COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS
TODAY SO NOW WE WILL OPEN THE
HYBRID COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC
COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA. THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRALS
CALENDAR, AND THE COUNCIL WORK
PROGRAM. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE
HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> WE HAVE SIX IN PERSON, TWO
REMOTE.
>> WE WILL GO AHEAD WITH YOU IN
PERSON AND THEN GO TO THE
REMOTE. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY CAN
HAVE TWO MINUTES.
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL
BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY
REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL
ALTERNATE BETWEEN SETS OF
IMPRISONED REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS
ENDED.'S BECAUSE WE HEAR A
CHIME IN 10 SECONDS OR LESS OF
THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MAKES WILL
BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END
THEIR COMMENTS WITH THE ALLOTTED
TIME. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN AND WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
>> WE WILL START WITH -- FIRST
WE HAVE MATT PAYNE AND THEN PAUL
AND THEN PATRICK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. WE FACE THREE
MORE YEARS OF FEDERAL
IMMIGRATION I.C.E. THAT
THREATENS THE WELL-BEING OF OUR
NEIGHBORS. NOW, MORE THAN EVER,
SEATTLE MUST TAKE CLEAR AND
DECISIVE ACTION TO DETECT OUR
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY FROM FURTHER
HARM BY I.C.E. DURING OVER 90
HOURS IN THE HALLWAYS OF
IMMIGRATION COURT WITH I.C.E., I
DID NOT SEE DANGEROUS CRIMINALS
BEING REMOVED. I SAW
GRANDPARENTS, SPOUSES, SIBLINGS,
AND SINGLE MOTHERS. ORDINARY
PEOPLE DISAPPEARING DOWN AN
ELEVATOR SHAFT. THESE ARE OUR
FRIENDS, OUR COLLEAGUES, AND OUR
NEIGHBORS. WE MUST LEARN FROM
WHAT HAPPENED IN LOS ANGELES
WERE I.C.E. RAIDS DEMONSTRATED
FAMILIES AND TAKE PROACTIVE
STEPS TO PREVENT MORE TRAGEDIES
HERE. SEATTLE HAS ALWAYS DONE
FOR INCLUSION AND COMPASSION.
NOW IS THE TIME TO REAFFIRM
THOSE VALUES. I URGE CITY
COUNCIL AND SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY
WITH THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND
DEVELOPING STRATEGY AND
SOLUTIONS, NOT JUST BROAD
STATEMENTS. EDUCATE THE PUBLIC
ON HOW TO RESPOND IF I.C.E.
RETURNS SO WE CAN STAND TOGETHER
TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE
AMONG US. WE COME INTO THE KEEP
WASHINGTON WORKING PROGRAM AND
THE PROTECTION OF IMMIGRANT
WORKFORCE. ASK LOCAL LEGISLATION
REQUIRING ALL FEDERAL AND STATE
OFFICIALS HAVE I.D. , DEVELOP
SPD PROTOCOL TO PREVENT UNLAWFUL
DETENTIONS BY UNPATCHED OR
UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS. MS.
RINK, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO I
SAW AT IMMIGRATION COURT. THE
REST OF YOU, NOW IS YOUR TIME TO
STEP UP, TO SHOW UP , AND TO PUT
YOUR WORDS INTO ACTION. LET US
WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE SEATTLE
REMAINS A SAFE CITY FOR EVERYONE
WHO CALLS IT HOME. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> PAUL?
>> HI. I'M PAUL WITH THE KING
COUNTY GOP. I WILL BE LATER
PRESENTING TO THE CITY COUNCIL
AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL A REPORT
AND AN ACTION PLAN FOR DEALING
WITH THE DRUG ADDICTS BEING
ALLOWED TO ROD OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
AND BUSINESSES. IN THIS, I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU AS THIS GETS ORGANIZED AND
UNDERWAY. THE CRUX OF THE MATTER
IS THAT TAXPAYER DOLLARS SHOULD
NOT BE GIVEN TO ANY NONPROFIT
THAT IS ENGAGED IN ANY SHELTER,
HOUSING, OR ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS
LOW BARRIER SITUATIONS. THE
STATE SHOULD NOT BE SUBSIDIZING
THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR
COMMUNITY. HOW CAN LAW
ENFORCEMENT DO THEIR JOB UNDER
SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES? THEY CAN'T.
IT IS TIME WE GOT ORGANIZED TO
CALL IT WHAT IT IS AND TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS NOT
GOING TO GO AWAY. WE HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE PROBLEM OF ALLOWING
DRUG ADDICTS TUMOR ROD OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU CAN'T ALLOW
THAT. IT HAS GOT TO COME TO AN
END. IT IS DESTROYING THE CITY.
IT IS DESTROYING THE MORALE . IT
IS DESTROYING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS MAKING PEOPLE VERY
CYNICAL. IT IS MAKING PEOPLE
VERY APATHETIC.
>> THANKS.
>> THIS HAS TO CHANGE AND I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU ALL ON THAT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> WE NOW HAVE PATRICK AND THEN
I BELIEVE IT IS STEVE.
>> HI. THANKS. THE COUNCIL WILL
BE CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF
SEATTLE'S POLICE CHIEF LATER
TODAY BUT READING THROUGH THE
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS, I AM STRUCK BY
THE LEVEL OF DISCONNECT FROM
CONTEMPORARY EVENTS NOBODY ASKED
SO HERE GOES. CHIEF BARNES, HOW
DO YOU SEE THE ROLL OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOING
FORWARD AS AUTHORITARIAN POLICE
SPACE CONSTRUCTION AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL? JUST LAST NIGHT,
I ASK THIS QUESTION OF AN SPD
OFFICER AND HE AGREED THAT THEY
WERE NOT ENGAGING LIKE
LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
IT IS TRUE. THEY REFUSAL TO
IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. THEY ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY AGGRESSIVE
AND VIOLENT TACTICS. THEY HAVE
OPEN RELIANCE ON RACIAL PROFILE
LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE JIM
CROW SOUTH. SPD WILL NOT ASSIST
I.C.E., HE TOLD ME AND YET,
THERE THEY WERE AT THE FEDERAL
BUILDING CLEARING A CROWD,
HELPING I.C.E. TAKE OUT A VAN
LOAD OF PEOPLE. PEOPLE KIDNAPPED
IN THE PROCESS OF EXERCISING
THEIR DUE PROCESS. WHAT AM I NOT
UNDERSTANDING? WHAT WOULD YOU
DO? I ASKED HIM IF RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET YOU SAW A GANG OF
MASKED UNIDENTIFIED MAN ROLL UP
ON A BROWN GUY NOT COME DOWN AND
DRAG HIM INTO AN UNMARKED CAR.
WOULD YOU TREAT IT AS AN
ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING IN
PROGRESS? HE CONSIDERED THIS.
I'D INVESTIGATE. JUST AS A
THOUGHT EXPERIMENT, IMAGINE A
COUPLE OF COPS SEE ME WALKING
DOWN THE STREET AND BEING
SUDDENLY ATTACKED BY HALF A
DOZEN GUYS IN MASKS. I DON'T
WANT AN INVESTIGATION, I WANT A
POLICE RESPONSE. EVERYONE HERE
WOULD EXPECT TO BE PROTECTED
UNQUESTIONINGLY AND IMMEDIATELY
BECAUSE WHAT I AM DESCRIBING IS
A CRIME AND THIS IS NOT MATH OUR
POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD BE ASKED
TO DO, EVALUATE IN THE MOMENT
EVERY ANONYMOUS ASSAULT IN
PROGRESS. WE NEED THEM
RESPONDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH A
CLEAR SET OF ORDERS, ORDERS
PROVIDED WITH THE MAYOR AND THE
CITY COUNCIL. I.C.E. NEEDS TO BE
TOLD THEY CANNOT OPERATE WITH
IMPUNITY IN SEATTLE, CANNOT
SOLICIT THE COLLABORATION OF SPD
AND THE CRIMES, CANNOT THE
SULTAN KIDNAP OUR RESIDENTS.
MAKING THIS CLEAR IS THE --
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE STEVE AND THEN
FOLLOWING STEVE WILL BE BENNETT.
>> FOR TOO LONG, WE HAVE NOT HAD
A POLICE FORCE THAT ACTUALLY
PROTECTED AVERAGE CITIZENS. IT
HAS BEEN MORE IN REGARD TO THE
NEIGHBOR AND HIS FRIENDS. WE
HAVE A BULLYING PRIVATE SECURITY
INDUSTRY IN THE CITY, THE LIKES
OF WHICH I HAD NOT SEEN IN MY
LIFETIME NOW. THE REASON WHY WE
HAVE IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
DOING A VERY GOOD JOB . I WISH
THIS WOULD HAVE TAKEN A LITTLE
LONGER AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE
TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS
GOING TO BE DONE DIFFERENTLY.
WHAT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE IMPROVED
? ANOTHER TWO YEAR PLAN MAKES
THIS SOUND LIKE THE OLD SOVIET
UNION. EVERY TWO YEARS WE HAVE A
TWO, FOUR, SIX YEAR PLAN. RIGHT
NOW, ASSAULTS IN THE CITY ARE
NOT BEING INVESTIGATED. STILL,
THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
ALMOST AS LONG AS AMERICA
PARTICIPATED IN WORLD WAR II.
NOT MAYBE AS LONG AS OUR
EUROPEAN ALLIES WERE FIGHTING
BUT AS LONG AS WE WERE THERE. IT
IS TIME WE START TAKING A LOOK
AT PROPOSALS THAT WILL ACTUALLY
REALLY WORK AND I DON'T SEE IT
WORKING. SEATTLE SHOULD BE ON
THE FOREFRONT OF ACTUALLY DOING
SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE CITIZENS.
THEIR USED TO BE A WAY TO
CONTACT THE POLICE WHEN YOU DID
NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON TO
THE CHIEF'S OFFICE . AND, YOU
WOULD GET A RESPONSE,
SELF-CORRECTING. I DON'T SEE
THAT WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE FOR
MANY, MANY YEARS. I DON'T WANT
THEM TO HAVE THE ATTITUDE THAT
WE DON'T CARE AND WE DON'T
HAVE TO. I WANT THEM TO THINK
MORE ABOUT THE AVERAGE
CITIZEN'S BUSINESSES IN THE
CITY.
>> WE HAVE BENNETT AND FOLLOWING
BENNETT WILL BE ALEX TSIMERMAN.
>> ONE OR MORE OF YOUR BACKING
SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL OR
RUNNING AGAINST ANOTHER
CANDIDATE. THEY SAY IF YOU DID
SOMETHING CALLED A REDDIT AMA OR
ASK ME ANYTHING. THIS IS NOT FOR
THE NOVELTY FACTOR. I AM THE HIP
CANDIDATE, I AM ON REDDIT, I
GENUINELY BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE
A MORE EFFECTIVE FORUM FOR
MAKING AN ARGUMENT. SOME OF THE
PROBLEMS , YOU HAVE PEOPLE
LINING UP AT THE MIC TO ASK MANY
VERSIONS OF THE SAME REPETITIVE
QUESTION. YOU HAVE PEOPLE DOING
BLATANT GRANDSTANDING AT THE
GUISE OF A QUESTION. YOU DON'T
REALLY HAVE FOLLOW-UP AND THE
ANSWERS ARE -- A REDDIT AMA DOES
NOT HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS. WHEN
ONE PERSON ASKS A QUESTION THAT
LOTS OF PEOPLE WANT TO ASK, THEY
WILL ATTEND THE VOTE OF THAT
QUESTION. ALSO, THE CANDIDATES
HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE. THE
QUESTIONS THAT GET VOTED TO THE
TOP TEND TO BE ONES -- THEY ARE
NOT GRANDSTANDING. THEY ARE
TOUGH BUT FAIR QUESTIONS THAT
CAN BE ANSWERED AND THEN IF
SOMEBODY HAS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE
ANSWER THAT YOU GIVE, THE
FOLLOW-UPS CAN BE VOTED ON JUST
LIKE THE TOP LEVEL QUESTIONS AND
THE ONES THAT GET VOTED TO THE
TOP TEND TO BE TOUGH BUT FAIR,
REASONABLE FOLLOW-UPS TO THE
ANSWERS THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED.
ALSO, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. I
SINCERELY BELIEVE IF YOU HAVE A
CONTROVERSIAL OR UNPOPULAR
POSITION THAT YOU THINK WILL
HOLD UP OR LOOK BETTER UNDER
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF TOUGH BUT
FAIR QUESTIONING, YOU CAN TRY
THIS. I HAVE BEEN TO THE
ALTERNATE FORMAT ONES. I WAS AT
A DEBATE AND THERE WERE
SITUATIONS WHERE SOMEBODY ASKED,
WE ARE CONCERNED YOU ARE ASKED
BY BIG BUSINESS AND SHE SAID
I'M NOT BACKED BY BIG BUSINESS.
SHE SAID I OWN A SMALL BUSINESS
AND THAT IS NOT REALLY RELEVANT.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THE WHOLE
MINUTE IS BURNED WITHOUT REALLY
CONVEYING ANY ACTUAL INFORMATION
AND ALSO, HER HUSBAND WAS THERE
AND HE KEPT YELLING AND HECKLING
AT THE LEXUS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
WHERE IS SARA NELSON WHEN YOU
NEED HER, RIGHT?
>> YOU KNOW MY NAME, ALEX
TSIMERMAN. HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME
ALEX TSIMERMAN AND I HAVE
EXPLAINED TO YOU SOMETHING. FIVE
DAY AGO , THEY CUT MY STATEMENT
FOR ELECTION. FIRST TIME I GO
FOR ELECTION IN MY LIFE. WHO DID
THIS? VERY INTERESTING. DATED
THIS UNDER COUNCILMEMBER --
COCHAIR RIGHT NOW. WHY HE DID
THIS? HE IS A REFUGEE. HE IS
HERE UNDER MARTIN LUTHER KING'S
PICTURE. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS
MEANS? I COMMEND SPEAK HERE
ALMOST FOR 35 YEARS, MAYBE 40.
THIS VERY INTERESTING FOR ME.
WHY? BECAUSE I TALKED FOR 30+
YEARS. BIGGER AND BIGGER AND
BIGGER. CANNOT BE STOPPED WHEN
PEOPLE ACTING LIKE AN IDIOT.
EVERYTHING FOR 30 YEARS. NO MORE
FASCISTS FOR 30 YEARS. YOU GUYS,
BY DEFINITION -- EXACTLY WHO YOU
ARE. YOU DON'T CLEAN, IT WILL
GO FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS. RIGHT
NOW, CAN I GIVE YOU STATEMENT OF
MY COPY FROM STATEMENT -- YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT IS YOU ARE
DOING. VIVA NUMERICAL
REVOLUTION. BEFORE PEOPLE STOP
ACTING LIKE AN IDIOT BECAUSE
ONLY IDIOTS NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. IT IS OUR
LAST CHANCE. BRING COUNTRY BACK
. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE. HELLO CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE AUDIENCE.
I AM A CONSTITUENT FROM DISTRICT
7. I AM AN IMMIGRANT AND YOU CAN
TELL FROM MY ACCENT, FROM
RUSSIA. I WAS NOT ON ACCIDENT
BUT I GOT VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT HAS BEEN HERE IN AMERICA I
AM A CITIZEN IT HAS REMINDED ME
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN RUSSIA. MY
QUESTION TO YOU IS, DO YOU PLAN
TO INTRODUCE A LEGISLATION WHERE
THEY INTRODUCE PARTNERSHIPS OF
THE POLICE WITH I.C.E.? ALSO,
REQUIRING ALL THE I.C.E. AGENTS
TO BE DE-MASKED AND REQUIRING
FOR THEM TO BE IDENTIFIED? THERE
ARE ALREADY CASES OF PEOPLE
IMPERSONATING I.C.E. AGENTS AND
PEOPLE IN MASKS HAVE GRABBED
PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND WE
DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. IN
FEBRUARY WHEN THINGS STARTED
HAPPENING, I SPOKE TO MY FRIENDS
AND I SAID LISTEN TO WHAT IS
GOING ON HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE
RUSSIA. IN AMERICA WE HAVE
CHECKS AND BALANCES. I DON'T
SEE THE CHECK SENT BALANCES
WORKING. THANK YOU.
>> THAT WAS OUR LAST REGISTERED
IN PERSON.
>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ONLINE
PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE ALBERTO
FOLLOWED BY ROSE. PLEASE PRESS
*6 WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
PLEASE GO AHEAD, ALBERTO.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL IS FACING
A SEVERE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AND A
BUDGET THAT WILL NOT MATCH THE
NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. REDUCTION
IN SERVICES OF STAFFING WILL
DESTABILIZE WORKING FAMILIES AND
ELDERS ON FIXED INCOME. PEOPLE
ARE MAKING SACRIFICES JUST TO
KEEP A HOME AND LIVE ON BUDGET.
COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE JOB OF
APPOINTING DISTRICT 5 MEMBER,
UNELECTED AND WITH THE POTENTIAL
TO CAUSE IMMENSE DAMAGE IN THE
YEAR PLUS THEY WILL BE IN
OFFICE. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE FOUR
OF YOU ARE A FAIR REPRESENTATION
OF SEATTLE'S LEFT, RIGHT, AND
CENTER. YOU MUST CHOOSE PEOPLE
OVER PROFIT AND HOUSING
STABILITY OVER MASS EVICTIONS.
THIS APPOINTMENT IS A LIFE AND
DEATH DECISION FOR THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO GET THIS ONE
RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A
GOOD DAY.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ROSE
FOLLOWED BY DAVID.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS ROSE. THIS
LAST WEEK AND FINALLY ANNOUNCED
TODAY, ZORAN MAN DONNIE, THE
PROSPECTIVE MAYOR OF NEW YORK
CITY WAS NOMINATED TO THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. AS PART OF
HIS POLICY THAT IS UNIQUELY
POPULAR, HE SAID WE WILL ENSURE
THAT FOR NEW YORK, THEY ARE
PROTECTING THEIR STRENGTH AND
SANCTUARY CITY APPARATUS BY
GETTING I.C.E. OUT OF ALL-CITY
FACILITIES AND INCREASING ALL
PERSONAL DATA. ALL OF THESE ARE
VERY SIMPLE THINGS THAT THE
COUNCIL COULD ACTUALLY GO AND
START DOING TODAY. IT HAS BEEN
WEEKS OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT
HOW THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE BEING
STOLEN OFF THE STREETS, HOW
PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN IN WAYS
THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN
AMERICA, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
DOES NOTHING. I UNDERSTAND THAT
PEOPLE DO NOT MATTER THE SAME
WAY GOLF COURSES AS CURBS OR THE
POLICE FORCE BUT THESE ARE
PEOPLE YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT.
THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. THESE ARE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SO RELEVANT
AND EVERYONE FEELING THAT THEY
CAN BE A PART HERE AND INSTEAD
OF STANDING UP TO A SPECIFIC
REGIME, THEY ARE DOING NOTHING.
YOU HAVE A 19% APPROVAL RATING
FOR EVERYONE IN SEATTLE AND YOU
ARE UP FOR REELECTION FOR A
PRIMARY IN A MONTH. I DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW YOU THINK YOU
WILL GET REELECTED IF YOU ARE
HAVING A LOWER APPROVAL RATING
THAN TRUMP DOES IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON. RIGHT NOW, IT IS SO
INCREDIBLY LOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE
ZERO FAITH IN CITY COUNCIL TO DO
ANYTHING MEANINGFUL. WE HAVE THE
CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO
BE THERE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT
AREN'T THERE. WE HAVE THE
CHANCE TO SHOW UP. CITY
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HAS THE
HIGHEST APPROVAL RATING OF
EVERYONE IN THE COUNCIL AND THAT
IS A LARGE PART BECAUSE SHE HAS
BEEN SHOWING UP AND SHOWING THAT
SHE IS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY
THAT SHE CARES ABOUT AND SHE
REALIZES WE ARE NOT JUST
INDIVIDUALS ISOLATED BUT THAT WE
ARE ALL THERE. SHOW UP AND BE
THERE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. BE THE
PEOPLE WE DEMAND YOU TO BE.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER
IS DAVID. GO AHEAD, DAVID.
>> YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS *6,
DAVID.
>> THANK YOU. DAVID. YOU ARE
LISTENING TO THE POLICE CHIEF.
QUICK WITH A POLITICAL EXCUSE OR
A BUTTON PUSHING STAFFING ISSUE.
IT IS A REMINDER OF THE BINDER
THAT WHEN DEMOCRATS SABOTAGE
POLICE REFORM THEY HAVE DRUG
POSTERS FROM JARON PRIORITIZE
HIRING LEADERS WHO ARE WILLING
-- NOT TRAIN DOWN WITH SERIOUS
PROBLEMS OF THEIR AUTONOMY THAT
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO
DOWNTOWN. EVERY SINGLE DAY THERE
ARE THESE JUNKIES HANGING OUT AT
THE BUS STOP AND THEN A COUPLE
OF THEM HOP ON THE BUS. THERE IS
NO TRESPASSING. THERE IS NO
EFFORT FROM THE BUS DRIVER.
THERE IS NO EFFORT BETWEEN METRO
TRANSIT AND THE POLICE TO WORK
TOGETHER TO SWEEP THE BUS OFF.
INSTEAD YOU GET ONE OF THESE
TOP-END TRANSIT THAT WILL ACT
LIKE THE JURISDICTION OF THE
REQUIREMENT DON'T TAKE PLACE
WITH THE INSIDE OF THE BUS STOP.
THAT IS NOT THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY. YOU TRESPASS
DOWNTOWN, QUESTION THEM AND PUT
THEM ON A CORNER -- THEY ARE
GOING TO BE FED UP IN 24 HOURS
BY THE NATIONAL GUARD UNTIL
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS IN
CHARGE OF PROTECTING THE BODY --
PLAYING THE RACE CARD, BLAMING
THE WHITE MAN FOR EVERYTHING.
>> IS THAT IT?
>> THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
OUR REGISTERED SPEAKERS SO THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
CLOSED. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR
YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. I DO WANT
TO NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH HAS JOINED US AS
WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ,
RIGHT BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD STARTED.
>> ALL RIGHT, IF THERE IS NO
INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE IS
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. HEARING
NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE
WILL NOW CONSIDER THE PROPOSED
CONSENT CALENDAR. THE ITEMS ON
THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE THE
MINUTES OF JUNE 24, 2025,
COUNCIL BILL 121010 , 20
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE HOUSING
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE AND
THREE APPOINTMENTS FROM THE LAND
USE COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY
ITEMS THE COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD
LIKE TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S
CONSENT CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, I MOVED TO ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? LET'S
SEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD?
>> FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, ITEM 1, APPOINTMENT
03175, APPOINTMENT OF SHON
FITZGERALD BARNES AS SEATTLE
POLICE CHIEF. THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT THE COMMITTEE
CONFIRM.
>> HERE IS WHAT IS GOING ON.
THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION
ABOUT WHEN THIS WOULD BE COMING
UP -- NEVERMIND. WE ARE ON
TRACK. ALL RIGHT. SO,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, AS CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
. COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING PUBLIC SAFETY QUITE
DILIGENTLY OVER THE PAST 18
MONTHS AND WE ARE QUITE AWARE OF
THE NEED FOR LEADERSHIP WITHIN
OUR DEPARTMENT ON A WHOLE HOST
OF ISSUES. I, MYSELF, FIRST MET
CHIEF BARNES LAST NOVEMBER. ONE
OF THE THINGS I KNEW FROM MY
EXPERIENCE WAS WE NEEDED AN
OUTSIDE CANDIDATE. WE NEEDED
SOMEBODY WITH THAT DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE TO COME AND LEAD OUR
DEPARTMENT, ONE WITH A DIVERSE
BACKGROUND AS COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH NOTED IN OUR
COMMITTEE MEETING, IN TERMS OF
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FIELD AND
ALSO AS A TEACHER AND A MARINE.
ALSO IMPORTANT TOO IS A VERY
STRONG ECONOMIC BACKGROUND AND A
STRONG BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF
THE REFORM AND BRINGING THESE
IDEAS TO FRUITION. I DO BELIEVE,
DURING THE COURSE OF THE
COMMITTEE MEETING, WE HAVE A
NOMINEE WHO WAS COMMITTED TO
REFORM, PARTICULARLY IN THE ONE
SEATTLE WAY WITH SEATTLE VALUES
AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT IT IS NOT
JUST ON THOSE PIECES BUT IT IS
ALSO THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF IT
TOO. AS WE NOTED IN THE
COMMITTEE MEETING, THAT ALSO
REFERS TO COMMUNICATION AND THE
NEED FOR SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO COMMUNICATE NOT
ONLY WITH THE COUNCIL BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY WITH THE CITY AND
ITS NEIGHBORHOODS. ON THAT
POINT, I THINK CHIEF BARNES HAS
SHOWN HIS OUTREACH. HE HAS GIVEN
HIMSELF BEFORE THE BADGE PROGRAM
WHERE HE HAS GONE TO EACH OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS TO UNDERSTAND THE
VARIOUS PIECES THAT MAKE UP OUR
CITY IN TERMS OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE
POPULATIONS AND THE VERY DIVERSE
ASPECTS OF OUR CITY. TO GO
AROUND AND DO SO IS VERY
IMPORTANT. IT ALSO HAPPENS WITH
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS. HE
MET WITH THEM. I WAS HAVING A
MEETING WITH THE NATIVE
COMMUNITY AND CHIEF BARNES HAD
DONE THAT AS WELL. THESE PIECES
ARE VERY IMPORTANT. THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART IS DOING THE
OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT
MAKE UP OUR CITY. WITH THIS
BACKGROUND AND THE PROCESS THAT
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH IN TERMS OF
ROLL CALLS AND THE LIKE, MEETING
WITH COMMUNITY OF THE NOMINATION
PACKAGE, THE Q&A PACKAGE AS
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA NOTED, I
DON'T LIFT THEM UP ANYMORE IN
TERMS OF DOCUMENTS BUT THIS IS
THOROUGH AND VERY GOOD
BACKGROUND IN ORDER TO MAKE A
DECISION. WITH THAT SAID , I
LOOK AT MY COLLEAGUES AND ASK
FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN VOTING AYE
FOR THIS NOMINATION. THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WILL
OPEN THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS OR
COLLEAGUES -- COMMENTS FROM
COLLEAGUES ON THIS APPOINTMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DO
SUPPORT THE APPOINTMENT OF THE
CHIEF BARNES TO BE OUR NEW
PERMANENT CHIEF. I APPRECIATE
YOUR ACCESSIBILITY AND IMPORT
FITNESS TO MEET. I APPRECIATE
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE IN
THOSE ISSUES AROUND AURORA AS
WELL AS LAKE CITY SERIOUSLY.
THEY WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY TAKEN
SERIOUSLY AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE
BROUGHT A NEW UNDERSTANDING AND
COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING THE
RIGHT OF ALL OF THOSE RESIDENTS
TO PEACEFUL EMPLOYMENT IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL AND ALSO
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING
RESOURCES TO THE NORTH PRECINCT
CAPTAIN AND EMPOWERING HIM AND
HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM TO DO WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO TO TRULY PROVIDE
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN DISTRICT 5.
I BELIEVE THAT I WANT TO BE
HELPFUL. AS I SAID IN THE
COMMITTEE MEETING, I DO BELIEVE
THAT WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS. IT
HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A WHILE SINCE
WE HAVE HAD A PERMANENT CHIEF
HERE FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME SO I
AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU ARE WILLING
AND ABLE TO MAKE THIS YOUR HOME
FOR A LONG TIME COMING. I THINK
IT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR
HEALING THAT WE NEED TO DO FROM
THE PAST AND ALSO FOR US TO HAVE
CONSISTENCY AS WE GO FORWARD.
THIS IS, AS YOU KNOW, VERY
TURBULENT AND TRYING TIMES AHEAD
OF US AND WE ARE GOING TO NEED
TO HAVE A STEADY HAND. WE ARE
GOING TO NEED TO HAVE A
PROFESSIONAL HAND, A THOUGHTFUL
PARTNER IN THIS BECAUSE WE
REALLY, TRULY NEED TO WORK
TOGETHER SO THAT WE ARE NOT --
WE DO NOT ALLOW THE FORCES
OUTSIDE OF US TO DIVIDE US IN A
WAY THAT PREVENTS US FROM BEING
ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE
THE SAFETY OF ALL. IN SEEING HOW
YOU HAVE OPERATED TO DATE, I AM
CONFIDENT THAT YOU WOULD
CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN SUCH A
MANNER. THANK YOU FOR BEING
WILLING TO STEP UP TO SUCH A
DIFFICULT POSITION. I LOOK
FORWARD FROM WATCHING YOUR
SUCCESS FROM AFAR. THANK YOU,
CHIEF BARNES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> THANK YOU MADAME COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I SHARE MY MORE
COMMENTS ON THIS TOPIC AT THE
COMMITTEE LEVEL AS VICE CHAIR OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BUT
I WILL RESTATE A FEW OF THE
CENTRAL THEMES HERE , ESPECIALLY
GIVEN THAT THE CHIEF HAS JOINED
US TODAY. FIRST AND FOREMOST,
CHIEF BARNES, I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY
SO FAR AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THIS
CAPACITY. I AM HONORED TO BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR NOMINATION
TODAY TO SERVE AS THE CHIEF ON A
MORE PERMANENT BASIS. NOW, MORE
THAN EVER, OUR CITY HAS NEEDED
AN OUTSIDE LEADER TO COME IN AND
LEAD THIS DEPARTMENT AND
WHENEVER THERE IS SOMEONE THAT
COMES IN FROM THE OUTSIDE, THERE
IS ALWAYS A LITTLE TREPIDATION
THAT CAN HAPPEN IN COMMUNITY
WITHIN THE RANKS OF THE
DEPARTMENT ITSELF, ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS
BUT I THINK YOU, CHIEF, ARE THE
RIGHT LEADER, THE RIGHT OUTSIDE
LEADER AT THE RIGHT MOMENT FOR
THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT AND I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL
COLLABORATION AND CLOSE
PARTNERSHIP SO FAR WITH MY
OFFICE ON ANY NUMBER OF DISTRICT
ONE RELATED PUBLIC SAFETY
CHALLENGES INCLUDING RAMP AND
GUN VIOLENCE, PROBLEMS SPEED
RACING, BASIC TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT. A LITTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUE THAT TRULY
MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S
LIVES. TAKING LESSONS AND
LEARNINGS FROM THOSE, DISTRICT 1
FOCUSED CONVERSATIONS AND
APPLYING THEM AND SCALING THEM
ACROSS THE CITY. I FOUND YOU TO
BE A VERY INSIGHTFUL, HIGHLY
COLLABORATIVE AND THOUGHTFUL
GOVERNING PARTNER. I WANT TO
THANK THE MAYOR FOR CHOOSING YOU
TO BEGIN WITH. SMART PICK. BUT,
WE HAVE HAD SOME GREAT
OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER
ALREADY. CHIEF, I'VE GOT TO
TELL YOU, NOW THE WORK REALLY
BEGINS . NOW THE WORK REALLY
BEGINS TO CONTINUE TO EARN TRUST
WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES. NOW THE
WORK REALLY BEGINS TO CONTINUE
TO MAKE BETTER PROGRESS ON SOME
OF THESE STATISTICS. AND NOW THE
WORK TRULY BEGINS TO COLLABORATE
WITH EVERYONE. ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS,
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. NOW,
THE WORK TRULY BEGINS. I'M
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO, AND
HONORED, TO BE HONEST, TO BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR NOMINATION
TODAY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
ROLLING UP MY SLEEVES WITH YOU
AND ALONGSIDE YOU TO DO THIS
WORK TOGETHER AND I KNOW YOU ARE
UP FOR THE TASK YOURSELF. THANK
YOU. THAT IS ALL I HAVE, MADAME
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I DO WANT TO EXTEND MY NOTE OF
GRATITUDE TO THE CHIEF FOR HIS
STRONG COLLABORATION AFTER --
OUT OF THE GATE. HE HAS BEEN
HERE, IN PARTICULAR TO ME, AND
REALLY APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION
HE HAS GIVEN IN THE DISTRICT
THAT I REPRESENT, DISTRICT FOR
AND NOT ONLY JUST BEING SO
COLLABORATIVE BUT A GOOD PROBLEM
SOLVER AND A CARING INDIVIDUAL.
IT IS REALLY CLEAR THAT YOU CARE
ABOUT THE RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE,
YOUR NEW HOME, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP
CONTINUING, THE BOARD TO
CONTINUE TO TRY TO MAKE SOME
HEADWAY'S ON THE ISSUES THAT WE
ARE EXPERIENCING IN SEATTLE SO I
WILL BE SUPPORTING YOUR
NOMINATION AND I WILL KEEP THIS
BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO THANK
YOU AND TO TELL YOU THAT YOU
HAVE MY SUPPORT. I THINK YOU ARE
THE RIGHT PICK AND I REALLY LOOK
FORWARD TO THE COLLABORATION.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES , THIS
APPOINTMENT WILL MARK A NEW
CHAPTER FOR THE DEPARTMENT, NOT
ONLY BY BUILDING A RESPONSE
SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES QUICK
RESPONSES AND RIGHT RESPONSES
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SCENARIOS BUT
ONE THAT HOPEFULLY USHERS IN A
REAL MOMENT OF CULTURE CHANGE
FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THE
MEANINGFUL CHANGES TO OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM TO ENSURE
WE ARE DELIVERING ACCOUNTABLE
SERVICES. THERE ARE NOT REAL
QUESTIONS RAISED TODAY IN PUBLIC
COMMENT BUT QUESTIONS THAT MY
OFFICE CONTINUES TO HEAR ABOUT
ABOUT I.C.E. IN OUR COMMUNITY,
DISAPPEARING OUR RESIDENCE AND
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON
THAT FRONT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
LOOKING TO SOLVE THAT SO WE ARE
TRULY KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS
SAFE. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
DEPARTMENT TODAY ON THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE A LOT
OF WORK TO DO TO KEEP OUR
RESIDENTS SAFE AND TAKE ON
MEANINGFUL ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ALSO TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE
FROM THE ACTIONS FROM THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. CHIEF, WHEN I FIRST
HEARD ABOUT YOU I WENT, THIS IS
THE GUY AND THEN I MET YOU. I
WENT, YEAH, THIS IS THE GUY.
THEN WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND WE
STARTED WORKING ON THINGS AND
ADDRESSING SOME SPECIFIC ISSUES
TOO. LOOK AT THIS GUY. LET'S
GET HIM CONFIRMED NOW. I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO
VOTE YES ON YOUR CONFIRMATION
TODAY, MAKE IT PERMANENT. A LONG
TIME COMING. ONE FINAL COMMENT,
LET'S GO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I FIRST WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND HIS
OFFICE , AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, BUT COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE RAN A PHENOMENAL PROCESS
ENGAGING WITH COLLEAGUES AND
STAFF DURING THE PROCESS. I JUST
WANTED TO GIVE HIM THE PROPS.
THE SECOND THING, BESIDES THE
ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH
THE CHIEF WHICH IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT, I ALSO WANT TO
ELEVATE -- THE THING THAT DID IT
FOR ME, AND I DID, AND IN OUR
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BUT THAT
INTERIM CHIEF BARNES HAS MADE IT
VERY CLEAR THAT BUILDING TRUST
WITH OUR YOUTH IS THE CENTRAL
PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY,
BOTTOM-LINE. YOU KEEP YOUR KIDS
SAFE AND THE BABIES SAFE AND OUR
YOUTH SAFE, YOU GIVE FAMILIES
SAFE. IF YOU CAN KEEP OUR KIDS
SAFE, WE ARE ALL SAFE. THAT IS A
PIECE THAT IS ALWAYS ELEVATED
WITH ME AND WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT
THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE TYPES OF
RESPONSE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE
ENGAGE WITH OUR YOUTH EARLY,
WITH CONNECTIONS, WITH
COMMUNITIES AND I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE THAT IS
THE ONE THING THAT I THINK IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE
HAVE A POLICE CHIEF IN OUR CITY
IS UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE KEEP
OUR KIDS SAFE, WE ARE ALL SAFE.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
SORRY I AM NOT WITH YOU INSIDE
THE CHAMBER IS RIGHT NOW. I AM
COMING TO YOU LIVE IT FROM THE
DISTRICT 6 OFFICE. MY COMMENTS
ARE AS FOLLOWS. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH IS ALWAYS SAFE
WHEN SHE SAYS KEEP BABIES SAFE
AND KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. I AM SO
GLAD YOU SHARE THOSE
PERSPECTIVES AS WELL. I FELT
CONFIDENT ABOUT YOU WHEN WE
FIRST MET AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS
ARE JUST IMPRESSIONS. IT IS
ACTIONS THAT SPEAK LOUDER THAN
WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS SO FAR
HAVE INSTILLED A LOT OF TRUST.
THANK YOU FOR THE EIGHT PACK --
8:00 A.M. MEETING JUST THIS
MORNING. IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU
FOR A SECOND TIME TODAY. ONE OF
THE THINGS YOU SHARED IN THIS
MORNING'S MEETING AS WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE METRICS FOR
THIS, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
RESOURCES, CREATE WHAT TYPE OF
RESPONSE AND INTERVENTION. I
REALLY DO LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU AS WE CONTINUE
TO TACKLE SOME OF THE HARDEST
AND CHALLENGING OUR CITY FACES.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU
HAVE DONE SO FOR -- SO FAR.
THANKS, CHIEF.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD A
COMMENT WHICH IS THAT WHEN I
THINK BACK TO WHEN I.C.E. --
WHEN I STARTED BACK IN OFFICE,
IT WAS 2022 AND THERE WAS STILL
AN EXPLETIVE OF OFFICERS AND
INVESTIGATORS PUT INTO PATROL,
TO LOWER 911 TIMES AND THOSE
WERE REALLY TRYING TIMES. THIS
COUNCIL HAS WORKED TOGETHER WITH
EXECUTIVES TO TRY THE BEST WE
CAN TO SET YOU UP FOR SUCCESS,
HIRING AT AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE
RIGHT NOW. 47 NEW HIRES THIS
YEAR COMPARED TO ONE IN 2024 AND
SO , WE ARE TRYING VERY MUCH TO
RESTORE THE RANKS. YET, IT IS A
BIG CITY AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
CHALLENGES HERE. WE WERE AT A
PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE FOCUS ON
ADDICTION TREATMENT BECAUSE I
SEE THE DRUG CRISIS, FENTANYL,
ET CETERA AS A LINK TO OUR
CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGE
AND ALSO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
CHALLENGES. SO, THANK YOU FOR
TAKING A CHANCE ON THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND FOR STEPPING UP TO
JOIN THE RANKS. WHILE WE ARE
TRYING TO SET YOU UP FOR
SUCCESS, I THINK THAT YOUR
GREATEST ASSET RIGHT NOW ARE THE
MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND NOT
IN UNIFORM IN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT THAT I KNOW CARE VERY
MUCH ABOUT THIS CITY AND I HAVE
GLEANED FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS,
YOURS AND MINE, THAT YOU DO TOO.
ASSUMING THIS VOTE GOES WELL FOR
YOU TODAY, WELCOME TO SEATTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WOULD YOU
LIKE THE LAST WORD?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD, AND I
OFTEN DO THIS IN COMMITTEE WHERE
I WILL REFER BACK TO COMMENTS
MADE IN PUBLIC COMMENT. I WANTED
TO DO, AGAIN, RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
THIS CAME UP IN COMMITTEE. I
WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC
COMMENTS THAT WERE RAISED
REGARDING WHAT HAS HAPPENED ON
THE FEDERAL LEVEL SUCH AS
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE KEY
THING HERE IS FOR OUR CITY AND
OUR POLICE FORCE -- THIS CAME UP
IN COMMITTEE AND IN
CONVERSATIONS. I HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND DIFFERENT ENTITIES ON
THE ISSUE OF FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT. SOMETIMES THINGS
ARE DONE THAT ARE QUIETLY BUT IT
IS IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT THESE
CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING AND
THAT TEAM THAT CAME OUT OF THE
COMMITTEE MEETING AND THE IDEA
OF BEING PROFESSIONAL , THE IDEA
OF BEING PROFESSIONAL, THAT WAS
A THEME THAT CAME UP IN
COMMITTEE AND APPLIES HERE
TODAY. IT IS ABOUT KNOWING WHAT
OUR JOB IS, WHAT ARE THE RIGHTS
AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT GO
WITH THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE IS A HISTORICAL PIECE. TO
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT OR, I
UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND AND I
AGREE THAT THIS IS TRUE. WE ARE
SEEING PARALLELS NOT JUST WITH
RUSSIA BUT OTHER COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD AND WE DO NEED
TO STAND UP AND WE ARE LOOKING
TO DO SO BUT WE DO SO BY BEING
PROFESSIONAL AND UNDERSTANDING
THAT OUR MISSION IS NOT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MISSION.
OUR MISSION, BOTH THE CITY
GOVERNMENT, THE POLICE FORCE,
THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
LEGISLATIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY IS
TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE IN OUR
CITY AND THAT IS LOOKING AFTER
THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY, THE
PEOPLE OF OUR CITY TO ENSURE
THEY HAVE A SAFE SPACE. WE HAVE
A SAFE SPACE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY
AND THAT IS HOW I LOOK AT THIS.
THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE COME UP.
WHEN I STATE THIS IN TERMS OF
BRINGING TO FULL COUNCIL WHAT I
DO IN COMMITTEE AND THAT IS TO
HAVE THIS CROSS CONNECT WITH THE
PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE TOPIC TODAY. THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LINK .
ALSO, TO LINK IT TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND
TO LINK IT TO THE THEME OF
COMMITTEE AND WORKING THAT
MISSION THROUGHOUT THE CITY
LEVEL AND CREATING A SAFE SPACE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> OKAY. I AM NOT SEEING ANY
OTHER HANDS RAISED. THANK YOU
FOR THOSE COMMENTS. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF BARNES.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE
SOME COMMENTS YOURSELF IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO. TO COUNCIL AND
ALSO TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON. I WILL MAKE MY COMMENTS
BRIEF. I HAD LUNCH TODAY WITH A
COMMUNITY MEMBER. NO POSITION,
NO RANK, NO TITLE, JUST WANTED
TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE LUNCH WITH
ME AND IN OUR CONVERSATION, HE
SAID SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
RINGING IN MY EAR. HE SAID, IF
YOU WANT TO GO FAST, GO ALONE IF
YOU WANT TO GO FAR, GO TOGETHER.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO
GO TOGETHER. MY COMMENTS ARE
THANK YOU TO THIS COUNCIL
BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR US TO
ACHIEVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT
WE WANT, WE HAVE TO DO IT
TOGETHER. I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND
HIS COMMITTEE. IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE FOR LEVEL OF FAITH AND
SECURITY WE NEED IN SEATTLE WE
HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER WITH YOUR
COMMITTEE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT BECAUSE MY
COMMAND STAFF WILL TELL YOU, WE
HAD A MEETING RECENTLY AND THE
TOPIC OF THAT MEETING WAS
PROFESSIONALISM. WE WANT TO BE A
PROFESSIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND YOUR COMMENT TODAY REALLY
SHOWED THAT WE ARE GOING AND
MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. THANK
YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. I ALSO
WANT TO THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE WE COULD NOT DO THIS JOB
OR LEAD THE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT
THEIR PERMISSION. THEY HAVE
GRANTED ME THE ABILITY TO GO
FORTH WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO THINK THE
PROFESSIONAL STAFF WHO DOES AN
AMAZING JOB EACH AND EVERY DAY
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SAFETY FOR
OUR COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO THANK THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE. I WANT TO THANK
MAYOR BRUCE HARRELL FOR
INSTILLING IN ME HIS TRUST AND
CONFIDENCE . WHEN I FIRST WAS
APPROACHED ABOUT THIS
OPPORTUNITY, IT TOOK SOME TIME
AND I DID MY RESEARCH. WHEN I
HAD MY FEET ON THE SOIL HERE IN
SEATTLE, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET SOME VERY AMAZING PEOPLE
WHO WORK FOR THE CITY WHO WORK
WITH ME PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY,
THE CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER,
OUR CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY LIAISON
ANDERSON. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MEET THE PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICER AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MEET -- I MET THEM AND I
REALIZED THAT EVERYONE WAS
MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND
EVERYONE HAD A PART FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY AND THEY HAD A STRATEGY
AND THEY WANTED ME TO HELP
IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGY TO MAKE
EVERYONE FEEL SAFE AND BE SAFE
IN SEATTLE AND FINALLY I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MAYOR BRUCE
HARRELL AND MY CONVERSATION WITH
HIM WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WAS
MOTIVATING. IT REALLY RESTORED A
LITTLE BIT OF ENERGY THAT, QUITE
FRANKLY WAS A LITTLE -- I AM
STILL A LITTLE DOWN FROM THE
SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MADISON BUT
JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH
HIM AND HIS PASSION FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY REALLY MADE MY DECISION
EASY AND I WANTED TO BECOME THE
NEXT CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS
IS WHERE I WANT TO END MY
CAREER. THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO
BE. I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT
CHAPTER, OF THAT STORY THAT WILL
BE WRITTEN ABOUT HOW THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BECAME A NATIONAL
MODEL FOR POLICING. LASTLY, I
WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY WHO IS
AWAY FROM ME BUT ALWAYS WITH ME
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST AND
CONFIDENCE IN ME. WE HAVE A LOT
OF WORK TO DO. YOU ARE RIGHT,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THE REAL
WORK BEGINS NOW BUT WE DO HAVE A
PLAN AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
AND WE ARE READY TO DEBUT THAT
PLAN TO OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW
THEM HOW WE WANT TO WORK
TOGETHER AS A COLLABORATIVE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO
ACHIEVE THE TYPE OF PUBLIC
SAFETY THAT WE WANT. AGAIN, FROM
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SERVE.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM TO
DIG INTO THE RECORD?
>> THIS IS FOR THE PARKS, PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE. COUNCIL 120999 ,
RELATING TO SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION, AUTHORIZING THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION TO ENTER INTO A
GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENT. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THAT THE BILL PASSES.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, AS
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. JUST TO CLARIFY SO I
AM CORRECT ON THE PROCESS, I AM
GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AND I
KNOW THERE IS AN AMENDMENT THAT
IS COMING. THAT IS AFTER THIS?
>> YEAH.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. MY
APOLOGIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL
BILL 12099 AND AUTHORIZES THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION'S TO ENTER INTO
A GOLF COURSE AGREEMENT WITH
PREMIER GOLF TO MANAGE AND
OPERATE THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL
GOLF COURSES. WE HAVE LEARNED
ABOUT THE EXTENSIVE RSP PROCESS
THAT PARKS HELD AND THE
AGREEMENT COVERS PUBLIC BENEFITS
, REPORTING, FINANCIAL
REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS SERVICE
AND PROGRAM OPERATIONS. THE
CITY'S MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES
ARE LOCATED THERE IS JACKSON
PARK GOLF COURSE, BILL WRIGHT
GOLF, INTERBAY GOLF COURSE IN
WEST SEATTLE GOLF COURSE. A
REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES IS
THAT THE -- ALTHOUGH GOLF
COURSES ARE SELF FUNDING SO THEY
TAKE NOTHING OUT OF THE GENERAL
FUND AND THAT GOES TOWARD
MAINTENANCE, SERVICE, EMPLOYEES.
IT GOES TOWARD A LOT. THEY ARE
SELF-SUSTAINING WHICH IS
EXCELLENT, KNOWING THAT THERE
ARE NO TAX DOLLARS THAT GO
TOWARD THESE GOLF COURSES. THEY
ARE SELF-SUSTAINING. IT PASSED
WITH NONE OPPOSED AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO PEOPLE'S SUPPORT ON
THIS AGREEMENT. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MOVE MY
MAN MAN?
>> YES.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
AMENDMENT EIGHT ACCOUNTS OF THE
120999 , THE LAST COUNCIL BILL
IN THE 120.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS
THE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL SHARE THE
COMMENTS THAT I SHARED
YESTERDAY. AGAIN, I APOLOGIES
FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK AND ANY
CONFUSION THAT MY AMENDMENT MAY
HAVE CREATED. I WILL ALSO
CLARIFY THAT I MISSPOKE
YESTERDAY ABOUT THE SIDEWALK ON
145th AROUND THE JACKSON GOLF
COURSE. THERE IS, IN FACT, A
SIDEWALK THERE THE REASON I
FORGOT ABOUT THAT IS BECAUSE IT
IS NOT A STANDARD WITH AND IT IS
OFTEN TIMES OVERGROWN. THE
AMENDMENT BEFORE US IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AN
ALLOWANCE. THIS IS NOT A
REQUIREMENT. THAT WOULD HAVE TO
BE NEGOTIATED. IT WOULD NOT
INTERFERE WITH THE GENERATION OF
GOLF COURSES. IT WOULD NOT
INTERFERE AT A FUTURE BEAUTIFUL
STATE WHEN WE HAVE A PLUSH
GENERAL FUND THAT WE WOULD USE
ON THIS. OF THE GOAL HERE IS TO
FINISH THE OUTER LOOP TRAIL,
CONNECT THE OUTER LOOP TRAIL OF
THE GOLF COURSES. THE GOLF
COURSES TAKE UP THE SAME ACREAGE
AS DISCOVERY PARK. OVER 500
ACRES OF PARKLAND OF OUR CITY.
THE ABILITY ALLOWS US TO UTILIZE
THIS PARK LAND IN A WAY THAT
EVERYONE CAN ACCESS. IF CREATED,
THE TRAILS WOULD BE NEGOTIATED,
WHICH MEANS THAT THEY WOULD NOT
BE INTERFERING WITH THE GOLF
ACTIVITIES, NOR WOULD THEY BE IN
PLACES THAT PEOPLE COULD GET HIT
GOLF BALLS. THESE ARE NOT TRAILS
TO THE CENTER OF THE GOLF
COURSES. THOSE ARE MY
STATEMENTS. -- AGAIN, THIS IS AN
ALLOWANCE MEANING THIS IS A 15
YEAR CONTRACT. IF AT ANY POINT
IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS WE HAVE A
PLUSH GENERAL FUND OR THE NEXT
CYCLE OF THE METROPOLITAN PARKS
DISTRICT HAS A DESIRE TO DO
THIS, IF WE DON'T CREATE THIS
ALLOWANCE NOW, WE WILL CREATE A
BARRIER FOR OURSELVES IN THE
FUTURE. THIS IS -- USUALLY, IN
THE PAST, THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
FOR 10 YEARS. THIS IS FOR 15
YEARS WHICH IS WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE CREATE THIS
ALLOWANCE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IS
NOT A REQUIREMENT. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR THIS. AND COMMITTEE,
I NEEDED MORE INFORMATION. I DID
MY BACKGROUND AND FEEL
COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS
TODAY. JUST KNOWING WHAT I KNOW.
ALSO, KNOWING THAT THIS DOES NOT
HAVE IMPACT ON THE REVENUE
GENERATING OF THE GOLF COURSES
AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
CONTINUE TO STAY HEALTHY AND SO,
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AND
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. THESE GOLF
COURSES, IT IS PUBLIC LAND,
RIGHT? I JUST HAVE -- MY
QUESTION IS, WHY, IF IT IS
PUBLIC LAND -- I AM NOT
UNDERSTANDING WHY WE COULDN'T
MODIFY AT SOME POINT IN THE
FUTURE TO FINISH THE -- I THINK
YOU ARE SAYING THE WALKWAY
AROUND IT? THAT IS A QUESTION TO
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS A
CONTRACT REGARDING THE PUBLICLY
OWNED PARK LAND. IN THE CURRENT
SITUATION, WE ARE GIVING THEM A
CONTRACT FOR ALL OF THE LAND UP
TO THE FENCE. IF WE WANTED TO
MOVE THAT FENCE, WE WOULD AGAIN
HAVE TWO -- OF IT IS NOT IN THE
CONTRACT, THAT CREATES A
BARRIER. THAT IS WHY AN
ALLOWANCE IS IMPORTANT RATHER
THAN REQUIRING THE REQUIREMENT.
AGAIN, IT DOESN'T BIND US TO
ANYTHING, IT JUST CREATES THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FINISH
THIS WORK IN THE FUTURE. THANK
YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I
APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION THAT
WAS PROVIDED IN COUNCIL
BRIEFINGS AND THE CLARITY ABOUT
THE INTENT TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS ON THE SEATTLE SIDE OF
145th OF THE NORTHERN PERIMETER
OF JACKSON PARK AND TO SEEK
FUNDING THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN
PARKS DISTRICT PROCESS. JUST FOR
THOSE WHO ARE UNAWARE, THERE IS
CURRENTLY ONLY A VERY NARROW
SIDEWALK WARPATH ALONG 145th
WHICH IS ADJACENT TO TRAFFIC SO
IT REALLY DOES NOT FEEL SAFE,
NOR IS IT SAFE. THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS TO THE LIGHT RAIL STATION
OF 148 FROM THE OLYMPIC HILLS
COMMUNITY JUST EAST OF THE GOLF
COURSE WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE
ESTABLISHED AS A NEW
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MOVING THE
FENCE BACK 10 FEET IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR A
WHILE IN THAT COMMUNITY. THANK
YOU FOR THIS AMENDMENT THAT
COULD ALLOW FOR SAFER PEDESTRIAN
CROSSING ENVIRONMENT . I DON'T
KNOW THAT THIS IS NECESSARY TO
ACCOMPLISH THIS BUT I DO THINK
IT IS HELPFUL IN SEEKING THE
FUNDING FOR A SIGNIFICANTLY
BETTER SIDEWALK WARPATH AND IT
DOES SIGNAL THE COUNCIL 'S
INTENT SO THANK YOU AGAIN,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND THEY
WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR. THANK
YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WHAT IS
THE IMPACT OF THIS TO THE
PARTNER PREMIER?
>> THERE IS NO IMPACT. ANY
CHANGES WOULD HAVE TO BE
NEGOTIATED WITH THEM.
>> WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS FOR US
TO COMPLETE THIS PIECE OF THE
PERIMETER AROUND JACKSON PARK,
WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO
NEGOTIATE THAT WITH THE PARTNER?
>> TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT
IMPACTING THE GOLFING AREA OR
THEIR REVENUE OR ENSURING THAT
WE ARE NOT PUTTING ANYONE AT
RISK OF BEING HIT BY GOLF BALLS.
THE SECTION OF TRAIL ALONG 1/45
IS EASY TO DO SO. I SAY WE NEED
TO GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE WITH
THEM. MAY BE A BETTER WAY TO SAY
THAT IS WE NEED TO GO BACK AND
ENSURE WE HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH
THEM. THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE
THE REASON I CAN SAY THAT THEY
ARE DOING IMPACT TODAY IS
BECAUSE IF WE ARE GOING TO DO
THIS, WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM
IN PARTNERSHIP AND WITHOUT THIS
CLARITY IN THIS CONTRACT UP
FRONT, WE COULD BLOCK OURSELVES
OUT OR THE NEXT 15 YEARS.
>> RIGHT. I GUESS THE QUESTION I
AM TRYING TO GET TO IS, THIS
WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
ABILITY OF JACKSON PARK TO
CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS A GOLF
COURSE THE WAY IT IS TODAY IF WE
ARE MAKING CHANGES TO THE
PERIMETER OF THE ACTUAL GOLF
COURSE? THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING
TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF. THAT IS
WHY WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THEM
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE
CHANGING IT AND WE ARE NOT GOING
TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT AS A
GOLF COURSE IN THE WAY WE CAN
TODAY IF THIS IS HAVING AN
IMPACT ON THE AMOUNT OF SPACE
FOR THE GOLF COURSE? THAT IS
WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO. IS
THAT TRUE? I MEAN, IF WE CHANGE
WHERE THIS PERIMETER IS, ARE WE
THEN GOING TO IMPACT THE 18 GOLF
HOLES THAT ARE THERE? I THINK IT
IS 18.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I AM JUST
GOING TO JUMP IN. CURRENTLY
THERE IS 18 HOLES. THERE IS NINE
HOLES, A DRIVING RANGE AND I
BELIEVE THERE IS A PART BUT UP
THERE. IS IT OKAY IF I SHARE
SCREEN FOR CLARITY ON THIS?
>> YEAH, GO AHEAD. I AM JUST
GOING TO DO THIS BRIEFLY JUST SO
THAT WE CAN SEE. THE REASON THAT
I AM SAYING -- COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, THANK YOU FOR THAT
ADDITIONAL QUESTION. YOU ARE
WONDERING, ARE WE GOING TO BE
IMPACTING THE GOLF AREAS? WHAT
WE SEE HERE IS THERE IS A FENCE
THAT IS -- I CALLED THE SAFE
THREE QUARTERS SIDEWALK. IT IS
HALF A SIDEWALK IF IT IS
OVERGROWN. YOU CAN SEE THE GOLF
COURSE PATH RIGHT OVER HERE. IF
WE MOVE THIS FENCE FURTHER THAT
WAY, THERE IS MORE AREA FOR US
TO CREATE A WALKING PATH ON
SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT CREATE
IMPACT ON THE GOLFING BECAUSE
THE GOLFING IS FURTHER AWAY. I
AM JUST GOING TO BRING YOU DOWN
HERE. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOU
MIGHT HAVE TO HELP ME OUT HERE.
THERE IS A TRAILHEAD THAT GOES
ALONG HERE THAT IS THE NEXT
SECTION OF THIS IMAGE RIGHT
HERE. IT IS HARD TO SAY. I'M
GOING TO STOP SHARING THE SCREEN
BECAUSE THAT IS NOT MY TYPICAL
ROLL AS A COUNCILMEMBER BUT JUST
TO SAY, YOU CAN SEE THROUGH MY
SHORT DEMONSTRATION THAT THERE
IS THIS GOLF CART ROAD, A
SECTION OF SPACE AND IN THE
FENCE IS QUITE CLOSE TO THE
SIDEWALK WHICH IS NOT A FULL
SIDEWALK AT THIS TIME. IT IS AN
EXISTING ELEMENT OF
INFRASTRUCTURE FROM A TIME IN
SEATTLE THAT WHEN YOU SAW IT
THERE WAS ALSO BARBED WIRE ON
TOP OF THAT FENCE. IT COMES FROM
AN OLDER TIME IN SEATTLE AND IT
IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CREATE
THIS ALLOWANCE SO THAT WE CAN
UPDATE FOR THE FUTURE SEATTLE AS
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE STATED WITH
THE LIGHT RAIL STATION THERE.
>> DO YOU HAVE FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> I GUESS -- I AM NOT CLEAR
WHAT IMPACT THIS HAS ON THE
OPERATION OF THE ACTUAL GOLF
COURSE AS A GOLF COURSE. THAT IS
THE QUESTION I AM ASKING,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IS THE
ANSWER THAT IT WILL NOT HAVE ANY
IMPACT ON THE ABILITY TO
CONTINUE TO USE IT AS A GOLF
COURSE IN ITS CURRENT FORM?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS
WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE GOLF
COURSE TO CONTINUE OPERATING IN
ITS CURRENT FORM.
>> BUT WE ARE NOT SURE? IS THAT
WHAT YOU MEAN BY MY
UNDERSTANDING IS --
>> I AM JUST SAYING THAT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING. I WOULD NOT SAY
IT IS A FACT BUT I FEEL
COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT THAT IS
A FACT BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE
AND MY UNDERSTANDING, EVERYTHING
THAT I HAVE RESEARCHED AND
UNDERSTOOD TO BE TRUE IS THIS
WOULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
GOLF COURSE TO OPERATE IN THE
SAME WAY IT IS OPERATING TODAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE? WAIT,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, ARE YOU
FINISHED? YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE ?
>> I AM WEEDING INTO THIS . I
CAN JUST SAY FROM PREVIOUS
CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD WITH
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN I
WAS INITIALLY RUNNING FOR THE
SEAT -- THERE HAS BEEN ONGOING
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT -- THERE ARE
SORT OF DE FACTO PATHWAYS BUT
THEY ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO
NAVIGATE AND IT REALLY IS A
SAFETY ISSUE AND A MOBILIZATION
ISSUE. MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS
AMENDMENT IS THAT IT IS REALLY
JUST GOING TO ALLOW FOR SOME OF
THE NEGOTIATIONS TO GO FORWARD
TO IMPROVE UPON THE PATHS THAT
ARE THERE AND MAKE THEM MORE
NAVIGABLE. THEY ARE OUTSIDE THE
GOLF COURSE SO IT WILL NOT
IMPACT THE ACTUAL OPERATIONS OF
THE GOLF COURSE . CERTAINLY,
INSERTING THIS LANGUAGE -- THIS
LANGUAGE ALREADY IS ALLOWING FOR
THE CITY TO BASICALLY ENGAGE IN
A RENEGOTIATION ON A LARGE SCALE
ACCORDING TO TRANSIT NEEDS WITH
OTHER COMMUNITY NEEDS. I SEE
THIS AS REALLY JUST A WAY TO
MAKE THOSE WALKING PATHS
NAVIGABLE WHILE THE LARGER
ISSUES PLAY OUT. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> SORRY, JUST FOR QUICK
REFERENCE, THERE IS ALREADY A
PATH THAT IS THE JACKSON GOLF
COURSE PATH THAT IS ON FIFTH
AVENUE THAT RUNS NORTH AND
SOUTH. THIS POTENTIALLY --
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, THIS
WOULD CONNECT EAST TO WEST ON
145th? THIS WOULD BASICALLY
CONTINUE THAT PATH -- THE
TRAILHEAD THAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS IS REFERRING TO IS MORE
ON THE WEST SIDE AND THIS WOULD
CONNECT THAT PATH TO BE ABLE TO
RUN -- EXCUSE ME, I'M GETTING
MY DIRECTIONS -- EAST TO WEST.
THERE WAS ONE THAT RUNS ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE GOLF COURSE AND
THIS WOULD MAKE THAT ALL COME
TOGETHER. THAT PATH DOES NOT
CURRENTLY INTERFERE WITH GOLF
OPERATIONS AND I DON'T THINK
THIS ONE WOULD AS WELL,
CONNECTING ALL OF THOSE
TOGETHER. THIS IS CONSIDERABLY A
LARGE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT IS ON
THE GOLF COURSE ON THE BACK AND
FROM THAT PATH IF YOU ARE
LOOKING AT THE GREEN FOR
PROSPECTIVE. I HAVE BEEN ON THAT
GOLF COURSE A LOT. TO PUT IT
INTO PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS
PLENTY OF SPACE. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. I HAVE ONE LAST
QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
, WHAT DOES THE OPERATOR -- WHAT
HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE OPERATOR? ARE
THERE PEOPLE THAT WOULD KNOW
MORE?
>> I WOULD SAY YOU SHOULD
PROBABLY TALK TO THEM DIRECTLY
IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY.
>> I DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE GOING
TO BRING BACK THE AMENDMENT
UNTIL YESTERDAY AND I HAVE NOT
REALLY HAD TIME TO DO THAT. YOU
HAVE NOT HAD CONVERSATIONS?
>> I HAVE. I WOULD SAY THAT I
HAVE RECEIVED DIFFERENT
REACTIONS DEPENDING ON THEIR
UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMICS AT
CITY COUNCIL . THE UNDERSTANDING
THAT I HAVE IS NEUTRALITY TODAY
AS AN OFFICIAL POSITION.
>> SO, JUST TO CLARIFY, THEY
HAVE NOT SAID WHETHER OR NOT --
THEY HAVE NOT EXPRESSED CONCERN
ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT OR
OPERATIONS OF THE GOLF COURSE? I
DON'T REALLY KNOW IF THIS WOULD
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF
THE SPACE NECESSARY FOR A
PARTICULAR HOLE ON THE GREEN, ET
CETERA.
>> I HAVE HEARD NO OPPOSITION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I QUICKLY REACHED OUT TO CENTRAL
STAFF AND THEY ARE NOT SURE --
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, WILL WE BE
TAKING PROPERTY AWAY FROM THE
GOLF COURSE? THEN, THE CONTACT
WOULD HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED FROM
THERE BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE AN
IMPACT. THIS IS A CONCERN I
HAVE. I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF
THINGS VERY CLEAR. ONE IS, OF
COURSE, I SUPPORT A PATH SO
FOLKS ARE SAFE. I WANT PEOPLE TO
BE SAFE. I ALSO KNOW THE HISTORY
OF THE GOLF COURSES, THE
DIFFICULTY THERE HAS BEEN IN
MAINTAINING THE GOLF COURSES AND
THAT IS CURRENTLY THREE GOLF
COURSES WITH A PARTNER THAT HAS
ENABLED THE CITY TO COST FREE
MAINTAIN THESE GOLF COURSES THAT
HAVE REALLY BENEFITED RESIDENTS
AND KIDS AND YOUTH THAT DO THE
GOLF COURSE AND WE HAVE HAD A
LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF GETTING OUT AND
GETTING YOUTH INVOLVED IN
GOLFING IN THE GREAT MENTAL
HEALTH ASPECT. ALL OF THIS IS
TRUE AND THE REASON I HAVE
CONCERNS IS, IF IT HAS AN IMPACT
ON THE ABILITY TO OPERATE AS A
GOLF COURSE, THEN IT WOULD HAVE
AN IMPACT ON RESIDENTS' ABILITY
TO GOLF THERE AND THAT IS MY
CONCERN. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
THERE IS A DIFFERENT PATH FOR
WHETHER WE NEED TO HAVE A PATH
THROUGH THERE FOR FOLKS. I
DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT.
TODAY, I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM
THIS VOTE BECAUSE OF THAT BUT
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
ABILITY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, TO
ASK THE QUESTIONS AND TRY TO GET
TO SOME OF THIS BUT I JUST
DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TODAY TO BE
ABLE TO SAY IT DOES NOT HAVE AN
IMPACT AT ALL SO LET'S MOVE
FORWARD. I UNDERSTAND AND I
APPRECIATE -- I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THESE GOLF COURSES
CONTINUE TO EXIST FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE
YOUTH. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
ABSTENTIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN
FULL COUNCIL MEETINGS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.
>> I WILL BE VOTING NO. THANK
YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> I AM LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE
ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.
WELL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL --
>> DO I NOT GET LAST WORD?
>> YEP, I DID NOT SEE A HAND. GO
AHEAD.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST PART OF
OUR FORMAT HERE. SORRY.
COLLEAGUES, AS YOU HEARD THROUGH
THIS DISCUSSION, THIS HAS BEEN A
LONGTIME COMMUNITY REQUEST. THIS
UPDATES, AS YOU SAW FROM THE
SHARED SCREEN, A CHAIN-LINK
FENCE WITH BARBED WIRE ON IT
THAT HAS NOT BEEN UTILIZED IN
MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS IN
SEATTLE . THIS AMENDMENT WOULD
CREATE THE ALLOWANCE FOR US TO
UPDATE AN OUT OF DATE SEATTLE TO
THE FUTURE OF SEATTLE. IT HAS NO
IMPACT ON GOLF OPERATIONS.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN ALLOWANCE, NOT
A REQUIREMENT. WITHOUT THIS
AMENDMENT, WE WOULD BOX
OURSELVES IN FOR 15 YEARS. WITH
THIS AMENDMENT, WE WOULD SET
OURSELVES UP TO CONTINUE THIS
CONVERSATION. I HOPE TO EARN
YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> IS THAT AN OLD HAND,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> NO, IT IS A NEW HAND . I JUST
WANT TO CLARIFY. MAY I SPEAK?
>> YES.
>> WE DON'T KNOW FOR A FACT
THAT IT WON'T HAVE AN IMPACT.
>> I ALMOST CERTAINLY -- WITH
99.99% CERTAINTY I CAN SAY THAT
THIS WILL NOT IMPACT GOLF
REVENUES OR GOLF OPERATIONS. I
THINK THAT .0001% IS AN UNKNOWN.
I DON'T FIND THIS -- THAT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING.
>> RIGHT. THAT IS WHY I ASKED
CENTRAL STAFF, WHO IS NOT ABLE
TO GIVE US AN ANSWER TODAY. THAT
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS AN
IMPORTANT -- IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ME AS I MAKE THIS DECISION. WE
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION
TO SAY THAT WITH CERTAINTY
TODAY. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE WHAT
YOU ARE SAYING. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. DO YOU WANT THE
LAST, LAST WORD, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> I WOULD JUST APPRECIATE IN
THE FUTURE THAT THE LAST WORD IS
THE LAST WORD. THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT A?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> NO
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> TOO. -- TRENT TOO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> NO.
>> SIX IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED.
THE MOTION CARRIES AN AMENDMENT
EIGHT IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE
FIRMER -- FURTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL AS ADOPTED? OKAY.
SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS -- GO
AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> OKAY. THIS IS THE UNDERLYING
BILL THAT WE ARE SPEAKING TO?
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO NOTE
THAT THERE HAS BEEN, AS I
MENTIONED, SOME ADVOCACY AROUND
USES OF JACKSON PARK. I WANT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO KNOW THAT
THIS AGREEMENT IS ABOUT
OPERATIONS AND THE AGREEMENT IS
CLEAR THAT IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE
ANY CHANGES TO FUTURE USE .
WHILE THIS AGREEMENT IS ABOUT
OPERATIONS OF GOLF COURSES,
THERE IS A SEPARATE ISSUE THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO MENTION AS IT
PERTAINS TO JACKSON PARK. THIS
IS MY LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WHEN ISSUE THAT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND DISTRICT 5 HAVE
RAISED FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW IS
THE NAME OF JACKSON PARK, WHICH
IS ONE OF THE AREAS COVERED BY
THIS AGREEMENT. JACKSON PARK IS,
UNFORTUNATELY NAMED FOR ANDREW
JACKSON, WHO WAS A SLAVEHOLDER.
THAT NAME WAS ESTABLISHED IN
1930, WELL BEFORE THIS AREA WAS
INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IN 1954. PARKS NAMING
POLICIES DISCOURAGE RENAMING A
PARK'S AREA. HOWEVER, IT CAN BE
RECONSIDERED BASED ON THE
INDIVIDUAL'S CHARACTER. I HAVE
BEEN INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE
AND THE UPCOMING CONSIDERATION
HAD REACHED OUT TO PARKS ABOUT
THIS RENAMING AND THEIR POSITION
WAS WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF
THE PARK'S OPEN SPACE PLAN THAT
THAT WAS THE APPROPRIATE MOMENT
IN WHICH TO CONSTRUE THIS ISSUE
AND MOVE FORWARD. SO, THAT WILL
BE COMING FORWARD AND I HOPE
THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND WHOEVER
TAKES A SEAT WILL REMAIN
COMMITTED TO PURSUING A RENAMING
OF JACKSON PARK TO A MORE
APPROPRIATE NAME. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT
TO OUR ATTENTION. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> SORRY, THAT WAS AN OLD HAND.
MY APOLOGIES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. BUT, I WILL SAY,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT AND I
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDRESS
THAT AS WELL. I THINK WE HAVE A
GREAT MODEL IN HOW WE MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE BILL) COMPLEX.
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON WAS A PART
OF THAT GROUP THAT SPEARHEADED
THAT MODEL AT JEFFERSON AND IT
IS A GREAT PATH FORWARD TO
FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE AT JACKSON GOLF COURSE. I
THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE , FOR
BRINGING THAT UP.
>> OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
HANDS. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I AM NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO MUCH
MORE TO THIS BILL, RATHER TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER MOORE FOR
HER SERVICE TO OUR CITY. IT IS
FITTING THAT THIS BILL IS ON
YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING,
ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
SHARED IN THE FEEDBACK YOU HAVE
PROVIDED ABOUT THE WALKING PATH.
WE ARE DOING PLACE MAKING UP IN
THAT AREA WITH THE NEW PINEHURST
LIGHT-RAIL STATION, PINEHURST
GOLF COURSE MIGHT BE A NEW IDEA
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER
HANDS RAISED, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN A. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX THE SIGNATURE ON MY
BEHALF?
>> OKAY. THERE WERE NO ITEMS
REMOVED. --
>> ITEM NUMBER THREE?
>> NOTHING REMOVED FROM THE
AGENDA OR CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, COUNCIL
121002, AUTHORIZING GENERAL
MANAGER AND CEO OF SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES TO ENTER INTO
TWO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS TO
PROVIDE FOR THE ATTENTION OF
CHINOOK SALMON CONSERVATION
PLANS FOR LAKE WASHINGTON, CEDAR
RIVER, SAMMAMISH WATERSHED AND
THE GREEN RIVER, DUWAMISH RIVER
AND THE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND
WATERSHED. THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,
AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I THINK THIS BILL WILL BE A
LITTLE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE
PARKS UTILITIES TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE VOTED TO AUTHORIZE THE
CITY'S GENERAL MANAGER TO SIGN
TWO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS
RELATED TO THE SEATTLE
PARTICIPATION IN THE REGIONAL
SALMON RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR 2026
TO 2035, THE WATERSHED IN LAKE
WASHINGTON, THE CEDAR RIVERS,
SAMMAMISH AS WELL AS THE GREEN
RIVER, THE DUWAMISH AND THE
CENTRAL PUGET SOUND. I ALSO WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP REPRESENTING THE CITY
ON THE WATERSHED AND THE SALMON
RECOVERY EFFORTS WE HEARD ABOUT
IN COMMITTEE ABOUT ALL OF THE
PROGRESS AND THE AMOUNT OF
ENERGY AND TIME AND
THOUGHTFULNESS IN THE CONTINUING
TO BE LEADERS RESPECTING OUR
ENVIRONMENT AND OUR RECOVERY. WE
MIGHT NOT SEE THE IMPACTS TODAY
BUT THIS IS FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR
FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
GREAT STEWARDS OF OUR LAND AS WE
ARE GROWING AS A REGION. THANK
YOU. I URGE THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. I DON'T URGE YOU ALL
BUT I HOPE TO GET YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR SHEPHERDING
THIS THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITY. AS
CHAIR, I SIT ON THE WILDLIFE
COUNCIL AND IT HAS BEEN REALLY A
GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME
PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.
SALMON RECOVERY IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY AND THE
EFFORTS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND
THE CITY AND MANY OF OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THE
TRIBES. I REALLY COULD NOT
SUPPORT THIS SOME MORE, THE
CONTINUATION OF THIS EFFORT
TOWARD SALMON RECOVERY IN THE
REGION. I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE
THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> 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. I AM MAKING SURE
HERE WHERE WE WERE AT IN THE
AGENDA. AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE,
THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED AND
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND, THERE
WAS NOT A RESOLUTION FOR
INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION TODAY.
WE ARE AT THAT TIME IN OUR
AGENDA WHERE WE COME TO FURTHER
BUSINESS. COLLEAGUES, I WOULD
LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PUBLICLY THAT
IT IS COUNCILMEMBER MOORE 'S
LAST COMMITTEE MEETING AND I
JUST WANT TO SAY, ON THE RECORD
AND TO YOUR FACE, THAT I SO
RESPECT AND VALUE YOUR SERVICE
ON THIS BODY. I HAVE KNOWN YOU
SINCE -- MAYBE IT WAS 2010? I
CAN'T REMEMBER. 2006, WE WERE
BOTH TOGETHER AND COUNCIL MEMBER
RICHARD COTTON'S OFFICE. WE GO
WAY BACK. THROUGH THAT TIME,
WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE IN L.A.
OR THE JUDGE OR ANY OTHER ROLES,
I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT WHAT I
HAVE SEEN CONSTANT IS A
DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND
A BIG HUGE HEART FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE AND ALSO, SOMEONE WHO
IS FEARLESS IN ASKING THE TOUGH
QUESTIONS AND SAYING EXACTLY
WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND. FOR ALL OF
THAT, I THINK YOU AND I BELIEVE
AND KNOW -- I CAN SAY THAT THE
CITY IS A BETTER PLACE FOR YOU
HAVING INSPIRED IN US THAT LEVEL
OF INQUIRY AND THE COURAGE TO
STAND UP. I JUST WANT TO GIVE
YOU AN EXAMPLE. YOU HAVE ALSO
BROUGHT DIFFICULT TOPICS BEFORE
US. FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE AND
EXPLOITATION ON A DAILY BASIS.
FOR THAT, YOU INCREASE MY
AWARENESS OF THAT VERY DIFFICULT
ISSUE AND -- THE CRIMINALITY
GOING ON THERE. ALSO, YOU WIDEN
MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THAT ISSUE
AND JUST TODAY, I DID NOT KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THE MORE WE LOVE,
THAT ORGANIZATION AND THE PEOPLE
AND THE WORK THAT REALLY NEED
HER HELP. I HAVE BEGUN TO FORGE
A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER AND A
PRESS CONFERENCE THAT I HAD
EARLIER TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE
NEED FOR TREATMENT ON THE
CITY'S AGENDA. THAT IS HOW YOU
HAVE MADE ME A BETTER COUNCIL
MEMBER NOT JUST BY INTRODUCING
ME TO OTHER NONPROFITS THAT ARE
DOING GOOD WORK BUT YOU HAVE
SERVED AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE
WHO CAN SPEAK THEIR TRUTH AND I
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND
I WILL MISS YOU VERY MUCH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, I SEE
YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I DO WANT TO ADD MY VOICE.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOU HAVE
BEEN A FIERCE REPRESENTATIVE FOR
YOUR DISTRICT. YOU HAVE BEEN
SUCH A GREAT PARTNER TO ME ON
THE NORTH END. NOT JUST THE
NORTH END BUT TO OUR CITY AS A
WHOLE. YOU HAVE BEEN DILIGENT
AND BALANCED IN YOUR APPROACH TO
THIS WORK AND ALWAYS FOCUSED ON
DOING THE VERY BEST FOR THE
RESIDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND
ACROSS OUR CITY IN A VERY
SELFLESS WAY. I VERY MUCH HAVE
APPRECIATED SERVING WITH YOU. I
FEEL HONORED TO HAVE SERVED WITH
YOU AND I WILL TRULY MISS YOU
AND WILL MISS YOUR PRESENCE ON
THIS COUNCIL. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU. I HAD ALREADY
SHARED MY WORDS. I WAS RAISING
MY HAND FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE -- I
WILL AGAIN SHARE MY GRATITUDE
WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE AND MY HEART IS UP THERE IN
DISTRICT 5 EVEN IF I DON'T LIVE
IN THE DISTRICT AND EVEN WITHOUT
YOU HERE, I AM GOING TO CONTINUE
CARRYING YOUR MANTLE FOR
SIDEWALKS FROM CROWN HILL TO
GREENWOOD TO LAKE CITY IN THE
LAKE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER.
THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
PRIORITIES THAT I WILL CONTINUE
TO CARRY THE TORCH FOR YOU AND
APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH TO MOVE THESE
ENDEAVORS FORWARD AND ONCE WE
ARE DONE HONORING COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, I DO HAVE ANOTHER MOTION.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER -- I DON'T
KNOW WHO WAS NEXT. COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE,
WHEN I THINK ABOUT YOUR SERVICE
TO THIS BODY, WHEN I THINK ABOUT
YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY, IT
COMES BACK TO SOMETHING THAT I
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING
TO SAY TO YOU IN YOUR OFFICE
WHICH IS, I RESPECT THE HELL OUT
OF YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO
THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK IN
AURORA WITH THE MORE WE LOVE
FOLKS. I THINK I AM NOW THEIR
BIGGEST FAN. THAT WOULD NOT HAVE
HAPPENED WITHOUT YOU. THE WORK
CONTINUES. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT YOUR SUCCESSOR AS VICE
CHAIR OF HOUSING AND HUMAN
SERVICES. I WANT TO DO WHAT I
CAN TO CARRY THE WORK THAT YOU
BEGAN FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU BEGAN THAT
WORK. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF
YOUR SELF AND AS I SAID, I
RESPECT THE HELL OUT OF YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I SPOKE AT COMMITTEE MEETING
REGARDING COUNCILMEMBER MOORE'S
WORK ON PUBLIC SAFETY SO I WILL
JUST SIMPLY SAY FAIR WINDS AND
FOLLOWING SEAS. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU
OVER THESE PAST 18+ MONTHS. IT
HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A
PRIVILEGE FOR ME PERSONALLY. I
HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU,
YOUR APPROACH, YOUR
THOUGHTFULNESS, THE WAY YOU SHOW
UP ALWAYS WELL PREPARED . YOU
HAVE BEEN A CHAMPION ON ANY
NUMBER OF REALLY IMPORTANT
ISSUES, WHETHER IT IS RENTERS
PROTECTION OR NITTY-GRITTY
NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES LIKE THOSE
CONSTITUENTS ARE EXPERIENCING
ALONG AURORA, SIDEWALK
INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU HAVE BEEN A
HELLO UNAPOLOGETIC CHAMPION OF
ADDING NEW SIDEWALKS TO THE CITY
AND WE DID A LOT TOGETHER IN THE
LEVY THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP .
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A
GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN
ADDING NEW SIDEWALKS. THAT IS
JUST A SAMPLING OF SOME OF THE
WINS AND IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE
HAD IN YOUR TIME ON THIS BODY. I
RECOGNIZE IT. I APPRECIATE IT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, LIKE I
SAID, YOU WERE ALWAYS WELL
PREPARED. YOU ALWAYS DO YOUR
HOMEWORK . YOU ARE VERY
EXCEPTIONALLY DILIGENT. WE ARE
ALL INDEPENDENTLY SEPARATELY
ELECTED INDIVIDUALS AND WE ALL
HAVE -- WE TAKE PRIDE IN
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHAT WE DO.
FOR ME, I WILL JUST SAY
PERSONALLY, I CAN BE
OUTMANEUVERED, OUT STRATEGIZED,
AND IMPLEMENTED, OUT ANY NUMBER
OF THINGS BUT I CAN NEVER AND
WILL NEVER BE OUTHUSTLED AND I
WILL NEVER BE OUTWORKED, EVER.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN
DIRECTLY CONTROL. JUST WATCHING
YOU AND YOUR LEVEL OF DILIGENCE
-- WHILE I CAN'T BE OUTWORKED,
THEY WERE PEOPLE WHO MATCH MY
EFFORT AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY
ONE OF THOSE. REALLY, REALLY DO
APPRECIATE YOU. IT HAS BEEN SUCH
A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO WORK
WITH YOU VERY COLLABORATIVE.
COLLEAGUE, FRIEND, AND ALTHOUGH
THIS IS YOUR LAST DAY, I LOOK
FORWARD TO STAYING IN TOUCH AND
CONTINUING TO BENEFIT FROM YOUR
WISDOM AND INSIGHTS AND
FRIENDSHIP. I DON'T KNOW -- I
WILL PICK UP THE MANTLE AND
CONTINUE THE NEW SIDEWALKS AND
OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HELPED US
BRING TO LIFE. I DON'T KNOW
WHICH ONE OF US WILL PICK UP THE
MANTLE OF SOMEONE NOT COMING
PREPARED AND SITTING AT THE
TABLE AND GETTING AN EAR FULL
AND BEING TAKEN TO TASK. I
DON'T KNOW WHO WILL TAKE UP
THAT MANTLE BUT I JUST WANT TO
SAY, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE AGAIN,
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART ,
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE
AND WISHING YOU THE VERY BEST.
LOOKING FORWARD TO STAYING IN
TOUCH. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THE CHORUS
OF GRATITUDE FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
AND CELEBRATE THE POLICY AREAS
THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK
ON TOGETHER. WE WORKED PRETTY
EARLY ON THE WEAPONS LEGISLATION
AND BEING ABLE TO COLLABORATE
WITH YOU ON THOSE AMENDMENTS WAS
REALLY MEANINGFUL, ESPECIALLY
JUST MY FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS ON
COUNCIL AND THEN GOING ON TO OUR
MOST RECENT WORK TOGETHER ON
RHYTHMIC RENT PRICING AND BEING
MY VICE CHAIR FOR THE FEDERAL
COMMITTEE. YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT
WORK HAS BEEN SO APPRECIATIVE
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THAT. IT HAS BEEN GREAT WHEN WE
HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING ON
ISSUES AND I AM TRULY WISHING
YOU THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT STEPS.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOU ARE
VERY HIGHLY RESPECT IT AND I
THOUGHT YOU WERE INCREDIBLY
THOUGHTFUL ON EVERY SINGLE
APPROACH . THAT IS THE LAWYER
AND JUDGE IN YOU, AFFECTIONATELY
KNOWN ON THE COUNCIL AS THE
JUDGE. YOU ARE ALSO MY MOTHER'S
FAVORITE TO WATCH AND TALK AND
AS YOU ARTICULATING HOW YOU GOT
TO CERTAIN ANSWERS IN YOUR
THOUGHTFUL APPROACH, I THOUGHT
THAT WAS PHENOMENAL. I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING A TRULY
NONPARTISAN APPROACH TO THAT. I
DID NOT CARE ABOUT LABELS. I DID
NOT CARE ABOUT WHICH SIDE ARE
YOU ONE. YOU ALWAYS CARED ABOUT
OUTCOME AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT
TO YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY AND
YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND YOUR
NEIGHBORS. WE HAVE TO START
LOOKING AT THAT AT OUTCOMES AND
THAT IS WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO THIS
OFFICE. THAT IS WHAT YOU BROUGHT
TO DISTRICT 5 AND QUITE FRANKLY,
WE SAW YOU WORK YOUR BUTT OFF
NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT, STAYING
LONG DAYS, DOING CONSTITUENT
MEETINGS IN THE OFFICE, A LOT OF
STUFF THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE,
DOING OFFICE HOURS IN YOUR
DISTRICT, STAYING UNTIL 10:00,
11:00 P.M., DOING WHAT WAS
NEEDED TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT THE
JOB DONE AND YOU ALSO READ EVERY
SINGLE EMAIL AND PAPER THAT CAME
YOUR WAY BUT YOU KNEW WHAT WAS
GOING ON. JUST SO GRATEFUL.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW HARD YOU
WORKED ON THIS COUNCIL AND JUST
WANTED TO SINCERELY SAY THANK
YOU, KATHY, THANK YOU TO YOUR
FAMILY, THE SACRIFICE, ALL OF
THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND IN THIS
OFFICE AND WE WISH YOU POSITIVE
VIBES ALL THE WAY AND TRUE
PEACE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND
YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO SAYING THE BEST IS
YET TO COME. THANK YOU.
>> WELL. I HAVE TO TAKE THAT IN.
I WILL JUST SAY THIS. I HOPE
THAT OUR WORDS STAY WITH YOU AND
IF NOT, YOU CAN WATCH THIS
ANYTIME YOU WANT. YOU ARE TRULY
-- YOU HAVE INSPIRED US AND MADE
THIS COUNCIL BETTER IN YOUR
GRACE, TENACITY, BOLDNESS, WORK
ETHIC AND YOU HAVE MADE THIS
CITY BETTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I WILL MISS
YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, DO YOU
HAVE ANOTHER ITEM OF BUSINESS?
>> WAIT, HOLD ON.
>> THANK YOU. OH MY GOSH. I
REALLY SAID I WAS GOING TO TRY
VERY HARD NOT TO CRY. I WILL DO
MY BEST. I DID NOT EXPECT SUCH
AN OUTPOURING. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. I HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK BUT I
WANTED TO START BY SAYING THANK
YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. I HAVE
REALLY GREATLY APPRECIATED THE
EXCHANGES OF IDEAS THAT WE HAVE
ENGAGED IN AND THE WORK THAT WE
HAVE DONE TOGETHER. YOUR DIRECT
PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR SUPPORT OF
MY LEGISLATION HAS TRULY
CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF MY
OFFICE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE
LIVES OF SEATTLEITES AND AS THEY
SAY, IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND YOU
HAVE CONSISTENTLY SHOWN UP AND
BEEN THAT VILLAGE AND I AM
FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THAT
PARTNERSHIP AND IT HAS TRULY
BEEN A PRIVILEGE. SORRY. AND AN
HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU. I DO
REALLY MUCH HAVE TO AND WANT TO
THANK MY STAFF. LAST WEEK, WE
SENT OUT OUR LAST DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER IN WHICH WE HAD
ITERATED ALL WE HAD ACCOMPLISHED
FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 5
AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE OVER
THESE SHORT PAST 18 MONTHS AND
AFTER READING IT, I THOUGHT TO
MYSELF, NO WONDER I AM TIRED. I
WANT TO SAY THAT I OWE THAT
PRODUCTIVITY AND THE THINGS THAT
SO MANY OF YOU HAVE NOTED TO MY
AMAZING STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED
FULLBORE FROM DAY ONE IN SERVICE
TO OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE BEEN
IMMENSELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE
WORKED AND LEFT, CRIED AND
CELEBRATED WITH THESE TALENTED,
THOUGHTFUL, DEDICATED AND TRULY
ALL-AROUND STANDUP INDIVIDUALS.
THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, FOR
MAKING ME A BETTER
COUNCILMEMBER. I WANTED TO ALSO
THANK CENTRAL STAFF WERE ALWAYS
KNOWN THE ANSWERS WERE BEING
WILLING TO FIND THE ANSWERS AND
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TURNING
MY IDEAS INTO COHERENT
INSTRUMENTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE
DOING UP HERE. I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR EXPERT GUIDANCE
THROUGH THIS LEGISLATIVE MAZE
AND FOR YOUR CALM AND STEADY
OPERATION OF CHAMBERS. IT IS NO
SMALL FEAT. TO BRAD AND SUE, I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WONDERFUL HELP NAVIGATING THE
WILD WEST OF MEDIA AND
COMMUNICATIONS. PERHAPS ONE OF
THESE DAYS I WILL FINALLY LEARN
HOW TO MANAGE A NARRATIVE. TO
MAKE CEDRIC, RICK LILO, WILLIAM,
ROBERTO AND THE REST OF
SECURITY, I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR KEEPING US SAFE IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS AND AT CITY HALL, EVEN
IN THE MOST INTENSE MOMENTS.
YOUR CALM PRESENCE WAS THERE AND
IT WAS ALWAYS VERY REASSURING TO
ME. TO THE MAYOR AND ALL OF THE
LEADERSHIP STAFF, I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP
IN COLLABORATION WITH ADDRESSING
THE PRESSING ISSUES FACING OUR
CITY. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO
BE PART OF ONE SEATTLE. AGAIN,
TO MY COLLEAGUES, I FEEL VERY
PROUD OF ALL THAT WE HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND
YOUR FRIENDSHIP ON THIS JOURNEY
AND I WISH YOU ALL GOOD SPEED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
FURTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS BEFORE
WE ADJOURN? COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
YES, NEXT TUESDAY I WILL BE
MEETING IN PERSON WITH THE
SNOHOMISH TRIBAL COUNCIL. IT IS
NOT CLEAR IF I WILL BE BACK ON
TIME OR ABLE TO JOIN VIRTUALLY.
I AM REQUESTING TO BE EXCUSED
FROM THE JULY 8, 2025 COUNCIL
MEETING. IF I DO SHOW UP, I WILL
BE UNEXCUSED.
>> THERE IS NO PROCESS FOR THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT. I AM LOOKING RIGHT
AND LEFT AND SEEING NO OBJECTION
TO THAT EXCUSABLE. WHAT IS THE
DATE? DO I HAVE TO SAY ON THE
RECORD? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
WILL BE EXCUSED ON JULY 8.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE. WE HAVE