-- OKAY. SO GOOD AFTERNOON. THE
AUGUST 4th, 2026 MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME
TO ORDER. IT IS 2:05 P.M. I'M
JOY HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL?
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH HERE
-- PRESENT.
-- PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. NINE
PRESENT.
-- AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
WE'RE KICKING IT OFF TO YOU.
YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR
SIGNATURE AND PRESENTATION
TODAY. THE PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZES AUGUST 4th AS
SEATTLE. EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.
SEATTLE. TACOMA. KIKI. BALLROOM.
COMMUNITY DAY. KENT. DID I SAY
IT RIGHT? OKAY AWESOME. I WAS
LIKE, I KNOW I SAID THIS RIGHT.
UM, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED TO SHARE THE COMMENTS
AND PROCLAMATION.
-- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THE CATEGORY IS GOVERNANCE.
THANK YOU. IT IS TRULY AN HONOR
AND A PRIVILEGE TO OFFER THIS
PROCLAMATION TODAY HONORING OUR
LOCAL KIKI BALLROOM COMMUNITY
AND CELEBRATING THE MOTHERS,
FATHERS, HOUSES, ORGANIZATIONS,
ARTISTS, AND AUDIENCES THAT HAVE
SHAPED THE LOCAL SCENE FOR
DECADES. IT IS ALSO MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS THE
FIRST PROCLAMATION OF ITS KIND
FOR CITY OF SEATTLE HISTORY, SO
I'M VERY PROUD AND HONORED
TODAY TO BE SHEPHERDING THIS.
QUEER HISTORY IS BLACK HISTORY,
AND WE ALL STAND ON THE
SHOULDERS OF BLACK AND LATINX,
QUEER AND TRANS LEADERS WHO
FOUGHT FOR THEIR AND OUR FREEDOM
TO BE OUR WHOLE SELVES. AND AT
THE HEART OF BALLROOM IS A
FIERCE ASSERTION OF
SELF-DETERMINATION AND
COLLECTIVE CARE. THE MOTHERS AND
FATHERS WHO'VE LED HOUSES ARE
MORE THAN PERFORMERS. THEY ARE
MENTORS, SURROGATE PARENTS, AND
CHOSEN FAMILY. THEY SERVE THE
FOLKS MOST NEGLECTED BY OUR
SOCIETY AS FIERCELY AS THEY
SERVE. FACE ON THE RUNWAY. SO
KIKI'S AND BALLS ARE NOT
MAINSTREAM QUEER POP CULTURE
REFERENCES, BUT THEY ARE THE
FOUNDATION AND BLACK AND BROWN
LEADERS WHO HAVE SHAPED THE
SCENE LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY
DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND
LIFTED UP AS THE CULTURAL
STANDARD BEARERS AND STANDARD
SETTERS. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN.
AT THIS POINT, I'D NOW LIKE TO
READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND ASK
MY COLLEAGUES TO SIGN, AND
FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL HAVE SOME
LOCAL CELEBRITIES TO RECEIVE THE
PROCLAMATION. RANDY FORD, MIDORI
MONET, TOMMY DARLING, AND OF
COURSE, JULIAN EVERETT, WHO.
THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY WOULD
NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK
ALONGSIDE MY OFFICE TO BRING
THIS FORWARD. AND WITH THAT, WE
ARE HONORING THE SEATTLE TACOMA
KIKI BALLROOM COMMUNITY,
INCLUDING ITS LEADERS HOUSES AND
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. WHEREAS,
THE SEATTLE AND TACOMA KIKI
BALLROOM COMMUNITY IS A POWERFUL
CULTURAL, ARTISTIC, AND SOCIAL
MOVEMENT ROOTED IN BLACK AND
LATINX LGBTQIA+ RESILIENCE,
CREATIVITY, AND
SELF-DETERMINATION, AND HAS
GROWN INTO A VIBRANT AND VISIBLE
FORCE, SHAPING SEATTLE'S
CULTURAL, PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SOCIAL LANDSCAPE. AND WHEREAS
BALLROOM CULTURE CONTINUES TO
PROVIDE LIFE AFFIRMING SPACES OF
BELONGING, CHOSEN FAMILY
MENTORSHIP, ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE,
AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR
LGBTQIA INDIVIDUALS,
PARTICULARLY BLACK, INDIGENOUS
AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY
EXPERIENCED EXCLUSION AND
SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES. AND WHEREAS
SEATTLE AND TACOMA KIKI BALLROOM
COMMUNITY HAS EXPANDED
SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE
DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP, AND
VISION OF COMMUNITY ICONS,
ORGANIZERS AND CULTURAL LEADERS,
INCLUDING AISHA NOIR, JADE
DYNASTY, PAPI LUNA, ROCKY,
PRINCETON, ANDROID, ALLURE,
MIDORI, MONET, KYLIE MOONCAKES,
DR. STEFAN WALLACE, AND JULIAN
TAFLER, EACH OF WHOM HAVE
CONTRIBUTED STRENGTHENING
VISIBILITY, CULTURAL
PRESERVATION AND
INTERGENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP
WITHIN THE BALLROOM SCENE. AND
WHEREAS, THE SEATTLE REGION'S
KIKI BALLROOM HOUSES SERVE AS
FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURES OF
CHOSEN FAMILY CULTURAL
PRESERVATION, MENTORSHIP AND
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT,
INCLUDING THE HOUSE OF
PRINCETON, HOUSE OF LUNA, HOUSE
OF MONET, HOUSE OF NOIR, HOUSE
OF MOSCHINO, HOUSE OF TELLER,
HOUSE OF MATTEL. HOUSE OF
SEPHORA. HOUSE OF AIDA, HOUSE OF
PINK. LADY. HOUSE OF KAOS. HOUSE
OF GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI, ALL OF WHOM
CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRESERVATION,
EVOLUTION, AND EXPANSION OF
BALLROOM CULTURE IN SEATTLE AND
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AND
WHEREAS, COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
HAVE PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN
SUPPORTING BALLROOM CULTURE AND
ADVANCING EQUITY, HEALTH AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR LGBTQIA+
COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING SWAYZE,
HEALTH CITY FORUM, SEATTLE, KIKI
SESSIONS, HIV VACCINE TRIALS
NETWORK, LAVENDER RIGHTS
PROJECT, NAACP, LEGENDARY
CHILDREN AND ACHARA FOUNDATION,
WHOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND ADVOCACY
HAVE HELPED EXPAND THE HEALTH
RESOURCES, CULTURAL PROGRAMING,
LEGAL SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY
EMPOWERMENT. AND WHEREAS THE
SEATTLE KIKI BALLROOM LEADERS
AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ADVANCED
CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS AND
ACTION AROUND HIV PREVENTION,
PUBLIC HEALTH EQUITY, MENTAL
HEALTH, HOUSING STABILITY, YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT, RACIAL JUSTICE,
TRANSGENDER RIGHTS, AND LGBTQIA+
VISIBILITY, ENSURING THAT
BALLROOM SPACES REMAIN NOT ONLY
CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT BUT ALSO
ESSENTIAL SITES OF SURVIVAL,
HEALING AND ADVOCACY. AND
WHEREAS THE GROWTH AND
INCREASING VISIBILITY OF SEATTLE
REGION'S KIKI BALLROOM
COMMUNITY REFLECTS THE YEARS OF
DEDICATION, LABOR AND BRILLIANCE
FROM COUNTLESS UNNAMED AND NAMED
LEADERS WHO HAVE BUILT SPACES OF
SAFETY, CELEBRATION, AND
RESISTANCE WHILE INSPIRING
FUTURE GENERATIONS TO EMBRACE
AUTHENTICITY, EXCELLENCE, AND
COLLECTIVE CARE. AND WHEREAS THE
SEATTLE REGION'S KIKI BALLROOM
COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO
STRENGTHEN SEATTLE'S IDENTITY
AS A CITY COMMITTED TO EQUITY,
INCLUSION, CREATIVITY, AND
BELONGING, ENRICHING THE
CULTURAL FABRIC OF THE CITY
THROUGH PERFORMANCE, FASHION,
DANCE, STORYTELLING, AND
INTERGENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
PROCLAIMED TUESDAY, AUGUST 4th,
2026 TO BE SEATTLE AND TACOMA
KIKI BALLROOM COMMUNITY DAY.
THANK YOU.
-- THANK THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I'M GOING
TO PAUSE HERE TO SEE IF ANY
OTHER ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WANT
TO COMMENT REGARDING THE
PROCLAMATION BEFORE US BEFORE I
CALL FOR SIGNATURES. OKAY.
AWESOME. I THINK YOU SAID YOU
SAID IT WAS A BEAUTIFULLY
WRITTEN PROCLAMATION. SO JUST
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
YOUR ENERGY AND YOUR DEDICATION
TO THIS AND OUR GUESTS. I CAN'T
WAIT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AS
WELL FROM THIS. SO WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. YES,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
COUNCILMEMBER. JUAREZ. AYE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH.
-- YES.
-- NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE
AFFIXED.
-- AWESOME. AND HEARING NO
FURTHER COMMENTS. IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION TO THE RULES, THEY
WILL BE SUSPENDED. TO PRESENT
THE PROCLAMATION TO OUR GUESTS
AND ALLOW FOLKS TO MAKE SOME
COMMENTS AS WELL. WE ARE JOINED
BY RANDY FORD, MIDORI MONET,
TOMMY DARLING AND JULIAN EVERETT
AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WILL GO
AND PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION.
AND THEN IF YOU ALL WOULD LOVE
TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE FOR
YOUR COMMENTS, WE WOULD LOVE FOR
YOU TO COME. NOW. THANK YOU. AND
APPARENTLY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
HAS FANS FOR EVERYONE AS WELL.
ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS. WE HAVE
FANS, I WANT ONE LAVENDER
RIGHTS. UH, ONE THOUGH. THANK
YOU
-- IT WAS REALLY OFFICIAL. UM, I
FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS.
COUNCILMEMBER REACH CITY OF
SEATTLE. UM, EVERYONE TO MAKE
THIS POSSIBLE. THIS WAS
SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO
ME AND IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY TO
REALLY ALSO TO JUST KEEP IN MIND
THAT RIGHT NOW MORE THAN EVER,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
CELEBRATING AND MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE UPLIFTING COMMUNITY AND
CULTURE, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE
CITY AND BEYOND THIS CITY. AND
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO
WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE IN
THE HISTORY BOOKS. SO NONE OF
OUR EFFORTS, OUR INITIATIVES,
OUR IDEAS, OUR PARTNERSHIPS GO
INTO THIS FUTILE ABYSS OF
NONEXISTENCE. BECAUSE I THINK
SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS FOR
QUEER AND TRANS FOLKS OF COLOR,
WE FEEL LIKE WE DON'T BELONG. WE
DON'T HAVE A SPACE. AND WITHIN
BALLROOM, THAT'S A SPACE WHERE
YOU CAN FEEL A SENSE OF
COMMUNITY, WHERE YOU DON'T FEEL
LIKE YOU BELONG. AND MORE THAN
EVER RIGHT NOW, WITH THE FUNDING
BEING CUT FOR RESOURCES,
ORGANIZATIONS CLOSING THEIR
DOORS, AT LEAST A SPACE OF
REFUGE IN A SENSE OF BEING ABLE
TO EXPERIENCE WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE IN A SPACE OF JOY, ESPECIALLY
BLACK JOY, BLACK QUEER AND TRANS
JOY AFFIRMING AND UPLIFTING.
THAT POWER AND THAT SPACE WHERE
FOLKS DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE
IT IS IMPORTANT. AND SO TO HAVE
THIS NOW BE OFFICIAL AND IT BE A
DAY THAT'S NOW BEYOND MYSELF
AND OTHERS IN THE NEXT
GENERATION, AND THEY CAN LOOK
FORWARD TO AUGUST 4th AND SAY,
THIS IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE THOSE
THAT CAME BEFORE US AND THOSE OF
NOW TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. AND
I'M JUST OVERJOYED AND ECSTATIC
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. AND
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
-- I HAVE NO WORDS. THANK YOU TO
THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR
RECOGNIZING SEATTLE AND TACOMA.
KIKI DAY AS AUGUST 4th, 2026.
AND THIS DAY, GOING FORWARD,
YOUR COMMITMENT TO BLACK QUEER
TRANS YOUTH AND THEIR ABILITY TO
THRIVE AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
QUALITY OF LIFE. WE THANK YOU.
WE. ALL WE WANT TO DO IS SEE
BLACK AND QUEER YOUTH SURVIVE IN
THIS DAY AND AGE, AND NOW MORE
THAN EVER, ESPECIALLY WITH THE
LEGISLATION CHANGING, THE
GOVERNMENT SHOWING THAT THEY DO
NOT WANT TO SEE BLACK AND BROWN
TRANS YOUTH AND ADULTS SURVIVE
IN THIS UPCOMING AGE. IT IS GOOD
TO HEAR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THEIR
ABILITY TO LIVE, TO LIVE, TO
LIVE. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL
CONTINUE DOING THE WORK. WE WILL
CONTINUE PROVIDING RESOURCES,
SHOWING CONNECTING THE YOUTH
WITH ADULTS THAT ARE GOOD
MENTORS. AND WE WILL CONTINUE
DOING THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO
SEE BLACK AND BROWN QUEER YOUTH
BECOME BLACK AND BROWN QUEER
ADULTS. SO WE WILL CONTINUE
DOING THAT ON AUGUST 4th, 2026.
AND EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD AND
TO MANY GENERATIONS ONWARD.
THANK YOU.
-- AWESOME.
-- THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THE
COOLEST THING ABOUT THE
PROCLAMATIONS IS OBVIOUSLY
THEY'RE PUT INTO OUR ARCHIVES.
SO ANYTIME PEOPLE ARE DOING
RESEARCH, THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW
MANY PROCLAMATIONS WE GIVE IN,
WHO WE'VE GIVEN THEM TO. IT IS
IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS FOREVER.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT DURING THIS TIME. UM,
ARE WE ALSO DOING A PHOTO
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. OKAY, SO IF
WHOEVER'S IN THE PHOTO WILL
COME UP HERE ON THE DAIS AND WE
HAVE OUR PHENOMENAL
PHOTOGRAPHER, WHERE'S DEANNA
LEE? I FOUND YOU. SHE'S GOING
TO BE HERE IN THE MIDDLE. SHE'S
GOING TO COUNT US DOWN AND YOU
WILL COME STAND BY THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL COUNCILMEMBERS EVER OF
ALL TIME. YOU'LL JUST COME UP ON
THE DAIS. PEOPLE WERE SUPPOSED
TO LAUGH AT THAT, BUT THEY
DIDN'T. IT'S OKAY. SO YOU'RE
GOING TO COME UP ON STAGE OR
THIS IS NOT A STAGE, IT'S A
DAIS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO
LOOK RIGHT HERE AT THE PHOTO.
-- YOU WANT TO TAKE.
-- WE'RE GOING TO KEEP.
-- YEAH. COME TOGETHER A LITTLE
BIT
-- YOU COUNT.
-- OKAY. RIGHT HERE. I THINK
THEY'RE STILL FIGURING IT THE
SPOT. YEAH.
-- SEATTLE CITY POLICE CHIEF
SEAN BARNES, WHO LOST HIS JOB
LAST WEEK, SECURED HIMSELF A
VERY GENEROUS SEVERANCE PACKAGE
ON THE WAY OUT. MAYBE THIS IS
JUST HOW IT'S DONE NOW
INCREDIBLE. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
THE NUMBERS, UH, BACK UP.
-- OKAY, LOOK RIGHT HERE. READY?
THREE. TWO, ONE. I'M GOING TO
TAKE A COUPLE. EVERYONE SMILE.
TRY NOT TO BLINK. OKAY. IS
EVERYONE GOOD? GOOD. OKAY. THANK
YOU.
-- SO MUCH. THANK YOU THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NICE TO
SEE YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. JUAREZ.
-- OH, YOU'RE FINE. YOU THINK.
-- THAT WAS WEIRD? OKAY
-- ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO
TRANSITION RIGHT INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A
TON OF PUBLIC COMMENTERS. IF YOU
HAVE BEEN WAITING ONLINE, WE DO
HAVE A TOTAL OF 38 PEOPLE IN
PERSON. I DO SEE ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX PEOPLE ON
LINE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO
GET THROUGH AT LEAST HALF OF THE
PEOPLE IN PERSON FIRST AND THEN
TRANSITION ONLINE TO HEAR THAT
AND BACK. SO WE WILL HEAR THE
FIRST 20 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN
PERSON. THEN WE'LL GO ONLINE TO
OUR SIX GUESTS AND THEN BACK TO
IN PERSON. OKAY, EVERYONE'S
GOING TO HAVE ONE MINUTE BECAUSE
THERE ARE MORE THAN 30 SPEAKERS.
COUNCIL RULE SAYS IF THERE'S
MORE THAN 30 SPEAKERS, IT'S ONE
MINUTE. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD?
-- SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN
THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT
OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS
WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END
THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE
ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO
CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER.
-- AWESOME. SO I'M GOING TO SAY
THE FIRST TEN SPEAKERS. AND THEN
IF YOU ALL COULD BE ON DECK, WE
HAVE MISS ALICE GREEN, EVAN
MCWILLIAMS. MCWILLIAMS. WE HAVE
ERIC ZIMMERMAN, ROBERT PAVEL AYE
PERCIVAL. IS IT PERCIVAL. SORRY.
ROBERT. PERCIVAL. MY APOLOGIES.
UM. ANDREA SUAREZ, KEITH.
CARPENTER, PAUL TOMLINSON, SAM
KIM LOO AND MISS YVETTE DINISH.
SO. ALICE. EVAN, ERIC. ROBERT,
ANDREA. KEITH. PAUL, SAM, LOO
AND MISS YVETTE. AND IF SO, YOU
ALL ARE NEXT. SO MISS ALICE
GREEN WELCOME.
-- CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE
RECOGNITION. UM, I'M GOING TO
KEEP IT REALLY SHORT. VOTE TODAY
IS YOUR LAST CHANCE. IF YOU LOST
YOUR BALLOT, GO TO THE LIBRARY
AND PRINT ONE OUT. UM,
ESPECIALLY DISTRICT NINE. YOU
HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE OUT
SOMEBODY WHO IS SOMEWHAT FUNDED
BY AIPAC. AND, UH NEXT.
-- THANK YOU ALICE. NEXT WE HAVE
EVAN, FOLLOWED BY ERIC AND THEN
ROBERT. WELCOME, EVAN.
-- I'M COMMENTING ON ONE TWO,
ONE TWO, FOUR EIGHT, WHICH IS A
PUBLIC SAFETY BILL THAT'S, UH,
TAKEN OUT THE NECESSARY
NECESSITY FOR BODY CAMERAS TO BE
WORN BY SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENTS IN DEALING WITH DRUG
ISSUES. UM, AS EARLY AS LAST
WEEK, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWED IN A
THREATENING WAY BY GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES IN A WHITE CAR IN A
PARK. I HAVE BEEN CALLED IN
RAVENNA. I HAVE LOST WORK DUE TO
COMPLAINTS. I'M NOT ALLOWED TO
KNOW ABOUT, AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE
THREATEN TO CALL THE POLICE ON
ME AT COFFEE SHOPS. I HAVE FOUND
NO REDRESS FOR ANY OF THESE. IN
A CONTEXT WHERE WE ARE PUSHING
IN. GENERALLY SPEAKING, FOR MORE
CAMERA FOOTAGE, IT IS
CONSPICUOUS TO ME THAT POLICE
INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE WHO
HAVE. FOR INSTANCE, DRUG
PROBLEMS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
WEARING THEIR BODY CAMERAS. I AM
THE MOST TALENTED POET IN
SEATTLE. IT IS MY PROFESSION TO
BE IN PLACES AND TO LOOK AT
THINGS WHEREVER I AM ALLOWED TO
BE. AND I DO NOT WANT SOMEONE TO
WEAPONIZE THIS LAW AGAINST ME
WITH IMPUNITY.
-- THANK YOU. EVAN. NEXT WE HAVE
ERIC, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT, AND
THEN ANDREA SUAREZ. WELCOME,
ERIC.
-- THANK YOU. 62nd VERSION, ERIC
ZIMMERMAN, REPRESENTING THE
NONPARTISAN WASHINGTON POLICY
CENTER. UM, YOU FOLKS, I THINK,
EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM LEAD. I
THINK AN UNFAIR AMOUNT IS PUT ON
LEAD. AND I'M HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THAT TODAY. UM, IN YOUR
PACKET, THERE'S QUOTES FROM
PRESENTATIONS THAT SAY LEAD HAS
REDUCED RECIDIVISM FOR ALL
CRIMES BY 58% AND REDUCED FELONY
CHARGES BY 39%. UH, THESE
NUMBERS ARE NOT ACCURATE. THIS
RELATES TO AN UNUSUAL MISTAKE
THAT WAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED, AN
ERROR THAT'S CARRIED OVER
THROUGH 11 YEARS OF DATA AND
REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS. I
DIRECTLY REFERENCED LEADS
RESEARCH. THERE WAS NO
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LEAD AND
NON LEAD GROUPS FOR TOTAL
CHARGES ULTIMATELY FILED. THE
STUDY CALCULATES A 22 PERCENTAGE
POINT DIFFERENCE IN ARREST
RATES, NOT 58%. THE STUDY
CALCULATES AN 11 PERCENTAGE
POINT DIFFERENCE IN FELONY
RATES, NOT 39%. THE LEAD
GROUP'S EMPLOYMENT STATUS
CHANGED BY LESS THAN TWO
PERCENTAGE POINTS. THAT MEANS
THREE MORE PEOPLE BECAME
EMPLOYED. IF IT HAD BEEN PRISON
AS USUAL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 81
PEOPLE. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE
TALKED ABOUT. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU ERIC. NEXT WE HAVE
ROBERT FOLLOWED BY ANDREA AND
THEN KEITH. IS ROBERT HERE?
PERCIVAL ROBERT. OKAY, WE'LL
RECALL YOU AGAIN. ANDREA.
WELCOME
-- THANK YOU. ANDREA FROM WE.
SEATTLE. FOLLOWING UP WITH ERIC
ZIMMERMAN'S DATA ANALYSIS IN
THE WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER, I
CONCUR THAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN
THE FIELD FOR MORE THAN SIX
YEARS IS NOT WORKING. DURING THE
TIME THAT LEAD HAS BEEN OUR
STRATEGY FOR THE CITY AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION AND
ARREST, WE'VE LOST 20,000 PEOPLE
TO DRUG OVERDOSE, AND WE'RE
NUMBER ONE IN RETAIL THEFT. I'VE
WRITTEN AN OP ED IN THE SEATTLE
TIMES, THE WRITING ON THE WALL
SAYS, YOU AIN'T GOT TO KICK IT.
AND THIS WAS A GENTLEMAN NAMED
VICTOR THAT ALMOST DIED INSIDE
HIS HOME WHILE HE WAS ALLOWED TO
CONTINUE TO SMOKE DRUGS WHILE ON
THE DIVERSION PROGRAM. ERIC ALSO
PUBLISHED THIS YESTERDAY,
MONDAY, WASHINGTON IS THE
RUNNING IN THE RUNNING FOR THE
WORST PERFORMING HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE. AND THEN, OF COURSE,
THE ATLANTIC DROPPED THIS ON
FRIDAY. THE CITIES THAT SAID YES
TO DRUGS. WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE
DRUG FRIENDLY CULTURE. WE HAVE
TO GO BACK TO OLD SCHOOL, CHECK
IN WITH YOUR PAROLE OFFICER,
WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR, PASS YOUR
DRUG TEST, AND GO TO A HIGH
TOUCH SYSTEM RATHER THAN THE
LOWER TEST SYSTEM. PLEASE
STRIKE. EXPANDING PRE-BOOKING,
DIVERSION IN THE FIELD. THANK
YOU.
-- THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE
KEITH CARPENTER AND I APOLOGIZE.
I, UH, MAYOR ZIMMERMAN, I KNOW
YOU'RE NOT HEARING YOUR
OFFICIAL CAPACITY, BUT I
APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE
YOU AS MAYOR. UH, NEXT WE HAVE,
UH, KEITH CARPENTER.
-- THAT'S ME. HI, GUYS. I'M
KEITH CARPENTER. I'M THE PASTOR
OF EPIC LIFE CHURCH UP IN NORTH
SEATTLE. AND I WANT TO JUST
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE HARD WORK
YOU'RE DOING. I RECOGNIZE IT, I
KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE PULLING IN DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS. UM, IN LIGHT OF THE
TIME, CAN I JUST REMIND YOU THAT
COMPASSION DOES NOT EQUAL LOVE?
COMPASSION WITHOUT JUSTICE,
WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE
WORST KIND OF HATRED. AND IT
ENDS UP KILLING PEOPLE. IF YOU
CAN MAKE LOVE, COMPASSION AND
ACCOUNTABILITY MIXED TOGETHER,
YOU START LOVING PEOPLE AND
CARING FOR THEM AND GETTING THEM
THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. WHAT
WE'RE SEEING IN NORTH SEATTLE,
THANK YOU THAT THE PIMP WARFARE
IS GONE. JUST YESTERDAY, WE
RESCUED A GIRL IN OUR COFFEE
SHOP IN OUR IN THE RESTROOM
THERE, GOT HER PIMPED EX OUR
GOTTEN HIM OUT OF THE PARKING
LOT. UM, BUT WHAT THESE PEOPLE
REALLY NEED IS SOME LOVE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY MIXED TOGETHER.
AND IF YOU GUYS COULD JUST
REMEMBER THAT AND ALL THE
THINGS, I'D BE REALLY GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU KEITH. NEXT WE HAVE
PAUL FOLLOWED BY SAM, THEN LOU,
AND THEN YVETTE. WELCOME, PAUL.
-- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. I'LL
READ THIS. UH, IN THE LAST TWO
DAYS, I'VE READ ERIC
ZIMMERMAN'S OP ED ON THE
ADDICTION HOMELESS ISSUE, THE
AREA'S MOST RECENT PIT WAS 2000
MORE. THE NEWS AND GOOD NEWS IS
THAT THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL AND
THE CITY COUNCIL ARE COMING
TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE
AND, UH, THERE'S AN OLD SAYING
THAT THE BEST PREDICTOR OF
FUTURE BEHAVIOR IS PAST
BEHAVIOR. MANY OF US BELIEVE
THAT YOU, AS A COUNCIL, CAN
CHANGE THE FORMULA AND WILL
CHANGE THE FORMULA. WE CAN BEGIN
BY OBTAINING POSITIVE RESULTS
LIKE SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN JOSE
AND MANY OTHER CITIES. I'M
LEAVING YOU A POEM WITH SOME
APPLICATION TO THE ISSUE CALLED
THE AMBULANCE AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE CLIFF. IT'S ABOUT A TOWN
LOSING MANY PEOPLE, WALKING AND
FALLING OVER A CLIFF AND
DEBATING TO BUILD A FENCE AT THE
TOP OR CREATE AN AMBULANCE
SERVICE AT THE BOTTOM I BELIEVE
YOU WERE FENCE. LET'S PUT SOME
OF THE FENCE DESIGNERS WITH
DIFFERENT VIEWS TOGETHER AND
LOOK AT THE RIGHT MATERIAL, AYE
POLICIES. ALL OF THAT IS ABOUT
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FALLING,
THAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU PAUL. NEXT
WE HAVE SAM FOLLOWED BY LOU AND
THEN YVETTE. DANISH. WELCOME,
SAM.
-- GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME AND YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO LISTEN TO ALL OF US. I WANT
TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO
EDDIE LIN FOR HELPING US WITH
GREATER SEATTLE KOREAN
ASSOCIATION AT THE CLEANUP AT
TEJON PARK AND, UH, ROB ROBERT
KETTLE AS WELL. I KNOW HE'S NOT
PRESENT, BUT WE'VE MET AS WELL,
AND I'VE HEARD GREAT THINGS
ABOUT YOU, JOY AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO EVERYBODY GETTING TO
KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY
COUNCIL HERE. I WANTED TO KIND
OF TOUCH ON PUBLIC SAFETY. I
KNOW RECENTLY, WITH THE TRAGIC
SHOOTING AT THE HEIGHT OF
SEATTLE, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, I
KNOW PUBLIC SAFETY ISN'T SOLVED
OVERNIGHT. UH, BUT I HOPE EVERY
STAFFING AND EVERY BUDGET
DECISION THE COUNCIL MAKES
UNANIMOUSLY ASKS ONE SIMPLE
QUESTION. WILL AN ORDINARY
FAMILY OR BUSINESS FEEL SAFER
WALKING TO A MARINERS GAME? OR
MAYBE A SEAHAWKS OR, YOU KNOW,
OR MAYBE EVEN WALKING DOWNTOWN?
UH, AND AS SOMEONE WHO LOVES
THIS CITY, I HOPE. AND MY
PRAYER, MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN
WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON
GOOD OF OUR CITY AND OUR REGION.
UH, SO YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO,
UM, SAY THAT AND EXTEND THE HAND
AND SAY WE WANT TO HELP AS WELL.
-- THANK YOU. SAM. NEXT WE HAVE
LOU, FOLLOWED BY YVETTE DINISH.
WELCOME, LOU
-- HI. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE VERY
FIRST STEP IN FUNDING TRANS
REFUGEES FLEEING, UH, WHAT I
WANT TO SPEAK TO IS THE CIS
QUEER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WITHIN
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THAT ARE
UNDERMINING TRANS REFUGEES. AND
THEY THINK THEY CAN JUST BECAUSE
THEY'RE QUEER, CIS QUEER PEOPLE
WHO ARE DOING THIS. HAVE YOU
EVER HAD YOUR, LIKE, LICENSE
OVERWRITTEN OVERNIGHT, MAKING
DRIVING A FELONY BECAUSE OF YOUR
TRANSGENDER STATUS? HAVE YOU
EVER YOU TAKING THE BATHROOM
BECOME A FELONY BECAUSE OF YOUR
TRANSGENDER STATUS? ARE THERE
LISTS THAT HAVE YOUR NAME ON IT
BECAUSE YOU ARE TRANSGENDER?
HAVE YOU CARED FOR TRANSGENDER
REFUGEES? HAVE YOU HOUSED
TRANSGENDER REFUGEES, OR HAVE
YOU TALKED THEM DOWN FROM
SUICIDE? SO IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE
ANY OF THAT, HOW DO YOU KNOW
THERE IS NO LEVEL OF ACCEPTABLE
SUFFERING AND DEATH WHEN WE ARE
IN THE MIDDLE OF A GENOCIDE?
PLEASE CALL FOR THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO DECLARE A STATE OF
EMERGENCY ON THE.
-- THANK YOU.
-- LOU.
-- NEXT, WE HAVE YVETTE, MISS
YVETTE. AND BEFORE YOU GO, MISS
YVETTE, I'M GOING TO CALL THE
NEXT TEN PEOPLE. SO YOU ALL ARE
ON DECK AND READY. WE HAVE DOUG
PALMER, NINA JACKSON, SCOTT
DICKERSON, UH, CRAIG WALKER,
FRANCIS WINN, PATTY HILL, RANDY
BANNEKER, AARON. WE HAVE ANGIE
AND THEN ALICIA.
-- GOOD AFTERNOON. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO
THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR
ALL. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO LET
YOU KNOW. I CALMED DOWN SINCE I
FOUND OUT OVER THE WEEKEND THAT,
UH, MAYOR WILSON, UM FORCED
CHIEF BARNES TO RESIGN. I WAS
LIVID, I WAS READY TO KICK SOME
BUT I'VE CALMED DOWN SINCE
THEN, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE
RESPONSES THUS FAR FROM, UH,
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. UM,
DEBORA JUAREZ AND RIVERA
REGARDING THAT INJUSTICE. AS FAR
AS I WAS CONCERNED, THAT ACTION
WAS AN INSULT AND DISRESPECTFUL,
PARTICULARLY TO OUR BLACK
COMMUNITY. AND I EAGERLY AWAIT
FOR THE TRUTH TO COME OUT. AND
OTHER THAN THAT, I STILL
APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO. AND
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, I LOVE THE
SHOES YOU HAVE TODAY. THANK YOU
-- THANK YOU, MISS YVETTE. NEXT
WE HAVE DOUG PALMER, NINA
JACKSON. WE HAVE SCOTT. HELLO,
DOUG. THANK YOU
-- MY NAME IS DOUG PALMER. I'M A
RESIDENT OF THE SKYLINE
COMMUNITY. THE SKYBRIDGE
PROPOSAL IS ON YOUR AGENDA
TODAY. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ON
THE VERGE OF GETTING A GREEN
LIGHT FOR THE PROJECT. IT WILL
MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE TO OUR
RESIDENTS, BOTH FOR SAFETY
REASONS AND THE OVERALL QUALITY
OF LIFE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE
ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
-- THANK YOU DOUG. I'LL BREAK MY
OWN RULES AND CLAP FOR THAT ONE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE NINA
FOLLOWED BY SCOTT AND THEN
CRAIG.
-- CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. OH,
ARE WE GOOD TO GO?
-- NO, WE'LL RESTART YOUR TIME.
YOU'RE GOOD. WHEN YOU START, WE
START YOUR TIME.
-- AND GO RIGHT. UH, THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
TODAY. UH, CITY COUNCIL, I'M
SPEAKING ON AMENDMENT FIVE TO,
UH, CB 121253. UM, THE WELL, I
MEAN, WE'VE ALL READ IT, BUT,
UH I MEAN, THE FUNDS ARE THERE.
I HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND
LOVED ONES THAT ARE NEW TO THE
CITY THAT RELY ON THESE QUEER
ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP ESTABLISH
THEM, TO MAKE THEM, I MEAN,
PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE CITY
AND WE WE NEED THE FUNDS. PLEASE
DO NOT LET THIS AMENDMENT JUST
DIE. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU. NINA. NEXT WE HAVE
SCOTT, FOLLOWED BY CRAIG. SCOTT
DICKINSON, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
-- GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS SCOTT
DICKINSON. I'M A RESIDENT IN
SEATTLE AND THE PRESIDENT ELECT
OF SEATTLE KING COUNTY REALTORS.
UH, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO VOICE
SUPPORT FOR THE AMENDMENT
OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
FOR THE DO NOT SOLICIT
LEGISLATION. UH, THIS AMENDMENT
CARVES OUT A NARROW COMMON SENSE
EXCEPTION FOR MAILERS THAT ARE
SENT IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF
BUSINESS. IT'S A REASONABLE
FIX, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
EFFORTS BEHIND IT.
COUNCILMEMBER. THAT BEING SAID,
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL
TO SLOW DOWN AND TAKE A HARD
LOOK AT THIS LEGISLATION AND ADD
THE ADDED TIME THAT MAY BE
NEEDED IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE CRAFTING LEGISLATION
THAT DOESN'T UNINTENTIONALLY
CAPTURE REALTORS WHEN THAT'S NOT
THE INTENDED, UM, THE INTENTION
BEHIND THIS, UM, AS IT'S
CURRENTLY DRAFTED, EVEN WITH THE
AMENDMENT, THE LEGISLATION
LEAVES OPEN THE DOOR FOR
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES,
SWEEPING UP REALTORS WHO ARE
SIMPLY TRYING TO PROVIDE A
SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
UM, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL
OF YOU.
-- THANK YOU. SCOTT. A MINUTE
GOES BY FAST. I KNOW CRAIG, I
KNOW IT DOES, CRAIG, YOU ARE
NEXT, FOLLOWED BY FRANCIS AND
THEN PATTY. THANK YOU.
-- I'M TALKING ON THE SAME
SUBJECT. GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS CRAIG
WALKER AND I'M VP ELECT OF
GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
AT SEATTLE KING COUNTY REALTORS.
AND I'M A LICENSED REAL ESTATE
BROKER HERE IN WASHINGTON. I
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH. WE ALL WANT TO STOP
THE PREDATORY TACTICS THAT
WHOLESALERS HAVE USED AGAINST
HOMEOWNERS ON THAT. WE'RE ON
THE SAME SIDE. MY CONCERN IS
THAT IN TRYING TO STOP BAD
ACTORS, WE DON'T ACCIDENTALLY
MAKE IT HARDER FOR HOMEOWNERS TO
HEAR FROM LICENSED REAL ESTATE
PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE HELD TO A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STANDARD.
REALTORS AND LICENSED ARE
LICENSED BY THE STATE AND BOUND
BY A CODE OF ETHICS AND
ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW WE CONDUCT
OUR BUSINESS. MANY OF OUR MAIL
PIECES ARE NOT JUST
ADVERTISEMENTS, THEY'RE
EDUCATIONAL. THEY PROVIDE
HOMEOWNERS WITH MARKET
INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND
GUIDANCE TO HELP THEM MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS WHEN THE TIME
IS RIGHT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOU TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA'S AMENDMENT. GOOD PUBLIC
POLICY TARGETS THE BAD ACTORS
WITHOUT CREATING UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES. AND I BELIEVE THIS
AMENDMENT STRIKES THAT BALANCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU CRAIG.
NEXT WE HAVE FRANCIS, FOLLOWED
BY PATTY AND THEN RANDY.
WELCOME.
-- GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS
FRANCIS NGUYEN AND I AM THE
CURRENT 2026 AREA ASIAN REAL
ESTATE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA,
GREATER SEATTLE CHAPTER
PRESIDENT ARIA STRONGLY SUPPORTS
PROTECTING VULNERABLE HOMEOWNERS
FROM HARASSMENT, COERCION, AND
PREDATORY PRACTICES THAT
PRESSURE PEOPLE INTO SELLING
THEIR HOMES BELOW MARKET VALUE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE REQUEST
YOUR SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
MARISA RIVERA'S AMENDMENT. AS
CURRENTLY WRITTEN, THE LANGUAGE
IS BROAD ENOUGH TO
UNINTENTIONALLY RESTRICT ROUTINE
GOOD FAITH COMMUNICATION, SUCH
AS MARKET UPDATES, EDUCATIONAL
NEWSLETTERS, MULTILINGUAL
HOMEOWNER RESOURCES AND
NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION FOR FOR
MANY ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE
HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
HOMEOWNERS AND FIRST TIME
BUYERS, TRUSTED COMMUNITY BASED
INFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL TO
UNDERSTANDING PROPERTY RIGHTS,
MARKET CONDITIONS, AND CONSUMER
PROTECTIONS IF THIS LANGUAGE
REMAINS UNCHANGED, IT COULD HAVE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF
DISCOURAGING LEGITIMATE
EDUCATION OUTREACH, MAKING IT
HARDER FOR COMMUNITY FORMATION.
-- ON BEHALF OF OUR GREATER
SEATTLE, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT.
-- THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE
HAVE RANDY. OH, EXCUSE ME,
PATTY, YOU'RE NEXT. AND THEN
RANDY. MY APOLOGIES. PATTY.
RANDY. AARON. ANGIE. ALICIA.
-- THANK YOU. I'M GOING FOR THE
SHORT MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. UM.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PATTY
HILL. I'M THE DESIGNATED BROKER
AND OWNER OF THE WEST SEATTLE
JOHN L SCOTT OFFICE. I'M A FIRST
YEAR REAL ESTATE AGENT IN
SEATTLE. EARNS ON AVERAGE ABOUT
$25,000 A YEAR BEFORE BUSINESS
EXPENSES. ONE OF THE FEW
AFFORDABLE WAYS A NEW AGENT CAN
BUILD A BUSINESS IS BY SENDING
MONTHLY NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET
UPDATES, SHARING RECENT HOME
SALES, LOCAL TRENDS, AND
COMMUNITY INFORMATION THAT
RESIDENTS FIND VALUABLE. OVER
TIME, THESE CONSISTENT
COMMUNICATIONS BUILD TRUST AND
RECOGNITION. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR HER
AMENDMENT TO THIS BILL. WE ALL
SUPPORT PROTECTING HOMEOWNERS
FROM PREDATORY AND, UM, BAD, BAD
BUYERS. UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT
THIS PROPOSAL COULD
UNINTENTIONALLY MAKE IT HARDER
FOR NEW HONEST PROFESSIONALS TO
COMPETE AND GROW THEIR BUSINESS.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO
PROTECT CONSUMERS WITHOUT
LIMITING LEGITIMATE NEIGHBORHOOD
OUTREACH THAT HELPS SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS SUCCEED AND
KEEPS HOMEOWNERS INFORMED. THANK
YOU.
-- THANK YOU, PATTY. NEXT, WE
HAVE RANDY BANNEKER, FOLLOWED BY
AARON, ANGIE, AND ALICIA.
WELCOME, RANDY.
-- THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. UH,
COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M RANDY
BANNEKER HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
SEATTLE KING COUNTY REALTORS.
UH, SPEAKING ON CB 121259. THE
DO NOT SOLICIT LEGISLATION. UM,
REALTORS SHARE YOUR GOAL OF
STOPPING UNWANTED CALLS AND
PREDATORY HOME BUYING PRACTICES
THAT TARGET VULNERABLE
HOMEOWNERS AND STRIP AWAY HARD
EARNED EQUITY. AND WE'D LIKE TO
WORK WITH YOU TO STOP THESE
WHOLESALERS. WE SUPPORT STRONG
PROTECTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS, BUT
THE ORDINANCE SHOULD CAREFULLY
BE CAREFULLY TAILORED SO IT
TARGETS DECEPTIVE HIGH PRESSURE
CONDUCT WITHOUT CHILLING,
LEGITIMATE, TRANSPARENT
COMMUNICATION FROM STATE
LICENSED, STATE REGULATED REAL
ESTATE PROFESSIONALS. WE ASK
THAT YOU SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA'S AMENDMENT, EXCLUDING
BULK COMMERCIAL MAILINGS FROM
LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND
BROKERS. THANK YOU.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE
HAVE THANK YOU, RANDY. NEXT WE
HAVE AARON. AND IF YOU ARE
LISTENING ONLINE, WE'RE COMING
TO YOU. WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS
FROM THIS FIRST BATCH AND THEN
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO YOU. SO
AARON, ANGIE AND ALICIA,
WELCOME.
-- GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL.
-- AARON MARIANO AS GENERAL.
-- COUNSEL FOR.
-- JOHN SCOTT REAL ESTATE,
FOURTH GENERATION SEATTLEITE AND
AYE DISTRICT THREE HOMEOWNER. I
HAVE SEEN THESE PREDATORY
PRACTICES INCREASE IN FREQUENCY,
NOT ONLY IN THE SEATTLE AREA,
BUT ACROSS THE NATION. TO BE.
-- CLEAR, AYE.
-- WHOLLY SUPPORT PROHIBITING
THESE TYPES OF PRACTICES AND
SUPPORTING HOMEOWNERS. IN THAT
SAME VEIN, I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S PROPOSED
AMENDMENT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT
MOVES THE ORDINANCE IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION AND FOCUSES TOWARDS
THE CONDUCT THAT YOU GUYS ARE
TRYING TO PROTECT. HOWEVER, I
STILL HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE THE
DEFINITION OF SOLICIT REMAINS SO
BROAD AND INCLUDES ANY TYPE OF
SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE TO HELP A
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER MAKE
A DECISION ABOUT SELLING A
PROPERTY THAT COULD WRAP IN
ADVICE BY A CPA, AN ATTORNEY, A
FINANCIAL ADVISOR. AND IT'S NOT
THE TYPE OF CONDUCT THAT WE ARE
SEEKING TO PREVENT HERE. THE
SECOND ISSUE IS WITH NOTICE.
NOTICE CAN BE PROVIDED IN THREE
DIFFERENT WAYS ON THE LIST ORAL
OR WRITTEN. THAT CREATES
CONFUSIONS. HOMEOWNERS SHOULD
UNDERSTAND THEY CAN PUT
THEMSELVES ON THAT LIST AND BE
PROTECTED. OH BOY. THAT WENT
REALLY FAST.
-- I KNOW, I'M SORRY IF YOU IF
YOU HAVE MORE COMMENTS, YOU CAN
PUT THEM IN THE BASKET OR SHOOT
US AN EMAIL AS WELL. AWESOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE
ANGIE, FOLLOWED BY ALICIA.
-- HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS
ANGIE MICHAEL. I'M THE OWNER OF
KELLER WILLIAMS GREATER SEATTLE
AND A VERY PROUD, QUEER WOMAN.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE ON
THIS DAY, AND I'M BURNING MY
TIME WITH CELEBRATION. UM, I
WANT JUST TO NOT NOT TO
REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID,
BUT I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THAT WE
WHOLLY SUPPORT THE SPIRIT OF
THIS ORDINANCE. AND WE ASK I'M
ASKING PERSONALLY, AS SOMEBODY
WHO REPRESENTS A LOT OF REAL
ESTATE IN SEATTLE AND SEES THE
IMPACT OF WHAT REALTORS DO IN
THE COMMUNITY BY REACHING OUT
AND PROVIDING INFORMATION, I ASK
THAT YOU SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA'S AMENDMENT TO THE. DO
NOT SOLICIT ORDINANCE. MY
GRANDFATHER WILL TURN 99 ON
FRIDAY. MY GRANDFATHER THINKS
THAT $1 MILLION IS THE MOST
MONEY HE'S EVER IMAGINED IN HIS
LIFE, AND I KNOW THAT WITHOUT
THE PROTECTION OF REALTORS TO
BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH
SOMEONE LIKE MY GRANDFATHER, HE
COULD BE THE VICTIM OF WHAT WE
CALL EQUITY SKIMMING. EQUITY
SKIMMING IS WHEN WHOLESALERS
COME IN AND BASICALLY TAKE THE
EQUITY THAT THESE GENERATIONAL
HOMEOWNERS HAVE BUILT OVER
YEARS. SO PLEASE GIVE US THAT
ACCESS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE
TO PROTECT OUR LOCAL CITIZENS.
-- THANK YOU. ANGIE. NEXT, WE
HAVE ALICIA, AND THEN WE WILL GO
ONLINE TO MR. ALVAREZ.
-- GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH AND MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALICIA RUIZ.
I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING
HABITAT OF HUMANITY, SEATTLE
KING AND KITTITAS COUNTIES. I'M
HERE TO EXPRESS HABITAT SUPPORT
OF COUNCIL BILL 121259. FOR MANY
FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IN
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY
FACED DECADES OF DISPLACEMENT, A
HOME IS THE SINGLE LARGEST ASSET
THEY'LL EVER HOLD. IT'S
RETIREMENT SECURITY. IT'S WHAT
GETS PASSED DOWN WHEN A
PREDATORY OFFER CONVINCES
SOMEONE TO SELL UNDER PRESSURE
OR MISINFORMATION. THAT'S NOT
JUST ONE BAD TRANSACTION. IT'S
GENERATIONAL WEALTH GONE
PERMANENTLY. WE ALSO STAND IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL'S EXPANDING
UTILITY BILL ASSISTANCE AT
HABITAT. WE BELIEVE HOUSING
STABILITY DOESN'T END AT THE
DEED. IT DEPENDS ON FAMILIES
BEING ABLE TO STAY IN THE HOMES
THEY WORKED SO HARD FOR,
PROTECTING HOMEOWNERS FROM
PREDATORY SOLICITATION AND
HELPING FAMILIES STAY CURRENT ON
BASIC UTILITIES ARE BOTH PART OF
THE SAME MISSION, KEEPING
FAMILIES ROOTED IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES. WE URGE YOU TO PASS
THESE BILLS. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE'RE
GOING TO GO ONLINE. MR. ALVAREZ,
YOU'RE GOING TO PRESS STAR SIX
TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. AND WE HAVE
JOE, LOIS, MARTIN, MAGDALENA
ROSE, AND ISAAC AND THEN WE'LL
COME BACK IN PERSON. WELCOME,
ALBERTO.
-- THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
RECENTLY, SOME OF YOU WENT ON A
MEDIA BLITZ AGAINST OUR MAYOR,
PLAYING ALONG WITH JUAREZ,
SLINGING MUD ON RIGHT WING
MEDIA, TRYING TO LAY DOWN
POLITICAL COVER. TODAY, THE MEN
ON COUNCIL WENT INTO CHILDISH
EMOTIONAL TIRADES. IS THIS
REALLY THE PATH ANY OF YOU WANT
TO TRY AND TAKE? DO YOU KNOW HOW
ANGRY AND ORGANIZED PEOPLE ARE?
READY TO WIPE YOU ALL OUT NEXT
ELECTION? YOUR DUTY AS COUNCIL
IS TO THE COMMON PEOPLE, NOT THE
BLIND LOYALTY YOU GIVE TO ANYONE
WITH A UNIFORM AND A BADGE. DO A
LOT BETTER THAN THIS. HAVE A
GOOD DAY.
-- THANK YOU. ALBERTO. NEXT WE
HAVE JOE, FOLLOWED BY LOIS AND
THEN MAGDALENA. WELCOME, JOE.
-- OH, HI. PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH, IT'S JOE
KUNZLER, ONE OF YOUR FANS. UM, I
REALLY WOULD ENCOURAGE THE
COUNCIL TO, AT THE EARLIEST
POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY, MOVE A
MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE IN MAYOR
KATIE WILSON, WHO MAY OR MAY NOT
BE SUCCESSFUL IN BUILDING TINY
HOMES BUT CANNOT KEEP SEATTLE
SAFE. I'M NOT TALKING JUST
ABOUT THE BITE OF SEATTLE. I'M
TALKING ABOUT THE CONTINUED
OBSTRUCTIONIST OPPOSITION TO
HAVING SECURITY CAMERAS IN
PUBLIC PLACES TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE PUBLIC IS SAFE. IT IS
IMPORTANT THESE CAMERAS BE PUT
UP. IF THE MAYOR KEEPS WALKING
THIS, GET HER OUT OF THERE. FIND
HER MORAL. HAVING MORAL
TURPITUDE OR SOMETHING. YOU'RE
ALLOWED TO DO THAT FOR YOUR CITY
CHARTER IN AN EMERGENCY. I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO BREAK GLASS AND
PROTECT THE REGION. AND FINALLY,
ABOUT THE SECURITY CAMERAS THAT
UH, SEAFARER AND OTHER LEADERS
ARE ASKING YOU TO PUT IN. WE'RE
ASKING YOU TO PUT THEM AT STREET
CORNERS. THOSE ARE PUBLIC
PLACES. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. IT IS
MUCH APPRECIATED. NOW LET'S GO
GET RID OF THIS MAYOR LEGALLY.
THANK YOU.
-- OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE THANK YOU
JOE. NEXT WE HAVE LOIS MARTIN,
FOLLOWED BY MAGDALENA, ROSE AND
ISAAC. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK
IN PERSON. WELCOME LOIS.
-- UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LOIS MARTIN.
I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND A
FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BLACK
HOMEOWNERS POLICY COUNCIL. THAT
IS PART OF THE EMBRACE MOVEMENT.
I URGE YOU TO ADOPT AMENDMENT A
AND PASS COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO,
ONE TWO, FIVE NINE TODAY. THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR
SPONSORING THIS BILL. AND THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, FOR
COMING TO COMMUNITY FOR
LANGUAGE. THAT'S HOW THIS
SHOULD WORK. AND THE CONCERNS
ABOUT LEGITIMATE PROFESSIONALS
HAVE BEEN ANSWERED IN THE BILL.
AND AGAIN, IN AMENDMENT A,
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO WAIT
FOR. MEANWHILE, OUR ELDERS
REPORT 40 OR MORE SOLICITATIONS
IN TWO YEARS AND TESTIFY THAT
THEY FEEL HUNTED IN THEIR OWN
HOMES EVERY MONTH OF DELAY LANDS
ON THEM. A CENTRAL DISTRICT HOME
IS GENERATIONAL WEALTH, AS WELL
AS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. ADOPT
AMENDMENT A PASS THIS BILL
TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
-- THANK YOU, MISS LOIS. NEXT WE
HAVE MAGDALENA, FOLLOWED BY ROSE
AND THEN ISAAC. STAR SIX TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF, MAGDALENA, WE
SEE YOU ONLINE. JUST STAR SIX.
STAR SIX. MAGDALENA, WE'LL COME
BACK TO YOU. IF YOU'RE HAVING
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, IT'S
KIND OF DIFFICULT SOMETIMES
ONLINE. WE HAVE ROSE. WE'LL GO
AHEAD AND BUMP ROSE UP TO
PANELISTS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF. ROSE.
-- HELLO. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
THE, COUNCIL. THE MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL THAT WERE IN COMMITTEE
AND PASSED THROUGH THE
LEGISLATION, UH, AT LEAST TO PUT
ON THE AMENDMENTS THAT WILL
HOPEFULLY REACH FULL COUNCIL
NEXT WEEK FOR THE TRANS
REFUGEES. IT IS SOMETHING
THAT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED. ALONG
WITH THAT. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, I STILL HAVE NOT
HEARD FROM YOUR OFFICE ABOUT
POLICE HARASSING TRANS PEOPLE IN
CAL ANDERSON. I WOULD STILL LIKE
TO HEAR. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT,
ICE IS ENGAGING IN MORE AND MORE
RAIDS ACROSS OUR CITY AND IS
SEEMING TO SURVEIL PEOPLE. EVEN
SOMEONE'S TAKEN FROM AN AMAZON
TRUCK THIS MORNING. WE NEED TO
HAVE MORE AND BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING
ON, SO WE CAN CRACK DOWN AND
KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE, BECAUSE
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT DOING A
WHOLE LOT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE, AND WE
NEED TO RISE TO THE OCCASION. A
LOT OF US HAVE HISTORIES OF
PEOPLE THAT HAVE, AND OUR
ANCESTORS HAVE BEEN CHASED OUT
OF PLACES OR HARMED OR TAKEN IN
A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCES. WE NEED TO HONOR
THEIR MEMORY BY MAKING SURE
WE'RE KEEPING OTHER PEOPLE
SAFE. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU. ROSE. NEXT WE HAVE
ISAAC, FOLLOWED BY MAGDALENA
WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER SHOT
ONLINE. WELCOME, ISAAC. STAR
SIX.
-- HI, MY NAME IS ISAAC AYE.
TRANSGENDER WOMAN LIVING IN
CAPITOL HILL. I WORK FOR A
HOUSING UH, SPECIFICALLY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I SEE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE
DAY CONSTANTLY TRYING TO BE
REFUGEES IN THIS STATE AND GET
AWAY FROM PERSECUTION,
PERSECUTION IN THE SOUTH, AS
WELL AS OTHER PLACES THAT ARE
JUST HORRIBLE. THE AMOUNT OF
TRANS PEOPLE THAT ARE MURDERED
AND GONE MISSING THIS YEAR ALONE
IS UNACCEPTABLE. THERE IS A
MASSIVE INFLUX OF THEM IN THE
CITY. WE HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH TO
PROVIDE ANY RESOURCES FOR THIS.
WE CLAIM OURSELVES TO BE A SAFE
HAVEN, AND WE CLAIM THIS PLACE
IS FOR EVERYONE TO BE SAFE AND
FREE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE
ACTUALLY DOING ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
THE ACTUAL. THE SIGNAL YOU'RE
PUTTING UP, PLEASE JUST TAKE
CONSIDERATION. ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE BEING HURT.
-- THANK YOU. ISAAC. AND I DO
SEE THAT YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON
MORE THAN HAPPY. IF YOU WANT TO
SAY THEM IN PERSON, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE
YOU COME UP. BUT JUST SO WE
COULD HEAR THEM, DO YOU FEEL
COMFORTABLE DOING THAT? OKAY,
AWESOME. THANK YOU. ISAAC, I DO
WANT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. IT
WAS A LITTLE MUFFLED AT THE END.
AND THEN, UM, BEFORE YOU GO,
ISAAC, LET ME SEE IF
MAGDALENA'S THERE ONLINE AND
THEN I'LL COME RIGHT TO YOU.
OKAY? JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
MAGDALENA.
-- I AM ONLINE.
-- YEP. GO RIGHT AHEAD.
-- CAN YOU HEAR ME?
-- YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
-- COUNCIL. MANY WHITE PEOPLE
LOVE BLACK PEOPLE LIKE THE FOX.
LOVES THE HEN. THEY CALL FOR
FENCES WHICH MAKE CONCENTRATION
CAMPS. THEY QUOTE POETRY OVER
CORPSES. THEY STEP OVER THE
BODIES OF THE DEAD. THEY USE
CAMERAS TO STALK MINORITIES.
TELL THEM TODAY, NOT ONE MORE
BLACK DEATH TO SATISFY WHITE
BUSINESS OWNERS. NOT ONE MORE
SWEET TO DISAPPEAR OUR NEIGHBORS
OFF THE STREETS. WHAT WILL YOU
BE REMEMBERED FOR? FOR THE
SWEEPS WHICH DISAPPEAR. MY BLACK
AND INDIGENOUS SIBLINGS, CIS AND
TRANS. IF YOU DON'T FEAR GOD,
FEAR POSTERITY, FEAR YOUR OWN
JUDGMENT IN YEARS TO COME. FEAR
YOUR CHILDREN'S JUDGMENT. WHEN
YOU FIGHT FOR BLACK PEOPLE'S
RIGHTS, WHEN YOU FIGHT FOR
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, YOU ARE
FIGHTING FOR TRANS RIGHTS TO
STOP THE SWEEPS, STOP THE
CAMERAS, STOP THE KILLING. WHAT
DO YOU CARE ABOUT COUNCIL WHITE
FRAILTY OR BLACK EXISTENCE?
CHOOSE TODAY. CHOOSE BLACK
EXISTENCE. IGNORE WHITE FRAILTY.
SUPPORT TRANS LIVES. PASS THIS
300 K NEXT WEEK AND CONTINUE TO
DO MORE. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU MAGDALENA.
-- NEXT.
-- NEXT WE HAVE ISAAC FOLLOWING
ISAAC. WE HAVE JACQUELINE. WARE,
CLIVE JORDAN, DAVID, JEFF, CHAD,
PAUL, AUDREY, HANNAH AND MICHAEL
WOODWARD.
-- HI, MY NAME.
-- WE'LL TURN IT ON. YOU'RE
GOOD.
-- HI. MY NAME IS, UH.
-- GO AHEAD.
-- HI. MY NAME IS ISAAC. I
ACTUALLY AM A TRANSGENDER WOMAN
LIVING IN CAPITOL HILL. I WORK
IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
CITY. I DO HELP PEOPLE GET IN
HOMES EVERY SINGLE DAY. I AM
TALKING TO PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE
DAY THAT ARE COMING IN FROM OUT
OF STATE. THEY'RE HERE TRYING
TO FIND A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE,
TRYING TO STAND FOR WHAT THEY
BELIEVE IS A SAFE PLACE. THE
REFUGE INTERNATIONAL OASIS AWAY
FROM EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON
IN THIS COUNTRY. I DO SEE THAT
THERE'S A LOT OF VIOLENCE GOING
ON IN AMONGST MY COMMUNITY. THE
AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE THAT'S BEEN
HAPPENING IN CAPITOL HILL ALONE,
JUST AROUND THE CITY IN BELLTOWN
IS UNACCEPTABLE. BUT I DO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE AMOUNT OF
TRANS PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE
COMING HERE WITH NOTHING TO
NOWHERE TO LIVE, THEY'RE LIVING
IN THEIR CARS THAT ARE
STRUGGLING EVERY SINGLE DAY,
THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE
PEOPLE ON THE ENTIRE COUNTRY,
LIKE IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
AS FAR AS NO ONE CARING, I
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT
OF RACIAL INEQUITY AMONGST THAT
FACTOR, BUT THERE IS A LOSS THAT
WE'RE HAVING AS MANY PEOPLE ARE
COMING. SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST
PUTTING INTO A BARREL. IT SEEMS
LIKE WE'RE BEING TARGETED TO BE
PLACED IN ONE SMALL AREA SO THEY
CAN ROUND US UP.
