>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
THE FEBRUARY 24th, 2026 MEETING
THE SEATTLE SEE COUNCIL WILL
COME TO ORDER.
I'M JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> HERE.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> AWESOME.
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME,
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE HYBRID
PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
IT'S LIMITED TO ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDY.
FOR THE INTRODUCTION CALENDAR.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE
SIGNED UP TODAY?
YOU SEE HOW I SAID THAT
SLOWLY TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME
TO
WALK TO GET THE SPEAKERS.
>> WE HAVE SEEN IN PERSON
AND FOUR REMOTE.
>> AWESOME, SO THAT'S 16 PLUS
4, IF MY MATH IS CORRECT,
THAT'S
20.
THAT IS UNDER 30 SPEAKERS SO
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TWO
MINUTESMINUTES SPEAKER BECAUSE
IT'S UNDER
30. SO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE
RULES TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
>> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN
ORDER OF WHICH THEY'RE
REGISTERED.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME
WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF
THEIR
TIME.
SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE MUTED
IF NAY DO NOT END WITHIN
THE ALLOTTED TIME TO CALL ON THE
NEXT SPEAKER.
>> AWESOME, SO I'M GOING TO
CALL EVERYONE UP BY THREES.
AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SO WE HAVE NATHAN, FOLLOWED
BY --
HARSIRIN.
YOU SAW ME STRUGGLING.
FOLLOWED BY CHARLOTTE,
GABRIEL, AND BENNETT.
THOSE ARE THE FIRST FIVE.
I
SAID THREE, BUT I'M GOING TO
SAY FIVE.
SO NATHAN FLETCHER.
COME ON DOWN.
WELCOME.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
COUNCIL.
I'M NATHAN.
I AM A MEMBER OF LOCAL 77.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT DAWNLIN
DELL'S FIRING AND
REITERATE WE'RE FRUSTRATED WITH
THE LACK
OF TRANSPARENCY WITH THE WHOLE
PROCESS.
SHE WAS BOUND THROUGH A
NATIONWIDE COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB
LEADING THE UTILITY.
SHE HAD A GREAT STRATEGIC
PLAN GOING FORWARD.
DID A LOT OF GOOD WORK
IN CREATING A NEW CULTURE
AFTER SOME ISSUES THAT WE HAD.
AND I JUST REQUEST THAT
YOU CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK YOU
ARE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN REMEDY
THIS WITH AT LEAST MORE
TRANSPARENCY
FIGURING OUT WAS THE
PROCESS FOLLOWED CORRECTLY AND
WHERE WE
CAN GO FROM THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, NATHAN.
NEXT WE HAVE HARSIMIN.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS HARSIMIN DAVIS.
I'M A CABLE SPLICER CREW CHIEF.
I'M ALSO A LOCAL 77 STEWARD.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE
SAME ISSUE THAT NATHAN JUST
SPOKE ON,
REGARDING OUR FORMER CEO.
SPEAKING TO HER LEADERSHIP,
WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT KIND
OF LEADERSHIP AT SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT IN A LONG TIME,
AT LEAST NOT IN MY TENURE HERE,
AND FROM
NATHAN'S WORDS, NOT FROM HIS
EITHER.
LOOKING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY ON
HOW THAT PROCESS WAS
ACCOMPLISHED TO COME TO THIS
DECISION.
ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO DAWN'S
CREDENTIALS. WHAT SHE BROUGHT TO
THE
TABLE, IT WAS THOROUGHLY VETTED
BY
YOUR BODY TO HIRE HER IN THE
FIRST
PLACE.
THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
IN THE TWO YEARS THAT SHE SPENT
AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, WE
MOVED FORWARD ON THAT STRATEGIC
PLAN, WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THAT
PLAN, AND ACTUALLY HAVE IT
REFLECT
WHAT YOUR SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS, YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE
SEEING IN THE FIELD.
IT ADDRESSED OUR LEGACY
EQUIPMENT.
IT'S GREAT THAT WE WANT TO
SAY THAT WE WANT TO GIVE
RELIABLE
POWER TO ALL OF OUR RATE PAYERS.
THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR GOAL,
ALWAYS CONTINUES TO BE OUR
GOAL, BUT IT HAS BUDGETARY
RESTRICTIONS, RIGHT?
THE STUFF IS NOT
CHEAP. AND THE PLAN THAT SHE PUT
FORWARD WAS THE FIRST ONE
THAT SEEMED SENSIBLE TO ALL OF
US
IN THE FIELD GIVEN THE
EQUIPMENT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON
TRYING TO
MAINTAIN, TRYING TO
KEEP FUNCTIONAL FOR ALL OF OUR
RESIDENTS, FOR ALL OF OUR RATE
PAYERS.
THAT GOES FROM SUBSTATION
TRANSFORMERS TO BELOW GRADE
TRANSFORMS, THAT GOES TO WIRE,
THAT GOES TO CABLE, THAT GOES
TO EVEN THE EQUIPMENT WE USE TO
DO THE WORK, BEING ABLE TO GO
OUT IN THE FIELD AND EVEN SET UP
OUR JOB SITES.
A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS REAL OLD.
AND IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD FOR
US TO KEEP THAT POWER FLOWING.
AND SHE HAD A PLAN FOR THAT.
SHE BUILT THAT STRATEGIC PLAN
TO INCLUDE THAT.
SO I WANTED TO SPEAK TO
HER LEADERSHIP AND ASK FOR MORE
TRANSPARENCY.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET HER
BACK.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT WE HAVE CHARLOTTE,
FOLLOWED BY GABRIEL AND THEN
BENNETT.
WELCOME, CHARLOTTE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
THREE.
I HAVE SOME UPDATED NUMBERS FOR
YOU TODAY.
400, 82, 55, 32, 54, 31, 252,
81. 41, 62. 8, 2,897, 2,096.
439.
235.
400 DAYS AGO TODAY, THE
PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE, 82 DAYS
AGO TODAY, THE PRESIDENT
LAUNCHED METRO SURGE.
55 DAYS AGO, KEITH PORTER WAS
MURDERED. 48 DAYS AGO, RENEE
GOOD WAS
MURDERED, AND 31 DAYS
AGO, ALEX PRETTI WAS MURDERED.
I'M HERE YET AGAIN TO URGE
YOU TO CONTINUE TO TAKE
MEANINGFUL ACTION TO SAFEGUARD
OUR NEIGHBORS AGAINST THE
UNLAWFUL
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION.
THIS INCLUDES PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK'S COUNCIL
BILL.
THIS WEEKEND, AOC ENDORSED
THE METHODS EMPLOYED
BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S BILL
AS
A WAY TO STOP I.C.E. 'S
ENCROACHMENT INTO
OUR COMMUNITIES BY WAY OF
LOCAL ZONING LAWS.
LAST ELECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK RECEIVED 81.
4% OF THE
VOTE AND HER TWO CAMPAIGNS
RECEIVED THE TOP TWO RAW VOTE
TOTALS
FOR A CAMPAIGN IN SEATTLE
HISTORY.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 62.8.
IN 2023, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
WON BY 2,897 VOTES.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH, 2,096.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 439.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 235.
I URGE YOU TO GET BEHIND
THE BILL BY SEATTLE'S MOST
POPULAR COUNCILMEMBER IN
HISTORY.
IT IS 252 DAYS UNTIL THE
GENERAL ELECTION.
AND IF YOU DON'T, WE WILL
REMEMBER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHARLOTTE.
NEXT WE HAVE GABRIEL
DIAZ FOLLOWED BY BENNETT.
THEN WE HAVE MS. DONITA
FOLLOWED BY PETER AND MIKE.
HELLO, GABRIEL.
WELCOME.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
JUST AS A MINOR CORRECTION,
MY LAST NAME IS PRONOUNCED DIAZ.
DIFFERENT CULTURE, I ALWAYS
TRY TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.
YEAH, HEY, FOLKS.
MY NAME IS GABRIEL DIAZ AND I'M
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
CAL ANDERSON PROTESTS.
I SAID I WOULD
SHARE WHAT I LEARNED.
SO HERE I AM.
I LUCKILY THIS WEEK FOUND THE
OFFICER THAT PUSHED OFFICERS
AWAY AND JUMPED OFF
HIS FEET TO
TACKLE ME AND PUNCH ME IN THE
HEAD AFTER I COMMITTED NO CRIME.
THIS OFFICER WAS FOUND TO BE
OFFICER CALEB HOWARD.
THE OFFICER IS UNSURPRISINGLY
ON THE BRIDE LIST.
WHILE I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY
HE'S
ON THE BRADY LIST BECAUSE
I DON'T WANT TO PAY THE MONEY
TO
BUY THE DOCUMENTS, IF I HAD TO
GUESS, IT'S BECAUSE HE
WAS
CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING THE SON
OF A FELLOW OFFICER.
HE CHALLENGED HIM TO A JUJITSU
MATCH WHERE HE ADMITTED
HE BLACKED OUT AND PUNCHED
THE MAN IN THE HEAD AND
STRANGLED HIM
SO HARD
HE COULDN'T SPEAK OR UTTER A
SOUND.
WHY IS THIS OFFICER ON THE
FORCE?
IF HE BLACKS OUT AND ATTACKS
PEOPLE LIKE THIS, WHY IS HE
ON THE FORCE.
WHY IS HE ASSAULTING
PEOPLE ON THE POLICE FORCE?
OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE GOT TO
READ SOME OF THE ARREST REPORTS.
WHAT STUCK OUT TO ME IS A LOT
OF PEOPLE WERE LIKE, OH, WHY?
BECAUSE THEY HAD NO IDEA
WHY THEY WERE ARRESTED.
SO MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED
UP THAT DAY WERE THEN TURNED
AWAY BECAUSE THEY HAD NO CAUSE
FOR
ARREST. THEY WERE TOLD, WELL,
DON'T KNOW
WHY YOU WERE ARRESTED.
WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?
WHY DO WE CONSISTENTLY LET
SPD GET AWAY WITH THIS?
I'M GOING TO REITERATE THE
DEMANDS THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE
MADE.
WE NEED TO FIRE THESE OFFICERS
INCLUDING OFFICER CALEB
HOWARD, OFFICER LARRY LONGLY,
AND
WE NEED A SERIOUS REVIEW OF THE
PROCESS.
BECAUSE EVEN THE INVESTIGATIVE
PROCESS HAS RUN SO MANY ISSUES.
WE NEED MASSIVE ISSUES.
IF WE WANT TO
SEE MORE CIVILIANS MAKE IT HOME
AT NIGHT, WE
NEED TO OVERHAUL SPD.
>> NEXT WE HAVE BENNETT
FOLLOWED BY DONITA, JASON, AND
THEN
GWENDOLYN.
