1 00:05:21,187 --> 00:05:31,397 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:05:36,302 --> 00:05:36,869 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. THE OCTOBER 3 00:05:36,869 --> 00:05:38,938 20th, 2026 MEETING OF THE 4 00:05:38,938 --> 00:05:40,807 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 5 00:05:40,807 --> 00:05:42,175 WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:03 6 00:05:42,175 --> 00:05:43,710 P.M.. I'M JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, 7 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:44,410 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WILL THE 8 00:05:44,410 --> 00:05:45,978 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 9 00:05:45,978 --> 00:05:48,648 -- COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA. 10 00:05:48,648 --> 00:05:54,454 PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 11 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:57,423 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 12 00:05:57,423 --> 00:05:57,690 -- HERE. 13 00:05:57,690 --> 00:06:00,593 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 14 00:06:00,593 --> 00:06:00,860 -- HERE. 15 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:01,427 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 16 00:06:01,427 --> 00:06:04,931 -- HERE 17 00:06:04,931 --> 00:06:05,465 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 18 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:08,201 -- HERE 19 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:08,668 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 20 00:06:08,668 --> 00:06:12,071 -- HERE 21 00:06:12,071 --> 00:06:12,572 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 22 00:06:12,572 --> 00:06:15,808 -- HERE 23 00:06:15,808 --> 00:06:16,275 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 24 00:06:16,275 --> 00:06:16,642 HOLLINGSWORTH. 25 00:06:16,642 --> 00:06:19,645 -- PRESENT 26 00:06:19,645 --> 00:06:20,046 -- NINE. PRESENT. 27 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:20,980 -- AWESOME. AND COLLEAGUES. 28 00:06:20,980 --> 00:06:23,116 THANK YOU ALL. COMING BACK, I 29 00:06:23,116 --> 00:06:24,617 KNOW THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE 30 00:06:24,617 --> 00:06:26,486 OF OUR BUDGET SEASON, AND WE 31 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:27,954 HAVE THIS COUNCIL MEETING 32 00:06:27,954 --> 00:06:29,021 BECAUSE WE HAVE A TON OF 33 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:30,323 LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO 34 00:06:30,323 --> 00:06:33,092 CONTINUE THAT CONTINUES TO 35 00:06:33,092 --> 00:06:34,427 HAPPEN THROUGH CITY COUNCIL. SO 36 00:06:34,427 --> 00:06:37,029 WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG AGENDA 37 00:06:37,029 --> 00:06:37,630 ITEMS, AND THE FIRST ONE AND 38 00:06:37,630 --> 00:06:39,399 WE'RE GOING TO KICK IT OFF TO 39 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:40,933 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, BECAUSE 40 00:06:40,933 --> 00:06:41,534 TODAY WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION 41 00:06:41,534 --> 00:06:44,904 THAT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IS 42 00:06:44,904 --> 00:06:45,705 PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 2026 TO BE 43 00:06:45,705 --> 00:06:47,607 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS 44 00:06:47,607 --> 00:06:50,076 MONTH. AND IN SEATTLE AND 45 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:55,515 RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 15th AS 46 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:56,149 PURPLE THURSDAY. COUNCILMEMBER 47 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:56,382 RINCK. 48 00:06:56,382 --> 00:06:57,617 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 49 00:06:57,617 --> 00:06:59,552 COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU SO MUCH 50 00:06:59,552 --> 00:07:00,853 FOR THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO 51 00:07:00,853 --> 00:07:02,488 BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS 52 00:07:02,488 --> 00:07:04,023 IMPORTANT TOPIC. I KNOW LAST 53 00:07:04,023 --> 00:07:05,892 WEEK WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 54 00:07:05,892 --> 00:07:07,326 BRING THIS TO THE FOREFRONT WHEN 55 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:09,562 WE LAUNCHED THE SEATTLE STANDS 56 00:07:09,562 --> 00:07:12,365 WITH SURVIVORS CAMPAIGN. THIS 57 00:07:12,365 --> 00:07:13,666 MONTH IS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL 58 00:07:13,666 --> 00:07:16,569 AND I HOPE YOU WILL SIGN ON TO 59 00:07:16,569 --> 00:07:18,938 OUR PROCLAMATION. ACKNOWLEDGING 60 00:07:18,938 --> 00:07:20,573 AND RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS 61 00:07:20,573 --> 00:07:21,140 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS 62 00:07:21,140 --> 00:07:23,409 MONTH. TO THAT END, I APOLOGIZE. 63 00:07:23,409 --> 00:07:25,244 I'M HAVING SOME TECH ISSUES, SO 64 00:07:25,244 --> 00:07:26,946 I'M UNABLE TO SPEAK TO THE 65 00:07:26,946 --> 00:07:28,080 PROCLAMATION UNTIL I HAVE A 66 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,216 SECOND MOMENT, BUT I WILL CLOSE 67 00:07:30,216 --> 00:07:31,651 MY REMARKS THERE AND FULL 68 00:07:31,651 --> 00:07:34,020 ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE HAVE SOME 69 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:35,254 INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATIONS HERE TO 70 00:07:35,254 --> 00:07:37,423 SPEAK TODAY. AND NOW MY TECH 71 00:07:37,423 --> 00:07:38,891 ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED. 72 00:07:38,891 --> 00:07:39,959 -- NO WORRIES. YOU'RE ALL GOOD. 73 00:07:39,959 --> 00:07:42,395 WE CAN BE AT EASE. I KNOW THAT 74 00:07:42,395 --> 00:07:42,962 SOMETIMES WE HAVE TECHNICAL 75 00:07:42,962 --> 00:07:51,938 ISSUES, SO NO WORRIES. AND 76 00:07:51,938 --> 00:07:52,572 COLLEAGUES, AFTER COUNCILMEMBER 77 00:07:52,572 --> 00:07:53,906 RINCK GETS THE TECHNICAL STUFF 78 00:07:53,906 --> 00:07:57,276 UP, I WILL SEE IF ANYONE ELSE 79 00:07:57,276 --> 00:07:59,078 HAS ANY FURTHER COMMENTS AND 80 00:07:59,078 --> 00:08:01,781 THEN WE WILL CALL ON THE FOR THE 81 00:08:01,781 --> 00:08:05,751 SIGNATURES OF THE PROCLAMATION. 82 00:08:05,751 --> 00:08:06,018 AWESOME. 83 00:08:06,018 --> 00:08:06,886 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK READY TO 84 00:08:06,886 --> 00:08:09,322 GO. THANK YOU FOR THAT MOMENT. 85 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:09,956 COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES, I 86 00:08:09,956 --> 00:08:11,090 DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 87 00:08:11,090 --> 00:08:13,025 READ INTO THE RECORD OUR 88 00:08:13,025 --> 00:08:14,627 PROCLAMATION BEFORE US BEFORE 89 00:08:14,627 --> 00:08:16,796 BRINGING ON SIGNATURES AND 90 00:08:16,796 --> 00:08:17,430 HEARING FROM OUR THREE SPEAKERS 91 00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:19,298 FROM THE COALITION ENDING GENDER 92 00:08:19,298 --> 00:08:21,334 BASED VIOLENCE. JEWISH FAMILY 93 00:08:21,334 --> 00:08:23,903 SERVICES PROJECT AURORA, AS WELL 94 00:08:23,903 --> 00:08:26,038 AS HEARING FROM THE SEATTLE 95 00:08:26,038 --> 00:08:26,672 WOMEN'S COMMISSION. BUT WITH 96 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:28,641 THAT, I WILL NOW SHARE THE 97 00:08:28,641 --> 00:08:30,977 PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS DOMESTIC 98 00:08:30,977 --> 00:08:32,144 VIOLENCE HARMS INDIVIDUALS, 99 00:08:32,144 --> 00:08:33,379 FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND IS 100 00:08:33,379 --> 00:08:35,915 AN INSIDIOUS AND PERVASIVE 101 00:08:35,915 --> 00:08:36,449 SOCIETAL ISSUE IMPACTING 102 00:08:36,449 --> 00:08:37,817 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM ACROSS 103 00:08:37,817 --> 00:08:40,219 THE GLOBE AND IS CHARACTERIZED 104 00:08:40,219 --> 00:08:41,554 BY ONE PARTNER'S NEED FOR POWER 105 00:08:41,554 --> 00:08:43,089 AND CONTROL. BY USING A RANGE OF 106 00:08:43,089 --> 00:08:44,357 TACTICS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 107 00:08:44,357 --> 00:08:47,326 LIMITED TO, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, 108 00:08:47,326 --> 00:08:50,096 EMOTIONAL, REPRODUCTIVE, 109 00:08:50,096 --> 00:08:50,663 ECONOMIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL OR 110 00:08:50,663 --> 00:08:51,564 TECHNOLOGICAL ACTIONS. THREATS 111 00:08:51,564 --> 00:08:53,733 OF THESE ACTIONS AND OR OTHER 112 00:08:53,733 --> 00:08:56,235 PATTERNS OF ABUSE AND COERCIVE 113 00:08:56,235 --> 00:08:58,004 BEHAVIOR. AND WHEREAS GENDER 114 00:08:58,004 --> 00:09:00,106 BASED VIOLENCE, INCLUDING 115 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:00,539 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 116 00:09:00,539 --> 00:09:01,541 DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS WOMEN 117 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:04,610 AND GIRLS, LGBTQ PEOPLE, 118 00:09:04,610 --> 00:09:06,479 IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, WHERE 119 00:09:06,479 --> 00:09:07,046 BARRIERS INCLUDING BUT NOT 120 00:09:07,046 --> 00:09:08,848 LIMITED TO LANGUAGE, CULTURAL 121 00:09:08,848 --> 00:09:11,050 ISOLATION, LIMITED SOCIAL 122 00:09:11,050 --> 00:09:13,085 SUPPORT, FINANCIAL DEPENDANCE 123 00:09:13,085 --> 00:09:15,488 AND IMMIGRATION STATUS RELATED 124 00:09:15,488 --> 00:09:15,988 TO FEARS THAT INCREASE 125 00:09:15,988 --> 00:09:18,524 VULNERABILITY. AND WHEREAS 126 00:09:18,524 --> 00:09:20,526 CURRENT NATIONAL CONVERSATIONS 127 00:09:20,526 --> 00:09:21,494 AROUND CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT AND 128 00:09:21,494 --> 00:09:22,995 SEXUAL ABUSE OF WOMEN AND 129 00:09:22,995 --> 00:09:24,797 CHILDREN, INCLUDING THOSE BEING 130 00:09:24,797 --> 00:09:25,398 HELD IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION 131 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:26,299 CENTERS, SHOULD BE A REMINDER 132 00:09:26,299 --> 00:09:28,601 THAT EVERY PERSON HAS A ROLE TO 133 00:09:28,601 --> 00:09:31,237 PLAY IN CREATING SAFE AND 134 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:31,871 THRIVING COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING 135 00:09:31,871 --> 00:09:32,939 PREVENTING AND INTERRUPTING ALL 136 00:09:32,939 --> 00:09:34,874 FORMS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE. 137 00:09:34,874 --> 00:09:36,409 AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF SEATTLE 138 00:09:36,409 --> 00:09:37,743 CURRENTLY INVESTS IN TRAUMA 139 00:09:37,743 --> 00:09:39,378 INFORMED, COMMUNITY BASED 140 00:09:39,378 --> 00:09:39,912 SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS OF 141 00:09:39,912 --> 00:09:41,147 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 142 00:09:41,147 --> 00:09:42,915 ASSAULT, AND HUMAN SEX 143 00:09:42,915 --> 00:09:45,051 TRAFFICKING. AND WHEREAS THE 144 00:09:45,051 --> 00:09:46,752 SEATTLE AREA IS HOME TO A STRONG 145 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:48,321 SURVIVOR SUPPORT NETWORK, 146 00:09:48,321 --> 00:09:50,990 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE 147 00:09:50,990 --> 00:09:51,591 COALITION ENDING GENDER BASED 148 00:09:51,591 --> 00:09:54,026 VIOLENCE CHIEF. SEATTLE CLUB 149 00:09:54,026 --> 00:09:55,795 COUNSELING AND REFERRAL 150 00:09:55,795 --> 00:09:57,563 SERVICES, NEW BEGINNINGS AND 151 00:09:57,563 --> 00:09:59,265 PROJECT OF JEWISH FAMILY 152 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:00,933 SERVICES. AND WHEREAS, DOMESTIC 153 00:10:00,933 --> 00:10:03,002 VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH HAS A 154 00:10:03,002 --> 00:10:03,569 RICH HISTORY IN THE UNITED 155 00:10:03,569 --> 00:10:06,572 STATES DATING BACK TO OCTOBER 156 00:10:06,572 --> 00:10:10,509 1987, THE SAME YEAR, THE FIRST 157 00:10:10,509 --> 00:10:11,077 TOLL FREE NATIONAL DOMESTIC 158 00:10:11,077 --> 00:10:13,613 VIOLENCE HELPLINE WAS 159 00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:15,214 ESTABLISHED. AND WHEREAS 160 00:10:15,214 --> 00:10:17,683 DOMESTIC AND GENDER BASED 161 00:10:17,683 --> 00:10:18,184 VIOLENCE EXACT PROFOUND 162 00:10:18,184 --> 00:10:20,987 PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND ECONOMIC 163 00:10:20,987 --> 00:10:22,388 HARM ON VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AS 164 00:10:22,388 --> 00:10:24,256 WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS 165 00:10:24,256 --> 00:10:25,658 AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY. AND 166 00:10:25,658 --> 00:10:27,893 WHEREAS THE CITY OF SEATTLE 167 00:10:27,893 --> 00:10:29,228 CELEBRATES THE 30th ANNIVERSARY 168 00:10:29,228 --> 00:10:30,730 OF THE VICTIM SUPPORT TEAM 169 00:10:30,730 --> 00:10:31,263 WITHIN THE HUMAN SERVICES 170 00:10:31,263 --> 00:10:32,732 DEPARTMENT AND IS COMMITTED TO 171 00:10:32,732 --> 00:10:34,467 ADVANCING EQUITY, JUSTICE AND 172 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:35,935 SAFETY FOR ALL RESIDENTS, 173 00:10:35,935 --> 00:10:38,804 ESPECIALLY SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE 174 00:10:38,804 --> 00:10:40,673 THROUGH PREVENTION, IMPROVED 175 00:10:40,673 --> 00:10:43,309 RESPONSE SYSTEMS AND TRAUMA 176 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:43,943 INFORMED, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE 177 00:10:43,943 --> 00:10:46,946 SERVICES. SO NOW, THEREFORE, 178 00:10:46,946 --> 00:10:47,580 MAYOR AND SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 179 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:49,982 PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2026 DOMESTIC 180 00:10:49,982 --> 00:10:51,951 VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN 181 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:54,420 SEATTLE AND RECOGNIZE THURSDAY, 182 00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:55,688 OCTOBER 15th AS PURPLE THURSDAY. 183 00:10:55,688 --> 00:10:56,555 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 184 00:10:56,555 --> 00:10:58,391 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 185 00:10:58,391 --> 00:10:59,025 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK COLLEAGUES, 186 00:10:59,025 --> 00:10:59,792 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE 187 00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:01,494 FLOOR BEFORE I ASK FOR 188 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:05,197 SIGNATURES ON THE PROCLAMATION? 189 00:11:05,197 --> 00:11:05,865 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 190 00:11:05,865 --> 00:11:07,266 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 191 00:11:07,266 --> 00:11:09,301 I JUST WANTED TO THANK. 192 00:11:09,301 --> 00:11:10,703 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR BRINGING 193 00:11:10,703 --> 00:11:11,303 THIS FORWARD AND FOR THE WORK 194 00:11:11,303 --> 00:11:13,172 THAT SHE'S DOING, PARTICULARLY 195 00:11:13,172 --> 00:11:14,607 FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES ANGLE. I 196 00:11:14,607 --> 00:11:16,342 THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND 197 00:11:16,342 --> 00:11:18,444 SHE SPOKE ABOUT EVERY PERSON. I 198 00:11:18,444 --> 00:11:19,945 ALSO WANTED TO SAY EVERY 199 00:11:19,945 --> 00:11:21,414 ORGANIZATION. THAT'S WHY IT'S 200 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:22,415 IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK WITH 201 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:23,182 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, TO 202 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:25,051 WORK WITH THE KING COUNTY 203 00:11:25,051 --> 00:11:25,718 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 204 00:11:25,718 --> 00:11:28,220 AND OTHER ELEMENTS THAT MAY BE 205 00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:29,288 MORE ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE 206 00:11:29,288 --> 00:11:30,923 OF THINGS, BECAUSE TO REALLY 207 00:11:30,923 --> 00:11:31,791 MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE TO HAVE 208 00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:33,692 THIS BALANCE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY 209 00:11:33,692 --> 00:11:35,094 AND IMPORTANTLY, THE HUMAN 210 00:11:35,094 --> 00:11:38,864 SERVICES PIECES OF THAT IN ORDER 211 00:11:38,864 --> 00:11:40,366 TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD RELATED 212 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:42,635 TO GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, 213 00:11:42,635 --> 00:11:43,302 WHETHER IT'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 214 00:11:43,302 --> 00:11:45,171 OR SEXUAL ASSAULT OR COMMERCIAL 215 00:11:45,171 --> 00:11:46,839 SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. SO THANK 216 00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:49,341 YOU FOR THIS. AND THIS IS 217 00:11:49,341 --> 00:11:50,009 SOMETHING THAT WE'RE COMMITTED 218 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:52,578 TO DO AND TO WORK WITH AND 219 00:11:52,578 --> 00:11:53,179 PARTNERSHIP EVERY PERSON AND 220 00:11:53,179 --> 00:11:56,048 EVERY ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. 221 00:11:56,048 --> 00:11:57,016 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 222 00:11:57,016 --> 00:11:59,919 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. ANY OTHER 223 00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:01,721 FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. OH. 224 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:02,188 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 225 00:12:02,188 --> 00:12:03,522 -- THANK YOU. SORRY, I WAS. 226 00:12:03,522 --> 00:12:04,356 -- TRYING TO FIND. NO, NO. IT'S 227 00:12:04,356 --> 00:12:05,491 OKAY. I WAS TRYING TO FIND MY 228 00:12:05,491 --> 00:12:08,461 HAND. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON 229 00:12:08,461 --> 00:12:10,763 EVERYONE. AND I WANT TO THANK 230 00:12:10,763 --> 00:12:11,397 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR BRINGING 231 00:12:11,397 --> 00:12:12,264 THIS FORWARD. AND THANK YOU FOR 232 00:12:12,264 --> 00:12:15,367 INCLUDING MY AD, THE JEWISH 233 00:12:15,367 --> 00:12:16,001 FAMILY SERVICES DEBORA PROJECT 234 00:12:16,001 --> 00:12:17,503 THAT DOES SO MUCH IMPORTANT WORK 235 00:12:17,503 --> 00:12:19,839 WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC 236 00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:23,642 VIOLENCE SURVIVORS. THIS IS SUCH 237 00:12:23,642 --> 00:12:25,444 IMPORTANT WORK, AND I WANT TO 238 00:12:25,444 --> 00:12:26,078 THANK ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS HERE 239 00:12:26,078 --> 00:12:30,149 WHO DO WORK IN THIS SPACE. WE 240 00:12:30,149 --> 00:12:33,052 NEED TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF 241 00:12:33,052 --> 00:12:33,652 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GENDER 242 00:12:33,652 --> 00:12:35,187 BASED VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY. I 243 00:12:35,187 --> 00:12:36,722 THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON 244 00:12:36,722 --> 00:12:41,794 THAT. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO 245 00:12:41,794 --> 00:12:42,495 SIGNING MY NAME BOTH. I LOOK 246 00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:43,929 FORWARD TO DOING THAT. AND IT 247 00:12:43,929 --> 00:12:45,598 ALSO MAKES ME SAD THAT WE EVEN 248 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:47,933 HAVE TO HAVE A MONTH TO BRING 249 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:50,202 AWARENESS TO, TO THIS TOPIC. I 250 00:12:50,202 --> 00:12:52,838 WISH WE LIVED IN A WORLD WHERE 251 00:12:52,838 --> 00:12:53,472 THIS WAS NOT THE CASE, AND I, 252 00:12:53,472 --> 00:12:55,040 AND I THINK MANY OF US, 253 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:58,077 INCLUDING IN MY OWN EXTENDED 254 00:12:58,077 --> 00:13:00,312 FAMILY, HAVE FOLKS THAT WE KNOW 255 00:13:00,312 --> 00:13:03,249 AND LOVE WHO'VE BEEN VICTIMS OF 256 00:13:03,249 --> 00:13:05,184 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND SO REALLY 257 00:13:05,184 --> 00:13:06,585 WANTED TO, TO SAY THAT AND 258 00:13:06,585 --> 00:13:07,853 IMPACT SO MANY PEOPLE AND NOT 259 00:13:07,853 --> 00:13:10,723 ALWAYS THE PEOPLE YOU THINK 260 00:13:10,723 --> 00:13:12,892 IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OFTENTIMES 261 00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:14,226 SILENT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO 262 00:13:14,226 --> 00:13:17,062 RECOGNIZE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK 263 00:13:17,062 --> 00:13:17,563 YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 264 00:13:17,563 --> 00:13:18,597 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 265 00:13:18,597 --> 00:13:19,932 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THANK YOU, 266 00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:20,599 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR BRINGING 267 00:13:20,599 --> 00:13:22,134 THIS. AND LIKE COUNCILMEMBER 268 00:13:22,134 --> 00:13:22,768 KETTLE SAID IN RIVERA, ALL THE 269 00:13:22,768 --> 00:13:24,203 WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING ON 270 00:13:24,203 --> 00:13:25,538 THE HUMAN SERVICES SIDE. SO 271 00:13:25,538 --> 00:13:26,672 BEFORE I CALL THE ROLL, DO YOU 272 00:13:26,672 --> 00:13:27,807 HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? 273 00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:28,274 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 274 00:13:28,274 --> 00:13:29,008 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 275 00:13:29,008 --> 00:13:29,642 PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU, 276 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:31,277 COLLEAGUES, FOR YOUR REMARKS AND 277 00:13:31,277 --> 00:13:32,545 SHOWING SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS. 278 00:13:32,545 --> 00:13:33,946 IT MEANS A LOT, AND I HOPE 279 00:13:33,946 --> 00:13:35,314 EVERYONE IS ABLE TO SIGN ON TO 280 00:13:35,314 --> 00:13:38,984 THE PROCLAMATION TODAY. I WANTED 281 00:13:38,984 --> 00:13:39,585 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 282 00:13:39,585 --> 00:13:41,854 FOR HIS REMARKS, IN PARTICULAR, 283 00:13:41,854 --> 00:13:43,355 ACKNOWLEDGING THE NEED TO BE 284 00:13:43,355 --> 00:13:43,989 WORKING ACROSS DIFFERENT SYSTEMS 285 00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:45,724 WHEN IT COMES TO TACKLING 286 00:13:45,724 --> 00:13:47,159 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND BEING ABLE 287 00:13:47,159 --> 00:13:48,827 TO PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORT FOR 288 00:13:48,827 --> 00:13:50,796 SURVIVORS. I'D BE REMISS IF WE 289 00:13:50,796 --> 00:13:54,500 DID NOT LIFT UP. ALSO IN THIS 290 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:55,067 CONVERSATION ABOUT DOMESTIC 291 00:13:55,067 --> 00:14:01,307 VIOLENCE, JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THE 292 00:14:01,307 --> 00:14:01,841 BACKLOG OF INVESTIGATION 293 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:02,741 INVESTIGATIONS, ACKNOWLEDGING 294 00:14:02,741 --> 00:14:04,577 THAT ABOUT A THIRD OF CASES THAT 295 00:14:04,577 --> 00:14:05,978 SPD IS REFERRING TO THE CITY 296 00:14:05,978 --> 00:14:07,112 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARE DOMESTIC 297 00:14:07,112 --> 00:14:07,846 VIOLENCE CASES. AND WE ARE, AS A 298 00:14:07,846 --> 00:14:09,715 CITY, FACING A TREMENDOUS 299 00:14:09,715 --> 00:14:11,884 BACKLOG IN ADDRESSING THOSE 300 00:14:11,884 --> 00:14:13,252 CASES WHERE SURVIVORS ARE HAVING 301 00:14:13,252 --> 00:14:14,253 TO WAIT YEARS FOR THEIR CASES TO 302 00:14:14,253 --> 00:14:16,488 EVEN BE FILED IN THAT 303 00:14:16,488 --> 00:14:17,656 ACKNOWLEDGMENT, I THINK IT'S 304 00:14:17,656 --> 00:14:19,124 ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 305 00:14:19,124 --> 00:14:20,359 NOT EVERY SURVIVOR IS GOING TO 306 00:14:20,359 --> 00:14:22,027 SEEK OUT THE CRIMINAL LEGAL 307 00:14:22,027 --> 00:14:24,129 SYSTEM TO GET JUSTICE. NOT 308 00:14:24,129 --> 00:14:25,431 EVERYONE IS SAFE TO BE ABLE TO 309 00:14:25,431 --> 00:14:26,599 DO SO. AND SO BEING ABLE TO LIFT 310 00:14:26,599 --> 00:14:29,535 UP THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE 311 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:30,502 WAYS TO BE ABLE TO GET 312 00:14:30,502 --> 00:14:31,503 ACCOUNTABILITY AND TO BE ABLE TO 313 00:14:31,503 --> 00:14:33,105 IMPROVE SAFETY IS ALSO A PART OF 314 00:14:33,105 --> 00:14:35,207 THAT, TOO. AND I KNOW THE OFFICE 315 00:14:35,207 --> 00:14:36,575 OF CIVIL RIGHTS HAS DONE WORK IN 316 00:14:36,575 --> 00:14:38,544 TRYING TO PROMOTE SOME OF THOSE 317 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:40,713 NON CARCERAL, RESTORATIVE 318 00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:42,248 JUSTICE ALTERNATIVES TO YOU. BUT 319 00:14:42,248 --> 00:14:44,149 ACROSS THE BOARD, WE HAVE NOT 320 00:14:44,149 --> 00:14:45,417 RESOURCED OUR SYSTEM TO BE ABLE 321 00:14:45,417 --> 00:14:48,053 TO EVEN BE ABLE TO GIVE 322 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:49,021 SURVIVORS THE DIGNITY OF HAVING 323 00:14:49,021 --> 00:14:50,189 A CHOICE IN THAT MATTER. AND 324 00:14:50,189 --> 00:14:51,390 THAT'S THE THING THAT IS ON US 325 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:52,291 TO RESOLVE. SO I WANT TO THANK 326 00:14:52,291 --> 00:14:53,659 YOU, COLLEAGUES, AGAIN FOR YOUR 327 00:14:53,659 --> 00:14:55,227 REMARKS AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR 328 00:14:55,227 --> 00:14:56,295 THIS WORK, AND I HOPE EVERYONE 329 00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:58,564 IS ABLE TO SIGN ON TODAY. THANK 330 00:14:58,564 --> 00:14:59,064 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 331 00:14:59,064 --> 00:15:01,100 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 332 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:01,734 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK COLLEAGUES, 333 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:04,737 AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE THE 334 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:05,838 ROLE ON FINDING OUT WHO WOULD 335 00:15:05,838 --> 00:15:09,208 LIKE TO SIGN ON TO THE 336 00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:09,541 PROCLAMATION. 337 00:15:09,541 --> 00:15:12,378 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 338 00:15:12,378 --> 00:15:17,850 -- AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 339 00:15:17,850 --> 00:15:18,417 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I 340 00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:20,052 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 341 00:15:20,052 --> 00:15:20,286 -- YES. 342 00:15:20,286 --> 00:15:23,155 -- COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ. 343 00:15:23,155 --> 00:15:26,992 -- AYE. 344 00:15:26,992 --> 00:15:27,526 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 345 00:15:27,526 --> 00:15:29,762 -- AYE. 346 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:33,065 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 347 00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:33,299 -- YES. 348 00:15:33,299 --> 00:15:35,167 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 349 00:15:35,167 --> 00:15:35,401 -- YES. 350 00:15:35,401 --> 00:15:37,236 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 351 00:15:37,236 --> 00:15:37,603 HOLLINGSWORTH. 352 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:39,672 -- YES 353 00:15:39,672 --> 00:15:41,573 -- NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE 354 00:15:41,573 --> 00:15:41,840 AFFIXED. 355 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,075 -- AWESOME. SO IT IS PROCLAIM 356 00:15:43,075 --> 00:15:45,711 OCTOBER 2026 TO BE DOMESTIC 357 00:15:45,711 --> 00:15:46,312 VIOLENCE AWARENESS AWARENESS 358 00:15:46,312 --> 00:15:50,249 MONTH AND OCTOBER 15th AS PURPLE 359 00:15:50,249 --> 00:15:52,484 THURSDAY. I KNOW THAT WE BEFORE. 360 00:15:52,484 --> 00:15:53,786 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY 361 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:54,853 FINAL COMMENTS, BUT WE WILL GO 362 00:15:54,853 --> 00:15:56,655 AHEAD AND SUSPEND THE RULES SO 363 00:15:56,655 --> 00:15:59,258 WE CAN PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION 364 00:15:59,258 --> 00:16:00,092 WITH COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AND 365 00:16:00,092 --> 00:16:01,593 THEN I ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE 366 00:16:01,593 --> 00:16:04,029 SOME PEOPLE FROM THE COALITION 367 00:16:04,029 --> 00:16:07,066 ENDING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE. WE 368 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:07,566 ALSO HAVE JEWISH FAMILY 369 00:16:07,566 --> 00:16:08,534 SERVICES, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE 370 00:16:08,534 --> 00:16:10,903 OUR WOMEN'S COMMISSION. IF YOU 371 00:16:10,903 --> 00:16:14,840 WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND 372 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:15,441 PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS, ANYONE 373 00:16:15,441 --> 00:16:17,710 CAN GO FIRST. DON'T WORRY, I 374 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:19,011 HAVE $20. WHOEVER GOES FIRST, 375 00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:20,346 I'M JUST PLAYING. OH YEAH, SEE 376 00:16:20,346 --> 00:16:21,647 Y'ALL RUNNING. I'M JUST 377 00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:21,914 PLAYING. 378 00:16:21,914 --> 00:16:22,781 -- GO AHEAD. 379 00:16:22,781 --> 00:16:23,816 -- I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO FIRST 380 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:25,384 AND I'LL KEEP IT FAIRLY SHORT. 381 00:16:25,384 --> 00:16:26,385 SO MY COLLEAGUES HERE HAVE A 382 00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:28,587 LITTLE MORE TIME. GOOD AFTERNOON 383 00:16:28,587 --> 00:16:30,856 FOLKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 384 00:16:30,856 --> 00:16:32,091 INVITING US HERE. MY NAME IS 385 00:16:32,091 --> 00:16:33,559 AMARANTH TORRES AND I'M THE 386 00:16:33,559 --> 00:16:35,227 CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 387 00:16:35,227 --> 00:16:36,362 COALITION ENDING GENDER BASED 388 00:16:36,362 --> 00:16:38,230 VIOLENCE. WE ARE PROUD TO JOIN 389 00:16:38,230 --> 00:16:40,432 EVERYONE TODAY IN ACKNOWLEDGING 390 00:16:40,432 --> 00:16:41,033 OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 391 00:16:41,033 --> 00:16:42,434 AWARENESS MONTH. ABUSE IS A 392 00:16:42,434 --> 00:16:45,337 PROCESS OF OBJECTIFICATION AND 393 00:16:45,337 --> 00:16:47,172 DEHUMANIZATION. SURVIVOR DRIVEN 394 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:49,608 ADVOCACY IS A PROCESS OF 395 00:16:49,608 --> 00:16:50,242 RESTORING SELF-DETERMINATION AND 396 00:16:50,242 --> 00:16:51,744 DIGNITY. SURVIVORS SEEK BOTH 397 00:16:51,744 --> 00:16:54,246 SAFETY AND SELF-DETERMINATION AT 398 00:16:54,246 --> 00:16:55,914 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS IN 399 00:16:55,914 --> 00:16:57,883 DISTRICTS TWO, FOUR, FIVE, SIX 400 00:16:57,883 --> 00:17:01,286 AND SEVEN. MANY MORE SEEK THE 401 00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:02,721 LEGAL SUPPORT, SAFETY PLANNING 402 00:17:02,721 --> 00:17:04,156 AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE OFFERED 403 00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:06,325 AT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS IN 404 00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:08,527 EVERY DISTRICT OF OUR CITY. OUR 405 00:17:08,527 --> 00:17:10,763 FIELD IS MADE UP OF DEDICATED 406 00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:12,898 ADVOCATES WHO SEE PHYSICAL 407 00:17:12,898 --> 00:17:15,000 VIOLENCE, SEXISM AND COERCIVE 408 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,668 CONTROL IN RELATIONSHIPS. AND 409 00:17:16,668 --> 00:17:17,436 INSTEAD OF AVERTING THEIR EYES, 410 00:17:17,436 --> 00:17:20,339 THEY STEP TOWARDS IT, SEEK TO 411 00:17:20,339 --> 00:17:22,508 UNDERSTAND IT, AND WALK 412 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:23,142 ALONGSIDE SURVIVORS EVERY STEP 413 00:17:23,142 --> 00:17:26,078 OF THE WAY AS THEY HEAL FROM IT. 414 00:17:26,078 --> 00:17:28,480 ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS HAVE LONG 415 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:29,681 THRIVED ON THE COLLECTIVE 416 00:17:29,681 --> 00:17:31,483 SILENCE. LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, 417 00:17:31,483 --> 00:17:33,886 MINDING ONE'S BUSINESS THAT IS, 418 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:36,422 TOO OFTEN THE RESPONSE WHEN 419 00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:36,955 SURVIVORS DISCLOSE ABUSE. 420 00:17:36,955 --> 00:17:38,457 SPEAKING THIS PROCLAMATION OUT 421 00:17:38,457 --> 00:17:41,360 LOUD HELPS TO INTERRUPT THAT 422 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:42,394 SILENCE AND INSTEAD SETS A NEW 423 00:17:42,394 --> 00:17:45,164 NORM OF ACKNOWLEDGING OUR SHARED 424 00:17:45,164 --> 00:17:46,698 RESPONSIBILITY TO SHIFT THE 425 00:17:46,698 --> 00:17:47,766 CONDITIONS THAT ALLOW ABUSE TO 426 00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:50,469 FLOURISH. AS OCTOBER COMES AND 427 00:17:50,469 --> 00:17:52,004 GOES, WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO 428 00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:55,841 STAND WITH US, TO STAND WITH 429 00:17:55,841 --> 00:17:57,576 SURVIVORS, TO TO NOT AVERT YOUR 430 00:17:57,576 --> 00:17:59,611 EYES AND TO REMEMBER THAT 431 00:17:59,611 --> 00:18:01,480 SURVIVORS ARE SURVIVING PATTERNS 432 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,949 OF POWER AND CONTROL. 24 OVER 433 00:18:03,949 --> 00:18:06,985 7365 AS A COALITION, WE ARE 434 00:18:06,985 --> 00:18:09,688 PROUD TO STAND WITH GENDER BASED 435 00:18:09,688 --> 00:18:10,155 VIOLENCE PROGRAMS AND 436 00:18:10,155 --> 00:18:11,723 ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR 437 00:18:11,723 --> 00:18:13,992 COMMITMENT TO SURVIVORS. AND WE 438 00:18:13,992 --> 00:18:16,462 ARE INVESTED IN ENSURING THAT 439 00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:16,962 PROGRAMS ARE STEADY AND 440 00:18:16,962 --> 00:18:19,565 RESOURCED TO DO THIS LIFE SAVING 441 00:18:19,565 --> 00:18:21,200 WORK FOR THE LONG HAUL. THANK 442 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,868 YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND 443 00:18:22,868 --> 00:18:24,403 TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TODAY FOR 444 00:18:24,403 --> 00:18:26,271 STANDING WITH US AND FOR MAKING 445 00:18:26,271 --> 00:18:27,940 THIS PROCLAMATION A PRIORITY. WE 446 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:28,574 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE 447 00:18:28,574 --> 00:18:31,009 WORK TOGETHER. 448 00:18:31,009 --> 00:18:38,417 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 449 00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:39,485 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, DEAR SEATTLE 450 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:41,520 CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE 451 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:42,554 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. 452 00:18:42,554 --> 00:18:43,555 -- TO SPEAK RIGHT INTO THE MIC 453 00:18:43,555 --> 00:18:44,289 AS WELL. JUST PULL THE MIC 454 00:18:44,289 --> 00:18:45,557 CLOSE. THERE YOU GO. PERFECT. 455 00:18:45,557 --> 00:18:46,925 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 456 00:18:46,925 --> 00:18:48,026 RINCK, FOR YOUR STRONG SUPPORT 457 00:18:48,026 --> 00:18:51,763 OF SURVIVORS. MY NAME IS NATASHA 458 00:18:51,763 --> 00:18:53,832 WILSON AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF 459 00:18:53,832 --> 00:18:55,334 PROJECT DEBORA, THE DOMESTIC 460 00:18:55,334 --> 00:18:55,901 VIOLENCE PROGRAM AT JEWISH 461 00:18:55,901 --> 00:18:57,903 FAMILY SERVICE, JEWISH FAMILY 462 00:18:57,903 --> 00:19:00,305 SERVICE IS 134 YEAR OLD 463 00:19:00,305 --> 00:19:02,741 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT 464 00:19:02,741 --> 00:19:03,342 PROVIDES CLINICAL CRITICAL 465 00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:05,277 SUPPORT SERVICES TO JEWISH 466 00:19:05,277 --> 00:19:07,613 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, 467 00:19:07,613 --> 00:19:09,748 REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, AND 468 00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:11,116 BROADER COMMUNITY. I HAVE WORKED 469 00:19:11,116 --> 00:19:13,385 WITH SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC 470 00:19:13,385 --> 00:19:15,454 VIOLENCE FOR OVER 25 YEARS. A 471 00:19:15,454 --> 00:19:17,322 SURVIVOR, LET'S CALL HER RACHEL 472 00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:19,558 ONCE TOLD ME. MY CHILDREN AND I 473 00:19:19,558 --> 00:19:21,059 WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT 474 00:19:21,059 --> 00:19:22,694 WEREN'T FOR ONE ADVOCATE WHO 475 00:19:22,694 --> 00:19:25,297 WAS THERE FOR ME. WE WERE 476 00:19:25,297 --> 00:19:26,498 HUDDLED IN A MOTEL ROOM THAT THE 477 00:19:26,498 --> 00:19:28,033 POLICE HAD RENTED FOR US THREE 478 00:19:28,033 --> 00:19:29,735 DAYS EARLIER, AFTER MY 479 00:19:29,735 --> 00:19:31,904 CHILDREN'S FATHER STRANGLED ME 480 00:19:31,904 --> 00:19:34,139 AND OUR SEVEN YEAR OLD SNUCK OUT 481 00:19:34,139 --> 00:19:35,707 AND CALLED THE POLICE, IT WAS 482 00:19:35,707 --> 00:19:38,944 THE END OF DAY THREE. CHECK OUT 483 00:19:38,944 --> 00:19:39,678 TIME WAS APPROACHING AND I WAS 484 00:19:39,678 --> 00:19:41,813 AFRAID. MY CHILDREN AND I WOULD 485 00:19:41,813 --> 00:19:43,282 HAVE TO SPEND THE NIGHT ON THE 486 00:19:43,282 --> 00:19:46,151 STREET OR IN THE CAR FOR THREE 487 00:19:46,151 --> 00:19:49,421 DAYS. I CALLED EVERY SHELTER, 488 00:19:49,421 --> 00:19:50,822 EVERY HELPLINE, EVERY AGENCY IN 489 00:19:50,822 --> 00:19:52,558 THE AREA. EVERYTHING WAS FULL 490 00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:54,259 AND NO ONE HAD THE CAPACITY TO 491 00:19:54,259 --> 00:19:56,929 HELP US. WE HAD JUST MOVED TO 492 00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:58,063 SEATTLE AND I HAD NO FAMILY OR 493 00:19:58,063 --> 00:20:00,365 FRIENDS I COULD TRUST. MY 494 00:20:00,365 --> 00:20:01,567 CHILDREN'S FATHER HAD BEEN 495 00:20:01,567 --> 00:20:03,035 RELEASED FROM JAIL AND I KNEW HE 496 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:04,136 WAS LOOKING FOR US. HE HAD TOLD 497 00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:06,538 ME THAT IF HE WAS ARRESTED, HE 498 00:20:06,538 --> 00:20:07,739 WOULD KILL ME. HE OFTEN SLEPT 499 00:20:07,739 --> 00:20:09,908 WITH A GUN NEXT TO HIM AND HE 500 00:20:09,908 --> 00:20:11,643 WOULD POINT IT AT ME SAYING, 501 00:20:11,643 --> 00:20:14,279 DON'T YOU EVER THINK ABOUT 502 00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:17,049 LEAVING? I HAD NO MONEY AND I 503 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:19,751 WAS DESPERATE. AND THEN MY PHONE 504 00:20:19,751 --> 00:20:22,754 RANG. AN ADVOCATE I HAD SPOKEN 505 00:20:22,754 --> 00:20:24,222 WITH EARLIER THAT DAY SAID, I 506 00:20:24,222 --> 00:20:27,159 THINK I FOUND A PLACE FOR YOU. 507 00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:29,361 THOSE WORDS ON THAT DAY CHANGED 508 00:20:29,361 --> 00:20:30,128 EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE. IT WAS 509 00:20:30,128 --> 00:20:32,130 THE BEGINNING OF OUR FAMILY'S 510 00:20:32,130 --> 00:20:35,634 HEALING. RACHEL'S HEALING 511 00:20:35,634 --> 00:20:37,903 JOURNEY INCLUDED A SAFE HOME 512 00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:40,072 TRAUMA THERAPY FOR HER AND HER 513 00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:42,407 CHILDREN. COUNTLESS MEETINGS 514 00:20:42,407 --> 00:20:45,210 WITH LEGAL AID ATTORNEYS, COURT 515 00:20:45,210 --> 00:20:47,346 HEARINGS AND ADVOCACY. LOTS OF 516 00:20:47,346 --> 00:20:50,048 IT. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STATISTICS 517 00:20:50,048 --> 00:20:51,450 ARE CHILLING, ACCORDING TO CDC, 518 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:54,987 MORE THAN 1 IN 3 WOMEN AND MORE 519 00:20:54,987 --> 00:20:57,222 THAN 1 IN 6 MEN EXPERIENCE 520 00:20:57,222 --> 00:20:59,191 GENDER BASED VIOLENCE DURING 521 00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:01,026 THEIR LIFETIME. THAT IS, OVER 60 522 00:21:01,026 --> 00:21:03,629 MILLION PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO 523 00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:07,132 JOHNS HOPKINS RESEARCH. IN 68% 524 00:21:07,132 --> 00:21:08,800 OF MASS SHOOTINGS, THE 525 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,535 PERPETRATOR KILLED A FAMILY 526 00:21:10,535 --> 00:21:12,037 MEMBER OR INTIMATE PARTNER, OR 527 00:21:12,037 --> 00:21:13,805 HAD A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC 528 00:21:13,805 --> 00:21:16,541 VIOLENCE AT PROJECT DEVORAH, WE 529 00:21:16,541 --> 00:21:19,678 ENSURE SERVICES SURVIVORS 530 00:21:19,678 --> 00:21:22,214 RECEIVE RESPECT, PATH TO HEALING 531 00:21:22,214 --> 00:21:25,083 AND HOPE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT 532 00:21:25,083 --> 00:21:27,686 LISTENING IS NOT ENOUGH. WHEN 533 00:21:27,686 --> 00:21:29,454 SURVIVORS SAFETY, HEALTH AND 534 00:21:29,454 --> 00:21:31,823 LIVES ARE AT STAKE, SERVICES 535 00:21:31,823 --> 00:21:33,558 THAT HELP SURVIVORS NAVIGATE THE 536 00:21:33,558 --> 00:21:35,727 LEGAL SYSTEM THAT CONNECT THEM 537 00:21:35,727 --> 00:21:38,730 WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES, 538 00:21:38,730 --> 00:21:39,364 INCLUDING ADVOCACY AND FINANCIAL 539 00:21:39,364 --> 00:21:43,001 ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE TO HELP 540 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:44,703 THEM SAFE, TO HELP THEIR SAFETY, 541 00:21:44,703 --> 00:21:46,705 AND TO HELP THEM REBUILD THEIR 542 00:21:46,705 --> 00:21:48,607 LIVES. THESE SERVICES MUST BE 543 00:21:48,607 --> 00:21:50,976 AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE, AND WE 544 00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:52,878 MUST EDUCATE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, 545 00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:55,013 AND ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, 546 00:21:55,013 --> 00:21:57,249 ABOUT WHAT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS 547 00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:59,484 LOOK LIKE. RACHEL'S STORY 548 00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:01,153 HAPPENED MORE THAN TEN YEARS 549 00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:05,490 AGO. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO 550 00:22:05,490 --> 00:22:07,893 ENSURE SURVIVOR SERVICES REMAIN 551 00:22:07,893 --> 00:22:09,795 AVAILABLE TOMORROW AND GROW TO 552 00:22:09,795 --> 00:22:11,329 MEET THE NEED. THANK YOU AGAIN 553 00:22:11,329 --> 00:22:12,898 ON BEHALF OF PROJECT DEBORA 554 00:22:12,898 --> 00:22:15,167 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE AND 555 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:15,734 THOUSANDS OF SURVIVORS WITH 556 00:22:15,734 --> 00:22:17,169 SUPPORTED. FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY 557 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,970 TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SAFETY AND 558 00:22:18,970 --> 00:22:20,839 WELL-BEING OF ALL OF OUR 559 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:21,907 COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 560 00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:30,649 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 561 00:22:30,649 --> 00:22:32,417 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR 562 00:22:32,417 --> 00:22:33,051 COMMITMENT TO MAKING SEATTLE A 563 00:22:33,051 --> 00:22:35,220 SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE FOR 564 00:22:35,220 --> 00:22:36,588 EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU FOR 565 00:22:36,588 --> 00:22:38,323 RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC 566 00:22:38,323 --> 00:22:41,093 VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH FOR 567 00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:42,728 OVER 55 YEARS, THE SEATTLE 568 00:22:42,728 --> 00:22:44,730 WOMEN'S COMMISSION HAS ELEVATED 569 00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:47,132 COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND PROMOTED 570 00:22:47,132 --> 00:22:47,632 PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND 571 00:22:47,632 --> 00:22:48,433 INVESTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT 572 00:22:48,433 --> 00:22:52,404 COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS. THIS HAS 573 00:22:52,404 --> 00:22:52,971 INCLUDED ADVOCATING FOR THE 574 00:22:52,971 --> 00:22:54,139 DEVELOPMENT OF A SHELTER FOR 575 00:22:54,139 --> 00:22:55,540 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IN 576 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:57,209 THE 70s, AND FOR THE CREATION 577 00:22:57,209 --> 00:23:00,412 AND ONGOING RESOURCING OF 578 00:23:00,412 --> 00:23:01,580 CRITICAL INITIATIVES LIKE THE 579 00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:03,482 BATTERED WOMEN'S PROJECT IN THE 580 00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:05,183 70s AND 80s, AND THE VICTIM 581 00:23:05,183 --> 00:23:07,753 SUPPORT TEAM PROGRAM IN THE 90s. 582 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,054 IN ADDITION TO A STRONG HISTORY 583 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:10,589 OF COLLABORATION WITH HSD AND 584 00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:12,057 OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, WE'VE 585 00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:13,492 ALSO WORKED TO PROTECT WOMEN AND 586 00:23:13,492 --> 00:23:16,495 TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS THROUGH 587 00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:19,030 DIVERSE STRATEGIES LIKE PUBLIC 588 00:23:19,030 --> 00:23:21,133 EVENTS, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, 589 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:21,700 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND 590 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:23,702 EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS ON 591 00:23:23,702 --> 00:23:24,970 SPECIFIC ISSUES LIKE THE 592 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:28,340 UNACCEPTABLE RATE OF MISSING AND 593 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:29,975 MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN. THE 594 00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:30,575 COMMISSION'S GENDER BASED 595 00:23:30,575 --> 00:23:31,810 VIOLENCE WORK HAS OFTEN 596 00:23:31,810 --> 00:23:32,277 OVERLAPPED WITH OTHER 597 00:23:32,277 --> 00:23:34,679 SUBCOMMITTEE INITIATIVES AROUND 598 00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:36,181 HOUSING, FAMILY SERVICES, 599 00:23:36,181 --> 00:23:38,350 HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 600 00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:41,586 STABILITY. BECAUSE THESE ISSUES 601 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:43,021 ARE ALL CONNECTED, AND WE KNOW 602 00:23:43,021 --> 00:23:45,924 THAT ADDRESSING POVERTY, RACISM 603 00:23:45,924 --> 00:23:49,094 AND MISOGYNY ARE MEANINGFUL WAYS 604 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:51,329 TO PREVENT VIOLENCE. WE BEGAN 605 00:23:51,329 --> 00:23:52,764 THIS WORK IN 1970, AND TODAY, 606 00:23:52,764 --> 00:23:54,332 GENDER BASED VIOLENCE CONTINUES 607 00:23:54,332 --> 00:23:56,101 TO BE A FOCUS FOR THE SEATTLE 608 00:23:56,101 --> 00:23:58,537 WOMEN'S COMMISSION BECAUSE THIS 609 00:23:58,537 --> 00:24:00,939 CRISIS REMAINS PERVASIVE. THIS 610 00:24:00,939 --> 00:24:03,375 IS DEEPLY PERSONAL AND URGENT 611 00:24:03,375 --> 00:24:05,777 FOR ME AND FOR THE COMMISSION, 612 00:24:05,777 --> 00:24:07,379 AND IT SHOULD BE FOR EVERYONE 613 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:09,214 LISTENING. THE IMPACTS OF GENDER 614 00:24:09,214 --> 00:24:12,451 BASED VIOLENCE ARE FELT IN EVERY 615 00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:13,084 DISTRICT, IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, 616 00:24:13,084 --> 00:24:15,787 AND IN EVERY COMMUNITY OF OUR 617 00:24:15,787 --> 00:24:17,022 CITY. WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR 618 00:24:17,022 --> 00:24:18,924 NOT, YOU ARE CONNECTED TO 619 00:24:18,924 --> 00:24:21,893 SURVIVORS OF GENDER BASED 620 00:24:21,893 --> 00:24:23,528 VIOLENCE. OUR REGION'S GENDER 621 00:24:23,528 --> 00:24:24,796 BASED VIOLENCE PROGRAMS ARE 622 00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:25,463 CRITICAL PARTNERS IN THIS WORK, 623 00:24:25,463 --> 00:24:27,532 AND THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT. THESE 624 00:24:27,532 --> 00:24:30,068 ARE ORGANIZATIONS AND 625 00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:32,404 PROFESSIONALS WITH DEEPLY ROOTED 626 00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:35,173 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. LOCAL 627 00:24:35,173 --> 00:24:35,740 SOLUTIONS, AND SIGNIFICANT 628 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:37,108 KNOWLEDGE AND LEADERSHIP, 629 00:24:37,108 --> 00:24:40,378 PREVENTING HARM AND HELPING 630 00:24:40,378 --> 00:24:42,147 SURVIVORS. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 631 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:44,182 AWARENESS MONTH COMPELS US TO 632 00:24:44,182 --> 00:24:44,816 HONOR THE COURAGE OF SURVIVORS 633 00:24:44,816 --> 00:24:48,253 AND TO BELIEVE THEM, TO 634 00:24:48,253 --> 00:24:49,988 RECOGNIZE AND TRUST THE CRITICAL 635 00:24:49,988 --> 00:24:50,455 WORK OF ADVOCATES AND 636 00:24:50,455 --> 00:24:53,458 ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS SPACE, AND 637 00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:53,959 TO BE CANDID ABOUT THE 638 00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:55,627 CONDITIONS OUR COMMUNITIES ARE 639 00:24:55,627 --> 00:24:57,629 EXPERIENCING. WE MUST RECOMMIT 640 00:24:57,629 --> 00:24:59,831 TO BUILDING EQUITABLE SYSTEMS 641 00:24:59,831 --> 00:25:02,234 AND TO INVESTING SUFFICIENT 642 00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:04,402 RESOURCES TO BECOME A CITY WHERE 643 00:25:04,402 --> 00:25:07,272 EVERYONE CAN EXPERIENCE SAFETY, 644 00:25:07,272 --> 00:25:08,573 DIGNITY AND JUSTICE. HEALING IS 645 00:25:08,573 --> 00:25:10,876 POSSIBLE, AND GENDER BASED 646 00:25:10,876 --> 00:25:11,509 VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE, AND IT 647 00:25:11,509 --> 00:25:13,445 TAKES ALL OF US TO MAKE THAT 648 00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:15,914 HAPPEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 649 00:25:15,914 --> 00:25:19,217 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 650 00:25:19,217 --> 00:25:22,387 -- [APPLAUSE] 651 00:25:22,387 --> 00:25:25,490 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 652 00:25:25,490 --> 00:25:27,826 POWERFUL WORDS. AND I KNOW THAT 653 00:25:27,826 --> 00:25:29,227 WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION THAT WE 654 00:25:29,227 --> 00:25:30,729 WILL PRESENT TO YOU FROM 655 00:25:30,729 --> 00:25:32,097 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AND WOULD 656 00:25:32,097 --> 00:25:33,632 YOU LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE AS 657 00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:35,700 WELL? YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. AWESOME. 658 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:37,302 ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO 659 00:25:37,302 --> 00:25:38,003 SUSPEND THE RULES. WE'RE GOING 660 00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:39,538 TO HAVE YOU ALL COME UP. WE'LL 661 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:40,705 TAKE A PHOTO AND THEN RIGHT 662 00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:43,174 AFTER WE WILL OPEN THE OPEN THE 663 00:25:43,174 --> 00:25:44,576 AGENDA ITEM TO THE HYBRID PUBLIC 664 00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:47,879 COMMENT PERIOD. DO WE HAVE 665 00:25:47,879 --> 00:25:49,147 DEANNA LEE HERE TO TAKE OUR 666 00:25:49,147 --> 00:25:50,782 PHOTO? AWESOME. SHE'LL BE IN THE 667 00:25:50,782 --> 00:25:51,750 FRONT. SHE'LL COUNT US DOWN AND 668 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:52,484 WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A 669 00:25:52,484 --> 00:25:56,288 PHOTO. COLLEAGUES, REAL QUICK. 670 00:25:56,288 --> 00:26:03,995 Y'ALL KNOW THE DRILL. 671 00:26:03,995 --> 00:26:05,196 -- RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. RIGHT IN 672 00:26:05,196 --> 00:26:06,331 THE MIDDLE. 673 00:26:06,331 --> 00:26:11,036 -- GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU TOO. 674 00:26:11,036 --> 00:26:12,704 SHE'S ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO 675 00:26:12,704 --> 00:26:17,008 LOOK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. WE'LL 676 00:26:17,008 --> 00:26:19,344 GET RINCK COUNCILMEMBER LIN 677 00:26:19,344 --> 00:26:21,413 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WILL BE IN 678 00:26:21,413 --> 00:26:23,048 THE MIDDLE. IN THE MIDDLE. 679 00:26:23,048 --> 00:26:26,851 -- UP FRONT ARE YOU SURE? 680 00:26:26,851 --> 00:26:27,185 -- [LAUGHTER] 681 00:26:27,185 --> 00:26:29,621 -- YEAH. NO I'M GOOD, I'M 682 00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:29,821 GOOD. 683 00:26:29,821 --> 00:26:31,256 -- ALL RIGHT. WILL YOU COUNT US 684 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:35,827 DOWN? YES, PLEASE. 685 00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:41,900 -- ONE. I'M JUST REACH 686 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:42,968 -- THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU 687 00:26:42,968 --> 00:26:46,237 SO MUCH. 688 00:26:46,237 --> 00:26:46,705 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 689 00:26:46,705 --> 00:26:47,038 -- [APPLAUSE] 690 00:26:47,038 --> 00:26:54,045 -- THANK YOU 691 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:56,281 -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE 692 00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:57,382 AS WE ARE TRANSITIONING. AND 693 00:26:57,382 --> 00:26:57,882 WE'RE GOING TO OPEN. 694 00:26:57,882 --> 00:26:59,017 -- UP THE HYBRID. 695 00:26:59,017 --> 00:27:01,486 -- PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 696 00:27:01,486 --> 00:27:05,790 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 697 00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:07,025 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU 698 00:27:07,025 --> 00:27:07,692 COLLEAGUES. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE 699 00:27:07,692 --> 00:27:08,727 GOING TO OPEN UP THE HYBRID 700 00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:10,095 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 701 00:27:10,095 --> 00:27:11,863 COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON 702 00:27:11,863 --> 00:27:13,665 TODAY'S AGENDA. THE 703 00:27:13,665 --> 00:27:15,000 INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR 704 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,101 AND THE COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM. 705 00:27:16,101 --> 00:27:17,669 JUST A REMINDER, THE COUNCIL 706 00:27:17,669 --> 00:27:20,071 CANNOT ACCEPT COMMENTS ON 707 00:27:20,071 --> 00:27:21,473 QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS OR ON 708 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:22,641 CAMPAIGN RELATED MATTERS. 709 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:24,109 COLLEAGUES. EXCUSE ME CLERK HOW 710 00:27:24,109 --> 00:27:25,477 MANY FOLKS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? 711 00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:30,415 -- WE HAVE 40 IN PERSON SO FAR 712 00:27:30,415 --> 00:27:30,782 AND 23 REMOTE. 713 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:33,451 -- OKAY, THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE 714 00:27:33,451 --> 00:27:34,152 63 SPEAKERS AND I KNOW MORE WILL 715 00:27:34,152 --> 00:27:37,288 SIGN UP. SO BECAUSE DUE TO 716 00:27:37,288 --> 00:27:38,390 COUNCIL RULES, IF WE HAVE 30 TO 717 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:41,026 60, EVERYONE WILL GET ONE MINUTE 718 00:27:41,026 --> 00:27:43,395 AND CLERK, I WILL HAND THIS OVER 719 00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:47,165 TO YOU TO READ THE RULES. 720 00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:48,366 -- SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN 721 00:27:48,366 --> 00:27:49,734 THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE 722 00:27:49,734 --> 00:27:52,437 REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 723 00:27:52,437 --> 00:27:53,571 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 724 00:27:53,571 --> 00:27:55,840 OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS 725 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,008 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 726 00:27:57,008 --> 00:27:58,810 THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 727 00:27:58,810 --> 00:28:00,245 ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 728 00:28:00,245 --> 00:28:02,414 CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. 729 00:28:02,414 --> 00:28:04,282 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. I'LL READ 730 00:28:04,282 --> 00:28:06,184 THE FIRST TEN FOLKS, AND WE'LL 731 00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:07,318 START LINING UP. AND IF YOU ARE 732 00:28:07,318 --> 00:28:08,620 ONLINE, WE'RE GOING TO DO 733 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:09,320 EVERYBODY IN PERSON FIRST, AND 734 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,455 THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU ONLINE 735 00:28:10,455 --> 00:28:12,457 AND I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED 736 00:28:12,457 --> 00:28:13,491 REGARDING HOW MANY SPEAKERS THAT 737 00:28:13,491 --> 00:28:16,127 WE HAVE IN PERSON. RIGHT NOW, 738 00:28:16,127 --> 00:28:19,330 THERE'S 40 SPEAKERS. SO 739 00:28:19,330 --> 00:28:20,865 PROBABLY IN ABOUT 315 IS WHEN 740 00:28:20,865 --> 00:28:22,000 YOU WILL GO ON. IF YOU'RE 741 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,769 ONLINE, GIVE OR TAKE SOME. SO 742 00:28:24,769 --> 00:28:26,171 I'LL BE MONITORING THAT AS 743 00:28:26,171 --> 00:28:28,506 WELL. SO WE HAVE KEVIN, WE HAVE 744 00:28:28,506 --> 00:28:31,309 BLAKELY, WE HAVE DEE, WE HAVE 745 00:28:31,309 --> 00:28:37,348 ANITRA, WE HAVE SHAYNA, HANNAH, 746 00:28:37,348 --> 00:28:39,451 BRANDON, JUSTIN, WE HAVE RIZ 747 00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:40,452 RHYS. HOPEFULLY I SAID IT RIGHT. 748 00:28:40,452 --> 00:28:44,556 AND THEN WE HAVE FRIDAY WELCOME, 749 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:45,857 KEVIN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 750 00:28:45,857 --> 00:28:47,459 WE'LL GET YOUR TIME UP A MINUTE 751 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:49,427 AND THEN WE'LL START WELCOME. 752 00:28:49,427 --> 00:28:52,397 GO AHEAD. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND 753 00:28:52,397 --> 00:28:52,630 START. 754 00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:53,531 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 755 00:28:53,531 --> 00:28:54,666 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS KEVIN 756 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:56,568 LAWRENCE. AND I'M A LONG TERM 757 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:58,803 WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT. SO I'M 758 00:28:58,803 --> 00:29:00,371 SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE 759 00:29:00,371 --> 00:29:02,307 CITY'S EFFORT TO GET BETTER 760 00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:04,109 CONTROL OF RV ENCAMPMENTS. 761 00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:07,078 HOWEVER, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AN 762 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:09,481 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF THIS 763 00:29:09,481 --> 00:29:10,615 VRAP PROPOSAL. MY WIFE AND I OWN 764 00:29:10,615 --> 00:29:12,250 A SMALL TRAVEL TRAILER THAT WE 765 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:14,419 USE, OFTEN RESTRICTING US TO 766 00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:17,622 JUST TWO HOURS DURING THE DAY OR 767 00:29:17,622 --> 00:29:18,156 BANNING OVERNIGHT PARKING 768 00:29:18,156 --> 00:29:19,290 ALTOGETHER WOULD CREATE AN 769 00:29:19,290 --> 00:29:21,092 IMMENSE PHYSICAL AND LOGISTICAL 770 00:29:21,092 --> 00:29:23,394 HARDSHIP. WHEN WE PROVISION AND 771 00:29:23,394 --> 00:29:24,395 THEN CLEAN UP TRAVELING. TODAY, 772 00:29:24,395 --> 00:29:26,631 I URGE YOU TO AMEND THIS 773 00:29:26,631 --> 00:29:29,134 PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE A CLEAR, 774 00:29:29,134 --> 00:29:29,734 STRAIGHTFORWARD EXEMPTION FOR 775 00:29:29,734 --> 00:29:30,735 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES PARKED 776 00:29:30,735 --> 00:29:33,204 WITHIN THE 72 HOUR LIMIT AT THE 777 00:29:33,204 --> 00:29:36,040 ADDRESS WHERE THE VEHICLE IS 778 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,342 LEGALLY REGISTERED. THIS KEEPS 779 00:29:37,342 --> 00:29:37,842 THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT 780 00:29:37,842 --> 00:29:39,878 RESOURCES, EXPENDITURES IN FOCUS 781 00:29:39,878 --> 00:29:42,780 WHERE IT'S INTENDED ON 782 00:29:42,780 --> 00:29:44,549 ENCAMPMENTS, WHILE ALLOWING 783 00:29:44,549 --> 00:29:45,150 EVERYDAY RESIDENTS TO MANAGE 784 00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:48,286 THEIR RVS AT HOME AS THEY DO 785 00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:49,854 TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 786 00:29:49,854 --> 00:29:51,222 -- THANK YOU KEVIN. NEXT WE HAVE 787 00:29:51,222 --> 00:29:52,590 BLAKELY FOLLOWED BY D AND 788 00:29:52,590 --> 00:29:58,429 ANITRA. WELCOME 789 00:29:58,429 --> 00:29:59,430 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 790 00:29:59,430 --> 00:30:01,099 BLAKELY BENSON. I WAS BORN IN 791 00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:01,733 BALLARD. I CURRENTLY SERVE AS 792 00:30:01,733 --> 00:30:02,934 THE DIRECTOR OF FLEET FOR 793 00:30:02,934 --> 00:30:05,136 TRIDENT SEAFOODS, A FAMILY OWNED 794 00:30:05,136 --> 00:30:05,670 COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN 795 00:30:05,670 --> 00:30:07,705 BALLARD. OUR SUPPORT CENTER 796 00:30:07,705 --> 00:30:09,741 EMPLOYS NEARLY 500 PEOPLE WITH 797 00:30:09,741 --> 00:30:10,675 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES THAT ARE. 798 00:30:10,675 --> 00:30:13,311 SHIPYARD ON LEARY WAY. THE 799 00:30:13,311 --> 00:30:15,046 CONDITIONS SURROUNDING OUR 800 00:30:15,046 --> 00:30:15,680 BALLARD FACILITIES HAVE BECOME 801 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:16,681 INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT. OUR 802 00:30:16,681 --> 00:30:18,449 PROPERTY HAS BEEN VANDALIZED, 803 00:30:18,449 --> 00:30:20,585 BURGLARIZED, AND OUR EMPLOYEES 804 00:30:20,585 --> 00:30:22,420 HAVE EXPERIENCED TRESPASSING, 805 00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:24,389 THREATS, VIOLENCE, VEHICLE BREAK 806 00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:25,924 INS AND DEEPLY TROUBLING 807 00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:28,293 BEHAVIOR NEAR THEIR WORKPLACE. 808 00:30:28,293 --> 00:30:28,860 MY GREATEST CONCERN ISN'T 809 00:30:28,860 --> 00:30:30,261 PROPERTY. IT'S OUR PEOPLE. 810 00:30:30,261 --> 00:30:31,362 EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME 811 00:30:31,362 --> 00:30:33,498 TO WORK WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT 812 00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:34,899 THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY, AND 813 00:30:34,899 --> 00:30:36,401 BUSINESSES SHOULD BE ABLE TO 814 00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:36,968 RECRUIT TALENTED PEOPLE TO 815 00:30:36,968 --> 00:30:38,636 SEATTLE AND CONFIDENTLY TELL 816 00:30:38,636 --> 00:30:40,071 THEM THIS IS A SAFE AND VIBRANT 817 00:30:40,071 --> 00:30:41,406 PLACE TO BUILD A CAREER AND 818 00:30:41,406 --> 00:30:45,143 RAISE A FAMILY. I APPRECIATE 819 00:30:45,143 --> 00:30:45,743 COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS AND 820 00:30:45,743 --> 00:30:47,011 OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO 821 00:30:47,011 --> 00:30:48,846 CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD 822 00:30:48,846 --> 00:30:50,548 SOLUTIONS. PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE 823 00:30:50,548 --> 00:30:51,149 VEHICLE RESIDENCE ASSISTANCE 824 00:30:51,149 --> 00:30:52,183 PROGRAM REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT 825 00:30:52,183 --> 00:30:53,852 EFFORT TO CREATE PATHWAYS 826 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:55,787 FORWARD FOR PEOPLE. THANK YOU. 827 00:30:55,787 --> 00:30:57,522 WE NEED A COMPASSION AND 828 00:30:57,522 --> 00:31:00,058 ACCOUNTABILITY AND SOLUTIONS 829 00:31:00,058 --> 00:31:00,425 GOING FORWARD. 830 00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:01,125 -- THANK YOU. BLAKELY. NEXT WE 831 00:31:01,125 --> 00:31:03,895 HAVE DEE, FOLLOWED BY ANITRA AND 832 00:31:03,895 --> 00:31:06,464 SHAYNA. WELCOME. 833 00:31:06,464 --> 00:31:07,098 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. 834 00:31:07,098 --> 00:31:08,666 MY NAME IS D POWERS, AND I'M 835 00:31:08,666 --> 00:31:10,134 HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 836 00:31:10,134 --> 00:31:12,303 STRAUSS NEW PLAN FOR RVS. I 837 00:31:12,303 --> 00:31:14,405 PERSONALLY KNOW HOW BADLY THE 838 00:31:14,405 --> 00:31:15,406 PROPOSED BAN WILL BE FOR PEOPLE 839 00:31:15,406 --> 00:31:18,710 LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES. I WAS 840 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:20,845 PRICED OUT OF MY PIONEER SQUARE 841 00:31:20,845 --> 00:31:22,947 APARTMENT IN 2015 AND IT TOOK 842 00:31:22,947 --> 00:31:24,482 SEVEN YEARS FOR AN APPROPRIATE 843 00:31:24,482 --> 00:31:25,984 OFFER OF SHELTER. THAT INCLUDED 844 00:31:25,984 --> 00:31:29,420 MY PARTNER AND MY PETS FOR ME TO 845 00:31:29,420 --> 00:31:31,422 BECOME REHOUSED IN 2022, I WOULD 846 00:31:31,422 --> 00:31:33,358 NOT HAVE SURVIVED IN A TENT. I 847 00:31:33,358 --> 00:31:35,059 WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED IN A 848 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:36,427 PASSENGER VEHICLE. A FRIEND OF 849 00:31:36,427 --> 00:31:38,062 MINE ENDED UP AMPUTATING A FOOT 850 00:31:38,062 --> 00:31:38,963 BECAUSE HE WAS LIVING IN A 851 00:31:38,963 --> 00:31:42,033 SMALLER CAR WITH NO ROOM TO LAY 852 00:31:42,033 --> 00:31:43,134 DOWN. IT'S INHUMANE TO FORCE 853 00:31:43,134 --> 00:31:45,737 PEOPLE TO LIVE IN EVEN MORE 854 00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:46,371 SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS FOR THE 855 00:31:46,371 --> 00:31:48,406 SAKE OF THE CITY'S CURB APPEAL, 856 00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:49,874 A ONE TIME PERMIT PROCESS IS 857 00:31:49,874 --> 00:31:52,577 ALSO INAPPROPRIATE. PEOPLE WILL 858 00:31:52,577 --> 00:31:53,978 CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO VEHICLES 859 00:31:53,978 --> 00:31:55,713 THAT ARE THE BEST FIT FOR THEIR 860 00:31:55,713 --> 00:31:57,248 NEEDS, AND WE NEED TO BE READY 861 00:31:57,248 --> 00:31:58,816 TO HELP SUPPORT THEM AT EVERY 862 00:31:58,816 --> 00:31:59,751 POINT IN THE FUTURE, NOT JUST 863 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:01,986 ONCE AND NEVER AGAIN. SERVICES 864 00:32:01,986 --> 00:32:04,455 SHOULD ALWAYS COME FIRST, AND 865 00:32:04,455 --> 00:32:06,157 THEY SHOULD BE OPEN TO ALL 866 00:32:06,157 --> 00:32:07,358 PERMANENTLY, NOT JUST THOSE WHO 867 00:32:07,358 --> 00:32:09,394 APPEAR IN A ONE TIME CENSUS. 868 00:32:09,394 --> 00:32:11,162 THANK YOU. 869 00:32:11,162 --> 00:32:13,231 -- THANK YOU'D. NEXT WE HAVE 870 00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:16,534 ANITRA, FOLLOWED BY SHAYNA. 