2025. I AM ROBERT KETTLE, CHAIR
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] THERE ARE FOUR
MEMBERS PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, CLERK. IF THERE IS
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. LOOKING, LOOKING.
HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. GOOD
MORNING, EVERYONE. THIS MORNING
, WITH CHAIR COMMENT, I WANT TO
START WITH AN ISSUE THAT HAS
COME BEFORE US AS A CITY. I
WANTED TO NOTE THAT IN THE
BEGINNING OF 2024 I SPOKE HERE
ON THE DAIS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND ASKED FOR THEM TO GIVE US
ONE YEAR TO TAKE ACTION IN TERMS
OF SUPPORTING SAFETY IN OUR
CITY. TODAY I WANT TO FOLLOW
THAT UP WITH A NOTE. I WANT TO
SAY, ATTENTION, SEATTLE LAW
ENFORCEMENT. YOU TOOK AN OATH TO
PROTECT AND SERVE , TO KEEP YOUR
FAMILY AND CITY SAFE . IN YOUR
WELCOMING CITY, YOU HAVE BEEN
ASKED TO STAND UP TO HELP US
ACHIEVE OUR MISSION OF CREATING
A SAFE SPACE IN OUR CITY, TO
INCLUDE TACKLING THE WORST OF
THE WORST PUBLIC SAFETY
CHALLENGES WE FACE, SUCH AS DRUG
DEALERS, SEX TRAFFICKERS AND
OTHERS PREYING ON OUR NEIGHBORS
IN NEED. MY CALL TO YOU IS TO
CONTINUE WITH THE MISSION, THE
VISION AND PLAN . STAY WITH THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
FULFILL YOUR MISSION . I SAY
AGAIN, FULFILL YOUR MISSION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. GOOD
DAY. SEPARATELY, AND AS YOU
KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD A
MEETING AND COUNCIL MEETING
WHICH WAS DIFFICULT AT TIMES. I
WON'T GO INTO THAT. THE EVENTS
OF THE NEXT DAY, I HAD A
COMMENT, A STATEMENT THAT WAS
MADE. I JUST WANT TO REPEAT IT
HERE. IT IS IMPORTANT. AS WE
HAVE SEEN IN UTAH, MINNESOTA,
PENNSYLVANIA AND ELSEWHERE
ACROSS AMERICA, POLITICAL
VIOLENCE IS SOMETHING WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED . IT IS ALSO
SOMETHING WE MUST CONDEMN. IN
EACH INSTANCE, WE SHOULD NOT
PROVIDE ANY CAVEATS. WE MUST
MAKE A CLEAR STAND AGAINST
POLITICAL VIOLENCE. THAT WAS MY
STATEMENT FROM TWO WEEKS AGO .
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT. BECAUSE IT SAYS
UTAH, MINNESOTA AND
PENNSYLVANIA. AND ELSEWHERE
AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT IS NOT
LIMITED TO THOSE STATES. IT
COULD VERY WELL BE THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON TOO. THAT CONCLUDES
THE CHAIR COMMENT FOR THIS
MORNING. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR
WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF COMMITTEE.
CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE
HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE IN
PERSON SPEAKER AND SEVEN REMOTE
SPEAKERS WITH FIVE PRESENT.
>> LET'S START WITH THE IN
PERSON SPEAKER, AND THEN WE WILL
MOVE TO REMOTE. THANK YOU.
>> PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE
MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED
IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT.
SPEAKERS MICROPHONES WILL BE
MUTED IF THEY DON'T END
COMMENTS TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON
THE NEXT BIGGER. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND
WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST. THE FIRST
IN PERSON SPEAKER IS MARY GROSS.
>> WHICH EVER ONE.
>> I WAS LOOKING OVER THIS
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE
UPDATE. IT OCCURS TO ME THAT WE
HAVE A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE IN
I.C.E. AND HOMELAND SECURITY
INTERACTIONS IN SEATTLE. THE
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO ENGAGE WITH
ALL MANNER OF PUBLIC SAFETY
INFRASTRUCTURE . AND ALSO, AT
THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS THE
PUBLIC THAT WILL FOOT THE BILL
FOR ANY CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION
LAWSUITS THAT COME. SO I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW WHAT LAWS AND RULES
YOU CAN USE TO PROTECT THE
PUBLIC IN SEATTLE FROM THE KIND
OF ABUSES WE ARE SEEING
COMMITTED BY I.C.E. AGENTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> THANK YOU. IS THAT THE
COMPLETE STATEMENT?
>> EXCUSE ME?
>> IS AT THE END OF YOUR
STATEMENT?
>> MY STATEMENT IS A QUESTION.
>> OKAY. THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL SAY, AS YOU HEARD FROM MY
COMMENT THIS MORNING, WE ARE
ADDRESSING ISSUES WITH FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT WAS NOT
THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD
STATEMENTS TO THE LIKE. WE ARE
WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AND CITY
ATTORNEY UP HIS OFFICE AS WELL
ON THESE ISSUES. AT THIS POINT,
AND THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS
IS USUALLY NOT A DIALOGUE.
>> I KNOW.
>> YOU STILL HAVE 40 SECONDS IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD.
>> WHERE DO I FIND THE
DISCUSSIONS? ARE THEY ONLINE?
>> THERE ARE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
LIKE WITH THE MAYOR AND
STATEMENTS AND THE LIKE. THIS IS
YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE YOUR VOICE
HEARD, BASICALLY.
>> OKAY. I GUESS THIS IS NOT THE
RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THE QUESTION
IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. IS THAT
LATER? OR NOT AT ALL IN THIS
MEETING?
>> IT WOULD BE IN A SEPARATE
MEETING.
>> WHICH MEETING IS THAT?
>> DIFFERENT EVENTS WE HAVE.
THIS IS SOLELY PUBLIC COMMENT OF
TWO MINUTES. NORMALLY, IT IS NOT
A DIALOGUE, BUT GIVEN THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE TOPIC AND THE
FACT AND THE WAY I SPOKE TO THAT
ISSUE THIS MORNING, THAT IS WHY
I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP. THANK
YOU. LET'S GO REMOTE.
>> THE FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS
HOWARD. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX.
>> GOOD MORNING. LAST WEDNESDAY,
THE 36th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
DEMOCRATS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A
RESOLUTION CALLING UPON THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE
LEGISLATION REQUIRING THAT
SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS ACT
DIRECTLY AND AFFIRMATIVELY TO
PROTECT THE FOURTH AMENDMENT
RIGHTS OF ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS
AND WORKERS. THIS RESOLUTION
OUTLINES SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE
TAKEN BY SEATTLE LAW ENFORCEMENT
THAT STATES "WE CALL ON CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENTING
CONSTITUENTS WITHIN THE 36th
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT TO TAKE A
LEADERSHIP ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING
THIS RESOLUTION , AND IN
PARTICULAR, WE CALL UPON
COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT KETTLE,
CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP
ROLE IN THIS ENDEAVOR AND REPORT
BACK TO THE 36 DISTRICT
DEMOCRATS." LAST WEEK MAYOR
HARRELL STATED THERE ARE 50,000
FOREIGN-BORN IN SEATTLE, BUT IN
FACT, THE CURRENT NUMBER IS OVER
THREE TIMES THAT. 156,000 PEOPLE
WHOSE LIVES AND FAMILIES CAN BE
TORN APART AT ANY MOMENT BY THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THIS
LEGISLATION IS URGENT. MADE EVEN
MORE SO BY LAST THURSDAY'S
CHILLING COMMENTS BY SEATTLE
POLICE UNION PRESIDENT , WHO
RESPONDED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
DESIGNATING ANTIFA AS A
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, STATED
"THESE PEOPLE ARE VILE, AND THEY
SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. WE
FEEL AS IF OUR POLITICAL LEADERS
ARE CALLING OUT THESE FOR WHAT
THEY ARE AS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS,
AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME
ACTION." AS WE REALIZE, POLICE
CULTURE IN SEATTLE HAS REMAINED
FUNDAMENTALLY UNCHANGED, HAVING
WITNESSED 14 PEOPLE IN CRISIS
BRUTALLY KILLED BY SEATTLE
POLICE IN 14 YEARS, ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE JUST SIX MONTHS AGO. WE
NEED TO SIGN CLEAR LEGISLATION
TO DIRECT OFFICERS TO PROTECT
ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS AS OPPOSED
TO ATTACKING THOSE WHO WILL BE
LABELED ANTIFA THAT TRY TO
PROTECT ARE CURRENTLY MOST
VALUABLE -- VULNERABLE
SEATTLEITES ARE BEING KIDNAPPED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, KIMBERLY
NOBLE.
>> GOOD MORNING. THIS IS MY
FIRST TIME SPEAKING. MY NAME IS
KIMBERLY NOBLE. I HAVE A FEW
COMMENTS. I WILL HAVE TO BE VERY
GENTLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT
WASHINGTON STATE, OF WHICH I
HAVE LIVED IN ALL MY LIFE, IS
MOSTLY DEMOCRAT, BUT I AM GOING
TO TRY TO KEEP FROM REPUBLICAN
HYPHENS DEMOCRAT. I DO LIKE TO
ADD , SAY THAT WE ARE NOT A
DEMOCRACY, WE ARE A REPUBLIC.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE ARE
HUMANS. WE ARE ALL SINNERS. WE
ARE HERE TRYING TO DO THE BEST
WE CAN WITH OUR GOVERNMENT OF
WHICH IS SEEKING FOR THE PEOPLE,
BY THE PEOPLE AND OF THE PEOPLE.
AND THE FACT IS THE MAJORITY OF
THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEXT FOUR
YEARS , AND BELIEVE ME, I PUT UP
WITH THE LAST FOUR YEARS, OKAY?
THERE WERE NO RIOTS FROM PEOPLE
LIKE ME. NONE. THERE WERE NO
RIOTS THIS YEAR FROM PEOPLE LIKE
ME WHEN SOMEBODY WAS
ASSASSINATED . I AM TELLING YOU
RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS GOOD
AGAINST EVIL. WE ARE ALL
SINNERS. BUT WE VOTED TO SHUT
OUR BORDERS BECAUSE WE NEED TO
KNOW WHO IS HERE . FRANKLY, OUR
ENEMY IS OUR OWN PEOPLE. BECAUSE
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS
, AND I GET THAT, MAYBE WE COULD
RESOLVE AND ALLOW ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS TO BE HERE THAT WERE
HERE BEFORE 2019 , AND THOSE
AFTER THAT CAME HERE WITH AN
OPEN BORDER THAT WAS DONE
MALICIOUSLY, IN MY OPINION -- A
LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE
SUFFERED FROM THIS. IT IS NOT
THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE
ILLEGALLY AND WE HAVE TO CARE
FOR THEM AND THEY ARE SUFFERING
AND THIS AND THAT, IT IS WE ARE
SUFFERING. THOSE TAXPAYERS STASH
THANK YOU, SIR. YOU KNOW WHAT?
GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP.
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I AM A
RESIDENT OF RAINIER BEACH . I
HAVE TWO SMALL KIDS AT SOUTH
SHORE K-8 . LAST MONDAY, SORRY,
A WEEK AGO MY KIDS WERE AT THE
UPPER PLAYGROUND AFTER SCHOOL
WHEN 18 HAD FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS
TOWARDS THE PLAYGROUND FROM THE
PLAYFIELD. IT DID NOT MAKE
HEADLINES BECAUSE NO ONE WAS
INJURED, BUT MY SON WAS IN THE
LINE OF FIRE . A PARKS AND REC
VEHICLE HAD BULLET HOLES IN IT.
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS PART OF A
LONG HISTORY THAT OUR COMMUNITY
HAS BEEN GRAPPLING WITH . WE
HAVE THIS LARGER CONVERSATION
ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR
COUNTRY. THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE
NEED WE HAVE. SPEAKING WITH MY
NEIGHBOR LAST WEEK, A COUPLE
DAYS AFTER, HE IS A SOCIAL
WORKER. I NEEDED TO KNOW HER
ADVICE ON HOW TO TALK TO MY
FOUR-YEAR-OLD ABOUT GUN
VIOLENCE. AND THEN, I HAD TO
SPEAK WITH HER AFTER COMMUNITY
CENTER CLASS. SHE HAD TO RUN TO
HER CAR AFTER CLASS BECAUSE THEY
WERE GUNSHOTS IN THE PARKING
LOT. WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET OUT
HERE IS THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK
OF VIOLENCE. WE KNOW SOME OF THE
REASONS WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.
HEAR FROM OTHER PARENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS. BUT
WE LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE
THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS. WE HAVE
THE MOST TO LOSE. OUR KIDS'
LIVES ARE AT STAKE. WE HAVE
UNDER RESOURCED COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND FAMILIES THAT
HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK TO TRY
TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. AND SO,
WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE RFP
PRESENTATION TODAY, I AM VERY
PLEASED TO SEE THAT ACTION IS
BEING TAKEN, BUT WE NEED MORE
IMMEDIATE ACTION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY. I
WILL FOLLOW UP ON WRITTEN
COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP, JESSICA HOFFMAN.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS JESSICA
HAAS BEEN -- HOFFMAN. I'M HERE
AS BOTH A PARENT AND NEIGHBOR OF
RAINIER BEACH. I AM ADDRESSING
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE
TO DISCUSS WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW
IS HAPPENING, WHICH IS REPEATED
ACTS OF GUN VIOLENCE.
PARTICULARLY IN AND AROUND OUR
SCHOOL ZONE. MY SON ATTENDS
SOUTH SHORE, WHICH HAS A UNIQUE
PLAYFIELD THAT INCORPORATES BOTH
SOUTH SHORE , DUNLAP ELEMENTARY,
THE RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY
CENTER, AND THE SOUTHLAKE HIGH
SCHOOL THAT IS THERE AS WELL.
THESE ARE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS
OF GUN VIOLENCE. THEY ARE
ONGOING. THEY HAVE LEFT DEEP
IMPACTS IN OUR FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES AND SENSE OF SAFETY.
LAST WEEK MY SON, WHO IS A
SECOND GRADER AT SOUTH SHORE,
AND HIS DAD, ALONG WITH MANY OF
THEIR FRIENDS, WERE ON THE
PLAYGROUND AFTER SCHOOL WHEN
THERE WAS GUNFIRE. THEY HAD TO
RUN TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO
SEEK SHELTER. FOR CHILDREN TO BE
SO YOUNG AND HAVE TO FLEE A
PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO
BE A SIGHT OF ENJOYMENT, IS JUST
SO HEARTBREAKING. I AM URGING
THE COUNCIL TO REALLY CONSIDER
THIS COORDINATED EFFORT WITH
ALREADY TRUSTED ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS,
RAINIER BEACH ACTION COLLATION
AND URBAN FAMILY TO COORDINATE
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PARKS AND
REC . I ATTENDED A MEETING LAST
WEEK OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
ADVISORY COUNCIL . THE
UNDERLYING CURRENT WAS THAT
EVERYONE IS STRESSED FOR
RESOURCES. THIS RFP COULD BE THE
START OF PROACTIVE SAFETY AND
CARE, RATHER THAN REACTIVE
RESPONSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP , GENEVIEVE WALKER.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS GENEVIEVE
WALKER. I'M A RESIDENT AND
PARENT IN SOUTH SEATTLE. I HAVE
A COMMENT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE UPDATE, JUST
LIKE THE LAST TWO FOLKS
SPEAKING. MY OLDEST CHILD JUST
BEGAN KINDERGARTEN AT SOUTH
SHORE. WE WERE AT THE RAINIER
BEACH PLAYFIELD LAST MONDAY WHEN
THE SHOTS RANG OUT JUST 100
STEPS AWAY FROM WHERE MY TWO
CHILDREN WERE PLAYING. AFTER
THIS HORRIFYING EVENT, I LEARNED
THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD INSTANCE
OF SHOTS FIRED AT THESE
PLAYFIELD DURING DAYLIGHT .
MAYBE IF THIS WERE A DIFFERENT
PART, I WOULD TRY TO AVOID IT
AND GO TO OTHER ONES OR
SOMETHING, BUT THIS IS LITERALLY
WHERE MY DAUGHTER ATTENDS
KINDERGARTEN. AND HUNDREDS OF
OTHER STUDENTS. THERE ARE THREE
OTHER SCHOOLS AT THIS PLAYFIELD
IN THIS AREA, ALONG WITH A
COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH WE USE
AND WHERE YOUTH GATHER. THEY
SHOULD BE THE SAFEST PLAYGROUND
WE ATTEND. I WANT TO REQUEST THE
COUNCIL 'S HELP IMMEDIATELY. AS
MENTIONED, I THINK THERE ARE A
LOT OF THINGS GOING ON ALREADY,
BUT WE NEED CHANGE VERY QUICKLY
. THE FIRST IS THE
PRIORITIZATION OF SAFETY PATROLS
IN THE AREA, PARTICULARLY AT
SCHOOL DROP OFF AND PICK UP
TIMES FOR THE THREE SCHOOLS IN
THAT COMPLEX. IDEALLY, A VISIBLE
SECURITY PRESENCE. THE SECOND IS
A COORDINATED RESPONSE BETWEEN
SPS, SPD AND EXISTING COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS THE
ROOT CAUSES OF THIS VIOLENCE. IT
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT IT
SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS
HAPPENING. THERE ARE ENROLLMENT
CHANGES ON THE HIGH SCHOOL
PLACING CHILDREN IN HARMS WAY.
MAKING THEM FEEL THEY NEED TO
DEFEND THEMSELVES. THOSE OF THE
IMPACTS WE ARE FEELING. THAT HAS
TO CHANGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP, DAVID HAYNES.
>> NEVER TRUST PEOPLE WHO THINK
WE HAVE TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC
SAFETY. WE ARE -- EVIL CRIMINALS
ARE REWARDED WITH MONEY. ANOTHER
SHOOTING IN TALMAGE, CHINATOWN
PROVING THE MAYOR IS A FAILURE
IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC
SAFETY LAWS AND POLICE CHIEF
TAXES ARE A TOTAL FAILURE. IT'S
REVOLTING. YET THE RACES HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHO
DISCRIMINATES AGAINST INNOCENT
WHITE STUDENTS IS COMPLETELY
UNQUALIFIED TO COMBAT CRIME.
TAKE ANOTHER IGNORANT LEAD ON
PUBLIC SAFETY BY PAYING BLACK
CRIMINALS IN FOOD, MONEY AND
RENT PAYMENTS AS A REWARD FOR
NOT RETALIATING. HOW MUCH TAX
MONEY DID TONYA KIM AND OTHERS
USE TO GO ON A WORKING VACATION
FLYING ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
COPYCAT FIELD CITIES BALTIMORE
AND OAKLAND? AS IF THEY HAVE THE
ANSWER TO PUBLIC SAFETY. WHY IS
SEATTLE DOUBLING DOWN ON
SPENDING TAX DOLLARS TO
CRIMINALS AND UNQUALIFIED
NONPROFITS WITH REWARDS OF BEING
INVOLVED WITH GUN VIOLENCE.
THOSE FOOLS IN BALTIMORE ARE
GIVING STIPENDS TO EVIL
CRIMINALS. THEY ARE LITERALLY
PAYING PEOPLE TO RELOCATE TO A
DIFFERENT CITY. YET THE RACES
UNTRUSTWORTHY HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IN SEATTLE THAT IS
CONDUCTING INNOCENT WHITE
HOMELESS CITIZENS ARE LITERALLY
GIVING MONEY TO BLACK CRIMINALS.
THE SAME THING THE DEFUND POLICE
DID AT THE COUNTY LEVEL THAT ARE
PRESENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED FOR
SQUANDERING ON RACIST NONPROFITS
BLACK LIVES MATTER AND GEORGE
FLOYD PROTESTERS LINING THEIR
POCKETS. WE ALREADY SAW HOW A
GANG LEADER GOT A JOB AT THE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CLAIMING
EXPERT AT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION AT THE
SAFEWAY PARKING LOT AND RAINIER
INVOLVING DRUG PUSHING AND
DRIVE-BY SHOOTING WHILE DATA
CONTINUES TO BE SKEWED TO
MISLEAD ON PUBLIC SAFETY. WE
NEED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
TO INVESTIGATE SEATTLE'S
BUDGETARY PRIORITIES THAT
EXACERBATE PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS,
THE HOMELESS CRISIS AND ECONOMIC
DEFICIT CRISIS. TONYA KIM IS
SIMPLY USING TAX DOLLARS TO PAY
COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS TO HELP THE
MAYOR GET ELECTED BUT IT IS
OBVIOUS IT IS ELECTION SEASON.
THE CITY IS SO CORRUPTED SHOULD
BE BOYCOTTED TO WE GET OUT OF --
RID OF ALL THE BAD SPENDING
POLICIES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE LAST REMOTE SPEAKER, RICK
GROSSMAN.
>> I AM RICK GROSSMAN. BROOKLYN
. BROADWAY AND PIKE. WE HAVE
CHOSEN TO START CALLING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD , INSTEAD OF PIKE
PINE, WE ARE CALLING IT KILL
BILL. -- ILL . WE HAVE A
VULNERABLE COMMUNITY HERE OF
SENIORS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE BEEN
DISADVANTAGED OVER THEIR LIVES.
