAG
VOTER'S PAMPHLET. PASSING THIS
RESOLUTION WILL REQUEST KING
COUNTY ELECTIONS DIRECTOR TO
PLACE THE INITIATIVE MEASURE ON
THE FEBRUARY 14, 2023 BALLOT. E
BALLOT. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?L
COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. NOT SEEING
ANY, MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MYE
MY SIGNATURE ON THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF. MOVING ON TO ITEM
NUMBER THREE. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM THREE, APPOINTMENT 2332,
APPOINTMENT OF GINO BETTS JR.
FOR TERM DATE DECEMBER 31,
2022.
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE TO CONFIRM
APPOINTMENT 2332, IS THERE A S?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, THIS IS, I'M GUESSING
YOU'RE ON DECK AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
WANTS TO SPEAK TOO. DO YOU WANT
TO INTRODUCE IT AND YOU BOTH WT
BOTH WANT TO SPEAK OR HOWEVER
YOU WANT TO DO IT. IT'S ALL YOU
NOW.
>> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCHK
SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE BEING HERE WITH US
WITH A LATE START DUE TO THE
VERY COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD TODAY. I WANT TO
JUST SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES HOW
EXCITED I AM TO PRESENT THE
APPOINTMENT OF GINO BETTS,
CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING
ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT BY
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYEES AND ALSO CHARGED WITH
RECOMMENDING FINDINGS BASED ON
THOSE INVESTIGATIONS TO THE
CHIEF OF POLICE. BETTS WAS THES
THE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FOR
THE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING COMMIE
INCLUDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM
THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS
CO-CHAIRS, REVEREND HUNTER, AND
WAGNER. MARY OF THE NORTHWEST
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE,
MARTINEZ, BOARD CHAIR OF THE
LATINO CIVIC ALLIANCE. MR.
BETTS APPEARED AT TWO MEETINGS
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICE COMMITTEE. PROFESSIONAL
AND PERSONAL SERVICE HAVE
PREPARED HIM WELL TO SERVE. HE
SERVED AS ATTORNEY FOR THE
CHICAGO CIVILIAN OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. HE
PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF
VERY HIGH PROFILE CASES
INCLUDING HELPING TO SECURE
EXPOSING CORRUPTION AND
MISCONDUCT. IN ONE CASE THE
WORK OF HIS TEAM RESULTED IN
ACTION AGAINST A CORRUPT GROUP
OF OFFICERS WHO EXTORTED
RESIDENTS AND FALSELY ARRESTED
THOSE WHO OBJECTED. SEVERAL
OFFICERS WERE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
FOR MISCONDUCT WHICH ULTIMATELY
LED TO EVICTION FOR OVER 200
WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. HE MOST
RECENTLY LED THE SOUTH SIDE
COMMUNITY CENTER AS AN
ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY AT THE
COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEYS
OFFICE IN CHICAGO, WHERE HE
COLLABORATED WITH COMMUNITY
LEADERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND D
OFFICIALS. I'D LIKE TO JUST LIFT
UP SOME OF THE ANSWERS HE
PROVIDED TO THE
COUNCIL-GENERATED QUESTIONS. M.
QUESTIONS. MR. BETTS HAS
COMMITTED TO FACILITATING FREQT
FACILITATING FREQUENT AND
MEANINGFUL COMMUNICATION WITH
COMPLAINANTS. THIS IS A WELCOME
SYSTEM OF EMPLOYMENT, AND I
APPRECIATE HIS COMMITMENT AND
WILLINGNESS TO EXAMINE
PROCEDURES WITH A FRESH SET OF
EYES. HE HAS STATED HIS BELIEF
THAT OPA SHOULD CONSIST OF 100%
CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS AND
INDICATED THIS IS THE BEST
MODEL OVERCOMING PUBLIC
SKEPTICISM REGARDING POLICE
OVERSIGHT. HE'S ALSO COMMITTED
TO WORKING WITH US TO REVISE
THE LABOR COMMITTEE RELATED TO
ACCOUNTABILITY. AND HE'S
REFERENCED THE BEST PRACTICES
OF OTHER CITIES REALLY
APPRECIATE HIS WILLINGNESS TO
EXAMINE THOSE PRACTICES AND
RECOGNIZE THAT ANY
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS A
SYSTEM THAT IS RELYING ON A COE
YULE CONTINUAL SELF-IMPROVEMENTI
SELF-IMPROVEMENT. I BELIEVE THIS
EXPERIENCE WILL MAKE HIM AN
EFFECTIVE VOICE FOR ADDITIONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY REFORMS HERE IN
SEATTLE. AND I REALLY WANT TO
NOTE MY APPRECIATION FOR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, SENIOR DEPUTY
MAYOR HARRELL SPEAKING DURING
THE COMMITTEE PRESENTATION
ABOUT SOME OF THE, SHALL WE
SAY, MISSTEPS IN THE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND THE
WILLINGNESS THAT SHE SHOWED TO
NOT REALLY -- NOT ONLY OWN
THESE ERRORS BUT TO ACTUALLY GO
AND MEET WITH THE CONSTITUENT
GROUPS THAT RAISE CONCERNS. LAY
CONCERNS. LASTLY I WANT TO NOTE
THAT THIS APPOINTMENT FILLS THE
VACANCY THAT HAS RESULTED FROM
THE RESIGNATION OF FORMER DIRER
MIREBURG, CURRENTLY THIS
APPOINTMENT GOES THROUGH THE
END OF 2022. WHAT THAT MEANS IS
IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS
APPOINTMENT, THE MAYOR IS
EXPECTED TO SEND A
REAPPOINTMENT SUBSEQUENT FOR
YOUR TERM. AND THE MAYOR, WE
ARE NOT ANTICIPATING ADDITIONAL
PROCESS PLAN BECAUSE THE TIME
PERIOD IS SO CLOSE TO OUR
CONFIRMATION HERE TODAY. SO I
WILL LEAVE AT THAT. I MAY HAVE
SOME CLOSING REMARKS, I MAY
NOT. BUT LET'S START THERE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK
NOW? GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS R
MUCH. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO FOLLOW THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC
SAFETY. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIR
THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
HER LEADERSHIP AS THE CHAIR OF
PUBLIC SAFETY. I ALSO WANT TO K
