>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
TODAY IS MARCH 2nd, 2026.
THE COUNCIL BRIEFING
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 2:04.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> HERE.
EXCUSE ME, IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, THE MINUTES
OF FEBRUARY 23rd, 2026, WILL BE
ADOPTED.
SEEING AND HEARING NONE
FROM YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACES,
THE MINUTES ARE A -- YOU ARE
BEAUTIFUL. THE MINUTES ARE
ADOPTED.
NOW ON TO THE PRESIDENT'S
REPORT.
WE HAVE NO BRIEFINGS OR
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS TODAY.
OUR NEXT OIR PRESENTATION
WILL BE 3/9, SO MARCH 9th.
THAT IS NEXT WEEK.
ON TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA, WE HAVE TEN ITEMS ON
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
WE HAVE PAYMENT OF THE BILLS,
AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO LAND
USE AND ZONING.
WE ALSO HAVE APPOINTMENTS
AND REAPPOINTMENTS AS WELL.
WE HAVE THOSE ARE A TON
OF APPOINTMENTS AND
REAPPOINTMENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME
ORDINANCES THAT ARE COMING OUT
OF LAND
USE AND SUSTAINABILITY AND ALSO
A RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING OUR
DATA AND PRIVACY PROTECTIONS
FROM COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
ON TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WE HAVE OUR BILLS AND MINUTE.
THEN WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE
COMING UP FOR A VOTE.
RESOLUTION 32193.
A RESOLUTION RELATED TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS' PROFESSIONALISM AND
STANDARDS, REAFFIRMING
SEATTLE'S
VALUES RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL
LAW
ENFORCEMENT CONDUCT,
CONDEMNING RECENT ACTIONS OF
THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENTS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A
RESOLUTION, 32191, A
RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE
OPPORTUNITY
TO DEVELOP A
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION HUB
ADJACENT TO
WESTLAKE PARK IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
SIGNING OF LETTERS AND
PROCLAMATIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS
A PROCLAMATION FOR SIGNATURE
TODAY PROCLAIMING MARCH 9th TO
BE
TAP ROOT THEATER COMPANY DAY.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE A PROCLAMATION
TO CELEBRATE THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE TAP ROOT
THEATER
COMPANY IN GREENWOOD.
IT IS CALLED THE TAP ROOT
THEATER COMPANY RATHER THAN
JUST TAP ROOT THEATER BECAUSE
WHEN
IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1976, IT
WAS FOUNDED BY SIX FRIENDS WHO
WERE A TOURING COMPANY.
AND THAT'S WHY IT IS A TAP
ROOT THEATER COMPANY AND NOT
JUST
A TAP ROOT THEATER.
EVEN THOUGH THEY DO HAVE TWO
THEATERS WITHIN THEIR VERY
SMALL FOOTPRINT, SCRUNCHED UP
ALONG 85th STREET NORTHWEST.
SO TODAY, THE THEATER
IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED.
HERE RIGHT IN SEATTLE,
AND SERVES UPWARDS OF 115,000
PEOPLE ANNUALLY.
THERE IS NOT A BAD SEAT IN THE
THEATER.
IT IS SO -- BECAUSE
EVERYTHING IS SUCH A TIGHT
FOOTPRINT,
IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE SITTING ON
STAGE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BIB TO A
SHOW AT THE TAP ROOT THEATER
COMPANY
THEATER, I SUGGEST YOU FIND
TICKETS SOON.
AND SO I WOULD LOVE -- WE
WILL BE PRESENTING THIS
PROCLAMATION TO THEM ON THEIR
50th
ANNIVERSARY.
LEZE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING
THIS GREAT COMMUNITY ASSET AND
THEIR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO
OUR
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR
FURTHER DISCUSSION?
AWESOME.
SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
TO DETERMINE WHICH
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE THEIR
SIGNATURES
AFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION,
RECOGNIZING TAP ROOT
THEATER COMPANY DAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>>
AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> NINE FIXTURES WILL BE
AFFIXED.
>>
SOUNDS GOOD. LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT
PROCLAMATION.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HAS
A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH
2026 TO BE WOMEN'S HISTORY
MONTH IN SEATTLE, AND IF YOU'RE
BLACK AND FEMALE, LIKE MYSELF
AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU
ARE RUNNING IT BACK TO BACK.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WOMEN'S
HISTORY.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, WE'RE
BRINGING FORWARD OUR WOMEN'S
HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU ALL TO THE
OFFICES THAT PROVIDED INPUT ON
THAT
PROCLAMATION.
I'LL BE HOLDING MY REMARKS
FOR TOMORROW WHEN WE HAVE THE
WOMEN'S COMMISSION AND WE HAVE
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM
SEATTLE TORRENT AS WELL COMING
TO
HELP RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION.
BUT REALLY EXCITED TO TAKE
THIS MOMENT TO HONOR AND
RECOGNIZE, OF COURSE, THE
INCREDIBLE
WOMEN'S HISTORY HERE IN
SEATTLE AND ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
ARE THERE ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS
ABOUTWOMANEN'S
HISTORY?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT
HOCKEY PLAYER IS COMING?
>> HOCKEY PLAYERS COMING?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
>> YOU HAVE TO FIND THAT OUT.
>> I DEFINITELY WILL FOLLOW UP.
>> WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT HOCKEY
PLAYER.
>> I ALSO
WANT TO SHARE, AS YOU LIKELY
SAW, WE'RE ALSO HONORING
ESTHER LUCERO.
>> I JUMPED THE GUN ON THAT
AND TOLD HER FRIDAY.
I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF,
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> I JUST WANTED TO
ALSO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT
OUR COUNCIL IS MADE UP OF FIVE
WOMEN, SO WE'RE REPRESENTING
IT HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL IN
SEATTLE.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR
ADDING
A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER, MARY
BRUNKOW FOR HER ACHIEVEMENTS IN
SCIENCE TO THE PROCLAMATION, AND
SHE'LL BE HERE TOMORROW AS
WELL.
>> AWESOME.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE WOMEN'S HISTORY?
ALL RIGHT.
NOT FOR YOU, DEB.
RIGHT NOW, SO THERE'S
NO ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, CLERK
WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
FOR SIGNING OF THE PROCLAMATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> WRES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> WE LOVE WOMEN.
THANK YOU, AND WE'RE NOW
GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
AGENDA
ITEM.
SO OUR NEXT DISCUSSION WILL BE
PREVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL
ACTIONS AND COUNCIL REGIONAL
COMMITTEES, AND WE'RE GOING TO
JUST JUMP
TO THE RIGHT TODAY.
SO WE'LL PASS IT TO THE
RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED.
>> I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.
THE BUDGET DIRECTOR, ALY
PENNUCCI'S SWEARING IN IS IN 20
MINUTES, SO I'LL BE LEAVING,
UNFORTUNATELY, TO ATTEND THAT.
IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEES
WE'LL MEET ON MARCH 3rd AT 9:30
A.M.
, THAT IS TOMORROW.
WITH TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS WITH
CBO OFFICE OF CITY FINANCE AND
CENTRAL STAFF.
THE TOPIC IS OUR LEVEE CAPACITY
UPDATE.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE
COMMITTEE, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND
YOU RECEIVE THIS BRIEFING
IN PRIVATE OR YOU GO BACK AND
WATCH SEATTLE CHANNEL IN YOUR
FREE
TIME.
YOUR DECISION.
BECAUSE THIS IS A
PRESENTATION ON THE CITY'S
CURRENT LEVEE
CAPACITIES.
WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO OUR
LEGAL LEVEE CAPACITY LIMIT.
THERE IS STILL SOME BUFFER AND
SO THIS IS A PRESENTATION
THAT GETS US ALL ON THE SAME
PAGE
AHEAD OF THE LIBRARY'S LEVEE,
AHEAD OF I KNOW IN THE STEPS
COMMITTEE, YOU HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THE CITY CENTER,
THERE'S CONVERSATION ON PIKE
PLACE.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF TOMORROW'S
PRESENTATIONS, WE ARE NOT GOING
TO SPEAK ABOUT
LEVEES SPECIFICALLY OR THE
POTENTIAL FOR THEM.
SAVE FOR A BIT ABOUT THE
LIBRARY'S LEVEE JUST BECAUSE
WE HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF IF
IT WAS PASSED AT THE CURRENT
RATE, IF IT WAS EXPANDED, IF IT
WAS
REDUCED. THAT WILL BE THE ONLY
LEVY
WE TALK ABOUT.
IF YOU HAVE SEATTLE CENTER
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR PIKE
PLACE MARKET QUESTIONS SPECIFIC,
THERE
WILL BE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES
FOR FUTURE BRIEFINGS.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TAILORED
TO GIVE US ALL A
FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF
WHERE TO MOVE
FORWARD FROM.
THAT IS ALREADY ONE OF THE, I
BELIEVE, SEVEN LEVIES WE HAVE IN
EXISTENCE.
SO THIS IS NOT A FORWARD LOOKING
AS FAR AS WHAT THE LEVIES ARE
FORWARD LOOKING.
THIS IS A
FOUNDATIONAL PRESENTATION ABOUT
WHAT IS
OUR LEGAL CAPACITY AT THIS
TIME ACROSS ALL LEVIES.
THE SECOND PRESENTATION WILL
BE THE 2019 TO 2026 BUDGET
REVIEW.
THIS REVIEW SHOWS HOW AND WHY
EXPENDITURES HAVE CHANGED
OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.
THIS WAS THE FIVE- YEAR LOOK
BACK IN 2024, IT WAS THE SIX-
YEAR
LOOK BACK IN 2025.
IT IS NOW THE SEVEN- YEAR LOOK
BACK IN 2026.
THIS ALONG WITH A
REPORT SUMMARIZING THE COUNCIL
CHANGES TO THE 2026 PROPOSED
BUDGET GIVES US A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT DID WE
RECEIVE FROM THE
MAYOR, WHAT WAS THE ENDORSED
BUDGET, WHAT DID THEY CHANGE,
WHAT DID WE CHANGE, HOW IS THAT
IMPACTING EVERYTHING OVER
THE COURSE OF SEVEN YEARS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS THE FASTEST THAT
CENTRAL STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO
RETURN THIS WORK AROUND FOR US.
AND WHILE WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SENT
THIS REPORT OUT TO EVERYONE,
IT WILL BE COMING SHORTLY, AND
THIS IS JUST TO GET, AGAIN,
EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE.
FOR FULL COUNCIL, THE COMMITTEE
HAS NO LEGISLATION COMING
TO FULL COUNCIL THIS WEEK.
FOR SOUND TRANSIT ON
THURSDAY, MARCH 5th, THIS WEEK,
I'LL
BE TOURING THE BALLARD AND
WEST SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION
PROJECTS.
SOUND TRANSIT HAS A BOARD
RETREAT NEXT WEEK IN
TACOMA, WHERE FROM THAT RETREAT,
MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING
OUT
IN HOW SOUND TRANSIT AS AN
AGENCY IS APPROACHING THIS
$30 BILLION YEAR OF
EXPENDITURE FINANCIAL HAUL.
THERE ARE OTHER LEVERS THAT
NEED TO BE UTILIZED SUCH AS THE
FINANCING, THE ENGINEERING.
A LOT OF OTHER TOOLS.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST STEP IN
THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO CHAT WITH ANY
AND ALL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY
JUST BEFORE OR AFTER THAT
RETREAT.
FOR ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON
CITIES, I'M
REALIZING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
I
DON'T HAVE UPDATES FOR AWC
TODAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY?
I GUESS IN YOUR REPORT, IF YOU
DO, I'M JUST DOUBLE CHECKING
WITH YOU IN A MOMENT.
>> I DON'T -- I MEAN, AWC
WAS DOING THE SAME THING WE WERE
ALL DOING, TRACKING ALL THE
THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN
OLYMPIA.
THERE'S A LOT OF ALIGNMENT
THERE, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO REPORT OUT ON THAT.
BUT I KNOW THAT'S WHAT THEY
WERE WORKING ON.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE AN UPCOMING
CONFERENCE.
WE'RE ON THE BOARD.
AND YOU ARE ALL WELCOME
TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, AND
WE'LL SEND INFORMATION SOON
FROM THAT.
>> THEY HAVE SCHEDULED IT
OVER WORLD CUP HERE IN THE CITY
OF
SEATTLE, SO THE WEEK OF
JUNE 20th, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COME TO SPOKANE WITH US, IT'S
GOING TO BE FUN.
WITH THAT, IN DISTRICT,
I ATTENDED THE LOYAL
HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER'S
ANNUAL
PANCAKE BREAKFAST YESTERDAY
MORNING.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE
MY NEIGHBORS OUT THERE.
PROCEEDS GO TO SCHOLARSHIP
FUNDS AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER
PROGRAMS.
DID NOT GET TO FIND MARY PAT,
SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING SEATTLE
CHANNEL, I'M SORRY, BUT
ALSO, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
WORK YOU'RE DOING.
I HAVE OFFICE HOURS THIS
THURSDAY.
I HOLD OFFICE HOURS ALMOST EVERY
SINGLE WEEK AND WE HAVE A TOWN
HALL COMING UP LATER THIS MONTH.
THAT'S MY REPORT, COLLEAGUES.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> SEEING NONE, THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ALL RIGHT, AWESOME.
WE WILL PASS IT OFF TO
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, WITH
THE SHOULDER SWEATER TODAY.
VERY STYLISH.
>> MY SHAWL.
>> A SHAWL.
OKAY.
>> BRINGING BACK SHAWLS,
SINGLE-HANDEDLY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON IN THE
OFFICE? SO MANY THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S LEVY
ON
THURSDAY, THE 19th OF FEBRUARY,
AND WEDNESDAY THE 25th.
IN ANTICIPATION OF THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY LEVY
RENEWAL,
WE HAD TWO SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY PRESENTATIONS ON THE
LEVY FUNDED
PROGRAMS OF THE 2019 LEVY
AS PART OF OUR LEND
COMMITTEE MEETING.
AS I SAID AT BOTH OF
THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THIS
IS OUR
OPPORTUNITY.
IT WAS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO
SHOW OUR WORK TO THE TAXPAYERS
WHO SO
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED
LIBRARIES THROUGH A PROPERTY TAX
INCREASE
IN THE SAME WAY I DID WITH
THE FAMILIES EDUCATION AND
PRESCHOOL PROMISE LEVY, IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO ME TO HAVE
ROBUST PRESENTATIONS FROM THE
LIBRARIES.
I WANT TO THANK CHIEF FAY
AND HIS STAFF FOR PUTTING THOSE
PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER.
THEY WERE VERY DETAILED AND
TRUE RIVERA DUE DILIGENCE
FASHION, AS
YOU LIKE TO SAY, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, AND THEY ARE
AVAILABLE ONLINE.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, WHO IS GNAW ON THE
COMMITTEE
BUT SHOWED UP.
AND I LOVE.
I LOVE WHEN EVERYONE IS ABLE TO
COME.
I UNDERSTAND EVERYONE HAS
THEIR OWN OBLIGATIONS AND
COMMITMENTS, AND SO I UNDERSTAND
IF
YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO COME, BUT
EVERYONE IS ALWAYS WELCOME TO
JOIN
LEND COMMITTEE WHEN YOU'RE ABLE
TO.
SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.
AS WE HEARD ABOUT THE LEVY
FUNDED INVEST MENTS THEY'RE
IN SIX BUCKETS.
HOURS AND ACCESS,
TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES,
MAINTENANCE, HELPING
CHILDREN, AND ADMINISTRATION.
THOSE ARE THE SIX BUCKETS THAT
THE LIBRARY'S LEVY FUNDED IN
THE LAST ITERATION OF THE LEVY.
I BELIEVE I HAVE SPOKEN NOW, I
KNOW I HAVE, WITH ALL OF
YOU INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT
YOUR PRIORITIES FOR THE LEVY AS
I ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND MORE TO COME ON THAT
IN TERMS OF TIMING.
I'M WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO DETERMINE WHAT
THAT TIMING WILL BE THROUGH A
SELECT COMMITTEE WHERE WE CAN
ALL PARTICIPATE AND HERE AGAIN,
I'LL MAKE SURE THE FIRST OF
THOSE SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
IS
A SMALLER VERSION OF THIS SLIDE
DECK WE HAD FOR THOSE OF YOU
WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND SO
YOU CAN ALSO ASK QUESTIONS AND
THENTHEN
WE WILL START WORKING ON
THE RENEWAL PROCESS.
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND ALL OF YOU ON THIS.
AND I KNOW IT'S LIBRARIES
YOU ALL KNOW, OUR CONSTITUENTS
LOVE
LIBRARIES, AS WE ALL DO.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SHEPHERDING
THAT TO THE PROCESS.
AS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
JUST TALKED ABOUT, LEVY CAPS AND
ALL
THAT, THAT ALL WILL BE PART
OF THE CONVERSATION.
ALL RIGHT.
I ALSO ATTENDED A
RESIDENT MEETING AT MERCY
HOUSING IN
MAGNUSON PARK.
I ENJOYED VERY MUCH BEING THERE
WITH THE RESIDENTS AND
HEARING ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT
TO
THEM AND WHAT CONCERNS THEY
HAVE.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT BECAUSE
A REPRESENTATIVE LIBRARY
STAFF MEMBER ATTENDED THAT
MEETING AND
BRINGS BOOKS AND THERE ARE
KIDS WHO ATTEND THE MEETING.
RESIDENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO
CHECK OUT BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY
THERE, AND THAT WAS REALLY
GREAT TO SEE.
JUST SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY
ASSET THERE.
THEY DID POINT OUT, RESIDENTS
POINTED OUT THERE'S AN RV
PARKED ILLEGALLY INSIDE THE PARK
JUST
IN FRONT OF THE MERCY HOUSING
COMPLEX THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED
ABOUT.
THEY REPORTED SEEING ILLEGAL
BEHAVIOR ORIGINATING FROM THAT
RV, AND YOU ALL HEARD ME SAY
LAST YEAR, COLLEAGUES, THAT I
WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THE UCT
TEAM TO REMOVE THE
RVs FROM THE PARK BECAUSE OF
THESE REASONS.
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH UCT ON THIS MATTER BECAUSE
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR RESIDENTS THERE, ESPECIALLY
OUR
KIDS, AND THERE'S A
PRESCHOOL THERE AS WELL, YOU
KNOW, THEY
FEEL SAFE.
AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
ALSO, I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO THE
WINDERMERE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING.
THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS
ABOUT STREET RACING, ALSO ON
SAND
POINTWAY IN FRONT OF MAGNUSON
PARK, WHICH I TALKED WITH
SDOT ABOUT TODAY.
HOW CAN WE MITIGATE FOR
THE STREET RACING THERE AND
THE NOISE DISTURBANCES THAT
HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE STREET
RACING.
ALSO TALKED TO THE WINDERMERE
FOLKS ABOUT, AND IT WAS GLAD TO
HEAR, THERE WAS IMPROVEMENT
AT NOISE DISTURBANCES AT
MAGNUSON
PARK BECAUSE OF OUR SUMMER
OF SAFETY FROM LAST YEAR, AND
I KNOW I HAVE SPOKEN WITH
THE CURRENT CHIEF BARNES ABOUT
THE SUMMER SAFETY FOR THIS YEAR
AND THE HOPE TO GET THAT BACK
ON.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE FROM SPD AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT THAT.
THEFT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I ATTENDED ANOTHER
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CENTER OF
THE FAMILIES EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL PROMISE LEVY TO GET
FEEDBACK.
THIS TIME, WE WERE AT LANGSTON
HUGHES CENTER.
DEAL IS CONTINUING TO DO
OUTREACH TO RESIDENTS
AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO
INFORM THE INE PLAN THAT IS
THE IMPLEMENTATION AND
EVALUATION
PLAN, AND I
WILL BE LETTING YOU KNOW ABOUT
THE PROCESS IN
THE COMING WEEKS SO THAT
IS CONCURRENTLY COMING
THROUGH COMMITTEE ALONG WITH THE
LIBRARY'S LEVY.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO
SHEPHERD THESE TWO THINGS
THROUGH
THE COMMITTEE MEETING COMING UP.
MORE TO COME ON THAT.
THE TORRENT PRESS CONFERENCE
WAS REALLY AMAZING.
I DOT TO JOIN SOME OF
YOU COLLEAGUES AT THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE, AS YOU KNOW,
TO CELEBRATE OUR PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE'S
PLAYERS' GOLD MEDAL WIN AT THE
OLYMPIC.
THESE ARE SUCH IMPRESSIVE
AND TALENTED WOMEN.
WHAT AN AMAZING -- WHAT
AMAZING ROLE MODELS THEY ARE FOR
OUR YOUNG FEMALE ATHLETES AND
OUR
YOUNG WOMEN IN GENERAL.
I KNOW I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS,
AND THESE ARE -- I MEAN, THESE
WOMEN ARE SUCH ROLE MODELS FOR
MY OWN
KIDS.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY PLAY
SPORTS, THIS IS JUST A REALLY
MONUMENTAL
ACHIEVEMENT AND I'M SO
EXCITED FOR THEM.
I WAS SO HONORED TO MEET
WITH THEM AND CONGRATULATE THEM
ON THIS AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT
AND OF NOTE IS HOW HUMBLE THEY
WERE.
AND I JUST -- THEY TRAIN THEIR
WHOLE LIVES AND WORK SO HARD
TO GET TO THAT POINT.
AND THEY ACHIEVED GOLD MEDAL
STATUS.
AND YET THEY WERE SO HUMBLE
AND JUST SO GRATEFUL.
IT WAS JUST SO REALLY GREAT TO
SEE.
AND AS A MOM, I JUST, YOU
KNOW, IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR ME
TO
SEE.
ALSO, LAST WEEK, I ATTENDED THE
SEATTLE'S BLACK HISTORY
MONTH CELEBRATION.
HOSTED BY OUR VERY
OWN DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE OLD
AND NEW FRIENDS THERE TO
CELEBRATE AND SHOW GRATITUDE FOR
OUR OWN
CITY STAFF AND IT WAS JUST
SUCH A MOVING EVENT.
I WAS REALLY HONORED TO BE ABLE
TO ATTEND AND BE THERE.
SO THAT WAS -- SOME OF YOU
WERE THERE AS WELL.
SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE.
AND THEN THIS WEEK, I'M
ATTENDING THE WEDGWOOD COMMUNITY
COUNCIL MEETING ON
TUESDAY, LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM
THOSE NEIGHBORS.
AND FINALLY, THE ONE LAST
THING IS I'M MEETING THE
PRESIDENT
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, DR. ROBERT JONES.
THE UNIVERSITY IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT PARTNER IN THE
DISTRICT, AS YOU KNOW,
COLLEAGUES. I JUST SPEAK ABOUT
THEM OFTEN.
I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A GREAT
WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
I HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT.
I SO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH PRESIDENT JONES.
AND UNLESS ANYTHING
HAS QUESTIONS I'LL PASS IT ON
TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
I WILL BE BRIEF.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO ADD
WHEN WE GOT TO MEET THE TORRENT
FOLK, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER DID A
KICKASS SPEECH.
IT WAS WONDERFUL.
I KNOW MEGAN RAPINOE WAS
AWESOME, TOO, BUT YOU DID
A REALLY GOOD JOB.
I LOVED HOW YOU WENT
LOOKING FOR YOUR KEY CHAIN, WELL
DONE.
REPRESENTED OUR CITY WELL
AND OUR CITY COUNCIL.
PARKS AND CITY LIGHT
COMMITTEE, THE NEXT PARKS AND
CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE IS
SCHEDULED FOR
THIS WEDNESDAY AT 2:00.
AGAIN, ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT IS
THE DISTRIBUTION EASEMENT AND
THE PLATTED EASEMENT AND
IT'S BASICALLY ROUTINE
LEGISLATION.
THEN WE HAVE FOUR
APPOINTMENTS TO CITY CITY
LIGHT'S
JOINT APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING
COMMITTEE.
LAST WEEK, WE MET WITH THE
NEW, AS YOU ALL KNOW HIM, THE
NEW
CEO OF SEATTLE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
FORMERLY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE
AND
STATE REP OUT OF WEST SEATTLE,
AND WELCOME JOE TO
BE AT THE CHAMBER AND
DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
ECONOMIC
ENTERPRISES, ECONOMIC
MOBILITY AND BRINGING TRIBES
INTO
THE FAMILY OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR INDIGENOUS
LAND.
WE ALSO MET WITH CHRISTINE
MORELAND, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE MORE WE LOVE, AND
WENT OVER THE ISSUES THEY'RE
ADDRESSING.
BUDGET ISSUES, WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING ADD IN THE NEXT
LEVEL
OF THE NEXT ROUND OF HOW
WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE
SERVICES.
PARTICULARLY IN SEX
TRAFFICKING, FIFA, AND ALSO
HAVING FAMILIES
CRISIS CENTERS AVAILABLE
AND BEDS READY FOR WOMEN ON
AURORA EXPERIENCING SEX
TRAFFICKING
OR WHO WANT TO BASICALLY GET OUT
OF THAT BUSINESS, THAT WE'RE
THERE TO SERVE THEM.
A LITTLE INFORMATION ON THE
MORE WE LOVE, IT SERVES FAMILIES
IN CRISIS ACROSS OUR REGION.
OPERATES A 22- BED CRISIS CENTER
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND
A 24/7 CRISIS LINE
CREATING PATHWAYS OUT OF
HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTION,
HUMANTRAFFICKING, AND DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
THIS WEEK, LET'S SEE, TODAY
I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY MEET WITH
Y HAVEN'T MET WITH HER, I KNOW
OF
HER, MS. BONNIE GLENN.
SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE
OF THE OPA.
I ALSO MET WITH CHIEF
SKOEGENS TODAY TO DISCUSS FIRE
STATION
24 AND OTHER CONCERNS THAT WILL
COME AROUND SOON IN THIS NEXT
ROUND.
HE'S ALREADY GONE, BUT THOSE
ARE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES
WE ADDRESS EVERY YEAR, AND I
KNOW IN LIGHT OF THE MAYOR
ASKING
FOR SOME CUTS THERE, WE'RE
GOING
TO TRY TO HOPEFULLY NAVIGATE
THAT WITH OUR FIRE FOLK, WITH
OUR FIRE FRIENDS, FIRE
DEPARTMENT
FRIENDS.
TOMORROW, AND I WANT TO GIVE A
BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, TO JOHN GRANT, TRACY,
AND NICOLE.
WE HAD MET WITH THEM A COUPLE
TIMES.
WE'RE MEETING WITH
THEM REGARDING SHELTER SITES AND
POLICY AND A BIG SHOUT OUT
TO KELLY BROWN, MY CHIEF OF
STAFF, PROVIDING AN INVENTORY OF
WHERE
WOULD THE SITES WE HAVE IN D-
5, WE HAVE WELL OVER 100
LOCATIONS WITH OVER 5,000 UNITS,
AND
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
UPDATE
THAT, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE
THE MATRIX AND WHAT THEY'RE
LOOKING AT HAD THEY START
MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE TO
PUT
ADDITIONAL UNITS OF
HOUSING ACROSS THE CITY, BECAUSE
I THINK
THEY'RE LOOKING AT TRYING
TO PLACE US AT 1,000 NEW UNITS
TO COME ONLINE.
SO WE WANT TO FIND OUT HOW WE'RE
PICKING THOSE SPOTS AND
ALSO MAYBE TALK ABOUT SOME NEW
CRITERIA FOR LOOKING AT WHERE
WE PLACE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, SANCTION ENCAMPMENTS,
RVs,
AND ALL THE LIKE.
AGAIN, SINCE SOMEONE HAS
BEEN AROUND SINCE WE DECLARED
WAR
ON HOMELESSNESS IN 2015, I HOPE
WE CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THAT.
LET'S SEE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?
NOPE, THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ --
OH, YOU HAD A QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
JUST COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU
REMIND ME THAT I, TOO, MET
WITH JOE WYNN TODAY FROM THE
CHAMBER TO TALK ABOUT WAYS THAT
WE
CAN WORK TOGETHER AND
PARTNER TOGETHER IN THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE
REMINDER AND JUST WANTED TO SAY
THAT.
AND THANK JOE FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO MEET WITH US.
>> YOU DIDN'T SHARE WITH
PEOPLE YOU AND I GOT TO HOLD THE
GOLD
MEDAL.
>> I DIDN'T SEE
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WEASEL HER
WAY IN LIKE
WE
DID. WE JUST WENT IN, LIKE LET
ME GET
IN THERE.
THAT THING IS HEAVY.
IT'S LIKE A HEAVY THING.
IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF GOLD.
SO I WANTED TO ASK IF I
COULD PUT IT AROUND MY NECK, BUT
I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS
APPROPRIATE.
>> THERE WAS A PICTURE IN
THE TIMES WITH MY MOUTH AGAPE.
LIKE A CHILD.
BUT IT WAS, LIKE, IT WAS AN
AMAZING EVENT.
AND IT WAS SO NICE TO BE THERE
TO REALLY GREET OUR OLYMPIANS.
THESE WOMEN, THEY WORK SO
HARD, AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET
THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE.
>> WELL, I WILL SAY ONE THING
ON THE SIDE NOTE, AND I
WASN'T GOING TO SAY IT BUT NOW
I'M
GOING TO SAY IT.
IT WAS A GREAT PRESS
CONFERENCE. WHO IS MAKING NOISE?
IT WAS A WONDERFUL PRESS
CONFERENCE, IT WAS AMAZING
THE WAY THEY WERE FIELDING
THE QUESTIONS AND THE QUESTIONS
WERE ABOUT HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN
YOU GOT THE GOAL AND HOW DID IT
FEEL TO BE ON THE PODIUM, WHAT
WAS YOUR STRATEGY, YOUR PLAN.
AND YOU HAVE THAT ONE IDIOT
WHO SAID SOME THINGS.
IT JUST, OKAY.
AND IF YOU NOTICE IN THE NEWS
REELS, THAT'S THE ONLY
QUOTE THEY KEEP BRINGING UP.
THAT HILARY KNIGHT SAID X
ABOUT X.
WHEN WE ALL KNOW IT WAS AN OVER
AN HOUR AVENT AND WE SPENT
99% OF THAT TIME TALKING ABOUT
THIS
AMAZING TEAM.
AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY?
CAN WE JUST FOR ONCE ALL BE IN
THE END ZONE AT THE SAME
TIME AND CELEBRATE THIS?
AND YOU KNOW, I WON'T SAY
WHAT NEWS OUTLET, BUT ANYWAY.
IT WAS VERY JOYOUS AND IT WAS
VERY COOL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
WEARING PURPLE TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> I CAN SAY ONE
THING, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, BY
THE
WAY, SHOULD GET THE AWARD
FOR STORMING THE PLAYERS WITH
THE BAG OF JERSEYS TO GET A
SIGNATURE, BECAUSE HE'S --
WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, A GIRL DAD?
YEAH, HE KIND OF THREW US
ALL OUT OF THE WAY.
SO THANKS FOR THAT, BUDDY.
YEAH, HE LITERALLY WAS
HOLDING HIS BAG AND READY TO GO.
WE WERE TRYING TO BE POLITE.
AND YOU PHOTO BOMBED MY PICTURE.
BIG HEAD IS IN THE BACK.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
COUNCILMEMBER EDDIE LIN FOR THE
WIN.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST A COUPLE THINGS FROM LAST
WEEK.
WONDERFUL TIME CELEBRATING OUR
OLYMPIANS.
GREAT JOB TO COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER SPEAKING THERE.
A COUPLE OF OTHER EVENTS
FROM LAST WEEK.
ATTENDED A PUBLIC SAFETY
MEETING AROUND IN THE CID
AROUND CONCERNS AT EIGHTH AND
LANE.
THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF
SHOOTINGS AND OTHER
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS GOING
BACK
A DECADE AT THAT CORNER.
THERE HAS BEEN LATE
NIGHT ACTIVITY THERE.
AND IT WAS A GOOD MEETING
AND JUST VERY THANKFUL THAT THE
MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR, SPD, A
LOT OF HER STAFF WERE THERE.
THERE ARE SOME TAKEAWAYS
THAT WILL BE COMING OUT OF THAT
MEETING, BUT I WAS JUST
PLEASED TO SEE THE PERSONAL
ATTENTION THAT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE IS
GIVING TO THE PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES IN THE CID.
ANOTHER EVENT,
UNFORTUNATELY, ANOTHER PUBLIC
SAFETY
EVENT, ATTENDED RAINY REACH HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT- LED VIGIL.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WAS
THERE AS WELL.
THE DEPUTY MAYOR WAS THERE AS
WELL, FOR THE TWO STUDENTS
WHO WERE MURDERED.
IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL
EVENT THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY
STUDENTS, SUPPORTED BY STAFF.
AND IT IS JUST A REMINDER, I
MEAN, ONE, IT WAS JUST
A BEAUTIFUL VIGIL.
AND ALSO JUST A REMINDER OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT VOICE
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
ENGAGING WITH OUR YOUTH AS WE
TRY
TO DEVELOP PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS
TO
MEET THEIR MENTAL HEALTH
NEEDS, PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS, AND
COMING UP THIS WEEK, WE HAVE A
LAND
USE COMMITTEE
MEETING. WE'LL HAVE TWO ITEMS
ON THE
AGENDA.
ONE, THE FEMA FLOOD PLAINS
REGULATION. THERE WILL BE A
HEARING
AND POSSIBLE VOTE FOR THAT.
THERE IS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT
THERE.
IT'S REALLY KIND OF A TYPO KIND
OF AMENDMENT THAT WE'LL
BE BRINGING FORWARD.
WE'RE ALSO BE BRINGING FOR
AN INITIAL BRIEFING, A POTENTIAL
LEGISLATION AROUND THE STADIUM
AREA, A REPEAL, AND THIS
RELATES TO THE GROWTH
MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BOARD
DECISION WHICH
INVALIDATED THE CITY
COUNCIL ORDINANCE LAST YEAR,
AND REQUIRES SOME SORT OF ACTION
BE TAKEN BY MAY.
THIS IS JUST AN INITIAL
BRIEFING.
AND THERE ARE ANTICIPATED
FUTURE BRIEFINGS AS WELL.
WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME INITIAL
FEEDBACK ALREADY FROM FOLKS.
THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HEAR OTHER FEEDBACK.
AND YEAH, MOVING THAT FORWARD.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER EDDIE LIN FOR THE
WIN.
COUNCILMEMBER BOB KETTLE WITH
ALL THAT NAVY TLE IN YOUR
OFFICE.
>> I'M FROCK WESTERN NEW
YORK, IN BETWEEN BUFFALO AND
ROCHESTER, WHERE THE WYNN
FAMILY IS FROM, BOTH OUR OLYMPIC
GOLD MEDAL HOCKEY PLAYER AND HER
THREE OLDER BROTHERS FROM
ROCHESTER, JUST TO TIE THAT IN
BRIEFLY.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
FOR COMMITTEE, PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, NEXT MEETING WILL BE
ON 10 MARCH.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR
SECOND HEARING MEETING RELATED
TO OUR
STAGING BILL.
AS IT RELATES TO FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AS PART OF
THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
PACKAGE OF BILLS THAT WE HAVE,
PRIMARILY THROUGH PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE BUT ALSO IN THE SELECT
COMMITTEE
THAT I VICE CHAIR WITH
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
AND SPEAKING OF COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, WE'RE WORKING
TOGETHER WITH HER OFFICE ON
ALPR, THE
60- DAY PAUSE, BASICALLY TO
LINE UP ALPR TO AUTOMATIC
LICENSE PLATE READER WITH OUR
CCTV
LEGISLATION, SO IT'S
PARALLEL, AND AGAIN, THIS IS
PART OF A
COLLECTION OF FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED BILLS
THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
AND ACTUALLY, I SPOKE TO
YESTERDAY, THERE WAS A 43rd
LD MEETING AT THE FOLIO LIBRARY
AT PIKE PLACE MARKET WHERE
WE WALKED THROUGH THAT.
I WAS HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY
PORT COMMISSIONER, CAPTAIN
BROWN, ASSISTANT CHIEF,
ACTING ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR
OPERATIONS, AND KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY LISA
MANNION TO
SPEAK ABOUT FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TO THE 43rd GROUP.
FOR THIS WEEK, STARTING OFF
WITH TODAY, JUST FOR TODAY, I
HAVE ALREADY MET WITH THE DSA
AT THEIR DOWNTOWN, THEY HAD
A FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN SYMPOSIUM
WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD.
THEY HAD FIVE DIFFERENT SPEAKERS
AND THEY BROKE OUT IN DIFFERENT
PIECES.
LOOKING AT ALL THE
ISSUES RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWNS
OF THE
FUTURE.
SO THAT WAS THIS MORNING.
WENT FROM THAT AND HAD A MEETING
WITH THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMISSION, AS IT RELATES TO
ACCOUNTABILITY AND SOME OTHER
BROADER
ISSUES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
PRIMARILY IN THE PUBLIC
SAFETY WORLD.
AND THEY WILL BE LOOKING TO WORK
THROUGH THAT IN SHORT ORDER
WITH COMMITTEE
TODAY. THIS RELATES TO THE
SENTINEL
REVIEW OF THE CAL ANDERSON
PROTEST FROM LAST YEAR.
SO GREAT TO TALK TO
THE COMMISSION ABOUT THAT.
AND AGAIN, AS I HAVE ALREADY
STATED, WE'RE GOING TO
BRING THAT UP IN COMMITTEE AND
USING OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS.
YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF LOOKING
AT THE TOPIC FROM THOSE
VIEWPOINTS.
I THING IT WILL BE
ENLIGHTENING ON THE ISSUE ITSELF
AND ALSO
GIVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS DO.
AND THEN I MET WITH
THE COALITION OF RIGHTS AND
SAFETY.
THAT WAS A FOLLOW- UP TO
THE MEETING WE HAD IN COMMITTEE
LAST MONTH OR IN JANUARY.
AND THEN NOW THAT WE'RE IN
MARCH, LAST MONTH IS
FEBRUARY, NOT JANUARY, AND I,
TOO,
BEFORE THIS HAD A MEETING WITH
THE POLICY TEAM ON SHELTER
SITES.
SO JUST BEFORE TODAY'S
MEETING, THAT ALL.
YEAH, SO WE HAD ALL THOSE
VERY IMPORTANT MEETINGS AHEAD
OF COUNCIL BRIEFING TODAY.
WEDNESDAY, WE HAVE COMP
PLAN OFFICE HOURS.
LOTS GOING ON IN DISTRICT SEVEN
THAT WILL ALSO BE PART OF
THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL EVENT THAT
EVENING.
THOSE PIECES RELATED
TO QUEEN ANNE MAGNOLIA, BUT WE
ALSO
ARE WORKING ON DOWNTOWN REGIONAL
PLAN.
THAT'S THE FIRST PLAN UP,
AND IT'S ALREADY IN WORK.
AND ALL THE OTHER REGIONAL
PLANS HAVE COME AROUND AS WELL.
I THINK BALLARD BEING THE LAST
ONE, BUT THE FIRST ONE
IS DOWNTOWN REGIONAL PLAN, I
THINK
SECOND SET IS SOUTH LAKE
UNION AND UPTOWN.
AND THEN I BELIEVE CAP HILL,
AND WORKING OUR WAY
COUNTERCLOCKWISE
AROUND TO BALLARD.
THIS FRIDAY, LOOKING FORWARD
TO A PUBLIC SAFETY WALK WITH MY
ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE FROM
DISTRICT TWO, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC
SAFETY
WALK, TALKING AND LOOKING
THROUGH THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE
IN DISTRICT AND LOOK FORWARD TO
THAT.
NEXT WEEK, MONDAY,
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM
MEETING.
AGAIN, ON TUESDAY, I
MENTIONED THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE.
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THERE'S
THE STATE OF DOWNTOWN WITH THE
DSA, SO THEY'RE GOING THROUGH
THE ENTIRE PIECE RELATED TO
THE STATE OF DOWNTOWN.
ALSO HAVE A CONVENTION
CENTER UPDATE ON NEXT WEDNESDAY.
AND THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND
SATURDAY, ALL PART OF THE
LEAD-UP TO ST. PATRICK'S
DAY, AND THE FACT THAT I'M YOUR
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE GALLWAY
SEATTLE SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT
ARE HAPPENING OVER THOSE
DAYS, TO INCLUDE A BIG PUSH NOW
FOR
THE RELATIONSHIP IS ONE
MARITIME, IT IS A PORT CITY IN
IRELAND, TWO, TECH.
THERE'S A STRONG
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEATTLE AND
IRELAND
MORE GENERALLY, BUT TO INCLUDE
GALLOWAY, AND THIRD,
THE
ECONOMIC PIECE. THERE'S A
GROWING ACADEMIC
PIECE, AND THOSE ARE SOME OF
THE
PIECES. OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE
AN
IRISH PROCLAMATION WITH THE
MAYOR.
AND I INVITE EVERYBODY TO
COME ON SATURDAY, THE 14th, TO
SEE THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY
PARADE.
YOU MAY RECOGNIZE AND KNOW
THE GRAND MARSHAL OF THIS
YEAR'S
PARADE, I DON'T KNOW.
YES, I WILL BE -- THANK YOU FOR
ASKING. I WILL BE THE GRAND
MARSHAL
FOR THIS YEAR'S ST. PATRICK'S
DAY
PARADE.
>> YOU'RE NOT WEARING HAT?
>> A SASH.
THE SASH.
AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, TOO,
PIGGYBAGGING ON SOME OF
THE COMMENTS MADE FROM LAST
WEEK,
I WANTED TO KNOW, I DID MEET
WITH JONAH GLENN, VERY GOOD
CONVERSATION.
BUT FROM LAST WEDNESDAY, I
DID REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE PRESENT AT
THE SEATTLE TORRENT GOLD
MEDALIST
EVENT.
I JUST ALSO WANT TO NOTE
THAT THE TORRENT HAD SIX
OLYMPIANS
ON THEIR TEAM.
OBVIOUSLY, FOUR WON GOLD,
ONE WON SILVER, AND OUR
TEAMMATE FROM PUBLIC DIDN'T
WIN, BUT
STILL, JUST TO BE AN OLYMPIAN
IS SUCH AN ACHIEVEMENT IN AND OF
ITSELF.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL
SIX FROM THE TORRENT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SECRET
THAT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HAS
FOR US.
LASTLY, AND THEN LASTLY,
FROM LAST THURSDAY, I DO ALSO
WANT
TO THANK BEING ABLE TO JOIN IN
WITH THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
CELEBRATION.
THAT LUNCHEON WAS FANTASTIC.
THE FOOD WAS GREAT.
OBVIOUSLY, SITTING THERE AND THE
PEOPLE THAT COME OUT, THE
HISTORY, AND THE HISTORY
THAT OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS
IS
INCREDIBLE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING
THAT EVERYBODY REALLY SHOULD
KNOW, AND IN TERMS OF THE BOOK,
ALL
OF THOSE THINGS.
FIRST EDITION AND ALL THE
PIECES TO THAT.
AND THE STORIES THAT GO TO THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M PROUD
OF IS MY HOMETOWN BEING A
LITTLE CLES TO ROCHESTER,
ROCHESTER
HAS KNOWN SUSAN B. ANTHONY,
WOMEN'S
RIGHTS MOVEMENT, BUT
ALSO FREDERICK DOUGLASS WAS
THERE AND
HE VISITED MY HOMETOWN ONCE.
IMPORTANTLY, MY HOMETOWN
IN WESTERN NEW YORK AS THEY
MADE THEIR WAY TO CANADA, WAS
PART
OF THE UNDERGROUND NETWORK, AND
SO HARRIET TUBMAN, MOST
LIKELY, CAME THROUGH MY HOMETOWN
AREA
AS SHE MADE HER WAY TO ST.
KATZ, SOUTHERN ONTARIO.
NO. AND SO THAT WAS LUNCHTIME.
THAT WAS LUNCHTIME ON THURSDAY.
AND THEN, YEAH, I KNOW THE
BALD HEAD AND GRAY BEARD.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
SO THAT WAS LUNCHTIME.
AT DINNER TIME, I WAS
ACTUALLY HERE FOR THE EARTHQUAKE
ANNIVERSARY EVENT.
25 YEARS WAS, I BELIEVE,
SATURDAY, THE ACTUAL
ANNIVERSARY.
BUT THAT THURSDAY EVENT WAS
FANTASTIC.
WALKING THROUGH THE
ISSUES, PROFESSOR FROM UW,
PROFESSOR
TOBBEN, AND ALL THE VARIOUS
PIECES, SDCI TEAM
TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES
WE FACE IN
OUR CITY AND THE CHANCES
OF ANOTHER URG QUAKE OR THE BIG
ONE THAT LOOM OUT THERE AND
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND ALSO
THE
WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT DOES.
SO I WANTED TO CLOSE ON
THAT NOTE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE
LAST THING FROM THURSDAY.
AND FOR EVERYBODY HERE AT THE
TABLE, I WILL SHOW YOU
THE PICTURE THAT I PHOTO BOMBED
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AT. SHE WAS
SITTING BEHIND OUR USA
CAPTAIN'S NAME CARD, AND SHE --
I COULDN'T TELL WHETHER SHE
WAS, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS OLD OR
HER
CURRENT AGE.
BUT SHE WAS -- SHE WAS SO
EXCITED, JUST LIKE MY
10-YEAR- OLD, LET'S JUST SAY.
>> GREAT PICTURE.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER ROB SAKA, THE
DAD FROM DELL RIDGE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
DAD FROM DELL RIDGE, YEAH.
APPRECIATE THE NOD THERE.
COLLEAGUES, ON THE
STEPS COMMITTEE FORMAT, STEPS,
OF
COURSE, BEING SAFETY,
TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERING
PROJECTS, SPORTS,
AND EXPERIENCES COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE OUR NEXT STEPS
MEETING ON THURSDAY, MARCH 5th,
AT
9:30 A.M.
THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ITEMS.
THE FIRST BEING WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE A CHECK- IN ON
MEMORIAL STADIUM RENOVATION
PROJECT.
AND LEARN MORE
ABOUT THAT. EXCITING PROJECT,
$150 MILLION
PROJECT DUE TO BE FINALIZED IN
2027 IN TIME FOR THE FALL
SPORTS SEASON OF THE 2027- 2028
SCHOOL
YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE STATUS OF THAT
PROJECT.
FIFA READINESS WILL BE A CENTRAL
THEME FOR THURSDAY'S
PRESENTATION AS WELL.
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
BRIEFING FROM SEATTLE CENTER
AND THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE TALKING MORE BROADLY
ABOUT OUR
CITY'S PLANS IN TERMS OF
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND
DISTRIBUTED MODEL FOR THE FAN
EXPERIENCE, WHAT THAT KIND
OF LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN A SECOND RELATED BUT
DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEM WILL BE
ON TRANSIT ACCESS.
TRANSIT.
SO WE CAN DIVE DEEP WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT FIFA READINESS, WE
CAN HAVE A MILLION
DIFFERENT BRIEFINGS AND DIVE
DEEP AND
GO DOWN CERTAIN RABBIT HOLES.
BUT FOR THURSDAY'S
CONVERSATION, WE'RE GOING TO
FOCUS ON THE
SEATTLE CENTERS BITS AND THEN
WITHIN TRANSPORTATION MORE
BROADLY, TRANSIT.
TRANSIT.
SO SEATTLE MONORAIL, WHICH WE
OWN.
MANAGE, OTHERS OPERATE ON OUR
BEHALF, AND THE SEATTLE STREET
CAR, AND THEN WE'RE INVITING
SOME OF OUR PARTNERS FROM
KING COUNTY METRO TO TALK ABOUT
THE PLANNING EFFORTS, AGAIN,
RELATED
TO FIFA.
SO IT SHOULD BE AN EXCITING
MEETING.
AGAIN, COMING UP ON THURSDAY,
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU DON'T
HAPPEN TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE,
YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO JOIN.
NEXT, IN TERMS OF SOME, YOU
KNOW, BIG, BIGGER
SUBSTANTIVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS
AND
EVENTS THAT I HAVE PARTICIPATED
IN
OVER THE LAST WEEK, LAST WEEK, I
WAS HONORED TO ATTEND THE
REGION READY SUMMIT AT CLIMATE
PLEDGE
ARENA. IT WAS AN EVENT THAT WAS
HOSTED BY SEATTLE SPORTS
COMMISSION
CEO BETH KNOX AND I THINK IT
WAS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE
PORT
OF SEATTLE AS WELL.
TERRIFIC EVENT.
OTHER COLLEAGUES WERE THERE.
IT WAS GREAT TO
SEE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
THANK YOU FOR TAG TEAMING THAT
EVENT WITH ME.
AND GREAT TO SEE MAYOR
WILSON THERE AND MEMBERS OF HER
TEAM
KIND OF DEBRIEF.
THAT WAS A WILDLY
SUCCESSFUL SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
SUPER BOWL
PARADE.
THE PARADE THAT OUR CITY JUST
HAD WEEKS AGO, SO WE WERE
ABLE TO KIND OF DEBRIEF SOME OF
THE LEARNINGS FROM THAT EVENT
AND
TALK MORE PERSPECTIVELY ON
A GOING FORWARD BASIS ON WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR
OUR CITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FIFA
READINESS.
GREAT EVENT TO GO TO.
HONORED TO
JOIN. MOVING ON TO THE
WATERFRONT,
MET WITH SOME KEY COMMUNITY
PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THE
WATERFRONT,
INCLUDING FRIENDS OF THE
WATERFRONT CEO, SOME OF HER
BOARD MEMBERS, AWESOME MEETING.
REALLY ENJOYED CONNECTING AGAIN
WITH THEM.
ALSO MET WITH SOME FOLKS,
INCLUDING JERRY JOHNSON, WHO
IS A CO- CHAIR OF THE CENTRAL
WATER
FRONT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
AMONG OTHER ROLES MR. JOHNSON
PLAYS
IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO GREAT TO
CONNECT ON ALL S
WATERFRONT.
HAD SOME REALLY EXCITING
AND PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS AS WELL
AND
MORE TO COME ON THE SEATTLE
CENTER, INCLUDING MEETING
WITH OUR PARTNERS AT MLK LABOR,
WHO AS WE KNOW ON JANUARY 21st
OF THIS YEAR, PASSED A
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AMONG OR
THINGS,
A VOTER APPROVED LEVY TO HELP
SUPPORT RENOVATION OF
THE SEATTLE CENTER, AND HELP
TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE LONG,
LONG DEFERRED CAPITAL
MAINTENANCE
UPGRADE NEEDS.
SO GREAT TO CONNECT WITH
OUR LABOR PARTNERS ON THAT.
ALSO MET RECENTLY WITH, WE
WERE HONORED TO HAVE A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RAINIER
VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
FUND.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEIR
WORK, AT ALL, I INVITE YOU
TO ENGAGE WITH THEM, CONNECT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THEM,
PROBABLY, AT THE COMMITTEE
LEVEL, AND THEIR TERRIFIC
WORK, BUT MET WITH ONE OF THEIR
FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS,
WAYNE LOU,
WHO IS ALSO A DISTRICT ONE
CONSTITUENT, DISTRICT
ONE RESIDENT OF MINE AS WELL.
SO TERRIFIC CONVERSATIONS.
THEY DO AMAZING THINGS.
LOOKING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
CAN DEVELOP THESE INNOVATIVE
PUBLIC/PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP MODELS TO BETTER
SUPPORT OUR
COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IN
INCLUDING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
IN THE COMMUNITY, A COUPLE
THINGS.
I ALSO WAS EXCITED TO BE ABLE
TO JOIN AND PARTICIPATE IN
THAT, THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS BLACK HISTORY
MONTH
CELEBRATION LAST WEEK.
SUPER COOL, SUPER EXCITING.
IT WAS REALLY COOL, AND I
FELT VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO
GO
INTO OUR SCHOOLS LAST WEEKWEEK
PARTICIPATE IN A FEW BLACK
HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATIONS
AND ASSEMBLIES AT A FEW OF OUR
SCHOOLS, IN PARTICULAR, I
WENT TO DENNY INTERNATIONAL
MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MY DISTRICT AND
WEST SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL IN MY
DISTRICT.
BOTH AMAZING EXPERIENCES,
EVENTS.
HONORED TO JOIN, THE STUDENTS
AT DENNY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN
PARTICULAR, THEY'RE DOING
AMAZING THINGS.
THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL KING
MAKERS PROGRAM.
AND LET ME JUST SAY, TAKE
AWAY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE OF
THESE VARIOUS -- GOING INTO
THESE
VARIOUS SCHOOLS, THE FUTURE
OF OUR CITY IS BRIGHT.
VERY INSPIRED MOVED BY THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE SO
CLOSELY AND DIRECTLY WITH OUR
YOUTH
IN OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY ON A
TOPIC OF CRITICAL
IMPORTANCE LIKE BLACK HISTORY
MONTH. AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
NOTED THE HISTORY OF OUR OWN
COUNCIL
PRESIDENT'S ROLE LAST
WEEK DURING THE BLACK HISTORY
MONTH
CELEBRATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
I MENTIONED THAT AS WELL.
I FORGOT TO MENTION WE HAVE
A COUPLE HISTORY MAKERS
CURRENTLY SERVING IN THAT
REGARD.
OUR OWN CITY CITY ATTORNEY,
ERICA EVANS, IS THE FIRST
BLACK SEATTLE ATTORNEY,
IRRESPECTIVE OF GENDER, SUPER
COOL.
SHOUT OUT TO CITY ATTORNEY
EVANS. WE ARE MAKING HISTORY.
WE ARE OUT HERE DOING THINGS.
AND IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE
A PART OF THIS GROUP.
LAST WEEK, SO I MEET WITH
CONSTITUENTS REGULARLY.
AND DURING MY REGULAR OFFICE
HOUR SESSIONS WITH
CONSTITUENTS ON FRIDAY, I MET
WITH SOME
FOLKS COINCIDENTALLY FROM THE
SOUTH
PARK COMMUNITY WHO ARE SHARING
SOME OF THEIR
CONCERNS COINCIDENTALLY ABOUT
THE
PROBLEM SPEED RACING ACTIVITY
THAT
OCCURS ON 99 AND THEN KIND OF
OFTENTIMES BRANCHES OFF
INTO CITY STREETS AND THE
ACTIVITY
CONTINUES. JUST AS WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT
THAT, GOT AN ALERT THAT
UNFORTUNATELY, UNCLE EDDY'S IN
SOUTH PARK, UNCLE EDDY'S IS ON
THE CORNER OF 14th AND
CLOVERDALE, THE HEART OF
THE SOUTH PARK COMMUNITY, A
GREAT SMALL BUSINESS,
RESTAURANT.
CHECK IT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T
ALREADY.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, A
DRIVER SUFFERED A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY AND
CRASHED THROUGH THE
STOREFRONT OF UNCLE EDDY'S.
GRATEFUL TO LEARN THAT --
MY OFFICE HAD ALREADY REACHED
OUT.
GRATEFUL TO LEARN THAT OUR
CITY'S OWN OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAD
PROACTIVELY REACHED OUT WHEN
THEY
HEARD ABOUT THIS.
AND ON SATURDAY, SO
THIS HAPPENED ON FRIDAY.
ON SATURDAY, IN
BETWEEN A COMMUNITY MEETING AND
ONE OF MY
KIDS'S BASKETBALL GAMES,
STOPPED
BY, BROUGHT ONE OF MY KIDDOS.
STOPPED BY TO TALK DIRECTLY
WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
AND
MYSELF, LET THEM KNOW THEY
HAD THE FULL SUPPORT OF MY
OFFICE.
PICKED UP SOME CINNAMON ROLLS
TO GO FOR MY KIDS.
THEY APPRECIATED THAT.
AND TODAY, HAD A PRODUCTIVE
CONVERSATION WITH SDOT ON
POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
TO BETTER ADDRESS THE PROBLEM
ACTIVITY, THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM
ACTIVITY
IN THE AREA.
IN ANY EVENT, A LOT GOING ON.
OH, FINALLY, I'LL NOTE, LAST
NIGHT, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND
AND I'M HONORED TO HAVE BEEN
ABLE
TO ATTEND THIS, BUT THE
MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF PUGET
SOUND.
THEIR REDMAN FACILITY AND
CAMPUS.
THEY HAD AN IFTAR EVENT.
IT'S RAMADAN.
THEY INCONVENIENTED MEMBERS
OF THE COMMUNITY TO COME
CELEBRATE
WITH THEM.
HONORED TO JOIN OTHER
ELECTED OFFICIALS THERE.
THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
NICK BROWN, WAS THERE, AMONG
OTHER
ELECTED LEADERS.
I THINK STATE
REPRESENTATIVE DARIA WAS THERE
AS WELL.
OTHER FOLKS.
SO GREAT TO JUST
LITERALLY, QUITE LITERALLY BREAK
BREAD WITH
SOME FOLKS AT MAPS.
LEARNED A LOT.
AND HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO
JOIN. THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
DO WELCOME ANY COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS.
IF NONE, I'LL PASS THE BATON ON
TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'LL JUST START BY SAYING
THANKS
FOR THE UPDATE ON THE ACCIDENT
OVER THERE IN SOUTH PARK.
I KNOW THAT THAT AREA, I
KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT AREA
COMING OVER BRIDGE HAS HAD A LOT
OF CAR ACCIDENTS AND PEOPLE SORT
OF MAKING THAT SHARP RIGHT TURN
THERE.
SO THANKS FOR YOUR FAST
FOLLOW- UP AND LEADERSHIP
IN BRINGING THAT TO OUR
ATTENTION.
OKAY.
SO I GUESS I'LL START WITH
THE OLYMPICS SINCE PEOPLE
ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THAT WAS FUN.
IT WAS GREAT TO GET TO BE A
PART OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE,
TO HONOR AND WELCOME BACK
OUR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS.
I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SHARE A
FEW WORDS THERE AND ECHO THE
FACT THAT IT'S PRETTY
INCREDIBLE THAT IN OUR FIRST
YEAR OF OUR
PWHL TEAM HERE, WE HAVE SIX
OLYMPIANS.
THE ONLY THING I CAN ADD
TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID IS
JUST TO UPLIFT THE INCREDIBLE
SHOWING OUT THAT SEATTLE DID.
THEIR GAME WAS SOLD OUT
ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT IS JUST
INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND THE
WAY THAT THIS CITY CONTINUES
TO SUPPORT SPORTS AND WOMEN'S
SPORTS, AND I GOT TO SHOW MY
KEY CHAIN.
IT DIDN'T REALLY COMPARE
TO THEIR GOLD MEDALS FOR ANYONE
WHO SAW THE PICTURE, BUT THAT
WAS A
LOT OF FUN TO GET TO HONOR
THEM AND THEY DESERVE NOTHING
LESS BECAUSE THEY ARE PRETTY
COOL.
LAST WEEK, I ALSO MET WITH JOE.
JOE WAS BUSY.
JOE WYNN FROM THE CHAMBER
WHO WAS BUSY.
I HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH THEM.
FANTASTIC.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE
FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING ON RUBS,
WHICH IS OUR RATE BASED
UTILITY
BILLING. I KNOW SEVERAL
COUNCILMEMBERS' OFFICES HAVE
MET WITH THEM.
I WANTED TO LIFT IT UP
BECAUSE WHAT IS PHENOMENAL ABOUT
THE ORGANIZING THEY'RE DOING IS
THIS ISN'T A NONPROFIT.
THESE ARE JUST LIKE RENTERS
WHO HAD THIS EXPERIENCE OF SOME
OF THEIR UTILITY BILLS GOING UP
AND THEY'RE SORT OF SELF-
ORGANIZING SO THAT WAS A GREAT
MEETING
TO HEAR MORE FROM THEIR
PERSPECTIVE.
I ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO
A RIBBON CUTTING AT LITTLE WOODS
PRESCHOOL, AND I WANT TO GIVE
A SHOUT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES
WHO WERE HERE IN 2020,
BECAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY A
DIRECT LINK,
AND I'M GLAD THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS BACK IN
HERE.
I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE
SPONSORED THIS LEGISLATION.
IT IS IN DJD 5'S DISTRICT,
HOWEVER, THIS WAS THE
PRESCHOOL NEAR YOU OR PRESCHOOL
NEAR
ME ZONING LEGISLATION.
AND SO, YEAH, SO IT'S
ACTUALLY -- IT'S A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO JUST LOOK
BACK AND SEE HOW SOME
PREVIOUS LEGISLATION IS ALLOWING
REALLY EXCITING NEW FACILITIES
TO OPEN.
SO I GOT TO GO TO THIS RIBBON
CUTTING.
I AM GOING TO POST MORE ABOUT
IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT A
DIRECT RESULT OF THE ZONING
LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWED THIS
PRESCHOOL TO
OPEN UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN A RESIDENTIAL, WHAT IS
OTHERWISE A
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND
GIVES A
CHANCE FOR FAMILIES TO WALK
THEIR
KIDS TO SCHOOL.
IT'S JUST A REALLY BEAUTIFUL
FACILITY, REALLY
INCREDIBLE RIBBON CUTTING.
I WAS GLAD I GOT A CHANCE
TO ATTEND THAT.
I ALSO WENT TO AN
IFTAR CELEBRATION ON FRIDAY IN
NEW
HOLLY.
THAT WAS FANTASTIC AND GOT
A CHANCE TO TALK TO SOME
NEIGHBORS THERE.
AND FRIDAY WAS ALSO AT THE
YOUTH SAFETY MEETING, THE VIGIL
THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LIN MENTIONED.
OVER THE WEEKEND, IT WAS THE
END OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH,
SO SATURDAY MORNING, I STARTED
OFF AT TABOR 100.
I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE
GOOD RELATIONSHIPS THERE.
LOTS OF FANTASTIC BLACK
BUSINESSES AND OTHER
MINORITY- OWNED BUSINESSES
AT TABOR 100.
MIDDLE OF THE DAY, STOPPED BY
NAMAND GOT A CHANCE TO
PRESENT OUR PROCLAMATION, OUR
BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION
ON BEHALF OF US COLLEAGUES
THERE.
AND THEN ENDED IT WITH
BLACK HOCKEY NIGHT WITH THE
KRAKEN, AND I GOT TO SEE
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS THERE, SO
THAT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC.
I WON'T GO INTO MEETINGS COMING
UP.
I WILL SAY I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO MY DATA RESOLUTION
THAT WE
WILL DISCUSS IN THE JOINT
COMMITTEE COMING UP THIS WEEK.
AND I'LL JUST PREVIEW A
LITTLE BIT OF IT NOW HERE, AND
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IT THERE,
AND CENTRAL STAFF WILL HAVE A
MEMO
FOR FOLKS.
WANT TO GIVE A CHANCE TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INSURING
OUR PRIVACY AND OUR DATA
PRACTICES.
S MEETING THE STANDARDS WE HAVE
SET.
WE SOUGHT THE STATE LEVEL,
WE HAD PROTECTIONS IN LAW,
BUT THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE
OCCURRING THAT THE STATE WAS
NOT AWARE OF, SO THIS IS REALLY
A CHANCE FOR US TO REQUEST
THE DEPARTMENTS TO DO A REVIEW
TO
INSURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY HOF
THE SAME ISSUES HERE AT THE
LOCAL
LEVEL.
IT ALSO DOES SOME OTHER
THINGS AROUND SORT OF
REAFFIRMING
OUR EXISTING COMMITMENT TO DATA
AND STRONG PRIVACY PRACTICES.
LOOKING FORWARD TO
DISCUSSING THAT IN COMMITTEE
WITH
FOLKS. THAT'S GOING TO BE
IT.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
THE MOM, WHO IS THE BOMB.
>> KEEP IT GOING.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, WHO
MAKES LEGISLATION TO MAKE YOU
THINK.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> I LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, I THINK IT'S
WORTH RECOGNIZING THAT A LOT
HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST TIME
WE CAME TO COUNCIL BRIEFING.
AND I KNOW I HAVE HAD VARIOUS
MEETINGS ACROSS COMMUNITY
ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING ON AND
WITHOUT
UNPACKING EACH OF
THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, I WILL
SAY
THIS.
WHETHER IT BE HERE IN
SEATTLE, IN TACOMA, IN KANSAS,
IN
TEXAS, THERE IS A LOT OF PAIN
AND
UNCERTAINTY, AND A DESIRE TO
BE SEEN AND HEARD, AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, A DESIRE FOR US
TO ENACT CHANGE AND BUILD A
WORLD THAT ACTUALLY HONORS OUR
HUMAN
RIGHTS.
SO I WANTED TO START OFF
BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BEFORE
GOING
INTO SOME, AND REALLY I'M
GOING TO BE FOCUSING MY REMARKS
TODAY ON BUSINESS.
FIRST, KICKING US OFF WITH
JUST AN UPDATE ON THE
DETENTION CENTER MORATORIUM FOR
AWARENESS OF MEMBERS AND THE
PUBLIC REGARDING MY BILL
ESTABLISHING
A ONE- YEAR MORATORIUM ON
DETENTION
CENTERS, A SUBSTITUTE BILL
REMOVING JAILS WILL BE ON THE
IRC TOMORROW TO BE REFERRED
FOR A FULL COUNCIL VOTE ON
TUESDAY, MARCH 10th.
WE WERE HOPING TO VOTE
TOMORROW, BUT IN ORDER TO
PROPERLY
AMEND THE BILL, WE WERE ADVISED
WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE TO
THE TITLE WHICH HAS RESULTED TO
A SUBSTITUTE BILL BEING
NECESSARY.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, FEEL
FREE TO REACH OUT.
TAKING US TO THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND
POLICY
CHANGES, WHICH WILL BE THIS
THURSDAY, MARCH 5th, AT
2:00 P.M.
THAT'S A JOINT SESSION WITH
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
AND WE WILL BE HAVING,
AS COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER
DISCUSSED, WE'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT
THE RESOLUTION RELATED TO
DATA SHARING AND DATA PRIVACY
PROTECTIONS. WE WILL ALSO BE
HAVING
A BRIEFING FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS ON WHAT CITY
AND STATE RESPONSE HAS BEEN AND
A BRIEFING FROM THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDING TO
THE
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
THAT WAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED
IN THE 2026 BUDGET AS A QUICK
REFRESHER, THIS IS REQUIRING
A REPORT FROM SPD THAT
OUTLINES HOW SPD WILL RESPOND TO
POTENTIAL ACTIONS FROM THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
AND THEN TAKING US TO THE OTHER
COMMITTEE I CHAIR, OUR HUMAN
SERVICES, LABOR, AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
WILL
BE MEETING ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6th,
AT
9:30 A.M.
AND WE'LL HAVE A BRIEFING
FROM THE SEATTLE FILM COMMISSION
ON THEIR BODY OF WORK FOLLOWED
BY AN APPOINTMENT OF A NEW
MEMBER TO THE COMMISSION.
AND WE'LL ALSO BE GETTING
A BRIEFING FROM KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY ON THE CONTINUUM OF
CARE
ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
MY OFFICE HAS BEEN CONVENING
THESE MONTHLY
STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS ON THE COC
FOR THE
PAST FEW MONTHS WHICH ALL OF
YOUR OFFICES HAVE PARTICIPATED
IN AT
SOME POINT.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HOW GREAT
IT IS EVERY OFFICE HAS POPPED IN
ON
THOSISHUSE. THANK YOU ALL FOR
HAVING
YOUR STAFF PARTICIPATE AND STAY
APPRAISED.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I
INVITE THOSE WHO ARE NOT ON THE
COMMITTEE TO ATTEND
THIS CRITICAL UPDATE ABOUT
OUR HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM.
AND I'LL CLOSE MY REMARKS
FOR TODAY BY GIVING AN UPDATE
ON TORRENT, AND I DON'T WANT TO
END ON BAD NEWS.
I'M SORRY.
BUT WE'RE SAYING WE DON'T HAVE
ANY PLAYERS FROM THE TORRENT
COMING.
WE HAVE A REPRESENT OF THE TEAM.
I APOLOGIZE.
BUT IT WILL STILL BE GREAT
TO MEET THEM AND RECOGNIZE THEM.
I APOLOGIZE, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
I'LL BE SUPER BRIEF.
OUR GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES --
OH, I'M SORRY.
MY BAD.
I'M SORRY.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> WELL, I WAS DISAPPOINTED
TO HEAR THE NEWS ABOUT THE
SEATTLE
TORABOUT, AND TO BALANCE THAT
OUT, I WANTED TO BRING TO
EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION THERE'S
A GREAT DOCUMENTARY CALLED "THE
RISE" PART OF THE RISE
SERIES, THAT GOES INTO THE
INAUGURAL
SEASON AND OUR OWN
CAPTAIN HILARY KNIGHT AND ALEX
CARPENTER FEATURE PROMINENTLY.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE STORY BEHIND THE
STORY
AND WHO OUR CAPTAIN IS, WATCH
THAT
DOCUMENTARY. BECAUSE IT'S
FANTASTIC.
JUST TO END ON, YOU KNOW.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
NO, OKAY, AWESOME.
THANK YOU, I JUST DIVES RIGHT
IN AND DIDN'T SEE YOUR
HAND, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES WILL
BE 3/12, WHICH IS NEXT THURSDAY,
9:30 A.M.
WE HAVE THE COMCAST FRANCHISE
AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE UP FOR
A POSSIBLE VOTE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, THAT'S
FROM OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT,
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE FROM SPU,
A GLACIER WELL PROPERTY SALE
THAT
WILL BE UP FOR A POSSIBLE
VOTE AS WELL.
SO THERE'S TWO -- GOSH, I
CAN'T
TALK.
SUBSTANTIVE, SUBSTANTIVE, I
DID GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE.
I'M SORRY.
SUBSTANTIVE --
OKAY. I KNOW, SUBSTANTIVE -- YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
I HAVE A SPEECH I WORKED REALLY
HARD, BUT IT COMES OUT NOW SINCE
I HAVE TO TALK A LOT.
BUT I'M WORKING ON IT.
SUBSTANTIVE.
THANK YOU.
BILLS THAT ARE COMING TO THE
TABLE.
WE ALSO HAVE POLICE
PENSION BOARD MEETING THIS
MONTH.
AND THEN NOTHING ON THE
REGIONAL SIDE FROM REGIONAL
WATER
QUALITY COMMITTEE, WHICH I SERVE
ON WITH
COUNCILMEMBER EDDIE LIN, THANK
YOU, AND OTHER STUFF.
I WILL SAY THIS, AND LAST
BUT NOT LEAST, THIS IS NOT A
HIGH NOTE OR A LOW NOTE OR
WHATEVER,
BUT I KNOW AS COUNCILMEMBERS,
WE OFTEN HAVE TO, AND THIS IS
ACTUALLY FOR THE RECORD, BUT
WE OFTEN HAVE TO BE QUIET
ABOUT LIKE SECURITY STUFF THAT
HAPPENS
WITH US OR THINGS, BUT I
THINK WE HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT, AND
I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ FOR BRINGING SECURITY
ASSESSMENT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO
DO AT
COUNCIL, BECAUSE A LOT OF YOU
ALL, AND I'LL SPEAK FROM MY
EXPERIENCE, THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF INSTANCES THAT HAPPEN,
AND
I KNOW I HAVE TO BE QUIET ABOUT
IT AND NOT TALK ABOUT IT, BUT
JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S A
LOT
OF SECURITY STUFF THAT
HAPPENS, WHETHER IT'S AT OUR
HOME, IN
A GROCERY STORE, ON THE BUS,
WALKING.
WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THAT
PEOPLE JUST DON'T SEE.
AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
IT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND I AM, AS YOUR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, GOING TO MAKE SOME
CHANGES TO PROTECT US.
BECAUSE I HAVE JUST
SEEN ELEVATED STUFF.
THIS IS FOR THE RECORD FOR
THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I HAVE KEPT
QUIET ABOUT IT FOR TWO YEARS OF
STUFF
I HAVE ENDURED WHETHER IT'S
ON MY VOICE MAIL OR PEOPLE
IN PUBLIC OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE
COME TO MY HOME.
AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT
OURSELVES, AND SO ANYWAY,
AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE
TEMPERATURES AT BAY.
YOU CAN COME AFTER POLICY,
BUT YOU CAN'T ATTACK PEOPLE'S
HOMES.
YOU CAN'T ATTACK PEOPLE'S
FAMILIES, THEIR NEPHEWS, THEIR
KIDS.
YOU CANNOT COME UP TO PEOPLE AT
PARKS AND BE AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS
FOLKS.
THAT IS NOT OKAY.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT NEEDS
TO BE OKAY OR COME TO PEOPLE'S
HOME ON THEIR FRONT PORCH AND DO
THINGS. YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME
PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THOSE THINGS.
I KNOW I HAVE.
I HAVE KEPT QUIET ABOUT IT.
I TRIED TO WORK IT OUT
BEHIND THE SCENES AND I'M GOING
TO
BE MORE VOCAL ABOUT THE
PROTECTION THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
NEED TO
HAVE AND SAFETY ASSESSMENTS THAT
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE.
SO THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOLLOWED
BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I AM
SO GLAD THAT
YOU ARE THE CANDID LEADER THAT
YOU ARE AND
BRINGING THINGS OUT IN THE OPEN
SO
I'LL STATE THE ELEPHANT IN THE
ROOM, POST 2020, WHAT SOME OF US
ENDURED IN OUR HOMES, DEATH
THREATS, RAPE THREATS, ALL
THAT AND MORE.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT
LEGISLATION THAT THE LOS ANGELES
CITY COUNCIL DID, AND I BELIEVE
MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE THEY
INSTITUTED, IT WOULD BE
A MISDEMEANOR IF YOU CAME
WITHIN SO MUCH FELT OF AN
ELECTED
PERSON'S HOME, AND THIS
WAS BEFORE THE TWO
STATE REPRESENTATIVES WERE SHOT,
AND
A FEDERAL JUDGE'S SON WAS
KILLED.
AND THE OTHER TWO
STATE REPRESENTATIVES IN
MINNESOTA WERE SHOT BUT
SURVIVED.
WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ALL THE
DARKNESS AND TRYING NOT TO
END, I THINK THAT IS SUCH
AN IMPORTANT CIVIC CONVERSATION
TO HAVE IN LIGHT OF
WHAT WRER RR
DEALING WITH NOW. AND IT ISN'T
JUST ABOUT THE
ELECTEDS.
IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND
CLERKS AND THE PEOPLE
WHO WORK HERE. THE PEOPLE WHO
COME AND SIT
HERE.
WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH COVID,
WE HAD THE ADDED ISSUE
OF DEALING WITH PHYSICAL SAFETY.
I DON'T THINK THAT MAKES YOU --
I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
I DON'T THINK THAT MAKES YOU A
HYPER, YOU KNOW, PERSON THAT
YOU WANT SAFETY WHERE YOU GO TO
WORK.
WHERE YOU ARE JUST DOING YOUR
JOB.
YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO
ANGER EVERYBODY.
YOU'RE JUST DOING YOUR JOB.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
I KNOW YOU AND I TALKED
ABOUT THE STUDY WE HAD DONE
BEFORE
I LEFT AND THE MONEY WE PUT
IN THERE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE
CLERKS, FOR THE ELECTEDS.
AND THE DOORS AND CAMERAS ON THE
SECOND FLOOR BECAUSE THE
SEVENTH FLOOR IS PROTECTED.
LET'S BE HONEST.
NO ONE IS GOING TO GO UP
THERE AND DO THINGS.
THEY CAN DO THAT HERE.
AND IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE,
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME HERE
AND
SPEAK, BUT WE'RE SO VISIBLE AND
WE'RE SO -- WE'RE RIGHT
HERE, AND THAT WAS AT ITS HEIGHT
WAS REALLY SCARY.
WE ARE DEALING WITH COVID AND
WE WERE DEALING WITH DEATH AND
RAPE THREATS ON THE REG.
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, AND
I'M BEING A LITTLE VULNERABLE
HERE, BUT I'M REALLY GLAD YOU
AND
I HAD THESE LONG DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT THE STUDY WE DID, THE
MONEY WE
GOT OUT OF FAS TO TALK ABOUT
PROTECTION, BECAUSE ALL
OF US SHOULD BE SAFE WHERE WE
WORK,
AS WELL AS THE CLERKS AND
OUR GUARDS AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP
IN THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IT
IS WANT ALWAYS EASY TO JUST
STATE
THE OBVIOUS.
>> I'M NOT TRYING TO END ON
A SAD NOTE.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT I THINK
IT'S WORTH A DISCUSSION FOR US
TO
HAVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I HAVE GOTTEN TO THE
POINT WHERE I'M LIKE, OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU, I TOO JUST WANT TO
ECHO MY -- MY SENSE OF GRATITUDE
AND APPRECIATION FOR YOU
AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND
ELEVATING THIS ISSUE, BRINGING
IT
FORWARD AS A CONVERSATION
STARTER AND
ANY ADDITIONAL SORT OF
CONCRETE SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT
WE AS
A BODY OR AS A CITY FRANKLY NEED
TO TAKE. IT'S NOT JUST A
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY TO KEEP
EVERYONE
SAFE, ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
THEIR
RESPECTIVE STAFF, SUPPORT
STAFF, AND THE IMMEDIATE AND
OUTER
RINGS AS WELL. IT'S NO SECRET,
AS
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ DESCRIBED,
THAT WE
ARE EXPERIENCING AND FRANKLY
SUFFERING A, YOU KNOW, SEVERE
UPTICK IN POLITICAL VIOLENCE.
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND THAT'S FRANKLY JUST THE
TIP OF THE ICEBERG, WHAT THOSE
EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES THAT
WERE LISTED A MOMENT AGO IS JUST
THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
SO ALL THIS TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND RAISING
THIS
ISSUE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ADD
TO THAT AND TALK ABOUT MY
PREVIOUS WORK THAT MUCH, BUT I
USED
TO HELP SUPPORT CANDIDATES OF
COLOR WHO WERE FUND- RAISING TO
RUN
FOR OFFICE, SO I HAD A LOT
OF CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE
ABOUT THE BARRIERS TO RUNNING
FOR OFFICE AND WHAT THAT
EXPERIENCE IS LIKE.
AND HARASSMENT AND SAFETY
WAS CONSTANTLY SOMETHING NAT I
HEARD BACK FROM CANDIDATES.
AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE
YOU BRINGING THAT TO THE
FRONT BECAUSE IT IS A REAL
EXPERIENCE, AND IT REALLY DOES
DOVETAIL
WITH BEING A PERSON OF COLOR
AND BEING UP FRONT AND
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND
VULNERABLE AND
BEING A BLACK WOMAN, SO I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I ALSO KNOW YOU SAID YOU
DIDN'T WANT TO END ON THAT
NOTE, SO
YOU HAD SOME FUN, WE GOT THE
DAD FROM DELL RIDGE, THE MOM WHO
IS
THE BOMB, SO I WAS WORKING
ON THIS WHILE WE WERE GOING
AROUND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO ONE
FOR
YOU.
HERE'S WHAT I GOT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO'S HEAVEN
SENT.
>> THAT'S A BIG ONE.
>> I KNOW, I KNOW.
>> DROP THE MIC.
>> THAT WAS A BIG ONE.
I'M TRYING -- THAT WAS A LOT.
THAT WAS GOOD.
>> TOO MUCH?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I'M HEAVEN
SENT, BUT THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, IS THAT A
HAND?
>> I JUST WANTED TO NOTE,
OBVIOUSLY, ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SIDE, THERE'S A LOT
OF CONVERSATIONS OVER THE
LAST COUPLE YEARS, TO THOSE
PIECES, AND SO I THINK WE DO
NEED
TO STEP FORWARD AND I JUST
WANTED
TO ALSO SAY SINCE WE HAVE
OUR SECURITY TEAM RIGHT
HERE, WHO HAS MY BACK WHEN I
CAN'T
SEE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR
SECURITY
TEAM.
I THANK THEM AND
APPRECIATE THEIR HELP.
>> AWESOME, THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
DID A SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND
WE'RE
GOING TO BE LOOKING
INTO IMPLEMENTING SOME OF
THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THE PLAN
HAD ALREADY BEEN LAID OUT, AND
SO
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH
SOME
OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
FOR ALL YOU DID.
IT WAS A REALLY TOUGH TIME,
AND I WAS WORKING ON THE SEVENTH
FLOOR, AND I WAS WATCHING,
AND THAT WAS NOT OKAY.
SO I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAD
TO LIVE THROUGH THAT.
THAT'S NEVER OKAY.
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
AND FOR JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
THEN I'LL ALSO SAY THAT I
HAVE HEARD IN THE PAST, YOU
KNOW, WHEN YOU RUN FOR OFFICE,
THERE'S SOMEHOW A PERCEPTION
THAT
YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE GETTING
INTO.
YOU'RE NEVER GETTING INTO
BEING PHYSICALLY THREATENED IN
THE
WAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
THREATENED SINCE BEFORE
COVID, ACTUALLY. IT INTENSIFIED
DURING OEFD
AND EVEN IN THE
TIME SINCE AND THE TIME WE HAVE
BEEN HERE, MOST OF
US HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT.
NO, WE DON'T RUN THINKING --
WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING THIS.
WE RUN BECAUSE WE ALL WANT
TO HAVE A VIBRANT, SAFE,
WONDERFUL CITY FOR ALL OF US AND
OUR
FAMILIES, ALL THE CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THE
CITY AND ALL THE HUMANS THAT
LIVE
IN THE CITY.
THAT'S WHY WE RUN FOR OFFICE,
IS TO REALLY HELP, BE A HELPER.
WE DON'T RUN FOR OFFICE
THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO
GET
ATTACKED.
SO IT DOESN'T -- IT SHOULD
NOT BE AN EXPECTATION THAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO I REALLY WANTED TO SAY
THAT BECAUSE I ALSO HEARD THAT,
AND
I THINK THAT IS A REALLY WRONG
WAY
TO LOOK AT THIS JOB.
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
LOOKING AT US DOING THESE JOBS.
AND TO YOUR POINT,
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO
MIGHT WANT TO RUN AND THINK, I
DON'T WANT THAT,
SO MAYBE I'M NOT GOING TO RUN
IF THAT COMES
WITH THE JOB, AND THAT'S NOT
OKAY BECAUSE IT KEEPS GOOD
PEOPLE
OUT, AND WE SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT
INCLUSIVITY.
SO AGAIN,
I WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP AROUND THIS.
I FULLY SUPPORT IT, AND THEN,
AS SO MANY OF US MENTIONED,
THE
FOLKS THAT SIT IN THIS ROOM WHO
ARE NOT ELECTED.
THEY'RE HERE DOING THEIR JOBS
TO SUPPORT US, AND THEN THEY
GET ATTACKED AS WELL, AND
THEY'RE PUT IN VERY VULNERABLE
POSITIONS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT
OR
ASK FOR OR DESERVE.
SO WANTED TO ECHO A LOT OF THE
SENTIMENTS I HEARD, ADD
THAT PIECE TO IT, AND THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME, THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
WEEK, RIGHT?
WE HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
WEEK.
ALL RIGHT.
APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
IT'S GREAT TO SIT AT THIS BIG
TABLE AS IF WE'RE HAVING
A FAMILY DINNER.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL
BRIEFING, THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.