AND WE GET NO SUPPORT. WE DID
NOT GET CALLS . THE POLICE DO
NOT COME WHEN WE CALL THEM. WE
HAVE BEEN TAUGHT -- TOLD THEY
DISCOUNT CALLS FROM OUR BUILDING
. WE HAVE GOT MAJOR PROBLEMS
GOING ON IN PIKE, AND THE POLICE
, TO THEIR BENEFIT, DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH STAFF , BUT THEY ALSO ARE
NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE CAUSES OF
THE PROBLEMS ARE. WE LIVE HERE ,
WE SEE THE CAUSES , WE KNOW WHAT
CAN STOP THE PROBLEMS RATHER
THAN THE REACTIVE. BUT THE
COMMUNITY IS NOT INVOLVED AT ALL
. WE DON'T GET CALLS RETURNED
OR EMAILS RETURNED FROM ANY CITY
OFFICIALS, INCLUDING OUR
ESTEEMED COUNCILWOMAN . WE DID
NOT GET CALLS OR EMAILS OR REPLY
TO BY THE POLICE . THE COMMUNITY
HAS BEEN INVOLVED BY BRINGING
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY INTO
DEVELOP THE LOCAL PLAN, BUT NO
RESIDENTS ARE INVOLVED. THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY, FOR THE MOST
PART, SHUTS DOWN AT 5:00 OR
6:00. THEY DON'T SEE WHAT GOES
ON HERE AT NIGHT. RESIDENTS ARE
NOT INVOLVED IN THIS AT ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. GROSSMAN.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS
EXPIRED. WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO
ITEMS OF BUSINESS. MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO
EITHER SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENT ON SIGN-UP CARDS
AVAILABLE ON THE PODIUM, OR
EMAIL THE COUNCIL AT
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. I WANT TO
THANK THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS
TODAY, IN PERSON , AND AS IT
TURNS OUT, YOU MET WITH
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION,
WHICH IS USUALLY SPD. THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE
DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE ISSUES
WE HAVE. BOTTOM LINE, FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES ENFORCE
FEDERAL LAW, BUT WE NEED TO BE
DOING THAT OVERSIGHT AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING SO
WHEN THINGS ARE DONE WRONG, WE
CAN ENGAGE ON THOSE ISSUES AND
DO SO WITH THE FACTS. THAT IS
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. WE ARE
ALSO TAKING A CLEAR STAND ON
THIS ISSUE WHERE WE ARE NOT
ALLOWING THE FALSE NARRATIVES TO
BE OUT THERE. WE HAVE DONE A LOT
OF WORK DURING THE TERM OF THIS
COUNCIL TO IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY. THESE NARRATIVES THAT
ARE USED TO JUSTIFY DIFFERENT
THINGS LIKE NATIONAL GUARD AND
I.C.E. AND SO FORTH, FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT GENERALLY, YOU KNOW,
IS BASED ON A FALSE PREMISE.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE
NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO. I ALSO
APPRECIATE MS. NOBLE CALLING
WITH HER PERSPECTIVE. BUT I
REALLY APPRECIATE TOO THE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS WHO SPOKE ON GUN
VIOLENCE. THAT GOES TO TODAY'S
AGENDA AND THE STORIES OF THE
PLAYGROUND IN RAINIER BEACH IS
STRIKING. THANK YOU. ALSO, FOR
MR. GROSSMAN'S ACCOUNT AS WELL
IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. I JUST
WANTED TO NOTE ONE LAST THING.
OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS
ALSO WORKING THE SCENE BETWEEN
PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH,
BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES . THIS IS SOMETHING WE
NEED TO DO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO
HAVE SUCCESS. WE CANNOT HAVE
FAILURE. OFTENTIMES, AS I HAVE
SEEN FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THAT IS
WHERE WE HAVE FAILURES. THIS
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND
COUNCIL WILL BE ENGAGED, AS WE
ARE TODAY, WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, EVEN THOUGH
IT IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO
ENSURE BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
IS COVERED. WITH THAT SAID,
ADDITIONAL COMMENT AFTER
PUBLIC,, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE
FIRST THREE ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS
ONE, TWO AND THREE INTO THE
RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENTS 3303, 3304 AND
3322 OF JENNIFER CARL, JEREMY
HOLMES AND RICK WILLIAMS AS
MEMBERS TO THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US. PLEASE JOIN US AT
THE TABLE. AGAIN, WELCOME ,
DIRECTOR AMEH . PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD , AND WE
WILL START THE PRESENTATION.
OVER TO YOU, DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I
AM ECI AMEH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
>> I AND RICK WILLIAMS .
>> I AM JEREMY HOLMES.
>> JENNIFER CARL.
>> OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
INTRODUCE AND BASICALLY THE
NOMINATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION? ANY
BACKGROUND STATEMENTS OR
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO?
>> WE WILL TAKE IT AWAY. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. ALWAYS A PLEASURE
TO SEE YOU WHILE. IN ANY FORM WE
CAN, BUT THE GREATEST PLEASURE
IS WHEN WE CAN COME IN FRONT OF
YOU AND PRESENT TO YOU NEW
COMMISSIONERS. THESE ARE
VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE COMMITTED
THEIR TIME TO PUBLIC SERVICE,
AND TO HELPING TO UPLIFT THE
VOICES OF THEIR COMMUNITIES TO
CITY GOVERNMENT, SPD, THE CITY
COUNCIL, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT FOLKS DON'T HAVE
TO DO. AND SO, WE ARE ALWAYS SO
PLEASED WHEN FOLKS STEP UP IN
THIS WAY AND SERVE ALONGSIDE OF
US. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT TIME. I WILL SAY
VERY QUICKLY THAT THE CPC WAS
CREATED BECAUSE OF THE CONSENT
DECREE. THE CONSENT DECREE WAS
DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF THE KILLING
OF JOHN T . WILLIAMS. IN A WAY
IT WAS CREATED BECAUSE OF HIM.
WE WILL GET TO THAT A LITTLE
BIT. IT BRINGS ME REALLY GREAT
PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME
ALL OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS,
AND PARTICULARLY, RICK WILLIAMS,
JUST AFTER THE 15th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE DEATH OF JOHN T.
WILLIAMS. OUR APPOINTEES TO THE
COMMISSION ARE APPOINTED BY THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, CITY COUNCIL
AND CPC ITSELF. WE ARE REALLY
PROUD TO SAY THAT ALL THREE OF
THESE APPOINTEES WERE
RECOMMENDED TO THOSE APPOINTING
AUTHORITIES BY THE CPC. WE ARE
NOW IN A POST CONSENT DECREE
ERA. VERY RECENTLY. AND CPC IS
NOT DONE BECAUSE OF THE CONSENT
DECREE BEING TERMINATED. OUR
PERMANENCE WAS ESTABLISHED BY
THE 2017 LANDMARK POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE . SO
NOW WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE FOR SEATTLE TO NOW TAKE
ACCOUNTABILITY BACK INTO HIS OWN
HANDS. TO ME, IT LOOKS LIKE THE
FOLKS AT THIS TABLE SEATED WITH
ME. IT LOOKS LIKE THE FOLKS
BEHIND ME, OUR STAFF, OUR
COMMISSIONERS, AND THOSE WHO ARE
CONTINUING TO BE COMMITTED TO
MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITY VOICE
IS AT THE TABLE IN CITY
GOVERNMENT, AS IT SHOULD BE. AND
SO, WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO
BRIEFLY INTRODUCE EACH OF THESE
THREE FOLKS. I WILL SAY JUST A
FEW WORDS ABOUT THEM, BUT I WANT
TO SAVE SOME SPACE FOR YOU ALL
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND WHAT
BROUGHT ME TO THE COMMISSION
TODAY. I WILL START WITH
JENNIFER CARL. SHE IS AN
APPOINTEE OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
SHE IS COMMITTED TO DATA DRIVEN
COMMUNITY CENTERED PUBLIC
SAFETY. THERE IS SO MUCH GREAT
THINGS I COULD SAY ABOUT HER.
EVEN AFTER I MENTIONED THAT JEN
WOULD BE COMING ON AS A
COMMISSIONER, I HEARD FROM ONE
OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
AT OIG EXCITEMENT ABOUT YOU
JOINING US. HE SAID, YOU REALLY
LUCKED OUT. YOU GOT A GOOD ONE.
REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. WE HAVE
HAD THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE JEN
WHEN WE ARE OUT IN COMMUNITY,
AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THEY ARE
JOINING US TODAY. JEREMY HOLMES
IS A MAYORAL APPOINTEE AND IS
HOPING TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT SHARE HIS FEELINGS
OF APPREHENSION ABOUT LAW
ENFORCEMENT BASED ON HIS OWN
EXPERIENCE IS WITH THE POLICE. I
AM REALLY EXCITED FOR HIM TO
TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. ONE OF THE
REALLY COOL THINGS ABOUT JEREMY
IS THAT HE WORKS AS AN OPTICIAN
AT A SMALL BUSINESS IN CAPITOL
HILL. CARRYING ON THE LEGACY OF
REVEREND HARRIET WALDO, WHO WAS
ALSO AN OPTICIAN PRIOR TO HER
RETIREMENT . LAST WEEK I RAN
INTO CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER
NATALIE ANDERSON. SHE SAYS, I AM
SO EXCITED. I FOUND OUT THAT
JEREMY HOLMES IS JOINING THE
COMMISSION. I SAID, YOU KNOW
WHAT? IF WE HAVE AN ENDORSEMENT
FROM CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, I KNOW
WE GOT ANOTHER GOOD ONE. REALLY
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME
JEREMY HOLMES. AND THAT, OF
COURSE, RICK WILLIAMS IS A
SEVENTH GENERATION WOODCARVER,
LONG-TIME ACTIVIST AND
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
PEACEKEEPER. AND THE BROTHER OF
JOHN T. WILLIAMS. WITH THAT
SAID, I WILL GO AHEAD AND LET
THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND
SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THEMSELVES. I WAS IN A LOVE TO
ENGAGE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT ANY
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR THEM. WE
WILL START WITH JENNIFER CARL.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. I USE SHE/HER PRONOUNS
REPRESENTING PRIMARILY THE
LGBTQI A+ COMMUNITY. I WAS KIND
OF CALL TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND
SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY WHEN I
WAS LIVING ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR
SO FROM FREDDIE GRAY'S KILLING
IN BALTIMORE IN 2015. I WAS,
UNFORTUNATELY, A WITNESS TO HOW
THAT COMMUNITY MOURNS, AND HOW
THEY WERE JUDGED FOR MOURNING.
THAT WAS MY CALL TO KIND OF
CHANGE . I WAS ACTUALLY PREMED
GOING INTO NEUROSURGERY AND
SWITCHED UP. NOW WE ARE HERE. I
THINK , REALLY, AS A CISGENDER
WHITE HUMAN , ULTIMATELY, IT IS
MY DUTY TO USE MY PRIVILEGE TO
FIGHT PRIVILEGE . AND ALONGSIDE
THAT, AS A WOMAN , AND AS A
MEMBER OF THE -- IT IS ALSO
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT
EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF
ORIENTATION, GENDER, SKIN COLOR
, UNDERSTANDS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY
IS FOR THEM. EVERYONE IS ABLE TO
FEEL BOTH A SENSE OF PHYSICAL
AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY
REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND.
THAT IS WHY I AM HERE AND
HONORED TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU
ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
JEREMY HOLMES. I AM NEW TO A LOT
OF THIS. WHEN I AM NOT NEW TO IS
THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING A BLACK
MAN IN AMERICA. SPECIFICALLY,
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. I WAS
RAISED FROM -- MY MOTHER GREW UP
IN THE SOUTH IN DEEP, DEEP
MISSISSIPPI AND WAS ALWAYS
TELLING ME TO SEE THE POLICE AS
MORE OF AN ADVERSARY THAN ALLY.
I GREW UP WITH THAT BELIEVE THAT
THAT WAS KIND OF HOW THIS
WORKED. THEY ARE NOT FOR MY
COMMUNITY. THEY ARE NOT TO HELP
ME WITH ANYTHING. YOU SEE A
POLICE OFFICER, YOU GO THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION. IF THEY ASK
YOU FOR ANYTHING, YOU SHOW IT TO
THEM AND GET OUT OF THAT
SITUATION AS FAST AS YOU CAN. UP
UNTIL RECENTLY, I HAD JUST
ASSUMED THAT IS HOW THIS WAS
SUPPOSED TO WORK. OVER TIME, I
FEEL LIKE I HAVE REALIZED THAT
MOST OF MY COMMUNITY FEELS THAT
WAY. SO AS ECI WAS SAYING, I
HOPE THAT I CAN CHANGE THAT. I
HOPE I CAN HELP TO, AGAIN,
BRIDGE THAT GAP, BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT
OF PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT
HAPPENS IN UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES . AND WE DON'T KNOW
HOW TO SOLVE IT. WE DON'T KNOW
WHO TO CALL BECAUSE WE ARE UP
AGAINST CRIME AND POLICE
BRUTALITY, AND WE ARE STUCK IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT. SO MY HOPE
HERE TODAY AND GOING FORWARD IS
TO , AGAIN, HELP TO BRING THIS
AROUND . AGAIN, JUST BE A VOICE
FOR MY COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM RICK WILLIAMS. I GOT
INTO THIS -- WHAT I WANT TO DO
IS TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE
WITH WHAT HAPPENED SINCE MY
BROTHER -- YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN
THROUGH A LOT OF HOW PEOPLE TALK
. YOU KNOW, EITHER THE POLICE OR
CITIZENS. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS
TO JOIN THIS TO HELP MAKE A
DIFFERENCE . I REALLY DON'T WANT
TO SEE ANOTHER FAMILY GO THROUGH
WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH. THERE
IS NO MEDICATION, NOTHING THAT
CAN BE GIVEN TO HELP YOU. AS
SOON AS THEY GIVE YOU SOMETHING
AND YOU COME DOWN FROM YOUR
MEDICATION, IT IS THERE AGAIN.
THAT IS WHAT I DON'T WANT TO
SEE THE PEOPLE GO THROUGH. I
THINK I GOT THROUGH IT BECAUSE
OF MY TEACHINGS OF MY
GRANDFATHER . ALL THESE YEARS OF
WATCHING AND LISTENING AND HOW
MEETINGS LIKE THIS, NOTHING GETS
DONE BECAUSE THE POLICE ALWAYS
GET AWAY WITH IT OR THE UNION.
HOW DO YOU TRUST THEM AGAIN? I
GET THAT QUESTION A LOT. DO YOU
TRUST THE SEATTLE POLICE? NOT
YET. THEY KIND OF YELL AT ME. I
WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I
DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY FAMILY ,
NO MATTER WHAT NATURAL TALENT OF
THE -- NATIONALITY YOU ARE. WE
DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER LIKE THIS
TO SAY WHAT HAPPENED IN MY
WORLD. I LOST MY SISTERS, MY
BROTHER, MY MOTHER FROM THIS,
BECAUSE THEY GAVE UP, AND
THAT'S NOT ME. I AM NOT GOING
TO STOP. WITH THIS LADY UP IS
HELP, I WILL BE ABLE TO INJECT
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE CAN DO.
WHATEVER GOVERNMENT OR POLICE
THOUGHT THEY ARE, THEY ARE NOT
THINKING HUMAN. THEY'RE ONLY
THINKING, THIS IS WHAT WE WERE
TRAINED . THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
CHANGE MY WAY OF LIFE BECAUSE I
AM FULL BLOOD AND HONOR TO DO
IT. I HAVE DONE IT FOR THE LAST
15 YEARS FOR MY BROTHER TO DO
WHAT I CAN TO HELP THIS LADY AND
WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO DO. NO NEED
TO SUFFERING LIKE THIS BECAUSE
OF THE TONE OF OUR SKIN. HOW
DARE YOU JUDGE ME? YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW ME. TO TEACH THAT TO
THE DOJ THAT, IF YOUR COMPUTER
SMART, I SHOWED THEM HOW TO PULL
UP MY BROTHER. WHAT WE
ACCOMPLISHED AS CHILDREN AS
CARVERS, BUT YOU HAVE ALL THE
POWER . YOU MADE MY BROTHER LOOK
LIKE NOTHING ON THE NEWS BECAUSE
THAT IS YOUR NATURE. AND YOU
DON'T SEE THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE
I HAVE CONFRONTED THEM AND LET
THEM KNOW WHAT I THINK. THEY
DIDN'T LIKE IT. I DON'T LIKE
IT EITHER. YOU KEEP -- I TELL
YOU SOMETHING, MY FRIEND. I
DIDN'T PULL THE TRIGGER ON MY
BROTHER, YOU DID. I REALLY
DON'T WANT TO SEE ANOTHER
FAMILY GO THROUGH THIS. IF THERE
IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> VERY EXCITED . THE COMMISSION
WAS MEANT TO REPRESENT THE
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES OF SEATTLE.
THE COMMISSION WAS MEANT TO
UPHOLD AND UPLIFT AND AMPLIFY
VOICES THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, WOULD NOT
BE CONSIDERED, BUT FOR THE
DIFFERENCE OF THE CPC. WE TAKE
THIS REALLY SERIOUSLY. I WILL
CLOSE WITH SAYING THAT WE ARE
NOT ALWAYS GOING TO AGREE . WE
ARE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO AGREE. I
KNOW AS COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU
DON'T ALWAYS AGREE . AS CITY
DEPARTMENTS, WE DON'T ALWAYS
AGREE. IS ACCOUNTABILITY
DEPARTMENTS, WE DON'T ALWAYS
AGREE BETWEEN THE CPC AND SPD.
BUT WE HAVE A COMMON MISSION. WE
DO WHAT WE DO FOR THE EXACT SAME
REASON. WE WANT THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE TO BE SAFE. WE WANT
SEATTLE TO BE HEALTHY. WE WANT
SEATTLE TO HAVE TRUST IN ITS
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND GOVERNMENT , AND
IN OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVING
THEM. AND SO, WITH THAT, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
TO PLEASE ENGAGE WITH OUR
APPOINTEES.
>> WHAT SHE SAID HERE IS
ACCURATE. WHEN THEY TARGETED MY
BROTHER, IF THE COPS ARE AS
SMART AS THEY SAY THEY ARE, THEY
CAN SEE HE HAS A DISABILITY. BUT
INSTEAD, THEY ARE BARKING ORDERS
AND YELLING. I HAVE BEEN TELLING
THEM ALL ALONG, COME AND YELL AT
ME LIKE THAT.
>> I ALWAYS GO TO MY VICE CHAIR
FIRST. VICE CHAIR SAKA
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU
MS. CARL, MR. HOLMES AND MR.
WILLIAMS FOR YOUR DEVOTION AND
DEDICATION TO SERVE IN THIS
MANNER. STARTING FIRST WITH MS.
CARL. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS .
I HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW YOUR
BACKGROUND AND APPLICANT
MATURES. ALL OF YOUR MATERIALS.
I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING SOME
COLOR COMMENTARY AROUND YOUR
EXPERIENCES IN BALTIMORE . I
WILL SAY HERE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE
YOU. EXPERIENCE AND THE
PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU REPRESENT .
REALLY WANT TO JUST COMMEND YOU
AND EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO YOU,
ALL OF YOU, FOR STEPPING UP IN
THIS MANNER. MR. HOLMES, REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU AND THE
PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU REPRESENT.
YOU KNOW, CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF
BEING BLACK IN AMERICA IS
SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU AND I
SHARE SIMILARLY. YOU KNOW, OUR
EXPERIENCES WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT. BUT I AM VERY GLAD
THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE ON THIS
COMMISSION AND HELPING TO
IMPROVE THE STATE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT AND
AFFECTIVE CONSTITUTIONAL
POLICING IN OUR CITY . LOVE THE
BACKGROUND AS AN OPTICIAN .
GLASSES. COOL GLASSES. BY THE
WAY. ESPECIALLY LOVE YOUR
VOLUNTEER WORK WITH UPLIFT
NORTHWEST. TO DO TERRIFIC WORK.
SHOUT OUT TO UPLIFT NORTHWEST .
IN ANY EVENT, YOU BRING A
VALUABLE PERSPECTIVE. I WELCOME
YOU ON THIS COMMISSION. LAST ,
BUT ABSOLUTELY CERTAINLY NOT
LEAST, MR. WILLIAMS . REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU .
>> THIS IS MY HOMETOWN. I GREW
UP HERE.
>> THIS IS YOUR HOMETOWN. YOU
GREW UP HERE. UNFORTUNATELY,
BECAUSE OF THE TRAGIC DEATH OF
YOUR BROTHER, YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY REPRESENT THE LIVING
LEGACY OF YOUR BROTHER . MY HOPE
FOR YOU, SIR, IS THAT THROUGH
ALL THOSE YEARS, IT HAS BEEN
OVER 15 YEARS NOW, THROUGH ALL
THOSE YEARS, 15 PLUS YEARS, AND
MORE, YOUR FAMILY'S SACRIFICE
AND YOUR TEARS AND MOURNING AND
LOSS , I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
IT IS NOT IN VAIN . OUR CITY IS
BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU . AND YOUR
SPECIFIC LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY
, AND YOUR WORK.
>> SOMETHING MY GRANDFATHER
TAUGHT. TEACH WHAT I KNOW. A LOT
OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE
THEY SAY THEY ARE NOT NATIVE.
YOU ARE IN NEED OF OF PLANET
EARTH, AREN'T YOU? I CAN ONLY
GUIDE YOU.
>> LOVE IT. I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW THAT WE ARE BETTER BECAUSE
OF YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP .
UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETHING LIKE
THIS HAD TO HAPPEN. BARRETT YOU
REPRESENT AN ENDURING LEGACY.
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY REPRESENT AN
ENDURING LEGACY. WOULD HAPPEN TO
JOHN T. WILLIAMS SHOULD NEVER
HAPPEN. I THINK OUR CITY HAS
TAKEN GOOD STEPS TO ENSURE WE
AVOID THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST.
PART OF THIS WORK IS TO ENSURE
THAT WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, AND
CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND GET
BETTER.
>> AND THAT THOUGHT OF WHAT
YOU'RE SEEING HERE. WHEN THIS
HAPPENS TO JOHN, SO MANY PEOPLE
WERE ANGRY. I SAID NO, I WANT TO
SHARE A THOUGHT. BEING A WARRIOR
AND NOT VIOLENCE. ALL THESE
YEARS, I STILL STAND STILL
CARVED. FOR SOME REASON, THEY
THINK I HATE THEM. CAN'T EVEN
SPELL THAT IN MY LANGUAGE.
>> I GET IT. THANK YOU ALL,
AGAIN, -- DID YOU CARVE THAT
YOURSELF?
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY A PIECE ,
THE STORY OF MY PARENTS WHEN
THEY FIRST GOT TOGETHER. I TOLD
HER, I HAVE THIS TATTOOED ON MY
ARM IN COLOR BECAUSE OF THE
LEGACY OF MY FAMILY. WE HAVE
BEEN HERE SINCE, LIKE, 1925. NO,
I AM WORKING ON A 10th
GENERATION , LANGUAGE, CARVING.
MOST OF ALL, THEY ARE LEARNING
TO STAY CALM.
>> THIS IS CARVED BY A SMALL
POCKET KNIFE THAT IS THE SAME
SIZE AS THE ONE JOHN T. WILLIAMS
CARRIED WHEN HE PASSED. THERE IS
ALSO A HUGE HONOR TOTEM BY THE
SEATTLE CENTER. YOU SHOULD CHECK
IT OUT. IT WAS ALSO CARVED WITH
A POCKET KNIFE.
>> WOW.
>> I DID ALL THIS WITH JUST A
POCKET KNIFE.
>> VERY IMPRESSIVE. THE DETAIL.
>> YOU WILL SEE THOUSANDS OF
PICTURES OF ME CARVING WITH JUST
A POCKET KNIFE.
>> LOVE IT. THANK YOU ALL.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. FINALLY, I
WILL NOTE -- SO WE HAVE A
MIXTURE -- EVERYONE HERE IS
EXACTLY WELL-QUALIFIED. I WILL
MAKE THAT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR. BUT
WE HAVE A MIXTURE OF MAYORAL AND
COUNCIL APPOINTEES. I WANT TO
THANK CHAIR KETTLE IN
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR HAVING
THE FORESIGHT AND INTUITION AND
COURAGE IN A TIME WHERE WE --
YOU ALL WERE AT THE HEARING
WHERE THE CONSENT DECREE WAS
ULTIMATELY LIFTED TO RECRUIT MR.
WILLIAMS AND MAKE THE EXPLICIT
ASK TO HELP HIM CHANNEL HIS ,
YOU KNOW, CONTINUE HIS ,
CHANNELING HIS ANGUISH AND PAIN
INTO ADVOCACY, POLICY AND
ACTION. THANK YOU, CHAIR KETTLE
AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. AND
THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS, FOR
BEING SO GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTING.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR
PERCUSSION NOTE , COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, I MEAN, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA HAS JOINED US. NIC
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ. I WAS
GOING TO GO TO HER NEXT. BECAUSE
OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SO IMPORTANT
IN DISTRICT 4 AND
ACROSS-THE-BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS
, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ OR
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK
YOU , COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE HAD A CHANCE
TO LOOK AT THE APPOINTMENT
PACKETS. THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE
FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THERE.
I'M WAY UP NORTH. I WILL BE
THERE THIS AFTERNOON. I HAD A
QUICK QUESTION FOR THE DIRECTOR.
CORRECT ME IF I'M NOT SAYING IT
CORRECTLY. ON THE APPOINTMENT
PACKETS, WE HAVE A MAYORAL , TWO
AND A COUNCIL APPOINTMENT. I
NOTICED THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE
DISTRICTS LISTED. WAS THERE A
REASON?
>> -- WHAT DISTRICTS THEY ARE
FROM? MY BUDDY RICK.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. BY
ORDINANCE, THE COMMISSIONERS ARE
NOT REQUIRED TO LIVE IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO
LIVE OR WORK IN SEATTLE OR HAVE
SIGNIFICANT CONNECTION TO THE
COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE. AND SO,
FOR THAT REASON NOT ALL
COMMISSIONERS LIVE WITHIN A
COUNCIL DISTRICT IN SEATTLE. BUT
ALL SERVE THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY,
WORK IN SEATTLE OR HAVE
SIGNIFICANT TIES. I APPRECIATE
THAT QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO BRIEFLY CORRECT THE
RECRUITMENT OF RICK WILLIAMS.
THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED DAYS
PRIOR TO THE HEARING. AND DAYS
PRIOR TO THE 15th ANNIVERSARY OF
THE PASSING OF JOHN T. WILLIAMS.
THE CPC REACHED OUT TO RICK
WILLIAMS TO OFFER HIM
CONDOLENCES. IN THAT
CONVERSATION, THEY ASKED HIM IF
HE WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE AS
A COMMISSIONER. WE APPRECIATE
THAT. WE DO WORK WITH
APPOINTMENT AUTHORITIES. BUT THE
CPC REGULAR RECOMMENDS
APPOINTEES TO THEM.
>> DIRECTOR, I DO UNDERSTAND
THAT I WAS AROUND WHEN THIS WAS
CREATED. ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
PEOPLE WILL COME FROM DISTRICTS.
THEY JUST HAD TO HAVE A
CONNECTION TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF
JENNIFER CARL AND JEREMY HOLMES
HAVE A PARTICULAR DISTRICT, OR
MR. WILLIAMS? THAT'S ALL.
>> I KIND OF OPERATE THROUGHOUT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE. BUT I GUESS
I AM PROUD TO REALLY CLAIM
DISTRICT 3 WITH COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH. MY KIND OF HOME
AWAY FROM HOME.
>> THANK YOU. MR. HOMES?
>> I RESIDE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> YOU ARE D 5. THAT'S WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT. OKAY.
SPECIAL TREATMENT NOW. OF
COURSE, MY FRIEND RICK. YOU ARE
EVERYWHERE.
>> I HAVE BEEN IN THAT AREA
ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW . JUST A
STONE'S THROW FROM AURORA
AVENUE. I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO ON IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE. AND I WORK
IN CAPITAL HILL. I AM ALL OVER
THE CITY ALL THE TIME.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> RICK.
>> -- I KNOW THAT RICK -- DID HE
HEAR ME?
>> SEATTLE. I HAVE BEEN HERE MY
ENTIRE LIFE.
>> PERHAPS CITYWIDE, I GUESS.
>> I'M NOT ASKING JUST BECAUSE
I AM WONKY. WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING
TO GET AN IDEA GEOGRAPHICALLY
THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION. AS
YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT MR.
HOLMES STATED, I AM VERY
FAMILIAR HAVING LIVED THERE FOR
11 YEARS. BECAUSE WE HAVE POLICE
ACROSS THE CITY. WE HAVE A LOT
OF CRIME ACROSS THE CITY. IT WAS
UNFORTUNATE HEARING WHAT WE HEAR
WITH A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE
SHOOTINGS IN RAINIER. AND OF
COURSE, WE HAVE MURDERS AND
HOMICIDES AND POLICE CONDUCT AN
ACTIVITY IN ALL KINDS OF STUFF
GOING ON ON AURORA. RECENT
HOMICIDE IN AN ENCAMPMENT. AND
THEN, ANOTHER HOMICIDE, I THINK
TWO WITHIN EIGHT DAYS. MY POINT
IS, I UNDERSTAND, I'VE BEEN
AROUND FOR A WHILE. WE WERE
THERE WHEN THEY WERE FORMED. WAS
ACTUALLY WITH MAYOR HARRELL AND
RICK AT JOHN'S FUNERAL. I'M
PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF
THIS. WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS ,
KIND OF ECHOING AND SHARING WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SAID. WE WENT
THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT PACKETS,
AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A GREAT TEAM
YOU ARE PUTTING TOGETHER. AND
THE REPRESENTATION NEEDED. I WAS
GOING TO SAY REVEREND HARRIET
AND HER LEADERSHIP AND THE
THINGS WE HAVE SEEN COME AND GO.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT. JUST BECAUSE
OF THE CONSENT DECREE, THE JUDGE
GRANTED THE MOTION TO TERMINATE
THE CONSENT DECREE, DOESN'T
MEAN THE WORK IS OVER. I THINK
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, AS CHAIR
OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IS COMMITTED
TO THAT, AS WE ALL ARE. TO
CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD ABOUT ALL
THESE ISSUES. BECAUSE THEY ARE
NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO
PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT WE DO LIVE
IN A VERY DIFFICULT AND VIOLENT
DARK TIME. I DON'T THINK WE
SHOULD ALWAYS JUST FOCUS ON
THAT. I THINK TODAY IS A DAY TO
CELEBRATE THAT YOU HAVE THREE
VERY QUALIFIED, DEDICATED PEOPLE
WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING TO A
MUCH-NEEDED CRITICAL COMMISSION
WHO HAS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
I SAID THIS BEFORE, DIRECTOR
AMEH, AND WILL SAY IT AGAIN. THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION WAS
A LONG TIME COMING, EVEN BEFORE
JOHN PAST. WE HAVE SEEN IT
EVERYWHERE FOREVER. THIS IS JUST
ONE STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF ,
NOT ONLY CONSTITUTIONAL
PLEASING, BUT HAVING A DIFFERENT
TYPE OF POLICE OFFICER THAT IS,
INDEED, THERE TO PROTECT AND
SERVE. 21ST-CENTURY POLICE
OFFICER. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED IN
THE CITY. NOT THE OFFICERS OF
THE OLD DAYS, AND CERTAINLY,
SOME OF THE CULTURE. I KNOW,
DIRECTOR, YOU WERE THERE WHEN
JUDGE ROBILLARD TALKED TO CHIEF
BARNES AND ASKED A VERY PROFOUND
QUESTION, WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR A
FEDERAL JUDGE TO SIT THERE AND
ASK THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS. I
LOVED IT. ONCE GOING TO DO TO
CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND
HOW DO WE DO THAT? I THOUGHT
CHIEF BARNES'S ANSWER OF
CHANGING THE CULTURE AND
LANGUAGE AND LIFTING UP AND
AWARDING BEHAVIOR THAT IS
POSITIVE AND THAT ACTUALLY
ENRICHES THE COMMUNITY AND MAKES
THE CITY OF SEATTLE SAFER. WITH
THAT, I WILL BE SUPPORTING ALL
OF THESE APPOINTMENT PACKETS.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, THANK YOU
JENNIFER, JEREMY AND RICK .
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS? I JUST WANTED TO NOTE
, IN SUMMARY, FIRST AS -- VICE
CHAIR HAS GOT A HAND UP.
>> SNUCK IT IN . JUST TO QUICKLY
SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE
CLARIFICATION, DIRECTOR. MY
COMMENTS WERE BASED OFF OF WHAT
I HEARD, AND ALSO WHAT IS
CLEARLY INDICATED ON THE
APPLICANT PACKET, WHICH IS THAT
THIS IS A CITY COUNCIL
APPOINTMENT. THAT SAID, CREDIT
AND PRAISE IS AN INFINITE ,
UNCAPPED RESOURCE, UNLIKE
DOLLARS. AND SO, I APPRECIATE
YOUR PRIOR PHONE CALLS AND
ENCOURAGEMENT IN RECRUITMENT OF
MR. WILLIAMS TO JOIN . NO
DIFFERENT THAN I ALSO APPRECIATE
MY COLLEAGUES ' EFFORTS WHO
PERSONALLY RECRUITED HIM. TEAM
EFFORT. I APPRECIATE YOUR
INVOLVEMENT IN GETTING US THIS
EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-QUALIFIED
SLATE.
>> OKAY. I WANTED TO CONCLUDE BY
SAYING , MS. CARL, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR NOTING
FREDDIE GRAY IN 2015. I HAVE HAD
MULTIPLE TOURS IN D.C. I HAVE
SPENT TIME IN BALTIMORE AND
RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES FACED
IN THAT CITY. THANK YOU,
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE 2015 WITH
FREDDIE GRAY, GEORGE FLOYD 2020,
AND OF COURSE, JOHN T. WILLIAMS
IN 2010 AND THE LESSONS HAVE
GOTTEN US TO WHERE WE ARE IN
2025, WHICH IS A VERY DIFFERENT
PLACE , PARTICULARLY FOR US HERE
IN SEATTLE. THANK YOU FOR
HIGHLIGHTING THAT. ALSO NOT
MENTIONED, AND I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR COMING , IN SOME
WAY, FROM BUFFALO AS WELL. BORN
AND RAISED IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO
BUFFALO, MS. CARL. THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THAT EXPERIENCE. YOU
CAN TELL EVERYBODY HERE THAT
WINTERS ARE REALLY MILD HERE.
>> YOU SHOULD THANK ME FOR NOT
BRINGING THE SNOW.
>> EXACTLY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I
WANTED TO KNOW TO YOUR POINT
ABOUT USING PRIVILEGE TO FIGHT
PRIVILEGE. I THINK THAT IS A
STANDARD. I THINK THAT IS WHAT
WE LOOK TO DO. THAT IS WHAT I
LOOK TO DO. I RECOGNIZE IN MY
BACKGROUND TO INCLUDE TALKING
ABOUT FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT,
NATIONAL GUARD, GIVEN MY
BACKGROUND, TO USE THE PRIVILEGE
OF THE SEAT TO SPEAK TO THESE
ISSUES, AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE
CONSISTENCIES AND THE LIKE, AND
TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD ON THAT
FRONT. THANK YOU. MR. HOMES.
THANK YOU. I DID NOT KNOW THAT
CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY , MS.
ANDERSON, HAD GIVEN HER
BLESSING. I HAVE WORKED WITH HER
CLOSELY. THE FACT THAT SHE HAS
DONE SO, DIRECTOR AMEH, THANK
YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT. OF
COURSE, YOUR WORK AT UPLIFT
NORTHWEST ALREADY HAD ME SELD ON
YOUR NOMINATION. AND SO, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WORK THERE. I HAVE
WORKED WITH MS. HALL. I HAVE
BEEN TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN
BELLTOWN, UPTOWN, DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS WITHIN DISTRICT 7. THE
WORK THAT UPLIFT NORTHWEST DOES,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK THERE. I
CAN SEE THIS IS A CONTINUATION
OF YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THANK
YOU. FINALLY, MR. WILLIAMS. I
REALLY VALUED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SIT WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE
CONSENT DECREE MEETING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF YOU , AND THE
DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD DURING
THE COURSE OF THAT HEARING , THE
JUDICIAL MEETING. YOU TALKED
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO
YOUR HEART. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING TO YOUR HEART , AND TO
CONTINUE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR
CITY, AND TO BUILD ON THE LEGACY
, THE MOVING FORWARD WE HAVE HAD
ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID IN A
STATEMENT AND SAID MANY TIMES,
THE ENDING OF THE CONSENT DECREE
WAS A MILESTONE. IT REFLECTS A
LOT OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENED IN
THE PREVIOUS DOZEN PLUS YEARS.
BUT IT IS ALSO A STEPPINGSTONE.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE IT
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE HELP OF
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
OTHERS. BUT YOU COMING TO THIS
COMMISSION IS SUCH -- REPRESENTS
A WELL THE IDEA THIS IS A
STEPPINGSTONE MOVING FORWARD,
AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THAT
WORK. THANK YOU . BECAUSE THE
WORK YOU ARE GOING TO DO
YOURSELF, AND ALSO WHAT IT
SYMBOLIZES, BECAUSE OF YOUR
CONNECTION AND THE LOSS OF YOUR
BROTHER, JOHN T. WILLIAMS. THANK
YOU. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ,
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
3303, 3304 AND 3322. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS. ANY FINAL
COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. HEARING
NONE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR
AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES. THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED WILL BE
SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. THANK
YOU DIRECTOR AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
>> HAVE A GOOD DAY. WE WILL NOW
MOVE ON TO THE FOURTH, FIFTH AND
SIXTH BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 121079,
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CITY
'S CIVIL INFRACTION CODE
CONFORMING TO THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE WITH CHANGES IN
STATE LAW AND MAKING TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS. COUNCIL BILL
121080, ORDINANCE RELATING TO
THE CITY 'S CRIMINAL CODE
CONFORMING TO THE SEATTLE
MENISCAL CODE WITH CHANGES IN
STATE LAW AND MAKING TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS, AND COUNCIL BILL
121081, ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE
CITY'S TRAFFIC CODE CONFORMING
TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE
WITH CHANGES IN THE STATE LAW
AND MAKING TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. WELCOME, MR. KENNY
FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY UP HIS
OFFICE, AND MR. JOHNSON FROM
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. MR.
JOHNSON, CAN YOU GIVE A
BACKGROUND FROM THE CENTRAL
STAFF PERSPECTIVE RELATED TO
THESE THREE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION?
>> YES. HAPPY TO. GOOD MORNING,
CHAIR KETTLE AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
FROM YOUR COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL BE
TAKING THESE PROCEDURALLY IN
ORDER BILL BY PHIL -- BILL. I
WILL MAKE A COUPLE OF GENERAL
COMMENTS THAT APPLY TO ALL THREE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION, AND THEN
DESCRIBE A SUMMARY OF THE
DETAILS OF EACH. THESE
ORDINANCES ARE PART OF A ROUTINE
ANNUAL OR SEMIANNUAL PROCESS BY
WHICH THE CITY ATTORNEY UP HIS
OFFICE SENDS DOWN CHANGES TO
SEATTLE MISCIBLE CODE THAT A
COMBINATION OF TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS, TECHNICAL FIXES, AS
WELL AS IMPLEMENTATION OF
CHANGES TO WASHINGTON STATE LAW.
WASHINGTON STATE LAW, BROADLY
SPEAKING, ALREADY APPLIES TO
RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, PARTICULARLY IN THE
CONTEXT OF CRIMINAL CODE . WHAT
THESE CHANGES DO THEN ARE NOT
SUBJECT THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE
TO NEW LAWS PER SE, BUT THEY
ALLOW OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM, COURT
AND THE CITY PROSECUTOR TO FULLY
IMPLEMENT THE LAWS, PARTICULARLY
IN THE CRIMINAL CONTEXT AS THEY
APPLY TO MISDEMEANORS BEING ABLE
TO ENFORCE THOSE, IMPLEMENT
THOSE LAWS AND ALLOW THE SEATTLE
MENISCAL COURT TO ADJUDICATE
THOSE MATTERS AND THOSE FINES AS
WELL. THAT IS BY WAY OF
BACKGROUND. . SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ALREADY HAS THE
AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE AND
ENFORCE STATE LAW CHANGES. THIS
JUST GIVES THE OTHER JUSTICE
SYSTEM PARTNERS IN THE CITY THE
ABILITY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT
THOSE. I WILL START OUT WITH
COUNCIL BILL 121079, WHICH IS
THE CIVIL INFRACTION ORDINANCE.
THIS HAS TWO COMPONENTS .
FIRSTLY, IT MAKES CHANGES TO THE
CITY HARBOR CODE. THIS IS A
TECHNICAL CORRECTION RATHER THAN
A STATE LAW CHANGE. THIS
DESIGNATES A MINIMUM PENALTY FOR
HARBOR CODE VIOLATIONS BY
DESIGNATING THEM AS CLASS TO
CIVIL INFRACTIONS WITH A $125
BASE PENALTY. THE SECOND CHANGE
REGARDS THE CITY LITTERING CODE.
THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES
TO THE REVISED CODE OF
WASHINGTON MADE BY THE
LEGISLATURE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THIS WOULD INCREASE THE DEFAULT
PENALTY AMOUNT FOR LITTERING
FROM $50 TO THE SECOND CHANGE
REGARDS THE CITY LITTERING CODE.
THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES
TO THE REVISED CODE OF
WASHINGTON MADE BY THE
LEGISLATURE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THIS WOULD INCREASE THE DEFAULT
PENALTY AMOUNT FOR LITTERING
FROM $50-$125 BY DESIGNATING
THOSE VIOLATIONS AS WELL AS
CLASS TO CIVIL INFRACTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. I BELIEVE -- I
THINK WE WILL SPEAK TO ALL
THREE, AND THEN WE WILL VOTE
INDIVIDUALLY. IF WE COULD GO
THROUGH THE OTHER BILLS. BY THE
WAY, COLLEAGUES, WHAT WE ARE
HIGHLIGHTING HERE IS A THEME FOR
US IN THIS COMMITTEE OVER THE
COURSE OF THIS YEAR. THAT IS TO
REALLY PROMOTE A FUNCTIONAL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. IN THIS
CASE, IT IS BRINGING THE CITY
ATTORNEYS OFFICE IN SEATTLE
MENISCAL COURT INTO PLAY, AS MR.
JOHNSON NOTED WITH GROSS
MISDEMEANORS AND THE LIKE.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW FROM OUR
BRIEFING, IT IS NOT BY ACCIDENT
WE HAD KING COUNTY DAY EARLIER
IN THE SUMMER. THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WILL BE
WORKING FELONIES. TERMS OF THE
MISDEMEANORS AND GROSS
MISDEMEANORS, IT IS REALLY ABOUT
HAVING ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE RCW
AND SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. NEXT
ONE, PLEASE.
>> MOVING ON. THE NEXT BILL IS
THE 2025 CRIMINAL LAW ORDINANCE
, COUNCIL BILL 12108 , COUNCIL
BILL 121080. AS I MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY, SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ALREADY HAS THE
AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE AND
MAKE ARRESTS ON STATE LAW
CRIMES. THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
COURT TO PROSECUTE AND IMPLEMENT
THOSE CRIMES BEING ADDED AS
MISDEMEANORS. SO THERE IS A
NUMBER OF SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES
HERE, ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO
MUNICIPAL CODE, CRIMINAL CODE,
AS WELL AS SOME TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS . THE FIRST IS THE
CRIME OF HAZING. A CRIME THAT
CURRENTLY DOES NOT EXIST UNDER
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, BUT HAS
EXISTED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
UNDER THE REVISED CODE OF
WASHINGTON . THE CRIME OF HAZING
WAS REVISED DURING THE 2022
SESSION BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE
. IN BRIEF, HAZING WOULD BE A
MISDEMEANOR , GROSS MISDEMEANOR,
THAT INCLUDES ELEMENTS RELATED
TO INITIATION ASK INTO A STUDENT
GROUP THAT CAUSED, OR ARE LIKELY
TO CAUSE, BODILY DANGER,
PHYSICAL HARM OR SERIOUS
PSYCHOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL HARM
. THE SUPPLIES TO A POST
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT.
NEXT THERE ARE VARIOUS FIREARMS
AND WEAPON RESTRICTIONS BEING
IMPLEMENTED , BROUGHT INTO
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE . MOST
NOTABLE OF THESE CHANGES WERE A
SERIES OF BILLS IN 2023 AND 2024
PASSED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE
TO RESTRICT AND FURTHER REGULATE
A CATEGORY OF WEAPONS KNOWN AS
ASSAULT WEAPONS. ASSAULT WEAPONS
ARE DEFINED WITH REFERENCE TO
SPECIFIC TYPES OF FIREARMS AS
WELL AS CHARACTERISTICS OF
FIREARMS. THIS WOULD PROHIBIT
THE IMPORT, DISTRIBUTION OR SALE
OF THESE WEAPONS. IT WOULD ALSO
CREATE CIVIL INFRACTION IN THE
AMOUNT OF $1000 FOR FAILING TO
REPORT THE THEFT OF A FIREARM
WITHIN 24 HOURS TO SPD. THE BILL
WOULD ALSO ADD LIBRARIES, ZOOS
AND AQUARIUMS AND TRANSIT
STATIONS TO THE EXISTING LIST OF
PLACES WHERE WEAPONS ARE
PROHIBITED. NEXT , VEHICLE PROWL
-- PROWLING WOULD BE ADDED. THIS
BILL WOULD ADOPT THE RCW CRIME
VEHICLE PROWLING IN THE 2nd
DEGREE, WHICH IS DEFINED AS
UNLAWFUL ENTRY INTO A VEHICLE
OTHER THAN A MOTORHOME OR BOAT
WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT A
CRIME. THIS WOULD BE A GROSS
MISDEMEANOR. ADDITIONALLY, THERE
ARE SOME -- THERE ARE NEW
CRIMINAL CATEGORIES RELATED TO
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. THE
LEGISLATURE PASSED THESE IN
2024. STATE LEGISLATURE DID
RESPOND TO INCREASING THEFT OF
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. THIS WOULD
REQUIRE THAT CATALYTIC
CONVERTERS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM
A VEHICLE BE MARKED WITH A
PARTIAL VIN NUMBER AND CREATE
NEW GROSS MISDEMEANOR FOR THE
REMOVAL OF SUCH MARKETING OR THE
SALE OF UNMARKED CATALYTIC
CONVERTERS. THIS BILL WOULD ALSO
ADOPT 2025 REVISED CODE OF
WASHINGTON CHANGES THAT EXPAND
THE EXISTING MISDEMEANOR RELATED
TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT ON BUSES.