WELCOME, BENNETT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
SO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT
THE
CONTROVERSY IN THE NEWS
YESTERDAY REGARDING POSSIBLE
FRAUD IN THE PRO
AND CON REGISTRATIONS FOR
SENATE BILL 6346, THE SO- CALLED
MILLIONAIRE'S TAX IN OLYMPIA.
WHY THIS IS A STATE SENATE
BILL, IT AFFECTS THE FUTURE OF
SEATTLE SO IT'S WITHIN SCOPE TO
BRING
IT UP HERE.
ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN GO
TO A WEBSITE AND REGISTER
THEIR NAME AND REGISTER PRO OR
CON. ON THAT SAME WEB
PAGE, THERE'S A GREEN BUTTON
YOU CAN CLICK
TO DOWNLOAD AN EXCEL FILE WITH
ALL THE REGISTRATIONS PEOPLE
HAVE
CAST SO FAR, EITHER PRO OR CON.
AFTER YESTERDAY'S ARTICLE CAME
OUT, I WENT ON THE WEBSITE
AND DID THAT, AND IN JUST A
COUPLE
MINUTES, YOU CAN USE SOME
BASIC EXCEL FUNCTIONS TO SORT
THE
RESPONSES INTO PRO AND CON.
AND THEN ALSO, YOU CAN APPLY A
FUNCTION TO COUNT THE NUMBER
OF UNIQUE NAMES AMONG THE NAMES
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERED
PRO AND CON.
SO JUST A LITTLE WORK.
THE DATA THAT I GOT WAS ON
THE CON SIDE.
ABOUT 110,000 NAMES REGISTERED
AGAINST.
OF THOSE, ABOUT 91,000 WERE
UNIQUE NAMES SO ABOUT 17%
DUPLICATES.
ON THE PRO SIDE, ABOUT 10,000
PEOPLE REGISTERED PRO.
OF THOSE, ABOUT 9,000 UNIQUE
NAMES SO ABOUT 10% DUPLICATES.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
BECAUSE DUPLICATE NAMES ARE
NOT IN AND OF THEMSELVES
EVIDENCE OF
MALFEASANCE. YOU COULD TRY TO
SUBMIT THE
FORM AND NOT HUR IF IT SUBMITTED
AND SUBMIT AGAIN.
THAT IS NOT LEGIT, BUBUT IT'S
NOT INTENTIONAL CHEATING,
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THIS BIG OF
A STATISTICAL DIFFERENCE
IN THE NUMBER OF DUPLICATES IN
ONE
SET VERSUS ANOTHER FOR A SAMPLE
THIS LARGE, STATISTICALLY,
THE CHANCES OF THAT
ARISING NATURALLY ARE VIRTUALLY
ZERO
AND VIRTUALLY GUARANTEED IT
MEANS ONE SIDE WAS COMMITTING
SOME
SORT OF MALFEASANCE FAR
DISPROPORTIONATELY THAN THE
OTHER. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I
FOUND
YESTERDAY.
JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU, BENNETT.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. DONITA
SINCLAIR, FOLLOWED BY PETER,
MIKE, JASON, AND GWENDOLYN.
WELCOME.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
SO MY NAME IS DONITA.
I'M THE MOTHER OF HORACE
LORENZO ANDERSON.
MY SON WAS MURDERED.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN ME
BEFORE, AND HOPEFULLY WHAT
I SAID RESONATED AND YOU TOOK
IT BACK HOME ABOUT PUBLIC
ACTION. THE OTHER DAY, WE JUST
SEEN --
EXCUSE ME, LAST WEEK, SORRY,
A COUPLE WEEKS AAGO, WE SEEN TWO
CHILDREN BE MURDERED IN
THE RAINIER BEACH AREA.
I SEE NOTHING BEING DONE,
NO ACTION PLAN, NO SAFETY
MEASURES.
WE HAVE SEEN CAMERAS BEING
EXPOSED BUT NOT BEING USED.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE
YOU GOING TO DO TO KEEP
OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
WE SEE ALL THIS TALK AND
NO ACTIONS BEHIND IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S OVER PUBLIC
SAFETY, I HEARD IT WAS
YOU, MR. ROBERT, BUT WHEN ARE WE
GOING TO HAVE A SIT DOWN?
OKAY, THANK YOU.
MR. JOY, I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE TRYING TO
DO, BUT WE NEED ALL YOU GUYS TO
STAND.
PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALL OF YOU
GUYS' ACCOUNTABILITY. WE OWE
EACH OTHER THIS FOR
OUR COMMUNITY TO BE SAFE.
WE'RE INVITED TO MEETINGS
WITH THE MAYOR, LOOKING LIKE
WE'RE JUST A STAND-BY.
NOW, WE QUANTITY ACTIONS.
IT DON'T SEEM LIKE NOBODY
KNOWS WHAT TO DO WHEN IT COMES
TO GUN
VIOLENCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
KEY CAN TALK ABOUT
IMMIGRATION AND LGBTQ, BRUT
BLACK PEOPLE ARE
BEING LEFT OUT.
WRER RR
WE'RE ON THE VANISH, VANISH
SEATTLE.
THAT'S THE NEW NAME FOR
US AFRICAN AMERICANS AND
WE'RE TIRED OF IT.
IT'S MORE THAN PICKING UP
PAPERS, WHAT ACTION ARE WE
GOING TO DO BEFORE WE FILL
THESE CEMETERIES UP WITH OUR
CHILDREN?
I HAVE 24 MINUTES TO SAY,
I'M SORRY TO SAY IT LIKE THIS,
BUT
I REALLY NEED A REAL ACTION
PLAN FROM YOU GUYS.
THE LAST THING, I JUST SEEN
SEATTLE POLICE BEING, I GUESS
HE WAS DETAINED ON AURORA FOR
PROSTITUTION.
WHAT REFLECTION?
THAT'S ON YOU GUYS' HANDS.
THAT'S A BAD REFLECTION OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
THE POLICE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO
BE IN NO PROSTITUTION STING.
SO HOLD THESE PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE AND IT'S NOT AT THE
TABLE.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE PETER
MANNING, FOLLOWED BY MIKE,
JASON,
AND THEN GWENDOLYN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
THIS MIC GOES IN AND OUT, BUT
HEY, THIS IS -- THE
ATMOSPHERE HERE IS REALLY GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE
OF THE CHANGE IN THE CITY
COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, BUT THE AMBIENCE IS
GOOD.
I HOPE THE ENERGY CONTINUES
THIS
WAY. I'M UP HERE TO SPEAK ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE OTHER
ISSUES BUT BLACK BUSINESS
OWNERS.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A
HUGE DISCONNECT WITH THIS NEW
THING, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS
COMING OUT
TO THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN
NARRATIVE. THAT'S WHY I USED
BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG
DISTINCTION ON
PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT HAVE
BEEN DEALING WITH WHITE RACISM
SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN HERE, SINCE
THE
INCEPTION INTO THIS COUNTRY,
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE.
SO I WANT TO KEEP THAT OUT
THERE.
I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT CAMERAS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I
LIVE IN.
WHICH IS THE SOUTH END OF
SEATTLE.
AS WELL AS CD AND CERTAIN
PARTS OF WEST SEATTLE.
I MOST DEFINITELY AM UP FOR
CAMERAS. THE REASON WHY, WE
DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH POLICE PRESENCE.
IT WENT FROM 20-YEAR- OLDS AND
30-YEAR- OLDS KILLING EACH OTHER
TO NOW I HAVE KIDS IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PACKING GUNS
KILLING
EACH OTHER.
SEE, IF THIS WAS -- IF
THIS SITUATION WAS TAKING PLACE
IN
WHITEVILLE, THE SITUATION
WOULD BE DEALT WITH DIFFERENTLY.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S
GOING
TO TAKE.
USUALLY WHEN BLACK PEOPLE TELL
YOU THEY NEED SOMETHING, AND
WE HAVE
TO APPEAL TO WHITE PEOPLE FOR
IT, IT TAKES A LONG
TIME UNTIL WE TEAR UP SOME SHIT,
LIKE
WE START TEARING UP, WE START
PROTESTING. THAT'S WHEN YOU
WANT TO TAKE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
YOU WANT TO TAKE NOTICE.
THAT HAS TO STOP BECAUSE
WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU HAVE
PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND OTHER
LEADERS THAT ARE
WILLING TO SHIFT THAT AND WE'RE
TIRED OF
TALKING.
WE'RE JUST
TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES
CONSTANTLY AND NOBODY
IS PAYING
ATTENTION. WE KNOW HOW TO SHIFT
EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MANNING.
NEXT WE HAVE MIKE, FOLLOWED BY
JASON AND THEN GWENDOLYN.
>> THANK
YOU, PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WANT TO WELCOME YOU.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO
WELCOME YOU LAST TIME BECAUSE
YOU WEREN'T HERE PHYSICALLY, SO
I WANT TO WELCOME YOU.
I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT
DONITA SAID AND PETER SAID.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOME TYPE OF
SURVEILLANCE.
WE NEED SOME TYPE OF
PROTECTION IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
'90s.
WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO
THE BABY BLUE SPD, EVERYBODY
KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS BECAUSE
THEY WERE A TERROR ON THE
BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE '90s.
I HAVE SEEN CHANGE.
BUT THE DEFUND THE
POLICE MOVEMENT WAS JUST THE
WRONG MOVEMENT BECAUSE NOW WE
DON'T HAVE ANY POLICE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROTECTION
IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING, IF
THAT IS CCTV, TO FOLLOW
SOMEONE THAT'S COMMITTED A
CRIME,
WE NEED SOMETHING.
THE CITY COUNCIL I
WOULD RECOMMEND TALK WITH
SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE NEED A POLICE OFFICER BACK AT
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SOMEONE THAT IS A PERSON
OF COLOR, WHETHER THEY'RE
BLACK,
ASIAN, EVEN PREFERABLY SOMEBODY
FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE NEED
SOMETHING.
THE KIDS ARE ASKING FOR IT.
THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS
ASKING FOR IT.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO VOICE
MY OPINION ON THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO
MUCH
MORE OF YOUR TIME BUT I'LL
BE REACHING OUT TO YOU, MS.
RINCK, TO TALK ABOUT OTHER
ISSUES.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEGISLATION ON NO MORE
I.C.E.
FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
KETTLE, I KNOW YOU'RE
WORKING HARD TO GET THE CITY,
DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, I HAVE IDEAS
THAT I
THINK WOULD BE SOME GOOD
IDEAS TO GET THE CITY CLEANED
UP.
THE FIRST THING IS WE NEED TOUGH
LOVE AND WE NEED NOT ANY MORE
PLACATION.
WE NEED TO DO IT.
>> NEXT WE HAVE JASON,
FOLLOWED BY GWENDOLYN.
WELCOME, JASON.
>> MY NAME IS JASON.
I'M A MEMBER OF LABOR
MILITANT AND AN ORGANIZER WITH
MOVEMENT FOR SHAWMA AND A RENTER
HERE IN
SEATTLE.
ISOHAS BEEN TERRORIZING
OUR COMMUNITIES FOR MONTHS.
THEY HAVE MURDERED
MULTIPLE PEOPLE AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
WE HAVE SEEN PROTESTS, MASS
PROTESTS.
WE HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
PROTESTING AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND IN
MINNEAPOLIS. WE HAVE HAD OVER A
MONTH
OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.
AND BACK A YEAR AGO WHEN
THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS BILL
WAS
UP, WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT ON
THAT.
KATIE WILSON WAS HERE LAST WEEK,
PUBLICLY, SHE'S GONE BACK ON HER
CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO GET RID
OF THE FLOCK SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS.
SHE GAVE A SHORT SPEECH
LAST WEEK AT THE COUNCIL MEETING
OF
EMPTY PLATITUDES.
SHE SAID SHE WOULD STOP
THE SWEEPS BUT HAS COMPLETELY
REVERSED ON THE POSITION.
THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS
HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED WORKING
PEOPLE.
MAMDANI ENDORSED HAKEEM
JEFFRIES, ENDORSED KATHY HOCHUL.
HE'S REAPPOINTED A
ZIONIST POLICE CHIEF.
KATIE WILSON CALLS HERSELF A
SOCIALIST. RINCK HAS INTRODUCED
THIS
BILL TO STOP BUILDING
DETENTION CENTERS HERE IN
SEATTLE,
WHICH IS NEED, BUT IT DOESN'T
GO FAR
ENOUGH.
THESE MAMDANI
AND WILSON, THEY CALL THEMSELVES
SOCIALISTS BUT
THEY'RE NO DIFFERENT, THE
CITY COUNCIL IS EXACTLY THE
SAME.
THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS
FUNDAMENTALLY A PARTY OF THE
CAPITALIST.
THEY COULD HAVE DONE ANY
NUMBER OF THINGS TO FIGHT BACK
AGAINST I.C.E. IN THE LAST TWO
MONTHS, COULD HAVE FUNDED
MUNICIPAL
IDs FOR IMMIGRANTS TO ACCESS
CITY
SERVICES. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE
NEED MORE
THAN JUST HALTING
DETENTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION.
WE NEED A NEW PARTY.
WE NEED TO ELECT INDEPENDENT
POLITICIANS, ELECT PEOPLE LIKE
SHAWMA, WHO IS RUNNING AGAINST
A PRO-I.C.E. DEMOCRAT, ADAM
SMITH.
WE NEED TO TAKE ON
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
WE NEED A NEW PARTY FOR
THE WORKING CLASH AND WE NEED TO
ABOLISH I.C.E.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JASON.
OKAY.
NEXT WE HAVE GWENDOLYN, FOLLOWED
BY LONG, AND THEN ARIES UX
AND THEN M.
WELCOME, GWENDOLYN.
>> MY NAME IS GWENDOLYN.
I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT
THREE.
RENTER, ALSO WITH MOVEMENT FOR
SHAWMA.
SO KATIE WILSON ISSUED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING SPD
TO INVESTIGATE, VERIFY,
AND DOCUMENT I.C.E. ACTIVITY
AND PROHIBIT I.C.E. FROM STAGING
OPERATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY.
MIKE SLOAN, THE RIGHT
WING PRESIDENT OF SOUTH POLICE
OFFICERS GUILD ANNOUNCED
HE WOULD REFUSE TO COMPLY WITH
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, SHAMEFULLY.
I.C.E. AND POLICE BOTH
HAVE CARRIED OUT VIOLENCE
AND HARASSED PEOPLE IN THE CITY
FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
THEIR PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT
THOSE IN POWER, NOT SERVE OUR
COMMUNITIES.
IF WILSON'S ORDER IS SERIOUS,
WE
NEED A WAY TO ENFORCE IT
AGAINST THE POLICE.
WE NEED DEMOCRATIC
COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE POLICE
WITH REAL
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT WAS PROPOSED BACK IN 2020.
WE NEED A BOARD ELECTED BY
THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY TO
ENFORCE
THAT. SO THE ABILITY TO HIRE AND
FIRE SUBPOENA OFFICERS WHO WILL
FIRE
ANY OFFICER WHO COOPERATES
WITH I.C.E.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FAILED
TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS IN 2020,
AND ALONG WITH MANY OTHER THINGS
PUT FORWARD BY THE GEORGE FLOYD
MOVEMENT.
DEMOCRATS RECENTLY HANDED SPD
$486 MILLION IN THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET.
THAT'S $88 MILLION HIGHER THAN
2020 AND CLEARLY BASED ON
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, THAT
HASN'T
DONE JACK CRAP TO HELP THIS
CITY.
THIS COULD BE SPENT ON GETTING
PEOPLE OFF THE STREET,
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS.
AND INSTEAD, DEMOCRATS HAVE A
HISTORIC VICTORY IN 2020 TO
BAN THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
ON
PEACEFUL ACTIVISTS AND
PROTESTERS.
WE NEED INDEPENDENT
WORKING CLASS RULERS.
DEMOCRATS HAVE PROVEN
THAT THEY'LL JUST TALK AND TALK
WHEN THE PRESSURE IS ON.
BUT AS SOON AS IT'S OFF, THEY
GO BACK TO HANDING MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS HAND OVER FIST TO
THE INTERESTS OF THE
BILLIONAIRES
AND THEIR APPARATUS.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HOLDING A
MOVEMENT, AN ACTION ON
MARCH 14th AT THE COMMUNITY
CENTER.
IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING
ORGANIZED, COME OUT AND MEET US
THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE LONG, FOLLOWED BY
ARIES, FOLLOWED BY M.
HOWARD GILL.
I BELIEVE THIS IS ROSE AND AND
MORGAN.
>> MY NAME IS LONG.
I'M AN ACTIVIST FOR MOVEMENT
FOR SHAWMA, AND A MEMBER OF
LABOR
MILITANT.
I WORK HERE IN SEATTLE AS A
BARISTA.
THERE HAVE BEEN
DEMANDS PUT FORWARD THAT THE
CITY
COUNCIL MUST FOLLOW.
REMOVE CAMERAS, BAR COPS WHO
COOPERATE WITH I.C.E.
COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE
POLICE, EVICTION MORATORIUM,
DEFEAT
PRO-I.C.E. DEMOCRATS.
ELECT SHAWMA SALON TO U.S.
CONGRESS, AND BUILD A WORKERS
PARTY.
NOW I'LL TALK ABOUT DEMOCRATS
AND ADAM SMITH.
ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATS ARE A
BIPARTISAN PROJECT.
THEY SPENT YEARS PAVING THE
WAY FOR TRUMP'S DEPORTATION
MACHINE.
OBAMA STILL RETAINS THE TITLE
DEPORTER IN CHIEF.
BIDEN ALSO ESCALATED
DEPORTATIONS EXCEEDING
TRUMP'S RECORD FOR MOST PEOPLE
DEPORTED
IN ONE YEAR.
WHY ARE THE DEMOCRATS ON
THIS COUNCIL UNWILLING TO STAND
UP TO
PRO-I.C.E. POLITICIANS IN
THEIR OWN PARTY?
THAT INCLUDES COUNCILMEMBER
ALEXIS RINCK, WHY HAVEN'T YOU
ENDORSED SHAWMA?
AND HER CAMPAIGN FOR
CONGRESS, WHICH IS CALLING TO
ABOLISH I.C.E.
SHAWMA'S OPPONENT,
DEMOCRATIC MEMBER ADAM SMITH,
VOTED
TO CREATE AND REPEATEDLY FUND
I.C.E.
HE'S VOTED TO FUND -- HE
IS FUNDED BY PALANTIR, WHICH HAS
TEN OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN CONTRACT WITH I.C.E.
PALANTIR LICENSES A SOFTWARE
TOTO I.C.E. THAT TRACKS AND
SURVEILS
IMMIGRANTS.
PALANTIR COFOUNDER ALEX KARP AND
JOE LAWNS DALE HAVE BOTH
DESIGNATED ADAM SMITH AS THEIR
POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVE.
THEY HAVE ALSO EACH DONATED
A MILLION DOLLARS TO TRUMP'S
PACs.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU SUPPORT
IMMIGRANTS WHEN
YOU WON'T EVEN STAND UP AGAINST
PRO-I.C.E.
DEMOCRAT LIKE ADAM SMITH?
>> THANK YOU, LONG.
NEXT WE HAVE ARIES.
FOLLOWED BY M, HOWARD GILL,
ROSE,
MORGAN. AND THEN WE HAVE MS.
YVETTE, MR. ZIMMERMAN, AND MR.
LUCAS.
WELCOME.
ARIES.
GOT YOU.
WELCOME BACK. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> I'M
SORRY.
>> YOU'RE GOOD.
LET'S RESET THE TIME AND
WE'LL START HAD YOU START.
>> OKAY.
I'M VLAD TO SEE YOU
ALL HERE BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY
HAVE AN
AGENDA THAT WE NEED MET AND
ALL OF YOU GUYS NEED TO HEAR IT.
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS,
WE HAVE BEEN COMING AND WE
HAVE BEEN STATING THAT WE NEED
I.C.E.
OUT OF SEATTLE.
THAT WE NEED SURVEILLANCE,
SERVICE, NOT SURVEILLANCE,
WHICH IS LIKE WE NEED -- SORRY.
OH, MY GOD.
WE HAVE BEEN STANDING
HERE EVERY WEEK SAYING THE SAME
DEMAND, AND
YOU GUYS ARE STILL SITTING HERE
AND NOT HELPING YOUR COMMUNITY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO TELL
YOU THAT WE ALL -- THERE ARE SO
MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING THE
SAME
THINGS.
BUT YOU'RE SITTING UP THERE,
AND YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO US.
YOU'RE NOT SEEING THAT WE'RE
ALL HAVING THE SAME POINT OF
VIEWS.
AND LIKE, HOW MANY MORE
PEOPLE HAVE TO GET KIDNAPPED?
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE?
I HAD A STATEMENT LAST TIME
THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS
ARE
AFRAID.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T
WANT TO, LIKE, RUIN YOUR
LIVES AND GO TO JAIL BECAUSE OF
--
BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF
WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
WE'RE AFRAID, BUT THE THINGS
ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING TO US.
AND WE'RE STILL STANDING UP,
AND
WE'RE STILL
FIGHTING. SO WE'RE ASKING YOU
TO DO
THE SAME AS EVERY SINGLE
PERSON THAT'S IN THIS ROOM AND
THAT ARE
PROTESTING. STAND UP.
