COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT
IS 2:03 A.M. AND I'M JOY
HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> HERE.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> AWESOME. THERE'S NO
PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY.
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME WE'RE
GOING TO OPEN UP THE HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC
COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THE ITEMS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR OR SOMETHING THAT'S IN
THE COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM.
CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE
HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> SO FAR, WE HAVE 12 IN-PERSON
AND THREE REMOTE.
>> SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF 15 AND
EVERYONE KNOW THAT LAST YEAR WE
VOTED ON COUNCIL RULES THAT IF
THERE'S 30 PEOPLE OR LESS,
EVERYONE GETS TWO MINUTES. IF
THERE'S 30 TO 60 PEOPLE, IT'S
ONE MINUTE PER SPEAKER AND IF
IT'S MORE THAN 60, THEN IT'S
ONE MINUTE OR LESS. TODAY WE
HAVE 15. IF MY MATH IS CORRECT,
AND I CAN ADD RIGHT, THANK YOU,
15, 12 PLUS THREE. 15. SO
EVERYONE GETS TWO MINUTES. TO
CLERK, I WILL NOW HAND IT OVER
TO YOU TO PRESENT THE
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN
THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED. HEAR A CHIME WHEN
TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR
TIME. SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE
MUTED IF THEY DON'T END THEIR
COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED
TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE
NEXT SPEAKER.
>> AWESOME. SO I WILL CALL THE
FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS AND WE HAVE
MR. PETER MANNING FOLLOWED BY
MISS YVETTE DINISH AND NEXT IS
MAH AND PAUL? MAH? DOES THAT
SOUND FAMILIAR? IS IT SOMEONE
MAH? PAUL. TAMIKA GANT -- IT'S
OUR TRADITION TO INVITE THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS FIRST TO SPEAK
THAT ARE HERE. MY BAD. PETER, I
SEE COUNCILMEMBER JAMES LOVELL.
ARE YOU HERE? WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE YOU. I'M SORRY, MY
APOLOGIES. I JUST SAW YOUR NAME
ON HERE, THANK YOU, MR. MANNING.
>> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY
ANYTIME IS JAMES W. LOVELL AND
I'M AN ENROLLED MEMBER OF THE
CHIPPEWA INDIANS FROM NORTH
DAKOTA. YOU MAY KNOW ME FROM MY
WORK IN HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
BUT EVENING I'M AT SEA-TAC.
TODAY I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF SEA-TAC ENCOURAGING THE
ADOPTION OF CV-121164 RELATING
TO LAND USE AND ZONING. USUALLY
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS WITH
MUCH MORE COMPELLING TITLES THAN
LAND USE AND ZONE BUG I'M PROUD
TO BE HERE TODAY TO ENCOURAGE
THE ADOPTION OF THIS. LAST
MONTH, OUR COUNCIL CONSIDERED
AND ADOPTED A SIMILAR MORATORIUM
ON NEW DETENTION FACILITIES. OUR
DISCUSSION WAS NOT ABOUT
REJECTING INSTITUTIONS OUTRIGHT.
BUT ABOUT ENSURING THAT WHEN
FACILITIES OF SUCH CONSEQUENCE
EXIST IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THEY
REFLECT THE VALUES, LEGAL
STANDARDS, AND DEMOCRATIC
OVERSIGHT THAT OUR RESIDENTS
EXPECT. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IN
SEA-TAC, WE ARE PART OF A
CLOSELY CONNECTED REGIONAL
SYSTEM OF CITIES. DECISIONS MADE
IN ONE JURISDICTION INEVITABLY
AFFECT OUR NEIGHBORS ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO FACILITIES THAT
OPERATE AT A REGIONAL OR
NATIONAL SCALE. FOR THAT REASON,
INTERJURISDICTIONAL COHESION
MATTERS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU
REFLECTS A THOUGHTFUL EVOLUTION
FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THE
APPROACH SEATTLE DEVELOPED
RECOGNIZES THE UNIQUE ROLE OF
SEATTLE AS BOTH A REGIONAL
CENTER AND A NATIONAL LEADER AND
ADAPTS THE CONCEPT OF A
MORATORIUM TO THE SCALE AND
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME WITH
THAT ROLE. FROM WHERE WE SIT IN
SEA-TAC, ACTIONS LIKE THIS HELP
ENSURE THAT FACILITIES OPERATING
IN OR AROUND OUR COMMUNITIES
MEET THE STANDARDS OF OUR
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND THE
EXPECTATIONS OF THE PUBLIC WE
COLLECTIVELY SERVE. DEMOCRACY IS
NOT AN ABSTRACT IDEA. IT LIVES
OR DIES IN THE INSTITUTIONS WE
ALLOW TO OPERATE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME? FOR YOUR SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. NEXT
WE HAVE MR. PETER MANNING
FOLLOWED BY YVETTE DINISH AND
PAUL THOMPSON AND TAMIKA GANT
AND RACHEL SNELL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON CITY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
JUST HERE TO RE IT RATE THE
CAMERAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
PREDOMINANTLY IN THE SOUTH END
AND CENTRAL DISTRICT AND WEST
SEATTLE. YOU KNOW, BEING THAT WE
HAVE A SHORTAGE ON POLICE, WE
SHOULD COME UP WITH SOME
ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS CAMERAS,
I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY ASK FOR
THAT BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN ARE
DYING. AND I LIKE TO CLARIFY
THAT I'M NOT RACIST BY SPEAKING
ABOUT BLACK AND WHITE ISSUES
BASTA LOT OF THINGS ARE CREATED
BLACK AND WHITE. I THINK WE NEED
TO REALIZE THAT BECAUSE IN MY
WORLD, I HAVE BLACK CHILDREN
DYING AND THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT
TO ME. SO THE IMPORTANCE OF
CAMERA AND PROTECTING THE
CHILDREN IS SUPER IMPORTANT. IF
OUR COMMUNITY FEELS CAMERAS ARE
NECESSARY, I THINK THEY'RE
NECESSARY. IF WHITE PEOPLE FEEL
THAT CAMERAS AREN'T NECESSARY,
THEN IT SHOULDN'T BE NECESSARY
IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU
UNDERSTAND? SO -- THAT'S JUST
MY CLARITY FOR ANYBODY. I'M NOT
RACIST AT ALL. I DON'T HAVE
THAT IN MY BODY. I JUST THINK
THAT WE HAVE -- TWO DIFFERENT
AREAS GOING ON. WE GOT KIDS
DYING. YOU GUYS ARE WORRY ABOUT
PRIVACY ISSUES. I GET IT L BUT
-- PRIVACY, I UNDERSTAND. BUT
CHILDREN, I UNDERSTAND EVEN
MORE. SO -- ANOTHER THING WE
NEED TO LOOK AT ALSO IS HERE WE
ARE 15 YEARS SEATTLE'S ALLOWED
CANNABIS STORES. NOT ONE IS
OWNED BY A BLACK PERSON IN THE
CITY. MAYOR -- ED MURRAY AND
DAVID MEN DOE S. SPEARHEADED THE
CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE SEATTLE OF
BLACK OWNED DISPENSARIES AND
CANNABIS STORES. THAT NEEDS TO
BE RECTIFIED WITH THIS CITY
COUNCIL. FLU THIS CITY COUNCIL
BACK THEN VOTED ON IT. NOT THESE
PARTICULAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BUT THIS BODY DID. SO WE NEED TO
RESTORE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU MR. MANNING. NEXT
WE HAVE YVETTE DINISH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO
THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. THIS IS FOR YOU
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, I
KNOW YOU HAVE A BIRTHDAY COMING
UP.
>> THANK YOU, PUT MY BUSINESS
OUT THERE. THANK YOU.
>> NO, NO, NO. ALSO WANTED TO
COMMEND YOU ALL REGARDING YOUR
PAST -- COMPASSIONATE HEART. YOU
WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS WORK
UNLESS YOU HAVE COMPASSION FOR
OUR COMMUNITY. I'LL JUST BE
PARTIALLY FROM READ'S DAILY
WORD. COMPASSION IS NOT ABOUT
FACING ANYONE. IT'S ABOUT
REMINDING OTHERS OF THE
STRENGTHS, DIVINITY AND CAPACITY
TO MEET LIFE WITH COURAGE AND
GRACE. AND ROOTED IN LOVE MY
COMPASSIONATE ACTIONS BECOME
WINDOWS OF TRUTH THROUGH WHICH
OTHERS GLIMPSES THEIR HONED US
AND THEIR WORTH AND THEIR
FREEDOM TO LIVE IN SUFFICIENCY
AND JOY. LAST THING, AS YOU KNOW
JESSE JACKSON PASSED AWAY
RECENTLY AND HIS SON COMMENTED
ON JESSE AND THE FACT HE LIVED A
REVOLUTIONARY CHRISTIAN FAITH
ROOTED IN JUSTICE AND
NONVIOLENCE AND MORAL
RIGHTEOUSNESS. HE WAS INVOLVED
IN THE POLITICAL STRUGGLES OF
HIS TIME. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE
LEFT WING OR THE RIGHT WING. IT
TAKES TWO WINGS TO FLY. THANK
YOU.
>> ONE MINUTE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO
SUPPORT THE BLACK -- BUFFALO
SOLDIERS SEATTLE'S EQUINE DAYS
IN THE PARK THIS COMING SATURDAY
AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FROM
1:00 TO 3:00. HOPE TO SEE YOU
THERE.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE
HAVE PAUL AND FOLLOWED BY RACHEL
AND JORDAN AND DERRICK AND ALEX
ZIMMERMAN AND PATRICK McKEE.
THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS PAUL. I'M MATT. WE
JUST REALLY WANTED TO BUILD
BRIDGES TO THE CITY COUNCIL SO
WE REPRESENT A LOT OF THE
CHURCHES IN IS THE SEATTLE AREA.
AND JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
REALLY FROM AN AWARENESS PIECE
THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BRIDGES
BEING BUILT IN SEATTLE RIGHT
NOW. LOT OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS
HAPPENING. WE HAD 700 LEADERS
COME TOGETHER LAST WEEK ACROSS
DENOMINATIONAL, RACIAL LINES.
WE'VE HELPED SUPPORT THE MLK
BREAKFAST. WE HAVE GROUPS
MEETING IN NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND
HOMELESSNESS. 20 LEADERS EVERY
MONTH THAT COME TOGETHER TO
SERVE THE HOMELESS IN THE "U"
DISTRICT. 15 IN BALLARD. TEN IN
CAPITAL HILL AND WE JUST WANT TO
SAY WE'RE AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT
TO BUILD BRIDGES TO COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE HERE TO SERVE AND WE LOVE
SEATTLE.
>> NOW THANK YOU. I'M PAUL. AND
I JUST ECHO WHAT MATT HAS TO
SAY. THAT WE'RE OPERATING IN
ALL OF YOUR DISTRICTS. LOT OF
PEOPLE LIKE YOU DO, LOVE THIS
CITY. AND WE'RE HERE TO
DIALOGUE AND WE'RE READY TO
TALK. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN TO
HELP YOU. I KNOW YOU ARE FACED
WITH SOME DIFFICULT SITUATIONS
ON BOTH SIDES SOMETIMES.
WHATEVER -- SO WE -- WE ARE
AVAILABLE TO DIALOGUE. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS. AWESOME. THANK YOU.
MATT. YOUR TWO Ts LOOK LIKE ONE
H.. THAT'S MY BAD. SORRY. GOT
IT. NEXT WE HAVE TA MIKA WELCOME
AND THEN RACHEL AND JORDAN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
TAMIKA BEGAN. I'M A REGISTERED
NURSE AND ALSO THE OWNER OF
ABUNDANCE HEALTH L LC WHICH IS A
BLACK NURSING ORGANIZATION THAT
SERVES WASHINGTON. I WAS
RECENTLY CONTRACTED WITH AGING
AND DISABILITY SERVICES THROUGH
THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR TWO
YEARS UNDER THE NURSING
CONSULTATION SERVICES CONTRACT.
