1 00:00:19,986 --> 00:00:29,429 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES, 2 00:00:29,429 --> 00:00:30,263 THE JUNE 30th, 2026 MEETING OF 3 00:00:30,263 --> 00:00:31,164 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME 4 00:00:31,164 --> 00:00:32,899 TO ORDER, IT IS FOR: 04 P.M., MY 5 00:00:32,899 --> 00:00:33,900 NAME IS JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, CITY 6 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:35,068 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WILL THE CITY 7 00:00:35,068 --> 00:00:37,303 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 8 00:00:37,303 --> 00:00:47,747 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 9 00:00:55,422 --> 00:00:55,655 >> HERE. 10 00:00:55,655 --> 00:00:56,322 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 11 00:00:56,322 --> 00:00:56,890 >> HERE. 12 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:57,657 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 13 00:00:57,657 --> 00:00:57,924 >> HERE. 14 00:00:57,924 --> 00:00:58,458 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 15 00:00:58,458 --> 00:00:58,792 >> PRESENT. 16 00:00:58,792 --> 00:00:59,292 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 17 00:00:59,292 --> 00:00:59,559 >> HERE. 18 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:00,126 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 19 00:01:00,126 --> 00:01:00,393 >> HERE. 20 00:01:00,393 --> 00:01:00,927 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 21 00:01:00,927 --> 00:01:01,227 >> HERE. 22 00:01:01,227 --> 00:01:01,828 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 23 00:01:01,828 --> 00:01:02,228 >> HERE. 24 00:01:02,228 --> 00:01:02,829 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 25 00:01:02,829 --> 00:01:03,196 HOLLINGSWORTH? 26 00:01:03,196 --> 00:01:03,463 >> HERE. 27 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:05,698 >> NINE PRESENT. 28 00:01:05,698 --> 00:01:06,766 >> THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS 29 00:01:06,766 --> 00:01:07,767 FOR TODAY, OR NO PROCLAMATIONS 30 00:01:07,767 --> 00:01:08,835 FOR PRESENTATIONS SO WE WILL 31 00:01:08,835 --> 00:01:09,969 JUMP RIGHT INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. 32 00:01:09,969 --> 00:01:10,870 COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE 33 00:01:10,870 --> 00:01:12,105 WILL OPEN UP THE HYBRID PUBLIC 34 00:01:12,105 --> 00:01:13,273 COMMENT PERIOD. A PUBLIC COMMENT 35 00:01:13,273 --> 00:01:16,176 IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S 36 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:17,177 AGENDA AND THE INTRODUCTION OF 37 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:18,244 THE REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE 38 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:19,179 COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM. COUNCIL 39 00:01:19,179 --> 00:01:19,879 CANNOT ACCEPT COMMENTS ON 40 00:01:19,879 --> 00:01:20,680 QUASIJUDICIAL ITEMS, OR ANY 41 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:31,057 CAMPAIGN RELATED MATTERS. CLERK, 42 00:01:31,057 --> 00:01:32,425 HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE 43 00:01:32,425 --> 00:01:32,992 SIGNED UP TODAY? 44 00:01:32,992 --> 00:01:34,360 >> WE HAVE 10 REMOTE, AND 14 IN 45 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:34,694 PERSON. 46 00:01:34,694 --> 00:01:36,529 >> SO, THAT IS 24, IF MY MATH IS 47 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:37,397 CORRECT, SO THAT MEANS THAT 48 00:01:37,397 --> 00:01:38,631 BECAUSE WE HAVE FEWER THAN 30, 49 00:01:38,631 --> 00:01:39,833 EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET TWO 50 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:40,834 MINUTES TODAY. CLERK, WILL YOU 51 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:41,901 PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR 52 00:01:41,901 --> 00:01:42,735 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? 53 00:01:42,735 --> 00:01:52,779 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 54 00:01:52,779 --> 00:01:54,114 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 55 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:54,747 FOLLOWING MATTER, SPEAKERS WILL 56 00:01:54,747 --> 00:01:56,049 BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 57 00:01:56,049 --> 00:01:56,783 THEY ARE REGISTERED, SPEAKERS 58 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:58,218 WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN THERE IS 59 00:01:58,218 --> 00:01:59,385 10 SECONDS LEFT IN THE TIME, 60 00:01:59,385 --> 00:02:00,653 SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED IF 61 00:02:00,653 --> 00:02:01,654 THEY DO NOT FINISH THEIR 62 00:02:01,654 --> 00:02:02,889 COMMENTS IN TIME TO ALLOW FOR 63 00:02:02,889 --> 00:02:04,157 THE NEXT SPEAKER. WE WILL NOW 64 00:02:04,157 --> 00:02:12,198 BEGIN WITH OUR LIST. 65 00:02:12,198 --> 00:02:13,500 >> THANK YOU. IF YOU ARE ONLINE, 66 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:14,667 WE WILL COME TO YOU AFTER WE 67 00:02:14,667 --> 00:02:15,401 FINISH OUR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS 68 00:02:15,401 --> 00:02:16,936 AND LET YOU KNOW THAT IN PERSON 69 00:02:16,936 --> 00:02:18,037 SPEAKERS, WE HAVE 14, SO, WE 70 00:02:18,037 --> 00:02:19,472 WILL BE HERE FOR AT LEAST 28 71 00:02:19,472 --> 00:02:20,740 MINUTES FOR IN PERSON, AND THEN 72 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:22,175 -- OH, ABOUT 30 MINUTES -- AND 73 00:02:22,175 --> 00:02:23,143 THEN WE WILL TRANSITION TO 74 00:02:23,143 --> 00:02:24,410 ONLINE, AND I WILL KEEP YOU 75 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:25,411 UPDATED ABOUT HOW MANY SPEAKERS 76 00:02:25,411 --> 00:02:26,646 BEFORE WE SWITCH ONLINE. SO, I 77 00:02:26,646 --> 00:02:27,947 WILL CALL THE FIRST FIVE PEOPLE. 78 00:02:27,947 --> 00:02:28,982 WE HAVE MS. EVENT DINESH, 79 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:29,983 VICTORIA PALMER, RUTH, WE HAVE 80 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:31,117 CLIVE, AND ALISHA RUIZ. SO, IF 81 00:02:31,117 --> 00:02:32,685 YOU ALL START GETTING READY ON 82 00:02:32,685 --> 00:02:38,858 DECK? MC. YVETTE DINESH, 83 00:02:38,858 --> 00:02:39,659 WELCOME, FOLLOWED BY VICTORIA 84 00:02:39,659 --> 00:02:40,560 PALMER, RUTH, AND CLYDE, 85 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,095 WELCOME. ANY MICROPHONE YOU WANT 86 00:02:42,095 --> 00:02:47,767 TO USE. 87 00:02:47,767 --> 00:02:48,968 >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE 88 00:02:48,968 --> 00:02:50,236 FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF 89 00:02:50,236 --> 00:02:51,337 AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR 90 00:02:51,337 --> 00:02:53,173 WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, 91 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:54,040 UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH 92 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:58,311 LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I 93 00:02:58,311 --> 00:03:01,147 WANT TO GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT, I 94 00:03:01,147 --> 00:03:04,384 READ YOUR EMAIL, REGARDING THE 95 00:03:04,384 --> 00:03:07,153 CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA COMMUNITY 96 00:03:07,153 --> 00:03:09,255 FUND. THAT WAS PRETTY 97 00:03:09,255 --> 00:03:11,191 INTERESTING. I HOPE PEOPLE WILL 98 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:14,227 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND 99 00:03:14,227 --> 00:03:18,565 ALSO, WHEN THE MAYOR DECIDED TO 100 00:03:18,565 --> 00:03:20,300 CLOSE OFF THE BOULEVARD FOR THE 101 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:22,001 WHOLE WEEKEND, WERE YOU NOTIFIED 102 00:03:22,001 --> 00:03:25,805 AHEAD OF TIME AT ALL? OR, YOU -- 103 00:03:25,805 --> 00:03:34,781 I'M SORRY? 104 00:03:34,781 --> 00:03:36,149 >> HE WILL TALK TO YOU AFTER, 105 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:37,083 THIS IS FOR YOUR -- 106 00:03:37,083 --> 00:03:37,917 >> OH, YEAH! 107 00:03:37,917 --> 00:03:38,351 >> GO AHEAD. 108 00:03:38,351 --> 00:03:39,419 >> BECAUSE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, 109 00:03:39,419 --> 00:03:40,587 THERE WILL BE PUSHBACK. ALSO, I 110 00:03:40,587 --> 00:03:43,923 NOTICED IN RECENT MEETINGS, THAT 111 00:03:43,923 --> 00:03:45,091 WHEN A PARTICULAR GROUP HAS AN 112 00:03:45,091 --> 00:03:48,161 ISSUE, THEY SHOW UP EN MASSE TO 113 00:03:48,161 --> 00:03:49,395 GIVE THEIR OPINION, WHICH IS A 114 00:03:49,395 --> 00:03:52,465 GOOD THING, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC 115 00:03:52,465 --> 00:03:57,670 AT LARGE, TWO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 116 00:03:57,670 --> 00:03:58,705 CONTESTS SHOWING UP AT REGULAR 117 00:03:58,705 --> 00:03:59,639 COUNCIL MEETINGS AND ALSO AT 118 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:01,074 OTHER EVENTS, OTHER 119 00:04:01,074 --> 00:04:03,076 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, 120 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:06,179 ARE SHOWING UP ON THE REGULAR. 121 00:04:06,179 --> 00:04:13,052 IN PERSON, OR REMOTE. AND I 122 00:04:13,052 --> 00:04:14,587 THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO STAY 123 00:04:14,587 --> 00:04:15,421 ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY. OH, 124 00:04:15,421 --> 00:04:16,556 AND THEN, LASTLY, THERE IS A 125 00:04:16,556 --> 00:04:22,428 PUBLIC SAFETY FOR HIM -- FORUM 126 00:04:22,428 --> 00:04:23,730 TONIGHT, I DON'T KNOW -- I KNOW 127 00:04:23,730 --> 00:04:24,998 IT IS TONIGHT, BUT I FORGOT 128 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:26,432 WHERE IT IS, SO IF YOU COULD 129 00:04:26,432 --> 00:04:27,700 JUST KIND OF LET ME KNOW, 130 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:29,702 BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO GO. AND 131 00:04:29,702 --> 00:04:32,939 THANK YOU, FOR BEING A COUNCIL 132 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:33,840 AGAIN AND WELCOME BACK, AMELIA, 133 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:35,241 AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE, THANK 134 00:04:35,241 --> 00:04:35,441 YOU. 135 00:04:35,441 --> 00:04:42,715 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, MS. 136 00:04:42,715 --> 00:04:48,688 YVETTE. NEXT, WE HAVE VICTORIA, 137 00:04:48,688 --> 00:04:50,089 CLIVE, AND IF YOU ASK QUESTIONS, 138 00:04:50,089 --> 00:04:51,224 THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR YOU, 139 00:04:51,224 --> 00:04:52,091 ALL, AND SOMETIMES, AFTERWARDS, 140 00:04:52,091 --> 00:04:52,792 COUNCILMEMBERS CAN STAY ENGAGED, 141 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:53,993 SO JUST A REMINDER THAT WE 142 00:04:53,993 --> 00:04:55,228 WON'T ANSWER YOU, BUT AT THE 143 00:04:55,228 --> 00:05:02,302 END -- THANK YOU. 144 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:03,703 >> HELLO, COUNCIL, MY NAME IS 145 00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:04,971 VICTORIA PALMER AND I AM AN 146 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:05,772 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF THE 147 00:05:05,772 --> 00:05:06,639 KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY. 148 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:08,074 FIRST, I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY 149 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:09,175 LEADERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO 150 00:05:09,175 --> 00:05:10,310 MAKE SEATTLE A FABULOUS HOST 151 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:11,744 READY FOR THE WORLD CUP, AND HOW 152 00:05:11,744 --> 00:05:22,255 FABULOUS IT IS TO SEE SEATTLE 153 00:05:25,425 --> 00:05:26,459 SHINE WITH THE WORLD WATCHING. 154 00:05:26,459 --> 00:05:27,560 TODAY, I AM HERE TO SHARE 155 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:28,728 COMMENTS ON THE TRANS ENTRANT 26 156 00:05:28,728 --> 00:05:29,362 INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM, IDT, 157 00:05:29,362 --> 00:05:30,630 FORMED BY THE MAYOR TO ESTABLISH 158 00:05:30,630 --> 00:05:31,464 A STRUCTURED, PERMANENT PRIMARK 159 00:05:31,464 --> 00:05:32,231 FOR SUPPORTING TRANSGENDER AND 160 00:05:32,231 --> 00:05:33,066 QUEER INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE 161 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:34,033 RELOCATED TO SEATTLE TO ESCAPE 162 00:05:34,033 --> 00:05:34,867 HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS IN OTHER 163 00:05:34,867 --> 00:05:36,269 STATES. THE CLEAR INTENT OF THE 164 00:05:36,269 --> 00:05:37,537 IDT IS TO REDIRECT PUBLIC FUNDS 165 00:05:37,537 --> 00:05:45,778 TO PAY FOR HOUSING, FOOD, AND 166 00:05:45,778 --> 00:05:46,713 ELECTIVE AND COSMETIC MEDICAL 167 00:05:46,713 --> 00:05:47,180 PROCEDURES FOR TRANS 168 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:48,181 INDIVIDUALS. WE OPPOSED THE USE 169 00:05:48,181 --> 00:05:49,182 OF TAXPAYER MONEY FOR THESE 170 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:50,350 PURPOSES. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE 171 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:51,617 APPEAL MADE TO THE MAYOR TO 172 00:05:51,617 --> 00:05:53,186 DECLARE AN EMERGENCY OF TRANS 173 00:05:53,186 --> 00:05:58,725 REFUGEES WAS BASED ON HIGHLY 174 00:05:58,725 --> 00:05:59,759 INFLATED NUMBERS, AND THAT NO 175 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:00,793 SUCH EMERGENCY EXISTS. I AM 176 00:06:00,793 --> 00:06:02,095 CALLING ON THE COUNCIL TO TAKE 177 00:06:02,095 --> 00:06:03,563 ACTION TO DISBAND THE IDT, AND I 178 00:06:03,563 --> 00:06:04,530 WILL BRING MORE PUBLIC ATTENTION 179 00:06:04,530 --> 00:06:06,165 TO THIS ISSUE TO HELP FACILITATE 180 00:06:06,165 --> 00:06:08,735 THIS. IT IS IRONIC, TO CLAIM 181 00:06:08,735 --> 00:06:10,203 THERE IS A GENOCIDE ON THE TRANS 182 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:11,204 COMMUNITY, WHEN THE TRUTH IS, 183 00:06:11,204 --> 00:06:12,238 THE TRANS MOVEMENT IS THE 184 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:14,440 GENOCIDE UPON OUR PEOPLE. 185 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:15,241 >> BOO! 186 00:06:15,241 --> 00:06:16,743 >> IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE TO 187 00:06:16,743 --> 00:06:18,244 PERSUADE A CHILD TO DAMAGE OR 188 00:06:18,244 --> 00:06:18,811 DESTROY THEIR REPRODUCTIVE 189 00:06:18,811 --> 00:06:19,779 ORGANS BEFORE THEY HAVE EVEN 190 00:06:19,779 --> 00:06:20,847 REACHED THE AGE OF CONSENT. THE 191 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:21,914 AYE. FIVE MOVEMENT IS A 192 00:06:21,914 --> 00:06:22,849 GLAMORIZED MOVEMENT OF 193 00:06:22,849 --> 00:06:23,649 POPULATION CONTROL PUSHED BY 194 00:06:23,649 --> 00:06:24,650 LEFTIST IDEOLOGY. 195 00:06:24,650 --> 00:06:28,020 >> BOO! 196 00:06:28,020 --> 00:06:29,021 >> SO, YES, TRANS INDIVIDUALS 197 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:35,962 HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED, BUT NOT BY 198 00:06:35,962 --> 00:06:36,729 REPUBLICAN POLICY. IN FACT, 199 00:06:36,729 --> 00:06:37,697 SEATTLE REPUBLICANS CAN BE A 200 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:38,731 PART OF WELCOMING THEM, SEEING 201 00:06:38,731 --> 00:06:40,333 THEM AS EQUALS UNDER THE LAW, 202 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:50,743 AND RECOGNIZING THEM AS 203 00:06:54,180 --> 00:06:54,847 CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. 204 00:06:54,847 --> 00:06:55,882 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 205 00:06:55,882 --> 00:06:56,749 >> THANK YOU, RUTH. NEXT, WE 206 00:06:56,749 --> 00:06:57,984 HAVE RUTH, FOLLOWED BY CLIVE AND 207 00:06:57,984 --> 00:06:58,551 ALISHA. WELCOME, RUTH. 208 00:06:58,551 --> 00:06:59,786 >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 209 00:06:59,786 --> 00:07:00,653 >> YES, WE CAN. 210 00:07:00,653 --> 00:07:02,054 >> OKAY, GREAT. MY NAME IS RUTH 211 00:07:02,054 --> 00:07:02,288 ERICA. 212 00:07:02,288 --> 00:07:03,723 >> WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE TIME. 213 00:07:03,723 --> 00:07:04,323 >> OH, SORRY. 214 00:07:04,323 --> 00:07:05,725 >> WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE YOUR 215 00:07:05,725 --> 00:07:11,964 TIME, WE HAVE A LITTLE 216 00:07:11,964 --> 00:07:12,765 DISRUPTION IN THE BACKGROUND. 217 00:07:12,765 --> 00:07:14,133 MR. DIAZ? MR. DIAZ? NO WORRIES, 218 00:07:14,133 --> 00:07:15,368 WE ARE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, LET'S 219 00:07:15,368 --> 00:07:16,736 -- WE ARE GOOD. WE ARE ALL GOOD. 220 00:07:16,736 --> 00:07:17,970 ALL RIGHT. GIVE US ONE SECOND. 221 00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:21,674 MR. DIAZ? YOU ARE GOOD? ALL 222 00:07:21,674 --> 00:07:23,109 RIGHT. NO, NO, NO. YOU ARE GOOD, 223 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:24,277 WE ARE GOOD, BENNETT. ALL RIGHT, 224 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:25,344 GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU. 225 00:07:25,344 --> 00:07:27,346 >> ALL RIGHT, HI, AGAIN, MY NAME 226 00:07:27,346 --> 00:07:31,551 IS RISPERDAL, I LIVE IN BALLARD, 227 00:07:31,551 --> 00:07:32,351 BY SUNSET HILL, LOYAL HEIGHTS, 228 00:07:32,351 --> 00:07:33,820 SO MY STATEMENT IS, THE CITY IS 229 00:07:33,820 --> 00:07:34,620 SPENDING VALUABLE TIME AND 230 00:07:34,620 --> 00:07:35,354 TAXPAYER RESOURCES SETTING THE 231 00:07:35,354 --> 00:07:36,689 CREATION OF A TRANSGENDER 232 00:07:36,689 --> 00:07:41,894 SANCTUARY. BEFORE DOING SO, I 233 00:07:41,894 --> 00:07:42,795 ASKED CLIVE SIMPLE QUESTIONS, 234 00:07:42,795 --> 00:07:43,796 WHAT DOCUMENTED HARM IS THE 235 00:07:43,796 --> 00:07:44,597 SANCTUARY INTENDED TO ADDRESS? 236 00:07:44,597 --> 00:07:55,074 IS THERE EVIDENCE THE LOCAL 237 00:07:55,274 --> 00:07:55,708 GOVERNMENT, THIS LOCAL 238 00:07:55,708 --> 00:07:56,442 GOVERNMENT, CAN REDUCE THAT 239 00:07:56,442 --> 00:07:57,610 HARM? WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE, TO 240 00:07:57,610 --> 00:07:59,178 BE IN THIS SANCTUARY? AND IF THE 241 00:07:59,178 --> 00:07:59,879 ELIGIBILITY IS RESTRICTED, WHAT 242 00:07:59,879 --> 00:08:01,113 IS THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THAT 243 00:08:01,113 --> 00:08:08,621 RESTRICTION? SINCE WE ARE GIVING 244 00:08:08,621 --> 00:08:09,622 MONEY TO THE PUBLIC AND 245 00:08:09,622 --> 00:08:10,690 RESTRICTING IT TO ONLY CERTAIN 246 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:11,891 PEOPLE. THE LAST QUESTION IS, 247 00:08:11,891 --> 00:08:13,092 WHY -- AND I AM NOT EXPECTING 248 00:08:13,092 --> 00:08:14,427 YOU TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, I 249 00:08:14,427 --> 00:08:15,561 HEARD WHAT YOU SAID -- WHY 250 00:08:15,561 --> 00:08:16,395 SHOULD SEATTLE TAXPAYERS FUND 251 00:08:16,395 --> 00:08:17,363 IT? SORT OF RHETORICAL. SEATTLE 252 00:08:17,363 --> 00:08:18,464 FACES A SERIOUS BUDGET SHORTFALL 253 00:08:18,464 --> 00:08:19,565 AND OUR RESIDENTS STRUGGLE EVERY 254 00:08:19,565 --> 00:08:20,266 DAY WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, 255 00:08:20,266 --> 00:08:21,067 TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND THE 256 00:08:21,067 --> 00:08:21,934 DECLINING QUALITY OF OUR 257 00:08:21,934 --> 00:08:22,468 NEIGHBORHOODS. LONGTIME 258 00:08:22,468 --> 00:08:24,170 TAXPAYERS DESERVE TO KNOW WHY 259 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:24,971 CITY RESOURCES ARE BEING 260 00:08:24,971 --> 00:08:26,505 DIRECTED TOWARD A NEW SANCTUARY 261 00:08:26,505 --> 00:08:32,545 PROPOSAL, INSTEAD OF THESE 262 00:08:32,545 --> 00:08:33,179 URGENT, LOCAL NEEDS. THIS 263 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:34,113 PROPOSAL IS PRESENTED LARGELY AS 264 00:08:34,113 --> 00:08:35,181 A RESPONSE TO FEDERAL POLICIES. 265 00:08:35,181 --> 00:08:38,451 YET, THE PEOPLE BEING ASKED TO 266 00:08:38,451 --> 00:08:39,452 BEAR THE COST ARE SEATTLE 267 00:08:39,452 --> 00:08:41,053 RESIDENTS, MANY OF WHOM OPPOSE 268 00:08:41,053 --> 00:08:45,591 THESE POLICIES. THE RECENT 269 00:08:45,591 --> 00:08:46,425 MEDICAID CHANGES AFFECTED MANY 270 00:08:46,425 --> 00:08:47,026 VULNERABLE PEOPLE, INCLUDING 271 00:08:47,026 --> 00:08:48,528 FAMILIES CARING FOR AUTISTIC 272 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:51,430 CHILDREN, PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON 273 00:08:51,430 --> 00:08:52,064 MEDICAID FOR BASIC HEALTHCARE, 274 00:08:52,064 --> 00:08:52,965 AND WORKERS WHOSE JOBS WERE 275 00:08:52,965 --> 00:08:54,834 AFFECTED. THESE NEEDS ARE REAL 276 00:08:54,834 --> 00:09:04,911 AND IMMEDIATE. IF SEATTLE IS 277 00:09:04,911 --> 00:09:05,378 CONSIDERING CREATING 278 00:09:05,378 --> 00:09:06,612 SANCTUARIES, THEN I URGE YOU TO 279 00:09:06,612 --> 00:09:07,480 CREATE A SANCTUARY FOR 280 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:08,180 BIOLOGICAL WOMEN. WOMEN ALONE 281 00:09:08,180 --> 00:09:09,348 BEAR THE BURDENS OF PREGNANCY, 282 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:09,882 CHILDBIRTH, REPRODUCTIVE 283 00:09:09,882 --> 00:09:11,117 DISEASE, AND MANY OTHER 284 00:09:11,117 --> 00:09:11,751 SEX-SPECIFIC CONDITIONS. WOMEN 285 00:09:11,751 --> 00:09:12,552 ALSO EXPERIENCE THE OVERWHELMING 286 00:09:12,552 --> 00:09:21,327 MAJORITY OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE, 287 00:09:21,327 --> 00:09:21,928 STALKING, INTIMATE PARTNER 288 00:09:21,928 --> 00:09:22,762 VIOLENCE, AND PERSISTENT SEXUAL 289 00:09:22,762 --> 00:09:23,863 HARASSMENT. THESE ARE HARMS THAT 290 00:09:23,863 --> 00:09:25,231 AFFECT MILLIONS OF WOMEN. THIS 291 00:09:25,231 --> 00:09:25,765 PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES A 292 00:09:25,765 --> 00:09:28,100 DISCUSSION OF A TRANSGENDER -- 293 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:30,303 >> THANK YOU, RUTH. IS THE -- 294 00:09:30,303 --> 00:09:37,243 YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. YOU CAN BE 295 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:38,444 MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT YOUR 296 00:09:38,444 --> 00:09:39,645 COMMENTS IN THE BUCKET. THANK 297 00:09:39,645 --> 00:09:45,351 YOU SO MUCH. CLIVE? IN THE 298 00:09:45,351 --> 00:09:46,252 BUCKET, TO YOUR LEFT, MY RIGHT. 299 00:09:46,252 --> 00:09:47,720 CLIVE, AND THEN ALISHA. THANK 300 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:48,487 YOU. 301 00:09:48,487 --> 00:09:49,589 >> COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS 302 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:52,758 CLIVE HAYWARD, I PERFORM SAFETY 303 00:09:52,758 --> 00:09:55,795 ON THE SEATTLE WATERFRONT FOR 11 304 00:09:55,795 --> 00:09:56,796 YEARS. ON JUNE 12th, THE 305 00:09:56,796 --> 00:10:02,735 SECURITY ISSUED ME A ONE DAY 306 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:04,003 EXCLUSION WHILE I WAS ENGAGED IN 307 00:10:04,003 --> 00:10:08,040 STREET PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY. THE 308 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:08,641 NOTICE THREATENED CRIMINAL 309 00:10:08,641 --> 00:10:14,580 TRESPASS IF I RETURNED. THERE 310 00:10:14,580 --> 00:10:15,381 WAS NO VIOLENCE, OBSTRUCTION, 311 00:10:15,381 --> 00:10:16,048 PROPERTY DAMAGE, EMERGENCY 312 00:10:16,048 --> 00:10:17,249 ACCESS, OR CROWD CONTROL 313 00:10:17,249 --> 00:10:22,088 INCIDENT. THE ISSUE IS THAT IT 314 00:10:22,088 --> 00:10:23,556 WAS I WAS OUTSIDE OF A 315 00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:24,490 DESIGNATED EXPRESSION LOCATION. 316 00:10:24,490 --> 00:10:31,163 AFTER SEATTLE POLICE ARRIVED, I 317 00:10:31,163 --> 00:10:32,264 SAID I WOULD MOVE, IF EXCLUSION 318 00:10:32,264 --> 00:10:33,065 WAS BEING THREATENED, ESU 319 00:10:33,065 --> 00:10:34,500 EXCLUDED ME ANYWAY. I ASKED THE 320 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:37,770 WATERFRONT PARK MANAGEMENT TO 321 00:10:37,770 --> 00:10:39,038 RESCIND OR CORRECT THE NOTICE, 322 00:10:39,038 --> 00:10:40,339 PROVIDE MUTUAL REVIEW, OR STATE 323 00:10:40,339 --> 00:10:45,945 REFUSAL, THEY RESPONDED THAT THE 324 00:10:45,945 --> 00:10:46,479 ADMINISTRATION REVIEW IS 325 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:47,213 AVAILABLE, ONLY FOR EXCLUSIONS 326 00:10:47,213 --> 00:10:48,914 OF SEVEN DAYS OR MORE. THAT 327 00:10:48,914 --> 00:10:51,784 EXCLUSION COST ME REAL INCOME, 328 00:10:51,784 --> 00:10:52,685 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT 329 00:10:52,685 --> 00:11:01,394 BURDENED MY FIRST AMENDMENT 330 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:01,894 PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES. 331 00:11:01,894 --> 00:11:03,062 EXCLUSION IS NOT HARMLESS, WHEN 332 00:11:03,062 --> 00:11:03,696 IT STOPS PROTECTED EXPRESSION, 333 00:11:03,696 --> 00:11:04,897 AND CARRIES CRIMINAL TRESPASS 334 00:11:04,897 --> 00:11:08,701 CONSEQUENCES. BUT, THE CITY IS 335 00:11:08,701 --> 00:11:09,902 TAKING A POSITION THAT IT GETS 336 00:11:09,902 --> 00:11:11,470 NO MEANINGFUL REVIEW BECAUSE IT 337 00:11:11,470 --> 00:11:15,875 IS SHORT. THIS MATCHES A BROADER 338 00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:21,414 PROBLEM. I HAVE MADE MULTIPLE 339 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:22,148 COMPLAINTS ABOUT SEATTLE CENTER 340 00:11:22,148 --> 00:11:24,116 STAFF AND THEY ALL END UP IN A 341 00:11:24,116 --> 00:11:24,817 BLACK HOLE. THESE COMPLAINTS ARE 342 00:11:24,817 --> 00:11:29,355 BACKED BY VIDEO EVIDENCE, 343 00:11:29,355 --> 00:11:30,256 WRITTEN REPORTS, AND HAVE 344 00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:34,427 RECEIVED NO MEANINGFUL RESPONSE. 345 00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:40,099 HR DISCUSSED THAT THERE WAS NO 346 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:41,067 NEED TO RESPOND TO MY 347 00:11:41,067 --> 00:11:42,268 COMPLAINTS, BECAUSE ETHICS AND 348 00:11:42,268 --> 00:11:47,139 CITY RECORDS WERE COPIED, 349 00:11:47,139 --> 00:11:49,775 HOWEVER RECORDS CONTAIN NO 350 00:11:49,775 --> 00:11:58,851 FOLLOW-UP. PLEASE IDENTIFY WHO 351 00:11:58,851 --> 00:11:59,618 HAS THE AUTHORITY -- 352 00:11:59,618 --> 00:12:00,986 >> THANK YOU, CLIVE. NEXT, WE 353 00:12:00,986 --> 00:12:02,421 HAVE ALISHA, FOLLOWED BY SCOTT, 354 00:12:02,421 --> 00:12:07,259 AND IVANA, KEITH, PAUL, AND THEN 355 00:12:07,259 --> 00:12:07,660 GLENN. WELCOME. 356 00:12:07,660 --> 00:12:08,360 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT 357 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:09,161 HOLLINGSWORTH, AND MEMBERS OF 358 00:12:09,161 --> 00:12:10,963 THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALICIA 359 00:12:10,963 --> 00:12:12,665 RUIZ, ACTIVATED POLICY MANAGER 360 00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:15,968 AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEATTLE 361 00:12:15,968 --> 00:12:26,512 AND KING COUNTIES. OUR MISSION 362 00:12:27,413 --> 00:12:28,414 IS A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE -- 363 00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:29,648 EVERYONE -- HAS A SAFE, DECENT, 364 00:12:29,648 --> 00:12:30,683 AFFORDABLE PLACE TO CALL HOME 365 00:12:30,683 --> 00:12:31,650 AND SEATTLE'S OFFICE OF HOUSING 366 00:12:31,650 --> 00:12:32,852 IS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST PARTNERS 367 00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:33,919 IN MAKING THAT MISSION POSSIBLE. 368 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:35,321 WE ARE HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF 369 00:12:35,321 --> 00:12:36,455 THREE ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA. 370 00:12:36,455 --> 00:12:37,389 FIRST, CB 121218, UPDATING THE 371 00:12:37,389 --> 00:12:45,731 HOUSE HE LEVY, ADMINISTERED OF 372 00:12:45,731 --> 00:12:46,265 IN FINANCIAL PLAN WHICH 373 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:47,166 STRENGTHENS THE SUBSIDY TOOLS WE 374 00:12:47,166 --> 00:12:48,200 RELY ON TO SERVE WORKING 375 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:49,001 FAMILIES. SECOND, COUNCIL BILL 376 00:12:49,001 --> 00:12:50,269 12137, THE MONTLAKE HOMES SITE. 377 00:12:50,269 --> 00:12:51,470 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A GREAT 378 00:12:51,470 --> 00:12:52,605 NEED FOR AFFORDABLE 379 00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:56,442 HOMEOWNERSHIP. IT IS TRANSIT 380 00:12:56,442 --> 00:12:57,610 RICH AND IS ADJACENT TO 381 00:12:57,610 --> 00:13:02,848 ESSENTIAL WORKER JOB CENTERS. 