>>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS A MEETING OF THE
GOVERNORS NATIVE COMMUNITIES
AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
COMMITTEE, IT IS THURSDAY, MAY
19th AT 9:33 AND I APOLOGIZE
FOR BEING THREE MINUTES LATE.
I CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE, MY
NAME IS DEBORA JUAREZ . IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTIVE, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
SEEING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED AND I WILL MOVE OVER
TO THE REPORT OF THE CHAIR.
>> EXCUSE ME, I AM SORRY, MAY I
CALL THE ROLE?
FOR THE RECORD, I WILL CALL THE
ROLE.
>> I JUST REALIZED THAT.
GO AHEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT .
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR JUAREZ ?
>> PRESENT.
>> THREE PRESENT.
>> WE HAVE THREE ITEMS --
ACTUALLY, FOUR ITEMS, AND
UPDATE ON OUR MISSING, MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
AND WE HAVE THREE APPOINTMENTS,
LOOKING AT DANIELLE ALVARADO,
MR. DUSTIN LAMBRO FOR THE LABOR
STANDARDS COMMITTEE ,
COMMISSION, SORRY, AND ANOTHER
FOR THE ETHICS AND ELECTIONS
COMMITTEE.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I HAVE
SOME NOTES FOR THE RECORD.
SO, THE MISSING, MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN HAS BEEN GOING
ON FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES IF
NOT LONGER AND WE HAVE A
RESPONSE TODAY THAT WE PUT
FORWARD IN THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT, SPD
APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN 2021 AND
WE WERE ASKING THE CHIEF,
ADRIAN DIAZ, AND THE ADVISOR,
LUIS GOMEZ-VENTURA , TO GIVE US
AN UPDATE OF THE LEGISLATION
AND THE ORDINANCE AND THE
PERSON THAT WAS HIRED TO DO THE
MISSING MURDERED DATA, AND
TODAY WE WILL HEAR FROM THE
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
SEATTLE UNION HEALTH BOARD AND
SHE WILL BE JOINED BY THE
POLICY PROGRAM COORDINATOR,
DIRECTOR, CHRISTINA DIEGO , I
SEE SHE IS HERE, NO, SHE IS NOT
HERE.
YES, SHE IS HERE.
AND THE RESEARCH MANAGER FOR
THE URBAN INDIAN HEALTH
INSTITUTE.
WITH THAT, LET'S SEE, THAT IS
THE REPORT.
I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE
RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL
AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE WILL BE
TODAY WITH THE TWO
PRESENTATIONS.
AND SPD HAS A 10 PAGE
POWERPOINT AND THE HEALTH
BOARD HAS A POWERPOINT AS WELL.
WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
>> SEEING THAT THERE WERE NO
SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR
RIGID AND WE WILL GO TO ITEMS
OF BUSINESS.
NICE OF YOU TO JOIN US.
CAN YOU READ ITEM NUMBER ONE
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, UPDATE ON
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT, 002 A001 FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> BEFORE I INTRODUCED THE
INTERIM CHIEF, I WANT TO SAY A
FEW WORDS, THANK YOU, INTERIM
CHIEF, ADRIAN DIAZ, THANK YOU
FOR MEETING WITH ME YESTERDAY
ON ALL OF THE ISSUES, I
APPRECIATE THAT WE CAN SIT DOWN
AND GO THROUGH THE ISSUES.
AND FOR JOINING US TODAY, OUR
FIRST TIME MEETING LUIS.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS
LAUNCHED ITS FIRST TARGETED
EFFORT TO COLLECT IT ON MISSING
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
CASES AND THESE CASES HAVE BEEN
LARGELY FORGOTTEN, NOT BY THE
FAMILIES, BUT BY GREATER
SOCIETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT,
WHICH WE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING
FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES.
IN 2017, THE SEATTLE HEALTH
BOARD URBAN INDIAN HEALTH
INSTITUTE PUBLISHED A REPORT
TITLED MISSING MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS,
DETAILING THE CRISIS NATIONWIDE
EDIT IDENTIFY THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AS HAVING MORE OF THESE
CASES THAT ANY OF THE OTHER
ONES IN THE UNITED STATES.
THAT SENTENCE DOES NOT BE
RIGHT.
ANYWAY, WE WERE RESPONSIVE TO
THIS REPORT AND WE WERE WORKING
WITH ABIGAIL AND ESTHER, WE
WORKED ON THIS REGARDING
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
GIRLS AND THE VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN ACT, THINGS WE LOBBIED ON
IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND WHAT
HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
GOT BACK TO OUR STATE OF
WASHINGTON AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES
TO MOVE FORWARD AND IMPLEMENT
SOME OF THESE POLICIES AND FIND
THEM AND WORK WITH LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT WHICH CHIEF DIAZ
WORKS WITH LOCAL TRIBAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AS WELL.
I AM EXCITED BECAUSE THIS IS
OUR FIRST ROLLOUT TO HEAR THE
PRESENTATION FROM SPD AND THE
HEALTH BOARD AND I ANTICIPATE
WE WILL HAVE A FOLLOW-UP
BECAUSE WE WILL NOT LET THIS
GO, WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST
CITIES IN THE COUNTRY TO DO
THIS AND WE HAVE HAD OTHER
CITIES AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
TO ASK FOR OUR ORNAMENTS AND
RESOLUTIONS, THE FISCAL NOTES
AND THE BACKGROUND
ORGANIZATIONS AND HOW WE PUT
THIS TOGETHER AND I WAS ON A
COUPLE OF PODCASTS EXPLAINING
HOW WE WORK THROUGH THIS AND WE
COULD HAVE NOT DONE IT WITHOUT
THE COUNCIL AND STAFF, WITHOUT
SPD, WITHOUT SEATTLE INDIAN
HEALTH BOARD AND THE TRIBAL
LEADERS THAT WERE THERE FOR US
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
WITH THAT, I WILL HEAD OVER TO
THE INTERIM CHIEF DIAZ AND LET
HIM INTRODUCE HIS PEOPLE AND GO
FROM THERE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ AND THE NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE FOR
HOSTING THIS PRESENTATION.
WE ARE HERE TO UPDATE THE WORK
THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON
RESOLUTION 31900, MISSING
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS.
THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I HAVE
HAD THE HONOR TO WORK WITH
NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND FOR MANY
YEARS I WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT THE
JOURNEY WHEN A CHILDHOOD FRIEND
HELPED ORGANIZE A JOURNEY WITH
THE HOST TRIBE.
WHEN I WAS WORKING ON COMMUNITY
OUTREACH WE WOULD BRING THE
POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE
PROGRAM TO THE YOUTH AND WE
HAVE WORKED WITH URBAN NATIVE
EDUCATION ALLIANCE TO SUPPORT
THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND
BEING ENGAGED IN THE VARIOUS
TALKS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION.
OVER THE COURSE OF MY 25 YEARS,
I HAVE WORKED WITH MANY OF THE
TRIBAL POLICE CHIEFS, MANY JUST
OFFICERS BUT ROSE THROUGH THE
RANKS LIKE MYSELF.
I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
LEARNING AND BEING EDUCATED ON
MANY OF THE CHALLENGES OUR
NATIVE COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCED
AND I MUST ADMIT THAT, FOR MANY
OF THOSE YEARS, MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS WAS NOT DISCUSSED AS WE
DID NOT KNOW THE IMPACT BEING
FELT THROUGHOUT OUR NATIVE
AMENITY.
TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND MISSING
AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
AND GIRLS HAVE BEEN SO
IMPORTANT TO RAISE AWARENESS TO
THIS HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS.
WE ARE THANKFUL TO THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ FOR PUTTING
THROUGH THE LEGISLATION AND
HIRING A SPECIAL LIAISON TO
APPROVE DATA COLLECTION AND
TAKING THE STEPS TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND AND HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES.
WE ARE APPRECIATIVE FOR THE
WORK ABIGAIL, THE CHIEF
RESOURCE OFFICER I CANNOT
THINK BOTH OF YOU ENOUGH FOR
BRINGING AWARENESS AND WAYS TO
ENSURE NO VOICES ON -- AS AN
ASSISTANT CHIEF, I WORK WITH
YOUR OFFICE IN DEVELOPING THIS
PROJECT BEFORE MOVING INTO OUR
PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS ACTION.
I AM DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE
SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM.
WE ARE WORKING TO REVAMP THE
POLICY REGARDING THE BILL ON
THE CREATION OF THE ENDANGERED
MISSING MURDERED ADVISORY
DESIGNATION FOR MISSING
INDIGENOUS PERSONS.
SIGNED THIS INTO LEGISLATION AS
AN EXTENSION TO THE AMBER ALERT
SYSTEM, THE SILVER ALERT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 10 YEARS
AGO OUR COMMUNITY LOST SOMEONE
TO GUN VIOLENCE IN PIONEER
SQUARE, NATIVE, HER MURDERS IS
UNSOLVED AND WE CANNOT LOSE HER
VOICE AND WE MUST ENSURE HER
VOICE IS LOUD AND IT BRINGS
JUSTICE TO THE FAMILY THAT HAS
BEEN IMPACTED.
I KNOW WE HAVE MANY MORE.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR SEATTLE TO
BE A LEADER IN THIS WORK AND
REDUCE FURTHER VICTIMIZATION,
BUILD TRUST WITH OUR NATIVE
COMMUNITIES, AND DEVELOP OUR
WORK SO WE DO NOT HAVE MISSING
AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
AND GIRLS.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, THIS IS
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO HAVE A
PARTNERSHIP LIKE THIS AND I
DON'T KNOW ANOTHER POLICE
AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY WHO HAS A
PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE
DEVELOPING LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE
WITH SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD.
IT IS CRUCIAL FOR US TO DEVELOP
A FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND WE KNOW WE
WILL HAVE CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT
THE TIME.
BECAUSE THIS HAS NEVER BEEN
DONE, WE ARE DEVELOPING THE
ROAD AHEAD AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU AND TURN IT OVER TO LUIS
GOMEZ-VENTURA, OUR DATA ANALYST
, AND OUR COO FOR A FURTHER
UPDATE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU, INTERIM CHIEF DIAZ.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ , AND COUNCILMEMBERS, I
AM HAPPY TO BE HERE TO GIVE A
BRIEF UPDATE ON SOME OF THE
WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD.
AND I HAVE A BRIEFING ON THE
WORK THAT WE DID IN YEAR ONE TO
GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE HOPE
TO DO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
YEARS.
>> BEFORE YOU START YOUR
POWERPOINT, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
, WE MET AHEAD OF TIME WITH THE
CHIEF AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OF HIM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOLD
THEM, YOU CAN ASK THEM AS YOU
GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT.
GO AHEAD, MR. GOMEZ, IT IS ALL
YOU.
>> OKAY.
IF SOMEBODY HOOKING UP YOUR
POWERPOINT?
>> YES.
>> I THINK THAT IS WHAT HE IS
WORKING ON.
>> I PRINTED MY OUT.
>> OKAY.
I AM GOING OFF CAMERA TO SEE IF
I CAN FIGURE THIS OUT.
SORRY FOR THE DELAY.
>> OKAY.
IF WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
TIME, INTERIM CHIEF DIAZ, CAN
WE TALK ABOUT, WE STARTED THIS
PROCESS ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO.
AND IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET UP
AND IN PLACE AND DO THE
CONNECTION WITH SPD AND SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD . AS WE
WERE TALKING YESTERDAY AND THIS
MORNING, I WENT THROUGH THE
FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT,
DELIVERABLES, AND THE WORK THAT
THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD
HAS PUT IN AND THE STAFF THEY
HAVE DEDICATED TO GETTING THIS
DONE AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE ARE HERE, GREAT.
ARE YOU READY TO GO MR. -- ARE
YOU READY TO GO, LUIS?
>> I BELIEVE SO.
>> WE ARE GOOD.
>> I THINK SO.
>> YES, WE CAN SEE IT.
>> IT IS HAVING THE PRESENT IN
A DIFFERENT MANNER, WHICH I DO
NOT WANT TO DO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU ARE
RIGHT, THIS HAS BEEN A COUPLE
OF YEARS IN THE MAKING, TO HIRE
AND GO THROUGH A PROCESS TAKES
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
WE WORKED TO SET UP A CONTRACT
WITH SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD AND THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS
TIME.
BUT THIS IS EXCITING WORK THAT
WE ARE DOING.
I THINK IT HIGHLIGHTS, AS WE
START TO GET THE MMIW ALERT
SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING IT WILL
ALLOW US TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE
TO COMMUNITY NEEDS AND HOW WE
ARE REACHING OUT WHEN SOMEBODY
IS MISSING THAT IS NATIVE AND
FALLS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THIS
PROJECT.
AS YOU KNOW, AT THE VERY
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE HAD A
DEATH IN THE NATIVE COMMUNITY
AND I HAD REACHED OUT TO YOU
BECAUSE, THERE WERE CERTAIN
THINGS THAT I WAS CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT NEEDED TO BE
HIGHLIGHTED THAT MAY BE
IMPACTFUL TO THE NATIVE
COMMUNITY.
HAVING A PROGRAM THAT HAS A
FULL STRUCTURE TO THIS WILL
REALLY HELP BRING AWARENESS TO
WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR NATIVE
COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE WE READY TO GO, LUIS?
>> YES, TECHNICAL DETAILS --
DIFFICULTIES, BUT WE ARE READY
TO GO.
AS I SAID, I WILL DO A QUICK
BRIEF WITH THE PROGRAM AND WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN DOING AT SEATTLE
POLICE, IME MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS DATA
ADVISOR FOR THE M'MIP PROGRAM
AND WORKING UNDER THE
PERFORMANCE, ANALYTICS AND
RESEARCH TEAM, AND THIS IS OUR
TEAM POWERPOINT SLIDE.
A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT IS
I PLAN ON COVERING DURING THIS
POWERPOINT, HOPING TO DO A
BACKGROUND, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ , THANK YOU, AND INTERIM
CHIEF DIAZ FOR SHARING THE
BACKGROUND PRIOR TO MY JOINING
THIS EFFORT AND THIS WORK.
MY BACKGROUND WILL BE VERY
BRIEF.
I PLAN ON DOING A PROGRAM
OVERVIEW.
AND THEN PRESENT ON THE WORK
THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED DURING
YEAR ONE AND GO OVER CHALLENGES
AND AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT WHERE
HOPING TO APPROACH.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I AM HOPING
TO SHARE SOME NEXT STEPS,
LOOKING AT THE WORK WE WILL BE
DOING THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND
THE REMAINDER OF THIS CONTRACT.
SO, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE,
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
INTEREST IN TERMS OF BEING IN
LIGHT TO ONGOING CONCERNS WITH
MISSING AND MURDERED WOMEN AND
GIRLS.
I WILL SHARE THREE KEY POINTS,
STARTING IN 2008, THE URBAN
INSTITUTE REPRESENTED THE
RESEARCH DIVISION OF THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD
PUBLISHED A REPORT ON MISSING
AND MURDERED WOMEN AND GIRLS
WITH BRIGHT LIGHT TO THE
CONCERNS RELATED TO SEATTLE ON
MISSING AND MURDERED WOMEN AND
GIRLS.
IN 2019, THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION
WHICH MADE IT A POINT TO ENSURE
THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE WAS
DOING ALL THEY COULD TO ENSURE
THAT THEY WERE TACKLING AND
JOINING IN BRINGING LIGHT TO
THE CONCERNS AND PROBLEMS OF
THE CRISIS OF MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS.
IN DECEMBER OF 2020, I WAS
HIRED AND BROUGHT ON BOARD AS
THE MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DATA ANALYST.
TWO KEY POINTS THAT I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT WITH REGARD TO OUR
MISSION AND VISION ON THE WORK
THAT WE ARE DOING, I THINK IT
IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO,
NOT ONLY TACKLE THE ASPECT OF
UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE OF THE
DATA PROBLEM, BUT ALSO ON
CREATING A MODEL FOR
COLLABORATION.
AS PART OF THIS, OUR MISSION
WITH REGARDS TO THE MMIP
PROGRAM IS TO RAISE AWARENESS
AND ADDRESS THE NATIONAL DATA
CRISIS AS IT PERTAINS TO
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE.
AS I MENTIONED, THE VISION HAS
TWO POINTS, UNDERSTANDING THE
SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM AND
BRINGING LIGHT TO THE STORY OF
MISSING AND MURDERED AMERICAN
INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVE
WOMEN, BUT ALSO WE ARE THE
FIRST PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN
THE NATION.
SO, WE HOPE TO CREATE A MODEL
FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN
AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.
THUS FAR, OUR COLLABORATION HAS
BEEN IN PART WITH THE SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD AND I HAVE
LISTED THE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
INCLUDING MYSELF, THE CHIEF,
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND OUR
DIRECTOR OF PA WHO ARE
ASSISTING WITHIN THE SPD ON
THIS CONTRACT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, WITH REGARDS
TO THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD, WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT
AND CEO, ABIGAIL, WHO HAS DONE
A LOT OF WORK IN THIS AREA, THE
CHIEF DATA OFFICER, AND MY
COUNTERPART AS THE RESEARCH
MANAGER FOR THIS PROGRAM.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF DELIVERABLES
WITH REGARD TO MY POSITION AND
MY CONTRACT WITH WHAT IT IS WE
WERE HOPING TO TACKLE FOR YOUR
ONE.
PART OF THE DELIVERABLES FOR
YOUR ONE IN THE SECOND QUARTER
WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING MATTER
EXPERT DISCOVERY SESSIONS, THE
SECOND PART OF THAT WAS
DISCOVERY PHASE CONSULTATION,
LOOKING AND SPEAKING WITH
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PART OF
THIS PROCESS FROM THE DATA
COLLECTION ALL THE WAY TO
ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH
CASES OF MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS.
TOWARDS THE END OF 2021, THE
GOAL WAS TO CREATE A FIVE-YEAR
PLAN, CONSULTATION, THAT WOULD
OUTLINE THE WORK THAT WE WERE
HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD AND IN
ADDITION TACKLE THE DATA
COLLECTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
WHICH I BELIEVE THE SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD WILL GO
INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT LATER
ON, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WE
RECEIVED AND ARE REVIEWING.
>> CAN I STOP YOU?
CAN WE GO BACK?
THIS WAS A STICKING POINT AND I
LEARNED FROM ABIGAIL, AND THE
WOMEN WORKING ON THIS ON THE
NATIONAL CRISIS, THE DATA
SHARING RECOMMENDATIONS, DID --
WAS THAT SYNCED UP?
WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION THE
SAME AS THEIRS ON THE DATA
COLLECTION AND DATA SHARING
RECOMMENDATIONS?
>> YES, AS I MENTIONED, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, WE RECEIVED
THEM LAST WEEK AND WE ARE IN
THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE
ULTIMATE GOAL IN REVIEWING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION OF WHAT IS THE
WORK THAT THE SEATTLE INDIAN
HEALTH BOARD WISHES TO DO AND
WHAT SPD WISHES TO DO . THUS
FAR, THE ASPECTS OF BEING SICK
SYNCED IN THE WORK WE ARE DOING
HAS BEEN GREAT.
AS WE REVIEW THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR GOAL IS TO
GET TO A MIDDLE GROUND IN THE
WORK WHERE HOPING TO DO AS PART
OF THE DATA SHARING AND DATA
COLLECTION ASPECT.
>> I DON'T WANT TO COMPLETELY
HOLD UP THE PRESENTATION BUT,
DOES CHRISTINE OR SHANNON, IS
THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD,
OR ARE YOU SAVING EVERYTHING
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION?
>> I THINK WE WILL SAVE IT.
>> OKAY, THANKS.
GO AHEAD, LUIS.
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WORKED
ON WITH REGARD TO YOUR ONE,
FIRST AND FOREMOST, ONE OF THE
KEY POINTS OF OUR CONTRACT AND
THE WORK WAS TO CREATE THE
COLLABORATION.
SHANNON CAME ON BOARD TOWARDS
THE END OF QUARTER TO AND WE
DEVELOP THAT RELATIONSHIP IN
GROWING OUR COLLABORATION.
PART OF THAT WAS ESTABLISHING
REGULAR MEETINGS AND SETTING UP
WAYS FOR US TO COMMUNICATE AND
TALK TO EACH OTHER, AND ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS OR COLLABORATE ON
ANY WORK WE NEED TO DO TO
ACCOMPLISH.
WE STARTED OFF MEETING BIWEEKLY
AND WE SHIFTED TO MEETING
WEEKLY IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT
ONGOING CONVERSATION AND
COMMUNICATION.
SECOND PART OF THE 2021
ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS DOING A DATA
ORIENTATION SESSION, WHICH IS
BASICALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THE
ARCHITECTURE AND DATA DISCOVERY
OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE DATA WE
HAVE.
THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD WITH
REGARDS TO THE DATA DISCOVERY
SESSION HAPPENED A COUPLE WEEKS
AFTER I WAS HIRED.
IT WAS DETERMINED, LATER ON BY
MUTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD AND
OURSELVES , THAT WE NEEDED TO
GO BACK IN TERMS OF THE START
OF THE DATE OF THE COLLECTION
TO BE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT EXACTLY WAS HAPPENING WITH
THE ASPECT OF MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS.
WE SHIFTED OUR FOCUS MORE TO
THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS,
DISCOVERY SESSION, AND THIS WAS
REALLY GREAT.
THE FIRST SESSION WE DID WAS
WITH THE CSDC, HAVING BRIAN
SMITH, AND ADMINISTRATIVE
MANAGER, HAVE SHANNON AND
MYSELF GO INTO THE DISPATCH
CENTER TO WITNESS AND SEE HOW A
911 CALL COMES IN FROM A CALL
TAKER TO THE DISPATCHER TO
HAVING THEM ASSIGN A LEVEL OF
URGENCY FOR ALL OF THE CALLS
THAT ARE COMING IN.
THIS ALLOWED US TO GET ON THE
GROUND INSIGHT INTO DETERMINING
HOW A CALL IS COMING IN 2911.
THEREAFTER, WE SAW THE OTHER
ASPECT OF A CALL COMING IN,
SEEING A POLICE OFFICER ATTEND
TO ONE OF THESE CALLS.
WE HAD A CAPTAIN TAKE SHANNON
AND I ON THE RIGHT ALONG TO
HEAR SOME OF THE CALLS COMING
IN AND HOW THEY ARE ADDRESSING
THE PATROL ASPECT OF THE CALLS
COMING IN.
IF A CALL WAS TO COME IN WITH
REGARDS TO SOMEBODY MISSING, WE
SHIFTED GEARS TOWARDS LOOKING
AT THE MISSING PERSONS UNIT AND
HAD DETECTIVE AMY LeCLAIR GUIDE
US THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT
IT IS AND ALL THE STEPS
NECESSARY TO FULLY TACKLE
ASPECTS OF A MISSING PERSON'S
CASE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE HAD
LOOKED AT THE DATA ELEMENTS
THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER FOR
THIS INFORMATION TO BE FULLY
TRACKED AND WE HAVE MORE IN
WALK US THROUGH THE PLATFORM IN
ORDER FOR US TO SEE HOW ALL OF
THIS INFORMATION IS BEING
TRACKED.
>> WHAT DOES MARK 43 MEAN?
>> THAT IS OUR DATABASE THAT
COLLECTS ALL OF THE INFORMATION
FROM THE CALLS THAT ARE COMING
IN FROM THE DISPATCHERS, IT
COLLECTS ALL OF THE INFORMATION
WITH REGARDS TO THE CALLS AND
WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN, WHAT
TIME, WHAT PATROL IS ATTENDING,
WHETHER ANY INFORMATION IS
BEING COLLECTED WITH REGARDS TO
THE USE OF FORCE OR PATROL
OFFICER ENGAGING INTO THESE
CALLS.
IT COLLECTS THE INFORMATION AND
WE WERE FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY
ON REPORTS WITH REGARD TO THE
MISSING PERSON CASES.
MARK43 IS OUR RECORD
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NOT A PROBLEM.
SO, TOWARDS THE END OF Q3, WE
DEVELOP WORKFLOWS TO FULLY
TRACKED THE SYSTEM OF WHEN A
CALL COMES IN AND ULTIMATELY
THE END GOAL IS TO DETERMINE AT
WHAT POINT WITHIN THE PROCESS
INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
WOMEN IS COMING IN.
SHANNON AND MYSELF WORKED ON
CREATING A DISPATCH WORKFLOW
WHICH WE ARE STILL IN THE
PROCESS OF COMPLETING.
A PATROL WORKFLOW, AND THE
MISSING PERSONS WORKFLOW.
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT
CAME UP WITH REGARD TO YEAR
ONE, THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS
KIND WITH REGARDS TO THE WORK
WE ARE DOING IN COLLABORATION
WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US IN
THE FIRST COUPLE OF MEETINGS
THAT WE HAD TO FULLY UNDERSTAND
THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE
WORK WE WERE DOING.
DEVELOP SOLID COMMUNICATION AND
COLLABORATION TO GET ALL THE
WORK WE HAVE BEFORE US AND
ENSURE THAT THE EXPLORATION OF
SPD WAS ESTABLISHED.
PART OF THAT, WITH REGARD TO
THE SPD AND THE WORKINGS, IS
WHY WE WENT TO THE INITIAL
RECEPTION OF A 911 CALL IN
ORDER TO FOLLOW THE CALL FROM
BEGINNING TO END IN TERMS OF
HOW IT IS BEEN DOCUMENTED.
NEXT STEPS, FOR YEAR TWO AND
BEYOND, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE,
WE RECENTLY RECEIVED THE
DELIVERABLES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD AND
WE ARE REVIEWING THEM . THE
DELIVERABLES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BASICALLY
HAVE US -- OR ALLOW US TO FULLY
EVALUATE WHAT IT IS WE ARE
HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
PART OF THAT HAS BEEN ENSHRINED
THAT WE FINISH SOME OF THE WORK
THAT WE DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO
COMPLETE BY THE END OF YEAR
ONE, FINALIZING SOME OF THE
WORKFLOWS.
ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE LISTED
HERE SOME OF THE GOALS THAT SPD
HAS IN REGARDS TO THE WORK WE
HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH IS
POTENTIALLY LAUNCHING A PUBLIC
DATA DASHBOARD THAT FULLY SHOWS
THE CASES OF MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
AND POTENTIALLY INCLUDING SOME
INFOGRAPHICS INFORMATION THAT
COULD BE HELPFUL TO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CREATE
SOME COMPETENCY LEARNINGS FOR
SPD AND WE ARE REALLY HOPING
TO COLLABORATE WITH THESE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD AND
HAVE THEM TAKE THE LEAD IN
HELPING US CREATE AND GET WITH
THE EXPERTS IN THESE AREAS.
THE GOAL --
>> I WILL HOLD YOU UP FOR A
MINUTE BECAUSE I HAVE SOME
THINGS I WANT TO ASK BEFORE WE
GO TO FUTURE COLLABORATIONS AND
END GOALS.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE PAGE IN
YOUR POWERPOINT, BECAUSE, IN
THE BEGINNING, I WAS WORRIED,
WHEN WE FIRST PUT THE BUDGET
REQUEST IN, WORKING WITH
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD AND
MAKING SURE THE CONTRACT GOT
INTO PLACE AND WE PAID
ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING
ON THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL
, FOR A NATIONAL CRISIS, I WAS
CONCERNED, I WAS -- THIS SEEMS
LIKE THIS IS THE PAGE WE WILL
LOOK AT TO DETERMINE HOW WE
WILL MEASURE SUCCESS.
THE THINGS THAT I REALLY AM
EXCITED ABOUT, I MEAN NOT,
POLITICIANS SAY THIS ALL THE
TIME BUT I REALLY MEAN IS,
LAUNCHING THE PUBLIC DATA AND
DASHBOARD SO THE PUBLIC SEES
IT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, AND
ALSO THE BEST CLASSIFICATION
PIECE, WHICH I AM GUESSING THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD
WILL GIVE US MORE INFORMATION
ON.
I LEARNED ABOUT THE
MISCLASSIFICATION AND HOW WE
CLASSIFY PEOPLE THAT ARE
MISSING, THAT WE DO NOT ALWAYS
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND USING --
WORKING WITH AND LEVERAGING
TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
WORKING WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
IN FINDING THEIR PEOPLE.
ON THE TRIBAL SIDE, THE BEST
CLASSIFICATION, WE WILL GET
THERE IN A MINUTE, DID I SAY
THAT CORRECTLY?
IS THAT WE WE ARE GOING TO GO?
>> YES, WE ARE COLLABORATING
WITH THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD AND THE URBAN INDIAN
HEALTH INSTITUTE TO TAKE A LOOK
INTO OUR DATA AND DETERMINE
WHETHER THERE IS ANY
MISCLASSIFICATION.
THE GOAL IS TO DO AN ANALYSIS
OF OUR DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE NOT MISCLASSIFIED ANY
INDIVIDUALS THAT GO MISSING OR
ARE MURDERED WITHIN OUR
DATABASE.
SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE FOCUSING
ON THE DATA WITH US TO
DETERMINE IF THERE WERE
PROBLEMS.
>> THE LAUNCHING OF THE WEBSITE
-- THE DASHBOARD IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE THE DATA,
BUT JUST THE WEBSITE, THE
WEBSITE HAS ALLOWED US TO TALK
ABOUT THIS, WE DID NOT HAVE A
MEDIA PLATFORM TO PUT UP
PICTURES AND WE HAVE BEEN
PROVIDED THE SPACE TO REACH
OUT.
I AM GUESSING THAT, WHEN YOU
WORK WITH SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD , AND WE DO HAVE A
MISSING, MURDERED INDIGENOUS
PERSONAL WEBSITE.
I KEEP HAVING THESE QUESTIONS.
THAT WE SHARED THE WEBSITE AND
TAKE INPUT FROM YOU -- I KNOW
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, FROM
LOCAL TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND THEIR SOCIAL SERVICES.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU
SIDELOAD OFF YOUR ONLY CONTACT
WITH INDIAN COUNTRY IS THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD,
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH
THAT BUT THE WHOLE POINT , TO
ADDRESS A NATIONAL ISSUE, IN
INDIAN COUNTRY, WITH PEOPLE
MISSING, WE DON'T DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN CITY LIMITS AND STATE
LINES, FOR THAT MATTER, CANADA
AND THE UNITED STATES.
I WILL PUSH HARD ON THAT.
GO AHEAD, ESTHER.
>> THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE, IS
YOUR MISCLASSIFICATION ANALYSIS
PROJECT GOING TO INCLUDE A
FORENSIC REVIEW OF MMIP CASES ?
WE DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR
THAT.
>> YES, DEFINITELY, THAT IS
INCLUDED WITHIN OUR
MISCLASSIFICATION ANALYSIS
PROJECT.
I DID WANT TO ANSWER SOME OF
THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCIL
PRESIDENT TRENT HE WAS
MENTIONING IN REGARDS TO THE
COLLABORATION.
I DON'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD, I
BELIEVE THE SEATTLE INDIAN
HEALTH BOARD WILL BE
PRESENTING ON THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THE
OVERVIEW I HAVE DONE THUS FAR
WITH REGARDS TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THEY HAVE
SHARED, IT IS WITHIN THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COLLABORATE
WITH SOME OF THE OTHER TRIBAL
AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND
THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING ON
OUR LIST IN TERMS OF WHAT TO DO
TO GO IN THE DIRECTION WE ARE
HOPING, SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS
TO THE MMIP WEBSITE AND THAT IS
SOMETHING WE WANT TO
COLLABORATE ON . TO I HAVE NEWS
FOR YOU, I WILL TAKE THE SHOW
ON THE ROAD, YOU WILL GO WITH
US, SO GET READY FOR THAT.
>> I AM READY TO GO.
>> I WILL LET YOU FINISH.
>> AS I MENTIONED, THAT IS OUR
ULTIMATE END GOAL.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAD,
THERE IS A LOT OF LIGHT ON --
THERE HAS BEEN LIGHT ON THE
ONGOING DATA CRISIS THAT WITHIN
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THERE
HAS BEEN MORE LIGHT ON THIS.
THERE HAS BEEN A PUSH, FROM NOT
JUST THE CITY OF SEATTLE, BUT
THE STATE AS A WHOLE, TO WORK
IN COLLABORATION WITH SOME OF
THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE
STEMMING FROM, WHETHER
MISCLASSIFICATION OR JUST THE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, AND SOME OF
THE ASPECTS I HAVE HAD HERE
WITH REGARD TO FUTURE
COLLABORATION IS WE ARE HOPING
TO SEE WHERE WE FIT IN TERMS OF
THE WASHINGTON STATE ALERT
SYSTEM WITH MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND
WASHINGTON STATE CREATED THE
WASHINGTON STATE MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
PEOPLE TASK FORCE THAT WE ARE
HOPING TO TEAM UP AND PARTNER
WITH ON THE WORK WE ARE DOING
FOR US NOT TO BE DUPLICATING
THE WORK.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WORKING
CLOSELY IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISOR COUNCIL
LIAISON FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE WORK
THAT IS AHEAD OF US AND EXCITED
TO LOOK INTO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD
SHARED WITH US TO SEE WHAT IS
THE REMAINDER OF THE CONTRACT
HAS IN STORE FOR US.
>> ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL, I
READ YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
FRANCESCA?
>> YES.
I HAD A COUPLE OF CALLS WITH
HER AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS
OF DETERMINING -- I KNOW
SHANNON HAS BEEN IN CONTACT
WITH FRANCESCA AND WE ARE
TRYING TO GET ON A CALL AND
DETERMINE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> INCLUDE OUR POLICY PERSON ON
THAT, AND I HOPE FRANCESCA IS
LISTENING, SHE IS AMAZING, SHE
WAS AN EMPLOYEE AT SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD AND THEY
TRAINED HER WELL , THEN SHE
CAME HERE AND SHE IS THE
LINCHPIN HOLDING TOGETHER THE
ADVISORY COUNCIL AND SHE AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
CAN HAVE A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF
PEOPLE REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS
REGION THAT WILL ADVISE HIM OF
NOT ONLY THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
OF GOVERNMENT, BUT THE
EXECUTIE BRANCH AS WELL, AND
THE MAYOR HIRED THE FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER AND HAVING TIM
AND FRANCESCA HAS MADE MY JOB
90% EASIER.
WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE
AND WERE ANXIOUS TO WELCOME YOU
AND WORK WITH YOU IN INDIAN
COUNTRY.
>> DEFINITELY.
WE HAVE BEEN EXCITED AND
BRAINSTORMING ON DETERMINING
HOW WE FIT IN WITH ALL OF THIS
WORK THAT IS HAPPENING.
I THINK WE FEEL THE SUPPORT AND
NO LONGER FEEL LIKE IT IS US
WHO ARE THE ONLY ONES WORKING
ON THIS AND WE ARE EXCITED TO
GROW OUR TEAM IN COLLABORATION
WITH REGARDS TO THE CRISIS.
>> CHIEF DIAZ, DO YOU WANT TO
WRAP UP, THAT I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO ESTHER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING
STATEMENTS?
>> NO, I THINK WE SAID ALL WE
WANT TO SAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.
WE WILL HAVE CHALLENGES
THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING OF THE
PROGRAM BUT I'M EXCITED FOR THE
PARTNERSHIPS AND
COLLABORATIONS, AND FOR US TO
BUILD TRUST WITHIN THE NATIVE
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THAT KIND OF STARTING
PROCESS.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
>> BEFORE WE DO THAT.
I WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU ARE THE
FIRST PERSON IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT, WE WOULD HAVE OUR
CONVERSATIONS EARLY ON, YOU
SAID IT AGAIN THIS MORNING ON
YOUR OWN, I AM GLAD YOU SAID
WHAT YOU SAID, THAT MISSING
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE
AND YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT,
YOU SAID THAT PRIVATELY TO ME,
PUBLICLY TODAY, THIS IS THE
CITY RESPONSE TO A NATIONAL
CRISIS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR THE WORDS.
IT CONTEXTUALIZES IT AND PUTS
IT IN A NARRATIVE THAT PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS
HAPPENING TODAY AND I THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MS. LUCERO.
>> CHIEF DIAZ, GOOD TO SEE YOUR
FACE, I REMEMBER OUR FIRST
MEETING ON THIS WHEN WE WERE
TRYING TO WRITE THE JOB
DESCRIPTION.
CHIEF, WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH CITY COUNCIL
AROUND BUDGETING FOR THE FUTURE
RELATED TO THIS AS I AM
THINKING ABOUT RESOURCES WE
HAVE ALLOCATED AND YOU HAVE
UTILIZED.
WE WILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION
MOVING FORWARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TREMENDOUS
GRATITUDE TO OUR TEAM, SHANNON
HAS BEEN OUR RESEARCH MANAGER
AND LEADING THE EFFORT IN
DEDICATING HER TIME, ADRIAN
DOMINGUEZ HAS BEEN OVERSEEING
HER WORK AND THAT ALLOWS
ABIGAIL AND I TO DO OUR WORK TO
EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND BRING IN
VITAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE
INITIATIVES.
CHRISTINA DIEGO IS OUR POLICY
PROGRAM MANAGER AND SHE IS
BRILLIANT.
WE ARE LUCKY WE HAVE DOUBLE
BRILLIANCE SINCE YOU TOOK
FRANCESCA FROM ME,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO REALLY BUILD
AND STRENGTHEN OUR NEED OF
POLICY PEOPLE.
I WILL HEAD OVER TO CHRISTINA
DIEGO AND WE CAN HAVE A GOOD
DISCUSSION .
>> CHRISTINA?
>> HELLO, EVERYONE, THANK YOU
FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINA DIEGO AND
I AM A POLICY PROGRAM DIRECTOR
WITH THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD , I AM HERE TODAY WITH
THE RESEARCH MANAGER OF THE
URBAN INDIAN HEALTH INSTITUTE
WHO LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE
RESOLUTION IN THE FIRST YEAR,
AND WITH THE PRESIDENT AND CEO
OF THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE
GOVERNANCE OF NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE FOR
HOLDING THIS MEETING TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT
THE PRESENTATION TODAY FOCUSES
ON AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA
NATIVE POPULATIONS.
AS PART OF OUR RESEARCH, WE
RECOGNIZE DATA COLLECTION
PRACTICES AND LOCAL EFFORTS,
THAT THEY MUST CONTINUE TO
SERVE THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF EACH
INDIGENOUS POPULATION.
IN THE FIRST YEAR, THE URBAN
INDIAN HEALTH INSTITUTE ASSESS
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
WORKLOAD IN IDENTIFYING MISSING
PERSONS BY OBSERVING THE DATA
COLLECTION PROCESSES FROM 911
EMERGENCY CALL INITIATIONS TO
MISSING PERSONS DETECTIVE
FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATIONS.
BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED TIME, WE
FOCUSED ON HOW SEATTLE POLICE
PROCESSED MISSING PERSON CASES
AND IN THE SECOND YEAR WE WILL
OBSERVE HOW SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT PROCESSES THE MURDER
CASES IN RELATION TO AMERICAN
INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
PEOPLE.
OUR OBSERVATIONS CAN SUPPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE
THE DATA COLLECTION PRACTICES
AND INVESTIGATION POLICIES TO
MORE ACCURATELY CAPTURE THE
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
WOMEN AND PEOPLE CRISIS THROUGH
POLICIES, PROCESSES, AND
INTERVENTIONS.
THE URBAN INDIAN HEALTH
INSTITUTE WORKED WITH THE KING
COUNTY PROSECUTING OFFICE TO
IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF DATA
COLLECTED ON AMERICAN INDIAN
AND ALASKA NATIVE PEOPLE.
THE STUDY OFFERS
RECOMMENDATIONS TO UPDATE THE
DATABASES WITH FIELDS FOR RACE,
ETHNICITY, TRIBAL AFFILIATION,
AND OUR WORK WITH KING COUNTY
HAS BROUGHT NATIONAL ATTENTION
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
AND THE FBI I CAN BE REPLICATED
WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
OUR WORK I HAD RECOMMENDS FIVE
TARGETED AREAS FOR THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH
INCLUDES IMPROVING THE DATA
COLLECTION METHODS, PRACTICES,
PROCESSES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT
THEY ENSURE AMERICAN INDIAN,
RACE, ETHNICITY ARE BEING
ACCURATELY CAPTURED FROM OUR
OBSERVATIONS, THERE IS A LACK
OF STANDARDIZING AMERICAN
INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE RACE
AND ETHNICITY WITHIN THE
PROTOCOLS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT
THE COLLECT SELF IDENTIFIED
RACE AND ETHNICITY OF MISSING
AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
THE CURRENT COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND TO MEDICATION CENTER AND
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT DATA
COLLECTION PROCESSES RELY ON
COLLEGE PERCEPTIONS OF THE
INDIVIDUAL AND THIS
SIGNIFICANTLY ERASES THE RACE
AND ETHNICITY THAT THE
INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIES AS.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SURE
THE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF
MULTIPLE RACE AND ETHNICITY
CATEGORIES.
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA
NATIVE PEOPLE ARE THE FASTEST
GROWING MULTIRACIAL POPULATION
ACROSS THE NATION.
CURRENT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATION CENTER AND THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT DATA
COLLECTION PROCESSES DO NOT
ALLOW CALLERS TO DESCRIBE
INDIVIDUALS AS MULTIRACIAL
WHICH IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO
BE FIXED.
WE WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT THE
TRIBAL AFFILIATION, WHEN
APPROPRIATE BE GIVEN, AS TRIBAL
CONSULTATION AND URBAN COMFORT
PROCESSES.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND
THAT THEY CONDUCT A FORENSIC
REVIEW OF MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND PEOPLE.
FROM THE URBAN INDIAN HEALTH
INSTITUTE REPORT, WE KNOW THAT
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
WOMEN IS VERY HIGH IN SEATTLE.
TO CORRECT THIS, WE NEED TO
CONDUCT A FORENSIC AUDIT TO
CORRECT CASES OF RACIAL
MISCLASSIFICATION.
WE ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND THEY
DEVELOP A SYSTEM THAT SAYS IT
IN PLAIN LANGUAGE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WE FOUND
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
DOES NOT HAVE A CODEBOOK THAT
EXPLAINS DATA ELEMENTS WHICH IS
CRITICAL FOR ENSURING PROPER
DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS AND
QUALITY.
WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO IMPROVE
TRAINING FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BY PROVIDING
TRAINING ON BEST PRACTICES FOR
COLLECTING AND INPUTTING DATA,
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
STANDARDIZE A PROCESS ACROSS
THE AGENCY.
WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO PROVIDE
TRAINING RELATED TO AMERICAN
INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
COMMUNITIES FOR MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
PEOPLE IN CRISIS AND CULTURAL
HUMILITY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW
EXISTING TRAININGS TO INCREASE
COMPASSION AND EMPATHY AMONG
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE NEXT KEY AREA, WE WOULD
LIKE TO OBSERVE NONEMERGENCY
CALL TAKERS TO IMPROVE THE
COLLECTION OF RACE ETHNICITY
AND TRIBAL AFFILIATION.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND CONDUCTING
OBSERVATIONS OF NONEMERGENCY
CALLS TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS
OF MISSING PERSON INVESTIGATION
PROCESSES TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS RELATED TO MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
IN THE LAST SECTION, WE WANT
THEM TO DEVELOP A UNIT MANUAL
TO SET COMMUNICATION STANDARDS
BETWEEN THE MISSING PERSON
DETECTIVE, RECORDING PARTIES,
TRIBAL NATIONS WHEN
APPROPRIATE.
CURRENTLY BUT THERE IS NO UNIT
MANUAL THAT STANDARDIZES
COMMUNICATION EXPECTATIONS
WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR
IMPROVING COMMUNICATION WITH
OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
LASTLY, WE WANT TO RECOMMEND
THE CLARIFY INVESTIGATION
EXPECTATIONS OF PATROL OFFICERS
AND THE MISSING PERSON
DETECTIVE ACROSS SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THIS WILL CLARIFY DATA
COLLECTION PRACTICES AND
SUPPORT WHILE THE INSURANCE TO
PROPERLY DOCUMENT AMERICAN
INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY MISSING
AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
AND PEOPLE.
TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS ON THE
RESOLUTION, WE WOULD LIKE TO
REQUEST THE CITY INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL HOST OUR URBAN
CONFER TO DISCUSS THE REPORTING
AND COLLECTION OF TRIBAL
RELATED DATA.
AS AN URBAN INDIAN
ORGANIZATION, WE RECOGNIZE THE
EFFORTS TO IMPROVE DATA
COLLECTION PRACTICES ON TRIBAL
MEMBERS AND THAT MUST BE
INFORMED BY LOCAL TRIBES,
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA
NATIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
NATIVE LEADERS, AND OTHER
INDIGENOUS LED ORGANIZATIONS IN
THE PRESENCE OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR
CONTINUED WORK IN SUPPORTING
SURVIVORS, VICTIMS, FAMILIES
AFFECTED BY THE MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
PEOPLE CRISIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS I WANT
TO ASK BUT I WANT TO GO BACK,
IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU,
ESTHER, WANT TO ASK.
>> NO, I'LL REPORT YOU CAN WORK
FROM AND I WANT TO REITERATE
THAT WE ARE NOT JUST DOING THIS
TO SOLVE SOME LOCAL CHALLENGES
AND INFORM THE STATE, WE ARE
TRYING TO BUILD A SYSTEM WHICH
CAN BE DUPLICATED ACROSS THE
NATION TO ADDRESS THIS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, AS WE
CONTINUE INTO THIS WORK, WE
KEEP THAT IN MIND.
WE WILL HAVE TO BE INNOVATED
AND CHALLENGE SYSTEMS, AND WE
NEED TO WORK IN TANDEM TO MAKE
THAT HAPPEN.
>> I WILL GO BACK TO YOU,
CHRISTINA, YOU ARE MOVING
PRETTY QUICKLY, YOU WERE
WORKING WITH THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTOR, AN INDIVIDUAL YOU
WERE WORKING WITH, DO YOU HAVE
THE SAME RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
CITY ATTORNEY AND HER STAFF?
BECAUSE LOCAL SEATTLE POLICE,
ARE YOU DEVELOPING THAT
RELATIONSHIP AS WELL?
>> YES, I WOULD SAY WE ARE
DEVELOPING THAT RELATIONSHIP.
WITH THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
THEY REACHED OUT TO US AFTER
SEEING THE WORK WE WERE ABLE TO
DO.
WE WERE HAPPY TO START WORKING
ON A RESOLUTION WITH THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> ON OUR TO DO LIST, MY STAFF
IS TAKING NOTES, WE WANT TO
TALK OFF-LINE ABOUT THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN KING COUNTY
PROSECUTORS AND YOU FOLKS, AND
HELP THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
YOU AS WELL.
I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THE QUESTION I WANT TO ADDRESS
TO THE CHIEF AND LUIS, WITHIN
SPD , DO YOU HAVE, I THINK THEY
DO WITH THE SHERIFF, IS THERE
SOME MECHANISM IN WHICH SPD
WORKS WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT?
THAT IS A BIG ISSUE FOR US.
>> WE DO.
IT IS USUALLY ON VERY SPECIFIC
CASES.
TYPICALLY, IF THERE IS
SOMEWHERE THERE IS A MISSING
CASE, A DETECTIVE FROM THE
TRIBAL POLICE MAY REACH OUT TO
OUR DEFECTIVE IF THERE IS
COMMUNICATION GAPS THAT
SOMETIMES -- IT GOES UP TO A
HIGHER LEVEL, SOMETIMES THE
LIEUTENANTS AND CAPTAINS ARE
INVOLVED.
TYPICALLY, WE USE IT ON AN
INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY UNIFORM ACROSS
WHERE WE ARE REACHING OUT TO
THE TRIBAL POLICE EVEN WHEN
THERE IS NO CASE IS INEXISTENT.
>> THAT UNDERSCORES THE PROBLEM
I HAVE SEEN OVER 30 YEARS AS A
LAWYER IN INDIAN COUNTRY IN
DEALING WITH PROSECUTORS AND
U.S. ATTORNEYS, THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE, I WILL PUSH HARD ON
RECOMMENDATIONS I THINK ARE
IMPORTANT.
WE NEED SOME KIND OF GOAL IN
CONNECTING WITH THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE NEED, ON
THE SPD SIDE , A MORE
FORMALIZED APPROACH, THAT THERE
IS SOMEBODY AT SPD , I KNOW
THAT THEIR JOB -- THEY ARE IN
CONNECTION IN SPEAKING WITH AND
PROVIDING INFORMATION TO TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS, AT LEAST LOCALLY,
AND ALSO TO TRIBAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
WE KNOW A LOT OF THE CHIEFS OF
POLICE FOR DIFFERENT TRIBES,
BUT SHOULD BE RELIANT ON
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY.
I WANT TO SEE THAT BEFORE I
LEAVE OFFICE, AND
INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THAT
BECAUSE LEVERAGING INDIAN
COUNTRY IS PHENOMENAL WHEN YOU
SEE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE.
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ARE LIKE ANY
OTHER GOVERNMENT, THEY HAVE
HOSPITALS AND JAILS, POLICE,
THEY DO EVERYTHING A CITY DOES
AND WHAT I DO NOT SEE THE NON-
UNION AREAS DO IS LEVERAGING
THE RESOURCES TO FIND AND DO
OTHER THINGS, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE MISSION IN
FRONT OF US TODAY, FIND AND
IDENTIFY MISSING, MURDERED
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
I DON'T LIKE BEING THE CITY
THAT HAS THE MOST NUMBER OF
MISSING, MURDERED INDIGENOUS
WOMEN AND GIRLS, I THINK IT IS
71 OR 72.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I LIKE TO
BRAG ABOUT WITH MY COLLEAGUES
IN OTHER CITIES.
SO, CHIEF DIAZ, I AM HOPING YOU
AND I, AT LEAST ON THE
LEGISLATIVE SPD LEVEL, I WILL
SPEAK WITH THE MAYOR AS WELL,
THAT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED .
PEOPLE DO ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ALL
THE TIME, THANK YOU, BUT WHAT I
REALLY WANT A REALLY GOOD,
POLICIES, THIS WOULD BE ONE OF
THEM, TO HAVE SPD ONLINE WITH
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND TRIBAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT , I THINK THAT
WOULD GO A LONG WAY.
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
REITERATE THAT TRIBES ARE
DEEMED PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORITIES AS WELL AND, FROM A
DATA PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE A
DIFFERENT TIERED RESPONSIBILITY
WITH THE AND THE WAYS WE DEFINE
OUR DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS
WITH THE TRIBES AND OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT
ACCURATE DATA TO THE TRIBES IS
GOING TO BE REALLY KEY.
I AM GLAD YOU KEEP BRINGING UP
KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE KEY TO
THE SUCCESS OF THIS OVERALL
TRANSFORMATION.
ABIGAIL AND I ARE HAPPY TO DO
ANYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE
THAT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE
ESTABLISHED BEYOND THE PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE
NOW, AND HELP CREATE ANY OF THE
STRUCTURE A SYSTEM THAT IS
SUSTAINABLE.
>> WE SHOULD USE AS AN EXAMPLE,
THIS WAS 30 YEARS AGO, WE PUSH
HARD FOR THE U.S. ATTORNEY TO
HAVE A NATIVE AMERICAN
ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY AND WE
HAVE ONE NOW.
THERE ARE JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES
AND FEDERAL CRIMES, THERE IS A
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUE WHETHER OR
NOT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN
GO ON A RESERVATION WITH
FEDERAL LAW AND WE HAVE NO
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR, U.S.
ATTORNEY, THAT UNDERSTOOD
INDIAN LAW THAT COULD DO THAT,
NOW WE DO AND I THINK HE IS
STILL THERE, I AM HOPING HE IS
STILL THERE.
THAT WAS A LONG TIME COMING AND
I WANT TO SEE THE COUNTY AND
THE CITY REPLICATE THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON FOR OVER 30 YEARS
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL HAPPEN.
OKAY, GO AHEAD.
>> ONE LAST THING.
SOMETIMES WE SEE SYSTEMS
CREATED AND THERE ARE NO
SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT
ACCOMPANY THAT CREATION.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THINK
ABOUT THAT.
THAT THERE ARE RULES.
AND THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO
NOT ABIDING BY THE NEW SYSTEMS
WE DEVELOP.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN
AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE PEOPLE DO
NOT FOLLOW THROUGH AND THERE
ARE NO CONSEQUENCES TO THAT.
I WANT TO KEEP THAT ON OUR
MINDS.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO
AND WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER
PRESENTATION BEFORE THE AUGUST
BREAK.
LUIS AND TEAM JUST GOT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE INDIAN
HEALTH BOARD AND WE WILL MEET
AGAIN, THE CHIEF AND I WILL
MEET AGAIN, LUIS AND I WILL
MEET AGAIN, AND I WILL HAVE
STRONGER RECOMMENDATIONS WE CAN
DELIVER ON THE LEGISLATIVE SITE
AND WE GET THE ADVISORY COUNCIL
ONLINE, THAT WILL BE A CHIEF
ISSUE TO DEAL WITH FOR THEM,
HOW WE WORK AND COLLABORATE.
KNOWING WHAT THE DELIVERABLES
ARE, HOW DO WE MEASURE SUCCESS,
AND WE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.
OKAY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
ON THIS TOPIC BEFORE WE MOVE
ON?
YOU GOOD?
>> I AM GOOD, THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO THANK CHIEF DIAZ
AND LUIS GOMEZ.
NICE MEETING YOU AND FINALLY
SEEING YOUR FACE.
THANK YOU, CHRISTINE.
WE DID NOT HAVE SHANNON HERE.
>> SHE IS HERE BUT WE JUST
CANNOT SEE HER FACE.
DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SHARE
YOUR FACE.
>> THERE YOU ARE.
HI, SHANNON.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I SEE YOUR NAME ON EVERYTHING.
I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORK.
THANK YOU, ESTHER, FOR THE HARD
WORK.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ,
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE?
>> THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH DOING
THIS.
I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
PRESENTATION, KNOWING IT HAS
BEEN YEARS IN THE WORKS.
I WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANY
EMPHASIS OR MOVEMENT IN THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU THINK
WILL BE FORTHCOMING TO HAVE
SOMETHING THAT COULD BE USED
ACROSS THE STATE OR THE NATION
LIKE WE HAVE WITH THE AMBER
ALERT FOR THE SILVER ALERT?
I DID NOT NOTE THAT WE HAVE THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF MURDERED AND
MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER
LARGER CITIES.
IF THIS IS GROUNDBREAKING FOR
US TO HAVE THIS APPROACH
ALREADY, SOMETHING LIKE AN
ALERT SYSTEM ON OUR PHONES
COULD BRING MORE ATTENTION TO
THE ISSUE AND HOPEFULLY SAVE
LIVES AND MORE RESOLUTIONS TO
THE CASES.
I AM SURE THAT WOULD TAKE
RESOURCES AND I
>> I MIGHT NOTE TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, THAT IS
HB 1725 ON THE ALERT SYSTEM.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
WORKING ON WITH THE POLICY OF
IT.
THE ALERT WILL ALSO BE NOTED AS
WELL.
ONCE WE HAVE AN ALERT SYSTEM WE
CAN THEN NOTIFY STATE PATROL
AND THAT'S HOW IT GOES OUT
STATEWIDE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AS
WELL.
>> WE DON'T NEED TO PILOT
SOMETHING SOONER THAN THE STATE
PLAN.
>> WE ARE JUST INCORPORATING
THE POLICY RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAY WE ARE TRAINED UP AND
READY TO IMPLEMENT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FORTHCOMING.
>> THANK YOU GUYS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD JOB.
>> WE ARE MOVING ON IN OUR
AGENDA FOR OUR THREE
APPOINTMENTS.
CAN YOU READ ITEM NUMBER TWO
INTO THE RECORD?
>> WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT IF I
DID ITEMS TWO AND THREE
TOGETHER?
>> YES.
>> AGENDA ITEMS TWO AND THREE,
APPOINTMENT 02209 AND
APPOINTMENT 02210.
THE APPOINTMENT OF DANIELLE
ALVARADO AND DUSTIN LAMBROS AS
MEMBERS OF LABOR STANDARDS
ADVISORY COMMISSION.
>> AM I SAYING YOUR NAME RIGHT?
KEREM LEVITAS?
YOU'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND THEN YOU ARE GOING
TO INTRODUCE THE TWO POTENTIAL
LABOR STANDARD COMMISSIONERS.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I NAME IS KEREM LEVITAS.
I'M THE SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR
AT THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
AND I WAS COMMISSIONED ONTO THE
ADVISORY COMMISSION.
WE SERVE A VERY VALUABLE
ADVISORY FUNCTION FOR THE OFFICE
AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
IT'S UNIQUE IN THAT IT BRINGS
TOGETHER BUSINESS OWNERS,
BUSINESS ADVOCATES, WORKERS,
WORKER ADVOCATES, AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO PROVIDE ADVANCING
LABOR STANDARDS IN SEATTLE.
WE HAVE ADVISED CITY POLICIES
ON ORDNANCE AS WELL AS
PROVIDING GUIDANCE WITH
NUMEROUS OUTREACH POLICY
PROVIDERS FOR THE CITY.
THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF
BACKGROUNDS FOR IMPROVING
WORKPLACE CONDITIONS FOR
WORKERS AND ENSURING THAT WE
HAVE THE TOOLS TO COMPLY WITH
LABOR STANDARDS.
AS THIS COMMITTEE KNOWS WELL
SEATTLE IS NOT MERELY ADVANCING
BEST PRACTICES FOR LABOR
STANDARDS BUT CREATING THEM.
AND THE TWO APPOINTEES HERE
TODAY ARE GOING TO BE KEY
VOICES IN THAT CONVERSATION.
I'M THRILLED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE
TWO APPOINTEES. I'M GOING TO
INTRODUCE DANIELLE AT THIS
POINT AND THEN DUSTIN IN A
COUPLE OF MINUTES.
I HAVE KNOWN THEM BOTH FOR MANY
YEARS.
DANIELLE ALVARADO HAS MORE THAN
A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE WORKING
WITH RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
. SHE HAS WORKED AS AN ATTORNEY
IN BOTH IMMIGRATION AND
PLYMOUTH CASES.
SHE UNDERSTANDS THE BARRIERS
THAT LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES
FACE WITH ENFORCING THE RIGHTS.
SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS
AND BRINGS A FOCUS OF RACIAL
EQUITY TO EVERYTHING SHE DOES.
THE PAST THREE YEARS SHE HAS
WORKED AT THE FAIR WORKS CENTER
AND HAS PARTNERED WITH OLS
THROUGH THE OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION FUNDING PROGRAM.
THAT IS JUST A VERY BRIEF
WINDOW OF MANY, MANY OF THE
THINGS THAT SHE HAS DONE.
I HOPE THAT SHE WILL SAY A FEW
MORE WORDS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
DANIELLE.
ESPECIALLY WITH LSAC.
>> WE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT
THE APPLICATION PACKET.
WE HAVE SEEN ALL KINDS OF STUFF
ABOUT YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND
SHARE WITH US TODAY?
I SEE THAT YOU BOTH GRADUATED
FROM WHITMAN COLLEGE BUT DUSTIN
DID NOT PUT DOWN WHICH YEAR HE
GRADUATED.
BUT YOU DID.
>> PRETTY SOON I MAY START
TAKING THAT NOTE FROM DUSTIN.
GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
KEREM, THANK YOU FOR THE
INTRODUCTION.
IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE
THINGS I HAVE WORKED ON I WANT
TO SAY, AND I'M SURE MANY OF US
HAVE THIS PERSONAL CONNECTION
TO THIS ISSUE AND TO THE WORK
THAT LSAC IS INVOLVED IN.
I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS.
MY HUSBAND WORK AT A GROCERY
STORE THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BENEFITED
FROM THE LABOR STANDARDS I WANT
TO SAY THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO MAKE SURE
WE CONTINUE TO LEAD IN SEATTLE.
LIKE KEREM MENTIONED, ONE OF
THE SKILL SETS I BRING IS
WORKING AS A LEGAL AID
ATTORNEY.
WORKING WITH LOW INCOME CLIENTS
UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS PEOPLE
FACE WITH POORLY SET UP
STRUCTURES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING
IS ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE.
SOMETHING I'M VERY PASSIONATE
ABOUT.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IN MY
CURRENT ORGANIZATION WE WORK
CLOSE WITH OLS.
RELYING ON INDIVIDUAL WORKER
ISSUES, SUPPORTING DOMESTIC
WORKER STANDARDS BOARD,
THINKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION
OF SOME OF THE ORDINANCES THAT
WE HAVE RECENTLY PASSED.
THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL INSIGHT
FOR US.
GOING FORWARD, HOW DO WE
CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE
SUCCESSES WE HAVE HAD SO FAR,
IN PARTICULAR AN EQUITABLE
RECOVERY FROM THE PANDEMIC. WE
WANT TO HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT IS
THRIVING FOR EVERYBODY AND NOT
LEAVING IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE OF
COLOR, AND WOMEN BEHIND.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS IN THE
WORKS RIGHT NOW THAT THE
COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, AND OLS
ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
I WILL PROVIDE SOME OF THAT
IMPLEMENTATION EXPERTISE, THE
INSIGHT INTO WHAT LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES AND WORKERS NEED IN
ORDER TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING
IS ACCESSIBLE TO THEM AND
MAKING SURE THAT RACIAL JUSTICE
AND EQUITY IS CENTERED IN OUR
THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT
FOR US IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE
PROTECTIONS.
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE HAVE
DONE IN SEATTLE AND WE ARE
PROUD OF THAT WORK.
I'M PROUD TO BE A RESIDENT OF
THE CITY.
I SEE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE
TO LEAD AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THAT
PROGRESS WITH THE REST OF THE
COMMISSION AND THE OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS.
>> WHAT DISTRICT DO YOU LIVE
IN?
>> TWO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HAD I DO THIS, KEREM?
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I
WANT TO SAY . DO YOU WANT TO
THEN GO OVER TO DUSTIN?
I SEE THAT HE IS HERE.
HE HAS A SUIT ON AND IS READY
TO GO.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT DUSTIN FIRST
AND THEN TALK ABOUT EVERYBODY
AT THE END.
HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO IT?
>> I WILL DEFER TO YOU.
I CAN INTRODUCE DUSTIN NOW AND
MOVE THAT WAY.
>> LET'S DO THAT.
INTRODUCE DUSTIN.
WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND WE
CAN OPEN THE FLOOR TO MY
COLLEAGUES TO ASK QUESTIONS
BOTH OF YOU.
>> DUSTIN, LIKE DANIELLE, HAS
SO MUCH EXPERIENCE IT'S HARD TO
INTRODUCE HIM SUFFICIENTLY HERE.
HE HAS OVER A DECADE OF
EXPERIENCE WORKING ON SEATTLE
LABOR STANDARDS.
RESOURCE AND LEADERSHIP AT KING
COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL AND U.S.
CW 3000.
HE HAS BEEN A VOICE IN THE
POLICY CONVERSATION AROUND
LABOR STANDARDS FOR REALLY
EVERY LABOR STANDARD OUR OFFICE
ENFORCES, GOING BACK TO BEFORE
OUR OFFICE EVEN EXISTED.
I PERSONALLY WORKED WITH DUSTIN
ON ISSUES AROUND THE
GROUNDBREAKING WORK FOR HUBER
AND LIFT DRIVERS.
AND CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS
AROUND THE FORTHCOMING CANNABIS
EQUITY POLICY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM
IN THIS NEW ROLE.
>> GREAT.
DUSTIN LAMBRO, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SHARE ANY COMMENTS?
>> HELLO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, KEREM, FOR THAT
FANTASTIC INTRODUCTION.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE
LISTENING TO ALL OF THE GREAT
THINGS ABOUT ME.
IT'S VERY NICE.
I AM PROUD OF ALL OF THE WORK
THAT I HAVE ENGAGED ON IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
I'M PROUD OF THE PROGRESS WE
HAVE MADE AS A CITY IN SETTING
GROUNDBREAKING LABOR STANDARDS
AND LEGISLATION OVER THE YEARS.
PARTICULARLY HOW WE HAVE CREATED
A SPOT FOR OTHER PLACES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
I'M EXCITED FOR THE WORK ON
CANNABIS THAT I AM DOING RIGHT
NOW.
ALTHOUGH IT WOULDN'T BE
NECESSARILY A MODEL, SINCE
OTHER CITIES IN THE WEST COAST
ARE ALREADY DOING MUCH OF IT,
I'M EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING TO
PARTNER WITH YOU ALL AS WE
ADVANCE THAT FORWARD.
I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE DOING
LABOR STANDARDS WORK WITH SOME
OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT ARE
ALREADY ON.
THE LABOR STANDARDS ADVISORY
COMMISSION, AS WELL AS WITH
DANIELLE, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
YOUR SUPPORT HERE AS YOU
DELIBERATE ABOUT WHETHER
DANIELLE OR I CAN BE APPOINTED
TO THE COMMITTEE.
BUT WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE
SUPPORT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO PARTNER WITH ALL OF YOU AS
WE ADVANCE THE BALL FORWARD ON
LABOR STANDARDS.
THANKS FOR GIVING ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.
>> I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE
FLOOR.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN
THIS GIG ECONOMY?
HOW ARE WE GOING TO HAVE LABOR
UNIONS?
WE ARE JUST STRAIGHTFORWARD
TALKING ABOUT HOW TO GET THINGS
DONE.
I KNOW THAT BOTH OF YOU HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON A LOT OF THESE
ISSUES AND YOU ARE ALSO VERY
COLLABORATIVE.
I LIKE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND
BUSINESS AND YOU WORK WITH
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND YOU ARE
PRAGMATIC AND HAVE COMMON SENSE.
AND YOU KNOW FROM YOUR WORK ON
THE $15 MINIMUM WAGE, AND THE
OTHER UNION ISSUES, THAT
CONSENSUS HAS TO BE MADE TO
MOVE FORWARD.
AND YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE
FORWARD.
WITH DANIELLE'S BACKGROUND IN
LEGAL, LOOKING AT YOUR RESUME,
OBVIOUSLY YOU UNDERSTAND HOW
YOU MOVE THESE KIND OF ISSUES
FORWARD.
THEY DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE CHANCE, I
WANT IT NOW, THAT'S NOT HOW IT
WORKS.
DUSTIN, I HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR
YEARS.
YOU ARE ALWAYS SO EVEN-
TEMPERED, COMMON SENSE. YOU ARE
LOOKING AT THE LONG GAME.
DON'T ACT LIKE YOU ARE
EMBARRASSED.
I APPRECIATE THAT OLS AND THE
LABOR STANDARDS ADVISORY
COMMISSION HAS THIS KIND OF
KNOWLEDGE AND MATURITY AND
EXPERIENCE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR
STEPPING UP AND WANTING TO
SERVE.
I NOTICED THAT COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN SIGNED.
I WAS KIND OF MAD MY NAME WAS
NOT ON IT BUT I WILL LET IT GO.
WITH THAT IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE I NEED FOR MY COLLEAGUES?
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
SOMETIMES WITH THE LONG AGENDAS
THERE IS A CONSENT AGENDA ON
THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW MORE
WORDS.
THIS MIGHT BE THE CHANCE FOR
FOLKS TO REALLY TUNE BACK IN
AND SAY, HEY, WHO ARE THOSE
FOLKS?
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW
EXCITED WE ARE TO HAVE DANIELLE
ALVARADO AS A MEMBER OF THE
LABOR STANDARDS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
I HAD A CHANCE TO THE OFFICE,
AS WELL AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF,
WE WORKED WITH DANIELLE BEFORE
BEING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
WORKING WASHINGTON AND THE FAIR
WORKS CENTER.
I WANT TO THANK HER FOR ALL OF
HER WORKS AND CONGRATULATE HER
FOR THE EXECUTIVE TRACTOR
APPOINTMENT.
I REALLY DO BELIEVE DANIELLE
WILL BELIEVE SOME STRONG
RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATION
TO THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M HONORED TO SUPPORT THE
APPOINTMENT TODAY.
AND TO OUR GOOD FRIEND, AND
COLLEAGUE, DUSTIN LAMBRO.
HE IS A STRONG LABOR CHAMPION.
-- AND LEADERSHIP AT MLK LABOR,
WHICH IS OUR CENTRAL COUNSEL
FOR SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY.
IT'S JUST SO EXCITING THAT
YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BRINGING
YOUR EXPERTISE.
I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A
TON OF EXTRA TIME.
WE DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE
SPENDING YOUR TIME COMING TO
THE LABOR STANDARDS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
AND BUILDING TRADES AND SOME OF
THE RETAIL AND SERVICE UNIONS I
THINK BRINGS A DEEP WEALTH OF
EXPERIENCE TO HAVE AT THE
TABLE.
AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ
NOTED, THE ABILITY TO WORK IN
SYSTEMS AND FIND SOLUTIONS FOR
WORKERS.
THAT MEANS PUSHING AND FINDING
STRATEGIES THAT WILL MAKE SURE
BUSINESSES IMPLEMENT AND COMPLY
WITH WHAT WE ARE PUSHING
FORWARD.
THAT ULTIMATELY LEADS TO BETTER
CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
INTEREST, DUSTIN, AND SERVING
FOR THIS ROLE.
I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE A
LEADER AT THAT TABLE IN
CONTINUALLY MAKING SURE THAT
FOLKS, NOT ONLY SEATTLE EMMA IN
KING COUNTY AND ACROSS THE
THE FOLKS IN KING COUNTY WHICH
RECENTLY VOTED YOU AS AN OFFICE
COMMISSIONER SINCE HE WON THAT
SEAT, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS
WELL ON THAT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
DUSTIN, I AM MORE THAN A TRIBAL
REAL ESTATE LAWYER.
MADAM CLERK, HOW DO WE DO THIS?
DO WE GO THROUGH EACH
APPOINTMENT OR DO WE DO THEM
TOGETHER?
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> WITH APPOINTMENTS YOU CAN
CONFIRM RECOMMENDATION OF BOTH
AT THE SAME TIME IF YOU WOULD
LIKE.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
DO.
OKAY.
LET ME GET BACK HERE. LET ME
GET BACK ON THIS.
I HAVE YOUR APPLICATIONS.
I WILL KEEP DUSTIN'S RIGHT BY
ME TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT LATER.
HERE WE GO.
I RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENT 02209, DANIELLE
ALVARADO.
AND APPOINTMENT 02210, DUSTIN
LAMBRO.
>> SECOND.
>> GREAT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE TWO
APPOINTMENTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE .
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> THREE APPROVED.
>> SO THAT'S IT?
>> THAT IS IT.
>> GREAT.
WE GOT THEM BOTH DONE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MADAM CLERK, WE HAVE ONE MORE
ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER
FOUR INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 4, APPOINTMENT
02208.
THE APPOINTMENT OF CAHLIA
STALLINGS-ALA;ILIMA AS MEMBER
FOR SEATTLE ETHICS AND
ELECTIONS COMMISSION, FOR A
TERM TO DECEMBER 31st, 2024.
>> WAYNE, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS
APPOINTMENT AND WE WILL MOVE
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE -- FROM
THE CONDIT OF CITY EMPLOYEES TO
THE VOUCHER PROGRAM TO ELECTIONS
. WE ARE VERY POWERFUL.
I'M JUST KIDDING.
WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS BOOK OF
BUSINESS.
IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE AND WE ARE
HAPPY TO HAVE CHALIA STALLINGS-
ALA'ILIMA.
SHE IS ALSO THE PAST PRESIDENT
OF THE LAUREN MILLER BAR
ASSOCIATION.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS
ABOUT HER.
VERY EXCITED TO MEET HER.
I WAS TALKING YESTERDAY WITH
JEREMY AT THE MAYOR'S COUNSEL.
WE ARE BOTH VERY EXCITED THAT
CHALIA DROPPED INTO OUR LAPS.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
I'M HAPPY . CHALIA, I WOULD
LOVE FOR YOU TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND SAY A FEW THINGS
AS WELL.
>> THERE SHE IS.
CHALIA?
>> HELLO, GOOD MORNING.
>> HI.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM PLEASED AND HONORED TO BE
CONSIDERED FOR APPOINTMENT
BEFORE YOU TODAY.
DIRECTOR BARNETT INDICATED I
WORK FOR THE STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE AND THAT'S ONE
OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK THIS
POSITION WOULD BE A GOOD FIT
FOR ME.
JUST BECAUSE MY CAREER IS
PUBLIC SERVICE AND THAT IS WHAT
IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
OUR VOTING RIGHTS AND
REPRESENTATION, I CARE DEEPLY
ABOUT IT, AND RACIAL EQUITY AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE.
AS A RESIDENT OF SOUTH SEATTLE,
DISTRICT TWO.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
PERSONAL TO ME.
IT ALSO HELPS PROVIDE A WAY
THAT I CAN CONNECT MY CAREER
AND EXPERIENCE WITH MY PERSONAL
LIFE.
I'M ALSO A STRONG BELIEVER THAT
-- SO I WILL KEEP IT SHORT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE
ABOUT ME.
I HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING
SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. WHEN I WORKED FOR THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT I WAS
THE MAYOR'S ALTERNATE OBSERVER
ON THAT BOARD.
I FOUND IT VERY IMPORTANT AND
EDUCATIONAL. IT WAS A VERY
MEANINGFUL.
I ALSO WORKED WITH THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT OCCASIONALLY.
I ENJOY BEING CONNECTED TO
SEATTLE AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT
THE IDEA OF GETTING THIS MUCH
MORE INVOLVED WITH OUR CITY
GOVERNMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS TO SAY.
CHALIA, I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T
MIND ME CALLING YOU BY YOUR
FIRST NAME.
IS THAT OKAY?
OKAY.
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH
YOUR APPLICATION PACKET AND
YOUR MARYLAND APPOINTMENT. IT'S
SO STELLAR.
HE SPENT THE 14 YEARS OF YOUR
LEGAL CAREER, AND CONTINUE TO
BE A PUBLIC SERVANT, AS A
PERSON WHO SPENT 14 YEARS IN
THE PUBLIC SECTOR BEFORE I WENT
TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND ALSO
AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE TO
HAVE YOU BE PART OF THIS.
I WAS ALSO LOOKING AT YOUR
RESUME AND THE WORK THAT YOU
DID FOR THE WELFARE ACT.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE SEEN ANY
ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT HAS
ACTUALLY DONE THAT WORK.
IT'S BEEN A WILD.
I'M SO IMPRESSED THAT WAYNE
BARNETT FOUND THIS JEWEL AND
THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IN
HAVING THE BACKGROUND THAT YOU
HAVE FOR THE ETHICS.
I'M VERY IMPRESSED. I CAN'T SAY
MUCH.
YOU ARE ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE
LAUREN MILLER BAR, I REMEMBER
WHEN IT WAS THE HISPANIC BAR.
I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU
AND WHERE YOU ARE AT.
AND ALSO YOU VOLUNTEERING TO DO
THIS.
I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC
REALIZES THAT WHEN PEOPLE SIGN
UP TO BE ON THESE COMMISSIONS
AND COMMITTEES, PARTICULARLY
SOMETHING LIKE THE ETHICS
BOARD, IT'S A LOT OF TIME.
IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME FROM
YOUR FAMILY.
YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO
PUBLIC SERVICE SPEAKS VOLUMES
ABOUT WHO YOU ARE.
NOT ONLY AS A MOM, I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU ARE A MOM OR NOT.
YOU SHOULD SAY THAT.
BUT AS A LAWYER.
I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS TOO.
HAVING TO LEAVE MY BABIES FOR
MEETINGS AND SIGNING UP FOR TOO
MUCH STUFF.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
STEPPING UP AND DOING THIS.
THIS KIND OF COMMITMENT, AT
LEAST FROM THE WAY I LOOK AT IT
, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE PEOPLE
LIKE YOU WHO STEP UP AND WANT
TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IS THERE ANYTHING FROM ANY OF
MY COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
WAYNE, DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE
THIS OUT BEFORE I MOVED TO A
VOTE?
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK EVERYTHING IS GOING
WELL.
I SHOULD SIT DOWN.
LIKE A GOOD ATTORNEY.
I'M WINNING SO I'M GOING TO BE
QUIET.
>> OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING.
I MOVE THE APPOINTMENT.
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE TO
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENT 02208.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS UP
FOR DISCUSSION.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE RECOMMENDATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> THE MOTION MOVES AND THE
CITY COUNCIL RECOMMEND WE
UPHOLD THE CONFIRMATION OF
CHALIA STALLINGS-ALA'ILIMA.
>> EVERYTHING ELSE WAS THERE.
THAT'S FINE.
>> ALL THREE APPOINTMENTS, FOR
THE FULL COUNCIL ON TUESDAY,
MAY 24th.
THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, MOVING ON IN OUR
AGENDA, BEFORE WE ADJOURN IS OR
ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY
COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
YES, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I KNOW YOU AND YOUR STAFF MEMBER
DID A LOT OF WORK.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE DUE
DILIGENCE THAT YOU WENT THROUGH
TO WORK ON ALL OF THESE
APPOINTMENTS TODAY.
I KNOW THAT SARAH IS NOT WITH
US TODAY BUT WE WANT TO EXTEND
OUR APPRECIATION TO HER AS
WELL.
>> THINK YOU.
VERY KIND OF YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
WILL BE ON CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
MAY 24th.
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS
SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON JUNE
16th.
AND FOR THAT, COLLEAGUES, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS
MORNING.
WE STAND ADJOURNED.
GOODBYE.