HOWEVER, DESPITE FULFILLING MY
DELIVERABLES, I HAVE NOW GONE
TWO YEARS WITHOUT BEING PAID.
THE CITY CURRENTLY OWES ME
APPROXIMATELY $27,400. FOR
SERVICES PERFORMED BETWEEN
AUGUST AND OCTOBER OF 2024. THE
INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE
ONGOING WITHHOLDING OF MY
PAYMENT INCLUDE MIKE WONG
CONTRACT GENERAL, SUSIE MILLER.
I WAS INSTRUCTED TO REVISE
DOCUMENTS MULTIPLE TIMES TO
PROVIDE NEW MATERIALS THAT WERE
NEVER A PART OF THE CONTRACT. I
RESPONDED TO ONGOING REQUESTS
THAT SHIFTED REPEATEDLY. EACH
TIME I COMPLIED. I WAS
REPEATEDLY TOLD THAT CONFLICTING
INFORMATION INCLUDING CLAIMS
THAT I ALLEGEDLY OWE AMOUNTS OF
MONEY TO THE CITY. CLAIMS THAT
WERE LATER REVERSED OR CHANGED
WITHOUT EXPLANATION. THIS
PROCESS HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT
UNPROFESSIONAL AND DAMAGING TO
MY BUSINESS. BECAUSE NO
RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PROVIDED, I
FORMALLY HAVE FILED A CLAIM WITH
THE CITY WITH THE SEATTLE CITY
CLERK AS REQUIRED BY LAW. I AM
HERE TODAY BECAUSE AS A SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER, I SHOULD NOT
HAVE TO FIGHT THIS HARD FOR THE
SERVICES THAT I PROVIDED AND THE
MONEY THAT'S OWED TO ME AND MY
COMPANY. I UPHELD MY OBLIGATIONS
AND I PROVIDED HIGH QUALITY CARE
TO SEATTLE RESIDENTS AND AFTER
TWO YEARS OF WAITING, I'M
SIMPLY ASKING THE CITY TO DO
WHAT IS FAIR AND JUST. I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
INTERVENTION IN ENSURING MY
BUSINESS IS FINALLY PAID AND OH
-- PAID FOR THE SERVICES
PROVIDED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MISS GANT. NEXT WE
HAVE RACHEL FOLLOWED BY JORDAN
AND THEN DERRICK. WELCOME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL. MY NAME IS RACHEL SNELL
AND I'M ON ELECTED STATE
DELEGATE. HERE TO STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM ON NEW
DETENTION CENTERS IN OUR CITY
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR HER
LEADERSHIP AND COMPASSION AND
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
FACILITIES TIED TO I.C.E.
CONTRACTS PROFIT FROM DETENTION
AND THE SEPARATION OF FAMILIES.
PRACTICES THAT HAVE NO SUCH
PLACE IN A CITY DEVOTED TO HUMAN
RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY AND CARE.
SEATTLE SHOULD LEAD WITH DIGNITY
NOT FEAR. DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE
TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE NOT
RAISING IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
REALLY, REALLY SCARED. WE NEED
LEADERSHIP ROOTED IN CALM,
COMPASSION AND COURAGE. AND FOR
THE TIME BEING, I STILL HAVE A
LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, I HAVE
BEEN WATCHING SEATTLE CHANNEL
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I'M HERE
OR NOT. AND I HAVE -- FELT THE
ANGER STRONGLY. FROM -- FROM
THIS SIDE, IT FEELS REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER IT'S FACTUAL, THAT
OUR LEADERS ARE NOT DOING
ANYTHING. TO HELP TURN THE
TEMPERATURE DOWN. AND FIGHT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT I SEE
THAT BEING A DELEGATE, THERE'S
A MEETING THAT THE PEOPLE DON'T
SEE. THE MEETING THAT DOES NOT
GET BROADCASTED ON THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL. SO -- AS A MEMBER OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, IT'S
TIME TO TURN THE TEMPERATURE
DOWN. BECAUSE IT'S GETTING
WORSE. NOT BETTER. AND WE NEED
TO TURN THE TEMPERATURE DOWN AND
WE ALSO NEED TO COME TOGETHER.
NOT BE FIGHTING AGAINST EACH
OTHER. IT CAN'T BE US VERSUS
YOU. IT CAN'T BE YOU VERSUS US.
WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER.
BECAUSE OTHERWISING IF NOT --
THEN DONALD TRUMP JUST HAS MORE
AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE
POPCORN FOR MAR-A-LAGO AND WE
CANNOT AFFORD THAT ANYMORE. SO
-- HOLLINGSWORTH, HAPPY
BIRTHDAY.
>> THANK YOU RACHEL. NEXT WE
HAVE JORDAN FOLLOWED BY DERRICK
AND FOLLOWED BY MR. ZIMMERMAN
AND THEN PATRICK McKEE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
JORDAN CRAWLEY FOR DISTRICT 1
HERE IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILL
121174. LAST MONTH I VISITED THE
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND HISTORY MUSEUM
WHERE THEY FEATURED AN EXHIBIT
ON JAPANESE INTERNMENT DURING
WORLD WAR II. IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE EXHIBIT IS A LARGE WALL.
FULL OF NOTES LEFT BY VISITORS
ASKED TO REFLECT ON THEIR
EXPERIENCE. GLANCING ACROSS THE
NOTES, MANY WROTE OF THEIR
FEELINGS SEEING AND READING
ABOUT THE HISTORY. OTHERS WROTE
OF THEIR GRATITUDE TO THE MUSEUM
BUT THE ONE THAT CAUGHT MY
ATTENTION WAS THE ONE BEING
WRITTEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME BY
A CHILD OF MAYBE 10 YEARS OLD.
IN ALL CAPS, THEY WERE WRITING
"IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN." THIS
ORDINANCE IS ABOUT DRAWING AND
HOLDING A LINE. IT'S ABOUT
ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
VALUES FOR WHICH WE CLAIM TO
STAND. IDEAS LIKE FAIRNESS,
DIGNITY AND JUSTICE. IT'S ABOUT
SUPPORTING POLICIES THAT
ACTUALLY MAKE OUR CITY SAFER.
THIS COUNCIL CANNOT CONTROL
FEDERAL POLICY BUT YOU CAN
CONTROL HOW OUR INSTITUTIONS
BEHAVE. SEATTLE CAN CHOOSE
UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION. SEATTLE
CAN CHOOSE TO PROTECT DUE
PROCESS. SEATTLE CAN CHOOSE TO
PLANT OURSELVES FIRMLY ON THE
SIDE OF FREEDOM. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR BRINGING
THIS MORATORIUM FORWARD. AS A
FATHER, AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT
OF WEST SEATTLE, AS A SMALL
BUSINESS LEADER AND AS AN ARMY
VETERAN, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW YOU
AND MOST OF YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE
ACTUALLY HERE TO TAKE ACTION.
NOT JUST TAKE CREDIT. THEREBY
FLUSH I URGE THIS COUNCIL'S
SUPPORT FOR IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU JORDAN. NEXT WE
HAVE DERRICK FOLLOWED BY ALEX
ZIMMERMAN FOLLOWED BY PATRICK
McKEE. THANK YOU.
>> HI. OBVIOUSLY MY NAME IS
DERRICK AND I HAD PREPARED A
STATEMENT. BUT I DON'T HAVE
TIME TO READ THAT NOW. I DIDN'T
KNOW WE WERE CONDENSED TO TWO
MINUTES. BUT WHAT I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DIRE.
AND THAT'S BEING LABELED A
DOMESTIC TERRORIST. SUCH AS ALEX
PRETTI, RENEE GOOD, INNOCENT
PEOPLE BEING LABELED DOMESTIC
TERRORISTS. I MYSELF HAVE BEEN
LABELED THAT. AND UNTIL IT
HAPPENS YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL
THAT ENTAILS. WHEN THAT HAPPENS
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK.
YOUR PRIVACY IS INVADED. THERE
ARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT ARE
VERY MUCH AWARE OF THIS. THE
POLICE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THIS.
WHEN I SAY I'M NOT ALLOWED TO
WORK, I HAVE OPENED AND STAFFED
HOTELS, BRANDED HOTELS. AROUND
THE UNITED STATES. I CAN'T GET
A JOB RIGHT NOW AT A FRONT DESK
AT A HOTEL. AND IT'S RELEVANT
BRINGING UP ALEX PRETTI AND
RENEE GOOD, BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE
WERE MURDERED . AND THEN OUR
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT ARE
LABELING THEM AS A DOMESTIC
TERRORIST. MY POINT FOR SAYING
THAT IS EVERYDAY PEOPLE GET THIS
LABEL. AND IT DISRUPTS. IT TURNS
YOUR WHOLE LIFE UPSIDE DOWN. IT
IS -- IT IS VERY DIRE. THAT,
THAT -- THIS TOPIC, THIS MATTER,
IS BROUGHT TO LIGHT. BECAUSE
LIKE I SAID, IT INTERRUPTS YOUR
ENTIRE LIFE. SO THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU DERRICK. NEXT WE
HAVE ALEX ZIMMERMAN FOLLOWED BY
PATRICK McKEE. AND JUST SO YOU
KNOW, DERRICK, YEAH, YOU NEVER
HAVE TO THANK US FOR ALLOWING
YOU TO SPEAK. THIS IS YOUR TIME.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
OKAY?
>> THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR.
>> YEAH. MY NAME IS ALEX
ZIMMERMAN. I'M A PRESIDENT OF
SINDOP AMERICA FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS. I COME AND I SPEAK ABOUT
SOMETHING SO YOU CAN HEAR THIS.
BUT NONE OF YOU HEARS THIS AND
EXACTLY WILL COME TO MONEY. YOU
MAKE APPROXIMATELY $150,000.
ONLY 10% IS PEOPLE IN SEATTLE
MAKE $150,000 PLUS. SO YOU
REPRESENT ONLY 10% ARISTOCRAT
YOU KNOW? ENGLISH. [ LAUGHTER ]
SORRY FOR MY JOKE. YEAH. BUT
INCOME IN SEATTLE, 90%
APPROXIMATELY $60,000. I TALKING
ABOUT THIS FOR MANY YEARS. NO
ONE FROM YOU, NOT TODAY, NO LAST
YEAR, NOT YEAR BEFORE, YEAR
BEFORE. MOVE, YOU MAKE $60,000 A
YEAR. SO EVERYBODY'S
REPRESENTING 90% OF PEOPLE.
GUYS, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOU?
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME? I SIT
HERE TOTALLY SICK, NAZI -- OH.
NAZI BASTARD IS EXACTLY WHO YOU
ARE. I CAN'T FIND ANOTHER NICE
WORD. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN?
IT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO.
LAST WEEK, ONE COUNCIL, TEN
MINUTES BEFORE MEETING, TOLD ME
GO OUT. GO OUT. IT'S OKAY WITH
ME. SHE CAN TALK TO ME AND WHO
CARE ABOUT THIS? BUT SHE PUSHED
-- A SECURITY. SECURITY COME TO
ME. THEY TAKE ME OUT. IT'S A
CRIME. THESE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS
YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS MEANS? THEY
ARE MENTALLY SICK. ARE
PSYCHOPATH. MAYBE ANTI-SEMITE
BECAUSE ANTI-SEMITE. YOU ARE
BORN ANTI-SEMITE. THIS WILL BE
FOR ALL YOUR LIFE. IT'S NOT MY
OPINION. IT'S A PSYCHOLOGY
OPINION. I TRY TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S GOING ON. HOW MANY
PEOPLE -- MENTALLY SICK ARE
PSYCHOPATH IN YOUR CHAMBER? YOU
ARE RAMP, AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
STAND UP SLAVE. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> FOR THE RECORD THAT'S YOUR
THIRD WARNING WHICH YOU ARE
GOING TO BE SUSPENDED NOW FOR 30
DAYS BECAUSE YOU HAVE CALLED
COUNCILMEMBERS DIRTY NAZI PIGS.
THAT IS A VIOLATION OF OUR
RULES. AND YOU ARE SUSPENDED FOR
30 -- I JUST TOLD YOU WHAT -- I
JUST TOLD YOU WHAT YOU ARE
SUSPENDED FOR 30 DAYS MR.
ZIMMERMAN. YOU KNOW THE GAME.
PLEASE CAN SOMEONE -- THAT WAS
YOUR THIRD WARNING. 30 DAYS.
THAT WAS ON THE RECORD. THAT WAS
YOUR THIRD WARNING MR.
ZIMMERMAN. NEXT WE HAVE PATRICK
McKEE. FOLLOWED BY HOWARD GALE
AND BILL CHIN, BILL AND THEN
SABIE.
>> SORRY. MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS
FOR THAT SHOW OF STRENGTH. MY
NAME IS PATRICK McKEE. I LIVE IN
WEST SEATTLE. I HAVE
GRANDCHILDREN IN SEATTLE AND
TACOMA. I DEEPLY WORRY ABOUT
THEM GROWING UP IN THIS
REGIME'S AMERICA. I WANT TO
URGE THE COUNCIL TO UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPT THE MORATORIUM ON
DETENTION CENTER ESTABLISHMENT
AND EXPANSION IN SEATTLE. YOU
ALL KNOW ALL THE REASONS WHY AND
YOU HAVE HEARD MORE TODAY. AND I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK IN PARTICULAR FOR HER
LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU PATRICK, NEXT WE
HAVE HOWARD FOLLOWED BY BILL AND
THEN WE HAVE SABIE FOLLOWED BY
EMME SMITH. THEN LONG. THEN WE
HAVE NATHAN AND THEN DONITA
SINCLAIR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. HOWARD GALE.
THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
RECENTLY RELEASED THE REVIEW OF
THE POLICE ASSAULT ON PROTESTERS
AT ANDERSON PARK LAST MAY
RESULTING IN MANY INJURIES TO
PROTESTERS AND 23
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ARRESTS. THEY
DIAGNOSED THE EVENT AS A
MISUNDERSTANDING BUT THE WORDS
OF SBD OFFICER LIEUTENANT
MATTHEW DITTIER IN CHARGE OF
CROWD CONTROL THAT DAY MADE
CLEAR THIS WAS NO
MISUNDERSTANDING. HE SAID TO THE
OFFICERS UNDER HIS COMMAND
QUOTE, WE ARE GOING IN THIS TIME
WITH GUNS BLAZING AND ALL OUR
PIECES IN PLACE. WE ARE PAST
TALKING TO PEOPLE. WE'RE HERE
TO PEOPLE UP NOW. WE'RE DONE
WITH THESE GUYS AND THE SHOOT
THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE PUSHED
THE ENVELOPE AND NOW THEY'RE
GOING TO GET THE FULL SOMETHING
OR THE OTHER. NOT A SINGLE
OFFICER OBJECTED. THE OIG
ASSERTED THAT LAST MAY WAS A ONE
OFF AND ABERRATION. YET ONLY
THREE DAYS LATER, THE SPD
OFFICERS ONCE MORE DEMONSTRATED
EXTREMELY BIASED POLICING IN
FAVOR OF RIGHT WING PROVOCATEURS
UNLEASHING MORE VIOLENCE AND
ARRESTS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF
CITY HALL. THERE WERE OTHER
STIMBUT SMALLER INCIDENTS IN
2024 AND 2025. WHICH I DON'T
HAVE TIME TO GO OVER. LAST FALL,
WE SAW A REPEATED INSTANCES OF
SPD OFFICERS BEING INCENSE SIEVE
TO PEOPLE'S FEARS OF I.C.E.
AGENTS AND IGNORING A CREDIBLE
GUN THREAT MADE BY A RIGHT WING
PROVOCATEUR WHEN HE THREATENED
FOLKS IN THE SOMALI COMMUNITY.
JUST TWO WEEK AGO, WE HEARD FROM
CHIEF AMY FORWARDEN OF C.A.R.E.
THAT SPD OFFICERS WERE RENDERING
THEIR SERVICES 72% UNUSABLE
PREVENTING THEM HAVE GOING TO
CALLS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A
BADGE, A GUN AND NEEDLESS
VIOLENCE. WE HAVE THE NEW
ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT AS RIGHT
WING AND AS DETERMINED AS THE
PREVIOUS PRESIDENT TO ACT IN
WAYS THAT ARE OPPOSITE OF
SEATTLE'S VALUES. OVER THE LAST
26 YEARS THERE'S ONLY BEEN
EIGHT YEARS WHERE SEATTLE POLICE
KILLED MORE THAN THREE PEOPLE.
LAST YEAR WAS ONE OF THOSE WITH
SEATTLE POLICE KILLING FOUR
PEOPLE. THE SECOND HIGHEST
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OVER QUARTER
CENTURY. NEXT WEEK MARKS THE ONE
YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIM GUNNED
DOWN IN CRISIS AND SEEMINGLY
FORGOTTEN BY ALL OF YOU.
>> THANK YOU -- THANK YOU MR.
GALE. MR. GALE? MR. GALE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU MR. GALE.
>> JOHN?
>> MR. GALE. MR. GALE. THANK
YOU. YOU ARE TAKING OTHER
PEOPLE'S TIME, MR. GALE. THANK
YOU MR. GALE. WE HAVE BILL CHIN
FOLLOWED BY SABIE YUN.
>> JUST BEFORE YOU START, ARE
YOU ALL SPEAKING TOGETHER? OR --
IS IT JUST ONE, TWO MINUTES AND
THEN ANOTHER PERSON TWO MINUTES?
>> WE'D LIKE TO SPEAK TOGETHER
AND ALSO DO REQUEST OUR TIME BE
COMBINED FOR FOUR MINUTES TOTAL.
I HAVE TALKED TO
COUNCILMEMBERRIVE ARE'S OFFICE
ABOUT THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I WAS JUST
CLARIFIINGS, YOU ARE ALL GOOD.
SO GO AHEAD AND WE HAVE -- OAK.
AWESOME. GO AHEAD BILL. THANK
YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS. FIRST WE'D LIKE
TO BEGIN BY CONGRATULATING NEW
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH AS WELL AS
COUNCILMEMBERS MERCEDES RINCK
AND LIN AND FOSTER ON BEING
NEWLY ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL.
I'M SENIOR AT CLEVELAND
S.T.E.M. HIGH SCHOOL. I'M
SERVING AND REPRESENTING SEATTLE
CITY AT LARGE.
>> MY NAME IS SABIE AND I'M A
SENIOR AT HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M
ALSO MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE YOUTH
COMMISSION REPRESENTING CITY
COUNCIL DISTRICT 6. ALTHOUGH
BILL AND I ARE BOTH PART OF THE
SEATTLE YOUTH COMMISSION, WE
WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT WE
ARE SPEAKING IN OUR INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITIES TODAY. BEFORE WE
START, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK
COUNCIL RESPECTFULLY IF WE COULD
HAVE AN EXTRA FOUR MINUTES JUST
GIVEN THE CONTENTS OF OUR
TESTIMONY.
>> SO -- PAUSE TIME. I'M SORRY.
YOU GET TWO MINUTES EACH. AND
THEN WE COMBINE IT. SO FOR FOUR
MINUTES TOTAL. AND WE CAN'T ADD
ANY MORE TIME AND I REALLY -- I
KNOW Y'ALL ARE STUDENTS AND SO
APPRECIATE Y'ALL SO WE'RE AT
-- I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT.
YES. YOU CAN -- ALSO GIVE US
YOUR COMMENTS ADDITIONALLY HERE
IN THE BUCKET AS WELL IF YOU
WANT. BUT IT HAS TO BE LIMITED
TO FOUR MINUTES.
>> WE HAVE PROVIDED A COPY OF --
WE HAVE PROVIDED PAPERS WITHIN
THIS BUCKET. HOWEVER, THOSE ARE
MORE SO DEMOM IS THATTIVES. AND
THINGS FOR TO YOU LOOK AT THAT
WOULD CORROBORATE OUR TESTIMONY
BUT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH
OUT TO COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE
REST OF THE COMMISSION FOR
APPROXIMATELY ABOUT THE LAST
YEAR OF OUR TERMS. AND AS SUCH
WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT
ADDITIONAL FOUR MINUTES AND
APPEAL TO SEE IF THAT WOULD BE
POSSIBLE. WE WOULD ASK IF WE CAN
HAVE THE FOUR MINUTES AT THE END
AFTER EVERYONE ELSE HAS
TESTIFIED JUST THAT WAY WE WOULD
PRESERVE ALLOW EVERYONE A CHANCE
TO SPEAK WITHOUT GOING OVER THE
ONE HOUR ALLOTTED TIME FOR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
>> SO PAUSE. THIS IS WHAT WE'LL
DO BILL. AFTER THE MEETING, I
WILL COME AND TALK TO Y'ALL TO
GET YOUR COMMENT. BUT WE CANNOT
ADD ANY MORE TIME BECAUSE THEN
WE SET A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER
FOLKS WHO DO THE SAME REQUEST. I
HOPE Y'ALL UNDERSTAND. WE'LL
START YOUR TIME AGAIN. SO YOU
ALL CAN GIVE YOUR COMMENTS.
>> BEFORE DISCUSSING THE WORK WE
HOW OLD LIKE TO OUTLINE THE
CHALLENGES THE SEATTLE YOUTH
COMMISSION HAS FACED AWE
BELIEVES THIS IMPORTANT FOR
UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE TESTIFYING
TODAY. IN THE FALL OF 2024 THE
SEATTLE YOUTH COMMISSION
REACTIVATED FOLLOWING A FIVE
YEAR DORMANCY CAUSE BY THE
PANDEMIC. WHEN 15 OF US WERE
APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL WE WERE THRILLED TO
SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND
COLLABORATE WITH CITY LEADERS TO
ADDRESS ISSUES AFFECTING YOUTH.
HOWEVER, THE PERIOD OF DORMANCY
CAUSED THE COMMISSION'S
ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK TO
LAPSE. IN OUR COHORT FACED A
TASK OF REBUILDING ITS STRUCTURE
FROM SCRATCH. DUE TO BUDGET
CONSTRAINTS, PERSONNEL
AVAILABILITY AND A LACK OF
COMMISSION PRESIDENT, WE
STRUGGLED TO CREATE MEANING 68
GOALS AND LAY THE FOUNDATION TO
MEET THEM WHILE WORKING WITHIN
SAID CONSTRAINTS. FURTHERMORE
THERE WAS CONFUSION OUR ROLES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES ESPECIALLY
AROUND OUR SHARED PURPOSE AND
MISSION. OUR LIAISONS MEANT TO
CONNECT US FURTHER TO CITY
GOVERNMENT WERE ALSO NEW TO THE
COMMISSION AND THEIR ROLE. AND
PERSONAL CHANGES FURTHER
AMPLIFIED THE PROBLEM. DESPITE
THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EFFORTS AND
THANK THEM FOR ALL THE WORK
THEY'VE DONE AND HOPEFULLY
CONTINUE TO DO TO AID THE
COMMISSION.
>> SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OUR
TERMS, WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO
SOLVE THESE CHALLENGES TO THE
BEST OF OUR ABILITY. ONE WAS
CREATING THE SEATTLE YOUTH
COMMISSION'S MISSION VISION AND
VALUES TO OUTLINE PURPOSE AND
GOALS. THIS WAS INSTRUMENTAL
SERVING TO BE THE BACKBONE OF
OUR STRUCTURE. WE ALSO CREATED
COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS TO FOSTER
CULTURE OF SUPPORT AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL AS BYLAW
AMENDMENTS TO BETTER REINFORCE
THIS NEWLY ESTABLISHED
STRUCTURE. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT THE WELCOMING OF THREE
NEW COMMISSIONERS. OVER OUR PAST
TERM THE COMMISSION FACED
SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY WITH
COMMISSIONER VACANCIES. ALTHOUGH
WE ARE STILL NOT A FULL
COMMISSION THE ADDITION OF THE
THREE NEW MEMBERS HELPED ADDRESS
THIS ISSUE. RECENTLY, WE
ESTABLISHED A NEW COMMITTEE
STRUCTURE TO ALIGN OUR
PRIORITIES AS REFLECTED IN THE
2026 WORK PLAN WHICH WE HOPE
COUNCIL WILL READ IN THE NEAR
FUTURE. ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS
HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU AS
PHYSICAL COPIES INCLUDING IN THE
PACKETS THAT WE HAVE STORED IN
THIS BUCKET EARLIER.
>> DESPITE OUR EFFORTS TO
REBUILD THE COMMISSION, WE HAVE
BEEN HAVE STRICTED BY OUR MEANS.
BECAUSE THE NATURE OF THE
SEATTLE YOUTH COMMISSION IS
DEPENDENT ON THE COUNCIL'S WORK
WE'RE AT BIG MOMENT WHERE WE
NEED DIRECT SUPPORT AND
ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COUNCIL AND
MAYOR. WE RECENTLY SENT AN
INTRODUCTORY LETTER TO MAYOR
WILSON REGARDING THE SEATTLE
YOUTH COMMISSION'S INITIATIVES
AND RESTRUCTURING EFFORTS AS
WELL AS TO REQUEST A SUPPORT.
WITH THE APPLICATION SEASON FOR
THE NEXT QUARTER OF SYC
APPROACHING IN APRIL, IT'S
CRITICAL THAT WE TESTIFY TODAY
TO SEEK CLARIFICATION ON THE
COMMISSION'S SUPPORT, ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES. ADDRESSING
THIS NOW WILL ENSURE WE CAN
PROVIDE CLEAR GUIDANCE TO FUTURE
APPLICANTS AND ALLOW THE
COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD
EFFECTIVELY IN FULFILLING THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES. ON THE SEATTLE
YOUTH COMMISSION'S WEBSITE
IT'S STATED WHO WE ARE THAT
MEMBER SUPPORT DECISIONS
AFFECTING THE CITY BY PROVIDING
ADVICE AND FEEDBACK ON RELEVANT
CITY MATTERS. IN WHAT WE DO IT
STATES OUR RESPONSIBILITIES. AS
TO ADVISE THE MAYOR, CITY
COUNCIL, AND CITY DEPARTMENTS ON
ISSUES THAT IMPACT YOUTH IN
SEATTLE. AND LEARN FROM KEY
COMMUNITY AND CITY LEADERS TO
BUILD NEW RELATIONSHIPS.
HOWEVER, DURING OUR TERM SO FAR,
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FULLY
CARRY OUT THESE RESPONSIBILITIES
DUE TO A LACK OF CONSISTENT
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY. AS
A RESULT, WE HAVE HAD LIMITED
OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE ADVICE
OR FEETBACK ON IMPORTANT ISSUES
AFFECTING YOUTH INCLUDING YOUTH
SAFETY AND ONGOING SUPPORT FOR
OUR COMMUNITIES. WHILE
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH HAVE
BOTH OFFERED TO DISCUSS THIS
ISSUE WITH US, THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND
THE CITY'S GOVERNING BODIES
MUST BE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN
REACTIVE. WITHOUT REGULAR
ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION, IT
BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR THE YOUTH
COMMISSION TO FULFILL ITS ROLE.
THE GAP HAS BECOME A BARRIER TO
OUR ABILITY TO SERVE SEATTLE'S
YOUTH COMMUNITY TO THE EXTENT
THEY DESERVE AND THAT WE ARE
COMMITTED TO DOING.
>> IF THE YOUTH COMMISSION IS
MEANT TO REPRESENT THE VOICE OF
SEATTLE YOUTH, THEN IT MUST HAVE
THE ACCESS AND SUPPORT NECESSARY
TO DO SO. IN THE SPIRIT OF
MOVING FORWARD WE ARE PROPOSING
SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE, TO
CREATE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO
RECEIVE INFORMATION ON COUNCIL
AGENDAS AND OVERALL UPDATES SO
THE COMMISSION CAN RESPOND AND
ADVISE ACCORDINGLY AND TWO
SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH COUNCIL
BEFORE THE END OF MARCH TO
DISCUSS SEVERAL MATTERS. [
INAUDIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU. I HATE TO -- I
HATE TO CUT Y'ALL OFF AND I
KNOW AND CAME AND SPOKE TO YOU
ALL AND WE'LL GET A MEETING ON
THE CALENDAR BEFORE THE END OF
MARCH. THAT'S MY COMMITMENT ON
THE RECORD SO YOU HAVE A BETTER
RELATIONSHIP WITH CITY
GOVERNMENT. AND CAM IS BACK
THERE. THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE
CARD AND WE'LL GET YOU
SCHEDULED.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTENDS AN
INVITATION TO THE REST OF
COUNCIL AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES.
NATHAN? SO NEXT UP IS NOT NATHAN
I'M SORRY. IS -- M. LONG.
NATHAN AND DONITA SINCLAIR.
>> ANY DEMOCRAT WHO VOTES
AGAINST THIS BILL OR TRIES TO
WATER IT DOWN SHOULD BE DRIVEN
OUT OF OFFICE. THIS IS THE MOST
BASIC STEP THAT COULD BE TAKEN
IF YOU VOTE AGAINST IT, YOU
SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SHOW YOUR
FACE IN THIS CITY. THAT SAID,
THIS BILL IS A PATHETIC RESPONSE
TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE
COUNTRY. THIS BILL WOULD BAN NEW
IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS
FROM BEING BUILT IN IS THE
SEATTLE FOR JUST ONE YEAR.
I.C.E. KILLED EIGHT PEOPLE IN
YEAR AND TRUMP DEPORTED OVER
600,000 PEOPLE BUT ALL THIS CITY
COUNCIL CAN MUSTER IS A ONE YEAR
MORATORIUM? EVERYONE ON THIS
CITY COUNCIL IS A DEMOCRAT. YOU
DON'T HAVE REPUBLICANS AS AN
EXCUSE. TRUMP WAS ELECTED IN THE
FIRST PLACE BECAUSE OF
DEMOCRATIC PAR IMPOTENCE LIKE
HERE TODAY. THERE'S NO REAL
OPPOSITION TO TRUMP FROM THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THAT'S WHY
TRUMP FEELS EMBOLDEN RIGHT NOW
TO LAUNCH THE AGGRESSIVE WAR ON
IRAN AND SOME OF YOU WILL
PROBABLY VOTE AGAINST EVEN THIS
WEAK EXCUSE FOR ACTION. THIS
WON'T STOP -- THESE ATTACKS
WON'T STOP UNTIL WORKING PEOPLE
DUMP THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND
START BUILDING A PARTY OF OUR
OWN. MY ORGANIZATION LABOR
MILITANT HAS BEEN OUT IN PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR A MONTH ALONG WITH
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS AND SSARPR
AND OTHERS AND PUT FORWARD A
LONG LIST OF THINGS THE
DEMOCRATS ON THE CITY COUNCIL
COULD BE DOING. SHUT DOWN THE
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT I.C.E.
IS USING, ISSUE MUNICIPAL IDs SO
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS CAN HAVE
ACCESS TO IDENTIFICATION. PASS
AN EVICTION MORATORIUM TO
PROTECT IMMIGRANTS ABOVE LOST
INCOME BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID
TO GO TO WORK. INDEPENDENT
SOCIALIST ON THE COUNCIL.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF
ACTION THAT WOULD BE ON THE
TABLE. THIS CITY HAS A MAYOR
WHAT CALLS HERSELF A SOCIALIST
BUT SHE'S A DEMOCRAT. MERCEDES
RINCK IS MORE PROGRESSIVE BUT
THE BAR IS ON THE FLOOR. THE
DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO SOLVE
THIS CRISIS. THE DEMOCRATS
HELPED TO CREATE AND FUND
I.C.E.. WE NEED TO BUILD A
WORKERS PARTY THAT WILL FIGHT
AGAINST THE SELLOUTS BY THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND WE'RE
BUILDING NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION
GROUPS AND WE HAVE A MEETING
MARCH 14th AT 2:00 P.M. AT
GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER TO
FIGHT BACK AGAINST THESE --
THESE ATTACKS BY I.C.E.. TAKE
REAL ACTION AND DRIVE OUT PRO
I.C.E. DEMOCRATS. JOIN US MARCH
14th AT THE CITY COUNCIL ON
MARCH 24th.
>> THANK YOU M..
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LONG
FOLLOWED BY NATHAN AND DONITA
SINCLAIR.
>> MY NAME IS LONG. I'M A
MEMBER OF MOVEMENT FOR SHAMA. I
WORK HERE IN SEATTLE AS A
BARISTA. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK FOR INTRODUCING THIS
LEGISLATION FOR A MORATORIUM ON
DETENTION CENTERS. THIS SHOULD
BE PASSED AND I THINK MORE
THINKS LIKE THIS CAN BE DONE. WE
CAN ALSO SHUT DOWN THE SECURITY
CAMERAS AND MAKE THE CITY A
SANCTUARY CITY. I THINK WE CAN
ALSO FIGHT TO SHUT DOWN I.C.E.
AND STOP ALL DEPORTATIONS. SHUT
DOWN I.C.E. AND STOP ALL IS A
DEMAND BEING MADE BY MOVEMENT
FOR US. WE ARE BUILDING FOR
KSHAMA SAWANT. I ENCOURAGE ALL
WORKING PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR
MOVEMENT TO FIGHT AGAINST I.C.E.
AND DEPORTATIONS. BUT TO TAKE ON
-- WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE ON
OFFENSIVE FIGHTS FOR FREE HEALTH
CARE FOR ALL BY TAXING THE RICH.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU SHOULD
ENDORSE KSHAMA SAWANT AND HER
CAMPAIGN TO SHUT DOWN I.C.E.. WE
ARE LUNCHEONING NEIGHBORHOOD
ACTION GROUPS THAT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS CAN JOIN TO CAMPAIGN FOR
SAWANT AS WELL AS TO DEFEND
AGAINST I.C.E.. THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ACTION GROUPS CAN ALSO WORK TO
FIGHT FOR ANY STRUGGLE THAT
WORKING PEOPLE TAKE UP. SUCH AS
FIGHTS FOR RENT CONTROL. WE'LL
BE TABLING DOOR KNOCKING AND
PHONE BANKING AND POSTERING TO
BUILT FOR THE METING TO STOP ALL
DENTATIONS AND WE ARE TALKING TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHER LEFT
SPACES TO CREATE A MOVEMENT FOR
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES THAT CAN
FIGHT AGAINST THE I.C.E.
TERRORISM. ANYONE WHO IS
INTERESTED CAN COME TO THE
GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER AT
2:00 P.M. ON THE 14th TO JOIN
US FOR OUR LUNCH LAUNCH MEETING.
>> THANK YOU LONG. NEXT WE HAVE
NATHAN FOLLOWED BY DONITA SANE
CLAIRE. WELCOME NATHAN.
>> SO THERE ARE -- THREE REASONS
I WANT TO MENTION RIGHT NOW THAT
I THINK WE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY
PASS COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S
DETENTION MORATORIUM. EMMANUEL
CLIFFORD DOMAS WAS A HAITIAN
IMMIGRANT WHO DIED OF A TOOTH
INFECTION IN A BORDER PATROL
FACILITY IN ARIZONA. HE WASN'T
ALLOWED TO SEE A DENTIST.