IT WOULD EXPAND THAT TO FAIRIES
AS WELL. NEXT, THIS BILL WOULD
ADD 2025 RCW CHANGE TO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATED TO IMPERSONATION.
THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR
EXPANDED THAT CATEGORY OF CRIME
TO INCLUDE DISTRIBUTION OF A
VISUAL OR AUDIO LIKENESS OF
ANOTHER PERSON WITH THE LEGAL
INTENT. THE CRIMINAL
IMPERSONATION CRIME ALREADY
EXISTS IN SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE. THIS WOULD ADOPT THAT
ADDITIONAL CHANGE OF CRIMINAL
IMPERSONATION AS IT EXISTS TO
INCLUDE THE CRIME OF
IMPERSONATING A LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER, AMONG OTHER THINGS. AND
THAT IS IT AS FAR AS THE
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES FOR THE
CRIMINAL CODE ORDINANCE. THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL
CHANGES THAT LARGELY RELATE TO
REMOVING UNUSED SECTIONS OF CODE
OR CORRECTING REFERENCES.
>> AND COUNCIL BILL 121081.
>> COUNCIL BILL 121081 IS OUR
TRAFFIC CODE UPDATE ORDINANCE.
THIS WOULD DO THREE THINGS. IT
WOULD EXPAND THE LICENSE PLATE
REQUIREMENTS CURRENTLY EXISTING
IN SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. THIS
IS ANOTHER RECENT CHANGE TO
STATE LAW THAT WAS PASSED LAST
YEAR IN 2024. THIS WOULD,
ESSENTIALLY, PROHIBIT THE USE OF
LICENSE PLATE COVERS. FOLKS MAY
BE FAMILIAR WITH THE TINTED ,
SORT OF CONVEX LICENSE PLATE
COVERS YOU SEE, WHICH ARE
INTENDED TO OBSCURE THE PLATE ,
EITHER FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OR
TO DEFEAT AUTOMATED TRAFFIC
CAMERA ENFORCEMENT. THIS WOULD
CHANGE THE LAW TO MAKE THOSE
ILLEGAL. THE OTHER THING IT
WOULD DO IS IMPLEMENT A 2021
STATE LEGISLATIVE CHANGE THAT
WOULD INCREASE THE RESPONSE TIME
, THE TIME THE FOLKS HAVE TO
RESPOND TO A TRAFFIC TERRIFIC,
ESSENTIALLY FROM 15 DAYS TO 30
DAYS. FINALLY, IT WOULD
ESTABLISH NEW OFFENSES RELATED
TO NEGLIGENT DRIVING WITH A
VULNERABLE USER VICTIM IN THE
FIRST AND 2nd DEGREES.
VULNERABLE USER OF A PUBLIC WAY
IS DEFINED AS PEDESTRIAN, PERSON
RIDING A VEHICLE OTHER THAN AN
AUTOMOBILE. THIS WOULD HAVE NEW
PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH
NEGLIGENT DRIVING THAT ALSO
INCLUDES THE DEATH OR SERIOUS
BODILY INJURY OF SUCH VULNERABLE
VICTIM.
>> THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.
APPRECIATE THE RUNDOWN.
OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE REVIEWED
THESE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT
REALLY GOES TO WHAT THIS IS
REALLY ABOUT. FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEYS PERSPECTIVE, ANYTHING
TO ADD?
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR KETTLE
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
THESE ARE UPDATES TO FOLLOW THE
2023-2024 AND 2025 LEGISLATIVE
SESSIONS. ONE OF THE LARGEST
ITEMS OUT OF THOSE THREE
SESSIONS FROM 2023 THE COUNCIL
ALREADY ADDRESSED WITH
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES. THE ORDINANCE
ADOPTED BY THE CITY. AND SO, THE
CITY HAS AN OBLIGATION UNDER
STATE LAW TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
ALL GROSS MISDEMEANORS AND
MISDEMEANORS OCCURRING IN THE
CITY. SO THIS CATCHES THE CITY
UP ON ITS OBLIGATION TO KEEP UP
WITH THE STATE RCW CRIMES. IT
GETS UP THROUGH THE 2025
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS?
VICE CHAIR, ANY OTHERS FROM THE
COMMITTEE OR COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU,
MR. JOHNSON, MR. KENNY, FOR YOUR
PRESENTATIONS AND SHARING YOUR
THOUGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES WITH
US TODAY. MR. JOHNSON, JUST
CURIOUS. ON THESE THREE BILLS,
ALL WE ARE DOING AT A HIGH LEVEL
IS IMPLEMENTING RECENT CHANGES
TO STATE LAW ALIGNING CITY CODE
WITH RECENT UPDATES TO STATE
STATUTE. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT,
COUNCILMEMBER. THE ONLY THING I
WOULD ADD IS THAT THERE ARE SOME
TECHNICAL FIXES AS WELL THAT ARE
NOT, STRICTLY SPEAKING, STATE
LAW CHANGES. THE PRIMARY THRUST
IS UPDATING SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE TO ALIGN WITH RCW.
>> GOT IT. WITH RESPECT TO THESE
STATE LAW CHANGES, AND THE FINE
AMOUNTS APPLICABLE FOR THESE
THREE BILLS, DO THE STATE
IMPOSED AMOUNTS REFLECT THE
FLOOR OR JUST THE BARE MINIMUM
OF WHAT MUST BE CHARGED IN TERMS
OF FINES OR PENALTIES? OR DO
THEY ALSO REFLECT THE CEILING AS
WELL IN TERMS OF PREEMPTING AND
CAPPING OUR ABILITY TO EXCEED
THAT IN ANY CASE?
>> MAYBE I WILL LET MR. KENNY
ADDRESSED THAT.
>> TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS, THEY
HAVE TO BE THE SAME AS THE STATE
ML. WHEN YOU SEE THE INFRACTION
LEVEL, BUT AS BOTH THE AMOUNTS
AND ESSENTIALLY THE MINIMUM AND
MAXIMUM . THE SET AMOUNT. IT
DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL
FEES THAT ARE ADD-ONS UNDER
STATE LAW OR CITY LAW REGARDING
ASSESSMENT , I GUESS IS A BETTER
WORD. THAT IS A BASE AMOUNT. THE
$125 WE MENTIONED, THAT IS THE
BASE AMOUNT.
>> GOT IT. ESSENTIALLY, A
MIXTURE OF BOTH AT A HIGH LEVEL.
BOTH THE FLOOR AND THE CEILING
IN CERTAIN CASES, BUT IT DOES
LEAVE ROOM FOR LOCAL FLEXIBILITY
TO TACK ON ASSESSMENTS WHERE
APPLICABLE. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES. THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE .
IT IS PARTICULARLY POSSIBLE IN
LOCAL ORDINANCE. THE HARBOR CODE
CHANGE TO $125 AMOUNT. THAT IS
ENTIRELY A CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE . YOU COULD SET THAT
AT ANY AMOUNT . THE LITTERING
AMOUNT IS SET BY THE RCW. HE
WOULD NOT BE FREE TO CHANGE
THAT, OTHER THAN TO THE $125 THE
LEGISLATURE HAS SET.
>> GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
FINAL QUESTION. TO THE EXTENT
THERE IS FLEXIBILITY TO ADD ON
FOR ANY OF THESE FINE AMOUNTS,
DOES THE CITY ATTORNEY HAVE A
POINT OF VIEW IF THERE SHOULD BE
ANY LOCAL VARIANCE TO ACCOUNT
FOR UNIQUE LOCAL SEATTLE
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS? MAYBE FOR
EXAMPLE, WE WANT TO SEND A
SIGNAL IN A PARTICULAR AREA, OR
WE ARE FACED -- WE SUFFER MORE
FROM A PARTICULAR PROBLEM SET IN
TERMS OF CHALLENGES UNIQUE HERE
TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE RELATIVE
TO OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE
WHERE THE LOWER AMOUNT MIGHT BE
APPROPRIATE. JUST GIVEN THE --
GIVING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT
TO THE EXTENT THERE IS
FLEXIBILITY FOR ADJUSTMENT.
>> THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
THINKS THE PROPOSED AMOUNTS ARE
FAIR. THE ASSESSMENTS,
PARTICULARLY FOR THE TRAFFIC
CODE VIOLATION , OR THE TRAFFIC
CODE VIOLATIONS, THE FEES ALMOST
DOUBLE THE BASE AMOUNT. WE'RE
TALKING $125. WE GET CLOSE TO
$250 ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO THE
PERSON THAT STARTS TO BECOME
SIGNIFICANT. REALLY, THE ONLY
POSSIBILITY FOR THE CITY IS ON
THE HARBOR CODE . BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OVER THAT.
BUT WE BELIEVE $125 IS A FAIR
AMOUNT FOR THAT OF COURSE, IT IS
UP TO THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.
WE HAVE BEEN TOUCHING ON
INFRACTIONS. BUT OF COURSE, A
NUMBER OF CRIMINAL LAW CHANGES.
MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES HAVE $1000
MAXIMUM PENALTY. FINANCIAL
PENALTY, IN ADDITION TO 90 DAYS
OF JAIL. THE GROSS MISDEMEANORS
HAVE $5000 WITH A MAXIMUM OF 3
TO 64 DAYS IN JAIL. THERE ARE NO
MANDATORY MINIMUMS SET ON THESE.
WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THE
COUNCIL TO POTENTIALLY SET SOME
KIND OF MANDATORY MINIMUMS. WE
BELIEVE LEAVING THAT AT THE
DISCRETION OF THE MUNICIPAL
COURT, JUDICIAL DISCRETION, IT
CAN BE ANYWHERE ON A MISDEMEANOR
UP TO 90 DAYS AND $1000 OR GROSS
MISDEMEANOR 364 DAYS OF $5000.
FOR THESE CRIMES LISTED HERE,
THESE PROPOSED CHANGES, I WOULD
BELIEVE LEAVING THOSE IN THOSE
RANGES FOR THE JUDICIARY TO
DECIDE ON THOSE . IN ANY
PARTICULAR CASE BASED ON
PARTICULAR FACTS WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE.
>> THANK YOU. NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HAD A
QUESTION.
>> -- YOU ARE ON MUTE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ON ITEM
NUMBER FIVE . ALL SIX OF THESE
ARE ALL GROSS MISDEMEANORS TO BE
HEARD IN SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT, CORRECT?
>> YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE
CRIMINAL LAW CHANGES?
>> ALL SIX.
>> YES. THE CRIMES THAT ARE
BEING ADDED ARE A COMBINATION OF
EITHER MISDEMEANORS OR GROSS
MISDEMEANORS. ADDING THESE WOULD
ALLOW THEM TO BE HEARD IN
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT.
>> THANK YOU. ON ITEM NUMBER
SIX, I'M GOING TO NEED A LITTLE
HELP ON THIS ONE. THE NEGLIGENT
DRIVING WITH A VULNERABLE USER
VICTIM. I SEE THAT YOU HAVE IT
DOWN AS A GROSS MISDEMEANOR WITH
NO JAIL TIME. YOU JUST HAVE A
FIRST-DEGREE 1000 MANDATORY, 90
DAY SUSPENDED LICENSE. IS THIS A
MIX OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL? HOW
DOES THIS WORK?
>> THIS IS MATCHING UP WITH
STATE LAW, WHICH TOOK NEGLIGENT
DRIVING WITH A VULNERABLE VICTIM
USER, WHICH WAS AN INFRACTION
AND IS CURRENTLY AN INFRACTION
IN SEATTLE MISCIBLE CODE, AND
DIVIDE THE IN TWO FOR 1st DEGREE
BEING A CRIME, A GROSS
MISDEMEANOR, AND THAT IS IF
THERE IS A DEATH INVOLVED.
NEGLIGENT DRIVING AND A DEATH
EQUALS THAT CRIME OF NEGLIGENT
DRIVING WITH A VULNERABLE VICTIM
USER IN THE 1st DEGREE. SEPARATE
IS SECOND-DEGREE THAT MAINTAINS
THE INFRACTION CURRENTLY WITH A
$1000 MINIMUM PENALTY. THAT
INVOLVES NEGLIGENT DRIVING PLUS
SUBSTANTIAL OR SERIOUS BODILY
INJURY, BUT NOT DEATH. THERE IS
THAT DIVIDING LINE TAKING
NEGLIGENT DRIVING DEATH IS THE
FIRST DRIVING THAT 1st DEGREE,
SECONDARY INFRACTION MANDATORY
-- MANDATORY MINIMUM $1000.
>> WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
DEATH AND EVERYTHING, I'M
WONDERING WHY IT ISN'T IN THE
KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT AS A
FELONY. I MEAN, HELP ME HERE.
WHAT IS A VULNERABLE USER
VICTIM? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE ON SCOOTERS?
>> THE VULNERABLE USER VICTIM
DEFINITION IS -- IT IS
ESSENTIALLY A PEDESTRIAN, BUT
BROADER THAN THAT, IT COULD BE
SOMEONE ON A SCOOTER. IT COULD
BE SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR.
SOMEONE ON A BICYCLE. MR. KENNY
CAN CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THE TYPE OF
CONDUCT THAT COULD SUBJECT
SOMEONE TO THIS TRAFFIC
INFRACTION COULD ALSO SUGGEST
THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY TO CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION FOR ANOTHER CRIME
THAT MAY BE A FELONY OR MAY NOT
BE.
>> ACTUALLY, THAT WOULD BE
UNLIKELY. FOR VEHICULAR
HOMICIDE, OR VEHICULAR ASSAULT,
WHICH WOULD BE FELONIES THE KING
COUNTY PROSECUTOR UP HIS OFFICE
WOULD HANDLE, THESE CRIMES ,
INITIALLY THE INFRACTION, NOW
THE GROSS MISDEMEANOR CRIME, AND
THE INFRACTION, ARE DESIGNED TO
FILL A NICHE AREA WHERE THERE
WAS NOTHING, YOU WERE EITHER A
REGULAR HOMICIDE OR NOTHING.
SOME TYPE OF SMALL INFRACTION.
THE LEGISLATURE HAS DIVIDED
THESE IN TWO BASED ON DEATH OR
SERIOUS HARM TO AT LEAST MAKE
THE DEATH PIECE A CRIME. IT IS
NOT DESIGNED, IT DOESN'T
REPLACE IT ANYWAY VEHICULAR
HOMICIDE OR ASSAULT. THOSE STILL
EXIST. DOES HAVE A SLIGHTLY
HIGHER STANDARD OF PROOF,
PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE MENS
REA OF THOSE CRIMES. THE MENTAL
INTENT OF THE DRIVER. THIS IS
DESIGNED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF
CONSEQUENCE , PARTICULARLY IF
SOMEBODY DIES. THAT THERE IS
SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
CURRENTLY UNDER SEATTLE CITY
CODE, THAT IS AN INFRACTION. THE
LEGISLATURE HAS NOW EXPANDED
THAT TO BE A CRIME IF THERE IS A
DEATH MAINTAINING INFRACTION IF
IT IS ONLY SERIOUS INJURY. KIND
OF FEELS THAT FILTHY NICHE AREA.
THE FIRST REVIEW, THE WAY THE
STABILITY COME TO US, THESE ARE
REFERRALS, DROP DOWN FROM THE
KING COUNTY'S PROSECUTOR'S
OFFICE WHERE THEY REFUSE . SO
THE COME TO US. BEFORE IT MIGHT
BE, A SPEEDING INFRACTION OR
LEFT TURN VIOLATION OR WHATEVER
IT IS. NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING
THAT IS A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS.
IT FILLS A VOID, I SHOULD SAY
THAT WE CAN AT LEAST DO
SOMETHING.
>> MR. CHAIR, CAN I HAVE A
FOLLOW-UP?
>> YES.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SO
DENSE THIS MORNING. DRIVING WITH
A FOLDABLE USER VICTIM AGAIN,
WHAT IS THE FACT PATTERN? WHAT
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? GIVE ME AN
EXAMPLE. WHEN I BROUGHT UP THE
SCOOTER, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE
ON THE SIDEWALK AND STREET AND
HIT PEOPLE. IS THAT WHAT THE
STATE WAS GETTING AT AND THE
CITY IS ALIGNING ITSELF TO THIS
CONDUCT TO STOP THE BEHAVIOR?
>> A GOOD EXAMPLE IS MAKING A
LEFT TURN AND HITTING A
BICYCLIST AND KILLING THEM. NOT
INTOXICATED. NOT DRIVING TOO
FAST. JUST DIDN'T SEE THEM.
NEEDED TO MAKE THAT LEFT TURN.
YOU HAVE TO YIELD. DIDN'T YIELD
OR SEE THEM. HIT THEM AND KILLED
THEM. COULD ALSO BE A
PEDESTRIAN. GENERALLY, EITHER
PEDESTRIANS, SOMEBODY WALKING,
SOMEBODY RUNNING, OR SOMEBODY ON
A BICYCLE.
>> OKAY. NOW I GET IT. NOW I
UNDERSTAND. YOU ARE PROTECTING
PEOPLE ON BIKES, PEDESTRIANS,
WHEELCHAIRS WHEN PEOPLE TAKE A
HARD LEFT OR RIGHT AND DON'T
LOOK. AND THEY DO IT ALL THE
TIME. GOT IT. THANK YOU FOR
INDULGING ME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. THAT IS SOMETHING WE
HAVE SEEN ABOUT 10 OR 12 YEARS
AGO ON OUR STREETS. LIKE A DUMP
TRUCK HITTING AN INDIVIDUAL.
PART OF THE INITIATION OF ALL
THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING ,
LIKE PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND
ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN
DOING. DIFFERENT LIGHTING
SYSTEMS. BUT AS YOU NOTED, THESE
THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN. THANK
YOU FOR THAT.
>> HAVE MULTIPLE OF THESE CASES
IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU. HEALTH A MEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU
-- EVEN THOUGH I DON'T SIT ON
THIS COMMITTEE, LETTING ME
PARTICIPATE BY ASKING QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING
HERE. MY QUESTION IS -- TRANSIT
STATIONS.
>> WHICH I FULLY SUPPORT. I
DON'T KNOW , ARE PLAYGROUNDS
ALREADY A PART OF THAT LAW? DO
YOU KNOW?
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. NO.
>> THEY ARE NOT. SO WE NEED TO
ADD PLAYGROUNDS TO THAT. THAT IS
A MISS, IN MY OPINION.
>> WE CAN WORK WITH THE OLYMPIA
DELEGATION.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. BUT IT
DOESN'T SPECIFY CONCEALED OR
NOT.
>> THAT'S TRUE REGARDLESS.
>> THE CANNOT AT ALL. GREAT TO
HEAR ON THAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
>> THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON AND
MR. KENNY. I REALLY APPRECIATE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH
THIS. IT IS SIMPLE AND
STRAIGHTFORWARD. AS YOU KNOW, IT
IS A COPY AND PASTE FROM RCW TO
S MC. REALLY A TECHNICAL
GENERALLY. TO HAVE THIS
DISCUSSION. YOUR POINT ABOUT
SOME TYPE OF CONSEQUENCE IS
REALLY IMPORTANT. IT IS ABOUT
BRINGING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THESE
PIECES. OUR PLAN TALKS ABOUT A
PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENT. BECAUSE
YOU DON'T HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY.
TO YOUR POINT, THERE WASN'T SOME
TYPE OF CONSEQUENCE. COLLEAGUES,
MOVING FORWARD , I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 121079. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON COUNCIL
BILL 121 ON COUNCIL BILL 121079?
OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR
AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON. I
MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 121080. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS? SEEING AND
HEARING NONE. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO PASS
COUNCIL BILL 121080?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR,
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES. THE
COMMITTEE RECOGNITION THAT THE
BILL PASSED WILL BE SENT TO THE
CITY COUNCIL. FINALLY, COUNCIL
BILL 121081. I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE . IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON COUNCIL
BILL 121081? SEEING AND HEARING
NONE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR
AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES. THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL
PASSED WILL BE SENT TO CITY
COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 7. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, MR. KENNY AND MR.
JOHNSON, FOR THIS. CLERK, PLEASE
MOVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
>> COUNCIL BILL 121064,
ORDINANCE RELATING TO REMOVING
THE CITY RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
FOR JUDGES PRO TEMPORE IN
SEATTLE AMENDING SECTION 3.33
3.33.140 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> MR. JOHNSON. DON'T GO
ANYWHERE. WE HAD PRESIDING JUDGE
CRAWFORD WILLIS HERE WITH US .
THIS IS RELATED TO ALLOWING
JUDGES PRO TEMPORE TO RESIDE
OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE . I AM MOVING
THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF COUNTABLE 121064 . IS
THERE A SECOND? MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
THE BILL. ARE THERE ANY FINAL
COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL 121 --
WE STILL HAVE MR. JOHNSON IN
CHAMBERS. THIS IS PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD. I JUST WANT TO
ASK THAT QUESTION. ANY
QUESTIONS? OKAY. EXCELLENT.
MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF THE BILL. ALREADY
SAID THAT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 121064?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FOUR IN FAVOR
AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES
AND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE BILL PASSED WILL BE
SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
ON OCTOBER 7. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, COLLEAGUES, FOR THAT.
CLEANING UP SOME BUSINESS ,
WHICH ALLOWS US, IN SOME
RESPECTS, TO GET TO THE SECOND
MAIN EVENT AFTER THE FIRST
AGENDA ITEM. WE NOW MOVE ON TO
THE LAST COMMITTEE ITEM OF
BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE
UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ,
DIRECTOR KIM FROM HST. WE HAVE A
FULL GROUP HERE TO INCLUDE MS.
PABLO AND FROM HST, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND DR. LEE
HUNT FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. DIRECTOR KIM, CAN
YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN HAVE
THE REST OF THE PANEL ALSO
INTRODUCED THEMSELVES? AND THEN
OVER TO YOU, DIRECTOR KIM, TO
START THE PRESENTATION.
>> I AM DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> GOOD MORNING. COMMUNITY
DIVISIONS DIRECTOR WITH THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> GOOD MORNING. LEE HUNT WITH
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CRIME AND
COMMUNITY HARM REDUCTION.
>> RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
MANAGER AT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
>> BEFORE WE BEGIN, I DO WANT TO
NOTE THAT WE SUBMITTED A
CORRECTED DECK. I WILL POINT OUT
WHAT THE CHANGE IS , ESPECIALLY
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. YOU DO
HAVE A HANDOUT IN FRONT OF YOU,
COUNCIL MEMBERS . FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC, WE WILL SHARE
THAT THERE ARE TWO CORRECTIONS.
ONE IS THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENT
SLIDE SIX WHERE WE POINT TO THE
AUDITORS REPORT ON GUN VIOLENCE
. AND THEN, THE SECOND
CORRECTION IS ON SLIDE 14 . YOU
WILL NOTE IN THE ORIGINAL SLIDE
THERE WAS AN ASTERISKS . WHAT IT
WAS POINTING TO IS THE DATE WHEN
THE DATA WAS PULLED. AND THAT
GOT LOST ON THE BOTTOM WHEN WE
SUBMITTED IT. I APOLOGIZE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THE DATE FELL OFF. I
APOLOGIZE. IMPORTANT TO KNOW
WHAT DATE THE DATA IS REFORMED
TO. BUT THAT, I WILL PROCEED.
CHAIR KETTLE AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
HST AND OUR PARTNER, SPD, HERE
AT TODAY'S PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE. WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND
CLEAR ABOUT HAVING SEAMLESS
SERVICES AND MAKING SURE THAT
DEPARTMENTS, AND ALSO OTHER
ENTITIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY,
WORK BETTER TOGETHER. WE ARE
HERE TO DEMONSTRATE THE
IMPROVEMENTS WITH OUR WORK. WITH
THAT, WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN THE
AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO BEEN --
BEGIN WITH THE ONE SEATTLE
RESTORATION FRAMEWORK WERE THAT
TONE AND FRAMEWORK IS SETTING
THE PACE FOR ALL THE
DEPARTMENTS. WE ARE GOING TO
SHARE DETAILS OF THE NEW
COMMUNITY SAFETY MODEL AND
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. WE WILL
CLOSE, OF COURSE, WITH
QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE
HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS AS
THEY COME UP. I WOULD RECOMMEND
THAT, PERHAPS, WE GO THROUGH THE
DECK AND THEN FOLLOW UP. BECAUSE
WE ARE LAYERING INFORMATION.
>> I THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA,
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH
WE CAUGHT UP PRETTY QUICKLY
THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ITEMS, WE
DON'T HAVE TONS OF TIME. I
THINK FOR THE REASONS YOU SAID,
BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT WE DO
HAVE TIME TO DO QUESTIONS,
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET
BOGGED DOWN.
>> OF COURSE, WE WILL FOLLOW UP
WITH ANY QUESTIONS ANY MEMBER
HAS AS WELL. WITH THAT, I DO
WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF
CONTEXT. WE WERE HERE -- IT
FEELS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY WHEN
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE AUDIT
. WE HAD MANY DEPARTMENTS AROUND
THE TABLE AND PROMISED WE WOULD
COME BACK. I JOKED THAT DR. HUNT
WOULD JOIN US. AND IT BECAME
REAL. I JOKED BECAUSE WE DO
HAVE, AND YOU WILL SEE, MORE
FORMALIZED RELATIONSHIP THAT IS
DATA INFORMED. SO WHAT BETTER
WAY TO HAVE REPRESENTATION THAN
FOR HIM TO BE AT THE TABLE AND
SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE WORK AND
HOW IT HAS INFLUENCED OUR MODEL
AND RFB.
>> I NOTED THAT. THANK YOU,
DIRECTOR.
>> WE HEAR YOU. WITH THAT,
LET'S START WITH THE MAYOR'S
ONE RESTORATION FRAMEWORK. AS
YOU KNOW, AND THERE WAS AN
EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION HERE AT
COMMITTEE AND WITH COUNCIL OF
THIS FRAMEWORK, SO I WON'T GO
INTO FURTHER TOO MUCH DETAIL.
BUT FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC AND
FOR GROUNDING, I WANT TO THANK
THE MAYOR AND CHIEF PUBLIC
SAFETY OFFICER FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP IN SETTING THE VISION
FOR THE CITY. IT IS
COMPREHENSIVE AND CLEAR. SAFETY,
AS YOU KNOW, IS THE MAYOR'S TOP
PRIORITY. HE HAS ASKED
DEPARTMENTS TO ALIGN AND SHOW
RESULTS BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN
THIS FRAMEWORK FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC I WILL READ THE CITYWIDE
VISION. BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT.
THE ONE SEATTLE RESTORATION
FRAMEWORK IS A COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH TO CREATING A SAFER
SEATTLE. IT SETS THE CITY 'S
NORTHSTAR AS SAFETY FOR EVERY
PERSON IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND
CHARTS AND ACTIONABLE PATH TO
ADDRESS THE VERY REAL CHALLENGES
WE HAVE THROUGH INVESTMENTS,
INNOVATIONS, PARTNERS, AND NEW
AND EXPANDED PROGRAMS. YOU CAN
SEE ACE FREHLEY OF AGENCIES
THROUGHOUT ALL OF THEM. OF THE
SIX STRATEGIES YOU SEE ON THE
RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT REALLY HAS A
NEXUS TO NUMBER ONE, REDUCE GUN
VIOLENCE, NUMBER FOUR, CONFRONT
THE OPIOID CRISIS WITH THE
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
APPROACH, AND NUMBER SIX, TACKLE
THE ROOT CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF
VIOLENCE . FOR TODAY'S
BRIEFING, BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO
TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY, WE
ARE GOING TO LEAN INTO NUMBER
ONE AND NUMBER SIX. WE KNOW GUN
VIOLENCE REMAINS A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS WITH DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACT ACROSS AGE, RACE AND
PLACE. WE KNOW THROUGH SPD DATA
THAT A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER
OF INDIVIDUALS ARE CAUSING THE
MOST HARM IN COMMUNITIES
IMPACTED BY SIGNIFICANT GUN
VIOLENCE. FROM MY READINGS, THIS
IS ALSO TRUE ACROSS THE NATION.
THIS MEANS WE FOCUS , WE MUST
FOCUS, OUR INVESTMENTS ON THE
RIGHT PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT
STRATEGIES TO MAKE MEANINGFUL
IMPACT. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
HEARD FROM CHIEF BARNES A LOT,
AND UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP WITH
HIS NEW TEAM, INCLUDING DR.
HUNT, WE WORKED QUICKLY TO ALIGN
EFFORTS. THE CHIEF HAS SAID THAT
HE AND THE MAYOR "SHARE A VISION
THAT CRIME PREVENTION AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY IS A SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY, AND THAT EVERY
COMMUNITY MEMBER PLAYS A ROLE IN
KEEPING SEATTLE SAFE. " HST
SHARES IN THIS VISION AND ARE
HERE TO DO OUR PART. AS YOU
KNOW, HST PROVIDES MAJOR
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS . WE VALUE THE
COMMUNITY WORK IN THIS EFFORT AS
WELL. WE HAVE DONE OUR HOMEWORK.
WE HAVE LISTENED TO COMMUNITY.
HST AND KEY PARTNERS OF THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE MADE SITE VISITS
TO BALTIMORE AND OAKLAND. I WILL
JUST SAY THROUGH THE MAGIC OF
TECHNOLOGY, ONE OF THOSE WAS
PHYSICAL AND THE OTHER WAS
THROUGH VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONS
AND DEEP DIVE VIRTUALLY.
ADDRESSING THE COMMENTERS
EARLIER APPOINTMENT. TWO CITIES
THAT HAVE SEEN GREAT IMPACTS,
BALTIMORE AND OAKLAND. WE DID A
DEEP DIVE. BUT WE ALSO
RESEARCHED OTHER CITIES WHO ARE
USING SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY
STRATEGIES, SUCH AS MINNEAPOLIS,
BOSTON, CHICAGO, D.C. AND NEW
YORK CITY. WE HAVE DONE
EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR
FAMILIES, LOCAL LEADERS AND
PROVIDERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY
DOING THIS WORK. IN PREPARATION
FOR THE NEW MODEL, HST HAS
EXPANDED OUR DATA AND EVALUATION
EXPERTISE BY HIRING IN-HOUSE
RESEARCHERS. WE HAVE MORE
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE.
ACTUALLY, OWEN IS RELATIVELY NEW
IN HIS CAPACITY. WE HAVE
PARTNERED WITH SEATTLE I.T. WE
ARE DEVELOPING A DEDICATED
DATABASE TO TRACK PERFORMANCE
AND REFERRALS. AND WE HAVE
DEDICATED FUNDS NOW FOR AN
EXTERNAL EVALUATOR. I KNOW THERE
HAS BEEN A CALL FOR THAT. WE ARE
STRATEGICALLY PARTNERING, NOT
ONLY WITH SPD, BUT THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING, SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, AND
MANY OTHERS FOR ANALYSIS,
REFERRAL PROCESSES AND
COORDINATION. AT THE END OF THE
DAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A
YOUNG PERSON OR THEIR FAMILY WHO
NEEDS OUR SERVICES ARE ABLE TO
QUICKLY AND SUCCESSFULLY ACCESS
THE CARE AND SUPPORT THEY NEED.
WE ARE INCREASING OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY BY REQUIRING
PROVIDERS -- I THINK THIS IS
IMPORTANT -- WE ARE INCREASING
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY BY REQUIRING
PROVIDERS TO HAVE COMMON
MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND
WORKFORCE STANDARDS THAT REQUIRE
ONGOING TRAINING , AND IN SOME
CASES, CERTIFICATIONS. I WON'T
GO THROUGH THIS IN MORE DETAIL.
BUT WE GOT SOME ADVICE TO OFFER
, JUST AT A GLANCE, OUR CURRENT
STATE OF OUR CONTRACTED
PORTFOLIO, WHAT THAT CURRENTLY
LOOKS LIKE, AND THE CHANGE THAT
WILL OCCUR IN 2026. WILL GO OVER
THE TIMELINE. WE WILL TALK ABOUT
THE STRATEGIES IN MORE DETAIL.
BUT THE CURRENT STATE IS THE
CONTRACTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THE
MODEL WE ARE CURRENTLY
OVERSEEING . AND THEN, THE
REASON WHY I SAY 2026 IS BECAUSE
THE RFP HAS RELEASED THIS YEAR
FOR THE CONTRACTS TO BEGIN IN
2026. SO JUST GROUNDING US AND
WHY THE 2026 CHANGE. FIRST, I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS
OF QUALITY. I ALLUDED TO SOME OF
THESE THINGS BEFORE. THE CITY
WILL SUPPORT A COHESIVE NETWORK
OF SERVICES AND A SEAMLESS
REFERRAL PROCESS. I WANT TO
UNDERSCORE THE WORD SEAMLESS,
CHAIR KETTLE. THE CURRENT
CONTRACTORS ARE NOT ALL ALIGNED
AND HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, DIFFERENT
WAYS IN WHICH THEY DO INTAKES,
FOR EXAMPLE. IN ADDITION TO THE
STRUCTURE , THE ACTUAL NETWORK,
WE EXPECT CONSISTENT HIGH
QUALITY SERVICES. AGAIN, WE WILL
OFFER THOSE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. FOR
EXAMPLE, AND ERIKA WILL GO INTO
THIS, BUT WHAT ONE COMMUNITY
NEIGHBORHOOD OF SPIRITS IS WITH
CASE MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE THE
STANDARD LEVEL OF CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES FELT
ELSEWHERE. SECOND,
ACCOUNTABILITY. ALL SELECTED
PROVIDERS HAVE THE SAME
NORTHSTAR . THANK YOU, MAYOR
HARRELL, WITH THE ONE SEATTLE
FRAMEWORK , RESTORATION
FRAMEWORK. WE ARE COMMITTED TO
EXTERNAL EVALUATIONS. SO THIS
WILL EVOLVE. AND WE WILL PROVIDE
AN EXTRA LAYER OF ACCOUNTABILITY
AND CONTINUOUS QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT. YOU WILL NOT SEE A
STAGNANT SET OF PROVIDERS AND
CONTRACTS OVER THE NEXT FOUR
YEAR PERIOD. WE WILL BE A
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. HAPPY TO
REPORT ON WHAT WE LEARN. THIRD,
WE ARE GETTING FOCUSED. THIS IS
A CALL THAT THE CITY AUDITORS
OFFICE HAS ASKED FOR TOO. BUT I
WANT TO CAUTION THAT FOCUS
DOESN'T MEAN ONE STRATEGY FOR
ONE POPULATION. IT REALLY DOES
MEAN THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DATA
INFORMED PLACE-BASED SERVICES.
SO PART OF THE FOCUS , AND BEING
CURRENT WITH CURRENT DATA, IS
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN
CENTRAL, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE ARE GOING
TO EXPAND TO THE NORTH SIDE.
THAT IS NEW FOR US. IN ADDITION,
THE SELECTED PROVIDERS WILL
PROVIDE AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT
TYPES OF STRATEGIES. THAT IS
EMBEDDED INTO THE INTERVENTION,
SCHOOL SAFETY AND SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES. IN SHORT, THE REQUEST
FOR PROPOSAL WHICH WAS RELEASED
THIS MORNING AND IS LIVE ON OUR
WEBSITE, WILL OFFER AN RFP
PROCESS THAT WILL ASSURE OUR
CONTRACTED PROVIDERS ARE
COMMITTED TO A SHARED MODEL AND
VISION, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW AS A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF A DISPARATE COLLECTION
OF PROVIDERS. I'M GOING TO DO
-- THIS IS A QUICK REVIEW OF THE
NEW SLIDE. THIS IS NOT ATTACHED
TO THE AGENDA. THIS IS, IN
SHORT, A BRIEF HIGH LEVEL
OVERLAY OF SOME OF THE CITY
AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON
GUN VIOLENCE AND WHERE WE HAVE ,
OUR DEPARTMENT HAS ALIGNED. I
KNOW IN THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S
COMMITTEE SHE WAS ASKING IF WE
COULD JUST TELL US WHERE WE HAVE
ALIGNED. WE WANTED TO BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLICIT. AGAIN,
THERE WAS A CALL FOR US TO LEARN
FROM PEERS CITIES. IN FACT, IT
IS LISTED, BALTIMORE AND
OAKLAND. IN FACT, WE ALSO
REACHED OUT TO JOHN HOPKINS IN
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. I AM
SAYING SHE BECAUSE IT IS
CLAUDIA. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE
FOR YEARS, EVEN BEFORE WE HAD
OUR CURRENT SET OF INVESTMENTS,
UNDER PREVIOUS MODELS OF THE
SEATTLE YOUTH VIOLENCE
PREVENTION INITIATIVE. THEY HAVE
DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND
RECOMMENDATIONS ON OUTREACH AND
OTHER COMPONENTS OF THAT. JUST
WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT ONE OF
THE THEMES HAS BEEN SETTING
ASIDE DOLLARS FOR AN EXTERNAL
EVALUATOR, WHICH WE HAVE DONE.
WE ARE UTILIZING PLACE-BASED
INTERVENTIONS IN EXPANSION TO
NORTH SEATTLE. THAT WAS -- ONE
OF THE EXAMPLES , THEY ADVISED
US TO TAKE A STRONG LOOK AT TWO
ESPECIALLY -- POTENTIALLY EXPAND
TO RAINIER BEACH. THAT IS AN
EXAMPLE OF PLACE-BASED STRATEGY.
FINALLY, HIGHLIGHTING WE WILL
HAVE AN APPROVED SYSTEMS
COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY
PROVIDERS. WE ARE MOVING AWAY
FROM A FEW AGENCIES OR ONE
AGENCY WORKING WITH THE YOUNG
PEOPLE OR FAMILIES THAT THEY
HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH, OR IN
THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE WITH, BUT
WE HAVE A COORDINATED RESPONSE.
TO YOU, TO THE PUBLIC, WE WILL
KNOW HOW TO MAKE REFERRALS AND
BE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE AND MAKE
SURE FOLKS GET THE SERVICES THEY
NEED. WE ARE GOING TO WORK
CLOSELY WITH SPD. WE ARE
IDENTIFYING WHERE WE NEED TO BE
AND LEARN FROM THE DATA. AND
WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO PIVOT.
AND OF COURSE, THE MAYORS OFFICE
PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM UNDER PUBLIC
SAFETY OFFICER AND OTHERS WITH
THE RESTORATION FRAMEWORK. THIS
MORNING TO POINT THAT OUT THAT
WE HAVE ALIGNED AND ARE DOING
THE WORK. WITH THAT, WHAT IS THE
RFP? I WILL GIVE YOU A
HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE
COMMUNITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC ARE
ANNOUNCING ON OUR WEBSITE. WE
HAVE AVAILABLE FUNDING OF UP TO
14.7 MILLION. THE PRIORITY
POPULATION THAT WE WILL EXPECT
TO WORK WITH -- AND THIS IS
GENERAL, BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE
THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A
MAJORITY FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND
YOUTH, AND WE WILL EXPLAIN
THROUGH THE STRATEGIES. BUT THE
GENERAL AGES ARE UP TO 35.
GENERALLY 10 TO 35. WE DON'T
EXCLUDE PEOPLE, BUT THAT IS OUR
FOCUS. THAT IS WHAT THE DATA
SAYS. AND THEIR FAMILIES
IMPACTED BY, AND/OR, INVOLVED IN
GUN VIOLENCE IN SEATTLE. BECAUSE
THERE IS AN EMPHASIS AND ALSO
ENSURING SERVICES ARE PROVIDED
WHO ARE BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICA,
AFRICAN DESCENT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. AGAIN, HERE ARE THE
PLACE-BASED AREAS. THE EXPANSION
IS INTO THE NORTH SIDE. ROUNDING
OUT SOME CRITICAL INFORMATION
YOU WILL WANT TO KNOW AT A HIGH
LEVEL OF THE RFP IS THE
INVESTMENT AREAS. AGAIN, LASTING
COMMUNITY SAFETY CANNOT BE
ACHIEVED THROUGH A SINGLE
APPROACH OR SINGLE ACTIVITY . WE
ARE INVESTING IN THREE DIFFERENT
STRATEGIC AREAS. THAT IS GUIDED
BY EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES. SO
INTERVENTION SERVICES. THESE ARE
THE INTENSIVE. WE WILL EXPLAIN
THAT . NUMBER TWO IS THE SCHOOL
SAFETY SERVICES. WE HAVE
ACTUALLY BEEN HERE AND HAVE
TALKED WITH COMMITTEE AND THE
GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT SCHOOL
SAFETY SERVICES. NOTHING HAS
CHANGED. WE ARE JUST EXPANDING
IT TO ENSURE ALL 11 SCHOOLS
RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES THROUGH
THIS PROCESS. GREAT EMPHASIS ON
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WHICH IS
THE BULK OF INVESTMENTS AROUND
PREVENTION. YOU CAN SEE THE
OUTCOMES AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WE NEED TO SEE A DECREASE IN GUN
VIOLENCE. WE ARE, THEREFORE,
GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN
SAFETY AND WELL-BEING, AND FOR
THE SCHOOL-BASED WHERE STUDENTS
WILL REPORT FEELING SAFER AT
SCHOOL. THAT IS WHAT WE EXPECT
TO SEE. AND SO, WITH THAT, I
WILL HAND IT OVER TO OWEN, HE
WILL GET A LITTLE BIT NERDY AND
TALK ABOUT THE MODEL AND
STRATEGIES.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. TODAY I
WILL WALK YOU ALL THROUGH A
HIGH-LEVEL MODEL OF THE HST
APPROACH TO ADDRESSING GUN
VIOLENCE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY.
BEFORE I START, I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT YOU WILL SEE
ON THE SCREEN IS VERY MUCH A
SIMPLIFICATION OF A VERY COMPLEX
ISSUE. BUT THIS MODEL IS HELPFUL
CONTEXT FOR UNDERSTANDING OUR
APPROACH. IN OUR MODEL, WE HAVE
FOUR STATES THAT PEOPLE CAN BE
IN. FIRST YOU SEE HERE FOLKS WHO
ARE FREE FROM GUN VIOLENCE.
THOSE WERE NOT INVOLVED WERE
IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE.
SECOND, WE HAVE THOSE AT RISK OF
GUN VIOLENCE INVOLVEMENT. PEOPLE
WHO ARE AT RISK OF EITHER
COMMITTING OR BEING A VICTIM OF
GUN VIOLENCE. THIRD WE HAVE
THOSE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN GUN
VIOLENCE. PEOPLE WHO EITHER
COMMIT OR ARE A VICTIM OF GUN
VIOLENCE. AND LAST, WE HAVE
FOLKS THAT MOVE ON TO POST GUN
VIOLENCE INVOLVEMENT. THOSE WHO
HAVE PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED, BEEN
A VICTIM OF, OR CLOSELY
CONNECTED SOMEONE INVOLVED IN
GUN VIOLENCE WHO IS NO LONGER AT
RISK OF CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT.
PEOPLE CAN MOVE BETWEEN THESE
STATES. PEOPLE WHO ARE FREE FROM
GUN VIOLENCE CAN BECOME AT RISK.
AN EVENT CAN INSTIGATE VIOLENCE
WITH SOMEONE AT RISK OF
INVOLVEMENT. SINCE GUN VIOLENCE
INVOLVEMENT PREDICTS FUTURE
INVOLVEMENT, PEOPLE CAN GET
STUCK IN THE CYCLE UNTIL
SOMETHING INTERRUPTS IT. THAT
INTERRUPTION CAN MOVE ON TO POST
GUN VIOLENCE INVOLVEMENT. WE
ALSO HAVE THE PATH AT THE BOTTOM
THAT WE WILL FOCUS ON WITH MANY
INVESTMENTS, WHICH IS TO MOVE
PEOPLE FROM AT RISK TO POST GUN
VIOLENCE INVOLVEMENT BY
INTERVENING BEFORE VIOLENCE
OCCURS. TO DECREASE GUN VIOLENCE
IN SEATTLE, WE WANT TO MOVE EACH
OF THESE IN THE DIRECTION SHOWN
ON THE SCREEN. WANT TO DECREASE
HOW MANY PEOPLE BECOME AT RISK,
INCREASE INTERVENTION OF
VIOLENCE BEFORE IT HAPPENS, AND
INTERRUPT CYCLES OF VIOLENCE.
