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>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
THE JUNE 3rd, 2025, MEETING OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:04.
I'M SARA NELSON, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON HAS A PROCLAMATION
PROCLAIMING
2025 TO BE WING LUKE YEAR IN
SEATTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON WILL
SHARE COMMENTS ON THE
PROCLAMATION
AND I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR
COMMENTS
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE'LL SUSPEND THE RULES TO
PRESENT THETHE TO OUR
GUESTS AND TO HAVE COMMENTS
THEMSELVES.
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> COLLEAGUES, THIS PROCLAMATION
WAS FIRST INTENDED TO
CELEBRATE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC
ISLAND MONTH IN MAY.
BY LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE
11 ASIAN AMERICAN COUNCILMEMBERS
WHO HAVE
SERVED THIS BODY SINCE 1962.
WHEN WAYNE LUKE WAVED THE WAY
FOR MORE TO FOLLOW.
IT IS A LESSON OF WHAT WE STAND
TO LOSE IN THE VOICES
OF NATIVISM AND XENOPHOBIA.
A LESSON THAT COULDN'T BE
MORE NECESSARY IN 2025.
WAYNE LUKE CAME TO SEATTLE AT
THE AGE OF 6, PERSEVERES --
PERSEVERING OVER THE
DEPORTATION OF HIS OWN
GRANDFATHER.
THOUGH WELL ESTABLISHED
HERE WITH HIS FAMILY, WAYNE
LUKE'S
GRANDFATHER WAS FORCED TO LEAVE
THE COUNTRY DUE TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S EXCLUSION ACT OF
1882.
THROUGH STUBBORN RESILIENCE
HIS FAMILY MAINTAINED A PRESENCE
IN SEATTLE SO THAT WING LUKE
COULD THRIVE WHEN HE MOVED HERE
IN
1931 TODAY'S IMMIGRANTS,
DOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED
ALIKE, FACE UNCERTAINTY AND
DEPORTATIONS DRIVEN BY THE
SAME IC IMPULSES.
JUST LAST WEEK THE SECRETARY
OF STATE ANNOUNCED THAT STARTING
THIS WEEK THE U.S. WILL REVOKE
VISAS HELD BY CHINESE STUDENTS.
SO ON THIS 100th BIRTHDAY YEAR
OF WING LUKE, I HOPE WE
WILL REMAIN MINDFUL OF ALL THAT
WE
STAND TO LOSE WHEN
IMMIGRANTS ARE TAKEN FROM
SEATTLE.
AND, WITH THAT, I'LL -- AND
BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR OF THE WING LUKE
MUSEUM, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT
HAVE SERVED THIS BODY WHO ARE
OF ASIAN AMERICAN DESCENT
INCLUDING
COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA
SAWANT, COUNCILMEMBER DAVID
DELLA,
COUNCILMEMBER OKOMOTO AND TANYA
WU. THANK YOU FOR SERVING THIS
CITY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO
INTRODUCE -- DID II THAT
RIGHT?
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE
WING LUKE MUSEUM WHO WILL
BE ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION
FOR
WING LUKE YEAR IN SEATTLE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M KAMAHANAHOKULANI FARRAR.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
ACKNOWLEDGING OUR NAMESAKE, WING
LUKE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO
ALL WHO HAVE
SERVED. WING LUKE IS SO
IMPORTANT TO US
TODAY.
HE STANDS AS AN INSPIRATION
FOR ALL OF US AS WE DO OUR WORK
ON
BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY WE
SERVE. SO THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> DID WE WANT COMMENTS?
>> SURE.
I WILL NOW -- ARE THERE
ANY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WOULD
LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS?
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED
HERE. SOME MAY HAVE SPOKEN
PREVIOUSLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, VERY
MUCH
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
AND IT OCCURS TO ME THAT WHEN
MOST SEATTLEITES HERE, WING
LUKE, WE THINK OF A MUSEUM, AND
THIS PROCLAMATION REMINDS US HE
WAS A HUMAN BEING WHO
HAD SUFFERED AND OVERCOME AND
LEFT A
LEGACY FOR THE REST OF THE
CITY AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL AND
CULTURAL GLUE.
AND SO THAT IS PARTICULARLY
WHY I LIKE THIS PROCLAMATION
BECAUSE IT BRINGS THE HUMANITY
BACKBACK
THE NAME OF A MUSEUM.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT.
NOT SEEING ANYTHING ELSE, WOULD
YOU LIKE ANY -- ARE THERE
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO
ADD?
>> NOPE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BEING HERE TODAY AND ACCEPTING
THIS
PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF WING
LUKE.
ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
HAVE A --
USUALLY WE TAKE A PHOTO OF THE
PRESENTATION, SO GO AHEAD.
THIS IS NOT THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST
SIMPLY PRESENTING A
PROCLAMATION.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK.
THIS IS NOT NOW THE
OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK. [
INAUDIBLE ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> COLLEAGUES, AT THIS
POINT WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR
PUBLIC --
OUR HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD,
AND WE DO HAVE A TRADITION
OF ALLOWING -- WE HAVE A --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
RIGHT NOW AT THIS TIME WE'LL
OPEN THE PUBLIC HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT -- PUBLIC COMMENT
IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA, THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE
COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM.
CLERK, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> SO FAR WE HAVE 18 IN PERSON
AND 12.
>> LET HER SPEAK!
LET HER SPEAK!
>> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN
THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED.
>> CALL TO ORDER.
NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS --
FORMER COUNCILMEMBERS -- WE
USUALLY
ASK COUNCILMEMBERS AND
FORMER ELECTED AND PRESENT
ELECTED
TO SPEAK FIRST IN PUBLIC
COMMENT.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO
SPEAK, FORMER COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
AND LET'S -- HOW MANY PEOPLE
DID
YOU SAY?
>> WE HAVE 18 -- SORRY, 17
IN PERSON AND 12 REMOTE SO
FAR.
>> OKAY.
WE WILL ALLOW FOR ONE MINUTE
EACH.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY
SHAMEFUL, IT'S A SPECTACLE
FOR YOU TO SAY YOU'RE HONORING
ASIAN COUNCILMEMBERS AND FOR
SOMEBODY
LIKE ME ALONGSIDE JOHN AND TANYA
WU, WHO ARE COMPLETELY CORPORATE
SELLOUTS OF BIG BUSINESS AND
LANDLORDS.
ONE OF THE TWO
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO VOTED YES IN
COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF WATERING
DOWN ETHICS
LAWS.
WHAT ABOUT THE 10% OF
ASIAN WORKING CLASS HOUSEHOLDS
THAT FACE EVICTION EVERY YEAR?
WHAT ABOUT THE 11% OF
ASIAN WORKING
CLASS HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNDER
THE POVERTY LINE
WHICH IS AN INADEQUATE POVERTY
LINE?
IT IS A SHAM FOR YOU TO CARRY
OUT THESE TYPES OF
MEANINGLESS PROCLAMATIONS ON
ETHNIC
AND RELIGIOUS LINES WHEN IN
REALITY YOU ARE SELLING
OUT WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF
EVERY
ETHNICITY, EVERY RELIGION,
EVERY NATIONALITY REGARDLESS
WHETHER THEY'RE IMMIGRANT OR
NONIMMIGRANT.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SELLING
OUT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
IN THE FACE OF THIS HORRIFIC
GENOCIDE WITH 400,000
PEOPLE BEING MASSACRED.
THAT IS WHY I AM RUNNING AS AN
INDEPENDENT SENATOR AGAINST --
>> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
[ INAUDIBLE ].
>> PLEASE HAVE YOUR SEAT.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
>> WE
FIGHT, WE WIN. WHOO!
>> LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING
FIRST.
I FORGOT TO MENTION WE DO
HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, NINE PIECES
OF
LEGISLATION TO VOTE ON TODAY
SO YOU WILL BE LIMITING
PUBLIC COMMENT TO AN HOUR
BECAUSE
WE HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO GET
THROUGH OUR BUSINESS BEFORE
PEOPLE
HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO
AFTERWARDS,
SO, PLEASE, FORMER COUNCILMEMBER
DELLA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR
SPONSORING THIS, SOLOMON,
AND FOR SPONSORING THIS.
I WANT TO GET BACK TO
HONORING WING LUKE, OKAY, AND
THAT'S WHY
I'M HERE AND WHY
FORMER COUNCILMEMBERS ARE HERE.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT WING LUKE
WAS THE PERSON I STOOD ON HIS
SHOULDERS WHEN I GOT
ELECTED HERE TO THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL
BACK IN 2004.
AND I REMEMBER DURING OUR
SWEARING- IN CEREMONY, PART
OF THAT WAS FOR ME TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE LEGACY OF WING LUKE
AND HIS
IMPACT ON THE CITY.
AND THE ONLY THING I WILL ADHERE
TO A RESOLUTION IS WING LUKE NOT
ONLY REPRESENTED THE COMMUNITY
WELL, BUT HE ALSO
TRANSCENDED BIG ISSUES IN THE
CITY.
MANY WILL REMEMBER THAT HE
WAS THE COUNCILMEMBER THAT LED
ON THE FAIR HOUSING ORDINANCE
IN THE 1960s THAT TOOK ON THE
RED OUR COUNCIL RULES.
I AM UNDER -- I HAVE BEEN
INFORMED THAT
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE DON MASON
IS ALSO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO
LET'S QUEUE
HER UP TO PROVIDE COMMENT AT
THIS POINT.
DID YOU HEAR, JODIE?
>> THIS IS REMOTE, SPEAKER.
>> YES, IT'S A REMOTE
SPEAKER,
SORRY. I NEGLECTED TO SAY THAT,
YES.
>> DON MASON, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS STAR 6.
>> ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. I'M UNMUTED NOW,
RIGHT?
>> YES.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS,
FOR TAKING MY PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT'S ONE I THINK RESIDENTS
AND ANY CLEAR- THINKING PERSON
SHOULD HEAR.
A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT JUST SPOKE, BUT SHE HAS
SPOKEN
BEFORE, IN SUCH A DISRESPECTFUL
WAY TO ANY WHO IDENTIFY AS
BLACK AND THOSE WHO ALIGN US.
SHE IS DISRESPECTFUL.
SHE'S TAKEN IT UPON HERSELF
TO PUT ON RECORD THAT SHE IS OR
HAS BEEN THE ADVOCATE FOR
VULNERABLE PEOPLE OR NON- WHITES
AND SHE
CLEARLY IS NOT AN ADVOCATE OR
A SPOKESPERSON FOR AFRICAN
AMERICANS FROM WHAT I'M
HEARING NOR FOR THE AFRICAN
COMMUNITY.
I WANT OUR
SITTING COUNCILMEMBERS TO KNOW
WE AREN'T
LISTENING TO HER.
WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO
HER. SHE IS A SOURCE OF
CONFUSION.
SHE HAS USED AFRICAN AMERICANS.
SHE'S BEEN DIVISIVE, AND
SHE SHOULD GO AWAY.
WE DON'T WANT HER.
AND SHE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH US.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO HEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON IN
HERE, BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO HEAR
THE REST -- SOME OF YOUR XHEN
COMMENTS BECAUSE OF BOOING
IN THE CHAMBERS.
PLEASE SEND YOUR COMMENTS
TO COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN HEAR
THE
REST OF YOUR REMARKS.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT --
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FORMER
ELECTEDS THAT ARE SIGNED UP
REMOTE
THAT I'M NOT SEEING YET?
I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY.
ARE THERE ANY ELECTEDS THAT
ARE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT?
WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH YOU,
OR OTHERWISE WE'LL GO
AHEAD WITH THE REST OF THE FOLKS
SIGNED
UP ON THE PUBLIC SIGNUP SHEET.
>> JODIE, DO YOU WANT TO
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS REAL
QUICK?
>> YES.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE
ORDER THEY ARE SIGNED UP FOR.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS AND THEN MOVE TO
REMOTE SPEAKERS.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME
WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF
THEIR
TIME.
SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE CLOSED.
>> THE FIRST TEN SPEAKERS,
YOU CAN PLEASE LINE UP ON
BOTH MICROPHONES STARTING WITH
ELEANOR, THEN DIANE, JOHN, JIM,
KAREN, GWENADEL, PAUL,
CALVIN AND SUMMER.
SPEAKER NUMBER ONE.
ELEANOR.
>> I'M ELEANOR AND I WANTED TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT AN ILLEGAL
ENCAMPMENT ON HARVARD AVENUE
EAST. THINGS LIKE THIS ARE
GETTING VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME.
I'M 86 AND IT'S NOT EASY FOR
ME
TO TAKE A LONGER ROUTE TO GET TO
MY SON, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
TO WALK BY A PLACE WHERE
SOMEBODY MAY COME OUT WITH A
KNIFE OR A
GUN, CRAZY ON DRUGS, WHICH
THEY'RE DOING.
THEY TAKE DRUGS.
THEY SELL THEM.
IT'S RIGHT THERE ON
THE SIDEWALK IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE CITY.
ARE YOU PEOPLE OKAY WITH THAT?
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
SEATTLE HAS TO FIND A
SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM.
I, AS I SAID, IT'S
GETTING HARDER FOR ME.
I'M OLDER THAN ALL OF YOU.
I'VE LIVED IN A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT PLACES, AND I
NEVER HAD TO GROW UP WITH THIS.
I REALIZED THAT LIFE HAS
CHANGED, BUT THERE MUST BE A
WAY OF DEALING WITH IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SPEAKER TWO.
>> HI, I'M DIANA AND I'VE BEEN
A
RESIDENT OF NORTH CAPITOL HILL
AND WORKED ON CAPITOL HILL FOR
OVER 20 YEARS NOW, AND
THE LAST -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
CAN HEAR ME -- THE LAST FIVE
YEARS OR SO WE'VE JUST SEEN
SUCH
A DECLINE IN THE AREA, AND
WE'RE RECEIVING NO HELP, NO
ASSISTANCE, OR VERY LIMITED.
I SHOULDN'T SAY NO.
AND I AM VERY CONCERNED.
I'M GOING TO JUST HOLD UP
A COUPLE PICTURES.
THIS IS A GUY DOING DRUGS THIS
LAST WEEK.
THIS IS A LADYLADY WHO,
AFTER PROBABLY BUYING DRUGS FROM
THE SAME ENCAMPMENT, IS PASSED
OUT ON THE GROUND WITH HER FEET
IN THE STREET.
AND HERE ARE PEOPLE
ILLEGALLY CUTTING BACK CITY
BUSHES TO
MAKE ROOM FOR THEIR ENCAMPMENTS.
HERE IS A GUY WITH HIS PANTS
DOWN. AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE
DONE.
WE NEED TO START
CRIMINALIZING THIS ILLEGAL
BEHAVIOR.
THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE --
>> SPEAKER THREE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M WITH THE DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION AND PLEASED
TO
BE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES,
DWIGHT,
JEWELS, JAMES, MICHAEL, RON, AND
BLAKE AND JOHNNY.
AND WE SEE GREAT VALUE IN THE
KIOSK PROGRAM THAT'S BEFORE YOU
TODAY. THE GREAT PEOPLE BEHIND
ME PROVIDE DIRECTIONS AND HELP
PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY THROUGH
DOWNTOWN EVERY DAY AND IN
THE KIOSK TO HELP FULFILL THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES. A NUMBER OF THE
FOLKS BEHIND ME
PUT ON PROGRAMMING EVENTS,
CONCERTS, ET CETERA.
WE SAY GREAT VALUE IN KIOSKS AND
SPREADING THE WORD TO NOR
PEOPLE, VISITORS AND LOCALS
ALIKE TO TAKE PART IN THOSE
EVENTS.
THIS HAS BROAD SUPPORT,
CONSISTENT WITH THE
SEAMLESS SEATTLE PROGRAM.
YOU HAVE THE CHARTER AUTHORITY
TO DO IT.
IKE HAD A STRONG RECORD
IN 20 PLUS PLACES AND WITH THE
BUDGET
DEFICIT, THESE ARE THE TYPE OF
PROJECTS YOU NEED TO HELP
REBUILD OUR DOWNTOWN AND OUR
TAX BASE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
AND FOR COMMITTEE SUPPORT OF
THIS RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SPEAKER FOUR.
JIM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
WITHDREW HER ETHICS PROPOSAL NOT
BECAUSE
WITHDRAW WAS THE RIGHT THING
TO DO BUT AS IT WAS MADE CLEAR
TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THAT
TO PURSUE THIS WOULD BE
POLITICAL
SUICIDE FOR ALL INVOLVED
THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONFLICT
OF INTEREST RULES IN RECENT DAYS
HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED BY VARIOUS
CITY OFFICIALS AS FLAWED,
UNUSUALLY RIGID AND AN OUTLIER.
IT IS CRYSTAL
CLEAR, NOTHING TO
SEE HERE. GO BACK TO SLEEP,
EVERYONE.
WE, THE PEOPLE, DISAGREE.
WE REGARD THE CURRENT
RECUSAL RULE AS THE SINGLE
BEST PROTECTION STANDING BETWEEN
US
AND COUNCILMEMBERS'
PERSONAL GREED AS WELL AS THEIR
LOYALTIES
TO THEIR CORPORATE
DONORS. RATHER THAN A RIGID
OUTLIER IT
SHOULD BE THE GOLD STANDARD
THAT EVERY LAST JURISDICTION
ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY SHOULD ASPIRE TO
ADOPT.
FURTHERMORE, YOU DON'T NEED
MORE TIME TO, QUOTE, GET IT
RIGHT.
>> SPEAKER FIVE.
>> WE FIGHT, WE WIN.
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN.
>> EVERY MEMBER OF THIS
COUNCIL EITHER KNEW OR SHOULD
HAVE
KNOWN EXACTLY WHAT YOU SIGNED UP
FOR WHEN YOU DECIDED TO RUN
FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
EACH OF YOU NO DOUBT MADE
A SERIES OF CAMPAIGN PROMISES
TO WIN YOUR SEATS ON THE
COUNCIL.
WE, THE PEOPLE, HAVE BEEN
HERE THESE LAST WEEKS TO REMIND
YOU YOUR PROMISES, AND WE
WILL BE HERE MOVING FORWARD.
WE WILL DOG YOU.
WE WILL DISRUPT YOU.
WE WILL EXPOSE YOU.
WE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU IN
PEACE WHEN YOU TRY TO SELL US
DOWN
THE RIVER.
FINALLY, WE WILL HOLD YOU
ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR
CAMPAIGN PROMISES HOWEVER EMPTY
AND
INSINCERE THEIR ORIGINS MAY HAVE
BEEN. YOU CANNOT SERVE TWO
MASTERS.
YOU CANNOT PURSUE YOUR OWN
SELF- INTERESTS, SATISFY
THE CRAVEN DEMANDS OF YOUR
WEALTHY DONORS AND ALSO MEET
THE INCREASINGLY URGENT REAL-
LIFE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS
CITY AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
ANY OF YOU ARE CONFUSED ABOUT
THESE TRUTHS NEED TO PACK
YOUR BAGS AND FOLLOW MS. MOORE
OUT THE DOOR.
THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY
ARE DESPERATE FOR LEADERS WHO
UNDER WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TRUE
>> WHEN WE
FIGHT, WE WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE
WIN.
>> I'M GWENDOLIN HART.
WE MOBILIZED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
TO CITY HALL.
IT GOES TO SHOW WHEN
WORKING PEOPLE COME OUT TO NAME
AND SHAME THE POLITICAL SERVANTS
OF
THE BILLIONAIRES, THEY CAN'T
TAKE THE HEAT.
YOU, LIKE YOUR PROCLAMATIONS
FOR QUEER AND ASIAN PEOPLE BUT
CAN'T HANDLE BEING EXPOSED FOR
TRYING TO THROW US OUT ONTO THE
STREETS.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE
MOSH ATTACKS COMING FROM
THE BILLIONAIRES LIKE
SICKING THE POLICE ON TRANS
PEOPLE LAST
WEEK, LIKE THE PLAN TO LITTER
THE CITY WITH CORPORATE KIOSKS.
WE NEED TO GO ON THE OFFENSE
ATTACKS AND
THE TWO PARTIES OF THE
BILLIONAIRES.
THAT'S WHY KSHAMA SAWANT
IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS AGAINST
WAR
MONGERING, WHO ENDORSED SARA
NELSON. WE JUST FOUGHT THE PARTY
OF
BIG BUSINESS AND GENOCIDE AND
WON.
WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
WE CAN DO IT AGAIN.
TAKE THE FIGHT TO
THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS BECAUSE
WHEN WE FIGHT --
>> WE WIN.
>>
WHEN WE FIGHT --
>> WE WIN.
>> SPEAKER SEVEN.
>> I'M PAUL, A BOARD MEMBER
OF THE KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN
PARTY. THE KING COUNTY
REPUBLICAN
PARTY HAS A NEW LEADERSHIP, AND
WE
ARE HOPING TO IMPROVE THE
QUALITY
OF DISCOURSE IN THE PUBLIC
SQUARE.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF YOU DON'T
SHOW UP.
STREET ADDICTION AND
CRIME SPREAD AND SUPPORTED BY
HOUSING FIRST POLICIES.
THIS AFFECTS MY NEIGHBORS EVERY
DAY.
IT AFFECTS BUSINESSES,
METRO RIDERS AND A LOT MORE.
I THINK WE NEED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HOUSING FIRST
DOESN'T WORK
AND, INSTEAD, IMPLEMENT
A PROGRAM OF TREATMENT FIRST
BEFORE HOUSING.
I THINK THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY
TO ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM
THAT WAS RAISED BY OUR FIRST TWO
SPEAKERS.
THIS HAS TO BE DONE.
IT'S DESTROYING SEATTLE ON
EVERY LEVEL.
WE NEED TO CHANGE A
POLICY THAT'S NOT WORKING.
AND, WITH THAT, I THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.
>> SPEAKER EIGHT.
>> OUR MOVEMENT LED BY WORKERS
STRIKE BACK JUST DEFEATED THIS
COUNCIL'S SHAMEFUL ATTEMPT TO
REWRITE THE ETHICS LAWS.
WE SHOULD HAVE NO ILLUSIONS
THEY WON'T TRY AGAIN.
BUT WHEN WORKING PEOPLE
WIN VICTORIES UNDER THIS ROTTEN
SYSTEM, WE SHOULD ALWAYS CLAIM
VICTORY BECAUSE THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT WANTS
WORKING PEOPLE TO FEEL
DISEMPOWERED.
WE WON BECAUSE WE FOUGHT BACK.
WE POLITICALLY EXPOSED THEM
IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY.
WE MADE IT CLEAR THIS WASN'T
SOME TECHNICAL CHANGE.
IT WAS BEING DONE ON BEHALF
OF THE CORPORATE LANDLORDS.
WE ALSO SUCCEEDED BECAUSE
WE WERE DISRUPTIVE, BECAUSE WE
CHANTED, BECAUSE WE CALLED THEM
OUT, BECAUSE -- BECAUSE WE MADE
THEM AFRAID FOR THEIR POLITICAL
CAREERS.
WHAT THEY WANT IS TO QUIETLY
SLIP THE DAGGERS IN OUR BACKS.
WE NOT ONLY DIDN'T LET THEM, WE
TURNED THE TABLES ON THEM.
NOT ONLY DID WE DEFEAT THIS
ATTACK, THERE IS NOW ONE LESS
LANDLORD- OWNED POLITICIAN ON
THIS COUNCIL.
WE NEED TO DO IT ON A BIGGER
SCALE TO WIN FREE HEALTH CARE BY
ALL BY TAXING THE RICH, END THE
GENOCIDE IN GAZA.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR
TIME IS UP.
>> WHEN WE FIGHT, WE
WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN.
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN.
>> POINT OF ORDER, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
PRETTY SURE
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD NOT BE
USED FOR CAMPAIGN
PURPOSES FOR ANY
INDIVIDUALINDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGN OR
PERSON OR
INITIATIVE, AND WE'VE
SEEN REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF THAT
ALREADY. WE SHOULDN'T LET THIS
DEVOLVE
INTO A PLATFORM FOR A FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER --
>> SHOW US THE LAW --
>> ORDER!
ORDER. THE DEFINITIONS -- THERE
ARE
A LOT OF DEFINITIONS OF
DISRUPTION.
THE ONE I'M FOCUSED ON IS
OUTBURSTS FROM MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE NOT
BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
CONTINUED DISRUPTION OF
OUR COUNCIL MEETING AND
VIOLATION OF
THIS RULE IS ONLY SLOWING
US DOWN AND PREVENTING OTHER
PEOPLE TO SPEAK.
BUT I DO RECOGNIZE YOUR COMMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> THE NEXT PERSON SHALL SPEAK.
>> DEMOCRATS LIKE ROB SAKA
DON'T WANT US TO TALK ABOUT
WORKING CLASS CANDIDATES
LIKE KSHAMA SAWANT AND HER FIGHT
AGAINST WAR
MONGERER ON DEMANDS LIKE
ENDING THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA, TO
END
MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL, LIKE
THE DEMAND FOR RENT CONTROL, THE
DEMAND FOR FREE HEALTH CARE BY
TAXING THE RICH.
THEY DON'T WANT US TO TALK
ABOUT WORKING CLASS CAMPAIGNS
BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
IS THREATENED BY THEM.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
REPRESENTS THE CORPORATE
LANDLORDS, THEY
REPRESENT THE MILITARY
CONTRACTORS.
THEY REPRESENT BIG BUSINESS
AND THEY DON'T WANT WORKING
CLASS PEOPLE TO GET
ORGANIZED INDEPENDENTLY TO FIGHT
BACK.
THE ACTIONS OF SARA
NELSON AND THE REST OF THE
DEMOCRATSDEMOCRATS THIS COUNCIL
ARE DESPICABLE.
YOU JUST PASSED A RESOLUTION TO
HONOR ASIAN
COUNCILMEMBERS WITHOUT
RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT
OF YOUR PRO LANDLORD, PRO
BIG BUSINESS POLICIES ON
WORKING CLASS ASIAN PEOPLE WHO
WILL
BE EVICTED BECAUSE OF YOU.
KSHAMA SAWANT FOUGHT FOR TEN
YEARS FOR RENTERS' RIGHTS.
WE WON THE $15 MINIMUM WAGE.
WE DEFEATED THE
DEMOCRATS' ATTACKS ON ETHICS
RULES, ON
THE $15 MINIMUM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT.
>> THOUSANDS OF
WORKING PEOPLE FIGHT BACK.
THIS IS SHAME.
--
>> YOU ARE ENGAGING
IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR BY
SPEAKING BEYOND YOUR ALLOTTED
TIME.
PLEASE SIT
DOWN. YOU'VE HAD YOUR TIME TO
SPEAK.
>> AGAINST WARMONGER ADAM SMITH.
YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF
YOURSELF.
SAWANT FOR CONGRESS.
JOIN US WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 P.M.
AT NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH
TO BUILD THIS CAMPAIGN.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL NEED TO LOOK INTO
THE ACTUAL RULES OF LAW ON
ELECTIONEERING DURING PUBLIC
COMMENT.
NOTE TO SELF.
TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA'S POINT.
>> -- FORCED TO GUT
SEATTLE'S ETHICS LAW.
WE SHOULD BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW
THIS VICTORY WAS WON.
THE DEMOCRATS WERE FORCED TO
RETREAT BECAUSE KSHAMA
SAWANT MOBILIZED HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE
TO CITY HALL AND EXPOSED THE
WAY THAT THE DEMOCRATS WERE
TRYING TO USE THIS BILL TO DO
THE
BID ARE OF CORPORATE LANDLORDS
AND ROLL BACK OUR RENTERS RIGHT
VICTORY.
WE DIDN'T WIN BY BEING POLITE
OR ASKING NICELY OR BY FOLLOWING
SARA NELSON'S SO- CALLED RULES
OF
DECORUMU.
WE FOUGHT BACK, NAMED AND SHAMED
AND REFUSED TO STAY QUIET.
LET'S BE CLEAR, THIS ISN'T
OVER.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SHOWN
TIME AND AGAIN WHOSE SIDE
THEY'RE ON.
WE NEED TO BE READY TO FIGHT
BACK AND DEFEND RENTERS' RIGHTS
AND EVERYTHING WE'VE WON.
AND A WARNING TO THE
CITY COUNCIL DEMOCRATS, THE NEXT
TIME
YOU TRY TO TAKE AWAY ANY OF THE
GAINS
WE FOUGHT FOR, WE'LL BE BACK
EVEN STRONGER.
WE NEED FIGHTERS IN OFFICE.
WE NEED TO BUILD KSHAMA
SAWANT'S CAMPAIGN FOR U.S.
CONGRESS
TO TAKE ON THE WARMONGERING
DEMOCRAT ADAM SMITH
AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, BOTH OF WHICH
HAVE FUNDED THIS GENOCIDE AND
ATTACK WORKING PEOPLE.
FOR TEN YEARS SAWANT --
>> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
PLEASE SIT DOWN.
PLEASE BE QUIET.
I HAVE TO APPLY THESE
RULES FAIRLY TO EVERYONE.
YOU DO NOT GET ANY MORE
TIME THAN OTHER PEOPLE.
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.
YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
YOU ARE DELAYING THE -- YOU ARE
DELAYING THE NORMAL OPERATION
OF THIS MEETING BY CONTINUING
TO SPEAK BEYOND UP ALLOTTED
TIME.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO ALTERNATE
TO REMOTE?
JODIE, CAN WE GO TO REMOTE?
>> YES, WE CAN.
A REMINDER TO OUR REMOTE
SPEAKERS, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6
AFTER YOU HAVE HEARD THE
MESSAGE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED
AND YOU WILL EACH HAVE ONE
MINUTE.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS
HOWARD FOLLOWED BY KILEY.
GO AHEAD, HOWARD.
>> IN TWO WEEKS, ON JUNE 18th,
IT WILL BE THE
EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SEATTLE
POLICE KILLING OF LYLES, LEAVING
HER FATHER CHILDREN MOTHERLESS.
NINE DAYS AFTER SHE WAS KILLED
CITY COUNCILMEMBERS SAID,
QUOTE, WHAT I AM PLEDGING NOW IS
TO FIND A NEW WAY OF DOING
THINGS
SO WE GET A DIFFERENT RESULT
AND WE WILL DEMAND
ACCOUNTABILITY,
COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT, AND
NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND YET IT KEPT HAPPENING AGAIN
AND AGAIN.
NINE MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE
KILLED BY SEATTLE POLICE WHEN
THEY HAD
NO WEAPON OR ONLY A KNIFE
IN
THEIR HAND. AT LEAST SIX OF
THESE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING A SEVERE MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS, ONE LESS THAN
THREE MONTHS AGO IN WEST
SEATTLE.
OUR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM DETERMINED THESE KILLINGS
TO
BE, QUOTE, LAWFUL AND PROPER,
UNQUOTE.
IS ANYONE THEN SURPRISED BY
THE POLICE VIOLENCE ON CAPITOL
HILL TEN DAYS AGO?
IS IT POSSIBLE TO IGNORE A
BRUTAL POLICE KILLING OF A MAN
IN CRISIS THREE MONTHS AGO AND
THEN EXPECT POLICE TO BE
SHY ABOUT FALSELY ARRESTING
PROTESTERS?
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON AND RINCK
PROMISED TO HAVE A
COMMUNITY FORUM TO ADDRESS THESE
ISSUES.
IS THIS YET
ONE MORE PROMISE BROKEN?
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KILEY.
KILEY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DAVID
HAYNES. GO AHEAD, KILEY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS KILEY ALT, AND I
LIVE IN CAPITOL HILL.
I'M ONCE AGAIN HERE TO
RAISE ISSUES WITH THE MISUSE OF
PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDS AS WELL AS
THE
LACK OF OVERSIGHT OF SPD
OFFICERS USED AFTER LAST
TUESDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING.
MAY 27 AFTER CITY COUNCIL
MEETING, THE SAME OUT-OF- TOWN
HATE GROUP THAT ANTAGONIZED
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON ON
24th RETURNED TO SEATTLE, THIS
TIME TO THE STEPS OF CITY HALL
TO DEMAND AN APOLOGY.
THIS WAS AN UNPERMITTED
EVENT THAT FEATURED A STAGE AND
A
BAND PLAYING MUSIC.
THIS DID NOT STOP THE CITY
FROM
BLOCKING MULTIPLE STREETS AND
PROVIDING DOZENS IF NOT 100 TO
ACT AS
SECURITY FOR A IVATE MEDIA
EVENT. PEOPLE WERE DENIED IF
THEY DIDN'T MEET CRITERIA.
SPD OFFICERS INITIATED
VIOLENCE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON
NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND SERVED
ONLY
TO ESCALATE SITUATIONS INSTEAD
OF DE-ESCALATE THEM.
HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING TO
HOST THESE EVENTS FOR A GROUP
RUN BY
FAR- RIGHT ACTIVIST MATT SHAY,
THE SAME MATT SHAY WHO
DEFACED THE STEPS OF THE
CAPITOL, WROTE
A MANIFESTO TITLED --
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID
HAYNES.
DAVID WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
CYNTHIA.
DAVID HAYNES.
>> INDIVIDUALS ARE ENGAGING
IN BEHAVIOR
THAT IS OUT OF ORDER AND THIS
MEETING CANNOT
CONTINUE UNTIL ORDER IS
RESTORED.
THE NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER, PLEASE.
>> GO AHEAD, DAVID.
>> THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT WHO
VOTED TO DEFUND THE
POLICE EXACERBATING PUBLIC
SAFETY
HAS INTRODUCED AMOUNTMENT
A, RESOLUTION 32170 AND SHOULD
BE REJECTED BECAUSE
IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY CAN BE
ENHANCED BY
VIDEO FEEDS FROM THE KIOSK
TO THE CCTV TO HELPHELP SAFETY.
THAT SAID, WHY IS COUNCILMEMBER
MARITZA RIVERA CALLING UP AND
CALLING OUT THE ETHICS
BOARD DIRECTOR AND WHY
IS COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH INTRODUCING
AMENDMENTS TO FORCE
THE ETHICS BOARD TO
RUSH DECISIONS WITHIN FIVE DAYS
AND
WAIT A YEAR TO CORRECT BAD
DECISIONS, ALLOWING COUNCIL TO
GET AWAY WITH SELF-
DEALING CONFLICT OF INTEREST?
I THINK COUNCIL NEED TO
INTRODUCE A LAW REQUIRING
CITY HALL MEMBERS ACKNOWLEDGED
AT
THE BEGINNING OF EACH
MEETING THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST BECAUSE THE BAD
REPRESENTATIONS HAVE SABOTAGED
THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUTTING
RESTRICTIONS
TO DENY LIVABLE AMENITIES AND
WEAPONIZING ORDINANCES TO GREEDY
HOMEOWNERS DENYING A
BETTERBETTER IN HOME --
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
CYNTHIA FOLLOWED BY
ALBERTO ALVAREZ. GO AHEAD,
CYNTHIA.
>> HI.
THE KIOSKS ARE A BENEFIT,
BILLBOARDS THE VAST MAJORITY
OF THE TIME CREATING AN EYESORE
THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE. IT'S A RIDICULOUS
EXCUSE TO
SAY THESE ARE FOR THE WORLD
CUP, BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO CAN
PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
INTERNATIONAL AIRFARE WOULD
OWN SMART PHONES.
OWN UP TO THE FACT IF YOU
VOTE FOR THESE, YOU'RE VOTING
FOR ADDING BILLBOARDS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO ANYWAYS, AT
THE VERY LEAST MAKE CHANGES,
ONE,
DO NOT ALLOW ANY CAMERAS TO BE
INCLUDED IN OR ON THEM.
BAN THE BILLBOARDS COLLECTION
OF I.D. s, AKA ADDRESSES, OF THE
WI-FI- ENABLED DEVICES THAT COME
WITHIN RANGE BUT DO NOT
CONNECT WITH THE WI- FI AND THE
CONTRACT LANGUAGE TO DISALLOW
THE USE
OF TRACKING OR PROFILING OF
DEVICES.
RESIDENTS' PRIVACY SHOULD
NOT HINGE ON THE WHIMS OF WHAT A
PRIVATE BUSINESS CHOOSES TO
HAVE IN THEIR PRIVACY POLICY.
THREE, DON'T USE REVENUE FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY OR THOSE
UNDERFUNDED WHEREAS POLICING IS
A BOUNTIFUL POCKETBOOK,
THE DETERIORATION THEY'LL
EXPERIENCE.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALBERTO
ALVAREZ WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY JIM BUCHANAN.
GO AHEAD, ALBERTO.
>> THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN AN
EMBARRASSMENT.
NELSON HAS BROUGHT CORRUPTION
TO THE TABLE ENDANGERING
OPERATIONS FOR THE CITY, STATE
AND REGION.
SHOWING NO RESPECT TO HER
COLLEAGUES, THE PUBLIC AT
LARGE, OR ALLOWING GRACE AND
PROCESS FOR DULY ELECTED MEMBERS
OF
COUNCIL.
HER BUSINESS AGENDA IS A BLIND
CRUSADE FOR PROFIT HURTING
THE PUBLIC GOOD.
NELSON IS AN ACTIVE THREAT TO
CIVILITY, ENDANGERING PEOPLE
WHO ARE MAKING SACRIFICES TO
KEEP THEIR HOME AND LIVE ON A
SHRINKING BUDGET.
COUNCIL HAS THE JOB
OF APPOINTING THE DISTRICT FIVE
MEMBER. TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT
THE
LAST APPOINTMENT YOU ALL MADE
WAS
A SO- CALLED CARETAKER WHO, IN
FIVE MONTHS, TOOK A SLEDGEHAMMER
TO
OUR PROTECTIONS AND ETHICS.
GET THIS ONE RIGHT.
THE CHOICE IS PUBLIC GOOD NOT
PROFIT AND CORRUPTION.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
JIM
BUCHANAN. GO AHEAD, JIM.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS SOUND LIKE A BLAST FROM THE
PAST, ALL THIS SAWANT STUFF, YOU
KNOW, COMING AROUND AND IT'S
THE
OLD PLAY.
I THINK YOU NEED TO GET A NEW
PLAYBOOK.
THIS IS OLD AND STALE.
AND LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING
TO EVERYBODY THERE
CHANTING, RUNNING AROUND.
YOU DO NOT REPRESENT THE BLACK
COMMUNITY. EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE
GOING OVER
TO NEW HOPE OR WHATEVER, AND
I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT.
YOU DON'T REPRESENT THE BLACK
COMMUNITY. NONE OF YOU SAID
NOTHING
ABOUT THE DEVASTATION TO THE
ENSLAVED.
YOU'RE ALL TALKING OUT THE
SIDE OF YOUR MOUTH.
YOU'VE MANIPULATED BLACK
PEOPLE.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THAT NO
MORE.
SAWANT, WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW
YOU AROUND.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO KNOW
US
EXTREMELY WELL, MORE THAN YOU
EVER WANTED TO.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEFAN
MORITZ.
>> OVER THE COURSE OF MULTIPLE
COUNCIL MEETINGS --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> ONE SECOND, STEFAN.
>> JODIE, COULD YOU
PLEASE REPEAT THAT?
THERE WAS DISRUPTION IN THE
CHAMBERS.
>> SURE, OUR NEXT
SPEAKER, OUR NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER
IS
STEFAN MORITZ FOLLOWED BY
GABRIEL
JONES. GO AHEAD, STEFAN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS STEFAN MORITZ
WITH UNITES LOCAL EIGHT.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE AGENDA
ITEM PERTAINING TO
MEMORIAL STADIUM THIS AFTERNOON.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT
AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR
MEMORIAL STADIUM THERE WAS
LANGUAGE INCLUDED REGARDING
LABOR
HARMONY AGREEMENTS FOR WORKERS
THAT, YOU
KNOW, MAY WANT TO ORGANIZE
AT MEMORIAL STADIUM, UNITE
HERE REPRESENTS WORKERS AT
SEATTLE
CENTER AND AT THE SPACE NEEDLE.
WE HAVE AN INTEREST
IN ORGANIZING OTHER SERVICE
WORKERS WHO WORK AT SEATTLE
CENTER.
AND SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS
PROCESS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE
IT REFLECTED IN ANY OF THE
DOCUMENTS, THAT THIS ITEM IS
STILL SORT OF UNRESOLVED AND I
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WORK
TOGETHER ON THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
GABRIEL JONES FOLLOWED
BY JACKIE KIM. GO AHEAD,
GABRIEL.
GABRIEL, ARE YOU THERE?
WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
>> LOVELY.
MY NAME IS GABRIEL
JONES. USUALLY I WOULD BE IN
COUNCIL. I'VE HADHAD THIRD --
I'M ASKING YOU TO THINK BACK TO
JANUARY, THE LESS LETHAL AGAIN.
COUNCIL SHOUTED IT DID NOT
CARE FOR PEOPLE.
HE YELLED, CONGRATS, SEATTLE.
YOU VOTED FOR MORE
DEAD AND INJURED CITIZENS.
THREE MONTHS LATER I WAS SHOWN
CORRECT, USING WAY THAT
IS WOULD HAVE BEEN AGAINST
POLICY THREE MONTHS AGO USED
AGAINST PEOPLE
WHO÷÷WHO NOTHING
WRONG OTHER THAN STANDING UP TO
HATE.
A COUNCILMEMBER THAT
REPRESENTS ON CAPITOL HILL, AN
AMENDMENT THAT THEY FIRE RUBBER
BULLETS
AT THE GROUND.
NOW WE ARE VERY
LUCKY NOBODY WAS KILLED ON
CAPITOL HILL, BUT WE
CAN'T WAIT AROUND UNTIL THEY
DO. THE BEST TIME TO FIX THIS
WAS THREE GLAD TO SEE ETHICSETHS
FAIL.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JACKIE KIM.
JACKIE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
KATE --
>> YOU ARE ENGAGING
IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR AND
DELAYING
THE ORDERLY PROGRESS OF THIS
MEETING AND IT IS NOT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE COUNCIL
RULES.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M JACKIE KERN AND UNTIL
RECENTLY I WAS A LONGTIME
CITY EMPLOYEE AND MANAGER ON THE
PROJECT TEAM.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY TO GIVE
MY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR THE
UNPRECEDENTED PARTNERSHIP AMONG
RISE
TO A MAGNIFICENT NEW MEMORIAL
>> THANK YOU.
THAT WAS OUR LAST REMOTE
SPEAKER.
>> WE'LL MOVE BACK AND
ARE STARTING TO SPEAKER NUMBER
11.
11 THROUGH 16.
SPEAKER 11, IS BENNETT AND THEN
JASON
AND THEN ELLEN, PAUL, LAUREN.
SO STARTING WITH BENNETT AND
THEN JASON.
>> AFTER THE HATE RACK ROLLY
ON THE STEPS, I WANTED TO GO TO
THE UPPER LEVEL PLAZA AFTER IT
WAS
REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC WITH
MY SIGN THAT SAID PROTECT TRANS
KIDS AND MENTALLY EDUCATE THESE
GUYS.
SEE, IT'S NICE.
THERE WERE KIDS THERE.
I MADE IT NICE.
I PUT THE PINK TAPE --
THIS WAS A PHOTOGRAPH OF IT
SCALED
DOWN WITH THE PINK TAPE IN THE
SAME PLACE AS ON THE ORIGINAL
ONE.
AND THE POLICE SAID THAT I
COULD NOT BE THERE HOLDING A
SIGN
MAKING FUN OF THE GROUP BELOW
US. TO BE CLEAR, THIS WAS A TIME
WHEN THE PLAZA WAS REOPENED TO
THE PUBLIC.
THE GROUP DOWN BELOW HAD SIGNS
THAT WERE LARGER THAN THE
OFFICIAL 3x3 FOOT LIMIT, AND
MORE TO THE POINT, HOLDING AN
UNPERMITTED ROCK CONCERT
THAT VIOLATED THE NOISE
ORDINANCE
BY A FACTOR OF ABOUT TEN.
FINE, WE HAVE RALLIES THAT GO
OVER THE NOISE ORDINANCE ALL THE
TIME.
YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT I CAN'T
HOLD A SIGN MAKING FUNFUN
THEM THREE FEET BY THREE FEET.
IT'S CLOTH.
IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE.
THIS IS VIEWPOINT
DISCRIMINATION.
TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK.
>> YOU GIVE TRESPASS FOR THEM.
>> SPEAKER 13.
>> MR. TSIMERMAN, YOU
CAN'T SPEAK OUTSIDE OF YOUR
TURN.
GO AHEAD.
>> I'M A RENTER HERE IN
SEATTLE AND A MEMBER OF WORKERS
STRIKE
BACK. OVER THE COURSE OF THE
LAST
FEW WEEKS WE HAVE MOBILIZED
PEOPLE
TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE
COUNCIL'S ATTEMPT TO REPEAL
THE ETHICS CODE AND ATTACK THE
RENTERS' RIGHTS VICTORIES WE
WON WITH SAWANT'S CITY COUNCIL
OFFICE.
EVEN THOUGH THEIR REAL
LOYALTY IS TO THE REAL ESTATE
INDUSTRY, THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AND THE
RICH. THEY WANT TO APPEAR PRO
WORKER.
IT IS SHAMEFUL AND
DISGUSTING FOR MARK SOLOMON WHO
JUST A
WEEK AND A HALF AGO VOTED IN
FAVOR
OF REPEALING THE ETHICS CODE TO
BE GIVING A
MEANINGLESS PROCLAMATION
CLAIMING TO SUPPORT
ASIAN AMERICAN WORKING PEOPLE HE
SUE
SIMULTANEOUSLY IS SOLD OUT.
ONE TENANT SAID, LIKE MANY FOLKS
WHO ARE HOUSELESS, SLUMLORDS
LIKE TANYA WU ARE WHY WE BECOME
HOMELESS. HER BUSINESS OF
SQUEEZING
LOW-INCOME TENANTS AND
PROVIDING SUBSTANDARD HOUSE
SOMETHING
A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO RISING
HOMELESSNESS. IF YOU CARED ABOUT
WORKING
PEOPLE, YOU WOULD BE
FIGHTING ALONGSIDE US FOR RENT
CONTROL,
FREE HEALTH CARE AND AN END
TO THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA.
WHEN WE
FIGHT, WE WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE
WIN.
>> GIVE TRESPASS FOR THEM.
>> I BELIEVE WE'RE AT NUMBER
14,
ELLEN.
>> MY NAME IS ELLEN.
I'VE BEEN TRACKING
THE LEGISLATION ON THESE KIOSKS
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND WRITING
YOU EMAILS, VERY LONG
LETTERS. I'VE TESTIFIED TO THE
DESIGN
COMMISSION.
I'M THE FORMER VICE CHAIR OF
THE DESIGN COMMISSION.
IT HAS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS
AND I'M DEEPLY DISTURBED IT
FEELS
AS THOUGH YOU ALL HAVE BEEN GAS
LIGHTED OVER AND OVER ABOUT
WHAT THESE KIOSKS ARE AND
WHAT THEY'LL DO.
THESE ARE A SCOURGE ON OUR
LANDSCAPE. THESE ARE A SCOURGE
ON OUR
ENVIRONMENT. THINK ABOUT THE
URBAN CHARACTER CITY.
YOU'RE NOT EVEN GETTING ENOUGH
MONEY TO MAKE IT
WORTHWHILE. LOOK AT WHAT OTHER
CITIES HAVE
DONE. THEY'RE GIVING MORE THAN
TO
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
SLOW THIS DOWN.
DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
THESE ARE GOING TO FLASH, EACH
ONE, 21,700 TIMES A DAY.
THAT'S ONE.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE 80 OF
THEM. DO YOU REALLY WANT THAT?
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU.
>> SPEAKER 15.
ARE YOU PAULA?
YES, PAULA.
>> HI.
LIKE ELLEN, I'VE BEEN TO ALL
THE DESIGN COMMISSION MEETINGS.
I WENT TO THE PUBLIC
DEMONSTRATION, AND
MY QUESTION TO EACH OF YOU, HAVE
ANY OF YOU
EVER SEEN A FULL
MOTION DIGITAL BILLBOARD OR A
KIOSK?
I CAN TELL YOU, NO, THEY
HAVE NOT DEMONSTRATED WHAT
THEY'RE PLANNING TO PUT IN OUR
CITY
STREETS.
THESE ARE TELEVISION SCREENS.
IF YOU READ THE FINE
PRINT, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THERE
AREN'T EVEN DRIVER DISTRACTION
STUDIES YET TO KNOW HOW
DANGEROUS
THIS IS GOING TO BE.
BUT I CALLED AROUND TO
EXPERTS WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, AND
WE KNOW THESE ARE GOING TO
BE CRUCIAL TO OUR STREETS,
SO THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
THREES ARE STANDARD UNITS
BOUGHT BY DURASKIN OUT OF
TAIWAN.
THESE ARE NOT -- I'M SORRY.
>> YOU HAVE EIGHT SECONDS MORE.
>> I ALSO DECIDED AFTER 45 YEARS
THAT I'M LEAVING THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND MOVING OUT
OF DOWNTOWN.
I'M
GOING TO MOVE MY OFFICE
ELSEWHERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS,
NUMBER 16, LAUREN, AND THEN ALEX
TSIMERMAN.
>> I SERVE AS THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SOTO
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA.
I'M HERE TODAY TO VOICE
OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR
RESOLUTION
32170 REGARDING THE
INSTALLATION OF INTERACTIVE
MEDIA KIOSKS.
THESE KIOSKS REPRESENT
A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD FOR
THE
DISTRICT BY OFFERING WAY
FINDING TOOLS AND REAL TIME
TRANSIT
INFORMATION.
THEY WILL HELP VISITORS AND
WORKERS BETTER NAVIGATE
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACCESS ITS
WIDE RANGE OF BUSINESSES AND
AMENITIES.
IMPORTANTLY, THESE KIOSKS
WILL ELEVATE THE VISIBILITY OF
LOCAL BUSINESSES CONNECTING THE
PUBLIC
WITH THE CULTURAL LANDMARKS AND
HIDDEN GEMS THAT TOO OFTEN GO
UNNOTICED.
THIS INITIATIVE REPRESENTS
A CHANCE FOR REVENUE SHARING
WITH
THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
AREA PROVIDING US WITH
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES TO REINVEST IN OUR
DISTRICT THAT ENHANCES
CLEANLINESS,
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
CONNECTEDNESS.
INTERACTIVE MEDIA KIOSKS BRING
MODERN PUBLIC SERVING
INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR STREETS
IN LINE WITH THE ONGOING EFFORTS
TO
CREATE --
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME ALEXANDER AND I
SUPPORT TRUMP FROM THE
BEGINNING. I HAVE 5,000 TIMES
SPEAK, 5,000 TIMES IN COUNCIL
CHAMBER.
I HAVE 6,000 TRESPASSES AND
FIVE TIMES YOU PROSECUTE ME.
I WANT TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW TO
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
MY UNDERSTANDING, ONLY PEOPLE
SPEAK -- THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE
STOPPED.
IN CITY HALL, WHAT THIS MEANS
FROM 9:00 TO 9:00 SO PEOPLE
CAN COME AND TALK FOR THREE OR
FIVE
MINUTES WITHOUT CONTROLS
THIS NAZI PIG BECAUSE ALL
MEETINGS HERE IN EXACTLY 41
MINUTES IT'S
OUT OF CONTROL.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
I BEG YOU BECAUSE I TALK
ABOUT THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS AND
NOTHING HAPPENED.
VIVA TRUMP, VIVA REVOLUTION.
STAND UP.
>> OKAY, FOLKS. WE HAVE REACHED
THE END OF
OUR LIST OF PUBLIC COMMENTERS
THAT ARE SIGNED UP, SO WE WILL
NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND
PROCEED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
ONE INTO THE RECORD.
WAIT, HOLD ON.
>> WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN.
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN.
>> SORRY, EXCUSE ME.
I GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF
MYSELF.
YES, WE AREARE -- WE MUST
NOW GO WITH THE IRC.
SO WE WILL NOW APPROVE THE IRC.
LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE IS
ANY
OBJECTION. SEEING NO OBJECTION,
THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED.
OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. NOW, FINALLY, WE WILL
GET TO
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
THE ITEMS ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR ARE THE MINUTES
OF MAY
13th AND 20th, 2025, AND THE
PAYMENT OF THE BILLS.
ARE THERE ANY -- IS THERE
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO
REMOVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR?
HEARING NONE, I MOVE TO
ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER -- THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MET KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> ALL IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES IN
THE LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF.
NOW TO THE COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR
FULL CITY COUNCIL WE'RE GOING
TO GO WITH ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THOSE
ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO,
THE CLERK FILED 314465 A FULL
UNIT LOT SUBDIVISION OF MODERN
HOMES
LLC TO SUBDID I VEIT ONE
SITE INTO 14 UNIT LOTS AT 901
NORTHWEST 57th STREET.
COUNCIL BILL 120910 APPROVING
AND CONFIRMING THE PLOT
OF BALLARD CORNER TOWNHOUSES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO THE CLERK HAS READ ITEMS
ONE AND TWO INTO THE RECORD
AND COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON WILL
ADDRESS BOTH ITEMS TOGETHER
AND THEN EACH ITEM WILL BE MOVED
SEPARATELY AFTER DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS ITEMS
ONE AND
TWO.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
TODAY THE COUNCIL IS
CONSIDERING THE FINAL PLOT
APPROVAL FOR THE
BALLARD CORNER TOWN HOME
SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
NORTHWEST 57th
STREET AND 9th AVENUE
NORTHWEST÷÷NORTHWEST THE BALLARD
NEIGHBORHOOD OF COUNCIL DISTRICT
SIX. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A
LOW- RISE TWO OR L- II ZONE.
SUBDIVISION OF THE SITE WILL
FACILITATE THE SALE
OF APPROXIMATELY 14 UNIT
LOTS, DEVELOPED WITH TOWNHOUSE
UNITS
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT.
AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TOTO
AND AS A REMINDER TO
COUNCIL, PROCEDURALLY
REVIEWED BY THE CITY OCCURS IN
THREE PRIMARY STEPS.
THE FIRST IS SDOT AND OTHER
CITY AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
CHARGED WITH PROVIDING SERVICES
TO THE SITE, REVIEW THE
PRELIMINARY
PLATT.
VIEWS THE PRELIMINARY PLATT AND
ISSUES A DECISION BY THE HEARING
CONSTITUTES AUTHORIZATION TO
DEVELOP THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE
PRELIMINARY PLATT AND AFTER
THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE
SDOT
REVIEWS TO DETERMINE WHETHER
THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONSISTENT
WITH
THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND
ANY
CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE
HEARING EXAMINER.
THIS IS
NECESSARY FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL LOTS TO BE CERTIFIED
FOR SALE.
IF THEY WERE INCONSISTENT
WITH THOSE SHOWN ON THE
PRELIMINARY PLAT OR IF THE
CONDITIONS
IMPOSED BY THE HEARING WERE NOT
MET, COUNCIL COULD DISAPPROVE OR
RETURN THE PROPOSED FINAL PLAT.
SO THE HEARING EXAMINER
APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT
WITH
THE CONDITIONS ON SEPTEMBER
14th,
2023.
SDOT, SDCI AND CENTRAL
STAFF HAVE REVIEWED THE FINAL
PLAT
AND DETERMINED THE IMPROVEMENTS
ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE
PRELIMINARY
PLAT.
THE COUNCIL VOTE AND PUT
THE CLERK FILE ON FILE AND
APROVEN THE COUNCIL BILL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE
BRINGING IT TO FULL COUNCIL
RIGHT NOW.
OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THE LEGISLATION?
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, WE'LL NOW
CONSIDER
EACH ITEM SEPARATELY STARTING
WITH ITEM ONE.
I MOVE TO FILE CLERK FILE
314465. IS THERE A SECOND?
>>
SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO FILE THE CLERK FILE.
ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT. IS THAT YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE?
NO.
I SAW YOUR HAND UP THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
NO FINAL COMMENTS.
WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE FILE
OF THETHE
CLERK
FILE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
THE CLERK FILE IS PLACED ON THE
RECORD.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER
ITEM TWO.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120990.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO PASS THE BILL.
ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
WELL, I WILL SAY THAT ALTHOUGH I
DO NOT SIT ON THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE BASED ON YOUR
DESCRIPTION, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON, WHAT I AM HEARING
IS MORE HOUSING, EXACTLY WHAT WE
NEED.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND I
WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT.
ALL RIGHT.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> YEA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
ALL RIGHT.
ITEM THREE, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM THREE
INTO THE
RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S ACCOUNTABILITY
AND ECONOMIC AGENDA THREE
RESOLUTION
32170 GRANTING APPROVAL TO THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION TO
INSTALL, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE
INTERACTIVE MEDIA KIOSKS
IN PUBLIC PLACES LOCATED
IN THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT. THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS
THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED.
>> OKAY.
SO AS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE, I'LL PROVIDE THE
COMMITTEE
REPORT.
WE HAD A PRESENTATION
AND DISCUSSION AT OUR MAY
8th MEETING AND HAD A UNANIMOUS
VOTE OUT OF OUR MAY 22nd MEETING
FOR
THIS RESOLUTION GRANTING
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL TO INITIATE
THIS PROCESS OF
INSTALLING, MAINTAINING AND
OPERATING
THESE DIGITAL INTERACTIVE KIOSKS
THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN --
THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'VE
BEEN WORKING ON THIS
LEGISLATION SINCE PRETTY MUCH
THE FIRST
MONTH SINCE I WAS ELECTED IN
2022.
AND I HAVE BEEN IN
STRONG SUPPORT FOR MANY REASONS.
FIRST OF ALL, THESE INTERACTIVE
KIOSKS WILL BE A
TREMENDOUS ASSET TO ALL NO LIVE,
WORK,
AND
VISIT DOWNTOWN AND OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS BUSINESS
DISTRICTS.
THEY'RE A MEANS TO
GUIDE DOWNTOWN WORKERS,
RESIDENTS
AND VISITORS TO OUR LOCAL SMALL
BUSINESSES, BECAUSE USERS WILL
BE ABLE TO LOOK UP WHERE TO EAT,
SHOP, PLAY RIGHT WHERE THEY
ARE AND AS ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CHAIR, THAT WAS THE
FIRST
REASON I WAS STRONGLY IN SUPPORT
OF THIS INITIATIVE.
THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE MULTIPLE
OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS SUCH AS
FREE WI- FI WITHOUT STORING
INFORMATION, AND THEY
WILL PROVIDE REAL- TIME TRANSIT
SCHEDULES, LIBRARY
HOURS, CRITICAL EMERGENCY
RESPONSE INFORMATION IN
MULTILINGUAL
LANGUAGES.
AND FINALLY, THEY WILL
GENERATE REVENUE FOR OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT AREAS THAT
PROVIDE ESSENTIAL, NOT
SUPPLEMENTAL, BUT
ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS TRASH
PICKUP,
GRAFFITI REMOVAL, SECURITY AND
SECURITY THAT BENEFITS THE WHOLE
COMMUNITY.
SO JUST FOR FOLKS REMINDERS,
ONE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 KIOSKS TO
BE
INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE 2026 FIFA
WORLD CUP.
THAT'S PARTLY WHAT IS
GUIDING OUR TIME LINE HERE AND
THEN
PHASE TWO WILL ALLOW 30 MORE
KIOSKS DEPLOYED IN THE
METROPOLITAN
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND 20
ADDITIONAL KIOSKS INSTALLED
AMONG
THE VARIOUS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
AREAS, AND THOSE EXIST ININ
BALLARD, SOTO AND WEST SEATTLE
JUNCTION, AND WE'VE SEND
STRONG LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM
ALL
OF THOSE BIAs.
NOW WHEN IT COMES TO
DOWNTOWN, ACCORDING TO THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION,
IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THE
DEVICES WILL GENERATE ANNUAL
REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY $1. 1
MILLION FOR
DSA OVER THE LIFE OF THE
INITIAL TERM OF THE PROGRAM.
$1. 1 MILLION COULD FUND ALL OF
THE BELOW, TEN DOWNTOWN
AMBASSADORS TO CLEANING,
HOSPITALITY, SAFETY IN PUBLIC
AREAS, 15 OUTDOOR CONCERTS,
15 ART INSTALLATIONS OUTDOORS,
FIVE
ELECTRIC CLEANING TRIKES,
TWO PUBLIC PLAZAS, AND ONE
ELECTRIC
STREET VACUUM TO
ENHANCE CLEANING OF TECTED BIKE
LANES IN
SIDEWALKS. THESE INVESTMENTS
WILL BE
RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE ANNUAL
PROPOSED MID BUDGET AND WORK
PLAN.
SO THAT'S A GOOD REASON TO
SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION ON ITS
OWN.
THESE WILL
CAPITALIZE PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENTS AND ON EVERY
BLOCK THE KIOSKS ARE LOCATED,
THINGS LIKE DECLUTTERING OR
REMOVING REDUNDANT DAMAGE
INFRASTRUCTURE, A REAL STRATEGY
BY THE HANGING
FLOWER BASKET TO MAKE THEM MORE
ATTRACTIVE WHICH GATHERS
PEOPLE TO THAT LOCATION TO USE
THESE
DEVICES AND REGULAR TRASH AND
DEBRIS REMOVAL AT ALL KIOSK
LEGISLATION.
WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT WHERE THESE ARE LOCATED,
THINK ABOUT THEM
ON EVERY BLOCK.
ALL OF THIS WILL BE PAID
FOR BY THE VENDOR.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT
AND WE WILL HAVE OUR DISCUSSION
NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> IS THIS THE TIME TO MOVE MY
AMENDMENTS?
>> YES, IT WOULD BE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I MOVE TO AMEND 32170 AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION
AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS IT.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS A PRETTY SIMPLE
AMENDMENT AS WRITTEN.
THE AMENDMENT WOULD PROHIBIT
THE DEPLOYMENT OF CAMERA
TECHNOLOGY ON DIGITAL KIOSKS
AS THE TERM PERMIT ORDINANCE.
THIS IS A COMMON SENSE
MEASURE. WE CAN TAKE TO CALMCALM
CONCERNS
AND TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR THE
TECHNOLOGY.
ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS I'VE
HEARD IS WITH PRIVACY.
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THESE
KIOSKS WON'T
BE USED AS SURVEILLANCE TOOLS
INTENTIONALLY OR
UNINTENTIONALLY.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND
I'VE RECEIVED GOOD
CONFIRMATION IT WILL NOT BE
INTENTIONALLY
USED AS SURVEILLANCE.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT
THE CITY HAS NO PLANS TO USE
THESE
KIOSKS FOR THAT SURVEILLANCE
FACTOR.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE
VALID CONCERNS THAT THE CITY
COULD
ONE DAY CHANGE ITS MINDMIND OR,
MORE
LIKELY, A NEFARIOUS ACTOR
COULD HACK INTO THE SYSTEM.
THERE ARE OTHER LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT THAT COULD USE THE
ACCESS TO THESE CAMERAS IN
WAYS WE CAN'T IMAGINE RIGHT
NOW,
AND I DON'T NEED TO TELL ANYONE
UP HERE THESE ARE UNCERTAIN
TIMES.
ULTIMATELY IT'S A CHOICE
BETWEEN BEING PRO- ACTIVE OR
LEAVING
THEM IN PLACE SO THAT SOME
PEOPLE
CAN TAKE SOME
SELFIES. TO ME THIS IS A SIMPLE
CHOICE, WHICH IS WHY I'M
BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT A?
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I WAS NOT QUICK ENOUGH TO GET
MY HAND UP TO SPEAK TOWANT TO T
>> THERE WILL BE AN OPTION TO
DO THAT LATER, BUT YOU
ARE WELCOME TO SAY WHATEVER YOU
WANT RIGHT
NOW.
>> OKAY. I WILL SAY IT RIGHT
NOW.
I BELIEVE I
VIEW THIS THROUGH A PUBLIC
SAFETY LENS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FEATURES
CALL
BUTTON, FOR EXAMPLE, AND
THEN ALSO HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE
USED
AFTERWARDS WITH THE DSA WHICH IF
YOU DON'T
REALIZE IT'S A BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT BUT A
STRONG PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT TO
IT, TOO.
IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
WITH RESPECT TO THE THREE
AMENDMENTS, I'M GOING TO
BE VOTING NO ON EACH.
I RECOGNIZE THE POINTS MADE ON
EACH.
I BELIEVE THAT CAN WORK WITH ON
THE FIRST ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH
MY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
CHAIR, MYSELF AS
PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR ON THAT ONE
AND
THEN OTHERS AS WELL LATER ON BUT
I
JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THIS BILL
AND HAVE IT PASSED CLEAN.
BASICALLY SPEAKING TO THE BILL
AND, AS IT TURNS OUT,
ALL THREE AMENDMENTS AT THE SAME
TIME.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT A?
>> SO JUST FOR THE
PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE HAD
DISCUSSION
IN COMMITTEE ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THESE DO NOT --
THE KIOSK
WILL NOT INCLUDE OR HAVE
SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY ON THEM.
THEY ARE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE
OF TAKING SELFIES.
THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A TRIVIAL
OR A SILLY FEATURE BUT, IN
FACT, IT'S ACTUALLY, ACCORDING
TO
THE VENDORS AND PEOPLE THAT
HAVE INFORMED GSA, THIS IS ONE
OF THE
MOST POPULAR USES FOR
THESE KIOSKS IN PLACES THAT
THEY'VE
BEEN INSTALLED AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
I BELIEVE THERE HAVE BEEN
23 OTHER CITIES WHERE THESE ARE
LOCATED. THE CAMERAS ARE NOT
ACTIVATED
WITHOUT DIRECT INPUT FROM A
USER.
I WILL BE OPPOSING THIS
AMENDMENT.
ANY COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT A?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT A.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> NO.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION FAILS AND
AMENDMENT A IS NOT ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
>> YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE
TO AMEND AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT B VERSION TWO.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND AS PRESENTED ON
VERSION TWO OF AMENDMENT B.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
IT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE
A TERM LIMIT OF 15 YEARS AND NO
RENEWALS.
THIS WAS A TEN- YEAR TERM
PERMIT WITH THE A RENEWABLE
TEN-YEAR
TERM.
THERE'S A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
AS COMPARED FROM THE POLICY
PERSPECTIVE.
I'VE NEVER SEE A TERM PERMIT
NOT
RENEWED WHICH MEANS WHEN WE
APPROVE TERM PERMITS IT
IS ASSUMED THE PERMIT WILL
BE UTILIZING ALL RENEWAL
OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY ARE UTILIZED FOR THEIR
FULL INITIAL AND ALL RENEWAL
TERMS.
FROM A BUSINESS
PERSPECTIVE, CERTAINTY IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT
ELEMENT.
IN THIS CASE, EVEN
THOUGH GOVERNMENT ASSUMES
ALL EXTENSIONS ARE ALL BUT
GUARANTEED, FROM A BUSINESS
PERSPECTIVE, UNCERTAINTY
IS ADDED WITH REQUIRED RENEWAL.
I BRING THIS UPDATED
AMENDMENT FORWARD TO CLARIFY,
ONE, A
TEN- YEAR TERM PERMIT WITH A
TEN- YEAR RENEWAL IS A TOTAL
OF 20 YEARS AND, TWO,
THE DESIRE FOR CERTAINTY IS
IMPORTANT, WHICH IS WHY I'M
BRINGING
FORWARD THE AMENDMENT FOR A
SINGLE 17- YEAR TERM.
YESTERDAY IT WAS SAID THAT
MY AMENDMENT IS THE POISON
PILL. TO ME, THIS FEELS LIKE AN
IMPUGNING OF MY MOTIVES
AND RESULTING IN MAKING IT
MORE DIFFICULT TO DO MY JOB AS
A POLICYMAKER BY MAKING
IMPLICATIONS OF MY MOTIVE
RATHER THAN
BEING CURIOUS TO UNDERSTAND MY
POLICY MOTIVATIONS.
MY MOTIVATIONS ARE NOT, IN
FACT, TO CREATE A POISON PILL
WITHIN
THE RESOLUTION.
MY MOTIVES ARE TO CREATE GOOD
PUBLIC POLICY.
I BRING THIS AMENDMENT TO
THE BODY BECAUSE THE RESOLUTION
AS WRITTEN WILL SET THE TERM
PERMIT RENEWABLE TERMS FOR 30
YEARS FROM NOW.
TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE CELL
PHONE TECHNOLOGY 30 YEARS AGO
IS WHAT IS SHOWN IN THE MOVIE
"CLUELESS" WITH CELL PHONES HALF
THE SIZE OF THE ACTORS'
FACE. A DECADE BEFORE THAT
FERRIS BUELLER USED A CELL PHONE
THAT
WAS SO LARGE IT HAD TO BE
INSTALLED IN A CAR.
TO ALL THOSE ASKING TODAY WHO IS
FERRIS BUELLER, JUST KNOW
THAT IF YOU NEED TO REDUCE
THE MILEAGE ON YOUR
ODOMETER, PUTTING THE CAR IN
REVERSE DOESN'T WORK.
I'M SURE THIS
HASN'T CROSSED ANYONE'S MIND
RECENTLY BECAUSE,
AGAIN, TECHNOLOGY HAS
ADVANCED AND ODOMETERS ARE NOW
DIGITAL.
A DECADE AFTER "CLUELESS" IN
2004 CELL PHONES COULD TEXT.
BY 2014 CELL PHONES WERE
CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET
AND HAD TOUCH SCREENS.
BY 2024 CELL PHONES
ARE CONNECTED TO 5G NETWORKS
AND BEING CALLED A CELL PHONE IS
A
MISNOMER BECAUSE, FROM WHAT I
CAN TELL, MOST PEOPLE DON'T
ACTUALLY TALK ON THE PHONE.
IN THE 30 YEARS BETWEEN FERRIS
BUELLER'S EPIC DAY OFF AND THE
2014 CELL PHONE TECHNOLOGY
WENT FROM SUITCASE SIZE TO
CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET WITH A
TOUCH
SCREEN.
BETWEEN "CLUE LESS" CELL
PHONES HALF THEIR FACE TO TODAY,
TECHNOLOGY WENT FROM ONLY BEING
ABLE TO CALL IN 1995
TO THE ABILITY TO WORK FROM HOME
AS A
MINI COMPUTER OFF OF WHAT IS
NOW CALLED A CELL PHONE.
COLLEAGUES, I ASK YOU TODAY,
WHAT TECHNICAL CHANGES
WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 30
YEARS?
FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, IN 1995
SEATTLE'S JEFF BEZOS HAD
JUST FOUNDED AMAZON LESS THAN A
YEAR
BEFORE.
PEARL JAM HAD RELEASED A T AND
BETTERMAN WAS A HIT ON THE
RADIO.
THE MARINERS WERE ON THEIR
WAY TO WINNING THEIR FIRST
AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST TITLE EVER
AND
WERE MONTHS AWAY FROM MAKING
A HISTORIC LATE- SEASON
COMEBACK.
AND, YES, I WAS AT THAT GAME.
TECHNOLOGY IN 1995 WAS
REACHING ITS PEAK USE.
WHO HAS A PAGER TODAY?
SEE, WE HAVE NO DOCTORS IN THE
ROOM.
I'M FINE WITH CREATING
CERTAINTY
FOR THE KIOSKS BUT I'M
CONCERNED WITH THE LONGEVITY OF
THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SEATTLE
WILL LOOK LIKE 30 YEARS FROM NOW
OR
EVEN 15.
THAT'S WHY I THINK WE
NEED TO STRIKE A BA.
-- BALANCE, WE NEED TO CREATE
THAT CERTAINTY AND PRESERVE THE
FLEXIBILITY OF THE CITY TO MAKE
CHANGES.
BASED ON TECHNICAL CHANGES.
I THINK THIS AMENDMENT STRIKES
THAT BALANCE.
THANK YOU.
>> DO
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY COMMENTS
ON THE AMENDMENT?
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I DO.
AND THEN INSTALLED AND
ACTUALLY SERVING THEIR PURPOSE
FOR ANOTHER 15.
THE SHORTENED -- AT THE END OF
ANY TERM, IT IS COMMON FOR
THE TERM TO BE RENEWED AT THE
CITY'S
DECISION AFTER EVALUATION.
THE SHORTENED PERIOD
FROM CHANGING THIS AMENDMENT AT
THE
LAST MINUTE FROM TEN YEARS TO 17
YEARS STILL HAS THE SAME EFFECT.
IT WOULD BASICALLY BE A
NONSTARTER. THE SHORTENED TERM
PERIOD TO 10
YEARS TO 17 YEARS TO THE
MAYOR'S
16.5-YEAR PERIOD FOR THE
INITIAL FIRST TERM WOULD BE
PROBLEMATIC
BECAUSE THE EFFECT OF
THE AMENDMENT WOULD, IN
ESSENCE, COME AT THE LOSS OF THE
CITY'S OPTION TO RENEW FOR A
NEW
TERM AT THE CITY'S DISCRETION.
AND THE TERM -- THE INITIAL
TERM OF 16.5 IS THE MINIMUM
AMOUNT
OF TIME FOR THE VENDOR
TO RECUPERATE ITS EXPENSES, ITS
INVESTMENT, SO THAT WE CAN
ALSO ENJOY THE BENEFITS -- THE
PUBLIC BENEFITS I MENTIONED AT
THE BEGINNING OF THISTHIS
DISCUSSION, INCLUDING THE
IMPROVEMENTS
TO THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT
ON EVERY BLOCK THAT THEY ARE
LOCATED.
SO FUNCTIONALLY THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL STILL ACHIEVES
THE
SAME OUTCOME AS THIS AMENDMENT
BUT WITH -- BUT ALLOWS THE CITY
FOR AN OPTION TO RENEW.
THIS IS WHY AN OPTION TO RENEW
IS INCLUDED IN PRETTY
MUCH EVERY TERM PERMIT ISSUED BY
THE CITY.
WITHOUT THE OPTION TO RENEW, THE
VENDOR WOULD HAVE TO REAPPLY
AGAIN, AND WE WOULD GO
THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS A
SECOND TIME.
THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR BUSINESS
BECAUSE IT DOES ADD A LEVEL OF
UNPREDICTABILITY WHICH IS A
MAJOR BARRIER
TO ANY VENTURE SMALL OR LARGE.
SO FROM THE GSA AND THE
STANDPOINT OF THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WHO NEGOTIATED THIS, THE
CAN FIRST 16.5- YEAR TERM WITH
AN OPTION TO RENEW IS VERY
IMPORTANT. IT ALLOWS GSA'S
KIOSK VENDOR TO
RECOUP THE COST OF
INVESTMENT INCLUDING HARDWARE
ACQUISITION,
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
AND ON GOING MAINTENANCE.
THESE ONGOING COSTS REQUIRE
SIGNIFICANT FORWARD
COMMITMENT OF CAPITAL AND FUNDS.
IT'S THIS CAPITAL INVESTMENT
THAT RESULTS IN SIGNIFICANT
BENEFITS TOTO THE PUBLIC.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE
GOVERNMENT AND PARTICIPATING
BIAs AT NO
COST TO THEM.
I REPEAT MANY TIMES.
IN FACT, NOT ONLY DOES IT ACCRUE
WITHOUT ANY COST, IT'S THIS
INVESTMENT WHICH ALSO
YIELDS ADDITIONAL
ONGOING REVENUE SHARE FOR THE
BIAs AND THE CITY IF
IT DECIDES TO IMPLEMENT PHASE
TWO.
AND SO ALL OF THESE BENEFITS
ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY
ENSURING THERE IS A REASONABLE
AND ADEQUATE
PAYBACK PERIOD FOR THE INITIAL
CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
SO THAT IS A BIG REASON WHY
I WILL BE OPPOSING THIS.
WE CAN'T -- THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS
AMENDMENT COULD VERY WELL
JEOPARDIZE, IN
FACT, WOULD VERY MUCH LIKELY.
NOW I ADMIT
THAT THE QUESTION OF THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT IS BEING
MENTIONED HERE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY,
THEY ARE DIFFERENT
FROM WHERE THEY ARE NOW, BUT IF
YOU
REALLY LOOK AT TEN YEARS AGO,
2015, THOSE PHONES ARE
PRACTICALLY
IDENTICAL TO THE BRAND- NEW ONES
FOR SALE
TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
SOFTWARE
UPDATES AND THE
FEATURES INCLUDED IN THEM.
WHEN TECHNOLOGY MATURES,
CHANGES BECOME INCREMENTAL.
OUTDOOR DIGITAL WAY FINDING
KIOSKS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED IN
THE U.S. IN 2018, SEVEN YEARS
LATER IT IS NOW A
MATURE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS HERE
TO
STAY, A TIME FRAME OF 16. 5
YEARS
WITH AN EXTENSION IS ENTIRELY
REASONABLE. ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT B VERSION
TWO?
ALL
RIGHT. IF I HEAR NO OTHER --
JUST A
SECOND. LET ME SEE THE SCREEN.
IT'S HARD TO
LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY
ELSE'S HANDS RAISED.
IF THAT IS THE CASE, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL AND AMENDMENT -- ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> NO.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> NO.
>> TWO IN FAVOR, SEVEN OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION FAILS IN VERSION
TWO OF THE AMENDMENT B IS NOT
ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> YES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO
SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO AMEND
RESOLUTION 32170 AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT C ON THE AGENDA.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION
AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT C.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
AS SPONSOR YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN
ORDER TO ADDRESS IT.
>> THANK
YOU. I DIDN'T HEAR A SECOND.
I WAS GOING TO SECOND MY OWN
SELF.
>> I THINK THAT'S ALLOWED.
>> IS IT ALLOWED?
I DON'T KNOW.
SO THIS AMENDMENT, OTHER THAN
THE REVENUE EARMARKED FOR BIAs
AND DSA, THIS
STATES OUR INTENTION THAT THE
REST OF THE GO
TOWARDS IMPROVEMENTS CITYWIDE.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME
DISTRICTS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE
BIAs
OR SOME AREAS NOT INCLUDED, AND
I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I
KNOW THAT
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOCUS DOWNTOWN
AND OTHER PLACES
BUT THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS
THAT ARE
THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF OUR
CITY THAT ARE THE SMALL
BUSINESSES IN
OUR COMMUNITY THAT HOLD IT
DOWN EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN BE
ABLE TO SHARE THE LOVE FROM
THE FUNDS GENERATED TO OTHER
PLACES
AROUND THE CITY
FOR DIFFERENT
IMPROVEMENT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR
WATCHING OUT FOR THE BUSINESSES
ACROSS THE
CITY. I HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES
IN
THE D- 4 THAT I CARE ABOUT.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS
AMENDMENT, AND APOLOGIES THAT I
ASKED THEM BEFORE TODAY.
I'M WONDERING WITH THIS
ARRANGEMENT ANY
REVENUE OUTSIDE -- ANY REVENUE
THAT
IS ANTICIPATED BY THIS
AMENDMENT WON'T BE FOR SEVERAL
YEARS,
CORRECT?
>> COULD YOU ASK THAT QUESTION
AGAIN?
I'M SORRY.
>> I THOUGHT -- AND,
WELL, CENTRAL IS NOT HERE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU MAY KNOW.
THE INITIAL REVENUE FROM
THIS WILL BE GOING TO THE BIAs
AND
DSA, AND IT'S A CERTAIN
PERCENTAGE. AND THEN AT SOME
LATER POINT IN
TIME IF THERE IS MORE
REVENUE THAN ANTICIPATED, THAT
IS THE
REVENUE THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED
BY THIS AMENDMENT, CORRECT?
>> THAT IS THE REVENUE
THAT WOULD ACCRUE TO THE CITY,
AND
I SUPPOSE THAT IS WHAT SUR --
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THE LATER --
>> CORRECT.
>> MAYBE A FEW YEARS FROM
NOW.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> DO YOU KNOW IF THAT REVENUE
COULD BE USED
FOR ANY PURPOSE -- I GUESS WHAT
I'M GETTING
TO, DOES THAT REVENUE THAT COULD
GO
TO GENERAL FUND LATER?
I'M WONDERING -- OR IS THAT
REVENUE ANTICIPATED TO GO TO
BIAs AND DSA?
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
IF
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD
USE
FOR ANY PURPOSE AND SHOULD
WE DICTATE NOW OR SHOULD WE
WAIT FOR THE LEGISLATION TO COME
AND THEN FIGURE OUT IF THAT
MAKES
SENSE.
>> SO THE ORIGINAL INTENTION WAS
TO GO TOWARDS DIFFERENT
IMPROVEMENT
LIKE SMALL BUSINESS DISTRICTS
THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE A
BIA.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, COLUMBIA CITY.
COLUMBIA CITY TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE SIGNAGE OR DIFFERENT
ACTIVATION
PIECES TO FUND THOSE
THINGS WHERE IT CAN STIMULATE
SOME
TYPE OF ATTRACTION TOWARDS A
BUSINESS AREA TO BE ABLE TO
BRING POLICE
OFFICER PEOPLE TO THOSE AREAS.
THE INTENTION IS VERY
VAGUE, JUST SO WE COULD BE ABLE
TO AND A HALFHALF THIS AS WE
GO. BUT THE INTENTION BEHIND IT
IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER
AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE BIAs BE
ABLE
TO BENEFIT FROM THIS BENEFIT.
NOT BENEFIT FROM THIS BENEFIT.
I'LL GET A TEXT FROM MY
MOTHER ABOUT MY ENGLISH.
>> GOING
DOWNTOWN --
>>
THAT IS CORRECT.
>> WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT WHEN
THE LEGISLATION
COMES. IS THAT A FAIR
ASSESSMENT, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> GOT IT.
I AM STILL WRAPPING MY MIND
AROUND THE -- THE -- WHAT
IT MEANS IF THE REVENUE GOES
TO BENEFIT BIAs BUT I
UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT OF THIS,
TRYING
TO SPREAD THE REVENUE AROUND.
THE BENEFITS OF THE REVENUE
AROUND WHICH IS
FOR SOME NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS
PRIMARILY CASH, LET'S JUST SAY,
AND/OR SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO
THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WOULD BE
INTEGRATED INTO THE TERMS OF
THE ORDINANCE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY
GOOD PLACE FOR ME TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND.
HOWEVER, I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR
THIS TO SIGNAL MY SUPPORT FOR
THE SPIRIT OF THIS WHICH IS TO
ENSURE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
WHERE THERE ARE NOT CURRENT BIAs
EXIST.
I THINK DISTRICT THREE
WOULD BENEFIT VERY STRONGLY FROM
A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA AND
THIS COULD PERHAPS -- NOT VOTING
COULD PERHAPS INSENTIVIZE A BIA
TO FORM MORE QUICKLY.
HOWEVER, THAT HAS BEEN A
PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED
FOR
A LONG TIME, SO WE DON'T WANT
TO WAIT FOR THAT AND WE DO WANT
TO
MAKE SURE THERE ARE
POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR OTHER
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO I WILL BE VOTING IN
SUPPORT OF THIS.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS?
>> YES.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> PLEASE?
>> THE COLUMBIA
CITY NEIGHBORHOOD DOES HAVE A
BIA.
IT'S VERY SMALL.
>> YES.
>> AND THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESS
ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THAT
CORRIDOR. YOU HAVE THE COLUMBIA
CITY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION,
AGAIN, THE IMPROVEMENT AREA
AND THE BISCOE LIGS, AND SO
THERE
ARE THOSE FUNCTIONING GROUPS.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY
OF, SAY, UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT, BALLARD.
GROUPS.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY
OF, SAY, UNIVERSITY DISTRICT,
BALLARD.
RAINIER BEACH NEEDS SOME HELP.
THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
COULD BENEFIT FROM THE PROCEEDS
OF THIS PROGRAM TO HELP THOSE
BUSINESSES IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE SINCE THE
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION BASICALLY
FOLDED
YEARS AGO, EVEN PRIOR TO
COVID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS
BEEN
STRUGGLING. SO I WILL BE VOTING
IN
SUPPORT OF THIS.
BECAUSE OF THE
BUSINESS DISTRICTS IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT COULD USE --
OR MY
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT COULD USE
THIS KIND OF
HELP. SO THANK YOU.
>> YEP.
HERE IS MY PREDICTION.
THESE KIOSKS WILL BE SO
WILDLY POPULAR AND COMMONLY USED
AND
WELL USED, THEY WILL BE
DEMANDED IN OTHER AREAS OF THE
CITY.
WHATEVER HAPPENS IN PHASE
ONE AND PHASE TWO WILL BE
EXTENDED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
A LIMITATION ON THE TERM LIMIT
--
ON THE TERMS, AND NOT ONLY
DO THEY GENERATE REVENUE, THEY
ARE A VALUE ADD, AN ENHANCEMENT.
WE'RE A TECH TOWN.
A CITY OF INNOVATION.
I SEE THESE NOT AS
REPLICATING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF
A PHONE,
THEY SERVE AS PLACES CANCAN
GATHER, JOIN THE CONVERSATION.
WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE
BRINGS WHEN IT COMES TO LOCATING
KIOSKS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M NOT SEEING FURTHER COMMENT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE -- GO
AHEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
HAD THEIR HANDS UP.
>> I SHOULD HAVE SAID I SUPPORT
THIS, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
I APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING YOUR
EYE ON THE BUSINESSES ACROSS
THE CITY.
I HAVE ONE BIA BUT
MANY CORRIDORS THAT DON'T IN
THE
DISTRICT THAT COULD NEFIT
FROM
SOME SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
>> AND I
REMEMBER PRESIDENT JUAREZ
TALKING ABOUT IT IN LAKE
CITY, ALSO.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
HAS HER HAND UP.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, GO
AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS, FOR THINKING
OF THE SMALLER BUSINESS AREAS
ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH ITS OWN
BIA BUT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF
HELP AS ARE THE OTHER
SMALLER COMMERCIAL AREAS
THROUGHOUT DISTRICT FIVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL
BE SUPPORTING THIS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I APOLOGIZE.
FOR THE RECORD, I KNEW THERE WAS
A BIA IN COLUMBIA CITY.
MY BAD.
THERE'S NOT ONE IN BEACON HILL.
THEY HAVE A STRONG SMALL
BUSINESS GROUP.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
THE NIGHTLIFE ENGINE IS ON
CAPITOL
HILL, AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A
BIA, AND I KNOW THAT IS ONE
THING THAT IS IN THE WORKS
AND SO FORTH.
THEY NEED A LITTLE
LOVE. SO THANK YOU.
>> AND NOTE TO THE OFFICE
TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH CAPITOL HILL AND OTHER
AREAS THAT HAVE
EXPRESS EXPRESSED, THERE ARE
STAFFERS DEDICATED TO HELPING
BUSINESS DISTRICTS BECOME BIAs.
I REALLY HOPE THAT REMAINS A
WELL-STAFFED PART OF
OED SO WE CAN KEEP UP THAT WORK.
ALL RIGHT.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY OTHER
COMMENTS.
WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON AMENDMENT C.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
AMENDMENT C IS ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY, SO I'LL
GO AHEAD AND GUSH A LITTLE BIT
MORE HERE.
AND WE'RE NOT DONE.
WE STILL HAVE A COUNCIL BILL TO
APPROVE, SO THIS IS NOT THE END
OF THE DEAL.
WE WILL HAVE
LEGISLATION DISCUSSED AGAIN IN
COMMITTEE, THE NEXT COMMITTEE ON
JUNE
12th, WHICH WILL HAVE ALL THE
TERMS AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT
EXIST AND ALL THE DETAILS.
FOR ME, THIS IS VERY EXCITING
BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME THERE IS A PHYSICAL THING,
A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, A NEW
ENHANCEMENT, A VALUE ADD TO
THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN.
AND, AS I SAID A MOMENT AGO,
I SEE THEM AS NOT JUST CATALYSTS
FOR THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS,
THE BLOCK FACES, THE
EMERGENCY INFORMATION THAT IT
WILL BE
PROVIDED ON THE KIOSKS BUT IT'S
THE FIRST TIME
THERE IS SOMETHING BRAND- NEW
THAT'S HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN.
AND FOR ME IT'S A MANIFESTATION
OF OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO
CONTINUE DOWNTOWN'S
REVITALIZATION.
WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
ALSO
HAMMER HOME THE WORLD
CUP AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE COMING
TO OUR
TOWN THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH
AS
A FIRST LANGUAGE, DON'T KNOW
OUR CITY, AND WILL ALSO BENEFIT
FROM THESE KIOSKS, AND THAT'S
PARTLY
WHAT'S DRIVING OUR TIME LINE.
WE'VE RECEIVED SO MANY EMAILS
TODAY, MANY IN STRONG SUPPORT,
FOR EXAMPLE, VISIT SEATTLE,
THE URBAN LEAGUE, THE
AQUARIUM, SEATTLE FIFA WORLD
CUP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, THE
KRAKEN, WILD GINGER, THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR ART FOR THE SEATTLE
ART MUSEUM AND DOWNTOWN
RESIDENT AND FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER SALLY
BAGSHAW.
WE MENTIONED BEFORE WE
RECEIVED A LETTER SIGNED BY 23
SIGNATORIES. I'M NOT GOING TO
GO THROUGH
AND READ ALL OF THOSE NAMES, BUT
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S
CLEAR
THAT THERE IS WIDESPREAD
SUPPORT FOR THIS, AND I
APPRECIATE HAVING GOTTEN TO THIS
EXCITING
POINT IN THIS PROCESS.
SO WITH NO FURTHER
COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL
THE ROLL --
>> EXCUSE ME.
>> I'M
SORRY.
>> THERE ARE MULTIPLE HANDS UP.
>> I'M
SORRY. OKAY.
THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS.
IT'S HARD FOR ME.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP
BEFORE, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WAS FIRST?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, GO
AHEAD.
>> NO, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNSEL
PRESIDENT, AND I AM PROUD
TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION
TODAY, AND IT'S NOT JUST ME
SUPPORTING
IT, I'M PROUD TO JOIN
THE COMMUNITY OF STAKEHOLDERS.
YOU TICKED OFF A LONG LIST.
I'LL TICK OFF AND EMPHASIZE
A SMALL SAMPLE OF THAT,
BUT THE DSA, SOTO BIA, THE WORLD
CUP
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE,
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH
INSTITUTE, THE JUNCTION BIA IN
WEST
SEATTLE, SEATTLE URBAN LEAGUE --
ALMOST OUT OF BREATH AND THAT
WAS ONLY A SAMPLE, BUT
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS A VALUABLE
ECONOMIC TOOL TO INVEST
IN PROGRAMMING IN PART TO HELP
KEEP
OUR STREETS AND COMMUNITIES
SAFE
AND CLEAN. I'M IMPRESSED WITH A
SLEW
OF OPTIONS THE
KIOSKS OFFER INCLUDING BASIC
TRANSPORTATION
INFORMATION, WAY FINDING,
PUBLIC SAFETY, ART, PROMOTING
CULTURE,
AND COMMUNITY EVENTS
AND HIGHLIGHTING
NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS AND,
OF
COURSE, OUR BIAs, PROUD THAT A
FEW OF
THE BIAs FEATURED IN THIS
ARE, TWO OF
THEM, ARE IN MY COUNCIL
DISTRICT.
WE ENTER FIFA WORLD CUP
AND A GREAT WAY TO INTEGRATE OUR
CITY
AND WELCOME OUR MANY VISITORS.
AS A NONPRACTICING TECHNOLOGY
LAWYER, USING TECHNOLOGY
ANDAND IS TO IMPROVE OUR
CITY, A HUGE PRIORITY FOR ME AND
MY OFFICE.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT
THE CONNECTIVITY THEY OFFER AND
THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES THEY BRING.
I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK
YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU.
FINAL REMARKETS ON THE BILL.
THIS IS STAGNATING OR
STABILIZING.
CELL PHONES WERE SHAPED
THE SAME WAY WITH TOUCH SCREENS.
I ASK YOU IN 2014 COULD
YOU CREATE A PICTURE
USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?
COULD YOU KARAOKE FROM YOUR
PHONE? COULD YOU LEGITIMATELY
TAKE A
BUSINESS MEETING FROM YOUR
PHONE?
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE COME TO
OUR COMMITTEE TABLE HERE IN CITY
COUNCIL VIRTUALLY USING
THEIR PHONE TO
DO BUSINESS IN THIS FORUM WE'RE
SITTING IN
TODAY, AND THIS
WOULD HAVE BEEN UNIMAGINABLE IN
2014.
THE AMENDMENTS I BROUGHT
FORWARD TODAY WERE -- THAT WERE
ALL VOTED DOWN WERE SMALL,
SMART CHOICES WE SHOULD MAKE
AND SPECIFICALLY 17 OR 20- YEAR
TERM WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
CAPITAL FUNDS NEEDED TO BE
RECOUPED AS
OUR COLLEAGUE NOTE D.
I'LL STATE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS AGAIN
FOR THE RECORD
HERE, THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN A
TERM PERMIT NOT
BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF
THIS RESOLUTION TODAY AS IT IS
THE
OUTSET MOMENT TO CREATE THE
TERM PERMIT WITH THE ORDINANCE
THAT
WILL COME LATER AND I WILL
ASK CAMERAS AND DURATION
BE ADDRESSED IN THE INTERVENING
TIME OF CREATING THE
FINALFINAL
PERMIT. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> I WILL BE VOTING
NO ON TODAY'S RESOLUTION FOR A
COUPLE OF REASONS.
I WANT TO NAME THAT THE SEATTLE
DESIGN COMMISSION HAD VOTEDVOTED
AGAINST RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS
PROJECT FROM WHAT IS BEFORE
US TODAY, THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT BEEN
INCORPORATED. AND I WAS
SUPPORTIVE
OF AMENDMENT B WHICH WOULD HAVE
ADDRESSED SOME OF THE
CONCERNS WITH LENGTH OF TERM.
WHAT IS OUTLINED BEFORE US IS A
LENGTH OF TERM THAT IS ACTUALLY
LONGER THAN I'VE EVEN BEEN
ALIVE AND TECHNOLOGY CHANGES
FAST.
I'VE SEEN IT IN MY LIFETIME, IN
SCHOOL STARTING WITH A
FLOPPY DISK TO NOW CLOUD- BASED
TECHNOLOGY.
LASTLY, I HAVE
RESERVATIONS BASED ON LEGAL
ADVICE WE'VE
RECEIVED.
THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS IS
THE WORK ON THE, I HOPE IT
COULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE
ORDINANCE
BUT FOR TODAY I'LL BE VOTING
NO
ON THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
THE AMENDED LEGISLATION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>>
NO. SORRY, NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
AS AMENDED AND THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN
IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF.
OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM FOUR INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE PARKS, PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE,
RELATING TO THE REDEVELOPMENT
AND OPERATION OF SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS MEMORIAL STADIUM
AT SEATTLE CENTER AUTHORIZING
THE
INTERLOCAL ADPREMT WITH SEATTLE
SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER
ONE FOR THE JOINT REDEVELOPMENT
OF MEMORIAL STADIUM AND
ASSOCIATED
IMPROVEMENTS, BENEFITS.
THIS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THE
BILL PASS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,
AS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO
PROVIDE THE
REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. WHAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN
WAITING
FOR, WHY EVERYONE STAYED FOR
THIS.
COUNCIL BILL 120982, MEMORIAL
STADIUM.
THIS AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR'S
EXECUTION OF THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH
SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE
DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENTS WITH MEMORIAL
STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT LLC.
THIS ALSO AUTHORIZES
NEGOTIATIONS OF AN OPERATING
AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
ALSO
MEMORIAL STADIUM.
UPON OUR APPROVAL TODAY THE
CONTRACTOR WILL BEGIN DEMOLITION
AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE
PROJECT SLATED TO BE COMPLETED
BY SEPTEMBER OF 2027 AND I
DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK THE
SEATTLE SENATOR,
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE ONE
ROOF FOUNDATION -- ONE
ROOF STADIUM -- ONE ROOF STADIUM
PARTNERSHIP, AND THEN ALSO
THE FORMER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
PUT
A LOT OF TIME AND WORK -- FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER -- FORMER
COUNCILMEMBERS AND THAT
GROUP BUT ALSO I KNOW THAT WE
HAVE
IN OUR PRESENCE HERE FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER ROB JOHNSON
WITH ONE ROOF FOUNDATION AND
THEN,
ALSO, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER TIM
BURGESS AS WELL FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP AND WORK ON THIS.
I KNOW THIS IS A LONG TIME
COMING. WE JUST GET TO CARRY
ITIT
NOT NECESSARILY THE FINISH LINE
BUT SCOOT IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER
TO THE END ZONE AND, COLLEAGUES,
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE IN
FAVOR
OF THIS INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SEATTLE
PUBLIC
STUDENTS TO HAVE A VIBRANT
AND STATE-OF-THE- ART FACILITY
WHERE THEY CAN LEARN, PLAY AND
GROW, AND THIS HELPS US MOVE US
CLOSER
TO THAT VISION FOR OUR KIDS,
AND I THINK EVERY KID IN
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DESERVES
A FACILITY LIKE THE ONE
AT MEMORIAL STADIUM, WHAT IT'S
GOING TO BE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU. I SPENT A LOT OF
TIME GUSHING
ABOUT OUR FORMER
COUNCILMEMBERS, BURGESS,
JOHNSON, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, BAG SHAW.
I SWEAR WE HAD A QUORUM.
THIS IS JUST US GETTING IT
ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
I CAN REMEMBER IT WAS DECEMBER
OF 2017 AND MY FIRST FEW WEEKS
HERE AT CITY HALL WHEN JACKIE
KERNS CAME INTO
BAGSHAW'S OFFICE.
SHUCKS, THIS SHOULD BE
QUICK. THIS SHOULD BE FAST.
THIS SHOULD BE EASY.
SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS NOT.
JUST FOR EVERYONE CONTINUING TO
WORK OVER THE DECADES TO GET
THIS TO THE FINISH LINE,
CONGRATULATIONS.
I'M EXCITED. LET'S GO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT
CHAIR. YES, I WANT TO THANK
EVERYONE
INVOLVED. I'VE DONE THIS IN
DIFFERENT FORUM AND DIFFERENT
TIMES AND
SO TODAY ALL I WANT TO DO IS
NOTE BECAUSE IT'S NOT MENTIONED
IN
THE DEFINITION OF THE
ORDINANCEORDINANCE
HERE FOR THE COUNCIL BILL, AND
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING REGARD ING
THE
ATTACHMENTS AND THE LIKE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY
SPEAK ABOUT THE MEMORIAL WALL.
OVER 750, 762 YOUNG
SEATTLEITES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD
WAR II IN DEFENSE OF OUR
NATION, AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE
DOING
AS A CITY TODAY, AS THIS PART OF
THE PROJECT, REFLECTS WELL UPON
THE CITY, BECAUSE WE ARE
FIXING THE WRONGS -- SOME OF
THEM HAD
ALREADY BEEN FIXED AND, AS
I SAID BEFORE, AND THEY'RE
NOT REPRESENTED HERE TODAY --
NO, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR
SOME OF
THE BASIC UPKEEP.
BUT THIS PROJECT FIXES SOME OF
THE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES AS
NOTED BY MY VFW POST 63,
AND I AM THANKFUL, AND I THINK I
CAN
SAY THIS ON BEHALF OF THE
POST BUT ALL OF THE VETERAN
SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS, THANK YOU TO THE
ENTIRE TEAM FOR THIS, FOR
DOING RIGHT RELATED TO
THE MEMORIAL
WALL. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN
THE MAKING, ALL THOSE KIDS
THAT WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE
THE SPACE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
FOR THAT MATTER.
AND I ALSO WANT TO CALL
OUT THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A
PRIVATE/PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP.
WE NEED MORE OF THOSE ACROSS
THE CITY BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY
GOING TO HELP A LOT OF KIDS,
A LOT OF YOUTH AND A LOT
OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE
WE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO WORK
TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER TO
MAKE IT HAPPEN IN THIS
COLLABORATIVE
WAY.
SO ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE
THAT. I THANK THE FOLKS THAT ARE
IN HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT
IN CHAMBERS WHO REALLY HAD A
BIG HAND IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
I'M SO HAPPY THIS IS MOVING
FORWARD.
WE DESERVE TO HAVE A
GREAT STADIUM IN THAT LOCATION,
AN
UPGRADE WE CAN BE EXCITED AND
PROUD ABOUT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
ALL RIGHT. CLOSING COMMENTS FROM
THE
SPONSOR.
>> I HAVE NONE --
>> DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER
COMMENT, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY SPEAKING
OF THE MEMORIAL WALL, THAT'S
WHERE I FIRST GOT TO MEET YOU
AND YOUR ADVOCACY ON THIS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE COMING
TOGETHER AND IT'S A SYMBOLIC
ALIGNMENT. ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
LEGISLATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF.
ALL RIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS, THE PEOPLE
OUT THERE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON
THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM -- THE NEXT ITEM INTO
THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEMS FIVE
THROUGHTHROUGH
RELATING TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES REVISE
AND
CONSOLIDATING AND
ENACTING PROVISIONS FOR SYSTEMS
CHARGES
FOR WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FULL PASS
AS AMENDED.
AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL
MANAGERS OF PUBLIC UTILITIES TO
DEVELOP MUNICIPAL
ASSESSMENT REIMBURSEMENT AREA
AUTHORITY.
COUNCIL BILL 120968 AMENDSES THE
2025 BUDGET INCLUDING THE
2025- 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM.
COUNCIL RECOMMENDS THE BILLS
PASS.
>> OKAY.
AS THE SPONSOR OF THE
BILL, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO
SPEAK
TO THESE TWO TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THREE
INDIVIDUALLY?
WE DO?
OKAY, AWESOME.
I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THEM
ALL INDIVIDUALLY REAL QUICK.
THE INTENT OF THESE BILLS IS TO
MODERATELY INCREASE CHARGES
TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT
CONNECT TO SPU'S INFRASTRUCTURE
TO ALLOW SPU TO COST SHARE
ON THE MOVE ON THOSE REQUIRED
FOR
DEVELOPERS.
THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO UNLOCK
PROPERTIES THAT HAVEN'T
BEEN DEVELOPED DUE TO THE NEED
FOR MAIN LINE EXTENSIONS.
HOPEFULLY INCREASING THE SUPPLY
OF HOUSING OVER TIME.
AND THIS WAS DONE IN
CONJUNCTION THERE ARE GOING TO
BE
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
HOUSING TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
SPU WILL ALSO LOOK FOR
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT OCCUR
OVER TIME AND BENEFIT FROM MAIN
LINE
EXTENSION TO REPAY SPU FOR
PORTIONS OF THOSE PROJECTS.
THE FIRST BILL INCREASES
THE DEVELOPER CHARGES KNOWN AS
SYSTEM DEVELOPER CHARGES
FOR WATER CONNECTIONS,
ESTABLISHING
SDCs, SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES, FOR
DRAINAGE AND WASTE
WATER.
120968 ALLOWS THE AUTHORITY TO
RECOUP ITS COST SHARING
INVESTMENTS FOR
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND THE
THIRD BILL,
120969 AMENDS THE 2025
BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY
TO ADD AND FUND SIX NEW
POSITIONS IN SPU TO MANAGE THIS
PROGRAM.
WE DID THREE COMMITTEES TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAD ALL THE
RIGHT LANGUAGE AND I WANT TO
THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
ON INFORMATION REGARDING
THE AFFORDABILITY PIECE FOR
OUR RESIDENTS.
I KNOW THAT IS ON
TOP OF MIND, THE COST IN THE
CITY
AND AFFORDABILITY IS THE NUMBER
ONE THING AND SO THANK YOU FOR
THE AMENDMENT TO MAKE THOSE
BILLS
BETTER AS WELL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
VOTE TODAY AND I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO VOTE YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
PLEASE, FROM COLLEAGUES.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR
SHEPHERDING THIS THROUGH YOUR
COMMITTEE.
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS AGING AND
ALSO, AS WE'RE TRYING TO
BUILD MORE HOUSING SO WE HAVE
MORE
AFFORDABILITY, WE NEED TO HAVE
THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
AT THE SAME TIME WE DON'T
WANT TO SADDLE OUR FOLKS WHO
ARE HAVING TROUBLE MAKING ENDS
MEET
AND OUR RETIREES IN ADDITION WHO
ARE LIVING IN FIXED INCOME WITH
EXPENSES, AND SO I REALLY
WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR TAKING THE TIME SO I COULD
BRING FORTH THE BEST
AMENDMENT I COULD WITH THE
ABILITY WE HAVE UNDER THE
LAWS TO CREATE A
DEFERMENT FOR FOLKS UNDER THE
80% AMI WHO MIGHT
WANT TO BUILD ON THEIR PLACE
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO AFFORD TO
STAY ON THEIR PROPERTY IN SOME
WAY.
SO I REALLY JUST WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TIME.
WE DID HAVE THREE
MEETINGS, BECAUSE THAT TOOK A
LITTLE LONGER AND IT'S SO
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING
TO
ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY AND WE'RE
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
DOING
THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR OUR
RESIDENTS, SO THANK
YOU FOR THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO
JUST ASK THAT YOU WAVE FROM THE
DIAS. I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> SORRY, I APOLOGIZE.
JUST TO CLARIFY,
WE'RE ONLY VOTING RIGHT NOW ON
ITEM NUMBER
FIVE.
>> RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE BILL PASSES
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
OKAY, WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE
NEXT ITEM -- CONSIDER ITEM SIX.
ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS
ON COUNCIL BILL 120967?
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON 120967.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL ME
YEA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
OKAY.
WE'LL NOW CONSIDER ITEM SEVEN.
ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS
ON COUNCIL BILL 120968?
I'M SEEING NONE.
ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ --
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON COUNCIL BILL 120968.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON ME BEHALF.
AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM EIGHT INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM EIGHT RESOLUTION
32171 AUTHORIZING XHEBSMENT
OF CABLE FRANCHISE CONTRACT
RENEWAL PROCEEDING WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 554, 556
-- EXCUSE
ME, 546 AND
WRITTEN REQUEST FROM
WAVEDIVISION I LLC.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THE BILL BE
ADOPTED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> I TOOK UP THREE PAGES OF
THE
AGENDA. MY APOLOGIES.
THIS IS THE LAST ONE,
COLLEAGUES.
RESOLUTION 32171.
THIS IS OUR INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT,
THE ASTOUND RESOLUTION.
THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE
CITY'S FORMAL TEN- YEAR CABLE
FRANCHISE RENEWAL
PROCEEDINGS WITH ASTOUND AND
THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS TO
ENSURE
THE CITY COMPLIES WITH ALL OF
OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER
THE FEDERAL LAW AND CABLE ACT
OF
1984. I WANT TO THANK OUR
PHENOMENAL INFORMATION -- EXCUSE
ME, OUR
ITD DEPARTMENT, OR TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT, FOR ALL THEIR
HARD WORK ON THIS AND, ALSO,
DIRECTOR
LLOYD, I HAD A MEETING WITH
HIM
YESTERDAY AND THEY WILL BE
COMING TO COMMITTEE TO TALK TO
US ABOUT THE OVERVIEW OF THE
I.T. DEPARTMENT AND THE
VISION AND THE PRESENTATION
LOOKS PHENOMENAL SO HEARING MORE
ABOUT
OUR CABLE FRANCHISE FEES ANDAND
IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED IN
THE CITY IN THE FUTURE AND
HOW WE WILL BE SUSTAINABLE
AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
COLLEAGUES, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT
ON THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS
LEGISLATION?
OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM
NINE INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM
NINE OF OVERSIGHT OF THE
POLICE REVISING THE PROCESS
FOR INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS,
NAMING THE CHIEF OF
POLICE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THE PASS AS AMENDED.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, AS CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE
THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR CEDING.
COUNCIL BILL RELATES TO
INVESTIGATION OF THE CHIEF OF
POLICE. NOT EXPECTED WAS THE
FACT
WE WOULD HAVE OVER 70 COMPLAINTS
AT
THIS MOMENT, AND
THE RESTRICTIONS IN THE INITIAL
BILL, THIS COMBINATION
HAS CREATED CHA LLENGES FOR
POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND CHIEF OF
POLICE
INVESTIGATIONS. THE
RESTRICTIONS, NO DOUBT, MADE
SENSE WHEN THE BILL WAS
PASSED. BUT, UNFORTUNATELY,
EXPERIENCE
SHOWS THE COMPLAINTS
AND RESTRICTIONS
HAVE BASICALLY AFFECTED OPAs
ABILITY TO CARRY
OUT
ITS MISSION. SPECIFICALLY
RELATED TO THE
NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE INTAKE,
FOR ANY COMPLAINT.
ONLY OPA CIVILIAN
SUPERVISORS, WHEN QUALIFIED
CIVILIANS WERE
AVAILABLE.
INVESTIGATIONS BEING CONDUCTED
BY OIG, OFFICE INSPECTOR
GENERAL, WHEN THEY'RE
CARRYING OUT THEIR INVESTIGATION
THEY FIND OUT OTHER ISSUES
THAT NEEDED TO BE INVESTIGATED.
THAT WAS NOT ADDRESSED
PARTICULARLY WELL, AND THEN WE
NEEDED TO UPDATE
THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
WE ALSO BROUGHT IN OUR THIRD
MEMBER OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERSHIP TEAM,
THE POLICE
COMMISSION INTO PART OF THAT AS
PART OF THE QUARTERLY REPORTING.
AND, ULTIMATELY, TO ENSURE
THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE
TIMELY, THOROUGH AND OBJECTIVE.
IN THE END THIS GOES TO TWOTWO
THREE PRIORITIES FOR THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THIS
YEAR,
2025.
FIRST AMENDING
LAWS, FIXING LAWS AND THE LIKE,
HELP CREATE A
MORE FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND THIS BILL
DOES
BOTH OF
THOSE. FOR THOSE WONDERING, THE
THIRD ONE IS LOOKING AT OUR
COMMUNITY
SAFETY PROGRAM.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HELP SET
UP THE ELEMENTS OF OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY FOR SUCCESS, PRIMARILY
IN THIS CASE THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BUT ALSO
FOR
THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL
AND THE POLICE COMMISSION, SO
COLLEAGUES, WITH THAT, I ASK
FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS
BILL, COUNCIL BILL
120977. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THAT INTRODUCTION AND THOSE
COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES?
ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SEEING ANY
HANDS RAISED.
I SPOKE TO THIS IN COMMITTEE.
SO SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> ALL
RIGHT. THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR
BUSINESS -- OUR LEGISLATION.
THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR,
AND THERE'S NOT A RESOLUTION
FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION
TODAY.
I AM SEEING A HAND RAISED
BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS IS JUST FOR GOOD OF THE
ORDER.
I JUST WANTED TO BE SUPER QUICK
AND WANTED TO ADDRESS --
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I ADDRESSED
THE
ANTI-BLACKNESS AND RACISM THAT
SOME OF
US COUNCILMEMBERS RECEIVE AND I
HAD TO CALL IT OUT
AGAIN TODAY BECAUSE THERE WAS
A PUBLIC COMMENT SAYING, HEY,
WHAT ABOUT THE BLACK RENTERS
IN SEATTLE DIRECTED AT
ME SPECIFICALLY WHEN A
PUBLIC COMMENTER HAD SPOKE OUT
ABOUT
A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER SAYING,
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ABOUT --
SOMETHING ABOUT
ME. AND THE DISAPPOINTMENT
THAT I SEE -- YOU CAN CALL OUT
POLICY.
THAT IS FAIR
GAME. I RARELY BRING RACE INTO
CONVERSATIONS WHEN I'M
TALKING TO PEOPLE.
IT'S USUALLY OTHER PEOPLE THAT
BRING THAT IN, AND -- BUT
WHEN YOU CALL OUT SOMEONE'S
BLACKNESS
THAT IS RACIST AND RACIAL
GAS LIGHTING IN OUR CITY, AND
IT LITERALLY HAS NO PLACE
IN THIS -- IN OUR CHAMBERS.
AND IT'S VIOLENT.
75% OF WHITE PEOPLE HAVE
NEVER HAD A BLACK FRIEND.
75%.
SO IMAGINE THEIR INTERACTION
BEING ONLINE OR PUBLIC
COMMENT AND THEY SEE SOMEONE
QUESTIONING
PEOPLE'S BLACKNESS ON
COUNCIL AND THEN THEY THINK
IT'S OKAY
TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND
THEN THEY SAY, OH, ALL BLACK
PEOPLE THINK LIKE THIS OR ALL
BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD ACT THIS
WAY.
THAT IS NOT SOCIAL JUSTICE.
THAT IS TRYING TO CONTROL BLACK
PEOPLE, AND I WILL CALL IT OUT
EVERY SINGLE TIME.
I HAVE TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO
THAT BECAUSE THAT IS USING
BLACK PEOPLE.
THERE ARE
THREE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE
EXTRACTED FROM BLACK
PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
NUMBER ONE IT'S RESOURCES.
NUMBER TWO, IT'S EXPLOITING
LABOR.
AND, NUMBER THREE, IT IS
TAKING BLACK PAIN FOR WHITE
DOLLARS
FOR THEIR -- AND WEAPONIZING IT.
AND I SAID IT THREE WEEKS AGO,
AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN.
IT IS DISGUSTING AND IT'S
UNACCEPTABLE AND IT'S RACIST.
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO
CALL IT OUT EVERY TIME THAT THAT
IS BEING WEAPONIZED, OUR RACE.
I DON'T HEAR THEM SAY IT TO
A WHITE COUNCILMEMBER, WHAT
ABOUT THE WHITE RENTERS?
THEY SPECIFICALLY TARGET
BLACK PEOPLE THAT HAVE A
DIFFERENCE OF
AN OPINION TO THEM, AND IT'S
RACIST.
AND YOU CAN BE ANTI- BLACK IN
THIS -- YOU CAN BE
A PERSON OF COLOR AND BE ANTI-
BLACK, OKAY.
SO I JUST HAD TO SAY IT BECAUSE
IT'S FAKE PROGRESSIVE AND
IT'S VIOLENCE AND IT HAS NO
PLACE
IN THIS CHAMBER, AND IT'S
WHITE SUPREMACY IN DISGUISE.
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK
AGAINST IT. THANK
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> AMEN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE YOUR HAND.
YEP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE
COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH. FOR THE AVOIDANCE
OF DOUBT.
I 100% STAND WITH
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH,
AND STAND, THEREFORE, AGAINST
THIS KIND OF ANTI-BLACK RACISM.
IT'S A CIRCUS WHAT GOES ON IN
HERE SOMETIMES.
AND THIS JOB IS CHALLENGING,
IT CAN BE CHALLENGING.
I DO THINK WE NEED TO DO
AS AN ASIDE A BETTER JOB OF
ALLOWING CONSTITUTIONAL SPEECH,
BUT AT
THE SAME TIME GETTING
COMMENTS POP UP OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, AND ANTI- BLACK RACISM
IN OUR
CITY -- OUR CITY OF SEATTLE --
OUR PROGRESSIVE CITY
OF SEATTLE IS REAL, TO
YOUR
POINT. I ALSO THINK IT'S FAUX
PROGRESSIVISM.
AS A BLACK MAN SOME OF
THE RACISM THATTHAT EXPERIENCED
BOTH ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AS A
CANDIDATE AND NOW IN OFFICE,
NOW THAT I'M GOVERNING, HAS NOT
BEENBEEN
THE FAR RIGHT.
HAS NOT BEEN FROM THE CENTER.
IT'S BEEN FROM THE ULTRA LEFT
PROGRESSIVE WING.
AND WE NEED TO CALL THAT KIND
OF ANTI- BLACK MESSAGING, ANTI-
BLACK
RACISM OUT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
I STAND WITH AND I'M A BLACK
MAN
SO WE SHARE COMMON ANCESTRY IN
COMMON, AND I CAN ONLY
IMAGINE HOW ADDITIONALADDITIONAL
CHALLENGE
YOU MIGHT HAVE OR
BE EXPERIENCING AS A WOMAN, AS
A BLACK WOMAN, WHO IS QUEER, I
CAN
ONLY
IMAGINE. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT ABOUT THE ANTI-BLACK
RACISM HERE.
SHAME ON THEM.
TO CALL IT OUT AND STAND UP --
I'M STANDING WITH
YOU. AND STANDING AGAINST THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR CALLING IT WHAT
IT IS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THERE'S NO WAY I COULD NOT JUMP
IN AND EXPRESS MY SOLIDARITY
WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
I HAVE A FEW YEARS ON YOU.
AND WHAT I'M SEEING NOW IS KIND
OF A WATERED DOWN VERSION OFOF
I'VE EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
ROB, HOPE FLIP YOU
DIDN'T GET TOO MUCH OF IT
SERVING IN THE
446.
I GOT IT.
I'M SEEING SOME OF OUR
COLLEAGUES WHO
DID THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
CONSIDERED MUCH
WORSE BUT GOT TREATMENT THAT WAS
MUCH -- OH, ME ON THE
OTHER HAND -- SO, AGAIN, CALLING
IT
OUT WHEN IT HAPPENS IN THIS
CHAMBER. CALLING IT FOR WHAT IT
IS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST A MICRO
AGGRESSION. IT'S JUST AN
AGGRESSION.
I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT WHEN
I FIRST SOUGHT THIS
POSITION I WAS TOLD BY THE LEFT
THAT
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE
STRUGGLE AND THAT WAS COMING
FROM
WOKE WHITE PEOPLE THAT I DID
NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS
LIKE. I'M THINKING, ARE YOU
KIDDING
ME? SO TO HAVE THESE
KIND OF COMMENTS COME TO US
TODAY
THAT WE DON'T RESPECT RENTERS,
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND OR A LOT
OF ASSUMPTIONS MADE ABOUT
WHERE WE'RE
COMING FROM. ME BEING A
CORPORATE
LANDLORD, FOR EXAMPLE.
BY THE WAY, I'M NOT A LANDLORD
ANYMORE. SO LET'S JUST GET THAT
OFF THE
TABLE, AND IF ANYONE HAD
BOTHERED TO TALK TO ME AS
OPPOSED TO ASSUME THINGS ABOUT
ME, YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF
ASSUMPTIONS GOING AROUND, AND
LET'S STOP
THAT.
LET'S HAVE HONEST
CONVERSATIONS.
LET'S UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE
ALL ARE COMING FROM AND
LET'S RESPECT EACH OTHER.
LET'S TALK TO EACH OTHER NOT
AT EACH OTHER.
I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHEN
YOU'RE YELLING AT ME.
SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO
ME, I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU.
BUT I CAN'T HARPER YOU
WHEN YOU'RE YELLING AT ME.
SO LET'S COME BACK DOWN
TO RESPECT PEOPLE.
THAT'S IT.
I'M WITH YOU.
>> AS A WHITE PERSON, I HAVE
NOT EXPERIENCED THE RACISM THAT
YOU
HAVE EXPERIENCED OR SAY THATTHAT
CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR EXPERIENCE.
I CAN ONLY HOPE TO
UNDERSTAND THE DAMAGE THAT YOU
ARE
DESCRIBING, BUT IT IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
THE BEHAVIOR OF THE
COMMENTERS THE PAST THREE
MEETINGS HAS
BEEN DISRESPECTFUL, UNRULY,
DISRUPTIVE, AND, ABOVE ALL,
RACIST.
AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS IN THE
CHOICES THAT I HAVE TO
ESTABLISH ORDER, ET CETERA, ET
CETERA,
YESTERDAY.
BUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART, I AM SORRY THAT THAT -- I
REGRET THESE MEETINGS HAVE
BECOMEBECOME FOR THE
RACIST COMMENTS THAT ARE
BEING EXPRESSED AND EXPRESSING
ONE'S SOLIDARITY WITH THE FOLKS
THAT ARE EXPRESSING THESE
COMMENTS AMONGST COUNCILMEMBERS,
I FEEL
LIKE -- ALL I'LL SAY I AM SORRY
THIS IS GOING ON.
I STAND WITH MY BLACK
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND I HEAR
YOU AND AM SEEKING WAYS
OF DOING BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO
RUNNING THESE MEETINGS.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT COME
TO THESE MEETINGS AND
EXPRESS THESE HATEFUL THINGS
ARE ACTUALLY LISTENING OR WILL
TAKE
NOTE OF YOUR COMMENTS. THANK
YOU.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP?
>> I DID, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IT IS REALLY TROUBLING, AND
I THANK MY COLLEAGUES
FOR SPEAKING UP.
WHAT IS IN ADDITION TO
EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID,
IT IS SO TROUBLING TO ME THAT
PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE TO
SAY THAT÷÷THAT SPEAKING ON
BEHALF
OF, THAT IS NOT OKAY.
YOU DON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A CONVERSATION
WITH.
AND THE TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF PEOPLE FOR YOUR OWN GAIN IS
NOT
OKAY.
AND OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT A BLACK
PERSON.
AS A LATINA WOMAN, I HAVE
BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF A LOT OF
HATE AND PEOPLE TELLING ME I'M
NOT
LATINA OR LATINA ENOUGH.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT
MEANS EXACTLY.
AND SO, STILL, I'M NOT
COMPARING
IT. I AM NOT
BLACK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
FEELS
LIKE, WHAT THAT IS, AND, YOU
KNOW, THAT YOU STRUGGLE WITH.
I STAND WITH YOU.
I AM JUST DISHEARTENED AS A
WOMAN IN MY 50s TO SEE ALL
THAT IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN
AND ESPECIALLY IN A CITY THAT
SAYS
AND THINKS OF ITSELF AS SO --
WE ARE WELCOMING.
WE ARE WELCOMING PEOPLE TO COME
TALK TO US AND AGREE TO
DISAGREE, BUT FOR A CITY THAT
SAYS THEY WANT TO SPEAK FOR
THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A
VOICE
THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT DOING A
VERY GOOD JOB DOING THAT, IN MY
OPINION.
SO, ANYWAY, THANK YOU,
COLLEAGUES, FOR RAISING THIS
BECAUSE IT'S NOT OKAY.
AND I AM NOT OKAY THAT THIS
IS HAPPENING TO MY COLLEAGUES
HERE, WHAT YOU HAVE TO
DEAL WITH AS BLACK PEOPLE ON
THIS COUNCIL.
IT IS VERY DISENHEARTENING
THIS IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.
I HOPE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING AND
TAKING NOTE.
IT'S JUST NOT OKAY.
SO THANK
YOU.
>> IT'S THE EPITOME OF
HYPOCRISY WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT
HERE,
AND I AM SORRY. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
FOR, AGAIN, BRINGING IT TO OUR
ATTENTION, BUT IT'S
REPREHENSIBLE THAT YOU HAVE TO.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
WE'VE REACHED THE END OF
TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ON JUNE
10th AT
2:00 P.M.
HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE
ARE ADJOURNED.