382 00:13:02,848 --> 00:13:03,682 THIS LEGISLATION MOVES US 383 00:13:03,682 --> 00:13:04,950 TOWARDS 50 NEW AFFORDABLE HOMES, 384 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:12,925 THERE. THIRD, COUNCIL BILL 385 00:13:12,925 --> 00:13:13,759 121238, TWO PARCELS IN THE 386 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:14,660 CENTRAL AREA. THIS IS A 387 00:13:14,660 --> 00:13:15,394 NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE BLACK 388 00:13:15,394 --> 00:13:22,034 COMMUNITY HAS FALLEN FROM NEARLY 389 00:13:22,034 --> 00:13:23,335 75% IN THE 1970s, TO AROUND 15% 390 00:13:23,335 --> 00:13:24,370 TODAY, AND WHERE BLACK 391 00:13:24,370 --> 00:13:24,970 HOMEOWNERSHIP HAS ESPECIALLY 392 00:13:24,970 --> 00:13:29,475 BEEN HIT HARD. SECURING THIS 393 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:30,843 SITE FOR AFFORDABLE, FOR SALE 394 00:13:30,843 --> 00:13:31,477 HOUSING, IS A MEANINGFUL STEP 395 00:13:31,477 --> 00:13:32,244 TOWARD REIMBURSING THAT 396 00:13:32,244 --> 00:13:34,980 DISPLACEMENT. WE ARE URGING 397 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:36,215 SWIFT PASSAGE OF ALL THREE AND 398 00:13:36,215 --> 00:13:37,283 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED 399 00:13:37,283 --> 00:13:38,417 PARTNERSHIP AND CONTINUE 400 00:13:38,417 --> 00:13:46,325 BUILDING TOWARD HABITAT VISION 401 00:13:46,325 --> 00:13:47,493 FOR SEATTLE WHERE EVERYONE HAS A 402 00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:48,861 PLACE TO CALL HOME. THANK YOU. 403 00:13:48,861 --> 00:13:49,728 >> THANK YOU, ALISHA. NEXT, WE 404 00:13:49,728 --> 00:13:50,863 HAVE SCOTT FOLLOWED BY IVANA, 405 00:13:50,863 --> 00:13:54,033 KEITH, PAUL, GLENN. IS SCOTT 406 00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:55,067 HERE? SCOTT? ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE 407 00:13:55,067 --> 00:13:56,268 NAMED SCOTT HERE? OKAY, I WILL 408 00:13:56,268 --> 00:13:59,371 COME BACK. IVANA, IS IVANA HERE? 409 00:13:59,371 --> 00:14:01,106 IS THERE AN IVANA HERE? NO? 410 00:14:01,106 --> 00:14:04,977 OKAY. NEXT, WE HAVE KEITH 411 00:14:04,977 --> 00:14:11,784 CARPENTER. HEY, KEITH. WELCOME. 412 00:14:11,784 --> 00:14:13,619 >> HI, THERE, I'M KEITH 413 00:14:13,619 --> 00:14:14,553 CARPENTER, I'M THE PASTOR OF 414 00:14:14,553 --> 00:14:15,120 EVERGLADES CHURCH IN NORTH 415 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:16,121 SEATTLE, AND COUNCIL, I JUST 416 00:14:16,121 --> 00:14:20,426 WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR TAKING 417 00:14:20,426 --> 00:14:21,193 SOME ACTION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 418 00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:22,161 AT 105th AND AURORA, AND THE 419 00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:23,229 AURORA TRAGEDY THAT WE HAVE 420 00:14:23,229 --> 00:14:28,267 GOING ON UP THERE. THERE HAS 421 00:14:28,267 --> 00:14:29,902 BEEN A LOT OF YEARS OF THIS, AND 422 00:14:29,902 --> 00:14:31,270 THANK YOU FOR CURBING SOME OF 423 00:14:31,270 --> 00:14:32,204 IT, WITH THE BARRIERS AND 424 00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:33,405 WHATNOT. I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE 425 00:14:33,405 --> 00:14:35,908 YOU -- ON A COUPLE THINGS. NOT 426 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:39,545 TO FORGET, WE HAVE JUST PUT A 427 00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:40,546 BAND-AID ON THE PROBLEM AND IT 428 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:44,183 IS NOT SOLVED. AND WOULDN'T IT 429 00:14:44,183 --> 00:14:45,417 BE GREAT, IF SEATTLE COULD SOLVE 430 00:14:45,417 --> 00:14:46,652 A BIGGER PROBLEM? THERE IS REAL 431 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:53,893 VICTIMS, WHO ARE YOUNG GIRLS, 432 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:54,560 MOSTLY, YOUNG BOYS, AS WELL, ON 433 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:55,628 THE STREET, AND THEY ARE BEING 434 00:14:55,628 --> 00:15:03,335 VICTIMIZED AND ABUSED, AND THERE 435 00:15:03,335 --> 00:15:04,570 NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING MORE THAN 436 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:05,771 JUST A BAND-AID. AND I REALLY 437 00:15:05,771 --> 00:15:07,006 WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEAN 438 00:15:07,006 --> 00:15:08,807 INTO IT EVEN FURTHER. WE HAVE AN 439 00:15:08,807 --> 00:15:09,842 OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS 440 00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:10,976 SOME MOMENTUM, AND I THINK IF WE 441 00:15:10,976 --> 00:15:11,844 GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER, 442 00:15:11,844 --> 00:15:12,945 WE COULD REALLY CAUSE SOME 443 00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:13,746 REALLY IMPORTANT POLICY, AND 444 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:18,150 PROBABLY, CHANGE IN THIS CITY. 445 00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:19,018 THIS CITY IS SUPPOSEDLY KNOWN 446 00:15:19,018 --> 00:15:20,586 FOR PROSTITUTION -- NOT A GOOD 447 00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:22,821 THING TO BE KNOWN FOR. THEY SAY, 448 00:15:22,821 --> 00:15:31,864 AROUND THE WORLD, AURORA AVENUE, 449 00:15:31,864 --> 00:15:32,965 AND IN SEATTLE, PEOPLE KNOW. I 450 00:15:32,965 --> 00:15:34,633 TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THAT I 451 00:15:34,633 --> 00:15:35,768 HAVE A BUSINESS AND I AM A 452 00:15:35,768 --> 00:15:38,537 PASTOR ON AURORA, THEY GO, " 453 00:15:38,537 --> 00:15:40,039 OOF." ARGO, "I KNOW, BUT THE 454 00:15:40,039 --> 00:15:40,906 HUMAN TRAGEDY IS WORTH IT," 455 00:15:40,906 --> 00:15:42,141 IT'S NOW SITTING THERE FOR 18 456 00:15:42,141 --> 00:15:43,575 YEARS IN THIS SPACE, AND I WANT 457 00:15:43,575 --> 00:15:50,649 TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE 458 00:15:50,649 --> 00:15:51,917 ROT OF A SOCIETY THAT ALLOWS ITS 459 00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:52,551 MOST VULNERABLE TO BE 460 00:15:52,551 --> 00:15:53,585 CONTINUALLY USED, OVER AND OVER. 461 00:15:53,585 --> 00:15:58,490 IT IS HORRIFIC. THANK YOU. 462 00:15:58,490 --> 00:15:59,591 >> THANK YOU, PASTOR KEITH. 463 00:15:59,591 --> 00:16:01,093 NEXT, WE HAVE PAUL, FOLLOWED BY 464 00:16:01,093 --> 00:16:08,067 GLENN. 465 00:16:08,067 --> 00:16:09,535 >> HI, I'M PAUL TOMLINSON, AND 466 00:16:09,535 --> 00:16:10,636 WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, TALKED 467 00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:11,437 ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAVE ALSO 468 00:16:11,437 --> 00:16:17,676 WORKED WITH KEITH IN HIS AREA, 469 00:16:17,676 --> 00:16:18,644 CLEANING UP GRAFFITI, WALKING 470 00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:19,745 THE STREETS, KIND OF SAFE LOCKS 471 00:16:19,745 --> 00:16:21,246 WITH PEOPLE. SO, I WANT TO BACK 472 00:16:21,246 --> 00:16:23,082 UP WHAT HE IS SAYING. THIS PAST 473 00:16:23,082 --> 00:16:24,283 SATURDAY, WE DID A CLEANUP IN 474 00:16:24,283 --> 00:16:25,918 WASHINGTON PARK AND I WANT TO 475 00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:27,419 GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR 476 00:16:27,419 --> 00:16:33,258 PRESIDENT JOY, WHO WAS JARED 477 00:16:33,258 --> 00:16:34,193 THERE, WITH ABOUT 50 OTHER 478 00:16:34,193 --> 00:16:36,095 PEOPLE, WHO, AS A RESULT OF TWO 479 00:16:36,095 --> 00:16:36,695 NEIGHBORS, ONE BUSINESSPERSON 480 00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:38,130 AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER, 481 00:16:38,130 --> 00:16:38,664 CIRCULATING 130 HANDOUTS, 482 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:46,038 ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME AND 483 00:16:46,038 --> 00:16:47,039 ACTUALLY CAME, WALKED UP THE 484 00:16:47,039 --> 00:16:47,940 HILL, CLEANED UP WHERE THE 485 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:49,341 ENCAMPMENTS WERE, AND I BELIEVE 486 00:16:49,341 --> 00:16:50,709 WE HAD ABOUT 50 PEOPLE THERE. I 487 00:16:50,709 --> 00:16:55,280 AM TALKING TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT 488 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:55,914 NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING TOGETHER, 489 00:16:55,914 --> 00:16:57,349 AND WE HOPE, MORE AND MORE, THAT 490 00:16:57,349 --> 00:16:58,984 WE CAN GET YOU OUT AND COME TO 491 00:16:58,984 --> 00:17:06,258 SOME OF THESE CLEANUPS. PEOPLE 492 00:17:06,258 --> 00:17:07,326 ARE BEGINNING TO SEE WHAT THE 493 00:17:07,326 --> 00:17:08,894 PROBLEM IS, BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE 494 00:17:08,894 --> 00:17:10,229 A PART OF THAT, SO WE JUST 495 00:17:10,229 --> 00:17:11,630 WANTED TO THANK YOU. WE KNOW YOU 496 00:17:11,630 --> 00:17:12,765 ARE ADDRESSING THAT, AND WHAT 497 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:15,734 KEITH IS DOING, AND WHAT SOME OF 498 00:17:15,734 --> 00:17:16,735 THE CHURCHES THAT ARE WORKING 499 00:17:16,735 --> 00:17:18,003 WITH HIM, THEY ARE DOING AN 500 00:17:18,003 --> 00:17:19,004 AMAZING JOB OF PULLING PEOPLE 501 00:17:19,004 --> 00:17:20,439 TOGETHER AND WE CAN DO THAT. THE 502 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:21,874 WORLD CUP IS SHOWING THAT WE CAN 503 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:23,809 DO A LOT OF THINGS, AND 504 00:17:23,809 --> 00:17:28,113 PRESIDENT JOY, I REALLY 505 00:17:28,113 --> 00:17:29,615 APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT, AND YOU 506 00:17:29,615 --> 00:17:30,549 ACTUALLY DID QUITE A BIT OF WORK 507 00:17:30,549 --> 00:17:31,917 OUT THERE THAT DAY. I WAS VERY 508 00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:32,951 IMPRESSED. SO, ANYWAY, THANK YOU 509 00:17:32,951 --> 00:17:33,318 VERY MUCH. 510 00:17:33,318 --> 00:17:34,753 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. PAUL. 511 00:17:34,753 --> 00:17:35,788 GLENN, DON'T MIND GETTING MY 512 00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:44,096 HANDS DIRTY, OKAY? DIRTY HANDS, 513 00:17:44,096 --> 00:17:45,464 CLEAN MONEY. IS GLENN HERE? 514 00:17:45,464 --> 00:17:46,098 GLENN? GLENN? HEY, MR. GLENN. 515 00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:47,366 WELCOME. AND AFTER GLENN, WE 516 00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:48,100 HAVE MAX, THEN GABRIEL, THEN 517 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:50,903 HOWARD, THEN BENNETT. 518 00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:52,504 >> MY NAME IS GLENN STOCKWELL, I 519 00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:53,405 AM A CHAIRMAN OF WASHINGTON 520 00:17:53,405 --> 00:17:54,306 STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT 521 00:17:54,306 --> 00:17:57,076 IS A NONPROFIT ENTITY. AND I AM 522 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:58,310 COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK 523 00:17:58,310 --> 00:18:00,379 YOU TWO QUESTIONS. AND I WOULD 524 00:18:00,379 --> 00:18:02,714 LIKE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH PATTY 525 00:18:02,714 --> 00:18:10,489 MURRAY FOR A PERIOD OF ONE 526 00:18:10,489 --> 00:18:11,690 MONTH, AND ONE MONTH, I PUT 527 00:18:11,690 --> 00:18:12,724 TOGETHER A LARGE ESTATE PROJECT 528 00:18:12,724 --> 00:18:14,293 BEFORE, WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER. 529 00:18:14,293 --> 00:18:17,362 OKAY? WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO -- 530 00:18:17,362 --> 00:18:19,198 THERE IS OVER $5 BILLION SITTING 531 00:18:19,198 --> 00:18:22,134 ON THE FEDERAL TABLE, THAT 532 00:18:22,134 --> 00:18:23,102 PRESIDENT BIDEN PUT THERE ON 533 00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:30,542 NOVEMBER 15th, 2021. AND NOBODY 534 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:32,211 HAS GONE OUT TO GET IT. I HAVE 535 00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:34,980 KNOWN PATTY FOR MANY YEARS. WE 536 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:36,381 GET ALONG WELL. AND WHAT I WOULD 537 00:18:36,381 --> 00:18:42,654 LIKE TO DO, IS GIFT ONE MONTH OF 538 00:18:42,654 --> 00:18:43,889 MY TIME TO GO BACK TO 539 00:18:43,889 --> 00:18:45,424 WASHINGTON, D.C., AND IN ONE 540 00:18:45,424 --> 00:18:47,292 MONTH -- I KNOW THIS SOUNDS 541 00:18:47,292 --> 00:18:47,926 STRANGE BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT 542 00:18:47,926 --> 00:18:52,231 AND ALL OF THAT -- WE HAVE 543 00:18:52,231 --> 00:18:53,031 STARTED THE INITIATION PROCESS 544 00:18:53,031 --> 00:18:57,936 TO GET THE $5 BILLION, AND THE 545 00:18:57,936 --> 00:18:59,204 PROJECT I AM TALKING ABOUT IS 546 00:18:59,204 --> 00:19:00,205 THE COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT, THE 547 00:19:00,205 --> 00:19:04,810 COMPLETION OF IT WAS BROUGHT TO 548 00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:05,844 WASHINGTON STATE IN THE '30s BY 549 00:19:05,844 --> 00:19:06,778 THE WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATIC 550 00:19:06,778 --> 00:19:10,215 PARTY, AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN 551 00:19:10,215 --> 00:19:11,116 COMPLETED. IT IS ONLY HALF 552 00:19:11,116 --> 00:19:12,184 COMPLETED. THE PARTY GOES ALL 553 00:19:12,184 --> 00:19:13,585 THE WAY FROM GRANDAM ALL THE WAY 554 00:19:13,585 --> 00:19:19,424 TO WALLA WALLA. AND WHAT I WOULD 555 00:19:19,424 --> 00:19:26,365 LIKE YOU TO DO, WOULD YOU HELP 556 00:19:26,365 --> 00:19:26,899 SENATOR MURRAY, GOVERNOR 557 00:19:26,899 --> 00:19:27,766 FERGUSON, AND MAYOR KATIE WILSON 558 00:19:27,766 --> 00:19:32,204 BRING THE LARGEST ECONOMIC 559 00:19:32,204 --> 00:19:33,272 DEVELOPMENT AND JOB PROJECT IN 560 00:19:33,272 --> 00:19:34,072 U.S. HISTORY TO WASHINGTON 561 00:19:34,072 --> 00:19:36,141 STATE? YOU HAVE A LOT OF 562 00:19:36,141 --> 00:19:38,310 POLITICAL POWER. WOULDN'T YOU 563 00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:39,778 BE WILLING TO HELP GOVERNOR 564 00:19:39,778 --> 00:19:43,448 FERGUSON, BY USING YOUR TO 565 00:19:43,448 --> 00:19:51,690 LEVERAGE INCOME TAX? THERE IS A 566 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:52,791 LATE WAY OUT OF THIS. YOU KNOW, 567 00:19:52,791 --> 00:19:54,293 HE WAS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD, WHEN 568 00:19:54,293 --> 00:19:54,459 -- 569 00:19:54,459 --> 00:20:00,365 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 570 00:20:00,365 --> 00:20:02,568 OH, THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY NICE 571 00:20:02,568 --> 00:20:11,310 OF YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE MAX, 572 00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:11,944 GABRIEL, HOWARD, AND BENNETT, 573 00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:13,211 THEN WE WILL SWITCH TO THE 574 00:20:13,211 --> 00:20:16,415 ONLINE, WE HAVE FOUR MORE 575 00:20:16,415 --> 00:20:17,549 SPEAKERS IN PERSON, THEN WE WILL 576 00:20:17,549 --> 00:20:23,422 GO ONLINE. WELCOME, MAX. OH, ONE 577 00:20:23,422 --> 00:20:24,489 SECOND. YOU CAN START. SOMEBODY 578 00:20:24,489 --> 00:20:25,490 ELSE'S MONITORING THE TIME. GO, 579 00:20:25,490 --> 00:20:27,092 GO RIGHT AHEAD. GO RIGHT AHEAD, 580 00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:31,663 MAX. 581 00:20:31,663 --> 00:20:33,298 >> OH, HELLO, COUNCIL, I AM HERE 582 00:20:33,298 --> 00:20:34,399 TO COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ITEM 583 00:20:34,399 --> 00:20:35,367 AUTHORIZING STREET CLOSURES TO 584 00:20:35,367 --> 00:20:36,234 ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS PAST 585 00:20:36,234 --> 00:20:37,369 FRIDAY, I ATTENDED A MEMORIAL 586 00:20:37,369 --> 00:20:38,904 RIDE FOR TWO CYCLISTS RECENTLY 587 00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:43,241 KILLED ON CITY STREETS, MARY AND 588 00:20:43,241 --> 00:20:44,276 CHRISTIAN. I HAVE RIDDEN ON 589 00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:45,077 MEMORIAL RIDES FOR OTHER 590 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:55,621 NEIGHBORS, AND CONSTANTLY RIDE 591 00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:58,123 PAST SPIKES INCLUDING ONE FOR 592 00:20:58,123 --> 00:20:58,991 MARVIN MILLER, KILLED BY A 593 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:00,359 DRIVER WHO RAN OFF THE ROAD ON 594 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:01,593 MARGINAL WAY. I HAVE WAITED WITH 595 00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:02,461 INJURED CYCLISTS FOR AMBULANCES 596 00:21:02,461 --> 00:21:03,629 WHO HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY DRIVERS 597 00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:04,696 ON DEL RIDGEWAY AND SPOKANE 598 00:21:04,696 --> 00:21:05,897 STREET. WE ARE SURELY IN A 599 00:21:05,897 --> 00:21:07,099 MOMENT OF CRISIS. LAST YEAR, I 600 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:08,166 GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE 601 00:21:08,166 --> 00:21:09,201 TRAFFIC AGAIN FOR THE GREENWAYS, 602 00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:10,435 MEASURES THAT ARE MEANT TO SAVE 603 00:21:10,435 --> 00:21:12,004 LIVES. HE RESPONDED BY RECASTING 604 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:15,107 MY CONCERN OF WORSENING FOOD 605 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:16,341 DESERT THAT I LIVE IN. THOSE 606 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:17,175 TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES WAS A 607 00:21:17,175 --> 00:21:18,744 POSITION HE CHAMPIONED AND WOULD 608 00:21:18,744 --> 00:21:23,715 KEEP CHAMPIONING. AT THE 609 00:21:23,715 --> 00:21:24,716 MEMORIAL LAST WEEK, THAT SAME 610 00:21:24,716 --> 00:21:25,717 CHAIR SAID HE WOULDN'T MEDDLE 611 00:21:25,717 --> 00:21:26,952 IN THAT SAME PROCESS EVEN THOUGH 612 00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:27,786 HE EARMARKED HUNDREDS OF 613 00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:28,754 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO EXPEDITE 614 00:21:28,754 --> 00:21:39,231 A PROJECT WHERE DRIVERS CAN 615 00:21:46,538 --> 00:21:47,606 CONVENE ON DEL RIDGEWAY NOT TOO 616 00:21:47,606 --> 00:21:48,907 LONG AGO. EVEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE 617 00:21:48,907 --> 00:21:49,808 TELLING YOU EXACTLY WHAT WOULD 618 00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:51,043 KEEP THEM SAFE, WE GRIND THROUGH 619 00:21:51,043 --> 00:21:52,477 A SLOW PROCESS. IT HAS BEEN TWO 620 00:21:52,477 --> 00:21:53,645 WEEKS SINCE MARY WAS KILLED. IN 621 00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:54,913 THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, THE 622 00:21:54,913 --> 00:21:55,914 CITY WAS ABLE TO INSTALL 623 00:21:55,914 --> 00:21:56,915 PROTECTED BY SWAINS ON ANDOVER 624 00:21:56,915 --> 00:21:57,916 STREET SIMPLY TO DISPERSE A 625 00:21:57,916 --> 00:21:59,184 HOMELESS AND KEVIN. IT SHOULD BE 626 00:21:59,184 --> 00:22:00,419 AS FAST IF NOT FASTER WHEN 627 00:22:00,419 --> 00:22:01,620 SOMEONE DIES IN THE STREET. I 628 00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:03,155 HAVE WORKED AND LIVED IN WEST 629 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:03,922 SEATTLE FOR 15 YEARS, STRUCTURES 630 00:22:03,922 --> 00:22:04,890 ALL AROUND THE PENINSULA HAVE 631 00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:05,957 IMPROVED SOMEWHAT, BUT GETTING 632 00:22:05,957 --> 00:22:06,858 INTO NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE NOT. WE 633 00:22:06,858 --> 00:22:07,993 ARE DANGLED THE SAME PROMISES ON 634 00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:09,061 A LOOP. THE MONTEREY BOULEVARD 635 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:10,062 TRAFFIC BOTH PROPOSED OVER A 636 00:22:10,062 --> 00:22:11,063 DECADE AGO AND THEN CANCELED. 637 00:22:11,063 --> 00:22:12,297 YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY RIGHT IN 638 00:22:12,297 --> 00:22:13,498 FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT TO CLOSE 639 00:22:13,498 --> 00:22:14,499 THE STREET FOR SAFETY. YOU 640 00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:15,567 SHOULD USE THAT SAME EMERGENCY 641 00:22:15,567 --> 00:22:16,568 FOR STREETS WHEN PEOPLE ARE 642 00:22:16,568 --> 00:22:17,569 DYING USING THE STREET ITSELF. 643 00:22:17,569 --> 00:22:18,737 IF THE MEMORIAL MARY'S DAUGHTER 644 00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:19,504 SAID, AND PARAPHRASING, THAT 645 00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:21,073 THIS IS BULL CRAP. SHE IS RIGHT. 646 00:22:21,073 --> 00:22:31,616 WE NEED TO DO FAR, FAR BETTER. 647 00:22:34,553 --> 00:22:35,120 THANK YOU. 648 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:36,421 >> THANK YOU, MAX. NEXT, WE HAVE 649 00:22:36,421 --> 00:22:37,422 GABRIEL, FOLLOWED BY HOWARD, AND 650 00:22:37,422 --> 00:22:38,256 BENNETT. WELCOME, GABRIEL. 651 00:22:38,256 --> 00:22:39,624 >> MY NAME IS GABRIEL DIAZ AND I 652 00:22:39,624 --> 00:22:41,093 AM HERE TODAY TO SPOKE TO CAL 653 00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:41,893 ANDERSON PROTEST AND THE 654 00:22:41,893 --> 00:22:42,961 RESPONSE TO IT. FIRSTLY TOWER 655 00:22:42,961 --> 00:22:43,929 AYE. FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS, 656 00:22:43,929 --> 00:22:45,163 HAPPY PRIDE, ALL OF THAT NOISE 657 00:22:45,163 --> 00:22:46,398 FROM EARLIER, HATEFUL BS HAS NO 658 00:22:46,398 --> 00:22:47,999 PLACE IN SEATTLE AND IT IS NO 659 00:22:47,999 --> 00:22:49,034 WONDER THE BS REPUBLICAN PARTY 660 00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:50,702 IS WHERE IT IS OUT WITH THEM AT 661 00:22:50,702 --> 00:22:51,703 THE HELM, WE CAN'T LOCATE 662 00:22:51,703 --> 00:22:52,637 INCLUDING CALLING OF BLATANT 663 00:22:52,637 --> 00:22:53,372 HATE AND DETERMINATION ONCE 664 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:54,873 THEIR LET LAST TIME I SPOKE I 665 00:22:54,873 --> 00:22:55,807 MENTIONED MY CLOSE FRIEND WHO 666 00:22:55,807 --> 00:23:06,351 AFTER BEING ARRESTED SWORE AT A 667 00:23:27,372 --> 00:23:28,340 COP AND IN RESPONSE THAT COP 668 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:29,341 WRENCHED HIS ARM INTO HIS 669 00:23:29,341 --> 00:23:30,409 SHOULDER WHILE HE WAS RESTRAINED 670 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:31,610 AS A PUNISHMENT FOR SWEARING AT 671 00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:32,611 THE COP. ORIGINALLY, OPA RULED 672 00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:33,678 THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN, YET CLEAR, 673 00:23:33,678 --> 00:23:34,479 CONVINCING VIDEO EVIDENCE, THEY 674 00:23:34,479 --> 00:23:35,747 SAID IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AT ALL. 675 00:23:35,747 --> 00:23:36,948 THE ISSUE IS, THAT AFTER OPA 676 00:23:36,948 --> 00:23:38,183 MAKES A RULING, THERE IS NO 677 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:39,184 PROCESS TO APPEAL THAT. SO, 678 00:23:39,184 --> 00:23:40,419 AFTER A BLATANT VIDEO WHERE WE 679 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:41,920 CAN SEE THE VIDEO AND THEY HAVE 680 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:42,888 BEEN CLEARLY JUST TALKING ABOUT 681 00:23:42,888 --> 00:23:44,356 IN THE RESPONSE TO WAS CLEARLY 682 00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:45,157 TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT TIME, 683 00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:46,324 NOW, WHAT DO WE DO? HOWEVER, 684 00:23:46,324 --> 00:23:47,325 BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE WAS SO 685 00:23:47,325 --> 00:23:48,393 CLEAR AND CONVINCING, I ALONG 686 00:23:48,393 --> 00:23:49,394 WITH MANY OTHER VOCAL CITIZENS 687 00:23:49,394 --> 00:23:50,662 ASKED TO READ REVIEW. WE WERE 688 00:23:50,662 --> 00:23:51,897 ALL MET WITH THE SAME EMAIL 689 00:23:51,897 --> 00:23:52,464 ESSENTIALLY SAYING, SORRY, 690 00:23:52,464 --> 00:23:53,465 ALREADY REVIEWED IT, NOTHING WE 691 00:23:53,465 --> 00:23:54,733 CAN DO. HOWEVER, AFTER HUNDREDS 692 00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:55,934 AND HUNDREDS OF EMAILS, THE MAIN 693 00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:57,135 PERSON MADE A REPORT AN EMAIL 694 00:23:57,135 --> 00:23:58,370 GOING, "SORRY, WE SCREWED UP, WE 695 00:23:58,370 --> 00:23:59,571 WILL INVESTIGATE," THEY MISSED A 696 00:23:59,571 --> 00:24:00,439 VERY CLEAR VIOLATION, THEY HAD 697 00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:01,973 TO WATCH 30 MINUTES OF BODY CAM 698 00:24:01,973 --> 00:24:03,074 FOOTAGE AND THEY MISSED A VERY 699 00:24:03,074 --> 00:24:04,142 BLATANT VIOLATION THAT WAS VERY, 700 00:24:04,142 --> 00:24:05,277 VERY CLEAR. IT TOOK LITERALLY 701 00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:06,411 HUNDREDS OF EMAILS FOR OPA TO 702 00:24:06,411 --> 00:24:07,412 EVEN CONSIDER CATCHING A VERY 703 00:24:07,412 --> 00:24:08,480 OBVIOUS MISTAKE IN TRYING TO 704 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:09,681 CORRECT IT. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO 705 00:24:09,681 --> 00:24:11,116 REAL WAY TO DO THIS, IT IS 706 00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:12,217 ACTUALLY AGAINST THE POLICY FOR 707 00:24:12,217 --> 00:24:13,552 THEM TO REVIEW IT, SO WE DON'T 708 00:24:13,552 --> 00:24:14,753 KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, OR 709 00:24:14,753 --> 00:24:16,121 HOW THAT PROCESS HAPPENS AND I 710 00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:17,155 WONDER, IF THEY MISSED SOMETHING 711 00:24:17,155 --> 00:24:18,256 THAT OBVIOUS, HOW MUCH ELSE IS 712 00:24:18,256 --> 00:24:19,491 BEING MISSED? HOW MUCH ELSE IS 713 00:24:19,491 --> 00:24:20,826 BEING COVERED UP? OPA HAS BEEN 714 00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:21,560 CONSISTENTLY SHOWING THEY ARE 715 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:22,561 INCAPABLE OF HANDLING MASS USES 716 00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:23,628 OF POLICE VIOLENCE, AND HOLDING 717 00:24:23,628 --> 00:24:24,429 PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AFTER. SPD 718 00:24:24,429 --> 00:24:25,263 HAS DISABLED MULTIPLE PEOPLE, 719 00:24:25,263 --> 00:24:26,231 INCLUDING MYSELF. YOU, AS THE 720 00:24:26,231 --> 00:24:27,666 CITY COUNCIL, OH IT TO MAKE SURE 721 00:24:27,666 --> 00:24:28,934 THAT THEY GET JUSTICE FOR WHAT 722 00:24:28,934 --> 00:24:30,101 HAPPENED, AND MAKE SURE THAT OPA 723 00:24:30,101 --> 00:24:31,570 -- AND MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT 724 00:24:31,570 --> 00:24:33,104 THIS WAS WRONG. OPA CANNOT AND 725 00:24:33,104 --> 00:24:34,306 WILL NOT DO THAT, AND I ONCE 726 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:35,240 AGAIN CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT 727 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:36,074 INVESTIGATION INTO THE COW 728 00:24:36,074 --> 00:24:37,042 ANDERSON PROTEST IN THE FIRING 729 00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:37,676 OF OFFICERS -- 730 00:24:37,676 --> 00:24:38,944 >> THANK YOU, GABRIEL. NEXT, WE 731 00:24:38,944 --> 00:24:39,911 HAVE HOWARD GALE, FOLLOWED BY 732 00:24:39,911 --> 00:24:40,178 BENNETT. 733 00:24:40,178 --> 00:24:44,716 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. LAST WEEK, I 734 00:24:44,716 --> 00:24:45,917 NOTED THAT THE JUNE 18th, 19th 735 00:24:45,917 --> 00:24:46,785 ANNIVERSARY OF CHARLENA LILES 736 00:24:46,785 --> 00:24:47,686 MURDER BY SPD PASSED UNMENTIONED 737 00:24:47,686 --> 00:24:48,753 AND SEEMINGLY UNNOTICED BY CITY 738 00:24:48,753 --> 00:24:49,821 COUNCIL OR ELECTEDS. JULY WILL 739 00:24:49,821 --> 00:24:54,459 BRING US THE 11th ANNIVERSARY OF 740 00:24:54,459 --> 00:24:56,094 SAM SMITH MURDERED BY SPD AND 741 00:24:56,094 --> 00:24:57,128 THE 12th ANNIVERSARY OF LARRY 742 00:24:57,128 --> 00:24:58,363 AND DREW FLYNN'S MURDER BY SPD. 743 00:24:58,363 --> 00:25:00,131 ALL THREE OF THESE PEOPLE WERE 744 00:25:00,131 --> 00:25:04,336 IN CRISIS HOLDING AN EDGE TO 745 00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:05,670 OBJECT WHEN KILLED BY SPD. IF 746 00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:06,938 THEY HAD LIVED IN THE UK OR 747 00:25:06,938 --> 00:25:08,073 JAPAN, THEY WOULD STILL BE 748 00:25:08,073 --> 00:25:10,408 ALIVE. 13 DAYS AGO, KING COUNTY 749 00:25:10,408 --> 00:25:12,177 SPLIT ITS FINDINGS ON THE 2020 750 00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:13,445 SPD MURDER OF SEAN FERN, SHOT IN 751 00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:14,479 THE HEAD WHILE HOLDING HIS 752 00:25:14,479 --> 00:25:15,881 INFANT SON AND NO WEAPON. ONLY 3 753 00:25:15,881 --> 00:25:26,391 OF 6 JURORS FOUND HIS KILLING 754 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:28,126 AUTHORIZED USE OF DEADLY FORCE 755 00:25:28,126 --> 00:25:29,294 AND NOT CRIMINAL. DESPITE ALL 756 00:25:29,294 --> 00:25:29,995 ASPECTS OF OUR POLICE 757 00:25:29,995 --> 00:25:30,662 ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM DEEMING 758 00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:31,630 THIS KILLING LAWFUL AND PROPER. 