DO THE RIGHT THING, AND HELP OUT
YOUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR.
IT'S BEEN A MONTH AND A HALF
OR A MONTH -- THIS WOULD BE A
MONTH AND ONE WEEK OF US COMING
EVERY
SINGLE WEEK.
SAYING THE SAME THINGS,
AND STILL NOTHING HAS GOTTEN
DONE.
SO I ASKED YOU, WHAT CAN WE
THE PEOPLE DO TO SHOW YOU THAT
WE'RE ON YOUR TEAM?
THAT YOU CAN TRUST US AND
WE'RE ASKING YOU, PLEASE, DO
THE
RIGHT
THING. GET I.C.E. OUT OF
SEATTLE.
PROTECT THE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ARIES.
NEXT WE HAVE M.
FOLLOWED BY HOWARD GILL, ROSE,
MORGAN.
WELCOME, M.
>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
DEPORTED OVER 600,000
PEOPLE LAST YEAR.
THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL
HAVE TAKEN NO REAL ACTION TO
ADDRESS THIS, TO ACTUALLY FIGHT
I.C.E. IN OUR CITY.
AND ONE THING THAT NO
DEMOCRAT ON THIS COUNCIL HAS
ADDRESSED
IS THE FINANCIAL RUIN
THAT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES FACE
WHEN THEY ARE FACED WITH
DEPORTATION.
IMMIGRANTS ARE FORCED TO SKIP
WORK.
THEY LOSE THEIR JOBS,
THEIR FAMILIES ARE SPLIT APART.
MULTIPLE STUDIES SHOW IN
STATES WITH HIGHER IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT, IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES ARE LESS ABLE TO AFFORD
FOOD, LESS ABLE TO PAY RENT AND
UTILITIES, LESS ABLE TO AFFORD
HEALTH CARE, MORE LIKELY TO GET
EVICTED AND FORECLOSE ON THEIR
HOMES.
THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS
HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY I.C.E. IN
WASHINGTON.
SIMILAR TO THE NUMBER THAT
HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN MINNESOTA,
AND
FOR
COMPARISON, IN MINNEAPOLIS,
IMMIGRANTS HAVE LOST AN
ESTIMATED $47 MILLION IN
WAGES FROM FEAR OF GOING TO
WORK.
RENTER SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
IN MINNEAPOLIS HAVE SEEN AN 82%
INCREASE IN REQUESTS FOR
HELP COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME
IN
2025.
WORKERS AND FAITH LEADERS
IN MINNESOTA ARE CALLING FOR AN
EVECTION MORATORIUM UNTIL
THE STATE PROVIDES RELIEF TO
IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND
CALLING FOR A RENT STRIKE.
WE NEED THE SAME FOR SEATTLE.
THAT EVICTION MORATORIUM SHOULD
BE IN PLACE NOT JUST
UNTIL IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ARE
PROVIDED WITH RESOURCES BUT
UNTIL I.C.E.
IS SHUT DOWN, UNTIL THE
DEPORTATIONS STOP COMPLETELY.
THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS
COUNCIL WON'T DO THIS, THOUGH.
WE NEED TO BUILD A MOVEMENT TO
PRESSURE THEM TO FORCE THEIR
HAND.
THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL,
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS A
WHOLE, REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS
OF
THE CORPORATE LANDLORDS.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
YOUR LEGISLATION IS COMPLETELY
INSUFFICIENT. WE NEED STRONGER
ACTION FROM
YOU.
WE NEED YOU
TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION FOR
EVICTION
MORATORIUM, AND YOU NEED
TO STAND UP AGAINST PRO-I.C.E.
DEMOCRATS.
THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR
NOT SUPPORTING SWARMA.
THIS COUNCIL TRIED TO ROLL
BACK RENTERS RIGHTS A YEAR AGO.
WE FATH BACK AND WE WON.
WE FORCED THEME BACK OFF
BECAUSE WE PACKED THIS HALL WITH
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OVER THE
COURSE OF WEEKS.
FORCING THEM TO BACK DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
>> THANK YOU, M.
THANK YOU, M.
HOWARD, MR. HOWARD GILL,
FOLLOWED BY ROSE, FOLLOWED BY
MORGAN, THEN MS.
YVETTE, MR. ZIMMERMAN, AND MR.
LUCAS.
WELCOME, HOWARD GILL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
I SPOKE WITH YOU SIX MONTH
AGO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH A MONTH
AGO ABOUT ACTIONS FOR POLICE TO
PROTECT SEATTLEITES
AGAINST VIOLENCE AND KILLING AND
FEAR WE
HAVE WITNESSED IN OTHER CITIES.
THESE PROPOSES ACTIONS
BECAME PART OF A 36- DISTRICT
DEMOCRAT
RESOLUTION, YET SIX MONTHS
AFTER YOU INDICATED YOUR SUPPORT
FOR THESE ACTIONS YOU HAVE
REFUSED TO EVEN PROPOSE OR
PUBLICLY DISCUSS THESE ITEMS.
IGNORED FOR SIX MONTHS ARE
THESE IMPORTANT PROPOSALS.
THAT SPD OFFICERS ESTABLISH
AND DOCUMENT MAKING THE
RESULTING VIDEO PUBLIC THE BASIS
FOR
ANY DETENTION OR ARREST.
THAT SPD OFFICERS INTERVENE
WHEN PROPER LAW
ENFORCEMENT CREDENTIALS ARE NOT
PROVIDED.
THAT SPD OFFICERS AID
PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IN
PREVENTING WARRANTLESS ACCESS.
THAT THEY PRIORITIZE PROTECTING
PEOPLE FROM FOURTH AMENDMENT
VIOLATION OVER THE PROTECTION
OF PROPERTY OR VIOLENTLY
SUPPRESSING DEMONSTRATIONS
THAT ARE TRYING TO PROTECT
THOSE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
OTHER CITIES HAVE PUT THIS IN
PLACE TO SOME DEGREE.
BOSTON MAYOR MICHELLE WU
JUST RECENTLY SAID, QUOTE,
CALLING
911 IS AN APPROPRIATE
RESPONSE TO WARRANTLESS ENTRY OF
PRIVATE HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND
THAT
BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL
EMPLOY DE- ESCALATION TACTICS IN
RESPONSE.
AND BOSTON WILL DENY ACCESS
TO CITY BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY
FOR
PURPOSES OTHER THAN INTENDED.
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE CHIEF
HAS WARNED RANK AND FILE
OFFICERS, IF THEY WITNESS
FEDERAL AGENTS
USE EXCESSIVE FORCE ON
CIVILIANS AND FAIL TO
INTERVENE, THEY COULD BE FIRED.
SO WHILE THE FAILURE FOR SIX
CRUCIAL MONTHS?
AND THE QUESTION HERE IS WHAT I
KEEP ON HEARING IS THAT BECAUSE
SOMEHOW IT'S NOT LEGAL OR
WE HAVE LEGAL ADVICE, WE'RE
ONLY DOING THE THINGS THAT
WE'RE LEGALLY EMPOWERED TO
DO. THAT'S TOTALLY
UNDEMOCRATIC.
THAT HAS TO BE A PUBLIC
DISCUSSION.
IF THERE'S LEGAL ADVICE,
THEN MAKE THAT PUBLIC, AND
LET'S DISCUSS IT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. GILL.
THANK YOU, MR. GILL.
NEXT WE HAVE ROSE, FOLLOWED BY
MORGAN.
YVETTE, ALEX TSIMERMAN, AND
CEANDRE.
WELCOME,
ROSE.
>>
HELLO, CITY COUNCIL ONCE
AGAIN. I AM ROSE.
I'M FROM THE SECOND DISTRICT.
TODAY, I WENT AND TALKED TO
THE MAYOR WILSON'S TRANSITION
TEAM THAT I HAVE BEEN MEETING
WITH
AT VARIOUS LEVELS FOR ABOUT
THE LAST MONTHS OR SO, AND
THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT
I THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT THAT
YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW.
ONE IS THAT OF ALL THE
1500 PEOPLE PLUS THAT WERE
INTERVIEWED, ONE OF THE
NUMBER ONE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE
HAD
WAS ABOUT I.C.E.
WAS ABOUT SURVEILLANCE.
PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED IN
OUR CITIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES
ABOUT
THESE CAMERAS THAT ARE
BEING PLACED ALL OVER TO SURVEIL
US.
WHETHER IT'S THE AMAZON
RING AD THAT HAS NOW GOTTEN
REMARKABLE
BACKLASH OR INDIVIDUALS
WORRIED ABOUT CAMERAS IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE OF THE
REALITIES IS THE
CITY OF SEATTLE DOES NOT HAVE
THE SOCIAL CAPITAL WITH THE
CITIZENS
OF SEATTLE TO TRUST THAT
OUR DATA WILL BE USED SAFELY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE SAW LAST
YEAR POLICE OFFICERS BEAT, THROW
DOWN, AND FOR NO APPARENT
REASON, LGBTQ PROTESTERS,
THIS HAS PUT A REMARKABLE AMOUNT
OF FEAR AND CONCERN ABOUT
WHAT THESE CAMERAS ARE GOING TO
BE USED FOR.
THE REALITY IS, MOST
PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE JUST GOING
TO
BE USED TO PICK UP OCCASIONAL
PEOPLE FOR AFFITI AND
TAG PEOPLE WITH CRIMES THAT ARE,
I
MEAN, FOR LET'S BE
REAL, GRAFFITIING A BUILDING IS
NOT
THE BIGGEST CONCERN WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF THEY'RE BEING USED
TO TARGET INDIVIDUALS TO
TRACK PEOPLE FOR I.C.E. ,
WHETHER IT
BE TRANS PEOPLE OR WHETHER IT BE
UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE, IT'S
NOT WORTH IT.
PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL IT'S WORTH
IT, AND AS THE 17% OF
QUEER PEOPLE THAT ARE IN
SEATTLE'S
POPULATION, 17% OF THEM ARE
QUEER, IT'S A LARGE AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE THAT DO NOT WANT WHAT
IS HAPPENING AND REALISTICALLY,
IF THESE CAMERAS GO UP, PEOPLE
WHO HAVE LEFT EVERYTHING THAT
THEY HAVE HAD TO COME HERE TO
SEATTLE AND FEEL THEY HAVE
NOTHING TO
LOSE, THEY'RE PROBABLE GOING
TO TRY TO GET RID OF THOSE
CAMERAS.
DO WE WANT BROKEN CAMERAS OR
TO INVEST IN OUR COMUBTS SO WE
CAN STOP VIOLENCE WHERE IT
HAPPENS AT THE SOURCE?
>> THANK YOU, ROSE.
NEXT WE HAVE MORGAN, FOLLOWED BY
YVETTE, ALEX TSIMERMAN, AND
CEANDRE.
WELCOME.
>> HI, MY NAME IS MORGAN.
I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH
MANTIS, THE MUTUAL AID NETWORK
OF
TRANS AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS
IN SEATTLE AND I'M A RESIDENT
OF DISTRICT THREE.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
TODAY ABOUT THE -- THE
UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS AMONG TRANS
PEOPLE.
IT'S NO SECRET THAT THE CITY
HAS
A PROBLEM WITH HOMELESSNESS
AND HAS AMBITIONS TO REDUCE THE
RATE OF HOMELESSNESS BEFORE THE
WORLD
CUP
THIS YEAR. BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY,
THERE IS A
REFUGEE CRISIS IN THIS CITY.
TRANS PEOPLE ARE FLOODING
INTO THE CITY FROM OTHER PARTS
OF
THE COUNTRY WHERE THEIR LIVES
HAVE BEEN MADE IMPOSSIBLE BY
HOSTILE
LEGISLATION.
CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE, WE
EXPECT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW
FOLKS TO ARRIVE IN THE CITY IN
THE
NEXT YEAR.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
NEED HOUSING AND THEY'RE
GOING TO NEED JOBS.
IT'S THE LATTER THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A REAL
PROBLEM WITH EMPLOYMENT
DISCRIMINATION IN THIS CITY.
YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF
TRANS PEOPLE IN THE CITY IS
GROWING VERY RAPIDLY, AND YET
THE
NUMBER OF TRANS PEOPLE WHO ARE
EMPLOYED IS NOT.
IN FACT, ANECDOTALLY, IT
SEEMS TO BE SHRINKING RATHER
RAPIDLY.
TRANS PEOPLE ARE AMONG THE
FIRST PEOPLE TO BE LAID OFF WHEN
COMPANIES REDUCE THEIR
WORKFORCES, AND ARE AMONG IT
LAST TO BE HIRED REGARDLESS OF
QUALIFICATIONS, REGARDLESS OF
REFERENCES.
ANECDOTALLY, I KNOW MANY,
MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY
WELL QUALIFIED IN THEIR FIELDS
WHO
ARE UNABLE TO FIND WORK,
HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IN SOME
CASES
YEARS.
AND IF THIS CONTINUES, THERE
IS NO WAY THAT THE CITY WILL
BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER
OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THIS CITY
BECAUSE WITHOUT JOBS, THERE
WILL BE MORE HOMELESS TRANS
PEOPLE ON
THE STREETS.
AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
>> THANK YOU, MORGAN.
NEXT, WE HAVE MS. YVETTE,
FOLLOWED BY ALEX TSIMERMAN
AND THEN CEANDRE.
THEN WE'LL MOVE TO OUR ONLINE
SPEAKERS. OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS,
WE HAVE --
ONE SECOND, WE HAVE LADY
SCRIBE, FOLLOWED BY SOLOMON,
ONLY
ONE WISER PRINCE, AND DAVID
HAYNES.
YOU'RE UP AFTER THE LAST THREE
IN- PERSON SPEAKERS.
>> GOOD
AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I WANT TO START BY
SAYING COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
THANK
YOU FOR YOUR OFFICE CONTACTING
ME, AND WE'LL HAVE FURTHER
CONVERSATION.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU
GENTLEMEN WHO SPOKE UP
REGARDING KEEPING THE CAMERAS IN
PLACE.
FOR THOSE WHO SAY YOU'RE BEING
SPIED ON, THERE IS
CAMERAS EVERYWHERE ALREADY.
DOLLAR STORE, SAFEWAY, BUSES,
TRAINS.
WE'RE ALREADY BEING SURVEILLED.
GET OVER IT, IT'S PUBLIC.
I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE
THAT REGARDING THE GENTLEMEN
COMMENTING, ARE YOU SAFE?
I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE NEW
COMMUNITY HUB.
WORKING TOGETHER, IT'S
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN
SEATTLE PARKS AND REC,
DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, EARLY LEARNING, AND
AMPLIFYING OUR COLLECTIVE
RESOURCES TO OFFER FREE ARTS
ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS.
THIS GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO
DO AND
KEEPS THEM OUT OF TROUBLE. SO
BRAVO FOR THAT.
ALSO -- WHERE ARE MY NOTES HERE?
OH, BEING THE LAST
COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY,
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I WANTED TO
PAY
HOMAGE TO MS. DOROTHY
HOLLINGSWORTH, WHO WAS A
TRAIL BLAZER AND A FORCE TO
BE RECKONED WITH.
WHEN I READ HER BIO ONLINE,
I WAS LIKE DANG, WHAT DIDN'T
SHE
DO? SO JOY, IN HONOR OF YOUR
GRANDMOTHER, THESE FLOWERS
ARE FOR YOU.
THE LEGACY CONTINUES.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, THAT WAS
VERY SWEET OF YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ALSO, ABOUT THE CAMERAS --
>> I THINK SHE HAS 20 MORE
SECONDS. WE JUST STOPPED.
IF WE COULD PUT BACK 20 MORE
SECONDS.
SORRY.
I CUT YOU OFF.
MY APOLOGIES.
>> NO PROBLEM.
ALSO, REGARDING THE
CAMERAS, PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT
I.C.E.
SPYING ON US, BUT WITH
THE CAMERAS ROLLING, WE CAN SPY
ON THEM AS WELL.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE MR.
SIMERMAN FOLLOWED BY KEYONDRY.
>> MY NAME IS ALEX.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CRITICAL.
FOR YOU, COST APPROXIMATELY $1
MILLION, CITY.
APPROXIMATELY 150,000 DOLLARS.
ONLY 10% OF PEOPLE IN CITY
HAVE IT LIKE YOURS SO WHO YOU
REPRESENT?
YOU REPRESENT THE CROWD,
YOU REPRESENT FAT CAT.
YOU REPRESENT EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS SO
YOU WANT TO KEEP IT
FOREVER. I UNDERSTAND YOU.
FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN GET THIS
FOR DISTRICT 41, 2026.
WHEN I WIN THIS ELECTION
--
>> WHAT?
>> PAUSE TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU'RE
OFF MUTE.
>> I DON'T HEAR YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
YOU'RE OFF MUTE.
OKAY.
IF WE CAN MUTE HER WITH THE --
PAUSE ONE SECOND, MR. TSIMERMAN.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
GO RIGHT AHEAD.
>> YEAH.
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHERE IS MY BEST FRIEND?
SHE'S HERE?
YEAH.
MAYBE NEXT TIME SHE WILL BE
HERE CLOSER TO ME.
SO WHEN I WIN THIS ELECTION
FOR DISTRICT 41, FOR EXAMPLE, I
WILL BRING EVERYBODY TO $60,000.
WHY?
IT'S NOT BECAUSE STATE
SENATE HAS $60,000.
IT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU TAKE THIS
10% OF PEOPLE IN SEATTLE WHO
MAKE $120,000, $150,000 AND
UP, OUR AVERAGE INCOME IS
$60,000.
WHO DO YOU REPRESENT?
IT'S NOT A MATTER OF
YOUR PARTY BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL
IDENTICAL.
IT'S NO PARTY THAT REPRESENTS
90% OF PEOPLE.
SO HOW ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED
DOING THIS?
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?
I NEVER HEAR FROM YOU ONE
TALKING THAT YOU WANT TO PRESENT
90%.
SO INCOME WILL BE $60,000.
VIVA TRUMP, VIVA NEW AMERICAN
REVOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU, MR. TSIMERMAN.
THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE KEYONDRY.
AND THEN WE WILL SWITCH TO
ONLINE.
ONLINE, WE HAVE LADY
SCRIBE, SOLOMON ONLY ONE WISER
PRINCE, AND DAVID HAYNES.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, MAYBE SIX.
I COUNT SIX CAMERAS HERE IN
THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND WHILE THAT MAY MAKE
PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE FEEL SAFE,
THERE WAS
A CCTV CAMERA PUT UP
RIGHT OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE, RIGHT
IN
CHINATOWN, THAT LOOKS STRAIGHT
INTO MY ROOM.
IT'S ON THE SAME LEVEL.
IT DOESN'T JUST LOOK INTO MY
ROOM, EITHER.
IT LOOKS INTO MY ROOMMATE'S
ROOM.
AND THE ROOM AFTER THAT AS WELL.
I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED
ABOUT HOW THESE SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS ARE BEING PUT UP AND WHO
EXACTLY
ARE THEY FOR.
AT LEAST FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD,
THEY HAVEN'T DONE MUCH.
KATIE WILSON AND THE
COUNCIL WOULD RATHER OVERPOLICE
THE PIONEER SQUARE AND CHINATOWN
INSTEAD OF USING THESE MONEYS
TO GO TO DISENFRANCHISED
COMMUNITIES AND ESPECIALLY
THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
SO I HOPE THIS IS FOOD FOR
THOUGHT.
I DON'T LIKE BEING
SURVEILLED BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I
HAVE
A CAMERA RIGHT OUTSIDE OF MY
HOUSE LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME.
WHENEVER I LOOK OUT THE WINDOW.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, KEYONDRY.
NEXT, WE HAVE -- WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE TO ONLINE.
AND WE CAN COME BACK TO SEE
IF THERE ARE SPEAKERS.
IF THERE'S ANY MORE IN- PERSON
SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE LADY SCRIBE, FOLLOWED BY
SOLOMON ONLY ONE WISER
PRINCE, AND DAVID HAYNES.
I DON'T SEE LADY SCRIBE
PRESENT SO WE'LL GO TO SOLOMON
ONE
WISER. WE'LL COME BACK TO SEE
IF
SCRIBE IS THERE.
PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> BLESSINGS, BLESSINGS, CITY
COUNCIL, AND BLESSINGS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JOY HOLLINGSWORTH.
I HOPE YOU HAD FUN.
MY NAME IS SOLOMON ONLY ONE
WISER PRINCE.
I TOLD ALL THREE KINGS AT
951 NORTH 100 STREET.
WE TRAIN YOUTH AGENTS 5 TO 15
ASAS
AS ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
TODAY, I AM HERE SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT THE KIDS.
OUR GOAL IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.
ALLOW YOUTH TO TRAIN FOR
FREE WITHOUT PUTTING THE GYM AT
RISK OF CLOSING.
OPERATING A GYM IN SEATTLE IS
EXPENSIVE.
RENT, INSURANCE, UTILITIES,
EQUIPMENT, AND COACHING
STIPENDS, REAL COSTS.
RIGHT NOW, ACCESS IS LIMITED
BY WHAT PARENTS CAN AFFORD.
CITY PARTNERSHIP WILL
REMOVE THAT BARRIER.
HERE IS WHAT FUNDING
ACCOMPLISHES. FULL SCHOLARSHIP
FOR AT-
RISK YOUTH AGES 5 TO 15.
TRAUMA INFORMED COACHING
AND STRUCTURED MENTORSHIP.
SAFE AFTER SCHOOL
PROGRAMMING DURING PEAK PRIME
HOURS.
OPERATIONAL STUNT SO THE GYM
REMAINS OPEN LONG TERM.
THIS IS PREVENTION
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE OPERATE DIRECTLY INSIDE
THE AURORA CORRIDOR, OFFERING
STRUCTURE, DISCIPLINE, AND
SUPERVISION IN AN AREA THAT
FACES SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SAFETY
CHALLENGES.
WE TEACH SELF- DEFENSE,
EMOTIONAL CONTROL,
ACCOUNTABILITY,
CONDITIONING, AND RESPECT.
SKILLS THAT TRANSFER TO SCHOOL,
HOME, AND LONG TERM BEHAVIOR.
ADULTS TRAIN AS WELL.
WHEN PARENTS AND MENTORS TRAIN
ALONGSIDE YOUTH, IT CREATES
INTERGENERATIONAL STABILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY HAVE CLOSED
MANY SMALL
COMMUNITY GYMS ACROSS SEATTLE.
THIS REQUEST IS ABOUT
SUSTAINABILITY AND FREE
ACCESS FOR KIDS WHO NEED
STRUCTURE
MOST.
INVESTING IN THREE KINGS DOJO IS
SIGNIFICANTLY LESS
EXPENSIVE THAN INTERVENTION
AFTER FAILURE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SOLOMON.
NEXT WE HAVE MR. DAVID HAYNES.
STAR 6.
WE SEE YOU, MR. DAVID HAYNES.
THERE YOU GO.
>> THANK YOU.
DAVID HAYNES.
SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED
ABOUT SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
BECAUSE
THEY THEMSELVES MIGHT BE
GOING OUT TO DOTIONING THEY
SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
WHY IS CITY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT ALLOWING SHAWMA TO
SEND
HER SURROGATES HERE TO PROMOTE
HER
CAMPAIGN?
WITH THE SAME PARASITIC
SCHEMING VICARIOUS LIVING OF
WHAT'S
GOING ON IN MINNESOTA,
EMBELLISHING.
AND EARLIER TODAY, A PUBLIC
SAFETY, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT
CHIEF HAS A SCORN
LIVED EXPERIENCE AND HE'S
DUMPING HIS
TRAUMA, MAKING IT SAFE FOR
BLACK DRUG PUSHING
PREDATORS. AND IT'S OBVIOUS THE
CITY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP HAS
NO INTENTION OF FIGHTING CRIME
PROPER.
LIKE, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT BRUCE
HARRELL'S CHOICE AND LEADERSHIP
AND BUDGET SPENDING
PRIORITIES SHIFTED THE PARADIGM
AWAY FROM
IMPROVING THE WAR ON DRUG
PUSHERS BY PURPOSELY
MISCONSTRUING THAT ANYTHING
CRACK, METH, OR HEROIN UNDER 3.
5 GRAMS WILL BE EXEMPTED FROM
JAIL WITH COPS PURPOSELY NOT
TRAINING
PROPER. LIKE PULLING THEIR
PUNCHES ON
CRIME FIGHTING TOOLS
WHILE VIRTUE SIGNALING THAT
THE CIVILIAN DISPATCH AND
RESPONSE IS GOING TO PRETTY MUCH
DO
MORE OF THE
EFFORTS. YET NOBODY IS PRO
ACTIVE
IN CRIME PREVENTION.
IT'S LIKE, DID YOU HEAR
AMY BARTON THIS MORNING?
SHE SAYS MOST PEOPLE WHO CALL IN
TO WITNESS ON WHAT THEY SEE
ON THE 911 CALL ARE GETTING IT
WRONG.
AND SHE'S TAKING A SCORNED
LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT OTHER
PEOPLE HAVE LIKE DEMANDED THAT
SHE TAKES A LOT OF MONEY FOR,
BY SETTING ASIDE CRIMES
AGAINST HUMANITY BECAUSE THEY'RE
LISTED
LOW LEVEL NONVIOLENT
MISDEMEANOR.
OF WHICH ERICA EVANS, THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, IS
DICTATING TO THE COPS THAT
SHE'S NOT GOING
TO PROSECUTE DRUG PUSHERS UNDER
3. 5 GRAMS BECAUSE
THEY'RE CONSIDERED A POVERTY
CRIME.
SHE'S TRYING TO CHANGE
THE DYNAMIC LIKE THEY DID FIVE
YEARS AGO WHERE YOU'RE GOING
PUT
MORE SKIN COLOR INCARCERATION
RATES MANIPULATED BASED ON
WHITE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE MONEY
TO
PAY FOR THEIR --
>> THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES.
LADY SCRIBE.
I DON'T THINK WE SEE YOU
ONLINE.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH
OUR TECH FOLKS.
WE DO NOT SEE LADY SCRIBE
ONLINE. I'LL PAUSE.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
ALL
RIGHT. AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY
MORE REGISTERED SPEAKERS IN
CHAMBERS, AND WE HAVE -- RUTH,
YOU
WOULD LIKE -- IF YOU SIGN UP,
ABSOLUTELY.
>> I DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH
TO SAY TODAY, I'M TIRED,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
TWO MINUTES ISN'T ENOUGH.
JOY, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO
YOU AFTER BECAUSE THE FOLKS
ARE TELLING ME YOU'RE GOOD
PEOPLE, AND I WANT TO BELIEVE
THAT.
DIANE FOSTER, THANK YOU
FOR PRESSING EARLIER TODAY.
ALEXIS RINCK, THANK YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST COME
UP HERE AND BE ACCUSATORY
AND BE WRONG IN MY ACCUSATIONS.
PEOPLE VOTED FOR YOU FOR A
REASON.
IF YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO
HAVING DIALOGUE LIKE YOU SAID A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I WOULD LIKE
TO DO
THAT.
YEAH.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU HAVE MY
COMMITMENT. THANK YOU.
YOU TALKED ABOUT ROBERTA
BYRD LAST
WEEK, RIGHT? AND ROBERTA BYRD
WAS
THE FIRST BLACK PRINCIPAL AT
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, IN THE CITY
OF
SEATTLE, AND MY GRANDMOTHER
HELPED CREATE
THAT JOB BECAUSE SHE WAS AT
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HELP WITH
THAT.
>> I HAVE BEEN REAL PLEASED.
I'M NOT FROM HERE BUT I'M
REALLY
COMMITTED TO MY PEOPLE.
>> WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT THAT.
ROBERTA WAS A GOOD FRONT AND
A MENTOR AND I LOOK UP TO HER.
JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT.
WE'LL HAVE CONVERSATION AFTER.
THANK YOU, RUTH.
>> SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING
TO WHOEVER AFTER THE MEETING.
ALSO, WANT TO MAKE SURE I
ALSO THANK THE FOLKS THAT ARE
ONLINE
AS WELL WHO HAVE GIVEN US
THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT OR PEOPLE
THAT SEND IN EMAILS DURING
PUBLIC COMMENT AS WE ARE
SPEAKING, AS
WELL.
SO THANK YOU ALL.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
LIST OF PUBLIC REGISTERED
SPEAKERS, THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS NOW
CLOSED AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR COMMENTS TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION RIGHT
INTO OUR ITEMS IN THE AGENDA.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IN REFERRAL CALENDAR
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO, THE AGEND A,
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
IS ADOPTED.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
SORRY, ADOPTED.
ADOPTED.
MY BAD.
WE'LL NOW CONSIDER THE
PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEMS
ON
THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE THE
MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 17th,
2026, AND COUNCIL BILLS,
PAYMENT OF THE BILLS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER
ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE
TO
REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR?
SEEING AND HEARING NONE, I
MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> A.I.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> A.I.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES
AND LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT
INTO THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM NUMBER
INTO THE RECORD.
>> COMMUNITIES AND
TRAVEL GOVERNMENTS
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT 3442,
APPOINTMENT
OF ALY PENNUCCI AS DIRECTOR.
CITY BUDGET OFFICE FOR A TERM TO
DECEMBER 31st, 2029.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THAT THE APPOINTMENT BE
CONFIRMED.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AS
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
AND JUST BEFORE WE GET
INTO INTERIM DIRECTOR
PENNUCCI'S
APPOINTMENT, I WANT TO
THANK MS. DENNISH FOR YOUR WORDS
ON DOROTHY HOLLINGSWORTH AND,
YOU
KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD
BE NICE TO, I KNOW IT'S AWKWARD
TO
HONOR YOUR OWN GRANDMOTHER, BUT
I THINK WE HAVE ALL
BENEFITTED FROM HER LEADERSHIP
IN OUR CITY
AND IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE
TO MAKE A DOROTHY HOLLINGSWORTH
DAY
AT SOME POINT.
SO JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT.
AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK THE LAST SPEAKER, THE
LAST PUBLIC COMMENTER.
YOU LEFT PUBLIC COMMENT IN
A REALLY NICE WAY.
THANK YOU.
YOU DEMONSTRATEDDEMONSTRATED
LETTING
US HAVE A MESSAGE -- YOU LEFT
US WITH A MESSAGE THAT WAS
MUCH MORE KIND THAN WHAT THAT
LAST MESSAGE COULD HAVE BEEN
LEFT
WITH, AND YOU
DEMONSTRATED THROUGH EXAMPLE HOW
HAVING
A CONVERSATION WITH
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT CAN GO
WELL.
BY COMING IN A GOOD WAY.
I WON'T HOLD YOU TO
ALWAYS COMING IN THAT WAY, BUT I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TODAY.
WITH THAT, HOW DID WE GET HERE
TODAY? TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS,
11
QUESTIONS, 10 PAGES OF ANSWERS.
A LITTLE BIT OF STRESS, AND
A LOT OF TRUST.
HAILING FROM ST. JAY AND
HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING, I'M
HONORED TO PRESENT THE
CONFIRMATION FOR
ALY PENNUCCI FOR THE DIRECTOR
OF THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE.
I HAVE KNOWN DIRECTOR
PENNUCCI FOR EIGHT YEARS, THREE
MONTH, AND ABOUT ONE WEEK.
NOBODY IS COUNTING.
WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE.
I'LL GET BACK TO THAT IN
A LITTLE BIT, BUT A COUPLE
POINTS
HERE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT NEW
HAMPSHIRE SYRUP IS SUPERIOR.