-- THANK YOU. ISAAC. NEXT WE
HAVE JACQUELINE, MISS JACQUELINE
WARE, FOLLOWED BY CLIVE JORDAN,
DAVID HAYNES, JEFF ROGERS.
WELCOME.
-- THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, YES,
MY NAME IS JACQUELINE WARE AND
I'M A MEMBER OF COEXIST, WHICH
IS 1200 PEOPLE STRONG. I'M A
PARENT. I'M A BIKER, I'M A
HIKER. UM, I'M A WALKER. AND SO
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST
BICYCLISTS. BUT WHAT I DO, THE
PROBLEM I HAVE WITH IS EDDIE LIN
AND THE MAYOR CHOOSING TO CLOSE
THREE MILES OF LAKE WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD. I AM A SOUTH END
RESIDENT, AND I DIDN'T HEAR ONE
WORD ABOUT IT. 1200 PEOPLE DID
NOT HEAR ONE WORD ABOUT CLOSING
THOSE THREE MILES OF LAKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD EVERY
WEEKEND, ALL SUMMER LONG. TWO
CARS TO THE POINT WHERE THEY
HAVE ACTUALLY INSTALLED HEAVY
GAS ACROSS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF
LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. IN
THE AREAS THAT ARE CLOSED WHERE
YOU CANNOT GET THROUGH QUICKLY
IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, POLICE
OFFICERS CANNOT GET THROUGH.
FIRST RESPONDERS CANNOT GET
THROUGH. THIS IS A LOCKED GATE,
AND WE HAD NO NOTICE. THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
-- THANK YOU. JACQUELINE. NEXT
WE HAVE CLIVE, FOLLOWED BY
JORDAN AND THEN DAVID. WELCOME,
CLIVE.
-- UH.
-- CLIVE HAYWARD, SEATTLE STREET
PERFORMER ON THE WATERFRONT. I
WANT TO THANK EDDIE FOR MEETING
WITH ME AFTER YESTERDAY'S ARTS
COUNCIL MEETING. UM, BEFORE THIS
MEETING, I SENT EVERYONE AN
EMAIL. THIS CAN'T BE COVERED IN
A MINUTE. PLEASE READ THE EMAIL.
PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEOS. UM,
I'LL BE OUTSIDE AFTER. I CAN
SHOW PEOPLE VIDEOS AND SHOW HOW
EGREGIOUS YOUR CITY EMPLOYEES
ACT.
-- THANK YOU CLIVE. NEXT WE HAVE
JORDAN, FOLLOWED BY DAVID AND
THEN JEFF. WELCOME, JORDAN.
DAVID. JEFF
-- HI. WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE
PROVIDING DRUG THE DRUG ADDICTED
HOMELESS WITH NEEDLES, FOOD AND
SHELTER, WHICH CREATES A SYSTEM
OF PERPETUAL ADDICTION THAT
DESTROYS THEIR LIVES. THEY ARE
FREE TO CONTINUE THIS LIFESTYLE
WITH NO MANDATE TO GET BETTER.
WE ARE PROMOTING THIS SYSTEM AS
COMPASSION. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
IT IS. IT'S TOXIC COMPASSION.
THEY NEED REAL HELP THAT LETS
THEM END THEIR DRUG USE AND NOT
BE REWARDED FOR DOING IT. NEW
SYSTEMS NEED TO BE CREATED THAT
CREATE PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY.
THIS SYSTEM REQUIRES A MANDATE.
INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN BUILDING
HOUSES, GIVING FOOD AND NEEDLES,
WE COULD BE SENDING THEM TO
REHAB, WHICH GIVES THEM
EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO IMPROVE
THEIR LIVES. PLEASE WORK TO
CHANGE LAWS AND FOCUS ON THIS
PROBLEM MORE. WHAT WE ARE
ENABLING ISN'T GOOD. IT'S
CRUEL. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU JORDAN. NEXT WE
HAVE DAVID HAYNES, FOLLOWED BY
JEFF ROGERS AND CHAD.
-- HI, DAVID. WHY IS IT THAT A
911 REPEAT OFFENDER CONSTANTLY
GETS TO BE EXEMPTED FROM JAIL
AND GET ON HOUSING LIST FIRST,
WHILE INNOCENT, HOUSELESS
CITIZENS ARE STILL RACIALLY
DISCRIMINATED IN, SUBHUMAN
MISTREATED. REMEMBER WHEN ERICA
EVANS AND ANDREW LEWIS WERE
PROSECUTORS AND THEY LOBBIED
THEIR BOSS, PETE HOLMES, THE
CITY ATTORNEY, TO EXEMPT ALL
MISDEMEANOR DRUG CRIMES AND
SOCIETY IMPLODED RAPIDLY AND
VIOLENCE ESCALATED. IT'S PART OF
THE REASON WHY WE HAVE PROBLEMS
IN OUR SOCIETY, BECAUSE A LOT OF
BAKED IN THE BUDGET PRIORITIES
ARE STILL EXACERBATING THE
CRISIS. IT'S LIKE THE POLICE
CHIEF WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE KEEPS
MISLEADING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT
PUBLIC SAFETY, WHILE ALL HE DID
WAS HE WRAPPED SOME CHAIN LINK
FENCES AROUND THE ALLEYWAYS
WHERE EVIL WAS OPERATING, AND
PUSHED ALL THESE LOW LIFE PIECES
OF CRAP UP THE BELLTOWN. AND
THEN HE CLAIMED THAT THERE'S A
20% DROP IN CRIME IN
SPECIFICALLY DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
LIKE HE'S APPEASING THE
POLITICS OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AND THE BUILDING
OWNERS. AND YET THE WHOLE TIME,
I THINK IT'S LIKE 1.8% IS THE
AMOUNT OF CRIME THAT'S BEEN
DROPPED. SO SPARE US THE
PROPAGANDA ABOUT HOW YOU ALL ARE
COLLABORATING.
-- WITH THE POLICE AND THE
NUCLEUS.
-- CHIEF. THANK YOU.
-- DAVID.
-- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAVID.
THANK YOU. DAVID. NEXT WE HAVE
JEFF ROGERS, FOLLOWED BY CHAD
AND PAUL THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
DAVID.
-- MORE PROFITABLE SERVICES
GOUGING MEDICAID.
-- THANK YOU, MR. HAINES. NOW WE
HAVE JEFF ROGERS. I'M I'M SURE
YOU CAN FOLLOW THAT ONE.
-- YEAH, YEAH, I DID LAST TIME
TO ACTUALLY LAST TIME I WAS
HERE. SO, JEFF, IT'S NICE TO
SEE YOU. WE'RE IN A LITTLE
PRAYER GROUP FOR YOU GUYS. AND
FIRST OF ALL, JUST KUDOS THAT
YOU CAN PAY THIS CLOSE OF
ATTENTION TO PERSON AFTER
PERSON. I JUST APPLAUD YOU.
IT'S A HARD JOB AND YOU HEAR SO
SO THANK YOU. UM, LAST NIGHT I
WENT TO EARTH, WIND AND FIRE
CONCERT. SUPER FUN, UH, JOYFUL.
UH, WE HAD THE WORLD CUP JOYFUL,
AND I WAS AT SEAFARER, UH, ON
SUNDAY WATCHING THE BLUE ANGELS.
SO ONE, I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR
CITY FOR CONTINUING TO PROVIDE
CELEBRATORY ENVIRONMENTS WHERE
PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER. AND
THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE
BLUE ANGELS. SO THAT'S GOING TO
BE A FUTURE CONVERSATION. BUT I
JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT
IT. BUT AT THAT, I WAS ON THIS
BOAT WITH A FRIEND WHOSE
HUSBAND, JERRY IS HERE, WHO'S A
MULTI-GENERATIONAL RESIDENT. AND
HIS WIFE WAS TELLING ME ONE OF
THE HARD THINGS IN SEATTLE IS
SHE GETS, UM, NEAR ASSAULTED
GOING TO HER LOCAL QFC. WE NEED
THE SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR
THE AVERAGE CITIZEN. THANKS.
-- THANK YOU. JEFF. NEXT WE HAVE
CHAD, FOLLOWED BY PAUL. AUDREY,
HANNAH, MICHAEL, WELCOME, CHAD.
-- UH GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
CHAD WINFREY. I ACTUALLY WORK
FOR PURPOSE, DIGNITY ACTION AND
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LEAD
PROGRAM REAL BRIEFLY. UH, ONE OF
MY MAIN DUTIES FOR THEM IS TO GO
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND TEACH
POLICE OFFICERS AND POLICE
DEPARTMENTS HOW TO UTILIZE THE
FRAMEWORK. IT WOULD BE A LITTLE
SELF-SERVING TO DO THAT ON
BEHALF OF PDA. UM, I ALSO COME
TO THE ORGANIZATION AFTER 17
YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WAS
ONE OF THE CHAMPIONS IN MAINE
LAW ENFORCEMENT STAKEHOLDERS AT
THE TABLE WITH THE ORIGINAL LEAD
INITIATIVE FOR EIGHT YEARS. UH,
IT GETS LEAD, I THINK GETS
MISCONCEIVED AS AN OVERLY
COMPASSIONATE SOCIAL SERVICES
FRAMEWORK OR PROGRAM WITH NO
ACCOUNTABILITY. AND WHAT IT
ACTUALLY IS, IS A PUBLIC SAFETY
FRAMEWORK THAT HAS A LOT OF
ACCOUNTABILITY. UM, AND I WILL
SAY IT TAKES LONGER THAN WHAT
PEOPLE WANT IT TO TAKE. AND THAT
IS THE CHALLENGE. SOMEBODY'S
BEEN LIVING ON THE STREET FOR
TEN YEARS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A
LOT OF COORDINATION AND A LOT OF
THINGS TO GET THEM THERE. BUT
THERE ARE PIECES OF COORDINATION
AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PLACE
WHILE THEY'RE GETTING WHERE
THEY'RE GOING.
-- THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAD.
NEXT, WE HAVE PAUL FOLLOWED BY
HANNAH, MICHAEL, WELCOME.
-- HI. UM, IT IS.
-- ESTIMATED THAT IN THE YEAR
FOLLOWING TRUMP'S REELECTION,
ABOUT 4400 000 TRANS PEOPLE
RELOCATED ACROSS STATE LINES.
THIS IS HUGE. THIS IS 14% OF THE
TRANS POPULATION. UM, AND YOU
KNOW WHY? YOU KNOW THAT A LOT OF
THEM ARE FLEEING LAWS THAT ARE
THREATENING THEIR ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE, THREATENING THEM BY
OUTING THEM, CONDEMNING THEM TO
BEING RAPED IF THEY EVER GET
INCARCERATED, AND SO ON. LAWS
THAT PUSHED THE LEMKIN INSTITUTE
FOR GENOCIDE PREVENTION TO RAISE
THREE RED FLAGS REGARDING
TRANSGENDER SIDE IN THE US. SO
WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF QUEER
PEOPLE MOVE HERE OUT OF
SURVIVAL, SO MUCH SO THAT MANY
MOVE WITHOUT HOUSING SOLUTIONS.
UM, SO THE SITUATION IS SIMPLE
AT THIS POINT. WE'RE RECOGNIZING
THAT THOSE PEOPLE NEED SUPPORT
IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE
SITUATION WITHIN THE US IN OTHER
STATES AND JUST DOING THE RIGHT
THING. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AUDREY.
-- FOLLOWED BY HANNAH AND
MICHAEL. AUDREY. HANNAH.
MICHAEL. WELCOME.
-- HELLO CITY COUNCIL.
-- MY NAME IS AUDREY. I'M A
MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY
AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. I'M
HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO
APPROVE THE EMERGENCY FUNDING TO
SUPPORT TRANS REFUGEES. I AM
ORIGINALLY FROM TEXAS, AND MY
HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE IN 2023
FROM GEORGIA. UM, THERE ARE MANY
REASONS TO MOVE TO SEATTLE, BUT
ONE OF THEM WAS CONCERN ABOUT
THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE
SOUTH. BUT WE'RE VERY
PRIVILEGED THAT WE HAD THE
FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND FAMILY
SUPPORT TO MAKE OUR MOVE UP HERE
VERY SMOOTH. BUT MANY PEOPLE WHO
ARE TRYING TO MOVE UP HERE FOR A
BETTER LIFE, THEY DON'T HAVE
THOSE RESOURCES, BUT THEY STILL
COME HERE BECAUSE IT'S WORTH IT
TO SURVIVE. THE ANTI LGBTQ PLUS
LAWS AND VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH,
IN ADDITION TO TRANS PEOPLE
COMING HERE, THERE ARE LOTS OF
OTHER PEOPLE COMING HERE, WOMEN
FRIENDS OF MINE WHO COME HERE
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT
WHEN THEY'RE PREGNANT, IF THEY
HAVE A MEDICALLY NECESSARY
ABORTION, THEIR DOCTOR WON'T LET
THEM DIE ON THE TABLE. THAT'S A
REAL CONCERN. THERE ARE CLIMATE
REFUGEES COMING HERE BECAUSE
IT'S UNTENABLE IN TEXAS. SO ALL
THAT TO SAY, OUR SYSTEMS ARE ARE
OVERBURDENED. AND I DO ENCOURAGE
US ALL TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT
TO.
-- THANK YOU. AUDREY. NEXT WE
HAVE HANNAH. WE HAVE HANNAH,
FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL. COLLEAGUES.
WE HAVE PROBABLY 12 MORE
SPEAKERS.
-- HI, I'M HANNAH FROM PIONEER
SQUARE AND I'M HERE TO MAKE
SURE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND
A GREAT SPACE FOR WALKING. I'M
ESPECIALLY HERE TO MAKE SURE
THESE REAL ESTATE DEALS GO
THROUGH AND WATCH OVER UNTIL THE
EMPTY LOTS ARE FILLED IN
DOWNTOWN, UNTIL THE CONSTRUCTION
IS COMPLETED. THERE IS A LOT
THAT GOES INTO MAKING A THRIVING
CITY AN ECONOMY, AND I WANT TO
THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR PAYING
CLOSE ATTENTION AND COMING UP
WITH LOTS OF CREATIVE SOLUTIONS
AND STANDING ON BUSINESS.
THERE'S A LOT OF PREDATORY
CALLING TO BUY PEOPLE'S HOMES,
AND IT'S EVEN A CONCERN WHEN
KIDS GET THEIR FIRST CELL PHONES
THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE THESE
CALLS TO BUY THEIR HOME, AND
IT'S CONFUSING FOR THEM. I ASK
COUNCIL TO PLEASE STAND UP FOR
THE LOCAL ECONOMY, PUBLIC TRUST
AND INTERESTS. THERE'S A
PETITION OF THE U TO TAKE LAND
OUT OF THE PUBLIC TRUST AND
PLACE IT INTO AN LLC FOR THEIR
DEVELOPMENT. I AGREE THAT THEY
NEED THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY
TO COMPLETE THE MUCH NEEDED
APARTMENT CONSTRUCTION, BUT
SEATTLE CAN'T AFFORD TO GIVE
LAND AWAY TO PRIVATE INTERESTS.
AN ELDERLY COMMUNITY GOT A MUCH
NEEDED SKY BRIDGE THAT THEY WILL
BUILD, AND THEY HAVE TO BUILD A
PARK. ON TOP OF THAT, PLEASE
NEGOTIATE BETTER FOR THE PUBLIC
TRUST AND DON'T ALLOW IT TO BE
TAKEN AWAY.
-- THANK YOU HANNAH. NEXT WE
HAVE MICHAEL. MICHAEL WOODWARD
FOLLOWED. MICHAEL ONE SECOND AND
THEN WE HAVE MELISSA SAM WOLFF,
LEXI, UH, GENEVIEVE. ASHLEY, L
AMANDA AND THEN DAVID LONG.
WELCOME.
-- THANK YOU. UM. PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
-- COUNCILMEMBERS, A SPECIAL
THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR
THIS AFTERNOON. UM, I WANT TO
THANK ALL THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
FOR THE UNANIMOUS VOTE THIS
AFTERNOON OR THIS MORNING TO
SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MINE
WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO SUPPORT
THE EXPLODING GROWTH OF TRANS
MIGRANTS COMING TO SEATTLE. MY
NAME IS MICHAEL WOODWARD. I'M
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRACTION,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT'S BEEN
HELPING ALL THESE REFUGEES. THIS
IS AN INCREDIBLE HISTORIC STEP
FORWARD. AND WHILE WE ALL KNOW
IT WILL ONLY SCRATCH THE
SURFACE, THIS IS JUST THE
BEGINNING. NONETHELESS, I'M
PERSONALLY GRATEFUL FOR OPENING
THE DOOR. I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT
WEEK'S FULL COUNCIL VOTE AND
CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION. THANK
YOU. NOW I GOT A DASH BECAUSE I
GOTTA MOVE MY CAR.
-- THANK YOU MICHAEL. NEXT WE
HAVE MELISSA. IS MELISSA HERE?
FOLLOWED BY SAM, LEXI, AYDIN,
MELISSA. SAM. LEXI. IF YOU FOLKS
COULD START GETTING UP IS IS
MELISSA HERE? YEAH. AWESOME. ALL
RIGHT, COME ON, YOU ARE UP THEN.
SAM WOLF IS NEXT. I SEE SAM, WE
HAVE LEXI IS NEXT AND THEN AYDIN
AND THEN GUINEVERE. ASHLEY L
AMANDA.
-- OH MY GOD, I'M WAY OUT OF MY
COMFORT ZONE HERE. UM, BUT I
WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS, AND,
UM, I NEEDED TO LET YOU GUYS
KNOW THAT NOT TOO LONG AGO, I
WAS HOMELESS, AND I HAVE I CAME
MY BOYFRIEND, MY KEYS TO MY
APARTMENT. I NOW HAVE AN
APARTMENT. I'M GETTING A
DIVORCE. FINALLY FROM MY
PSYCHOTIC EX-HUSBAND. I'M A
LICENSED NOTARY. UM, DID I
MENTION I'M GETTING MY
DRIVER'S LICENSE BACK? AND
IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE LEAD
PROGRAM. THE LEAD PROGRAM HELPED
ME. I MEAN, THEY MOVED
MOUNTAINS. YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE
I HAD TICKETS FROM JUST BEING IN
MY CAR, YOU KNOW, AND I NEVER.
THEY TOLD ME I WASN'T GETTING
MY DRIVER'S LICENSE BACK UNTIL
I THINK IT WAS LIKE NOVEMBER OF
38. SO, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY,
IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M A BAD
DRIVER, BUT IT'S BECAUSE I'M.
LONG STORY ABOUT THAT. ANYWAYS,
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS
KNOW. PLEASE SUPPORT THE LEAD
PROGRAM. THEY'VE DONE MIRACLES
FOR ME, MIRACLES. AND AYE.
-- THANK YOU, MELISSA. GOOD JOB.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE SAM
FOLLOWED BY LEXI AYDIN. WELCOME,
SAM
-- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. MY
NAME IS SAM WOLF. I WORK FOR
PDA, ONE OF THE NONPROFITS
WITHIN THE LEAD FRAMEWORK. UM,
I'M HERE REGARDING THE DRUG
ENFORCEMENT LEGISLATION. UM, IN
THE PAST FEW WEEKS, YOU'VE HEARD
A MULTITUDE OF VOICES FROM A LOT
OF LEAD CLIENTS TELLING THEIR
OWN PERSONAL STORIES OF CHANGE.
I HOPE THAT THESE HAVE BEEN
USEFUL DATA POINTS. AND I KNOW
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD
OF US. BUT ONE THING I WANT TO
SAY I APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS
LEGISLATION IS THAT IT PARTNERS
NEIGHBORHOOD ENFORCEMENT WITH
LONG TERM CASE MANAGEMENT,
CREATING PARTNERSHIP WHERE NO
ONE STRATEGY CAN DO IT ALONE.
