1 00:00:18,785 --> 00:00:21,087 -- OKAY. SO GOOD AFTERNOON. THE 2 00:00:21,087 --> 00:00:21,721 AUGUST 4th, 2026 MEETING OF THE 3 00:00:21,721 --> 00:00:22,355 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME 4 00:00:22,355 --> 00:00:22,989 TO ORDER. IT IS 2:05 P.M. I'M 5 00:00:22,989 --> 00:00:23,523 JOY HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCIL 6 00:00:23,523 --> 00:00:24,624 PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 7 00:00:24,624 --> 00:00:26,893 CALL THE ROLL? 8 00:00:26,893 --> 00:00:28,495 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. HERE. 9 00:00:28,495 --> 00:00:34,234 COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. HERE. 10 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:36,036 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE. 11 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:40,173 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. HERE. 12 00:00:40,173 --> 00:00:43,443 COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 13 00:00:43,443 --> 00:00:43,977 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HERE. 14 00:00:43,977 --> 00:00:50,183 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. PRESENT. 15 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:52,018 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. COUNCIL 16 00:00:52,018 --> 00:00:56,756 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH HERE 17 00:00:56,756 --> 00:00:57,290 -- PRESENT. 18 00:00:57,290 --> 00:00:58,825 -- PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. NINE 19 00:00:58,825 --> 00:00:59,092 PRESENT. 20 00:00:59,092 --> 00:01:00,794 -- AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 21 00:01:00,794 --> 00:01:01,428 WE'RE KICKING IT OFF TO YOU. 22 00:01:01,428 --> 00:01:03,329 YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR 23 00:01:03,329 --> 00:01:05,532 SIGNATURE AND PRESENTATION 24 00:01:05,532 --> 00:01:07,434 TODAY. THE PROCLAMATION 25 00:01:07,434 --> 00:01:07,967 RECOGNIZES AUGUST 4th AS 26 00:01:07,967 --> 00:01:10,036 SEATTLE. EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. 27 00:01:10,036 --> 00:01:11,571 SEATTLE. TACOMA. KIKI. BALLROOM. 28 00:01:11,571 --> 00:01:14,307 COMMUNITY DAY. KENT. DID I SAY 29 00:01:14,307 --> 00:01:17,343 IT RIGHT? OKAY AWESOME. I WAS 30 00:01:17,343 --> 00:01:20,447 LIKE, I KNOW I SAID THIS RIGHT. 31 00:01:20,447 --> 00:01:21,681 UM, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOU'RE 32 00:01:21,681 --> 00:01:24,651 RECOGNIZED TO SHARE THE COMMENTS 33 00:01:24,651 --> 00:01:25,051 AND PROCLAMATION. 34 00:01:25,051 --> 00:01:27,720 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 35 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,957 THE CATEGORY IS GOVERNANCE. 36 00:01:30,957 --> 00:01:33,726 THANK YOU. IT IS TRULY AN HONOR 37 00:01:33,726 --> 00:01:35,695 AND A PRIVILEGE TO OFFER THIS 38 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:38,097 PROCLAMATION TODAY HONORING OUR 39 00:01:38,097 --> 00:01:39,933 LOCAL KIKI BALLROOM COMMUNITY 40 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:42,102 AND CELEBRATING THE MOTHERS, 41 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:43,369 FATHERS, HOUSES, ORGANIZATIONS, 42 00:01:43,369 --> 00:01:45,071 ARTISTS, AND AUDIENCES THAT HAVE 43 00:01:45,071 --> 00:01:47,106 SHAPED THE LOCAL SCENE FOR 44 00:01:47,106 --> 00:01:48,675 DECADES. IT IS ALSO MY 45 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:50,076 UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS THE 46 00:01:50,076 --> 00:01:51,478 FIRST PROCLAMATION OF ITS KIND 47 00:01:51,478 --> 00:01:53,513 FOR CITY OF SEATTLE HISTORY, SO 48 00:01:53,513 --> 00:01:54,948 I'M VERY PROUD AND HONORED 49 00:01:54,948 --> 00:01:57,317 TODAY TO BE SHEPHERDING THIS. 50 00:01:57,317 --> 00:01:59,853 QUEER HISTORY IS BLACK HISTORY, 51 00:01:59,853 --> 00:02:01,254 AND WE ALL STAND ON THE 52 00:02:01,254 --> 00:02:04,357 SHOULDERS OF BLACK AND LATINX, 53 00:02:04,357 --> 00:02:04,924 QUEER AND TRANS LEADERS WHO 54 00:02:04,924 --> 00:02:08,962 FOUGHT FOR THEIR AND OUR FREEDOM 55 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:09,596 TO BE OUR WHOLE SELVES. AND AT 56 00:02:09,596 --> 00:02:10,763 THE HEART OF BALLROOM IS A 57 00:02:10,763 --> 00:02:13,433 FIERCE ASSERTION OF 58 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:13,933 SELF-DETERMINATION AND 59 00:02:13,933 --> 00:02:16,669 COLLECTIVE CARE. THE MOTHERS AND 60 00:02:16,669 --> 00:02:17,303 FATHERS WHO'VE LED HOUSES ARE 61 00:02:17,303 --> 00:02:20,206 MORE THAN PERFORMERS. THEY ARE 62 00:02:20,206 --> 00:02:23,009 MENTORS, SURROGATE PARENTS, AND 63 00:02:23,009 --> 00:02:24,711 CHOSEN FAMILY. THEY SERVE THE 64 00:02:24,711 --> 00:02:26,412 FOLKS MOST NEGLECTED BY OUR 65 00:02:26,412 --> 00:02:28,248 SOCIETY AS FIERCELY AS THEY 66 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:32,085 SERVE. FACE ON THE RUNWAY. SO 67 00:02:32,085 --> 00:02:34,554 KIKI'S AND BALLS ARE NOT 68 00:02:34,554 --> 00:02:35,155 MAINSTREAM QUEER POP CULTURE 69 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:37,090 REFERENCES, BUT THEY ARE THE 70 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:38,725 FOUNDATION AND BLACK AND BROWN 71 00:02:38,725 --> 00:02:40,360 LEADERS WHO HAVE SHAPED THE 72 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,828 SCENE LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY 73 00:02:41,828 --> 00:02:43,963 DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND 74 00:02:43,963 --> 00:02:45,098 LIFTED UP AS THE CULTURAL 75 00:02:45,098 --> 00:02:47,100 STANDARD BEARERS AND STANDARD 76 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:48,268 SETTERS. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN. 77 00:02:48,268 --> 00:02:49,402 AT THIS POINT, I'D NOW LIKE TO 78 00:02:49,402 --> 00:02:51,104 READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND ASK 79 00:02:51,104 --> 00:02:52,005 MY COLLEAGUES TO SIGN, AND 80 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:54,908 FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL HAVE SOME 81 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:55,542 LOCAL CELEBRITIES TO RECEIVE THE 82 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:57,310 PROCLAMATION. RANDY FORD, MIDORI 83 00:02:57,310 --> 00:02:59,879 MONET, TOMMY DARLING, AND OF 84 00:02:59,879 --> 00:03:00,947 COURSE, JULIAN EVERETT, WHO. 85 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:02,181 THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY WOULD 86 00:03:02,181 --> 00:03:02,815 NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT. THANK 87 00:03:02,815 --> 00:03:04,250 YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK 88 00:03:04,250 --> 00:03:07,954 ALONGSIDE MY OFFICE TO BRING 89 00:03:07,954 --> 00:03:09,622 THIS FORWARD. AND WITH THAT, WE 90 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:11,624 ARE HONORING THE SEATTLE TACOMA 91 00:03:11,624 --> 00:03:12,825 KIKI BALLROOM COMMUNITY, 92 00:03:12,825 --> 00:03:15,895 INCLUDING ITS LEADERS HOUSES AND 93 00:03:15,895 --> 00:03:17,463 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. WHEREAS, 94 00:03:17,463 --> 00:03:19,599 THE SEATTLE AND TACOMA KIKI 95 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:20,967 BALLROOM COMMUNITY IS A POWERFUL 96 00:03:20,967 --> 00:03:22,835 CULTURAL, ARTISTIC, AND SOCIAL 97 00:03:22,835 --> 00:03:26,239 MOVEMENT ROOTED IN BLACK AND 98 00:03:26,239 --> 00:03:27,774 LATINX LGBTQIA+ RESILIENCE, 99 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:28,141 CREATIVITY, AND 100 00:03:28,141 --> 00:03:29,275 SELF-DETERMINATION, AND HAS 101 00:03:29,275 --> 00:03:31,678 GROWN INTO A VIBRANT AND VISIBLE 102 00:03:31,678 --> 00:03:33,313 FORCE, SHAPING SEATTLE'S 103 00:03:33,313 --> 00:03:35,348 CULTURAL, PUBLIC HEALTH AND 104 00:03:35,348 --> 00:03:36,683 SOCIAL LANDSCAPE. AND WHEREAS 105 00:03:36,683 --> 00:03:37,283 BALLROOM CULTURE CONTINUES TO 106 00:03:37,283 --> 00:03:39,519 PROVIDE LIFE AFFIRMING SPACES OF 107 00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:42,288 BELONGING, CHOSEN FAMILY 108 00:03:42,288 --> 00:03:44,591 MENTORSHIP, ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, 109 00:03:44,591 --> 00:03:48,228 AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR 110 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:48,695 LGBTQIA INDIVIDUALS, 111 00:03:48,695 --> 00:03:49,329 PARTICULARLY BLACK, INDIGENOUS 112 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:50,797 AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR 113 00:03:50,797 --> 00:03:51,264 WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY 114 00:03:51,264 --> 00:03:53,299 EXPERIENCED EXCLUSION AND 115 00:03:53,299 --> 00:03:54,901 SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES. AND WHEREAS 116 00:03:54,901 --> 00:03:56,769 SEATTLE AND TACOMA KIKI BALLROOM 117 00:03:56,769 --> 00:03:59,172 COMMUNITY HAS EXPANDED 118 00:03:59,172 --> 00:03:59,706 SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE 119 00:03:59,706 --> 00:04:01,941 DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP, AND 120 00:04:01,941 --> 00:04:03,743 VISION OF COMMUNITY ICONS, 121 00:04:03,743 --> 00:04:06,045 ORGANIZERS AND CULTURAL LEADERS, 122 00:04:06,045 --> 00:04:08,214 INCLUDING AISHA NOIR, JADE 123 00:04:08,214 --> 00:04:10,116 DYNASTY, PAPI LUNA, ROCKY, 124 00:04:10,116 --> 00:04:12,085 PRINCETON, ANDROID, ALLURE, 125 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:14,654 MIDORI, MONET, KYLIE MOONCAKES, 126 00:04:14,654 --> 00:04:16,956 DR. STEFAN WALLACE, AND JULIAN 127 00:04:16,956 --> 00:04:20,093 TAFLER, EACH OF WHOM HAVE 128 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:20,627 CONTRIBUTED STRENGTHENING 129 00:04:20,627 --> 00:04:22,996 VISIBILITY, CULTURAL 130 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:23,396 PRESERVATION AND 131 00:04:23,396 --> 00:04:24,364 INTERGENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP 132 00:04:24,364 --> 00:04:26,666 WITHIN THE BALLROOM SCENE. AND 133 00:04:26,666 --> 00:04:28,701 WHEREAS, THE SEATTLE REGION'S 134 00:04:28,701 --> 00:04:29,936 KIKI BALLROOM HOUSES SERVE AS 135 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:32,171 FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURES OF 136 00:04:32,171 --> 00:04:32,672 CHOSEN FAMILY CULTURAL 137 00:04:32,672 --> 00:04:34,641 PRESERVATION, MENTORSHIP AND 138 00:04:34,641 --> 00:04:36,142 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, 139 00:04:36,142 --> 00:04:36,643 INCLUDING THE HOUSE OF 140 00:04:36,643 --> 00:04:39,712 PRINCETON, HOUSE OF LUNA, HOUSE 141 00:04:39,712 --> 00:04:41,447 OF MONET, HOUSE OF NOIR, HOUSE 142 00:04:41,447 --> 00:04:43,149 OF MOSCHINO, HOUSE OF TELLER, 143 00:04:43,149 --> 00:04:45,084 HOUSE OF MATTEL. HOUSE OF 144 00:04:45,084 --> 00:04:47,754 SEPHORA. HOUSE OF AIDA, HOUSE OF 145 00:04:47,754 --> 00:04:50,023 PINK. LADY. HOUSE OF KAOS. HOUSE 146 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:52,959 OF GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI, ALL OF WHOM 147 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:54,127 CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRESERVATION, 148 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:56,029 EVOLUTION, AND EXPANSION OF 149 00:04:56,029 --> 00:04:58,097 BALLROOM CULTURE IN SEATTLE AND 150 00:04:58,097 --> 00:04:59,666 THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AND 151 00:04:59,666 --> 00:05:00,199 WHEREAS, COMMUNITY BASED 152 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:00,967 ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS 153 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:04,237 HAVE PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN 154 00:05:04,237 --> 00:05:04,871 SUPPORTING BALLROOM CULTURE AND 155 00:05:04,871 --> 00:05:06,939 ADVANCING EQUITY, HEALTH AND 156 00:05:06,939 --> 00:05:09,942 OPPORTUNITY FOR LGBTQIA+ 157 00:05:09,942 --> 00:05:11,611 COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING SWAYZE, 158 00:05:11,611 --> 00:05:13,413 HEALTH CITY FORUM, SEATTLE, KIKI 159 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:15,248 SESSIONS, HIV VACCINE TRIALS 160 00:05:15,248 --> 00:05:17,650 NETWORK, LAVENDER RIGHTS 161 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:21,120 PROJECT, NAACP, LEGENDARY 162 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,689 CHILDREN AND ACHARA FOUNDATION, 163 00:05:22,689 --> 00:05:23,322 WHOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND ADVOCACY 164 00:05:23,322 --> 00:05:24,424 HAVE HELPED EXPAND THE HEALTH 165 00:05:24,424 --> 00:05:26,259 RESOURCES, CULTURAL PROGRAMING, 166 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:28,428 LEGAL SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY 167 00:05:28,428 --> 00:05:29,729 EMPOWERMENT. AND WHEREAS THE 168 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:31,064 SEATTLE KIKI BALLROOM LEADERS 169 00:05:31,064 --> 00:05:33,166 AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ADVANCED 170 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:33,733 CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS AND 171 00:05:33,733 --> 00:05:35,535 ACTION AROUND HIV PREVENTION, 172 00:05:35,535 --> 00:05:38,037 PUBLIC HEALTH EQUITY, MENTAL 173 00:05:38,037 --> 00:05:40,039 HEALTH, HOUSING STABILITY, YOUTH 174 00:05:40,039 --> 00:05:41,808 DEVELOPMENT, RACIAL JUSTICE, 175 00:05:41,808 --> 00:05:44,410 TRANSGENDER RIGHTS, AND LGBTQIA+ 176 00:05:44,410 --> 00:05:46,045 VISIBILITY, ENSURING THAT 177 00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:49,048 BALLROOM SPACES REMAIN NOT ONLY 178 00:05:49,048 --> 00:05:50,383 CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT BUT ALSO 179 00:05:50,383 --> 00:05:52,618 ESSENTIAL SITES OF SURVIVAL, 180 00:05:52,618 --> 00:05:54,887 HEALING AND ADVOCACY. AND 181 00:05:54,887 --> 00:05:55,388 WHEREAS THE GROWTH AND 182 00:05:55,388 --> 00:05:57,390 INCREASING VISIBILITY OF SEATTLE 183 00:05:57,390 --> 00:05:58,424 REGION'S KIKI BALLROOM 184 00:05:58,424 --> 00:06:00,493 COMMUNITY REFLECTS THE YEARS OF 185 00:06:00,493 --> 00:06:01,127 DEDICATION, LABOR AND BRILLIANCE 186 00:06:01,127 --> 00:06:05,798 FROM COUNTLESS UNNAMED AND NAMED 187 00:06:05,798 --> 00:06:06,432 LEADERS WHO HAVE BUILT SPACES OF 188 00:06:06,432 --> 00:06:07,467 SAFETY, CELEBRATION, AND 189 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:09,068 RESISTANCE WHILE INSPIRING 190 00:06:09,068 --> 00:06:10,536 FUTURE GENERATIONS TO EMBRACE 191 00:06:10,536 --> 00:06:12,739 AUTHENTICITY, EXCELLENCE, AND 192 00:06:12,739 --> 00:06:13,873 COLLECTIVE CARE. AND WHEREAS THE 193 00:06:13,873 --> 00:06:15,675 SEATTLE REGION'S KIKI BALLROOM 194 00:06:15,675 --> 00:06:16,175 COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO 195 00:06:16,175 --> 00:06:17,410 STRENGTHEN SEATTLE'S IDENTITY 196 00:06:17,410 --> 00:06:20,813 AS A CITY COMMITTED TO EQUITY, 197 00:06:20,813 --> 00:06:21,380 INCLUSION, CREATIVITY, AND 198 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:21,914 BELONGING, ENRICHING THE 199 00:06:21,914 --> 00:06:23,049 CULTURAL FABRIC OF THE CITY 200 00:06:23,049 --> 00:06:24,384 THROUGH PERFORMANCE, FASHION, 201 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:27,019 DANCE, STORYTELLING, AND 202 00:06:27,019 --> 00:06:29,021 INTERGENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP. 203 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:30,890 NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND 204 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:31,424 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 205 00:06:31,424 --> 00:06:34,627 PROCLAIMED TUESDAY, AUGUST 4th, 206 00:06:34,627 --> 00:06:36,996 2026 TO BE SEATTLE AND TACOMA 207 00:06:36,996 --> 00:06:40,099 KIKI BALLROOM COMMUNITY DAY. 208 00:06:40,099 --> 00:06:45,638 THANK YOU. 209 00:06:45,638 --> 00:06:46,105 -- THANK THANK YOU, 210 00:06:46,105 --> 00:06:46,839 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I'M GOING 211 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:47,740 TO PAUSE HERE TO SEE IF ANY 212 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:51,244 OTHER ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WANT 213 00:06:51,244 --> 00:06:51,778 TO COMMENT REGARDING THE 214 00:06:51,778 --> 00:06:52,845 PROCLAMATION BEFORE US BEFORE I 215 00:06:52,845 --> 00:06:58,284 CALL FOR SIGNATURES. OKAY. 216 00:06:58,284 --> 00:06:59,252 AWESOME. I THINK YOU SAID YOU 217 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:01,120 SAID IT WAS A BEAUTIFULLY 218 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,622 WRITTEN PROCLAMATION. SO JUST 219 00:07:02,622 --> 00:07:03,823 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND 220 00:07:03,823 --> 00:07:05,391 YOUR ENERGY AND YOUR DEDICATION 221 00:07:05,391 --> 00:07:06,058 TO THIS AND OUR GUESTS. I CAN'T 222 00:07:06,058 --> 00:07:07,493 WAIT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AS 223 00:07:07,493 --> 00:07:09,529 WELL FROM THIS. SO WE WILL GO 224 00:07:09,529 --> 00:07:13,966 AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL 225 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:15,601 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 226 00:07:15,601 --> 00:07:18,204 COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. YES, 227 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:23,910 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 228 00:07:23,910 --> 00:07:26,979 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 229 00:07:26,979 --> 00:07:29,415 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES. 230 00:07:29,415 --> 00:07:32,418 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 231 00:07:32,418 --> 00:07:34,287 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AYE. 232 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:37,356 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 233 00:07:37,356 --> 00:07:41,027 COUNCILMEMBER. JUAREZ. AYE. 234 00:07:41,027 --> 00:07:41,461 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 235 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:43,463 HOLLINGSWORTH. 236 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:43,796 -- YES. 237 00:07:43,796 --> 00:07:44,597 -- NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE 238 00:07:44,597 --> 00:07:44,864 AFFIXED. 239 00:07:44,864 --> 00:07:45,631 -- AWESOME. AND HEARING NO 240 00:07:45,631 --> 00:07:47,567 FURTHER COMMENTS. IF THERE'S NO 241 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:48,568 OBJECTION TO THE RULES, THEY 242 00:07:48,568 --> 00:07:49,635 WILL BE SUSPENDED. TO PRESENT 243 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:52,104 THE PROCLAMATION TO OUR GUESTS 244 00:07:52,104 --> 00:07:53,606 AND ALLOW FOLKS TO MAKE SOME 245 00:07:53,606 --> 00:07:56,142 COMMENTS AS WELL. WE ARE JOINED 246 00:07:56,142 --> 00:07:58,711 BY RANDY FORD, MIDORI MONET, 247 00:07:58,711 --> 00:08:01,614 TOMMY DARLING AND JULIAN EVERETT 248 00:08:01,614 --> 00:08:04,517 AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WILL GO 249 00:08:04,517 --> 00:08:05,852 AND PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION. 250 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:07,587 AND THEN IF YOU ALL WOULD LOVE 251 00:08:07,587 --> 00:08:09,288 TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE FOR 252 00:08:09,288 --> 00:08:10,556 YOUR COMMENTS, WE WOULD LOVE FOR 253 00:08:10,556 --> 00:08:21,100 YOU TO COME. NOW. THANK YOU. AND 254 00:08:22,735 --> 00:08:23,302 APPARENTLY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 255 00:08:23,302 --> 00:08:25,037 HAS FANS FOR EVERYONE AS WELL. 256 00:08:25,037 --> 00:08:26,606 ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS. WE HAVE 257 00:08:26,606 --> 00:08:28,374 FANS, I WANT ONE LAVENDER 258 00:08:28,374 --> 00:08:30,076 RIGHTS. UH, ONE THOUGH. THANK 259 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:37,049 YOU 260 00:08:37,049 --> 00:08:40,586 -- IT WAS REALLY OFFICIAL. UM, I 261 00:08:40,586 --> 00:08:42,622 FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO 262 00:08:42,622 --> 00:08:45,391 ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS. 263 00:08:45,391 --> 00:08:46,325 COUNCILMEMBER REACH CITY OF 264 00:08:46,325 --> 00:08:47,460 SEATTLE. UM, EVERYONE TO MAKE 265 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:49,562 THIS POSSIBLE. THIS WAS 266 00:08:49,562 --> 00:08:51,297 SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO 267 00:08:51,297 --> 00:08:52,765 ME AND IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY TO 268 00:08:52,765 --> 00:08:53,699 REALLY ALSO TO JUST KEEP IN MIND 269 00:08:53,699 --> 00:08:55,768 THAT RIGHT NOW MORE THAN EVER, 270 00:08:55,768 --> 00:08:57,136 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 271 00:08:57,136 --> 00:08:58,004 CELEBRATING AND MAKING SURE THAT 272 00:08:58,004 --> 00:09:00,072 WE'RE UPLIFTING COMMUNITY AND 273 00:09:00,072 --> 00:09:00,706 CULTURE, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE 274 00:09:00,706 --> 00:09:02,708 CITY AND BEYOND THIS CITY. AND 275 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:03,843 ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO 276 00:09:03,843 --> 00:09:05,211 WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE IN 277 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:07,213 THE HISTORY BOOKS. SO NONE OF 278 00:09:07,213 --> 00:09:08,881 OUR EFFORTS, OUR INITIATIVES, 279 00:09:08,881 --> 00:09:11,551 OUR IDEAS, OUR PARTNERSHIPS GO 280 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:13,552 INTO THIS FUTILE ABYSS OF 281 00:09:13,552 --> 00:09:14,654 NONEXISTENCE. BECAUSE I THINK 282 00:09:14,654 --> 00:09:15,755 SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS FOR 283 00:09:15,755 --> 00:09:17,223 QUEER AND TRANS FOLKS OF COLOR, 284 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:18,858 WE FEEL LIKE WE DON'T BELONG. WE 285 00:09:18,858 --> 00:09:20,359 DON'T HAVE A SPACE. AND WITHIN 286 00:09:20,359 --> 00:09:21,160 BALLROOM, THAT'S A SPACE WHERE 287 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,361 YOU CAN FEEL A SENSE OF 288 00:09:22,361 --> 00:09:23,562 COMMUNITY, WHERE YOU DON'T FEEL 289 00:09:23,562 --> 00:09:25,197 LIKE YOU BELONG. AND MORE THAN 290 00:09:25,197 --> 00:09:26,866 EVER RIGHT NOW, WITH THE FUNDING 291 00:09:26,866 --> 00:09:28,634 BEING CUT FOR RESOURCES, 292 00:09:28,634 --> 00:09:30,036 ORGANIZATIONS CLOSING THEIR 293 00:09:30,036 --> 00:09:31,370 DOORS, AT LEAST A SPACE OF 294 00:09:31,370 --> 00:09:32,972 REFUGE IN A SENSE OF BEING ABLE 295 00:09:32,972 --> 00:09:34,140 TO EXPERIENCE WHAT IT MEANS TO 296 00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:36,242 BE IN A SPACE OF JOY, ESPECIALLY 297 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:37,777 BLACK JOY, BLACK QUEER AND TRANS 298 00:09:37,777 --> 00:09:40,479 JOY AFFIRMING AND UPLIFTING. 299 00:09:40,479 --> 00:09:41,113 THAT POWER AND THAT SPACE WHERE 300 00:09:41,113 --> 00:09:41,814 FOLKS DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE 301 00:09:41,814 --> 00:09:44,517 IT IS IMPORTANT. AND SO TO HAVE 302 00:09:44,517 --> 00:09:45,384 THIS NOW BE OFFICIAL AND IT BE A 303 00:09:45,384 --> 00:09:47,453 DAY THAT'S NOW BEYOND MYSELF 304 00:09:47,453 --> 00:09:48,854 AND OTHERS IN THE NEXT 305 00:09:48,854 --> 00:09:49,822 GENERATION, AND THEY CAN LOOK 306 00:09:49,822 --> 00:09:50,656 FORWARD TO AUGUST 4th AND SAY, 307 00:09:50,656 --> 00:09:52,525 THIS IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE THOSE 308 00:09:52,525 --> 00:09:53,526 THAT CAME BEFORE US AND THOSE OF 309 00:09:53,526 --> 00:09:54,894 NOW TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. AND 310 00:09:54,894 --> 00:09:57,897 I'M JUST OVERJOYED AND ECSTATIC 311 00:09:57,897 --> 00:09:58,597 TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. AND 312 00:09:58,597 --> 00:10:07,406 THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 313 00:10:07,406 --> 00:10:09,675 -- I HAVE NO WORDS. THANK YOU TO 314 00:10:09,675 --> 00:10:11,444 THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR 315 00:10:11,444 --> 00:10:12,912 RECOGNIZING SEATTLE AND TACOMA. 316 00:10:12,912 --> 00:10:14,313 KIKI DAY AS AUGUST 4th, 2026. 317 00:10:14,313 --> 00:10:15,748 AND THIS DAY, GOING FORWARD, 318 00:10:15,748 --> 00:10:18,150 YOUR COMMITMENT TO BLACK QUEER 319 00:10:18,150 --> 00:10:19,952 TRANS YOUTH AND THEIR ABILITY TO 320 00:10:19,952 --> 00:10:21,787 THRIVE AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL 321 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:22,588 QUALITY OF LIFE. WE THANK YOU. 322 00:10:22,588 --> 00:10:25,424 WE. ALL WE WANT TO DO IS SEE 323 00:10:25,424 --> 00:10:26,525 BLACK AND QUEER YOUTH SURVIVE IN 324 00:10:26,525 --> 00:10:27,960 THIS DAY AND AGE, AND NOW MORE 325 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:29,362 THAN EVER, ESPECIALLY WITH THE 326 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:31,097 LEGISLATION CHANGING, THE 327 00:10:31,097 --> 00:10:32,264 GOVERNMENT SHOWING THAT THEY DO 328 00:10:32,264 --> 00:10:32,898 NOT WANT TO SEE BLACK AND BROWN 329 00:10:32,898 --> 00:10:34,834 TRANS YOUTH AND ADULTS SURVIVE 330 00:10:34,834 --> 00:10:37,203 IN THIS UPCOMING AGE. IT IS GOOD 331 00:10:37,203 --> 00:10:39,472 TO HEAR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THEIR 332 00:10:39,472 --> 00:10:41,040 ABILITY TO LIVE, TO LIVE, TO 333 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,010 LIVE. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL 334 00:10:44,010 --> 00:10:46,278 CONTINUE DOING THE WORK. WE WILL 335 00:10:46,278 --> 00:10:48,047 CONTINUE PROVIDING RESOURCES, 336 00:10:48,047 --> 00:10:48,648 SHOWING CONNECTING THE YOUTH 337 00:10:48,648 --> 00:10:49,949 WITH ADULTS THAT ARE GOOD 338 00:10:49,949 --> 00:10:50,816 MENTORS. AND WE WILL CONTINUE 339 00:10:50,816 --> 00:10:52,818 DOING THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO 340 00:10:52,818 --> 00:10:54,053 SEE BLACK AND BROWN QUEER YOUTH 341 00:10:54,053 --> 00:10:55,621 BECOME BLACK AND BROWN QUEER 342 00:10:55,621 --> 00:10:57,189 ADULTS. SO WE WILL CONTINUE 343 00:10:57,189 --> 00:10:58,557 DOING THAT ON AUGUST 4th, 2026. 344 00:10:58,557 --> 00:11:00,793 AND EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD AND 345 00:11:00,793 --> 00:11:02,228 TO MANY GENERATIONS ONWARD. 346 00:11:02,228 --> 00:11:06,866 THANK YOU. 347 00:11:06,866 --> 00:11:07,166 -- AWESOME. 348 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:11,203 -- THANK YOU. 349 00:11:11,203 --> 00:11:12,405 -- THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THE 350 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:12,905 COOLEST THING ABOUT THE 351 00:11:12,905 --> 00:11:14,240 PROCLAMATIONS IS OBVIOUSLY 352 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:15,041 THEY'RE PUT INTO OUR ARCHIVES. 353 00:11:15,041 --> 00:11:16,642 SO ANYTIME PEOPLE ARE DOING 354 00:11:16,642 --> 00:11:18,544 RESEARCH, THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW 355 00:11:18,544 --> 00:11:19,178 MANY PROCLAMATIONS WE GIVE IN, 356 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:20,980 WHO WE'VE GIVEN THEM TO. IT IS 357 00:11:20,980 --> 00:11:22,014 IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS FOREVER. 358 00:11:22,014 --> 00:11:23,783 AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY 359 00:11:23,783 --> 00:11:25,518 IMPORTANT DURING THIS TIME. UM, 360 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:27,420 ARE WE ALSO DOING A PHOTO 361 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:30,289 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. OKAY, SO IF 362 00:11:30,289 --> 00:11:31,691 WHOEVER'S IN THE PHOTO WILL 363 00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:33,059 COME UP HERE ON THE DAIS AND WE 364 00:11:33,059 --> 00:11:34,994 HAVE OUR PHENOMENAL 365 00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:35,628 PHOTOGRAPHER, WHERE'S DEANNA 366 00:11:35,628 --> 00:11:37,129 LEE? I FOUND YOU. SHE'S GOING 367 00:11:37,129 --> 00:11:38,030 TO BE HERE IN THE MIDDLE. SHE'S 368 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:39,598 GOING TO COUNT US DOWN AND YOU 369 00:11:39,598 --> 00:11:43,969 WILL COME STAND BY THE MOST 370 00:11:43,969 --> 00:11:44,603 BEAUTIFUL COUNCILMEMBERS EVER OF 371 00:11:44,603 --> 00:11:46,439 ALL TIME. YOU'LL JUST COME UP ON 372 00:11:46,439 --> 00:11:47,173 THE DAIS. PEOPLE WERE SUPPOSED 373 00:11:47,173 --> 00:11:49,141 TO LAUGH AT THAT, BUT THEY 374 00:11:49,141 --> 00:11:50,209 DIDN'T. IT'S OKAY. SO YOU'RE 375 00:11:50,209 --> 00:11:53,345 GOING TO COME UP ON STAGE OR 376 00:11:53,345 --> 00:11:54,747 THIS IS NOT A STAGE, IT'S A 377 00:11:54,747 --> 00:11:55,381 DAIS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO 378 00:11:55,381 --> 00:11:59,685 LOOK RIGHT HERE AT THE PHOTO. 379 00:11:59,685 --> 00:12:07,793 -- YOU WANT TO TAKE. 380 00:12:08,027 --> 00:12:18,404 -- WE'RE GOING TO KEEP. 381 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:34,954 -- YEAH. COME TOGETHER A LITTLE 382 00:12:42,361 --> 00:12:49,802 BIT 383 00:12:50,035 --> 00:12:57,743 -- YOU COUNT. 384 00:12:57,743 --> 00:12:59,812 -- OKAY. RIGHT HERE. I THINK 385 00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:03,282 THEY'RE STILL FIGURING IT THE 386 00:13:03,282 --> 00:13:11,390 SPOT. YEAH. 387 00:13:11,390 --> 00:13:13,726 -- SEATTLE CITY POLICE CHIEF 388 00:13:13,726 --> 00:13:17,496 SEAN BARNES, WHO LOST HIS JOB 389 00:13:17,496 --> 00:13:18,097 LAST WEEK, SECURED HIMSELF A 390 00:13:18,097 --> 00:13:20,132 VERY GENEROUS SEVERANCE PACKAGE 391 00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:22,234 ON THE WAY OUT. MAYBE THIS IS 392 00:13:22,234 --> 00:13:25,070 JUST HOW IT'S DONE NOW 393 00:13:25,070 --> 00:13:26,505 INCREDIBLE. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN 394 00:13:26,505 --> 00:13:33,312 THE NUMBERS, UH, BACK UP. 395 00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:37,049 -- OKAY, LOOK RIGHT HERE. READY? 396 00:13:37,049 --> 00:13:37,950 THREE. TWO, ONE. I'M GOING TO 397 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:41,253 TAKE A COUPLE. EVERYONE SMILE. 398 00:13:41,253 --> 00:13:43,956 TRY NOT TO BLINK. OKAY. IS 399 00:13:43,956 --> 00:13:45,291 EVERYONE GOOD? GOOD. OKAY. THANK 400 00:13:45,291 --> 00:13:53,098 YOU. 401 00:13:53,332 --> 00:14:00,039 -- SO MUCH. THANK YOU THANK YOU, 402 00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:00,973 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NICE TO 403 00:14:00,973 --> 00:14:02,708 SEE YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 404 00:14:02,708 --> 00:14:07,346 THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 405 00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:07,780 THANK YOU. JUAREZ. 406 00:14:07,780 --> 00:14:11,116 -- OH, YOU'RE FINE. YOU THINK. 407 00:14:11,116 --> 00:14:16,989 -- THAT WAS WEIRD? OKAY 408 00:14:16,989 --> 00:14:18,290 -- ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO 409 00:14:18,290 --> 00:14:18,891 TRANSITION RIGHT INTO PUBLIC 410 00:14:18,891 --> 00:14:19,825 COMMENT. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A 411 00:14:19,825 --> 00:14:22,928 TON OF PUBLIC COMMENTERS. IF YOU 412 00:14:22,928 --> 00:14:24,196 HAVE BEEN WAITING ONLINE, WE DO 413 00:14:24,196 --> 00:14:26,432 HAVE A TOTAL OF 38 PEOPLE IN 414 00:14:26,432 --> 00:14:28,901 PERSON. I DO SEE ONE, TWO, 415 00:14:28,901 --> 00:14:31,537 THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX PEOPLE ON 416 00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:32,938 LINE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO 417 00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:34,373 GET THROUGH AT LEAST HALF OF THE 418 00:14:34,373 --> 00:14:37,142 PEOPLE IN PERSON FIRST AND THEN 419 00:14:37,142 --> 00:14:37,776 TRANSITION ONLINE TO HEAR THAT 420 00:14:37,776 --> 00:14:39,445 AND BACK. SO WE WILL HEAR THE 421 00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:40,412 FIRST 20 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN 422 00:14:40,412 --> 00:14:42,481 PERSON. THEN WE'LL GO ONLINE TO 423 00:14:42,481 --> 00:14:43,983 OUR SIX GUESTS AND THEN BACK TO 424 00:14:43,983 --> 00:14:45,784 IN PERSON. OKAY, EVERYONE'S 425 00:14:45,784 --> 00:14:47,386 GOING TO HAVE ONE MINUTE BECAUSE 426 00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:50,055 THERE ARE MORE THAN 30 SPEAKERS. 427 00:14:50,055 --> 00:14:51,490 COUNCIL RULE SAYS IF THERE'S 428 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:52,558 MORE THAN 30 SPEAKERS, IT'S ONE 429 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:54,093 MINUTE. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE 430 00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:56,996 READ THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE 431 00:14:56,996 --> 00:14:57,496 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? 432 00:14:57,496 --> 00:14:58,230 -- SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN 433 00:14:58,230 --> 00:14:59,598 THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE 434 00:14:59,598 --> 00:15:01,767 REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 435 00:15:01,767 --> 00:15:04,436 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 436 00:15:04,436 --> 00:15:05,904 OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS 437 00:15:05,904 --> 00:15:07,406 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 438 00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:08,807 THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 439 00:15:08,807 --> 00:15:10,309 ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 440 00:15:10,309 --> 00:15:12,244 CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. 441 00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:13,212 -- AWESOME. SO I'M GOING TO SAY 442 00:15:13,212 --> 00:15:15,614 THE FIRST TEN SPEAKERS. AND THEN 443 00:15:15,614 --> 00:15:16,749 IF YOU ALL COULD BE ON DECK, WE 444 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:21,487 HAVE MISS ALICE GREEN, EVAN 445 00:15:21,487 --> 00:15:24,189 MCWILLIAMS. MCWILLIAMS. WE HAVE 446 00:15:24,189 --> 00:15:27,259 ERIC ZIMMERMAN, ROBERT PAVEL AYE 447 00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:29,695 PERCIVAL. IS IT PERCIVAL. SORRY. 448 00:15:29,695 --> 00:15:31,597 ROBERT. PERCIVAL. MY APOLOGIES. 449 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:33,399 UM. ANDREA SUAREZ, KEITH. 450 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:35,868 CARPENTER, PAUL TOMLINSON, SAM 451 00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:37,870 KIM LOO AND MISS YVETTE DINISH. 452 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:41,840 SO. ALICE. EVAN, ERIC. ROBERT, 453 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,509 ANDREA. KEITH. PAUL, SAM, LOO 454 00:15:43,509 --> 00:15:46,512 AND MISS YVETTE. AND IF SO, YOU 455 00:15:46,512 --> 00:15:51,583 ALL ARE NEXT. SO MISS ALICE 456 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:51,951 GREEN WELCOME. 457 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:54,186 -- CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE 458 00:15:54,186 --> 00:15:56,455 RECOGNITION. UM, I'M GOING TO 459 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:57,956 KEEP IT REALLY SHORT. VOTE TODAY 460 00:15:57,956 --> 00:15:59,558 IS YOUR LAST CHANCE. IF YOU LOST 461 00:15:59,558 --> 00:16:01,994 YOUR BALLOT, GO TO THE LIBRARY 462 00:16:01,994 --> 00:16:06,031 AND PRINT ONE OUT. UM, 463 00:16:06,031 --> 00:16:06,632 ESPECIALLY DISTRICT NINE. YOU 464 00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:09,601 HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE OUT 465 00:16:09,601 --> 00:16:10,235 SOMEBODY WHO IS SOMEWHAT FUNDED 466 00:16:10,235 --> 00:16:15,074 BY AIPAC. AND, UH NEXT. 467 00:16:15,074 --> 00:16:17,943 -- THANK YOU ALICE. NEXT WE HAVE 468 00:16:17,943 --> 00:16:19,812 EVAN, FOLLOWED BY ERIC AND THEN 469 00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:22,581 ROBERT. WELCOME, EVAN. 470 00:16:22,581 --> 00:16:23,949 -- I'M COMMENTING ON ONE TWO, 471 00:16:23,949 --> 00:16:27,453 ONE TWO, FOUR EIGHT, WHICH IS A 472 00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:29,989 PUBLIC SAFETY BILL THAT'S, UH, 473 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:31,957 TAKEN OUT THE NECESSARY 474 00:16:31,957 --> 00:16:33,392 NECESSITY FOR BODY CAMERAS TO BE 475 00:16:33,392 --> 00:16:35,527 WORN BY SEATTLE POLICE 476 00:16:35,527 --> 00:16:37,696 DEPARTMENTS IN DEALING WITH DRUG 477 00:16:37,696 --> 00:16:39,331 ISSUES. UM, AS EARLY AS LAST 478 00:16:39,331 --> 00:16:41,567 WEEK, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWED IN A 479 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:44,169 THREATENING WAY BY GOVERNMENT 480 00:16:44,169 --> 00:16:45,371 EMPLOYEES IN A WHITE CAR IN A 481 00:16:45,371 --> 00:16:48,440 PARK. I HAVE BEEN CALLED IN 482 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,976 RAVENNA. I HAVE LOST WORK DUE TO 483 00:16:50,976 --> 00:16:52,211 COMPLAINTS. I'M NOT ALLOWED TO 484 00:16:52,211 --> 00:16:54,013 KNOW ABOUT, AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE 485 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:55,581 THREATEN TO CALL THE POLICE ON 486 00:16:55,581 --> 00:16:57,549 ME AT COFFEE SHOPS. I HAVE FOUND 487 00:16:57,549 --> 00:17:00,486 NO REDRESS FOR ANY OF THESE. IN 488 00:17:00,486 --> 00:17:01,820 A CONTEXT WHERE WE ARE PUSHING 489 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:03,389 IN. GENERALLY SPEAKING, FOR MORE 490 00:17:03,389 --> 00:17:05,624 CAMERA FOOTAGE, IT IS 491 00:17:05,624 --> 00:17:07,826 CONSPICUOUS TO ME THAT POLICE 492 00:17:07,826 --> 00:17:08,794 INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE WHO 493 00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:10,829 HAVE. FOR INSTANCE, DRUG 494 00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:12,197 PROBLEMS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE 495 00:17:12,197 --> 00:17:13,799 WEARING THEIR BODY CAMERAS. I AM 496 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:15,434 THE MOST TALENTED POET IN 497 00:17:15,434 --> 00:17:17,536 SEATTLE. IT IS MY PROFESSION TO 498 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:20,506 BE IN PLACES AND TO LOOK AT 499 00:17:20,506 --> 00:17:21,607 THINGS WHEREVER I AM ALLOWED TO 500 00:17:21,607 --> 00:17:23,642 BE. AND I DO NOT WANT SOMEONE TO 501 00:17:23,642 --> 00:17:25,344 WEAPONIZE THIS LAW AGAINST ME 502 00:17:25,344 --> 00:17:27,546 WITH IMPUNITY. 