759 00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:32,864 LAWFUL AND PROPER IS NOT MY 760 00:25:32,864 --> 00:25:43,408 WORDS, IT IS NOT RHETORIC, IT IS 761 00:25:53,852 --> 00:25:54,719 THE ACTUAL WORDS PUT IN EVERY 762 00:25:54,719 --> 00:25:55,554 DOCUMENT. THE SHOOTING OF 763 00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:56,721 SOMEONE IN THE HEAD, THE BLACK 764 00:25:56,721 --> 00:25:58,156 MAN IN THE HEAD WITH A BABY, 765 00:25:58,156 --> 00:25:59,357 WILLFUL AND PROPER. IN 13 DAYS, 766 00:25:59,357 --> 00:26:00,392 THERE WILL BE ANOTHER KING 767 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:01,426 COUNTY QUESTION TO THE MURDER 768 00:26:01,426 --> 00:26:02,661 ALSO DEEMED LAWFUL AND PROPER OF 769 00:26:02,661 --> 00:26:03,662 BRIAN SMITH IN 2019, AN 770 00:26:03,662 --> 00:26:04,496 AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN IN SEVERE 771 00:26:04,496 --> 00:26:05,497 CRISIS HOLDING A KNIFE. I 772 00:26:05,497 --> 00:26:06,531 BELIEVE THE JURY'S VERDICT IN 773 00:26:06,531 --> 00:26:07,966 THIS CASE WILL BE FAR CLEARER AS 774 00:26:07,966 --> 00:26:09,034 TO THE UNNECESSARY AND CRIMINAL 775 00:26:09,034 --> 00:26:10,168 NATURE OF THIS KILLING. I HEAR 776 00:26:10,168 --> 00:26:11,469 THE WORD "ACCOUNTABLE TO" THROWN 777 00:26:11,469 --> 00:26:12,671 AROUND A LOT BY THIS COUNCIL. 778 00:26:12,671 --> 00:26:13,672 THERE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN NO 779 00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:14,372 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THESE 780 00:26:14,372 --> 00:26:15,740 MURDERS, BUT I KNOW YOU ARE FAR 781 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:16,575 MORE CONCERNED WITH FINANCIAL 782 00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:17,576 ACCOUNT ABILITY. GIVEN THAT AN 783 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:18,209 REPEATED INQUEST VERDICT 784 00:26:18,209 --> 00:26:18,810 INDICATING THAT OUR 785 00:26:18,810 --> 00:26:19,611 ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS DOING 786 00:26:19,611 --> 00:26:20,645 SOMETHING VERY WRONG, I WOULD 787 00:26:20,645 --> 00:26:22,047 ASK, WHY HAS THERE NEVER BEEN AN 788 00:26:22,047 --> 00:26:22,881 INDEPENDENT AUDIT, AS REQUESTED 789 00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:24,749 BY THE CITY AUDITOR IN 2017, OF 790 00:26:24,749 --> 00:26:25,450 OUR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY 791 00:26:25,450 --> 00:26:26,451 SYSTEM, GIVEN THAT THEY HAVE 792 00:26:26,451 --> 00:26:27,085 SPENT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF 793 00:26:27,085 --> 00:26:28,219 DOLLARS IN THE LAST NINE YEARS? 794 00:26:28,219 --> 00:26:29,220 HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! 795 00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:29,988 AND THE REPEATED SCANDALS, 796 00:26:29,988 --> 00:26:31,389 INVOLVING FOLKS THAT HEAD UP THE 797 00:26:31,389 --> 00:26:32,691 SYSTEM. LASTLY, I WILL JUST 798 00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:34,326 NOTE, A LOT WAS SAID LAST WEEK 799 00:26:34,326 --> 00:26:35,560 OF GUN VIOLENCE. IT'S NOT ME, 800 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:36,995 MLK NOTED THIS IN THE '60s. YOU 801 00:26:36,995 --> 00:26:37,862 CAN'T PERPETRATE -- VIOLENCE 802 00:26:37,862 --> 00:26:40,265 ABROAD AND AT HOME, VIA POLICE 803 00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:45,737 -- 804 00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:46,938 >> THANK YOU, MR. GAIL. THANK 805 00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:48,640 YOU, MR. GAIL. NEXT, WE HAVE 806 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,110 BENNETT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF 807 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:53,578 THERE IS MORE FOLKS? NO? IS THAT 808 00:26:53,578 --> 00:27:03,855 IT? ALL RIGHT. 809 00:27:18,169 --> 00:27:19,204 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. SO, 810 00:27:19,204 --> 00:27:20,638 UPDATES ON VIOLENCE AND THE 811 00:27:20,638 --> 00:27:21,773 PROTESTING. REMEMBER, LAST TIME? 812 00:27:21,773 --> 00:27:26,911 I SHOWED YOU A SCREENSHOT OF A 813 00:27:26,911 --> 00:27:27,879 WOMAN SAYING, "BEAT BENNETT TO 814 00:27:27,879 --> 00:27:31,583 DEATH LIKE A MAN WHO RAPED A 815 00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:32,817 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD." AND BY THE 816 00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:34,619 WAY, THIS IS THE MAN RUNNING THE 817 00:27:34,619 --> 00:27:35,820 MEMORIAL FOR GEORGE FLOYD A FEW 818 00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:46,297 WEEKS AGO, SO NOT EVERYONE 819 00:27:55,273 --> 00:27:56,441 AGREES WITH THIS STUFF BUT THEY 820 00:27:56,441 --> 00:27:57,776 ARE STILL PUTTING HER IN CHARGE 821 00:27:57,776 --> 00:27:58,977 OF THINGS WHICH IS WEIRD AND I 822 00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:00,278 WAS IN COW ANDERSON PARK LAST 823 00:28:00,278 --> 00:28:01,279 THURSDAY AND IT HAPPENED, A 824 00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:02,280 BUNCH OF PEOPLE RECOGNIZED ME, 825 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,648 THEY GOT ON THE PHONE TO CALL 826 00:28:03,648 --> 00:28:04,716 MORE PEOPLE. WHEN THEY HAD 827 00:28:04,716 --> 00:28:06,117 ENOUGH OF THEM, THEY CAME UP TO 828 00:28:06,117 --> 00:28:07,585 ME AND TACKLED ME TO THE GROUND, 829 00:28:07,585 --> 00:28:08,787 PEPPER SPRAYED ME IN THE FACE, 830 00:28:08,787 --> 00:28:10,255 PUT ME IN A HEADLOCK, PUNCHED ME 831 00:28:10,255 --> 00:28:11,756 A COUPLE TIMES IN THE FACE, AND 832 00:28:11,756 --> 00:28:13,158 STOLE MY PHONE. THIS -- ALL 833 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:14,659 RIGHT. THAT IS A PICTURE OF HOW 834 00:28:14,659 --> 00:28:15,560 I LOOKED A COUPLE HOURS LATER, 835 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:16,795 THE REDNESS FADED A LITTLE BIT, 836 00:28:16,795 --> 00:28:18,163 YOU CAN STILL SEE THE BRUISES. 837 00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:19,464 WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? LIKE I SAID 838 00:28:19,464 --> 00:28:20,699 LAST TIME, 90% OF THE VIOLENCE 839 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:29,307 IN SEATTLE PROTESTS IS CAUSED BY 840 00:28:29,307 --> 00:28:30,475 THE SAME THING, BEFORE THE 841 00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:31,376 EVENT, SOMEBODY GOES OVER THE 842 00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:32,544 LINE AND SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT 843 00:28:32,544 --> 00:28:34,212 THE JEWS OR WHATEVER, AND I WANT 844 00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:35,246 TO BE CLEAR, MEN SAY THIS TOO 845 00:28:35,246 --> 00:28:36,481 BUT THIS ONLY HAPPENS IF WOMEN 846 00:28:36,481 --> 00:28:38,383 SEE IT AND A GUYS LIKE ME SAY 847 00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:39,651 THAT IS THAT AND WOMEN CALL IT 848 00:28:39,651 --> 00:28:40,485 SLIDING INTO DM'S OR SEXUAL 849 00:28:40,485 --> 00:28:41,553 HARASSMENT AND THAT GIVES THE 850 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:42,754 GUYS AN EXCUSE TO GET VIOLENT. 851 00:28:42,754 --> 00:28:44,222 IT IS NOT THE PROUD BOYS SHOWING 852 00:28:44,222 --> 00:28:45,824 UP AND STARTING FIGHTS AT THESE 853 00:28:45,824 --> 00:28:52,997 THINGS. IT'S ALWAYS THIS. THIS 854 00:28:52,997 --> 00:28:54,399 IS AN EXAMPLE, THIS IS A WOMAN 855 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:55,233 WHO POSTED SOMETHING ABOUT THE 856 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:56,434 JEWS, SLAVEHOLDERS -- I AM NOT 857 00:28:56,434 --> 00:28:57,869 GOING TO -- THIS IS JUST A 858 00:28:57,869 --> 00:28:59,404 SCREEN GRAB -- THIS IS ME GOING, 859 00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:00,739 "HEY, NO, WHO, ME?" SHE IS OUT 860 00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:01,740 THERE RIGHT NOW CALLING THIS 861 00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:02,774 SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND "SLIDING 862 00:29:02,774 --> 00:29:03,608 INTO DM'S." BECAUSE THEY LIVE 863 00:29:03,608 --> 00:29:04,609 IN THE FACTORY ENVIRONMENT, THIS 864 00:29:04,609 --> 00:29:05,443 HAS ESCALATED RECENTLY INTO 865 00:29:05,443 --> 00:29:06,878 CALLING IT "RAPE" -- I WILL CALL 866 00:29:06,878 --> 00:29:08,113 YOU SOMETHING FROM THE BODY, 867 00:29:08,113 --> 00:29:08,913 PROTESTED SAYING THE WORD, 868 00:29:08,913 --> 00:29:09,447 "RAPIST." 869 00:29:09,447 --> 00:29:10,749 >> YOU ARE A RAPIST, YOU ARE 870 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:14,185 LETTING HER GO HOME! 871 00:29:14,185 --> 00:29:19,457 >> WHEN YOU USE WORDS LIKE 872 00:29:19,457 --> 00:29:20,558 "RAPIST" TO DESCRIBE A MAN 873 00:29:20,558 --> 00:29:23,828 SAYING, "STOP TALKING SHIT ABOUT 874 00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:26,231 THE JEWS," THAT IS THIS 875 00:29:26,231 --> 00:29:27,632 VIOLENCE, THAT IS HOW IT 876 00:29:27,632 --> 00:29:37,308 HAPPENS. 877 00:29:37,308 --> 00:29:38,643 >> THANK YOU, BENNETT. SO, WE 878 00:29:38,643 --> 00:29:39,744 ARE GOING TO TRANSITION ONLINE, 879 00:29:39,744 --> 00:29:40,812 AS WELL, SO WE HAVE GABRIEL 880 00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:41,746 NEWMAN, FOLLOWED BY JEN CARL, 881 00:29:41,746 --> 00:29:45,016 COLIN, AND THEN PETER OR. 882 00:29:45,016 --> 00:29:46,551 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SEATTLE CITY 883 00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:56,895 COUNCIL. OH, SORRY. 884 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:03,535 >> NO, NO, YOU ARE GOOD, 885 00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:04,202 GABRIEL. HOLD ON. I'M GOING TO 886 00:30:04,202 --> 00:30:05,103 RESTART YOUR TIME. OKAY, 887 00:30:05,103 --> 00:30:06,070 PERFECT. OKAY, START WHEN YOU 888 00:30:06,070 --> 00:30:06,504 ARE READY. 889 00:30:06,504 --> 00:30:07,572 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SEATTLE CITY 890 00:30:07,572 --> 00:30:08,540 COUNCIL, MY NAME IS GABRIEL 891 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:09,774 NEWMAN, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF 892 00:30:09,774 --> 00:30:14,779 POLICY AND ADVOCACY AT TSCA. [ 893 00:30:14,779 --> 00:30:15,914 INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] CALLING IN 894 00:30:15,914 --> 00:30:17,115 TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF THE 895 00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:17,749 LEGISLATION FOR THE 896 00:30:17,749 --> 00:30:18,550 TRANSPORTATION -- THESE 897 00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:19,817 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ESSENTIAL TO 898 00:30:19,817 --> 00:30:21,486 SUPPORT. [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] 899 00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:23,087 PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE OF THE MOST 900 00:30:23,087 --> 00:30:24,122 IMPORTANT FACTORS IN INFLUENCING 901 00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:25,557 WHETHER -- [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED 902 00:30:25,557 --> 00:30:29,594 ] AND WHETHER ENTREPRENEURS ARE 903 00:30:29,594 --> 00:30:31,796 WILLING TO INVEST IN SEATTLE. [ 904 00:30:31,796 --> 00:30:34,332 INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] TRAGIC GUN 905 00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:35,834 VIOLENCE IN NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR 906 00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:37,135 AURORA AVENUE. [ INAUDIBLE - 907 00:30:37,135 --> 00:30:38,603 MUFFLED ] BEYOND THESE 908 00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:43,741 LOCATIONS. AND THESE ENCLOSURES 909 00:30:43,741 --> 00:30:44,709 ARE RECOMMENDED BY PUBLIC SAFETY 910 00:30:44,709 --> 00:30:47,679 PROFESSIONALS TO PREVENT 911 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:48,947 VIOLENCE -- [ INAUDIBLE - 912 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:51,583 MUFFLED ] NEIGHBORHOODS 913 00:30:51,583 --> 00:30:52,550 EXPERIENCING EXTRAORDINARY 914 00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:53,918 SAFETY CHALLENGES. [ INAUDIBLE - 915 00:30:53,918 --> 00:30:56,287 MUFFLED ] WE KNOW THAT MANY OF 916 00:30:56,287 --> 00:31:01,292 OUR MEMBERS, [ INAUDIBLE - 917 00:31:01,292 --> 00:31:05,463 MUFFLED ] EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE. 918 00:31:05,463 --> 00:31:09,467 [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] 919 00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:12,637 ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. [ 920 00:31:12,637 --> 00:31:14,105 INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] WE ALSO 921 00:31:14,105 --> 00:31:15,673 APPRECIATE THIS LEGISLATION IS 922 00:31:15,673 --> 00:31:17,108 NARROWLY TAILORED AND DOES NOT 923 00:31:17,108 --> 00:31:22,513 CREATE SO MANY RESTRICTIONS. 924 00:31:22,513 --> 00:31:23,815 INSTEAD, IT CAN ACT AS AN 925 00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:24,749 AUTHORITY FOR A DEMONSTRATE OF 926 00:31:24,749 --> 00:31:26,718 PUBLIC SAFETY NEED, AND ALLOW -- 927 00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:27,452 [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] THAT 928 00:31:27,452 --> 00:31:29,621 LIVE AND WORK IN THE AFFECTED 929 00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:38,563 AREA. [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] 930 00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:39,797 ALONGSIDE INVESTMENTS IN LAW 931 00:31:39,797 --> 00:31:40,431 ENFORCEMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 932 00:31:40,431 --> 00:31:40,932 SERVICES, AND LONG-TERM 933 00:31:40,932 --> 00:31:41,532 COMMUNITY SAFETY STRATEGIES. 934 00:31:41,532 --> 00:31:45,803 HOWEVER, WHEN LIVES ARE AT RISK, 935 00:31:45,803 --> 00:31:47,238 THE CITY SHOULD HAVE EVERY 936 00:31:47,238 --> 00:31:48,039 REASONABLE TOOL TO RESPOND 937 00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:48,940 QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY. THANK 938 00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:50,108 YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING THIS 939 00:31:50,108 --> 00:31:51,609 LEGISLATION. I APPRECIATE IT. 940 00:31:51,609 --> 00:31:52,277 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, GABRIEL. 941 00:31:52,277 --> 00:31:53,778 NEXT, WE HAVE JEN CARL, FOLLOWED 942 00:31:53,778 --> 00:31:59,484 BY KAHELIN, MORGAN CROSS. STAR 943 00:31:59,484 --> 00:32:08,326 SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. WELCOME, 944 00:32:08,326 --> 00:32:08,826 JEN. 945 00:32:08,826 --> 00:32:10,128 >> IT AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, I AM 946 00:32:10,128 --> 00:32:11,296 JEN CARL I USE SHE/HER PRONOUNS 947 00:32:11,296 --> 00:32:12,530 AND I AND THE SAFETY COORDINATOR 948 00:32:12,530 --> 00:32:13,631 FOR CAPITOL HILL THROUGH THE 949 00:32:13,631 --> 00:32:14,732 TSCA IN PROUD SUPPORT OF 950 00:32:14,732 --> 00:32:16,567 SEATTLE'S LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY 951 00:32:16,567 --> 00:32:17,602 AND BUSINESS OWNERS. I WOULD 952 00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:19,103 LIKE TO ECHO THE TESTIMONY 953 00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:29,314 AROUND A FEW OF THE RESOURCES 954 00:32:29,314 --> 00:32:29,981 PROVIDED BY MY COLLEAGUE, 955 00:32:29,981 --> 00:32:30,648 GABRIEL, WITH THE ADDED 956 00:32:30,648 --> 00:32:31,616 CONSIDERATION OF AWARENESS FOR 957 00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:32,583 VEHICULAR ATTACKS. IN ADDITION 958 00:32:32,583 --> 00:32:33,618 TO THAT, I'M ALSO TESTIFYING IN 959 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:34,585 SUPPORT OF THE LEASE INSULATION 960 00:32:34,585 --> 00:32:35,520 TO THE COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE 961 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:42,860 TEAM. WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THIS 962 00:32:42,860 --> 00:32:43,928 LEGISLATION WILL NOT HAVE DIRECT 963 00:32:43,928 --> 00:32:44,996 IMPACT ON THE VULNERABLE 964 00:32:44,996 --> 00:32:45,897 POPULATIONS IT SERVES, WE 965 00:32:45,897 --> 00:32:46,564 BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF 966 00:32:46,564 --> 00:32:47,265 SOLIDIFYING THE EXISTING, 967 00:32:47,265 --> 00:32:49,033 EXPANDED ROLL OF CARE WITHIN THE 968 00:32:49,033 --> 00:32:54,205 MC. WE AND MYSELF AS AN 969 00:32:54,205 --> 00:32:54,972 INDIVIDUAL APPRECIATE ALL THE 970 00:32:54,972 --> 00:32:56,407 WORK YOU CONTINUE TO DO SO THANK 971 00:32:56,407 --> 00:32:57,642 YOU SO MUCH FOR REPRESENTING OUR 972 00:32:57,642 --> 00:32:57,842 CITY. 973 00:32:57,842 --> 00:32:59,377 >> THANK YOU, JEN. NEXT, WE HAVE 974 00:32:59,377 --> 00:33:01,079 COLIN, FOLLOWED BY PETER. COLIN, 975 00:33:01,079 --> 00:33:03,114 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOUR SELF. 976 00:33:03,114 --> 00:33:13,291 WELCOME. 977 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:15,560 >> IT AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND 978 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:16,828 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME 979 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:18,363 IS COLIN MORGAN CROSS, I AM THE 980 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:19,530 VICE PRESIDENT OF REAL ESTATE 981 00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:20,098 DEVELOPER TO MERCY HOUSING 982 00:33:20,098 --> 00:33:21,065 NORTHWEST AND I'M HERE TO 983 00:33:21,065 --> 00:33:29,273 COMMENT ON CONSTABLE 121236, 984 00:33:29,273 --> 00:33:30,274 REGARDING THE GROUND BASE OF 985 00:33:30,274 --> 00:33:31,376 PROPERTY AT 2929 27th AVENUE 986 00:33:31,376 --> 00:33:32,076 SOUTH. MERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST 987 00:33:32,076 --> 00:33:33,444 IS HEADQUARTERED A FEW MILES 988 00:33:33,444 --> 00:33:34,679 SOUTH FROM THE PROPERTY IN 989 00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:38,683 RAINIER VALLEY AND WE ARE PROUD 990 00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:39,650 OF OUR TRACK RECORD AND 991 00:33:39,650 --> 00:33:40,585 COMMITMENT TO SERVING SEATTLE'S 992 00:33:40,585 --> 00:33:41,285 FAMILIES WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING 993 00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:42,320 AND SERVICES FOR THE LAST 994 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,255 DECADE. WE ARE ALSO PROUD TO BE 995 00:33:44,255 --> 00:33:46,991 PARTNERS WITH [ INAUDIBLE - 996 00:33:46,991 --> 00:33:48,459 MUFFLED ] IN THIS EXCITING, 997 00:33:48,459 --> 00:33:49,193 INNOVATIVE, AND IMPACTFUL 998 00:33:49,193 --> 00:33:50,161 PROJECTS. THE VISION FOR OUR 999 00:33:50,161 --> 00:33:51,095 DEVELOPMENT IS BASED ON KEY 1000 00:33:51,095 --> 00:33:51,896 THINGS DERIVED FROM PUBLIC 1001 00:33:51,896 --> 00:33:57,635 INPUT. WE AIM TO CREATE A 1002 00:33:57,635 --> 00:33:58,636 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS WELCOMING, 1003 00:33:58,636 --> 00:33:59,437 SAFE, DIVERSE, ACCEPTABLE, AND 1004 00:33:59,437 --> 00:34:00,104 COMMUNITY CENTERED. KEY ELEMENTS 1005 00:34:00,104 --> 00:34:01,472 OF THE NEW COMMUNITY WILL 1006 00:34:01,472 --> 00:34:10,948 INCLUDE 241 UNITS OF NEW, 1007 00:34:10,948 --> 00:34:11,849 AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR WORKING 1008 00:34:11,849 --> 00:34:13,184 FAMILIES, PRIMARILY MADE UP OF 1009 00:34:13,184 --> 00:34:14,052 TWO, THREE, AND FOUR BEDROOM 1010 00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:14,986 APARTMENTS, A NEW RAINIER VALLEY 1011 00:34:14,986 --> 00:34:15,620 EARLY LEARNING CAMPUS FOR 1012 00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:23,561 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, WITH A 1013 00:34:23,561 --> 00:34:24,562 35,000 SQUARE FEET FOR CHILDCARE 1014 00:34:24,562 --> 00:34:25,797 AND UNIVERSITY TEACHING SPACE, 1015 00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:26,431 COMMUNITIES SERVING COMMERCIAL 1016 00:34:26,431 --> 00:34:27,098 FOR LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES AND 1017 00:34:27,098 --> 00:34:28,065 PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE OFFICE OF 1018 00:34:28,065 --> 00:34:28,933 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND, AT 1019 00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:31,169 THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY, A 1020 00:34:31,169 --> 00:34:32,170 LARGE, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE THAT IS 1021 00:34:32,170 --> 00:34:33,137 AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS AND THE 1022 00:34:33,137 --> 00:34:34,038 WIDER COMMUNITY FOR OUTDOOR 1023 00:34:34,038 --> 00:34:35,373 ACTIVITIES AND GATHERINGS. WE 1024 00:34:35,373 --> 00:34:39,710 HAVE COLLABORATED WITH MEMBERS 1025 00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:40,912 OF THE COMMUNITY, THE OFFICE OF 1026 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:41,746 HOUSING, MULTIPLE OTHER CITY 1027 00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:42,547 DEPARTMENTS, AND OUR STELLAR 1028 00:34:42,547 --> 00:34:44,148 DESIGN TEAM TO RE-ENVISION THE 1029 00:34:44,148 --> 00:34:51,589 MOUNT BAKER STATION AREA AND TO 1030 00:34:51,589 --> 00:34:52,156 CREATE A NEW, VIBRANT, AND 1031 00:34:52,156 --> 00:34:52,790 INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE 1032 00:34:52,790 --> 00:34:53,891 MADE IT A PRIORITY TO START 1033 00:34:53,891 --> 00:34:54,725 CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS YEAR SO 1034 00:34:54,725 --> 00:34:56,327 WE CAN OPEN THE NEW COMMUNITY AS 1035 00:34:56,327 --> 00:35:02,300 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THE 1036 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:03,301 LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS 1037 00:35:03,301 --> 00:35:04,302 AN ESSENTIAL MILESTONE THAT WILL 1038 00:35:04,302 --> 00:35:06,003 ALLOW US TO DO JUST THAT, AND I 1039 00:35:06,003 --> 00:35:07,338 ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT IT BY 1040 00:35:07,338 --> 00:35:08,406 VOTING YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1041 00:35:08,406 --> 00:35:08,773 CONSIDERATION. 1042 00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:09,874 >> THANK YOU, COLIN. NEXT, WE 1043 00:35:09,874 --> 00:35:11,108 HAVE PETER, FOLLOWED BY PAUL. 1044 00:35:11,108 --> 00:35:12,844 PETER, PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 1045 00:35:12,844 --> 00:35:13,110 YOURSELF. 1046 00:35:13,110 --> 00:35:14,011 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, MY 1047 00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:19,183 NAME IS PETER ORR. I AM A 16 1048 00:35:19,183 --> 00:35:19,917 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE 1049 00:35:19,917 --> 00:35:20,918 NEIGHBORHOOD AND I AM JUST 1050 00:35:20,918 --> 00:35:21,986 CALLING IN TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE 1051 00:35:21,986 --> 00:35:32,530 AND SUPPORT FOR THE BILL 121233, 1052 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:34,732 THE BARRIERS THAT THE MAYOR AND 1053 00:35:34,732 --> 00:35:37,735 SDOT ESSENTIALLY DID PUT UP, 1054 00:35:37,735 --> 00:35:42,373 DEFINITELY PROVIDING A QUIETER 1055 00:35:42,373 --> 00:35:46,444 ENVIRONMENT AND I THINK THAT 1056 00:35:46,444 --> 00:35:50,448 HAVING THE ABILITY TO ENABLE THE 1057 00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:51,582 CHIEF OF POLICE TO INITIATE 1058 00:35:51,582 --> 00:35:55,453 THESE IS BRILLIANT. THANK YOU, 1059 00:35:55,453 --> 00:35:56,153 SPECIFICALLY TO COUNCILMEMBER 1060 00:35:56,153 --> 00:36:02,827 JUAREZ, KETTLE, SAKA, AND LIN, 1061 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:03,995 FOR YOUR VOCAL SUPPORT OF THIS 1062 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:05,429 AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO ECHO 1063 00:36:05,429 --> 00:36:06,330 WHAT KEITH CARPENTER MENTIONED, 1064 00:36:06,330 --> 00:36:08,432 THAT THIS IS JUST ONE SMALL STEP 1065 00:36:08,432 --> 00:36:16,807 TOWARD ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE 1066 00:36:16,807 --> 00:36:17,942 PROBLEM, AND SO FAR, I HAVE SEEN 1067 00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:18,643 FROM THIS COUNCIL, MORE 1068 00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:19,443 DETERMINATION THAN ANY OTHER 1069 00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:20,912 BRANCH OF OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT 1070 00:36:20,912 --> 00:36:24,715 IN ADDRESSING THIS SITUATION, SO 1071 00:36:24,715 --> 00:36:26,417 I APPLAUD YOUR MEASURES AND I 1072 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:27,752 ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED 1073 00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:30,488 CREATIVITY IN PROVIDING TOOLS TO 1074 00:36:30,488 --> 00:36:41,032 THE PROSECUTOR AND THEIR TO TAKE 1075 00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:42,900 THE CRIMES ON AURORA AS 1076 00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:44,001 SERIOUSLY AS THEY DESERVE. THANK 1077 00:36:44,001 --> 00:36:44,669 YOU FOR MY TIME. 1078 00:36:44,669 --> 00:36:45,770 >> THANK YOU, PETER. NEXT, WE 1079 00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:46,771 HAVE PAUL SAID EUNICE FOLLOWED 1080 00:36:46,771 --> 00:36:49,006 BY AARON, WELCOME, PAULA. 1081 00:36:49,006 --> 00:36:50,741 >> IT AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE 1082 00:36:50,741 --> 00:36:53,244 COUNCIL, PAULA, COO OF PUBLIC 1083 00:36:53,244 --> 00:36:58,649 STRATEGIES IN THE WBB A CALLING 1084 00:36:58,649 --> 00:36:59,650 IN TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR 1085 00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:00,785 MEMBERS WHO ARE VERY PREVALENT 1086 00:37:00,785 --> 00:37:06,424 IN THE SEATTLE AREA TO COMMENT 1087 00:37:06,424 --> 00:37:07,358 ON A PROPOSED REDUCTION THE 1088 00:37:07,358 --> 00:37:08,226 COUNCIL WILL BE CONSIDERING. 