SPEE MACV FEBRUARY 10th , 2025
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER . IT
IS TO: 03 P.M. AND I AM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, SARA NELSON. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ?
>> PRESENT .
>> SAKA?
>> HERE .
>> SAWANT?
>> HERE .
>> STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT .
>> HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> PRESENT .
>> KETTLE?
>> HERE.
>> MOORE.
>> HERE.
>> NELSON?
>> PRESENT .
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> TWO PRESENTATIONS AND I WANT
TO INVITE THE DEPUTY MAYOR FOR
THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.
>> MY PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TO
DELIVER THE 2025 STATE OF THE
CITY ADDRESS IN CHAMBERS. FIRST
OF ALL, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU
FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE, I
STOPPED MANY OF YOU AT THE HALL
WHERE THE MAYOR DELIVERED THE
SPEECH WITH SOME OF OUR LEADERS
IN THIS COMMUNITY AND, MOST
IMPORTANTLY, OUR YOUTH. I ALSO
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE , IN THE SAME WAY
THE MAYOR DID, TO BEGIN HIS
REMARKS, THE FEDERAL LANDSCAPE
WE ARE OPERATING IN. IT DOES
COVER ALL THE THINGS WE TALK
ABOUT. THE STATE OF THE CITY IS
AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE REFLECT
ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE
PAST YEAR AND TALK ABOUT OUR
PRIORITIES MOVING FORWARD. WHEN
I HEARD THE MAYOR TALK ABOUT
BOTH OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OUR
FUTURE PRIORITIES , I THINK IT
REFLECTS OUR VALUES AND WHO
ARE AS A ANK YOU FOR
JOINING HIM. AS HE SAID,
WASHINGTON CAST A DARK CLOUD, AS
A CITY, WE WILL MAKE SURE WE
KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE
STAND FOR. I WILL TOUCH ON ALL
OF THE SPEECH, YOU DO NOT NEED
ME TO DELIVER IT AGAIN WORD FOR
WORD, YOU CAN WATCH IT ON THE
SEATTLE GENERAL FROM HOME. --
SEATTLE CHANNEL FROM HOME . MANY
THINGS HE HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE
REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN , THE
NEW WAYS WERE LOOKING AT
SUCCEEDING IN PUBLIC SAFETY, HOW
WE ARE ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS
AND INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE ARE
LOOKING AT PERMITTING AND HOW WE
WILL WORK IN THE FUTURE WITH YOU
TO MAKE SURE WE CAN BUILD MORE
HOUSING FASTER TO CREATE MORE
PLACES TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE
STREET AND FOR OUR WORKING
FAMILIES . EXCITING THINGS LIKE
THE WORLD CUP COMING IN OVER A
YEAR. MAKING SURE WE ARE NOT
LOSING SIGHT OF THOSE WHO ARE
HERE ALREADY, OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES , FAMILIES,
TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE , AND
WORKING WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR FOR FAMILIES IN EDUCATION,
PRESCHOOL PROMISE LEVY, ONE OF
OUR MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS
IN OUR CHILDREN. WITH THOSE
WORDS , I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND
THE MAYOR TALKED QUITE A BIT
ABOUT HOW WE ARE A CITY ON THE
RISE . WE ARE A CITY ON THE RISE
BECAUSE OF OUR WORK TOGETHER.
OUR WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL,
THE STATE TO COVER JURISDICTIONS
. WE KNOW, THROUGH ALL OF THESE
TROUBLED WATERS, WE WILL COME
OUT STRONGER AS ONE SEATTLE . AS
THE MAYOR SAID, THE ANECDOTE TO
TOXICITY OF POLARIZATION , IS A
UNITED EFFORT AND SEATTLE HAS TO
SPARK TO DO IT. I AM DELIVERING
THE 2025 STATE OF THE CITY
ADDRESS FROM THE MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEPUTY
MAYOR WONG, THE THE ADDRESS WILL
BE ADDED TO AGENDA ITEM 1. FOR
POSTERITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY , MOVING ON , COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA WILL BE MAKING A SHORT
PRESENTATION ACKNOWLEDGING THE
100th BIRTHDAY OF FORMER SEATTLE
COUNCILMEMBER WING LUKE AND
WRITE THE FAMILY FOR REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR MY COLLEAGUES,
TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN WING
LUKE'S 100th BIRTHDAY. I WANT
TO RECOGNIZED HIS MANY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, A STEADFAST
CHAMPION OF CIVIL RIGHTS , AN
ACCOMPLISHED LAWYER AND
POLITICIAN, AND A LEADER WHO
BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH
COMPASSION AND HUMOR. I HAVE
INVITED MEMBERS OF WING LUKE'S
FAMILY TO BE PRESENT TO HEAR HOW
MUCH WE VALUE AND HONOR HIS
LEGACY. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
THE DAUGHTER OF HIS YOUNGEST
SIBLING AND CYNTHIA, DAUGHTER OF
HIS SISTER,
THE WING LUKE FOR PROVIDING MUCH
OF THE INFORMATION I WILL BE
SHARING, AND WANT TO THANK FOR
COUNCILMEMBER WOO FOR BEING
HERE. WING LUKE WAS STUDENT BODY
PRESIDENT IN ROOSEVELT HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1943 AND
LEADER-PRESIDENT OF THE
SOPHOMORE CLASS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WAS A
DIVIDED TIME IN THIS COUNTRY ,
AS YOU KNOW, AND THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF WING LUKE ARE A
TESTAMENT TO HIS ABILITY TO
PERSEVERE DURING HARDSHIP AND
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER . AFTER
HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS DRAFTED INTO
THE ARMY, AS STATED IN THE
MUSEUM BIOGRAPHY OF WING LUKE ,
HE SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINES AND
EARNED A BRONZE STAR MEDAL IN
SEVERAL BATTLE STARS . WHILE HE
WAS OVERSEAS FIGHTING FOR HIS
COUNTRY, UNFORTUNATELY , HE HAD
TO USE A FURLOUGH TO COME HOME
AND HELP HIS FAMILY WHO HAD BEEN
EVICTED FROM THEIR UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT APARTMENT BECAUSE OF
THEIR RACE. THEY FACED
DISCRIMINATION AS PART OF THE
WIDESPREAD RACISM DIRECTED AT
JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND OTHER
ASIANS , INCLUDING CHINESE
AMERICANS LIKE WING LUKE DURING
WORLD WAR II. THIS DEEPLY
AFFECTED WING LUKE AND PROPELLED
HIM TO SOCIAL ACTIVISM. AFTER
THE WAR , WING LUKE RETURNED
HOME AND ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON WHERE HE RECEIVED
AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND GRADUATED
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON LAW SCHOOL WITH A LAW
DEGREE. AFTER SERVING AS
WASHINGTON STATE ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL, LUKE GOT AN
ELECTION TO THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL IN 1962 AND WAS THE
FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN ELECTED TO
OFFICE IN SEATTLE AND THE FIRST
CHINESE-AMERICAN ELECTED TO
PUBLIC OFFICE IN KING COUNTY .
HE SAT ON THE CITY COUNCIL UNTIL
HIS DEATH IN 1965. AS A
COUNCILMEMBER, LUKE WAS
INSTRUMENTAL IN PASSING THE OPEN
HOUSING ORDINANCE WHICH SOUGHT
TO STOP RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN
HOUSING . THAT ORDINANCE ALSO
LED TO THE CREATION OF THE
SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
CURRENTLY STILL IN EXISTENCE
TODAY. WING LUKE WAS A
REMARKABLE MAN WHO ACCOMPLISHED
SO MUCH IN A SHORT TIME . HE
CONTINUES TO SERVE AS AN
INSPIRATION, NOT ONLY TO THOSE
IN THE ASIAN COMMUNITY IN
SEATTLE BUT TO ANYONE FORTUNATE
ENOUGH TO LEARN ABOUT HIS MANY
CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY. I
TRULY WISH I COULD HAVE MET WING
LUKE, I AM PROUD TO HONOR HIM
HERE TODAY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I REQUEST
YOU SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW
THE FAMILY OF WING LUKE TO SAY A
FEW WORDS .
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW OUR GUESTS TO ADDRESS
THE COUNCIL.
>> I REQUEST CYNTHIA COME UP TO
THE PODIUM, PLEASE, YOU CAN SAY
A FEW WORDS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON . SUCH AN
HONOR TO BE HERE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR KIND WORDS FOR MY UNCLE .
MY NAME IS CYNTHIA AND I AM THE
DAUGHTER OF RUBY LUKE, MY COUSIN
IS BESIDE ME, LINDA IS THE
DAUGHTER OF THE SECOND SURVIVING
SIBLING. WHEN WE WERE WALKING
IN, TANYA SHOWED US THE BIG
HOLE, MY UNCLE WAS SO BUSY, YET
NEVER FORGOT -- I WENT TO WORK
WITH HIM ONE DAY IN THAT
BUILDING, I WAS PROBABLY ABOUT
MAYBE SIX OR SEVEN YEARS OLD ,
SUCH AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR ME, I
REMEMBER WHAT I WORE, A
TURQUOISE AND WHITE PLAID SKIRT
AND A FUZZY TURQUOISE SWEATER,
MY FAVORITE OUTFIT WALKED INTO
THE BUILDING AND EVERYONE SAID
HELLO EVERYBODY KNEW MY UNCLE
AND HE KNEW THEM BACK. HE SAID
HELLO TO PEOPLE AND CALLED THEM
BY NAME, THAT IS WHO MY UNCLE
WAS. HE WAS A MAN OF PASSION . A
MAN OF PURPOSE , A MAN OF
PERSEVERANCE, WHAT HE DID IN HIS
SHORT YEARS WAS SO IMPORTANT .
BECAUSE HE WOULD LISTEN , HE WAS
SUCH A LISTENER . HE MADE YOU
FEEL HEARD. HE WAS PRESENT AND
MADE YOU FEEL SEEN. HE ENGAGED
SO DEEPLY, WHEN PEOPLE FEEL
UNDERSTOOD , THEY CAN COME
TOGETHER AROUND THE TABLE,
WHETHER THE DINING ROOM TABLE,
OR THE COUNCIL ROOM TABLE. BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER. I AM SO HONORED
TO KNOW THAT HIS LEGACY , THE
ENDURING LEGACY , HIS IMPACT IS
BEING HONORED , HIS LIFE AND HIS
DEEDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE
SO APPRECIATIVE THAT HE HAS NOT
BEEN FORGOTTEN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> GO BEHIND.
>> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
THIS PUBLIC LEARNING AND
HONORING HIM. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THE
>> COLLEAGUES, I THOUGHT IT WAS
IMPORTANT -- THIS WAS A HUGE
MILESTONE IN THE WING LUKE
FAMILY , HE MADE SO MANY
CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEATTLE AND
IMPORTANT FOR US TO HONOR ONE OF
OUR OWN , A FORMER MEMBER OF THE
CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU TO THE
FAMILY FOR BEING HERE AND THANK
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR
ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN TODAY.
>> MY GRATITUDE TO YOU FOR
COMING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
TO HELP US HONOR WING LUKE AND
THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN WRITE
HERE, RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. ARE
THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? LET'S MOVE ON, WE
WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. LIMITED TO ITEMS
ON THE AGENDA, NOT A CLERK , HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP?
>> TWO REMOTE AND TWO IN-PERSON.
>> TWO MINUTES EACH, AND START
WITH THE IN-PERSON COMMENTORS.
>> YOU WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER
OF REGISTERING, SPEAKERS
MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED IF
THEY DO NOT STOP THERE COMMENTS
WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO
ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER WE WILL BEGIN WITH THERE
IN PERSON SPEAKERS.
>> SKYLER AND THEN ROBERT. DO
YOU HAVE THE TIME OR? -- DO YOU
HAVE THE TIMER.
>> IS ESSENTIAL
FOR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES. [ NO
AUDIO]
>> ROBERT?
>> COUNCILMEMBERS , THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AGENDA, I
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS
ABOUT THE SEATTLE PLAN. A TEAM
OF PEOPLE IN SEATTLE , I HAVE
PUT TOGETHER A SHORT LIST OF SIX
POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE
SEATTLE PLAN. I WOULD LIKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THOSE AS
A SLIDESHOW TO THE CITY COUNCIL
WITH MY TEAM AT THEIR LEISURE.
AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE
FUTURE. I HAVE INCLUDED THIS AS
AN EMAIL TO ALL OF YOU , TWO OR
THREE TIMES NOW. I WOULD
APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD GIVE
IT A QUICK READ. MORE THAN HAPPY
TO SEND YOU MORE INFORMATION IF
YOU DESIRE IT . I AM MORE THAN
HAPPY TO BRING MY TEAM WITH MORE
EXPERTISE THAN I DO. TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS YOU AND YOUR STAFF
MAY HAVE. THAT IS IT. THANK YOU
AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU .
>> THAT WAS OUR LAST REGISTER IN
PERSON SPEAKER. OUR FIRST REMOTE
SPEAKER IS DAVID, FOLLOWED BY
ALBERTO . GO AHEAD , DAVID.
>> THANK YOU. THE CITY COUNCIL
WAS ELECTED TO RIGHT THE WRONGS
OF THE PAST COUNCILS AND DEEP ON
THE POLICE, SABOTAGE THE
INTEGRITY OF POLICE REPORT, AND
SHIFT THE PARADIGM AWAY FROM
USING -- THE EVIL DRUG PUSHERS,
THEY CREATED THE SPINNING
PARTIES THAT THEY ADDED MONEY TO
THAT RUNS INTERFERENCE FOR
REPEAT OFFENDING CRIMINALS
CONNECTED TO THE CRIMINAL
UNDERWORLD, CONDUCTING UNCIVIL
FRAUD AND LISTED -- THEY WILL
NEED TO TRAIN BETTER TO SHUT
DOWN, INSTEAD, COUNCIL HAS
ALLOWED FOR A CREATION OF EASY
PAYDAYS FOR COPS , POLITICKING
EXCUSES FOR CONTINUED CRIMINAL
ABUSES OF RED -- IT IS A
RETICENCE -- INNOCENT RESIDENTS,
COMMITTING -- WHILE THE
CRIMINALS ARE COMMITTING RANDOM
ACT OF VIOLENCE AND THE COPS ARE
ACTING LIKE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE DRUG MARKET THAT
COULD'VE BEEN TRESPASSED AND
QUESTIONED AND COURT ORDERED
INTO LOW SECURITY -- OR IMPROVE
PUNISHMENT FOR ALL, COUNCIL --
TO DICTATE THE PROCEDURES AND
POLICIES , DID NOT AGREE TO
THEIR EFFORTS UNTIL THEY
SABOTAGE SOME OF THE INTEGRITY
OF THE CRIME-FIGHTING , DILIGENT
EFFORTS . ANYWAY, WE HAVE A
RACIST, WOKE, LINENS YOU ARE
UNCONSTITUTIONALLY LOOKING
THROUGH AND ALLOW FOR THE
SABOTAGE OF THE HOUSING LEVY
PRIORITIES THAT ARE FILLED WITH
RACE BAITING , WHITE MAN HATING
DISCRIMINATION. IN COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN THAT IS BASED ON LINING THE
POCKETS OF THE BLACK AND THE
BROWN DEVILS ADVOCATES,
NONQUALIFIED WITH CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST WITHIN THE POLITICAL
REELECTION APPARATUS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, HOUSING
CONSORTIUM DEVELOPERS WHO ARE
UNQUALIFIED TO BUILD HOMES BUT
$1 BILLION WILL LINE THEIR
POCKETS OF UNQUALIFIED SLUM
DEVELOPERS WHO WILL CHEAT A
MULTITUDE OF YOUNGER GENERATIONS
OUT OF OF A BETTER CHOICE OF
HOME AND EQUITY.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALBERTO .
GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO. ON FRIDAY, DOORDASH
WAS SUED FOR ANTICOMPETITIVE
PRACTICES A LOBBYIST FOR THEM
MADE VISITS FOR THIS COUNCIL IN
DECEMBER AND JANUARY. PER THE
LAWSUIT, DOORDASH THREATENED TO
RAISE FEES FOR RESTAURANTS
POTENTIALLY ADDING BILLIONS OF
COST AND THREATENED TOAU
DOORDASH APP UNLESS THEY AGREED
TO EXCLUSIVE OR NEAR EXCLUSIVE
USE OF THE DOORDASH DELIVERY
APP. TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HOW THEY
HOLD RESTAURANTS HOSTAGE AND
CONTROL SUCH A LARGE PORTION OF
THE DELIVERY MARKET THAT THEY
CAN STIFLE FAIR COMPETITION.
PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE LOBBYISTS
SENT TO SWAY YOUR OPINION. THANK
YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> THANK YOU . THAT WAS OUR LAST
REMOTE SPEAKER.
>> OKAY , THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO
EVERYONE WHO SPOKE REMOTELY AND
IN PERSON . WE HAVE REACHED THE
END OF OUR LIST OF REGISTERED
SPEAKERS AND THE PUBLIC PERIOD
IS CLOSED. THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED . IF NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING ON , THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED AND WE MOVE ON TO THE
PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR . THE
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR
ARE, CB 120941 , SEVEN
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE HOUSING
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, 12
OPPONENTS FOR THE PARKS , PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE, AND ONE APPOINTMENT
FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY CITY
LIGHT, ARTS AND CULTURE
COMMITTEE . ARE THERE ANY ITEMS
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR? HEARING ON, I MOVE TO
ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR . IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON ?
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> MOORE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> 9-0.
>> WILL LOOK LIKE PLEASE AFFIX
THE SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND
LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR IN MY BEHALF? THANK YOU
. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD.
>> STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS
DELIVERED ON FEBRUARY 18th ,
2025 .
>> I MOVED TO ACCEPT AND FILE
314540 , IS THERE A SECOND?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MOVED AND
SECONDED BASICALLY, COLLEAGUES,
THIS IS THE -- THE ATTACHMENT
THAT WILL GO WITH HIS CLERK
FILING IS THE 2025 STATE OF THE
CITY ADDRESS WHICH THE DEPUTY
MAYOR PRESENTED TO US EARLIER
THIS MEETING. I BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS REQUIRED IN THE CHARTER
AS WELL. THIS IS NOT A FORMALITY
OR NOT CEREMONIAL, THIS IS
SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO EVERY
YEAR WHEN THIS IS PRESENTED. ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?
NO COMMENTS . WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
ACCEPTING AND FILING THE CLICK
FILE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> MOORE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ?
>> AYE.
>> 9-0.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD?
>> CB 120939 AUTHORIZING
EXECUTION OF THE LICENSE
AGREEMENT WITH THE THEATER PUGET
SOUND TO OPERATE SPACE IN THE
SEATTLE CITY -- CENTER ARMORY
FOR NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION
AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ,
AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU
ARE AUTHORIZED .
>> LAST WEEK OUR COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED FOR THE
LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH THEATER
PUGET SOUND TO MANAGE AND
OPERATE SPACE IN SEATTLE CENTER
ARMORY FOR NONPROFIT ARTS
ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUAL
ARTISTS . THIS AGREEMENT SPEAKS
TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND
COLLABORATION TO PROVIDE THIS
CRITICAL SERVICE FOR OUR ARTISTS
, THE RELATIONSHIP SPENDING HAS
BEEN OVER 25 YEARS, I HAVE TO
DEFINITELY THANK OUR CENTER,
DIRECTOR MARSHALL FOSTER,
THEATER PUGET SOUND, WHO WAS
WITH US TODAY, AND THE
COLLEAGUES THAT VOTED FOR THIS
AS WELL. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT IN
PASSING THIS COUNCIL BILL .
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT
TO SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
I WANT TO SECOND CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH'S REMARKS , THIS
IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WHAT THE
SEATTLE CENTER IS DOING UNDER
DIRECTOR FOSTER'S LEADERSHIP IS
SETTING THE FOUNDATION FOR
STABILITY, NOT JUST WITHIN
THEATER PUGET SOUND BUT ACROSS
THE ENTIRE SEATTLE CENTER
ECOSYSTEM. I REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT WORK BECAUSE IT SETS US UP
FOR THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING
AND THE WORK THAT WILL BE
ONGOING IN THE AREA TO IMPROVE
THE STADIUM PROJECT . I
APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HE AND
HIS TEAM IS DOING, PLUS AT THE
ARMORY, SPECIFICALLY THE SEATTLE
CENTER ARMORY, BECAUSE IT IS A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING
COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND WORK
THEATER PUGET SOUND ALSO , NOT
JUST WITH THEATER PUGET SOUND,
DUE TO THE UNIQUENESS OF WHAT IT
DOES, IT HELPS SO MANY NONPROFIT
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND IT IS A
GREAT ORGANIZATION AND A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP THIS
COMMUNITY , WHICH HAS FACED
HEADWINDS WHEN IT COMES TO THE
CHALLENGES OF THE OPERATIONS .
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU , CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH .
>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, THAT
PRESENTS UP THE SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S THEATER ON CAMPUS,
IT DOES -- IT ONLY MAKES SENSE
WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT. THEY ARE
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS
DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES , BUT
WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE SEATTLE
CENTER IS A RESOURCE FOR OUR
ARTS COMMUNITY AND WE BENEFIT
FROM HAVING THE PARTICIPATION IN
THE COST OF THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL
SPACE . THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BRINGING THAT FORWARD,
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
ANYTHING ELSE? WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROPE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ?
>> YES .
>> RIVERA?
>> YES .
>> SAKA?
>> YES .
>> SOLOMON?
>> YES .
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES .
>> HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES .
>> KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> MOORE?
>> NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> 9-0.
>> WILL LOOK LIKE PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF TO THE
LEGISLATION NO ITEMS REMAINING
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, NOT A
RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND
ADOPTION TODAY, IS THERE ANY FOR
THE BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL? I BELIEVE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH , GO
AHEAD
>> I DO, THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON. I HAD A QUICK
THANK YOU REGARDING THE BLACK
HISTORY MONTH, MY BRAIN , SORRY,
WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE , THE BLACK
HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION
TODAY, I WANT TO THANK OUR
COLLEAGUES , THE GRATITUDE TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON FOR YOUR
HELP, LAST YEAR, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA TOOK THE LEAD FOR THE
PROCLAMATION AND ALSO GRACIOUSLY
PASSED IT OFF TO ME THIS YEAR.
WHICH I HUMBLY ACCEPTED. I JUST
WANT TO THANK YOUR OFFICE FOR
YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON AS WELL
FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP EXTRA SHOT
AT, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WILL BE
IN OLYMPIA DURING THE
PRESENTATION TOMORROW , SO ,
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON AND MYSELF
WILL PRESENT THAT BLACK HISTORY
MONTH PROCLAMATION TO STARTING
AT 10:00 A.M., DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND BIKE AFFINITY
GROUPS FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT,
PUBLIC UTILITIES, SEATTLE TO
BROADEN THE PUBLICATION --
TRANSPORTATION -- SEATTLE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION , AND I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT, ABOUT THE
PROCLAMATION, WE FIGHT FOR
DIVERSITY , EQUITY, INCLUSION
AND INCLUDE AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN
THAT AND BLACK COMMUNITIES , I
WANTED TO POINT OUT A FACT THAT
IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN THINKING
ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE
CELEBRATE ARTISTS AND WE
CELEBRATE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO OUR HISTORY AND
OUR AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT THE
ONE THING I THINK WE CONTINUE ,
I WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO FIGHT
FOR, ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR OUR
COMMUNITY, IN 1863, WITH THE
PROCLAMATION , EMANCIPATION
PROCLAMATION, HIT BLACKS WERE
40% OF THE POPULACE IN AN OLD
.5% OF THE OVERALL WEALTH IN THE
COUNTRY, NOW, OR 13.7% OF THE
OVERALL POPULATION, 4.7% OF THE
OVERALL NET WEALTH. THAT IS , IN
160 YEARS , WE HAVE MOVED 4.2%
OF OVERALL NET WORTH IN THIS
COUNTRY. IN 1860, WE COULD
RIVETED TO 60% OF THE OVERALL
WEALTH IN THIS COUNTRY. --
CONTRIBUTED TO 60% OF THE
OVERALL WEALTH IN THIS COUNTRY I
WILL PROMOTE ECONOMIC MOBILITY
FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE
ISSUES WE HAVE TODAY IS BECAUSE
OF OUR ECONOMIC SITUATION IN
THIS COUNTRY. IN THIS CITY AS
YOU WELL KNOW , I AM CONSTANTLY
REMINDING THAT THE AVERAGE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR A BLACK
FAMILY IS UNDER $50,000 IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE THE MOST
PROGRESSIVE CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
THAT IS THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD
INCOME. ANYWAYS , I WANTED TO
POINT THAT OUT. AS WE CONTINUE
THE PROCLAMATION FOR THIS YEAR ,
THE THEME IS AFRICAN-AMERICANS
AND LABOR , I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT WE HIGHLIGHT SOME OF
THOSE STATISTICS AS WE ARE
CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT EQUITY
IN OUR COMMUNITY. I SPELL EQUITY
"MONEY ." THANK YOU , COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, AND I WANT TO THANK
MY COLLEAGUES FOR SIGNING ONTO
THIS IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION AS
WELL. THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ? I WANT TO SAY , THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT VERY
ELOQUENT SUMMARY OF WHAT THIS
MEANS TO YOU AND I SHARE
COMPLETELY YOUR EMPHASIS. I KNOW
THAT YOUR BEEN WORKING ON THIS
FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. WE WILL
CALL THE ROLE ON WHO WANTS TO
SIGN THIS. IT IS LISTED UNDER
OTHER BUSINESS BECAUSE USUALLY
IT IS A PRESENTATION WHEN WE
PRESENT IT TO SOMEONE , WHICH
YOU WILL BE DOING TOMORROW IN A
DIFFERENT LOCATION.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR LEADERSHIP IN
BRINGING THIS FORWARD, THESE
EFFORTS , LEADING THEM THIS YEAR
WITH DIGNITY AND GRACE . I
APPRECIATE YOUR EXCELLENT
REMARKS . YOUR POIGNANT REMARKS
AS WELL. REGRETTABLY , I WILL
NOT BE AVAILABLE TO JOIN
TOMORROW. BECAUSE I WILL BE IN
OLYMPIA. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR LEADING THIS, ON BEHALF OF
OUR BODY, THE MAYOR HAS SIGNED
ON AS WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY , REALLY, AND I APPRECIATE
YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND WILLINGNESS
TO INCLUTHE
THING. IT IS AN UNDERLYING
PROCLAMATION , COLLEAGUES, I
ADDED A MINOR EDIT TO REFLECT
OUR DIVERSE IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES FROM THE
DOUBLETS THAT COMPRISE THE
AFRICAN DIASPORA, IT IS BLACK
HISTORY MONTH, IT IS TRUE, THE
DESCENDENTS OF SLAVES , WE NEED
TO ACKNOWLEDGE , AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS
BUILT ON SLAVE LABOR. THAT THE
STRUGGLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR
BLACKS IN OUR COUNTRY IS VERY
UNIQUE FOR DESCENDENTS OF SLAVES
. WE ALSO ARE AN INCLUSIVE AND
WELCOMING CITY AND, SOMEWHAT SOW
SEEDS OF DIVISION, IN BETWEEN
COMMUNITIES, THE BLACK
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,
OTHERWISE, I THINK IT IS BROAD
AND INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING.
THAT IS WHY I ADDED , AS A PROUD
SON OF A NIGERIAN IMMIGRANT, I
ADDED A BLURB TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR
TREMENDOUSLY RICH HISTORY AND
CULTURE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
DESCENDENTS OF AFRICANS. SO, IN
ANY EVENT , THANK YOU AGAIN,
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR
WRINGING THIS FORWARD, IT IS OUR
MONTH, WALKING WITH MY HEAD HELD
EXTRA HIGH THIS MONTH.
>> NO OTHER HANDS. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURES
AFFIXED RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY THE
2025 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN
SEATTLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> MOORE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE
AFFIXED.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOUR
ATTENTION TO THIS OTHER
BUSINESS. WE HAVE REACHED THE
END OF THE AGENDA, NEXT MEETING
IS ON FEBRUARY 25th AT 2:00 P.M.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE
ADJOURNED AND IT IS 2:39. THANK
YOU, EVERYONE.