871 00:32:16,534 --> 00:32:16,868 -- [APPLAUSE] 872 00:32:16,868 --> 00:32:18,303 -- IF WE COULD. 873 00:32:18,303 --> 00:32:18,703 -- FREEMAN. HERE. 874 00:32:18,703 --> 00:32:24,275 -- GO AHEAD SHARON. 875 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:26,444 -- WE'LL I THE MAJORITY OF THE 876 00:32:26,444 --> 00:32:29,347 PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR RVS ARE 877 00:32:29,347 --> 00:32:32,350 GOOD PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO 878 00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:36,254 SURVIVE. THERE ARE EXISTING LAWS 879 00:32:36,254 --> 00:32:38,856 FOR DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE 880 00:32:38,856 --> 00:32:43,294 PUBLIC NUISANCE OR PUBLIC DANGER 881 00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:46,864 SPENDING RESOURCES TO SPENDING 882 00:32:46,864 --> 00:32:49,300 MONEY TO DO OUTREACH AND TO HELP 883 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:51,169 PEOPLE FIND RESOURCES IS GOOD. 884 00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:54,439 IT'S EVEN BETTER TO SPEND MONEY 885 00:32:54,439 --> 00:32:56,074 TO INCREASE THE RESOURCES, TO 886 00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:58,343 OUTREACH PEOPLE, TO. BUT 887 00:32:58,343 --> 00:33:01,412 SPENDING MONEY JUST TO INCREASE 888 00:33:01,412 --> 00:33:02,313 THE BURDENS ON ALREADY BURDENED 889 00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:07,251 PEOPLE IS PLAIN WRONG. KEEP THE 890 00:33:07,251 --> 00:33:09,954 GOOD PARTS OF THIS ORDINANCE AND 891 00:33:09,954 --> 00:33:13,591 SCRAP THE REST. PUT YOUR MONEY 892 00:33:13,591 --> 00:33:15,626 INTO HELPING. 893 00:33:15,626 --> 00:33:17,028 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU ANITRA. 894 00:33:17,028 --> 00:33:19,464 NEXT WE HAVE SHAYNA, FOLLOWED BY 895 00:33:19,464 --> 00:33:23,234 HANNAH AND THEN BRANDON. SHAYNA, 896 00:33:23,234 --> 00:33:24,669 SORRY IF I SAID YOUR NAME WRONG. 897 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:24,969 -- SHAWNA. 898 00:33:24,969 --> 00:33:26,437 -- SHAWNA. MY BAD. 899 00:33:26,437 --> 00:33:26,704 -- OKAY. 900 00:33:26,704 --> 00:33:31,409 -- MY NAME IS SHAWNA AND I AM 901 00:33:31,409 --> 00:33:33,411 CURRENTLY. IN SEATTLE AT A 902 00:33:33,411 --> 00:33:37,415 SHELTER. I ONCE DID LIVE IN MY 903 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:39,183 CAR AND I CONSTANTLY HAD TO 904 00:33:39,183 --> 00:33:41,486 MOVE. IF YOU MAKE IT WHERE 905 00:33:41,486 --> 00:33:42,587 PEOPLE HAVE TO LIKE REGISTER 906 00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:44,789 THEIR VEHICLES AND THEY DON'T 907 00:33:44,789 --> 00:33:46,190 EVEN HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT, 908 00:33:46,190 --> 00:33:47,358 IT'S A ONE TIME THING, AND THEY 909 00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:49,427 DON'T EVEN HAVE THE MONEY TO 910 00:33:49,427 --> 00:33:50,628 LIKE PUT GAS IN THEIR VEHICLE TO 911 00:33:50,628 --> 00:33:52,196 MOVE IT, AND THEN THEY LOSE 912 00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:53,965 EVERYTHING THAT THEY OWN. WHERE 913 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:56,334 ARE THEY GOING TO GO? BECAUSE 914 00:33:56,334 --> 00:33:57,301 THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SHELTERS FOR 915 00:33:57,301 --> 00:33:59,003 THESE PEOPLE TO GO TO. THERE'S 916 00:33:59,003 --> 00:34:00,571 NOT ENOUGH FAMILY SHELTERS. 917 00:34:00,571 --> 00:34:03,141 THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACES IN 918 00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:04,208 WOMEN'S OR MEN'S SHELTERS. SO 919 00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:05,810 YOU PUT THEM IN A WORSE POSITION 920 00:34:05,810 --> 00:34:09,347 THAN THEY'RE ALREADY IN. 921 00:34:09,347 --> 00:34:11,783 -- THAT'S ALL. 922 00:34:11,783 --> 00:34:14,652 -- [APPLAUSE] 923 00:34:14,652 --> 00:34:16,921 -- NEXT WE HAVE HANNAH, FOLLOWED 924 00:34:16,921 --> 00:34:18,856 BY BRANDON AND JUSTIN. WELCOME, 925 00:34:18,856 --> 00:34:21,392 MISS. HANNAH. HANNAH. HANNAH. I 926 00:34:21,392 --> 00:34:23,127 SEE HANNAH JONES, 927 00:34:23,127 --> 00:34:23,895 -- OH, I'M HANNAH. 928 00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:25,229 -- HANNAH. HI, HANNAH. YOU'RE 929 00:34:25,229 --> 00:34:31,269 NEXT. AND THEN BRANDON. WELCOME. 930 00:34:31,269 --> 00:34:32,036 -- HI, MY NAME IS HANNAH JONES 931 00:34:32,036 --> 00:34:35,139 AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. I 932 00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:36,941 STRONGLY OPPOSE THE NEW PARTS OF 933 00:34:36,941 --> 00:34:37,508 THE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD 934 00:34:37,508 --> 00:34:39,444 RESTRICT PARKING FOR RVS AND 935 00:34:39,444 --> 00:34:41,212 IMPLEMENT THE PERMIT SYSTEM. I 936 00:34:41,212 --> 00:34:43,448 SUPPORT AN EXPANSION OF SAFE 937 00:34:43,448 --> 00:34:44,816 PARKING LOTS FOR FOLKS AND 938 00:34:44,816 --> 00:34:46,651 VEHICLES THAT PROVIDE SERVICES, 939 00:34:46,651 --> 00:34:48,519 BUT IN ITS CURRENT STATE, I KNOW 940 00:34:48,519 --> 00:34:50,054 THIS LEGISLATION WILL CAUSE MORE 941 00:34:50,054 --> 00:34:51,289 HARM THAN GOOD, BECAUSE I HEAR 942 00:34:51,289 --> 00:34:52,824 IT FROM MY NEIGHBORS, AND I SEE 943 00:34:52,824 --> 00:34:56,427 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN RVS GET TOWED 944 00:34:56,427 --> 00:34:58,329 RESTRICTING RV'S TO TWO HOUR 945 00:34:58,329 --> 00:34:58,896 PARKING AND TOWING WITHOUT 946 00:34:58,896 --> 00:35:00,031 NOTICE WILL LEAD TO PEOPLE 947 00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:01,632 LOSING THEIR ONLY SHELTER AND 948 00:35:01,632 --> 00:35:04,268 ALL THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS, 949 00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:07,004 ONLY PROVIDING ONE CHANCE TO GET 950 00:35:07,004 --> 00:35:07,605 A PERMIT AND HAVING TO PROVE 951 00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:08,573 THAT THEY ARE THE OWNER WILL 952 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:10,374 EXCLUDE PEOPLE FROM ACCESSING 953 00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:12,844 SAFE PARKING LOTS. I URGE YOU TO 954 00:35:12,844 --> 00:35:14,846 SUPPORT THE PARTS OF THE 955 00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:16,280 LEGISLATION THAT WILL INCREASE 956 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,082 ACCESS TO SAFE PARKING. I URGE 957 00:35:18,082 --> 00:35:20,218 YOU TO CHANGE OFFER OF SHELTER 958 00:35:20,218 --> 00:35:22,086 TO OFFER A SUITABLE SHELTER. 959 00:35:22,086 --> 00:35:23,754 SHELTER THAT ACTUALLY SERVES 960 00:35:23,754 --> 00:35:24,889 PEOPLE'S NEEDS, LIKE HAVING A 961 00:35:24,889 --> 00:35:26,257 PARTNER AND PETS IN THEIR 962 00:35:26,257 --> 00:35:27,859 POSSESSIONS. I URGE YOU TO 963 00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:30,661 OPPOSE WHAT IS A BAN ON RVS. THE 964 00:35:30,661 --> 00:35:31,295 CHANGES TO THE CITY PARKING LAWS 965 00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:33,064 THAT MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR PEOPLE 966 00:35:33,064 --> 00:35:37,869 TO PARK THEIR RVS. 967 00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:38,469 -- THANK YOU HANNAH. NEXT WE 968 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:40,137 HAVE BRANDON, FOLLOWED BY 969 00:35:40,137 --> 00:35:43,107 JUSTIN, BRANDON, IS BRANDON 970 00:35:43,107 --> 00:35:45,910 HERE? HI, BRANDON. THEN FOLLOWED 971 00:35:45,910 --> 00:35:46,511 BY JUSTIN. WHERE'S JUSTIN? 972 00:35:46,511 --> 00:35:50,448 JUSTIN'S NEXT IS. AND THEN 973 00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:50,848 FRIDAY. WELCOME. 974 00:35:50,848 --> 00:35:52,216 -- MY NAME IS BRANDON. I'M A 975 00:35:52,216 --> 00:35:53,251 NICKELSVILLE PARTICIPANT. I LIVE 976 00:35:53,251 --> 00:35:55,520 IN DISTRICT TWO. I URGE THE 977 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,054 COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON THE RV BAN 978 00:35:57,054 --> 00:36:00,091 LEGISLATION. WHILE NICKELSVILLE 979 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:01,392 SUPPORTS HELPING PEOPLE LIVING 980 00:36:01,392 --> 00:36:03,895 IN RVS, ACCESS SERVICES, SAFE 981 00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:05,730 PARKING, SHELTER AND PERMANENT 982 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:08,332 HOUSING, OUR CONCERN IS THAT THE 983 00:36:08,332 --> 00:36:09,800 LEGISLATION IS NOT IS IN FACT A 984 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,236 BAN ON RVS AS IT LEAVES TOO MANY 985 00:36:12,236 --> 00:36:14,105 UNANSWERED QUESTIONS BEFORE THE 986 00:36:14,105 --> 00:36:15,506 CITY STARTS TOWING PEOPLE'S 987 00:36:15,506 --> 00:36:16,974 HOMES AWAY. WE NEED CLEAR 988 00:36:16,974 --> 00:36:19,944 ANSWERS ABOUT HOW RESIDENTS WILL 989 00:36:19,944 --> 00:36:21,345 RECEIVE REPAIR ASSISTANCE, HOW 990 00:36:21,345 --> 00:36:23,915 PEOPLE WHO MISSED WHO ARE MISSED 991 00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:24,448 BY THE CENSUS OR CAN'T 992 00:36:24,448 --> 00:36:26,050 IMMEDIATELY MEET PERMIT 993 00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:26,918 REQUIREMENTS WILL BE PROTECTED, 994 00:36:26,918 --> 00:36:28,419 AND WHETHER OR NOT ADEQUATE, 995 00:36:28,419 --> 00:36:30,321 SAFE LOTS AND VEHICLE STORAGE 996 00:36:30,321 --> 00:36:32,356 WILL ACTUALLY BE AVAILABLE. 997 00:36:32,356 --> 00:36:33,891 MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS 998 00:36:33,891 --> 00:36:34,492 LEGISLATION, WITHOUT CLEARLY 999 00:36:34,492 --> 00:36:35,393 ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS, IS 1000 00:36:35,393 --> 00:36:37,495 NOT ONLY SHORTSIGHTED AND 1001 00:36:37,495 --> 00:36:39,230 IRRESPONSIBLE, IT'S ALSO 1002 00:36:39,230 --> 00:36:40,231 DANGEROUS AS PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE 1003 00:36:40,231 --> 00:36:42,900 ON THE STAKE. A VOTE FOR THIS 1004 00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:44,202 LEGISLATION IS A VOTE TO 1005 00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:47,071 CRIMINALIZE HOMELESSNESS. 1006 00:36:47,071 --> 00:36:49,740 -- NEXT, WE HAVE JUSTIN. 1007 00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:50,508 WELCOME, JUSTIN, FOLLOWED BY 1008 00:36:50,508 --> 00:36:52,376 RIZ. AND THEN FRIDAY. WELCOME. 1009 00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:54,312 -- HELLO, HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1010 00:36:54,312 --> 00:36:55,580 MY NAME IS JUSTIN. I'VE BEEN 1011 00:36:55,580 --> 00:36:57,014 DOING OUTREACH WORK FOR ABOUT 1012 00:36:57,014 --> 00:36:58,115 THREE AND A HALF YEARS WITH 1013 00:36:58,115 --> 00:36:59,417 VEHICLE RESIDENT OUTREACH. I 1014 00:36:59,417 --> 00:37:02,053 ALSO SPENT ABOUT A DECADE LIVING 1015 00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:03,788 ON THE STREET IN THE BALLARD 1016 00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:04,355 AREA. I'VE SEEN THE WHOLE 1017 00:37:04,355 --> 00:37:06,457 SPECTRUM OF THE MECHANISM THAT 1018 00:37:06,457 --> 00:37:10,294 IS USED TO HELP PEOPLE IN 1019 00:37:10,294 --> 00:37:13,331 HOMELESSNESS, AND HAVING THAT 1020 00:37:13,331 --> 00:37:14,365 PERSPECTIVE. I CAN SAY THAT WE 1021 00:37:14,365 --> 00:37:16,000 NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 1022 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,370 AND ALTHOUGH MY UNDERSTANDING OF 1023 00:37:19,370 --> 00:37:21,372 THE LEGISLATION IS NOT COMPLETE, 1024 00:37:21,372 --> 00:37:24,842 I CAN SAY THAT WHAT I DO 1025 00:37:24,842 --> 00:37:26,644 UNDERSTAND GIVES US THE WORKING 1026 00:37:26,644 --> 00:37:28,112 TOOLS TO TAKE THINGS TO THE NEXT 1027 00:37:28,112 --> 00:37:31,215 LEVEL, AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE 1028 00:37:31,215 --> 00:37:32,617 THE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE NEED, 1029 00:37:32,617 --> 00:37:33,718 AND THEY'RE IN DIRE NEED OF IT. 1030 00:37:33,718 --> 00:37:37,521 AND WHAT IS IN PLACE NOW IS 1031 00:37:37,521 --> 00:37:39,156 MOVING A LITTLE TOO SLOW. AND I 1032 00:37:39,156 --> 00:37:40,725 THINK THAT THIS WILL HELP SPEED 1033 00:37:40,725 --> 00:37:42,593 THINGS UP. AND WE'RE WE ARE HERE 1034 00:37:42,593 --> 00:37:45,930 AS A TEAM TO HELP MEDIATE THAT 1035 00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:48,833 PROCESS. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN 1036 00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:49,634 GIVE THIS A TRY AND SEE WHERE IT 1037 00:37:49,634 --> 00:37:50,935 GOES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 1038 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:51,135 TIME. 1039 00:37:51,135 --> 00:37:52,970 -- THANK YOU. JUSTIN. NEXT, WE 1040 00:37:52,970 --> 00:37:57,108 HAVE RICK. DID I SAY YOUR NAME 1041 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:57,341 RIGHT? 1042 00:37:57,341 --> 00:37:57,875 -- REESE. 1043 00:37:57,875 --> 00:37:58,676 -- REESE. MY BAD. THANK YOU. 1044 00:37:58,676 --> 00:37:59,477 REESE. AND THEN WE HAVE FRIDAY. 1045 00:37:59,477 --> 00:38:01,912 THANK YOU. REESE. 1046 00:38:01,912 --> 00:38:02,947 -- HELLO. MY NAME IS REESE. I'M 1047 00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:04,515 HERE TODAY WITH MY FRIEND MAYA 1048 00:38:04,515 --> 00:38:06,984 TO ADVOCATE FOR THE TRANSGENDER 1049 00:38:06,984 --> 00:38:08,619 REFUGEES OF SEATTLE. AS YOU MAY 1050 00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:10,121 ALREADY KNOW, THE CITY OF 1051 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:11,889 SEATTLE IN PARTICULAR, AND 1052 00:38:11,889 --> 00:38:12,523 WASHINGTON STATE IN GENERAL IS 1053 00:38:12,523 --> 00:38:14,759 THE NUMBER ONE DESTINATION FOR 1054 00:38:14,759 --> 00:38:17,194 TRANSGENDER INTERNAL REFUGEES. I 1055 00:38:17,194 --> 00:38:18,796 HAVE TRANS REFUGEE FRIENDS WHO 1056 00:38:18,796 --> 00:38:21,899 ARE COUCH SURFING. I HAVE 1057 00:38:21,899 --> 00:38:25,369 FRIENDS WHO ARE STREET HOMELESS. 1058 00:38:25,369 --> 00:38:25,970 THIS COMMUNITY IS GROWING AND 1059 00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:27,471 THEY DESPERATELY NEED RESOURCES 1060 00:38:27,471 --> 00:38:30,274 FROM THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THANK 1061 00:38:30,274 --> 00:38:30,474 YOU. 1062 00:38:30,474 --> 00:38:31,709 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE 1063 00:38:31,709 --> 00:38:35,146 HAVE FRIDAY. 1064 00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:35,379 -- AND. 1065 00:38:35,379 --> 00:38:36,714 -- BEFORE YOU GO, BEFORE YOU GO 1066 00:38:36,714 --> 00:38:37,581 FRIDAY, GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I'M 1067 00:38:37,581 --> 00:38:38,683 GOING TO READ THE NEXT TEN TO 1068 00:38:38,683 --> 00:38:40,751 GET US READY. OKAY. THANK YOU. 1069 00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:43,354 FRIDAY. NEXT WE HAVE MIA AND 1070 00:38:43,354 --> 00:38:50,394 INDIGO, FOLLOWED BY EVIE, EUGENE 1071 00:38:50,394 --> 00:38:54,065 MANTI, GEORGE, STEVE, EVAN, 1072 00:38:54,065 --> 00:38:56,600 BEATRICE AND MARTA. OKAY, 1073 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,969 FRIDAY. YOU'RE READY? 1074 00:38:58,969 --> 00:39:00,471 -- YEAH. EVERY DAY WE ARE BEING 1075 00:39:00,471 --> 00:39:01,939 SQUEEZED BY THE CITY. OUR CARS 1076 00:39:01,939 --> 00:39:03,474 GET TOWED, OUR RENT INCREASES, 1077 00:39:03,474 --> 00:39:07,344 AND OUR NEIGHBORS GET SWEPT. WE 1078 00:39:07,344 --> 00:39:08,746 WERE PROMISED $30,000 FOR TRANS 1079 00:39:08,746 --> 00:39:10,281 REFUGEES BACK IN JUNE. WELL, 1080 00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:14,185 HERE THEY ARE. WHERE ARE YOU? 1081 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:15,553 SHAME. WHY, IN THE MIDST OF A 1082 00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:18,089 HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, DO YOU CUT 1083 00:39:18,089 --> 00:39:20,691 OUR HOUSING BUDGET? SHAME. WHEN 1084 00:39:20,691 --> 00:39:21,759 THE POLICE ARE KILLING OUR 1085 00:39:21,759 --> 00:39:23,961 NEIGHBORS. WHY DO YOU GIVE THEM 1086 00:39:23,961 --> 00:39:26,931 MORE MONEY? SHAME WHEN AMAZON 1087 00:39:26,931 --> 00:39:29,133 MAKES BILLIONS IN PROFIT. WHY DO 1088 00:39:29,133 --> 00:39:35,139 YOU INCREASE OUR BURDEN? SHAME 1089 00:39:35,139 --> 00:39:37,441 RESTORE THE $68 MILLION IN 1090 00:39:37,441 --> 00:39:39,844 HOUSING FUNDS. PUT JUMPSTART 1091 00:39:39,844 --> 00:39:41,512 FUNDING BACK EXCLUSIVELY TO 1092 00:39:41,512 --> 00:39:42,380 HOUSING. DOUBLE FUNDING FOR 1093 00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:44,281 HOUSING. INCREASE TENANT LEGAL 1094 00:39:44,281 --> 00:39:46,751 SERVICES AND EVICTION PREVENTION 1095 00:39:46,751 --> 00:39:51,255 TO. TO FINISH, WE MUST PUT 1096 00:39:51,255 --> 00:39:52,990 WORKERS AND TENANTS ON THESE 1097 00:39:52,990 --> 00:39:55,359 THRONES. WE MUST OPPOSE THIS 1098 00:39:55,359 --> 00:39:56,460 LANDLORD COUNCIL IN THESE BUDGET 1099 00:39:56,460 --> 00:39:57,161 CUTS, AND WE MUST HOLD THE 1100 00:39:57,161 --> 00:39:59,764 POLICE ACCOUNTABLE. 1101 00:39:59,764 --> 00:40:00,097 -- [APPLAUSE] 1102 00:40:00,097 --> 00:40:00,598 -- THANK YOU. 1103 00:40:00,598 --> 00:40:00,931 -- [APPLAUSE] 1104 00:40:00,931 --> 00:40:01,265 -- CHAIR LIN. 1105 00:40:01,265 --> 00:40:05,603 -- WE HAVE MIA AND INDIGO, MIA, 1106 00:40:05,603 --> 00:40:10,274 MIA, MIA AND INDIGO HI. HI. 1107 00:40:10,274 --> 00:40:12,143 -- BEFORE I GET STARTED, I 1108 00:40:12,143 --> 00:40:14,311 WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK 1109 00:40:14,311 --> 00:40:14,879 COUNCILWOMAN RINCK FOR HER 1110 00:40:14,879 --> 00:40:15,546 LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE CASE 1111 00:40:15,546 --> 00:40:17,915 THAT I'M FIGHTING FOR, AND MY 1112 00:40:17,915 --> 00:40:20,451 WIFE INDIGO'S RIGHTS IN THE 1113 00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:22,486 COURTS. THIS. WELL, FIRST OF 1114 00:40:22,486 --> 00:40:25,823 ALL, I'M MIA AND THIS RIGHT 1115 00:40:25,823 --> 00:40:27,825 HERE IS MY WIFE, INDIGO GREEN. 1116 00:40:27,825 --> 00:40:30,961 SHE IS INSIDE OF A LITTLE BAG 1117 00:40:30,961 --> 00:40:31,729 INSIDE OF A LITTLE BOX, AND SHE 1118 00:40:31,729 --> 00:40:35,666 IS HALF HERE. THE REST OF HER IS 1119 00:40:35,666 --> 00:40:37,201 IN ALABAMA AND THE HOME OF THE 1120 00:40:37,201 --> 00:40:40,538 FAMILY THAT SHE FLED. AND THE 1121 00:40:40,538 --> 00:40:42,807 SAME FAMILY WHO IS FIGHTING TO 1122 00:40:42,807 --> 00:40:45,843 STRIP HER OF HER NAME, HER 1123 00:40:45,843 --> 00:40:50,414 DIGNITY, HER IDENTITY WE CAME 1124 00:40:50,414 --> 00:40:53,184 HERE BASICALLY HOMELESS. WE 1125 00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:54,785 FOUGHT FOR OUR FRIENDS AND OUR 1126 00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:58,456 FAMILIES TO SET UP REFUGEE 1127 00:40:58,456 --> 00:41:00,591 PROGRAMS AND HOUSING PROGRAMS 1128 00:41:00,591 --> 00:41:02,960 AND EVERYTHING. AND THERE'S SO 1129 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:06,263 MUCH I COULD SAY HERE. BUT 1130 00:41:06,263 --> 00:41:07,832 SEATTLE IS A VERY WELCOMING 1131 00:41:07,832 --> 00:41:11,202 PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE 1132 00:41:11,202 --> 00:41:13,537 NEED IT TO BE A WELCOMING PLACE 1133 00:41:13,537 --> 00:41:17,341 WHEN WE PASS. 1134 00:41:17,341 --> 00:41:24,281 -- THANK YOU. MIA. EUGENE AND 1135 00:41:24,281 --> 00:41:25,483 MATT, WELCOME. 1136 00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:27,017 -- ALL OF INDIGO GREEN SHOULD BE 1137 00:41:27,017 --> 00:41:28,586 HERE TODAY. I AM WEARING THE 1138 00:41:28,586 --> 00:41:29,653 SAME DRESS I WORE THE DAY WE 1139 00:41:29,653 --> 00:41:31,522 GATHERED AROUND HER DEATHBED ON 1140 00:41:31,522 --> 00:41:34,892 JULY 9th, 2025. THE SAME BOOTS 1141 00:41:34,892 --> 00:41:36,360 THAT STOOD ON HER BLOODY 1142 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:37,428 MATTRESS WHILE I TOOK DOWN THE 1143 00:41:37,428 --> 00:41:38,896 LAST THING SHE WOULD HAVE SEEN. 1144 00:41:38,896 --> 00:41:41,699 A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL PAINTING 1145 00:41:41,699 --> 00:41:43,567 FULL OF LIFE, JUST LIKE HER. ON 1146 00:41:43,567 --> 00:41:45,669 TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 1147 00:41:45,669 --> 00:41:47,171 LAST YEAR. HER WIFE AND I 1148 00:41:47,171 --> 00:41:49,840 DIVIDED HER ASHES. HALF OF HER 1149 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:50,941 LEFT ESTATE FOR HER FAMILY THAT 1150 00:41:50,941 --> 00:41:52,209 HAD SWORN IN, WRITING TO PUT HER 1151 00:41:52,209 --> 00:41:55,512 IN THE GROUND UNDER A MAN'S 1152 00:41:55,512 --> 00:41:56,213 NAME. NOBODY CAN TELL YOU HOW 1153 00:41:56,213 --> 00:41:58,616 MANY OF US LIVE IN THE CITY. ASK 1154 00:41:58,616 --> 00:41:59,783 ANYONE WITH BOOTS ON THE GROUND 1155 00:41:59,783 --> 00:42:00,618 AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THE 1156 00:42:00,618 --> 00:42:03,387 GROUND TRUTH. SEATTLE IS THE 1157 00:42:03,387 --> 00:42:05,890 MOST DENSELY POPULATED 1158 00:42:05,890 --> 00:42:08,192 TRANSGENDER CITY IN THE WORLD. 1159 00:42:08,192 --> 00:42:09,860 SEATTLE'S TRANSGENDER 1160 00:42:09,860 --> 00:42:11,328 POPULATION DID NOT EXPLODE BY 1161 00:42:11,328 --> 00:42:11,929 ACCIDENT. WE WERE SURGICALLY 1162 00:42:11,929 --> 00:42:12,963 CORRALLED HERE BY PEOPLE WHO 1163 00:42:12,963 --> 00:42:15,299 WISH NOTHING MORE THAN FOR US TO 1164 00:42:15,299 --> 00:42:16,867 NOT EXIST. THERE WERE THREE 1165 00:42:16,867 --> 00:42:18,502 CASES AT THE UNITED STATES 1166 00:42:18,502 --> 00:42:19,003 SUPREME COURT AIMED AT 1167 00:42:19,003 --> 00:42:20,804 TRANSGENDER RIGHTS IN WASHINGTON 1168 00:42:20,804 --> 00:42:22,139 STATES. TWO MEASURES ON ARE ON 1169 00:42:22,139 --> 00:42:23,374 THE BALLOT. AMBER KIM IS STILL 1170 00:42:23,374 --> 00:42:25,042 IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN THE 1171 00:42:25,042 --> 00:42:27,711 MEN'S PRISONS. IF WE'RE NOT 1172 00:42:27,711 --> 00:42:30,147 COUNTED, WE'RE. 1173 00:42:30,147 --> 00:42:32,449 -- THANK YOU. EVIE. NEXT WE HAVE 1174 00:42:32,449 --> 00:42:36,120 MIKE, FOLLOWED BY EUGENE. 1175 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:36,487 WELCOME, MIKE. 1176 00:42:36,487 --> 00:42:37,554 -- MIKE. 1177 00:42:37,554 --> 00:42:37,855 -- EUGENE. 1178 00:42:37,855 --> 00:42:38,622 -- AFTERNOON. CITY 1179 00:42:38,622 --> 00:42:39,790 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS MIKE 1180 00:42:39,790 --> 00:42:40,457 STEWART. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1181 00:42:40,457 --> 00:42:43,494 OF THE BALLARD ALLIANCE 1182 00:42:43,494 --> 00:42:44,028 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT 1183 00:42:44,028 --> 00:42:44,662 ORGANIZATION IN BALLARD. I'M 1184 00:42:44,662 --> 00:42:47,364 HERE TO REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT 1185 00:42:47,364 --> 00:42:48,632 TODAY FOR THE COMPLETE VEHICLE. 1186 00:42:48,632 --> 00:42:50,801 RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 1187 00:42:50,801 --> 00:42:52,036 LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE. OVER THE 1188 00:42:52,036 --> 00:42:53,904 YEARS, THE ALLIANCE HAS WORKED 1189 00:42:53,904 --> 00:42:55,372 WITH COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND 1190 00:42:55,372 --> 00:42:58,442 HIS TEAM TO HELP FIND SOLUTIONS 1191 00:42:58,442 --> 00:42:58,976 FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN 1192 00:42:58,976 --> 00:43:01,612 VEHICLES. HIS EXTENSIVE 1193 00:43:01,612 --> 00:43:02,947 EXPERIENCE HAS INFORMED THIS 1194 00:43:02,947 --> 00:43:05,316 LEGISLATION, WHICH IS A 1195 00:43:05,316 --> 00:43:07,151 COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION THAT 1196 00:43:07,151 --> 00:43:07,685 SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN 1197 00:43:07,685 --> 00:43:08,852 SEATTLE. AND WHAT I APPRECIATE 1198 00:43:08,852 --> 00:43:11,121 MOST ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION IS 1199 00:43:11,121 --> 00:43:12,856 THAT IT LEADS WITH CREATING A 1200 00:43:12,856 --> 00:43:14,692 PATHWAY TO HOUSING FOR VEHICLE 1201 00:43:14,692 --> 00:43:16,560 RESIDENTS WHO WANT SUPPORT. THIS 1202 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,697 FILLS A MASSIVE POLICY HOLE THAT 1203 00:43:19,697 --> 00:43:20,331 CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THIS CITY. 1204 00:43:20,331 --> 00:43:21,832 AND AT THE SAME TIME, FOR THOSE 1205 00:43:21,832 --> 00:43:23,033 WHO ARE UNWILLING TO OBTAIN A 1206 00:43:23,033 --> 00:43:26,203 PERMIT, THE LEGISLATION 1207 00:43:26,203 --> 00:43:26,837 REESTABLISHES CLEAR GUIDELINES 1208 00:43:26,837 --> 00:43:28,372 AND REGULATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT 1209 00:43:28,372 --> 00:43:30,040 PROCEDURES FOR MOTOR HOMES ON 1210 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:31,675 CITY STREETS. NEARLY EVERY 1211 00:43:31,675 --> 00:43:33,911 COMPONENT OF THIS PACKAGE 1212 00:43:33,911 --> 00:43:34,845 RECEIVED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM 1213 00:43:34,845 --> 00:43:36,647 THE COUNCIL, PUBLIC SAFETY 1214 00:43:36,647 --> 00:43:38,048 COMMITTEE, AND I URGE YOU ALL 1215 00:43:38,048 --> 00:43:39,750 TODAY TO PASS THIS LEGISLATION. 1216 00:43:39,750 --> 00:43:40,517 THANK YOU. 1217 00:43:40,517 --> 00:43:42,319 -- THANK YOU, MIKE. NEXT WE HAVE 1218 00:43:42,319 --> 00:43:43,887 EUGENE. IF WE COULD JUST HOLD. 1219 00:43:43,887 --> 00:43:45,122 I'M SORRY IF WE COULD JUST HOLD 1220 00:43:45,122 --> 00:43:47,758 OUR COMMENTS. I KNOW THAT IN 1221 00:43:47,758 --> 00:43:48,892 BETWEEN SPEAKERS, IT'S HARD FOR 1222 00:43:48,892 --> 00:43:50,494 ME TO CALL NAMES AND WE'RE 1223 00:43:50,494 --> 00:43:51,929 CLAPPING AND CHEERING OR WE'RE 1224 00:43:51,929 --> 00:43:52,963 BOOING. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF 1225 00:43:52,963 --> 00:43:53,697 RESPECT WHILE I'M CALLING NAMES 1226 00:43:53,697 --> 00:43:54,999 SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN 1227 00:43:54,999 --> 00:43:56,767 HEAR EVERYONE IN BETWEEN SO 1228 00:43:56,767 --> 00:43:58,602 PEOPLE CAN HEAR THEIR NAME. JUST 1229 00:43:58,602 --> 00:44:01,005 A SIMPLE ASK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1230 00:44:01,005 --> 00:44:04,408 NEXT, EUGENE, FOLLOWED BY MANTI. 1231 00:44:04,408 --> 00:44:04,675 WELCOME. 1232 00:44:04,675 --> 00:44:04,908 -- HI. 1233 00:44:04,908 --> 00:44:06,944 -- HI, I'M EUGENE WASSERMAN FROM 1234 00:44:06,944 --> 00:44:10,447 THE NORTH SEATTLE INDUSTRIAL 1235 00:44:10,447 --> 00:44:12,816 ASSOCIATION. I'M OVERCOMING 1236 00:44:12,816 --> 00:44:13,884 PNEUMONIA, SO IT'S TAKING A 1237 00:44:13,884 --> 00:44:16,086 LONG TIME TO GET BETTER. WE'RE A 1238 00:44:16,086 --> 00:44:18,722 GROUP OF BUSINESS AND PROPERTY 1239 00:44:18,722 --> 00:44:21,925 OWNERS ALONG THE SHIP CANAL. 1240 00:44:21,925 --> 00:44:24,261 WE'RE IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. 1241 00:44:24,261 --> 00:44:26,163 WE'RE PART OF THE NORTH PACIFIC 1242 00:44:26,163 --> 00:44:30,901 FISHING FLEET. AND WE'VE HAD OUR 1243 00:44:30,901 --> 00:44:32,770 RVS ON OUR PROPERTY AROUND US 1244 00:44:32,770 --> 00:44:35,139 FOR YEARS. WE APPRECIATE THE 1245 00:44:35,139 --> 00:44:36,407 WORK THAT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 1246 00:44:36,407 --> 00:44:38,509 HAS DONE ON THIS PROJECT. IT'S A 1247 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:40,911 COMPREHENSIVE WAY TO DEAL WITH 1248 00:44:40,911 --> 00:44:42,679 THIS ISSUE. RVS DO NOT BELONG. 1249 00:44:42,679 --> 00:44:47,551 PARKING IN THE CITY, BUT WE ALSO 1250 00:44:47,551 --> 00:44:48,118 LIKE THAT THE COUNCILMEMBER 1251 00:44:48,118 --> 00:44:49,620 STRAUSS GIVES PEOPLE AN 1252 00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:50,654 OPPORTUNITY TO PHASE OUT OF THAT 1253 00:44:50,654 --> 00:44:52,690 AND GET INTO SHELTER AND STUFF. 1254 00:44:52,690 --> 00:44:55,659 CITY SPENDS A LOT OF MONEY ON 1255 00:44:55,659 --> 00:44:56,960 HOMELESSNESS, AND I THINK IF YOU 1256 00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:58,228 HAVE TO, YOU COULD DIVERT SOME 1257 00:44:58,228 --> 00:45:00,431 MORE MONEY TO THIS PROGRAM. IF 1258 00:45:00,431 --> 00:45:02,132 YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF SHELTER 1259 00:45:02,132 --> 00:45:03,934 SPACE. BUT WE THINK IT'S A 1260 00:45:03,934 --> 00:45:05,135 REALLY CREATIVE APPROACH TO THIS 1261 00:45:05,135 --> 00:45:06,704 PROBLEM. AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE 1262 00:45:06,704 --> 00:45:07,271 YOU TO MOVE AHEAD. 1263 00:45:07,271 --> 00:45:08,505 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EUGENE. 1264 00:45:08,505 --> 00:45:09,840 NEXT WE HAVE MANTI, FOLLOWED BY 1265 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:15,713 GEORGE AND THEN STEVE. WELCOME 1266 00:45:15,713 --> 00:45:17,114 -- YOU MAY CALL ME MANTI. AND I 1267 00:45:17,114 --> 00:45:18,582 CAME TO SEATTLE FLEEING DOMESTIC 1268 00:45:18,582 --> 00:45:20,117 VIOLENCE. I WILL NOT SUFFER IN 1269 00:45:20,117 --> 00:45:21,618 THE SHADOWS. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, 1270 00:45:21,618 --> 00:45:23,954 I WAS AT A BAR WHEN A MAN 1271 00:45:23,954 --> 00:45:24,655 SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ME. WE WERE 1272 00:45:24,655 --> 00:45:26,023 BOTH DRUNK. HE WAS VERY CUTE. WE 1273 00:45:26,023 --> 00:45:27,958 BEGAN MAKING OUT AND I TOLD HIM 1274 00:45:27,958 --> 00:45:28,792 I WAS DONE AND IT WAS TIME FOR 1275 00:45:28,792 --> 00:45:31,295 ME TO LEAVE. HE, SMILING, SAID 1276 00:45:31,295 --> 00:45:32,396 NO, PULLED ME TOWARDS HIM AND 1277 00:45:32,396 --> 00:45:33,363 THEN CONTINUED TRYING TO MAKE 1278 00:45:33,363 --> 00:45:34,865 OUT WITH ME. I BROKE HIS GRIP 1279 00:45:34,865 --> 00:45:36,934 AND FLED INTO THE CROWD. HE 1280 00:45:36,934 --> 00:45:38,368 PURSUED ME AND I LOST HIM. IN MY 1281 00:45:38,368 --> 00:45:39,536 IDEAL WORLD, I WOULD RESOLVE 1282 00:45:39,536 --> 00:45:41,004 THIS WITH A CONVERSATION. I 1283 00:45:41,004 --> 00:45:42,940 WOULD SPEAK TO THIS MAN. I WOULD 1284 00:45:42,940 --> 00:45:44,742 SAY TO HIM, WHAT YOU DID WAS NOT 1285 00:45:44,742 --> 00:45:46,410 OKAY AND MADE ME FEEL LESS SAFE 1286 00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:48,812 IN THIS BAR. I DO NOT THINK THIS 1287 00:45:48,812 --> 00:45:49,813 MAN IS AN IRREDEEMABLE RAPIST, 1288 00:45:49,813 --> 00:45:50,914 JUST A MAN WHO IS DRUNK AND MADE 1289 00:45:50,914 --> 00:45:52,015 A BAD DECISION. THAT HURT ME. IF 1290 00:45:52,015 --> 00:45:53,083 I TOLD HIM THAT, PERHAPS HE 1291 00:45:53,083 --> 00:45:54,585 WOULD FEEL ASHAMED, PERHAPS 1292 00:45:54,585 --> 00:45:55,419 APOLOGIZE, AND LIKELY NEVER DO 1293 00:45:55,419 --> 00:45:57,054 SUCH A THING AGAIN. YET, BECAUSE 1294 00:45:57,054 --> 00:45:58,222 I AM A TRANS WOMAN, I AM AFRAID 1295 00:45:58,222 --> 00:45:59,523 TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS. I'M AFRAID 1296 00:45:59,523 --> 00:46:00,824 TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE A MAN 1297 00:46:00,824 --> 00:46:03,193 WHO DID THIS IS ALSO TRANS, AND 1298 00:46:03,193 --> 00:46:04,294 I FEEL COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT AT 1299 00:46:04,294 --> 00:46:05,762 THE HANDS OF THE SOCIETY. I FEAR 1300 00:46:05,762 --> 00:46:06,930 FOR HIS SAFETY, JUST AS I FEAR 1301 00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:08,098 FOR MINE. FOR THE SAKE OF MY 1302 00:46:08,098 --> 00:46:09,700 COMMUNITY, I STAY SILENT. I AM 1303 00:46:09,700 --> 00:46:11,168 TIRED OF EXCESSIVE PUNISHMENT. I 1304 00:46:11,168 --> 00:46:12,102 AM TIRED OF BEING SCAPEGOATED, 1305 00:46:12,102 --> 00:46:13,036 AND I'M TIRED OF MY EVERY 1306 00:46:13,036 --> 00:46:15,272 ACTION BEING RUTHLESSLY 1307 00:46:15,272 --> 00:46:15,606 SCRUTINIZED. 1308 00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:18,942 -- THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE 1309 00:46:18,942 --> 00:46:20,544 GEORGE. WELCOME. GEORGE FOLLOWED 1310 00:46:20,544 --> 00:46:22,179 GEORGE, FOLLOWED BY STEVE, EVAN, 1311 00:46:22,179 --> 00:46:24,081 BEATRICE AND MARTA. WELCOME. 1312 00:46:24,081 --> 00:46:25,182 -- GEORGE. 1313 00:46:25,182 --> 00:46:26,250 -- YES, GEORGE, YOU ARE UP. 1314 00:46:26,250 --> 00:46:26,750 WELCOME. 1315 00:46:26,750 --> 00:46:28,352 -- WELL, MY NAME IS GEORGE. I'M 1316 00:46:28,352 --> 00:46:29,153 FROM NICKELSVILLE. YOU GOT YOU 1317 00:46:29,153 --> 00:46:30,854 GUYS ALL KNOW NICKELSVILLE FROM 1318 00:46:30,854 --> 00:46:31,522 AND YOU GUYS HAVE A TOUGH JOB. 1319 00:46:31,522 --> 00:46:32,422 YOU GUYS HAVE A REALLY TOUGH 1320 00:46:32,422 --> 00:46:33,791 JOB. YOU GUYS ARE ALL DOING A 1321 00:46:33,791 --> 00:46:34,491 GOOD JOB DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S A 1322 00:46:34,491 --> 00:46:36,026 LOT OF DECISIONS YOU HAVE TO 1323 00:46:36,026 --> 00:46:37,528 MAKE. BUT THIS IS WRONG. WE ALL 1324 00:46:37,528 --> 00:46:40,430 KNOW THAT THE RV BAN IS THE RV 1325 00:46:40,430 --> 00:46:41,398 PROBLEM IS A PROBLEM HERE IN 1326 00:46:41,398 --> 00:46:43,033 SEATTLE. IT'S A BIG PROBLEM IN 1327 00:46:43,033 --> 00:46:44,601 SEATTLE. BUT THIS IS NOT THE 1328 00:46:44,601 --> 00:46:45,602 SOLUTION FOR IT TO, TO, TO, TO 1329 00:46:45,602 --> 00:46:47,538 KICK PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOME TO 1330 00:46:47,538 --> 00:46:48,572 OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND SAY THAT 1331 00:46:48,572 --> 00:46:49,473 THEY HAVE TO, TO LIVE IN A 1332 00:46:49,473 --> 00:46:50,274 SHELTER THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO 1333 00:46:50,274 --> 00:46:52,442 GO TO. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO 1334 00:46:52,442 --> 00:46:53,110 TO SHELTERS BECAUSE MAYBE THEIR 1335 00:46:53,110 --> 00:46:54,278 EX LIVES THERE, MAYBE THEIR 1336 00:46:54,278 --> 00:46:55,212 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE JUST 1337 00:46:55,212 --> 00:46:56,046 TALKED ABOUT WHAT IF THEIR EX 1338 00:46:56,046 --> 00:46:56,847 LIVES THERE, BUT YOU'RE FORCING 1339 00:46:56,847 --> 00:46:58,448 THEM TO GO THERE TO THAT SHELTER 1340 00:46:58,448 --> 00:46:59,049 BECAUSE IF THEY SAY NO, THEY 1341 00:46:59,049 --> 00:47:01,318 LOSE THEIR RV. IT'S RIDICULOUS. 1342 00:47:01,318 --> 00:47:02,619 WHAT ABOUT THIS COUNT? YOU'RE 1343 00:47:02,619 --> 00:47:04,354 NOT ABLE TO COUNT EVERY SINGLE 1344 00:47:04,354 --> 00:47:05,989 BUDDY THAT'S ON AN RV. THERE'S 1345 00:47:05,989 --> 00:47:06,690 NO WAY YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU CAN 1346 00:47:06,690 --> 00:47:07,624 KNOW THAT BECAUSE EVERY YEAR 1347 00:47:07,624 --> 00:47:09,660 THEY TRY TO COUNT THE HOMELESS 1348 00:47:09,660 --> 00:47:11,161 PEOPLE. IT'S ALWAYS WAY OFF. 1349 00:47:11,161 --> 00:47:11,628 THOSE PEOPLE ARE JUST 1350 00:47:11,628 --> 00:47:13,096 AUTOMATICALLY SCREWED. SO THIS 1351 00:47:13,096 --> 00:47:15,599 RIGHT HERE IS JUST ALL IT IS, IS 1352 00:47:15,599 --> 00:47:17,401 SWEEPING THE HOMELESS AND MAKING 1353 00:47:17,401 --> 00:47:19,036 IT ANOTHER WAY FOR IT TO BE 1354 00:47:19,036 --> 00:47:21,071 CRIMINALIZED. WE'RE NOT 1355 00:47:21,071 --> 00:47:21,838 CRIMINALS NO MATTER WHERE WE 1356 00:47:21,838 --> 00:47:22,973 LIVE, AND WE'RE NOT CRIMINALS. 1357 00:47:22,973 --> 00:47:24,508 SOME ARE, BUT MOST OF US ARE 1358 00:47:24,508 --> 00:47:25,609 NOT. SO THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED 1359 00:47:25,609 --> 00:47:27,778 AT. YES, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE 1360 00:47:27,778 --> 00:47:28,912 REDONE. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO 1361 00:47:28,912 --> 00:47:29,146 DO IT. 1362 00:47:29,146 --> 00:47:30,581 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU GEORGE. 1363 00:47:30,581 --> 00:47:33,717 NEXT WE HAVE STEVE. WELCOME, 1364 00:47:33,717 --> 00:47:36,486 STEVE. FOLLOWED BY EVAN, 1365 00:47:36,486 --> 00:47:37,087 BEATRICE AND MARTHA. WELCOME, 1366 00:47:37,087 --> 00:47:37,321 STEVE. 1367 00:47:37,321 --> 00:47:38,422 -- THIS MORNING I HEARD A POLL 1368 00:47:38,422 --> 00:47:40,257 THAT INDICATED NOT TOO MANY 1369 00:47:40,257 --> 00:47:43,660 PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING MR. 1370 00:47:43,660 --> 00:47:46,997 STRAUSS RV CHANGES. I THINK THAT 1371 00:47:46,997 --> 00:47:48,765 MOST OF THEM DO HAVE SOME MERIT. 1372 00:47:48,765 --> 00:47:51,768 HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE HAVE A 1373 00:47:51,768 --> 00:47:54,304 PROBLEM AND WE SHOULD BE LOOKING 1374 00:47:54,304 --> 00:47:57,374 TO SOLVE IT. NOW, THERE'S ONE 1375 00:47:57,374 --> 00:47:58,876 PART OF THAT THAT I AM NOT TOO 1376 00:47:58,876 --> 00:48:03,313 KEEN ON. THE GOLDEN PASS. I 1377 00:48:03,313 --> 00:48:05,749 WOULD LIKE TO SEE CURRENT LAWS 1378 00:48:05,749 --> 00:48:08,819 START TO BE ENFORCED. HAVE YOU 1379 00:48:08,819 --> 00:48:13,323 EVER TRIED TO REMOVE VEHICLES 1380 00:48:13,323 --> 00:48:15,292 FROM YOUR STREET? DO YOU KNOW 1381 00:48:15,292 --> 00:48:17,561 HOW LONG THAT TAKES? IF YOU CAN 1382 00:48:17,561 --> 00:48:20,898 BE SUCCESSFUL? ALSO, YOU'VE GOT 1383 00:48:20,898 --> 00:48:23,467 PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH MORE THAN 1384 00:48:23,467 --> 00:48:24,968 ONE RV THAT ARE ON THE EASY 1385 00:48:24,968 --> 00:48:27,671 PAYMENT PLAN. WHEN THEY ARE 1386 00:48:27,671 --> 00:48:32,542 TAKEN IN, AT SOME POINT, YOU 1387 00:48:32,542 --> 00:48:33,176 SHOULD CONSIDER THE MIDDLE 95% 1388 00:48:33,176 --> 00:48:35,512 OR MORE. NOW IN LINE TO SPEAK 1389 00:48:35,512 --> 00:48:37,014 HERE, I WAS TOLD I SHOULD ONLY 1390 00:48:37,014 --> 00:48:39,383 CARE ABOUT MYSELF IF WE CONTINUE 1391 00:48:39,383 --> 00:48:41,718 TO DO THAT, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. 1392 00:48:41,718 --> 00:48:42,819 -- THANK YOU STEVE. NEXT WE HAVE 1393 00:48:42,819 --> 00:48:44,454 EVAN, FOLLOWED BY BEATRICE AND 1394 00:48:44,454 --> 00:48:49,493 MARTA. WELCOME, EVAN. 1395 00:48:49,493 --> 00:48:50,794 -- HELLO. 1396 00:48:50,794 --> 00:48:52,863 -- MY NAME IS EVAN SANDERS. I AM 1397 00:48:52,863 --> 00:48:56,066 A TRANSGENDER MAN AND I MOVED 1398 00:48:56,066 --> 00:48:56,700 HERE TO SEATTLE IN APRIL OF LAST 1399 00:48:56,700 --> 00:49:00,270 YEAR. I CAME HERE TO INITIALLY 1400 00:49:00,270 --> 00:49:01,972 SPEAK ON THE TRANS MIGRATION 1401 00:49:01,972 --> 00:49:03,674 CRISIS. WITHIN THAT AND WITHIN 1402 00:49:03,674 --> 00:49:05,642 LOOKING AT THE AGENDA AND 1403 00:49:05,642 --> 00:49:07,911 HEARING OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, 1404 00:49:07,911 --> 00:49:09,680 IT SEEMS IN ADDITION TO THE 1405 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:10,881 HOMELESS CRISIS NOW, PEOPLE WHO 1406 00:49:10,881 --> 00:49:11,949 ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS AND 1407 00:49:11,949 --> 00:49:14,685 LIVING IN RVS ARE ALSO BEING 1408 00:49:14,685 --> 00:49:17,954 AXED, HIT AT THEIR KNEES A 1409 00:49:17,954 --> 00:49:19,589 SHELTER SPACES ARE IN FACT 1410 00:49:19,589 --> 00:49:21,425 FILLING UP AND I SPEAK FROM 1411 00:49:21,425 --> 00:49:23,160 EXPERIENCE. I MOVED HERE LAST 1412 00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:25,262 YEAR AND I'M JUST NOW SLEEPING 1413 00:49:25,262 --> 00:49:26,930 IN A SHELTER. AND ADMITTEDLY, 1414 00:49:26,930 --> 00:49:28,799 THAT SHELTER IS AT CAPACITY. 1415 00:49:28,799 --> 00:49:29,833 EVERY NOW AND THEN THERE MIGHT 1416 00:49:29,833 --> 00:49:34,538 BE 1 OR 2 BEDS THAT JUST NOW 1417 00:49:34,538 --> 00:49:35,972 BECAME OPEN. I WOULD HATE TO SAY 1418 00:49:35,972 --> 00:49:36,707 THAT I WASTED MY TIME COMING 1419 00:49:36,707 --> 00:49:38,141 HERE. I COULD HAVE DID THIS 1420 00:49:38,141 --> 00:49:39,910 ANYWHERE. THIS ISN'T 1421 00:49:39,910 --> 00:49:42,012 PARTICULARLY ANY SPECIAL OR 1422 00:49:42,012 --> 00:49:42,579 DIFFERENT FROM WHERE I CAME 1423 00:49:42,579 --> 00:49:43,547 FROM. THANK YOU. 1424 00:49:43,547 --> 00:49:44,948 -- THANK YOU. EVAN. 1425 00:49:44,948 --> 00:49:45,282 -- [APPLAUSE] 1426 00:49:45,282 --> 00:49:47,617 -- NEXT, WE HAVE BEATRICE AND 1427 00:49:47,617 --> 00:49:49,987 THEN MARTA. WELCOME. 1428 00:49:49,987 --> 00:49:51,288 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1429 00:49:51,288 --> 00:49:51,888 COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR 1430 00:49:51,888 --> 00:49:54,257 BEING HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS 1431 00:49:54,257 --> 00:49:56,159 BEATRIX KELLY AND I WORK FOR THE 1432 00:49:56,159 --> 00:49:56,760 LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE, 1433 00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:58,962 AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1434 00:49:58,962 --> 00:50:00,364 THREE. I'M HERE TODAY 1435 00:50:00,364 --> 00:50:02,833 REQUESTING FUNDING FOR A SECOND 1436 00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:04,868 RV SAFE LOT PENDING THE PASSAGE 1437 00:50:04,868 --> 00:50:06,570 OF THE VEHICLE. RESIDENTS 1438 00:50:06,570 --> 00:50:07,104 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. LIHI 1439 00:50:07,104 --> 00:50:08,705 BELIEVES STRONGLY THAT A SECOND 1440 00:50:08,705 --> 00:50:10,407 RV SAFE LAW IS NECESSARY. THE 1441 00:50:10,407 --> 00:50:13,010 NEED IS GREAT. YOU'VE HEARD IT 1442 00:50:13,010 --> 00:50:14,678 ALL DAY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO 1443 00:50:14,678 --> 00:50:16,079 INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF PARKING 1444 00:50:16,079 --> 00:50:17,714 SPOTS THAT RV DWELLERS CAN USE, 1445 00:50:17,714 --> 00:50:19,750 AND AT A SAFE LOT. A PARKING 1446 00:50:19,750 --> 00:50:21,685 SPOT IS NOT JUST A PLACE TO PUT 1447 00:50:21,685 --> 00:50:23,353 YOUR VEHICLE, BUT A PLACE TO 1448 00:50:23,353 --> 00:50:25,822 RECEIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND 1449 00:50:25,822 --> 00:50:26,456 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WHILE 1450 00:50:26,456 --> 00:50:28,358 TRANSITIONING INTO PERMANENT 1451 00:50:28,358 --> 00:50:29,960 HOUSING. CITIES LIKE SAN DIEGO 1452 00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:31,461 AND EUGENE HAVE HAD SUCCESS WITH 1453 00:50:31,461 --> 00:50:33,497 THIS MODEL, AND SEATTLE HAS THE 1454 00:50:33,497 --> 00:50:34,631 OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE 1455 00:50:34,631 --> 00:50:35,799 FOREFRONT OF FINDING A 1456 00:50:35,799 --> 00:50:38,034 SUPPORTIVE SOLUTION TO RV 1457 00:50:38,034 --> 00:50:40,170 DWELLING. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS 1458 00:50:40,170 --> 00:50:40,937 OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR 1459 00:50:40,937 --> 00:50:42,506 NEIGHBORS LIVING ON THE STREET. 1460 00:50:42,506 --> 00:50:42,873 -- THANK YOU. 1461 00:50:42,873 --> 00:50:45,175 -- THANK YOU, BEATRICE. AND 1462 00:50:45,175 --> 00:50:47,511 BEFORE, BEFORE, BEFORE YOU GO, 1463 00:50:47,511 --> 00:50:48,612 MARTA, I'M GOING TO SAY THE 1464 00:50:48,612 --> 00:50:50,414 NEXT TEN SPEAKERS SO WE CAN GET 1465 00:50:50,414 --> 00:50:51,681 READY. BEFORE YOU GO, I'M GOING 1466 00:50:51,681 --> 00:50:52,682 TO READ THE NEXT TEN. SCRIPT. 1467 00:50:52,682 --> 00:50:53,817 THANK YOU QUEEN, APPRECIATE YOU. 1468 00:50:53,817 --> 00:50:56,353 SO NOW WE HAVE ALEXIS FOLLOWED 1469 00:50:56,353 --> 00:50:58,889 BY CASSANDRA, JENNIFER, 1470 00:50:58,889 --> 00:51:01,391 JENNIFER, LAURA, LUCAS, NINA 1471 00:51:01,391 --> 00:51:04,394 JACKSON, CHRISTINE, MIKE, PAUL. 1472 00:51:04,394 --> 00:51:08,432 SO ALEXIS. CASSANDRA, JENNIFER. 1473 00:51:08,432 --> 00:51:10,734 ADAMS, LAURA. MULLEN. LUCAS. 1474 00:51:10,734 --> 00:51:11,835 NINA. JACKSON, CHRISTINE. 1475 00:51:11,835 --> 00:51:14,304 MORELAND, MIKE. DUNN, PAUL. 1476 00:51:14,304 --> 00:51:16,072 TOMLINSON, ALL RIGHT, MARTA, YOU 1477 00:51:16,072 --> 00:51:18,608 ARE UP. 1478 00:51:18,608 --> 00:51:18,942 -- THANK YOU. 1479 00:51:18,942 --> 00:51:20,744 -- SORRY, I MIGHT SWITCH. 1480 00:51:20,744 --> 00:51:21,812 -- SORRY. ANY MIC YOU WANT. 1481 00:51:21,812 --> 00:51:22,412 -- I'M A LITTLE SHORT. 1482 00:51:22,412 --> 00:51:24,881 -- THANK YOU. 1483 00:51:24,881 --> 00:51:26,483 -- MY NAME IS MARTA AND I AM THE 1484 00:51:26,483 --> 00:51:27,651 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AT 1485 00:51:27,651 --> 00:51:29,252 THE LOW INCOME HOUSING 1486 00:51:29,252 --> 00:51:30,787 INSTITUTE. THANK YOU, 1487 00:51:30,787 --> 00:51:31,421 COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR TAKING THE 1488 00:51:31,421 --> 00:51:32,422 TIME TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY 1489 00:51:32,422 --> 00:51:34,524 MEMBERS HERE TODAY, AND WE 1490 00:51:34,524 --> 00:51:36,092 GREATLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS 1491 00:51:36,092 --> 00:51:37,294 OF COUNCILMEMBERS, STRAUSS AND 1492 00:51:37,294 --> 00:51:38,695 THE FULL COUNCIL TO FIND A 1493 00:51:38,695 --> 00:51:41,198 PATHWAY FOR THE UNDERSERVED AND 1494 00:51:41,198 --> 00:51:41,731 UNDERREPRESENTED UNHOUSED 1495 00:51:41,731 --> 00:51:43,834 COMMUNITY LIVING IN RVS. LIHI 1496 00:51:43,834 --> 00:51:45,902 WILL BE OPENING OUR GLASS YARD 1497 00:51:45,902 --> 00:51:47,270 COMMONS RV SAFE LOT IN DISTRICT 1498 00:51:47,270 --> 00:51:50,207 ONE VERY SOON, BUT SEATTLE NEEDS 1499 00:51:50,207 --> 00:51:52,809 AT LEAST A SECOND RV SAFE LOT SO 1500 00:51:52,809 --> 00:51:55,278 THAT THERE IS A PLACE FOR 1501 00:51:55,278 --> 00:51:57,414 OUTREACH PROVIDERS TO REFER 1502 00:51:57,414 --> 00:51:59,583 PEOPLE LIVING IN RVS WHERE 1503 00:51:59,583 --> 00:52:00,083 WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE 1504 00:52:00,083 --> 00:52:00,984 AVAILABLE AND HOUSING 1505 00:52:00,984 --> 00:52:02,519 CONNECTIONS CAN BE MADE. WE WANT 1506 00:52:02,519 --> 00:52:03,620 TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE LIVING 1507 00:52:03,620 --> 00:52:06,323 UNHOUSED IN RVS ARE ABLE TO BE 1508 00:52:06,323 --> 00:52:07,858 CONNECTED WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE 1509 00:52:07,858 --> 00:52:08,992 SERVICE MATCH. TO MAKE THIS 1510 00:52:08,992 --> 00:52:10,861 POSSIBLE, WE ASK THAT YOU 1511 00:52:10,861 --> 00:52:11,528 REMEMBER THAT HUMAN LIVES ARE ON 1512 00:52:11,528 --> 00:52:13,196 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DECISIONS 1513 00:52:13,196 --> 00:52:15,565 MADE HERE TODAY. FURTHERMORE, WE 1514 00:52:15,565 --> 00:52:17,234 ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 1515 00:52:17,234 --> 00:52:18,969 CONVENING OF PROVIDERS AND BEST 1516 00:52:18,969 --> 00:52:20,470 PRACTICES THAT WILL FOLLOW 1517 00:52:20,470 --> 00:52:21,905 TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. AGAIN, 1518 00:52:21,905 --> 00:52:23,440 WE ASK THAT PROGRAMING AND 1519 00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:25,942 ADDITIONAL RV SAFE LOT BE 1520 00:52:25,942 --> 00:52:26,543 PRIORITIZED IN SUPPORT OF THE 1521 00:52:26,543 --> 00:52:27,344 VRAP, AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND 1522 00:52:27,344 --> 00:52:30,680 OUR POSITION. 1523 00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:33,683 -- THANK YOU MARTA. NEXT WE HAVE 1524 00:52:33,683 --> 00:52:36,453 ALEXIS FOLLOWED BY CASSANDRA. 1525 00:52:36,453 --> 00:52:41,424 WELCOME. YEP. YOU'RE GOOD. 1526 00:52:41,424 --> 00:52:43,226 WELCOME. ANY TIME. YEP. 1527 00:52:43,226 --> 00:52:44,928 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 1528 00:52:44,928 --> 00:52:46,096 ALEXIS DILTS AND I ALSO WORK FOR 1529 00:52:46,096 --> 00:52:49,666 THE LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE 1530 00:52:49,666 --> 00:52:50,233 AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A 1531 00:52:50,233 --> 00:52:51,201 RESIDENT OF SEATTLE SOON. AND 1532 00:52:51,201 --> 00:52:53,103 I'M HERE TODAY TO ALSO REQUEST 1533 00:52:53,103 --> 00:52:54,871 FUNDING FOR A SECOND LIHI RV 1534 00:52:54,871 --> 00:52:58,742 SAFE LOT PENDING THE PASSAGE OF 1535 00:52:58,742 --> 00:52:59,376 THE VEHICLE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE 1536 00:52:59,376 --> 00:53:01,111 PROGRAM, HAS DETERMINED THAT A 1537 00:53:01,111 --> 00:53:02,612 SECOND RV SAFE LOT IS NEEDED 1538 00:53:02,612 --> 00:53:04,981 GIVEN THE LARGE NUMBER OF RVS 1539 00:53:04,981 --> 00:53:07,918 PARKING ON CITY STREETS IN BOTH 1540 00:53:07,918 --> 00:53:08,518 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND 1541 00:53:08,518 --> 00:53:09,920 INDUSTRIAL AREAS. AND WE'RE 1542 00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:10,720 COMMITTED TO INCREASING THE 1543 00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:12,789 AMOUNT OF RV PARKING SPACES WITH 1544 00:53:12,789 --> 00:53:14,024 THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF GETTING RID 1545 00:53:14,024 --> 00:53:15,392 OF THE NUMBER OF UNSAFE AND RUN 1546 00:53:15,392 --> 00:53:18,795 DOWN RVS AND MOVING PEOPLE INTO 1547 00:53:18,795 --> 00:53:19,763 PERMANENT HOUSING. AND ONCE 1548 00:53:19,763 --> 00:53:20,997 PEOPLE ARE IN AN RV SAFE LOT, 1549 00:53:20,997 --> 00:53:23,867 PEOPLE CAN RECEIVE WRAPAROUND 1550 00:53:23,867 --> 00:53:25,001 SERVICES TRANSITIONING OUT OF 1551 00:53:25,001 --> 00:53:26,736 THEIR VEHICLES AND INTO 1552 00:53:26,736 --> 00:53:27,871 PERMANENT HOUSING. THANK YOU SO 1553 00:53:27,871 --> 00:53:30,240 MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR 1554 00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:30,740 TIME AND CONSIDERATION. 1555 00:53:30,740 --> 00:53:33,543 -- THANK YOU. ALEXIS. NEXT WE 1556 00:53:33,543 --> 00:53:34,344 HAVE CASSANDRA. CASSANDRA IS 1557 00:53:34,344 --> 00:53:36,413 HERE, FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER AND 1558 00:53:36,413 --> 00:53:39,349 LAURA. WELCOME, CASSANDRA. EDDIE 1559 00:53:39,349 --> 00:53:42,519 MIKE. YOU WANT. 1560 00:53:42,519 --> 00:53:43,119 -- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILMAN. 1561 00:53:43,119 --> 00:53:43,687 EVERYBODY KNOW MY NAME IS 1562 00:53:43,687 --> 00:53:47,123 CASSANDRA AND I'M WITH THE WE RV 1563 00:53:47,123 --> 00:53:48,658 OUTREACH PROGRAM. WE WORK WITH 1564 00:53:48,658 --> 00:53:51,795 PEOPLE LIVING IN RVS, CARS AND 1565 00:53:51,795 --> 00:53:52,963 OTHER VEHICLES. I ONLY GOT ONE 1566 00:53:52,963 --> 00:53:55,365 MINUTE, SO I GOTTA GET MY THING 1567 00:53:55,365 --> 00:53:57,667 TODAY. I'M ASKING FOR YOUR 1568 00:53:57,667 --> 00:54:00,403 SUPPORT IN DEVELOPING A WI RV 1569 00:54:00,403 --> 00:54:03,440 OUTREACH CONNECT RESOURCE CENTER 1570 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:03,907 CONNECTED TO PROPOSED 1571 00:54:03,907 --> 00:54:07,310 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. OUR 1572 00:54:07,310 --> 00:54:07,911 PROPOSED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING 1573 00:54:07,911 --> 00:54:09,479 WILL GIVE PEOPLE A BRIDGE FROM 1574 00:54:09,479 --> 00:54:11,181 LIVING IN A VEHICLE TOWARDS LONG 1575 00:54:11,181 --> 00:54:13,583 TERM HOUSING AND CONTINUED 1576 00:54:13,583 --> 00:54:15,518 SUPPORT AND HOUSING AFTERCARE. 1577 00:54:15,518 --> 00:54:17,354 WE ARE EXPLORING A BUILDING ON 1578 00:54:17,354 --> 00:54:19,823 RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH. BEFORE 1579 00:54:19,823 --> 00:54:23,893 OPENING, WE NEED TO CONFIRM THE 1580 00:54:23,893 --> 00:54:24,461 BUILDING'S SUITABILITY. 1581 00:54:24,461 --> 00:54:26,896 NECESSARY REPAIRS, APPROVAL AND 1582 00:54:26,896 --> 00:54:28,732 FULL OPERATING COSTS. I'M ASKING 1583 00:54:28,732 --> 00:54:31,067 FOR YOUR HELP BRINGING A RIGHT, 1584 00:54:31,067 --> 00:54:32,902 BRINGING THE RIGHT AGENCIES TO 1585 00:54:32,902 --> 00:54:35,205 THE TABLE, IDENTIFYING THE 1586 00:54:35,205 --> 00:54:35,805 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND 1587 00:54:35,805 --> 00:54:37,707 DEVELOPING A WORKABLE PLAN. 1588 00:54:37,707 --> 00:54:39,509 PLEASE HELP US TURN THIS 1589 00:54:39,509 --> 00:54:41,611 OUTREACH EXPERIENCE INTO A 1590 00:54:41,611 --> 00:54:43,280 CONSISTENT RESOURCE AND A 1591 00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:45,115 PATHWAY TOWARD STABLE HOUSING. 1592 00:54:45,115 --> 00:54:45,448 -- [APPLAUSE] 1593 00:54:45,448 --> 00:54:46,583 -- THANK YOU. CASSANDRA. 1594 00:54:46,583 --> 00:54:50,020 -- NEXT, WE HAVE JENNIFER ADAMS, 1595 00:54:50,020 --> 00:54:50,587 JENNIFER ADAMS, FOLLOWED BY 1596 00:54:50,587 --> 00:54:51,221 LAURA AND THEN LUCAS. WELCOME, 1597 00:54:51,221 --> 00:54:53,089 JENNIFER 1598 00:54:53,089 --> 00:54:55,392 -- HI, MY NAME IS JENNIFER 1599 00:54:55,392 --> 00:54:57,727 ADAMS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, THIS 1600 00:54:57,727 --> 00:54:59,262 IS A MUCH NEEDED RESOURCE. I'VE 1601 00:54:59,262 --> 00:55:00,563 BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR 15 1602 00:55:00,563 --> 00:55:06,069 YEARS. I THINK TEN FOR FREE RVS 1603 00:55:06,069 --> 00:55:06,936 DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO. 1604 00:55:06,936 --> 00:55:08,471 THEY'RE BEING CHASED AROUND. 1605 00:55:08,471 --> 00:55:10,073 THEY REALLY NEED THE OPPORTUNITY 1606 00:55:10,073 --> 00:55:12,809 TO PARK IN THESE SAFE LOTS. WE 1607 00:55:12,809 --> 00:55:14,044 NEED MORE THAN ONE. BUT WHEN WE 1608 00:55:14,044 --> 00:55:16,446 CAN START WITH ONE. OKAY, BUT WE 1609 00:55:16,446 --> 00:55:18,214 NEED TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING 1610 00:55:18,214 --> 00:55:20,784 SOME MORE. WE DO PAY FOR 1611 00:55:20,784 --> 00:55:21,951 LICENSING AND TABS. I'VE BEEN 1612 00:55:21,951 --> 00:55:23,620 DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME. 1613 00:55:23,620 --> 00:55:25,588 THAT'S WHAT OUR ORGANIZATION 1614 00:55:25,588 --> 00:55:27,857 DOES. WE GET PEOPLE UP AND 1615 00:55:27,857 --> 00:55:29,292 RUNNING AND KEEP THEM MOVING. 1616 00:55:29,292 --> 00:55:31,861 THAT'S WHY I NEED SIX TIMES FOR 1617 00:55:31,861 --> 00:55:33,963 A PERMIT FOR TO GO OUT AND ASK 1618 00:55:33,963 --> 00:55:35,899 SOMEBODY TO GET THEM INTO STABLE 1619 00:55:35,899 --> 00:55:39,269 HOUSING, TO STABILIZE THEM. THIS 1620 00:55:39,269 --> 00:55:42,806 IS A NEEDED PATHWAY. WE DO NOT 1621 00:55:42,806 --> 00:55:45,842 HAVE A PATHWAY FOR THIS. THESE 1622 00:55:45,842 --> 00:55:48,311 RV DWELLERS RIGHT NOW, THIS DOES 1623 00:55:48,311 --> 00:55:50,680 NOT AFFECT CARS OR VANS OR 1624 00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:52,349 TRUCKS. I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE 1625 00:55:52,349 --> 00:55:54,651 CLEAR ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. 1626 00:55:54,651 --> 00:55:55,719 -- THANK YOU JENNIFER. NEXT WE 1627 00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:59,656 HAVE LAURA, FOLLOWED BY LUCAS. 1628 00:55:59,656 --> 00:56:01,324 WELCOME, LAURA. 1629 00:56:01,324 --> 00:56:01,558 -- HI. 1630 00:56:01,558 --> 00:56:03,727 -- HI HI. MY NAME IS LAURA 1631 00:56:03,727 --> 00:56:06,129 MULLEN. AND ON DECEMBER 11th, 1632 00:56:06,129 --> 00:56:07,664 2023, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE THE 1633 00:56:07,664 --> 00:56:09,299 FIRST RESIDENTS OF THE FIRST RV 1634 00:56:09,299 --> 00:56:11,868 SAFE LOT IN SEATTLE, AND IT 1635 00:56:11,868 --> 00:56:15,505 COULDN'T COME AT A BETTER TIME 1636 00:56:15,505 --> 00:56:16,139 BECAUSE MY HUSBAND, THE PREVIOUS 1637 00:56:16,139 --> 00:56:19,476 MONTH HAD HAD A DOUBLE STROKE. 1638 00:56:19,476 --> 00:56:20,143 MY SON'S RV CAUGHT FIRE FROM A 1639 00:56:20,143 --> 00:56:22,412 VEHICLE NEXT TO HIS, AND HIS RV 1640 00:56:22,412 --> 00:56:23,880 BURNED DOWN. HE MOVED IN WITH 1641 00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:26,149 HIS CATS INTO OUR RV AND MY DOG 1642 00:56:26,149 --> 00:56:30,019 RAN AWAY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO 1643 00:56:30,019 --> 00:56:31,121 DO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY 1644 00:56:31,121 --> 00:56:32,355 CREDIT. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY 1645 00:56:32,355 --> 00:56:33,323 RENTAL HISTORY. MY HUSBAND HAD 1646 00:56:33,323 --> 00:56:33,957 HAD A DOUBLE STROKE, AND I 1647 00:56:33,957 --> 00:56:35,525 NEEDED TO FIND SOMEPLACE SAFE 1648 00:56:35,525 --> 00:56:38,528 FOR HIM TO REHABILITATE. THE 1649 00:56:38,528 --> 00:56:42,832 SAFE LOT OPENED AND WE WERE VERY 1650 00:56:42,832 --> 00:56:44,601 GRATEFUL. WHILE I WAS THERE, I 1651 00:56:44,601 --> 00:56:47,170 SAW THAT THE SAFE LOT GIVES THE 1652 00:56:47,170 --> 00:56:49,005 RESIDENTS THE ABILITY TO HAVE 1653 00:56:49,005 --> 00:56:50,673 STABILITY AND STRUCTURE TO DO 1654 00:56:50,673 --> 00:56:54,411 THINGS LIKE GET ID SECURITY 1655 00:56:54,411 --> 00:56:56,546 CARDS, TAKE CARE OF THEIR 1656 00:56:56,546 --> 00:56:58,448 HEALTH. IN THE END, THEY FOUND 1657 00:56:58,448 --> 00:56:59,582 LONG TERM HOUSING FOR MY HUSBAND 1658 00:56:59,582 --> 00:57:03,787 AND I, AND WE FOUND MY DOG 1659 00:57:03,787 --> 00:57:08,425 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU LAURA I'M 1660 00:57:08,425 --> 00:57:09,793 GLAD YOU FOUND YOUR DOG AS WELL. 1661 00:57:09,793 --> 00:57:12,862 THAT'S LUCAS, NINA, CHRISTINE. 1662 00:57:12,862 --> 00:57:14,364 MIKE. PAUL. WELCOME, LUCAS. 1663 00:57:14,364 --> 00:57:15,565 -- HELLO. MY NAME IS LUCAS AND 1664 00:57:15,565 --> 00:57:17,400 I'M A TRANS MAN WHO'S LIVED IN 1665 00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:19,669 SEATTLE FOR A DECADE. ON JUNE 1666 00:57:19,669 --> 00:57:20,937 2nd AT 9 A.M. ON A BRIGHT, SUNNY 1667 00:57:20,937 --> 00:57:21,971 MORNING IN THE MIDDLE OF A 1668 00:57:21,971 --> 00:57:23,006 SIDEWALK AT A BUS STOP WITH 1669 00:57:23,006 --> 00:57:25,341 PEOPLE ALL AROUND. I WAS BEATEN 1670 00:57:25,341 --> 00:57:26,576 FOR BEING TRANS. A MAN PUNCHED 1671 00:57:26,576 --> 00:57:27,811 ME IN THE FACE MULTIPLE TIMES 1672 00:57:27,811 --> 00:57:30,046 AND BROKE MY FRONT TOOTH IN 1673 00:57:30,046 --> 00:57:30,847 HALF. I BEGGED THE PEOPLE 1674 00:57:30,847 --> 00:57:32,315 WATCHING TO CALL 911. THEY SHOOK 1675 00:57:32,315 --> 00:57:34,250 THEIR HEADS AND LOOKED AWAY. 1676 00:57:34,250 --> 00:57:35,485 WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO CALL 1677 00:57:35,485 --> 00:57:36,419 MYSELF, HE WAS GONE AND THERE 1678 00:57:36,419 --> 00:57:37,821 WAS NOTHING THE COPS COULD DO. 1679 00:57:37,821 --> 00:57:39,622 WE SAY PROTECT TRANS PEOPLE. BUT 1680 00:57:39,622 --> 00:57:40,623 THAT MORNING I LEARNED THAT WHEN 1681 00:57:40,623 --> 00:57:41,825 REAL VIOLENCE HAPPENS, PEOPLE 1682 00:57:41,825 --> 00:57:44,194 ARE SCARED TO GET IN THE WAY. I 1683 00:57:44,194 --> 00:57:45,929 AM HERE BECAUSE WE CAN NO LONGER 1684 00:57:45,929 --> 00:57:46,896 SUFFER IN THE SHADOWS. MY STORY 1685 00:57:46,896 --> 00:57:48,598 IS MINE, BUT VIOLENT TRANSPHOBIA 1686 00:57:48,598 --> 00:57:50,066 IS A REALITY SHARED BY WAY TOO 1687 00:57:50,066 --> 00:57:51,668 MANY. RISING VIOLENCE IS THE 1688 00:57:51,668 --> 00:57:53,136 REALITY OF BEING TRANS IN THE US 1689 00:57:53,136 --> 00:57:54,737 RIGHT NOW. IT GOES AGAINST 1690 00:57:54,737 --> 00:57:55,638 EVERYTHING WE TEACH ABOUT HOW TO 1691 00:57:55,638 --> 00:57:59,042 BE SAFE, THAT IT CAN HAPPEN IN 1692 00:57:59,042 --> 00:58:00,243 BROAD DAYLIGHT WITH WITNESSES IN 1693 00:58:00,243 --> 00:58:01,311 SEATTLE. I'M SCARED TO SHARE 1694 00:58:01,311 --> 00:58:02,478 THIS BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE I'M 1695 00:58:02,478 --> 00:58:03,046 TELLING MY COMMUNITY WE CAN 1696 00:58:03,046 --> 00:58:05,081 NEVER BE SAFE, BUT STAYING 1697 00:58:05,081 --> 00:58:06,583 SILENT PROTECTS NO ONE. WE MUST 1698 00:58:06,583 --> 00:58:07,183 SHARE OUR STORIES, OUR 1699 00:58:07,183 --> 00:58:08,251 SUFFERING, SO THAT MAYBE OUR 1700 00:58:08,251 --> 00:58:09,786 NAMES WON'T BE COUNTED AMONGST 1701 00:58:09,786 --> 00:58:11,254 THE DEAD. TRANS SUFFERING IS 1702 00:58:11,254 --> 00:58:12,555 HUMAN SUFFERING. OUR VOICES ARE 1703 00:58:12,555 --> 00:58:13,656 STRONGER TOGETHER. WE ARE REAL. 1704 00:58:13,656 --> 00:58:15,859 WE ARE HUMAN. AND WE DEMAND TO 1705 00:58:15,859 --> 00:58:16,125 BE HEARD. 1706 00:58:16,125 --> 00:58:18,795 -- THANK YOU 1707 00:58:18,795 --> 00:58:23,299 -- [APPLAUSE] 1708 00:58:23,299 --> 00:58:25,068 -- LUCAS. AND THANK YOU FOR 1709 00:58:25,068 --> 00:58:26,436 BEING BRAVE, FOR SHARING, FOR 1710 00:58:26,436 --> 00:58:28,805 SHARING YOUR STORY. THANK YOU. 1711 00:58:28,805 --> 00:58:30,340 NINA. NEXT. AND THEN CHRISTINE, 1712 00:58:30,340 --> 00:58:33,276 MIKE AND THEN PAUL. 1713 00:58:33,276 --> 00:58:35,578 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE 1714 00:58:35,578 --> 00:58:37,814 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MY 1715 00:58:37,814 --> 00:58:39,048 NAME IS NINA AND I'M A TRANS 1716 00:58:39,048 --> 00:58:41,251 WOMAN. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE 1717 00:58:41,251 --> 00:58:41,885 SUFFERED VIOLENCE, FRIENDS THAT 1718 00:58:41,885 --> 00:58:43,419 HAVE BEEN KILLED FOR BEING MY 1719 00:58:43,419 --> 00:58:45,989 PEERS. I'M NOT UNIQUE IN THIS 1720 00:58:45,989 --> 00:58:47,857 REGARD. AND THAT IS SHAMEFUL. 1721 00:58:47,857 --> 00:58:49,659 VIOLENCE DOES NOT HAPPEN IN A 1722 00:58:49,659 --> 00:58:51,761 VACUUM. IT'S A RESULT OF 1723 00:58:51,761 --> 00:58:52,262 SOCIETAL PRESSURES AND 1724 00:58:52,262 --> 00:58:53,463 INDIFFERENCE. WE NEED TO MAKE 1725 00:58:53,463 --> 00:58:55,999 THE CITY A SAFER PLACE. FOR MY 1726 00:58:55,999 --> 00:58:57,000 LGBTQIA+ PEERS, SO WE DON'T HAVE 1727 00:58:57,000 --> 00:58:58,635 TO CARRY MORE NAMES OF OUR SLAIN 1728 00:58:58,635 --> 00:59:04,107 IN OUR HEARTS. THANK YOU. 1729 00:59:04,107 --> 00:59:08,678 -- THANK YOU, NINA, CHRIS 1730 00:59:08,678 --> 00:59:10,046 -- THANK YOU NINA. CHRISTINE 1731 00:59:10,046 --> 00:59:11,247 MORELAND, FOLLOWED BY MIKE DUNN 1732 00:59:11,247 --> 00:59:12,649 AND THEN PAUL TOMLINSON. 1733 00:59:12,649 --> 00:59:12,916 WELCOME. 1734 00:59:12,916 --> 00:59:13,983 -- THANK YOU. HI, COUNCIL. MY 1735 00:59:13,983 --> 00:59:15,585 NAME IS CHRISTINE MORELAND. I'M 1736 00:59:15,585 --> 00:59:16,886 THE PROUD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 1737 00:59:16,886 --> 00:59:18,554 THE MORE WE LOVE, WE SUPPORT 1738 00:59:18,554 --> 00:59:20,890 PATHWAYS OUT OF HOMELESSNESS, 1739 00:59:20,890 --> 00:59:22,292 ADDICTION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND 1740 00:59:22,292 --> 00:59:23,826 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOR WOMEN AND 1741 00:59:23,826 --> 00:59:25,361 WOMEN WITH KIDS. I SUPPORT THIS 1742 00:59:25,361 --> 00:59:26,729 LEGISLATURE. I THINK IT'S A 1743 00:59:26,729 --> 00:59:28,464 GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 1744 00:59:28,464 --> 00:59:28,998 PROVIDE OURSELVES WITH A 1745 00:59:28,998 --> 00:59:30,233 DIVERSION TOOL TO ACCESS THE 1746 00:59:30,233 --> 00:59:33,236 MOST VULNERABLE. WE KNOW THAT 1747 00:59:33,236 --> 00:59:33,803 THERE'S CRIMINAL ACTIVITY 1748 00:59:33,803 --> 00:59:34,504 HAPPENING IN A LOT OF THESE RVS, 1749 00:59:34,504 --> 00:59:36,406 AND THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO 1750 00:59:36,406 --> 00:59:37,874 HAVE A TOOL TO HOLD THEM 1751 00:59:37,874 --> 00:59:39,309 ACCOUNTABLE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO 1752 00:59:39,309 --> 00:59:40,843 REACH THE MOST VULNERABLE. THIS 1753 00:59:40,843 --> 00:59:42,512 ISN'T ABOUT JUST PUSHING PEOPLE 1754 00:59:42,512 --> 00:59:43,146 AROUND THE PERMITTING PROCESS. 1755 00:59:43,146 --> 00:59:44,280 THERE'S HUMANS IN THERE. THEY 1756 00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:46,916 NEED TO ACCESS SERVICES. WE DO 1757 00:59:46,916 --> 00:59:48,618 OUTREACH UP ON AURORA. WE KNOW 1758 00:59:48,618 --> 00:59:49,719 WHAT'S GOING ON AND A LOT OF 1759 00:59:49,719 --> 00:59:50,887 THOSE RVS. AND IT'S TIME THAT 1760 00:59:50,887 --> 00:59:52,388 WE PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE. 1761 00:59:52,388 --> 00:59:53,723 THANKS YOU GUYS. 1762 00:59:53,723 --> 00:59:54,791 -- THANK YOU. CHRISTINE. NEXT WE 1763 00:59:54,791 --> 00:59:56,793 HAVE MIKE, FOLLOWED BY PAUL. 1764 00:59:56,793 --> 01:00:00,496 WELCOME, MIKE. HI, MIKE. THEN I 1765 01:00:00,496 --> 01:00:02,899 CAME BECAUSE I REPRESENT THE 1766 01:00:02,899 --> 01:00:06,636 NORTH LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAD 1767 01:00:06,636 --> 01:00:10,306 A HUGE EPIDEMIC OF RVS FOR THREE 1768 01:00:10,306 --> 01:00:12,308 YEARS. THERE WAS NO PLACE TO 1769 01:00:12,308 --> 01:00:15,311 PARK FOR THE BUSINESSES. WE 1770 01:00:15,311 --> 01:00:16,346 BROKEN INTO MULTIPLE TIMES. IT 1771 01:00:16,346 --> 01:00:18,014 WAS A WEEKLY BREAK IN ALL ALONG 1772 01:00:18,014 --> 01:00:22,085 NORTH LAKE. AND THE VICTIMS, THE 1773 01:00:22,085 --> 01:00:23,186 MAIN VICTIMS WERE THE PEOPLE IN 1774 01:00:23,186 --> 01:00:25,321 THE RVS. THEY WERE BEING 1775 01:00:25,321 --> 01:00:26,889 VICTIMIZED BY THE DRUG DEALERS, 1776 01:00:26,889 --> 01:00:29,792 BY THE GUYS RENTING THE RVS, BY 1777 01:00:29,792 --> 01:00:31,494 THE VIOLENCE BETWEEN THEM, BY 1778 01:00:31,494 --> 01:00:32,962 THE PIT BULLS THAT WERE RUNNING 1779 01:00:32,962 --> 01:00:36,933 LOOSE BETWEEN THE VEHICLES. IT 1780 01:00:36,933 --> 01:00:39,936 WAS IT WAS TERRIBLE TO BEHOLD. 1781 01:00:39,936 --> 01:00:41,170 AND LISTENING TO THESE PEOPLE 1782 01:00:41,170 --> 01:00:45,074 SPEAK, I'M HUMBLED. IT'S A HARD 1783 01:00:45,074 --> 01:00:47,010 PROBLEM. AND I THANK YOU. 1784 01:00:47,010 --> 01:00:49,245 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR THIS 1785 01:00:49,245 --> 01:00:51,381 LEGISLATION. IT'S NOT THE FULL 1786 01:00:51,381 --> 01:00:55,251 ANSWER, BUT IT'S SURE A GOOD 1787 01:00:55,251 --> 01:00:56,285 MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 1788 01:00:56,285 --> 01:00:57,787 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1789 01:00:57,787 --> 01:01:01,858 -- THANK YOU. MIKE. NEXT WE HAVE 1790 01:01:01,858 --> 01:01:04,560 PAUL. WELCOME, MR. PAUL. 1791 01:01:04,560 --> 01:01:06,863 -- PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND. 1792 01:01:06,863 --> 01:01:08,564 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I'D 1793 01:01:08,564 --> 01:01:10,333 LIKE TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON 1794 01:01:10,333 --> 01:01:11,834 GETTING A DIALOG STARTED. NO LAW 1795 01:01:11,834 --> 01:01:13,469 IS PERFECT, BUT YOU HAVE TO 1796 01:01:13,469 --> 01:01:15,938 START SOMEPLACE. AND THIS IS IN 1797 01:01:15,938 --> 01:01:17,206 FAVOR OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I'M 1798 01:01:17,206 --> 01:01:18,274 SURE THERE WILL BE AMENDMENTS 1799 01:01:18,274 --> 01:01:21,644 ALONG THE WAY, BUT I'M PART OF 1800 01:01:21,644 --> 01:01:24,347 A GROUP THAT PUTTING TOGETHER 1801 01:01:24,347 --> 01:01:25,448 SOME, I GUESS WE WOULD CALL THEM 1802 01:01:25,448 --> 01:01:27,884 NETWORKS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITIES 1803 01:01:27,884 --> 01:01:28,518 TO HELP SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT 1804 01:01:28,518 --> 01:01:29,686 ARE GOING TO NEED SUPPORT DURING 1805 01:01:29,686 --> 01:01:31,921 THIS PERIOD OF TIME. AND WE AS A 1806 01:01:31,921 --> 01:01:33,823 COMMUNITY HAVE GOT TO GET 1807 01:01:33,823 --> 01:01:36,759 TOGETHER. PROGRESS COMES BY 1808 01:01:36,759 --> 01:01:37,393 ACTUALLY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS 1809 01:01:37,393 --> 01:01:38,027 THAT MOVES AT THE SPEED OF 1810 01:01:38,027 --> 01:01:39,028 RELATIONSHIPS. AND IF WE CAN 1811 01:01:39,028 --> 01:01:40,196 START BUILDING THOSE WHICH WE 1812 01:01:40,196 --> 01:01:41,397 THINK WE CAN. AND EACH ONE OF 1813 01:01:41,397 --> 01:01:43,666 YOUR DISTRICTS THAT WE CAN 1814 01:01:43,666 --> 01:01:45,902 SUPPORT THIS LAW AND REALLY HELP 1815 01:01:45,902 --> 01:01:47,737 THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE. AND 1816 01:01:47,737 --> 01:01:49,972 I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY 1817 01:01:49,972 --> 01:01:52,241 FAMILY THAT LIVES IN YOUR 1818 01:01:52,241 --> 01:01:54,310 DISTRICT. COUNCILMAN SAKA. AND 1819 01:01:54,310 --> 01:01:55,411 WE SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. THANK 1820 01:01:55,411 --> 01:01:56,512 YOU VERY MUCH. 1821 01:01:56,512 --> 01:01:58,014 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PAUL. 1822 01:01:58,014 --> 01:02:00,416 NEXT, WE HAVE THE NEXT TEN. WE 1823 01:02:00,416 --> 01:02:01,417 HAVE KIERA FOLLOWED BY M SMITH. 1824 01:02:01,417 --> 01:02:06,856 THEN WE HAVE LYDIA, ELI, CHANEL, 1825 01:02:06,856 --> 01:02:11,961 TODD, JESSICA, CHLOE AND THEN 1826 01:02:11,961 --> 01:02:13,362 TARA. AND I APOLOGIZE IF I 1827 01:02:13,362 --> 01:02:14,797 MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME AS WELL. 1828 01:02:14,797 --> 01:02:19,469 SO WE HAVE KIERA M, LYDIA, ELI, 1829 01:02:19,469 --> 01:02:22,138 CHANEL, TODD, JAWS OR JAZZ. 1830 01:02:22,138 --> 01:02:23,873 SORRY, IT COULD BE JAZZ. 1831 01:02:23,873 --> 01:02:25,908 JESSICA, CHLOE AND TARA. 1832 01:02:25,908 --> 01:02:27,343 WELCOME. DID I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR 1833 01:02:27,343 --> 01:02:30,913 NAME KIERA. YEAH. YEP. GOT YOU. 1834 01:02:30,913 --> 01:02:31,347 YOU'RE ALL GOOD. 1835 01:02:31,347 --> 01:02:33,249 -- ALL RIGHT. HI, COUNCIL. THANK 1836 01:02:33,249 --> 01:02:34,751 YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. I'M JUST 1837 01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:36,786 HERE TO TALK ABOUT LIKE I'M A 1838 01:02:36,786 --> 01:02:38,988 SCHOOL TEACHER. I WORK WITH 1839 01:02:38,988 --> 01:02:39,622 CHILDREN. AND IN THE PAST YEAR 1840 01:02:39,622 --> 01:02:43,726 AND A HALF, I HAVE SEEN SO MANY 1841 01:02:43,726 --> 01:02:46,596 TRANS TEACHERS BE FIRED AND BE 1842 01:02:46,596 --> 01:02:48,998 PERSECUTED. I MYSELF WAS ACCUSED 1843 01:02:48,998 --> 01:02:51,267 OF ENCOURAGING CHILDREN TO TAKE 1844 01:02:51,267 --> 01:02:53,402 CLOTHES OFF. WHEN I POINTED TO A 1845 01:02:53,402 --> 01:02:54,070 TODDLERS BELLY BUTTON THAT HE 1846 01:02:54,070 --> 01:02:54,670 WAS SHOWING ME AND SAID, OH 1847 01:02:54,670 --> 01:02:56,305 YEAH, THAT'S YOUR BELLY BUTTON. 1848 01:02:56,305 --> 01:02:57,773 AND I SAID, DOES ANYONE ELSE 1849 01:02:57,773 --> 01:02:58,741 HAVE A BELLY BUTTON? ANOTHER KID 1850 01:02:58,741 --> 01:03:00,910 LIFTED THEIR SHIRT UP AND THEN I 1851 01:03:00,910 --> 01:03:01,077 WAS 1852 01:03:01,077 --> 01:03:02,111 -- FIRED FOR ENCOURAGING 1853 01:03:02,111 --> 01:03:03,646 CHILDREN TO TAKE THEIR CLOTHES 1854 01:03:03,646 --> 01:03:05,548 OFF. WHEN I POINTED OUT THIS 1855 01:03:05,548 --> 01:03:07,683 DOUBLE STANDARD. I WAS 1856 01:03:07,683 --> 01:03:10,019 IMMEDIATELY SILENCED. THE ONLY 1857 01:03:10,019 --> 01:03:11,320 REASON WHY I DID NOT END UP 1858 01:03:11,320 --> 01:03:12,688 HOMELESS WAS BECAUSE I HAD A 1859 01:03:12,688 --> 01:03:15,291 FRIEND WHO COULD PAY FOR MY RENT 1860 01:03:15,291 --> 01:03:15,892 FOR TWO MONTHS. OTHERWISE, I 1861 01:03:15,892 --> 01:03:17,126 WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT BACK ON 1862 01:03:17,126 --> 01:03:19,328 THE STREETS FOR SOMETHING I 1863 01:03:19,328 --> 01:03:20,563 NEVER DID. I HAVE WORKED IN THE 1864 01:03:20,563 --> 01:03:22,198 CHILD CARE FIELD FOR SEVEN 1865 01:03:22,198 --> 01:03:23,466 YEARS. IN THE PAST YEAR AND A 1866 01:03:23,466 --> 01:03:27,003 HALF, I HAVE SEEN 12 TEACHERS BE 1867 01:03:27,003 --> 01:03:28,971 FIRED FOR TRANSPHOBIA REASONS. I 1868 01:03:28,971 --> 01:03:29,972 WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS 1869 01:03:29,972 --> 01:03:31,574 TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR LOOK TO 1870 01:03:31,574 --> 01:03:33,442 SEE WHAT IS DOING, BECAUSE IT'S 1871 01:03:33,442 --> 01:03:34,544 AFFECTING MY OWN MINORITIES MORE 1872 01:03:34,544 --> 01:03:38,080 THAN IT'S AFFECTING ANYONE ELSE. 1873 01:03:38,080 --> 01:03:38,347 -- THANK 1874 01:03:38,347 --> 01:03:38,681 -- [APPLAUSE] 1875 01:03:38,681 --> 01:03:38,915 -- YOU. 1876 01:03:38,915 --> 01:03:39,248 -- [APPLAUSE] 1877 01:03:39,248 --> 01:03:41,317 -- NEXT WE HAVE M. 1878 01:03:41,317 --> 01:03:44,420 -- [APPLAUSE] 1879 01:03:44,420 --> 01:03:45,888 -- NEXT WE HAVE M SMITH, 1880 01:03:45,888 --> 01:03:47,423 FOLLOWED BY LYDIA, ELI AND THEN 1881 01:03:47,423 --> 01:03:49,659 CHANEL M SMITH. WELCOME. 1882 01:03:49,659 --> 01:03:51,060 -- YEAH, I THINK EVERYONE IN 1883 01:03:51,060 --> 01:03:52,028 THIS ROOM TODAY HAS TO RECKON 1884 01:03:52,028 --> 01:03:53,496 WITH THE FACT THAT THE 1885 01:03:53,496 --> 01:03:54,897 DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS DONE 1886 01:03:54,897 --> 01:03:55,932 NOTHING TO SOLVE ANY OF THE 1887 01:03:55,932 --> 01:03:57,466 PROBLEMS THAT THEY CLAIM TO CARE 1888 01:03:57,466 --> 01:03:58,968 ABOUT, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO 1889 01:03:58,968 --> 01:04:00,303 DO NOTHING, BECAUSE THE 1890 01:04:00,303 --> 01:04:01,604 DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOES NOT 1891 01:04:01,604 --> 01:04:02,238 REPRESENT US. THEY STARTED OUT 1892 01:04:02,238 --> 01:04:04,707 THIS MEETING BY DECLARING 1893 01:04:04,707 --> 01:04:07,443 OCTOBER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1894 01:04:07,443 --> 01:04:08,978 AWARENESS MONTH. 45% OF WOMEN 1895 01:04:08,978 --> 01:04:11,147 WHO ARE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1896 01:04:11,147 --> 01:04:11,681 SURVIVORS STAY WITH THEIR 1897 01:04:11,681 --> 01:04:12,481 ABUSIVE PARTNER BECAUSE THEY 1898 01:04:12,481 --> 01:04:14,884 CAN'T FIND HOUSING. SO WHY IS 1899 01:04:14,884 --> 01:04:16,485 IT THAT AT THE SAME TIME, THESE 1900 01:04:16,485 --> 01:04:19,755 DEMOCRATS AND MAYOR KATIE WILSON 1901 01:04:19,755 --> 01:04:20,323 ARE THREATENING TO CUT $68 1902 01:04:20,323 --> 01:04:21,524 MILLION FROM THE HOUSING BUDGET 1903 01:04:21,524 --> 01:04:24,694 IN THIS CITY, THEY PASSED 1904 01:04:24,694 --> 01:04:26,162 $300,000 TO FUND HOUSING AND 1905 01:04:26,162 --> 01:04:26,796 SERVICES FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE 1906 01:04:26,796 --> 01:04:30,099 WHO ARE FLEEING TO SEATTLE. THAT 1907 01:04:30,099 --> 01:04:30,733 $300,000 MEANS NOTHING WHEN THEY 1908 01:04:30,733 --> 01:04:32,301 ARE SLASHING THE HOUSING HOUSING 1909 01:04:32,301 --> 01:04:35,004 BUDGET BY 200 TIMES THAT AMOUNT. 1910 01:04:35,004 --> 01:04:36,739 30% OF TRANS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 1911 01:04:36,739 --> 01:04:37,540 HOMELESS AT SOME POINT IN THEIR 1912 01:04:37,540 --> 01:04:39,275 LIVES. THAT'S EIGHT TIMES MORE 1913 01:04:39,275 --> 01:04:41,110 THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION. AND 1914 01:04:41,110 --> 01:04:43,045 DAN STRAUSS IS TRYING TO TAKE 1915 01:04:43,045 --> 01:04:44,680 AWAY A LIFELINE OF PEOPLE 1916 01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:45,581 STAYING IN THEIR RVS. AT THE 1917 01:04:45,581 --> 01:04:46,582 SAME TIME, WE NEED A NEW PARTY. 1918 01:04:46,582 --> 01:04:48,284 WE NEED INDEPENDENT SOCIALISTS. 1919 01:04:48,284 --> 01:04:49,952 WE NEED TO GET ORGANIZED. WE 1920 01:04:49,952 --> 01:04:50,987 NEED TO FIGHT THESE CUTS TO THE 1921 01:04:50,987 --> 01:04:53,623 BUDGET, AND WE NEED TO FIGHT THE 1922 01:04:53,623 --> 01:04:54,023 DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 1923 01:04:54,023 --> 01:04:57,226 -- THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE 1924 01:04:57,226 --> 01:04:58,027 LYDIA, FOLLOWED BY GIVE ME A 1925 01:04:58,027 --> 01:05:02,498 SECOND. 1926 01:05:02,498 --> 01:05:02,832 -- [APPLAUSE] 1927 01:05:02,832 --> 01:05:04,066 -- SO. I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. 1928 01:05:04,066 --> 01:05:05,568 WE WE STILL HAVE TO MOVE THROUGH 1929 01:05:05,568 --> 01:05:06,502 PUBLIC COMMENT IN BETWEEN 1930 01:05:06,502 --> 01:05:07,336 SPEAKERS. IT SLOWS US DOWN JUST 1931 01:05:07,336 --> 01:05:08,905 A LITTLE BIT. AND WE HAVE FOLKS 1932 01:05:08,905 --> 01:05:11,874 WAITING ONLINE AS WELL. ALL 1933 01:05:11,874 --> 01:05:12,541 RIGHT. SO AND I WANT TO MAKE 1934 01:05:12,541 --> 01:05:13,976 SURE WE GET THROUGH EVERYONE. 1935 01:05:13,976 --> 01:05:16,879 LYDIA, FOLLOWED BY ELI, CHANEL, 1936 01:05:16,879 --> 01:05:19,582 TODD AND JAZZ. WELCOME, LYDIA. 1937 01:05:19,582 --> 01:05:21,384 -- WE WILL NO LONGER SUFFER IN 1938 01:05:21,384 --> 01:05:23,619 THE SHADOWS. OUR VOICES ARE 1939 01:05:23,619 --> 01:05:24,420 STRONGEST TOGETHER. SHARE THE 1940 01:05:24,420 --> 01:05:26,055 STORIES OF THE TRANS HUMANS. WE 1941 01:05:26,055 --> 01:05:27,890 HAVE LOST YOUR SUFFERING. SHARE 1942 01:05:27,890 --> 01:05:28,925 YOUR SUFFERINGS SO THAT MAYBE 1943 01:05:28,925 --> 01:05:30,559 YOUR NAME WON'T BE COUNTED AMONG 1944 01:05:30,559 --> 01:05:33,963 THEM. BRING MEMENTOS, RELICS AND 1945 01:05:33,963 --> 01:05:35,931 LIVING DEAD. HISTORY. TRANS 1946 01:05:35,931 --> 01:05:37,867 SUFFERING IS HUMAN SUFFERING. 1947 01:05:37,867 --> 01:05:39,335 THAT IS THE TEXT OF THE FLIER 1948 01:05:39,335 --> 01:05:41,938 THAT BRINGS ME HERE TODAY. AND I 1949 01:05:41,938 --> 01:05:46,075 BROUGHT SOME MEMENTOS AS IT 1950 01:05:46,075 --> 01:05:48,611 SUGGESTED. I BROUGHT MY 1951 01:05:48,611 --> 01:05:49,245 VOLUNTEER BADGE FROM THE VIGIL 1952 01:05:49,245 --> 01:05:52,982 THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY UW TRANS 1953 01:05:52,982 --> 01:05:55,551 COLLECTIVE IN SEATTLE. TRANS 1954 01:05:55,551 --> 01:05:57,653 FEMINISTS, BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF 1955 01:05:57,653 --> 01:05:58,688 THOSE ORGANIZERS FOR THAT VIGIL. 1956 01:05:58,688 --> 01:06:01,390 AND I BROUGHT THE THE NEWSPAPER 1957 01:06:01,390 --> 01:06:03,092 THAT SITS UNREAD ON MY 1958 01:06:03,092 --> 01:06:05,761 NIGHTSTAND EVERY DAY BECAUSE I 1959 01:06:05,761 --> 01:06:07,663 SEE HER FACE EVERY MORNING WHEN 1960 01:06:07,663 --> 01:06:09,632 I WAKE UP, AND EVERY NIGHT WHEN 1961 01:06:09,632 --> 01:06:11,000 I GO TO SLEEP. AND IT IS 1962 01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:14,070 SOMETHING THAT JUST FUELS ME. 1963 01:06:14,070 --> 01:06:18,040 AND IN IT YOU CAN SEE THE THESE 1964 01:06:18,040 --> 01:06:21,577 CANDLES. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE 1965 01:06:21,577 --> 01:06:26,749 EXACT SAME CANDLES AND 1966 01:06:26,749 --> 01:06:28,050 -- THANK YOU. LYDIA. THANK YOU. 1967 01:06:28,050 --> 01:06:28,884 LYDIA. 1968 01:06:28,884 --> 01:06:29,218 -- [APPLAUSE] 1969 01:06:29,218 --> 01:06:36,292 -- NEXT WE HAVE ELI ELI. EDDIE. 1970 01:06:36,292 --> 01:06:36,826 MIKE. YOU WANT CHANEL AND 1971 01:06:36,826 --> 01:06:37,393 FOLLOWED BY TODD. WELCOME. 1972 01:06:37,393 --> 01:06:39,562 -- YEAH. 1973 01:06:39,562 --> 01:06:39,829 -- HELLO. 1974 01:06:39,829 --> 01:06:41,063 -- ANYTIME YOU START, WE'LL 1975 01:06:41,063 --> 01:06:43,265 START THE TIMER. 1976 01:06:43,265 --> 01:06:44,033 -- YOU'RE GOOD. BUT HONESTLY, I 1977 01:06:44,033 --> 01:06:46,602 THINK I'M GOING TO GIVE MY TIME 1978 01:06:46,602 --> 01:06:48,704 TO GIVE THEM THE PROPER RESPECT. 1979 01:06:48,704 --> 01:06:52,675 BECAUSE YOU CUT OFF THEIRS. SO 1980 01:06:52,675 --> 01:06:53,976 GIVE THEM LIKE, IF ANYONE WANTS 1981 01:06:53,976 --> 01:06:54,710 TO GIVE THEM A ROUND OF 1982 01:06:54,710 --> 01:06:56,445 APPLAUSE, LIKE. 1983 01:06:56,445 --> 01:06:57,313 -- AND YEAH, MORE THAN HAPPY. 1984 01:06:57,313 --> 01:06:58,814 YOU WANT LYDIA TO COME BACK UP 1985 01:06:58,814 --> 01:07:00,583 FOR YOUR. 1986 01:07:00,583 --> 01:07:02,451 -- BECAUSE I'M GOOD WITH I MEAN, 1987 01:07:02,451 --> 01:07:03,552 THAT DIDN'T TAKE ANY TIME. I'M 1988 01:07:03,552 --> 01:07:05,488 GOOD WITH. THEY NEED THEIR 1989 01:07:05,488 --> 01:07:06,856 RESPECT. SO. 1990 01:07:06,856 --> 01:07:08,524 -- OKAY, SO WE'LL PAUSE YOUR 1991 01:07:08,524 --> 01:07:09,325 TIME, LADY LYDIA, DO YOU WANT TO 1992 01:07:09,325 --> 01:07:12,027 COME UP AND TAKE ELI'S TIME TO 1993 01:07:12,027 --> 01:07:13,562 FINISH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT? 1994 01:07:13,562 --> 01:07:16,699 THANK YOU. LYDIA, ARE YOU SURE? 1995 01:07:16,699 --> 01:07:19,068 ARE YOU SURE? LYDIA, DO YOU WANT 1996 01:07:19,068 --> 01:07:20,703 TO DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO 1997 01:07:20,703 --> 01:07:24,473 SPEAK? LYDIA OR. ELI? I'M 1998 01:07:24,473 --> 01:07:25,307 SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. ELI, DO YOU 1999 01:07:25,307 --> 01:07:26,509 WANT TO COME SPEAK? LYDIA 2000 01:07:26,509 --> 01:07:27,743 DIDN'T WANT WANT THE TIME. DO 2001 01:07:27,743 --> 01:07:32,681 YOU WANT TO SPEAK? ELI? THE MICS 2002 01:07:32,681 --> 01:07:34,050 JUST CUT OFF AUTOMATICALLY AFTER 2003 01:07:34,050 --> 01:07:34,316 A MINUTE. 2004 01:07:34,316 --> 01:07:36,318 -- THAT DIDN'T TAKE ANY TIME. 2005 01:07:36,318 --> 01:07:37,019 -- GO AHEAD. CAN YOU SPEAK IN 2006 01:07:37,019 --> 01:07:38,821 THE MIC? 2007 01:07:38,821 --> 01:07:39,889 -- HOW ABOUT JUST DON'T CUT OFF 2008 01:07:39,889 --> 01:07:40,589 PEOPLE'S CHEERING? THAT DIDN'T 2009 01:07:40,589 --> 01:07:41,991 TAKE ANY TIME. I'M GOOD AT USING 2010 01:07:41,991 --> 01:07:43,225 MY MINUTE. I KNOW WE HAVE TO GET 2011 01:07:43,225 --> 01:07:44,160 ALONG. 2012 01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:45,995 -- OKAY AWESOME. THANK YOU ELI. 2013 01:07:45,995 --> 01:07:47,263 THE MICS CUT OFF AFTER A MINUTE. 2014 01:07:47,263 --> 01:07:50,032 BUT I'M NOT CUTTING PEOPLE OFF. 2015 01:07:50,032 --> 01:07:51,901 USUALLY WE LET PEOPLE FINISH 2016 01:07:51,901 --> 01:07:53,536 THEIR COMMENT AND TRYING TO BE 2017 01:07:53,536 --> 01:07:56,338 RESPECTFUL ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 2018 01:07:56,338 --> 01:07:56,972 SO CHANEL FOLLOWED BY TODD, ARE 2019 01:07:56,972 --> 01:08:02,211 YOU CHANEL? NO. CHANEL HEAR 2020 01:08:02,211 --> 01:08:05,181 HORNS. HORNER NO. OKAY, AWESOME. 2021 01:08:05,181 --> 01:08:07,917 TODD IS TODD HERE? WELCOME, 2022 01:08:07,917 --> 01:08:12,621 TODD. AND THEN JAZZ OKAY. 2023 01:08:12,621 --> 01:08:12,888 -- YEAH. 2024 01:08:12,888 --> 01:08:15,424 -- MY NAME IS TODD HAAS. I'M 2025 01:08:15,424 --> 01:08:17,927 WITH CHAIR WHEELS TENT CITY FOR 2026 01:08:17,927 --> 01:08:19,829 HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS. IT IS 2027 01:08:19,829 --> 01:08:21,564 DEEPLY CONCERNING TO OUR 2028 01:08:21,564 --> 01:08:23,099 COMMUNITY THAT WITH THE PROPOSED 2029 01:08:23,099 --> 01:08:24,066 LEGISLATION, PEOPLE WITHOUT A 2030 01:08:24,066 --> 01:08:25,935 PERMIT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PARK 2031 01:08:25,935 --> 01:08:27,736 ANYWHERE ON CITY STREETS 2032 01:08:27,736 --> 01:08:29,305 OVERNIGHT OR FOR LONGER THAN TWO 2033 01:08:29,305 --> 01:08:31,407 HOURS DURING THE DAY. PEOPLE 2034 01:08:31,407 --> 01:08:32,441 PARKED WITHOUT A PERMIT COULD 2035 01:08:32,441 --> 01:08:34,543 HAVE THEIR AND ALL THEIR 2036 01:08:34,543 --> 01:08:35,144 BELONGINGS IMPOUNDED WITHOUT 2037 01:08:35,144 --> 01:08:35,811 NOTICE, EVEN IF THEY HAVE 2038 01:08:35,811 --> 01:08:37,580 NOWHERE ELSE TO GO AND NO OTHER 2039 01:08:37,580 --> 01:08:39,181 WAY TO SURVIVE, WHICH IS 2040 01:08:39,181 --> 01:08:43,052 IMMORAL, CAPRICIOUS AND 2041 01:08:43,052 --> 01:08:44,553 ARBITRARY. THE FUNDING TO STAFF 2042 01:08:44,553 --> 01:08:47,356 THE PERMITTING PROGRAM 8FTES IS 2043 01:08:47,356 --> 01:08:49,558 IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH FUNDING 2044 01:08:49,558 --> 01:08:52,261 IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET 2045 01:08:52,261 --> 01:08:52,895 TO ESTABLISH A NEW SAFE PARKING 2046 01:08:52,895 --> 01:08:54,363 LOT, UNLESS THEY COME UP WITH 2047 01:08:54,363 --> 01:08:57,199 MORE MONEY TO DO BOTH. 2048 01:08:57,199 --> 01:08:57,766 ESTABLISHING THE PERMITTING 2049 01:08:57,766 --> 01:08:59,335 PROGRAM WOULD TAKE AWAY FUNDING 2050 01:08:59,335 --> 01:09:01,370 FROM ANOTHER SAFE LOT. YOU KNOW, 2051 01:09:01,370 --> 01:09:04,707 IF YOU JUST INSTEAD OF, YOU 2052 01:09:04,707 --> 01:09:07,209 KNOW, PENALIZING PEOPLE FOR 2053 01:09:07,209 --> 01:09:07,810 PERMITS, YOU COULD SPEND THAT 2054 01:09:07,810 --> 01:09:13,582 MONEY ON A NEW SHELTER, A NEW RV 2055 01:09:13,582 --> 01:09:13,849 SAFE LOT. 2056 01:09:13,849 --> 01:09:14,617 -- THANK YOU. TODD. 2057 01:09:14,617 --> 01:09:14,950 -- [APPLAUSE] 2058 01:09:14,950 --> 01:09:18,687 -- NEXT, WE HAVE JAZZ. WELCOME, 2059 01:09:18,687 --> 01:09:20,222 JAZZ, FOLLOWED BY JESSICA, 2060 01:09:20,222 --> 01:09:23,192 CHLOE, AND THEN TARA. WELCOME. 2061 01:09:23,192 --> 01:09:23,392 ALL. 2062 01:09:23,392 --> 01:09:25,327 -- HI THERE. MY NAME IS JAZZ. 2063 01:09:25,327 --> 01:09:27,029 I'M FROM CHAIR JUAREZ TENT CITY 2064 01:09:27,029 --> 01:09:28,664 THREE. THE PROPOSED PERMITTING 2065 01:09:28,664 --> 01:09:30,566 SYSTEM AS IT IS CURRENTLY IS 2066 01:09:30,566 --> 01:09:32,568 IMMORAL AND DIVERTING FUNDING 2067 01:09:32,568 --> 01:09:33,969 AWAY FROM FUNDING NECESSARY FOR 2068 01:09:33,969 --> 01:09:36,105 MORE SHELTERS AND SERVICES TO 2069 01:09:36,105 --> 01:09:36,739 UNJUST POLICING AND PUNISHMENT 2070 01:09:36,739 --> 01:09:38,340 OF THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY HAVE. 2071 01:09:38,340 --> 01:09:39,642 BASICALLY NOTHING. IT WOULD 2072 01:09:39,642 --> 01:09:41,977 SIMPLY EXACERBATE THE CURRENT 2073 01:09:41,977 --> 01:09:42,611 HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS 2074 01:09:42,611 --> 01:09:45,581 IN THE CITY AND FORCING CAMPERS 2075 01:09:45,581 --> 01:09:48,551 OUT INTO THE GREATER KING COUNTY 2076 01:09:48,551 --> 01:09:50,653 AREA. RIGHT HERE I HAVE A LETTER 2077 01:09:50,653 --> 01:09:52,888 FROM CHAIR. WE'LL AS A 2078 01:09:52,888 --> 01:09:53,455 COLLECTIVE FOR THE CLERK TO 2079 01:09:53,455 --> 01:09:54,657 DISTRIBUTE AT THEIR LEISURE. 2080 01:09:54,657 --> 01:09:55,591 THANK YOU. 2081 01:09:55,591 --> 01:09:56,358 -- IF YOU COULD YOU PUT IT IN 2082 01:09:56,358 --> 01:09:57,526 THE BOX FOR ME, PLEASE? THAT 2083 01:09:57,526 --> 01:09:59,161 WOULD BE PERFECT. THANK YOU 2084 01:09:59,161 --> 01:10:01,997 JAZZ. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU 2085 01:10:01,997 --> 01:10:03,632 SO MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE JESSICA, 2086 01:10:03,632 --> 01:10:04,633 FOLLOWED BY CHLOE. WELCOME. IS 2087 01:10:04,633 --> 01:10:07,002 IT IS IT JESSICA? YES. AWESOME. 2088 01:10:07,002 --> 01:10:08,370 WELCOME. COME ON. FORWARD CHLOE. 2089 01:10:08,370 --> 01:10:10,139 AND THEN TARA, WELCOME. 2090 01:10:10,139 --> 01:10:11,774 -- HI. 2091 01:10:11,774 --> 01:10:13,576 -- HI, COUNCILMEMBER. I'M 2092 01:10:13,576 --> 01:10:15,711 JESSICA, I'M REPRESENTATIVE OF 2093 01:10:15,711 --> 01:10:18,681 CHER AND I LIVE ON. YES AT Y2K 2094 01:10:18,681 --> 01:10:24,653 AND THIS RV PERMIT IS IMMORAL. 2095 01:10:24,653 --> 01:10:26,755 IT'S WRONG. AND YOU'RE 2096 01:10:26,755 --> 01:10:28,791 PUNISHING PEOPLE BY LIVING IN 2097 01:10:28,791 --> 01:10:32,695 YOUR CITY. AND WE NEED MORE 2098 01:10:32,695 --> 01:10:35,264 FUNDING FOR SHELTERS OR EVEN A 2099 01:10:35,264 --> 01:10:37,333 NEW TENT CITY, SO PLEASE DO THAT 2100 01:10:37,333 --> 01:10:38,767 INSTEAD. THANK YOU. 2101 01:10:38,767 --> 01:10:40,202 -- THANK YOU. JESSICA. NEXT WE 2102 01:10:40,202 --> 01:10:42,238 HAVE CHLOE. WELCOME, CHLOE. AND 2103 01:10:42,238 --> 01:10:44,974 THEN TARA MILLER. WELCOME. 2104 01:10:44,974 --> 01:10:46,976 -- HI. I WORK AT QUEST CHURCH IN 2105 01:10:46,976 --> 01:10:48,377 BALLARD, AND WE OFTEN HAVE RVS 2106 01:10:48,377 --> 01:10:50,045 PARKED OUTSIDE OUR BUILDING AND 2107 01:10:50,045 --> 01:10:51,714 SHARING SPACE WITH ANY OF OUR 2108 01:10:51,714 --> 01:10:52,348 NEIGHBORS COMES WITH ITS HIGHS 2109 01:10:52,348 --> 01:10:53,515 AND LOWS, BUT IT STILL BREAKS MY 2110 01:10:53,515 --> 01:10:54,717 HEART WHEN I PULL INTO WORK IN 2111 01:10:54,717 --> 01:10:55,951 THE MORNING AND SEE THOSE ORANGE 2112 01:10:55,951 --> 01:10:57,119 VESTS AND KNOW THAT RVS ARE 2113 01:10:57,119 --> 01:10:58,287 GETTING TOWED AGAIN, BECAUSE I 2114 01:10:58,287 --> 01:11:00,055 KNOW THEY'LL JUST END UP BACK IN 2115 01:11:00,055 --> 01:11:01,023 THE SAME SPACE IN A FEW WEEKS. 2116 01:11:01,023 --> 01:11:02,992 IT'S JUST SHUFFLING PEOPLE 2117 01:11:02,992 --> 01:11:03,926 AROUND WITHOUT SOLUTIONS. SO I 2118 01:11:03,926 --> 01:11:05,160 WAS EXCITED WHEN I FIRST HEARD 2119 01:11:05,160 --> 01:11:06,595 ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION, 2120 01:11:06,595 --> 01:11:08,297 INVESTING MORE IN OUTREACH 2121 01:11:08,297 --> 01:11:10,065 SERVICES LIKE VRO, THE 2122 01:11:10,065 --> 01:11:11,166 DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE LOTS. BUT I 2123 01:11:11,166 --> 01:11:12,301 CAN ADMIT THAT MY OPINIONS HAVE 2124 01:11:12,301 --> 01:11:13,636 CHANGED, AS I'VE HEARD FROM OUR 2125 01:11:13,636 --> 01:11:15,104 NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE IN RVS AROUND 2126 01:11:15,104 --> 01:11:16,939 OUR CHURCH, AND I HEAR THEIR 2127 01:11:16,939 --> 01:11:17,906 SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENTS AND MORE 2128 01:11:17,906 --> 01:11:19,875 RV SAFE LOTS AND MORE SUPPORTIVE 2129 01:11:19,875 --> 01:11:20,476 OUTREACH. BUT I ALSO HEAR THE 2130 01:11:20,476 --> 01:11:22,077 HARM THAT WILL BE CAUSED BY A 2131 01:11:22,077 --> 01:11:23,912 RESTRICTIVE PERMITTING SYSTEM 2132 01:11:23,912 --> 01:11:25,214 AND HARSH PUNISHMENTS FOR ANY 2133 01:11:25,214 --> 01:11:26,415 VIOLATIONS. ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS 2134 01:11:26,415 --> 01:11:27,650 EXPRESSED THAT HE DOESN'T 2135 01:11:27,650 --> 01:11:28,684 CONSIDER HIMSELF HOMELESS. HIS 2136 01:11:28,684 --> 01:11:30,119 RV IS HIS HOME, AND THE THREAT 2137 01:11:30,119 --> 01:11:31,487 OF THAT HOME BEING IMPOUNDED IS 2138 01:11:31,487 --> 01:11:32,955 ONLY GOING TO WORSEN THE HOUSING 2139 01:11:32,955 --> 01:11:34,790 CRISIS IN OUR CITY. SO I WANT TO 2140 01:11:34,790 --> 01:11:36,392 BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL CAN 2141 01:11:36,392 --> 01:11:37,026 FIND A SOLUTION THAT DOESN'T 2142 01:11:37,026 --> 01:11:38,894 CONTINUE TO TREAT RVS LIKE AN 2143 01:11:38,894 --> 01:11:40,062 EYESORE TO DISPOSE OF, BUT 2144 01:11:40,062 --> 01:11:41,063 HONORS, RIGHT THAT EVERY 2145 01:11:41,063 --> 01:11:42,364 RESIDENT OF THE CITY HAS TO 2146 01:11:42,364 --> 01:11:44,266 SHELTER WHILE CREATING A SAFE 2147 01:11:44,266 --> 01:11:44,700 SPACE FOR EVERYONE. 2148 01:11:44,700 --> 01:11:46,068 -- THANK YOU 2149 01:11:46,068 --> 01:11:46,402 -- [APPLAUSE] 2150 01:11:46,402 --> 01:11:46,669 -- CHLOE. 2151 01:11:46,669 --> 01:11:47,002 -- [APPLAUSE] 2152 01:11:47,002 --> 01:11:50,105 -- NEXT, WE HAVE. 2153 01:11:50,105 --> 01:11:51,306 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 2154 01:11:51,306 --> 01:11:52,775 TARA MILLER. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2155 01:11:52,775 --> 01:11:53,876 FIVE AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE 2156 01:11:53,876 --> 01:11:55,310 DIRECTOR OF THE CHURCH COUNCIL 2157 01:11:55,310 --> 01:11:56,712 OF GREATER SEATTLE. WE ASK YOU 2158 01:11:56,712 --> 01:11:58,781 TO CREATE THE MOST ROBUST ACCESS 2159 01:11:58,781 --> 01:12:01,617 TO RV PARKING IN SEATTLE, AND TO 2160 01:12:01,617 --> 01:12:03,485 LEGISLATE FROM A PLACE OF 2161 01:12:03,485 --> 01:12:04,019 ABUNDANCE. THIS PROPOSED 2162 01:12:04,019 --> 01:12:04,787 LEGISLATION COMES FROM A PLACE 2163 01:12:04,787 --> 01:12:08,090 OF SCARCITY, A COST PROHIBITIVE 2164 01:12:08,090 --> 01:12:09,925 PERMITTING PROCESS. ONLY ONE 2165 01:12:09,925 --> 01:12:11,960 WINDOW TO APPLY FOR PERMITS, 2166 01:12:11,960 --> 01:12:12,528 FORCED FORCING RV RESIDENTS 2167 01:12:12,528 --> 01:12:13,529 WITHOUT PERMITS TO LEAVE THEIR 2168 01:12:13,529 --> 01:12:15,964 HOMES OR FACE IMPOUNDMENT, AND 2169 01:12:15,964 --> 01:12:17,399 GREATLY LIMITING WHERE RVS CAN 2170 01:12:17,399 --> 01:12:18,534 PARK. WHEN I MOVED TO SEATTLE, I 2171 01:12:18,534 --> 01:12:20,669 WORKED IN FAMILY SHELTERS FOR 2172 01:12:20,669 --> 01:12:21,870 FIVE YEARS. ONE AREA OF OUR WORK 2173 01:12:21,870 --> 01:12:23,706 WAS PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE 2174 01:12:23,706 --> 01:12:25,007 OUTREACH TO SUPPORT FAMILIES WHO 2175 01:12:25,007 --> 01:12:26,108 ARE LIVING IN RVS OR CARS TO BE 2176 01:12:26,108 --> 01:12:27,609 ABLE TO MOVE DIRECTLY INTO 2177 01:12:27,609 --> 01:12:29,378 HOUSING AND AVOID NEEDING TO 2178 01:12:29,378 --> 01:12:30,612 STAY IN SHELTER FIRST. WHEN OUR 2179 01:12:30,612 --> 01:12:32,414 NEIGHBORS FACE ECONOMIC, 2180 01:12:32,414 --> 01:12:35,050 ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, AUTONOMY IS 2181 01:12:35,050 --> 01:12:36,085 EVERYTHING. TRUSTING THE PEOPLE 2182 01:12:36,085 --> 01:12:37,720 CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEM TO KNOW 2183 01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:38,620 WHAT SOLUTIONS ARE IDEAL FOR 2184 01:12:38,620 --> 01:12:40,489 THEM, AS WE'VE HEARD TODAY, IS 2185 01:12:40,489 --> 01:12:42,391 HOW WE PRIORITIZE EACH OTHER'S 2186 01:12:42,391 --> 01:12:44,026 HUMANITY'S IN THE MIDST OF AN 2187 01:12:44,026 --> 01:12:45,094 INCREASINGLY UNAFFORDABLE CITY. 2188 01:12:45,094 --> 01:12:46,495 AND IT'S HOW WE LEAD FROM 2189 01:12:46,495 --> 01:12:47,062 ABUNDANCE. PLEASE LISTEN TO 2190 01:12:47,062 --> 01:12:50,432 THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING TODAY. 2191 01:12:50,432 --> 01:12:52,067 -- THANK YOU. AND NEXT WE HAVE. 2192 01:12:52,067 --> 01:12:53,836 ARE YOU RACHEL? AWESOME. OKAY, 2193 01:12:53,836 --> 01:12:56,338 SO LET ME READ THE NEXT TEN. WE 2194 01:12:56,338 --> 01:12:58,874 HAVE RACHEL, MARGARET, CRYSTAL. 2195 01:12:58,874 --> 01:13:01,477 EMMA, ASHLEY, SAM. GUINEVERE. 2196 01:13:01,477 --> 01:13:03,579 BENNETT, HANNAH AND ALLISON. AND 2197 01:13:03,579 --> 01:13:07,483 IF YOU ARE ONLINE, WE HAVE ABOUT 2198 01:13:07,483 --> 01:13:08,751 DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS 2199 01:13:08,751 --> 01:13:10,986 SIGNED UP? ONE MORE. OKAY, SO WE 2200 01:13:10,986 --> 01:13:13,055 HAVE 13 MORE SPEAKERS IN PERSON. 2201 01:13:13,055 --> 01:13:17,359 SO IN ABOUT 330 ISH, WE ARE 2202 01:13:17,359 --> 01:13:19,061 GOING TO COME ONLINE. WELCOME, 2203 01:13:19,061 --> 01:13:19,294 RACHEL. 2204 01:13:19,294 --> 01:13:20,395 -- GREAT. 2205 01:13:20,395 --> 01:13:20,829 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. 2206 01:13:20,829 --> 01:13:22,331 -- MY NAME IS RACHEL AND I'M 2207 01:13:22,331 --> 01:13:24,500 WITH THE CHURCH COUNCIL OF 2208 01:13:24,500 --> 01:13:27,503 SEATTLE. AS WE ALL KNOW, HOUSING 2209 01:13:27,503 --> 01:13:27,970 IN SEATTLE IS DEEPLY 2210 01:13:27,970 --> 01:13:29,605 UNAFFORDABLE AND RV LIVING FOR 2211 01:13:29,605 --> 01:13:30,973 MANY PEOPLE IS NOT THEIR FIRST 2212 01:13:30,973 --> 01:13:33,008 OPTION, BUT A CREATIVE SOLUTION 2213 01:13:33,008 --> 01:13:36,044 IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. I 2214 01:13:36,044 --> 01:13:38,847 HAVE A FRIEND, ISABEL, WHO IS 2215 01:13:38,847 --> 01:13:40,048 FROM VENEZUELA, AND WHEN SHE 2216 01:13:40,048 --> 01:13:42,751 CAME TO THE US, SHE ENDED UP 2217 01:13:42,751 --> 01:13:44,253 HAVING TO LEAVE HER APARTMENT 2218 01:13:44,253 --> 01:13:46,655 BECAUSE SHE WAS A SURVIVOR OF 2219 01:13:46,655 --> 01:13:48,223 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WHEN HER 2220 01:13:48,223 --> 01:13:49,892 STATUS WAS TAKEN OVERNIGHT BY 2221 01:13:49,892 --> 01:13:51,360 THIS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, SHE 2222 01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:53,362 WAS NOT ABLE TO WORK AND 2223 01:13:53,362 --> 01:13:53,929 ACTUALLY AFFORD A DIGNIFIED 2224 01:13:53,929 --> 01:13:56,365 PLACE TO LIVE. SO HER CREATIVE 2225 01:13:56,365 --> 01:13:57,533 SOLUTION WAS TO FIND AN RV WHERE 2226 01:13:57,533 --> 01:13:59,101 SHE AND HER SON COULD LIVE 2227 01:13:59,101 --> 01:14:02,404 SAFELY. I KNOW THAT WE NEED MORE 2228 01:14:02,404 --> 01:14:03,906 SHELTER. WE NEED MORE SAFE LOTS. 2229 01:14:03,906 --> 01:14:06,675 WE NEED MORE SERVICES FOR 2230 01:14:06,675 --> 01:14:07,309 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 2231 01:14:07,309 --> 01:14:09,711 AS WELL AS PROTECTIONS FOR OUR 2232 01:14:09,711 --> 01:14:11,780 IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. BUT WE WHEN 2233 01:14:11,780 --> 01:14:14,716 WE HAVE LIMITED SHELTER, 2234 01:14:14,716 --> 01:14:16,752 CRIMINALIZING AND PERSECUTING 2235 01:14:16,752 --> 01:14:17,953 THOSE IN RVS IS NOT THE ANSWER. 2236 01:14:17,953 --> 01:14:20,055 I ASK THAT YOU SLOW THIS DOWN 2237 01:14:20,055 --> 01:14:21,089 AND LISTEN TO THE FOLKS HERE 2238 01:14:21,089 --> 01:14:22,591 TODAY THAT ARE TELLING YOU WHAT 2239 01:14:22,591 --> 01:14:24,193 THE SOLUTION REALLY IS. 2240 01:14:24,193 --> 01:14:25,794 -- THANK YOU. RACHEL. NEXT WE 2241 01:14:25,794 --> 01:14:27,930 HAVE MARGARET, FOLLOWED BY 2242 01:14:27,930 --> 01:14:30,766 CRYSTAL, EMMA. ASHLEY. SAM, 2243 01:14:30,766 --> 01:14:31,033 WELCOME. 2244 01:14:31,033 --> 01:14:31,934 -- HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M 2245 01:14:31,934 --> 01:14:34,069 MARGARET SHIELDS SPEAKING ABOUT 2246 01:14:34,069 --> 01:14:35,037 THE RV LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE. SO 2247 01:14:35,037 --> 01:14:36,738 THIS IS VERY CHALLENGING FOR THE 2248 01:14:36,738 --> 01:14:37,606 HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE THAT 2249 01:14:37,606 --> 01:14:39,341 I'M PART OF IN LAKE CITY. AND I 2250 01:14:39,341 --> 01:14:41,176 HOPE YOU COULD READ OUR DETAILED 2251 01:14:41,176 --> 01:14:42,678 EMAIL. CREATING PATHWAYS FROM 2252 01:14:42,678 --> 01:14:44,179 LIVING IN AN RV ON THE STREETS 2253 01:14:44,179 --> 01:14:46,682 TO PERMANENT HOUSING IS SO 2254 01:14:46,682 --> 01:14:48,317 SORELY NEEDED, BUT THE TIME 2255 01:14:48,317 --> 01:14:49,985 FRAME IS TOO SHORT FOR THE 2256 01:14:49,985 --> 01:14:51,954 CENSUS OUTREACH. CREATING SAFE 2257 01:14:51,954 --> 01:14:52,554 LOTS AND FINDING APPROPRIATE 2258 01:14:52,554 --> 01:14:53,755 HOUSING. THAT GOOD WORK IS GOING 2259 01:14:53,755 --> 01:14:56,558 TO CRASH RIGHT INTO THE START OF 2260 01:14:56,558 --> 01:14:57,960 THE ONE TIME ONLY RV PERMITS, 2261 01:14:57,960 --> 01:14:59,561 THE PARKING BANS TOWING VEHICLES 2262 01:14:59,561 --> 01:15:00,662 WITHOUT NOTICE, AND THAT IS 2263 01:15:00,662 --> 01:15:02,497 GOING TO PUT MORE UNHOUSED 2264 01:15:02,497 --> 01:15:03,932 PEOPLE ONTO OUR STREETS AND INTO 2265 01:15:03,932 --> 01:15:06,668 OUR PARKS. SO THE APPROPRIATION 2266 01:15:06,668 --> 01:15:08,437 ALSO DOESN'T EXPLAIN HOW THE 5 2267 01:15:08,437 --> 01:15:10,305 MILLION WILL BE SPENT, AND MANY 2268 01:15:10,305 --> 01:15:12,574 COSTS ARE UNCERTAIN. GLACIER 2269 01:15:12,574 --> 01:15:14,142 COMMONS ALONE WILL COST 3.36 2270 01:15:14,142 --> 01:15:15,944 MILLION, AND HUNDREDS MORE RV 2271 01:15:15,944 --> 01:15:17,512 SPOTS WILL BE NEEDED. SO HOW 2272 01:15:17,512 --> 01:15:18,847 MUCH OF THE 5 MILLION WILL 2273 01:15:18,847 --> 01:15:20,048 ACTUALLY GO TO RV SAFE LOTS AND 2274 01:15:20,048 --> 01:15:22,084 HOUSING? OR WILL THE ENFORCEMENT 2275 01:15:22,084 --> 01:15:25,254 PROGRAM SUCK AWAY ALL THE FUNDS? 2276 01:15:25,254 --> 01:15:25,721 I GREATLY APPRECIATE 2277 01:15:25,721 --> 01:15:27,055 COUNCILMEMBER LYNN'S CHANGE TO 2278 01:15:27,055 --> 01:15:28,290 CREATE A VRAP WORKING GROUP AS A 2279 01:15:28,290 --> 01:15:31,193 BIT OF A CHECKPOINT, PLEASE 2280 01:15:31,193 --> 01:15:32,294 INCLUDE KNOWLEDGEABLE COMMUNITY 2281 01:15:32,294 --> 01:15:33,295 MEMBERS BECAUSE WE ALL SEE THE 2282 01:15:33,295 --> 01:15:35,330 IMPACTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, 2283 01:15:35,330 --> 01:15:37,232 GOOD AND BAD. THIS ARGUMENT IS 2284 01:15:37,232 --> 01:15:38,600 TOO IMPORTANT TO FAIL. PLEASE 2285 01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:39,434 FIX IT. 2286 01:15:39,434 --> 01:15:41,503 -- THANK YOU. MARGARET. NEXT WE 2287 01:15:41,503 --> 01:15:44,072 HAVE KRYSTAL, FOLLOWED BY EMMA, 2288 01:15:44,072 --> 01:15:47,876 ASHLEY, SAM, GUINEVERE, BENNETT. 2289 01:15:47,876 --> 01:15:48,210 -- OKAY, SO. 2290 01:15:48,210 --> 01:15:49,611 -- LAST MONDAY, SWEDISH. 2291 01:15:49,611 --> 01:15:50,579 -- HOSPITAL IN BALLARD WAS PUT 2292 01:15:50,579 --> 01:15:52,581 ON LOCKDOWN FOR AN HOUR, WHICH 2293 01:15:52,581 --> 01:15:54,082 CAUSED ALL EMERGENCIES TO BE 2294 01:15:54,082 --> 01:15:54,683 REROUTED BECAUSE THERE WAS A 2295 01:15:54,683 --> 01:15:55,784 TRUCK PARKED NEAR THE ENTRANCE 2296 01:15:55,784 --> 01:15:56,785 TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, WITH A 2297 01:15:56,785 --> 01:15:58,420 MAN SLUMPED OVER THE STEERING 2298 01:15:58,420 --> 01:16:00,289 WHEEL. SPD DECIDED TO RESPOND TO 2299 01:16:00,289 --> 01:16:01,657 THIS WELFARE CHECK BY BRINGING 2300 01:16:01,657 --> 01:16:03,892 OUT A BATTALION OF 20 OFFICERS. 2301 01:16:03,892 --> 01:16:05,360 AND THEN, WHEN THE MAN DID NOT 2302 01:16:05,360 --> 01:16:06,929 RESPOND TO THEIR COMMANDS, THEY 2303 01:16:06,929 --> 01:16:08,530 DECIDED TO TAKE TARGET PRACTICE 2304 01:16:08,530 --> 01:16:10,132 ON HIM WITH LESS THAN LETHAL 2305 01:16:10,132 --> 01:16:11,567 NINE MILLIMETER ROUNDS, RATHER 2306 01:16:11,567 --> 01:16:13,035 THAN AN ATTEMPT TO EVEN OPEN HIS 2307 01:16:13,035 --> 01:16:17,239 DOOR. THE MAN WAS DEAD. SO NOW 2308 01:16:17,239 --> 01:16:18,840 FPD HAS GRADUATED FROM MURDERING 2309 01:16:18,840 --> 01:16:20,142 AND SHOOTING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 2310 01:16:20,142 --> 01:16:22,878 CRISIS TO DESECRATING THE BODY 2311 01:16:22,878 --> 01:16:24,112 OF THE DEAD OUTSIDE OF OUR 2312 01:16:24,112 --> 01:16:26,148 HOSPITALS, MAKING THEM GO INTO 2313 01:16:26,148 --> 01:16:27,683 LOCKDOWN WHILE THEY ENGAGE IN 2314 01:16:27,683 --> 01:16:30,552 TARGET PRACTICE. HOW WOULD YOU 2315 01:16:30,552 --> 01:16:33,088 LIKE TO RECEIVE THE BODY OF YOUR 2316 01:16:33,088 --> 01:16:33,655 LOVED ONE RIDDLED WITH NINE 2317 01:16:33,655 --> 01:16:35,991 MILLIMETER HOLES, PUT THERE BY 2318 01:16:35,991 --> 01:16:37,826 SPD AFTER HE DIED OF CARDIAC 2319 01:16:37,826 --> 01:16:38,160 -- [LAUGHTER] 2320 01:16:38,160 --> 01:16:38,460 -- ARREST? 2321 01:16:38,460 --> 01:16:38,794 -- [LAUGHTER] 2322 01:16:38,794 --> 01:16:40,262 -- THAT WAS AN ACT OF STATE 2323 01:16:40,262 --> 01:16:42,431 TERRORISM, AND NONE OF YOU HAVE 2324 01:16:42,431 --> 01:16:44,299 SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SO WHILE 2325 01:16:44,299 --> 01:16:46,068 YOU ARE BEMOANING THE COST OF 2326 01:16:46,068 --> 01:16:47,569 PUBLIC BATHROOMS, NONE OF YOU 2327 01:16:47,569 --> 01:16:49,037 QUESTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT THE 2328 01:16:49,037 --> 01:16:49,304 COMMUNITY 2329 01:16:49,304 --> 01:16:49,638 -- [LAUGHTER] 2330 01:16:49,638 --> 01:16:51,039 -- IMPACT OF SPD, ABOUT ITS USES 2331 01:16:51,039 --> 01:16:53,542 OF FORCE, HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING 2332 01:16:53,542 --> 01:16:55,010 US, AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN 2333 01:16:55,010 --> 01:16:56,378 LAWSUITS WHILE YOU SOLELY FOCUS 2334 01:16:56,378 --> 01:16:58,613 ON SOME ISSUES. 2335 01:16:58,613 --> 01:16:58,947 -- THANK YOU. 2336 01:16:58,947 --> 01:17:00,549 -- CRYSTAL DOES NEEDED ON OUR 2337 01:17:00,549 --> 01:17:00,882 -- [LAUGHTER] 2338 01:17:00,882 --> 01:17:02,150 -- STREETS THAT WAS MADE UP BY 2339 01:17:02,150 --> 01:17:03,485 THIS CONSULTANT. 2340 01:17:03,485 --> 01:17:03,919 -- THANK YOU CHRIS. 2341 01:17:03,919 --> 01:17:07,923 -- TO EXERCISE TRACKS ON SPD NOT 2342 01:17:07,923 --> 01:17:11,526 GIVE THEM A BLANK CHECK. 2343 01:17:11,526 --> 01:17:11,793 -- THANK 2344 01:17:11,793 --> 01:17:12,127 -- [APPLAUSE] 2345 01:17:12,127 --> 01:17:12,494 -- YOU CRYSTAL. 2346 01:17:12,494 --> 01:17:19,668 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 2347 01:17:19,668 --> 01:17:20,602 -- EMMA. AND AT THE END OF THIS 2348 01:17:20,602 --> 01:17:22,237 MEETING AND I'LL TALK TO YOU. 2349 01:17:22,237 --> 01:17:24,873 CRYSTAL OUTSIDE. BUT I AM GOING 2350 01:17:24,873 --> 01:17:27,409 TO ADDRESS YOUR SIGN AND AND I 2351 01:17:27,409 --> 01:17:29,878 WILL ADDRESS THE SIGN. THANK 2352 01:17:29,878 --> 01:17:30,178 YOU. EMMA. 2353 01:17:30,178 --> 01:17:33,248 -- HI. I'M EMMA AND I LIVE VERY 2354 01:17:33,248 --> 01:17:34,950 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 25th 2355 01:17:34,950 --> 01:17:36,485 AVENUE SOUTH AND RAINIER AVENUE. 2356 01:17:36,485 --> 01:17:38,120 THIS IS AN INTERSECTION THAT 2357 01:17:38,120 --> 01:17:39,454 SHOULD BE PART OF A 15 MINUTE 2358 01:17:39,454 --> 01:17:40,589 CITY. THERE'S A SUBWAY, 2359 01:17:40,589 --> 01:17:41,590 THERE'S A TACO TIME. THERE'S 2360 01:17:41,590 --> 01:17:43,792 CVS, RIGHT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, 2361 01:17:43,792 --> 01:17:45,027 THERE'S ALSO AN ENCAMPMENT. 2362 01:17:45,027 --> 01:17:46,495 THIS ENCAMPMENT HAS BEEN THERE 2363 01:17:46,495 --> 01:17:48,096 FOR MANY YEARS. WE ALL KNOW WHAT 2364 01:17:48,096 --> 01:17:48,730 ENCAMPMENT LOOKS LIKE. WE KNOW 2365 01:17:48,730 --> 01:17:49,931 THAT THERE ARE OPEN FIRES. WE 2366 01:17:49,931 --> 01:17:51,700 KNOW THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS 2367 01:17:51,700 --> 01:17:53,568 SCREAMING IN THE STREET THERE 2368 01:17:53,568 --> 01:17:54,136 CATCALLING THERE, EXTENSION 2369 01:17:54,136 --> 01:17:56,104 CORDS. RIGHT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE 2370 01:17:56,104 --> 01:17:57,305 HERE TALKING ABOUT THE TENTS AND 2371 01:17:57,305 --> 01:17:59,107 THE RVS. I FEEL VERY 2372 01:17:59,107 --> 01:18:01,309 DISAPPOINTED TO OFTEN HEAR THAT 2373 01:18:01,309 --> 01:18:02,644 PUBLIC SAFETY IS REDUCED TO A 2374 01:18:02,644 --> 01:18:04,212 MATTER OF NIMBYS OR CURB APPEAL, 2375 01:18:04,212 --> 01:18:05,714 WHEN REALLY PUBLIC SAFETY AND A 2376 01:18:05,714 --> 01:18:07,582 FAILURE TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY 2377 01:18:07,582 --> 01:18:08,917 IS A FAILURE OF OUR PUBLIC 2378 01:18:08,917 --> 01:18:11,219 SPACES. WHEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE 2379 01:18:11,219 --> 01:18:12,654 MORE RESOURCES CANNOT FEEL SAFE 2380 01:18:12,654 --> 01:18:13,388 BEING IN THE PUBLIC, BEING IN 2381 01:18:13,388 --> 01:18:15,290 OUR COMMUNITY, THEY WILL DRIVE. 2382 01:18:15,290 --> 01:18:17,592 THEY WILL LEAN ON THEIR EMPLOYER 2383 01:18:17,592 --> 01:18:19,227 SUPPORTED BENEFITS. THEY'LL EAT 2384 01:18:19,227 --> 01:18:19,895 AT THE CAFETERIAS. THEY'LL BUY, 2385 01:18:19,895 --> 01:18:21,430 YOU KNOW, PAY THROUGH THE NOSE 2386 01:18:21,430 --> 01:18:22,431 FOR THESE LUXURY APARTMENTS 2387 01:18:22,431 --> 01:18:23,098 INSTEAD OF BEING PART OF THE 2388 01:18:23,098 --> 01:18:24,266 PARKS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT 2389 01:18:24,266 --> 01:18:26,034 TO BE SCREAMED AT. SO I'M HERE 2390 01:18:26,034 --> 01:18:28,870 TO SAY THAT THERE IS A COMMUNITY 2391 01:18:28,870 --> 01:18:29,337 INTEREST. THERE IS A 2392 01:18:29,337 --> 01:18:30,872 COMPASSIONATE INTEREST IN 2393 01:18:30,872 --> 01:18:31,740 PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY. AND 2394 01:18:31,740 --> 01:18:33,241 PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT 25th 2395 01:18:33,241 --> 01:18:35,410 AND. 2396 01:18:35,410 --> 01:18:36,611 -- THANK YOU, EMMA. NEXT WE HAVE 2397 01:18:36,611 --> 01:18:39,414 ASHLEY, FOLLOWED BY SAM AND 2398 01:18:39,414 --> 01:18:41,283 GUINEVERE. WELCOME, ASHLEY. 2399 01:18:41,283 --> 01:18:43,785 -- HI, I'M ASHLEY WITH PDA AND 2400 01:18:43,785 --> 01:18:45,420 WE HAVE A SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT 2401 01:18:45,420 --> 01:18:48,757 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RELATED TO 2402 01:18:48,757 --> 01:18:50,659 VRAP. CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS 2403 01:18:50,659 --> 01:18:53,095 ALREADY COME WITH PLENTY OF 2404 01:18:53,095 --> 01:18:53,695 CONSEQUENCES, INCLUDING JAIL 2405 01:18:53,695 --> 01:18:56,331 TIME AND FINES, AND IT'S NOT 2406 01:18:56,331 --> 01:18:56,832 CONSTRUCTIVE TO IMPOSE 2407 01:18:56,832 --> 01:18:58,533 ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL 2408 01:18:58,533 --> 01:18:59,134 CONSEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY FOR 2409 01:18:59,134 --> 01:19:00,936 PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVELY WORKING 2410 01:19:00,936 --> 01:19:01,870 TOWARDS STABILIZATION, WHICH IS 2411 01:19:01,870 --> 01:19:04,873 THE GOAL OF THESE PERMITS. IF 2412 01:19:04,873 --> 01:19:05,874 PEOPLE AREN'T WORKING WITH CASE 2413 01:19:05,874 --> 01:19:07,008 MANAGERS, THEY ALREADY LOSE 2414 01:19:07,008 --> 01:19:08,810 THEIR PERMIT UNDER THE CURRENT 2415 01:19:08,810 --> 01:19:10,345 LEGISLATION, AND WE DON'T EVICT 2416 01:19:10,345 --> 01:19:12,013 PEOPLE FROM SEATTLE HOUSING 2417 01:19:12,013 --> 01:19:14,282 AUTHORITY OR PULL THEIR FRESH 2418 01:19:14,282 --> 01:19:14,783 BUCKS BASED ON CRIMINAL 2419 01:19:14,783 --> 01:19:16,618 CONVICTION. THIS AMENDMENT 2420 01:19:16,618 --> 01:19:17,519 PROPOSES EVEN PULLING A PERMIT 2421 01:19:17,519 --> 01:19:18,487 WHEN A PERSON HAS ENTERED A 2422 01:19:18,487 --> 01:19:20,122 DIVERSION OR DEFERRED 2423 01:19:20,122 --> 01:19:22,257 PROSECUTION AGREEMENT. OFFICERS 2424 01:19:22,257 --> 01:19:24,459 DIVERT PEOPLE AND PROSECUTORS 2425 01:19:24,459 --> 01:19:24,993 ENTER THEM INTO DEFERRED 2426 01:19:24,993 --> 01:19:26,361 AGREEMENTS AND COURTS APPROVE 2427 01:19:26,361 --> 01:19:27,829 THEM, OFTEN WITH THE EXPECTATION 2428 01:19:27,829 --> 01:19:29,698 THAT PEOPLE FOLLOW THROUGH ON 2429 01:19:29,698 --> 01:19:31,700 CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. IT WOULD 2430 01:19:31,700 --> 01:19:32,334 BE INCREDIBLY DESTABILIZING IF, 2431 01:19:32,334 --> 01:19:32,934 AFTER THEY ENTER INTO ONE OF 2432 01:19:32,934 --> 01:19:34,603 THOSE AGREEMENTS, THEY'RE ASKED 2433 01:19:34,603 --> 01:19:36,605 TO ABANDON WHERE THEY'RE LIVING 2434 01:19:36,605 --> 01:19:37,672 OR REGULARLY RELOCATE. SO PLEASE 2435 01:19:37,672 --> 01:19:39,741 VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT C. 2436 01:19:39,741 --> 01:19:40,842 -- THANK YOU. ASHLEY. NEXT WE 2437 01:19:40,842 --> 01:19:44,379 HAVE SAM, FOLLOWED BY GUINEVERE. 2438 01:19:44,379 --> 01:19:44,713 WELCOME, SAM. 2439 01:19:44,713 --> 01:19:46,248 -- HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS. 2440 01:19:46,248 --> 01:19:47,883 -- SAM WOLF, ALSO WITH PDA, AND 2441 01:19:47,883 --> 01:19:49,618 I'M HERE FOR VRAP. I HAVE 2442 01:19:49,618 --> 01:19:51,253 CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMENDMENT TO 2443 01:19:51,253 --> 01:19:53,188 DENY PERMITS BASED ON CRIMINAL 2444 01:19:53,188 --> 01:19:54,856 HISTORY, CONVICTIONS INCLUDED IN 2445 01:19:54,856 --> 01:19:55,791 THE AMENDMENT ARE NOT USED AS 2446 01:19:55,791 --> 01:19:57,392 GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION FROM OTHER 2447 01:19:57,392 --> 01:19:59,094 SERVICES. AND VERY NOTABLY, 2448 01:19:59,094 --> 01:20:00,662 DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE ONE 2449 01:20:00,662 --> 01:20:02,430 INELIGIBLE FOR THE SHELTERS THAT 2450 01:20:02,430 --> 01:20:04,566 VRAP SEEKS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO. 2451 01:20:04,566 --> 01:20:06,868 IF WE CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS 2452 01:20:06,868 --> 01:20:07,502 BASED ON INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS, 2453 01:20:07,502 --> 01:20:08,570 THEN THE SYSTEM WILL BE 2454 01:20:08,570 --> 01:20:09,571 INACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO NEED 2455 01:20:09,571 --> 01:20:12,607 IT. TO THAT END, I APPRECIATE 2456 01:20:12,607 --> 01:20:13,208 THE SPACE THAT COUNCILMEMBER 2457 01:20:13,208 --> 01:20:13,942 STRAUSS HAS HELD TO DISCUSS THE 2458 01:20:13,942 --> 01:20:16,611 DESIGN OF THIS POLICY. IT'S 2459 01:20:16,611 --> 01:20:17,245 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THESE 2460 01:20:17,245 --> 01:20:17,946 DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE, AND FOR 2461 01:20:17,946 --> 01:20:21,216 THAT REASON, I STRONGLY SUPPORT 2462 01:20:21,216 --> 01:20:21,750 THE PRE THE PROPOSED PRE 2463 01:20:21,750 --> 01:20:22,818 IMPLEMENTATION WORK GROUP. WE 2464 01:20:22,818 --> 01:20:25,620 NEED TO WORK TO MAKE THIS SYSTEM 2465 01:20:25,620 --> 01:20:27,222 ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO WILL 2466 01:20:27,222 --> 01:20:28,523 FACE BARRIERS IN THE PERMITTING 2467 01:20:28,523 --> 01:20:29,324 PROCESS. WE NEED TO FUND SAFE 2468 01:20:29,324 --> 01:20:31,593 LOTS FOR RVS TO STAY IN, AND WE 2469 01:20:31,593 --> 01:20:33,595 NEED TO ENSURE THAT SHELTER 2470 01:20:33,595 --> 01:20:35,163 OFFERS ARE APPROPRIATE AND 2471 01:20:35,163 --> 01:20:36,665 MEANINGFUL. OUR SYSTEM MUST BE 2472 01:20:36,665 --> 01:20:38,200 ACCESSIBLE AND WE MUST CONNECT 2473 01:20:38,200 --> 01:20:39,267 PEOPLE TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY 2474 01:20:39,267 --> 01:20:39,467 NEED. 2475 01:20:39,467 --> 01:20:41,403 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SAM. 2476 01:20:41,403 --> 01:20:43,872 NEXT, WE HAVE GUINEVERE, 2477 01:20:43,872 --> 01:20:44,973 FOLLOWED BY BENNETT, HANNA. 2478 01:20:44,973 --> 01:20:46,341 ALISON. WELCOME, GUINEVERE. 2479 01:20:46,341 --> 01:20:47,742 -- HI. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MY 2480 01:20:47,742 --> 01:20:48,810 NAME IS GUINEVERE, GOD'S 2481 01:20:48,810 --> 01:20:50,579 DAUGHTER. I'M A RESIDENT OF 2482 01:20:50,579 --> 01:20:51,580 DISTRICT FIVE. I'M A SURVIVOR 2483 01:20:51,580 --> 01:20:53,882 OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE. I WAS 2484 01:20:53,882 --> 01:20:55,250 MACED WHILE WAITING AT A BUS 2485 01:20:55,250 --> 01:20:57,986 STOP IN THE U DISTRICT JUST FOR 2486 01:20:57,986 --> 01:21:00,121 BEING VISIBLY QUEER. I'M 2487 01:21:00,121 --> 01:21:00,655 REGULARLY THREATENED WITH 2488 01:21:00,655 --> 01:21:02,257 VIOLENCE AND HARASSED FOR BEING 2489 01:21:02,257 --> 01:21:06,228 VISIBLY QUEER IN SEATTLE, A MAN 2490 01:21:06,228 --> 01:21:07,429 CALLED ME A DIKE, LOOKS LIKE A 2491 01:21:07,429 --> 01:21:09,164 MAN AND THREATENED TO BREAK MY 2492 01:21:09,164 --> 01:21:13,868 JAW ON THE 75 BUS YOUR 2493 01:21:13,868 --> 01:21:15,337 PROCLAMATION DOESN'T MEAN 2494 01:21:15,337 --> 01:21:17,405 ANYTHING WHEN SPD IS PRIMARILY 2495 01:21:17,405 --> 01:21:18,006 STAFFED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 2496 01:21:18,006 --> 01:21:22,077 PERPETRATORS SPEAKING OF WHICH, 2497 01:21:22,077 --> 01:21:23,211 BENNETT HASELTON, ALSO KNOWN AS 2498 01:21:23,211 --> 01:21:24,012 BENNETT HAYES. HE COMES HERE ALL 2499 01:21:24,012 --> 01:21:25,213 THE TIME. HE'S WEARING A BLUE 2500 01:21:25,213 --> 01:21:27,449 BUTTON UP AND A BLUE TIE. HE 2501 01:21:27,449 --> 01:21:29,351 SHOULD BE BEHIND ME. HE WORKS 2502 01:21:29,351 --> 01:21:30,986 WITH BRANDY CRUZ BENNETT IS A 2503 01:21:30,986 --> 01:21:32,454 TRANSPHOBE AND A ZIONIST WHO'S 2504 01:21:32,454 --> 01:21:34,122 FRIENDS WITH AN ACTIVE DUTY IDF 2505 01:21:34,122 --> 01:21:35,257 SOLDIER COMMITTING GENOCIDE IN 2506 01:21:35,257 --> 01:21:36,625 GAZA. HE COSPLAYS AS A LIBERAL 2507 01:21:36,625 --> 01:21:38,126 AND HE COMES HERE ALL THE TIME. 2508 01:21:38,126 --> 01:21:40,061 HE WORKS WITH THOSE WHO ARE 2509 01:21:40,061 --> 01:21:41,997 TRYING TO KILL US. HE'S A 2510 01:21:41,997 --> 01:21:43,832 TRANSPHOBE. HE COSPLAYS AS A 2511 01:21:43,832 --> 01:21:45,600 LIBERAL. THANK YOU. 2512 01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:47,435 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 2513 01:21:47,435 --> 01:21:49,671 BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY HANNA AND 2514 01:21:49,671 --> 01:21:54,075 ALLISON BENNETT, YOU ARE NEXT. 2515 01:21:54,075 --> 01:21:55,577 -- OH, I 2516 01:21:55,577 --> 01:21:56,645 -- IT WAS GUINEVERE. WE HAVE 2517 01:21:56,645 --> 01:22:00,649 BENNETT, HANNA, AND THEN 2518 01:22:00,649 --> 01:22:02,050 ALLISON. THANK YOU. AND IF 2519 01:22:02,050 --> 01:22:03,852 YOU'RE ONLINE, WE HAVE ONE. 2520 01:22:03,852 --> 01:22:05,987 GIVE ME ONE SECOND. BENNETT. WE 2521 01:22:05,987 --> 01:22:07,389 HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. FIVE 2522 01:22:07,389 --> 01:22:07,989 MORE SPEAKERS LEFT, AND THEN 2523 01:22:07,989 --> 01:22:09,791 WE'LL TRANSITION ONLINE. SO 2524 01:22:09,791 --> 01:22:12,761 ABOUT 330 WE WILL TRANSITION 2525 01:22:12,761 --> 01:22:23,171 ONLINE BENNETT WELCOME. 2526 01:22:26,675 --> 01:22:33,615 -- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. SO 2527 01:22:33,615 --> 01:22:33,882 TWO TIME. 2528 01:22:33,882 --> 01:22:38,720 -- GO AHEAD. WELL. HE HADN'T 2529 01:22:38,720 --> 01:22:41,256 STARTED TALKING. WE'LL START AT 2530 01:22:41,256 --> 01:22:42,557 ONE MINUTE. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD 2531 01:22:42,557 --> 01:22:44,392 BENNETT 2532 01:22:44,392 --> 01:22:46,461 -- ALL RIGHT. SO TWO WEEKS AGO. 2533 01:22:46,461 --> 01:22:48,430 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA HAD 2534 01:22:48,430 --> 01:22:48,930 MENTIONED HEARING ABOUT 2535 01:22:48,930 --> 01:22:50,098 ANTI-SEMITISM AND SOME PROTESTS 2536 01:22:50,098 --> 01:22:51,132 GOING ON THE DAY BEFORE. I WAS 2537 01:22:51,132 --> 01:22:52,367 ACTUALLY WENT TO THE EVENT AT 2538 01:22:52,367 --> 01:22:53,868 CAL ANDERSON PARK THAT WAS 2539 01:22:53,868 --> 01:22:56,204 CALLED LONG LIVE. OCTOBER 7th. I 2540 01:22:56,204 --> 01:22:57,305 BROUGHT A SIGN WITH ME TO STAND 2541 01:22:57,305 --> 01:22:59,607 NEXT TO THE CROWD SAYING, PLEASE 2542 01:22:59,607 --> 01:23:01,109 STOP CHEERING FOR OCTOBER 7th. 2543 01:23:01,109 --> 01:23:01,643 MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE 2544 01:23:01,643 --> 01:23:04,679 MURDERED THAT DAY. RALLY FOR 2545 01:23:04,679 --> 01:23:06,081 PALESTINE, NOT FOR OCTOBER 7th. 2546 01:23:06,081 --> 01:23:08,283 WITH LOVE BE BETTER. SO I DID 2547 01:23:08,283 --> 01:23:12,253 THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE 2548 01:23:12,253 --> 01:23:16,257 IMPORTANCE OF DIALOG. 2549 01:23:16,257 --> 01:23:16,591 -- [LAUGHTER] 2550 01:23:16,591 --> 01:23:23,398 -- MILTON 2551 01:23:23,398 --> 01:23:23,832 -- IT'S HAZELTON 2552 01:23:23,832 --> 01:23:24,165 -- [LAUGHTER] 2553 01:23:24,165 --> 01:23:25,834 -- YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE 2554 01:23:25,834 --> 01:23:26,935 TERRORISTS. 2555 01:23:26,935 --> 01:23:27,268 -- [LAUGHTER] 2556 01:23:27,268 --> 01:23:28,503 -- NO, YOU MOVE BACK. 2557 01:23:28,503 --> 01:23:28,837 -- [LAUGHTER] 2558 01:23:28,837 --> 01:23:32,907 -- COME ON MAN, BACK UP. 2559 01:23:32,907 --> 01:23:34,542 -- THERE'S ALCAZAR. MAKE US 2560 01:23:34,542 --> 01:23:35,944 PROUD. MEANING? MILITARY WING OF 2561 01:23:35,944 --> 01:23:37,412 HAMAS. TAKE ANOTHER SETTLER OUT. 2562 01:23:37,412 --> 01:23:38,747 MEANING ISRAELI CIVILIAN. AND IN 2563 01:23:38,747 --> 01:23:40,315 CASE THERE'S ANY AMBIGUITY ABOUT 2564 01:23:40,315 --> 01:23:41,649 WHAT YOU THINK THEY MEANT. 2565 01:23:41,649 --> 01:23:41,983 -- [LAUGHTER] 2566 01:23:41,983 --> 01:23:42,851 -- AGAIN. 2567 01:23:42,851 --> 01:23:43,184 -- [LAUGHTER] 2568 01:23:43,184 --> 01:23:43,952 -- EVERY ISRAELI DESERVES TO DIE 2569 01:23:43,952 --> 01:23:46,588 A BRUTAL, BLOODY, MERCILESS 2570 01:23:46,588 --> 01:23:46,821 DEATH. 2571 01:23:46,821 --> 01:23:48,857 -- THIS IS NOT GOOD. THIS IS NOT 2572 01:23:48,857 --> 01:23:49,090 NORMAL. 2573 01:23:49,090 --> 01:23:50,625 -- THANK YOU. BENNETT. NEXT WE 2574 01:23:50,625 --> 01:23:53,595 HAVE, I BELIEVE NUMBER 35 IS 2575 01:23:53,595 --> 01:23:54,863 HERE. SCHNELL. SCHNELL IS HERE. 2576 01:23:54,863 --> 01:23:55,597 BEFORE YOU GO, HANNA, GIVE ME 2577 01:23:55,597 --> 01:23:57,932 ONE SECOND. I THINK WE HAVE. 2578 01:23:57,932 --> 01:23:59,768 GIVE ME ONE. SCHNELL. HERE. 2579 01:23:59,768 --> 01:24:00,568 OKAY. AWESOME. LET'S GO. HANNA. 2580 01:24:00,568 --> 01:24:02,270 AND THEN SCHNELL. OKAY. WELCOME, 2581 01:24:02,270 --> 01:24:03,638 HANNA. 2582 01:24:03,638 --> 01:24:05,507 -- HI. I'M HANNA FROM PIONEER 2583 01:24:05,507 --> 01:24:07,175 SQUARE. SEATTLE IS A PEACEFUL 2584 01:24:07,175 --> 01:24:08,209 PLACE. WE ARE THE CITY OF 2585 01:24:08,209 --> 01:24:09,744 GOODWILL, THE EMERALD CITY. 2586 01:24:09,744 --> 01:24:12,347 WE'VE GOT THE SEATTLE FREEZE, 2587 01:24:12,347 --> 01:24:13,815 SEATTLE GOODWILL AND SEATTLE. 2588 01:24:13,815 --> 01:24:15,383 MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. THE CITY 2589 01:24:15,383 --> 01:24:16,751 IS A CORPORATION WITH 2590 01:24:16,751 --> 01:24:18,052 OBLIGATIONS AND VISION FOR THE 2591 01:24:18,052 --> 01:24:19,788 FUTURE. AND IT'S DELINEATED TO 2592 01:24:19,788 --> 01:24:21,156 CERTAIN ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES, 2593 01:24:21,156 --> 01:24:22,824 ESPECIALLY BUSINESS. A VERY WISE 2594 01:24:22,824 --> 01:24:24,359 MAN SAID TO ME THIS WEEK, 2595 01:24:24,359 --> 01:24:25,760 REMEMBER WHO'S THE MAJORITY? 2596 01:24:25,760 --> 01:24:28,063 AND EVERYONE ELSE IS MINOR 2597 01:24:28,063 --> 01:24:29,197 LEAGUERS HERE. WE BELIEVE IN OUR 2598 01:24:29,197 --> 01:24:30,965 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ITS 2599 01:24:30,965 --> 01:24:33,201 COHESION WITH THE PEOPLE. I 2600 01:24:33,201 --> 01:24:34,736 SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE 2601 01:24:34,736 --> 01:24:35,770 APPOINTED TO THE HOUSING LEVY 2602 01:24:35,770 --> 01:24:37,272 TODAY. WHEN I PROMOTE THE IDEA 2603 01:24:37,272 --> 01:24:38,873 OF SEATTLE SELLING BONDS TO MEET 2604 01:24:38,873 --> 01:24:41,142 OUR DEMAND FOR OVER 100,000 MORE 2605 01:24:41,142 --> 01:24:42,577 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING UNITS IN THE 2606 01:24:42,577 --> 01:24:44,879 METRO AREA, PLEASE CONSIDER 2607 01:24:44,879 --> 01:24:46,481 PARTNERING WITH THE RENTON 2608 01:24:46,481 --> 01:24:47,949 TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND BELLEVUE 2609 01:24:47,949 --> 01:24:49,551 COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO OBTAIN MORE 2610 01:24:49,551 --> 01:24:51,586 BLUE COLLAR WORKERS TO ACTUALLY 2611 01:24:51,586 --> 01:24:52,120 FULFILL OUR CONSTRUCTION 2612 01:24:52,120 --> 01:24:53,922 DEMANDS. COUNCILMEMBERS, PLEASE 2613 01:24:53,922 --> 01:24:55,757 BE PRUDENT, RESPONSIBLE AND 2614 01:24:55,757 --> 01:24:57,892 FRUGAL WHEN MAKING EXPENDITURES 2615 01:24:57,892 --> 01:24:59,294 AND INVESTMENTS. BECAUSE FILLING 2616 01:24:59,294 --> 01:25:00,562 IN PLOTS WILL CONNECT US 2617 01:25:00,562 --> 01:25:00,829 DOWNTOWN. 2618 01:25:00,829 --> 01:25:02,330 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU HANNAH. 2619 01:25:02,330 --> 01:25:05,300 NEXT WE HAVE CHANEL, FOLLOWED BY 2620 01:25:05,300 --> 01:25:06,835 ALLISON CHANEL HERE. AWESOME. 2621 01:25:06,835 --> 01:25:08,336 WELCOME. AND IS ALLISON HERE? 2622 01:25:08,336 --> 01:25:11,039 AWESOME. AND THEN YOU ARE NEXT. 2623 01:25:11,039 --> 01:25:13,174 ALLISON AFTER CHANEL. WELCOME 2624 01:25:13,174 --> 01:25:14,442 -- OKAY, I'M NOT AGAINST HELP. 2625 01:25:14,442 --> 01:25:15,977 I'M AGAINST TRADING MY HOME FOR 2626 01:25:15,977 --> 01:25:17,412 A PROMISE. THIS PERMIT IS A ONE 2627 01:25:17,412 --> 01:25:19,881 TIME OFFER. IF WE TURN IT DOWN, 2628 01:25:19,881 --> 01:25:21,015 SHALL WE? IF WE TURN DOWN THE 2629 01:25:21,015 --> 01:25:22,684 SHELTER OFFER THREE TIMES, THEN 2630 01:25:22,684 --> 01:25:24,385 MY RV GETS OLD AND I DON'T GET 2631 01:25:24,385 --> 01:25:26,054 IT BACK. THAT'S NOT SUPPORT. 2632 01:25:26,054 --> 01:25:27,989 THAT'S A DEADLINE WITH 2633 01:25:27,989 --> 01:25:29,057 CONSEQUENCES. AND THIS PLOT 2634 01:25:29,057 --> 01:25:30,291 DOESN'T FIX THAT. WE'VE SEEN 2635 01:25:30,291 --> 01:25:32,327 IT. PEOPLE GO IN, GET EXITED, 2636 01:25:32,327 --> 01:25:33,728 AND THEN END UP WORSE OFF THAN 2637 01:25:33,728 --> 01:25:35,196 BEFORE. SO BEFORE YOU ASK 2638 01:25:35,196 --> 01:25:36,264 YOURSELF THIS, HOW MANY OF US 2639 01:25:36,264 --> 01:25:37,365 HAVE TO LOSE EVERYTHING BEFORE 2640 01:25:37,365 --> 01:25:40,135 SOMEBODY IN THIS ROOM IS HELD 2641 01:25:40,135 --> 01:25:43,872 ACCOUNTABLE? THANK YOU. 2642 01:25:43,872 --> 01:25:45,206 -- THANK YOU, CHANEL. NEXT WE 2643 01:25:45,206 --> 01:25:46,274 HAVE THANK YOU. CHANEL. NEXT WE 2644 01:25:46,274 --> 01:25:48,143 HAVE ALLISON. AND THEN AFTER 2645 01:25:48,143 --> 01:25:48,743 ALLISON, BEFORE YOU GO, I'M 2646 01:25:48,743 --> 01:25:49,677 GOING TO READ THE NEXT SPEAKERS 2647 01:25:49,677 --> 01:25:51,412 REAL QUICK. SO GIVE ME ONE 2648 01:25:51,412 --> 01:25:54,048 SECOND. WE HAVE YVETTE FOLLOWED 2649 01:25:54,048 --> 01:25:59,320 BY OUR OUR ARTIE. ARTIE, ARTIE, 2650 01:25:59,320 --> 01:26:00,722 AND THEN EVIE. SORRY IF I SAID 2651 01:26:00,722 --> 01:26:01,823 YOUR NAME WRONG. ALL RIGHT. 2652 01:26:01,823 --> 01:26:03,291 WELCOME, ALLISON. 2653 01:26:03,291 --> 01:26:03,725 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. 2654 01:26:03,725 --> 01:26:04,759 -- ALLISON, DIRECTOR. 2655 01:26:04,759 --> 01:26:06,961 -- OF THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY 2656 01:26:06,961 --> 01:26:08,463 COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS. 2657 01:26:08,463 --> 01:26:09,464 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RVS AND OTHER 2658 01:26:09,464 --> 01:26:11,633 VEHICLES AND WITHOUT ANY SHELTER 2659 01:26:11,633 --> 01:26:13,167 NEED BETTER PLACES TO BE. SO WE 2660 01:26:13,167 --> 01:26:14,736 SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL ELEMENTS 2661 01:26:14,736 --> 01:26:16,204 THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO 2662 01:26:16,204 --> 01:26:19,574 STORE RVS. AND WE SUPPORT MORE 2663 01:26:19,574 --> 01:26:20,141 INVESTMENT IN OUTREACH FOR 2664 01:26:20,141 --> 01:26:22,977 PEOPLE WHO RELY ON VEHICLES AS 2665 01:26:22,977 --> 01:26:23,611 SHELTER. WE CANNOT SUPPORT THE 2666 01:26:23,611 --> 01:26:25,580 PACKAGE AS A WHOLE, WHICH WOULD 2667 01:26:25,580 --> 01:26:27,849 CREATE A DRACONIAN BAN ON RVS. 2668 01:26:27,849 --> 01:26:29,384 REDEFINE WHAT CONSTITUTES A JUNK 2669 01:26:29,384 --> 01:26:32,387 VEHICLE OF ANY TYPE, AND FAIL TO 2670 01:26:32,387 --> 01:26:32,987 ADDRESS SPECIFIC INSTANCES IN 2671 01:26:32,987 --> 01:26:34,923 WHICH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS 2672 01:26:34,923 --> 01:26:36,858 TAKING PLACE OUT OF AN RV. EVEN 2673 01:26:36,858 --> 01:26:39,260 IF LEHI OPENS THE LONG DELAYED 2674 01:26:39,260 --> 01:26:41,563 LOT NEXT MONTH, AND THIS COUNCIL 2675 01:26:41,563 --> 01:26:43,364 FUNDS THE 92 RV SAFE PARKING 2676 01:26:43,364 --> 01:26:44,566 PROGRAM. THAT'S PART OF THE 2677 01:26:44,566 --> 01:26:47,902 PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE WON'T BE 2678 01:26:47,902 --> 01:26:48,536 ENOUGH DESIGNATED PLACES FOR THE 2679 01:26:48,536 --> 01:26:50,338 UNDERCOUNT OF RVS THAT HAS BEEN 2680 01:26:50,338 --> 01:26:51,272 BASED, THAT HAS BEEN USED TO 2681 01:26:51,272 --> 01:26:54,876 BASE THIS PROPOSAL ON, LET ALONE 2682 01:26:54,876 --> 01:26:56,511 OTHER TYPES OF VEHICLES, 2683 01:26:56,511 --> 01:26:58,379 VEHICLES. WE URGE YOU TO VOTE NO 2684 01:26:58,379 --> 01:26:59,747 ON THREE ELEMENTS. YOU'VE 2685 01:26:59,747 --> 01:27:01,115 RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM US 2686 01:27:01,115 --> 01:27:01,716 DETAILING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS 2687 01:27:01,716 --> 01:27:03,751 AND OUR RATIONALE. THE PERMIT 2688 01:27:03,751 --> 01:27:06,955 PROPOSAL, HIRING EIGHT NEW CITY. 2689 01:27:06,955 --> 01:27:08,556 -- TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM, 2690 01:27:08,556 --> 01:27:09,624 CHANGES TO PARKING RULES. 2691 01:27:09,624 --> 01:27:11,593 -- AND TO THE DEFINITION. 2692 01:27:11,593 --> 01:27:13,228 -- OF JOB. IF I MAY, I JUST WANT 2693 01:27:13,228 --> 01:27:14,195 TO BRIEFLY. 2694 01:27:14,195 --> 01:27:16,998 -- THANK YOU, ALLISON. 2695 01:27:16,998 --> 01:27:17,632 -- SPENDING MILLIONS TO CREATE A 2696 01:27:17,632 --> 01:27:19,234 NEW EXCLUSIVE PERMIT BUREAUCRACY 2697 01:27:19,234 --> 01:27:22,604 THAT, BY DESIGN, CANNOT WORK FOR 2698 01:27:22,604 --> 01:27:23,571 ALL AFFECTED PEOPLE AND DOESN'T 2699 01:27:23,571 --> 01:27:24,639 INCREASE SHELTER OR HOUSING. 2700 01:27:24,639 --> 01:27:28,509 -- THANK YOU, ALLISON. 2701 01:27:28,509 --> 01:27:29,110 -- FOR OUR LIMITED HOMELESS. 2702 01:27:29,110 --> 01:27:30,612 -- THANK YOU. ALLISON. NEXT WE 2703 01:27:30,612 --> 01:27:32,146 HAVE YVETTE, 2704 01:27:32,146 --> 01:27:32,480 -- [APPLAUSE] 2705 01:27:32,480 --> 01:27:37,151 -- MISS YVETTE EARTHY. I KNOW I 2706 01:27:37,151 --> 01:27:38,519 BUTCHERED YOUR NAME, SO I 2707 01:27:38,519 --> 01:27:42,557 APOLOGIZE. AND THEN EV, MISS 2708 01:27:42,557 --> 01:27:45,693 YVETTE, GOOD AFTERNOON. 2709 01:27:45,693 --> 01:27:46,294 -- I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE 2710 01:27:46,294 --> 01:27:47,528 FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF 2711 01:27:47,528 --> 01:27:48,863 AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR 2712 01:27:48,863 --> 01:27:51,499 WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION 2713 01:27:51,499 --> 01:27:55,603 UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH 2714 01:27:55,603 --> 01:27:58,139 LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 2715 01:27:58,139 --> 01:27:59,707 ALSO, I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR 2716 01:27:59,707 --> 01:28:05,513 OF THE RV COUNCIL BILL 121283. 2717 01:28:05,513 --> 01:28:06,514 IT'S A START. IT'S A START. 2718 01:28:06,514 --> 01:28:08,716 I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE FUNDING 2719 01:28:08,716 --> 01:28:10,318 FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THE 2720 01:28:10,318 --> 01:28:14,022 PERMIT SO THAT THEY CAN NOT 2721 01:28:14,022 --> 01:28:16,824 DIRECTLY BE AFFECTED AS 2722 01:28:16,824 --> 01:28:17,525 DIFFICULT AS DEVASTATING AS IT 2723 01:28:17,525 --> 01:28:18,660 COULD BE, AS LONG AS THEY CAN 2724 01:28:18,660 --> 01:28:20,695 STAY FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS IN A 2725 01:28:20,695 --> 01:28:24,599 SPOT. AND I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE 2726 01:28:24,599 --> 01:28:26,401 KUDOS TO LEHI, THE LOW INCOME 2727 01:28:26,401 --> 01:28:27,902 HOUSING INSTITUTION. I WORK WITH 2728 01:28:27,902 --> 01:28:28,936 SEVERAL OF THE TINY HOUSE 2729 01:28:28,936 --> 01:28:30,104 VILLAGES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND 2730 01:28:30,104 --> 01:28:31,539 THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. 2731 01:28:31,539 --> 01:28:33,074 THEY'RE WELL RUN, THEY'RE 2732 01:28:33,074 --> 01:28:34,475 CLEAN, AND THEY'RE LAW ABIDING, 2733 01:28:34,475 --> 01:28:37,178 SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY 2734 01:28:37,178 --> 01:28:39,147 DO. AND DAN STRAUSS IS A BUDGET 2735 01:28:39,147 --> 01:28:40,581 CHAIR. HANG IN THERE, BUDDY. YOU 2736 01:28:40,581 --> 01:28:43,017 GOT A LOT OF YOU GUYS GOT YOUR 2737 01:28:43,017 --> 01:28:43,584 HANDS FULL WITH THE BUDGET 2738 01:28:43,584 --> 01:28:44,852 PROCESS. AND I APPRECIATE HOW 2739 01:28:44,852 --> 01:28:47,689 HARD YOU WORK TO SPEND OUR 2740 01:28:47,689 --> 01:28:48,022 MONEY. WELL. 2741 01:28:48,022 --> 01:28:50,258 -- THANK YOU, MISS YVETTE. NEXT 2742 01:28:50,258 --> 01:28:51,826 WE HAVE I KNOW I BUTCHERED YOUR 2743 01:28:51,826 --> 01:28:53,628 ART, IS IT ARTY? AND THEN WE 2744 01:28:53,628 --> 01:28:56,798 HAVE EVIE HOW DID I HOW DO I SAY 2745 01:28:56,798 --> 01:28:58,533 YOUR NAME? 2746 01:28:58,533 --> 01:28:58,933 -- IT'S ARTIE. 2747 01:28:58,933 --> 01:29:01,836 -- ARTIE. AWESOME. 2748 01:29:01,836 --> 01:29:03,638 -- LET ME KNOW WHEN TO GO. 2749 01:29:03,638 --> 01:29:05,073 -- ANYTIME YOU START, CLOCK 2750 01:29:05,073 --> 01:29:05,306 STARTS. 2751 01:29:05,306 --> 01:29:07,542 -- AWESOME. HEY, ALL. I'M 2752 01:29:07,542 --> 01:29:08,876 ARTIE. I USED TO WORK AT A 2753 01:29:08,876 --> 01:29:09,977 HOMELESS SHELTER. AND LET ME 2754 01:29:09,977 --> 01:29:12,213 TELL YOU, THE HARDEST THING IS 2755 01:29:12,213 --> 01:29:15,850 TO GO FROM BEING HOMELESS TO 2756 01:29:15,850 --> 01:29:17,285 HAVING STABLE HOUSING. AND I 2757 01:29:17,285 --> 01:29:18,619 HAVE HELPED PEOPLE, BUT I COULD 2758 01:29:18,619 --> 01:29:19,887 NOT DO WHAT THEY DO. I DON'T 2759 01:29:19,887 --> 01:29:21,255 KNOW IF ANY OF US COULD DO WHAT 2760 01:29:21,255 --> 01:29:22,523 THEY DO, BUT YOU KNOW WHO COULD. 2761 01:29:22,523 --> 01:29:26,160 MY FRIEND SKY. MY FRIEND SKY GOT 2762 01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:28,563 LAID OFF FROM THEIR JOB WHEN 2763 01:29:28,563 --> 01:29:30,098 THEY BECAME DISABLED AFTER LONG 2764 01:29:30,098 --> 01:29:30,898 COVID. AND BECAUSE THEY'RE 2765 01:29:30,898 --> 01:29:32,367 TRANS, THEY DIDN'T HAVE FAMILY 2766 01:29:32,367 --> 01:29:33,901 SUPPORT. THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN 2767 01:29:33,901 --> 01:29:34,969 HOMELESS. THEY STAYED WITH ME 2768 01:29:34,969 --> 01:29:35,837 UNTIL THEY COULD GET ON THEIR 2769 01:29:35,837 --> 01:29:37,038 FEET. AND NOW THEY ARE LIVING IN 2770 01:29:37,038 --> 01:29:39,440 AN RV. THEY HAVE A JOB THAT THEY 2771 01:29:39,440 --> 01:29:41,943 CAN KEEP DOING, EVEN BEING 2772 01:29:41,943 --> 01:29:44,011 DISABLED, AND THAT IS A MUCH 2773 01:29:44,011 --> 01:29:45,747 BETTER OUTCOME THAN LIVING ON 2774 01:29:45,747 --> 01:29:48,249 THE STREET, MAYBE DYING ON THE 2775 01:29:48,249 --> 01:29:50,017 STREET. I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH 2776 01:29:50,017 --> 01:29:51,152 AN OFFICER WHO IS IN CHARGE OF 2777 01:29:51,152 --> 01:29:53,154 THESE SWEEPS, AND HE CANDIDLY 2778 01:29:53,154 --> 01:29:54,122 TOLD ME THAT HE AND HIS 2779 01:29:54,122 --> 01:29:55,690 OFFICERS, THEY PLAY PING PONG, 2780 01:29:55,690 --> 01:29:58,426 THEY PING PONG PEOPLE AROUND AND 2781 01:29:58,426 --> 01:30:01,529 DO IT INDEFINITELY. $68 MILLION 2782 01:30:01,529 --> 01:30:03,331 IS AT STAKE HERE. DO YOU WANT TO 2783 01:30:03,331 --> 01:30:04,866 GIVE IT TO SOMEONE WHO PLAYS 2784 01:30:04,866 --> 01:30:06,467 PING PONG WITH HUMAN LIVES, OR 2785 01:30:06,467 --> 01:30:07,435 SOMEONE WHO'S TRYING TO GET 2786 01:30:07,435 --> 01:30:08,569 THEMSELVES OFF THE STREET AND ON 2787 01:30:08,569 --> 01:30:12,774 THEIR FEET? 2788 01:30:12,774 --> 01:30:14,509 -- EVIE, 2789 01:30:14,509 --> 01:30:14,842 -- [APPLAUSE] 2790 01:30:14,842 --> 01:30:15,109 -- EVIE. 2791 01:30:15,109 --> 01:30:15,443 -- [APPLAUSE] 2792 01:30:15,443 --> 01:30:17,912 -- EVIE. 2793 01:30:17,912 --> 01:30:18,246 -- [APPLAUSE] 2794 01:30:18,246 --> 01:30:18,946 -- EVIE. ONLINE WILL COME TO YOU 2795 01:30:18,946 --> 01:30:21,048 NEXT. SO ONLINE. GIVE ME ONE 2796 01:30:21,048 --> 01:30:22,583 SECOND. EVIE. THEN WE'RE GOING 2797 01:30:22,583 --> 01:30:24,418 TO GO ONLINE AND SAMUEL DIXON, 2798 01:30:24,418 --> 01:30:26,487 YOU ARE UP. AND THEN BEN TAU, 2799 01:30:26,487 --> 01:30:28,189 YOU ARE NEXT. SO IF IF YOU ARE 2800 01:30:28,189 --> 01:30:31,125 HEARING ME ONLINE, CAN YOU GO 2801 01:30:31,125 --> 01:30:32,193 AHEAD AND BUMP SAMUEL ONLINE SO 2802 01:30:32,193 --> 01:30:33,294 WE CAN GO DIRECTLY TO HIM? 2803 01:30:33,294 --> 01:30:35,797 WELCOME, EVIE 2804 01:30:35,797 --> 01:30:37,431 -- WE ARE HUMANS. YOU'RE HUMANS. 2805 01:30:37,431 --> 01:30:39,066 AND WHEN A HUMAN COMES UP HERE 2806 01:30:39,066 --> 01:30:44,105 AND SHARES THE TRAUMA OF A TRANS 2807 01:30:44,105 --> 01:30:44,705 WOMAN WHO WAS STABBED OVER 40 2808 01:30:44,705 --> 01:30:47,508 TIMES WITH RELICS AND ARTIFACTS, 2809 01:30:47,508 --> 01:30:50,611 LIVING HISTORY FROM THEM. YOU 2810 01:30:50,611 --> 01:30:52,079 PUT DECORUM THE ASIDE AND YOU 2811 01:30:52,079 --> 01:30:54,749 LET THEM FINISH. WE ARE HUMANS. 2812 01:30:54,749 --> 01:30:58,419 TRANS SUFFERING IS HUMAN 2813 01:30:58,419 --> 01:30:59,754 SUFFERING AND KILLING US IN PARK 2814 01:30:59,754 --> 01:31:01,355 ON TRANSGENDER DAY OF 2815 01:31:01,355 --> 01:31:03,090 REMEMBRANCE, NOVEMBER 20th, 2816 01:31:03,090 --> 01:31:03,658 MEMBERS OF THE TRANSGENDER 2817 01:31:03,658 --> 01:31:04,926 COMMUNITY AND OUR ALLIES WILL 2818 01:31:04,926 --> 01:31:06,260 COME TOGETHER TO COALESCE A 2819 01:31:06,260 --> 01:31:07,962 QUILT FOR EVERY TRANS PERSON WHO 2820 01:31:07,962 --> 01:31:10,064 MADE IT HERE. FOR THOSE WHO 2821 01:31:10,064 --> 01:31:13,201 DIDN'T, THE LOST, THE MURDERED 2822 01:31:13,201 --> 01:31:15,203 JUNIPER BLESSING THE VICTIMS OF 2823 01:31:15,203 --> 01:31:18,206 STATE VIOLENCE RELEASED THE 2824 01:31:18,206 --> 01:31:20,308 $500,000. NOW RECOGNIZE THE 2825 01:31:20,308 --> 01:31:22,510 MOMENT AND FUND WHAT IT TAKES TO 2826 01:31:22,510 --> 01:31:24,178 KEEP US ALIVE. IF WE ARE NOT 2827 01:31:24,178 --> 01:31:26,781 COUNTED, WE ARE ERASED. 2828 01:31:26,781 --> 01:31:28,182 -- THANK YOU EVIE. 2829 01:31:28,182 --> 01:31:28,516 -- [APPLAUSE] 2830 01:31:28,516 --> 01:31:34,622 -- NEXT WE HAVE. NEXT WE HAVE 2831 01:31:34,622 --> 01:31:36,090 SAMUEL. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO 2832 01:31:36,090 --> 01:31:38,059 UNMUTE YOURSELF. IF YOU'RE. IF 2833 01:31:38,059 --> 01:31:40,895 YOU WANT. WE. WE HAVE. WE HAVE 2834 01:31:40,895 --> 01:31:44,799 TO GO ONLINE. MISS. MISS YVETTE. 2835 01:31:44,799 --> 01:31:45,867 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE 2836 01:31:45,867 --> 01:31:49,604 HAVE SAMUEL. AND THEN BEN, AND 2837 01:31:49,604 --> 01:32:00,147 THEN ALICE HI, SAMUEL. STAR SIX 2838 01:32:00,548 --> 01:32:08,422 UNMUTE YOURSELF. 2839 01:32:08,556 --> 01:32:10,157 DO WE HAVE SAMUEL ONLINE? WE SEE 2840 01:32:10,157 --> 01:32:11,259 YOU. STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 2841 01:32:11,259 --> 01:32:14,161 YOURSELF. YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE, 2842 01:32:14,161 --> 01:32:16,664 SAMUEL. THERE WE GO. 2843 01:32:16,664 --> 01:32:18,499 -- HI THERE. SORRY, I HAD TO 2844 01:32:18,499 --> 01:32:21,536 UNMUTE THERE. HI. MY NAME IS SAM 2845 01:32:21,536 --> 01:32:25,506 DIXON. I AM COMMENTING ABOUT 2846 01:32:25,506 --> 01:32:27,208 RESOLUTION 32216. I'M A LOCAL 2847 01:32:27,208 --> 01:32:29,777 RESIDENT HERE IN DISTRICT SEVEN, 2848 01:32:29,777 --> 01:32:32,947 AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS 2849 01:32:32,947 --> 01:32:35,683 VAN PERMIT BILL IS A BAD PIECE 2850 01:32:35,683 --> 01:32:38,886 OF LEGISLATION, AND IT IS NOT 2851 01:32:38,886 --> 01:32:40,721 GOING TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT IT 2852 01:32:40,721 --> 01:32:41,889 CLAIMS. IT'S TRYING TO ADDRESS, 2853 01:32:41,889 --> 01:32:43,591 WHICH IS THE HOUSING CRISIS. 2854 01:32:43,591 --> 01:32:44,825 THIS JUST PUNISHES PEOPLE FOR 2855 01:32:44,825 --> 01:32:49,664 LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES. IT IS. 2856 01:32:49,664 --> 01:32:51,766 STRUCTURALLY, JUST ADDING 2857 01:32:51,766 --> 01:32:53,267 BUREAUCRACY TO A PROBLEM THAT 2858 01:32:53,267 --> 01:32:54,535 DOESN'T NEED BUREAUCRACY. PEOPLE 2859 01:32:54,535 --> 01:32:56,203 NEED AUTONOMY. THEY NEED 2860 01:32:56,203 --> 01:32:58,239 SUPPORT. AND I THINK THIS BILL 2861 01:32:58,239 --> 01:32:59,307 IS A VERY BAD FAITH WAY OF 2862 01:32:59,307 --> 01:33:01,475 TRYING TO ADDRESS HOUSING 2863 01:33:01,475 --> 01:33:03,945 SHORTAGES. I THINK WE NEED MORE 2864 01:33:03,945 --> 01:33:06,347 ROBUST SOLUTIONS, AND WE NEED TO 2865 01:33:06,347 --> 01:33:08,516 VOTE THIS BILL DOWN. THANK YOU. 2866 01:33:08,516 --> 01:33:09,817 -- THANK YOU. SAMUEL. NEXT, WE 2867 01:33:09,817 --> 01:33:11,719 HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED BY ALICE 2868 01:33:11,719 --> 01:33:14,288 LOCKHART AND THEN LARS STAR SIX 2869 01:33:14,288 --> 01:33:24,732 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, BEN. 2870 01:33:26,100 --> 01:33:28,669 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD 2871 01:33:28,669 --> 01:33:30,871 AFTERNOON COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 2872 01:33:30,871 --> 01:33:32,773 BEN. I'M HERE TO URGE THE 2873 01:33:32,773 --> 01:33:35,476 COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE TWO 2874 01:33:35,476 --> 01:33:36,043 REASONS WHY I SUPPORT THIS 2875 01:33:36,043 --> 01:33:38,479 PROGRAM. SO ONE, THE JUNK 2876 01:33:38,479 --> 01:33:39,680 UNOCCUPIED VEHICLES THAT ARE 2877 01:33:39,680 --> 01:33:42,550 PARKED ON THE STREET. THERE ARE 2878 01:33:42,550 --> 01:33:44,051 PEOPLE WHO ARE GAMING THE SYSTEM 2879 01:33:44,051 --> 01:33:46,153 AND ARE WASTING THE CITY'S TIME 2880 01:33:46,153 --> 01:33:48,723 AND RESOURCES. IF PARKING 2881 01:33:48,723 --> 01:33:50,591 ENFORCEMENT COMES AND TAGS THE 2882 01:33:50,591 --> 01:33:52,493 VEHICLES WITH A 72 HOUR STICKER, 2883 01:33:52,493 --> 01:33:54,228 ALL THE OWNER HAS TO DO IS MOVE 2884 01:33:54,228 --> 01:33:56,597 THAT VEHICLE DOWN ONE BLOCK AND 2885 01:33:56,597 --> 01:33:58,332 THE PROCESS STARTS ALL OVER 2886 01:33:58,332 --> 01:34:00,167 AGAIN. THIS PART OF THE PROCESS 2887 01:34:00,167 --> 01:34:02,870 IS COMPLETELY BROKEN, AND THERE 2888 01:34:02,870 --> 01:34:03,904 NEEDS TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS 2889 01:34:03,904 --> 01:34:06,140 PROCESS, AND VRAP ADDRESSES 2890 01:34:06,140 --> 01:34:08,075 THIS. THE SECOND REASON IS AS A 2891 01:34:08,075 --> 01:34:09,176 RESULT OF THESE ABANDONED 2892 01:34:09,176 --> 01:34:10,678 VEHICLES, IT IS OPENING THE DOOR 2893 01:34:10,678 --> 01:34:14,081 TO UNHOMED PEOPLE TO PARK AND 2894 01:34:14,081 --> 01:34:15,683 LIVE IN THESE. NEXT TO THESE 2895 01:34:15,683 --> 01:34:17,284 JUNK CARS. THERE ARE PEOPLE 2896 01:34:17,284 --> 01:34:19,153 LIVING IN THEIR CARS, USING 2897 01:34:19,153 --> 01:34:20,154 DRUGS AND SELLING DRUGS IN THEIR 2898 01:34:20,154 --> 01:34:21,422 VEHICLE. I CAN ONLY REPORT THEM 2899 01:34:21,422 --> 01:34:22,690 AS AN ABANDONED VEHICLE, BUT 2900 01:34:22,690 --> 01:34:23,724 THEY WILL JUST TEMPORARILY MOVE 2901 01:34:23,724 --> 01:34:25,926 AND COME RIGHT BACK. SO COUNCIL, 2902 01:34:25,926 --> 01:34:27,495 I'M PLEADING WITH YOU TO PLEASE 2903 01:34:27,495 --> 01:34:30,865 TAKE ACTION ON THIS. 2904 01:34:30,865 --> 01:34:32,967 -- THANK YOU BEN. NEXT WE HAVE 2905 01:34:32,967 --> 01:34:36,737 ALICE FOLLOWED BY LARS STAR SIX 2906 01:34:36,737 --> 01:34:37,171 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 2907 01:34:37,171 --> 01:34:39,306 -- HEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 2908 01:34:39,306 --> 01:34:41,375 -- YES WE CAN. HELLO? YES, 2909 01:34:41,375 --> 01:34:41,609 HELLO. 2910 01:34:41,609 --> 01:34:46,380 -- OH, COOL. HEY, THIS IS ALICE 2911 01:34:46,380 --> 01:34:48,015 LOCKHART WITH 350 SEATTLE AND 2912 01:34:48,015 --> 01:34:49,250 SEATTLE SOLIDARITY BUDGET. AND I 2913 01:34:49,250 --> 01:34:50,584 LITERALLY CRIED WHEN I READ 2914 01:34:50,584 --> 01:34:54,021 ABOUT THE RENT BAN. IF AFTER IT 2915 01:34:54,021 --> 01:34:55,389 PASSES, I'M SORT OF PUTTING 2916 01:34:55,389 --> 01:34:57,024 MYSELF IN THIS POSITION. IF 2917 01:34:57,024 --> 01:34:59,393 AFTER THE RENT BAN PASSES AND 2918 01:34:59,393 --> 01:35:00,494 THE SAFE LOTS ARE FULL AND I 2919 01:35:00,494 --> 01:35:01,996 LOSE MY HOUSE DUE TO MEDICAL 2920 01:35:01,996 --> 01:35:03,731 DEBT AND MOVE INTO MY RV, I 2921 01:35:03,731 --> 01:35:05,399 WOULD BE FORCED TO LEAVE THE 2922 01:35:05,399 --> 01:35:07,268 CITY I'VE LIVED IN FOR 35 YEARS 2923 01:35:07,268 --> 01:35:08,803 OR RISK LOSING ME. MY ONLY 2924 01:35:08,803 --> 01:35:09,904 REMAINING THING OF VALUE WITH 2925 01:35:09,904 --> 01:35:11,872 ALL MY OTHER POSSESSIONS INSIDE. 2926 01:35:11,872 --> 01:35:12,873 IF I THEN LEFT THE CITY, I 2927 01:35:12,873 --> 01:35:15,142 COULDN'T RETURN TO VISIT AGAIN 2928 01:35:15,142 --> 01:35:17,278 WITHOUT LOSING EVERYTHING. EVEN 2929 01:35:17,278 --> 01:35:19,547 PEOPLE WHO GET A PLACE IN ONE OF 2930 01:35:19,547 --> 01:35:21,248 THE PROPOSED SAFE LOTS FACE THE 2931 01:35:21,248 --> 01:35:23,951 PROSPECT OF LOSING THEIR ONLY 2932 01:35:23,951 --> 01:35:25,219 PROPERTY IN EXCHANGE FOR HOUSING 2933 01:35:25,219 --> 01:35:26,787 THAT COULD NOT TURN OUT TO BE 2934 01:35:26,787 --> 01:35:27,955 PERMANENT. IF THEY SHOULD THEN 2935 01:35:27,955 --> 01:35:30,357 LOSE THAT HOUSING FOR ANY 2936 01:35:30,357 --> 01:35:32,159 REASON, WHICH WE KNOW HAPPENS. 2937 01:35:32,159 --> 01:35:33,360 GLAM ON THE STREET IN A TENT. I 2938 01:35:33,360 --> 01:35:35,529 HOPE THAT NONE OF YOU EVEN MR. 2939 01:35:35,529 --> 01:35:37,031 STRAUSS WHEN YOU GIVE IT SECOND 2940 01:35:37,031 --> 01:35:38,499 THOUGHTS, CAN COME AND CAN IN 2941 01:35:38,499 --> 01:35:41,435 GOOD FAITH, VOTE FOR THIS. AFTER 2942 01:35:41,435 --> 01:35:42,803 CONSIDERING THESE RAMIFICATIONS. 2943 01:35:42,803 --> 01:35:44,338 DON'T TAKE AWAY PEOPLE'S ONLY 2944 01:35:44,338 --> 01:35:46,073 PROPERTY AND ONLY HOME. THANK 2945 01:35:46,073 --> 01:35:46,273 YOU. 2946 01:35:46,273 --> 01:35:47,508 -- THANK YOU ALICE. NEXT WE HAVE 2947 01:35:47,508 --> 01:35:49,343 LARS, FOLLOWED BY ALISON AND 2948 01:35:49,343 --> 01:35:54,014 THEN ROSE. STAR SIX WELCOME, 2949 01:35:54,014 --> 01:35:54,215 LARS. 2950 01:35:54,215 --> 01:35:55,816 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL 2951 01:35:55,816 --> 01:35:57,218 PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 2952 01:35:57,218 --> 01:35:58,285 NAME IS LAURIE ERICKSON. I LIVE 2953 01:35:58,285 --> 01:36:00,955 IN DISTRICT THREE AND I SERVE AS 2954 01:36:00,955 --> 01:36:02,723 THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF 2955 01:36:02,723 --> 01:36:03,157 PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND 2956 01:36:03,157 --> 01:36:05,059 COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE SEATTLE 2957 01:36:05,059 --> 01:36:08,329 METRO CHAMBER, REPRESENTING MORE 2958 01:36:08,329 --> 01:36:09,997 THAN 2600 EMPLOYERS ACROSS OUR 2959 01:36:09,997 --> 01:36:11,532 REGION. TODAY, I'M TESTIFYING IN 2960 01:36:11,532 --> 01:36:13,868 SUPPORT OF THE VRAP PIECES OF 2961 01:36:13,868 --> 01:36:14,802 LEGISLATION. OUR MEMBERS WANT TO 2962 01:36:14,802 --> 01:36:16,337 SEE MORE PEOPLE CONNECTED TO 2963 01:36:16,337 --> 01:36:17,271 SHELTER AND HOUSING, AND THEY 2964 01:36:17,271 --> 01:36:20,007 WANT TO SEE PROGRESS ON REDUCING 2965 01:36:20,007 --> 01:36:21,742 UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN OUR 2966 01:36:21,742 --> 01:36:22,376 NEIGHBORHOODS. WHAT STANDS OUT 2967 01:36:22,376 --> 01:36:25,045 ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT IT 2968 01:36:25,045 --> 01:36:27,648 FOCUSES ON OUTCOMES. IT EXPANDS 2969 01:36:27,648 --> 01:36:30,084 OUTREACH AND SUPPORT SERVICES, 2970 01:36:30,084 --> 01:36:30,618 CREATES CLEAR PATHWAYS TO 2971 01:36:30,618 --> 01:36:32,820 HOUSING, AND HELPS PEOPLE MOVE 2972 01:36:32,820 --> 01:36:35,589 INDOORS WHILE PROVIDING GREATER 2973 01:36:35,589 --> 01:36:36,023 PREDICTABILITY AND 2974 01:36:36,023 --> 01:36:37,691 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PUBLIC 2975 01:36:37,691 --> 01:36:39,260 SPACES. NO SINGLE PIECE OF 2976 01:36:39,260 --> 01:36:40,427 LEGISLATION WILL SOLVE 2977 01:36:40,427 --> 01:36:42,396 HOMELESSNESS, BUT THIS IS A 2978 01:36:42,396 --> 01:36:44,298 MEANINGFUL STEP FORWARD. ON 2979 01:36:44,298 --> 01:36:44,932 BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER'S 2600 2980 01:36:44,932 --> 01:36:46,634 MEMBERS, WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT 2981 01:36:46,634 --> 01:36:49,537 THIS LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. 2982 01:36:49,537 --> 01:36:51,305 -- THANK YOU LARS. NEXT, WE HAVE 2983 01:36:51,305 --> 01:36:54,642 ALISON, FOLLOWED BY ROSE AND 2984 01:36:54,642 --> 01:36:54,942 THEN KATE. 2985 01:36:54,942 --> 01:36:55,876 -- HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME 2986 01:36:55,876 --> 01:36:59,647 IS ALLISON BILO. I'M A STAFF 2987 01:36:59,647 --> 01:37:00,214 ATTORNEY AT COLUMBIA LEGAL 2988 01:37:00,214 --> 01:37:01,849 SERVICES, A NONPROFIT LEGAL 2989 01:37:01,849 --> 01:37:04,185 SERVICES ORGANIZATION IN 2990 01:37:04,185 --> 01:37:04,819 WASHINGTON. I'VE WORKED WITH 2991 01:37:04,819 --> 01:37:06,687 PEOPLE LIVING IN VEHICLES FOR 2992 01:37:06,687 --> 01:37:08,088 MANY YEARS. I WAS CO-COUNSEL ON 2993 01:37:08,088 --> 01:37:09,490 THE STATE SUPREME COURT CASE, 2994 01:37:09,490 --> 01:37:11,759 CITY OF SEATTLE VERSUS STEPHEN 2995 01:37:11,759 --> 01:37:14,361 LONG. AND I WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF 2996 01:37:14,361 --> 01:37:16,430 A STATE LEGISLATIVE WORKGROUP ON 2997 01:37:16,430 --> 01:37:17,531 VEHICLE RESIDENCY. I STRONGLY 2998 01:37:17,531 --> 01:37:19,733 URGE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON 2999 01:37:19,733 --> 01:37:21,268 THE PERMITTING ENFORCEMENT AND 3000 01:37:21,268 --> 01:37:23,537 JUNK VEHICLE PROVISIONS OF THE 3001 01:37:23,537 --> 01:37:25,806 PROPOSED LEGISLATION. THESE 3002 01:37:25,806 --> 01:37:26,340 SECTIONS ARE LEGALLY AND 3003 01:37:26,340 --> 01:37:28,876 CONSTITUTIONALLY PROBLEMATIC, 3004 01:37:28,876 --> 01:37:30,678 RESTRICTIVE AND ARBITRARY. 3005 01:37:30,678 --> 01:37:31,312 PERMITTING AND IMPOUNDMENT WILL 3006 01:37:31,312 --> 01:37:33,314 ONLY FURTHER HARM AND 3007 01:37:33,314 --> 01:37:34,548 DESTABILIZE THE VULNERABLE 3008 01:37:34,548 --> 01:37:35,149 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT 3009 01:37:35,149 --> 01:37:36,850 LIVE IN SHELTER AND LARGER 3010 01:37:36,850 --> 01:37:38,819 VEHICLES. THE CITY'S RESOURCES 3011 01:37:38,819 --> 01:37:40,821 SHOULD BE TARGETED TOWARDS 3012 01:37:40,821 --> 01:37:42,256 EXPANDING SHELTER, HOUSING, SAFE 3013 01:37:42,256 --> 01:37:44,391 LOTS AND VEHICLE STORAGE 3014 01:37:44,391 --> 01:37:45,659 OPTIONS. THIS CAN BE DONE 3015 01:37:45,659 --> 01:37:47,895 WITHOUT RESORTING TO THE 3016 01:37:47,895 --> 01:37:48,429 PUNITIVE ENFORCEMENT AND 3017 01:37:48,429 --> 01:37:49,296 IMPOUNDMENT MEASURES THAT ARE IN 3018 01:37:49,296 --> 01:37:52,633 THIS LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. 3019 01:37:52,633 --> 01:37:55,736 -- THANK YOU. ALLISON. NEXT 3020 01:37:55,736 --> 01:37:57,638 WAIT, WAS THAT ALLISON? NO, THAT 3021 01:37:57,638 --> 01:38:00,608 WAS ROSE. MY APOLOGIES. NEXT, WE 3022 01:38:00,608 --> 01:38:01,809 HAVE NO, THAT WAS ALLISON. MY 3023 01:38:01,809 --> 01:38:04,078 BAD. WE HAVE ROSE. THEN KATE 3024 01:38:04,078 --> 01:38:04,712 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 3025 01:38:04,712 --> 01:38:09,450 ROSE 3026 01:38:09,450 --> 01:38:10,517 -- I AM TERRIFIED FOR THE COMING 3027 01:38:10,517 --> 01:38:11,518 WINTER. THAT IS WHAT ONE OF MY 3028 01:38:11,518 --> 01:38:13,420 FRIENDS TOLD ME ON CAL ANDERSON 3029 01:38:13,420 --> 01:38:16,557 THE OTHER DAY HER, LIKE MANY 3030 01:38:16,557 --> 01:38:17,791 OTHERS, ARE SUFFERING IN CAL 3031 01:38:17,791 --> 01:38:19,093 ANDERSON, WHERE THERE ARE SWEEPS 3032 01:38:19,093 --> 01:38:19,627 THAT HAPPEN NEARLY EVERY 3033 01:38:19,627 --> 01:38:21,262 MORNING, JUST LIKE THEY HAPPEN 3034 01:38:21,262 --> 01:38:23,664 THIS MORNING WITH NOT BUT FIVE 3035 01:38:23,664 --> 01:38:25,132 MINUTES OF NOTICE BEFORE ALL 3036 01:38:25,132 --> 01:38:26,667 THEIR BELONGINGS ARE THROWN AWAY 3037 01:38:26,667 --> 01:38:29,670 IN A IN A DUMPSTER TRUCK AND 3038 01:38:29,670 --> 01:38:31,472 TAKEN AWAY. THIS IS UNEXCUSABLE. 3039 01:38:31,472 --> 01:38:33,107 WHY IS IT THAT WE ARE FOCUSING 3040 01:38:33,107 --> 01:38:34,575 ON HOW TO TAKE MORE HOUSING AWAY 3041 01:38:34,575 --> 01:38:36,410 FROM HOMELESS PEOPLE, WHEN WE 3042 01:38:36,410 --> 01:38:38,279 ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH WHAT 3043 01:38:38,279 --> 01:38:39,580 WE HAVE? WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS 3044 01:38:39,580 --> 01:38:40,781 THAT ARE AFRAID THAT THEY'RE 3045 01:38:40,781 --> 01:38:42,016 GOING TO FREEZE TO DEATH THIS 3046 01:38:42,016 --> 01:38:45,753 WINTER. MY FRIEND IS A TRANS 3047 01:38:45,753 --> 01:38:47,221 WOMAN OF COLOR THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY 3048 01:38:47,221 --> 01:38:48,656 THE CITY STOOD FOR HER WHEN THEY 3049 01:38:48,656 --> 01:38:49,356 SIGNED THE PROCLAMATION IN JUNE. 3050 01:38:49,356 --> 01:38:50,357 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MAKE SURE 3051 01:38:50,357 --> 01:38:52,059 THAT SHE DOESN'T FREEZE TO DEATH 3052 01:38:52,059 --> 01:38:54,428 IN DECEMBER, THERE'S NOWHERE TO 3053 01:38:54,428 --> 01:38:55,796 BE SEEN. WE NEED YOU ALL TO BE 3054 01:38:55,796 --> 01:38:59,133 THERE FOR US, NOT JUST WHEN IT 3055 01:38:59,133 --> 01:39:00,868 IS EASY IN JUNE, BUT WHEN WE ARE 3056 01:39:00,868 --> 01:39:02,803 ACTUALLY STRUGGLING AND FEARFUL. 3057 01:39:02,803 --> 01:39:04,004 THE FACT THAT WE MIGHT FREEZE 3058 01:39:04,004 --> 01:39:05,172 AND WE MIGHT DIE WHEN IT COMES 3059 01:39:05,172 --> 01:39:08,075 TO THE WINTER MONTHS, THIS IS 3060 01:39:08,075 --> 01:39:08,542 DANGEROUS AND THIS IS 3061 01:39:08,542 --> 01:39:10,878 TERRIFYING. WE NEED YOU TO STOP 3062 01:39:10,878 --> 01:39:11,078 THIS. 3063 01:39:11,078 --> 01:39:16,650 -- THANK YOU. ROSE. NEXT WE HAVE 3064 01:39:16,650 --> 01:39:16,984 -- [APPLAUSE] 3065 01:39:16,984 --> 01:39:17,251 -- KATE. 3066 01:39:17,251 --> 01:39:17,584 -- [APPLAUSE] 3067 01:39:17,584 --> 01:39:18,218 -- STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, 3068 01:39:18,218 --> 01:39:19,420 THEN, ELIZABETH, KATE. 3069 01:39:19,420 --> 01:39:22,556 -- RUBEN 3070 01:39:22,556 --> 01:39:24,024 -- GO AHEAD KATE, WE'LL RESTART 3071 01:39:24,024 --> 01:39:25,359 YOUR TIME. WAIT, GIVE US ONE 3072 01:39:25,359 --> 01:39:26,026 SECOND. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND 3073 01:39:26,026 --> 01:39:27,194 RESTART YOUR TIME. AND THEN WHEN 3074 01:39:27,194 --> 01:39:28,429 YOU START, WE'LL START IT. GO 3075 01:39:28,429 --> 01:39:31,465 AHEAD 3076 01:39:31,465 --> 01:39:32,933 -- MY NAME IS KATE RUBEN. I LIVE 3077 01:39:32,933 --> 01:39:34,802 IN DISTRICT TWO AND I'M THE 3078 01:39:34,802 --> 01:39:37,004 CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 3079 01:39:37,004 --> 01:39:37,638 SEATTLE. DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE 3080 01:39:37,638 --> 01:39:40,007 DID OUTREACH TO RV RESIDENTS, 3081 01:39:40,007 --> 01:39:42,009 MOST OF WHOM HAD EXPERIENCED 3082 01:39:42,009 --> 01:39:43,210 EVICTION. SEATTLE DOESN'T HAVE 3083 01:39:43,210 --> 01:39:44,845 NEARLY ENOUGH SHELTER OR HOUSING 3084 01:39:44,845 --> 01:39:46,213 FOR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, AND 3085 01:39:46,213 --> 01:39:48,215 EVICTIONS ARE NOW AT RECORD 3086 01:39:48,215 --> 01:39:49,650 HIGHS. I APPRECIATE 3087 01:39:49,650 --> 01:39:50,250 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WORK TO 3088 01:39:50,250 --> 01:39:51,251 CREATE SAFE SLOTS AND PATHWAYS 3089 01:39:51,251 --> 01:39:52,753 BACK INTO HOUSING, BUT WE'RE 3090 01:39:52,753 --> 01:39:53,721 CONCERNED ABOUT THE ONE TIME 3091 01:39:53,721 --> 01:39:55,155 PERMITTING SYSTEM AS MORE PEOPLE 3092 01:39:55,155 --> 01:39:57,458 LOSE THEIR HOMES. IMPOUNDING RVS 3093 01:39:57,458 --> 01:39:59,126 WON'T MAKE HOMELESSNESS 3094 01:39:59,126 --> 01:40:00,494 DISAPPEAR, OR ADDRESS THE 3095 01:40:00,494 --> 01:40:02,463 CONDITIONS THAT CONCERN THE 3096 01:40:02,463 --> 01:40:03,597 PUBLIC WILL FURTHER DESTABILIZE 3097 01:40:03,597 --> 01:40:04,565 PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO 3098 01:40:04,565 --> 01:40:06,266 GO, PUSHING THEM INTO PARKS AND 3099 01:40:06,266 --> 01:40:08,268 OTHER PUBLIC SPACES. WOMEN 3100 01:40:08,268 --> 01:40:09,837 ACCOUNT FOR 42% OF PEOPLE LIVING 3101 01:40:09,837 --> 01:40:12,172 IN VEHICLES, COMPARED WITH 22% 3102 01:40:12,172 --> 01:40:14,441 OF THOSE SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN 3103 01:40:14,441 --> 01:40:16,577 TENTS. RVS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 3104 01:40:16,577 --> 01:40:18,278 PRIVACY, SANITATION AND 3105 01:40:18,278 --> 01:40:20,147 IMPORTANTLY, PROTECTION FOR 3106 01:40:20,147 --> 01:40:22,182 THOSE FACING HEIGHTENED RISKS OF 3107 01:40:22,182 --> 01:40:23,617 VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT. WE 3108 01:40:23,617 --> 01:40:25,052 SUPPORT THE EFFORTS IN VRAP TO 3109 01:40:25,052 --> 01:40:25,686 CONNECT VEHICLE RESIDENTS WITH 3110 01:40:25,686 --> 01:40:26,787 HOUSING AND SERVICES, AND WE 3111 01:40:26,787 --> 01:40:28,188 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 3112 01:40:28,188 --> 01:40:29,123 PERMITTING RESTRICTIONS DON'T 3113 01:40:29,123 --> 01:40:29,990 PUT THEM AT GREATER RISK WHILE 3114 01:40:29,990 --> 01:40:33,427 THEY WAIT FOR HOUSING. THANK YOU 3115 01:40:33,427 --> 01:40:34,695 -- THANK YOU, KATE. NEXT WE HAVE 3116 01:40:34,695 --> 01:40:37,398 ELIZABETH, FOLLOWED BY RUBY AND 3117 01:40:37,398 --> 01:40:42,136 THEN MIRA. STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 3118 01:40:42,136 --> 01:40:42,403 YOURSELF. 3119 01:40:42,403 --> 01:40:44,138 -- HI, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH 3120 01:40:44,138 --> 01:40:45,172 ARCHAMBAULT. I LIVE IN THE SOUTH 3121 01:40:45,172 --> 01:40:47,241 LAKE UNION NEIGHBORHOOD, AND 3122 01:40:47,241 --> 01:40:48,976 TODAY I WANTED TO SPEAK IN 3123 01:40:48,976 --> 01:40:52,112 SUPPORT OF THE REASONABLE PART 3124 01:40:52,112 --> 01:40:53,547 OF TODAY'S RV LEGISLATION. ONE 3125 01:40:53,547 --> 01:40:55,382 OF THE REASONABLE PARTS, OF 3126 01:40:55,382 --> 01:40:58,152 COURSE, IS THE RV PROPOSAL TO 3127 01:40:58,152 --> 01:40:59,820 HAVE SAFE SPACES FOR RV PARKERS 3128 01:40:59,820 --> 01:41:03,190 TO CAMP AT. ALSO AN ADDITIONAL 3129 01:41:03,190 --> 01:41:05,826 STAFF TO HELP MANAGE THESE SAFE 3130 01:41:05,826 --> 01:41:08,362 SPOTS. THE UNREASONABLE PART IS 3131 01:41:08,362 --> 01:41:10,864 THE RESTRICTIVE TIMELINE FOR 3132 01:41:10,864 --> 01:41:12,733 GETTING PERMITS, WHICH ONLY AT 3133 01:41:12,733 --> 01:41:15,035 PRESENT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR. IF 3134 01:41:15,035 --> 01:41:16,270 PEOPLE MISS THAT ONCE A YEAR, 3135 01:41:16,270 --> 01:41:18,238 THEN THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO 3136 01:41:18,238 --> 01:41:21,608 REAPPLY ANY OTHER TIME. SO I'M 3137 01:41:21,608 --> 01:41:23,343 URGING THAT THE COUNCIL VOTE ON 3138 01:41:23,343 --> 01:41:25,012 THE GOOD PARTS AND LEAVE OUT THE 3139 01:41:25,012 --> 01:41:27,481 UNREASONABLE PARTS, AND ALSO TO 3140 01:41:27,481 --> 01:41:31,618 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TIME AND 3141 01:41:31,618 --> 01:41:32,886 OR OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THE 3142 01:41:32,886 --> 01:41:35,656 PERMIT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3143 01:41:35,656 --> 01:41:37,991 -- THANK YOU. ELIZABETH. NEXT WE 3144 01:41:37,991 --> 01:41:42,296 HAVE RUBY, FOLLOWED BY MIRA AND 3145 01:41:42,296 --> 01:41:45,833 ANDREW LIN. 3146 01:41:45,833 --> 01:41:48,368 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. SEATTLE CITY 3147 01:41:48,368 --> 01:41:49,736 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS RUBY 3148 01:41:49,736 --> 01:41:51,505 ARORA AND I'M HERE TODAY 3149 01:41:51,505 --> 01:41:53,006 REPRESENTING WOODLAND PARK ZOO, 3150 01:41:53,006 --> 01:41:54,808 A BELOVED COMMUNITY ASSET FOR 3151 01:41:54,808 --> 01:41:55,876 RESIDENTS ACROSS SEATTLE. IF 3152 01:41:55,876 --> 01:41:56,977 YOU'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT 3153 01:41:56,977 --> 01:41:58,779 THE ZOO RECENTLY, YOU LIKELY 3154 01:41:58,779 --> 01:42:00,113 NOTICED THE RV'S PARKED ALONG 3155 01:42:00,113 --> 01:42:00,747 KINNEY AVENUE DIRECTLY IN FRONT 3156 01:42:00,747 --> 01:42:03,183 OF OUR WEST ENTRANCE. WE'VE COME 3157 01:42:03,183 --> 01:42:05,185 TO UNDERSTAND THAT MOST OF THESE 3158 01:42:05,185 --> 01:42:06,520 VEHICLES ARE NOT BEING USED AS 3159 01:42:06,520 --> 01:42:07,788 HOUSING, INSTEAD, ARE BEING 3160 01:42:07,788 --> 01:42:09,723 COLLECTED AND STORED BY 1 OR 2 3161 01:42:09,723 --> 01:42:11,658 INDIVIDUALS. BEYOND THE ISSUE OF 3162 01:42:11,658 --> 01:42:12,726 ILLEGAL PARKING, THESE VEHICLES 3163 01:42:12,726 --> 01:42:14,862 OFTEN CREATE VISIBILITY AND 3164 01:42:14,862 --> 01:42:16,964 SAFETY CONCERNS FOR OUR GUESTS. 3165 01:42:16,964 --> 01:42:18,732 WE'VE ALSO SEEN THEM RESULT IN 3166 01:42:18,732 --> 01:42:20,100 SERIOUS CONFLICTS WITH NEIGHBORS 3167 01:42:20,100 --> 01:42:21,435 AND PEDESTRIANS NEAR OUR 3168 01:42:21,435 --> 01:42:23,136 ENTRANCE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE 3169 01:42:23,136 --> 01:42:23,737 HERE TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 3170 01:42:23,737 --> 01:42:25,973 STRAUSS LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE THAT 3171 01:42:25,973 --> 01:42:27,241 OFFERS A BALANCED APPROACH THAT 3172 01:42:27,241 --> 01:42:29,443 WILL HELP VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS 3173 01:42:29,443 --> 01:42:30,544 ACCESS THE SERVICES THEY NEED 3174 01:42:30,544 --> 01:42:32,546 AND INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY. 3175 01:42:32,546 --> 01:42:34,414 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION 3176 01:42:34,414 --> 01:42:36,416 AND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS 3177 01:42:36,416 --> 01:42:38,719 IMPORTANT ISSUE 3178 01:42:38,719 --> 01:42:40,821 -- THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE 3179 01:42:40,821 --> 01:42:42,022 MYRA, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW LIN AND 3180 01:42:42,022 --> 01:42:46,126 THEN SARAH, AND THEN READ. 3181 01:42:46,126 --> 01:42:48,061 -- HI, MY NAME IS MYRA. I'VE 3182 01:42:48,061 --> 01:42:49,062 BEEN A SEATTLE RESIDENT FOR 12 3183 01:42:49,062 --> 01:42:50,497 YEARS, AND I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO 3184 01:42:50,497 --> 01:42:53,800 BE HOUSED IN DISTRICT FOUR RVS. 3185 01:42:53,800 --> 01:42:55,302 REPRESENTS SHELTER, RESOURCES, 3186 01:42:55,302 --> 01:42:56,570 DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE, AND 3187 01:42:56,570 --> 01:42:59,540 THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS. ABOUT 3188 01:42:59,540 --> 01:43:01,341 57% OF RV RESIDENTS LIVE WITH A 3189 01:43:01,341 --> 01:43:03,010 DISABILITY. A THIRD OF THEM OWN 3190 01:43:03,010 --> 01:43:04,678 PETS. AND FOR MANY, HAVING A 3191 01:43:04,678 --> 01:43:06,146 SECURE AND PRIVATE SPACE IS 3192 01:43:06,146 --> 01:43:07,781 ESSENTIAL FOR PHYSICAL AND 3193 01:43:07,781 --> 01:43:08,916 MENTAL SURVIVAL. MANY SHELTER 3194 01:43:08,916 --> 01:43:10,250 OPTIONS OFFERED BY THE CITY ARE 3195 01:43:10,250 --> 01:43:12,085 NOT VIABLE FOR THIS GROUP OF 3196 01:43:12,085 --> 01:43:13,854 PEOPLE. PLEASE PASS THE PARTS OF 3197 01:43:13,854 --> 01:43:15,389 THE LEGISLATION THAT SUPPORT 3198 01:43:15,389 --> 01:43:16,823 DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE LOSS AND 3199 01:43:16,823 --> 01:43:18,358 SHELTER STORAGE, AND REJECT THE 3200 01:43:18,358 --> 01:43:19,927 RV PERMIT PROGRAM. EVERYONE WHO 3201 01:43:19,927 --> 01:43:21,695 HAS SPOKEN TODAY AGREES THAT 3202 01:43:21,695 --> 01:43:23,597 SEATTLE'S HOUSING CRISIS IS 3203 01:43:23,597 --> 01:43:24,231 HAVING BRUTAL, NEGATIVE IMPACTS 3204 01:43:24,231 --> 01:43:26,967 ON ALL THE CITY'S RESIDENTS, 3205 01:43:26,967 --> 01:43:28,068 BUT THIS PART OF THE LEGISLATION 3206 01:43:28,068 --> 01:43:30,904 WILL NOT SOLVE IT. IF AN 3207 01:43:30,904 --> 01:43:31,538 EXPENSIVE PAPERWORK PROGRAM THAT 3208 01:43:31,538 --> 01:43:32,673 WILL DO NOTHING BUT GENERATE ONE 3209 01:43:32,673 --> 01:43:35,809 MORE AVENUE TO FIND PEOPLE, 3210 01:43:35,809 --> 01:43:36,410 CONFISCATE THEIR PROPERTY AND 3211 01:43:36,410 --> 01:43:37,044 PUSH THEM OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS 3212 01:43:37,044 --> 01:43:39,746 OR ONTO THE STREETS, PLEASE SAY 3213 01:43:39,746 --> 01:43:42,849 NO TO THE PERMIT PROGRAM. 3214 01:43:42,849 --> 01:43:46,053 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 3215 01:43:46,053 --> 01:43:47,120 SPEAKER NUMBER 13, ANDREW LIN, 3216 01:43:47,120 --> 01:43:51,458 FOLLOWED BY SARAH REED GRAHAM 3217 01:43:51,458 --> 01:43:59,233 AND JOE. 3218 01:43:59,466 --> 01:44:01,802 -- HI THERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3219 01:44:01,802 --> 01:44:03,503 -- YES, WE CAN 3220 01:44:03,503 --> 01:44:07,207 -- HELLO? OH, YAY! OKAY. WELL, 3221 01:44:07,207 --> 01:44:09,676 HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 3222 01:44:09,676 --> 01:44:11,445 ANDREW LEE. SHE HER PRONOUNS 3223 01:44:11,445 --> 01:44:13,113 FROM PIERCE COUNTY DISTRICT 3224 01:44:13,113 --> 01:44:14,147 NUMBER TWO. I'M SPEAKING TO YOU 3225 01:44:14,147 --> 01:44:15,248 TODAY TO INFORM YOU ABOUT AN 3226 01:44:15,248 --> 01:44:17,451 EXTREMIST, RACIST AND SEXIST 3227 01:44:17,451 --> 01:44:18,285 GROUP FROM THE STATE. MOST OF 3228 01:44:18,285 --> 01:44:19,219 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT 3229 01:44:19,219 --> 01:44:21,121 ALSO HERE IN OUR STATE OF 3230 01:44:21,121 --> 01:44:23,824 WASHINGTON AS WELL, WHO HAVE AN 3231 01:44:23,824 --> 01:44:25,158 AGENDA OF LEGALIZING RAPE AND 3232 01:44:25,158 --> 01:44:26,360 SLAVERY. THEY'RE FOCUSING ON 3233 01:44:26,360 --> 01:44:28,061 WOMEN. HENCE THE REASON WHY I 3234 01:44:28,061 --> 01:44:30,130 MENTIONED SEXISM. BUT ALSO THE 3235 01:44:30,130 --> 01:44:30,631 OTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF 3236 01:44:30,631 --> 01:44:31,198 HISPANIC, WHICH IS RACIST. 3237 01:44:31,198 --> 01:44:32,332 PLEASE BELIEVE ME, THEY'RE KNOWN 3238 01:44:32,332 --> 01:44:34,434 AS MARVEL WITH THEIR PARTNERS 3239 01:44:34,434 --> 01:44:35,836 FROM THEIR OFFICIAL AND 3240 01:44:35,836 --> 01:44:37,270 UNOFFICIAL ROSTERS AND ENTIRELY 3241 01:44:37,270 --> 01:44:38,772 PUBLIC WITH WHO THEY ASSOCIATE 3242 01:44:38,772 --> 01:44:39,773 WITH WANTING TO BE GLOBAL 3243 01:44:39,773 --> 01:44:40,440 DOMINATORS AND WISH TO SAVE THE 3244 01:44:40,440 --> 01:44:42,175 WORLD AS THEY TRY AND MAKE IT AS 3245 01:44:42,175 --> 01:44:44,544 A UNIVERSE. THEY USE SEVERAL 3246 01:44:44,544 --> 01:44:46,847 ONLINE ALIASES THAT HAVE LIVE 3247 01:44:46,847 --> 01:44:49,383 DOUBLE LIVES PERFORMING ILLEGAL 3248 01:44:49,383 --> 01:44:50,050 EXPERIMENTATION, THAT THEY'RE 3249 01:44:50,050 --> 01:44:50,984 PART OF A NATIONAL AND 3250 01:44:50,984 --> 01:44:52,452 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING 3251 01:44:52,452 --> 01:44:53,987 RING CALLED FORCED RAPISTS 3252 01:44:53,987 --> 01:44:54,588 EXERCISING OPERATIONS IN ALL 3253 01:44:54,588 --> 01:44:56,089 THESE BRANCHES OF VIOLENCE, 3254 01:44:56,089 --> 01:44:59,459 FOCUSING ESPECIALLY ON SEXUAL 3255 01:44:59,459 --> 01:45:01,161 VIOLENCE. THANK YOU. 3256 01:45:01,161 --> 01:45:02,462 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3257 01:45:02,462 --> 01:45:03,664 NOW WE HAVE SARAH, FOLLOWED BY 3258 01:45:03,664 --> 01:45:14,041 REED AND THEN GRAHAM. 3259 01:45:14,641 --> 01:45:20,414 -- HI, MY NAME IS SARAH. I'VE 3260 01:45:20,414 --> 01:45:21,782 BEEN INVOLVED WITH MUTUAL AID 3261 01:45:21,782 --> 01:45:23,183 VOLUNTEERING SERVICES FOR OUR 3262 01:45:23,183 --> 01:45:23,784 IN-HOUSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN 3263 01:45:23,784 --> 01:45:25,419 SEATTLE FOR OVER THREE YEARS. 3264 01:45:25,419 --> 01:45:26,753 SPECIFICALLY, I SEEM TO BE ON 3265 01:45:26,753 --> 01:45:27,954 SPEED DIAL FOR SEVERAL CITY 3266 01:45:27,954 --> 01:45:29,289 EMPLOYEES, UNIFIED CARE TEAM 3267 01:45:29,289 --> 01:45:30,557 MEMBERS WHO FREQUENTLY CALL ME 3268 01:45:30,557 --> 01:45:32,192 WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT 3269 01:45:32,192 --> 01:45:33,627 PROVIDING HOUSING FOR FOLKS 3270 01:45:33,627 --> 01:45:34,227 LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES, AND 3271 01:45:34,227 --> 01:45:35,495 THEIR HOMES ARE BEING IMMINENTLY 3272 01:45:35,495 --> 01:45:37,631 IMPOUNDED BY THE CITY. AND I'VE 3273 01:45:37,631 --> 01:45:39,433 SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW OUR CURRENT 3274 01:45:39,433 --> 01:45:40,067 PROCESS IS STEALING PEOPLE'S 3275 01:45:40,067 --> 01:45:41,468 HOMES LITERALLY RUINS LIVES. AS 3276 01:45:41,468 --> 01:45:44,071 IT STANDS, THIS RV BAN IS 3277 01:45:44,071 --> 01:45:45,539 INADEQUATE AND WILL CONTINUE TO 3278 01:45:45,539 --> 01:45:46,707 RUIN LIVES. OF COURSE, I'M IN 3279 01:45:46,707 --> 01:45:48,108 SUPPORT OF PROVIDING RV SAFE 3280 01:45:48,108 --> 01:45:50,310 LOTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS 3281 01:45:50,310 --> 01:45:51,378 SERVICES WITHIN CITY LIMITS AND 3282 01:45:51,378 --> 01:45:52,479 THEIR BELONGINGS ARE SAFE AND 3283 01:45:52,479 --> 01:45:54,347 RETAINED, AND THEY HAVE A PATH 3284 01:45:54,347 --> 01:45:56,817 TO REAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NOT 3285 01:45:56,817 --> 01:45:57,451 INADEQUATE SHELTER. I ENCOURAGE 3286 01:45:57,451 --> 01:45:58,785 YOU TO DIRECT ANY FUNDING IN 3287 01:45:58,785 --> 01:46:02,489 THIS LEGISLATION TO MORE RV SAFE 3288 01:46:02,489 --> 01:46:04,157 LOTS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, NOT 3289 01:46:04,157 --> 01:46:04,825 TOWING PEOPLE'S ONLY RESOURCES 3290 01:46:04,825 --> 01:46:06,860 AND PROPERTY. THIS CURRENT 3291 01:46:06,860 --> 01:46:07,694 LEGISLATION WILL PUSH PEOPLE 3292 01:46:07,694 --> 01:46:09,129 INTO TENTS AND PASSENGER 3293 01:46:09,129 --> 01:46:10,464 VEHICLES, WHICH WILL INCREASE 3294 01:46:10,464 --> 01:46:13,200 DEATHS ON OUR STREETS AND 3295 01:46:13,200 --> 01:46:16,369 LIFELONG IN HEALTH IMPACTS. THIS 3296 01:46:16,369 --> 01:46:18,338 PERMITTING PROCESS IS ABSOLUTELY 3297 01:46:18,338 --> 01:46:20,140 INSANE AND IF THIS PASSES, WILL 3298 01:46:20,140 --> 01:46:22,976 HAVE DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS ON OUR 3299 01:46:22,976 --> 01:46:27,280 UNHOUSED. 3300 01:46:27,280 --> 01:46:30,050 -- THANK YOU SARAH. NEXT WE HAVE 3301 01:46:30,050 --> 01:46:31,485 REED MEYER, FOLLOWED BY GRAHAM. 3302 01:46:31,485 --> 01:46:36,990 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. 3303 01:46:36,990 --> 01:46:37,424 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 3304 01:46:37,424 --> 01:46:38,658 COUNCILMEMBERS. YOU CLAIM THIS 3305 01:46:38,658 --> 01:46:39,960 LEGISLATION IS WHAT YOUR 3306 01:46:39,960 --> 01:46:41,094 CONSTITUENTS WANT. I'M HERE TO 3307 01:46:41,094 --> 01:46:42,963 REMIND YOU THAT VEHICLE 3308 01:46:42,963 --> 01:46:44,131 RESIDENTS ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, 3309 01:46:44,131 --> 01:46:46,133 TOO. WE PAY THE HEFTY FUEL 3310 01:46:46,133 --> 01:46:47,667 TAXES, THE 10.5% SALES TAX, ALL 3311 01:46:47,667 --> 01:46:49,736 THE SIN TAXES, THE SWEET DRINK 3312 01:46:49,736 --> 01:46:51,638 TAXES, THE BAG TAXES AND ENDLESS 3313 01:46:51,638 --> 01:46:52,606 CITY FEES WE PAY INTO THE 3314 01:46:52,606 --> 01:46:55,475 SYSTEM. AND WE DESERVE 3315 01:46:55,475 --> 01:46:55,909 REPRESENTATION, NOT 3316 01:46:55,909 --> 01:46:57,110 DEHUMANIZATION, FORCING US TO 3317 01:46:57,110 --> 01:46:58,178 REGISTER, GIVE UP OUR PRIVACY, 3318 01:46:58,178 --> 01:46:59,613 AND SUBMIT TO AN INVASIVE 3319 01:46:59,613 --> 01:47:00,714 GOVERNMENT PROGRAM JUST TO KEEP 3320 01:47:00,714 --> 01:47:03,016 OUR OWN HOMES IS INHUMANE, 3321 01:47:03,016 --> 01:47:03,750 ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR ONLY QUOTE, 3322 01:47:03,750 --> 01:47:05,152 UNQUOTE CRIME IS BEING TOO POOR 3323 01:47:05,152 --> 01:47:07,187 TO AFFORD. SEATTLE'S 3324 01:47:07,187 --> 01:47:08,054 ASTRONOMICAL RENTS. AND MANY OF 3325 01:47:08,054 --> 01:47:09,289 US HAVE SOUGHT HELP FROM THE 3326 01:47:09,289 --> 01:47:10,757 SYSTEM, BUT WERE EITHER DENIED, 3327 01:47:10,757 --> 01:47:12,359 OFFERED SUBSTANDARD OPTIONS, OR 3328 01:47:12,359 --> 01:47:15,028 LEFT ON ENDLESS WAITLISTS. WE 3329 01:47:15,028 --> 01:47:15,629 LIVE IN VEHICLES BECAUSE THE 3330 01:47:15,629 --> 01:47:16,596 BROKEN SYSTEM HAS LEFT US NO 3331 01:47:16,596 --> 01:47:18,832 OTHER CHOICE. STOP PRIORITIZING 3332 01:47:18,832 --> 01:47:20,767 URBAN ESTHETICS AND 3333 01:47:20,767 --> 01:47:21,301 GENTRIFICATION OVER HUMAN 3334 01:47:21,301 --> 01:47:23,470 SURVIVAL. WHAT YOU SEE AS AN 3335 01:47:23,470 --> 01:47:25,672 EYESORE IS OUR PROTECTION FROM 3336 01:47:25,672 --> 01:47:26,239 HYPOTHERMIA, PNEUMONIA AND 3337 01:47:26,239 --> 01:47:27,774 LITERAL DEATH. THANK YOU. 3338 01:47:27,774 --> 01:47:29,042 -- THANK YOU. READ. NEXT WE HAVE 3339 01:47:29,042 --> 01:47:33,180 GRAHAM, FOLLOWED BY JOE AND THEN 3340 01:47:33,180 --> 01:47:34,381 ANNE GRAHAM. JOE AND THEN ANNE. 3341 01:47:34,381 --> 01:47:38,251 AND IT LOOKS LIKE BEFORE YOU GO, 3342 01:47:38,251 --> 01:47:39,653 GRAHAM, WE HAVE ABOUT 11 3343 01:47:39,653 --> 01:47:43,190 SPEAKERS LEFT. WELCOME, GRAHAM. 3344 01:47:43,190 --> 01:47:44,825 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 3345 01:47:44,825 --> 01:47:46,159 COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M DR. GRAHAM 3346 01:47:46,159 --> 01:47:48,094 PRESS, A UW ANTHROPOLOGIST. 3347 01:47:48,094 --> 01:47:50,130 FORMER SEATTLE SAFE PARKING 3348 01:47:50,130 --> 01:47:50,730 OUTREACH WORKER AND EXECUTIVE 3349 01:47:50,730 --> 01:47:53,166 DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL VEHICLE 3350 01:47:53,166 --> 01:47:54,868 RESIDENCY COALITION. WE ORGANIZE 3351 01:47:54,868 --> 01:47:56,536 THE NATION'S LARGEST NETWORK OF 3352 01:47:56,536 --> 01:47:57,103 VEHICLE RESIDENTS, PARKING 3353 01:47:57,103 --> 01:47:58,605 PROGRAM OPERATORS AND POLICY 3354 01:47:58,605 --> 01:48:00,273 ADVOCATES FOR MOBILE HOUSING. 3355 01:48:00,273 --> 01:48:01,575 FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, I'VE 3356 01:48:01,575 --> 01:48:02,909 WORKED WITH THOUSANDS OF VEHICLE 3357 01:48:02,909 --> 01:48:04,711 RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY IN 3358 01:48:04,711 --> 01:48:06,046 SEATTLE. VETERANS, SENIORS, 3359 01:48:06,046 --> 01:48:08,381 WORKERS, FAMILIES, PEOPLE WITH 3360 01:48:08,381 --> 01:48:10,650 DISABILITIES, AND PEOPLE 3361 01:48:10,650 --> 01:48:11,117 ESCAPING VIOLENCE OR 3362 01:48:11,117 --> 01:48:12,686 HOMELESSNESS. THESE ARE OUR 3363 01:48:12,686 --> 01:48:14,488 NEIGHBORS, NOT PROBLEMS TO BE 3364 01:48:14,488 --> 01:48:16,423 SOLVED. ALL OF THEM DESERVE A 3365 01:48:16,423 --> 01:48:20,393 SAFE HOME. WE URGE YOU TO VOTE 3366 01:48:20,393 --> 01:48:25,732 NO ON BILL ON ONE, TWO, 12880281 3367 01:48:25,732 --> 01:48:27,801 AND 128. WE URGE THE DEVELOPMENT 3368 01:48:27,801 --> 01:48:29,636 OF INCLUSIVE PARKING FOR RVS AS 3369 01:48:29,636 --> 01:48:31,738 EMERGENCY, TRANSITIONAL AND 3370 01:48:31,738 --> 01:48:33,006 PERMANENT HOUSING, AND WE 3371 01:48:33,006 --> 01:48:34,374 SUPPORT FUNDING, OUTREACH, 3372 01:48:34,374 --> 01:48:38,245 LEGAL, PARKING, SANITATION AND 3373 01:48:38,245 --> 01:48:38,879 INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH 282. BUT 3374 01:48:38,879 --> 01:48:40,347 THE OTHER ORDINANCES IN THIS 3375 01:48:40,347 --> 01:48:42,115 PACKAGE WILL DISPLACE PEOPLE 3376 01:48:42,115 --> 01:48:43,650 FROM YOUR COMMUNITIES. SIMPLY 3377 01:48:43,650 --> 01:48:45,785 PUT, YOU HAVE CONSTITUENTS 3378 01:48:45,785 --> 01:48:48,088 LIVING IN RVS WHO WILL LOSE. 3379 01:48:48,088 --> 01:48:49,256 -- THANK YOU. GRAHAM. NEXT WE 3380 01:48:49,256 --> 01:48:54,794 HAVE JOE, FOLLOWED BY ANNE 3381 01:48:54,794 --> 01:48:57,530 -- THANK YOU, PRESIDENT 3382 01:48:57,530 --> 01:48:58,131 HOLLINGSWORTH JOE, COUNCILOR 3383 01:48:58,131 --> 01:48:59,666 HERE. THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME 3384 01:48:59,666 --> 01:49:00,467 IN HOT TODAY. A LOT OF THOUGHTS. 3385 01:49:00,467 --> 01:49:02,035 I'M GOING TO TRY TO TALK A 3386 01:49:02,035 --> 01:49:02,802 LITTLE FAST BECAUSE I GOT A 3387 01:49:02,802 --> 01:49:03,637 PRINTER TO SET UP, AND WE ONLY 3388 01:49:03,637 --> 01:49:06,873 GOT A MINUTE TO TALK. BUT FIRST 3389 01:49:06,873 --> 01:49:08,642 I WANT TO I WANT TO LEND MY 3390 01:49:08,642 --> 01:49:10,143 VOICE OF CONDEMNATION TO ALL THE 3391 01:49:10,143 --> 01:49:12,145 VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR TRANS 3392 01:49:12,145 --> 01:49:13,780 NEIGHBORS. I MAY VOTED PROUDLY 3393 01:49:13,780 --> 01:49:14,981 TO MAKE SURE THE NATURAL GIRL 3394 01:49:14,981 --> 01:49:16,616 SPORTS OR NATURAL GIRL SPORTS, 3395 01:49:16,616 --> 01:49:18,385 BUT VIOLENCE AGAINST THE TRANS 3396 01:49:18,385 --> 01:49:20,754 COMMUNITY IS VIOLENCE AGAINST 3397 01:49:20,754 --> 01:49:23,223 HUMANITY AND IT MUST STOP. WE 3398 01:49:23,223 --> 01:49:25,892 ALSO. I ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORT 3399 01:49:25,892 --> 01:49:27,294 COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS 3400 01:49:27,294 --> 01:49:28,395 CUNNING PLAN TO DEAL WITH THE RV 3401 01:49:28,395 --> 01:49:29,563 PROBLEM, BUT THAT SHOULD BE 3402 01:49:29,563 --> 01:49:32,265 COUPLED TO A SECOND RV SAFE LINE 3403 01:49:32,265 --> 01:49:33,466 WE CAN SUPPORT TO BE HUMANE 3404 01:49:33,466 --> 01:49:34,601 ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S ALSO 3405 01:49:34,601 --> 01:49:36,436 IMPORTANT TO KEEP SEATTLE CLEAN 3406 01:49:36,436 --> 01:49:38,572 AND AWESOME AS SEATTLE IS A 3407 01:49:38,572 --> 01:49:43,109 GREAT CITY WITH A GREAT CITY 3408 01:49:43,109 --> 01:49:45,211 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I ALSO WANT 3409 01:49:45,211 --> 01:49:47,881 TO THANK MAYOR MAYOR KATIE 3410 01:49:47,881 --> 01:49:48,348 WILSON FOR CONDEMNING 3411 01:49:48,348 --> 01:49:49,883 ANTI-SEMITISM AND CONDEMNING THE 3412 01:49:49,883 --> 01:49:51,384 RECENT MOB THAT WE ALL HAD BEEN 3413 01:49:51,384 --> 01:49:56,022 AT PLAY. THOSE MOBSTERS BELONG 3414 01:49:56,022 --> 01:49:59,960 IN PRISON ALONG WITH ISRAEL, 3415 01:49:59,960 --> 01:50:02,095 ALONG WITH SEATTLE AND. 3416 01:50:02,095 --> 01:50:04,097 -- THANK YOU JOE. NEXT WE HAVE 3417 01:50:04,097 --> 01:50:06,900 AN. FOLLOWED BY BEFORE YOU GO. 3418 01:50:06,900 --> 01:50:08,168 AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 3419 01:50:08,168 --> 01:50:10,770 SIGNED UP THAT ARE NOT PRESENT, 3420 01:50:10,770 --> 01:50:13,406 WE HAVE AL CEDAR, WE HAVE LANGE, 3421 01:50:13,406 --> 01:50:16,276 GINA, AIDEN, REBECCA, AND WE 3422 01:50:16,276 --> 01:50:17,610 HAVE DAVID HAYNES. WE HAVE EM. 3423 01:50:17,610 --> 01:50:19,813 AND THEN WE HAVE ALPHONSO. 3424 01:50:19,813 --> 01:50:22,215 WELCOME. AN. 3425 01:50:22,215 --> 01:50:24,951 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS. AND I'M 3426 01:50:24,951 --> 01:50:25,585 ADDRESSING THE RECOMMENDATIONS 3427 01:50:25,585 --> 01:50:27,454 OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 3428 01:50:27,454 --> 01:50:28,154 TODAY. COUNCILMEMBERS, I URGE 3429 01:50:28,154 --> 01:50:30,123 YOU TO APPROVE ALL MEASURES ON 3430 01:50:30,123 --> 01:50:31,958 TODAY'S AGENDA PERTAINING TO 3431 01:50:31,958 --> 01:50:33,893 VEHICLE RESIDENCY IN SEATTLE TO 3432 01:50:33,893 --> 01:50:34,995 ENSURE COMMUNITY SAFETY. AS A 3433 01:50:34,995 --> 01:50:36,596 HOMEOWNER IN NORTH SEATTLE ALONG 3434 01:50:36,596 --> 01:50:37,964 THE CORRIDOR, I CAN ATTEST 3435 01:50:37,964 --> 01:50:39,032 MYSELF, MY HUSBAND AND OUR 3436 01:50:39,032 --> 01:50:40,400 NEIGHBORS HAVE WITNESSED 3437 01:50:40,400 --> 01:50:42,502 FIRSTHAND BOTH VIOLENT CRIME AND 3438 01:50:42,502 --> 01:50:43,069 PROPERTY CRIME COMMITTED BY 3439 01:50:43,069 --> 01:50:44,371 INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN 3440 01:50:44,371 --> 01:50:45,805 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, INCLUDING 3441 01:50:45,805 --> 01:50:46,940 THE SALE OF DRUGS AND SEX FROM 3442 01:50:46,940 --> 01:50:48,908 THOSE SAME VEHICLES. I'VE NEVER 3443 01:50:48,908 --> 01:50:50,010 FELT MORE AFRAID IN MY OWN HOME 3444 01:50:50,010 --> 01:50:51,778 THAN DURING THE PERIOD WHERE 3445 01:50:51,778 --> 01:50:52,779 THESE CRIMES TOOK PLACE. OUT OF 3446 01:50:52,779 --> 01:50:54,781 RV'S. THE VERY WORST INCLUDED A 3447 01:50:54,781 --> 01:50:55,849 SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE IN 3448 01:50:55,849 --> 01:50:58,318 BROAD DAYLIGHT INSIDE OF AN RV. 3449 01:50:58,318 --> 01:51:00,520 AS THE SEATTLE TIMES REPORTED ON 3450 01:51:00,520 --> 01:51:02,155 SEPTEMBER 9th, 2023. MAN CHARGED 3451 01:51:02,155 --> 01:51:03,623 WITH MURDER OF RV INTRUDER IN 3452 01:51:03,623 --> 01:51:05,258 NORTH SEATTLE. DURING ONE 3453 01:51:05,258 --> 01:51:06,292 RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE TO OUR 3454 01:51:06,292 --> 01:51:07,360 COMMUNITY AFTER A CRIME WAS 3455 01:51:07,360 --> 01:51:09,295 COMMITTED BY AN RV RESIDENT, THE 3456 01:51:09,295 --> 01:51:10,797 OFFICER ADVISED THE COMMUNITY TO 3457 01:51:10,797 --> 01:51:12,165 INSTALL BARRICADES ON THE PUBLIC 3458 01:51:12,165 --> 01:51:13,700 ROAD TO PREVENT RVS FROM 3459 01:51:13,700 --> 01:51:15,168 PARKING. THE OFFICER'S COMMENTS 3460 01:51:15,168 --> 01:51:17,604 WERE RECORDED ON HIS BODY CAMERA 3461 01:51:17,604 --> 01:51:18,471 AFTER BARRICADES APPEARED LATER 3462 01:51:18,471 --> 01:51:20,306 IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WHERE RVS 3463 01:51:20,306 --> 01:51:23,209 HAD PREVIOUSLY PARKED. THE CRIME 3464 01:51:23,209 --> 01:51:23,810 STOPPED THE CURRENT LAWS AND 3465 01:51:23,810 --> 01:51:24,711 APPROACH TO PARKING ENFORCEMENT 3466 01:51:24,711 --> 01:51:26,012 ARE NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE 3467 01:51:26,012 --> 01:51:30,050 SCENARIO OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING 3468 01:51:30,050 --> 01:51:30,283 IN OUR. 3469 01:51:30,283 --> 01:51:32,252 -- THANK YOU. AND NEXT WE HAVE 3470 01:51:32,252 --> 01:51:35,422 M. IF YOU'RE NOT PRESENT, AL 3471 01:51:35,422 --> 01:51:36,790 CEDAR LANE. GINA. AIDEN, 3472 01:51:36,790 --> 01:51:40,060 REBECCA, DAVID AND ALFONSO. LAST 3473 01:51:40,060 --> 01:51:44,898 PERSON WE HAVE IS M. THAT IS 3474 01:51:44,898 --> 01:51:53,940 PRESENT. STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 3475 01:51:53,940 --> 01:51:59,846 YOURSELF. WE SEE YOU ONLINE. YOU 3476 01:51:59,846 --> 01:52:02,882 MIGHT BE. THERE YOU GO. 3477 01:52:02,882 --> 01:52:03,149 -- HELLO. 3478 01:52:03,149 --> 01:52:05,285 -- HELLO HELLO HELLO. 3479 01:52:05,285 --> 01:52:05,719 -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3480 01:52:05,719 --> 01:52:08,455 -- WE CAN HEAR YOU. 3481 01:52:08,455 --> 01:52:12,592 -- OH. THANK YOU. I'M M BRIDLE. 3482 01:52:12,592 --> 01:52:14,961 I'M SPEAKING FOR SEATTLE HAS 3483 01:52:14,961 --> 01:52:16,996 BECOME A SANCTUARY CITY FOR MANY 3484 01:52:16,996 --> 01:52:18,364 TRANS INDIVIDUALS WHO FEAR FOR 3485 01:52:18,364 --> 01:52:20,233 THEIR LIVES IN THIS COUNTRY. 3486 01:52:20,233 --> 01:52:23,002 WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH 3487 01:52:23,002 --> 01:52:23,636 DISILLUSION, MISINFORMATION AND 3488 01:52:23,636 --> 01:52:25,805 DEMONIZATION OF TRANS PEOPLE 3489 01:52:25,805 --> 01:52:26,806 BLATANTLY VIEWED ON THE STREETS, 3490 01:52:26,806 --> 01:52:28,775 ON TELEVISION SCREENS, BY 3491 01:52:28,775 --> 01:52:31,010 POLITICIANS IN ORDER TO DISRUPT 3492 01:52:31,010 --> 01:52:32,212 AND PIT PEOPLE AGAINST ONE 3493 01:52:32,212 --> 01:52:33,747 ANOTHER. I HAVE SEEN MANY 3494 01:52:33,747 --> 01:52:35,582 PEOPLE, FRIENDS, PEERS, SUFFER 3495 01:52:35,582 --> 01:52:36,850 AND DIE IN A SYSTEM THAT IS MADE 3496 01:52:36,850 --> 01:52:39,719 TO MAKE THEM AN ENEMY, FOR THEY 3497 01:52:39,719 --> 01:52:41,154 STRUGGLE TO FIND SAFETY, FIND 3498 01:52:41,154 --> 01:52:43,490 HOUSING, FIND JOBS OR ABUSE, 3499 01:52:43,490 --> 01:52:45,291 DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AND SUFFER 3500 01:52:45,291 --> 01:52:46,793 FROM ADDICTION, SUICIDE AND 3501 01:52:46,793 --> 01:52:48,728 MURDER. PLEASE HEAR OUR VOICES. 3502 01:52:48,728 --> 01:52:50,897 IN A WORLD THAT ATTEMPTS TO 3503 01:52:50,897 --> 01:52:53,566 ERASE US FROM EXISTENCE, WE HAVE 3504 01:52:53,566 --> 01:52:54,667 ALWAYS BEEN HERE. THERE WILL 3505 01:52:54,667 --> 01:52:56,169 ALWAYS BE PEOPLE LIKE US JUST 3506 01:52:56,169 --> 01:52:58,071 WANTING TO SURVIVE. STAND WITH 3507 01:52:58,071 --> 01:53:00,406 US IN UNITY. EVERY SINGLE PERSON 3508 01:53:00,406 --> 01:53:01,307 IN THE WORLD IS UNIQUE AND THERE 3509 01:53:01,307 --> 01:53:02,909 IS MORE DIVERSITY IN GENDER, 3510 01:53:02,909 --> 01:53:06,246 SEX, SEXUALITY, CULTURE, CREED 3511 01:53:06,246 --> 01:53:06,813 AND HUMAN FORM THAN WE ARE 3512 01:53:06,813 --> 01:53:09,783 TAUGHT. WE ARE NOT SO DIFFERENT 3513 01:53:09,783 --> 01:53:11,284 STANDARDS FOR ALL PEOPLE. WE 3514 01:53:11,284 --> 01:53:14,254 HAVE STRENGTH IN OUR DIVERSITY, 3515 01:53:14,254 --> 01:53:14,521 RESPECT. 3516 01:53:14,521 --> 01:53:15,922 -- THANK YOU M AND I'M GOING TO 3517 01:53:15,922 --> 01:53:16,990 GO AHEAD AND GIVE ANOTHER CALL 3518 01:53:16,990 --> 01:53:18,925 TO FOLKS ONLINE AND DOUBLE CHECK 3519 01:53:18,925 --> 01:53:20,460 IF WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP 3520 01:53:20,460 --> 01:53:23,863 IN PERSON. SO WE HAVE AL CEDAR 3521 01:53:23,863 --> 01:53:26,499 LANG, GINA, AIDEN, REBECCA, 3522 01:53:26,499 --> 01:53:29,936 DAVID AND ALFONSO. THEY ARE NOT 3523 01:53:29,936 --> 01:53:31,137 PRESENT AND WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE 3524 01:53:31,137 --> 01:53:33,239 SIGNED UP ONLINE. ALL RIGHT. SO 3525 01:53:33,239 --> 01:53:33,907 WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND 3526 01:53:33,907 --> 01:53:36,342 CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 3527 01:53:36,342 --> 01:53:38,278 FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK 3528 01:53:38,278 --> 01:53:40,446 EVERYONE FOR TAKING THE TIME FOR 3529 01:53:40,446 --> 01:53:41,915 COMING DOWN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT 3530 01:53:41,915 --> 01:53:43,383 PERIOD. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE 3531 01:53:43,383 --> 01:53:45,585 THAT I TRY TO DO A REALLY GOOD 3532 01:53:45,585 --> 01:53:47,787 JOB OF NOT CUTTING PEOPLE OFF 3533 01:53:47,787 --> 01:53:49,155 WHILE THEY'RE FINISHING THEIR, 3534 01:53:49,155 --> 01:53:50,323 WHILE THEY'RE FINISHING THEIR 3535 01:53:50,323 --> 01:53:52,525 THOUGHT. I TRY TO BE INCREDIBLY 3536 01:53:52,525 --> 01:53:54,360 RESPECTFUL. WHILE I KNOW THAT 3537 01:53:54,360 --> 01:53:55,862 YOU ALL TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO 3538 01:53:55,862 --> 01:53:57,463 COME DOWN HERE AND SPEAK. AND SO 3539 01:53:57,463 --> 01:53:59,866 I DO APOLOGIZE IF ANYONE FELT 3540 01:53:59,866 --> 01:54:01,167 DISRESPECTED THAT WE CUT THEM 3541 01:54:01,167 --> 01:54:02,502 OFF OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, 3542 01:54:02,502 --> 01:54:06,639 BECAUSE WE TRY TO DO WE TRY TO 3543 01:54:06,639 --> 01:54:07,774 MANAGE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE 3544 01:54:07,774 --> 01:54:08,775 HERE. ALSO THE FOLKS THAT ARE 3545 01:54:08,775 --> 01:54:09,876 ONLINE THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING 3546 01:54:09,876 --> 01:54:10,944 FOR HOURS AS WELL. YOU CAN 3547 01:54:10,944 --> 01:54:12,612 IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WAIT 3548 01:54:12,612 --> 01:54:13,646 ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS. SO I 3549 01:54:13,646 --> 01:54:15,415 JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, 3550 01:54:15,415 --> 01:54:17,016 FOR COMING DOWN, TELLING US YOUR 3551 01:54:17,016 --> 01:54:18,618 PUBLIC COMMENT. WE TRY TO DO A 3552 01:54:18,618 --> 01:54:20,186 JOB OF MOVING THROUGH THE 3553 01:54:20,186 --> 01:54:22,121 COMMENTS AS RESPECTFUL AS AS 3554 01:54:22,121 --> 01:54:23,489 POSSIBLE, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE 3555 01:54:23,489 --> 01:54:24,591 THE FEEDBACK SO I CAN GET BETTER 3556 01:54:24,591 --> 01:54:25,325 AS I'M MANAGING A LOT OF 3557 01:54:25,325 --> 01:54:26,559 PEOPLE. SO JUST WANT TO THANK 3558 01:54:26,559 --> 01:54:28,494 YOU ALL FOR YOUR YOUR COMMENTS 3559 01:54:28,494 --> 01:54:32,498 AS WELL I ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO 3560 01:54:32,498 --> 01:54:35,101 NOW MOVE INTO OUR AGENDA 3561 01:54:35,101 --> 01:54:37,003 COLLEAGUES AS WELL. AND SO IF 3562 01:54:37,003 --> 01:54:38,705 THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 3563 01:54:38,705 --> 01:54:39,239 INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 3564 01:54:39,239 --> 01:54:44,444 CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. SEEING 3565 01:54:44,444 --> 01:54:45,078 NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION 3566 01:54:45,078 --> 01:54:47,714 AND REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED 3567 01:54:47,714 --> 01:54:49,816 AND I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. 3568 01:54:49,816 --> 01:54:51,851 IS THERE A SECOND. 3569 01:54:51,851 --> 01:54:53,486 -- SECOND. 3570 01:54:53,486 --> 01:54:54,821 -- THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED. 3571 01:54:54,821 --> 01:54:56,856 AND SECOND, TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. 3572 01:54:56,856 --> 01:54:59,726 I ALSO KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER 3573 01:54:59,726 --> 01:55:04,297 LIN AM I TURNING TO YOU? 3574 01:55:04,297 --> 01:55:05,865 -- YES, SORRY. THANK YOU. 3575 01:55:05,865 --> 01:55:07,267 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THERE IS ONE 3576 01:55:07,267 --> 01:55:09,102 ITEM THAT WE NEED TO REMOVE FROM 3577 01:55:09,102 --> 01:55:12,105 THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THIS IS A 3578 01:55:12,105 --> 01:55:13,840 INSTITUTIONS ZONING THAT PASSED 3579 01:55:13,840 --> 01:55:15,775 OUT OF COMMITTEE, BUT WE HAD TO 3580 01:55:15,775 --> 01:55:19,612 SEND NOTICE TO THE STATE AND 3581 01:55:19,612 --> 01:55:20,880 NOTICE WAS SENT BY SDCI BUT WAS 3582 01:55:20,880 --> 01:55:22,815 SENT BY MAIL. AND USUALLY IT'S 3583 01:55:22,815 --> 01:55:24,183 ELECTRONICALLY. SO THEY STILL 3584 01:55:24,183 --> 01:55:27,320 NEEDED MORE TIME TO REVIEW. AND 3585 01:55:27,320 --> 01:55:30,757 SO I WOULD LIKE I MOVE TO AMEND 3586 01:55:30,757 --> 01:55:33,126 THE AGENDA, REMOVE CONSENT 3587 01:55:33,126 --> 01:55:33,760 CALENDAR ITEM 12, COUNCIL BILL 3588 01:55:33,760 --> 01:55:35,962 ONE, 21276. 3589 01:55:35,962 --> 01:55:37,463 -- IS THERE A SECOND? 3590 01:55:37,463 --> 01:55:38,064 -- SECOND. 3591 01:55:38,064 --> 01:55:38,898 -- THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED. 3592 01:55:38,898 --> 01:55:40,400 AND SECOND, TO AMEND THE AGENDA 3593 01:55:40,400 --> 01:55:42,302 BY REMOVING CONSENT CALENDAR 3594 01:55:42,302 --> 01:55:45,538 ITEM NUMBER 12, COUNCIL BILL 3595 01:55:45,538 --> 01:55:46,272 121276. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3596 01:55:46,272 --> 01:55:47,507 ADDRESSED THE ITEM. IS THERE 3597 01:55:47,507 --> 01:55:48,608 ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY? 3598 01:55:48,608 --> 01:55:49,742 -- JUST SAID IT WOULD HAVE TO GO 3599 01:55:49,742 --> 01:55:52,445 ON A FUTURE CALENDAR, SO 3600 01:55:52,445 --> 01:55:53,947 HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH, ASSUMING 3601 01:55:53,947 --> 01:55:55,715 THERE'S TIME. BUT IT IT COME 3602 01:55:55,715 --> 01:55:55,915 BACK. 3603 01:55:55,915 --> 01:56:00,053 -- ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. 3604 01:56:00,053 --> 01:56:01,087 COUNCIL BILL 121276. ALL RIGHT. 3605 01:56:01,087 --> 01:56:02,221 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 3606 01:56:02,221 --> 01:56:05,058 ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 3607 01:56:05,058 --> 01:56:08,027 AMENDMENT TO REMOVE COUNCIL BILL 3608 01:56:08,027 --> 01:56:11,931 121276. 3609 01:56:11,931 --> 01:56:16,135 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 3610 01:56:16,135 --> 01:56:19,572 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 3611 01:56:19,572 --> 01:56:21,174 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 3612 01:56:21,174 --> 01:56:21,674 COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. 3613 01:56:21,674 --> 01:56:24,877 -- YES. 3614 01:56:24,877 --> 01:56:25,411 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ I 3615 01:56:25,411 --> 01:56:27,280 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 3616 01:56:27,280 --> 01:56:29,148 COUNCILMEMBER. LYNN. YES. 3617 01:56:29,148 --> 01:56:31,484 COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. YES. 3618 01:56:31,484 --> 01:56:34,187 COUNCIL. PRESIDENT. 3619 01:56:34,187 --> 01:56:34,554 HOLLINGSWORTH. 3620 01:56:34,554 --> 01:56:34,787 -- YES. 3621 01:56:34,787 --> 01:56:36,055 -- EIGHT. IN FAVOR. NONE. 3622 01:56:36,055 --> 01:56:37,824 OPPOSED. 3623 01:56:37,824 --> 01:56:38,391 -- MOTION CARRIES. AND THE 3624 01:56:38,391 --> 01:56:40,360 AGENDA. EXCUSE ME. THE MOTION 3625 01:56:40,360 --> 01:56:42,028 CARRIES AND THE REMOVAL OF 3626 01:56:42,028 --> 01:56:44,897 COUNCIL BILL 121276 IS REMOVED. 3627 01:56:44,897 --> 01:56:46,299 THE MOTION. ARE THERE ANY 3628 01:56:46,299 --> 01:56:47,900 FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA 3629 01:56:47,900 --> 01:56:51,037 AS AMENDED? IF THERE'S NO 3630 01:56:51,037 --> 01:56:53,873 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA, AS 3631 01:56:53,873 --> 01:56:55,541 AMENDED WILL BE ADOPTED. 3632 01:56:55,541 --> 01:56:58,144 AWESOME. WE'RE NOW GOING TO 3633 01:56:58,144 --> 01:56:58,745 CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT 3634 01:56:58,745 --> 01:56:59,779 CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR 3635 01:56:59,779 --> 01:57:02,315 IS PRETTY HEFTY. COLLEAGUES. WE 3636 01:57:02,315 --> 01:57:04,117 ADDED AS MUCH STUFF AS WE COULD 3637 01:57:04,117 --> 01:57:05,785 TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MEETING 3638 01:57:05,785 --> 01:57:07,620 COULD GO SMOOTHLY. SO THE 3639 01:57:07,620 --> 01:57:10,523 MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 20th 22nd, 3640 01:57:10,523 --> 01:57:14,694 2026, WE ALSO HAVE COUNCIL BILL 3641 01:57:14,694 --> 01:57:17,964 121302121303 AND 121304. THAT IS 3642 01:57:17,964 --> 01:57:18,865 PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. WE ALSO 3643 01:57:18,865 --> 01:57:20,800 HAVE TWO BILLS FROM THE 3644 01:57:20,800 --> 01:57:23,636 GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES 3645 01:57:23,636 --> 01:57:25,238 COMMITTEE AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE 3646 01:57:25,238 --> 01:57:26,539 FOUR BILLS FROM THE HUMAN 3647 01:57:26,539 --> 01:57:28,708 SERVICES AND LABOR ECONOMIC 3648 01:57:28,708 --> 01:57:30,143 COMMITTEE. WE HAVE ONE PAY 3649 01:57:30,143 --> 01:57:31,911 COMPRESSION CORRECTION. WE HAVE 3650 01:57:31,911 --> 01:57:33,880 ONE CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTION BILL 3651 01:57:33,880 --> 01:57:36,883 AND TWO EMPLOYMENT BILLS AS 3652 01:57:36,883 --> 01:57:39,452 WELL. WE ALSO HAVE ONE BILL FROM 3653 01:57:39,452 --> 01:57:40,820 THE LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY 3654 01:57:40,820 --> 01:57:41,454 COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED 3655 01:57:41,454 --> 01:57:42,889 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR THAT 3656 01:57:42,889 --> 01:57:45,558 WE JUST VOTED ON, AND WE HAVE 12 3657 01:57:45,558 --> 01:57:46,192 APPOINTMENTS FROM THE HOUSING, 3658 01:57:46,192 --> 01:57:48,428 ARTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. 3659 01:57:48,428 --> 01:57:48,861 ARE THERE ANY ITEMS 3660 01:57:48,861 --> 01:57:49,729 COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO 3661 01:57:49,729 --> 01:57:53,499 REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT 3662 01:57:53,499 --> 01:57:56,636 CALENDAR? THANK YOU. ITEM 12 WAS 3663 01:57:56,636 --> 01:57:57,270 RECENTLY REMOVED AT THE ADOPTION 3664 01:57:57,270 --> 01:57:58,738 OF THE AGENDA. SO I'M GOING TO 3665 01:57:58,738 --> 01:58:00,606 MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 3666 01:58:00,606 --> 01:58:02,842 CALENDAR. EXCLUDING ITEM 12. IS 3667 01:58:02,842 --> 01:58:04,944 THERE A SECOND? 3668 01:58:04,944 --> 01:58:05,244 -- SECOND. 3669 01:58:05,244 --> 01:58:06,145 -- AWESOME. IT'S BEEN MOVED. 3670 01:58:06,145 --> 01:58:08,081 AND SECOND, TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 3671 01:58:08,081 --> 01:58:09,182 CALENDAR EXCLUDING ITEM NUMBER 3672 01:58:09,182 --> 01:58:10,316 12. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 3673 01:58:10,316 --> 01:58:11,818 THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 3674 01:58:11,818 --> 01:58:14,787 CONSENT CALENDAR? 3675 01:58:14,787 --> 01:58:17,757 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3676 01:58:17,757 --> 01:58:17,990 -- AYE. 3677 01:58:17,990 --> 01:58:20,493 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I 3678 01:58:20,493 --> 01:58:23,629 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 3679 01:58:23,629 --> 01:58:24,096 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3680 01:58:24,096 --> 01:58:28,434 -- YES. 3681 01:58:28,434 --> 01:58:29,001 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 3682 01:58:29,001 --> 01:58:31,270 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 3683 01:58:31,270 --> 01:58:34,073 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES. COUNCIL 3684 01:58:34,073 --> 01:58:36,075 MEMBER RINCK. YES. COUNCIL 3685 01:58:36,075 --> 01:58:38,077 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. 3686 01:58:38,077 --> 01:58:38,311 -- YES. 3687 01:58:38,311 --> 01:58:40,279 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 3688 01:58:40,279 --> 01:58:42,448 -- AWESOME. THE CONSENT CALENDAR 3689 01:58:42,448 --> 01:58:44,016 ITEMS EXCLUDING ITEM NUMBER 1212 3690 01:58:44,016 --> 01:58:45,151 ARE ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK 3691 01:58:45,151 --> 01:58:46,319 PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 3692 01:58:46,319 --> 01:58:48,054 MINUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE 3693 01:58:48,054 --> 01:58:49,355 CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF. 3694 01:58:49,355 --> 01:58:50,456 CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 3695 01:58:50,456 --> 01:58:51,891 NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD. 3696 01:58:51,891 --> 01:58:54,560 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE. COUNCIL BILL 3697 01:58:54,560 --> 01:58:56,462 ONE TWO. 1299 RELATING TO THE 3698 01:58:56,462 --> 01:58:57,063 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 3699 01:58:57,063 --> 01:58:58,131 AUTHORIZING. DIRECTOR OF THE 3700 01:58:58,131 --> 01:59:00,333 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO 3701 01:59:00,333 --> 01:59:01,367 EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT 3702 01:59:01,367 --> 01:59:04,003 WITH THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 3703 01:59:04,003 --> 01:59:04,570 FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN 3704 01:59:04,570 --> 01:59:06,172 SAFETY, EDUCATION AND TRAINING 3705 01:59:06,172 --> 01:59:08,107 SERVICES. 3706 01:59:08,107 --> 01:59:09,709 -- I'M GOING TO MOVE TO PASS 3707 01:59:09,709 --> 01:59:11,344 COUNCIL BILL 121299. IS THERE A 3708 01:59:11,344 --> 01:59:12,712 SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED. 3709 01:59:12,712 --> 01:59:14,847 AND SECOND TO PASS THE BILL. 3710 01:59:14,847 --> 01:59:15,481 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AS SPONSOR OF 3711 01:59:15,481 --> 01:59:16,616 THIS BILL, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN 3712 01:59:16,616 --> 01:59:17,717 ORDER TO ADDRESS IT. 3713 01:59:17,717 --> 01:59:19,652 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 3714 01:59:19,652 --> 01:59:22,088 PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES, THIS 3715 01:59:22,088 --> 01:59:23,723 LEGISLATION APPROVES A RENEWED 3716 01:59:23,723 --> 01:59:24,357 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 3717 01:59:24,357 --> 01:59:26,292 CITY OF SEATTLE AND SEATTLE 3718 01:59:26,292 --> 01:59:28,694 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SPECIFICALLY TO 3719 01:59:28,694 --> 01:59:30,363 CONTINUE DELIVERING BICYCLE AND 3720 01:59:30,363 --> 01:59:31,764 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY EDUCATION FOR 3721 01:59:31,764 --> 01:59:33,966 STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 3722 01:59:33,966 --> 01:59:35,801 EIGHT. IT HELPS ENSURE THAT THE 3723 01:59:35,801 --> 01:59:39,605 LET'S GO AND LET'S GO FURTHER. 3724 01:59:39,605 --> 01:59:42,074 PROGRAMS CAN CONTINUE OPERATING 3725 01:59:42,074 --> 01:59:44,377 ACROSS ALL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE 3726 01:59:44,377 --> 01:59:47,413 SCHOOLS. THIS. CRITICAL 3727 01:59:47,413 --> 01:59:48,014 PARTNERSHIPS STRENGTHENS OUR 3728 01:59:48,014 --> 01:59:49,916 VISION ZERO AND SAFE ROUTES TO 3729 01:59:49,916 --> 01:59:51,350 SCHOOL GOALS BY GIVING THOUSANDS 3730 01:59:51,350 --> 01:59:54,086 OF STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE 3731 01:59:54,086 --> 01:59:56,622 WITH ADAPTIVE NEEDS. THE SKILLS 3732 01:59:56,622 --> 01:59:59,091 TO WALK, TO SAFELY WALK, BIKE 3733 01:59:59,091 --> 02:00:00,960 AND TRAVEL IN THEIR OWN 3734 02:00:00,960 --> 02:00:02,295 NEIGHBORHOODS. ASK FOR YOUR 3735 02:00:02,295 --> 02:00:05,164 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 3736 02:00:05,164 --> 02:00:05,731 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3737 02:00:05,731 --> 02:00:07,233 SAKA. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 3738 02:00:07,233 --> 02:00:10,036 COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM? 3739 02:00:10,036 --> 02:00:12,505 AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ANY 3740 02:00:12,505 --> 02:00:13,306 CLOSING REMARKS? ALL RIGHT. 3741 02:00:13,306 --> 02:00:14,040 AWESOME. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 3742 02:00:14,040 --> 02:00:15,174 CALL THE ROLE IN THE PASSAGE OF 3743 02:00:15,174 --> 02:00:22,815 THE BILL 3744 02:00:23,049 --> 02:00:25,318 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 3745 02:00:25,318 --> 02:00:29,021 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 3746 02:00:29,021 --> 02:00:29,522 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I 3747 02:00:29,522 --> 02:00:31,057 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3748 02:00:31,057 --> 02:00:31,290 -- YES. 3749 02:00:31,290 --> 02:00:33,859 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 3750 02:00:33,859 --> 02:00:34,327 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3751 02:00:34,327 --> 02:00:36,128 -- AYE. 3752 02:00:36,128 --> 02:00:36,596 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3753 02:00:36,596 --> 02:00:38,064 -- YES. 3754 02:00:38,064 --> 02:00:38,664 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. YES 3755 02:00:38,664 --> 02:00:39,465 AND. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3756 02:00:39,465 --> 02:00:40,366 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN 3757 02:00:40,366 --> 02:00:41,801 FAVOR NONE OPPOSED. 3758 02:00:41,801 --> 02:00:42,435 -- BILL PASSES. CHAIR WILL SIGN 3759 02:00:42,435 --> 02:00:43,869 IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX 3760 02:00:43,869 --> 02:00:45,404 MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION 3761 02:00:45,404 --> 02:00:47,306 ON MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK 3762 02:00:47,306 --> 02:00:50,643 PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO 3763 02:00:50,643 --> 02:00:50,943 THE RECORD? 3764 02:00:50,943 --> 02:00:51,544 -- THE REPORT THAT GOVERNANCE 3765 02:00:51,544 --> 02:00:52,178 AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE AGENDA 3766 02:00:52,178 --> 02:00:54,180 ITEM TWO. APPOINTMENT TO 3594. 3767 02:00:54,180 --> 02:00:55,481 APPOINTMENT OF SHANNON SMITH AS 3768 02:00:55,481 --> 02:00:58,150 CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. SCL 3769 02:00:58,150 --> 02:00:59,418 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 3770 02:00:59,418 --> 02:01:01,420 DEPARTMENT FOR TERM TO JULY 1st, 3771 02:01:01,420 --> 02:01:04,223 2030. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 3772 02:01:04,223 --> 02:01:05,658 THAT THE COUNCIL CONFIRM THE 3773 02:01:05,658 --> 02:01:05,992 APPOINTMENT. 3774 02:01:05,992 --> 02:01:06,692 -- AWESOME. AS CHAIR AS THE 3775 02:01:06,692 --> 02:01:07,893 COMMITTEE, I'M GOING TO PRESENT 3776 02:01:07,893 --> 02:01:09,729 THE REPORT. WE HELD TWO 3777 02:01:09,729 --> 02:01:12,665 COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON CHIEF 3778 02:01:12,665 --> 02:01:14,233 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER SMITH AND 3779 02:01:14,233 --> 02:01:16,836 RECEIVED A ROBUST RESPONSES TO 3780 02:01:16,836 --> 02:01:19,672 OUR WRITTEN QUESTIONS. CHIEF 3781 02:01:19,672 --> 02:01:20,273 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER SMITH IS A 3782 02:01:20,273 --> 02:01:21,407 TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL, AND 3783 02:01:21,407 --> 02:01:23,409 WE'RE INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE 3784 02:01:23,409 --> 02:01:25,311 HER LEADERSHIP THIS. I COULD GO 3785 02:01:25,311 --> 02:01:28,748 ON AND ON ABOUT HER EXPERTISE. 3786 02:01:28,748 --> 02:01:30,950 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROBABLY. 3787 02:01:30,950 --> 02:01:31,684 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST TO 3788 02:01:31,684 --> 02:01:33,653 TELL YOU ABOUT A PERSON THAT SHE 3789 02:01:33,653 --> 02:01:35,821 IS. THIS WEEKEND, I HAD THE 3790 02:01:35,821 --> 02:01:37,923 OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE AI 3791 02:01:37,923 --> 02:01:39,191 EQUITY SUMMIT AT THE MCKINNEY 3792 02:01:39,191 --> 02:01:41,661 CENTER. AND THAT SUMMIT WAS 3793 02:01:41,661 --> 02:01:44,397 ABOUT TWO HOURS. AND CHIEF SMITH 3794 02:01:44,397 --> 02:01:45,798 STAYED THE ENTIRE TIME, ENGAGED 3795 02:01:45,798 --> 02:01:47,933 WITH COMMUNITY, TALKED ABOUT AI 3796 02:01:47,933 --> 02:01:51,337 IN THE. YOU KNOW, LIKE 3797 02:01:51,337 --> 02:01:52,772 -- THINGS THAT I SEE POINTING 3798 02:01:52,772 --> 02:01:54,874 DOWN ABOUT AI. I GET IT, BUT 3799 02:01:54,874 --> 02:01:55,374 TALKED ABOUT THE EQUITY 3800 02:01:55,374 --> 02:01:58,744 COMPONENT AND WHAT IT COULD DO 3801 02:01:58,744 --> 02:02:00,212 TO COMMUNITIES TO, TO 3802 02:02:00,212 --> 02:02:02,248 UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, CAUSE 3803 02:02:02,248 --> 02:02:03,315 HARM POTENTIALLY TO SOME OF THE 3804 02:02:03,315 --> 02:02:05,217 EQUITY PIECES AND EXACERBATE 3805 02:02:05,217 --> 02:02:07,053 DIGITAL EQUITY AS WELL, BUT ALSO 3806 02:02:07,053 --> 02:02:10,756 TOOLS IN WHICH WE COULD BE ABLE 3807 02:02:10,756 --> 02:02:12,558 TO BE AS WELL. AND SO THAT WAS A 3808 02:02:12,558 --> 02:02:13,959 GREAT THAT WAS A GREAT 3809 02:02:13,959 --> 02:02:15,661 INTRODUCTION INTO OUR COMMUNITY, 3810 02:02:15,661 --> 02:02:17,496 HOW SHE ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITY 3811 02:02:17,496 --> 02:02:20,599 MEMBERS, CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE, 3812 02:02:20,599 --> 02:02:22,535 TOOK THE TIME TO ANSWER 3813 02:02:22,535 --> 02:02:23,169 QUESTIONS AND HAVE THAT OUTREACH 3814 02:02:23,169 --> 02:02:24,670 IS THE TYPE OF LEADER THAT I 3815 02:02:24,670 --> 02:02:26,806 WANT TO SEE FROM OUR CITY 3816 02:02:26,806 --> 02:02:28,007 DEPARTMENTS. JUST JUST BEEN THAT 3817 02:02:28,007 --> 02:02:29,575 ONE ON ONE TIME WITH PEOPLE AND 3818 02:02:29,575 --> 02:02:31,077 NOT JUST THROUGH AN EMAIL OR A 3819 02:02:31,077 --> 02:02:34,213 PHONE CALL, BUT FACE TO FACE 3820 02:02:34,213 --> 02:02:34,780 TIME COLLEAGUES AND REALLY 3821 02:02:34,780 --> 02:02:35,548 APPRECIATED HER PRESENCE THERE 3822 02:02:35,548 --> 02:02:38,217 AT THAT SUMMIT. SO I DON'T HAVE 3823 02:02:38,217 --> 02:02:39,385 ANYTHING MORE JUST TO SAY, I'M 3824 02:02:39,385 --> 02:02:44,523 VERY EXCITED TO VOTE ON THIS 3825 02:02:44,523 --> 02:02:45,157 CONFIRMATION IN FULL COUNCIL AS 3826 02:02:45,157 --> 02:02:46,559 IT PASSED OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE 3827 02:02:46,559 --> 02:02:48,394 AND VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER 3828 02:02:48,394 --> 02:02:50,663 LEADERSHIP. AND I KNOW THAT 3829 02:02:50,663 --> 02:02:52,431 WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN A 3830 02:02:52,431 --> 02:02:53,733 DIRECTION THAT'S VERY, VERY 3831 02:02:53,733 --> 02:02:56,202 INTENTIONAL WITH OUR CITY FOR 3832 02:02:56,202 --> 02:02:58,137 TECHNOLOGY AND HOW WE ENHANCE 3833 02:02:58,137 --> 02:02:58,804 PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE TOWARDS IT, 3834 02:02:58,804 --> 02:03:00,239 THAT WE DON'T RELY ON IT AS 3835 02:03:00,239 --> 02:03:01,807 WELL. AND WE'LL CLOSE THE 3836 02:03:01,807 --> 02:03:03,542 DIGITAL EQUITY GAP AS WELL. SO 3837 02:03:03,542 --> 02:03:04,777 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 3838 02:03:04,777 --> 02:03:06,779 COLLEAGUES. AT THIS TIME, I'LL 3839 02:03:06,779 --> 02:03:08,914 PAUSE TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY 3840 02:03:08,914 --> 02:03:10,616 COMMENTS BEFORE WE CALL ON THE 3841 02:03:10,616 --> 02:03:15,354 ROLL TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT 3842 02:03:15,354 --> 02:03:16,422 EASY MONEY. ALL RIGHT. WILL THE 3843 02:03:16,422 --> 02:03:17,289 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 3844 02:03:17,289 --> 02:03:20,659 THE CONFIRMATION OF THE 3845 02:03:20,659 --> 02:03:20,993 APPOINTMENT? 3846 02:03:20,993 --> 02:03:26,499 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 3847 02:03:26,499 --> 02:03:26,732 -- AYE. 3848 02:03:26,732 --> 02:03:27,233 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 3849 02:03:27,233 --> 02:03:29,702 -- AYE. 3850 02:03:29,702 --> 02:03:30,236 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 3851 02:03:30,236 --> 02:03:33,272 -- AYE. 3852 02:03:33,272 --> 02:03:33,806 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3853 02:03:33,806 --> 02:03:34,039 -- YES. 3854 02:03:34,039 --> 02:03:40,546 -- COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ. 3855 02:03:40,546 --> 02:03:41,046 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 3856 02:03:41,046 --> 02:03:43,949 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3857 02:03:43,949 --> 02:03:44,183 -- YES. 3858 02:03:44,183 --> 02:03:47,019 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 3859 02:03:47,019 --> 02:03:47,453 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3860 02:03:47,453 --> 02:03:49,021 HOLLINGSWORTH. 3861 02:03:49,021 --> 02:03:49,255 -- YES. 3862 02:03:49,255 --> 02:03:52,725 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 3863 02:03:52,725 --> 02:03:53,292 -- APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED. 3864 02:03:53,292 --> 02:03:54,560 CONGRATULATIONS. CHIEF 3865 02:03:54,560 --> 02:03:56,028 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER SMITH, YOU'RE 3866 02:03:56,028 --> 02:03:56,896 WELCOME TO JOIN US RIGHT HERE. 3867 02:03:56,896 --> 02:03:58,798 IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME BRIEF 3868 02:03:58,798 --> 02:04:00,432 REMARKS AS WELL. THANK YOU SO 3869 02:04:00,432 --> 02:04:04,203 MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. 3870 02:04:04,203 --> 02:04:07,807 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 3871 02:04:07,807 --> 02:04:10,209 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 3872 02:04:10,209 --> 02:04:10,776 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND 3873 02:04:10,776 --> 02:04:12,945 FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS, I AM SO 3874 02:04:12,945 --> 02:04:14,146 HONORED TO JOIN THE CITY OF 3875 02:04:14,146 --> 02:04:16,715 SEATTLE AS YOUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY 3876 02:04:16,715 --> 02:04:18,017 OFFICER. I'M EXCITED TO PARTNER 3877 02:04:18,017 --> 02:04:20,186 WITH YOU ALL ON THE MAYORAL AND 3878 02:04:20,186 --> 02:04:22,087 COUNCIL PRIORITIES. MY MY PUBLIC 3879 02:04:22,087 --> 02:04:24,290 SERVANT HEART IS VERY HAPPY 3880 02:04:24,290 --> 02:04:27,059 TODAY. THANK YOU AGAIN. I LOOK 3881 02:04:27,059 --> 02:04:28,627 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. 3882 02:04:28,627 --> 02:04:30,296 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, CHIEF 3883 02:04:30,296 --> 02:04:31,430 SMITH, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY, CHIEF 3884 02:04:31,430 --> 02:04:34,266 SMITH. SORRY, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY 3885 02:04:34,266 --> 02:04:35,401 SMITH, REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND 3886 02:04:35,401 --> 02:04:36,302 LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 3887 02:04:36,302 --> 02:04:38,304 YOU AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. WILL THE 3888 02:04:38,304 --> 02:04:40,172 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 3889 02:04:40,172 --> 02:04:41,373 THREE AND TWO, THE RECORD. 3890 02:04:41,373 --> 02:04:43,075 -- THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC 3891 02:04:43,075 --> 02:04:44,510 SAFETY COMMITTEE. AGENDA ITEM 3892 02:04:44,510 --> 02:04:46,512 THREE, COUNCIL BILL 121279 3893 02:04:46,512 --> 02:04:48,380 RELATING TO LEASES. UPDATING THE 3894 02:04:48,380 --> 02:04:49,548 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND 3895 02:04:49,548 --> 02:04:50,049 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 3896 02:04:50,049 --> 02:04:51,750 AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE LEASES WHEN 3897 02:04:51,750 --> 02:04:53,018 THE LAND IS IN USE FOR 3898 02:04:53,018 --> 02:04:54,553 TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS. 3899 02:04:54,553 --> 02:04:56,889 OUTDOOR STORAGE FOR ANY VEHICLE 3900 02:04:56,889 --> 02:04:58,424 OR OVERNIGHT RESPITE AREAS FOR 3901 02:04:58,424 --> 02:04:58,924 DRIVERS, THE COMMITTEE 3902 02:04:58,924 --> 02:05:03,095 RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS. 3903 02:05:03,095 --> 02:05:04,964 -- AWESOME AND COUNCILMEMBER 3904 02:05:04,964 --> 02:05:05,464 KETTLE AS CHAIR OF THE 3905 02:05:05,464 --> 02:05:06,365 COMMITTEE, YOU RECOGNIZE, IN 3906 02:05:06,365 --> 02:05:07,900 ORDER TO PRESENT THE COMMITTEE 3907 02:05:07,900 --> 02:05:09,468 REPORT. 3908 02:05:09,468 --> 02:05:10,603 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3909 02:05:10,603 --> 02:05:13,172 TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO PASS THIS 3910 02:05:13,172 --> 02:05:14,106 TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WHO IS 3911 02:05:14,106 --> 02:05:17,109 THE THE LEAD ON THIS. ACTUALLY, 3912 02:05:17,109 --> 02:05:18,143 THIS SERIES OF LEGISLATION. 3913 02:05:18,143 --> 02:05:18,811 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. YOU'RE 3914 02:05:18,811 --> 02:05:20,646 RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU. 3915 02:05:20,646 --> 02:05:21,113 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3916 02:05:21,113 --> 02:05:21,780 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3917 02:05:21,780 --> 02:05:23,415 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3918 02:05:23,415 --> 02:05:25,317 I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THE ENTIRE 3919 02:05:25,317 --> 02:05:28,220 PACKAGE FIRST AND THEN. SO EACH 3920 02:05:28,220 --> 02:05:29,421 BILL WE GO THROUGH, I CAN JUST 3921 02:05:29,421 --> 02:05:31,757 SPEAK TO THE INDIVIDUAL BILL 3922 02:05:31,757 --> 02:05:33,993 THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF 3923 02:05:33,993 --> 02:05:35,728 DEVELOPING THIS LEGISLATION. 3924 02:05:35,728 --> 02:05:36,262 CENTERING HUMANS HAS BEEN 3925 02:05:36,262 --> 02:05:39,598 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND 3926 02:05:39,598 --> 02:05:41,500 WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THIS 3927 02:05:41,500 --> 02:05:43,202 ENTIRE PROCESS, THIS LEGISLATION 3928 02:05:43,202 --> 02:05:45,404 AND THIS PACKAGE IS ABOUT 3929 02:05:45,404 --> 02:05:47,139 CENTERING HUMAN BEINGS THAT ARE 3930 02:05:47,139 --> 02:05:49,542 CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF UPDATING 3931 02:05:49,542 --> 02:05:52,144 REGULATIONS ABOUT OUR CITY 3932 02:05:52,144 --> 02:05:54,079 STREETS, OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS 3933 02:05:54,079 --> 02:05:55,614 FAILING, AND DOING NOTHING IS 3934 02:05:55,614 --> 02:05:57,082 NOT AN OPTION. WE NEED TO DO 3935 02:05:57,082 --> 02:05:58,384 BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 3936 02:05:58,384 --> 02:06:01,120 LIVING IN IN OUR IN VEHICLES, 3937 02:06:01,120 --> 02:06:02,922 AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER FOR OUR 3938 02:06:02,922 --> 02:06:05,424 ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE MAJORITY 3939 02:06:05,424 --> 02:06:07,793 OF THIS PACKAGE ARE SUPPORT 3940 02:06:07,793 --> 02:06:10,296 STRUCTURES AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE 3941 02:06:10,296 --> 02:06:13,132 LIVING IN ANY TYPE OF VEHICLE. 3942 02:06:13,132 --> 02:06:14,934 THE REGULATIONS WITHIN THIS 3943 02:06:14,934 --> 02:06:17,469 PACKAGE ARE CONTAINED FOR JUST 3944 02:06:17,469 --> 02:06:18,070 RVS AND TRAVEL TRAILERS, AND 3945 02:06:18,070 --> 02:06:20,639 THEY COME WITH A PATHWAY TO 3946 02:06:20,639 --> 02:06:22,007 STAYING ON THE STREET. IF WE 3947 02:06:22,007 --> 02:06:25,044 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SAFE, SAFE 3948 02:06:25,044 --> 02:06:26,545 LOTS OPEN, PROVIDING THEM THAT 3949 02:06:26,545 --> 02:06:28,614 PLACE TO STAY STABLE ON THE 3950 02:06:28,614 --> 02:06:29,882 STREETS UNTIL WE CAN GET THEM 3951 02:06:29,882 --> 02:06:32,618 INSIDE, UNTIL WE CAN GET THEM 3952 02:06:32,618 --> 02:06:35,854 THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. A MORE 3953 02:06:35,854 --> 02:06:37,156 STABLE SITUATION SO THAT THEY 3954 02:06:37,156 --> 02:06:38,257 CAN HAVE THE LIFE THEY DREAM OF, 3955 02:06:38,257 --> 02:06:41,727 AND SO THAT THEY CAN SUCCEED. I 3956 02:06:41,727 --> 02:06:45,731 WANT TO TALK ABOUT TIME WE HAD 3957 02:06:45,731 --> 02:06:48,667 THIS LEGISLATION DISCUSSED IN 3958 02:06:48,667 --> 02:06:51,804 AUGUST PUBLICLY, AND THEN IN 3959 02:06:51,804 --> 02:06:52,771 SEPTEMBER WE WAITED A NUMBER OF 3960 02:06:52,771 --> 02:06:56,709 WEEKS TO HAVE IT PASSED. TODAY, 3961 02:06:56,709 --> 02:07:00,279 WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT AMENDMENT 3962 02:07:00,279 --> 02:07:00,879 OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3963 02:07:00,879 --> 02:07:04,249 CALLED CHECK AND ADJUST. AS YOU 3964 02:07:04,249 --> 02:07:05,684 ALL KNOW, TYPICAL LEGISLATION IS 3965 02:07:05,684 --> 02:07:07,219 HAS AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF 30 DAYS 3966 02:07:07,219 --> 02:07:10,990 FROM NOW, AND ALL BUT THE THE 3967 02:07:10,990 --> 02:07:12,825 REGULATIONS CONTAIN THIS BECAUSE 3968 02:07:12,825 --> 02:07:14,393 IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THOSE 3969 02:07:14,393 --> 02:07:16,228 RESOURCES OUT THE DOOR. BUT FOR 3970 02:07:16,228 --> 02:07:18,664 THE PERMITTING AND THE 3971 02:07:18,664 --> 02:07:19,298 ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS, WE HAVE 3972 02:07:19,298 --> 02:07:21,100 SET THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR NEXT 3973 02:07:21,100 --> 02:07:25,637 APRIL, FOLLOWED BY A 90 DAY 3974 02:07:25,637 --> 02:07:27,039 WARNING PERIOD FOR THOSE WHO 3975 02:07:27,039 --> 02:07:28,574 LIKE RED LIGHT CAMERAS OR 3976 02:07:28,574 --> 02:07:29,308 SPEEDING CAMERAS LIKE I DO, YOU 3977 02:07:29,308 --> 02:07:30,976 KNOW THAT THOSE WARNING PERIODS 3978 02:07:30,976 --> 02:07:33,479 ARE ONLY 30 DAYS. SO THIS IS 3979 02:07:33,479 --> 02:07:37,616 AGAIN, THREE TIMES AS LONG AS A 3980 02:07:37,616 --> 02:07:40,386 STANDARD WARNING PERIOD. THIS 3981 02:07:40,386 --> 02:07:43,222 TIME IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR 3982 02:07:43,222 --> 02:07:43,822 UNDERSTANDING WHAT RULES HAVE 3983 02:07:43,822 --> 02:07:49,228 CHANGED FOR HEARING, DIGESTING, 3984 02:07:49,228 --> 02:07:51,030 AND LEARNING ABOUT THE CONCERNS 3985 02:07:51,030 --> 02:07:52,898 THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME 3986 02:07:52,898 --> 02:07:56,235 TODAY TO ENSURE THAT IF WE NEED 3987 02:07:56,235 --> 02:07:56,802 TO CHANGE THIS LEGISLATION 3988 02:07:56,802 --> 02:08:01,173 BEFORE THE APRIL EFFECTIVE DATE, 3989 02:08:01,173 --> 02:08:03,509 THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TIME IS 3990 02:08:03,509 --> 02:08:04,410 IMPORTANT TO GET PEOPLE'S 3991 02:08:04,410 --> 02:08:07,346 TITLES IN THEIR HANDS. WE HEARD 3992 02:08:07,346 --> 02:08:08,647 FROM PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. 3993 02:08:08,647 --> 02:08:10,015 THERE'S MORE THAN ONE 3994 02:08:10,015 --> 02:08:11,083 ORGANIZATION IN THIS ROOM THAT 3995 02:08:11,083 --> 02:08:12,951 HAS BEEN WORKING AND STILL WORKS 3996 02:08:12,951 --> 02:08:15,988 TO HELP PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN 3997 02:08:15,988 --> 02:08:17,689 VEHICLES THAT THEY OWN, BUT DO 3998 02:08:17,689 --> 02:08:20,125 NOT HAVE THEIR TITLES TO DO. SO 3999 02:08:20,125 --> 02:08:22,795 THIS IS NOT NEW. IN FACT, SOME 4000 02:08:22,795 --> 02:08:25,698 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR 4001 02:08:25,698 --> 02:08:27,566 FREE FOR A WHILE AND WE CAN'T 4002 02:08:27,566 --> 02:08:30,102 START THIS WORK WITHOUT TAKING 4003 02:08:30,102 --> 02:08:31,937 THIS STEP TODAY. AND I SAY THAT 4004 02:08:31,937 --> 02:08:34,139 BECAUSE FOR PEOPLE THAT 4005 02:08:34,139 --> 02:08:37,142 IMPLEMENT LAWS AND IMPLEMENT 4006 02:08:37,142 --> 02:08:38,644 BUDGETS, THEY HAVE SAID TO ME 4007 02:08:38,644 --> 02:08:40,946 EVEN OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE 4008 02:08:40,946 --> 02:08:43,716 CAN'T START WORK ON 4009 02:08:43,716 --> 02:08:46,752 IMPLEMENTATION OR WE CAN'T START 4010 02:08:46,752 --> 02:08:48,454 WORK TO IMPLEMENT THE BUDGET SO 4011 02:08:48,454 --> 02:08:49,988 THAT WE CAN FUND THE RESOURCES 4012 02:08:49,988 --> 02:08:52,424 THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED UNTIL 4013 02:08:52,424 --> 02:08:54,393 IT IS PASSED. THAT'S WHAT TODAY 4014 02:08:54,393 --> 02:08:58,430 IS ABOUT THIS TIME IS STILL VERY 4015 02:08:58,430 --> 02:08:59,031 IMPORTANT BECAUSE BETWEEN NOW 4016 02:08:59,031 --> 02:09:00,733 AND APRIL, WE HAVE THAT TIME TO 4017 02:09:00,733 --> 02:09:02,034 BE ABLE TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS 4018 02:09:02,034 --> 02:09:05,571 THAT ARE NEEDED. IF WE HAVEN'T 4019 02:09:05,571 --> 02:09:07,039 CENTERED HUMANS WELL ENOUGH, WE 4020 02:09:07,039 --> 02:09:09,675 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. 4021 02:09:09,675 --> 02:09:11,944 I'VE HEARD UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT 4022 02:09:11,944 --> 02:09:13,045 TODAY THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE 4023 02:09:13,045 --> 02:09:15,247 DONE. THIS IS THE PROPOSAL I 4024 02:09:15,247 --> 02:09:18,117 HAVE WORKED ON WITH MANY TO 4025 02:09:18,117 --> 02:09:21,153 CREATE THAT CENTERS HUMANS. IF 4026 02:09:21,153 --> 02:09:22,521 YOU HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION, I'M 4027 02:09:22,521 --> 02:09:25,124 ALL EARS. MY DOORS ARE OPEN. WE 4028 02:09:25,124 --> 02:09:28,660 HAVE UNTIL APRIL TO MAKE SOME 4029 02:09:28,660 --> 02:09:30,729 CHANGES, BUT DOING NOTHING. 4030 02:09:30,729 --> 02:09:32,831 THAT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR US 4031 02:09:32,831 --> 02:09:34,500 TODAY. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING 4032 02:09:34,500 --> 02:09:36,335 TO QUICKLY SPEAK ABOUT THIS 4033 02:09:36,335 --> 02:09:40,072 ENTIRE PACKAGE IN THREE 4034 02:09:40,072 --> 02:09:42,007 DIFFERENT WAYS. THE VEHICLE 4035 02:09:42,007 --> 02:09:42,574 RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 4036 02:09:42,574 --> 02:09:43,642 CONTAINS THREE PARTS. IT 4037 02:09:43,642 --> 02:09:45,844 PROVIDES INCREASED FUNDING FOR 4038 02:09:45,844 --> 02:09:48,647 SERVICES WITH AN ADDITIONAL SAFE 4039 02:09:48,647 --> 02:09:50,082 LOT CITY OUTREACH WORKERS, 4040 02:09:50,082 --> 02:09:51,316 EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF 4041 02:09:51,316 --> 02:09:51,917 CONTRACTED OUTREACH WORKERS, 4042 02:09:51,917 --> 02:09:53,418 HIRING MECHANICS, HELPING PEOPLE 4043 02:09:53,418 --> 02:09:54,353 LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES, 4044 02:09:54,353 --> 02:09:56,054 WHETHER IT'S GETTING LICENSE 4045 02:09:56,054 --> 02:09:57,456 PLATES, TABS, MINOR REPAIRS, 4046 02:09:57,456 --> 02:09:58,924 GAS, OR OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY 4047 02:09:58,924 --> 02:10:03,595 MAY NEED. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, 4048 02:10:03,595 --> 02:10:04,163 WE HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL 4049 02:10:04,163 --> 02:10:06,331 INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONE TIME 4050 02:10:06,331 --> 02:10:09,768 COSTS OF THIS PROPOSAL THAT'S 4051 02:10:09,768 --> 02:10:11,336 BALLOONED TO ABOUT $8.5 MILLION, 4052 02:10:11,336 --> 02:10:13,071 AND WE HAVE THAT $8.5 MILLION 4053 02:10:13,071 --> 02:10:15,374 HERE. BUT THAT MEANS IF WE SPEND 4054 02:10:15,374 --> 02:10:17,209 ALL THAT MONEY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE 4055 02:10:17,209 --> 02:10:19,511 A SAFE LOT THIS COMING YEAR, 4056 02:10:19,511 --> 02:10:20,979 WHICH MEANS WHICH IS WHY I 4057 02:10:20,979 --> 02:10:22,014 SUBMITTED A BUDGET PROPOSAL 4058 02:10:22,014 --> 02:10:24,249 EARLIER TODAY TO FUND AN 4059 02:10:24,249 --> 02:10:25,851 ADDITIONAL SAFE LOT NEXT YEAR. 4060 02:10:25,851 --> 02:10:29,421 IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING THAT 4061 02:10:29,421 --> 02:10:33,992 WE HAVE. THE SECOND PART OF THIS 4062 02:10:33,992 --> 02:10:36,295 IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO 4063 02:10:36,295 --> 02:10:36,929 MAKING LEASING SHELTER LOCATIONS 4064 02:10:36,929 --> 02:10:40,165 EASIER, CHANGING LAND CODE TO 4065 02:10:40,165 --> 02:10:42,167 CREATE THE SHELTER STORAGE 4066 02:10:42,167 --> 02:10:43,635 PROGRAM, AND CLARIFYING THE JUNK 4067 02:10:43,635 --> 02:10:44,937 VEHICLE ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS 4068 02:10:44,937 --> 02:10:46,805 VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT LIVED IN. 4069 02:10:46,805 --> 02:10:48,040 I'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE 4070 02:10:48,040 --> 02:10:50,108 SAY TODAY THAT THEY'RE WORRIED 4071 02:10:50,108 --> 02:10:52,211 ABOUT THE JUNK VEHICLE STANDARDS 4072 02:10:52,211 --> 02:10:53,845 CHANGING, BECAUSE THEY'RE 4073 02:10:53,845 --> 02:10:54,980 WORRIED ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT 4074 02:10:54,980 --> 02:10:58,183 LIVE IN THEIR VEHICLES. THE JUNK 4075 02:10:58,183 --> 02:11:00,686 VEHICLE STANDARDS ARE NOT ABOUT 4076 02:11:00,686 --> 02:11:02,087 VEHICLES THAT FOLKS LIVE IN. 4077 02:11:02,087 --> 02:11:03,655 THEY'RE ABOUT THE VEHICLES THAT 4078 02:11:03,655 --> 02:11:04,923 ARE HOARDED ON OUR STREETS BY A 4079 02:11:04,923 --> 02:11:08,860 VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF 4080 02:11:08,860 --> 02:11:11,697 INDIVIDUALS. IT'S AN 4081 02:11:11,697 --> 02:11:12,264 INAPPROPRIATE USE OF PUBLIC 4082 02:11:12,264 --> 02:11:13,966 SPACE, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT 4083 02:11:13,966 --> 02:11:18,270 FOCUS IS ON. AND THE THIRD PART 4084 02:11:18,270 --> 02:11:20,205 CREATES THE VEHICLE RESIDENT 4085 02:11:20,205 --> 02:11:20,739 ASSISTANCE PERMIT, WHICH 4086 02:11:20,739 --> 02:11:23,475 PROVIDES GREATER STABILITY AND 4087 02:11:23,475 --> 02:11:26,345 PATHWAYS TO SHELTER AND HOUSING, 4088 02:11:26,345 --> 02:11:28,480 AND TO CREATE BETTER CONNECTION 4089 02:11:28,480 --> 02:11:29,147 TO OUTREACH WORKERS FOR PEOPLE 4090 02:11:29,147 --> 02:11:31,250 WHO LIVE IN THEIR MOTOR HOMES, 4091 02:11:31,250 --> 02:11:33,185 WHILE ALSO LIMITING THE TIME 4092 02:11:33,185 --> 02:11:35,020 NON-PERMITTED MOTORHOMES ARE 4093 02:11:35,020 --> 02:11:37,022 ALLOWED ON OUR CITY STREETS FOR 4094 02:11:37,022 --> 02:11:39,057 TWO HOURS AT A TIME. THIS IS 4095 02:11:39,057 --> 02:11:40,692 ACCOMPLISHED IN A NUMBER OF 4096 02:11:40,692 --> 02:11:42,494 WAYS. IT'S ACCOMPLISHED BY 4097 02:11:42,494 --> 02:11:43,495 CREATING A CITY VEHICLE TEAM, 4098 02:11:43,495 --> 02:11:45,330 WHICH WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH 4099 02:11:45,330 --> 02:11:47,432 CONTRACTED OUTREACH TO ASSIST 4100 02:11:47,432 --> 02:11:49,801 VEHICLE RESIDENTS ACCESSING CITY 4101 02:11:49,801 --> 02:11:52,037 RESOURCES, SHELTER AND HOUSING. 4102 02:11:52,037 --> 02:11:53,639 IT EXPANDS OUTREACH CONTRACTS TO 4103 02:11:53,639 --> 02:11:54,206 HIRE MECHANICS, ADDITIONAL 4104 02:11:54,206 --> 02:11:56,508 WORKERS TO REDUCE CASELOADS, AND 4105 02:11:56,508 --> 02:11:57,142 INCLUDES CAPACITY BUILDING, AS 4106 02:11:57,142 --> 02:11:59,511 WELL AS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO 4107 02:11:59,511 --> 02:12:01,146 ASSIST WITH THESE REPAIRS. 4108 02:12:01,146 --> 02:12:02,748 GETTING REGISTRATION LICENSE 4109 02:12:02,748 --> 02:12:05,284 PLATES, OTHER NEEDED 4110 02:12:05,284 --> 02:12:07,185 IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE ALL BEFORE 4111 02:12:07,185 --> 02:12:08,487 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS 4112 02:12:08,487 --> 02:12:09,121 LEGISLATION. BUT IF WE DON'T 4113 02:12:09,121 --> 02:12:12,224 PASS THE BUDGET TODAY, THEN THAT 4114 02:12:12,224 --> 02:12:16,295 TIES OUR HANDS IN UNFORTUNATE 4115 02:12:16,295 --> 02:12:18,063 WAYS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY 4116 02:12:18,063 --> 02:12:20,165 FUNDING AN ADDITIONAL SAFE LOT. 4117 02:12:20,165 --> 02:12:21,566 IT'S ACCOMPLISHED BY CREATING 4118 02:12:21,566 --> 02:12:22,834 SHELTER STORAGE. THIS IS A NEW 4119 02:12:22,834 --> 02:12:24,803 PROGRAM TO STORE VEHICLES FOR 4120 02:12:24,803 --> 02:12:26,505 PEOPLE WHEN THEY ENTER ANY 4121 02:12:26,505 --> 02:12:28,173 SHELTER, SPACE OR HOUSING IN OUR 4122 02:12:28,173 --> 02:12:30,475 PORTFOLIO, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO 4123 02:12:30,475 --> 02:12:32,210 RISK GIVING UP THEIR VEHICLE IN 4124 02:12:32,210 --> 02:12:34,246 ORDER TO ENTER SHELTER, WHICH IS 4125 02:12:34,246 --> 02:12:38,383 THE CASE TODAY THIS PACKAGE 4126 02:12:38,383 --> 02:12:40,185 ACCOMPLISHES THE OUTLINED GOALS 4127 02:12:40,185 --> 02:12:41,853 BY CREATING THE VEHICLE RESIDENT 4128 02:12:41,853 --> 02:12:42,721 ASSISTANCE PERMIT FOR PEOPLE 4129 02:12:42,721 --> 02:12:44,256 LIVING IN MOTOR HOMES AND TRAVEL 4130 02:12:44,256 --> 02:12:45,357 TRAILERS. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR 4131 02:12:45,357 --> 02:12:47,592 THIS PERMIT, THE PERSON MUST BE 4132 02:12:47,592 --> 02:12:48,694 THE REGISTERED OWNER. THEY MUST 4133 02:12:48,694 --> 02:12:50,762 BE ON A WAIT LIST FOR SHELTER OR 4134 02:12:50,762 --> 02:12:52,431 HOUSING. THEY MUST REMAIN IN 4135 02:12:52,431 --> 02:12:54,933 CONTACT WITH OUR CITY OR CONTACT 4136 02:12:54,933 --> 02:12:55,567 CONTRACTED OUTREACH AND FOLLOW 4137 02:12:55,567 --> 02:12:56,868 SOME STANDARD RULES ABOUT TAKING 4138 02:12:56,868 --> 02:13:00,972 CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR 4139 02:13:00,972 --> 02:13:02,841 NEIGHBORS. IT ALSO CREATES NEW 4140 02:13:02,841 --> 02:13:04,776 REGULATIONS THAT ARE ONLY 4141 02:13:04,776 --> 02:13:06,411 APPLIED TO THE UNPERMITTED MOTOR 4142 02:13:06,411 --> 02:13:07,879 HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS, AGAIN 4143 02:13:07,879 --> 02:13:09,648 ALLOWING THEM TO BE ON THE CITY 4144 02:13:09,648 --> 02:13:11,183 STREETS FOR ONLY TWO HOURS AT A 4145 02:13:11,183 --> 02:13:13,318 TIME. EFFECTIVE APRIL 30th, 4146 02:13:13,318 --> 02:13:16,755 2027, AND ENFORCED NO EARLIER 4147 02:13:16,755 --> 02:13:22,094 THAN AUGUST 1st OF 2027. AND 4148 02:13:22,094 --> 02:13:23,161 LASTLY, CLARIFYING THE JUNK 4149 02:13:23,161 --> 02:13:24,096 VEHICLE CODE FOR THE NOT LIVED 4150 02:13:24,096 --> 02:13:26,098 IN VEHICLES TO CREATE BETTER 4151 02:13:26,098 --> 02:13:27,566 CLARITY ON WHAT IS AND WHAT IS 4152 02:13:27,566 --> 02:13:31,703 NOT A JUNK VEHICLE. ALL OF THIS 4153 02:13:31,703 --> 02:13:33,338 IS DONE THROUGH SIX PIECES OF 4154 02:13:33,338 --> 02:13:34,473 LEGISLATION. THAT'S WHY I'M 4155 02:13:34,473 --> 02:13:35,640 TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING ALL AT 4156 02:13:35,640 --> 02:13:38,543 ONCE. SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THESE 4157 02:13:38,543 --> 02:13:39,211 ONE BY ONE. THERE'S A 4158 02:13:39,211 --> 02:13:40,746 RESOLUTION THAT WILL VOTE ON 4159 02:13:40,746 --> 02:13:42,681 LAST, WHICH IS INTERESTING 4160 02:13:42,681 --> 02:13:43,849 BECAUSE THE RESOLUTION IS WHAT 4161 02:13:43,849 --> 02:13:46,184 TIES IT ALL TOGETHER AND CREATES 4162 02:13:46,184 --> 02:13:48,186 THAT NARRATIVE. THERE'S AN 4163 02:13:48,186 --> 02:13:48,720 APPROPRIATIONS BILL, THE 4164 02:13:48,720 --> 02:13:50,455 APPROPRIATIONS BILL TODAY IS 4165 02:13:50,455 --> 02:13:57,729 ONLY ON THE 2026 FUNDING. SO THE 4166 02:13:57,729 --> 02:13:59,030 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONGOING AND 4167 02:13:59,030 --> 02:14:00,932 WHAT ARE WE DOING IN 2027, ALL 4168 02:14:00,932 --> 02:14:02,801 OF THAT NEEDS TO BE CARRIED 4169 02:14:02,801 --> 02:14:05,470 FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR. AND WHAT 4170 02:14:05,470 --> 02:14:07,072 WE KNOW TODAY IS THAT WE NEED TO 4171 02:14:07,072 --> 02:14:08,507 EXPAND OUR CONTRACTED OUTREACH 4172 02:14:08,507 --> 02:14:11,176 CONTRACTS. WE NEED TO EXPAND THE 4173 02:14:11,176 --> 02:14:12,577 SERVICES, THE FUNDING FOR THE 4174 02:14:12,577 --> 02:14:14,379 SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE TO 4175 02:14:14,379 --> 02:14:15,013 PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES. 4176 02:14:15,013 --> 02:14:16,615 AND WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT NOW. 4177 02:14:16,615 --> 02:14:20,419 WE NEEDED TO DO IT TWO MONTHS 4178 02:14:20,419 --> 02:14:21,720 AGO. AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE 4179 02:14:21,720 --> 02:14:25,123 OF PASSING THE 2026 BUDGET 4180 02:14:25,123 --> 02:14:27,359 PROVISO CHANGE. TODAY, I 4181 02:14:27,359 --> 02:14:28,960 CONSIDERED BRINGING IT DURING 4182 02:14:28,960 --> 02:14:29,995 THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PROCESS, 4183 02:14:29,995 --> 02:14:31,797 BUT I FELT IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT 4184 02:14:31,797 --> 02:14:34,399 TO KEEP IT TIED TO THIS ENTIRE 4185 02:14:34,399 --> 02:14:37,035 PACKAGE THAT'S ALREADY LEFT US 4186 02:14:37,035 --> 02:14:38,303 A STEP BEHIND, WHICH IS WHY 4187 02:14:38,303 --> 02:14:42,107 IT'S IMPORTANT TO PASS TODAY. 4188 02:14:42,107 --> 02:14:46,711 THE APPROPRIATIONS ARE FOR IF 4189 02:14:46,711 --> 02:14:49,648 YOU LOOK AT 2027, IT IS $8.5 4190 02:14:49,648 --> 02:14:51,817 MILLION. AND CURRENTLY IN 2029, 4191 02:14:51,817 --> 02:14:55,887 IT'S $3.5 MILLION. 2028, IT'S 4192 02:14:55,887 --> 02:14:56,922 $3.5 MILLION. THE FUNDING THAT 4193 02:14:56,922 --> 02:14:58,323 I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR AN 4194 02:14:58,323 --> 02:15:00,025 ADDITIONAL SAFE LOT WOULD BE IN 4195 02:15:00,025 --> 02:15:01,393 2027. AND SO IT WOULD BE AN 4196 02:15:01,393 --> 02:15:04,596 ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE SET 4197 02:15:04,596 --> 02:15:05,163 ASIDE THE FISCAL NOTES THAT 4198 02:15:05,163 --> 02:15:06,731 WE'VE RECEIVED FROM EXECUTIVE 4199 02:15:06,731 --> 02:15:07,399 DEPARTMENTS, I THINK ARE A 4200 02:15:07,399 --> 02:15:09,768 LITTLE BIT LARGE, BUT I ALSO 4201 02:15:09,768 --> 02:15:12,104 ASKED THEM TO GIVE ME THEIR 4202 02:15:12,104 --> 02:15:13,839 FRANK RESPONSE. SO I THINK THAT 4203 02:15:13,839 --> 02:15:16,074 THERE IS ROOM TO REDUCE THAT 4204 02:15:16,074 --> 02:15:16,875 $8.5 MILLION. I THINK THAT THERE 4205 02:15:16,875 --> 02:15:22,581 IS ROOM TO HAVE ADDITIONAL 4206 02:15:22,581 --> 02:15:23,648 EFFICIENCY AND AND SO THAT 4207 02:15:23,648 --> 02:15:24,816 NUMBER MIGHT COME DOWN. BUT WHAT 4208 02:15:24,816 --> 02:15:26,384 I DON'T WANT TO DO IS PIT US 4209 02:15:26,384 --> 02:15:29,221 ALL AGAINST EACH OTHER. I DON'T 4210 02:15:29,221 --> 02:15:32,757 WANT TO PIT ONE IDEA FOR 4211 02:15:32,757 --> 02:15:34,192 ANOTHER. WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO 4212 02:15:34,192 --> 02:15:39,564 PROVIDE RIGHT NOW OUR CITY'S 4213 02:15:39,564 --> 02:15:40,165 STRUCTURE KNOW THIS IS WHERE 4214 02:15:40,165 --> 02:15:41,600 WE'RE GETTING TO RIGHT NOW. 4215 02:15:41,600 --> 02:15:43,401 THERE ARE VERY FEW RESOURCES 4216 02:15:43,401 --> 02:15:46,204 DESIGNED AND DEDICATED TO 4217 02:15:46,204 --> 02:15:47,305 HELPING THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN 4218 02:15:47,305 --> 02:15:50,542 THEIR VEHICLES, BUILD PATHWAYS 4219 02:15:50,542 --> 02:15:52,744 TO HOUSING. WE HAVE NO DEDICATED 4220 02:15:52,744 --> 02:15:55,013 CITY TEAMS FOCUSED ON HELPING 4221 02:15:55,013 --> 02:15:55,714 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEIR 4222 02:15:55,714 --> 02:15:57,782 VEHICLES. WE'RE LITERALLY 4223 02:15:57,782 --> 02:16:00,652 RELYING ON THE PEOPLE WHO 4224 02:16:00,652 --> 02:16:01,286 PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. 4225 02:16:01,286 --> 02:16:06,358 THANK YOU. WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO 4226 02:16:06,358 --> 02:16:09,060 SAFE LOTS OPEN. WE ARE 4227 02:16:09,060 --> 02:16:10,662 OVERLOADING THE SMALL AMOUNT OF 4228 02:16:10,662 --> 02:16:13,231 CONTRACTED OUTREACH AND 4229 02:16:13,231 --> 02:16:15,066 ASSISTANCE. THE SMALL AMOUNT OF 4230 02:16:15,066 --> 02:16:15,567 CONTRACTED OUTREACH AND 4231 02:16:15,567 --> 02:16:17,669 ASSISTANCE. WE DO PROVIDE, OFTEN 4232 02:16:17,669 --> 02:16:19,070 LEAVING THE VERY FEW 4233 02:16:19,070 --> 02:16:20,972 CASEWORKERS. WE DO HAVE TO WORK 4234 02:16:20,972 --> 02:16:22,340 WITH HUNDREDS OF CLIENTS AT A 4235 02:16:22,340 --> 02:16:24,910 TIME. I THINK THE NUMBERS I WAS 4236 02:16:24,910 --> 02:16:26,244 DOING, THE MATH THAT I WAS DOING 4237 02:16:26,244 --> 02:16:29,180 WAS YOU COULD TALK TO ONE CLIENT 4238 02:16:29,180 --> 02:16:31,816 FOR ONE HOUR ONCE EVERY TWO 4239 02:16:31,816 --> 02:16:33,752 WEEKS, AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE 4240 02:16:33,752 --> 02:16:37,889 TRAVEL TIME WE KNOW THE CITY'S 4241 02:16:37,889 --> 02:16:38,890 APPROACH TO RVS IS NOT WORKING. 4242 02:16:38,890 --> 02:16:40,458 WE ARE FAILING TO PROVIDE 4243 02:16:40,458 --> 02:16:42,661 PATHWAYS TO HOUSING FOR PEOPLE 4244 02:16:42,661 --> 02:16:43,795 IN NEED AND WHO ARE LIVING IN 4245 02:16:43,795 --> 02:16:44,829 THEIR MOTORHOMES. IN SHORT, WE 4246 02:16:44,829 --> 02:16:46,765 HAVE NO COHERENT STRATEGY TO 4247 02:16:46,765 --> 02:16:47,732 HELP PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR 4248 02:16:47,732 --> 02:16:49,868 VEHICLES COME INSIDE AND THAT IS 4249 02:16:49,868 --> 02:16:52,337 UNACCEPTABLE THIS LEGISLATIVE 4250 02:16:52,337 --> 02:16:54,306 PACKAGE, THE VEHICLE RESIDENT 4251 02:16:54,306 --> 02:16:55,207 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR VRAP, 4252 02:16:55,207 --> 02:16:59,077 AIMS TO CHANGE THAT. THIS. THE 4253 02:16:59,077 --> 02:16:59,711 RESULTING VRAP PACKAGE STRIKES 4254 02:16:59,711 --> 02:17:01,479 AN IMPORTANT BALANCE BETWEEN 4255 02:17:01,479 --> 02:17:02,714 CREATING NEW RESOURCES TO HELP 4256 02:17:02,714 --> 02:17:04,149 PEOPLE BUILD PATHWAYS TO 4257 02:17:04,149 --> 02:17:05,617 HOUSING, CUTTING RED TAPE THAT 4258 02:17:05,617 --> 02:17:07,519 OFTEN LEAVES US WAITING FOR 4259 02:17:07,519 --> 02:17:09,487 YEARS FOR SERVICES TO COME 4260 02:17:09,487 --> 02:17:10,789 ONLINE, AND UPDATING OUR 4261 02:17:10,789 --> 02:17:12,290 REGULATIONS TO BETTER MEET THE 4262 02:17:12,290 --> 02:17:15,260 MOMENT OUR CITY IS IN. THERE ARE 4263 02:17:15,260 --> 02:17:17,796 NO SILVER SOLUTIONS. NO ONE 4264 02:17:17,796 --> 02:17:20,498 ACTION THE CITY CAN TAKE ALONE 4265 02:17:20,498 --> 02:17:23,635 WILL SOLVE VEHICLE HOMELESSNESS. 4266 02:17:23,635 --> 02:17:24,269 IT'S WELL PAST TIME THAT WE 4267 02:17:24,269 --> 02:17:26,204 HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION 4268 02:17:26,204 --> 02:17:26,838 ABOUT ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF 4269 02:17:26,838 --> 02:17:28,740 PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES. 4270 02:17:28,740 --> 02:17:32,143 WE HAVE DEDICATED SERVICES AND 4271 02:17:32,143 --> 02:17:34,079 RESOURCES FOR YOUTH 4272 02:17:34,079 --> 02:17:36,247 HOMELESSNESS, FOR FAMILY 4273 02:17:36,247 --> 02:17:37,816 HOMELESSNESS, FOR PEOPLE WHO 4274 02:17:37,816 --> 02:17:39,918 NEED TO STAY SOBER, FOR PEOPLE 4275 02:17:39,918 --> 02:17:41,286 WHO NEED TO CONTINUE DRINKING, 4276 02:17:41,286 --> 02:17:48,059 FOR PEOPLE WHO DO DRUGS. BUT WE 4277 02:17:48,059 --> 02:17:50,428 HAVE NO SERVICES DEDICATED AND 4278 02:17:50,428 --> 02:17:53,465 BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN 4279 02:17:53,465 --> 02:17:54,666 THEIR VEHICLES. WE HAD A PUBLIC 4280 02:17:54,666 --> 02:17:56,835 COMMENTER COME UP AND SAY, THEY 4281 02:17:56,835 --> 02:17:59,170 DID. THE PERSON THAT THEY KNEW 4282 02:17:59,170 --> 02:18:02,707 THAT LIVED IN THEIR VEHICLE 4283 02:18:02,707 --> 02:18:03,308 DIDN'T CONSIDER THEMSELVES 4284 02:18:03,308 --> 02:18:04,743 HOMELESS. THAT PERSON STILL 4285 02:18:04,743 --> 02:18:08,880 NEEDS OUR SERVICES THIS 4286 02:18:08,880 --> 02:18:09,481 LEGISLATION IS ABOUT ENSURING 4287 02:18:09,481 --> 02:18:10,181 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEIR 4288 02:18:10,181 --> 02:18:13,284 VEHICLES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, BUT 4289 02:18:13,284 --> 02:18:15,020 THAT THEY ARE CARED FOR AND THAT 4290 02:18:15,020 --> 02:18:16,921 THEY HAVE A CLEAR ROAD TO A MORE 4291 02:18:16,921 --> 02:18:20,392 STABLE LIFE. AND TO RECEIVE THE 4292 02:18:20,392 --> 02:18:22,227 SUPPORTS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE 4293 02:18:22,227 --> 02:18:24,396 THEM SO THAT THEY CAN COME 4294 02:18:24,396 --> 02:18:26,598 INSIDE INTO HOUSING OR SHELTER 4295 02:18:26,598 --> 02:18:29,634 THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEM, 4296 02:18:29,634 --> 02:18:32,203 THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS. AND THAT 4297 02:18:32,203 --> 02:18:33,471 AND THIS IS ME GOING OFF ON A 4298 02:18:33,471 --> 02:18:37,242 TANGENT ABOUT APPROPRIATE 4299 02:18:37,242 --> 02:18:39,544 SHELTER. IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE 4300 02:18:39,544 --> 02:18:41,579 TO OFFER SOMEBODY SHELTER FOR A 4301 02:18:41,579 --> 02:18:42,714 SINGLE IF THEY'RE A COUPLE, 4302 02:18:42,714 --> 02:18:43,648 EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE A COUPLE, 4303 02:18:43,648 --> 02:18:45,050 THEY MAY STILL NEED TWO SINGLE 4304 02:18:45,050 --> 02:18:46,584 UNITS, BUT IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE 4305 02:18:46,584 --> 02:18:48,319 TO OFFER SOMEBODY SHELTER THAT 4306 02:18:48,319 --> 02:18:49,554 DOESN'T ACCEPT A DOG. THEY IF 4307 02:18:49,554 --> 02:18:52,691 THEY HAVE PETS IN THE SAME WAY. 4308 02:18:52,691 --> 02:18:54,225 SO OFTEN THE SHELTER STORAGE 4309 02:18:54,225 --> 02:18:56,094 PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN THIS 4310 02:18:56,094 --> 02:18:58,029 LEGISLATION RIGHT NOW, WE OFFER 4311 02:18:58,029 --> 02:18:59,831 PEOPLE SHELTER IN BUILDINGS THAT 4312 02:18:59,831 --> 02:19:02,367 DON'T HAVE PARKING. WE BUILD 4313 02:19:02,367 --> 02:19:02,967 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING 4314 02:19:02,967 --> 02:19:03,568 THAT DOESN'T HAVE PARKING, 4315 02:19:03,568 --> 02:19:05,136 BECAUSE WE'RE CHOOSING TO BUILD 4316 02:19:05,136 --> 02:19:07,772 MORE UNITS THAN WE ARE PARKING 4317 02:19:07,772 --> 02:19:10,175 SPACES. AND THAT MAKES SENSE. 4318 02:19:10,175 --> 02:19:11,343 BUT THAT MEANS THAT THOSE 4319 02:19:11,343 --> 02:19:13,978 SHELTERS AND THAT HOUSING IS NOT 4320 02:19:13,978 --> 02:19:15,747 ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE 4321 02:19:15,747 --> 02:19:23,221 BEEN LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES. 4322 02:19:23,221 --> 02:19:25,123 SO THIS LEGISLATION, THIS 4323 02:19:25,123 --> 02:19:25,690 PACKAGE, IS ABOUT ENSURING 4324 02:19:25,690 --> 02:19:26,257 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEIR 4325 02:19:26,257 --> 02:19:28,126 VEHICLES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN AND 4326 02:19:28,126 --> 02:19:29,361 THAT THEY ARE CARED FOR AND THAT 4327 02:19:29,361 --> 02:19:33,064 THEY HAVE A CLEAR ROAD INSIDE 4328 02:19:33,064 --> 02:19:37,635 INTO HOUSING. THAT'S THE PACKAGE 4329 02:19:37,635 --> 02:19:39,204 COLLEAGUES. THIS FIRST BILL THAT 4330 02:19:39,204 --> 02:19:41,606 WE HAVE BEFORE US IS SIGNING 4331 02:19:41,606 --> 02:19:44,509 AUTHORITY. WE HAVE HEARD SO MANY 4332 02:19:44,509 --> 02:19:45,543 TIMES ANYONE GOT A COUNT ON HOW 4333 02:19:45,543 --> 02:19:47,011 LONG IT'S TAKEN IN GLASS YARD 4334 02:19:47,011 --> 02:19:48,546 COMMONS TO GET OPEN? ANYONE GOT 4335 02:19:48,546 --> 02:19:53,818 TO COUNT THREE YEARS, TWO YEARS 4336 02:19:53,818 --> 02:19:54,319 TWO YEARS, FIVE MONTHS. 4337 02:19:54,319 --> 02:19:56,554 SOMETHING. I MEAN, IT IS WAY TOO 4338 02:19:56,554 --> 02:19:58,923 LONG. GRANTED, THERE HAVE BEEN 4339 02:19:58,923 --> 02:20:00,558 SOME ISSUES, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE 4340 02:20:00,558 --> 02:20:02,527 ARE ALSO THERE'S ALSO RED TAPE 4341 02:20:02,527 --> 02:20:04,229 THAT WE CAN CUT. AND THAT'S THE 4342 02:20:04,229 --> 02:20:06,664 SIGNING AUTHORITY. THIS 4343 02:20:06,664 --> 02:20:08,633 LEGISLATION IS ABOUT BRINGING 4344 02:20:08,633 --> 02:20:09,267 RESOURCES ONLINE TO HELP PEOPLE 4345 02:20:09,267 --> 02:20:11,136 GET OUT OF HOMELESSNESS FASTER. 4346 02:20:11,136 --> 02:20:12,270 EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE PASSED 4347 02:20:12,270 --> 02:20:15,807 SIMILAR LEGISLATION TO BRING 4348 02:20:15,807 --> 02:20:17,709 NON-CONGREGATE SHELTERS LIKE 4349 02:20:17,709 --> 02:20:18,243 TINY HOME VILLAGES ONLINE 4350 02:20:18,243 --> 02:20:22,180 FASTER. THIS LEGISLATION DOES 4351 02:20:22,180 --> 02:20:22,781 THE SAME. THE LEGISLATION WE 4352 02:20:22,781 --> 02:20:23,448 PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR DOES 4353 02:20:23,448 --> 02:20:25,483 NOT APPLY FOR SAFE LOTS OR 4354 02:20:25,483 --> 02:20:27,852 SHELTER STORAGE. IT ONLY APPLIES 4355 02:20:27,852 --> 02:20:32,490 FOR TINY HOME VILLAGES. AND SO 4356 02:20:32,490 --> 02:20:34,259 THIS LEGISLATION HELPS TREAT OUR 4357 02:20:34,259 --> 02:20:34,826 HOMELESS EMERGENCY LIKE THE 4358 02:20:34,826 --> 02:20:37,629 EMERGENCY IT IS TO CUT RED TAPE 4359 02:20:37,629 --> 02:20:39,497 THAT OFTEN STANDS IN OUR WAY OF 4360 02:20:39,497 --> 02:20:40,799 GIVING SOMEBODY A MORE STABLE 4361 02:20:40,799 --> 02:20:42,200 PLACE TO LIVE. SO THAT'S WHAT 4362 02:20:42,200 --> 02:20:44,702 THIS LEGISLATION DO, DOES SIMPLY 4363 02:20:44,702 --> 02:20:46,838 ALLOWS THE FAS DIRECTOR TO SIGN 4364 02:20:46,838 --> 02:20:48,339 LEASES ON LARGER SPACES. I URGE 4365 02:20:48,339 --> 02:20:49,674 YOUR SUPPORT COLLEAGUES. THIS 4366 02:20:49,674 --> 02:20:52,710 ONE'S NOT CONTROVERSIAL. 4367 02:20:52,710 --> 02:20:53,278 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4368 02:20:53,278 --> 02:20:56,047 STRAUSS COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4369 02:20:56,047 --> 02:20:58,783 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4370 02:20:58,783 --> 02:21:00,018 COLLEAGUES. I'M HOPING THAT TO 4371 02:21:00,018 --> 02:21:02,020 SAVE US TIME TODAY INSTEAD OF 4372 02:21:02,020 --> 02:21:02,954 COMMENTING BILL BY BILL, I 4373 02:21:02,954 --> 02:21:04,856 WANTED TO OFFER MY OVERARCHING 4374 02:21:04,856 --> 02:21:06,224 COMMENTS ON THE PACKAGE BEFORE 4375 02:21:06,224 --> 02:21:08,526 US. SO TO THAT END, FIRST AND 4376 02:21:08,526 --> 02:21:09,961 FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK 4377 02:21:09,961 --> 02:21:11,296 EVERYONE WHO HAS COME OUT TO 4378 02:21:11,296 --> 02:21:13,131 PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY FOR MAKING 4379 02:21:13,131 --> 02:21:15,300 YOUR VOICES HEARD. IN 4380 02:21:15,300 --> 02:21:16,734 PARTICULAR, THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED 4381 02:21:16,734 --> 02:21:17,769 EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS. 4382 02:21:17,769 --> 02:21:19,637 THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING 4383 02:21:19,637 --> 02:21:22,006 YOUR STORY, YOUR EXPERIENCE 4384 02:21:22,006 --> 02:21:23,608 MATTERS. YOUR CONSTITUENT HERE, 4385 02:21:23,608 --> 02:21:24,876 AND I'M SO GRATEFUL YOU'VE COME 4386 02:21:24,876 --> 02:21:26,811 FORWARD TODAY TO VOICE YOUR 4387 02:21:26,811 --> 02:21:28,279 PERSPECTIVE AND SHARE YOUR 4388 02:21:28,279 --> 02:21:30,081 STORY. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK 4389 02:21:30,081 --> 02:21:31,850 OUR OUTREACH WORKERS WHO HAVE 4390 02:21:31,850 --> 02:21:33,384 COME TODAY TO ALSO SHARE ABOUT 4391 02:21:33,384 --> 02:21:34,285 THE REALITIES OF THEIR WORK. AND 4392 02:21:34,285 --> 02:21:35,386 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK THAT 4393 02:21:35,386 --> 02:21:37,589 YOU'RE DOING EVERY DAY TO WALK 4394 02:21:37,589 --> 02:21:38,623 ALONGSIDE PEOPLE WHO NEED 4395 02:21:38,623 --> 02:21:42,393 SUPPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY A QUICK 4396 02:21:42,393 --> 02:21:43,895 ANECDOTE THE FIRST POLICY EFFORT 4397 02:21:43,895 --> 02:21:44,963 I EVER WORKED ON WITH THE CITY 4398 02:21:44,963 --> 02:21:46,998 OF SEATTLE WAS ON VEHICLE 4399 02:21:46,998 --> 02:21:51,002 RESIDENCY, AND IN A POLICY MEMO 4400 02:21:51,002 --> 02:21:52,437 TO THEN MAYOR DURKAN, ONE OF OUR 4401 02:21:52,437 --> 02:21:54,606 RECOMMENDATIONS BACK IN 2018 WAS 4402 02:21:54,606 --> 02:22:00,311 TO ESTABLISH AN RV SAFE PARKING 4403 02:22:00,311 --> 02:22:00,879 LOT WITH ROBUST WRAPAROUND 4404 02:22:00,879 --> 02:22:03,514 SUPPORTS. THAT'S WHY I AM GLAD 4405 02:22:03,514 --> 02:22:07,318 THAT WE ARE TAKING SOME OVERDUE 4406 02:22:07,318 --> 02:22:08,520 ACTION TODAY TO BRING ONLINE 4407 02:22:08,520 --> 02:22:09,587 SAFE PARKING FOR RVS, TO GIVE 4408 02:22:09,587 --> 02:22:11,122 FOLKS A SAFE PLACE TO PARK, AND 4409 02:22:11,122 --> 02:22:13,358 TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO 4410 02:22:13,358 --> 02:22:16,761 SERVICES. THAT PART I AM EXCITED 4411 02:22:16,761 --> 02:22:18,329 ABOUT, AND THAT IS PART OF THE 4412 02:22:18,329 --> 02:22:20,465 BROADER PACKAGE BEFORE US. AND 4413 02:22:20,465 --> 02:22:22,867 UNFORTUNATELY, I AM UNABLE TO 4414 02:22:22,867 --> 02:22:24,502 SUPPORT THE SIX BILL PACKAGE IN 4415 02:22:24,502 --> 02:22:26,905 ITS ENTIRETY. TODAY, I WANT TO 4416 02:22:26,905 --> 02:22:29,841 TOUCH ON JUST A COUPLE OF 4417 02:22:29,841 --> 02:22:31,476 REASONS WHY, NOTING, FIRST, ON 4418 02:22:31,476 --> 02:22:33,611 THE LEGISLATION RELATED TO 4419 02:22:33,611 --> 02:22:36,548 UPDATING THE CODE FOR JUNK 4420 02:22:36,548 --> 02:22:37,181 VEHICLE DEFINITIONS, I WANT TO 4421 02:22:37,181 --> 02:22:38,383 NOTE THAT I'VE LONG BEEN 4422 02:22:38,383 --> 02:22:39,918 CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMBIGUITY IN 4423 02:22:39,918 --> 02:22:41,486 OUR CODE THAT RESULTS IN FAR, 4424 02:22:41,486 --> 02:22:46,090 MUCH TOO FAR TOO MUCH IMPOUNDING 4425 02:22:46,090 --> 02:22:47,825 OF PEOPLE'S VEHICLES, THEIR 4426 02:22:47,825 --> 02:22:49,761 HOMES, AND I HAD HOPED THAT 4427 02:22:49,761 --> 02:22:51,896 THESE CODE DEFINITIONS WOULD 4428 02:22:51,896 --> 02:22:53,331 CREATE SOME CLARITY AND PREVENT 4429 02:22:53,331 --> 02:22:54,832 PEOPLE'S HOMES FROM BEING TOWED 4430 02:22:54,832 --> 02:22:56,768 OR IMPOUNDED. BUT THE NEW 4431 02:22:56,768 --> 02:22:57,936 CONDITIONS, AS WRITTEN, COULD 4432 02:22:57,936 --> 02:23:00,104 LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF 4433 02:23:00,104 --> 02:23:02,240 VEHICLES BEING DECLARED AS JUNK. 4434 02:23:02,240 --> 02:23:03,741 AYE. COLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES 4435 02:23:03,741 --> 02:23:04,909 WEIGHED IN ON THIS MATTER AND 4436 02:23:04,909 --> 02:23:06,678 CONCLUDED THAT THIS WOULD LEAD 4437 02:23:06,678 --> 02:23:07,679 TO MORE VEHICLES THAT MAY BE 4438 02:23:07,679 --> 02:23:09,814 SERVING AS PEOPLE'S HOMES, BEING 4439 02:23:09,814 --> 02:23:13,184 SUBJECT TO IMPOUNDMENT AND HIGH 4440 02:23:13,184 --> 02:23:15,153 PENALTIES ON THE BILL RELATED TO 4441 02:23:15,153 --> 02:23:16,754 THE PERMIT PROGRAM. I HAVE 4442 02:23:16,754 --> 02:23:19,691 PREVIOUSLY VOICED MY CONCERNS 4443 02:23:19,691 --> 02:23:21,893 ABOUT A ONE TIME CENSUS AND WHAT 4444 02:23:21,893 --> 02:23:24,963 THAT MEANS FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT 4445 02:23:24,963 --> 02:23:28,066 HAVE ACCESS TO A PERMIT UNDER 4446 02:23:28,066 --> 02:23:29,634 THIS PERMIT, UNDER THIS, PEOPLE 4447 02:23:29,634 --> 02:23:31,836 WHO LACK A PERMIT CANNOT LEGALLY 4448 02:23:31,836 --> 02:23:33,371 PARK OVERNIGHT IF THEY CANNOT 4449 02:23:33,371 --> 02:23:34,372 ACCESS A SAFE LOT, THERE WOULD 4450 02:23:34,372 --> 02:23:37,609 BE NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO. SO IT 4451 02:23:37,609 --> 02:23:39,811 IS THAT PAIRED WITH THE LEGAL 4452 02:23:39,811 --> 02:23:41,279 ISSUES RAISED BY THE ACLU AND 4453 02:23:41,279 --> 02:23:43,214 COLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES, AS WELL 4454 02:23:43,214 --> 02:23:44,716 AS SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION 4455 02:23:44,716 --> 02:23:46,618 CHALLENGES WITH THIS BILL THAT 4456 02:23:46,618 --> 02:23:47,919 I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. AND IT'S 4457 02:23:47,919 --> 02:23:49,454 MY CONCERNS OVER THIS PERMIT 4458 02:23:49,454 --> 02:23:51,389 PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHY I CANNOT 4459 02:23:51,389 --> 02:23:52,557 SUPPORT THE APPROPRIATIONS 4460 02:23:52,557 --> 02:23:54,459 LEGISLATION TODAY, WHICH WOULD 4461 02:23:54,459 --> 02:23:56,327 FUND EIGHT NEW POSITIONS TO 4462 02:23:56,327 --> 02:23:57,395 IMPLEMENT THAT PERMIT PROGRAM. 4463 02:23:57,395 --> 02:24:00,598 AND IT IS MY DISAGREEMENT WITH 4464 02:24:00,598 --> 02:24:01,733 THE APPROACH TAKEN HERE WITH 4465 02:24:01,733 --> 02:24:04,235 THREE OF THE SIX BILLS IN THIS 4466 02:24:04,235 --> 02:24:04,936 PACKAGE, WHICH IS WHY I WILL BE 4467 02:24:04,936 --> 02:24:07,338 A NO ON THE OVERARCHING 4468 02:24:07,338 --> 02:24:09,374 RESOLUTION AS WELL. HOWEVER, I 4469 02:24:09,374 --> 02:24:12,443 DO WANT TO SAY THIS THAT, 4470 02:24:12,443 --> 02:24:14,579 HOWEVER, TODAY SHAKES OUT 4471 02:24:14,579 --> 02:24:16,080 WHICHEVER BILLS ARE PART OF THE 4472 02:24:16,080 --> 02:24:17,782 PACKAGE THAT IS ULTIMATELY 4473 02:24:17,782 --> 02:24:20,118 REMOVED. MY FOCUS REMAINS ON 4474 02:24:20,118 --> 02:24:22,720 THIS, AND IT'S GETTING OUR 4475 02:24:22,720 --> 02:24:24,389 NEIGHBORS HOUSED AND BRINGING 4476 02:24:24,389 --> 02:24:25,023 ONLINE ADDITIONAL SAFE LOTS TO 4477 02:24:25,023 --> 02:24:26,591 BE ABLE TO DO SO IS GOING TO BE 4478 02:24:26,591 --> 02:24:30,161 REALLY IMPORTANT HERE. SO WHILE 4479 02:24:30,161 --> 02:24:32,130 I AM DISSENTING TODAY ON PARTS 4480 02:24:32,130 --> 02:24:33,398 OF THIS PACKAGE, I AM NOT 4481 02:24:33,398 --> 02:24:36,067 ENGAGING FROM THIS POLICY MATTER 4482 02:24:36,067 --> 02:24:38,236 BECAUSE PEOPLE LIVING IN 4483 02:24:38,236 --> 02:24:41,005 VEHICLES NEED OUR ATTENTION AND 4484 02:24:41,005 --> 02:24:42,040 SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT IN ORDER 4485 02:24:42,040 --> 02:24:43,241 TO BRING ONLINE THE HOUSING THAT 4486 02:24:43,241 --> 02:24:45,276 WE NEED AND GET FOLKS HOUSED, 4487 02:24:45,276 --> 02:24:47,712 AND THE CHECK AND ADJUST 4488 02:24:47,712 --> 02:24:49,714 COMPONENT THAT WAS ADOPTED VIA 4489 02:24:49,714 --> 02:24:51,949 AN AMENDMENT IN COMMITTEE. THIS 4490 02:24:51,949 --> 02:24:53,985 IS CRITICAL FOR BEING ABLE TO 4491 02:24:53,985 --> 02:24:56,554 EVALUATE AND MAKE CHANGES TO THE 4492 02:24:56,554 --> 02:24:58,189 PROGRAM. SO I WILL SAY, AS HUMAN 4493 02:24:58,189 --> 02:25:01,125 SERVICES CHAIR, I WILL BE 4494 02:25:01,125 --> 02:25:01,759 FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTATION CLOSELY 4495 02:25:01,759 --> 02:25:07,065 AND ADVISING ON CHANGES, AND I 4496 02:25:07,065 --> 02:25:08,566 SINCERELY HOPE THAT WE LISTEN TO 4497 02:25:08,566 --> 02:25:10,201 THOSE WHO WILL BE MOST IMPACTED 4498 02:25:10,201 --> 02:25:11,903 BY THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE 4499 02:25:11,903 --> 02:25:12,970 TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 4500 02:25:12,970 --> 02:25:13,571 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4501 02:25:13,571 --> 02:25:16,340 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4502 02:25:16,340 --> 02:25:19,177 RINCK. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER 4503 02:25:19,177 --> 02:25:21,112 JUAREZ AND COLLEAGUES BECAUSE WE 4504 02:25:21,112 --> 02:25:23,681 DO HAVE A LOT OF BILLS IN FRONT 4505 02:25:23,681 --> 02:25:26,017 OF US. WE HAVE FIVE, SIX, SIX. 4506 02:25:26,017 --> 02:25:28,352 THANK YOU. SIX AND ONE OF THE 4507 02:25:28,352 --> 02:25:30,388 ITEMS HAS THREE AMENDMENTS. YOU 4508 02:25:30,388 --> 02:25:34,525 CAN TAKE THIS TIME TO SPEAK ON 4509 02:25:34,525 --> 02:25:35,960 THE WHOLE PACKAGE, BECAUSE WE 4510 02:25:35,960 --> 02:25:38,062 WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BILLS 4511 02:25:38,062 --> 02:25:38,763 FAIRLY QUICKLY. SO JUST WANT TO 4512 02:25:38,763 --> 02:25:40,031 SAY YOU CAN TAKE THIS TIME IF 4513 02:25:40,031 --> 02:25:41,566 YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT. BUT I 4514 02:25:41,566 --> 02:25:43,501 ALSO WILL RECOGNIZE YOU AT THE 4515 02:25:43,501 --> 02:25:44,635 END IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT AT 4516 02:25:44,635 --> 02:25:46,637 THE END AS WELL. BUT IT'S JUST A 4517 02:25:46,637 --> 02:25:48,306 COURTESY I'M OFFERING EVERYONE. 4518 02:25:48,306 --> 02:25:50,408 ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 4519 02:25:50,408 --> 02:25:53,111 FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER 4520 02:25:53,111 --> 02:25:55,079 RIVERA. THANK YOU. 4521 02:25:55,079 --> 02:25:56,481 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IS IT OKAY 4522 02:25:56,481 --> 02:25:57,315 IF I STAND? IT'S NOT THAT I'M 4523 02:25:57,315 --> 02:25:58,783 IMPORTANT. I JUST NEED TO 4524 02:25:58,783 --> 02:26:00,485 STRETCH MY LEGS. 4525 02:26:00,485 --> 02:26:00,918 -- GO RIGHT AHEAD. 4526 02:26:00,918 --> 02:26:02,120 -- I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK 4527 02:26:02,120 --> 02:26:05,156 I'M GRANDSTANDING OUT THERE. 4528 02:26:05,156 --> 02:26:08,326 GOD FORBID. SO I WANT TO JUST 4529 02:26:08,326 --> 02:26:09,827 GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF, AS YOU ALL 4530 02:26:09,827 --> 02:26:12,163 HEAR ME SAY BEFORE SOME CONTEXT, 4531 02:26:12,163 --> 02:26:14,465 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 4532 02:26:14,465 --> 02:26:15,633 BILL AND TALKING ABOUT IT, AND 4533 02:26:15,633 --> 02:26:17,435 WE FIRST HEARD IT ON AUGUST 11th 4534 02:26:17,435 --> 02:26:19,771 IN PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH 4535 02:26:19,771 --> 02:26:20,972 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE COMMITTEE. 4536 02:26:20,972 --> 02:26:21,506 AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 4537 02:26:21,506 --> 02:26:23,474 BROUGHT IT FORWARD AND THEN 4538 02:26:23,474 --> 02:26:25,176 AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 22nd IN THE 4539 02:26:25,176 --> 02:26:27,378 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND NOW 4540 02:26:27,378 --> 02:26:29,680 WE'RE IN FRONT OF FULL COUNCIL. 4541 02:26:29,680 --> 02:26:33,918 AND IN THAT TIME, IT IS AND 4542 02:26:33,918 --> 02:26:37,054 STILL WAS, SEVEN SEPARATE PIECES 4543 02:26:37,054 --> 02:26:38,389 OF LEGISLATION WITH WELL OVER, I 4544 02:26:38,389 --> 02:26:40,291 THINK, 12 OR 13 AMENDMENTS. AND 4545 02:26:40,291 --> 02:26:42,994 THE BILL PASSED OUT OF 4546 02:26:42,994 --> 02:26:45,263 COMMITTEE, 5 TO 0. AND THEN THE 4547 02:26:45,263 --> 02:26:46,197 RESOLUTION PASSED AS WELL. AND I 4548 02:26:46,197 --> 02:26:49,100 CAN SAY THAT IN ALL OF THESE 4549 02:26:49,100 --> 02:26:51,569 FORUMS THAT WE ARE ALL ENGAGED 4550 02:26:51,569 --> 02:26:54,105 IN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION, DEBATE 4551 02:26:54,105 --> 02:26:57,008 AND ADVOCACY FOR AND AGAINST 4552 02:26:57,008 --> 02:26:58,543 THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION AND 4553 02:26:58,543 --> 02:27:00,111 WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE 4554 02:27:00,111 --> 02:27:02,880 BY IT. SO TODAY, IN FRONT OF 4555 02:27:02,880 --> 02:27:03,881 FULL COUNCIL, I WILL BE 4556 02:27:03,881 --> 02:27:04,849 SUPPORTING THIS, AND I WILL TELL 4557 02:27:04,849 --> 02:27:08,119 YOU WHY. AND I'VE SAID THIS 4558 02:27:08,119 --> 02:27:11,355 BEFORE, I CAN'T ALLOW THE 4559 02:27:11,355 --> 02:27:13,291 PERFECTION TO STOP THE PROGRESS. 4560 02:27:13,291 --> 02:27:14,692 I THINK THAT THIS BILL IS A 4561 02:27:14,692 --> 02:27:17,595 FIRST STEP. THE FIRST STEP TO 4562 02:27:17,595 --> 02:27:19,764 EMBODIES EMPATHY, 4563 02:27:19,764 --> 02:27:22,099 ACCOUNTABILITY, AND A 4564 02:27:22,099 --> 02:27:24,302 COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION. AND AS 4565 02:27:24,302 --> 02:27:24,902 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS POINTED 4566 02:27:24,902 --> 02:27:27,171 OUT, WE HAVE COMPREHENSIVE 4567 02:27:27,171 --> 02:27:28,039 SOLUTIONS GOOD, BAD OR UGLY. AS 4568 02:27:28,039 --> 02:27:30,975 WE SAW AT THE KING COUNTY 4569 02:27:30,975 --> 02:27:33,578 REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY 4570 02:27:33,578 --> 02:27:34,679 SOMETIMES IT WORKS AND SOMETIMES 4571 02:27:34,679 --> 02:27:36,747 IT DOESN'T. BUT WE WE HAVE 4572 02:27:36,747 --> 02:27:39,317 NEVER HAD. AND TRY TO TARGET 4573 02:27:39,317 --> 02:27:44,388 THOSE FOLKS LIVING IN THEIR CARS 4574 02:27:44,388 --> 02:27:46,624 AND RVS. SO AGAIN, AND I HEARD 4575 02:27:46,624 --> 02:27:47,959 SOME OF OUR SOME OF OUR FRIENDS 4576 02:27:47,959 --> 02:27:49,193 WHO CAME AND SPOKE AND I CAN'T 4577 02:27:49,193 --> 02:27:50,061 THINK OF YOUR NAME RIGHT NOW. 4578 02:27:50,061 --> 02:27:52,296 I'M LOOKING RIGHT AT YOU THAT 4579 02:27:52,296 --> 02:27:54,565 WHAT I'VE SAID AND I'VE SAID 4580 02:27:54,565 --> 02:27:57,201 BEFORE, AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE 4581 02:27:57,201 --> 02:27:59,537 ARTICULATED THIS, THAT THIS IS A 4582 02:27:59,537 --> 02:28:01,973 PATHWAY TO TRANSITION FROM RV 4583 02:28:01,973 --> 02:28:04,709 LIVING OR IN YOUR CAR, WHICH IS 4584 02:28:04,709 --> 02:28:06,844 NOT HUMANE IN OUR CITY STREETS, 4585 02:28:06,844 --> 02:28:09,447 NEIGHBORHOODS, GREENWAYS, 4586 02:28:09,447 --> 02:28:12,617 UNDERPASSES TO A STABLE, HEALTHY 4587 02:28:12,617 --> 02:28:14,318 ENVIRONMENT WITH A SOCIAL SAFETY 4588 02:28:14,318 --> 02:28:17,355 NET TO HELP SUPPORT OUR 4589 02:28:17,355 --> 02:28:18,589 RELATIVES. AND I SEE OUR PEOPLE 4590 02:28:18,589 --> 02:28:24,061 AS NOT JUST CONSTITUENTS, BUT AS 4591 02:28:24,061 --> 02:28:25,630 OUR RELATIVES. I BELIEVE THAT WE 4592 02:28:25,630 --> 02:28:27,031 ARE NOT. AND I'VE HEARD THIS 4593 02:28:27,031 --> 02:28:29,567 FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS. I DON'T 4594 02:28:29,567 --> 02:28:30,968 BELIEVE THIS LEGISLATION IS, AND 4595 02:28:30,968 --> 02:28:32,403 THIS IS MY OPINION. I DO NOT 4596 02:28:32,403 --> 02:28:34,839 BELIEVE WE ARE CRIMINALIZING THE 4597 02:28:34,839 --> 02:28:37,341 HOMELESS. WE SEE YOU. I BELIEVE 4598 02:28:37,341 --> 02:28:39,143 THAT WE ARE NOT PUNISHING THE 4599 02:28:39,143 --> 02:28:42,880 HOMELESS. WE SEE YOU. WE WANT TO 4600 02:28:42,880 --> 02:28:47,485 HELP YOU OUR FIRST STEP IS 4601 02:28:47,485 --> 02:28:50,121 LEADING WITH EMPATHY TO HELP 4602 02:28:50,121 --> 02:28:52,123 PEOPLE MOVE FROM A RECREATIONAL 4603 02:28:52,123 --> 02:28:53,524 VEHICLE THAT WAS NOT MEANT TO 4604 02:28:53,524 --> 02:28:56,294 LIVE IN ON A CITY STREET, TO 4605 02:28:56,294 --> 02:28:59,263 TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING, 4606 02:28:59,263 --> 02:29:01,098 WHERE YOU CAN GET STABILIZED, 4607 02:29:01,098 --> 02:29:05,169 GET THE TREATMENT YOU NEED, GET 4608 02:29:05,169 --> 02:29:06,103 YOUR YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, HAVE 4609 02:29:06,103 --> 02:29:07,305 A STABLE ADDRESS, BE ABLE TO GET 4610 02:29:07,305 --> 02:29:12,677 YOUR MAIL JUST A BASIC DIGNITY 4611 02:29:12,677 --> 02:29:14,312 OF LIVING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 4612 02:29:14,312 --> 02:29:16,480 GETTING AT HERE. SO I WAS AROUND 4613 02:29:16,480 --> 02:29:19,183 THEN, AS YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY THIS 4614 02:29:19,183 --> 02:29:21,018 BEFORE, IN 2015, WHEN MAYOR 4615 02:29:21,018 --> 02:29:22,353 MURRAY DID HIS. WE'RE GOING TO 4616 02:29:22,353 --> 02:29:22,987 END HOMELESSNESS IN TEN YEARS. 4617 02:29:22,987 --> 02:29:24,655 WELL, THAT WAS 11 YEARS AGO. AND 4618 02:29:24,655 --> 02:29:26,023 WE HAVEN'T. AND, YOU KNOW, BUT 4619 02:29:26,023 --> 02:29:27,191 AGAIN, I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING 4620 02:29:27,191 --> 02:29:28,459 THIS TO POKE FUN AT MAYOR 4621 02:29:28,459 --> 02:29:31,062 MURRAY. I'M SAYING THAT THAT WAS 4622 02:29:31,062 --> 02:29:33,564 THE FEVER PITCH THAT WE WERE 4623 02:29:33,564 --> 02:29:35,299 CONCERNED ABOUT. SO WE WENT 4624 02:29:35,299 --> 02:29:35,833 THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT 4625 02:29:35,833 --> 02:29:38,669 PROGRAMS. THE NAVIGATION CENTER, 4626 02:29:38,669 --> 02:29:39,904 THE POLICIES OF DO NO HARM 4627 02:29:39,904 --> 02:29:42,640 HOUSING FIRST, TINY HOUSE 4628 02:29:42,640 --> 02:29:44,508 VILLAGES. WE CHANGED THE LAW FOR 4629 02:29:44,508 --> 02:29:48,279 ADUS AND DADDY, S SO PEOPLE 4630 02:29:48,279 --> 02:29:50,314 COULD AGE IN PLACE AND ALSO 4631 02:29:50,314 --> 02:29:51,582 BUILD MORE AND HAVE MORE 4632 02:29:51,582 --> 02:29:53,017 DENSITY. SO WE COULD HAVE OUR 4633 02:29:53,017 --> 02:29:55,686 RELATIVES COME LIVE WITH US. WE 4634 02:29:55,686 --> 02:29:56,987 WANTED TO. AND WE CONTINUE TO 4635 02:29:56,987 --> 02:29:58,122 SAY, LET'S MEET PEOPLE WHERE 4636 02:29:58,122 --> 02:30:03,861 THEY'RE AT. WE IMPLEMENTED 4637 02:30:03,861 --> 02:30:06,364 STREET AND PARK AMBASSADORS TO 4638 02:30:06,364 --> 02:30:08,799 GIVE PEOPLE WAYFINDING TO 4639 02:30:08,799 --> 02:30:11,268 SERVICES AND SAFE LOTS. 4640 02:30:11,268 --> 02:30:11,902 COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW WAS A BIG 4641 02:30:11,902 --> 02:30:14,138 PROPONENT OF THAT. I CAN COUNT 4642 02:30:14,138 --> 02:30:15,773 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THREE 4643 02:30:15,773 --> 02:30:17,875 EXPERTS THAT WE HIRED, INCLUDING 4644 02:30:17,875 --> 02:30:19,643 BARB POPPY ABOUT THE STUDY OF 4645 02:30:19,643 --> 02:30:20,277 HOMELESSNESS AND THE NUMBER THE 4646 02:30:20,277 --> 02:30:22,680 NUMBER 2 OR 3 ISSUE WAS PEOPLE 4647 02:30:22,680 --> 02:30:24,382 LIVING IN THEIR CARS AND RVS, 4648 02:30:24,382 --> 02:30:25,182 AND WE COULDN'T ADDRESS IT BACK 4649 02:30:25,182 --> 02:30:27,551 THEN BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO 4650 02:30:27,551 --> 02:30:29,420 GET TO THE EMERGENT ISSUE OF 4651 02:30:29,420 --> 02:30:32,289 FUNDING AND BUILDING TINY HOUSE 4652 02:30:32,289 --> 02:30:33,090 VILLAGES. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, 4653 02:30:33,090 --> 02:30:36,527 YOU KNOW, THE CURE FOR CANCER. 4654 02:30:36,527 --> 02:30:37,528 NO, WE DON'T HAVE A CURE YET, 4655 02:30:37,528 --> 02:30:41,999 BUT WE DON'T STOP TRYING. SO I 4656 02:30:41,999 --> 02:30:43,234 THINK SANDRA, THAT'S HER NAME. 4657 02:30:43,234 --> 02:30:44,235 CASSANDRA SAID THIS. I LOVED 4658 02:30:44,235 --> 02:30:46,203 WHAT YOU SAID, CASSANDRA, THAT 4659 02:30:46,203 --> 02:30:47,505 THIS IS ANOTHER STEP THAT WE 4660 02:30:47,505 --> 02:30:50,141 BUILD ON IN SUCCESS, IN OUR 4661 02:30:50,141 --> 02:30:52,943 FAILURES, THAT IT'S A PATHWAY, 4662 02:30:52,943 --> 02:30:54,979 THAT IT'S A BRIDGE THAT'S 4663 02:30:54,979 --> 02:30:56,380 TRANSITION, THAT IT'S A HAND, 4664 02:30:56,380 --> 02:30:58,149 THAT IT'S A LIFT UP TO 4665 02:30:58,149 --> 02:31:03,154 RECOGNIZE THIS. NOW, I KNOW SOME 4666 02:31:03,154 --> 02:31:05,289 FOLKS HAVE MADE THESE 4667 02:31:05,289 --> 02:31:08,526 STATEMENTS, AND I AM NOT A 4668 02:31:08,526 --> 02:31:10,261 PERFORMATIVE POLITICIAN, BUT I 4669 02:31:10,261 --> 02:31:14,098 DON'T SEE RVS AS AYE. I SAW 4670 02:31:14,098 --> 02:31:16,066 WHAT I SEE IS PEOPLE LIVING IN 4671 02:31:16,066 --> 02:31:19,670 RVS ON OUR CITY STREETS, PUBLIC 4672 02:31:19,670 --> 02:31:20,771 PROPERTY, PARKS, GREENWAYS, ET 4673 02:31:20,771 --> 02:31:23,307 CETERA. THAT I BELIEVE ARE IN 4674 02:31:23,307 --> 02:31:26,143 TRAUMA. THEY SIMPLY CAN'T LIVE 4675 02:31:26,143 --> 02:31:27,678 THERE. I SEE PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY 4676 02:31:27,678 --> 02:31:30,581 NEED A SAFE LOT, BUT A PATHWAY, 4677 02:31:30,581 --> 02:31:32,416 A BRIDGE, A TRANSITION AGAIN TO 4678 02:31:32,416 --> 02:31:33,651 A PERMANENT HOME, A SOCIAL 4679 02:31:33,651 --> 02:31:35,653 SAFETY NET WITH SERVICES AND A 4680 02:31:35,653 --> 02:31:38,456 HELPING HAND. AND IF THAT'S A 4681 02:31:38,456 --> 02:31:39,123 BAD THING AND YOU'RE MAD ABOUT 4682 02:31:39,123 --> 02:31:40,458 IT, THEN GO AHEAD AND BE MAD AT 4683 02:31:40,458 --> 02:31:43,828 ME. WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME 4684 02:31:43,828 --> 02:31:45,463 SO I WANT TO SAY THIS ON A 4685 02:31:45,463 --> 02:31:46,564 PERSONAL NOTE, WHICH I DON'T 4686 02:31:46,564 --> 02:31:49,433 ALWAYS SHARE A LOT OF PERSONAL 4687 02:31:49,433 --> 02:31:53,304 THINGS. I HAVE MY FAMILY HAS, 4688 02:31:53,304 --> 02:31:54,338 MANY OF MY RELATIVES HAVE EITHER 4689 02:31:54,338 --> 02:31:57,341 EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, 4690 02:31:57,341 --> 02:32:01,111 EVICTIONS, LIVED IN PERMANENT 4691 02:32:01,111 --> 02:32:02,446 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. AND WHEN I 4692 02:32:02,446 --> 02:32:04,215 SAY HUD HOMES, IT'S HUD HUD GET 4693 02:32:04,215 --> 02:32:06,150 IT RIGHT. REPORTERS, HOUSING AND 4694 02:32:06,150 --> 02:32:07,351 URBAN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS BIG 4695 02:32:07,351 --> 02:32:08,719 ON RESERVATIONS, WHICH ARE 4696 02:32:08,719 --> 02:32:14,425 USUALLY SUBSTANDARD. SUBSIDIZED 4697 02:32:14,425 --> 02:32:16,660 HOMES, UNINHABITABLE HOMES. AS A 4698 02:32:16,660 --> 02:32:17,294 PUBLIC DEFENDER, I REPRESENTED 4699 02:32:17,294 --> 02:32:19,663 AND ALSO IS WHEN I WAS AT LEGAL 4700 02:32:19,663 --> 02:32:22,266 SERVICES, THOSE FOLKS THAT HAD 4701 02:32:22,266 --> 02:32:23,934 LANDLORDS THAT DID NOT MAKE THAT 4702 02:32:23,934 --> 02:32:26,303 RENTED OUT UNINHABITABLE HOMES 4703 02:32:26,303 --> 02:32:27,505 TO TENANTS KNOWING THEY HAD NO 4704 02:32:27,505 --> 02:32:28,839 POWER IN THIS COUNCIL. AND THREE 4705 02:32:28,839 --> 02:32:31,108 OF THEM BEFORE ME, FOUR OF THEM, 4706 02:32:31,108 --> 02:32:33,577 WE CHANGED THAT TO TRY TO 4707 02:32:33,577 --> 02:32:34,645 BALANCE THE PLAYING FIELD, IF 4708 02:32:34,645 --> 02:32:35,546 YOU WILL, LEVEL THE PLAYING 4709 02:32:35,546 --> 02:32:37,214 FIELD, IF YOU WILL. SO TENANTS 4710 02:32:37,214 --> 02:32:39,783 HAVE POWER TO SAY THAT THIS 4711 02:32:39,783 --> 02:32:42,119 LANDLORD IS DOING THIS. THIS 4712 02:32:42,119 --> 02:32:44,121 PLACE IS UNINHABITABLE. CITY AS 4713 02:32:44,121 --> 02:32:46,323 ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE GROUND, 4714 02:32:46,323 --> 02:32:46,924 FIRST RESPONDERS HERE TO THE 4715 02:32:46,924 --> 02:32:49,627 CITY. YES, I CARE ABOUT GLOBAL 4716 02:32:49,627 --> 02:32:50,461 ISSUES AND NATIONAL ISSUES, BUT 4717 02:32:50,461 --> 02:32:52,630 I WAS ELECTED TO DEAL WITH THE 4718 02:32:52,630 --> 02:32:54,598 CITY ISSUES HERE IN REAL LIFE, 4719 02:32:54,598 --> 02:32:58,402 IN THIS WORLD, ON THE GROUND. SO 4720 02:32:58,402 --> 02:33:00,604 AS I WAS SHARING ON A PERSONAL 4721 02:33:00,604 --> 02:33:02,573 NOTE, NOT JUST SUBSIDIZED HOMES, 4722 02:33:02,573 --> 02:33:04,308 UNINHABITABLE HOMES, SECTION 4723 02:33:04,308 --> 02:33:08,112 SEVEN HOMES. I MEAN, I GREW UP 4724 02:33:08,112 --> 02:33:09,580 IN THAT. SO I UNDERSTAND THE 4725 02:33:09,580 --> 02:33:12,216 LACK OF HOUSING. AND I ALSO HAVE 4726 02:33:12,216 --> 02:33:16,587 AND WITNESSED, AGAIN, THIS IS 4727 02:33:16,587 --> 02:33:17,988 THE TRUTH. RELATIVES WHO HAVE 4728 02:33:17,988 --> 02:33:21,358 DIED IN THEIR CARS WHO HAVE DIED 4729 02:33:21,358 --> 02:33:25,329 ON THE STREETS, IN ALLEYWAYS AND 4730 02:33:25,329 --> 02:33:29,166 IN PARKS. NOW, I'M SUPPORTING 4731 02:33:29,166 --> 02:33:29,800 THIS, KNOWING THAT, YEAH, 4732 02:33:29,800 --> 02:33:30,868 THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME WORK 4733 02:33:30,868 --> 02:33:33,337 TO BE DONE. AND IF THIS PASSES 4734 02:33:33,337 --> 02:33:36,473 TODAY, THEN WHAT WE DO, LIKE 4735 02:33:36,473 --> 02:33:38,275 WE'VE ALWAYS DONE WHAT YOU DO 4736 02:33:38,275 --> 02:33:39,543 IN A DEMOCRACY IS YOU BUILD UPON 4737 02:33:39,543 --> 02:33:40,711 NOT JUST THE SUCCESSES, BUT YOU 4738 02:33:40,711 --> 02:33:43,747 BUILD UPON THE FAILURES. WE WILL 4739 02:33:43,747 --> 02:33:46,050 FIND OUT WHAT DOESN'T WORK. I 4740 02:33:46,050 --> 02:33:47,351 THINK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 4741 02:33:47,351 --> 02:33:47,985 BROUGHT A REALLY GOOD AMENDMENT, 4742 02:33:47,985 --> 02:33:49,286 BUT I THINK WE DID END UP NOT 4743 02:33:49,286 --> 02:33:51,021 PASSING IT WHEN SHE WANTED TO DO 4744 02:33:51,021 --> 02:33:52,856 ANOTHER, IT WAS IN AN INVENTORY. 4745 02:33:52,856 --> 02:33:54,325 CAN YOU HELP ME OUT HERE? 4746 02:33:54,325 --> 02:33:56,827 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WHAT WAS IT 4747 02:33:56,827 --> 02:33:57,795 AGAIN? I'M SORRY. COUNCIL 4748 02:33:57,795 --> 02:33:59,296 PRESIDENT CAN I ASK 4749 02:33:59,296 --> 02:33:59,763 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4750 02:33:59,763 --> 02:34:01,765 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER I'M SORRY. 4751 02:34:01,765 --> 02:34:02,566 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4752 02:34:02,566 --> 02:34:03,601 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. AND THANK 4753 02:34:03,601 --> 02:34:04,101 YOU FOR SUPPORTING THAT 4754 02:34:04,101 --> 02:34:05,002 AMENDMENT AND COMMITTEE. IT WAS 4755 02:34:05,002 --> 02:34:06,370 AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE 4756 02:34:06,370 --> 02:34:08,072 ALLOWED THE CENSUS TO TAKE PLACE 4757 02:34:08,072 --> 02:34:08,939 MORE THAN ONCE, AND I'LL BE 4758 02:34:08,939 --> 02:34:09,840 SPEAKING TO THAT AS WELL. BUT 4759 02:34:09,840 --> 02:34:11,475 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THAT. 4760 02:34:11,475 --> 02:34:12,209 -- AND I DID SUPPORT IT. YOU 4761 02:34:12,209 --> 02:34:13,310 KNOW WHY IT DIDN'T PASS. BUT YOU 4762 02:34:13,310 --> 02:34:15,045 KNOW WHAT? THAT DOESN'T MEAN? 4763 02:34:15,045 --> 02:34:16,213 IT'S GONE. DOESN'T MEAN IT 4764 02:34:16,213 --> 02:34:18,515 WASN'T A GOOD IDEA. BUT 4765 02:34:18,515 --> 02:34:20,551 SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO GET THE 4766 02:34:20,551 --> 02:34:21,418 LEGISLATION IN THE DOOR AND GET 4767 02:34:21,418 --> 02:34:22,620 IT PASSED. AND THEN YOU START 4768 02:34:22,620 --> 02:34:25,556 BUILDING ON IT. NOW WE'VE HAD 4769 02:34:25,556 --> 02:34:27,024 SOME FAILURES, NO DOUBT ABOUT 4770 02:34:27,024 --> 02:34:28,492 IT. BUT WE ALSO LEARNED A LOT. 4771 02:34:28,492 --> 02:34:30,527 AS I TELL MY KIDS, YOU LEARN A 4772 02:34:30,527 --> 02:34:33,297 LOT MORE FROM YOUR FAILURES AND 4773 02:34:33,297 --> 02:34:35,966 LOSING THAN YOU DO FROM WINNING. 4774 02:34:35,966 --> 02:34:36,834 AS JUSTICE SMITH USED TO TELL 4775 02:34:36,834 --> 02:34:38,569 ME, PEOPLE KNOW WHAT A WINNER 4776 02:34:38,569 --> 02:34:39,937 LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THEY ACT, BUT 4777 02:34:39,937 --> 02:34:42,106 WHAT PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO IS 4778 02:34:42,106 --> 02:34:44,441 WHO YOU ARE WHEN YOU DON'T WIN, 4779 02:34:44,441 --> 02:34:46,277 THAT'S WHEN CHARACTER AND 4780 02:34:46,277 --> 02:34:48,879 INTEGRITY COMES OUT. AND I GUESS 4781 02:34:48,879 --> 02:34:50,114 TODAY IT JUST IT JUST BEEN 4782 02:34:50,114 --> 02:34:52,716 SITTING HERE TOO LONG. MAYBE I 4783 02:34:52,716 --> 02:34:55,052 DON'T THINK PERSONAL ATTACKS 4784 02:34:55,052 --> 02:34:59,290 ARE NECESSARY. EVERYONE HERE 4785 02:34:59,290 --> 02:35:01,525 CARES ABOUT OUR RELATIVES LIVING 4786 02:35:01,525 --> 02:35:04,028 IN RVS. IT ISN'T JUST A NIMBY 4787 02:35:04,028 --> 02:35:07,164 THING SO WITH THAT, I WILL BE 4788 02:35:07,164 --> 02:35:08,332 SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION. I 4789 02:35:08,332 --> 02:35:09,466 WILL HAVE SOME COMMENTS LATER ON 4790 02:35:09,466 --> 02:35:10,300 SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS. THANK 4791 02:35:10,300 --> 02:35:11,235 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4792 02:35:11,235 --> 02:35:14,138 -- OKAY, THANK YOU, 4793 02:35:14,138 --> 02:35:15,572 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ COUNCIL. 4794 02:35:15,572 --> 02:35:16,740 AND JUST A HEADS UP, YOU ALL CAN 4795 02:35:16,740 --> 02:35:18,142 MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THE 4796 02:35:18,142 --> 02:35:19,643 LEGISLATION BEFORE US. SOME 4797 02:35:19,643 --> 02:35:21,311 COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO MAKE 4798 02:35:21,311 --> 02:35:21,812 COMMENTS REGARDING THE 4799 02:35:21,812 --> 02:35:23,580 INDIVIDUAL BILLS, WHICH IS 4800 02:35:23,580 --> 02:35:26,583 TOTALLY FINE, BUT COUNCILMEMBER 4801 02:35:26,583 --> 02:35:28,652 RIVERA, YOU ARE UP NEXT. 4802 02:35:28,652 --> 02:35:34,558 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4803 02:35:34,558 --> 02:35:36,727 COLLEAGUES, I'M WILLING TO TRY 4804 02:35:36,727 --> 02:35:39,363 THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE THIS IS 4805 02:35:39,363 --> 02:35:41,598 WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY TO 4806 02:35:41,598 --> 02:35:44,301 MANAGE THE ISSUE OF RVS PARKING 4807 02:35:44,301 --> 02:35:47,738 FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME ON CITY 4808 02:35:47,738 --> 02:35:50,240 STREETS, AND ESPECIALLY FOR 4809 02:35:50,240 --> 02:35:52,710 MANAGING FOR THE SMALLER SET OF 4810 02:35:52,710 --> 02:35:54,845 RVS ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY 4811 02:35:54,845 --> 02:35:56,747 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WHILE I 4812 02:35:56,747 --> 02:35:57,681 UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT 4813 02:35:57,681 --> 02:35:58,982 THIS IS NOT ALL OUR RVS IN THE 4814 02:35:58,982 --> 02:36:00,984 CITY, THERE ARE SOME. AND WE 4815 02:36:00,984 --> 02:36:04,321 NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE 4816 02:36:04,321 --> 02:36:06,156 AS WELL. BUT OVERALL, I HAVE 4817 02:36:06,156 --> 02:36:08,625 RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS 4818 02:36:08,625 --> 02:36:10,094 LEGISLATION WRIT LARGE. WHILE I 4819 02:36:10,094 --> 02:36:11,762 APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE 4820 02:36:11,762 --> 02:36:12,296 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR 4821 02:36:12,296 --> 02:36:14,298 WORKING TO DRAFT LEGISLATION TO 4822 02:36:14,298 --> 02:36:16,367 ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS, WE HAVE 4823 02:36:16,367 --> 02:36:18,335 AN ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM THAT IS 4824 02:36:18,335 --> 02:36:22,673 NOT ADDRESSED IN THIS PACKAGE. 4825 02:36:22,673 --> 02:36:23,340 WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH STAFFING 4826 02:36:23,340 --> 02:36:24,675 SHORTAGES AT SPD, INCLUDING A 4827 02:36:24,675 --> 02:36:27,611 LACK OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT 4828 02:36:27,611 --> 02:36:29,446 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BY WHICH TO 4829 02:36:29,446 --> 02:36:31,715 ENFORCE THIS LEGISLATION. 4830 02:36:31,715 --> 02:36:32,316 NEITHER OF THESE ISSUES HAVE 4831 02:36:32,316 --> 02:36:33,851 BEEN SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED IN 4832 02:36:33,851 --> 02:36:36,220 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, SO 4833 02:36:36,220 --> 02:36:39,623 WE'RE LEFT WITH A LACK OF 4834 02:36:39,623 --> 02:36:40,858 ENFORCEMENT OF OUR RULES TODAY, 4835 02:36:40,858 --> 02:36:42,593 AND WE WILL BE LEFT WITH A LACK 4836 02:36:42,593 --> 02:36:44,762 OF ENFORCEMENT WHEN THIS PERMIT 4837 02:36:44,762 --> 02:36:46,063 GOES INTO EFFECT. THIS IS A 4838 02:36:46,063 --> 02:36:49,099 PROBLEM. THIS LEGISLATION ALSO 4839 02:36:49,099 --> 02:36:50,634 DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT 4840 02:36:50,634 --> 02:36:53,203 WE'RE SHORT ON SHELTER. PART OF 4841 02:36:53,203 --> 02:36:55,672 THE WORK HERE IS TO OFFER MUCH 4842 02:36:55,672 --> 02:36:57,040 NEEDED SHELTER TO FOLKS THAT ARE 4843 02:36:57,040 --> 02:36:58,976 LIVING IN THEIR RVS, BUT WE 4844 02:36:58,976 --> 02:37:01,211 SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH 4845 02:37:01,211 --> 02:37:02,913 SHELTER. I KNOW THAT THE 4846 02:37:02,913 --> 02:37:04,214 MAYOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES AN 4847 02:37:04,214 --> 02:37:05,215 EXPANSION OF SHELTER, BUT WE 4848 02:37:05,215 --> 02:37:08,318 DON'T KNOW WHEN THESE WILL BE 4849 02:37:08,318 --> 02:37:10,554 OPERATIONAL. I DO APPRECIATE 4850 02:37:10,554 --> 02:37:12,289 THAT THIS LEGISLATION HAS THE 4851 02:37:12,289 --> 02:37:12,956 OUTREACH ELEMENTS INCLUDED, BUT 4852 02:37:12,956 --> 02:37:15,459 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM ALREADY 4853 02:37:15,459 --> 02:37:19,396 DOES OUTREACH. WE CAN ONLY OFFER 4854 02:37:19,396 --> 02:37:22,332 THE SHELTER AND SERVICES THAT WE 4855 02:37:22,332 --> 02:37:24,268 HAVE AVAILABLE. I HAVE QUESTIONS 4856 02:37:24,268 --> 02:37:26,270 ABOUT HOW WE WILL MANAGE FOR THE 4857 02:37:26,270 --> 02:37:28,105 RVS WHO COME INTO THE CITY AFTER 4858 02:37:28,105 --> 02:37:30,541 THE CENSUS HAS BEEN CONDUCTED. 4859 02:37:30,541 --> 02:37:33,510 THIS GOES BACK TO OUR ABILITY TO 4860 02:37:33,510 --> 02:37:35,112 ENFORCE THE LAWS. I DO NOT KNOW 4861 02:37:35,112 --> 02:37:38,081 WHERE OUR ABILITIES ARE LEGALLY 4862 02:37:38,081 --> 02:37:39,550 TO REMOVE ANY RV THAT IS 4863 02:37:39,550 --> 02:37:41,118 UNWILLING TO MOVE, ESPECIALLY IF 4864 02:37:41,118 --> 02:37:42,953 THERE'S A PERSON LIVING INSIDE 4865 02:37:42,953 --> 02:37:46,089 THE VEHICLE, BECAUSE WE KNOW 4866 02:37:46,089 --> 02:37:49,393 THAT THOSE RVS ARE DIFFICULT TO 4867 02:37:49,393 --> 02:37:52,763 MOVE. WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE 4868 02:37:52,763 --> 02:37:55,232 RV LEGAL PARKING SITES LIKE THE 4869 02:37:55,232 --> 02:37:58,202 WOODLAND PARK AT WOODLAND PARK, 4870 02:37:58,202 --> 02:38:00,404 WHERE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS HAVE TO 4871 02:38:00,404 --> 02:38:02,773 ENDURE SOME HARASSMENT FROM SOME 4872 02:38:02,773 --> 02:38:05,442 OF THE RVS AS THEY'RE PRACTICING 4873 02:38:05,442 --> 02:38:07,110 FOR TRACK. I DO NOT KNOW HOW 4874 02:38:07,110 --> 02:38:08,645 THIS LEGISLATION WILL FIX THAT 4875 02:38:08,645 --> 02:38:12,349 PROBLEM. AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THIS 4876 02:38:12,349 --> 02:38:14,718 IS A SMALLER NUMBER OF RVS 4877 02:38:14,718 --> 02:38:17,154 ENGAGED IN THIS BEHAVIOR, BUT IT 4878 02:38:17,154 --> 02:38:17,921 IS HAPPENING AND WE NEED TO BE 4879 02:38:17,921 --> 02:38:23,794 ABLE TO MANAGE FOR THAT. AND 4880 02:38:23,794 --> 02:38:26,029 FINALLY, I'M CONCERNED THAT 4881 02:38:26,029 --> 02:38:26,663 WE'RE GIVING CONSTITUENTS A 4882 02:38:26,663 --> 02:38:28,532 FALSE PROMISE, THE FALSE PROMISE 4883 02:38:28,532 --> 02:38:31,702 THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND 4884 02:38:31,702 --> 02:38:33,403 APPROPRIATE SHELTER FOR FOLKS 4885 02:38:33,403 --> 02:38:35,706 ONE, AND THEN THE FALSE PROMISE 4886 02:38:35,706 --> 02:38:37,941 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO 4887 02:38:37,941 --> 02:38:39,776 ENFORCE, EXCUSE ME, ENFORCE 4888 02:38:39,776 --> 02:38:41,278 THESE RULES, AND THAT THE RV 4889 02:38:41,278 --> 02:38:43,046 SITUATION WILL GET BETTER BOTH 4890 02:38:43,046 --> 02:38:46,283 FOR THOSE LIVING IN RVS AND THEN 4891 02:38:46,283 --> 02:38:48,118 ALSO FOR THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE 4892 02:38:48,118 --> 02:38:49,620 LIVING NEAR RVS THAT ARE ENGAGED 4893 02:38:49,620 --> 02:38:53,257 IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. ALL OF THIS 4894 02:38:53,257 --> 02:38:56,226 SAID, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS 4895 02:38:56,226 --> 02:38:56,994 LEGISLATION TODAY BECAUSE WE 4896 02:38:56,994 --> 02:38:58,328 NEED TO ADDRESS OUR RVS. AND 4897 02:38:58,328 --> 02:39:01,398 THIS IS THE OPTION BEFORE US 4898 02:39:01,398 --> 02:39:04,201 TODAY, AND I AM WILLING TO TRY 4899 02:39:04,201 --> 02:39:07,738 THIS. IN TIME. WE WILL SEE IF 4900 02:39:07,738 --> 02:39:09,406 THIS NEW PROGRAM WORKS. AND AS I 4901 02:39:09,406 --> 02:39:11,775 HAVE OFTEN SAID, IF THE PROGRAM 4902 02:39:11,775 --> 02:39:12,910 DOES NOT WORK, THEN WE WILL NEED 4903 02:39:12,910 --> 02:39:15,546 TO PIVOT TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 4904 02:39:15,546 --> 02:39:17,614 THE REPORTING ASPECTS OF THE 4905 02:39:17,614 --> 02:39:19,983 BILL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT 4906 02:39:19,983 --> 02:39:23,987 THOSE ARE IN THERE, WILL PROVIDE 4907 02:39:23,987 --> 02:39:26,156 THAT NEEDED ACCOUNTABILITY AND 4908 02:39:26,156 --> 02:39:26,790 ALLOW US TO REVIEW THE PROGRAM 4909 02:39:26,790 --> 02:39:28,458 SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE IF WE 4910 02:39:28,458 --> 02:39:30,127 NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, OR IF 4911 02:39:30,127 --> 02:39:33,030 WE NEED TO END THE PROGRAM 4912 02:39:33,030 --> 02:39:35,666 ENTIRELY AND START ANEW RELATED 4913 02:39:35,666 --> 02:39:36,733 TO THE AMENDMENT THAT I'M 4914 02:39:36,733 --> 02:39:38,235 BRINGING TODAY, COLLEAGUES, AS I 4915 02:39:38,235 --> 02:39:41,905 SAID EARLIER, I KNOW NOT ALL OUR 4916 02:39:41,905 --> 02:39:43,473 VIEWS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CRIME. 4917 02:39:43,473 --> 02:39:45,108 THAT IS TRUE, BUT IT IS ALSO 4918 02:39:45,108 --> 02:39:47,444 TRUE THAT THERE ARE RVS IN OUR 4919 02:39:47,444 --> 02:39:50,347 DISTRICTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED 4920 02:39:50,347 --> 02:39:52,416 WITH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, 4921 02:39:52,416 --> 02:39:55,018 INCLUDING DEALING DRUGS OR SEX 4922 02:39:55,018 --> 02:39:56,053 TRAFFICKING, AND THAT IS NOT 4923 02:39:56,053 --> 02:39:58,655 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PERMIT. 4924 02:39:58,655 --> 02:40:01,058 YOU HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT A 4925 02:40:01,058 --> 02:40:02,993 CONSTITUENT LIVING AT MAGNUSON 4926 02:40:02,993 --> 02:40:05,228 PARK, WHOSE TEENAGE DAUGHTER 4927 02:40:05,228 --> 02:40:07,130 OD'D AFTER BUYING DRUGS FROM 4928 02:40:07,130 --> 02:40:09,700 THE RVS THAT WERE STATIONED AT 4929 02:40:09,700 --> 02:40:10,634 MAGNUSON PARK FOR A FEW YEARS 4930 02:40:10,634 --> 02:40:14,237 NOW. AND SINCE I ARRIVED TO THIS 4931 02:40:14,237 --> 02:40:15,739 COUNCIL, I'VE BEEN WORKING TO 4932 02:40:15,739 --> 02:40:18,709 MOVE THOSE RVS ALONG, BOTH FOR 4933 02:40:18,709 --> 02:40:20,410 THE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING IN LOW 4934 02:40:20,410 --> 02:40:23,180 INCOME HOUSING THERE, AS WELL AS 4935 02:40:23,180 --> 02:40:25,048 TO OUR FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING IN 4936 02:40:25,048 --> 02:40:26,950 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, 4937 02:40:26,950 --> 02:40:27,451 WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM 4938 02:40:27,451 --> 02:40:28,585 ADDICTION AND WHO DO NOT NEED 4939 02:40:28,585 --> 02:40:30,988 THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR. AND THESE 4940 02:40:30,988 --> 02:40:37,027 RVS NEAR THEM. COLLEAGUES, I 4941 02:40:37,027 --> 02:40:39,429 WILL BE OFFERING A VERBAL 4942 02:40:39,429 --> 02:40:41,064 AMENDMENT TO MY AMENDMENT TO 4943 02:40:41,064 --> 02:40:42,132 REMOVE THE LANGUAGE REFERRING 4944 02:40:42,132 --> 02:40:44,401 TO, QUOTE, DEFERRED SENTENCE OR 4945 02:40:44,401 --> 02:40:46,570 DEFERRED PROSECUTION OR NON 4946 02:40:46,570 --> 02:40:49,272 STATUTORY OR STATUTORY OR 4947 02:40:49,272 --> 02:40:49,773 NON-STATUTORY DIVERSION 4948 02:40:49,773 --> 02:40:52,809 AGREEMENT, END QUOTE. TO LIMIT 4949 02:40:52,809 --> 02:40:54,978 TO THE AMENDMENT TO CONVICTIONS. 4950 02:40:54,978 --> 02:40:58,115 I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR ANYONE 4951 02:40:58,115 --> 02:40:58,648 ARRESTED ENGAGED IN THESE 4952 02:40:58,648 --> 02:40:59,983 BEHAVIORS DEALING OF DRUGS OR 4953 02:40:59,983 --> 02:41:02,185 SEX TRAFFICKING OR SOLICITATION 4954 02:41:02,185 --> 02:41:03,186 OF MINORS WILL HAVE TO BE 4955 02:41:03,186 --> 02:41:04,721 ENGAGED IN SOME PROGRAM TO 4956 02:41:04,721 --> 02:41:07,758 ADDRESS THEIR CRIME. I WILL 4957 02:41:07,758 --> 02:41:08,392 THEREFORE CHANGE THE AMENDMENT 4958 02:41:08,392 --> 02:41:09,893 TO LIMIT INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE 4959 02:41:09,893 --> 02:41:11,728 GONE THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS 4960 02:41:11,728 --> 02:41:15,332 AND HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF THESE 4961 02:41:15,332 --> 02:41:17,200 SERIOUS CRIMES. I KNOW WE'RE ON 4962 02:41:17,200 --> 02:41:20,070 LIMIT ON TIME, SO I'LL I'LL BE 4963 02:41:20,070 --> 02:41:21,972 DONE THERE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4964 02:41:21,972 --> 02:41:23,306 -- THANK YOU. OKAY, AWESOME. NO 4965 02:41:23,306 --> 02:41:26,476 WORRIES. THANK YOU. 4966 02:41:26,476 --> 02:41:26,943 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 4967 02:41:26,943 --> 02:41:27,377 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 4968 02:41:27,377 --> 02:41:28,478 -- THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I 4969 02:41:28,478 --> 02:41:30,447 TOO WILL ADDRESS MAKE MY 4970 02:41:30,447 --> 02:41:31,481 COMMENTS HERE FAIRLY BRIEF, AND 4971 02:41:31,481 --> 02:41:33,583 THEN I'LL MAKE THEM AT THE 4972 02:41:33,583 --> 02:41:34,418 OUTSET. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. 4973 02:41:34,418 --> 02:41:36,253 BUT FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK 4974 02:41:36,253 --> 02:41:39,056 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR YOUR 4975 02:41:39,056 --> 02:41:42,292 LEADERSHIP IN THIS VERY 4976 02:41:42,292 --> 02:41:42,826 COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF 4977 02:41:42,826 --> 02:41:44,795 LEGISLATION. I WANT TO THANK YOU 4978 02:41:44,795 --> 02:41:46,329 NOT ONLY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, 4979 02:41:46,329 --> 02:41:47,731 BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 4980 02:41:47,731 --> 02:41:50,901 TACKLING SUCH A DIFFICULT ISSUE 4981 02:41:50,901 --> 02:41:53,837 THAT HAS FRUSTRATED SEATTLE AND 4982 02:41:53,837 --> 02:41:55,439 JURISDICTIONS ACROSS OUR CITY, 4983 02:41:55,439 --> 02:41:59,209 ACROSS OUR REGION, RATHER, FOR 4984 02:41:59,209 --> 02:42:02,312 FAR TOO LONG. OUR APPROACH TO RV 4985 02:42:02,312 --> 02:42:03,113 HOMELESSNESS SIMPLY ISN'T 4986 02:42:03,113 --> 02:42:05,215 WORKING BY ANY STRETCH OF THE 4987 02:42:05,215 --> 02:42:08,518 IMAGINATION, AND DOING NOTHING 4988 02:42:08,518 --> 02:42:11,254 IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE 4989 02:42:11,254 --> 02:42:13,356 ALTERNATIVE. IN DISTRICT ONE, WE 4990 02:42:13,356 --> 02:42:15,826 SEE THE CONSEQUENCES EVERY 4991 02:42:15,826 --> 02:42:18,595 SINGLE DAY IN RESIDENTIAL 4992 02:42:18,595 --> 02:42:21,198 NEIGHBORHOODS, NEAR SCHOOLS, 4993 02:42:21,198 --> 02:42:23,467 PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES. THESE 4994 02:42:23,467 --> 02:42:26,303 IMPACTS ARE REAL AND OUR 4995 02:42:26,303 --> 02:42:30,340 CONSTITUENTS DESERVE MEANINGFUL 4996 02:42:30,340 --> 02:42:31,341 RELIEF. I'LL BE VOTING YES 4997 02:42:31,341 --> 02:42:33,810 TODAY, AS I DID IN DURING THE 4998 02:42:33,810 --> 02:42:36,046 COMMITTEE, BECAUSE AT A HIGH 4999 02:42:36,046 --> 02:42:37,614 LEVEL, I BELIEVE IT STRIKES A 5000 02:42:37,614 --> 02:42:43,453 GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN COMPASSION 5001 02:42:43,453 --> 02:42:44,454 AND ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT I ALSO 5002 02:42:44,454 --> 02:42:48,291 WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON ONE 5003 02:42:48,291 --> 02:42:48,992 THING. PASSING LEGISLATION IS 5004 02:42:48,992 --> 02:42:51,194 NOT THE SAME AS SOLVING A 5005 02:42:51,194 --> 02:42:56,066 PROBLEM THAT SAID, THIS PACKAGE 5006 02:42:56,066 --> 02:42:58,935 OF LEGISLATION DOES REFLECT THE 5007 02:42:58,935 --> 02:43:00,704 PRINCIPLE EXERCISE OF THE POWERS 5008 02:43:00,704 --> 02:43:04,040 THAT WE DO HAVE AS A LEGISLATIVE 5009 02:43:04,040 --> 02:43:06,877 BODY. POWER OF THE PURSE, POWER 5010 02:43:06,877 --> 02:43:08,879 OF TO WRITE LAWS. SO THAT'S WHY 5011 02:43:08,879 --> 02:43:12,549 I COMMEND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 5012 02:43:12,549 --> 02:43:14,351 STRAUSS FOR EXERCISING EVERY 5013 02:43:14,351 --> 02:43:15,986 SINGLE POWER THAT WE DO HAVE AS 5014 02:43:15,986 --> 02:43:21,691 LAWMAKERS HOWEVER, I DO HAVE 5015 02:43:21,691 --> 02:43:25,028 QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, 5016 02:43:25,028 --> 02:43:28,231 ENFORCEMENT AND WHETHER THIS 5017 02:43:28,231 --> 02:43:30,734 APPROACH WILL ACTUALLY REDUCE 5018 02:43:30,734 --> 02:43:33,103 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS RATHER THAN 5019 02:43:33,103 --> 02:43:34,571 SIMPLY MOVE THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE. 5020 02:43:34,571 --> 02:43:37,774 WE ALSO CANNOT CONTINUE 5021 02:43:37,774 --> 02:43:40,410 CONCENTRATING A DISPROPORTIONATE 5022 02:43:40,410 --> 02:43:40,944 NUMBER OF SEATTLE'S RV 5023 02:43:40,944 --> 02:43:41,778 CHALLENGES IN CERTAIN 5024 02:43:41,778 --> 02:43:44,714 NEIGHBORHOODS AND A HANDFUL OF 5025 02:43:44,714 --> 02:43:49,019 NEIGHBORHOODS. GEOGRAPHIC 5026 02:43:49,019 --> 02:43:50,287 FAIRNESS DOES MATTER. I WELCOME 5027 02:43:50,287 --> 02:43:55,358 ADDITIONAL IDEAS, INCLUDING 5028 02:43:55,358 --> 02:43:55,992 COMPETING OR COMPLEMENTARY IDEAS 5029 02:43:55,992 --> 02:43:59,996 FROM THE MAYOR. THEME I'VE 5030 02:43:59,996 --> 02:44:01,531 HEARD SO FAR. THIS SHOULD NOT BE 5031 02:44:01,531 --> 02:44:03,366 THE FINAL WORD. COULDN'T AGREE 5032 02:44:03,366 --> 02:44:08,271 MORE ULTIMATELY SUCCESS WON'T BE 5033 02:44:08,271 --> 02:44:11,942 MEASURED BY THE NUMBER OF BILLS 5034 02:44:11,942 --> 02:44:13,710 IN A PARTICULAR PACKAGE THAT WE 5035 02:44:13,710 --> 02:44:16,513 PASS. IT WILL BE MEASURED BY 5036 02:44:16,513 --> 02:44:19,616 SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS, FEWER 5037 02:44:19,616 --> 02:44:20,817 PROBLEMATIC RVS, MORE PEOPLE 5038 02:44:20,817 --> 02:44:23,887 MOVING INTO STABLE HOUSING 5039 02:44:23,887 --> 02:44:26,289 TREATMENT SERVICES. THAT'S THE 5040 02:44:26,289 --> 02:44:27,090 MOST IMPACTFUL STANDARD OF ALL, 5041 02:44:27,090 --> 02:44:28,458 AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPACTFUL 5042 02:44:28,458 --> 02:44:30,160 STANDARD THAT WE SHOULD HOLD 5043 02:44:30,160 --> 02:44:32,862 OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THANK 5044 02:44:32,862 --> 02:44:33,063 YOU. 5045 02:44:33,063 --> 02:44:36,366 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5046 02:44:36,366 --> 02:44:38,501 SAKA. SO COLLEAGUES BEFORE US, 5047 02:44:38,501 --> 02:44:40,470 WE HAVE SIX BILLS AND WE'RE 5048 02:44:40,470 --> 02:44:41,104 GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH THEM. 5049 02:44:41,104 --> 02:44:42,672 YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND AT ANY 5050 02:44:42,672 --> 02:44:45,141 POINT IN TIME, IN BETWEEN BILLS 5051 02:44:45,141 --> 02:44:46,509 TO DO A COMMENT. BUT BEFORE WE 5052 02:44:46,509 --> 02:44:47,310 START VOTING ON THIS 5053 02:44:47,310 --> 02:44:49,045 LEGISLATION, I WANT TO KNOW IF 5054 02:44:49,045 --> 02:44:49,646 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IF YOU 5055 02:44:49,646 --> 02:44:51,514 HAVE ANY REMARKS BEFORE WE 5056 02:44:51,514 --> 02:44:53,750 START. 5057 02:44:53,750 --> 02:44:54,384 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 5058 02:44:54,384 --> 02:44:56,052 JUST MOVING RIGHT INTO THE FAS 5059 02:44:56,052 --> 02:45:00,657 SIGNING AUTHORITY AT LARGE IN 5060 02:45:00,657 --> 02:45:03,026 THIS ENTIRE PACKAGE, THERE ARE 5061 02:45:03,026 --> 02:45:03,593 NO PROHIBITIONS ON VEHICLE 5062 02:45:03,593 --> 02:45:06,429 RESIDENCY. THERE'S ONLY SUPPORT 5063 02:45:06,429 --> 02:45:09,366 FOR RV'S. THERE ARE GREATER 5064 02:45:09,366 --> 02:45:11,201 REGULATIONS WITH PATHWAYS TO 5065 02:45:11,201 --> 02:45:12,636 STAYING IN PLACE AND A PATHWAY 5066 02:45:12,636 --> 02:45:16,606 INSIDE. I AM GLAD TO RECEIVE THE 5067 02:45:16,606 --> 02:45:18,608 CONCERNS FROM MANY TODAY BECAUSE 5068 02:45:18,608 --> 02:45:21,745 THOSE CONCERNS ARE FROM A PLACE 5069 02:45:21,745 --> 02:45:24,915 OF HELP. THOSE CONCERNS ARE A 5070 02:45:24,915 --> 02:45:26,316 PLACE OF MAKING SURE THAT FOR 5071 02:45:26,316 --> 02:45:28,118 THE ONE PERSON THAT MIGHT GET 5072 02:45:28,118 --> 02:45:29,486 CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE, THAT 5073 02:45:29,486 --> 02:45:31,288 THERE'S A PLAN FOR THEM, 5074 02:45:31,288 --> 02:45:33,356 BECAUSE THOSE CONCERNS NEED TO 5075 02:45:33,356 --> 02:45:35,925 BE ADDRESSED. BUT DOING NOTHING 5076 02:45:35,925 --> 02:45:37,861 IS NOT HELPING ANYONE. AND SO 5077 02:45:37,861 --> 02:45:39,229 LOOKING FORWARD TO CUTTING RED 5078 02:45:39,229 --> 02:45:39,996 TAPE WITH THIS FAS SIGNING 5079 02:45:39,996 --> 02:45:41,064 AUTHORITY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 5080 02:45:41,064 --> 02:45:43,099 PRESIDENT. 5081 02:45:43,099 --> 02:45:43,667 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5082 02:45:43,667 --> 02:45:44,467 STRAUSS WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 5083 02:45:44,467 --> 02:45:46,269 CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF 5084 02:45:46,269 --> 02:45:48,138 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, 5085 02:45:48,138 --> 02:45:53,243 SEVEN SIX. 5086 02:45:53,243 --> 02:45:53,777 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 5087 02:45:53,777 --> 02:45:56,112 -- MY APOLOGIES, I HOLD ON LET 5088 02:45:56,112 --> 02:45:57,280 ME RESTATE THAT. WILL THE CLERK 5089 02:45:57,280 --> 02:45:58,448 PLEASE CALL THE ROLE IN THE 5090 02:45:58,448 --> 02:46:00,116 PASSAGE OF THE BILL, WHICH IS 5091 02:46:00,116 --> 02:46:02,352 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE TWO, 5092 02:46:02,352 --> 02:46:05,021 SEVEN NINE? 5093 02:46:05,021 --> 02:46:05,588 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5094 02:46:05,588 --> 02:46:11,428 RIVERA. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5095 02:46:11,428 --> 02:46:14,764 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5096 02:46:14,764 --> 02:46:17,734 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES. 5097 02:46:17,734 --> 02:46:20,203 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 5098 02:46:20,203 --> 02:46:20,437 -- AYE. 5099 02:46:20,437 --> 02:46:23,106 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 5100 02:46:23,106 --> 02:46:26,309 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 5101 02:46:26,309 --> 02:46:26,543 -- YES. 5102 02:46:26,543 --> 02:46:29,379 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 5103 02:46:29,379 --> 02:46:29,612 -- YES. 5104 02:46:29,612 --> 02:46:30,080 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5105 02:46:30,080 --> 02:46:31,715 HOLLINGSWORTH. 5106 02:46:31,715 --> 02:46:31,948 -- YES. 5107 02:46:31,948 --> 02:46:33,383 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 5108 02:46:33,383 --> 02:46:34,184 -- THE BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR 5109 02:46:34,184 --> 02:46:35,485 WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK 5110 02:46:35,485 --> 02:46:37,320 PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 5111 02:46:37,320 --> 02:46:39,989 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? WILL 5112 02:46:39,989 --> 02:46:41,358 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 5113 02:46:41,358 --> 02:46:42,592 NUMBER FOUR INTO THE RECORD? 5114 02:46:42,592 --> 02:46:43,760 -- AGENDA ITEM FOR COUNCIL BILL 5115 02:46:43,760 --> 02:46:45,061 ONE, 212. AN ORDINANCE RELATING 5116 02:46:45,061 --> 02:46:46,529 TO THE TRAFFIC CODE. REVISING 5117 02:46:46,529 --> 02:46:47,864 THE DEFINITION OF JUNK MOTOR 5118 02:46:47,864 --> 02:46:49,132 VEHICLE. THE COMMITTEE 5119 02:46:49,132 --> 02:46:51,868 RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS 5120 02:46:51,868 --> 02:46:52,502 -- COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5121 02:46:52,502 --> 02:46:53,036 I KNOW YOUR CHAIR OF THE 5122 02:46:53,036 --> 02:46:54,170 COMMITTEE, BUT I KNOW YOU'LL 5123 02:46:54,170 --> 02:46:56,206 DEFER TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5124 02:46:56,206 --> 02:46:57,207 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5125 02:46:57,207 --> 02:46:59,876 AND YES, OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER 5126 02:46:59,876 --> 02:47:00,143 STRAUSS. 5127 02:47:00,143 --> 02:47:01,678 -- THANK YOU. THE CITY OF 5128 02:47:01,678 --> 02:47:04,180 SEATTLE'S EXISTING JUNK LAWS 5129 02:47:04,180 --> 02:47:08,818 WERE LAST UPDATED 25 YEARS AGO. 5130 02:47:08,818 --> 02:47:10,887 I THINK THAT WAS TWO YEARS AFTER 5131 02:47:10,887 --> 02:47:15,558 THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT THIS 5132 02:47:15,558 --> 02:47:16,159 LEGISLATION PROVIDES GREATER 5133 02:47:16,159 --> 02:47:17,293 CLARITY TO PARKING ENFORCEMENT 5134 02:47:17,293 --> 02:47:18,528 OFFICERS TO BETTER ADDRESS 5135 02:47:18,528 --> 02:47:20,296 VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN 5136 02:47:20,296 --> 02:47:20,864 ABANDONED OR ARE IMPROPERLY 5137 02:47:20,864 --> 02:47:23,099 STORED ON SEATTLE'S STREETS. 5138 02:47:23,099 --> 02:47:26,403 THIS BILL IS NOT INTENDED TO BE 5139 02:47:26,403 --> 02:47:29,806 FOCUSED ON LIVED IN VEHICLES, 5140 02:47:29,806 --> 02:47:30,940 PERIOD. I AM VERY GLAD THAT 5141 02:47:30,940 --> 02:47:32,776 PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 5142 02:47:32,776 --> 02:47:34,677 HAVING OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES 5143 02:47:34,677 --> 02:47:37,280 TOWED, BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T DO 5144 02:47:37,280 --> 02:47:39,182 THAT. THIS BILL IS NOT ABOUT 5145 02:47:39,182 --> 02:47:41,317 LIVED IN VEHICLES. THIS BILL IS 5146 02:47:41,317 --> 02:47:42,752 ABOUT THE VEHICLES THAT ARE 5147 02:47:42,752 --> 02:47:43,753 STUFFED SO FULL OF STUFF THAT 5148 02:47:43,753 --> 02:47:45,221 YOU CAN'T GET INSIDE, AND THAT 5149 02:47:45,221 --> 02:47:46,656 FIVE OF THEM ARE OWNED BY THE 5150 02:47:46,656 --> 02:47:48,458 SAME PERSON BECAUSE THE 5151 02:47:48,458 --> 02:47:50,727 AMBIGUITY AND CURRENT CODE DOES 5152 02:47:50,727 --> 02:47:52,162 NOT ALLOW US TO PROPERLY ADDRESS 5153 02:47:52,162 --> 02:47:53,530 THIS. RIGHT NOW, IF ANYONE WANTS 5154 02:47:53,530 --> 02:47:57,767 TO GO LOOK AT GILMAN WAY, GILMAN 5155 02:47:57,767 --> 02:47:59,002 GILMAN WAY OVER MAGNOLIA, IF 5156 02:47:59,002 --> 02:47:59,869 ANYONE WANTS TO GO LOOK AT 5157 02:47:59,869 --> 02:48:02,005 EIGHTH AVENUE, WE'RE NOT TALKING 5158 02:48:02,005 --> 02:48:02,572 ABOUT NECESSARILY RVS HERE. 5159 02:48:02,572 --> 02:48:04,040 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE 5160 02:48:04,040 --> 02:48:05,442 POLICE INTERCEPTORS FROM THE 5161 02:48:05,442 --> 02:48:07,644 EARLY AUGHTS. WE'RE TALKING 5162 02:48:07,644 --> 02:48:09,112 ABOUT THE FLATBED TRUCK THAT HAS 5163 02:48:09,112 --> 02:48:10,113 THREE FLAT TIRES FOR THE LAST 5164 02:48:10,113 --> 02:48:11,881 YEAR. IT'S STACKED WITH 5165 02:48:11,881 --> 02:48:12,949 PALLETS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 5166 02:48:12,949 --> 02:48:16,920 THE THE ONE RV THAT IS SO PACKED 5167 02:48:16,920 --> 02:48:18,888 FULL OF STUFF YOU CAN'T GET 5168 02:48:18,888 --> 02:48:22,258 INSIDE. AND AS A SMASHED UP 5169 02:48:22,258 --> 02:48:22,792 WINDSHIELD AND THE ENGINE 5170 02:48:22,792 --> 02:48:24,661 DOESN'T RUN, BUT IT'S GETTING 5171 02:48:24,661 --> 02:48:26,930 TOWED AROUND THE BLOCK TO STAY 5172 02:48:26,930 --> 02:48:27,564 IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR 72 HOUR 5173 02:48:27,564 --> 02:48:32,068 CODE THESE AREN'T PEOPLE'S 5174 02:48:32,068 --> 02:48:33,870 HOMES. THESE ARE POSSESSIONS 5175 02:48:33,870 --> 02:48:36,573 THAT ARE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE 5176 02:48:36,573 --> 02:48:40,610 HIGH MONETARY VALUE BUT FOR 5177 02:48:40,610 --> 02:48:42,111 WHATEVER SITUATION, WE'VE GOT A 5178 02:48:42,111 --> 02:48:43,680 FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE ARE KEEPING 5179 02:48:43,680 --> 02:48:46,783 THESE VEHICLES ON OUR STREETS. 5180 02:48:46,783 --> 02:48:48,218 AND HAVING WORKED WITH PARKING 5181 02:48:48,218 --> 02:48:49,686 ENFORCEMENT TO TRY TO USE THE 5182 02:48:49,686 --> 02:48:51,421 EXISTING CODE TO ADDRESS SOME OF 5183 02:48:51,421 --> 02:48:54,324 THESE VEHICLES THE ANSWER IS, IS 5184 02:48:54,324 --> 02:48:56,459 THEY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 5185 02:48:56,459 --> 02:48:58,061 ADDRESSED. AND THAT'S WHY I'M 5186 02:48:58,061 --> 02:49:00,230 BRINGING THIS CODE CHANGE 5187 02:49:00,230 --> 02:49:02,532 FORWARD. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IN 5188 02:49:02,532 --> 02:49:05,235 THE THE VEHICLE PERMIT PROGRAM 5189 02:49:05,235 --> 02:49:07,137 AND WITHIN THIS BILL, VEHICLES 5190 02:49:07,137 --> 02:49:08,671 THAT ARE ON LIVED IN VEHICLES 5191 02:49:08,671 --> 02:49:11,908 THAT ARE ON THE PERMIT PROGRAM, 5192 02:49:11,908 --> 02:49:13,843 EVEN IF THEY ARE WITHIN THE 5193 02:49:13,843 --> 02:49:14,978 DEFINITION OF JUNK VEHICLE, THEY 5194 02:49:14,978 --> 02:49:17,113 ARE EXEMPT FROM BEING ENFORCED 5195 02:49:17,113 --> 02:49:18,448 UNDER THE JUNK VEHICLE STANDARD. 5196 02:49:18,448 --> 02:49:20,016 BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS BILL IS NOT 5197 02:49:20,016 --> 02:49:21,184 ABOUT THE VEHICLES THAT PEOPLE 5198 02:49:21,184 --> 02:49:24,420 LIVE IN. THIS IS ABOUT THE 5199 02:49:24,420 --> 02:49:25,989 VEHICLES THAT PEOPLE ARE 5200 02:49:25,989 --> 02:49:26,623 INAPPROPRIATELY STORING ON OUR 5201 02:49:26,623 --> 02:49:28,558 CITY STREETS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 5202 02:49:28,558 --> 02:49:28,858 PRESIDENT. 5203 02:49:28,858 --> 02:49:30,159 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5204 02:49:30,159 --> 02:49:31,761 STRAUSS COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE 5205 02:49:31,761 --> 02:49:33,396 ANY COMMENTS BEFORE US ON 5206 02:49:33,396 --> 02:49:35,732 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 1280? 5207 02:49:35,732 --> 02:49:36,833 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5208 02:49:36,833 --> 02:49:37,901 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 5209 02:49:37,901 --> 02:49:39,702 PRESIDENT. I WILL BE BRIEF. 5210 02:49:39,702 --> 02:49:41,337 THERE ARE PARTS OF THIS BILL OR 5211 02:49:41,337 --> 02:49:42,605 EXCUSE ME, PARTS OF THE PACKAGE 5212 02:49:42,605 --> 02:49:43,740 THAT I'LL BE SUPPORTING TODAY 5213 02:49:43,740 --> 02:49:45,375 IN PARTS THAT I WILL BE VOTING 5214 02:49:45,375 --> 02:49:46,743 AGAINST. THIS IS ONE THAT I WILL 5215 02:49:46,743 --> 02:49:48,077 BE SUPPORTING, AND I WILL JUST 5216 02:49:48,077 --> 02:49:51,447 SAY ONE THING FOR ME IN MAKING 5217 02:49:51,447 --> 02:49:52,048 THIS DECISION WAS AROUND THE 5218 02:49:52,048 --> 02:49:54,250 ENFORCEMENT FOR THE PEOS, BUT 5219 02:49:54,250 --> 02:49:56,185 ALSO, GIVEN THE WAY THAT THIS 5220 02:49:56,185 --> 02:49:56,886 BILL IS WRITTEN FOR ONE, TWO, 5221 02:49:56,886 --> 02:49:59,722 ONE, TWO, EIGHT ZERO, THAT WE 5222 02:49:59,722 --> 02:50:00,690 STILL HAVE THE ABILITY, EXCUSE 5223 02:50:00,690 --> 02:50:01,791 ME, THAT A JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE 5224 02:50:01,791 --> 02:50:03,293 NEEDS TO MEET ONE OF THE OR. 5225 02:50:03,293 --> 02:50:04,794 EXCUSE ME, THREE OF THE 5226 02:50:04,794 --> 02:50:06,362 FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE 5227 02:50:06,362 --> 02:50:07,830 IN THE BILL, WHICH I THINK FOR 5228 02:50:07,830 --> 02:50:09,666 ME ALLOWS US TO HIT SORT OF THE 5229 02:50:09,666 --> 02:50:13,603 INTENT FROM THE BILL SPONSOR FOR 5230 02:50:13,603 --> 02:50:14,237 VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN JUNKED. 5231 02:50:14,237 --> 02:50:15,939 BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE UNCLEAR 5232 02:50:15,939 --> 02:50:17,040 ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT 5233 02:50:17,040 --> 02:50:18,875 VEHICLE MEETS THE GOALS OF THE 5234 02:50:18,875 --> 02:50:19,842 LEGISLATION. SO I WILL BE 5235 02:50:19,842 --> 02:50:21,377 SUPPORTING THIS ONE, AND I'LL 5236 02:50:21,377 --> 02:50:22,011 HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER PARTS 5237 02:50:22,011 --> 02:50:23,112 OF THE BILL LATER. 5238 02:50:23,112 --> 02:50:24,781 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5239 02:50:24,781 --> 02:50:27,217 FOSTER ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS 5240 02:50:27,217 --> 02:50:30,820 REGARDING COUNCIL BILL 121280? 5241 02:50:30,820 --> 02:50:32,789 ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 5242 02:50:32,789 --> 02:50:34,023 BACK TO YOU FOR ANY CLOSING 5243 02:50:34,023 --> 02:50:36,192 COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS 5244 02:50:36,192 --> 02:50:36,392 BILL. 5245 02:50:36,392 --> 02:50:36,859 -- NOTHING FURTHER. 5246 02:50:36,859 --> 02:50:37,393 -- THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 5247 02:50:37,393 --> 02:50:38,194 AWESOME. THANK YOU. WILL THE 5248 02:50:38,194 --> 02:50:44,000 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 5249 02:50:44,000 --> 02:50:44,567 -- COUNCILMEMBER? RIVERA. I 5250 02:50:44,567 --> 02:50:48,404 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 5251 02:50:48,404 --> 02:50:48,871 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 5252 02:50:48,871 --> 02:50:50,840 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5253 02:50:50,840 --> 02:50:51,074 -- YES. 5254 02:50:51,074 --> 02:50:53,843 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 5255 02:50:53,843 --> 02:50:54,310 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5256 02:50:54,310 --> 02:50:56,279 -- AYE. 5257 02:50:56,279 --> 02:50:56,746 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 5258 02:50:56,746 --> 02:50:58,781 -- YES. 5259 02:50:58,781 --> 02:50:59,282 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 5260 02:50:59,282 --> 02:51:01,417 -- NO. 5261 02:51:01,417 --> 02:51:01,884 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5262 02:51:01,884 --> 02:51:03,853 HOLLINGSWORTH. 5263 02:51:03,853 --> 02:51:04,087 -- YES. 5264 02:51:04,087 --> 02:51:05,455 -- EIGHT IN FAVOR ONE OPPOSED 5265 02:51:05,455 --> 02:51:05,688 PASSES. 5266 02:51:05,688 --> 02:51:06,356 -- THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL 5267 02:51:06,356 --> 02:51:07,690 THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY 5268 02:51:07,690 --> 02:51:09,092 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 5269 02:51:09,092 --> 02:51:10,260 MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 5270 02:51:10,260 --> 02:51:11,761 READ ITEM NUMBER FIVE INTO THE 5271 02:51:11,761 --> 02:51:13,630 RECORD? 5272 02:51:13,630 --> 02:51:14,230 -- AGENDA ITEM FIVE. COUNCIL 5273 02:51:14,230 --> 02:51:15,999 BILL ONE 21281 RELATING TO LAND 5274 02:51:15,999 --> 02:51:17,533 USE AND ZONING. ADJUSTING THE 5275 02:51:17,533 --> 02:51:19,202 DEFINITION OF RECREATIONAL 5276 02:51:19,202 --> 02:51:19,702 VEHICLE. ADJUSTING THE 5277 02:51:19,702 --> 02:51:21,104 DEFINITION OF OUTDOOR STORAGE TO 5278 02:51:21,104 --> 02:51:23,106 INCLUDE OUTDOOR STORAGE AREAS 5279 02:51:23,106 --> 02:51:24,807 FOR CERTAIN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLES, 5280 02:51:24,807 --> 02:51:26,242 INCLUDING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. 5281 02:51:26,242 --> 02:51:26,809 ADJUSTING THE DEFINITION OF 5282 02:51:26,809 --> 02:51:27,944 FLEXIBLE USE PARKING TO EXCLUDE 5283 02:51:27,944 --> 02:51:31,147 STORAGE OF RECREATIONAL 5284 02:51:31,147 --> 02:51:33,049 VEHICLES. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 5285 02:51:33,049 --> 02:51:33,416 THE BILL PASS. 5286 02:51:33,416 --> 02:51:34,050 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I KNOW 5287 02:51:34,050 --> 02:51:34,617 YOU'RE GOING TO DEFER TO 5288 02:51:34,617 --> 02:51:35,652 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, BUT I'LL 5289 02:51:35,652 --> 02:51:36,853 LET YOU DO THE OFFICIAL 5290 02:51:36,853 --> 02:51:37,220 COUNCILMEMBER. 5291 02:51:37,220 --> 02:51:39,589 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND YES, SO 5292 02:51:39,589 --> 02:51:42,158 WE'RE ALIGNED WITH OUR CLERKS. 5293 02:51:42,158 --> 02:51:43,626 I WILL THEN NOW PASS TO MY 5294 02:51:43,626 --> 02:51:45,561 COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5295 02:51:45,561 --> 02:51:47,263 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5296 02:51:47,263 --> 02:51:49,599 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, DID YOU 5297 02:51:49,599 --> 02:51:53,569 KNOW THAT IF A SHELTER OR IF A 5298 02:51:53,569 --> 02:51:57,106 SHELTER HOUSING UNIT PUBLICLY 5299 02:51:57,106 --> 02:51:58,541 SUPPORTED HAS AN OPEN LOT NEXT 5300 02:51:58,541 --> 02:52:00,843 TO IT, THAT WE COULD RENT THAT 5301 02:52:00,843 --> 02:52:02,845 LOT AND PROVIDE PARKING, THAT'S 5302 02:52:02,845 --> 02:52:03,646 HOW WE CAN DO IT UNDER THE 5303 02:52:03,646 --> 02:52:06,115 CURRENT CODE. BUT IF THERE'S 5304 02:52:06,115 --> 02:52:08,918 ONE PARCEL IN BETWEEN THAT OPEN 5305 02:52:08,918 --> 02:52:12,822 LOT AND THAT SHELTER OR HOUSING 5306 02:52:12,822 --> 02:52:14,891 PLACE, WE CANNOT RENT THAT 5307 02:52:14,891 --> 02:52:17,493 PARKING LOT FOR PARKING FOR 5308 02:52:17,493 --> 02:52:18,494 THEM. THAT'S THE SITUATION AT 5309 02:52:18,494 --> 02:52:22,732 HAND RIGHT NOW. AND THIS BILL 5310 02:52:22,732 --> 02:52:24,334 CHANGES THAT WITHIN THE LAND USE 5311 02:52:24,334 --> 02:52:27,203 CODE TO ALLOW NONCONTIGUOUS 5312 02:52:27,203 --> 02:52:29,706 PARCELS TO BE OPERATED UNDER THE 5313 02:52:29,706 --> 02:52:32,575 SAME PREMISE, AND THAT IS HOW WE 5314 02:52:32,575 --> 02:52:35,011 ARE CREATING WHAT I CALL SHELTER 5315 02:52:35,011 --> 02:52:37,980 STORAGE. THIS IS A COMPLETELY 5316 02:52:37,980 --> 02:52:40,650 NEW SERVICE, AND IT SPEAKS TO 5317 02:52:40,650 --> 02:52:43,519 THE HEART OF WHY LIVING IN A 5318 02:52:43,519 --> 02:52:45,755 VEHICLE IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY 5319 02:52:45,755 --> 02:52:48,491 OTHER TYPE OF HOMELESSNESS. FOR 5320 02:52:48,491 --> 02:52:50,693 PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES 5321 02:52:50,693 --> 02:52:52,895 LIVING IN A VEHICLE, 5322 02:52:52,895 --> 02:52:55,164 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IT IS 5323 02:52:55,164 --> 02:52:58,735 OFTENTIMES THE LAST POSSESSION 5324 02:52:58,735 --> 02:53:01,003 THAT THEY OWN. AFTER LOSING. 5325 02:53:01,003 --> 02:53:02,305 I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY TO 5326 02:53:02,305 --> 02:53:09,145 QUANTIFY HOW MUCH. WHEN FOR MANY 5327 02:53:09,145 --> 02:53:11,714 OF US WHO HAVE HOMES AND A LOT 5328 02:53:11,714 --> 02:53:13,182 OF STUFF, TRY THINKING ABOUT 5329 02:53:13,182 --> 02:53:14,317 LOSING ALL OF IT. AND THE ONE 5330 02:53:14,317 --> 02:53:18,788 LAST THING YOU HAVE IS THE LAST 5331 02:53:18,788 --> 02:53:21,824 THING YOU HAVE. AND THE CHOICE 5332 02:53:21,824 --> 02:53:24,260 POINT OF GIVING THAT VEHICLE UP 5333 02:53:24,260 --> 02:53:25,995 TO ENTER SHELTER THAT YOU DON'T 5334 02:53:25,995 --> 02:53:28,931 KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR 5335 02:53:28,931 --> 02:53:30,500 YOU IS A CHOICE TOO FAR FOR 5336 02:53:30,500 --> 02:53:33,035 MOST. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT 5337 02:53:33,035 --> 02:53:34,637 MAKES GOOD SENSE TO ME THAT IF 5338 02:53:34,637 --> 02:53:37,807 YOU HAVE SOMETHING SAFE THAT IS 5339 02:53:37,807 --> 02:53:39,208 KNOWN, THAT TURNING IT IN AND 5340 02:53:39,208 --> 02:53:41,010 TRADING IT FOR SOMETHING THAT IS 5341 02:53:41,010 --> 02:53:43,279 UNKNOWN, THAT MIGHT NOT WORK, 5342 02:53:43,279 --> 02:53:44,480 THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM SOME 5343 02:53:44,480 --> 02:53:45,815 OTHER FOLKS DIDN'T WORK FOR 5344 02:53:45,815 --> 02:53:51,320 THEM. THAT'S NOT A CHOICE POINT. 5345 02:53:51,320 --> 02:53:52,488 AND SO SHELTER STORAGE IS 5346 02:53:52,488 --> 02:53:54,690 DESIGNED TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT 5347 02:53:54,690 --> 02:53:57,160 AND ADDRESS THAT BY MAKING ALL 5348 02:53:57,160 --> 02:53:59,729 OF OUR SHELTER PORTFOLIO 5349 02:53:59,729 --> 02:54:00,897 ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN 5350 02:54:00,897 --> 02:54:04,667 THEIR VEHICLES. ALL OF OUR 5351 02:54:04,667 --> 02:54:07,370 HOUSING THAT IS PUBLICLY FUNDED, 5352 02:54:07,370 --> 02:54:09,405 AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN 5353 02:54:09,405 --> 02:54:11,641 THEIR VEHICLES BECAUSE, YEAH, I 5354 02:54:11,641 --> 02:54:14,076 MEAN, I'LL BE HONEST, WE'RE NOT 5355 02:54:14,076 --> 02:54:16,078 GOING TO STORE YOUR VEHICLE 5356 02:54:16,078 --> 02:54:17,447 FOREVER, BUT WE ARE GOING TO 5357 02:54:17,447 --> 02:54:18,080 STORE IT LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO 5358 02:54:18,080 --> 02:54:22,885 MAKE THE TRANSITION SO THAT YOU 5359 02:54:22,885 --> 02:54:26,456 DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 5360 02:54:26,456 --> 02:54:27,623 WHETHER OR NOT THAT SHELTER OR 5361 02:54:27,623 --> 02:54:29,459 THAT HOUSING IS GOING TO WORK 5362 02:54:29,459 --> 02:54:30,927 BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR 5363 02:54:30,927 --> 02:54:32,695 VEHICLE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE 5364 02:54:32,695 --> 02:54:36,566 SURE THAT THAT TRANSITION IS ONE 5365 02:54:36,566 --> 02:54:37,700 THAT SUPPORTS YOU, THAT MAKES 5366 02:54:37,700 --> 02:54:39,402 SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU 5367 02:54:39,402 --> 02:54:43,940 TO TRADE A KNOWN SAFETY THING, A 5368 02:54:43,940 --> 02:54:46,042 KNOWN SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND 5369 02:54:46,042 --> 02:54:48,845 SLEEP FOR AN UNKNOWN. AND SO 5370 02:54:48,845 --> 02:54:50,246 THAT'S WHAT THIS SHELTER, THIS, 5371 02:54:50,246 --> 02:54:53,216 THAT'S WHY THIS IS A LAND USE 5372 02:54:53,216 --> 02:54:54,617 BILL. IT'S BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY 5373 02:54:54,617 --> 02:54:57,153 HAVE TO ADDRESS THE LAND USE 5374 02:54:57,153 --> 02:54:59,388 CODE TO GIVE US THE ALLOWANCE TO 5375 02:54:59,388 --> 02:55:01,157 STORE PEOPLE'S VEHICLES. AND 5376 02:55:01,157 --> 02:55:02,225 THIS WILL BE THERE'S A LOT OF 5377 02:55:02,225 --> 02:55:03,459 DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN 5378 02:55:03,459 --> 02:55:04,060 DESIGN THIS. YOU KNOW, AS WE 5379 02:55:04,060 --> 02:55:05,561 THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT JUST 5380 02:55:05,561 --> 02:55:07,797 PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS. IT IS 5381 02:55:07,797 --> 02:55:09,398 ALSO THE TRUCK DRIVERS THAT 5382 02:55:09,398 --> 02:55:10,533 SERVICE OUR PORT WHO HAVE TO 5383 02:55:10,533 --> 02:55:14,337 COME IN FROM FAR, FAR DISTANCES 5384 02:55:14,337 --> 02:55:17,340 AND PARK OVERNIGHT. IT'S FOR. 5385 02:55:17,340 --> 02:55:20,776 FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF 5386 02:55:20,776 --> 02:55:23,312 PEOPLE. BUT SHELTER STORAGE IS A 5387 02:55:23,312 --> 02:55:24,914 MEANS TO HELP PEOPLE, HELP 5388 02:55:24,914 --> 02:55:26,916 SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEIR 5389 02:55:26,916 --> 02:55:29,085 VEHICLES. WHILE OPENING UP OUR 5390 02:55:29,085 --> 02:55:31,721 ENTIRE PORTFOLIO OF SHELTER AND 5391 02:55:31,721 --> 02:55:33,890 HOUSING TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH 5392 02:55:33,890 --> 02:55:36,058 THAT TRANSITION. THANK YOU, 5393 02:55:36,058 --> 02:55:36,492 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5394 02:55:36,492 --> 02:55:37,660 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5395 02:55:37,660 --> 02:55:39,161 STRAUSS COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY 5396 02:55:39,161 --> 02:55:42,064 COMMENT REGARDING THE BILL 5397 02:55:42,064 --> 02:55:45,001 BEFORE US COUNCIL BILL 121281? 5398 02:55:45,001 --> 02:55:46,569 AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. 5399 02:55:46,569 --> 02:55:47,136 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, ANY 5400 02:55:47,136 --> 02:55:48,371 CLOSING COMMENTS BEFORE WE TAKE 5401 02:55:48,371 --> 02:55:49,639 A VOTE? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 5402 02:55:49,639 --> 02:55:51,874 CALL THE ROLL ON THE BILL BEFORE 5403 02:55:51,874 --> 02:55:55,144 US COUNCIL BILL 121281. 5404 02:55:55,144 --> 02:55:58,147 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 5405 02:55:58,147 --> 02:55:58,581 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5406 02:55:58,581 --> 02:56:00,049 -- AYE. 5407 02:56:00,049 --> 02:56:00,583 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5408 02:56:00,583 --> 02:56:02,385 -- AYE. 5409 02:56:02,385 --> 02:56:02,919 -- COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. 5410 02:56:02,919 --> 02:56:04,887 -- YES. 5411 02:56:04,887 --> 02:56:05,421 -- COUNCILMEMBER. JUAREZ. 5412 02:56:05,421 --> 02:56:06,722 -- AYE. 5413 02:56:06,722 --> 02:56:08,724 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5414 02:56:08,724 --> 02:56:08,958 -- AYE. 5415 02:56:08,958 --> 02:56:11,294 -- COUNCILMEMBER. LIN. 5416 02:56:11,294 --> 02:56:11,527 -- YES. 5417 02:56:11,527 --> 02:56:13,663 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 5418 02:56:13,663 --> 02:56:13,896 -- YES. 5419 02:56:13,896 --> 02:56:14,363 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5420 02:56:14,363 --> 02:56:15,965 HOLLINGSWORTH. 5421 02:56:15,965 --> 02:56:16,198 -- YES. 5422 02:56:16,198 --> 02:56:17,533 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 5423 02:56:17,533 --> 02:56:18,968 -- BILL PASSES WITH THE CHAIR. 5424 02:56:18,968 --> 02:56:19,936 THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR 5425 02:56:19,936 --> 02:56:20,670 WILL SIGN IT WITH THE CLERK. 5426 02:56:20,670 --> 02:56:22,805 PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 5427 02:56:22,805 --> 02:56:23,839 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. WILL 5428 02:56:23,839 --> 02:56:25,107 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 5429 02:56:25,107 --> 02:56:28,811 NUMBER SIX INTO THE RECORD? 5430 02:56:28,811 --> 02:56:31,180 -- AGENDA ITEM SIX. COUNCIL 5431 02:56:31,180 --> 02:56:33,416 121282. RELATING TO VEHICLE 5432 02:56:33,416 --> 02:56:35,785 RESIDENCY PERMITTING AND 5433 02:56:35,785 --> 02:56:36,385 OUTREACH. AMENDING ORDINANCE 5434 02:56:36,385 --> 02:56:37,386 127362 WHICH ADOPT THE 2026 5435 02:56:37,386 --> 02:56:40,056 BUDGET, INCLUDING 2026 THROUGH 5436 02:56:40,056 --> 02:56:41,757 2031. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT 5437 02:56:41,757 --> 02:56:42,391 PROGRAM CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS 5438 02:56:42,391 --> 02:56:43,392 TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND 5439 02:56:43,392 --> 02:56:44,193 BUDGET CONTROL LEVELS AND FROM 5440 02:56:44,193 --> 02:56:45,328 VARIOUS FUNDS IN THE BUDGET, 5441 02:56:45,328 --> 02:56:46,996 CREATING POSITIONS, MODIFYING A 5442 02:56:46,996 --> 02:56:49,031 POSITION AND IMPOSING A PROVISO, 5443 02:56:49,031 --> 02:56:49,665 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PASS, 5444 02:56:49,665 --> 02:56:51,033 AS AMENDED. THE COUNCILMEMBERS 5445 02:56:51,033 --> 02:56:52,501 KETTLE, SAKA, JUAREZ AND LIN IN 5446 02:56:52,501 --> 02:56:54,337 FAVOR AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 5447 02:56:54,337 --> 02:56:55,771 IN OPPOSITION. 5448 02:56:55,771 --> 02:56:56,405 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE CHAIR OF 5449 02:56:56,405 --> 02:56:57,473 THE COMMITTEE. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED 5450 02:56:57,473 --> 02:56:58,808 IN ORDER TO PRESENT THE REPORT. 5451 02:56:58,808 --> 02:56:59,475 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5452 02:56:59,475 --> 02:57:01,077 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK 5453 02:57:01,077 --> 02:57:02,278 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO DO SO 5454 02:57:02,278 --> 02:57:02,945 ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE. 5455 02:57:02,945 --> 02:57:04,847 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5456 02:57:04,847 --> 02:57:05,748 STRAUSS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 5457 02:57:05,748 --> 02:57:06,382 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5458 02:57:06,382 --> 02:57:08,150 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 5459 02:57:08,150 --> 02:57:09,852 GOING BACK TO WHAT I SAID 5460 02:57:09,852 --> 02:57:11,620 EARLIER, THIS BILL BEFORE US IS 5461 02:57:11,620 --> 02:57:15,458 ACTUALLY CHANGING A PROVISO ON 5462 02:57:15,458 --> 02:57:17,226 2026 MONEY. SO THE CONVERSATIONS 5463 02:57:17,226 --> 02:57:23,332 ABOUT $2,027 AND $2,028 AND 5464 02:57:23,332 --> 02:57:24,767 $2,029 ARE WITHIN OUR BUDGET 5465 02:57:24,767 --> 02:57:27,770 PROCESS. AND MY APOLOGIES FOR 5466 02:57:27,770 --> 02:57:28,371 OVERLAPPING THESE BECAUSE I 5467 02:57:28,371 --> 02:57:29,338 THINK IT'S CREATING A LITTLE 5468 02:57:29,338 --> 02:57:31,774 BIT OF CONFUSION. SO TODAY IS A 5469 02:57:31,774 --> 02:57:33,509 PROVISO CHANGE THAT WOULD ALLOW 5470 02:57:33,509 --> 02:57:36,946 THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO 5471 02:57:36,946 --> 02:57:39,015 START BETTER SUPPORTING OUR OUR 5472 02:57:39,015 --> 02:57:41,050 CONTRACTED OUTREACH TO DO SOME 5473 02:57:41,050 --> 02:57:43,719 OF THAT EXPANSION, BOTH IN 5474 02:57:43,719 --> 02:57:45,721 STAFFING AND RESOURCES AND ONE 5475 02:57:45,721 --> 02:57:52,461 TIME SUPPORTS. THIS BILL ALSO 5476 02:57:52,461 --> 02:57:53,029 GIVES THE ALLOWANCE FOR THE 5477 02:57:53,029 --> 02:57:55,297 PERMITTING FOR THE 5478 02:57:55,297 --> 02:57:56,766 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FOR THE 5479 02:57:56,766 --> 02:57:58,167 STAFFING NEEDS THAT ARE 5480 02:57:58,167 --> 02:58:01,504 ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERMIT. SO 5481 02:58:01,504 --> 02:58:02,438 WHETHER OR NOT ALL OF THOSE 5482 02:58:02,438 --> 02:58:05,041 FUNDS WILL BE USED THIS YEAR IS 5483 02:58:05,041 --> 02:58:07,043 UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. AND 5484 02:58:07,043 --> 02:58:08,344 THROUGH THE STANDARD BUDGET 5485 02:58:08,344 --> 02:58:10,946 PROCESS, WE WILL ROLL THESE FOR 5486 02:58:10,946 --> 02:58:13,149 THESE THESE DOLLARS FORWARD INTO 5487 02:58:13,149 --> 02:58:15,251 FUTURE YEARS FOR 2027, AGAIN, WE 5488 02:58:15,251 --> 02:58:20,990 HAVE $8.5 MILLION IN 2028. AND 5489 02:58:20,990 --> 02:58:24,093 EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, WE HAVE 5490 02:58:24,093 --> 02:58:25,661 $3.5 MILLION, $3.5 MILLION IS 5491 02:58:25,661 --> 02:58:28,264 ABOUT WHAT IT COSTS TO OPERATE A 5492 02:58:28,264 --> 02:58:30,399 SAFE. MAYBE IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE 5493 02:58:30,399 --> 02:58:34,203 BIT LESS THAN 3.5, BUT IT'S 5494 02:58:34,203 --> 02:58:35,671 ABOUT THAT FOR OPERATIONS. AND 5495 02:58:35,671 --> 02:58:37,273 SO IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT I 5496 02:58:37,273 --> 02:58:38,774 SUBMITTED TODAY THAT WE'LL TALK 5497 02:58:38,774 --> 02:58:40,309 ABOUT NEXT WEEK IS A LITTLE BIT 5498 02:58:40,309 --> 02:58:42,378 OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MAKE 5499 02:58:42,378 --> 02:58:45,114 SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COVER 5500 02:58:45,114 --> 02:58:46,048 THE COSTS OF THE CITY SO THAT 5501 02:58:46,048 --> 02:58:48,551 WE'RE ABLE TO COVER THE COSTS 5502 02:58:48,551 --> 02:58:49,685 OF OUR CONTRACTED OUTREACH 5503 02:58:49,685 --> 02:58:52,788 EXPANSIONS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO 5504 02:58:52,788 --> 02:58:53,923 DO, STAND THEM UP AND EXPAND 5505 02:58:53,923 --> 02:58:59,295 THEM, AND THAT WE'RE ALSO ABLE 5506 02:58:59,295 --> 02:58:59,929 TO CREATE A SECOND SAFE LOT. SO 5507 02:58:59,929 --> 02:59:00,629 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY SAFE 5508 02:59:00,629 --> 02:59:01,330 LOTS OPEN TODAY, AND THERE'S A 5509 02:59:01,330 --> 02:59:02,498 CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW MANY ARE 5510 02:59:02,498 --> 02:59:04,734 THERE, I'M JUST GOING TO BE 5511 02:59:04,734 --> 02:59:06,335 REALLY CLEAR. WE HAVE ALREADY 5512 02:59:06,335 --> 02:59:07,603 THERE'S ALREADY FUNDING FOR 5513 02:59:07,603 --> 02:59:08,270 GLASS YARDS COMMONS. THAT'S WHY 5514 02:59:08,270 --> 02:59:10,539 IT'S OPENING NOW. THERE'S A 5515 02:59:10,539 --> 02:59:12,241 CONVERSATION ABOUT OPENING ONE 5516 02:59:12,241 --> 02:59:13,843 ADDITIONAL SAFE LOT FOR A TOTAL 5517 02:59:13,843 --> 02:59:15,745 OF TWO BEYOND GLASS YARDS 5518 02:59:15,745 --> 02:59:16,879 COMMONS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 5519 02:59:16,879 --> 02:59:17,513 TALKING ABOUT. SO JUST SO THAT 5520 02:59:17,513 --> 02:59:19,281 THERE'S NO CONFUSION OUT THERE, 5521 02:59:19,281 --> 02:59:21,283 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO SAFE 5522 02:59:21,283 --> 02:59:25,621 LOTS TOTAL FOR 2027. AND TO MAKE 5523 02:59:25,621 --> 02:59:26,789 SURE THAT THAT ALL PENCILS WE'RE 5524 02:59:26,789 --> 02:59:28,958 GOING TO BE WORKING HARD THROUGH 5525 02:59:28,958 --> 02:59:30,860 THE BUDGETING PROCESS. BUT 5526 02:59:30,860 --> 02:59:32,495 THAT'S FOR THE LONG TERM. 5527 02:59:32,495 --> 02:59:34,063 THAT'S NOT FOR THIS YEAR. WHAT 5528 02:59:34,063 --> 02:59:35,831 THIS BUDGET DOES, WHAT THIS 5529 02:59:35,831 --> 02:59:37,967 BUDGET ACTION DOES THIS YEAR IS 5530 02:59:37,967 --> 02:59:39,468 WHILE IT ALLOWS FOR THE IT 5531 02:59:39,468 --> 02:59:40,369 PROVIDES THE ALLOWANCES FOR 5532 02:59:40,369 --> 02:59:41,771 DEPARTMENTS TO GET WORKING. THE 5533 02:59:41,771 --> 02:59:43,439 MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT IT 5534 02:59:43,439 --> 02:59:46,108 DOES IS IT GETS DOLLARS OUT THE 5535 02:59:46,108 --> 02:59:47,943 DOOR TO PROVIDE MORE CONTRACTED 5536 02:59:47,943 --> 02:59:49,545 OUTREACH, TO PROVIDE MORE GAS. 5537 02:59:49,545 --> 02:59:51,480 MINOR REPAIRS. HELPING PEOPLE 5538 02:59:51,480 --> 02:59:53,482 GET THEIR TITLES FOR BEING 5539 02:59:53,482 --> 02:59:54,083 STABILIZED IN THE PLACE THAT 5540 02:59:54,083 --> 02:59:57,119 THEY ARE. IF THERE. IF NONE OF 5541 02:59:57,119 --> 03:00:02,057 THESE CHANGES HAPPEN TODAY, THIS 5542 03:00:02,057 --> 03:00:02,658 BUDGET ACTION FOR CONTRACTED 5543 03:00:02,658 --> 03:00:05,394 OUTREACH AND CITY SERVICES STILL 5544 03:00:05,394 --> 03:00:09,098 NEEDS TO HAPPEN LIKE THAT. LIKE 5545 03:00:09,098 --> 03:00:09,732 IF NOTHING CHANGED IN OUR CITY 5546 03:00:09,732 --> 03:00:13,002 TODAY WE ARE UNDER SUPPORTING 5547 03:00:13,002 --> 03:00:14,537 OUR CONTRACTED OUTREACH. WE HAVE 5548 03:00:14,537 --> 03:00:15,805 NO CITY TEAMS AT ALL DESIGNED 5549 03:00:15,805 --> 03:00:17,439 FOR FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEIR 5550 03:00:17,439 --> 03:00:20,109 VEHICLES. AND THAT IS PROBABLY 5551 03:00:20,109 --> 03:00:20,943 THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE THAT 5552 03:00:20,943 --> 03:00:22,311 WE'RE MAKING IN THIS BUDGET. 5553 03:00:22,311 --> 03:00:24,013 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5554 03:00:24,013 --> 03:00:25,614 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5555 03:00:25,614 --> 03:00:27,516 STRAUSS COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE 5556 03:00:27,516 --> 03:00:28,150 ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE BILL 5557 03:00:28,150 --> 03:00:29,852 BEFORE US? COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 5558 03:00:29,852 --> 03:00:31,120 FOSTER, FOLLOWED BY 5559 03:00:31,120 --> 03:00:32,288 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 5560 03:00:32,288 --> 03:00:33,556 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 5561 03:00:33,556 --> 03:00:35,257 PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU SO 5562 03:00:35,257 --> 03:00:36,625 MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR 5563 03:00:36,625 --> 03:00:39,161 THAT OVERVIEW. AND I, I 5564 03:00:39,161 --> 03:00:41,463 APPRECIATE THE INTENT AND THE. 5565 03:00:41,463 --> 03:00:43,032 AND APPRECIATE HEARING ABOUT THE 5566 03:00:43,032 --> 03:00:43,699 PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO 5567 03:00:43,699 --> 03:00:45,334 GET TO TAKE UP DURING BUDGET. SO 5568 03:00:45,334 --> 03:00:47,203 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS 5569 03:00:47,203 --> 03:00:49,038 APPROPRIATIONS BILL WOULD CREATE 5570 03:00:49,038 --> 03:00:50,940 EIGHT NEW POSITIONS, SEVEN 5571 03:00:50,940 --> 03:00:52,007 OUTREACH STAFF. THOSE STAFF 5572 03:00:52,007 --> 03:00:53,976 WOULD BE IN THE HUMAN SERVICES 5573 03:00:53,976 --> 03:00:56,111 DEPARTMENT. IT WOULD ALSO FUND 5574 03:00:56,111 --> 03:00:58,347 ONE PERMIT TECH IN. I BELIEVE 5575 03:00:58,347 --> 03:01:00,683 THAT'LL BE IN S DOT AND THEN 5576 03:01:00,683 --> 03:01:01,884 TRANSFER SOME OF THE FUNDS TO 5577 03:01:01,884 --> 03:01:03,686 SET US UP TO HAVE THE IT SYSTEMS 5578 03:01:03,686 --> 03:01:06,088 TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL COSTS OF 5579 03:01:06,088 --> 03:01:09,592 OPERATING THE PERMIT SYSTEM. AND 5580 03:01:09,592 --> 03:01:10,492 THIS IS PART OF THE BILL THAT I 5581 03:01:10,492 --> 03:01:12,161 WILL BE VOTING NO ON TODAY. AND 5582 03:01:12,161 --> 03:01:14,630 PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE I THINK 5583 03:01:14,630 --> 03:01:16,098 WE ARE RIGHT NOW, ON THE EVE OF 5584 03:01:16,098 --> 03:01:18,801 FINALIZING OUR 2027 BUDGET 5585 03:01:18,801 --> 03:01:20,269 PROPOSALS AND A TOP CONCERN FOR 5586 03:01:20,269 --> 03:01:21,904 ME IS BEING ABLE TO SEE THE FULL 5587 03:01:21,904 --> 03:01:24,340 PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE INVESTING 5588 03:01:24,340 --> 03:01:27,343 IN RIGHT NOW. IT'S HARD TO KNOW 5589 03:01:27,343 --> 03:01:27,943 BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE 5590 03:01:27,943 --> 03:01:30,179 PROPOSAL FOR THE THAT 5591 03:01:30,179 --> 03:01:31,113 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS JUST SPOKE 5592 03:01:31,113 --> 03:01:32,848 TO IN TERMS OF INVESTING IN AN 5593 03:01:32,848 --> 03:01:34,783 RV SAFE LOT, HOW THIS INVESTMENT 5594 03:01:34,783 --> 03:01:37,653 AND ONGOING COSTS FOR EIGHT 5595 03:01:37,653 --> 03:01:40,256 POSITIONS, SQUARES WITH THOSE 5596 03:01:40,256 --> 03:01:41,123 OTHER PROPOSALS. AND FROM MY 5597 03:01:41,123 --> 03:01:41,991 PERSPECTIVE, IT'S REALLY 5598 03:01:41,991 --> 03:01:43,959 IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE 5599 03:01:43,959 --> 03:01:45,427 OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE FULL 5600 03:01:45,427 --> 03:01:46,929 PICTURE INTO ACCOUNT AND TO MAKE 5601 03:01:46,929 --> 03:01:48,030 THOSE DECISIONS. THE OTHER 5602 03:01:48,030 --> 03:01:48,797 CONCERN THAT I HAVE, AND I HOPE 5603 03:01:48,797 --> 03:01:49,898 THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS 5604 03:01:49,898 --> 03:01:51,400 THIS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, 5605 03:01:51,400 --> 03:01:53,903 IS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO 5606 03:01:53,903 --> 03:01:54,470 ENSURE THAT THESE POSITIONS 5607 03:01:54,470 --> 03:01:57,973 DON'T COME AT THE COST OF DOING 5608 03:01:57,973 --> 03:01:59,608 SAFE LOT EXPANSION. AND RIGHT 5609 03:01:59,608 --> 03:02:00,943 NOW, KNOWING THAT THESE ARE 5610 03:02:00,943 --> 03:02:02,244 GOING TO BE AN ONGOING COSTS, I 5611 03:02:02,244 --> 03:02:03,746 DON'T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT 5612 03:02:03,746 --> 03:02:06,482 THESE COSTS WILL NOT BE HELD UP 5613 03:02:06,482 --> 03:02:07,950 AGAINST OUR INVESTMENTS IN DOING 5614 03:02:07,950 --> 03:02:09,285 ONGOING SAFE LOTS. SO I WILL NOT 5615 03:02:09,285 --> 03:02:11,153 BE SUPPORTING THIS PORTION OF 5616 03:02:11,153 --> 03:02:13,088 THE PACKAGE TODAY. THANK YOU. 5617 03:02:13,088 --> 03:02:16,025 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 5618 03:02:16,025 --> 03:02:16,625 FOSTER COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 5619 03:02:16,625 --> 03:02:19,929 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5620 03:02:19,929 --> 03:02:23,432 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5621 03:02:23,432 --> 03:02:25,134 STRAUSS. I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THIS 5622 03:02:25,134 --> 03:02:26,502 AT COMMITTEE. NOT SO MUCH 5623 03:02:26,502 --> 03:02:28,871 BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T 5624 03:02:28,871 --> 03:02:30,706 APPRECIATE OR SUPPORT THE 5625 03:02:30,706 --> 03:02:31,440 OUTREACH ELEMENT. IT'S MORE 5626 03:02:31,440 --> 03:02:32,641 BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF 5627 03:02:32,641 --> 03:02:36,178 THE BUDGET PROCESS. I DON'T KNOW 5628 03:02:36,178 --> 03:02:37,112 WHERE. EIGHT OUTREACH FOLKS WHY? 5629 03:02:37,112 --> 03:02:38,914 EIGHT WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME 5630 03:02:38,914 --> 03:02:42,618 FROM. COULD WE DO THIS WITH LESS 5631 03:02:42,618 --> 03:02:43,285 NUMBER OF OUTREACH FOLKS? I JUST 5632 03:02:43,285 --> 03:02:46,355 NEED MORE INFORMATION. AND AS I 5633 03:02:46,355 --> 03:02:46,956 SAID, WE'RE ENGAGED IN THE 5634 03:02:46,956 --> 03:02:48,123 MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO 5635 03:02:48,123 --> 03:02:49,491 I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING 5636 03:02:49,491 --> 03:02:54,530 TO LAND WITH. I DIDN'T FEEL 5637 03:02:54,530 --> 03:02:55,130 COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS. 5638 03:02:55,130 --> 03:02:57,099 BASICALLY, IT'S A BUDGET AD 5639 03:02:57,099 --> 03:02:58,801 TODAY WHEN WE'RE ENGAGED IN THE 5640 03:02:58,801 --> 03:03:00,669 MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO 5641 03:03:00,669 --> 03:03:02,771 I WANT TO HEAR MORE. BEFORE I 5642 03:03:02,771 --> 03:03:05,908 WOULD COMMIT TO THIS LEVEL OF 5643 03:03:05,908 --> 03:03:06,508 SUPPORT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS 5644 03:03:06,508 --> 03:03:08,210 FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, 5645 03:03:08,210 --> 03:03:09,912 BECAUSE WE'RE WE DON'T HAVE A 5646 03:03:09,912 --> 03:03:11,847 LOT OF MONEY TO WORK WITH, AS WE 5647 03:03:11,847 --> 03:03:15,017 ALL KNOW, AND WE NEED TO BALANCE 5648 03:03:15,017 --> 03:03:16,485 ALL THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT 5649 03:03:16,485 --> 03:03:17,986 WE'RE DOING IN THE BUDGET. BUT 5650 03:03:17,986 --> 03:03:19,855 AGAIN, DO SUPPORT OUTREACH TO 5651 03:03:19,855 --> 03:03:21,790 THE RVS. I KNOW UCT CURRENTLY 5652 03:03:21,790 --> 03:03:23,692 DOES THAT. IF THERE'S NEED FOR 5653 03:03:23,692 --> 03:03:25,494 MORE FOLKS, I JUST NEED TO FIND 5654 03:03:25,494 --> 03:03:28,731 OUT MORE ON HOW MANY WE ACTUALLY 5655 03:03:28,731 --> 03:03:31,233 NEED AND THE COSTS INVOLVED. 5656 03:03:31,233 --> 03:03:33,902 OKAY, THAT'S THANK YOU, COUNCIL 5657 03:03:33,902 --> 03:03:35,571 PRESIDENT. 5658 03:03:35,571 --> 03:03:36,138 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5659 03:03:36,138 --> 03:03:39,074 RIVERA IS THERE ANY OTHER 5660 03:03:39,074 --> 03:03:40,843 COMMENTS BEFORE THE BILL BEFORE 5661 03:03:40,843 --> 03:03:43,579 US? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ANY 5662 03:03:43,579 --> 03:03:44,213 CLOSING REMARKS. 5663 03:03:44,213 --> 03:03:45,647 -- NOW? WE THE SYSTEM THAT WE 5664 03:03:45,647 --> 03:03:49,084 HAVE IS FAILING US AND WE ARE 5665 03:03:49,084 --> 03:03:52,187 RELYING ON THE MAJORITY. OUR 5666 03:03:52,187 --> 03:03:54,556 ONLY DEDICATED OUTREACH IS 5667 03:03:54,556 --> 03:03:55,224 CONTRACTED OUTREACH, AND WE'RE 5668 03:03:55,224 --> 03:03:58,994 NOT SUPPORTING THEM WELL ENOUGH. 5669 03:03:58,994 --> 03:03:59,294 THANK YOU. 5670 03:03:59,294 --> 03:04:00,629 -- THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK 5671 03:04:00,629 --> 03:04:01,997 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON COUNCIL 5672 03:04:01,997 --> 03:04:06,468 BILL ONE, TWO, 1282. 5673 03:04:06,468 --> 03:04:13,008 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. NO. 5674 03:04:13,008 --> 03:04:13,442 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5675 03:04:13,442 --> 03:04:13,675 -- HI. 5676 03:04:13,675 --> 03:04:14,209 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5677 03:04:14,209 --> 03:04:14,543 -- ALL RIGHT. 5678 03:04:14,543 --> 03:04:18,147 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5679 03:04:18,147 --> 03:04:18,380 -- NO. 5680 03:04:18,380 --> 03:04:23,085 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 5681 03:04:23,085 --> 03:04:23,585 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 5682 03:04:23,585 --> 03:04:25,921 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 5683 03:04:25,921 --> 03:04:26,155 -- YES. 5684 03:04:26,155 --> 03:04:29,124 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. NO. 5685 03:04:29,124 --> 03:04:29,558 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5686 03:04:29,558 --> 03:04:30,159 HOLLINGSWORTH. 5687 03:04:30,159 --> 03:04:35,364 -- YES 5688 03:04:35,364 --> 03:04:36,498 -- SIX IN FAVOR THREE OPPOSED. 5689 03:04:36,498 --> 03:04:37,132 -- STILL PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL 5690 03:04:37,132 --> 03:04:38,667 SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 5691 03:04:38,667 --> 03:04:40,536 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 5692 03:04:40,536 --> 03:04:42,037 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? WILL 5693 03:04:42,037 --> 03:04:44,740 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 5694 03:04:44,740 --> 03:04:46,041 NUMBER SEVEN INTO THE RECORD. 5695 03:04:46,041 --> 03:04:48,177 -- AGENDA ITEM SEVEN. COUNCIL 5696 03:04:48,177 --> 03:04:49,745 BILL 121283 RELATING TO TRAFFIC 5697 03:04:49,745 --> 03:04:51,013 CODE. CREATING A NEW PERMITTING 5698 03:04:51,013 --> 03:04:52,581 PROGRAM FOR OWNERS OF MOTOR 5699 03:04:52,581 --> 03:04:54,783 HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS TO 5700 03:04:54,783 --> 03:04:56,518 SUPPORT A STRUCTURED PATHWAY TO 5701 03:04:56,518 --> 03:04:57,619 SHELTER. THE COMMITTEE 5702 03:04:57,619 --> 03:04:58,353 RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS, AS 5703 03:04:58,353 --> 03:05:00,889 AMENDED. 5704 03:05:00,889 --> 03:05:01,490 -- AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5705 03:05:01,490 --> 03:05:02,958 BEFORE I DEFER TO YOU, 5706 03:05:02,958 --> 03:05:04,393 COLLEAGUES, THIS HAS THREE 5707 03:05:04,393 --> 03:05:06,228 AMENDMENTS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE 5708 03:05:06,228 --> 03:05:07,996 ONE ORAL AMENDMENT. I BELIEVE 5709 03:05:07,996 --> 03:05:10,933 IT'S AMENDMENT C FROM 5710 03:05:10,933 --> 03:05:11,500 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA TO HER 5711 03:05:11,500 --> 03:05:12,801 -- AMENDMENT. SO WE'LL WALK 5712 03:05:12,801 --> 03:05:14,069 THROUGH THIS, BUT I WILL DEFER 5713 03:05:14,069 --> 03:05:15,370 TO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WHO CAN 5714 03:05:15,370 --> 03:05:18,040 KICK IT OVER. COUNCILMEMBER 5715 03:05:18,040 --> 03:05:18,307 STRAUSS. 5716 03:05:18,307 --> 03:05:19,842 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 5717 03:05:19,842 --> 03:05:21,610 AND I DEFER TO COUNCILMEMBER 5718 03:05:21,610 --> 03:05:23,612 STRAUSS. AND THROUGH THE 5719 03:05:23,612 --> 03:05:23,979 AMENDMENTS TO. 5720 03:05:23,979 --> 03:05:24,847 -- THANKS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5721 03:05:24,847 --> 03:05:27,115 THANKS. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5722 03:05:27,115 --> 03:05:28,717 THIS BILL DOES TWO PRETTY 5723 03:05:28,717 --> 03:05:29,685 DIFFERENT THINGS, SO I'M GOING 5724 03:05:29,685 --> 03:05:31,253 TO BREAK IT, BREAK IT APART IN 5725 03:05:31,253 --> 03:05:33,822 THAT WAY. THERE ARE REGULATIONS 5726 03:05:33,822 --> 03:05:37,359 AND THEN THERE ARE ALLOWANCES. 5727 03:05:37,359 --> 03:05:39,795 THE REGULATIONS THAT VEHICLES 5728 03:05:39,795 --> 03:05:41,497 ARE ONLY ABLE. RVS AND TRAVEL 5729 03:05:41,497 --> 03:05:42,498 TRAILERS ARE ONLY ALLOWED ON OUR 5730 03:05:42,498 --> 03:05:46,401 CITY STREETS FOR TWO HOURS AT A 5731 03:05:46,401 --> 03:05:51,540 TIME. THAT IS THE REGULATION. WE 5732 03:05:51,540 --> 03:05:52,140 HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY 5733 03:05:52,140 --> 03:05:53,775 ABOUT THE FAMILY THAT TAKES MORE 5734 03:05:53,775 --> 03:05:55,310 THAN TWO HOURS TO GET READY TO 5735 03:05:55,310 --> 03:05:58,180 GO ON THEIR TRIP. AND SO, YOU 5736 03:05:58,180 --> 03:06:00,249 KNOW, THIS THIS IS GOING TO NEED 5737 03:06:00,249 --> 03:06:02,117 ADDITIONAL REVIEW. BUT THE TWO 5738 03:06:02,117 --> 03:06:03,452 HOUR LIMITATION IS THE 5739 03:06:03,452 --> 03:06:10,192 REGULATION WITHIN THIS BILL. THE 5740 03:06:10,192 --> 03:06:12,694 ALLOWANCE IS IF YOU ARE LIVING 5741 03:06:12,694 --> 03:06:13,262 IN YOUR VEHICLE ON OUR CITY 5742 03:06:13,262 --> 03:06:15,697 STREETS TODAY IN AN RV OR 5743 03:06:15,697 --> 03:06:17,132 MOTORHOME, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO 5744 03:06:17,132 --> 03:06:18,634 SIGN UP FOR A PERMIT. THE REASON 5745 03:06:18,634 --> 03:06:23,872 THAT THE PERMIT IS IMPORTANT IS 5746 03:06:23,872 --> 03:06:25,107 LET ME SAY IT A DIFFERENT WAY. 5747 03:06:25,107 --> 03:06:27,342 IF WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN ENOUGH 5748 03:06:27,342 --> 03:06:29,211 SHELTER FOR EVERYONE TO COME 5749 03:06:29,211 --> 03:06:31,980 INSIDE ALL AT ONCE, I WOULDN'T 5750 03:06:31,980 --> 03:06:36,151 HAVE A PERMIT BUT MY SKEPTICISM 5751 03:06:36,151 --> 03:06:38,253 ABOUT GLASS YARD COMMENTS TAKING 5752 03:06:38,253 --> 03:06:43,125 TWO AND A HALF, THREE WHO KNOWS 5753 03:06:43,125 --> 03:06:45,093 HOW MANY YEARS? THAT LEAVES ME 5754 03:06:45,093 --> 03:06:46,828 SKEPTICAL, RIGHT? ABOUT WHAT DO 5755 03:06:46,828 --> 03:06:48,997 WE DO FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 5756 03:06:48,997 --> 03:06:50,532 CAUGHT IN BETWEEN? IF WE DON'T 5757 03:06:50,532 --> 03:06:52,634 HAVE ENOUGH SAFE LOTS OPEN FOR 5758 03:06:52,634 --> 03:06:55,671 WHEN A REGULATION COMES IN 5759 03:06:55,671 --> 03:06:57,439 PLACE, AND THAT IS THE SPIRIT, 5760 03:06:57,439 --> 03:07:01,209 AND THAT IS THE INTENT, AND THAT 5761 03:07:01,209 --> 03:07:03,779 IS HOW I SEE THIS PERMIT TO BE 5762 03:07:03,779 --> 03:07:08,383 IMPLEMENTED IT SAYS. AND SO PART 5763 03:07:08,383 --> 03:07:10,452 OF THE REASONS ON THESE 5764 03:07:10,452 --> 03:07:13,088 REGULATIONS IS THAT WE'VE HAD 5765 03:07:13,088 --> 03:07:15,123 RVS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER. WE 5766 03:07:15,123 --> 03:07:18,026 ADOPTED A NEW DEFINITION IN THIS 5767 03:07:18,026 --> 03:07:18,727 BILL THAT SPECIFICALLY DEFINES 5768 03:07:18,727 --> 03:07:20,329 MOTORHOMES AND AND TRAVEL 5769 03:07:20,329 --> 03:07:22,598 TRAILERS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE 5770 03:07:22,598 --> 03:07:24,733 UNDER CURRENT CODE, THOSE 5771 03:07:24,733 --> 03:07:26,702 VEHICLES ARE ONLY UNDER LARGE 5772 03:07:26,702 --> 03:07:28,303 VEHICLE DESIGNATION, TECHNICALLY 5773 03:07:28,303 --> 03:07:29,271 UNDER LARGE VEHICLE DESIGNATION, 5774 03:07:29,271 --> 03:07:31,540 THEY SHOULDN'T BE PARKED IN 5775 03:07:31,540 --> 03:07:32,074 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS 5776 03:07:32,074 --> 03:07:32,774 ANYWAY. SO ACTUALLY, THE GUY 5777 03:07:32,774 --> 03:07:33,942 THAT CAME EARLIER TODAY TO TELL 5778 03:07:33,942 --> 03:07:35,911 US THAT HE PARKS HIS VEHICLE 5779 03:07:35,911 --> 03:07:37,112 THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS 5780 03:07:37,112 --> 03:07:39,181 BEFORE HE GOES ON A TRIP, HE'S 5781 03:07:39,181 --> 03:07:40,082 HE'S ALREADY OUT OF COMPLIANCE 5782 03:07:40,082 --> 03:07:42,751 WITH THE LAW AS IT STANDS TODAY. 5783 03:07:42,751 --> 03:07:48,256 ALL THAT SAID. WHEN WE HAVE 5784 03:07:48,256 --> 03:07:49,524 LARGE VEHICLES PARKED ON STREETS 5785 03:07:49,524 --> 03:07:52,194 THAT WERE BUILT FOR RESIDENTIAL 5786 03:07:52,194 --> 03:07:53,295 NEIGHBORHOODS, THOSE STREETS ARE 5787 03:07:53,295 --> 03:07:57,766 NARROW. THEY ARE NOT WIDE. EVEN 5788 03:07:57,766 --> 03:07:59,635 FOR THE WIDER STREETS. WHEN 5789 03:07:59,635 --> 03:08:00,569 THOSE LARGE VEHICLES ARE PARKED, 5790 03:08:00,569 --> 03:08:02,170 MAYBE A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO THE 5791 03:08:02,170 --> 03:08:03,639 INTERSECTION, IT'S PRETTY HARD 5792 03:08:03,639 --> 03:08:06,908 TO SEE AROUND. IT IS IF THEY'RE 5793 03:08:06,908 --> 03:08:09,544 EDGED OUT OVER A BIKE LANE OR 5794 03:08:09,544 --> 03:08:12,714 EDGED OVER A CURB. THESE CREATE 5795 03:08:12,714 --> 03:08:14,316 SAFETY HAZARDS FOR EVERYONE, AND 5796 03:08:14,316 --> 03:08:15,851 THAT INCLUDES FOR THE PEOPLE 5797 03:08:15,851 --> 03:08:16,885 LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLE IN CASE 5798 03:08:16,885 --> 03:08:19,621 IT GETS HIT, BECAUSE WE ARE 5799 03:08:19,621 --> 03:08:22,824 PUTTING A TYPE OF VEHICLE THAT 5800 03:08:22,824 --> 03:08:23,458 IS LARGER THAN WHAT THE STREET 5801 03:08:23,458 --> 03:08:26,461 WAS DESIGNED FOR. WHEN YOU LOOK 5802 03:08:26,461 --> 03:08:27,062 AT MARKET STREET IN BALLARD, 5803 03:08:27,062 --> 03:08:28,263 WHICH WAS CALLED BROADWAY BEFORE 5804 03:08:28,263 --> 03:08:31,867 WE GOT ANNEXED BY THE CITY OF 5805 03:08:31,867 --> 03:08:33,368 SEATTLE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT 5806 03:08:33,368 --> 03:08:35,737 STREET, IT WAS VERY WIDE BECAUSE 5807 03:08:35,737 --> 03:08:38,540 IT WAS A MAIN BROADWAY. SAME 5808 03:08:38,540 --> 03:08:40,108 WITH BROADWAY ON CAPITOL HILL. 5809 03:08:40,108 --> 03:08:41,943 THESE ARE MADE AS THOROUGHFARES 5810 03:08:41,943 --> 03:08:43,679 WHEN YOU LOOK AT INDUSTRIAL 5811 03:08:43,679 --> 03:08:45,113 ZONES. ALL OF THOSE STREETS ARE 5812 03:08:45,113 --> 03:08:46,615 WIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILT FOR 5813 03:08:46,615 --> 03:08:49,551 SEMI TRUCKS AND FOR LARGE 5814 03:08:49,551 --> 03:08:51,286 OPERATIONS. THAT'S WHY UNDER 5815 03:08:51,286 --> 03:08:53,822 CURRENT CODE, LARGE VEHICLE 5816 03:08:53,822 --> 03:08:55,424 DEFINITION REQUIRES THAT YOU 5817 03:08:55,424 --> 03:08:58,493 PARK IN AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE. AND 5818 03:08:58,493 --> 03:09:01,196 SO TO ADD CLARITY, WE ARE SAYING 5819 03:09:01,196 --> 03:09:03,365 MOTOR HOMES HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE 5820 03:09:03,365 --> 03:09:05,667 SAME DEFINITIONS AS LARGE 5821 03:09:05,667 --> 03:09:08,603 VEHICLES. BUT WE DESCRIBE THEM 5822 03:09:08,603 --> 03:09:10,806 IN DEFINITION SO THAT THERE'S 5823 03:09:10,806 --> 03:09:11,940 NOT ANY CONFUSION OF IF THEY ARE 5824 03:09:11,940 --> 03:09:14,309 OR IF THEY ARE NOT. AND SO AS WE 5825 03:09:14,309 --> 03:09:15,444 GET INTO SOME OF THESE 5826 03:09:15,444 --> 03:09:18,980 AMENDMENTS TODAY, I WANT TO BE 5827 03:09:18,980 --> 03:09:21,683 REALLY CLEAR ABOUT SOME THINGS 5828 03:09:21,683 --> 03:09:23,985 THAT IF WE WERE CONTINUING TO 5829 03:09:23,985 --> 03:09:25,821 PERMIT RVS TO LIVE IN 5830 03:09:25,821 --> 03:09:28,190 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, I 5831 03:09:28,190 --> 03:09:29,224 THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO BE A 5832 03:09:29,224 --> 03:09:33,161 LITTLE BIT MORE STRINGENT. 5833 03:09:33,161 --> 03:09:35,297 INDUSTRIAL ZONES BY ZONE 5834 03:09:35,297 --> 03:09:40,469 DEFINITION, DO NOT HAVE HOUSING 5835 03:09:40,469 --> 03:09:42,003 THEY MIGHT HAVE A CARETAKER 5836 03:09:42,003 --> 03:09:42,838 UNIT. IF YOU GET REALLY 5837 03:09:42,838 --> 03:09:50,579 CREATIVE, YOU MIGHT HAVE TWO. 5838 03:09:50,579 --> 03:09:52,547 WHEN WE HAVE LARGE VEHICLES 5839 03:09:52,547 --> 03:09:54,916 WHERE SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE 5840 03:09:54,916 --> 03:09:57,552 HAVING A GOOD DAY OR A BAD DAY, 5841 03:09:57,552 --> 03:10:00,288 THEY NEED TO BE IN A SPACE THAT 5842 03:10:00,288 --> 03:10:02,891 THEY ARE ABLE TO BE THEMSELVES. 5843 03:10:02,891 --> 03:10:05,227 WE ASK THEM TO TAKE CARE OF 5844 03:10:05,227 --> 03:10:05,861 THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS 5845 03:10:05,861 --> 03:10:08,463 AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND 5846 03:10:08,463 --> 03:10:09,564 THAT'S PART OF THE REASON 5847 03:10:09,564 --> 03:10:13,435 BECAUSE WE USED EXISTING CODE. 5848 03:10:13,435 --> 03:10:14,703 THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE 5849 03:10:14,703 --> 03:10:17,372 INDUSTRIAL ZONE. BUT AS WE GET 5850 03:10:17,372 --> 03:10:19,508 INTO SOME OF THE THE ISSUES OF 5851 03:10:19,508 --> 03:10:20,075 PEOPLE BEING WORRIED ABOUT 5852 03:10:20,075 --> 03:10:22,778 THINGS, I WOULD BE A LOT MORE 5853 03:10:22,778 --> 03:10:24,513 WORRIED IF WE WERE HAVING 5854 03:10:24,513 --> 03:10:27,215 VEHICLES PARKED IN FRONT OF 5855 03:10:27,215 --> 03:10:29,384 PEOPLE'S HOMES THAN IF THEY WERE 5856 03:10:29,384 --> 03:10:32,320 PARKED IN FRONT OF INDUSTRIAL 5857 03:10:32,320 --> 03:10:33,221 BUSINESSES. IT GIVES THEM JUST A 5858 03:10:33,221 --> 03:10:37,359 LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE FOR 5859 03:10:37,359 --> 03:10:42,264 THEMSELVES. SO WITH THIS, THE IF 5860 03:10:42,264 --> 03:10:44,199 YOU HAVE A PERMIT, YOU'RE ABLE 5861 03:10:44,199 --> 03:10:45,600 TO PARK IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA 5862 03:10:45,600 --> 03:10:47,002 BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 P.M., 6 5863 03:10:47,002 --> 03:10:50,472 A.M. AS LONG AS YOU MOVE YOUR 5864 03:10:50,472 --> 03:10:52,240 VEHICLE EVERY 72 HOURS, YOU 5865 03:10:52,240 --> 03:10:54,342 SIMPLY HAVE TO FOLLOW PARKING 5866 03:10:54,342 --> 03:10:55,010 REGULATIONS. CITY LAWS ABIDE BY 5867 03:10:55,010 --> 03:10:56,678 THE SAME BASIC RULES AND ENGAGE 5868 03:10:56,678 --> 03:10:59,047 WITH THE CASE MANAGER TO BUILD A 5869 03:10:59,047 --> 03:11:01,650 PATHWAY TOWARDS HOUSING. THE 5870 03:11:01,650 --> 03:11:04,286 INTENT. AGAIN ABOUT THE PERMIT 5871 03:11:04,286 --> 03:11:05,887 IS A RELEASE VALVE, A SAFETY 5872 03:11:05,887 --> 03:11:08,557 VALVE, A SAFETY NET FOR IF WE DO 5873 03:11:08,557 --> 03:11:12,494 NOT HAVE ENOUGH SAFE LOTS OPEN 5874 03:11:12,494 --> 03:11:14,629 THAT WE HAVE A PLACE TO ALLOW 5875 03:11:14,629 --> 03:11:17,299 PEOPLE TO NOT GET CAUGHT IN THE 5876 03:11:17,299 --> 03:11:19,768 MIDDLE BETWEEN NEW REGULATIONS 5877 03:11:19,768 --> 03:11:21,203 AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE 5878 03:11:21,203 --> 03:11:24,773 HERE TO PROVIDE. THANK YOU, 5879 03:11:24,773 --> 03:11:25,207 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5880 03:11:25,207 --> 03:11:26,308 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5881 03:11:26,308 --> 03:11:28,076 STRAUSS. WE DO HAVE AMENDMENTS 5882 03:11:28,076 --> 03:11:31,179 RIGHT NOW, SO I'M GOING TO GO 5883 03:11:31,179 --> 03:11:33,748 AHEAD AND AND DEFER TO 5884 03:11:33,748 --> 03:11:37,719 COUNCILMEMBER LIN TO MOVE 5885 03:11:37,719 --> 03:11:38,086 AMENDMENT AYE. 5886 03:11:38,086 --> 03:11:40,021 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5887 03:11:40,021 --> 03:11:42,924 AND I MOVE AMENDMENT A. 5888 03:11:42,924 --> 03:11:45,560 -- SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND 5889 03:11:45,560 --> 03:11:47,662 SECOND, TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 5890 03:11:47,662 --> 03:11:48,296 121283 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 5891 03:11:48,296 --> 03:11:49,664 A COUNCILMEMBER LIN A SPONSOR. 5892 03:11:49,664 --> 03:11:50,966 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO 5893 03:11:50,966 --> 03:11:51,700 ADDRESS IT. 5894 03:11:51,700 --> 03:11:53,268 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5895 03:11:53,268 --> 03:11:55,570 THIS IS JUST A FAIRLY MINOR 5896 03:11:55,570 --> 03:11:57,606 TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. JUST TO 5897 03:11:57,606 --> 03:12:00,275 WANT TO ADD SERVICE PROVIDERS IN 5898 03:12:00,275 --> 03:12:01,910 ADDITION TO CONTRACTED OUTREACH. 5899 03:12:01,910 --> 03:12:03,445 JUST TO CLARIFY THAT SERVICES 5900 03:12:03,445 --> 03:12:06,414 ARE ALSO BEING PROVIDED. AND, 5901 03:12:06,414 --> 03:12:07,883 AND THEN JUST CHANGING THE BUT 5902 03:12:07,883 --> 03:12:11,686 NOT LIMITED TO JUST TO ALLOW FOR 5903 03:12:11,686 --> 03:12:12,554 ADDITIONAL ISSUES TO BE 5904 03:12:12,554 --> 03:12:14,556 ADDRESSED BY THE WORK GROUP. 5905 03:12:14,556 --> 03:12:15,991 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 5906 03:12:15,991 --> 03:12:19,594 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING 5907 03:12:19,594 --> 03:12:20,629 AMENDMENT A? WELL, WILL THE 5908 03:12:20,629 --> 03:12:21,796 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 5909 03:12:21,796 --> 03:12:24,933 THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT A. 5910 03:12:24,933 --> 03:12:27,669 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 5911 03:12:27,669 --> 03:12:27,903 -- AYE. 5912 03:12:27,903 --> 03:12:32,941 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE 5913 03:12:32,941 --> 03:12:33,441 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5914 03:12:33,441 --> 03:12:33,675 -- AYE. 5915 03:12:33,675 --> 03:12:34,075 -- COUNCILMEMBER. 5916 03:12:34,075 --> 03:12:37,445 -- FOSTER YES. 5917 03:12:37,445 --> 03:12:37,979 -- COUNCILMEMBER. JUAREZ. 5918 03:12:37,979 --> 03:12:39,147 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5919 03:12:39,147 --> 03:12:39,381 -- AYE. 5920 03:12:39,381 --> 03:12:41,583 -- COUNCILMEMBER. LIN. 5921 03:12:41,583 --> 03:12:41,816 -- YES. 5922 03:12:41,816 --> 03:12:43,084 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 5923 03:12:43,084 --> 03:12:43,318 -- YES. 5924 03:12:43,318 --> 03:12:45,120 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5925 03:12:45,120 --> 03:12:46,755 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE IN 5926 03:12:46,755 --> 03:12:47,956 FAVOR. NONE. OPPOSED. 5927 03:12:47,956 --> 03:12:49,791 -- MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT A 5928 03:12:49,791 --> 03:12:52,427 IS ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I 5929 03:12:52,427 --> 03:12:54,062 TURN TO YOU TO MOVE YOUR 5930 03:12:54,062 --> 03:12:55,664 AMENDMENT B. 5931 03:12:55,664 --> 03:12:58,099 -- I'D LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT B 5932 03:12:58,099 --> 03:13:01,503 VERSION ONE TO COUNCIL BILL 5933 03:13:01,503 --> 03:13:01,736 121283. 5934 03:13:01,736 --> 03:13:03,305 -- SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND 5935 03:13:03,305 --> 03:13:05,807 SECOND TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 5936 03:13:05,807 --> 03:13:06,441 121283 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 5937 03:13:06,441 --> 03:13:08,476 B, COUNCILMEMBER LIN AS SPONSOR 5938 03:13:08,476 --> 03:13:09,611 YOU RECOGNIZE IN ORDER TO 5939 03:13:09,611 --> 03:13:10,578 ADDRESS IT. 5940 03:13:10,578 --> 03:13:11,813 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO FOR 5941 03:13:11,813 --> 03:13:14,683 THIS ONE. THIS TALKS ABOUT THE 5942 03:13:14,683 --> 03:13:15,417 THE SCOPE OF THE WORK GROUP AND 5943 03:13:15,417 --> 03:13:17,652 WHAT THEY KIND OF COULD 5944 03:13:17,652 --> 03:13:21,690 RECOMMEND. AND IT JUST ADDS TO 5945 03:13:21,690 --> 03:13:24,192 THAT, THAT THEY COULD HELP US 5946 03:13:24,192 --> 03:13:27,562 IDENTIFY KEY METRICS AND 5947 03:13:27,562 --> 03:13:28,063 BASICALLY OTHER PROGRAM 5948 03:13:28,063 --> 03:13:28,897 EFFECTIVENESS TO BE INCLUDED IN 5949 03:13:28,897 --> 03:13:30,999 THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT'S 5950 03:13:30,999 --> 03:13:33,468 INCLUDED IN SECTION 12. AND THEN 5951 03:13:33,468 --> 03:13:36,137 SECTION 12, WOULD JUST ALLOW FOR 5952 03:13:36,137 --> 03:13:37,906 INCLUDING THOSE IN THE ANNUAL 5953 03:13:37,906 --> 03:13:40,342 REPORT. THIS IS JUST TO ADD TO 5954 03:13:40,342 --> 03:13:41,876 SORT OF THE ANNUAL REPORTING AND 5955 03:13:41,876 --> 03:13:43,778 SORT OF HOW DO WE SORT OF 5956 03:13:43,778 --> 03:13:46,448 MONITOR ONGOING EFFECTIVENESS OF 5957 03:13:46,448 --> 03:13:48,416 THE PROGRAM. I ENCOURAGE YOUR 5958 03:13:48,416 --> 03:13:50,952 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 5959 03:13:50,952 --> 03:13:52,087 -- THANK YOU. 5960 03:13:52,087 --> 03:13:54,022 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN ARE THERE 5961 03:13:54,022 --> 03:13:58,560 ANY COMMENTS REGARDING AMENDMENT 5962 03:13:58,560 --> 03:14:01,863 B? NO. ALL RIGHT WILL THE CLERK 5963 03:14:01,863 --> 03:14:03,865 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 5964 03:14:03,865 --> 03:14:05,867 WELL? DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER 5965 03:14:05,867 --> 03:14:06,968 COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT B? 5966 03:14:06,968 --> 03:14:08,470 COUNCILMEMBER LIN NO. MY 5967 03:14:08,470 --> 03:14:09,104 APOLOGIES. ALL RIGHT. WILL THE 5968 03:14:09,104 --> 03:14:09,871 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 5969 03:14:09,871 --> 03:14:12,674 THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT B. 5970 03:14:12,674 --> 03:14:16,011 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 5971 03:14:16,011 --> 03:14:18,980 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5972 03:14:18,980 --> 03:14:19,214 -- AYE. 5973 03:14:19,214 --> 03:14:22,817 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5974 03:14:22,817 --> 03:14:23,051 -- AYE. 5975 03:14:23,051 --> 03:14:26,121 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5976 03:14:26,121 --> 03:14:26,354 -- YES. 5977 03:14:26,354 --> 03:14:29,124 -- COUNCILMEMBER. JUAREZ 5978 03:14:29,124 --> 03:14:29,591 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5979 03:14:29,591 --> 03:14:31,226 -- AYE. 5980 03:14:31,226 --> 03:14:33,662 -- COUNCILMEMBER. LIN. 5981 03:14:33,662 --> 03:14:33,895 -- YES. 5982 03:14:33,895 --> 03:14:37,298 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 5983 03:14:37,298 --> 03:14:37,532 -- YES. 5984 03:14:37,532 --> 03:14:37,999 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5985 03:14:37,999 --> 03:14:39,801 HOLLINGSWORTH. 5986 03:14:39,801 --> 03:14:40,035 -- YES. 5987 03:14:40,035 --> 03:14:41,636 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 5988 03:14:41,636 --> 03:14:42,704 -- MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT D B 5989 03:14:42,704 --> 03:14:44,873 EXCUSE ME. AMENDMENT B IS 5990 03:14:44,873 --> 03:14:52,514 ADOPTED. 5991 03:14:52,647 --> 03:14:53,348 WILL NOW BE GOING ON TO 5992 03:14:53,348 --> 03:14:53,982 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AMENDMENT 5993 03:14:53,982 --> 03:14:54,582 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA YOU ARE 5994 03:14:54,582 --> 03:14:55,683 RECOGNIZED. 5995 03:14:55,683 --> 03:14:56,317 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5996 03:14:56,317 --> 03:14:58,586 I'M. COLLEAGUES. I'M GOING TO 5997 03:14:58,586 --> 03:15:01,556 MOVE. I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THE 5998 03:15:01,556 --> 03:15:06,061 LANGUAGE THAT I'M STRIKING FROM 5999 03:15:06,061 --> 03:15:08,329 THE AMENDMENT AND THEN IT COULD 6000 03:15:08,329 --> 03:15:09,698 GET SECONDED. AND THEN WE WOULD 6001 03:15:09,698 --> 03:15:10,965 MOVE FORWARD. I'M JUST SAYING 6002 03:15:10,965 --> 03:15:12,667 THAT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO START 6003 03:15:12,667 --> 03:15:13,668 READING BEYOND THE. I MOVE I 6004 03:15:13,668 --> 03:15:15,070 MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL ONE 6005 03:15:15,070 --> 03:15:17,839 TWO, ONE TWO, EIGHT THREE AS 6006 03:15:17,839 --> 03:15:19,574 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT C ON THE 6007 03:15:19,574 --> 03:15:20,742 AGENDA. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M 6008 03:15:20,742 --> 03:15:22,811 REVISING MY MOTION TO DELETE THE 6009 03:15:22,811 --> 03:15:24,779 FOLLOWING LANGUAGE. QUOTE, 6010 03:15:24,779 --> 03:15:27,382 DEFERRED SENTENCE OR DEFERRED 6011 03:15:27,382 --> 03:15:30,418 PROSECUTION OR STATUTORY OR 6012 03:15:30,418 --> 03:15:30,919 NON-STATUTORY DIVERSION 6013 03:15:30,919 --> 03:15:34,456 AGREEMENT. END QUOTE. THIS 6014 03:15:34,456 --> 03:15:36,691 REVISED AMENDMENT WILL NOW READ 6015 03:15:36,691 --> 03:15:38,593 A PERMIT SHALL BE REVOKED UPON 6016 03:15:38,593 --> 03:15:39,894 THE PERMIT HOLDERS CONVICTION AS 6017 03:15:39,894 --> 03:15:41,563 A RESULT OF AN ARREST FOR A 6018 03:15:41,563 --> 03:15:43,231 CRIME INVOLVING THE SALE OR 6019 03:15:43,231 --> 03:15:45,266 DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS, SEX 6020 03:15:45,266 --> 03:15:47,802 TRAFFICKING, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION 6021 03:15:47,802 --> 03:15:49,337 OF CHILDREN OR PROMOTING 6022 03:15:49,337 --> 03:15:53,274 LOITERING FOR THE PURPOSE OF 6023 03:15:53,274 --> 03:15:53,608 PROSTITUTION. 6024 03:15:53,608 --> 03:15:54,642 -- SECOND. 6025 03:15:54,642 --> 03:15:56,177 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, 6026 03:15:56,177 --> 03:15:58,746 TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121283 AS 6027 03:15:58,746 --> 03:16:01,382 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT C WITH 6028 03:16:01,382 --> 03:16:06,154 THE NOTED VERBAL MODIFICATIONS. 6029 03:16:06,154 --> 03:16:06,654 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AS 6030 03:16:06,654 --> 03:16:07,822 SPONSORED SPONSOR YOUR 6031 03:16:07,822 --> 03:16:09,791 RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS IT. 6032 03:16:09,791 --> 03:16:10,425 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 6033 03:16:10,425 --> 03:16:12,260 AND AND COLLEAGUES. AS I SAID 6034 03:16:12,260 --> 03:16:14,529 EARLIER, THE PURPOSE OF THIS 6035 03:16:14,529 --> 03:16:17,265 AMENDMENT IS NOT. I HAVE 6036 03:16:17,265 --> 03:16:18,433 CONCERNS ABOUT PERMITTING 6037 03:16:18,433 --> 03:16:21,035 VEHICLES THAT ARE ENGAGED IN 6038 03:16:21,035 --> 03:16:23,271 THIS ACTIVITY. EITHER THE DRUG 6039 03:16:23,271 --> 03:16:25,607 DEALING, THE SEX TRAFFICKING, 6040 03:16:25,607 --> 03:16:27,342 THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF 6041 03:16:27,342 --> 03:16:27,976 CHILDREN THAT GOES ALONG WITH A 6042 03:16:27,976 --> 03:16:30,578 LOT OF THE SEX TRAFFICKING OR 6043 03:16:30,578 --> 03:16:32,680 PROMOTING, PROMOTING, LOITERING 6044 03:16:32,680 --> 03:16:34,115 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION, 6045 03:16:34,115 --> 03:16:39,821 WHICH IS AGAIN, DEALING WITH THE 6046 03:16:39,821 --> 03:16:40,722 SEX TRAFFICKING, ESPECIALLY WHAT 6047 03:16:40,722 --> 03:16:41,823 WE'RE SEEING ON AURORA. AND 6048 03:16:41,823 --> 03:16:43,691 YOU'VE HEARD SOME FOLKS COME 6049 03:16:43,691 --> 03:16:44,959 TODAY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE 6050 03:16:44,959 --> 03:16:46,795 ACTIVITY THAT THEY'VE WITNESSED 6051 03:16:46,795 --> 03:16:48,429 OUT OF THE ARV'S ON AURORA. SO 6052 03:16:48,429 --> 03:16:50,965 THIS AMENDMENT WILL NOW STATE 6053 03:16:50,965 --> 03:16:52,400 THAT IF A PERMIT HOLDER IS 6054 03:16:52,400 --> 03:16:53,835 CONVICTED OF ONE OF THESE, THAT 6055 03:16:53,835 --> 03:16:56,471 THEY THAT THAT PERMIT SHALL BE 6056 03:16:56,471 --> 03:16:58,640 REVOKED. THANK YOU. COUNCIL 6057 03:16:58,640 --> 03:17:00,675 PRESIDENT. 6058 03:17:00,675 --> 03:17:02,043 -- AND FOR TRANSPARENCY, BECAUSE 6059 03:17:02,043 --> 03:17:02,644 WE HAVE AMENDMENTS AT FULL 6060 03:17:02,644 --> 03:17:04,412 COUNCIL, WE ARE GOING TO DISPLAY 6061 03:17:04,412 --> 03:17:06,447 IT ON THE SCREEN FOR PEOPLE. I 6062 03:17:06,447 --> 03:17:08,550 SHOULD HAVE DID THAT BEFORE. MY 6063 03:17:08,550 --> 03:17:09,884 APOLOGIES. WE'LL DISPLAY IT ON 6064 03:17:09,884 --> 03:17:10,885 THE SCREEN. WE'RE AT EASE. JUST 6065 03:17:10,885 --> 03:17:12,954 GIVE US ONE SECOND TO DISPLAY 6066 03:17:12,954 --> 03:17:14,522 THAT. 6067 03:17:14,522 --> 03:17:17,592 -- AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 6068 03:17:17,592 --> 03:17:19,360 QUESTIONS. 6069 03:17:19,360 --> 03:17:20,862 -- JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I 6070 03:17:20,862 --> 03:17:24,299 OUR CLERK IS AMAZING AS WE 6071 03:17:24,299 --> 03:17:27,869 DISPLAY IT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. 6072 03:17:27,869 --> 03:17:30,572 AMELIA. SO WE HAVE AMENDMENT C 6073 03:17:30,572 --> 03:17:33,741 BEFORE US. THE REVISED AMENDMENT 6074 03:17:33,741 --> 03:17:34,442 WILL READ A PERMIT SHALL BE 6075 03:17:34,442 --> 03:17:36,177 REVOKED UPON THE PERMIT HOLDERS 6076 03:17:36,177 --> 03:17:37,278 CONVICTION AS A RESULT OF AN 6077 03:17:37,278 --> 03:17:39,214 ARREST FOR A CRIME INVOLVING THE 6078 03:17:39,214 --> 03:17:40,882 SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS, 6079 03:17:40,882 --> 03:17:43,785 SALE, TRAFFICKING, SEXUAL 6080 03:17:43,785 --> 03:17:45,887 EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN OR 6081 03:17:45,887 --> 03:17:46,521 PROMOTING, PROMOTING LOITERING 6082 03:17:46,521 --> 03:17:48,923 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION. 6083 03:17:48,923 --> 03:17:51,459 THAT IS AMENDMENT C, THAT IS THE 6084 03:17:51,459 --> 03:17:53,228 VERBAL CHANGE THAT IS PRESENTED 6085 03:17:53,228 --> 03:17:54,762 BEFORE US. SO THANK YOU, 6086 03:17:54,762 --> 03:17:55,897 COUNCILMAN. WE GOT IT RIGHT. AND 6087 03:17:55,897 --> 03:17:57,832 IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN SO PEOPLE 6088 03:17:57,832 --> 03:18:00,435 CAN SEE IT. AND FOR THE SEATTLE 6089 03:18:00,435 --> 03:18:01,135 CHANNEL, I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS 6090 03:18:01,135 --> 03:18:02,837 FIRST. I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER 6091 03:18:02,837 --> 03:18:04,138 STRAUSS. NO. COUNCILMEMBER 6092 03:18:04,138 --> 03:18:07,542 JUAREZ. 6093 03:18:07,542 --> 03:18:07,876 -- THANK YOU. 6094 03:18:07,876 --> 03:18:08,910 -- SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, 6095 03:18:08,910 --> 03:18:09,444 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR 6096 03:18:09,444 --> 03:18:09,711 BRINGING. 6097 03:18:09,711 --> 03:18:11,045 -- THE MIC. 6098 03:18:11,045 --> 03:18:11,613 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 6099 03:18:11,613 --> 03:18:12,413 RIVERA FOR BRINGING THIS 6100 03:18:12,413 --> 03:18:14,515 FORWARD. AND THANK YOU FOR 6101 03:18:14,515 --> 03:18:15,183 STRIKING BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO 6102 03:18:15,183 --> 03:18:18,319 ASK FOR A POINT OF ORDER FOR 6103 03:18:18,319 --> 03:18:18,953 STRIKING THE DEFERRED SENTENCE. 6104 03:18:18,953 --> 03:18:21,389 THE DEFERRED PROSECUTION IN THE 6105 03:18:21,389 --> 03:18:22,090 DIVERSION AGREEMENT, BECAUSE I 6106 03:18:22,090 --> 03:18:25,827 THINK I MEAN, THAT'S JUST KEY 6107 03:18:25,827 --> 03:18:28,763 IN REGARDS TO THE CRIMINAL 6108 03:18:28,763 --> 03:18:31,633 JURISDICTION PIECE, RIGHT? SO 6109 03:18:31,633 --> 03:18:32,667 WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MUCH 6110 03:18:32,667 --> 03:18:34,836 DETAIL AND GETTING TOO WONKY, I 6111 03:18:34,836 --> 03:18:37,138 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA I 6112 03:18:37,138 --> 03:18:38,906 UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT SUPPORT 6113 03:18:38,906 --> 03:18:40,074 YOU ON THIS AMENDMENT AND I'LL 6114 03:18:40,074 --> 03:18:42,377 TELL YOU WHY. AND I DO NOT 6115 03:18:42,377 --> 03:18:45,346 DISAGREE WITH THE INTENT. I KNOW 6116 03:18:45,346 --> 03:18:46,648 EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO 6117 03:18:46,648 --> 03:18:49,384 THIS IS MORE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL 6118 03:18:49,384 --> 03:18:50,985 PROVISIONAL. AND WHAT YOU HEARD 6119 03:18:50,985 --> 03:18:51,853 SOME FOLKS FROM PDA BRING UP. SO 6120 03:18:51,853 --> 03:18:53,154 THAT'S WHY I WAS REALLY GLAD 6121 03:18:53,154 --> 03:18:54,622 THAT YOU REMOVED THE OTHER TWO 6122 03:18:54,622 --> 03:18:56,758 ISSUES, BECAUSE ANY TYPE OF 6123 03:18:56,758 --> 03:18:59,294 DIVERSION, PROBATION GIVES THE 6124 03:18:59,294 --> 03:19:01,763 DEFENDANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO 6125 03:19:01,763 --> 03:19:03,264 REMEDY AND HAS THE COURT WILL 6126 03:19:03,264 --> 03:19:04,065 HAVE JURISDICTION TO MAKE SURE 6127 03:19:04,065 --> 03:19:06,034 THAT THEY DO THOSE THINGS. SO 6128 03:19:06,034 --> 03:19:07,635 WHAT WAS LEFT IS, AND I THINK 6129 03:19:07,635 --> 03:19:10,872 WE'VE HAD SOME OF THESE 6130 03:19:10,872 --> 03:19:13,708 DISCUSSIONS, IS THAT THIS MIGHT 6131 03:19:13,708 --> 03:19:17,045 BE BETTER STATED IF INDEED YOU 6132 03:19:17,045 --> 03:19:18,446 SAID IT WAS A CONDITION 6133 03:19:18,446 --> 03:19:20,315 PRECEDENT, MEANING THAT YOU CAN 6134 03:19:20,315 --> 03:19:21,049 PARTICIPATE IN THIS PERMIT 6135 03:19:21,049 --> 03:19:22,350 PROGRAM. BUT IF YOU DO X, THIS 6136 03:19:22,350 --> 03:19:26,521 WILL HAPPEN. IF YOU IMPOSE 6137 03:19:26,521 --> 03:19:27,155 SOMETHING AFTERWARDS AND REVOKE, 6138 03:19:27,155 --> 03:19:28,456 THEN YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING 6139 03:19:28,456 --> 03:19:31,526 AWAY WITHOUT NOTICE FROM A 6140 03:19:31,526 --> 03:19:32,226 DIFFERENT TRIBUNAL. AND THAT'S 6141 03:19:32,226 --> 03:19:33,394 WHERE I GET A LITTLE WONKY HERE. 6142 03:19:33,394 --> 03:19:36,664 AND SO MY CONCERNS WERE THIS 6143 03:19:36,664 --> 03:19:38,933 WHAT IF THE DEFENDANT DEFENDANT 6144 03:19:38,933 --> 03:19:41,869 IS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED? WHAT IF 6145 03:19:41,869 --> 03:19:44,972 THE DEFENDANT APPEALS? WHAT IF 6146 03:19:44,972 --> 03:19:46,708 THE COURT ORDERS HOUSE ARREST? I 6147 03:19:46,708 --> 03:19:47,241 MEAN, THERE'S ALL THESE 6148 03:19:47,241 --> 03:19:49,143 QUESTIONS COME UP. SO I 6149 03:19:49,143 --> 03:19:50,778 UNDERSTAND THE INTENT AND THE 6150 03:19:50,778 --> 03:19:54,048 PASSION, AND I GET IT. AND SO I 6151 03:19:54,048 --> 03:20:01,155 THINK WHEN YOU TIE A PRIVILEGE 6152 03:20:01,155 --> 03:20:02,490 TO HOUSING WITH THE ABILITY TO 6153 03:20:02,490 --> 03:20:04,192 HAVE SOMEBODY WHERE THEY LIVE, I 6154 03:20:04,192 --> 03:20:05,827 THINK WHEN YOU LINK THOSE 6155 03:20:05,827 --> 03:20:07,595 TOGETHER WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF 6156 03:20:07,595 --> 03:20:10,098 NOTICE, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE 6157 03:20:10,098 --> 03:20:14,068 CONSTITUTIONAL RAMIFICATIONS OF 6158 03:20:14,068 --> 03:20:16,004 NOTICE. IN, IN, IN SHORT, I 6159 03:20:16,004 --> 03:20:17,739 THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE 6160 03:20:17,739 --> 03:20:20,341 IMPOSING ADDITIONAL PUNISHMENT. 6161 03:20:20,341 --> 03:20:21,809 AND WE WOULD ALSO HAVE THE 6162 03:20:21,809 --> 03:20:24,846 CONCERN WHERE, I MEAN, IF I WERE 6163 03:20:24,846 --> 03:20:26,981 SOMEONE. WELL, ANYWAY, YOU YOU 6164 03:20:26,981 --> 03:20:30,251 WOULD BE RAISING. THE QUESTION 6165 03:20:30,251 --> 03:20:32,353 IS WHY ARE SOME LAWS TREATED 6166 03:20:32,353 --> 03:20:35,590 MORE HARSHLY THAN OTHERS? SO YOU 6167 03:20:35,590 --> 03:20:37,825 CAN SAY THESE CRIMES, IF YOU DO 6168 03:20:37,825 --> 03:20:39,694 THESE THINGS, WE WILL REVOKE A 6169 03:20:39,694 --> 03:20:40,695 PRIVILEGE. AND I'M ASSUMING 6170 03:20:40,695 --> 03:20:42,764 IT'S A FELONY, NOT A 6171 03:20:42,764 --> 03:20:44,799 MISDEMEANOR. KING COUNTY 6172 03:20:44,799 --> 03:20:48,603 SUPERIOR COURT. AND SO WHAT WHAT 6173 03:20:48,603 --> 03:20:51,939 ABOUT A SERIOUS ASSAULT? I MEAN, 6174 03:20:51,939 --> 03:20:53,374 YOU CAN GO DOWN A LIST OF CRIMES 6175 03:20:53,374 --> 03:20:56,878 AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL, 6176 03:20:56,878 --> 03:20:57,545 YOU'RE TREATING I'M GOING TO 6177 03:20:57,545 --> 03:20:58,679 MAKE SURE I GOT THE LANGUAGE 6178 03:20:58,679 --> 03:21:01,249 RIGHT. I APOLOGIZE, I UNDERSTAND 6179 03:21:01,249 --> 03:21:02,683 THAT CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME 6180 03:21:02,683 --> 03:21:03,317 INVOLVING THE SALE, DISTRIBUTION 6181 03:21:03,317 --> 03:21:06,754 OF DRUGS, SEX TRAFFICKING, 6182 03:21:06,754 --> 03:21:08,523 EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN, THEN 6183 03:21:08,523 --> 03:21:09,757 THE PERMIT WILL BE REVOKED. THEN 6184 03:21:09,757 --> 03:21:10,725 THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE, 6185 03:21:10,725 --> 03:21:11,726 INCLUDING THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE 6186 03:21:11,726 --> 03:21:13,294 SAYING, WELL, HOW IS THAT ANY 6187 03:21:13,294 --> 03:21:14,495 DIFFERENT? AND WHY WOULD I BE 6188 03:21:14,495 --> 03:21:15,063 TREATED DIFFERENTLY? AND I 6189 03:21:15,063 --> 03:21:16,898 DIDN'T HAVE NOTICE. AND 6190 03:21:16,898 --> 03:21:19,467 SOMEBODY COMMITS ASSAULT, 6191 03:21:19,467 --> 03:21:21,369 ASSAULT AND BATTERY AND A WHOLE 6192 03:21:21,369 --> 03:21:22,937 OTHER LIST OF CRIMES IN WHICH, 6193 03:21:22,937 --> 03:21:24,472 IF THEY WERE A PERMIT HOLDER, 6194 03:21:24,472 --> 03:21:25,873 THEIR PERMIT WOULD NOT BE THEIR 6195 03:21:25,873 --> 03:21:28,476 PRIVILEGE, WOULD NOT BE TAKEN 6196 03:21:28,476 --> 03:21:29,844 AWAY. SO I GUESS I'M, I'M TRYING 6197 03:21:29,844 --> 03:21:31,546 TO JUST KIND OF FOCUS ON THE 6198 03:21:31,546 --> 03:21:36,818 WHAT IFS. AND SO WHEN I SAY 6199 03:21:36,818 --> 03:21:40,455 PERHAPS THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT 6200 03:21:40,455 --> 03:21:42,457 MAYBE WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO 6201 03:21:42,457 --> 03:21:44,125 MAKE THIS AS A CONDITION IN 6202 03:21:44,125 --> 03:21:47,528 ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 6203 03:21:47,528 --> 03:21:49,063 PERMIT PROGRAM. THAT'S, THAT'S 6204 03:21:49,063 --> 03:21:50,698 MY MAIN CONCERN. BECAUSE WHEN 6205 03:21:50,698 --> 03:21:52,633 YOU REVOKE, YOU'RE TAKING AWAY 6206 03:21:52,633 --> 03:21:54,135 A PRIVILEGE AND A RIGHT TO 6207 03:21:54,135 --> 03:21:55,503 PARTICIPATE WITHOUT NOTICE. AND 6208 03:21:55,503 --> 03:21:57,572 I THINK WE CAN MEET THE SAME 6209 03:21:57,572 --> 03:21:59,106 OBJECTIVES BY MAKING, AS I SAID, 6210 03:21:59,106 --> 03:22:00,942 A CONDITION IN ORDER TO 6211 03:22:00,942 --> 03:22:05,012 PARTICIPATE SO. AND THE REASON 6212 03:22:05,012 --> 03:22:05,613 AGAIN IS BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE 6213 03:22:05,613 --> 03:22:08,015 HAVE. NOTICE IF THEY DO X, Y, 6214 03:22:08,015 --> 03:22:10,451 AND Z, THEN THEY LOSE THE 6215 03:22:10,451 --> 03:22:11,719 PRIVILEGE OF THE PERMIT IN THE 6216 03:22:11,719 --> 03:22:14,255 PROGRAM. IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU 6217 03:22:14,255 --> 03:22:16,157 CAN'T. IT'S LIKE YOU'RE 6218 03:22:16,157 --> 03:22:19,260 IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL 6219 03:22:19,260 --> 03:22:20,995 PUNISHMENT WITHOUT THAT PERSON 6220 03:22:20,995 --> 03:22:22,697 KNOWING. AND THERE'S ALREADY 6221 03:22:22,697 --> 03:22:24,232 LAWS IN PLACE FOR THAT. AND THEN 6222 03:22:24,232 --> 03:22:26,367 YOU'RE ALSO SINGLING OUT 6223 03:22:26,367 --> 03:22:26,968 PARTICULAR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. 6224 03:22:26,968 --> 03:22:28,469 WHILE SOME ACTIVITY COULD BE 6225 03:22:28,469 --> 03:22:30,571 JUST AS EGREGIOUS, BUT THEY 6226 03:22:30,571 --> 03:22:31,172 WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO 6227 03:22:31,172 --> 03:22:32,907 THEIR PERMIT AND THE PRIVILEGE 6228 03:22:32,907 --> 03:22:35,743 OF PARTICIPATING IN THE PERMIT 6229 03:22:35,743 --> 03:22:38,679 PROGRAM. AND I GUESS THAT'S, 6230 03:22:38,679 --> 03:22:40,748 THAT'S THAT'S A WHOLE ISSUE OF 6231 03:22:40,748 --> 03:22:43,484 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, DUE PROCESS. 6232 03:22:43,484 --> 03:22:44,085 AND CONSTITUTIONAL AND NOTICE 6233 03:22:44,085 --> 03:22:45,820 AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT KICK 6234 03:22:45,820 --> 03:22:47,188 IN. LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE WILL 6235 03:22:47,188 --> 03:22:48,956 SAY, WHAT ABOUT THE FELONY 6236 03:22:48,956 --> 03:22:51,692 CRIMES OF ASSAULT AND THEFT AND 6237 03:22:51,692 --> 03:22:53,494 AS YOU HEARD SOME FOLKS SAY THAT 6238 03:22:53,494 --> 03:22:54,495 IN SOCIAL AND SOME OF OUR 6239 03:22:54,495 --> 03:22:56,430 HOUSING, LOW INCOME HOUSING, 6240 03:22:56,430 --> 03:22:57,965 PEOPLE DON'T LOSE THEIR HOMES 6241 03:22:57,965 --> 03:22:59,367 WHEN THEY COMMIT CRIMES. THEY 6242 03:22:59,367 --> 03:23:00,635 DON'T LOSE THE RIGHT TO RENT IN 6243 03:23:00,635 --> 03:23:03,604 THEIR CRIME. I COULD BE A RENTER 6244 03:23:03,604 --> 03:23:05,339 AND DO SOMETHING ONE OF THESE 6245 03:23:05,339 --> 03:23:06,841 CRIMES AND BE IN A SUBSIDIZED 6246 03:23:06,841 --> 03:23:08,809 HOUSING, OR HAVE THE PRIVILEGE 6247 03:23:08,809 --> 03:23:10,044 OF PARTICIPATING IN A PROGRAM, 6248 03:23:10,044 --> 03:23:13,447 BUT I WOULDN'T LOSE MY HOUSING. 6249 03:23:13,447 --> 03:23:15,316 AND SO UNDER THE LAW, WE'VE BEEN 6250 03:23:15,316 --> 03:23:15,983 TREATING ARV'S UNDER THE CASE 6251 03:23:15,983 --> 03:23:17,018 LAW. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE CASE 6252 03:23:17,018 --> 03:23:19,287 NOW AS HOW AS HOUSING, THAT'S 6253 03:23:19,287 --> 03:23:20,621 THEIR PLACE. THAT'S WHAT THE 6254 03:23:20,621 --> 03:23:21,956 WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME COURT 6255 03:23:21,956 --> 03:23:22,924 SAID. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY WE 6256 03:23:22,924 --> 03:23:25,126 HAVE TO TREAD VERY CAREFULLY 6257 03:23:25,126 --> 03:23:26,327 THERE. NOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND 6258 03:23:26,327 --> 03:23:28,563 THAT THIS THIS THIS NEW PROPERTY 6259 03:23:28,563 --> 03:23:31,666 PIECE IS PROTECTED IN KIND AS A 6260 03:23:31,666 --> 03:23:33,868 HOME OR AN APARTMENT. SO THOSE 6261 03:23:33,868 --> 03:23:36,103 ARE MY CONCERNS. AND SO THAT 6262 03:23:36,103 --> 03:23:38,005 BEING SAID, I APPRECIATE WHAT 6263 03:23:38,005 --> 03:23:38,606 YOU'RE DOING. COUNCILMEMBER 6264 03:23:38,606 --> 03:23:39,373 RIVERA, I GET WHAT YOU'RE TRYING 6265 03:23:39,373 --> 03:23:41,509 TO SAY THAT THESE THINGS HAVE TO 6266 03:23:41,509 --> 03:23:42,109 HAPPEN, BUT I'M ALSO SAYING 6267 03:23:42,109 --> 03:23:44,412 THAT THERE ARE CONSTITUTIONAL 6268 03:23:44,412 --> 03:23:45,546 PROTECTIONS AGAINST THAT. AND 6269 03:23:45,546 --> 03:23:47,815 ALSO, WE HAVE LAWS ON THE BOOKS 6270 03:23:47,815 --> 03:23:51,652 THAT WOULD, ON THEIR OWN, STOP 6271 03:23:51,652 --> 03:23:52,253 SOMEONE FROM PARTICIPATING IN 6272 03:23:52,253 --> 03:23:54,555 THOSE PROGRAMS, IF INDEED THEY 6273 03:23:54,555 --> 03:23:56,357 WERE CONVICTED OF THOSE CRIMES. 6274 03:23:56,357 --> 03:23:56,991 AND AGAIN, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE 6275 03:23:56,991 --> 03:23:58,693 THAT IF YOU ARE CONVICTED OF A 6276 03:23:58,693 --> 03:23:59,660 CRIME, AS YOU KNOW, 6277 03:23:59,660 --> 03:24:00,661 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA BEING A 6278 03:24:00,661 --> 03:24:02,630 LAWYER AS WELL, THAT WELL, 6279 03:24:02,630 --> 03:24:04,065 ACTUALLY, THERE'S A FEW LAWYERS 6280 03:24:04,065 --> 03:24:08,970 UP HERE THAT YOU YOU DON'T YOU 6281 03:24:08,970 --> 03:24:10,538 YOU STILL HAVE A RIGHT TO 6282 03:24:10,538 --> 03:24:12,707 APPEAL. AND AGAIN, I'M CONCERNED 6283 03:24:12,707 --> 03:24:14,976 ABOUT HOUSE ARREST. SO LET'S 6284 03:24:14,976 --> 03:24:15,810 SAY SOMEONE GETS CONVICTED OF A 6285 03:24:15,810 --> 03:24:17,745 CRIME. AND ONE OF THE 6286 03:24:17,745 --> 03:24:18,613 PUNISHMENTS IS YOU'RE ON HOUSE 6287 03:24:18,613 --> 03:24:20,481 ARREST. AND THEN YOU SAY, OH, I 6288 03:24:20,481 --> 03:24:21,682 GOT CONVICTED OF THIS CRIME. I 6289 03:24:21,682 --> 03:24:23,084 DON'T REALLY HAVE A HOUSE OR AN 6290 03:24:23,084 --> 03:24:25,119 RV TO GO TO. SO THERE'S ALL 6291 03:24:25,119 --> 03:24:25,886 THESE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE 6292 03:24:25,886 --> 03:24:26,721 FIGURED OUT AHEAD OF TIME. 6293 03:24:26,721 --> 03:24:27,755 THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO 6294 03:24:27,755 --> 03:24:30,358 WITH THAT, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS 6295 03:24:30,358 --> 03:24:33,995 AMENDMENT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE 6296 03:24:33,995 --> 03:24:34,629 INTENT AND THE PROTECTION. AND 6297 03:24:34,629 --> 03:24:35,963 AS WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED, 6298 03:24:35,963 --> 03:24:37,765 AGAIN, NO SHADE TO THOSE WHO 6299 03:24:37,765 --> 03:24:39,100 DON'T REPRESENT DISTRICTS, BUT 6300 03:24:39,100 --> 03:24:41,502 WE KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN THESE 6301 03:24:41,502 --> 03:24:44,372 RVS. SEX TRAFFICKING, 6302 03:24:44,372 --> 03:24:46,674 PROSTITUTION. WE'VE HAD TO 6303 03:24:46,674 --> 03:24:48,209 DISMANTLE TWO METH LABS. I COULD 6304 03:24:48,209 --> 03:24:49,844 GO ON AND ON. I'M NOT SAYING 6305 03:24:49,844 --> 03:24:51,646 EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN AN RV DOES 6306 03:24:51,646 --> 03:24:55,082 THAT, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN. SO 6307 03:24:55,082 --> 03:24:56,150 THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. SO 6308 03:24:56,150 --> 03:24:57,752 THANK YOU. THANK YOU 6309 03:24:57,752 --> 03:24:58,219 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 6310 03:24:58,219 --> 03:24:58,886 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 6311 03:24:58,886 --> 03:24:59,687 JUAREZ. I KNOW WE'LL GIVE YOU A 6312 03:24:59,687 --> 03:25:01,889 CHANCE FOR COUNCILMEMBER. RIVERA 6313 03:25:01,889 --> 03:25:03,691 TO RESPOND. AND THEN WE HAVE 6314 03:25:03,691 --> 03:25:05,860 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOLLOWED BY 6315 03:25:05,860 --> 03:25:06,360 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 6316 03:25:06,360 --> 03:25:07,161 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 6317 03:25:07,161 --> 03:25:08,963 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 6318 03:25:08,963 --> 03:25:10,331 FOR BRINGING UP YOUR CONCERNS. I 6319 03:25:10,331 --> 03:25:14,435 WILL SAY, REGARDING THE LEGAL 6320 03:25:14,435 --> 03:25:16,070 ASPECTS, THERE ARE A LOT OF 6321 03:25:16,070 --> 03:25:18,205 THERE ARE SOME LEGAL ISSUES WITH 6322 03:25:18,205 --> 03:25:18,806 THE ENTIRE LEGISLATION AS 6323 03:25:18,806 --> 03:25:22,276 PROPOSED, AND I WILL SAY THAT 6324 03:25:22,276 --> 03:25:24,245 THIS. I WILL SIMPLY SAY THAT 6325 03:25:24,245 --> 03:25:27,848 THIS AMENDMENT WAS REVIEWED BY 6326 03:25:27,848 --> 03:25:29,617 LAW. I WOULD NOT HAVE BROUGHT 6327 03:25:29,617 --> 03:25:31,385 SOMETHING FORWARD THAT WAS NOT 6328 03:25:31,385 --> 03:25:34,055 REVIEWED BY LAW WITH 6329 03:25:34,055 --> 03:25:35,423 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LAW. SO 6330 03:25:35,423 --> 03:25:37,291 I'LL SAY THAT ASPECT OF IT IN 6331 03:25:37,291 --> 03:25:39,160 TERMS OF NOTICE AND THE 6332 03:25:39,160 --> 03:25:42,663 CONDITIONAL PIECE, IT IS 6333 03:25:42,663 --> 03:25:45,166 POSSIBLE TO PERMIT THE RV AND 6334 03:25:45,166 --> 03:25:48,903 THEN WITHOUT HOW DO I SAY, YOU 6335 03:25:48,903 --> 03:25:51,338 KNOW, CURRENTLY THERE ARE THERE 6336 03:25:51,338 --> 03:25:54,241 ARE RVS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THIS 6337 03:25:54,241 --> 03:25:57,111 BEHAVIOR THAT ARE NOT NOTHING IS 6338 03:25:57,111 --> 03:26:00,081 HAPPENING, TO BE QUITE HONEST. 6339 03:26:00,081 --> 03:26:01,982 THEY'RE NOT EVEN INVOLVED IN 6340 03:26:01,982 --> 03:26:04,118 THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AT 6341 03:26:04,118 --> 03:26:04,919 ALL. NO ONE IS MOVING THEM. NO 6342 03:26:04,919 --> 03:26:06,420 ONE IS. THEY'RE NOT GETTING 6343 03:26:06,420 --> 03:26:07,488 ARRESTED. THEY'RE NOT GETTING 6344 03:26:07,488 --> 03:26:08,789 CHARGED. LIKE ALL THOSE THINGS 6345 03:26:08,789 --> 03:26:11,559 ARE HAPPENING. SO I UNDERSTAND 6346 03:26:11,559 --> 03:26:14,128 ABOUT YOUR CONDITIONING, THE 6347 03:26:14,128 --> 03:26:15,262 PERMIT ON NOT HAVING THE 6348 03:26:15,262 --> 03:26:18,365 CONVICTION. IT DOESN'T 6349 03:26:18,365 --> 03:26:19,500 NECESSARILY MEAN THAT ACTIVITY 6350 03:26:19,500 --> 03:26:23,471 IS NOT HAPPENING IN THE RV. IF 6351 03:26:23,471 --> 03:26:24,038 SUBSEQUENTLY THAT BEHAVIOR 6352 03:26:24,038 --> 03:26:26,307 STARTS OR IT'S ACTUALLY FOUND 6353 03:26:26,307 --> 03:26:28,509 OUT, THEN YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO 6354 03:26:28,509 --> 03:26:30,478 HAVE SOME REMEDY FOR THAT. AND 6355 03:26:30,478 --> 03:26:33,347 THAT'S WHY I HAD THE CONCERNS 6356 03:26:33,347 --> 03:26:34,548 ON THE BACK END. I DID THINK 6357 03:26:34,548 --> 03:26:36,851 ABOUT THE FRONT END, BUT TO BE 6358 03:26:36,851 --> 03:26:39,587 QUITE HONEST WITH YOU, WHAT WE 6359 03:26:39,587 --> 03:26:41,789 HAVE SEEN SOME OF US IN OUR 6360 03:26:41,789 --> 03:26:42,757 DISTRICTS, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE 6361 03:26:42,757 --> 03:26:48,162 UP ON AURORA, IS THAT THERE IS 6362 03:26:48,162 --> 03:26:51,365 THIS IS A VERY WELL KNOWN THAT 6363 03:26:51,365 --> 03:26:54,001 SOME OF THESE RVS ARE ENGAGED IN 6364 03:26:54,001 --> 03:26:56,670 BOTH THE SELLING OF DRUGS AND 6365 03:26:56,670 --> 03:26:57,838 SEX TRAFFICKING AND METH LAB. I 6366 03:26:57,838 --> 03:27:02,543 MEAN, ON NORTH LAKE, THERE WAS A 6367 03:27:02,543 --> 03:27:04,044 SERIES OF FIRES AND SOME RV. YOU 6368 03:27:04,044 --> 03:27:06,580 KNOW THAT THEN IT WASN'T UNTIL 6369 03:27:06,580 --> 03:27:09,850 THE FIRES HAPPENED THAT THE RVS 6370 03:27:09,850 --> 03:27:10,484 WERE THEN REMOVED. AND SO WHAT 6371 03:27:10,484 --> 03:27:13,287 I'M TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCE 6372 03:27:13,287 --> 03:27:16,590 HERE. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I 6373 03:27:16,590 --> 03:27:17,191 APPRECIATE THE CONSTITUTIONAL 6374 03:27:17,191 --> 03:27:17,992 PIECES. LIKE I SAID, THIS HAS 6375 03:27:17,992 --> 03:27:23,664 BEEN REVIEWED BY LAW AND I'M 6376 03:27:23,664 --> 03:27:25,566 TRYING TO ADDRESS BEHAVIORS THAT 6377 03:27:25,566 --> 03:27:27,368 WE KNOW ARE HAPPENING. AND THESE 6378 03:27:27,368 --> 03:27:28,936 ARE THE BEHAVIORS THAT RISE TO 6379 03:27:28,936 --> 03:27:33,908 THE LEVEL OF WE DON'T WANT TO 6380 03:27:33,908 --> 03:27:35,042 BE. I DON'T MY CONSTITUENTS DO 6381 03:27:35,042 --> 03:27:37,978 NOT WANT ME TO BE PERMITTING RVS 6382 03:27:37,978 --> 03:27:41,682 THAT ARE ENGAGED IN DRUG 6383 03:27:41,682 --> 03:27:44,919 DEALING, SEX TRAFFICKING, SEXUAL 6384 03:27:44,919 --> 03:27:46,120 EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN, YOU 6385 03:27:46,120 --> 03:27:48,756 KNOW, AND PROSTITUTION AND THE, 6386 03:27:48,756 --> 03:27:50,524 THE LOITERING FOR THE PURPOSE OF 6387 03:27:50,524 --> 03:27:52,560 PROSTITUTION. SO, YOU KNOW, YES, 6388 03:27:52,560 --> 03:27:54,495 THERE ARE OTHER CRIMES, BUT 6389 03:27:54,495 --> 03:27:57,498 THESE REALLY RISE TO THE LEVEL 6390 03:27:57,498 --> 03:27:59,433 OF SHOULD WE BE PERMITTING AN RV 6391 03:27:59,433 --> 03:28:01,702 THAT IS ENGAGED IN THIS 6392 03:28:01,702 --> 03:28:03,337 PARTICULAR BEHAVIOR, OR IF WE 6393 03:28:03,337 --> 03:28:05,573 HAVE PERMITTED IT, SHOULD WE 6394 03:28:05,573 --> 03:28:06,640 CONTINUE SHOULD THEY CONTINUE TO 6395 03:28:06,640 --> 03:28:11,278 HOLD THAT PERMIT? IF THEY ARE 6396 03:28:11,278 --> 03:28:11,879 CONVICTED OF THIS PARTICULAR 6397 03:28:11,879 --> 03:28:13,314 BEHAVIOR, NOT JUST ACCUSED AT 6398 03:28:13,314 --> 03:28:14,448 THE POINT OF CONVICTION? AS YOU 6399 03:28:14,448 --> 03:28:16,650 KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, THEY 6400 03:28:16,650 --> 03:28:21,989 HAVE BEEN DEEMED TO HAVE ENGAGED 6401 03:28:21,989 --> 03:28:22,790 IN THIS BEHAVIOR. SO THAT THAT 6402 03:28:22,790 --> 03:28:23,657 IS YOU KNOW WHAT I'LL SAY ABOUT 6403 03:28:23,657 --> 03:28:25,993 THAT. BUT I, I APPRECIATE ALL 6404 03:28:25,993 --> 03:28:30,631 THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT 6405 03:28:30,631 --> 03:28:31,632 FORWARD. TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK 6406 03:28:31,632 --> 03:28:33,000 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 6407 03:28:33,000 --> 03:28:36,704 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 6408 03:28:36,704 --> 03:28:37,304 RIVERA COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 6409 03:28:37,304 --> 03:28:38,305 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL 6410 03:28:38,305 --> 03:28:40,140 PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTED TO ASK 6411 03:28:40,140 --> 03:28:42,576 A QUICK QUESTION IN TERMS AND IF 6412 03:28:42,576 --> 03:28:45,813 I MAY, TO THE TO THE SPONSOR 6413 03:28:45,813 --> 03:28:48,182 WITH THE PERMIT. IF THE PERMIT 6414 03:28:48,182 --> 03:28:51,051 IS REVOKED ON CONVICTION, AS 6415 03:28:51,051 --> 03:28:54,221 VERBALLY AMENDED, WHAT IS THE 6416 03:28:54,221 --> 03:28:55,990 SUBSEQUENT ACTION? SO ONCE THE 6417 03:28:55,990 --> 03:29:00,327 PERMIT IS REVOKED, WHAT THEN 6418 03:29:00,327 --> 03:29:00,594 HAPPENS? 6419 03:29:00,594 --> 03:29:01,128 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 6420 03:29:01,128 --> 03:29:01,762 -- THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I 6421 03:29:01,762 --> 03:29:02,596 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT IN 6422 03:29:02,596 --> 03:29:04,431 GENERAL ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION, 6423 03:29:04,431 --> 03:29:07,167 IN TERMS OF INSTANCES WHERE A 6424 03:29:07,167 --> 03:29:09,270 PERMIT IS TAKEN FROM THE 6425 03:29:09,270 --> 03:29:10,771 VEHICLE, I MEAN, FROM THE FROM 6426 03:29:10,771 --> 03:29:13,741 THE RV AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE 6427 03:29:13,741 --> 03:29:15,376 VEHICLE OWNER, WHAT COMES NEXT 6428 03:29:15,376 --> 03:29:20,781 IS IT THAT WE REMOVE THE RV 6429 03:29:20,781 --> 03:29:24,985 FROM? WHAT DO WE ASK THE SORRY 6430 03:29:24,985 --> 03:29:26,287 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER LET ME ASK, 6431 03:29:26,287 --> 03:29:27,321 LET ME LET ME ANSWER THAT A 6432 03:29:27,321 --> 03:29:30,090 LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT WAY IS 6433 03:29:30,090 --> 03:29:31,292 BECAUSE THIS GOES BACK TO 6434 03:29:31,292 --> 03:29:34,228 SOMETHING THAT YOU STATED YOUR 6435 03:29:34,228 --> 03:29:35,729 CONCERN BEFORE ABOUT WHAT 6436 03:29:35,729 --> 03:29:38,799 HAPPENS TO RVS THAT SHOW UP POST 6437 03:29:38,799 --> 03:29:40,401 THE PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE'RE 6438 03:29:40,401 --> 03:29:41,268 GIVING THE PERMIT. WHAT ARE WE 6439 03:29:41,268 --> 03:29:43,537 GOING TO DO ABOUT THOSE RVS? SO 6440 03:29:43,537 --> 03:29:45,139 I WILL SAY WE'RE IN A SIMILAR 6441 03:29:45,139 --> 03:29:46,540 POSITION WITH THIS AS THAT IS 6442 03:29:46,540 --> 03:29:49,510 WHAT HOW DO WE ENFORCE THE 6443 03:29:49,510 --> 03:29:52,446 AFTERMATH? BUT AT THE SAME TIME, 6444 03:29:52,446 --> 03:29:54,949 I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULDN'T BE 6445 03:29:54,949 --> 03:29:55,482 PERMITTING FOLKS THAT ARE 6446 03:29:55,482 --> 03:29:57,051 ENGAGED IN THIS PARTICULAR SET 6447 03:29:57,051 --> 03:29:58,719 OF BEHAVIORS. AND I HOPE, 6448 03:29:58,719 --> 03:30:00,387 HOPEFULLY I'LL. 6449 03:30:00,387 --> 03:30:01,021 -- AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YOU 6450 03:30:01,021 --> 03:30:01,789 HAVE THE FLOOR, BUT I BELIEVE 6451 03:30:01,789 --> 03:30:03,090 THIS BILL SPONSOR MIGHT BE ABLE 6452 03:30:03,090 --> 03:30:04,124 TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IF 6453 03:30:04,124 --> 03:30:05,693 THAT'S OKAY. SURE. OKAY. 6454 03:30:05,693 --> 03:30:07,461 AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 6455 03:30:07,461 --> 03:30:10,331 -- GREAT. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK 6456 03:30:10,331 --> 03:30:10,864 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR 6457 03:30:10,864 --> 03:30:13,167 BRINGING THIS ISSUE UP. I DO 6458 03:30:13,167 --> 03:30:14,668 BELIEVE THAT IT'S ALREADY 6459 03:30:14,668 --> 03:30:17,504 COVERED IN THE PERMIT 6460 03:30:17,504 --> 03:30:19,106 REGULATIONS, AND I THINK THAT 6461 03:30:19,106 --> 03:30:23,410 IT'S WHILE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 6462 03:30:23,410 --> 03:30:25,679 YOU REALLY CALL OUT THE CRIMES 6463 03:30:25,679 --> 03:30:27,581 INVOLVING THE SALES OF DRUGS OR 6464 03:30:27,581 --> 03:30:28,215 SEX TRAFFICKING OR EXPLOITATION 6465 03:30:28,215 --> 03:30:30,417 OF CHILDREN, OR PROMOTING 6466 03:30:30,417 --> 03:30:31,785 LOITERING FOR THE PURPOSE OF 6467 03:30:31,785 --> 03:30:33,921 PROSTITUTION, THESE AREN'T 6468 03:30:33,921 --> 03:30:37,091 THINGS THAT WE WANT GOING ON. I 6469 03:30:37,091 --> 03:30:38,859 DO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ALREADY 6470 03:30:38,859 --> 03:30:42,196 COVERED IN THE BILL BECAUSE ONE 6471 03:30:42,196 --> 03:30:44,732 OF THE ASPECTS OF HOLDING A 6472 03:30:44,732 --> 03:30:47,768 PERMIT IS THAT YOU CAN'T BREAK 6473 03:30:47,768 --> 03:30:49,436 THE LAW. AND SO IF YOU ARE 6474 03:30:49,436 --> 03:30:53,640 CONVICTED OF THESE THINGS, THEN 6475 03:30:53,640 --> 03:30:54,875 IT GOES FORTH THAT YOU'RE 6476 03:30:54,875 --> 03:30:57,044 ALREADY IN VIOLATION. AND SO MY 6477 03:30:57,044 --> 03:30:59,680 ASK TO YOU TODAY IS TO BRING 6478 03:30:59,680 --> 03:31:01,715 THIS BACK TO OUR CHECK AND 6479 03:31:01,715 --> 03:31:05,519 ADJUST WORK GROUP AS TO HOW DO 6480 03:31:05,519 --> 03:31:06,153 WE APPROPRIATELY WORK ON THIS, 6481 03:31:06,153 --> 03:31:08,656 ON THIS VERY ISSUE, BECAUSE 6482 03:31:08,656 --> 03:31:10,457 WE'VE GOT THE TIME TO WORK ON 6483 03:31:10,457 --> 03:31:12,493 IT. IT'S AN ISSUE THAT YOU'RE 6484 03:31:12,493 --> 03:31:14,862 IDENTIFYING THAT IS IMPORTANT, 6485 03:31:14,862 --> 03:31:17,064 THAT WE ADDRESS. AND TO ANSWER 6486 03:31:17,064 --> 03:31:19,299 THE QUESTION, LIKE THE ISSUES 6487 03:31:19,299 --> 03:31:21,802 THAT I HAVE WITH IT ARE NUANCED 6488 03:31:21,802 --> 03:31:23,570 AND HOW THEY FOLD INTO THE REST 6489 03:31:23,570 --> 03:31:26,774 OF THE BILL, NOT YOUR INTENT. 6490 03:31:26,774 --> 03:31:28,075 AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY 6491 03:31:28,075 --> 03:31:30,344 CLEAR THERE AND SORRY FOR TAKING 6492 03:31:30,344 --> 03:31:32,279 SO LONG TO ANSWER COUNCILMEMBER 6493 03:31:32,279 --> 03:31:34,515 FOSTER QUESTION, BUT AS THE 6494 03:31:34,515 --> 03:31:37,251 PERMIT IS CURRENTLY DESIGNED, 6495 03:31:37,251 --> 03:31:41,522 YOU COULD HAVE UP TO, I BELIEVE 6496 03:31:41,522 --> 03:31:43,424 IT'S SIX MINOR INFRACTIONS. AND 6497 03:31:43,424 --> 03:31:44,758 THE WAY THAT I'VE ASKED THE 6498 03:31:44,758 --> 03:31:46,226 MAYOR TO DESIGN THIS PROGRAM IS 6499 03:31:46,226 --> 03:31:48,462 THAT IF YOU RESOLVED ONE OF 6500 03:31:48,462 --> 03:31:50,931 THOSE MINOR INFRACTIONS WITHIN 6501 03:31:50,931 --> 03:31:52,199 24 HOURS, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE 6502 03:31:52,199 --> 03:31:54,234 COUNTED AS A VIOLATION. AND SO 6503 03:31:54,234 --> 03:31:55,769 YOU WOULDN'T ACTUALLY GET THAT 6504 03:31:55,769 --> 03:31:57,604 MINOR INFRACTION. BUT LET'S SAY 6505 03:31:57,604 --> 03:32:00,974 EVENTUALLY YOU GET TO SIX, THEN, 6506 03:32:00,974 --> 03:32:02,843 OR IF YOU HAVE A VIOLATION OF A 6507 03:32:02,843 --> 03:32:04,645 MAJOR INFRACTION, LIKE SELLING 6508 03:32:04,645 --> 03:32:08,348 DRUGS OR EXPLOITING CHILDREN OR. 6509 03:32:08,348 --> 03:32:10,117 PROMOTING PROSTITUTION, THOSE 6510 03:32:10,117 --> 03:32:11,251 WOULD BE MORE MAJOR IN THAT. AND 6511 03:32:11,251 --> 03:32:14,154 ALL IT WOULD TAKE IS ONE. AND 6512 03:32:14,154 --> 03:32:16,557 THEN YOU WOULD BE IN. YOU WOULD 6513 03:32:16,557 --> 03:32:22,162 LOSE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PERMIT. 6514 03:32:22,162 --> 03:32:23,063 BUT BEFORE YOU LOSE THE PERMIT, 6515 03:32:23,063 --> 03:32:25,099 DUE PROCESS TAKES PLACE. AND 6516 03:32:25,099 --> 03:32:26,734 THAT'S A 15 DAY APPEAL PERIOD 6517 03:32:26,734 --> 03:32:29,703 IN WHICH YOU CAN APPEAL TO THE 6518 03:32:29,703 --> 03:32:31,538 DIRECTOR THAT DIRECTOR CAN 6519 03:32:31,538 --> 03:32:36,110 EITHER UPHOLD THE APPEAL OR 6520 03:32:36,110 --> 03:32:36,643 OVERTURN IT BASED ON THE 6521 03:32:36,643 --> 03:32:38,679 INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE 6522 03:32:38,679 --> 03:32:41,415 PROVIDED. AND SO YOU ARE ABLE TO 6523 03:32:41,415 --> 03:32:43,751 IF YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING 6524 03:32:43,751 --> 03:32:44,818 WRONG, WE USE DUE PROCESS TO 6525 03:32:44,818 --> 03:32:47,821 MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T 6526 03:32:47,821 --> 03:32:49,356 INADVERTENTLY LOSE YOUR PERMIT. 6527 03:32:49,356 --> 03:32:51,091 BUT IF YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING 6528 03:32:51,091 --> 03:32:53,160 WRONG, THERE IS DUE PROCESS 6529 03:32:53,160 --> 03:32:55,662 BUILT IN SO THAT WE ARE ENSURING 6530 03:32:55,662 --> 03:32:58,899 THAT WE'RE NOT UPENDING 6531 03:32:58,899 --> 03:32:59,566 SOMEBODY'S LIFE INAPPROPRIATELY 6532 03:32:59,566 --> 03:33:01,769 OR UNNECESSARILY SO ALL OF THAT 6533 03:33:01,769 --> 03:33:04,538 TO SAY, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, I 6534 03:33:04,538 --> 03:33:05,873 WILL SUPPORT YOU IN THIS IN THE 6535 03:33:05,873 --> 03:33:07,007 WORKING GROUP. I'M NOT GOING TO 6536 03:33:07,007 --> 03:33:08,976 GET THERE TODAY ON THE ON THE 6537 03:33:08,976 --> 03:33:11,445 AMENDMENT, BUT I WILL BE HERE TO 6538 03:33:11,445 --> 03:33:13,313 WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT 6539 03:33:13,313 --> 03:33:16,617 THE INTENT IS ABLE TO MARRY INTO 6540 03:33:16,617 --> 03:33:18,318 THE OVERALL PROGRAM. 6541 03:33:18,318 --> 03:33:18,886 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 6542 03:33:18,886 --> 03:33:19,720 STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 6543 03:33:19,720 --> 03:33:20,821 FOSTER. YOU STILL HAVE THE 6544 03:33:20,821 --> 03:33:22,122 FLOOR. 6545 03:33:22,122 --> 03:33:23,157 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 6546 03:33:23,157 --> 03:33:24,258 PRESIDENT. I THINK THAT ANSWERS 6547 03:33:24,258 --> 03:33:25,459 MY QUESTION. I THINK, YOU KNOW, 6548 03:33:25,459 --> 03:33:27,594 AGAIN, I'LL SPEAK TO THE THIS 6549 03:33:27,594 --> 03:33:29,696 PORTION OF THE BILL, BUT THAT IS 6550 03:33:29,696 --> 03:33:30,597 ONE OF MY MY PRIMARY CONCERNS 6551 03:33:30,597 --> 03:33:31,765 HERE WITH THE PERMIT. THERE'S A 6552 03:33:31,765 --> 03:33:33,233 FEW OF THEM, BUT ONE OF THEM IS 6553 03:33:33,233 --> 03:33:35,836 THIS CONCERN AROUND THE RISK OF 6554 03:33:35,836 --> 03:33:37,571 WHAT HAPPENS AFTER AND ENSURING 6555 03:33:37,571 --> 03:33:38,405 THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT 6556 03:33:38,405 --> 03:33:41,775 FOLKS ON A PATHWAY INTO MORE 6557 03:33:41,775 --> 03:33:42,776 STABILITY AND INTO HOUSING. SO I 6558 03:33:42,776 --> 03:33:44,044 WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS 6559 03:33:44,044 --> 03:33:45,913 AMENDMENT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE 6560 03:33:45,913 --> 03:33:46,947 CLARIFICATION AROUND THE INTENT. 6561 03:33:46,947 --> 03:33:47,481 THANK YOU. 6562 03:33:47,481 --> 03:33:50,150 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 6563 03:33:50,150 --> 03:33:52,886 FOSTER. IF THERE'S NOT ANY MORE 6564 03:33:52,886 --> 03:33:54,822 COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 6565 03:33:54,822 --> 03:33:56,190 CLOSING COMMENTS. 6566 03:33:56,190 --> 03:33:58,192 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 6567 03:33:58,192 --> 03:34:01,695 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I DON'T 6568 03:34:01,695 --> 03:34:02,663 BELIEVE. I'LL SAY A COUPLE 6569 03:34:02,663 --> 03:34:06,733 THINGS. I MEAN, THIS 6570 03:34:06,733 --> 03:34:08,268 LEGISLATION, WHILE I APPRECIATE 6571 03:34:08,268 --> 03:34:10,938 IT, WAS, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT 6572 03:34:10,938 --> 03:34:13,774 THROUGH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, 6573 03:34:13,774 --> 03:34:14,942 IT WAS FAST TRACKED, IF YOU 6574 03:34:14,942 --> 03:34:16,843 WILL. AND NOW WE'RE ENTERTAINING 6575 03:34:16,843 --> 03:34:18,145 THIS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS 6576 03:34:18,145 --> 03:34:24,117 WHERE WE DON'T ALWAYS ENTERTAIN 6577 03:34:24,117 --> 03:34:24,751 LEGISLATION THAT IS NOT RELATED 6578 03:34:24,751 --> 03:34:26,620 TO THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO I SAY 6579 03:34:26,620 --> 03:34:31,158 THAT TO SAY I THINK THERE WOULD 6580 03:34:31,158 --> 03:34:31,792 HAVE BEEN OPPORTUNITY HAD WE HAD 6581 03:34:31,792 --> 03:34:35,028 MORE TIME TO ENSURE THERE WERE 6582 03:34:35,028 --> 03:34:37,864 PIECES IN THIS LEGISLATION THAT 6583 03:34:37,864 --> 03:34:39,366 THAT WOULD HAVE MADE SOME OF US 6584 03:34:39,366 --> 03:34:41,001 A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE. THAT 6585 03:34:41,001 --> 03:34:44,638 SAID, AS I SAID EARLIER, AND TO 6586 03:34:44,638 --> 03:34:45,205 A POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER 6587 03:34:45,205 --> 03:34:47,140 JUAREZ SAID, I DON'T WANT TO 6588 03:34:47,140 --> 03:34:48,275 LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF 6589 03:34:48,275 --> 03:34:51,945 THE GOOD. THAT SAID, IN ORDER 6590 03:34:51,945 --> 03:34:52,579 FOR ME KNOWING WHAT I KNOW ABOUT 6591 03:34:52,579 --> 03:34:54,248 THE WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE 6592 03:34:54,248 --> 03:34:58,585 GROUND, I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT 6593 03:34:58,585 --> 03:35:00,320 TO CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE TALKING 6594 03:35:00,320 --> 03:35:01,521 ABOUT HERE, AND I DON'T THINK 6595 03:35:01,521 --> 03:35:04,691 THIS WAS SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED 6596 03:35:04,691 --> 03:35:07,261 IN THE LEGISLATION IN TERMS OF 6597 03:35:07,261 --> 03:35:08,629 THE LEVEL OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO 6598 03:35:08,629 --> 03:35:12,799 DO. YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT CRIME 6599 03:35:12,799 --> 03:35:16,770 WOULD WOULD RISE TO THE LEVEL OF 6600 03:35:16,770 --> 03:35:18,906 A ONE STRIKE VERSUS A SIX 6601 03:35:18,906 --> 03:35:20,574 STRIKES. AND AND IN TERMS OF 6602 03:35:20,574 --> 03:35:22,309 REMEDY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I WOULD 6603 03:35:22,309 --> 03:35:24,878 SAY THAT THIS LEGISLATION 6604 03:35:24,878 --> 03:35:27,114 ADDRESSES FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN 6605 03:35:27,114 --> 03:35:29,883 CONVICTED OF THESE PARTICULAR 6606 03:35:29,883 --> 03:35:32,519 VERY SERIOUS SET OF CRIMES, NOT 6607 03:35:32,519 --> 03:35:34,688 THE LOWER CRIMES THAT I THINK 6608 03:35:34,688 --> 03:35:36,256 ARE INTENDED BY THE LEGISLATION, 6609 03:35:36,256 --> 03:35:37,858 BUT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY CALLED 6610 03:35:37,858 --> 03:35:41,261 OUT. SO I AM TRYING TO CALL 6611 03:35:41,261 --> 03:35:42,029 SOMETHING OUT HERE BECAUSE, 6612 03:35:42,029 --> 03:35:43,964 AGAIN, WE ARE SEEING THIS RIGHT 6613 03:35:43,964 --> 03:35:45,899 NOW ON THE GROUND AND OUR 6614 03:35:45,899 --> 03:35:49,136 CONSTITUENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 6615 03:35:49,136 --> 03:35:51,505 THIS. SO I WANT TO SUPPORT THE 6616 03:35:51,505 --> 03:35:54,541 LEGISLATION AND ALSO WANT TO 6617 03:35:54,541 --> 03:35:55,075 MAKE SURE THE UNINTENDED 6618 03:35:55,075 --> 03:35:56,810 CONSEQUENCES OF THIS LEGISLATION 6619 03:35:56,810 --> 03:35:59,146 IS THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWING 6620 03:35:59,146 --> 03:36:01,815 FOLKS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THIS 6621 03:36:01,815 --> 03:36:03,617 ACTIVITY TO BE PART OF THIS 6622 03:36:03,617 --> 03:36:04,618 PERMITTING PROGRAM, BECAUSE I 6623 03:36:04,618 --> 03:36:06,386 DON'T THINK THESE ARE THE THE 6624 03:36:06,386 --> 03:36:08,355 FOLKS ENGAGED IN THIS ACTIVITY 6625 03:36:08,355 --> 03:36:09,990 ARE NOT THE FOLKS THAT WERE 6626 03:36:09,990 --> 03:36:11,525 REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HERE. WE 6627 03:36:11,525 --> 03:36:13,560 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS 6628 03:36:13,560 --> 03:36:14,661 THAT ARE UNHOUSED, THAT DON'T 6629 03:36:14,661 --> 03:36:16,763 HAVE SHELTER, THAT ARE LIVING IN 6630 03:36:16,763 --> 03:36:19,232 THEIR RVS OR CARS FOR THAT 6631 03:36:19,232 --> 03:36:22,102 MATTER, HAVE ARE BEING OUTREACH 6632 03:36:22,102 --> 03:36:23,603 TO HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES AND 6633 03:36:23,603 --> 03:36:25,839 HAVE ACCESS TO SHELTER. AND THAT 6634 03:36:25,839 --> 03:36:29,543 IS NOT THIS PARTICULAR SET OF 6635 03:36:29,543 --> 03:36:30,944 INDIVIDUALS. AND I WANT IT TO BE 6636 03:36:30,944 --> 03:36:32,746 CLEAR ON THIS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T 6637 03:36:32,746 --> 03:36:35,082 WANT OUR CONSTITUENTS TO FEEL 6638 03:36:35,082 --> 03:36:37,150 LIKE WE WERE PERMITTING THINGS 6639 03:36:37,150 --> 03:36:39,019 THAT THEY FOUND. AND I THINK WE 6640 03:36:39,019 --> 03:36:41,021 CAN ALL AGREE ALL THESE CRIMES 6641 03:36:41,021 --> 03:36:42,723 ARE VERY TROUBLING, AND WE 6642 03:36:42,723 --> 03:36:45,726 DIDN'T WANT TO INADVERTENTLY BE 6643 03:36:45,726 --> 03:36:50,364 PERMITTING OR ALLOWING FOLKS WHO 6644 03:36:50,364 --> 03:36:52,065 ALREADY HAVE PERMITS TO KEEP 6645 03:36:52,065 --> 03:36:53,967 THEIR PERMIT IF THEY'RE 6646 03:36:53,967 --> 03:36:55,335 ENGAGED, IF THEY'RE CONVICTED 6647 03:36:55,335 --> 03:36:57,904 OF THESE, OF THESE CRIMES. SO I, 6648 03:36:57,904 --> 03:36:59,406 I, WELL, I APPRECIATE WHAT 6649 03:36:59,406 --> 03:37:01,208 YOU'RE SAYING. AND I AM GOING 6650 03:37:01,208 --> 03:37:02,809 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS 6651 03:37:02,809 --> 03:37:04,277 AMENDMENT IF THE AMENDMENT 6652 03:37:04,277 --> 03:37:07,914 SHOULD FAIL, WE CAN TALK ABOUT 6653 03:37:07,914 --> 03:37:09,182 IT AT THE WORKGROUP. BUT I ALSO 6654 03:37:09,182 --> 03:37:11,084 FEEL LIKE THAT SEEMS A LITTLE 6655 03:37:11,084 --> 03:37:13,987 LIGHT ON THE DETAILS FOR NOW, 6656 03:37:13,987 --> 03:37:15,856 FOR PASSING THIS TYPE OF 6657 03:37:15,856 --> 03:37:16,323 LEGISLATION THAT OUR 6658 03:37:16,323 --> 03:37:19,659 CONSTITUENTS ARE RELYING ON US 6659 03:37:19,659 --> 03:37:22,763 TO CREATE AN RV PROGRAM THAT IS 6660 03:37:22,763 --> 03:37:24,431 REALLY GOING TO ADDRESS WHAT 6661 03:37:24,431 --> 03:37:25,399 WE'RE SEEING ON THE GROUND. AND 6662 03:37:25,399 --> 03:37:27,768 I DON'T THINK THAT IT 6663 03:37:27,768 --> 03:37:28,468 NECESSARILY DOES. AND THAT'S WHY 6664 03:37:28,468 --> 03:37:33,006 I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS 6665 03:37:33,006 --> 03:37:33,640 PARTICULAR AMENDMENT. THANK YOU, 6666 03:37:33,640 --> 03:37:34,074 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 6667 03:37:34,074 --> 03:37:34,641 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 6668 03:37:34,641 --> 03:37:37,577 RIVERA I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER 6669 03:37:37,577 --> 03:37:38,045 STRAUSS HAS COMMENT. 6670 03:37:38,045 --> 03:37:39,246 -- I'LL BE SHORT AND THEN. 6671 03:37:39,246 --> 03:37:39,880 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WANTS LAST 6672 03:37:39,880 --> 03:37:41,481 WORD. HAPPY TO. I JUST WANT TO 6673 03:37:41,481 --> 03:37:42,849 TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE 6674 03:37:42,849 --> 03:37:44,718 CHECK AND ADJUST PERIOD. AND SO 6675 03:37:44,718 --> 03:37:47,721 THAT WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT 6676 03:37:47,721 --> 03:37:48,155 GREATER CLARITY AND 6677 03:37:48,155 --> 03:37:49,189 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I'M HAPPY 6678 03:37:49,189 --> 03:37:50,824 TO WORK WITH YOU THROUGH THAT 6679 03:37:50,824 --> 03:37:54,094 PERIOD. IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THE 6680 03:37:54,094 --> 03:37:55,862 EFFECTIVE DATE IS APRIL 30th, 6681 03:37:55,862 --> 03:37:57,564 MEANING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A 6682 03:37:57,564 --> 03:37:58,899 REPORT OR AN IDEA OF WHAT NEEDS 6683 03:37:58,899 --> 03:38:02,669 TO BE CHANGED, FIXED, UPDATED, 6684 03:38:02,669 --> 03:38:04,237 WHAT CONCERNS NEED TO BE BETTER 6685 03:38:04,237 --> 03:38:06,840 ADDRESSED, WHAT THINGS NEED TO 6686 03:38:06,840 --> 03:38:08,675 FRANKLY BE CHANGED, AMENDED, 6687 03:38:08,675 --> 03:38:11,778 MADE BETTER, AND THAT WORK 6688 03:38:11,778 --> 03:38:13,980 NEEDS. WE NEED TO HAVE FULL 6689 03:38:13,980 --> 03:38:15,649 AWARENESS THAT COUNCIL, PROBABLY 6690 03:38:15,649 --> 03:38:17,184 BY THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, SO 6691 03:38:17,184 --> 03:38:21,721 THAT WE CAN PASS LEGISLATION TO 6692 03:38:21,721 --> 03:38:22,923 MAKE THOSE CHANGES BY THE END OF 6693 03:38:22,923 --> 03:38:25,659 MARCH, SO THAT IT IS EFFECTIVE 6694 03:38:25,659 --> 03:38:26,626 BEFORE THE APRIL 30th EFFECTIVE 6695 03:38:26,626 --> 03:38:28,395 DATE. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M 6696 03:38:28,395 --> 03:38:30,163 THAT'S THAT'S THE STRUCTURE IN 6697 03:38:30,163 --> 03:38:31,231 WHICH WE WILL WORK. IT IS 6698 03:38:31,231 --> 03:38:32,399 MIRRORED OFF OF A STRUCTURE OF 6699 03:38:32,399 --> 03:38:33,033 THE HIGH ACUITY WORK GROUP THAT 6700 03:38:33,033 --> 03:38:34,768 WE HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT 6701 03:38:34,768 --> 03:38:37,404 PROVED ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE 6702 03:38:37,404 --> 03:38:39,239 BEST COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE 6703 03:38:39,239 --> 03:38:40,907 MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL ALL YEAR. 6704 03:38:40,907 --> 03:38:42,342 AND SO WE'VE SEEN THIS TYPE OF 6705 03:38:42,342 --> 03:38:45,579 THING WORK BEFORE THERE. IT IS 6706 03:38:45,579 --> 03:38:46,613 STRUCTURED IN A WAY SO THAT YOU 6707 03:38:46,613 --> 03:38:48,248 CAN GET YOUR YOUR CONCERNS 6708 03:38:48,248 --> 03:38:49,716 ADDRESSED. WE CAN HEAR THEM. AND 6709 03:38:49,716 --> 03:38:51,985 THEN THERE'S ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE 6710 03:38:51,985 --> 03:38:53,520 THOSE CHANGES IN LAW BEFORE THE 6711 03:38:53,520 --> 03:38:55,522 BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE. AND SO 6712 03:38:55,522 --> 03:38:56,223 THAT'S WHERE I SAY, I JUST WANT 6713 03:38:56,223 --> 03:38:59,292 TO MAKE SURE I YOUR INTENT OF 6714 03:38:59,292 --> 03:39:01,394 MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE 6715 03:39:01,394 --> 03:39:01,928 SOLICITING PROSTITUTION, 6716 03:39:01,928 --> 03:39:05,031 SEXUALLY EXPLOITING KIDS, SEX 6717 03:39:05,031 --> 03:39:06,032 TRAFFICKING, DISTRIBUTING DRUGS, 6718 03:39:06,032 --> 03:39:08,535 I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE IT 6719 03:39:08,535 --> 03:39:09,169 SUFFICIENTLY COVERED. IT SOUNDS 6720 03:39:09,169 --> 03:39:11,104 LIKE YOU WANT SOME MORE 6721 03:39:11,104 --> 03:39:12,639 ROBUSTNESS THERE, AND I'M HAPPY 6722 03:39:12,639 --> 03:39:15,242 TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT SO THAT 6723 03:39:15,242 --> 03:39:18,011 WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES BEFORE 6724 03:39:18,011 --> 03:39:19,713 IT'S IMPLEMENTED. THANK YOU. 6725 03:39:19,713 --> 03:39:22,048 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 6726 03:39:22,048 --> 03:39:26,887 STRAUSS. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, 6727 03:39:26,887 --> 03:39:27,454 SO WE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 6728 03:39:27,454 --> 03:39:29,022 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 6729 03:39:29,022 --> 03:39:30,790 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I JUST I 6730 03:39:30,790 --> 03:39:32,058 FEEL VERY STRONGLY WE NEED TO 6731 03:39:32,058 --> 03:39:33,360 PUT DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND HERE 6732 03:39:33,360 --> 03:39:37,964 WITH THIS PARTICULAR ACTIVITY 6733 03:39:37,964 --> 03:39:38,532 THAT WE'VE SEEN. WHILE I 6734 03:39:38,532 --> 03:39:39,199 APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, 6735 03:39:39,199 --> 03:39:40,734 I DON'T THINK IT'S SUFFICIENTLY 6736 03:39:40,734 --> 03:39:42,836 COVERED OR IT'S COVERED AT ALL 6737 03:39:42,836 --> 03:39:44,638 IN THE LEGISLATION. AND THAT'S 6738 03:39:44,638 --> 03:39:47,274 WHY I FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT 6739 03:39:47,274 --> 03:39:49,242 THIS ON BEHALF OF MY 6740 03:39:49,242 --> 03:39:50,443 CONSTITUENTS. OF COURSE, I 6741 03:39:50,443 --> 03:39:52,512 ALWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK 6742 03:39:52,512 --> 03:39:53,813 WITH YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE TO 6743 03:39:53,813 --> 03:39:55,982 CONTINUE, AND WE WILL BE BACK, 6744 03:39:55,982 --> 03:39:58,752 I'M SURE, AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS 6745 03:39:58,752 --> 03:40:00,353 LEGISLATION DOES. THERE'S A LOT 6746 03:40:00,353 --> 03:40:02,656 THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT WITH 6747 03:40:02,656 --> 03:40:03,323 THIS LEGISLATION. THERE IS A LOT 6748 03:40:03,323 --> 03:40:06,226 THAT IT IS SILENT ON, BUT ON 6749 03:40:06,226 --> 03:40:07,761 THIS PARTICULAR POINT, I FEEL 6750 03:40:07,761 --> 03:40:10,430 LIKE THIS IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO 6751 03:40:10,430 --> 03:40:13,033 DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND. NOW TO 6752 03:40:13,033 --> 03:40:16,536 BE WORKED ON. AND IF WE NEED TO 6753 03:40:16,536 --> 03:40:17,704 MAKE CHANGES, THEN WE CAN, TO 6754 03:40:17,704 --> 03:40:18,972 YOUR POINT, LATER. THANK YOU. 6755 03:40:18,972 --> 03:40:20,507 CHAIR. AWESOME. 6756 03:40:20,507 --> 03:40:20,974 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 6757 03:40:20,974 --> 03:40:22,609 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 6758 03:40:22,609 --> 03:40:23,577 RIVERA, AND I KNOW YOUR INTENT 6759 03:40:23,577 --> 03:40:25,645 BEHIND THIS. I CAN'T SUPPORT IT 6760 03:40:25,645 --> 03:40:28,615 TODAY, BUT I DO KNOW YOUR INTENT 6761 03:40:28,615 --> 03:40:31,985 BEHIND THIS AMENDMENT. SO 6762 03:40:31,985 --> 03:40:32,986 COLLEAGUES, COLLEAGUES, WILL THE 6763 03:40:32,986 --> 03:40:36,656 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 6764 03:40:36,656 --> 03:40:38,291 THE ADOPTION OF THE REVISED 6765 03:40:38,291 --> 03:40:40,727 AMENDMENT C WHAT IS ON THE 6766 03:40:40,727 --> 03:40:45,832 SCREEN RIGHT NOW? 6767 03:40:45,832 --> 03:40:46,399 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 6768 03:40:46,399 --> 03:40:47,968 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 6769 03:40:47,968 --> 03:40:53,540 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 6770 03:40:53,540 --> 03:40:53,773 -- NO. 6771 03:40:53,773 --> 03:40:56,977 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 6772 03:40:56,977 --> 03:40:57,210 -- NO. 6773 03:40:57,210 --> 03:41:00,280 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 6774 03:41:00,280 --> 03:41:00,513 -- NO. 6775 03:41:00,513 --> 03:41:03,450 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 6776 03:41:03,450 --> 03:41:03,683 -- AYE. 6777 03:41:03,683 --> 03:41:06,519 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 6778 03:41:06,519 --> 03:41:06,753 -- NO. 6779 03:41:06,753 --> 03:41:09,422 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 6780 03:41:09,422 --> 03:41:12,659 -- ABSTAIN. NO ABSTENTIONS. 6781 03:41:12,659 --> 03:41:13,126 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 6782 03:41:13,126 --> 03:41:14,761 HOLLINGSWORTH 6783 03:41:14,761 --> 03:41:17,597 -- DO WE HAVE TO GO BACK? 6784 03:41:17,597 --> 03:41:20,634 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 6785 03:41:20,634 --> 03:41:20,867 -- NO. 6786 03:41:20,867 --> 03:41:25,338 -- COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. 6787 03:41:25,338 --> 03:41:25,572 -- NO. 6788 03:41:25,572 --> 03:41:28,241 -- THREE IN FAVOR SIX OPPOSED. 6789 03:41:28,241 --> 03:41:32,646 -- MOTION FAILS. AMENDMENT C IS 6790 03:41:32,646 --> 03:41:34,648 NOT ADOPTED. SO WILL THE CLERK 6791 03:41:34,648 --> 03:41:37,684 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON. PARDON 6792 03:41:37,684 --> 03:41:40,053 ME. OH, EXCUSE ME. BEFORE WE 6793 03:41:40,053 --> 03:41:42,022 BEFORE WE CALL, CALL THE ROLL ON 6794 03:41:42,022 --> 03:41:44,524 THE BILL. ARE THERE ANY FINAL 6795 03:41:44,524 --> 03:41:47,127 COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. 6796 03:41:47,127 --> 03:41:51,765 COUNCIL BILL 121283. COUNCIL 6797 03:41:51,765 --> 03:41:53,099 PRESIDENT COUNCIL. SORRY I 6798 03:41:53,099 --> 03:41:54,100 COULDN'T GET TO MY SCREEN 6799 03:41:54,100 --> 03:41:55,502 FASTER, FAST ENOUGH. 6800 03:41:55,502 --> 03:41:57,203 -- CAN I JUST TAKE LAST? 6801 03:41:57,203 --> 03:41:59,306 -- YES, I GOT IT. I HAVE 6802 03:41:59,306 --> 03:41:59,939 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COUNCILMEMBER 6803 03:41:59,939 --> 03:42:03,343 FOSTER COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 6804 03:42:03,343 --> 03:42:03,777 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 6805 03:42:03,777 --> 03:42:06,546 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 6806 03:42:06,546 --> 03:42:08,515 AND COLLEAGUES, AND THANK YOU TO 6807 03:42:08,515 --> 03:42:10,383 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR THE 6808 03:42:10,383 --> 03:42:13,753 ENTIRE PACKAGE. YOU KNOW, AS I 6809 03:42:13,753 --> 03:42:16,156 THINK YOU MENTIONED CLEARLY 6810 03:42:16,156 --> 03:42:18,158 THERE, WE NEED TO DO BETTER IN 6811 03:42:18,158 --> 03:42:20,126 TERMS OF FOLKS LIVING IN 6812 03:42:20,126 --> 03:42:24,798 VEHICLES, LIVING IN RVS. AND IT 6813 03:42:24,798 --> 03:42:27,467 TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE AND 6814 03:42:27,467 --> 03:42:29,903 CONVICTION TO BRING FORWARD A 6815 03:42:29,903 --> 03:42:30,603 PACKAGE BECAUSE THIS IS HARD 6816 03:42:30,603 --> 03:42:31,805 WORK. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE 6817 03:42:31,805 --> 03:42:33,973 REASON THAT WE HAVE NOT THE 6818 03:42:33,973 --> 03:42:36,176 REASON WE'RE IN THE PLACE WE ARE 6819 03:42:36,176 --> 03:42:37,744 IN, IS BECAUSE THIS IS HARD 6820 03:42:37,744 --> 03:42:41,014 WORK. AND SO KUDOS FOR YOU TO, 6821 03:42:41,014 --> 03:42:42,782 FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 6822 03:42:42,782 --> 03:42:47,754 I VOTED YES AT COMMITTEE. I AM 6823 03:42:47,754 --> 03:42:49,756 VOTING NO TODAY AND NOT BECAUSE 6824 03:42:49,756 --> 03:42:52,459 I, I DON'T SEE A NEED FOR THIS. 6825 03:42:52,459 --> 03:42:55,762 I DO BELIEVE THERE'S A NEED FOR 6826 03:42:55,762 --> 03:42:58,732 REASONABLE REGULATIONS AROUND 6827 03:42:58,732 --> 03:43:01,067 RVS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS 6828 03:43:01,067 --> 03:43:03,603 IS IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THIS 6829 03:43:03,603 --> 03:43:06,439 WORK STARTED. I REALLY 6830 03:43:06,439 --> 03:43:08,108 APPRECIATE YOUR WORKING WITH ME 6831 03:43:08,108 --> 03:43:09,342 AND OTHERS ON THE CHECK AND 6832 03:43:09,342 --> 03:43:13,780 ADJUST PERIOD. AS YOU JUST 6833 03:43:13,780 --> 03:43:14,380 MENTIONED, WITH COUNCILMEMBER 6834 03:43:14,380 --> 03:43:15,682 RIVERA THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 6835 03:43:15,682 --> 03:43:16,750 A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PIECES 6836 03:43:16,750 --> 03:43:17,851 THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO NEED 6837 03:43:17,851 --> 03:43:19,619 TO BE WORKED THROUGH WITH THE 6838 03:43:19,619 --> 03:43:22,055 CHECK AND ADJUST COUNCILMEMBER 6839 03:43:22,055 --> 03:43:24,157 RIVERA ON YOUR AMENDMENT. I 6840 03:43:24,157 --> 03:43:25,525 TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR INTENT. 6841 03:43:25,525 --> 03:43:27,927 AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HEAR FROM 6842 03:43:27,927 --> 03:43:29,729 FOLKS ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT RVS, 6843 03:43:29,729 --> 03:43:30,964 CERTAINLY THE ISSUES THAT YOU 6844 03:43:30,964 --> 03:43:33,533 RAISED IN YOUR AMENDMENT ARE TOP 6845 03:43:33,533 --> 03:43:37,103 OF MIND. AND SO I THINK I AM 6846 03:43:37,103 --> 03:43:37,704 HOPEFUL THAT IF THIS PASSES, 6847 03:43:37,704 --> 03:43:39,406 THAT THAT ISSUE CAN BE ADDRESSED 6848 03:43:39,406 --> 03:43:42,976 THROUGH THAT THAT CHECK IN CHECK 6849 03:43:42,976 --> 03:43:46,246 AND ADJUST PERIOD. BUT THE MY 6850 03:43:46,246 --> 03:43:49,949 BIGGEST CONCERN AND THIS WAS IN 6851 03:43:49,949 --> 03:43:53,052 COMMITTEE, THE ONE TIME NATURE 6852 03:43:53,052 --> 03:43:54,654 OF THE CENSUS AND THE ISSUE 6853 03:43:54,654 --> 03:43:57,223 THERE FOR ME IS IT IS, YOU KNOW, 6854 03:43:57,223 --> 03:43:58,725 AS HARD AS WE'RE GOING TO WORK 6855 03:43:58,725 --> 03:44:01,427 TO GET RV SAFE, LOTS AND 6856 03:44:01,427 --> 03:44:02,996 ADDITIONAL SHELTER ONLINE, AND 6857 03:44:02,996 --> 03:44:05,432 HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO BETTER IN 6858 03:44:05,432 --> 03:44:06,366 QUICKER. IT'S JUST GOING TO 6859 03:44:06,366 --> 03:44:07,901 TAKE SOME TIME REALISTICALLY TO, 6860 03:44:07,901 --> 03:44:10,937 TO GET ENOUGH ONLINE. AND, YOU 6861 03:44:10,937 --> 03:44:12,639 KNOW, I THINK IN TERMS OF AS I 6862 03:44:12,639 --> 03:44:13,540 THINK OF THE BIG PICTURE IN 6863 03:44:13,540 --> 03:44:17,043 TERMS OF OUR HOMELESS, OUR FOLKS 6864 03:44:17,043 --> 03:44:17,911 WHO ARE LIVING UNHOUSED, YOU 6865 03:44:17,911 --> 03:44:19,813 KNOW, IT'S NOT A STATIC, JUST 6866 03:44:19,813 --> 03:44:23,082 GROUP. WE DO GET PEOPLE INTO 6867 03:44:23,082 --> 03:44:24,117 SHELTER AND INTO HOUSING. AND AT 6868 03:44:24,117 --> 03:44:27,053 THE SAME TIME, PEOPLE FOR MANY 6869 03:44:27,053 --> 03:44:28,321 DIFFERENT REASONS, WHETHER, YOU 6870 03:44:28,321 --> 03:44:30,323 KNOW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 6871 03:44:30,323 --> 03:44:32,425 DISABILITY, WHAT HAVE YOU FALL 6872 03:44:32,425 --> 03:44:35,094 INTO, HOMELESSNESS AND, YOU 6873 03:44:35,094 --> 03:44:36,496 KNOW, AND SO I THINK THAT ONE 6874 03:44:36,496 --> 03:44:38,064 TIME NATURE IS A DIFFICULT ONE 6875 03:44:38,064 --> 03:44:41,701 FOR ME. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'M 6876 03:44:41,701 --> 03:44:42,402 NOT SURE, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T 6877 03:44:42,402 --> 03:44:43,670 HAVE TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM 6878 03:44:43,670 --> 03:44:47,040 FOREVER, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE 6879 03:44:47,040 --> 03:44:47,640 GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO CATCH 6880 03:44:47,640 --> 03:44:48,975 EVERYONE WITH THE ONE TIME PART 6881 03:44:48,975 --> 03:44:52,011 OF IT. AND SO FOR THAT REASON, 6882 03:44:52,011 --> 03:44:54,647 I'LL BE VOTING NO. BUT IF THIS 6883 03:44:54,647 --> 03:44:58,218 PASSES, I LOOK FORWARD TO TO 6884 03:44:58,218 --> 03:45:00,153 CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU AND 6885 03:45:00,153 --> 03:45:02,822 COLLEAGUES AND THE MAYOR'S 6886 03:45:02,822 --> 03:45:03,823 OFFICE TO MAKE MAKE THIS AS 6887 03:45:03,823 --> 03:45:05,658 COMPASSIONATE AND SUCCESSFUL AS 6888 03:45:05,658 --> 03:45:06,125 POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. 6889 03:45:06,125 --> 03:45:08,528 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 6890 03:45:08,528 --> 03:45:09,762 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, FOLLOWED 6891 03:45:09,762 --> 03:45:10,997 BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 6892 03:45:10,997 --> 03:45:12,565 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL 6893 03:45:12,565 --> 03:45:14,467 PRESIDENT. I FORGOT TO SAY 6894 03:45:14,467 --> 03:45:15,468 SOMETHING EARLIER ABOUT ONE OF 6895 03:45:15,468 --> 03:45:16,636 THE OTHER PROVISIONS. I WANT TO 6896 03:45:16,636 --> 03:45:18,071 SAY THAT NOW CAN SPEAK TO THIS, 6897 03:45:18,071 --> 03:45:20,039 AND I WILL SAY THIS FOR 6898 03:45:20,039 --> 03:45:21,207 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ONE THING 6899 03:45:21,207 --> 03:45:22,575 I REALLY APPRECIATED THIS YEAR 6900 03:45:22,575 --> 03:45:23,209 WAS AS YOU WERE WORKING ON THIS, 6901 03:45:23,209 --> 03:45:26,479 YOU, I THINK, ENCOURAGED COUNCIL 6902 03:45:26,479 --> 03:45:27,580 OFFICES TO CONNECT WITH THE 6903 03:45:27,580 --> 03:45:29,816 VEHICLE RESIDENT OUTREACH 6904 03:45:29,816 --> 03:45:30,984 PROGRAM. AND I THINK I MYSELF 6905 03:45:30,984 --> 03:45:32,418 HAD ACTUALLY ALREADY GONE ON A 6906 03:45:32,418 --> 03:45:34,153 RIDE ALONG WITH THEM. AND I JUST 6907 03:45:34,153 --> 03:45:35,388 WANTED. I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE 6908 03:45:35,388 --> 03:45:38,057 LEFT NOW, BUT I WANTED TO THANK 6909 03:45:38,057 --> 03:45:39,325 THE THAT TEAM FOR THEIR WORK AND 6910 03:45:39,325 --> 03:45:41,661 FOR HAVING ME ON THE RIDE ALONG. 6911 03:45:41,661 --> 03:45:42,095 AND I THINK THROUGH 6912 03:45:42,095 --> 03:45:43,429 PARTICIPATING IN THAT AND SEEING 6913 03:45:43,429 --> 03:45:45,231 THE DAY TO DAY WORK THAT THAT 6914 03:45:45,231 --> 03:45:48,935 TEAM IS DOING, AND ALSO JUST TO 6915 03:45:48,935 --> 03:45:51,838 SEE HOW HOW FEW PEOPLE WE HAVE 6916 03:45:51,838 --> 03:45:53,172 WORKING TO CONNECT WITH OUR 6917 03:45:53,172 --> 03:45:55,775 FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING IN RVS, I 6918 03:45:55,775 --> 03:45:56,976 THINK WAS A REALLY INFORMATIVE 6919 03:45:56,976 --> 03:45:58,111 EXPERIENCE. AND SO I JUST WANTED 6920 03:45:58,111 --> 03:46:00,547 TO APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT. 6921 03:46:00,547 --> 03:46:01,848 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AS WELL AS 6922 03:46:01,848 --> 03:46:02,515 APPRECIATING THE, THE TEAM THAT 6923 03:46:02,515 --> 03:46:04,484 I KNOW HAS JUST LEFT. BUT I 6924 03:46:04,484 --> 03:46:07,086 THINK THAT WORK IS, IS REALLY 6925 03:46:07,086 --> 03:46:07,987 IMPORTANT. SO JUST WANTED TO 6926 03:46:07,987 --> 03:46:09,255 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. AND THEN 6927 03:46:09,255 --> 03:46:12,091 SPEAKING TO THE, THIS PORTION OF 6928 03:46:12,091 --> 03:46:14,093 THE PACKAGE, I WILL BE VOTING NO 6929 03:46:14,093 --> 03:46:15,395 ON THIS TODAY. AND I WANT TO 6930 03:46:15,395 --> 03:46:18,598 THANK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 6931 03:46:18,598 --> 03:46:20,533 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR SUPPORTING 6932 03:46:20,533 --> 03:46:21,935 MY AMENDMENT WHEN IT WAS IN 6933 03:46:21,935 --> 03:46:24,103 COMMITTEE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE 6934 03:46:24,103 --> 03:46:24,570 COURTESY SPONSORSHIP. 6935 03:46:24,570 --> 03:46:25,204 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I KNOW YOU 6936 03:46:25,204 --> 03:46:26,272 VOTED AGAINST THE AMENDMENT, BUT 6937 03:46:26,272 --> 03:46:27,907 I APPRECIATE THE COURTESY 6938 03:46:27,907 --> 03:46:29,509 SPONSOR. YOU KNOW, SO FOR ME, 6939 03:46:29,509 --> 03:46:33,146 THIS IS ABOUT THE. I'LL FOCUS 6940 03:46:33,146 --> 03:46:35,114 HERE ON THE CENSUS AND THE 6941 03:46:35,114 --> 03:46:35,748 PERMIT. SO AS CURRENTLY 6942 03:46:35,748 --> 03:46:37,550 CONSTRUCTED, THERE'S A ONE TIME 6943 03:46:37,550 --> 03:46:39,218 CENSUS. AND THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS 6944 03:46:39,218 --> 03:46:41,054 WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO ACCESS THE 6945 03:46:41,054 --> 03:46:42,655 PERMIT ARE THE INDIVIDUALS OR 6946 03:46:42,655 --> 03:46:43,690 THE VEHICLES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED 6947 03:46:43,690 --> 03:46:45,158 AT THE POINT OF THAT ONE TIME 6948 03:46:45,158 --> 03:46:46,926 CENSUS. SO THE AMENDMENT THAT I 6949 03:46:46,926 --> 03:46:49,195 BROUGHT FORWARD THAT 6950 03:46:49,195 --> 03:46:50,129 UNFORTUNATELY FAILED WOULD HAVE 6951 03:46:50,129 --> 03:46:53,166 AMENDED IT TO SAY WITH POSSIBLE 6952 03:46:53,166 --> 03:46:54,400 FUTURE CENSUSES AS NEEDED. AND 6953 03:46:54,400 --> 03:46:56,336 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT OPENED 6954 03:46:56,336 --> 03:46:58,438 THE DOOR FOR IF SOMEBODY WERE TO 6955 03:46:58,438 --> 03:46:59,872 BECOME HOMELESS, IF SOMEBODY 6956 03:46:59,872 --> 03:47:02,241 WERE TO BECOME AN RV RESIDENT, 6957 03:47:02,241 --> 03:47:03,843 FOR THEM TO GET COUNTED AND TO 6958 03:47:03,843 --> 03:47:06,312 GET ACCESS INTO THE PERMIT 6959 03:47:06,312 --> 03:47:09,048 PROGRAM WITH THAT DOOR NOT 6960 03:47:09,048 --> 03:47:09,816 AVAILABLE, UNFORTUNATELY, I JUST 6961 03:47:09,816 --> 03:47:12,885 HAVE TOO MANY CONCERNS AROUND 6962 03:47:12,885 --> 03:47:14,120 PEOPLE WHO MAY BECOME HOMELESS 6963 03:47:14,120 --> 03:47:15,221 IN THE FUTURE, WHO COULD BE LEFT 6964 03:47:15,221 --> 03:47:18,458 OUT OF THIS PERMIT PROGRAM? 6965 03:47:18,458 --> 03:47:19,459 HOMELESSNESS, I KNOW, AND I 6966 03:47:19,459 --> 03:47:21,094 THINK MANY OF US KNOW THIS 6967 03:47:21,094 --> 03:47:24,397 ISN'T A STATIC EXPERIENCE. WE 6968 03:47:24,397 --> 03:47:26,265 HAVE SUCCESS IN GETTING PEOPLE 6969 03:47:26,265 --> 03:47:27,800 HOUSED EVERY YEAR, WHETHER THAT 6970 03:47:27,800 --> 03:47:31,070 IS IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE 6971 03:47:31,070 --> 03:47:31,704 HOUSING, IN AN APARTMENT WITH A 6972 03:47:31,704 --> 03:47:34,040 VOUCHER OR IN A SHORT TERM 6973 03:47:34,040 --> 03:47:35,742 SOLUTION LIKE SHELTER. BUT WE 6974 03:47:35,742 --> 03:47:37,276 STRUGGLE TO ACTUALLY MEET OUR 6975 03:47:37,276 --> 03:47:37,877 GOALS ON SOLVING HOMELESSNESS 6976 03:47:37,877 --> 03:47:39,145 BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE MORE 6977 03:47:39,145 --> 03:47:40,880 NEIGHBORS WHO BECOME HOMELESS 6978 03:47:40,880 --> 03:47:42,348 EVERY YEAR FOR A MYRIAD OF 6979 03:47:42,348 --> 03:47:44,017 REASONS. ALL OF THOSE FOLKS WHO 6980 03:47:44,017 --> 03:47:45,251 BECOME HOMELESS WILL NOT END UP 6981 03:47:45,251 --> 03:47:47,186 LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES, BUT 6982 03:47:47,186 --> 03:47:49,989 SOME OF THEM MAY, AND SOME OF 6983 03:47:49,989 --> 03:47:51,858 THEM MAY NEED ACCESS TO 6984 03:47:51,858 --> 03:47:52,959 DIFFERENT SUPPORTS. SO FOR ME, I 6985 03:47:52,959 --> 03:47:54,527 CANNOT SUPPORT THIS. THIS 6986 03:47:54,527 --> 03:47:56,095 PORTION OF THE BILL, I 6987 03:47:56,095 --> 03:47:58,431 UNDERSTAND THE INTENT IS TO 6988 03:47:58,431 --> 03:48:00,066 ALLOW FOR THOSE VRO STAFF TO BE 6989 03:48:00,066 --> 03:48:01,367 ABLE TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO ARE 6990 03:48:01,367 --> 03:48:03,136 IN THE PROGRAM AND TO CONNECT 6991 03:48:03,136 --> 03:48:05,071 WITH THEM MORE EASILY, BUT 6992 03:48:05,071 --> 03:48:06,005 WITHOUT THIS COMPONENT, I JUST 6993 03:48:06,005 --> 03:48:08,508 CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. 6994 03:48:08,508 --> 03:48:09,075 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 6995 03:48:09,075 --> 03:48:10,410 FOSTER ARE THERE ANY OTHER 6996 03:48:10,410 --> 03:48:12,011 COMMENTS REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 6997 03:48:12,011 --> 03:48:15,081 SEVEN? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 6998 03:48:15,081 --> 03:48:15,715 -- JUST TO CLOSE. 6999 03:48:15,715 --> 03:48:16,949 -- US OUT TO BRING US BACK TO 7000 03:48:16,949 --> 03:48:18,484 WHERE WE STARTED ON THIS BILL. 7001 03:48:18,484 --> 03:48:20,720 THIS BILL HAS TWO DISTINCT 7002 03:48:20,720 --> 03:48:23,189 PROVISIONS. IT DOES HAVE THE 7003 03:48:23,189 --> 03:48:25,258 STRONGER REGULATIONS, ONLY 7004 03:48:25,258 --> 03:48:26,359 ALLOWING RVS AND TRAVEL TRAILERS 7005 03:48:26,359 --> 03:48:27,293 TO BE ON THE STREETS FOR TWO 7006 03:48:27,293 --> 03:48:30,363 HOURS AT A TIME. AND IT CREATES 7007 03:48:30,363 --> 03:48:34,200 THE PERMITTING PROGRAM FOR IF WE 7008 03:48:34,200 --> 03:48:34,834 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SAFE LOTS, 7009 03:48:34,834 --> 03:48:35,501 SHELTER, STORAGE OR OTHER PLACES 7010 03:48:35,501 --> 03:48:37,937 FOR PEOPLE TO COME INSIDE TO, 7011 03:48:37,937 --> 03:48:38,905 THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO STAY 7012 03:48:38,905 --> 03:48:40,506 IN PLACE AND THAT WE'RE NOT 7013 03:48:40,506 --> 03:48:42,975 PUTTING THEM OUT. SO THAT'S THE 7014 03:48:42,975 --> 03:48:45,378 MORE REGULATIONS AND ALSO A 7015 03:48:45,378 --> 03:48:48,748 PATHWAY TO STAY IN PLACE BEFORE 7016 03:48:48,748 --> 03:48:49,215 WE GET FOLKS INSIDE. 7017 03:48:49,215 --> 03:48:51,484 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 7018 03:48:51,484 --> 03:48:52,118 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WILL THE 7019 03:48:52,118 --> 03:48:53,986 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 7020 03:48:53,986 --> 03:48:57,256 THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL, AS 7021 03:48:57,256 --> 03:48:59,025 AMENDED? 7022 03:48:59,025 --> 03:48:59,559 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 7023 03:48:59,559 --> 03:49:03,229 -- AYE. 7024 03:49:03,229 --> 03:49:03,729 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 7025 03:49:03,729 --> 03:49:07,800 -- AYE. 7026 03:49:07,800 --> 03:49:08,367 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I 7027 03:49:08,367 --> 03:49:09,802 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 7028 03:49:09,802 --> 03:49:10,036 -- NO. 7029 03:49:10,036 --> 03:49:16,409 -- COUNCIL MEMBER. JUAREZ. 7030 03:49:16,409 --> 03:49:16,642 -- AYE 7031 03:49:16,642 --> 03:49:17,176 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 7032 03:49:17,176 --> 03:49:19,846 -- AYE. 7033 03:49:19,846 --> 03:49:20,313 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 7034 03:49:20,313 --> 03:49:21,214 -- NO. 7035 03:49:21,214 --> 03:49:21,747 -- COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 7036 03:49:21,747 --> 03:49:24,684 -- NO 7037 03:49:24,684 --> 03:49:25,151 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7038 03:49:25,151 --> 03:49:25,518 HOLLINGSWORTH. 7039 03:49:25,518 --> 03:49:28,654 -- YES 7040 03:49:28,654 --> 03:49:29,755 -- SIX IN FAVOR THREE OPPOSED. 7041 03:49:29,755 --> 03:49:30,823 -- BILL PASSES AS AMENDED AND 7042 03:49:30,823 --> 03:49:31,524 THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE 7043 03:49:31,524 --> 03:49:33,926 CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE 7044 03:49:33,926 --> 03:49:35,128 TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 7045 03:49:35,128 --> 03:49:36,462 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 7046 03:49:36,462 --> 03:49:37,797 NUMBER EIGHT INTO THE RECORD? 7047 03:49:37,797 --> 03:49:40,766 -- AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, RESOLUTION 7048 03:49:40,766 --> 03:49:42,335 32216 RELATING TO PERSONS LIVING 7049 03:49:42,335 --> 03:49:43,903 IN VEHICLES AND ESTABLISHING THE 7050 03:49:43,903 --> 03:49:45,972 VEHICLE. RESIDENT ASSISTANCE 7051 03:49:45,972 --> 03:49:47,240 PROGRAM. ACCOMPANYING 7052 03:49:47,240 --> 03:49:47,773 LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE A 7053 03:49:47,773 --> 03:49:48,407 STRUCTURED PATHWAY TO SHELTER. 7054 03:49:48,407 --> 03:49:49,876 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE 7055 03:49:49,876 --> 03:49:51,744 RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED AS 7056 03:49:51,744 --> 03:49:52,011 AMENDED. 7057 03:49:52,011 --> 03:49:52,912 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE CHAIR OF 7058 03:49:52,912 --> 03:49:53,546 THE COMMITTEE RECOGNIZE IN ORDER 7059 03:49:53,546 --> 03:49:56,682 TO PRESENT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. 7060 03:49:56,682 --> 03:49:57,650 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 7061 03:49:57,650 --> 03:50:00,720 AND TO BE CONSISTENT, I WILL 7062 03:50:00,720 --> 03:50:02,455 DEFER TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 7063 03:50:02,455 --> 03:50:03,022 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 7064 03:50:03,022 --> 03:50:04,290 STRAUSS. 7065 03:50:04,290 --> 03:50:04,924 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 7066 03:50:04,924 --> 03:50:05,558 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I'LL BE 7067 03:50:05,558 --> 03:50:06,526 QUICK. THIS RESOLUTION WAS TO 7068 03:50:06,526 --> 03:50:08,161 TIE ALL SIX PIECES OF 7069 03:50:08,161 --> 03:50:08,895 LEGISLATION TOGETHER. USUALLY IT 7070 03:50:08,895 --> 03:50:10,129 WENT AT THE FIRST. NOW THAT 7071 03:50:10,129 --> 03:50:11,430 WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ALL 7072 03:50:11,430 --> 03:50:12,031 SIX PIECES OF LEGISLATION, I 7073 03:50:12,031 --> 03:50:13,733 HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO SAY. 7074 03:50:13,733 --> 03:50:14,066 -- THANK YOU. 7075 03:50:14,066 --> 03:50:15,835 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 7076 03:50:15,835 --> 03:50:17,136 STRAUSS ARE THERE OTHER PEOPLE 7077 03:50:17,136 --> 03:50:19,739 THAT WANT TO PROVIDE FINAL 7078 03:50:19,739 --> 03:50:20,239 COMMENTS REGARDING THE 7079 03:50:20,239 --> 03:50:22,175 RESOLUTION BEFORE US, WHICH TIES 7080 03:50:22,175 --> 03:50:26,579 ALL OF THE BILLS THAT WE 7081 03:50:26,579 --> 03:50:27,647 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE OKAY. 7082 03:50:27,647 --> 03:50:30,917 -- AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 7083 03:50:30,917 --> 03:50:32,919 BEFORE THE AUTHOR OF THE BILL, I 7084 03:50:32,919 --> 03:50:35,254 JUST WANTED TO NOTE, I REMEMBER 7085 03:50:35,254 --> 03:50:37,456 IN COMMITTEE ONCE CHIEF BARDEN 7086 03:50:37,456 --> 03:50:41,260 WAS WITH US AND SHE SAID ABOUT 7087 03:50:41,260 --> 03:50:41,827 SEATTLE'S APPROACH TO THE 7088 03:50:41,827 --> 03:50:42,495 CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE ON THE 7089 03:50:42,495 --> 03:50:46,032 STREET THAT OFTEN WE DO NOTHING 7090 03:50:46,032 --> 03:50:48,134 AND CALL IT COMPASSION. AND 7091 03:50:48,134 --> 03:50:50,203 WE'VE SEEN THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN 7092 03:50:50,203 --> 03:50:51,571 AND AGAIN. I OFTEN TALK ABOUT, 7093 03:50:51,571 --> 03:50:52,605 YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS IN 7094 03:50:52,605 --> 03:50:54,774 CRISIS, BUT ALSO OUR 7095 03:50:54,774 --> 03:50:56,442 NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS. AND AS 7096 03:50:56,442 --> 03:50:59,312 I SAID BEFORE, MANY TIMES ABOUT 7097 03:50:59,312 --> 03:51:01,347 BEING IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, 7098 03:51:01,347 --> 03:51:03,149 WALKABOUTS WITH MY COLLEAGUE, 7099 03:51:03,149 --> 03:51:04,450 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND THE CIP OR 7100 03:51:04,450 --> 03:51:05,718 NORTH BEACON HILL, OR BEING UP 7101 03:51:05,718 --> 03:51:08,588 ON NORTH AURORA WITH THOSE 7102 03:51:08,588 --> 03:51:10,089 DEALING WITH THOSE CHALLENGES. 7103 03:51:10,089 --> 03:51:12,959 AND, YOU KNOW, IN DOWNTOWN OR 7104 03:51:12,959 --> 03:51:15,228 BELLTOWN UPTOWN. AND NOW EVEN 7105 03:51:15,228 --> 03:51:17,730 KERRY PARK FOR THOSE CHALLENGES, 7106 03:51:17,730 --> 03:51:19,365 WE DO HAVE OUR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 7107 03:51:19,365 --> 03:51:21,934 IN CRISIS TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I 7108 03:51:21,934 --> 03:51:23,502 THINK ABOUT NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS, 7109 03:51:23,502 --> 03:51:27,206 I THINK ABOUT BEING ON THE 7110 03:51:27,206 --> 03:51:29,041 STREETS WITH A GROUP THAT WAS 7111 03:51:29,041 --> 03:51:29,876 SUPPORTING THOSE, YOU KNOW, 7112 03:51:29,876 --> 03:51:31,911 INDIVIDUALS ON THE STREET, 7113 03:51:31,911 --> 03:51:33,746 INCLUDING RVS AND BELLTOWN IN 7114 03:51:33,746 --> 03:51:37,383 BALLARD, SORRY. AND, AND WALKING 7115 03:51:37,383 --> 03:51:37,984 AROUND AND ENGAGING WITH THE 7116 03:51:37,984 --> 03:51:40,987 GROUPS AND LOOKING. I WAS NOT 7117 03:51:40,987 --> 03:51:42,188 DOING MAINLY THE ENGAGEMENT 7118 03:51:42,188 --> 03:51:43,623 DIRECTLY, BUT I WAS CARRYING 7119 03:51:43,623 --> 03:51:45,324 WATER AND SO FORTH. AND LOOKING 7120 03:51:45,324 --> 03:51:47,293 INSIDE THE RV AS THE OUTREACH 7121 03:51:47,293 --> 03:51:49,862 WORKERS ARE GOING THERE AND 7122 03:51:49,862 --> 03:51:51,097 SEEING THE WOMEN THAT WERE IN 7123 03:51:51,097 --> 03:51:56,235 THERE, THE YOUNG WOMEN IT WAS 7124 03:51:56,235 --> 03:52:00,339 STRIKING. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. 7125 03:52:00,339 --> 03:52:01,874 YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE 7126 03:52:01,874 --> 03:52:05,011 THAT SCENE? AND THAT GIRL REALLY 7127 03:52:05,011 --> 03:52:09,548 THAT YOUNG WOMAN AS CHIEF BARDEN 7128 03:52:09,548 --> 03:52:12,285 SAID, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES IN 7129 03:52:12,285 --> 03:52:14,120 SEATTLE, WE DO NOTHING AND CALL 7130 03:52:14,120 --> 03:52:15,221 IT COMPASSION. AND THEN TO THE 7131 03:52:15,221 --> 03:52:16,522 NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS, GOING 7132 03:52:16,522 --> 03:52:22,528 BACK TO BALLARD, YOU KNOW, THE 7133 03:52:22,528 --> 03:52:24,897 BUSINESSES. THAT OPEN AND THEN 7134 03:52:24,897 --> 03:52:25,865 CLOSE, THAT'S JUST HAPPENED 7135 03:52:25,865 --> 03:52:28,901 RIGHT THERE ON LARRY BUSINESS 7136 03:52:28,901 --> 03:52:30,469 JUST CLOSED. IT WAS ONLY OPEN 7137 03:52:30,469 --> 03:52:32,605 FOR NINE MONTHS AND SO WE HAVE 7138 03:52:32,605 --> 03:52:36,208 THESE CHALLENGES. WHAT'S COME 7139 03:52:36,208 --> 03:52:37,710 UP. AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE 7140 03:52:37,710 --> 03:52:38,744 A LOT OF FOCUS ON THIS, IS THAT 7141 03:52:38,744 --> 03:52:42,048 I WANT TO THANK LIHI, WHO'S 7142 03:52:42,048 --> 03:52:43,683 HERE. THE LOW INCOME HOUSING 7143 03:52:43,683 --> 03:52:46,452 INSTITUTE, FOR YOUR WORK IN THIS 7144 03:52:46,452 --> 03:52:48,988 SPACE IN THIS AREA RELATED TO 7145 03:52:48,988 --> 03:52:50,556 ARV'S AND THE OUTREACH THAT 7146 03:52:50,556 --> 03:52:52,291 YOU'VE DONE. I THINK IT'S 7147 03:52:52,291 --> 03:52:52,892 REALLY IMPORTANT. YOU TALKED 7148 03:52:52,892 --> 03:52:55,828 ABOUT NOT THOSE THAT ARE HERE 7149 03:52:55,828 --> 03:52:57,396 RIGHT NOW, BUT EARLIER, ONE OF 7150 03:52:57,396 --> 03:52:58,564 THE OUTREACH WORKERS, I 7151 03:52:58,564 --> 03:53:00,800 FORGOTTEN HER NAME, BUT SHE 7152 03:53:00,800 --> 03:53:02,601 TALKED ABOUT SUPPORTING THOSE IN 7153 03:53:02,601 --> 03:53:03,703 TERMS OF ASSISTING AND THOSE 7154 03:53:03,703 --> 03:53:06,439 KIND OF THINGS RELATED TO ITS 7155 03:53:06,439 --> 03:53:07,173 TITLE AND SO FORTH. YOU KNOW, 7156 03:53:07,173 --> 03:53:09,008 ALL THAT WORK THAT'S DONE, AND 7157 03:53:09,008 --> 03:53:11,644 WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT. AND SO 7158 03:53:11,644 --> 03:53:13,913 I'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE AND AM 7159 03:53:13,913 --> 03:53:14,480 SUPPORTING IN THIS CURRENT 7160 03:53:14,480 --> 03:53:15,614 BUDGET PROCESS IN TERMS OF 7161 03:53:15,614 --> 03:53:19,552 HAVING THAT SECOND LOT, BECAUSE 7162 03:53:19,552 --> 03:53:19,986 I WAS THERE FOR THE 7163 03:53:19,986 --> 03:53:20,786 GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE GLASS 7164 03:53:20,786 --> 03:53:22,355 YARD COMMONS, I WAS SUPPORTIVE 7165 03:53:22,355 --> 03:53:24,824 OF SALMON BAY VILLAGE BEFORE 7166 03:53:24,824 --> 03:53:26,292 THAT BECAUSE IT SHOWS A PATH 7167 03:53:26,292 --> 03:53:27,760 FORWARD AND IT MADE REAL 7168 03:53:27,760 --> 03:53:29,428 DIFFERENCE. IT MADE REAL 7169 03:53:29,428 --> 03:53:30,696 DIFFERENCE. I SAW IT IN D SEVEN, 7170 03:53:30,696 --> 03:53:32,264 LIKE ON NICKERSON AND DIFFERENT 7171 03:53:32,264 --> 03:53:35,167 PARTS OF INTERBAY, AND NO DOUBT 7172 03:53:35,167 --> 03:53:36,669 ALSO WHERE I WAS JUST TALKING 7173 03:53:36,669 --> 03:53:38,537 ABOUT IN BALLARD, ON LEARY AND 7174 03:53:38,537 --> 03:53:39,505 SO FORTH. SO IT MAKES A 7175 03:53:39,505 --> 03:53:40,706 DIFFERENCE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE 7176 03:53:40,706 --> 03:53:42,441 SHOULD BE LEANING INTO, YOU 7177 03:53:42,441 --> 03:53:43,676 KNOW, AND SUPPORTING. AND I 7178 03:53:43,676 --> 03:53:44,710 THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING 7179 03:53:44,710 --> 03:53:47,346 THAT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO 7180 03:53:47,346 --> 03:53:50,082 TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TO 7181 03:53:50,082 --> 03:53:51,984 THANK LIHI. AND I ALSO WANTED TO 7182 03:53:51,984 --> 03:53:54,420 THANK TO CLOSE COUNCILMEMBER 7183 03:53:54,420 --> 03:53:56,455 STRAUSS OFTENTIMES WITH RVS, 7184 03:53:56,455 --> 03:53:57,323 IT'S IT'S THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. 7185 03:53:57,323 --> 03:53:59,725 SO IT'S. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. ME 7186 03:53:59,725 --> 03:54:02,228 AND AND. STRAUSS. AS YOU MOVE 7187 03:54:02,228 --> 03:54:04,930 SOUTH TO NORTH, BUT ALSO IMPACTS 7188 03:54:04,930 --> 03:54:05,531 OTHER DISTRICTS TOO, I KNOW 7189 03:54:05,531 --> 03:54:08,901 IMPACTS DISTRICT TWO AS WELL, 7190 03:54:08,901 --> 03:54:11,170 PLUS OTHERS. PRETTY MUCH EVERY 7191 03:54:11,170 --> 03:54:11,637 DISTRICT. BUT FOR THE 7192 03:54:11,637 --> 03:54:13,105 INDUSTRIAL, YOU KNOW, ONE, SEVEN 7193 03:54:13,105 --> 03:54:14,140 AND SIX, AS YOU HEAD SOUTH AND 7194 03:54:14,140 --> 03:54:17,176 NORTH, IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, A 7195 03:54:17,176 --> 03:54:18,077 MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR OUR, AGAIN, 7196 03:54:18,077 --> 03:54:19,779 OUR NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS AND 7197 03:54:19,779 --> 03:54:20,713 NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS. AND SO 7198 03:54:20,713 --> 03:54:23,582 FOR THAT, I DO WANT TO PASS A 7199 03:54:23,582 --> 03:54:25,117 SPECIAL THANK YOU TO 7200 03:54:25,117 --> 03:54:25,718 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR THE 7201 03:54:25,718 --> 03:54:26,919 WORK. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH 7202 03:54:26,919 --> 03:54:28,120 ALL THESE DIFFERENT BILLS AND 7203 03:54:28,120 --> 03:54:29,522 ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND ALL THE 7204 03:54:29,522 --> 03:54:31,757 DIFFERENT PIECES TO IT, IT'S 7205 03:54:31,757 --> 03:54:32,658 QUITE A DAUNTING EFFORT. SO I 7206 03:54:32,658 --> 03:54:34,927 JUST WANT TO THANK HIM AND HIS 7207 03:54:34,927 --> 03:54:36,061 TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID 7208 03:54:36,061 --> 03:54:39,432 ON BEHALF OF THIS COMPILATION 7209 03:54:39,432 --> 03:54:41,901 OF, OF BILLS AND CONCLUDING HERE 7210 03:54:41,901 --> 03:54:43,936 WITH THE RESOLUTION. SO THANK 7211 03:54:43,936 --> 03:54:45,304 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7212 03:54:45,304 --> 03:54:46,372 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL 7213 03:54:46,372 --> 03:54:48,174 MEMBER KETTLE, ARE THERE ANY 7214 03:54:48,174 --> 03:54:49,942 FURTHER COMMENTS? I WILL BE 7215 03:54:49,942 --> 03:54:50,843 QUICK ON MINE BECAUSE I KNOW THE 7216 03:54:50,843 --> 03:54:52,411 SUN IS SETTING, AND I DON'T 7217 03:54:52,411 --> 03:54:54,346 WANT TO PUT EVERYONE TO SLEEP. 7218 03:54:54,346 --> 03:54:56,282 THANK YOU. LIKE, SORRY, I WAS 7219 03:54:56,282 --> 03:54:57,883 GOING TO SAY LIKE, COUNCILMEMBER 7220 03:54:57,883 --> 03:54:59,018 KETTLE YOU'RE PUTTING US TO 7221 03:54:59,018 --> 03:55:00,653 SLEEP WITH THE SUNSET AND 7222 03:55:00,653 --> 03:55:01,487 EVERYTHING WITH YOUR VOICE, I 7223 03:55:01,487 --> 03:55:03,189 LOVE IT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 7224 03:55:03,189 --> 03:55:04,490 STRAUSS FOR BRINGING THIS 7225 03:55:04,490 --> 03:55:06,192 FORWARD AND TAKING A SHOT AT 7226 03:55:06,192 --> 03:55:07,526 THIS. AND I KNOW IT'S A REALLY 7227 03:55:07,526 --> 03:55:08,694 THIN LINE. WHAT PEOPLE ON THE 7228 03:55:08,694 --> 03:55:10,229 GROUND ARE EXPERIENCING, KNOWING 7229 03:55:10,229 --> 03:55:12,398 GOVERNMENT AND ALSO 7230 03:55:12,398 --> 03:55:14,300 IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL. AND I 7231 03:55:14,300 --> 03:55:16,168 WILL ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE SEEN 7232 03:55:16,168 --> 03:55:17,937 THIS SHIFT WITH SEATTLE TAKING 7233 03:55:17,937 --> 03:55:19,472 MORE OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH 7234 03:55:19,472 --> 03:55:21,640 BECAUSE OF OUR KING COUNTY 7235 03:55:21,640 --> 03:55:23,175 HOMELESS AUTHORITY HAS NOT BEEN 7236 03:55:23,175 --> 03:55:25,144 AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE WOULD LIKE 7237 03:55:25,144 --> 03:55:28,113 IT TO BE. AND THAT IS IN A 7238 03:55:28,113 --> 03:55:28,747 POLITICALLY CORRECT STATEMENT. 7239 03:55:28,747 --> 03:55:30,416 BUT THAT IS REAL, AND I BELIEVE 7240 03:55:30,416 --> 03:55:31,550 THAT NOT BEING ACCOUNTABLE IN 7241 03:55:31,550 --> 03:55:32,918 SOME OF THOSE FAILURES IS JUST 7242 03:55:32,918 --> 03:55:35,354 AS BAD AS LETTING PEOPLE LIVE ON 7243 03:55:35,354 --> 03:55:37,056 THE STREETS, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN 7244 03:55:37,056 --> 03:55:38,757 FOCUSED ON POLICY AND NOT YET 7245 03:55:38,757 --> 03:55:40,960 IMPLEMENTATION. THIS COUNCIL 7246 03:55:40,960 --> 03:55:42,294 REMINDING EVERYONE WE HAVE VOTED 7247 03:55:42,294 --> 03:55:43,596 ON SHELTER LEGISLATION. WE'VE 7248 03:55:43,596 --> 03:55:45,097 MOVED IT THROUGH WITHOUT SLOW 7249 03:55:45,097 --> 03:55:45,664 WALKING, PLAYING POLITICAL 7250 03:55:45,664 --> 03:55:47,600 GAMES. WE GOT IT THROUGH. AND 7251 03:55:47,600 --> 03:55:48,200 THAT PROCESS WAS IMPORTANT TO 7252 03:55:48,200 --> 03:55:50,169 ME, ESPECIALLY AS COUNCIL 7253 03:55:50,169 --> 03:55:51,203 PRESIDENT. WE VOTED AND WE HAVE 7254 03:55:51,203 --> 03:55:54,540 IN FRONT OF US $37 MILLION AS 7255 03:55:54,540 --> 03:55:55,508 SHELTER LEGISLATION THAT I 7256 03:55:55,508 --> 03:55:56,976 SUPPORT AND APPLAUD THAT FROM 7257 03:55:56,976 --> 03:55:58,511 COUNCIL OR EXCUSE ME, FROM MAYOR 7258 03:55:58,511 --> 03:56:00,546 WILSON AS WELL. WE SUPPORTED THE 7259 03:56:00,546 --> 03:56:02,047 MAYOR'S GOAL OF 500 UNITS 7260 03:56:02,047 --> 03:56:03,749 BEFORE WORLD CUP. WE'VE ALSO 7261 03:56:03,749 --> 03:56:05,651 SUPPORTED THE MAYOR'S GOAL OF 7262 03:56:05,651 --> 03:56:06,285 1000 BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. 7263 03:56:06,285 --> 03:56:07,920 WE ALSO ARE NOW SUPPORTING THE 7264 03:56:07,920 --> 03:56:09,088 MAYOR'S GOAL OF 1000 SHELTERS 7265 03:56:09,088 --> 03:56:11,323 BEFORE THE END OF NEXT YEAR, 7266 03:56:11,323 --> 03:56:12,725 WHICH IS A NEW GOAL, AND WE 7267 03:56:12,725 --> 03:56:13,359 SUPPORT THAT AND APPLAUD THAT, 7268 03:56:13,359 --> 03:56:15,261 AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR 7269 03:56:15,261 --> 03:56:16,428 POWER TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT 7270 03:56:16,428 --> 03:56:18,063 FORWARD. I ALSO SUPPORT THE 7271 03:56:18,063 --> 03:56:19,365 CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN MOVED 7272 03:56:19,365 --> 03:56:20,833 FROM KING COUNTY REGIONAL 7273 03:56:20,833 --> 03:56:22,201 HOMELESS AUTHORITY TO OUR HUMAN 7274 03:56:22,201 --> 03:56:23,302 SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SO WE CAN 7275 03:56:23,302 --> 03:56:25,571 HAVE BETTER OVERSIGHT AND 7276 03:56:25,571 --> 03:56:26,238 ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WE CAN 7277 03:56:26,238 --> 03:56:27,706 ACTUALLY START MOVING THE NEEDLE 7278 03:56:27,706 --> 03:56:29,775 ON STUFF. IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT 7279 03:56:29,775 --> 03:56:31,911 POLICY. SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT 7280 03:56:31,911 --> 03:56:32,978 IMPLEMENTATION. HOW DO WE 7281 03:56:32,978 --> 03:56:34,513 IMPLEMENT THINGS? HOW DO WE BE 7282 03:56:34,513 --> 03:56:36,849 ACCOUNTABLE? HOW DO WE HAVE 7283 03:56:36,849 --> 03:56:37,750 PROGRESSIVE OUTCOMES? I WILL 7284 03:56:37,750 --> 03:56:39,552 CONTINUE TO SAY THIS. 7285 03:56:39,552 --> 03:56:41,387 PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SHOULD EQUAL 7286 03:56:41,387 --> 03:56:42,421 PROGRESSIVE OUTCOMES. AND SO I 7287 03:56:42,421 --> 03:56:44,723 BELIEVE AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING 7288 03:56:44,723 --> 03:56:45,324 COUNCILMEMBERS AMENDMENT FOR 7289 03:56:45,324 --> 03:56:46,292 SAFE LOTS AND THE BUDGET 7290 03:56:46,292 --> 03:56:47,893 AMENDMENT. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING 7291 03:56:47,893 --> 03:56:48,994 THAT FORWARD. WE NEED MORE. I 7292 03:56:48,994 --> 03:56:51,864 WILL BE VOTING FOR MORE, HOWEVER 7293 03:56:51,864 --> 03:56:53,332 MANY, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO 7294 03:56:53,332 --> 03:56:55,200 SEE A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY ON OUR 7295 03:56:55,200 --> 03:56:56,702 STREETS, HAVE SAFE PLACES TO GO 7296 03:56:56,702 --> 03:57:00,806 FOR PEOPLE TO GET SERVICES, TO 7297 03:57:00,806 --> 03:57:02,741 HAVE A WARM SPACE, TO HAVE 7298 03:57:02,741 --> 03:57:04,443 COMMUNITY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. 7299 03:57:04,443 --> 03:57:07,680 HAVING COMMUNITY, HAVING SOME 7300 03:57:07,680 --> 03:57:09,415 TYPE OF CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE 7301 03:57:09,415 --> 03:57:10,849 IN THOSE PLACES, I'M ALL ABOUT 7302 03:57:10,849 --> 03:57:13,352 IT. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT 7303 03:57:13,352 --> 03:57:14,119 AS WELL. AND I JUST WANTED TO 7304 03:57:14,119 --> 03:57:15,588 REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE COUNCIL 7305 03:57:15,588 --> 03:57:16,889 HAS CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THESE 7306 03:57:16,889 --> 03:57:18,457 EFFORTS, AND I AND I LOOK 7307 03:57:18,457 --> 03:57:20,025 FORWARD TO PUTTING OUR MONEY 7308 03:57:20,025 --> 03:57:21,193 WHERE OUR MOUTH IS DURING THE 7309 03:57:21,193 --> 03:57:22,328 BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL. SO I 7310 03:57:22,328 --> 03:57:24,330 WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS 7311 03:57:24,330 --> 03:57:24,930 RESOLUTION, AND THAT IS WHY I 7312 03:57:24,930 --> 03:57:26,999 WAS SUPPORTED. ALL OF THE BILLS 7313 03:57:26,999 --> 03:57:28,133 BEFORE US. WE NEED TO TRY 7314 03:57:28,133 --> 03:57:29,868 SOMETHING, AND I'M LOOKING 7315 03:57:29,868 --> 03:57:30,636 FORWARD TO THE IMPROVEMENT. 7316 03:57:30,636 --> 03:57:32,738 THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 7317 03:57:32,738 --> 03:57:34,707 COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. LET'S WILL 7318 03:57:34,707 --> 03:57:36,008 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 7319 03:57:36,008 --> 03:57:38,477 ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 7320 03:57:38,477 --> 03:57:43,248 RESOLUTION 7321 03:57:43,248 --> 03:57:43,749 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 7322 03:57:43,749 --> 03:57:47,820 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 7323 03:57:47,820 --> 03:57:48,053 -- AYE. 7324 03:57:48,053 --> 03:57:50,022 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 7325 03:57:50,022 --> 03:57:50,522 COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. 7326 03:57:50,522 --> 03:57:53,926 -- YES. 7327 03:57:53,926 --> 03:57:54,960 -- COUNCILMEMBER. JUAREZ. 7328 03:57:54,960 --> 03:57:55,427 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 7329 03:57:55,427 --> 03:57:57,529 -- AYE. 7330 03:57:57,529 --> 03:57:58,030 -- COUNCILMEMBER. LIN. 7331 03:57:58,030 --> 03:57:59,031 -- YES. 7332 03:57:59,031 --> 03:58:00,733 -- COUNCIL MEMBER. RINCK. 7333 03:58:00,733 --> 03:58:03,002 -- NO. 7334 03:58:03,002 --> 03:58:03,469 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7335 03:58:03,469 --> 03:58:05,604 HOLLINGSWORTH. 7336 03:58:05,604 --> 03:58:05,838 -- YES. 7337 03:58:05,838 --> 03:58:07,339 -- EIGHT IN FAVOR ONE OPPOSE. 7338 03:58:07,339 --> 03:58:08,240 -- RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. THE 7339 03:58:08,240 --> 03:58:09,241 CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE 7340 03:58:09,241 --> 03:58:10,609 CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE 7341 03:58:10,609 --> 03:58:12,278 TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 7342 03:58:12,278 --> 03:58:13,946 THERE'S NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM 7343 03:58:13,946 --> 03:58:15,281 THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE'S 7344 03:58:15,281 --> 03:58:17,683 NOT A RESOLUTION FOR 7345 03:58:17,683 --> 03:58:18,283 INTRODUCTION ADOPTION TODAY. 7346 03:58:18,283 --> 03:58:19,385 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA DOES HAVE A 7347 03:58:19,385 --> 03:58:21,387 PROCLAMATION FOR SIGNATURE 7348 03:58:21,387 --> 03:58:23,656 TODAY, RECOGNIZING 2026 AS 7349 03:58:23,656 --> 03:58:28,093 SKINNER BUILDING CENTENNIAL YEAR 7350 03:58:28,093 --> 03:58:28,727 IN SEATTLE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 7351 03:58:28,727 --> 03:58:31,463 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7352 03:58:31,463 --> 03:58:35,200 APOLOGIES. SOMETHING HAPPENED 7353 03:58:35,200 --> 03:58:36,335 WITH MY TECHNOLOGY. HERE WE GO. 7354 03:58:36,335 --> 03:58:38,971 ALL RIGHT. TODAY, COLLEAGUES, 7355 03:58:38,971 --> 03:58:41,540 I'M BRINGING A PROCLAMATION TO 7356 03:58:41,540 --> 03:58:43,242 CELEBRATE THE 100th ANNIVERSARY 7357 03:58:43,242 --> 03:58:44,510 OF THE FIFTH AVENUE THEATER. 7358 03:58:44,510 --> 03:58:48,047 SEATTLE. SO LUCKY TO HAVE THIS 7359 03:58:48,047 --> 03:58:48,681 BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND THRIVING 7360 03:58:48,681 --> 03:58:50,582 THEATER IN OUR DOWNTOWN. THE 7361 03:58:50,582 --> 03:58:52,618 FIRST PRODUCTION OF THE FIFTH 7362 03:58:52,618 --> 03:58:57,756 AVENUE THEATER IN 1926 WAS A 7363 03:58:57,756 --> 03:58:59,725 MIXED PROGRAM FEATURING A SILENT 7364 03:58:59,725 --> 03:59:02,828 ROMANTIC COMEDY FILM, FOLLOWED 7365 03:59:02,828 --> 03:59:04,463 BY A VAUDEVILLE PRESENTATION AND 7366 03:59:04,463 --> 03:59:05,631 THE MOST RECENT PRODUCTION, IF 7367 03:59:05,631 --> 03:59:07,199 YOU WERE LUCKY TO SEE IT WAS THE 7368 03:59:07,199 --> 03:59:10,636 CLASSIC A CHORUS LINE, AND IN 7369 03:59:10,636 --> 03:59:11,670 BETWEEN, AUDIENCES WENT TO THE 7370 03:59:11,670 --> 03:59:14,239 FIFTH AVENUE TO SEE PERFORMANCES 7371 03:59:14,239 --> 03:59:19,278 LIKE HAIRSPRAY, SUGAR BABY SUGAR 7372 03:59:19,278 --> 03:59:19,878 BABIES, LES MIS, ANNIE, HELLO 7373 03:59:19,878 --> 03:59:22,948 DOLLY, AND SO MANY OTHER AMAZING 7374 03:59:22,948 --> 03:59:24,917 SHOWS. AS A RESIDENT OF SEATTLE 7375 03:59:24,917 --> 03:59:26,185 AND NOW A REPRESENTATIVE FOR 7376 03:59:26,185 --> 03:59:27,553 SEATTLE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF 7377 03:59:27,553 --> 03:59:30,589 DISTRICT, EXCUSE ME, UNIVERSITY 7378 03:59:30,589 --> 03:59:31,490 OF WASHINGTON AND MY DISTRICT, 7379 03:59:31,490 --> 03:59:32,958 I'M SO PROUD OF THE FIFTH 7380 03:59:32,958 --> 03:59:34,093 AVENUE AND THE HUNDREDS OF 7381 03:59:34,093 --> 03:59:36,695 PEOPLE WHO WORK SO HARD TO BRING 7382 03:59:36,695 --> 03:59:38,063 US LOCAL PRODUCTIONS, SOME OF 7383 03:59:38,063 --> 03:59:39,965 WHICH ACTUALLY GO ON TO GREAT 7384 03:59:39,965 --> 03:59:42,368 ACCLAIM AND ON TO BROADWAY. IT 7385 03:59:42,368 --> 03:59:44,002 IS FUN TO THINK THAT THE 7386 03:59:44,002 --> 03:59:45,671 REACTIONS OF SEATTLE AUDIENCES 7387 03:59:45,671 --> 03:59:47,906 HELPED TO HONE AND PERFECT 7388 03:59:47,906 --> 03:59:48,540 PRODUCTIONS BOUND FOR THE LIGHTS 7389 03:59:48,540 --> 03:59:50,809 OF NEW YORK CITY. A FUN FACT 7390 03:59:50,809 --> 03:59:53,445 THAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THE 7391 03:59:53,445 --> 03:59:54,446 SKINNER BUILDING, WHICH IS THE 7392 03:59:54,446 --> 03:59:56,949 HOME OF THE FIFTH AVENUE, SITS 7393 03:59:56,949 --> 03:59:58,150 ON LAND OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY 7394 03:59:58,150 --> 03:59:59,017 OF WASHINGTON, AND THAT'S WHY I 7395 03:59:59,017 --> 04:00:01,153 MENTIONED THEM EARLIER. AND IT 7396 04:00:01,153 --> 04:00:04,790 WAS ONCE PART OF THE ORIGINAL 7397 04:00:04,790 --> 04:00:05,424 UNIVERSITY'S DOWNTOWN CAMPUS 7398 04:00:05,424 --> 04:00:07,426 SITE. COLLEAGUES, IN THE 7399 04:00:07,426 --> 04:00:09,561 INTEREST OF TIME, I WON'T READ 7400 04:00:09,561 --> 04:00:10,763 THE PROCLAMATION. IT SAYS A LOT 7401 04:00:10,763 --> 04:00:13,232 OF THE THINGS I JUST SHARED, AND 7402 04:00:13,232 --> 04:00:14,433 I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME IN BOTH 7403 04:00:14,433 --> 04:00:17,369 HONORING THIS MILESTONE BY 7404 04:00:17,369 --> 04:00:19,338 SIGNING THIS PROCLAMATION AND 7405 04:00:19,338 --> 04:00:21,273 JUST CELEBRATING THE FIFTH 7406 04:00:21,273 --> 04:00:23,375 AVENUE THEATER, ALONG WITH ITS 7407 04:00:23,375 --> 04:00:25,110 SKINNER BUILDING LOCATION. THANK 7408 04:00:25,110 --> 04:00:25,611 YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7409 04:00:25,611 --> 04:00:26,545 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 7410 04:00:26,545 --> 04:00:28,347 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AND FOR 7411 04:00:28,347 --> 04:00:33,719 BRINGING THIS FORWARD FORWARD, 7412 04:00:33,719 --> 04:00:34,219 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? 7413 04:00:34,219 --> 04:00:34,686 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 7414 04:00:34,686 --> 04:00:35,354 -- JUST QUICK. I WASN'T LIVING 7415 04:00:35,354 --> 04:00:37,689 IN SEATTLE, BUT. COUNCILMEMBER 7416 04:00:37,689 --> 04:00:37,923 JUAREZ. 7417 04:00:37,923 --> 04:00:38,657 -- KNOW YOU WERE ALIVE THEN. 7418 04:00:38,657 --> 04:00:38,891 DON'T 7419 04:00:38,891 --> 04:00:39,224 -- [LAUGHTER] 7420 04:00:39,224 --> 04:00:41,593 -- LIE 7421 04:00:41,593 --> 04:00:42,327 -- DO YOU REMEMBER THE OPENING? 7422 04:00:42,327 --> 04:00:42,661 -- YES I DO. 7423 04:00:42,661 --> 04:00:44,263 -- THANK YOU. 7424 04:00:44,263 --> 04:00:44,596 -- I GAVE THE 7425 04:00:44,596 --> 04:00:44,930 -- [LAUGHTER] 7426 04:00:44,930 --> 04:00:46,999 -- LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 7427 04:00:46,999 --> 04:00:48,100 -- OH MY GOSH. 7428 04:00:48,100 --> 04:00:48,433 -- [LAUGHTER] 7429 04:00:48,433 --> 04:00:51,170 -- AWESOME HEARING NO FURTHER. 7430 04:00:51,170 --> 04:00:53,038 ARE THERE ANY FURTHER 7431 04:00:53,038 --> 04:00:53,972 DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THIS 7432 04:00:53,972 --> 04:00:54,940 HEARING? NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS 7433 04:00:54,940 --> 04:00:56,108 ON THE PROCLAMATION. WILL THE 7434 04:00:56,108 --> 04:00:57,910 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO 7435 04:00:57,910 --> 04:00:58,544 DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS 7436 04:00:58,544 --> 04:01:02,181 WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURES 7437 04:01:02,181 --> 04:01:02,448 AFFIXED? 7438 04:01:02,448 --> 04:01:05,117 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 7439 04:01:05,117 --> 04:01:05,350 -- AYE. 7440 04:01:05,350 --> 04:01:09,154 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 7441 04:01:09,154 --> 04:01:09,688 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 7442 04:01:09,688 --> 04:01:12,157 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 7443 04:01:12,157 --> 04:01:16,295 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AYE. 7444 04:01:16,295 --> 04:01:16,795 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 7445 04:01:16,795 --> 04:01:17,796 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 7446 04:01:17,796 --> 04:01:18,030 -- YES. 7447 04:01:18,030 --> 04:01:19,665 -- COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 7448 04:01:19,665 --> 04:01:21,366 -- YES. 7449 04:01:21,366 --> 04:01:21,834 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7450 04:01:21,834 --> 04:01:23,936 HOLLINGSWORTH. 7451 04:01:23,936 --> 04:01:24,169 -- YES. 7452 04:01:24,169 --> 04:01:26,338 -- NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE 7453 04:01:26,338 --> 04:01:26,605 AFFIXED. 7454 04:01:26,605 --> 04:01:27,973 -- EVERYONE WILL JUMP ON THEIR 7455 04:01:27,973 --> 04:01:28,974 COLLEAGUES. WE'VE REACHED THE 7456 04:01:28,974 --> 04:01:30,075 END OF OUR MEETING. AND IF YOU 7457 04:01:30,075 --> 04:01:33,345 JUST GIVE ME ONE MINUTE. I 7458 04:01:33,345 --> 04:01:34,580 ADDRESSED THIS IN ONE OF OUR 7459 04:01:34,580 --> 04:01:35,480 MEETINGS, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE 7460 04:01:35,480 --> 04:01:37,583 SURE I SAID IT TODAY. FOR THE 7461 04:01:37,583 --> 04:01:39,284 RECORD. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I 7462 04:01:39,284 --> 04:01:41,086 DO RESPECT PEOPLE'S FIRST 7463 04:01:41,086 --> 04:01:41,720 AMENDMENT AND WILL ALWAYS HONOR 7464 04:01:41,720 --> 04:01:43,422 THAT. AND I ALSO RESPECT THE 7465 04:01:43,422 --> 04:01:46,158 OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. THE SIGN 7466 04:01:46,158 --> 04:01:46,725 REFERRING TO COUNCILMEMBER 7467 04:01:46,725 --> 04:01:47,993 KETTLE AS K.K. KETTLE AND THE 7468 04:01:47,993 --> 04:01:49,161 COMMENTS THAT I'VE SEEN TO ME 7469 04:01:49,161 --> 04:01:51,797 ARE SHAMEFUL AND UNACCEPTABLE. 7470 04:01:51,797 --> 04:01:54,700 THE KU KLUX KLAN WAS A TERRORIST 7471 04:01:54,700 --> 04:01:56,969 ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1865. 7472 04:01:56,969 --> 04:01:57,536 CROSS BURNINGS WERE THREATS 7473 04:01:57,536 --> 04:01:59,004 MEANT TO TERRORIZE BLACK 7474 04:01:59,004 --> 04:02:00,005 FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES AND TELL 7475 04:02:00,005 --> 04:02:02,641 THEM THEY WERE NOT SAFE. THE 7476 04:02:02,641 --> 04:02:05,310 KLAN USED VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION 7477 04:02:05,310 --> 04:02:05,911 AND LYNCHING TO ENFORCE WHITE 7478 04:02:05,911 --> 04:02:06,979 SUPREMACY. MY GRANDMOTHER WAS 7479 04:02:06,979 --> 04:02:08,380 TERRORIZED BY THAT HISTORY AS A 7480 04:02:08,380 --> 04:02:10,282 CROSS BURNED ON HER FAMILY'S 7481 04:02:10,282 --> 04:02:13,685 LAWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE 7482 04:02:13,685 --> 04:02:14,319 ORGANIZATION KILLED BETWEEN 3 TO 7483 04:02:14,319 --> 04:02:15,721 5000 PEOPLE THAT WERE 7484 04:02:15,721 --> 04:02:16,655 DOCUMENTED. SO WHEN I SEE THAT 7485 04:02:16,655 --> 04:02:18,657 SIGN, I FEEL PAIN, I FEEL ANGER. 7486 04:02:18,657 --> 04:02:20,626 AND I THINK ABOUT WHAT MY 7487 04:02:20,626 --> 04:02:21,660 GRANDMOTHER ENDURED AND THE 7488 04:02:21,660 --> 04:02:22,594 PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER MADE IT 7489 04:02:22,594 --> 04:02:24,563 HOME. ONE OF THOSE WAS MY GREAT 7490 04:02:24,563 --> 04:02:27,032 UNCLE. WHAT I'VE SEEN IN SEATTLE 7491 04:02:27,032 --> 04:02:28,700 IS PEOPLE HIJACKING SOME OF THE 7492 04:02:28,700 --> 04:02:30,636 PAIN OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND 7493 04:02:30,636 --> 04:02:32,004 THEN THEY TURN THOSE PAIN INTO 7494 04:02:32,004 --> 04:02:35,207 POLITICAL COCKTAIL PARTY CATCHY 7495 04:02:35,207 --> 04:02:36,208 SIGNS OR PROPS FOR THEIR OWN 7496 04:02:36,208 --> 04:02:37,609 AGENDA. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A 7497 04:02:37,609 --> 04:02:38,644 POLITICAL STATEMENT, OWN THE 7498 04:02:38,644 --> 04:02:41,179 HARM IT CAUSES AND THE HISTORY 7499 04:02:41,179 --> 04:02:42,581 THAT IT INVOKES. THE KU KLUX 7500 04:02:42,581 --> 04:02:43,081 KLAN IS SOMETHING THAT 7501 04:02:43,081 --> 04:02:44,216 SHOULDN'T BE REFERENCED 7502 04:02:44,216 --> 04:02:47,085 LIGHTLY. IN ORDER TO EXPRESS 7503 04:02:47,085 --> 04:02:48,887 YOUR DISSATISFACTION, IT 7504 04:02:48,887 --> 04:02:49,454 REPRESENTS VIOLENCE, RACIAL 7505 04:02:49,454 --> 04:02:51,056 TERROR, AND THREATS AND HATRED 7506 04:02:51,056 --> 04:02:52,891 DIRECTED AT BLACK PEOPLE AND 7507 04:02:52,891 --> 04:02:53,625 OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. AND 7508 04:02:53,625 --> 04:02:56,028 IT'S PART OF THIS COUNTRY'S 7509 04:02:56,028 --> 04:02:58,864 INCREDIBLY SHAMEFUL HISTORY. AND 7510 04:02:58,864 --> 04:03:00,699 IT'S NOT JUST A PART OF OUR 7511 04:03:00,699 --> 04:03:01,900 HISTORY. IT'S THE CURRENT 7512 04:03:01,900 --> 04:03:03,368 IDENTITY THAT CONTINUES TO CARRY 7513 04:03:03,368 --> 04:03:05,170 THAT TRAUMA. AND AS WE'VE SEEN, 7514 04:03:05,170 --> 04:03:07,839 CURRENT DIFFERENT UNDERTONES 7515 04:03:07,839 --> 04:03:09,041 WITHIN THE COUNTRY, SOME OF 7516 04:03:09,041 --> 04:03:10,876 THOSE PAIN AND TERROR HAVE BEEN 7517 04:03:10,876 --> 04:03:12,077 COMING BACK THAT WE'VE SEEN AT 7518 04:03:12,077 --> 04:03:13,712 THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND SO I 7519 04:03:13,712 --> 04:03:15,347 DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY JUST 7520 04:03:15,347 --> 04:03:16,682 BECAUSE YOU DON'T AGREE WITH 7521 04:03:16,682 --> 04:03:18,550 SOMEONE, IT'S DEEPLY OFFENSIVE. 7522 04:03:18,550 --> 04:03:19,384 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT 7523 04:03:19,384 --> 04:03:23,021 DIMINISHES THE TRAUMA AND 7524 04:03:23,021 --> 04:03:23,555 SUFFERING INFLICTED UPON 7525 04:03:23,555 --> 04:03:24,156 GENERATIONS OF FAMILY. AND I 7526 04:03:24,156 --> 04:03:26,224 WILL BE TALKING TO THAT PERSON 7527 04:03:26,224 --> 04:03:26,825 INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT IT BECAUSE 7528 04:03:26,825 --> 04:03:28,460 IT'S OKAY TO DISAGREE WITH THIS 7529 04:03:28,460 --> 04:03:30,495 ROOM. YOU CAN CHALLENGE US. YOU 7530 04:03:30,495 --> 04:03:32,064 CAN CHALLENGE THESE DECISIONS 7531 04:03:32,064 --> 04:03:34,066 AND HOLD LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE. 7532 04:03:34,066 --> 04:03:35,901 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HOLD US 7533 04:03:35,901 --> 04:03:37,569 ACCOUNTABLE EVERY DAY. I DON'T 7534 04:03:37,569 --> 04:03:38,036 SEE ACCOUNTABILITY AS 7535 04:03:38,036 --> 04:03:39,871 OPPRESSION. I SEE IT AS MY 7536 04:03:39,871 --> 04:03:40,739 RESPONSIBILITY. BUT THERE IS A 7537 04:03:40,739 --> 04:03:43,108 CLEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 7538 04:03:43,108 --> 04:03:43,742 ACCOUNTABILITY AND LANGUAGE THAT 7539 04:03:43,742 --> 04:03:45,210 MINIMIZES RACIAL TERROR. SO 7540 04:03:45,210 --> 04:03:47,045 POLITICAL DISAGREEMENT IS NOT AN 7541 04:03:47,045 --> 04:03:49,147 EXCUSE TO WEAPONIZE THE HISTORY 7542 04:03:49,147 --> 04:03:50,415 OF WHITE SUPREMACY. THE FREEDOM 7543 04:03:50,415 --> 04:03:53,285 OF EXPRESSION DOES NOT MAKE 7544 04:03:53,285 --> 04:03:53,919 EVERY EXPRESSION WORTH RESPECT. 7545 04:03:53,919 --> 04:03:56,121 SO I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY 7546 04:03:56,121 --> 04:03:57,823 DISAGREE WITH THAT SIGN. YOU CAN 7547 04:03:57,823 --> 04:03:59,024 CONTINUE TO BRING IT HERE AS 7548 04:03:59,024 --> 04:04:01,293 WELL, AND I WILL ADDRESS THAT 7549 04:04:01,293 --> 04:04:02,728 PERSON INDIVIDUALLY. I BELIEVE 7550 04:04:02,728 --> 04:04:04,429 OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER, 7551 04:04:04,429 --> 04:04:06,231 AND SO DOES MY COLLEAGUE, 7552 04:04:06,231 --> 04:04:07,766 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I EXPECT 7553 04:04:07,766 --> 04:04:08,667 BETTER FROM ANYONE WHO CLAIMS TO 7554 04:04:08,667 --> 04:04:10,235 CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, AND I 7555 04:04:10,235 --> 04:04:13,138 HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE A NICE 7556 04:04:13,138 --> 04:04:15,140 DIALOG THAT IS GROUNDED IN 7557 04:04:15,140 --> 04:04:15,774 SUBSTANCE AND RESPECT AS WELL. 7558 04:04:15,774 --> 04:04:20,245 SO THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. COUNCIL 7559 04:04:20,245 --> 04:04:20,746 PRESIDENT COUNCILMEMBER 7560 04:04:20,746 --> 04:04:22,748 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 7561 04:04:22,748 --> 04:04:23,181 -- OKAY, THANK YOU. 7562 04:04:23,181 --> 04:04:24,916 -- MAYOR FOSTER. 7563 04:04:24,916 --> 04:04:26,518 -- I'M SORRY, THAT'S. 7564 04:04:26,518 --> 04:04:28,120 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 7565 04:04:28,120 --> 04:04:28,654 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 7566 04:04:28,654 --> 04:04:29,321 -- THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY 7567 04:04:29,321 --> 04:04:32,190 THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 7568 04:04:32,190 --> 04:04:33,759 PRESIDENT, FOR FOR SAYING THAT 7569 04:04:33,759 --> 04:04:36,294 AND ADDRESSING IT HEAD ON. AND I 7570 04:04:36,294 --> 04:04:38,397 100% SUPPORT YOU AND APPRECIATE 7571 04:04:38,397 --> 04:04:40,365 YOU SAYING THAT. I ACTUALLY BEEN 7572 04:04:40,365 --> 04:04:40,999 THINKING ABOUT THIS IN THE BACK 7573 04:04:40,999 --> 04:04:42,901 OF MY HEAD FOR A WHILE, AND 7574 04:04:42,901 --> 04:04:44,069 SOMETHING I REALLY APPRECIATE 7575 04:04:44,069 --> 04:04:46,605 ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU OFTEN HAVE 7576 04:04:46,605 --> 04:04:48,140 THE COURAGE TO SAY THE THING OUT 7577 04:04:48,140 --> 04:04:51,910 LOUD. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, 7578 04:04:51,910 --> 04:04:54,179 BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH 7579 04:04:54,179 --> 04:04:56,114 WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE ABOUT OUR 7580 04:04:56,114 --> 04:04:59,484 COLLEAGUE HERE ON THE DAIS. AND, 7581 04:04:59,484 --> 04:05:00,819 AND ME AND YOU, WE DISAGREE ON 7582 04:05:00,819 --> 04:05:02,354 THINGS, BUT IT DOES NOT ALIGN TO 7583 04:05:02,354 --> 04:05:04,222 BE TRUE WITH WHAT I KNOW ABOUT 7584 04:05:04,222 --> 04:05:05,023 YOU. BUT BEYOND THAT, EVERY TIME 7585 04:05:05,023 --> 04:05:07,426 I SEE THAT SIGN, I THINK ABOUT 7586 04:05:07,426 --> 04:05:10,495 SITTING IN MY CHILDHOOD BEDROOM 7587 04:05:10,495 --> 04:05:11,697 AND WATCHING CARS CIRCLE MY 7588 04:05:11,697 --> 04:05:13,498 NEIGHBORHOOD. I GREW UP IN 7589 04:05:13,498 --> 04:05:15,233 SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND FLYING 7590 04:05:15,233 --> 04:05:17,135 CONFEDERATE FLAGS AND BEING 7591 04:05:17,135 --> 04:05:18,503 AFRAID TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. AND 7592 04:05:18,503 --> 04:05:20,605 THAT'S WHAT I THINK. EVERY TIME 7593 04:05:20,605 --> 04:05:21,239 I SEE THAT SIGN IN THE BACK OF 7594 04:05:21,239 --> 04:05:24,476 THE ROOM AND UP AT THE DAIS AND 7595 04:05:24,476 --> 04:05:25,177 AND I'VE BEEN THINKING, AND I 7596 04:05:25,177 --> 04:05:26,645 HAVEN'T SAID IT. SO THANK YOU 7597 04:05:26,645 --> 04:05:27,312 FOR LEADING. AND THANK YOU FOR 7598 04:05:27,312 --> 04:05:29,781 SAYING THE THING OUT LOUD. 7599 04:05:29,781 --> 04:05:34,986 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 7600 04:05:34,986 --> 04:05:35,587 FOSTER. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 7601 04:05:35,587 --> 04:05:36,321 -- THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, 7602 04:05:36,321 --> 04:05:38,023 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 7603 04:05:38,023 --> 04:05:38,757 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU 7604 04:05:38,757 --> 04:05:39,991 ADDRESSED THIS ON CAMERA ABOUT A 7605 04:05:39,991 --> 04:05:43,061 WEEK AGO OR TWO WEEKS AGO, AND 7606 04:05:43,061 --> 04:05:44,563 COUNCIL FOSTER JOINED IN AS 7607 04:05:44,563 --> 04:05:45,363 WELL. AND I'M GOING TO SAY 7608 04:05:45,363 --> 04:05:46,498 THIS, AND I'M JUST GOING TO BE 7609 04:05:46,498 --> 04:05:48,100 BLUNT, I'M REALLY TIRED OF IT. 7610 04:05:48,100 --> 04:05:50,635 AND I'M GLAD YOU SAID IT. THOSE 7611 04:05:50,635 --> 04:05:53,205 USING OUR HISTORY, OUR TRAUMA, 7612 04:05:53,205 --> 04:05:54,906 OUR GENERATIONAL TRAUMA FOR YOUR 7613 04:05:54,906 --> 04:05:56,241 POLITICAL SLOGAN IS JUST FLAT 7614 04:05:56,241 --> 04:05:58,176 OUT WRONG AND OFFENSIVE. WHEN 7615 04:05:58,176 --> 04:06:00,112 YOU TAKE OUR HISTORY OF 7616 04:06:00,112 --> 04:06:02,380 ENSLAVEMENT, GENOCIDE, REMOVAL, 7617 04:06:02,380 --> 04:06:05,584 INCARCERATION, LYNCHING, MURDER, 7618 04:06:05,584 --> 04:06:07,719 FORCED ASSIMILATION, LACK OF 7619 04:06:07,719 --> 04:06:10,455 HUMANITY, LACK OF STARE OR UN 7620 04:06:10,455 --> 04:06:12,257 FORCED STERILIZATION, WHAT MANY 7621 04:06:12,257 --> 04:06:14,226 OF OUR ANCESTORS HAVE ENDURED 7622 04:06:14,226 --> 04:06:16,027 AND DIED FOR, FOR US TO BE HERE 7623 04:06:16,027 --> 04:06:18,897 TODAY, FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY. 7624 04:06:18,897 --> 04:06:22,200 SHAME ON YOU. THIS IS OUR 7625 04:06:22,200 --> 04:06:24,903 HISTORY, NOT YOURS. STOP USING 7626 04:06:24,903 --> 04:06:27,472 OUR TRAUMA, OUR VIOLENCE TO OUR 7627 04:06:27,472 --> 04:06:28,073 BODIES, OUR BABIES, OUR 7628 04:06:28,073 --> 04:06:30,075 FAMILIES, OUR TRIBES, OUR 7629 04:06:30,075 --> 04:06:32,010 CHURCHES. FOR YOUR SLOGAN, YOUR 7630 04:06:32,010 --> 04:06:36,615 SIGN AS A PROP, YOUR ACTIONS 7631 04:06:36,615 --> 04:06:37,249 FLATTEN OUR COLLECTIVE STRUGGLE 7632 04:06:37,249 --> 04:06:39,151 IS A SLOGAN WITHOUT THE 7633 04:06:39,151 --> 04:06:40,519 STRUGGLE. I KNOW YOU GOT THE 7634 04:06:40,519 --> 04:06:43,021 T-SHIRT AND YOU READ THE BOOK, 7635 04:06:43,021 --> 04:06:45,056 BUT YOU DIDN'T ENDURE IT. AND 7636 04:06:45,056 --> 04:06:47,726 THAT IS OFFENSIVE TO ME ON EVERY 7637 04:06:47,726 --> 04:06:49,227 LEVEL. YOU BELITTLE OUR BLOOD 7638 04:06:49,227 --> 04:06:51,797 SACRIFICE WHEN YOU DO THAT, I'M 7639 04:06:51,797 --> 04:06:53,799 GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT AN ALLY 7640 04:06:53,799 --> 04:06:56,101 IS. AN ALLY IS A PERSON THAT 7641 04:06:56,101 --> 04:06:58,436 STANDS WITH YOU, THAT UNITES, 7642 04:06:58,436 --> 04:07:00,071 THAT SUPPORTS THE GOAL. THE 7643 04:07:00,071 --> 04:07:02,040 COMMON PURPOSE OF HUMANITY. IT 7644 04:07:02,040 --> 04:07:03,942 ADVOCATES TO END OPPRESSION FOR 7645 04:07:03,942 --> 04:07:06,077 MANY. IT'S NOT HATE. IT'S NOT 7646 04:07:06,077 --> 04:07:08,547 NAME CALLING. IT'S NOT USING 7647 04:07:08,547 --> 04:07:10,148 OUR TRAUMA FOR YOUR POLITICAL 7648 04:07:10,148 --> 04:07:11,650 IDEOLOGY, YOUR SLOGAN, OR AGAIN, 7649 04:07:11,650 --> 04:07:13,718 AS A PROP, IT IS THE MOST 7650 04:07:13,718 --> 04:07:15,487 OFFENSIVE FORM OF INSIDIOUS 7651 04:07:15,487 --> 04:07:17,622 RACISM THAT I HAVE WITNESSED 7652 04:07:17,622 --> 04:07:19,758 MOST OF MY LIFE. AND I'M TIRED 7653 04:07:19,758 --> 04:07:23,461 OF IT. WE ARE ALL TIRED OF IT. 7654 04:07:23,461 --> 04:07:25,197 AND TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 7655 04:07:25,197 --> 04:07:26,031 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I KNOW THAT 7656 04:07:26,031 --> 04:07:27,632 WE HAD TALKED A BIT OFFLINE, 7657 04:07:27,632 --> 04:07:30,001 PARTICULARLY YOU AND AYE. 7658 04:07:30,001 --> 04:07:31,403 COUNCIL PRESIDENT SEEING THE KKK 7659 04:07:31,403 --> 04:07:33,872 SIGN AND HOW IT'S JUST SO 7660 04:07:33,872 --> 04:07:35,173 SIMPLY AND NONCHALANTLY PUT UP 7661 04:07:35,173 --> 04:07:37,642 THERE AGAINST A COLLEAGUE WHERE 7662 04:07:37,642 --> 04:07:41,546 IN NO SHAPE AND FORM IS OUR OUR 7663 04:07:41,546 --> 04:07:43,648 COLLEAGUE ALIGNED WITH THAT IN 7664 04:07:43,648 --> 04:07:45,350 ANY WAY EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THEY 7665 04:07:45,350 --> 04:07:47,319 DISAGREE ON SOME POLICY. IF 7666 04:07:47,319 --> 04:07:49,254 ANYTHING, THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S 7667 04:07:49,254 --> 04:07:50,488 HOUSE AND PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS 7668 04:07:50,488 --> 04:07:51,957 FELT SAFE COMING HERE. AND I 7669 04:07:51,957 --> 04:07:53,225 WOULD SAY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, 7670 04:07:53,225 --> 04:07:55,760 THEY STOPPED BECAUSE OF THAT 7671 04:07:55,760 --> 04:07:59,497 VERY BEHAVIOR WE SAW TODAY. SO 7672 04:07:59,497 --> 04:08:01,032 THOSE OF US THAT BELIEVE IN THE 7673 04:08:01,032 --> 04:08:03,268 FIRST AMENDMENT, KEEPING AND 7674 04:08:03,268 --> 04:08:04,836 HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE, SPEAKING 7675 04:08:04,836 --> 04:08:07,739 FROM YOUR HEART, LEADING WITH 7676 04:08:07,739 --> 04:08:09,941 LOVE AND HUMANITY AND NOT TAKING 7677 04:08:09,941 --> 04:08:11,676 WHAT IS OURS SO YOU CAN HAVE A 7678 04:08:11,676 --> 04:08:13,111 PROP, SO YOU CAN HAVE SOME KIND 7679 04:08:13,111 --> 04:08:16,715 OF CREDIBILITY OR A HALL PASS TO 7680 04:08:16,715 --> 04:08:17,749 HUMANITY, BECAUSE SOMEHOW OR 7681 04:08:17,749 --> 04:08:19,317 ANOTHER, YOU'VE USED US TO MAKE 7682 04:08:19,317 --> 04:08:22,320 YOUR POINT. SHAME ON YOU. AND 7683 04:08:22,320 --> 04:08:24,089 I'M DONE. THANK YOU. 7684 04:08:24,089 --> 04:08:25,924 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 7685 04:08:25,924 --> 04:08:28,460 JUAREZ. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 7686 04:08:28,460 --> 04:08:29,394 COMMENTS? THANK YOU, 7687 04:08:29,394 --> 04:08:30,929 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. THANK YOU, 7688 04:08:30,929 --> 04:08:33,632 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. THANK YOU, 7689 04:08:33,632 --> 04:08:34,199 COLLEAGUES AS WELL FOR THE 7690 04:08:34,199 --> 04:08:36,801 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. OKAY. 7691 04:08:36,801 --> 04:08:39,304 WELL, WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS 7692 04:08:39,304 --> 04:08:42,340 ADJOURNED. IT IS 6:06 P.M.. 7693 04:08:42,340 --> 04:08:44,342 THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE THAT 7694 04:08:44,342 --> 04:08:44,876 STAYED HERE FOR THE WHOLE 7695 04:08:44,876 --> 04:08:46,978 MEETING TO HEAR US TALK AS WELL. 7696 04:08:46,978 --> 04:08:51,916 APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU