>>> ALL RIGHT, THE MARCH 17th,
2026 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT
IS TO: 02 P.M. I AM MARISSA
RIVERA, COUNCIL PRO TEM. WILL
THE COUNCIL PLEASE CALL A ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
COUNCILMEMBER MERCECDES RINCK?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM
RIVERA?
>> PRESENT.
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, CLERK. IF THERE IS
NO OBJECTION, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH WILL BE EXCUSED
FROM TODAY'S MEETING, HEARING
NO OBJECTION, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH IS EXCUSED FROM
TODAY'S MEETING. THERE ARE NO
PRESENTATIONS TODAY, COLLEAGUES.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT -- OH --
SORRY. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I BELIEVE
YOU HAVE A -- DO YOU WANT TO BE
RECOGNIZED?
>> YES.
>> I RECOGNIZE --
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM --
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU MAY
PROCEED. TO READ A PROCLAMATION.
OH, AND FOR THE RECORD,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS JOINED
US, AS HAS COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PRO TEM. I WAS
THINKING THIS WAS AT THE END OF
THE AGENDA BUT I WILL FLEX AND
SAY, FIRST, EVERYONE, HAPPY ST.
PATRICK'S DAY. I HAD THE HONOR
OF BEING THE GRAND MARSHAL AT
THIS YEAR'S PARADE, WHICH I
WILL JUST QUICKLY SHOW THIS
SASH, MAKING IT OFFICIAL. I WILL
NOT PUT IT ON, THOUGH. THANK
YOU. BUT, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT ON THIS DAY TO
HIGHLIGHT THE WORK I DID OVER
THE WEEKEND, AT THE END OF LAST
WEEK, TO OUR SISTER CITY
RELATIONSHIP WITH GALWAY, WHICH
WAS ALSO A WEST COAST CITY, A
PORT CITY, AND WE HAD A GREAT
VISIT FROM THEM WITH MIKE
HUBBARD AND THEIR CHIEF
EXECUTIVE, LEONARD CLEARLY, AND
THERE DELEGATION. SO, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PRO TEM, I JUST WANTED
TO TAKE THE UPLOAD OPPORTUNITY
TO READ THE PROCLAMATION I READ
AT LUNCH ON THURSDAY FOR HERE
AND FOR THE RECORD ON THIS ST.
PATRICK'S DAY. SO, THE
PROCLAMATION IS A CITY OF
SEATTLE PROCLAMATION THAT NOTES,
WHEREAS, THE U.S. IS HOME TO THE
WORLD'S LARGEST POPULATION OF
PEOPLE OF IRISH DESCENT IN THE
2024 CENSUS, OVER 70,000 PEOPLE
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
IDENTIFIED AS HAVING IRISH
HERITAGE. AND WHEREAS, THE 55th
ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE
WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, MARCH
14th, IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE SERVING AS
GRAND MARSHAL IN RECOGNITION OF
MY DEEP LOVE FOR THE IRISH
CULTURE, AND FOSTERING
OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN SEATTLE AND OUR SISTER
CITY, GALWAY. AND WHEREAS,
MARINE McCORMICK WILL SERVE AS
HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL IN HONOR
OF HER WORK IN SEATTLE SISTERS
ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS
CELEBRATING ITS 40th ANNIVERSARY
THIS YEAR. AND WHEREAS, THE
IRISH HERITAGE CLUB OF
SEATTLE'S ANNUAL IRISH WEEK
FEATURES THE ENGEL IRISH SODA
BREAD BAKING CONTEST, THE IRISH
BAKING LUNCHEON, THE IRISH
LAYING OF THE GREEN STRIPE ON
ALASKAN WAY, THE PARADE ROUTE,
THE EMERALD CITY IRISH FILM
FESTIVAL, AND THE IRISH FESTIVAL
OF SEATTLE AND THE ST.
PATRICK'S DAY PARADE. SO, NOW,
THEREFORE, I, KATIE B WILSON,
MAYOR OF SEATTLE, DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MARCH 7th
THROUGH THE 15th -- AND WE WILL
ADD THE 17th -- TO BE IRISH WEEK
2026. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE
PROCLAMATION AND TO NOTE
EVERYONE, WHETHER THEY ARE FROM
IRELAND ITSELF OR FROM IRISH
DESCENT, OR AS I NOTED TO
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM TODAY,
EVERYBODY IS A LITTLE BIT IRISH,
TO HAVE A VERY HAPPY ST.
PATRICK'S DAY, SO THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES.
NOW, WE WILL OPEN UP THE HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC
COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA. THE
INTRODUCTION OR REFERRAL
CALENDAR, THE COUNCIL'S WORK
PROGRAM. CLERK, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> WE HAVE THREE REMOTE, AND --
>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SEVEN
PUBLIC COMMENTERS, SO WE WILL
GIVE EVERYONE TWO MINUTES AND I
WILL CALL THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS
FIRST. AND CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT? THANK YOU.
>> YES, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING MATTER, SPEAKERS WILL
BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY ARE REGISTERED, SPEAKERS
WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN THERE IS
10 SECONDS LEFT OF THEIR TIME,
SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THEIR MICS
MUTED IF THEY DO NOT FINISH
THEIR COMMENTS IN THE ALLOTTED
TIME TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
>> THANK YOU, CLERK. WE WILL
BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT WITH
TIMOTHY HARDEST, THEN ROSE, THAN
HOWARD GALE, AND GIVE IT DINESH.
TIMOTHY?
>> HELLO. IS THIS WORKING?
CHECK? ALL RIGHT.
>> OKAY, YOU CAN BEGIN.
>> YEAH, MY COMMENT IS ON
COUNCIL BILL 121164, ON
RESTRICTING I.C.E. FROM BEING
ABLE TO USE THE SAME FACILITIES
AND HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO PRINT OUT
SIGNS. I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS
ON IT, REGARDING ITS CLARITY AND
EFFECTIVENESS. I WOULD SAY,
LET'S GO AHEAD AND PASS IT AS
IS, BUT HERE ARE SOME THINGS I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE.
ONE, FUNCTIONAL. SO, WHAT DOES
SOMEONE DO WHEN THEY ACTUALLY
SEE I.C.E. VIOLATING THIS BILL
IF IT DOES GO INTO LAW? SO, WE
HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPORT THE
INJUNCTION FOR CONTEMPT, DO YOU
CALL THE CITY ATTORNEY? ARE WE
CALLING THE POLICE? WHAT IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING? MY REQUEST
IS, CAN WE PUT OUT SOME MESSAGE
THAT SAYS, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING
GOING WRONG, THIS IS WHAT YOU
DO. SECOND, TIME LIMITS. IF WE
GO INTO COURT TO GET AN
INJUNCTION, WILL THAT BE
EFFECTIVE IF WE SEE I.C.E.
ILLEGALLY COMING TO STATE
PROPERTY IN THE MORNING AND THEN
KIDNAPPING OUR NEIGHBORS BY
AFTERNOON, WILL THAT BE TIMELY
ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY BE EFFECTIVE?
THIRD, THE ISSUE WITH
ENFORCEMENT, SPD AND THE POLICE
OFFICERS KILLED HAVE REPEATEDLY
SAID THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE
GOING AND IDENTIFYING FEDERAL
OFFICERS. IF I.C.E. IS SHOWING
UP IN UNMARKED VEHICLES AND NOT
IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES, HOW ARE
YOU GOING TO FORCE TO SAY, HEY,
IT WAS A FEDERAL OFFICER ON CITY
PROPERTY. ARE YOU ABLE TO PUT IN
SOME SORT OF TEETH THAT SAYS,
HEY, IF YOU ARE ON CITY PROPERTY
AND YOU ARE A FEDERAL OFFICER,
YOU HAVE TO BE IDENTIFIED? NOT
ONLY THAT, THAT SPD IN ADDITION
TO HAVING BODY CAMERAS ON, HAVE
TO THEN IDENTIFY FEDERAL
OFFICERS, SO TWOFOLD TO THAT, WE
HAVE TO FORCE SPD TO ACTUALLY DO
THE JOB. LAST ONE, WHAT IS THE
EFFICACY OF THIS? IF IT IS JUST
A SLAP ON THE WRIST, IF IT IS
SPD LITERALLY SWEEPING I.C.E.
OUT OF THE CITY PROPERTY, OR ARE
YOU GOING TO SAY, HEY, IF YOU
ARE ON CITY PROPERTY ILLEGALLY
AS A FEDERAL OFFICER WITH
I.C.E., IS THERE FINES? IS THERE
DIRECT REST OF I.C.E. AGENTS?
SO, I WOULD SAY, GO AHEAD AND
PASS WHAT WE HAVE NOW, BUT I
WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE FOR THE
REST OF THE PUBLIC, WHAT WE DO,
AND IN ANY UPDATES TO GIVE THIS
MORE TEETH BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I
THINK IT'S A GREAT BILL, BUT IT
DOESN'T HAVE MUCH POWER.
>> THANK YOU, TIMOTHY. ORALY
ROSE?
>> HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, AND FEEL SETTLED --
FELLOW SEATTLE RESIDENTS. MY
NAME IS ORALY, I HAVE BEEN HERE
BEFORE SPEAKING TO YOU THROUGH
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
REQUEST TO THE ELECTRONIC
FRONTIER FOUNDATION, THE EFF. I
HAVE MAINTAINED RECORDS SHOWING
THAT CONTRERAS ULTRA BROADBAND
AND ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUALS
INCLUDING GERALD CROSBY HAVE
DIRECT MILLIMETER TECHNOLOGY AND
PRECISE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS AND
COORDINATES. AND FREQUENCIES
RIGHT HERE IN OUR REGION. THESE
ARE NOT HYPOTHETICAL SIGNALS.
THEY ARE DOCUMENTED, TARGETED AT
MISSIONS CAPABLE OF SURVEILLANCE
AND PHYSICAL HARM, AS A TORTURE
VICTIM WHO HAS PHYSICALLY
EXPERIENCED THESE EFFECTS, I
STAND BEFORE YOU WITH EVIDENCE
ON MY PHONE AND THROUGH THE EFF
ONLINE THAT IS NOW PUBLIC.
SEATTLE PRIDES ITSELF ON
PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES. I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE
COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY OPEN AN
INVESTIGATION INTO LOCAL
BROADBAND PROVIDERS AND USE THE
MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS, DEMAND
FULL TRANSPARENCY ON THE
TARGETING CAPABILITIES AND PASS
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
UNAUTHORIZED, DIRECTED ENERGY
USE AGAINST RESIDENTS. OUR
SAFETY AND PRIVACY CANNOT WAIT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ORALY. HOWARD
GALE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. TWO DAYS FROM
NOW, ON THURSDAY, WILL MARK THE
ANNIVERSARY, ONE YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF SPD MURDERING
IRVIN ANDREW CA WHILE
EXPERIENCING A HEALTH CRISIS IN
THE PARKING LOT OF SPD WEST
PRECINCT, LEAVING BEHIND HIS
GRANDPARENTS, HIS PARENTS, HIS
BROTHER, HIS WIFE, HIS DAUGHTER,
AND MANY EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS
AND FRIENDS. HE BECAME 1 OF 4
PEOPLE KILLED BY SPD LAST YEAR,
THREE OF WHICH WERE SUFFERING A
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. HOW IS THE
INVESTIGATION GOING? WE WILL
ONLY KNOW AT A RANDOM PART IN
TIME. JUST A WEEK BEFORE GEORGE
FLOYD WAS MURDERED IN 2020, THE
OPA PROMULGATED A POLICY FOR
REACHING OUT TO THOSE KILLED BY
POLICE, A POLICY AS FAR AS
ANYONE KNOWS HAS NEVER BEEN
ACTED UPON. THE CITY OF SEATTLE
HAS HE RAISED HIM FROM LIFE AND
THEN HE RAISED HIM FROM THE
PUBLIC MEMORY. DENNY RODRIGUEZ,
RYAN SMITH, TERRY CAPER, DEREK
HAYDEN, ARE JUST SOME OF THE
OTHER NAMES HE RAISED BY OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, PEOPLE IN
CRISIS WITH A KNIFE OR NOTHING
IN THEIR HANDS WERE KILLED BY
POLICE. IF TRYING TO SEARCH FOR
THIS CASE ON THE OPA WEBSITE,
YOU WILL FIND YOU CAN'T, YOU
ARE MET WITH THE OPA STATEMENT,
"IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE CASE
NUMBER, YOU CAN EMAIL THE OPA."
THIS IS AFTER A DECADE OF REFORM
IN WHICH WE WERE PROMISED THERE
WOULD BE A SEARCHABLE DATABASE,
WHICH OF COURSE THERE ISN'T BUT
THAT IS OKAY BECAUSE WE KNOW THE
OUTCOME OF THE OPA
INVESTIGATION. IGNORED BY THE
CBC WILL BE THE SAME AS IT WAS
FOR THE PAST 15 PEOPLE KILLED BY
SPD OVER THE LAST 14 YEARS WHO
ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS. IN ALMOST ALL CASES WITH
NOTHING MORE THAN A KNIFE IN
THEIR HANDS OR NOTHING IN THEIR
HANDS. SO, IS IT ANY SURPRISE
THAT THIS UNNECESSARILY KILLED
THE SAME POLICE THAT SAID TWO
FELLOW OFFICERS LAST MAY, "WE
ARE PAST TOPPING, WE ARE HERE TO
FUCK PEOPLE UP NOW," ARE THE
SAME POLICE HE REFUSED TO
REQUIRED TO KEEP IMMIGRANTS SAFE
AND TO PROTECT EVERYONE'S
FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS. NOW, I
WANT TO REMIND YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, LAST YEAR
AT THIS TIME, I REQUESTED
PUBLICLY THAT THERE BE A FORUM,
PUBLIC FORUM, ON POLICE
CONTINUING TO KILL PEOPLE IN
CRISIS. IT IS A YEAR LATER,
WHERE IS THAT FOR HIM?
>> THANK YOU, MR. GAIL. MS.
YVETTE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. 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. FIRST OF ALL, I
WANTED TO THANK SPD FOR MAKING
AN ARREST IN THE MURDER OF THOSE
TWO YOUNG MEN THAT WAS COMMITTED
ON JANUARY 30th. THAT REALLY
SHOWS A BIG RELIEF TO OUR
COMMUNITY. YEAH. THAT IS A BIG
DEAL. AND ALSO, CONSTABLE
KETTLE, PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR, THE
$40 MILLION FOR THE SAFETY
PROGRAMS, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE
CALLED, HAS THE MONEY STARTED
BEING DISPERSED, YET? OR, HAS IT
BEEN DECIDED WHERE IS IT GOING
TO BE SPENT? IS THE PROCESS OPEN
YET? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE
DOING SOME OF THE WORK IN THE
COMMUNITY. AND THEN, ALSO, ONE
LAST THING ABOUT THE CAMERA
SITUATION, ANOTHER GOOD REASON
TO HAVE THOSE CAMERAS IS TO
CATCH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING
THEIR DOG ALL OVER MY COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MS. YVETTE. I WILL
TURN IT BACK OVER -- OH! THERE
IS MORE IN PERSON. OKAY, WE HAVE
NATHAN WALL.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I'M
SORRY FOR BEING LATE. I GUESS, I
JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I
APPRECIATE, AGAIN, THE FACT THAT
YOU GUYS ARE MOVING FORWARD
LEGISLATION TO PROTECT US FROM
I.C.E. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS AS GOOD AS ANY EXAMPLE
THAT PRESSURE DOES WORK, AND IT
IS A GOOD THING FOR PEOPLE TO
COME AND PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND
LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT WE CARE
ABOUT, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU
GUYS FOR LISTENING TO THIS BUT I
ALSO WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE COME HERE, INCLUDING
MYSELF, I GUESS, WHO HAVE COME
HERE AND ASKED YOU TO PASS THESE
THINGS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT
AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE
UNANIMOUS VOTES. I ALSO DO SHARE
CONCERN WITH SPD NOT PROTECTING
US FROM I.C.E. I KNOW THAT
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS WORKED
ON THE PROFESSIONALISM STANDARDS
WITH SPD BUT I AM JUST CONCERNED
THAT MANY OFFICERS HAVE -- AND
THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE HEARD
ABOUT WITH WHAT HOWARD HAS
TALKED ABOUT, WHEN THE MAN WHO
WAS HARASSING DAY CARES IN THE
WEST SEATTLE AND SOUTH SEATTLE
-- HIS NAME IS ANTHONY McDONALD,
BY THE WAY, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT WE SAY HIS NAME,
BECAUSE HE IS ARRESTING OUR
NEIGHBORS -- BUT, YOU KNOW, THE
COP HAD SAID THAT HE WISHED HE
WAS AN I.C.E. AGENT OR THAT HE
WOULD BE FINE WITH I.C.E. AGENTS
BEING IN WEST SEATTLE. I WOULD
NOT BE FINE WITH I.C.E. AGENTS
BEING IN WEST, AND I THINK IT IS
UNACCEPTABLE -- I HAVE SPOKEN TO
COPPS ABOUT MY CONCERNS ABOUT
WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL AND I HAVE HAD PEOPLE SAY
TO ME, LIKE, "AREN'T YOU GLAD
WE DON'T HAVE OPEN BORDERS
ANYMORE?" WHICH, TO ME, THAT IS
NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR IS ONE MEMBER
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE SAYING
WHILE ON DUTY, SO FOR THOSE
REASONS, I DON'T FULLY TRUST
SPD TO UPHOLD WHAT WE ARE DOING,
ESPECIALLY, LIKE WHAT HOWARD HAS
SAID, SO, YEAH, I JUST ENCOURAGE
YOU TO PASS COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE'S LEGISLATION
UNANIMOUSLY AND TAKE THESE
CONCERNS INTO REAL
CONSIDERATION. SO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NATION. I WILL
PASS IT OVER TO THE CLERK FOR
THE ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
THANK YOU, CLERK.
>> OKAY, SO, REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS, PLEASE PRESS STAR
SIX WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. OUR FIRST
SPEAKER IS ROSALIE FOLLOWED BY
CHARLIE. GO AHEAD, ROSE.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS ROSALIE
DINNER. YOU HAVE ALL HEARD ME
BEFORE. LAST WEEK -- NOT LAST
WEEK -- A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I
WAS ONTO THOUGH -- THE WAY TO
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHERE I
GRIPPED MY HEART AND COLLAPSED
ON THE CONCRETE. I, LIKE MANY
PEOPLE IN THE CITY, HAVE FELT
THE EFFECTS OF COVID LIKE MANY
PEOPLE DIDN'T. UNFORTUNATELY
FOR US, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING
THAT LEFT US. THERE ARE PEOPLE
IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES, THE
PEOPLE THAT WE LOOK TO AS
HEROES, THE PEOPLE WORKING AT
GROCERY STORES THAT BORE THE
BRUNT OF WHAT COVID LOOKED LIKE.
FOR THOSE IN THE TRANSGENDER
COMMUNITY AND LATINO COMMUNITY
ESPECIALLY, HIGH RATES OF PEOPLE
HAVE NEVER HAD THAT LEAVE THEM.
THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS ALL OVER
THE CITY THAT ARE CURRENTLY
SUFFERING IN MORE WAYS THEN
PEOPLE COULD IMAGINE. I HAVE
SPENT THE LAST THREE WEEKS IN MY
BED SLOWLY WAITING FOR MY BODY
TO HEAL AND I AM ONE OF THE
LUCKY ONES, BECAUSE I HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO DO SO. I HAVE THE
CAPABILITY FOR ME TO BOUNCE
BACK, WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY IN
MY COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT ABLE
TO DO SO. WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE, IN
THE LAST MONTH AND WEEKS, TALK
ABOUT HOW DESPERATE THEY ARE FOR
US TO CRACK DOWN ON I.C.E. AND
TO HELP THEM STABILIZE AND HAVE
EVICTION MORATORIUMS SO THEY CAN
BE SAFE AND THINGS ARE JUST
GETTING WORSE. WE NEED, MORE
THAN EVER, MORE SUPPORT. I DO
SUPPORT THE NOTES ON FACILITIES
IS GOOD, AS THINGS ARE GOING
FORWARD, THINGS ARE GETTING
INCREDIBLY DESPERATE FOR A LOT
OF COMMUNITIES. JUST TODAY,
IDAHO PASSED A BILL PUTTING A
FIVE-YEAR FELONY BAN ON TRANS
PEOPLE USE THE RESTROOM AND
THINGS ARE HEATING UP
NATIONALLY. I.C.E. IS SAYING IF
PEOPLE HAVE DOCUMENTS THEY
DON'T LIKE, THEY CAN START TO
INCARCERATE THEM. WE HAVE GOT TO
START THINKING A LITTLE BIT
BIGGER, A LITTLE BIT MORE
BROADER, BECAUSE THINGS ARE
STARTING TO GET DANGEROUS FOR
THE COMMUNITY. THANKS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHARLOTTE
PHILIPPE AND AFTER CHARLOTTE
WILL BE DAVID HAYNES.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
PRO TEM -- MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE
PHILIPPE, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
3. IT IS 421 DAYS SINCE THE
PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE AND 75
DAYS SINCE MAYOR KATIE WILSON
TOOK OFFICE. TODAY, THE COUNCIL
WILL CONSIDER COUNCIL BILL
121164 IN FURTHERANCE OF TRENT
25'S EXECUTIVE ORDER
PROHIBITING CIVIL IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT STAGING ON PROPERTY
OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE
CITY. THIS BILL IS AN IMPORTANT
IN THE CITY, WITH REGARD TO THE
RAMPANT FEDERAL OVERREACH WE
HAVE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE CITY IS LIMITED AS TO WHAT
IT CAN DO IN RESPONSE TO I.C.E.
AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ABDUCTING AND DISAPPEARING OUR
NEIGHBORS, BUT THIS BILL
EMBRACES WHAT WE CAN DO,
ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO
GOVERNMENTAL INDEPENDENCE, A
PRESERVATION OF OUR STATUS AS A
WELCOMING CITY FOR DE FACTO INTO
SHORE. THANK YOU FOR
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR
BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD. I
HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL REVISIT
THIS BILL ONCE IT IS ADOPTED TO
GIVE IT MORE TEETH, AND I EXPECT
THIS TO NOT BE THE EXTENT OF
THIS COUNCIL'S ACTIONS TO
PROTECT. I URGED PASSAGE OF THIS
BILL, AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER'S DATA PRIVACY BILL IN
FRONT OF YOU TODAY, AS WELL.
FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK THIS
COUNCIL FOR UNANIMOUSLY PASSING
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S BILL LAST
WEEK AT COUNCIL MEETING. LET'S
NOT LET THAT BE THE END TO YOUR
ACTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS DAVID
HAYNES. DAVID, PLEASE PRESS STAR
SIX.
>> HI, THANK YOU. DAVID HAYNES.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, DID Y'ALL
SEE THE AXIAL'S REPORT ON
SEATTLE'S PUBLIC SAFETY? THAT
WAS, LIKE, ONLY 14% TO 18%
IMPROVEMENT AND THERE WAS A
TELLTALE SIGN THAT THE EVIDENCE
WAS THAT THE POLICE CHIEF
WRAPPED SENSORS ALL AROUND THE
DOWNTOWN AREA, AND DISPERSED
THEM INSTEAD OF, LIKE,
TRESPASSING THEM, AND ARRESTING
THEM, AND QUESTIONING THEM. THEY
ALLOWED THINGS TO GO TO
BELLTOWN, AND CHINATOWN. THEY
INCREASED, LIKE, EXPONENTIALLY.
AND WHY IS IT, THE COUNCIL IS
GIVING THE BAD POLICIES A PASS
WHEN IT COMES TO EXEMPTING DRUG
PUSHERS UNDER 3.5 GRAMS? THAT IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. AND WE HAVE A
SOCIETY IMPLODING AT THE MOMENT
AND THERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE
THAT LIKE TO GO OUT AND SEXUALLY
ABUSE THE DRUG ADDICTED IN
CAPITOL HILL AND ELSEWHERE AND
THEY DON'T WANT SURVEILLANCE
AND THEY DON'T WANT IMPROVED
POLICING AND THEY DON'T WANT TO
SHUT DOWN THE DRUG CULTURE IS
BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANT TO USE THE
DRUG SHELTERS TO CREATE THESE
JUNKIE THIEVES THAT ARE STEALING
FROM OTHER PEOPLE IN THE TOURIST
AREA AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
AREA AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL GOT
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FROM THE
POLICE CHIEF, WHO ALLOWED FOR
THEM TO JUST PUSH EVERYBODY OUT
OF THEIR DOORSTEPS, TO JUSTIFY
THE OVERINFLATED RAIDS AND FEEL
LIKE IT IS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO
COME ON DOWNTOWN. IT IS LIKE,
PEOPLE SHOULD BOYCOTT DOWNTOWN
BUSINESSES UNTIL THEY STOP
ALLOWING FOR THE BAD POLICIES
THAT SWEEP THE EVIL FROM THEIR
DOORSTEP, DOWN THE STREET TO
BELLTOWN AND CHINATOWN, TO
ELSEWHERE AROUND THIS COMMUNITY,
WHILE PRAISING THE COPS WHO ARE
DOING THIS WRONG POLICY ON
PURPOSE FOR AN EASIER PAYDAY.
AND YET, WE HAVE A COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WHO IS ON YET ANOTHER
PRIVILEGED GETAWAY, SHARING THE
WEALTH AND POWER WITH ALL OF YOU
OTHER SUSPECT CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST THAT STILL DEAL WITH
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ARE
CHEATING --
>> THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO
ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
>> THANK YOU, CLERK. WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF THE LIST OF
REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS. THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENTS TODAY. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION.
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE IS
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL
NOW CONSIDER THE PROPOSED
CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE THE
MINUTES OF MARCH 10th, 2026,
COUNCIL BILL 121178, PAYMENT OF
THE BILLS. EIGHT APARTMENTS FROM
THE HOUSING, ARTS, AND CIVIL
RIGHTS COMMITTEE, ONE
APPOINTMENT FROM THE HUMAN
RIGHTS LABOR AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. ARE THERE
ANY ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD
LIKE TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S
CONSENT CALENDAR?HEARING ON. I
MOVED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT
CALENDAR?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE. PRO TEM RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED, WILL THE CLERK AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE COOK CONSENT
CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? WILL THE
CLERK READ ITEM ONE INTO RECORD?
>> PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ITEM
121164, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
CELEBRATION ENFORCEMENT,
PROHIBITING CIVIL IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT STAGING ON ALL REAL
PROPERTY THAT THE CITY IS OWNED
AND CONTROLLED, ADDING A NEW
CHAPTER, WE RECOMMEND THE BILL
IS PASSED.
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE
THE COMMITTEE A REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM, COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF
THE CHAMBER, I APPRECIATE,
FIRST, THE COMMENTS MADE RELATED
TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE ISSUES
THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH TODAY.
COLLEAGUES, IT IS IMPORTANT WITH
RESPECT TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THAT WE, THE PEOPLE,
ASSERT OURSELVES AND OUR RIGHTS,
WHETHER AS INDIVIDUALS OR LEVELS
OF GOVERNMENT, TO NOT DO SO
POTENTIALLY SEEDS AWAY THOSE
RIGHTS. THIS CONCEPT, THIS IS
SOMETHING I SAW AND WAS FAMILIAR
WITH IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL
LAW FROM MY TIME WORKING IN
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO EXERCISE RIGHTS, TO
DELINEATE THOSE RIGHTS. AND I
SHOULD NOTE, TOO, THE
CONSTITUTION DELINEATES THE
RIGHTS APPROPRIATED TO THEIR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT NOT
THOSE LISTED -- BUT, THEN, THOSE
NOT LISTED ARE TO THE STATES AND
BY EXTENSION, TO US AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL. AND THIS IS NOTED IN THE
10th AMENDMENT AS PART OF THE
BILL OF RIGHTS, AND I HAVE A
BOOK BY JOHN MEACHAM, AND ALSO
MY COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
AMENDMENT 10 SAYS, "THE POWERS
NOT DELEGATED TO THE UNITED
STATES BY THE CONSTITUTION, NOR
PROHIBITED BY IT TO THE STATES,
ARE RESERVED TO THE STATES
RESPECTIVELY, OR TO THE PEOPLE."
SO, IT IS REALLY INCUMBENT ON
US, AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TO
STAND UP. FOR THOSE RIGHTS. AND
THAT IS WHAT THIS STAGING BILL,
COUNCIL BILL 121164, IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US, AS A CITY,
AND AS A COMMUNITY, TO ASSERT
OURSELVES AND OUR RIGHTS ON THE
ISSUES OF CIVIL IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT. THIS BILL PROHIBITS
CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ON
ALL REAL PROPERTY THAT IS
CITY-OWNED OR CITY CONTROLLED.
IT IS IMPORTANT, TOO, NOT TO
LOOK AT THIS BILL IN ISOLATION,
BUT THAT IT JOINS OTHERS PAST
THAT WERE WORKING THROUGH
COMMITTEE RELATED TO FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT WHICH AGAIN, GOES
BACK TO THAT FIRST POINT OF
EXERCISING RIGHTS AND LAYING OUT
THOSE PIECES. THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT. THIS BILL ALSO -- AND
I RECOGNIZE THERE IS DIFFERENCE
OPINIONS IN HOW FAR WE SHOULD GO
IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT, THIS BILL
REPRESENTS A WHOLE OF CITY
GOVERNMENT APPROACH WITH THE
IMPORTANT ROLL OF THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I THINK THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE
UNDERSTOOD AND THAT SHOULD BE
REMARKED UPON BECAUSE IT SHOWS
THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TAKING IT
SERIOUSLY AND WE ARE ALSO
LOOKING TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS,
AND DO SO IN A WAY THAT IS, FOR
LACK OF A BETTER WORD,
PROFESSIONAL. WHICH GOES TO THE
PREVIOUS BILL WE DID IN TERMS OF
PROFESSIONALISM AND STANDARDS.
THESE PIECES ARE VERY IMPORTANT,
AND TO THE VARIOUS COMMENTS
RECEIVED, INCLUDING NATHAN'S,
HOWARD'S, ROSE, AND THE FIRST
COMMENTER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO
WALK THROUGH THESE PIECES. YOU
KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO STATE
WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE. THIS
IS CALLED LEADERSHIP, FROM A
GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE. AND IT
GOES TO THE STANDARDS, IN TERMS
OF NO MASK, AND THIS IS FROM THE
PROFESSIONALISM STANDARDS BILL.
INTO THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP
IN PUBLIC COMMENT, THE POLICE
DIRECTIVE SAYS THAT THEY WILL
RESPOND. THE POLICE DIRECTIVE IS
QUITE CLEAR, THAT THEY WILL
RESPOND. ESSENTIALLY, AS I SAY
IT, IT IS ABOUT ENGAGING,
RESPONDING TO THAT 911 CALL. IT
IS ABOUT CONFIRMING, CONFIRMING
THAT IT IS A FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AS OPPOSED TO
SOMEBODY PRETENDING TO BE
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS
VERY IMPORTANT. SO, IT IS
ABSOLUTELY NEEDED FOR SPD TO
CONFIRM THAT AND AS PART OF THAT
PROCESS, BASICALLY GET A BASIC
UNDERSTANDING AS THE PROBABLE
CAUSE THAT WAS AROUND THE ARREST
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE ACTION
THAT IS BEING TAKEN BY FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TO DOCUMENT
WHETHER IT IS BODY WORN VIDEO,
CAMERAS FROM THE CARS, AND SO
FORTH. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE
DOING AND THE DIRECTIVE SAYS
THAT AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE HAS
SAID MANY TIMES THAT WE SHALL DO
THAT AND THAT IS THE LEADERSHIP
PIECE, HERE. AGAIN, IT IS DOING
THAT PROFESSIONALLY, THE POLICE
CHIEF ALSO SAYS RESPECTFULLY,
THIS TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT WITH
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO
SHOWS THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, A
CITY THAT IS DOING IT RIGHT. WE
ARE ENGAGING, AND WE ARE
PROFESSIONALS, AND WE ARE
STANDING UP, AND I THINK THAT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOTE,
FOR ME TO NOTE, PARTICULARLY
GIVEN THE COMMENTS AND REMARKS
MADE IN PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE
IT ALL TIES TOGETHER. THAT BILL,
WHETHER IT IS THE PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS BILL I TALKED ABOUT,
OR THE BILL RELATED FROM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PRO TEM'S IN TERMS OF
NOT JUST SPD BUT WHOLE CITY
GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF THE DATA
SETS THEY HAVE AND WHAT THEY ARE
DOING WITH THEM, TO THE OTHER
BILLS RELATED TO DETENTION
CENTERS. FOR EXAMPLE. AND THE
OTHER BILLS COMING, AS WELL,
WITH DATA PRIVACY AND SOME
ADDITIONAL PIECES THAT ARE
COMING ON. THIS COLLECTION OF
BILLS -- AND TODAY, REPRESENTED
BY COUNCIL BILL 121164, SHOW US,
AGAIN, STANDING UP, ASSERTING
OURSELVES, AND OUR CITY OR ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY, AND WITH
THAT BASICALLY DOWN, WHAT WE ARE
DOING HERE, COLLEAGUES, I ASK
FOR YOUR SUPPORT RELATED TO
COUNCIL BILL 112164. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM. COLLEAGUES, I WILL KEEP
MY COMMENTS BRIEF SINCE I SAT IN
ON PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK AND SHARED SOME REMARKS ON
THIS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR
SPONSORING THIS LEGISLATION AS
WELL AS ACKNOWLEDGE
COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR
OFFERING AMENDMENTS TO EXPAND
THE SCOPE OF CITY PROPERTIES IN
THIS LEGISLATION. THIS IS A STEP
FORWARD OUR CITY CAN TAKE AND WE
HAVE MORE WE CAN DO AND I WILL
BE VOTING YESTERDAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. ANYONE ELSE? THEN, I WILL
JUST SAY, PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR
KETTLE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP AS PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAIR ON TAKING UP THESE VARIOUS
PIECES OF LEGISLATION. I AGREE,
WE ARE DOING, AS A BODY, ALL WE
CAN TO BRING FORWARD ALL OF
THESE BILLS RELATED TO
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN OUR
CITY AND OUR SUPPORT OF OUR
COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY. THIS IS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND I,
TOO, WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
BILL TODAY. ALL RIGHT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> AND PRO TEM RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE ATTACH MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, RESOLUTION
32194, A RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING
DATA AND PRIVACY PROTECTIONS FOR
ANY PERSON SEEKING OR ACCESSING
CITY PROGRAMS OR SERVICES,
REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THE
CITY'S DATA COLLECTION AND
SHARING PRACTICES TO LIMIT DATA
EXPOSURE TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND TO OTHER LOCAL,
REGIONAL, AND STATE
JURISDICTIONS, AND REQUESTING
THAT THE DEPARTMENTS INCORPORATE
PRIVACY STANDARDS INTO FUTURE
CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS, THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED.
>> THANK YOU, CLERK.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, AS CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE, YOU WILL PROVIDE
THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND THEN I
WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER AS A SPONSOR OF THE ITEM
TO PROVIDE COMMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM. I WILL START BY
THANKING COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER
FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
FOR THE TECHNICAL AMENDMENT, AS
WELL. AS I MENTIONED IN OUR
SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING ON
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION POLICY
CHANGES, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
RESOLUTION, WHEN IT COMES TO
ASSESSING OUR DATA ACROSS THE
CITY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING A REPORT BACK FROM THE
EXECUTIVE ON THIS. THIS BILL
PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY AND I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT TODAY. AT THIS POINT, I
WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO
THE BILL'S SPONSOR TO SPEAK
MORE ON THE BILL, COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PRO TEM. THANK YOU FOR
THE REPORT, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
I APPRECIATE IT. AND FOR
BRINGING THIS AND HEARING THIS
IN FEDERAL SELECT COMMITTEE. I
WILL SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS,
I THINK OVER THE LAST, I GUESS,
FEW MONTHS I HAVE BEEN IN
OFFICE, I HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM
COMMUNITIES AROUND THIS CONCERN
BOTH HERE AT PUBLIC COMMENT AND
I THINK THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN
SHOWING UP WEEK AFTER WEEK, AS
WELL AS THE FOLKS I HAVE MET
WITH OUT IN COMMUNITY, OR
TALKING TO AT EVENTS, AND MY
PRINCIPLES ON THIS HAVE BEEN
CLEAR, WHICH IS THAT WE SHOULD
DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN,
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO
PROTECTING PEOPLE'S PRIVACY,
AND THERE IS JUST A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF CONCERN, THERE. I WILL
SAY, PART OF THIS RESOLUTION
REAFFIRMS THE CITY'S
COMMITMENT, AND I FIND THAT
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY PUBLIC
UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE ARE ALREADY
DOING, SO THEY CAN FEEL SAFE,
AND SECURE, IN ACCESSING CITY
SERVICES. THE OTHER PART OF THAT
IS THAT WE KNOW THAT IN SOME
INSTANCES, NONE THAT WE HAVE
AWARENESS OF HERE AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL, BUT IN OTHER INSTANCES,
DESPITE HAVING DATA PROTECTIONS,
THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS WHERE
GOVERNMENT COLLECTED DATA HAS
BEEN SHARED. AND SO, WE WANT TO
BE PROACTIVE IN OUR
RESPONSIBILITY AS LOCAL
GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH KEEP
WASHINGTON WORKING AND OUR DATA
PRIVACY STANDARDS, NOT JUST FOR
CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT FOR THE
CONTRACTORS THAT WE WORK WITH,
SO I COMMEND THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE COUNCIL, AND I THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, FOR YOUR
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT THAT BRINGS
BACK THE PREVIOUS WORK AND
HIGHLIGHTS THAT, AND I COMMEND
THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL FOR THAT
LEADERSHIP, AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO GETTING A REPORT BACK FROM
THE EXECUTIVE THIS SUMMER, SO
THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE
CONTINUE TO UPHOLD THE HIGHEST
STANDARDS HERE IN SEATTLE, SO
WITH THAT, ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT,
COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PRO TEM RIVERA. I
MOVED TO -- AS PRESENTED BY
AMENDMENT A ON THE AGENDA.
>> SECOND..
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND RESOLUTION 32194 AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS IT.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST AND
FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK THE
LEGISLATION SPONSOR,
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. REALLY DO
APPRECIATE AND VALUE YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS. VERY
THOUGHTFUL PIECE OF UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION. I APPRECIATE THE
PARTNERSHIP, AS WELL, FROM
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IN GETTING
US TO THIS POINT ON THIS REALLY
IMPORTANT SIGNATURE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION TO HELP ALL OF US
ADVANCE OUR SHARED GOALS. THIS
IS JUST A REALLY TECHNICAL AND
SPECIFIC AMENDMENT, THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S POINT,
ACKNOWLEDGES THE ORIGIN, AND THE
KIND OF HISTORY, AND, I THINK,
THE WORK THAT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY
BUILDING UPON THROUGH THIS
LEGISLATION. SO, IT'S FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT CERTAINLY
VERY TECHNICAL AND I ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT A? I
DON'T SEE ANY COMMENTS, OR
HANDS UP, RATHER. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENT A?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU. AND PRO TEM
RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT A IS ADOPTED. ARE
THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS,
COLLEAGUES, ON THE ADOPTED
RESOLUTION? COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM. ALSO, THANK YOU TO
CHAIR RINCK FROM OUR SELECT
COMMITTEE, AND ALSO, TO
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR THIS
RESOLUTION. I WANT TO THANK ALL
OF THE ABOVE, PARTLY FROM MY
ROLL AS PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR,
BECAUSE THIS RESOLUTION IS
IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF
REAFFIRMING THE DATA PRIVACY
PUBLIC AS WE CANNOT ASSUME THE
DIRECTION GIVEN RELATED TO CIVIL
MATTERS, IN THIS CASE, MORE
BROADLY, BUT AS WAS MENTIONED
LIKE IMMIGRATION AND OTHERS, IS
CARRIED OUT. WERE, LATER UPDATED
AS NEED BE, GIVEN CHANGES THAT
MAY OCCUR. BY TAKING THESE
ACTIONS AND PUBLICLY DOING SO,
IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE POINT
ABOUT LEADERSHIP, BUT ALSO, THE
LAW AS MENTIONED BEFORE WITH
COUNCIL BILL 121164, BUT ALSO
FOR BUILDING TRUST WITH
COMMUNITY. I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE THIS
ACTION AND TO ENSURE, IN THIS
CASE WHERE THE EXECUTIVE IS
DOING ITS PIECES, TO HELP BUILD
THAT TRUST WITH COMMUNITY.
PARTICULARLY THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE. WE
NEED TO ENGAGE, WE NEED TO IN
SHOW THAT WE ARE TAKING ACTION
AND ESSENTIALLY CROSSING AND
DOTTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
NOT MAKING PEOPLE MORE
VULNERABLE SO WE THANK YOU
AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER,
CHAIR RINCK OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM, FOR THIS BILL. OR, FOR
THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
THEN, COLLEAGUES, I WILL JUST
SAY, TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
THOUGHTFULNESS IN BRINGING
FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION. I WILL
BE SUPPORTING IT. SO, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, IN GENERAL,
I APPRECIATE COLLECTIVELY, THIS
BODY, FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO
TAKE THESE STANCES, THESE VERY
IMPORTANT STANCES. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU. IT REALLY SHOWS,
LIKE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO
WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE PROTECTING ALL
RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY, NOT JUST
SOME RESIDENTS. AND I REALLY
FEEL A MOMENT OF, JUST, JUST
GRATITUDE FOR EVERYONE, AND IN
BRINGING ALL OF THE VARIOUS
PIECES OF LEGISLATION TOGETHER.
SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT,
COLLEAGUES. ALL RIGHT, CLERK'S,
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> PRO TEM RIVERA AYE.
>>
>> PRO TEM RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE CLERK WILL SIGN IT, WELL
THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM THREE INTO THE RECORD?
>> GOVERNMENTS AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE, AGENDA ITEM THREE,
COUNCIL BILL 121166 AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES, DECLARING REAL
PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS KING
COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 1623049405
LOCATED AT SOUTH 138th STREET IN
SEATAC, WASHINGTON, TO BE
SURPLUS TO THE CITY'S NEEDS,
AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGER
AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES OR
DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ALL
DOCUMENTS AND TAKE OTHER
NECESSARY ACTIONS FOR THE SALE
OF THE PROPERTY TO KING COUNTY
WATER DISTRICT 125. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS COUNCIL
PASS THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM AND I AM GOING TO THINK
NO ONE ELSE JUST SO YOU KNOW
THIS COMES OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT
AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE AND I'M
DOING THIS ON BEHALF OF OUR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH. AS VICE CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE, THIS IS WHAT WAS
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, THE
BACKGROUND ON THIS IS SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES SALE, THE SPU,
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, SOLD
EXCESS PROPERTY IN SEATAC. THIS
PROPERTY WILL CONTINUE TO BE
USED FOR UTILITY PURPOSES IN
KING COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 125
AND AT THE MARCH 12 MEETING OF
THE GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES
MEETING, THIS WAS PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY, THREE IN FAVOR,
NONE OPPOSED, AND MY
UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT IS THAT THE COMCAST
FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS
VOTED ON IN COMMITTEE, WILL COME
TO FULL COUNCIL ON TUESDAY,
MARCH 24th. AND THAT IS IT. SO,
EVERYONE, VOTE YES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM. YES, REALLY TODAY, I
WILL SHARE THE SAME THING THAT I
SHARED AT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS,
AS WE CONTINUE TO DISPOSSESS OF
LAND, WE NEED TO BEGIN BY
ENGAGING IN GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION WITH OUR
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES,
UNTIL WE FORMALLY CHANGE THAT
POLICY HERE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. SENATOR JOHN McCOY
WOULD SAY THAT IT TAKES TWO
YEARS OF EDUCATION TO GET A BILL
PASSED, SO THIS IS PART OF MY
TWO YEARS OF EDUCATION, THAT WE
NEED TO CHANGE OUR DISPOSITION
POLICIES SO THAT WE DO
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION WITH FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN THE SAME
WAY THAT THIS PARCEL HAS
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT NEXT DOOR. THE
DIFFERENCE IN THIS MOMENT FROM
ALL OTHERS IS THAT IT WAS A
UTILITY BASED PIECE OF LAND AND
IT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
WATER TO SEATAC IN THE UTILITY
FRAMEWORK. WITH THAT, THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING.
>> SO, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> YES, I NEED TO RESPOND TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. HE IS
RIGHT ABOUT US NOT HAVING
CONSULTATION WHEN WE DEAL
DISPOSSESS LAND, SO FOR THOSE
WATCHING, LAND BACK IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN A LAND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. UNLESS YOU'RE
GOING TO GIVE US BACK THE LAND,
I REALLY DON'T CARE TO HEAR
THAT WE ARE SITTING ON STOLEN
LAND, IT DOES NO ONE NO GOOD,
BUT WHAT YOU JUST HEARD
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAY AND
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR
DECADES, IS LAND BACK,
RECOGNIZING THE LAND BASE OF THE
ORIGINAL PEOPLE THAT LIVED HERE,
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO BLAME
ANYONE FOR VIRTUE SIGNALING OR
PERFORMATIVE POLITICS, BUT THOSE
OF US WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE
TRENCHES IN INDIAN COUNTRY ABOUT
LAND SOVEREIGNTY AND GOVERNMENT
TO GOVERNMENT, THIS IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT STATEMENT, SO THANKS
FOR CATCHING THAT. I DIDN'T.
SO, WITH THAT, I HOPE I HAVE
YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. ANY OTHER COMMENTS,
COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> AND PRO TEM RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? THERE
WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE
CONSENT AGENDA. THERE IS NOT A
RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTION TODAY,
OTHER THAN THE RESOLUTION WE
ADOPTED EARLIER, I SUPPOSE. IS
THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM RIVERA. I AM ASKING IF I
CAN BE EXCUSED FROM COUNCIL ON
MARCH 24th, FOR THE A.I. SUMMIT.
>> ALL RIGHT, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
WILL BE EXCUSED FROM THE MARCH
24th CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
HEARING NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED
FROM THE MARCH 24th CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. IS THERE ANY OTHER
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU. I REQUEST TO BE
EXCUSED FROM THE APRIL 21st FULL
COUNCIL MEETING.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WILL BE
EXCUSED FROM THE APRIL -- CAN
YOU PLEASE REPEAT --
>> 21st.
>> -- 21st CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS EXCUSED
FROM THE APRIL 21st CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. NOW, IS THERE ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, IS THAT AN OLD HAND?
>> YES, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> NO WORRIES. THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT, WE HAVE REACHED THE END
OF TODAY'