>>> AND GOOD MORNING.
THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING WILL
COME TOGETHER. WILL THE
COMMITTEE CLERK CALL
THE ROLE.
>> PRESENT.
>> IS PRESENT.
>> STREET RACING, I'M HAPPY
TO REPORT THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING
THAT STREET RACING IS
ESTABLISHED AND STARTING TO
BE MORE AND MORE USED WHICH
IS IMPORTANT TO WHAT THAT GOES
TO IN TERMS OF OUR
PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENT IN OUR
CITY.
THE KEY HERE, THIS IS ONE
THING I WANTED TO NOTE,
EXPECTATION
MANAGEMENT.
I NOTED LIKE WITH THE
SPD STAFFING IT TAKES A YEAR.
I THINK SOMETIMES BECAUSE
OF REPORTING AND THE
LIKE THERE'S THIS EXPECTATION
THAT EVERYTHING
IS GOING TO TURN ON A DIME.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.
IT TAKES TIME TO IMPLEMENT
THESE BILLS.
IT TAKES TIME FOR NOT JUST
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO
THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CARE
DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO
ACT ON
THEM. WE ARE MOVING IN THAT
DIRECTION.
WE ALREADY HAVE LESS LETHAL
WEAPONS FOR CROWD MANAGEMENT IN
THE BOOKS AS PART OF OUR CONSENT
DECREE AND TODAY
SEEKS TO ADDRESS THE VIOLENCE
BETWEEN 2:00 A.M. AND 6:00 A.M.
ALONG WITH OUR CONSENT DECREE
RESOLUTION.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT BUT YOU
COULD SAY PAST BILLS ARE
IMPORTANT OR EVEN MORE IMPORTANT
AND ONE OF THOSE IS 2023
PUBLIC DRUG USE AND PUBLIC
POSSESSION
BILL. ONE OF THE THINGS ON THIS
BILL THAT IS KEY TO REMEMBER AND
I THINK THAT GETS LOST IS THE --
RECITAL IT SAYS, WHEREAS
PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE
USE
DISORDERS NEED TREATMENT
AND ARREST IN CASE OF KNOWING
POSSESSION OR IN USE OF
PUBLIC PLACE OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
SHOULD OCCUR ONLY WHEN A
THREAT TO PEACE AND WELL BEING
OF
THE COMMUNITY OR A THREAT OF
HARM
TO
OTHERS. I'VE HAD SO MANY
MEETINGS LATELY
WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS BEING
HARMED.
THERE IS THREAT TO THE BELL TOWN
COMMUNITY. I SEE IT AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
I'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH
COMMUNITY.
THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY IS
FEELING THAT THREAT TO PEACE AND
WELL BEING.
CLEARLY EVERYBODY KNOWS
ABOUT THIRD PIKE AND PINE BUT
12th JACKSON AND KING, YOU KNOW,
THE
CID, CHINATOWN-
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT THERE IS
A THREAT
TO PEACE AND WELL
BEING OF THE COMMUNITY AND
THREAT TO ARM HARM
TO OTHERS AS WE'VE SEEN WITH
THE STABBINGS.
THIS IS THE KEY POINT OF THIS
BILL, AND IT IS SOMETHING
THAT NEEDS TO BE EMPHASIZED,
NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD.
LATER IN THE BILL, G SECTION
NUMBER 3 AN OFFICER WILL
NOT ARREST AN INDIVIDUAL ONLY
POSES A THREAT TO HIMSELF ABSENT
FACTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES WARNING
AN
ACTION.
I WILL ARGUE TO YOU IS AN
ARCTICBLE FACT THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING HARMED
AND NOT
JUST THOSE I MENTIONED.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW,
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WEST
SEATTLE
AND WE SEE NOW AND AGAIN BUT
PARTICULARLY IN D- 4
THAT WE'VE
SEEN IN MAGSON PARK WHERE WE
HAVE TO HAVE ROLLING MOBILE
TEAMS. THIS IS ARCTICBLE HARM TO
THAT
COMMUNITY. MOVING NORTH AURORA,
HARM IS
BEING THRUST UPON THAT
COMMUNITY.
SO MY POSITION AS A
COUNCIL MEMBER AND CHAIR
OF THIS COMMITTEE IT IS
IMPORTANT
TO HAVE THAT IN MIND FOR
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL
ELEMENTS
OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO ACT ON
THAT.
IT IS KEY IF WE WANT TO IMPROVE
OUR PUBLIC SAFETY POSTURE AND
IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF
OUR CITIZENS IN THIS CITY.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE
IT'S IMPORTANT AND I BELIEVE
DUE TO YOU COULD SAY LACK OF
CLARITY, BUT I JUST WANT TO
BRING CLARITY
PARTICULARLY FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL BECAUSE
THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR
OFFICERS
TO HEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SEPARATELY I JUST WANTED TO
NOTE AS WELL, WE RECENTLY HAD
AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING AT
THE SOUTHWEST PRECINCT.
THE KEY THING HERE IS FOR
WE PUT A LOT OF PIECES IN PLAY
AS WE'VE SEEN WITH THE CONSENT
DECREE.
REFORM.
WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS AND POLICIES ON USE OF
FORCE
AND THE LIKE, AND IT'S
IMPORTANTIMPORTANT
US TO LET OUR SYSTEM WORK,
AND I THINK IT WILL WORK
AND THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS AND
WE'LL
GET TO THAT AND THAT'S
OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A
COMMITTEE
IS OVERSIGHT AND WE TAKE THAT
SERIOUSLY.
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE
DOING THAT OVERSIGHT AND WE WILL
DO THAT OVERSIGHT BUT LET
THE SYSTEM WORK AND SUPPORT
THAT PROCESS BOTH IN TERMS OF
POLICY FOR SPD BUT ALSO SUPPORT
OUR
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, OIG
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL,
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, OPA AND
OUR
COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION WHICH IS REPRESENTED
TODAY
IN OUR AUDIENCE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO SO
AND, YOU KNOW, SADLY A
TRAGICTRAGIC EVENT THAT
HAPPENED AT THE SOUTHWEST
PRECINCT, BUT
LET'S LOOK AT THAT AND HAVE
OUR INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW AND
SEE WHAT LESSONS LEARNED CAN
BE DRAWN FROM IT.
THAT IS THE END OF MY
CHAIR COMMENT AND WE'LL NOW MOVE
TO
OUR HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT
PERIOD. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE
HAVE
TODAY?
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE
IN PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND
SIX REMOTE SPEAKERS.
EACH WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
WE'LL START WITH
THE IN-PERSON AND THEN TO THE
REMOTE SPEAKERS.
CAN YOU RACE THE INSTRUCTION US.
>>> THE PLUCK COMMENT PERIOD
IS UP TO 60 MINUTES.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE
ORDERER THEY REGISTERED.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME TEN
SECONDS LEFT OF THEIR TIME.
THEY WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO
NOT END THEIR COMMENTS TO
ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
THE
COMMENT PERIOD IS OPEN AND BEGIN
WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
THE FIRST IN- PERSON SPEAKER
IS ANDREA SUAREZ.
>> HELLO.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS ANDREA SUAREZ.
I AM THE FOUNDER OF WE
HEART SEATTLE.
I HAVE A FIRST RESPONDER IN
MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON MARCH 6th AT
11:36 TO EIGHT GUNSHOTS I
HEARD FROM MY WINDOW.
THANK YOU, SPD, FOR HAVING THE
PERPETRATOR IN HANDCUFFS
WITHIN TEN MINUTES.
I WAS A FIRST RESPONDER, I LIVE
IN BELLTOWN AND YOU KNOW
I'M BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
I HAVE ALL THE VIDEO OF
THE STABBING VICTIM AND
PERPETRATOR ON FRIDAY AT NOON ON
THIRD AND
BLANCHARD THAT TOOK PLACE
LAST WEEK.
A MAN WAS TASED TO THE
GROUND AND, AGAIN, HE WAS IN
HANDCUFFS IN LESS THAN TEN
MINUTES.
THANK YOU TO SPD.
IN MY LAST MINUTE WHAT I WANT
TO CONVEY HERE IS THAT BELLTOWN
IS
HEL TOWN STILL.
EVEN AFTER ALL OF THE WORK
WE'VE DONE, THERE'S MORE TO
DO.
NOT BY A LOT OF HARD WORK BY THE
COUNCIL AND I APPRECIATE
YOU, COUNCIL KETTLE FOR ALL
YOU'VE DONE FOR MY COMMUNITY.
THE MOST VULNERABLE
POPULATION IS AT HARM FROM THE
LACK OF
ASHUN AND LACK OF ARREST
AND ACTUAL CRIME TAKING PLACE ON
MY WALK HERE, THERE WERE MORE
THAN 50 PEOPLE SMOKING FENTANYL,
METHAMPHETAMINE, CRACK
COCAINE, IN THEIR WHEELCHAIRS ON
THEIR TARPS ON OUR SIDEWALKS
THAT I
WALKED BY AND DID WELFARE
CHECKS
WITH. THERE ARE OTHER AGENCIES
WHO WALK BY AND HAND OUT SNACKS
AND WATERS AND I WANT TO HELP
THE HELPERS AND INTERVENE
AND BE KNOWN FOR THE AGENCY THAT
DOES
DRUG USER INTERVENTION
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON TRACK TO
HELPING TWO PEOPLE A WEEK GET
INSIDE TO
DETOX AND REUNITE WITH FAMILY
AND HALFWAY HOUSES.
I'LL CONTINUE TO PUT MYSELF
OUT THERE TO WANT YOU ALL TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
I ALSO ON -- WITNESSED
YESTERDAY A SWEEP, I GUESS, THAT
HAPPENED BY THE SHERIFF AND
METRO TEAM AT
SECOND AND LENORA.
ALL THOSE PEOPLE WERE
BACK WITHIN TEN MINUTES.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH
SCOTT WHO HAS BEEN TALKING
ABOUT POLICY FOR DECADES.
[ INAUDIBLE ] .
>> OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS
LAUREN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS LAUREN
LUMBERG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE
SOTO BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA
HERE TO SHARE MY SUPPORT FOR
COUNCIL
BILL 120956 ESTABLISHING
REGULATION OF AFTER-
HOURS NIGHTLIFE LOUNGES.
OUR CITY HAS SEEN A RISE
IN VIOLENCE AND
LAWLESSNESS ASSOCIATED WITH
UNPERMITTED
AFTER- HOURS NIGHTLIFE
VENUES ESCALATING IN THE
TRAGIC SHOOTING WE SAW LAST
SUMMER IN
SOTO.
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE
SEEN A STAGGERING INCREASE
IN CONCERNING BEHAVIORS
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ILLEGAL
NIGHT CLUBS
WITH HUNDREDS OF SHOTS FIRED,
INJURIES AND INCREASED PROPERTY
DAMAGE.
WE HAVE LONG ADVOCATED FOR
A PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO
ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES AND THE
PROPOSED
BILL RECOGNIZES THAT
SIMPLY SHUTTING DOWN A SINGLE
CLUB AFTER A TRAGEDY DOESN'T
ADDRESS
THE ROOT ISSUE THAT SEATTLE IS
A GROWING CITY AND NEEDS TO
HAVE SAFE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO
WANT
TO SOCIALIZE AFTER 2:00 A.M.
I WANT TO THANK COUNSEL
MEMBER KETTLE FOR INTRODUCING
THIS LEGISLATION AND THE
COMMITTEE'S
LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE
AND RECOGNIZING TARGETING THIS
ONE SPECIFIC TYPE OF CLUB OR
SHUT
DOWN OF ALL AFTER-
HOURS NIGHTLIFE IS NOT A
REALISTIC
SOLUTION.
THE BILL PRESENTED IS A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND
WE HOPE
YOU PASS THIS LEGISLATION
TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE HAS A NIGHT LIFE
ECOSYSTEM
WITH DIVERSE VENUES AND OPENING
TIMES THAT ARE ALL OPERATING
SAFELY.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST IN PERSON SPEAKER
IS YAHIRA.
IF I
MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME PLEASE
CORRECT ME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS YAHIRA GARCIA.
I AM DAVID ESCATELL'S COUSIN.
I AM SOMEONE WHO LOOKED
FORWARD TO A NATE OUT IN THE
CITY.
AFTER REALIZING THE REALITY OF
THESE SAFETY ISSUES T
AFTER HOURS CLUBS, IT'S MADE ME
SECOND
GUESS BEING OUT LATE.
THIS SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE.
WHAT MORE ENJOYABLE WOULD IT
BE TO KNOW I CAN BE OUT WITH
PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT AND NOT HAVE
TO
WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT OUR SAFETY.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO
HAVE -- WEAPONS IN AN AFTERHOUR
LOUNGE.
IT'S RIDICULOUS TO BE
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE
THESE ARE COMMON SENSE
REGULATIONS
THAT SHOULD ALREADY BE
IN EFFECT.
WHAT NUMBER DO WE HAVE TO
REACH IN HOMICIDES FOR
REGULATIONS TO BE ENFORCED.
HOW MANY MORE FAMILIES TORN
APART WILL IT TAKE FOR
THERE TO BE A CHANGE?
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE
TO SHARE THESE CONCERNS USING
THE STORY OF MY COUSIN.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO END
BY SAYING THAT WE WILL NOT STOP
AT
NOTHING TO GIVE HIM THE JUSTICE
HE
DESERVES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
THANK YOU
FOR ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN
PERSON TODAY.
>> OUR FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS
VALERIE. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6.
>> DISTRICT TWO.
POLICE REFORM UNDER THE
CONSENT DECREE WAS INSTIGATED IN
2010 WHEN AN SPD OFFICER --
WOOD CARVING KNIFE JOHN WILLIAMS
WAS CARRYING AND SHOT
BEFORE WILLIAMS KNEW WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
15 YEARS LATER WE'VE HEARD
RHETORIC ABOUT SEATTLE'S POLICE
REFORM PROCESS YET THE
RECENT KILLING OF A PERSON IN
CRISIS
IN THE WEST SEATTLE POLICE
PARKING
LOT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW
FAR WE HAVE TO GO IN IMPROVE
POLICE CULTURE ATTITUDES,
TRAINING AND
PRACTICE.
VIDEO SHOWS NUMEROUS OFFICERS
IN A LARGE ENCLOSED SPACE WITH
MANY
AVAILABLE BARRIERS BETWEEN
THEM AND A SLOW MOVING MAN WITH
A
KNIFE.
TO SHOOT HIM BEFORE TRYING
ANY OTHER PHYSICAL METHODS --
THIS
WEEK CLAIMED THAT, QUOTE, THIS
INDIVIDUAL GAVE THE OFFICERS NO
CHOICE BUT THERE WERE CHOICES.
FOR EXAMPLE, POLICE IN THE
UK USE SHIELDS TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES WHEN DISARMING
PEOPLE WITH KNIVES.
A TECHNIQUE RECOMMENDED BY
P.E.R.S. IN THE U.S.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
SINCE THE CONCEPT DECREE THAT
SPD
HAS SHOT SOMEONE WHO COULD HAVE
BEEN
PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE
ALTERNATIVES TO SHOOTING
PEOPLE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
WITHIN THE FIRST MOMENTS OF A
POLICE
ENCOUNTER.
WE COULD DO MUCH BETTER.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER
IS HOWARD GAYLE.
HOWARD, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOWARD GAYLE.
DISTRICT 7.
LAST WEEK THE SPDS KILLED
THE 19th PERSON IN LESS THAN 15
YEARS WHILE THEY
WERE BRANDISHING A WEAPON OR
WITH NO
WEAPON AT ALL IN THEIR HAND.
17 OF THESE PEOPLE WERE SHOT TO
DEATH.
14 OF THESE PEOPLE WERE CLEARLY
EXPERIENCING A SEVERE MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THESE KILLINGS WAS DECLARED
QUOTE LAWFUL AND PROPER UNQUOTE
BY
ALL ASPECTS OF OUR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
TODAY YOU WILL DISCUSS
A RESOLUTION
CONGRATULATING SUCCESS AND
REFORM
AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM
CIVILIANS KILLED BY POLICE
WHEN BRANDISHING WEAPONS OVER
THE LAST 35 YEARS
EXCLUDING TERRORISTS NINE.
THAT IS
NINE PEOPLE KILLED BY POLICE
WITH A WEAPON IN
AN ENTIRE COUNTRY OF OVER 66
MILLION.
YOU MIGHT THINK THIS APPROACH
MAKES POLICING MORE
DANGEROUS IN THE UK BUT POLICE
KILLED IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM BY A WEAPON
OVER
THE LAST 196 YEARS, 20.
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE YOU
STATED LAST WEEK'S TOWN HALL
SEATTLE'S
POLICE OFFICERS MUST DO WHAT
IS NECESSARY TO GET HOME ALIVE.
WHAT A SHAMEFUL STANDARD
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
IMAGINE IF OUR FIREMEN AND WOMEN
ADOPTED THAT MANTRA.
WOULD THEY RUSH INTO A BURNING
BUILDING.
IN THE UK POLICE SAY OUR DUTY
IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GOES
HOME
ALIVE DEMONSTRATED BY
THEIR STATISTICS AND WE SHOULD
HAVE
NO LOWER STANDARD.
THE UK IS NOT ALONE.
IN JAPAN DESPITE MOST OFFICERS
CARRYING A GUN PEOPLE
WITH ETCHED WEAPONS ARE ALMOST
NEVER
SHOT OR KILLED.
WE NEED A HEARING ON
EXECUTING FOLKS EXPERIENCING A
CRISIS
SUCH A HEARING REQUIRES SOMEONE
WITH
EXPERTISE LIKE MYSELF TO ASK
AND PURSUE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE
REMAIN UNANSWERED PERPETUATING
THE CRUELTY.
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE ARE YOU
WILLING TO PURSUE REAL
ANSWERS OR CONTINUING TO
PERPETUATE
AN INHUMAN PRACTICE.
THANK
YOU.
>> NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER IS
TIA PET TRO VICH.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS TIA PET TRO
VICH SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE
AFTER-HOURS NIGHTLIFE
LEGISLATION. IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
THIS YEAR,
JANUARY 25th, ONE MAN DEAD,
ONE WOMAN INJURED, 1:30 A.M.
BOTH
SHOT.
FEBRUARY 15th, WHO WOMAN SHOT
IN A NIGHT CLUB 1:00 A.M.
FEBRUARY 25th BEFORE 2:00, PUT.
SHOT, TWO DEAD.
MARCH 14th
GOOTHS GUNFIRE. ONE MAN SHOT IN
THE LEG.
ALL THESE WITH BLOCKS OF
EACH OTHER ALL NIGHTLIFE
RELATED.
YOU CAN GO BACK IN TIME OVER
THE LAST 15 YEARS AND SEE A
SIMILAR
PATTERN.
PEOPLE BEING SHOT AFTER A
NIGHT IN THE CLUB.
WE NEED TO TRY TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE AFTER A NIGHT OF
CLUBBING.
THIS LEGISLATION IS A STEP
IN THAT DIRECTION.
FOR CLUBS THAT CHOOSE LIFE
AFTER-HOURS.
THE LEGISLATION WOULD
GIVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
RARELY GIVE TO ANYONE THE GIFT
OF TIME.
IT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO
TAKE TIME BEFORE LEAVING A CLUB,
TIME TO SOBER UP, KEEPING THEM
SAFE AND OTHERS SAFE TIME TO
LEAVE WHEN THEY WISH AND NOT
BEING PUSHED OUT IN THE STREET
AT
THE SAME HOUR.
I APPRECIATE THE CLUB
OPERATORS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND
OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HELP CRAFT
THIS LEGISLATION TODAY, AND I
APPRECIATE ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS IN SUPPORT OF THIS
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> OUR NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER IS
GABRIEL NEWMAN.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6.
>> GOOD MORNING, SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS GABRIEL NEWMAN WITH
GSBA, WASHINGTON'S LBGTQ
PLUS CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE REPRESENTING OUR OVER
1200 MEMBERS TO URGE YOUR
SUPPORT FOR
C B120956 TO INCREASE
THE
NIGHTLIFE. OUR MEMBERS WANT TO
GROW
SEATTLE'S NIGHTTIME ECONOMY.
THIS IS A KEY ELEMENT TO PUBLIC
SAFETY.
AFTER BARS CLOSE AT 2:00 A.M.
, THERE AREN'T MANY PLACES
FOR SEATTLEITE TO VISIT.
THIS DOESN'T JUST IMPACT
FOLKS WHO IMVISIT THE BARS.
A LARGE GROUP OF STUDENTS
AND WORKERS AND NIGHT OWLS THAT
WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
LATE
NIGHT ECONOMY.
THE VIOLENCE ASSOCIATED WITH
AFTER-HOURS ACTIVITIES
DETERS FOLKS WITH ENGAGING IN
THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY AND
STIFLES
THE GROWTH OF OUR ECONOMY
AND PROVIDES A DETERRENCE TO
PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THIS BILL WAS PUT
TOGETHER THROUGH A PROCESS
THAT INCORPORATED MANY
PERSPECTIVES AND COMMUNITY
REPRESENTATIVES.
I THANK SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
FOR MAKING SURE THIS LEGISLATION
WAS CAREFULLY DRAFTED WITH THE
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AT
THE FOREFRONT.
WHEN WE LEGISLATE TO
EMPOWER PEOPLE TO WALK THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND VISIT
BUSINESSES AT ALL
HOURS OF THE DAY WE CAN
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT, SUPPORT OUR
ECONOMY AND DETER
POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
THIS LEGISLATION IS A
FANTASTIC FIRST STEP TOWARDS
TRANSFORMING SEATTLE
INTO A 24-HOUR CITY. THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST
REMOTE SPEAKER IS DAVID HAINES.
DAVID, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6.
>> HI.
SEATTLE IS STILL IN VIOLATION
OF CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING
SABOTAGED SINCE THE
BEGINNING AND YOU KEEP IGNORING
IT.
THERE NEEDS TO BE
A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
INVESTIGATION.
MOST GUN VIOLENCE IS
DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE
EXTENSION OF
LOW LEVEL DRUG PUSHERS WHO
ESCALATE
MOST OF
THE VIOLENCE. THERE'S NO LAWS
OR
PROPERLY TRAINED CHIEF TO COMBAT
THAT
SCOURGE, CITY CITY COUNCIL
IS MAKING LAWS TO EXTEND
NIGHT HOURS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
DRUNK OR SMOKING SHOWSHAH, A
TOXIC THIRD WORLD CHEMICAL MIXED
WITH LOW QUALITY TOBACCO PUT
INTO A
HOOKAH.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE
PROPER GROWN MARIJUANA.
WHAT KIND OF LIBERAL
INTERPRETATIONS ARE YOU
[ INAUDIBLE ]. COUNCIL WANTS
SLUM REAL
ESTATE TO USE AS A SHADY
BUSINESS
TO GENERATE REVENUE TO PROP UP
THE PERCEPTION
OF PROPERTY VALUE AND MAKE SURE
SOMEONE PAYS
THEIR RENT SO A PROPERTY TAX
TO COLLECT AT THE END OF THE
YEAR
WHILE THEY DON'T CARE WHAT
HAPPENS TO PEOPLE SMOKING
POISON.
WHEN THE DEMOCRATS DEFUNDED
THE POLICE AND CREATED ALL THESE
SPENDING PRIORITIES
THAT PRIORITIZE REPEAT CRIMINALS
FOR HOUSING AND HUMANS FIRST,
ALLOWING INNOCENT HOMELESS TO BE
DISCRIMINATED AND MISTREATED
BY NONPROFIT DONORS
THAT EXACERBATED PUBLIC SAFETY,
THE HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
CRISIS, AND THIS COUNCIL WAS
SUPPOSED TO
OVERTHROW THOSE BAD LAWS AND
WRITE THE WRONGS OF THE DEFUND
POLICE.
COUNCIL GAVE THE COPS MORE
MONEY AND TRADE FOR
PROPAGANDA OUTREACH AS IF COPS
ARE A NEW
[ INAUDIBLE ] ACTING
LIKE THEY'RE KEEPING
US SAFE. GIVING US BOGUS EXCUSES
WHY
THEY CAN'T AND WON'T FIGHT
CRIME WHILE THE EXPERIENCE OF
THE WHO
ADMITTED HE'S NOT HERE TO THROW
CRIMINALS IN JAIL HAS BEEN
MISEDUCATED BY A RACIST
WORLD GEORGE SOROS CRIMINAL
JUSTICE --
>> THAT MARKS THE END OF
THE REMOTE SPEAKERS.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID, AND
ALL
THOSE CALLING IN. APPRECIATE IT.
PUBLIC COMMENT HAS EXPIRED
AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO OUR
ITEMS
OF BUSINESS.
I SHOULD NOTE MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON
THE SIGN UP CARDS AT THE PODIUM
OR
E- MAIL THE COUNCIL AT
COUNCIL @SEATTLE.GOV.
WE WILL MOVE TO OUR FIRST
ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM NUMBER
ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNSEL BILL 120956.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
REGULATION OF AFTER- HOURS
NIGHT LIFE LOUNGES DEFINING
AFTER-HOURS NIGHTLIFE LOUNGES,
ESTABLISHING OPERATIONAL
AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR
SUCH BUSINESSES
DESCRIBING ENFORCEMENT
MECHANISMS
AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 10. 10
TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
FIRST UP, ERIKA SANTANA
AND CAROLINE ESCATELL.
>> PLEASE JOIN US AT THE TABLE.
WELCOME.
WELCOME TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE
COMMITTEE.
HAVE THE MICROPHONE THERE.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
AND FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS,
PLEASE
LET OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SEEM
AND PRETTY MUCH HOLD
OUR QUESTIONS FOR THE FOLLOW ON
PRESENTERS.
[ INAUDIBLE ] .
>> MY [ INAUDIBLE ] WAS A
VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE.
SORRY.
MY NAME IS ERIKA SANTANA.
AUGUST 17th, 2024, MY BROTHER
WAS A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE.
THERE'S SO MANY FACTORS
THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED HIS
UNTIMELY DEATH.
MY SISTER AND I WERE THE OLDER
SIBLINGS OF MY BROTHER DAVID.
WE TRIED WHILE ON THIS EARTH
TO CARE FOR HIM THE BEST AS BIG
SISTERS COULD.
NOW THAT HE IS NO LONGER WITH
US, WE WANT TO SAY THAT
EVEN AFTER HIS DEATH, WE DID
EVERYTHING WE COULD TO HONOR HIS
DEATH BY KEEPING HIS
MEMORY ALIVE AND HELPING PREVENT
OTHERS FROM GOING THROUGH A LOSS
LIKE
OURS.
YOU HEAR TODAY HAVE THE POWER
TO HELP THE COMMUNITY YOU LOVE
AND
SERVE BY HELPING PASS THIS BILL.
AS A FAMILY WE KNOCKED ON MANY
DOORS.
WE WERE TURNED AWAY IGNORED
OR NEVER RESPONDED TO UNTIL
THIS DAY.
WE DIDN'T GIVE UP AND WE
ARE HERE BEFORE YOU AGAIN.
TO MAKE YOU FEEL AND
UNDERSTAND TO BECOME ALLIES IN
THIS MISSION
TO MAKE A BETTER AND
SAFER COMMUNITY FOR US
OUR FAMILIES AND ALL OUR
CITIZENS.
WHEN WE WERE INVITED
BY CONGRESSWOMAN WOO ON THE
WAY TO THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD
I
FOUND MYSELF HOPEFUL BECAUSE
FINALLY SOMEONE WAS LISTENING
AND
FELT LIKE A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
THEN WHILE WE WERE THERE,
MANY DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE MANY
COUNTLESS PROBLEMS
OF WHAT THIS BILL IS TRYING TO
TACKLE, I LEARNED THERE'S
SO MANY OTHER VICTIMS.
FOR ME, MY BROTHER'S DEATH WAS
A TIP OF A GIGANTIC ICEBERG.
THERE'S SO MANY GAPS IN THE
LAWS
THAT ALLOWED ALL THIS TO
HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN.
IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE.
IT FELT INFURIATING AND I
FOUND THAT ONE STEP FORWARD WITH
ALL
I LEARNED THAT DAY FELT LIKE
NO STEP FORWARD AT ALL.
EVEN THOUGH WE CANNOT
CONTROL OTHERS FROM COMMITTING
ACTS OF
VIOLENCE, THIS AFTER-
HOURS REGULATED LEGISLATION WILL
PLAY A PART IN HELPING COMBAT
MANY
FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO
SO MANY ACTS OF LAWLESSNESS
AND DEATHS THAT ARE YET TO
BE JUSTICE FOR.
WE CANNOT UNDO WHAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN DONE, WE CAN'T
PREVENT IT
BY LEARNING FROM PAST
TRAGEDIES, BY LOOKING AND TAKING
ACCOUNT ALL THAT WE HAVE LEARNED
AND
HOW ALL THESE TERRIBLE THINGS
HAVE COME TO PASS.
THE FACTS ARE THERE.
WE CAN ALL SEE THERE IS A
BIG PROBLEM THAT WITH TIME DOES
NOT GO AWAY.
THE NUMBERS OF VICTIMS ARE NOT
DECREASING.
WE ARE NOW THE VOICES OF
THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US.
I ASK YOU ON BEHALF OF NOT
JUST MY BROTHER BUT ON BEHALF OF
ALL THE COUNTLESS LIVES LOST
BECAUSE OF THIS LACK OF
REGULATION, PLEASE SUPPORT THE
WORK WE
HAVE POURED INTO THIS BILL.
THIS BILL HAS BEEN MADE
WITH INTENTION TO CREATE A SAFE
SPACE
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENTS AND THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
ALSO THEIR PATRONS
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
I ASK YOU TO PLEASE
CONSIDER THIS BILL AND NOT
CONTINUE TO LET SLIP THROUGH THE
CRACKS ALL THE GAPS THAT HAVE
BEEN
ALLOWED BY OTHERS IN YOUR
POSITIONPOSITION WHO PERMITTED
KNOWING THE
ISSUE AND LACK OF REGULATIONS,
SEEING THOSE CRACKS THROUGH THE
YEARS, TURNING INTO AN ENDLESS
SINKHOLE.
I URGE YOU, PLEASE, TO
CONSIDER THIS BILL AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
>> I'M CAROLINE
ESCATELL SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
MY FAMILY.
MY BROTHER DAVID'S LIFE
WAS TAKEN INSIDE OF AN ILLEGALLY
OPERATING NIGHT CLUB.
IT SADDENS ME TO THINK THAT
EVEN WITH SUCH A YOUNG,
BEAUTIFUL LIFE TAKEN FROM US, IT
STILL MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH TO
ENFORCE
BETTER SAFETY MEASURES AND
REGULATIONS.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
HOW MANY MORE FAMILIES ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO ENDURE LOSING
THEIR LOVED ONES TO GUN
VIOLENCE?
THE NEGLECTED REGULATIONS
CURRENTLY IN PLACE CAN BE A
FACTOR IN A LIFE OR
DEATH SITUATION.
THEY COST MY BABY BROTHER HIS
LIFE.
MY HEART CONTINUES TO GO OUT
TO ALL THE OTHER SEATTLE
FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST THEIR
LOVED ONES THIS WAY.
IT IS SUCH AN UNBEARABLE
FEELING.
WE HAVE TO NOW CARRY WITH
US FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
I NEVER REALIZED THE SENSE
OF PRIVILEGE I HAD TO NOT HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT THESE TYPE
OF THINGS.
THINKING THESE LAWS
WERE, OF COURSE, IN PLACE AND IF
ANYTHING
WERE TO HAPPEN, THEY WERE
GOING TO BE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES
FOR THOSE WRONGDOINGS.
I WAS WRONG.
AND I NO LONGER HAVE
THE PRIVILEGE TO SIT IN SILENCE.
THAT WORRY- FREE PRIVILEGE HAS
BEEN RIPPED AWAY FROM ME AND
MY FAMILY FROM THE MOMENT MY
BROTHER'S LIFE WAS TAKEN
FROM US.
OUR HOPE IS THAT WITH
THIS LEGISLATION WE CAN MAKE
A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD TOWARDS
RESTORING TRUST AND
SAFETY MEASURES IN THESE AFTER-
HOURS
SPACES.
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT AFTER- HOURS
SPACES MUST HAVE WORKING VIDEO
SURVEILLANCE, PROPERLY TRAINED
SECURITY, AND UNIMPEDED
POLICE ACCESS DURING OPERATIONS
TO THE
VERY LEAST.
WITH THE PROPER REGULATIONS IN
PLACE, WE WOULD BE ABLE
TO REGULATE ILLEGALLY OPERATING
AFTERHOUR SPACES AND HAVE
MORE POSITIVE BUSINESS FOR THE
CLUBS THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN
ON
THIS REGULATORY LICENSE.
WE DESERVE SAFE SPACES TO
UNWIND AND HAVE FUN IN, WHICH
SHOULD
INCLUDE AFTER- HOURS NIGHTCLUBS.
MY FAMILY AND I SUPPORT
THIS PROPOSAL WITH THE HOPE FOR
A
SAFER ENVIRONMENT AND THAT
OUR BELOVED DAVID'S NAME MAY
NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. SO WELL SAID.
POWERFULLY SAID.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS
COMMITTEE HEARS YOU.
THIS COUNCIL HEARS YOU.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
ALSO THANK YOU FOR NOTING
THAT IT'S THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG.
THANK YOU ALSO FOR NOTING
COUNCIL MEMBER WOO'S
ADVOCACY FOR THIS BILL BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S NOT JUST A RECENT
THING.
I THINK OF DONNIE CHEN WHO
WAS KILLED IN JULY OF 2015 AS HE
WAS
LOOKING TO -- BACK TO HIS
COMMUNITY.
SO FOR DONNIE AND YOUR BROTHER
DAVID AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN
AND SINCE, WE TAKE UP THIS BILL.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING.
I APPRECIATE IT VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU.
WILL HELP YOU NOW.
>> SECOND UP.
DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
SCOTT LINDSEY AND CENTRAL STAFF.
>> WELCOME.
WILL YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF.
>> SCOTT LINDSAY.
SEATTLE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
>> TAMASO JOHNSON,
COUNSEL
STAFF.
>> WELCOME TO OUR COMMITTEE
AND TO THIS TOPIC.
PLEASE, I THINK WE'LL
START, START WITH CENTRAL STAFF
OR START -- OKAY.
GO AHEAD WITH YOUR
PRESENTATION
THEN.
>> I'LL KICK IT OFF.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
AND THANK YOU MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE FOR HAVING
US TODAY. I WANT TO START BY
THANKING
THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF DAVID
ESCATELL WHO JUST SPOKE AND WHO
HAVE
CONTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT ON THE
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS
AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AS
WE DEVELOPED THIS BILL OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
I SINCERELY HOPE THAT
DAVID'S DEATH IS NOT IN VAIN.
THIS BILL IS TO ADDRESS
AFTER- HOURS NIGHTLIFE SAFETY.
YOU CAN SWITCH TO THE FIRST
SLIDE. I WANT TO START OFF BY
SHARING WITH YOU WHAT IS THE
PROBLEM THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
SOLVE?
IN 2025 ALONE, THERE HAVE BEEN
17 SHOOTINGS SO FAR AND WE'RE
ONLY STILL AT THE END OF MARCH.
ASSOCIATED WITH NIGHTLIFE.
LAST YEAR 2024, THERE WERE 47
SHOOTING INCIDENTS
CONNECTED WITH NIGHTLIFE IN THE
CITY
OF SEATTLE.
THE MOST COMMON TIME FOR
THOSE SHOOTINGS TO OCCUR IS
AFTER 2:00
A.M.
AND SO AT THE BOTTOM CHART
WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS A CHART
THAT REFLECTS WHAT TIME THESE
AREARE
OCCURRING.
OF THE 17 SHOOTING
INCIDENTS THIS IS JUST FOR 2017,
YOU'LL SEE 11 OF THOSE, THIS IS
JUST NIGHTLIFE ASSOCIATED
SHOOTINGS,
11 OF THOSE OCCURRED BETWEEN
THE HOURS OF 2:00 AND 6:00 A.M.
THAT'S THE REAL US OF THE
ISSUE WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE
WITH THE LEGISLATION TODAY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
FURTHER, WHAT WE FOUND THROUGH
SEVERAL YEARS OF INVESTIGATION
OF THIS CHALLENGE IS THAT A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
THOSE AFTER-HOURS NIGHTLIFE
SHOOTINGS ARE OCCURRING IN
CONNECTION
WITH A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF
ESTABLISHMENTS.
THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS WE'RE
CALLING AFTER- HOURS
NIGHTLIFE LOUNGES, LOCATIONS
THAT
STAY OPEN AFTER 2:00 A.M. AND
HAVE
A BUSINESS MODEL THAT THRIVES
FROM
2:00 TO 6:00 A.M. TIMEFRAME.
AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW,
MOST BARS, NIGHTCLUBS,
LOUNGES RESTAURANTS CLOSE AT
2:00 A.M.
THAT'S THE TIME WHEN YOU UNDER
STATE LAW OUR
STATE LIQUOR LICENSES ARE NO
LONGER
ALLOWED TO SERVE LIQUOR.
ANY ESTABLISHMENT WITH
A LIQUOR LICENSE WILL TYPICALLY
CLOSE
AT 2:00 A.M. , BUT THE STATE
ALLOWS
SOME OF THOSE
ESTABLISHMENTS THAT GET THE
EXTENDED HOURS
ENDORSEMENT, TO STAY OPEN AS
LONG AS THEY SECURE THEIR
LIQUORLIQUOR AND DON'T SERVE
THE LIQUOR.
THE ESTABLISHMENTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE MAJORITY OF
THE SHOOTING EVENTS DO NOT
HAVE LIQUOR LICENSES.
THEY ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO SELL
LIQUOR. THOSE ADVERTISE
THAT THEY ARE SELLING LIQUOR
REGARDLESS.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE SELLING
LIQUOR, MANY OF THEM -- THIS
IS -- THEY ARE OPERATING
IN EFFECT IN AN
UNREGULATED AFTER-HOURS SPACE.
SO THERE ARE NO CURRENT
REGULATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT
WOULD AUTHORIZE SEATTLE
POLICE OR OTHER CITY OFFICIALS
TO INSPECT THE SAFETY OF THOSE
LOCATIONS DURING THEIR
OPERATING HOURS.
BY CONTRAST, BUSINESSES
WITH LIQUOR LICENSES ARE
REQUIRED
TO ALLOW INSPECTIONS BY
CITY OFFICIALS AND BY L CD
OFFICIALS.