THIS NOTION IS ALSO TRUE AT AN
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND IS BUILT
INTO LEADS, CASE MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY. NO ONE RECOVERY
STRATEGY IS GOING TO WORK FOR
EVERYBODY, BUT EVERYBODY HAS A
STRATEGY THAT WILL WORK FOR
THEM. LEAD WILL WORK TO FIND
THAT, AND BEING IN LEAD DOESN'T
PRECLUDE OTHER APPROACHES. WHAT
IT DOES MEAN IS THAT WHEN
SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING, A LEAD
CASE MANAGER WILL WORK WITH THAT
PERSON TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL
RESTRATEGIZE COORDINATE WITH
PARTNERS, WHETHER LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR COMMUNITY, AND
GET US TO A BETTER PLACE? THANK
YOU TO COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING
CONTINUING TO BUILD A
SCAFFOLDING THROUGH WHICH WE CAN
KEEP WORKING TOWARDS A SEATTLE
THAT'S SAFE AND HEALTHY FOR.
ALL.
-- THANK YOU SAM. NEXT WE HAVE
LEXI, FOLLOWED BY EDEN,
GUINEVERE, ASHLEY, L, AMANDA AND
DAVID LONG. WELCOME.
-- HELLO. I'M LEXI, I'M HERE
IN FAVOR OF INCREASED BUDGET
ALLOCATION TOWARDS TRANS
REFUGEES AND THE TRANS COMMUNITY
IN SEATTLE. I AM CONSTANTLY
MEETING NEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE
RECENTLY MOVED HERE TO FLEE RED
STATE REPRESSION. MANY OF THESE
PEOPLE FACE UNEMPLOYMENT,
HOUSING INSECURITY, SOCIAL
ISOLATION AND HEALTH CARE AND
ACCESS WITHIN SEATTLE, WHICH IS
ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES
IN THE US, TO LIVE IN, SEATTLE
IS SAFER THAN OTHER PLACES IN
THE US, BUT IT SHOULD DO MUCH
MORE TO RECEIVE RED STATE
REFUGEES WITH OPEN ARMS. THIS IS
A REAL STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND
IT SHOULD BE DECLARED AS SUCH.
AND GIVEN THE THE BUDGET TO HELP
EVERYONE WHO NEEDS IT, WE SHOULD
NOT HARM THE COMMUNITY FURTHER
BY CONTINUING THE SWEEPS OR
PROPPING UP ORWELLIAN
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ON OUR
STREET CORNERS. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE EDIN,
FOLLOWED BY GUINEVERE. EDIN,
GUINEVERE, ASHLEY L. AMANDA.
DAVID. WELCOME.
-- HI, MY NAME IS STEVEN.
-- EDEN. UM.
-- I'M HERE TO BOTH
CONGRATULATE THE COMMITTEE ON
PASSING.
-- THE AMENDMENT. UM, TO
ALLOCATE MONEY FOR TRANS
REFUGEES AND ALSO TO ENCOURAGE
YOU ALL TO PASS THAT NEXT WEEK.
UM, I THINK THAT THE
PROCLAMATION TODAY WAS VERY
GREAT. AND I THINK THAT THE WAY
TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT IS
FINANCIALLY TO HELP OUR
COMMUNITY. UM. I KNOW THAT THERE
ARE A LOT OF GIRLS WHO ARE
MISSING THESE DAYS, RIGHT? I
KNOW THAT WE ALL MOURNED WHEN
JUNIPER BLESSING WAS MURDERED,
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF GIRLS OUT
THERE WHO YOU SEE MISSING
POSTERS FOR, AND EVENTUALLY YOU
JUST START SEEING LESS AND LESS.
AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY THE
REALITY FOR A LOT OF TRANS
PEOPLE WHO END UP HERE AND
AREN'T ABLE TO FIND JOBS
IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE AS EVERYONE
KNOWS, THE MARKET'S A LITTLE
ROUGH RIGHT NOW. UM, SO YEAH, I
WANT TO SAY THAT I AM EXCITED
ABOUT THE WAY THAT THIS
AMENDMENT IS GOING FORWARD.
-- THANK YOU. EDEN. NEXT WE HAVE
GUINEVERE, FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY L
AND THEN AMANDA AND THEN DAVID.
WELCOME, GUINEVERE.
-- COUNCILMEMBERS, I WANT TO
IMPRESS UPON YOU THE SERIOUSNESS
OF THE CRISIS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
ARE FACING IN THIS COUNTRY. IF I
WERE IN IDAHO RIGHT NOW, I WOULD
BE IN PRISON FOR USING THE
BATHROOM AS A TRANS WOMAN. THIS
IS AN OFFENSE WHICH CAN BE
PUNISHED WITH A SENTENCE UP TO
LIFE. THIS IS A GENOCIDE. TRANS
PEOPLE ARE FLEEING BY THE TENS
OF THOUSANDS TO WASHINGTON AND
SEATTLE BECAUSE WE ARE BEING
SYSTEMATICALLY EXTERMINATED IN
STATES LIKE IDAHO. THIS MORNING
YOU PASSED AN AMENDMENT
PROVIDING $300,000 FOR THE TRANS
REFUGEE CRISIS. THAT IS A START.
I NOW URGE YOU TO PASS THE
BUDGET, AS AMENDED, WITHOUT
DELAY AND DECLARE A STATE OF
EMERGENCY FOR TRANS REFUGEE
CRISIS. NOW. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE
ASHLEY. WHERE'S ASHLEY? FOLLOWED
BY ELLE AND THEN AMANDA AND THEN
DAVID LONG. WELCOME, ASHLEY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
-- AYE.
-- UM, UH.
-- THANK YOU GUYS. I'M HERE ON
BEHALF OF PURPOSE, DIGNITY,
ACTION AND THE LEAD PROGRAM. UM,
IN THE LAST MONTH, UH, LIKE SAM
SAID, YOU'VE HEARD MORE THAN A
DOZEN PEOPLE COME AND TELL YOU
ABOUT HOW LEAD CHANGED THEIR
LIVES. THEY WERE ABLE TO SECURE
HOUSING, REJOIN THE WORKFORCE,
REUNITE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND
KIDS, AND ACHIEVE THEIR RECOVERY
GOALS. LEAD ALUMNI, WHO LEFT THE
PROGRAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, CAME
BACK TO TALK TO YOU ALL BECAUSE
OF HOW DEEPLY THEY BELIEVE IN
THIS PROGRAM. MANY OF THOSE
PARTICIPANTS TALKED ABOUT JAIL
TIME, COMPLIANCE BASED TREATMENT
PROGRAMS, AND OUTSTANDING
WARRANTS, OLD SCHOOL STRATEGIES
THAT FAILED TO CHANGE THEIR
TRAJECTORY. LEAD PARTICIPANTS IN
THE PROGRAM DON'T GAIN IMMUNITY
FROM PROSECUTION. WHAT THEY GAIN
IS A CONSTANT CONNECTION TO
CONTINUOUS CARE AND A FRAMEWORK
FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT, SERVICE PROVIDERS
AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS. ALL
WHO INVEST IN SUPPORTING OUR
PARTICIPANTS AND HOLDING THEM
ACCOUNTABLE. IT'S REALLY, REALLY
POWERFUL TO COME OUT FROM JAIL
AND KEEP SEEING SOMEONE STANDING
THERE AND TELLING YOU THAT
THEY'RE THERE TO HELP. UM, AND
THIS PROGRAM REALLY MAKES A
DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
SO I HOPE YOU CONSIDER THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
-- THANK YOU. ASHLEY. NEXT WE
HAVE ELLE FOLLOWED BY AMANDA AND
DAVID. WELCOME, ELLE. GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
-- THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I'M
GOING TO GET THAT OUT OF THE
WAY. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR
PASSING THE ORDINANCE. AND I
WANT TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS AN
HONOR TO BE HERE. UM, THE ONE
THING THAT I WANT TO ASK FOR IS
SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT. I WANT TO SEE THE
COMMISSION BROKEN OUT AWAY FROM
THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, TO
STAND ON ITS OWN AND GIVE US AN
ENFORCEMENT ITEM THAT WE CAN GO
TO DIRECTLY, AND THEY CAN REPORT
DIRECTLY TO YOU. SO YOU'RE NOT
GOING THROUGH THE BACK DOOR
ANYMORE. PAY THE FOLKS THAT ARE
ON THAT COMMISSION MORE THAN
WHAT THEY'RE GETTING, AND GIVE
US A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
OFFICER OF OUR OWN. STOP
REJECTING US. MAYOR WILSON. AND
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, MAYOR,
EXCUSE ME, PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH, THAT MAYOR
WILSON'S LAST TERM. LET'S STAND
UP AGAINST HER AND LET'S HELP
SUPPORT OUR RIGHTS. AND IF YOU
WANT TO SEE HOW MUTUAL AID IS
DONE WITHOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT
DIVERSION PROGRAMS, COME TO
CAPITOL HILL. EXCUSE ME. COME TO
CAL ANDERSON EVERY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT, 7 TO 9, AND GET SOME STEW
FROM STONE SOUP CREW. WE'RE
MUTUAL AID WITHOUT WITHOUT ANY
POLITICS OR RELIGION OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU THANK YOU. L NEXT
WE HAVE AMANDA, FOLLOWED BY
DAVID LONG. WELCOME, AMANDA.
-- HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HEARING
ME TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO BE
ONE MORE VOICE IN FAVOR OF EXTRA
FUNDING FOR TRANS REFUGEES.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
FOR INTRODUCING THAT AMENDMENT,
AND I'M JUST URGING YOU TO PASS
THAT BILL. UM THAT FUNDING AS
AMENDED, UM, TOO MANY PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY ARE SPENDING THEIR
OWN RESOURCES JUST TRYING TO
KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE. MY PARTNER
AND I HAVE HAD PEOPLE ON OUR
COUCH TOO MANY NIGHTS, AND IT'S
JUST WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
-- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DAVID
LONG, DAVID WELCOME.
-- THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. MY
NAME IS DAVID LONG TEP .ORG. WE
ARE A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS YOUTH
THAT ARE BATTLING FENTANYL,
ENFORCED HOMELESSNESS, AND
TALKING TO OUR YOUTH, AS WELL AS
TALKING TO BUSINESS OWNERS. ONE
THING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS
ENFORCEMENT. UM, HELPING PEOPLE,
AS YOU'VE HEARD, IS A WONDERFUL
THING, BUT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO
KILL THEMSELVES BECAUSE WE ARE
CALLING IT, UM, COMPASSION IS
NOT ALLOWED. UM, SEATTLE AS A
FIFTH GENERATION GENERATION,
SEATTLEITE IS A CITY THAT STOOD
ON DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINING
PEOPLE IS A SIGN OF LOVE. SO IF
WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BRING
BACK DISCIPLINE, BRING BACK
ORDER TO THE CITY, ALLOW PEOPLE
TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITY ON
FOOT WITHOUT BEING AFRAID WOULD
BE WONDERFUL. I KNOW THAT WE
HAVE THE POWER. I KNOW THAT WE
HAVE THE PEOPLE, AND I KNOW WE
HAVE THE RESOURCES. SO PLEASE,
LET'S ENFORCE. WHAT WE ALREADY
KNOW IS RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU.
-- THANK YOU. DAVID, ARE THERE
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, UH,
FOLKS AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW
IF WE HAD A PAPER. NO. OKAY.
AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU
TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAME DOWN,
TOOK OFF WORK TO BE HERE AS
WELL. AND FOLKS, UH, MADE YOUR
WAY ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN. THE
FOLKS ON THE PHONE, ONLINE,
THROUGH EMAIL AND THE FOLKS THAT
STOP US EVERY DAY FOR YOUR
COMMENTS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE
IT. AND WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO
HAVE A SPACE OF RESPECT, LOVE,
AND, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC COMMENT
TIME FOR FOLKS BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT WE ARE THE FRONT PORCH OF
CITY HALL. SO REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU ALL. AND WE'RE GOING TO JUMP
RIGHT INTO OUR AGENDA. SO IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE'S
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WILL NOW
CONSIDER THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR
INCLUDE. MINUTES OF JULY 28th,
2026. COUNCIL BILL 121265.
PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. ARE THERE
ANY ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD
LIKE TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S
CONSENT CALENDAR? HEARING NONE,
I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE
GIVE ME A SECOND?
-- SECOND.
-- I SHOULDN'T ASK, I SHOULD
JUST SAY IF THERE'S A SECOND.
OKAY. THERE WAS A SECOND. THANK
YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND
SECOND, TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH.
-- YES.
-- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED.
-- CONSENT. CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.
-- AGENDA ITEM ONE. COUNCIL
12126262. AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO CITY EMPLOYMENT ADOPTING IN
2026 CITY WIDE POSITION LIST.
-- AWESOME. UM, OKAY. I MOVE TO
PASS COUNCIL BILL 121265. IS
THERE A SECOND?
-- SECOND.
-- PARDON ME. EXCUSE ME. 121262.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND?
AWESOME. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN
SECOND TO PASS THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AS SPONSOR
OF THE BILL, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED
IN ORDER TO ADDRESS IT.
-- THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WHICH BILL?
WHICH ITEM ARE WE ON RIGHT NOW?
-- I APOLOGIZE, IT'S COUNCIL
BILL 121262. AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO CITY EMPLOYMENT
ADOPTING THE 2026 CITYWIDE
POSITION LIST I BELIEVE. GIVE ME
ONE SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO BE
AT EASE REAL QUICK. SO WHEN
WE'RE IN AT EASE, WE'RE STILL
DOING THE MEETING, BUT WE'RE
JUST CHECKING UP INFORMATION TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CORRECT
INFO. SO WE HAVE THE
UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCE NOW. AND
THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL HEAR FOR
THE NEXT 30s. THANK YOU
-- COUNCIL. I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK
TO THIS JUST BRIEFLY. I SEE I
HAVE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER.
-- THIS IS.
-- AWESOME.
-- I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THAT.
MAY AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.
APOLOGIES.
-- COLLEAGUES, FOR THE
CONFUSION. UM, THIS PARTICULAR
PIECE OF LEGISLATION, WHILE IT
PERTAINS TO HUMAN RESOURCES FOR
THE CITY, UM, IT DOES COME
STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL AND DOES NOT
FLOW THROUGH COMMITTEE, WHICH IS
WHY I DO NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE
REPORT PREPARED FOR IT TODAY.
UM, THIS IS STRAIGHTFORWARD
ROUTINE LEGISLATION RELATED TO
CITY EMPLOYMENT AND ESTABLISHING
AND ADOPTING A 2026 CITYWIDE
POSITION LIST. APOLOGIES,
COLLEAGUES, FOR THE CONFUSION.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, AND FOR
CATCHING THAT. I FORGOT THAT
CAME STRAIGHT TO COMMITTEE OR
EXCUSE ME TO COUNCIL AND NOT
THROUGH COMMITTEE. SO,
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS REGARDING REGARDING
COUNCIL BILL 121262? SEEING
NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH.
-- YES.
-- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED.
-- BILL PASSES. CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO
THE RECORD.
-- AGENDA ITEM TWO COUNCIL BILLS
121264 RELATING TO PARKING
PAYMENT DEVICES. COIN REVENUE
COLLECTION. AMENDING SECTION
11.16.4 80 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE TO TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE PHYSICAL COLLECTION OF
COIN REVENUE FROM PARKING
PAYMENT DEVICES FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
-- AWESOME. I MOVE TO PASS
COUNCIL BILL 121264. IS THERE A
SECOND?
-- SECOND.
-- IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO
PASS THE BILL. THIS IS ANOTHER
BILL THAT WAS BYPASSED, UH,
COMMITTEE AND CAME STRAIGHT TO
COUNCIL. SO I'M NOT I CAN
RECOGNIZE YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA AS SPONSOR OF THE BILL,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS IT.
-- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, UH, COLLEAGUES, THIS
IS A FAIRLY ROUTINE, ORDINARY
BILL THAT IMPLEMENTS A UNIQUE
AND IMPORTANT, UM, YOU KNOW,
POLICY CHANGE LOCALLY,
SPECIFICALLY, THIS ORDINANCE
AMENDS A SPECIFIC SECTION OF THE
SMC TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
PHYSICAL COLLECTION OF COIN
REVENUE FROM PARKING PAYMENT
DEVICES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES. SO FAS TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
IMPLEMENT AN OPERATIONAL CHANGE
MADE VIA THE 2026 ADOPTED
BUDGET. IT ALSO PERMIT SDOT TO
TEMPORARILY STORE COLLECTED
COINS AND SECURE FACILITIES
PRIOR TO TRANSFER, WHILE THE
COIN PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT
1% OF ALL PAID PARKING REVENUE,
COINS ARE AN IMPORTANT OPTION
FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE
ACCESS TO CREDIT CARDS,
SMARTPHONES, BANKING, AND THE
LIKE. UM AND OR WOULD JUST
PREFER TO MAKE THESE SMALL
PAYMENTS. SO, UH, THANK YOU.
PRETTY ROUTINE. ORDINARY. UM,
MOSTLY TECHNICAL, UH, PIECE OF
LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT PRIOR
BUDGET DECISIONS. ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
-- THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK
YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. ARE
THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
REGARDING THE BILL? COUNCIL BILL
ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, SIX FOUR.
SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH.
-- YES.
-- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED.
-- PASSES. TERRIBLE. TERRIBLE.
SIGN UP. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? YAY
FOR PARKING METERS. THANK YOU,
MISS YVETTE. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE
INTO THE RECORD.
-- FOR THE HOUSING AND CIVIL
RIGHTS COMMITTEE? AGENDA ITEM
THREE. COUNCIL BILL ONE, 21259
RELATE TO UNFAIR HOUSING
PRACTICES, ADDING NEW
PROTECTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS FROM
UNWANTED SOLICITATION OF
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BY
ESTABLISHING A. DO NOT SOLICIT
LIST. PROVIDING AN ENFORCEMENT
PROCESS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL, AS AMENDED.
-- AWESOME. NOW, THIS BILL DID
GO THROUGH COMMITTEE SO
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS
COMMITTEE CHAIR, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
IT.
-- THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I'M THRILLED TO HAVE
THIS BILL UP FOR A VOTE TODAY IN
FULL COUNCIL, AFTER HAVING IT IN
COMMITTEE THREE TIMES STARTING
BACK IN JUNE. BUT I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE IDEA AND
THE NEED FOR THIS APPROACH
DIDN'T START WITH ME AND MY
ELECTION, OR THE PROCESS THAT WE
STARTED IN MY COMMITTEE, BUT IT
STARTED WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT TRYING
TO KEEP THEIR HOMES AMIDST AN
ONSLAUGHT OF INCREDIBLE OVER
SOLICITATION AND UNDERVALUED
OPTIONS BEING PRESENTED TO THEM.
IT STARTED WITH A REPORT FROM
RAINIER BEACH ACTION COALITION
ABOUT DISASTER, GENTRIFICATION
AND REQUESTING INTERVENTION FROM
THE CITY. IT STARTED WITH
COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO
SELF-ORGANIZED TO COMMUNICATE
THAT THEIR HOMES WERE NOT FOR
SALE BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO
PUT AN END TO THE PREDATORY
PRACTICES THAT THEY WERE
CONTINUING TO BE. AT THE OTHER
END OF, UM, AND BECAUSE THEY
WERE RECEIVING UNWANTED
SOLICITATION FROM. YES, AS WE
HEARD TODAY, WHOLESALERS, BUT
ALSO FROM END BUYER
REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE SEEKING
TO GET THEIR CLIENTS INTO
SPECIFIC HOMES OR NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT WERE BECOMING MORE
DESIRABLE. UM, THIS BILL IS, I
THINK, EVIDENCE OF WHEN WE START
WITH WORKING TO SUPPORT ONE
PROTECTED CLASS OR ONE GROUP OF
RESIDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING, UM,
UNWANTED OUTREACH, WE ACTUALLY
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BENEFIT
ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. SINCE WE
STARTED WORKING ON THIS, WE HAVE
COMMUNICATED WITH RESIDENTS FROM
DISTRICTS ALL AROUND THE CITY
AND HEARD THE STORIES AND THE
EXPERIENCES THAT THEY'VE HAD.
AND I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF
THOSE WITH YOU TODAY.
COLLEAGUES. THIS IS FROM A
DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT. UM, I
RECEIVED A COMPLETED AND SIGNED
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH
A LETTER THAT SAID, PER OUR
CONVERSATION, PLEASE SIGN AND
RETURN. EXCEPT THERE WAS NO
CONVERSATION. IT WAS A SCAM. IT
WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AN
ELDERLY DISABLED COUPLE ON
ANOTHER STREET LOST THEIR HOME
UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER SIGNED AND
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MEANS TO
HIRE AN ATTORNEY AND FIGHT THE
SALE. THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THEY
HAD INSTALLED A VERY HIGH GRADE
WHEELCHAIR RAMP. THEY HAD NO
INTENTION OF SELLING THEIR HOME
FROM ANOTHER RESIDENT. I'VE
RECEIVED MULTIPLE PAGE PURCHASE
AND SALE AGREEMENTS, SPOKEN WITH
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUY MY
PROPERTY AND OFFER TO RESERVE A
UNIT FOR ME ON THE LAND THAT I
WOULD NO LONGER OWN. IT IS
RELENTLESS. I'VE RECEIVED AT
LEAST ONE SOLICITATION A WEEK,
TYPICALLY 2 OR 3 THE ENTIRE TIME
I'VE OWNED THE HOUSE, EXCEPT
FOR A BRIEF PERIOD DURING THE
GREAT RECESSION. WE'VE HEARD
STORIES LIKE THIS AND MANY MORE,
AND WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM
PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY JUST
SAID, YOU KNOW, AT THE ONE END,
AT THE WORST END OF THIS, THESE
KIND OF PRACTICES RESULT IN
PEOPLE GETTING INTO BAD DEALS
AND SELLING THEIR HOMES FOR
UNDERVALUE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO
RECUPERATE THE EQUITY THAT
THEY'VE PUT INTO THEIR HOMES.
BUT AT THE OTHER END, WE'VE
HEARD FROM PEOPLE JUST HOW
EXHAUSTING AND DEMORALIZING IT
IS TO RECEIVE THESE UNWANTED
CALLS, THESE UNWANTED LETTERS,
NO MATTER WHO THEY COME FROM.
UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THE
REASON WHY WE TOOK THIS APPROACH
TO CREATE A DO NOT SOLICIT LIST.
AND I WANT TO STRESS THIS IS AN
OPT IN LIST. IT'S NOT REQUIRED
TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. WE'RE
JUST GIVING PEOPLE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, WE DON'T
WANT TO RECEIVE THIS KIND OF
SOLICITATION. WE'RE GIVING
PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY
THEY WANT TO RECLAIM A LITTLE
BIT OF THEIR PRIVACY AND GIVING
PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY
THEY WANT TO RECLAIM A LITTLE
BIT OF THEIR PEACE. UM, THIS
LEGISLATION BUILDS ON WORK, AND
I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE
PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR
FOR THE CONSUMER PROTECTIONS
THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR,
REQUIRING DISCLOSURES FOR
HOMEOWNERS AND REQUIRING AND
ALLOWING BUYERS TO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO CANCEL PURCHASE
CONTRACTS WITHIN TEN DAYS OF
SIGNING. I THINK THIS IS A SMART
NEXT STEP TO BUILD ON THAT
LEGISLATION AND TO CONTINUE TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING
OUR HOMEOWNER RESIDENTS,
PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHERE
HOMEOWNERSHIP IS DWINDLING IN
OUR CITY. UM, I WANT TO LASTLY
SAY, I THINK THE ENFORCEMENT
MECHANISMS THAT WE'RE PUTTING
FORWARD HERE ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS PART
OF WHAT'S BEEN MISSING IS THAT
SO OFTEN THERE'S BEEN NO
RECOURSE FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE
TRYING TO GET THESE CALLS TO
STOP. UM, I, I KNOW WE'RE GOING
TO WAIT AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR,
UM, THE AMENDMENT FROM
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. UM, SO
I'LL SPEAK TO THAT WHEN THAT
COMES FORWARD. THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. SO AT
THIS TIME, I THINK WE CAN GO
AHEAD AND MOVE THE AMENDMENT. I
WOULD ASK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT?
-- A YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 121259 AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT A SECOND.
-- IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND,
TO AMEND THE BILL AS SECONDED.
EXCUSE ME TO AMEND THE BILL AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA A SPONSOR
OF AMENDMENT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
IN ORDER TO ADDRESS IT.
-- THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK
OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER UM
UH OH MY GOSH, I'M HAVING A
FOSTER FOSTER FOR BRINGING
FORWARD THE THE DO NOT SOLICIT
LIST COLLEAGUES, WE ALL KNOW.
UM, AND I'LL SAY I CAN SPEAK FOR
MYSELF, FOR MYSELF AS A, AS A
LATINA WOMAN WHOSE LANGUAGE
FIRST LANGUAGE IS SPANISH. WE
HAVE A LOT OF ELDERS, UM, IN
COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF FOLKS
WHO, YOU KNOW, GET, UM, A,
UNWANTED SOLICITATIONS IN A VERY
AGGRESSIVE MANNER. SO I
UNDERSTAND COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER'S, UM, WANTING TO BRING
THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD TO
REALLY ADDRESS, UM, THIS ISSUE
OF FOLKS WHO ARE, ARE REALLY,
HONESTLY GETTING TAKEN ADVANTAGE
OF. AND WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT,
UM, AND THAT IS NOT OKAY. SO I
UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT AND THE,
YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
LEGISLATION. UM, I ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW,
WHENEVER COUNCIL TAKES AN
ACTION, THEY'RE UNWANTED, UM,
OR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES,
RATHER THAT CAN RESULT FROM
ACTIONS. SO WE REALLY NEED TO BE
THOUGHTFUL WHEN WE ARE PUTTING
TOGETHER AN ORDINANCE, AN
ORDINANCE AND LOOKING AT THE
LANGUAGE, UM, AND SEEING IF IT
WOULD RESULT IN UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES. SO THIS AMENDMENT
AYE. WHAT IT DOES IS
SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT AN
EXEMPTION FOR, UM, WRITTEN, UM,
FLIERS THAT I KNOW FOLKS IN THE
INDUSTRY USE WHEN THEY ARE
REACHING OUT TO FOLKS AND
LETTING THEM KNOW BOTH ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, IT'S INFORMATIONAL
ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY CAN
PROVIDE. UM, AND THE SUCCESSES
THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD IN, UH, IN,
YOU KNOW, IN DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY
AND THEN HOW TO GET IN CONTACT
WITH THEM. AND IT'S REALLY ONE
OF THOSE INDUSTRIES WHERE STILL
RELIES ON ADVERTISING TO, UM,
UH, TO, TO PROVIDE THEIR
SERVICES. SO IN THAT VEIN, I
THOUGHT THAT PUTTING TOGETHER AN
AMENDMENT TO EXEMPT THE ABILITY
FOR REAL ESTATE AGENTS TO BE
ABLE TO SEND OUT THESE BULK
MAILERS, UM, WOULD STRIKE A
COMPROMISE AND A BALANCE
BETWEEN, OF COURSE, OUR
COLLECTIVE INTERESTS TO PROTECT
OUR RESIDENTS FROM UNWANTED
SOLICITATIONS AND, UM, STILL
ALLOW FOR REAL ESTATE AGENTS TO
BE ABLE TO SEND OUT IN A GENERIC
WAY THEIR ADVERTISING OF THEIR
SERVICES. AND THAT IS THE INTENT
BEHIND THIS AMENDMENT. AND I
WILL SAY THAT I REALLY
APPRECIATE, UM, UH, COMMUNITY
MEMBERS FOR WORKING WITH ME TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CRAFTED THE
AMENDMENT TO ALSO NOT HAVE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. AND SO
IT WAS VERY NARROWLY TAILORED
AND CRAFTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH
LANGUAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM,
THEY FELT DID NOT ERODE THE
UNDERLYING BILL. UM, AT THE SAME
TIME, I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR
SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY SAID TO ME,
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO INHIBIT
FOLKS ABILITY TO, TO EARN A
LIVING, IF YOU WILL, IN THIS
WAY. SO, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE
COMMUNITY FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP.
THAT'S THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU
SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY. HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
COLLEAGUES, AMENDMENT A IS ON
THE TABLE. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS REGARDING AMENDMENT A?
-- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER THANK
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
I'LL JUST START BY SAYING, UM,
YOU KNOW, AFTER HAVING WORKED ON
THIS FOR A WHILE, I WAS
INITIALLY RELUCTANT. UH, BUT
WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS THE WORK
THAT YOU DID IN THE
COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU JUST
MENTIONED WITH THE GROUPS THAT
WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AND I JUST
WANT TO REALLY EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION TO YOU AND YOUR
OFFICE FOR DOING THAT ENGAGEMENT
AND THAT FOLLOW UP. UM, AND IT
REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME. SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, AND, AND
I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, PART OF MY
INITIAL RELUCTANCE WAS A CONCERN
THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED AT THE
END, WHICH WAS THAT IN SORT OF
SOLVING FOR ONE, ONE ISSUE, WE
WOULD BE OPENING UP ANOTHER
LOOPHOLE. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE
WORK THAT YOU DID OVER THE
WEEKEND TO REALLY NARROWLY
TAILOR THIS SOLVES FOR THAT. SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I WILL
BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT
TODAY. UM, AND I WILL ALSO SAY
WE'LL BE MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE COMMUNICATING WITH OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS IN TERMS OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION TO TRACK THAT WE
ARE NOT CREATING AN UNWANTED
LOOPHOLE. AND I APPRECIATE THE
OFFER. AND RANDY AND OTHER FOLKS
FOR CONTINUING TO WORK WITH US,
BECAUSE I KNOW WE SHARE THE SAME
GOAL HERE. SO THANK YOU AND
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, ARE THERE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING
AMENDMENT A? I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS. A GREAT JOB.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, ON THE
WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO THREAD
A VERY THIN NEEDLE AND TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE PROTECTION FOR
OUR REALTORS WHO ALL WHO OFTEN
PROVIDE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE
RESIDENTS AS WELL. I KNOW I
HEARD FROM A LOT OF THEM, BUT I
WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT. I THINK YOU DID A
GREAT JOB, SO THANK YOU FOR
THAT. UH, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
ANY FINAL COMMENTS ABOUT
AMENDMENT A BEFORE WE CALL THE
VOTE?
-- I'LL JUST SAY AGAIN, I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT COMMUNITY
ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY WEREN'T CREATING. UM, AND
THAT WE WEREN'T CREATING
COLLECTIVELY UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES FOR FOLKS WHO, UM,
ARE REAL ESTATE AGENTS IN THIS
TOWN. SO, UM, THAT SAYS A LOT
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
WE WORKED WITH. AND AGAIN, I
REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, UM, THEIR
PARTNERSHIP ON THIS. AND, YOU
KNOW, I WANT TO SAY, LIKE I
ALWAYS SAY WHEN WE WORK
TOGETHER, WE GET BETTER
OUTCOMES. AND THIS AMENDMENT IS
A RESULT OF THAT. SO THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
-- AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
AMENDMENT LETTER A.
-- COUNCIL THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I COUNCIL
MEMBER FOSTER.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN
FAVOR. NONE. OPPOSED.
-- MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT A
IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED? THESE ARE FINAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL. UM,
BEFORE. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER.
-- THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I NEED TO THANK MY
STAFF. UH, SO I REALLY WANT TO
APPRECIATE SAGE LAWRENCE FROM MY
OFFICE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE
STARTED THINKING ABOUT DOING A
LONG TIME AGO, AND IT'S BEEN
REALLY EXCITING TO GET TO SEE IT
FROM CONCEPT TO HOPEFULLY FULL
PASSAGE TODAY. SO I WANT TO
EXPRESS THAT APPRECIATION. I
WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION
TO THE BLACK HOMEOWNERS POLICY.
POLICY COUNCIL, UM, AND TO THE
RAINIER BEACH ACTION COALITION,
AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP AND
THE BEACON HILL COMMUNITY
COUNCIL. UM, AND I WANT TO
EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION DEEPLY
TO SALISBURY, WHO WAS JUST A
REALLY INCREDIBLE, UM, ADVISOR
AND SUPPORT AND HISTORY HOLDER
AS WE WORKED ON THIS PROCESS,
NONE OF THIS WORK WOULD HAVE
BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE
LEADERSHIP OF THOSE FOLKS AND
THE TIME AND ENGAGEMENT THAT
THEY SPENT WITH MY OFFICE. SO
JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, EXPRESS MY
GRATITUDE TO THOSE FOLKS AND
COLLEAGUES. I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AND ALL
THE WORK THAT YOU DID ON THIS,
FULLY SUPPORTING THIS, SUPPORTED
IT IN COMMITTEE AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT TODAY,
ESPECIALLY IN AS AMENDED. ALL
RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL, AS AMENDED?
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. JUAREZ. AYE
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH.
-- YES.
-- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED.
-- BILL PASSES AS AMENDED. THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER FOUR INTO THE RECORD?
-- THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE. AGENDA ITEM
FOR COUNCIL BILL 121248 RELATING
TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
UPDATING CITY POLICY FOR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE CRIMES OF
KNOWN POSSESSION AND USE OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS AS AMENDED.
-- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE CHAIR.
THE COMMITTEE RECOGNIZE IN ORDER
TO PRESENT THE COMMITTEE REPORT
-- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
UH, COLLEAGUES, TODAY WE TAKE
ANOTHER STEP, UH, TO MOVE
FORWARD IN PUBLIC SAFETY BY
BRINGING DIFFERENT ELEMENTS
TOGETHER. AND AS PART OF OUR
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN, UH, TO
DATE, THE PUBLIC DRUG USE AND
POSSESSION ORDINANCE HAS NOT
SUCCEEDED. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE
DRUG MARKETS ACROSS OUR CITY,
OFTENTIMES WITH CO-LOCATED
STOLEN GOODS MARKETS. THEY SEEM,
THEY ARE SEEMINGLY CHRONIC, YOU
KNOW, IN DISTRICT ONE, UH, THIS
MORNING WE HEARD ABOUT NORTH
BEACON HILL AND LITTLE SAIGON IN
THE BROADER CD. WE ALSO HEARD
ABOUT THE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND
CAP HILL AND THEN DOWN INTO
DOWNTOWN AND BELLTOWN, AND THEN
FURTHER NORTH ACROSS DISTRICTS 4
OR 5 AND SIX. UM, WE HAVE
NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS HARMED
BY THIS. THESE ILLICIT MARKETS,
AND ALSO, IMPORTANTLY, NEIGHBORS
IN CRISIS. SADLY, OFTENTIMES
ALSO SEEMINGLY CHRONIC, UH,
HERE'S THE ISSUE. WE DON'T
HAVE THE DATA. WE STARTED THIS
PROCESS EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH
THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
COMING TO COMMITTEE. UH, TO
PROVIDE A REPORT THEY COULD NOT.
THERE WAS BASICALLY NO DATA. ALL
THERE WAS WERE SOME INTERVIEW
REPORTS PRESENTED AT THE END OF
THE REPORT. THIS BILL ADDRESSES
THAT WE'VE HAD AN ISSUE WHERE
POLICE OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE
CONFIDENCE OR BELIEF IN
DIVERSION PROCESS. ON ONE HAND,
AND FRUSTRATION WITH THE MEDICAL
DECLINES ON THE OTHER HAND, AT
KCJ KING COUNTY JAIL, A
FRUSTRATION, BY THE WAY, DOES
NOT JUST WITH POLICE OFFICERS
ALONE. THIS BILL WORKS ON BOTH
BY IMPROVING THE DIVERSION
PROCESS AND GETTING THE DATA TO
IMPROVE IT FURTHER, ALONG WITH
GETTING INSIGHT TO ADDRESS THE
MEDICAL DECLINE ISSUE. UM, WE
HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ALL THE
KEY ENTITIES, STAKEHOLDERS. UH,
HAVE YOU HEARD THEM TODAY?
PUBLIC AND DIGNITY IN ACTION TO
PDA AND THEIR LEAD PROGRAM AND
MULTIPLE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
I THANK THEM FOR BEING THERE AND
SPEAKING. UH, SPD. A VERY
IMPORTANT AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION, UH, THE CARE
DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE. IT IS CLEAR THERE'S
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COUNCIL
AND THE MAYOR ON MANY A NUMBER
OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, BUT WE
CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, WITH THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH
THE DEPUTY MAYOR, UH, TO PUSH,
UM, KEY LEGISLATION FORWARD TO
INCLUDE THIS. I WANT TO THANK,
CENTRAL STAFF, UH, FOR THEIR
WORK ON THIS, UH, AND MY TEAM.
AND THEN ALL THE, YOUR TEAMS
THAT HELP COORDINATE TO INCLUDE
THE, UH, THE AMENDMENT THAT WILL
BE COMING UP AN AMENDMENT, BY
THE WAY, THAT HAS AN ELEMENT
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
SAFETY FROM, FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE. SO THIS IS ANOTHER
EXAMPLE WHERE IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE NORTH STAR AND HOW DO WE
IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR
CITY. AND THIS WORK BUILDS ON I
KNOW EACH OF US HAVE BEEN IN
COMMUNITY, HAVE BEEN IN
NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO WE KNOW
AND WE THESE TRUTHS AND WE KNOW
THAT THESE ISSUES ARE OUT THERE
AND THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.
AND SO WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS OF
THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. UM, BEFORE WE HAVE ANY
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL BEFORE WE JUMP INTO
AMENDMENT A? SO WE'RE GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA YOU WANT TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT?
-- YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO,
FOUR EIGHT AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT A SECOND.
-- IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT A COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS IT?
-- YES. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU
TO OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE FOR BRINGING FORWARD, UM,
THE UNDERLYING BILL BEFORE US
TODAY. THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT
JUST CLARIFIES THERE IS A
PROVISION THAT PASSED OUT OF
COMMITTEE COMMITTEE THAT
UNDERLYING BILL REFERENCE, UM,
UH, THAT, UH, WE HAD TO COLLECT
DATA ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES
THAT A DIVERSION SERVICE
PROVIDER RESPONDED TIMELY TO THE
REQUEST. AND THE WORD TIMELY WAS
NOT DEFINED. AND IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT THE WORD TIMELY
BE DEFINED. SO WE KNOW, YOU KNOW
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY TIMELY. SO
THIS AMENDMENT ELIMINATES THE
WORD TIMELY AND INSTEAD REQUIRES
THE OFFICER AND DIVERSION
SERVICE PROVIDERS TO RECORD THE
ACTUAL TIME THAT IT TOOK TO
RESPOND TO AN OFFICER'S CALL FOR
DIVERSION SERVICES AS, UM
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE WAS
SPEAKING ABOUT AND SPEAKING TO,
UH, EARLIER, UM, WE DON'T HAVE
DATA BY WHICH WE CAN, YOU KNOW,
COLLECT INFORMATION AND MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT
WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF
DIVERSION. AND THIS PARTICULAR
AMENDMENT INCLUDES THAT OFFICERS
SHALL INCLUDE IN THE ARREST
REPORT ANY ATTEMPT TO CONTACT
DIVERSION SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR
FIELD BASED DIVERSION AND
INDICATE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT
OFFICER WAITED FOR THE IN PERSON
TRANSFER OF AN INDIVIDUAL. IT
FURTHER STATES THAT OFFICERS
SHALL INDICATE IN THE ARREST
REPORT IF THEY LEFT THE SCENE TO
RESPOND TO A MORE URGENT MATTER,
AS DETERMINED BY THAT OFFICER.
UM BASED ON THEIR ASSESSMENT OF
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS
OF THE TIME. SO THAT IS TO SAY,
IF THERE IS A PRIORITY ONE CALL,
FOR INSTANCE, AND THE OFFICER
SHOULD HAVE TO LEAVE BEFORE THAT
LEAD PERSON WAS ABLE TO COME ON
THE SCENE THAT LEAD PROVIDER
THEN, UM, THEY WOULD JUST
RECORD, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT
SORRY, I THINK SOMEONE WAS
ONLINE. UM, UH.
-- ONE SECOND COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ YOUR YOUR SOUND IS OFF.
-- I APOLOGIZE.
-- THAT IS OKAY.
-- WE GOT I WAS MUMBLING TO
MYSELF AND FLIPPING PAPERS. I
APOLOGIZE.
-- JUST DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SLIP
UP THERE.
-- NO WORRIES. UM, IN ANY EVENT,
AT THE END OF THE DAY IS SO THAT
WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING TIMELY,
BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY DEFINING WHAT
WE MEAN BY MEAN BY TIMELY AS
WE'RE COLLECTING THIS
INFORMATION. UM, FOLKS HAVE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
EXPECTATION IS. AND AGAIN, I
THINK THAT WILL LEAD TO BETTER,
UM, DATA COLLECTING AND BETTER
INFORMATION BY WHICH WE CAN MAKE
DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE. THANK
YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COLLEAGUES
MAY HAVE.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I DO SEE
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
-- UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AGAIN. UM,
THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE, THE WORK,
UH, AMONGST THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. AND TO BE FRANK, ACROSS
THE WHOLE OF THE COUNCIL
ENGAGING ON THESE TOPICS AND,
AND ELEMENTS FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, UH, ON THIS AS PART OF
THEIR ENGAGEMENT TOO. SO I
THANK, UH, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
FOR THIS AMENDMENT AND, AND
PUTTING THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES,
UH, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
-- UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I JUST
WANTED TO SHARE BRIEFLY. SO
AFTER OUR OFFICE GOT THIS
AMENDMENT, I WAS WE LOOKED AT IT
AND WE'RE LIKE, OH, I WANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF THIS.
AND, UM, I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO
LEARN AFTER REACHING OUT AND
HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH
PROVIDERS THAT THEY REPORTED
BACK THAT OVER THE 15 YEARS OF
IMPLEMENTING LEAD, THEY BELIEVE
THEY'VE MAYBE BEEN OUTSIDE OF
THE TARGET REFERRAL TIME 3 TO 4
TIMES, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT
NEWS TO HEAR AND, YOU KNOW,
HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THEM THAT
THEY'RE EXCITED TO SHARE AND
REPORT THE DATA FROM THEIR END
BACK TO THE CITY, BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF
INFORMATION THAT I THINK THE
PROVIDERS HAVE, BUT THAT WE
HAVEN'T BEEN REQUIRING OR
RECEIVING. SO I WAS PLEASED TO
HEAR THAT. AND I'LL BE
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT TODAY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT
THAT STORY, BECAUSE I THINK AT
FIRST I HAD SORT OF A QUESTION
OF WILL THEY BE ABLE TO GET THIS
DATA? WHAT WILL THIS MEAN FOR
THEIR STAFFING, SOME OF THOSE
OTHER PIECES? AND JUST WANTED TO
SHARE THAT WE LEARNED THEY DO
COLLECT IT AND ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO REPORTING IT. SO
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
-- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS REGARDING AMENDMENT A
BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL?
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA DO YOU HAVE
ANY CLOSING COMMENTS?
-- YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I MEAN, UNDERLYING
THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION IS
OUR INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE DOING WHAT WE SAY, QUOTE,
IS A WARM HANDOFF. AND SO WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S
ACTUALLY HAPPENING. I THINK IT
BENEFITS THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO HELP, UM, WITH THIS
DIVERSION PROGRAM. AND SO IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE
INSTANCES WHEN PROVIDERS ARE
CALLED AND HOW LONG IT TAKES
FOLKS TO SHOW UP BECAUSE IT
GIVES US, LIKE I SAID,
INFORMATION BY WHICH TO MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE
ABOUT HOW TO BEST HELP IN THIS
REGARD, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, YOU
KNOW, I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL
STAFF. UM, GREG DOSS FOR HELPING
WITH THIS. AND I KNOW WITH THIS
PARTICULAR AMENDMENT, AND I KNOW
THAT HE WORKED WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SPD TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CRAFTING
A PIECE OF LEGISLATION OR AN
AMENDMENT RATHER THAT, UM,
DEFINED TIMELY, UM, IN A WAY
THAT DID NOT CAUSE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES, AS WE DO WITH ALL
THE THINGS. SO, UM, REALLY
APPRECIATE CENTRAL STAFF'S
DILIGENCE, DUE DILIGENCE, UM, AS
THEY WERE CRAFTING THIS
AMENDMENT. SO, UM, IT REALLY, IT
GOES TO THE INTEREST OF MAKING
SURE THAT THAT WARM HANDOFF IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND, AND HOW
LONG IT TAKES FOR THAT TO OCCUR.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL
RIVERA. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, YOUR HAND IS UP.
-- I APOLOGIZE. I MEANT TO GET
IT UP SOONER THAN I WENT OFF
MUTE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER. FIRST OF ALL.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, UM, BEING
ON YOUR COMMITTEE AND DOING THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PEOPLE
THAT PRESENTED ON THIS, AND THEN
THE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA YOUR
AMENDMENTS. SO I HAD MADE SOME
COMMENTS IN COMMITTEE AND THEN
DID SOME FOLLOW UP CALLS AND HAD
SOME CONVERSATIONS. AND I JUST
WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT MY
COMMENTS ABOUT A WARM HANDOFF,
UM, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT
FOR AT LEAST NINE YEARS. AND SO
WE WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE WANT
TO JUST SAY, LOOK AT THAT'S,
THAT'S MORE OF A TERM OF ART.
SO WHAT IS A WARM HANDOFF?
THEORETICALLY, WE CAN SAY, OH,
THE OFFICERS WILL BE IN FIELD
AND THEY'LL DIVERT. AND THEN WE
CAN DO A WARM HANDOFF. WELL,
WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT IT
DOESN'T ACTUALLY WORK LIKE THAT.
IS IT A MINUTE. IS IT TWO HOURS?
IS IT THREE HOURS? IS IT WHEN
THE PERSON LEAVES, DO THEY COME
BACK? SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR
PUTTING IN THIS AMENDMENT SO WE
CAN HAVE SOME DATA BACK WHILE
RECOGNIZING THAT ADDICTION AND
RECOVERY, OF COURSE, HAS
RELAPSED. AND OF COURSE, NOT
EVERYONE IS GOING TO TAKE CUES
OR WANT TO GO TO BE HAVE THIS IN
FIELD DIVERSION. WE UNDERSTAND
THAT. UM, I THINK IT'S JUST
AFTER ME HEARING FOR ALMOST A
DECADE THE TERMS OF, YOU KNOW,
DO NO HARM, HARM REDUCTION, WARM
HANDOFF THAT WE'RE NOW STARTING
TO SEE THE RESULTS AND THE
BYPRODUCTS OF WHETHER OR NOT
THESE THINGS ARE WORKING. SO I
THINK IT'S GOOD GOVERNANCE TO
COME FORWARD AND JUST SAY, CAN
WE JUST SEE, CAN WE JUST SEE THE
NUMBERS AND WHAT CAN WE GAIN
FROM THAT? AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN
FROM THAT? SO THANK YOU, CHAIR
KETTLE, AND THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AND THANK
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND I
WILL NOW GO ON MUTE.
-- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
JUAREZ. IF THERE'S NO OTHER
FURTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT. AYE, THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE VOTING ON. THEN WE'LL
SAVE COMMENTS FOR THE FINAL
BILL. UH, LET'S CALL THE ROLL ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER AYE. LETTER
AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
-- NO.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH.
-- YES.
-- EIGHT IN FAVOR ONE OPPOSED.
-- MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT A
IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
I'LL COME TO YOU LAST FOR FINAL
COMMENTS. IS THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS REGARDING AMENDMENT A
OR EXCUSE ME, THE BILL AS
AMENDED. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE CLOSING REMARKS.
-- AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU,
COLLEAGUES, AND THANK YOU TO THE
PDA SPD CPC CARE. UM, DIRECTOR
OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, THE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM, MY OWN TEAM,
UM IT'S INTERESTING, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS IN A
PROFESSIONAL, ENGAGED MANNER.
WE'RE GOING TO GET PIECES THAT
WE CAN THEN FURTHER IMPROVE THE
PROCESS USING THAT DATA AND SO
FORTH MOVING FORWARD. AND YOU
KNOW, I DRAW A CONTRAST, UH,
HERE IN 26 TO 23. AND I THINK
THIS SHOWS THAT WE'RE MOVING
FORWARD AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE
TO MOVE FORWARD, CONTINUE TO
IMPROVE AGAIN FOR THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS. BUT
MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS. SO,
COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT IN THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL, AS AMENDED
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
-- HI.
-- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES, COUNCILMEMBER.
-- RINCK.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. AND.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN
FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
-- BILL PASSES AS AMENDED. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE SIGN? WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER FIVE INTO THE RECORD
-- THE REPORT OF THE GOVERNANCE
AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE. AGENDA
ITEM FIVE COUNCIL ONE, 21247
RELATING TO CITY LIFE
DEPARTMENTS. EMERGENCY BILL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AMENDING
SECTION 21.49.042 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADJUST PROGRAM
TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND EXPAND
ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR
EMERGENCY BILL ASSISTANCE. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS, AS AMENDED.
-- AWESOME COLLEAGUES. AS CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE, I WILL PRESENT
THE COMMITTEE REPORT. WE'VE
HEARD THIS BILL TWICE IN OUR
GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE. THIS BILL PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE
AS WELL. THIS TAKES CRUCIAL
STEPS TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY
FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
RATEPAYERS AND SEATTLE. UM,
EXCUSE ME, FOR SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT RATEPAYERS. AND ALSO THE
RATE INCREASES THAT ARE COMING.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS OFFERING
THE AMENDMENTS THAT ENSURES THAT
THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM
THAT WAS PASSED BY COUNCIL AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WAS THE
SPONSOR OF. MADE SURE THAT THE
DATES ALIGNED WITH THE START
DATE THAT THE UTILITY DISCOUNT
PROGRAM, UH, DATE ALIGNS WITH
JANUARY 1st. SO IT WILL START
RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE
YEAR. AND HE CAUGHT THAT. SO
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I GOT MY
WORD TONGUE, A TONGUE TIE ON
THOSE WORDS, SO I APOLOGIZE. SCL
SPU RATES ALL THE THINGS. UM,
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE
FOR OUR CITY AS RATES ARE
INCREASING AS WE KNOW, AND
OFFERING THE EMERGENCY PAYMENT
FOR FOLKS IN THAT PROGRAM IS
SOMETHING ASSISTANCE IS
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY
PASSIONATE ABOUT IN OUR CITY AND
JUST HELPS CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY
AND RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE TO
CONTINUE TO ACCESS THEIR CRUCIAL
UTILITIES. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS ABOUT THE BILL BEFORE
US BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL?
COUNCILMEMBER? ANYONE? OKAY,
AWESOME. THANK YOU. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
-- I COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE.
AND. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
-- HOLLINGSWORTH AYE.
-- NINE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
-- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. BILL
PASSES CHAIR WILL SIGN. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER SIX INTO THE RECORD? CLAP
FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
-- AGENDA ITEM SIX. COUNCIL BILL
121245 RELATING TO RATES AND
CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICES OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
REVISING WATER RATES AND
CHARGES. REVISING CREDITS TO LOW
INCOME CUSTOMERS. AUTHORIZING
WITHDRAWALS OF FUNDS FROM THE
WATER FUND. REVENUE
STABILIZATION FUND COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS AS
AMENDED.
-- AWESOME. SO WE HEARD THIS
BILL TWICE IN GOVERNANCE AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE. THIS BILL
UNANIMOUSLY PASSED OUT OF
COMMITTEE. THIS BILL IS FOR THE
2027 TO 2029 SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITY WATER RATES. SPU HAS A
MODEST RATE INCREASE OVER THE
RATE PATH, WITH 4% EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS WHAT THEY DO IS THEY
FIGURE OUT A RATE PATH THAT
COMES EVERY TWO YEARS. UM, AND
OR EXCUSE ME, AS THEY'RE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT PROJECTIONS. UM, I
ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AMENDMENTS, THE UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL
PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR AS
WELL. UM, I WILL ALSO TAKE THIS
TIME AS I HAVE ANYTIME WE TALK
ABOUT WATER RATES, UNDERSTANDING
THAT ABOUT 25% OF YOUR WATER
BILL IS BECAUSE OF KING COUNTY
AND THEIR WASTEWATER RATES. SO
AS THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEIR
WASTEWATER, UM, COLLEAGUES, WE
SENT, WE SENT A LETTER TO THE
KING COUNTY COUNCIL ASKING THEM
TO FIGURE OUT AND READJUST,
LOWER SOME OF THEIR RATES THAT
THEY HAVE, BECAUSE THERE IS A
DOUBLE DIGIT RATE INCREASE FOR
KING COUNTY WATER. AND THAT'S
WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF OUR RATES
GOING UP IN SEATTLE, AND IT
IMPACTS US AS WELL. SO I WANTED
TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD,
BECAUSE OFTENTIMES PEOPLE
ATTRIBUTE SEATTLE CITY WATER
WITH RATE INCREASES, THINKING
THAT'S JUST A CITY. UM, THAT'S,
THAT'S JUST US. BUT, BUT THE
COUNTY IMPACTS US AS WELL WHEN
THEY INCREASE THEIR RATES FOR
WASTEWATER. SO JUST A THOUGHT
THERE. UH, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, I SEE YOUR HAND. ARE
THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
REGARDING THE BILL?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
-- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT
YOU JUST SAID BEYOND THE COST
THAT KING COUNTY PASSES ON TO
SEATTLE RESIDENTS. THERE'S ALSO
ADDITIONAL FEES FOR HOOKUP
CHARGES FOR NEW ADUS OR DAD USE.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
WHEN KING COUNTY IS CHARGING
EXORBITANT RATES TO HOOK UP FOR
A TO USE AND TO USE, IT CAN
BECOME PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE
TO PROVIDE A NEW DWELLING UNIT
FOR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER THAT YOU
ARE JUST TRYING TO KEEP AN
INTERGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLD. SO
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
THESE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES FROM
KING COUNTY ARE BEYOND JUST THE
COST OF OUR WASTEWATER. AND NO
MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WITH THESE
RATES GOING UP, EVEN IF YOU'RE
ON THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM,
YOUR RATES ARE GOING UP. I'VE
BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED WITH SPU
IN KEEPING THEIR AVERAGE RATE
INCREASE BELOW WHAT THEIR
STRATEGIC PLAN ORIGINALLY
PROVIDED, AND OTHER THAN
REDMOND, WE HAVE THE LOWEST
WATER RATES IN THE REGION. AND
ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE GOT THE
BEST QUALITY WATER IN THE NATION
BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY WATER
PROVIDER THAT OWNS AN ENTIRE
WATERSHED. FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
RIVER, ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF
THE PEAKS. AND SO I JUST ALL OF
THIS TO SAY, UM, I'M REALLY
IMPRESSED WITH SPU KEEPING OUR
RATES DOWN. I'M REALLY DISTURBED
BY THE PASS THROUGH COSTS THAT
KING COUNTY IS PROVIDING. AND
FOR THE 31,000 NEW HOUSEHOLDS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE
FOR THE UTILITY DISCOUNT
PROGRAM, AND IN THE NEXT TWO
YEARS, THE 81 83,000 HOUSEHOLDS
THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM. EVEN
IF YOU'RE ON THE UDP, YOUR
RATES ARE STILL YOU STILL HAVE
TO HAVE A RATE INCREASE. SO ALL
OF THAT SAID, WE ARE MAKING GOOD
STRIDES AT AFFORDABILITY WITH
THIS PROGRAM. KING COUNTY CATCH
UP AND I APPROVE THIS BILL.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ, CAN YOU
REPEAT HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS FOR
NEXT YEAR? BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG
DEAL. AND THEN THE YEAR AFTER
THAT.
-- I'M OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
IT'S 31,000 THIS YEAR AND
83,000 BY THE TIME WE GET ALL
THE WAY UP TO 80%, AM I?
-- THAT IS AMAZING. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IT'S A
PRETTY IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL
ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
-- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU
TO YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
ALSO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
REALLY EVERYBODY FOR FOR FOR
THIS WORK. AND IT HIGHLIGHTS
WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING I'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT RELATED TO
AFFORDABILITY AND WHAT OUR ROLE
IS IN IT. UM, FROM THE CITY, BUT
ALSO IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS AT
THE COUNTY AND THE STATE ACROSS
PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND
PUBLIC, IN THIS CASE, PUBLIC
UTILITIES. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THIS WORK. IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE BIGGER
PICTURE TO REALLY SEE THESE
IMPACTS. AND WITH THAT SAID,
I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR HIS COMMENTS. JUST
TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FROM
THE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE AND THE
HOOKUPS PIECE, WE NEED TO BE
COGNIZANT OF EVERY LITTLE PIECES
THAT HAS THESE AFFORDABILITY
IMPACTS, THAT HAS THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE, MAYBE OF HAVING
LESS HOUSING. UH, YOU KNOW, LESS
INTERGENERATIONAL, LESS, UM, YOU
KNOW, DISPLACEMENT, YOU KNOW,
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, NOT
JUST AT THE CITY, BUT THE COUNTY
AND THE STATE LEVEL TOO, ACROSS
THESE MAIN AREAS OF PROPERTY
TAX, SALES TAX AND UTILITY
RATES. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS
PROGRAM AND THE COMMENTS THERE
TODAY. THANK YOU.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, ARE THERE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THE
BILL BEFORE US? WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I
COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. AND.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN
FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
-- BILL PASSES CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT WITH THE CLERK. PLEASE FIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF. WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN TO THE RECORD.
-- AGENDA ITEM SEVEN RELATING TO
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES CUSTOMERS.
AMENDING SECTION 21.76.065. THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADJUST
PROGRAM TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND
EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES
FOR EMERGENCY BILL ASSISTANCE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS, AS AMENDED.
-- AWESOME COLLEAGUES, THIS BILL
TAKES CRUCIAL STEPS TO ADDRESS
AFFORDABILITY. AS WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT, ALL THE BILLS THAT ARE
COMING TO YOU ARE ABOUT
AFFORDABILITY, WHETHER IT'S
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT OR SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES. THIS IS
REGARDING A LOT OF THE
WASTEWATER PIECE. I KIND OF
JUMPED THE GUN AND TALKED ABOUT
WASTEWATER BEFORE, BUT I WOULD
LOVE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS BILL
AS WELL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
-- HI.
-- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK.
-- YES
-- RIVERA AYE. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. AYE.
-- AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN
FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED.
-- BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT WITH THE CLERK. PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. AND
THANK YOU TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES. ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE
THAT WORK THERE. AND SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT, UH, LAND USE ITEM. I
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT INTO THE RECORD.
-- FOR THE LAND USE AND
SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. AGENDA
ITEM EIGHT COUNCIL BILL 121243
RELATING TO LAND USE AND ZONING.
ADOPTING TEMPORARY REGULATIONS
PREVIOUSLY AND ORDINANCE 127309
FOR SIX MONTHS TO EXEMPT HOUSING
PROJECTS THAT MEET MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
REQUIREMENTS USING ON SITE
PERFORMANCE UNITS FROM DESIGN
REVIEW AND ALLOWING PERMIT
APPLICATIONS FOR ALL HOUSING,
SUBJECT TO FULL DESIGN REVIEW.
THE OPTION OF COMPLYING WITH
DESIGN REVIEW PURSUANT TO
ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW,
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LIN. AS CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO OFFER THE REPORT.
-- THANK YOU. UM COLLEAGUES,
THIS IS PRIMARILY AN EXTENSION
OF A TEMPORARY PROGRAM WE HAD
FOR DESIGN REVIEW. LONGER TERM,
UM, THERE'S NEW STATE LAW THAT
WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR PERMANENT
DESIGN REVIEW PROGRAM TO MEET
MORE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. THAT
WORK IS ONGOING. UM, AND IN THE
MEANTIME, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO HAVE A, UM, AN INTERIM DESIGN
REVIEW PROGRAM TO ALLOW FOLKS
LIKE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS TO GET DEPARTURES. UM,
AND SO WITH THAT, WE CAME OUT OF
COMMITTEE. UM, WE DID NOT HEAR
ANY SIGNIFICANT OBJECTIONS TO
THE TEMPORARY PROGRAM. WE GOT
COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
WANTING TO, UH, FROM MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PERMANENT,
UM, SORT OF DESIGN REVIEW
PROGRAM. BUT WITH THAT, I'D URGE
YOUR SUPPORT.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LIN, ARE THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THE
BILL BEFORE US? ALL RIGHT. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
-- AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE.
-- AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
-- BILL PASSES. CHAIR WILL SIGN.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE SHORT TITLE I IT'S A
SHORT TITLE ALREADY. UH, I
SHOULD ASK YOU FOR THE FIRST
ONE. OKAY. ITEM NINE INTO THE
RECORD.
-- THE REPORT OF THE
TRANSPORTATION, WATERFRONT AND
SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE AND
ITEM NINE, COUNCIL BILL ONE,
21242. AN ORDINANCE GRANTING FH,
LLC DOING BUSINESS AS SKYLINE.
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT,
MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PEDESTRIAN
SKYBRIDGE OVER AND ACROSS EIGHTH
AVENUE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THE BILL PASS.
-- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA CHAIR. THE
COMMITTEE RECOGNIZE IN ORDER TO
PRESENT THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
-- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. SO THIS IS A PROPOSED
PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK. THE PETITIONER IS
SPECIFICALLY PROPOSING TO
CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A
PEDESTRIAN SKYBRIDGE OVER EIGHTH
AVENUE BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND
CHERRY. UH, THIS CONNECTS
DISTRICTS THREE AND SEVEN, THE
SKYBRIDGE WILL PROVIDE AN ABOVE
GRADE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION FOR
STAFF AND RESIDENTS BETWEEN TWO
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES UH,
CASCADE TOWER AND OLYMPIC TOWER.
THE SKYBRIDGE WILL OCCUPY
APPROXIMATELY 726FT OF THE
RIGHT OF WAY. THE TERM IS FOR 15
YEARS, WITH ONE RENEWABLE 15
YEAR TERM. PUBLIC BENEFITS
INCLUDE OPEN SPACE IMPROVEMENTS
ALONG EIGHTH
-- AVENUE, INTEGRATED PUBLIC ART
AND THE ENHANCED EIGHTH AVENUE
LANDSCAPE AREA AND PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENTS AT EIGHTH AVENUE
AND MARION STREET, ALONG WITH
INTERPRETIVE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE
FOR THE PARK. TO PARK LOOP
PROJECT. UH, AND WE HEARD AT
LEAST ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. OR
SHARE THEIR ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT
FOR THIS. EARLIER TODAY, MISTER
DOUG. THANK YOU MISTER DOUG.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SIR. UM,
AND, UH, WHO BY THE WAY, HAD A,
HAD A VERY TERRIFIC, UH, FANNY
PACK ON AND I, AND I WANT TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU GOT IT SO I
CAN GET MY OWN. UM, BUT IN ANY
EVENT, UH, COLLEAGUES, WE, WE
OFTEN DON'T, WE DON'T, WE
OFTEN DON'T HEAR A TON OF
PUBLIC FEEDBACK. UM, YOU KNOW,
AT THIS, AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL,
UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE KIND OF
MATTERS THERE THAT WOULD
OTHERWISE BE CHARACTERIZED AS,
YOU KNOW, ROUTINE, UH, ORDINARY
COURSE OF BUSINESS THINGS THAT
COMPRISE THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF
COMMITTEE WORK. UH, BY THE WAY,
IT'S NOT ROUTINE FOR THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE THERE. THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT STUFF. UM, BUT THAT IS
TO SAY WE OTHERWISE WE GENERALLY
STILL DON'T HEAR A TON OF
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AT THE, AT THE
COUNCIL LEVEL FOR THIS, BUT I'LL
SAY AT COMMITTEE LEVEL AND EVEN
HERE TODAY, UM, IT'S VERY
CLEAR, UH, THERE IS STRONG
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THIS. AND,
YOU KNOW, I REALLY HONORED,
REALLY WANT TO THANK THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE TAKEN
THE TIME TO, TO SHARE THEIR
FEEDBACK WITH US THROUGHOUT THIS
WHOLE PROCESS. UM, AND AGAIN,
REMINDING THAT IT PASSED
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY AND, AND
THEREFORE RESPECTFULLY URGE A
YES VOTE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
-- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE
COMMUNITY AND FOR THEIR WORK. I
LOVE THE COMMUNITY, THE SKYLINE
COMMUNITY, UH, GREAT PEOPLE. UM,
AND THAT CROSS, UH, DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES. DISTRICT THREE AND
SEVEN. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S,
IT'S THE PIECES HERE THAT ARE
IMPORTANT IS THAT COMMUNITY, BUT
ALSO THE MEDICAL PIECE, YOU
KNOW, IT'S A ELDER, UH, PLACE
WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE MEDICAL
CHALLENGES. AND THERE ARE
DIFFERENT TYPES. AND SO IT'S,
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS
CONNECTION OF THE SKYBRIDGE
BECAUSE IT ALLOWS, UH, HUSBAND
AND WIFE TO BE TOGETHER WHEN 1st
MAY BE GOING THROUGH SOME
MEDICAL, UH, AND CHALLENGES AND
SOME DIFFICULTIES. AND, YOU
KNOW, IT'S THE HUMANITY OF IT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM
FOR RAISING THEIR VOICES, UH,
SPEAKING OUT, ENGAGING COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND I, AS, UH, AS WE
REACHED ACROSS THE DISTRICT,
BOUNDARY SHOOK HANDS TO HELP
THIS SKYLINE COMMUNITY TO MOVE
FORWARD. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO
ALL INVOLVED, UH, FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
-- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
-- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA, FOR
SHEPHERDING THIS LEGISLATION TO
BRING US TO THIS TODAY. I JUST
WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY
HOW EXCITED I AM THAT WE'VE
REACHED THIS MOMENT. AND I
RECALL MY FIRST MEETING WITH THE
SKYLINE COMMUNITY IN 2024. SO A
COUPLE YEARS NOW TO BUILDING UP
TO THIS MOMENT, BUT I AM JUST SO
EXCITED THAT WE'LL BE TAKING
THIS ACTION TODAY BECAUSE IT'S
WHILE WE'RE VOTING ON A
SKYBRIDGE, WE'RE REALLY TALKING
ABOUT, UH, CONNECTING FOLKS
WITHIN THE SKYLINE COMMUNITY.
AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS FOR OUR ELDERS IS SOCIAL
CONNECTION. AND SO I'M GLAD THAT
WE'RE TAKING THESE STEPS TODAY.
I SUPPORTED IN COMMITTEE, I'LL
BE SUPPORTING YESTERDAY AND JUST
REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE HERE.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
-- AWESOME. AND BEFORE I TURN IT
BACK OVER TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, FOR CLOSING COMMENTS. JUST
A BIG THANK YOU AND GRATITUDE
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND
KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS
OBVIOUSLY, TO THE COMMUNITY. AND
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND
I AND YOU HAVE HAD GREAT
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AND
JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
ATTENTION TO THIS AND
SHEPHERDING THROUGH AND JUST
CHAMPIONING IT AS WELL FOR
SKYLINE COMMUNITY. I DO WANT TO
SAY I HAVE THE BETTER TOWER,
WHICH IS CASCADE IN MY DISTRICT,
AND OLYMPIC IS IN COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE SIDE, AND WE LIKE CASCADE
BETTER. IS THAT CORRECT? I SEE
EVERYONE SHAKING THEIR HEAD IN
THE COMMITTEE COUNCIL IN THE
ROOM. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, ANY
CLOSING COMMENTS?
-- NOTHING FURTHER. MADAM
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.
-- OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL? THIS
HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
I'M LOOKING AT Y'ALL LIKE,
HELLO. OKAY, WELL, THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
BILL.
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I
REMEMBER KETTLE.
-- OKAY
-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. AND.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN
FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
-- BILL PASSES CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF? CONGRATULATIONS,
SKYLINE HAS A SKYBRIDGE, A YOU
ALL GOT A SKYBRIDGE? THE MORENO
GOT A CURB CUT, SO YOU ALL WON
ON THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT, WELL,
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER TEN INTO THE RECORD.
-- AGENDA ITEM TEN. CLERK, FILE
3145 30. PETITION OF U. LLC FOR
THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF THE
ALLEY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THAT THE CLERK FILE BE GRANTED
THIS CONDITION.
-- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE YOU RECOGNIZE IN
ORDER TO PRESENT THE COMMITTEE
REPORT.
-- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, IF THE
ALLEY VACATION IS APPROVED
PURSUANT TO THE PROPOSAL, THE
PETITIONERS PLAN A SEVEN STORY
RESIDENTIAL PROJECT WITH ABOUT
101 MARKET RATE UNITS OVER TWO
LEVELS OF PARKING, INCLUDING
TOWNHOUSE STYLE UNITS AT STREET
LEVEL. VACATING THE ALLEY WOULD
CONSOLIDATE THE PARCEL, ENABLE A
UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT WITH LARGER
UNITS AND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
STREET LEVEL OPEN SPACE AT THE
LOCATION. IF THE PETITION IS
GRANTED, THE U. LLC HAS PROPOSED
TO PROVIDE BENEFITS AS FOLLOWS.
THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC BENEFITS A
SIDEWALK WIDENING UH, A NEW SIX
FOOT SIDEWALK WITH A SIX FOOT
LANDSCAPE PLANTER STRIP ON,
SPECIFICALLY ON NORTH 87th
STREET SIDEWALK SHOULDER
EXPANSION ALONG FIRST AVENUE,
NORTHWEST ECOLOGICAL
ENHANCEMENTS AND RESTORATION ON
THE CONSERVATION SITE
IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE PROJECT,
A DECORATIVE METAL FENCE, PANELS
AND BIRDHOUSES AT THE
CONSERVATION SITE AND PUBLIC
BENEFITS DO NOT END THERE,
FOLKS. UH. A PUBLIC REALM
ENHANCEMENT ON AT FIRST AVENUE
NORTHWEST AND NORTH 87th STREET.
UH, THIS PROPOSAL PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF COMMITTEE AND
RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR YOUR
SUPPORT HERE TODAY. THANK YOU.
-- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. UH, ANY COMMENTS REGARDING
THE BILL? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
-- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS USED TO BE IN THE HEART OF
DISTRICT SIX, AND NOW IT'S ON
THE BORDER. AFTER SOME STRANGE
DECISIONS WERE MADE A FEW YEARS
AGO. ALL THAT TO SAY, WE'RE GLAD
TO STILL HAVE IT IN DISTRICT
SIX. UH, TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT
THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT ALLEYWAYS
AND PUBLIC ACCESS, I CAN ASSURE
YOU THE ALLEYWAY THAT IS THERE
IS AN ALLEYWAY TO NOWHERE RIGHT
NOW. AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY
GOING TO PROVIDE SOME REALLY
GREAT PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH THE
WIDENING OF THE SIDEWALKS, AS
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SAID, AS YOU
MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, A NUMBER OF
YEARS AGO, I PROVIDED SOME MONEY
IN SDOT TO GET THEM TO BUILD THE
SIDEWALK SOONER. THEY HAVE YET
TO DO SO. SO I'M REALLY GLAD
THAT THIS IS PASSING BECAUSE
THIS IS AN AREA THAT IT IS THE
ONLY STRETCH BETWEEN THIRD
AVENUE AND GREENWOOD THAT
DOESN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK ON THE
SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE STREET. ON
THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE STREET,
THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS, PERIOD.
SO THERE'S A SORRY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT EMERITUS JUAREZ, WE'VE
GOT SOME WORK TO DO IN D FIVE
REGARDING THESE SIDEWALKS. ALL
THAT TO SAY, I'M REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THE. YEW TREE THAT WILL BE
PLANTED IN ITS PLACE. UM, AND
THIS IS GOING TO BE A BENEFIT
BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT'S A VACANT
LOT. IT IS AN UNOFFICIAL DOG
PARK. SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO FIND
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE. BUT UM,
REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS TURN
FROM VACANT SPACE INTO ACTIVE
SPACE.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, ARE THERE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING, UH
EXCUSE ME REGARDING THE BILL
BEFORE US? ALL RIGHT. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
GRANTING OF THE EXCUSE ME, NOT A
BILL. COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, DO YOU HAVE
ANY CLOSING COMMENTS? NO.
AWESOME. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON GRANTING THE
CLERK FILE AS CONDITIONED.
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
-- YES. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I AND.
-- COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN
FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
-- THE CLERK FILE GRANTS AS
CONDITIONED AND PETITION. THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN THE CITY COUNCIL
CONDITIONS. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON THE
CONDITIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
ON MY BEHALF? THERE WERE NO
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. THERE ARE TWO
RESOLUTIONS FOR INTRODUCTION AND
ADOPTION. TODAY, I'LL ASK THE
CLERK TO READ BOTH ITEMS SO THEY
CAN BE DISCUSSED TOGETHER. THEN
WE WILL VOTE ON THE ITEMS
SEPARATELY. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEMS NUMBER 11 AND
12 INTO THE RECORD AGENDA?
-- ITEMS 11 AND 12. RESOLUTION
THREE, TWO, TWO, ONE, TWO AND
THREE, TWO, TWO, 11. DECLARING
THE INTENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL
TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING
RELATING TO CLARIFYING
PROVISIONS ON ASSESSMENTS.
ESCALATIONS FOR THE BALLARD
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA AND
THE INTENT TO MODIFY THE
BOUNDARIES AND ASSESSMENT
STRUCTURE OF THE CAPITOL HILL
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA AND
FIX THE DATE AND PLACE FOR
HEARING THEREON.
-- AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
YOUR SPONSOR OF BOTH. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
-- I'LL SPEAK TO BOTH OF THESE
RESOLUTIONS TOGETHER. SO TAKING
THE FIRST ONE, RESOLUTION THREE,
TWO, TWO, ONE, TWO IS A
DECLARATION OF THE INTENT OF
CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD A PUBLIC
HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING
ITSELF WILL BE TO SOLICIT
FEEDBACK TO A PROPOSED TECHNICAL
EDIT TO THE BALLARD ORDINANCE,
CLARIFYING THE LANGUAGE TO
ENSURE CONSISTENT, PREDICTABLE
IMPLEMENTATION OF INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS. WHILE THIS IS NOT
TECHNICALLY LEGALLY REQUIRED, WE
FEEL IT'S GOOD GOVERNANCE TO
HEAR DIRECTLY FROM FOLKS WHO
WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY
EVEN SMALL CHANGES TO BIAS. NOW,
RESOLUTION THREE, TWO, TWO, ONE
ONE IS A LEGALLY REQUIRED
DECLARATION OF THE INTENTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD A
PUBLIC HEARING. THIS HEARING
WILL BE TO SOLICIT INPUT ON FIVE
PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
BROADWAY BIAS ORDINANCE,
INTENDED TO STABILIZE CAPITOL
HILL. BIA UH, PARDON ME, CHBIAS
BUDGET. AND TO BETTER ALIGN THE
DISTRICT BOUNDARY WITH THE
CURRENT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. SO
TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE VOTING TODAY
TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS. THIS IS
NOT A VOTE ON ANY OF THE
PROPOSALS, JUST A PROCEDURAL
STEP THAT WE NEED TO TAKE. THANK
YOU.
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE
RESOLUTION BEFORE US? WE WILL
NOW PROCEED TO A VOTE ON ITEM
NUMBER 11. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE
TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 32212. IS
THERE A SECOND?
-- SECOND.
-- IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. ARE
THERE ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION
32212.
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
-- HI.
-- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
-- AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE.
-- AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN
FAVOR.
-- NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
I'M MOVE. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO
ADOPT RESOLUTION 32211. IS THERE
A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE
RESOLUTION. ARE THERE ANY FINAL
COMMENTS? AWESOME. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 32211.
-- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I
COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
-- YES.
-- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AYE.
-- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I AND.
-- COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN
FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
-- MOTION CARRIES. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OUR
EXECUTIVE SESSION?
-- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. YES.
-- THANK YOU. OH, GOOD. YOU
ALREADY KNEW. UM, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, CAN I BE EXCUSED FROM
FULL COUNCIL? TUESDAY, AUGUST
18th.
-- ARE THERE ANY OBJECTION TO
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ BEING
EXCUSED ON AUGUST THE 18th?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS OH, I
THOUGHT THERE WAS AN OBJECTION.
YOU ARE EXCUSED COUNCILMEMBER.
YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
-- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT I TO ASK TO BE EXCUSED
ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 18th FROM
FULL COUNCIL.
-- OKAY. GOT IT. IS THERE ANY
OBJECTION TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
BEING EXCUSED ON AUGUST THE
18th? SEEING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, YOU ARE EXCUSED. AWESOME.
SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. UM, IF
THERE'S. OKAY. SO GREAT. UH,
COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL? WE WILL SAY THAT, UM, I
DO KNOW, AND I'M JUST
MONITORING. WE DO HAVE POOR
QUALITY AIR HERE IN SEATTLE
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE
WILDFIRES THAT ARE GOING ON IN
SPOKANE. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
I SAW AT THE AT THE RATE THERE
WAS OVER 700 BUILDINGS AND HOMES
THAT HAD BEEN DESTROYED ON THE
EAST SIDE. IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY
DEVASTATING AND TERRIBLE. AND
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND,
AND SUPPORT AND POSITIVE ENERGY
ARE SENT TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
LOST HOMES, PEOPLE THAT HAVE
BEEN DISPLACED, IMPACTED THE
FIREFIGHTERS, THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE ON THE FRONT LINES, THE EMT
WORKERS, THE HOSPITAL WORKERS,
THE POLICE, EVERYONE WHO'S
KEEPING THAT COMMUNITY SAFE. WE
ARE WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND JUST YOU HAVE WE ARE
A STATE, WASHINGTON STATE. SO IT
DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE ON
THE EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE, NORTH
SOUTH. WE ARE THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON. AND SEATTLE IS
SENDING THEIR LOVE TO THE EAST
SIDE RIGHT NOW, AS WE ARE NOW
SEEING A LOT OF THAT AIR THAT'S
BEEN BROUGHT OVER HERE BECAUSE
OF THE WILDFIRES AFFECTING AIR
QUALITY. SO WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE
WHAT IT'S LIKE IN SPOKANE RIGHT
NOW. UM, SO I WILL STOP THERE.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
AWESOME. ALL RIGHT.
-- I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER WOO WE STAY UP? DO
WE STAY ON THIS ZOOM FOR THE FOR
THE, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION?
-- NO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
SIGN IN ON THE NEW LINK BECAUSE
WE HAVE OTHER GUESTS JOINING US.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
SO THANK YOU. HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS, WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION AS PRESIDING
OFFICER. I'M ANNOUNCING THAT THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW
CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE PURPOSE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION
IS TO DISCUSS PENDING POTENTIAL
OR ACTUAL LITIGATION. THE
COUNCIL EXECUTIVE SESSION IS
OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO
DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL
MATTERS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY
AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. A LEGAL
MONITOR FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS
PRESENT TO ENSURE THAT COUNCIL
RESERVES QUESTIONS FOR POLICY
FOR OPEN SESSION. SO WE ONLY
TALK ABOUT LEGAL MATTERS. I
EXPECT THE TIME OF THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION TO BE DONE BY 515, ONE
HOUR FROM NOW. IF WE NEED TO
EXTEND IT BEYOND THAT TIME, I
WILL ANNOUNCE THE EXTENSION AND
THE EXPECTED DURATION AS WELL.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS
EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING WILL
AUTOMATICALLY ADJOURN. THE NEXT
REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING IS
AUGUST THE 11th AT 2 P.M. SHARP.
THE COUNCIL IS NOW IN EXECUTIVE
SESSION. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
-- THANK YOU.