503 00:17:27,546 --> 00:17:31,216 -- THANK YOU. EVAN. NEXT WE HAVE 504 00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:33,685 ERIC, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT, AND 505 00:17:33,685 --> 00:17:36,055 THEN ANDREA SUAREZ. WELCOME, 506 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:36,255 ERIC. 507 00:17:36,255 --> 00:17:38,724 -- THANK YOU. 62nd VERSION, ERIC 508 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:40,626 ZIMMERMAN, REPRESENTING THE 509 00:17:40,626 --> 00:17:41,727 NONPARTISAN WASHINGTON POLICY 510 00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:42,928 CENTER. UM, YOU FOLKS, I THINK, 511 00:17:42,928 --> 00:17:44,963 EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM LEAD. I 512 00:17:44,963 --> 00:17:46,365 THINK AN UNFAIR AMOUNT IS PUT ON 513 00:17:46,365 --> 00:17:48,033 LEAD. AND I'M HERE TO TALK 514 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:49,668 ABOUT THAT TODAY. UM, IN YOUR 515 00:17:49,668 --> 00:17:51,203 PACKET, THERE'S QUOTES FROM 516 00:17:51,203 --> 00:17:52,671 PRESENTATIONS THAT SAY LEAD HAS 517 00:17:52,671 --> 00:17:53,238 REDUCED RECIDIVISM FOR ALL 518 00:17:53,238 --> 00:17:56,375 CRIMES BY 58% AND REDUCED FELONY 519 00:17:56,375 --> 00:17:57,409 CHARGES BY 39%. UH, THESE 520 00:17:57,409 --> 00:17:59,611 NUMBERS ARE NOT ACCURATE. THIS 521 00:17:59,611 --> 00:18:01,113 RELATES TO AN UNUSUAL MISTAKE 522 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:02,815 THAT WAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED, AN 523 00:18:02,815 --> 00:18:04,383 ERROR THAT'S CARRIED OVER 524 00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:06,151 THROUGH 11 YEARS OF DATA AND 525 00:18:06,151 --> 00:18:08,353 REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS. I 526 00:18:08,353 --> 00:18:08,887 DIRECTLY REFERENCED LEADS 527 00:18:08,887 --> 00:18:10,355 RESEARCH. THERE WAS NO 528 00:18:10,355 --> 00:18:11,657 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LEAD AND 529 00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:13,459 NON LEAD GROUPS FOR TOTAL 530 00:18:13,459 --> 00:18:15,260 CHARGES ULTIMATELY FILED. THE 531 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:16,862 STUDY CALCULATES A 22 PERCENTAGE 532 00:18:16,862 --> 00:18:18,297 POINT DIFFERENCE IN ARREST 533 00:18:18,297 --> 00:18:20,933 RATES, NOT 58%. THE STUDY 534 00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:22,701 CALCULATES AN 11 PERCENTAGE 535 00:18:22,701 --> 00:18:24,770 POINT DIFFERENCE IN FELONY 536 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:26,572 RATES, NOT 39%. THE LEAD 537 00:18:26,572 --> 00:18:27,840 GROUP'S EMPLOYMENT STATUS 538 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,542 CHANGED BY LESS THAN TWO 539 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:31,743 PERCENTAGE POINTS. THAT MEANS 540 00:18:31,743 --> 00:18:32,277 THREE MORE PEOPLE BECAME 541 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:33,679 EMPLOYED. IF IT HAD BEEN PRISON 542 00:18:33,679 --> 00:18:35,848 AS USUAL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 81 543 00:18:35,848 --> 00:18:36,815 PEOPLE. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE 544 00:18:36,815 --> 00:18:38,116 TALKED ABOUT. THANK YOU. 545 00:18:38,116 --> 00:18:41,987 -- THANK YOU ERIC. NEXT WE HAVE 546 00:18:41,987 --> 00:18:42,588 ROBERT FOLLOWED BY ANDREA AND 547 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:48,594 THEN KEITH. IS ROBERT HERE? 548 00:18:48,594 --> 00:18:50,028 PERCIVAL ROBERT. OKAY, WE'LL 549 00:18:50,028 --> 00:18:52,164 RECALL YOU AGAIN. ANDREA. 550 00:18:52,164 --> 00:18:54,700 WELCOME 551 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,134 -- THANK YOU. ANDREA FROM WE. 552 00:18:56,134 --> 00:18:58,136 SEATTLE. FOLLOWING UP WITH ERIC 553 00:18:58,136 --> 00:18:59,705 ZIMMERMAN'S DATA ANALYSIS IN 554 00:18:59,705 --> 00:19:01,073 THE WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER, I 555 00:19:01,073 --> 00:19:02,374 CONCUR THAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN 556 00:19:02,374 --> 00:19:03,575 THE FIELD FOR MORE THAN SIX 557 00:19:03,575 --> 00:19:05,978 YEARS IS NOT WORKING. DURING THE 558 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:08,013 TIME THAT LEAD HAS BEEN OUR 559 00:19:08,013 --> 00:19:10,349 STRATEGY FOR THE CITY AS AN 560 00:19:10,349 --> 00:19:10,983 ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION AND 561 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:12,584 ARREST, WE'VE LOST 20,000 PEOPLE 562 00:19:12,584 --> 00:19:15,320 TO DRUG OVERDOSE, AND WE'RE 563 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:16,421 NUMBER ONE IN RETAIL THEFT. I'VE 564 00:19:16,421 --> 00:19:18,857 WRITTEN AN OP ED IN THE SEATTLE 565 00:19:18,857 --> 00:19:19,858 TIMES, THE WRITING ON THE WALL 566 00:19:19,858 --> 00:19:21,026 SAYS, YOU AIN'T GOT TO KICK IT. 567 00:19:21,026 --> 00:19:23,362 AND THIS WAS A GENTLEMAN NAMED 568 00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:24,530 VICTOR THAT ALMOST DIED INSIDE 569 00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:25,597 HIS HOME WHILE HE WAS ALLOWED TO 570 00:19:25,597 --> 00:19:26,598 CONTINUE TO SMOKE DRUGS WHILE ON 571 00:19:26,598 --> 00:19:29,735 THE DIVERSION PROGRAM. ERIC ALSO 572 00:19:29,735 --> 00:19:30,269 PUBLISHED THIS YESTERDAY, 573 00:19:30,269 --> 00:19:32,437 MONDAY, WASHINGTON IS THE 574 00:19:32,437 --> 00:19:33,372 RUNNING IN THE RUNNING FOR THE 575 00:19:33,372 --> 00:19:35,574 WORST PERFORMING HOMELESSNESS 576 00:19:35,574 --> 00:19:36,208 RESPONSE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, 577 00:19:36,208 --> 00:19:38,010 THE ATLANTIC DROPPED THIS ON 578 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:39,945 FRIDAY. THE CITIES THAT SAID YES 579 00:19:39,945 --> 00:19:42,581 TO DRUGS. WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE 580 00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:43,882 DRUG FRIENDLY CULTURE. WE HAVE 581 00:19:43,882 --> 00:19:45,551 TO GO BACK TO OLD SCHOOL, CHECK 582 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:47,319 IN WITH YOUR PAROLE OFFICER, 583 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:49,288 WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR, PASS YOUR 584 00:19:49,288 --> 00:19:50,155 DRUG TEST, AND GO TO A HIGH 585 00:19:50,155 --> 00:19:51,723 TOUCH SYSTEM RATHER THAN THE 586 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:53,425 LOWER TEST SYSTEM. PLEASE 587 00:19:53,425 --> 00:19:55,761 STRIKE. EXPANDING PRE-BOOKING, 588 00:19:55,761 --> 00:19:56,628 DIVERSION IN THE FIELD. THANK 589 00:19:56,628 --> 00:19:58,964 YOU. 590 00:19:58,964 --> 00:20:01,633 -- THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE 591 00:20:01,633 --> 00:20:02,267 KEITH CARPENTER AND I APOLOGIZE. 592 00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:04,469 I, UH, MAYOR ZIMMERMAN, I KNOW 593 00:20:04,469 --> 00:20:05,737 YOU'RE NOT HEARING YOUR 594 00:20:05,737 --> 00:20:07,739 OFFICIAL CAPACITY, BUT I 595 00:20:07,739 --> 00:20:08,640 APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE 596 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,644 YOU AS MAYOR. UH, NEXT WE HAVE, 597 00:20:12,644 --> 00:20:13,946 UH, KEITH CARPENTER. 598 00:20:13,946 --> 00:20:15,647 -- THAT'S ME. HI, GUYS. I'M 599 00:20:15,647 --> 00:20:17,583 KEITH CARPENTER. I'M THE PASTOR 600 00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:18,884 OF EPIC LIFE CHURCH UP IN NORTH 601 00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:19,985 SEATTLE. AND I WANT TO JUST 602 00:20:19,985 --> 00:20:23,188 THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE HARD WORK 603 00:20:23,188 --> 00:20:24,056 YOU'RE DOING. I RECOGNIZE IT, I 604 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:25,857 KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT AND A LOT OF 605 00:20:25,857 --> 00:20:26,425 PEOPLE PULLING IN DIFFERENT 606 00:20:26,425 --> 00:20:30,262 DIRECTIONS. UM, IN LIGHT OF THE 607 00:20:30,262 --> 00:20:32,164 TIME, CAN I JUST REMIND YOU THAT 608 00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:36,568 COMPASSION DOES NOT EQUAL LOVE? 609 00:20:36,568 --> 00:20:39,104 COMPASSION WITHOUT JUSTICE, 610 00:20:39,104 --> 00:20:40,138 WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE 611 00:20:40,138 --> 00:20:41,607 WORST KIND OF HATRED. AND IT 612 00:20:41,607 --> 00:20:45,444 ENDS UP KILLING PEOPLE. IF YOU 613 00:20:45,444 --> 00:20:47,679 CAN MAKE LOVE, COMPASSION AND 614 00:20:47,679 --> 00:20:48,313 ACCOUNTABILITY MIXED TOGETHER, 615 00:20:48,313 --> 00:20:49,248 YOU START LOVING PEOPLE AND 616 00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:51,016 CARING FOR THEM AND GETTING THEM 617 00:20:51,016 --> 00:20:52,484 THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. WHAT 618 00:20:52,484 --> 00:20:54,186 WE'RE SEEING IN NORTH SEATTLE, 619 00:20:54,186 --> 00:20:56,288 THANK YOU THAT THE PIMP WARFARE 620 00:20:56,288 --> 00:20:58,390 IS GONE. JUST YESTERDAY, WE 621 00:20:58,390 --> 00:20:59,992 RESCUED A GIRL IN OUR COFFEE 622 00:20:59,992 --> 00:21:01,293 SHOP IN OUR IN THE RESTROOM 623 00:21:01,293 --> 00:21:04,529 THERE, GOT HER PIMPED EX OUR 624 00:21:04,529 --> 00:21:07,432 GOTTEN HIM OUT OF THE PARKING 625 00:21:07,432 --> 00:21:09,434 LOT. UM, BUT WHAT THESE PEOPLE 626 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:11,003 REALLY NEED IS SOME LOVE AND 627 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:11,703 ACCOUNTABILITY MIXED TOGETHER. 628 00:21:11,703 --> 00:21:13,305 AND IF YOU GUYS COULD JUST 629 00:21:13,305 --> 00:21:14,172 REMEMBER THAT AND ALL THE 630 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:15,907 THINGS, I'D BE REALLY GRATEFUL. 631 00:21:15,907 --> 00:21:16,808 THANK YOU. 632 00:21:16,808 --> 00:21:19,444 -- THANK YOU KEITH. NEXT WE HAVE 633 00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:20,445 PAUL FOLLOWED BY SAM, THEN LOU, 634 00:21:20,445 --> 00:21:24,216 AND THEN YVETTE. WELCOME, PAUL. 635 00:21:24,216 --> 00:21:25,584 -- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. I'LL 636 00:21:25,584 --> 00:21:26,985 READ THIS. UH, IN THE LAST TWO 637 00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:28,687 DAYS, I'VE READ ERIC 638 00:21:28,687 --> 00:21:30,022 ZIMMERMAN'S OP ED ON THE 639 00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:32,524 ADDICTION HOMELESS ISSUE, THE 640 00:21:32,524 --> 00:21:35,060 AREA'S MOST RECENT PIT WAS 2000 641 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:36,862 MORE. THE NEWS AND GOOD NEWS IS 642 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:39,064 THAT THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL AND 643 00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:41,166 THE CITY COUNCIL ARE COMING 644 00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:42,968 TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE 645 00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:44,269 AND, UH, THERE'S AN OLD SAYING 646 00:21:44,269 --> 00:21:45,737 THAT THE BEST PREDICTOR OF 647 00:21:45,737 --> 00:21:46,838 FUTURE BEHAVIOR IS PAST 648 00:21:46,838 --> 00:21:48,307 BEHAVIOR. MANY OF US BELIEVE 649 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:51,143 THAT YOU, AS A COUNCIL, CAN 650 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:51,710 CHANGE THE FORMULA AND WILL 651 00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:54,713 CHANGE THE FORMULA. WE CAN BEGIN 652 00:21:54,713 --> 00:21:55,314 BY OBTAINING POSITIVE RESULTS 653 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:56,948 LIKE SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN JOSE 654 00:21:56,948 --> 00:21:59,051 AND MANY OTHER CITIES. I'M 655 00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:02,721 LEAVING YOU A POEM WITH SOME 656 00:22:02,721 --> 00:22:03,355 APPLICATION TO THE ISSUE CALLED 657 00:22:03,355 --> 00:22:05,457 THE AMBULANCE AT THE BOTTOM OF 658 00:22:05,457 --> 00:22:07,125 THE CLIFF. IT'S ABOUT A TOWN 659 00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:08,760 LOSING MANY PEOPLE, WALKING AND 660 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,028 FALLING OVER A CLIFF AND 661 00:22:10,028 --> 00:22:10,996 DEBATING TO BUILD A FENCE AT THE 662 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:13,465 TOP OR CREATE AN AMBULANCE 663 00:22:13,465 --> 00:22:15,200 SERVICE AT THE BOTTOM I BELIEVE 664 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,070 YOU WERE FENCE. LET'S PUT SOME 665 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:19,571 OF THE FENCE DESIGNERS WITH 666 00:22:19,571 --> 00:22:20,172 DIFFERENT VIEWS TOGETHER AND 667 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:24,676 LOOK AT THE RIGHT MATERIAL, AYE 668 00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:25,310 POLICIES. ALL OF THAT IS ABOUT 669 00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:26,345 THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FALLING, 670 00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:28,213 THAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT. 671 00:22:28,213 --> 00:22:28,847 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU PAUL. NEXT 672 00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:32,384 WE HAVE SAM FOLLOWED BY LOU AND 673 00:22:32,384 --> 00:22:34,653 THEN YVETTE. DANISH. WELCOME, 674 00:22:34,653 --> 00:22:36,988 SAM. 675 00:22:36,988 --> 00:22:37,422 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 676 00:22:37,422 --> 00:22:38,123 COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR 677 00:22:38,123 --> 00:22:39,858 YOUR TIME AND YOUR WILLINGNESS 678 00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:41,693 TO LISTEN TO ALL OF US. I WANT 679 00:22:41,693 --> 00:22:43,161 TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO 680 00:22:43,161 --> 00:22:44,296 EDDIE LIN FOR HELPING US WITH 681 00:22:44,296 --> 00:22:46,131 GREATER SEATTLE KOREAN 682 00:22:46,131 --> 00:22:48,100 ASSOCIATION AT THE CLEANUP AT 683 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:49,868 TEJON PARK AND, UH, ROB ROBERT 684 00:22:49,868 --> 00:22:50,635 KETTLE AS WELL. I KNOW HE'S NOT 685 00:22:50,635 --> 00:22:51,670 PRESENT, BUT WE'VE MET AS WELL, 686 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:52,804 AND I'VE HEARD GREAT THINGS 687 00:22:52,804 --> 00:22:54,106 ABOUT YOU, JOY AND LOOKING 688 00:22:54,106 --> 00:22:55,974 FORWARD TO EVERYBODY GETTING TO 689 00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:57,509 KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY 690 00:22:57,509 --> 00:22:58,677 COUNCIL HERE. I WANTED TO KIND 691 00:22:58,677 --> 00:22:59,978 OF TOUCH ON PUBLIC SAFETY. I 692 00:22:59,978 --> 00:23:01,880 KNOW RECENTLY, WITH THE TRAGIC 693 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,815 SHOOTING AT THE HEIGHT OF 694 00:23:03,815 --> 00:23:04,483 SEATTLE, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, I 695 00:23:04,483 --> 00:23:06,985 KNOW PUBLIC SAFETY ISN'T SOLVED 696 00:23:06,985 --> 00:23:08,754 OVERNIGHT. UH, BUT I HOPE EVERY 697 00:23:08,754 --> 00:23:11,289 STAFFING AND EVERY BUDGET 698 00:23:11,289 --> 00:23:13,725 DECISION THE COUNCIL MAKES 699 00:23:13,725 --> 00:23:14,292 UNANIMOUSLY ASKS ONE SIMPLE 700 00:23:14,292 --> 00:23:16,495 QUESTION. WILL AN ORDINARY 701 00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:19,431 FAMILY OR BUSINESS FEEL SAFER 702 00:23:19,431 --> 00:23:22,033 WALKING TO A MARINERS GAME? OR 703 00:23:22,033 --> 00:23:23,068 MAYBE A SEAHAWKS OR, YOU KNOW, 704 00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:25,971 OR MAYBE EVEN WALKING DOWNTOWN? 705 00:23:25,971 --> 00:23:27,339 UH, AND AS SOMEONE WHO LOVES 706 00:23:27,339 --> 00:23:28,573 THIS CITY, I HOPE. AND MY 707 00:23:28,573 --> 00:23:30,075 PRAYER, MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN 708 00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:31,977 WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON 709 00:23:31,977 --> 00:23:33,612 GOOD OF OUR CITY AND OUR REGION. 710 00:23:33,612 --> 00:23:36,014 UH, SO YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, 711 00:23:36,014 --> 00:23:37,649 UM, SAY THAT AND EXTEND THE HAND 712 00:23:37,649 --> 00:23:40,419 AND SAY WE WANT TO HELP AS WELL. 713 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:43,822 -- THANK YOU. SAM. NEXT WE HAVE 714 00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:44,990 LOU, FOLLOWED BY YVETTE DINISH. 715 00:23:44,990 --> 00:23:49,261 WELCOME, LOU 716 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:51,463 -- HI. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE 717 00:23:51,463 --> 00:23:52,931 COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE VERY 718 00:23:52,931 --> 00:23:55,467 FIRST STEP IN FUNDING TRANS 719 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:57,402 REFUGEES FLEEING, UH, WHAT I 720 00:23:57,402 --> 00:24:01,273 WANT TO SPEAK TO IS THE CIS 721 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:02,407 QUEER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WITHIN 722 00:24:02,407 --> 00:24:04,109 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THAT ARE 723 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:05,377 UNDERMINING TRANS REFUGEES. AND 724 00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:08,547 THEY THINK THEY CAN JUST BECAUSE 725 00:24:08,547 --> 00:24:09,748 THEY'RE QUEER, CIS QUEER PEOPLE 726 00:24:09,748 --> 00:24:12,484 WHO ARE DOING THIS. HAVE YOU 727 00:24:12,484 --> 00:24:15,320 EVER HAD YOUR, LIKE, LICENSE 728 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,389 OVERWRITTEN OVERNIGHT, MAKING 729 00:24:17,389 --> 00:24:19,758 DRIVING A FELONY BECAUSE OF YOUR 730 00:24:19,758 --> 00:24:22,561 TRANSGENDER STATUS? HAVE YOU 731 00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:23,161 EVER YOU TAKING THE BATHROOM 732 00:24:23,161 --> 00:24:23,929 BECOME A FELONY BECAUSE OF YOUR 733 00:24:23,929 --> 00:24:26,031 TRANSGENDER STATUS? ARE THERE 734 00:24:26,031 --> 00:24:28,700 LISTS THAT HAVE YOUR NAME ON IT 735 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:30,669 BECAUSE YOU ARE TRANSGENDER? 736 00:24:30,669 --> 00:24:31,870 HAVE YOU CARED FOR TRANSGENDER 737 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:33,672 REFUGEES? HAVE YOU HOUSED 738 00:24:33,672 --> 00:24:35,540 TRANSGENDER REFUGEES, OR HAVE 739 00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:36,508 YOU TALKED THEM DOWN FROM 740 00:24:36,508 --> 00:24:38,043 SUICIDE? SO IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE 741 00:24:38,043 --> 00:24:41,313 ANY OF THAT, HOW DO YOU KNOW 742 00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:43,748 THERE IS NO LEVEL OF ACCEPTABLE 743 00:24:43,748 --> 00:24:44,749 SUFFERING AND DEATH WHEN WE ARE 744 00:24:44,749 --> 00:24:49,654 IN THE MIDDLE OF A GENOCIDE? 745 00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:50,555 PLEASE CALL FOR THE MAYOR'S 746 00:24:50,555 --> 00:24:53,859 OFFICE TO DECLARE A STATE OF 747 00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:54,259 EMERGENCY ON THE. 748 00:24:54,259 --> 00:24:55,894 -- THANK YOU. 749 00:24:55,894 --> 00:24:56,127 -- LOU. 750 00:24:56,127 --> 00:25:00,799 -- NEXT, WE HAVE YVETTE, MISS 751 00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:02,100 YVETTE. AND BEFORE YOU GO, MISS 752 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:03,101 YVETTE, I'M GOING TO CALL THE 753 00:25:03,101 --> 00:25:04,469 NEXT TEN PEOPLE. SO YOU ALL ARE 754 00:25:04,469 --> 00:25:06,972 ON DECK AND READY. WE HAVE DOUG 755 00:25:06,972 --> 00:25:08,473 PALMER, NINA JACKSON, SCOTT 756 00:25:08,473 --> 00:25:10,876 DICKERSON, UH, CRAIG WALKER, 757 00:25:10,876 --> 00:25:13,044 FRANCIS WINN, PATTY HILL, RANDY 758 00:25:13,044 --> 00:25:18,583 BANNEKER, AARON. WE HAVE ANGIE 759 00:25:18,583 --> 00:25:18,984 AND THEN ALICIA. 760 00:25:18,984 --> 00:25:21,219 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. I PLEDGE 761 00:25:21,219 --> 00:25:23,255 ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE 762 00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:25,557 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO 763 00:25:25,557 --> 00:25:27,459 THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT 764 00:25:27,459 --> 00:25:29,828 STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 765 00:25:29,828 --> 00:25:31,296 WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR 766 00:25:31,296 --> 00:25:34,499 ALL. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO LET 767 00:25:34,499 --> 00:25:36,067 YOU KNOW. I CALMED DOWN SINCE I 768 00:25:36,067 --> 00:25:38,803 FOUND OUT OVER THE WEEKEND THAT, 769 00:25:38,803 --> 00:25:42,741 UH, MAYOR WILSON, UM FORCED 770 00:25:42,741 --> 00:25:44,476 CHIEF BARNES TO RESIGN. I WAS 771 00:25:44,476 --> 00:25:46,244 LIVID, I WAS READY TO KICK SOME 772 00:25:46,244 --> 00:25:47,913 BUT I'VE CALMED DOWN SINCE 773 00:25:47,913 --> 00:25:50,615 THEN, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE 774 00:25:50,615 --> 00:25:52,918 RESPONSES THUS FAR FROM, UH, 775 00:25:52,918 --> 00:25:54,619 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. UM, 776 00:25:54,619 --> 00:25:58,023 DEBORA JUAREZ AND RIVERA 777 00:25:58,023 --> 00:25:58,657 REGARDING THAT INJUSTICE. AS FAR 778 00:25:58,657 --> 00:26:00,425 AS I WAS CONCERNED, THAT ACTION 779 00:26:00,425 --> 00:26:02,894 WAS AN INSULT AND DISRESPECTFUL, 780 00:26:02,894 --> 00:26:04,095 PARTICULARLY TO OUR BLACK 781 00:26:04,095 --> 00:26:05,864 COMMUNITY. AND I EAGERLY AWAIT 782 00:26:05,864 --> 00:26:08,533 FOR THE TRUTH TO COME OUT. AND 783 00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:09,834 OTHER THAN THAT, I STILL 784 00:26:09,834 --> 00:26:11,803 APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO. AND 785 00:26:11,803 --> 00:26:12,704 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, I LOVE THE 786 00:26:12,704 --> 00:26:16,441 SHOES YOU HAVE TODAY. THANK YOU 787 00:26:16,441 --> 00:26:18,510 -- THANK YOU, MISS YVETTE. NEXT 788 00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:21,146 WE HAVE DOUG PALMER, NINA 789 00:26:21,146 --> 00:26:25,951 JACKSON. WE HAVE SCOTT. HELLO, 790 00:26:25,951 --> 00:26:27,786 DOUG. THANK YOU 791 00:26:27,786 --> 00:26:29,287 -- MY NAME IS DOUG PALMER. I'M A 792 00:26:29,287 --> 00:26:31,122 RESIDENT OF THE SKYLINE 793 00:26:31,122 --> 00:26:32,891 COMMUNITY. THE SKYBRIDGE 794 00:26:32,891 --> 00:26:35,126 PROPOSAL IS ON YOUR AGENDA 795 00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:36,394 TODAY. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ON 796 00:26:36,394 --> 00:26:37,262 THE VERGE OF GETTING A GREEN 797 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:39,197 LIGHT FOR THE PROJECT. IT WILL 798 00:26:39,197 --> 00:26:40,732 MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE TO OUR 799 00:26:40,732 --> 00:26:42,934 RESIDENTS, BOTH FOR SAFETY 800 00:26:42,934 --> 00:26:44,302 REASONS AND THE OVERALL QUALITY 801 00:26:44,302 --> 00:26:45,904 OF LIFE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE 802 00:26:45,904 --> 00:26:47,138 ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU 803 00:26:47,138 --> 00:26:47,939 SO MUCH. 804 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:49,941 -- THANK YOU DOUG. I'LL BREAK MY 805 00:26:49,941 --> 00:26:50,709 OWN RULES AND CLAP FOR THAT ONE. 806 00:26:50,709 --> 00:26:52,844 ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE NINA 807 00:26:52,844 --> 00:26:56,081 FOLLOWED BY SCOTT AND THEN 808 00:26:56,081 --> 00:27:00,885 CRAIG. 809 00:27:00,885 --> 00:27:01,953 -- CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. OH, 810 00:27:01,953 --> 00:27:03,855 ARE WE GOOD TO GO? 811 00:27:03,855 --> 00:27:04,656 -- NO, WE'LL RESTART YOUR TIME. 812 00:27:04,656 --> 00:27:05,624 YOU'RE GOOD. WHEN YOU START, WE 813 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:07,926 START YOUR TIME. 814 00:27:07,926 --> 00:27:10,061 -- AND GO RIGHT. UH, THANK YOU 815 00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:10,662 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 816 00:27:10,662 --> 00:27:12,530 TODAY. UH, CITY COUNCIL, I'M 817 00:27:12,530 --> 00:27:16,368 SPEAKING ON AMENDMENT FIVE TO, 818 00:27:16,368 --> 00:27:19,237 UH, CB 121253. UM, THE WELL, I 819 00:27:19,237 --> 00:27:20,372 MEAN, WE'VE ALL READ IT, BUT, 820 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:24,643 UH I MEAN, THE FUNDS ARE THERE. 821 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:27,112 I HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND 822 00:27:27,112 --> 00:27:28,246 LOVED ONES THAT ARE NEW TO THE 823 00:27:28,246 --> 00:27:31,416 CITY THAT RELY ON THESE QUEER 824 00:27:31,416 --> 00:27:32,751 ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP ESTABLISH 825 00:27:32,751 --> 00:27:36,421 THEM, TO MAKE THEM, I MEAN, 826 00:27:36,421 --> 00:27:39,724 PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE CITY 827 00:27:39,724 --> 00:27:42,527 AND WE WE NEED THE FUNDS. PLEASE 828 00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:45,363 DO NOT LET THIS AMENDMENT JUST 829 00:27:45,363 --> 00:27:46,531 DIE. THANK YOU. 830 00:27:46,531 --> 00:27:48,033 -- THANK YOU. NINA. NEXT WE HAVE 831 00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:54,072 SCOTT, FOLLOWED BY CRAIG. SCOTT 832 00:27:54,072 --> 00:27:55,473 DICKINSON, GOOD TO SEE YOU. 833 00:27:55,473 --> 00:27:56,207 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 834 00:27:56,207 --> 00:27:57,642 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS SCOTT 835 00:27:57,642 --> 00:27:59,077 DICKINSON. I'M A RESIDENT IN 836 00:27:59,077 --> 00:27:59,711 SEATTLE AND THE PRESIDENT ELECT 837 00:27:59,711 --> 00:28:01,980 OF SEATTLE KING COUNTY REALTORS. 838 00:28:01,980 --> 00:28:03,748 UH, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO VOICE 839 00:28:03,748 --> 00:28:06,017 SUPPORT FOR THE AMENDMENT 840 00:28:06,017 --> 00:28:06,651 OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 841 00:28:06,651 --> 00:28:08,019 FOR THE DO NOT SOLICIT 842 00:28:08,019 --> 00:28:10,889 LEGISLATION. UH, THIS AMENDMENT 843 00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:13,158 CARVES OUT A NARROW COMMON SENSE 844 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:14,659 EXCEPTION FOR MAILERS THAT ARE 845 00:28:14,659 --> 00:28:17,529 SENT IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF 846 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:18,229 BUSINESS. IT'S A REASONABLE 847 00:28:18,229 --> 00:28:19,397 FIX, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR 848 00:28:19,397 --> 00:28:21,166 EFFORTS BEHIND IT. 849 00:28:21,166 --> 00:28:21,800 COUNCILMEMBER. THAT BEING SAID, 850 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,469 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL 851 00:28:24,469 --> 00:28:25,503 TO SLOW DOWN AND TAKE A HARD 852 00:28:25,503 --> 00:28:27,705 LOOK AT THIS LEGISLATION AND ADD 853 00:28:27,705 --> 00:28:29,207 THE ADDED TIME THAT MAY BE 854 00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:30,542 NEEDED IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE 855 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:32,110 THAT WE'RE CRAFTING LEGISLATION 856 00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:34,279 THAT DOESN'T UNINTENTIONALLY 857 00:28:34,279 --> 00:28:35,113 CAPTURE REALTORS WHEN THAT'S NOT 858 00:28:35,113 --> 00:28:37,215 THE INTENDED, UM, THE INTENTION 859 00:28:37,215 --> 00:28:39,484 BEHIND THIS, UM, AS IT'S 860 00:28:39,484 --> 00:28:40,151 CURRENTLY DRAFTED, EVEN WITH THE 861 00:28:40,151 --> 00:28:41,853 AMENDMENT, THE LEGISLATION 862 00:28:41,853 --> 00:28:43,688 LEAVES OPEN THE DOOR FOR 863 00:28:43,688 --> 00:28:44,222 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, 864 00:28:44,222 --> 00:28:45,223 SWEEPING UP REALTORS WHO ARE 865 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:46,224 SIMPLY TRYING TO PROVIDE A 866 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:48,860 SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. 867 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:52,730 UM, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL 868 00:28:52,730 --> 00:28:52,964 OF YOU. 869 00:28:52,964 --> 00:28:54,466 -- THANK YOU. SCOTT. A MINUTE 870 00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:57,535 GOES BY FAST. I KNOW CRAIG, I 871 00:28:57,535 --> 00:28:58,737 KNOW IT DOES, CRAIG, YOU ARE 872 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:00,338 NEXT, FOLLOWED BY FRANCIS AND 873 00:29:00,338 --> 00:29:01,673 THEN PATTY. THANK YOU. 874 00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:04,209 -- I'M TALKING ON THE SAME 875 00:29:04,209 --> 00:29:04,742 SUBJECT. GOOD AFTERNOON, 876 00:29:04,742 --> 00:29:05,410 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS CRAIG 877 00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:07,512 WALKER AND I'M VP ELECT OF 878 00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:08,146 GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS 879 00:29:08,146 --> 00:29:08,913 AT SEATTLE KING COUNTY REALTORS. 880 00:29:08,913 --> 00:29:11,449 AND I'M A LICENSED REAL ESTATE 881 00:29:11,449 --> 00:29:12,484 BROKER HERE IN WASHINGTON. I 882 00:29:12,484 --> 00:29:14,152 APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO 883 00:29:14,152 --> 00:29:15,920 ACCOMPLISH. WE ALL WANT TO STOP 884 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,323 THE PREDATORY TACTICS THAT 885 00:29:18,323 --> 00:29:18,923 WHOLESALERS HAVE USED AGAINST 886 00:29:18,923 --> 00:29:19,691 HOMEOWNERS ON THAT. WE'RE ON 887 00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:21,693 THE SAME SIDE. MY CONCERN IS 888 00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:23,027 THAT IN TRYING TO STOP BAD 889 00:29:23,027 --> 00:29:24,329 ACTORS, WE DON'T ACCIDENTALLY 890 00:29:24,329 --> 00:29:25,663 MAKE IT HARDER FOR HOMEOWNERS TO 891 00:29:25,663 --> 00:29:27,966 HEAR FROM LICENSED REAL ESTATE 892 00:29:27,966 --> 00:29:29,033 PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE HELD TO A 893 00:29:29,033 --> 00:29:31,269 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STANDARD. 894 00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:33,037 REALTORS AND LICENSED ARE 895 00:29:33,037 --> 00:29:33,738 LICENSED BY THE STATE AND BOUND 896 00:29:33,738 --> 00:29:35,740 BY A CODE OF ETHICS AND 897 00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:37,008 ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW WE CONDUCT 898 00:29:37,008 --> 00:29:38,710 OUR BUSINESS. MANY OF OUR MAIL 899 00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:40,211 PIECES ARE NOT JUST 900 00:29:40,211 --> 00:29:41,613 ADVERTISEMENTS, THEY'RE 901 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:42,147 EDUCATIONAL. THEY PROVIDE 902 00:29:42,147 --> 00:29:43,882 HOMEOWNERS WITH MARKET 903 00:29:43,882 --> 00:29:44,916 INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND 904 00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:46,818 GUIDANCE TO HELP THEM MAKE 905 00:29:46,818 --> 00:29:48,620 INFORMED DECISIONS WHEN THE TIME 906 00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:50,588 IS RIGHT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR 907 00:29:50,588 --> 00:29:53,391 YOU TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 908 00:29:53,391 --> 00:29:54,392 RIVERA'S AMENDMENT. GOOD PUBLIC 909 00:29:54,392 --> 00:29:57,729 POLICY TARGETS THE BAD ACTORS 910 00:29:57,729 --> 00:29:58,296 WITHOUT CREATING UNINTENDED 911 00:29:58,296 --> 00:30:00,031 CONSEQUENCES. AND I BELIEVE THIS 912 00:30:00,031 --> 00:30:00,932 AMENDMENT STRIKES THAT BALANCE. 913 00:30:00,932 --> 00:30:02,367 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 914 00:30:02,367 --> 00:30:03,434 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU CRAIG. 915 00:30:03,434 --> 00:30:05,436 NEXT WE HAVE FRANCIS, FOLLOWED 916 00:30:05,436 --> 00:30:08,840 BY PATTY AND THEN RANDY. 917 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:09,107 WELCOME. 918 00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:09,908 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 919 00:30:09,908 --> 00:30:11,342 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 920 00:30:11,342 --> 00:30:13,578 FRANCIS NGUYEN AND I AM THE 921 00:30:13,578 --> 00:30:15,814 CURRENT 2026 AREA ASIAN REAL 922 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:17,715 ESTATE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, 923 00:30:17,715 --> 00:30:19,117 GREATER SEATTLE CHAPTER 924 00:30:19,117 --> 00:30:22,086 PRESIDENT ARIA STRONGLY SUPPORTS 925 00:30:22,086 --> 00:30:23,488 PROTECTING VULNERABLE HOMEOWNERS 926 00:30:23,488 --> 00:30:25,723 FROM HARASSMENT, COERCION, AND 927 00:30:25,723 --> 00:30:26,257 PREDATORY PRACTICES THAT 928 00:30:26,257 --> 00:30:27,692 PRESSURE PEOPLE INTO SELLING 929 00:30:27,692 --> 00:30:30,562 THEIR HOMES BELOW MARKET VALUE. 930 00:30:30,562 --> 00:30:33,531 AT THE SAME TIME, WE REQUEST 931 00:30:33,531 --> 00:30:34,132 YOUR SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER 932 00:30:34,132 --> 00:30:36,968 MARISA RIVERA'S AMENDMENT. AS 933 00:30:36,968 --> 00:30:37,936 CURRENTLY WRITTEN, THE LANGUAGE 934 00:30:37,936 --> 00:30:40,338 IS BROAD ENOUGH TO 935 00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:40,972 UNINTENTIONALLY RESTRICT ROUTINE 936 00:30:40,972 --> 00:30:42,340 GOOD FAITH COMMUNICATION, SUCH 937 00:30:42,340 --> 00:30:44,709 AS MARKET UPDATES, EDUCATIONAL 938 00:30:44,709 --> 00:30:47,745 NEWSLETTERS, MULTILINGUAL 939 00:30:47,745 --> 00:30:48,246 HOMEOWNER RESOURCES AND 940 00:30:48,246 --> 00:30:51,182 NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION FOR FOR 941 00:30:51,182 --> 00:30:53,885 MANY ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE 942 00:30:53,885 --> 00:30:54,485 HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER 943 00:30:54,485 --> 00:30:55,887 HOMEOWNERS AND FIRST TIME 944 00:30:55,887 --> 00:30:58,456 BUYERS, TRUSTED COMMUNITY BASED 945 00:30:58,456 --> 00:31:00,291 INFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL TO 946 00:31:00,291 --> 00:31:00,925 UNDERSTANDING PROPERTY RIGHTS, 947 00:31:00,925 --> 00:31:02,894 MARKET CONDITIONS, AND CONSUMER 948 00:31:02,894 --> 00:31:05,330 PROTECTIONS IF THIS LANGUAGE 949 00:31:05,330 --> 00:31:08,399 REMAINS UNCHANGED, IT COULD HAVE 950 00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:08,967 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF 951 00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:10,301 DISCOURAGING LEGITIMATE 952 00:31:10,301 --> 00:31:10,902 EDUCATION OUTREACH, MAKING IT 953 00:31:10,902 --> 00:31:15,240 HARDER FOR COMMUNITY FORMATION. 954 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,875 -- ON BEHALF OF OUR GREATER 955 00:31:17,875 --> 00:31:18,509 SEATTLE, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR 956 00:31:18,509 --> 00:31:20,211 YOUR SUPPORT. 957 00:31:20,211 --> 00:31:21,779 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE 958 00:31:21,779 --> 00:31:24,382 HAVE RANDY. OH, EXCUSE ME, 959 00:31:24,382 --> 00:31:25,583 PATTY, YOU'RE NEXT. AND THEN 960 00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:27,085 RANDY. MY APOLOGIES. PATTY. 961 00:31:27,085 --> 00:31:29,487 RANDY. AARON. ANGIE. ALICIA. 962 00:31:29,487 --> 00:31:32,257 -- THANK YOU. I'M GOING FOR THE 963 00:31:32,257 --> 00:31:35,093 SHORT MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. UM. 964 00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:36,060 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PATTY 965 00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:37,962 HILL. I'M THE DESIGNATED BROKER 966 00:31:37,962 --> 00:31:39,430 AND OWNER OF THE WEST SEATTLE 967 00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:43,201 JOHN L SCOTT OFFICE. I'M A FIRST 968 00:31:43,201 --> 00:31:44,569 YEAR REAL ESTATE AGENT IN 969 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:47,038 SEATTLE. EARNS ON AVERAGE ABOUT 970 00:31:47,038 --> 00:31:49,374 $25,000 A YEAR BEFORE BUSINESS 971 00:31:49,374 --> 00:31:50,942 EXPENSES. ONE OF THE FEW 972 00:31:50,942 --> 00:31:52,443 AFFORDABLE WAYS A NEW AGENT CAN 973 00:31:52,443 --> 00:31:54,679 BUILD A BUSINESS IS BY SENDING 974 00:31:54,679 --> 00:31:55,246 MONTHLY NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET 975 00:31:55,246 --> 00:31:56,314 UPDATES, SHARING RECENT HOME 976 00:31:56,314 --> 00:31:58,283 SALES, LOCAL TRENDS, AND 977 00:31:58,283 --> 00:32:00,818 COMMUNITY INFORMATION THAT 978 00:32:00,818 --> 00:32:02,587 RESIDENTS FIND VALUABLE. OVER 979 00:32:02,587 --> 00:32:04,188 TIME, THESE CONSISTENT 980 00:32:04,188 --> 00:32:06,591 COMMUNICATIONS BUILD TRUST AND 981 00:32:06,591 --> 00:32:08,226 RECOGNITION. I WANT TO THANK 982 00:32:08,226 --> 00:32:09,727 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR HER 983 00:32:09,727 --> 00:32:11,996 AMENDMENT TO THIS BILL. WE ALL 984 00:32:11,996 --> 00:32:13,998 SUPPORT PROTECTING HOMEOWNERS 985 00:32:13,998 --> 00:32:16,234 FROM PREDATORY AND, UM, BAD, BAD 986 00:32:16,234 --> 00:32:19,771 BUYERS. UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT 987 00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:22,407 THIS PROPOSAL COULD 988 00:32:22,407 --> 00:32:23,041 UNINTENTIONALLY MAKE IT HARDER 989 00:32:23,041 --> 00:32:25,109 FOR NEW HONEST PROFESSIONALS TO 990 00:32:25,109 --> 00:32:27,545 COMPETE AND GROW THEIR BUSINESS. 991 00:32:27,545 --> 00:32:28,980 I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO 992 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:31,683 PROTECT CONSUMERS WITHOUT 993 00:32:31,683 --> 00:32:32,317 LIMITING LEGITIMATE NEIGHBORHOOD 994 00:32:32,317 --> 00:32:33,618 OUTREACH THAT HELPS SMALL 995 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:35,953 BUSINESS OWNERS SUCCEED AND 996 00:32:35,953 --> 00:32:36,688 KEEPS HOMEOWNERS INFORMED. THANK 997 00:32:36,688 --> 00:32:36,888 YOU. 998 00:32:36,888 --> 00:32:37,555 -- THANK YOU, PATTY. NEXT, WE 999 00:32:37,555 --> 00:32:40,158 HAVE RANDY BANNEKER, FOLLOWED BY 1000 00:32:40,158 --> 00:32:41,592 AARON, ANGIE, AND ALICIA. 1001 00:32:41,592 --> 00:32:42,560 WELCOME, RANDY. 1002 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,529 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 1003 00:32:44,529 --> 00:32:46,064 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. UH, 1004 00:32:46,064 --> 00:32:46,631 COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M RANDY 1005 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:47,832 BANNEKER HERE ON BEHALF OF THE 1006 00:32:47,832 --> 00:32:50,468 SEATTLE KING COUNTY REALTORS. 1007 00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:52,070 UH, SPEAKING ON CB 121259. THE 1008 00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:55,807 DO NOT SOLICIT LEGISLATION. UM, 1009 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:58,176 REALTORS SHARE YOUR GOAL OF 1010 00:32:58,176 --> 00:32:58,743 STOPPING UNWANTED CALLS AND 1011 00:32:58,743 --> 00:33:00,979 PREDATORY HOME BUYING PRACTICES 1012 00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:01,980 THAT TARGET VULNERABLE 1013 00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:03,648 HOMEOWNERS AND STRIP AWAY HARD 1014 00:33:03,648 --> 00:33:06,150 EARNED EQUITY. AND WE'D LIKE TO 1015 00:33:06,150 --> 00:33:08,386 WORK WITH YOU TO STOP THESE 1016 00:33:08,386 --> 00:33:09,921 WHOLESALERS. WE SUPPORT STRONG 1017 00:33:09,921 --> 00:33:11,689 PROTECTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS, BUT 1018 00:33:11,689 --> 00:33:13,358 THE ORDINANCE SHOULD CAREFULLY 1019 00:33:13,358 --> 00:33:16,594 BE CAREFULLY TAILORED SO IT 1020 00:33:16,594 --> 00:33:17,228 TARGETS DECEPTIVE HIGH PRESSURE 1021 00:33:17,228 --> 00:33:18,696 CONDUCT WITHOUT CHILLING, 1022 00:33:18,696 --> 00:33:20,898 LEGITIMATE, TRANSPARENT 1023 00:33:20,898 --> 00:33:21,432 COMMUNICATION FROM STATE 1024 00:33:21,432 --> 00:33:24,268 LICENSED, STATE REGULATED REAL 1025 00:33:24,268 --> 00:33:25,636 ESTATE PROFESSIONALS. WE ASK 1026 00:33:25,636 --> 00:33:27,972 THAT YOU SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 1027 00:33:27,972 --> 00:33:30,842 RIVERA'S AMENDMENT, EXCLUDING 1028 00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:32,076 BULK COMMERCIAL MAILINGS FROM 1029 00:33:32,076 --> 00:33:33,111 LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND 1030 00:33:33,111 --> 00:33:34,045 BROKERS. THANK YOU. 1031 00:33:34,045 --> 00:33:35,780 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE 1032 00:33:35,780 --> 00:33:37,215 HAVE THANK YOU, RANDY. NEXT WE 1033 00:33:37,215 --> 00:33:38,249 HAVE AARON. AND IF YOU ARE 1034 00:33:38,249 --> 00:33:39,250 LISTENING ONLINE, WE'RE COMING 1035 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:41,886 TO YOU. WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS 1036 00:33:41,886 --> 00:33:42,820 FROM THIS FIRST BATCH AND THEN 1037 00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:44,422 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO YOU. SO 1038 00:33:44,422 --> 00:33:45,823 AARON, ANGIE AND ALICIA, 1039 00:33:45,823 --> 00:33:46,090 WELCOME. 1040 00:33:46,090 --> 00:33:48,192 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL. 1041 00:33:48,192 --> 00:33:50,094 -- AARON MARIANO AS GENERAL. 1042 00:33:50,094 --> 00:33:51,529 -- COUNSEL FOR. 1043 00:33:51,529 --> 00:33:53,364 -- JOHN SCOTT REAL ESTATE, 1044 00:33:53,364 --> 00:33:53,998 FOURTH GENERATION SEATTLEITE AND 1045 00:33:53,998 --> 00:33:55,800 AYE DISTRICT THREE HOMEOWNER. I 1046 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,369 HAVE SEEN THESE PREDATORY 1047 00:33:58,369 --> 00:34:00,004 PRACTICES INCREASE IN FREQUENCY, 1048 00:34:00,004 --> 00:34:01,339 NOT ONLY IN THE SEATTLE AREA, 1049 00:34:01,339 --> 00:34:02,206 BUT ACROSS THE NATION. TO BE. 1050 00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:04,308 -- CLEAR, AYE. 1051 00:34:04,308 --> 00:34:04,909 -- WHOLLY SUPPORT PROHIBITING 1052 00:34:04,909 --> 00:34:06,010 THESE TYPES OF PRACTICES AND 1053 00:34:06,010 --> 00:34:07,745 SUPPORTING HOMEOWNERS. IN THAT 1054 00:34:07,745 --> 00:34:10,148 SAME VEIN, I APPRECIATE 1055 00:34:10,148 --> 00:34:11,115 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S PROPOSED 1056 00:34:11,115 --> 00:34:12,316 AMENDMENT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT 1057 00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:14,318 MOVES THE ORDINANCE IN THE RIGHT 1058 00:34:14,318 --> 00:34:14,919 DIRECTION AND FOCUSES TOWARDS 1059 00:34:14,919 --> 00:34:15,620 THE CONDUCT THAT YOU GUYS ARE 1060 00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:17,255 TRYING TO PROTECT. HOWEVER, I 1061 00:34:17,255 --> 00:34:18,890 STILL HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE THE 1062 00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,992 DEFINITION OF SOLICIT REMAINS SO 1063 00:34:20,992 --> 00:34:22,393 BROAD AND INCLUDES ANY TYPE OF 1064 00:34:22,393 --> 00:34:24,362 SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE TO HELP A 1065 00:34:24,362 --> 00:34:26,097 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER MAKE 1066 00:34:26,097 --> 00:34:27,932 A DECISION ABOUT SELLING A 1067 00:34:27,932 --> 00:34:29,167 PROPERTY THAT COULD WRAP IN 1068 00:34:29,167 --> 00:34:31,903 ADVICE BY A CPA, AN ATTORNEY, A 1069 00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:32,703 FINANCIAL ADVISOR. AND IT'S NOT 1070 00:34:32,703 --> 00:34:33,938 THE TYPE OF CONDUCT THAT WE ARE 1071 00:34:33,938 --> 00:34:35,740 SEEKING TO PREVENT HERE. THE 1072 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:37,975 SECOND ISSUE IS WITH NOTICE. 1073 00:34:37,975 --> 00:34:40,111 NOTICE CAN BE PROVIDED IN THREE 1074 00:34:40,111 --> 00:34:41,446 DIFFERENT WAYS ON THE LIST ORAL 1075 00:34:41,446 --> 00:34:43,781 OR WRITTEN. THAT CREATES 1076 00:34:43,781 --> 00:34:45,149 CONFUSIONS. HOMEOWNERS SHOULD 1077 00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:46,684 UNDERSTAND THEY CAN PUT 1078 00:34:46,684 --> 00:34:47,952 THEMSELVES ON THAT LIST AND BE 1079 00:34:47,952 --> 00:34:49,754 PROTECTED. OH BOY. THAT WENT 1080 00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:50,154 REALLY FAST. 1081 00:34:50,154 --> 00:34:52,423 -- I KNOW, I'M SORRY IF YOU IF 1082 00:34:52,423 --> 00:34:54,158 YOU HAVE MORE COMMENTS, YOU CAN 1083 00:34:54,158 --> 00:34:55,226 PUT THEM IN THE BASKET OR SHOOT 1084 00:34:55,226 --> 00:34:56,894 US AN EMAIL AS WELL. AWESOME. 1085 00:34:56,894 --> 00:34:58,896 THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE 1086 00:34:58,896 --> 00:35:01,899 ANGIE, FOLLOWED BY ALICIA. 1087 00:35:01,899 --> 00:35:03,367 -- HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 1088 00:35:03,367 --> 00:35:04,869 ANGIE MICHAEL. I'M THE OWNER OF 1089 00:35:04,869 --> 00:35:06,304 KELLER WILLIAMS GREATER SEATTLE 1090 00:35:06,304 --> 00:35:07,705 AND A VERY PROUD, QUEER WOMAN. 1091 00:35:07,705 --> 00:35:09,106 I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE ON 1092 00:35:09,106 --> 00:35:11,409 THIS DAY, AND I'M BURNING MY 1093 00:35:11,409 --> 00:35:13,778 TIME WITH CELEBRATION. UM, I 1094 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,179 WANT JUST TO NOT NOT TO 1095 00:35:15,179 --> 00:35:16,481 REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT MY 1096 00:35:16,481 --> 00:35:17,815 COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID, 1097 00:35:17,815 --> 00:35:19,283 BUT I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THAT WE 1098 00:35:19,283 --> 00:35:21,252 WHOLLY SUPPORT THE SPIRIT OF 1099 00:35:21,252 --> 00:35:22,820 THIS ORDINANCE. AND WE ASK I'M 1100 00:35:22,820 --> 00:35:25,022 ASKING PERSONALLY, AS SOMEBODY 1101 00:35:25,022 --> 00:35:26,691 WHO REPRESENTS A LOT OF REAL 1102 00:35:26,691 --> 00:35:28,092 ESTATE IN SEATTLE AND SEES THE 1103 00:35:28,092 --> 00:35:29,460 IMPACT OF WHAT REALTORS DO IN 1104 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:32,230 THE COMMUNITY BY REACHING OUT 1105 00:35:32,230 --> 00:35:32,897 AND PROVIDING INFORMATION, I ASK 1106 00:35:32,897 --> 00:35:34,398 THAT YOU SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 1107 00:35:34,398 --> 00:35:35,066 RIVERA'S AMENDMENT TO THE. DO 1108 00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:37,301 NOT SOLICIT ORDINANCE. MY 1109 00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:39,137 GRANDFATHER WILL TURN 99 ON 1110 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,639 FRIDAY. MY GRANDFATHER THINKS 1111 00:35:41,639 --> 00:35:42,573 THAT $1 MILLION IS THE MOST 1112 00:35:42,573 --> 00:35:44,208 MONEY HE'S EVER IMAGINED IN HIS 1113 00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:48,746 LIFE, AND I KNOW THAT WITHOUT 1114 00:35:48,746 --> 00:35:49,881 THE PROTECTION OF REALTORS TO 1115 00:35:49,881 --> 00:35:51,082 BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH 1116 00:35:51,082 --> 00:35:52,617 SOMEONE LIKE MY GRANDFATHER, HE 1117 00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:54,352 COULD BE THE VICTIM OF WHAT WE 1118 00:35:54,352 --> 00:35:55,820 CALL EQUITY SKIMMING. EQUITY 1119 00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:57,555 SKIMMING IS WHEN WHOLESALERS 1120 00:35:57,555 --> 00:35:59,557 COME IN AND BASICALLY TAKE THE 1121 00:35:59,557 --> 00:36:01,058 EQUITY THAT THESE GENERATIONAL 1122 00:36:01,058 --> 00:36:01,626 HOMEOWNERS HAVE BUILT OVER 1123 00:36:01,626 --> 00:36:03,461 YEARS. SO PLEASE GIVE US THAT 1124 00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:04,228 ACCESS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE 1125 00:36:04,228 --> 00:36:07,365 TO PROTECT OUR LOCAL CITIZENS. 1126 00:36:07,365 --> 00:36:09,433 -- THANK YOU. ANGIE. NEXT, WE 1127 00:36:09,433 --> 00:36:14,939 HAVE ALICIA, AND THEN WE WILL GO 1128 00:36:14,939 --> 00:36:15,439 ONLINE TO MR. ALVAREZ. 1129 00:36:15,439 --> 00:36:17,208 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT 1130 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:17,842 HOLLINGSWORTH AND MEMBERS OF THE 1131 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:19,076 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALICIA RUIZ. 1132 00:36:19,076 --> 00:36:21,579 I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING 1133 00:36:21,579 --> 00:36:23,414 HABITAT OF HUMANITY, SEATTLE 1134 00:36:23,414 --> 00:36:25,683 KING AND KITTITAS COUNTIES. I'M 1135 00:36:25,683 --> 00:36:28,052 HERE TO EXPRESS HABITAT SUPPORT 1136 00:36:28,052 --> 00:36:30,788 OF COUNCIL BILL 121259. FOR MANY 1137 00:36:30,788 --> 00:36:32,323 FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IN 1138 00:36:32,323 --> 00:36:34,392 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY 1139 00:36:34,392 --> 00:36:35,493 FACED DECADES OF DISPLACEMENT, A 1140 00:36:35,493 --> 00:36:37,862 HOME IS THE SINGLE LARGEST ASSET 1141 00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:39,297 THEY'LL EVER HOLD. IT'S 1142 00:36:39,297 --> 00:36:41,933 RETIREMENT SECURITY. IT'S WHAT 1143 00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:42,433 GETS PASSED DOWN WHEN A 1144 00:36:42,433 --> 00:36:44,068 PREDATORY OFFER CONVINCES 1145 00:36:44,068 --> 00:36:46,070 SOMEONE TO SELL UNDER PRESSURE 1146 00:36:46,070 --> 00:36:48,005 OR MISINFORMATION. THAT'S NOT 1147 00:36:48,005 --> 00:36:49,941 JUST ONE BAD TRANSACTION. IT'S 1148 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:52,176 GENERATIONAL WEALTH GONE 1149 00:36:52,176 --> 00:36:53,311 PERMANENTLY. WE ALSO STAND IN 1150 00:36:53,311 --> 00:36:56,614 SUPPORT OF THE BILL'S EXPANDING 1151 00:36:56,614 --> 00:36:57,548 UTILITY BILL ASSISTANCE AT 1152 00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:59,984 HABITAT. WE BELIEVE HOUSING 1153 00:36:59,984 --> 00:37:00,618 STABILITY DOESN'T END AT THE 1154 00:37:00,618 --> 00:37:01,552 DEED. IT DEPENDS ON FAMILIES 1155 00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:03,854 BEING ABLE TO STAY IN THE HOMES 1156 00:37:03,854 --> 00:37:05,222 THEY WORKED SO HARD FOR, 1157 00:37:05,222 --> 00:37:05,790 PROTECTING HOMEOWNERS FROM 1158 00:37:05,790 --> 00:37:07,491 PREDATORY SOLICITATION AND 1159 00:37:07,491 --> 00:37:09,927 HELPING FAMILIES STAY CURRENT ON 1160 00:37:09,927 --> 00:37:11,095 BASIC UTILITIES ARE BOTH PART OF 1161 00:37:11,095 --> 00:37:12,763 THE SAME MISSION, KEEPING 1162 00:37:12,763 --> 00:37:13,864 FAMILIES ROOTED IN THEIR 1163 00:37:13,864 --> 00:37:15,199 COMMUNITIES. WE URGE YOU TO PASS 1164 00:37:15,199 --> 00:37:16,934 THESE BILLS. THANK YOU. 1165 00:37:16,934 --> 00:37:18,235 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE'RE 1166 00:37:18,235 --> 00:37:20,171 GOING TO GO ONLINE. MR. ALVAREZ, 1167 00:37:20,171 --> 00:37:21,105 YOU'RE GOING TO PRESS STAR SIX 1168 00:37:21,105 --> 00:37:23,541 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. AND WE HAVE 1169 00:37:23,541 --> 00:37:26,277 JOE, LOIS, MARTIN, MAGDALENA 1170 00:37:26,277 --> 00:37:28,846 ROSE, AND ISAAC AND THEN WE'LL 1171 00:37:28,846 --> 00:37:32,283 COME BACK IN PERSON. WELCOME, 1172 00:37:32,283 --> 00:37:32,550 ALBERTO. 1173 00:37:32,550 --> 00:37:35,519 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 1174 00:37:35,519 --> 00:37:37,154 RECENTLY, SOME OF YOU WENT ON A 1175 00:37:37,154 --> 00:37:39,523 MEDIA BLITZ AGAINST OUR MAYOR, 1176 00:37:39,523 --> 00:37:42,059 PLAYING ALONG WITH JUAREZ, 1177 00:37:42,059 --> 00:37:44,328 SLINGING MUD ON RIGHT WING 1178 00:37:44,328 --> 00:37:47,231 MEDIA, TRYING TO LAY DOWN 1179 00:37:47,231 --> 00:37:49,734 POLITICAL COVER. TODAY, THE MEN 1180 00:37:49,734 --> 00:37:53,504 ON COUNCIL WENT INTO CHILDISH 1181 00:37:53,504 --> 00:37:55,006 EMOTIONAL TIRADES. IS THIS 1182 00:37:55,006 --> 00:37:56,040 REALLY THE PATH ANY OF YOU WANT 1183 00:37:56,040 --> 00:38:01,178 TO TRY AND TAKE? DO YOU KNOW HOW 1184 00:38:01,178 --> 00:38:02,580 ANGRY AND ORGANIZED PEOPLE ARE? 1185 00:38:02,580 --> 00:38:05,783 READY TO WIPE YOU ALL OUT NEXT 1186 00:38:05,783 --> 00:38:07,451 ELECTION? YOUR DUTY AS COUNCIL 1187 00:38:07,451 --> 00:38:11,555 IS TO THE COMMON PEOPLE, NOT THE 1188 00:38:11,555 --> 00:38:13,424 BLIND LOYALTY YOU GIVE TO ANYONE 1189 00:38:13,424 --> 00:38:17,628 WITH A UNIFORM AND A BADGE. DO A 1190 00:38:17,628 --> 00:38:19,463 LOT BETTER THAN THIS. HAVE A 1191 00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:21,265 GOOD DAY. 1192 00:38:21,265 --> 00:38:22,933 -- THANK YOU. ALBERTO. NEXT WE 1193 00:38:22,933 --> 00:38:24,869 HAVE JOE, FOLLOWED BY LOIS AND 1194 00:38:24,869 --> 00:38:35,379 THEN MAGDALENA. WELCOME, JOE. 1195 00:38:35,613 --> 00:38:36,013 -- OH, HI. PRESIDENT 1196 00:38:36,013 --> 00:38:36,547 HOLLINGSWORTH, IT'S JOE 1197 00:38:36,547 --> 00:38:38,683 KUNZLER, ONE OF YOUR FANS. UM, I 1198 00:38:38,683 --> 00:38:40,318 REALLY WOULD ENCOURAGE THE 1199 00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:41,819 COUNCIL TO, AT THE EARLIEST 1200 00:38:41,819 --> 00:38:42,720 POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY, MOVE A 1201 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:44,989 MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE IN MAYOR 1202 00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:46,057 KATIE WILSON, WHO MAY OR MAY NOT 1203 00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:48,059 BE SUCCESSFUL IN BUILDING TINY 1204 00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:49,193 HOMES BUT CANNOT KEEP SEATTLE 1205 00:38:49,193 --> 00:38:51,162 SAFE. I'M NOT TALKING JUST 1206 00:38:51,162 --> 00:38:52,763 ABOUT THE BITE OF SEATTLE. I'M 1207 00:38:52,763 --> 00:38:55,299 TALKING ABOUT THE CONTINUED 1208 00:38:55,299 --> 00:38:55,900 OBSTRUCTIONIST OPPOSITION TO 1209 00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:58,235 HAVING SECURITY CAMERAS IN 1210 00:38:58,235 --> 00:38:59,570 PUBLIC PLACES TO MAKE SURE THAT 1211 00:38:59,570 --> 00:39:01,839 THE PUBLIC IS SAFE. IT IS 1212 00:39:01,839 --> 00:39:02,473 IMPORTANT THESE CAMERAS BE PUT 1213 00:39:02,473 --> 00:39:04,475 UP. IF THE MAYOR KEEPS WALKING 1214 00:39:04,475 --> 00:39:06,344 THIS, GET HER OUT OF THERE. FIND 1215 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:08,446 HER MORAL. HAVING MORAL 1216 00:39:08,446 --> 00:39:09,447 TURPITUDE OR SOMETHING. YOU'RE 1217 00:39:09,447 --> 00:39:10,281 ALLOWED TO DO THAT FOR YOUR CITY 1218 00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:12,216 CHARTER IN AN EMERGENCY. I 1219 00:39:12,216 --> 00:39:14,652 ENCOURAGE YOU TO BREAK GLASS AND 1220 00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:18,456 PROTECT THE REGION. AND FINALLY, 1221 00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:20,257 ABOUT THE SECURITY CAMERAS THAT 1222 00:39:20,257 --> 00:39:22,259 UH, SEAFARER AND OTHER LEADERS 1223 00:39:22,259 --> 00:39:24,328 ARE ASKING YOU TO PUT IN. WE'RE 1224 00:39:24,328 --> 00:39:25,563 ASKING YOU TO PUT THEM AT STREET 1225 00:39:25,563 --> 00:39:26,831 CORNERS. THOSE ARE PUBLIC 1226 00:39:26,831 --> 00:39:29,233 PLACES. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU 1227 00:39:29,233 --> 00:39:30,101 FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. IT IS 1228 00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:32,136 MUCH APPRECIATED. NOW LET'S GO 1229 00:39:32,136 --> 00:39:33,137 GET RID OF THIS MAYOR LEGALLY. 1230 00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:33,437 THANK YOU. 1231 00:39:33,437 --> 00:39:34,605 -- OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE THANK YOU 1232 00:39:34,605 --> 00:39:37,108 JOE. NEXT WE HAVE LOIS MARTIN, 1233 00:39:37,108 --> 00:39:38,242 FOLLOWED BY MAGDALENA, ROSE AND 1234 00:39:38,242 --> 00:39:39,744 ISAAC. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK 1235 00:39:39,744 --> 00:39:47,351 IN PERSON. WELCOME LOIS. 1236 00:39:47,351 --> 00:39:48,719 -- UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL 1237 00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:49,820 PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE 1238 00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:51,555 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LOIS MARTIN. 1239 00:39:51,555 --> 00:39:54,125 I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF 1240 00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:54,792 SEATTLE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND A 1241 00:39:54,792 --> 00:39:55,826 FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BLACK 1242 00:39:55,826 --> 00:39:57,628 HOMEOWNERS POLICY COUNCIL. THAT 1243 00:39:57,628 --> 00:40:00,631 IS PART OF THE EMBRACE MOVEMENT. 1244 00:40:00,631 --> 00:40:01,799 I URGE YOU TO ADOPT AMENDMENT A 1245 00:40:01,799 --> 00:40:04,735 AND PASS COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 1246 00:40:04,735 --> 00:40:06,337 ONE TWO, FIVE NINE TODAY. THANK 1247 00:40:06,337 --> 00:40:08,038 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR 1248 00:40:08,038 --> 00:40:09,373 SPONSORING THIS BILL. AND THANK 1249 00:40:09,373 --> 00:40:10,674 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, FOR 1250 00:40:10,674 --> 00:40:12,543 COMING TO COMMUNITY FOR 1251 00:40:12,543 --> 00:40:13,911 LANGUAGE. THAT'S HOW THIS 1252 00:40:13,911 --> 00:40:14,779 SHOULD WORK. AND THE CONCERNS 1253 00:40:14,779 --> 00:40:16,547 ABOUT LEGITIMATE PROFESSIONALS 1254 00:40:16,547 --> 00:40:17,715 HAVE BEEN ANSWERED IN THE BILL. 1255 00:40:17,715 --> 00:40:19,650 AND AGAIN, IN AMENDMENT A, 1256 00:40:19,650 --> 00:40:21,252 THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO WAIT 1257 00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:22,353 FOR. MEANWHILE, OUR ELDERS 1258 00:40:22,353 --> 00:40:24,688 REPORT 40 OR MORE SOLICITATIONS 1259 00:40:24,688 --> 00:40:26,490 IN TWO YEARS AND TESTIFY THAT 1260 00:40:26,490 --> 00:40:29,493 THEY FEEL HUNTED IN THEIR OWN 1261 00:40:29,493 --> 00:40:31,195 HOMES EVERY MONTH OF DELAY LANDS 1262 00:40:31,195 --> 00:40:33,664 ON THEM. A CENTRAL DISTRICT HOME 1263 00:40:33,664 --> 00:40:35,299 IS GENERATIONAL WEALTH, AS WELL 1264 00:40:35,299 --> 00:40:37,701 AS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. ADOPT 1265 00:40:37,701 --> 00:40:39,436 AMENDMENT A PASS THIS BILL 1266 00:40:39,436 --> 00:40:41,305 TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1267 00:40:41,305 --> 00:40:42,273 -- THANK YOU, MISS LOIS. NEXT WE 1268 00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:47,511 HAVE MAGDALENA, FOLLOWED BY ROSE 1269 00:40:47,511 --> 00:40:53,284 AND THEN ISAAC. STAR SIX TO 1270 00:40:53,284 --> 00:40:54,752 UNMUTE YOURSELF, MAGDALENA, WE 1271 00:40:54,752 --> 00:41:04,528 SEE YOU ONLINE. JUST STAR SIX. 1272 00:41:04,528 --> 00:41:06,664 STAR SIX. MAGDALENA, WE'LL COME 1273 00:41:06,664 --> 00:41:08,899 BACK TO YOU. IF YOU'RE HAVING 1274 00:41:08,899 --> 00:41:09,533 TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, IT'S 1275 00:41:09,533 --> 00:41:11,168 KIND OF DIFFICULT SOMETIMES 1276 00:41:11,168 --> 00:41:13,103 ONLINE. WE HAVE ROSE. WE'LL GO 1277 00:41:13,103 --> 00:41:15,739 AHEAD AND BUMP ROSE UP TO 1278 00:41:15,739 --> 00:41:19,109 PANELISTS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 1279 00:41:19,109 --> 00:41:23,347 YOURSELF. ROSE. 1280 00:41:23,347 --> 00:41:26,083 -- HELLO. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK 1281 00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:27,585 THE, COUNCIL. THE MEMBERS OF THE 1282 00:41:27,585 --> 00:41:29,620 COUNCIL THAT WERE IN COMMITTEE 1283 00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:30,120 AND PASSED THROUGH THE 1284 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:31,622 LEGISLATION, UH, AT LEAST TO PUT 1285 00:41:31,622 --> 00:41:33,457 ON THE AMENDMENTS THAT WILL 1286 00:41:33,457 --> 00:41:34,058 HOPEFULLY REACH FULL COUNCIL 1287 00:41:34,058 --> 00:41:35,492 NEXT WEEK FOR THE TRANS 1288 00:41:35,492 --> 00:41:36,760 REFUGEES. IT IS SOMETHING 1289 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,297 THAT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED. ALONG 1290 00:41:40,297 --> 00:41:40,831 WITH THAT. COUNCILMEMBER 1291 00:41:40,831 --> 00:41:41,465 HOLLINGSWORTH, I STILL HAVE NOT 1292 00:41:41,465 --> 00:41:42,867 HEARD FROM YOUR OFFICE ABOUT 1293 00:41:42,867 --> 00:41:44,368 POLICE HARASSING TRANS PEOPLE IN 1294 00:41:44,368 --> 00:41:46,103 CAL ANDERSON. I WOULD STILL LIKE 1295 00:41:46,103 --> 00:41:48,339 TO HEAR. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, 1296 00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:52,109 ICE IS ENGAGING IN MORE AND MORE 1297 00:41:52,109 --> 00:41:53,811 RAIDS ACROSS OUR CITY AND IS 1298 00:41:53,811 --> 00:41:55,112 SEEMING TO SURVEIL PEOPLE. EVEN 1299 00:41:55,112 --> 00:41:56,480 SOMEONE'S TAKEN FROM AN AMAZON 1300 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,349 TRUCK THIS MORNING. WE NEED TO 1301 00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:00,184 HAVE MORE AND BETTER 1302 00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:00,918 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING 1303 00:42:00,918 --> 00:42:01,752 ON, SO WE CAN CRACK DOWN AND 1304 00:42:01,752 --> 00:42:03,053 KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE, BECAUSE 1305 00:42:03,053 --> 00:42:04,788 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT DOING A 1306 00:42:04,788 --> 00:42:07,024 WHOLE LOT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. 1307 00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:07,658 THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE, AND WE 1308 00:42:07,658 --> 00:42:11,262 NEED TO RISE TO THE OCCASION. A 1309 00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:13,397 LOT OF US HAVE HISTORIES OF 1310 00:42:13,397 --> 00:42:14,932 PEOPLE THAT HAVE, AND OUR 1311 00:42:14,932 --> 00:42:15,566 ANCESTORS HAVE BEEN CHASED OUT 1312 00:42:15,566 --> 00:42:17,268 OF PLACES OR HARMED OR TAKEN IN 1313 00:42:17,268 --> 00:42:18,802 A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT 1314 00:42:18,802 --> 00:42:20,104 CIRCUMSTANCES. WE NEED TO HONOR 1315 00:42:20,104 --> 00:42:20,938 THEIR MEMORY BY MAKING SURE 1316 00:42:20,938 --> 00:42:22,506 WE'RE KEEPING OTHER PEOPLE 1317 00:42:22,506 --> 00:42:23,607 SAFE. THANK YOU. 1318 00:42:23,607 --> 00:42:25,943 -- THANK YOU. ROSE. NEXT WE HAVE 1319 00:42:25,943 --> 00:42:26,543 ISAAC, FOLLOWED BY MAGDALENA 1320 00:42:26,543 --> 00:42:27,745 WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER SHOT 1321 00:42:27,745 --> 00:42:30,214 ONLINE. WELCOME, ISAAC. STAR 1322 00:42:30,214 --> 00:42:33,050 SIX. 1323 00:42:33,050 --> 00:42:35,119 -- HI, MY NAME IS ISAAC AYE. 1324 00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:36,720 TRANSGENDER WOMAN LIVING IN 1325 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:38,522 CAPITOL HILL. I WORK FOR A 1326 00:42:38,522 --> 00:42:44,862 HOUSING UH, SPECIFICALLY 1327 00:42:44,862 --> 00:42:45,396 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I SEE 1328 00:42:45,396 --> 00:42:46,030 HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE 1329 00:42:46,030 --> 00:42:47,965 DAY CONSTANTLY TRYING TO BE 1330 00:42:47,965 --> 00:42:50,534 REFUGEES IN THIS STATE AND GET 1331 00:42:50,534 --> 00:42:51,035 AWAY FROM PERSECUTION, 1332 00:42:51,035 --> 00:42:54,572 PERSECUTION IN THE SOUTH, AS 1333 00:42:54,572 --> 00:42:57,107 WELL AS OTHER PLACES THAT ARE 1334 00:42:57,107 --> 00:42:59,410 JUST HORRIBLE. THE AMOUNT OF 1335 00:42:59,410 --> 00:43:02,913 TRANS PEOPLE THAT ARE MURDERED 1336 00:43:02,913 --> 00:43:04,815 AND GONE MISSING THIS YEAR ALONE 1337 00:43:04,815 --> 00:43:05,749 IS UNACCEPTABLE. THERE IS A 1338 00:43:05,749 --> 00:43:07,251 MASSIVE INFLUX OF THEM IN THE 1339 00:43:07,251 --> 00:43:08,452 CITY. WE HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH TO 1340 00:43:08,452 --> 00:43:11,488 PROVIDE ANY RESOURCES FOR THIS. 1341 00:43:11,488 --> 00:43:13,657 WE CLAIM OURSELVES TO BE A SAFE 1342 00:43:13,657 --> 00:43:14,892 HAVEN, AND WE CLAIM THIS PLACE 1343 00:43:14,892 --> 00:43:16,961 IS FOR EVERYONE TO BE SAFE AND 1344 00:43:16,961 --> 00:43:20,531 FREE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE 1345 00:43:20,531 --> 00:43:22,866 ACTUALLY DOING ENOUGH TO SUPPORT 1346 00:43:22,866 --> 00:43:26,270 THE ACTUAL. THE SIGNAL YOU'RE 1347 00:43:26,270 --> 00:43:28,272 PUTTING UP, PLEASE JUST TAKE 1348 00:43:28,272 --> 00:43:28,906 CONSIDERATION. ALL THE PEOPLE 1349 00:43:28,906 --> 00:43:35,012 THAT ARE BEING HURT. 1350 00:43:35,012 --> 00:43:36,447 -- THANK YOU. ISAAC. AND I DO 1351 00:43:36,447 --> 00:43:37,414 SEE THAT YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON 1352 00:43:37,414 --> 00:43:39,450 MORE THAN HAPPY. IF YOU WANT TO 1353 00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:40,985 SAY THEM IN PERSON, IF YOU WOULD 1354 00:43:40,985 --> 00:43:41,819 LIKE TO MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE 1355 00:43:41,819 --> 00:43:43,687 YOU COME UP. BUT JUST SO WE 1356 00:43:43,687 --> 00:43:45,289 COULD HEAR THEM, DO YOU FEEL 1357 00:43:45,289 --> 00:43:46,357 COMFORTABLE DOING THAT? OKAY, 1358 00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:47,825 AWESOME. THANK YOU. ISAAC, I DO 1359 00:43:47,825 --> 00:43:49,593 WANT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. IT 1360 00:43:49,593 --> 00:43:51,161 WAS A LITTLE MUFFLED AT THE END. 1361 00:43:51,161 --> 00:43:53,864 AND THEN, UM, BEFORE YOU GO, 1362 00:43:53,864 --> 00:43:55,165 ISAAC, LET ME SEE IF 1363 00:43:55,165 --> 00:43:56,333 MAGDALENA'S THERE ONLINE AND 1364 00:43:56,333 --> 00:43:57,201 THEN I'LL COME RIGHT TO YOU. 1365 00:43:57,201 --> 00:43:59,169 OKAY? JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND. 1366 00:43:59,169 --> 00:44:00,037 MAGDALENA. 1367 00:44:00,037 --> 00:44:00,871 -- I AM ONLINE. 1368 00:44:00,871 --> 00:44:01,405 -- YEP. GO RIGHT AHEAD. 1369 00:44:01,405 --> 00:44:02,740 -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1370 00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:04,208 -- YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 1371 00:44:04,208 --> 00:44:05,676 -- COUNCIL. MANY WHITE PEOPLE 1372 00:44:05,676 --> 00:44:06,443 LOVE BLACK PEOPLE LIKE THE FOX. 1373 00:44:06,443 --> 00:44:08,012 LOVES THE HEN. THEY CALL FOR 1374 00:44:08,012 --> 00:44:09,847 FENCES WHICH MAKE CONCENTRATION 1375 00:44:09,847 --> 00:44:11,648 CAMPS. THEY QUOTE POETRY OVER 1376 00:44:11,648 --> 00:44:13,183 CORPSES. THEY STEP OVER THE 1377 00:44:13,183 --> 00:44:16,053 BODIES OF THE DEAD. THEY USE 1378 00:44:16,053 --> 00:44:17,454 CAMERAS TO STALK MINORITIES. 1379 00:44:17,454 --> 00:44:18,455 TELL THEM TODAY, NOT ONE MORE 1380 00:44:18,455 --> 00:44:19,523 BLACK DEATH TO SATISFY WHITE 1381 00:44:19,523 --> 00:44:22,860 BUSINESS OWNERS. NOT ONE MORE 1382 00:44:22,860 --> 00:44:23,494 SWEET TO DISAPPEAR OUR NEIGHBORS 1383 00:44:23,494 --> 00:44:25,796 OFF THE STREETS. WHAT WILL YOU 1384 00:44:25,796 --> 00:44:27,097 BE REMEMBERED FOR? FOR THE 1385 00:44:27,097 --> 00:44:28,966 SWEEPS WHICH DISAPPEAR. MY BLACK 1386 00:44:28,966 --> 00:44:30,334 AND INDIGENOUS SIBLINGS, CIS AND 1387 00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:31,602 TRANS. IF YOU DON'T FEAR GOD, 1388 00:44:31,602 --> 00:44:33,437 FEAR POSTERITY, FEAR YOUR OWN 1389 00:44:33,437 --> 00:44:36,673 JUDGMENT IN YEARS TO COME. FEAR 1390 00:44:36,673 --> 00:44:37,341 YOUR CHILDREN'S JUDGMENT. WHEN 1391 00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:38,509 YOU FIGHT FOR BLACK PEOPLE'S 1392 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:40,010 RIGHTS, WHEN YOU FIGHT FOR 1393 00:44:40,010 --> 00:44:41,378 INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, YOU ARE 1394 00:44:41,378 --> 00:44:42,846 FIGHTING FOR TRANS RIGHTS TO 1395 00:44:42,846 --> 00:44:47,284 STOP THE SWEEPS, STOP THE 1396 00:44:47,284 --> 00:44:47,918 CAMERAS, STOP THE KILLING. WHAT 1397 00:44:47,918 --> 00:44:49,453 DO YOU CARE ABOUT COUNCIL WHITE 1398 00:44:49,453 --> 00:44:52,556 FRAILTY OR BLACK EXISTENCE? 1399 00:44:52,556 --> 00:44:54,625 CHOOSE TODAY. CHOOSE BLACK 1400 00:44:54,625 --> 00:44:57,027 EXISTENCE. IGNORE WHITE FRAILTY. 1401 00:44:57,027 --> 00:44:59,329 SUPPORT TRANS LIVES. PASS THIS 1402 00:44:59,329 --> 00:45:00,631 300 K NEXT WEEK AND CONTINUE TO 1403 00:45:00,631 --> 00:45:01,799 DO MORE. THANK YOU. 1404 00:45:01,799 --> 00:45:03,333 -- THANK YOU MAGDALENA. 1405 00:45:03,333 --> 00:45:05,536 -- NEXT. 1406 00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:06,570 -- NEXT WE HAVE ISAAC FOLLOWING 1407 00:45:06,570 --> 00:45:09,106 ISAAC. WE HAVE JACQUELINE. WARE, 1408 00:45:09,106 --> 00:45:14,978 CLIVE JORDAN, DAVID, JEFF, CHAD, 1409 00:45:14,978 --> 00:45:17,915 PAUL, AUDREY, HANNAH AND MICHAEL 1410 00:45:17,915 --> 00:45:18,182 WOODWARD. 1411 00:45:18,182 --> 00:45:20,017 -- HI, MY NAME. 1412 00:45:20,017 --> 00:45:21,452 -- WE'LL TURN IT ON. YOU'RE 1413 00:45:21,452 --> 00:45:21,652 GOOD. 1414 00:45:21,652 --> 00:45:23,954 -- HI. MY NAME IS, UH. 1415 00:45:23,954 --> 00:45:24,288 -- GO AHEAD. 1416 00:45:24,288 --> 00:45:25,389 -- HI. MY NAME IS ISAAC. I 1417 00:45:25,389 --> 00:45:26,957 ACTUALLY AM A TRANSGENDER WOMAN 1418 00:45:26,957 --> 00:45:27,991 LIVING IN CAPITOL HILL. I WORK 1419 00:45:27,991 --> 00:45:29,893 IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE 1420 00:45:29,893 --> 00:45:31,261 CITY. I DO HELP PEOPLE GET IN 1421 00:45:31,261 --> 00:45:33,097 HOMES EVERY SINGLE DAY. I AM 1422 00:45:33,097 --> 00:45:33,731 TALKING TO PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE 1423 00:45:33,731 --> 00:45:35,299 DAY THAT ARE COMING IN FROM OUT 1424 00:45:35,299 --> 00:45:36,533 OF STATE. THEY'RE HERE TRYING 1425 00:45:36,533 --> 00:45:37,434 TO FIND A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, 1426 00:45:37,434 --> 00:45:39,703 TRYING TO STAND FOR WHAT THEY 1427 00:45:39,703 --> 00:45:41,572 BELIEVE IS A SAFE PLACE. THE 1428 00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:43,640 REFUGE INTERNATIONAL OASIS AWAY 1429 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:44,641 FROM EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON 1430 00:45:44,641 --> 00:45:46,043 IN THIS COUNTRY. I DO SEE THAT 1431 00:45:46,043 --> 00:45:47,411 THERE'S A LOT OF VIOLENCE GOING 1432 00:45:47,411 --> 00:45:49,713 ON IN AMONGST MY COMMUNITY. THE 1433 00:45:49,713 --> 00:45:51,148 AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE THAT'S BEEN 1434 00:45:51,148 --> 00:45:51,949 HAPPENING IN CAPITOL HILL ALONE, 1435 00:45:51,949 --> 00:45:53,917 JUST AROUND THE CITY IN BELLTOWN 1436 00:45:53,917 --> 00:45:57,354 IS UNACCEPTABLE. BUT I DO 1437 00:45:57,354 --> 00:45:58,989 UNDERSTAND THAT THE AMOUNT OF 1438 00:45:58,989 --> 00:45:59,556 TRANS PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE 1439 00:45:59,556 --> 00:46:00,324 COMING HERE WITH NOTHING TO 1440 00:46:00,324 --> 00:46:01,258 NOWHERE TO LIVE, THEY'RE LIVING 1441 00:46:01,258 --> 00:46:02,659 IN THEIR CARS THAT ARE 1442 00:46:02,659 --> 00:46:03,760 STRUGGLING EVERY SINGLE DAY, 1443 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:04,795 THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE 1444 00:46:04,795 --> 00:46:06,330 PEOPLE ON THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, 1445 00:46:06,330 --> 00:46:07,531 LIKE IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. 1446 00:46:07,531 --> 00:46:09,600 AS FAR AS NO ONE CARING, I 1447 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,368 UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT 1448 00:46:11,368 --> 00:46:12,703 OF RACIAL INEQUITY AMONGST THAT 1449 00:46:12,703 --> 00:46:14,671 FACTOR, BUT THERE IS A LOSS THAT 1450 00:46:14,671 --> 00:46:16,006 WE'RE HAVING AS MANY PEOPLE ARE 1451 00:46:16,006 --> 00:46:17,040 COMING. SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST 1452 00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:18,075 PUTTING INTO A BARREL. IT SEEMS 1453 00:46:18,075 --> 00:46:20,711 LIKE WE'RE BEING TARGETED TO BE 1454 00:46:20,711 --> 00:46:21,411 PLACED IN ONE SMALL AREA SO THEY 1455 00:46:21,411 --> 00:46:23,347 CAN ROUND US UP. 1456 00:46:23,347 --> 00:46:25,949 -- THANK YOU. ISAAC. NEXT WE 1457 00:46:25,949 --> 00:46:28,185 HAVE JACQUELINE, MISS JACQUELINE 1458 00:46:28,185 --> 00:46:29,453 WARE, FOLLOWED BY CLIVE JORDAN, 1459 00:46:29,453 --> 00:46:31,054 DAVID HAYNES, JEFF ROGERS. 1460 00:46:31,054 --> 00:46:32,322 WELCOME. 1461 00:46:32,322 --> 00:46:33,690 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, YES, 1462 00:46:33,690 --> 00:46:35,726 MY NAME IS JACQUELINE WARE AND 1463 00:46:35,726 --> 00:46:38,495 I'M A MEMBER OF COEXIST, WHICH 1464 00:46:38,495 --> 00:46:39,830 IS 1200 PEOPLE STRONG. I'M A 1465 00:46:39,830 --> 00:46:42,499 PARENT. I'M A BIKER, I'M A 1466 00:46:42,499 --> 00:46:46,003 HIKER. UM, I'M A WALKER. AND SO 1467 00:46:46,003 --> 00:46:46,503 I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST 1468 00:46:46,503 --> 00:46:47,638 BICYCLISTS. BUT WHAT I DO, THE 1469 00:46:47,638 --> 00:46:49,673 PROBLEM I HAVE WITH IS EDDIE LIN 1470 00:46:49,673 --> 00:46:54,578 AND THE MAYOR CHOOSING TO CLOSE 1471 00:46:54,578 --> 00:46:55,212 THREE MILES OF LAKE WASHINGTON 1472 00:46:55,212 --> 00:46:57,047 BOULEVARD. I AM A SOUTH END 1473 00:46:57,047 --> 00:46:58,515 RESIDENT, AND I DIDN'T HEAR ONE 1474 00:46:58,515 --> 00:47:00,651 WORD ABOUT IT. 1200 PEOPLE DID 1475 00:47:00,651 --> 00:47:02,085 NOT HEAR ONE WORD ABOUT CLOSING 1476 00:47:02,085 --> 00:47:03,187 THOSE THREE MILES OF LAKE 1477 00:47:03,187 --> 00:47:05,756 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD EVERY 1478 00:47:05,756 --> 00:47:08,725 WEEKEND, ALL SUMMER LONG. TWO 1479 00:47:08,725 --> 00:47:10,594 CARS TO THE POINT WHERE THEY 1480 00:47:10,594 --> 00:47:15,799 HAVE ACTUALLY INSTALLED HEAVY 1481 00:47:15,799 --> 00:47:18,502 GAS ACROSS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF 1482 00:47:18,502 --> 00:47:19,870 LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. IN 1483 00:47:19,870 --> 00:47:21,505 THE AREAS THAT ARE CLOSED WHERE 1484 00:47:21,505 --> 00:47:24,474 YOU CANNOT GET THROUGH QUICKLY 1485 00:47:24,474 --> 00:47:27,511 IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, POLICE 1486 00:47:27,511 --> 00:47:29,646 OFFICERS CANNOT GET THROUGH. 1487 00:47:29,646 --> 00:47:31,215 FIRST RESPONDERS CANNOT GET 1488 00:47:31,215 --> 00:47:33,717 THROUGH. THIS IS A LOCKED GATE, 1489 00:47:33,717 --> 00:47:35,052 AND WE HAD NO NOTICE. THANK YOU 1490 00:47:35,052 --> 00:47:36,486 SO MUCH. 1491 00:47:36,486 --> 00:47:38,355 -- THANK YOU. JACQUELINE. NEXT 1492 00:47:38,355 --> 00:47:40,190 WE HAVE CLIVE, FOLLOWED BY 1493 00:47:40,190 --> 00:47:46,263 JORDAN AND THEN DAVID. WELCOME, 1494 00:47:46,263 --> 00:47:46,496 CLIVE. 1495 00:47:46,496 --> 00:47:47,864 -- UH. 1496 00:47:47,864 --> 00:47:48,599 -- CLIVE HAYWARD, SEATTLE STREET 1497 00:47:48,599 --> 00:47:50,534 PERFORMER ON THE WATERFRONT. I 1498 00:47:50,534 --> 00:47:55,505 WANT TO THANK EDDIE FOR MEETING 1499 00:47:55,505 --> 00:47:58,375 WITH ME AFTER YESTERDAY'S ARTS 1500 00:47:58,375 --> 00:48:00,510 COUNCIL MEETING. UM, BEFORE THIS 1501 00:48:00,510 --> 00:48:02,446 MEETING, I SENT EVERYONE AN 1502 00:48:02,446 --> 00:48:04,014 EMAIL. THIS CAN'T BE COVERED IN 1503 00:48:04,014 --> 00:48:06,650 A MINUTE. PLEASE READ THE EMAIL. 1504 00:48:06,650 --> 00:48:10,554 PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEOS. UM, 1505 00:48:10,554 --> 00:48:12,356 I'LL BE OUTSIDE AFTER. I CAN 1506 00:48:12,356 --> 00:48:17,227 SHOW PEOPLE VIDEOS AND SHOW HOW 1507 00:48:17,227 --> 00:48:20,764 EGREGIOUS YOUR CITY EMPLOYEES 1508 00:48:20,764 --> 00:48:21,498 ACT. 1509 00:48:21,498 --> 00:48:24,468 -- THANK YOU CLIVE. NEXT WE HAVE 1510 00:48:24,468 --> 00:48:27,504 JORDAN, FOLLOWED BY DAVID AND 1511 00:48:27,504 --> 00:48:28,805 THEN JEFF. WELCOME, JORDAN. 1512 00:48:28,805 --> 00:48:34,278 DAVID. JEFF 1513 00:48:34,278 --> 00:48:35,879 -- HI. WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE 1514 00:48:35,879 --> 00:48:38,682 PROVIDING DRUG THE DRUG ADDICTED 1515 00:48:38,682 --> 00:48:39,449 HOMELESS WITH NEEDLES, FOOD AND 1516 00:48:39,449 --> 00:48:41,351 SHELTER, WHICH CREATES A SYSTEM 1517 00:48:41,351 --> 00:48:43,320 OF PERPETUAL ADDICTION THAT 1518 00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:44,554 DESTROYS THEIR LIVES. THEY ARE 1519 00:48:44,554 --> 00:48:46,556 FREE TO CONTINUE THIS LIFESTYLE 1520 00:48:46,556 --> 00:48:47,324 WITH NO MANDATE TO GET BETTER. 1521 00:48:47,324 --> 00:48:49,326 WE ARE PROMOTING THIS SYSTEM AS 1522 00:48:49,326 --> 00:48:50,727 COMPASSION. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT 1523 00:48:50,727 --> 00:48:52,929 IT IS. IT'S TOXIC COMPASSION. 1524 00:48:52,929 --> 00:48:54,665 THEY NEED REAL HELP THAT LETS 1525 00:48:54,665 --> 00:48:57,501 THEM END THEIR DRUG USE AND NOT 1526 00:48:57,501 --> 00:48:58,969 BE REWARDED FOR DOING IT. NEW 1527 00:48:58,969 --> 00:49:01,204 SYSTEMS NEED TO BE CREATED THAT 1528 00:49:01,204 --> 00:49:04,308 CREATE PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY. 1529 00:49:04,308 --> 00:49:06,376 THIS SYSTEM REQUIRES A MANDATE. 1530 00:49:06,376 --> 00:49:07,711 INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN BUILDING 1531 00:49:07,711 --> 00:49:09,613 HOUSES, GIVING FOOD AND NEEDLES, 1532 00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:11,048 WE COULD BE SENDING THEM TO 1533 00:49:11,048 --> 00:49:12,082 REHAB, WHICH GIVES THEM 1534 00:49:12,082 --> 00:49:14,084 EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO IMPROVE 1535 00:49:14,084 --> 00:49:15,485 THEIR LIVES. PLEASE WORK TO 1536 00:49:15,485 --> 00:49:16,753 CHANGE LAWS AND FOCUS ON THIS 1537 00:49:16,753 --> 00:49:18,855 PROBLEM MORE. WHAT WE ARE 1538 00:49:18,855 --> 00:49:19,956 ENABLING ISN'T GOOD. IT'S 1539 00:49:19,956 --> 00:49:22,426 CRUEL. THANK YOU. 1540 00:49:22,426 --> 00:49:23,627 -- THANK YOU JORDAN. NEXT WE 1541 00:49:23,627 --> 00:49:24,928 HAVE DAVID HAYNES, FOLLOWED BY 1542 00:49:24,928 --> 00:49:29,032 JEFF ROGERS AND CHAD. 1543 00:49:29,032 --> 00:49:31,935 -- HI, DAVID. WHY IS IT THAT A 1544 00:49:31,935 --> 00:49:33,603 911 REPEAT OFFENDER CONSTANTLY 1545 00:49:33,603 --> 00:49:34,738 GETS TO BE EXEMPTED FROM JAIL 1546 00:49:34,738 --> 00:49:37,341 AND GET ON HOUSING LIST FIRST, 1547 00:49:37,341 --> 00:49:38,709 WHILE INNOCENT, HOUSELESS 1548 00:49:38,709 --> 00:49:40,444 CITIZENS ARE STILL RACIALLY 1549 00:49:40,444 --> 00:49:42,512 DISCRIMINATED IN, SUBHUMAN 1550 00:49:42,512 --> 00:49:44,581 MISTREATED. REMEMBER WHEN ERICA 1551 00:49:44,581 --> 00:49:46,316 EVANS AND ANDREW LEWIS WERE 1552 00:49:46,316 --> 00:49:46,917 PROSECUTORS AND THEY LOBBIED 1553 00:49:46,917 --> 00:49:48,485 THEIR BOSS, PETE HOLMES, THE 1554 00:49:48,485 --> 00:49:50,020 CITY ATTORNEY, TO EXEMPT ALL 1555 00:49:50,020 --> 00:49:52,589 MISDEMEANOR DRUG CRIMES AND 1556 00:49:52,589 --> 00:49:55,425 SOCIETY IMPLODED RAPIDLY AND 1557 00:49:55,425 --> 00:49:56,126 VIOLENCE ESCALATED. IT'S PART OF 1558 00:49:56,126 --> 00:49:57,160 THE REASON WHY WE HAVE PROBLEMS 1559 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:58,295 IN OUR SOCIETY, BECAUSE A LOT OF 1560 00:49:58,295 --> 00:50:00,764 BAKED IN THE BUDGET PRIORITIES 1561 00:50:00,764 --> 00:50:02,199 ARE STILL EXACERBATING THE 1562 00:50:02,199 --> 00:50:03,667 CRISIS. IT'S LIKE THE POLICE 1563 00:50:03,667 --> 00:50:05,769 CHIEF WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE KEEPS 1564 00:50:05,769 --> 00:50:07,838 MISLEADING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT 1565 00:50:07,838 --> 00:50:08,572 PUBLIC SAFETY, WHILE ALL HE DID 1566 00:50:08,572 --> 00:50:10,073 WAS HE WRAPPED SOME CHAIN LINK 1567 00:50:10,073 --> 00:50:11,842 FENCES AROUND THE ALLEYWAYS 1568 00:50:11,842 --> 00:50:13,110 WHERE EVIL WAS OPERATING, AND 1569 00:50:13,110 --> 00:50:14,277 PUSHED ALL THESE LOW LIFE PIECES 1570 00:50:14,277 --> 00:50:16,279 OF CRAP UP THE BELLTOWN. AND 1571 00:50:16,279 --> 00:50:18,215 THEN HE CLAIMED THAT THERE'S A 1572 00:50:18,215 --> 00:50:19,016 20% DROP IN CRIME IN 1573 00:50:19,016 --> 00:50:20,283 SPECIFICALLY DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. 1574 00:50:20,283 --> 00:50:21,918 LIKE HE'S APPEASING THE 1575 00:50:21,918 --> 00:50:22,953 POLITICS OF THE CHAMBER OF 1576 00:50:22,953 --> 00:50:24,054 COMMERCE AND THE BUILDING 1577 00:50:24,054 --> 00:50:24,855 OWNERS. AND YET THE WHOLE TIME, 1578 00:50:24,855 --> 00:50:27,491 I THINK IT'S LIKE 1.8% IS THE 1579 00:50:27,491 --> 00:50:28,759 AMOUNT OF CRIME THAT'S BEEN 1580 00:50:28,759 --> 00:50:30,093 DROPPED. SO SPARE US THE 1581 00:50:30,093 --> 00:50:31,595 PROPAGANDA ABOUT HOW YOU ALL ARE 1582 00:50:31,595 --> 00:50:34,564 COLLABORATING. 1583 00:50:34,564 --> 00:50:35,132 -- WITH THE POLICE AND THE 1584 00:50:35,132 --> 00:50:35,399 NUCLEUS. 1585 00:50:35,399 --> 00:50:37,401 -- CHIEF. THANK YOU. 1586 00:50:37,401 --> 00:50:37,901 -- DAVID. 1587 00:50:37,901 --> 00:50:40,237 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAVID. 1588 00:50:40,237 --> 00:50:41,972 THANK YOU. DAVID. NEXT WE HAVE 1589 00:50:41,972 --> 00:50:44,574 JEFF ROGERS, FOLLOWED BY CHAD 1590 00:50:44,574 --> 00:50:48,812 AND PAUL THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 1591 00:50:48,812 --> 00:50:49,045 DAVID. 1592 00:50:49,045 --> 00:50:51,415 -- MORE PROFITABLE SERVICES 1593 00:50:51,415 --> 00:50:51,815 GOUGING MEDICAID. 1594 00:50:51,815 --> 00:50:54,518 -- THANK YOU, MR. HAINES. NOW WE 1595 00:50:54,518 --> 00:50:55,585 HAVE JEFF ROGERS. I'M I'M SURE 1596 00:50:55,585 --> 00:50:56,920 YOU CAN FOLLOW THAT ONE. 1597 00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:58,555 -- YEAH, YEAH, I DID LAST TIME 1598 00:50:58,555 --> 00:51:01,691 TO ACTUALLY LAST TIME I WAS 1599 00:51:01,691 --> 00:51:03,326 HERE. SO, JEFF, IT'S NICE TO 1600 00:51:03,326 --> 00:51:03,994 SEE YOU. WE'RE IN A LITTLE 1601 00:51:03,994 --> 00:51:05,762 PRAYER GROUP FOR YOU GUYS. AND 1602 00:51:05,762 --> 00:51:07,063 FIRST OF ALL, JUST KUDOS THAT 1603 00:51:07,063 --> 00:51:08,932 YOU CAN PAY THIS CLOSE OF 1604 00:51:08,932 --> 00:51:11,234 ATTENTION TO PERSON AFTER 1605 00:51:11,234 --> 00:51:13,170 PERSON. I JUST APPLAUD YOU. 1606 00:51:13,170 --> 00:51:14,538 IT'S A HARD JOB AND YOU HEAR SO 1607 00:51:14,538 --> 00:51:17,607 SO THANK YOU. UM, LAST NIGHT I 1608 00:51:17,607 --> 00:51:18,942 WENT TO EARTH, WIND AND FIRE 1609 00:51:18,942 --> 00:51:22,279 CONCERT. SUPER FUN, UH, JOYFUL. 1610 00:51:22,279 --> 00:51:23,780 UH, WE HAD THE WORLD CUP JOYFUL, 1611 00:51:23,780 --> 00:51:27,317 AND I WAS AT SEAFARER, UH, ON 1612 00:51:27,317 --> 00:51:28,485 SUNDAY WATCHING THE BLUE ANGELS. 1613 00:51:28,485 --> 00:51:31,488 SO ONE, I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR 1614 00:51:31,488 --> 00:51:34,458 CITY FOR CONTINUING TO PROVIDE 1615 00:51:34,458 --> 00:51:36,059 CELEBRATORY ENVIRONMENTS WHERE 1616 00:51:36,059 --> 00:51:37,194 PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER. AND 1617 00:51:37,194 --> 00:51:38,795 THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE 1618 00:51:38,795 --> 00:51:40,097 BLUE ANGELS. SO THAT'S GOING TO 1619 00:51:40,097 --> 00:51:42,299 BE A FUTURE CONVERSATION. BUT I 1620 00:51:42,299 --> 00:51:43,567 JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT 1621 00:51:43,567 --> 00:51:46,670 IT. BUT AT THAT, I WAS ON THIS 1622 00:51:46,670 --> 00:51:48,438 BOAT WITH A FRIEND WHOSE 1623 00:51:48,438 --> 00:51:50,974 HUSBAND, JERRY IS HERE, WHO'S A 1624 00:51:50,974 --> 00:51:52,275 MULTI-GENERATIONAL RESIDENT. AND 1625 00:51:52,275 --> 00:51:54,478 HIS WIFE WAS TELLING ME ONE OF 1626 00:51:54,478 --> 00:51:57,047 THE HARD THINGS IN SEATTLE IS 1627 00:51:57,047 --> 00:51:58,348 SHE GETS, UM, NEAR ASSAULTED 1628 00:51:58,348 --> 00:52:00,083 GOING TO HER LOCAL QFC. WE NEED 1629 00:52:00,083 --> 00:52:02,419 THE SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 1630 00:52:02,419 --> 00:52:04,221 THE AVERAGE CITIZEN. THANKS. 1631 00:52:04,221 --> 00:52:05,622 -- THANK YOU. JEFF. NEXT WE HAVE 1632 00:52:05,622 --> 00:52:09,726 CHAD, FOLLOWED BY PAUL. AUDREY, 1633 00:52:09,726 --> 00:52:12,996 HANNAH, MICHAEL, WELCOME, CHAD. 1634 00:52:12,996 --> 00:52:15,398 -- UH GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 1635 00:52:15,398 --> 00:52:16,867 CHAD WINFREY. I ACTUALLY WORK 1636 00:52:16,867 --> 00:52:18,068 FOR PURPOSE, DIGNITY ACTION AND 1637 00:52:18,068 --> 00:52:19,236 WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LEAD 1638 00:52:19,236 --> 00:52:22,305 PROGRAM REAL BRIEFLY. UH, ONE OF 1639 00:52:22,305 --> 00:52:23,807 MY MAIN DUTIES FOR THEM IS TO GO 1640 00:52:23,807 --> 00:52:25,008 AROUND THE COUNTRY AND TEACH 1641 00:52:25,008 --> 00:52:26,409 POLICE OFFICERS AND POLICE 1642 00:52:26,409 --> 00:52:28,078 DEPARTMENTS HOW TO UTILIZE THE 1643 00:52:28,078 --> 00:52:29,412 FRAMEWORK. IT WOULD BE A LITTLE 1644 00:52:29,412 --> 00:52:30,747 SELF-SERVING TO DO THAT ON 1645 00:52:30,747 --> 00:52:32,716 BEHALF OF PDA. UM, I ALSO COME 1646 00:52:32,716 --> 00:52:34,451 TO THE ORGANIZATION AFTER 17 1647 00:52:34,451 --> 00:52:37,020 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WAS 1648 00:52:37,020 --> 00:52:38,488 ONE OF THE CHAMPIONS IN MAINE 1649 00:52:38,488 --> 00:52:40,624 LAW ENFORCEMENT STAKEHOLDERS AT 1650 00:52:40,624 --> 00:52:41,625 THE TABLE WITH THE ORIGINAL LEAD 1651 00:52:41,625 --> 00:52:44,094 INITIATIVE FOR EIGHT YEARS. UH, 1652 00:52:44,094 --> 00:52:47,030 IT GETS LEAD, I THINK GETS 1653 00:52:47,030 --> 00:52:49,633 MISCONCEIVED AS AN OVERLY 1654 00:52:49,633 --> 00:52:51,668 COMPASSIONATE SOCIAL SERVICES 1655 00:52:51,668 --> 00:52:53,003 FRAMEWORK OR PROGRAM WITH NO 1656 00:52:53,003 --> 00:52:55,572 ACCOUNTABILITY. AND WHAT IT 1657 00:52:55,572 --> 00:52:57,707 ACTUALLY IS, IS A PUBLIC SAFETY 1658 00:52:57,707 --> 00:52:59,676 FRAMEWORK THAT HAS A LOT OF 1659 00:52:59,676 --> 00:53:01,978 ACCOUNTABILITY. UM, AND I WILL 1660 00:53:01,978 --> 00:53:03,713 SAY IT TAKES LONGER THAN WHAT 1661 00:53:03,713 --> 00:53:05,148 PEOPLE WANT IT TO TAKE. AND THAT 1662 00:53:05,148 --> 00:53:06,683 IS THE CHALLENGE. SOMEBODY'S 1663 00:53:06,683 --> 00:53:08,084 BEEN LIVING ON THE STREET FOR 1664 00:53:08,084 --> 00:53:08,752 TEN YEARS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A 1665 00:53:08,752 --> 00:53:10,320 LOT OF COORDINATION AND A LOT OF 1666 00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:11,121 THINGS TO GET THEM THERE. BUT 1667 00:53:11,121 --> 00:53:13,356 THERE ARE PIECES OF COORDINATION 1668 00:53:13,356 --> 00:53:15,025 AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PLACE 1669 00:53:15,025 --> 00:53:16,226 WHILE THEY'RE GETTING WHERE 1670 00:53:16,226 --> 00:53:16,993 THEY'RE GOING. 1671 00:53:16,993 --> 00:53:18,361 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAD. 1672 00:53:18,361 --> 00:53:20,897 NEXT, WE HAVE PAUL FOLLOWED BY 1673 00:53:20,897 --> 00:53:23,300 HANNAH, MICHAEL, WELCOME. 1674 00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:25,735 -- HI. UM, IT IS. 1675 00:53:25,735 --> 00:53:27,404 -- ESTIMATED THAT IN THE YEAR 1676 00:53:27,404 --> 00:53:31,341 FOLLOWING TRUMP'S REELECTION, 1677 00:53:31,341 --> 00:53:33,843 ABOUT 4400 000 TRANS PEOPLE 1678 00:53:33,843 --> 00:53:34,844 RELOCATED ACROSS STATE LINES. 1679 00:53:34,844 --> 00:53:38,949 THIS IS HUGE. THIS IS 14% OF THE 1680 00:53:38,949 --> 00:53:40,383 TRANS POPULATION. UM, AND YOU 1681 00:53:40,383 --> 00:53:42,953 KNOW WHY? YOU KNOW THAT A LOT OF 1682 00:53:42,953 --> 00:53:44,721 THEM ARE FLEEING LAWS THAT ARE 1683 00:53:44,721 --> 00:53:46,523 THREATENING THEIR ACCESS TO 1684 00:53:46,523 --> 00:53:48,224 HEALTHCARE, THREATENING THEM BY 1685 00:53:48,224 --> 00:53:49,526 OUTING THEM, CONDEMNING THEM TO 1686 00:53:49,526 --> 00:53:51,628 BEING RAPED IF THEY EVER GET 1687 00:53:51,628 --> 00:53:53,263 INCARCERATED, AND SO ON. LAWS 1688 00:53:53,263 --> 00:53:54,965 THAT PUSHED THE LEMKIN INSTITUTE 1689 00:53:54,965 --> 00:53:57,801 FOR GENOCIDE PREVENTION TO RAISE 1690 00:53:57,801 --> 00:54:00,670 THREE RED FLAGS REGARDING 1691 00:54:00,670 --> 00:54:02,105 TRANSGENDER SIDE IN THE US. SO 1692 00:54:02,105 --> 00:54:04,341 WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF QUEER 1693 00:54:04,341 --> 00:54:06,376 PEOPLE MOVE HERE OUT OF 1694 00:54:06,376 --> 00:54:08,078 SURVIVAL, SO MUCH SO THAT MANY 1695 00:54:08,078 --> 00:54:10,780 MOVE WITHOUT HOUSING SOLUTIONS. 1696 00:54:10,780 --> 00:54:13,083 UM, SO THE SITUATION IS SIMPLE 1697 00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:14,884 AT THIS POINT. WE'RE RECOGNIZING 1698 00:54:14,884 --> 00:54:18,288 THAT THOSE PEOPLE NEED SUPPORT 1699 00:54:18,288 --> 00:54:19,356 IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE 1700 00:54:19,356 --> 00:54:20,857 SITUATION WITHIN THE US IN OTHER 1701 00:54:20,857 --> 00:54:23,360 STATES AND JUST DOING THE RIGHT 1702 00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:24,828 THING. THANK YOU. 1703 00:54:24,828 --> 00:54:27,163 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AUDREY. 1704 00:54:27,163 --> 00:54:28,331 -- FOLLOWED BY HANNAH AND 1705 00:54:28,331 --> 00:54:29,733 MICHAEL. AUDREY. HANNAH. 1706 00:54:29,733 --> 00:54:31,635 MICHAEL. WELCOME. 1707 00:54:31,635 --> 00:54:32,636 -- HELLO CITY COUNCIL. 1708 00:54:32,636 --> 00:54:34,604 -- MY NAME IS AUDREY. I'M A 1709 00:54:34,604 --> 00:54:35,839 MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY 1710 00:54:35,839 --> 00:54:37,540 AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. I'M 1711 00:54:37,540 --> 00:54:39,809 HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO 1712 00:54:39,809 --> 00:54:40,443 APPROVE THE EMERGENCY FUNDING TO 1713 00:54:40,443 --> 00:54:43,313 SUPPORT TRANS REFUGEES. I AM 1714 00:54:43,313 --> 00:54:44,214 ORIGINALLY FROM TEXAS, AND MY 1715 00:54:44,214 --> 00:54:47,183 HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE IN 2023 1716 00:54:47,183 --> 00:54:48,518 FROM GEORGIA. UM, THERE ARE MANY 1717 00:54:48,518 --> 00:54:49,886 REASONS TO MOVE TO SEATTLE, BUT 1718 00:54:49,886 --> 00:54:52,289 ONE OF THEM WAS CONCERN ABOUT 1719 00:54:52,289 --> 00:54:53,556 THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE 1720 00:54:53,556 --> 00:54:54,291 SOUTH. BUT WE'RE VERY 1721 00:54:54,291 --> 00:54:56,359 PRIVILEGED THAT WE HAD THE 1722 00:54:56,359 --> 00:54:57,560 FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND FAMILY 1723 00:54:57,560 --> 00:54:59,295 SUPPORT TO MAKE OUR MOVE UP HERE 1724 00:54:59,295 --> 00:55:01,264 VERY SMOOTH. BUT MANY PEOPLE WHO 1725 00:55:01,264 --> 00:55:02,866 ARE TRYING TO MOVE UP HERE FOR A 1726 00:55:02,866 --> 00:55:04,534 BETTER LIFE, THEY DON'T HAVE 1727 00:55:04,534 --> 00:55:05,468 THOSE RESOURCES, BUT THEY STILL 1728 00:55:05,468 --> 00:55:06,403 COME HERE BECAUSE IT'S WORTH IT 1729 00:55:06,403 --> 00:55:09,506 TO SURVIVE. THE ANTI LGBTQ PLUS 1730 00:55:09,506 --> 00:55:12,776 LAWS AND VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH, 1731 00:55:12,776 --> 00:55:13,943 IN ADDITION TO TRANS PEOPLE 1732 00:55:13,943 --> 00:55:15,145 COMING HERE, THERE ARE LOTS OF 1733 00:55:15,145 --> 00:55:16,079 OTHER PEOPLE COMING HERE, WOMEN 1734 00:55:16,079 --> 00:55:18,281 FRIENDS OF MINE WHO COME HERE 1735 00:55:18,281 --> 00:55:20,350 BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT 1736 00:55:20,350 --> 00:55:21,017 WHEN THEY'RE PREGNANT, IF THEY 1737 00:55:21,017 --> 00:55:22,385 HAVE A MEDICALLY NECESSARY 1738 00:55:22,385 --> 00:55:23,086 ABORTION, THEIR DOCTOR WON'T LET 1739 00:55:23,086 --> 00:55:26,423 THEM DIE ON THE TABLE. THAT'S A 1740 00:55:26,423 --> 00:55:30,093 REAL CONCERN. THERE ARE CLIMATE 1741 00:55:30,093 --> 00:55:30,694 REFUGEES COMING HERE BECAUSE 1742 00:55:30,694 --> 00:55:31,361 IT'S UNTENABLE IN TEXAS. SO ALL 1743 00:55:31,361 --> 00:55:32,295 THAT TO SAY, OUR SYSTEMS ARE ARE 1744 00:55:32,295 --> 00:55:33,863 OVERBURDENED. AND I DO ENCOURAGE 1745 00:55:33,863 --> 00:55:38,468 US ALL TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT 1746 00:55:38,468 --> 00:55:38,635 TO. 1747 00:55:38,635 --> 00:55:40,036 -- THANK YOU. AUDREY. NEXT WE 1748 00:55:40,036 --> 00:55:44,407 HAVE HANNAH. WE HAVE HANNAH, 1749 00:55:44,407 --> 00:55:46,476 FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL. COLLEAGUES. 1750 00:55:46,476 --> 00:55:48,011 WE HAVE PROBABLY 12 MORE 1751 00:55:48,011 --> 00:55:48,278 SPEAKERS. 1752 00:55:48,278 --> 00:55:50,547 -- HI, I'M HANNAH FROM PIONEER 1753 00:55:50,547 --> 00:55:52,215 SQUARE AND I'M HERE TO MAKE 1754 00:55:52,215 --> 00:55:54,117 SURE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND 1755 00:55:54,117 --> 00:55:56,286 A GREAT SPACE FOR WALKING. I'M 1756 00:55:56,286 --> 00:55:57,787 ESPECIALLY HERE TO MAKE SURE 1757 00:55:57,787 --> 00:55:59,322 THESE REAL ESTATE DEALS GO 1758 00:55:59,322 --> 00:56:00,457 THROUGH AND WATCH OVER UNTIL THE 1759 00:56:00,457 --> 00:56:02,192 EMPTY LOTS ARE FILLED IN 1760 00:56:02,192 --> 00:56:04,027 DOWNTOWN, UNTIL THE CONSTRUCTION 1761 00:56:04,027 --> 00:56:05,428 IS COMPLETED. THERE IS A LOT 1762 00:56:05,428 --> 00:56:06,896 THAT GOES INTO MAKING A THRIVING 1763 00:56:06,896 --> 00:56:08,765 CITY AN ECONOMY, AND I WANT TO 1764 00:56:08,765 --> 00:56:10,266 THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR PAYING 1765 00:56:10,266 --> 00:56:11,234 CLOSE ATTENTION AND COMING UP 1766 00:56:11,234 --> 00:56:13,770 WITH LOTS OF CREATIVE SOLUTIONS 1767 00:56:13,770 --> 00:56:15,672 AND STANDING ON BUSINESS. 1768 00:56:15,672 --> 00:56:16,806 THERE'S A LOT OF PREDATORY 1769 00:56:16,806 --> 00:56:17,474 CALLING TO BUY PEOPLE'S HOMES, 1770 00:56:17,474 --> 00:56:18,608 AND IT'S EVEN A CONCERN WHEN 1771 00:56:18,608 --> 00:56:19,809 KIDS GET THEIR FIRST CELL PHONES 1772 00:56:19,809 --> 00:56:21,144 THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE THESE 1773 00:56:21,144 --> 00:56:23,580 CALLS TO BUY THEIR HOME, AND 1774 00:56:23,580 --> 00:56:25,348 IT'S CONFUSING FOR THEM. I ASK 1775 00:56:25,348 --> 00:56:26,616 COUNCIL TO PLEASE STAND UP FOR 1776 00:56:26,616 --> 00:56:28,051 THE LOCAL ECONOMY, PUBLIC TRUST 1777 00:56:28,051 --> 00:56:29,886 AND INTERESTS. THERE'S A 1778 00:56:29,886 --> 00:56:31,988 PETITION OF THE U TO TAKE LAND 1779 00:56:31,988 --> 00:56:33,623 OUT OF THE PUBLIC TRUST AND 1780 00:56:33,623 --> 00:56:35,258 PLACE IT INTO AN LLC FOR THEIR 1781 00:56:35,258 --> 00:56:36,292 DEVELOPMENT. I AGREE THAT THEY 1782 00:56:36,292 --> 00:56:37,994 NEED THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY 1783 00:56:37,994 --> 00:56:39,362 TO COMPLETE THE MUCH NEEDED 1784 00:56:39,362 --> 00:56:41,030 APARTMENT CONSTRUCTION, BUT 1785 00:56:41,030 --> 00:56:41,765 SEATTLE CAN'T AFFORD TO GIVE 1786 00:56:41,765 --> 00:56:43,933 LAND AWAY TO PRIVATE INTERESTS. 1787 00:56:43,933 --> 00:56:45,969 AN ELDERLY COMMUNITY GOT A MUCH 1788 00:56:45,969 --> 00:56:47,036 NEEDED SKY BRIDGE THAT THEY WILL 1789 00:56:47,036 --> 00:56:47,670 BUILD, AND THEY HAVE TO BUILD A 1790 00:56:47,670 --> 00:56:50,206 PARK. ON TOP OF THAT, PLEASE 1791 00:56:50,206 --> 00:56:50,840 NEGOTIATE BETTER FOR THE PUBLIC 1792 00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:55,011 TRUST AND DON'T ALLOW IT TO BE 1793 00:56:55,011 --> 00:56:55,311 TAKEN AWAY. 1794 00:56:55,311 --> 00:56:56,246 -- THANK YOU HANNAH. NEXT WE 1795 00:56:56,246 --> 00:56:59,182 HAVE MICHAEL. MICHAEL WOODWARD 1796 00:56:59,182 --> 00:57:00,650 FOLLOWED. MICHAEL ONE SECOND AND 1797 00:57:00,650 --> 00:57:06,322 THEN WE HAVE MELISSA SAM WOLFF, 1798 00:57:06,322 --> 00:57:08,958 LEXI, UH, GENEVIEVE. ASHLEY, L 1799 00:57:08,958 --> 00:57:10,560 AMANDA AND THEN DAVID LONG. 1800 00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:12,028 WELCOME. 1801 00:57:12,028 --> 00:57:14,397 -- THANK YOU. UM. PRESIDENT 1802 00:57:14,397 --> 00:57:14,764 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1803 00:57:14,764 --> 00:57:17,467 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, A SPECIAL 1804 00:57:17,467 --> 00:57:18,067 THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 1805 00:57:18,067 --> 00:57:19,335 AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR 1806 00:57:19,335 --> 00:57:20,370 THIS AFTERNOON. UM, I WANT TO 1807 00:57:20,370 --> 00:57:22,639 THANK ALL THE FINANCE COMMITTEE 1808 00:57:22,639 --> 00:57:24,207 FOR THE UNANIMOUS VOTE THIS 1809 00:57:24,207 --> 00:57:26,676 AFTERNOON OR THIS MORNING TO 1810 00:57:26,676 --> 00:57:27,343 SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MINE 1811 00:57:27,343 --> 00:57:28,711 WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO SUPPORT 1812 00:57:28,711 --> 00:57:29,312 THE EXPLODING GROWTH OF TRANS 1813 00:57:29,312 --> 00:57:30,980 MIGRANTS COMING TO SEATTLE. MY 1814 00:57:30,980 --> 00:57:32,449 NAME IS MICHAEL WOODWARD. I'M 1815 00:57:32,449 --> 00:57:33,750 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRACTION, 1816 00:57:33,750 --> 00:57:34,651 WHICH IS ONE OF THE 1817 00:57:34,651 --> 00:57:35,718 ORGANIZATIONS THAT'S BEEN 1818 00:57:35,718 --> 00:57:39,122 HELPING ALL THESE REFUGEES. THIS 1819 00:57:39,122 --> 00:57:40,256 IS AN INCREDIBLE HISTORIC STEP 1820 00:57:40,256 --> 00:57:41,057 FORWARD. AND WHILE WE ALL KNOW 1821 00:57:41,057 --> 00:57:42,759 IT WILL ONLY SCRATCH THE 1822 00:57:42,759 --> 00:57:44,894 SURFACE, THIS IS JUST THE 1823 00:57:44,894 --> 00:57:46,830 BEGINNING. NONETHELESS, I'M 1824 00:57:46,830 --> 00:57:47,630 PERSONALLY GRATEFUL FOR OPENING 1825 00:57:47,630 --> 00:57:49,899 THE DOOR. I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT 1826 00:57:49,899 --> 00:57:52,335 WEEK'S FULL COUNCIL VOTE AND 1827 00:57:52,335 --> 00:57:53,002 CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION. THANK 1828 00:57:53,002 --> 00:57:53,670 YOU. NOW I GOT A DASH BECAUSE I 1829 00:57:53,670 --> 00:57:54,103 GOTTA MOVE MY CAR. 1830 00:57:54,103 --> 00:57:56,973 -- THANK YOU MICHAEL. NEXT WE 1831 00:57:56,973 --> 00:57:57,941 HAVE MELISSA. IS MELISSA HERE? 1832 00:57:57,941 --> 00:58:01,277 FOLLOWED BY SAM, LEXI, AYDIN, 1833 00:58:01,277 --> 00:58:03,780 MELISSA. SAM. LEXI. IF YOU FOLKS 1834 00:58:03,780 --> 00:58:06,115 COULD START GETTING UP IS IS 1835 00:58:06,115 --> 00:58:07,050 MELISSA HERE? YEAH. AWESOME. ALL 1836 00:58:07,050 --> 00:58:08,852 RIGHT, COME ON, YOU ARE UP THEN. 1837 00:58:08,852 --> 00:58:10,553 SAM WOLF IS NEXT. I SEE SAM, WE 1838 00:58:10,553 --> 00:58:13,723 HAVE LEXI IS NEXT AND THEN AYDIN 1839 00:58:13,723 --> 00:58:16,426 AND THEN GUINEVERE. ASHLEY L 1840 00:58:16,426 --> 00:58:18,328 AMANDA. 1841 00:58:18,328 --> 00:58:19,896 -- OH MY GOD, I'M WAY OUT OF MY 1842 00:58:19,896 --> 00:58:22,465 COMFORT ZONE HERE. UM, BUT I 1843 00:58:22,465 --> 00:58:24,868 WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS, AND, 1844 00:58:24,868 --> 00:58:27,337 UM, I NEEDED TO LET YOU GUYS 1845 00:58:27,337 --> 00:58:29,906 KNOW THAT NOT TOO LONG AGO, I 1846 00:58:29,906 --> 00:58:32,108 WAS HOMELESS, AND I HAVE I CAME 1847 00:58:32,108 --> 00:58:34,177 MY BOYFRIEND, MY KEYS TO MY 1848 00:58:34,177 --> 00:58:35,912 APARTMENT. I NOW HAVE AN 1849 00:58:35,912 --> 00:58:37,747 APARTMENT. I'M GETTING A 1850 00:58:37,747 --> 00:58:40,583 DIVORCE. FINALLY FROM MY 1851 00:58:40,583 --> 00:58:42,552 PSYCHOTIC EX-HUSBAND. I'M A 1852 00:58:42,552 --> 00:58:44,053 LICENSED NOTARY. UM, DID I 1853 00:58:44,053 --> 00:58:45,355 MENTION I'M GETTING MY 1854 00:58:45,355 --> 00:58:47,924 DRIVER'S LICENSE BACK? AND 1855 00:58:47,924 --> 00:58:49,626 IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE LEAD 1856 00:58:49,626 --> 00:58:51,561 PROGRAM. THE LEAD PROGRAM HELPED 1857 00:58:51,561 --> 00:58:53,496 ME. I MEAN, THEY MOVED 1858 00:58:53,496 --> 00:58:56,065 MOUNTAINS. YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE 1859 00:58:56,065 --> 00:58:59,035 I HAD TICKETS FROM JUST BEING IN 1860 00:58:59,035 --> 00:59:01,304 MY CAR, YOU KNOW, AND I NEVER. 1861 00:59:01,304 --> 00:59:02,872 THEY TOLD ME I WASN'T GETTING 1862 00:59:02,872 --> 00:59:04,107 MY DRIVER'S LICENSE BACK UNTIL 1863 00:59:04,107 --> 00:59:08,611 I THINK IT WAS LIKE NOVEMBER OF 1864 00:59:08,611 --> 00:59:10,914 38. SO, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY, 1865 00:59:10,914 --> 00:59:12,048 IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M A BAD 1866 00:59:12,048 --> 00:59:14,150 DRIVER, BUT IT'S BECAUSE I'M. 1867 00:59:14,150 --> 00:59:16,052 LONG STORY ABOUT THAT. ANYWAYS, 1868 00:59:16,052 --> 00:59:16,686 I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS 1869 00:59:16,686 --> 00:59:18,988 KNOW. PLEASE SUPPORT THE LEAD 1870 00:59:18,988 --> 00:59:21,524 PROGRAM. THEY'VE DONE MIRACLES 1871 00:59:21,524 --> 00:59:24,494 FOR ME, MIRACLES. AND AYE. 1872 00:59:24,494 --> 00:59:25,161 -- THANK YOU, MELISSA. GOOD JOB. 1873 00:59:25,161 --> 00:59:28,665 ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE SAM 1874 00:59:28,665 --> 00:59:30,767 FOLLOWED BY LEXI AYDIN. WELCOME, 1875 00:59:30,767 --> 00:59:32,769 SAM 1876 00:59:32,769 --> 00:59:34,370 -- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. MY 1877 00:59:34,370 --> 00:59:35,271 NAME IS SAM WOLF. I WORK FOR 1878 00:59:35,271 --> 00:59:36,706 PDA, ONE OF THE NONPROFITS 1879 00:59:36,706 --> 00:59:38,241 WITHIN THE LEAD FRAMEWORK. UM, 1880 00:59:38,241 --> 00:59:39,576 I'M HERE REGARDING THE DRUG 1881 00:59:39,576 --> 00:59:41,244 ENFORCEMENT LEGISLATION. UM, IN 1882 00:59:41,244 --> 00:59:42,545 THE PAST FEW WEEKS, YOU'VE HEARD 1883 00:59:42,545 --> 00:59:43,913 A MULTITUDE OF VOICES FROM A LOT 1884 00:59:43,913 --> 00:59:45,181 OF LEAD CLIENTS TELLING THEIR 1885 00:59:45,181 --> 00:59:47,717 OWN PERSONAL STORIES OF CHANGE. 1886 00:59:47,717 --> 00:59:49,118 I HOPE THAT THESE HAVE BEEN 1887 00:59:49,118 --> 00:59:49,786 USEFUL DATA POINTS. AND I KNOW 1888 00:59:49,786 --> 00:59:50,553 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD 1889 00:59:50,553 --> 00:59:52,255 OF US. BUT ONE THING I WANT TO 1890 00:59:52,255 --> 00:59:54,190 SAY I APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS 1891 00:59:54,190 --> 00:59:55,458 LEGISLATION IS THAT IT PARTNERS 1892 00:59:55,458 --> 00:59:57,126 NEIGHBORHOOD ENFORCEMENT WITH 1893 00:59:57,126 --> 00:59:59,195 LONG TERM CASE MANAGEMENT, 1894 00:59:59,195 --> 01:00:00,263 CREATING PARTNERSHIP WHERE NO 1895 01:00:00,263 --> 01:00:02,565 ONE STRATEGY CAN DO IT ALONE. 1896 01:00:02,565 --> 01:00:04,100 THIS NOTION IS ALSO TRUE AT AN 1897 01:00:04,100 --> 01:00:05,001 INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND IS BUILT 1898 01:00:05,001 --> 01:00:07,503 INTO LEADS, CASE MANAGEMENT 1899 01:00:07,503 --> 01:00:09,272 STRATEGY. NO ONE RECOVERY 1900 01:00:09,272 --> 01:00:10,373 STRATEGY IS GOING TO WORK FOR 1901 01:00:10,373 --> 01:00:11,374 EVERYBODY, BUT EVERYBODY HAS A 1902 01:00:11,374 --> 01:00:12,842 STRATEGY THAT WILL WORK FOR 1903 01:00:12,842 --> 01:00:14,477 THEM. LEAD WILL WORK TO FIND 1904 01:00:14,477 --> 01:00:16,012 THAT, AND BEING IN LEAD DOESN'T 1905 01:00:16,012 --> 01:00:17,780 PRECLUDE OTHER APPROACHES. WHAT 1906 01:00:17,780 --> 01:00:18,881 IT DOES MEAN IS THAT WHEN 1907 01:00:18,881 --> 01:00:20,416 SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING, A LEAD 1908 01:00:20,416 --> 01:00:22,485 CASE MANAGER WILL WORK WITH THAT 1909 01:00:22,485 --> 01:00:25,054 PERSON TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL 1910 01:00:25,054 --> 01:00:25,655 RESTRATEGIZE COORDINATE WITH 1911 01:00:25,655 --> 01:00:27,490 PARTNERS, WHETHER LAW 1912 01:00:27,490 --> 01:00:28,324 ENFORCEMENT OR COMMUNITY, AND 1913 01:00:28,324 --> 01:00:30,026 GET US TO A BETTER PLACE? THANK 1914 01:00:30,026 --> 01:00:31,995 YOU TO COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING 1915 01:00:31,995 --> 01:00:32,929 CONTINUING TO BUILD A 1916 01:00:32,929 --> 01:00:33,563 SCAFFOLDING THROUGH WHICH WE CAN 1917 01:00:33,563 --> 01:00:35,131 KEEP WORKING TOWARDS A SEATTLE 1918 01:00:35,131 --> 01:00:37,934 THAT'S SAFE AND HEALTHY FOR. 1919 01:00:37,934 --> 01:00:38,134 ALL. 1920 01:00:38,134 --> 01:00:39,302 -- THANK YOU SAM. NEXT WE HAVE 1921 01:00:39,302 --> 01:00:41,037 LEXI, FOLLOWED BY EDEN, 1922 01:00:41,037 --> 01:00:45,675 GUINEVERE, ASHLEY, L, AMANDA AND 1923 01:00:45,675 --> 01:00:46,142 DAVID LONG. WELCOME. 1924 01:00:46,142 --> 01:00:48,578 -- HELLO. I'M LEXI, I'M HERE 1925 01:00:48,578 --> 01:00:50,813 IN FAVOR OF INCREASED BUDGET 1926 01:00:50,813 --> 01:00:51,347 ALLOCATION TOWARDS TRANS 1927 01:00:51,347 --> 01:00:52,682 REFUGEES AND THE TRANS COMMUNITY 1928 01:00:52,682 --> 01:00:53,783 IN SEATTLE. I AM CONSTANTLY 1929 01:00:53,783 --> 01:00:55,351 MEETING NEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE 1930 01:00:55,351 --> 01:00:57,253 RECENTLY MOVED HERE TO FLEE RED 1931 01:00:57,253 --> 01:00:59,022 STATE REPRESSION. MANY OF THESE 1932 01:00:59,022 --> 01:01:00,923 PEOPLE FACE UNEMPLOYMENT, 1933 01:01:00,923 --> 01:01:01,491 HOUSING INSECURITY, SOCIAL 1934 01:01:01,491 --> 01:01:03,159 ISOLATION AND HEALTH CARE AND 1935 01:01:03,159 --> 01:01:03,793 ACCESS WITHIN SEATTLE, WHICH IS 1936 01:01:03,793 --> 01:01:05,628 ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES 1937 01:01:05,628 --> 01:01:07,797 IN THE US, TO LIVE IN, SEATTLE 1938 01:01:07,797 --> 01:01:09,666 IS SAFER THAN OTHER PLACES IN 1939 01:01:09,666 --> 01:01:11,701 THE US, BUT IT SHOULD DO MUCH 1940 01:01:11,701 --> 01:01:13,269 MORE TO RECEIVE RED STATE 1941 01:01:13,269 --> 01:01:14,871 REFUGEES WITH OPEN ARMS. THIS IS 1942 01:01:14,871 --> 01:01:15,505 A REAL STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND 1943 01:01:15,505 --> 01:01:18,241 IT SHOULD BE DECLARED AS SUCH. 1944 01:01:18,241 --> 01:01:19,308 AND GIVEN THE THE BUDGET TO HELP 1945 01:01:19,308 --> 01:01:20,643 EVERYONE WHO NEEDS IT, WE SHOULD 1946 01:01:20,643 --> 01:01:22,478 NOT HARM THE COMMUNITY FURTHER 1947 01:01:22,478 --> 01:01:23,212 BY CONTINUING THE SWEEPS OR 1948 01:01:23,212 --> 01:01:25,014 PROPPING UP ORWELLIAN 1949 01:01:25,014 --> 01:01:26,215 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ON OUR 1950 01:01:26,215 --> 01:01:27,917 STREET CORNERS. THANK YOU. 1951 01:01:27,917 --> 01:01:30,653 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE EDIN, 1952 01:01:30,653 --> 01:01:32,855 FOLLOWED BY GUINEVERE. EDIN, 1953 01:01:32,855 --> 01:01:34,057 GUINEVERE, ASHLEY L. AMANDA. 1954 01:01:34,057 --> 01:01:36,926 DAVID. WELCOME. 1955 01:01:36,926 --> 01:01:39,262 -- HI, MY NAME IS STEVEN. 1956 01:01:39,262 --> 01:01:39,595 -- EDEN. UM. 1957 01:01:39,595 --> 01:01:42,532 -- I'M HERE TO BOTH 1958 01:01:42,532 --> 01:01:44,767 CONGRATULATE THE COMMITTEE ON 1959 01:01:44,767 --> 01:01:45,034 PASSING. 1960 01:01:45,034 --> 01:01:47,804 -- THE AMENDMENT. UM, TO 1961 01:01:47,804 --> 01:01:49,639 ALLOCATE MONEY FOR TRANS 1962 01:01:49,639 --> 01:01:50,273 REFUGEES AND ALSO TO ENCOURAGE 1963 01:01:50,273 --> 01:01:53,710 YOU ALL TO PASS THAT NEXT WEEK. 1964 01:01:53,710 --> 01:01:56,179 UM, I THINK THAT THE 1965 01:01:56,179 --> 01:01:57,747 PROCLAMATION TODAY WAS VERY 1966 01:01:57,747 --> 01:01:58,748 GREAT. AND I THINK THAT THE WAY 1967 01:01:58,748 --> 01:02:01,150 TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT IS 1968 01:02:01,150 --> 01:02:04,754 FINANCIALLY TO HELP OUR 1969 01:02:04,754 --> 01:02:07,590 COMMUNITY. UM. I KNOW THAT THERE 1970 01:02:07,590 --> 01:02:09,892 ARE A LOT OF GIRLS WHO ARE 1971 01:02:09,892 --> 01:02:11,527 MISSING THESE DAYS, RIGHT? I 1972 01:02:11,527 --> 01:02:14,097 KNOW THAT WE ALL MOURNED WHEN 1973 01:02:14,097 --> 01:02:15,965 JUNIPER BLESSING WAS MURDERED, 1974 01:02:15,965 --> 01:02:17,233 BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF GIRLS OUT 1975 01:02:17,233 --> 01:02:18,868 THERE WHO YOU SEE MISSING 1976 01:02:18,868 --> 01:02:20,503 POSTERS FOR, AND EVENTUALLY YOU 1977 01:02:20,503 --> 01:02:23,272 JUST START SEEING LESS AND LESS. 1978 01:02:23,272 --> 01:02:25,608 AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY THE 1979 01:02:25,608 --> 01:02:26,442 REALITY FOR A LOT OF TRANS 1980 01:02:26,442 --> 01:02:27,510 PEOPLE WHO END UP HERE AND 1981 01:02:27,510 --> 01:02:30,246 AREN'T ABLE TO FIND JOBS 1982 01:02:30,246 --> 01:02:31,414 IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE AS EVERYONE 1983 01:02:31,414 --> 01:02:32,882 KNOWS, THE MARKET'S A LITTLE 1984 01:02:32,882 --> 01:02:37,053 ROUGH RIGHT NOW. UM, SO YEAH, I 1985 01:02:37,053 --> 01:02:40,456 WANT TO SAY THAT I AM EXCITED 1986 01:02:40,456 --> 01:02:44,427 ABOUT THE WAY THAT THIS 1987 01:02:44,427 --> 01:02:45,762 AMENDMENT IS GOING FORWARD. 1988 01:02:45,762 --> 01:02:47,163 -- THANK YOU. EDEN. NEXT WE HAVE 1989 01:02:47,163 --> 01:02:48,431 GUINEVERE, FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY L 1990 01:02:48,431 --> 01:02:53,836 AND THEN AMANDA AND THEN DAVID. 1991 01:02:53,836 --> 01:02:57,373 WELCOME, GUINEVERE. 1992 01:02:57,373 --> 01:02:58,007 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, I WANT TO 1993 01:02:58,007 --> 01:02:59,709 IMPRESS UPON YOU THE SERIOUSNESS 1994 01:02:59,709 --> 01:03:00,343 OF THE CRISIS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE 1995 01:03:00,343 --> 01:03:03,212 ARE FACING IN THIS COUNTRY. IF I 1996 01:03:03,212 --> 01:03:04,814 WERE IN IDAHO RIGHT NOW, I WOULD 1997 01:03:04,814 --> 01:03:06,516 BE IN PRISON FOR USING THE 1998 01:03:06,516 --> 01:03:09,352 BATHROOM AS A TRANS WOMAN. THIS 1999 01:03:09,352 --> 01:03:10,620 IS AN OFFENSE WHICH CAN BE 2000 01:03:10,620 --> 01:03:12,455 PUNISHED WITH A SENTENCE UP TO 2001 01:03:12,455 --> 01:03:15,024 LIFE. THIS IS A GENOCIDE. TRANS 2002 01:03:15,024 --> 01:03:16,225 PEOPLE ARE FLEEING BY THE TENS 2003 01:03:16,225 --> 01:03:18,294 OF THOUSANDS TO WASHINGTON AND 2004 01:03:18,294 --> 01:03:20,096 SEATTLE BECAUSE WE ARE BEING 2005 01:03:20,096 --> 01:03:20,730 SYSTEMATICALLY EXTERMINATED IN 2006 01:03:20,730 --> 01:03:24,000 STATES LIKE IDAHO. THIS MORNING 2007 01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:24,500 YOU PASSED AN AMENDMENT 2008 01:03:24,500 --> 01:03:26,602 PROVIDING $300,000 FOR THE TRANS 2009 01:03:26,602 --> 01:03:29,205 REFUGEE CRISIS. THAT IS A START. 2010 01:03:29,205 --> 01:03:30,573 I NOW URGE YOU TO PASS THE 2011 01:03:30,573 --> 01:03:32,942 BUDGET, AS AMENDED, WITHOUT 2012 01:03:32,942 --> 01:03:34,777 DELAY AND DECLARE A STATE OF 2013 01:03:34,777 --> 01:03:36,445 EMERGENCY FOR TRANS REFUGEE 2014 01:03:36,445 --> 01:03:37,914 CRISIS. NOW. THANK YOU. 2015 01:03:37,914 --> 01:03:39,415 -- THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE 2016 01:03:39,415 --> 01:03:41,918 ASHLEY. WHERE'S ASHLEY? FOLLOWED 2017 01:03:41,918 --> 01:03:44,086 BY ELLE AND THEN AMANDA AND THEN 2018 01:03:44,086 --> 01:03:45,788 DAVID LONG. WELCOME, ASHLEY. 2019 01:03:45,788 --> 01:03:46,389 GOOD TO SEE YOU. 2020 01:03:46,389 --> 01:03:48,391 -- AYE. 2021 01:03:48,391 --> 01:03:48,691 -- UM, UH. 2022 01:03:48,691 --> 01:03:50,193 -- THANK YOU GUYS. I'M HERE ON 2023 01:03:50,193 --> 01:03:51,827 BEHALF OF PURPOSE, DIGNITY, 2024 01:03:51,827 --> 01:03:52,962 ACTION AND THE LEAD PROGRAM. UM, 2025 01:03:52,962 --> 01:03:54,964 IN THE LAST MONTH, UH, LIKE SAM 2026 01:03:54,964 --> 01:03:56,132 SAID, YOU'VE HEARD MORE THAN A 2027 01:03:56,132 --> 01:03:57,833 DOZEN PEOPLE COME AND TELL YOU 2028 01:03:57,833 --> 01:03:59,035 ABOUT HOW LEAD CHANGED THEIR 2029 01:03:59,035 --> 01:04:00,369 LIVES. THEY WERE ABLE TO SECURE 2030 01:04:00,369 --> 01:04:01,304 HOUSING, REJOIN THE WORKFORCE, 2031 01:04:01,304 --> 01:04:02,872 REUNITE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND 2032 01:04:02,872 --> 01:04:05,241 KIDS, AND ACHIEVE THEIR RECOVERY 2033 01:04:05,241 --> 01:04:07,443 GOALS. LEAD ALUMNI, WHO LEFT THE 2034 01:04:07,443 --> 01:04:08,277 PROGRAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, CAME 2035 01:04:08,277 --> 01:04:09,212 BACK TO TALK TO YOU ALL BECAUSE 2036 01:04:09,212 --> 01:04:10,980 OF HOW DEEPLY THEY BELIEVE IN 2037 01:04:10,980 --> 01:04:12,915 THIS PROGRAM. MANY OF THOSE 2038 01:04:12,915 --> 01:04:14,517 PARTICIPANTS TALKED ABOUT JAIL 2039 01:04:14,517 --> 01:04:15,851 TIME, COMPLIANCE BASED TREATMENT 2040 01:04:15,851 --> 01:04:17,320 PROGRAMS, AND OUTSTANDING 2041 01:04:17,320 --> 01:04:17,954 WARRANTS, OLD SCHOOL STRATEGIES 2042 01:04:17,954 --> 01:04:19,522 THAT FAILED TO CHANGE THEIR 2043 01:04:19,522 --> 01:04:21,157 TRAJECTORY. LEAD PARTICIPANTS IN 2044 01:04:21,157 --> 01:04:22,992 THE PROGRAM DON'T GAIN IMMUNITY 2045 01:04:22,992 --> 01:04:23,960 FROM PROSECUTION. WHAT THEY GAIN 2046 01:04:23,960 --> 01:04:25,795 IS A CONSTANT CONNECTION TO 2047 01:04:25,795 --> 01:04:27,129 CONTINUOUS CARE AND A FRAMEWORK 2048 01:04:27,129 --> 01:04:28,598 FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN LAW 2049 01:04:28,598 --> 01:04:30,333 ENFORCEMENT, SERVICE PROVIDERS 2050 01:04:30,333 --> 01:04:32,134 AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS. ALL 2051 01:04:32,134 --> 01:04:34,303 WHO INVEST IN SUPPORTING OUR 2052 01:04:34,303 --> 01:04:34,904 PARTICIPANTS AND HOLDING THEM 2053 01:04:34,904 --> 01:04:35,938 ACCOUNTABLE. IT'S REALLY, REALLY 2054 01:04:35,938 --> 01:04:37,240 POWERFUL TO COME OUT FROM JAIL 2055 01:04:37,240 --> 01:04:38,875 AND KEEP SEEING SOMEONE STANDING 2056 01:04:38,875 --> 01:04:40,109 THERE AND TELLING YOU THAT 2057 01:04:40,109 --> 01:04:42,278 THEY'RE THERE TO HELP. UM, AND 2058 01:04:42,278 --> 01:04:43,613 THIS PROGRAM REALLY MAKES A 2059 01:04:43,613 --> 01:04:44,380 DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. 2060 01:04:44,380 --> 01:04:46,182 SO I HOPE YOU CONSIDER THAT. 2061 01:04:46,182 --> 01:04:47,250 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2062 01:04:47,250 --> 01:04:48,451 -- THANK YOU. ASHLEY. NEXT WE 2063 01:04:48,451 --> 01:04:50,820 HAVE ELLE FOLLOWED BY AMANDA AND 2064 01:04:50,820 --> 01:04:53,322 DAVID. WELCOME, ELLE. GOOD TO 2065 01:04:53,322 --> 01:04:53,589 SEE YOU. 2066 01:04:53,589 --> 01:04:54,991 -- THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I'M 2067 01:04:54,991 --> 01:04:55,858 GOING TO GET THAT OUT OF THE 2068 01:04:55,858 --> 01:04:59,061 WAY. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR 2069 01:04:59,061 --> 01:05:00,429 PASSING THE ORDINANCE. AND I 2070 01:05:00,429 --> 01:05:02,665 WANT TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS AN 2071 01:05:02,665 --> 01:05:03,966 HONOR TO BE HERE. UM, THE ONE 2072 01:05:03,966 --> 01:05:05,468 THING THAT I WANT TO ASK FOR IS 2073 01:05:05,468 --> 01:05:05,968 SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT 2074 01:05:05,968 --> 01:05:08,204 DIFFERENT. I WANT TO SEE THE 2075 01:05:08,204 --> 01:05:10,139 COMMISSION BROKEN OUT AWAY FROM 2076 01:05:10,139 --> 01:05:11,274 THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, TO 2077 01:05:11,274 --> 01:05:14,477 STAND ON ITS OWN AND GIVE US AN 2078 01:05:14,477 --> 01:05:15,711 ENFORCEMENT ITEM THAT WE CAN GO 2079 01:05:15,711 --> 01:05:16,479 TO DIRECTLY, AND THEY CAN REPORT 2080 01:05:16,479 --> 01:05:17,647 DIRECTLY TO YOU. SO YOU'RE NOT 2081 01:05:17,647 --> 01:05:19,148 GOING THROUGH THE BACK DOOR 2082 01:05:19,148 --> 01:05:20,349 ANYMORE. PAY THE FOLKS THAT ARE 2083 01:05:20,349 --> 01:05:21,617 ON THAT COMMISSION MORE THAN 2084 01:05:21,617 --> 01:05:22,685 WHAT THEY'RE GETTING, AND GIVE 2085 01:05:22,685 --> 01:05:25,554 US A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2086 01:05:25,554 --> 01:05:29,759 OFFICER OF OUR OWN. STOP 2087 01:05:29,759 --> 01:05:30,393 REJECTING US. MAYOR WILSON. AND 2088 01:05:30,393 --> 01:05:33,329 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, MAYOR, 2089 01:05:33,329 --> 01:05:33,796 EXCUSE ME, PRESIDENT 2090 01:05:33,796 --> 01:05:35,998 HOLLINGSWORTH, THAT MAYOR 2091 01:05:35,998 --> 01:05:37,300 WILSON'S LAST TERM. LET'S STAND 2092 01:05:37,300 --> 01:05:39,268 UP AGAINST HER AND LET'S HELP 2093 01:05:39,268 --> 01:05:40,703 SUPPORT OUR RIGHTS. AND IF YOU 2094 01:05:40,703 --> 01:05:42,405 WANT TO SEE HOW MUTUAL AID IS 2095 01:05:42,405 --> 01:05:44,907 DONE WITHOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT 2096 01:05:44,907 --> 01:05:45,775 DIVERSION PROGRAMS, COME TO 2097 01:05:45,775 --> 01:05:47,243 CAPITOL HILL. EXCUSE ME. COME TO 2098 01:05:47,243 --> 01:05:48,744 CAL ANDERSON EVERY WEDNESDAY 2099 01:05:48,744 --> 01:05:51,414 NIGHT, 7 TO 9, AND GET SOME STEW 2100 01:05:51,414 --> 01:05:53,282 FROM STONE SOUP CREW. WE'RE 2101 01:05:53,282 --> 01:05:55,518 MUTUAL AID WITHOUT WITHOUT ANY 2102 01:05:55,518 --> 01:05:57,086 POLITICS OR RELIGION OR LAW 2103 01:05:57,086 --> 01:05:58,487 ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU. 2104 01:05:58,487 --> 01:06:04,527 -- THANK YOU THANK YOU. L NEXT 2105 01:06:04,527 --> 01:06:07,096 WE HAVE AMANDA, FOLLOWED BY 2106 01:06:07,096 --> 01:06:10,099 DAVID LONG. WELCOME, AMANDA. 2107 01:06:10,099 --> 01:06:11,867 -- HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HEARING 2108 01:06:11,867 --> 01:06:14,603 ME TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO BE 2109 01:06:14,603 --> 01:06:20,376 ONE MORE VOICE IN FAVOR OF EXTRA 2110 01:06:20,376 --> 01:06:20,943 FUNDING FOR TRANS REFUGEES. 2111 01:06:20,943 --> 01:06:22,912 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 2112 01:06:22,912 --> 01:06:25,214 FOR INTRODUCING THAT AMENDMENT, 2113 01:06:25,214 --> 01:06:28,884 AND I'M JUST URGING YOU TO PASS 2114 01:06:28,884 --> 01:06:31,887 THAT BILL. UM THAT FUNDING AS 2115 01:06:31,887 --> 01:06:35,591 AMENDED, UM, TOO MANY PEOPLE IN 2116 01:06:35,591 --> 01:06:38,227 THE COMMUNITY ARE SPENDING THEIR 2117 01:06:38,227 --> 01:06:39,462 OWN RESOURCES JUST TRYING TO 2118 01:06:39,462 --> 01:06:40,429 KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE. MY PARTNER 2119 01:06:40,429 --> 01:06:41,864 AND I HAVE HAD PEOPLE ON OUR 2120 01:06:41,864 --> 01:06:46,402 COUCH TOO MANY NIGHTS, AND IT'S 2121 01:06:46,402 --> 01:06:49,171 JUST WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS. 2122 01:06:49,171 --> 01:06:52,007 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 2123 01:06:52,007 --> 01:06:54,877 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DAVID 2124 01:06:54,877 --> 01:06:58,147 LONG, DAVID WELCOME. 2125 01:06:58,147 --> 01:06:58,981 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 2126 01:06:58,981 --> 01:07:00,583 -- THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. MY 2127 01:07:00,583 --> 01:07:04,387 NAME IS DAVID LONG TEP .ORG. WE 2128 01:07:04,387 --> 01:07:05,421 ARE A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS YOUTH 2129 01:07:05,421 --> 01:07:07,456 THAT ARE BATTLING FENTANYL, 2130 01:07:07,456 --> 01:07:09,725 ENFORCED HOMELESSNESS, AND 2131 01:07:09,725 --> 01:07:11,560 TALKING TO OUR YOUTH, AS WELL AS 2132 01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:12,595 TALKING TO BUSINESS OWNERS. ONE 2133 01:07:12,595 --> 01:07:15,364 THING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS 2134 01:07:15,364 --> 01:07:16,465 ENFORCEMENT. UM, HELPING PEOPLE, 2135 01:07:16,465 --> 01:07:19,201 AS YOU'VE HEARD, IS A WONDERFUL 2136 01:07:19,201 --> 01:07:21,337 THING, BUT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO 2137 01:07:21,337 --> 01:07:22,338 KILL THEMSELVES BECAUSE WE ARE 2138 01:07:22,338 --> 01:07:25,074 CALLING IT, UM, COMPASSION IS 2139 01:07:25,074 --> 01:07:27,109 NOT ALLOWED. UM, SEATTLE AS A 2140 01:07:27,109 --> 01:07:29,812 FIFTH GENERATION GENERATION, 2141 01:07:29,812 --> 01:07:31,247 SEATTLEITE IS A CITY THAT STOOD 2142 01:07:31,247 --> 01:07:34,617 ON DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINING 2143 01:07:34,617 --> 01:07:36,352 PEOPLE IS A SIGN OF LOVE. SO IF 2144 01:07:36,352 --> 01:07:39,622 WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BRING 2145 01:07:39,622 --> 01:07:41,590 BACK DISCIPLINE, BRING BACK 2146 01:07:41,590 --> 01:07:42,591 ORDER TO THE CITY, ALLOW PEOPLE 2147 01:07:42,591 --> 01:07:44,460 TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITY ON 2148 01:07:44,460 --> 01:07:47,063 FOOT WITHOUT BEING AFRAID WOULD 2149 01:07:47,063 --> 01:07:48,364 BE WONDERFUL. I KNOW THAT WE 2150 01:07:48,364 --> 01:07:50,132 HAVE THE POWER. I KNOW THAT WE 2151 01:07:50,132 --> 01:07:51,000 HAVE THE PEOPLE, AND I KNOW WE 2152 01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:54,003 HAVE THE RESOURCES. SO PLEASE, 2153 01:07:54,003 --> 01:07:55,504 LET'S ENFORCE. WHAT WE ALREADY 2154 01:07:55,504 --> 01:07:56,539 KNOW IS RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU. 2155 01:07:56,539 --> 01:07:58,140 -- THANK YOU. DAVID, ARE THERE 2156 01:07:58,140 --> 01:08:01,210 ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, 2157 01:08:01,210 --> 01:08:03,112 FOLKS AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW 2158 01:08:03,112 --> 01:08:06,415 IF WE HAD A PAPER. NO. OKAY. 2159 01:08:06,415 --> 01:08:07,516 AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR 2160 01:08:07,516 --> 01:08:08,484 BEING HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR 2161 01:08:08,484 --> 01:08:09,785 YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU 2162 01:08:09,785 --> 01:08:11,620 TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAME DOWN, 2163 01:08:11,620 --> 01:08:12,488 TOOK OFF WORK TO BE HERE AS 2164 01:08:12,488 --> 01:08:15,057 WELL. AND FOLKS, UH, MADE YOUR 2165 01:08:15,057 --> 01:08:16,225 WAY ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN. THE 2166 01:08:16,225 --> 01:08:17,393 FOLKS ON THE PHONE, ONLINE, 2167 01:08:17,393 --> 01:08:19,228 THROUGH EMAIL AND THE FOLKS THAT 2168 01:08:19,228 --> 01:08:20,663 STOP US EVERY DAY FOR YOUR 2169 01:08:20,663 --> 01:08:22,531 COMMENTS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE 2170 01:08:22,531 --> 01:08:23,999 IT. AND WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO 2171 01:08:23,999 --> 01:08:26,068 HAVE A SPACE OF RESPECT, LOVE, 2172 01:08:26,068 --> 01:08:28,437 AND, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC COMMENT 2173 01:08:28,437 --> 01:08:29,572 TIME FOR FOLKS BECAUSE WE KNOW 2174 01:08:29,572 --> 01:08:31,740 THAT WE ARE THE FRONT PORCH OF 2175 01:08:31,740 --> 01:08:32,441 CITY HALL. SO REALLY APPRECIATE 2176 01:08:32,441 --> 01:08:33,676 YOU ALL. AND WE'RE GOING TO JUMP 2177 01:08:33,676 --> 01:08:37,246 RIGHT INTO OUR AGENDA. SO IF 2178 01:08:37,246 --> 01:08:38,948 THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 2179 01:08:38,948 --> 01:08:39,482 INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 2180 01:08:39,482 --> 01:08:40,483 CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. 2181 01:08:40,483 --> 01:08:42,751 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE 2182 01:08:42,751 --> 01:08:43,285 INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 2183 01:08:43,285 --> 01:08:44,887 CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE'S 2184 01:08:44,887 --> 01:08:47,122 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 2185 01:08:47,122 --> 01:08:48,624 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 2186 01:08:48,624 --> 01:08:50,092 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WILL NOW 2187 01:08:50,092 --> 01:08:51,694 CONSIDER THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 2188 01:08:51,694 --> 01:08:53,362 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR 2189 01:08:53,362 --> 01:08:55,498 INCLUDE. MINUTES OF JULY 28th, 2190 01:08:55,498 --> 01:08:58,167 2026. COUNCIL BILL 121265. 2191 01:08:58,167 --> 01:09:00,436 PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. ARE THERE 2192 01:09:00,436 --> 01:09:01,070 ANY ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD 2193 01:09:01,070 --> 01:09:02,238 LIKE TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S 2194 01:09:02,238 --> 01:09:04,907 CONSENT CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, 2195 01:09:04,907 --> 01:09:06,442 I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 2196 01:09:06,442 --> 01:09:07,042 CALENDAR. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE 2197 01:09:07,042 --> 01:09:08,444 GIVE ME A SECOND? 2198 01:09:08,444 --> 01:09:08,744 -- SECOND. 2199 01:09:08,744 --> 01:09:09,945 -- I SHOULDN'T ASK, I SHOULD 2200 01:09:09,945 --> 01:09:11,380 JUST SAY IF THERE'S A SECOND. 2201 01:09:11,380 --> 01:09:12,815 OKAY. THERE WAS A SECOND. THANK 2202 01:09:12,815 --> 01:09:13,582 YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND 2203 01:09:13,582 --> 01:09:14,817 SECOND, TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 2204 01:09:14,817 --> 01:09:16,085 CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2205 01:09:16,085 --> 01:09:16,819 CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF 2206 01:09:16,819 --> 01:09:19,421 THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 2207 01:09:19,421 --> 01:09:22,591 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 2208 01:09:22,591 --> 01:09:23,058 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2209 01:09:23,058 --> 01:09:25,060 -- YES. 2210 01:09:25,060 --> 01:09:25,594 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2211 01:09:25,594 --> 01:09:27,496 -- AYE. 2212 01:09:27,496 --> 01:09:28,030 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2213 01:09:28,030 --> 01:09:30,299 -- AYE. 2214 01:09:30,299 --> 01:09:30,799 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2215 01:09:30,799 --> 01:09:32,268 -- YES. 2216 01:09:32,268 --> 01:09:34,436 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 2217 01:09:34,436 --> 01:09:37,306 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2218 01:09:37,306 --> 01:09:39,375 -- AYE. 2219 01:09:39,375 --> 01:09:39,875 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2220 01:09:39,875 --> 01:09:40,109 -- AYE. 2221 01:09:40,109 --> 01:09:41,744 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2222 01:09:41,744 --> 01:09:42,111 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2223 01:09:42,111 --> 01:09:42,344 -- YES. 2224 01:09:42,344 --> 01:09:43,812 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 2225 01:09:43,812 --> 01:09:44,914 -- CONSENT. CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. 2226 01:09:44,914 --> 01:09:45,948 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY 2227 01:09:45,948 --> 01:09:47,816 SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND 2228 01:09:47,816 --> 01:09:48,851 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? WILL 2229 01:09:48,851 --> 01:09:49,618 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 2230 01:09:49,618 --> 01:09:51,287 NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD. 2231 01:09:51,287 --> 01:09:54,523 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE. COUNCIL 2232 01:09:54,523 --> 01:09:56,125 12126262. AN ORDINANCE RELATING 2233 01:09:56,125 --> 01:09:57,660 TO CITY EMPLOYMENT ADOPTING IN 2234 01:09:57,660 --> 01:10:00,596 2026 CITY WIDE POSITION LIST. 2235 01:10:00,596 --> 01:10:05,100 -- AWESOME. UM, OKAY. I MOVE TO 2236 01:10:05,100 --> 01:10:06,468 PASS COUNCIL BILL 121265. IS 2237 01:10:06,468 --> 01:10:09,805 THERE A SECOND? 2238 01:10:09,805 --> 01:10:10,105 -- SECOND. 2239 01:10:10,105 --> 01:10:12,541 -- PARDON ME. EXCUSE ME. 121262. 2240 01:10:12,541 --> 01:10:15,177 IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? 2241 01:10:15,177 --> 01:10:16,312 AWESOME. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN 2242 01:10:16,312 --> 01:10:17,746 SECOND TO PASS THE BILL. 2243 01:10:17,746 --> 01:10:18,380 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AS SPONSOR 2244 01:10:18,380 --> 01:10:19,582 OF THE BILL, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED 2245 01:10:19,582 --> 01:10:26,255 IN ORDER TO ADDRESS IT. 2246 01:10:26,255 --> 01:10:27,423 -- THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE, 2247 01:10:27,423 --> 01:10:28,490 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WHICH BILL? 2248 01:10:28,490 --> 01:10:31,293 WHICH ITEM ARE WE ON RIGHT NOW? 2249 01:10:31,293 --> 01:10:31,927 -- I APOLOGIZE, IT'S COUNCIL 2250 01:10:31,927 --> 01:10:33,829 BILL 121262. AN ORDINANCE 2251 01:10:33,829 --> 01:10:35,097 RELATING TO CITY EMPLOYMENT 2252 01:10:35,097 --> 01:10:37,933 ADOPTING THE 2026 CITYWIDE 2253 01:10:37,933 --> 01:10:42,304 POSITION LIST I BELIEVE. GIVE ME 2254 01:10:42,304 --> 01:10:45,608 ONE SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO BE 2255 01:10:45,608 --> 01:10:51,113 AT EASE REAL QUICK. SO WHEN 2256 01:10:51,113 --> 01:10:52,214 WE'RE IN AT EASE, WE'RE STILL 2257 01:10:52,214 --> 01:10:53,782 DOING THE MEETING, BUT WE'RE 2258 01:10:53,782 --> 01:10:56,151 JUST CHECKING UP INFORMATION TO 2259 01:10:56,151 --> 01:10:59,321 MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CORRECT 2260 01:10:59,321 --> 01:11:02,925 INFO. SO WE HAVE THE 2261 01:11:02,925 --> 01:11:04,760 UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCE NOW. AND 2262 01:11:04,760 --> 01:11:05,527 THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL HEAR FOR 2263 01:11:05,527 --> 01:11:13,636 THE NEXT 30s. THANK YOU 2264 01:11:13,636 --> 01:11:15,571 -- COUNCIL. I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK 2265 01:11:15,571 --> 01:11:18,841 TO THIS JUST BRIEFLY. I SEE I 2266 01:11:18,841 --> 01:11:21,010 HAVE. 2267 01:11:21,010 --> 01:11:21,410 -- COUNCILMEMBER. 2268 01:11:21,410 --> 01:11:24,947 -- THIS IS. 2269 01:11:24,947 --> 01:11:26,448 -- AWESOME. 2270 01:11:26,448 --> 01:11:27,116 -- I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THAT. 2271 01:11:27,116 --> 01:11:28,550 MAY AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2272 01:11:28,550 --> 01:11:29,451 ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. 2273 01:11:29,451 --> 01:11:30,819 APOLOGIES. 2274 01:11:30,819 --> 01:11:31,320 -- COLLEAGUES, FOR THE 2275 01:11:31,320 --> 01:11:32,554 CONFUSION. UM, THIS PARTICULAR 2276 01:11:32,554 --> 01:11:34,757 PIECE OF LEGISLATION, WHILE IT 2277 01:11:34,757 --> 01:11:36,725 PERTAINS TO HUMAN RESOURCES FOR 2278 01:11:36,725 --> 01:11:38,827 THE CITY, UM, IT DOES COME 2279 01:11:38,827 --> 01:11:40,996 STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL AND DOES NOT 2280 01:11:40,996 --> 01:11:41,630 FLOW THROUGH COMMITTEE, WHICH IS 2281 01:11:41,630 --> 01:11:43,632 WHY I DO NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE 2282 01:11:43,632 --> 01:11:44,800 REPORT PREPARED FOR IT TODAY. 2283 01:11:44,800 --> 01:11:46,502 UM, THIS IS STRAIGHTFORWARD 2284 01:11:46,502 --> 01:11:47,136 ROUTINE LEGISLATION RELATED TO 2285 01:11:47,136 --> 01:11:48,837 CITY EMPLOYMENT AND ESTABLISHING 2286 01:11:48,837 --> 01:11:50,773 AND ADOPTING A 2026 CITYWIDE 2287 01:11:50,773 --> 01:11:51,340 POSITION LIST. APOLOGIES, 2288 01:11:51,340 --> 01:11:53,409 COLLEAGUES, FOR THE CONFUSION. 2289 01:11:53,409 --> 01:11:54,677 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2290 01:11:54,677 --> 01:11:56,011 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, AND FOR 2291 01:11:56,011 --> 01:11:56,612 CATCHING THAT. I FORGOT THAT 2292 01:11:56,612 --> 01:11:57,746 CAME STRAIGHT TO COMMITTEE OR 2293 01:11:57,746 --> 01:11:59,048 EXCUSE ME TO COUNCIL AND NOT 2294 01:11:59,048 --> 01:12:01,216 THROUGH COMMITTEE. SO, 2295 01:12:01,216 --> 01:12:03,419 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY 2296 01:12:03,419 --> 01:12:04,019 COMMENTS REGARDING REGARDING 2297 01:12:04,019 --> 01:12:07,823 COUNCIL BILL 121262? SEEING 2298 01:12:07,823 --> 01:12:08,957 NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 2299 01:12:08,957 --> 01:12:11,493 THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE 2300 01:12:11,493 --> 01:12:14,096 BILL? 2301 01:12:14,096 --> 01:12:14,963 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2302 01:12:14,963 --> 01:12:17,332 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES. 2303 01:12:17,332 --> 01:12:17,866 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2304 01:12:17,866 --> 01:12:18,801 -- AYE. 2305 01:12:18,801 --> 01:12:21,103 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2306 01:12:21,103 --> 01:12:21,337 -- AYE. 2307 01:12:21,337 --> 01:12:23,572 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2308 01:12:23,572 --> 01:12:23,806 -- YES. 2309 01:12:23,806 --> 01:12:25,808 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 2310 01:12:25,808 --> 01:12:26,041 -- YES. 2311 01:12:26,041 --> 01:12:27,976 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2312 01:12:27,976 --> 01:12:28,210 -- AYE. 2313 01:12:28,210 --> 01:12:29,978 -- COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA. 2314 01:12:29,978 --> 01:12:30,379 -- AYE. 2315 01:12:30,379 --> 01:12:32,147 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2316 01:12:32,147 --> 01:12:32,514 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2317 01:12:32,514 --> 01:12:32,748 -- YES. 2318 01:12:32,748 --> 01:12:33,716 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 2319 01:12:33,716 --> 01:12:35,017 -- BILL PASSES. CHAIR WILL SIGN 2320 01:12:35,017 --> 01:12:36,418 IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX 2321 01:12:36,418 --> 01:12:38,454 MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION 2322 01:12:38,454 --> 01:12:39,188 ON MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK 2323 01:12:39,188 --> 01:12:41,156 PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO 2324 01:12:41,156 --> 01:12:41,890 THE RECORD. 2325 01:12:41,890 --> 01:12:44,626 -- AGENDA ITEM TWO COUNCIL BILLS 2326 01:12:44,626 --> 01:12:47,563 121264 RELATING TO PARKING 2327 01:12:47,563 --> 01:12:48,163 PAYMENT DEVICES. COIN REVENUE 2328 01:12:48,163 --> 01:12:51,233 COLLECTION. AMENDING SECTION 2329 01:12:51,233 --> 01:12:51,834 11.16.4 80 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 2330 01:12:51,834 --> 01:12:53,035 CODE TO TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY 2331 01:12:53,035 --> 01:12:54,737 FOR THE PHYSICAL COLLECTION OF 2332 01:12:54,737 --> 01:12:56,805 COIN REVENUE FROM PARKING 2333 01:12:56,805 --> 01:12:57,339 PAYMENT DEVICES FROM THE 2334 01:12:57,339 --> 01:12:59,641 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO THE 2335 01:12:59,641 --> 01:13:02,311 SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 2336 01:13:02,311 --> 01:13:02,678 TRANSPORTATION. 2337 01:13:02,678 --> 01:13:06,115 -- AWESOME. I MOVE TO PASS 2338 01:13:06,115 --> 01:13:07,416 COUNCIL BILL 121264. IS THERE A 2339 01:13:07,416 --> 01:13:07,649 SECOND? 2340 01:13:07,649 --> 01:13:08,984 -- SECOND. 2341 01:13:08,984 --> 01:13:10,018 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO 2342 01:13:10,018 --> 01:13:12,354 PASS THE BILL. THIS IS ANOTHER 2343 01:13:12,354 --> 01:13:14,323 BILL THAT WAS BYPASSED, UH, 2344 01:13:14,323 --> 01:13:15,824 COMMITTEE AND CAME STRAIGHT TO 2345 01:13:15,824 --> 01:13:19,294 COUNCIL. SO I'M NOT I CAN 2346 01:13:19,294 --> 01:13:19,895 RECOGNIZE YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2347 01:13:19,895 --> 01:13:20,496 SAKA AS SPONSOR OF THE BILL, 2348 01:13:20,496 --> 01:13:21,697 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO 2349 01:13:21,697 --> 01:13:22,498 ADDRESS IT. 2350 01:13:22,498 --> 01:13:24,433 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 2351 01:13:24,433 --> 01:13:26,535 PRESIDENT, UH, COLLEAGUES, THIS 2352 01:13:26,535 --> 01:13:29,271 IS A FAIRLY ROUTINE, ORDINARY 2353 01:13:29,271 --> 01:13:31,907 BILL THAT IMPLEMENTS A UNIQUE 2354 01:13:31,907 --> 01:13:34,109 AND IMPORTANT, UM, YOU KNOW, 2355 01:13:34,109 --> 01:13:37,379 POLICY CHANGE LOCALLY, 2356 01:13:37,379 --> 01:13:37,980 SPECIFICALLY, THIS ORDINANCE 2357 01:13:37,980 --> 01:13:39,281 AMENDS A SPECIFIC SECTION OF THE 2358 01:13:39,281 --> 01:13:43,352 SMC TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, 2359 01:13:43,352 --> 01:13:43,986 TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE 2360 01:13:43,986 --> 01:13:45,154 PHYSICAL COLLECTION OF COIN 2361 01:13:45,154 --> 01:13:48,023 REVENUE FROM PARKING PAYMENT 2362 01:13:48,023 --> 01:13:51,260 DEVICES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 2363 01:13:51,260 --> 01:13:51,827 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE 2364 01:13:51,827 --> 01:13:56,098 SERVICES. SO FAS TO THE SEATTLE 2365 01:13:56,098 --> 01:13:56,732 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO 2366 01:13:56,732 --> 01:13:59,701 IMPLEMENT AN OPERATIONAL CHANGE 2367 01:13:59,701 --> 01:14:00,869 MADE VIA THE 2026 ADOPTED 2368 01:14:00,869 --> 01:14:03,739 BUDGET. IT ALSO PERMIT SDOT TO 2369 01:14:03,739 --> 01:14:04,706 TEMPORARILY STORE COLLECTED 2370 01:14:04,706 --> 01:14:06,975 COINS AND SECURE FACILITIES 2371 01:14:06,975 --> 01:14:08,677 PRIOR TO TRANSFER, WHILE THE 2372 01:14:08,677 --> 01:14:11,313 COIN PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 2373 01:14:11,313 --> 01:14:14,683 1% OF ALL PAID PARKING REVENUE, 2374 01:14:14,683 --> 01:14:15,284 COINS ARE AN IMPORTANT OPTION 2375 01:14:15,284 --> 01:14:18,187 FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE 2376 01:14:18,187 --> 01:14:19,755 ACCESS TO CREDIT CARDS, 2377 01:14:19,755 --> 01:14:22,157 SMARTPHONES, BANKING, AND THE 2378 01:14:22,157 --> 01:14:23,725 LIKE. UM AND OR WOULD JUST 2379 01:14:23,725 --> 01:14:25,060 PREFER TO MAKE THESE SMALL 2380 01:14:25,060 --> 01:14:27,996 PAYMENTS. SO, UH, THANK YOU. 2381 01:14:27,996 --> 01:14:31,533 PRETTY ROUTINE. ORDINARY. UM, 2382 01:14:31,533 --> 01:14:33,502 MOSTLY TECHNICAL, UH, PIECE OF 2383 01:14:33,502 --> 01:14:34,570 LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT PRIOR 2384 01:14:34,570 --> 01:14:35,337 BUDGET DECISIONS. ASK FOR YOUR 2385 01:14:35,337 --> 01:14:36,004 SUPPORT. 2386 01:14:36,004 --> 01:14:37,639 -- THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK 2387 01:14:37,639 --> 01:14:40,142 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. ARE 2388 01:14:40,142 --> 01:14:40,676 THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS 2389 01:14:40,676 --> 01:14:42,244 REGARDING THE BILL? COUNCIL BILL 2390 01:14:42,244 --> 01:14:45,080 ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, SIX FOUR. 2391 01:14:45,080 --> 01:14:46,181 SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK 2392 01:14:46,181 --> 01:14:47,516 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 2393 01:14:47,516 --> 01:14:51,220 PASSAGE OF THE BILL 2394 01:14:51,220 --> 01:14:53,222 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AYE. 2395 01:14:53,222 --> 01:14:56,859 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES. 2396 01:14:56,859 --> 01:14:58,460 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2397 01:14:58,460 --> 01:14:58,927 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2398 01:14:58,927 --> 01:15:00,395 -- AYE. 2399 01:15:00,395 --> 01:15:00,863 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2400 01:15:00,863 --> 01:15:02,998 -- YES. 2401 01:15:02,998 --> 01:15:04,733 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 2402 01:15:04,733 --> 01:15:05,200 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2403 01:15:05,200 --> 01:15:07,069 -- AYE. 2404 01:15:07,069 --> 01:15:07,569 -- COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA. 2405 01:15:07,569 --> 01:15:09,304 -- AYE. 2406 01:15:09,304 --> 01:15:09,771 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2407 01:15:09,771 --> 01:15:11,206 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2408 01:15:11,206 --> 01:15:11,440 -- YES. 2409 01:15:11,440 --> 01:15:12,341 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 2410 01:15:12,341 --> 01:15:14,009 -- PASSES. TERRIBLE. TERRIBLE. 2411 01:15:14,009 --> 01:15:15,544 SIGN UP. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2412 01:15:15,544 --> 01:15:17,880 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 2413 01:15:17,880 --> 01:15:20,415 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? YAY 2414 01:15:20,415 --> 01:15:21,383 FOR PARKING METERS. THANK YOU, 2415 01:15:21,383 --> 01:15:23,051 MISS YVETTE. WILL THE CLERK 2416 01:15:23,051 --> 01:15:24,520 PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE 2417 01:15:24,520 --> 01:15:25,754 INTO THE RECORD. 2418 01:15:25,754 --> 01:15:27,289 -- FOR THE HOUSING AND CIVIL 2419 01:15:27,289 --> 01:15:27,890 RIGHTS COMMITTEE? AGENDA ITEM 2420 01:15:27,890 --> 01:15:29,625 THREE. COUNCIL BILL ONE, 21259 2421 01:15:29,625 --> 01:15:31,026 RELATE TO UNFAIR HOUSING 2422 01:15:31,026 --> 01:15:32,160 PRACTICES, ADDING NEW 2423 01:15:32,160 --> 01:15:34,496 PROTECTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS FROM 2424 01:15:34,496 --> 01:15:37,099 UNWANTED SOLICITATION OF 2425 01:15:37,099 --> 01:15:37,599 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BY 2426 01:15:37,599 --> 01:15:38,834 ESTABLISHING A. DO NOT SOLICIT 2427 01:15:38,834 --> 01:15:40,636 LIST. PROVIDING AN ENFORCEMENT 2428 01:15:40,636 --> 01:15:42,271 PROCESS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES. 2429 01:15:42,271 --> 01:15:43,071 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE 2430 01:15:43,071 --> 01:15:44,039 BILL, AS AMENDED. 2431 01:15:44,039 --> 01:15:45,507 -- AWESOME. NOW, THIS BILL DID 2432 01:15:45,507 --> 01:15:46,808 GO THROUGH COMMITTEE SO 2433 01:15:46,808 --> 01:15:48,110 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS 2434 01:15:48,110 --> 01:15:48,677 COMMITTEE CHAIR, YOU'RE 2435 01:15:48,677 --> 01:15:49,444 RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS 2436 01:15:49,444 --> 01:15:50,646 IT. 2437 01:15:50,646 --> 01:15:52,047 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 2438 01:15:52,047 --> 01:15:53,215 PRESIDENT. I'M THRILLED TO HAVE 2439 01:15:53,215 --> 01:15:54,449 THIS BILL UP FOR A VOTE TODAY IN 2440 01:15:54,449 --> 01:15:57,452 FULL COUNCIL, AFTER HAVING IT IN 2441 01:15:57,452 --> 01:15:58,086 COMMITTEE THREE TIMES STARTING 2442 01:15:58,086 --> 01:16:00,856 BACK IN JUNE. BUT I WANT TO 2443 01:16:00,856 --> 01:16:01,456 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE IDEA AND 2444 01:16:01,456 --> 01:16:03,659 THE NEED FOR THIS APPROACH 2445 01:16:03,659 --> 01:16:05,027 DIDN'T START WITH ME AND MY 2446 01:16:05,027 --> 01:16:06,461 ELECTION, OR THE PROCESS THAT WE 2447 01:16:06,461 --> 01:16:07,963 STARTED IN MY COMMITTEE, BUT IT 2448 01:16:07,963 --> 01:16:09,531 STARTED WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS 2449 01:16:09,531 --> 01:16:11,366 IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT TRYING 2450 01:16:11,366 --> 01:16:13,502 TO KEEP THEIR HOMES AMIDST AN 2451 01:16:13,502 --> 01:16:14,670 ONSLAUGHT OF INCREDIBLE OVER 2452 01:16:14,670 --> 01:16:17,139 SOLICITATION AND UNDERVALUED 2453 01:16:17,139 --> 01:16:18,941 OPTIONS BEING PRESENTED TO THEM. 2454 01:16:18,941 --> 01:16:20,075 IT STARTED WITH A REPORT FROM 2455 01:16:20,075 --> 01:16:21,810 RAINIER BEACH ACTION COALITION 2456 01:16:21,810 --> 01:16:25,013 ABOUT DISASTER, GENTRIFICATION 2457 01:16:25,013 --> 01:16:27,015 AND REQUESTING INTERVENTION FROM 2458 01:16:27,015 --> 01:16:29,217 THE CITY. IT STARTED WITH 2459 01:16:29,217 --> 01:16:29,685 COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO 2460 01:16:29,685 --> 01:16:30,285 SELF-ORGANIZED TO COMMUNICATE 2461 01:16:30,285 --> 01:16:32,921 THAT THEIR HOMES WERE NOT FOR 2462 01:16:32,921 --> 01:16:34,256 SALE BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO 2463 01:16:34,256 --> 01:16:36,291 PUT AN END TO THE PREDATORY 2464 01:16:36,291 --> 01:16:37,092 PRACTICES THAT THEY WERE 2465 01:16:37,092 --> 01:16:38,193 CONTINUING TO BE. AT THE OTHER 2466 01:16:38,193 --> 01:16:40,729 END OF, UM, AND BECAUSE THEY 2467 01:16:40,729 --> 01:16:43,165 WERE RECEIVING UNWANTED 2468 01:16:43,165 --> 01:16:43,799 SOLICITATION FROM. YES, AS WE 2469 01:16:43,799 --> 01:16:46,635 HEARD TODAY, WHOLESALERS, BUT 2470 01:16:46,635 --> 01:16:47,803 ALSO FROM END BUYER 2471 01:16:47,803 --> 01:16:48,437 REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE SEEKING 2472 01:16:48,437 --> 01:16:49,905 TO GET THEIR CLIENTS INTO 2473 01:16:49,905 --> 01:16:51,406 SPECIFIC HOMES OR NEIGHBORHOODS 2474 01:16:51,406 --> 01:16:52,774 THAT WERE BECOMING MORE 2475 01:16:52,774 --> 01:16:54,076 DESIRABLE. UM, THIS BILL IS, I 2476 01:16:54,076 --> 01:16:57,713 THINK, EVIDENCE OF WHEN WE START 2477 01:16:57,713 --> 01:16:59,047 WITH WORKING TO SUPPORT ONE 2478 01:16:59,047 --> 01:17:00,082 PROTECTED CLASS OR ONE GROUP OF 2479 01:17:00,082 --> 01:17:04,353 RESIDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING, UM, 2480 01:17:04,353 --> 01:17:04,987 UNWANTED OUTREACH, WE ACTUALLY 2481 01:17:04,987 --> 01:17:06,154 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BENEFIT 2482 01:17:06,154 --> 01:17:08,590 ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. SINCE WE 2483 01:17:08,590 --> 01:17:12,427 STARTED WORKING ON THIS, WE HAVE 2484 01:17:12,427 --> 01:17:13,061 COMMUNICATED WITH RESIDENTS FROM 2485 01:17:13,061 --> 01:17:14,463 DISTRICTS ALL AROUND THE CITY 2486 01:17:14,463 --> 01:17:15,897 AND HEARD THE STORIES AND THE 2487 01:17:15,897 --> 01:17:17,466 EXPERIENCES THAT THEY'VE HAD. 2488 01:17:17,466 --> 01:17:19,201 AND I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF 2489 01:17:19,201 --> 01:17:20,469 THOSE WITH YOU TODAY. 2490 01:17:20,469 --> 01:17:21,703 COLLEAGUES. THIS IS FROM A 2491 01:17:21,703 --> 01:17:25,040 DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT. UM, I 2492 01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:27,142 RECEIVED A COMPLETED AND SIGNED 2493 01:17:27,142 --> 01:17:28,176 PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH 2494 01:17:28,176 --> 01:17:30,479 A LETTER THAT SAID, PER OUR 2495 01:17:30,479 --> 01:17:31,747 CONVERSATION, PLEASE SIGN AND 2496 01:17:31,747 --> 01:17:33,715 RETURN. EXCEPT THERE WAS NO 2497 01:17:33,715 --> 01:17:35,283 CONVERSATION. IT WAS A SCAM. IT 2498 01:17:35,283 --> 01:17:37,119 WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AN 2499 01:17:37,119 --> 01:17:38,787 ELDERLY DISABLED COUPLE ON 2500 01:17:38,787 --> 01:17:41,156 ANOTHER STREET LOST THEIR HOME 2501 01:17:41,156 --> 01:17:41,757 UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. 2502 01:17:41,757 --> 01:17:43,225 WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER SIGNED AND 2503 01:17:43,225 --> 01:17:44,826 THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MEANS TO 2504 01:17:44,826 --> 01:17:46,628 HIRE AN ATTORNEY AND FIGHT THE 2505 01:17:46,628 --> 01:17:47,229 SALE. THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THEY 2506 01:17:47,229 --> 01:17:48,897 HAD INSTALLED A VERY HIGH GRADE 2507 01:17:48,897 --> 01:17:50,098 WHEELCHAIR RAMP. THEY HAD NO 2508 01:17:50,098 --> 01:17:52,701 INTENTION OF SELLING THEIR HOME 2509 01:17:52,701 --> 01:17:54,703 FROM ANOTHER RESIDENT. I'VE 2510 01:17:54,703 --> 01:17:56,038 RECEIVED MULTIPLE PAGE PURCHASE 2511 01:17:56,038 --> 01:17:57,139 AND SALE AGREEMENTS, SPOKEN WITH 2512 01:17:57,139 --> 01:17:58,540 PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUY MY 2513 01:17:58,540 --> 01:17:59,908 PROPERTY AND OFFER TO RESERVE A 2514 01:17:59,908 --> 01:18:01,443 UNIT FOR ME ON THE LAND THAT I 2515 01:18:01,443 --> 01:18:03,745 WOULD NO LONGER OWN. IT IS 2516 01:18:03,745 --> 01:18:05,380 RELENTLESS. I'VE RECEIVED AT 2517 01:18:05,380 --> 01:18:06,815 LEAST ONE SOLICITATION A WEEK, 2518 01:18:06,815 --> 01:18:07,916 TYPICALLY 2 OR 3 THE ENTIRE TIME 2519 01:18:07,916 --> 01:18:09,518 I'VE OWNED THE HOUSE, EXCEPT 2520 01:18:09,518 --> 01:18:11,420 FOR A BRIEF PERIOD DURING THE 2521 01:18:11,420 --> 01:18:13,822 GREAT RECESSION. WE'VE HEARD 2522 01:18:13,822 --> 01:18:15,490 STORIES LIKE THIS AND MANY MORE, 2523 01:18:15,490 --> 01:18:16,858 AND WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM 2524 01:18:16,858 --> 01:18:17,526 PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY JUST 2525 01:18:17,526 --> 01:18:18,827 SAID, YOU KNOW, AT THE ONE END, 2526 01:18:18,827 --> 01:18:21,530 AT THE WORST END OF THIS, THESE 2527 01:18:21,530 --> 01:18:23,031 KIND OF PRACTICES RESULT IN 2528 01:18:23,031 --> 01:18:24,800 PEOPLE GETTING INTO BAD DEALS 2529 01:18:24,800 --> 01:18:27,002 AND SELLING THEIR HOMES FOR 2530 01:18:27,002 --> 01:18:28,770 UNDERVALUE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO 2531 01:18:28,770 --> 01:18:29,337 RECUPERATE THE EQUITY THAT 2532 01:18:29,337 --> 01:18:30,439 THEY'VE PUT INTO THEIR HOMES. 2533 01:18:30,439 --> 01:18:32,607 BUT AT THE OTHER END, WE'VE 2534 01:18:32,607 --> 01:18:35,310 HEARD FROM PEOPLE JUST HOW 2535 01:18:35,310 --> 01:18:36,812 EXHAUSTING AND DEMORALIZING IT 2536 01:18:36,812 --> 01:18:39,314 IS TO RECEIVE THESE UNWANTED 2537 01:18:39,314 --> 01:18:40,782 CALLS, THESE UNWANTED LETTERS, 2538 01:18:40,782 --> 01:18:41,550 NO MATTER WHO THEY COME FROM. 2539 01:18:41,550 --> 01:18:42,451 UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THE 2540 01:18:42,451 --> 01:18:43,785 REASON WHY WE TOOK THIS APPROACH 2541 01:18:43,785 --> 01:18:45,620 TO CREATE A DO NOT SOLICIT LIST. 2542 01:18:45,620 --> 01:18:47,422 AND I WANT TO STRESS THIS IS AN 2543 01:18:47,422 --> 01:18:48,957 OPT IN LIST. IT'S NOT REQUIRED 2544 01:18:48,957 --> 01:18:51,426 TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. WE'RE 2545 01:18:51,426 --> 01:18:51,927 JUST GIVING PEOPLE THE 2546 01:18:51,927 --> 01:18:52,627 OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, WE DON'T 2547 01:18:52,627 --> 01:18:54,796 WANT TO RECEIVE THIS KIND OF 2548 01:18:54,796 --> 01:18:56,298 SOLICITATION. WE'RE GIVING 2549 01:18:56,298 --> 01:18:57,265 PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY 2550 01:18:57,265 --> 01:18:58,333 THEY WANT TO RECLAIM A LITTLE 2551 01:18:58,333 --> 01:19:00,635 BIT OF THEIR PRIVACY AND GIVING 2552 01:19:00,635 --> 01:19:01,570 PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY 2553 01:19:01,570 --> 01:19:02,637 THEY WANT TO RECLAIM A LITTLE 2554 01:19:02,637 --> 01:19:05,273 BIT OF THEIR PEACE. UM, THIS 2555 01:19:05,273 --> 01:19:06,742 LEGISLATION BUILDS ON WORK, AND 2556 01:19:06,742 --> 01:19:07,275 I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE 2557 01:19:07,275 --> 01:19:08,910 PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR 2558 01:19:08,910 --> 01:19:10,345 FOR THE CONSUMER PROTECTIONS 2559 01:19:10,345 --> 01:19:12,714 THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR, 2560 01:19:12,714 --> 01:19:15,050 REQUIRING DISCLOSURES FOR 2561 01:19:15,050 --> 01:19:17,152 HOMEOWNERS AND REQUIRING AND 2562 01:19:17,152 --> 01:19:18,053 ALLOWING BUYERS TO HAVE THE 2563 01:19:18,053 --> 01:19:19,187 ABILITY TO CANCEL PURCHASE 2564 01:19:19,187 --> 01:19:20,589 CONTRACTS WITHIN TEN DAYS OF 2565 01:19:20,589 --> 01:19:21,823 SIGNING. I THINK THIS IS A SMART 2566 01:19:21,823 --> 01:19:23,158 NEXT STEP TO BUILD ON THAT 2567 01:19:23,158 --> 01:19:24,326 LEGISLATION AND TO CONTINUE TO 2568 01:19:24,326 --> 01:19:26,428 ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING 2569 01:19:26,428 --> 01:19:28,697 OUR HOMEOWNER RESIDENTS, 2570 01:19:28,697 --> 01:19:29,464 PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHERE 2571 01:19:29,464 --> 01:19:30,065 HOMEOWNERSHIP IS DWINDLING IN 2572 01:19:30,065 --> 01:19:31,867 OUR CITY. UM, I WANT TO LASTLY 2573 01:19:31,867 --> 01:19:33,335 SAY, I THINK THE ENFORCEMENT 2574 01:19:33,335 --> 01:19:34,169 MECHANISMS THAT WE'RE PUTTING 2575 01:19:34,169 --> 01:19:35,570 FORWARD HERE ARE REALLY 2576 01:19:35,570 --> 01:19:36,204 IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS PART 2577 01:19:36,204 --> 01:19:37,906 OF WHAT'S BEEN MISSING IS THAT 2578 01:19:37,906 --> 01:19:39,040 SO OFTEN THERE'S BEEN NO 2579 01:19:39,040 --> 01:19:40,375 RECOURSE FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE 2580 01:19:40,375 --> 01:19:41,376 TRYING TO GET THESE CALLS TO 2581 01:19:41,376 --> 01:19:43,411 STOP. UM, I, I KNOW WE'RE GOING 2582 01:19:43,411 --> 01:19:45,647 TO WAIT AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR, 2583 01:19:45,647 --> 01:19:46,915 UM, THE AMENDMENT FROM 2584 01:19:46,915 --> 01:19:47,783 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. UM, SO 2585 01:19:47,783 --> 01:19:48,984 I'LL SPEAK TO THAT WHEN THAT 2586 01:19:48,984 --> 01:19:50,685 COMES FORWARD. THANK YOU 2587 01:19:50,685 --> 01:19:50,986 COLLEAGUES. 2588 01:19:50,986 --> 01:19:51,820 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 2589 01:19:51,820 --> 01:19:54,089 COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. SO AT 2590 01:19:54,089 --> 01:19:55,724 THIS TIME, I THINK WE CAN GO 2591 01:19:55,724 --> 01:19:57,025 AHEAD AND MOVE THE AMENDMENT. I 2592 01:19:57,025 --> 01:19:59,394 WOULD ASK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 2593 01:19:59,394 --> 01:20:00,162 WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR 2594 01:20:00,162 --> 01:20:01,129 AMENDMENT? 2595 01:20:01,129 --> 01:20:03,231 -- A YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL 2596 01:20:03,231 --> 01:20:05,734 PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO AMEND 2597 01:20:05,734 --> 01:20:08,203 COUNCIL BILL 121259 AS PRESENTED 2598 01:20:08,203 --> 01:20:09,905 ON AMENDMENT A SECOND. 2599 01:20:09,905 --> 01:20:10,605 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, 2600 01:20:10,605 --> 01:20:14,276 TO AMEND THE BILL AS SECONDED. 2601 01:20:14,276 --> 01:20:16,711 EXCUSE ME TO AMEND THE BILL AS 2602 01:20:16,711 --> 01:20:17,245 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A 2603 01:20:17,245 --> 01:20:17,879 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA A SPONSOR 2604 01:20:17,879 --> 01:20:18,580 OF AMENDMENT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED 2605 01:20:18,580 --> 01:20:21,049 IN ORDER TO ADDRESS IT. 2606 01:20:21,049 --> 01:20:22,417 -- THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK 2607 01:20:22,417 --> 01:20:24,653 OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER UM 2608 01:20:24,653 --> 01:20:28,390 UH OH MY GOSH, I'M HAVING A 2609 01:20:28,390 --> 01:20:32,527 FOSTER FOSTER FOR BRINGING 2610 01:20:32,527 --> 01:20:35,030 FORWARD THE THE DO NOT SOLICIT 2611 01:20:35,030 --> 01:20:36,131 LIST COLLEAGUES, WE ALL KNOW. 2612 01:20:36,131 --> 01:20:39,534 UM, AND I'LL SAY I CAN SPEAK FOR 2613 01:20:39,534 --> 01:20:40,468 MYSELF, FOR MYSELF AS A, AS A 2614 01:20:40,468 --> 01:20:43,939 LATINA WOMAN WHOSE LANGUAGE 2615 01:20:43,939 --> 01:20:45,040 FIRST LANGUAGE IS SPANISH. WE 2616 01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:47,943 HAVE A LOT OF ELDERS, UM, IN 2617 01:20:47,943 --> 01:20:49,544 COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF FOLKS 2618 01:20:49,544 --> 01:20:53,849 WHO, YOU KNOW, GET, UM, A, 2619 01:20:53,849 --> 01:20:55,784 UNWANTED SOLICITATIONS IN A VERY 2620 01:20:55,784 --> 01:20:56,284 AGGRESSIVE MANNER. SO I 2621 01:20:56,284 --> 01:20:58,086 UNDERSTAND COUNCILMEMBER 2622 01:20:58,086 --> 01:21:01,156 FOSTER'S, UM, WANTING TO BRING 2623 01:21:01,156 --> 01:21:03,425 THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD TO 2624 01:21:03,425 --> 01:21:09,297 REALLY ADDRESS, UM, THIS ISSUE 2625 01:21:09,297 --> 01:21:10,999 OF FOLKS WHO ARE, ARE REALLY, 2626 01:21:10,999 --> 01:21:11,666 HONESTLY GETTING TAKEN ADVANTAGE 2627 01:21:11,666 --> 01:21:13,134 OF. AND WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT, 2628 01:21:13,134 --> 01:21:16,071 UM, AND THAT IS NOT OKAY. SO I 2629 01:21:16,071 --> 01:21:18,807 UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT AND THE, 2630 01:21:18,807 --> 01:21:21,243 YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS 2631 01:21:21,243 --> 01:21:22,277 LEGISLATION. UM, I ALSO 2632 01:21:22,277 --> 01:21:24,279 UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, 2633 01:21:24,279 --> 01:21:24,813 WHENEVER COUNCIL TAKES AN 2634 01:21:24,813 --> 01:21:29,784 ACTION, THEY'RE UNWANTED, UM, 2635 01:21:29,784 --> 01:21:30,352 OR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, 2636 01:21:30,352 --> 01:21:31,052 RATHER THAT CAN RESULT FROM 2637 01:21:31,052 --> 01:21:34,422 ACTIONS. SO WE REALLY NEED TO BE 2638 01:21:34,422 --> 01:21:36,558 THOUGHTFUL WHEN WE ARE PUTTING 2639 01:21:36,558 --> 01:21:39,127 TOGETHER AN ORDINANCE, AN 2640 01:21:39,127 --> 01:21:39,728 ORDINANCE AND LOOKING AT THE 2641 01:21:39,728 --> 01:21:41,429 LANGUAGE, UM, AND SEEING IF IT 2642 01:21:41,429 --> 01:21:44,566 WOULD RESULT IN UNINTENDED 2643 01:21:44,566 --> 01:21:46,368 CONSEQUENCES. SO THIS AMENDMENT 2644 01:21:46,368 --> 01:21:48,536 AYE. WHAT IT DOES IS 2645 01:21:48,536 --> 01:21:51,373 SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT AN 2646 01:21:51,373 --> 01:21:56,811 EXEMPTION FOR, UM, WRITTEN, UM, 2647 01:21:56,811 --> 01:21:58,947 FLIERS THAT I KNOW FOLKS IN THE 2648 01:21:58,947 --> 01:22:00,849 INDUSTRY USE WHEN THEY ARE 2649 01:22:00,849 --> 01:22:03,318 REACHING OUT TO FOLKS AND 2650 01:22:03,318 --> 01:22:03,918 LETTING THEM KNOW BOTH ABOUT, 2651 01:22:03,918 --> 01:22:05,587 YOU KNOW, IT'S INFORMATIONAL 2652 01:22:05,587 --> 01:22:08,857 ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY CAN 2653 01:22:08,857 --> 01:22:11,059 PROVIDE. UM, AND THE SUCCESSES 2654 01:22:11,059 --> 01:22:12,360 THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD IN, UH, IN, 2655 01:22:12,360 --> 01:22:13,895 YOU KNOW, IN DIFFERENT 2656 01:22:13,895 --> 01:22:15,764 NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY 2657 01:22:15,764 --> 01:22:18,166 AND THEN HOW TO GET IN CONTACT 2658 01:22:18,166 --> 01:22:19,534 WITH THEM. AND IT'S REALLY ONE 2659 01:22:19,534 --> 01:22:21,936 OF THOSE INDUSTRIES WHERE STILL 2660 01:22:21,936 --> 01:22:23,838 RELIES ON ADVERTISING TO, UM, 2661 01:22:23,838 --> 01:22:27,042 UH, TO, TO PROVIDE THEIR 2662 01:22:27,042 --> 01:22:28,743 SERVICES. SO IN THAT VEIN, I 2663 01:22:28,743 --> 01:22:31,680 THOUGHT THAT PUTTING TOGETHER AN 2664 01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:33,281 AMENDMENT TO EXEMPT THE ABILITY 2665 01:22:33,281 --> 01:22:34,516 FOR REAL ESTATE AGENTS TO BE 2666 01:22:34,516 --> 01:22:37,452 ABLE TO SEND OUT THESE BULK 2667 01:22:37,452 --> 01:22:39,054 MAILERS, UM, WOULD STRIKE A 2668 01:22:39,054 --> 01:22:40,889 COMPROMISE AND A BALANCE 2669 01:22:40,889 --> 01:22:42,957 BETWEEN, OF COURSE, OUR 2670 01:22:42,957 --> 01:22:44,960 COLLECTIVE INTERESTS TO PROTECT 2671 01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:47,729 OUR RESIDENTS FROM UNWANTED 2672 01:22:47,729 --> 01:22:49,998 SOLICITATIONS AND, UM, STILL 2673 01:22:49,998 --> 01:22:51,499 ALLOW FOR REAL ESTATE AGENTS TO 2674 01:22:51,499 --> 01:22:56,338 BE ABLE TO SEND OUT IN A GENERIC 2675 01:22:56,338 --> 01:22:58,006 WAY THEIR ADVERTISING OF THEIR 2676 01:22:58,006 --> 01:22:59,441 SERVICES. AND THAT IS THE INTENT 2677 01:22:59,441 --> 01:23:01,476 BEHIND THIS AMENDMENT. AND I 2678 01:23:01,476 --> 01:23:03,178 WILL SAY THAT I REALLY 2679 01:23:03,178 --> 01:23:07,382 APPRECIATE, UM, UH, COMMUNITY 2680 01:23:07,382 --> 01:23:09,751 MEMBERS FOR WORKING WITH ME TO 2681 01:23:09,751 --> 01:23:11,419 MAKE SURE THAT WE CRAFTED THE 2682 01:23:11,419 --> 01:23:13,455 AMENDMENT TO ALSO NOT HAVE 2683 01:23:13,455 --> 01:23:14,856 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. AND SO 2684 01:23:14,856 --> 01:23:17,425 IT WAS VERY NARROWLY TAILORED 2685 01:23:17,425 --> 01:23:19,728 AND CRAFTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 2686 01:23:19,728 --> 01:23:21,062 COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH 2687 01:23:21,062 --> 01:23:22,063 LANGUAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, 2688 01:23:22,063 --> 01:23:24,966 THEY FELT DID NOT ERODE THE 2689 01:23:24,966 --> 01:23:28,870 UNDERLYING BILL. UM, AT THE SAME 2690 01:23:28,870 --> 01:23:30,972 TIME, I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR 2691 01:23:30,972 --> 01:23:31,606 SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY SAID TO ME, 2692 01:23:31,606 --> 01:23:34,476 WE'RE NOT TRYING TO INHIBIT 2693 01:23:34,476 --> 01:23:36,044 FOLKS ABILITY TO, TO EARN A 2694 01:23:36,044 --> 01:23:38,279 LIVING, IF YOU WILL, IN THIS 2695 01:23:38,279 --> 01:23:40,648 WAY. SO, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE 2696 01:23:40,648 --> 01:23:42,884 COMMUNITY FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP. 2697 01:23:42,884 --> 01:23:43,785 THAT'S THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU 2698 01:23:43,785 --> 01:23:46,354 SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY. HAPPY TO 2699 01:23:46,354 --> 01:23:49,491 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 2700 01:23:49,491 --> 01:23:49,924 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2701 01:23:49,924 --> 01:23:51,359 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 2702 01:23:51,359 --> 01:23:52,660 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2703 01:23:52,660 --> 01:23:53,895 COLLEAGUES, AMENDMENT A IS ON 2704 01:23:53,895 --> 01:23:56,364 THE TABLE. ARE THERE ANY 2705 01:23:56,364 --> 01:24:00,135 COMMENTS REGARDING AMENDMENT A? 2706 01:24:00,135 --> 01:24:01,636 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER THANK 2707 01:24:01,636 --> 01:24:03,271 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND 2708 01:24:03,271 --> 01:24:04,272 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2709 01:24:04,272 --> 01:24:05,373 I'LL JUST START BY SAYING, UM, 2710 01:24:05,373 --> 01:24:06,875 YOU KNOW, AFTER HAVING WORKED ON 2711 01:24:06,875 --> 01:24:09,811 THIS FOR A WHILE, I WAS 2712 01:24:09,811 --> 01:24:11,780 INITIALLY RELUCTANT. UH, BUT 2713 01:24:11,780 --> 01:24:12,947 WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE 2714 01:24:12,947 --> 01:24:13,948 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS THE WORK 2715 01:24:13,948 --> 01:24:14,916 THAT YOU DID IN THE 2716 01:24:14,916 --> 01:24:16,017 COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU JUST 2717 01:24:16,017 --> 01:24:17,218 MENTIONED WITH THE GROUPS THAT 2718 01:24:17,218 --> 01:24:18,620 WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE 2719 01:24:18,620 --> 01:24:19,687 LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AND I JUST 2720 01:24:19,687 --> 01:24:21,189 WANT TO REALLY EXPRESS MY 2721 01:24:21,189 --> 01:24:23,158 APPRECIATION TO YOU AND YOUR 2722 01:24:23,158 --> 01:24:24,626 OFFICE FOR DOING THAT ENGAGEMENT 2723 01:24:24,626 --> 01:24:26,194 AND THAT FOLLOW UP. UM, AND IT 2724 01:24:26,194 --> 01:24:27,162 REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME. SO 2725 01:24:27,162 --> 01:24:29,664 THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, AND, AND 2726 01:24:29,664 --> 01:24:30,598 I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, PART OF MY 2727 01:24:30,598 --> 01:24:31,966 INITIAL RELUCTANCE WAS A CONCERN 2728 01:24:31,966 --> 01:24:33,068 THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED AT THE 2729 01:24:33,068 --> 01:24:34,135 END, WHICH WAS THAT IN SORT OF 2730 01:24:34,135 --> 01:24:36,237 SOLVING FOR ONE, ONE ISSUE, WE 2731 01:24:36,237 --> 01:24:38,673 WOULD BE OPENING UP ANOTHER 2732 01:24:38,673 --> 01:24:39,307 LOOPHOLE. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE 2733 01:24:39,307 --> 01:24:41,042 WORK THAT YOU DID OVER THE 2734 01:24:41,042 --> 01:24:43,044 WEEKEND TO REALLY NARROWLY 2735 01:24:43,044 --> 01:24:43,711 TAILOR THIS SOLVES FOR THAT. SO 2736 01:24:43,711 --> 01:24:45,880 THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I WILL 2737 01:24:45,880 --> 01:24:46,481 BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT 2738 01:24:46,481 --> 01:24:47,582 TODAY. UM, AND I WILL ALSO SAY 2739 01:24:47,582 --> 01:24:49,050 WE'LL BE MAKING SURE THAT WE 2740 01:24:49,050 --> 01:24:50,085 ARE COMMUNICATING WITH OFFICE OF 2741 01:24:50,085 --> 01:24:52,120 CIVIL RIGHTS IN TERMS OF THE 2742 01:24:52,120 --> 01:24:53,188 IMPLEMENTATION TO TRACK THAT WE 2743 01:24:53,188 --> 01:24:54,556 ARE NOT CREATING AN UNWANTED 2744 01:24:54,556 --> 01:24:57,392 LOOPHOLE. AND I APPRECIATE THE 2745 01:24:57,392 --> 01:24:58,226 OFFER. AND RANDY AND OTHER FOLKS 2746 01:24:58,226 --> 01:25:00,061 FOR CONTINUING TO WORK WITH US, 2747 01:25:00,061 --> 01:25:01,129 BECAUSE I KNOW WE SHARE THE SAME 2748 01:25:01,129 --> 01:25:01,996 GOAL HERE. SO THANK YOU AND 2749 01:25:01,996 --> 01:25:04,332 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2750 01:25:04,332 --> 01:25:05,467 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 2751 01:25:05,467 --> 01:25:07,435 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, ARE THERE 2752 01:25:07,435 --> 01:25:10,438 ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING 2753 01:25:10,438 --> 01:25:11,005 AMENDMENT A? I WILL BE 2754 01:25:11,005 --> 01:25:13,608 SUPPORTING THIS. A GREAT JOB. 2755 01:25:13,608 --> 01:25:14,476 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, ON THE 2756 01:25:14,476 --> 01:25:17,979 WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO THREAD 2757 01:25:17,979 --> 01:25:20,048 A VERY THIN NEEDLE AND TO MAKE 2758 01:25:20,048 --> 01:25:21,449 SURE THAT WE HAVE PROTECTION FOR 2759 01:25:21,449 --> 01:25:23,685 OUR REALTORS WHO ALL WHO OFTEN 2760 01:25:23,685 --> 01:25:24,319 PROVIDE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS 2761 01:25:24,319 --> 01:25:27,589 FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE 2762 01:25:27,589 --> 01:25:28,156 RESIDENTS AS WELL. I KNOW I 2763 01:25:28,156 --> 01:25:30,692 HEARD FROM A LOT OF THEM, BUT I 2764 01:25:30,692 --> 01:25:31,192 WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS 2765 01:25:31,192 --> 01:25:32,327 AMENDMENT. I THINK YOU DID A 2766 01:25:32,327 --> 01:25:34,562 GREAT JOB, SO THANK YOU FOR 2767 01:25:34,562 --> 01:25:35,930 THAT. UH, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 2768 01:25:35,930 --> 01:25:36,464 ANY FINAL COMMENTS ABOUT 2769 01:25:36,464 --> 01:25:37,098 AMENDMENT A BEFORE WE CALL THE 2770 01:25:37,098 --> 01:25:37,298 VOTE? 2771 01:25:37,298 --> 01:25:39,334 -- I'LL JUST SAY AGAIN, I 2772 01:25:39,334 --> 01:25:39,968 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT COMMUNITY 2773 01:25:39,968 --> 01:25:43,338 ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT 2774 01:25:43,338 --> 01:25:44,606 THEY WEREN'T CREATING. UM, AND 2775 01:25:44,606 --> 01:25:47,509 THAT WE WEREN'T CREATING 2776 01:25:47,509 --> 01:25:48,009 COLLECTIVELY UNINTENDED 2777 01:25:48,009 --> 01:25:49,277 CONSEQUENCES FOR FOLKS WHO, UM, 2778 01:25:49,277 --> 01:25:52,113 ARE REAL ESTATE AGENTS IN THIS 2779 01:25:52,113 --> 01:25:53,548 TOWN. SO, UM, THAT SAYS A LOT 2780 01:25:53,548 --> 01:25:55,216 ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT 2781 01:25:55,216 --> 01:25:58,820 WE WORKED WITH. AND AGAIN, I 2782 01:25:58,820 --> 01:26:01,656 REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, UM, THEIR 2783 01:26:01,656 --> 01:26:03,258 PARTNERSHIP ON THIS. AND, YOU 2784 01:26:03,258 --> 01:26:05,226 KNOW, I WANT TO SAY, LIKE I 2785 01:26:05,226 --> 01:26:06,694 ALWAYS SAY WHEN WE WORK 2786 01:26:06,694 --> 01:26:08,429 TOGETHER, WE GET BETTER 2787 01:26:08,429 --> 01:26:10,131 OUTCOMES. AND THIS AMENDMENT IS 2788 01:26:10,131 --> 01:26:13,334 A RESULT OF THAT. SO THANK YOU. 2789 01:26:13,334 --> 01:26:13,768 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2790 01:26:13,768 --> 01:26:14,402 -- AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. 2791 01:26:14,402 --> 01:26:15,870 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2792 01:26:15,870 --> 01:26:17,839 OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 2793 01:26:17,839 --> 01:26:20,842 THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 2794 01:26:20,842 --> 01:26:23,344 AMENDMENT LETTER A. 2795 01:26:23,344 --> 01:26:23,811 -- COUNCIL THANK YOU, 2796 01:26:23,811 --> 01:26:26,881 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I COUNCIL 2797 01:26:26,881 --> 01:26:27,248 MEMBER FOSTER. 2798 01:26:27,248 --> 01:26:30,818 -- YES. 2799 01:26:30,818 --> 01:26:32,086 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 2800 01:26:32,086 --> 01:26:32,687 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2801 01:26:32,687 --> 01:26:34,589 -- AYE. 2802 01:26:34,589 --> 01:26:35,056 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2803 01:26:35,056 --> 01:26:37,492 -- YES. 2804 01:26:37,492 --> 01:26:40,094 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. YES. 2805 01:26:40,094 --> 01:26:42,630 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AYE. 2806 01:26:42,630 --> 01:26:45,600 COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA. 2807 01:26:45,600 --> 01:26:46,267 -- AYE. 2808 01:26:46,267 --> 01:26:46,734 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2809 01:26:46,734 --> 01:26:48,670 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN 2810 01:26:48,670 --> 01:26:49,571 FAVOR. NONE. OPPOSED. 2811 01:26:49,571 --> 01:26:51,005 -- MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT A 2812 01:26:51,005 --> 01:26:52,040 IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY 2813 01:26:52,040 --> 01:26:53,708 FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS 2814 01:26:53,708 --> 01:26:55,476 AMENDED? THESE ARE FINAL 2815 01:26:55,476 --> 01:26:57,612 COMMENTS ON THE BILL. UM, 2816 01:26:57,612 --> 01:27:00,281 BEFORE. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER 2817 01:27:00,281 --> 01:27:00,515 FOSTER. 2818 01:27:00,515 --> 01:27:01,549 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL 2819 01:27:01,549 --> 01:27:03,818 PRESIDENT. I NEED TO THANK MY 2820 01:27:03,818 --> 01:27:07,755 STAFF. UH, SO I REALLY WANT TO 2821 01:27:07,755 --> 01:27:08,389 APPRECIATE SAGE LAWRENCE FROM MY 2822 01:27:08,389 --> 01:27:09,657 OFFICE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE 2823 01:27:09,657 --> 01:27:11,125 STARTED THINKING ABOUT DOING A 2824 01:27:11,125 --> 01:27:12,527 LONG TIME AGO, AND IT'S BEEN 2825 01:27:12,527 --> 01:27:14,362 REALLY EXCITING TO GET TO SEE IT 2826 01:27:14,362 --> 01:27:15,997 FROM CONCEPT TO HOPEFULLY FULL 2827 01:27:15,997 --> 01:27:16,764 PASSAGE TODAY. SO I WANT TO 2828 01:27:16,764 --> 01:27:18,299 EXPRESS THAT APPRECIATION. I 2829 01:27:18,299 --> 01:27:20,368 WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION 2830 01:27:20,368 --> 01:27:23,371 TO THE BLACK HOMEOWNERS POLICY. 2831 01:27:23,371 --> 01:27:24,772 POLICY COUNCIL, UM, AND TO THE 2832 01:27:24,772 --> 01:27:27,575 RAINIER BEACH ACTION COALITION, 2833 01:27:27,575 --> 01:27:29,210 AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP AND 2834 01:27:29,210 --> 01:27:30,745 THE BEACON HILL COMMUNITY 2835 01:27:30,745 --> 01:27:31,579 COUNCIL. UM, AND I WANT TO 2836 01:27:31,579 --> 01:27:34,949 EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION DEEPLY 2837 01:27:34,949 --> 01:27:35,617 TO SALISBURY, WHO WAS JUST A 2838 01:27:35,617 --> 01:27:40,622 REALLY INCREDIBLE, UM, ADVISOR 2839 01:27:40,622 --> 01:27:41,256 AND SUPPORT AND HISTORY HOLDER 2840 01:27:41,256 --> 01:27:41,990 AS WE WORKED ON THIS PROCESS, 2841 01:27:41,990 --> 01:27:43,958 NONE OF THIS WORK WOULD HAVE 2842 01:27:43,958 --> 01:27:45,393 BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE 2843 01:27:45,393 --> 01:27:46,694 LEADERSHIP OF THOSE FOLKS AND 2844 01:27:46,694 --> 01:27:47,962 THE TIME AND ENGAGEMENT THAT 2845 01:27:47,962 --> 01:27:49,330 THEY SPENT WITH MY OFFICE. SO 2846 01:27:49,330 --> 01:27:51,566 JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, EXPRESS MY 2847 01:27:51,566 --> 01:27:52,600 GRATITUDE TO THOSE FOLKS AND 2848 01:27:52,600 --> 01:27:53,768 COLLEAGUES. I ASK FOR YOUR 2849 01:27:53,768 --> 01:27:54,836 SUPPORT. 2850 01:27:54,836 --> 01:27:55,970 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2851 01:27:55,970 --> 01:27:56,571 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AND ALL 2852 01:27:56,571 --> 01:27:58,439 THE WORK THAT YOU DID ON THIS, 2853 01:27:58,439 --> 01:27:59,307 FULLY SUPPORTING THIS, SUPPORTED 2854 01:27:59,307 --> 01:28:00,341 IT IN COMMITTEE AND LOOKING 2855 01:28:00,341 --> 01:28:02,477 FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT TODAY, 2856 01:28:02,477 --> 01:28:04,379 ESPECIALLY IN AS AMENDED. ALL 2857 01:28:04,379 --> 01:28:07,315 RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2858 01:28:07,315 --> 01:28:09,017 CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF 2859 01:28:09,017 --> 01:28:12,987 THE BILL, AS AMENDED? 2860 01:28:12,987 --> 01:28:16,157 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 2861 01:28:16,157 --> 01:28:16,624 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2862 01:28:16,624 --> 01:28:18,793 -- YES. 2863 01:28:18,793 --> 01:28:20,061 -- COUNCILMEMBER. JUAREZ. AYE 2864 01:28:20,061 --> 01:28:21,763 COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. 2865 01:28:21,763 --> 01:28:24,265 -- AYE. 2866 01:28:24,265 --> 01:28:24,732 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2867 01:28:24,732 --> 01:28:26,601 -- YES. 2868 01:28:26,601 --> 01:28:31,039 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 2869 01:28:31,039 --> 01:28:31,506 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2870 01:28:31,506 --> 01:28:33,174 -- AYE. 2871 01:28:33,174 --> 01:28:33,875 -- COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA. 2872 01:28:33,875 --> 01:28:34,609 -- AYE. 2873 01:28:34,609 --> 01:28:35,343 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2874 01:28:35,343 --> 01:28:35,710 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2875 01:28:35,710 --> 01:28:37,145 -- YES. 2876 01:28:37,145 --> 01:28:38,279 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 2877 01:28:38,279 --> 01:28:39,914 -- BILL PASSES AS AMENDED. THE 2878 01:28:39,914 --> 01:28:40,748 CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE 2879 01:28:40,748 --> 01:28:42,450 CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE 2880 01:28:42,450 --> 01:28:43,651 TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 2881 01:28:43,651 --> 01:28:45,319 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 2882 01:28:45,319 --> 01:28:46,854 NUMBER FOUR INTO THE RECORD? 2883 01:28:46,854 --> 01:28:47,755 -- THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC 2884 01:28:47,755 --> 01:28:49,223 SAFETY COMMITTEE. AGENDA ITEM 2885 01:28:49,223 --> 01:28:51,125 FOR COUNCIL BILL 121248 RELATING 2886 01:28:51,125 --> 01:28:53,261 TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. 2887 01:28:53,261 --> 01:28:54,662 UPDATING CITY POLICY FOR THE 2888 01:28:54,662 --> 01:28:56,431 ENFORCEMENT OF THE CRIMES OF 2889 01:28:56,431 --> 01:28:58,232 KNOWN POSSESSION AND USE OF 2890 01:28:58,232 --> 01:28:59,367 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. THE 2891 01:28:59,367 --> 01:29:01,969 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL 2892 01:29:01,969 --> 01:29:02,370 PASS AS AMENDED. 2893 01:29:02,370 --> 01:29:03,004 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE CHAIR. 2894 01:29:03,004 --> 01:29:04,372 THE COMMITTEE RECOGNIZE IN ORDER 2895 01:29:04,372 --> 01:29:09,010 TO PRESENT THE COMMITTEE REPORT 2896 01:29:09,010 --> 01:29:09,644 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2897 01:29:09,644 --> 01:29:11,012 UH, COLLEAGUES, TODAY WE TAKE 2898 01:29:11,012 --> 01:29:12,914 ANOTHER STEP, UH, TO MOVE 2899 01:29:12,914 --> 01:29:14,849 FORWARD IN PUBLIC SAFETY BY 2900 01:29:14,849 --> 01:29:15,416 BRINGING DIFFERENT ELEMENTS 2901 01:29:15,416 --> 01:29:18,753 TOGETHER. AND AS PART OF OUR 2902 01:29:18,753 --> 01:29:19,921 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN, UH, TO 2903 01:29:19,921 --> 01:29:22,123 DATE, THE PUBLIC DRUG USE AND 2904 01:29:22,123 --> 01:29:23,925 POSSESSION ORDINANCE HAS NOT 2905 01:29:23,925 --> 01:29:25,660 SUCCEEDED. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE 2906 01:29:25,660 --> 01:29:27,462 DRUG MARKETS ACROSS OUR CITY, 2907 01:29:27,462 --> 01:29:30,198 OFTENTIMES WITH CO-LOCATED 2908 01:29:30,198 --> 01:29:31,432 STOLEN GOODS MARKETS. THEY SEEM, 2909 01:29:31,432 --> 01:29:32,133 THEY ARE SEEMINGLY CHRONIC, YOU 2910 01:29:32,133 --> 01:29:34,802 KNOW, IN DISTRICT ONE, UH, THIS 2911 01:29:34,802 --> 01:29:35,403 MORNING WE HEARD ABOUT NORTH 2912 01:29:35,403 --> 01:29:37,338 BEACON HILL AND LITTLE SAIGON IN 2913 01:29:37,338 --> 01:29:38,840 THE BROADER CD. WE ALSO HEARD 2914 01:29:38,840 --> 01:29:40,475 ABOUT THE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND 2915 01:29:40,475 --> 01:29:43,044 CAP HILL AND THEN DOWN INTO 2916 01:29:43,044 --> 01:29:45,380 DOWNTOWN AND BELLTOWN, AND THEN 2917 01:29:45,380 --> 01:29:46,180 FURTHER NORTH ACROSS DISTRICTS 4 2918 01:29:46,180 --> 01:29:48,649 OR 5 AND SIX. UM, WE HAVE 2919 01:29:48,649 --> 01:29:50,551 NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS HARMED 2920 01:29:50,551 --> 01:29:53,087 BY THIS. THESE ILLICIT MARKETS, 2921 01:29:53,087 --> 01:29:55,757 AND ALSO, IMPORTANTLY, NEIGHBORS 2922 01:29:55,757 --> 01:30:00,361 IN CRISIS. SADLY, OFTENTIMES 2923 01:30:00,361 --> 01:30:02,163 ALSO SEEMINGLY CHRONIC, UH, 2924 01:30:02,163 --> 01:30:04,232 HERE'S THE ISSUE. WE DON'T 2925 01:30:04,232 --> 01:30:05,099 HAVE THE DATA. WE STARTED THIS 2926 01:30:05,099 --> 01:30:06,100 PROCESS EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH 2927 01:30:06,100 --> 01:30:08,403 THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 2928 01:30:08,403 --> 01:30:10,471 COMING TO COMMITTEE. UH, TO 2929 01:30:10,471 --> 01:30:12,673 PROVIDE A REPORT THEY COULD NOT. 2930 01:30:12,673 --> 01:30:14,408 THERE WAS BASICALLY NO DATA. ALL 2931 01:30:14,408 --> 01:30:16,144 THERE WAS WERE SOME INTERVIEW 2932 01:30:16,144 --> 01:30:18,679 REPORTS PRESENTED AT THE END OF 2933 01:30:18,679 --> 01:30:20,848 THE REPORT. THIS BILL ADDRESSES 2934 01:30:20,848 --> 01:30:22,250 THAT WE'VE HAD AN ISSUE WHERE 2935 01:30:22,250 --> 01:30:23,751 POLICE OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE 2936 01:30:23,751 --> 01:30:26,254 CONFIDENCE OR BELIEF IN 2937 01:30:26,254 --> 01:30:26,888 DIVERSION PROCESS. ON ONE HAND, 2938 01:30:26,888 --> 01:30:28,055 AND FRUSTRATION WITH THE MEDICAL 2939 01:30:28,055 --> 01:30:29,490 DECLINES ON THE OTHER HAND, AT 2940 01:30:29,490 --> 01:30:31,559 KCJ KING COUNTY JAIL, A 2941 01:30:31,559 --> 01:30:32,560 FRUSTRATION, BY THE WAY, DOES 2942 01:30:32,560 --> 01:30:34,996 NOT JUST WITH POLICE OFFICERS 2943 01:30:34,996 --> 01:30:36,264 ALONE. THIS BILL WORKS ON BOTH 2944 01:30:36,264 --> 01:30:38,633 BY IMPROVING THE DIVERSION 2945 01:30:38,633 --> 01:30:39,300 PROCESS AND GETTING THE DATA TO 2946 01:30:39,300 --> 01:30:41,335 IMPROVE IT FURTHER, ALONG WITH 2947 01:30:41,335 --> 01:30:42,236 GETTING INSIGHT TO ADDRESS THE 2948 01:30:42,236 --> 01:30:46,073 MEDICAL DECLINE ISSUE. UM, WE 2949 01:30:46,073 --> 01:30:48,476 HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ALL THE 2950 01:30:48,476 --> 01:30:49,110 KEY ENTITIES, STAKEHOLDERS. UH, 2951 01:30:49,110 --> 01:30:50,178 HAVE YOU HEARD THEM TODAY? 2952 01:30:50,178 --> 01:30:52,046 PUBLIC AND DIGNITY IN ACTION TO 2953 01:30:52,046 --> 01:30:53,714 PDA AND THEIR LEAD PROGRAM AND 2954 01:30:53,714 --> 01:30:55,216 MULTIPLE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTERS. 2955 01:30:55,216 --> 01:30:56,751 I THANK THEM FOR BEING THERE AND 2956 01:30:56,751 --> 01:31:00,555 SPEAKING. UH, SPD. A VERY 2957 01:31:00,555 --> 01:31:02,256 IMPORTANT AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY 2958 01:31:02,256 --> 01:31:04,792 POLICE COMMISSION, UH, THE CARE 2959 01:31:04,792 --> 01:31:06,561 DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S 2960 01:31:06,561 --> 01:31:08,830 OFFICE. IT IS CLEAR THERE'S 2961 01:31:08,830 --> 01:31:09,497 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COUNCIL 2962 01:31:09,497 --> 01:31:11,299 AND THE MAYOR ON MANY A NUMBER 2963 01:31:11,299 --> 01:31:14,435 OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, BUT WE 2964 01:31:14,435 --> 01:31:15,436 CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH 2965 01:31:15,436 --> 01:31:16,604 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, WITH THE 2966 01:31:16,604 --> 01:31:17,705 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH 2967 01:31:17,705 --> 01:31:20,942 THE DEPUTY MAYOR, UH, TO PUSH, 2968 01:31:20,942 --> 01:31:22,410 UM, KEY LEGISLATION FORWARD TO 2969 01:31:22,410 --> 01:31:24,512 INCLUDE THIS. I WANT TO THANK, 2970 01:31:24,512 --> 01:31:26,380 CENTRAL STAFF, UH, FOR THEIR 2971 01:31:26,380 --> 01:31:28,749 WORK ON THIS, UH, AND MY TEAM. 2972 01:31:28,749 --> 01:31:32,920 AND THEN ALL THE, YOUR TEAMS 2973 01:31:32,920 --> 01:31:34,188 THAT HELP COORDINATE TO INCLUDE 2974 01:31:34,188 --> 01:31:35,590 THE, UH, THE AMENDMENT THAT WILL 2975 01:31:35,590 --> 01:31:36,557 BE COMING UP AN AMENDMENT, BY 2976 01:31:36,557 --> 01:31:37,992 THE WAY, THAT HAS AN ELEMENT 2977 01:31:37,992 --> 01:31:39,760 FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC 2978 01:31:39,760 --> 01:31:41,362 SAFETY FROM, FROM THE MAYOR'S 2979 01:31:41,362 --> 01:31:44,699 OFFICE. SO THIS IS ANOTHER 2980 01:31:44,699 --> 01:31:46,000 EXAMPLE WHERE IT'S ALL ABOUT 2981 01:31:46,000 --> 01:31:47,134 THE NORTH STAR AND HOW DO WE 2982 01:31:47,134 --> 01:31:48,536 IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR 2983 01:31:48,536 --> 01:31:52,006 CITY. AND THIS WORK BUILDS ON I 2984 01:31:52,006 --> 01:31:53,074 KNOW EACH OF US HAVE BEEN IN 2985 01:31:53,074 --> 01:31:54,675 COMMUNITY, HAVE BEEN IN 2986 01:31:54,675 --> 01:31:56,744 NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO WE KNOW 2987 01:31:56,744 --> 01:31:58,112 AND WE THESE TRUTHS AND WE KNOW 2988 01:31:58,112 --> 01:31:59,747 THAT THESE ISSUES ARE OUT THERE 2989 01:31:59,747 --> 01:32:01,582 AND THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION. 2990 01:32:01,582 --> 01:32:02,516 AND SO WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I 2991 01:32:02,516 --> 01:32:04,252 ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS OF 2992 01:32:04,252 --> 01:32:05,953 THIS BILL. THANK YOU. 2993 01:32:05,953 --> 01:32:07,889 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2994 01:32:07,889 --> 01:32:09,390 KETTLE. UM, BEFORE WE HAVE ANY 2995 01:32:09,390 --> 01:32:11,592 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE 2996 01:32:11,592 --> 01:32:13,728 BILL BEFORE WE JUMP INTO 2997 01:32:13,728 --> 01:32:17,131 AMENDMENT A? SO WE'RE GOING TO 2998 01:32:17,131 --> 01:32:18,466 GO AHEAD AND. COUNCILMEMBER 2999 01:32:18,466 --> 01:32:19,767 RIVERA YOU WANT TO MOVE YOUR 3000 01:32:19,767 --> 01:32:20,067 AMENDMENT? 3001 01:32:20,067 --> 01:32:21,769 -- YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL 3002 01:32:21,769 --> 01:32:24,138 PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO AMEND 3003 01:32:24,138 --> 01:32:26,674 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, 3004 01:32:26,674 --> 01:32:29,944 FOUR EIGHT AS PRESENTED ON 3005 01:32:29,944 --> 01:32:31,078 AMENDMENT A SECOND. 3006 01:32:31,078 --> 01:32:32,947 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 3007 01:32:32,947 --> 01:32:34,882 TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED 3008 01:32:34,882 --> 01:32:35,483 ON AMENDMENT A COUNCILMEMBER 3009 01:32:35,483 --> 01:32:36,150 RIVERA SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT. 3010 01:32:36,150 --> 01:32:37,551 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO 3011 01:32:37,551 --> 01:32:38,819 ADDRESS IT? 3012 01:32:38,819 --> 01:32:42,490 -- YES. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU 3013 01:32:42,490 --> 01:32:44,659 TO OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER 3014 01:32:44,659 --> 01:32:46,594 KETTLE FOR BRINGING FORWARD, UM, 3015 01:32:46,594 --> 01:32:48,729 THE UNDERLYING BILL BEFORE US 3016 01:32:48,729 --> 01:32:51,532 TODAY. THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT 3017 01:32:51,532 --> 01:32:53,334 JUST CLARIFIES THERE IS A 3018 01:32:53,334 --> 01:32:55,202 PROVISION THAT PASSED OUT OF 3019 01:32:55,202 --> 01:32:57,638 COMMITTEE COMMITTEE THAT 3020 01:32:57,638 --> 01:32:59,974 UNDERLYING BILL REFERENCE, UM, 3021 01:32:59,974 --> 01:33:02,677 UH, THAT, UH, WE HAD TO COLLECT 3022 01:33:02,677 --> 01:33:04,078 DATA ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES 3023 01:33:04,078 --> 01:33:06,681 THAT A DIVERSION SERVICE 3024 01:33:06,681 --> 01:33:08,215 PROVIDER RESPONDED TIMELY TO THE 3025 01:33:08,215 --> 01:33:10,585 REQUEST. AND THE WORD TIMELY WAS 3026 01:33:10,585 --> 01:33:12,520 NOT DEFINED. AND IT'S REALLY 3027 01:33:12,520 --> 01:33:14,422 IMPORTANT THAT THE WORD TIMELY 3028 01:33:14,422 --> 01:33:16,357 BE DEFINED. SO WE KNOW, YOU KNOW 3029 01:33:16,357 --> 01:33:17,725 WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 3030 01:33:17,725 --> 01:33:21,162 WHAT DO WE MEAN BY TIMELY. SO 3031 01:33:21,162 --> 01:33:21,762 THIS AMENDMENT ELIMINATES THE 3032 01:33:21,762 --> 01:33:24,732 WORD TIMELY AND INSTEAD REQUIRES 3033 01:33:24,732 --> 01:33:26,534 THE OFFICER AND DIVERSION 3034 01:33:26,534 --> 01:33:27,601 SERVICE PROVIDERS TO RECORD THE 3035 01:33:27,601 --> 01:33:29,804 ACTUAL TIME THAT IT TOOK TO 3036 01:33:29,804 --> 01:33:32,273 RESPOND TO AN OFFICER'S CALL FOR 3037 01:33:32,273 --> 01:33:33,941 DIVERSION SERVICES AS, UM 3038 01:33:33,941 --> 01:33:36,043 COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE WAS 3039 01:33:36,043 --> 01:33:37,645 SPEAKING ABOUT AND SPEAKING TO, 3040 01:33:37,645 --> 01:33:41,349 UH, EARLIER, UM, WE DON'T HAVE 3041 01:33:41,349 --> 01:33:43,150 DATA BY WHICH WE CAN, YOU KNOW, 3042 01:33:43,150 --> 01:33:45,086 COLLECT INFORMATION AND MAKE 3043 01:33:45,086 --> 01:33:45,920 INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT 3044 01:33:45,920 --> 01:33:47,054 WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF 3045 01:33:47,054 --> 01:33:50,524 DIVERSION. AND THIS PARTICULAR 3046 01:33:50,524 --> 01:33:52,560 AMENDMENT INCLUDES THAT OFFICERS 3047 01:33:52,560 --> 01:33:54,061 SHALL INCLUDE IN THE ARREST 3048 01:33:54,061 --> 01:33:56,597 REPORT ANY ATTEMPT TO CONTACT 3049 01:33:56,597 --> 01:33:58,833 DIVERSION SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR 3050 01:33:58,833 --> 01:33:59,367 FIELD BASED DIVERSION AND 3051 01:33:59,367 --> 01:34:01,535 INDICATE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT 3052 01:34:01,535 --> 01:34:02,670 OFFICER WAITED FOR THE IN PERSON 3053 01:34:02,670 --> 01:34:06,307 TRANSFER OF AN INDIVIDUAL. IT 3054 01:34:06,307 --> 01:34:06,907 FURTHER STATES THAT OFFICERS 3055 01:34:06,907 --> 01:34:08,376 SHALL INDICATE IN THE ARREST 3056 01:34:08,376 --> 01:34:09,977 REPORT IF THEY LEFT THE SCENE TO 3057 01:34:09,977 --> 01:34:12,747 RESPOND TO A MORE URGENT MATTER, 3058 01:34:12,747 --> 01:34:14,849 AS DETERMINED BY THAT OFFICER. 3059 01:34:14,849 --> 01:34:18,052 UM BASED ON THEIR ASSESSMENT OF 3060 01:34:18,052 --> 01:34:19,086 THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS 3061 01:34:19,086 --> 01:34:22,056 OF THE TIME. SO THAT IS TO SAY, 3062 01:34:22,056 --> 01:34:23,157 IF THERE IS A PRIORITY ONE CALL, 3063 01:34:23,157 --> 01:34:24,692 FOR INSTANCE, AND THE OFFICER 3064 01:34:24,692 --> 01:34:26,927 SHOULD HAVE TO LEAVE BEFORE THAT 3065 01:34:26,927 --> 01:34:30,464 LEAD PERSON WAS ABLE TO COME ON 3066 01:34:30,464 --> 01:34:32,133 THE SCENE THAT LEAD PROVIDER 3067 01:34:32,133 --> 01:34:33,100 THEN, UM, THEY WOULD JUST 3068 01:34:33,100 --> 01:34:37,872 RECORD, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT 3069 01:34:37,872 --> 01:34:39,573 SORRY, I THINK SOMEONE WAS 3070 01:34:39,573 --> 01:34:41,809 ONLINE. UM, UH. 3071 01:34:41,809 --> 01:34:42,376 -- ONE SECOND COUNCILMEMBER 3072 01:34:42,376 --> 01:34:45,746 JUAREZ YOUR YOUR SOUND IS OFF. 3073 01:34:45,746 --> 01:34:46,113 -- I APOLOGIZE. 3074 01:34:46,113 --> 01:34:47,381 -- THAT IS OKAY. 3075 01:34:47,381 --> 01:34:48,416 -- WE GOT I WAS MUMBLING TO 3076 01:34:48,416 --> 01:34:50,217 MYSELF AND FLIPPING PAPERS. I 3077 01:34:50,217 --> 01:34:51,385 APOLOGIZE. 3078 01:34:51,385 --> 01:34:52,253 -- JUST DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SLIP 3079 01:34:52,253 --> 01:34:52,520 UP THERE. 3080 01:34:52,520 --> 01:34:54,955 -- NO WORRIES. UM, IN ANY EVENT, 3081 01:34:54,955 --> 01:34:58,426 AT THE END OF THE DAY IS SO THAT 3082 01:34:58,426 --> 01:34:59,994 WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING TIMELY, 3083 01:34:59,994 --> 01:35:01,462 BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY DEFINING WHAT 3084 01:35:01,462 --> 01:35:05,299 WE MEAN BY MEAN BY TIMELY AS 3085 01:35:05,299 --> 01:35:05,833 WE'RE COLLECTING THIS 3086 01:35:05,833 --> 01:35:07,802 INFORMATION. UM, FOLKS HAVE A 3087 01:35:07,802 --> 01:35:09,770 BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE 3088 01:35:09,770 --> 01:35:11,872 EXPECTATION IS. AND AGAIN, I 3089 01:35:11,872 --> 01:35:13,641 THINK THAT WILL LEAD TO BETTER, 3090 01:35:13,641 --> 01:35:16,343 UM, DATA COLLECTING AND BETTER 3091 01:35:16,343 --> 01:35:18,579 INFORMATION BY WHICH WE CAN MAKE 3092 01:35:18,579 --> 01:35:19,880 DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE. THANK 3093 01:35:19,880 --> 01:35:21,248 YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAPPY TO 3094 01:35:21,248 --> 01:35:23,551 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COLLEAGUES 3095 01:35:23,551 --> 01:35:23,984 MAY HAVE. 3096 01:35:23,984 --> 01:35:25,519 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 3097 01:35:25,519 --> 01:35:26,754 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I DO SEE 3098 01:35:26,754 --> 01:35:29,924 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOLLOWED BY 3099 01:35:29,924 --> 01:35:30,391 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3100 01:35:30,391 --> 01:35:31,358 -- UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL 3101 01:35:31,358 --> 01:35:32,726 PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, 3102 01:35:32,726 --> 01:35:35,196 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AGAIN. UM, 3103 01:35:35,196 --> 01:35:36,730 THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE, THE WORK, 3104 01:35:36,730 --> 01:35:38,099 UH, AMONGST THE COMMITTEE 3105 01:35:38,099 --> 01:35:40,167 MEMBERS. AND TO BE FRANK, ACROSS 3106 01:35:40,167 --> 01:35:41,669 THE WHOLE OF THE COUNCIL 3107 01:35:41,669 --> 01:35:44,672 ENGAGING ON THESE TOPICS AND, 3108 01:35:44,672 --> 01:35:46,240 AND ELEMENTS FROM THE MAYOR'S 3109 01:35:46,240 --> 01:35:48,342 OFFICE, UH, ON THIS AS PART OF 3110 01:35:48,342 --> 01:35:49,844 THEIR ENGAGEMENT TOO. SO I 3111 01:35:49,844 --> 01:35:52,113 THANK, UH, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 3112 01:35:52,113 --> 01:35:53,914 FOR THIS AMENDMENT AND, AND 3113 01:35:53,914 --> 01:35:56,250 PUTTING THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES, 3114 01:35:56,250 --> 01:35:57,518 UH, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. 3115 01:35:57,518 --> 01:35:59,086 THANK YOU. 3116 01:35:59,086 --> 01:36:01,288 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3117 01:36:01,288 --> 01:36:01,889 KETTLE. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3118 01:36:01,889 --> 01:36:02,857 -- UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, 3119 01:36:02,857 --> 01:36:03,958 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND THANK 3120 01:36:03,958 --> 01:36:05,259 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, FOR 3121 01:36:05,259 --> 01:36:06,360 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I JUST 3122 01:36:06,360 --> 01:36:07,862 WANTED TO SHARE BRIEFLY. SO 3123 01:36:07,862 --> 01:36:09,396 AFTER OUR OFFICE GOT THIS 3124 01:36:09,396 --> 01:36:10,131 AMENDMENT, I WAS WE LOOKED AT IT 3125 01:36:10,131 --> 01:36:11,532 AND WE'RE LIKE, OH, I WANT TO 3126 01:36:11,532 --> 01:36:13,067 UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF THIS. 3127 01:36:13,067 --> 01:36:14,535 AND, UM, I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO 3128 01:36:14,535 --> 01:36:15,703 LEARN AFTER REACHING OUT AND 3129 01:36:15,703 --> 01:36:17,438 HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH 3130 01:36:17,438 --> 01:36:20,207 PROVIDERS THAT THEY REPORTED 3131 01:36:20,207 --> 01:36:22,309 BACK THAT OVER THE 15 YEARS OF 3132 01:36:22,309 --> 01:36:24,345 IMPLEMENTING LEAD, THEY BELIEVE 3133 01:36:24,345 --> 01:36:25,446 THEY'VE MAYBE BEEN OUTSIDE OF 3134 01:36:25,446 --> 01:36:27,348 THE TARGET REFERRAL TIME 3 TO 4 3135 01:36:27,348 --> 01:36:29,416 TIMES, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT 3136 01:36:29,416 --> 01:36:30,551 NEWS TO HEAR AND, YOU KNOW, 3137 01:36:30,551 --> 01:36:31,952 HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THEM THAT 3138 01:36:31,952 --> 01:36:33,654 THEY'RE EXCITED TO SHARE AND 3139 01:36:33,654 --> 01:36:35,356 REPORT THE DATA FROM THEIR END 3140 01:36:35,356 --> 01:36:36,457 BACK TO THE CITY, BECAUSE I 3141 01:36:36,457 --> 01:36:39,693 THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF 3142 01:36:39,693 --> 01:36:40,294 INFORMATION THAT I THINK THE 3143 01:36:40,294 --> 01:36:41,362 PROVIDERS HAVE, BUT THAT WE 3144 01:36:41,362 --> 01:36:43,130 HAVEN'T BEEN REQUIRING OR 3145 01:36:43,130 --> 01:36:43,931 RECEIVING. SO I WAS PLEASED TO 3146 01:36:43,931 --> 01:36:46,634 HEAR THAT. AND I'LL BE 3147 01:36:46,634 --> 01:36:47,268 SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT TODAY. 3148 01:36:47,268 --> 01:36:48,602 AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT 3149 01:36:48,602 --> 01:36:49,603 THAT STORY, BECAUSE I THINK AT 3150 01:36:49,603 --> 01:36:50,905 FIRST I HAD SORT OF A QUESTION 3151 01:36:50,905 --> 01:36:51,772 OF WILL THEY BE ABLE TO GET THIS 3152 01:36:51,772 --> 01:36:53,574 DATA? WHAT WILL THIS MEAN FOR 3153 01:36:53,574 --> 01:36:54,675 THEIR STAFFING, SOME OF THOSE 3154 01:36:54,675 --> 01:36:56,177 OTHER PIECES? AND JUST WANTED TO 3155 01:36:56,177 --> 01:36:57,244 SHARE THAT WE LEARNED THEY DO 3156 01:36:57,244 --> 01:36:58,112 COLLECT IT AND ARE LOOKING 3157 01:36:58,112 --> 01:36:59,246 FORWARD TO REPORTING IT. SO 3158 01:36:59,246 --> 01:36:59,880 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 3159 01:36:59,880 --> 01:37:01,415 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 3160 01:37:01,415 --> 01:37:02,550 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3161 01:37:02,550 --> 01:37:04,952 FOSTER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER 3162 01:37:04,952 --> 01:37:05,853 COMMENTS REGARDING AMENDMENT A 3163 01:37:05,853 --> 01:37:07,454 BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL? 3164 01:37:07,454 --> 01:37:08,088 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA DO YOU HAVE 3165 01:37:08,088 --> 01:37:08,956 ANY CLOSING COMMENTS? 3166 01:37:08,956 --> 01:37:10,958 -- YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL 3167 01:37:10,958 --> 01:37:13,694 PRESIDENT. I MEAN, UNDERLYING 3168 01:37:13,694 --> 01:37:14,728 THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION IS 3169 01:37:14,728 --> 01:37:16,197 OUR INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THAT 3170 01:37:16,197 --> 01:37:18,532 WE'RE DOING WHAT WE SAY, QUOTE, 3171 01:37:18,532 --> 01:37:20,201 IS A WARM HANDOFF. AND SO WE 3172 01:37:20,201 --> 01:37:22,736 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S 3173 01:37:22,736 --> 01:37:23,971 ACTUALLY HAPPENING. I THINK IT 3174 01:37:23,971 --> 01:37:25,739 BENEFITS THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE 3175 01:37:25,739 --> 01:37:28,042 TRYING TO HELP, UM, WITH THIS 3176 01:37:28,042 --> 01:37:31,278 DIVERSION PROGRAM. AND SO IT'S 3177 01:37:31,278 --> 01:37:31,879 REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE 3178 01:37:31,879 --> 01:37:33,814 INSTANCES WHEN PROVIDERS ARE 3179 01:37:33,814 --> 01:37:34,815 CALLED AND HOW LONG IT TAKES 3180 01:37:34,815 --> 01:37:36,817 FOLKS TO SHOW UP BECAUSE IT 3181 01:37:36,817 --> 01:37:37,685 GIVES US, LIKE I SAID, 3182 01:37:37,685 --> 01:37:39,220 INFORMATION BY WHICH TO MAKE 3183 01:37:39,220 --> 01:37:41,355 INFORMED DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE 3184 01:37:41,355 --> 01:37:44,725 ABOUT HOW TO BEST HELP IN THIS 3185 01:37:44,725 --> 01:37:45,793 REGARD, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, YOU 3186 01:37:45,793 --> 01:37:49,496 KNOW, I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL 3187 01:37:49,496 --> 01:37:50,631 STAFF. UM, GREG DOSS FOR HELPING 3188 01:37:50,631 --> 01:37:53,434 WITH THIS. AND I KNOW WITH THIS 3189 01:37:53,434 --> 01:37:55,836 PARTICULAR AMENDMENT, AND I KNOW 3190 01:37:55,836 --> 01:37:57,738 THAT HE WORKED WITH THE CITY 3191 01:37:57,738 --> 01:37:58,639 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SPD TO 3192 01:37:58,639 --> 01:38:00,274 MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CRAFTING 3193 01:38:00,274 --> 01:38:02,877 A PIECE OF LEGISLATION OR AN 3194 01:38:02,877 --> 01:38:05,212 AMENDMENT RATHER THAT, UM, 3195 01:38:05,212 --> 01:38:06,547 DEFINED TIMELY, UM, IN A WAY 3196 01:38:06,547 --> 01:38:09,283 THAT DID NOT CAUSE UNINTENDED 3197 01:38:09,283 --> 01:38:10,784 CONSEQUENCES, AS WE DO WITH ALL 3198 01:38:10,784 --> 01:38:13,320 THE THINGS. SO, UM, REALLY 3199 01:38:13,320 --> 01:38:15,556 APPRECIATE CENTRAL STAFF'S 3200 01:38:15,556 --> 01:38:17,625 DILIGENCE, DUE DILIGENCE, UM, AS 3201 01:38:17,625 --> 01:38:18,926 THEY WERE CRAFTING THIS 3202 01:38:18,926 --> 01:38:20,661 AMENDMENT. SO, UM, IT REALLY, IT 3203 01:38:20,661 --> 01:38:21,829 GOES TO THE INTEREST OF MAKING 3204 01:38:21,829 --> 01:38:24,632 SURE THAT THAT WARM HANDOFF IS 3205 01:38:24,632 --> 01:38:26,000 ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND, AND HOW 3206 01:38:26,000 --> 01:38:28,002 LONG IT TAKES FOR THAT TO OCCUR. 3207 01:38:28,002 --> 01:38:30,037 THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3208 01:38:30,037 --> 01:38:32,139 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL 3209 01:38:32,139 --> 01:38:33,240 RIVERA. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER 3210 01:38:33,240 --> 01:38:35,109 JUAREZ, YOUR HAND IS UP. 3211 01:38:35,109 --> 01:38:36,043 -- I APOLOGIZE. I MEANT TO GET 3212 01:38:36,043 --> 01:38:38,112 IT UP SOONER THAN I WENT OFF 3213 01:38:38,112 --> 01:38:39,580 MUTE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK 3214 01:38:39,580 --> 01:38:40,481 COUNCILMEMBER. FIRST OF ALL. 3215 01:38:40,481 --> 01:38:41,582 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, UM, BEING 3216 01:38:41,582 --> 01:38:42,950 ON YOUR COMMITTEE AND DOING THE 3217 01:38:42,950 --> 01:38:43,584 PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PEOPLE 3218 01:38:43,584 --> 01:38:48,155 THAT PRESENTED ON THIS, AND THEN 3219 01:38:48,155 --> 01:38:48,756 THE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA YOUR 3220 01:38:48,756 --> 01:38:50,457 AMENDMENTS. SO I HAD MADE SOME 3221 01:38:50,457 --> 01:38:51,625 COMMENTS IN COMMITTEE AND THEN 3222 01:38:51,625 --> 01:38:53,527 DID SOME FOLLOW UP CALLS AND HAD 3223 01:38:53,527 --> 01:38:54,528 SOME CONVERSATIONS. AND I JUST 3224 01:38:54,528 --> 01:38:57,264 WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT MY 3225 01:38:57,264 --> 01:38:58,565 COMMENTS ABOUT A WARM HANDOFF, 3226 01:38:58,565 --> 01:39:00,134 UM, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT 3227 01:39:00,134 --> 01:39:04,071 FOR AT LEAST NINE YEARS. AND SO 3228 01:39:04,071 --> 01:39:04,705 WE WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE WANT 3229 01:39:04,705 --> 01:39:06,240 TO JUST SAY, LOOK AT THAT'S, 3230 01:39:06,240 --> 01:39:08,242 THAT'S MORE OF A TERM OF ART. 3231 01:39:08,242 --> 01:39:10,477 SO WHAT IS A WARM HANDOFF? 3232 01:39:10,477 --> 01:39:11,412 THEORETICALLY, WE CAN SAY, OH, 3233 01:39:11,412 --> 01:39:12,546 THE OFFICERS WILL BE IN FIELD 3234 01:39:12,546 --> 01:39:14,782 AND THEY'LL DIVERT. AND THEN WE 3235 01:39:14,782 --> 01:39:17,184 CAN DO A WARM HANDOFF. WELL, 3236 01:39:17,184 --> 01:39:18,519 WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT IT 3237 01:39:18,519 --> 01:39:20,254 DOESN'T ACTUALLY WORK LIKE THAT. 3238 01:39:20,254 --> 01:39:21,422 IS IT A MINUTE. IS IT TWO HOURS? 3239 01:39:21,422 --> 01:39:23,457 IS IT THREE HOURS? IS IT WHEN 3240 01:39:23,457 --> 01:39:25,092 THE PERSON LEAVES, DO THEY COME 3241 01:39:25,092 --> 01:39:26,493 BACK? SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO 3242 01:39:26,493 --> 01:39:28,529 THANK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR 3243 01:39:28,529 --> 01:39:29,563 PUTTING IN THIS AMENDMENT SO WE 3244 01:39:29,563 --> 01:39:32,633 CAN HAVE SOME DATA BACK WHILE 3245 01:39:32,633 --> 01:39:34,401 RECOGNIZING THAT ADDICTION AND 3246 01:39:34,401 --> 01:39:35,235 RECOVERY, OF COURSE, HAS 3247 01:39:35,235 --> 01:39:36,470 RELAPSED. AND OF COURSE, NOT 3248 01:39:36,470 --> 01:39:38,339 EVERYONE IS GOING TO TAKE CUES 3249 01:39:38,339 --> 01:39:41,675 OR WANT TO GO TO BE HAVE THIS IN 3250 01:39:41,675 --> 01:39:43,544 FIELD DIVERSION. WE UNDERSTAND 3251 01:39:43,544 --> 01:39:45,679 THAT. UM, I THINK IT'S JUST 3252 01:39:45,679 --> 01:39:47,214 AFTER ME HEARING FOR ALMOST A 3253 01:39:47,214 --> 01:39:49,216 DECADE THE TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, 3254 01:39:49,216 --> 01:39:51,852 DO NO HARM, HARM REDUCTION, WARM 3255 01:39:51,852 --> 01:39:53,354 HANDOFF THAT WE'RE NOW STARTING 3256 01:39:53,354 --> 01:39:54,822 TO SEE THE RESULTS AND THE 3257 01:39:54,822 --> 01:39:55,889 BYPRODUCTS OF WHETHER OR NOT 3258 01:39:55,889 --> 01:39:57,691 THESE THINGS ARE WORKING. SO I 3259 01:39:57,691 --> 01:39:59,226 THINK IT'S GOOD GOVERNANCE TO 3260 01:39:59,226 --> 01:40:00,027 COME FORWARD AND JUST SAY, CAN 3261 01:40:00,027 --> 01:40:01,829 WE JUST SEE, CAN WE JUST SEE THE 3262 01:40:01,829 --> 01:40:03,931 NUMBERS AND WHAT CAN WE GAIN 3263 01:40:03,931 --> 01:40:04,865 FROM THAT? AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN 3264 01:40:04,865 --> 01:40:07,334 FROM THAT? SO THANK YOU, CHAIR 3265 01:40:07,334 --> 01:40:08,535 KETTLE, AND THANK YOU, 3266 01:40:08,535 --> 01:40:09,837 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AND THANK 3267 01:40:09,837 --> 01:40:10,938 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND I 3268 01:40:10,938 --> 01:40:12,006 WILL NOW GO ON MUTE. 3269 01:40:12,006 --> 01:40:13,607 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 3270 01:40:13,607 --> 01:40:14,608 JUAREZ. IF THERE'S NO OTHER 3271 01:40:14,608 --> 01:40:16,610 FURTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE 3272 01:40:16,610 --> 01:40:17,444 AMENDMENT. AYE, THAT'S WHAT 3273 01:40:17,444 --> 01:40:18,579 WE'RE VOTING ON. THEN WE'LL 3274 01:40:18,579 --> 01:40:19,813 SAVE COMMENTS FOR THE FINAL 3275 01:40:19,813 --> 01:40:23,851 BILL. UH, LET'S CALL THE ROLL ON 3276 01:40:23,851 --> 01:40:28,956 AMENDMENT NUMBER AYE. LETTER 3277 01:40:28,956 --> 01:40:29,156 AYE. 3278 01:40:29,156 --> 01:40:31,859 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 3279 01:40:31,859 --> 01:40:32,226 -- AYE. 3280 01:40:32,226 --> 01:40:38,832 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3281 01:40:38,832 --> 01:40:39,099 -- YES. 3282 01:40:39,099 --> 01:40:39,633 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3283 01:40:39,633 --> 01:40:41,435 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3284 01:40:41,435 --> 01:40:41,668 -- AYE. 3285 01:40:41,668 --> 01:40:43,070 -- COUNCILMEMBER. LIN. 3286 01:40:43,070 --> 01:40:43,303 -- YES. 3287 01:40:43,303 --> 01:40:46,206 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3288 01:40:46,206 --> 01:40:46,440 -- NO. 3289 01:40:46,440 --> 01:40:49,510 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3290 01:40:49,510 --> 01:40:49,743 -- AYE. 3291 01:40:49,743 --> 01:40:50,244 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 3292 01:40:50,244 --> 01:40:51,478 -- AYE. 3293 01:40:51,478 --> 01:40:51,945 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3294 01:40:51,945 --> 01:40:52,479 HOLLINGSWORTH. 3295 01:40:52,479 --> 01:40:52,713 -- YES. 3296 01:40:52,713 --> 01:40:54,481 -- EIGHT IN FAVOR ONE OPPOSED. 3297 01:40:54,481 --> 01:40:55,649 -- MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT A 3298 01:40:55,649 --> 01:40:56,950 IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY 3299 01:40:56,950 --> 01:40:59,853 FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS 3300 01:40:59,853 --> 01:41:00,454 AMENDED? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 3301 01:41:00,454 --> 01:41:01,755 I'LL COME TO YOU LAST FOR FINAL 3302 01:41:01,755 --> 01:41:03,257 COMMENTS. IS THERE ANY OTHER 3303 01:41:03,257 --> 01:41:06,060 COMMENTS REGARDING AMENDMENT A 3304 01:41:06,060 --> 01:41:10,030 OR EXCUSE ME, THE BILL AS 3305 01:41:10,030 --> 01:41:14,535 AMENDED. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER 3306 01:41:14,535 --> 01:41:15,035 KETTLE CLOSING REMARKS. 3307 01:41:15,035 --> 01:41:17,104 -- AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU, 3308 01:41:17,104 --> 01:41:20,374 COLLEAGUES, AND THANK YOU TO THE 3309 01:41:20,374 --> 01:41:24,878 PDA SPD CPC CARE. UM, DIRECTOR 3310 01:41:24,878 --> 01:41:25,679 OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, THE 3311 01:41:25,679 --> 01:41:27,748 CENTRAL STAFF TEAM, MY OWN TEAM, 3312 01:41:27,748 --> 01:41:31,118 UM IT'S INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, 3313 01:41:31,118 --> 01:41:32,219 WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS IN A 3314 01:41:32,219 --> 01:41:33,587 PROFESSIONAL, ENGAGED MANNER. 3315 01:41:33,587 --> 01:41:34,788 WE'RE GOING TO GET PIECES THAT 3316 01:41:34,788 --> 01:41:36,924 WE CAN THEN FURTHER IMPROVE THE 3317 01:41:36,924 --> 01:41:39,760 PROCESS USING THAT DATA AND SO 3318 01:41:39,760 --> 01:41:40,961 FORTH MOVING FORWARD. AND YOU 3319 01:41:40,961 --> 01:41:44,431 KNOW, I DRAW A CONTRAST, UH, 3320 01:41:44,431 --> 01:41:45,532 HERE IN 26 TO 23. AND I THINK 3321 01:41:45,532 --> 01:41:47,468 THIS SHOWS THAT WE'RE MOVING 3322 01:41:47,468 --> 01:41:48,368 FORWARD AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE 3323 01:41:48,368 --> 01:41:50,270 TO MOVE FORWARD, CONTINUE TO 3324 01:41:50,270 --> 01:41:51,705 IMPROVE AGAIN FOR THOSE 3325 01:41:51,705 --> 01:41:53,607 NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS. BUT 3326 01:41:53,607 --> 01:41:54,141 MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR OUR 3327 01:41:54,141 --> 01:41:55,109 NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS. SO, 3328 01:41:55,109 --> 01:41:56,243 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 3329 01:41:56,243 --> 01:41:58,312 SUPPORT IN THIS BILL. THANK YOU. 3330 01:41:58,312 --> 01:41:59,613 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3331 01:41:59,613 --> 01:42:01,248 KETTLE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 3332 01:42:01,248 --> 01:42:02,816 CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF 3333 01:42:02,816 --> 01:42:08,655 THE BILL, AS AMENDED 3334 01:42:08,655 --> 01:42:10,958 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AYE. 3335 01:42:10,958 --> 01:42:11,625 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3336 01:42:11,625 --> 01:42:12,926 -- YES. 3337 01:42:12,926 --> 01:42:15,829 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 3338 01:42:15,829 --> 01:42:16,063 -- HI. 3339 01:42:16,063 --> 01:42:18,398 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3340 01:42:18,398 --> 01:42:18,765 -- AYE. 3341 01:42:18,765 --> 01:42:20,467 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3342 01:42:20,467 --> 01:42:20,968 -- YES, COUNCILMEMBER. 3343 01:42:20,968 --> 01:42:22,536 -- RINCK. 3344 01:42:22,536 --> 01:42:22,769 -- YES. 3345 01:42:22,769 --> 01:42:25,072 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3346 01:42:25,072 --> 01:42:25,305 -- AYE. 3347 01:42:25,305 --> 01:42:26,106 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. AND. 3348 01:42:26,106 --> 01:42:27,674 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3349 01:42:27,674 --> 01:42:28,242 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN 3350 01:42:28,242 --> 01:42:29,209 FAVOR NONE OPPOSED. 3351 01:42:29,209 --> 01:42:30,811 -- BILL PASSES AS AMENDED. WILL 3352 01:42:30,811 --> 01:42:32,579 THE CLERK PLEASE SIGN? WILL THE 3353 01:42:32,579 --> 01:42:33,914 CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE 3354 01:42:33,914 --> 01:42:35,349 TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 3355 01:42:35,349 --> 01:42:38,218 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 3356 01:42:38,218 --> 01:42:39,953 NUMBER FIVE INTO THE RECORD 3357 01:42:39,953 --> 01:42:41,255 -- THE REPORT OF THE GOVERNANCE 3358 01:42:41,255 --> 01:42:41,889 AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE. AGENDA 3359 01:42:41,889 --> 01:42:45,325 ITEM FIVE COUNCIL ONE, 21247 3360 01:42:45,325 --> 01:42:46,293 RELATING TO CITY LIFE 3361 01:42:46,293 --> 01:42:48,629 DEPARTMENTS. EMERGENCY BILL 3362 01:42:48,629 --> 01:42:51,031 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AMENDING 3363 01:42:51,031 --> 01:42:52,166 SECTION 21.49.042 OF THE SEATTLE 3364 01:42:52,166 --> 01:42:54,201 MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADJUST PROGRAM 3365 01:42:54,201 --> 01:42:56,436 TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND EXPAND 3366 01:42:56,436 --> 01:42:57,237 ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR 3367 01:42:57,237 --> 01:42:58,639 EMERGENCY BILL ASSISTANCE. THE 3368 01:42:58,639 --> 01:42:59,506 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL 3369 01:42:59,506 --> 01:43:01,542 PASS, AS AMENDED. 3370 01:43:01,542 --> 01:43:03,043 -- AWESOME COLLEAGUES. AS CHAIR 3371 01:43:03,043 --> 01:43:03,810 OF THE COMMITTEE, I WILL PRESENT 3372 01:43:03,810 --> 01:43:05,212 THE COMMITTEE REPORT. WE'VE 3373 01:43:05,212 --> 01:43:07,347 HEARD THIS BILL TWICE IN OUR 3374 01:43:07,347 --> 01:43:08,415 GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES 3375 01:43:08,415 --> 01:43:11,418 COMMITTEE. THIS BILL PASSED 3376 01:43:11,418 --> 01:43:12,286 UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE 3377 01:43:12,286 --> 01:43:13,554 AS WELL. THIS TAKES CRUCIAL 3378 01:43:13,554 --> 01:43:16,089 STEPS TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY 3379 01:43:16,089 --> 01:43:17,991 FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 3380 01:43:17,991 --> 01:43:19,026 RATEPAYERS AND SEATTLE. UM, 3381 01:43:19,026 --> 01:43:20,827 EXCUSE ME, FOR SEATTLE CITY 3382 01:43:20,827 --> 01:43:22,696 LIGHT RATEPAYERS. AND ALSO THE 3383 01:43:22,696 --> 01:43:23,430 RATE INCREASES THAT ARE COMING. 3384 01:43:23,430 --> 01:43:26,533 I ALSO WANT TO THANK 3385 01:43:26,533 --> 01:43:27,301 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS OFFERING 3386 01:43:27,301 --> 01:43:30,003 THE AMENDMENTS THAT ENSURES THAT 3387 01:43:30,003 --> 01:43:32,206 THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM 3388 01:43:32,206 --> 01:43:34,508 THAT WAS PASSED BY COUNCIL AND 3389 01:43:34,508 --> 01:43:36,210 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WAS THE 3390 01:43:36,210 --> 01:43:37,611 SPONSOR OF. MADE SURE THAT THE 3391 01:43:37,611 --> 01:43:40,547 DATES ALIGNED WITH THE START 3392 01:43:40,547 --> 01:43:42,583 DATE THAT THE UTILITY DISCOUNT 3393 01:43:42,583 --> 01:43:46,553 PROGRAM, UH, DATE ALIGNS WITH 3394 01:43:46,553 --> 01:43:47,988 JANUARY 1st. SO IT WILL START 3395 01:43:47,988 --> 01:43:49,356 RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE 3396 01:43:49,356 --> 01:43:50,857 YEAR. AND HE CAUGHT THAT. SO 3397 01:43:50,857 --> 01:43:52,259 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 3398 01:43:52,259 --> 01:43:54,394 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I GOT MY 3399 01:43:54,394 --> 01:43:56,797 WORD TONGUE, A TONGUE TIE ON 3400 01:43:56,797 --> 01:43:59,233 THOSE WORDS, SO I APOLOGIZE. SCL 3401 01:43:59,233 --> 01:44:00,934 SPU RATES ALL THE THINGS. UM, 3402 01:44:00,934 --> 01:44:02,703 COLLEAGUES, THIS IS REALLY 3403 01:44:02,703 --> 01:44:03,971 IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE 3404 01:44:03,971 --> 01:44:05,472 FOR OUR CITY AS RATES ARE 3405 01:44:05,472 --> 01:44:09,276 INCREASING AS WE KNOW, AND 3406 01:44:09,276 --> 01:44:11,478 OFFERING THE EMERGENCY PAYMENT 3407 01:44:11,478 --> 01:44:13,280 FOR FOLKS IN THAT PROGRAM IS 3408 01:44:13,280 --> 01:44:13,780 SOMETHING ASSISTANCE IS 3409 01:44:13,780 --> 01:44:14,715 SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY 3410 01:44:14,715 --> 01:44:16,650 PASSIONATE ABOUT IN OUR CITY AND 3411 01:44:16,650 --> 01:44:18,785 JUST HELPS CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY 3412 01:44:18,785 --> 01:44:21,788 AND RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE TO 3413 01:44:21,788 --> 01:44:23,357 CONTINUE TO ACCESS THEIR CRUCIAL 3414 01:44:23,357 --> 01:44:24,725 UTILITIES. ARE THERE ANY 3415 01:44:24,725 --> 01:44:26,593 COMMENTS ABOUT THE BILL BEFORE 3416 01:44:26,593 --> 01:44:28,862 US BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL? 3417 01:44:28,862 --> 01:44:29,896 COUNCILMEMBER? ANYONE? OKAY, 3418 01:44:29,896 --> 01:44:31,164 AWESOME. THANK YOU. WILL THE 3419 01:44:31,164 --> 01:44:32,432 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 3420 01:44:32,432 --> 01:44:37,471 THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 3421 01:44:37,471 --> 01:44:39,439 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AYE. 3422 01:44:39,439 --> 01:44:43,877 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES. 3423 01:44:43,877 --> 01:44:44,745 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 3424 01:44:44,745 --> 01:44:46,713 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AYE. 3425 01:44:46,713 --> 01:44:47,180 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3426 01:44:47,180 --> 01:44:48,715 -- YES. 3427 01:44:48,715 --> 01:44:49,283 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 3428 01:44:49,283 --> 01:44:52,252 -- YES. 3429 01:44:52,252 --> 01:44:52,886 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3430 01:44:52,886 --> 01:44:53,687 -- I COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 3431 01:44:53,687 --> 01:44:55,455 AND. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3432 01:44:55,455 --> 01:44:55,922 -- HOLLINGSWORTH AYE. 3433 01:44:55,922 --> 01:44:56,623 -- NINE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED. 3434 01:44:56,623 --> 01:44:57,991 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. BILL 3435 01:44:57,991 --> 01:44:58,725 PASSES CHAIR WILL SIGN. WILL THE 3436 01:44:58,725 --> 01:45:00,661 CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE 3437 01:45:00,661 --> 01:45:01,695 TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 3438 01:45:01,695 --> 01:45:03,563 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 3439 01:45:03,563 --> 01:45:04,698 NUMBER SIX INTO THE RECORD? CLAP 3440 01:45:04,698 --> 01:45:06,300 FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. 3441 01:45:06,300 --> 01:45:09,836 -- AGENDA ITEM SIX. COUNCIL BILL 3442 01:45:09,836 --> 01:45:11,672 121245 RELATING TO RATES AND 3443 01:45:11,672 --> 01:45:13,573 CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICES OF 3444 01:45:13,573 --> 01:45:14,107 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES. 3445 01:45:14,107 --> 01:45:15,909 REVISING WATER RATES AND 3446 01:45:15,909 --> 01:45:17,577 CHARGES. REVISING CREDITS TO LOW 3447 01:45:17,577 --> 01:45:19,780 INCOME CUSTOMERS. AUTHORIZING 3448 01:45:19,780 --> 01:45:20,380 WITHDRAWALS OF FUNDS FROM THE 3449 01:45:20,380 --> 01:45:23,150 WATER FUND. REVENUE 3450 01:45:23,150 --> 01:45:24,084 STABILIZATION FUND COMMITTEE 3451 01:45:24,084 --> 01:45:25,352 RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS AS 3452 01:45:25,352 --> 01:45:25,619 AMENDED. 3453 01:45:25,619 --> 01:45:26,853 -- AWESOME. SO WE HEARD THIS 3454 01:45:26,853 --> 01:45:27,888 BILL TWICE IN GOVERNANCE AND 3455 01:45:27,888 --> 01:45:29,423 UTILITIES COMMITTEE. THIS BILL 3456 01:45:29,423 --> 01:45:31,258 UNANIMOUSLY PASSED OUT OF 3457 01:45:31,258 --> 01:45:33,760 COMMITTEE. THIS BILL IS FOR THE 3458 01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:35,762 2027 TO 2029 SEATTLE PUBLIC 3459 01:45:35,762 --> 01:45:37,531 UTILITY WATER RATES. SPU HAS A 3460 01:45:37,531 --> 01:45:39,599 MODEST RATE INCREASE OVER THE 3461 01:45:39,599 --> 01:45:41,501 RATE PATH, WITH 4% EVERY YEAR. 3462 01:45:41,501 --> 01:45:45,572 THIS IS WHAT THEY DO IS THEY 3463 01:45:45,572 --> 01:45:46,139 FIGURE OUT A RATE PATH THAT 3464 01:45:46,139 --> 01:45:48,341 COMES EVERY TWO YEARS. UM, AND 3465 01:45:48,341 --> 01:45:50,310 OR EXCUSE ME, AS THEY'RE TRYING 3466 01:45:50,310 --> 01:45:52,112 TO FIGURE OUT PROJECTIONS. UM, I 3467 01:45:52,112 --> 01:45:54,347 ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 3468 01:45:54,347 --> 01:45:55,515 STRAUSS AMENDMENTS, THE UTILITY 3469 01:45:55,515 --> 01:45:57,350 DISCOUNT PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL 3470 01:45:57,350 --> 01:45:59,252 PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR AS 3471 01:45:59,252 --> 01:46:00,287 WELL. UM, I WILL ALSO TAKE THIS 3472 01:46:00,287 --> 01:46:01,888 TIME AS I HAVE ANYTIME WE TALK 3473 01:46:01,888 --> 01:46:03,757 ABOUT WATER RATES, UNDERSTANDING 3474 01:46:03,757 --> 01:46:05,959 THAT ABOUT 25% OF YOUR WATER 3475 01:46:05,959 --> 01:46:07,761 BILL IS BECAUSE OF KING COUNTY 3476 01:46:07,761 --> 01:46:10,097 AND THEIR WASTEWATER RATES. SO 3477 01:46:10,097 --> 01:46:12,165 AS THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 3478 01:46:12,165 --> 01:46:14,000 THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEIR 3479 01:46:14,000 --> 01:46:14,634 WASTEWATER, UM, COLLEAGUES, WE 3480 01:46:14,634 --> 01:46:18,372 SENT, WE SENT A LETTER TO THE 3481 01:46:18,372 --> 01:46:20,307 KING COUNTY COUNCIL ASKING THEM 3482 01:46:20,307 --> 01:46:21,742 TO FIGURE OUT AND READJUST, 3483 01:46:21,742 --> 01:46:23,443 LOWER SOME OF THEIR RATES THAT 3484 01:46:23,443 --> 01:46:25,245 THEY HAVE, BECAUSE THERE IS A 3485 01:46:25,245 --> 01:46:27,047 DOUBLE DIGIT RATE INCREASE FOR 3486 01:46:27,047 --> 01:46:28,081 KING COUNTY WATER. AND THAT'S 3487 01:46:28,081 --> 01:46:29,549 WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF OUR RATES 3488 01:46:29,549 --> 01:46:31,752 GOING UP IN SEATTLE, AND IT 3489 01:46:31,752 --> 01:46:32,486 IMPACTS US AS WELL. SO I WANTED 3490 01:46:32,486 --> 01:46:33,687 TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD, 3491 01:46:33,687 --> 01:46:36,456 BECAUSE OFTENTIMES PEOPLE 3492 01:46:36,456 --> 01:46:38,425 ATTRIBUTE SEATTLE CITY WATER 3493 01:46:38,425 --> 01:46:39,826 WITH RATE INCREASES, THINKING 3494 01:46:39,826 --> 01:46:41,294 THAT'S JUST A CITY. UM, THAT'S, 3495 01:46:41,294 --> 01:46:43,330 THAT'S JUST US. BUT, BUT THE 3496 01:46:43,330 --> 01:46:45,165 COUNTY IMPACTS US AS WELL WHEN 3497 01:46:45,165 --> 01:46:47,634 THEY INCREASE THEIR RATES FOR 3498 01:46:47,634 --> 01:46:49,870 WASTEWATER. SO JUST A THOUGHT 3499 01:46:49,870 --> 01:46:51,404 THERE. UH, COUNCILMEMBER 3500 01:46:51,404 --> 01:46:52,005 STRAUSS, I SEE YOUR HAND. ARE 3501 01:46:52,005 --> 01:46:53,006 THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS 3502 01:46:53,006 --> 01:46:55,108 REGARDING THE BILL? 3503 01:46:55,108 --> 01:46:55,609 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 3504 01:46:55,609 --> 01:46:56,243 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3505 01:46:56,243 --> 01:46:58,078 I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT 3506 01:46:58,078 --> 01:47:00,781 YOU JUST SAID BEYOND THE COST 3507 01:47:00,781 --> 01:47:02,616 THAT KING COUNTY PASSES ON TO 3508 01:47:02,616 --> 01:47:04,851 SEATTLE RESIDENTS. THERE'S ALSO 3509 01:47:04,851 --> 01:47:07,087 ADDITIONAL FEES FOR HOOKUP 3510 01:47:07,087 --> 01:47:10,423 CHARGES FOR NEW ADUS OR DAD USE. 3511 01:47:10,423 --> 01:47:11,992 AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE TALKING 3512 01:47:11,992 --> 01:47:13,927 ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. 3513 01:47:13,927 --> 01:47:15,662 WHEN KING COUNTY IS CHARGING 3514 01:47:15,662 --> 01:47:16,663 EXORBITANT RATES TO HOOK UP FOR 3515 01:47:16,663 --> 01:47:19,699 A TO USE AND TO USE, IT CAN 3516 01:47:19,699 --> 01:47:20,333 BECOME PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE 3517 01:47:20,333 --> 01:47:21,735 TO PROVIDE A NEW DWELLING UNIT 3518 01:47:21,735 --> 01:47:23,236 FOR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER THAT YOU 3519 01:47:23,236 --> 01:47:25,705 ARE JUST TRYING TO KEEP AN 3520 01:47:25,705 --> 01:47:26,339 INTERGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLD. SO 3521 01:47:26,339 --> 01:47:28,775 I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 3522 01:47:28,775 --> 01:47:30,143 THESE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES FROM 3523 01:47:30,143 --> 01:47:33,246 KING COUNTY ARE BEYOND JUST THE 3524 01:47:33,246 --> 01:47:34,314 COST OF OUR WASTEWATER. AND NO 3525 01:47:34,314 --> 01:47:36,049 MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WITH THESE 3526 01:47:36,049 --> 01:47:39,486 RATES GOING UP, EVEN IF YOU'RE 3527 01:47:39,486 --> 01:47:40,120 ON THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM, 3528 01:47:40,120 --> 01:47:40,787 YOUR RATES ARE GOING UP. I'VE 3529 01:47:40,787 --> 01:47:44,057 BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED WITH SPU 3530 01:47:44,057 --> 01:47:45,525 IN KEEPING THEIR AVERAGE RATE 3531 01:47:45,525 --> 01:47:46,059 INCREASE BELOW WHAT THEIR 3532 01:47:46,059 --> 01:47:48,495 STRATEGIC PLAN ORIGINALLY 3533 01:47:48,495 --> 01:47:49,696 PROVIDED, AND OTHER THAN 3534 01:47:49,696 --> 01:47:51,832 REDMOND, WE HAVE THE LOWEST 3535 01:47:51,832 --> 01:47:53,266 WATER RATES IN THE REGION. AND 3536 01:47:53,266 --> 01:47:56,269 ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE GOT THE 3537 01:47:56,269 --> 01:47:58,338 BEST QUALITY WATER IN THE NATION 3538 01:47:58,338 --> 01:48:01,141 BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY WATER 3539 01:48:01,141 --> 01:48:03,243 PROVIDER THAT OWNS AN ENTIRE 3540 01:48:03,243 --> 01:48:04,211 WATERSHED. FROM THE MOUTH OF THE 3541 01:48:04,211 --> 01:48:06,112 RIVER, ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF 3542 01:48:06,112 --> 01:48:07,747 THE PEAKS. AND SO I JUST ALL OF 3543 01:48:07,747 --> 01:48:10,750 THIS TO SAY, UM, I'M REALLY 3544 01:48:10,750 --> 01:48:11,418 IMPRESSED WITH SPU KEEPING OUR 3545 01:48:11,418 --> 01:48:16,656 RATES DOWN. I'M REALLY DISTURBED 3546 01:48:16,656 --> 01:48:20,894 BY THE PASS THROUGH COSTS THAT 3547 01:48:20,894 --> 01:48:21,494 KING COUNTY IS PROVIDING. AND 3548 01:48:21,494 --> 01:48:22,729 FOR THE 31,000 NEW HOUSEHOLDS 3549 01:48:22,729 --> 01:48:23,797 THAT ARE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE 3550 01:48:23,797 --> 01:48:25,098 FOR THE UTILITY DISCOUNT 3551 01:48:25,098 --> 01:48:26,399 PROGRAM, AND IN THE NEXT TWO 3552 01:48:26,399 --> 01:48:29,803 YEARS, THE 81 83,000 HOUSEHOLDS 3553 01:48:29,803 --> 01:48:31,838 THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR 3554 01:48:31,838 --> 01:48:32,939 UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM. EVEN 3555 01:48:32,939 --> 01:48:34,441 IF YOU'RE ON THE UDP, YOUR 3556 01:48:34,441 --> 01:48:36,109 RATES ARE STILL YOU STILL HAVE 3557 01:48:36,109 --> 01:48:37,344 TO HAVE A RATE INCREASE. SO ALL 3558 01:48:37,344 --> 01:48:40,380 OF THAT SAID, WE ARE MAKING GOOD 3559 01:48:40,380 --> 01:48:41,815 STRIDES AT AFFORDABILITY WITH 3560 01:48:41,815 --> 01:48:43,250 THIS PROGRAM. KING COUNTY CATCH 3561 01:48:43,250 --> 01:48:44,584 UP AND I APPROVE THIS BILL. 3562 01:48:44,584 --> 01:48:45,252 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 3563 01:48:45,252 --> 01:48:47,087 COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ, CAN YOU 3564 01:48:47,087 --> 01:48:48,755 REPEAT HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS FOR 3565 01:48:48,755 --> 01:48:49,422 NEXT YEAR? BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG 3566 01:48:49,422 --> 01:48:50,924 DEAL. AND THEN THE YEAR AFTER 3567 01:48:50,924 --> 01:48:51,324 THAT. 3568 01:48:51,324 --> 01:48:52,959 -- I'M OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 3569 01:48:52,959 --> 01:48:54,828 IT'S 31,000 THIS YEAR AND 3570 01:48:54,828 --> 01:48:55,695 83,000 BY THE TIME WE GET ALL 3571 01:48:55,695 --> 01:48:58,031 THE WAY UP TO 80%, AM I? 3572 01:48:58,031 --> 01:48:59,766 -- THAT IS AMAZING. THANK YOU. 3573 01:48:59,766 --> 01:49:00,400 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IT'S A 3574 01:49:00,400 --> 01:49:03,003 PRETTY IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL 3575 01:49:03,003 --> 01:49:06,206 ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. THANK YOU. 3576 01:49:06,206 --> 01:49:06,673 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3577 01:49:06,673 --> 01:49:07,707 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3578 01:49:07,707 --> 01:49:10,243 I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU 3579 01:49:10,243 --> 01:49:11,878 TO YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND 3580 01:49:11,878 --> 01:49:12,512 ALSO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND 3581 01:49:12,512 --> 01:49:14,147 REALLY EVERYBODY FOR FOR FOR 3582 01:49:14,147 --> 01:49:15,515 THIS WORK. AND IT HIGHLIGHTS 3583 01:49:15,515 --> 01:49:17,317 WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING I'VE 3584 01:49:17,317 --> 01:49:19,286 BEEN TALKING ABOUT RELATED TO 3585 01:49:19,286 --> 01:49:20,053 AFFORDABILITY AND WHAT OUR ROLE 3586 01:49:20,053 --> 01:49:21,955 IS IN IT. UM, FROM THE CITY, BUT 3587 01:49:21,955 --> 01:49:24,124 ALSO IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS AT 3588 01:49:24,124 --> 01:49:26,159 THE COUNTY AND THE STATE ACROSS 3589 01:49:26,159 --> 01:49:27,027 PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND 3590 01:49:27,027 --> 01:49:28,862 PUBLIC, IN THIS CASE, PUBLIC 3591 01:49:28,862 --> 01:49:30,063 UTILITIES. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 3592 01:49:30,063 --> 01:49:31,264 FOR THIS WORK. IT'S REALLY 3593 01:49:31,264 --> 01:49:32,565 IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE BIGGER 3594 01:49:32,565 --> 01:49:35,201 PICTURE TO REALLY SEE THESE 3595 01:49:35,201 --> 01:49:36,002 IMPACTS. AND WITH THAT SAID, 3596 01:49:36,002 --> 01:49:38,305 I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 3597 01:49:38,305 --> 01:49:39,706 STRAUSS FOR HIS COMMENTS. JUST 3598 01:49:39,706 --> 01:49:40,507 TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FROM 3599 01:49:40,507 --> 01:49:42,375 THE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE AND THE 3600 01:49:42,375 --> 01:49:43,643 HOOKUPS PIECE, WE NEED TO BE 3601 01:49:43,643 --> 01:49:46,413 COGNIZANT OF EVERY LITTLE PIECES 3602 01:49:46,413 --> 01:49:48,281 THAT HAS THESE AFFORDABILITY 3603 01:49:48,281 --> 01:49:50,216 IMPACTS, THAT HAS THE UNINTENDED 3604 01:49:50,216 --> 01:49:51,785 CONSEQUENCE, MAYBE OF HAVING 3605 01:49:51,785 --> 01:49:54,254 LESS HOUSING. UH, YOU KNOW, LESS 3606 01:49:54,254 --> 01:49:55,855 INTERGENERATIONAL, LESS, UM, YOU 3607 01:49:55,855 --> 01:49:58,725 KNOW, DISPLACEMENT, YOU KNOW, 3608 01:49:58,725 --> 01:49:59,326 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE 3609 01:49:59,326 --> 01:50:00,660 NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, NOT 3610 01:50:00,660 --> 01:50:01,962 JUST AT THE CITY, BUT THE COUNTY 3611 01:50:01,962 --> 01:50:03,997 AND THE STATE LEVEL TOO, ACROSS 3612 01:50:03,997 --> 01:50:05,465 THESE MAIN AREAS OF PROPERTY 3613 01:50:05,465 --> 01:50:07,000 TAX, SALES TAX AND UTILITY 3614 01:50:07,000 --> 01:50:09,569 RATES. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS 3615 01:50:09,569 --> 01:50:11,838 PROGRAM AND THE COMMENTS THERE 3616 01:50:11,838 --> 01:50:12,305 TODAY. THANK YOU. 3617 01:50:12,305 --> 01:50:14,007 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 3618 01:50:14,007 --> 01:50:14,641 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, ARE THERE 3619 01:50:14,641 --> 01:50:15,308 ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THE 3620 01:50:15,308 --> 01:50:17,877 BILL BEFORE US? WILL THE CLERK 3621 01:50:17,877 --> 01:50:18,812 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 3622 01:50:18,812 --> 01:50:26,019 PASSAGE OF THE BILL 3623 01:50:26,019 --> 01:50:26,586 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I 3624 01:50:26,586 --> 01:50:27,787 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES. 3625 01:50:27,787 --> 01:50:30,390 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 3626 01:50:30,390 --> 01:50:33,493 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 3627 01:50:33,493 --> 01:50:33,927 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3628 01:50:33,927 --> 01:50:35,028 -- YES. 3629 01:50:35,028 --> 01:50:35,595 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 3630 01:50:35,595 --> 01:50:37,964 -- YES. 3631 01:50:37,964 --> 01:50:39,132 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 3632 01:50:39,132 --> 01:50:39,799 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. AND. 3633 01:50:39,799 --> 01:50:41,234 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3634 01:50:41,234 --> 01:50:43,003 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN 3635 01:50:43,003 --> 01:50:43,436 FAVOR NONE OPPOSED. 3636 01:50:43,436 --> 01:50:44,504 -- BILL PASSES CHAIR WILL SIGN 3637 01:50:44,504 --> 01:50:46,072 IT WITH THE CLERK. PLEASE FIX MY 3638 01:50:46,072 --> 01:50:47,874 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 3639 01:50:47,874 --> 01:50:49,643 MY BEHALF. WILL YOU PLEASE READ 3640 01:50:49,643 --> 01:50:50,910 ITEM NUMBER SEVEN TO THE RECORD. 3641 01:50:50,910 --> 01:50:52,879 -- AGENDA ITEM SEVEN RELATING TO 3642 01:50:52,879 --> 01:50:54,114 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR SEATTLE 3643 01:50:54,114 --> 01:50:57,283 PUBLIC UTILITIES CUSTOMERS. 3644 01:50:57,283 --> 01:50:58,551 AMENDING SECTION 21.76.065. THE 3645 01:50:58,551 --> 01:50:59,886 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADJUST 3646 01:50:59,886 --> 01:51:01,087 PROGRAM TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND 3647 01:51:01,087 --> 01:51:03,690 EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES 3648 01:51:03,690 --> 01:51:04,324 FOR EMERGENCY BILL ASSISTANCE. 3649 01:51:04,324 --> 01:51:06,226 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE 3650 01:51:06,226 --> 01:51:09,229 BILL PASS, AS AMENDED. 3651 01:51:09,229 --> 01:51:10,864 -- AWESOME COLLEAGUES, THIS BILL 3652 01:51:10,864 --> 01:51:11,798 TAKES CRUCIAL STEPS TO ADDRESS 3653 01:51:11,798 --> 01:51:12,766 AFFORDABILITY. AS WE'VE TALKED 3654 01:51:12,766 --> 01:51:13,400 ABOUT, ALL THE BILLS THAT ARE 3655 01:51:13,400 --> 01:51:13,900 COMING TO YOU ARE ABOUT 3656 01:51:13,900 --> 01:51:14,501 AFFORDABILITY, WHETHER IT'S 3657 01:51:14,501 --> 01:51:17,671 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT OR SEATTLE 3658 01:51:17,671 --> 01:51:18,371 PUBLIC UTILITIES. THIS IS 3659 01:51:18,371 --> 01:51:20,440 REGARDING A LOT OF THE 3660 01:51:20,440 --> 01:51:21,007 WASTEWATER PIECE. I KIND OF 3661 01:51:21,007 --> 01:51:23,076 JUMPED THE GUN AND TALKED ABOUT 3662 01:51:23,076 --> 01:51:24,177 WASTEWATER BEFORE, BUT I WOULD 3663 01:51:24,177 --> 01:51:25,078 LOVE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS BILL 3664 01:51:25,078 --> 01:51:29,749 AS WELL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 3665 01:51:29,749 --> 01:51:30,550 COMMENTS? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 3666 01:51:30,550 --> 01:51:31,651 CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF 3667 01:51:31,651 --> 01:51:35,789 THE BILL 3668 01:51:35,789 --> 01:51:36,356 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 3669 01:51:36,356 --> 01:51:38,958 -- AYE. 3670 01:51:38,958 --> 01:51:40,160 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3671 01:51:40,160 --> 01:51:41,327 -- YES. 3672 01:51:41,327 --> 01:51:41,861 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3673 01:51:41,861 --> 01:51:42,962 -- HI. 3674 01:51:42,962 --> 01:51:43,496 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3675 01:51:43,496 --> 01:51:45,398 -- AYE. 3676 01:51:45,398 --> 01:51:45,899 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3677 01:51:45,899 --> 01:51:47,300 -- YES. 3678 01:51:47,300 --> 01:51:47,834 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 3679 01:51:47,834 --> 01:51:51,905 -- YES 3680 01:51:51,905 --> 01:51:52,939 -- RIVERA AYE. COUNCILMEMBER 3681 01:51:52,939 --> 01:51:53,239 SAKA. AYE. 3682 01:51:53,239 --> 01:51:54,174 -- AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3683 01:51:54,174 --> 01:51:55,041 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN 3684 01:51:55,041 --> 01:51:56,576 FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 3685 01:51:56,576 --> 01:51:57,410 -- BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL 3686 01:51:57,410 --> 01:51:59,612 SIGN IT WITH THE CLERK. PLEASE 3687 01:51:59,612 --> 01:52:00,146 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 3688 01:52:00,146 --> 01:52:00,747 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. AND 3689 01:52:00,747 --> 01:52:02,482 THANK YOU TO SEATTLE PUBLIC 3690 01:52:02,482 --> 01:52:04,050 UTILITIES. ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE 3691 01:52:04,050 --> 01:52:04,884 THAT WORK THERE. AND SEATTLE 3692 01:52:04,884 --> 01:52:08,955 CITY LIGHT, UH, LAND USE ITEM. I 3693 01:52:08,955 --> 01:52:11,257 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 3694 01:52:11,257 --> 01:52:12,358 NUMBER EIGHT INTO THE RECORD. 3695 01:52:12,358 --> 01:52:14,027 -- FOR THE LAND USE AND 3696 01:52:14,027 --> 01:52:15,261 SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. AGENDA 3697 01:52:15,261 --> 01:52:17,530 ITEM EIGHT COUNCIL BILL 121243 3698 01:52:17,530 --> 01:52:19,065 RELATING TO LAND USE AND ZONING. 3699 01:52:19,065 --> 01:52:22,469 ADOPTING TEMPORARY REGULATIONS 3700 01:52:22,469 --> 01:52:23,103 PREVIOUSLY AND ORDINANCE 127309 3701 01:52:23,103 --> 01:52:26,239 FOR SIX MONTHS TO EXEMPT HOUSING 3702 01:52:26,239 --> 01:52:26,840 PROJECTS THAT MEET MANDATORY 3703 01:52:26,840 --> 01:52:28,007 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY 3704 01:52:28,007 --> 01:52:28,575 REQUIREMENTS USING ON SITE 3705 01:52:28,575 --> 01:52:30,477 PERFORMANCE UNITS FROM DESIGN 3706 01:52:30,477 --> 01:52:32,278 REVIEW AND ALLOWING PERMIT 3707 01:52:32,278 --> 01:52:34,247 APPLICATIONS FOR ALL HOUSING, 3708 01:52:34,247 --> 01:52:35,949 SUBJECT TO FULL DESIGN REVIEW. 3709 01:52:35,949 --> 01:52:38,418 THE OPTION OF COMPLYING WITH 3710 01:52:38,418 --> 01:52:38,952 DESIGN REVIEW PURSUANT TO 3711 01:52:38,952 --> 01:52:39,719 ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW, 3712 01:52:39,719 --> 01:52:40,320 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE 3713 01:52:40,320 --> 01:52:41,187 BILL PASS. 3714 01:52:41,187 --> 01:52:42,655 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 3715 01:52:42,655 --> 01:52:43,289 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. AS CHAIR OF 3716 01:52:43,289 --> 01:52:44,124 THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE 3717 01:52:44,124 --> 01:52:47,293 RECOGNIZED TO OFFER THE REPORT. 3718 01:52:47,293 --> 01:52:49,162 -- THANK YOU. UM COLLEAGUES, 3719 01:52:49,162 --> 01:52:52,565 THIS IS PRIMARILY AN EXTENSION 3720 01:52:52,565 --> 01:52:54,000 OF A TEMPORARY PROGRAM WE HAD 3721 01:52:54,000 --> 01:52:57,170 FOR DESIGN REVIEW. LONGER TERM, 3722 01:52:57,170 --> 01:52:59,973 UM, THERE'S NEW STATE LAW THAT 3723 01:52:59,973 --> 01:53:03,977 WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR PERMANENT 3724 01:53:03,977 --> 01:53:04,577 DESIGN REVIEW PROGRAM TO MEET 3725 01:53:04,577 --> 01:53:05,411 MORE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. THAT 3726 01:53:05,411 --> 01:53:07,480 WORK IS ONGOING. UM, AND IN THE 3727 01:53:07,480 --> 01:53:09,182 MEANTIME, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US 3728 01:53:09,182 --> 01:53:12,786 TO HAVE A, UM, AN INTERIM DESIGN 3729 01:53:12,786 --> 01:53:15,488 REVIEW PROGRAM TO ALLOW FOLKS 3730 01:53:15,488 --> 01:53:17,190 LIKE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 3731 01:53:17,190 --> 01:53:18,825 PROJECTS TO GET DEPARTURES. UM, 3732 01:53:18,825 --> 01:53:22,862 AND SO WITH THAT, WE CAME OUT OF 3733 01:53:22,862 --> 01:53:25,632 COMMITTEE. UM, WE DID NOT HEAR 3734 01:53:25,632 --> 01:53:27,100 ANY SIGNIFICANT OBJECTIONS TO 3735 01:53:27,100 --> 01:53:28,668 THE TEMPORARY PROGRAM. WE GOT 3736 01:53:28,668 --> 01:53:29,202 COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 3737 01:53:29,202 --> 01:53:32,972 WANTING TO, UH, FROM MEMBERS OF 3738 01:53:32,972 --> 01:53:34,541 THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO 3739 01:53:34,541 --> 01:53:35,942 PARTICIPATE IN THE PERMANENT, 3740 01:53:35,942 --> 01:53:38,745 UM, SORT OF DESIGN REVIEW 3741 01:53:38,745 --> 01:53:39,646 PROGRAM. BUT WITH THAT, I'D URGE 3742 01:53:39,646 --> 01:53:40,980 YOUR SUPPORT. 3743 01:53:40,980 --> 01:53:42,582 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 3744 01:53:42,582 --> 01:53:43,216 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, ARE THERE ANY 3745 01:53:43,216 --> 01:53:45,451 OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THE 3746 01:53:45,451 --> 01:53:48,855 BILL BEFORE US? ALL RIGHT. WILL 3747 01:53:48,855 --> 01:53:49,622 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 3748 01:53:49,622 --> 01:53:53,860 ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 3749 01:53:53,860 --> 01:53:56,696 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AYE. 3750 01:53:56,696 --> 01:53:58,898 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES. 3751 01:53:58,898 --> 01:53:59,432 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3752 01:53:59,432 --> 01:54:02,202 -- AYE. 3753 01:54:02,202 --> 01:54:02,735 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3754 01:54:02,735 --> 01:54:03,870 -- AYE. 3755 01:54:03,870 --> 01:54:04,337 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3756 01:54:04,337 --> 01:54:05,605 -- YES. 3757 01:54:05,605 --> 01:54:06,139 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 3758 01:54:06,139 --> 01:54:07,140 -- YES. 3759 01:54:07,140 --> 01:54:09,108 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3760 01:54:09,108 --> 01:54:10,376 -- AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 3761 01:54:10,376 --> 01:54:11,411 -- AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3762 01:54:11,411 --> 01:54:12,178 HOLLINGSWORTH NINE IN FAVOR. 3763 01:54:12,178 --> 01:54:13,246 NONE OPPOSED. 3764 01:54:13,246 --> 01:54:13,913 -- BILL PASSES. CHAIR WILL SIGN. 3765 01:54:13,913 --> 01:54:15,882 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY 3766 01:54:15,882 --> 01:54:17,550 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 3767 01:54:17,550 --> 01:54:18,751 MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 3768 01:54:18,751 --> 01:54:20,820 READ THE SHORT TITLE I IT'S A 3769 01:54:20,820 --> 01:54:23,089 SHORT TITLE ALREADY. UH, I 3770 01:54:23,089 --> 01:54:24,224 SHOULD ASK YOU FOR THE FIRST 3771 01:54:24,224 --> 01:54:26,125 ONE. OKAY. ITEM NINE INTO THE 3772 01:54:26,125 --> 01:54:27,393 RECORD. 3773 01:54:27,393 --> 01:54:27,860 -- THE REPORT OF THE 3774 01:54:27,860 --> 01:54:29,162 TRANSPORTATION, WATERFRONT AND 3775 01:54:29,162 --> 01:54:30,530 SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE AND 3776 01:54:30,530 --> 01:54:32,832 ITEM NINE, COUNCIL BILL ONE, 3777 01:54:32,832 --> 01:54:34,868 21242. AN ORDINANCE GRANTING FH, 3778 01:54:34,868 --> 01:54:38,538 LLC DOING BUSINESS AS SKYLINE. 3779 01:54:38,538 --> 01:54:39,072 PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT, 3780 01:54:39,072 --> 01:54:40,540 MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PEDESTRIAN 3781 01:54:40,540 --> 01:54:41,708 SKYBRIDGE OVER AND ACROSS EIGHTH 3782 01:54:41,708 --> 01:54:43,142 AVENUE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 3783 01:54:43,142 --> 01:54:44,777 THE BILL PASS. 3784 01:54:44,777 --> 01:54:46,045 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA CHAIR. THE 3785 01:54:46,045 --> 01:54:48,081 COMMITTEE RECOGNIZE IN ORDER TO 3786 01:54:48,081 --> 01:54:50,016 PRESENT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. 3787 01:54:50,016 --> 01:54:50,583 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 3788 01:54:50,583 --> 01:54:53,453 PRESIDENT. SO THIS IS A PROPOSED 3789 01:54:53,453 --> 01:54:55,855 PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT PASSED 3790 01:54:55,855 --> 01:54:56,456 UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF COMMITTEE 3791 01:54:56,456 --> 01:54:58,191 LAST WEEK. THE PETITIONER IS 3792 01:54:58,191 --> 01:55:00,393 SPECIFICALLY PROPOSING TO 3793 01:55:00,393 --> 01:55:02,562 CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A 3794 01:55:02,562 --> 01:55:04,697 PEDESTRIAN SKYBRIDGE OVER EIGHTH 3795 01:55:04,697 --> 01:55:05,265 AVENUE BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND 3796 01:55:05,265 --> 01:55:06,733 CHERRY. UH, THIS CONNECTS 3797 01:55:06,733 --> 01:55:09,402 DISTRICTS THREE AND SEVEN, THE 3798 01:55:09,402 --> 01:55:12,438 SKYBRIDGE WILL PROVIDE AN ABOVE 3799 01:55:12,438 --> 01:55:14,007 GRADE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION FOR 3800 01:55:14,007 --> 01:55:18,578 STAFF AND RESIDENTS BETWEEN TWO 3801 01:55:18,578 --> 01:55:20,313 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES UH, 3802 01:55:20,313 --> 01:55:23,016 CASCADE TOWER AND OLYMPIC TOWER. 3803 01:55:23,016 --> 01:55:23,549 THE SKYBRIDGE WILL OCCUPY 3804 01:55:23,549 --> 01:55:25,752 APPROXIMATELY 726FT OF THE 3805 01:55:25,752 --> 01:55:31,291 RIGHT OF WAY. THE TERM IS FOR 15 3806 01:55:31,291 --> 01:55:31,891 YEARS, WITH ONE RENEWABLE 15 3807 01:55:31,891 --> 01:55:34,160 YEAR TERM. PUBLIC BENEFITS 3808 01:55:34,160 --> 01:55:34,794 INCLUDE OPEN SPACE IMPROVEMENTS 3809 01:55:34,794 --> 01:55:38,364 ALONG EIGHTH 3810 01:55:38,364 --> 01:55:38,998 -- AVENUE, INTEGRATED PUBLIC ART 3811 01:55:38,998 --> 01:55:39,666 AND THE ENHANCED EIGHTH AVENUE 3812 01:55:39,666 --> 01:55:43,436 LANDSCAPE AREA AND PEDESTRIAN 3813 01:55:43,436 --> 01:55:44,037 IMPROVEMENTS AT EIGHTH AVENUE 3814 01:55:44,037 --> 01:55:45,672 AND MARION STREET, ALONG WITH 3815 01:55:45,672 --> 01:55:46,773 INTERPRETIVE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE 3816 01:55:46,773 --> 01:55:50,076 FOR THE PARK. TO PARK LOOP 3817 01:55:50,076 --> 01:55:52,345 PROJECT. UH, AND WE HEARD AT 3818 01:55:52,345 --> 01:55:56,649 LEAST ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. OR 3819 01:55:56,649 --> 01:55:57,283 SHARE THEIR ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT 3820 01:55:57,283 --> 01:55:59,686 FOR THIS. EARLIER TODAY, MISTER 3821 01:55:59,686 --> 01:56:00,353 DOUG. THANK YOU MISTER DOUG. 3822 01:56:00,353 --> 01:56:04,023 REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SIR. UM, 3823 01:56:04,023 --> 01:56:06,059 AND, UH, WHO BY THE WAY, HAD A, 3824 01:56:06,059 --> 01:56:07,560 HAD A VERY TERRIFIC, UH, FANNY 3825 01:56:07,560 --> 01:56:09,228 PACK ON AND I, AND I WANT TO 3826 01:56:09,228 --> 01:56:10,096 FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU GOT IT SO I 3827 01:56:10,096 --> 01:56:13,066 CAN GET MY OWN. UM, BUT IN ANY 3828 01:56:13,066 --> 01:56:15,201 EVENT, UH, COLLEAGUES, WE, WE 3829 01:56:15,201 --> 01:56:17,603 OFTEN DON'T, WE DON'T, WE 3830 01:56:17,603 --> 01:56:20,039 OFTEN DON'T HEAR A TON OF 3831 01:56:20,039 --> 01:56:20,773 PUBLIC FEEDBACK. UM, YOU KNOW, 3832 01:56:20,773 --> 01:56:24,110 AT THIS, AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, 3833 01:56:24,110 --> 01:56:26,646 UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE KIND OF 3834 01:56:26,646 --> 01:56:29,449 MATTERS THERE THAT WOULD 3835 01:56:29,449 --> 01:56:30,984 OTHERWISE BE CHARACTERIZED AS, 3836 01:56:30,984 --> 01:56:34,220 YOU KNOW, ROUTINE, UH, ORDINARY 3837 01:56:34,220 --> 01:56:36,022 COURSE OF BUSINESS THINGS THAT 3838 01:56:36,022 --> 01:56:37,857 COMPRISE THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF 3839 01:56:37,857 --> 01:56:38,491 COMMITTEE WORK. UH, BY THE WAY, 3840 01:56:38,491 --> 01:56:40,660 IT'S NOT ROUTINE FOR THE PEOPLE 3841 01:56:40,660 --> 01:56:42,528 THAT LIVE THERE. THIS IS REALLY 3842 01:56:42,528 --> 01:56:43,529 IMPORTANT STUFF. UM, BUT THAT IS 3843 01:56:43,529 --> 01:56:46,899 TO SAY WE OTHERWISE WE GENERALLY 3844 01:56:46,899 --> 01:56:48,801 STILL DON'T HEAR A TON OF 3845 01:56:48,801 --> 01:56:49,936 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AT THE, AT THE 3846 01:56:49,936 --> 01:56:51,404 COUNCIL LEVEL FOR THIS, BUT I'LL 3847 01:56:51,404 --> 01:56:52,839 SAY AT COMMITTEE LEVEL AND EVEN 3848 01:56:52,839 --> 01:56:55,541 HERE TODAY, UM, IT'S VERY 3849 01:56:55,541 --> 01:56:57,043 CLEAR, UH, THERE IS STRONG 3850 01:56:57,043 --> 01:56:59,145 PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THIS. AND, 3851 01:56:59,145 --> 01:57:00,613 YOU KNOW, I REALLY HONORED, 3852 01:57:00,613 --> 01:57:01,481 REALLY WANT TO THANK THE 3853 01:57:01,481 --> 01:57:02,515 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE TAKEN 3854 01:57:02,515 --> 01:57:05,651 THE TIME TO, TO SHARE THEIR 3855 01:57:05,651 --> 01:57:07,620 FEEDBACK WITH US THROUGHOUT THIS 3856 01:57:07,620 --> 01:57:08,721 WHOLE PROCESS. UM, AND AGAIN, 3857 01:57:08,721 --> 01:57:11,524 REMINDING THAT IT PASSED 3858 01:57:11,524 --> 01:57:13,893 COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY AND, AND 3859 01:57:13,893 --> 01:57:15,595 THEREFORE RESPECTFULLY URGE A 3860 01:57:15,595 --> 01:57:17,764 YES VOTE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. 3861 01:57:17,764 --> 01:57:19,432 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 3862 01:57:19,432 --> 01:57:21,234 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ARE THERE ANY 3863 01:57:21,234 --> 01:57:24,504 COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3864 01:57:24,504 --> 01:57:25,238 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3865 01:57:25,238 --> 01:57:27,940 I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE 3866 01:57:27,940 --> 01:57:28,975 COMMUNITY AND FOR THEIR WORK. I 3867 01:57:28,975 --> 01:57:30,176 LOVE THE COMMUNITY, THE SKYLINE 3868 01:57:30,176 --> 01:57:34,814 COMMUNITY, UH, GREAT PEOPLE. UM, 3869 01:57:34,814 --> 01:57:36,382 AND THAT CROSS, UH, DISTRICT 3870 01:57:36,382 --> 01:57:38,184 BOUNDARIES. DISTRICT THREE AND 3871 01:57:38,184 --> 01:57:40,420 SEVEN. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, 3872 01:57:40,420 --> 01:57:42,021 IT'S THE PIECES HERE THAT ARE 3873 01:57:42,021 --> 01:57:43,322 IMPORTANT IS THAT COMMUNITY, BUT 3874 01:57:43,322 --> 01:57:45,691 ALSO THE MEDICAL PIECE, YOU 3875 01:57:45,691 --> 01:57:47,727 KNOW, IT'S A ELDER, UH, PLACE 3876 01:57:47,727 --> 01:57:50,263 WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE MEDICAL 3877 01:57:50,263 --> 01:57:51,431 CHALLENGES. AND THERE ARE 3878 01:57:51,431 --> 01:57:53,766 DIFFERENT TYPES. AND SO IT'S, 3879 01:57:53,766 --> 01:57:55,802 IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS 3880 01:57:55,802 --> 01:57:57,870 CONNECTION OF THE SKYBRIDGE 3881 01:57:57,870 --> 01:57:59,605 BECAUSE IT ALLOWS, UH, HUSBAND 3882 01:57:59,605 --> 01:58:01,407 AND WIFE TO BE TOGETHER WHEN 1st 3883 01:58:01,407 --> 01:58:02,508 MAY BE GOING THROUGH SOME 3884 01:58:02,508 --> 01:58:05,845 MEDICAL, UH, AND CHALLENGES AND 3885 01:58:05,845 --> 01:58:07,647 SOME DIFFICULTIES. AND, YOU 3886 01:58:07,647 --> 01:58:08,347 KNOW, IT'S THE HUMANITY OF IT. 3887 01:58:08,347 --> 01:58:09,515 AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM 3888 01:58:09,515 --> 01:58:12,985 FOR RAISING THEIR VOICES, UH, 3889 01:58:12,985 --> 01:58:13,619 SPEAKING OUT, ENGAGING COUNCIL 3890 01:58:13,619 --> 01:58:15,855 PRESIDENT AND I, AS, UH, AS WE 3891 01:58:15,855 --> 01:58:18,958 REACHED ACROSS THE DISTRICT, 3892 01:58:18,958 --> 01:58:19,559 BOUNDARY SHOOK HANDS TO HELP 3893 01:58:19,559 --> 01:58:20,426 THIS SKYLINE COMMUNITY TO MOVE 3894 01:58:20,426 --> 01:58:24,096 FORWARD. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO 3895 01:58:24,096 --> 01:58:25,565 ALL INVOLVED, UH, FOR YOUR 3896 01:58:25,565 --> 01:58:25,865 SUPPORT. 3897 01:58:25,865 --> 01:58:27,467 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3898 01:58:27,467 --> 01:58:29,869 KETTLE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3899 01:58:29,869 --> 01:58:30,503 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3900 01:58:30,503 --> 01:58:32,839 AND THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA, FOR 3901 01:58:32,839 --> 01:58:33,473 SHEPHERDING THIS LEGISLATION TO 3902 01:58:33,473 --> 01:58:34,507 BRING US TO THIS TODAY. I JUST 3903 01:58:34,507 --> 01:58:37,376 WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY 3904 01:58:37,376 --> 01:58:38,878 HOW EXCITED I AM THAT WE'VE 3905 01:58:38,878 --> 01:58:40,680 REACHED THIS MOMENT. AND I 3906 01:58:40,680 --> 01:58:41,781 RECALL MY FIRST MEETING WITH THE 3907 01:58:41,781 --> 01:58:43,883 SKYLINE COMMUNITY IN 2024. SO A 3908 01:58:43,883 --> 01:58:46,519 COUPLE YEARS NOW TO BUILDING UP 3909 01:58:46,519 --> 01:58:47,887 TO THIS MOMENT, BUT I AM JUST SO 3910 01:58:47,887 --> 01:58:50,756 EXCITED THAT WE'LL BE TAKING 3911 01:58:50,756 --> 01:58:51,424 THIS ACTION TODAY BECAUSE IT'S 3912 01:58:51,424 --> 01:58:52,191 WHILE WE'RE VOTING ON A 3913 01:58:52,191 --> 01:58:54,327 SKYBRIDGE, WE'RE REALLY TALKING 3914 01:58:54,327 --> 01:58:57,163 ABOUT, UH, CONNECTING FOLKS 3915 01:58:57,163 --> 01:58:58,064 WITHIN THE SKYLINE COMMUNITY. 3916 01:58:58,064 --> 01:59:00,633 AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 3917 01:59:00,633 --> 01:59:03,736 THINGS FOR OUR ELDERS IS SOCIAL 3918 01:59:03,736 --> 01:59:05,004 CONNECTION. AND SO I'M GLAD THAT 3919 01:59:05,004 --> 01:59:06,139 WE'RE TAKING THESE STEPS TODAY. 3920 01:59:06,139 --> 01:59:07,540 I SUPPORTED IN COMMITTEE, I'LL 3921 01:59:07,540 --> 01:59:09,575 BE SUPPORTING YESTERDAY AND JUST 3922 01:59:09,575 --> 01:59:10,610 REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE HERE. 3923 01:59:10,610 --> 01:59:12,178 THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3924 01:59:12,178 --> 01:59:12,979 -- AWESOME. AND BEFORE I TURN IT 3925 01:59:12,979 --> 01:59:16,349 BACK OVER TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3926 01:59:16,349 --> 01:59:17,650 SAKA, FOR CLOSING COMMENTS. JUST 3927 01:59:17,650 --> 01:59:19,685 A BIG THANK YOU AND GRATITUDE 3928 01:59:19,685 --> 01:59:21,487 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND 3929 01:59:21,487 --> 01:59:22,288 KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS 3930 01:59:22,288 --> 01:59:25,491 OBVIOUSLY, TO THE COMMUNITY. AND 3931 01:59:25,491 --> 01:59:27,226 I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 3932 01:59:27,226 --> 01:59:28,394 I AND YOU HAVE HAD GREAT 3933 01:59:28,394 --> 01:59:28,995 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AND 3934 01:59:28,995 --> 01:59:29,695 JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 3935 01:59:29,695 --> 01:59:30,897 ATTENTION TO THIS AND 3936 01:59:30,897 --> 01:59:33,266 SHEPHERDING THROUGH AND JUST 3937 01:59:33,266 --> 01:59:34,467 CHAMPIONING IT AS WELL FOR 3938 01:59:34,467 --> 01:59:35,401 SKYLINE COMMUNITY. I DO WANT TO 3939 01:59:35,401 --> 01:59:36,602 SAY I HAVE THE BETTER TOWER, 3940 01:59:36,602 --> 01:59:40,806 WHICH IS CASCADE IN MY DISTRICT, 3941 01:59:40,806 --> 01:59:41,440 AND OLYMPIC IS IN COUNCILMEMBER 3942 01:59:41,440 --> 01:59:42,675 KETTLE SIDE, AND WE LIKE CASCADE 3943 01:59:42,675 --> 01:59:44,777 BETTER. IS THAT CORRECT? I SEE 3944 01:59:44,777 --> 01:59:47,313 EVERYONE SHAKING THEIR HEAD IN 3945 01:59:47,313 --> 01:59:47,914 THE COMMITTEE COUNCIL IN THE 3946 01:59:47,914 --> 01:59:49,382 ROOM. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, ANY 3947 01:59:49,382 --> 01:59:51,250 CLOSING COMMENTS? 3948 01:59:51,250 --> 01:59:52,451 -- NOTHING FURTHER. MADAM 3949 01:59:52,451 --> 01:59:54,787 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. 3950 01:59:54,787 --> 01:59:55,388 -- OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU. 3951 01:59:55,388 --> 01:59:56,022 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL? THIS 3952 01:59:56,022 --> 01:59:56,622 HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. 3953 01:59:56,622 --> 01:59:58,658 I'M LOOKING AT Y'ALL LIKE, 3954 01:59:58,658 --> 02:00:00,059 HELLO. OKAY, WELL, THE CLERK 3955 02:00:00,059 --> 02:00:06,365 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 3956 02:00:06,365 --> 02:00:07,600 BILL. 3957 02:00:07,600 --> 02:00:10,203 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AYE. 3958 02:00:10,203 --> 02:00:10,736 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3959 02:00:10,736 --> 02:00:11,304 -- YES. 3960 02:00:11,304 --> 02:00:12,004 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 3961 02:00:12,004 --> 02:00:12,405 REMEMBER KETTLE. 3962 02:00:12,405 --> 02:00:14,574 -- OKAY 3963 02:00:14,574 --> 02:00:15,107 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3964 02:00:15,107 --> 02:00:16,042 -- YES. 3965 02:00:16,042 --> 02:00:16,609 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 3966 02:00:16,609 --> 02:00:19,278 -- YES. 3967 02:00:19,278 --> 02:00:19,879 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AYE. 3968 02:00:19,879 --> 02:00:20,513 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. AND. 3969 02:00:20,513 --> 02:00:21,814 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3970 02:00:21,814 --> 02:00:23,282 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN 3971 02:00:23,282 --> 02:00:23,716 FAVOR NONE OPPOSED. 3972 02:00:23,716 --> 02:00:24,917 -- BILL PASSES CHAIR WILL SIGN 3973 02:00:24,917 --> 02:00:26,152 IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX 3974 02:00:26,152 --> 02:00:27,587 MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION 3975 02:00:27,587 --> 02:00:30,756 ON MY BEHALF? CONGRATULATIONS, 3976 02:00:30,756 --> 02:00:34,093 SKYLINE HAS A SKYBRIDGE, A YOU 3977 02:00:34,093 --> 02:00:35,861 ALL GOT A SKYBRIDGE? THE MORENO 3978 02:00:35,861 --> 02:00:37,129 GOT A CURB CUT, SO YOU ALL WON 3979 02:00:37,129 --> 02:00:39,865 ON THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, 3980 02:00:39,865 --> 02:00:40,800 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 3981 02:00:40,800 --> 02:00:42,635 NUMBER TEN INTO THE RECORD. 3982 02:00:42,635 --> 02:00:46,105 -- AGENDA ITEM TEN. CLERK, FILE 3983 02:00:46,105 --> 02:00:48,207 3145 30. PETITION OF U. LLC FOR 3984 02:00:48,207 --> 02:00:49,008 THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF THE 3985 02:00:49,008 --> 02:00:50,943 ALLEY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 3986 02:00:50,943 --> 02:00:52,311 THAT THE CLERK FILE BE GRANTED 3987 02:00:52,311 --> 02:00:53,980 THIS CONDITION. 3988 02:00:53,980 --> 02:00:55,681 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA CHAIR OF 3989 02:00:55,681 --> 02:00:57,516 THE COMMITTEE YOU RECOGNIZE IN 3990 02:00:57,516 --> 02:00:58,784 ORDER TO PRESENT THE COMMITTEE 3991 02:00:58,784 --> 02:00:59,018 REPORT. 3992 02:00:59,018 --> 02:00:59,852 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 3993 02:00:59,852 --> 02:01:02,088 PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, IF THE 3994 02:01:02,088 --> 02:01:04,023 ALLEY VACATION IS APPROVED 3995 02:01:04,023 --> 02:01:05,658 PURSUANT TO THE PROPOSAL, THE 3996 02:01:05,658 --> 02:01:08,027 PETITIONERS PLAN A SEVEN STORY 3997 02:01:08,027 --> 02:01:08,661 RESIDENTIAL PROJECT WITH ABOUT 3998 02:01:08,661 --> 02:01:10,830 101 MARKET RATE UNITS OVER TWO 3999 02:01:10,830 --> 02:01:12,798 LEVELS OF PARKING, INCLUDING 4000 02:01:12,798 --> 02:01:14,033 TOWNHOUSE STYLE UNITS AT STREET 4001 02:01:14,033 --> 02:01:16,535 LEVEL. VACATING THE ALLEY WOULD 4002 02:01:16,535 --> 02:01:19,271 CONSOLIDATE THE PARCEL, ENABLE A 4003 02:01:19,271 --> 02:01:20,973 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT WITH LARGER 4004 02:01:20,973 --> 02:01:23,275 UNITS AND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE 4005 02:01:23,275 --> 02:01:25,478 STREET LEVEL OPEN SPACE AT THE 4006 02:01:25,478 --> 02:01:27,947 LOCATION. IF THE PETITION IS 4007 02:01:27,947 --> 02:01:31,384 GRANTED, THE U. LLC HAS PROPOSED 4008 02:01:31,384 --> 02:01:32,885 TO PROVIDE BENEFITS AS FOLLOWS. 4009 02:01:32,885 --> 02:01:36,288 THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC BENEFITS A 4010 02:01:36,288 --> 02:01:39,358 SIDEWALK WIDENING UH, A NEW SIX 4011 02:01:39,358 --> 02:01:42,795 FOOT SIDEWALK WITH A SIX FOOT 4012 02:01:42,795 --> 02:01:44,797 LANDSCAPE PLANTER STRIP ON, 4013 02:01:44,797 --> 02:01:47,533 SPECIFICALLY ON NORTH 87th 4014 02:01:47,533 --> 02:01:50,202 STREET SIDEWALK SHOULDER 4015 02:01:50,202 --> 02:01:53,339 EXPANSION ALONG FIRST AVENUE, 4016 02:01:53,339 --> 02:01:53,806 NORTHWEST ECOLOGICAL 4017 02:01:53,806 --> 02:01:55,274 ENHANCEMENTS AND RESTORATION ON 4018 02:01:55,274 --> 02:01:55,741 THE CONSERVATION SITE 4019 02:01:55,741 --> 02:01:58,778 IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE PROJECT, 4020 02:01:58,778 --> 02:02:02,214 A DECORATIVE METAL FENCE, PANELS 4021 02:02:02,214 --> 02:02:04,617 AND BIRDHOUSES AT THE 4022 02:02:04,617 --> 02:02:06,285 CONSERVATION SITE AND PUBLIC 4023 02:02:06,285 --> 02:02:07,787 BENEFITS DO NOT END THERE, 4024 02:02:07,787 --> 02:02:10,589 FOLKS. UH. A PUBLIC REALM 4025 02:02:10,589 --> 02:02:14,160 ENHANCEMENT ON AT FIRST AVENUE 4026 02:02:14,160 --> 02:02:16,429 NORTHWEST AND NORTH 87th STREET. 4027 02:02:16,429 --> 02:02:19,465 UH, THIS PROPOSAL PASSED 4028 02:02:19,465 --> 02:02:21,333 UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF COMMITTEE AND 4029 02:02:21,333 --> 02:02:22,234 RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR YOUR 4030 02:02:22,234 --> 02:02:23,602 SUPPORT HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. 4031 02:02:23,602 --> 02:02:25,271 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4032 02:02:25,271 --> 02:02:26,572 SAKA. UH, ANY COMMENTS REGARDING 4033 02:02:26,572 --> 02:02:28,240 THE BILL? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 4034 02:02:28,240 --> 02:02:29,375 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4035 02:02:29,375 --> 02:02:30,543 THIS USED TO BE IN THE HEART OF 4036 02:02:30,543 --> 02:02:32,144 DISTRICT SIX, AND NOW IT'S ON 4037 02:02:32,144 --> 02:02:33,446 THE BORDER. AFTER SOME STRANGE 4038 02:02:33,446 --> 02:02:34,080 DECISIONS WERE MADE A FEW YEARS 4039 02:02:34,080 --> 02:02:36,816 AGO. ALL THAT TO SAY, WE'RE GLAD 4040 02:02:36,816 --> 02:02:39,185 TO STILL HAVE IT IN DISTRICT 4041 02:02:39,185 --> 02:02:39,952 SIX. UH, TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT 4042 02:02:39,952 --> 02:02:41,220 THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT ALLEYWAYS 4043 02:02:41,220 --> 02:02:43,422 AND PUBLIC ACCESS, I CAN ASSURE 4044 02:02:43,422 --> 02:02:44,390 YOU THE ALLEYWAY THAT IS THERE 4045 02:02:44,390 --> 02:02:46,025 IS AN ALLEYWAY TO NOWHERE RIGHT 4046 02:02:46,025 --> 02:02:47,193 NOW. AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY 4047 02:02:47,193 --> 02:02:48,327 GOING TO PROVIDE SOME REALLY 4048 02:02:48,327 --> 02:02:50,463 GREAT PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH THE 4049 02:02:50,463 --> 02:02:52,465 WIDENING OF THE SIDEWALKS, AS 4050 02:02:52,465 --> 02:02:53,399 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SAID, AS YOU 4051 02:02:53,399 --> 02:02:54,233 MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, A NUMBER OF 4052 02:02:54,233 --> 02:02:55,835 YEARS AGO, I PROVIDED SOME MONEY 4053 02:02:55,835 --> 02:02:57,970 IN SDOT TO GET THEM TO BUILD THE 4054 02:02:57,970 --> 02:02:59,505 SIDEWALK SOONER. THEY HAVE YET 4055 02:02:59,505 --> 02:03:01,607 TO DO SO. SO I'M REALLY GLAD 4056 02:03:01,607 --> 02:03:04,009 THAT THIS IS PASSING BECAUSE 4057 02:03:04,009 --> 02:03:05,811 THIS IS AN AREA THAT IT IS THE 4058 02:03:05,811 --> 02:03:08,781 ONLY STRETCH BETWEEN THIRD 4059 02:03:08,781 --> 02:03:10,349 AVENUE AND GREENWOOD THAT 4060 02:03:10,349 --> 02:03:11,584 DOESN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK ON THE 4061 02:03:11,584 --> 02:03:12,551 SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE STREET. ON 4062 02:03:12,551 --> 02:03:13,486 THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE STREET, 4063 02:03:13,486 --> 02:03:14,920 THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS, PERIOD. 4064 02:03:14,920 --> 02:03:17,256 SO THERE'S A SORRY COUNCIL 4065 02:03:17,256 --> 02:03:18,357 PRESIDENT EMERITUS JUAREZ, WE'VE 4066 02:03:18,357 --> 02:03:20,493 GOT SOME WORK TO DO IN D FIVE 4067 02:03:20,493 --> 02:03:21,127 REGARDING THESE SIDEWALKS. ALL 4068 02:03:21,127 --> 02:03:22,294 THAT TO SAY, I'M REALLY EXCITED 4069 02:03:22,294 --> 02:03:25,264 ABOUT THE. YEW TREE THAT WILL BE 4070 02:03:25,264 --> 02:03:27,366 PLANTED IN ITS PLACE. UM, AND 4071 02:03:27,366 --> 02:03:30,236 THIS IS GOING TO BE A BENEFIT 4072 02:03:30,236 --> 02:03:31,103 BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT'S A VACANT 4073 02:03:31,103 --> 02:03:33,172 LOT. IT IS AN UNOFFICIAL DOG 4074 02:03:33,172 --> 02:03:34,507 PARK. SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO FIND 4075 02:03:34,507 --> 02:03:36,375 ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE. BUT UM, 4076 02:03:36,375 --> 02:03:37,810 REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS TURN 4077 02:03:37,810 --> 02:03:40,112 FROM VACANT SPACE INTO ACTIVE 4078 02:03:40,112 --> 02:03:41,080 SPACE. 4079 02:03:41,080 --> 02:03:43,449 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 4080 02:03:43,449 --> 02:03:44,083 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, ARE THERE 4081 02:03:44,083 --> 02:03:48,988 ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING, UH 4082 02:03:48,988 --> 02:03:51,624 EXCUSE ME REGARDING THE BILL 4083 02:03:51,624 --> 02:03:52,725 BEFORE US? ALL RIGHT. WILL THE 4084 02:03:52,725 --> 02:03:55,094 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 4085 02:03:55,094 --> 02:03:57,263 GRANTING OF THE EXCUSE ME, NOT A 4086 02:03:57,263 --> 02:03:58,531 BILL. COUNCILMEMBER 4087 02:03:58,531 --> 02:04:00,800 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, DO YOU HAVE 4088 02:04:00,800 --> 02:04:01,667 ANY CLOSING COMMENTS? NO. 4089 02:04:01,667 --> 02:04:03,235 AWESOME. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 4090 02:04:03,235 --> 02:04:05,004 CALL THE ROLL ON GRANTING THE 4091 02:04:05,004 --> 02:04:09,308 CLERK FILE AS CONDITIONED. 4092 02:04:09,308 --> 02:04:11,977 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I 4093 02:04:11,977 --> 02:04:15,481 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES. 4094 02:04:15,481 --> 02:04:17,016 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 4095 02:04:17,016 --> 02:04:17,483 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 4096 02:04:17,483 --> 02:04:19,852 -- AYE. 4097 02:04:19,852 --> 02:04:20,786 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4098 02:04:20,786 --> 02:04:21,487 -- YES. 4099 02:04:21,487 --> 02:04:21,987 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4100 02:04:21,987 --> 02:04:25,558 -- YES. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 4101 02:04:25,558 --> 02:04:27,126 AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I AND. 4102 02:04:27,126 --> 02:04:27,793 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4103 02:04:27,793 --> 02:04:28,994 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN 4104 02:04:28,994 --> 02:04:30,229 FAVOR NONE OPPOSED. 4105 02:04:30,229 --> 02:04:31,664 -- THE CLERK FILE GRANTS AS 4106 02:04:31,664 --> 02:04:32,998 CONDITIONED AND PETITION. THE 4107 02:04:32,998 --> 02:04:34,567 CHAIR WILL SIGN THE CITY COUNCIL 4108 02:04:34,567 --> 02:04:36,202 CONDITIONS. WILL THE CLERK 4109 02:04:36,202 --> 02:04:37,937 PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON THE 4110 02:04:37,937 --> 02:04:40,105 CONDITIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL 4111 02:04:40,105 --> 02:04:41,807 ON MY BEHALF? THERE WERE NO 4112 02:04:41,807 --> 02:04:44,243 ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT 4113 02:04:44,243 --> 02:04:44,743 CALENDAR. THERE ARE TWO 4114 02:04:44,743 --> 02:04:45,411 RESOLUTIONS FOR INTRODUCTION AND 4115 02:04:45,411 --> 02:04:46,512 ADOPTION. TODAY, I'LL ASK THE 4116 02:04:46,512 --> 02:04:47,546 CLERK TO READ BOTH ITEMS SO THEY 4117 02:04:47,546 --> 02:04:49,715 CAN BE DISCUSSED TOGETHER. THEN 4118 02:04:49,715 --> 02:04:51,083 WE WILL VOTE ON THE ITEMS 4119 02:04:51,083 --> 02:04:51,650 SEPARATELY. WILL THE CLERK 4120 02:04:51,650 --> 02:04:54,620 PLEASE READ ITEMS NUMBER 11 AND 4121 02:04:54,620 --> 02:04:55,788 12 INTO THE RECORD AGENDA? 4122 02:04:55,788 --> 02:04:57,323 -- ITEMS 11 AND 12. RESOLUTION 4123 02:04:57,323 --> 02:04:58,991 THREE, TWO, TWO, ONE, TWO AND 4124 02:04:58,991 --> 02:05:02,294 THREE, TWO, TWO, 11. DECLARING 4125 02:05:02,294 --> 02:05:02,928 THE INTENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL 4126 02:05:02,928 --> 02:05:04,563 TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING 4127 02:05:04,563 --> 02:05:05,064 RELATING TO CLARIFYING 4128 02:05:05,064 --> 02:05:06,866 PROVISIONS ON ASSESSMENTS. 4129 02:05:06,866 --> 02:05:08,601 ESCALATIONS FOR THE BALLARD 4130 02:05:08,601 --> 02:05:10,469 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA AND 4131 02:05:10,469 --> 02:05:12,238 THE INTENT TO MODIFY THE 4132 02:05:12,238 --> 02:05:12,905 BOUNDARIES AND ASSESSMENT 4133 02:05:12,905 --> 02:05:14,240 STRUCTURE OF THE CAPITOL HILL 4134 02:05:14,240 --> 02:05:14,840 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA AND 4135 02:05:14,840 --> 02:05:17,977 FIX THE DATE AND PLACE FOR 4136 02:05:17,977 --> 02:05:18,611 HEARING THEREON. 4137 02:05:18,611 --> 02:05:19,245 -- AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 4138 02:05:19,245 --> 02:05:22,982 YOUR SPONSOR OF BOTH. YOU ARE 4139 02:05:22,982 --> 02:05:23,282 RECOGNIZED. 4140 02:05:23,282 --> 02:05:23,983 -- I'LL SPEAK TO BOTH OF THESE 4141 02:05:23,983 --> 02:05:24,817 RESOLUTIONS TOGETHER. SO TAKING 4142 02:05:24,817 --> 02:05:26,285 THE FIRST ONE, RESOLUTION THREE, 4143 02:05:26,285 --> 02:05:28,921 TWO, TWO, ONE, TWO IS A 4144 02:05:28,921 --> 02:05:30,155 DECLARATION OF THE INTENT OF 4145 02:05:30,155 --> 02:05:31,190 CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD A PUBLIC 4146 02:05:31,190 --> 02:05:33,125 HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING 4147 02:05:33,125 --> 02:05:35,094 ITSELF WILL BE TO SOLICIT 4148 02:05:35,094 --> 02:05:36,128 FEEDBACK TO A PROPOSED TECHNICAL 4149 02:05:36,128 --> 02:05:39,431 EDIT TO THE BALLARD ORDINANCE, 4150 02:05:39,431 --> 02:05:41,567 CLARIFYING THE LANGUAGE TO 4151 02:05:41,567 --> 02:05:42,201 ENSURE CONSISTENT, PREDICTABLE 4152 02:05:42,201 --> 02:05:44,570 IMPLEMENTATION OF INFLATIONARY 4153 02:05:44,570 --> 02:05:46,906 ADJUSTMENTS. WHILE THIS IS NOT 4154 02:05:46,906 --> 02:05:48,307 TECHNICALLY LEGALLY REQUIRED, WE 4155 02:05:48,307 --> 02:05:49,775 FEEL IT'S GOOD GOVERNANCE TO 4156 02:05:49,775 --> 02:05:50,376 HEAR DIRECTLY FROM FOLKS WHO 4157 02:05:50,376 --> 02:05:53,779 WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY 4158 02:05:53,779 --> 02:05:56,815 EVEN SMALL CHANGES TO BIAS. NOW, 4159 02:05:56,815 --> 02:05:57,750 RESOLUTION THREE, TWO, TWO, ONE 4160 02:05:57,750 --> 02:06:00,352 ONE IS A LEGALLY REQUIRED 4161 02:06:00,352 --> 02:06:01,587 DECLARATION OF THE INTENTION OF 4162 02:06:01,587 --> 02:06:02,721 THE CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD A 4163 02:06:02,721 --> 02:06:04,657 PUBLIC HEARING. THIS HEARING 4164 02:06:04,657 --> 02:06:08,594 WILL BE TO SOLICIT INPUT ON FIVE 4165 02:06:08,594 --> 02:06:09,161 PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE 4166 02:06:09,161 --> 02:06:10,229 BROADWAY BIAS ORDINANCE, 4167 02:06:10,229 --> 02:06:13,966 INTENDED TO STABILIZE CAPITOL 4168 02:06:13,966 --> 02:06:17,169 HILL. BIA UH, PARDON ME, CHBIAS 4169 02:06:17,169 --> 02:06:18,404 BUDGET. AND TO BETTER ALIGN THE 4170 02:06:18,404 --> 02:06:20,739 DISTRICT BOUNDARY WITH THE 4171 02:06:20,739 --> 02:06:21,674 CURRENT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. SO 4172 02:06:21,674 --> 02:06:24,944 TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE VOTING TODAY 4173 02:06:24,944 --> 02:06:25,878 TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS. THIS IS 4174 02:06:25,878 --> 02:06:27,513 NOT A VOTE ON ANY OF THE 4175 02:06:27,513 --> 02:06:29,882 PROPOSALS, JUST A PROCEDURAL 4176 02:06:29,882 --> 02:06:31,550 STEP THAT WE NEED TO TAKE. THANK 4177 02:06:31,550 --> 02:06:31,750 YOU. 4178 02:06:31,750 --> 02:06:33,385 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 4179 02:06:33,385 --> 02:06:35,487 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ARE THERE 4180 02:06:35,487 --> 02:06:38,824 ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE 4181 02:06:38,824 --> 02:06:40,326 RESOLUTION BEFORE US? WE WILL 4182 02:06:40,326 --> 02:06:44,163 NOW PROCEED TO A VOTE ON ITEM 4183 02:06:44,163 --> 02:06:44,830 NUMBER 11. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE 4184 02:06:44,830 --> 02:06:47,600 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 32212. IS 4185 02:06:47,600 --> 02:06:49,134 THERE A SECOND? 4186 02:06:49,134 --> 02:06:50,336 -- SECOND. 4187 02:06:50,336 --> 02:06:51,003 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 4188 02:06:51,003 --> 02:06:51,604 TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. ARE 4189 02:06:51,604 --> 02:06:54,039 THERE ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS? 4190 02:06:54,039 --> 02:06:54,907 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 4191 02:06:54,907 --> 02:06:58,143 ROLL ON ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 4192 02:06:58,143 --> 02:07:01,947 32212. 4193 02:07:01,947 --> 02:07:02,514 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 4194 02:07:02,514 --> 02:07:04,416 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4195 02:07:04,416 --> 02:07:05,117 -- YES. 4196 02:07:05,117 --> 02:07:06,518 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 4197 02:07:06,518 --> 02:07:06,852 -- HI. 4198 02:07:06,852 --> 02:07:09,355 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 4199 02:07:09,355 --> 02:07:09,588 -- AYE. 4200 02:07:09,588 --> 02:07:11,156 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4201 02:07:11,156 --> 02:07:11,390 -- YES. 4202 02:07:11,390 --> 02:07:13,225 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4203 02:07:13,225 --> 02:07:13,459 -- YES. 4204 02:07:13,459 --> 02:07:15,861 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AYE. 4205 02:07:15,861 --> 02:07:16,428 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 4206 02:07:16,428 --> 02:07:17,162 -- AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4207 02:07:17,162 --> 02:07:18,163 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN 4208 02:07:18,163 --> 02:07:19,398 FAVOR. 4209 02:07:19,398 --> 02:07:21,567 -- NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. 4210 02:07:21,567 --> 02:07:22,201 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. WILL THE 4211 02:07:22,201 --> 02:07:23,969 CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE 4212 02:07:23,969 --> 02:07:24,636 TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 4213 02:07:24,636 --> 02:07:28,540 I'M MOVE. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO 4214 02:07:28,540 --> 02:07:29,475 ADOPT RESOLUTION 32211. IS THERE 4215 02:07:29,475 --> 02:07:31,143 A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN 4216 02:07:31,143 --> 02:07:33,312 MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE 4217 02:07:33,312 --> 02:07:36,982 RESOLUTION. ARE THERE ANY FINAL 4218 02:07:36,982 --> 02:07:38,083 COMMENTS? AWESOME. WILL THE 4219 02:07:38,083 --> 02:07:40,753 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 4220 02:07:40,753 --> 02:07:43,322 ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 32211. 4221 02:07:43,322 --> 02:07:43,856 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 4222 02:07:43,856 --> 02:07:45,290 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4223 02:07:45,290 --> 02:07:45,624 -- YES. 4224 02:07:45,624 --> 02:07:49,228 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 4225 02:07:49,228 --> 02:07:51,096 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 4226 02:07:51,096 --> 02:07:51,530 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4227 02:07:51,530 --> 02:07:52,297 -- YES. 4228 02:07:52,297 --> 02:07:55,100 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4229 02:07:55,100 --> 02:07:55,367 -- YES. 4230 02:07:55,367 --> 02:07:56,902 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AYE. 4231 02:07:56,902 --> 02:07:57,936 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I AND. 4232 02:07:57,936 --> 02:07:58,704 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4233 02:07:58,704 --> 02:07:59,304 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN 4234 02:07:59,304 --> 02:08:01,006 FAVOR NONE OPPOSED. 4235 02:08:01,006 --> 02:08:02,341 -- MOTION CARRIES. THE 4236 02:08:02,341 --> 02:08:03,242 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. WILL THE 4237 02:08:03,242 --> 02:08:05,844 CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE 4238 02:08:05,844 --> 02:08:06,512 TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 4239 02:08:06,512 --> 02:08:08,947 COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER 4240 02:08:08,947 --> 02:08:10,516 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 4241 02:08:10,516 --> 02:08:13,452 COUNCIL BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OUR 4242 02:08:13,452 --> 02:08:14,486 EXECUTIVE SESSION? 4243 02:08:14,486 --> 02:08:16,088 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. YES. 4244 02:08:16,088 --> 02:08:17,656 -- THANK YOU. OH, GOOD. YOU 4245 02:08:17,656 --> 02:08:19,625 ALREADY KNEW. UM, COUNCIL 4246 02:08:19,625 --> 02:08:21,226 PRESIDENT, CAN I BE EXCUSED FROM 4247 02:08:21,226 --> 02:08:23,595 FULL COUNCIL? TUESDAY, AUGUST 4248 02:08:23,595 --> 02:08:23,829 18th. 4249 02:08:23,829 --> 02:08:25,964 -- ARE THERE ANY OBJECTION TO 4250 02:08:25,964 --> 02:08:27,800 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ BEING 4251 02:08:27,800 --> 02:08:30,869 EXCUSED ON AUGUST THE 18th? 4252 02:08:30,869 --> 02:08:32,004 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS OH, I 4253 02:08:32,004 --> 02:08:33,672 THOUGHT THERE WAS AN OBJECTION. 4254 02:08:33,672 --> 02:08:36,642 YOU ARE EXCUSED COUNCILMEMBER. 4255 02:08:36,642 --> 02:08:38,644 YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. 4256 02:08:38,644 --> 02:08:39,078 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 4257 02:08:39,078 --> 02:08:39,745 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 4258 02:08:39,745 --> 02:08:41,080 PRESIDENT I TO ASK TO BE EXCUSED 4259 02:08:41,080 --> 02:08:43,449 ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 18th FROM 4260 02:08:43,449 --> 02:08:43,782 FULL COUNCIL. 4261 02:08:43,782 --> 02:08:45,984 -- OKAY. GOT IT. IS THERE ANY 4262 02:08:45,984 --> 02:08:46,618 OBJECTION TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 4263 02:08:46,618 --> 02:08:48,754 BEING EXCUSED ON AUGUST THE 4264 02:08:48,754 --> 02:08:51,490 18th? SEEING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER 4265 02:08:51,490 --> 02:08:56,729 SAKA, YOU ARE EXCUSED. AWESOME. 4266 02:08:56,729 --> 02:08:58,897 SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. UM, IF 4267 02:08:58,897 --> 02:09:00,532 THERE'S. OKAY. SO GREAT. UH, 4268 02:09:00,532 --> 02:09:01,500 COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER 4269 02:09:01,500 --> 02:09:03,302 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 4270 02:09:03,302 --> 02:09:05,070 COUNCIL? WE WILL SAY THAT, UM, I 4271 02:09:05,070 --> 02:09:06,672 DO KNOW, AND I'M JUST 4272 02:09:06,672 --> 02:09:09,308 MONITORING. WE DO HAVE POOR 4273 02:09:09,308 --> 02:09:10,409 QUALITY AIR HERE IN SEATTLE 4274 02:09:10,409 --> 02:09:11,810 RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE 4275 02:09:11,810 --> 02:09:13,245 WILDFIRES THAT ARE GOING ON IN 4276 02:09:13,245 --> 02:09:14,613 SPOKANE. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE 4277 02:09:14,613 --> 02:09:15,614 I SAW AT THE AT THE RATE THERE 4278 02:09:15,614 --> 02:09:17,816 WAS OVER 700 BUILDINGS AND HOMES 4279 02:09:17,816 --> 02:09:19,685 THAT HAD BEEN DESTROYED ON THE 4280 02:09:19,685 --> 02:09:21,820 EAST SIDE. IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY 4281 02:09:21,820 --> 02:09:23,355 DEVASTATING AND TERRIBLE. AND 4282 02:09:23,355 --> 02:09:24,857 OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND, 4283 02:09:24,857 --> 02:09:26,492 AND SUPPORT AND POSITIVE ENERGY 4284 02:09:26,492 --> 02:09:27,392 ARE SENT TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 4285 02:09:27,392 --> 02:09:30,095 LOST HOMES, PEOPLE THAT HAVE 4286 02:09:30,095 --> 02:09:30,696 BEEN DISPLACED, IMPACTED THE 4287 02:09:30,696 --> 02:09:31,296 FIREFIGHTERS, THE PEOPLE THAT 4288 02:09:31,296 --> 02:09:33,031 ARE ON THE FRONT LINES, THE EMT 4289 02:09:33,031 --> 02:09:34,967 WORKERS, THE HOSPITAL WORKERS, 4290 02:09:34,967 --> 02:09:36,368 THE POLICE, EVERYONE WHO'S 4291 02:09:36,368 --> 02:09:38,237 KEEPING THAT COMMUNITY SAFE. WE 4292 02:09:38,237 --> 02:09:40,105 ARE WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 4293 02:09:40,105 --> 02:09:43,242 SUPPORT AND JUST YOU HAVE WE ARE 4294 02:09:43,242 --> 02:09:43,876 A STATE, WASHINGTON STATE. SO IT 4295 02:09:43,876 --> 02:09:44,610 DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE ON 4296 02:09:44,610 --> 02:09:46,044 THE EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE, NORTH 4297 02:09:46,044 --> 02:09:48,580 SOUTH. WE ARE THE STATE OF 4298 02:09:48,580 --> 02:09:49,148 WASHINGTON. AND SEATTLE IS 4299 02:09:49,148 --> 02:09:50,282 SENDING THEIR LOVE TO THE EAST 4300 02:09:50,282 --> 02:09:52,417 SIDE RIGHT NOW, AS WE ARE NOW 4301 02:09:52,417 --> 02:09:55,254 SEEING A LOT OF THAT AIR THAT'S 4302 02:09:55,254 --> 02:09:57,156 BEEN BROUGHT OVER HERE BECAUSE 4303 02:09:57,156 --> 02:09:58,924 OF THE WILDFIRES AFFECTING AIR 4304 02:09:58,924 --> 02:09:59,758 QUALITY. SO WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE 4305 02:09:59,758 --> 02:10:01,426 WHAT IT'S LIKE IN SPOKANE RIGHT 4306 02:10:01,426 --> 02:10:04,630 NOW. UM, SO I WILL STOP THERE. 4307 02:10:04,630 --> 02:10:05,898 COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER BUSINESS 4308 02:10:05,898 --> 02:10:08,467 TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? 4309 02:10:08,467 --> 02:10:09,268 AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. 4310 02:10:09,268 --> 02:10:11,270 -- I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. 4311 02:10:11,270 --> 02:10:11,904 COUNCILMEMBER WOO WE STAY UP? DO 4312 02:10:11,904 --> 02:10:16,175 WE STAY ON THIS ZOOM FOR THE FOR 4313 02:10:16,175 --> 02:10:17,309 THE, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION? 4314 02:10:17,309 --> 02:10:18,710 -- NO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 4315 02:10:18,710 --> 02:10:21,513 SIGN IN ON THE NEW LINK BECAUSE 4316 02:10:21,513 --> 02:10:22,181 WE HAVE OTHER GUESTS JOINING US. 4317 02:10:22,181 --> 02:10:24,016 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 4318 02:10:24,016 --> 02:10:25,484 SO THANK YOU. HEARING NO FURTHER 4319 02:10:25,484 --> 02:10:27,419 BUSINESS, WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO 4320 02:10:27,419 --> 02:10:29,421 EXECUTIVE SESSION AS PRESIDING 4321 02:10:29,421 --> 02:10:30,222 OFFICER. I'M ANNOUNCING THAT THE 4322 02:10:30,222 --> 02:10:32,124 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW 4323 02:10:32,124 --> 02:10:33,692 CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 4324 02:10:33,692 --> 02:10:36,328 THE PURPOSE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION 4325 02:10:36,328 --> 02:10:38,764 IS TO DISCUSS PENDING POTENTIAL 4326 02:10:38,764 --> 02:10:40,632 OR ACTUAL LITIGATION. THE 4327 02:10:40,632 --> 02:10:42,668 COUNCIL EXECUTIVE SESSION IS 4328 02:10:42,668 --> 02:10:43,235 OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO 4329 02:10:43,235 --> 02:10:44,970 DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL 4330 02:10:44,970 --> 02:10:46,538 MATTERS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY 4331 02:10:46,538 --> 02:10:48,574 AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. A LEGAL 4332 02:10:48,574 --> 02:10:50,008 MONITOR FROM THE CITY 4333 02:10:50,008 --> 02:10:50,642 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS 4334 02:10:50,642 --> 02:10:52,277 PRESENT TO ENSURE THAT COUNCIL 4335 02:10:52,277 --> 02:10:54,780 RESERVES QUESTIONS FOR POLICY 4336 02:10:54,780 --> 02:10:56,114 FOR OPEN SESSION. SO WE ONLY 4337 02:10:56,114 --> 02:10:58,617 TALK ABOUT LEGAL MATTERS. I 4338 02:10:58,617 --> 02:11:00,219 EXPECT THE TIME OF THE EXECUTIVE 4339 02:11:00,219 --> 02:11:01,653 SESSION TO BE DONE BY 515, ONE 4340 02:11:01,653 --> 02:11:04,756 HOUR FROM NOW. IF WE NEED TO 4341 02:11:04,756 --> 02:11:06,592 EXTEND IT BEYOND THAT TIME, I 4342 02:11:06,592 --> 02:11:09,061 WILL ANNOUNCE THE EXTENSION AND 4343 02:11:09,061 --> 02:11:11,296 THE EXPECTED DURATION AS WELL. 4344 02:11:11,296 --> 02:11:11,863 AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS 4345 02:11:11,863 --> 02:11:13,365 EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CITY 4346 02:11:13,365 --> 02:11:14,967 COUNCIL MEETING WILL 4347 02:11:14,967 --> 02:11:18,270 AUTOMATICALLY ADJOURN. THE NEXT 4348 02:11:18,270 --> 02:11:18,871 REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING IS 4349 02:11:18,871 --> 02:11:20,572 AUGUST THE 11th AT 2 P.M. SHARP. 4350 02:11:20,572 --> 02:11:22,507 THE COUNCIL IS NOW IN EXECUTIVE 4351 02:11:22,507 --> 02:11:26,078 SESSION. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 4352 02:11:26,078 --> 02:11:34,186 -- THANK YOU.