1089 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:09,560 WHILE WE ALL AGREE SEATTLE NEEDS 1090 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:10,828 MORE HOUSING, THE QUESTION IS 1091 00:37:10,828 --> 00:37:16,434 WHETHER REDUCING BY 80% FOR 1092 00:37:16,434 --> 00:37:17,268 MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS IS THE 1093 00:37:17,268 --> 00:37:18,202 RIGHT DECISION. BASED ON THE 1094 00:37:18,202 --> 00:37:18,903 INFORMATION PRESENTED TO DATE, 1095 00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:24,408 WE DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS. YOU 1096 00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:25,176 HAVE SEEN INCREDIBLE EVIDENCE 1097 00:37:25,176 --> 00:37:26,244 DEMONSTRATING THAT THESE ARE THE 1098 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:27,244 PRIMARY BARRIER -- ARE THE 1099 00:37:27,244 --> 00:37:28,012 PRIMARY BARRIER PREVENTIONS THAT 1100 00:37:28,012 --> 00:37:29,380 ALLOWS AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO GO 1101 00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:37,154 FORWARD. IF THE CITY IS BEING 1102 00:37:37,154 --> 00:37:38,489 ASKED TO FORGO UP TO $20 MILLION 1103 00:37:38,489 --> 00:37:39,357 IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING REVENUES, 1104 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:40,691 THE BURDENS SHOULD BE ON THOSE 1105 00:37:40,691 --> 00:37:41,325 REQUESTING THIS REDUCTION, NOT 1106 00:37:41,325 --> 00:37:42,827 ON THE BACKS OF BLACK AND BROWN 1107 00:37:42,827 --> 00:37:43,928 PEOPLE WHO CAN LEAST AFFORD IT. 1108 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:45,396 THIS IS ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST 1109 00:37:45,396 --> 00:37:46,030 COST-EFFECTIVE TOOLS FOR 1110 00:37:46,030 --> 00:37:47,198 ENSURING THE CITY GROWS AND AS 1111 00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:48,032 IT GROWS, AFFORDABILITY GROWS 1112 00:37:48,032 --> 00:37:49,433 WITH IT. WE CANNOT USE THAT TOOL 1113 00:37:49,433 --> 00:37:49,867 WITHOUT MEASURABLE 1114 00:37:49,867 --> 00:37:50,668 ACCOUNTABILITY, IT WILL SHIFT 1115 00:37:50,668 --> 00:37:52,269 THAT AND CAUSE MORE HARM. THE 1116 00:37:52,269 --> 00:37:53,237 PROPOSAL ALSO RAISES 1117 00:37:53,237 --> 00:38:01,746 SIGNIFICANT, LONG-TERM CONCERN, 1118 00:38:01,746 --> 00:38:03,514 THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY 1119 00:38:03,514 --> 00:38:04,548 ARE GOING TO RETURN TO TODAY'S 1120 00:38:04,548 --> 00:38:05,716 CURRENT LEVELS. THE CITY WAS 1121 00:38:05,716 --> 00:38:06,517 PERMANENTLY LEAKING ONE OF ITS 1122 00:38:06,517 --> 00:38:07,151 STRONGEST, MOST AFFORDABLE 1123 00:38:07,151 --> 00:38:07,985 MECHANISMS WITHOUT ANY 1124 00:38:07,985 --> 00:38:08,619 ASSURANCES THAT ADDITIONAL 1125 00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:09,854 HOUSING PRODUCTION WILL ACTUALLY 1126 00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:18,963 OCCUR. [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] 1127 00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:19,830 WE WELCOME THAT DATA-DRIVEN 1128 00:38:19,830 --> 00:38:20,531 CONVERSATION, SHOWING THE 1129 00:38:20,531 --> 00:38:21,332 ANALYSIS, THE PROJECT SPECIFIC 1130 00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:21,932 INFORMATION, THE TRANSPARENT 1131 00:38:21,932 --> 00:38:31,208 EVIDENCE. A PUBLIC POLICY SHOULD 1132 00:38:31,208 --> 00:38:32,209 BE DRIVEN BY FACTS, OUTCOMES, 1133 00:38:32,209 --> 00:38:33,077 AND ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT BY 1134 00:38:33,077 --> 00:38:34,645 ASSUMPTIONS, SO ON BEHALF OF THE 1135 00:38:34,645 --> 00:38:35,379 WBBA MEMBERS IN SEATTLE, WE 1136 00:38:35,379 --> 00:38:36,280 RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO 1137 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:37,381 CONSIDER NOT TAKING UP THIS 1138 00:38:37,381 --> 00:38:38,215 PROPOSAL, BUT INSTEAD TO 1139 00:38:38,215 --> 00:38:39,317 PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF NHA, 1140 00:38:39,317 --> 00:38:40,051 TO HAVE REASONABLE CONVERSATIONS 1141 00:38:40,051 --> 00:38:41,519 WERE BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS 1142 00:38:41,519 --> 00:38:49,694 ARE NOT JUST PARTICIPANTS IN THE 1143 00:38:49,694 --> 00:38:50,561 CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE OWNED 1144 00:38:50,561 --> 00:38:51,629 THOSE SEATS AT THE TABLE. THANK 1145 00:38:51,629 --> 00:38:51,996 YOU. 1146 00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:53,230 >> THANK YOU, PAULA. NEXT, WE 1147 00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:54,165 HAVE AARON, FOLLOWED BY ROSE, 1148 00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:55,299 AND THEN JOE. 1149 00:38:55,299 --> 00:39:03,908 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1150 00:39:03,908 --> 00:39:04,975 HOLLINGSWORTH AND MEMBERS OF THE 1151 00:39:04,975 --> 00:39:06,177 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS 1152 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:07,178 AARON, LEGISLATIVE AIDE WITH S&S 1153 00:39:07,178 --> 00:39:08,245 GLOBAL STRATEGIES AND I AM 1154 00:39:08,245 --> 00:39:10,347 TESTIFYING TODAY ON BEHALF OF 1155 00:39:10,347 --> 00:39:11,315 SMS GLOBAL STRATEGIES AND THE 1156 00:39:11,315 --> 00:39:12,316 WBBA IN OPPOSITION TO REDUCING 1157 00:39:12,316 --> 00:39:19,924 THE MHA FEE. MANY OF OUR 1158 00:39:19,924 --> 00:39:20,558 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, 1159 00:39:20,558 --> 00:39:21,225 COMMUNITY DEVELOPED 1160 00:39:21,225 --> 00:39:21,792 ORGANIZATIONS, AND HOUSING 1161 00:39:21,792 --> 00:39:22,526 ADVOCATES, OR MEMBERS OF THE 1162 00:39:22,526 --> 00:39:23,661 AYE. SEVEN. WE RECOGNIZE THE 1163 00:39:23,661 --> 00:39:24,795 URGENT NEED TO BUILD MORE 1164 00:39:24,795 --> 00:39:25,730 HOUSING ACROSS SEATTLE. THE 1165 00:39:25,730 --> 00:39:26,597 QUESTION BEFORE US IS NOT 1166 00:39:26,597 --> 00:39:27,998 WHETHER WE SHOULD INCREASE 1167 00:39:27,998 --> 00:39:38,509 HOUSING PRODUCTION -- IT'S 1168 00:39:42,747 --> 00:39:43,781 WHETHER WE SHOULD WEAKEN ONE OF 1169 00:39:43,781 --> 00:39:44,582 THE CITY'S PRIMARY AFFORDABLE 1170 00:39:44,582 --> 00:39:45,483 HOUSING TOOLS WITHOUT EVIDENCE 1171 00:39:45,483 --> 00:39:46,550 THAT DOING SO WILL PRODUCE THE 1172 00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:47,418 INTENDED RESULTS. THIS PROPOSAL 1173 00:39:47,418 --> 00:39:48,252 WILL REDUCE MANDATORY HOUSING 1174 00:39:48,252 --> 00:39:49,220 AFFORDABILITY FEES BY 80%, 1175 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:50,254 RESULTING IN A COMMITTED LOSS OF 1176 00:39:50,254 --> 00:39:51,055 $10 MILLION-$20 MILLION IN 1177 00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:51,856 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS. YET, 1178 00:39:51,856 --> 00:39:53,124 TODAY, WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT 1179 00:39:53,124 --> 00:39:53,958 DATA DEMONSTRATING THE REASONS 1180 00:39:53,958 --> 00:39:54,925 THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT MOVING 1181 00:39:54,925 --> 00:39:55,993 FORWARD. PROJECTS MAY BE STALLED 1182 00:39:55,993 --> 00:39:56,994 BUT THAT ALONE DOES NOT 1183 00:39:56,994 --> 00:39:58,462 ESTABLISH THAT NHA IS THE 1184 00:39:58,462 --> 00:40:06,804 BARRIER. AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP 1185 00:40:06,804 --> 00:40:07,938 IN THE CD, I HAVE WITNESSED THE 1186 00:40:07,938 --> 00:40:08,706 EFFECTS OF THIS PLACEMENT 1187 00:40:08,706 --> 00:40:09,473 FIRSTHAND. BLACK AND BROWN 1188 00:40:09,473 --> 00:40:10,508 COMMUNITIES HAVE ALREADY PAID A 1189 00:40:10,508 --> 00:40:11,075 DISPROPORTIONATE PRICE FOR 1190 00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:16,781 SEATTLE HOUSING CRISIS. THIS IS 1191 00:40:16,781 --> 00:40:17,815 AN EVEN GREATER BARRIER, BURDEN, 1192 00:40:17,815 --> 00:40:18,816 BY REDUCING THE RESOURCES MADE 1193 00:40:18,816 --> 00:40:19,650 AVAILABLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1194 00:40:19,650 --> 00:40:20,484 BY PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT FEES, 1195 00:40:20,484 --> 00:40:21,685 REDUCING THE MARKET RATE 1196 00:40:21,685 --> 00:40:31,896 DEVELOPMENT. WE BELIEVE THESE 1197 00:40:31,896 --> 00:40:32,463 PROJECTS ARE FINANCIALLY 1198 00:40:32,463 --> 00:40:32,963 FEASIBLE, WE WELCOME A 1199 00:40:32,963 --> 00:40:33,731 TRANSPARENT, DATA-DRIVEN 1200 00:40:33,731 --> 00:40:34,398 DISCUSSION SUPPORTED BY PROJECT 1201 00:40:34,398 --> 00:40:35,032 SPECIFIC DATA INFORMATION AND 1202 00:40:35,032 --> 00:40:36,300 PUBLIC POLICY SHOULD BE BASED ON 1203 00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:37,034 EVIDENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT 1204 00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:38,102 ASSUMPTIONS COULD ON BEHALF OF 1205 00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:39,436 SMS AND WBBA, WE RESPECTFULLY 1206 00:40:39,436 --> 00:40:49,980 URGE THE COUNCIL TO REJECT THIS 1207 00:40:51,315 --> 00:40:51,949 PROPOSAL AND USE AFFORDABILITY 1208 00:40:51,949 --> 00:40:53,017 FOR A CRITICAL TOOL OF EXPANDING 1209 00:40:53,017 --> 00:40:53,651 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 1210 00:40:53,651 --> 00:40:54,251 PROTECTING COMMUNITIES MOST 1211 00:40:54,251 --> 00:40:55,219 IMPACTED BY THE DISPLACEMENT. I 1212 00:40:55,219 --> 00:40:56,654 THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME AND THIS 1213 00:40:56,654 --> 00:40:57,021 CONSIDERATION. 1214 00:40:57,021 --> 00:40:58,122 >> THANK YOU, AARON. NEXT, WE 1215 00:40:58,122 --> 00:40:59,356 HAVE ROSE, FOLLOWED BY JOE, AND 1216 00:40:59,356 --> 00:41:00,758 THAT WILL BE THE END OF OUR 1217 00:41:00,758 --> 00:41:01,559 ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTERS. ROSE, 1218 00:41:01,559 --> 00:41:09,767 AND THEN JOE. SO, STAR SIX TO 1219 00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:11,168 UNMUTE YOUR SELF, ROSE. WE SEE 1220 00:41:11,168 --> 00:41:12,503 YOU ONLINE. STAR SIX. THERE, WE 1221 00:41:12,503 --> 00:41:15,840 GO. 1222 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,641 >> THERE, I GO. DIFFERENT THAN 1223 00:41:17,641 --> 00:41:22,446 POUND SIX. TODAY, THIS IS THE 1224 00:41:22,446 --> 00:41:24,215 LAST DAY OF PRIDE MONTH. IT IS 1225 00:41:24,215 --> 00:41:32,489 ALSO HORRIFICALLY ONE OF THE 1226 00:41:32,489 --> 00:41:33,591 MOST TERRIBLE DAYS WE HAVE HAD 1227 00:41:33,591 --> 00:41:34,592 IN TRANSGENDER LEGAL HISTORY. 1228 00:41:34,592 --> 00:41:35,259 THE SUPREME COURT HANDED DOWN 1229 00:41:35,259 --> 00:41:40,130 DECISIONS TODAY SAYING THAT, NOT 1230 00:41:40,130 --> 00:41:41,332 ONLY DO THEY BELIEVE THAT TRANS 1231 00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:42,766 PEOPLE ARE NOT ENTITLED TO BE AS 1232 00:41:42,766 --> 00:41:44,034 IMPORTANT AS ANYONE ELSE IS, BUT 1233 00:41:44,034 --> 00:41:49,907 ALSO, THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY 1234 00:41:49,907 --> 00:41:50,875 RECOURSE UNDER THE 14th 1235 00:41:50,875 --> 00:41:51,909 AMENDMENT. LET ME SAY THAT 1236 00:41:51,909 --> 00:41:53,043 AGAIN. THE SUPREME COURT OF THE 1237 00:41:53,043 --> 00:41:53,978 UNITED STATES HAS INDICATED THAT 1238 00:41:53,978 --> 00:41:59,149 THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT TRANS 1239 00:41:59,149 --> 00:42:00,117 PEOPLE SHOULD BE PROTECTED UNDER 1240 00:42:00,117 --> 00:42:01,352 THE 14th AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED 1241 00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:02,186 STATES UNDER THE EQUAL 1242 00:42:02,186 --> 00:42:03,120 PROTECTION CLAUSE. THEY ARE 1243 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:04,188 SETTING THE STAGE FOR DENYING 1244 00:42:04,188 --> 00:42:05,189 TRANS PEOPLE ANY SORT OF 1245 00:42:05,189 --> 00:42:12,263 PROTECTIONS FOR BEING OURSELVES, 1246 00:42:12,263 --> 00:42:13,697 FOR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 1247 00:42:13,697 --> 00:42:14,565 ONGOING AND INCREASING EARLY 1248 00:42:14,565 --> 00:42:15,599 STAGES OF GENOCIDE, THIS IS WHAT 1249 00:42:15,599 --> 00:42:16,834 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. WE ARE 1250 00:42:16,834 --> 00:42:17,835 TALKING ABOUT THEM TRYING TO 1251 00:42:17,835 --> 00:42:19,703 PULL PATH SUPPORTS, WHILE THEY 1252 00:42:19,703 --> 00:42:21,505 ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT 1253 00:42:21,505 --> 00:42:27,111 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COME HERE 1254 00:42:27,111 --> 00:42:28,646 TO THE U.S. ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE 1255 00:42:28,646 --> 00:42:29,813 THE RECOGNIZED -- BE RECOGNIZED 1256 00:42:29,813 --> 00:42:33,250 FOR BEING TRANS, OR CIS, OR ANY 1257 00:42:33,250 --> 00:42:33,951 OTHER MARGINALIZATION OR 1258 00:42:33,951 --> 00:42:42,793 TARGETING THAT IS HAPPENING. 1259 00:42:42,793 --> 00:42:44,395 THIS IS GETTING WORSE AND THIS 1260 00:42:44,395 --> 00:42:45,229 IS JUST THE BEGINNING. THIS IS 1261 00:42:45,229 --> 00:42:46,497 WHY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 1262 00:42:46,497 --> 00:42:47,498 VIOLENCE THAT IS HAPPENING TO 1263 00:42:47,498 --> 00:42:48,632 OUR COMMUNITIES, ALSO BY THE 1264 00:42:48,632 --> 00:42:49,133 EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS 1265 00:42:49,133 --> 00:42:49,833 NECESSARY. TOMORROW, GOES INTO 1266 00:42:49,833 --> 00:42:50,634 EFFECT, THE IDAHO TRANSGENDER 1267 00:42:50,634 --> 00:42:52,002 BATHROOM BILL AND WE ARE GOING 1268 00:42:52,002 --> 00:42:53,370 TO SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE 1269 00:42:53,370 --> 00:42:59,343 COMING HERE, AND THIS WAS ONLY 1270 00:42:59,343 --> 00:43:01,078 GOING TO GET WORSE AS THE YEAR 1271 00:43:01,078 --> 00:43:01,979 PROGRESSES AND THAT IS NOT EVEN 1272 00:43:01,979 --> 00:43:05,749 ALL THAT IS GOING ON, HERE. WE 1273 00:43:05,749 --> 00:43:06,717 HAVE SPD THAT TARGETED PEOPLE AT 1274 00:43:06,717 --> 00:43:07,484 CAL ANDERSON LAST WEEKEND 1275 00:43:07,484 --> 00:43:08,719 KIDNAPPED PEOPLE AND DID NOT LET 1276 00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:10,421 US KNOW WHERE THEY WENT FOR 1277 00:43:10,421 --> 00:43:19,363 DAYS. FOR SEEMINGLY NO REASON. 1278 00:43:19,363 --> 00:43:20,965 WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON 1279 00:43:20,965 --> 00:43:22,199 AND WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE IN 1280 00:43:22,199 --> 00:43:23,567 THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR 1281 00:43:23,567 --> 00:43:24,401 SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE WE NEED THAT 1282 00:43:24,401 --> 00:43:26,103 RIGHT NOW MORE THAN EVER. 1283 00:43:26,103 --> 00:43:26,704 >> THANK YOU, ROSE. NEXT, WE 1284 00:43:26,704 --> 00:43:30,741 HAVE JOE. WELCOME, JOE. 1285 00:43:30,741 --> 00:43:39,683 >> THANK YOU. JOE KESSLER, HERE. 1286 00:43:39,683 --> 00:43:41,485 I WANT TO CALL IN ABOUT SOME 1287 00:43:41,485 --> 00:43:42,219 THINGS AND I WROTE IT OUT FOR 1288 00:43:42,219 --> 00:43:43,988 TWO MINUTES TODAY. THE FIRST 1289 00:43:43,988 --> 00:43:45,489 THING IS, I ATTEMPTED TO CALL 1290 00:43:45,489 --> 00:43:48,025 INTO KCHRA AND WAS RUDELY 1291 00:43:48,025 --> 00:43:48,792 INTERRUPTED BY AN INEXPERIENCED 1292 00:43:48,792 --> 00:43:50,060 CHAIR. WHAT I WAS TRYING TO 1293 00:43:50,060 --> 00:43:54,898 SHOW, THE FACT THAT THIS MAYOR 1294 00:43:54,898 --> 00:43:56,333 PROMISED TINY HOMES IN TIME FOR 1295 00:43:56,333 --> 00:43:57,601 THE WORLD CUP AND WASN'T ABLE 1296 00:43:57,601 --> 00:43:58,502 TO DELIVER, AND I WONDER, HOW 1297 00:43:58,502 --> 00:44:01,438 MUCH OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF 1298 00:44:01,438 --> 00:44:03,440 KCHRA'S PROMINENCE? I HOPE THAT 1299 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:04,975 THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DEMAND 1300 00:44:04,975 --> 00:44:05,643 ANSWERS, AS IT CONSIDERS WHETHER 1301 00:44:05,643 --> 00:44:12,883 OR NOT TO SHUT DOWN KCHRA AND I 1302 00:44:12,883 --> 00:44:13,684 ENCOURAGE YOU TO SERIOUSLY 1303 00:44:13,684 --> 00:44:14,318 CONSIDER THIS. WHAT IS NEEDED, 1304 00:44:14,318 --> 00:44:14,952 IS TO HAVE POSTERS ALL AROUND 1305 00:44:14,952 --> 00:44:22,259 SEATTLE, SAYING, "YOU CAN'T BE 1306 00:44:22,259 --> 00:44:23,227 THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON DRUGS, 1307 00:44:23,227 --> 00:44:24,862 YOU CAN'T PLAY FOR THE SEATTLE 1308 00:44:24,862 --> 00:44:25,663 STORM ON DRUGS, YOU CAN'T PLAY 1309 00:44:25,663 --> 00:44:26,697 FOR THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ON 1310 00:44:26,697 --> 00:44:28,699 DRUGS." I MEAN, YOU KIND OF GET 1311 00:44:28,699 --> 00:44:30,100 THE PICTURE. AND YOU CERTAINLY 1312 00:44:30,100 --> 00:44:31,235 CAN'T BE COUNCILMEMBER DAN 1313 00:44:31,235 --> 00:44:32,069 STRAUSS ON DRUGS. HE'S ALSO A 1314 00:44:32,069 --> 00:44:33,637 GREAT SUPPORT MEMBER, BY THE 1315 00:44:33,637 --> 00:44:39,777 WAY. MOVING ALONG, YOU KNOW, I 1316 00:44:39,777 --> 00:44:41,311 ALSO WANTED TO CALL IN TODAY, 1317 00:44:41,311 --> 00:44:42,679 AND I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE 1318 00:44:42,679 --> 00:44:44,248 BACK AND FORTH WITH THE PREVIOUS 1319 00:44:44,248 --> 00:44:45,616 COLOR, BUT I THINK IT IS 1320 00:44:45,616 --> 00:44:46,250 GENERALLY UNSAFE TO HAVE TRANS 1321 00:44:46,250 --> 00:44:47,751 PERSONS PLAYING WITH NATURAL 1322 00:44:47,751 --> 00:44:50,387 GIRLS. NOW, ADULT WOMEN WANT TO 1323 00:44:50,387 --> 00:44:52,089 MAKE THAT CHOICE OF INCLUSION, 1324 00:44:52,089 --> 00:44:53,257 THAT IS A CHOICE ADULT WOMEN 1325 00:44:53,257 --> 00:44:55,759 SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE. I JUST 1326 00:44:55,759 --> 00:45:01,098 DON'T WANT ANY BOYS IN THAT TO 1327 00:45:01,098 --> 00:45:01,865 PROTECT NATURAL GIRLS BECAUSE 1328 00:45:01,865 --> 00:45:03,100 THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF INJURY 1329 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:10,107 AND ALL. SO, I THINK WE SHOULD 1330 00:45:10,107 --> 00:45:11,175 KEEP POLITICIANS AWAY FROM 1331 00:45:11,175 --> 00:45:11,975 MEDICAL DECISIONS. MOVING ON, I 1332 00:45:11,975 --> 00:45:13,110 DO ALSO WANT TO COMMENT ON 1333 00:45:13,110 --> 00:45:14,078 SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS TROUBLING 1334 00:45:14,078 --> 00:45:19,917 ME, WHICH IS THE LACK OF 1335 00:45:19,917 --> 00:45:20,684 CAUSATION OF ANTI-SEMITISM, I 1336 00:45:20,684 --> 00:45:21,719 THINK MORE COULD BE DONE TO 1337 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:22,719 PROTECT THE JEWS IN OUR 1338 00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:23,887 COMMUNITY AND I THINK IT IS 1339 00:45:23,887 --> 00:45:24,822 IMPORTANT WE ALL CONDEMN 1340 00:45:24,822 --> 00:45:26,423 ANTI-SEMITISM. AND FINALLY, I 1341 00:45:26,423 --> 00:45:34,131 WANT TO CONCLUDE ON THE SPOT, 1342 00:45:34,131 --> 00:45:35,699 VERY HAPPY WITH THE WAY SEATTLE 1343 00:45:35,699 --> 00:45:36,834 IS BEING MATCHED, RUN, IN THE 1344 00:45:36,834 --> 00:45:37,701 TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT. GO, 1345 00:45:37,701 --> 00:45:38,368 STORM. GO, SEATTLE TRANSIT. AND 1346 00:45:38,368 --> 00:45:39,570 GO, USA. THANK YOU FOR BOOKING 1347 00:45:39,570 --> 00:45:39,837 SERVICE. 1348 00:45:39,837 --> 00:45:41,004 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JOE. 1349 00:45:41,004 --> 00:45:42,106 THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 1350 00:45:42,106 --> 00:45:47,444 FOLKS THAT SIGNED UP? IF THERE 1351 00:45:47,444 --> 00:45:48,612 ARE ANY MORE FOLKS SIGNED UP 1352 00:45:48,612 --> 00:45:50,214 WHETHER YOU WILL SIGN UP ONLINE 1353 00:45:50,214 --> 00:45:51,281 OR FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT 1354 00:45:51,281 --> 00:45:57,888 TODAY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 1355 00:45:57,888 --> 00:45:58,889 TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY AND 1356 00:45:58,889 --> 00:45:59,857 AS ALWAYS, TO THE PEOPLE THAT 1357 00:45:59,857 --> 00:46:01,258 SEND US EMAILS AND CONNECT WITH 1358 00:46:01,258 --> 00:46:03,293 US ON THE BUS OR AT THE GROCERY 1359 00:46:03,293 --> 00:46:10,267 STORE, WHEREVER IT MAY HAVE YOU, 1360 00:46:10,267 --> 00:46:11,368 YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US PUBLIC 1361 00:46:11,368 --> 00:46:13,003 COMMENTS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OR, 1362 00:46:13,003 --> 00:46:14,104 AT THE PARK, ON A SATURDAY, IN 1363 00:46:14,104 --> 00:46:15,572 THE MORNING, AT 10:00 A.M., 1364 00:46:15,572 --> 00:46:16,240 WHILE WE ARE PICKING UP LITTER. 1365 00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:17,474 THANK YOU FOR ALL Y'ALL 1366 00:46:17,474 --> 00:46:20,110 COMMENTS. FOR TODAY, THE PUBLIC 1367 00:46:20,110 --> 00:46:21,211 COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED, WE 1368 00:46:21,211 --> 00:46:22,379 WILL TRANSITION RIGHT INTO OUR 1369 00:46:22,379 --> 00:46:23,380 MEETINGS AND IF THERE IS NO 1370 00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:24,214 OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND 1371 00:46:24,214 --> 00:46:25,582 REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE 1372 00:46:25,582 --> 00:46:27,818 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 1373 00:46:27,818 --> 00:46:28,886 THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 1374 00:46:28,886 --> 00:46:30,020 CALENDAR IS ADOPTED AND IF THERE 1375 00:46:30,020 --> 00:46:31,155 IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL 1376 00:46:31,155 --> 00:46:38,395 BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO 1377 00:46:38,395 --> 00:46:39,596 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 1378 00:46:39,596 --> 00:46:40,330 ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER 1379 00:46:40,330 --> 00:46:41,698 THE CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEMS ON 1380 00:46:41,698 --> 00:46:42,299 THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE 1381 00:46:42,299 --> 00:46:43,333 MINUTES OF JUNE 23rd, JUNE 26th, 1382 00:46:43,333 --> 00:46:47,938 AND COUNCIL BILL 121239, PAYMENT 1383 00:46:47,938 --> 00:46:49,206 OF THE BILLS. ARE THERE ANY 1384 00:46:49,206 --> 00:46:50,307 ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE 1385 00:46:50,307 --> 00:46:50,974 TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT 1386 00:46:50,974 --> 00:47:01,518 CALENDAR? HEARING NONE. I MOVED 1387 00:47:12,396 --> 00:47:13,564 TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR, 1388 00:47:13,564 --> 00:47:14,431 WILL SOMEONE KINDLY GIVE ME A 1389 00:47:14,431 --> 00:47:15,065 SECOND? 1390 00:47:15,065 --> 00:47:15,365 >> SECOND. 1391 00:47:15,365 --> 00:47:16,033 >> THANK YOU, THERE IS A SECOND. 1392 00:47:16,033 --> 00:47:17,034 IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 1393 00:47:17,034 --> 00:47:18,068 TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR, 1394 00:47:18,068 --> 00:47:19,503 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 1395 00:47:19,503 --> 00:47:20,304 ROLL ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 1396 00:47:20,304 --> 00:47:20,971 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 1397 00:47:20,971 --> 00:47:21,338 >> AYE. 1398 00:47:21,338 --> 00:47:21,972 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 1399 00:47:21,972 --> 00:47:22,372 >> YES. 1400 00:47:22,372 --> 00:47:22,973 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 1401 00:47:22,973 --> 00:47:23,407 >> YES. 1402 00:47:23,407 --> 00:47:24,041 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 1403 00:47:24,041 --> 00:47:25,409 >> AYE. 1404 00:47:25,409 --> 00:47:26,243 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 1405 00:47:26,243 --> 00:47:26,476 >> AYE. 1406 00:47:26,476 --> 00:47:27,077 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 1407 00:47:27,077 --> 00:47:27,444 >> AYE. 1408 00:47:27,444 --> 00:47:28,579 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 1409 00:47:28,579 --> 00:47:28,879 >> YES. 1410 00:47:28,879 --> 00:47:29,413 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 1411 00:47:29,413 --> 00:47:29,646 >> AYE. 1412 00:47:29,646 --> 00:47:30,147 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1413 00:47:30,147 --> 00:47:30,514 HOLLINGSWORTH? 1414 00:47:30,514 --> 00:47:31,248 >> YES. 1415 00:47:31,248 --> 00:47:32,015 >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 1416 00:47:32,149 --> 00:47:35,018 >> AWESOME. THE CONSENT CALENDAR 1417 00:47:35,018 --> 00:47:36,086 IS ADOPTED, WILL THE CLERK 1418 00:47:36,086 --> 00:47:37,254 PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 1419 00:47:37,254 --> 00:47:38,322 MINUTES AND THE LEGISLATION ON 1420 00:47:38,322 --> 00:47:39,590 MY BEHALF? NOW, WE WILL JUMPED 1421 00:47:39,590 --> 00:47:40,757 RIGHT INTO THE MEAT OF THE 1422 00:47:40,757 --> 00:47:41,992 MEETING. OR, THE TOFU OF THE 1423 00:47:41,992 --> 00:47:42,993 MEETING. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1424 00:47:42,993 --> 00:47:44,394 READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD? 1425 00:47:44,394 --> 00:47:46,063 >> A REPORT ON PUBLIC SAFETY, 1426 00:47:46,063 --> 00:47:48,265 COUNCIL BILL 121239, AN 1427 00:47:48,265 --> 00:47:48,865 ORDINANCE RELATING TO CLOSING 1428 00:47:48,865 --> 00:47:49,499 PUBLIC STREETS TO MAINTAIN OR 1429 00:47:49,499 --> 00:47:50,000 ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY, 1430 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:50,567 AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF 1431 00:47:50,567 --> 00:47:51,201 TRANSPORTATION TO CLOSE STREETS, 1432 00:47:51,201 --> 00:47:52,636 AMENDING SECTION 11.16.125 OF 1433 00:47:52,636 --> 00:47:53,537 THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, 1434 00:47:53,537 --> 00:47:54,738 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AND 1435 00:47:54,738 --> 00:47:56,073 ESTABLISHING AN IMMEDIATE 1436 00:47:56,073 --> 00:47:58,442 EFFECTIVE DATE, ALL BY A 3/4 1437 00:47:58,442 --> 00:48:02,412 VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE 1438 00:48:02,412 --> 00:48:03,146 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL 1439 00:48:03,146 --> 00:48:03,847 PASS. 1440 00:48:03,847 --> 00:48:09,586 >> AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER 1441 00:48:09,586 --> 00:48:10,887 KETTLE, AS CHAIR OF THE 1442 00:48:10,887 --> 00:48:11,555 COMMITTEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO 1443 00:48:11,555 --> 00:48:12,623 PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. 1444 00:48:12,623 --> 00:48:13,557 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COMMITTEE 1445 00:48:13,557 --> 00:48:15,192 REPORT, I WILL DEFER TO OUR 1446 00:48:15,192 --> 00:48:16,660 COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 1447 00:48:16,660 --> 00:48:18,195 FOR THE FIRST AND LAST WORD ON 1448 00:48:18,195 --> 00:48:25,902 THIS BILL, GIVEN THAT SHE IS THE 1449 00:48:25,902 --> 00:48:26,270 PRIME SPONSOR. 1450 00:48:26,270 --> 00:48:27,037 >> AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER 1451 00:48:27,037 --> 00:48:28,071 JUAREZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1452 00:48:28,071 --> 00:48:29,206 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CATTLE, AND 1453 00:48:29,206 --> 00:48:32,876 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I 1454 00:48:32,876 --> 00:48:34,077 JUST WANT TO COMMENT BEFORE I GO 1455 00:48:34,077 --> 00:48:35,545 INTO SOME OF THE COMMENTS I MADE 1456 00:48:35,545 --> 00:48:36,346 DURING COMMITTEE, THAT COUNCIL 1457 00:48:36,346 --> 00:48:37,981 BILL 121233 IS A MANIFESTATION 1458 00:48:37,981 --> 00:48:39,349 THAT HAS A LONG HISTORY BEYOND 1459 00:48:39,349 --> 00:48:44,655 THE LAST SIX MONTHS THAT WE HAVE 1460 00:48:44,655 --> 00:48:45,722 SEEN, PARTICULARLY IN MY TIME ON 1461 00:48:45,722 --> 00:48:46,723 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, GOING ON 1462 00:48:46,723 --> 00:48:49,026 NINE, 9 1/2 YEARS IN AURORA AND 1463 00:48:49,026 --> 00:48:58,769 ITS HISTORY. THAT BEING SAID, I 1464 00:48:58,769 --> 00:49:00,203 WANT TO GET TO MY COMMENTS AND 1465 00:49:00,203 --> 00:49:01,838 AND I WILL RESPOND AND I ALSO 1466 00:49:01,838 --> 00:49:02,639 WANT TO THANK MY COSPONSOR, 1467 00:49:02,639 --> 00:49:03,774 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THEN I WILL 1468 00:49:03,774 --> 00:49:05,275 DO A FEW MORE THANK YOU'S, AS 1469 00:49:05,275 --> 00:49:05,943 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WOULD LIKE 1470 00:49:05,943 --> 00:49:07,144 ME TO CLOSE THIS OUT. THIS 1471 00:49:07,144 --> 00:49:08,178 ORDINANCE ALLOWS SDOT, SEATTLE 1472 00:49:08,178 --> 00:49:08,812 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1473 00:49:08,812 --> 00:49:10,013 AND SPD, TO CLOSE PUBLIC STREETS 1474 00:49:10,013 --> 00:49:11,014 BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF 1475 00:49:11,014 --> 00:49:12,249 THE CHIEF OF POLICE, "IN ORDER 1476 00:49:12,249 --> 00:49:13,317 TO PREVENT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY," 1477 00:49:13,317 --> 00:49:14,651 AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE GUN 1478 00:49:14,651 --> 00:49:17,087 VIOLENCE, TRAFFICKING, 1479 00:49:17,087 --> 00:49:17,954 PROSTITUTION, ET CETERA, THE 1480 00:49:17,954 --> 00:49:18,689 ORIGINAL LEGISLATION WAS DRAFTED 1481 00:49:18,689 --> 00:49:23,827 BY FORMER MAYOR HARRELL. AND I 1482 00:49:23,827 --> 00:49:25,395 WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 1483 00:49:25,395 --> 00:49:26,330 AGAIN, WHEN HE WAS IN THE CITY 1484 00:49:26,330 --> 00:49:29,566 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 1485 00:49:29,566 --> 00:49:30,600 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, THANK YOU, AS 1486 00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:31,868 I SHARED EARLIER, THIS IS A 1487 00:49:31,868 --> 00:49:32,636 GREAT EXAMPLE OF SHARED 1488 00:49:32,636 --> 00:49:37,541 LEADERSHIP FOR BRINGING THIS 1489 00:49:37,541 --> 00:49:38,642 LEGISLATION TO MY ATTENTION INTO 1490 00:49:38,642 --> 00:49:39,976 MY OFFICE AND WORKING WITH US. I 1491 00:49:39,976 --> 00:49:41,244 ALSO WANT TO THANK, QUICKLY -- 1492 00:49:41,244 --> 00:49:43,547 AND I AM DOING SOME THINGS UP 1493 00:49:43,547 --> 00:49:45,916 FRONT, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE 1494 00:49:45,916 --> 00:49:47,117 PEOPLE THAT HELPED US WORK 1495 00:49:47,117 --> 00:49:47,985 THROUGH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, 1496 00:49:47,985 --> 00:49:48,585 BESIDES COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1497 00:49:48,585 --> 00:49:49,486 WORKING WITH CITY ATTORNEY 1498 00:49:49,486 --> 00:49:50,387 EVANS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1499 00:49:50,387 --> 00:49:52,923 HOLLINGSWORTH, AND MR. 1500 00:49:52,923 --> 00:49:53,990 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WHO IS THE 1501 00:49:53,990 --> 00:49:55,192 CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, I WANT 1502 00:49:55,192 --> 00:49:56,727 TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THE 1503 00:49:56,727 --> 00:49:57,561 COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND EVENTS 1504 00:49:57,561 --> 00:50:06,103 TIMELINE. WHAT WE SAW, OUR 1505 00:50:06,103 --> 00:50:07,337 NEIGHBORS SAW AN 8% INCREASE OF 1506 00:50:07,337 --> 00:50:08,505 GUN VIOLENCE IN THE MONTH OF 1507 00:50:08,505 --> 00:50:09,773 MAY. RECENT SHOOTINGS HAVE TAKEN 1508 00:50:09,773 --> 00:50:10,507 PLACE FURTHER INTO NEIGHBORHOODS 1509 00:50:10,507 --> 00:50:11,808 ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF 1510 00:50:11,808 --> 00:50:12,576 AURORA. AS CRIME RELATED 1511 00:50:12,576 --> 00:50:13,677 VEHICLES PARK AND WAIT IN 1512 00:50:13,677 --> 00:50:14,478 NEIGHBORHOODS, RATHER THAN NEAR 1513 00:50:14,478 --> 00:50:15,712 AURORA, ITSELF. NEIGHBORS HELD 1514 00:50:15,712 --> 00:50:18,749 PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS, AND HAVE 1515 00:50:18,749 --> 00:50:20,650 CALLED FOR THE STREETS TO BE 1516 00:50:20,650 --> 00:50:31,194 SHUT DOWN. NEIGHBORS BLOCKED THE 1517 00:50:36,733 --> 00:50:37,467 STREETS WITH PLANTERS, MAY 24th 1518 00:50:37,467 --> 00:50:39,169 TO MAY 28th, AND THEN WE DID SEE 1519 00:50:39,169 --> 00:50:40,370 A REDUCTION IN SOME ACTIVITY AND 1520 00:50:40,370 --> 00:50:41,171 SHOOTINGS ON THOSE STREETS 1521 00:50:41,171 --> 00:50:42,205 DURING THE STREET BLOCKAGE, THAT 1522 00:50:42,205 --> 00:50:43,273 THE NEIGHBORS DID THEMSELVES. ON 1523 00:50:43,273 --> 00:50:44,474 MAY 28th AND 29th, THE MAYOR'S 1524 00:50:44,474 --> 00:50:45,876 OFFICE REMOVED THE PLANTERS AND 1525 00:50:45,876 --> 00:50:50,680 INSTALLED SLOWDOWNS, THEN OF 1526 00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:51,415 COURSE, THE SHOOTINGS RETURNED 1527 00:50:51,415 --> 00:50:53,116 MAY 30th TO JUNE 1st. ON JUNE 1528 00:50:53,116 --> 00:50:54,584 11th, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAD A 1529 00:50:54,584 --> 00:50:55,352 PRESS CONFERENCE WITH COMMUNITY 1530 00:50:55,352 --> 00:50:56,353 AND AGAIN, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 1531 00:50:56,353 --> 00:50:57,220 CITY ATTORNEY EVANS, KING COUNTY 1532 00:50:57,220 --> 00:50:58,121 PROSECUTOR LISA BANYAN, COUNCIL 1533 00:50:58,121 --> 00:50:58,789 MEMBER STRAUSS, COUNCILMEMBER 1534 00:50:58,789 --> 00:51:00,424 KETTLE, ALONG WITH THE MAYOR AND 1535 00:51:00,424 --> 00:51:01,725 INTERIM SDOT DIRECTOR MADE THE 1536 00:51:01,725 --> 00:51:02,692 ANNOUNCEMENT TO CLOSE THE ROADS 1537 00:51:02,692 --> 00:51:12,936 FROM 95th TO 102nd, AND ALSO 1538 00:51:12,936 --> 00:51:13,870 INCREASE THE POLICE PRESENCE. 