>>> GOOD AFTERNOON. OH WILL
COME TO ORDER. I AM SARA
NELSON, PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNCIL. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER CATTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALEZ.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> 7 PRESENT.
>> MOVING ON, I'M NOT AWARE OF
ANY PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY, SO
WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT. WE WILL OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT
NOW. PUBLIC COMMENT IS ACCEPTED
ON ITEMS IN THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR, ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA, AND ITEMS ON
THE COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM.
MADAME CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS
ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? OKAY. JUST
A SECOND.
>> WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE
PEOPLE IN PERSON. JUDY, CAN YOU
PLEASE CONFIRM HOW MANY WE HAVE
REMOTE?
>> REMOTE, WE HAVE THREE SIGNED
UP AND ONLY ONE PRESENT AT THIS
TIME.
>> WE WILL START WITH THE
IN-PERSON COMMENTERS AND
EVERYONE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES
TO SPEAK. MADAME CLERK, I'M
GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO
PROVIDE THE INSTRUCTIONS.
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
FOR THIS MEETING IS 20 MINUTES
AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN
TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. THERE MAY
BE PUBLIC COMMENTERS -- PUBLIC
COMMENT SPEAKERS ONLINE AND IN
PERSON, AND WE WILL BEGIN BY
CALLING THE IN PERSONS BEAKERS.
EACH PERSON WILL BE CALLED BY
NAME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT
YET REGISTERED TO SPEAK AND
WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN --
EXCUSE ME. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR
THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD I GOING TO THE COUNCILS
SIGN A WEBSITE OR SIGNING UP IN
THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. ONCE I
CALL A REMOTE SPEAKERS NAME --
SORRY. MY PAPERS ARE MIXED UP
TODAY. ONCE I CALL A REMOTE
SPEAKERS NAME, IF YOU ARE
ONLINE, YOU WILL HEAR AN
AUTOMATIC PROMPT, AND YOU WILL
NEED TO PRESS STAR 6 TO BEGIN
SPEAKING. ALL SPEAKERS WILL
HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS OR
LEFT OF THE ALLOTTED TIME. IF
SPEAKERS DO NOT END THERE
PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF
ALLOTTED TIME, THE MICROPHONE
WILL BE MUTATED. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN, AND
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST IN
PERSONS BEAKER.
>> THE FIRST PERSON IS KATHLEEN
BROOKS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM SO
HAPPY TO SEE YOU ALL HERE IN
PERSON. SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS
YEAR. AND I AM HERE TODAY TO
TELL YOU THAT I WOULD LOVE TO
SEE TONYA WILL APPOINTED TO THE
VACANT POSITION. I AM JUST
REALLY EXCITED YOU ARE HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TILL
FLOYD.
>> THANK YOU. I WEAR MANY
HATS. I MAY LIVE FREE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER, STREET CERTIFIED
PEACEKEEPER, BLACK BUSINESS
OWNER, MINISTER, MOTHER,
FACILITATIVE DIRECTOR,
COMMUNITY MEMBER, BLACK SYSTEM
AFFECTED STATISTIC THAT WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT THIS FAR.
BUT TODAY, I RECOMMEND THE
SPIRIT OF THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET PROCESS THAT WAS RUN
HERE TO THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS TO ALLOCATE 27.25
MILLION. THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
HAS NOT COMPLETED ITS PROCESS,
WHICH WILL BE ALWAYS RUSHED.
BUT IT LED TO A DECISION BY THE
COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN MOST
AFFECTED HISTORICALLY BY RACISM
AND INEQUITY. IN THE ORIGINS
OF THIS PROCESS, A COMMUNITY
LED RESEARCH PROJECT DETERMINED
THERE ARE FIVE AREAS OF FOCUS
THAT WE NEED TO INVEST INTO.
THOSE FIVE FOCUS AREAS ARE
YOUTH AND CHILDREN SERVICES,
HOUSING AND PHYSICAL SPACES,
CRISIS INTERVENTION, AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE CENTER
THE FUNDING SOLUTION FOR THE
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.
AND INDIGENOUS BEING THE MIND
AS AFRICANS LIVING HERE IN
SEATTLE IN ACCORDANCE TO THEIR
CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND
TRADITIONS. THE COMMUNITY
SUBMITTED OVER 500 IDEAS THAT
WERE TURNED INTO 18 PROPOSALS.
AND NOW THE COMMITTEE HAS
VOTED. SIX OF THOSE IDEAS WILL
BE FUNDED, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE
OTHER 12? THERE ARE THOSE IN
THE SPACE TODAY THAT BEFORE
ELECTION PROMISED TO COME BACK
INTO THE BLACK COMMUNITY WITHIN
60 DAYS OF BEING ELECTED TO
HEAR AN AGENDA IS THE CONCERNS.
THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET BROUGHT TO
SURFACE THOSE CONCERNS. THE
ISSUES THAT LED TO THE
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS AND
COMMUNITY PROBLEMS THAT COULD
BE CREATED TO SOLVE THE
INDIGENOUS ISSUES. LET US NOT
SHY AWAY FROM BEING INTENTIONAL
ABOUT CENTERING BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, SINCE
HISTORICALLY, OUR PAIN IS
CENTERED TO GET SUPPORT FOR
FUNDING, BUT NEVER MANAGES TO
GET TO US IN THE SAME CAPACITY
IN WHICH THE FUNDS ARE BEING
REWARDED. I WANT TO GROUND US
IN THIS. I INVITE YOU TO
RECOGNIZE THE WRITTEN HISTORIES
OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,
AND THAT CITY OF SEATTLE AS
FRACTURED. WASHINGTON STATE WAS
BUILT OUT THE STOLEN LABOR OF
KIDNAPPED AFRICAN PEOPLE. MUCH
OF WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS
COUNTRY TODAY INCLUDES CLOSE
ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGHOUT
HISTORY AND ACROSS TIME THAT
HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
LABOR OF AND LATE AFRICANS AND
THEIR DESCENDENTS WHO SUFFER
THE HORROR OF THE TRANSATLANTIC
TRAFFICKING, CHATTEL SLAVERY,
AND JIM CROW. WE ARE INDEBTED
TO THEIR LABOR AND SACRIFICES.
WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE -- AND
WITNESS TODAY. WE RECOGNIZE
THAT THESE DIFFICULT HISTORIES
PRESENT PRESENT DAY RACIAL
REALITIES AND OUR DISTRICT
HERE. WE COMMIT TO DISMANTLING
RACISM AND SPACES OF OUR WORK,
AND --
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT IN PERSON SPEAKER
IS ED PARIS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALEZ IS NOW
PRESENT AND FOLKS HAVE TWO
MINUTES. WHEN YOU HEAR THE
CHIME, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE 10
SECONDS LEFT.
>> ARE NOT SEEING ED, SO THE
NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM BUCHANAN.
>> I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD
AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. I AM JIM
BUCHANAN, AND I AM FROM THE
COMMUNITY, FIRST GENERATION
SINCE 1959. I DAD CAME HERE IN
1942. I AM JIM BUCHANAN FROM
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND
WASHINGTON STATE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CANNABIS
ASSOCIATION. WE ARE ALIGNED
WITH MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS,
AND OUR GOAL AND OUR PURPOSE IS
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING
EQUITY AND EQUALITY TO OUR
COMMUNITY. I'VE GOT A LOT OF
STUFF WRITTEN OUT, BUT THE
BOTTOM LINE IS, WE ALL KNOW THE
NARRATIVE. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET, AND EVERY
OTHER SITUATION LIKE THAT THAT
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON BRINGING
BACK WERE THE ORIGIN OF IT WAS
TO BE DEVELOPED FOR. AND WE
NEED YOUR PARTICIPATION.
EVERYBODY HERE PARTICIPATED IN
THE CANNABIS REFORM, AND
BASICALLY SAID THAT YOU WERE
FOR BRINGING EQUITY IN THE
RIGHT EQUITY BACK TO OUR
COMMUNITY. IT IS OUR POINT NOW
TO PUT EVERYONE ON NOTICE THAT
WE ARE HERE AND THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE HERE. WERE GOING TO
BE HERE EVERY MORNING IF WE
HAVE TO. WHAT TO DO THE
NECESSARY THINGS WE HAVE TO DO
TO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY EQUALITY
FOR BLACK PEOPLE. SO I JUST
WANT TO REST THAT UPON YOUR
MINDS AS WE NAVIGATE. YOU WOULD
REACH OUT TO MEET WITH EACH
INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUALLY, AND
AS WE COLLECTIVELY BRING OUR
WHOLE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, TO
ADVOCATE PROPERLY. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RYAN
ARMSTRONG.
>> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS. HAPPY
NEW YEAR. MADAM PRESIDENT,
CONGRATULATIONS. I COME TO YOU
TODAY FROM THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
OF THEATER PUGET SOUND. I WAS
RECENTLY APPOINTED LAST FALL,
AND THE ORGANIZATION IS GOING
TO MOST LIKELY CLOSE THE NEXT
THREE TO SIX MONTHS UNLESS THE
CITY INTERVENES. THEATER PUGET
SOUND, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IS ON
THE NORTH END OF THE ARMORY
BUILDING, AND THANKS YOU
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
RESPONDING FROM THE EMAIL SO
PROMPTLY. WE HAD A LICENSING
AGREEMENT FOR THE SPACE BACK IN
2014 THAT HAS NEVER BEEN
RENEGOTIATED WITH SEATTLE CITY
CENTER. DUE TO THOSE TERMS, IT
DOES NOT LOOK GOOD IN THE
COMING MONTHS. SO AS THE NEW
TREASURER ON THE EXECUTIVE
BOARD, I WANT TO ASK IF YOU CAN
PLEASE STRESS THIS NEED FOR THE
NEW SEATTLE'S AND CENTER
DIRECTOR MARSHALL TO REGULATE
MEETINGS WITH US AND TAKE THIS
VERY SERIOUSLY SO WE CAN
RENEGOTIATE AND SAVE ART SPACE
FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE. I GREW
UP HERE WITH THESE REHEARSALS
VASES AND I SEE NATIONAL TOURS
OF BROADWAY'S STORES FIRST
AUDITIONED IN THE SPACES. THEY
HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A VERY
LONG TIME, AND I WOULD
APPRECIATE IF YOU GUYS ALL
WOULD SUPPORT ME AND HOPEFULLY
ADVOCATING FOR TPS AND SAVING
ONE OF THE, I THINK, BOOKMARKS
AND STAPLES OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE IN PERSON
SPEAKER. I BELIEVE IT IS MR.
GARDNER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM HERE
TODAY IS A THIRD-GENERATION
COMMUNITY BUILDER FROM THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF SEATTLE. A
RESIDENT FOR OVER FOUR DECADES.
HAPPY 2024. CONGRATULATIONS,
WELCOME TO THE NEW
COUNCILMEMBERS. WE WELCOME NEW
OPPORTUNITIES AND I THINK I
JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE TIME THAT WE
ARE IN. WE ARE NOW ENTERING
INTO ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION YEAR. THE LAST
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR,
2020, WE SAW THE PLIGHT OF
BLACK AMERICAN, BLACK MEN,
BLACK WOMEN BEING MURDERED. AT
THE HANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LEVERAGED AS AN ISSUE TO
ADVANCE POLITICAL AGENDAS. AND
THEN AFTER THAT ELECTION, WE
HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THE
COMMITMENTS AND PROCLAMATIONS
EVEN JUST AN OUTRIGHT ATTACK ON
THE EQUITY AGENDA, WHERE THE
EFFORTS TO REPLACE OUR SYSTEMIC
INSTITUTIONALIZED WHITE
SUPREMACY, WHICH IS EMANATED
THROUGHOUT OUR POLICIES AND
PRACTICES IN THE SOCIETY
LOCALLY IN PLACE. IN THE NAME
OF A TAX ON PEI, AS WE SAW JUST
WHAT HAPPENED AT HARVARD
RECENTLY, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH
BLACK WOMEN'S FUNDING KARMA IN
ATLANTA. I JUST WANT TO SAY
LOCALLY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT ANTI-BLACK RACISM BE
ADDRESSED, AND THAT THE
INABILITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
NEEDS OF BLACK AMERICANS,
MULTIGENERATIONAL LEGACY,
INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER
AGENDAS IS A FORM OF
ANTI-BLACKNESS. WE KNOW THE
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF HARMS
THAT HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED AND
THE STATISTICS SHOW -- AND IN
CLOSING, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ADDRESSING WHAT DOES ONE
SEATTLE, WHAT IS AN INCLUSIVE,
EQUITABLE CITY LOOK LIKE IN
NUMBERS. WILL OUR POPULATION
INCREASE? WHAT WILL BE THE AMI
OF OUR POPULATION? WHAT WILL BE
THE HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE OF OUR
POPULATION, AND WHAT ARE THE
SPECIFIC STRATEGIES WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER TO ADVANCE BASED ON
THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING
?
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT THE NATION CAN WORK
FROM. THANK YOU.
>> JODY, WE CANNOT MOVE INTO
REMOTE SPEAKERS.
>> WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE
REMOTE SPEAKERS. AS A REMINDER,
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME AND YOU
HEAR THE AUTOMATIC PROMPT, YOU
HAVE BEEN UN-MUTATED. BE SURE
TO PLAY STAR SIX BEFORE YOU
BEGIN SPEAKING. OUR FIRST
REMOTE SPEAKERS HOWARD GALE,
AND HE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
DAVID GAINES. HOWARD, ARE YOU
THERE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. HOWARD GALE
SPEAKING ON ACCOUNTABILITY.
LAST WEEK, THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT ALONG WITH THE NEW
COUNCILMEMBERS SAID THE WORD
ACCOUNTABILITY NINE TIMES. THE
QUESTION SEATTLE IS ASKING IS,
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT? LAST
FRIDAY, THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT POSTED THE SECOND
ANNIVERSARY REMEMBRANCE FOR A
POLICE DOG WHO WAS KILLED ON
JANUARY 5th, 2022. WHAT IS NOT
MENTIONED BY THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WAS THAT THIS DOG
WAS KILLED BY BITING THE OF A
MAN RUNNING NAKED THROUGH
BEACON HILL WHILE AT ORIENTING
A SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS,
A MAN WHO WAS THEN SHOT DEAD BY
THE S PD. WHAT IS NOT MENTIONED
IS OF THE DOG'S HANDLER HAS
OVER 60 COMPLAINTS FILED
AGAINST HIM, MANY FOR THE
IMPROPER USE OF A DOG, WITH THE
DOG BEING USED TO UNNECESSARILY
ATTACK AND BITE PEOPLE, IN ONE
CASE WITH A BYSTANDER THAT
RESULTED IN A NEAR QUARTER OF
$1 MILLION PAYOUT BY THE EDDIE.
SO ACCOUNTABILITY. IS IT
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 11 OTHER
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS KILLED BY THE SPD
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS?
IS IT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE
ROUTINE -- FOR THE CITY TO
ROUTINELY DEEM EVERY ONE OF
THESE KILLINGS, AND IS IT
ACCOUNTABILITY SPENT FOR THE
HARMS THAT ARE DONE? IS IT
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE FAILED
SYSTEMS THAT ALLOWS POLICE
ABUSE TO GO UNSANCTIONED? A
SYSTEM, BY THE WAY, THAT HAS
REMAINED ON AUDITED NOW FOR
NEARLY SEVEN YEARS DESPITE CITY
MANDATES FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. OR
IS IT ONLY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
WHAT WE TRY TO AMELIORATE THESE
HARMS. OR ONLY ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR THE LEGISLATION THAT
STRUGGLES TO UNDO THE CARNES
CAUSED BY THESE PRACTICES? DO
WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE
USUAL AND CUSTOMARY PRACTICES
TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO? OR
IS IT ONLY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
THOSE EFFORTS TO UNDO THOSE
HARMS? WE AWAIT YOUR ANSWER IN
THE COMING WEEKS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS DAVID HAYNES, AND DAVID WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY BOB ROBERTS.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES.
IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS SINCE
THE NEWCASTLE WAS ELECTED, YET
ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE ACTUAL
COMMITTEE MEETINGS. I THINK
THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO CHANGE
THE CORRUPT CITY CHAPTER AND
ALLOW FOR THE PEOPLE TO HAVE A
SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE
THE COUNCILMEMBER. APPLICANTS
FOR NEW COUNCIL COULD HAVE
FILED FOR HR WITHIN 14 DAYS OF
VERIFYING ELECTION RESULTS .
THE PEOPLE AND THE PRESS COULD
QUESTION CANDIDATES AND CHOOSE
BY THE END OF JANUARY. INSTEAD,
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CHOOSE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
DISTRACTING THE COUNCIL FROM
PRESSING BUSINESS. FOR
EXAMPLE, IT IS BITTER COLD
TODAY, BUT THE WIND CHILL
PIERCING THE CHEAP LAYERS OF
CLOTHING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE
AN INNOCENT HOMELESS PERSON
WITH NO PLACE TO DRAW YOUR
SOAKING WET SHOES AND DAMP
CLOTHING, ESPECIALLY WHEN KING
COUNTY REGIONAL AUTHORITY
REFUSES THE EFFORT TO PROVIDE
EMERGENCY SHELTER OR ANY
SYMBOLS OF CAPACITY. THE ONLY
CAPACITY THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL
FINANCED WAS A CAPACITY BUILD
OF NONPROFIT RE-ELECTION
APPARATUS IS. THE FACT OF THE
PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL
EXACERBATED THE PUBLIC SAFETY
CRISIS AND THE HOMELESS CRISIS
JUSTIFIES AN EMERGENCY MEETING
OF COUNCIL TO END THE
UNNECESSARY SUFFERING CAUSED
BY BAD POLICIES FROM THE BOTTOM
OF THE BARREL PROGRESSIVES,
WERE REPEAT OFFENDERS ARE
PRIORITIZED FOR HOUSING AND
SERVICES, LOW-LEVEL DRUG
PUSHERS ARE EXEMPTED FROM JAIL,
JUNKIE THIEVES ARE NEVER
TRESPASSED, AND INNOCENT
HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE RACIST LEE
DISCRIMINATED, SUBHUMAN
MISTREATED AND HATED AT KING
COUNTY REGIONAL AUTHORITIES
AGENDA. THEY DUMP THEIR TRAUMA
ON THE INNOCENT OTHERS, WHILE
THE WHOLE TIME, CONDUCTING A
RACE WAR AGAINST LOCAL
CITIZENS. ANYWAY, IT IS
SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN -- IT IS
SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN THAT WITH
A TEMPERATURE LOWER THAN 39
DEGREES CAUSES YOUR BODY TO
OVERWORK. AND PLEASE, THE
POTHOLES COULD BE TAKEN --
>> THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER
IS LISTED AS NOT PRESENT, SO
THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR
SPEAKERS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THINK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE
ONE MORE PUBLIC SPEAKER. TWO
MINUTES.
>> IN OUR GOVERNMENT,
ANTI-SEMITISM AND WHAT WE HAVE
HERE. I HEAR TALKING ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THIS MEANS, AND I COME FOR
20 YEARS HERE AND TALK ABOUT
THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES
THIS MEAN. I HAVEN'T HEARD ONE
POSITIVE WORD. I GIVE YOU
EXAMPLE, BECAUSE OF MY 16
TRESPASSES FOR 1400 DAYS, AND
EACH TRESPASS I COMPLAINED TO
THE COMMISSION. 16 COMPLAINTS,
NO ANSWER. IS THIS
ACCOUNTABILITY? GUYS, I DON'T
CARE WHO ARE YOU. DEMOCRAT,
REPUBLICAN, MARXIST, SOCIALIST
-- I DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS.
>> IS THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA
YOU ARE DISCUSSING? WHAT IS THE
ITEM ON THE AGENDA?
>> SAME WITH THIS GUY SPOKE
YOU'RE ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT? HE CAN SPEAK
ON IT, WHY CAN'T I? YOU SEE, IT
IS VERY SIMPLE. I AM THE ONLY
MAN YOU INTERRUPT. ONLY ONE FOR
MANY YEARS. YEAH,
ACCOUNTABILITY, VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE A LIAR, YOU
CANNOT DO YOUR JOB POSTED BY
THE CONSTITUTION. IN OPEN
PUBLIC MEETING ACT, IT IS VERY
URGENT. WHAT IS ANOTHER VERY
IMPORTANT FOR THE LAST 10
YEARS, YOU BRING THE GESTAPO
RULES. FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND
THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT.
AND WHO IS GUILTY? THERE'S ONLY
ONE GUY WHAT IS GUILTY FOR YOU
AND YOUR RULES. SO NUMBER ONE,
COME BACK TO SEATTLE. TWO, STOP
-- YEAH. SPEAK IN CAMERA. STAND
UP, AMERICA. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES. MR.
ZIMMERMAN, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
PAUSE AND HEAR THIS. YOU HAVE
REPEATEDLY EXHIBITED A PATTERN
OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR AND I
JUST WANT -- I WANT FOR THE
PUBLIC TO KNOW THE DEFINITION
OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR AS
EXPLAINED IN COUNCIL RULE 11
POINT D .1. THERE ARE NINE
COMPONENTS OF THIS DISRUPTIVE
BEHAVIOR DEFINITION. ONE OF
THEM IS THAT COMMENTS ARE NOT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES
SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO SPEAK TO
SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA OR
WITHIN OUR WORK PROGRAM, AND
THE OTHER IS BEHAVIOR SUCH AS
THREATS, PERSONAL ATTACKS, OR
THE USE OF RACIAL OR
MISOGYNISTIC OR GENDER RELATED
SLURS OR OTHER DISORDERLY
CONDUCT. IT INTENTIONALLY
DISRUPTS, DISTURBS, OR
OTHERWISE IMPEDES THE ORDERLY
CONDUCT OR ATTENDANCE OR
PARTICIPATION AT A COUNCIL
MEETING. I AM READING THIS
BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE
COMPLETELY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT
CONSTITUTES DISRUPTIVE
BEHAVIOR, AND OFF-TOPIC
COMMENTS. AND SO NEXT TIME, IF
YOU CAN HEAR ME, IF NOT, WE CAN
REFER TO THIS IN THE ARCHIVE IF
YOU ENGAGE IN THIS KIND OF
BEHAVIOR. THE MICROPHONE WILL
BE STOPPED, AND IF NECESSARY,
YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE
CHAMBERS. MOVING ON.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AS I SAID
IN OUR LAST MEETING, I FOUND
HIS BEHAVIOR TO BE BOTH ABUSIVE
AND HARASSING, WHICH IS ALSO
PROHIBITED WITHIN OUR COUNCIL
RULES. I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT
FOR THE RECORD.
>> YES. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE WERE GOING WITH THE --
SOME OF OUR MOST AIRTIGHT RULES
HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THAT BACKUP.
>> OKAY. MOVING ON. SO THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
CLOSED. WE CAN MOVE ONTO THE
NEXT ITEM. WHICH IS THE
ADOPTION OF THE IRC. IF THERE
IS NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. AND IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING
NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE WILL
CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT
CALENDAR. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS
THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE
TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT
CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, I MOVED
TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE .
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALEZ.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. 8 IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE
CONSENT ITEM CALENDARS ARE
ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON MY
BEHALF? THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO
COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR
PRESENTATION TODAY, AND THERE
WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF
ITEM ONE?
>> RESOLUTION 32125 RELATED TO
PARTICIPATION FROM 2024 AND
2025 ON KING COUNTY COMMITTEES,
REGIONAL COMMITTEES, AND CITY
OF SEATTLE COMMITTEES AND
SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION 3208.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MOVED
TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 32125. IS
THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU. IT'S
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ADOPT A RESOLUTION AS SPONSOR,
I WILL SAY A FEW WORDS AND OPEN
IT UP FOR COMMENT. SO AS
PREVIEW LAST TIME, THIS
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHES
MEMBERSHIP ON EXTERNAL
COMMITTEES, AND FIRST I WOULD
LIKE TO THINK, IN PARTICULAR,
DIRECTOR ESTHER HANDY AND
DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALLIE PENNY
CHEAT ON CENTRAL STAFF FOR ALL
OF THE WORK, THE BACKGROUND
WORK, THE HEAVY LIFTING THAT
WENT INTO ESTABLISHING THE
MEMBERSHIP ON A LEASE
COMMITTEES, BECAUSE IF WE'RE
GOING TO PLAY A GUESSING GAME,
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WOULD GUESS
HOW MANY EXTERNAL COMMITTEES
THERE ARE. 34. THERE ARE 34
EXTERNAL COMMITTEES. THOSE ARE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL, STATE,
AND SEATTLE. COMMITTEES, THEY
MEET ANYWHERE FROM ONCE OR
TWICE A YEAR TO EVERY MONTH TO
BIMONTHLY, ET CETERA. SO IT'S
LIKE A -- IT'S LIKE A GAME
AGENDA, OR IF YOU TRY TO MOVE
ONE THING AND PUT SOMEBODY ON
AN INTERNAL COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT, THEN THAT MESSES UP
THE EXTERNAL. MY POINT IS TO
SIMPLY LET FOLKS KNOW THAT I
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE
SUPPORT STAFF THAT HELPED PUT
THIS BEFORE US TODAY, AND I
ALSO LED WITH WANTING TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE ASSIGNMENT SPOKE
TO YOUR STRENGTHS, YOUR
INTEREST, AND YOUR ABILITY TO
HELP THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE
THROUGH YOUR MEMBERSHIP. SO
WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION,
QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING
NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF THE RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE .
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALEZ.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> AYE .
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> 8 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY
BEHALF? OKAY. IS OR ANY OTHER
BUSINESS BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
THE NEXT MEETING? SEEING NONE,
I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE
THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN A SPECIAL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED
FOR JULY 12th TO DISCUSS THIS
COUNCIL VACANCY. THE MEETING
WILL BEGIN AT 11:00 WITH AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH IS
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. AND THE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING PORTION
WHERE THE PUBLIC IS INVITED
WILL BEGIN AT 2:00 P.M., WHICH
IS OUR NORMAL MEETING TIME. THE
JANUARY 12th SPECIAL CITY
COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE
INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH
WILL START AGAIN AT 2:00. THESE
REFER TO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA
FOR FINAL DETAILS ON THURSDAY,
AND COUNCILMEMBERS RECEIVED AN
EMAIL THAT EXPLAINS ALL OF THIS
AS WELL BEFORE THE MEETING. AND
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS, WE HAVE FOLKS HERE
AFTER THE MEETING THAT CAN
ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT I WANTED PEOPLE TO REALIZE
THAT, AGAIN, WE HAVE A SPECIAL
MEETING. IT STARTS AT 11:00
A.M. THE FIRST PART OF THAT
MEETING WILL BE EXECUTIVE
SESSION, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE
-- WE WILL EITHER TAKE A BREAK,
HAVE LUNCH OR WHATEVER IF WE
DON'T TALK UNTIL 2:00, BUT THE
PUBLIC WILL BE INVITED AS OF
2:00. THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON
THIS FRIDAY. WE ARE ADVANCING
OUR WORK TO FILL OUR VACANCY,
AND GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE --
SEEING NOTHING ELSE, WE'VE
REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S
AGENDA. OUR NEXT REGULARLY
SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 16th AT
2:00. IT IS TO: 31 P.M. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY. SEE
YOU LATER. MEETING ADJOURNED.