HER FOR FOR BRINGING TO THE CONN
THE CONVERSATION THE VALUES AND
THE PRINCIPLES THAT THE COUNCIL
HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN AS WE
SEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
ACCOUNTABILITY OSHD NANS AND
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
HAVE WHAT'S NEEDED TO FULFILL
THE VISION OF A REFORMED PUBLIC
SAFETY MODEL THAT IS RELIANT ON
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER, SUCH AE
AS THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY. I WANT TO THANK
MR. GINO BETTS JR. FOR THE
CONVERSATION WE WERE ABLE TO
HAVE SUBSEQUENT TO THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE. IT WAS
WONDERFUL TO HAVE TIME TO
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND TO THE
EXTERNAL STAPLES IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT I MENTIONED
DURING PUBLIC SAFETY THAT I WAS
REACHING OUT TO, INCLUDING
FOLKS AT PEOPLE POWER
WASHINGTON, THE EXTENDED
SEMIAFFILIATED BRANCH OF ACLU,E
OF ACLU, THE CPC, AND ALSO I
SPOKE AT THE DIRECTION AND
SUGGESTION OF THE CHAIR OF
PUBLIC SAFETY. I SPOKE WITH THE
SENATOR, WHO WAS PART OF THE
INTERVIEW COMMITTEE AND ALSO
LEADS MANY OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
REFORMS IN OUR STATE
LEGISLATURE AS WELL. EVERYONE
HAD VERY IMPRESSIVE THINGS TO Y
TO SAY ABOUT THEIR INTERACTIONS
WITH MR. BETTS, AND I WILL
CONCUR WITH THAT FROM MY
ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH
HIM AS WELL. I DID ABSTAIN IN
COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I WANTED TO
HAVE THOSE SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIS
SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIONS AND
REALLY FEEL CONFIDENT TODAY IN
VOTING YES FOR THIS
CONFIRMATION. I THINK THAT HE
WILL BE A RIGOROUS AND
EQUITABLE LEADER, AND I'M
COMFORTED BY THE CONVERSATION
WE HAD AND THE FACT IT APPEARS
HE SHARES MANY OF THE SAME CONS
AND PRIORITIES THAT I AND CONSTS
AND CONSTITUENTS HAVE. MANY OF
THOSE CONCERNS RELATED TO
MAKING SURE THAT OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE IS NOT
NEGOTIABLE AND ENSURING THAT
THINGS ARE THOROUGHLY AND
IMPARTIALLY INVESTIGATED BY
PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF SPD, AND
ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIES MOSTD
MOST IMPACTED BY POLICE
MISCONDUCT, VIOLENCE,
TARGETING, AND TO ENSURE WE
REBUILD TRUST BY MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE
FOLKS WHO HAVE CAUSED PAST
HARMS, CURRENT HARMS, AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
ADEQUATELY INVESTIGATING AND
ADDRESSING THE COMPLAINT
PROCESS. SO I LOOK FORWARD, MR.
BETTS, TO WORKING WITH YOU AS
DIRECTOR OF OPA AND WORKING
WITH YOU AND COMMUNITY IN COLLN
IN COLLABORATION TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE ARE MEANINGFUL
CHANGES TO OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
PROCESSES SO THAT
INVESTIGATIONS INTO MISCONDUCT
ARE NOT JUST IMPROVED BUT
MISCONDUCT ITSELF IS DETERRED.I
DETERRED. I LOOK FORWARD TO ALSO
WORKING WITH YOU TO STRENGTHEN
THE THREE LEGS OF OUR ACCOUNTAY
LEGS OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
STOOL. ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE OIG AND CPC WITH CONTINUE
TO EVALUATE THERE ARE
SUFFICIENT RESOURCES. LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
STRENGTHEN AND ENHANCE THE ROLT
THE ROLE THAT THE OPA COULD PLAY
IN THE FUTURE. THANKS AGAIN TO
CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, HERBOL,
SAFETY, HERBOLD, DIRECTOR BETTS,
TO THE FOLKS FROM COMMUNITY WHO
SERVED IN THE SEARCH ROLE, THE
MAYOR'S TEAM FOR SETTING UP A
PROCESS AND WORKING TO REBUILD
TRUST WITH COMMUNITY WHERE THEY
FELL SHORT. AND FOR SELECTING
THIS INCREDIBLY QUALIFIED
CANDIDATE TODAY. I WANT TO
THANK MELANIE, NEW TO OUR
OFFICE AND LEAD IN PUBLIC
SAFETY FOR DOING OUR OUTREACH
AND ANALYSIS FOR THIS
PRESENTATION TODAY. WONDERFUL
TO HAVE HAD HER IN THE MEETING
WITH MR. BETTS AS WELL. I'M
GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS NOE
TODAY.
>> IS LESS A PERSONAL STATEMENT
ABOUT MR. BETTS BUT AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM HE IS
BROKEN AND HAS BEEN BROKEN. WE
HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT
SEES NO-FAULT INPUTTING CHILDREN
IN THE FACE DURING PROTESTS AND
AND THE KILLING OF UNARMED PEOPE
UNARMED PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. AS I HAVE
ARGUED IN THE PAST, WE NEED AN
ELECTED BOARD WITH FULL POWERS
OVER THE POLICE TO INVESTIGATE
REPORTS OF POLICE VIOLENCE,
SUBPOENA WITNESSES, AND HIRE AND
AND FIRE OFFICERS. ASSUMING THE
VERY BEST OF INTENTIONS, THE
DIRECTOR WILL NOT HOLD THE OFFIE
THE OFFICE ACCOUNTABLE, TO DO SO
SO WOULD REQUIRE FOR THEM, THE
OPA DIRECTOR, COMING INTO
CONFLICT WITH THE WHOLE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT. MR.
BETTS IS APPOINTED AND TAKES
HIS RADICAL POSITION, HE WILL
HAVE SUPPORT MY OFFICE BUT I
HAVE TO BE CLEAR I DO NOT PARTI.
NOT PARTICIPATE. FOR NOW, I WILL
WILL BE VOTING NO TO MAKE CLEAR
I DO NOT BELIEVE THE SEATTLE
POLICE ACADEMY SYSTEM WILL DELIR
WILL DELIVER JUSTICE FOR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS FACING
VIOLENCE FROM THE SEATTLE POLICT
POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDING MAJORL
MAJOR OVERHAUL AND WE NEED AN
ELECTED COMMITTEE. THANK YOU.
>>
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT . COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ,
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND FORMER
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES, THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS, OPA,
OIG, THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMI.
POLICE COMMISSION. IT HAS BEEN A
A LOT OF WORK AND WE HAVE
WATCHED IT EVOLVE OVER TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE ALL
KNOW THAT THESE NATIONAL SEARCHS
NATIONAL SEARCHES TAKE UP A LOT
OF TIME BUT THEY ARE WORTH IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO E
AND WELCOME MR. BETTS TO THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS. YOU
WILL SEE A LOT MORE OF US. I
WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK ONCE WE GET TO THE
ROLLCALL. I WILL BE SUPPORTING
THE CONFIRMATION OF MR. BETTS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE
WE GO TO A VOTE? WILL YOU PLEASE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES .
>> FRIEND WHO?
>> NO.
>> STRAUSS?
>> NO .
>> HERBOLD ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ ?
>>
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED,
, CONGRATULATIONS, DIRECTOR BES
, YOU ARE NOW RECOGNIZED TO
PROVIDE BRIEF COMMENTS TO COUNCL
AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC .
BEFORE IS YOURS, SIR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I WANT TO THK
TO THANK YOU FOR POINTING ME TO
LEAVE THE -- CHAIR HERBOLD FOR R
LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU
COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION. E
THE TIME YOU HAVE INVESTED INTO
INTO THE PROCESS, ALLOWING ME TO
APPEAR MULTIPLE TIMES IN COMMIE
IN COMMITTEE AND IN INDIVIDUAL
MEETINGS WITH SEVERAL OF YOU. I
HAVE BEEN A PUBLIC SERVANT MY
ENTIRE CAREER AND I AM HUMBLED
BY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE IN A
MEANINGFUL CAPACITY. I AM NEW TO
TO THE CITY AND MY FIRST
PRIORITY WAS LISTENING TO THE
PEOPLE. I QUICKLY LEARNED OF THD
THE ENTRENCHED SKEPTICISM AND FN
AND FRUSTRATION WERE OFFICERS
AND THE COMMUNITY STRUGGLE TO
FIND FAIRNESS AND LEGITIMACY IN
THE POLICE OVERSIGHT PROCESS AND
AND I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING
WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO HEAL,
RECONCILE, AND HAVE UNITY
WITHOUT COMPROMISING FAIR, TRANT
FAIR, TRANSPARENT, AND
MEANINGFUL ACCOUNTABILITY. I
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIRN
YOUR CONFIRMATION. I LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. BETTS,
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER 4, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER 4 ON THE RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENT 02348, POINTING
FAISAL KHAN AS PUBLIC HEALTH OF
OF SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY.
>> MOVED TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT
02348?
>> SECOND .
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO CONFIRM THE
APPOINTMENT, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD , THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>>
>> I AM PLEASED TO BRING FORWARD
FORWARD THE NOMINATION OF DR.
FAISAL KHAN FOR THE DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC HEALTH, SEATTLE AND KINY
KING COUNTY. I HOPE EACH OF YOU
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE
THE CONFIRMATION PACKET AND HISN
HIS APPLICATION, HIS WRITTEN
RESPONSES TO THE MANY, MANY
DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT MY
OFFICE SENT TO HIM ON BEHALF OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE AND ALL
COUNCIL OFFICES. I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH DR.
KHAN AND HE IMPRESSED ME WITH
HIS PASSION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
AND THE SPECIFIC INTEREST IN
JOINING OUR COMMUNITY AND I
BELIEVE HE WILL FIND -- WE WILL
FIND THAT THE DOCTOR SHARES MANY
MANY OF THE PARTIES COUNCIL HAS
EXPRESSED AND HE WILL BE A
HELPFUL PARTNER IN MOVING THOSE
PRIORITIES FORWARD. I AM GRATEFL
AM GRATEFUL THAT DR. KHAN SEES
CLEARLY THE EXHAUSTION OF OUR PC
HEALTH WORKERS AND HOW IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT IT IS TO INVEST IN OU.
OUR WORKFORCE. I THINK WE ARE SE
SO FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE
ATTRACTED A LEADER WHO WILL
CONTINUE THE VISIONARY
LEADERSHIP WE HAVE COME TO EXPET
FROM OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTME.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AS FAR AS BA,
AS BACKGROUND, ON THE PROCESS,
DR. FAISAL KHAN JOINED THE
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMIE
SERVICES COMMITTEE, HE RESPONDED
TO VERBAL QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS WELL AS MEN
AS MENTION, RESPONDED TO THE
WRITTEN QUESTIONS. THIS
NOMINATION IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT
WAS PUT FORWARD BY BOTH THE MAYR
THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE AND MUST BE CONFIRMED
BY BOTH SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL AND
COUNCIL AND KING COUNTY COUNCIL,
, WE ARE GOING FIRST WITH THE
VOTE TODAY AND COUNTY COUNCIL
WILL CONTINUE THE PROCESS WITH
THE NOMINATION SOON. YOU MAY BEG
BE NOTICING THERE IS NO
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION ASSOCID
RECOMMENDATION ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS APPOINTMENT TODAY. I WANT
TO FLAG, WE WERE UNABLE TO TAKE
UNOFFICIAL VOTE TO RECOMMEND
THE NOMINATION BECAUSE THERE WAS
WAS AN OVERSIGHT AS IT RELATES
TO HOW THIS ITEM WAS ENTERED AND
AND UPDATED. WE DID A INFORMAL,L
, NONOFFICIAL VOICE CALL OF SUPT
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THERE
IS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AMONG
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WITHOUT, I AM
AM SO HAPPY TO RECOMMEND THE
NOMINEE OF DR. FAISAL KHAN AS
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH .
>> THAT IS LEADERSHIP, THANK
YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING AND I
HEADED OVER TO COUNCILEMBER
HERBOLD TO CLOSE US OUT? NOT
SEEING ANY, TWO THINGS, THANK YU
THANK YOU MR. KHAN. I LIKE THE N
BEHIND YOU, KEEP CALM AND CARRY.
CARRY ON. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , TWO GRET
TWO GREAT APPOINTMENTS, MR.
BETTS AND NOW MR. KHAN. I KNOW
YOU DID DEEP AND I SAW THE
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE PROPOSED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SAY BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ? WILL THE
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE
ON THE CONFIRMATION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> YES .
>> NELSON?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN MIKE
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES .
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES .
>> HERBOLD ?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ ?
>> YES.
>> NIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
.
>> THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED,
IS CONFIRMED, CONGRATULATIONS, .
CONGRATULATIONS, DR. KHAN, YOU
CAN NOW HAVE BRIEF REMARKS TO
THE CITY COUNCIL AND DOING
PUBLIC.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS,
FOR THIS HONOR, IT IS TRULY A PE
OF THE BEST PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY
AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY. SECOND
PERHAPS ONLY TO NEW YORK CITY
AND THAT ONLY IN TERMS OF BUDGET
BUDGET AND RESOURCES. IT IS UNDY
IS UNDOUBTEDLY A CHALLENGE TO
FACE A LONG LIST OF PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUES TO DEAL WITH. MY
COMMITMENT TO YOU IS THAT I WILL
WILL WORK VERY HARD TO TRY AND E
AND TACKLE EACH ONE OF THOSE
ISSUES ALONG WITH AN AMAZING
TEAM WHO, AS ONE COUNCILMEMBER
POINTED OUT, HAD BEEN DRAINED OF
OF THEIR ENERGY THROUGHOUT THE
TRYING EXPERIENCE OF THE LAST
2.5 YEARS. I WILL WORK
DILIGENTLY AND SMARTLY, WITH YOU
YOU AND YOUR TEAMS, TO TRY TO
IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL,
SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH ANG
AND WELL-BEING OF THOSE IN
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. I LOOK
FORWARD TO FURTHER CONVERSATIONS
CONVERSATIONS IN THAT REGARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE WILL
WILL MOVE ON INTO OUR AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER 5, MADAM CLERK, WILL
WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER
NUMBER 5 INTO THE RECORD?
>> TROUBLED GOVERNMENTS
COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM APPOINTMET
ITEM APPOINTMENT 2348, KIMBERLY
KIMBERLY LOVING AS DIRECTOR OF
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES FOR TERM SEPTEMBER
21st, 2026, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPOINTMENT
BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU. I WAS LOOKING FOR
KIMBERLY LOVING AND I SAW HER
POP UP . GREAT. THIS IS MY
COMMITTEE AND I HAVE PREPARED
COMMENTS. AND THEN I WILL
INTRODUCE OUR APPOINTEE, AND
THAT I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR.
AS CHAIR, I WILL ADDRESS THIS
ITEM 1st, OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR,
FOR COMMENTS, LAST WEEK THE GOV,
THE GOVERNMENTS, TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THE
APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM DIRECTO
KIMBERLY LOVING TO BECOME THE R
THE DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE DEPT
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT -- SHE FACED
AN UNPRECEDENTED -- A TEAM
RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOTE WORK ACCS
WORK ACCOMMODATIONS AND EVALUATE
EVALUATE REQUEST FOR VACCINE EXS
VACCINE EXEMPTIONS WHILE
CONTINUING TO HIRE FOR A
WORKFORCE FOR OVER 12,000 PEOPLE
. PRETTY AMAZING. SHE HAS
RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM
STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING DIRECTORF
CITY DEPARTMENTS, HUMAN RESOURCS
RESOURCE LEADS IN CITY DEPARTMES
CITY DEPARTMENTS, MEMBERS OF THE
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES TEAM AND LABOR UNIONS
REPRESENTING CITY EMPLOYEES. SHE
SHE IS CURRENTLY EARNING HER DOE
HER DOCTORATE IN LEARNING AND
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE FROM
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY. WITH THAT,
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I
WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR
TO MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAVE
QUESTIONS BEFORE I HEADED OVER
AND WE TAKE THE VOTE AND I OPEN
UP THE FLOOR FOR THE NEW
APPOINTEE . OKAY, NOT SEEING AN,
SEEING ANY, WILL THE COURT
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA ?
>> YES.
>> NELSON?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES .
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES .
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED
AND YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, YOU CAN
NOW MAKE BRIEF REMARKS TO THE
CITY COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE. THE
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. EXCITING TO HEAR ALL
OF THOSE YES AND AYES.
>> DO NOT GET USED TO IT.
>> I WILL NOT BUT THERE IS A LOT
LOT OF EMOTION HAPPENING HERE.
THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE ON G,
ON GOVERNANCE, NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL GOVERNMES
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS FOR YOUR
FAVORABLE REFERRAL, AND TO THE
COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN
ME . THANK YOU TO MAYOR HARRELL
FOR THIS NOMINATION AND THE
SEATTLE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM FOR
FOR THE PASSION OF PUBLIC
SERVICE. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
MOMENT TO THANK MY BEAUTIFUL
FAMILY, I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODY
HERE TODAY IF NOT FOR THEIR
UNWAVERING ENCOURAGEMENT AND
SUPPORT OF MY HUSBAND, KEVIN,
THE LOVE AND GUIDANCE OF MY PARS
MY PARENTS, AND THE REST OF MY
FAMILY AND MENTORS AND TRUSTED
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR
BELIEVING IN ME. AS I SHARED
WITH THE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, I
COME BEFORE YOU HUMBLED AND WITH
WITH A COMMITMENT TO CENTER
EQUITY AND OUR EMPLOYEES IN
EVERYTHING WE DO. WE HAVE A
GREAT DEAL OF WORK AHEAD AND I
AM UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR VOTE TODAY. I DO
NOT TAKE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME
LIGHTLY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WHAT WE WILL ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER
. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. WORDS OF WISDOM
FOR YOUR MOTHER STILL BRING WITH
WITH US FROM LAST THURSDAY.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON THE
AGENDA TO ITEM NUMBER 6, WILL
YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 6 INTO THED
THE RECORD?
>> THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
TECHNOLOGY AND CITY LIGHT COMMI,
LIGHT COMMITTEE, COUNCIL BILL
CB 120411, RATES, TERMS,
CONDITIONS FOR THE ELECTRICITY
SUPPLIED BY THE CITY LIGHT DEPAT
LIGHT DEPARTMENT FOR 2022, 2023,
2023, 2024, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT THEY WILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELN
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, YOU ARE
THE CHAIR AND RECOGNIZE TO
INTRODUCE US TO THIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EVERYONE
EVERYONE IS PRETTY MUCH LEFT CHS
LEFT CHAMBERS BUT I DO HAVE TO Y
THAT IT WAS SIGNIFICANT THAT SO
MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT TODAY. IT
IS NICE TO SEE THE CHAMBER FULL.
. ANYWAY, THIS LEGISLATION CODIS
LEGISLATION CODIFIES CITY LIGHT
RATE HAVE SET FORTH IN
RESOLUTION AND PASS THROUGH
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY, THE
RESIDENTIAL RATE INCREASE IS
LESS THAN THE OVERALL INFLATION
AND WILL COST THE AVERAGE
HOUSEHOLD ABOUT FOUR DOLLARS PE.
PER MONTH. INFLATION HAS DRIVEN
UP THE COST OF GENERATING AND
DISTRIBUTING ELECTRICITY FOR ABT
FOR ABOUT THE PAST THREE YEARS
OR SO. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PRICE OF
OF STEEL, ALUMINUM, AND COPPER
ROSE BY 70% TO 80%. TO ABSORB TE
ABSORB THESE INFLATIONARY
PRESSURES AND HOLD RATES DOWN AS
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, CITY LIGHT
IS CUTTING SPENDING IN OTHER
AREAS. IN ADDITION, THEY HAVE
HELD CUSTOMER BILL STUDY BY
ELIMINATING UNAPPROVED RATE INCE
RATE INCREASE IN 2021 AND
REDUCING IT IN 2022. I WANT TO E
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NO ONE LIKES
WITH ELECTRICITY BILLS GO UP.
IT WOULD BE FAR WORSE WITHOUT
THEIR HARD WORK. I AM GRATEFUL
FOR THE OVERSIGHT PROVIDED BY
úTHE CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL FO
THEIR INDEPENDENT ENFORCEMENT OF
OF THIS LEGISLATION AND I ASKED
MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVED TO A
VOTE ? COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
AND THEN SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
CONSISTENT WITH MY VOTE ON JULY
19th AGAINST THE RELATED RESOLUN
RELATED RESOLUTION 32056, I
CANNOT SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE TO
TO INCREASE ELECTRICITY RATES
BEYOND THE RATE PAST WE APPROVED
APPROVED LAST YEAR. ALLOW ME TO
EXPLAIN MY RATIONALE. THAT RESON
THAT RESOLUTION APPROVED HAD
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY RATES TO INCREASE B%
BY 3.8% IN 2023 AND ANOTHER 3.8%
3.8% IN 2024 BUT CITY LIGHT'S
ORDINANCE BEFORE US TODAY IS
ASKING THE COUNCIL TO INCREASE
THE RATES BY A HIGHER AMOUNT,
4.5% IN 2023 AND ANOTHER 4.5% ON
ON TOP OF THAT IN 2024. I HEAR
FREQUENTLY FROM CONSTITUENTS IN
MY DISTRICT WHO EXPERIENCED
REPEATED POWER OUTAGES AND THEY
WERE ALSO SUFFERING FROM INFLATN
FROM INFLATION. I RECOGNIZE IT
DOES NOT HELP THE FINANCIAL
SITUATION WHEN CITY GOVERNMENT'S
'S GENERAL FUND TRADITIONALLY
TAKES APPROXIMATELY $55 MILLION
EACH YEAR FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGT
CITY LIGHT FOR THE UTILITY TAX
AND I'M HOPEFUL THE BUDGET
PROPOSAL WE RECEIVED FROM THE
HARRELL ADMINISTRATION
ADDRESSES THIS BY EFFICIENTLY
MANAGING THE OVERALL COST OF
GOVERNMENT. I DO APPRECIATE ALL
THE HARD WORK THAT SEATTLE CITYT
CITY LIGHT DOES AND THE
THOUGHTFUL RATIONALE FOR THE
RATE PROPOSAL. I JUST CANNOT
JUSTIFY TO MY CONSTITUENTS THESE
THESE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED
INCREASES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN . COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
?
>> THANK YOU. I WILL BE VOTING
NO ON THIS BILL, INCREASING THE
ELECTRICITY RATES FOR
WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE IN SEATTLE
NEXT YEAR. I VOTED YES ON THIS
LEGISLATION IN COMMITTEE IN
ERROR BUT INTENDED TO VOTE NO AS
AS I HAVE DONE FOR RATE
INCREASES THROUGHOUT MY TENURE
ON THE CITY COUNCIL. AT A TIME
WHEN INFLATION IS OUT OF CONTROL
AND WORKERS'S PAYCHECKS ARE
BEING STRETCHED FARTHER AND FARR
AND FARTHER, AND AS WE HEADED TA
RESCISSION THAT ECONOMISTS ARE
PREDICTING WILL HAVE A ROUGH
LANDING FOR MANY PEOPLE, I
BELIEVE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE
AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
ALL OF THE INCREASED UTILITY
COSTS ARE COVERED BY INCREASING
TAXES ON BIG BUSINESS AND THE SH
THE SUPERRICH INSTEAD OF RATE
INCREASES ON WORKING FAMILIES.
OUTRAGEOUSLY, CITY LIGHT CHARGES
LIGHT CHARGES BIG BUSINESSES
LESS PER UNIT OF ELECTRICITY
THEN THEY CHARGE WORKING-CLASS
SEATTLEITES AND THIS RATE HIKE S
HIKE INCREASES THAT TAP. THIS
RATE HIKE FOR HIGH DEMAND CITY
LIKE CUSTOMERS LIKE CORPORATIONS
IS 2.7%, BUT FOR RESIDENTIAL
CUSTOMERS, IN OTHER WORDS,
WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE, THE RATE
HIKE IS 6% OVER DOUBLE. THERE
ARE MANY ALTERNATIVES FOR THIS
BUT WHO DO ELECTED OFFICIALS RET
OFFICIALS REPRESENT BACK WHEN I
CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE OVER CITY
LIGHT, I ELIMINATED THE SENTENCE
SENTENCE BETWEEN CUSTOMERS TO
MAKE IT SO THAT CITY WORKERS ARE
ARE CHARGED NO MORE FOR
ELECTRICITY THAN CORPORATIONS.
NO OTHER COUNCILMEMBER WAS
WILLING TO SECOND THAT BILL.
THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS TO, INCG
TO, INCLUDING INCREASING TAXES
ON THE BUSINESS TO INCREASE FUNG
INCREASE FUNDING. I WILL NOT
VOTE YES ON THIS SPECIFIC INCREE
SPECIFIC INCREASE FOR WORKERS
WHO ARE ALREADY FACING
OUTRAGEOUS INFLATION FOR
HOUSING, FOOD, AND OTHER THINGS
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT . ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I
HEADED OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON? ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE
TO ADD, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>>
>> I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S ATTN
EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION THEY ARE
PAID TO THIS AND I WANT TO THANK
THANK CITY LIGHT FOR AND
INNOVATION IN THIS CYCLE WHICH
IS THE TIME OF DAY RATE, WHICH
WOULD GIVE PEOPLE THE OPTION OF
USING ELECTRICITY IN OFF-PEAK HS
OFF-PEAK HOURS WHICH WILL REALLY
REALLY REDUCE THE BURDEN ON OUR
GRID AND ALSO PROVIDE FOR A
LOWER RATE.
>> THANK YOU. MADAME CLERK, WILL
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES . TO SEVEN IN FAVOR, TWO.
TWO OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES, FIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF. ITEM NUMBER 7, PLEASE
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 7 INTO
THE RECORD.
>> RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SEATTLE FIM
COMMISSION, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSED THE BILL AS AMENDED.
>> THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> MORE FUN THAN A RATE INCREAS.
RATE INCREASE. INDEED. THANK
YOU, CALLINGS. I SPENT THE MORNG
THE MORNING IN THE CINEMA IN COA
CITY FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE
BEFORE THIS VOTE. JUST SO PEOPLW
PEOPLE KNOW, IT WAS A PRETTY
PACKED HOUSE FOR A PRESS
CONFERENCE. IN SEATTLE, WE HAVE
FOUR TELEVISION NETWORKS AND
FOUR RADIO STATIONS, THEY HAVE
ALL COVERED THIS LEGISLATION TO
CREATE A FILM COMMISSION IN THE.
THE PAST. FIVE OUTLETS WERE
THERE IN THE ROOM. THE AUDIENCE
REPRESENTED MANY SEGMENTS OF
SEATTLE'S FILM INDUSTRY, FROM LR
FROM LABOR AND NONPROFITS, PRODS
, PRODUCERS, DISTRIBUTION CHANNS
DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS, KING
COUNTY AND THE STATE, ACTORS, DS
ACTORS, DIRECTORS, AND PRODUCES.
AND TOM SKERRITT WAS ONE OF OUS
OUR SPEAKERS. THERE WERE SIX
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE FILM TASK
TASK FORCE PRESENT AND TWO OF TM
OF THEM, VETERANS OF THE SEATTLE
SEATTLE FILM INDUSTRY WERE ALSOS
ALSO SPEAKERS AND I HAVE TO
THANK ANTHONY, WHO WAS IN THE RM
THE ROOM NOW, THANK YOU FOR
ELOQUENTLY SPEAKING AND
PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT THIS A.
THIS AFTERNOON. IN SAYING ALL
THIS, I HAD A HUNCH THAT THE
NEWS TODAY, THAT THIS NEWS I AM
TALKING ABOUT MAYBE ECLIPSED BY
OTHER THINGS GOING ON TODAY. I
WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW HOW C
HOW ENTHUSIASTIC AND SUPPORTIVE,
, AND FRANKLY GRATEFUL THAT
EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM TODAY AT
THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS, IN ADN
IN ADDITION, THEIR PROFESSIONALS
PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS, EVERYONE
IN THE FILM COMMUNITY, HOW PROFY
HOW PROFOUNDLY EXCITED THEY ARE
OF THIS STEP WE ARE ABOUT TO
TAKE TODAY. I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT
THIS MANY TIMES IN COMMITTEE AND
AND IN BRIEFINGS. COLLEAGUES,
YOU ALREADY KNOW THE BENEFITS OF
OF A FILM COMMISSION. FOR
ANYBODY IN TV LAND THAT HAS NOT
BEEN TRACKING THIS LEGISLATION
AND MAYBE WONDERING, WHY DO WE
NEED A FILM COMMISSION? I HAVE
THREE REASONS. NUMBER ONE, AS
CHAIR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I
I KNOW THAT PHIL IS A MAJOR
DRIVER OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. WE,
AT A TIME WHEN CREATIVE'S ARE
LEAVING SEATTLE BECAUSE THEY ARE
ARE GETTING PRICED OUT, WE NEEDO
MAKE SURE THAT WE RETAIN JOBS IN
IN THE INDUSTRY. WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT LIVING WAGE JOBS, WHICH IS
IS WHY LABOR IS SO FIERCELY
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS LEGISLATION,
AND I WANTED TO ALSO RECOGNIZE
MELISSA, THE BUSINESS MANAGER
WHO WAS IN THE ROOM TODAY BUT
DID NOT GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. SHE
SHE HELPED WRITE THIS LEGISLATI.
THIS LEGISLATION. ANYWAY, THAT
IS THE SITUATION. WE, MEANING
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, I BELIEVE,
WE NEED INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO HELS
HELP US AS WE GO FORWARD AND
FRAME POLICIES TO STRENGTHEN THE
FILM INDUSTRY HERE IN SEATTLE,
AND ATTRACT MORE FILM TO SEATTL.
TO SEATTLE. THAT IS REASON
NUMBER ONE. I JUST WANT TO SAY,
BEFORE GOING ON TO REASON NUMBER
NUMBER TWO, WHEN I SAY FILM, I
AM TALKING ABOUT FILM,
TELEVISION, VIDEO, AND AS PEOPLE
PEOPLE KNOW IN THIS TOWN, VIDEO
IS VERY CONNECTED TO MUSIC. WE
CANNOT SEPARATE THE TWO ART FOR.
ART FORMS. WE INVITED MACKLEMORE
TO SAY THIS HIMSELF BUT HE COUD
NOT MAKE IT. HE DID SUBMIT THIS
STATEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO READ,
SEATTLE IS MY HOME AND I LOVE
MAKING ART HERE. I HAVE FILLED
SO MANY OF MY MUSIC VIDEOS WITH
EXCEPTIONAL CREW AND BEAUTIFUL S
BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS. I AM
EXCITED TO SUPPORT SARA NELSON'S
NELSON'S BILL TO CREATE A
SEATTLE FILM COMMISSION, THIS
LEGISLATION WILL HELP PAVE THE
WAY FOR NEW AND EMERGING ARTISTS
ARTISTS TO FILM THEIR OWN MUSIC
VIDEOS, DOCUMENTARIES, FILMS,
AND TV SHOWS. IT IS TIME TO GET
MORE SUPPORT TO CREATIVE PEOPLE
AND HIGHLIGHT THE MANY SCENIC
AREAS THAT MAKE THIS CITY GREAT.
END QUOTE. THE SECOND REASON
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT IS FOR
YEARS THE FILM COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN CALLING ON THE CITY TO DO E
DO MORE TO SUPPORT THEM, AND
ALSO ADVANCED EQUITY WITHIN THE
FILM INDUSTRY ITSELF. IN 2019,
THE CITY CONVENED A TASK FORCE
AND IN 2020 THEY PRODUCED A
REPORT. THIS IS THE REPORT. THE
TASK FORCE IDENTIFIED A FILM
COMMISSION AS THEIR NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY AND ADVANCING EQUITY AS
AS THEIR MISSION. THIS LEGISLATN
THIS LEGISLATION IS BASED ON
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO, I AM
DOING THIS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITS
COMMUNITY IS WANTING THIS AND HS
BEEN FOR SO LONG. THAT IS REASON
REASON NUMBER TWO. THREE, THE
TIME IS NOW. WE HAVE TO ACT
BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH MORE
GOING ON WITH $15 MILLION OF
FILM INCENTIVES FROM THE STATE,
A HUGE INCREASE FROM WHAT WE HAD
HAD BEFORE AT $3.5 MILLION. KING
MILLION. KING COUNTY IS OPENING
A STUDIO, THE FIRST TIME WE WILL
WILL HAVE A SOUNDSTAGE IN SEATT.
IN SEATTLE. WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR
AND DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELO.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, WE
ARE IN THIS TOGETHER, WE ARE UND
ARE UNITED, COUNCIL AND
EXECUTIVE , IN THIS ENDEAVOR. I
HAVE TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THE
WORK THEY HAVE PUT INTO THIS
LEGISLATION AS WELL. SO, GIVEN
ALL OF THIS, WE, CITY OF SEATTLE
, HAS TO ALIGN OUR EFFORTS WITH
THOSE WITH THE COUNTY AND THE
STATE TO BUILD UPON THE MOMENTUM
MOMENTUM THAT IS OUT THERE. TOGR
THERE. TOGETHER, PUT SEATTLE ON
THE MAP AS THE NATION'S BEST
FILMMAKING CITY. I HOPE THAT MY
COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT THIS.
BEFORE I GIVE UP THE STAGE, I
WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THANK YS
THANK YOU'S, THANK YOU TO THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR McINTYRE, CHRIS SWENSO.
CHRIS SWENSON. STATE AND
REGIONAL PARTNERS, AMY OF
WASHINGTON FILM WORKS, AND KATEF
KING COUNTY, SHE WAS IN THE ROOM
ROOM TODAY AS WELL. MELISSA, I
HAVE ALSO MENTIONED. AND THE
FOUNDER AND ORGANIZER OF THE
SEATTLE FILM SUMMIT, THE HARRELL
HARRELL ADMINISTRATION , AND
ACCLAIMED ARTIST BEN HAGGERTY,
MACKLEMORE, AND TOM SKERRITT.
AND MY CHIEF OF STAFF, JEREMY
MOON. QUESTIONS?
>> BEFORE WE MOVE TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOUR HEAD
HEAD WENT UP BUT THEN BACK DOWN,
DOWN, ARE YOU OKAY?
>> I AM GOOD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PRE.
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT. YOU
FORGOT TO THANK YOURSELF, THANK
YOU FOR CHIPPING THIS AND
BRINGING US A BILL WE CAN PASS
TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE I
ISSUE I HAVE TRACKED WORKING AT
CITY COUNCIL AND IT IS NICE TO
HAVE YOU AS A CHAMPION ON THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> NO MORE TALK OF MACKLEMORE.
>> I HAVE ALSO THANKED THE
PREVIOUS EFFORTS OF
COUNCILMEMBERS ON THIS. THEY
WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
FORMATION OF THIS TASK FORCE IN
YEARS BACK.
>> THANK YOU I WANT TO THANK ALL
ALL OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THAN.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT
SOUNDS REALLY GOOD. MADAME
CLERK, CAN WE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> YES .
>> NELSON?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES .
>> SAWANT?
>> YES .
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> VERBAL?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ ?
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES . MOVING ON
TO ITEM NUMBER 7, WILL THE COURT
PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD?
?
>> AGENDA ITEM 8, RESOLUTION
32068 RELATING TO PROPOSED COPY
OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT TO BE
CONSIDERED FOR POSSIBLE ADOPTION
IN 2023 REQUESTING OF THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION CONSIDER THESE
AMENDMENTS AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF
OF THE ONE SEATTLE UPDATE TO THE
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED.
>> THANK YOU AND SORRY FOR THAT,
THAT, I DID NOT FLIP THE PAGE,
WE ARE ON ITEM 8. COUNCILMEMBERS
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE FLOOR
FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU LAST WEDNESDAY, THE
THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED THIS APPROVAL, THISN
IS THE ANNUAL RESOLUTION WHICH
THE COUNCIL SETS THE DOCKET OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION THE
THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THEY MAY BE
SECONDED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
DEVELOPERS, DEPARTMENTS,
COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE
CONCLUSION OF THE AMENDMENT AND
THE RESOLUTION IS NOT A DECISION
DECISION ON THE MERITS OF A
PROPOSED AMENDMENT. RATHER, IT S
A DETERMINATION THAT THE SUBJECT
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE AMENDMENT
IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE POTENTIAN
POTENTIAL INCLUSION IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE
COMMITTEE MADE THIS
RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE
ADVICE AND TESTIMONY OF THE
PLANNING COMMISSION, CENTRAL
STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
. THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE
SIGNIFICANT WORK CURRENTLY
UNDERWAY TO UPDATE THE COPY OF
THE PLAN AND DEVELOP THE NEW
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR
THE RESOLUTION ASKS THEM TO
INCORPORATE MOST OF THE
AMENDMENT PROPOSALS THAT WERE
PUT FORWARD INTO THE PROCESS
NEXT YEAR WHERE WE HAVE THE
MAJOR UPDATE TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. PUT THAT IN
PLAIN LANGUAGE, WE HAD A LOT OF
GREAT PROPOSALS THEY CAME
FORWARD TO THIS RESOLUTION THAT
WERE DEEMED TO BE A BETTER FIT
FOR MAC NEXT YEAR'S MAJOR UPDATE
UPDATE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLA.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT IS THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM
MY COLLEAGUES REGARDING ITEM
NUMBER 8? OKAY, I DO NOT SEE AN.
SEE ANY. DO YOU WANT TO SAY
ANYTHING, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
, BEFORE WE VOTE?
>> NOTHING FURTHER.
>> MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES .
>> NELSON?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES .
>> SAWANT?
>> YES .
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES .
>> VERBAL?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ ?
>> YES
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED .
NEIGHBORHOODS, EDUCATION, CIVIL
RIGHTS AND THE CULTURAL
COMMITTEE, ITEM NUMBER 9, PLEASE
PLEASE READ THAT INTO THE
RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 123098, THE FAS
THE FAMILIES EDUCATION LOBBY AND
AND LIMITATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE
125807, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THE BILL PASS AS AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU. LAST YEAR, THE
FAMILIES AND EDUCATION LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING
ON HERE. BECAUSE I WANT TO WALK
THROUGH THESE, SIX AMENDMENTS,
WITH DISTINCT POLICY CHANGES,
FIVE HAVE TO DO WITH THE SEATTLE
THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
AND ONE WITH HOMELESSNESS
SUPPORT. SO, QUICKLY, THE FIRST
AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES DEAL TO
MODIFY SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAS
PROGRAM POLICIES. FOR EXAMPLE, Y
EXAMPLE, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA,
TUITION THRESHOLD,
PARTICIPATION, TO ALIGN WITH
SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN THE STATE.
THE SECOND MODIFIES REFERENCES
TO THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL AS
THE INCOME METRIC. THIS WOULD AW
WOULD ALLOW THE SEATTLE
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM TO USE
ALTERNATIVE INCOME METRICS SUCHS
SUCH AS THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME.
IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR SEATTLE CHIN
SEATTLE CHILDREN, WHO ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR SEATTLE PRESCHOOL,
IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY, THREE
YEARS OLD OR FOUR YEARS OLD BY
AUGUST 31st, THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT WOULD ADD TWO
SITUATIONS IN WHICH CHILDREN WHE
WHO ARE, AFTER AUGUST 31st, CAN
STILL PARTICIPATE. THAT IS THE
CHILD IS TRANSITIONING FROM AN
EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM. FOR EE
FOR EXAMPLE OR IF THE CHILD HAS
AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN
PLAN AS IN BOWLING IN SEATTLE
PRESCHOOL INCLUSION CLASSROOM.
FOURTH AMENDMENT WOULD MODIFY
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO
RECOGNIZE THAT DEAL HAS
AUTHORITY TO MODIFY CONTRACTS
WITH PROVIDERS TO EXTEND THE
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM INTO
SUMMER MONTHS. THIS WILL ALLOW S
ALLOW PRESCHOOLERS TO GET AN
ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS OF PROGRAG
OF PROGRAMMING TO ADDRESS SUMMER
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS THAT HAPPE.
THAT HAPPENS. THE FIFTH
AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE TABLE
IN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WITH
REGARD TO TIMING OF EVALUATIONSF
EVALUATIONS OF THE LEVY
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND EARLY
LEARNING INVESTMENTS, THIS HAS
TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THE
PANDEMIC INTERFERED WITH THEIR
EVALUATION TIMELINE. THE LAST AT
LAST AMENDMENT EXPANDS ELIGIBLE
USE OF FUNDS FOR WRAPAROUND
SERVICES IN K-12 FOR HOMELESSNES
FOR HOMELESSNESS, RIGHT NOW,
ONCE A STUDENT IS IDENTIFIED AS
HOMELESS OR UNSTABLE IN HOUSING
BY THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
AND THE SCHOOL REPRESENTED NEXT
THE STUDENT WITH HOUSING SUPPORT
SUPPORT SERVICE PROVIDER, RIGHTW
RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN USE LEVY FUS
LEVY FUNDS FOR THINGS LIKE
HOUSING DEPOSIT OR OTHER HOUSING
HOUSING RELATED EXPENSES. THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD BROADEN
BROADEN THE ELIGIBLE USES FOR
THOSE FUNDS TO INCLUDE THINGS
LIKE NUTRITION, CLOTHING,
TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES, THAT HP
THAT HELP GET KIDS TO SCHOOL AND
AND HELP THEM STAY IN SCHOOL.
THOSE ARE THE AMENDMENTS WE ARE
VOTING ON TODAY. THEY DID GET
VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY AND I WANT TO THANK
THE DEAL TEAM FOR THEIR WORK ON
THESE AMENDMENTS AND THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I WANT TO K
TO THANK THE POLICY DIRECTOR FOE
WORK SHE HAS DONE HERE. THAT IS
WHAT WE HAVE.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. BEFORE I
SAY ANYTHING, COLLEAGUES, ANYTHG
COLLEAGUES, ANYTHING YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE WITH COUNCILMEMBES
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES BEFORE I
SAY A FEW THINGS AND I HEADED
BACK TO SEE IF SHE HAS CLOSING
REMARKS AND WE GO TO A VOTE? THE
THE FLOOR IS OPEN. OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I WANT TO
TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I WAS HERE
IN 2018 WHEN WE DID THE FAMILIES
FAMILIES EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AND
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY, I
WANT TO SAY THAT IT WAS A BIG
LIFT AND YOU TOOK ON THIS
CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT SUBJECT .
SUBJECT MATTER. WE SPOKE ABOUT
LAST JANUARY. USE ONE BID AND
YOU HAVE DONE WELL AND I WANT TO
TO THANK YOU. THE WORK THAT YOU
HAVE DONE, THE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE THAT YOU BRING,
OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAD
PROFESSIONAL AND YOUR PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE IN WISDOM HAS SERVED
ALL OF US WELL, NOT JUST
COUNCIL BUT THE CITY . THOSE
CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, THOSE
WERE ALL TALK ABOUT AND YOU MADE
MADE IT A REALITY AND I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I AM GLAD
YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND
ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE DEAL
TEAM, THE DIRECTOR, THEIR
WONDERFUL PEOPLE TO WORK WITH. I
I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU, WELL
WELL DONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT EASY WHEN YOU
YOU HAVE TO GET IT AND GRAPPLE
WITH IT AND UNDERSTAND IT, THESS
THESE AMENDMENTS WERE COMPLICATD
WERE COMPLICATED AND A LOT OF
THE TIMES, WHEN WE WERE PASSINGS
PASSING THIS AND TRY TO ADD TO
IT, WITH FORMER PRESIDENT,
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES, THERE
WAS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS BUT
YOU HAVE MADE IT LOOK VERY
SIMPLE AND VERY SLEEK AND EASY
TO DIGEST, I WILL BE SUPPORTING
THIS TODAY. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> WITHOUT
>> WITHOUT, WE WILL GO TO A
VOTE. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE E
THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WORK
MIKE
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES .
>> SAWANT ?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> YES .
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> IT PASSES. PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE. MOVING ON, NO ITEMS D
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS,
THERE ARE NO OTHER RESOLUTIONS
FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION
TODAY. OTHER BUSINESS, IS THERE
ANY OTHER MATTERS TO COME BEFORE
BEFORE COUNCIL BEFORE WE ADJOUN
WE ADJOURN? OKAY. THIS DOES CONE
DOES CONCLUDE OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. WE
WE WILL MEET AGAIN ON TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 27th AT 2:00. THANK
YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND
PARTICULARLY FOR HOUR-LONG
PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU AND I
HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. WE STAND ADJOURNED,
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.