AND SO WHAT WE FOUND IS
THAT BECAUSE THESE
SELECT INSTITUTIONS ARE
OPERATING
WITHOUT A LIQUOR LICENSE, THEY
IN EFFECT BECOME IMMUNE FROM
LEGISLATION.
TODAY'S LEGISLATION IS TO FILL
THAT GAP AS THE ESCATELL SISTERS
SAID.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE,
PLEASE. I WANT TO SPEAK
SPECIFICALLY AS
TO WHAT THIS LEGISLATION
DOES AND DOES NOT DO.
SO THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE THE
CITY WITH ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO
IMPROVE SECURITY AT AFTER-
HOURS NIGHTLIFE LOCATIONS.
THE LEGISLATION DEFIANCE
AFTER-HOURS NIGHTLIFE LOUNGE AS
A BUSINESS, NONPROFIT OR
CLUB ESTABLISHMENT OPEN BETWEEN
THE
HOURS OF 2:00 A.M. AND 6:00 A.M.
WHOSE PURPOSES IN THOSE HOURS
INCLUDE SOCIALIZING AND EITHER
SMOKING OR DANCING.
TO BE CLEAR THE LEGISLATION
WOULD NOT APPLY TO BARS
OR NIGHTCLUBS THAT CLOSE AT 2:00
A.M. , IT WOULD NOT ALLOW
TO RESTAURANTS THAT STAY OPEN
AFTER
2:00 A.M. , AND IT WOULD NOT
APPLY TO OTHER SPECIALTY
NICHE GROUPS SUCH AS
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT VENUES
REGULATED ELSEWHERE IN OUR CITY
CODE.
JUST FOR CONTEXT HERE, OUR
CITY REGULATES A VARIETY
OF ESTABLISHMENTS THAT
ARE SIMILARLY SITUATED.
FOR EXAMPLE, NIGHTCLUBS THAT
HAVE 250 OR MORE PERSON
CAPACITY ARE SPECIALLY REGULATED
IN
OUR CITY CODE.
ALL AGES DANCE VENUES,
SPECIALLY REGULATED IN OUR CITY
CODE.
IN ADDITION, ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
VENUES SPECIALLY REGULATED
IN OUR CITY CODE BUT OUR CITY
CODE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED TO
EVOLVE TO MEET THIS EMERGING
CHALLENGE OF LOCATIONS THAT ARE
REALLY
THEIR BUSINESS MODEL IS TO
BE OPEN DURING THAT 2:00 A.M.
TO 6:00 A.M. TIMEFRAME.
THE REQUIREMENTS THAT
THIS LEGISLATION IMPOSEs ARE
FAIRLY
NARROWLY TAILORED TO ADDRESS THE
SPECIFIC SECURITY NEEDS THAT
WE FOUND OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS ARE PREDOMINANT AT
THESE MOST CHALLENGES LOCATIONS.
FIRST OFF IT REQUIRES THAT
THEY OBTAIN AND COMPLY WITH ALL
CITY
PERMITS AND LICENSES.
SECOND, EMPLOY AT LEAST
TWO SECURITY PERSONNEL,
TRAINED SECURITY PERSONNEL.
THIRD, THAT THEY OPERATE VIDEO
SURVEILLANCE AT ENTRANCES AND
EXITS.
FOURTH, PREVENT WEAPONS
FROM ENTERING THE PREMISES
USING EITHER PAT DOWN OR METAL
DETECTORS.
FIFTH, HAVE A SAFETY PLAN, A
WELL- ESTABLISHED SAFETY
PLAN, THAT IS SUBMITTED TO THE
CITY.
FINALLY, ALLOW THE ENTRY BY ALL
CITY PEACE OFFICERS WHETHER
SEATTLE POLICE OR OTHERS
DURING OPERATING HOURS, JUST
LIKE
ANY OTHER LICENSED BAR OR
RESTAURANT WOULD.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS BILL WILL BE ENFORCED BY
THE FINANCE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
DEPARTMENT HERE
TODAY IN THE AUDIENCE.
IN SUPPORT OF THAT WOULD BE THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
THE LIQUOR AND CANNABIS BOARD
AND OTHER CITY AGENCIES
THAT PARTICIPATE IN MONITORING
THE LATE NIGHT ESTABLISHMENTS.
THE FIRST VIOLATION OF THIS
BILL WOULD RESULT IN A
THOUSAND DOLLAR CIVIL CITATION.
THE SECOND WOULD RESULT IN A
$5,000 CIVIL CITATION.
THESE WOULD BE CIVIL
CITATIONS ISSUED BY FAS TO THE
OWNERS
OF EACH OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS
IF
THEY, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE
OPERATING WITHOUT THE
APPROPRIATE CITY LICENSES OR
OPERATING WITHOUT
THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE
REQUIRED BY THIS BILL OR VIOLATE
ANY OF THE OTHER RULES DESCRIBED
ON
THE PRIOR SLIDE.
THE BUSINESSES HAVE THE
RIGHT JUST LIKE WITH ANY OTHER
REGULATORY SYSTEM TO
CONTEST THESE CITATIONS BEFORE A
HEARING EXAMINER.
IN ADDITION, THE BILL
WILL AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY
TO SEEK LEGAL
AND EQUITABLE RELIEF FROM
ESTABLISHMENTS THAT
REMAIN OUT OF COMPLIANCE IF
THEY CONTINUE TO VIOLATE DESPITE
THE FINANCIAL PENALTIES THEY'RE
FACING. TO BE CLEAR, THIS BILL
WILL
NOT DISRUPT THE ACTIVITY
OF AFTER- HOURS LOCATIONS THAT
HAVE AN L.C.B. ENDORSEMENT
FOR EXTENDED HOURS AND
HAVE APPROPRIATE SECURITY
MEASURES IN
PLACE. I WANT TO THANK THOSE
ESTABLISHMENTS THAT DO
OPERATE IN THE AFTER-HOURS THAT
THE EXTENSIVE
STAKEHOLDERING
PROCESS THAT WAS MANAGED BY CITY
COUNCIL.
IN ADDITION, AGAIN, THE
BILL WILL NOT IMPACT
RESTAURANTS,
BARS OR CLUBS THAT CLOSE AT
OR BEFORE 2:00 A.M.
THE BILL WILL NOT
IMPACT AFTER- HOURS ACTIVITIES
IN PRIVATE HOMES.
SO WITH THAT, CENTRAL
STAFF WANTS TO SPEAK FURTHER OR
TURN
TO QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. LINDSAY.
BEFORE MOVING ON, I -- I
WOULD BE REMISS BECAUSE WE HAD
SUCH
COMPELLING TESTIMONY, I
WANTED TO NOTE COUNSEL PRESIDENT
NELSON
HAS JOINED US.
SORRY FOR NOT SAYING THAT
EARLIER.
AS ALWAYS, WELCOME
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMAN NOT ON
THE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL
MEMBER RIVERA HERE TOO.
THANK YOU.
TO THE CENTRAL STAFF REPRESENTED
BY MR. FREEMAN AND MR. JOHNSON.
>> SURE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SORT OF
GO THROUGH THE BILL AT A HIGH
LEVEL.
THIS WILL -- WHAT SCOTT HAS
JUST PRESENTED TO YOU.
YOU HAVE A MEMO FROM US DATED
MARCH 20th, 2025, THAT
IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO
SCOTT'S PRESENTATION.
I'LL JUST REITERATE A FEW
THINGS
HE TALKED ABOUT AND HOW
REGULATES AFTER-
HOURS ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE
COST WHICH IS UNCERTAIN.
SO HOW DOES THE CITY
CURRENTLY REGULATE AFTER-
HOURS ESTABLISHMENTS AS SCOTT
MENTIONED SOME REGULATIONS
THAT ARE APPLICABLE [ INAUDIBLE
]
THE CODE NOT A REGULATORY
LICENSE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE
TYPES
OF BUSINESSES JUST A SUITE
OF REGULATIONS WITH WHICH THEY
HAVE
TO COMPLY THAT APPLIES TO LARGER
VENUES, OCCUPANCY CUTOFF
BELOW [ INAUDIBLE ] REGULATION
BY
THE CITY APPLIES TO BUSINESSES
LIKE WHY IS THE NAME ESCAPING
ME?
BUSINESS ON CAPITOL HILL AFTER
HOURS DANCE VENUE, BAR,
2:00 IN THE MORNING.
NEIGHBORS IS REGULATED THROUGH
THE NIGHTCLUB REQUIREMENTS
CURRENTLY.
DANCE VENUES ARE ALSO
CURRENTLY REGULATED BY THE CITY.
THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS.
THERE IS REGULATORY LICENSE
ASSOCIATED WITH A DANCE
VENUE SIMILARLY ADULT
ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS
HAVE A
LICENSE WITH THEM AND THEY ARE
REQUIRED TO CLOSE BY 2:30 IN THE
MORNING BUT THERE IS ALREADY
A [ INAUDIBLE ] ADULT
ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES
AND THEN A NONREGULATORY REALM
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT NIGHT CLUB
ESTABLISHMENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT
REGULATIONS
ARE, HOW TO COMPLY NOT ONLY THE
CITY'S REGULATIONS BUT STATE
AND
APPLICABLE FEDERAL
REGULATIONS AND THEY SERVE AS A
FACILITATOR IN ESTABLISHING A
NEW NIGHT
LIFE ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS A ROLE
FOR REVIEWING LIQUOR LICENSES
FOR
NIGHT CLUBS.
WHAT WOULD
THIS BILL DO AND NOT DO.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT
IT WOULD NOT DO.
WHO WOULD IT APPLY TO.
IT WOULD APPLY TO AS SCOTT
MENTIONED BUSINESSES THAT
ARE OPEN AFTER 2:00 A.M.
WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS
SPECIFICALLY
ALL AGES DANCE VENUES,
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
ESTABLISHMENTS
BY THE CITY.
THEATERS, IF THERE'S A
PRODUCTION HAPPENING LATE
AT NIGHT THAT WOULD BE REGULATED
BY THIS BY THE COUNCIL BILL.
RESTAURANTS IS A DEFINED TERM IN
THE BILL MEANS FOOD
BUSINESS WITH AN ACTIVE PERMIT
THAT
OPERATES AT THE SAME
LOCATION FOR 21 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS.
IT'S A BONA
FIDE RESTAURANT.
NOT A POP UP OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
REGULATED BUSINESSES
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REMAIN OPEN
PAST 2:00
A.M. UNLESS THEY HAVE THE
ENDORSEMENT FROM LIQUOR
AND CANNABIS BOARD.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN
THE MINIMUM
SECURITY REQUIREMENTS THAT SCOTT
MENTIONED AND
ALLOW ACCESS TO PUBLIC AREAS OF
THE BUSINESS DURING BUSINESS
HOURS
AND THEN THEY WOULD BE
SUBJECT TO ESCALATING CITATIONS
FOR
NONCOMPLIANCE.
WHEN IT COMES TO
COST, LITTLE BIT UNCERTAINTY.
FAS ESTIMATES ENFORCEMENT COULD
BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN EXISTING
RESOURCES FROM UNDER SPEND
OR SLIGHTLY OVERTIME FOR LICENSE
AND STANDARDS INSPECTORS
DOING SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT
WORK
AND MAY REQUIRE A SECURITY FROM
SPD,
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR
SOME OF THE WORK AND ALSO TO
DEVELOP
OUTREACH MATERIALS AS A ONE
TIME COST SO BUSINESSES WOULD
KNOW WHAT THE NEW REGULATIONS
ARE AND
WHETHER OR NOT THEY APPLY TO
THEM.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE COST IS
UNCERTAIN BECAUSE WE DON'T
KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY BUSINESSES
WOULD BE REGULATED BY THE BILL.
PROBABLY FEWER THAN 30, BUT
IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR SO
THERE MAY
BE FUTURE COSTS AND [ INAUDIBLE
] AUTHORITY F.A.
S.
WOULD NEED SOME OF THAT
COST COULD BE OFFSET BY THE
LICENSES.
UNLESS OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
YOU ALL I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE
HAVE.
SO I GUESS NOW IS THE TIME FOR
QUESTIONS.
>> MR. JOHNSON, ANY
ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
>> NOTHING TO
ADD. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I ALSO NOTE SPD IS REPRESENTED
HERE.
IF ANYTHING REQUIRES
THEIR, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATION,
BUT
WE'LL START WITH MR. LINDSEY
FROM
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
OUR
STAFF.
AS ALWAYS, I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT
MY SYSTEM HERE BUT ACTUALLY CAN
I -- DOSS WHO IS ON- LINE
FROM CENTRAL STAFF WANT TO
RECOGNIZE HIM FOR HIS WORK.
IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO
ADD, MR. DOSS I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE YOU
BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT TO THIS
BILL.
AND HE'S JOINING US REMOTELY.
I DON'T SEE HIM COMING ONLINE.
WE'LL MOVE OVER TO MY VICE
CHAIR, VICE CHAIR SAKA,
ANY
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
FIRST OFF I WANT TO START OFF BY
EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE AND
APPRECIATION AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY CONDOLENCES TO
THE FAMILY OF FRANCISCO DAVID
ESCATELL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
JOIN US THIS MORNING FOR YOUR
STEDFAST ADVOCACY ONON
SIOUX AND FOR CHANNELING YOUR
ANGUISH AND PAIN THAT YOU ARE
EXPERIENCING AS A RESULT OF
THE MURDER OF YOUR FAMILY
MEMBER,
MR. ESCATELL, CHANNELING THAT
ANGUISH INTO ACTION, AND IT IS
A CALL TO ACTION
FOR ALL OF US COLLEAGUES AND I
DON'T
KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT
I'M JUST NOT PREPARED TO TELL
THAT FAMILY NO.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
SO THANK YOU ALSO TO THE
PRESENTERS WITH THIS
VERY INFORMATIVE BRIEFING AND TO
CHAIR KETTLE FOR REINTRODUCE THE
BILL THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER WOO HAD BEEN WORKING ON
LAST YEAR AND ALSO THANKS TO
EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK
ABOUT IT TODAY.
WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR
THIS
PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS
IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY
BUT ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR
MY COUNCIL DISTRICT AS NOTED IN
SOME OF THE EARLIER
TESTIMONY PIONEER SQUARE
RESIDENCE
COUNCIL IS IN SUPPORT OF US
BETTER
ADDRESSING
THE UNDERLYING ISSUES AT PLAY
HERE WITH RESPECT TO
UNREGULATED,
UNPERMITTED AFTER- HOURS
NIGHTLIFE
ESTABLISHMENTS. I HAVE BEEN
INFORMED THAT THE
NEGATIVE NIGHTCLUB
ASSOCIATED ISSUES WERE AMONG THE
TOP THREE
ITEMS ON THE PIONEER
SQUARE RESIDENCE COUNCIL'S
NEIGHBORHOOD
TO DO LIST.
WE ALSO HEARD TODAY, I'VE
HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT
WE HEARD TODAY HERE IN
PUBLIC COMMENT MY CONSTITUENTS
FROM
SOTO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, AND
I'M TOLD THAT OF THE HUNDREDS
OF SHOTS THAT HAVE BEEN FIRED
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
CALENDAR YEAR ALONE, MOST HAVE
BEEN LINKED TO UNREGULATED AND
UNPERMITTED AFTER- HOURS
ESTABLISHMENTS.
OUR CITY HAS SEEN A TROUBLING
RISE IN VIOLENCE AND LAWLESSNESS
ASSOCIATED WITH UNPERMITTED,
UNREGULATED AFTER-
HOURS NIGHTLIFE ESTABLISHMENTS.
LIKE WE SEE IN SOTO, THE
TRAGIC MURDER LAST AUGUST THAT
TOOK
THE LIFE OF 22-YEAR- OLD
DAVID ESCATELL AND THANK YOU,
AGAIN, TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS FOR
YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY.
AND SEATTLE'S FIRST
HOMICIDE THIS YEAR IN PIONEER
SQUARE, AGAIN IN MY COUNCIL
DISTRICT,
NEAR A CLUB EARLY IN THE
MORNING WHERE A MAN WAS KILLED
AND
A WOMAN WAS WOUNDED AND A TOTAL
OF FOUR SHOOTINGS SINCE
JANUARY WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED
FEET OF
AFTER- HOURS NIGHTLIFE
ESTABLISHMENTS. IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT THESE
UNREGULATED,
UNPERMITTED NIGHTLIFE
ESTABLISHMENTS
OFTEN OPERATE UNDER THE GUYS OF
LEGITIMACY.
MANY ARE NOT WITH
ATTENDEES SHOWING UP TO HAVE A
GOOD TIME
WITH THEIR FRIENDS HAVING
NO IDEA THAT THE CLUB THEY ARE
TERNG, THE VENUE THEY ARE
ENTERING, DOES NOT HAVE
CRITICALLY NEEDED PERMITS,
TRAINING, OR ADEQUATE
SECURITY MEASURES TO ENSURE THE
SAFETY OF
ALL OF THEIR PATRONS.
SO THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION, I
THINK, COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF
US, TO DO MORE LEGISLATIVELY.
IT STARTS WITH
SMART, COMMON SENSE REGULATION.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT SAID, I HAVE ONE QUESTION
ABOUT THE PENALTY SCHEME HERE
AND, COLLEAGUES,
APPRECIATE THIS HAS AN
ESCALATING SERIES
OF PENALTIES WHICH IS A
CONSTRUCT I
STRONGLY SUPPORT AND
HELPED CHAMPION LAST SUMMER AS
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DURING OUR ANTI- SPEED RACING
LEGISLATION.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO DO MORE OF THAT.
ESCALATING PENALTIES.
AND BUT I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE APPROACH
TAKEN HERE IN DETERMINING THE
PENALTY AMOUNT AND HOW THAT
ESCALATES IN A COMPOUND
MANNER ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
JUST AGAIN,
CURIOUS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS
IS TO LEGISLATIVE
SPONSORS OR CENTRAL STAFF OR
EVERYBODY.
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
BUT WOULD LOVE TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE THINKING
THAT
WENT LIKE HOW WE LANDED
AND ARRIVED ON THIS ESCALATING
PENALTY SCHEME.
>> THANK YOU.
I'LL START WITH THIS AND
CENTRAL
STAFF IF YOU ANT TO JUMP IN.
I WAS INVOLVED IN
THE NEGOTIATION AND HOW DID
WE ARRIVE AT THE ESCALATING
PENALTY
SCHEME? THE THOUGHT HERE IS
FINANCIAL
PENALTIES WILL SIGNIFICANTLY
DETER MOST ESTABLISHMENTS FROM
CONTINUING TO OPERATE WITHOUT
COMING INTO COMPLIANCE WITH
THIS BILL.
IN PARTICULAR, IF AN ENTITY
VIOLATES OR GETS NOTICE OF
THAT, REFERRAL THE NEXT NIGHT
THAT THEY OPEN UP, ILLEGALLY,
AFTER
2:00 A.M. WITHOUT
APPROPRIATE SECURITY MEASURES
WITHOUT BEING
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS BILL
THEY ARE IMMEDIATELY SUBJECT
TO NOW A $5,000 FINE.
SO OUR THINKING WAS IN ANALYZING
THE SIZE OF THESE VENUES, THE
OVERALL ECONOMICS OF THESE
VENUES, THAT THAT TYPE OF
FINE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
IF THEY CONTINUE TO VIOLATE
THE FINES WILL CONTINUE TO MOUNT
UP.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE
CONCEPT IS THAT THE CITY
ATTORNEY WOULD
QUICKLY MOVE FOR LEGAL
AND EQUITABLE RELIEF TO ENJOY
THAT
ESTABLISHMENT FROM CONTINUING
OPERATE AND BRING
MORE FINANCIAL PENALTIES AT
THAT JUNCTURE.
>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD
TO THAT IS THAT THERE, OF
COURSE, ARE PENALTIES AND THEN
THERE'S SOME ASSOCIATED DUE
PROCESS
PROTECTIONS THAT WOULD APPLY TO
SIMILAR TO WHAT APPLY TO
OTHER LICENSES IN THE CITY.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT CITATION
IS AN ERROR YOU CAN APPEAL
THAT TO THE CITY HEARING
EXAMINER
AND REQUEST A MITIGATION HEARING
AS WELL.
ALONG WITH THE
PENALTIES SIZED TO INDUCE
COMPLIANCE THERE'S A
DUE PROCESS COMPONENT IF
YOU THINK THE CITATION HAS NOT
BEEN ISSUED
CORRECTLY.
>> THANK YOU.
FINAL QUESTION IS,
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD,
OBVIOUSLY, INTRODUCE A NEW
REGULATORY
SCHEME AND REQUIRING COMPLIANCE
SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES AND
ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS WE'VE
DISCUSSED. WHAT KIND OF OUTREACH
IN EDUCATION WOULD -- FOR THESE
VARIOUS AFTER- HOURS NIGHT CLUB
ESTABLISHMENTS WOULD BE DONE OR
COULD BE DONE TO HELP
EDUCATE AND HELP THEM
COME INTO COMPLIANCE?
>> THAT'S GREAT. ONCE THE BILL
PASSES, THE
IDEA WOULD BE THAT THERE WOULD
BE
AN EDUCATION PERIOD,
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THERE WOULD
BE 30
DAYS UNTIL THE BILL COMES INTO
EFFECT, BUT THERE ARE --
THERE ARE A FAIRLY LIMITED
NUMBER OF
ESTABLISHMENTS WE'VE
IDENTIFIED AS BEING ACTIVE IN
THE AFTER- HOURS SPACE AND
THAT NUMBER I THINK IS
SOMEWHERE IN THE 15 TO
20. WE KNOW WHO THOSE
ESTABLISHMENTS ARE, OPERATORS
ARE, WITH THE
LOCATIONS.
THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT
CITY OFFICIALS LED BY F.A.S.
JOINED BY SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT
AND OTHERS AND AIDED BY THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD
LAUNCH AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO EDUCATE
THEM ABOUT THE NEW STANDARDS AND
HELP
BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE AND
I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULD
ALSO BE AIDED BY THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
THE NIGHT LIFE COORDINATOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.
I HOPE ALSO BY OUR
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA AS A WAY TO
AMPLIFY THAT
POINT.
FOR THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAIR I
DO WANT TO JUST RAISE
A REGULATORY EQUITY ISSUE HERE.
BECAUSE I NOTE THAT SMALL
BUSINESSES, LARGE
BUSINESSES THEY'RE SUBJECT TO A
LOT
OF REGULATIONS AND
WE'RE -- THE CITY DOES A GOOD
JOB
OF ENFORCING THEM, COMPLAINT
DRIVEN LACK OF CHANGE OF USE
PERMIT
SOME BUSINESS CAN GET --
CAN TRIGGER A LOT OF EXPENSIVE
WORK AND POTENTIAL FINES OR
VIOLATIONS.
NEW BUSINESSES OR EXISTING
BUSINESSES THAT HAVE NEVER
HAD OF A NEW LABOR REGULATION
SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION AND
SETTLEMENTS INTO THE
THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS. I'M NOT CASTING
ASPERSIONS
ON THOSE REGULATIONS BUT HERE
WE'VE GOT BUSINESSES OPERATING
WITHOUT LICENSES AFTER HOURS AND
PEOPLE
ARE GETTING HURT AND DYING AS A
RESULT OF THAT ACTIVITY.
IT SEEMS TO ME TO MAKE
PERFECT SENSE WE DO, YOU KNOW,
PUT
OUR ATTENTION ON THIS REALLY
URGENT PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
>> CONTINUE DOWN THE LINE
WITH OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEMBER
AND
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLO MAN.
>> I JUST HAD A QUICK
COMMENT NOT REALLY A QUESTION,
BUT I
DID WANT TO THANK DAVID
ESCATELL'S FAMILY FOR BEING
HERE AS WELL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID
THAT BUT I KNOW YOU ALL TOOK OFF
WORK, CAME FROM SOUTH KING
COUNTY TO COME ALL THE WAY
HERE TO GIVE US YOUR STORY AND I
KNOW HOW EMOTIONAL THIS MIGHT BE
FOR
YOU, AND I KNOW IT'S
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I WANT
TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
AND
APPRECIATE YOUR SHOWING UP.
IT'S TOUGH TO REOPEN SOME
OF THOSE WOUNDS.
SO GET THIS, TO SHARE
YOUR STORY, SO THANK YOU ALL.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK AND I
KNOW CHAIR THAT YOU MENTIONED
IT, COUNCIL MEMBER WU THIS WAS A
BIG DEAL FOR HER AND WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT AND THANK NINA
PARK WHO IS PART OF HER STAFF AS
WELL AND NOW I'M SUPER LUCKY TO
HAVE HER A PART OF MINE WHO HAS
BEEN HELPING WITH ORGANIZING THE
PHENOMENAL PROCESS, YOU
KNOW, WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND
PUTTING SOME OF THIS TOGETHER.
I JUST WANT TO THANK HER
AND HIGHLIGHT THAT.
AND THEN ALSO I WANT TO
THANK OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE
AND SCOTT LINDSAY FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HELP ON THIS
AS
WELL. I KNOW THAT WE HAD ENGAGED
WITH
STAKEHOLDERS ON PIKE
PINE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT
OF NIGHTLIFE ON CAPITOL HILL
AND THAT WAS HUGE FOR OUR
STAKEHOLDERS TO HAVE
THAT ENGAGEMENT AND CONVERSATION
TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS
IMPACTED THEM AND UNDERSTANDING
THAT
HEY, JUST BECAUSE THIS MIGHT
BE HAPPENING IN DISTRICT ONE
OR DISTRICT TWO, THAT DOES NOT
MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS
CANNOT HAPPEN IN DISTRICT THREE
AND HOW
THEY SAW TRENDS AND STUFF
MOVING TOWARDS CAPITOL HILL FROM
THESE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
BECAUSE OF
SOME OF THE, YOU
KNOW, SOME OF THE NONREGULATED
VENDORS OPERATING AND HOW THEY
WERE IMPACTED BY THAT AND WHAT
THEY SAY.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS --
EVEN THOUGH THIS MIGHT BE FOR
NONREGULATED VENDORS IT DOES
HAVE AN IMPACT ON
OUR CURRENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE
OPERATING HERE AND PAYING TAXES
AND
DOING EVERYTHING ABOVE BOARD
nd HOW THIS PLEADS BLEEDS OVER
TO THEM AS
WELL.
NINA HAS BEEN ALWAYS
EDUCATING ME ON THIS EVERY DAY
ABOUT THIS
BILL.
I HAD ALL MY QUESTIONS
ANSWERED AND THEN ALSO HAD
GOTTEN SUPPORT
FROM CAPITOL HILL BUSINESSES AS
WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT
OUT FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
IF THEY HAD ANY CONCERNS.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
REFLECTIVE HOW IMPORTANT
THIS BILL IS, AGAIN TO THE
FAMILIES
INVOLVED, WE HAVE TWO
NONCOMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TURN TO THEM
NEXT.
FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER
SOLOMAN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY
AND YOUR LOSS.
I HAVE AT LEAST THREE OF THESE
ESTABLISHMENTS IN DISTRICT
TWO AND EACH ONE HAS HAD
INCIDENTS OF GUN VIOLENCE ERUPT
FREQUENTLY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT
I'M VERY -- IT'S A LONG TIME
COMING, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE
THAT
IT'S HERE.
I WANT TO TALK TO OFFICERS AT
THE PRECINCT.
THE THIS IS A TOOL THAT CAN HELP
THEM.
SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO
COUNCIL MEMBER WU FOR
INTRODUCING THIS.
THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR
BRINGING IT BACK TO LIFE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING THIS ACROSS THE FINISH
LINE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HELP
A LOT OF FOLKS, NOT JUST THE
DIRECTLY IMPACTED FAMILIES, BUT
THE IMPACTED NEIGHBORS.
I REMEMBER TALKING TO A FRIEND
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHO
SAID REGARDING THE LOCATION IN
HER
NEIGHBORHOOD, FIRST WE HEAR THE
SHOTS, THEN WE HEAR THE
SIRENS, AN THEN WE HEAR THE
COYOTES RESPONDING TO THE
SIRENS. AND AT THIS AN ALMOST
NIGHTLY OCCURRENCE FOR THEM.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION.
REGARDING THE ENFORCEMENT
MEASURES, THERE'S THE FINES,
THE THOUSAND DOLLAR AND $5,000,
IS THERE A MECHANISM IN THIS
THAT SAYS, OKAY, YOU'RE OUT OF
COMPLIANCE, YOU'VE REFUSED
TO COMPLY, YOU'RE SHUT DOWN?
>> YES.
AND THAT IS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE SPECIFICALLY
AUTHORIZED IN THIS LEGISLATION
TO
SEEK LEGAL AND EQUITABLE RELIEF,
THAT
MEANS SEEKING, FOR EXAMPLE,
A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
OR PERMANENT INJUNCTION
AGAINST OPERATORS OR AN
ESTABLISHMENT FROM CONTINUING TO
OPERATE.
SO IF AN ESTABLISHMENT IS
NOT RESPONSIVE TO THE
ESCALATING FINE STRUCTURE IN THE
BILL,
THEN WE WOULD -- WE WOULD
VERY QUICKLY BE TAKING LEGAL
ACTION AGAINST THAT
ESTABLISHMENT.
>> AND IS THERE A MECHANISM
THAT AGAIN JUST HYPOTHETICAL
LIKE THE
INSPECTION TEAM COMES IN
AND THEY SEE THE PLACE IS
OPERATING AND THERE IS LIQUOR
BEING
SERVED, CAN THEY SHUT THEM DOWN
AT THAT POINT IMMEDIATELY AND
SAY, HEY, EVERYBODY OUT OF
THE POOL?
>> BECAUSE THE BILL
REQUIRES THAT EACH ESTABLISHMENT
STAY OPEN TO SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS AND PEACE OFFICERS
INCLUDING
L.C.B. OFFICIALS WHICH
HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY HAD ACCESS
TO MANY
OF THESE LOCATIONS, IF
AN ESTABLISHMENT IS SERVING
LIQUOR
THEN L.C.B. WOULD HAVE
THE ABILITY TO SEIZE THAT LIQUOR
AND IN DISTRICT TWO JUST IN THIS
MONTH L. KRRJS B.
HAS SEIZED LIQUOR FROM AN
ESTABLISHMENT OPERATING AND
SERVING
LIQUOR AFTER 2:00 A.M.
>> VERY GOOD.
AND THE FINAL QUESTION
IS, I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE'S
BEEN THE TOOL OF CIVIL
CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTIES LIKE
CIVIL CHRONIC NUISANCE OR
CRIMINAL CHRONIC NUISANCE.
COULD THOSE PROVISIONS KICK IN
WHEN -- WELL, THEY CAN KICK IN
WITH ANY
ESTABLISHMENT, CORRECT?
>> YOU KNOW, THE CHRONIC
NUISANCE PROPERTY ORDINANCE HAS
BEEN AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN
SOME SITUATIONS WITH RESPECT
TO MOTELS AND SOME BUSINESSES.
IT'S NOT BEEN A GREAT TOOL
IN ALL HONESTY IN REGARDS TO
NIGHTLIFE ESTABLISHMENTS
AND AFTER- HOURS NIGHTLIFE
ESTABLISHMENTS BECAUSE
MANY OF THE SHOOTINGS OCCUR
OUTSIDE OF THE
VENUE. AND THE CHRONIC
NUISANCE PROPERTY ORDNANCE
REQUIRES THAT
EACH INCIDENT ASSOCIATED
INCIDENT THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE
STEPS IN THE CHRONIC
NUISANCE PROPERTY ORDNANCE OCCUR
WITHIN THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE
LOOKING TO OFFER TO COUNCIL TO
CHANGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE BUT
FOR RIGHT NOW THE CHRONIC
NUISANCE PROPERTY ORDNANCE IS A
-- IT
IS NOT THE RIGHT TOOL.
IT ALSO APPROPRIATELY
BECAUSE THAT REALLY ALLOWS THE
CITY
TO IN EFFECT SHUT A BUSINESS
DOWN,
IT HAS A FAIRLY HIGH
THRESHOLD FOR THE NUMBER OF
INCIDENTS BEFORE A SHUTDOWN CAN
OCCUR.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE RIGHT TOOL
FOR THIS CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE
EXPERIENCING.
>> OKAY.
YEAH. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT
BECAUSE
AT ONE POINT IT WAS MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THERE
WAS A NEXUS TO THE BUSINESS,
THAT MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO
TRIGGER SOME KIND OF A CHRONIC
NUISANCE ACTION VERSUS IT HAD TO
OCCUR
WITHIN THE BUSINESS
ITSELF.
>> THE STATUTE IS THAT IT HAS
TO OCCUR WITHIN THE PROPERTY
BOUNDARIES OF THE BUSINESS.
THE SHOOTINGS THAT OCCUR IN
THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE, ACROSS
THE STREET OUTSIDE IN FRONT DO
NOT
COUNT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE
COLLATING OF THE INCIDENTS
TO TRIGGER A CHRONIC NUISANCE
DESIGNATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU.
AS ALWAYS, I REALLY
APPRECIATE HOW WELCOMING YOU ARE
EVERY
TIME I SHOW UP AT YOUR COMMITTEE
AND GIVING ME THE SPACE TO
REALLY I HAVE A COMMENT NOT
A QUESTION. I WANT TO REALLY
THANK ERIKA
AND CAROLINE FOR BEING HERE
AND HAVING THE COURAGE TO COME
HERE.
IT'S NOT EASY TO COME
BEFORE COUNCIL AND CHAMBERS, BUT
I KNOW
HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.
I AM VERY DEEPLY SORRY FOR YOUR
LOSS. I AM A MOTHER AND ALSO A
SISTER TO A BROTHER, SO I CAN'T
EVEN
IMAGINE THE SUFFERING
YOUR FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH AND
SO
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU
COMING HERE AND SHARING YOUR
STORY
ANDAND YOUR STEADFAST FOR YOUR
STEADFAST AD KASY ON A PIECE
OF LEGISLATION TO IMPACT
AND HOPEFULLY HAVE AN IMPACT
ON OTHERS NOT SUFFERING WHAT
YOUR BROTHER SUFFERED.
SO THANK YOU FOR
COMING HERE. I WANT TO THANK THE
CITY ATTORNEY FOR BEING HERE AND
OUR CENTRAL STAFF FOR BEING HERE
AND
PRESENTING THIS.
I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS
VERY THOUGHTFULLY PLANNED OUT IN
MY
OPINION.
IT HAS COVERED EACH ASPECT
IN TERMS OF WHAT IS BEING
REGULATED TO WHAT THE RECOURSE
WOULD
BE AND EVERYTHING IN
BETWEEN AND I
FEEL LIKE IT'S A THOUGHTFUL
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS
NOW
THAT FORMER COUNCILMEMBER WU
IS NOT HERE AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I
DON'T GET TO VOTE AT THE
COMMITTEE LEVEL, BUT I DO GET TO
VOTE AT
THE FULL COUNCIL AND I AM
MAKING A COMMITMENT TO YOU THAT
I WILL
BE SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION.
IT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE
DONE BY NOW, AND I'M GLAD
IT'S COMING BEFORE US TODAY AND
I
WILL BE, LIKE I SAID,
SUPPORTING THIS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU CHAIR
FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY A FEW
WORDS.
>> OF COURSE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, ALWAYS WELCOME.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU. I FORGET TO
MENTION OR ASK A
REQUEST TO BE ADDED AS A
CO- SPONSOR EARLIER WHEN I WAS
SPEAKING.
THANK YOU.
IF
YOU AGREE.
>> YES.
OKAY.
TO CLOSE, THANK YOU, EVERYONE,
FOR COMING OUT.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
STAKEHOLDERING.
I STARTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WU
AND APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON, COUNSEL
MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, PRETTY
MUCH
ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND THIS
SHOWS, BY THE WAY, THAT, YOU
KNOW,
WE'RE WORKING AS THE
LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH WITH OUR JUDICIAL BRANCH
COLLEAGUES, THE EXECUTIVE
SIDE, A LOT OF COORDINATION AND
SO
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THIS
WORK AND STAFF AND I DO WANT TO
GIVE OUT A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOUT
OUT TO MISS NINA PARK WHO HAS
BEEN DOING THIS FROM THE
BEGINNING WHEN I WAS WORKING
WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER WU.
WE HAVE ADOPTED HERE,
SORRY COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, AS
A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM WITH THIS
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
FINALLY AGAIN TO THE
FAMILY, PLEASE TWO OUT AND
SEE, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT, YOU
KNOW, THE
EFFORT THAT'S GOING TO BE
TAKEN HERE BECAUSE YOUR LOSS
NEEDS TO
BE RECOGNIZED AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY NEEDS TO BE
ACTED
ON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT
ITEM OF BUSINESS, PLEASE READ
ITEM 2 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 32167.
A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT SEATTLE RESIDENTS, WORKERS,
STUDENTS AND VISITORS
DESERVE TO BE SAFE AND FEEL SAFE
RECOGNIZING AND
APPRECIATING FIRST RESPONDERS
FROM
THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, AND
THE COMMUNITY ASSISTED RESPONSE
AND
ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT,
AFFIRMING THE CITY'S
OBVIOUSLICATION TO TRAIN AND
EQUIP
FIRST RESPONDERS, COMMITTING TO
A
FIRST RESPONSE TEAM,
ACKNOWLEDGING THE CITY'S
ACTIONS TO REFORM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT UNDER THE FEDERAL
CONSENT
DECREE, COMMITTING TO
RESOLVE THE REMAINING ISSUES OF
THE CONSENT DECREE AND AFFIRMING
THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES PROVIDED
BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANTED TO NOTE I
MENTIONED EARLY MR. DOSS FROM
CENTRAL
STAFF.
HE WILL NOW COME ON AND SPEAK
TO THIS RESOLUTION.
JOINING US REMOTELY.
>> HI, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
SORRY I MISSED YOUR REFERENCE
EARLIER. AS YOU MENTIONED, GREG
DOSS CENTRAL STAFF TO PROVIDE
AN INTRODUCTION TO RESOLUTION
32167.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN FIND
IT ATTACHED TO TODAY'S
AGENDA, CENTRAL STAFF MEMO
WHICH PROVIDES BACKGROUND AND
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
FOR MOST OF THE ISSUES COVERED
IN THE
RESOLUTION. AT THE REQUEST OF
THE
CHAIR STAFF I WILL KEEP MY
COMMENTS
SHORT AND ALLOW THE SPONSOR
MORE TIME TO SPEAK TO HIS
RESOLUTION.
REALLY BROADLY THE
RESOLUTION COVERS SEVERAL AREAS.
RECOGNIZES AND APPRECIATES
THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
SEATTLE'S FIRST
RESPONDERS, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
THE
COMMUNITY ASSISTED RESPONSE AND
ENGAGEMENT
OR CARE DEPARTMENT.
IT AFFIRMS THE CITY'S
OBLIGATION
TO SUPPORT, TRAIN AND
EQUIP FIRST RESPONDERS AND
COMMITS
TO A DIVERSIFIED PUBLIC
SAFETY RESPONSE SYSTEM
INCLUDING INVESTMENTS
IN COMMUNITY FOCUS,
TRAUMA INFORMED RESPONSE
OPTIONS. IT COMMITS TO CONTINUED
TO
ENHANCE THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
INCLUDING SUPPORTING AND
MAINTAINING
A ROBUST, EFFECTIVE AND CIVILIAN
LED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
AND LASTLY RECOGNIZES THE
CITY'S PRIOR AND CURRENT
ACTIONS TO
REFORM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
UNDER THE 2012 FEDERAL
CONSENT DECREE AND COMMITS TO
RESOLVING ANY REMAINING CONSENT
DECREE
ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY THE U.S. DISTRICT
COURT.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT MUCH OF
THE CONTENT RELATED TO THE
FEDERAL
CONSENT DECREE PROVIDED BY
THE EXECUTIVE÷÷EXECUTIVE NOTED
THAT
THE PASSAGE OF ORDNANCE 127182
ON SPD'S MANAGEMENT POLICIES
HAS ALLOWED THE CITY TO
ADDRESS ONE OF THE REMAINING TWO
OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS UNDER
THE CONSENT
DECREE.
THE LAST RELATES TO THE OFFICER
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND
SU STAINMENT OF THAT SYSTEM.
OVER THE 12 YEAR PERIOD
THE COURT IDENTIFIED
SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITY
PROVISIONS
THAT MUST BE BARGAINED WITH
THE
SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER'S GUILD.
THESE ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED
IN THE
CITY'S COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
PROCESS AND
MAY BE DECIDED IN BINDING
ARBITRATION AS REQUIRED BY THE
STATE WHEN
MUNICIPALITIES REACH IMPASSE.
THE MIDDLE OF THE
CROWD MANAGEMENT POLICIES TO THE
COURT REPRESENTS THE LASTING
CONSENT
DECREE REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY
CAN UNILATERALLY FULFILL.
THE CITY AND DOJ ARE CLOSER
TO BEING READY TO FILL A MOTION
TO
END THE CONSENT DECREE AND
ASK THE COURT TO DISMISS THE
CASE.
WITH THIS AS A HIGH LEVEL
OVERVIEW I'M HAPPY TO
TAKE QUESTIONS OR TURN IT OVER
TO
THE CHAIR OR SPONSOR TO DISCUSS
THE
RESOLUTION. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. DOSS.
I TURN TO VOICE CHAIR SAKA TO
SPEAK TO
THE RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING
THIS RESOLUTION TODAY AND FOR
YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THE
COMMITTEE
AND BEHIND THE SCENES AND
CRAFTING THE CONTOURS OF THIS
BILL.
AND THANK YOU TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL, WHICH
IS
A UNIQUE FEATURE OF THIS
SPECIFIC
PIECE OF LEGISLATION, A
RESOLUTION THE MAYOR HAS
CONCURRENTLY SIGNED.
AND AT ITS CORE THE
RESOLUTION IS ABOUT RESOLVING
THE REMAINING
ISSUES OF THE FEDERAL CONSENT
DECREE WITH THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
COLLECTIVELY ALLOWING US TO MOVE
FORWARD
TOGETHER TO FOCUS ON THE
FUTURE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR
CITY.
THIS RESOLUTION TODAY IS
CRUCIAL FOR OUR CITY AND
REPRESENTS A
STRONG COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING
TO TURN THE CORNER
ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MOVE
FORWARD AND
HEAL
TOGETHER. WE HAVE DONE THE WORK
AS CHAIR
NOTED AND OPENING
CHAIR'S REMARKS SINCE 2024,
LAST
YEAR, AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE
PASSED NUMEROUS PIECES OF PUBLIC
SAFETY LEGISLATION, 14 BY MY
TALLY,
TO HELP CREATE A SAFER CITY FOR
ALL. AND BROADLY, SO YOU CAN
THINK OF
THIS RESOLUTION AS -- I THINK
IT'S A -- IT'S A CONSENT
DECREE
RESOLUTION AND A PUBLIC SAFETY
RESOLUTION, BUT REGARDLESS, AT
A HIGH LEVEL, THIS RESOLUTION
DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS.
INCLUDING EXPRESSING
GRATITUDE FOR OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS,
PERSONNEL WITH POLICE, FIRE,
AND OUR NEW CARE DEPARTMENT,
ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANT ROLE
THAT THEY PLAY IN KEEPING
OUR CITY SAFE AND SUPPORTING OUR
COMMUNITIES.
IT REAFFIRMS THE COMMITMENT
TO OFFERING A DIVERSIFIED
PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE SYSTEM
INCLUDING BY SUPPORTING SOCIAL
WORKERS,
COMMUNITY FOCUSED
TRAUMA INFORMED RESPONSE OPTIONS
AND THE EXPANSION OF THE CARE
DEPARTMENT'S DUAL DISPATCH
PILOT PROGRAM RESOLUTION RENEWS
OUR
COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING
THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM, INCLUDING SUPPORTING
AND MAINTAINING A ROBUST,
EFFECTIVE,
AN CIVILIAN LED
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
THIS MEANS ACKNOWLEDGING THE
WORK OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY TRY
AD, OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL, AND OFFICE
OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, OPA.
AND FINALLY THIS RESOLUTION
REVERSES ANY PLEDGE BY
PAST COUNCILS TO DEFUND OR
ABOLISH
THE POLICE.
WE KNOW THAT THESE
STATEMENTS WERE CITED BY
DEPARTING
POLICE PERSONNEL AS A REASON
FOR LEAVING.
WE ALSO KNOW THEY'RE DIVISIVE.
IMPORTANTLY, TODAY'S
RESOLUTION IS ALSO ANOTHER VITAL
STEP
AIMED AT RESOLVING THE REMAINING
ISSUES OF A 2012 FEDERAL
CONSENT DECREE BY RECOGNIZING
THE MANY
PRIOR AND CURRENT ACTIONS TO
REFORM OUR DEPARTMENT
AND HOPEFULLY HELP REMOVE OUR
CITY FROM THE CONSENT DECREE.
THESE IMPACTFUL REFORMS REFLECT
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN
THE AREAS SUCH AS OF USE OF
FORCE, CRISIS INTERVENTION AND
DATA
ANALYTICS.
NOW ONCE SPDS HAS UPDATED ITS
CROWD MANAGEMENT POLICIES
TO COMPLY AND BE CONSISTENT WITH
OUR LESS THAN -- LESS
LETHAL WEAPONS BILL PASSED LAST
MONTH,
THIS LEGISLATION REQUESTS
THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SUBMIT
THE
UPDATED POLICIES TO THE FEDERAL
MONITOR, THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
AND EVENTUALLY TO THE COURT FOR
REVIEW.
AT THAT POINT, THIS RESOLUTION
MAKES CLEAR THAT
SPD WILL BE VERY WELL POSITIONED
TO POTENTIALLY CLEAR THE FINAL
REMAINING HURDLE FOR
TERMINATION OF THE CONSENT DECRE
AND THE
END OF FEDERAL OVERSIGHT.
TAKING BACK AND RECLAIMING
LOCAL CONTROL OF OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY
RESPONSIBILITY WHICH
IS IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER
IN THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION.
THIS IS COUNCIL ACTION
THAT SHOWS WE ARE READY TO
COME TOGETHER AS A CITY, SUPPORT
OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
PROFESSIONALS, ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR
HARD WORK AND
COMMITMENT, AND MOVE ON FROM THE
DIVISIONS OF THE PAST.
IT'S TIME THAT WE FOCUS ON THE
FUTURE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOW
WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR CITY.
IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION
THAT IS THE PROVERBIAL CHERRY ON
TOP, IF YOU WILL, FOR ALL
THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THIS
PAST
YEAR TO REFORM OUR DEPARTMENT,
PUBLIC SAFETY, LIVE
UP TO OUR CHARTER
RESPONSIBILITY, TO KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE
AND COMMUNITIES SAFE.
AND I ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE
ANY COMMENTS?
ANY QUESTIONS FROM FIRST OUR
COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES OR
OTHERS THAT HAVE JOINED US
TODAY?
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON AND
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU CHAIR AND
COUNSEL MEMBER KETTLE FOR
BRINGING
THIS FORWARD TO OUR CENTRAL
STAFF,
GREG DOSS FOR JOINING US.
I WILL SAY I'VE HAD AT LEAST
ONE
CONSTITUENT VERY ACTIVE IN
THE DISTRICT THAT HAS REALLY
WANTED
TO SEE US TAKE A
STANCE, YOU KNOW, AGAINST THE
DEFUND AND
RHETORIC WE'VE SEEN IN THE
PAST IN THE CITY, SO HE'S NOT
THE ONLY ONE I KNOW WHO
HAS REQUESTED THIS, AND SO THIS
IS
SOMETHING I HAVE HEARD
FROM OTHER
FOLKS. HE'S JUST BEEN VERY
VOCAL
ABOUT
IT. AS WE MEET WITH
CONSTITUENTS,
WE HAVE HEARD THAT THEY WANT
US TO BE WORKING ON PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES ROBUSTLY AND I SEE
THIS AS TAKING A STEP,
ANOTHER STEP, WE'VE TAKEN MANY
STEPS,
12 PIECES OF LEGISLATION, BY MY
COUNT, COUNCIL MEMBER
KETTLE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,
AND IT'S ONLY A LITTLE OVER A
YEAR INTO OUR TERMS --
>> YES.
FOR THE RECORD, I SAY
MAJOR BECAUSE THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF SMALLER ONES RELATED TO
THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT BLS.
YES. MY VICE CHAIR AS USUAL HAS
THE
TRUE FINAL
NUMBER.
>> MAJOR PIECES OF
LEGISLATION, SO THIS IS ANOTHER
ASPECT OF IT.
IT'S JUST TO VERY CLEARLY
SAY THAT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS IN THE
CITY. IT IS WHAT OUR
CONSTITUENTS
AND WHAT I TALK ABOUT EVERY
SINGLE DAY AND WHAT I TALK ABOUT
WHEN I
MEET WITH MY CONSTITUENTS
THE FIRST THING THEY WANT
TO TALK ABOUT AND WHETHER
IT'S INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS IN
THE DISTRICT OR BUSINESSES OR
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS OR ANY
NUMBER OF
FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE DISTRICT,
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND, YOU
KNOW, JUST
TO SAY THAT THIS IS COMING
FROM THINGS THAT WE ARE HEARING
FROM
OUR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUENCIES.
THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA.
COUNCIL
MEMBER SOLOMON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT NOT
SAYING ANYTHING PRIMARILY
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, CONCERNING
MY BACKGROUND CONSIDERING WHERE
I
CAME FROM, BEING IN THE PRECINCT
WITH OFFICERS, HEARING
THEIR FRUSTRATION BY HOW PEOPLE
THAT
WE WORK FOR WERE TREATING
THEM OR TALKING ABOUT THEM.
THIS I THINK IS GOING TO GO A
LONG WAY FOR -- THERE'S ALREADY
BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN
MORALE BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE
THAT'S HAPPENED HERE.
BUT HEARING THE WORDS DIRECTLY
THAT PREVIOUS ACTIONS WERE
WRONG, I THINK IS GOING TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IN FACT, SO MUCH ACTION HAS BEEN
TAKEN TO GET THE DEPARTMENT
OUT FROM UNDER THE CONSENT
DECREE, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO
GO A LONG
WAY
AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK VICE
CHAIR
SAKA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD
AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THIS WHEN IT COMES TO
FULL
COUNCIL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER SOLOMON I APPRECIATE
YOUR COMMENTS FROM YOUR PREVIOUS
JOB.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WILL SAY A COUPLE WORDS.
FIRST IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
TO ALL FIVE PRECINCTS.
I'VE -- ROLL CALLS AND EACH
TIME I NOTED -- BECAUSE
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A
CONSENT DECREE AND I NOTE WHY WE
HAVE
A CONSENT DECREE.
WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE REFORM AND
THE WORK
THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE
LAST DOZEN PLUS YEARS NOW THE
PART
TENDS TO GET FORGOTTEN AND
THIS IS NOT A2 -- UP TO A
POINT FINISH AND IMPROVING AND
REFORMING AN MOVING FORWARD.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANNUAL
-- AND SAY AGAIN, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT'S
BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST DOZEN
YEARS IN TERMS OF REFORMING OUR
POLICE
DEPARTMENT, IMPROVING, CONTINUAL
IMPROVEMENT ALL THE THINGS
WE KNOW FROM VARIOUS TYPES OF
ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS
HAVE TO SEEK CONTINUAL
IMPROVEMENT AND MOVE FORWARD AND
I
THINK WE'LL
DO THAT. I WANT TO NOTE THIS
RESOLUTION
HIGHLIGHTS THE CONSENT
DECREE HAS ESTABLISHED A
FOUNDATION FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING IN
SEATTLE, EXTRA EMPHASIS ON
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING,
AND SIGNIFICANT REFORMS OVER
THE PAST 12 YEARS RECOGNIZED BY
THE COURT APPOINTED MONITOR SPD
HAS
GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN MANY
AREAS, EMBRACING A
VISION FOR THE DEPARTMENT
CENTERED ON SERVICE ORIENTED AND
EQUITABLE POLICING IN TERMS OF
CRITICAL
ANALYSIS.
THIS COMMITMENT IS EVIDENCED BY
A NOTABLE DECREASE IN USE
OF FORCE, EXPANSION OF LEADING
EDGE
DATA ANALYTICS, ADOPTION OF NEW
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS AND
GROWING NATIONAL RECOGNITIONS OF
SPD'S ACHIEVEMENTS.
LATER, SECTION 3, THE CITY
COMMITS TO CONTINUING TO
ENHANCE THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM INCLUDING SUPPORTING
AND MAINTAINING A ROBUST
EFFECTIVE CIVILIAN LED
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WORKING
WITH SPD LEADERS
THE ACCOUNTABILITY ENTITIES,
THE CITY ACCOUNTABILITY ENTITIES
SET THE HIGHEST STANDARD
OF EXCELLENCE AND HOLD OFFICERS
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE
POLICY VIOLATIONS THAT ARISE
IN COMMUNITY TRUST.
ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTE EVERY
TIME I WAS AT PRECINCT I SAID
TO THEM THAT I KNEW LIKE WHEN I
WAS A DIPLOMAT AT OUR EMBASSY IN
MOSCOW THAT I REPRESENTED THE
GREATEST NAVY AND I WOULD
SAY THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD,
AND
WHEN YOU'RE THAT LEVEL,
YOU EMBRACE ACCOUNTABILITY
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
AND THAT'S WHAT I SAID
IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMBRACE
THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTICULARLY
WHEN YOU ARE THE TOP.
ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO
NOTE AND IT SAYS HERE,
BASICALLY THROUGH THE LAST
SENTENCE,
SAYS THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF
THIS RESOLUTION THE CITY
REVERSES
ANY PRIOR COMMITMENTS OR PLEDGES
TO
DEFUND OR ABOLISH
SPD SERVICES OR PERSONNEL WHICH
LED TO THE
RESIGNATIONS OF HUNDREDS
OF POLICE OFFICERS.
I CAN ALREADY READ THE
COMMENTS ON THAT SENTENCE IN
TERMS OF --
ACTUALLY WE DID NOT CUT THE
BUDGET, DID NOT DO THIS OR THAT.
IT'S -- WITH NO DISRESPECT TO
THE LEGAL COMMUNITY
IT'S WORRYING IN THE SENSE
THEY'RE FINDING SOME ANGLE AND
THEN DO
IT.
WHAT WAS CLEAR DESPITE THAT WAS
THAT THERE WAS A DEFUND
PLEDGE AND AS IT SAYS HERE, YOU
KNOW, COMMITMENTS OR PLEDGES.
THAT IN ITSELF WAS MASSIVE
IN TERMS OF ITS IMPACT ON OUR
PUBLIC SAFETY.
MASSIVE IN TERMS OF
OUR PUBLIC SAFETY POSTURE AND
SOMETHING
THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
IT GOES TO WHAT I SAID AT
THE VERY BEGINNING IN MY
OPENING REMARKS AND THE CHAIR
COMMENT, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE
THESE
14 PUBLIC SAFETY BILLS IS THAT
WE NEED TO IMPROVE WHAT WE CAN
DO, SPD STAFFING IS SO IMPORTANT
TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY POSTURE,
THE
CENTER FEATURE OF OUR STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK PLAN.
THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE.
ALL THESE THINGS THAT
WE'RE DOING IS BECAUSE WE'RE
LOOKING
TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE FACE IN CREATING A
BETTER
AND SAFER CITY.
TO CREATE THAT
SAFE BASE, WHICH IS OUR MISSION
HERE ON THE
COMMITTEE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE
THAT POINT, TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT, YES, WE CAN TALK ABOUT
BUDGETARY
ACTIONS BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY THE PLEDGE WAS SO KEY
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED
TO
ADDRESS.
THIS RESOLUTION DOES IT.
I SEE THIS RESOLUTION IN TERMS
OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE WITH THE
EXECUTIVE AS VICE CHAIR
HAS NOTED WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE IN TERMS OF WORK
RELATED TO THE CONSENT DECREE
AND THE
FEDERAL MONITOR AND
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE
THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND
TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAKA WHO HAS BEEN POINT
ON
THIS IN SO MANY WAYS, I WANT TO
THANK
HIM FOR HIS WORK ON THIS
RESOLUTION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
THE RESOLUTION FOR
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
IF I MAY GIVE A FEW FINAL
CLOSING REMARKS OF MY
OWN.
>>
YES.
>> THANK YOU, AGAIN, MR.
CHAIR, AND JUST WANT TO RESPOND
TO
A FEW OF THESE THOUGHTFUL
COMMENTS FROM YOU AND A FEW OF
OUR
COLLEAGUES HERE.
SO, YEAH, LIKE SECTION
6 OFFICIALLY REVERSES THROUGH
THIS
ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION
ANY PRIOR PLEDGES TO DEFEND OR
ABOLISH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT IS
AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THIS
BILL
AND -- BUT IT'S NOT THE
ONLY ELEMENT EITHER.
AND IT ALSO DOES THE
OTHER THINGS THAT YOU
MENTIONED, FOR EXAMPLE, MR.
CHAIR IN TERMS OF
RECOGNIZING THE REFORM WORK
THAT'S BEEN DONE, ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT WE NEEDED TO BE ON
THAT PATH AND WE'VE MADE AS A
CITY
TREMENDOUS PROGRESS WITH
RESPECT TO REFORMING OUR
DEPARTMENT, IMPROVING PUBLIC
SAFETY FOR
ALL, PUTTING US ON A BETTER PATH
TO
ADVANCING
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING
CONSISTENTLY,
EVEN HANDED MANNER, BUT THE
WORK CONTINUES.
REFORM WORK IN MY VIEW IS NOT AT
ITS CORE IS NOT A DESTINATION.
IT'S A JOURNEY.
WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES
AND PROGRESS IT IS HARDLY THE
TIME
TO SLAP HIGH FIVES AND PAT EACH
OTHER ON THE BACK.
JUST WHEN WE THINK WE
HAVE SOMETHING DIALED IN,
WE'RE REMINDED HERE LOCALLY
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT THE
WORK
CONTINUES.
SO I'M COMMITTED TO DOING THAT
WORK, CONTINUING THAT WORK.
THIS RESOLUTION,
THIS LEGISLATION BINDS THE CITY
TO DOING THAT WORK, CONTINUING
DOWN THAT PATH, AND IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP TO DOING JUST
THAT.
ALSO NOTE SECTION 4 THAT
COMMITS THE CITY TO FAIR
TREATMENT
OF FIRST RESPONDERS.
GOING TO COUNTLESS ROLL CALLS
AND ONE-ON-ONE
CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS, WHETHER IT'S
POLICE, FIRE, CARE,
THEY JUST WANT WHAT WE ALL
WANT IN OUR JOBS.
TO BE TREATED FAIRLY.
AND WHILE SOME WOULD DEMAND
THAT WE SCRUTINIZE HEAVILY
ONLY CERTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST
RESPONDERS, ESPECIALLY POLICE,
MEANWHILE ON THE ONE HAND
AND ON THE OTHER HAND,
ESSENTIALLY RUBBER STAMP THE
ACTIONS OF
OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, DOT,
AND
WOULD ADVOCATE WE COMPLETELY
ABDICATE
OUR LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITY IN A
SELECTIVE MANNER BUT ONLY
SCRUTINIZE
THE ACTIONS OF OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS,
CATEGORICALLY REJECT
THAT APPROACH AND THAT NOTION.
FOR ME, I'M COMMITTED
TO EXERCISING MY LEGISLATIVE
OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY
FAIRLY, CONSISTENTLY, AND AN
EVEN HANDED
MANNER.
I'M NOT GOING TO CHERRY PICK
WHO I'M GOING SCRUTINIZE.
SO IN ANY EVENT,
REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT PUTS US ON A
PATH TO
ENDING THE FEDERAL CONSENT
DECREE
ONCE AND FOR IN
BY REQUESTING THAT THE
CITY ATTORNEY FILE SUBMIT THE
UPDATED
LESS LETHAL USE OF FORCE
POLICIES WITH THE
FEDERAL MONITOR AND COURT AFTER
SPD IS
UPDATED TO BE COMPLIANT WITH
THE NEWEST ORDNANCE WE PASSED
THIS
YEAR.
IN
ANY EVENT THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
>> ONE SECOND.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT WANTED TO
JUMP IN FOR --
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THINGS FORWARD.
TO ME THIS IS A TAKING
OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAST
COUNCIL
ACTIONS, SEVEN OF NINE PLEDGING
TO DEFUND THE POLICE DID END UP
IN AN EXODUS OF OFFICERS TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE AND IT'S
A RECOGNITION OF THE WORK THAT
HAS
BEEN DONE ON THE EXECUTIVE
SIDE TO IMPROVE POLICING.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT --
IT'S
A TAKING OF RESPONSIBILITY
AND EXPRESS OF NOT
NECESSARILY GRATITUDE BUT
RECOGNITION OF
THE GOOD WORK DONE ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
AS AN OVERSIGHT BODY WE
SHOULD NOT JUST OVERSEE THE
ACTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR OWN ACTIONS AND
BE BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
WHICH I THINK THIS COUNCIL
IS SHOWING
THAT THEY'RE MAKING AN
EFFORT ON DOING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA.
>> JUST QUICKLY CHAIR.
I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED
EARLIER THIS IS A RESOLUTION,
OBVIOUSLY,
IT'S NOT A LAW, AND I
SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT THE
CONTENT
DECREE, OBVIOUSLY,
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE
NEED TO
DO IN TERMS OF THE
CONCEPT DECREE AND, OF COURSE,
THERE IS
ACCOUNTABILITY SO TO ME
IT'S ALWAYS AND,
NOT OR. WE NEED TO SUPPORT
PUBLIC
SAFETY ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS IN
THE
CITY, FOR ALL FIRST
RESPONDERS AND, OF COURSE, WE
NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT AS THE CITY IS
DOING ITS PUBLIC SAFETY WORK WE
ARE HOLDING OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE
TO MAKE SURE THAT IS HAPPENING
IN A
MANNER OF WHICH WE SHOULD
BE PROVIDING THAT SERVICE WHICH
IS WHAT REALLY THE CONSENT
DECREEs
ABOUT.
IT'S NOT EITHER OR.
IT'S BOTH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER RIVERA.
OKAY.
VICE CHAIR NOW TO
MOVE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
32167.
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY.
IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED.
IT'S RECOMMENDED PASSAGE OF THE
RESOLUTION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO
PASS RESOLUTION 32167.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>>
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.
>>
EXCUSED.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON.
>>
YEA.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
SAKA.
>>
YEA.
>> CHAIR
KETTLE.
>>
YEA.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE RESOLUTION PASSED WILL
BE SENT TO THE APRIL
1st CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND I
WOULD LIKE TO POINT THAT WE'RE
15
MINUTES FROM THE END OF
OUR MEETING WHICH IS
SOMETHING UNIQUE WITHIN THE
PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE.
I RECOGNIZE THAT.
BUT WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA.
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE
WE ADJOURN?
HEARING AND SEEING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE
COMMITTEE.
OH.
>> MR.
SOLOMON.
>> I'M SORRY.
PROCEDURALLY 12096 HAS THAT
PASSED SO THE COMMITTEE CAN DO A
FULL VOTE AT OUR UPCOMING
FULL
COUNCIL MEETING?
>> BECAUSE THAT'S A PIECE
OF LEGISLATION OF TWO
HEARINGS.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THEN GO TO FULL
COMMITTEE.
>> GOT
YOU.
>> IT'S PART OF THE CONSENT
DECREE. A LOT OF THINGS, THE
DOJ, THE
JUDGE, THE COURT AND
EVERYTHING, IT'S LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT RELATED TO RESOLUTION
32167, ONLY GOING FORWARD TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE ONE MORE ON
AFTERHOUR ESTABLISHMENTS.
>> THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY.
HEARING AND SEEING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS
COME BEFORE THE MEETING WE ARE
ADJOURNED.