THE SHADED AREA IS WHERE SOME OF
THE MOST HIGH IMPACT WORK
HAPPENS. IN OUR RESEARCH, BOTH
WITH LITERATURE AND TALKING WITH
PEERS AND OTHER CITIES, AS WELL
AS LOOKING AT DATA LOCALLY WITH
OUR PARTNERS AT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WE KNOW THAT A SMALL
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN CITIES ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR A MAJORITY OF
THE GUN VIOLENCE. COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE FOCUSED ON THIS AREA
TARGETING INTERVENTIONS AND
RESOURCES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL
IN DECREASING GUN VIOLENCE. BY
IMPLEMENTING THESE LEARNINGS
HERE IN SEATTLE, WE CAN MOVE THE
NEEDLE. THIS WORK IS VITALLY
IMPORTANT, BUT IT CANNOT STAND
ALONE. TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOCUSING
ON THIS AREA MUST BE PART OF A
LARGER ECOSYSTEM OF STRATEGIES
THAT INCREASE COMMUNITY
WELL-BEING, SPANNING THE
CONTINUUM FROM PREVENTION TO
INTERVENTION TO RESTORATION. I
WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING IMPORTANT
HERE IS THAT THERE IS A LOT. HST
HAS WORKED TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY
WELL-BEING GOING BEYOND BUT
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT TODAY THAT IS CRUCIAL FOR
ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE IN
SEATTLE.. IF WE FADE THE
FRAMEWORK INTO THE BACKER, WE
CAN SEE HOW THE STRATEGIES SPAN
THE CONTINUUM. ARE INTERVENTION
SERVICES MUST CLEARLY OVERLAP
WITH THE HIGH IMPACT
INTERVENTION, WORKING WITH
THOSE, THAT SMALL GROUP OF
FOLKS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT IS NOT THE ONLY STRATEGY.
STUDENT SAFETY WORK WILL HAVE
BOTH PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
ELEMENTS. WE ALSO HAVE THE
REENTRY WORK, WHICH IS CURRENTLY
CONTRACTED AND WILL BE AN RFP AT
A LATER DATE. THAT IS MORE ON
THE RESTORATION SIDE. AND ALL OF
THIS WORK WILL BE BOLSTERED BY A
SAFETY NETWORK ORDINATION AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
TO ENSURE THAT OUR ENTIRE
CONTINUUM OF PROVIDERS IS
COORDINATING EFFORTS. THIS WILL
ALSO BE RFP AT A LATER DATE.
WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT TO
ERIKA TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL
ABOUT THESE STRATEGIES.
>> I WILL NEXT TALK TO
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES. THE THREE
STRATEGIES ARE INTERVENTION
SERVICES, SCHOOL SAFETY, AND
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. NEXT YEAR
WILL FOCUS ON MAKING SURE OUR
NETWORK OF PROVIDERS ARE
SUPPORTED, COORDINATED TO HAVE
THE WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR EVEN
GREATER IMPACT AND LONG-TERM
EFFECTIVENESS. THESE THREE
STRATEGIES ARE FOCUSED ON A
PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH. MUCH
LIKE HOW ADDRESSING DIABETES
INVOLVES BOTH IMMEDIATE MEDICAL
INTERVENTIONS, LIKE INSULIN, AND
PREVENTION EFFORTS, LIKE
EDUCATION AND ADDRESSING FOOD
ACCESS. THIS MODEL SUPPORTS BOTH
TIME SENSITIVE INTERVENTION
AFTER VIOLENCE, AND LONG-TERM
PREVENTION EFFORTS TO STOP
VIOLENCE AT THE ROOT LEVEL.
INTERVENTION SERVICES. THE FIRST
STRATEGY. IS SPECIALIZED IN
INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES FOCUSED
ON PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE
MAJORITY OF GUN VIOLENCE IN
SEATTLE WITH POTENTIAL REFERRALS
FROM A SAFETY NETWORK PROVIDER,
SPD, SELF REFERRALS, AND THE
BROADER COMMUNITY. WE PLAN TO
FOCUS ON THIS WORK THROUGH THREE
SUB STRATEGIES. YOU CAN SEE THEM
ON THE LEFT IN THE BLUE BOX.
HOSPITAL-BASED INTERVENTION ,
INTENSIVE INDIVIDUAL SERVICES,
IN PLACE-BASED INTERVENTIONS. I
WILL FIRST TALK THROUGH A STORY
OF JOHN. JOHN LIVES IN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE. HIS CLOSE FRIEND IS
SHOT OUTSIDE HIS HOME AND
TRANSPORTED TO HARBORVIEW
MEDICAL CENTER IN SERIOUS
CONDITION. AT THE HOSPITAL, JOHN
ESPRESSOS A STRONG DESIRE FOR
REVENGE, SETTING OFF A SERIES OF
INTERVENTIONS. JOHN IS
IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED WITH A
CONFLICT RESOLUTION TEAM IN
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE TO HELP HIM
WORK THROUGH HIS ANGER. HE IS
ALSO CONNECTED WITH THE
THERAPIST TO PROVIDE ONGOING
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AS HE
CONTINUES TO PROCESS THE
SHOOTING. AND A CASE MANAGER
PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD,
HOUSING AND OTHER BASIC NEEDS SO
JOHN CAN MAINTAIN STABILITY IN
HIS LIFE AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL.
THE INTERVENTION SERVICES HAVE
THREE SUB STRATEGIES. I WILL
WALK YOU THROUGH AN EXAMPLE WITH
JOHN AND HIS FRIEND. FIRST,
HOSPITAL-BASED INTERVENTION. WE
CURRENTLY FUND HARBORVIEW TO
OFFER A BEDSIDE SUPPORT, A
COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT,
PROVIDE EFFICACY WITH MEDICAL
STAFF AND FAMILIES, AND MANY
OTHER CRITICAL SPORTS FOR
SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WILL CONTINUE TO DIRECT CONTRACT
WITH HARBORVIEW IN 2026 AND
BEYOND. FOR THIS SUBS TRAGEDY,
WE ARE INVESTING IN SERVICES TO
ENSURE HARBORVIEW HAS DEDICATED
PARTNERS TOO. SO THAT RECOVERY
IS A FOCUS UPON DISCHARGE. FOR
EXAMPLE, HIS FRIEND IS NOT ONLY
RECEIVING VITAL MEDICAL CARE TO
SAVE HIS LIFE, BUT UPON
DISCHARGE, HIS RECOVERY CAN BE
THE FOCUS. HE IS ABLE TO
RELOCATE AND GIVEN TWO MONTHS
RENT AT A PLACE HE FEELS SAFE.
HE IS PROVIDED WITH SHARE RIGHT
CREDITS TO MAKE HIS PHYSICAL
THERAPY APPOINTMENT ON TIME. AND
HE IS CONNECTED TO, AND DECIDES
TO COME AND MEET WITH A
THERAPIST, BEGINNING TO PROCESS
THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THE TRAUMA
AND GRIEF HE HAS EXPERIENCED.
NEXT IS THE INTENSIVE INDIVIDUAL
SERVICES. BEST PRACTICES LEARNED
FROM BOTH BALTIMORE AND OAKLAND
. OAKLAND WAS THEIR CEASE-FIRE
LIFELINE PROGRAM WHERE THEY
FOCUS ON A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF
INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN A
MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY GUN
VIOLENCE THROUGH LONGER-TERM,
INTENSIVE SOCIAL SERVICES
DELIVERED BY STAFF , TRAINED IN
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
THERAPY. FOR THIS SUB STRATEGY,
PROVIDERS WILL PROVIDE ONE ON
ONE OR GROUP INTENSIVE SERVICES
FOR UP TO 18 MONTHS. THE
MENTORSHIP AND COACHING WITH
THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES. ALSO
FOLLOWING JOHN. HE IS REFERRED
BY BOTH THE HARBORVIEW IN
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE TEAM,
PLACE-BASED INTERVENTIONS, WITH
A CASE MANAGER THROUGH AN
INTENSIVE INDIVIDUAL SERVICES
PROGRAM, NOT ONLY FOR HIS ANGER,
BUT TO SUPPORT HIM IN STARTING
THE LONG JOURNEY OF PROCESSING
THE TRAUMA AND GRIEF MASKED BY
THAT ANGER. IT TAKES JOHN A FEW
MONTHS OF CONCENTRATED OUTREACH
TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY, BUT HE
AMBLES IN THE 18 MONTH PROGRAM.
IN THIS PROGRAM, CASEWORKERS
WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH JOHN AS
HE CONTINUES TO PROCESS THE
SHOOTING AND START UNDERSTANDING
AND ADDRESSING UNDERLYING
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CONTRIBUTED
TO HIS FRIEND'S SHOOTING. AND
LAST SUB STRATEGY IS PLACE-BASED
INTERVENTIONS. THROUGH SITE
VISITS AND LITERATURE REVIEW,
MAJORITY OF CITIES LIKE OAKLAND,
BALTIMORE AND CHICAGO, UTILIZE A
PLACE-BASED STRATEGIES ·
COMMUNITIES WITH HISTORICAL
DISINVESTMENT WILL ALSO
EXPENSING A DISPROPORTIONATE
AMOUNT OF GUN VIOLENCE. AND
EQUIPPING THEM WITH TRUSTED
ASSAULTS, RESOURCES AND
CONNECTION. FOR THIS RFP,
PLACE-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOCUS
ON NEIGHBORHOODS IDENTIFIED
THROUGH SPD GUN VIOLENCE DATA
COMBINED WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY
INDEX HELD BY OUR OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. SERVICES INCLUDE
OUTREACH, CONFLICT
INTERVENTIONS, HOT SPOT, AND
INCIDENT RECOVERY. FOR EXAMPLE,
THE HARBORVIEW VIOLENCE
PREVENTION TEAM REFERS DOWN TO
THE SOUTH THE SEATTLE CONFLICT
RESOLUTION TEAM. ALSO FOLLOWS UP
WITH THE TEAM TO OFFER
PLACE-BASED INTERVENTIONS. WHILE
THE INTENSIVE INDIVIDUAL
SERVICES TEAM BECAUSE TO REACH
OUT TO JOHN ABOUT LONG-TERM
SUPPORT, THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION
TEAM MAKE SURE JOHN WAS
CONNECTED QUICKLY WITH A
PROFESSIONAL TO WORK THROUGH HIS
ANGER THE NEXT PRIORITY IS TO
DE-ESCALATE. TO REACH OUT AND
CONNECT WITH ALL THE PARTIES
IMPACTED BY THE SHOOTING. THEY
WORKED DILIGENTLY WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY, RELYING ON TRUSTED
RELATIONSHIPS, TO MAKE SURE THE
SHOOTING TO JOHN'S FRIEND
DOESN'T ACTUALLY TAKE
SOMEONE'S LIFE. THE SECOND
STRATEGY IS SCHOOL SAFETY. THIS
IS FOCUS TO SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS
AT SELECTED SEATTLE PUBLIC HIGH
SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS .
VERY SIMILAR TO THE OKA MODEL,
THE STRATEGY OFFERS ON-SITE
SAFETY TEAMS FOR CONFLICT
MEDIATION, SAFE PASSAGES, CASE
MANAGEMENT AND FAMILY RESOURCE
FUND. NOW I WILL TALK ABOUT A
STORY ABOUT PAGE. SHE ATTENDS
ONE OF THE 11 SCHOOLS A PARTNER
WITH THE CITY ON SCHOOL SAFETY.
AT SCHOOL, A SPECIALIST HELPS
MEDIATE IS BATTLING CONFLICT
BETWEEN HER AND ANOTHER STUDENT.
THAT WORKER ALSO GETS PAGE EXTRA
FOOD TO TAKE HOME OVER THE
WEEKEND AND CONNECTS HER TO
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. THE
SAFETY SPECIALIST WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH PAIGE, SEEKING TO
SUPPORT HER AND WORK THROUGH THE
STRUGGLE SHE IS HAVING AT HOME.
HER GRANDMOTHER, WHO CARES FOR
HER, IS EXPENSING HEALTH ISSUES
AND IS A FEW MONTHS BEHIND ON
RENT. SHE IS REFERRED TO THE
FAMILY RESOURCE FUND, WHERE THEY
CAN GET CAUGHT UP ON RENT AND NO
LONGER FEAR EVICTION. A TEACHER
ALSO TELLS PAIGE ABOUT THE SAFE
PASSAGES PROGRAM. SHE AND HER
FRIEND CHECK IN WITH A SAFETY
SPECIALIST WITH OTHER STUDENTS
FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THEY
ARRIVE ON CAMPUS. I WILL MENTION
HERE IN THE MAYOR'S
ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY WE HAD A
FEW SPEAKERS, ONE OF THEM DR.,
PRINCIPAL AT GARFIELD. SHARED
WITH A STRONG IMPACT THE
SUPPORTS ARE HAVING ON THE
STUDENTS IN THE STUDENT
COMMUNITY. HE TALKED ABOUT THE
SHARED PARTNERSHIP, SHARED
RESOURCES WITH DEEL, THE COUNTY,
BETWEEN HST AND SPS. I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THE MOST IMPORTANT
DATA POINT I TOOK FROM HIS
REALLY POWERFUL SPEECH. WHEN HE
NAMED , NO SHOULD INCIDENT ON
THE GARFIELD CAMPUS OVER THE
PAST YEAR. . LAST I WILL TALK
ABOUT THE THIRD STRATEGY,
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. INFORMED BY
BALTIMORE, OAKLAND AND D.C.
MODELS, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IS A
COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT BASED ON
COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND
SOCIAL SERVICES. SOME EXAMPLES
INCLUDE MENTORSHIP AND COACHING,
PEER SUPPORT, LEGAL AID,
THERAPY, RESOURCE NAVIGATION AND
FOOD AND RENT ASSISTANCE, AND
MORE. WILL TALK ABOUT A STORY
ABOUT JAMIE. JAMIE IS A YOUNG
ADULT WHO LIVES IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE. HE DOESN'T HAVE A
WEAPON, BUT SOME OF HIS PEERS
DO. HE HAS CONSIDERED OBTAINING
A GUN FOR PROTECTION. JAMIE HAS
A CLOSE RELATIVE WHO SURVIVED
THE SHOOTING AND IS STRUGGLING.
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WILL HELP
JAMIE MAINTAIN A SENSE OF
STABILITY , BUILD A SALES
UNDERSTANDING AND CONFIDENCE,
CONNECT WITH PEERS AND TRUSTED
ADULT AND THRIVE INSTEAD OF
BECOMING INVOLVED IN GUN
VIOLENCE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR
THREE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES FOR
THIS RFP. NEXT TIME I WILL PASS
IT OVER TO DOCUMENT HUNT FROM
SPD. WE HELD A DAYLONG RETREAT
THIS SUMMER WITH DR. HAHN, HST
COLLEAGUES AND KEY STAFF TO GET
IN ALIGNMENT, SHARE DATA AND
INFORM EACH OTHER OF DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES. WE WILL SHARE A
MAP OF THE RECENT 2025 DATA.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
COUNCIL. I HAVE BEEN NOW WITH
THE CITY SIX MONTHS. I AM
RELEARNING THE CITY AFTER NOT
LIVING HERE FOR 35 YEARS. I READ
-- I AM HAPPY TO BE BACK. OVER
THE 35 YEARS SINCE I HAVE BEEN
HERE, I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
EMPLOYING EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICES TO MITIGATE VIOLENT
CRIME IN FIVE OTHER POLICE
DEPARTMENTS. THOSE
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES
INCLUDE VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
PROGRAMS, INTERRUPTION PROGRAMS,
FOCUSED DETERRENCE, COGNITIVE
BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS WITH
WRAPAROUND SUPPORT , VIOLENCE
REDUCTION, HOMICIDE REVIEW
COMMISSIONS, CHANGING
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS FOR
VIOLENCE, THINGS LIKE SMART
GROWTH, WHICH WE DO HERE IN THE
CITY, AND ACID-BASED COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. ALL OF THOSE ARE
EXAMPLES OF EVIDENCE-BASED
STRATEGIES. AND WE NEED THESE
BECAUSE POLICE CANNOT DO THIS
WORK ALONE. WE CANNOT ARREST
AWAY OUT OF A PROBLEM. WE NEED
THESE PARTNERSHIPS . WE NEED THE
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY
, COMMUNITY PROBLEM-SOLVING. WE
NEED TO BE BUILDING THE TRUST IN
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SO CHILDREN
AT RISK OF RESOURCES AND SUPPORT
NOT TO PICK UP A GUN OR BE
INFLUENCED TO PICK UP A GUN. I
MENTIONED AT YESTERDAY'S PRESS
CONFERENCE THAT ARE DATED THIS
YEAR IDENTIFIED ONE ,
13-YEAR-OLD THAT WAS STOPPED AND
ARRESTED WITH A GUN ON THEM AND
TWO , 14-YEAR-OLD. I ASKED
YESTERDAY WHAT IT IS THAT
REQUIRES A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT
TO FEEL THE NEED TO CARRY A GUN.
WHAT IS THE ENVIRONMENT THAT
REQUIRES THEM WHEN THEY THINK
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO CARRY A
GUN. COMMUNITY VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION IS EVIDENCE-BASED.
IT IS DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS
IN REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE AND
CONTINUED ENVIRONMENT WITH
FIREARMS. THERE'S NOTHING MORE
CRITICAL THAN KEEPING CHILDREN
FROM PICKING UP THOSE FIREARMS
BUT NOW, IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE
SLIDE, SHOTS AND SHOOTINGS ARE
NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED IN
SEATTLE, NOR IN ANY CITY BASED
ON LAND USE, ZONING, PARKS AND A
MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS
OF FACTORS. WE SEE
CONCENTRATIONS OF FIREARM USE.
THIS SLIDE IS NOW SHOWING
THROUGH LAST WEEK 456 REPORTED
SHOOTINGS AND SHOTS FIRED IN THE
CITY. THE SHADED AREAS YOU SEE
ARE THE MICRO COMMUNITY POLICING
PLAN NEIGHBORHOODS . THIS ALLOWS
US WORKING IN CLOSE COORDINATION
WITH SEATTLE UNIVERSITY TO
UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORHOODS'
CONCERNS ABOUT CRIME AND SAFETY
AT A SMALL LEVEL IN THE CITY.
THE DARKER AREAS, THE HIGHER
NUMBER OF REPORTED SHOOTINGS FOR
THIS YEAR. LISTED ON THE SLIDE
ARE SEVERAL OF THOSE POLICING
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE HIGHER
NUMBER OF INCIDENTS . AND SO,
WHAT WE DO IS START WITH A HIGH
LEVEL ANALYSIS THAT GUIDES THE
APPLICATION OF INTERVENTION
STRATEGIES. THE FOLLOWING SLIDE
SHOWS THE FOUR AREAS OF THE CITY
BUILD OFF THE HIGH LEVEL
ANALYSIS . THE FOUR AREAS OF THE
CITY THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
FOR INVESTMENT IN FIREARM HARM
REDUCTION. I WILL LET ERIKA TO
CONTINUE.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE 2025 GUN
VIOLENCE DATA ARE SHARED, WE
ALSO UTILIZE HISTORICAL DATA
FROM SPD, HOSPITALS AND THE CITY
RACIAL EQUITY INDEX IN ORDER TO
EXPAND AND CONTINUE TO REFINE
THE THREE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES.
AS MENTIONED, AND THE GREEN
CIRCLES IS THE INTERVENTION
SERVICES THAT ARE PLACED BASED.
THESE SERVICES ARE FOR SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE, SOUTHWEST SEATTLE,
CENTRAL DISTRICT, AND NOW
EXPANDED TO NORTH SEATTLE.
SECOND ARE FLAGS LISTING THE 11
FOCUSED SCHOOLS THAT WILL BE
RECEIVING SCHOOL SAFETY
SERVICES. AS DIRECTOR KIM,
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SCHOOL
SAFETY SERVICES AND TO EXPAND.
THE THIRD IS A DOTTED LINE
SURROUNDED THE ENTIRE MAP OF
SEATTLE. THIS IS PREVENTATIVE,
AND SOMETIMES, MORE SPECIALIZED
SERVICES OFFERED CITYWIDE IN
THEIR TIME OF NEED. ONE EXAMPLE
OF THIS IS PAIGE FRIEND WHO IS
REFERRED TO A JOB READINESS
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM ONCE SHE
GRADUATES. THE OFFER IS NOT
DEPENDENT ON WHERE SHE LIVES,
WHAT SCHOOL SHE GOES TO, BUT
MEETING HER WHEN SHE NEEDS IT
UPON GRADUATION. THE LAST
APPROACH I WILL SPEAK TO IS THE
SAFETY NETWORK COORDINATION AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS
REALLY THE UNDERLYING MODEL THAT
GUIDES COME IN FORMS AND SHAPES
OUR INVESTMENT STRATEGIES FOR
THIS RFP. THIS WAS DEVELOPED
THROUGH OUTREACH AND CORONATION
EFFORTS MENTIONED EARLIER. AS A
REMINDER, WE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT
THIS IN 2026, TYING EVERYTHING
TOGETHER FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT,
SAFETY NETWORK CORONATION IS THE
GLUE THAT HOLDS ALL OF THE OTHER
STRATEGIES TOGETHER TO RECEIVE
STANDARDIZED TRAINING, SHARE
INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE
SERVICES, AND RESPOND
EFFECTIVELY USING BEST PRACTICES
WITH A FOCUS TO PROFESSIONALIZE
THE WORKFORCE. THIS SCENARIO
TYING ALL OF JOHN, PAIGE AND JAN
-- JAMIE TOGETHER. WORKING TO
KEEP SEDATIVE, INFORMATION
SHARING, REFERRAL SUPPORT AND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
SPECIALIZE THE WORKFORCE. THE
HOLISTIC APPROACH MEANS EACH
MENTOR WORKING WITH JOHN, PAIGE
AND JAMIE KNOW WHAT RESOURCES
THE FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO AND
WHETHER FURTHER SUPPORT ARE
AVAILABLE TO OTHER FUNDED
AGENCIES. SECOND TO THE LAST
LIGHT IS THE RFP PROCESS AND
TIMELINE. AS MENTIONED, HSD
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ANY
DATES IN THE TIMELINE. ANY
CHANGES WILL BE POSTED ON THE
RFP WEBSITE. WE RELEASED THE RFP
THIS MORNING. SEPTEMBER 23.
APPLICATION INFORMATION POSTED
IN TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON HOW
TO COMPLETE AN APPLICATION. WE
WILL HOLD TWO INFO SESSIONS. ONE
IN PERSON ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
30, AND ONE VIRTUALLY ON
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2. ALSO LISTED
ON THE WEBPAGE. THE RFP CLOSES
ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT
NOON, JUST ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS FOR
FOLKS TO REVIEW AND APPLY.
APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT A
COMPLETED APPLICATION BY THAT
DEADLINE. FOR THE REVIEW PERIOD,
APPLICATIONS WILL BE SCORED
USING A STANDARDIZED MATRIX
OUTLINED IN THE APPLICATION
RATING CRITERIA POSTED ON THE
WEBPAGE. THE RATING PANEL WILL
CONSIST OF SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS WITH EXPERTISE IN
EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY,
ACADEMIA AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
RAIDERS ARE NOT APPLYING, SO
THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF
INTEREST. AND ALL RATERS ARE
REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND SIGN OFF
ON A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM.
TABLE RATE, COMPARE SCORES AND
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON AWARDS.
RECOMMENDED AWARDS WILL BE
REVIEWED AND FINAL AWARDS ARE
PLANNED TO BE ANNOUNCED ON
JANUARY 26, 2026. LASTLY,
CONTRACT START DATES ARE TO
BEGIN ON APRIL 1, 2026. NEXT I
WILL PASS IT TO DIRECTOR KIM.
>> WITH THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
YOU HAVE . WE YIELD THE FLOOR TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KIM. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION FROM ALL FOUR OF
YOU. AS NOTED IN THE BEGINNING,
I AM REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE
FACT YOU ARE HERE IN THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND THE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ADDRESSING
SEEMS. I DID WANT TO KNOW TWO
THINGS. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS
JOINED AS. SHE HAS BEEN HERE FOR
THE ENTIRE BRIEFING. ALSO, MY
VICE CHAIR , COUNCILMEMBER SAKA,
HAS JUST DEPARTED. TALKING ABOUT
THE SEAMS, I WANTED -- FIRST
MADE THE COMMITMENT THAT I AM
GOING TO BE WORKING WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ AS CHAIR OF
HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES ON
THIS . WITH THAT POINT MADE,
GIVEN MY VICE CHAIR ISN'T HERE,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, DID YOU
HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
RELATED TO THE BRIEFING?
>> IT WAS A LOT. 17 OR 18 PAGES.
A LONG TIME COMING. I WANT TO
THANK DIRECTOR KIM. WE HAVE MET
WITH HER AS WELL. PARTICULARLY
EXCITED WE HAVE, OR RECOGNIZING,
THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
SCHOOLS. THE TWO SCHOOLS UP IN D
5. THERE WERE SHOOTINGS. I'M
TAKING IT ALL IN. YOU CAUGHT ME
ON THE SPOT. I AM A PEOPLE
PERSON. STILL FLIPPING THROUGH
THE PAPERS. I WAS OFF ONE PAGE.
ANYWAY, I AM OKAY FOR NOW. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. I DO OPEN IT UP FOR
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU , CHAIR. I WILL BE
BRIEF. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KIM
AND TEAM FOR THIS GREAT
PRESENTATION. I WILL JUST SAY
ONE THING. I REALLY APPRECIATE
IT, AND I'M DOING A DEEP DIVE.
I KNOW WE HAVE HAD PRESENTATIONS
BEFORE ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE BUT I
KNOW THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOSTED AN AUDIT IN HER COMMITTEE
ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE. WE HAVE HAD
OTHER PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR. THE ONE THING I WILL
HIGHLIGHT THAT I SAW THE
RECURRING THEME, WHICH I REALLY
APPRECIATE IT, IS THE FACT THAT
THE PROVIDERS, THE DIRECT
CORRELATION BETWEEN FOOD
INSECURITY AND GUN VIOLENCE. I
HAVE TRIED TO -- I HAVE
RESEARCHED IT . THERE ARE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE FOUND
DIRECT CORRELATIONS BETWEEN IT.
I DON'T THINK IT HAS BEEN
EXPANDED AND STUDIED ON ENOUGH.
THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THE YOUNG
PEOPLE, YOUNG FOLKS AND AGES
BETWEEN 18 AND 25 WILL SEE AN
INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE ARE
FOOD INSECURE. AND THE STRESS
THAT HAS ON YOUNG FOLKS AND
KIDS. THAT IS DEPRESSION,
ANXIETY, SO MANY THINGS THAT
BUILD UP. AND THEN, YOU PAIR
THAT WITH WHAT THEY SEE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THESE
THINGS. AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY
ARE TRYING TO NAVIGATE THEIR
FEELINGS WHEN SOMEONE IS IN
FRONT OF THEM AND WHAT THAT
DOES. ALL THESE THINGS COMPILE.
I SEE THE DIRECT CORRELATION. I
COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL IN US
LEADING WITH MAKING SURE KIDS
AND FAMILIES HAVE FOOD . THE ONE
THING I THOUGHT WAS GREAT WAS
SAYING THAT THE PROVIDER
PROVIDED FOOD OVER THE WEEKENDS
. THREE SQUARE MEALS A DAY,
ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN
I AM TALKING TO SOCIAL WORKERS,
FAMILY SUPPORT WORKERS AND
TEACHERS. THEY SEE AN UPTICK OF
KIDS AGITATED ON A MONDAY
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT EATEN OVER
THE WEEKEND. THE COME ON MONDAY
AND IT TAKES THEM TIME TO SETTLE
DURING THE WEEK AND TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES AT
SCHOOL. AND SO, THERE IS A
DIRECT CORRELATION. WHEN I AM
LOOKING AT THE MAP AND SEEN THE
GUN VIOLENCE IN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE AND NORTH SEATTLE, WE
KNOW THERE ARE FOOD DESERTS .
SOUTH SEATTLE HAS ONE FOOD BANK,
YES, ONE FOOD BANK. MEAL
PROGRAMS AND FOOD ACCESS,
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT. FOOD
BANKS IS WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS
FOOD FROM, OR GET BENEFITS FROM
THE STATE BECAUSE YOU ARE --
SHOUT OUT TO RAYNER VALLEY FOOD
BANK. THEY HAVE A GREAT RESOURCE
NOW. INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT. HOPEFULLY WE SEE A
DIFFERENCE. I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT. IT WAS A COMMON
THEME WE SAW. WE'RE GOING TO
MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE FOOD AND
RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY OVER THE
WEEKEND. I KNOW THIS COUNCIL IS
REALLY TAKING THAT ON ABOUT FOOD
INSECURITY AND PEOPLE HAVING
ACCESS TO FOOD. I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT. ONE OF THE
COMMON THEMES I SAW. THANK YOU.
>> MAY I RESPOND?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
IT IS A GOOD REMINDER TOO FOR ME
TO UNDERSCORE THAT THIS
PRESENTATION AN INVESTMENT AREA
IS TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE BUT
THAT HSD, AS WELL AS THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHERS, WE
PROVIDE SERVICES BEYOND THIS
THAT SPEAKS TO EXACTLY WHAT YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT. SO FOLKS TO
HAVE ACCESS WITH THE FAMILY
RESOURCE FUNDS, IN PARTICULAR,
SCHOOLS, TO MAKE SURE THOSE
NEEDS ARE MET . AND THEY HAVE
ACCESS TO THE WEB OF SERVICES WE
ALSO PROVIDE AND LEAN HEAVILY
INTO. I WILL BE BACK AT SELECT
COMMITTEE TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THOSE ENHANCED INVESTMENTS TOO.
I WANT TO ALSO UNDERSCORE,
BECAUSE I KNOW ON THE DAIS THERE
HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
WHAT IS VIOLENCE PREVENTION. A
LOT OF TIMES IT IS THE PROSOCIAL
ACTIVITIES. WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED
HERE, BUT THAT STILL IS AN
INVESTMENT IN OUR DEPARTMENT, AS
WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE
PARKS AND REC, DEEL, IS OUR
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN
PREVENTION AND WORKING WITH
YOUNG PEOPLE. I GOT A FIGURE
THIS MORNING FROM MY BUDGET
MANAGER THAT EVEN OUTSIDE OF
THIS, IN ADDITION, WE DO HAVE
ABOUT 7.7 -- 7.5 MILLION FOR
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. I KNOW
THAT I THINK YOU HAD INTERNS ON
YOUR FLOOR, AS WELL AS OUR
CONTRACTED PROVIDERS, WHO DO YOU
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR
SERVICES. THIS IS LASER FOCUSED
ON REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE BASED
ON DATA AND BEST PRACTICES. BUT
WE HAVE AN ARRAY OF SERVICES TO
UPSTREAM AND ADDRESS THOSE OF
THE ROOT CAUSE ISSUES. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. THE LAST POINT I WILL
MAKE IS THAT WE HAVE GOT A
WONDERFUL MANAGER NOW OVER OUR
RESEARCH AND DATA. AND WE ARE
HIRING AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR.
I'M CURIOUS IF WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DIG IN AND SEE
THE CORRELATION WE ARE LOOKING
FOR. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK
WE SELL OURSELVES SHORT ON BUT
WE NEED TO INVEST IN IS THAT WE
ARE FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS AND
PEOPLE IN INSPECTING OUTCOMES TO
BE A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. I
WILL BORROW FROM SPD AND THE
MAYOR. ALSO, BEING TRANSPARENT
WITH WHAT IS WORKING, WHAT IS
NOT WORKING SO WE CAN REPLICATE
THE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING AND
BEING REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
THAT WILL HELP INFORM FUTURE
POLICY AND BUDGET DIRECTION AS
WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> CHAIR, ONE MORE QUICK
COMMENT. ALSO LOOKING AT THE 18
TO 25-YEAR-OLD. THAT RANGE. WHEN
I HEAR PEOPLE SAY YOUNG PEOPLE,
I KNOW PEOPLE THINK 18 AND
UNDER. BUT I CONSIDER PEOPLE
THAT ARE -- THEY ARE STILL YOUNG
PEOPLE. I KNOW WE HAVE SEEN GUN
VIOLENCE WITHIN THAT RANGE. THEM
HAVING OPPORTUNITIES OF THE
TRADES , YOU KNOW, INTERNSHIPS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND FEELING
SUPPORTED IN THAT WAY. THAT
INVESTMENT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO
HAPPEN. THANK YOU. I AM DONE
TALKING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH. FOOT STOMP THAT.
WE KNOW WITH BRAIN SCIENCE 25 IS
THE REAL NUMBER. INSURANCE AND
EVERYTHING ELSE. THERE IS A
REASON FOR THAT 25 NUMBER. OF
COURSE, I HAVE PASSED THAT
DECADES AND DECADES AGO. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. AS
YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON
THIS ISSUE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
YOU NOD KNOWINGLY. I APPRECIATE,
I THINK PAGE 8, YOU RECOGNIZING
THE GUN VIOLENCE AUDIT AND
LAYING OUT WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING
ON DOING THAT CAME FROM THAT. MY
QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THINGS
THAT ARE OUTSIDE WHAT IS ON THAT
PAGE. YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT
THE MAYOR IS COMMITTED TO
TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT IS
WORKING AND NOT WORKING. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO,
YOU TALKED ABOUT THESE ARE
EVIDENCE-BASED. WHAT IS WORKING
AND WHAT ISN'T WORKING RIGHT
NOW ? AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE
CHANGING? YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO
INTO DETAIL ABOUT WHAT IS NOT
WORKING OR ANYTHING, BUT THIS IS
THE LENS I AM LOOKING THROUGH.
WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW THAT IS
NEW, AND WHY ARE WE DOING IT
INSTEAD OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
DOING BEFORE? IS IT , WE REALLY
NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING
IT RIGHT, I GUESS IS WHAT I WILL
SAY. TOO MUCH VIOLENCE, TOO MANY
LIVES, ET CETERA. YOU KNOW, I
HAVE BEEN REALLY -- I AM GOING
TO STOP TALKING NOW. CAN YOU
ADDRESS ANY OF THAT?
>> LET ME START WITH THE LATTER
PART. THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ,
YOU KNOW, WE ARE MANDATED TO DO
THIS EVERY FOUR YEARS. THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WHEN WE DO
AN RFP, IT IS THE TIME TO RESET
WHERE WE LOOK AT DATA, WE DO
THOROUGH ENGAGEMENT AND CAN THEN
PROCURE FOR CONTRACTS TO APPLY
FOR OUR VISION AND WHAT WE ARE
ASKING FOR. AND SO, WHAT I WILL
SAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE
RESEARCH WE HAVE DONE, AND I
WILL LEAN ON ERIKA AND DR. HUNT
, IS THAT, IT IS STILL A LITTLE
BIT BREATHTAKING TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT WE HAD A PANDEMIC. AND THEN,
WE HAD GEORGE FLOYD . WE HAD A
LOT OF CALL TO ACTION . AND
THERE WAS, AT THE TIME OF
MOVEMENT TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE
NEED RIGHT NOW, AND SOME OF OUR
CONTRACTS ARE A RESULT OF THAT
PERIOD OF TIME. IN ADDITION,
THERE WAS GOOD WORK. THERE ARE
GLIMPSES OF GOOD WORK . BUT WHAT
IS CHALLENGING ABOUT THE
CURRENTLY OF THE LAND IS THAT WE
DON'T HAVE A COHESIVE MODEL.
THERE ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER, EVEN
JUST AS SIMPLE AS HAVING
AGREEMENTS AND DOING REFERRAL
SERVICES. BUT OTHER AGENCIES
THAT WE ARE FUNDING THAT FELL
OUTSIDE OF THOSE CONTRACTS THAT
WERE PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE
GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WANTED
TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THEY
HAVE IDENTIFIED NEEDING
ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS. AND SO,
THAT ISN'T WORKING FOR THE
CITY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHO IS
MOST IMPACTED AND FOCUSING OUR
INVESTMENTS ON THAT GROUP OF
SMALLER HANDFUL OF FOLKS WHO ARE
CREATING THE MOST HARM. THAT IS
ONE OF THE CHANGES. BUT YOU
KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME
COMING. HERE WE ARE. WE HAVE NEW
LEADERSHIP, BOTH IN THE MAYORS
OFFICE AS WELL AS SPD, SOON TO
BE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE
HAVE HAD SOME CHANGES AT HSD
TOO. WITH ALL OF THAT, THE
TIMING IS NOW. ALL I CAN DO IS
LOOK FORWARD, AND WE HAVE
ARRIVED. AND I WILL SAY THAT IT
IS NOT A PERFECT ITERATION. THAT
IS A WHOLE POINT OF THE
EVALUATION AND BEING COMMITTED
TO HAVING THAT TRANSPARENCY.
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
NOTICED TOO WITH THE RESEARCH IS
THAT -- AND THIS IS WHAT THE
AUDITOR UP HIS OFFICE WAS
ALLUDING TO IN THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS. MIGHT HAVE GOOD
INTENTIONS, BUT MAYBE CAUSING
HARM OR FURTHER HARM. I BELIEVE
THAT OTHER CITIES WHO ARE AHEAD
OF US HAVE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL.
AND WE ARE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF
THOSE BEST PRACTICES. WITH THAT,
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. HUNT
AND ERIKA TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
WORKING IN SOME OF THE ELEMENTS
WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD IN THE
RFP.
>> I WILL ADD TWO THINGS TO
THAT. CURRENTLY, WE DO INVEST IN
PLACE BASED INTERVENTIONS.
PLAYSPACE STRATEGIES. WE ARE
CONTINUING THAT, BUT EXPANDING.
A LOT OF THE BEST PRACTICES WE
HAVE LEARNED AND EVEN FROM THE
AUDIT AND FROM COUNCIL IS
FOLLOWING THE DATA. WE ARE
EXPANDING UP TO NORTH SEATTLE AS
SOMETHING NEW AS A PART OF THE
PROCESS AND STILL BEING
DEEP-ROOTED IN THE OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS WE ARE CURRENTLY
IN. SECONDLY, I MENTIONED OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH HARBORVIEW
MEDICAL CENTER. WE HAVE BEEN
INFORMED BY THEN AND HAVE
REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEM. WHO
ARE THE FOLKS BEING INJURED AND
EXPERIENCING GUN VIOLENCE IN
THEIR HOSPITAL. AND FOLLOWING
THAT DATA AND MAKING SURE
THEY'RE RESOURCED, NOT ONLY
WHEN THEY RECEIVE MEDICARE
INSIDE, BUT UPON DISCHARGE, SO
THEY DON'T COME BACK AGAIN. SO
SOME OF THAT WE HAVE BEEN
LOOKING AT BROADER AGES AS WELL,
UP TO 35 AND WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES. BUT I
WILL MENTION THAT I THINK THE
BIG SHIFT WITH REGARD TO THIS
RFP AS A WHOLE IS, INSTEAD OF
HAVING DISPARATE PORTFOLIOS AND
CONTRACTS THROUGHOUT OUR TEAM,
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE ALL
THE NETWORK OF PROVIDERS UNDER
ONE UMBRELLA. SO IT IS
COORDINATED SO REFERRALS ARE
HAPPENING. I WOULD SAY THAT IS
THE BIGGER SHIFT WE HAVE UNDER
THIS RFP. I WILL PASS IT TO DR.
HUNT. I THINK THERE IS ALSO A
FOCUS ON A SMALLER GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN
A MAJORITY OF THE GUN VIOLENCE.
I THINK DR. HUNT CAN SPEAK TO
THAT REALLY WELL.
>> THANK YOU. AS I MENTIONED AT
THE TOP OF MY REMARKS , I LISTED
OFF SEVEN EVIDENCE-BASED
STRATEGIES. THE IDEA IS TO APPLY
THOSE EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES
WERE APPROPRIATE TO THE AGE
GROUP ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 17 AND
YOUNGER, 18 TO 24, 24 AND OLDER.
EACH OF THOSE THREE GROUPS HAVE
DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED IN DIFFERENT WAYS WITH
THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WORK. ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT I AM MOST
INTERESTED IN AND HAVE HAD
TASKED MY TEAM WAS DOING IS
UNDERSTANDING THE LEVEL OF
INVOLVEMENT WE HAVE WITH
FIREARMS, PARTICULARLY THOSE 17
AND UNDER. AND THE QUESTION IS ,
THAT I REASON ASK IN EVERY PLACE
I'VE WORKED THAT, HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY OUT RIGHT
NOW ACTIVELY PULLING TRIGGERS IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE? WHEN YOU
ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IT
IS NOT THAT MANY. IT IS LESS
THAN TWO DOZEN. THE QUESTION IS,
CAN WE ARRAYED THE RESOURCES AND
PARTNERSHIPS RIGHT NOW TO
INTERVENE WITH TWO DOZEN PEOPLE
TO STOP THEM FROM PULLING
TRIGGERS RIGHT NOW, AND THEN,
CAN WE BEGIN TO BUILD THAT
NETWORK SO THAT THE 100 PEOPLE
THEY ARE INFLUENCING ARE ALSO
DETERRED FROM GETTING INVOLVED?
THE ANSWER IS YES. IT CAN BE
DONE. BUT TO DO SO, AND I THINK
THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN THE TIME I
HAVE BEEN HERE AND TALKING WITH
THE DIRECTOR IS THAT, AS WE MOVE
FORWARD , AND THAT WE HAVE SPENT
THE TIME AT THE RETREAT WE HAD A
MONTH OR TWO AGO NOW IS WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT,
BECAUSE ONCE WE, AS A CITY AND
COMMUNITY, RECOGNIZE THAT THIS
IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO
BUSINESS, SUPPORTING THOSE AT
RISK, WE ARE GOING TO BUILD ALL
THIS PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN OUR
CITY DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS
SERVICES, COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS.
THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE
ABSOLUTELY KEY. ONCE WE START
EMBRACING THOSE CHILDREN, WE
CAN'T STOP DOING THAT. THIS IS
HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO BUSINESS
MOVING FORWARD. WE CAN'T START
SUPPORTING PEOPLE AND DROP THEM
A YEAR OR TWO LATER. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THOSE TWO DOZEN KIDS
HAVE THE SUCCESS THEY NEED AND
THE PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO MAKE
THEM SUCCESSFUL.
>> THANK YOU, DR. HUNT. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THIS IS A LONG PRESENTATION.
I DO APPRECIATE YOU POINTING OUT
THE SPECIFIC OF AGE BRACKETS. I
THINK THAT IS A NEW AND
IMPORTANT THING TO HIGHLIGHT AND
GO FORWARD WITH. A QUESTION I
HAVE IS , I AM CONCERNED BUT I
DON'T OF CONCERNED IS THE RIGHT
WORD. I DO KNOW THAT THERE HAVE
BEEN REQUESTS FOR EVALUATION OF
THESE SERVICES ALREADY IN OUR
PORTFOLIO. AND IT IS UNCLEAR
FROM THIS PRESENTATION HOW THIS
RFP IS GOING TO SHIFT WHAT WE
ARE ALREADY DOING, NECESSARILY,
FROM CURRENT PRACTICE. BUT
WITHOUT REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT
WE ARE DOING NOW, MEASURING THE
PERFORMANCE OF THOSE
INVESTMENTS, TO ME, IT SEEMS
LIKE IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW
WHAT TO SHIFT AWAY FROM. I'M
NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE WHOLE
-- I ASKED FOR THIS AUDIT AND IT
WAS CANCELED, ET CETERA. BUT
THERE HAVE BEEN REQUESTS FOR
REALLY DETAILED INFORMATION, OR
JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS
MISSING . BUT REALLY,
REFLECTIVE. SO MAYBE YOU HAVE
THAT AT YOUR RETREAT . I WOULD
HOPE SO, BUT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO
KNOW THAT , THEY NEED THE
CONFIDENCE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE
REALLY LOOKED AT OUR OUTCOMES SO
FAR. AND WHERE THERE ARE GAPS ,
THESE NEW INVESTMENTS WILL FILL
THEM IN.
>> THANK YOU. BUT I WILL SAY TO
THAT IS, SINCE WE ARE DOING THE
PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE DIDN'T
EVALUATE THE DISPARATE
COLLECTION OF CONTRACTS. THAT
WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO EVALUATE.
WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS
EVIDENCE-BASED BEST PRACTICES
THAT HAVE BEEN EVALUATED. AND WE
ARE COMMITTED TO EVALUATING THE
WORK MOVING FORWARD. AND SO, I
CAN'T DO A COMPARISON, BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE
EVALUATION ON OUR 30 SOME
INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS THAT MANY
OF WHOM ARE NOT UNDER A COHESIVE
MODEL. THAT IN ITSELF IS
PROBLEMATIC. WE ARE MAKING THAT
SHIFT AND ARE COMMITTED TO
MOVING TOWARDS WHAT HAS WORKED
IN OTHER COMMUNITIES , AND WE
WILL APPLY THE EVALUATION. HAPPY
TO REPORT ON OUR FINDINGS. AND
THAT EVALUATION IS ALSO
EXTERNAL. ALTHOUGH WE ARE
INCREASING OUR OWN INTERNAL
CAPACITY, WE KNOW WE NEED TO
HAVE AN OBJECTIVE THIRD-PARTY TO
EVALUATE THE WORK. AND WE ARE
OPEN TO THAT.
>> WHAT IS ALSO PROBLEMATIC AS
SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS THAT
AREN'T WORKING. SO WHEN -- AND
SO, CONTINUING TO DO THAT. IF WE
KNOW WHAT IS WORKING AND OTHER
CITIES , WE ALSO SHOULD KNOW
WHAT IS WORKING HERE, AND THEN
HOW WE ARE SHIFTING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
TO THE APPOINTMENT, I REMEMBER
BEING IN A MEETING, I THINK, A
YEAR AGO WITH DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON AND CHIEF PUBLIC
SAFETY ALTON ANDERSON, YOURSELF
AND OTHERS. TO BE FRANK, AS I
SAY ALL THE TIME, KEEPING THE
PRESSURE ON, KEEPING THE
ENGAGEMENT. I THINK THAT
PROCESS, WHICH IS BEEN
CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
IN DIFFERENT WAYS, IT RESULTS TO
BEING HERE TODAY. I THINK THAT
SHOWS THE MOVING FORWARD .
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S
POINT, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THE
PROCESS , AT LEAST IN TERMS OF
MY INVOLVEMENT, THAT I HAVE SEEN
OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. I
APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> CHAIR, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ HAD HER HAND UP. SHE HAS
SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BE. I AM HAPPY
TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER IF SHE DOES
HAVE A COMMENT SHE WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. THANK YOU, CHAIR. IT GOT
ANSWERED. I TOOK MY HAND DOWN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M GOING
TO LISTEN OFF-LINE ON MY PHONE.
BUT I HAVE TO LEAVE IT. THANK
YOU, DIRECTOR KIM . THANK YOU,
CHAIR. I WILL SEE YOU ALL IN A
BIT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. APPRECIATE IT. WE STILL
HAVE QUORUM, BY THE WAY. JUST
FOR THE RECORD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I ALWAYS
LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL ALL THE
CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ASK
THEIR QUESTIONS BEFORE I ASKED
MINE SINCE I DON'T SIT ON THE
COMMITTEE. ALWAYS SO
APPRECIATIVE TO JOIN YOU, CHAIR,
AND THESE CONVERSATIONS. OKAY.
ONE THING I WILL NOTE IS --
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR YOU ARE
WORKING WITH SPD, BECAUSE THIS
IS A JOINT EFFORT WITH ALL THE
CITY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING SPD.
THAT IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
INROADS IN THIS ISSUE AND FOR
OUR KIDS. I HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH DIRECTOR KIM FOR MANY YEARS
NOW. SHE KNOWS MY INTEREST IN
SERVING THE KIDS ACROSS THE
CITY. THIS IS SOMETHING I FEEL
REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
ACTUALLY, WHY I RAN FOR OFFICE
TO BEGIN WITH. I WILL SAY IT
AGAIN FOR PEOPLE WATCHING NOT
KNOWING, I WAS A MOM AT INGRAM
HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THERE WAS A
SCHOOL SHOOTING IN A CHILD DIED
IN MY GIRLS' SCHOOL. BOTH OF MY
KIDS WERE IN THE SCHOOL AT THE
TIME. I WILL SAY BEFORE THAT
EXPERIENCE I CARED VERY MUCH
ABOUT THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING
FOR MY ENTIRE CAREER OF OVER 30
YEARS I HAVE PLEASE FOCUS ON,
EDUCATION AND KIDS AND WHAT KIDS
NEED TO THRIVE. THAT EXPERIENCE
FURTHER CEMENTED MY WANTING TO
REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT KIDS
ARE FACING. AS REGARDS GUN
VIOLENCE AND THE MORE RECENT IT
SEEMS TO BE MORE KIDS
INVOLVEMENT IN GUN VIOLENCE,
WHETHER JUST BEING A VICTIM OR
BEING IMPACTED IN SOME
PERIPHERAL WAY. I UNDERSTAND YOU
SAYING IT IS A SMALL NUMBER.
ACTUALLY, WITH GUNS, BUT IT HAS
A HUGE IMPACT ACROSS THE ENTIRE
CITY, THE ENTIRE SCHOOL
COMMUNITY. AND I WILL SAY THAT
THOUGH THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT
YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED ON THE NORTH
END WHICH I AM VERY PLEASED
ABOUT IN TERMS OF DOING
INVESTMENTS, WE ALSO NEED TO
LOOK AT THOSE KIDS LIVE IN
NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MAGNUSON
PARK, WHICH ALSO NEED
INVESTMENTS, BECAUSE THE KIDS
DON'T STAY IN THE SCHOOLS AFTER
HOURS. I WILL SAY THAT. WILL SAY
IN TERMS OF THE RFP BEING
MANDATED EVERY FOUR YEARS , SO
EVERY FOUR YEARS DOING A LEVEL
SET, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE
DEPARTMENT , SINCE NOW YOU ARE
DOING MORE ROBUST EVALUATION, IT
SOUNDS LIKE, THAT PERHAPS WE
DON'T WAIT FOR YEARS. BECAUSE
IF WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE,
LET'S MAKE THE CHANGE BEFORE.
BECAUSE FOUR YEARS IS A LONG
TIME TO WAIT. SOMETIMES AFTER A
YEAR OR TWO, WE HAVE SOME DATA
BY WHICH WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE.
LET'S MAKE SURE IN THOSE
CONTRACTS THAT THE EXPECTATION
IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO FUND
THIS, BUT IF IT IS NOT WORKING
IN A YEAR OR TWO, WHATEVER,
WHATEVER IS APPROPRIATE. I'M
NOT HERE TO SAY A YEAR IS
APPROPRIATE. BUT WE KNOW
PROBABLY BEFORE FOUR YEARS WE
HAVE SOME INFORMATION BY WHICH
WE CAN MAKE TWEAKS TO CONTRACT.
LET'S GIVE OURSELVES
FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE SURE
EIGHT-WEEK IS NEEDED AND THAT IS
ALLOWABLE, RATHER THAN HAVING TO
WAIT FOR YEARS. I THINK THAT IS
REALLY CRITICAL. THE OTHER THING
I WILL SAY, CHAIR, IF YOU WILL
INDULGE ME, -- AND I WOULD LOVE
TO SEE THE 11 SCHOOLS LISTED. I
DIDN'T SEE. THEY ARE NOT LISTED
HERE. THAT WOULD BE REALLY
HELPFUL. I DO WANT TO SAY, LAST
YEAR COUNCILMEMBER , WHO IS
REPRESENTING THE D 5 AT THE
TIME, HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION
WITH DIRECTOR KIM AND THE MAYORS
OFFICE ABOUT THE SITUATION ON
THE NORTH END. I WILL SAY IN THE
LAST THREE WEEKS BY WAY OF
EXAMPLE WE HAD A 17-YEAR-OLD KID
SHOT, AND WE HAVE ALSO HAD A
FIGHT AT MAGNUSON PARK INVOLVING
FOUR OR FIVE TEENAGERS WERE ONE
ALSO GOT VERY BADLY BEATEN AND
INJURED AND WOUND UP IN THE
HOSPITAL. THAT IS JUST TWO
EXAMPLES . I'M NOT GOING TO GO
INTO ALL THE EXAMPLES. THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY AN
ISSUE . LAST YEAR WHEN
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE AND I CAME
ON WE WERE SURPRISED TO LEARN
THERE WAS NO SERVICES FROM HST
PROVIDED ON THE NORTH END. SO WE
GAVE FOCUS TO THAT AND HAD A LOT
OF CONVERSATION. I WAS ALSO
SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT WE
DIDN'T HAVE WHAT YOU ARE
CALLING A NORTH SAFETY HUB. I
UNDERSTAND THAT IS NOT A PLACE,
BUT A STRATEGY. BUT WE DIDN'T
HAVE ONE ON THE NORTH END. AFTER
EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THERE WEREN'T
ORGANIZATIONS THERE,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE AND I
DECIDED THAT WE ARE GOING TO
GIVE HST CAPACITY TO ESTABLISH A
NORTH END HUB. I SPONSORS ,
WHICH MY COLLEAGUE AT THE TIME,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE ,
COSPONSORED A POSITION SO YOU
CAN START THAT NORTH HUB. I
UNDERSTAND YOU NEED TO DO -- AND
I HAVE DONE OUTREACH MY WHOLE
LIFE AND KNOW ABOUT THIS PART.
YOU HAVE TO DO OUTREACH WITH
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, JUST
BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUTH
ORGANIZATIONS DOESN'T MEAN THEY
ARE DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK OR
IN THIS PARTICULAR WAY. THAT
PERSON WAS GOING TO ESTABLISH
THOSE PARTNERSHIPS TO START THE
NORTH HUB. I JUST FOUND OUT
YESTERDAY THAT THAT POSITION IS
GETTING ELIMINATED. COUNCIL PUT
IT IN LAST YEAR AS A PRIORITY
ITEM FOR THE NORTH AND . IT IS
NEEDED BASED ON DATA BECAUSE THE
DATA SHOWED THE KIDS MOST
INVOLVED WITH VIOLENCE WAS THE
NORTH PRECINCT WITH THE HIGHEST
INCIDENCE OF KIDS INVOLVED WITH
VIOLENCE. AND GUN VIOLENCE. THAT
IS WHY WE GAVE FOCUS LEADING
WITH THE DATA, WHICH I ALWAYS
SAY IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I
WILL EXPRESS PUBLICLY MY
DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THAT
POSITION IS NOW BEING CUT AS
PART OF THIS BUDGET WE ARE
GETTING TODAY FROM THE MAYOR. WE
STILL HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS ON THE
NORTH END. I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS
EFFORT IS BEING EXPANDED, BUT MY
CONCERN , WHICH I SHARED WITH
YOU YESTERDAY, DIRECTOR KIM, AND
THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION,
IS THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN
TERMS OF LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T
HAVE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE
DOING THIS WORK. HOW THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE
SUCCESSFUL IN AN RFP THAT IS
REALLY TARGETING. YOU HAVE TO
HAVE EXPERIENCE DOING THIS WORK.
I'M GOING TO BE REALLY
TRANSPARENT. I DON'T KNOW ANY
OTHER WAY TO BE. I HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THAT. WHEN YOU SAY
EXPANSION TO THE NORTH END, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY
ARE WORKING AND THAT THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE
RFP PROCESS. THEY ARE SERVING
THE KIDS ON THE NORTH END. I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS REALLY
ROBUST , BECAUSE THE
DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE CITY, I WILL
ALSO SAY, HAVE CHANGED. I DON'T
KNOW HOW MORE RECENTLY THE
RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX
HAS BEEN UPDATED. I DON'T HAVE
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, BUT I DO
KNOW, AND I SEE FROM BEING AT
THE SCHOOL WITH MY KIDS, HOW
THINGS HAVE CHANGED. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THERE ARE KIDS IN THE
MOORE THAT NORTH END ARE GETTING
THESE INVESTMENTS AS WELL. JUST
WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY. I
HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS RFP IN
TERMS OF THAT. I WOULD REALLY
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE,
WHEN WE ARE EXPANDING TO THE
NORTH END, INCLUDING
ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE NORTH END
WORKING WITH THESE KIDS. BECAUSE
I KNOW THEY EXIST. THOUGH THEY
MAY NOT BE DOING , CHECKING THE
BOXES ON THIS TYPE OF WORK,
LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE WORKING
WITH THEM SO THEY CAN PROVIDE
THAT SERVICE, BECAUSE THEY KNOW
THEIR KIDS ON THE NORTH END. WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE DO
THESE RFPS, THEY ARE BUILT IN A
WAY THAT DOESN'T GIVE
OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW
ORGANIZATIONS TO ALSO
PARTICIPATE. I HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE VERY KIDS
WE ARE TRYING TO HELP. AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE INCLUDED IN
THIS RFP PROCESS. I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO HEARING HOW, WITH THE
ELIMINATION OF THIS, THIS
POSITION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO
HELP THESE ORGANIZATIONS BE
COMPETITIVE FOR THESE TYPES OF
RFP PROCESSES, HOW WE ARE GOING
TO DO THAT WORK WITH THE
ELIMINATION OF THAT POSITION.
AND THEN, DR. HUNT, I AM SO
HAPPY YOU ARE AT SPD. I WOULD
WELCOME A ONE-ON-ONE
CONVERSATION ON HOW TO BEST HELP
THE KIDS ON THE NORTH END,
BECAUSE THEY DO NEED HELP . I
AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
GETTING THE HELP THEY NEED.
CHAIR, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME,
I BELIEVE IT THERE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE MY COMMENTS. I FEEL
REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. I AM
REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT
POSITION GOT ELIMINATED WHEN WE
JUST PUT IT IN LAST YEAR TO
SERVE A FUNCTION THAT WAS
MISSING ON THE NORTH END.
>> DIRECTOR KIM, BRIEFLY. I'M
GOING TO HAVE A RAPIDFIRE CLOSE.
>> RAPIDFIRE.
>> I WILL AFTER YOU ANSWER.
>> THERE WERE MANY COMPONENTS.
AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR
FRANKNESS. IT IS A WAY WE
IMPROVE. THANK YOU. WE CAN TAKE
IT. A COUPLE QUICK THINGS. IT IS
NOT A BUDGET PRESENTATION. BUT I
WILL SHARE WHAT I SAID
YESTERDAY, WHICH IS THAT WE ARE
COMMITTED TO FULLY STAFFING THE
EXPANSION TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN
THE NORTH END. IT IS A POSITION
. YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO LOOK AT
OUR BUDGET AND SEE WHERE WE CAN
MAKE EFFICIENCIES. ESSENTIALLY,
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE
USING EXISTING BUDGET AND
EXISTING STAFF WITH SET-ASIDE
THE MICRO WITH SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS TO PROVIDE THAT
COORDINATION. SO WHILE
TECHNICALLY IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET WE TALKED ABOUT THAT
REDUCTION OF THE FTE, THERE IS
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT WE'RE
ACTUALLY , IT'S A NET GAIN. I
WILL TALK MORE AT BUDGET FOR
THAT. I GUESS A COUPLE OTHER
THINGS. WE DO HAVE THE 11 NAME
SCHOOLS. HAPPY TO RATTLE IT OFF
IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC RIGHT NOW. NONE
OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE CHANGED. I
WANT TO UNDERSCORE SOMETHING YOU
SAID IS REALLY IMPORTANT. JUST
IN GENERAL. YOU ARE RIGHT THAT
IT IS A MINIMUM OF FOUR YEARS
THAT WE DO RFPS, BUT WE ARE HELD
TO A HIGH STANDARD OF MONITORING
CONTRACTS. AND SO, THAT IS A
TIME MID YEAR, YEAR-OVER-YEAR WE
CAN MAKE CHANGES. I'M NOT SHY
ABOUT DOING THAT. IF WE HAVE
CONCERNS, WE WILL WORK WITH
AGENCIES . WE NEED TO BE GOOD
STEWARDS. I JUST WANT TO CONCUR
AND NOT LEAVE OUT THERE THAT WE
DO THESE CHANGES EVERY FOUR
YEARS. THAT IS ACTUALLY OUR JOB
IN TERMS OF -- IT IS WHEN WE DO
MAJOR SHIFTS. BUT THERE IS A
LEVEL OF CONTINUITY ALSO
IMPORTANT. IT IS A BALANCE. IT
IS A BALANCE TO MAKE SURE WE
DON'T HAVE A GAP IN SERVICE.
FINALLY, A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE
THING I NEGLECTED TO POINT OUT
FROM THE AUDITOR'S, NOT THE
MOST RECENT REPORT, BUT
FOOTNOTES LINKING TO OTHER
REPORTS WITH HSD AROUND STREET
OUTREACH AND YOUTH VIOLENCE
PREVENTION INITIATIVES. I WANT
TO NOTE THAT THERE IS , STARTING
IN 2015, CLAUDIA DID RAISE A
COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS
INVESTMENT REALLY IS TO REDUCE
GUN VIOLENCE . OF COURSE, YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE FREQUENTLY INVOLVED.
YOUNG ADULTS, RATHER. SHE DID
SAY THAT SHE THOUGHT WE SHOULD
CONSIDER PARTICULARLY WITH
STREET OUTREACH MAKING SURE THAT
WE HAVE SERVICES FOR THOSE MOST
AT NEED REGARDLESS OF AGE. I
WANTED TO JUST UNDERSCORE THAT .
ALTHOUGH WE ARE GROUNDED IN THE
DATA , BUT THAT IS WHY YOU SEE
SOME OF THE SHIFTING OF THE AGE.
THE CONCENTRATION IS OVER YOUTH
AND ADULTS, BUT THE VICTIMS ARE
THOSE INVOLVED ARE CREEPING UP
TO BE A LITTLE BIT OLDER.
FINALLY, WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WE
ARE CURRENTLY DOING AND WHAT IS
COMING ONLINE THAT IS
EVIDENCE-BASED, I WANT TO
UNDERSCORE THE PRIMARY CHANGE,
ASIDE FROM THE COORDINATION, IS
THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON THAT
SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE. WE ARE
NOT DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. IT IS
NOT A NAME LIST OR ANYTHING, BUT
WE KNOW THROUGH THE WORK OF SPD
THAT THERE IS A SMALL GROUP OF
PEOPLE. AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
A CONCERTED EFFORT TO WRAP
SERVICES AROUND THOSE
INDIVIDUALS TO INTERVENE . THIS
IS A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT. IT
WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KIM. ONCE
THE MAYOR BRINGS THE BUDGET
DOWN, IT IS OUR BUDGET. THIS
COMES UP IN A COUPLE OF OTHER
AREAS. ALSO ON AURORA AND THE
NORTH END. RAPIDLY, CAN YOU
BRING UP SLIDE FIVE? RAPIDFIRE.
THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SLIDE.
WHAT IS KEY HERE, AND I AM NOT
SURE IF THIS ISN'T THE CULTURE.
WE TALK ABOUT SPD CULTURE. WHAT
WE HAVE CITY GOVERNMENT CULTURE
TOO. EMBRACING THE IDEA OF
LESSONS LEARNED . FROM THE WORLD
I COME FROM, THAT IS INTRINSIC,
AND IT IS BRUTAL, BUT YOU DO IT.
WE HAVE TO BRING THIS ON. I LOVE
THE SLIDE AND THE CHANGES. WE
HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH THE
LESSONS LEARNED. THAT PROCESS
AND REALLY TAKING ON AS A
CULTURE. CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 10?
OKAY. THE BOTTOM PIECE.
COORDINATION. WORKING WITH THESE
FOLKS. WORKING WITH THESE
ORGANIZATIONS. WHAT WE CANNOT
HAVE IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH KING
COUNTY COMING OUT OF THAT AUDIT.
IT IS OUR JOB TOO IN TERMS OF
OVERSIGHT, WHICH MAY HAVE
HAPPENED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
WHAT WE CANNOT HAVE IS WHAT
HAPPENED COMING OUT OF THAT
AUDIT THE CAME AT KING COUNTY
COUNCIL. AND SO, WORKING WITH
THESE GROUPS, NOT JUST -- HEY,
ARE YOU ORGANIZED? DO YOU
UNDERSTAND HOW TO RUN A
NONPROFIT AND HOW TO INFER
YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
LAW? OR BEST PRACTICES, WHATEVER
IT MAY BE. CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE
14? THANK YOU, AGAIN. REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR SPD TO BE HERE. IT
HIGHLIGHTS WHAT I WAS TALKING
ABOUT. THE KEY HERE IS REPORTED.
REPORTED SHOOTINGS AND SHOTS
FIRED. WE HAD MS. HALL AND MS.
HOFFMAN AND WALKER TALKING ABOUT
THE SAME SHOOTING INCIDENTS NOT
REPORTED. THIS IDEA THAT THESE
COME FROM THE INTELLIGENCE
WORLD, GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT.
IF IT IS INCOMPLETE IN , IT WILL
BE INCOMPLETE OUT. WE HAVE TO
ENSURE WE GET THESE THINGS
RIGHT. I HAVE A BELLTOWN EXAMPLE
OF THIS. NOBODY REPORTED IT. IT
WAS FOUND OUT THROUGH OTHER
MEANS. BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO
FOOT STOMP ON THAT. ALSO, TO
VALIDATE THE COMMENTS AT A
PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THOSE THREE
LADIES. REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO
THAT. I WANTED TO CLOSE. MR.
HOLMES FROM THE CPC. I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THE
CPC. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WAS
BROUGHT UP IN HIS VIEW OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW,
BUILDING ON FREDDIE GRAY, GEORGE
FLOYD, AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN
THIS CONTEXT, JOHN T. WILLIAMS,
WE NEED TO BUILD ON WHAT WE HAVE
BEEN DOING WITH THE CONSENT
DECREE AND ENGAGING, HAVING SPD
ENGAGE IN THIS. THE FRIDAY NIGHT
BASKETBALL. ALL THE PIECES WE
HAVE LOST OVER THE LAST 5 PLUS
YEARS. WE NEED TO BRING THAT
BACK BUT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO
KNOW. BEFORE THE BADGE PROGRAM,
GOING TO COMMUNITIES BEFORE THE
BECOME OFFICERS AND GETTING THAT
KIND OF RELATIONSHIP SO THEY
UNDERSTAND . I HAVE BEEN TO
NUMEROUS AFRICAN AMERICAN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE COUNCIL
MEETINGS. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO
HAVE THE RECRUITS. NEVERMIND THE
OFFICERS. WE NEED TO BUILD ON
THAT. BOTTOM LINE, WE NEED TO
BUILD ON THE CONSENT DECREE AND
THAT WORK IS CAUSE CEMENTED. IT
IS JUST A STEPPING STONE, NOT A
MILESTONE. AND TO CLOSE ON THE
REPORT. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ WAS TALKING ABOUT CHIEF
BARNES. THE CULTURE PIECE. IT
TAKES TIME, BUT WE HAVE TO PUSH
IT. PART OF THE CULTURE GOES
INTO WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING. WE
HAVE TO ATTACK IT. WE HAVE TO
CHANGE. THE POINTS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH WAS
TALKING ABOUT. ENGAGEMENT, THE
NORTH. JUST THE CULTURE WITHIN
OUR CITY GOVERNMENT , COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
AUDIT PROCESS. WE NEED TO
CONTINUALLY PRESS ON THESE
THINGS. I AM OPTIMISTIC, BECAUSE
I LOVE THE BRIEFING AND
DIRECTION WE ARE MOVING. THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US, DIRECTOR KIM
AND THE TEAM. I THINK WE'VE
REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S
MEETING AGENDA. I THANK EVERYONE
FOR BEING HERE. ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS? I HAVE ASKED THIS
QUESTION BEFORE WE ADJOURN?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE. WE ARE
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.