IMAGINE THAT. LIKE -- HAVING A
TOOTH INFECTION AND NOT BEING
ALLOWED TO SEE A DENTIST AND
THEN YOU DIE. GERALDO CAMPOS WAS
STRANGLED TO DEATH IN TEXAS IN A
DETENTION FACILITY AND I MEAN,
SHAL ALUM WAS 56-YEAR-OLD
ROHINGYA REFUGEE WHO WAS LEFT TO
DIE IN THE COLD IN BUFFALO, NEW
YORK. SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT ENOUGH.
THIS CITY COUNCIL -- DOESN'T
REALLY HAVE THE POWER TO ABOLISH
I.C.E. WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED TO
DO FUNDAMENTALLY BUT I THINK WE
NEED TO KEEP THESE BILLS COMING
AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO COME
UP WITH THE WORKS. ONE THING I
THINK WE CAN DO I THINK THE CITY
OF SEATTLE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY
STOP DOING ANY BUSINESS WITH THE
CITY OF HUNTS POINT. UNTIL MAYOR
JOE SABIE -- I DON'T KNOW THE
RIGHT WORD. BUT STOPS TRYING TO
BUILD AN I.C.E. DETENTION
FACILITY IN TUKWILA OR RESIGNS
AS MAYOR, I THINK THOSE ARE THE
TWO OPTIONS WE CAN DO HERE.
THAT'S A SMALL THING. IT'S NOT
GOING TO STOP LIKE -- EVERYTHING
THAT'S GOING ON. BUT IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
SOMEBODY -- YOU MENTIONED THE
THING ABOUT DOMESTIC TERRORISTS
EARLIER. I JUST WANTED TO, YOU
KNOW -- SO SPM 7 NATIONAL
SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM
DECLARES ANYBODY THAT HAS AN
ANTI-CHRISTIAN, ANTI-AMERICA,
ANTICAPITALISM IDEOLOGY, AS
BEING A DOMESTIC TERRORIST AND
THE THING WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
IS THAT THAT DOESN'T JUST APPLY
TO LIKE SOCIALISTS AND
COMMUNISTS IN THEIR YEARS. IN
THEIR EYES EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM
IS A COMMUNIST. IT ISN'T ONE OF
THEM AND I THINK WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> THANK YOU NATHAN. NEXT WE
HAVE DONITA SINCLAIR. AND THEN
WE'LL SWITCH TO ONLINE. THAT'S
OUR LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER. DON
ITA SINCLAIR FOLLOWED BY ONLINE
SPEAKERS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU. I AM THE
FOUNDER OF WE GOT US MOMS IN THE
PRESIDENT OF ECHOES OF OUR
CHILDREN AN ORGANIZATION THAT
REPRESENTS THE ADVOCATES OF THE
VOICES FOR THE MOTHERS AND
FAMILIES THAT LOST THEIR
CHILDREN TO THE DISEASE OF GUN
VIOLENCE. HERE IN WASHINGTON
STATE, WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
VOICE, WHO HAVE WRITTEN AND
EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONDITIONS TO
THE MAYOR. TO THE LAST
ADMINISTRATION, HAVE BEEN
IGNORED. TO YOU GUYS NOW THAT'S
TREYING TO ASK YOU TO ENGAGE IN
SUPPORT AND SEE HOW WE CAN
COMBINE AND COME TOGETHER
INSTEAD OF SITTING HERE HAVING A
WHOLE BUNCH OF CHAOS. RIGHT? WE
WANT TO TALK ABOUT -- WE ARE THE
VOICE FOR BLACK PEOPLE. I
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND I WANT TO RESPECT THEM. BUT
THEY DON'T LIVE IN OUR SAME
SITUATION. SO THEY ARE NOT THE
VOICE. WE NEED CAMERAS. BECAUSE
WE CANNOT TAKE ON DIFFERENT KIND
OF -- PEOPLE, THEIR WORD IS NOT
POSITIVE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
SAYING? THEY'RE -- EMBEDDED TOO
DEEP. RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT KATIE WILSON AND WE
DONE WROTE COMPLAINTS AND WROTE
CONCERNS AND WE DONE COME
TOGETHER TO TRY TO SIT WITH THIS
ORGANIZATIONS, WITH THIS
ADMINISTRATION. WE GETTING
RESCHEDULED. SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE
GO HAVE A SIT-DOWN. TWO MONTHS
WE DON'T HEAR FROM YOU. THAT'S
A CONCERN TO US. WE'RE NOT
BEING HEARD. THAT WE'RE NOT
BEING PRIORITIZED. MANY OF US
BLACK FAMILIES AND MOTHERS,
THAT'S BEEN IMPACTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE, FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT
ABSTRACT. WE'RE NOT A POLICY OR
A TALKING POINT. THIS IS
PERSONAL. AND WE ARE HUMAN.
WE'RE FEELING DEHUMANIZED AND
LIKE WE'RE PART OF VANISH
SEATTLE. WE'RE NOT. WE'RE
HERE, WE'RE NOT GOING NOWHERE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'LL DO. WE WANT
TO COME TOGETHER SO WE CAN COME
TOGETHER AND AMEND THINGS EACH
AND EVERY ONE OF YOU OWE US A
PART OF KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES
SAFE. SO HOW DO WE MAKE THIS
HAPPEN? IF WE CAN'T PUT IT ALL
ON YOU JOY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. BUT
THIS IS YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENTED
TO OKAY? WE NEED HELP YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M SAYING AND I'M SORRY.
BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU AND
I'M SR.RY THIS HAPPENED. THE
BIRTHDAY MAYBE TOMORROW BUT
TODAY IT'S ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. OUR COMMUNITY
IS EXHAUSTED. YOU KNOW? I'M
PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS IS TIRED OF
HEARING THE SAME THING BUT WE
ARE EXHAUSTED AS WELL. JUST
SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE TIME
AND -- [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> YOU ARE GOOD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. SO I CAN GO BACK
THERE AND GET A CARD TO TALK TO
YOU TOO?
>> OF COURSE YOU CAN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> WE HAVE -- NEXT ONLINE WE
HAVE ANSLEY FOLLOWED BY ROSE,
FOLLOWED BY CHARLOTTE AND THEN
DAVID HAYNES.
>> REAL QUICK COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
JUST WANTED TO NOTE WE HAVE A
CALLER WITH A LAST FOUR DIGITS
OF 3492. AGAIN LAST FOUR DIGITS
OF 3592. IF YOU REGISTER TODAY
SPEAK AND YOU CALLED THROUGH
THIS NUMBER, WE DON'T -- WE
CANNOT IDENTIFY THIS PHONE
NUMBER SO IF YOU CAN CALL US
BACK TO LET US KNOW WHICH NUMBER
YOU ARE CALLING FROM, THAT WOULD
BE GREAT. WE DID EMAIL YOU WITH
THE ACTUAL INFORMATION AND WE DO
NEED THE NUMBER THAT YOU
REGISTERED. THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME. NEXT. THANK YOU
CLERK. SO NOW WE HAVE ANSLEY
FOLLOWED BY ROSE AND CHARLOTTE
AND THEN DAVID HAYNES. PLEASE
PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF
.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
ANSLEY. IF YOU GUYS WILL LET ME
KNOW WHEN I CAN BEGIN.
>> YOU MAY BEGIN.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY
NAME IS ANSLEY ROMAN AND I HAVE
A SPEECH PREPARED. BUT RECENTLY
THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO I'M GOING
ROGUE. COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I
WITNESSED WHAT THEY CALLED
OPERATION MARKET SWEEP. I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
BUT I SAW THAT STATE TROOPERS
WERE CAUSING A DISTRACTION AND
TRAFFIC ON WAY UP TO CANADA. I
WATCHED A MAN BEING PULLED FROM
HIS VEHICLE WITH NO DOCUMENTS
GIVEN. SO WINDOWS DIDN'T COME
DOWN. NOTHING AT ALL WAS SAID.
THE STATE TROOPER RADIOED TO
I.C.E. OR DHS. THEY CAME AND
THEY PULLED HIM OUT OF THE
VEHICLE AND DRUG HIM TO THEIR
CAR. FAST FORWARD. COUPLE OF
DAYS LATER, I GOT A CALL FROM A
FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S A NURSE
PRACTITIONER. IT WAS 6:15 IN THE
MORNING AND I WAS ON MY WAY TO
WORK. AND SHE IS CRYING BECAUSE
SHE WENT TO SAFEWAY TO GET
LUNCH. SHE WALKED OUTSIDE AND
SAW DHS STANDING IN THE PARKING
LOT. SHE ASKED ME WHAT SHE
NEEDED TO DO. SHE'S A U.S.
CITIZEN. SHE'S LATINA. VERY
LATINA. YOU CAN TELL JUST B█Y
LOOKING AT HER. SHE TURNS BACK
AROUND BECAUSE I ASKED HER TO GO
BACK IN AND TRY TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE SHE FORGOT SOMETHING. AS
SHE'S ON THE PHONE, I LISTENED
TO I.C.E., DHS, RUN AFTER HER
AND THROW ALL HER STUFF ON THE
GROUND AND PULL HER AWAY. I
CALLED OUT OF WORK THAT DAY
AFTER CRYING CLEARLY AND WENT
DOWN TO THE SAFEWAY SHE WAS AT.
AND THE MANAGER HANDED ME ALL OF
HER STUFF. THEY BROKE HER PHONE,
THEY LEFT HER WALLET,
EVERYTHING. I GOT AN ATTORNEY
FOR HER WHO DID EVERYTHING THAT
I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO AND IT TOOK
HIM TWO WEEKS AFTER THEY TOLD
THE FACILITY TO LET HER GO. I
FINALLY GOT HER AND SHE WAS IN
THE SAME SCRUBS SHE LEFT WITH.
WE CANNOT HAVE THESE DETENTION
FACILITIES COME IN.
>> THANK YOU ANSLEY. NEXT WE
HAVE ROSE AND I DON'T SEE ROSE.
BUT YOU ARE NEXT. WE'LL GO TO
CHARLOTTE. YOU ARE ONLINE STAR 6
TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. FOLLOWED BY
DAVID HAYNES .
>> THANK YOU MADAME PRESIDENT
AND MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. MY
NAME IS CHARLOTTE PHILIPPE AND
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3. I
HAVE MORE NUMBERS FOR YOU TODAY.
414, 251, 50, 202, 123, 305, 7.
TODAY MARKS 414 DAYS SINCE THE
PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE. 2351 DAYS
SINCE THE HOMELAND SECURITY
OPENED ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. 50
DAYS SINCE I.C.E. DETAINED
RAMOS. NEARLY ONE YEAR SINCE
I.C.E. DEPORTED KILMAR ABREGO
GARCIA. 202 DAYS SINCE MOHAMMED
CHOWDHURY A NATIONAL GUARD
VETERAN WAS ALSO DETAINED BY
I.C.E. AND HELD FOR 123 DAYS.
TODAY, I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU TO
JOIN TUKWILA, THE SEA-TAC AND
PORT AND COUNTY IN PASSING
COUNCIL BILL 121174 WHICH WOULD
PROHIBIT THE CHAINING OF ZONING
CODES IN MOST OF THE CITY UNTIL
NEXT JANUARY WITH RESPECT TO
JAILS AND DETENTION CENTERS IN
RESPONSE TO EGREGIOUS FEDERAL
CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR THOSE WHO
DUE DILIGENCE AND GOOD
GOVERNANCE, THIS IS NOT
PERMANENT LEGISLATION. INDEED
THE LEGISLATION ALLOWS THE CITY
TO CONCRETELY PREVENT FEDERAL OR
NONCITY OVERREACH WHILE THE
MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL EXAMINE
FURTHER MORE PERMANENT STEPS.
THIS ALLOWS FOR 305 DAYS OF DUE
DILIGENCE AND ANALYSIS FOR THE
LEGISLATION. AS A CONSTITUENT,
AS A SIXTH GENERATION
WASHINGTONIAN, AS A CHRISTIAN, I
URGE YOU TO ADOPT THIS EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION TO ALLOW THE CITY TO
FURTHER CONSIDER REFORMS AND
FIXES TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS
NEEDED. IT TAKES SEVEN VOTES.
PLEASE PASS THIS LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU CHARLOTTE. I DON'T
-- DAVID HAYNES, YOU ARE
PRESENT. STAR 6 AND THEN THIS IS
ANOTHER CALL TO ROSE.
>> HI, THANK YOU DAVID HAYNES.
WHY IS THERE NOT ENOUGH EFFORT
TO DEAL WITH THE SUSTAINABLE
FOOD SUPPLY AND OFFSET THE
NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE
ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS OF KROGER
AND QFC AND FRED MIIER AND
SAFETY? WE STILL NEED A FARMERS
MARKET CO-OP WITH AN ACTUAL
LOCATION THAT'S NOT IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PARKING LOT LIKE
24/7 OR AT LEAST A REASONABLE
AMOUNT OF TIME. AND EARLIER
TODAY, I'M AT QFC. AND THERE'S
THIS HIGH SOPHISTICATED
SURVEILLANCE CAMERA THAT'S
HOVERING RIGHT OVER MY HEAD. AND
I START REALIZING THAT IT'S LIKE
$70 AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE
FULL BAG. AND NEXT THING I KNOW,
IT WON'T LET ME GO BECAUSE
IT'S ACTING LIKE I'M A
CRIMINAL. SO THEN SOME GUY COMES
OVER AND REPLAYS THE VIDEO OF MY
ACTIONS AND IT'S LIKE I'M
BEING JUDGED IN A COURT.
CORPORATE FASCISM. IT'S LIKE
HOLD UP MAN. WHY IS NOBODY
ADDRESSING THE FACT THAT KROGER
IS ABUSING THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON AND HAS BEEN FOR SOME
TIME? AND THEY'VE PROFILED US
AND THEY'VE DENIED US THE
DIGITAL COUPONS AND THEY'VE NOT
PROCESSED THE PROPER PRICING AND
THEY SEEM TO WORK WITH THEIR
OTHER LOCATIONS TO MONOPOLIZE
THE SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHIC OF
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'RE
SHAKING US DOWN. BUT -- THERE'S
STILL A NEED FOR YOU KNOW, A
BETTER EFFORT IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
OTHER THAN ACTING LIKE THE
BIGGEST THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY
IS I.C.E.. AND IT'S A CONCERN
THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO LIKE
WEAPONIZE THEIR PRIVILEGE. AND
UNDERMINE THE INTEGRITY OF
GOVERNANCE AND PROPER POLICIES.
BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
THE BUDGET OVER THE LAST LIKE --
SHE SAID. THERE'S A DISTINCT
INVESTMENT IN RUNNING
INTERFERENCE FOR EVIL PREDATORY
DRUG PUSHERS AND YOU ALL ARE
IMPLODING SOCIETY AND USING THE
JUNKIES --
>> IS ROSE AN LINE? I DON'T SEE
HER PRESENT. OKAY. AWESOME. ANY
MORE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED
UP, CLERK? WE'LL CHECK. NOPE.
OKAY. AWESOME. WE HAVE REACHED
THE END OF OUR LIST OF
REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. I
WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING
DOWN OUT OF YOUR DAY AND THEN
ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS
ONLINE ARE SENDING US EMAILS FOR
EVERYONE'S PUBLIC COMMENT. AND
IF WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE ON
TO COUNCIL BUSINESS SO NO
OBJECTION THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE'S
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE'RE
NOW GOING TO CONSIDER THE
PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEMS
INCLUDE THE MINUTES OF MARCH 3rd
, 2026 AND COUNCIL BILL 121175,
PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. AND TWO
BILLS, FOUR APPOINTMENTS FROM
THE PARKS AND CITY LIGHT
COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE
TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM TODAY'S
CONSENT CALENDAR? GOING ONCE,
TWICE. SOLD TO THE CALENDAR. I
MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> AWESOME. BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. CALL THE ROLL, CLERK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> ADOPTED AND WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
MINUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF.
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER
ONE INTO THE AGENDA THE REPORT
THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 121174.
ADOPTING MORATORIUM ON THE
FILING ACCEPTANCE PROCESSING OR
APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT, EXPANSION OR
CHANGE OF USE FOR DETENTION
CENTERS ADDING A DEFINITION FOR
DETENTION CENTERS ON MANY
SECTION. OF THE SEATTLE CODE
APPROVING A WORK PLAN DECLARING
EMERGENCY AND ESTABLISHING AN
IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE ALL BY
THREE-FOURTHS VOTE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
>> BEFORE I RECOGNIZE
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK TO TALK
ABOUT THE BILL. I WOULD PASS IT
OFF TO HER AFTER SETTING THE
TABLE. JUST -- FIRST I WANT TO
SET THE TABLE ON OUR IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE SUPPORT AND I THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR
BRINGING THIS BILL AND ALL THE
HOARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND I WANTED TO GIVE A TIMELINE
ON THINGS THAT OUR PREVIOUS
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE DONE. WHAT
HAS CURRENTLY BEEN DONE. AND
PASSED. AND WHAT FUTURE THINGS
ARE GOING TO COME TO FULL
COUNCIL. BACK IN 2022 OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT WAS SET UP. THIS WAS
THIS BODY BUT IT WASN'T THESE
COUNCILMEMBERS AND I BELIEVE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WAS ON THAT
COUNCIL AROUND -- WERE YOU?
>> YEAH.
>> YES. YOU WERE. SORRY. I'M NOT
AGING YOU. OKAY. AWESOME. OKAY.
WAS AROUND -- DURING THAT TIME.
LAST YEAR THERE WAS A WELCOMING
RESOLUTION PASSED BY THIS BODY.
THERE WAS A REVISED UPDATED ONE
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK SPONSORED.
THAT WAS REVISED TO UPDATE OUR
WELCOMING RESOLUTION. THERE WAS
ALSO $4 MILLION VOTED ON BY
COUNCIL THAT WAS ALSO
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK THAT WOULD
GO TO THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS. WE ALSO HAD
BUDGET ACTION ITEMS THAT A LOT
OF COUNCILMEMBERS SPONSORED FOR
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT
INCLUDED IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
GROUPS FOR THEIR BUDGET ACTION
ITEMS. WE HAD TWO EXECUTIVE
ORDERS FROM THE HERALD
ADMINISTRATION THAT OFFERED
PROTECTIONS TO OUR IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE FAMILIES THAT WERE LAST
YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE HAD AN
IMMIGRATION AND INFORMATION
SHARING THAT WAS SPONSORED AND
LED BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. WE
ALSO HAD EXECUTIVE ORDERS FROM
MAYOR WILSON ON HOW OUR
DEPARTMENT'S DIRECTIVE ON HOW
OUR DEPARTMENTS WOULD INTERACT
WITH OUR -- WITH IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS AND THAT
EXECUTIVE ORDER CAME OUT ABOUT A
MONTH AGO FROM MAYOR WILSON. WE
ALSO HAVE HAD A PROFESSIONALISM
RESOLUTION THAT CAME FROM
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S
COMMITTEE. WE ALSO HAD A
WELCOMING CITY AND DATA PRIVACY
PROTECTIONS THAT WAS PASSED OUT
OF SELECT COMMITTEE FROM
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. WAS A
RESOLUTION. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LAW
ENFORCEMENT STAGING BILL THAT
WAS PASSED OUT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
AND THEN ALL OF THE WORK FROM
BUDGETARY ACTION ITEMS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, ALL THE
WORK THAT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HAS
DONE IN HIS DISTRICT, DISTRICT
1, ALL THE WORK THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LIN HAS DONE AS
WELL. JUST ON THE GROUND. SO
EVERYONE HAS PLAYED A
SIGNIFICANT ROLE. WE ARE ALIGNED
ON US MAKING SURE THAT SEATTLE
IS PROTECTED AS A COUNCIL AND AS
A BODY. THAT IS ONE THING THAT
YOU WILL SEE US AGREE ON. AND
NOW I WILL PASS IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK BECAUSE SHE
HAS A VERY IMPORTANT BILL THAT
SHE BROUGHT AND THANK YOU FOR
THIS DETENTION CENTER BILL AND I
WILL PASS IT OFF TO YOU AS WE
HAVE LAID THAT GROUND WORK SO
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO MOVE THE BILL AND
DISCUSS IT.
>> I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
112174. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> LOT OF SECONDS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS YOUR BILL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU FOR LAYING DOWN
THAT GROUNDSWORK FOR ALL OF US.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME I HAVE INTRODUCED EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION AND IT REALLY SPEAKS
TO HOW URGENT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE. TO THE VIEWING PUBLIC, TO
FOLKS WHO PROVIDED PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY AND TO EVERYONE
WHO'S REACHED OUT TO OUR
OFFICE, YOU HAVE MADE YOUR
DEMANDS CLEAR. YOU WANT THE CITY
TO USE EVERY TOOL IN OUR TOOL
BOX TO GET I.C.E. OUT OF
SEATTLE. AND OUR ACTION TODAY IS
IN SERVICE OF THAT. AND OUR
SCOPE AND CONTROL AS THE CITY OF
SEATTLE COUNCILMEMBERS, IS TO --
WHAT WE DO WITH OUR CITY
RESOURCES AND SPACES TO ENSURE
THAT CITY BUSINESS CAN CONTINUE.
THIS BILL CREATES A 365 DAY
MORATORIUM. A PAUSE ON ALL NEW
AND EXPANDED DETENTION CENTERS.
WE ARE DECLARING A PUBLIC
EMERGENCY AND ESTABLISHING A
WORK PLAN TO CONSIDER PERMANENT
REGULATIONS BY EARLY NEXT YEAR.
WE KNOW THAT DETENTION CENTERS
ARE SITES OF SERIOUS HARM AND
ANY EXPANSION OF THEM WILL ONLY
ENABLE THIS FEDERAL REGIME TO
RAMP UP THEIR INHUMANE AND IN
MANY CASES, ILLEGAL ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS. THIS IMPACTS ALL OF US
REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION
STATUS. I REFUSE TO BE COMPLICIT
IN LETTING HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS HAPPEN WITHIN OUR
CITY UNDER OUR WATCH AND WE ARE
NOT ALONE IN THIS. WITH SO MANY
JURISDICTIONS PASSING SIMILAR
LEGISLATION WITHIN OUR REGION,
AND MORE ARE ON THE WAY.
LEGISLATION LIKE THIS WILL HAVE
AND IS A ALREADY HAVING A
MULTIPLIER EFFECT. AND HAVING
THE LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON TAKE ACTION TODAY
SENDS A STRONG AND CLEAR MESSAGE
ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT WE
WILL FIGHT FOR. SO -- WE KNOW
THAT WE ARE STILL IN THE
BEGINNING OF OUR WORK TO PROTECT
OUR RESIDENTS FROM FEDERAL
OVERREACH. BUT TODAY, WE TAKE A
STAND AGAINST THESE DETENTION
CENTERS. AND FOR THESE REASONS,
I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK
YOU.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS? I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WANTED TO SPEAK AS CHAIR O█F
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
FIRST THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS
THANK YOU TO MR. DERRICK -- I
FORGOT YOUR LAST NAME AND ALSO
NATHAN WHEN TALKING ABOUT
DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE ALSO DO
HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AS IT'S
IT'S BEING MADE AND EACH OF THE
COUNCIL MEETINGS BUT ALSO IN
COMMITTEE. AND I REFERENCE THAT
BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY A PROPAGANDA
WAR IS BEING WAGED ON AMERICA BY
OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND THIS
IS BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL
POLITICAL PR PIECE. BUT TRULY,
PROPAGANDA WAR WHICH IS IN MY
FORMER LIFE AS INTELLIGENCE
INFORMATION OPERATIONS, THAT
THEY'RE CONDUCTING. AND THEY'RE
CONDUCTING THESE INFORMATION
OPERATIONS, THESE PROPAGANDA
WARS, FOR EFFECTS. THEY'RE
TRYING TO CREATE EFFECTS. AND
THIS IS LAYING --S THIS LANDING
VERY WELL IN CERTAIN PARTS OF
AMERICA. AND WE HAD THESE PIECES
THAT ARE OUT THERE. THEY CAN BE
VERY EFFECTIVE. PARTICULARLY
WITH ALL THE CONDITIONING
THAT'S GONE ON BEFOREHAND. BUT
KEY TO CHALLENGING INFORMATION
OPERATIONS OR PROPAGANDA IS TO
CUT THROUGH IT. AND ONE OF
THINGS TO DO THIS TO COUNTER THE
MESSAGING ONE OF THEM IS TO SHOW
THAT AS SEATTLE CAN BE RUN WELL
AS A WEST COAST BLUE CITY. THERE
IS ACROSS THE BOARD. THAT WE CAN
BE PROFESSIONAL AND WHAT WE'RE
DOING. AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT.
SOMETIMES WE SAY IT'S HOW YOU
SAY IT IT AND YOU KNOW, THE
APPROACH THAT YOU TAKE. AND I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS
A BODY, WORKING WITH THE MAYOR
BUT ALSO THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S ROLE IN THIS IS
VERY IMPORTANT AS WE BUILD THIS
OUT TO SHOW THAT WE'RE ADULTS
AND WORKING THIS IN A VERY
PROFESSIONAL MANNER AND
IMPORTANT TO CALL OUT THE PIECES
RELATED TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S
ACTIONS. IT'S PROPAGANDA WAR.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BONN DOING
IN THE BILLS THAT WE'VE HAD. WE
HAVE A SET OF BILLS RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH
THEM. AND THE PROFESSIONALISM
AND STANDARDS BILL WAS DOING
THAT. BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT
DOING IN TERMS OF STANDARDS. THE
MASK YOU KNOW. THE NOT
IDENTIFYING YOURSELF YOU KNOW
THE PROBABLE CAUSE PIECES.
BASICALLY ILL DISCIPLINED
OPERATIONS. LACK OF FOLLOWING
POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES.
BASICALLY POOR LEADERSHIP.
CALLING THAT OUT. BUT DOING IT
IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE HIGHLIGHT
THE PIECES AND THEN WHAT IS THE
TRUE STANDARD? AND WHAT DO OUR
EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR,
YOU KNOW, OUR OWN LAW
ENFORCEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE? THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PIECES. SO IT'S
IMPORTANT TO DO THESE THINGS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO CALL OUT THE
WORK THAT, YOU KNOW,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA DID IN
TERMS OF ENSURING THAT'S THE
WHOLE OF CITY GOVERNMENT THAT'S
RESPONDING. NOT JUST SPD. THE
FIRST BILL THAT WE HAVE DONE. OR
THE DATA AND PRIVACY BILL THAT
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WAS WORKING
AS WELL. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO
SAY TODAY'S BILL TOO BECAUSE
THAT LITTLE PIECE RELATED TO
DETENTION CENTERS, THAT MIGHT BE
PART OF A PROPAGANDA WAR. YOU
KNOW, PART OF THAT INFORMATION
OPERATIONS PIECE. WHERE THEY'RE
TRYING FOR EFFECTS SO IT'S
IMPORTANT FORUS TO LOOK AT IT
AND THEN TAKE ACTION. SO I THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR HER --
FOR THE BILL COMING FORWARD WITH
DETENTION CENTERS. BUT ALSO
OTHERS ON THE TEAM.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S
IMPORTANT IN HER COUNCIL TO ME.
NOT ONLY ON THIS BILL DETENTION
CENTER BILL BUT ALSO THE BILLS
WE'VE BEEN ENCOURAGING TO WORK
THROUGH FOR OUR CITY. AND I -- I
RELY ON THAT BECAUSE AS SHE
NOTES THE DUE DILIGENCE IS HER
MIDDLE NAME. AND THE LEGAL DUE
DILIGENCE ON ALL THESE BILLS ARE
IMPORTANT. AND IT GOES BACK TO
DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. THAT DUE
DILIGENCE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND WE'LL DO IT IN FUTURE.
WORKING LIKE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
LIN ON RELATED TO THE KEEP
WASHINGTON WORKING. LIKE WHAT
ELSE CAN WE DO? AND THAT DUE
DILIGENCE ON BEHALF OF MY
COLLEAGUES AND TO INCLUDE AS I
JUST MENTIONED COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, BUT OTHERS, IS SO
IMPORTANT TO THE POINT OF
CUTTING THROUGH THE PROPAGANDA.
CUT THROUGH THE INFORMATION
OPERATION PIECES. BECAUSE
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EFFECTS AND
THE WAY TO DO THAT AGAIN IS TO
CUT THROUGH IT IN A PROFESSIONAL
WAY. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO
SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT AS WE WORK
THROUGH THESE PIECES IN
COMMITTEE. AS NOTED OUR STAGING
BILL CAME OUT TODAY. OUT OF
COMMITTEE. THAT WAS DONE IN
COOPERATION WITH NOT JUST THE
COMMITTEE, BUT FROM OUTSIDE THE
COMMITTEE TOO. WITH
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S AMENDMENT
THAT WE HAD THIS MORNING. AND
WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS MOVING
FORWARD. I JUST SAY THIS AS LIKE
A BACKDROP. BECAUSE WE'VE --
ALSO HAVE THE ALPR BILL COMING
FROM -- IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND I. THAT
MIRRORS WHAT WE DID ON CCTV.
THESE PIECES ARE PART OF -- THEY
NEED TO BE THOUGHT OF AS A
PACKAGE. AND THEY NEED TO BE
THOUGHT OF AS A COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH BY THE CITY GOVERNMENT
TO DEAL WITH THIS PROPAGANDA WAR
THAT'S BEING WAGED ON AMERICA.
TO DEAL WITH THE INFORMATION
OPERATION PIECES, YOU KNOW,
LOOKING FOR EFFECTS. THAT
THEY'RE TRYING TO GAIN. AND
AGAIN, THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO
SHOW THAT WE ARE UNITED IN THAT
OPPOSITION TO THAT. BUT ALSO
WORKING IN A PROFESSIONAL GOOD
MANNER TO SHOW AGAIN THAT A WEST
COAST BLUE CITY, BUT ANY CITY,
CAN HOLD UP ITS VALUES AND AT
TENDS OF THE DAY I THINK THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE THE
SET OF BILLS THAT WE'RE ABOUT
-- HALFWAY THROUGH ALMOST
HALFWAY LITTLE OVER HALFWAY
THROUGH. BUT THERE'S GOING TO
BE OTHER PIECES TOO. AND AS THE
CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, WE WILL BE LOOKING
FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
AND IN ADDITION TO CREATING THE
SAFE SPACE IN OUR CITY. IDEA OF
HAVING OUR CITY BE RUN WELL AND
I ASK FOR THE CITY'S SUPPORT IN
THIS. NOT JUST MY COLLEAGUES,
BUT THE ENTIRE CITY. BECAUSE
THIS IS HOW WE, YOU KNOW,
REPRESENT OURSELVES. AND SO I
JUST WANTED TO THANK -- IN THIS
CASE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK BUT
ALSO THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE AND COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA AND OTHER COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND THOSE OUTSIDE FOR
THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THUS
FAR AND THAT WORK WE'LL DO
MOVING FORWARD. SO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, BACK TO YOU. AND I
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
LIN'S HANDS RAISED.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. SUCH -- SUCH AN
IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION
GIVEN THE INHUMANE I BELIEVE
OFTEN UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND
ILLEGAL CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE
SEEN SPREADING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. WE HEARD PUBLIC
TESTIMONY ABOUT SOMEBODY IN
UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT -- THERE
ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE DYING OR HAVING SERIOUS
PERMANENT LIFE-CHANGING
CONDITIONS TO THEIR HEALTH
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF HEALTH
CARE. A LACK OF ACCESS TO LEGAL
COUNSEL. THERE'S A RECENT
REPORT OF A BLIND REFUGEE WHO
WAS DROPPED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT IN FREEZING CONDITIONS
WHO DIED BECAUSE HIS FAMILY
COULDN'T CONTACT HIM. AND SO
THIS -- WILL ALLOW THE CITY THE
TIME THAT WE NEED TO INSIST UPON
CONDITIONS, TO ENSURE THAT IF WE
EVER HAVE A DETENTION FACILITY,
NOT JUST UNDER THIS CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION, BUT ANY FUTURE
ADMINISTRATION, THAT ANY
DETENTION FACILITY MUST MEET
MINIMUM STANDARDS AROUND ACCESS
TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO LEGAL
COUNSEL, TO HAVE REASONABLE
CONDITIONS SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE
ARE RELEASED, THEY, YOU KNOW,
ARE NOT JUST LEFT IN FREEZING
CONDITIONS ON THE STREET. AND
THAT THERE'S REASONABLE
OVERSIGHT SO THAT THERE'S THE
ABILITY TO INSPECT THESE
FACILITIES TO ENSURE THAT
THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THOSE
REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THAT
THERE'S HUMANE CONDITIONS. SO
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. LOOKING
FORWARD TO ITS PASSAGE AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH SDCI TO
PREPARE CONDITIONS FOR -- THAT
WE CAN ADOPT LATER AS PART OF
THIS 12 MONTH MORATORIUM. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I
APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK ON
-- AS WE WORK ON THESE BILLS, WE
DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON BEHALF
OF OUR IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS IN
THE CITY. AND ON BEHALF OF ALL
RESIDENTS WHO FEEL LIKE WE DO.
THERE'S A LOT OF ALIGNMENT
ACROSS OUR CITY. YOU KNOW,
COLLEAGUES, WE'RE ALL ALIGNED
AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT NOTED
EARLIER ON OUR EFFORTS TO
SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE AND
LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BRING
CLARITY TO OUR LAWS. TO PROTECT
OUR COMMUNITIES FROM THESE
EGREGIOUS ACTIONS OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR BRINGING
THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION RELATED
TO DETENTION CENTERS. SOME OF
YOU MAY KNOW I HAD AN AMENDMENT
TO THAT ORIGINAL BILL WHICH
ENDED UP FOR LEGAL REASONS,
NEEDING TO BE BROUGHT AS A
SEPARATE BILL. NOT AN AMENDMENT.
RATHER THAN HAVING COMPETING
BILLS, I OFFERED COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK THE USE OF THAT BILL AND
THAT IS HOW WE GOT TO TODAY AND
THAT'S HOW WE TREAT EACH OTHER
ON THE COUNCIL. WE'RE ALL
ALIGNED AND TO OUR PUBLIC
COMMENTERS' POINT, RACHEL, I'M
HEARING YOU, WE NEED TO WORK
TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER
AND NOT DIVIDE EACH OTHER. SO I
THOUGHT THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING
TO DO AND I'M GLAD I DID AND I
WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AND I LOOK
FORWARD TOO PASSAGE OF THIS BILL
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. IS THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS -- COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
SETTING THE TABLE ABOUT THIS ARC
AND THE LAST I'D SAY DECADE IN
PARTICULARLY THE LAST FOUR YEARS
AND THEN PARTICULARLY THE LAST
TWO YEARS. WITH THIS
ADMINISTRATION. AND WHAT THIS
CITY HAS HAD TO EPIDURAL AND DUE
TO PROTECT OUR CITY AND
IMMIGRANTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE
WE'VE BEEN DOING. I THINK WHEN
YOU SET THE TABLE AND LET THE
PUBLIC KNOWS IN A NATURAL
EXTENSION OF THE PROTECTION FOR
OUR RESIDENTS OF SAT AND NOBODY
IS OPPOSED TO THIS. IT'S ALWAYS
VERY INTERESTING TO LISTENING TO
PUBLIC COMMENT AND THINK THAT
SOMEHOW THERE ARE BAD DEMOCRATS
UP HERE WHO CAN'T SHOW THEIR
FACE IF THEY VOTE NO. THAT'S
JUST SIMPLY NOT THE CASE. AND I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA BECAUSE WE SAW THIS AS
WELL, WITH COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
AS WELL, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE
TYPE OF BILLS, AND WITHOUT GOING
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HAVE
TO LEGALLY DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WITHIN
THE CONFINES OF THE LAW ON WHAT
WE CAN DO. BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO
STICK. WE DON'T WANT IT TO JUST
BE A SLOGAN. WE DON'T WANT IT
TO JUST BE SOMETHING WE THROW
OUT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING
TO BE DOING POLITICAL POSTURING
OR VIRTUE SIGNALING THAT'S NOT
WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE WANT THIS
TO WORK. I'M REALLY, REALLY
PROUD OF COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. WHEN I SAY
PROUD I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A
DEMEANING WAY. I MEAN THAT IN A
LEADERSHIP WAY. WE HAVE COME A
LONG WAY AND WE HAVE MORE
LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT TO CONTINUE AND WE GOT THREE
AND A HALF YEARS IN FRONT OF US.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK
TOGETHER AS A CITY AND I THINK
YOU ALL KNOW THAT. IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO LOOK AND
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OUTLINED
CITIES LIKE SEA-TAC AND BURIEN
AND KENT AND RENTON. AND OTHER
CITIES AND TACOMA. WHEN WE LOOK
AT DETENTION CENTERS AND JAILS
AND WHAT THAT MEANS. AND SO I
JUST -- IT'S BEEN REALLY
INTERESTING WATCHING SOME OF THE
-- I'M REALLY ENJOYING A LOT OF
THE YOUNG FOLKS THAT COME
FORWARD AND SPEAK. LOOKING AT
NATHAN. HE'S BEEN A REGULAR AND
I'M LEARNING A LOT FROM HIM.
AND HIS PASSION. AND THAT'S
WHAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR. I
LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY
COME. MISS YVETTE. BECAUSE THIS
IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE AND
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. IT
DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD TO COME AND
SCREAM AT US AND THREATEN US OR
TO ANY OF US HERE, TO PUT PEOPLE
IN THE AUDIENCE TO AMELIORATE
OUR COLLEAGUES BECAUSE WE'RE
REALLY TRYING HARD AND WE'RE
DOING ALL THE WORK. I HOPE SOME
DAY EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU CAN
SAY HEY THANKS. WE CAN ALWAYS
AGREE TO DISAGREE. AND YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE THE LEADERSHIP OF A
REALLY GOOD COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR SETTING
THE TABLE FOR ALL IN WHAT WE SAW
IN INDIAN COUNTRY, ALL THE --
ALL THE OARS IN THE CANOE ALL
SHOULDERS IT TOGETHER. BECAUSE
IN THE END THAT'S WHAT IT COMES
DOWN TO. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
>> ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS
BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO
THE SPONSOR? OH. COUNCILMEMBER
-- WAS THERE MORE? NO. OKAY.
I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE A
HAND. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR
YOUR WORDS OF SUPPORT. AGAIN I
ASK FOR A YES VOTE TODAY SO WE
CAN TAKE UP MEANINGFUL ACTION ON
THIS. THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU MEMBER
RINK AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. GREAT WORK. ROLL
-- ROLL CALL? CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> AWESOME. THE BILL PASSES.
CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT
AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF. ANYTIME I SAY ROLL
CALL I THINK OF BEING AT CAMP
LONG THINKING SHABOOYAH. ROLL
CALL. THAT'S THE ROLL CALL I
KNOW. OKAY? SO -- ANYWAYS. THERE
WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE'S NOT A
RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION OR
ADOPTION. BUT COUNCILMEMBERS,
LAST WEEK THE CITY COUNCIL
SIGNED AND PRESENTED A
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH
2026 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT
THERE WAS A SMALL ERROR AND I'M
GOING TO LET COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA ADDRESS THIS DIRECTION
AFTER THE UPDATED PROCLAMATION
IS SIGNED. THE PLAN IS TO
REDISTRIBUTE THOSE WHO ACCEPTED
AND RECEIVED IT ON MARCH 3rd
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
THE PROCLAMATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A TECHNICAL CORRECTION
BUT IT'S ONE THAT'S IMPORTANT
TO THE -- ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS
OF OUR PROCLAMATION. SO WE ARE
REISSUING IT TO MAKE THAT
CORRECTION ON THE RECIPIENT'S
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. IT WAS NOT A --
NOBEL PEACE PRICE. IT WAS A
NOBEL PRIZE ON PHYSIOLOGY AND
MEDICINE. SO WE'LL CORRECT THAT
AND HAVE EVERYONE SIGN. WE
WON'T -- WE WILL NOT REREAD IT
TODAY. IT WAS REALLY TERRIFIC
THAT SHE AND OTHERS WERE IN
CHAMBERS TO RECEIVE THAT. AND WE
WILL REDISTRIBUTE WITH THAT
CORRECTION ON OUR END.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. ARE THERE
ANY OTHER -- COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ?
>> YEAH. I HAVE A COMMENT. BUT I
WAS GOING TO WAIT TILL THE END.
>> AFTER THE ROLL CALL OR
BEFORE?
>> AFTER THE ROLL CALL.
REGARDING A COMMENT D ANYTHING
FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING
THIS CORRECTION? WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO THE
UPDATED PROCLAMATION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE
AFFIXED.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND IS
THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED
TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE
HERE. YESTERDAY WAS THE BIRTHDAY
OF OUR UNCLE BILLY FRANK JR.
FROM THE FRANK'S LANDING INDIAN
COMMUNITY. WHERE I GREW UP ON
THE PUYALLUP RESERVATION WHERE
WE FOUGHT ON THE RIVER FOR
TREATY RIGHTS AND PROBABLY MY
FIRST TAKEOVER. AND THE TRIBES
CONTACTED ME AND I WANT TO KNOW
MADAME PRESIDENT TO READ INTO
THE RECORD WHAT THE TRIBES PUT
OUT IN HONOR OF UNCLE FRANK.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> TODAY WE HONOR THE LIFE AND
LEGACY OF BILLY FRANK JR. A
LEADER WHOSE ADVOCACY HELPED
PROTECT THE TRIBAL TREATY RIGHTS
AND THE SALMON TO SUSTAIN OUR
COMMUNITIES. FOR DECADES HE
STOOD ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER
DEFENDING THE FISHING RIGHTS
GUARANTEED TO THE TRIBES AND
TREATIES WITH THE UNITED STATES.
HIS LEADERSHIP DURING THE
FISHING RIGHTS STRUGGLE IN THE
1960s AND '70s HELPED LEAD TO
THE LANDMARK USB WASHINGTON
WHICH REAFFIRMED THE TREATY
FISHING RIGHTS IN WASHINGTON
STATE. BILLY FRANK JR.'S WORK
WENT BEYOND THE COURTROOM. AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTHWEST INDIAN
FISHERIES COMMISSION HE
CHAMPIONED SALMON RECOVERY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND
ADOPTION AMONG THE TRIBES IN THE
STATE TO PROTECT THE WATERS THAT
SUSTAIN US ALL. HIS MESSAGE WAS
SIMPLE AND POWERFUL. TELL THE
TRUTH. WE ASK YOU TO REMEMBER
HIS COURAGE, HIS LEADERSHIP, HIS
LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO
PROTECTING TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY,
TREATY RIGHTS, AND THE NATURAL
RESOURCES THAT FUTURE
GENERATIONS DEPEND ON. AND WITH
THAT, THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
JUST TAGGING ON TO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT EMERITUS JUAREZ'S
STATEMENTS HERE, I HAD THE
PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF GETTING
TO MEET BILLY FRANK JR. IN THE
WASHINGTON STATE CAPITOL AND
WASHINGTON STATE CAPITOL IS SUCH
A LARGE BUILDING THAT IT HAD TO
BE SLUNK TO MEET BECAUSE IT WAS
GOING TO BE BIGGER THAN THE
NATIONAL CAPITOL. BILLY FRANK
JR. MADE THAT BUILDING FEEL
SMALL. POWERFUL PERSON AND TO
BRING IT BACK TO WHERE WE ARE
TODAY IN THIS LAST WEEK, WHEN WE
HONORED LARRY GOSSETT AT FORT
LAWTON THIS LAST WEEKEND, LARRY
GOSSETT BROUGHT UP THE STORY OF
HIM GOING TO FRANK'S LANDING.
AND STANDING THERE. IT WAS THE
FIRST TIME HE'D BEEN TO A
PIERCE COUNTY JAIL. ONLY BEEN
HERE TO THE KING COUNTY JAIL.
AND JUST THAT POWER BETWEEN
DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN
OUR CITY HAS LED -- AND OUR
REGION -- HAS LEFT SUCH A LEGACY
OF WHERE WE NOW REALLY LOOK AT
THE FISH NOT AS A COMMODITY, BUT
AS SOMETHING THAT IS INHERENT IN
A WAY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE TIME
IMMEMORIAL AND THAT HAS TO BE
RESPECTED. AND JUST TO -- CLOSE
OUT WITH WHAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT
EMERITUS JUAREZ SAID ABOUT WHAT
BILLY FRANK SAID JUST TELL THE
TRUTH. AND THE REST WILL FOLLOW.
SO THANK YOU BILLY.
>> SEE I GREW UP THINKING THAT
FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICERS,
THEIR FLASHLIGHTS, I THOUGHT
THAT THAT WAS USED TO HIT US
OVER THE HEAD WITH. I DIDN'T
KNOW THERE WERE ACTUAL
FLASHLIGHTS. THAT'S WHAT I GLUE
GREW UP WATCHING FROM MY
ACTIVIST DAYS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ AND STRAUSS. ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> APPARENT WE ARE JUST CHATTY.
TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK
BEN NOBLE FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR
CITY.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> BUT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
SAY MORE THAN THAT.
>> OKAY. AWESOME. WE'RE NOT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
THAT IS ON BEHALF OF -- YES.
THERE'S MORE TO COME. THANK YOU
FOR THAT. [ LAUGHTER ] OKAY. IS
THERE ANY MORE BUSINESS TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL? HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS, WE WILL NOW
MOVE INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I AM
ANNOUNCING THAT THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE INTO AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE PURPOSE
OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS TO
DISCUSS PENDING POTENTIAL OR
ACTUAL LITIGATION. THE
COUNCIL'S EXECUTIVE SESSION IS
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO
DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL
MATTERS WITH CITY ATTORNEY AS
AUTHORIZED BY LAW. LEGAL MONITOR
FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
IS ALWAYS PRESENT TO ENSURE THE
COUNCIL RESERVES QUESTIONS FOR
POLICY FOR OPEN DISCUSSION. I
EXPECT THE TIME OF THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION I'M JUST GOING TO SAY
5:00 P.M. IS THAT -- 4:-- CAN I
SAY 4:30? OKAY. AWESOME. 4:30.
OKAY? THEY DIDN'T WANT ME TO
SAY 5:00. EVERYONE CRINGED.
4:30. NO. NO. NO. 4:45. I'MGOING
TO SAY 4:45. OKAY? # 4:45. I
EXPECT THE TIME OF OUR EXECUTIVE
SESSION TO END BY 4:45. OKAY?
THANK YOU ALL. THAT IS END --
CONCLUSION OF THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION. THE MARCH 10th CITY
COUNCIL MEETING WILL
AUTOMATICALLY ADJOURN. THE NEXT
SCHEDULED MEETING WILL BE MARCH
17th, 2026 AT 2:00 P.M. THE
COUNCIL IS NOW OFFICIALLY IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU.