1 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:51,884 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:05:57,757 --> 00:06:02,228 [MUSIC] 3 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:04,163 -- WELL. GOOD AFTERNOON 4 00:06:04,163 --> 00:06:05,965 EVERYONE. THE NOVEMBER 10th, 5 00:06:05,965 --> 00:06:07,033 2026 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY 6 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:10,069 COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT 7 00:06:10,069 --> 00:06:11,170 IS 2:04 P.M.. I AM JOY 8 00:06:11,170 --> 00:06:12,538 HOLLINGSWORTH YOUR COUNCIL 9 00:06:12,538 --> 00:06:15,308 PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 10 00:06:15,308 --> 00:06:15,675 CALL THE ROLL? 11 00:06:15,675 --> 00:06:17,643 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HERE. 12 00:06:17,643 --> 00:06:24,350 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. 13 00:06:24,350 --> 00:06:26,085 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. HERE. 14 00:06:26,085 --> 00:06:28,354 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. THANK YOU. 15 00:06:28,354 --> 00:06:30,456 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 16 00:06:30,456 --> 00:06:32,692 HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. HERE. 17 00:06:32,692 --> 00:06:34,260 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. HERE. 18 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:38,297 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. PRESENT. 19 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:38,865 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. COUNCIL 20 00:06:38,865 --> 00:06:40,666 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. 21 00:06:40,666 --> 00:06:40,967 -- PRESENT. 22 00:06:40,967 --> 00:06:41,734 -- NINE. PRESENT. 23 00:06:41,734 --> 00:06:43,903 -- THANK YOU. FILL OUR CLERK. 24 00:06:43,903 --> 00:06:46,539 COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 25 00:06:46,539 --> 00:06:47,774 HAS A PROCLAMATION TODAY FOR 26 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:50,877 SIGNATURE RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 27 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:53,679 10th AS JUSTICE RAQUEL 28 00:06:53,679 --> 00:06:55,481 MONTOYA-LEWIS DAY. COUNCILMEMBER 29 00:06:55,481 --> 00:06:57,049 JUAREZ. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO 30 00:06:57,049 --> 00:06:58,918 LEAD THE DISCUSSION ON THE 31 00:06:58,918 --> 00:06:59,552 PROCLAMATION AND COUNCILMEMBERS 32 00:06:59,552 --> 00:07:01,687 MAY COMMENT ON THE PROCLAMATION 33 00:07:01,687 --> 00:07:02,889 BEFORE AFFIXING SIGNATURES AND 34 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:05,224 PRESENTING THE PROCLAMATION. 35 00:07:05,224 --> 00:07:08,961 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. THE FLOOR 36 00:07:08,961 --> 00:07:14,000 IS YOURS. 37 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:14,634 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 38 00:07:14,634 --> 00:07:15,568 I'M GOING TO DO THIS THE 39 00:07:15,568 --> 00:07:18,905 TRADITIONAL WAY. I'M GOING TO 40 00:07:18,905 --> 00:07:20,439 STAND. BEFORE WE BEFORE WE 41 00:07:20,439 --> 00:07:23,276 BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE A FEW QUICK 42 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:26,179 WORDS FROM. SINCE THIS IS THE 43 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:26,779 PEOPLE'S HOUSE FOR COUNCIL 44 00:07:26,779 --> 00:07:27,380 PRESIDENT TO SAY A FEW QUICK 45 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:29,015 WORDS AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, 46 00:07:29,015 --> 00:07:31,083 WHO CHAIRS THE INDIGENOUS 47 00:07:31,083 --> 00:07:31,884 ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THEN WE 48 00:07:31,884 --> 00:07:32,718 WILL COME BACK TO MY STATEMENT 49 00:07:32,718 --> 00:07:35,254 AND THE PROCLAMATION. 50 00:07:35,254 --> 00:07:35,955 -- I WILL. THE FIRST THING I 51 00:07:35,955 --> 00:07:37,490 WILL SAY AND THANK YOU, 52 00:07:37,490 --> 00:07:39,859 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, JUST 53 00:07:39,859 --> 00:07:40,493 WELCOMING EVERYONE TO CHAMBERS. 54 00:07:40,493 --> 00:07:42,895 THIS IS A HISTORIC DAY. WE ARE 55 00:07:42,895 --> 00:07:44,730 SO HONORED AS A COUNCIL TO TO 56 00:07:44,730 --> 00:07:47,433 HONOR YOU JUSTICE. AND I WILL 57 00:07:47,433 --> 00:07:48,601 JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE 58 00:07:48,601 --> 00:07:49,936 WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. LOOKING 59 00:07:49,936 --> 00:07:51,337 FORWARD TO THIS PROCLAMATION. 60 00:07:51,337 --> 00:07:52,738 IT'S VERY SPECIAL. AND JUST 61 00:07:52,738 --> 00:07:53,773 THANK YOU FOR BEING IN OUR 62 00:07:53,773 --> 00:07:57,310 PRESENCE TODAY. 63 00:07:57,310 --> 00:07:59,345 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 64 00:07:59,345 --> 00:08:01,414 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 65 00:08:01,414 --> 00:08:04,016 EMERITUS. JUAREZ. I'LL KEEP MY 66 00:08:04,016 --> 00:08:04,684 CONVERSATION SHORT TODAY. I'LL 67 00:08:04,684 --> 00:08:05,751 READ JUST THE SECOND SECTION OF 68 00:08:05,751 --> 00:08:08,588 THIS PROCLAMATION. JUSTICE 69 00:08:08,588 --> 00:08:09,422 MONTOYA-LEWIS WAS APPOINTED TO 70 00:08:09,422 --> 00:08:10,890 THE WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME 71 00:08:10,890 --> 00:08:12,325 COURT IN 2019, MAKING HER THE 72 00:08:12,325 --> 00:08:13,759 FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN JUSTICE IN 73 00:08:13,759 --> 00:08:15,561 THAT COURT'S HISTORY AND SECOND 74 00:08:15,561 --> 00:08:17,330 NATIVE AMERICAN TO SERVE ON ANY 75 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:22,435 SUPREME COURT IN THE NATION. IT 76 00:08:22,435 --> 00:08:23,069 IS YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WITHOUT 77 00:08:23,069 --> 00:08:25,338 PUTTING YOURSELF IN THE CENTER. 78 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:25,905 IT IS YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS 79 00:08:25,905 --> 00:08:27,773 UPLIFTING OUR ENTIRE WORLD THAT 80 00:08:27,773 --> 00:08:29,675 MAKE THIS SO INCREDIBLY 81 00:08:29,675 --> 00:08:31,878 IMPORTANT. WITH SENATOR PEGGY 82 00:08:31,878 --> 00:08:32,612 FLANAGAN AND GOVERNOR DEB 83 00:08:32,612 --> 00:08:35,982 HAALAND, THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE, 84 00:08:35,982 --> 00:08:38,351 AND I SAY THIS ABOUT COUNCIL 85 00:08:38,351 --> 00:08:39,452 PRESIDENT EMERITUS JUAREZ IS IT 86 00:08:39,452 --> 00:08:42,321 TAKES A GROUP OF STRONG 87 00:08:42,321 --> 00:08:42,955 INDIGENOUS WOMEN TO CHANGE THE 88 00:08:42,955 --> 00:08:43,923 WORLD. THAT WOULD NOT BE 89 00:08:43,923 --> 00:08:45,291 POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU. WE 90 00:08:45,291 --> 00:08:47,894 WOULDN'T HAVE THE INDIGENOUS 91 00:08:47,894 --> 00:08:49,362 ADVISORY COUNCIL. WE WOULDN'T 92 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:50,830 HAVE SO MUCH. SO MANY OF THE 93 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:52,298 GOOD THINGS IN OUR WORLD. AND SO 94 00:08:52,298 --> 00:08:53,633 THANK YOU TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR 95 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:56,335 YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND THANK YOU. 96 00:08:56,335 --> 00:08:56,903 COUNCIL PRESIDENT EMERITUS. 97 00:08:56,903 --> 00:08:58,237 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 98 00:08:58,237 --> 00:08:58,905 STRAUSS. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE 99 00:08:58,905 --> 00:08:59,906 TO START MY COMMENTS. AND YOU 100 00:08:59,906 --> 00:09:01,407 JUST KEEP SMILING AT ME. 101 00:09:01,407 --> 00:09:03,242 JUSTICE, I LOVE IT. I CAN'T TELL 102 00:09:03,242 --> 00:09:06,078 YOU WHAT AN HONOR IT IS FOR ME. 103 00:09:06,078 --> 00:09:08,080 THE CITY, THE SEATTLE CITY 104 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,349 COUNCIL, MAYOR WILSON, AND THE 105 00:09:10,349 --> 00:09:12,552 GOOD PEOPLE OF SEATTLE TO HONOR 106 00:09:12,552 --> 00:09:17,223 AND RECOGNIZE YOU TODAY. FORMER 107 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:18,224 JUSTICE RAQUEL MONTOYA-LEWIS, 108 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:20,192 WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS. 109 00:09:20,192 --> 00:09:22,728 AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO READ 110 00:09:22,728 --> 00:09:23,896 THE PROCLAMATION, AND I 111 00:09:23,896 --> 00:09:25,498 UNDERSTAND AFTER I READ IT, THAT 112 00:09:25,498 --> 00:09:26,966 COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL ASK MY 113 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:28,901 COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAVE ANY 114 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:30,870 WORDS. I NORMALLY DON'T READ 115 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:31,637 THE PROCLAMATION, BUT I'M GOING 116 00:09:31,637 --> 00:09:32,705 TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME 117 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:34,173 FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT 118 00:09:34,173 --> 00:09:35,575 HELPED US WRITE IT, INSPIRE IT, 119 00:09:35,575 --> 00:09:39,312 AND CAPTURE YOUR SPIRIT, YOUR 120 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:40,846 KINDNESS, YOUR HUMANITY, AND 121 00:09:40,846 --> 00:09:43,616 MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR US, YOUR, 122 00:09:43,616 --> 00:09:46,852 YOUR, YOUR RAZOR SHARP 123 00:09:46,852 --> 00:09:47,386 INTELLECT. JUSTICE RAQUEL 124 00:09:47,386 --> 00:09:48,020 MONTOYA-LEWIS IS AN ENROLLED 125 00:09:48,020 --> 00:09:50,523 MEMBER OF THE YSLETA INDEPENDENT 126 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:52,558 OF PUEBLO LAGUNA, TWO FEDERALLY 127 00:09:52,558 --> 00:09:54,660 RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN NEW MEXICO 128 00:09:54,660 --> 00:09:57,964 AND IS ALSO OF JEWISH DESCENT. 129 00:09:57,964 --> 00:09:58,864 JUSTICE WAS APPOINTED JUSTICE. 130 00:09:58,864 --> 00:10:01,634 I'M GOING TO SAY JUSTICE RAQUEL 131 00:10:01,634 --> 00:10:02,268 WAS APPOINTED TO THE WASHINGTON 132 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:05,338 STATE SUPREME COURT IN 2019. AS 133 00:10:05,338 --> 00:10:05,905 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAID, 134 00:10:05,905 --> 00:10:06,939 MAKING HER THE FIRST NATIVE 135 00:10:06,939 --> 00:10:08,341 AMERICAN JUSTICE IN THAT 136 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:10,843 COURT'S HISTORY. AND SECOND 137 00:10:10,843 --> 00:10:12,778 NATIVE AMERICAN TO SERVE ON ANY 138 00:10:12,778 --> 00:10:15,348 STATE SUPREME COURT IN THE 139 00:10:15,348 --> 00:10:18,084 NATION. JUSTICE MONTOYA-LEWIS 140 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:18,951 PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHIEF JUDGE 141 00:10:18,951 --> 00:10:20,953 FOR THE UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN 142 00:10:20,953 --> 00:10:22,755 TRIBE. THE NOOKSACK INDIAN 143 00:10:22,755 --> 00:10:24,156 TRIBE, THE LUMMI NATION, AND AS 144 00:10:24,156 --> 00:10:26,559 AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT 145 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,494 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, 146 00:10:28,494 --> 00:10:31,630 FAIRHAVEN. MY ALUMNI OF 147 00:10:31,630 --> 00:10:32,932 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, WHERE 148 00:10:32,932 --> 00:10:36,202 SHE TAUGHT LAW RELATED CULTURAL 149 00:10:36,202 --> 00:10:38,471 DEVELOPMENT COURSES. JUSTICE 150 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:40,139 MONTOYA-LEWIS ALSO SERVED AS A 151 00:10:40,139 --> 00:10:41,374 WHATCOM COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 152 00:10:41,374 --> 00:10:43,609 JUDGE, WHERE SHE PRESIDED OVER 153 00:10:43,609 --> 00:10:46,312 THERAPEUTIC DRUG COURT. JUSTICE 154 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:46,846 MONTOYA-LEWIS EARNED HER 155 00:10:46,846 --> 00:10:48,014 BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM THE 156 00:10:48,014 --> 00:10:50,416 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AND HER 157 00:10:50,416 --> 00:10:52,318 LAW DEGREE AND MASTER OF SOCIAL 158 00:10:52,318 --> 00:10:53,586 WORK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF 159 00:10:53,586 --> 00:10:56,822 WASHINGTON. WHEREAS, FEDERAL 160 00:10:56,822 --> 00:10:58,624 BOARDING SCHOOLS, BROKEN 161 00:10:58,624 --> 00:11:00,693 TREATIES AND POLICIES OF FORCED 162 00:11:00,693 --> 00:11:03,529 ASSIMILATION SOUGHT TO ERASE 163 00:11:03,529 --> 00:11:04,163 INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS AND HARM 164 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:05,698 GENERATIONS OF NATIVE FAMILIES. 165 00:11:05,698 --> 00:11:06,732 I WASN'T SAYING THE WHEREASES 166 00:11:06,732 --> 00:11:10,436 BEFORE, BUT NOW I GOT TO DO IT. 167 00:11:10,436 --> 00:11:11,404 WHEREAS JUSTICE MONTOYA-LEWIS 168 00:11:11,404 --> 00:11:13,773 CARRIES THE STORIES AND LESSONS 169 00:11:13,773 --> 00:11:16,108 OF HER ANCESTORS TO PRESERVE 170 00:11:16,108 --> 00:11:19,045 INDIGENOUS FAMILIES, TRIBAL 171 00:11:19,045 --> 00:11:19,512 TRADITIONS AND TRIBAL 172 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:20,980 SOVEREIGNTY. AND THROUGH HER 173 00:11:20,980 --> 00:11:23,182 OPINIONS ON THE WASHINGTON STATE 174 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:25,918 SUPREME COURT HAS UPHELD AND 175 00:11:25,918 --> 00:11:26,819 STRENGTHENED THE PROTECTIONS OF 176 00:11:26,819 --> 00:11:28,988 THE FEDERAL CHILD INDIAN WELFARE 177 00:11:28,988 --> 00:11:32,391 ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS ICWA, THAT 178 00:11:32,391 --> 00:11:34,927 WAS PASSED IN 1978, AND THE 179 00:11:34,927 --> 00:11:36,996 WASHINGTON STATE INDIAN CHILD 180 00:11:36,996 --> 00:11:40,266 WELFARE ACT. WHEREAS, JUSTICE 181 00:11:40,266 --> 00:11:40,800 MONTOYA-LEWIS WROTE FOR A 182 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,201 UNANIMOUS COURT WHICH WE ALL. 183 00:11:42,201 --> 00:11:45,237 WHICH WE READ IN THE DEPENDENCY 184 00:11:45,237 --> 00:11:48,207 OF CJZ2020, HOLDING THAT IF A 185 00:11:48,207 --> 00:11:51,711 COURT HAS REASON TO KNOW A CHILD 186 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:54,180 IS AN INDIAN CHILD, IT MUST 187 00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:55,715 APPLY THE PROTECTIONS OF THE 188 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:57,516 INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT AND THE 189 00:11:57,516 --> 00:11:59,552 WASHINGTON STATE INDIAN WELFARE 190 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:01,687 ACT. AND AGAIN IN REGARDING 191 00:12:01,687 --> 00:12:06,125 DEPENDENCY OF C OF GJA2021 192 00:12:06,125 --> 00:12:08,260 HOLDING THAT THE STATE MUST 193 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:08,794 PROVIDE ACTIVE EFFORTS TO 194 00:12:08,794 --> 00:12:11,097 PREVENT THE SEPARATION OF NATIVE 195 00:12:11,097 --> 00:12:13,032 FAMILIES I'M GETTING A LITTLE 196 00:12:13,032 --> 00:12:14,767 EMOTIONAL THERE. THANK YOU. 197 00:12:14,767 --> 00:12:17,303 WHEREAS JUSTICE MONTOYA-LEWIS, 198 00:12:17,303 --> 00:12:18,804 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 199 00:12:18,804 --> 00:12:21,307 AFFILIATED TRIBES OF NORTHWEST 200 00:12:21,307 --> 00:12:24,810 INDIANS, PROCLAIMS THE LEGAL AND 201 00:12:24,810 --> 00:12:25,411 JUDICIAL SYSTEMS MUST ADDRESS 202 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:27,146 THE HISTORICAL AND PERSISTENT 203 00:12:27,146 --> 00:12:28,180 HARM TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN 204 00:12:28,180 --> 00:12:30,816 WASHINGTON STATE THROUGH TIMELY, 205 00:12:30,816 --> 00:12:33,786 CONSISTENT, THOROUGH AND 206 00:12:33,786 --> 00:12:36,388 CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE EFFORTS. 207 00:12:36,388 --> 00:12:37,022 WHEREAS, JUSTICE MONTOYA-LEWIS 208 00:12:37,022 --> 00:12:39,925 REMAINS COMMITTED TO TEACHING 209 00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:41,560 JUDGES, SOCIAL WORKERS, LAWYERS 210 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:43,863 AND ADVOCATES HOW BIAS AFFECTS 211 00:12:43,863 --> 00:12:46,065 DECISIONS IN INDIAN CHILD 212 00:12:46,065 --> 00:12:48,067 WELFARE CASES ON BEST PRACTICES 213 00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:49,802 FOR THE WELFARE OF INDIGENOUS 214 00:12:49,802 --> 00:12:52,304 INDIGENOUS CHILDREN, AND ON 215 00:12:52,304 --> 00:12:54,406 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES. HER 216 00:12:54,406 --> 00:12:55,808 WORK THERE IS UNHERALDED NOT 217 00:12:55,808 --> 00:12:57,610 ONLY FOR MISSING AND MURDERED 218 00:12:57,610 --> 00:12:59,078 INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS. OUR 219 00:12:59,078 --> 00:13:00,846 NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN AND 220 00:13:00,846 --> 00:13:01,447 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GENDER 221 00:13:01,447 --> 00:13:04,517 BASED VIOLENCE. WHEREAS JUSTICE 222 00:13:04,517 --> 00:13:06,785 MONTOYA-LEWIS IS RECOGNIZED FOR 223 00:13:06,785 --> 00:13:09,155 HER REMARKABLE WORK TO KEEP 224 00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:11,223 NATIVE FAMILIES BONDED, PROTECT 225 00:13:11,223 --> 00:13:12,258 THE CONNECTION OF NATIVE 226 00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:14,193 CHILDREN TO THEIR CULTURE AND 227 00:13:14,193 --> 00:13:15,728 IDENTITY. IT IS AN HONOR AND 228 00:13:15,728 --> 00:13:17,496 HONOR. TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY. NOW, 229 00:13:17,496 --> 00:13:19,098 THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND THE 230 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:21,634 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIM 231 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:24,370 NOVEMBER 10th, 2026 TO BE 232 00:13:24,370 --> 00:13:29,108 JUSTICE RAQUEL MONTOYA-LEWIS 233 00:13:29,108 --> 00:13:29,375 DAY. YAY! 234 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:39,618 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 235 00:13:39,618 --> 00:13:40,719 -- I'LL DO CLOSING REMARKS. IF 236 00:13:40,719 --> 00:13:41,487 YOU OPEN THE FLOOR. 237 00:13:41,487 --> 00:13:42,621 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 238 00:13:42,621 --> 00:13:44,423 COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. 239 00:13:44,423 --> 00:13:45,057 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ COLLEAGUES, 240 00:13:45,057 --> 00:13:46,826 AT THIS TIME, I WILL PAUSE TO 241 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:48,494 SEE IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS OF 242 00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:51,697 PEOPLE WOULD LIKE. BEFORE I ASK 243 00:13:51,697 --> 00:13:52,331 FOR THE AFFIXING OF SIGNATURES, 244 00:13:52,331 --> 00:13:58,504 AND I PASS IT BACK TO 245 00:13:58,504 --> 00:13:58,971 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 246 00:13:58,971 --> 00:13:59,438 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 247 00:13:59,438 --> 00:14:00,072 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 248 00:14:00,072 --> 00:14:02,274 I JUST WANTED TO SAY, WELL, 249 00:14:02,274 --> 00:14:03,375 THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING 250 00:14:03,375 --> 00:14:04,643 HERE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY, 251 00:14:04,643 --> 00:14:06,145 SINCE TODAY IS THE DAY BEFORE 252 00:14:06,145 --> 00:14:07,980 VETERANS DAY, AND THERE'S A 253 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:08,914 TRADITION WITH VETERANS OF 254 00:14:08,914 --> 00:14:10,216 SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR 255 00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:11,784 SERVICE. BUT AS I OFTEN SAY, 256 00:14:11,784 --> 00:14:13,485 IT'S NOT JUST FOR VETERANS, 257 00:14:13,485 --> 00:14:16,055 IT'S FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE 258 00:14:16,055 --> 00:14:18,591 SERVED AND JUSTICE. YOUR SERVICE 259 00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:20,159 TRULY DESERVES A VERY STRONG, 260 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:22,061 HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR YOUR 261 00:14:22,061 --> 00:14:24,363 SERVICE. SO THANK YOU. 262 00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:28,234 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 263 00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:28,701 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 264 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:29,134 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 265 00:14:29,134 --> 00:14:32,004 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 266 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:33,873 PRESIDENT JUSTICE MONTOYA-LEWIS. 267 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:35,941 I JUST WANT TO SAY A HEARTFELT 268 00:14:35,941 --> 00:14:38,177 AND SINCERE THANK YOU FOR YOUR 269 00:14:38,177 --> 00:14:40,446 MANY YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED 270 00:14:40,446 --> 00:14:41,747 SERVICE TO OUR STATE, OUR 271 00:14:41,747 --> 00:14:43,682 REGION, INDEED, THE CITY OF 272 00:14:43,682 --> 00:14:49,154 SEATTLE, BY EXTENSION AS WELL. 273 00:14:49,154 --> 00:14:52,758 REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND AND 274 00:14:52,758 --> 00:14:55,694 BEING SUCH A FIERCE ADVOCATE OF 275 00:14:55,694 --> 00:14:59,965 FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE IN OUR 276 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:03,969 ESTEEMED PROFESSION AND 277 00:15:03,969 --> 00:15:04,603 DISTINGUISHING YOURSELF IN SUCH 278 00:15:04,603 --> 00:15:06,639 A PROFOUND AND IMPACTFUL AND 279 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:10,809 LASTING WAY AS A JURIST ON THE 280 00:15:10,809 --> 00:15:13,612 BENCH SETTING A GREAT EXAMPLE 281 00:15:13,612 --> 00:15:16,849 FOR FOR YOUNG, YOUNGER LAWYERS 282 00:15:16,849 --> 00:15:21,587 LIKE MYSELF AND THOUSANDS AND 283 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:22,221 THOUSANDS OF OTHERS, WHETHER IN 284 00:15:22,221 --> 00:15:23,622 THE LEGAL PROFESSION OR 285 00:15:23,622 --> 00:15:25,024 OTHERWISE. SO, YOUR HONOR, JUST 286 00:15:25,024 --> 00:15:27,026 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. EXCITED 287 00:15:27,026 --> 00:15:29,862 TO BE ABLE TO AFFIX MY SIGNATURE 288 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:33,565 IN A MOMENT, BUT I'M FOREVER 289 00:15:33,565 --> 00:15:35,134 GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK 290 00:15:35,134 --> 00:15:35,934 YOU. 291 00:15:35,934 --> 00:15:38,704 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 292 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:39,138 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 293 00:15:39,138 --> 00:15:40,272 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 294 00:15:40,272 --> 00:15:41,073 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 295 00:15:41,073 --> 00:15:43,309 I TOO, JUST WANT TO JOIN MY 296 00:15:43,309 --> 00:15:45,177 COLLEAGUES IN THE. GRATITUDE TO 297 00:15:45,177 --> 00:15:47,713 YOU. JUSTICE FOR ALL THE WORK 298 00:15:47,713 --> 00:15:49,481 THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE 299 00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:53,686 YEARS. THE SERVICE HAS BEEN 300 00:15:53,686 --> 00:15:55,220 INVALUABLE. AND WHAT I 301 00:15:55,220 --> 00:15:57,022 PARTICULARLY NOTED THAT I REALLY 302 00:15:57,022 --> 00:15:58,490 APPRECIATE IS THAT ALONG WITH 303 00:15:58,490 --> 00:16:00,292 YOUR LAW DEGREE, YOU HAVE A 304 00:16:00,292 --> 00:16:02,795 SOCIAL WORK DEGREE. AND FOR FOR 305 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:05,531 THE WORK AND COMMUNITY, BOTH ARE 306 00:16:05,531 --> 00:16:08,100 SO ADVANTAGEOUS TOGETHER BECAUSE 307 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:09,601 I KNOW THAT IN THE LEGAL WORLD, 308 00:16:09,601 --> 00:16:11,570 SOMETIMES WE DON'T UNDERSTAND 309 00:16:11,570 --> 00:16:13,505 WHAT THE SOCIAL WORK WORLD IS 310 00:16:13,505 --> 00:16:14,740 DOING AND VICE VERSA. AND BEING 311 00:16:14,740 --> 00:16:18,143 ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND FOR 312 00:16:18,143 --> 00:16:19,778 YOU TO HAVE YOU TO HOLD BOTH OF 313 00:16:19,778 --> 00:16:26,151 THOSE WAS REALLY, I KNOW, AN 314 00:16:26,151 --> 00:16:28,053 INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU 315 00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:29,855 BROUGHT TO THE WORK. SO I REALLY 316 00:16:29,855 --> 00:16:34,026 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY 317 00:16:34,026 --> 00:16:35,928 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR STATE 318 00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:39,765 AND OUR AND OUR REGION AND OUR 319 00:16:39,765 --> 00:16:41,200 CITY. AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, AND 320 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,936 I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 321 00:16:43,936 --> 00:16:50,275 CELEBRATING TODAY, YOUR DAY. AND 322 00:16:50,275 --> 00:16:50,943 I REALLY DO THINK IT'S REALLY 323 00:16:50,943 --> 00:16:51,510 IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE OUR 324 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:52,111 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR ALL THE 325 00:16:52,111 --> 00:16:54,213 HARD WORK THAT THEY DO, 326 00:16:54,213 --> 00:16:55,547 PARTICULARLY OUR COMMUNITY 327 00:16:55,547 --> 00:16:57,783 MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN FIRST IN 328 00:16:57,783 --> 00:16:59,885 COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THESE 329 00:16:59,885 --> 00:17:00,419 SERVICES, TO PROVIDE THE 330 00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:02,588 SERVICE. SO I THINK THAT'S 331 00:17:02,588 --> 00:17:04,089 IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO 332 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:06,058 CELEBRATE YOU TODAY AND 333 00:17:06,058 --> 00:17:07,092 COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE YOU. SO 334 00:17:07,092 --> 00:17:11,063 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 335 00:17:11,063 --> 00:17:11,463 -- AWESOME. TEP. 336 00:17:11,463 --> 00:17:12,631 -- NO, YOU'RE ALL GOOD. THANK 337 00:17:12,631 --> 00:17:14,666 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 338 00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:18,904 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 339 00:17:18,904 --> 00:17:19,538 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 340 00:17:19,538 --> 00:17:21,373 JUSTICE MONTOYA-LEWIS. IT HAS 341 00:17:21,373 --> 00:17:23,108 BEEN SUCH SO EXCITING TO LEARN 342 00:17:23,108 --> 00:17:24,576 ABOUT YOUR CAREER AND INSPIRING 343 00:17:24,576 --> 00:17:26,045 TO TO READ THROUGH THE 344 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:27,212 PROCLAMATION AND LEARN MORE 345 00:17:27,212 --> 00:17:27,813 ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE SERVICE 346 00:17:27,813 --> 00:17:28,847 THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED TO OUR 347 00:17:28,847 --> 00:17:31,216 COMMUNITY. AND ALSO, I FEEL JUST 348 00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:32,651 SO MUCH GRATITUDE FOR THE 349 00:17:32,651 --> 00:17:34,153 EXPERTISE THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT 350 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:36,855 TO THE COURTS. AND I FEEL SO 351 00:17:36,855 --> 00:17:39,491 MUCH GRATITUDE TO YOU. AS WAS 352 00:17:39,491 --> 00:17:40,726 STATED ABOUT YOU BEING THE FIRST 353 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:43,061 IN SO MANY WAYS, AND HOW MUCH 354 00:17:43,061 --> 00:17:44,530 THAT MEANS TO THE NEXT 355 00:17:44,530 --> 00:17:45,397 GENERATION OF LEADERS TOO. SO I 356 00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:46,598 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MY WHOLE 357 00:17:46,598 --> 00:17:48,500 HEART, FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES 358 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:50,002 YOU'VE AND THE DOORS YOU'VE 359 00:17:50,002 --> 00:17:50,969 OPENED FOR SO MANY. THANK YOU 360 00:17:50,969 --> 00:17:52,104 AND I'M SO GLAD WE GET TO 361 00:17:52,104 --> 00:17:54,907 CELEBRATE YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. 362 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:55,207 -- AWESOME. 363 00:17:55,207 --> 00:17:57,643 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 364 00:17:57,643 --> 00:17:59,645 RINCK. BEFORE I PASS IT BACK TO 365 00:17:59,645 --> 00:18:00,279 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I DO WANT 366 00:18:00,279 --> 00:18:02,181 TO RECOGNIZE WE DO HAVE SOME 367 00:18:02,181 --> 00:18:02,981 PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. I HAVE A 368 00:18:02,981 --> 00:18:04,283 LIST HERE. THERE MIGHT BE SOME, 369 00:18:04,283 --> 00:18:06,718 BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO 370 00:18:06,718 --> 00:18:08,320 CELEBRATE DOWNSTAIRS AS WELL. SO 371 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,756 WE HAVE CHIEF JUSTICE DEBORA 372 00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:14,126 STEVENS. WE ALSO HAVE WELCOME IS 373 00:18:14,126 --> 00:18:16,628 JUSTICE STEVENS HERE? THEY KNOW. 374 00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:17,863 MAYBE THEY WILL. OKAY. 375 00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:21,667 POTENTIALLY JUSTICE TEO ANGELES, 376 00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:26,004 JUSTICE SALVADOR. WE ALSO HAVE A 377 00:18:26,004 --> 00:18:28,807 PRESIDING JUDGE, AVRIL ROTHROCK, 378 00:18:28,807 --> 00:18:29,641 KING, COUNTY PROSECUTING 379 00:18:29,641 --> 00:18:32,111 ATTORNEY. I KNOW LEESA MANION IS 380 00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:34,346 HERE. WELCOME. WE ALSO HAVE 381 00:18:34,346 --> 00:18:36,014 POTENTIALLY JUDGE ANITA CRAWFORD 382 00:18:36,014 --> 00:18:37,883 AND THEN CITY ATTORNEY ERICA 383 00:18:37,883 --> 00:18:39,017 EVANS AS WELL. AND I KNOW THEY 384 00:18:39,017 --> 00:18:40,986 WILL BE JOINING US DOWNSTAIRS. 385 00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:42,888 SO BEFORE I ASK FOR SIGNATURES, 386 00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:44,656 I'M GOING TO HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 387 00:18:44,656 --> 00:18:46,225 JUAREZ DO HER CLOSING AND THEN 388 00:18:46,225 --> 00:18:48,126 WE WILL ASK FOR SIGNATURES. 389 00:18:48,126 --> 00:18:49,728 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 390 00:18:49,728 --> 00:18:51,029 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 391 00:18:51,029 --> 00:18:52,197 IN MY EXCITEMENT, I FORGOT 392 00:18:52,197 --> 00:18:55,534 SOMETHING IN MY SCRIPT, WHICH WE 393 00:18:55,534 --> 00:18:57,336 DO TRADITIONALLY. MY NAME IS 394 00:18:57,336 --> 00:18:59,805 NATALIE MR. SAKA, WHICH MEANS 395 00:18:59,805 --> 00:19:00,806 HOLY MOUNTAIN WOMAN. AND WE ALSO 396 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:02,341 WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO THE 397 00:19:02,341 --> 00:19:03,909 PEOPLE'S HOUSE. AND WE RAISE 398 00:19:03,909 --> 00:19:07,446 OUR HANDS TO YOU. AND SO I'LL 399 00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:13,318 MOVE ON. IT'S REALLY EMOTIONAL 400 00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:15,153 FOR ME TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO 401 00:19:15,153 --> 00:19:17,356 RECOGNIZE YOU, JUDGE IN A GOOD 402 00:19:17,356 --> 00:19:21,126 WAY, IN THE WAY WE DO IN INDIAN 403 00:19:21,126 --> 00:19:23,128 COUNTRY, THAT JUSTICE IS 404 00:19:23,128 --> 00:19:25,564 BRAVERY. IT'S LEADERSHIP, IT'S 405 00:19:25,564 --> 00:19:27,733 KINDNESS. AND IT'S INTELLECT. 406 00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:29,568 AND THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF 407 00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:30,169 GOVERNMENT REMINDS US THAT WE 408 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:33,238 ARE A NATION OF LAWS AND 409 00:19:33,238 --> 00:19:34,640 SOMETIMES THOSE LAWS NEED TO BE 410 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:39,378 DISMANTLED TO UPHOLD TRUE 411 00:19:39,378 --> 00:19:39,978 JUSTICE. AND YOU HAVE BEEN A 412 00:19:39,978 --> 00:19:40,879 WARRIOR ON THAT FRONT LINE. AND 413 00:19:40,879 --> 00:19:46,351 THANK YOU. WHAT HASN'T LOST THE 414 00:19:46,351 --> 00:19:49,688 IRONY ON ME TODAY IS THAT IN 415 00:19:49,688 --> 00:19:50,656 2018 AND 2019, AND I BELIEVE YOU 416 00:19:50,656 --> 00:19:51,823 AND I WERE STILL WELL, WE'VE 417 00:19:51,823 --> 00:19:54,860 ALWAYS BEEN SPEAKING THEN 418 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:56,161 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL, WE 419 00:19:56,161 --> 00:19:58,330 GATHERED IN THE SAME ROOM TO 420 00:19:58,330 --> 00:20:00,165 PASS A RESOLUTION AND AN 421 00:20:00,165 --> 00:20:01,166 ORDINANCE AND FUND A POSITION 422 00:20:01,166 --> 00:20:02,901 AND DISCUSS THE INDIAN CHILD 423 00:20:02,901 --> 00:20:05,771 WELFARE ACT AND ITS EFFECTS. IT 424 00:20:05,771 --> 00:20:06,972 TOOK AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO 425 00:20:06,972 --> 00:20:09,408 PROTECT OUR BABIES. IT TOOK TO 426 00:20:09,408 --> 00:20:11,376 ACT OF CONGRESS UNDER MISSING 427 00:20:11,376 --> 00:20:12,344 MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND 428 00:20:12,344 --> 00:20:13,378 GIRLS TO PROTECT OUR WOMEN AND 429 00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:15,981 GIRLS AND OF COURSE, OUR OTHER 430 00:20:15,981 --> 00:20:17,082 RELATIVES. AND IT ISN'T JUST 431 00:20:17,082 --> 00:20:18,550 OUR WOMEN AND GIRLS, IT'S OUR 432 00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:20,819 BABIES. AND IT'S OUR FUTURE. 433 00:20:20,819 --> 00:20:22,387 AND SO HERE WE ARE, ALL BACK 434 00:20:22,387 --> 00:20:23,655 HERE AGAIN WITH SOME OF THE SAME 435 00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:28,327 FACES. I SEE THE CEO FROM CERRO, 436 00:20:28,327 --> 00:20:29,761 I SEE GABE GALANDA FROM ROUND 437 00:20:29,761 --> 00:20:30,429 VALLEY. GABE'S EVERYWHERE. AS 438 00:20:30,429 --> 00:20:31,997 YOU ALL KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TIME 439 00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:35,834 TO HOLLER OUT EVERYBODY, BUT I 440 00:20:35,834 --> 00:20:38,103 WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE ALL 441 00:20:38,103 --> 00:20:40,872 RAISING OUR HANDS TO YOU. BUT 442 00:20:40,872 --> 00:20:42,741 ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO THE 443 00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:43,842 FOLKS THAT HELP US MAKE THIS 444 00:20:43,842 --> 00:20:46,278 HAPPEN. WE WANT TO RAISE OUR 445 00:20:46,278 --> 00:20:47,479 HANDS TO SOPHIA SUAREZ. WHERE? 446 00:20:47,479 --> 00:20:49,681 SOPHIA. SOPHIA! STAND UP. RAISE 447 00:20:49,681 --> 00:20:51,783 YOUR HANDS. COME ON NOW, GIRL. 448 00:20:51,783 --> 00:20:52,884 SOPHIA, WHO DID ALL THE WORK AND 449 00:20:52,884 --> 00:20:54,453 PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER. WE HAVE 450 00:20:54,453 --> 00:20:57,422 KIMI KING WHO WHO REACHED OUT 451 00:20:57,422 --> 00:21:00,459 AND PUT THE WORK TOGETHER. KIMI 452 00:21:00,459 --> 00:21:01,760 KELLY BROWN, OUR CHIEF OF STAFF 453 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:02,494 WHO WORKED WELL. AND OF COURSE 454 00:21:02,494 --> 00:21:03,562 PAUL, WHO'S NOW AT DEEL BUT 455 00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:06,965 ALSO WORKED WITH US. AND A 456 00:21:06,965 --> 00:21:08,634 SPECIAL THANK YOU TO SOPHIA AND 457 00:21:08,634 --> 00:21:09,401 KIMI BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THIS 458 00:21:09,401 --> 00:21:11,603 A LOT IN CITY GOVERNMENT. 459 00:21:11,603 --> 00:21:14,873 REACHED OUT TO INDIAN COUNTRY TO 460 00:21:14,873 --> 00:21:16,975 ELDERS, TO LEADERS, TO JUDGES, 461 00:21:16,975 --> 00:21:19,011 TO COMMUNITY, TO ELECTED 462 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:20,445 OFFICIALS TO BRING US ALL 463 00:21:20,445 --> 00:21:21,713 TOGETHER, TO RECOGNIZE THIS DAY. 464 00:21:21,713 --> 00:21:24,583 BECAUSE TO US, THIS ISN'T JUST A 465 00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:26,285 PROCLAMATION. IT MEANS 466 00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:26,852 SOMETHING. I'M GOING TO 467 00:21:26,852 --> 00:21:28,887 REMEMBER THIS DAY LIKE I 468 00:21:28,887 --> 00:21:30,555 REMEMBERED WHEN WE DID MISSING 469 00:21:30,555 --> 00:21:33,191 MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND 470 00:21:33,191 --> 00:21:35,193 GIRLS. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK 471 00:21:35,193 --> 00:21:36,595 CENTRAL STAFF. EDEN, ARE YOU 472 00:21:36,595 --> 00:21:39,564 HERE? EDEN WHO WROTE IT? WHO 473 00:21:39,564 --> 00:21:41,366 WORKED WITH US ON THE ON THE 474 00:21:41,366 --> 00:21:42,200 RESOLUTION AND A HUGE THANK YOU 475 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,004 TO GABE GALANDA, WHO HELPED OUR 476 00:21:46,004 --> 00:21:48,240 OFFICE DRAFT AND INSPIRED US TO 477 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,374 CAPTURE THE TRUE SPIRIT AND 478 00:21:49,374 --> 00:21:51,009 ESSENCE OF YOU. JUDGE, I'VE SEEN 479 00:21:51,009 --> 00:21:52,110 YOUR WORK, BUT IT'S ONE THING 480 00:21:52,110 --> 00:21:53,812 TO TRY TO PUT IT ALL DOWN ON 481 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:57,482 PAPER. THANK YOU GABE AND I 482 00:21:57,482 --> 00:22:00,285 SHARED SOME OF THESE COMMENTS A 483 00:22:00,285 --> 00:22:02,754 FEW TIMES UP ON THIS DAIS. IS 484 00:22:02,754 --> 00:22:06,358 THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE 485 00:22:06,358 --> 00:22:08,060 PERFORMATIVE. WE WANT PEOPLE TO 486 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:09,795 KNOW THAT YOU DO THE WORK AND 487 00:22:09,795 --> 00:22:12,664 YOU COME FROM US, AND YOU'VE 488 00:22:12,664 --> 00:22:16,001 NEVER USED OUR TRAUMA. YOU'VE 489 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:17,436 NEVER USED THE WORST DAY IN OUR 490 00:22:17,436 --> 00:22:20,138 LIVES AND OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES 491 00:22:20,138 --> 00:22:22,507 TO MAKE YOURSELF SHINE BRIGHTER. 492 00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:23,575 YOU'VE ALWAYS WITH 493 00:22:23,575 --> 00:22:25,110 GRACIOUSNESS. AND I LOVE THIS 494 00:22:25,110 --> 00:22:25,711 ABOUT YOU AND PATIENCE HAVE 495 00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:26,845 ALWAYS STEPPED ASIDE TO LET 496 00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:27,813 OTHER PEOPLE SHINE. WELL, TODAY 497 00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:30,348 IS YOUR DAY TO SHINE. AND SO 498 00:22:30,348 --> 00:22:31,516 THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR 499 00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:35,520 BLANKETING. SO COULD I HAVE OUR 500 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:36,088 COUNCILMEMBER OR HOW ARE WE 501 00:22:36,088 --> 00:22:36,722 GOING TO DO THIS? ARE WE GOING 502 00:22:36,722 --> 00:22:39,791 TO HAVE YOU COME UP TO THE 503 00:22:39,791 --> 00:22:40,092 MICROPHONE? 504 00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:40,726 -- BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN WE 505 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:42,661 ASK FOR SIGNATURES? 506 00:22:42,661 --> 00:22:43,829 -- OH, I THOUGHT WE DID. 507 00:22:43,829 --> 00:22:44,196 -- WE HAD NOT. 508 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:44,429 -- OH. 509 00:22:44,429 --> 00:22:45,063 -- I'M SORRY, LETTING YOU DO 510 00:22:45,063 --> 00:22:45,797 YOUR CLOSING. 511 00:22:45,797 --> 00:22:46,598 -- I'M A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF 512 00:22:46,598 --> 00:22:47,966 MYSELF WITH THE BLANKET 513 00:22:47,966 --> 00:22:48,233 CEREMONY. 514 00:22:48,233 --> 00:22:49,601 -- YOU'RE ALL GOOD. OKAY. NO, 515 00:22:49,601 --> 00:22:50,802 NO. SO HEARING NO FURTHER 516 00:22:50,802 --> 00:22:52,704 DISCUSSION, DID YOU CLOSE 517 00:22:52,704 --> 00:22:53,605 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 518 00:22:53,605 --> 00:22:54,906 -- OH, WELL, THEN I GOT TO DO 519 00:22:54,906 --> 00:22:56,708 KIND OF, BUT I'LL STILL DO SOME 520 00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:57,642 COMMENTARY WITH THE BLANKETING. 521 00:22:57,642 --> 00:22:59,010 BUT GO AHEAD, LET'S DO THE 522 00:22:59,010 --> 00:22:59,311 SIGNATURES. 523 00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:01,012 -- OKAY, SO HEARING NO FURTHER 524 00:23:01,012 --> 00:23:02,080 DISCUSSION ON THE PROCLAMATION, 525 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:02,848 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 526 00:23:02,848 --> 00:23:04,015 ROLL TO DETERMINE WHICH 527 00:23:04,015 --> 00:23:06,485 COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE THEIR 528 00:23:06,485 --> 00:23:07,018 SIGNATURES AFFIXED TO THE 529 00:23:07,018 --> 00:23:08,887 PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING 530 00:23:08,887 --> 00:23:11,189 NOVEMBER 10th AS JUST JUSTICE 531 00:23:11,189 --> 00:23:16,094 RAQUEL MONTOYA-LEWIS DAY 532 00:23:16,094 --> 00:23:16,628 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 533 00:23:16,628 --> 00:23:23,435 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER I 534 00:23:23,435 --> 00:23:23,935 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 535 00:23:23,935 --> 00:23:24,403 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 536 00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:28,340 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COUNCILMEMBER 537 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:32,711 RINCK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 538 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:33,345 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND COUNCIL 539 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:35,347 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 540 00:23:35,347 --> 00:23:35,781 -- ABSOLUTELY. YES. 541 00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:36,448 -- AND SIGNATURES TO BE AFFIXED 542 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:38,416 TO THE PROCLAMATION. 543 00:23:38,416 --> 00:23:41,086 -- CONGRATULATIONS. IT IS NOW 544 00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:43,488 OFFICIAL AND I WILL PASS IT BACK 545 00:23:43,488 --> 00:23:46,424 TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ SO YOU 546 00:23:46,424 --> 00:23:48,927 CAN DO THE BLANKET BLANKET 547 00:23:48,927 --> 00:23:50,429 BLANKETING CEREMONY. 548 00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:51,797 -- YES, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, 549 00:23:51,797 --> 00:23:53,131 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, DO WE WANT TO 550 00:23:53,131 --> 00:23:54,566 SEE IF ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK 551 00:23:54,566 --> 00:23:56,835 AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE WE INVITE 552 00:23:56,835 --> 00:23:59,104 THE JUDGE UP TO THE MICROPHONE? 553 00:23:59,104 --> 00:24:01,440 -- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THE 554 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:02,607 MICROPHONE IS OPEN. I DON'T KNOW 555 00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:03,241 IF THERE ARE FOLKS THAT WOULD 556 00:24:03,241 --> 00:24:04,509 LIKE TO SPEAK ABSOLUTELY. 557 00:24:04,509 --> 00:24:08,547 PLEASE. THANK YOU. 558 00:24:08,547 --> 00:24:10,916 -- COUNCIL. 559 00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:13,151 -- COUNCIL, THE WAY THAT WE 560 00:24:13,151 --> 00:24:14,186 ALWAYS ADDRESS THE COURT IS MAY 561 00:24:14,186 --> 00:24:14,886 IT PLEASE THE COURT. SO I'M 562 00:24:14,886 --> 00:24:16,154 GOING TO SAY MAY IT PLEASE THE 563 00:24:16,154 --> 00:24:16,922 COUNCIL, IF YOU WILL. I'LL FEEL 564 00:24:16,922 --> 00:24:20,025 A LITTLE MORE AT HOME. I'M 565 00:24:20,025 --> 00:24:21,159 SALMONELLA JUSTICE SALMON. I'M 566 00:24:21,159 --> 00:24:22,227 ON THE STATE SUPREME COURT. AND 567 00:24:22,227 --> 00:24:24,996 I'M GOING TO SAY JUST A FEW 568 00:24:24,996 --> 00:24:26,765 WORDS ABOUT ONE OF OUR DEAR 569 00:24:26,765 --> 00:24:27,799 COLLEAGUES. ON BEHALF OF ALL OF 570 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:30,168 US ON THE COURT. AND THERE'S 571 00:24:30,168 --> 00:24:31,837 JUST THREE THINGS I WANT TO SAY. 572 00:24:31,837 --> 00:24:35,040 ONE, I THINK EVERYBODY BRINGS A 573 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,243 UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO THE COURT. 574 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:42,047 SOME PEOPLE BRING EVEN A MORE 575 00:24:42,047 --> 00:24:43,615 UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO THE COURT, 576 00:24:43,615 --> 00:24:45,851 THOUGH, THAN OTHERS. AND JUSTICE 577 00:24:45,851 --> 00:24:48,253 MONTOYA-LEWIS HAS DONE THAT FOR 578 00:24:48,253 --> 00:24:50,889 THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. SHE KNOWS 579 00:24:50,889 --> 00:24:52,190 WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE 580 00:24:52,190 --> 00:24:54,326 MARGINALIZED. SHE KNOWS WHAT 581 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:55,060 IT'S LIKE TO BE PUT ASIDE. SHE 582 00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:59,130 KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE NOT TO BE 583 00:24:59,130 --> 00:25:00,665 LISTENED TO. SIMPLY BECAUSE OF 584 00:25:00,665 --> 00:25:04,736 WHO SHE IS. AND SHE BRINGS THAT 585 00:25:04,736 --> 00:25:07,806 VOICE TO OUR BENCH, TO OUR 586 00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:11,042 COLLEAGUES, TO OUR DISCUSSIONS 587 00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:13,545 CONSTANTLY. SO THAT OUR 588 00:25:13,545 --> 00:25:15,847 OPINIONS, OUR DECISIONS ARE 589 00:25:15,847 --> 00:25:18,083 ROOTED IN A SENSE OF HUMANITY. 590 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:22,087 AND THAT COMES FROM HER SOUL AND 591 00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:25,357 THAT COMES FROM HER VERY 592 00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:28,393 ESSENCE. TWO JUSTICE 593 00:25:28,393 --> 00:25:29,928 MONTOYA-LEWIS. I THINK SOMEONE 594 00:25:29,928 --> 00:25:32,197 JUST SAID THAT DOESN'T LIKE THE 595 00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:36,268 SPOTLIGHT ON HERSELF AND IN FACT 596 00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:39,638 INSISTS ON ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGING 597 00:25:39,638 --> 00:25:41,339 THOSE WHO HAVE REALLY DONE THE 598 00:25:41,339 --> 00:25:43,375 WORK. MUCH. SO, AND I WILL JUST 599 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:46,011 SAY THIS THERE'S BEEN SOME 600 00:25:46,011 --> 00:25:48,179 INTERNAL BATTLES OVER THAT. AND 601 00:25:48,179 --> 00:25:49,147 BUT THAT IS WHO SHE IS. THAT IS 602 00:25:49,147 --> 00:25:53,551 SO IMPORTANT FOR HER TO BE GIVE 603 00:25:53,551 --> 00:25:55,820 CREDIT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE REALLY 604 00:25:55,820 --> 00:25:58,023 ALLOWED HER TO SHINE THE WAY SHE 605 00:25:58,023 --> 00:26:01,526 HAS. AND I WILL SAY THIS, THAT 606 00:26:01,526 --> 00:26:04,062 SHE MAKES SURE EVEN THOUGH 607 00:26:04,062 --> 00:26:06,731 SHE'S THE FIRST ON OUR COURT 608 00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:10,335 NOT TO BE THE LAST, WHO IS 609 00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:11,169 REPRESENTING NATIVE AMERICANS. I 610 00:26:11,169 --> 00:26:12,837 WAS JUST AT AN EVENT LAST WEEK, 611 00:26:12,837 --> 00:26:14,839 AS A NUMBER OF US FOR LAW 612 00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:17,742 STUDENTS UP HERE, AND SHE HAS 613 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:19,577 DONE SO MUCH FOR NATIVE AMERICAN 614 00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:21,780 LAW STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN 615 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:24,149 HAVE CLERKSHIPS AND BECOME 616 00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:25,550 LAWYERS AND THEN FOLLOW HER PATH 617 00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:27,619 ON THE COURT. THE THIRD THING IS 618 00:26:27,619 --> 00:26:30,755 MORE PERSONAL AND NOT OF THE 619 00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:32,057 COURT, BUT I'M STILL SPEAKING ON 620 00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:32,824 THE COURT. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE 621 00:26:32,824 --> 00:26:37,128 PERSONAL. THIS IS ONE THING 622 00:26:37,128 --> 00:26:40,665 AMONG MANY THINGS THAT I'LL MISS 623 00:26:40,665 --> 00:26:41,232 FROM JUSTICE MONTOYA-LEWIS. 624 00:26:41,232 --> 00:26:44,369 ANYBODY WHO IS A FAN OF THE 625 00:26:44,369 --> 00:26:46,338 OFFICE KNOWS THE LOOK THAT JIM 626 00:26:46,338 --> 00:26:46,938 HALPERT ALWAYS GIVES, RIGHT? 627 00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:49,774 WITH THE WIDE EYES. WHEN 628 00:26:49,774 --> 00:26:51,242 SOMETHING UNUSUAL HAPPENS, SHE 629 00:26:51,242 --> 00:26:53,378 WILL BE SITTING ACROSS FROM ME. 630 00:26:53,378 --> 00:26:53,878 SOMEBODY WILL BE SAYING 631 00:26:53,878 --> 00:26:54,646 SOMETHING, AND SHE'LL LOOK AT ME 632 00:26:54,646 --> 00:26:58,049 AND JUST GIVE ME THAT, THAT WIDE 633 00:26:58,049 --> 00:27:00,819 EYED, WHICH I LOVE. IT BRINGS 634 00:27:00,819 --> 00:27:04,155 AGAIN THE SENSE OF JOY, 635 00:27:04,155 --> 00:27:04,789 HAPPINESS AND BONDING, WHICH IS 636 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:06,858 SO IMPORTANT ON OUR BENCH. SO ON 637 00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:08,393 BEHALF OF THE COURT, JUSTICE 638 00:27:08,393 --> 00:27:09,527 MONTOYA-LEWIS, I'M JUST GOING 639 00:27:09,527 --> 00:27:12,430 TO SAY ONE THING, MAYBE TWO 640 00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:18,136 THINGS. WE LOVE YOU AND WE WILL 641 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:18,403 MISS YOU. 642 00:27:18,403 --> 00:27:19,537 -- THANK YOU. 643 00:27:19,537 --> 00:27:21,806 -- IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IS THERE 644 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:22,407 ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS WHO WOULD 645 00:27:22,407 --> 00:27:26,478 LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS MISS 646 00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:28,179 MANION, WELCOME. 647 00:27:28,179 --> 00:27:29,214 -- HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M LEESA 648 00:27:29,214 --> 00:27:32,717 MANION KING, COUNTY PROSECUTING 649 00:27:32,717 --> 00:27:33,351 ATTORNEY JUSTICE MONTOYA-LEWIS. 650 00:27:33,351 --> 00:27:34,786 ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE AND ALL OF 651 00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:37,288 US AT THE KING COUNTY 652 00:27:37,288 --> 00:27:37,956 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 653 00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:39,457 THANK YOU FOR SERVING SUCH AN 654 00:27:39,457 --> 00:27:40,725 IMPORTANT AND ESTEEMED JUSTICE 655 00:27:40,725 --> 00:27:42,327 ON OUR WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME 656 00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:44,195 COURT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 657 00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:45,964 COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS AND 658 00:27:45,964 --> 00:27:47,866 EQUITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KEEN 659 00:27:47,866 --> 00:27:48,933 LEGAL ANALYSIS AND YOUR RESPECT 660 00:27:48,933 --> 00:27:50,335 FOR THE RULE OF LAW. AND THANK 661 00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:53,371 YOU FOR SERVING AS SUCH AN 662 00:27:53,371 --> 00:27:53,972 IMPORTANT AND INSPIRING ROLE 663 00:27:53,972 --> 00:27:55,173 MODEL FOR EVERYONE WHO HOPES TO 664 00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:56,708 FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. THANK 665 00:27:56,708 --> 00:28:01,446 YOU SO MUCH. IT'S AN HONOR TO 666 00:28:01,446 --> 00:28:01,813 CELEBRATE YOU. 667 00:28:01,813 --> 00:28:06,017 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. GABE, 668 00:28:06,017 --> 00:28:06,284 WELCOME. 669 00:28:06,284 --> 00:28:07,419 -- EVERYONE. MY NAME IS GABE 670 00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:07,685 GALANDA. 671 00:28:07,685 --> 00:28:10,255 -- WE KNOW. 672 00:28:10,255 --> 00:28:11,056 -- YOU KNOW, I BELONG TO ROUND 673 00:28:11,056 --> 00:28:11,956 VALLEY, AND I'M HONORED TO BE 674 00:28:11,956 --> 00:28:14,225 HERE IN YOUR PRESENCE. JUSTICE 675 00:28:14,225 --> 00:28:15,894 MONTOYA-LEWIS. I SIMPLY WANT TO 676 00:28:15,894 --> 00:28:19,631 THANK YOU AND SHOW MY LOVE AND 677 00:28:19,631 --> 00:28:22,434 PRIDE TO YOU AND FOR YOU, FOR 678 00:28:22,434 --> 00:28:24,569 GIVING VOICE TO OUR VOICELESS 679 00:28:24,569 --> 00:28:28,707 AND GIVING VISIBLE TO OUR MOST 680 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,475 INVISIBLE. AND BY THAT I MEAN 681 00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:33,378 OUR NEGLECTED AND OUR ABUSED AND 682 00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:36,614 OUR INCARCERATED AND OUR 683 00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:38,116 EXCLUDED AND OUR DISENROLLED 684 00:28:38,116 --> 00:28:40,452 RELATIVES. YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM 685 00:28:40,452 --> 00:28:42,220 AGAIN, VOICE AND VISIBILITY IN 686 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:44,355 ALL OF YOUR WORK, AND ESPECIALLY 687 00:28:44,355 --> 00:28:44,889 FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE 688 00:28:44,889 --> 00:28:45,757 SUPREME COURT. AND I JUST WANT 689 00:28:45,757 --> 00:28:46,825 TO THANK YOU SO MUCH, TELL YOU 690 00:28:46,825 --> 00:28:48,326 HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU, AND TELL 691 00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:50,929 YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU 692 00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:53,131 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. GABE. NOW 693 00:28:53,131 --> 00:28:55,333 WE'LL KICK IT BACK TO 694 00:28:55,333 --> 00:28:56,634 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR THE 695 00:28:56,634 --> 00:28:58,236 BLANKETING. THANK YOU CEREMONY. 696 00:28:58,236 --> 00:29:00,839 -- SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO 697 00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:02,407 HAVE JUSTICE OUR JUDGE. JUDGE, 698 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:04,275 WOULD YOU MIND STEPPING UP TO 699 00:29:04,275 --> 00:29:05,043 THE MICROPHONE? AND THEN I THINK 700 00:29:05,043 --> 00:29:06,744 AFTER THIS WE CAN DO A QUICK 701 00:29:06,744 --> 00:29:08,379 PICTURE. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO IN 702 00:29:08,379 --> 00:29:11,082 OUR CULTURE WHAT WE DO IS WE 703 00:29:11,082 --> 00:29:13,151 HONOR WITH A BLANKET. AND WHILE 704 00:29:13,151 --> 00:29:16,121 I AM LETTING MY KIMMIE AND 705 00:29:16,121 --> 00:29:20,158 SOPHIA BLANKET OUR JUDGE RAQUEL 706 00:29:20,158 --> 00:29:21,726 MONTOYA-LEWIS, I'M GONNA SAY 707 00:29:21,726 --> 00:29:22,727 SOMETHING QUICK ABOUT THE ARTIST 708 00:29:22,727 --> 00:29:24,262 BECAUSE I SEE JACKIE'S HERE FROM 709 00:29:24,262 --> 00:29:27,132 RISE ABOVE AND SHE IS NEZ PERCE. 710 00:29:27,132 --> 00:29:27,632 BUT KYLA THOMPSON IS A 711 00:29:27,632 --> 00:29:29,734 PASSIONATE ENTREPRENEUR AND 712 00:29:29,734 --> 00:29:31,703 OWNER OF BEADWORK BY MICHAELA, 713 00:29:31,703 --> 00:29:33,471 AN INDIGENOUS CREATIVE AS AN 714 00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:35,006 AFRO INDIGENOUS. NINA NIPU, NEZ 715 00:29:35,006 --> 00:29:37,942 PERCE ARTIST MICHAELA HAS BUILT 716 00:29:37,942 --> 00:29:39,477 A STRONG PRESENCE IN BOTH THE 717 00:29:39,477 --> 00:29:41,079 ART AND MEDIA INSTITUTIONS. 718 00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:42,480 THROUGH HER WORK, SHE HIGHLIGHTS 719 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,983 THE BEAUTY OF INDIGENOUS 720 00:29:44,983 --> 00:29:45,483 ARTISTRY WHILE CREATING 721 00:29:45,483 --> 00:29:47,485 OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER 722 00:29:47,485 --> 00:29:48,586 CREATIVES TO THRIVE. AND AS YOU 723 00:29:48,586 --> 00:29:50,121 KNOW, THIS BLANKET COMES FROM 724 00:29:50,121 --> 00:29:52,090 OUR FRIEND LOUIE GONG, AN EIGHTH 725 00:29:52,090 --> 00:29:53,658 GENERATION. AND SO WITH THAT, 726 00:29:53,658 --> 00:29:55,059 AGAIN, THE HONORING IS FOR THOSE 727 00:29:55,059 --> 00:29:56,027 OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH 728 00:29:56,027 --> 00:29:58,029 OUR PRACTICES, IT'S BASICALLY 729 00:29:58,029 --> 00:30:01,065 THAT WE HOLD YOU, WE HONOR YOU. 730 00:30:01,065 --> 00:30:03,334 AND NOW YOU ARE WEARING FROM 731 00:30:03,334 --> 00:30:04,235 WHAT WOULD WHAT I GUESS WOULD 732 00:30:04,235 --> 00:30:06,337 THE TRANSLATION WOULD BE IS A 733 00:30:06,337 --> 00:30:08,206 WARM HUG FROM US. AND WITH THAT, 734 00:30:08,206 --> 00:30:10,508 WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 735 00:30:10,508 --> 00:30:16,848 -- THANK YOU. AWESOME JUSTICE, 736 00:30:16,848 --> 00:30:17,081 PLEASE. 737 00:30:17,081 --> 00:30:18,583 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO 738 00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:22,020 WORK. OKAY. THE LOWER IT WAY 739 00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:26,191 DOWN. WELL, I AM HUMBLED AND 740 00:30:26,191 --> 00:30:28,459 HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AND SO 741 00:30:28,459 --> 00:30:30,595 APPRECIATIVE OF THIS RECOGNITION 742 00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:32,931 AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 743 00:30:32,931 --> 00:30:36,534 WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT YOU 744 00:30:36,534 --> 00:30:37,735 BEING WHERE YOU'VE BEEN IN THE 745 00:30:37,735 --> 00:30:40,038 COURSE OF YOUR CAREER. SO AS THE 746 00:30:40,038 --> 00:30:42,240 FIRST NATIVE PERSON ON THE 747 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,342 WASHINGTON STATE JUDICIARY AT 748 00:30:44,342 --> 00:30:48,846 ANY LEVEL, I OWE YOU A DEBT OF 749 00:30:48,846 --> 00:30:49,480 GRATITUDE FOR FORGING THAT PATH, 750 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,449 BECAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE 751 00:30:51,449 --> 00:30:53,418 COURAGE TO DO IT IF I COULDN'T 752 00:30:53,418 --> 00:30:55,353 POINT TO AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO 753 00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:58,223 HAD DONE IT BEFORE ME. SO I'M 754 00:30:58,223 --> 00:31:01,125 GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND FOR YOUR 755 00:31:01,125 --> 00:31:01,693 LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT YOUR 756 00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:04,963 CAREER THIS IS SORT OF A 757 00:31:04,963 --> 00:31:07,098 BITTERSWEET MOMENT BECAUSE AT 758 00:31:07,098 --> 00:31:10,268 THE SAME TIME REALLY FEELING THE 759 00:31:10,268 --> 00:31:12,837 WARMTH AND LOVE AND RESPECT AND 760 00:31:12,837 --> 00:31:15,473 HONOR THAT YOU'RE ALL GIVING ME. 761 00:31:15,473 --> 00:31:16,941 I'M ALSO WALKING AWAY FROM A 762 00:31:16,941 --> 00:31:20,311 CAREER THAT HAS BEEN FULFILLING 763 00:31:20,311 --> 00:31:21,379 AND EXCITING AND MORE THAN I 764 00:31:21,379 --> 00:31:24,048 COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. SO THE 765 00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:27,685 FEELINGS ARE COMPLICATED. BUT 766 00:31:27,685 --> 00:31:28,820 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN 767 00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:30,355 TRUE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 768 00:31:30,355 --> 00:31:32,390 COUPLE OF MONTHS, AS I'VE BEEN 769 00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:34,125 AT DIFFERENT EVENTS AND TALKED 770 00:31:34,125 --> 00:31:39,130 TO JUDGES, STUDENTS, ONE OF THE 771 00:31:39,130 --> 00:31:40,765 CONSISTENT THINGS THAT I HEAR 772 00:31:40,765 --> 00:31:45,336 FROM, FROM PEOPLE IS, IS THAT 773 00:31:45,336 --> 00:31:48,373 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LET 774 00:31:48,373 --> 00:31:50,942 COMMUNITIES CELEBRATE THE WINS. 775 00:31:50,942 --> 00:31:52,510 AND I'VE REALLY RESISTED BEING 776 00:31:52,510 --> 00:31:53,544 CELEBRATED. YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS 777 00:31:53,544 --> 00:31:57,649 IS HARD FOR ME BUT IT'S BEEN 778 00:31:57,649 --> 00:32:00,718 IMPRESSED UPON ME RECENTLY THAT 779 00:32:00,718 --> 00:32:02,620 IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO 780 00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:03,755 ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE WRAPPED IN 781 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:07,191 THE LOVE OF YOUR COMMUNITY. AND 782 00:32:07,191 --> 00:32:08,826 IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD TO GET TO 783 00:32:08,826 --> 00:32:11,963 THAT POINT. AND, AND I MEAN THAT 784 00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:13,097 AT MULTIPLE LEVELS, AS SOME OF 785 00:32:13,097 --> 00:32:16,534 YOU, I'M SURE KNOW. SO I'M VERY 786 00:32:16,534 --> 00:32:17,902 GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT 787 00:32:17,902 --> 00:32:20,838 MOMENT AND BE PRESENT FOR IT IN 788 00:32:20,838 --> 00:32:23,708 ALL WAYS. I COULDN'T BE HERE 789 00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:26,144 WITHOUT MY, MY INCREDIBLE 790 00:32:26,144 --> 00:32:29,781 CHAMBERS TEAM, MY LAW CLERKS, 791 00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:30,782 WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT I'M 792 00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:32,183 DOING IT. YOU JUST SAID I WAS 793 00:32:32,183 --> 00:32:34,118 DOING THAT JUSTICE AND I'M DOING 794 00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:36,621 IT AGAIN. BUT I WOULDN'T BE 795 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:38,523 HERE WITHOUT MY LAW CLERKS WHO, 796 00:32:38,523 --> 00:32:41,926 YOU KNOW, WHO HELPED ME, RIGHT? 797 00:32:41,926 --> 00:32:42,994 EVERY, EVERY OPINION I'VE 798 00:32:42,994 --> 00:32:45,363 ISSUED, WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 799 00:32:45,363 --> 00:32:46,597 ME THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF MY 800 00:32:46,597 --> 00:32:50,368 TIME ON THE COURT, MY ENTIRE 801 00:32:50,368 --> 00:32:53,604 TEAM HAS JUST BEEN 802 00:32:53,604 --> 00:32:54,972 EXTRAORDINARY. AND WHEN I 803 00:32:54,972 --> 00:32:57,275 DECIDED TO APPLY FOR THE 804 00:32:57,275 --> 00:32:59,711 APPOINTMENT FOR THIS POSITION, I 805 00:32:59,711 --> 00:33:00,778 WAS FAIRLY SKEPTICAL THAT I 806 00:33:00,778 --> 00:33:02,146 WANTED TO DO IT. TO BE HONEST, I 807 00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:03,214 DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OKAY TO 808 00:33:03,214 --> 00:33:05,850 SAY, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT. 809 00:33:05,850 --> 00:33:07,518 AND SO MY HUSBAND, COLIN, AND I 810 00:33:07,518 --> 00:33:09,253 SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING 811 00:33:09,253 --> 00:33:10,688 ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD DO 812 00:33:10,688 --> 00:33:14,158 IT. AND HE, HE REALLY SAID, YOU 813 00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:16,627 KNOW, EVEN IF IT MEANS PICKING 814 00:33:16,627 --> 00:33:18,029 UP OUR FAMILY AND MOVING, EVEN 815 00:33:18,029 --> 00:33:19,397 IF IT'S DISRUPTIVE, EVEN IF 816 00:33:19,397 --> 00:33:20,865 IT'S NOT EVERYTHING YOU HOPE IT 817 00:33:20,865 --> 00:33:23,067 TO BE, IT'S STILL WORTH TRYING 818 00:33:23,067 --> 00:33:27,739 TO DO IT. SO I WOULDN'T BE HERE 819 00:33:27,739 --> 00:33:30,708 WITHOUT HIM IN ALL CAPACITIES. 820 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:32,343 BUT BUT CERTAINLY THE SUPPORT OF 821 00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:35,146 YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR PARTNER IS, 822 00:33:35,146 --> 00:33:36,647 IS CRITICAL TO BEING ABLE TO DO 823 00:33:36,647 --> 00:33:42,954 THIS KIND OF WORK. AND THEN 824 00:33:42,954 --> 00:33:43,588 LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW 825 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:50,495 APPRECIATIVE I AM THAT. THAT IN 826 00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:52,430 PARTICULAR, THE PROCLAMATION 827 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:54,399 FOCUSES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 828 00:33:54,399 --> 00:33:55,032 PROTECTING NATIVE CHILDREN AND 829 00:33:55,032 --> 00:33:56,868 NATIVE FAMILIES OVER THE COURSE 830 00:33:56,868 --> 00:34:00,138 OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I'VE 831 00:34:00,138 --> 00:34:02,240 DEVELOPED A SPEECH THAT I'M 832 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,342 HOPING TO WILL BECOME A BOOK 833 00:34:04,342 --> 00:34:06,277 THAT TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF 834 00:34:06,277 --> 00:34:08,646 GENERATIONS OF REMOVAL AND WHAT 835 00:34:08,646 --> 00:34:11,282 THAT HAS LOOKED LIKE IN MY OWN 836 00:34:11,282 --> 00:34:12,417 FAMILY, AND THE IMPACT THAT 837 00:34:12,417 --> 00:34:16,187 THAT'S HAD ON ME IN THE COURSE 838 00:34:16,187 --> 00:34:18,623 OF LEARNING SOME OF THE STORIES 839 00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:20,591 OF MY RELATIVES WHO WENT TO 840 00:34:20,591 --> 00:34:23,227 BOARDING SCHOOL AND WHO WERE 841 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:24,562 SENT THERE. AND IN THE COURSE OF 842 00:34:24,562 --> 00:34:28,299 BEING ABLE TO VISIT ONE OF THOSE 843 00:34:28,299 --> 00:34:28,900 BOARDING SCHOOLS RECENTLY, I 844 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:31,502 REALLY APPRECIATED SOMETHING 845 00:34:31,502 --> 00:34:34,439 THAT MY DAD ALWAYS SAID TO ME. 846 00:34:34,439 --> 00:34:36,407 HE HE WASN'T VERY INTERESTED IN 847 00:34:36,407 --> 00:34:36,974 ME COMPLAINING ABOUT THINGS 848 00:34:36,974 --> 00:34:38,943 BEING HARD BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT 849 00:34:38,943 --> 00:34:43,681 HARD WAS AND AND THE GENERATIONS 850 00:34:43,681 --> 00:34:46,918 BEFORE US KNEW WHAT HARD WAS. 851 00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:50,855 BUT HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE 852 00:34:50,855 --> 00:34:52,723 IMPORTANCE OF DOING THOSE HARD 853 00:34:52,723 --> 00:34:55,293 THINGS ANYWAY AND CONTINUING TO 854 00:34:55,293 --> 00:34:57,428 TELL OUR STORIES. AND TO DO THAT 855 00:34:57,428 --> 00:35:00,064 IN A WAY THAT IS PUBLIC AND 856 00:35:00,064 --> 00:35:02,300 CELEBRATES NOT JUST THE PEOPLE 857 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:02,967 WHO SURVIVED IN ORDER FOR ME TO 858 00:35:02,967 --> 00:35:05,736 BE HERE, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ALSO 859 00:35:05,736 --> 00:35:07,538 DIDN'T MAKE IT. SO OVER THE 860 00:35:07,538 --> 00:35:10,141 SUMMER, I WAS ABLE TO VISIT THE 861 00:35:10,141 --> 00:35:11,776 GRAVESITE OF ONE OF MY RELATIVES 862 00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:15,847 WHO DIDN'T SURVIVE BOARDING 863 00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:18,783 SCHOOL. AND THAT'S A MOMENT THAT 864 00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:20,785 WHERE EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE 865 00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:22,920 BEFORE AND AFTER THAT, OR 866 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,424 DIFFERENT, I FULLY CHANGED BY 867 00:35:26,424 --> 00:35:29,594 THAT EXPERIENCE. AND ONE OF THE 868 00:35:29,594 --> 00:35:31,262 THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM 869 00:35:31,262 --> 00:35:32,730 THIS EVENT AND OTHERS LIKE IT 870 00:35:32,730 --> 00:35:35,800 OVER THE COURSE OF LEAVING THIS 871 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:36,434 POSITION, IS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO 872 00:35:36,434 --> 00:35:37,702 HEAR THOSE STORIES. AND THOSE 873 00:35:37,702 --> 00:35:41,739 STORIES NEED TO BE TOLD. SO I 874 00:35:41,739 --> 00:35:42,773 APPRECIATE BEING HONORED, BUT 875 00:35:42,773 --> 00:35:44,075 IT'S NOT THE LAST YOU'LL HEAR 876 00:35:44,075 --> 00:35:46,544 FROM ME. SO THANK YOU, I 877 00:35:46,544 --> 00:35:49,647 APPRECIATE IT. 878 00:35:49,647 --> 00:35:49,981 -- THANK YOU. 879 00:35:49,981 --> 00:36:00,424 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 880 00:36:04,428 --> 00:36:08,166 [APPLAUSE] 881 00:36:08,166 --> 00:36:09,467 -- WELL DESERVED JUSTICE. WE ARE 882 00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:10,134 GOING TO NOW SUSPEND THE RULES. 883 00:36:10,134 --> 00:36:11,435 AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 884 00:36:11,435 --> 00:36:15,139 WE'LL HAVE YOU COME UP HERE. 885 00:36:15,139 --> 00:36:16,274 WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO. AND I KNOW 886 00:36:16,274 --> 00:36:18,242 THAT WE HAVE DEANNA LEE WILL 887 00:36:18,242 --> 00:36:20,545 DIRECT US AS WELL. COUNCIL, YOU 888 00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:23,481 ALL KNOW WHAT TO DO. 889 00:36:23,481 --> 00:36:29,887 -- YOU KNOW THE DRILL 890 00:36:29,887 --> 00:36:31,856 -- SO WE'LL DO A PHOTO. WE'LL 891 00:36:31,856 --> 00:36:33,491 WE'LL INVITE YOU UP HERE ON THE 892 00:36:33,491 --> 00:36:36,460 ON THE DAIS JUSTICE UP HERE. 893 00:36:36,460 --> 00:36:38,229 YEP. YOU'LL JUST COME RIGHT 894 00:36:38,229 --> 00:36:39,797 HERE. AND THEN IF YOU'RE 895 00:36:39,797 --> 00:36:42,300 WATCHING AFTER THIS, WE HAVE 896 00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:42,934 ANOTHER PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING 897 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:43,534 DIWALI. AND THEN WE WILL JUMP 898 00:36:43,534 --> 00:36:48,239 RIGHT INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. WHERE 899 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:52,009 HAVE YOU BEEN? WHERE HAVE YOU 900 00:36:52,009 --> 00:36:52,210 BEEN? 901 00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:52,543 -- [LAUGHTER] 902 00:36:52,543 --> 00:36:53,311 -- HI GUYS. 903 00:36:53,311 --> 00:36:53,644 -- [LAUGHTER] 904 00:36:53,644 --> 00:36:59,784 -- YOU'RE GOOD THANK YOU. SO 905 00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:02,286 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 906 00:37:02,286 --> 00:37:02,887 CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO 907 00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:06,624 MUCH. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU, 908 00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:08,259 THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S GET YOU 909 00:37:08,259 --> 00:37:09,160 UNDER THE SEAL AND PUT THE 910 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:10,628 RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU 911 00:37:10,628 --> 00:37:11,963 RIGHT HERE. 912 00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:14,932 -- IT'S GOING TO STAND LIKE 913 00:37:14,932 --> 00:37:15,132 THIS. 914 00:37:15,132 --> 00:37:15,366 -- YEP. 915 00:37:15,366 --> 00:37:17,401 -- PUT THE MICROPHONE DOWN AND 916 00:37:17,401 --> 00:37:21,005 COUNT US DOWN. WE'LL SQUEEZE. 917 00:37:21,005 --> 00:37:23,107 -- IN. SCOOT SCOOT SCOOCH I'M 918 00:37:23,107 --> 00:37:25,910 GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE. I'M 919 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:26,711 GOING TO TAKE A FEW MORE. THIS 920 00:37:26,711 --> 00:37:27,912 ONE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE MY 921 00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:35,786 HANDS OFF YOU AT SOME POINT. 922 00:37:35,786 --> 00:37:37,555 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 923 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:41,525 THANK YOU 924 00:37:41,525 --> 00:37:41,859 -- [APPLAUSE] 925 00:37:41,859 --> 00:37:42,760 -- YES. OKAY. 926 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:43,094 -- [APPLAUSE] 927 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:45,763 -- THANK YOU. RECEPTION. THANK 928 00:37:45,763 --> 00:37:48,866 YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK 929 00:37:48,866 --> 00:37:50,401 YOU. SORRY. I'LL BE PUTTING 930 00:37:50,401 --> 00:38:00,845 PEOPLE ON THE BACK JUDGE. 931 00:38:01,746 --> 00:38:02,413 -- ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. THANK 932 00:38:02,413 --> 00:38:04,682 YOU. AND I KNOW THERE'S A 933 00:38:04,682 --> 00:38:06,117 RECEPTION DOWNSTAIRS, AND SO 934 00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:08,552 THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR THAT. 935 00:38:08,552 --> 00:38:09,220 WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO 936 00:38:09,220 --> 00:38:13,291 OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION. TODAY. 937 00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:13,924 I AM PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION. 938 00:38:13,924 --> 00:38:16,827 WE ARE THE COUNCIL. I BROUGHT IT 939 00:38:16,827 --> 00:38:19,096 FORWARD, RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 940 00:38:19,096 --> 00:38:21,032 8th AS DIWALI, THE FESTIVAL OF 941 00:38:21,032 --> 00:38:23,234 LIGHTS FOR SIGNATURE AND 942 00:38:23,234 --> 00:38:24,602 PRESENTATION. I WILL SHARE SOME 943 00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:26,537 COMMENTS AND THEN COUNCILMEMBERS 944 00:38:26,537 --> 00:38:28,105 MAY COMMENT ON THE PROCLAMATION 945 00:38:28,105 --> 00:38:30,207 BEFORE AFFIXING SIGNATURES. AND 946 00:38:30,207 --> 00:38:32,009 WE DO THE PRESENTATION FIRST, I 947 00:38:32,009 --> 00:38:35,813 WANT TO THANK OUR CONSUL GENERAL 948 00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:36,947 GUPTA FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. 949 00:38:36,947 --> 00:38:39,617 IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE 950 00:38:39,617 --> 00:38:42,887 FOR JOINING US. AND THANK YOU TO 951 00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:45,056 THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HELP 952 00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:45,656 US CELEBRATE DIWALI AS WELL. 953 00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:47,525 WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU 954 00:38:47,525 --> 00:38:49,226 ALL HERE. IT IS AN HONOR TO 955 00:38:49,226 --> 00:38:51,429 PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION AND 956 00:38:51,429 --> 00:38:51,996 RECOGNIZING THE FESTIVAL OF 957 00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:54,665 LIGHTS AND THE MANY PEOPLE WHO 958 00:38:54,665 --> 00:38:55,232 MAKE THE CELEBRATION SUCH A 959 00:38:55,232 --> 00:38:58,369 MEANINGFUL PART OF OUR CITY, OUR 960 00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:00,104 FABRIC OF SEATTLE AND OUR 961 00:39:00,104 --> 00:39:01,205 REGION. DIWALI IS A TIME FOR 962 00:39:01,205 --> 00:39:02,873 GATHERING WITH LOVED ONES, 963 00:39:02,873 --> 00:39:03,374 SHARING FOOD, RENEWING 964 00:39:03,374 --> 00:39:04,909 FRIENDSHIPS, AND LOOKING AHEAD 965 00:39:04,909 --> 00:39:08,779 WITH HOPE. THAT IS THE KEY WORD 966 00:39:08,779 --> 00:39:09,380 HOPE. ACROSS MANY TRADITIONS. 967 00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:11,248 IT'S THE MESSAGE OF LIGHT. AND 968 00:39:11,248 --> 00:39:12,516 IN THIS WORLD, WE KNOW WE NEED A 969 00:39:12,516 --> 00:39:14,919 LOT OF LIGHT. WE NEED A LOT OF 970 00:39:14,919 --> 00:39:15,953 LIGHT. WE NEED A LOT OF 971 00:39:15,953 --> 00:39:17,955 KNOWLEDGE, AND WE NEED A LOT OF 972 00:39:17,955 --> 00:39:19,557 GOOD. THAT'S WHAT I'VE LEARNED 973 00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:21,392 FROM YOU, CONSUL GENERAL GUPTA. 974 00:39:21,392 --> 00:39:22,993 THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU, YOU 975 00:39:22,993 --> 00:39:24,295 WERE LIGHT, YOU WERE KNOWLEDGE, 976 00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:25,696 AND YOU WERE GOOD. YOU HAD GOOD 977 00:39:25,696 --> 00:39:28,065 ENERGY. YOU WERE GOOD PEOPLE. 978 00:39:28,065 --> 00:39:30,234 AND JUST AN HONOR. AND I'M 979 00:39:30,234 --> 00:39:32,236 GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT OF 980 00:39:32,236 --> 00:39:33,971 THE PROCLAMATION HERE AS WELL. 981 00:39:33,971 --> 00:39:35,106 AND THEN, COLLEAGUES, I WILL 982 00:39:35,106 --> 00:39:39,143 LOOK TO YOU ALL FOR COMMENTS. 983 00:39:39,143 --> 00:39:40,511 WHEREAS DIWALI, KNOWN AS THE 984 00:39:40,511 --> 00:39:42,079 FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, IS ONE OF 985 00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:44,148 THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND 986 00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:44,715 CHERISHED CELEBRATIONS FOR 987 00:39:44,715 --> 00:39:45,883 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE 988 00:39:45,883 --> 00:39:47,785 WORLD, INCLUDING THE RESIDENTS 989 00:39:47,785 --> 00:39:50,020 HERE IN SEATTLE. WHEREAS, THE 990 00:39:50,020 --> 00:39:52,289 OBSERVANCE OF DIWALI BRINGS 991 00:39:52,289 --> 00:39:54,325 FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES TOGETHER 992 00:39:54,325 --> 00:39:56,494 THROUGH TRADITIONS THAT INCLUDE 993 00:39:56,494 --> 00:39:57,895 LIGHTING OF THE LAMPS, SHARING 994 00:39:57,895 --> 00:39:59,964 MEALS, EXCHANGING OF GOODWILL, 995 00:39:59,964 --> 00:40:02,099 AND PARTICIPATING IN ACTS OF 996 00:40:02,099 --> 00:40:04,535 SERVICE AND REFLECTION. WHEREAS, 997 00:40:04,535 --> 00:40:06,070 SEATTLE TO INCLUDE THE SOUTH 998 00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:07,872 LAKE UNION AND BELLTOWN 999 00:40:07,872 --> 00:40:09,707 NEIGHBORHOODS, IS HOME TO 1000 00:40:09,707 --> 00:40:11,742 VIBRANT AND RAPIDLY GROWING 1001 00:40:11,742 --> 00:40:14,578 INDIAN AND HINDU COMMUNITIES. 1002 00:40:14,578 --> 00:40:15,112 WHEREAS CULTURAL HERITAGE 1003 00:40:15,112 --> 00:40:17,414 ENRICHES THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC 1004 00:40:17,414 --> 00:40:19,016 AND CIVIC FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY 1005 00:40:19,016 --> 00:40:21,986 AND OUR CITY. WHEREAS, FORMALLY 1006 00:40:21,986 --> 00:40:24,155 RECOGNIZING DIWALI REFLECTS 1007 00:40:24,155 --> 00:40:24,822 SEATTLE'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO 1008 00:40:24,822 --> 00:40:27,124 HONORING THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES 1009 00:40:27,124 --> 00:40:28,359 THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COUNTRY AND 1010 00:40:28,359 --> 00:40:31,262 CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPIRIT OF 1011 00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:31,862 INCLUSION, UNDERSTANDING AND 1012 00:40:31,862 --> 00:40:35,499 MUTUAL RESPECT. AND WHEREAS, THE 1013 00:40:35,499 --> 00:40:37,802 CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDIA, 1014 00:40:37,802 --> 00:40:38,436 WHICH RECENTLY ESTABLISHED ITS 1015 00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,337 PRESENCE IN SEATTLE, AND WE ARE 1016 00:40:40,337 --> 00:40:40,971 VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. IF 1017 00:40:40,971 --> 00:40:43,908 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVE NOT GONE 1018 00:40:43,908 --> 00:40:45,609 AND SEEN THE THE CONSULT THE 1019 00:40:45,609 --> 00:40:47,745 HEADQUARTERS, PLEASE GO 1020 00:40:47,745 --> 00:40:49,246 CONTINUES TO FOSTER PEOPLE TO 1021 00:40:49,246 --> 00:40:51,015 PEOPLE TIES BETWEEN INDIA AND 1022 00:40:51,015 --> 00:40:53,284 THE UNITED STATES, STRENGTHENING 1023 00:40:53,284 --> 00:40:53,818 CULTURAL BONDS CELEBRATED 1024 00:40:53,818 --> 00:40:55,052 THROUGH SHARED TRADITIONS SUCH 1025 00:40:55,052 --> 00:40:57,454 AS DIWALI NOW AND THEREFORE THE 1026 00:40:57,454 --> 00:40:59,356 MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIM 1027 00:40:59,356 --> 00:41:02,460 NOVEMBER 8th TO BE DIWALI. THE 1028 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:05,563 FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS DAY AND. SO 1029 00:41:05,563 --> 00:41:06,730 CONGRATULATIONS. I ALSO WANT TO 1030 00:41:06,730 --> 00:41:08,332 SHARE REALLY QUICK. I KNOW, AND 1031 00:41:08,332 --> 00:41:09,099 I DON'T WANT TO END ON A SOUR 1032 00:41:09,099 --> 00:41:09,700 NOTE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAD 1033 00:41:09,700 --> 00:41:12,303 SOME EVENTS HERE IN SEATTLE AT 1034 00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:13,938 THE SEATTLE CENTER, AND I WANT 1035 00:41:13,938 --> 00:41:14,972 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, 1036 00:41:14,972 --> 00:41:16,874 THAT HATEFUL SPEECH HAS NO PLACE 1037 00:41:16,874 --> 00:41:18,809 IN SEATTLE. YOU HEAR THAT A LOT. 1038 00:41:18,809 --> 00:41:20,711 BUT I REALLY MEAN THAT WHEN I 1039 00:41:20,711 --> 00:41:22,813 SAY THAT IT HAS NO PLACE HERE IN 1040 00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:24,481 SEATTLE. AND TO THE FAMILIES, 1041 00:41:24,481 --> 00:41:26,884 PERFORMERS, ORGANIZERS AND 1042 00:41:26,884 --> 00:41:28,419 EVERYONE AFFECTED, I'M DEEPLY 1043 00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:29,753 SORRY. I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES. 1044 00:41:29,753 --> 00:41:31,989 WE'RE DEEPLY SORRY BECAUSE THAT 1045 00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:33,958 GATHERING IS MEANT TO BRING JOY 1046 00:41:33,958 --> 00:41:35,926 AND RACISM AND BIGOTRY IS NOT 1047 00:41:35,926 --> 00:41:37,728 WELCOME HERE IN SEATTLE AS WELL. 1048 00:41:37,728 --> 00:41:40,664 AND SO I AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT 1049 00:41:40,664 --> 00:41:43,200 IT WAS MET WITH LOVE. IT WAS MET 1050 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,535 WITH WITH COMPASSION. IT WAS MET 1051 00:41:44,535 --> 00:41:47,471 WITH, HEY, NOT TODAY. OKAY. THAT 1052 00:41:47,471 --> 00:41:48,706 WAS WHAT I SAW WHEN PEOPLE SAID, 1053 00:41:48,706 --> 00:41:51,342 NOT TODAY. SO COLLEAGUES, BEFORE 1054 00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:55,112 WE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PRESENT 1055 00:41:55,112 --> 00:41:56,914 THE WONDERFUL PROCLAMATION THAT 1056 00:41:56,914 --> 00:41:57,548 WE HAVE TODAY, I WILL STOP HERE 1057 00:41:57,548 --> 00:42:00,050 TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY 1058 00:42:00,050 --> 00:42:01,952 COMMENTS TODAY BEFORE WE SUSPEND 1059 00:42:01,952 --> 00:42:06,790 THE RULES I KNOW A LOT OF US 1060 00:42:06,790 --> 00:42:07,358 HAVE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1061 00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:08,359 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL, 1062 00:42:08,359 --> 00:42:09,860 PRESIDENT, COUNCIL, GENERAL 1063 00:42:09,860 --> 00:42:13,197 GUPTA, DASH AND THE WHOLE TEAM 1064 00:42:13,197 --> 00:42:15,099 WELCOME HERE TO CHAMBERS. IT'S 1065 00:42:15,099 --> 00:42:17,401 AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE AND TO 1066 00:42:17,401 --> 00:42:21,105 SPEAK TO DIWALI. I WANTED TO 1067 00:42:21,105 --> 00:42:24,575 SAY, AS SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS 1068 00:42:24,575 --> 00:42:27,545 DISTRICT SEVEN AND AND ALL THOSE 1069 00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:28,913 THAT ARE FROM THE FROM INDIA AND 1070 00:42:28,913 --> 00:42:31,448 FROM THOSE THAT SUPPORT AND 1071 00:42:31,448 --> 00:42:33,751 CELEBRATE DIWALI, THAT IT IS AN 1072 00:42:33,751 --> 00:42:36,186 HONOR FOR ME TO DO SO. AND IT IS 1073 00:42:36,186 --> 00:42:38,222 AN HONOR. AND IT GOES FROM MY 1074 00:42:38,222 --> 00:42:39,790 MEETINGS WITH YOU, COUNCIL 1075 00:42:39,790 --> 00:42:41,959 GENERAL, OR DASH, BUT ALSO DOWN 1076 00:42:41,959 --> 00:42:43,761 INTO IN MY IN SOUTH LAKE UNION, 1077 00:42:43,761 --> 00:42:47,298 IN MY COMMUNITY. AND, AND I MET 1078 00:42:47,298 --> 00:42:49,400 WITH DIPALI JAMAL FROM LIVE TO 1079 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,035 DANCE. AND SHE IS A 1080 00:42:51,035 --> 00:42:52,469 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY 1081 00:42:52,469 --> 00:42:54,905 WITH SO MUCH. YOU TALK ABOUT 1082 00:42:54,905 --> 00:42:55,539 ENERGY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. NOBODY 1083 00:42:55,539 --> 00:42:57,608 HAS MORE ENERGY THAN SHE DOES 1084 00:42:57,608 --> 00:42:59,410 AND LIVE TO DANCE. AND IT'S 1085 00:42:59,410 --> 00:43:00,878 JUST ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY. 1086 00:43:00,878 --> 00:43:03,047 AND SHE DOES THAT. AND I THINK 1087 00:43:03,047 --> 00:43:05,049 THAT'S REALLY EMBLEMATIC OF THE 1088 00:43:05,049 --> 00:43:06,517 DIFFERENCE AND THE IMPACT THAT 1089 00:43:06,517 --> 00:43:07,551 THE COMMUNITY IS MAKING HERE IN 1090 00:43:07,551 --> 00:43:09,887 SEATTLE. I MEAN, IT'S YOU SEE 1091 00:43:09,887 --> 00:43:10,454 IT DEFINITELY IN SOUTH LAKE 1092 00:43:10,454 --> 00:43:12,022 UNION, YOU SEE IT IN BELLTOWN, 1093 00:43:12,022 --> 00:43:13,958 BUT YOU SEE IT ACROSS THIS. THE 1094 00:43:13,958 --> 00:43:15,092 CITY OF SEATTLE AND IN THE 1095 00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:17,161 REGION, OF COURSE, AS WELL. AND 1096 00:43:17,161 --> 00:43:19,063 SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK 1097 00:43:19,063 --> 00:43:23,467 YOU AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL 1098 00:43:23,467 --> 00:43:24,134 THE ENGAGEMENT THAT'S HAPPENED 1099 00:43:24,134 --> 00:43:25,703 ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY HERE 1100 00:43:25,703 --> 00:43:27,204 WITH THE COUNCIL AND CITY HALL 1101 00:43:27,204 --> 00:43:28,238 AND CITY GOVERNMENT OVERALL AS 1102 00:43:28,238 --> 00:43:30,074 WELL. SO THANK YOU. 1103 00:43:30,074 --> 00:43:31,942 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 1104 00:43:31,942 --> 00:43:32,576 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ARE THERE 1105 00:43:32,576 --> 00:43:34,445 OTHER COLLEAGUES WHO WOULD LIKE. 1106 00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:36,547 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1107 00:43:36,547 --> 00:43:38,515 -- THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY 1108 00:43:38,515 --> 00:43:39,550 HAPPY DIWALI AND THANK YOU FOR 1109 00:43:39,550 --> 00:43:42,086 BEING HERE IN CHAMBERS AND 1110 00:43:42,086 --> 00:43:44,321 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO 1111 00:43:44,321 --> 00:43:46,523 YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 1112 00:43:46,523 --> 00:43:47,791 PROCLAMATION FORWARD. AS I'VE 1113 00:43:47,791 --> 00:43:49,626 ALWAYS SAID, WE NEED TO 1114 00:43:49,626 --> 00:43:52,529 CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITIES IN 1115 00:43:52,529 --> 00:43:55,099 SEATTLE. WE HAVE MANY DIVERSE 1116 00:43:55,099 --> 00:43:57,334 COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE, AND THEY 1117 00:43:57,334 --> 00:43:58,869 MAKE THIS CITY THE AMAZING CITY 1118 00:43:58,869 --> 00:44:02,439 THAT IT IS. AND WE NEED TO TAKE 1119 00:44:02,439 --> 00:44:03,040 THE TIME ALWAYS TO RECOGNIZE 1120 00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:04,608 THAT. AND TODAY IS SUCH A DAY. 1121 00:44:04,608 --> 00:44:07,578 SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 1122 00:44:07,578 --> 00:44:11,048 FOR BEING HERE. AND I'M REALLY 1123 00:44:11,048 --> 00:44:12,416 EXCITED TO, TO BE ABLE TO SIGN 1124 00:44:12,416 --> 00:44:14,318 ON TO THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK 1125 00:44:14,318 --> 00:44:16,020 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1126 00:44:16,020 --> 00:44:17,421 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 1127 00:44:17,421 --> 00:44:18,756 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, ARE THERE 1128 00:44:18,756 --> 00:44:19,923 ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE 1129 00:44:19,923 --> 00:44:24,061 SUSPEND THE RULES? COUNCIL? 1130 00:44:24,061 --> 00:44:24,695 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS THANK 1131 00:44:24,695 --> 00:44:26,030 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND 1132 00:44:26,030 --> 00:44:29,199 THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION. 1133 00:44:29,199 --> 00:44:29,833 TODAY. I HAD THE THE HIGHLIGHT 1134 00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:32,369 OF MY WEEK THIS ENTIRE LAST 1135 00:44:32,369 --> 00:44:33,170 WEEK. IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING 1136 00:44:33,170 --> 00:44:35,072 WEEK, I'LL TELL YOU. BUT THE 1137 00:44:35,072 --> 00:44:38,375 THE BEST PART OF MY WEEK WAS 1138 00:44:38,375 --> 00:44:41,011 STANDING IN LINE FOR THE. THE 1139 00:44:41,011 --> 00:44:43,847 MEAL PROVIDED IN THE ARMORY TO 1140 00:44:43,847 --> 00:44:46,817 CELEBRATE DIWALI. IT. I GOT TO 1141 00:44:46,817 --> 00:44:49,086 GO AND I WAS DRESSED DOWN. I WAS 1142 00:44:49,086 --> 00:44:50,054 LIKE PAYING ATTENTION HAT ON, 1143 00:44:50,054 --> 00:44:51,455 TRYING NOT TO BE. AND THEN OF 1144 00:44:51,455 --> 00:44:53,257 COURSE SEATTLE CENTER STAFF COME 1145 00:44:53,257 --> 00:44:56,226 UP AND AND CHAT WITH ME AND IT 1146 00:44:56,226 --> 00:44:58,896 CREATED TURBULENCE BECAUSE 1147 00:44:58,896 --> 00:45:00,030 EVERYONE IN LINE THOUGHT THAT 1148 00:45:00,030 --> 00:45:02,566 THEY WERE CUTTING. AND THAT IS 1149 00:45:02,566 --> 00:45:05,702 HOW EXCITED EVERYONE WAS FOR 1150 00:45:05,702 --> 00:45:08,539 THIS TO GET TO PARTICIPATE 1151 00:45:08,539 --> 00:45:10,774 THROUGH EATING TOGETHER, TO 1152 00:45:10,774 --> 00:45:13,043 PARTICIPATE BY LISTENING TO 1153 00:45:13,043 --> 00:45:15,112 MUSIC TOGETHER, TO PARTICIPATE 1154 00:45:15,112 --> 00:45:18,048 BY EVERYONE SITTING IN THAT VERY 1155 00:45:18,048 --> 00:45:20,617 BUSY ARMORY HALL WITH 3000 1156 00:45:20,617 --> 00:45:23,387 THINGS GOING ON ALL AT ONCE, AND 1157 00:45:23,387 --> 00:45:25,989 A PERFORMANCE ON STAGE, TO GO 1158 00:45:25,989 --> 00:45:29,259 UPSTAIRS AND TO. I DIDN'T 1159 00:45:29,259 --> 00:45:31,261 UNDERSTAND HOW YOU HOW FOLKS GOT 1160 00:45:31,261 --> 00:45:32,763 COWS INTO THE ARMORY THIS 1161 00:45:32,763 --> 00:45:34,331 WEEKEND, BUT THE CUDDLE THE COW 1162 00:45:34,331 --> 00:45:36,767 ON THE SECOND FLOOR. I WAS GLAD 1163 00:45:36,767 --> 00:45:38,535 TO SEE THAT THEY WERE STILL 1164 00:45:38,535 --> 00:45:39,703 YOUNG AND THAT'S HOW THEY GOT 1165 00:45:39,703 --> 00:45:41,772 IN. AND THEN TO STEP INTO THE 1166 00:45:41,772 --> 00:45:43,907 ARTIST GALLERIES THAT WERE IN 1167 00:45:43,907 --> 00:45:45,242 THE EXHIBITION HALLS, WHERE IT 1168 00:45:45,242 --> 00:45:46,844 WAS SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE 1169 00:45:46,844 --> 00:45:49,313 ARMORY HALL, WHERE IT WAS QUIET, 1170 00:45:49,313 --> 00:45:52,649 WHERE THERE WERE INTIMATE 1171 00:45:52,649 --> 00:45:54,818 MOMENTS OF TRANQUILITY, WHERE 1172 00:45:54,818 --> 00:45:56,286 ARTISTS WERE ABLE TO DISPLAY THE 1173 00:45:56,286 --> 00:45:57,855 WORKS THAT THEY HAD WORKED ON. 1174 00:45:57,855 --> 00:45:59,823 THIS IS WHAT CREATING COMMUNITY 1175 00:45:59,823 --> 00:46:01,158 IS. THIS IS WHAT A HEALTHY 1176 00:46:01,158 --> 00:46:04,928 DEMOCRACY IS. I WAS STUNNED, 1177 00:46:04,928 --> 00:46:05,562 SHOCKED, HORRIFIED, DISTURBED TO 1178 00:46:05,562 --> 00:46:08,866 SEE THE VIDEOS OF WHAT HAPPENED 1179 00:46:08,866 --> 00:46:09,900 JUST SHORTLY AFTER I LEFT. I CAN 1180 00:46:09,900 --> 00:46:12,903 TELL YOU FROM FIRSTHAND 1181 00:46:12,903 --> 00:46:15,205 EXPERIENCE STANDING IN LINE FOR 1182 00:46:15,205 --> 00:46:16,440 THAT SHARED MEAL AND EATING THAT 1183 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:17,908 WITH A GOOD FRIEND WAS THE 1184 00:46:17,908 --> 00:46:19,510 HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEK. THANK YOU 1185 00:46:19,510 --> 00:46:22,079 FOR SHARING WITH US. THANK YOU 1186 00:46:22,079 --> 00:46:25,315 FOR LETTING US PARTICIPATE WITH 1187 00:46:25,315 --> 00:46:25,516 YOU. 1188 00:46:25,516 --> 00:46:29,419 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 1189 00:46:29,419 --> 00:46:30,320 STRAUSS. THANK YOU, 1190 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:31,722 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. WE HAVE 1191 00:46:31,722 --> 00:46:34,358 COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA. 1192 00:46:34,358 --> 00:46:35,058 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL, 1193 00:46:35,058 --> 00:46:35,692 PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL. GENERAL 1194 00:46:35,692 --> 00:46:39,229 GUPTA, I JUST WANT TO SAY 1195 00:46:39,229 --> 00:46:42,466 WELCOME TO SEATTLE CITY HALL. 1196 00:46:42,466 --> 00:46:44,835 HAPPY DIWALI. I'M INCREDIBLY 1197 00:46:44,835 --> 00:46:47,271 EXCITED IN A MOMENT TO BE ABLE 1198 00:46:47,271 --> 00:46:49,706 TO AFFIX MY NAME AND SIGNATURE 1199 00:46:49,706 --> 00:46:51,508 TO THIS HONORARY PROCLAMATION, 1200 00:46:51,508 --> 00:46:55,279 BECAUSE DIWALI IS SUCH A 1201 00:46:55,279 --> 00:46:59,483 BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION AND 1202 00:46:59,483 --> 00:47:00,050 CULTURAL EVENT. AND THE THE 1203 00:47:00,050 --> 00:47:04,188 EVENT ITSELF IS OBVIOUSLY A 1204 00:47:04,188 --> 00:47:06,857 MOMENT OF PRIDE FOR PEOPLE WHO 1205 00:47:06,857 --> 00:47:08,959 PRACTICE THE HINDU FAITH IN PART 1206 00:47:08,959 --> 00:47:11,461 OF HINDU CULTURE AND THE BROADER 1207 00:47:11,461 --> 00:47:15,632 COUNTRY OF INDIA. BUT BECAUSE, 1208 00:47:15,632 --> 00:47:16,133 AS COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 1209 00:47:16,133 --> 00:47:17,868 MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, OUR 1210 00:47:17,868 --> 00:47:21,205 COMMUNITY IS TREMENDOUSLY 1211 00:47:21,205 --> 00:47:24,641 ENRICHED, STRENGTHENED AND HELPS 1212 00:47:24,641 --> 00:47:27,744 IN. IS THRIVING BECAUSE OF THE 1213 00:47:27,744 --> 00:47:30,013 TREMENDOUS DIVERSITY THAT WE 1214 00:47:30,013 --> 00:47:33,383 HAVE, ESPECIALLY INCLUDING FROM 1215 00:47:33,383 --> 00:47:35,485 OUR OUR INDIAN FRIENDS, INDIAN 1216 00:47:35,485 --> 00:47:38,021 AMERICANS, INDIAN, LOCAL INDIAN 1217 00:47:38,021 --> 00:47:44,428 DIASPORA. SO SHOUT OUT TO HAPPY 1218 00:47:44,428 --> 00:47:46,730 DIWALI, HAPPY DIWALI, BEAUTIFUL 1219 00:47:46,730 --> 00:47:48,332 CELEBRATION. THANK YOU. 1220 00:47:48,332 --> 00:47:49,733 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 1221 00:47:49,733 --> 00:47:50,334 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. ARE THERE 1222 00:47:50,334 --> 00:47:52,002 ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THE FLOOR 1223 00:47:52,002 --> 00:47:54,371 BEFORE I ASK FOR SIGNATURES TO 1224 00:47:54,371 --> 00:47:56,540 BE AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION? 1225 00:47:56,540 --> 00:47:58,475 OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 1226 00:47:58,475 --> 00:48:00,143 THE ROLL TO DETERMINE WHICH 1227 00:48:00,143 --> 00:48:02,179 COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE THEIR 1228 00:48:02,179 --> 00:48:02,713 SIGNATURES AFFIXED TO THE 1229 00:48:02,713 --> 00:48:04,448 PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING 1230 00:48:04,448 --> 00:48:06,817 NOVEMBER 8th AS DIWALI, THE 1231 00:48:06,817 --> 00:48:09,453 FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS DAY 1232 00:48:09,453 --> 00:48:13,690 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I 1233 00:48:13,690 --> 00:48:15,492 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES. 1234 00:48:15,492 --> 00:48:16,026 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1235 00:48:16,026 --> 00:48:17,661 -- AYE. 1236 00:48:17,661 --> 00:48:19,796 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 1237 00:48:19,796 --> 00:48:21,932 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES. 1238 00:48:21,932 --> 00:48:24,434 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 1239 00:48:24,434 --> 00:48:28,005 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AYE. 1240 00:48:28,005 --> 00:48:28,538 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA THE 1241 00:48:28,538 --> 00:48:30,807 COUNCIL'S WEBSITE HOLLINGSWORTH. 1242 00:48:30,807 --> 00:48:32,409 NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED. 1243 00:48:32,409 --> 00:48:33,877 -- AWESOME! CONGRATULATIONS. WE 1244 00:48:33,877 --> 00:48:36,546 ARE SO, SO WELCOME TO HONOR TO 1245 00:48:36,546 --> 00:48:37,748 HONOR DIWALI AND THEN HAVE YOU 1246 00:48:37,748 --> 00:48:39,549 ALL HERE. I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE 1247 00:48:39,549 --> 00:48:41,418 GOING TO SUSPEND THE RULES 1248 00:48:41,418 --> 00:48:43,086 BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A 1249 00:48:43,086 --> 00:48:44,621 PRESENTATION. SO COUNCIL GENERAL 1250 00:48:44,621 --> 00:48:45,722 GUPTA, MORE THAN WELCOME, WOULD 1251 00:48:45,722 --> 00:48:46,757 LOVE FOR YOU TO COME FORWARD. IF 1252 00:48:46,757 --> 00:48:53,196 YOU HAVE SOME WORDS TO SAY AS 1253 00:48:53,196 --> 00:48:53,563 WELL. WELCOME. 1254 00:48:53,563 --> 00:48:54,965 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. NAMASTE. 1255 00:48:54,965 --> 00:48:56,466 GREETINGS FROM THE CONSULATE. I 1256 00:48:56,466 --> 00:48:59,036 WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE 1257 00:48:59,036 --> 00:49:00,737 ENTIRE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, 1258 00:49:00,737 --> 00:49:02,839 PARTICULARLY COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1259 00:49:02,839 --> 00:49:04,775 JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR MAKING 1260 00:49:04,775 --> 00:49:06,443 THIS SO SPECIAL FOR THE ENTIRE 1261 00:49:06,443 --> 00:49:07,377 INDIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, FOR 1262 00:49:07,377 --> 00:49:09,279 ALL THE INDIANS WHO CALL SEATTLE 1263 00:49:09,279 --> 00:49:14,284 THEIR SECOND HOME LOOK, DIWALI 1264 00:49:14,284 --> 00:49:15,919 ESSENTIALLY BRINGS JOY. YOUR 1265 00:49:15,919 --> 00:49:18,422 FIRST NAME HERE INTO THIS. SO 1266 00:49:18,422 --> 00:49:19,923 THANK YOU FOR PILOTING THIS AND 1267 00:49:19,923 --> 00:49:21,992 BRINGING THIS TOGETHER IN THE 1268 00:49:21,992 --> 00:49:25,295 LAST ONE MONTH, WE HAVE SEEN 1269 00:49:25,295 --> 00:49:26,263 PERHAPS THE LARGEST SCALE OF 1270 00:49:26,263 --> 00:49:28,365 DIWALI CELEBRATIONS ACROSS THE 1271 00:49:28,365 --> 00:49:30,434 US PACIFIC NORTHWEST SINCE THE 1272 00:49:30,434 --> 00:49:32,336 MIDDLE OF OCTOBER. TILL TODAY, 1273 00:49:32,336 --> 00:49:33,937 WE HAVE DONE IT IN SIX STATES 1274 00:49:33,937 --> 00:49:35,072 THAT WE COVER FROM THE CONSULATE 1275 00:49:35,072 --> 00:49:36,940 REGION. WE STARTED IN NEBRASKA. 1276 00:49:36,940 --> 00:49:40,243 WE WENT TO MONTANA, NORTH 1277 00:49:40,243 --> 00:49:41,211 DAKOTA. TODAY IT'S GOING TO BE 1278 00:49:41,211 --> 00:49:43,146 IN OREGON. WE WERE EARLIER IN 1279 00:49:43,146 --> 00:49:47,417 MONTANA AND NOW WE LAST WEEK HAD 1280 00:49:47,417 --> 00:49:49,286 WASHINGTON STATE CAPITOL IN 1281 00:49:49,286 --> 00:49:49,720 OLYMPIA DOING THESE 1282 00:49:49,720 --> 00:49:50,887 CELEBRATIONS. IN ADDITION, I'M 1283 00:49:50,887 --> 00:49:53,724 ALSO VERY HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW 1284 00:49:53,724 --> 00:49:56,259 THAT WITHIN THE KING COUNTY, 22 1285 00:49:56,259 --> 00:49:59,996 CITIES HAVE ISSUED OFFICIAL 1286 00:49:59,996 --> 00:50:00,998 PROCLAMATIONS SO FAR HONORING 1287 00:50:00,998 --> 00:50:03,333 THE FESTIVAL OF DIWALI AND 1288 00:50:03,333 --> 00:50:03,967 CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF 1289 00:50:03,967 --> 00:50:06,069 THE INDIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO 1290 00:50:06,069 --> 00:50:07,771 THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES, HOMES 1291 00:50:07,771 --> 00:50:10,007 AND GEOGRAPHIES WHERE THEY LIVE 1292 00:50:10,007 --> 00:50:12,209 IN DIWALI. IN INDIAN TRADITION 1293 00:50:12,209 --> 00:50:14,711 IS THE DAY WHEN LORD RAMA WAS 1294 00:50:14,711 --> 00:50:17,247 WELCOMED BACK AFTER 14 YEARS OF 1295 00:50:17,247 --> 00:50:19,149 EXILE INTO AYODHYA, AND THE 1296 00:50:19,149 --> 00:50:22,586 ENTIRE CITY LIT UP TO WELCOME 1297 00:50:22,586 --> 00:50:23,186 THEIR OWN KING BACK. AFTER 14 1298 00:50:23,186 --> 00:50:25,789 YEARS OF EXILE. SO TO US, IT'S 1299 00:50:25,789 --> 00:50:31,495 NOT JUST ABOUT LIGHT ELIMINATING 1300 00:50:31,495 --> 00:50:33,897 DARKNESS OR HOPE OVER DESPAIR. 1301 00:50:33,897 --> 00:50:36,466 IT'S MORE IMPORTANTLY ABOUT HOW 1302 00:50:36,466 --> 00:50:38,268 FAMILIES CONNECT, HOW FAMILIES 1303 00:50:38,268 --> 00:50:41,571 BOND, AND THE ESSENTIAL MESSAGES 1304 00:50:41,571 --> 00:50:43,707 CAN WE EMBRACE OURSELVES 1305 00:50:43,707 --> 00:50:45,675 TOGETHER AS CHILDREN OF THE SAME 1306 00:50:45,675 --> 00:50:48,178 GOD BY OVERCOMING OUR OWN 1307 00:50:48,178 --> 00:50:50,814 DIFFERENCES AND MAKING SURE WE 1308 00:50:50,814 --> 00:50:51,748 SEND POSITIVITY AND LIGHT OUT? 1309 00:50:51,748 --> 00:50:54,151 THAT'S THE CENTRAL MESSAGE. SO 1310 00:50:54,151 --> 00:50:55,952 I'M VERY, VERY DELIGHTED THAT 1311 00:50:55,952 --> 00:50:57,320 TODAY, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT 1312 00:50:57,320 --> 00:50:58,922 HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE 1313 00:50:58,922 --> 00:51:00,624 SEATTLE CENTER, WE ARE ALL 1314 00:51:00,624 --> 00:51:03,560 UNITED AND GIVING ONE MESSAGE 1315 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:05,095 THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD IS ONE 1316 00:51:05,095 --> 00:51:06,696 FAMILY. THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT 1317 00:51:06,696 --> 00:51:08,965 COMES OUT FROM INDIA AS 1318 00:51:08,965 --> 00:51:10,567 VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM, THANK YOU 1319 00:51:10,567 --> 00:51:11,968 SO MUCH AGAIN FOR MAKING THIS 1320 00:51:11,968 --> 00:51:13,303 SPECIAL AND A VERY HAPPY DIWALI 1321 00:51:13,303 --> 00:51:17,507 TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. 1322 00:51:17,507 --> 00:51:17,841 -- THANK YOU. 1323 00:51:17,841 --> 00:51:21,745 -- [APPLAUSE] 1324 00:51:21,745 --> 00:51:22,045 -- WE LOVE. 1325 00:51:22,045 --> 00:51:24,347 -- A PICTURE, IF THAT'S OKAY. SO 1326 00:51:24,347 --> 00:51:24,981 WE WE'RE GOING TO SUSPEND THE 1327 00:51:24,981 --> 00:51:26,883 RULES AND DO A PICTURE. YEAH, I 1328 00:51:26,883 --> 00:51:29,586 SAW DASH SAY MOUTH THE WORD 1329 00:51:29,586 --> 00:51:40,097 PICTURE HEY DASH. YEP. CONSUL 1330 00:51:40,497 --> 00:51:41,131 GENERAL GUPTA, YOU JUST COME OUT 1331 00:51:41,131 --> 00:51:42,699 HERE ON THE SIDE. YEP. AND WE'RE 1332 00:51:42,699 --> 00:51:46,837 GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE IN THE 1333 00:51:46,837 --> 00:51:47,070 MIDDLE. 1334 00:51:47,070 --> 00:51:48,371 -- THANK YOU, THANK. 1335 00:51:48,371 --> 00:51:52,742 -- YOU, THANK YOU FOR DOING 1336 00:51:52,742 --> 00:51:52,943 THIS. 1337 00:51:52,943 --> 00:51:53,343 -- HAPPY DIWALI. 1338 00:51:53,343 --> 00:51:53,743 -- THANK YOU SO. 1339 00:51:53,743 --> 00:51:54,077 -- [LAUGHTER] 1340 00:51:54,077 --> 00:51:54,578 -- MUCH FOR DOING THIS. 1341 00:51:54,578 --> 00:51:54,911 -- [LAUGHTER] 1342 00:51:54,911 --> 00:51:58,248 -- OH MY GOD. SO MANY DIWALI. 1343 00:51:58,248 --> 00:52:00,750 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU 1344 00:52:00,750 --> 00:52:02,486 SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1345 00:52:02,486 --> 00:52:03,520 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1346 00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:05,155 WORDS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 1347 00:52:05,155 --> 00:52:05,388 THANK. 1348 00:52:05,388 --> 00:52:05,989 -- YOU, THANK YOU. 1349 00:52:05,989 --> 00:52:07,724 -- ONCE AGAIN. ABSOLUTELY. THANK 1350 00:52:07,724 --> 00:52:10,494 YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MY 1351 00:52:10,494 --> 00:52:12,596 FRIEND. YES. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 1352 00:52:12,596 --> 00:52:19,669 THIS SIGNED FOR YOU AS WELL. 1353 00:52:19,669 --> 00:52:24,841 RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE RIGHT. 1354 00:52:24,841 --> 00:52:28,478 OKAY. YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOU 1355 00:52:28,478 --> 00:52:29,379 GUYS WILL LOOK HERE FIRST AND 1356 00:52:29,379 --> 00:52:32,749 THEN EVERY CAMERA CAN GET A TURN 1357 00:52:32,749 --> 00:52:36,052 OF THE BILLION. IT'S A BILLION. 1358 00:52:36,052 --> 00:52:41,925 OKAY, NEXT IS THIS ONE. OKAY? DO 1359 00:52:41,925 --> 00:52:42,492 YOU WANT TO TAKE ONE? 1360 00:52:42,492 --> 00:52:43,927 -- YES, PLEASE. 1361 00:52:43,927 --> 00:52:44,261 -- ALL RIGHT. 1362 00:52:44,261 --> 00:52:44,594 -- [LAUGHTER] 1363 00:52:44,594 --> 00:52:46,897 -- HELLO, TIM. 1364 00:52:46,897 --> 00:52:51,168 -- THANK YOU. I REALLY WANT TO. 1365 00:52:51,168 --> 00:52:52,636 -- THANK YOU. 1366 00:52:52,636 --> 00:52:56,439 -- ONE, ONE LAST ONE FOR DASH. 1367 00:52:56,439 --> 00:52:59,476 -- AND THE LAST, BUT NOT THE 1368 00:52:59,476 --> 00:53:01,111 LEAST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 1369 00:53:01,111 --> 00:53:02,312 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 1370 00:53:02,312 --> 00:53:05,916 -- YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A FAVORITE. 1371 00:53:05,916 --> 00:53:06,316 -- YOUR FAVORITE. 1372 00:53:06,316 --> 00:53:06,650 -- [LAUGHTER] 1373 00:53:06,650 --> 00:53:07,250 -- BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THE 1374 00:53:07,250 --> 00:53:08,952 SWEET SPOT. EVERYONE. 1375 00:53:08,952 --> 00:53:13,223 -- CAN I SURE. 1376 00:53:13,223 --> 00:53:13,957 -- CELEBRATE WITH SWEET. SO 1377 00:53:13,957 --> 00:53:15,992 THERE ARE SOME SWEETS. 1378 00:53:15,992 --> 00:53:17,794 -- AWESOME NICE. THANK YOU. YOU 1379 00:53:17,794 --> 00:53:19,563 KNOW. THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK 1380 00:53:19,563 --> 00:53:20,664 YOU THANK YOU. PLEASE DO TRY 1381 00:53:20,664 --> 00:53:22,933 THAT. OKAY, I WILL, I WILL TRY 1382 00:53:22,933 --> 00:53:23,466 THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1383 00:53:23,466 --> 00:53:24,601 AWESOME. THANKS. GUYS. THANK 1384 00:53:24,601 --> 00:53:27,637 YOU. KNOW, I GOT A SWEET TOOTH. 1385 00:53:27,637 --> 00:53:27,971 -- [LAUGHTER] 1386 00:53:27,971 --> 00:53:31,408 -- ALL RIGHT. 1387 00:53:31,408 --> 00:53:35,779 -- ALL RIGHT. 1388 00:53:35,779 --> 00:53:36,413 -- YOU LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL 1389 00:53:36,413 --> 00:53:40,383 GENERAL AND FOR A WONDERFUL 1390 00:53:40,383 --> 00:53:42,219 PRESENTATION. AND JUST FOR YOU 1391 00:53:42,219 --> 00:53:45,055 ALL, WE HAVE SWEETS AS WELL. 1392 00:53:45,055 --> 00:53:46,623 IT'S UNDER $25 FOR THE PUBLIC. 1393 00:53:46,623 --> 00:53:48,024 SO JUST LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW 1394 00:53:48,024 --> 00:53:49,125 WE'RE NOT BREAKING ANY RULES. 1395 00:53:49,125 --> 00:53:50,760 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING 1396 00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:52,495 HERE WHERE WE GOING TO LIGHT A 1397 00:53:52,495 --> 00:53:53,797 WHERE ARE WE GOING TO LIGHT 1398 00:53:53,797 --> 00:53:59,836 SOMETHING AS WELL? OR NO? YEAH, 1399 00:53:59,836 --> 00:54:03,239 ABSOLUTELY. WERE WE GOING TO 1400 00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:03,773 LIGHT SOMETHING AS WELL? 1401 00:54:03,773 --> 00:54:08,912 ABSOLUTELY PLEASE. I WAS TOLD WE 1402 00:54:08,912 --> 00:54:13,316 WERE GOING TO LIGHT. YES. PARDON 1403 00:54:13,316 --> 00:54:17,554 ME 1404 00:54:17,554 --> 00:54:17,988 -- LIGHTING THING. 1405 00:54:17,988 --> 00:54:18,855 -- DO WE NEED A LIGHTER. 1406 00:54:18,855 --> 00:54:20,056 -- OH NO. 1407 00:54:20,056 --> 00:54:20,423 -- WE HAVE ONE. 1408 00:54:20,423 --> 00:54:23,260 -- OF YOU YOU HAVE TO GO 1409 00:54:23,260 --> 00:54:26,663 LIGHTER. AFTER THESE THINGS. 1410 00:54:26,663 --> 00:54:26,863 WHAT? 1411 00:54:26,863 --> 00:54:27,130 -- OKAY. 1412 00:54:27,130 --> 00:54:27,464 -- THEY WANT. 1413 00:54:27,464 --> 00:54:27,764 -- YOU TO. 1414 00:54:27,764 --> 00:54:29,399 -- LIGHT IT. OKAY, I WILL COME 1415 00:54:29,399 --> 00:54:30,934 DOWN. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LIGHT. 1416 00:54:30,934 --> 00:54:32,335 OKAY? ABSOLUTELY. 1417 00:54:32,335 --> 00:54:33,036 -- OKAY. YEAH. YEAH, PLEASE. 1418 00:54:33,036 --> 00:54:36,373 THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD. YEAH, 1419 00:54:36,373 --> 00:54:45,315 YEAH. ELECTRIC LIGHT. OKAY. 1420 00:54:45,315 --> 00:54:54,457 GABE. RIGHT HERE. OH, HELLO 1421 00:54:54,591 --> 00:54:59,629 FRANCESCA WILL GET HER TO GO. 1422 00:54:59,629 --> 00:55:05,402 THAT'S A NICE PICTURE. I GOT AN 1423 00:55:05,402 --> 00:55:08,838 EXCUSE, BY THE WAY, SO. THANK 1424 00:55:08,838 --> 00:55:15,245 YOU. OH THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 1425 00:55:15,245 --> 00:55:19,883 Y'ALL CAN LEAVE IT HERE FIXES A 1426 00:55:19,883 --> 00:55:22,619 SEATTLE KING COUNTY IS THIS WHAT 1427 00:55:22,619 --> 00:55:25,055 YOU TOLD ME ABOUT FRIDAY? YOU 1428 00:55:25,055 --> 00:55:29,159 TALKED ABOUT. ALL RIGHT. SOME 1429 00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:32,329 MORE SEATTLE CENTER SEPARATE. 1430 00:55:32,329 --> 00:55:32,962 -- PERFECT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE 1431 00:55:32,962 --> 00:55:33,997 MOST IMPORTANT PIECE FOR US TO 1432 00:55:33,997 --> 00:55:35,165 LIGHT THE CANDLE. AND I SAID WE 1433 00:55:35,165 --> 00:55:36,766 CAN LEAVE THE LIGHT TO PROVIDE 1434 00:55:36,766 --> 00:55:38,902 LIGHT FOR COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. 1435 00:55:38,902 --> 00:55:40,804 THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR THAT. 1436 00:55:40,804 --> 00:55:42,472 WE ALSO ARE GOING TO NOW 1437 00:55:42,472 --> 00:55:44,374 TRANSITION RIGHT INTO OUR OPEN 1438 00:55:44,374 --> 00:55:48,011 OUR EXCUSE ME, OUR HYBRID PUBLIC 1439 00:55:48,011 --> 00:55:49,679 COMMENT PERIOD. WILL THE CLERK 1440 00:55:49,679 --> 00:55:51,214 PLEASE READ THE RULES ON PUBLIC 1441 00:55:51,214 --> 00:55:53,917 EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC COMMENT IS 1442 00:55:53,917 --> 00:55:56,219 LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S 1443 00:55:56,219 --> 00:55:56,753 AGENDA. THE INTRODUCTION 1444 00:55:56,753 --> 00:55:57,887 REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE 1445 00:55:57,887 --> 00:55:59,289 COUNCIL'S WORK PLAN. THE 1446 00:55:59,289 --> 00:56:01,324 COUNCIL CANNOT ACCEPT COMMENTS 1447 00:56:01,324 --> 00:56:04,027 ON QUASI JUDICIAL ITEMS OR 1448 00:56:04,027 --> 00:56:05,095 CAMPAIGN RELATED MATTERS. HOW 1449 00:56:05,095 --> 00:56:06,796 MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED 1450 00:56:06,796 --> 00:56:07,063 UP TODAY? 1451 00:56:07,063 --> 00:56:08,998 -- WE HAVE FIVE REMOTE AND SEVEN 1452 00:56:08,998 --> 00:56:10,200 IN PERSON. 1453 00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:11,267 -- OKAY, EVERYONE'S GOING TO 1454 00:56:11,267 --> 00:56:13,870 GET TWO MINUTES. WILL THE CLERK 1455 00:56:13,870 --> 00:56:16,573 PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS 1456 00:56:16,573 --> 00:56:18,074 -- PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE 1457 00:56:18,074 --> 00:56:18,641 MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING 1458 00:56:18,641 --> 00:56:19,542 MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED 1459 00:56:19,542 --> 00:56:21,311 IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY 1460 00:56:21,311 --> 00:56:22,412 REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 1461 00:56:22,412 --> 00:56:23,046 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 1462 00:56:23,046 --> 00:56:24,848 OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS 1463 00:56:24,848 --> 00:56:25,448 MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED IF 1464 00:56:25,448 --> 00:56:26,950 THEY DO NOT IN THEIR COMMENTS 1465 00:56:26,950 --> 00:56:27,584 WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO 1466 00:56:27,584 --> 00:56:28,985 ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT 1467 00:56:28,985 --> 00:56:30,053 SPEAKER. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 1468 00:56:30,053 --> 00:56:31,221 IS NOW OPEN AND WILL BEGIN WITH 1469 00:56:31,221 --> 00:56:33,323 THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 1470 00:56:33,323 --> 00:56:37,360 -- AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, 1471 00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:37,961 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WILL BE 1472 00:56:37,961 --> 00:56:39,863 EXCUSED. NO OBJECTIONS. 1473 00:56:39,863 --> 00:56:40,764 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED 1474 00:56:40,764 --> 00:56:41,965 FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. ALL 1475 00:56:41,965 --> 00:56:45,735 RIGHT. WE WILL CALL UP OUR FIRST 1476 00:56:45,735 --> 00:56:46,002 SPEAKER. 1477 00:56:46,002 --> 00:56:47,871 -- OUR FIRST OUR FIRST IN-PERSON 1478 00:56:47,871 --> 00:56:50,039 SPEAKER IS BROOKS COLE. AND THEN 1479 00:56:50,039 --> 00:56:55,378 MERLIN FISH 1480 00:56:55,378 --> 00:56:55,678 -- WELCOME. 1481 00:56:55,678 --> 00:56:56,813 -- GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. 1482 00:56:56,813 --> 00:56:59,149 I'M BROOKS COLE WITH THE ALLIED 1483 00:56:59,149 --> 00:56:59,783 ARTS FOUNDATION AND ALLIED ARTS 1484 00:56:59,783 --> 00:57:02,652 OF SEATTLE. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR 1485 00:57:02,652 --> 00:57:05,121 BEING THE ONE TO BRING THE MOOD 1486 00:57:05,121 --> 00:57:06,890 BACK DOWN FROM THE SUBLIME TO 1487 00:57:06,890 --> 00:57:08,625 THE BENIGN. BUT I'M HERE TO 1488 00:57:08,625 --> 00:57:12,028 COMMENT ON A BILL THAT I THOUGHT 1489 00:57:12,028 --> 00:57:13,897 WAS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED THIS 1490 00:57:13,897 --> 00:57:17,500 AFTERNOON. THE TRAFFIC BILL 1491 00:57:17,500 --> 00:57:19,402 121296, ALLIED ARTS FOUNDATION 1492 00:57:19,402 --> 00:57:22,238 IS CONCERNED, VERY CONCERNED 1493 00:57:22,238 --> 00:57:24,240 ABOUT AMENDMENT 16 TO THAT BILL. 1494 00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:26,943 OUR CONCERNS ARE TWOFOLD. ONE IS 1495 00:57:26,943 --> 00:57:28,378 EXISTENTIAL AND ONE IS 1496 00:57:28,378 --> 00:57:31,414 PROCEDURAL. THE EXISTENTIAL 1497 00:57:31,414 --> 00:57:34,184 CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED 1498 00:57:34,184 --> 00:57:36,753 THAT IT WOULD ERODE THE POWER OF 1499 00:57:36,753 --> 00:57:38,288 THE MARKET HISTORIC COMMISSION, 1500 00:57:38,288 --> 00:57:40,490 SUCH THAT THE PIKE PLACE MARKET 1501 00:57:40,490 --> 00:57:42,292 WOULD GO FROM BEING WHAT IT HAS 1502 00:57:42,292 --> 00:57:45,795 ALWAYS BEEN, WHICH IS A GENUINE, 1503 00:57:45,795 --> 00:57:47,597 AUTHENTIC FARMER'S MARKET, TO A 1504 00:57:47,597 --> 00:57:49,833 GLORIFIED FOOD COURT. AND 1505 00:57:49,833 --> 00:57:50,533 THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE 1506 00:57:50,533 --> 00:57:52,202 WORRIED THAT THE FARMERS WOULD 1507 00:57:52,202 --> 00:57:54,437 NOT HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO GET 1508 00:57:54,437 --> 00:57:57,040 THEIR DELIVERIES AND TO DO THEIR 1509 00:57:57,040 --> 00:57:58,308 LOAD OUT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, 1510 00:57:58,308 --> 00:58:01,344 IF THE PIKE PLACE WAS CLOSED TO 1511 00:58:01,344 --> 00:58:03,446 TRAFFIC AND A PERMANENT WAY. OUR 1512 00:58:03,446 --> 00:58:05,849 SECOND CONCERN IS PROCEDURAL. 1513 00:58:05,849 --> 00:58:08,451 WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THE 1514 00:58:08,451 --> 00:58:10,553 PROCEDURES THAT WERE SET UP BY 1515 00:58:10,553 --> 00:58:13,022 THE CITIZENS INITIATIVE OF 1971, 1516 00:58:13,022 --> 00:58:14,891 EMPOWERING THE MARKET HISTORIC 1517 00:58:14,891 --> 00:58:18,828 COMMISSION, AND ALSO SUBSEQUENT 1518 00:58:18,828 --> 00:58:21,531 ACTIONS THAT EMPOWERED THE 1519 00:58:21,531 --> 00:58:23,199 LANDMARK PRESERVATION BOARD FOR 1520 00:58:23,199 --> 00:58:25,335 THE OTHER HISTORIC DISTRICTS 1521 00:58:25,335 --> 00:58:27,237 THAT THOSE AUTHORITIES WOULD BE 1522 00:58:27,237 --> 00:58:28,771 ERODED. THEY HAVE WORKED FINE 1523 00:58:28,771 --> 00:58:29,939 FOR 55 YEARS. IN THE CASE OF THE 1524 00:58:29,939 --> 00:58:32,242 PIKE PLACE MARKET, AND WE DON'T 1525 00:58:32,242 --> 00:58:36,546 SEE THE NEED TO OVERTURN THAT. 1526 00:58:36,546 --> 00:58:39,182 IN FACT, VERY RECENTLY THERE WAS 1527 00:58:39,182 --> 00:58:41,084 A CONSENSUS BUILT AROUND STREET 1528 00:58:41,084 --> 00:58:44,387 CLOSURE AT PIKE PLACE MARKET 1529 00:58:44,387 --> 00:58:47,156 BETWEEN S THE MARKET HISTORICAL 1530 00:58:47,156 --> 00:58:48,558 COMMISSION AND THE CONSTITUENCY. 1531 00:58:48,558 --> 00:58:49,792 AND WE SEE NO REASON WHY THAT 1532 00:58:49,792 --> 00:58:51,294 SHOULD BE OVERRULED. THANK YOU 1533 00:58:51,294 --> 00:58:52,262 VERY MUCH. 1534 00:58:52,262 --> 00:58:54,264 -- THANK YOU. BROOKS. NEXT WE 1535 00:58:54,264 --> 00:58:57,534 HAVE MERLIN, FOLLOWED BY BILLY. 1536 00:58:57,534 --> 00:59:01,838 THEN WE HAVE HEATHER BENNETT, 1537 00:59:01,838 --> 00:59:02,438 DAVID HAYNES AND MISS YVETTE 1538 00:59:02,438 --> 00:59:02,839 DANISH. WELCOME. 1539 00:59:02,839 --> 00:59:03,273 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1540 00:59:03,273 --> 00:59:04,841 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1541 00:59:04,841 --> 00:59:06,342 MERLIN FISH. THE SKILLED 1542 00:59:06,342 --> 00:59:06,943 TRADESPEOPLE WHO KEEP SEATTLE 1543 00:59:06,943 --> 00:59:08,811 RUNNING NEED YOUR SUPPORT. THE 1544 00:59:08,811 --> 00:59:10,980 MEMBERS OF I AM LOCAL 79 ARE 1545 00:59:10,980 --> 00:59:12,448 RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AND 1546 00:59:12,448 --> 00:59:14,651 REPAIRING THE EQUIPMENT THAT 1547 00:59:14,651 --> 00:59:15,251 GENERATES OUR ELECTRICITY AND 1548 00:59:15,251 --> 00:59:15,885 TREATS OUR DRINKING AND WASTE 1549 00:59:15,885 --> 00:59:18,354 WATERS. DESPITE OUR CONTRACT 1550 00:59:18,354 --> 00:59:19,956 EXPIRING ON JANUARY 1st, OUR 1551 00:59:19,956 --> 00:59:21,224 MEMBERS CONTINUE SHOWING UP, 1552 00:59:21,224 --> 00:59:22,258 DOING THEIR JOBS AND SERVING THE 1553 00:59:22,258 --> 00:59:24,994 CITY WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND 1554 00:59:24,994 --> 00:59:26,429 DEDICATION. WE'VE DONE OUR PART 1555 00:59:26,429 --> 00:59:29,365 AT THE BARGAINING TABLE. WE'VE 1556 00:59:29,365 --> 00:59:29,999 PRESENTED A REASONABLE PROPOSAL 1557 00:59:29,999 --> 00:59:31,334 THAT REFLECTS THE SKILL, 1558 00:59:31,334 --> 00:59:32,335 RESPONSIBILITY AND MARKET VALUE 1559 00:59:32,335 --> 00:59:33,636 OF THE WORK WE PERFORM. WE HAVE 1560 00:59:33,636 --> 00:59:35,238 COME PREPARED TO NEGOTIATE IN 1561 00:59:35,238 --> 00:59:37,574 GOOD FAITH AND MADE EVERY EFFORT 1562 00:59:37,574 --> 00:59:40,176 TO REACH A FAIR AGREEMENT. CITY 1563 00:59:40,176 --> 00:59:40,710 NEGOTIATORS HAVE CANCELED 1564 00:59:40,710 --> 00:59:41,744 MEETINGS WITH LITTLE OR NO 1565 00:59:41,744 --> 00:59:46,316 NOTICE. THEY HAVE ARRIVED 1566 00:59:46,316 --> 00:59:46,950 WITHOUT AUTHORITY OR WILLINGNESS 1567 00:59:46,950 --> 00:59:48,051 TO MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. WE 1568 00:59:48,051 --> 00:59:49,085 HAVE FILED UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE 1569 00:59:49,085 --> 00:59:49,752 CHARGES OVER THE CITY'S FAILURE 1570 00:59:49,752 --> 00:59:52,055 TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH. OUR 1571 00:59:52,055 --> 00:59:53,056 MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HAVE EVEN BEEN 1572 00:59:53,056 --> 00:59:55,491 THREATENED WITH TERMINATION FOR 1573 00:59:55,491 --> 00:59:57,126 EXERCISING THEIR LEGALLY 1574 00:59:57,126 --> 00:59:59,562 PROTECTED RIGHTS AS WORKERS. 1575 00:59:59,562 --> 01:00:00,196 SEATTLE HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A 1576 01:00:00,196 --> 01:00:01,597 LEADER IN VALUING SKILLED 1577 01:00:01,597 --> 01:00:03,900 TRADESPEOPLE. THAT TRADITION IS 1578 01:00:03,900 --> 01:00:06,135 WORTH PRESERVING. SEATTLE 1579 01:00:06,135 --> 01:00:07,570 RESIDENTS DEPEND ON OUR 1580 01:00:07,570 --> 01:00:08,171 EXPERTISE, OFTEN WITHOUT EVER 1581 01:00:08,171 --> 01:00:09,839 HAVING TO THINK ABOUT IT. OUR 1582 01:00:09,839 --> 01:00:11,674 MEMBERS AREN'T ASKING FOR 1583 01:00:11,674 --> 01:00:13,643 SPECIAL TREATMENT. WE'RE ASKING 1584 01:00:13,643 --> 01:00:14,677 FOR FAIRNESS, RESPECT AND A 1585 01:00:14,677 --> 01:00:16,713 CONTRACT THAT RECOGNIZES THE 1586 01:00:16,713 --> 01:00:18,614 ESSENTIAL WORK WE DO. WE ASK YOU 1587 01:00:18,614 --> 01:00:19,916 TO STAND WITH THE PEOPLE WHO 1588 01:00:19,916 --> 01:00:21,250 KEEP THIS CITY RUNNING. PLEASE 1589 01:00:21,250 --> 01:00:23,286 CALL ON THE LEADERSHIP OF 1590 01:00:23,286 --> 01:00:24,821 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND SEATTLE 1591 01:00:24,821 --> 01:00:25,822 PUBLIC UTILITIES TO RETURN TO 1592 01:00:25,822 --> 01:00:26,990 THE BARGAINING TABLE IN GOOD 1593 01:00:26,990 --> 01:00:28,725 FAITH, TO WORK TOWARD A FAIR AND 1594 01:00:28,725 --> 01:00:29,792 COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT. WE TAKE 1595 01:00:29,792 --> 01:00:31,127 CARE OF SEATTLE EVERY DAY. WE'RE 1596 01:00:31,127 --> 01:00:32,462 SIMPLY ASKING SEATTLE TO TAKE 1597 01:00:32,462 --> 01:00:34,397 CARE OF ITS WORKERS. THANK YOU. 1598 01:00:34,397 --> 01:00:36,065 -- THANK YOU. MERLIN. NEXT WE 1599 01:00:36,065 --> 01:00:39,969 HAVE BILLY, FOLLOWED BY HEATHER 1600 01:00:39,969 --> 01:00:45,575 BENNETT, DAVID, YVETTE WELCOME, 1601 01:00:45,575 --> 01:00:45,808 BILLY. 1602 01:00:45,808 --> 01:00:49,445 -- THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. 1603 01:00:49,445 --> 01:00:51,014 THE SKILLED TRADES PEOPLE WHO 1604 01:00:51,014 --> 01:00:52,348 KEEP SEATTLE RUNNING NEED YOUR 1605 01:00:52,348 --> 01:00:54,250 SUPPORT. THE MEMBERS OF IAM 1606 01:00:54,250 --> 01:00:56,019 LOCAL 79 ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 1607 01:00:56,019 --> 01:00:57,320 MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING THE 1608 01:00:57,320 --> 01:00:59,489 EQUIPMENT THAT GENERATES OUR 1609 01:00:59,489 --> 01:01:01,624 ELECTRICITY AND TREATS OUR 1610 01:01:01,624 --> 01:01:02,258 DRINKING AND WASTEWATER. DESPITE 1611 01:01:02,258 --> 01:01:04,060 OUR CONTRACT EXPIRING ON JANUARY 1612 01:01:04,060 --> 01:01:06,229 1st, OUR MEMBERS CONTINUE 1613 01:01:06,229 --> 01:01:07,830 SHOWING UP, DOING THEIR JOBS AND 1614 01:01:07,830 --> 01:01:09,499 SERVING THIS CITY WITH 1615 01:01:09,499 --> 01:01:11,167 PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION. 1616 01:01:11,167 --> 01:01:12,268 WE'VE DONE OUR PART AT THE 1617 01:01:12,268 --> 01:01:13,703 BARGAINING TABLE. WE'VE 1618 01:01:13,703 --> 01:01:14,337 PRESENTED A REASONABLE PROPOSAL 1619 01:01:14,337 --> 01:01:15,772 THAT REFLECTS THE SKILL, 1620 01:01:15,772 --> 01:01:17,106 RESPONSIBILITY AND MARKET VALUE 1621 01:01:17,106 --> 01:01:18,975 OF THE WORK WE PERFORM. WE HAVE 1622 01:01:18,975 --> 01:01:20,643 COME PREPARED, NEGOTIATED IN 1623 01:01:20,643 --> 01:01:21,644 GOOD FAITH, AND MADE EVERY 1624 01:01:21,644 --> 01:01:23,146 EFFORT TO REACH A FAIR 1625 01:01:23,146 --> 01:01:25,882 AGREEMENT. CITY NEGOTIATORS HAVE 1626 01:01:25,882 --> 01:01:27,216 CANCELED MEETINGS WITH LITTLE OR 1627 01:01:27,216 --> 01:01:29,452 NO NOTICE. THEY HAVE ARRIVED 1628 01:01:29,452 --> 01:01:31,154 WITHOUT AUTHORITY OR WILLINGNESS 1629 01:01:31,154 --> 01:01:33,022 TO MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. WE 1630 01:01:33,022 --> 01:01:34,457 HAVE FILED UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE 1631 01:01:34,457 --> 01:01:35,692 CHARGES OVER THE CITY'S FAILURE 1632 01:01:35,692 --> 01:01:39,162 TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH. OUR 1633 01:01:39,162 --> 01:01:41,064 MEMBERS HAVE EVEN BEEN 1634 01:01:41,064 --> 01:01:41,697 THREATENED WITH TERMINATION FOR 1635 01:01:41,697 --> 01:01:43,266 EXERCISING THEIR LEGALLY 1636 01:01:43,266 --> 01:01:45,668 PROTECTED RIGHTS AS WORKERS. 1637 01:01:45,668 --> 01:01:46,302 SEATTLE HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A 1638 01:01:46,302 --> 01:01:47,870 LEADER IN VALUING SKILLED 1639 01:01:47,870 --> 01:01:49,272 TRADESPEOPLE. THAT TRADITION IS 1640 01:01:49,272 --> 01:01:51,908 WORTH PRESERVING. SEATTLE 1641 01:01:51,908 --> 01:01:52,408 RESIDENTS DEPEND ON OUR 1642 01:01:52,408 --> 01:01:53,609 EXPERTISE, OFTEN WITHOUT EVER 1643 01:01:53,609 --> 01:01:56,546 HAVING TO THINK ABOUT IT. OUR 1644 01:01:56,546 --> 01:01:57,146 MEMBERS AREN'T ASKING FOR 1645 01:01:57,146 --> 01:01:57,847 SPECIAL TREATMENT. WE ARE ASKING 1646 01:01:57,847 --> 01:02:00,683 FOR FAIRNESS, RESPECT AND A 1647 01:02:00,683 --> 01:02:02,218 CONTRACT THAT RECOGNIZES THE 1648 01:02:02,218 --> 01:02:03,786 ESSENTIAL WORK THAT WE DO. WE 1649 01:02:03,786 --> 01:02:06,389 ARE ASKING YOU TO STAND WITH THE 1650 01:02:06,389 --> 01:02:07,390 PEOPLE WHO KEEP THIS CITY 1651 01:02:07,390 --> 01:02:08,891 RUNNING. PLEASE CALL ON THE 1652 01:02:08,891 --> 01:02:10,626 LEADERSHIP OF SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 1653 01:02:10,626 --> 01:02:12,562 AND SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES TO 1654 01:02:12,562 --> 01:02:13,196 RETURN TO THE BARGAINING TABLE 1655 01:02:13,196 --> 01:02:16,065 IN GOOD FAITH TO WORK TOWARD A 1656 01:02:16,065 --> 01:02:17,033 FAIR, COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT. 1657 01:02:17,033 --> 01:02:18,101 WE TAKE CARE OF SEATTLE EVERY 1658 01:02:18,101 --> 01:02:20,069 DAY. WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING 1659 01:02:20,069 --> 01:02:21,471 SEATTLE TO TAKE CARE OF ITS 1660 01:02:21,471 --> 01:02:24,707 WORKERS. THANK YOU. 1661 01:02:24,707 --> 01:02:28,144 -- THANK YOU, BILLY. NEXT WE 1662 01:02:28,144 --> 01:02:32,582 HAVE HEATHER. 1663 01:02:32,582 --> 01:02:33,182 -- HI. COUNCILMEMBERS HEATHER 1664 01:02:33,182 --> 01:02:34,784 PEEL, PRESIDENT, FRIENDS OF THE 1665 01:02:34,784 --> 01:02:36,986 MARKET. AND I WANT TO SAY FIRST, 1666 01:02:36,986 --> 01:02:39,589 I REALLY APPRECIATED BOTH THOSE 1667 01:02:39,589 --> 01:02:40,123 PROCLAMATIONS TODAY. THE 1668 01:02:40,123 --> 01:02:42,225 PROTOCOL AND THE CEREMONY IS SO 1669 01:02:42,225 --> 01:02:43,693 IMPORTANT, KEEPING US GROUNDED 1670 01:02:43,693 --> 01:02:45,027 IN WHAT MATTERS HERE IN THE 1671 01:02:45,027 --> 01:02:47,764 CITY. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M HERE 1672 01:02:47,764 --> 01:02:49,732 TO TALK ABOUT PIKE PLACE MARKET 1673 01:02:49,732 --> 01:02:51,100 AND AMENDMENT 16 TO COUNCIL BILL 1674 01:02:51,100 --> 01:02:54,570 ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, NINE, SIX. 1675 01:02:54,570 --> 01:02:56,372 AND ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS OF THE 1676 01:02:56,372 --> 01:02:58,074 MARKET, I'M HERE TO REQUEST 1677 01:02:58,074 --> 01:03:00,276 THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REMOVE 1678 01:03:00,276 --> 01:03:02,578 LANGUAGE FROM COUNCIL BILL 1679 01:03:02,578 --> 01:03:04,714 121296. THAT COULD GIVE THE 1680 01:03:04,714 --> 01:03:06,482 CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER THE 1681 01:03:06,482 --> 01:03:07,583 FINAL SAY OVER TRAFFIC CONTROL 1682 01:03:07,583 --> 01:03:09,752 DEVICES IN THE MARKET. 1683 01:03:09,752 --> 01:03:10,386 HISTORICAL DISTRICT THAT WOULD 1684 01:03:10,386 --> 01:03:11,854 REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A 1685 01:03:11,854 --> 01:03:13,189 CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL FROM THE 1686 01:03:13,189 --> 01:03:15,858 MARKET. HISTORICAL COMMISSION. 1687 01:03:15,858 --> 01:03:17,393 THE AMENDMENT TO TAKE AWAY THE 1688 01:03:17,393 --> 01:03:20,163 COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY IS NOT 1689 01:03:20,163 --> 01:03:21,631 NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE TO 1690 01:03:21,631 --> 01:03:24,333 IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE HISTORIC 1691 01:03:24,333 --> 01:03:26,636 DISTRICT, AND ON TOP OF THAT, IT 1692 01:03:26,636 --> 01:03:29,405 REALLY IS INSULTING TO THE 1693 01:03:29,405 --> 01:03:31,207 INTEGRITY AND THE JUDGMENT OF 1694 01:03:31,207 --> 01:03:31,674 THE MARKET HISTORICAL 1695 01:03:31,674 --> 01:03:33,009 COMMISSION, THE MEMBERS OF WHICH 1696 01:03:33,009 --> 01:03:35,244 ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND 1697 01:03:35,244 --> 01:03:38,881 CONFIRMED BY THE CITY COUNCIL 1698 01:03:38,881 --> 01:03:40,550 FOR THEIR EXPERTISE REQUIRING 1699 01:03:40,550 --> 01:03:42,451 SDOT TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF 1700 01:03:42,451 --> 01:03:43,753 APPROVAL FROM THE COMMISSION IS 1701 01:03:43,753 --> 01:03:46,722 NOT BURDENSOME, BURDENSOME. THE 1702 01:03:46,722 --> 01:03:48,791 COMMISSION HAS DEMONSTRATED AND 1703 01:03:48,791 --> 01:03:50,293 CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT 1704 01:03:50,293 --> 01:03:52,495 COLLABORATES WITH SDOT ON 1705 01:03:52,495 --> 01:03:53,095 FINDING APPROPRIATE SOLUTIONS 1706 01:03:53,095 --> 01:03:55,331 THAT MEET OUR PRESERVATION. THE 1707 01:03:55,331 --> 01:03:58,100 CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT, THE 1708 01:03:58,100 --> 01:03:59,802 COMMISSION WAS. ITS ROLE IN ITS 1709 01:03:59,802 --> 01:04:01,237 AUTHORITY WERE CREATED BY VOTERS 1710 01:04:01,237 --> 01:04:03,339 INITIATIVE IN 1971 TO MAKE 1711 01:04:03,339 --> 01:04:04,373 DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST 1712 01:04:04,373 --> 01:04:06,008 INTEREST OF PRESERVING THE 1713 01:04:06,008 --> 01:04:07,443 MARKET. PLEASE REMOVE THE 1714 01:04:07,443 --> 01:04:08,811 LANGUAGE THAT AFFECTS THE 1715 01:04:08,811 --> 01:04:10,913 HISTORICAL DISTRICT. THANK YOU. 1716 01:04:10,913 --> 01:04:13,115 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. HEATHER. 1717 01:04:13,115 --> 01:04:14,483 NEXT WE HAVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED 1718 01:04:14,483 --> 01:04:15,751 BY DAVID AND THEN YVETTE. AND 1719 01:04:15,751 --> 01:04:19,989 THEN WE WILL GO STRAIGHT TO 1720 01:04:19,989 --> 01:04:20,223 ONLINE. 1721 01:04:20,223 --> 01:04:21,724 -- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. SO I 1722 01:04:21,724 --> 01:04:23,192 RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 1723 01:04:23,192 --> 01:04:24,560 THE LONG LIVE OCTOBER 7th RALLY 1724 01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:25,661 IN CAL ANDERSON WHERE THE SIGN 1725 01:04:25,661 --> 01:04:27,363 SAYING PLEASE STOP CHEERING FOR 1726 01:04:27,363 --> 01:04:27,997 OCTOBER 7th WOULD BE BETTER. I 1727 01:04:27,997 --> 01:04:29,232 SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED, BY THE 1728 01:04:29,232 --> 01:04:30,600 WAY, THIS IS A SMALLER 1729 01:04:30,600 --> 01:04:31,267 REPRODUCTION OF THE SIGN. THE 1730 01:04:31,267 --> 01:04:32,201 ORIGINAL WAS THREE FOOT BY FOUR 1731 01:04:32,201 --> 01:04:33,469 FOOT. IT WAS NOT MINCING AROUND 1732 01:04:33,469 --> 01:04:35,338 HOLDING THIS TINY LITTLE THING, 1733 01:04:35,338 --> 01:04:36,606 BUT. SO YES, THERE IS AN UGLY 1734 01:04:36,606 --> 01:04:38,507 STREAK OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE 1735 01:04:38,507 --> 01:04:39,342 PROTEST MOVEMENT. I WANTED TO 1736 01:04:39,342 --> 01:04:40,576 EMPHASIZE ONE THING IN AN APPLES 1737 01:04:40,576 --> 01:04:43,579 TO APPLES COMPARISON. I THINK 1738 01:04:43,579 --> 01:04:45,681 THAT ANTI-MUSLIM ANTI-ARAB 1739 01:04:45,681 --> 01:04:46,549 BIGOTRY, MAINSTREAMED EVEN IN 1740 01:04:46,549 --> 01:04:47,250 SEATTLE IS MUCH WORSE. YOU ALL 1741 01:04:47,250 --> 01:04:48,618 KNOW WHO, LIKE JONATHAN CHO IS. 1742 01:04:48,618 --> 01:04:50,453 HE WROTE ABOUT THE FIRST 1743 01:04:50,453 --> 01:04:51,587 PRO-PALESTINE PROTEST BACK IN 1744 01:04:51,587 --> 01:04:53,556 2023. HE WAS ALWAYS CALLED THEM 1745 01:04:53,556 --> 01:04:54,190 PRO-HAMAS RALLIES. NOW THIS IS A 1746 01:04:54,190 --> 01:04:54,924 DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE. BACK 1747 01:04:54,924 --> 01:04:55,958 THEN, THEY WERE NOT CHEERING FOR 1748 01:04:55,958 --> 01:04:57,560 HAMAS OR OCTOBER 7th, BUT 1749 01:04:57,560 --> 01:04:58,894 APPARENTLY BECAUSE THEY WERE 1750 01:04:58,894 --> 01:05:00,229 PRO-PALESTINE ARABS, HE JUST 1751 01:05:00,229 --> 01:05:00,930 CALLED THEM HAMAS. ARI HOFFMAN, 1752 01:05:00,930 --> 01:05:02,298 YOU ALL KNOW WHO HE IS. RADIO 1753 01:05:02,298 --> 01:05:04,333 HOST IN SEATTLE. HE HAS TWEETED 1754 01:05:04,333 --> 01:05:05,268 OUT MULTIPLE TIMES THAT HE 1755 01:05:05,268 --> 01:05:06,736 THINKS WE SHOULD DROP A NUCLEAR 1756 01:05:06,736 --> 01:05:08,604 BOMB ON GAZA, PRESUMABLY KILLING 1757 01:05:08,604 --> 01:05:09,939 2 MILLION INNOCENT PEOPLE. 1758 01:05:09,939 --> 01:05:11,440 WHENEVER HE REFERS TO PRAMILA 1759 01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:13,409 JAYAPAL, HE CALLS HER HAMAS. IS 1760 01:05:13,409 --> 01:05:14,310 IT REPRESENTATIVE FROM HAMAS 1761 01:05:14,310 --> 01:05:15,344 BECAUSE SHE'S POC? APPARENTLY. 1762 01:05:15,344 --> 01:05:16,646 AND HE HAS JOKED ABOUT A MILLION 1763 01:05:16,646 --> 01:05:18,214 TIMES THAT ILHAN OMAR MARRIED 1764 01:05:18,214 --> 01:05:21,484 HER BROTHER. AND BY THE WAY, UW 1765 01:05:21,484 --> 01:05:22,051 PRESIDENT ROBERT JONES HAS 1766 01:05:22,051 --> 01:05:23,152 CO-HOSTED MULTIPLE EVENTS WITH 1767 01:05:23,152 --> 01:05:24,120 HIM AND A BUNCH OF US. WE EMAIL 1768 01:05:24,120 --> 01:05:25,688 EVERY TIME AND SAY, DO YOU KNOW 1769 01:05:25,688 --> 01:05:27,256 WHAT THIS GUY HAS SAID? AND WE 1770 01:05:27,256 --> 01:05:28,324 GET THIS BOILERPLATE RESPONSE 1771 01:05:28,324 --> 01:05:28,991 BACK SAYING, YOU KNOW, AGREEING 1772 01:05:28,991 --> 01:05:30,793 TO PARTICIPATE IS NOT AN 1773 01:05:30,793 --> 01:05:33,729 ENDORSEMENT AND OKAY, BUT IT'S 1774 01:05:33,729 --> 01:05:35,231 STILL LEGITIMIZING IT BY, BY 1775 01:05:35,231 --> 01:05:36,265 CO-HOSTING THINGS WITH HIM. AND 1776 01:05:36,265 --> 01:05:37,300 BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW THAT IF A 1777 01:05:37,300 --> 01:05:38,601 RADIO HOST, EVEN IN SEATTLE 1778 01:05:38,601 --> 01:05:40,836 SAID, DROP A NUCLEAR BOMB ON 1779 01:05:40,836 --> 01:05:41,837 ISRAEL, THEY WOULD BE OFF THE 1780 01:05:41,837 --> 01:05:43,339 AIR THE NEXT DAY, THEY WOULD BE 1781 01:05:43,339 --> 01:05:44,440 ESCORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING. 1782 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:45,574 THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FINISH 1783 01:05:45,574 --> 01:05:48,878 OUT THE SHOW. SO YES, THE POINT 1784 01:05:48,878 --> 01:05:51,047 STANDS THAT I THINK ANTI-ARAB, 1785 01:05:51,047 --> 01:05:51,547 ANTI-MUSLIM BIGOTRY IS 1786 01:05:51,547 --> 01:05:52,581 MAINSTREAMED IN A WAY THAT EVEN 1787 01:05:52,581 --> 01:05:55,217 THE FRINGE ANTISEMITISM IS NOT. 1788 01:05:55,217 --> 01:05:55,885 CHANGE IT UP A BIT. A BIT LATE, 1789 01:05:55,885 --> 01:05:58,087 BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR 1790 01:05:58,087 --> 01:05:58,788 PASSING THE FAIR PRICING BILL, I 1791 01:05:58,788 --> 01:05:59,989 GUESS BECAUSE IT WAS A 1792 01:05:59,989 --> 01:06:01,891 PROGRESSIVE BILL. A LOT OF 1793 01:06:01,891 --> 01:06:02,325 COMMENTERS THANKED 1794 01:06:02,325 --> 01:06:03,426 COUNCILMEMBERS, FOSTER AND RINCK 1795 01:06:03,426 --> 01:06:04,427 AND FORGOT TO THANK ROB. I KIND 1796 01:06:04,427 --> 01:06:07,963 OF DID THE WHOLE ADVOCATING 1797 01:06:07,963 --> 01:06:08,898 TIRELESSLY AND TIRELESSLY, AND 1798 01:06:08,898 --> 01:06:09,765 NOBODY GOT IT. AND DAN EVEN SAID 1799 01:06:09,765 --> 01:06:11,834 TO ME OUTSIDE, YOU HEARD A TROLL 1800 01:06:11,834 --> 01:06:12,535 US AGAIN GUYS, I DON'T DRIVE 1801 01:06:12,535 --> 01:06:13,869 ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE TO TROLL 1802 01:06:13,869 --> 01:06:16,105 YOU, OKAY? IT'S JUST YOU 1803 01:06:16,105 --> 01:06:16,772 USUALLY DON'T SEE SAKA GOING TO 1804 01:06:16,772 --> 01:06:21,243 THE LEFT. BECAUSE THERE'S THAT 1805 01:06:21,243 --> 01:06:23,913 CURB IN THE MIDDLE OF DELRIDGE 1806 01:06:23,913 --> 01:06:25,247 DID SOMETHING GOOD AND I'M JUST 1807 01:06:25,247 --> 01:06:26,949 ALL BEING. 1808 01:06:26,949 --> 01:06:28,951 -- THANK YOU. BENNETT. SURPRISED 1809 01:06:28,951 --> 01:06:31,754 WE'RE ALL TO THE LEFT. ALL 1810 01:06:31,754 --> 01:06:35,257 RIGHT, WELL, DAVID HAINES, 1811 01:06:35,257 --> 01:06:38,461 PLEASE COME. JUST WHATEVER YOUR 1812 01:06:38,461 --> 01:06:38,994 DEFINITION IS IN SEATTLE 1813 01:06:38,994 --> 01:06:40,096 DEFINITIONS IN SEATTLE ARE 1814 01:06:40,096 --> 01:06:45,234 DIFFERENT. WELCOME. DAVID 1815 01:06:45,234 --> 01:06:46,268 HAINES. AND WE HAVE A MISS 1816 01:06:46,268 --> 01:06:56,479 YVETTE WELCOME 1817 01:06:56,712 --> 01:06:58,881 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I DON'T 1818 01:06:58,881 --> 01:07:00,950 THINK YOUR MIC ONLY SINGS ON IS 1819 01:07:00,950 --> 01:07:03,552 THIS ON? DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT. 1820 01:07:03,552 --> 01:07:06,055 IT'S ALL RIGHT. I REQUEST A 1821 01:07:06,055 --> 01:07:07,823 SPECIAL HEARING DURING NORMAL 1822 01:07:07,823 --> 01:07:08,824 BUSINESS HOURS FOR THOSE THAT 1823 01:07:08,824 --> 01:07:09,625 SIGNED UP OR DIDN'T GET A 1824 01:07:09,625 --> 01:07:11,927 CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR THE PUBLIC 1825 01:07:11,927 --> 01:07:13,396 HEARING FOR THE BUDGET LAST 1826 01:07:13,396 --> 01:07:16,165 WEEK, THERE WAS EXTREME AMOUNT 1827 01:07:16,165 --> 01:07:17,600 OF VIOLATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE, 1828 01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:19,034 AND I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT DURING 1829 01:07:19,034 --> 01:07:21,404 THE SESSION, THE PRESIDING 1830 01:07:21,404 --> 01:07:23,039 OFFICER SYSTEMATICALLY FAILED TO 1831 01:07:23,039 --> 01:07:25,541 UPHOLD THE COUNCIL'S OWN RULES 1832 01:07:25,541 --> 01:07:26,108 OF PROCEDURE AND WASHINGTON 1833 01:07:26,108 --> 01:07:27,676 STATE LAW, EFFECTIVELY STRIPPING 1834 01:07:27,676 --> 01:07:28,944 EVERYDAY SEATTLE RESIDENTS OF 1835 01:07:28,944 --> 01:07:31,414 THEIR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN 1836 01:07:31,414 --> 01:07:33,883 THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. 1837 01:07:33,883 --> 01:07:34,483 SPECIFICALLY, I'M LODGING A 1838 01:07:34,483 --> 01:07:37,453 COMPLAINT AGAINST FOLLOWING 1839 01:07:37,453 --> 01:07:40,256 ACTIONS. COUNCIL RULE 11 D 1840 01:07:40,256 --> 01:07:40,723 PERMITTING DISRUPTIVE 1841 01:07:40,723 --> 01:07:41,824 NON-GERMANE TESTIMONY. SHYAMA 1842 01:07:41,824 --> 01:07:43,959 SAWANT WAS ALLOWED TO WRITE 1843 01:07:43,959 --> 01:07:45,628 CAMPAIGN RHETORIC AND THEN SEND 1844 01:07:45,628 --> 01:07:47,463 HER PAID LACKEYS FROM THE 1845 01:07:47,463 --> 01:07:49,732 SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY TO SHOW 1846 01:07:49,732 --> 01:07:52,568 UP IN 4.5 MINUTE INCREMENTS AND 1847 01:07:52,568 --> 01:07:53,169 PERSONALLY ATTACKED THE MAYOR 1848 01:07:53,169 --> 01:07:54,737 AND PROMOTE SHARMA, SAWANT 1849 01:07:54,737 --> 01:07:56,639 SOCIALIST PARTY AND THIS ENTIRE 1850 01:07:56,639 --> 01:07:58,207 COUNCIL NEVER OBJECTED ONCE. AND 1851 01:07:58,207 --> 01:07:59,341 THE REST OF US ARE SITTING OUT 1852 01:07:59,341 --> 01:08:00,476 HERE WAITING FOR THE 1853 01:08:00,476 --> 01:08:01,444 BELLIGERENCE TO END. AND FOR 1854 01:08:01,444 --> 01:08:03,112 OVER AN HOUR IT CONTINUED TO 1855 01:08:03,112 --> 01:08:04,480 DELAY TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE 1856 01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:05,648 HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE THE PARKING 1857 01:08:05,648 --> 01:08:06,282 GARAGE WAS CLOSED DOWN. IT WAS 1858 01:08:06,282 --> 01:08:07,349 TOO LATE FOR THEM. OR WHEN THEY 1859 01:08:07,349 --> 01:08:10,486 SHOW UP, THE FRONT DOORS ARE 1860 01:08:10,486 --> 01:08:11,954 CLOSED, LOCKED. YOU CAN'T EVEN 1861 01:08:11,954 --> 01:08:12,988 GET IN THE CITY HALL, BUT YOU 1862 01:08:12,988 --> 01:08:13,956 ALL ARE RUSHING THROUGH THE 1863 01:08:13,956 --> 01:08:15,958 BUDGET WITHOUT EVER ALLOWING THE 1864 01:08:15,958 --> 01:08:17,726 PEOPLE WHO CAME DOWN THERE TO 1865 01:08:17,726 --> 01:08:19,228 PARTICIPATE, TO PARTICIPATE. SO 1866 01:08:19,228 --> 01:08:19,995 WHAT I'M SUGGESTING, AND ALMOST 1867 01:08:19,995 --> 01:08:20,629 DEMANDING TO THE POINT WHERE I 1868 01:08:20,629 --> 01:08:21,664 PROBABLY HAVE TO SUE, IF YOU 1869 01:08:21,664 --> 01:08:22,331 GUYS CAN'T JUST REALIZE THAT 1870 01:08:22,331 --> 01:08:23,532 YOU NEED TO GIVE US A SMALL 1871 01:08:23,532 --> 01:08:25,334 AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THOSE WHO 1872 01:08:25,334 --> 01:08:28,304 SIGNED UP TO STILL PARTICIPATE, 1873 01:08:28,304 --> 01:08:29,939 BECAUSE THE ABUSE FROM THE 1874 01:08:29,939 --> 01:08:31,674 SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY THAT 1875 01:08:31,674 --> 01:08:32,308 COMES DOWN HERE IN THE COUNCIL 1876 01:08:32,308 --> 01:08:33,442 CHAMBERS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN 1877 01:08:33,442 --> 01:08:34,710 ALLOWED BECAUSE THE COUNCIL, I 1878 01:08:34,710 --> 01:08:38,180 HATE TO SAY IT, IS POUTING OVER 1879 01:08:38,180 --> 01:08:40,583 THE MAYOR'S VETO OF THE RV 1880 01:08:40,583 --> 01:08:42,084 ORDINANCE. AND IF THE COUNCIL'S 1881 01:08:42,084 --> 01:08:43,552 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE COULD 1882 01:08:43,552 --> 01:08:44,954 JUST BE A LITTLE TOUGHER ON 1883 01:08:44,954 --> 01:08:47,623 CRIME AND AT THE SAME TIME, 1884 01:08:47,623 --> 01:08:48,257 COMPASSIONATE FOR THOSE WHO ARE 1885 01:08:48,257 --> 01:08:49,892 NOT COMMITTING THE CRIMES TO 1886 01:08:49,892 --> 01:08:51,160 LIKE, WRITE BETTER LAWS SO THAT 1887 01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:52,595 WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DEALING 1888 01:08:52,595 --> 01:08:53,329 WITH THE SAME PUBLIC SAFETY 1889 01:08:53,329 --> 01:08:55,564 CRISIS THAT YOU ALL ARE STILL 1890 01:08:55,564 --> 01:08:56,131 BAKED INTO THE BUDGET THAT 1891 01:08:56,131 --> 01:08:57,132 WON'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO 1892 01:08:57,132 --> 01:08:58,901 PARTICIPATE AND POINT OUT 1893 01:08:58,901 --> 01:09:00,402 THERE'S A BETTER POLICY AND 1894 01:09:00,402 --> 01:09:02,204 PRIORITY THAT YOU ALL KEEP 1895 01:09:02,204 --> 01:09:03,205 CENSORING, AND YOU ALL NEED TO 1896 01:09:03,205 --> 01:09:04,773 HAVE A SPECIAL HEARING. FOR 1897 01:09:04,773 --> 01:09:06,208 THOSE WHO SIGN UP FOR THE BUDGET 1898 01:09:06,208 --> 01:09:08,043 HEARING LAST WEEK. 1899 01:09:08,043 --> 01:09:12,615 -- THANK YOU, MR. HAINES. NEXT, 1900 01:09:12,615 --> 01:09:13,716 WE HAVE MISS YVETTE DINISH, AND 1901 01:09:13,716 --> 01:09:15,384 THEN WE WILL GO ONLINE, OUR 1902 01:09:15,384 --> 01:09:17,319 FIRST PERSON ONLINE IS BRIAN 1903 01:09:17,319 --> 01:09:18,487 GIBSON. WELCOME MISS YVETTE. 1904 01:09:18,487 --> 01:09:20,256 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. I WAS A HOT 1905 01:09:20,256 --> 01:09:22,057 MESS LAST WEEK. I JUST HAD TO 1906 01:09:22,057 --> 01:09:26,896 GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY I PLEDGE 1907 01:09:26,896 --> 01:09:29,398 ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE 1908 01:09:29,398 --> 01:09:31,233 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO 1909 01:09:31,233 --> 01:09:32,868 THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT 1910 01:09:32,868 --> 01:09:35,471 STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 1911 01:09:35,471 --> 01:09:36,672 INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND 1912 01:09:36,672 --> 01:09:39,275 JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND THANK YOU 1913 01:09:39,275 --> 01:09:39,909 ALL FOR WATCHING AND LISTENING 1914 01:09:39,909 --> 01:09:41,510 AND FOR VOTING. LAS VEGAS. I 1915 01:09:41,510 --> 01:09:47,249 VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. ON 1916 01:09:47,249 --> 01:09:50,719 TOMORROW'S VETERANS DAY AND FYI 1917 01:09:50,719 --> 01:09:51,754 EVERY EVERGREEN WASHELLI HAD A 1918 01:09:51,754 --> 01:09:54,723 FLAG PLACING EVENT WHERE YOU CAN 1919 01:09:54,723 --> 01:09:56,358 STICK A LITTLE FLAG. AND I'VE 1920 01:09:56,358 --> 01:09:57,092 BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT TEN 1921 01:09:57,092 --> 01:10:01,864 YEARS NOW. IT'S A VERY HUMBLING 1922 01:10:01,864 --> 01:10:03,799 AND. HUMBLING AND REWARDING 1923 01:10:03,799 --> 01:10:04,967 EVENT, EVEN WHEN IT'S RAINY AND 1924 01:10:04,967 --> 01:10:06,101 COLD AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 1925 01:10:06,101 --> 01:10:07,002 SO I KNOW YOU ALL TECHNICALLY 1926 01:10:07,002 --> 01:10:08,771 HAVE TOMORROW OFF, SO IF YOU GET 1927 01:10:08,771 --> 01:10:10,606 A CHANCE. THE CEREMONY STARTS AT 1928 01:10:10,606 --> 01:10:15,411 11. JUST SAYING. AND ALSO SAD TO 1929 01:10:15,411 --> 01:10:17,880 SAY THAT MANY OF OUR VETERANS 1930 01:10:17,880 --> 01:10:19,915 ARE HOMELESS AND UNHOUSED. AND A 1931 01:10:19,915 --> 01:10:22,217 COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS FOR 1932 01:10:22,217 --> 01:10:24,386 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NEW RVS. 1933 01:10:24,386 --> 01:10:27,356 THEY COME START FROM $13,000, 1934 01:10:27,356 --> 01:10:28,557 INCLUDING A BATHROOM AND 1935 01:10:28,557 --> 01:10:31,694 WHATNOT, TO 35,000, WHICH IS 1936 01:10:31,694 --> 01:10:33,229 FAMILY SIZE 4 OR 5 PEOPLE. AND 1937 01:10:33,229 --> 01:10:35,798 BEYOND. AND THEN JUST NEED TO 1938 01:10:35,798 --> 01:10:37,433 LOCATE THE. I DID SOME RESEARCH 1939 01:10:37,433 --> 01:10:39,201 AND THERE ARE RV LOTS FOR SALE, 1940 01:10:39,201 --> 01:10:41,604 A COUPLE OF ACRES. SO JUST KIND 1941 01:10:41,604 --> 01:10:42,938 OF PLANT THAT SEED. THAT'S ONE 1942 01:10:42,938 --> 01:10:44,640 OTHER WAY TO DO IT. ADUS AS 1943 01:10:44,640 --> 01:10:47,076 WELL, WHICH WILL HELP NOT ONLY 1944 01:10:47,076 --> 01:10:47,710 THE UNHOUSED, BUT THE HOMEOWNER. 1945 01:10:47,710 --> 01:10:49,178 THEY CAN GET EXTRA INCOME TO 1946 01:10:49,178 --> 01:10:51,280 AFFORD THE HOUSE THEY PURCHASE. 1947 01:10:51,280 --> 01:10:53,716 AND PEOPLE HAVE NICE HOME TO 1948 01:10:53,716 --> 01:10:58,187 LIVE IN THAT ARE AFFORDABLE. AND 1949 01:10:58,187 --> 01:10:59,655 THEN ALSO IN WISCONSIN, WHAT 1950 01:10:59,655 --> 01:11:02,625 THEY DID IS THEY CONVERTED AN 1951 01:11:02,625 --> 01:11:03,225 UNUSED WAREHOUSE INTO HOUSING 1952 01:11:03,225 --> 01:11:06,395 FOR 100 TINY VILLAGES, SOMETHING 1953 01:11:06,395 --> 01:11:09,798 ELSE JUST TO EXPLORE AND. I 1954 01:11:09,798 --> 01:11:10,933 THOUGHT I GOT FOR THE DAY. I 1955 01:11:10,933 --> 01:11:13,235 HEAR THERE'S FOOD DOWNSTAIRS. 1956 01:11:13,235 --> 01:11:14,903 SEE YOU LATER. 1957 01:11:14,903 --> 01:11:15,604 -- THANK YOU, MISS YVETTE. YES, 1958 01:11:15,604 --> 01:11:16,872 THERE IS FOOD. ALL RIGHT. NOW 1959 01:11:16,872 --> 01:11:19,108 WE'RE GOING TO GO ONLINE. BRIAN 1960 01:11:19,108 --> 01:11:20,876 GIBSON, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 1961 01:11:20,876 --> 01:11:22,211 YOURSELF, FOLLOWED BY MR. 1962 01:11:22,211 --> 01:11:25,280 ALVAREZ. STAR SIX TO UNMUTE 1963 01:11:25,280 --> 01:11:31,954 YOURSELF 1964 01:11:31,954 --> 01:11:32,388 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1965 01:11:32,388 --> 01:11:33,822 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS BRIAN 1966 01:11:33,822 --> 01:11:36,058 COOKSON. THE SKILLED 1967 01:11:36,058 --> 01:11:36,659 TRADESPEOPLE WHO KEEP SEATTLE 1968 01:11:36,659 --> 01:11:37,926 RUNNING NEED YOUR SUPPORT. THE 1969 01:11:37,926 --> 01:11:41,664 MEMBERS OF IAM LOCAL 79 ARE 1970 01:11:41,664 --> 01:11:42,297 RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AND 1971 01:11:42,297 --> 01:11:43,399 REPAIRING THE EQUIPMENT THAT 1972 01:11:43,399 --> 01:11:45,467 GENERATES OUR ELECTRICITY AND 1973 01:11:45,467 --> 01:11:47,703 TREATS OUR DRINKING AND 1974 01:11:47,703 --> 01:11:49,605 WASTEWATER. DESPITE OUR CONTRACT 1975 01:11:49,605 --> 01:11:51,774 EXPIRING IN JANUARY 1st, OUR 1976 01:11:51,774 --> 01:11:53,876 MEMBERS CONTINUE SHOWING UP, 1977 01:11:53,876 --> 01:11:55,411 DOING THEIR JOBS AND SERVING THE 1978 01:11:55,411 --> 01:11:57,446 CITY WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND 1979 01:11:57,446 --> 01:11:59,281 DEDICATION. WE'VE DONE OUR PART 1980 01:11:59,281 --> 01:12:01,116 AT THE BARGAINING TABLE. WE'VE 1981 01:12:01,116 --> 01:12:01,750 PRESENTED A REASONABLE PROPOSAL 1982 01:12:01,750 --> 01:12:04,019 THAT REFLECTS THE SKILL, 1983 01:12:04,019 --> 01:12:04,887 RESPONSIBILITY AND MARKET VALUE 1984 01:12:04,887 --> 01:12:08,624 OF THE WORK WE PERFORM. WE HAVE 1985 01:12:08,624 --> 01:12:09,892 COME PREPARED, NEGOTIATED IN 1986 01:12:09,892 --> 01:12:10,993 GOOD FAITH, AND MADE EVERY 1987 01:12:10,993 --> 01:12:13,529 EFFORT TO REACH A FAIR 1988 01:12:13,529 --> 01:12:14,797 AGREEMENT. CITY NEGOTIATORS HAVE 1989 01:12:14,797 --> 01:12:16,565 CANCELED MEETINGS WITH LITTLE OR 1990 01:12:16,565 --> 01:12:18,567 NO NOTICE. THEY HAVE ARRIVED 1991 01:12:18,567 --> 01:12:19,201 WITHOUT AUTHORITY OR WILLINGNESS 1992 01:12:19,201 --> 01:12:21,337 TO MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. WE 1993 01:12:21,337 --> 01:12:23,539 HAVE FILED UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE 1994 01:12:23,539 --> 01:12:24,340 CHARGES OVER THE CITY'S FAILURE 1995 01:12:24,340 --> 01:12:26,809 TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH. OUR 1996 01:12:26,809 --> 01:12:27,309 MEMBERS HAVE EVEN BEEN 1997 01:12:27,309 --> 01:12:29,278 THREATENED WITH TERMINATION FOR 1998 01:12:29,278 --> 01:12:30,846 EXERCISING THEIR LEGALLY 1999 01:12:30,846 --> 01:12:33,549 PROTECTED RIGHTS AS WORKERS 2000 01:12:33,549 --> 01:12:34,783 SEATTLE HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A 2001 01:12:34,783 --> 01:12:36,518 LEADER IN VALUING SKILLED 2002 01:12:36,518 --> 01:12:39,221 TRADESPEOPLE. THAT TRADITION IS 2003 01:12:39,221 --> 01:12:40,622 WORTH PRESERVING. SEATTLE 2004 01:12:40,622 --> 01:12:41,123 RESIDENTS DEPEND ON OUR 2005 01:12:41,123 --> 01:12:42,091 EXPERTISE, OFTEN WITHOUT EVER 2006 01:12:42,091 --> 01:12:43,826 HAVING TO THINK ABOUT IT. OUR 2007 01:12:43,826 --> 01:12:45,728 MEMBERS AREN'T ASKING FOR 2008 01:12:45,728 --> 01:12:47,129 SPECIAL TREATMENT. WE'RE ASKING 2009 01:12:47,129 --> 01:12:48,731 FOR FAIRNESS, RESPECT AND A 2010 01:12:48,731 --> 01:12:50,799 CONTRACT THAT RECOGNIZES THE 2011 01:12:50,799 --> 01:12:52,534 ESSENTIAL WORK WE DO. WE ASK YOU 2012 01:12:52,534 --> 01:12:53,635 TO STAND WITH THE PEOPLE WHO 2013 01:12:53,635 --> 01:12:55,671 KEEP THIS CITY RUNNING. PLEASE 2014 01:12:55,671 --> 01:12:56,872 CALL ON THE LEADERSHIP OF 2015 01:12:56,872 --> 01:12:57,506 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND SEATTLE 2016 01:12:57,506 --> 01:12:59,441 PUBLIC UTILITIES TO RETURN TO 2017 01:12:59,441 --> 01:13:00,376 THE BARGAINING TABLE IN GOOD 2018 01:13:00,376 --> 01:13:03,445 FAITH TO WORK TOWARDS A FAIR, 2019 01:13:03,445 --> 01:13:04,079 COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT. WE TAKE 2020 01:13:04,079 --> 01:13:06,348 CARE OF SEATTLE EVERY DAY. WE'RE 2021 01:13:06,348 --> 01:13:07,649 SIMPLY ASKING SEATTLE TO TAKE 2022 01:13:07,649 --> 01:13:09,918 CARE OF ITS WORKERS. THANK YOU. 2023 01:13:09,918 --> 01:13:12,654 -- THANK YOU BRIAN. NEXT WE HAVE 2024 01:13:12,654 --> 01:13:15,624 MR. ALVAREZ, FOLLOWED BY ROSE 2025 01:13:15,624 --> 01:13:23,465 STAR SIX. 2026 01:13:23,465 --> 01:13:25,934 -- THANK YOU. VICTORY TO 2027 01:13:25,934 --> 01:13:29,338 COUNCILMEMBER ELECT MILO JENKS 2028 01:13:29,338 --> 01:13:31,507 VICTORY TO THE DISTRICT FIVE. 2029 01:13:31,507 --> 01:13:34,309 WORKING CLASS WHO VOTED AGAINST 2030 01:13:34,309 --> 01:13:38,080 WEALTHY POLITICIANS BANKERS AND 2031 01:13:38,080 --> 01:13:40,716 LANDLORDS. WHO ARE THE PARASITES 2032 01:13:40,716 --> 01:13:42,918 OF LEADERSHIP WITHIN OUR CITY, 2033 01:13:42,918 --> 01:13:46,121 SUCH AS IN THE CRUEL DESIRE TO 2034 01:13:46,121 --> 01:13:48,791 TAKE THE LAST REFUGE. MANY 2035 01:13:48,791 --> 01:13:51,260 PEOPLE HAVE BEFORE SLEEPING ON 2036 01:13:51,260 --> 01:13:53,295 MUDDY HILLS OR COLD CONCRETE, 2037 01:13:53,295 --> 01:13:54,963 THE RV BAN WILL PUSH MORE PEOPLE 2038 01:13:54,963 --> 01:13:56,365 ONTO THE STREETS, AND IT IGNORES 2039 01:13:56,365 --> 01:13:58,233 THE HUMAN SUFFERING OF OUR 2040 01:13:58,233 --> 01:14:00,636 UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS. 2041 01:14:00,636 --> 01:14:02,638 COUNCIL FAILS WITH THE CORE 2042 01:14:02,638 --> 01:14:05,340 PROBLEM, WHICH IS A LACK OF 2043 01:14:05,340 --> 01:14:06,375 FAMILY SHELTERS, TINY HOMES AND 2044 01:14:06,375 --> 01:14:09,077 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. PEOPLE 2045 01:14:09,077 --> 01:14:11,647 CHOOSE RV LIVING TO MAINTAIN AT 2046 01:14:11,647 --> 01:14:15,617 LEAST SOME LEVEL OF DIGNITY AND 2047 01:14:15,617 --> 01:14:18,187 STABILITY. TAKING AWAY THIS LAST 2048 01:14:18,187 --> 01:14:20,122 RESORT WILL PUSH PEOPLE DIRECTLY 2049 01:14:20,122 --> 01:14:22,024 ON THE PATH OF A MENTAL HEALTH 2050 01:14:22,024 --> 01:14:25,060 CRISIS. THIS IS A SHAMEFUL MOVE 2051 01:14:25,060 --> 01:14:30,032 FOR OUR CITY. STOP THE RV BAN 2052 01:14:30,032 --> 01:14:32,601 AND FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO 2053 01:14:32,601 --> 01:14:34,937 ENSURE THAT WE BUILD MORE TINY 2054 01:14:34,937 --> 01:14:38,207 HOMES, OPEN MORE SHELTERS FOR 2055 01:14:38,207 --> 01:14:41,343 FAMILIES, AND GET SOCIAL HOUSING 2056 01:14:41,343 --> 01:14:43,212 EXPANDED QUICKLY. THANK YOU ALL 2057 01:14:43,212 --> 01:14:45,681 AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. 2058 01:14:45,681 --> 01:14:46,882 -- THANK YOU, MR. ALVAREZ. NEXT 2059 01:14:46,882 --> 01:14:49,218 WE HAVE ROSE, FOLLOWED BY NATHAN 2060 01:14:49,218 --> 01:14:52,488 WALL, STAR SIX. TO UNMUTE 2061 01:14:52,488 --> 01:14:56,692 YOURSELF. 2062 01:14:56,692 --> 01:14:57,793 -- HELLO, COUNCIL. THIS LAST 2063 01:14:57,793 --> 01:14:58,527 WEEK. THESE LAST TWO DAYS, I 2064 01:14:58,527 --> 01:15:01,430 HAVE RECEIVED THREE INQUIRIES 2065 01:15:01,430 --> 01:15:02,164 FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN 2066 01:15:02,164 --> 01:15:03,699 TRYING TO FIND HOUSING FOR 2067 01:15:03,699 --> 01:15:05,033 THEMSELVES. BEING TRANS IN 2068 01:15:05,033 --> 01:15:07,302 SEATTLE, ALL OF THESE 2069 01:15:07,302 --> 01:15:08,203 INDIVIDUALS ARE REFUGEES. ONE 2070 01:15:08,203 --> 01:15:10,305 PERSON ARRIVED IN CAL ANDERSON 2071 01:15:10,305 --> 01:15:12,474 11 P.M. AT SUNDAY NIGHT, AND 2072 01:15:12,474 --> 01:15:13,108 PEOPLE WERE DESPERATELY TRYING 2073 01:15:13,108 --> 01:15:15,844 TO FIND HOUSING FOR THEM. 2074 01:15:15,844 --> 01:15:18,313 YESTERDAY I RECEIVED TWO. THERE 2075 01:15:18,313 --> 01:15:20,482 WAS THE RESOURCE FAIR ON 2076 01:15:20,482 --> 01:15:21,116 SATURDAY AND TWO PEOPLE REACHED 2077 01:15:21,116 --> 01:15:22,885 OUT TO ME TRYING TO FIND 2078 01:15:22,885 --> 01:15:23,452 RESOURCES IN ORDER TO HAVE 2079 01:15:23,452 --> 01:15:25,520 HOUSING AND STABILITY WITHIN 2080 01:15:25,520 --> 01:15:28,390 THIS CITY. THIS IS JUST A SMALL 2081 01:15:28,390 --> 01:15:30,125 SNAPSHOT OF ALL OF THE HELP THAT 2082 01:15:30,125 --> 01:15:30,692 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE 2083 01:15:30,692 --> 01:15:32,227 ASKED TO PROVIDE EVERY SINGLE 2084 01:15:32,227 --> 01:15:35,197 DAY. AND RIGHT NOW, WE JUST DO 2085 01:15:35,197 --> 01:15:37,099 NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO HELP. 2086 01:15:37,099 --> 01:15:38,734 I KNOW THAT THERE WAS FUNDING 2087 01:15:38,734 --> 01:15:40,369 PASSED. IT HAS BEEN TAKING WAY 2088 01:15:40,369 --> 01:15:42,437 TOO LONG, AND INDIVIDUALS ARE 2089 01:15:42,437 --> 01:15:44,640 SUFFERING. WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS 2090 01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:47,142 OUTSIDE. I HAVE HAD SOMEONE 2091 01:15:47,142 --> 01:15:48,877 LITERALLY UNDERNEATH MY KITCHEN 2092 01:15:48,877 --> 01:15:50,712 TABLE FOR THE LAST FOUR DAYS 2093 01:15:50,712 --> 01:15:52,281 TRYING TO FIND THEM HOUSING. I 2094 01:15:52,281 --> 01:15:53,715 AM DOING THE WORK OF WHAT A CITY 2095 01:15:53,715 --> 01:15:56,051 EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE DOING TO MAKE 2096 01:15:56,051 --> 01:15:58,587 SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING 2097 01:15:58,587 --> 01:15:59,688 INSIDE, BUT INSTEAD IT IS 2098 01:15:59,688 --> 01:16:02,658 FALLING ON US AND OUR COMMUNITY 2099 01:16:02,658 --> 01:16:04,159 MEMBERS TO ABSORB THE COSTS OF 2100 01:16:04,159 --> 01:16:05,127 WHAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN 2101 01:16:05,127 --> 01:16:07,996 DOING IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS, 2102 01:16:07,996 --> 01:16:09,765 ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT A LOT OF 2103 01:16:09,765 --> 01:16:11,266 THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN 2104 01:16:11,266 --> 01:16:11,900 ALLOCATED HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATED 2105 01:16:11,900 --> 01:16:13,869 TO THE REFUGEE ORGANIZATIONS 2106 01:16:13,869 --> 01:16:15,837 THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THINGS, WE 2107 01:16:15,837 --> 01:16:17,973 HAVE INDIVIDUALS WITH PROVEN 2108 01:16:17,973 --> 01:16:19,408 TRACK RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN 2109 01:16:19,408 --> 01:16:21,443 HELPING INDIVIDUALS IN THIS CITY 2110 01:16:21,443 --> 01:16:22,911 THAT HAVE BEEN ESCAPING FOR 2111 01:16:22,911 --> 01:16:24,012 THEIR LIVES AND HAVE FOR MONTHS, 2112 01:16:24,012 --> 01:16:26,381 AND THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT TO 2113 01:16:26,381 --> 01:16:28,583 DRY. I KNOW SO MANY ORGANIZERS 2114 01:16:28,583 --> 01:16:30,118 THAT ARE PULLING EVERY DOLLAR 2115 01:16:30,118 --> 01:16:31,186 OUT OF THEIR POCKETS TO THE 2116 01:16:31,186 --> 01:16:32,788 POINT WHERE THEY ARE PUTTING 2117 01:16:32,788 --> 01:16:34,590 THEMSELVES AT RISK FOR OUR 2118 01:16:34,590 --> 01:16:37,392 COMMUNITY, AND YET WE ARE STILL 2119 01:16:37,392 --> 01:16:40,729 WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING 2120 01:16:40,729 --> 01:16:41,463 AND HOPING THAT SOMEDAY, IN THE 2121 01:16:41,463 --> 01:16:42,864 NEAR FUTURE, WE MIGHT HAVE THE 2122 01:16:42,864 --> 01:16:43,966 CITY LOOK OUT FOR US LIKE WE 2123 01:16:43,966 --> 01:16:45,734 LOOK OUT FOR OUR FELLOW 2124 01:16:45,734 --> 01:16:47,502 SIBLINGS, OUR TRANS SIBLINGS 2125 01:16:47,502 --> 01:16:48,604 THAT CAME AND HAD NOWHERE ELSE 2126 01:16:48,604 --> 01:16:50,973 TO GO. WE NEED YOU ALL TO BE 2127 01:16:50,973 --> 01:16:52,507 LOOKING OUT FOR US TOO, BECAUSE 2128 01:16:52,507 --> 01:16:54,242 WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE AND 2129 01:16:54,242 --> 01:16:56,645 WE'RE DROWNING HERE. 2130 01:16:56,645 --> 01:16:59,581 -- THANK YOU ROSE. NEXT, WE HAVE 2131 01:16:59,581 --> 01:17:03,552 NATHAN WALL, FOLLOWED BY HANNAH 2132 01:17:03,552 --> 01:17:08,256 ZIFF. 2133 01:17:08,256 --> 01:17:09,658 -- HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? 2134 01:17:09,658 --> 01:17:13,195 -- YES, WE CAN 2135 01:17:13,195 --> 01:17:13,962 -- THANK YOU. SO BEFORE I SAY MY 2136 01:17:13,962 --> 01:17:15,297 PIECE, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT 2137 01:17:15,297 --> 01:17:17,299 TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO TOOK PART 2138 01:17:17,299 --> 01:17:20,068 IN THE ELECTION LAST WEEK. I'M 2139 01:17:20,068 --> 01:17:21,036 REALLY PROUD THAT WE ELECTED 2140 01:17:21,036 --> 01:17:23,238 CAITLYN, 12, IN DISTRICT 37. 2141 01:17:23,238 --> 01:17:24,239 I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE 2142 01:17:24,239 --> 01:17:26,108 ELECTED JALEN SCOTT, THE FIRST 2143 01:17:26,108 --> 01:17:27,609 TRANSGENDER PERSON IN THE STATE 2144 01:17:27,609 --> 01:17:28,677 LEGISLATURE. AND I'M REALLY 2145 01:17:28,677 --> 01:17:29,611 PROUD THAT CHAPEL STREET WAS 2146 01:17:29,611 --> 01:17:31,213 ELEVATED TO THE STATE SENATE. 2147 01:17:31,213 --> 01:17:33,115 ALSO WANT TO THANK TATIANA 2148 01:17:33,115 --> 01:17:34,516 BROWN, SHARON TOMIKO SANTOS, 2149 01:17:34,516 --> 01:17:36,151 ESPECIALLY GIVEN HER 30 YEARS OF 2150 01:17:36,151 --> 01:17:38,053 SERVICE, AND EVAN MCCORKLE ALL 2151 01:17:38,053 --> 01:17:39,621 FOR RUNNING. THANK YOU TO JULIE 2152 01:17:39,621 --> 01:17:42,891 WEISS AND STEVE HOBBS AS WELL. 2153 01:17:42,891 --> 01:17:44,860 LAST WEEK WAS A REALLY GREAT 2154 01:17:44,860 --> 01:17:46,061 ELECTION, AND I JUST WANT TO BE 2155 01:17:46,061 --> 01:17:48,663 REALLY CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT 2156 01:17:48,663 --> 01:17:49,765 THE END OF THE PROCESS OF 2157 01:17:49,765 --> 01:17:52,167 ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS IS JUST THE 2158 01:17:52,167 --> 01:17:54,369 BEGINNING. SO I WOULD ADVISE ANY 2159 01:17:54,369 --> 01:17:56,405 REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN, ANY ICE 2160 01:17:56,405 --> 01:17:58,173 AGENT, ANYONE WORKING IN THIS 2161 01:17:58,173 --> 01:17:59,274 ADMINISTRATION. I HIGHLY 2162 01:17:59,274 --> 01:18:02,644 ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEEK LEGAL 2163 01:18:02,644 --> 01:18:04,212 COUNSEL BECAUSE YOU WILL BE HELD 2164 01:18:04,212 --> 01:18:05,147 ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ILLEGAL 2165 01:18:05,147 --> 01:18:07,082 ACTIONS YOU DID DURING THE PAST 2166 01:18:07,082 --> 01:18:08,483 TWO YEARS AND THE REMAINING TWO 2167 01:18:08,483 --> 01:18:11,553 YEARS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. 2168 01:18:11,553 --> 01:18:13,989 AND 8647 AND THANK YOU FOR 2169 01:18:13,989 --> 01:18:18,527 VOTING. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK 2170 01:18:18,527 --> 01:18:18,727 YOU. 2171 01:18:18,727 --> 01:18:23,098 -- THANK THANK YOU. NATHAN. NEXT 2172 01:18:23,098 --> 01:18:25,367 WE HAVE JOSH. OH, EXCUSE ME, 2173 01:18:25,367 --> 01:18:26,568 HANNAH ZIFF. SORRY, HANNAH. AND 2174 01:18:26,568 --> 01:18:27,969 THEN FOLLOWED BY JOSH SAND STAR 2175 01:18:27,969 --> 01:18:35,177 SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 2176 01:18:35,177 --> 01:18:35,410 -- AYE. 2177 01:18:35,410 --> 01:18:38,847 -- HI, MY NAME IS HANNAH. I'M 2178 01:18:38,847 --> 01:18:41,316 FROM PIONEER SQUARE AND I'M 2179 01:18:41,316 --> 01:18:44,052 KEEPING UP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL 2180 01:18:44,052 --> 01:18:46,421 TO MAKE SURE THE LOTS ARE 2181 01:18:46,421 --> 01:18:48,156 CONSTRUCTED UPON DOWNTOWN. I 2182 01:18:48,156 --> 01:18:50,992 NOTICED ON THE AGENDA IN THE 2183 01:18:50,992 --> 01:18:51,526 MINUTES IT SAYS YOU'RE 2184 01:18:51,526 --> 01:18:54,496 APPROVING THE MINUTES ABOUT 2185 01:18:54,496 --> 01:18:57,099 ADDING HEAVY UTILITY ONTO TRUCKS 2186 01:18:57,099 --> 01:19:01,136 FOR SAFETY MEASURES. SOME PEOPLE 2187 01:19:01,136 --> 01:19:03,905 TALKED ABOUT IF THAT'S GOING TO 2188 01:19:03,905 --> 01:19:06,975 NEGATIVELY IMPACT PIKE PLACE 2189 01:19:06,975 --> 01:19:09,244 MARKET. I'M MOSTLY FOLLOWING UP 2190 01:19:09,244 --> 01:19:11,446 ON IMPACTS TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. 2191 01:19:11,446 --> 01:19:14,549 SO IF WE CAN HAVE AN EYE ON ANY 2192 01:19:14,549 --> 01:19:16,918 WAYS THAT WE CAN POSITIVELY 2193 01:19:16,918 --> 01:19:19,221 BENEFIT THE ECONOMY LOCALLY SO 2194 01:19:19,221 --> 01:19:21,056 IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE 2195 01:19:21,056 --> 01:19:24,960 BUYING THIS EQUIPMENT FROM 2196 01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:28,497 SEATTLE RETAILERS, ALSO IN THE 2197 01:19:28,497 --> 01:19:30,532 AGENDA TODAY ARE REGULATIONS 2198 01:19:30,532 --> 01:19:32,834 ABOUT MULTI-FAMILY HOMES. IF 2199 01:19:32,834 --> 01:19:36,872 THEY CAN GET BE REGULATED UPON 2200 01:19:36,872 --> 01:19:39,975 TO MATCH ZONES OUTSIDE OF 2201 01:19:39,975 --> 01:19:41,510 RESIDENTIAL AREAS. AND I THINK 2202 01:19:41,510 --> 01:19:43,478 THAT'S GREAT. ANYTHING THAT WE 2203 01:19:43,478 --> 01:19:48,917 COULD DO TO BENEFIT CONSTRUCTION 2204 01:19:48,917 --> 01:19:52,387 PROJECTS. SO THE DOWNTOWN IS NOT 2205 01:19:52,387 --> 01:19:54,256 EMPTY. AND I NOTICED IN THE 2206 01:19:54,256 --> 01:19:55,791 PAPERWORK IT SAYS THAT THERE'S 2207 01:19:55,791 --> 01:19:59,060 NO IMPACTS TO THE ECONOMY. AND I 2208 01:19:59,060 --> 01:20:01,496 JUST ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL AND 2209 01:20:01,496 --> 01:20:04,733 CENTRAL STAFF BE MORE CREATIVE 2210 01:20:04,733 --> 01:20:06,234 ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, SEATTLE IS 2211 01:20:06,234 --> 01:20:07,802 ON SUCH A GREAT SCALE THAT 2212 01:20:07,802 --> 01:20:12,440 PRETTY MUCH ANY POLICY IS GOING 2213 01:20:12,440 --> 01:20:14,276 TO IMPACT THE ECONOMY ON EVERY 2214 01:20:14,276 --> 01:20:15,510 SINGLE LEVEL. AND WE JUST HAD A 2215 01:20:15,510 --> 01:20:17,879 LOT OF BUDGET MEETINGS, AND 2216 01:20:17,879 --> 01:20:19,748 THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE 2217 01:20:19,748 --> 01:20:20,382 BIANNUAL BUDGET MEETINGS COMING 2218 01:20:20,382 --> 01:20:22,984 UP. AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF 2219 01:20:22,984 --> 01:20:25,520 DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE 2220 01:20:25,520 --> 01:20:26,154 REVENUE ALONG THE WAY. AND WE 2221 01:20:26,154 --> 01:20:29,324 CAN BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT WITH 2222 01:20:29,324 --> 01:20:31,026 THE POLICY. THANK YOU. 2223 01:20:31,026 --> 01:20:31,760 -- THANK YOU. HANNAH. NEXT, WE 2224 01:20:31,760 --> 01:20:37,499 HAVE JOSH, OUR LAST ONLINE 2225 01:20:37,499 --> 01:20:45,407 SPEAKER. JOSH SAND. 2226 01:20:45,640 --> 01:20:47,642 -- HELLO. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY 2227 01:20:47,642 --> 01:20:50,245 HAS BEEN SHOCKED, BUT 2228 01:20:50,245 --> 01:20:50,879 UNFORTUNATELY NOT SURPRISED TO 2229 01:20:50,879 --> 01:20:52,847 HEAR THE DEAFNESS OF THE SEATTLE 2230 01:20:52,847 --> 01:20:54,316 CITY COUNCIL WHEN IT COMES TO 2231 01:20:54,316 --> 01:20:56,151 THE ISSUE OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN 2232 01:20:56,151 --> 01:20:57,152 SEATTLE. HATE HAS BEEN DIRECTED 2233 01:20:57,152 --> 01:20:59,688 AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY ON A 2234 01:20:59,688 --> 01:21:01,856 REGULAR BASIS FROM AN ISRAELI 2235 01:21:01,856 --> 01:21:02,424 RESTAURANT BEING REPEATEDLY 2236 01:21:02,424 --> 01:21:04,092 VANDALIZED WITH THREATS TO 2237 01:21:04,092 --> 01:21:05,660 GRAFFITI, AND KYLE ANDERSON PARK 2238 01:21:05,660 --> 01:21:07,195 ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 2239 01:21:07,195 --> 01:21:09,664 OCTOBER 7th ATTACKS, WHICH SAID, 2240 01:21:09,664 --> 01:21:11,800 QUOTE, DES ZIONISTS, DEAD 2241 01:21:11,800 --> 01:21:12,701 SETTLERS MAKE ME WET, AS IN THE 2242 01:21:12,701 --> 01:21:14,236 IDEA OF THE KILLING OF JEWS 2243 01:21:14,236 --> 01:21:17,339 BRINGS THEM SEXUAL EXCITEMENT. 2244 01:21:17,339 --> 01:21:18,540 JEWS HAVE REPORTED IN SEATTLE 2245 01:21:18,540 --> 01:21:21,710 BEING TOLD TO, QUOTE, GO BACK TO 2246 01:21:21,710 --> 01:21:23,044 THE GAS CHAMBERS THE EVENING OF 2247 01:21:23,044 --> 01:21:23,578 THE SO-CALLED CEASE FIRE 2248 01:21:23,578 --> 01:21:24,713 RESOLUTION VOTED FOR BY STRAUSS 2249 01:21:24,713 --> 01:21:28,450 AND JUAREZ, WHO GAVE INTO A 2250 01:21:28,450 --> 01:21:29,751 CRAZY MOB. THAT VERY EVENING, A 2251 01:21:29,751 --> 01:21:32,220 SYNAGOGUE WAS VANDALIZED AND THE 2252 01:21:32,220 --> 01:21:34,089 CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN SILENT. IT 2253 01:21:34,089 --> 01:21:35,457 FEELS IN THE CITY THAT ALL HATE 2254 01:21:35,457 --> 01:21:37,225 SPEECH IS ROUNDLY CONDEMNED 2255 01:21:37,225 --> 01:21:39,160 UNTIL IT BECOMES UNTIL IT'S 2256 01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:41,329 ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM. THEN THEY 2257 01:21:41,329 --> 01:21:43,198 SAY IT'S COMPLICATED. IT IS NOT 2258 01:21:43,198 --> 01:21:45,800 MENTIONED IN BARELY CONDEMNS 2259 01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:47,769 CLASS MEETING OR. A COUPLE OF 2260 01:21:47,769 --> 01:21:48,970 MEETINGS AGO, DAN STRAUSS WAS 2261 01:21:48,970 --> 01:21:50,505 ABLE TO CONDEMN IT, BUT NOT 2262 01:21:50,505 --> 01:21:51,740 BEFORE WATERING IT DOWN BY 2263 01:21:51,740 --> 01:21:54,276 ADDING THAT ALL HATE IS BAD, 2264 01:21:54,276 --> 01:21:55,043 INCLUDING ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ET 2265 01:21:55,043 --> 01:21:57,279 CETERA. JEWS IN THE CITY ARE 2266 01:21:57,279 --> 01:21:58,680 SCARED AND WE ARE TIRED OF BEING 2267 01:21:58,680 --> 01:21:59,748 BLAMED FOR THE MIDDLE EAST 2268 01:21:59,748 --> 01:22:01,349 CONFLICT. WE JUST WANT TO LIVE 2269 01:22:01,349 --> 01:22:03,184 LIKE EVERY OTHER CITIZEN. WE ARE 2270 01:22:03,184 --> 01:22:05,253 TIRED OF COUNCILMEMBERS 2271 01:22:05,253 --> 01:22:06,955 ABSTAINING FROM CALLING OUT THE 2272 01:22:06,955 --> 01:22:07,956 CONSTANT HATE CRIMES AGAINST 2273 01:22:07,956 --> 01:22:09,124 JEWS IN THE CITY, AND IN FEAR OF 2274 01:22:09,124 --> 01:22:10,258 THOSE WHO COME AND SCREAM AT 2275 01:22:10,258 --> 01:22:12,627 THEM IN THE IN THE CITY COUNCIL 2276 01:22:12,627 --> 01:22:15,730 CHAMBERS. THIS MOB ARE OF 2277 01:22:15,730 --> 01:22:17,365 POLITICALLY FRINGE PEOPLE WHO 2278 01:22:17,365 --> 01:22:19,401 ARE THE LOUDEST AND SCOLD OTHERS 2279 01:22:19,401 --> 01:22:21,303 FOR. THEY SCOLD OTHERS FOR 2280 01:22:21,303 --> 01:22:23,471 TRYING TO DEFINE DISCRIMINATION 2281 01:22:23,471 --> 01:22:25,440 OR HATE FOR OTHER GROUPS. AND 2282 01:22:25,440 --> 01:22:26,841 ACTUALLY THEY ARE CORRECT. BUT 2283 01:22:26,841 --> 01:22:29,711 WHEN IT COMES TO THE JEWS, IT 2284 01:22:29,711 --> 01:22:31,146 BECOMES COMPLICATED. THEY CLUTCH 2285 01:22:31,146 --> 01:22:33,782 THE PEARLS AND POMPOUSLY TRY TO 2286 01:22:33,782 --> 01:22:34,749 EXPLAIN WHAT IS AND ISN'T 2287 01:22:34,749 --> 01:22:35,750 ANTI-SEMITIC. THEN THEY HOLD UP 2288 01:22:35,750 --> 01:22:37,152 TOKEN MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH 2289 01:22:37,152 --> 01:22:38,787 COMMUNITY AND SAY, LOOK, I HAVE. 2290 01:22:38,787 --> 01:22:39,921 I CAN'T BE RACIST. I HAVE 2291 01:22:39,921 --> 01:22:42,190 JEWISH FRIENDS NOW. WE'RE. NOW 2292 01:22:42,190 --> 01:22:43,758 WHERE HAVE WE HEARD THAT BEFORE? 2293 01:22:43,758 --> 01:22:45,593 PLEASE CALL OUT ANTI-SEMITISM 2294 01:22:45,593 --> 01:22:46,661 AND ABOVE ALL, DO SOMETHING 2295 01:22:46,661 --> 01:22:48,296 ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. 2296 01:22:48,296 --> 01:22:50,031 -- THANK YOU. JOSH, ARE THERE 2297 01:22:50,031 --> 01:22:52,400 ANY THERE'S NO MORE SPEAKERS 2298 01:22:52,400 --> 01:22:53,768 ONLINE THAT I DON'T SEE. AND 2299 01:22:53,768 --> 01:22:55,003 THEN THERE'S NONE IN PERSON. SO 2300 01:22:55,003 --> 01:22:59,307 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR PUBLIC 2301 01:22:59,307 --> 01:22:59,941 COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 2302 01:22:59,941 --> 01:23:01,142 COME TO A CLOSE. I DO WANT TO 2303 01:23:01,142 --> 01:23:04,446 RECOGNIZE AND THANK BROOKS, 2304 01:23:04,446 --> 01:23:08,283 MERLIN AND BRIAN FOR FOR COMING 2305 01:23:08,283 --> 01:23:09,884 AND VOICING YOUR CONCERNS. AND 2306 01:23:09,884 --> 01:23:11,186 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU 2307 01:23:11,186 --> 01:23:13,955 DO FOR FOR THE CITY. AND I'LL BE 2308 01:23:13,955 --> 01:23:15,190 THE FIRST PERSON TO CALL ON 2309 01:23:15,190 --> 01:23:17,125 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND SPU TO 2310 01:23:17,125 --> 01:23:18,693 COME BACK TO THE TABLE FOR YOU 2311 01:23:18,693 --> 01:23:19,427 ALL AS WELL. SO WHATEVER I CAN 2312 01:23:19,427 --> 01:23:22,163 DO TO HELP AND USE MY VOICE, I 2313 01:23:22,163 --> 01:23:22,931 WILL DO THAT. SO THANK YOU. 2314 01:23:22,931 --> 01:23:24,232 THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR ALL THE 2315 01:23:24,232 --> 01:23:28,236 WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. AND THEN 2316 01:23:28,236 --> 01:23:29,804 NET, THANK YOU, MISS YVETTE, FOR 2317 01:23:29,804 --> 01:23:31,806 THAT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO 2318 01:23:31,806 --> 01:23:33,708 TRANSITION RIGHT OFF. SO THANK 2319 01:23:33,708 --> 01:23:36,378 YOU ALL FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT 2320 01:23:36,378 --> 01:23:38,146 PERIOD AND PEOPLE ONLINE AS 2321 01:23:38,146 --> 01:23:38,747 WELL. I KNOW YOU ALL WAITED 2322 01:23:38,747 --> 01:23:40,215 WHILE WE DID OUR TWO 2323 01:23:40,215 --> 01:23:41,383 PROCLAMATIONS, SO JUST WANT TO 2324 01:23:41,383 --> 01:23:43,752 THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. WE'RE 2325 01:23:43,752 --> 01:23:46,321 NOW GOING TO TRANSITION INTO OUR 2326 01:23:46,321 --> 01:23:48,723 AGENDA ITEMS. AND IF THERE'S NO 2327 01:23:48,723 --> 01:23:50,125 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA. THE 2328 01:23:50,125 --> 01:23:50,658 INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 2329 01:23:50,658 --> 01:23:52,794 CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. 2330 01:23:52,794 --> 01:23:54,929 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE 2331 01:23:54,929 --> 01:23:55,463 INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 2332 01:23:55,463 --> 01:23:56,798 CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE'S 2333 01:23:56,798 --> 01:24:00,268 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 2334 01:24:00,268 --> 01:24:01,770 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 2335 01:24:01,770 --> 01:24:03,304 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW 2336 01:24:03,304 --> 01:24:05,874 GOING TO CONSIDER THE CONSENT 2337 01:24:05,874 --> 01:24:07,242 CALENDAR. ITEMS ON THE CONSENT 2338 01:24:07,242 --> 01:24:09,177 CALENDAR INCLUDE MINUTES OF 2339 01:24:09,177 --> 01:24:14,082 OCTOBER 20th, 26, 2026 AND 2340 01:24:14,082 --> 01:24:15,817 COUNCIL BILLS 1213303121332. 2341 01:24:15,817 --> 01:24:16,918 PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. ARE THERE 2342 01:24:16,918 --> 01:24:18,219 ANY ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD 2343 01:24:18,219 --> 01:24:22,157 LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT 2344 01:24:22,157 --> 01:24:23,124 CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, I MOVE 2345 01:24:23,124 --> 01:24:25,860 TO ADOPT. THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 2346 01:24:25,860 --> 01:24:27,061 IS THERE A SECOND? 2347 01:24:27,061 --> 01:24:28,329 -- SECOND? 2348 01:24:28,329 --> 01:24:28,997 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED. THANK YOU. 2349 01:24:28,997 --> 01:24:30,765 IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, TO 2350 01:24:30,765 --> 01:24:32,300 ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WILL 2351 01:24:32,300 --> 01:24:32,934 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 2352 01:24:32,934 --> 01:24:36,638 ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT 2353 01:24:36,638 --> 01:24:36,905 CALENDAR? 2354 01:24:36,905 --> 01:24:39,741 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 2355 01:24:39,741 --> 01:24:40,208 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2356 01:24:40,208 --> 01:24:42,010 -- YES. 2357 01:24:42,010 --> 01:24:42,544 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2358 01:24:42,544 --> 01:24:44,446 -- AYE. 2359 01:24:44,446 --> 01:24:44,913 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2360 01:24:44,913 --> 01:24:46,281 -- YES. 2361 01:24:46,281 --> 01:24:48,383 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 2362 01:24:48,383 --> 01:24:48,616 -- YES. 2363 01:24:48,616 --> 01:24:51,186 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 2364 01:24:51,186 --> 01:24:53,221 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. COUNCIL 2365 01:24:53,221 --> 01:24:55,256 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. 2366 01:24:55,256 --> 01:24:55,490 -- YES. 2367 01:24:55,490 --> 01:24:56,524 -- EIGHT IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. 2368 01:24:56,524 --> 01:24:57,992 -- AWESOME. THE CONSENT CALENDAR 2369 01:24:57,992 --> 01:24:59,227 ARE ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK 2370 01:24:59,227 --> 01:25:00,995 PLEASE AFFIX THE SIGNATURE? MY 2371 01:25:00,995 --> 01:25:02,931 SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND 2372 01:25:02,931 --> 01:25:05,433 LEGISLATION ON THE ON THE 2373 01:25:05,433 --> 01:25:06,768 CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF. 2374 01:25:06,768 --> 01:25:09,070 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 2375 01:25:09,070 --> 01:25:10,038 NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD? 2376 01:25:10,038 --> 01:25:11,439 -- THE REPORT OF THE LAND USE 2377 01:25:11,439 --> 01:25:12,040 AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. 2378 01:25:12,040 --> 01:25:14,709 AGENDA ITEM 1121276 RELATING TO 2379 01:25:14,709 --> 01:25:17,312 LAND USE AND ZONING AMENDING 2380 01:25:17,312 --> 01:25:21,483 SECTIONS 23.4, 5.50, 6.5, 70 AND 2381 01:25:21,483 --> 01:25:22,784 23.51, 8.004 OF THE SEATTLE 2382 01:25:22,784 --> 01:25:24,486 MUNICIPAL CODE TO MODIFY 2383 01:25:24,486 --> 01:25:26,488 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR 2384 01:25:26,488 --> 01:25:27,088 INSTITUTIONS AND MULTIFAMILY 2385 01:25:27,088 --> 01:25:27,956 ZONES, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 2386 01:25:27,956 --> 01:25:29,691 THE BILL PASSES AMENDED. 2387 01:25:29,691 --> 01:25:30,391 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN CHAIR OF 2388 01:25:30,391 --> 01:25:31,092 THE COMMITTEE. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED 2389 01:25:31,092 --> 01:25:31,693 IN ORDER TO PRESENT THE 2390 01:25:31,693 --> 01:25:33,461 COMMITTEE REPORT. 2391 01:25:33,461 --> 01:25:35,396 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 2392 01:25:35,396 --> 01:25:37,699 COLLEAGUES. YEAH. THIS CAME TO 2393 01:25:37,699 --> 01:25:40,835 COMMITTEE. THIS IS AN UPDATE TO 2394 01:25:40,835 --> 01:25:42,470 INSTITUTIONS AND MULTIFAMILY 2395 01:25:42,470 --> 01:25:45,140 ZONES. THIS WAS LARGELY MEANT TO 2396 01:25:45,140 --> 01:25:49,144 MAKE THESE REQUIREMENTS SIMILAR 2397 01:25:49,144 --> 01:25:51,646 TO UPDATES THAT WERE MADE LAST 2398 01:25:51,646 --> 01:25:54,849 YEAR FOR INSTITUTIONS IN OUR 2399 01:25:54,849 --> 01:25:55,483 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE. 2400 01:25:55,483 --> 01:25:58,720 AND WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE 2401 01:25:58,720 --> 01:25:59,320 SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS FOR FOR 2402 01:25:59,320 --> 01:26:00,922 MULTIFAMILY ZONES DURING THE 2403 01:26:00,922 --> 01:26:02,090 PUBLIC PROCESS. WE GOT SOME 2404 01:26:02,090 --> 01:26:03,591 FEEDBACK AND WE DID MAKE SOME 2405 01:26:03,591 --> 01:26:05,894 AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE TREE 2406 01:26:05,894 --> 01:26:08,496 REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING LOTS. 2407 01:26:08,496 --> 01:26:10,532 AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOUR 2408 01:26:10,532 --> 01:26:11,900 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 2409 01:26:11,900 --> 01:26:13,201 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 2410 01:26:13,201 --> 01:26:14,435 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, AND FOR ALL 2411 01:26:14,435 --> 01:26:16,371 YOUR WORK ON THAT, COLLEAGUES, 2412 01:26:16,371 --> 01:26:17,171 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE US 2413 01:26:17,171 --> 01:26:20,775 ON COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 1276? 2414 01:26:20,775 --> 01:26:22,477 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2415 01:26:22,477 --> 01:26:23,111 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2416 01:26:23,111 --> 01:26:25,246 JUST THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2417 01:26:25,246 --> 01:26:27,849 LIN FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND SUPPORT 2418 01:26:27,849 --> 01:26:32,287 OF THE TREE. A ASPECT OF THE 2419 01:26:32,287 --> 01:26:33,821 LEGISLATION. SO REALLY 2420 01:26:33,821 --> 01:26:36,190 APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH 2421 01:26:36,190 --> 01:26:38,026 COMMUNITY AND WITH THE FOLKS 2422 01:26:38,026 --> 01:26:39,327 THAT ARE CONSTITUENTS WHO VERY 2423 01:26:39,327 --> 01:26:41,262 MUCH CARE ABOUT TREES IN THE 2424 01:26:41,262 --> 01:26:43,164 CITY TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT TO 2425 01:26:43,164 --> 01:26:44,899 THE LEGISLATION. THANK YOU, 2426 01:26:44,899 --> 01:26:45,500 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2427 01:26:45,500 --> 01:26:48,403 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2428 01:26:48,403 --> 01:26:51,206 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ARE THERE 2429 01:26:51,206 --> 01:26:51,639 ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 2430 01:26:51,639 --> 01:26:52,473 COUNCILMEMBER LIN ANY CLOSING 2431 01:26:52,473 --> 01:26:53,408 COMMENTS BEFORE WE CALL THE 2432 01:26:53,408 --> 01:26:53,608 ROLL? 2433 01:26:53,608 --> 01:26:54,509 -- NOPE. 2434 01:26:54,509 --> 01:26:55,043 -- THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 2435 01:26:55,043 --> 01:26:55,677 AWESOME. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2436 01:26:55,677 --> 01:26:58,746 CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF 2437 01:26:58,746 --> 01:26:59,013 THE BILL? 2438 01:26:59,013 --> 01:27:01,683 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 2439 01:27:01,683 --> 01:27:01,916 -- AYE. 2440 01:27:01,916 --> 01:27:03,851 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2441 01:27:03,851 --> 01:27:04,085 -- YES. 2442 01:27:04,085 --> 01:27:06,721 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2443 01:27:06,721 --> 01:27:06,955 -- AYE. 2444 01:27:06,955 --> 01:27:09,224 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN YES. 2445 01:27:09,224 --> 01:27:09,724 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 2446 01:27:09,724 --> 01:27:13,528 -- YES. 2447 01:27:13,528 --> 01:27:14,095 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 2448 01:27:14,095 --> 01:27:16,197 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. COUNCIL 2449 01:27:16,197 --> 01:27:16,731 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 2450 01:27:16,731 --> 01:27:17,599 -- YES. 2451 01:27:17,599 --> 01:27:18,800 -- EIGHT IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 2452 01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:19,601 -- BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL 2453 01:27:19,601 --> 01:27:21,436 SIGN WITH THE CLERK. PLEASE 2454 01:27:21,436 --> 01:27:23,004 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 2455 01:27:23,004 --> 01:27:24,138 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. 2456 01:27:24,138 --> 01:27:25,573 COLLEAGUES. THERE WERE NO ITEMS 2457 01:27:25,573 --> 01:27:26,541 REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT 2458 01:27:26,541 --> 01:27:28,676 CALENDAR, AND THERE'S NOT A 2459 01:27:28,676 --> 01:27:31,412 RESOLUTION FOR FOR INTRODUCTION 2460 01:27:31,412 --> 01:27:32,080 AND ADOPTION TODAY, I DO WANT TO 2461 01:27:32,080 --> 01:27:34,182 TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE I 2462 01:27:34,182 --> 01:27:34,816 KNOW TOMORROW IS VETERANS DAY. 2463 01:27:34,816 --> 01:27:36,251 WE HAVE TWO VETERANS ON THE 2464 01:27:36,251 --> 01:27:41,589 COUNCIL, COUNCILMEMBER ROB SAKA 2465 01:27:41,589 --> 01:27:42,690 AND COUNCILMEMBER BOB KETTLE. 2466 01:27:42,690 --> 01:27:43,791 I'M JUST PLAYING. AND SO JUST 2467 01:27:43,791 --> 01:27:45,426 REALLY GRATEFUL TO SERVE SIDE BY 2468 01:27:45,426 --> 01:27:46,227 SIDE WITH YOU ALL. I KNOW WE HAD 2469 01:27:46,227 --> 01:27:48,863 THREE VETERANS WHEN WE HAD 2470 01:27:48,863 --> 01:27:50,298 COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON AS WELL. 2471 01:27:50,298 --> 01:27:51,799 WE HAVE TWO, BUT THAT'S STILL A 2472 01:27:51,799 --> 01:27:53,468 LOT AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE 2473 01:27:53,468 --> 01:27:54,435 SERVING SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOU 2474 01:27:54,435 --> 01:27:58,106 ALL. AND OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, THE 2475 01:27:58,106 --> 01:28:00,375 SACRIFICE THAT YOU AND YOUR 2476 01:28:00,375 --> 01:28:01,643 FAMILIES MADE TO SERVE OUR 2477 01:28:01,643 --> 01:28:03,745 COUNTRY FOR US TO EXPERIENCE OUR 2478 01:28:03,745 --> 01:28:04,512 FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, TO 2479 01:28:04,512 --> 01:28:05,780 LIVE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN 2480 01:28:05,780 --> 01:28:08,216 THE WORLD. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU 2481 01:28:08,216 --> 01:28:09,617 ALL WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING AS 2482 01:28:09,617 --> 01:28:11,919 WELL. I'LL PAUSE HERE. 2483 01:28:11,919 --> 01:28:13,554 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. NO. ALL 2484 01:28:13,554 --> 01:28:15,223 RIGHT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. I'M 2485 01:28:15,223 --> 01:28:17,025 SURPRISED YOU NEVER PASS A 2486 01:28:17,025 --> 01:28:20,094 CHANCE TO SPEAK. SO THANK YOU, 2487 01:28:20,094 --> 01:28:22,363 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. OKAY, SO 2488 01:28:22,363 --> 01:28:24,032 THERE'S NO RESOLUTION. THERE'S 2489 01:28:24,032 --> 01:28:25,700 NOTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE THE 2490 01:28:25,700 --> 01:28:27,068 COUNCIL. OH, I DO SEE 2491 01:28:27,068 --> 01:28:29,170 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2492 01:28:29,170 --> 01:28:29,804 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2493 01:28:29,804 --> 01:28:31,572 AS WE ARE IN THE SECOND TO LAST 2494 01:28:31,572 --> 01:28:33,908 WEEK OF BUDGET, I WANTED TO 2495 01:28:33,908 --> 01:28:34,475 PROVIDE COLLEAGUES A BUDGET 2496 01:28:34,475 --> 01:28:38,579 UPDATE SINCE WE I THINK, JUST 2497 01:28:38,579 --> 01:28:41,049 FINALIZED THE CONSENT CALENDAR 2498 01:28:41,049 --> 01:28:41,649 FOR THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY'S 2499 01:28:41,649 --> 01:28:43,484 VOTING. AND SO EVEN WITH 2500 01:28:43,484 --> 01:28:45,553 VETERANS DAY TOMORROW, OUR STAFF 2501 01:28:45,553 --> 01:28:49,090 ARE SET UP TO BE ABLE TO PUBLISH 2502 01:28:49,090 --> 01:28:51,159 THE AGENDA FOR FRIDAY'S MEETING 2503 01:28:51,159 --> 01:28:53,227 TOMORROW SO THAT THE PUBLIC HAS 2504 01:28:53,227 --> 01:28:55,329 48 HOURS NOTICE AND THE ABILITY 2505 01:28:55,329 --> 01:28:57,699 TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE 2506 01:28:57,699 --> 01:28:59,467 PROPOSED CHANGES. ALL OF THESE 2507 01:28:59,467 --> 01:29:00,535 AMENDMENTS, COLLEAGUES, I'M 2508 01:29:00,535 --> 01:29:03,438 ACTUALLY I'M QUITE HUMBLED BY 2509 01:29:03,438 --> 01:29:05,039 EVERYONE'S ENGAGEMENT OVER THIS 2510 01:29:05,039 --> 01:29:08,710 LAST LAST WEEK, WE HAVE PUT 2511 01:29:08,710 --> 01:29:10,645 ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ITEM INTO 2512 01:29:10,645 --> 01:29:12,313 THE CONSENT PACKAGE. AT THIS 2513 01:29:12,313 --> 01:29:13,881 POINT. THIS IS GOOD NEWS BECAUSE 2514 01:29:13,881 --> 01:29:15,817 THIS MEANS THAT WE CAN LIKELY 2515 01:29:15,817 --> 01:29:17,685 FINISH. THERE'S ACTUALLY NO 2516 01:29:17,685 --> 01:29:19,687 REASON WE SHOULDN'T FINISH ON 2517 01:29:19,687 --> 01:29:21,489 FRIDAY WITH EVERYTHING BEING IN 2518 01:29:21,489 --> 01:29:22,924 CONSENT PACKAGE. THERE ARE A 2519 01:29:22,924 --> 01:29:23,958 NUMBER OF ITEMS I'M JUST GOING 2520 01:29:23,958 --> 01:29:26,160 TO CLEARLY STATE FOR THE RECORD 2521 01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:27,929 NOW, THAT WILL NOT BE IN THE 2522 01:29:27,929 --> 01:29:29,297 CONSENT PACKAGE BASED ON POLICY 2523 01:29:29,297 --> 01:29:30,765 DECISIONS THAT I'M MAKING 2524 01:29:30,765 --> 01:29:33,935 PROCESS DECISIONS THAT I'M 2525 01:29:33,935 --> 01:29:36,204 MAKING, THE OED PROVISOS. WE ARE 2526 01:29:36,204 --> 01:29:37,739 WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM OFFICE 2527 01:29:37,739 --> 01:29:38,740 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND SO 2528 01:29:38,740 --> 01:29:39,841 THOSE ARE GOING TO BE HELD TO 2529 01:29:39,841 --> 01:29:42,610 THE SIDE. WE HAVE FIVE SEATTLE 2530 01:29:42,610 --> 01:29:45,847 POLICE ITEMS THAT WILL ALL BE 2531 01:29:45,847 --> 01:29:47,782 HELD FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTE. WE 2532 01:29:47,782 --> 01:29:50,685 HAVE THREE ITEMS REGARDING THE 2533 01:29:50,685 --> 01:29:52,653 FEDERAL RESERVE, WHICH WILL BE 2534 01:29:52,653 --> 01:29:54,589 HELD TO A SEPARATE VOTE. WE HAVE 2535 01:29:54,589 --> 01:29:56,257 3 OR 4 ITEMS REGARDING THE 2536 01:29:56,257 --> 01:29:57,291 UNIFIED CARE TEAM THAT WILL BE 2537 01:29:57,291 --> 01:29:59,627 HELD FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. AND 2538 01:29:59,627 --> 01:30:00,595 THEN WE HAVE TWO OTHERS THAT 2539 01:30:00,595 --> 01:30:03,231 COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE PULLED. AND 2540 01:30:03,231 --> 01:30:04,899 SO WITH THIS UNDERSTANDING, THAT 2541 01:30:04,899 --> 01:30:07,435 IS ALSO NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE 30 2542 01:30:07,435 --> 01:30:11,172 PIECES, 37 PIECES OF LEGISLATION 2543 01:30:11,172 --> 01:30:13,641 THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE 2544 01:30:13,641 --> 01:30:14,976 REVIEWED, ALBEIT WE HAVE 2545 01:30:14,976 --> 01:30:15,977 REVIEWED IT BRIEFLY IN COUNCIL, 2546 01:30:15,977 --> 01:30:17,512 BUT IT'S BEEN REVIEWED A NUMBER 2547 01:30:17,512 --> 01:30:20,948 OF TIMES. WE HAVE SEVEN PLUS 2548 01:30:20,948 --> 01:30:23,417 AMENDMENTS TO THOSE BILLS. AND 2549 01:30:23,417 --> 01:30:28,322 SO WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, 2550 01:30:28,322 --> 01:30:28,956 VERBAL, PUBLIC COMMENT AVAILABLE 2551 01:30:28,956 --> 01:30:30,925 TO US ON FRIDAY. AND AND THIS 2552 01:30:30,925 --> 01:30:36,998 ALL STARTS AT 9:30 A.M. BECAUSE 2553 01:30:36,998 --> 01:30:38,800 THERE WHILE THERE ARE A NUMBER 2554 01:30:38,800 --> 01:30:39,400 OF INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AND THERE 2555 01:30:39,400 --> 01:30:42,436 ARE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL BILLS 2556 01:30:42,436 --> 01:30:43,838 WITH SO MUCH BEING IN THE 2557 01:30:43,838 --> 01:30:45,907 CONSENT PACKAGE, THERE REALLY IS 2558 01:30:45,907 --> 01:30:46,574 NO REASON WE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE 2559 01:30:46,574 --> 01:30:49,644 TO FINISH ON FRIDAY. I HAVE 2560 01:30:49,644 --> 01:30:51,045 STARTED TELLING FOLKS AND I'M 2561 01:30:51,045 --> 01:30:52,113 TELLING THE WHOLE BODY NOW. 2562 01:30:52,113 --> 01:30:54,415 PLEASE BE READY TO STAY UNTIL 8 2563 01:30:54,415 --> 01:30:58,085 P.M. WE MAY GO LATER THAN THAT. 2564 01:30:58,085 --> 01:30:59,287 I WILL BE MAKING A JUDGMENT CALL 2565 01:30:59,287 --> 01:31:00,888 AROUND 5 P.M. AS TO HOW FAR 2566 01:31:00,888 --> 01:31:02,657 THROUGH THE AGENDA WE'VE MADE 2567 01:31:02,657 --> 01:31:06,227 IT. IF WE HAVEN'T MADE IT FAR AT 2568 01:31:06,227 --> 01:31:07,929 ALL, THEN WE'LL COME BACK ON 2569 01:31:07,929 --> 01:31:10,198 MONDAY. BUT IF WE HAVE 2570 01:31:10,198 --> 01:31:11,699 ACCOMPLISHED THE MAJORITY OF 2571 01:31:11,699 --> 01:31:13,401 WHAT WE'VE NEEDED TO DO, I WILL 2572 01:31:13,401 --> 01:31:16,370 ASK THAT WE STAY TO FINISH THE 2573 01:31:16,370 --> 01:31:18,206 VOTING BECAUSE IT IT IS. IT IS A 2574 01:31:18,206 --> 01:31:19,874 MORE SEAMLESS PROCESS TO GET IT 2575 01:31:19,874 --> 01:31:22,443 ALL DONE IN ONE DAY THAN SPEND 2576 01:31:22,443 --> 01:31:23,911 THE WEEKEND AND THEN COME BACK. 2577 01:31:23,911 --> 01:31:25,913 AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE 2578 01:31:25,913 --> 01:31:26,480 YOU ALL THAT UPDATE. I JUST 2579 01:31:26,480 --> 01:31:30,151 WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR 2580 01:31:30,151 --> 01:31:31,819 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK 2581 01:31:31,819 --> 01:31:33,654 THAT YOU'VE DONE, THIS PROCESS 2582 01:31:33,654 --> 01:31:34,789 OVER THIS LAST WEEK WAS EASIER 2583 01:31:34,789 --> 01:31:36,324 THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST 2584 01:31:36,324 --> 01:31:38,593 BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS BEEN PAYING 2585 01:31:38,593 --> 01:31:39,861 QUITE GOOD ATTENTION TO THE 2586 01:31:39,861 --> 01:31:42,463 PROCESS. ASPECTS OF THIS. AND I 2587 01:31:42,463 --> 01:31:43,364 JUST APPRECIATE IT. SO I JUST 2588 01:31:43,364 --> 01:31:45,500 WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND GIVE 2589 01:31:45,500 --> 01:31:48,603 YOU THAT AWARENESS THAT FRIDAY 2590 01:31:48,603 --> 01:31:51,239 THE 13th, WE MIGHT BE HERE UNTIL 2591 01:31:51,239 --> 01:31:54,475 8 P.M. OR LATER. THANK YOU 2592 01:31:54,475 --> 01:31:54,775 COLLEAGUES. 2593 01:31:54,775 --> 01:31:56,344 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 2594 01:31:56,344 --> 01:31:58,379 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2595 01:31:58,379 --> 01:31:58,846 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2596 01:31:58,846 --> 01:32:00,815 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2597 01:32:00,815 --> 01:32:04,919 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOME REMARKS 2598 01:32:04,919 --> 01:32:06,654 SINCE BUDGET CHAIR STRAUSS JUST 2599 01:32:06,654 --> 01:32:08,523 GAVE US AN UPDATE, I WILL SAY 2600 01:32:08,523 --> 01:32:10,958 THAT THESE ACCOMPANYING PIECES 2601 01:32:10,958 --> 01:32:13,027 OF LEGISLATION, WE DIDN'T REALLY 2602 01:32:13,027 --> 01:32:13,761 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH 2603 01:32:13,761 --> 01:32:18,332 CHAMBERS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, 2604 01:32:18,332 --> 01:32:20,968 A ROBUST CONVERSATION. SOME OF 2605 01:32:20,968 --> 01:32:24,438 THOSE HAVE PROVISIONS IN THEM 2606 01:32:24,438 --> 01:32:28,276 THAT I THINK WOULD HAVE 2607 01:32:28,276 --> 01:32:28,776 BENEFITED FROM HEALTHY 2608 01:32:28,776 --> 01:32:31,512 CONVERSATION. I WILL SAY THAT WE 2609 01:32:31,512 --> 01:32:32,847 HAVE MONDAY SET ASIDE. IT'S A 2610 01:32:32,847 --> 01:32:34,815 WORKING DAY, AND WE HAVE IT SET 2611 01:32:34,815 --> 01:32:35,850 ASIDE, AND IT WAS PART OF THE 2612 01:32:35,850 --> 01:32:41,689 BUDGET CALENDAR. SO I AM IN 2613 01:32:41,689 --> 01:32:43,224 FAVOR OF NOT RUSHING THROUGH THE 2614 01:32:43,224 --> 01:32:43,758 PROCESS ON FRIDAY. SO IF 2615 01:32:43,758 --> 01:32:46,227 THERE'S CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME 2616 01:32:46,227 --> 01:32:49,530 OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE THE 2617 01:32:49,530 --> 01:32:51,399 ABILITY TO DO SO, AND THEN IF WE 2618 01:32:51,399 --> 01:32:54,335 HAVE TO GO INTO MONDAY, WE'VE 2619 01:32:54,335 --> 01:32:56,370 ALREADY RESERVED THAT DATE ON 2620 01:32:56,370 --> 01:32:57,438 MONDAY AND NOT MAKE STAFF STAY 2621 01:32:57,438 --> 01:33:00,241 TILL 8 P.M. ON A FRIDAY WHEN WE 2622 01:33:00,241 --> 01:33:02,543 ALREADY HAVE THAT MONDAY DATE 2623 01:33:02,543 --> 01:33:03,945 RESERVED. SO FOR THE RECORD, I 2624 01:33:03,945 --> 01:33:05,880 JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT IT'S 2625 01:33:05,880 --> 01:33:08,482 MY HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE 2626 01:33:08,482 --> 01:33:10,518 THE CONVERSATIONS FRIDAY THAT WE 2627 01:33:10,518 --> 01:33:12,753 WERE UNABLE TO HAVE IN CHAMBERS 2628 01:33:12,753 --> 01:33:16,958 IF WE IF WE NEED THAT AND THEN 2629 01:33:16,958 --> 01:33:18,659 USE MONDAY, WHICH IS ALREADY ON 2630 01:33:18,659 --> 01:33:21,429 THE SCHEDULE TO CONTINUE DOING 2631 01:33:21,429 --> 01:33:22,763 THOSE VOTES, BECAUSE I THINK 2632 01:33:22,763 --> 01:33:23,998 IT'S IMPORTANT. THIS IS REALLY 2633 01:33:23,998 --> 01:33:26,167 OUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY SINCE WE'RE 2634 01:33:26,167 --> 01:33:27,401 BOTH HAVING TO TAKE THE VOTES 2635 01:33:27,401 --> 01:33:29,503 AND MAYBE HAVE CONVERSATION ON 2636 01:33:29,503 --> 01:33:31,672 THE SAME DAY ON FRIDAY THAT WE 2637 01:33:31,672 --> 01:33:33,507 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. AS I SAID 2638 01:33:33,507 --> 01:33:35,343 EARLIER, TO HAVE THAT 2639 01:33:35,343 --> 01:33:36,844 CONVERSATION. IT'S IT'S A BIG 2640 01:33:36,844 --> 01:33:38,546 DEAL, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, AND I 2641 01:33:38,546 --> 01:33:41,215 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 2642 01:33:41,215 --> 01:33:44,251 ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT 2643 01:33:44,251 --> 01:33:47,788 RUSH THROUGH THESE 37 PIECES OF 2644 01:33:47,788 --> 01:33:49,857 LEGISLATION AND ALSO NOT HAVE TO 2645 01:33:49,857 --> 01:33:53,260 ASK STAFF WHO'S BEEN WORKING. 2646 01:33:53,260 --> 01:33:55,763 AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR L. A S 2647 01:33:55,763 --> 01:33:57,498 AND CENTRAL STAFF FOR THEIR HARD 2648 01:33:57,498 --> 01:34:00,501 WORK DURING THIS TIME. BUDGET IS 2649 01:34:00,501 --> 01:34:02,336 ALWAYS VERY LONG DAYS IN 2650 01:34:02,336 --> 01:34:06,507 GENERAL, AND SO I REALLY WANT TO 2651 01:34:06,507 --> 01:34:09,143 THANK EVERYONE FROM CENTRAL 2652 01:34:09,143 --> 01:34:11,946 STAFF TO THE LAS TO OUR ADMIN 2653 01:34:11,946 --> 01:34:13,547 SUPPORT STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK 2654 01:34:13,547 --> 01:34:15,649 THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS THUS 2655 01:34:15,649 --> 01:34:20,688 FAR, AND THAT WE, YOU KNOW, 2656 01:34:20,688 --> 01:34:22,390 UTILIZE MONDAY RATHER THAN HAVE 2657 01:34:22,390 --> 01:34:24,258 TO STAY LATE ON A FRIDAY. MORE 2658 01:34:24,258 --> 01:34:25,359 IMPORTANTLY FOR STAFF, NOT NOT 2659 01:34:25,359 --> 01:34:27,461 FOR ME, BUT FOR THE STAFF WHO'VE 2660 01:34:27,461 --> 01:34:29,497 BEEN WORKING SO HARD. THANK YOU. 2661 01:34:29,497 --> 01:34:30,898 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2662 01:34:30,898 --> 01:34:33,434 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK 2663 01:34:33,434 --> 01:34:34,602 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 2664 01:34:34,602 --> 01:34:37,805 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY MORE? 2665 01:34:37,805 --> 01:34:40,207 QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? 2666 01:34:40,207 --> 01:34:41,742 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS DO YOU 2667 01:34:41,742 --> 01:34:42,676 HAVE ANY. AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR 2668 01:34:42,676 --> 01:34:44,211 THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. 2669 01:34:44,211 --> 01:34:46,580 I KNOW STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING 2670 01:34:46,580 --> 01:34:47,648 REALLY HARD. EVERYONE'S STAFF 2671 01:34:47,648 --> 01:34:49,450 HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AND 2672 01:34:49,450 --> 01:34:52,119 WE'VE. WE. IT'S BEEN A LONG 2673 01:34:52,119 --> 01:34:55,189 PROCESS. LET ME JUST SAY THAT, 2674 01:34:55,189 --> 01:34:56,891 OKAY, I'M FEELING IT RIGHT NOW. 2675 01:34:56,891 --> 01:34:59,927 I THINK WE ALL ARE COUNCILMEMBER 2676 01:34:59,927 --> 01:35:00,161 FOSTER. 2677 01:35:00,161 --> 01:35:01,062 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 2678 01:35:01,062 --> 01:35:02,196 PRESIDENT. SORRY FOR THE LATE 2679 01:35:02,196 --> 01:35:04,165 HAND THERE. I WAS GOING TO SEND 2680 01:35:04,165 --> 01:35:05,933 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA A MESSAGE 2681 01:35:05,933 --> 01:35:06,801 AND SAY I AGREE AND THANK HER. 2682 01:35:06,801 --> 01:35:07,968 SO INSTEAD I FIGURED I WOULD 2683 01:35:07,968 --> 01:35:09,637 COME AND SAY IT OUT LOUD. SO 2684 01:35:09,637 --> 01:35:11,305 THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK 2685 01:35:11,305 --> 01:35:12,206 THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WE 2686 01:35:12,206 --> 01:35:14,508 WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO OUR 2687 01:35:14,508 --> 01:35:16,110 DILIGENCE ON AND HAVE THE 2688 01:35:16,110 --> 01:35:17,044 DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO. SO 2689 01:35:17,044 --> 01:35:19,346 THANK YOU FOR THAT STATEMENT. 2690 01:35:19,346 --> 01:35:22,149 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, I AGREE 2691 01:35:22,149 --> 01:35:22,416 WITH YOU. 2692 01:35:22,416 --> 01:35:23,751 -- ALL RIGHT. 2693 01:35:23,751 --> 01:35:24,885 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 2694 01:35:24,885 --> 01:35:27,054 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER 2695 01:35:27,054 --> 01:35:27,555 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2696 01:35:27,555 --> 01:35:29,190 -- THANK YOU. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE 2697 01:35:29,190 --> 01:35:31,425 HAVING NOW FURTHER DISCUSSION, 2698 01:35:31,425 --> 01:35:33,194 FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL STATE 2699 01:35:33,194 --> 01:35:34,628 THAT THIS IS INTENDED TO ALLOW 2700 01:35:34,628 --> 01:35:37,231 US TO HAVE BREAKS THROUGHOUT THE 2701 01:35:37,231 --> 01:35:39,366 DAY SO THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING 2702 01:35:39,366 --> 01:35:41,402 GOOD STAMINA THROUGHOUT THE 2703 01:35:41,402 --> 01:35:42,369 CONVERSATION. THE REASON THAT 2704 01:35:42,369 --> 01:35:44,105 I'M MAKING THIS DECISION AT 2705 01:35:44,105 --> 01:35:45,506 THIS TIME TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD 2706 01:35:45,506 --> 01:35:47,141 BE STAYING, PREPARING TO STAY 2707 01:35:47,141 --> 01:35:51,612 LATE, IS IF WE ALL SPEAK TO THE 2708 01:35:51,612 --> 01:35:54,148 ITEMS WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO US, 2709 01:35:54,148 --> 01:35:56,283 WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET OUT BY 5 2710 01:35:56,283 --> 01:35:58,018 P.M. IF WE ALL SPEAK TO EVERY 2711 01:35:58,018 --> 01:36:01,789 SINGLE ITEM, WE WILL NOT. AND I 2712 01:36:01,789 --> 01:36:04,625 HAVE NEVER SEEN A CONSENT 2713 01:36:04,625 --> 01:36:07,728 PACKAGE INCLUDE SO MANY OF OUR 2714 01:36:07,728 --> 01:36:10,097 PROPOSALS. THIS COMPARED TO LAST 2715 01:36:10,097 --> 01:36:12,133 YEAR, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO DO 2716 01:36:12,133 --> 01:36:14,935 IN ONE DAY, IS EVEN MORE 2717 01:36:14,935 --> 01:36:17,104 CONSENSUS BUILT AT THIS TIME. 2718 01:36:17,104 --> 01:36:20,274 AND SO I HAVE EVERY I HAVE THE 2719 01:36:20,274 --> 01:36:23,210 FAITH OF THE WORLD THAT WE WILL 2720 01:36:23,210 --> 01:36:25,179 BE ABLE TO BE COMPLETED BY 5 2721 01:36:25,179 --> 01:36:27,848 P.M. I'M JUST SIMPLY STATING 2722 01:36:27,848 --> 01:36:31,285 THAT AN EXTRA THREE HOURS ON 2723 01:36:31,285 --> 01:36:31,852 FRIDAY IS SOMETHING THAT WE 2724 01:36:31,852 --> 01:36:33,254 SHOULD PREPARE TO RESERVE, 2725 01:36:33,254 --> 01:36:37,224 BECAUSE IT. IN OUR. IN MY 2726 01:36:37,224 --> 01:36:38,492 CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THIS 2727 01:36:38,492 --> 01:36:40,694 PROCESS, IT WILL BE LESS 2728 01:36:40,694 --> 01:36:43,764 IMPACTFUL THAN COMING BACK ON 2729 01:36:43,764 --> 01:36:46,167 MONDAY. AND THIS IS INTENDED TO. 2730 01:36:46,167 --> 01:36:47,768 I'M GOING TO BE CHAIRING 2731 01:36:47,768 --> 01:36:49,436 FRIDAY'S PROCESS IN A WAY THAT 2732 01:36:49,436 --> 01:36:51,272 ALLOWS US TO HAVE BREAKS SO THAT 2733 01:36:51,272 --> 01:36:55,109 WE ARE ABLE TO NOT GET ALL THE 2734 01:36:55,109 --> 01:36:56,510 WAY DRAINED OF ENERGY WHILE WE 2735 01:36:56,510 --> 01:36:58,012 GET THROUGH THIS FINAL STEP IN 2736 01:36:58,012 --> 01:37:00,481 THE PROCESS. SO I APPRECIATE 2737 01:37:00,481 --> 01:37:04,251 APPRECIATE CONCERNS FROM 2738 01:37:04,251 --> 01:37:04,552 COLLEAGUES. 2739 01:37:04,552 --> 01:37:06,720 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2740 01:37:06,720 --> 01:37:07,988 STRAUSS COLLEAGUES. ANY MORE 2741 01:37:07,988 --> 01:37:09,823 COMMENTS FOR FURTHER BUSINESS? 2742 01:37:09,823 --> 01:37:12,293 JUST A HEADS UP, WE DO HAVE A 2743 01:37:12,293 --> 01:37:13,761 SPECIAL MEETING ON THURSDAY. NO, 2744 01:37:13,761 --> 01:37:15,829 EXCUSE ME. THURSDAY. IT'S NOT MY 2745 01:37:15,829 --> 01:37:19,166 NOTES. NOVEMBER THE 12th AT 9:30 2746 01:37:19,166 --> 01:37:23,704 A.M.. WE ALSO HAVE SCHEDULED A 2747 01:37:23,704 --> 01:37:24,338 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TENTATIVELY 2748 01:37:24,338 --> 01:37:26,173 FOR NOVEMBER 17th. IF THERE'S 2749 01:37:26,173 --> 01:37:27,141 NO BUSINESS, WE WILL CANCEL THAT 2750 01:37:27,141 --> 01:37:29,643 MEETING. SO JUST A HEADS UP, BUT 2751 01:37:29,643 --> 01:37:31,145 IT IS ON THE CALENDAR 2752 01:37:31,145 --> 01:37:32,346 TENTATIVELY. AND THEN FOLLOWING 2753 01:37:32,346 --> 01:37:34,048 THAT, WE HAVE A MEETING NOVEMBER 2754 01:37:34,048 --> 01:37:37,718 THE 20th AT 1 P.M. SPECIAL 2755 01:37:37,718 --> 01:37:39,019 COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL. SO WE 2756 01:37:39,019 --> 01:37:41,422 HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL TOWN 2757 01:37:41,422 --> 01:37:42,423 COUNCIL MEETINGS COMING UP IN 2758 01:37:42,423 --> 01:37:43,557 ADDITION TO BUDGET STUFF. SO 2759 01:37:43,557 --> 01:37:46,560 JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 2760 01:37:46,560 --> 01:37:49,296 ATTENTION TO THAT. AND AFTER 2761 01:37:49,296 --> 01:37:51,198 THAT HEARING, NO. ARE THERE ANY 2762 01:37:51,198 --> 01:37:53,234 MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? 2763 01:37:53,234 --> 01:37:54,935 AWESOME. SO HEARING NO FURTHER 2764 01:37:54,935 --> 01:37:56,370 BUSINESS, GUESS WHAT COLLEAGUES, 2765 01:37:56,370 --> 01:37:57,371 WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO 2766 01:37:57,371 --> 01:37:59,473 MUCH. 2767 01:37:59,473 --> 01:37:59,807 -- THANK YOU. 2768 01:37:59,807 --> 01:38:01,642 -- THANK YOU. 2769 01:38:01,642 --> 01:38:02,877 -- THANK YOU