AND THAT THAT BALLARD FC LOSS
TO VERMONT UNITED, VERMONT
GREEN,
THAT WAS THEM FALLING IN
THE PENALTY BOX IN THE LAST 30
SECONDS. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD,
POINTS
OF DISAGREEMENT.
BACK TO THE WORK, THOUGH.
DIRECTOR PENNUCCI HAS WORKED
IN GOVERNMENT POLICY MAKING
FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES.
SHE CAME TO SEATTLE IN
2013, FIRST WORKING FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN COMING TO THE
COUNCIL AS A LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
IN
2015.
DURING HER NEAR DECADE
WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL, SHE
PASSED
IMPACTFUL POLICIES FOR THE
CITY AND HELPED LEAD THE
COUNCIL'S ANNUAL ADOPTION OF
THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SO
MANY DIFFERENT ITERATIONS WITH
SO MANY DIFFERENT AMALGAMATIONS
OF
OUR COUNCIL.
YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP
US EBB AND FLOW WITH THE
CHANGINGCHANGING NEEDS COUNCIL.
BASED ON OUR MAKEUP.
NOTHING IS EVER STATIC.
WE ARE ALWAYS IN A PLACE OF
CHANGE.
IN 2024, I WILL NEVER FORGET
THE DAY YOU CAME INTO
MY OFFICE AND LET US KNOW THAT
YOU WERE
LEAVING.
I ALMOST FELL OVER.
IT WAS REALLY SAD TO SEE YOU GO,
BUT EXCITED FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY YOU HAD PRESENTED
WHICH IS
BEING THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE AND
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES FOR THE ENTIREENTIRE
WHATCOME
COUNTY.
THESE WERE HUGE SHOES TO FILL.
YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB
FROM EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE
HEARD.
AND I WAS LUCKY AND GLAD
TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE CITY
OF
SEATTLE LAST MONTH AS
THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE.
YOURS WAS THE FIRST CONFIRMATION
PACKET SENT DOWN.
YOURS WAS -- YOU ARE THE
FIRST CONFIRMATION COMING ACROSS
COUNCIL.
IT IS ONLY BECAUSE YOU
ARE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING.
THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT I
HAVE BEEN IN WITH FOLKS AND NO
SHADE, OF JUST LEARNING THE
JOB IS REAL, AND THAT'S OKAY.
I HAD NOT HAD THAT
EXPERIENCE WITH YOU.
IT IS AS IF 2024 AND THE TIME IN
BETWEEN JUST NEVER EXISTED AND
WE'RE JUST RIGHT BACK TO IT.
AND IT'S ALSO EVEN FROM
TODAY'S
MEETING, REALLY INSPIRATIONAL
TO WATCH HOW YOU ARE ALWAYS
NAVIGATING THIS DIFFERENT ROLE.
AS I SAID BEFORE, IT WAS REALLY
FUN TO WATCH DAN AND BEN SWITCH
ROLES AND ALL OF THAT, AND
I'M ALREADY SEEING --
I'M ALREADY BEING INSPIRED BY
THE
WORK YOU'RE DOING.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN BOTH
THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE
ROLES
ARE INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE TO
TAKE ON THIS ROLE WHICH IS
PARAMOUNT TO THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE
MONEY
IS.
IF FOLKS HAVE NOT READ THE
ANSWER TO QUESTION THREE,
WHICH IS SPREADING BETWEEN PAGES
2
AND 3, INTERIM DIRECTOR PENNUCCI
GIVES US, THE QUESTION IS
ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL BUDGET
DEFICIT
IN 2027 AND BEYOND.
THIS IS A ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR -- FOUR BULLETS PLUS
TWO PARAGRAPHS EXPLAINING THE
CHRONOLOGY OF OUR BUDGET
BASED UPON YEARS.
SO FIRST, WE START WITH THE
EXTENDED ECONOMIC GROWTH OF
POST RECESSION PERIOD FROM 2013
TO
2019.
MOVING DIRECTLY INTO
THE PANDEMIC AND AFTERMATH, 2020
TO
2023.
AND GROWING COMMUNITY NEEDS
FROM 2020 TO 2025.
ENDING WITH THE EXTERNAL
UNCERTAINTY WHICH IS 2023 TO
TODAY.
IT'S AS IF YOU WROTE A 20- YEAR
LOOKBACK.
THANK YOU.
I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY SERIOUSLY
THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE THAT
IS REQUIRED FOR US MOVING
FORWARD
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE SECOND
PARAGRAPH, SHE STATES,
CONFRONTING THIS REALITY OF
THE STRUCTURAL BUDGET
DEFICIT REQUIRES PUTTING OPTIONS
ON THE TABLE THAT HAVE BEEN
PREVIOUSLY
UNPALATABLE AND UNDERTAKING A
CLEAR EYED MULTI- YEAR PROCESS
TO RESOLVE THE STRUCTURAL
DEFICIT
BY EXPLORING BOTH COST
SAVINGS AND PROGRESSIVE REVENUE.
THIS IS IT.
IT'S A MULTI- YEAR STRATEGY.
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE SOLUTION.
IT IS THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO
BE ON THE TABLE, AND WE'RE
NOT GOING TO TAKE EVERY OPTION,
BUT
WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE EVERY
WAY THAT WE ARE DOING BUSINESS
SO THAT THE REVENUES THAT WE ARE
TAKING IN MATCH THE
ONGOING COSTS THAT WE ARE
EXPENDING.
BACK TO WORKING WITH ALY IS
AMAZING BECAUSE AGREEMENT COMES
NOT FROM ACQUIESCENCE, RATHER
IT COMES FROM WHAT I WILL
CALL COLLABORATIVE
CONFRONTATION.
IF I WERE TO LIST ALL OF
THE DECISIONS OR OUTCOMES THAT
ARE BETTER TODAY BECAUSE OF
ALY'S CONSTRUCTIVE ARGUING, I
DON'T
KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A
BETTER WORD THAN ARGUING,
CONSTRUCTIVE
FEEDBACK, IF I WAS TO LIST
ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WE WOULD
BE HERE ALL DAY.
WE HAD AN HOUR OF PUBLIC
COMMENT.
I'M SORRY NONE OF THEM SPOKE TO
YOU, BUT WE WOULD REALLY BE HERE
ALL DAY BECAUSE OF ALL OF
THE THINGS OVER THE PAST 20
YEARS YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR
CITY.
YOU HAVE BEEN WELL PREPARED FOR
THE MOMENT BEFORE US.
AND IT IS A HUMBLE HONOR
TO APPOINT YOU TO THIS POSITION.
I HAVE A FEW CLOSING REMARKS.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SO IF I
COULD HAVE LAST WORD, BUT OTHER
THAN
THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS, INTERIM
DIRECTOR PENNUCCI.
I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY HERE.
BEN, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
TO THE WHOLE CBO TEAM THAT IS
HERE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR
WORK AS WELL.
SHE CAN'T LOOK GOOD WITHOUT
YOU ALL BEING VERY SMART, SO
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
THANK YOU, WE'LL LET YOU GET
THE
LAST COMMENTS.
COLLEAGUES, I'LL PAUSE HERE
TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS MORE
COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
MY MIC IS STUCK.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WANTED
TO SAY I HAVE HAD THE HONOR
AND PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH
ALY SINCE I GOT HERE IN '24.
AND I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH
AMAZING THINGS ABOUT ALY,
BOTH SHE APPROACHES THE WORK
WITH SUCH INTEGRITY AND
KNOWLEDGE.
AND THEN, SHE HAS JUST BEEN
A REALLY GREAT THOUGHT PARTNER.
AND ALY IS NOT AFRAID, I
THINK WE HAVE THE EAST COAST
THING
WHERE WE JUST SAY IT LIKE IT IS.
BUT ALWAYS FOR A GOOD REASON,
AND ALWAYS WITH A KIND HEART.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL
THE TIME THAT WE SPENT TOGETHER
WHILE YOU WERE AT CENTRAL STAFF,
GOING THROUGH THE VARIOUS PIECES
OF BUDGET REVIEW AND
POTENTIAL LEGISLATION AND
TALKING
THROUGH THE BEST WAY TO MOVE
FORWARD ON
SOMETHING.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT
COLLABORATION. I THINK IT REALLY
SERVES YOU
WELL.
IT WILL SERVE YOU WELL AS CBO
DIRECTOR. I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO
WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS NEW --
IN YOUR
NEW ROLE, WHICH YOU HAVE
PREPPED FOR, LEADING UP TO ALL
THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE LEADING
UP TO THIS CURRENT ROLE.
I THINK THAT'S INVALUABLE.
NOT EVERYONE WHO TAKES ON SUCH
A ROLE HAS THE BACKGROUND THAT
YOU
HAVE, WHICH I THINK REALLY
WILL, LIKE I SAID, SERVE YOU
WELL.
AND I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL
TO ALL OF US.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE
A FRIEND AT CBO.
YES, WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS, AND WE
WON'T ALWAYS AGREE.
THAT'S PART OF THE ROLE
AND THAT'S OKAY, AND THAT'S A
GOOD PART OF THE ROLE BECAUSE WE
ALL BRING A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE THAT'S MUCH NEEDED.
IT IS A BALANCED APPROACH TO
GET TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND A
VERY FRUITFUL WELL ROUNDED WAY.
AND THEN, TO CBOY
HAVE WORKED WITH MANY OF YOU,
AND I'M
SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU
HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND MOVING
FORWARD, I SEE SOME NEW FACES
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU AT SOME POINT.
JEANETTE, YOU HAVE BEEN AT
CBO FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
WE HAVE SOME WAR WOUNDS TOGETHER
RELATED TO COVID.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT BECAUSE YOU
HAVE BEEN HERE THIS ENTIRE TIME.
AND REALLY -- I REALLY
ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL.
TODAY IS ABOUT ALY, BUT I
ALSO WANT TO EXTEND JUST
GRATITUDE
TO THE CBO TEAM.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALY,
YOU, YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE
ROLE, SO I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU AND REALLY CONFIRMING YOU
TODAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO DO
THE
JOB.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
INTERIM DIRECTOR
PENNUCCI, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
I MISSED THE SECOND
COMMITTEE MEETING SO I JUST
WANTED TO
SAY FEW THINGS FIRST.
OBVIOUSLY, FROM THAT
JANUARY 1st, JANUARY 2024
MEETING
THAT WE HAD, I KNEW THAT WE HAD
A STRONG PERSON ON CENTRAL
STAFF TO WORK BUDGET AND OTHER
ISSUES
TOO.
AND LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, I WAS SAD WHEN I
LEARNED YOU
WERE, YOU KNOW, HEADING NORTH.
BUT NOW WE'RE HAPPY THAT
YOU HEADED BACK SOUTH AND TO
TAKE THIS NEW POSITION ON.
AND FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW,
MY FAITH IN MS. PENNUCCI WAS
OFTENTIMES IN -- NOT
IN COMMITTEE MEETINGS, IN
MEETINGS IN MY OFFICE WITH MY
TEAM OR MAYBE CENTRAL STAFF
TEAM,
I WOULD SAY WELL, WHAT
WOULD ALY PENNUCCI DO?
I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION.
SERIOUS, I WOULD ASK THAT
QUESTION.
IT WAS PARTLY TO, LIKE,
HEY, WHAT IS THE TOUGH THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE DONE?
WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING?
I THINK THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S
NARRATIVES OUT
THERE, PARTICULARLY IN
CERTAIN CONSERVATIVE LEANING
CIRCLES
THAT, YOU KNOW, WEST COAST BLUE
CITIES, BLUE CITIES OVERALL ARE
INCAPABLE OF BEING RUN WELL
AND WE NEED TO PUSH BACK ON THAT
NARRATIVE.
ONE WAY TO DO IT IS HOW WE
DO OUR BUDGET AND WORK THESE
ISSUES AND HOW WE THINK ABOUT
SPENDING AND REVENUE PIECES.
AND IT'S HARD.
I KNEW LAST YEAR THAT THE
'26 BUDGET IS BALANCED BUT
IT'S
HARD BALANCE AND AS NOTED BY
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL STAFF,
IT'S
INHERENTLY UNSUSTAINABLE
WHICH MEANS THE HARD JOB HAS
BEEN PUSHED OVER TO YOU, AND
I RECOGNIZE IT'S A HARD JOB,
AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT IN MY
OFFICE.
AND WE HAVE TO WORK THESE
ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, MOVE
FORWARD.
AND THE HARD PART, TOO, IS WE
DON'T OPERATE BY OURSELVES.
OLYMPIA IS DOING ITS THING.
AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND IT HAS
IMPACTS.
AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO
HAVE A BIG PICTURE APPROACH
HERE,
AND I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE
THERE'S
THIS PIECEMEAL LAYERING
OF DIFFERENT PIECES ON TOP OF
EACH
OTHER.
WE NEED TO STEP BACK, DO
THE HARD DECISIONS, MAYBE
TACKLE THOSE HARD CONSTITUTIONAL
QUESTIONS OR LAW QUESTIONS THAT
WE HAVE AT THE STATE LEVEL
AND REALLY WORK THIS FROM THE
GROUND
UP. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE IN
A SITUATION PARTICULARLY WITH
WHAT OLYMPIA IS DOING THAT WE'RE
KIND
OF BACK AND FORTH AND IT'S
GOING
TO BE CHALLENGING BECAUSE
WHAT THIS LAYERING IS ALSO
INHERENTLY UNSUSTAINABLE TOO.
WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT
COMPREHENSIVELY,
LIKE QUESTION NUMBER 11, AT THE
END OF
THE QUESTION AND RESPONSE KIND
OF GOES TO THIS, AND IT'S
IMPORTANT BECAUSE PARTICULARLY
AS A
CITY, WE DON'T LIVE IN AN
ISLAND.
FOR EVERY ACTION, THERE'S A
REACTION, AND THIS APPLIES
TO TAX POLICY AS MUCH AS ANY
OTHER POLICY ISSUE THAT'S OUT
THERE.
SO BOTTOM LINE IS I THINK
THAT WE DO NEED TO TACKLE THIS
KIND OF LIKE HOW WE NEED TO
TACKLE
THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES.
AND SO WITH THE
EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD WORKING
WITH YOU
ON CENTRAL STAFF, I KNOW WE'RE
IN GOOD HANDS TO DO THAT AND
TO CALL IT STRAIGHT.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHY I
WOULD ASK WHAT WOULD ALY
PENNUCCI
DO OR SAY?
FOR THAT PIECE, AND THAT'S
REASON ENOUGH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, I THINK, TO VOTE
IN FAVOR OF THIS NOMINATION.
SO THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
THANK
YOU. WELL SAID.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ NEXT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I APOLOGIZE.
I THINK MY CAMERA WENT OUT
AGAIN. SO YOU PROBABLY CAN'T
SEE ME.
>> WE KNOW YOU'RE HAVING
PROBLEMS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> IT'S BROKE, IT'S NOT A
BOOMER
ISSUE. FIRST, I WOULD NOT SAY
WHAT
WOULD ALY PENNUCCI DO.
I'M NOT GOING TO LAY IT ON HER.
I LOOKED AT HER TEN-
PAGE DOCUMENT ON WHY HER
APPOINTMENT
QUESTIONS, AND I THINK THE
THING THAT I LIKE THE BEST WAS
THE
LAST SENTENCE.
I'M GOING TO READ THAT AND I'M
DONE. IT SAYS, I SEE MY ROLE
AS HELPING TO PROVIDE
GOOD INFORMATION TO DECISION
MAKERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT
IMPLICATIONS AND TRADEOFFS
AND THE REASONING
BEHIND RECOMMENDATIONS IS CLEAR
AND WE'RE HONEST WITH THE
PUBLIC
ABOUT WHAT BUDGET
CONSTRAINTS MEANS FOR DELIVERY
OF SERVICES.
THE PROCESS ITSELF EVEN WHEN
OUTCOMES ARE DIFFICULT,
CAN EITHER BUILD OR ERODE PUBLIC
TRUST. I HOPE THAT I CAN BE PART
OF BUILDING THAT TRUST.
AND WITH THAT, I HAVE KNOWN
ALY NOW FOR, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE
YEARS, SIX YEARS.
WITH THAT, IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT
ALY IN BUILDING PUBLIC TRUST,
AND CONGRATULATIONS, ALY,
AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE BACK, LIKE
ME.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
MORE COMMENTS AT ALL?
I WILL -- I HAD SAID ALL OF
MY COMMENTS IN OUR
COMMITTEE BECAUSE I SIT ON THE
COMMITTEE WITH OUR CHAIR
STRAUSS, AND
SO REALLY APPRECIATE -- I'M
VERY FOR THIS TODAY AND SUPPORT
YOUR NOMINATION AS OUR CBO.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO A
PHENOMENAL JOB.
YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THE
JOB, WE KNOW YOU, THE
EXPERIENCE YOU BRING IS
UNMATCHED AND
I DOUBLED DOWN ON EVERYTHING
MY COLLEAGUES SAY, SO SUPER
HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTING THIS
RECOMMENDATION.
APPOINTMENT CONFIRMATION.
SORRY, I GOT TO GET THE RIGHT
WORDS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, LAST
WORDS, MY FRIEND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
SIMPLY JUST SUCH A HUMBLE
HONOR TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT
3442,
THE APPOINTMENT OF ALLISON
MARY PENNUCCI AS THE BUDGET
DIRECTOR
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
SHE IS EXPERIENCED, QUALIFIED,
THOUGHTFUL, AND KIND.
POSSESSING THE SKILLS THAT ARE
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
AND POSSESSING THE SKILLS THAT
CANNOT BE TAUGHT OR LEARNED.
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING
THE FIRST DIRECTOR TO BE
CONFIRMED
WIB THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF
THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> A.I.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> AWESOME, THE MOTION
CARRIES AND THE APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED.
CONGRATULATIONS, DIRECTOR
PENNUCCI.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO
PROVIDE SOME BRIEF
REMARKS TO COUNCIL. AND WE CAN
CLAP AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
LAST TIME I WAS STANDING
HERE WAS AS I WAS WALKING
OUT THE DOOR FOR ALY PENNUCCI
DAY.
SO THANK YOU.
I'M THRILLED TO BE BACK.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY A LOT.
I'LL BE MUCH MORE
COMFORTABLE SITTING OVER THERE
TALKING
TO YOU ABOUT BUDGET IN THE
FUTURE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW
THANK
YOUS. THANK YOU TO MAYOR WILSON
FOR PUTTING HER TRUST IN ME
AND NOMINATING ME FOR THIS
POSITION.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
ALL OF YOU FOR TRUSTING ME IN
THIS
ROLE.
AND FOR SPENDING TIME WITH
ME OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
I HAVE MET WITH EACH OF YOU
ONE-ON-ONE.
AND I SEE SO MUCH OF
ALIGNMENT AND SHARED VALUES IN
WORKING
TOWARDS A BUDGET THAT
REALLY DELIVERS ON THE PROMISE
OF GOVERNMENT IMPROVING THE
LIVES OF EVERYONE IN OUR CITY.
SO I'M SO THRILLED TO BE HERE.
I WANT TO THANK THE
INCREDIBLE TEAM WHO REALLY MAKES
ME
SHINE AND COULDN'T DO THIS
WORK WITHOUT IT.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
TO COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF WHO
TAUGHT ME SO MUCH AND TAUGHT
MIKE
IN PARTICULAR WHO HELPED ME
YEARS
AGO GET TO THAT ANSWER THAT YOU
READ TODAY.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AND
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES IN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE
WHO ALREADY ARE SUCH A
GREAT TEAM OF BRILLIANT PEOPLE,
AND ALL THE PEOPLE WORKING FOR
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AND THEN JUST A MOMENT
OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY WHO
IS HERE, MY SISTERS ANNIE AND
MERRICK, AND MY HUSBAND BEN, WHO
I LITERALLY COULDN'T DO
THIS WORK WITHOUT HIM.
HE CHALLENGES ME EVERY DAY TO
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GOOD
WORK AND SERVICE TO THE
COMMUNITY AND
PUSHES ME TO PUSH FOR BIGGER
CHANGE.
SO THANK YOU.
>> PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, CAN
WE ALL TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH
WITH DIRECTOR PENNUCCI?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
DO WE HAVE TO SUSPEND THE ROLL?
GREAT.
AWESOME.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
LET'S TAKE A PHOTO.
>> COME ON, EVERYONE.
>>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT
SUGGESTION, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. THAT WAS GOOD.
SO THERE WERE NO ITEMS
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR AND
THERE IS NO RESOLUTION FOR
INTRODICTIONARY ADOPTION TODAY.
COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY
MORE FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME
BEFORE
THE COUNCIL?
THIS IS THE LAST DAY OF OUR
COUNCIL MEETING FOR
BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
I KNOW I'M VERY SAD.
BUT GUESS WHAT.
EVERY TUESDAY IS GOING TO
BE BLACK HISTORY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, EVEN
THOUGH THE MONTH IS ENDING,
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF
THE CELEBRATIONS WE HAVE, AND
WE HAVE A CELEBRATION ON
THURSDAY WITH DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
OUR ANNUAL ONE, AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
SO WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WILL BE MARCH 3rd AT 2:00 P.M.
HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS,
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK
YOU.