1539 00:51:13,870 --> 00:51:15,338 AND AS I SHARED BEFORE, YOU CAN 1540 00:51:15,338 --> 00:51:15,972 GO ON AURORA, YOU CAN GO FROM 1541 00:51:15,972 --> 00:51:17,541 ABOUT 85th TO 130th, AND YOU CAN 1542 00:51:17,541 --> 00:51:18,675 SEE THE ACTIVITY AND IT HAS 1543 00:51:18,675 --> 00:51:20,210 GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE YEARS, AND 1544 00:51:20,210 --> 00:51:21,478 I WAS -- AS I HAD SHARED BEFORE, 1545 00:51:21,478 --> 00:51:22,746 IT HAS GOTTEN MORE VIOLENT, MORE 1546 00:51:22,746 --> 00:51:23,547 PREDATORY, AND MORE GUN 1547 00:51:23,547 --> 00:51:24,347 VIOLENCE. THIS LEGISLATION IS 1548 00:51:24,347 --> 00:51:25,549 MEANT AS A TEMPORARY TOOL WHEN 1549 00:51:25,549 --> 00:51:27,184 PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES ARISE IN 1550 00:51:27,184 --> 00:51:30,720 CONCENTRATED AREAS, PROVIDING 1551 00:51:30,720 --> 00:51:32,055 THE CITY THE ABILITY TO ACT 1552 00:51:32,055 --> 00:51:33,156 QUICKLY IN SO DOING CRIME, WHICH 1553 00:51:33,156 --> 00:51:40,230 ALLOWS TIME TO ASSESS LONG-TERM 1554 00:51:40,230 --> 00:51:41,097 NEEDS AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS 1555 00:51:41,097 --> 00:51:42,265 FOR THESE AREAS, AND THAT IS 1556 00:51:42,265 --> 00:51:43,433 WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 1557 00:51:43,433 --> 00:51:44,201 EXECUTIVE BRANCH, MORE 1558 00:51:44,201 --> 00:51:51,241 IMPORTANTLY, SDOT, AND HOW WE 1559 00:51:51,241 --> 00:51:52,576 CAN HAVE -- AS FOLKS HEAD TODAY 1560 00:51:52,576 --> 00:51:53,910 IN PUBLIC COMMENT -- MORE THAN A 1561 00:51:53,910 --> 00:51:55,145 BAND-AID. FOR FOLKS LIVING IN 1562 00:51:55,145 --> 00:51:56,313 THIS AREA, SDOT IS LOOKING FOR 1563 00:51:56,313 --> 00:51:57,280 DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM YOU. THEY 1564 00:51:57,280 --> 00:51:58,682 HAVE AN ONLINE FORM WHERE YOU 1565 00:51:58,682 --> 00:51:59,649 CAN SUBMIT FEEDBACK THROUGH THE 1566 00:51:59,649 --> 00:52:01,117 SUMMER, AND IF YOU REACH OUT TO 1567 00:52:01,117 --> 00:52:02,552 OUR OFFICE, WE CAN SEND YOU THE 1568 00:52:02,552 --> 00:52:03,787 LINK, AS WELL, AND MEET WITH 1569 00:52:03,787 --> 00:52:05,222 YOU, AS WELL. I WANT TO BE 1570 00:52:05,222 --> 00:52:06,423 CLEAR, AGAIN, THAT SDOT AND THE 1571 00:52:06,423 --> 00:52:07,591 MAYOR'S OFFICE HAVE ALWAYS HAD 1572 00:52:07,591 --> 00:52:09,726 THE CITY AUTHORITY UNDER OUR 1573 00:52:09,726 --> 00:52:10,293 CITY CHARTER, ARTICLE FOUR, 1574 00:52:10,293 --> 00:52:10,994 SPECIFICALLY, AND ARTICLE FIVE, 1575 00:52:10,994 --> 00:52:21,471 TO DIRECT SUCH ACTIONS. THE 1576 00:52:24,875 --> 00:52:26,109 CHARTER IS, AS WE ALL KNOW, TO 1577 00:52:26,109 --> 00:52:27,310 PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE HEALTH, 1578 00:52:27,310 --> 00:52:28,278 SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF 1579 00:52:28,278 --> 00:52:29,579 THE PEOPLE. I WILL MAKE A 1580 00:52:29,579 --> 00:52:30,514 CORRECTION. ARTICLE FOUR IS A 1581 00:52:30,514 --> 00:52:31,248 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, ARTICLE FIVE 1582 00:52:31,248 --> 00:52:32,249 IS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. WE 1583 00:52:32,249 --> 00:52:33,216 KNOW, AND WE HAVE EXPERIENCED, 1584 00:52:33,216 --> 00:52:41,858 AND WE HAVE WATCHED SDOT CLOSE 1585 00:52:41,858 --> 00:52:42,626 STREETS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, 1586 00:52:42,626 --> 00:52:44,094 SPEED LIMIT, TRAFFIC CALMING, 1587 00:52:44,094 --> 00:52:44,728 SAFE STREETS, HEALTHY STREETS, 1588 00:52:44,728 --> 00:52:45,295 SPEED BUMPS, ROUNDABOUTS, 1589 00:52:45,295 --> 00:52:45,896 PARKING RESTRICTIONS, STREET 1590 00:52:45,896 --> 00:52:46,429 VACATION, STREET RACING, 1591 00:52:46,429 --> 00:52:47,130 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AND FOR BIKE 1592 00:52:47,130 --> 00:52:48,565 LANES. WE ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, WE 1593 00:52:48,565 --> 00:52:55,972 CAN CLOSE STREETS FOR 1594 00:52:55,972 --> 00:52:56,773 PEDESTRIANS, BIKES, HEAVY FOOT 1595 00:52:56,773 --> 00:52:57,874 TRAFFIC FOR SPORTING EVENTS, ET 1596 00:52:57,874 --> 00:52:59,676 CETERA, AS CERTAINLY WE SAW FOR 1597 00:52:59,676 --> 00:53:00,510 FIFA. SDOT, IN THE PAST, HAS 1598 00:53:00,510 --> 00:53:01,344 CLOSED STREETS SUCH AS GOLDEN 1599 00:53:01,344 --> 00:53:02,379 GARDENS FOR SAFE STREETS, ALKI 1600 00:53:02,379 --> 00:53:03,880 FOR HEALTHY STREETS, PIKE PLACE 1601 00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:06,416 MARKET, 2025 THROUGH A PILOT 1602 00:53:06,416 --> 00:53:07,684 PROJECT, TWO 2026 FOR THE SIP 1603 00:53:07,684 --> 00:53:09,019 AND SAVOR. AND I SHOULD ADD THAT 1604 00:53:09,019 --> 00:53:10,086 DURING COVID, WE CLOSED MANY 1605 00:53:10,086 --> 00:53:11,488 STREETS, FOR SAFETY, AND HEALTH 1606 00:53:11,488 --> 00:53:13,156 PURPOSES. AND ALSO, WE HAVE 1607 00:53:13,156 --> 00:53:14,591 HEARD, AND WE HAVE WATCHED, AND 1608 00:53:14,591 --> 00:53:22,399 EXPERIENCED, AND I THINK THE 1609 00:53:22,399 --> 00:53:23,333 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS SPOKEN TO 1610 00:53:23,333 --> 00:53:24,167 THIS, LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD 1611 00:53:24,167 --> 00:53:25,368 HAS BEEN CLOSED MANY TIMES, FOR 1612 00:53:25,368 --> 00:53:26,403 THE WEEKEND, FOR BIKES AND 1613 00:53:26,403 --> 00:53:27,671 PEDESTRIANS. I JUST WANT TO 1614 00:53:27,671 --> 00:53:28,471 SHARE THAT WHILE WE APPRECIATE 1615 00:53:28,471 --> 00:53:29,472 TRANSIT, AND WE APPRECIATE THOSE 1616 00:53:29,472 --> 00:53:30,707 THAT USE TRANSIT, AND I JUST 1617 00:53:30,707 --> 00:53:32,142 WANT TO ALSO ADD THAT WE ALSO 1618 00:53:32,142 --> 00:53:37,247 HAVE PEOPLE THAT NEED THEIR 1619 00:53:37,247 --> 00:53:38,481 CARS, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T 1620 00:53:38,481 --> 00:53:39,849 ALWAYS WALK, AND WE ARE NOT JUST 1621 00:53:39,849 --> 00:53:47,624 A TRANSIT ORIENTED CITY. WITH 1622 00:53:47,624 --> 00:53:49,192 THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO ADD 1623 00:53:49,192 --> 00:53:50,060 THAT, COUNCILMEMBER -- OR, I'M 1624 00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:50,894 SORRY, CITY ATTORNEY EVANS, 1625 00:53:50,894 --> 00:53:51,728 ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 1626 00:53:51,728 --> 00:53:52,963 CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IN OUR 1627 00:53:52,963 --> 00:53:54,297 COMBINED EFFORTS TO WORK WITH 1628 00:53:54,297 --> 00:53:55,231 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN A 1629 00:53:55,231 --> 00:53:59,336 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST FOR 1630 00:53:59,336 --> 00:54:00,303 A VICE PROSECUTOR POSITION THAT 1631 00:54:00,303 --> 00:54:01,271 WILL BE CROSS DEPUTIZED WITH 1632 00:54:01,271 --> 00:54:01,805 KING COUNTY PROSECUTING 1633 00:54:01,805 --> 00:54:03,807 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, TO ADDRESS 1634 00:54:03,807 --> 00:54:06,276 AND PROSECUTE THOSE INVOLVED IN 1635 00:54:06,276 --> 00:54:11,848 SEX TRAFFICKING, SOLICITATION, 1636 00:54:11,848 --> 00:54:12,916 AND ALL THE ACTIVITY AND 1637 00:54:12,916 --> 00:54:14,384 PROSTITUTION THAT WE SEE GOING 1638 00:54:14,384 --> 00:54:16,419 ON, ON AURORA, AND HAS GOTTEN, 1639 00:54:16,419 --> 00:54:18,088 AS I SAID, WORSE. WE CAN, AND 1640 00:54:18,088 --> 00:54:23,493 HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SHUT DOWN 1641 00:54:23,493 --> 00:54:24,461 A STREET FOR BULLETS FLYING AND 1642 00:54:24,461 --> 00:54:25,495 ENDANGERING THE VERY LIVES OF 1643 00:54:25,495 --> 00:54:29,432 THOSE THAT LIVE THERE. GUNSHOTS 1644 00:54:29,432 --> 00:54:30,567 THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD. 1645 00:54:30,567 --> 00:54:31,901 PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK 1646 00:54:31,901 --> 00:54:39,909 SAFELY, TAKE THE BUS, WALK THEIR 1647 00:54:39,909 --> 00:54:41,011 CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, WORSHIP, GO 1648 00:54:41,011 --> 00:54:41,678 TO CHURCH, USE TRANSPORTATION, 1649 00:54:41,678 --> 00:54:42,812 WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING SHOT 1650 00:54:42,812 --> 00:54:44,614 AT OR BEING INVOLVED IN CROSS 1651 00:54:44,614 --> 00:54:47,183 GUNFIRE. LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK 1652 00:54:47,183 --> 00:54:48,451 THOSE FOLKS THAT CAME DOWN TO 1653 00:54:48,451 --> 00:54:49,319 PUBLIC COMMENT THAT CALLED OUR 1654 00:54:49,319 --> 00:54:51,154 OFFICES, THAT REACHED OUT TO OUR 1655 00:54:51,154 --> 00:54:54,858 OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, WHO CAME 1656 00:54:54,858 --> 00:54:56,192 IN, AND SHOWED UP IN COMMUNITY, 1657 00:54:56,192 --> 00:54:57,227 ATTENDED THE WALKS ON AURORA, 1658 00:54:57,227 --> 00:54:58,628 FOR THOSE TO SEE THAT THIS IS 1659 00:54:58,628 --> 00:54:59,763 REAL, AND THE VIOLENCE IS REAL. 1660 00:54:59,763 --> 00:55:00,997 AND AGAIN, AS I SHARED BEFORE, 1661 00:55:00,997 --> 00:55:04,534 YOUR COURAGE IS, INDEED, 1662 00:55:04,534 --> 00:55:05,935 CONTAGIOUS AND IT FAR OUTWEIGHS 1663 00:55:05,935 --> 00:55:16,479 FEAR. JUST QUICKLY, I MADE SOME 1664 00:55:16,746 --> 00:55:17,781 NOTES AND I WASN'T GOING TO 1665 00:55:17,781 --> 00:55:19,282 SHARE -- WELL, I WAS GOING TO 1666 00:55:19,282 --> 00:55:20,717 SHARE THIS, BUT ONCE WE HEARD 1667 00:55:20,717 --> 00:55:21,318 THE PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S 1668 00:55:21,318 --> 00:55:22,252 SOMETHING WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN, 1669 00:55:22,252 --> 00:55:23,687 THAT THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM ON 1670 00:55:23,687 --> 00:55:26,189 AURORA IS THE SEX TRAFFICKING, 1671 00:55:26,189 --> 00:55:27,424 IS THE PROSTITUTION, IS THE DRUG 1672 00:55:27,424 --> 00:55:28,425 ACTIVITY. AND THAT, TODAY, I 1673 00:55:28,425 --> 00:55:29,693 AGREE, IT IS A BAND-AID. AND 1674 00:55:29,693 --> 00:55:31,227 HOPEFULLY, WITH SDOT AND THEIR 1675 00:55:31,227 --> 00:55:37,634 ENGINEERS, THEY CAN LOOK AT 1676 00:55:37,634 --> 00:55:38,702 SOMETHING MORE PERMANENT TO MAKE 1677 00:55:38,702 --> 00:55:39,969 AURORA SAFE. AND IF THE ROOT OF 1678 00:55:39,969 --> 00:55:41,137 THE PROBLEM IS THIS TYPE OF 1679 00:55:41,137 --> 00:55:42,205 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THEN AS YOU 1680 00:55:42,205 --> 00:55:43,573 KNOW, WHAT COMES OF IT IS GUN 1681 00:55:43,573 --> 00:55:44,441 VIOLENCE, IS CRIME, IS 1682 00:55:44,441 --> 00:55:45,542 PROSTITUTION, SOLICITATION, SEX 1683 00:55:45,542 --> 00:55:50,080 TRAFFICKING, DRUG ACTIVITY. YOU 1684 00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:51,614 CAN LOOK AT THOSE BUS STOPS. ALL 1685 00:55:51,614 --> 00:55:53,283 OF THEM ARE USED AND YOU CAN SEE 1686 00:55:53,283 --> 00:55:54,451 PEOPLE ON FENTANYL ALL THE TIME. 1687 00:55:54,451 --> 00:55:56,086 THERE IS A TIME WHEN, IN THE 1688 00:55:56,086 --> 00:55:57,454 LAST SEVEN YEARS THAT I, BELIEVE 1689 00:55:57,454 --> 00:55:58,788 IT OR NOT, WOULD GO ON AURORA 1690 00:55:58,788 --> 00:56:01,458 AND I WOULD COUNT HOW MANY PIMPS 1691 00:56:01,458 --> 00:56:02,325 AND PROSTITUTES, AND SOMETIMES, 1692 00:56:02,325 --> 00:56:03,660 THERE WOULD BE UP TO 40, FROM 1693 00:56:03,660 --> 00:56:05,528 85th, ALL THE WAY UP TO WHERE 1694 00:56:05,528 --> 00:56:07,597 THE ULTA, FORMER AMAZON PARKING 1695 00:56:07,597 --> 00:56:16,239 LOT IS, AND THAT IS REAL AND I 1696 00:56:16,239 --> 00:56:17,006 THINK SOME PEOPLE WANT TO SAY, 1697 00:56:17,006 --> 00:56:18,708 "OH, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF 1698 00:56:18,708 --> 00:56:19,542 WE LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION, IT 1699 00:56:19,542 --> 00:56:27,083 WOULD MAKE IT BETTER." NO. 1700 00:56:27,083 --> 00:56:30,153 THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE TALKING 1701 00:56:30,153 --> 00:56:30,787 ABOUT, HERE. SO, I WANT TO THANK 1702 00:56:30,787 --> 00:56:31,254 THOSE OF YOU FROM THE 1703 00:56:31,254 --> 00:56:31,855 FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, I 1704 00:56:31,855 --> 00:56:32,956 WANT TO THANK AURORA COMMENTS, 1705 00:56:32,956 --> 00:56:33,556 THEY HAVE BEEN A PARTNER WITH 1706 00:56:33,556 --> 00:56:36,359 US. MANY OF YOU WHO HAVE SAT 1707 00:56:36,359 --> 00:56:36,993 HERE, WE WORKED ON THE BUDGET, 1708 00:56:36,993 --> 00:56:37,761 WE HELPED THEM EXPAND THEIR 1709 00:56:37,761 --> 00:56:38,394 SERVICES WITH HARVEY VIEW, AND 1710 00:56:38,394 --> 00:56:39,195 UW NOT ONLY FOR SERVICES, FOR 1711 00:56:39,195 --> 00:56:40,130 MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THOSE 1712 00:56:40,130 --> 00:56:41,698 TRYING TO ESCAPE SEX 1713 00:56:41,698 --> 00:56:43,600 TRAFFICKING, BUT ALSO TO OFFER 1714 00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:46,069 SERVICES. AND WE WILL CONTINUE 1715 00:56:46,069 --> 00:56:51,141 TO DO THAT. AND LASTLY, I WANT 1716 00:56:51,141 --> 00:56:52,442 TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR BEING 1717 00:56:52,442 --> 00:56:53,910 SO SUPPORTIVE ON THE LEGISLATIVE 1718 00:56:53,910 --> 00:56:57,614 BRANCH, AND WORKING WITH NOT 1719 00:56:57,614 --> 00:56:58,448 ONLY MYSELF, BUT ALSO 1720 00:56:58,448 --> 00:56:59,649 COUNCILMEMBER AND CHAIR OF THE 1721 00:56:59,649 --> 00:57:00,216 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, 1722 00:57:00,216 --> 00:57:00,917 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, AND CITY 1723 00:57:00,917 --> 00:57:04,187 ATTORNEY EVANS WHO, WHATEVER 1724 00:57:04,187 --> 00:57:08,258 CRITICISMS YOU HAVE ABOUT CITY 1725 00:57:08,258 --> 00:57:09,459 ATTORNEY EVANS, I WILL SAY THIS, 1726 00:57:09,459 --> 00:57:17,066 SHE SHOWED UP IN JANUARY, AND I 1727 00:57:17,066 --> 00:57:18,268 HAVE MET WITH HER MANY TIMES, 1728 00:57:18,268 --> 00:57:19,269 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY -- WELL, 1729 00:57:19,269 --> 00:57:20,303 NOT MORE IMPORTANTLY, JUST AS 1730 00:57:20,303 --> 00:57:21,237 IMPORTANTLY -- CHIEF OF POLICE 1731 00:57:21,237 --> 00:57:23,773 TORRENTS, I HAVE MET WITH HIM 1732 00:57:23,773 --> 00:57:25,141 MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES, AND I 1733 00:57:25,141 --> 00:57:26,543 APPRECIATE THAT THIS CHIEF OF 1734 00:57:26,543 --> 00:57:34,417 POLICE, LIKE THE LAST THREE I 1735 00:57:34,417 --> 00:57:35,218 WORKED WITH, CALL ME DIRECTLY, 1736 00:57:35,218 --> 00:57:36,486 INCLUDING WHEN WE THOUGHT WE HAD 1737 00:57:36,486 --> 00:57:37,687 I.C.E. RAIDS UP ON AURORA, AND 1738 00:57:37,687 --> 00:57:38,521 THAT IS WHAT DISTRICT 1739 00:57:38,521 --> 00:57:39,522 REPRESENTATION IS SUPPOSED TO DO 1740 00:57:39,522 --> 00:57:41,157 FOR US. IS THAT WE HAVE FOLKS 1741 00:57:41,157 --> 00:57:42,192 WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, WHO 1742 00:57:42,192 --> 00:57:42,826 UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 1743 00:57:42,826 --> 00:57:44,227 THAT WE HONOR THE NEEDS OF OUR 1744 00:57:44,227 --> 00:57:45,295 DISTRICT, BUT WE REPRESENT THE 1745 00:57:45,295 --> 00:57:48,131 WHOLE CITY. AND SO, I AM GLAD 1746 00:57:48,131 --> 00:57:49,666 THAT WE ARE SHINING A LIGHT ON 1747 00:57:49,666 --> 00:57:51,301 AURORA, THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE 1748 00:57:51,301 --> 00:57:54,237 THAT IT ISN'T JUST A FEW PIMPS, 1749 00:57:54,237 --> 00:57:56,005 BUT THERE IS ACTUALLY GUNFIRE, 1750 00:57:56,005 --> 00:58:03,112 AND IT SADDENS ME -- THOUGH, 1751 00:58:03,112 --> 00:58:04,347 PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS -- THAT 1752 00:58:04,347 --> 00:58:05,615 THE NEIGHBORS HAD TO, ON THEIR 1753 00:58:05,615 --> 00:58:07,016 OWN, GO UP AND PUT UP BARRIERS. 1754 00:58:07,016 --> 00:58:15,892 WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS, 1755 00:58:15,892 --> 00:58:16,693 PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE 1756 00:58:16,693 --> 00:58:18,027 BEEN DOING THIS ACROSS THE CITY, 1757 00:58:18,027 --> 00:58:19,362 AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT, I HAVE 1758 00:58:19,362 --> 00:58:20,630 SEEN IT, THEY JUST HAVE BEEN 1759 00:58:20,630 --> 00:58:21,731 QUITE ABOUT IT. THEY PUT OUT 1760 00:58:21,731 --> 00:58:22,765 PLANTERS TO DISCOURAGE RVs FROM 1761 00:58:22,765 --> 00:58:24,334 PARKING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES. 1762 00:58:24,334 --> 00:58:25,401 WE WORK WITH SDOT TO RECONFIGURE 1763 00:58:25,401 --> 00:58:26,636 PARKING SPACES SO WE DON'T HAVE 1764 00:58:26,636 --> 00:58:28,071 -- AT ONE TIME, I THINK I 1765 00:58:28,071 --> 00:58:33,610 COUNTED 17 RVs BEHIND SAFEWAY ON 1766 00:58:33,610 --> 00:58:35,879 17th. I KNOW D5 LIKE THE BACK OF 1767 00:58:35,879 --> 00:58:37,313 MY HAND, SO I CAN TELL YOU EVERY 1768 00:58:37,313 --> 00:58:38,314 HOTSPOT. ALBERT DAVIS, VIRTUAL 1769 00:58:38,314 --> 00:58:39,749 FLAM, LAKE CITY WAY, THE PARK. I 1770 00:58:39,749 --> 00:58:41,417 MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU. AND WHEN 1771 00:58:41,417 --> 00:58:42,785 WE ARE HERE TODAY -- AND AGAIN, 1772 00:58:42,785 --> 00:58:44,287 THIS IS FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES 1773 00:58:44,287 --> 00:58:49,759 -- WE CARE ABOUT THIS CITY. AND 1774 00:58:49,759 --> 00:58:50,960 WE CARE WHEN THERE IS GUNSHOTS, 1775 00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:52,128 AND WE PARTICULARLY CARE WHEN 1776 00:58:52,128 --> 00:58:53,129 PEOPLE WHO AREN'T EVEN DOING 1777 00:58:53,129 --> 00:59:02,972 ANYTHING, JUST THE GENTLEMAN 1778 00:59:02,972 --> 00:59:04,374 THAT WE HAD COME AND TALK ABOUT 1779 00:59:04,374 --> 00:59:06,543 HIS CHILD AND THE GUNSHOTS THAT, 1780 00:59:06,543 --> 00:59:07,110 YOU KNOW, WENT THROUGH HIS 1781 00:59:07,110 --> 00:59:08,344 HOUSE, AND HE HAS AN INFANT. SO, 1782 00:59:08,344 --> 00:59:09,545 WITH THAT, I AM HOPING, 1783 00:59:09,545 --> 00:59:10,179 COLLEAGUES, THAT YOU WILL ALL 1784 00:59:10,179 --> 00:59:15,251 VOTE FOR AND SUPPORT THIS BILL, 1785 00:59:15,251 --> 00:59:16,686 AND WITH THAT, I YIELD BACK TO 1786 00:59:16,686 --> 00:59:18,054 THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY -- 1787 00:59:18,054 --> 00:59:18,888 OR, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL 1788 00:59:18,888 --> 00:59:19,389 PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. 1789 00:59:19,389 --> 00:59:20,189 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1790 00:59:20,189 --> 00:59:20,823 JUAREZ. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 1791 00:59:20,823 --> 00:59:22,258 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO, 1792 00:59:22,258 --> 00:59:23,860 FIRST, THANK YOU TO 1793 00:59:23,860 --> 00:59:24,894 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND ALL OF 1794 00:59:24,894 --> 00:59:26,095 THOSE THAT SHE THANKED, AS WELL, 1795 00:59:26,095 --> 00:59:26,930 ESPECIALLY THE NORTH AURORA 1796 00:59:26,930 --> 00:59:27,563 NEIGHBORHOOD. COLLEAGUES, WE 1797 00:59:27,563 --> 00:59:29,666 NEED A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN 1798 00:59:29,666 --> 00:59:33,703 NORTH AURORA. WE NEED TO HAVE 1799 00:59:33,703 --> 00:59:34,837 BALANCE AND FOCUS WITH OUR 1800 00:59:34,837 --> 00:59:38,007 NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS AND A FOCUS, 1801 00:59:38,007 --> 00:59:39,609 AS WELL, WITH OUR NEIGHBORS IN 1802 00:59:39,609 --> 00:59:40,710 CRISIS, LIKE NORTH AURORA. WE 1803 00:59:40,710 --> 00:59:50,486 NEED LEADERSHIP THAT IS 1804 00:59:50,486 --> 00:59:51,120 SUSTAINED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT 1805 00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:51,788 OF FOLLOW-UP AND FOLLOW-THROUGH. 1806 00:59:51,788 --> 00:59:53,356 THIS IS NOT JUST A SUMMER ISSUE. 1807 00:59:53,356 --> 00:59:54,023 THIS GOES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 1808 00:59:54,023 --> 00:59:55,391 WE NEED IMPLEMENTATIONS OF 1809 00:59:55,391 --> 00:59:56,192 ORDINANCES PASSED INTO LAW. WE 1810 00:59:56,192 --> 01:00:02,131 NEED ACCOUNTABILITY TO MATCH THE 1811 01:00:02,131 --> 01:00:03,099 COMPASSION IN OUR EFFORTS, AND 1812 01:00:03,099 --> 01:00:04,367 WE NEED THE INTEGRATION, ON ONE 1813 01:00:04,367 --> 01:00:05,168 HAND, OF PUBLIC SAFETY, 1814 01:00:05,168 --> 01:00:06,135 TRADITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH 1815 01:00:06,135 --> 01:00:07,103 PUBLIC HEALTH, HOUSING, AND 1816 01:00:07,103 --> 01:00:08,304 HUMAN SERVICES ON THE OTHER 1817 01:00:08,304 --> 01:00:09,839 HAND. AND SO, I ASK THAT, YOU 1818 01:00:09,839 --> 01:00:10,773 KNOW, ACTUALLY, TO MOVE FORWARD, 1819 01:00:10,773 --> 01:00:12,375 THAT WE ADDRESS THE CRISIS IN 1820 01:00:12,375 --> 01:00:12,976 NORTH AURORA BY ACHIEVING OUR 1821 01:00:12,976 --> 01:00:17,614 GOALS RELATED TO SPD STAFFING. 1822 01:00:17,614 --> 01:00:18,848 THE MORE OFFICERS WE BRING ON 1823 01:00:18,848 --> 01:00:20,316 BOARD, THE MORE WE CAN PULL OFF 1824 01:00:20,316 --> 01:00:23,820 PATROL, AND PUT BACK INTO THE 1825 01:00:23,820 --> 01:00:24,621 SPECIALTY UNITS, INTO TACTICS, 1826 01:00:24,621 --> 01:00:26,022 THAT ARE DESIGNED TO, YOU KNOW, 1827 01:00:26,022 --> 01:00:30,126 WORK THIS PROBLEM SET. THAT, YOU 1828 01:00:30,126 --> 01:00:31,561 KNOW, WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 1829 01:00:31,561 --> 01:00:32,195 THE GREAT FORCE MULTIPLIER THAT 1830 01:00:32,195 --> 01:00:33,963 IS THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER. 1831 01:00:33,963 --> 01:00:35,965 IT'S A CCTV PROGRAM AND AS IT 1832 01:00:35,965 --> 01:00:36,933 RELATES TO THIS, THE AUTOMATIC 1833 01:00:36,933 --> 01:00:41,270 LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM, 1834 01:00:41,270 --> 01:00:43,006 WHICH WOULD BE SO KEY ON AURORA. 1835 01:00:43,006 --> 01:00:44,340 AGAIN, IMPLEMENT OUR ORDINANCES. 1836 01:00:44,340 --> 01:00:46,442 AS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ POINTED 1837 01:00:46,442 --> 01:00:47,410 OUT, WE NEED THE PARTNERSHIP 1838 01:00:47,410 --> 01:00:52,415 BETWEEN KING COUNTY ATTORNEY AND 1839 01:00:52,415 --> 01:00:53,016 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 1840 01:00:53,016 --> 01:00:53,716 THEY NEED THAT ASSISTANCE. THEY 1841 01:00:53,716 --> 01:00:54,851 NEED THAT PERSON, THAT 1842 01:00:54,851 --> 01:00:56,853 PROSECUTOR, TO TACKLE THE LEGAL 1843 01:00:56,853 --> 01:00:59,489 SIDES OF THESE THINGS. WE NEED 1844 01:00:59,489 --> 01:01:00,857 SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT RELATE TO 1845 01:01:00,857 --> 01:01:05,728 COMMERCIAL SEXPLOITATION TO BE 1846 01:01:05,728 --> 01:01:07,096 THERE AT SECOND AND THIRD WASH. 1847 01:01:07,096 --> 01:01:09,265 I HAVE BEEN UP AT THE NORTH 1848 01:01:09,265 --> 01:01:17,807 PRECINCT. THEY DON'T ALL SHOW 1849 01:01:17,807 --> 01:01:19,275 UP AT SECOND AND THIRD WATCH. IN 1850 01:01:19,275 --> 01:01:20,376 FACT, IT'S VERY FEW. AND HERE 1851 01:01:20,376 --> 01:01:21,611 IS THE ISSUE, WE CAN'T WAIT 1852 01:01:21,611 --> 01:01:22,945 UNTIL 9:00 THE NEXT MORNING, SO 1853 01:01:22,945 --> 01:01:24,414 WE NEED TO ENGAGE ON THE HUMAN 1854 01:01:24,414 --> 01:01:25,581 SERVICES SIDE OF THINGS TO MAKE 1855 01:01:25,581 --> 01:01:26,749 SURE THEY ARE THERE WHEN NEEDED, 1856 01:01:26,749 --> 01:01:28,017 AND THEY CAN PARTNER WITH THE 1857 01:01:28,017 --> 01:01:29,519 NORTH PRECINCT. AGAIN, THIS IS 1858 01:01:29,519 --> 01:01:37,493 THE SEAM, DIVINE, THE SCENE 1859 01:01:37,493 --> 01:01:38,227 BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC 1860 01:01:38,227 --> 01:01:38,995 HOUSING, HEALTH AND HUMAN 1861 01:01:38,995 --> 01:01:40,496 SERVICES. AND I WOULD ADD TO THE 1862 01:01:40,496 --> 01:01:41,731 MORE GENERAL POINT THAT WAS 1863 01:01:41,731 --> 01:01:43,032 RAISED, WE NEED A UNIFIED CARE 1864 01:01:43,032 --> 01:01:43,900 TEAM, WHICH ENGAGES WITH 1865 01:01:43,900 --> 01:01:45,334 COMMUNITY. AND IT IS NOT WHAT IT 1866 01:01:45,334 --> 01:01:46,536 HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED TO BE BY 1867 01:01:46,536 --> 01:01:51,941 OTHERS. WE NEED TO HAVE THIS 1868 01:01:51,941 --> 01:01:52,542 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. BUT, 1869 01:01:52,542 --> 01:01:53,810 TODAY, AND RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE 1870 01:01:53,810 --> 01:01:55,011 NEED -- AND COLLEAGUES, I ASK 1871 01:01:55,011 --> 01:02:02,151 FOR YOUR SUPPORT -- IS PASSING 1872 01:02:02,151 --> 01:02:03,853 COUNCIL BUT 121233. THANK YOU. 1873 01:02:03,853 --> 01:02:04,253 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 1874 01:02:04,253 --> 01:02:04,754 >> AWESOME. THANK YOU, 1875 01:02:04,754 --> 01:02:05,688 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, THANK YOU, 1876 01:02:05,688 --> 01:02:06,322 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR THESE 1877 01:02:06,322 --> 01:02:07,423 OPENING COMMENTS. COLLEAGUES, I 1878 01:02:07,423 --> 01:02:08,524 WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR UP, IF 1879 01:02:08,524 --> 01:02:09,692 THERE IS ANY MORE COMMENTS 1880 01:02:09,692 --> 01:02:11,828 REGARDING THE BILL, REGARDING 1881 01:02:11,828 --> 01:02:18,367 COUNTABLE 121233. COUNCILMEMBER 1882 01:02:18,367 --> 01:02:19,569 STRAUSS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1883 01:02:19,569 --> 01:02:20,303 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 1884 01:02:20,303 --> 01:02:21,838 I WILL BE BRIEF, I JUST WANT TO 1885 01:02:21,838 --> 01:02:23,539 SAY I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF 1886 01:02:23,539 --> 01:02:25,108 WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER 1887 01:02:25,108 --> 01:02:26,375 JUAREZ WHEN SHE WAS HERE BEFORE 1888 01:02:26,375 --> 01:02:27,543 AND NO MOMENTUM LOST IN THE 1889 01:02:27,543 --> 01:02:28,177 TRANSITION TO COUNCILMEMBER 1890 01:02:28,177 --> 01:02:33,082 MOORE, AND NO MOMENTUM LOST WITH 1891 01:02:33,082 --> 01:02:33,883 THE TRANSITION BACK TO 1892 01:02:33,883 --> 01:02:34,517 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. THAT'S 1893 01:02:34,517 --> 01:02:35,585 VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU 1894 01:02:35,585 --> 01:02:37,019 LOSE MOMENTUM IN A SPACE AND A 1895 01:02:37,019 --> 01:02:38,020 PLACE LIKE AURORA, THINGS 1896 01:02:38,020 --> 01:02:39,355 UNRAVELED VERY QUICKLY AND, YOU 1897 01:02:39,355 --> 01:02:43,493 KNOW, I KNOW THE CHAIR SAID THIS 1898 01:02:43,493 --> 01:02:44,660 AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE A FEW 1899 01:02:44,660 --> 01:02:46,129 WEEKS AGO, BUT I LIVED ON MOTOR 1900 01:02:46,129 --> 01:02:47,663 PLACE IN AURORA, IN MY EARLY 1901 01:02:47,663 --> 01:02:48,464 TEENS JUST BEFORE THE 1902 01:02:48,464 --> 01:02:52,301 THUNDERBIRD MOTEL WAS CLOSED BUT 1903 01:02:52,301 --> 01:02:53,603 STILL STANDING AND THROUGHOUT MY 1904 01:02:53,603 --> 01:02:54,670 LIFE, THE ISSUES THAT ARE 1905 01:02:54,670 --> 01:03:00,443 OCCURRING ON AURORA HAVE 1906 01:03:00,443 --> 01:03:01,811 EXTENDED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 1907 01:03:01,811 --> 01:03:03,045 SHIP CANAL, AND WHEN I TOOK 1908 01:03:03,045 --> 01:03:04,213 OFFICE, THEY WERE DOWN TO 83rd 1909 01:03:04,213 --> 01:03:11,788 AND AURORA, AND WHAT I HAVE 1910 01:03:11,788 --> 01:03:12,822 ALWAYS REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT 1911 01:03:12,822 --> 01:03:13,656 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, IS THAT -- 1912 01:03:13,656 --> 01:03:14,824 AND I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF 1913 01:03:14,824 --> 01:03:16,225 YOUR WORK. WE WORK A LOT BEHIND 1914 01:03:16,225 --> 01:03:18,928 THE SCENES, BECAUSE DISTRICT 1915 01:03:18,928 --> 01:03:20,363 LINES ARE MADE UP AND WHAT IS 1916 01:03:20,363 --> 01:03:21,797 NOT MADE UP, IS MY DEDICATION TO 1917 01:03:21,797 --> 01:03:23,566 THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 6 AND 1918 01:03:23,566 --> 01:03:25,268 DISTRICT 5, ALL OF THE DISTRICT, 1919 01:03:25,268 --> 01:03:26,369 BUT REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY. 1920 01:03:26,369 --> 01:03:27,804 YOU KNOW, WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS 1921 01:03:27,804 --> 01:03:35,077 THAT WHILE THE ISSUES HAVE -- WE 1922 01:03:35,077 --> 01:03:36,412 CLOSED DOWN SOME HOTELS ON 83rd, 1923 01:03:36,412 --> 01:03:37,580 WE CLOSED DOWN SOME HOTELS ON 1924 01:03:37,580 --> 01:03:38,614 87th, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES, 1925 01:03:38,614 --> 01:03:39,849 BUT WE ARE NOT DONE. THIS 1926 01:03:39,849 --> 01:03:40,783 LEGISLATION IS IMPORTANT, IT IS 1927 01:03:40,783 --> 01:03:48,524 NOT THE END-ALL SOLUTION. AND 1928 01:03:48,524 --> 01:03:49,959 WHAT I STRIVE TO DO, IN THE 1929 01:03:49,959 --> 01:03:50,893 LEGACY OF COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 1930 01:03:50,893 --> 01:03:52,261 BECAUSE I WATCH YOU DO THIS ALL 1931 01:03:52,261 --> 01:03:59,902 THE TIME -- IS TO BOTH SUPPORT 1932 01:03:59,902 --> 01:04:00,870 THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PROGRAMS 1933 01:04:00,870 --> 01:04:01,504 LIKE AURORA COMMENTS, AND 1934 01:04:01,504 --> 01:04:02,405 PROTECT THE COMMUNITY BY 1935 01:04:02,405 --> 01:04:03,172 ENSURING THAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY 1936 01:04:03,172 --> 01:04:04,407 IS NOT OCCURRING ON THE STREETS 1937 01:04:04,407 --> 01:04:05,942 WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO RAISE 1938 01:04:05,942 --> 01:04:07,076 THEIR FAMILIES. AND WHAT I HEARD 1939 01:04:07,076 --> 01:04:08,311 VERY LET OUT LOUD AND CLEAR AT 1940 01:04:08,311 --> 01:04:15,051 THE PRESS CONFERENCE YEARS AGO, 1941 01:04:15,051 --> 01:04:16,485 THAT THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, 1942 01:04:16,485 --> 01:04:17,353 THE MAYOR, THE PROSECUTING 1943 01:04:17,353 --> 01:04:18,154 ATTORNEY, THE KING COUNTY 1944 01:04:18,154 --> 01:04:19,188 ATTORNEY, ALL, AND POLICE CHIEF 1945 01:04:19,188 --> 01:04:20,289 SHAWN BARNES AND ASSISTANT CHIEF 1946 01:04:20,289 --> 01:04:24,460 NICOLE -- AND CHIEF BARDEN, AND 1947 01:04:24,460 --> 01:04:25,761 THE CHIEF MESSAGE WAS CLEAR, IF 1948 01:04:25,761 --> 01:04:29,632 YOU WANT TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL 1949 01:04:29,632 --> 01:04:30,399 ACTIVITIES ON STREETS WHERE 1950 01:04:30,399 --> 01:04:31,434 PEOPLE ARE RAISING THEIR FAMILY, 1951 01:04:31,434 --> 01:04:33,536 YOU WILL BE ARRESTED, YOU WILL 1952 01:04:33,536 --> 01:04:34,170 BE PROSECUTED, THROUGH THE 1953 01:04:34,170 --> 01:04:35,071 PROCESS OF OUR MUNICIPAL COURT 1954 01:04:35,071 --> 01:04:41,310 SYSTEMS. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. WE 1955 01:04:41,310 --> 01:04:42,278 HAVE TO BOTH SUPPORT OUR 1956 01:04:42,278 --> 01:04:43,179 COMMUNITY THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE 1957 01:04:43,179 --> 01:04:44,180 AURORA COMMENTS, AND PROTECT OUR 1958 01:04:44,180 --> 01:04:45,548 COMMUNITIES ON THE STREETS THAT 1959 01:04:45,548 --> 01:04:46,549 ARE RAISING FAMILIES. THANK YOU. 1960 01:04:46,682 --> 01:04:47,984 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1961 01:04:47,984 --> 01:04:51,520 STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 1962 01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:52,521 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1963 01:04:52,521 --> 01:04:53,756 I JUST WANT TO THANK MY 1964 01:04:53,756 --> 01:04:54,423 COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 1965 01:04:54,423 --> 01:04:56,259 FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING 1966 01:04:56,259 --> 01:04:57,460 THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD. YOU 1967 01:04:57,460 --> 01:05:03,466 KNOW, AS SHE MENTIONED, AND AS 1968 01:05:03,466 --> 01:05:04,900 WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST 1969 01:05:04,900 --> 01:05:06,068 PRESS CONFERENCE, WE DON'T NEED 1970 01:05:06,068 --> 01:05:07,003 TO BRING EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. 1971 01:05:07,003 --> 01:05:13,209 WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO, 1972 01:05:13,209 --> 01:05:14,176 BUT WE ARE UNDER A SITUATION 1973 01:05:14,176 --> 01:05:15,411 WHERE THIS IS HOW SERIOUSLY WE 1974 01:05:15,411 --> 01:05:21,250 ARE TAKING THIS, THAT 1975 01:05:21,250 --> 01:05:22,251 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ BROUGHT 1976 01:05:22,251 --> 01:05:22,752 FORWARD THIS EMERGENCY 1977 01:05:22,752 --> 01:05:23,419 LEGISLATION, SO WE COULD DO 1978 01:05:23,419 --> 01:05:24,587 SOMETHING RIGHT AWAY. AND I AM 1979 01:05:24,587 --> 01:05:26,289 REALLY NOT JUST ADMIRING, BUT 1980 01:05:26,289 --> 01:05:30,126 APPRECIATE HER LEADERSHIP, WHICH 1981 01:05:30,126 --> 01:05:31,727 IS WHY I JOINED HER AT THE PRESS 1982 01:05:31,727 --> 01:05:32,762 CONFERENCE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I 1983 01:05:32,762 --> 01:05:42,271 DID NOT VOTE ON THIS LEGISLATION 1984 01:05:42,271 --> 01:05:43,439 LAST WEEK, BECAUSE I HAD A 1985 01:05:43,439 --> 01:05:44,440 CONFLICTING MEETING AND THE VOTE 1986 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:46,242 TOOK PLACE RIGHT AFTER I HAD TO 1987 01:05:46,242 --> 01:05:47,543 LEAVE, BUT I INDICATED THEN, AS 1988 01:05:47,543 --> 01:05:49,011 I AM GOING TO NOW, THAT I 1989 01:05:49,011 --> 01:05:53,249 WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS 1990 01:05:53,249 --> 01:05:53,883 LEGISLATION. AS WAS MENTIONED 1991 01:05:53,883 --> 01:05:54,617 EARLIER, I REPRESENT BEFORE, BUT 1992 01:05:54,617 --> 01:05:56,052 I ALSO WORK ON ISSUES RELATED TO 1993 01:05:56,052 --> 01:05:57,253 EVERY CONSTITUENT ACROSS THE 1994 01:05:57,253 --> 01:05:58,688 CITY. WE ARE DISTRICT SPECIFIC, 1995 01:05:58,688 --> 01:06:00,022 BUT WE ARE HERE TO ALSO PARTNER 1996 01:06:00,022 --> 01:06:00,756 TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER 1997 01:06:00,756 --> 01:06:11,300 TOWARD THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST 1998 01:06:11,500 --> 01:06:12,335 THE DISTRICT WE REPRESENT, AND 1999 01:06:12,335 --> 01:06:13,936 THAT WAY, WE ARE SUPPORTING EACH 2000 01:06:13,936 --> 01:06:14,870 OTHER WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO HELP 2001 01:06:14,870 --> 01:06:16,305 OUR CONSTITUENTS. THIS, I AGREE, 2002 01:06:16,305 --> 01:06:19,342 THIS IS NOT THE SOLVE ALL. WE 2003 01:06:19,342 --> 01:06:20,409 WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK, 2004 01:06:20,409 --> 01:06:21,477 TO FIGURE OUT THE ATROCITIES 2005 01:06:21,477 --> 01:06:23,012 THAT ARE HAPPENING IN AURORA. 2006 01:06:23,012 --> 01:06:26,315 THERE ARE GIRLS AND WOMEN BEING 2007 01:06:26,315 --> 01:06:27,450 TRAFFICKED, AND ABUSED, AND 2008 01:06:27,450 --> 01:06:30,920 USED, AND WE NEED TO DO MORE AS 2009 01:06:30,920 --> 01:06:40,629 A CITY, COLLECTIVELY, WORKING 2010 01:06:40,629 --> 01:06:41,731 WITH ALL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT 2011 01:06:41,731 --> 01:06:42,898 TO TAKE SOME SERIOUS ACTION AND 2012 01:06:42,898 --> 01:06:44,166 YOU ALL KNOW THAT I VERY MUCH 2013 01:06:44,166 --> 01:06:45,434 CARE ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, THAT IS 2014 01:06:45,434 --> 01:06:46,736 WHY I AM SITTING HERE TODAY, 2015 01:06:46,736 --> 01:06:47,970 THAT I HOSTED A GUN VIOLENCE 2016 01:06:47,970 --> 01:06:49,372 SYMPOSIUM. WHERE I AM WORKING ON 2017 01:06:49,372 --> 01:06:52,742 NEXT STEPS FOR THAT, AND IT 2018 01:06:52,742 --> 01:06:53,409 INVOLVES EVERYONE WORKING 2019 01:06:53,409 --> 01:07:03,419 TOGETHER TOWARD THIS COMMON GOAL 2020 01:07:03,419 --> 01:07:05,121 AND SOLUTION BECAUSE WE NEED TO 2021 01:07:05,121 --> 01:07:06,188 TAKE THESE THINGS, OBVIOUSLY, 2022 01:07:06,188 --> 01:07:06,856 VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE CAN'T 2023 01:07:06,856 --> 01:07:08,257 JUST GIVE LIP SERVICE TO IT, WE 2024 01:07:08,257 --> 01:07:09,225 ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING 2025 01:07:09,225 --> 01:07:15,598 AND TO THAT END, THAT IS 2026 01:07:15,598 --> 01:07:16,298 SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER 2027 01:07:16,298 --> 01:07:16,966 JUAREZ, WITH OUR CHAIR'S 2028 01:07:16,966 --> 01:07:17,600 SUPPORT, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 2029 01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:19,168 AND ALL OF US ARE DOING TODAY, 2030 01:07:19,168 --> 01:07:20,336 IS ACTUALLY TAKING A STEP TOWARD 2031 01:07:20,336 --> 01:07:30,846 ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING, AND 2032 01:07:32,014 --> 01:07:33,149 NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, SO I 2033 01:07:33,149 --> 01:07:34,316 AM SAYING THAT BECAUSE I WANT 2034 01:07:34,316 --> 01:07:35,584 EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE 2035 01:07:35,584 --> 01:07:36,619 ABOUT TAKING ACTION, AND THAT 2036 01:07:36,619 --> 01:07:37,286 SOMETIMES, UNFORTUNATELY, ACTION 2037 01:07:37,286 --> 01:07:38,521 TAKES LONGER TO HAPPEN, BUT THAT 2038 01:07:38,521 --> 01:07:39,655 WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT IT, AND 2039 01:07:39,655 --> 01:07:40,990 THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING 2040 01:07:40,990 --> 01:07:41,957 TOWARD. AND YOU HAVE MY 2041 01:07:41,957 --> 01:07:43,025 COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING TO TAKE 2042 01:07:43,025 --> 01:07:53,536 ACTION, TO DEAL WITH NOT JUST 2043 01:08:00,309 --> 01:08:01,444 WHAT IS HAPPENING ON AURORA, BUT 2044 01:08:01,444 --> 01:08:02,578 ACROSS THE CITY RELATED TO GUN 2045 01:08:02,578 --> 01:08:03,813 VIOLENCE. SO, THANK YOU, AGAIN, 2046 01:08:03,813 --> 01:08:04,647 TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND I 2047 01:08:04,647 --> 01:08:05,648 WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY. 2048 01:08:05,648 --> 01:08:06,449 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2049 01:08:06,449 --> 01:08:07,316 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, 2050 01:08:07,316 --> 01:08:08,117 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. ARE THERE 2051 01:08:08,117 --> 01:08:08,951 ANY MORE COMMENTS ABOUT 2052 01:08:08,951 --> 01:08:09,985 COUNTABLE 121133 BEFORE WE TURN 2053 01:08:09,985 --> 01:08:10,920 IT BACK OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER 2054 01:08:10,920 --> 01:08:12,188 JUAREZ? I WILL SAY THIS, BEFORE 2055 01:08:12,188 --> 01:08:13,422 YOU HAVE THE LAST WORDS, REALLY, 2056 01:08:13,422 --> 01:08:15,024 I WILL ADD TO THE THANK YOU'S, 2057 01:08:15,024 --> 01:08:16,692 BUT REALLY, I WILL JUST SAY, I 2058 01:08:16,692 --> 01:08:17,593 APPRECIATE -- I APPRECIATE YOUR 2059 01:08:17,593 --> 01:08:18,494 LEADERSHIP AROUND THIS, BECAUSE 2060 01:08:18,494 --> 01:08:19,361 AS THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN 2061 01:08:19,361 --> 01:08:20,463 ABOUT THE GUN VIOLENCE, THE 2062 01:08:20,463 --> 01:08:22,965 STREET CLOSURES, THE PIMPS, THE 2063 01:08:22,965 --> 01:08:24,667 JOHNS, I KNOW WE ALL CARE ABOUT 2064 01:08:24,667 --> 01:08:25,868 THOSE LITTLE GIRLS THAT ARE OUT 2065 01:08:25,868 --> 01:08:26,869 ON AURORA, AND CONTINUING TO 2066 01:08:26,869 --> 01:08:28,938 BRING THAT BACK TO THE 2067 01:08:28,938 --> 01:08:30,706 CONVERSATION OF THE 12, 13, 14, 2068 01:08:30,706 --> 01:08:37,746 15, 16-YEAR-OLDS THAT ARE OUT 2069 01:08:37,746 --> 01:08:38,814 THERE ON AURORA. AND, YOU KNOW, 2070 01:08:38,814 --> 01:08:40,316 I HAVE A COUSIN WHO IS A SOCIAL 2071 01:08:40,316 --> 01:08:41,317 WORKER, AND I TALKED ABOUT 2072 01:08:41,317 --> 01:08:42,551 OFTEN, AT McKINNEY VENTO. AND TO 2073 01:08:42,551 --> 01:08:44,320 HEAR THE STORIES THEY HAVE TO 2074 01:08:44,320 --> 01:08:46,655 DEAL WITH ABOUT THE AFTERCARE 2075 01:08:46,655 --> 01:08:48,390 FOR SOME OF THESE YOUNG GIRLS, I 2076 01:08:48,390 --> 01:08:55,865 SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. WE ALL 2077 01:08:55,865 --> 01:08:57,366 KNOW IT IS A FIRST STEP, BUT 2078 01:08:57,366 --> 01:08:58,067 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFICACY 2079 01:08:58,067 --> 01:09:08,477 ON THIS, AND USING YOUR 2080 01:09:10,779 --> 01:09:11,647 LEGISLATIVE ROLL AND POWERS 2081 01:09:11,647 --> 01:09:12,681 WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT TO DO 2082 01:09:12,681 --> 01:09:14,016 EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THE 2083 01:09:14,016 --> 01:09:15,084 OUTCOMES THAT I KNOW THE CITY 2084 01:09:15,084 --> 01:09:16,218 ATTORNEY WANTS. I KNOW THAT THE 2085 01:09:16,218 --> 01:09:17,286 MAYOR'S OFFICE WANTS. I KNOW 2086 01:09:17,286 --> 01:09:18,921 THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE WANT TO 2087 01:09:18,921 --> 01:09:20,556 MAKE SURE AURORA IS SAFE. SO, I 2088 01:09:20,556 --> 01:09:21,557 WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2089 01:09:21,557 --> 01:09:22,525 JUAREZ, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 2090 01:09:22,525 --> 01:09:25,961 THAT, AND GETTING US ALL TO 2091 01:09:25,961 --> 01:09:27,062 UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF THIS 2092 01:09:27,062 --> 01:09:28,297 ISSUE, SO, THANK YOU, AND THANK 2093 01:09:28,297 --> 01:09:32,535 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2094 01:09:32,535 --> 01:09:34,170 >> THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO ADD 2095 01:09:34,170 --> 01:09:35,571 ON TWO NOTES, FIRST OF ALL, I 2096 01:09:35,571 --> 01:09:36,839 WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE FOLKS 2097 01:09:36,839 --> 01:09:46,015 OF AURORA EAST AND WEST, THAT IT 2098 01:09:46,015 --> 01:09:47,616 TOOK US SO LONG TO HAVE A 2099 01:09:47,616 --> 01:09:48,250 LEGISLATIVE RESPONSE, EMERGENCY 2100 01:09:48,250 --> 01:09:48,918 LEGISLATION, WHEN YOU ARE 2101 01:09:48,918 --> 01:09:49,885 EXPERIENCING GUN VIOLENCE AND WE 2102 01:09:49,885 --> 01:09:51,253 HAVE SEEN IT ALL OVER THE CITY. 2103 01:09:51,253 --> 01:09:52,721 AND SECOND, I DO WANT TO THANK 2104 01:09:52,721 --> 01:09:54,023 AND HIGHLIGHT OUR AT-LARGE 2105 01:09:54,023 --> 01:09:56,759 REPRESENTATIVES, COUNCILMEMBER 2106 01:09:56,759 --> 01:09:57,593 FOSTER AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 2107 01:09:57,593 --> 01:09:58,427 WHO HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY 2108 01:09:58,427 --> 01:10:05,801 ACCESSIBLE, AND ALSO ADMIRE 2109 01:10:05,801 --> 01:10:07,203 THEIR YOUTH AND INTUITIVE STATUS 2110 01:10:07,203 --> 01:10:07,870 OF UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUE AND 2111 01:10:07,870 --> 01:10:08,637 MOVING THINGS FORWARD, AND 2112 01:10:08,637 --> 01:10:09,738 REALLY CARING ABOUT THIS. I AM 2113 01:10:09,738 --> 01:10:11,507 KIND OF LAUGHING TO MYSELF, AS 2114 01:10:11,507 --> 01:10:18,647 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS MADE A 2115 01:10:18,647 --> 01:10:19,949 COMMENT I TALKED ABOUT YEARS 2116 01:10:19,949 --> 01:10:21,183 AGO, WE HONOR THE NEEDS OF OUR 2117 01:10:21,183 --> 01:10:22,618 DISTRICT, BUT WE REPRESENT THE 2118 01:10:22,618 --> 01:10:30,793 CITY. AND WHAT I ALWAYS USED TO 2119 01:10:30,793 --> 01:10:31,727 TELL HIM AFTER THAT, WHICH HE 2120 01:10:31,727 --> 01:10:32,695 DOESN'T SAY, WAS THAT I 2121 01:10:32,695 --> 01:10:33,729 ACTUALLY STOLE THAT LINE FROM 2122 01:10:33,729 --> 01:10:35,197 OTHER "STAR TREK" OR "DEEP SPACE 2123 01:10:35,197 --> 01:10:39,602 9." ONE OF THEM. [ LAUGHTER ] 2124 01:10:39,602 --> 01:10:41,036 SO, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW, 2125 01:10:41,036 --> 01:10:41,870 BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 2126 01:10:41,870 --> 01:10:43,038 RINCK AREN'T IN A DISTINCT, 2127 01:10:43,038 --> 01:10:44,306 OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE REPRESENTING 2128 01:10:44,306 --> 01:10:47,977 CITYWIDE, BUT THEY LISTEN TO US, 2129 01:10:47,977 --> 01:10:49,845 AND THEY TALK TO US, AND THEY 2130 01:10:49,845 --> 01:10:50,446 COME IN OUR OFFICES AND SAY, 2131 01:10:50,446 --> 01:10:52,314 "WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOUR 2132 01:10:52,314 --> 01:10:58,854 DISTRICT?" AND I CAN TELL YOU 2133 01:10:58,854 --> 01:11:00,089 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE HAD THEIR 2134 01:11:00,089 --> 01:11:01,256 UNDIVIDED ATTENTION IN THIS 2135 01:11:01,256 --> 01:11:02,124 LEGISLATION, NOT JUST IN D5, BUT 2136 01:11:02,124 --> 01:11:03,559 OTHER AREAS, AS WELL, AND I DID 2137 01:11:03,559 --> 01:11:08,664 NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT GO UNSAID. 2138 01:11:08,664 --> 01:11:09,999 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 2139 01:11:09,999 --> 01:11:10,833 AND THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 2140 01:11:10,833 --> 01:11:11,667 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2141 01:11:11,667 --> 01:11:12,701 JUAREZ. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER 2142 01:11:12,701 --> 01:11:13,769 COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2143 01:11:13,769 --> 01:11:14,970 CALL THE ROLL ON PASSAGE OF 2144 01:11:14,970 --> 01:11:25,347 COUNCIL BILL 121233? 2145 01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:31,854 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 2146 01:11:31,854 --> 01:11:32,154 >> AYE. 2147 01:11:32,154 --> 01:11:32,655 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 2148 01:11:32,655 --> 01:11:33,022 >> YES. 2149 01:11:33,022 --> 01:11:33,622 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 2150 01:11:33,622 --> 01:11:34,356 >> YES. 2151 01:11:34,356 --> 01:11:34,890 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 2152 01:11:34,890 --> 01:11:35,124 >> AYE. 2153 01:11:35,124 --> 01:11:35,624 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 2154 01:11:35,624 --> 01:11:36,025 >> AYE. 2155 01:11:36,025 --> 01:11:36,625 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 2156 01:11:36,625 --> 01:11:37,059 >> AYE. 2157 01:11:37,059 --> 01:11:37,693 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 2158 01:11:37,693 --> 01:11:38,060 >> YES. 2159 01:11:38,060 --> 01:11:38,694 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 2160 01:11:38,694 --> 01:11:39,161 >> AYE. 2161 01:11:39,161 --> 01:11:39,695 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2162 01:11:39,695 --> 01:11:40,062 HOLLINGSWORTH? 2163 01:11:40,062 --> 01:11:40,496 >> YES. 2164 01:11:40,496 --> 01:11:41,764 >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 2165 01:11:41,897 --> 01:11:42,998 >> BILL PASSES, THE CHAIR WILL 2166 01:11:42,998 --> 01:11:44,199 SIGN IT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2167 01:11:44,199 --> 01:11:49,538 AFFIX THE SIGNATURE TO THE 2168 01:11:49,538 --> 01:11:50,372 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? ALL 2169 01:11:50,372 --> 01:11:51,340 RIGHT, CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE 2170 01:11:51,340 --> 01:11:52,574 READ ITEM TWO INTO THE RECORD? 2171 01:11:52,574 --> 01:11:53,676 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, 2172 01:11:53,676 --> 01:11:55,944 COUNTABLE 121232 -- AN ORDINANCE 2173 01:11:55,944 --> 01:11:56,545 RELATING TO THE OPERATIONS OF 2174 01:11:56,545 --> 01:11:57,179 THE COMMUNITY ASSISTED RESPONSE 2175 01:11:57,179 --> 01:11:57,746 AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, 2176 01:11:57,746 --> 01:11:58,347 DESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE 2177 01:11:58,347 --> 01:11:59,014 COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONDER TEAM, 2178 01:11:59,014 --> 01:11:59,648 AMENDING SECTION 3.15.060 OF THE 2179 01:11:59,648 --> 01:12:00,215 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND 2180 01:12:00,215 --> 01:12:00,883 ADDING A NEW SECTION 3.15.064 TO 2181 01:12:00,883 --> 01:12:01,517 THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. THE 2182 01:12:01,517 --> 01:12:02,151 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL 2183 01:12:02,151 --> 01:12:02,351 PASS. 2184 01:12:02,351 --> 01:12:02,985 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, CHAIR 2185 01:12:02,985 --> 01:12:03,552 OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE 2186 01:12:03,552 --> 01:12:04,219 RECOGNIZED TO GIVE A COMMITTEE 2187 01:12:04,219 --> 01:12:04,553 REPORT. 2188 01:12:04,553 --> 01:12:13,729 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2189 01:12:13,729 --> 01:12:15,664 THIS BILL KIND OF GOES WITH WHAT 2190 01:12:15,664 --> 01:12:16,865 WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IT 2191 01:12:16,865 --> 01:12:17,900 HAS BEEN PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, 2192 01:12:17,900 --> 01:12:19,068 WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON OUR 2193 01:12:19,068 --> 01:12:19,668 STREETS, PROVIDING THAT 2194 01:12:19,668 --> 01:12:20,869 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, 2195 01:12:20,869 --> 01:12:22,104 BRINGING THAT TO THE TABLE. AND 2196 01:12:22,104 --> 01:12:24,373 THIS BILL FOCUSES ON A FEW 2197 01:12:24,373 --> 01:12:25,441 THINGS, ONE IS TO HIGHLIGHT 2198 01:12:25,441 --> 01:12:26,642 THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CARE CRISIS 2199 01:12:26,642 --> 01:12:28,010 RESPONDERS ARE OUR FIRST 2200 01:12:28,010 --> 01:12:32,114 RESPONDERS IN CLINICAL HEALTH 2201 01:12:32,114 --> 01:12:33,015 CRISIS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2202 01:12:33,015 --> 01:12:34,049 CRISIS, AND IT'S ALSO ABOUT 2203 01:12:34,049 --> 01:12:34,917 DIVERSION, IT'S ABOUT BRINGING 2204 01:12:34,917 --> 01:12:35,984 THAT PIECE INTO WHAT WE ARE 2205 01:12:35,984 --> 01:12:46,528 DOING AND TO DO IT BETTER AND TO 2206 01:12:51,500 --> 01:12:52,301 BRING IT WITH THE CARE 2207 01:12:52,301 --> 01:12:53,268 DEPARTMENT, WITH PURPOSE, AND 2208 01:12:53,268 --> 01:12:54,169 DIGNITY, AND ACTION, AND THE LAW 2209 01:12:54,169 --> 01:12:54,803 ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION 2210 01:12:54,803 --> 01:12:56,205 THAT WE HAVE, TO HELP THOSE WHO 2211 01:12:56,205 --> 01:12:57,272 ARE IN ADDICTION, SUBSTANCE USE 2212 01:12:57,272 --> 01:12:58,273 DISORDER, AND THEN, THE THIRD 2213 01:12:58,273 --> 01:12:59,508 PIECE IS PUBLIC HEALTH, TO TRULY 2214 01:12:59,508 --> 01:13:01,043 BRING PUBLIC HEALTH, AGAIN, TO 2215 01:13:01,043 --> 01:13:03,545 THE SCENE, BRING PUBLIC HEALTH 2216 01:13:03,545 --> 01:13:04,446 PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC SAFETY 2217 01:13:04,446 --> 01:13:05,748 AND THE WAY WE DO THIS, GIVEN 2218 01:13:05,748 --> 01:13:07,249 THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY HAS 2219 01:13:07,249 --> 01:13:07,883 PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSIBILITIES, 2220 01:13:07,883 --> 01:13:08,917 IS TO IDENTIFY WITHIN THE PUBLIC 2221 01:13:08,917 --> 01:13:09,985 SAFETY SPACE, THAT CONNECTION, 2222 01:13:09,985 --> 01:13:19,728 THAT LEAD PARTNER, IN TERMS OF 2223 01:13:19,728 --> 01:13:20,496 THIS SORT OF ALTERNATIVE 2224 01:13:20,496 --> 01:13:21,897 RESPONSE PIECE, THIS AREA WE ARE 2225 01:13:21,897 --> 01:13:22,898 SEEING ON OUR STREETS, AND THIS 2226 01:13:22,898 --> 01:13:24,166 IS WHAT THIS BILL DOES, IT 2227 01:13:24,166 --> 01:13:25,434 BRINGS THAT INTO PLACE. AND IT 2228 01:13:25,434 --> 01:13:27,035 IS ALSO IN KEEPING WITH WHAT WE 2229 01:13:27,035 --> 01:13:28,337 DO WITH OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 2230 01:13:28,337 --> 01:13:34,777 PLAN, FOREVER SAY FOR SEATTLE. 2231 01:13:34,777 --> 01:13:36,211 WE HAVE SIX PILLARS TO THE PLAN, 2232 01:13:36,211 --> 01:13:37,012 AND WORKING BACKWARDS, PILLAR 2233 01:13:37,012 --> 01:13:38,313 FIVE, ADDRESSING THE SCENE 2234 01:13:38,313 --> 01:13:38,914 BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC 2235 01:13:38,914 --> 01:13:39,548 HEALTH, HOUSING, AND HUMAN 2236 01:13:39,548 --> 01:13:40,549 SERVICES. THIS IS WHERE CARE 2237 01:13:40,549 --> 01:13:41,417 DEPARTMENT RESIDES, RIGHT IN 2238 01:13:41,417 --> 01:13:43,318 THIS SCENE, THIS IS WHERE 2239 01:13:43,318 --> 01:13:44,353 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE IS, RIGHT 2240 01:13:44,353 --> 01:13:45,621 IN THIS SCENE, AND WE HAVE TO 2241 01:13:45,621 --> 01:13:46,421 BUILD THIS UP AND THIS IS AN 2242 01:13:46,421 --> 01:13:47,489 OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. PILLAR 2243 01:13:47,489 --> 01:13:54,163 THREE, THE GUN VIOLENCE PIECE 2244 01:13:54,163 --> 01:13:54,863 THAT COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WAS 2245 01:13:54,863 --> 01:13:56,064 SPEAKING TO, BUT IT ALSO HAS 2246 01:13:56,064 --> 01:13:56,965 COMMUNITY SAFETY, YOU KNOW? 2247 01:13:56,965 --> 01:13:57,900 BRINGING THAT PIECE INTO, YOU 2248 01:13:57,900 --> 01:13:59,334 KNOW, THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE 2249 01:13:59,334 --> 01:14:05,674 WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE 2250 01:14:05,674 --> 01:14:06,775 SPACE. NOT THE GOVERNMENT PIECE, 2251 01:14:06,775 --> 01:14:07,709 BUT THE COMMUNITY PIECE, TO 2252 01:14:07,709 --> 01:14:08,877 BRING THAT INTO PLAY, AND THAT 2253 01:14:08,877 --> 01:14:09,978 IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN, 2254 01:14:09,978 --> 01:14:11,480 THE LAST ONE, BEING PILLAR TWO, 2255 01:14:11,480 --> 01:14:12,581 FURTHERING A FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL 2256 01:14:12,581 --> 01:14:17,719 JUSTICE SYSTEM. IT IS SO 2257 01:14:17,719 --> 01:14:18,921 IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE ALL 2258 01:14:18,921 --> 01:14:20,722 THOSE PIECES THAT WE HAVE THE 2259 01:14:20,722 --> 01:14:21,390 HICCUPS ON, THAT THERE IS A 2260 01:14:21,390 --> 01:14:22,191 SPEED BUMPS, THESE MISMATCHES, 2261 01:14:22,191 --> 01:14:24,059 WHATEVER IT IS, WE HAVE TO HAVE 2262 01:14:24,059 --> 01:14:28,463 A FURTHER AND PROPER CRIMINAL 2263 01:14:28,463 --> 01:14:29,665 JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THIS INCLUDES 2264 01:14:29,665 --> 01:14:30,299 BRINGING IN DIVERSION, THIS 2265 01:14:30,299 --> 01:14:31,200 INCLUDES WORKING WITH THOSE WHO 2266 01:14:31,200 --> 01:14:32,701 ARE IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS 2267 01:14:32,701 --> 01:14:34,369 OR CLINICAL HEALTH CRISIS SEES. 2268 01:14:34,369 --> 01:14:35,771 WHAT WE ARE DOING IS IN SYNC 2269 01:14:35,771 --> 01:14:45,547 WITH THE OVERALL PLAN TO BRING 2270 01:14:45,547 --> 01:14:46,615 THIS FORWARD IN TERMS OF WHAT WE 2271 01:14:46,615 --> 01:14:47,716 ARE SEEING ON OUR STREETS, AND 2272 01:14:47,716 --> 01:14:48,784 AGAIN SINCE WE HAVE MANY FROM 2273 01:14:48,784 --> 01:14:50,052 NORTH AURORA, WHAT WE ARE SEEING 2274 01:14:50,052 --> 01:14:51,286 FROM NORTH AURORA, BECAUSE IT IS 2275 01:14:51,286 --> 01:14:52,754 NOT JUST WHAT WE WERE JUST 2276 01:14:52,754 --> 01:14:53,722 TALKING ABOUT. IT IS ACROSS THE 2277 01:14:53,722 --> 01:14:55,357 BOARD. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY 2278 01:14:55,357 --> 01:14:56,725 -- AND THIS IS HOW I APPROACH 2279 01:14:56,725 --> 01:14:57,993 THINGS AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES 2280 01:14:57,993 --> 01:15:01,163 DO, AS WELL, WE SHOULD BE 2281 01:15:01,163 --> 01:15:01,864 LOOKING AT WAYS TO SET UP 2282 01:15:01,864 --> 01:15:02,931 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS UP 2283 01:15:02,931 --> 01:15:09,938 FOR SUCCESS. YOU KNOW? THE CARE 2284 01:15:09,938 --> 01:15:11,306 ENABLING ORDINANCE, WE HAVE GONE 2285 01:15:11,306 --> 01:15:11,974 THROUGH THESE ITERATIONS AND THE 2286 01:15:11,974 --> 01:15:18,380 GOAL SHOULD ALWAYS BE TO SET UP 2287 01:15:18,380 --> 01:15:20,282 THE ORGANIZATION FOR SUCCESS, 2288 01:15:20,282 --> 01:15:21,016 BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, 2289 01:15:21,016 --> 01:15:22,251 IF CARE IS SUCCESSFUL IN THIS 2290 01:15:22,251 --> 01:15:23,085 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE PIECE, THAT 2291 01:15:23,085 --> 01:15:23,886 MEANS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE 2292 01:15:23,886 --> 01:15:31,093 GOING TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL, AND 2293 01:15:31,093 --> 01:15:31,860 IMPORTANTLY, OUR NEIGHBORS THAT 2294 01:15:31,860 --> 01:15:32,995 ARE IN CRISIS, THAT THEY ARE 2295 01:15:32,995 --> 01:15:34,029 BEING HELPED AND SET UP FOR 2296 01:15:34,029 --> 01:15:34,930 SUCCESS. SO, COLLEAGUES, WITH 2297 01:15:34,930 --> 01:15:36,665 THAT, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT 2298 01:15:36,665 --> 01:15:42,304 REGARDING COUNCIL BILL 121232. 2299 01:15:42,304 --> 01:15:43,138 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2300 01:15:43,138 --> 01:15:43,872 >> AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2301 01:15:43,872 --> 01:15:44,339 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2302 01:15:44,339 --> 01:15:45,374 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY OTHER 2303 01:15:45,374 --> 01:15:46,108 COMMENTS REGARDING THE BILL 2304 01:15:46,108 --> 01:15:47,209 BEFORE US, COUNCIL BILL 121232? 2305 01:15:47,209 --> 01:15:51,079 OKAY. SEEING NONE. CLERK, WILL 2306 01:15:51,079 --> 01:15:52,748 YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 2307 01:15:52,748 --> 01:15:53,749 PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 2308 01:15:53,749 --> 01:16:04,192 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 2309 01:16:09,765 --> 01:16:09,932 >> AYE. 2310 01:16:09,932 --> 01:16:10,432 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 2311 01:16:10,432 --> 01:16:10,732 >> YES. 2312 01:16:10,732 --> 01:16:11,767 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 2313 01:16:11,767 --> 01:16:12,034 >> YES. 2314 01:16:12,034 --> 01:16:12,568 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 2315 01:16:12,568 --> 01:16:12,834 >> AYE. 2316 01:16:12,834 --> 01:16:13,335 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 2317 01:16:13,335 --> 01:16:13,602 >> AYE. 2318 01:16:13,602 --> 01:16:14,169 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 2319 01:16:14,169 --> 01:16:14,536 >> YES. 2320 01:16:14,536 --> 01:16:15,070 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 2321 01:16:15,070 --> 01:16:15,337 >> YES. 2322 01:16:15,337 --> 01:16:15,871 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 2323 01:16:15,871 --> 01:16:19,241 >> AYE. 2324 01:16:19,241 --> 01:16:19,841 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2325 01:16:19,841 --> 01:16:20,208 HOLLINGSWORTH? 2326 01:16:20,208 --> 01:16:20,475 >> YES. 2327 01:16:20,475 --> 01:16:21,710 >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 2328 01:16:21,843 --> 01:16:22,945 >> BILL PASSES, CHAIR WILL SIGN 2329 01:16:22,945 --> 01:16:24,246 IT, WELL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX 2330 01:16:24,246 --> 01:16:25,447 MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION 2331 01:16:25,447 --> 01:16:27,249 ON MY BEHALF? GOOD JOB, 2332 01:16:27,249 --> 01:16:27,883 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. WILL THE 2333 01:16:27,883 --> 01:16:28,517 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 2334 01:16:28,517 --> 01:16:29,718 THREE INTO THE RECORD? 2335 01:16:29,718 --> 01:16:30,485 >> HOUSING AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2336 01:16:30,485 --> 01:16:31,887 COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2337 01:16:31,887 --> 01:16:34,189 THREE -- COUNCIL BILL 121218 -- 2338 01:16:34,189 --> 01:16:34,856 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO HOUSING 2339 01:16:34,856 --> 01:16:35,424 FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, 2340 01:16:35,424 --> 01:16:35,958 ADOPTING THE 2023 SEATTLE 2341 01:16:35,958 --> 01:16:36,625 HOUSING LEVY ADMINISTRATIVE AND 2342 01:16:36,625 --> 01:16:37,259 FINANCIAL PLAN FOR PROGRAM YEARS 2343 01:16:37,259 --> 01:16:38,193 2026-2028, ADOPTING HOUSING 2344 01:16:38,193 --> 01:16:43,332 FUNDING POLICIES FOR PROGRAM 2345 01:16:43,332 --> 01:16:44,499 YEARS 2026-2028 AND FOR THE 2023 2346 01:16:44,499 --> 01:16:45,467 SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY AND OTHER 2347 01:16:45,467 --> 01:16:46,368 FUND SOURCES, AUTHORIZING 2348 01:16:46,368 --> 01:16:48,971 ACTIONS BY THE DIRECTOR OF 2349 01:16:48,971 --> 01:16:49,638 HOUSING REGARDING PAST AND 2350 01:16:49,638 --> 01:16:54,076 FUTURE HOUSING LOANS AND 2351 01:16:54,076 --> 01:17:04,519 CONTRACTS. THE COMMITTEE 2352 01:17:06,588 --> 01:17:07,923 RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS, AS 2353 01:17:07,923 --> 01:17:08,190 AMENDED. 2354 01:17:08,190 --> 01:17:08,790 >> AWESOME. CHAIR FOSTER, AS 2355 01:17:08,790 --> 01:17:09,691 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE 2356 01:17:09,691 --> 01:17:10,826 RECOGNIZED TO GIVE US THE 2357 01:17:10,826 --> 01:17:11,059 REPORT. 2358 01:17:11,059 --> 01:17:11,927 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 2359 01:17:11,927 --> 01:17:12,761 AND THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 2360 01:17:12,761 --> 01:17:13,996 EXCITED TO BRING THIS FORWARD 2361 01:17:13,996 --> 01:17:15,197 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THIS IS AN 2362 01:17:15,197 --> 01:17:18,700 UPDATE TO THE HOUSING FUNDING 2363 01:17:18,700 --> 01:17:19,701 POLICIES THAT THE OFFICE OF 2364 01:17:19,701 --> 01:17:20,936 HOUSING DOES EVERY TWO YEARS. AS 2365 01:17:20,936 --> 01:17:21,970 A REMINDER -- AND COLLEAGUES, 2366 01:17:21,970 --> 01:17:23,705 YOU KNOW -- THAT O.H. DID A MORE 2367 01:17:23,705 --> 01:17:25,307 SUBSTANTIAL UPDATE A FEW YEARS 2368 01:17:25,307 --> 01:17:29,044 AGO, THIS UPDATE WAS TECHNICAL 2369 01:17:29,044 --> 01:17:30,178 IN NATURE, ALTHOUGH I WILL JUST 2370 01:17:30,178 --> 01:17:31,113 HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU, OUR OFFICE 2371 01:17:31,113 --> 01:17:32,381 DID WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF 2372 01:17:32,381 --> 01:17:34,316 HOUSING AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY 2373 01:17:34,316 --> 01:17:39,955 GRATITUDE TO THE OFFICE OF 2374 01:17:39,955 --> 01:17:40,956 HOUSING AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 2375 01:17:40,956 --> 01:17:42,357 FOR THIS UPDATE, WE DID WORK ON 2376 01:17:42,357 --> 01:17:43,358 SOME CHANGES TO UPDATE AND 2377 01:17:43,358 --> 01:17:43,992 CLARIFY LANGUAGE, REGARDING 2378 01:17:43,992 --> 01:17:45,127 DETAILS ON DEBT RESTRUCTURING 2379 01:17:45,127 --> 01:17:45,861 AND STABILIZATION LOANS. AS WE 2380 01:17:45,861 --> 01:17:50,932 KNOW, OFFICE OF HOUSING MADE 2381 01:17:50,932 --> 01:17:52,334 THOSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2025 2382 01:17:52,334 --> 01:17:53,568 AS PART OF THEIR NOTICE OF 2383 01:17:53,568 --> 01:17:54,403 FUNDING AVAILABILITY AWARDS. WE 2384 01:17:54,403 --> 01:17:55,871 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FHP 2385 01:17:55,871 --> 01:17:56,571 POLICIES PROVIDED CLEAR GUIDANCE 2386 01:17:56,571 --> 01:17:58,173 ON THAT. WE ALSO WORKED WITH 2387 01:17:58,173 --> 01:17:58,874 O.H. TO CLARIFY CHANGES FOR 2388 01:17:58,874 --> 01:17:59,641 SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS 2389 01:17:59,641 --> 01:18:10,185 TO FACILITATE FINANCE CLOSING, 2390 01:18:10,519 --> 01:18:11,686 OR CONVERSION FROM CONSTRUCTION 2391 01:18:11,686 --> 01:18:12,320 TO PERMANENT FINANCING. AGAIN, 2392 01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:13,155 THIS IS A PRACTICE THAT THE 2393 01:18:13,155 --> 01:18:14,389 OFFICE OF HOUSING ALREADY HAD IN 2394 01:18:14,389 --> 01:18:15,390 PLACE AND WAS ALREADY AUTHORIZED 2395 01:18:15,390 --> 01:18:16,625 TO DO, WE JUST ADDED SOME 2396 01:18:16,625 --> 01:18:17,459 ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO PROVIDE 2397 01:18:17,459 --> 01:18:18,727 GUIDANCE IN THE HFP POLICIES 2398 01:18:18,727 --> 01:18:19,728 AROUND THAT. SO, OVERALL, THIS 2399 01:18:19,728 --> 01:18:20,929 IS A REALLY GOOD PACKAGE OF 2400 01:18:20,929 --> 01:18:21,930 UPDATES THAT JUST ENSURES THAT 2401 01:18:21,930 --> 01:18:23,765 AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IMPLEMENTING 2402 01:18:23,765 --> 01:18:25,100 OUR HOUSING FUNDING, INCLUDING 2403 01:18:25,100 --> 01:18:29,271 P.E.T., MHA, AND MONEY FROM THE 2404 01:18:29,271 --> 01:18:30,038 HOUSING FUNDING THAT WE HAVE 2405 01:18:30,038 --> 01:18:31,473 CLEAR AND STRONG OVERSIGHT. WITH 2406 01:18:31,473 --> 01:18:38,513 THAT, THIS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY 2407 01:18:38,513 --> 01:18:39,514 OUT OF COMMITTEE AND COLLEAGUES, 2408 01:18:39,514 --> 01:18:40,482 I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 2409 01:18:40,482 --> 01:18:41,316 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, 2410 01:18:41,316 --> 01:18:42,117 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. ARE THERE 2411 01:18:42,117 --> 01:18:43,218 ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE BILL 2412 01:18:43,218 --> 01:18:45,821 BEFORE US? OKAY, AWESOME. WILL 2413 01:18:45,821 --> 01:18:46,755 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 2414 01:18:46,755 --> 01:18:48,623 FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 2415 01:18:48,623 --> 01:18:58,734 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 2416 01:18:58,734 --> 01:18:59,501 >> AYE. 2417 01:18:59,501 --> 01:19:00,001 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 2418 01:19:00,001 --> 01:19:00,235 >> YES. 2419 01:19:00,235 --> 01:19:00,769 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 2420 01:19:00,769 --> 01:19:01,236 >> YES. 2421 01:19:01,236 --> 01:19:01,770 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 2422 01:19:01,770 --> 01:19:02,137 >> AYE. 2423 01:19:02,137 --> 01:19:02,804 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 2424 01:19:02,804 --> 01:19:03,138 >> AYE. 2425 01:19:03,138 --> 01:19:03,705 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 2426 01:19:03,705 --> 01:19:13,849 >> AYE. 2427 01:19:16,685 --> 01:19:17,586 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 2428 01:19:17,586 --> 01:19:17,819 >> YES. 2429 01:19:17,819 --> 01:19:18,420 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 2430 01:19:18,420 --> 01:19:18,920 >> AYE. 2431 01:19:18,920 --> 01:19:19,521 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2432 01:19:19,521 --> 01:19:19,888 HOLLINGSWORTH? 2433 01:19:19,888 --> 01:19:20,155 >> YES. 2434 01:19:20,155 --> 01:19:21,123 >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 2435 01:19:21,256 --> 01:19:22,290 >> BILL PASSES, CHAIR WILL SIGN 2436 01:19:22,290 --> 01:19:23,525 IT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX 2437 01:19:23,525 --> 01:19:24,559 MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION 2438 01:19:24,559 --> 01:19:25,794 ON MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK 2439 01:19:25,794 --> 01:19:27,028 READ ITEM NUMBER FOUR INTO THE 2440 01:19:27,028 --> 01:19:27,262 RECORD? 2441 01:19:27,262 --> 01:19:28,497 >> REGINA AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2442 01:19:28,497 --> 01:19:29,464 FOUR, HOUSING, ARTS, -- COUNCIL 2443 01:19:29,464 --> 01:19:31,466 BILL 121236 -- AN ORDINANCE 2444 01:19:31,466 --> 01:19:32,000 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF 2445 01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:32,634 HOUSING, GRANTING A GROUND LEASE 2446 01:19:32,634 --> 01:19:33,301 OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2929 2447 01:19:33,301 --> 01:19:33,935 27th AVE SOUTH, AUTHORIZING THE 2448 01:19:33,935 --> 01:19:34,469 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 2449 01:19:34,469 --> 01:19:35,137 HOUSING TO GRANT A LEASE OF THE 2450 01:19:35,137 --> 01:19:35,804 REAL PROPERTY TO MBTOD PHASE ONE 2451 01:19:35,804 --> 01:19:36,404 LLLP, AN AFFILIATE OF MERCY 2452 01:19:36,404 --> 01:19:37,038 HOUSING NORTHWEST AND EL CENTRO 2453 01:19:37,038 --> 01:19:37,606 DE LA RAZA, AND AUTHORIZING 2454 01:19:37,606 --> 01:19:39,574 RELATED AGREEMENTS AND ACTIONS 2455 01:19:39,574 --> 01:19:44,980 TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN 2456 01:19:44,980 --> 01:19:45,881 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 2457 01:19:45,881 --> 01:19:46,515 COMMERCIAL SPACE INTENDED TO BE 2458 01:19:46,515 --> 01:19:47,048 USED FOR EARLY LEARNING, 2459 01:19:47,048 --> 01:19:47,682 CHILDCARE CENTER, AND ASSOCIATED 2460 01:19:47,682 --> 01:19:56,091 USES. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 2461 01:19:56,091 --> 01:19:56,525 THE BILL PASS. 2462 01:19:56,525 --> 01:19:57,192 >> AWESOME, COUNCILMEMBER 2463 01:19:57,192 --> 01:19:58,460 FOSTER, WE ARE GOING BACK TO YOU 2464 01:19:58,460 --> 01:19:59,728 FOR THE NEXT ITEMS, FOUR, FIVE, 2465 01:19:59,728 --> 01:20:09,271 AND SIX, THEY ARE ALL YOU. 2466 01:20:09,271 --> 01:20:10,739 >> IT IS A REAL HOUSING PARTY 2467 01:20:10,739 --> 01:20:11,840 OVER HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, 2468 01:20:11,840 --> 01:20:13,275 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND I WILL, I 2469 01:20:13,275 --> 01:20:14,509 WILL SHARE A FEW WORDS AND THEN 2470 01:20:14,509 --> 01:20:16,111 JUST TO GIVE HIM A HEADS UP, IF 2471 01:20:16,111 --> 01:20:17,078 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WANTS TO SPEAK 2472 01:20:17,078 --> 01:20:18,513 ON THIS, I WILL ALSO GIVE THEM 2473 01:20:18,513 --> 01:20:19,414 THE OPPORTUNITY, PROVIDED YOU 2474 01:20:19,414 --> 01:20:20,749 WANT TO DO THAT. THIS IS A 2475 01:20:20,749 --> 01:20:21,616 REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY, 2476 01:20:21,616 --> 01:20:22,617 COLLEAGUES. WE HEARD SOME PUBLIC 2477 01:20:22,617 --> 01:20:23,652 COMMENT ABOUT THIS PROJECT HERE 2478 01:20:23,652 --> 01:20:24,452 TODAY IN THE COLLABORATION 2479 01:20:24,452 --> 01:20:25,453 BETWEEN MERCY HOUSING, AND EL 2480 01:20:25,453 --> 01:20:26,888 CENTRO DE LA RAZA, THIS IS A 2481 01:20:26,888 --> 01:20:34,062 PROJECT TAKING PLACE RIGHT OUT 2482 01:20:34,062 --> 01:20:34,729 THE LIGHT RAIL BAKER STATION AS 2483 01:20:34,729 --> 01:20:35,597 FOLKS KNOW AS THE FORMER UW 2484 01:20:35,597 --> 01:20:36,965 LAUNDRY SITE AND THIS PUTS US ON 2485 01:20:36,965 --> 01:20:38,166 TRACK TO BUILD 241 UNITS, TOTAL, 2486 01:20:38,166 --> 01:20:39,601 239 OF THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO 2487 01:20:39,601 --> 01:20:49,244 BE AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND WHAT IS 2488 01:20:49,244 --> 01:20:50,111 REALLY, REALLY EXCITING ABOUT 2489 01:20:50,111 --> 01:20:51,780 THAT, IS THE NUMBER OF TWO, 2490 01:20:51,780 --> 01:20:52,380 THREE, AND FOUR BEDROOM UNITS 2491 01:20:52,380 --> 01:20:53,615 THAT WILL BE AT THIS SITE, SO 2492 01:20:53,615 --> 01:20:54,950 THIS WILL BE A REALLY IMPORTANT 2493 01:20:54,950 --> 01:20:55,984 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BUILD 2494 01:20:55,984 --> 01:20:56,751 FAMILY SIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING 2495 01:20:56,751 --> 01:20:58,353 HERE IN OUR CITY AT A MOMENT 2496 01:20:58,353 --> 01:20:59,020 WHERE MANY FAMILIES ARE 2497 01:20:59,020 --> 01:21:00,255 STRUGGLING WITH THE HIGH COST OF 2498 01:21:00,255 --> 01:21:01,256 LIVING, AND IN PARTICULAR, BEING 2499 01:21:01,256 --> 01:21:02,290 RENT BURDENED. THIS PROJECT IS 2500 01:21:02,290 --> 01:21:03,892 ALREADY FENCED OFF, AND THEY 2501 01:21:03,892 --> 01:21:14,436 ARE, LIKE, READY TO BREAK GROUND 2502 01:21:14,769 --> 01:21:15,871 THIS FALL, AND THIS IS THE FINAL 2503 01:21:15,871 --> 01:21:16,905 PIECE OF THE PIE, THROUGH 2504 01:21:16,905 --> 01:21:17,872 PASSING THIS LEGISLATION. SO, I 2505 01:21:17,872 --> 01:21:18,873 WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION 2506 01:21:18,873 --> 01:21:20,342 TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND THE 2507 01:21:20,342 --> 01:21:21,543 MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THIS, AND I 2508 01:21:21,543 --> 01:21:22,410 BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER LIN WILL 2509 01:21:22,410 --> 01:21:24,346 SPEAK TO THIS, AS WELL, BUT, YOU 2510 01:21:24,346 --> 01:21:32,053 KNOW, THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF 2511 01:21:32,053 --> 01:21:33,255 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON 2512 01:21:33,255 --> 01:21:34,122 GETTING HOUSING AND CHILD CARE 2513 01:21:34,122 --> 01:21:34,990 AT THIS SITE INCLUDING OUR 2514 01:21:34,990 --> 01:21:35,790 PARTNERS IN THE STATE 2515 01:21:35,790 --> 01:21:36,858 LEGISLATURE, SO I WANT TO 2516 01:21:36,858 --> 01:21:37,926 EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION. THIS IS 2517 01:21:37,926 --> 01:21:38,894 A LONG TIME COMING. AND 2518 01:21:38,894 --> 01:21:40,161 COLLEAGUES, I AM EXCITED TO ASK 2519 01:21:40,161 --> 01:21:40,729 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 2520 01:21:40,729 --> 01:21:41,563 >> AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2521 01:21:41,563 --> 01:21:42,030 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2522 01:21:42,030 --> 01:21:42,464 COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 2523 01:21:42,464 --> 01:21:43,398 >> YEAH, SURE. 2524 01:21:43,398 --> 01:21:44,699 >> I KNOW YOU DIDN'T RAISE YOUR 2525 01:21:44,699 --> 01:21:45,300 HAND, BUT -- 2526 01:21:45,300 --> 01:21:46,368 >> YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL 2527 01:21:46,368 --> 01:21:47,002 PRESIDENT, THANK YOU, 2528 01:21:47,002 --> 01:21:47,736 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AND THIS 2529 01:21:47,736 --> 01:21:49,004 IS A SUPER EXCITING DEVELOPMENT, 2530 01:21:49,004 --> 01:21:50,605 RIGHT, AT THE MOUNT BAKER LIGHT 2531 01:21:50,605 --> 01:21:51,806 RAIL STATION, AND JUST A LITTLE 2532 01:21:51,806 --> 01:21:52,974 BACKGROUND, I HAD THE 2533 01:21:52,974 --> 01:21:53,742 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS WHEN 2534 01:21:53,742 --> 01:21:54,909 I WAS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S 2535 01:21:54,909 --> 01:21:59,981 OFFICE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS. BUT, 2536 01:21:59,981 --> 01:22:01,650 THE FORMER SPEAKER, WHEN HE WAS 2537 01:22:01,650 --> 01:22:02,784 IN THE LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW, 2538 01:22:02,784 --> 01:22:05,086 THIS WAS OWNED BY UW, COLLEAGUES 2539 01:22:05,086 --> 01:22:15,330 WHO WERE ON COUNCIL BEFORE HAD 2540 01:22:15,330 --> 01:22:15,964 BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE PROBABLY 2541 01:22:15,964 --> 01:22:17,666 RECALL THAT WE ACCEPTED THIS 2542 01:22:17,666 --> 01:22:18,867 PROPERTY VIA TRANSFER FROM UW AT 2543 01:22:18,867 --> 01:22:19,768 NO COST, AND THAT WAS, AGAIN, 2544 01:22:19,768 --> 01:22:20,335 THANKS, IN LARGE PART, THE 2545 01:22:20,335 --> 01:22:27,742 FORMER SPEAKER JOB. IT IS 2546 01:22:27,742 --> 01:22:28,810 EXCITING, THERE ARE MANY FIRSTS 2547 01:22:28,810 --> 01:22:29,744 HERE INCLUDING A UW EARLY 2548 01:22:29,744 --> 01:22:30,845 LEARNING FACILITY WHICH IS SUPER 2549 01:22:30,845 --> 01:22:31,980 EXCITING, THERE IS A COMMUNITY 2550 01:22:31,980 --> 01:22:32,647 WORKFORCE AGREEMENT WHICH IS 2551 01:22:32,647 --> 01:22:34,249 ONLY THE SECOND ONE WE HAVE DONE 2552 01:22:34,249 --> 01:22:35,116 WITH OFFICE OF HOUSING FUNDS, 2553 01:22:35,116 --> 01:22:36,351 SO, THAT IS ALSO AN EXCITING 2554 01:22:36,351 --> 01:22:37,385 DEVELOPMENT. AND I CAN'T WAIT 2555 01:22:37,385 --> 01:22:39,621 TO SEE THEM BREAK GROUND. SO, 2556 01:22:39,621 --> 01:22:40,655 THANKS TO ALL THE COMMUNITY 2557 01:22:40,655 --> 01:22:42,223 PARTNERS, AND LOOK FORWARD TO 2558 01:22:42,223 --> 01:22:43,525 CELEBRATING SOON. 2559 01:22:43,525 --> 01:22:44,359 >> AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2560 01:22:44,359 --> 01:22:48,096 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. IS THERE ANY 2561 01:22:48,096 --> 01:22:48,863 OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THE 2562 01:22:48,863 --> 01:22:53,234 BILL BEFORE US? REALLY HAPPY FOR 2563 01:22:53,234 --> 01:22:54,703 THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT IS 2564 01:22:54,703 --> 01:23:02,978 RIGHT BEHIND THE LIGHT RAIL, AND 2565 01:23:02,978 --> 01:23:04,012 THERE IS SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY 2566 01:23:04,012 --> 01:23:05,080 ALONG RAINIER WITH THE LIGHT 2567 01:23:05,080 --> 01:23:06,081 RAIL, YOU HAVE MOUNT BAKER 2568 01:23:06,081 --> 01:23:07,048 TRANSFER STATION, YOU HAVE THE 2569 01:23:07,048 --> 01:23:07,816 QFC, THE GROCERY STORE. 2570 01:23:07,816 --> 01:23:08,950 HOPEFULLY, WE GET ANOTHER THING 2571 01:23:08,950 --> 01:23:10,251 NEXT TO YOU IN THAT PARKING LOT, 2572 01:23:10,251 --> 01:23:15,023 WHERE YOU HAVE A GROCERY STORE 2573 01:23:15,023 --> 01:23:16,024 AND THEN, ALSO SOMETHING ELSE, 2574 01:23:16,024 --> 01:23:17,492 LIKE WHATEVER IT IS, BUT I KNOW 2575 01:23:17,492 --> 01:23:20,895 IT USED TO BE A DRUGSTORE. BUT, 2576 01:23:20,895 --> 01:23:22,097 WHAT I LEARNED AND WHAT WAS 2577 01:23:22,097 --> 01:23:22,897 INTERESTING BECAUSE WE TALKED 2578 01:23:22,897 --> 01:23:25,767 ABOUT ALL OF THESE SURFACE 2579 01:23:25,767 --> 01:23:26,601 PARKING LOT AND PUTTING 2580 01:23:26,601 --> 01:23:27,535 BUILDINGS ON THERE, THERE IS A 2581 01:23:27,535 --> 01:23:33,241 MASSIVE WATER MAIN THAT RUNS 2582 01:23:33,241 --> 01:23:34,609 THROUGH THAT PARKING LOT SO THAT 2583 01:23:34,609 --> 01:23:36,244 IS WHY YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE 2584 01:23:36,244 --> 01:23:36,911 CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT IN THAT 2585 01:23:36,911 --> 01:23:38,413 AREA, SO IT WILL CONTINUE TO 2586 01:23:38,413 --> 01:23:39,381 STAY WHAT IT IS, BUT LOOKING 2587 01:23:39,381 --> 01:23:40,215 FORWARD TO THIS LEGISLATION. 2588 01:23:40,215 --> 01:23:41,816 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY MORE 2589 01:23:41,816 --> 01:23:47,522 COMMENTS? IS THERE A -- DID YOU 2590 01:23:47,522 --> 01:23:48,790 SAY SOMETHING? OH, THERE IS AN 2591 01:23:48,790 --> 01:23:50,091 AMENDMENT. EXCUSE ME. I'M 2592 01:23:50,091 --> 01:23:58,133 SORRY. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER 2593 01:23:58,133 --> 01:23:59,367 FOSTER, OKAY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED 2594 01:23:59,367 --> 01:24:00,034 TO YOUR AMENDMENT, AMMENDMENT 2595 01:24:00,034 --> 01:24:00,235 "A". 2596 01:24:00,235 --> 01:24:01,469 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I MOVED 2597 01:24:01,469 --> 01:24:03,138 AMMENDMENT "A" -- SORRY, I -- I 2598 01:24:03,138 --> 01:24:04,539 NEED TO -- I BELIEVE THIS IS 2599 01:24:04,539 --> 01:24:05,306 COMING FROM COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 2600 01:24:05,306 --> 01:24:11,846 SO I -- I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 2601 01:24:11,846 --> 01:24:12,847 AMMENDMENT "A" IS THERE A 2602 01:24:12,847 --> 01:24:13,081 SECOND? 2603 01:24:13,081 --> 01:24:13,481 >> SECOND. 2604 01:24:13,481 --> 01:24:15,183 >> AWESOME, IT HAS BEEN MOVED 2605 01:24:15,183 --> 01:24:16,651 AND SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL 2606 01:24:16,651 --> 01:24:17,585 BILL 121236 AS PRESENTED ON 2607 01:24:17,585 --> 01:24:20,021 AMMENDMENT "A" -- COUNCILMEMBER 2608 01:24:20,021 --> 01:24:21,289 FOSTER, AS A SPONSOR, YOU ARE 2609 01:24:21,289 --> 01:24:22,657 RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS THE 2610 01:24:22,657 --> 01:24:27,429 AMENDMENT . 2611 01:24:27,429 --> 01:24:29,030 >> THANK YOU FOR THIS AND I WANT 2612 01:24:29,030 --> 01:24:30,031 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR 2613 01:24:30,031 --> 01:24:31,433 HIS EAGLE EYE AND THE FACT THAT 2614 01:24:31,433 --> 01:24:32,967 HE WAS WORKING ON THIS AS A 2615 01:24:32,967 --> 01:24:34,202 LAWYER FOR SIX YEARS AND TAUGHT 2616 01:24:34,202 --> 01:24:35,403 THE TECHNICAL CHANGE IN THE 2617 01:24:35,403 --> 01:24:36,371 LANGUAGE THAT NEEDED TO BE 2618 01:24:36,371 --> 01:24:37,539 UPDATED TO ENSURE THAT THE 2619 01:24:37,539 --> 01:24:40,442 LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE IS 2620 01:24:40,442 --> 01:24:41,676 REFLECTING WHAT IT NEEDS TO, TO 2621 01:24:41,676 --> 01:24:42,710 ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS UNDER THE 2622 01:24:42,710 --> 01:24:44,546 LAW, SO THIS IS JUST A FRIENDLY, 2623 01:24:44,546 --> 01:24:50,385 TECHNICAL INVESTMENT WE ARE 2624 01:24:50,385 --> 01:24:51,453 ADVANCING, AND COLLEAGUES, I ASK 2625 01:24:51,453 --> 01:24:52,053 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 2626 01:24:52,053 --> 01:24:52,754 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, 2627 01:24:52,754 --> 01:24:53,354 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, I 2628 01:24:53,354 --> 01:24:54,189 WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS 2629 01:24:54,189 --> 01:24:55,723 FROM COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND HIS 2630 01:24:55,723 --> 01:25:04,933 EAGLE EYE. ARE THERE ANY 2631 01:25:04,933 --> 01:25:06,100 COMMENTS ABOUT AMMENDMENT "A"? 2632 01:25:06,100 --> 01:25:06,968 SEEING NONE. WILL THE CLERK 2633 01:25:06,968 --> 01:25:08,236 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 2634 01:25:08,236 --> 01:25:09,003 ADOPTION OF AMMENDMENT "A"? 2635 01:25:09,003 --> 01:25:09,537 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 2636 01:25:09,537 --> 01:25:09,938 >> AYE. 2637 01:25:09,938 --> 01:25:10,538 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 2638 01:25:10,538 --> 01:25:11,039 >> YES. 2639 01:25:11,039 --> 01:25:11,573 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 2640 01:25:11,573 --> 01:25:15,577 >> YES. 2641 01:25:15,577 --> 01:25:16,211 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 2642 01:25:16,211 --> 01:25:16,578 >> AYE. 2643 01:25:16,578 --> 01:25:17,212 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 2644 01:25:17,212 --> 01:25:17,645 >> AYE. 2645 01:25:17,645 --> 01:25:18,279 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 2646 01:25:18,279 --> 01:25:18,613 >> AYE. 2647 01:25:18,613 --> 01:25:19,247 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 2648 01:25:19,247 --> 01:25:19,681 >> YES. 2649 01:25:19,681 --> 01:25:20,348 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 2650 01:25:20,348 --> 01:25:21,249 >> YES. 2651 01:25:21,249 --> 01:25:31,626 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2652 01:25:33,294 --> 01:25:33,595 HOLLINGSWORTH? 2653 01:25:33,595 --> 01:25:33,862 >> YES. 2654 01:25:33,862 --> 01:25:34,863 >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 2655 01:25:34,996 --> 01:25:35,864 >> THE AMENDMENT CARRIES, ARE 2656 01:25:35,864 --> 01:25:37,031 THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE 2657 01:25:37,031 --> 01:25:38,099 BILL AS AMENDED? ANY OTHER 2658 01:25:38,099 --> 01:25:38,833 CLOSING REMARKS FROM 2659 01:25:38,833 --> 01:25:39,367 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER OR 2660 01:25:39,367 --> 01:25:40,101 COUNCILMEMBER LIN? NO? ALL 2661 01:25:40,101 --> 01:25:41,136 RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2662 01:25:41,136 --> 01:25:42,570 CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF 2663 01:25:42,570 --> 01:25:43,371 THE BILL AS AMENDED? 2664 01:25:43,371 --> 01:25:45,640 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 2665 01:25:45,640 --> 01:25:46,007 >> YES. 2666 01:25:46,007 --> 01:25:46,641 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 2667 01:25:46,641 --> 01:25:47,008 >> YES. 2668 01:25:47,008 --> 01:25:47,675 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 2669 01:25:47,675 --> 01:25:48,076 >> YES. 2670 01:25:48,076 --> 01:25:48,843 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 2671 01:25:48,843 --> 01:25:49,410 >> AYE. 2672 01:25:49,410 --> 01:25:49,911 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 2673 01:25:49,911 --> 01:25:50,211 >> AYE. 2674 01:25:50,211 --> 01:25:50,845 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 2675 01:25:50,845 --> 01:25:51,880 >> AYE. 2676 01:25:51,880 --> 01:25:57,619 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 2677 01:25:57,619 --> 01:25:58,052 >> YES. 2678 01:25:58,052 --> 01:25:58,620 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 2679 01:25:58,620 --> 01:25:59,120 >> AYE. 2680 01:25:59,120 --> 01:25:59,654 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2681 01:25:59,654 --> 01:26:00,021 HOLLINGSWORTH? 2682 01:26:00,021 --> 01:26:00,288 >> AYE. 2683 01:26:00,288 --> 01:26:01,489 >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 2684 01:26:01,623 --> 01:26:02,757 >> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED 2685 01:26:02,757 --> 01:26:04,459 AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, WILL 2686 01:26:04,459 --> 01:26:05,627 THE CHAIR PLEASE AFFIX MY 2687 01:26:05,627 --> 01:26:06,494 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 2688 01:26:06,494 --> 01:26:07,462 THEIR BEHALF? WELL THE CLERK 2689 01:26:07,462 --> 01:26:08,663 PLEASE READ ITEM FIVE INTO THE 2690 01:26:08,663 --> 01:26:08,897 RECORD? 2691 01:26:08,897 --> 01:26:09,964 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, 2692 01:26:09,964 --> 01:26:12,433 COUNCIL BILL 121237 -- AN 2693 01:26:12,433 --> 01:26:12,967 ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 2694 01:26:12,967 --> 01:26:13,635 SEATTLE OFFICE OF HOUSING, O.H., 2695 01:26:13,635 --> 01:26:14,269 PLACING ACQUIRED REAL PROPERTY 2696 01:26:14,269 --> 01:26:14,869 IN THE MONTLAKE NEIGHBORHOOD 2697 01:26:14,869 --> 01:26:15,503 UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF O.H., 2698 01:26:15,503 --> 01:26:16,104 AUTHORIZING O.H. TO ISSUE A 2699 01:26:16,104 --> 01:26:16,604 COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR 2700 01:26:16,604 --> 01:26:17,205 PROPOSALS FOR SELECTION OF A 2701 01:26:17,205 --> 01:26:17,772 PREFERRED DEVELOPER AND TO 2702 01:26:17,772 --> 01:26:18,406 EXECUTE AND DELIVER A CONTRACT 2703 01:26:18,406 --> 01:26:19,040 FOR TRANSFER OF LAND, DEED, AND 2704 01:26:19,040 --> 01:26:20,008 RELATED DOCUMENTS TO THE 2705 01:26:20,008 --> 01:26:27,282 SELECTED DEVELOPER, THE 2706 01:26:27,282 --> 01:26:28,216 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL 2707 01:26:28,216 --> 01:26:28,416 PASS. 2708 01:26:28,416 --> 01:26:36,357 >> AWESOME, COUNCILMEMBER 2709 01:26:36,357 --> 01:26:36,958 FOSTER, HOUSE PARTY, BACK TO 2710 01:26:36,958 --> 01:26:37,158 YOU. 2711 01:26:37,158 --> 01:26:38,193 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH, 2712 01:26:38,193 --> 01:26:38,826 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, 2713 01:26:38,826 --> 01:26:39,327 ANOTHER REALLY EXCITING 2714 01:26:39,327 --> 01:26:40,228 OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF US, 2715 01:26:40,228 --> 01:26:50,772 WHERE THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION 2716 01:26:57,412 --> 01:26:58,613 WE JUST PAST IS GETTING US INTO 2717 01:26:58,613 --> 01:27:00,281 THE LEASE THAT WE NEED TO DO TO 2718 01:27:00,281 --> 01:27:01,082 ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT MOVES 2719 01:27:01,082 --> 01:27:02,283 FORWARD, THIS IS HELPING US SET 2720 01:27:02,283 --> 01:27:03,284 UP OUR PIPELINE AGAIN FOR 2721 01:27:03,284 --> 01:27:04,085 CONTINUING TO BUILD AFFORDABLE 2722 01:27:04,085 --> 01:27:05,520 HOUSING IN THE CITY. SO, I WILL 2723 01:27:05,520 --> 01:27:06,354 START, ALSO, WITHIN APPRECIATION 2724 01:27:06,354 --> 01:27:07,589 AGAINST TOWER FOLKS IN THE STATE 2725 01:27:07,589 --> 01:27:08,189 LEGISLATURE WHO APPROPRIATED 2726 01:27:08,189 --> 01:27:09,224 RESOURCES FOR THE OFFICE OF 2727 01:27:09,224 --> 01:27:10,225 HOUSING SO THAT WE COULD 2728 01:27:10,225 --> 01:27:11,059 PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY, THIS 2729 01:27:11,059 --> 01:27:12,060 PIECE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY FROM 2730 01:27:12,060 --> 01:27:13,127 WSDOT. WHAT IS EXCITING HERE, 2731 01:27:13,127 --> 01:27:14,562 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD, 2732 01:27:14,562 --> 01:27:25,106 AGAIN, MY FAVORITE WORDS, FAMILY 2733 01:27:25,406 --> 01:27:26,574 SIZE HOUSING, AND THIS GIVES US 2734 01:27:26,574 --> 01:27:28,009 AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, IN WHAT 2735 01:27:28,009 --> 01:27:28,977 IS A HIGH OPPORTUNITY 2736 01:27:28,977 --> 01:27:29,644 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOES NOT 2737 01:27:29,644 --> 01:27:30,244 ACTUALLY HAVE SUBSIDIZED, 2738 01:27:30,244 --> 01:27:31,446 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN IT, YET. 2739 01:27:31,446 --> 01:27:32,347 SO, FOLKS WILL REMEMBER THIS 2740 01:27:32,347 --> 01:27:33,581 LOCATION AS THE SITE OF THE 2741 01:27:33,581 --> 01:27:34,716 FORMER GAS STATION, AND 2742 01:27:34,716 --> 01:27:35,683 CONVENIENCE STORE THAT WSDOT 2743 01:27:35,683 --> 01:27:46,227 ACQUIRED IN ORDER TO DO THE WORK 2744 01:27:49,664 --> 01:27:50,932 AROUND THE 520 AND NOW THIS IS 2745 01:27:50,932 --> 01:27:51,933 SURPLUS PROPERTY THAT THE CITY 2746 01:27:51,933 --> 01:27:53,001 WILL BE ACQUIRING WITH THE 2747 01:27:53,001 --> 01:27:53,968 OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AND BUILD 2748 01:27:53,968 --> 01:27:54,636 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP, HERE. 2749 01:27:54,636 --> 01:27:56,037 I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME WORK 2750 01:27:56,037 --> 01:27:57,305 THAT WE DID, AGAIN, AND EXPRESS 2751 01:27:57,305 --> 01:27:58,373 MY APPRECIATION FOR THE OFFICE 2752 01:27:58,373 --> 01:27:59,540 OF HOUSING, WORK THAT WE DID 2753 01:27:59,540 --> 01:28:01,342 WITH THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IN 2754 01:28:01,342 --> 01:28:01,976 THE PRE-INTRODUCTION EDIT, TO 2755 01:28:01,976 --> 01:28:02,844 ENSURE THAT THERE IS A PROVISION 2756 01:28:02,844 --> 01:28:04,679 WHERE THE SELECTED PROPOSAL MUST 2757 01:28:04,679 --> 01:28:15,223 ADDRESSED BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY AND 2758 01:28:21,663 --> 01:28:22,397 FINANCIAL IMPACTS GIVEN THE 2759 01:28:22,397 --> 01:28:23,765 SITE'S PROXIMITY TO THE 520 AND 2760 01:28:23,765 --> 01:28:24,499 THE ARTERIALS, AND ALSO TO 2761 01:28:24,499 --> 01:28:25,500 ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT WILL 2762 01:28:25,500 --> 01:28:26,934 PROPOSE -- EXCUSE ME -- THAT THE 2763 01:28:26,934 --> 01:28:27,568 PROJECT WILL PRIORITIZE 2764 01:28:27,568 --> 01:28:28,403 PROPOSALS THAT PROVIDE A 2765 01:28:28,403 --> 01:28:29,304 SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF FAMILY 2766 01:28:29,304 --> 01:28:30,438 SIZE UNITS, SO EXCITED TO BRING 2767 01:28:30,438 --> 01:28:31,673 THIS FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT WE 2768 01:28:31,673 --> 01:28:32,707 HAVE PROPERTY THAT WE CAN 2769 01:28:32,707 --> 01:28:33,508 CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FOR 2770 01:28:33,508 --> 01:28:34,342 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP IN OUR 2771 01:28:34,342 --> 01:28:35,143 PIPELINE, AND WITH THAT, 2772 01:28:35,143 --> 01:28:36,310 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 2773 01:28:36,310 --> 01:28:36,577 SUPPORT. 2774 01:28:36,577 --> 01:28:37,211 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, 2775 01:28:37,211 --> 01:28:38,479 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AND I KNOW 2776 01:28:38,479 --> 01:28:40,114 I WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING, BUT 2777 01:28:40,114 --> 01:28:41,249 TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS, THIS IS IN 2778 01:28:41,249 --> 01:28:42,116 DISTRICT 3, MONTLAKE, AND VERY 2779 01:28:42,116 --> 01:28:43,451 EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT, HAD 2780 01:28:43,451 --> 01:28:44,552 HEARD ABOUT IT ONLINE FOR A LONG 2781 01:28:44,552 --> 01:28:45,987 TIME COMING OVER, AND JUST 2782 01:28:45,987 --> 01:28:46,954 APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO 2783 01:28:46,954 --> 01:28:48,389 DETAIL THAT YOU PUT IN ABOUT THE 2784 01:28:48,389 --> 01:28:49,457 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, AND ALSO THE 2785 01:28:49,457 --> 01:28:50,091 PRIORITIZING FAMILY OWNED 2786 01:28:50,091 --> 01:28:51,259 HOUSING, AS WELL. SO, THANK YOU 2787 01:28:51,259 --> 01:28:52,327 FOR THAT. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE 2788 01:28:52,327 --> 01:28:53,394 ANY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE BILL 2789 01:28:53,394 --> 01:28:54,962 BEFORE US FOR COUNCIL BILL 2790 01:28:54,962 --> 01:29:05,506 121237? OKAY, AWESOME. WILL THE 2791 01:29:07,008 --> 01:29:07,842 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? DO 2792 01:29:07,842 --> 01:29:09,077 YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS, 2793 01:29:09,077 --> 01:29:09,544 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 2794 01:29:09,544 --> 01:29:10,278 >> I WILL JUST ADD ONE OTHER 2795 01:29:10,278 --> 01:29:11,446 PIECE THAT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT 2796 01:29:11,446 --> 01:29:12,747 IN THE RFP BUT BECAUSE I 2797 01:29:12,747 --> 01:29:14,315 MENTIONED THE SITE USED TO BE A 2798 01:29:14,315 --> 01:29:15,149 GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE 2799 01:29:15,149 --> 01:29:16,117 STORE, THERE IS ALSO AN 2800 01:29:16,117 --> 01:29:16,951 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR GROUND FLOOR 2801 01:29:16,951 --> 01:29:17,952 COMMERCIAL BECAUSE WE WANT TO 2802 01:29:17,952 --> 01:29:19,754 MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING WHAT WE 2803 01:29:19,754 --> 01:29:30,298 CAN TO BRING BACK THAT GROCERY 2804 01:29:37,105 --> 01:29:39,006 -- IT WASN'T A FULL GROCERY, 2805 01:29:39,006 --> 01:29:39,640 BUT THAT ACCESS TO FOOD IN THE 2806 01:29:39,640 --> 01:29:39,974 NEIGHBORHOOD. 2807 01:29:39,974 --> 01:29:40,641 >> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU FOR 2808 01:29:40,641 --> 01:29:41,876 THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A FAMILY 2809 01:29:41,876 --> 01:29:42,677 OWNED GROCERY, YOU KNOW, 2810 01:29:42,677 --> 01:29:43,711 COMMUNITY STORE, AND THOSE ARE 2811 01:29:43,711 --> 01:29:44,712 REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE BECAUSE 2812 01:29:44,712 --> 01:29:46,180 I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK 2813 01:29:46,180 --> 01:29:47,348 ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY MISS THAT, 2814 01:29:47,348 --> 01:29:48,382 SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AS 2815 01:29:48,382 --> 01:29:49,851 WELL. WE WANT MORE OF THOSE IN 2816 01:29:49,851 --> 01:29:51,119 OUR CITY. ALL RIGHT. WILL THE 2817 01:29:51,119 --> 01:29:52,320 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 2818 01:29:52,320 --> 01:29:54,155 THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 2819 01:29:54,155 --> 01:29:56,758 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 2820 01:29:56,758 --> 01:29:57,158 >> AYE. 2821 01:29:57,158 --> 01:29:57,925 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 2822 01:29:57,925 --> 01:29:58,159 >> YES. 2823 01:29:58,159 --> 01:29:58,693 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 2824 01:29:58,693 --> 01:29:59,260 >> YES. 2825 01:29:59,260 --> 01:29:59,794 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 2826 01:29:59,794 --> 01:30:00,061 >> AYE. 2827 01:30:00,061 --> 01:30:00,661 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 2828 01:30:00,661 --> 01:30:01,095 >> AYE. 2829 01:30:01,095 --> 01:30:01,729 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 2830 01:30:01,729 --> 01:30:02,096 >> AYE. 2831 01:30:02,096 --> 01:30:02,730 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 2832 01:30:02,730 --> 01:30:03,164 >> YES. 2833 01:30:03,164 --> 01:30:03,731 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 2834 01:30:03,731 --> 01:30:10,905 >> AYE. 2835 01:30:10,905 --> 01:30:11,672 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2836 01:30:11,672 --> 01:30:12,039 HOLLINGSWORTH? 2837 01:30:12,039 --> 01:30:12,306 >> YES. 2838 01:30:12,306 --> 01:30:13,508 >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 2839 01:30:13,641 --> 01:30:14,809 >> BILL PASSES, CHAIR WILL SIGN 2840 01:30:14,809 --> 01:30:15,810 IT, WELL THE CHAIR PLEASE AFFIX 2841 01:30:15,810 --> 01:30:16,944 MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION 2842 01:30:16,944 --> 01:30:18,012 ON MY BEHALF? WILL YOU PLEASE 2843 01:30:18,012 --> 01:30:19,247 READ ITEM SIX INTO THE RECORD? 2844 01:30:19,247 --> 01:30:20,715 >> AGENDA ITEM SIX -- COUNCIL 2845 01:30:20,715 --> 01:30:21,883 BILL 121238 -- RELATING TO THE 2846 01:30:21,883 --> 01:30:23,518 OFFICE OF HOUSING, AUTHORIZING 2847 01:30:23,518 --> 01:30:24,152 THE ACQUISITION OF TWO PARCELS 2848 01:30:24,152 --> 01:30:24,719 IN THE CENTRAL AREA FOR THE 2849 01:30:24,719 --> 01:30:25,353 PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE 2850 01:30:25,353 --> 01:30:26,020 HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS, PLACING THE 2851 01:30:26,020 --> 01:30:26,687 PROPERTY UNDER THE JURISDICTION 2852 01:30:26,687 --> 01:30:27,255 OF THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, 2853 01:30:27,255 --> 01:30:27,889 AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE 2854 01:30:27,889 --> 01:30:28,422 OFFICE OF HOUSING OR THE 2855 01:30:28,422 --> 01:30:29,090 DIRECTOR'S DESIGNEE TO ISSUE A 2856 01:30:29,090 --> 01:30:29,690 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND TO 2857 01:30:29,690 --> 01:30:30,191 SELECT A DEVELOPER AND 2858 01:30:30,191 --> 01:30:30,725 THEREAFTER TO EXECUTE AND 2859 01:30:30,725 --> 01:30:31,359 DELIVER A CONTRACT FOR TRANSFER 2860 01:30:31,359 --> 01:30:31,926 OF LAND, DEED, AND RELATED 2861 01:30:31,926 --> 01:30:35,763 DOCUMENTS, THE COMMITTEE 2862 01:30:35,763 --> 01:30:38,633 RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS. 2863 01:30:38,633 --> 01:30:39,734 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, BACK TO 2864 01:30:39,734 --> 01:30:39,934 YOU. 2865 01:30:39,934 --> 01:30:49,477 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 2866 01:30:49,477 --> 01:30:50,511 PRESIDENT. AND WE ARE STILL IN 2867 01:30:50,511 --> 01:30:51,746 YOUR DISTRICT, SO WE WILL GO 2868 01:30:51,746 --> 01:30:53,080 BACK TO YOU IN JUST A SECOND 2869 01:30:53,080 --> 01:30:54,015 HERE, I THINK. COLLEAGUES, 2870 01:30:54,015 --> 01:30:55,349 REALLY EXCITED. AGAIN, THIS IS 2871 01:30:55,349 --> 01:30:56,017 ANOTHER ACQUISITION THAT ALLOWS 2872 01:30:56,017 --> 01:31:06,561 US TO SET UP OUR PIPELINE, THIS, 2873 01:31:07,462 --> 01:31:07,862 AGAIN, FOR AFFORDABLE 2874 01:31:07,862 --> 01:31:08,930 HOMEOWNERSHIP AND THIS TIME, 2875 01:31:08,930 --> 01:31:09,831 RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE 2876 01:31:09,831 --> 01:31:10,998 CENTRAL DISTRICT, SO THIS IS A 2877 01:31:10,998 --> 01:31:12,366 BUILDING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY -- 2878 01:31:12,366 --> 01:31:13,100 OR, UNTIL WE PASSED THIS -- 2879 01:31:13,100 --> 01:31:13,901 OPERATED AND OWNED BY THE 2880 01:31:13,901 --> 01:31:14,535 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, 2881 01:31:14,535 --> 01:31:15,336 IT OPERATED AS AFFORDABLE 2882 01:31:15,336 --> 01:31:16,604 HOUSING FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS 2883 01:31:16,604 --> 01:31:17,839 AND THE OFFICE OF HOUSING WORKED 2884 01:31:17,839 --> 01:31:23,177 CLOSELY WITH CATER TO BRING 2885 01:31:23,177 --> 01:31:23,811 FORWARD THIS LEGISLATION TO 2886 01:31:23,811 --> 01:31:24,812 BRING A BUILDING THAT WAS 2887 01:31:24,812 --> 01:31:25,680 PREVIOUSLY AFFORDABLE RENTAL AS 2888 01:31:25,680 --> 01:31:26,848 WELL AS A PARCEL THAT IS 2889 01:31:26,848 --> 01:31:27,915 DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR, BOTH OF 2890 01:31:27,915 --> 01:31:29,050 WHICH WERE UNDER THE OWNERSHIP 2891 01:31:29,050 --> 01:31:38,626 AND OPERATION OF KETA AND WHAT I 2892 01:31:38,626 --> 01:31:39,527 WILL HIGHLIGHT HERE, I AM 2893 01:31:39,527 --> 01:31:40,294 EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY, 2894 01:31:40,294 --> 01:31:41,762 WE WORKED WITH THE OFFICE OF 2895 01:31:41,762 --> 01:31:42,663 HOUSING ON SOME PRE-INTRODUCTION 2896 01:31:42,663 --> 01:31:53,074 EDIT , AND SO THAT THE 2897 01:31:53,741 --> 01:31:54,375 DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LOCATION 2898 01:31:54,375 --> 01:31:54,942 WILL UTILIZE COMMUNITY 2899 01:31:54,942 --> 01:31:55,610 PREFERENCE AND COMMUNITY 2900 01:31:55,610 --> 01:31:56,811 PREFERENCE IS A POLICY THAT WE 2901 01:31:56,811 --> 01:31:58,546 HAVE HERE THAT ALLOWS US TO 2902 01:31:58,546 --> 01:31:59,080 AFFIRMATIVELY MARKET AND 2903 01:31:59,080 --> 01:31:59,947 PRIORITIZE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE 2904 01:31:59,947 --> 01:32:00,414 HISTORIC TIES TO THE 2905 01:32:00,414 --> 01:32:01,115 NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY 2906 01:32:01,115 --> 01:32:02,550 AND I CAN'T THINK OF A LOCATION 2907 01:32:02,550 --> 01:32:04,018 IN OUR CITY WHERE THAT IS MORE 2908 01:32:04,018 --> 01:32:04,819 IMPORTANT IN ITS APPLICATION 2909 01:32:04,819 --> 01:32:09,757 DOWN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, SO I 2910 01:32:09,757 --> 01:32:11,392 AM REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS 2911 01:32:11,392 --> 01:32:12,293 OPPORTUNITY TO BRING BACK 2912 01:32:12,293 --> 01:32:13,094 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP RIGHT 2913 01:32:13,094 --> 01:32:13,694 IN THE HEART OF THE CENTRAL 2914 01:32:13,694 --> 01:32:20,568 DISTRICT, AND I WILL -- 2915 01:32:20,568 --> 01:32:21,802 COLLEAGUES, I WILL ASK FOR YOUR 2916 01:32:21,802 --> 01:32:23,037 SUPPORT AND TURN IT BACK TO 2917 01:32:23,037 --> 01:32:24,038 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF SHE WANTS 2918 01:32:24,038 --> 01:32:24,939 TO COMMENT ON THIS. 2919 01:32:24,939 --> 01:32:25,840 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2920 01:32:25,840 --> 01:32:26,741 FOSTER. FULLY SUPPORT IT, AND 2921 01:32:26,741 --> 01:32:27,942 ALSO SUPPORT THE INTENTIONALITY 2922 01:32:27,942 --> 01:32:34,248 BE HAND -- BEHIND WHAT WE ARE 2923 01:32:34,248 --> 01:32:35,516 BUILDING IN OUR AREAS THAT MIGHT 2924 01:32:35,516 --> 01:32:36,584 HAVE BEEN REDLINED -- WELL, NOT 2925 01:32:36,584 --> 01:32:37,785 MIGHT HAVE BEEN -- THAT ARE 2926 01:32:37,785 --> 01:32:38,619 REDLINED AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT 2927 01:32:38,619 --> 01:32:39,453 THE ARCHITECTS, THE BUILDERS, 2928 01:32:39,453 --> 01:32:40,488 THE DEVELOPERS, THE PEOPLE THAT 2929 01:32:40,488 --> 01:32:41,322 ARE DEVELOPING THESE PROPERTIES, 2930 01:32:41,322 --> 01:32:50,164 AS WELL, AND THEN THE 2931 01:32:50,164 --> 01:32:50,898 HOMEOWNERSHIP PIECE, HOW 2932 01:32:50,898 --> 01:32:52,166 IMPORTANT THAT IS, SO REALLY 2933 01:32:52,166 --> 01:32:52,767 APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO 2934 01:32:52,767 --> 01:32:53,935 DETAIL ON THAT, AS WELL, AND 2935 01:32:53,935 --> 01:32:55,202 REALLY SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. 2936 01:32:55,202 --> 01:32:59,373 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE -- 2937 01:32:59,373 --> 01:32:59,974 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, MADAM? 2938 01:32:59,974 --> 01:33:01,375 >> THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION 2939 01:33:01,375 --> 01:33:02,376 OF COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, SHE GOT 2940 01:33:02,376 --> 01:33:04,445 BY ME TOO QUICK. WHAT WAS THE 2941 01:33:04,445 --> 01:33:11,786 TERM THAT YOU USED FOR -- 2942 01:33:11,786 --> 01:33:12,720 >> "COMMUNITY PREFERENCE," IS 2943 01:33:12,720 --> 01:33:13,654 THAT THE ONE YOU ARE ASKING 2944 01:33:13,654 --> 01:33:13,921 ABOUT? 2945 01:33:13,921 --> 01:33:15,323 >> IN THE ACTUAL DISTRICT? 2946 01:33:15,323 --> 01:33:16,457 >> YES, "COMMUNITY PREFERENCE," 2947 01:33:16,457 --> 01:33:20,895 YES. 2948 01:33:20,895 --> 01:33:22,063 >> WONDERFUL, BECAUSE WE HAVE A 2949 01:33:22,063 --> 01:33:23,130 DIFFERENT TERM FOR THAT IN 2950 01:33:23,130 --> 01:33:24,365 INDIAN COUNTRY AND MAYBE THAT IS 2951 01:33:24,365 --> 01:33:26,000 WHAT WE CAN DO AND MAYBE, IF YOU 2952 01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:27,568 WANT, I CAN DRAFT UP A LAND 2953 01:33:27,568 --> 01:33:28,402 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. SO, THANK YOU. 2954 01:33:28,402 --> 01:33:29,437 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, 2955 01:33:29,437 --> 01:33:31,806 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. [ LAUGHTER 2956 01:33:31,806 --> 01:33:35,076 ] I WILL SAY, I THINK THAT 2957 01:33:35,076 --> 01:33:36,077 SETTING THE TERM ASIDE, I THINK 2958 01:33:36,077 --> 01:33:37,912 THE IMPACT OF THIS WILL BE FELT, 2959 01:33:37,912 --> 01:33:43,517 BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN IT USED 2960 01:33:43,517 --> 01:33:44,218 WITH RENTAL HOUSING, PREVIOUSLY, 2961 01:33:44,218 --> 01:33:45,720 HERE IN THIS CITY, AND WE HAVE 2962 01:33:45,720 --> 01:33:47,221 SEEN THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE 2963 01:33:47,221 --> 01:33:48,089 ABILITY OF SOME OF OUR 2964 01:33:48,089 --> 01:33:48,856 AFFORDABLE HOUSING RENTAL 2965 01:33:48,856 --> 01:33:49,724 OPERATORS TO ALLOW FOLKS WHO 2966 01:33:49,724 --> 01:33:53,127 HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, TO RETURN 2967 01:33:53,127 --> 01:33:54,061 TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY HAVE 2968 01:33:54,061 --> 01:34:00,167 BEEN DISPLACED FROM. SO, I TAKE 2969 01:34:00,167 --> 01:34:01,569 YOUR COMMENT BUT I DO WANT TO 2970 01:34:01,569 --> 01:34:02,803 SHARE, WE HAVE TANGIBLE IMPACT 2971 01:34:02,803 --> 01:34:03,437 FROM THIS. THANK YOU, 2972 01:34:03,437 --> 01:34:04,772 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2973 01:34:04,772 --> 01:34:05,873 >> BECAUSE WE KNOW, SHE WANTS 2974 01:34:05,873 --> 01:34:07,274 THE LAND BACK. THE LAND 2975 01:34:07,274 --> 01:34:07,875 ACKNOWLEDGMENT? COUNCILMEMBER 2976 01:34:07,875 --> 01:34:13,581 JUAREZ SAYS, "IF YOU ARE GIVING 2977 01:34:13,581 --> 01:34:14,248 LABOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, WHAT'S 2978 01:34:14,248 --> 01:34:15,016 UP?" LIKE, JUST DON'T 2979 01:34:15,016 --> 01:34:18,919 ACKNOWLEDGE THE LABOR. [ 2980 01:34:18,919 --> 01:34:20,154 LAUGHTER ] JUST SAYING! OKAY, 2981 01:34:20,154 --> 01:34:21,422 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY MORE 2982 01:34:21,422 --> 01:34:24,091 -- [ LAUGHTER ] SORRY. IS THERE 2983 01:34:24,091 --> 01:34:26,460 ANY MORE -- IS THERE ANY FINAL 2984 01:34:26,460 --> 01:34:32,800 THOUGHTS, REGARDING THIS LAND 2985 01:34:32,800 --> 01:34:33,534 COMMUNITY PREFERENCE PEACE? 2986 01:34:33,534 --> 01:34:35,336 OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 2987 01:34:35,336 --> 01:34:36,604 THE ROLL ON COUNCIL BILL 121238? 2988 01:34:36,737 --> 01:34:46,580 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 2989 01:34:46,580 --> 01:34:47,014 >> AYE. 2990 01:34:47,014 --> 01:34:47,548 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 2991 01:34:47,548 --> 01:34:47,948 >> YES. 2992 01:34:47,948 --> 01:34:48,616 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 2993 01:34:48,616 --> 01:34:49,316 >> YES. 2994 01:34:49,316 --> 01:34:49,850 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 2995 01:34:49,850 --> 01:34:50,117 >> AYE. 2996 01:34:50,117 --> 01:34:50,751 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 2997 01:34:50,751 --> 01:34:54,755 >> AYE. 2998 01:34:54,755 --> 01:34:55,423 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 2999 01:34:55,423 --> 01:34:55,790 >> AYE. 3000 01:34:55,790 --> 01:34:56,390 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 3001 01:34:56,390 --> 01:34:56,824 >> YES. 3002 01:34:56,824 --> 01:34:57,525 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 3003 01:34:57,525 --> 01:34:58,025 >> AYE. 3004 01:34:58,025 --> 01:34:58,492 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3005 01:34:58,492 --> 01:34:58,859 HOLLINGSWORTH? 3006 01:34:58,859 --> 01:35:05,833 >> YES. 3007 01:35:05,833 --> 01:35:07,234 >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 3008 01:35:07,368 --> 01:35:08,269 >> BILL PASSES, THE CHAIR WILL 3009 01:35:08,269 --> 01:35:09,503 SIGN IT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 3010 01:35:09,503 --> 01:35:10,504 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 3011 01:35:10,504 --> 01:35:11,505 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? THERE 3012 01:35:11,505 --> 01:35:12,707 WERE NO ITEMS. GOOD JOB, 3013 01:35:12,707 --> 01:35:13,774 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. IT WAS A 3014 01:35:13,774 --> 01:35:14,575 HOUSING PARTY. HOUSE PARTY 3015 01:35:14,575 --> 01:35:15,676 NUMBER FIVE. WHAT WILL THE 3016 01:35:15,676 --> 01:35:24,151 SEQUEL, HOUSE PARTY FIVE? 3017 01:35:24,151 --> 01:35:25,119 MEMBER, KID IN PLAY? 3018 01:35:25,119 --> 01:35:25,986 >> YES, I DO. 3019 01:35:25,986 --> 01:35:26,954 >> MAYBE I AM TOO OLD. 3020 01:35:26,954 --> 01:35:27,388 >> NOPE. 3021 01:35:27,388 --> 01:35:28,589 >> DID YOU WATCH THAT MOVIE, 3022 01:35:28,589 --> 01:35:29,390 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? HE SAYS, 3023 01:35:29,390 --> 01:35:31,192 "YES." THERE -- COME ON. THERE 3024 01:35:31,192 --> 01:35:36,864 WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE 3025 01:35:36,864 --> 01:35:37,832 CONSENT CALENDAR AND THERE IS 3026 01:35:37,832 --> 01:35:38,833 NOT A RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTION 3027 01:35:38,833 --> 01:35:39,834 TODAY. COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY 3028 01:35:39,834 --> 01:35:41,235 MORE TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, 3029 01:35:41,235 --> 01:35:42,536 BEFORE WE ADJOURN? COUNCILMEMBER 3030 01:35:42,536 --> 01:35:47,975 JUAREZ, WHO WAS ELOQUENTLY 3031 01:35:47,975 --> 01:35:48,709 WRAPPED IN BLACK WITH THE GOLD 3032 01:35:48,709 --> 01:35:49,677 EARRINGS AND THE RED LIPSTICK, 3033 01:35:49,677 --> 01:35:50,911 AND THE FRESH HAIRCUT, I JUST 3034 01:35:50,911 --> 01:35:51,846 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. 3035 01:35:51,846 --> 01:35:52,613 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, WITH THE 3036 01:35:52,613 --> 01:35:53,380 BLUSH. THANK YOU. 3037 01:35:53,380 --> 01:35:54,782 >> THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I 3038 01:35:54,782 --> 01:35:56,250 DID WATCH "HOUSE PARTY 5," SO I 3039 01:35:56,250 --> 01:36:02,156 GOT YOU THERE, COUNCIL 3040 01:36:02,156 --> 01:36:03,524 PRESIDENT. I AM REQUESTING TO BE 3041 01:36:03,524 --> 01:36:04,592 EXCUSED FROM THE JULY 7th, 2026, 3042 01:36:04,592 --> 01:36:05,226 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 3043 01:36:05,226 --> 01:36:06,761 >> YES, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION 3044 01:36:06,761 --> 01:36:07,628 REGARDING COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 3045 01:36:07,628 --> 01:36:08,429 REQUESTING TO BE EXCUSED, 3046 01:36:08,429 --> 01:36:09,396 HEARING ON, YOU ARE EXCUSED. 3047 01:36:09,396 --> 01:36:11,332 >> AND I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? 3048 01:36:11,332 --> 01:36:18,472 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, THE 3049 01:36:18,472 --> 01:36:19,306 FLOOR IS STILL YOURS. 3050 01:36:19,306 --> 01:36:20,274 >> OH, THAT'S IT, RIGHT? 3051 01:36:20,274 --> 01:36:20,708 >> ABSOLUTELY. 3052 01:36:20,708 --> 01:36:21,509 >> OKAY, I'M GOOD. 3053 01:36:21,509 --> 01:36:22,376 >> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 3054 01:36:22,510 --> 01:36:32,987 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE 3055 01:36:34,822 --> 01:36:35,823 I REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED FOR 3056 01:36:35,823 --> 01:36:37,057 JULY 7th, AS WELL, I HAVE 3057 01:36:37,057 --> 01:36:38,259 ANOTHER MEETING I HAVE TO ATTEND 3058 01:36:38,259 --> 01:36:38,692 IN DISTRICT. 3059 01:36:38,692 --> 01:36:39,493 >> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU, 3060 01:36:39,493 --> 01:36:40,261 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IF THERE 3061 01:36:40,261 --> 01:36:41,328 IS NO OBJECTION TO COUNCILMEMBER 3062 01:36:41,328 --> 01:36:42,396 STRAUSS BEING ABSENT FROM THE 3063 01:36:42,396 --> 01:36:43,631 JULY 7th MEETING -- HEARING ON 3064 01:36:43,631 --> 01:36:44,865 -- YOU ARE EXCUSED, MY FRIEND. 3065 01:36:44,865 --> 01:36:45,833 >> WONDERFUL. SEEMS LIKE DOUBLY 3066 01:36:45,833 --> 01:36:46,267 SO. 3067 01:36:46,267 --> 01:36:47,701 >> IT WAS DOUBLE, I THINK WE 3068 01:36:47,701 --> 01:36:48,969 ALREADY -- YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU 3069 01:36:48,969 --> 01:36:50,604 ASKED TWICE, SO YOU GET TO BE 3070 01:36:50,604 --> 01:36:51,438 DOUBLE EXCUSED. ARE THERE ANY 3071 01:36:51,438 --> 01:36:52,773 OTHER ITEMS TO COME BEFORE THE 3072 01:36:52,773 --> 01:36:53,507 COUNCIL BEFORE WE ADJOURN, 3073 01:36:53,507 --> 01:36:54,775 COLLEAGUES? I WILL LOOK LEFT AND 3074 01:36:54,775 --> 01:36:55,876 RIGHT. OKAY, AWESOME. WELL, 3075 01:36:55,876 --> 01:36:56,777 GUESS WHAT? THANK YOU, ALL, FOR 3076 01:36:56,777 --> 01:36:57,945 A GREAT MEETING. THERE IS NO 3077 01:36:57,945 --> 01:36:59,947 OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, SO WE 3078 01:36:59,947 --> 01:37:01,182 HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S 3079 01:37:01,182 --> 01:37:02,817 AGENDA. I WILL TAKE PERSONAL 3080 01:37:02,817 --> 01:37:10,124 PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME MY NEW 3081 01:37:10,124 --> 01:37:11,725 NIECE INTO THE WORLD, HER NAME 3082 01:37:11,725 --> 01:37:12,359 IS RAIN HOLLINGSWORTH, AND SHE 3083 01:37:12,359 --> 01:37:13,828 IS A WEEK OLD, AND I JUST WANT 3084 01:37:13,828 --> 01:37:15,829 TO THANK HER FOR COMING INTO THE 3085 01:37:15,829 --> 01:37:16,063 WORLD. 3086 01:37:16,063 --> 01:37:17,097 >> [ APPLAUSE ] 3087 01:37:17,097 --> 01:37:18,532 >> THANK YOU, OKAY? SO, SHE WILL 3088 01:37:18,532 --> 01:37:21,569 SEE THIS AND SO WILL MY NEPHEW, 3089 01:37:21,569 --> 01:37:30,311 IVY. AND THEY WERE BORN AT A 3090 01:37:30,311 --> 01:37:31,078 SWEDISH HOSPITAL, AND IF PEOPLE 3091 01:37:31,078 --> 01:37:31,879 DON'T KNOW, SWEDISH HOSPITAL, 3092 01:37:31,879 --> 01:37:33,280 AS I ALWAYS SAY, IT'S DISTRICT 3093 01:37:33,280 --> 01:37:34,081 THREE, PRODUCES THE MOST BABIES 3094 01:37:34,081 --> 01:37:35,549 IN THE STATE, SO THEY HAVE THE 3095 01:37:35,549 --> 01:37:36,784 MOST BIRTHS IN ABOUT 6000 OR 3096 01:37:36,784 --> 01:37:37,985 7000 BIRTHS EVERY YEAR, THEY ARE 3097 01:37:37,985 --> 01:37:39,253 COMING, THEY ARE PUMPING OUT OF 3098 01:37:39,253 --> 01:37:40,788 FIRST BILL. OKAY? SO, THEY ARE 3099 01:37:40,788 --> 01:37:48,295 COMING. AND I HAVE -- AND MY 3100 01:37:48,295 --> 01:37:49,630 FAMILY HAS ADDED TO TWO OF THOSE 3101 01:37:49,630 --> 01:37:50,931 IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, SO I 3102 01:37:50,931 --> 01:37:52,099 JUST WANT TO SAY, WELCOME, RAIN, 3103 01:37:52,099 --> 01:37:55,636 TO THE FAMILY, YOU DON'T HIT 3104 01:37:55,636 --> 01:37:56,670 THE LOTTERY, BABY. OKAY, LOVE 3105 01:37:56,670 --> 01:37:57,872 YOU, ALL. OKAY, WE HAVE REACHED 3106 01:37:57,872 --> 01:37:59,240 THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA, THE 3107 01:37:59,240 --> 01:38:00,140 NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL 3108 01:38:00,140 --> 01:38:01,876 BE JULY 7th AT 2: