IT IS 9:34 A.M.
I'M DAN STRAUSS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>>
HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE- CHAIR RIVERA.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> FIVE PRESENT, ZERO
EX-EXCUSED.
>>
FANTASTIC, THANK YOU. I AM GOING
TO MOVE -- WE GOT
FIVE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA TODAY AND APPOINTMENT FOR
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL,
THREE APPOINTMENTS.
AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE
2025 TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
I'M GOING TO AMEND THE AGENDA
AND
HAVE THE OVERVIEW OF THE TRIBAL
NATIONS SUMMIT FIRST FOLLOWED
BY THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL APPOINTMENT AND THE
SEATTLE
INDIAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION
TO AMENDING THE AGENDA?
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS AMENDED.
AND IS THERE ANY OBJECTION
TO THE AGENDA BEING ADOPTED?
SEEING NONE, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY FOLKS
REMOTE OR PHYSICALLY IN PERSON
WHO
WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT.
AND SO WITH THAT, THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
CLOSED.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO THE THIRD ITEM OF THE
AGENDA THAT WE'RE DOING FIRST,
WHICH
IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE 2025
TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT.
I'LL SAY THAT THIS IS THE
FIRST OF MANY AND THEN I'LL
SPEAK
SOME MORE A LITTLE BIT LATER,
BUT WE HAVE GOT COUNCILMEMBER
DONNIE STEVENSON OF MUCKLESHOOT
WITH
US TODAY AND I PASS THE FLOOR
TO YOU FOR OPENING WORDS AND
THEN
WE CAN PASS IT ON TO
DEPARTMENT LEADS FOR
INTRODUCTIONS.
AND THESE MICROPHONES YOU GOT
TO GET REAL CLOSE.
MICK JAGGER IS WHAT WE SAY.
>> I GOTCHA.
DONNIE STEVENSON, MUCKLESHOOT
OPS.
WELCOME AND GOOD MORNING,
MY FRIENDS AND RELATIONS.
MY NAME IS DONNIE STEVENSON.
I AM AN ELECTED MEMBER OF
THE MUCKLESHOOT INDIAN
TRIBAL COUNCIL, APPOINTED MEMBER
OF
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE CITY OF SEATTLE AND IT
IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO
BE HERE THIS MORNING TO SPEAK
ABOUT OUR SECOND TRIBAL NATIONS
SUMMIT.
IN TERMS OF THE MESSAGING I
FEEL IS IMPORTANT TO GET ACROSS
IN
TERMS OF THE SUMMIT ITSELF
IS THE NATURE OF IT BEING A
FOLLOW- UP, AND THE SECOND THAT
I THINK THAT THAT SPEAKS TO AND
SPECIFICALLY POINTS TO
CONSISTENCY AND A FOLLOW
THROUGH.
AND IT ALLOWED AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONNECT
WITH OUR
TRIBAL PARTNERS, THE CITY,
AND REALLY SPEAK TO
THE PROGRESS THAT HAD BEEN MADE
SINCE THE
FIRST, WHICH, IF WE'RE
SPEAKING FRANKLY WAS THE FIRST
SUCH MEETING IN
ANY MEANINGFUL SORT OF WAY
FORMALLY WITH THE CITY
OF SEATTLE SINCE TREATY
TIMES. TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW
THROUGH ON THE COMMITMENTS THAT
WERE MADE
TO ONE ANOTHER IN A FORMAL
WAY HELD A LOT OF VALUE.
AND A LOT OF MEANING.
AND I THINK IT ALSO SPEAKS TO
THE SHARED INTENT TO CONTINUE TO
DO THIS WORK TOGETHER IN A
WAY WHERE WE ARE SORT OF LOOKING
TO
ENSURE FOLLOW THROUGH AND
CONSISTENCY.
AND THAT THAT COMMITMENT TO
ONE ANOTHER IS DONE IN A WAY
THAT IS
REAL, THAT'S MEANINGFUL,
THAT MAKES A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE
FOR -- IN OUR LANGUAGE,
WE SAY -- WHAT THAT TRANSLATES
TO IS FOR ALL OUR PEOPLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS
MORNING AND
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHERE
MY HEAD AND HEART ARE WITH THAT
WORK, WHICH I DO THINK IS
REALLY IMPORTANT WORK.
AND TO REALLY REPRESENT WHY WE
FEEL THE TRIBAL NATION SUMMIT
IS A VITAL PART
OF THE TRIBAL CITY RELATIONS AS
THEY EXIST TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING US
BE YOUR GUESTS TODAY.
IF YOU WANT TO DO INTRODUCTIONS
AND THEN WE'LL TICK THROUGH
THE WHOLE PRESENTATION AND
THEN WE'LL COME BACK FOR
QUESTIONS
ALONG THE WAY.
OVER TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON FOR YOUR
ON GOING
LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT TO THE
COUNCIL AND AS A
TRIBAL LEADER WHO PARTICIPATED
IN
THIS WORK FOR MANY YEARS.
MY NAME IS FRAN CHISK IA
FRANCESCA MURNAN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS LYDIA
FAITALIA, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME TODAY.
>> AND THE TRIBAL NATIONS
SUMMIT IS A COLLABORATION
BETWEEN THE
CITY'S INDIGENOUS COUNCIL,
AND OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS THE LEAD CONVENER WITH
THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
FOR TODAY, I'LL BE LEADING
THE CONTENT OF THE PRESENTATION
AND CLOSE WITH ADDITIONAL
REFLECTIONS FROM OUR IAC
REPRESENTATIVES.
THANK YOU CHAIR STRAUSS
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
FOR INVITING US TO SHARE ABOUT
THIS WORK AGAIN.
THE LAST TRIBAL NATIONS
SUMMIT TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER
16th AT
SEATTLE CITY HALL.
WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE
ROLE OF THE SUMMIT AND OUR
CITY'S
TRIBAL RELATIONS PROGRAM
AND SHARE SOME SUMMARY
INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL AS
COUNCILMEMBERS.
AT ITS CORE, THE TRIBAL
NATIONS SUMMIT IS AN EXERCISE OF
THE
GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE
CITY AND THETHE FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED
TRIBES THAT ARE
LOCATED IN WASHINGTON STATE.
THIS COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED
A FEW BRIEFINGS ON THE
POLITICAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT OF
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
TRIBAL BENEFICIARIES THAT
UNDERPINS THIS ENGAGEMENT.
THIS SUMMIT IS MODELED
AFTER BEST PRACTICES FROM
FEDERAL
AND STATE GOVERNMENTS INCLUDING
THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT'S
TRIBAL
NATIONS SUMMIT AND
THE WASHINGTON STATE'S
ANNUAL CENTENNIAL ACCORD
MEETING.
THESE GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENTS ARE
CRITICAL GATHERINGS FOR FEDERAL
AND
STATE LEADERS TO LEARN OF
TOP PRIORITIES AND INTERESTS
TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, THROUGH
A GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
FORMAT.
THE CITY SUMMIT DISCUSSIONS
CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE
A NEW FUTURE FOR OUR CITY
TRIBAL RELATIONS AND DEFINE THE
ROLE OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN DEFINING
TRUST OBLIGATIONS TO
TRIBAL BENEFICIARIES.
IT IS AN
IMPORTANT PART TO THE CITY'S
EFFORTS TO BETTER
HONOR AND RESPECT TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE
AND
ENGAGE TRIBAL NATIONS AS
SOVEREIGN
GOVERNMENTS AND REGIONAL
PARTNERS.
THE IDEA OF THE SUMMIT WAS
DEVELOPED FOLLOWING
MEETINGS WITH TRIBAL COUNCILS IN
2022.
TRIBAL LEADERS SHARED IT
WAS IMPORTANT THE GATHERING
GO BEYOND JUST TALK AND RESULT
IN
CONCRETE AND MEANINGFUL
ACTION FOR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL
IN PARTICULAR OUR TRIBAL CAUCUS
MADE UP OF ELECTED LEADERS
OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES
CO-DEVELOPED MUCH OF THE
STRUCTURE AND FORMAT OF
THE
SUMMIT AND GUIDED THE DISCUSSION
TOPICS.
THE SUMMIT COMES 170 YEARS
AFTER TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVES
WERE
COERCED INTO GATHERING TO SIGN
WHERE SIGNIFICANT LAND AND
RESOURCES WERE S.E.E.D. CEDED
FOR RESERVED LANDS.
AS THIS COMMITTEE KNOWS WELL,
THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT
PERIODS IN OUR 170 YEAR HISTORY
WHERE THE TRIBAL NATIONS
HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED OR
CONSULTED IN
CITY WORK THAT DIRECTLY
IMPACTS THEIR TRUST AND TREATY
RIGHTS AND THERE IS AN
EMERGING AWARENESS IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT THAT TRIBAL NATIONS
ARE CRITICAL
REGIONAL GOVERNING PARTNERS WITH
INTERESTS IN THE CRITICAL
DECISIONS AFFECTING THE
STEWARDSHIP OF OUR SHARED
LANDS AND WATER RESOURCES AND
ADVANCING THE QUALITY OF
LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN OUR
REGION.
AND IT IS WITH THAT
GROUNDING THAT WE SET OUT TO
HOST ANOTHER
TRIBAL NATIONS
SUMMIT. AS THIS WORK EVOLVED
OVER THE
PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE
HAVE THREE MAIN GOALS THAT
REMAIN.
FIRST, WE SEEK TO IDENTIFY
ACTIONS AND DESIRED
OUTCOMES THAT PULL THE
SOVEREIGNTY
AND TREATY RIGHTS OF
FEDERALLYFEDERALLY RECOGNIZED
TRIBES.
WE SEEK TO BUILD
PARTNERSHIPS, STRENGTHEN
COLLABORATIONS
AND ENHANCE DIPLOMACY
WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
NATIVE
COMMUNITIES.
AND WE SHARE UPDATES ON OUR
CITY'S EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN
OUR
ENGAGEMENT OF TRIBAL
AND URBAN NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.
THE 2025 --
>> FRANCESCA, SLOW DOWN JUST
A LITTLE BIT.
WE -- I'M TRACKING
EVERYTHING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO
BOTH
TRIBAL SUMMITS, BUT FOR ANYONE
WHO --
A LITTLE SLOWER IF YOU
COULD.
>> HAPPY TO DO SO, THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> THE 2025 SUMMIT
INCLUDED REPRESENTATION OF
ELECTED LEADERS AND STAFF FROM
NINE
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES.
TRIBAL INTERESTS IN
LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXTEND WELL
BEYOND THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES
OF LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND
SO THEREFORE ALL
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN
THE
STATE WERE INVITED.
AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN THIS
COMMITTEE, WE
KNOW THAT THE CITY POLICY,
SERVICES,
UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE ALL HAVE
FAR
REACHING IMPACTS TO TRIBAL
NATIONS AND WE ALSO KNOW
THAT TRIBAL NATIONS HAVE A
STRONG
INTEREST IN SERVING
TRIBAL CITIZENS THAT LIVE, WORK
AND PLAY IN SEATTLE AND PRACTICE
THEIR SOVEREIGNTY AND
TREATY
RIGHTS IN THE CITY AND ACROSS
THE REGION.
AND WE ALSO -- PORTIONS OF
THE SUMMIT ALSO ENGAGE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM
URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE RECOGNIZED AS AMERICAN
INDIAN
AND ALASKA NATIVE SERVICE
PROVIDERS, ADVISORY
BODIES, PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORITIES,
AND PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITIES, ALL THROUGH LOCAL,
STATE
OR FEDERAL STATUTE.
THE RELATIONSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT
OF THESE RECOGNIZED
PROVIDERS, IT IS DISTINCT FROM
THE GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
ENGAGEMENT, BUT IT REPRESENTS
THE ONGOING TRUST OBLIGATIONS
TO TRIBAL CITIZENS
AND BENEFICIARIES REGARDLESS
OF WHERE WE RESIDE.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
LISTED URBAN INDIAN
ORGANIZATIONS OFFERED THEIR
GUIDANCE
AND EXPERTISE TO THE
CONVERSATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN
THE AREAS
OF PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTHCARE,
HOUSING, AND GENDER-
BASED VIOLENCE RESPONSE AS WELL
AS
OTHER HUMAN SERVICE AREAS.
AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT
THIS IS AN ONLY A FRACTION OF
THE
NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
OPERATE IN AND AROUND SEATTLE.
THE CITY DOES ENGAGE WITH
DOZENS OF ADDITIONAL INDIAN
URBAN ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS
AND INDIGENOUS CONSULTANTS
AGAINST OUR DEPARTMENTS AND
POLICY ISSUES ON A ROUTINE
BASIS.
SOME OF THAT WORK HAS BEEN
CAPTURED IN SOME OF OUR PAST
SUMMARY IMPACT REPORTS AND
THE LIST HERE IS JUST
REFLECTIVE OF THE POLITICAL AND
LEGAL
CONTEXT OF THIS PARTICULAR
EVENT.
IT WAS WITH DEEP RESPECT, HUMOR,
WISDOM AND HONESTY THAT THE
TRIBAL AND URBAN NATIVE
LEADERS THAT WERE IN THE ROOM
WITH
US THAT DAY TOLD THE CITY HOW
WE CAN BE BETTER PARTNERS TO
TRIBAL NATIONS AND THE URBAN
NATIVE
COMMUNITY.
THIS LISTS ALL
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES IN
ATTENDANCE DURING THE EVENT.
WE SHARE THIS LIST TO GIVE YOU
A SENSE OF THE BROAD
INTERDEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT
FOR TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT ACROSS
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
IN 2025, WE INCREASED THE
NUMBER OF CITY DEPARTMENTS
THAT PREPARED FOR AND ENGAGED IN
THIS EVENT BY 37%.
THESE DEPARTMENTS HAVE VARYING
LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH TRIBES
AND URBAN INDIAN
ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL SEEK TO
IMPROVE
OR STRENGTHEN THEIR
RELATIONSHIPS TO BE BETTER
PARTNERS. THE SUMMIT WAS
ATTENDED BY
22 CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THE EXECUTIVE AND
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AS WELL AS A
FEW COUNTY
OR REGIONAL PARTNERS THAT
DIRECTLY WORK ON ISSUES THAT
IMPACT TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
DURING THE EVENT,
ELECTED LEADERS ENGAGED IN
SHARING
THEIR PRIORITIES THROUGH
LISTENING
SESSION WITH MAYOR HARRELL
AND HIS EXECUTIVE STAFF FOLLOWED
BY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
CITY LEADERSHIP TO LISTEN AND
LEARN DIRECTLY FROM TRIBAL
LEADERS
ON HOW TO WORK TOGETHER
MORE EFFECTIVELY AS GOVERNMENTS
AND
REGIONAL PARTNERS.
TRIBAL AND URBAN NATIVE
LEADERS ENGAGED IN DIRECT TALKS
AND CANDID CONVERSATIONS THAT
ALL
FOCUSED ON THREE AREAS OF
SHARED CONCERN.
COMMUNITY SAFETY, HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS, AND CULTURAL AND
NATURAL RESOURCES.
THE DISCUSSIONS WERE MARKED BY
CANDOR, HUMOR AND VISION.
TRIBAL LEADERS CALLED ON THE
CITY TO RISE TO THE OCCASION AND
WORK IN DEEP COLLABORATION
WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
NATIVE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
IMPACTED BY
THE CITY'S ACTIONS.
AND NOTABLY THE MAYOR CALLED
ON CITY LEADERS TO IDENTIFY
ACTIONABLE ITEMS AND
COMMISSIONS THAT NEED DISCUSSION
IN THE
ROOM.
AS A RESULT OF THAT
ENGAGEMENT, THE DAY WAS FILLED
WITH MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE,
ACTIONABLE
OUTCOMES AND NEWER AND STRONGER
RELATIONSHIPS.
FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE,
THE GUIDANCE FROM THE
NATIVE REPRESENTATIVES LARGELY
FELL INTO THESE FOUR CATEGORIES
OF
COMMENTS.
EFFECTIVE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS WAS AN AREA WHERE WE
HEARD REPRESENTATIVES STRESS
THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
OF EFFECTIVE TRIBAL RELATIONS
IS THAT GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIP.
THE CITY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY
TO ENGAGE WITH SOVEREIGN
NATIONS THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK
THAT
IS ROOTED IN TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY
AND
SELF-DETERMINATION.
REPRESENTATIVES SHARED
SOME OF THE DEFINING FEATURES OF
WORKING MORE PRODUCTIVELY AND
RESPECTFULLY WITH TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS INCLUDES EARLY AND
OFTEN ENGAGEMENT AND TWO WAY
DIALOGUE THAT RESULTS IN
MEANINGFUL CONSIDERATION OF
TRIBAL PRIORITIES.
IN THE AREA OF EDUCATION AND
AWARENESS, REPRESENTATIVES SPOKE
TO THE DIVERSITY AND
COMPLEXITY OF TRIBAL INTERESTS
IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT RANGING FROM
CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
IMPACTS INCLUDING THE GROWING
ENERGY DEMAND IN OUR REGION.
AND ALSO THE ROLE OF
LOCAL TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
COMMUNITY- BASED RESPONSES
TO ISSUES OF MISSING INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE.
REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSSED THE
LEGAL, POLITICAL AND
RACIAL EQUITY CONTEXT OF
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND
SHARED
HOW CULTURALLY ATTUNED
APPROACHES DEMONSTRATE THE
UNIQUE
CONTEXT IN WHICH TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS
AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES PROVIDE
THE
SERVICES.
IN THE AREA OF RELATIONSHIP AND
TRUST BUILDING, REPRESENTATIVES
ENCOURAGED CITY LEADERS TO
LEAN INTO CHALLENGING
CONVERSATIONS
TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF
SHARED INTEREST AND PRIORITIES.
WHILE SOME AREAS OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVE LONG
BEEN CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX
AREAS FOR TRIBAL RELATIONS AND
NATIVE
ENGAGEMENT, THE
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ROOM
ENCOURAGE
CONTINUED EFFORTS TO REPAIR,
RESTORE
AND INNOVATE AND THROUGH
SUSTAINED
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND TRUST
BUILDING.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN,
I SEE
ESTHER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
IS IT OKAY IF WE PAUSE
FOR A QUICK INTRODUCTION?
>> SO, YES, EVERYBODY.
I AM ESTHER LUCERO.
I SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT AND
CEO FOR THE SEATTLE INDIAN
HEALTH BOARD AND PROUD MEMBER
OFOF
IAC. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY
TARDINESS.
I CAME FROM THE
GOVERNOR'S INDIAN TASK FORCE
AND
TRAFFIC WAS NOT FUN.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US. WE'RE GLAD TO
HAVE YOU.
I'M GOING TO JUMP BACK IN
HERE AND THE LAST COLUMN
ON COLLABORATION AND
PARTNERSHIP.
THIS AREA WE HEARD A LOT OF
CONVERSATION AROUND
THE INVESTMENT AREAS,
COORDINATION AND PARTNERSHIPS
THAT
DRIVE BETTER OUTCOMES,
PARTICULARLY AROUND THE BODIES
OF COMMUNITY
SAFETY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
RESPONSE, NATURAL AND CULTURAL
RESOURCES, STEWARDSHIP
AND SOCIAL SERVICES LIKE
HOUSING.
REPRESENTATIVES
EXPRESSED POSITIVE SUPPORT FOR
THE
CITY'S EFFORTS TO INVEST AND
PARTNER
WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT INCLUDED
INTERJURISDICTIONAL
COMMUNICATION AND
COORDINATION ON PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES.
SUCH AS DRUG TRAFFICKING AND
HUMAN AND SEX TRAFFICKING.
INNOVATION, AND ENHANCED DATA
SOVEREIGNTY, PARTICULARLY IN
THE AREA OF TRIBAL CULTURAL
RESOURCES, AND WE ALSO
HEARD ABOUT COLLABORATIVE
APPROACHES TO IMPROVING WATER
QUALITY,
FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, AS
WELL AS
ACCESS FOR TRIBAL MEMBERS TO
ADDRESS THEIR TREATY PROTECTED
RIGHTS TO FISH.
THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS IS
IN THE PROCESS
OF FORMALIZING THIS INTO A
SUMMARY
REPORT FROM THE EVENT THAT
WILL PLAN TO RELEASE IN EARLY
2026.
AT THE EVENT, WE RELEASED A
2025 PROGRESS REPORT THAT
DOCUMENTED
SOME OF OUR MOST NOTABLE EFFORTS
TO DATE TO IMPROVE OUR
RELATIONSHIPS AND ENGAGEMENT.
WE SHARED THOSE UPDATES WITH
OUR PARTNERS AND THEY'RE
NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH A DOCUMENT
ON THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
WEBSITE.
THE CITY HAS BEEN CLEAR
THAT FROM THE BEGINNING OF
OUR EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN THESE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONSHIPS AND DEFINE OUR
ROLE IN
FULFILLING TRUST AND
TREATY OBLIGATIONS TO NATIVE
COMMUNITIES, THAT WE
MUST SUSTAIN THE PATH OF
DOCUMENTING THE OUTCOMES AND THE
PROGRESS
MADE.
WHILE THIS WORK HAS
PRESENTED CHALLENGES AND
COMPLEXITIES
ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, WE
ARE SEEING A NOTABLE EFFORT AND
CLEAR DRIVE TO CREATE
MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS AND
EXPAND
OUR EFFORTS IN THE MONTHS AND
YEARS
TO COME.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL SEE
THE TIME BACK TO
OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE IAC
AND
TRIBAL LEADERSHIP TO SHARE
ANY REFLECTIONS THAT THEY HAVE
FROM ATTENDING THE EVENT AS
WELL AS
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK IN
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
>> WELCOME.
COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON OPENED
US UP.
ESTHER, IF YOU ARE HAVE
THOUGHTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE,
YOU'RE UP AND ONE FUNNY ASPECT
ABOUT OUR COMMITTEE TABLE, YOU
HAVE
TO GET REALLY CLOSE TO THE
MICROPHONE.
I OFTENTIMES FORGET
MYSELF.
>> OKAY, NO PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS MAKE
SURE THAT WE PUT OUR TRIBAL
LEADERS FIRST AND SO I'M
GRATEFUL TO
HEAR DONNIE WENT FIRST,
EVEN THOUGH HE AND I ARGUE
OFTEN ABOUT IT.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE
TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU, YOU
KNOW, FROM IAC PERSPECTIVE, I
DON'T WANT YOU TO UNDERESTIMATE
THE MAGNITUDE OF
THIS MOVEMENT. THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE IAC IS
SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE
ACROSS THIS NATION.
WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO
SET FORWARD A GOVERNMENT
TO GOVERNMENT AGENDA WITH
OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AT THE
CITY
LEVEL.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
WILL CHANGE THE WORLD.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE
WITNESSING WITH THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND
PAST ADMINISTRATIONS IS
THAT LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE
GETTING
MORE POWER.
AND WITH POWER COMES
RESPONSIBILITY.
AND WHAT WE
CAN'T HAVE HAPPEN IS TO HAVE
OUR TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY DILUTED JUST BECAUSE
THERE IS A
LACK OF UNDERSTANDING
AND KNOWLEDGE AND COMMITMENT TO
THAT GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIP.
AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING, JUST TO
CITY COUNCIL TO DO AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IS JUST
REALLY LET'S TAKE THIS TO THE
NEXT
LEVEL.
LET'S ESTABLISH THAT
TRIBAL CONSULTATION AND BECAUSE
WE HAVE
SUCH A PROMINENT AND VIBRANT
URBAN INDIAN COMMUNITY
HERE MOVING TOWARDS URBAN
CONFER.
AND IF WE DO THOSE THINGS,
AND WE PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR
MOUTH
IS, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
IS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS
CITY
TRANSFORM.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU WORK ON INDIAN
ISSUES, WHEN YOU TAKE
IT FROM THAT PLACE, THAT
CONNECTION
TO THE LAND, RIGHT, THAT
CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY, AND YOU
DO
THAT FROM AN INDIGENOUS PLACE,
YOU
SOLVE ALL OTHER PROBLEMS.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I
WANT TO SAY.
SO I'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO
THE IAC FOR THAT REASON.
I'VE BEEN COMMITTED BECAUSE I
BELIEVE IN ALL OF YOU.
I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO
HARD THINGS AND THAT WE CAN
BE INNOVATIVE AND WE CAN CHANGE
THE
WORLD.
I GUESS ALL I WANT TO TELL
YOU IS
WE NEED TO WALK TOGETHER TO MAKE
THAT HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU, ESTHER.
COLLEAGUES, DO YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
AND DID I HEAR YOU SAY,
FRANCESCA, THE COMMITMENT
AREAS ARE ON THE WEBSITE NOW?
>> THE 2025 PROGRESS REPORT.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO REPORT
OUT THROUGH THAT COMMITMENT
AREA FRAMEWORK.
IT GIVES US THE MOST
FLEXIBILITY TO CAPTURE EXISTING
AND EMERGING
WORK HAPPENING ACROSS THE
CITY.
>> FANTASTIC.
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS AT THIS
TIME?
I'VE GOT A NUMBER.
YES, COUNCILMEMBER -- COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON
AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HIS HAND WAS UP FIRST IF THAT
MATTERS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER --
>> OKAY.
>> WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST?
OVER TO YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> SO, THANK YOU FOR --
AS YOU WERE TALKING, I WAS
THINKING, IF
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
MUCH MORE DIRECT ABOUT YOUR TOP
PRIORITIES, THE THINGS THAT THE
CITY SHOULD DO RIGHT NOW,
WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
SO, AND I'VE BEEN -- NOW I'M
ON THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
WEBSITE AND I
DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO FROM
THE PROGRESS REPORT BETWEEN
THE FIRST AND THE SECOND
GATHERINGS.
BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
IS CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHAT --
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
WE CAN EASILY DO THAT HAVE BEEN
RECOGNIZED AS TOP PRIORITIES
AND, JUST GET IT ON THE RECORD.
ACTIONABLE ITEMS I THINK YOU
REFERRED TO THEM.
>> I THINK IT IS WHAT -- THANK
YOU.
I THINK IT IS EXACTLY WHAT I
JUST SAID.
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT
IS BUDGET
NEUTRAL, START WITH TRIBAL
CONSULTATION AND URBAN
CONFER.
DO THOSE TWO THINGS, YOU
CHANGE THE WORLD.
SECOND THING IS PUTTING YOUR
MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS,
WHICH IS WE ADVOCATED FOR
CARVEOUTS RELATED TO HOUSING.
JUST WE ADVOCATED FOR
CARVEOUTS AROUND HEALTH AND
HUMAN
SERVICES. THOSE TYPES OF THINGS
ARE REALLY
BENEFICIAL AND I CAN TELL YOU
THEY WORKED AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL.
THESE ARE THINGS WE ADVOCATED
FOR, YOU KNOW, AT EVERY
SINGLE TIER OF GOVERNMENT AND
EVERY TIME WE DO IT, YOU HAVE A
HUGE RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT.
SO IF I WOULD PICK
TWO, IT IS THOSE TWO THINGS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, SO, I TEND TO AGREE
WITH SORT OF EVERYTHING ESTHER
HAD TO SAY AND OFFER.
THE PERSPECTIVE THAT I WOULD
ADD, I THINK IT COMES FROM NOT
ONLY THE IAC, BUT ALSO
THE GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT THAT CALLS THIS
CITY A PIECE OF OUR IMPORTANT
HOMELANDS.
AND THAT MEANS VIRTUALLY
EVERY POLICY THAT IS IMPLEMENTED
FROM WITHIN THE CITY HAS BEARING
AND
IMPACT ON OUR NATION.
THAT EVEN THINGS THAT YOU MAY
NOT SORT OF THINK OFF THE TOP
OF YOUR HEAD WOULD HAVE
POTENTIALLY MAJOR IMPACTS IN
TERMS OF
THE WAY THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE
AFFECTED, INEVITABLY CAN DO SO.
AND SO I THINK THAT THE IDEA
OF THAT GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIP AND
CONSULTATION AND MEANINGFUL WAYS
BEFORE
DECISIONS ARE MADE NOT AS
A MATTER OF SORT OF CHECKING
THE BOX OR NOT AS A MATTER OF
MAKING SURE THAT THIS OBLIGATION
IS MET
SO THAT IT READS THE CORRECT
WAY, ACCORDING TO WHATEVER THE
STEPS OF IMPLEMENTING
POLICY LOOK LIKE WITHIN THE
CITY,
BUT SO THAT TRIBAL VOICE IS
REPRESENTED AND INTEREST IS
REPRESENTED.
PARTICULARLY IN THIS CITY.
YOU CAN'T TAKE A STEP HERE
WITHOUT SORT OF REALLY
WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE
INDIGENOUS POPULATION THAT
SORT OF CAME BEFORE AND LAID
THE FOUNDATION FOR WHERE WE ARE.
AND AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE,
WE'RE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SHOWN THE ABILITY TO LIVE
SUSTAINABLY WITHIN A REGION
HISTORICALLY
OVER THE COURSE OF
MILLENNIA. AND THAT'S -- IS
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TODAY, FOR
THE
FIRST TIME AS A SPECIES WE
HAVE SHOWN SHOWN THE TO HAVE A
NEGATIVE
IMPACT GLOBALLY THAT THERE ARE
THINGS TAKING PLACE WITHIN
THE ENVIRONMENT OF THIS PLANET
THAT APPEAR TO BE HARMFUL AND
IT APPEARS TO BE DIRECTLY AS A
RESULT OF THE DECISIONS WE
MAKE AS HUMAN BEINGS.
WELL, TRIBAL VOICE HAS A REAL
ABILITY TO HAVE A POSITIVE
IMPACT THERE AND WE HAVE A
SHOWN HISTORY OF BEING ABLE TO
DO
SO. AND SO I THINK NOW MORE
THAN EVER MAKING SURE THAT THAT
VOICE
IS REPRESENTED IN THE
DECISIONS THAT IMPACT ALL PEOPLE
IS SO
FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I FEEL IT IS OUR
OBLIGATION AS TRIBAL LEADERS TO
SPEAK
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THE
ABILITY TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
LIKE THE
SPECIES THAT YOU SEE THAT LIVE
IN THE SKY OR SEA OUTSIDE THE
WINDOW HERE. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY
TO SHARE AGAIN.
THAT'S THE -- YOU KNOW, I'M
JUST TALKING ABOUT SAVING THE
WORLD.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT A HUGE ASK OR
ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S
REALLY FUNDAMENTALLY WHERE MY
HEART
GOES WHEN YOU ASK THAT QUESTION.
>> AND I'LL JUST ADD FROM
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WE DID
TRACK THE ORIGINAL 23 OUTCOMES
THAT
CAME OUT OF THE 2023
SUMMIT. AND WE DO MONITOR THE
PROGRESS ON THOSE BY
COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM
CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO
ARE WORKING TOWARDS ACHIEVING
THOSE.
SOME OF THOSE ARE HIGH
LEVEL, LIKE IMPROVING OUR
COMMUNICATION, AND SOME OF
THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT
MORE MEASURABLE
LIKE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
CONTENT ON SEATTLE CHANNEL.
IT IS A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL POLICY'S
PRIORITIES, WHICH
ARE MORE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF
THE
ITEMS YOU HEARD HERE REFLECTING
AND
MATCHING THOSE TO WHAT ARE
THOSE AREAS OF THE CITY BUDGET
THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO
SEE INVESTMENTS SUSTAINED
OR INCREASED INVESTMENT IN AS
WELL AS SOME OF THOSE THINGS
THAT DON'T REQUIRE FINANCIAL
PIECES LIKE CONSULTATION AND
CONFER.
>> PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
INFORMATION.
I WILL -- I'LL DO SOME
MORE RESEARCH ON THAT.
I HEARD ONE THING THAT
WAS UNDERSTANDABLE AND DOABLE IS
--
WAS A CARVEOUT, A HOUSING
CARVEOUT.
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THAT AND I HOPE THAT YOU
CAN COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE
COUNCIL
GOING FORWARD.
BECAUSE IT IS THOSE SORTS
OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES WE JUST -- IT IS THE
LEGISLATIVE
ACTIONS THAT ARE QUITE CLEAR
AND DIRECT THAT SOMETIMES ARE --
MILWAUKEE A BIG MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
SEATTLE HAS -- WE ARE
SISTER CITIES WITH CHRISTCHURCH,
NEW
ZEALAND.
I WAS ABLE TO GO THERE
LAST YEAR THE YEAR
BEFORE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT
I NOTICED IS THAT THEY HAVE -- I
BELIEVE, NOW I HOPE I'M NOT
MISREPRESENTING THIS POLICY,
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE
A POLICY OF THE RIGHT OF FIRST
SURPLUS GOVERNMENT OR WHATEVER.
AND SO, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME
AND THEN YOU -- AND
SO SUBSEQUENT TO THAT THERE
HAVE BEEN -- THERE IS A LOT OF
TRIBAL REAL ESTATE IN THE MIDDLE
OF YUN
TOWN. HAS THAT EVER BEEN --
IS THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS ON YOUR
LIST?
>> I'LL BRIEFLY SHARE THAT,
YES, IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT
HAS APPEARED ON THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL'S
POLICY PRIORITIES AND THROUGH
DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR
GROUP. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE
MORE.
>> I CAN JUST SHARE WITH YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FILLING IN
A LITTLE BIT OF THIS VOID, THAT
WHILE WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY
UPDATED THIS POLICY TO
DATE, WE HAVE BEGUN PRACTICING
THIS IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO MUCH SO AS THERE WAS A
PARCEL THAT WAS PLANNED TO
BE TRANSFERRED OUT OF CITY
JURISDICTION JUST LAST WEEK THAT
WAS PAUSED FOR ADDITIONAL TRIBAL
CONSULTATION BEFORE PROCEEDING
FORWARD.
THAT'S JUST OF
LAST WEEK. THANKSGIVING IS A
COMPLICATED HOLIDAY AND WE
HAVEN'T GIVEN
THE LAND BACK.
SO, WITH THAT --
>> THANK YOU.
I KNEW THERE WAS AN OFFICIAL
PHRASE FOR WHAT
I'M TRYING TO GET AT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL READ UP MORE.
>> FANTASTIC.
ANYTHING FURTHER, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT?
>> NOT FOR RIGHT
NOW.
>> FANTASTIC.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON, MISS
LUCERO AND MISS MURNAN AND
ITALIA FAITALIA.
WORKING ON IT.
I WANTED TO SAY A FEW
THINGS. ONE IS REGARD, THE
BRIEFING, SUMMIT GOALS, IN
ALIGNMENT WITH
THEM, AND THE ENGAGE MENT ON
URBAN NATIVE ISSUES AND THE
THIRD BULLET.
THAT'S SO VERY IMPORTANT.
WITH THE THEMES, AS I
SCROLL DOWN TO THAT SLIDE, YOU
KNOW, THESE ARE ALSO VERY
IMPORTANT, THE TWO- WAY
DIALOGUE.
AS YOU NOTED, IT IS SO
IMPORTANT AND TO PARTNER ON
DIFFERENT
ISSUES.
AND LOOKING AT THOSE TWO
SLIDES, AND THINKING, LIKE, YOU
KNOW,
HOW CAN YOU ENGAGE AS A BODY
AND ALSO INDIVIDUALLY AS
COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN
PORTFOLIOS, OUR MAIN AREAS, THAT
INTERSECT
DIFFERENTLY WITH THE --
PARTICULARLY THE URBAN NATIVE
COMMUNITY.
AND SO, ON THAT FRONT, I JUST
WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW,
AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU
KNOW, THE ISSUES AND
PUBLIC SAFETY ARE LARGE.
THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN,
MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN,
THOSE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE
AND THE
LINKAGES WITH THE ELEMENTS
OF CITY
GOVERNMENT LIKE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT THAT WE CAN BE
INTERLOCUTOR TO THAT.
I GO BETWEEN A BRIDGE,
BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE TWO
YEARS, CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY,
STRONG LINKS WITH ALL THE
ELEMENTS OF
PUBLIC SAFETY TO INCLUDE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT MIGHT
BE
AN AVENUE TO CREATE AN
OPPORTUNITY.
AND MAYBE CONSTRUCT A
COMMITTEE MEETING KIND OF
CENTERED ON
THAT.
AND THEN BRINGING CARE, YOU
KNOW, LIKE THE
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE PIECES, YOU
KNOW, FIRE AND SO FORTH, TO LOOK
AT
THOSE PIECES AND SEE WHAT'S
POSSIBLE.
AND THAT REALLY BRINGS ME TO
THE POINT OF AN AREA THAT
I'M LOOKING MORE AND MORE INTO
IS
THAT SEAM BETWEEN PUBLIC
SAFETY ON ONE HAND, AND
HOMELESSNESS
OR HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES.
BECAUSE IT IS LIKE WHEN YOU
WORK THE ISSUE AND PULLING AN
ONION
BACK, YOU FIND NEW THINGS, THE
LINKAGES, THIS GOES TO THE IDEA
OF A CRIMINAL -- I OFTEN
SAY FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM BUT WE HAVE TO
HAVE
A FUNCTIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY
SYSTEM AND THOSE LINKAGES
BETWEEN
PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE
SERVICE PROVIDERS OR SOME OF
THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE
EXECUTIVE, YOU KNOW, WE
REALLY NEED TO BE WORKING THESE
THINGS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE
EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE BECAUSE
ANOTHER THING I'VE LEARNED IS
THAT A
LOT OF THINGS ARE LEFT UNSAID
FOR DIFFERENT
REASONS. IN ORDER TO ATTACK A
PROBLEM, YOU NEED TO HAVE A
BASIC
UNDERSTANDING.
THOSE THINGS LEFT UNSAID IN
A LOT OF WAYS NEED TO BE SAID.
AND I THINK HAVING THIS
DIALOGUE, WE CAN REALLY
WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES.
AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO
CONTINUE TO DO THIS AND, YOU
KNOW,
I'M DOING IT IN MY OWN WAY IN
TERMS OF WORKING THE ISSUES AS
RESPECT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T
KNOW.
AND I CAN IMAGINE THERE
IS PIECES THERE, PARTICULARLY
BECAUSE OF REPRESENTATION
OR REPRESENTATION AND, YOU
KNOW WHAT ARE THOSE UNIQUE
DRIVERS,
WHAT ARE THOSE -- WHAT ARE
THOSE LITTLE HICCUPS, THOSE
CHOKE
POINTS, WHAT IS CAUSING THE
SYSTEM NOT TO BE WORKING THE
WAY IT SHOULD OR TO HAVE A
SITUATION WHERE DIFFERENT GROUPS
ARE
OVERREPRESENTED FROM A
DEMOGRAPHIC PERCENTAGE
PERSPECTIVE.
SO, THAT IS SOMETHING.
I WAS GOING TOTO TO
MY NEXT THING BUT I CAN SEE
THE ENGAGEMENT ALREADY, THE BODY
LANGUAGE. I'LL STOP THERE, AND
I HAVE A
FOLLOW- UP, OF COURSE.
>> TODAY WE'RE OUT OF THE
DGET CYCLE, WE'RE
NOT TAKING DISCUSSION ON
AMENDMENTS.
WE'RE IN DISCUSSION MODE.
JUMP RIGHT ON
IT.
>> I THINK MY FAVORITE
INTERACTION WITH YOU WAS WHEN
WE DID THAT -- YOU ALL DID
THAT LISTENING SESSION IN THE
CID
AND I REMEMBER HAVING A
CONVERSATION
ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY RIGHT AFTER
THAT. AND I REMEMBER JUST
FEELING
SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU IN THAT
MOMENT
BECAUSE YOU JUST HEARD
US ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE
NAVIGATION CENTER AND DECISIONS
LIKE
THAT WITHOUT SOMETHING LIKE
TRIBAL CONSULTATION OR EVEN
COMMUNITY
CONSULTATION, THOSE TYPES OF
THINGS.
AND I PROBABLY SHOULD START OFF
BY JUST SAYING THANK YOU
FOR GETTING MONEY IN THE BUDGET
FOR
THE URBAN TREATMENT CENTER.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE, PUBLIC SAFETY, MENTAL
HEALTH
CHALLENGES, HOUSING INSECURITY,
HOMELESSNESS,
RIGHT? AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO
DECONSTRUCT THAT TO BE ABLE TO
SOLVE SOME
OF THE PROBLEMS AND THEN
SOMETIMES
YOU HAVE TO FIND THE PLACE WHERE
THEY
INTERSECT TO SOLVE THEM.
THE INVESTMENT IN THE NUMBER
OF TREATMENT CENTERS IS
SIGNIFICANT
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A ENOUGH
BEDS, RIGHT? WE'RE STILL
MISSING SIGNIFICANT
ASPECTS OF THE CONTINUUM OF
CARE TO ADDRESS SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER.
DETOX, FOR EXAMPLE, IS
SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY
LACKING, TO
GET PEOPLE INTO THOSE DETOX
BEDS.
THERE IS A REASON FOR IT.
THE REIMBURSEMENTS ARE SO LOW
THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE
ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT AS A
BUSINESS,
RIGHT, AS A SERVICE.
AND WHY ARE THEY SO LOW?
THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE
ADVOCATED
FOR AND I HAVE TO ASK
FRANCESCA PERMISSION TO GO OFF
SCRIPT A
LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, IS THAT OKAY?
ONE OF THE THINGS UNIQUE
ABOUT
CITY OF SEATTLE IS THE
CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP
YOU HAVE WITH KING COUNTY.
AND WHAT I'VE WITNESSED OVER
AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, I'VE
BEEN HERE FOR TEN YEARS, IS
THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY LEANING
INTO THAT CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION
AND
EXPECTING THE COUNTY TO BUILD
CAPACITY FOR THINGS THAT
ALREADY EXIST.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
WE'RE UTILIZING RESOURCES TO
BUILD CAPACITY INSTEAD OF
INVESTING
IN THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO
CONDUCT
THESE SERVICES.
AND WITH LITTLE INVESTMENT
COULD ACTUALLY BUILD CAPACITY.
RIGHT?
AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT
THAT, THAT PART IS VERY
FRUSTRATING.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW
MUCH MONEY GOES BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
COUNTY.
AND HOW MANY TIMES WE'RE
JUST BUILDING A NEW THING,
BUILDING
A NEW THING.
AND I'M SITTING HERE, AS A
LEADER OF AN ORGANIZATION
THAT IS BOTH A FEDERALLY
QUALIFIEDQUALIFIED CENTER,
RIGHT, AND
URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION AND WE
DO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND I HAD
TO WORK
SO HARD TO GET JUST THAT TAIL
END
OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO GET
THE TREATMENT CENTER GOING.
WELL, GUESS WHAT, WE ALREADY
KNOW HOW TO DO IT, WE KNOW
HOW TO DO IT WELL, WE HAVE THE
BEST RECIDIVISM IN THE STATE
WITH
THE WORST BUILDING ON THE
PLANET.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WE HAVE TO INVEST IN THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ALREADY EXIST.
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS.
THOSE HAVE BECOME DISMANTLED A
BIT.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS
AS I'VE DONE THE WORK WITH THE
CID AND LITTLE SAIGON, THE
THING THAT THE GANG OF FOUR HAD
WAS
STRONG RELATIONSHIPS.
THEY KNEW EACH OTHER, THEY KNEW
THE KIDS, THEY KNEW THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEY CAME
TOGETHER LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S WHEN CHANGE
HAPPENED.
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE RELATIONS
NOW.
WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING TO
KNOW ONE ANOTHER.
I CAN'T BELIEVE
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE THIS IS
ONLY THE
SECOND CONVERSATION WE'RE
HAVING
AFTER THAT VERY POWERFULPOWERFUL
MOMENT.
YEAH?
SO, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT.
I THINK ABOUT
MY CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF
BARDEN AND
HER COMMITMENT TO TRUE
COMMUNITY POLICING AND I THINK
THAT'S
AMAZING.
MY PROPOSAL IS WE START
OUR FIRST COMMUNITY
POLICING PRECINCT IN THE CID.
I KNOW SHARON LEE JUST PURCHASED
A BUILDING AND HAS 11,000 SQUARE
FEET OF RETAIL SPACE THERE
THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO
SOMETHING
WITH. WHAT IF YOU BROUGHT
THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERS
TOGETHER? WHAT IF POLICE BECAME
THE LAST
RESPONDER?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE SUCH COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT.
THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND I'M WILLING TO DO THAT AND
ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU
DO IT WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
FIRST, AS
PILOT, YOU'LL FIND YOUR PATH
FORWARD FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
BECAUSE IT ALL GO BACK TO
THAT CONNECTION WITH THE LAND,
ALL
GOES BACK TO SOVEREIGNTY
AND COMMUNITY POWER.
SO, MY OFFER TO YOU IS
LET'S SIT DOWN, DO YOU WANT TO
KNOW
MY KID'S NAME, IT IS ELIAS.
WE CAN START THERE.
AND BUILD THIS RELATION TO
MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
BUT I THINK WE GOT SOME
GOOD PIECES AND WE HAVE
TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY NOW.
LET'S GET IT DONE.
>> WELL, I TOTALLY AGREE
AND THERE IS SOME -- A
CERTAIN SOMEBODY IN OIR THAT CAN
HELP FACILITATE THIS AND WE CAN
DO IT
DIRECT AND HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON AS WELL.
AND TO WORK TO THESE
PIECES BECAUSE AS YOU ARE
HIGHLIGHTING, I'M RECOGNIZING
WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE AS
YOU PULL THE ONION BACK, ANOTHER
ONE IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL.
I MEAN THE COUNTY.
THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER PIECE, YOU
KNOW.
WHY ARE WE DOING CERTAIN
THINGS, YOU
KNOW? WHY IS OUR HOMELESS
AUTHORITY PAYING THEM A MILLION
DOLLARS
IN INTEREST?
IT IS, LIKE, YOU KNOW
WHAT ARE THE MECHANISMS THAT ARE
PUT IN PLACE AND HOW CAN WE DO
IT
IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN
GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE
GETTING BETTER OUTCOMES.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE'LL -- AFTER THIS
MEETING, I'LL GIVE YOU MY CARD
AND
BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING
WHERE, AGAIN, THIS IS AN AREA
WHERE WE'RE WORKING IN TERMS OF
PUBLIC
SAFETY.
AND IN TERMS OF THE OUTREACH
AND SO FORTH, SHIFTING FROM
PUBLIC SAFETY TO PARKS, LIKE IN
MY
DISTRICT, WORKING WITH BUDGET
CHAIR STRAUSS, YOU KNOW,
IN TERMS OF PORTAL PARK, AND
THAT RUNS NOT FAR FROM THE
MEETING PLACE AND, YOU KNOW, AND
THAT'S PART OF THAT MEETING
PLACE BY
EXTENSION.
IT IS PART OF THE CONNECTION
EAST- WEST ACROSS -- BETWEEN THE
WATERS, IF YOU WILL.
AND WE ARE AT THE POINT
NOW WHERE WE'RE DOING SURVEY
WORK, BUT WE'RE AT THE CUSP OF
REALLY
ENGAGING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE YOU DO
THAT TECHNICAL STUFF FIRST,
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT WAS A
BROWN SITE.
NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO GO AFTER
THIS YEAR, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR,
GOING
INTO THE ENGAGEMENT AND AS
I SAID EARLIER, LAST THING I
WANT TO DO IS COME AT THE VERY
END AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU
ENDORSE
THIS?
RUBBER STAMP IT.
THAT'S THE HISTORY OF THE
ENGAGEMENT, THE RUBBER STAMP
ASK.
SO WE'RE ABOUT AT THE POINT
NOW WHERE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
IS ABOUT TO START.
AND SO THIS IS, AGAIN,
AN INVITATION TO BE HERE AT
THE VERY BEGINNING AS WE WORK
WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR -- THE
DISTRICT
SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, WORK
WITH THE BELLTOWN COMMUNITY
COUNCIL, BELLTOWN UNITED,
AND HAVING A PARTNER FROM
AN ORGANIZATION, TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT
AND/OR NATIVE COMMUNITY WOULD BE
GREAT
FOR THAT, JUST TO BRING IN THOSE
PIECES FROM OUR HISTORY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WILL
SAY, CHAIR, THANK YOU, IS
FOR COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON,
WHEN
TALKING ABOUT THE WATERS
AND SAIL OR SEA, THAT'S ONE OF
MY
THREE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
WHICH CROSSES
THE GAMUT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES TO
INCLUDE WHAT
IS HAPPENING WITH CLIMATE
CHANGE,
ACIDIFICATION AND SAIL OR SEA IS
MORE VULNERABLE TO THAT THAN
OTHERS. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN
OUT
ON THE
OCEANS, YOU DON'T -- THE WATERS
TALK TO US.
AND THEY'RE TALKING TO US RIGHT
NOW, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, MOST
PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN BECAUSE
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT EXPOSURE.
WE DO IT HERE, WE
GET ARTICLES IN
THE SEATTLE TIMES THAT DON'T
SHOW UP IN THE BUFFALO EVENING
NEWS OR THE ROCHESTER DENVER
CHRONICLE WHERE I'M FROM, EVEN
THOUGH THE GREAT LAKES HAVE ITS
OWN ISSUES, BUT WE NEED TO
BE LISTENING TO THAT AND WE NEED
TO
BE ENSURING THAT THE WATERS
WILL BE THERE.
NOT JUST THE PORT, AND ITS
FUNCTION, BUT THE WATERS
100 YEARS FROM NOW.
THAT'S WHY IN TERMS
OF COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
AND I WERE OUT GIVING A TOUR ON
THE WATER OF ALL THE DIFFERENT
PIECES, AND UNDERSTANDING THE
WORK THAT -- TO RECOVERY,
IN TERMS OF WHAT IS A SUPER
FUND SITE AND HAVING TO SEE
THE COMBINED SEWER, THE OUTFLOWS
AND
THE WATER GOING BACK IN GET
THAT QUICK CLEAN TO THE BEST OF
ITS
ABILITIES TO HELP REGENERATE THE
HEALTH OF THE WATER.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE
I WILL SAY THAT IT IS ONE OF
MY THREE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES,
SO
I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK TO
ENGAGE ON THAT TOO.
AND YOU DEFINITELY HAVE MY
SUPPORT AND BE THERE FOR
THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES.
SO THOSE ARE THREE MAIN
AREAS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
ENGAGE PERSONALLY THAT RELATE
TO,
LIKE, WHAT I'M LOOKING TO DO ON
THE
COUNCIL, SO PUBLIC SAFETY, HUGE.
PARKS AND THOSE KINDS OF PIECES.
AND THE MARITIME.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE FOR THAT OFFER TO ASSIST
US
WITH THE DIFFERENT PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENTS.
I'LL JUST SAY IT, ONE OF THE
EASIEST COMMITMENT ITEMS
THAT WAS MADE DURING THAT --
DURING THE TRIBAL SUMMIT WAS FOR
THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO HAVE MEMORANDUMS OF MUTUAL
AID WITH THE TRIBAL
POLICE DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE
THE TRIBAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS
ARE
ALREADY COMMISSIONED PEACE
OFFICERS WITHIN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON AND ESPECIALLY WITH
THE
FIFA WORLD CUP HAPPENING THIS
YEAR, THIS IS A TIME SENSITIVE
COMMITMENT AREA.
WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO
SOME OF MY QUESTIONS UNLESS
FOLKS
HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD TICK BACK TO THE
SUMMIT GOALS, SLIDE FOUR.
THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS
YOU WERE STILL BUZZING THROUGH
HERE PRETTY QUICKLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO DIG INTO THIS.
IDENTIFY ACTIONS AND DESIRED
OUTCOMES THAT UPHOLD
SOVEREIGNTY AND TREATY RIGHTS OF
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES.
BUILDING
PARTNERSHIPS, STRENGTHENING
COLLABORATIONS, AND ENHANCING
DIPLOMACY
WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
NATIVE
COMMUNITIES. AND THEN SHARING
UPDATES ON CITY
EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN TRIBAL
AND URBAN NATIVE ENGAGEMENT IN
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.
FOR THE PANEL HERE TODAY,
CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME EITHER
WHAT
ANY OF THESE MEAN TO YOU OR
HOW ARE THESE DIFFERENT?
BECAUSE I THINK FOR SOME -- IF
I HADN'T ATTENDED THE SUMMIT,
THE REASON I ASK, IF I HAD
NOT ATTENDED THE SUMMIT, I WOULD
SEE THESE ALL BEING ESSENTIALLY
THE
SAME.
AND THEY'RE
FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT AND
UNIQUE.
AND SO THAT IS WHY I PROMPTED
THIS QUESTION. I WOULD RATHER
HEAR FROM
YOU BEFORE I GIVE MY PERSPECTIVE
AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING TO
FOLLOW UP WITH, I'LL ADD AT THE
END.
OVER TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE.
COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON,
YOU WANT TO START?
YOU CAN FILIBUSTER FOR A
SECOND IF YOU NEED TO THINK
ABOUT IT
MORE, BUT OVER TO YOU.
>> SO, I THINK IN TERMS OF
THE IDEA OF TRIBAL CONSULTATION,
IT
IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT
THE POLITICALLY AND LEGALLY
DISTINCT SORT OF STATUS OF
TRIBAL
NATIONS THAT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN
IT
COMES TO INTERACTION WITH
OUTSIDE OR WESTERN
GOVERNMENT, TRIBES TEND TO BE
LUMPED IN AS
EITHER ETHNIC OR COMMUNITY
GROUPS.
NEITHER OF WHICH WE ARE.
WE'RE DISTINCT POLITICAL
NATIONS WHO HAVE SOVEREIGNTY AND
THE
ABILITY TO ENGAGE ON
A GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
BASIS WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
AND SO DRAWING SPECIFIC AND
LITERAL ATTENTION TO THAT
ENGAGEMENT AND THAT
RELATIONSHIP IS ALWAYS
FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT PART AND
PIECE OF THE
ROLE THAT I HOLD WITHIN THE
IAC AND CERTAINLY AS A TRIBAL
COUNCILMEMBER FOR MY TRIBAL
NATION. THAT BEING SAID, THE
CITY
OF SEATTLE IS UNIQUE.
THERE IS SUCH A DISTINCT
URBAN INDIAN POPULATION THAT
LIVES
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WHO
MAY OR MAY NOT BE MEMBERS OF THE
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES OF
THIS REGION.
AND THAT'S A GROUP THAT ALSO
DESERVES, NEEDS, REQUIRES
ATTENTION, CONSULTATION AND
THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE WITH CITY
LEADERS. AND I THINK OUR GROUP
AS A
TEAM, THE REASON YOU SEE THE
DIVERSITY
REPRESENTED WITHIN THE IAC
IS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK
TO
OUR INDIVIDUAL AREAS OF SORT OF
EXPERTISE, I USE THAT TERM VERY
LOOSELY WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT
MYSELF, BUT OUR INDIVIDUAL
AREAS OF
FOCUS. AND THAT BECOMES
FUNDAMENTALLY
IMPORTANT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THE
SPECIFICS AND THE
DIFFERENCES AND EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF THOSE
RESPONSIBILITIES BECAUSE
THEY'RE ALL RELEVANT TO THE
CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AND NOT DOING SO IS A
DISSERVICE TO THE INDIGENOUS
POPULATION THAT CALLED THIS AREA
HOME, WHETHER MEMBERS OF THE
FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES WHO
HAVE HISTORICALLY LIVED HERE OR
AS MEMBERS OF TRIBAL NATIONS
WHO HAVE RELOCATED AND MOVED
HERE TO
BE PART OF THE URBAN
LANDSCAPE OF THE CITY.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
CALLING THOSE PRIORITIES
WHILE ALSO SORT OF MAKING
THOSE DISTINCTIONS IS
FUNDAMENTALLY AN IMPORTANT PART
OF WHAT WE DO.
SO IN THE ROLE, IN THE ROLE THAT
HERE, THERE HAVE BEEN
TIMES WHERE MY TRIBAL NATIONS
PERSPECTIVE MAY BE
DIFFERENT THAN THE PERSPECTIVE
OF
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
AND IN THOSE CASES, I HAVE TO
BE VERY CLEAR AND DIRECT THAT
THIS IS NOT THE TRIBE'S
PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A POSITION
I HAVE
TAKEN AS A MEMBER OF THIS
COMMITTEE.
AND VICE VERSA, RIGHT?
VICE VERSA.
AND SO THAT COMPLEXITY
SHOULD NEVER BE LOST WHEN IT
COMES
TO THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE
HOLD AND THE COMMUNICATIONS
THAT WE'RE HOLDING WITH ONE
ANOTHER.
AND I FIND IT IMPORTANT TO
SORT OF DRAW THOSE DISTINCTIONS
AND TO MAKE THOSE LINES CLEAR.
BUT REALLY FOR THE INTENT AND
PURPOSE OF MAKING SURE THAT
THE ENTIRETY OF THE GROUP THAT
WE'RE
HERE TO REPRESENT, ALL TRIBAL
PEOPLES, ALL INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES, NATIVE AMERICANS WITHIN
THE
CITY, RECEIVE FOCUS, RECEIVE
ATTENTION AND RECEIVE THE
SERVICE THEY DESERVE.
>> FANTASTIC.
ESTHER?
>> I THINK THAT EVERYTHING THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON SAID,
OF COURSE, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO
HIM AND HIS TRIBE FOR ALLOWING
ME TO BE A GUEST ON THIS LAND,
BUT I
THINK IT IS A FORMAL PROCESS.
TRIBAL CONSULTATION IS A FORMAL
PROCESS.
IT IS NOT SITTING HERE HAVING
THIS CONVERSATION, RIGHT.
IT IS NOT LETTING ME INVITE
YOU TO THE TABLE SO WE CAN
DISCUSS PROPERTY IF WE THINK
ABOUT IT OR
IF YOU PROTEST ENOUGH, RIGHT?
IT IS NOT LIKE THAT.
IT IS VERY FORMALIZED, HERE IS
A POLICY WE'RE IMPLEMENTING
THAT WILL IMPACT YOUR TRIBAL
COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO HAVE
YOUR SAY ON IT.
WE HAVE A TIME FRAME IN WHICH
WE HAVE TO RESPOND.
THAT'S WHAT TRIBAL CONSULTATION
IS, URBAN CONFER
DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR AROUND
THE
THINGS WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER.
AND BECAUSE OUR TRIBES, THEY
DEPEND UPON US TO TAKE
CARE OF THEIR RELATIVES WHENWHEN
MOVE TO CITIES.
WE HAVE 76% OF ALL AMERICAN
INDIANS, ALASKA NATIVES
LIVING IN CITIES NOW.
IT IS
A FORMALIZED PROCESS FOR
MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT.
THAT GETS US TO BULLET TWO.
THERE WAS ONE POINT I WAS ON
LIKE 22 DIFFERENT TASK
FORCES, COMMITTEES AND
COMMISSIONS.
AND NONE OF THEM HAD OUTCOMES.
I SAY THE SAME THING.
I'VE BEEN SAYING THE
SAME THING FOR TEN YEARS.
FRANCESCA
COULD PROBABLY GIVE ME TALKING
POINTS BECAUSE I
HAVEN'T CHANGED.
I HAVEN'T CHANGED BECAUSE
WE HAVEN'T
CHANGED. SO, ALL OF THOSE
THINGS,
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT,
THE RUBBER STAMPING PIECE.
THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.
I'LL COME HERE, SPEAK MY
TRUTH, SAY THE SAME THING OVER
AND
OVER SO YOU CAN SAY YOU HEARD
FROM
ME AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO
WHAT
YOU WANT TO ANYWAY.
THAT'S WHY MEANINGFUL
IS IMPORTANT AND THAT'S
WHY MEASURED OUTCOMES IS ALSO
IMPORTANT.
WHEN I THINK OF THOSE THREE
BULL THE ALSO, I'M TALKING
ABOUT FORMALIZED CONSULTATION,
FORMALIZED CONFER, I'M TALKING
ABOUT MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT
AND WANT TO SEE PROOF OF
OUTCOMES.
THAT'S HOW THEY'RE
DIFFERENT.
>> THANK YOU.
FRANCESCA, LYDIA, YOU
HAVE THOUGHTS YOU WANT TO SHARE?
I'LL SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE, IN
REAL- TIME, DOING THIS WORK,
AND IF I GET THIS WRONG OR IF
THERE IS CLARIFICATIONS,
PLEASE CORRECT ME IN PUBLIC
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING
FOR
AT THIS TIME.
WHICH IS THE FIRST
BULLET IDENTIFYING THE ACTIONS
AND DESIRED OUTCOMES, A LITTLE
BIT OF WHAT ESTHER SAIDSAID
WE'LL
GET
TO THE COMMITMENT AREAS. THAT
WAS MY FIRST QUESTION
OF THE DAY AND WILL BE ONE OF
MY LAST AS WELL.
THOSE KEY ACTIONS AND DESIRED
OUTCOMES ARE WHAT'S
FUNCTIONAL TO MOVE US FORWARD.
HEALING, TIME DOESN'T HEAL
WOUNDS, ACTIONS HEAL WOUNDS.
AND THEN THE SOVEREIGNTY
AND TREATY RIGHTS IS
CRITICAL BECAUSE THOSE --
THAT IS TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
STEVENSON WAS
SAYING, I'M NOT SURE THE
WORLD OR THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS
THAT COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON IS
THE
HIGHEST ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THIS
ROOM RIGHT NOW.
THE TRIBE IS A FEDERAL -- IT IS
A SOVEREIGN ENTITY RECOGNIZED BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE IT CAN BE
INCORRECT FOR US TO ENGAGE IN
CERTAIN
WAYS BECAUSE YOUR RELATIONSHIP
IS THROUGH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND NOT THROUGH THE
STATE OR THE
COUNTY OR ANYTHING ELSE.
AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT --
IN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT
THE FIRST TRIBAL SUMMIT IS THE
FIRST
TIME FOLKS HAVE COME --
THAT MANY DIFFERENT TRIBAL
NATIONS HAD COME TOGETHER SINCE
TREATY
TIMES IS BECAUSE THE LAND, AND
I HEARD THE WORD THAT FOLKS
WERE COERCED INTO A MEETING AND
I THINK THAT THAT IS LIKELY THE
TRUTH, WHERE THESE TREATIES
WERE SIGNED, THAT PROVIDES YOU
THAT
SOVEREIGNTY, BUT THAT
THOSE RIGHTS HAVE NOT BEEN
UPHELD.
WE HAVE SEEN OVER TIME
THINGS GET BETTER, BUT WE STILL
GOT
A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF
THAT FIRST BULLET.
THAT SECOND BULLET TO ME IS THE
PARTNERSHIP,
STRENGTHENING, COLLABORATIONS
AND DIPLOMACY
WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS MORE BROAD.
THIS IS FOR BOTH THE SOVEREIGN
NATIONS.
IT IS FOR THE INDIAN HEALTH
SERVICES BOARD.
IT IS FOR CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB, IT
IS FOR UNITED INDIANS OF
ALL TRIBES THAT ARE BOTH
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITY
AND THE PARTNERSHIPS IS LIKE
WITH
THUNDERBIRD.
THE PARTNERSHIPS -- AND THEN
THE COLLABORATIONS ARE, YOU
KNOW,
I KNOW THAT WE'RE LATE, BUT
WE ALSO GOT THE MONEY IN THE
BUDGET FOR THE BACK END
BUILDING.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD FASTER.
THESE ARE THE PARTNERSHIPS,
THE COLLABORATION OF WHEN FOLKS
--
TOURISTS VISIT OUR CITY, THEY
AREN'T WELCOMED BY ART MADE BY
EUROPEANS, THAT LOOKS LIKE
NATIVE ART, THAT
THEY'RE ACTUALLY WELCOMED BY
THE SOVEREIGN NATIONS WITH
HAVING LAND ON THE WATERFRONT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT
SECOND BULLET TO ME MEANS.
AND THE THIRD IS SHARING THAT
UPDATES AND EFFORTS
STRENGTHEN TRIBAL AND URBAN
NATIVE ENGAGEMENT IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.
THIS MEETING TODAY IS ONE
OF THOSE COMMITMENT AREAS.
AND ESTHER, YOUR
INTERACTIONS WITH COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE,
I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO
GET TOGETHER MORE OFTEN FROM
HERE
ON OUT, THIS IS ALSO A DESIRE OF
ME
IN THIS COMMITTEE WHERE I HAVE
WANTED TO -- AND WE'RE GOING
TO FORMALIZE OVER THE COURSE OF
THE NEXT YEAR, MORE REGULAR
UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS FROM THE
TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
WE WILL HAVE AT MINIMUM ONE
UPDATE PER MONTH.
AND WE'LL BE LOOKING --
JUST LOOKING AT THE TIME, I
MIGHT
NOT GO THROUGH ALL MY NOTES
ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, THE THEMES,
GETTING BACK DOWN TO THE
COMMITMENT
AREAS, TO YOUR POINT WHETHER
YOU WANT TO HAVE A COMMITTEE IN
YOUR
MEETING IN YOUR COMMITTEE
OR WE'LL BRING OTHER FOLKS
INTO THIS COMMITTEE SPACE SO
THAT
WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW UP
ON THESE COMMITMENT AREAS.
AND THAT LAST -- THE SHARING OF
UPDATES IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT
BOTH PARTIES ARE SHARING
INFORMATION IN AN ONGOING WAY.
>> MAY I SPEAK A LITTLE BIT?
THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THE CITY COUNCIL SETS
THE CULTURE FOR THE CITY.
AND WHEN I HEAR YOU SAYING,
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE UPDATES,
I LOVE THAT AND I'M EFUL TO
YOU FOR THAT.
WHEN YOU GIVE THEM, I WANT
YOU TO GIVE THEM WITH SUCH
PRIDE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN
OUR NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT WE ARE
UNAPOLL JETICALLY DOING THAT.
AND HERE IS THE OUTCOME
FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND
HERE IS THE OUTCOME FOR A
BROADER
POPULATION.
I WANT YOU TO CHAMPION THE
CULTURE SHIFT.
IF I THINK ABOUT PLACES THAT
HAVE DONE MIRACULOUS CULTURE
SHIFTS, SINGAPORE, THEY WERE
UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT HOW
THEY MOVED FORWARD IN THE
CHANGE.
AND I NEED A LEADER FOR THAT.
CAN YOU BE
THAT?
>> I'M WORKING ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST SAY THAT
IT HAS TAKEN ME TWO YEARS OF
MENTORSHIP BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IN THIS
SPACE AND IT
HAS TAKEN ME TWO YEARS AS
CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE TO
WORKING
WITH OUR PARTNERS TO REALLY MOVE
THAT
FORWARD. THAT'S WHY MOVING INTO
NEXT
YEAR WE'LL HAVE THOSE MONTHLY
UPDATES RATHER THAN EVERY OTHER
MONTH
OR QUARTERLY SO WE CAN DIG
INTO THOSE DETAILS, DIG INTO
THOSE FACTS AND BE BETTER
PARTNERS. WITH THAT, I'LL SAY
I'LL SEE
YOU NEXT
MONTH.
>> OKAY.
>> COLLEAGUES, MOVING INTO --
I'LL MAKE THIS LAST BIT
SHORT, SINCE I ALREADY TALKED,
BUT
IF
YOU WANT TO MOVE DOWN TO THE
THEMES.
OR COMMITMENT AREAS, ACTUALLY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
REALLY POWERFUL, SIMILAR TO THE
INTERACTION THAT ESTHER AND I
HAD ON THE DAIS WAS THE MAYOR
WAS VERY CLEAR THAT WE
WEREN'T NECESSARILY -- WE WERE
THERE
TO TALK ABOUT FEELINGS AND ALL
THE
REST, BUT THE OUTCOMES HAD TO BE
VERY CLEAR AND SO THROUGHOUT
THE MEETING WE WOULD HAVE
MOMENTS
OF SAYING, THIS IS A
COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING.
AND WHEN WE SAID THOSE WORDS,
I WROTE THEM DOWN, OTHER
FOLKS WROTE THEM DOWN AND
THAT'S
WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO START
DIGGING THROUGH OVER THE COURSE
OF
THE NEXT YEAR.
THESE COMMITMENT AREAS PUT INTO
FOUR CATEGORIES DOES REPRESENT
THE UNIVERSE OF OUR COMMITMENTS.
IF YOU WANT TO TICK BACK TWO
SLIDES, JUST -- THREE SLIDES
TO THE DEPARTMENT LIST,
COLLEAGUES, OUR WORK IS TO MAKE
SURE
THE DEPARTMENTS FOLLOW THROUGH
ON THEIR COMMITMENT.
AND ESTHER, A LITTLE BIT BACK
TO, YOU KNOW, THE FOUR- YEAR
JOURNEY IT HAS TAKEN ME TO
GET TO WHERE I AM TODAY IS ALSO
A MORE COLLABORATIVE JOURNEY
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE
REST OF THE COUNCIL ON.
I THINK THAT'S -- I KNOW IT IS
A LITTLE BIT OF A CULTURE
SHIFT FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS WHO
HAVE TRADITIONALLY LIKED TO JUST
GET
WORK DONE AND QUIETLY SO,
BECAUSE THAT'S THE
MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET WORK
DONE.
I'M ASKING US TO BE A LITTLE
BIT MORE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN
BRING ALONG THE REST OF
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE NEW
MAYOR
INTO THIS WORK.
AND SO BY DOING IT IN PUBLIC, I
THINK IT WILL FEEL A LITTLE
UNCOMFORTABLE AT TIMES, IT WILL
ACHIEVE BETTER OUTCOMES AND A
STRONGER RELATIONSHIP.
THAT'S MY CALL TO ALL OF
US, THESE ARE THE LIST OF THE
CITY
DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE
MADE COMMITMENTS COMMITMENTS IT
IS OUR
DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEM.
WITH THAT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR PUTTING
THINGS AS CLEARLY AND AS PLAINLY
AS
POSSIBLE.
WHAT I HEARD YOU SAYING IS
YOU DON'T NEED TO REINVENT THE
WHEEL, PEOPLE.
WE'RE ALREADY DOING THINGS THAT
WE -- THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL, WHY
DON'T YOU JUST GIVE US THE
MONEY TO DO IT IF I'M NOT
MISSTATING WHAT YOU WERE REALLY
TALKING
ABOUT.
OOPS.
ONE OF THE THINGS --
I'LL MENTION -- I WANT TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS
THAT WE'RE NOT DOING TO UPHOLD
TREATY RIGHTS?
THAT IS SOMETHING, MAYBE YOU
CAN TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE OR
SAY IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, AGAIN,
I LIKE SPECIFICS.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS BUDGET GOT
FINALLY $1. 8 MILLION INTO
THE BUDGET FOR
THE THUNDERBIRD TREATMENT
CENTER.
THAT'S GOOD. TRIED TO DO THAT
LAST YEAR.
SEEING IT GO FORWARD, I THINK
IT WAS 2. 4 MILLION FOR THE
ACTUAL
SERVICES, SO CAPITAL AND SERVICE
FUNDING. AND THAT'S GREAT.
BUT I WANT TO READ THE
HEADLINE OR TITLE OF A PRESS
RELEASE
PUT OUT ON NOVEMBER 21st FROM
THE
DEA.
FIRST DEFENDANT SENTENCED
IN FAMILY BASED DRUG
TRAFFICKING RING CONNECTED TO
NATION
OVERDOSE DEATHS.
SEVEN YEARS, BY THE WAY.
FOUR PEOPLE.
I THINK IT WAS IN 2023 THAT
A COUNCILMEMBER FROM THE LUMMI
NATION, I'M STRUGGLING
TO REMEMBER HIS NAME, CAME AND
SAID -- CHRIS MILLER.
WHAT?
>> NICK
LEWIS.
>> OKAY.
RIGHT, WANTING US TO DECLARE
A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND WE
DIDN'T.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A
FAILED OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER ON
AN
ISSUE THAT IS, YOU
KNOW, AFFECTING EVERYBODY, BUT
THE
DISPROPORTIONATELY TRIBAL
PEOPLE.
SO, ANYWAY, THAT IS, I THINK, MY
TV -- UNFORTUNATELY I WON'T
BE AROUND TO HELP BRING
FORWARD SOME OF THE ACTIONS
YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AND WILL BE
AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE GOT
A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO
DO BECAUSE YOU'RE TIRED OF
COMING TO
THESE MEETINGS AND THERE IS A
LOT OF
GOOD INTENTION AND WE HAVE
TO PROVE OUR INTENTION WITH
ACTION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE
DO HAS BEEN QUIET AND
UNDERSTATED.
AND IF WE WERE TO GO THROUGH
THE LIST OF HARMS THAT HAVE
BEEN DONE TO TRIBAL NATIONS OR
NATIVE COMMUNITIES ON OUR CITY
WE WOULD BE GOING BACK TO THE
FIRST LAW
THAT WE PASSED IN THE CITY.
AND WE WOULD BE HERE FOR A
LONG TIME AND IT WOULD BE --
THERE
IS A LOT OF PAIN TO FIX.
INTEREST IS THERE IS A LOT OF
HEALING
TO OCCUR THAT MUST TAKE ACTIONS
TO
ACHIEVE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS
TIME? I'LL WRAP UP WITH A
SUMMARY AND
THEN PASS IT OVER TO THE TABLE
FOR FINAL -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EACH
AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING
HERE TODAY AND BEING SO GENEROUS
WITH YOUR TIME AND INSIGHTS AND
CANDOR.
THIS IS -- I'VE ONLY HAD
THE PLEASURE OF BEING ON
THIS COMMITTEE FOR LESS THAN A
YEAR.
BUT IN PART, YOU KNOW, PART
OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK PLAN,
WE LAUNCHED THE SECOND EVER --
THE FOCUS OF TODAY'S
CONVERSATION, TRIBAL SUMMIT.
NOW WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
OUTCOMES AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND
IMPLEMENTATION AND THE
ADDITIONAL WORK AHEAD.
AND I JUST WANT TO REAFFIRM
MY COMMITMENT TO WORK ALONGSIDE
YOU ALL, TO DO THIS WORK IT
TOUGH BUT CRITICALLY NEEDED.
AND I COULDN'T BE MORE MOVED
BY YOUR DEVOTION AND INSPIRED
BY YOUR COMMITMENT TO DO IT
TOGETHER.
SO COUNCILMEMBER STEVEN
SON, APPRECIATE YOU, SIR,
THE GENTLEMAN IN THE ROOM
AS THE CHAIR NOTED AND FRANCESCA
AS
WELL.
ESTHER, I'LL JUST
SAY, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
WORK
ALONGSIDE YOU ON A FEW THINGS
OVER THE
LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS AND ONE THING I
REALLY APPRECIATE
ABOUT YOU IN PARTICULAR IS THAT
YOU
DELIVER INSIGHTS AND FEEDBACK IN
A THOUGHTFUL AND
CTFUL AND VERY CHRIS RYSTAL
CLEAR MANNER AND
YOU DON'T BEAT AROUND THE
BUSH OR MINCE WORDS OR HIDE THE
BALL.
ADOPT THE SEATTLE PASSIVE
AGGRESSIVE APPROACH.
YOU SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND
MEAN WHAT YOU SAY, BUT IN
A THOUGHTFUL AND RESPECTFUL
MANNER.
SO, I APPLAUD YOU ALL AND
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO
THIS WORK TOGETHER.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU,
CHAIR. I WANT TO ECHO THE
GRATITUDE.
FOR YOU ALL BEING HERE.
I WAS VERY HUMBLED
AND APPRECIATIVE TO BE ABLE TO
ATTEND THE SUMMIT THIS YEAR.
I'M ALWAYS HUMBLED WHEN I'M
ABLE
TO PARTICIPATE WITHIN THE TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES.
I ALWAYS APPRECIATE
THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE
INTENTIONAL REACH OUTS FOR US TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE VARIOUS WAYS
THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONTINUED
ENGAGEMENT.
I, FOR ONE, APPRECIATE -- I'M A
VERY DIRECT PERSON AS MOST
OF YOU
KNOW. I APPRECIATE WHAT MY
COLLEAGUE IS SAYING AS THE
RESPECTFUL
ENGAGEMENT, BUT THE
DIRECTNESS, I THINK IT IS REALLY
CRITICAL BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET
TO WHAT
WE NEED TO DO IF WE'RE NOT
REALLY
OPEN AND HONEST WITH EACH
OTHER, KNOWING THAT THAT
DIRECTNESS COMES FROM A PLACE OF
REALLY WANTING TO WORK TOGETHER
TOWARD POSITIVE OUTCOMES.
SO I FEEL VERY
APPRECIATIVE TO BE ABLE TO BE
PART OF
THE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS,
VERY GRATEFUL TO BOTH FRANCESCA
AND LYDIA FOR ALL THE WORK AT
THE
CITY AND THE ENGAGEMENT WITH
OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING
THE
TWO OF YOU TODAY.
AND I JUST, AGAIN, I
JUST VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THESE
CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT ONE- TIME
CONVERSATIONS.
THIS IS AN ONGOING
PARTNERSHIPPARTNERSHIP IT DOES
NEED TO BE ROBUST
AND IT DOES NEED TO LEAD TO
POSITIVE OUTCOMES AND NOT JUST
TALK.
TALK DOESN'T
HELP AND IMPROVE PEOPLE'S
LIVES, AND SO I AM ALL
ABOUT HOW CAN WE GET TO
DOING ACTIONS THAT WILL
MAKE A POSITIVE÷÷POSITIVE IN
PEOPLE'S
LIVES.
SO, ANYWAY, ALL TO SAY I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING
TODAY
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
CONTINUED
CONVERSATIONS.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
I'LL JUST SHARE THAT I
REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
STEVENSON'S NOTING THAT THIS
WAS THE FIRST AND THEN THE
SECOND TIME SINCE TREATY TIMES
THAT THIS MANY ELECTED TRIBAL
LEADERS
HAVE COME TOGETHER.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST
CONTINUE.
TWO STATEMENTS, WHICH IS
HEALING TAKES ACTION.
AND TRUST TAKES TIME.
AND THE FOLLOW- UP THERE IS I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
YOU NEXT MONTH.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT
OVER TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE FOR
CLOSING
COMMENTS AND COUNCILMEMBER
STEVENSON, YOU GOT LAST WORD
FOR TODAY.
>>
I THINK I'M EXPRESSING
GRATITUDE FOR EVERYBODY HERE AND
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN THE
PAST. WE KNOW HOW WE GOT HERE.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT
WE HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY
ANY CITY HAS IN THIS COUNTRY TO
CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE, RIGHT
HERE.
IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT A COUPLE
OF THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO LIVE.
THAT'S HOW HEALING WILL HAPPEN.
THAT'S HOW WE'LL MAKE SURE
THAT
WE ARE WALKING OUR TALK.
THAT'S HOW WE WILL BE A LEADING
CITY. AND THAT'S WHERE I WANT
US TO
LIVE.
>> YEAH.
ECHOING ESTHER'S SENTIMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND
TO AGAIN ENGAGE ABOUT THIS
IMPORTANT TOPIC.
AND JUST SORT OF BACK TRACKING
A WEEK, SEATTLE HOSTED
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF
AMERICAN INDIANS A WEEK AGO,
STARTING --
I GUESS A LITTLE MORE THAN
A WEEK AGO.
BUT YOU HAD MORE THAN 300
TRIBAL NATIONS REPRESENTED AT
THE TOP
SORT OFOF
LEADERSHIP BODY OF INDIAN
COUNTRY.
INTERTRIBAL LEADERSHIP HERE ON
SITE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU ONE OF THE --
WE HOSTED THAT.
WE WERE PRIMARY SPONSOR
AND IT IS HERE IN OUR HOMELANDS.
AND SO, IN THAT WAY WE
SHOWCASED A LOT OF WHAT THE CITY
IS TODAY.
AND SOME OF THE SUCCESSES WE HAD
IN RECENT YEARS IN TERMS
OF WORKING TOGETHER AND
THE RELATIONSHIPS IN
PLAY TODAY. THAT WAS AN EXERCISE
THAT WAS
FUNDAMENTALLY A REALLY POSITIVE
THING BECAUSE IT SORT OF ACTED
AS A DIRECT POINT OF
REFERENCE AND REMINDER TO ME OF
HOW MUCH
PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE AND IT
IS GOOD TO DO THAT FROM TIME TO
TIME, TO TAKE STOCK OF WINS.
ONE OF THE -- IT IS ALSO
REALLY IMPORTANT TO STAY FOCUSED
ON
THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO ACHIEVE
IN THE WORK BEFORE
US. THAT'S WHY DISCUSSIONS LIKE
THIS
ARE SO FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
EVERYONE HERE AND THE TIME AND
COMMITMENT
TO THAT END.
I'LL SAY THAT DURING THE
COURSE OF THE -- ONE OF THE
PRIMARY QUESTIONS THAT I WAS
ASKED WAS
NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT MY ROLE
AS AN ELECTED TRIBAL LEADER, IT
WAS ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL WITHIN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE THAT NATIONALLY
THIS GROUP HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED
AS BEING SOMETHING THAT IS
UNIQUE.
AND THAT THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF
EXAMPLES OF OUT THERE IN
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
AND A LOT OF
QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO HOW
THINGS WORK,
WHAT IS THE WORK THAT
WE'RE DOING, WHAT ARE WE
FOCUSED
ON, HOW DOES THAT INTERACTION
PLAY
OUT, AND IS IT MEANINGFUL?
AS TRIBAL LEADERS, ONE
THING THAT IS INHERENTLY TRUE IS
THAT THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY
HOURS
IN THE DAY.
AND WE DON'T HAVE HOURS
TO COMMIT TO THINGS THAT DON'T
PRODUCE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS
AA THAT, AGAIN, IN
ECHOING SOME OF WHAT ESTHER HAS
ALREADY
SAID, I SERVED ON COUNTLESS
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS,
COMMITTEES IN MY ALMOST TEN
YEARS AS AN
ELECTED TRIBAL LEADER, 30
YEARS WORKING FOR THE TRIBE
OVERALL,
AND THERE ARE A LOT
OF THAT HAS BEEN PERFORMATIVE
FOR LACK OF
A BETTER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF NICE PICTURES
TAKEN, PEOPLE IN FANCY ROOMS
LOOKING FANCY.
NOT A LOT OF MEASURABLES
THAT COME OUT OF THOSE SORTS OF
SETTINGS.
THIS IS A GROUP I CAN
VERY HAPPILY SAY IS THE
EXACT OPPOSITE OF THAT.
THAT WE SPEND EVERY MINUTE
WE SPEND TOGETHER FEELS LIKE
TIME THAT IS INVESTED, TO THE
BETTERMENT OF THE PEOPLE WE
SERVES' LIVES IN MEANINGFUL
AND IN INTANGIBLE WAYS THAT ARE
MEASURABLE, THAT HAVE
BENCHMARKS THAT WE REALLY HAVE
THE
ABILITY TO CIRCLE BACK TO AND
MEASURE
PROGRESS UPON.
AND SO, ANYTHING WE CAN DO
TO CONTINUE TO FORWARD THIS
WORK AND THE COMMITMENT THAT HAS
BEEN MADE TO THIS GROUP I THINK
IS FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT.
I SAY THAT NOT ONLY FOR THE
CITY AND NOT ONLY FOR MY
TRIBAL NATION AND THE INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE
WHO LIVE HERE, BUT I THINK
ALSO WITH THE FOCUS TOWARD
INDIAN
COUNTRY IN THE LARGER PICTURE.
IF YOU HAVE THAT MANY
TRIBAL LEADERS COMING TO OUR
SHARED
CITY, AND OUR SHARED
HOMELAND, AND THE NUMBER ONE
THING I WAS
ASKED ABOUT AS A TRIBAL
LEADER WAS THIS GROUP, THAT
TELLS
A STORY TO ME THAT WHAT WE'RE
DOING IS BEING WATCHED VERY
CLOSELY.
AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SET
A POSITIVE EXAMPLE AND THE
POSSIBILITY
TO LEAD TO MANY MORE GROUPS LIKE
THIS IN A LOT OF ER
AREAS OF COUNTRY DOING
SIMILAR WORK.
I ASK WE ALL KEEP THAT CLOSE TO
HEART AND CLOSE TO MIND AS
WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD.
WE'RE SETTING AN EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
LEAD THE WAY.
AND I GUESS I SORT OF TASK
EVERYBODY HERE WITH MAKING SURE
THAT WE'RE DOING OUR WORK IN A
WAY THAT REPRESENTS THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE HERE.
MY HANDS ARE RAISED TO
EVERYBODY FOR THE WORK THAT HAS
TAKEN PLACE SO FAR AND THE WORK
YET
TO COME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE THIS ITEM
ON THE AGENDA.
I CANNOT SAY -- I CANNOT FOLLOW
THOSE WORDS UP IN ANY BETTER
WAY. COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON,
THANK
YOU FOR LETTING US BE YOUR
GUEST HERE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT
MONTH.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA
ITEM
1, IF THE CLERK COULD READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM ONE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM ONE, APPOINTMENT
3355 APPOINTMENT OF EDDIE
SHERMAN
AS A MEMBER OF THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR
A TERM
TO JULY 31st, 2027.
THIS ITEM IS FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
PRESENTERS INCLUDE
LYDIA
FAITALIA OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> WONDERFUL.
LYDIA, WELCOME.
WELCOME NOT BACK.
JUST HERE WE ARE.
>> HERE WE
ARE.
>> HERE WE ARE.
YOU HAVE EDDIE HERE, JUST
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION, I GUESS WE
DON'T NEED TO DO A
DESCRIPTION OF THE IAC BECAUSE
COUNCILMEMBER
STEFAN SON STEVENSON JUST
DESCRIBED
IT. OVER TO YOU, LYDIA, IF YOU
WANT
TO SHARE ABOUT EDDIE AND IF
YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT
THE RECOMMEND APPOINTMENT FOR
EDDIE
SHERMAN.
HE IS A NATIONALLY RISED LEADER
IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING,
GOVERNANCE, POLICY, ADVOCACY
AND TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT ON
FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND
CONSERVATION.
EDDIE HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE
WITH A CAREER TO ADVANCING
SOVEREIGNTY, RACIAL JUSTICE,
SELF-DETERMINATION AND
BUILDING INDEPENDENT POLITICAL
POWER
WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
EDDIE BRINGS TWO DECADES
OF EXPERIENCE FACILITATING
GOVERNANCE
TRANSFORMATIONS THROUGH COMPLEX
STREET
PLANNING AND FEDERAL ENGAGEMENT
ROOTED
IN ENDITH US IN VALUES AND
INDIGENOUS
VALUES.
>> I SEE
YOU'RE HERE.
APOLOGIES FOR HAVING TO CHANGE
THE AGENDA UP ON YOU WITH THE
LITTLE NOTICE.
ANYTHING YOU WITH LIKE TO
SHARE, FEEL FREE.
>> NO, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE
PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE WITH YOU
ALL.
I APPRECIATE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALONGSIDE
ESTHER AND
COUNCIL.
IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO
BE ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM
ON
SOME OF THE PLANNING EFFORTS
IN THE LAST -- SINCE THEIR
INCEPTION.
FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK OF
THE IAC, AND HAVE
BEEN ENTRENCHED IN SOME OF THE
WORK WITH GRASSROOTS URBAN
NATIVENATIVE
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN
SEATTLE, KING COUNTY AREA.
REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
OF SERVICE IN ANOTHER ARENA
HERE.
AGAIN, JUST PRIVILEGED
AND HONORED TO BE NOMINATED FOR
THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS
AND COLLEAGUES IF YOU GOT THEM,
NOW IS THE TIME.
ONE OF THE ITEMS FROM THE
SUMMIT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT A
FEW MINUTES AGO WAS ONE OF
THE COMMITMENT AREAS TO HAVE
AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT
AS PART OF THE TRIBAL NATION
SUMMIT.
I SEE
THAT YOU WORKED FOR THE NATIVE
AMERICAN CHAMBER,
THE NATIVE AMERICAN BUSINESS
NETWORK, AND THEN
ALSO HAD DEVELOPMENT ROLES IN A
NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT NONPROFITS.
DO YOU -- THIS IS PUTTING YOU ON
THE SPOT, I DIDN'T PREP
YOU FOR THIS QUESTION, BUT AS WE
ARE
THINKING ABOUT DEVELOP ING
THAT ECONOMIC SUMMIT BASED OFF
OF
THE TRIBAL SUMMIT, WHAT ADVICE
DO YOU HAVE FOR US?
>> YEAH.
I WOULD PROBABLY SAY THAT
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NATIVE
OWNED BUSINESSES THAT ARE RIGHT
HERE IN SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY,
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TRIBAL
ENTERPRISES THAT ARE DOING
GREAT WORK, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE
RESERVATION BOUNDARIES AS
COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON SAID,
WE HOSTED AN EVENT, REALLY
HIGHLIGHTED THE CREATIVITY,
THE FOOD AND THE ENTERTAINMENT
AND ART OF SEATTLE.
WE HAD TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT ALL
THE NATIVE ENTREPRENEURS IN THE
AREA.
THERE IS A THRIVING
ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITY HERE
IN SEATTLE AND SO I
WOULD PROBABLY TAP -- A LOT OF
THE WORK IS DEEPLY RELATIONAL.
I THINK IN ADDITION TO THE
TRADITIONAL BUSINESS, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF NATIVE AND
NONPROFITS THAT HAVE THEIR
OWN ECONOMIC PRINT AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT IT WOULD
REALLY BE INCUMBENT UPON THE
CITY
TO TAP INTO THE BROADVIEW, A LOT
OF
GREAT BUSINESSES HERE, A LOT
OF -- ECOSYSTEM THAT
IS
CONTINUING TO EVOLVE AND THRIVE
AND YOU HAVE THE GENERATION
WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW THE
TRIBE'S ACQUISITION OF THAT AS
A GIANT
STEP FORWARD IN TRIBAL
ENTERPRISE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK
WHAT WE
HAVE TO SHOW HERE IS REALLY
EXCITING AND I THINK
THE NORTHWEST CHAMBER IS WORKING
AND
EXPANDING INTO WASHINGTON
IS ALSO EXCITING BECAUSE IT
IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT A LOT OF
THE DOTS.
ACROSS OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY
HERE, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HERE AS
WELL.
>> REALLY WELL SAID.
THAT'S A GOOD REMINDER, NICE
THING IS IT IS NOT JUST GIFTS OR
ITEMS OF JEWELRY OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
IT IS ALSO DAILY HOUSEHOLD
ITEMS AND SO IF YOU NEED A IN
BATH
TOWEL, THEY SELL AMAZING BATH
TOWELS.
I USED MINE THIS MORNING.
WITH THAT, I CAN ALSO SEE
EDDIE, WHY YOU'VE BEEN SELECTED
HERE THROUGH YOUR WORK AS
THE PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDER THAT
--
AGAINST THE CURRENT CONSULTING.
YOU HAVE CLIENTS, NATIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS, M
cARTHUR
FOUNDATION, A FEW
CHARITABLE TRUSTS AND THEN ALSO
OUR NATIVE
ARTS AND CULTURES, AFFILIATED
TRIBES OF NORTHWEST, SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD,
NORTHWEST NATIVE CHAMBER, UNITED
D
INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES.
THE LIST KEEPS GO ON.
I CAN SEE YOUR IMPORTANT ROLE OF
BEING A CONNECTOR THROUGH
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES
AND I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR
VOICE ON OUR IAC.
AS YOU HEARD, WE'RE
GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION, SO,
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR
CONTRIBUTIONS
THERE.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS AT
THIS TIME? EDDIE, ANYTHING YOU
WANT TO
LEAVE US WITH?
>> NOTHING I CAN THINK OF.
AGAIN, JUST A GREAT HONOR
AND PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO
SERVE
IN THIS CAPACITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
I SEE WE HELD YOU LATE
INTO ANOTHER MEETING.
WITH THAT, YOU DON'T NEED
TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
YOU
AT THE IAC.
WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, IF
THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS,
LYDIA, ANY LAST WORDS?
SEEING NO LAST WORDS, IF
THE CLERK CAN CALL THE ROLL ON
APPOINTMENT.
GETTING THE CORRECT NUMBER HERE.
APPOINTMENT 3355.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON.
>>
AYE.
>> VICE- CHAIR RIVERA.
CHAIR
STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, ZERO
OPPOSED.
>>
WONDERFUL. THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION
OF APPOINTMENT 3355 OF
EDDIE SHERMAN WILL BE SENT TO
THE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9th,
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU, EDDIE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
AT THE IAC.
THANK YOU FOR HANGING WITH
US FOR SO
LONG.
>> NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YES.
NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEMS
2 THROUGH 4.
WILL THE CLERK READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEMS 2 THROUGH 4
INTO
THE RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENTS 3356 THROUGH
3358, REAPPOINTMENTS OF N. IRIS
FRIDAY, ROBERT E. HOWARD AND
MICHAEL R. REICHERT AS
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE INDIAN
SERVICES COMMISSION FOR TERM OF
NOVEMBER 30th, 2028.
THIS IS FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE,
PRESENTERS INCLUDE
LYDIA FAITALIA AT THE
>> THANK YOU, LYDIA.
BACK TO YOU, THESE ARE ALL
REAPPOINTMENTS.
WE HAD THEM BEFORE COMMITTEE
BEFORE, WHY THEY'RE NOT HERE
TODAY.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE
WITH US A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON
THE COMMISSION AND THEN THESE
REAPPOINTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
WE HAVE HAD THREE
REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
INDIAN SERVICES
COMMISSION.
IT IS SEATTLE'S OLDEST
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
CHARTERED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE
IN 1972.
THE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE
EFFECTIVE, COMPREHENSIVE
AND COORDINATED HOUSING AND
PLANNING SERVICE ACTIVITIES
AND PROGRAMS THAT WILL MEET THE
UNIQUE NEEDS
OF SO MANY AMERICAN INDIAN AND
ALASKA NATIVE RESIDENTS
OF
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
SISC AND OTHER NATIVE
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE
DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE LEGACY
OF AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN SERVICE
LEAGUE, FOUNDED IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH EARL WARREN,
TRIBAL
MEMBER AND WOMAN LEADER WHO WAS
MOVED
TO ACTION AND ORGANIZING
COMMUNITY OVER THE CONCERN
SHE HAD ABOUT INDIANS
LIVING CONDITIONS AND THE LACK
OF ACCESS TO INDIGENOUS CULTURE
IN THE 1950s AND 1960s IN
SEATTLE.
STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
ALONGSIDE OUR REGION'S
MOST DEDICATED NATIVE LED
SERVICE
PROVIDERS, WE CONTINUE
PEARL'S VISION OF SERVICE AND
COMMITMENT
TO MEETING THE UNIQUE
HOUSING NEEDS OF NATIVE PEOPLE.
OUR VISION IS HEALTHY, A
HEALTHY, VIBRANT, URBAN
NATIVE COMMUNITY WITH CULTURE
AND EQUITABLE HOUSING AND
ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES.
SISC'S GOVERNING COUNCIL
OVERSEES THE OPERATION
AND FUNCTION OF THE COMMISSION
IN MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY
AND LEGACY OF ITS PAST, PRESENT
AND
FUTURE.
SISC IS COMPRISED OF
FIVE GOVERNING COUNCILMEMBERS.
IN POSITION ONE, WE'RE PLEASED
TO PRESENT THE APPOINTMENT
OF IRIS FRIDAY.
IRIS FRIDAY IS TLINGIT, CHAIR
OF THE SEATTLE INDIAN SERVICE
COMMISSION AND SPECIALIST AT
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT. SHE BRINGS
DECADES OF EXPERIENCE
ADVANCING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
ASSET BUILDING IN TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZEDRECOGNIZE
D EXPERT,
IRIS HAS ALSO SERVED
IN LEADERSHIP ROLES WITH NATIVE
ACTION NETWORK, THE CENTER FOR
WOMEN'S AND DEMOCRACY AND
THE SEATTLE TLINGIT AND HAIDA
COMMUNITY COUNCIL, SHE HOLDS A
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN
POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, AND A
MASTERS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
IN TRIBAL
GOVERNANCE FROM EVER GREEN
STATE COLLEGE.
IN GOVERNING COUNCIL POSITION
TWO, WE ARE PLEASED TO
PRESENT THE RECOMMENDED
REAPPOINTMENT
OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.
ROBERT E.
HOWARD WHO IS APACHE, IS A
CITIZEN OF THE SAN
CARLOS APACHE TRIBE AND WAS BORN
IN
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
HE CURRENTLY SERVED AS A
TRIBAL LIAISON FOR ELEVANCE
HEALTH
POINT, WASHINGTON ENGAGING WITH
ALL 29 FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN WASHINGTON
STATE.
ROBERT HAS OVER 20 YEARS
OF LEADERSHIP IN TRIBAL
GOVERNANCE, OPERATIONS AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
HIS CAREER SPANS SERVICES
AS A TRIBAL COUNCILMEMBER, A
VICE
CHAIRMAN, AN
ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISER FOR THE
SAN
CARLOS
APACHE TRIBES AND ROLES IN
ENTERPRISE AND MANAGED CARE.
WITH DEEP EXPERTISE IN TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY, AND STRONG NETWORK
AMONG TRIBAL AND
SURPRISING
MANAGED CARE, WITH DEEP
EXPERTISE IN TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY
AND STRONG NETWORK AMONG
TRIBAL AND SECTOR LEADERS,
ROBERT IS A
DEDICATED ADVOCATE FOR NATIVE
SELF- DETERMINATION AND
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS REAPPOINTMENT
REPRESENTS MR. HOWARD'S SECOND
TERM.
IN GOVERNING COUNCIL POSITION
FOUR, WE'RE PLEASED TO RENT
THE RECOMMENDED REAPPOINTMENT
OF MICHAEL REICHERT.
MR. MICHAEL REICHERT
WAS APPOINTED IN 1979 AS THE
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CATHOLIC
COMMUNITIES SERVICE OF
WESTERN WASHINGTON AND CATHOLIC
HOUSING
SERVICESES. IN 2002, HE BECAME
THE
PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE OF
THE CATHOLIC
CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON.
HE ALSO SERVES FOR THREE YEARS
AS COMMISSIONER TO
THE WASHINGTON STATE HOUSING
FINANCE
COMMISSION.
NOW THE SIDENT EMIRATE OF
CCSWW.
HE HAD 170 MILLION AND MANAGED
MORE THAN 3,300 EMPLOYEES.
HE BRINGS IN EXTENSIVE
BACKGROUND IN HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN SERVICES,
EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING
PROGRAMS, AND FM FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT.
HIS OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE
SUPPORTING THE BILLY FRANK
LEADERSHIP÷÷LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE, BOARD
MEMBER TREASURER AT THE
WATTELUT, CHAIRPERSON
AND FOUNDING FOURTH OF THE
LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE,
CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE TRIBE
OF INDIANS AND CONSULT FOR THE
NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA COALITION.
MICHAEL IS A GRADUATE OF
CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
AND IS AN
ENROLLED MEMBER OF CHIPPEWA
TRIBE. THIS REAPPOINTMENT
REPRESENTS HIS FOURTH TERM.
>> THANK YOU,
LYDIA.
>> THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> THAT WAS A LOT
OF INFORMATION.
AND WITH THE FACT THAT THESE ARE
REAPPOINTMENTS, HAVING
READ THEIR PACKETS, I DON'T
HAVE ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I DO
WANT TO CHECK IN WITH MY
COLLEAGUES.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE
APPOINTMENTS?
COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> NOT A QUESTION.
JUST EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE FOR
THE APPOINTMENTS FOR STEPPING UP
AND WANTING TO SERVE AND IN SOME
CASES CONTINUING TO SERVE.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
IN ALL THE CASES WE'RE VOTING
ON
NOW. THANK YOU.
PLEASE PASS THAT
ALONG.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
WONDERFUL.
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS AT THIS TIME,
IF YOU COULD -- IF THE CLERK
COULD CALL
THE ROLL ON APPOINTMENTS 3356
THROUGH 3358.
ACTUALLY, I NEED TO
MOVE APPOINTMENTS 3356 THROUGH
3358, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THESE
APPOINTMENTS. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> VICE- CHAIR
RIVERA.
>>
AYE.
>> CHAIR
STRAUSS.
>>
YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, ZERO
OPPOSED.
>> THANK
YOU, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION OF 3356 THROUGH
3358 WILL BE SENT
TO THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. THAT BRINGS US
TO THE END OF
THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYTHING FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER?
SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU
ALL FOR A LONG YEAR OF MEETINGS.
AND FOR YOUR WORK AND ATTENTION.
THIS DOES -- THIS IS OUR
FINAL FINANCE TRIBAL -- FINANCE
NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE OF
2025.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN
2026 TO CONTINUE THIS WORK.
THANK YOU, WE ARE ADJOURNED.