1 00:00:25,625 --> 00:00:26,526 >>> AWESOME, GOOD AFTERNOON. 2 00:00:26,526 --> 00:00:27,327 APRIL 21st MEETING OF SEATTLE 3 00:00:27,327 --> 00:00:29,329 CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER, 4 00:00:29,329 --> 00:00:30,930 IT IS 2:02 A.M., I AM JOY 5 00:00:30,930 --> 00:00:31,431 HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNCIL 6 00:00:31,431 --> 00:00:32,766 PRESIDENT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 7 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:43,042 CALL THE ROLL? 8 00:00:56,689 --> 00:00:58,491 >> THE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS 9 00:00:58,491 --> 00:01:03,229 EXCUSED FOR TODAY. AND PLEASE 10 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:04,464 CALL COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S NAME 11 00:01:04,464 --> 00:01:06,466 AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. 12 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:07,667 >> PRESENT. 13 00:01:07,667 --> 00:01:11,137 >> AWESOME, WE HAVE EIGHT 14 00:01:11,137 --> 00:01:12,272 PRESENT AND COUNCILMEMBER 15 00:01:12,272 --> 00:01:17,010 STRAUSS IS EXCUSED TODAY. 16 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:18,411 COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE 17 00:01:18,411 --> 00:01:19,446 GOING TO OPEN UP THE HYBRID 18 00:01:19,446 --> 00:01:20,313 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 19 00:01:20,313 --> 00:01:21,681 COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON 20 00:01:21,681 --> 00:01:26,786 TODAY'S AGENDA, THE CALENDAR, 21 00:01:26,786 --> 00:01:28,154 OR THE COUNCIL'S WORK PLANTED I 22 00:01:28,154 --> 00:01:29,489 KNOW WE HAVE EIGHT IN PERSON, WE 23 00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:30,924 MIGHT HAVE MORE SIGNING UP IN 24 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:32,125 CHAMBERS BUT HOW MANY DO WE HAVE 25 00:01:32,125 --> 00:01:33,893 ONLINE, CLERK CUSTOMER FOUR, SO 26 00:01:33,893 --> 00:01:39,099 THAT IS 12 FOLKS. EVERYONE WILL 27 00:01:39,099 --> 00:01:40,333 GET TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. CLERK, 28 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:41,334 WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE 29 00:01:41,334 --> 00:01:42,168 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC 30 00:01:42,168 --> 00:01:42,435 COMMENT? 31 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:43,369 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 32 00:01:43,369 --> 00:01:44,604 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 33 00:01:44,604 --> 00:01:49,108 FOLLOWING MANNER, SPEAKERS WILL 34 00:01:49,108 --> 00:01:50,276 HEAR A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE 35 00:01:50,276 --> 00:01:56,316 LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS ' 36 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:57,217 MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED IF 37 00:01:57,217 --> 00:01:58,384 THEY DID NOT END. PUBLIC COMMENT 38 00:01:58,384 --> 00:01:59,819 PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL 39 00:01:59,819 --> 00:02:01,254 BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 40 00:02:01,254 --> 00:02:01,521 THE LIST. 41 00:02:01,521 --> 00:02:02,722 >> AWESOME, SO WE HAVE JOE, 42 00:02:02,722 --> 00:02:03,923 FOLLOWED BY PAUL, THEN WE HAVE 43 00:02:03,923 --> 00:02:05,492 DEREK, THEN WE HAVE SCOTT, 44 00:02:05,492 --> 00:02:09,796 PATRICK, AND KIM -- KIM WILSON. 45 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:11,764 SO, FIRST UP, WE HAVE JOE, IS 46 00:02:11,764 --> 00:02:14,000 JOE HERE? WELCOME, JOE. THEN WE 47 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:20,306 HAVE PAUL FOLLOWED BY DEREK. 48 00:02:20,306 --> 00:02:21,508 OKAY, THE MICROPHONE SEEMS TO BE 49 00:02:21,508 --> 00:02:22,642 ON, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? 50 00:02:22,642 --> 00:02:27,180 >> I CAN HEAR YOU, JOE. 51 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:28,648 >> IT IS GREAT HONOR TO ADDRESS 52 00:02:28,648 --> 00:02:29,716 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL ON A 53 00:02:29,716 --> 00:02:31,384 MATTER [ INAUDIBLE ]. I AM 54 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:32,418 ASKING THAT EVERY SINGLE SEATTLE 55 00:02:32,418 --> 00:02:33,653 CITY COUNCILMEMBER AND THIS MAY 56 00:02:33,653 --> 00:02:38,625 OR CONDEMN ANTI-SEMITISM. WHAT 57 00:02:38,625 --> 00:02:39,893 WE SAW LAST SUNDAY NIGHT AND 58 00:02:39,893 --> 00:02:42,629 REPORTS OF IT , OF AN 59 00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:43,863 ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK ON A GROUP 60 00:02:43,863 --> 00:02:47,834 OF CITIZENS WHO WANTED TO HEAR 61 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:49,102 MISS ISRAEL 2021 SPEAK ABOUT 62 00:02:49,102 --> 00:02:50,770 BEING A MEDIC DURING THE WAR IN 63 00:02:50,770 --> 00:02:53,173 GAZA, HAVING TO TREAT NOT JUST 64 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:54,340 ISRAELI CIVILIANS AND CITIZENS, 65 00:02:54,340 --> 00:03:01,281 IT ALSO GAZANS. IT WAS AN 66 00:03:01,281 --> 00:03:02,315 IMPORTANT SPEECH WE ALL SHOULD 67 00:03:02,315 --> 00:03:03,950 HAVE HEARD. IN FACT, I CAME DOWN 68 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:05,051 HERE TODAY TO ATTEND WHAT WAS 69 00:03:05,051 --> 00:03:06,386 SUPPOSED TO BE THE UNIVERSITY 70 00:03:06,386 --> 00:03:07,820 PART OF THIS, AND [ INAUDIBLE ] 71 00:03:07,820 --> 00:03:09,055 HAD TO CANCEL BECAUSE OF DEATH 72 00:03:09,055 --> 00:03:12,692 THREATS. SO, I'M ASKING -- OH, 73 00:03:12,692 --> 00:03:21,167 THAT'S REALLY PRESENT -- 74 00:03:21,167 --> 00:03:22,068 PLEASANT, YOU CLAPPING FOR 75 00:03:22,068 --> 00:03:23,469 SOMEONE BEING SILENCED, WASN'T 76 00:03:23,469 --> 00:03:24,170 HATEFUL, WHO DOESN'T HATE YOU, 77 00:03:24,170 --> 00:03:25,338 HE DOESN'T HIT THIS COUNCIL, 78 00:03:25,338 --> 00:03:26,339 UNLIKE ALEX ZIMMERMAN, WHO JUST 79 00:03:26,339 --> 00:03:28,074 HURLED A BUNCH OF HATE THAT THE 80 00:03:28,074 --> 00:03:30,610 CITY COUNCIL. IN FACT, THAT WAS 81 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:32,245 WHAT I WAS LISTENING TO BUT I AM 82 00:03:32,245 --> 00:03:33,513 ASKING THAT EVERY SINGLE 83 00:03:33,513 --> 00:03:33,980 COUNCILMEMBER CONDEMN 84 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:35,315 ANTI-SEMITISM, AS WELL AS 85 00:03:35,315 --> 00:03:40,086 ISLAMOPHOBIA, AS WELL AS ALL 86 00:03:40,086 --> 00:03:41,287 OTHER FORMS OF HATE. THIS IS A 87 00:03:41,287 --> 00:03:42,488 BEAUTIFUL CITY BECAUSE IT IS SO 88 00:03:42,488 --> 00:03:44,357 INCLUSIVE AND WE HAVE A GREAT 89 00:03:44,357 --> 00:03:49,329 CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WE HAVE 90 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:50,229 GREAT SEATTLE STORM, WE HAVE 91 00:03:50,229 --> 00:03:51,230 GREAT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS THAT IS 92 00:03:51,230 --> 00:03:52,765 GOING TO WIN A SECOND LOMBARDI, 93 00:03:52,765 --> 00:03:57,270 AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT 94 00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:58,638 CITY AGAIN THIS YEAR AND A GREAT 95 00:03:58,638 --> 00:03:59,539 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO 96 00:03:59,539 --> 00:04:00,673 DESERVES A LOT BETTER THAN THE 97 00:04:00,673 --> 00:04:01,674 WAY THEY WERE TREATED SUNDAY 98 00:04:01,674 --> 00:04:03,109 NIGHT AT AND WITH THAT I YIELD 99 00:04:03,109 --> 00:04:04,577 THE REST OF MY TIME, THANK YOU 100 00:04:04,577 --> 00:04:05,278 FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. 101 00:04:05,278 --> 00:04:06,813 >> THANK YOU, JOE. NEXT, WE HAVE 102 00:04:06,813 --> 00:04:10,617 PAUL, FOLLOWED BY DEREK POINT 103 00:04:10,617 --> 00:04:11,851 HI, MR. PAUL, ANY MICROPHONE YOU 104 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:13,152 WANT, SIR, WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE 105 00:04:13,152 --> 00:04:16,356 YOU. 106 00:04:16,356 --> 00:04:17,423 >> COUNCILMEMBERS, NICE TO BE 107 00:04:17,423 --> 00:04:18,524 WITH YOU TODAY BUT IN THE 108 00:04:18,524 --> 00:04:19,859 ESSENCE OF TIME, I WILL READ 109 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:21,227 THIS IF THAT IS OKAY. I'M ALSO 110 00:04:21,227 --> 00:04:22,629 OLD, SO [ INAUDIBLE ]. MY 111 00:04:22,629 --> 00:04:23,830 AFFILIATION AS ONE OF THE 112 00:04:23,830 --> 00:04:27,133 FOUNDERS OF TOGETHER FOR 113 00:04:27,133 --> 00:04:28,101 SEATTLE, SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN 114 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:29,535 GOING FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND 115 00:04:29,535 --> 00:04:31,604 WE ARE HERE REALLY TO BRING 116 00:04:31,604 --> 00:04:32,338 PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS 117 00:04:32,338 --> 00:04:33,740 TOGETHER IN A VARIETY OF JOINT 118 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:35,541 EFFORTS. WE BELIEVE IT'S 119 00:04:35,541 --> 00:04:36,509 IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS TO 120 00:04:36,509 --> 00:04:40,747 BECOME INVOLVED IN CITY ISSUES. 121 00:04:40,747 --> 00:04:42,649 OUR PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE 122 00:04:42,649 --> 00:04:43,616 CONNECTIVITY AND RELATIONSHIPS 123 00:04:43,616 --> 00:04:44,684 AMONG ORGANIZATIONS AND OFFER 124 00:04:44,684 --> 00:04:46,686 SERVICE TO SEATTLE AREA 125 00:04:46,686 --> 00:04:52,258 COMMUNITIES. AND YOUR DISTRICTS. 126 00:04:52,258 --> 00:04:54,060 AND WE ARE PULLING PASTORS, 127 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:54,694 BUSINESSPEOPLE, AND INDIVIDUALS 128 00:04:54,694 --> 00:04:55,862 TOGETHER TO LOOK AT COMMUNITY 129 00:04:55,862 --> 00:04:58,364 ISSUES. AS AN EXAMPLE, INCLUDES 130 00:04:58,364 --> 00:04:58,998 TRAINING SESSIONS IN DIFFERENT 131 00:04:58,998 --> 00:05:01,834 DISTRICTS LED BY YOU GM TO TALK 132 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:04,937 ABOUT THE HOMELESS ADDICTION AND 133 00:05:04,937 --> 00:05:05,872 TRAINING PEOPLE WHO AREN'T VERY 134 00:05:05,872 --> 00:05:10,543 AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON. AND 135 00:05:10,543 --> 00:05:11,110 FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES HAVE 136 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:11,711 INCLUDED MEETINGS, DINNERS, 137 00:05:11,711 --> 00:05:15,481 INCLUDING THOSE ON THE STREET, 138 00:05:15,481 --> 00:05:16,282 TOWARDS OF TREATMENT FACILITIES, 139 00:05:16,282 --> 00:05:17,483 AND BRINGING A KIND OF KNOWLEDGE 140 00:05:17,483 --> 00:05:18,918 ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE 141 00:05:18,918 --> 00:05:20,019 CITY. WE ARE ALSO SEEING 142 00:05:20,019 --> 00:05:23,022 COMMUNITY WALKS , INVOLVEMENT 143 00:05:23,022 --> 00:05:24,791 WITH [ INAUDIBLE ], AND DOING 144 00:05:24,791 --> 00:05:29,362 SOME CITY CLEANUPS. TODAY, I'M 145 00:05:29,362 --> 00:05:30,563 TOLD THAT THERE IS A GATHERING 146 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:32,198 IN WEST SEATTLE, AND ONE OF THE 147 00:05:32,198 --> 00:05:37,704 THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AND 148 00:05:37,704 --> 00:05:38,338 MAYOR WILSON'S COMMUNITY 149 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:39,939 ADVISER WAS THERE, AND WE 150 00:05:39,939 --> 00:05:40,540 UNDERSTAND THAT TOMORROW, YOU 151 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:43,009 WILL BE VOTING ON A NEW LEADER 152 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:44,010 OF NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE ARE 153 00:05:44,010 --> 00:05:45,845 VERY INTERESTED IN GETTING 154 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:47,146 INVOLVED WITH HER DURING [ 155 00:05:47,146 --> 00:05:56,823 INAUDIBLE ]. WE BELIEVE THAT 156 00:05:56,823 --> 00:05:57,523 BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IS THE 157 00:05:57,523 --> 00:05:58,358 KEY TO PROTECTED DIALOGUE, 158 00:05:58,358 --> 00:05:59,125 INCLUDING RESPECTFUL DISCUSSION 159 00:05:59,125 --> 00:06:02,295 WITH DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW. 160 00:06:02,295 --> 00:06:03,663 AS YOU KNOW WELL ON THE COUNCIL, 161 00:06:03,663 --> 00:06:05,031 YOU DEAL WITH THIS EVERY DAY. IT 162 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:06,299 IS OUR HOPE THAT WE MIGHT 163 00:06:06,299 --> 00:06:07,533 EXPLORE WAYS THAT WE CAN ENGAGE 164 00:06:07,533 --> 00:06:08,534 WITH THE COUNSELING PRODUCTIVE [ 165 00:06:08,534 --> 00:06:09,969 INAUDIBLE ] IN THE FUTURE, JUST 166 00:06:09,969 --> 00:06:12,038 GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. 167 00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:13,139 SEATTLE, BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, 168 00:06:13,139 --> 00:06:14,874 IS TRULY A GREAT CITY AND CAN BE 169 00:06:14,874 --> 00:06:16,876 A MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY. WE CAN 170 00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:18,945 HAVE UNITY WITHOUT UNIFORM. 171 00:06:18,945 --> 00:06:20,113 >> THANK YOU, PAUL. NEXT, WE 172 00:06:20,113 --> 00:06:21,380 HAVE DEREK, FOLLOWED BY SCOTT, 173 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:23,382 AND THEN PATRICK. ARE YOU SURE? 174 00:06:23,382 --> 00:06:24,784 OKAY. ARE YOU DEREK? OKAY, 175 00:06:24,784 --> 00:06:35,027 UNDERSTOOD. DEREK, AND THEN IF 176 00:06:35,027 --> 00:06:35,728 THERE IS SCOTT? WELCOME, SCOTT 177 00:06:35,728 --> 00:06:35,928 COULD 178 00:06:35,928 --> 00:06:37,096 >> I'M SCOTT BUZZARD WITH THE 179 00:06:37,096 --> 00:06:38,297 AMERICAN PARTY OF LABOR. CITY 180 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:44,170 COUNCIL, YOUR [ INAUDIBLE ] TO 181 00:06:44,170 --> 00:06:45,338 THE PEOPLE HAS BEEN PROVEN WEAK 182 00:06:45,338 --> 00:06:46,572 AND BASELESS YET AGAIN. THE LACK 183 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:47,840 OF COMMITMENT TO THIS CITY AND 184 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,208 THE WORKING CLASS HAS NEVER BEEN 185 00:06:49,208 --> 00:06:50,276 MORE APPARENT. THIS WEEKEND, SPD 186 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:51,477 WAS UTILIZED AS A PERSONAL 187 00:06:51,477 --> 00:06:52,812 ESCORT FOR ZIONIST BABY KILLING 188 00:06:52,812 --> 00:06:59,285 FILTH. [ INAUDIBLE ] MY MOTHER 189 00:06:59,285 --> 00:07:00,253 AND SISTER UNTIL MY FAMILY 190 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:01,087 SIMPLY BECAUSE WERE PEACEFULLY 191 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:02,121 PROTESTING FOR THE PEOPLE OF 192 00:07:02,121 --> 00:07:03,589 GAZA AND THE THOUSANDS KILLED IN 193 00:07:03,589 --> 00:07:04,357 AN ACT OF GENOCIDE. 194 00:07:04,357 --> 00:07:07,693 >> [ INAUDIBLE ] SCOTT, HOLD ON. 195 00:07:07,693 --> 00:07:07,960 SCOTT -- 196 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,330 >> [ INAUDIBLE ] 197 00:07:11,330 --> 00:07:12,698 >> SCOTT, I'M NOT TRYING TO CUT 198 00:07:12,698 --> 00:07:14,967 YOU OFF. SCOTT? CAN WE CUT HIS 199 00:07:14,967 --> 00:07:22,141 MIC? SCOTT, I WANT TO HEAR YOUR 200 00:07:22,141 --> 00:07:23,042 PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M JUST GOING 201 00:07:23,042 --> 00:07:24,944 TO ASK THE CROWD TO BE QUIET 202 00:07:24,944 --> 00:07:26,012 WHILE YOU'RE TALKING. SCOTT, I 203 00:07:26,012 --> 00:07:27,713 WANT YOU TO DO YOUR WHOLE PUBLIC 204 00:07:27,713 --> 00:07:28,815 COMMENT, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK 205 00:07:28,815 --> 00:07:30,483 THE CROWD NOT TO RESPOND BACK, 206 00:07:30,483 --> 00:07:31,951 SO WE CAN HEAR YOU, THAT'S ALL 207 00:07:31,951 --> 00:07:32,885 I'M ASKING. THANK YOU. 208 00:07:32,885 --> 00:07:35,822 >> THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE 209 00:07:35,822 --> 00:07:38,558 WORKING PEOPLE OF SEATTLE. THE 210 00:07:38,558 --> 00:07:40,193 VIOLENCE ON SUNDAY AGAINST 211 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:40,760 PEACEFUL PROTESTERS, WHICH 212 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,195 INCLUDED AND FAMILIES IS A 213 00:07:42,195 --> 00:07:43,496 SYMPTOM OF THE SPINELESSNESS [ 214 00:07:43,496 --> 00:07:49,468 INAUDIBLE ] . SPD IS ACTIVELY 215 00:07:49,468 --> 00:07:50,203 TRAINED WITH ISRAELI MILITARY 216 00:07:50,203 --> 00:07:51,437 FORCES, WHICH YOU VOTED TO 217 00:07:51,437 --> 00:07:52,672 CONTINUE IN 2021. THIS MUST BE 218 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:53,873 WHERE THEY LEARNED TO DEGRADE A 219 00:07:53,873 --> 00:07:57,777 HUMAN LIFE WITH [ INAUDIBLE ]. 220 00:07:57,777 --> 00:07:58,978 THIS MUST BE WHERE THEY DO 221 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:00,046 LEARNED TO DEFEND CHILD KILLING 222 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:00,780 SOLDIERS AND PEACEFUL PROTESTERS 223 00:08:00,780 --> 00:08:01,614 REMAINING IN STATE APPROVED 224 00:08:01,614 --> 00:08:03,216 VIOLENCE. WE WILL NOT [ 225 00:08:03,216 --> 00:08:07,954 INAUDIBLE ] PALESTINIAN 226 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:08,721 SURVEILLANCE AND YOU WILL NOT 227 00:08:08,721 --> 00:08:09,789 HOLD YOUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT 228 00:08:09,789 --> 00:08:10,790 ACCOUNTABLE. WHAT WILL YOU DO, 229 00:08:10,790 --> 00:08:13,059 CITY COUNCIL? CONTINUE TO SIT AT 230 00:08:13,059 --> 00:08:14,227 THE [ INAUDIBLE ] PODIUMS WITH 231 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:15,595 YOUR PLASTIC BEER [ INAUDIBLE ] 232 00:08:15,595 --> 00:08:22,034 ? PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF 233 00:08:22,034 --> 00:08:22,802 IMPERIALIST VIOLENCE MAKING ITS 234 00:08:22,802 --> 00:08:24,804 WAY HOME. WE ARE TIRED OF OUR 235 00:08:24,804 --> 00:08:25,905 TAXES DEFENDING CHILD KILLERS. 236 00:08:25,905 --> 00:08:27,173 THE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF SLEEPING 237 00:08:27,173 --> 00:08:28,808 ON THE JOB. IT IS TIME TO WAKE 238 00:08:28,808 --> 00:08:29,909 UP, CITY COUNCIL. 239 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:33,579 >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. NEXT, WE 240 00:08:33,579 --> 00:08:34,647 HAVE PATRICK, FOLLOWED BY KIM. 241 00:08:34,647 --> 00:08:35,615 JUST A REMINDER, JUST BE 242 00:08:35,615 --> 00:08:36,582 RESPECTFUL OF ALL PUBLIC 243 00:08:36,582 --> 00:08:39,685 COMMENTS. IF SOMEONE IS UP 244 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:40,519 THERE, NO MATTER IF YOU DISAGREE 245 00:08:40,519 --> 00:08:41,921 WITH THEM OR NOT, WE ARE TRYING 246 00:08:41,921 --> 00:08:43,222 TO BE RESPECTFUL, AND I WILL 247 00:08:43,222 --> 00:08:45,124 NEVER CUT OFF YOUR TIME, I WAS 248 00:08:45,124 --> 00:08:47,693 TRYING TO HELP HIM, SO WE COULD 249 00:08:47,693 --> 00:08:48,995 CONTROL FOLKS. HIS OUTBURSTS. 250 00:08:48,995 --> 00:08:52,465 OKAY, IS PATRICK HERE? PATRICK, 251 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:53,733 YOU ARE UP NEXT, THEN WE HAVE 252 00:08:53,733 --> 00:08:55,534 KIM WILSON, THEN WE WILL JUMPED 253 00:08:55,534 --> 00:08:57,803 ONLINE, AND I KNOW PEOPLE SIGNED 254 00:08:57,803 --> 00:08:59,205 UP, WE WILL JUST GO THROUGH 255 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:00,306 THIS. ONLINE, IF YOU HEAR ME, 256 00:09:00,306 --> 00:09:01,841 YOU'RE UP DECK AFTER PATRICK 257 00:09:01,841 --> 00:09:05,378 AND KIM WILSON. PATRICK? 258 00:09:05,378 --> 00:09:06,812 >> HI, MY NAME IS PATRICK, I 259 00:09:06,812 --> 00:09:08,080 LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE. MEMBERS OF 260 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,348 THE COUNCIL, AS I HOPE Y'ALL 261 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:10,650 HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT ALL WEEK 262 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:12,084 THROUGH THE SEATTLE TIMES, 263 00:09:12,084 --> 00:09:12,685 SEVERAL COMPANIES HAVE 264 00:09:12,685 --> 00:09:14,053 APPROACHED SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 265 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:17,189 ABOUT BUILDING FIVE CENTERS WITH 266 00:09:17,189 --> 00:09:18,457 A COMBINED MAXIMUM ELECTRICAL 267 00:09:18,457 --> 00:09:23,129 DEMAND OF 369 MEGAWATTS, ROUGHLY 268 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:24,630 ONE THIRD OF WHAT THE CITY USES 269 00:09:24,630 --> 00:09:26,232 ON AN AVERAGE DAY. AT FULL 270 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:32,071 CAPACITY, THESE WILL CONSUME 10 271 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:32,838 TIMES MORE POWER THAN THE 272 00:09:32,838 --> 00:09:33,739 CITY'S EXISTING DATA FACILITIES 273 00:09:33,739 --> 00:09:35,207 BUT ON THE FACE OF IT, THIS 274 00:09:35,207 --> 00:09:36,042 WOULD EPITOMIZE A RATIONAL 275 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:36,609 CAPITALISM, RIGHT? ADDING 276 00:09:36,609 --> 00:09:38,110 ELECTRICAL DEMAND ON THE SCALE [ 277 00:09:38,110 --> 00:09:42,648 INAUDIBLE ] CITYWIDE TO PREVENT 278 00:09:42,648 --> 00:09:43,316 FURTHER BURNING OF CLIMATE 279 00:09:43,316 --> 00:09:44,283 KILLING FOSSIL FUELS. NOT TO 280 00:09:44,283 --> 00:09:45,251 MENTION WHAT WE ARE LEARNING 281 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:46,519 ABOUT THE [ INAUDIBLE ] IMPACTS 282 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:47,186 OF ARTIFICIAL GENERAL 283 00:09:47,186 --> 00:09:51,958 INTELLIGENCE [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR 284 00:09:51,958 --> 00:09:52,658 THE INDUSTRY'S OWN PREDICTION 285 00:09:52,658 --> 00:09:53,492 OF THE DISPLACEMENT ALREADY 286 00:09:53,492 --> 00:09:55,995 UNDERWAY OF MILLIONS OF WORKERS. 287 00:09:55,995 --> 00:09:58,030 [ INAUDIBLE ] STUDY THE REQUEST, 288 00:09:58,030 --> 00:09:59,198 BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED TO SHARE 289 00:09:59,198 --> 00:10:02,468 WHICH COMPANIES ARE INVOLVED AND 290 00:10:02,468 --> 00:10:03,069 TO GIVE NONDISCLOSURE 291 00:10:03,069 --> 00:10:03,970 AGREEMENTS. SOMEONE WHO PROBABLY 292 00:10:03,970 --> 00:10:05,304 DOES KNOW IS CITY LIGHT REVIEW 293 00:10:05,304 --> 00:10:07,974 BOARDS COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER 294 00:10:07,974 --> 00:10:08,741 REPRESENTATIVE RYAN. HE ALSO 295 00:10:08,741 --> 00:10:10,109 HAPPENS TO BE SAVING CORPORATION 296 00:10:10,109 --> 00:10:11,777 [ INAUDIBLE ] DATA CENTERS. [ 297 00:10:11,777 --> 00:10:15,081 INAUDIBLE ] REASSURINGLY WITH 298 00:10:15,081 --> 00:10:18,084 ITS SLOGAN, COOL PEOPLE DOING 299 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:19,919 COOL STUFF, CURRENTLY HAS 300 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:25,358 SOMEONE .2 MILLION [ INAUDIBLE ] 301 00:10:25,358 --> 00:10:26,025 FACILITY ACROSS SEVERAL 302 00:10:26,025 --> 00:10:27,293 BUILDINGS IN SEATTLE. ON A 303 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:33,933 RELATED NOTE, [ INAUDIBLE ] NOT 304 00:10:33,933 --> 00:10:34,634 ALONE AMONG SEATTLE'S LARGE 305 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:35,534 CORPORATIONS, HAS SHOWN ITSELF 306 00:10:35,534 --> 00:10:36,302 VERY COMFORTABLE DOING EXTENSIVE 307 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:37,703 BUSINESS WITH ICE. THEY ARE THE 308 00:10:37,703 --> 00:10:38,704 LANDLORDS WITH THE DHS ICE 309 00:10:38,704 --> 00:10:40,206 FACILITY IN [ INAUDIBLE ] AND 310 00:10:40,206 --> 00:10:43,609 RECENTLY SIGNED A LEASE FOR 311 00:10:43,609 --> 00:10:44,744 EXPANDED ICE OFFICES NEARBY. [ 312 00:10:44,744 --> 00:10:49,982 INAUDIBLE ] DUE TO OUR DEMOCRACY 313 00:10:49,982 --> 00:10:51,984 OVER THE PAST 15 MONTHS. THIS IS 314 00:10:51,984 --> 00:10:53,319 DECIDEDLY NOT COOL STUFF. SO, TO 315 00:10:53,319 --> 00:10:54,754 PULL ALL THIS TOGETHER, SEATTLE 316 00:10:54,754 --> 00:10:57,289 CERTAINLY NEEDS AN IMMEDIATE 317 00:10:57,289 --> 00:10:58,424 MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS, BUT 318 00:10:58,424 --> 00:11:01,694 BEYOND SEATTLE, THE CITY ON 319 00:11:01,694 --> 00:11:03,029 RECORD IS REFUSING TO COOPERATE 320 00:11:03,029 --> 00:11:06,232 WITH ICE, NEEDS TO LOOK AT A 321 00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:07,133 MORATORIUM ON TRUMPET REGIME 322 00:11:07,133 --> 00:11:08,834 COLLABORATORS IN POSITIONS OF 323 00:11:08,834 --> 00:11:10,236 LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY. [ 324 00:11:10,236 --> 00:11:12,672 INAUDIBLE ] 325 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:14,640 >> THANK YOU, PATRICK. NEXT, WE 326 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:20,246 HAVE KIM , AND FOLLOWING KIM, WE 327 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:22,114 ARE GOING TO GO ONLINE, WE HAVE 328 00:11:22,114 --> 00:11:24,583 WENDY, FOLLOWED BY PETER 329 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:25,651 MANNING, DAVID HAYNES, AND DAVID 330 00:11:25,651 --> 00:11:27,386 S, THEN WE WILL COME BACK IN 331 00:11:27,386 --> 00:11:29,188 PERSON. KIM, WELCOME. 332 00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:32,124 >> YET? 333 00:11:32,124 --> 00:11:33,893 >> TRY IT AGAIN. SPEAK REALLY 334 00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:34,126 CLOSE. 335 00:11:34,126 --> 00:11:38,464 >> THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL, JUST 336 00:11:38,464 --> 00:11:40,533 WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, I AM 337 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:42,768 PART OF THE GROUP THAT PRAYS FOR 338 00:11:42,768 --> 00:11:44,203 YOU WEEKLY BY NAME AT WESTLAKE 339 00:11:44,203 --> 00:11:50,576 CENTER, AND I AM IN THE CACAO 340 00:11:50,576 --> 00:11:51,577 AND CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY, AND YOU 341 00:11:51,577 --> 00:11:52,845 MIGHT THINK, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE 342 00:11:52,845 --> 00:11:54,046 TO DO WITH SEATTLE, EXCEPT FOR 343 00:11:54,046 --> 00:11:56,082 THE FACT THAT WE GROW CACAO, BUT 344 00:11:56,082 --> 00:11:57,650 WE DO ACTUALLY HOST THE LARGEST 345 00:11:57,650 --> 00:11:59,018 CRAFT CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL IN THE 346 00:11:59,018 --> 00:12:01,387 NATION, AND SO, THAT IS COMING 347 00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:02,822 UP IN OCTOBER, I JUST WANTED TO 348 00:12:02,822 --> 00:12:04,056 SAY THANK YOU FOR CREATING A 349 00:12:04,056 --> 00:12:05,725 SPACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE WILLING 350 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:08,027 AND COMFORTABLE COMING TO VISIT 351 00:12:08,027 --> 00:12:11,397 OUR CITY FROM 30 DIFFERENT 352 00:12:11,397 --> 00:12:14,166 NATIONS, AND GATHERING TENS OF 353 00:12:14,166 --> 00:12:16,068 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, SO WE JUST 354 00:12:16,068 --> 00:12:17,703 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 355 00:12:17,703 --> 00:12:19,238 THANK YOU. ONE OF MY PRAYERS FOR 356 00:12:19,238 --> 00:12:22,475 YOU , AS I LOOK AT EACH OF YOU, 357 00:12:22,475 --> 00:12:25,878 IS A PRAYER OF THANKS FOR THE 358 00:12:25,878 --> 00:12:27,113 DIVERSE CITY ON THE COUNCIL, AND 359 00:12:27,113 --> 00:12:28,681 JUST PRAYER THAT YOU WOULD 360 00:12:28,681 --> 00:12:31,750 CONTINUE TO MODEL RESPECT FOR 361 00:12:31,750 --> 00:12:37,490 ONE ANOTHER AND RESPECT FOR THE 362 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:38,758 PEOPLE IN OUR CITY, SO THANK 363 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:38,958 YOU. 364 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:40,526 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, REALLY 365 00:12:40,526 --> 00:12:42,094 APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT, WE ARE 366 00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:47,099 GOING TO GO ONLINE. WENDY, 367 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:48,033 FOLLOWED BY PETER MANNING, DAVID 368 00:12:48,033 --> 00:12:49,201 HAYNES, THEN DAVID S POINT 369 00:12:49,201 --> 00:12:57,510 WENDY,*6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, 370 00:12:57,510 --> 00:12:57,777 WELCOME. 371 00:12:57,777 --> 00:12:59,612 >> HI, I WENDY, THANK YOU SO 372 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:02,314 MUCH FOR LISTENING. COUNCIL 373 00:13:02,314 --> 00:13:03,315 MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 374 00:13:03,315 --> 00:13:04,884 TIME. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW 375 00:13:04,884 --> 00:13:05,584 THAT CHILDREN, RESIDENTS, AND 376 00:13:05,584 --> 00:13:06,552 MERCHANTS IN MADISON VALLEY ARE 377 00:13:06,552 --> 00:13:08,020 IN DANGER. THE LOW BARRIER 378 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:10,856 SHELTER THAT OPERATES AT [ 379 00:13:10,856 --> 00:13:11,924 INAUDIBLE ] RUN BY VIRGINIA 380 00:13:11,924 --> 00:13:13,125 MASON DOES NOT ADHERE TO ITS 381 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:14,393 GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS OR MANY 382 00:13:14,393 --> 00:13:21,200 CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. IT 383 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:22,334 OVERFLOWS AT EIGHT TIMES ITS 384 00:13:22,334 --> 00:13:23,068 AGREED-UPON CAPACITY. OVER THE 385 00:13:23,068 --> 00:13:24,270 PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN 386 00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:25,070 VIOLENT INCIDENTS THAT INVOLVE 387 00:13:25,070 --> 00:13:26,105 CHILDREN AND STUDENTS WAITING AT 388 00:13:26,105 --> 00:13:27,673 THE BUS STOP THAT IS IN FRONT OF 389 00:13:27,673 --> 00:13:29,375 VIRGINIA MASON [ INAUDIBLE ] 390 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:30,376 HOUSE. THIS IS WHERE UNTREATED 391 00:13:30,376 --> 00:13:35,080 RESIDENTS COME AND GO AT ALL 392 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:36,348 HOURS, OPENLY DROPPED, AND I OF 393 00:13:36,348 --> 00:13:37,283 OVERDOSE. OUR ADULT COMMUNITY 394 00:13:37,283 --> 00:13:38,517 MEMBERS HAVE BEEN MURDERED AND 395 00:13:38,517 --> 00:13:44,089 RAPED [ INAUDIBLE ]. VIRGINIA 396 00:13:44,089 --> 00:13:45,291 MASON HAS AT LEAST THREE 397 00:13:45,291 --> 00:13:45,991 LUCRATIVE CONTRACTS WITH THE 398 00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:49,195 CITY OF SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY 399 00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:51,030 AND ADDING TO MILLIONS OF 400 00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:52,031 DOLLARS IN ANNUAL FUNDING. CITY 401 00:13:52,031 --> 00:13:52,998 COUNCILMEMBERS, I AM PLEADING 402 00:13:52,998 --> 00:13:53,866 THAT YOU HOLD VIRGINIA MASON 403 00:13:53,866 --> 00:13:54,767 ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR GOOD 404 00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:55,768 NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS AND VARIOUS 405 00:13:55,768 --> 00:13:57,937 CONTRACTS REQUIREMENTS AT THE 406 00:13:57,937 --> 00:13:59,638 RISK OF LOSING THEIR FUNDING. 407 00:13:59,638 --> 00:14:03,509 PLEASE DEFUND VIRGINIA MASON AS 408 00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:04,443 A DO NOT COMPLY IMMEDIATELY, 409 00:14:04,443 --> 00:14:05,477 THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY 410 00:14:05,477 --> 00:14:06,245 COMMENTS. 411 00:14:06,245 --> 00:14:10,049 >> THANK YOU, WENDY. NEXT, WE 412 00:14:10,049 --> 00:14:10,950 HAVE PETER MANNING, FOLLOWED BY 413 00:14:10,950 --> 00:14:14,887 DAVID HAYNES, THEN DAVID S.*6 414 00:14:14,887 --> 00:14:18,524 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. PETER? 415 00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:24,964 >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 416 00:14:24,964 --> 00:14:26,332 >> WE CAN HEAR YOU, YES, SIR. 417 00:14:26,332 --> 00:14:27,700 >> HI, MY NAME IS PETER MANNING, 418 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:28,934 AND THE PRESIDENT OF [ INAUDIBLE 419 00:14:28,934 --> 00:14:30,569 ] . TWO ISSUES. I WOULD LIKE THE 420 00:14:30,569 --> 00:14:32,004 CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE INTO 421 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:35,040 CONSIDERATION THAT [ INAUDIBLE ] 422 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:39,879 THE CITY OF SEATTLE WAS 423 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:41,413 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMOVAL [ 424 00:14:41,413 --> 00:14:44,350 INAUDIBLE ] BACK IN 2015. WE 425 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:46,852 WOULD LIKE SOME HELP GETTING 426 00:14:46,852 --> 00:14:49,889 THOSE PEOPLE RE-ESTABLISHED IN 427 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:51,490 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WE 428 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:53,158 APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. MY 429 00:14:53,158 --> 00:14:56,228 SECOND THING I LIKE TO SAY, UM, 430 00:14:56,228 --> 00:14:58,330 A LARGE PORTION OF THE BLACK 431 00:14:58,330 --> 00:15:01,767 COMMUNITY [ INAUDIBLE ] . IT'S 432 00:15:01,767 --> 00:15:07,072 COME TO OUR KNOWLEDGE THAT [ 433 00:15:07,072 --> 00:15:10,676 INAUDIBLE ] OF BLACK PEOPLE. WE 434 00:15:10,676 --> 00:15:11,577 ARE CATCHING WIND THAT SHE 435 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:12,678 DOESN'T EVEN COMMUNICATE WITH 436 00:15:12,678 --> 00:15:16,382 BLACK STAFF MEMBERS IN CITY 437 00:15:16,382 --> 00:15:17,516 COUNCIL, SHE DOESN'T COMMUNICATE 438 00:15:17,516 --> 00:15:19,652 WITH BLACK STAFF MEMBERS IN HER 439 00:15:19,652 --> 00:15:21,520 SECURITY TEAM , OR DETAIL AROUND 440 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:26,258 THE BUILDING. SHE JUST DOESN'T 441 00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:27,459 ACKNOWLEDGE US AT ALL. IT JUST 442 00:15:27,459 --> 00:15:29,628 SEEMS LIKE THIS MIGHT BE THE 443 00:15:29,628 --> 00:15:31,931 ISSUE WITH US. I MEAN, WITH ME 444 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:33,299 AS A BLACK PERSON, AND I REACHED 445 00:15:33,299 --> 00:15:34,133 OUT TO THAT ADMINISTRATION 446 00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:35,701 SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT [ INAUDIBLE 447 00:15:35,701 --> 00:15:37,403 ]. I'M REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE 448 00:15:37,403 --> 00:15:40,205 THE CAMERAS ARE NOT UP WITH [ 449 00:15:40,205 --> 00:15:42,041 INAUDIBLE ] IN THE CENTRAL 450 00:15:42,041 --> 00:15:45,644 DISTRICT [ INAUDIBLE ] WHERE 451 00:15:45,644 --> 00:15:49,948 BLACK KIDS GO TO SCHOOL AT. THAT 452 00:15:49,948 --> 00:15:50,916 IS BEING OVERLOOKED, BUT THEY 453 00:15:50,916 --> 00:15:52,418 ARE ALLOWING CAMERAS TO BE PUT 454 00:15:52,418 --> 00:15:57,790 UP FOR FIFA AROUND WHERE 455 00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:58,691 PREDOMINANTLY WHITE PEOPLE WILL 456 00:15:58,691 --> 00:15:59,692 COME TO WATCH SPORTING EVENTS. 457 00:15:59,692 --> 00:16:01,560 THAT IS CONCERNING TO ME. THIS 458 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,096 IS ALL ONE SEATTLE. THIS IS 459 00:16:04,096 --> 00:16:05,664 EVERYBODY HERE, REGARDLESS OF 460 00:16:05,664 --> 00:16:06,498 COLOR DESERVES PROTECTION. 461 00:16:06,498 --> 00:16:11,904 PLEASE TALK TO YOUR MAYOR ABOUT 462 00:16:11,904 --> 00:16:13,305 SAFETY FOR OUR CHILDREN . 463 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:17,810 THAT'S ALL, AND THANK YOU. 464 00:16:17,810 --> 00:16:19,011 >> THANK YOU, PETER. NEXT, WE 465 00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:20,512 HAVE DAVID HAYNES, FOLLOWED BY 466 00:16:20,512 --> 00:16:24,883 DAVID S. I WILL MOVE BACK TO IN 467 00:16:24,883 --> 00:16:25,117 PERSON. 468 00:16:25,117 --> 00:16:28,187 >> THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES. [ 469 00:16:28,187 --> 00:16:28,821 INAUDIBLE ] SURVEILLANCE 470 00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:29,989 CAMERAS, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO 471 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:31,256 FIGURE OUT WHO SHOT THAT WOMAN. 472 00:16:31,256 --> 00:16:32,791 AND YOU CAN TELL THE CITY 473 00:16:32,791 --> 00:16:38,230 COUNCIL THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY 474 00:16:38,230 --> 00:16:39,365 DONE ENOUGH, SINCE THERE IS 475 00:16:39,365 --> 00:16:40,399 NOTHING ON THE AGENDA OF 476 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:41,266 SUBSTANCE, THAT YOU GUYS THINK 477 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:42,334 YOU'RE MESSAGING HAS BEEN ABLE 478 00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:43,569 [ INAUDIBLE ] INTO BELIEVING 479 00:16:43,569 --> 00:16:44,903 THAT THE CHIEF IS BEING HONEST 480 00:16:44,903 --> 00:16:47,806 ABOUT HOW MUCH SAFER IT IS WHEN 481 00:16:47,806 --> 00:16:48,974 HE'S JUST MANIPULATING THE 482 00:16:48,974 --> 00:16:51,710 CRIME HOT SPOTS. YOU KNOW, IT'S 483 00:16:51,710 --> 00:16:52,311 ENCOURAGING THAT THE 484 00:16:52,311 --> 00:16:53,145 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN CAN CAUSE 485 00:16:53,145 --> 00:16:55,014 BAD BEHAVIOR, WE SEE IT COMING 486 00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:58,317 OUT OF HOOKAH LOUNGES, TOXIC 487 00:16:58,317 --> 00:16:59,284 CHARCOAL AND HELP POISON. [ 488 00:16:59,284 --> 00:17:04,523 INAUDIBLE ] RUNDOWN, IF YOU TAKE 489 00:17:04,523 --> 00:17:06,125 A LOOK, A CLEAR EYED LOOK AT 490 00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:07,292 PIONEER SQUARE, YOU WILL REALIZE 491 00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:10,095 THAT ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE 492 00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:13,599 TORN DOWN AND REBUILT , 21st 493 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:14,600 CENTURY, FIRST WORLD [ INAUDIBLE 494 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,069 ]. BECAUSE -- AND WHEN YOU TAKE 495 00:17:17,069 --> 00:17:20,472 A HARD-CORE LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE 496 00:17:20,472 --> 00:17:24,610 EVIL, LOWLIFE PIECES OF CRAP 497 00:17:24,610 --> 00:17:25,711 THAT RUN THOSE BUSINESSES THAT 498 00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:27,112 OVER SERVE WITH THOSE EVIL AND 499 00:17:27,112 --> 00:17:29,948 PREDATORY BARTENDERS, TO HAVE 500 00:17:29,948 --> 00:17:30,549 THIS WICKED, SADISTIC 501 00:17:30,549 --> 00:17:31,350 NIGHTCLUBS, JUST OVER SERVE 502 00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:32,518 EVERYBODY, AND THEN SPILL ALL 503 00:17:32,518 --> 00:17:35,421 THESE PEOPLE INTO THE STREETS, 504 00:17:35,421 --> 00:17:36,922 LEFT VULNERABLE TO THE PREDATORS 505 00:17:36,922 --> 00:17:38,857 WHO ARE HANGING AROUND THE 506 00:17:38,857 --> 00:17:40,559 CORNER, GET WHEN YOU CALL THE 507 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:42,694 COPS, THEY TELL YOU YOU'VE GOT 508 00:17:42,694 --> 00:17:47,699 TO KEEP CALLING BECAUSE THEY 509 00:17:47,699 --> 00:17:48,434 DON'T SET THEIR RESOURCES 510 00:17:48,434 --> 00:17:49,501 PROPER OTHERWISE, BUT IT TURNS 511 00:17:49,501 --> 00:17:50,869 OUT THE COPS ARE TOO AFRAID TO 512 00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:52,404 BE IN PIONEER SQUARE. AND IF YOU 513 00:17:52,404 --> 00:17:55,407 CALL, THEY MAKE YOU GO UP, THEY 514 00:17:55,407 --> 00:17:59,478 PUT A TARGET ON YOUR BACK , 515 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:00,579 ENDANGER YOU, WHILE THEY ARE 516 00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:01,280 STILL PROTECTING THEMSELVES OR 517 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:07,386 EVEN MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT [ 518 00:18:07,386 --> 00:18:08,287 INAUDIBLE ] ALL THE EVIL 519 00:18:08,287 --> 00:18:09,555 CRIMINALS THAT TAKE OVER PIONEER 520 00:18:09,555 --> 00:18:10,222 SQUARE, EVERY FREAKING FLYING 521 00:18:10,222 --> 00:18:13,092 NIGHT. I SWEAR TO TASTE, 522 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,126 PIONEER SQUARE IS THE FIRST 523 00:18:14,126 --> 00:18:15,561 PLACE TO LIVE IN AMERICA FOR ME. 524 00:18:15,561 --> 00:18:16,995 IT IS THE WORST PLACE I HAVE 525 00:18:16,995 --> 00:18:18,630 EVER LIVED, AND IT IS TRULY A 526 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:24,703 SLUM FROM HELL THAT HAS ALL 527 00:18:24,703 --> 00:18:25,571 THESE WATERED DOWN BUILDING CODE 528 00:18:25,571 --> 00:18:30,108 VIOLATIONS, [ INAUDIBLE ] . 529 00:18:30,108 --> 00:18:31,343 >> THANK YOU, DAVID. NEXT, WE 530 00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:33,345 HAVE DAVID S. DAVID S, YOU PRESS 531 00:18:33,345 --> 00:18:39,284 *6 TO PRESENT -- TO UNMUTE 532 00:18:39,284 --> 00:18:40,652 YOURSELF, THEN WE WILL GO BACK 533 00:18:40,652 --> 00:18:41,887 TO IN PERSON. 534 00:18:41,887 --> 00:18:43,755 >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 535 00:18:43,755 --> 00:18:44,123 >> YES. 536 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:50,462 >> OKAY, MY NAME IS DAVID, I'M 537 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:51,964 CALLING IN ABOUT AN EVENT I 538 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:52,931 ATTENDED YESTERDAY, IT WAS AT [ 539 00:18:52,931 --> 00:18:54,333 INAUDIBLE ] HALL. [ INAUDIBLE ] 540 00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:57,603 PUT ON AN EVENT. I WAS REALLY 541 00:18:57,603 --> 00:18:58,604 CONCERNED ABOUT THIS EVENT [ 542 00:18:58,604 --> 00:19:00,038 INAUDIBLE ] BECAUSE [ INAUDIBLE 543 00:19:00,038 --> 00:19:03,642 ] POSTED THE LOCATION OF THIS IN 544 00:19:03,642 --> 00:19:10,215 WHICH THERE WERE PEOPLE 545 00:19:10,215 --> 00:19:10,949 RESPONDING, THREATENING MOLOTOV 546 00:19:10,949 --> 00:19:11,850 COCKTAILS, VIOLENCE, AS WELL AS 547 00:19:11,850 --> 00:19:12,918 PEOPLE POSTING ANTI-SEMITIC 548 00:19:12,918 --> 00:19:16,522 CARICATURES OF JEWS RULING THE 549 00:19:16,522 --> 00:19:19,525 WORLD. [ INAUDIBLE ] THEY CALLED 550 00:19:19,525 --> 00:19:25,664 MY FRIENDS A DIRTY JEW. [ 551 00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:26,598 INAUDIBLE ] JEWISH RESIDENTS, 552 00:19:26,598 --> 00:19:27,399 THEY INTIMIDATED CHILDREN. THIS 553 00:19:27,399 --> 00:19:30,636 WAS OUT OF PLACE THAT WAS A 554 00:19:30,636 --> 00:19:32,104 TOWN HALL, AND THIS WAS A PLACE 555 00:19:32,104 --> 00:19:34,273 WHERE [ INAUDIBLE ]. MANY 556 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:35,340 DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT ARE 557 00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:40,245 PRESENTED THERE. A PRO ISRAEL 558 00:19:40,245 --> 00:19:41,580 THING NEXT WEEK, THERE IS AN 559 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:43,782 ANTI-ISRAEL THING. BUT PEOPLE 560 00:19:43,782 --> 00:19:44,850 SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HARASS 561 00:19:44,850 --> 00:19:48,420 RESIDENTS, BLOCK [ INAUDIBLE ]. 562 00:19:48,420 --> 00:19:50,656 AND THEY THINK THEY CAN GET AWAY 563 00:19:50,656 --> 00:19:51,590 WITH THIS, BECAUSE THEY CAN. 564 00:19:51,590 --> 00:19:55,761 THIS IS THE RESULT OF A POLICY 565 00:19:55,761 --> 00:20:05,270 OF TRYING TO LET [ INAUDIBLE ] 566 00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:06,772 THAT WILL NEVER LET THE COUNCIL 567 00:20:06,772 --> 00:20:07,639 DO THEIR JOB. YES, I'M ALSO 568 00:20:07,639 --> 00:20:08,640 TALKING ABOUT HOUSE MEMBER 569 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:09,942 ACROSS AND [ INAUDIBLE ] , WHO 570 00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:10,943 LED THE CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION A 571 00:20:10,943 --> 00:20:12,377 COUPLE YEARS AGO TO GO THROUGH. 572 00:20:12,377 --> 00:20:16,014 EVEN [ INAUDIBLE ]. WE DESERVE 573 00:20:16,014 --> 00:20:17,015 PEACE AS SEATTLEITES. [ 574 00:20:17,015 --> 00:20:21,587 INAUDIBLE ] . THE ANTI-SEMITISM 575 00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:22,955 SHOULD NEVER BE ACCEPTED. THANK 576 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:23,722 YOU. 577 00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:28,060 >> THANK YOU, DAVID. WE ARE 578 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:29,228 GOING TO GO BACK TO IN PERSON 579 00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:30,862 COMMENTS, WE HAVE HOWARD DALE, 580 00:20:30,862 --> 00:20:32,097 FOLLOWED BY [ INAUDIBLE ], AND 581 00:20:32,097 --> 00:20:33,465 THEN NATHAN WALL. IS HOWARD DALE 582 00:20:33,465 --> 00:20:36,501 HERE? THERE HE IS. HELLO, MR. 583 00:20:36,501 --> 00:20:39,404 GILL. 584 00:20:39,404 --> 00:20:42,274 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. OVER THE NEXT 585 00:20:42,274 --> 00:20:48,247 FOUR WEEKS, WILL OCCUR THE 586 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:48,880 ANNIVERSARIES OF THREE 587 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:49,615 COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY KILLINGS 588 00:20:49,615 --> 00:20:50,749 BY SEATTLE POLICE OF AFRICAN 589 00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:54,686 AMERICANS WHO WERE IN SEVERE 590 00:20:54,686 --> 00:20:55,854 CRISIS, HOLDING A KNIFE OR NO 591 00:20:55,854 --> 00:20:57,022 WEAPON IN THEIR HANDS, THEN SHOT 592 00:20:57,022 --> 00:21:02,127 TO DEATH BY SEATTLE POLICE. [ 593 00:21:02,127 --> 00:21:03,328 INAUDIBLE ] KILLED SIX YEARS AGO 594 00:21:03,328 --> 00:21:04,796 WITH NO WEAPON WHILE HOLDING HIS 595 00:21:04,796 --> 00:21:05,597 INFANT SON. TERRY, KILLED SIX 596 00:21:05,597 --> 00:21:06,598 YEARS AGO, JUST DAYS BEFORE 597 00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:07,833 GEORGE FLOYD, WHILE [ INAUDIBLE 598 00:21:07,833 --> 00:21:08,867 ] AFTER BEING NEEDLESSLY CHASED 599 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:09,901 BY MULTIPLE OFFICERS AND A 600 00:21:09,901 --> 00:21:11,136 CANINE. GROSSLY VIOLATING ALL 601 00:21:11,136 --> 00:21:13,939 SPD DE-ESCALATION POLICIES. AND 602 00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:15,207 RYAN SMITH, KILLED SEVEN YEARS 603 00:21:15,207 --> 00:21:18,644 AGO, JUST SECONDS AFTER FOUR 604 00:21:18,644 --> 00:21:20,045 POLICE OFFICERS BROKE DOWN HIS 605 00:21:20,045 --> 00:21:21,780 APARTMENT DOOR. I NOTED THESE 606 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:22,514 CASES BECAUSE OUR CURRENT 607 00:21:22,514 --> 00:21:23,882 ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WORKS TO 608 00:21:23,882 --> 00:21:29,655 MAKE US FORGET THEM BY LABELING 609 00:21:29,655 --> 00:21:30,622 THESE KILLINGS LAWFUL AND 610 00:21:30,622 --> 00:21:31,523 PROPER, AND BECAUSE THESE AND 611 00:21:31,523 --> 00:21:32,524 OTHER SUCH KILLINGS WILL BE 612 00:21:32,524 --> 00:21:33,725 SUBJECTED TO A KING COUNTY [ 613 00:21:33,725 --> 00:21:34,926 INAUDIBLE ] OVER THE NEXT FEW 614 00:21:34,926 --> 00:21:36,561 MONTHS. IN THE CASE OF SEAN ON 615 00:21:36,561 --> 00:21:39,231 JUNE 15th. I AM CONFIDENT THAT [ 616 00:21:39,231 --> 00:21:40,766 INAUDIBLE ] JURIES WILL FIND IN 617 00:21:40,766 --> 00:21:41,867 THESE CASES AS THEY FOUND IN THE 618 00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:43,235 CASE OF ISAIAH , ALSO KILLED BY 619 00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:44,703 SPD LAST YEAR, THE SPD OFFICERS 620 00:21:44,703 --> 00:21:51,843 ACTUALLY ACTED CRIMINALLY. THIS 621 00:21:51,843 --> 00:21:52,911 COUNCIL HAS EVEN THE SLIGHTEST 622 00:21:52,911 --> 00:21:53,812 CURIOSITY HOW OUR ACCOUNTABILITY 623 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:54,913 SYSTEM IS WORKING OR NOT WORKING 624 00:21:54,913 --> 00:21:56,348 AND CONTINUES TO IGNORE THE CITY 625 00:21:56,348 --> 00:22:01,453 RECOMMENDATION FROM NINE YEARS 626 00:22:01,453 --> 00:22:02,587 AGO FOR TRULY INDEPENDENT [ 627 00:22:02,587 --> 00:22:03,455 INAUDIBLE ], I WOULD SUGGEST 628 00:22:03,455 --> 00:22:04,423 ATTENDING THESE UPCOMING 629 00:22:04,423 --> 00:22:07,125 INQUESTS. FINALLY, I DO WANT TO 630 00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:08,160 POINT OUT, IN ALL THESE 631 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,461 KILLINGS, WHAT IS COMMON IS THEY 632 00:22:09,461 --> 00:22:10,562 ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND MENTAL 633 00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:11,630 HEALTH CRISIS, THEY HAVE NO 634 00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:14,066 WEAPON OR A KNIFE. IN 1978, 635 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:15,067 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A 636 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:15,867 LAW PREVENTING POLICE FROM 637 00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:17,302 SHOOTING AT ANY FLEEING SUSPECT. 638 00:22:17,302 --> 00:22:22,741 THAT WAS COMMON PRACTICE . IN 639 00:22:22,741 --> 00:22:23,642 THE '60s AND '70s, NUMEROUS 640 00:22:23,642 --> 00:22:25,444 PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY KILLED FROM 641 00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:27,145 RUNNING AWAY FROM TRIVIAL 642 00:22:27,145 --> 00:22:30,615 OFFENSES. SEATTLE PASSED THAT 643 00:22:30,615 --> 00:22:32,384 WALL SEVEN YEARS BEFORE THE 644 00:22:32,384 --> 00:22:33,585 SUPREME COURT FULLY OUTLAWED THE 645 00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:39,691 PRACTICE IN TENNESSEE [ 646 00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:40,625 INAUDIBLE ]. WE HAVE DONE IT 647 00:22:40,625 --> 00:22:41,993 BEFORE. WE NEED TO DO WHAT IS 648 00:22:41,993 --> 00:22:43,228 DONE IN JAPAN, WALES, ENGLAND, 649 00:22:43,228 --> 00:22:44,529 SCOTLAND, WE NEED TO STOP KILL 650 00:22:44,529 --> 00:22:50,135 -- 651 00:22:50,135 --> 00:22:55,273 >> THANK YOU, MR. GILL. NEXT, WE 652 00:22:55,273 --> 00:22:56,274 HAVE MISSED EITHER THAT, 653 00:22:56,274 --> 00:22:57,109 FOLLOWED BY NATHAN WALL. 654 00:22:57,109 --> 00:23:01,446 WELCOME. 655 00:23:01,446 --> 00:23:02,748 >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE 656 00:23:02,748 --> 00:23:04,716 FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF 657 00:23:04,716 --> 00:23:07,052 AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR 658 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:08,386 WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, 659 00:23:08,386 --> 00:23:11,456 UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH 660 00:23:11,456 --> 00:23:14,259 LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 661 00:23:14,259 --> 00:23:16,928 THERE WAS A RECENT ARTICLE AT 662 00:23:16,928 --> 00:23:23,402 THE SEATTLE TIMES ABOUT WHY 663 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:24,302 HOUSING FIRST ISN'T THE ANSWER 664 00:23:24,302 --> 00:23:25,003 TO THE SEATTLE HOMELESSNESS 665 00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:26,304 CRISIS. IT IS WELL-WRITTEN AND 666 00:23:26,304 --> 00:23:27,372 THE LAST PARAGRAPH. [ INAUDIBLE 667 00:23:27,372 --> 00:23:31,443 ] AND ALSO, THERE WAS AN 668 00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:35,480 EDITORIAL. THERE WAS AN 669 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:36,715 EDITORIAL IN THE TIMES ABOUT 670 00:23:36,715 --> 00:23:42,788 MAYOR WILSON'S UNVEIL FROM 671 00:23:42,788 --> 00:23:43,388 HOMELESSNESS PLAN, BUT THE 672 00:23:43,388 --> 00:23:44,055 QUESTIONS REMAIN. MY CONCERN WAS 673 00:23:44,055 --> 00:23:45,590 THAT HER PLEDGE TO BUILD 500 674 00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:52,030 UNITS BY JUNE WITH $17.5 MILLION 675 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:53,331 IN EXISTING FUNDS, WE ARE 676 00:23:53,331 --> 00:23:55,133 TALKING $35,000 PER UNIT TO ME, 677 00:23:55,133 --> 00:23:58,637 [ INAUDIBLE ]. SOLUTIONS THAT 678 00:23:58,637 --> 00:24:00,005 ARE A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE LIKE [ 679 00:24:00,005 --> 00:24:01,173 INAUDIBLE ]. MANUFACTURED 680 00:24:01,173 --> 00:24:11,416 HOUSING, AND [ INAUDIBLE ]. SO, 681 00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:12,884 NEXT TIME I COME AND SPEAK, I 682 00:24:12,884 --> 00:24:13,952 WILL HAVE SOME MORE CONCRETE 683 00:24:13,952 --> 00:24:14,886 SOLUTIONS, BUT AGAIN, $35,000 IS 684 00:24:14,886 --> 00:24:16,621 AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY TO BE 685 00:24:16,621 --> 00:24:16,888 SPENDING. 686 00:24:16,888 --> 00:24:18,223 >> THANKS, MR. E THAT. NEXT, 687 00:24:18,223 --> 00:24:20,158 HAVE NATHAN WALL, FOLLOWED BY -- 688 00:24:20,158 --> 00:24:21,660 BENNETT, DID YOU SIGN UP, TOO, 689 00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:24,129 AS WELL? OKAY, AWESOME. FOLLOWED 690 00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:24,996 BY YOU, BENNETT. 691 00:24:24,996 --> 00:24:28,333 >> OKAY, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 692 00:24:28,333 --> 00:24:29,935 THE SOUND TRANSIT EXPANSION TO 693 00:24:29,935 --> 00:24:30,769 THE WEST SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD 694 00:24:30,769 --> 00:24:32,003 AND TO THE BALLARD NEIGHBORHOOD. 695 00:24:32,003 --> 00:24:34,573 SO, I WORK IN WEST SEATTLE. 696 00:24:34,573 --> 00:24:36,474 IT'S VERY HARD TO GET FROM 697 00:24:36,474 --> 00:24:38,310 DISTRICT 22 DISTRICT 1. I'M SURE 698 00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:40,312 I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT 699 00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:41,713 HAS EVER EXPERIENCED THAT. [ 700 00:24:41,713 --> 00:24:45,717 INAUDIBLE ] SO, I WAS CONCERNED 701 00:24:45,717 --> 00:24:46,651 THAT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, 702 00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:48,386 SOMEBODY CAME TO A COUNCIL 703 00:24:48,386 --> 00:24:51,022 MEETING AND STATED THAT SOUND 704 00:24:51,022 --> 00:24:51,857 TRANSIT EXPANSION TO WEST 705 00:24:51,857 --> 00:24:53,391 SEATTLE WAS GOING TO DESTROY 706 00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:54,526 THEIR BUSINESS, AND THAT THEY 707 00:24:54,526 --> 00:24:55,660 FELT THAT THE COUNCIL WAS JUST 708 00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:56,461 PUSHING IT THROUGH WITHOUT 709 00:24:56,461 --> 00:24:59,831 ASKING THEM. THE THING IS, AND I 710 00:24:59,831 --> 00:25:02,267 HATE -- I HATE TO TALK DOWN ON 711 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:09,674 THIS PERSON 'S CONCERNS, BUT WE 712 00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:10,809 DID VOTE ON THIS SEVERAL TIMES. 713 00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:12,477 THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF ARE WE 714 00:25:12,477 --> 00:25:15,113 GOING TO DO THIS OR NOT, THAT 715 00:25:15,113 --> 00:25:16,348 CANNOT BE THE QUESTION THAT WE 716 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:17,749 ASK. THE QUESTION HAS TO BE HOW 717 00:25:17,749 --> 00:25:19,751 DO WE DO THIS, IT IS AN 718 00:25:19,751 --> 00:25:20,418 OBLIGATION. AND AS COUNCILMEMBER 719 00:25:20,418 --> 00:25:22,487 SAKA SAID, WE HAVE TO DO THIS. 720 00:25:22,487 --> 00:25:23,488 ABANDONING THIS IS NOT AN 721 00:25:23,488 --> 00:25:24,990 OPTION. SOUND TRANSIT EXPANSION 722 00:25:24,990 --> 00:25:26,625 WILL BE DISRUPTIVE, THAT IS JUST 723 00:25:26,625 --> 00:25:28,326 A FACT OF LIFE, BUT SOMETIMES 724 00:25:28,326 --> 00:25:32,030 IT'S IMPORTANT. THIS IS AN 725 00:25:32,030 --> 00:25:35,133 IMPORTANT CLIMATE GOAL. THIS 726 00:25:35,133 --> 00:25:36,501 WILL HELP US MEET OUR CLIMATE 727 00:25:36,501 --> 00:25:38,303 NEEDS, AND WE CAN'T ALLOW 728 00:25:38,303 --> 00:25:44,876 SPECIAL INTERESTS TO SLOW THIS 729 00:25:44,876 --> 00:25:46,278 PROCESS DOWN, SO I AM HERE TODAY 730 00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:47,512 TO SAY THAT WE NEED SOUND 731 00:25:47,512 --> 00:25:48,713 TRANSIT 3 TO BE FULLY 732 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:50,382 IMPLEMENTED IN WEST SEATTLE TO 733 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:51,549 BALLARD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE 734 00:25:51,549 --> 00:25:52,817 SEATTLE TRANSIT [ INAUDIBLE ]. 735 00:25:52,817 --> 00:25:55,287 I'M URGING THE CITY COUNCIL TO 736 00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:56,721 WORK WITH THE COUNTY, THE STATE, 737 00:25:56,721 --> 00:25:58,356 IN EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN THE 738 00:25:58,356 --> 00:26:04,930 REGION TO SEE THAT THIS PROJECT 739 00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:06,765 IS REALIZED, BECAUSE THIS IS 740 00:26:06,765 --> 00:26:07,899 SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO. THE 741 00:26:07,899 --> 00:26:09,200 VOTERS SAID YES THREE TIMES, SO 742 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:09,668 THANK YOU. 743 00:26:09,668 --> 00:26:11,136 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. NATHAN. 744 00:26:11,136 --> 00:26:13,271 NEXT, WE HAVE [ INAUDIBLE ], 745 00:26:13,271 --> 00:26:14,839 FOLLOWED BY JOCELYN. WELCOME, 746 00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:19,511 BENNETT. 747 00:26:19,511 --> 00:26:21,146 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, I 748 00:26:21,146 --> 00:26:25,350 ACTUALLY JUST SIGNED UP AT THE 749 00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:26,551 LAST MINUTE NOW BECAUSE I WANTED 750 00:26:26,551 --> 00:26:27,953 TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE THINGS 751 00:26:27,953 --> 00:26:29,321 THAT ONE OF THE CALLERS SAID 752 00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:30,355 ABOUT THE PROTEST OUTSIDE TOWN 753 00:26:30,355 --> 00:26:31,856 HALL TWO DAYS AGO. AN EVENT THAT 754 00:26:31,856 --> 00:26:33,024 IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT 755 00:26:33,024 --> 00:26:34,259 FROM THE COLLAR, YOU MAY HAVE 756 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:35,727 HEARD ABOUT IT ALREADY, FORMER 757 00:26:35,727 --> 00:26:37,963 IDF SOLDIERS GIVING A TALK TO 758 00:26:37,963 --> 00:26:39,331 THE PEOPLE [ INAUDIBLE ] 759 00:26:39,331 --> 00:26:43,935 GATHERED OUTSIDE. I SAY THIS AS 760 00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:45,170 SOMEBODY WHO IS SORT OF UNBIASED 761 00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:46,338 BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN CALLING OUT 762 00:26:46,338 --> 00:26:47,339 BOTH SIDES A LOT. OBVIOUSLY, 763 00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:48,907 APPALLED BY ISRAEL'S ACTIONS IN 764 00:26:48,907 --> 00:26:53,278 GAZA, BUT TUESDAY NIGHT -- 765 00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:54,279 SUNDAY NIGHT, THE CROWD STARTED 766 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:55,847 CHANTING DEATH TO THE IDF. I 767 00:26:55,847 --> 00:26:57,716 STARTED SAYING NO, SHUT UP, 768 00:26:57,716 --> 00:27:06,891 DON'T DO THAT. OR YOU KNOW, NEW 769 00:27:06,891 --> 00:27:08,159 TEL AVIV. I WAS LIKE NO, NO 770 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:08,960 GENOCIDE, GUYS, NO CIVILIANS, 771 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,428 NOTHING. COMING AT IT AS SORT OF 772 00:27:10,428 --> 00:27:11,229 A REASONABLY BIASED THIRD-PARTY 773 00:27:11,229 --> 00:27:12,464 THAT CALLS OUT BESIDES, I WILL 774 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:13,465 SAY THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF 775 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:14,833 THE EVENT WAS FOCUSED ON ACTIONS 776 00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:16,968 OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN GAZA. 777 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:22,574 NOT ANTI-SEMITISM. AND THE FACT 778 00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:24,042 IS THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT WHEN 779 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:25,710 THEY DID VEER INTO THE MORE 780 00:27:25,710 --> 00:27:27,579 OFFENSIVE STUFF, YOU KNOW, IT IS 781 00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:29,014 A BAD ACTOR IN THE CROWD STARTS 782 00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:30,081 SOMETHING AND THREE PEOPLE JOIN 783 00:27:30,081 --> 00:27:31,282 IN AND YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL, 784 00:27:31,282 --> 00:27:32,784 IS THIS THE WHOLE CROWD OR JUST 785 00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:33,918 ONE GUY AND HIS FRIENDS, GETTING 786 00:27:33,918 --> 00:27:35,286 HIS FRIENDS RILED UP. THAT IS 787 00:27:35,286 --> 00:27:36,321 STILL PROTECTED BY THE FIRST 788 00:27:36,321 --> 00:27:40,725 AMENDMENT. UNLESS IT IS 789 00:27:40,725 --> 00:27:41,393 INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE AGAINST A 790 00:27:41,393 --> 00:27:45,130 SPECIFIC PERSON IN THAT MOMENT, 791 00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:47,632 IT'S NOTHING REALLY THAT THE 792 00:27:47,632 --> 00:27:48,333 POLICE CAN OR SHOULD DO OR THE 793 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:50,101 CITY COUNCIL CAN OR SHOULD DO 794 00:27:50,101 --> 00:27:52,303 THERE, AND THERE WERE PEOPLE, 795 00:27:52,303 --> 00:27:53,138 ATTENDEES, THAT THEY EITHER 796 00:27:53,138 --> 00:27:54,506 ARRIVED AT THE EVENT OR LEFT THE 797 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:55,507 EVENT, AND PEOPLE WOULD GATHER 798 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:56,574 AROUND THEM AND SOMETIMES SHOUT 799 00:27:56,574 --> 00:27:57,942 AND CHANT, BUT I WAS WEARING A 800 00:27:57,942 --> 00:27:59,177 GO GO THE WHOLE TIME, NOBODY 801 00:27:59,177 --> 00:28:01,413 LAID A HAND ON THEM. THERE WAS 802 00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:02,514 ACTUALLY FAR MORE VIOLENCE 803 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:05,216 COMMITTED BY SPD AGAINST 804 00:28:05,216 --> 00:28:10,822 PROTESTERS OUTSIDE. AS THE EVENT 805 00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:12,323 WAS WRAPPING UP, THEY FORMED A 806 00:28:12,323 --> 00:28:12,957 LINE AND STARTED SHOVING 807 00:28:12,957 --> 00:28:13,892 EVERYBODY BACK. NOT EVERY 808 00:28:13,892 --> 00:28:15,427 OFFICER, BUT IT'S OFTEN THE 809 00:28:15,427 --> 00:28:16,861 CASE THAT YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF 810 00:28:16,861 --> 00:28:17,896 BAD ACTORS THAT WERE CLEARLY 811 00:28:17,896 --> 00:28:20,932 USING IT AS A PRETEXT TO SHOVE 812 00:28:20,932 --> 00:28:21,766 PEOPLE AND GET IN PEOPLE'S 813 00:28:21,766 --> 00:28:23,168 FACES. IT IS NOT THE CASE WHERE 814 00:28:23,168 --> 00:28:24,202 OFFICERS DIDN'T CALL THEM OUT. 815 00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:25,637 HE WILL DO NOT DESERVE TO BE 816 00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:27,105 TREATED THAT WAY. THANK YOU. 817 00:28:27,105 --> 00:28:28,573 >> THANK YOU, BENNETT. NEXT, WE 818 00:28:28,573 --> 00:28:31,910 HAVE JOCELYN, THANK YOU. ANY 819 00:28:31,910 --> 00:28:38,483 MIC, ANY ONE YOU WANT. 820 00:28:38,483 --> 00:28:39,951 >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, 821 00:28:39,951 --> 00:28:40,919 COUNCIL, MY NAME IS DAWSON AND I 822 00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:42,153 SERVE AS THE CHIEF EVENT OFFICER 823 00:28:42,153 --> 00:28:43,421 IN THE URBAN LEAGUE OF 824 00:28:43,421 --> 00:28:44,222 METROPOLITAN SEATTLE. I WANT TO 825 00:28:44,222 --> 00:28:45,256 BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY SINCERE 826 00:28:45,256 --> 00:28:46,424 GRATITUDE TO THE SEATTLE CITY 827 00:28:46,424 --> 00:28:48,259 COUNCIL. IN PARTICULAR TO 828 00:28:48,259 --> 00:28:52,564 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, WHO ARE 829 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:53,398 CHAMPIONING A RECOGNITION ON 830 00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:55,033 BEHALF OF OUR PASTOR, ROBERT [ 831 00:28:55,033 --> 00:29:01,005 INAUDIBLE ]. WHATEVER I HAVE 832 00:29:01,005 --> 00:29:01,773 BUILT, WHATEVER I HAVE 833 00:29:01,773 --> 00:29:02,574 CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COMMUNITY 834 00:29:02,574 --> 00:29:03,875 HAS BEEN SHAPED WHAT I HAVE 835 00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:07,145 LEARNED IN HIS CONGREGATION. HE 836 00:29:07,145 --> 00:29:08,480 TAUGHT ME WHAT IT MEANS TO LEAD 837 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:09,481 WITH PURPOSE, TO SERVE WITH 838 00:29:09,481 --> 00:29:13,384 FAMILY IN MIND. AND TO STAY WHEN 839 00:29:13,384 --> 00:29:14,752 STAYING IS HARD. THOUSANDS OF US 840 00:29:14,752 --> 00:29:20,158 CARRY THAT FORMATION EVERY DAY. 841 00:29:20,158 --> 00:29:21,392 IN A COMMUNITY LIKE THE CENTRAL 842 00:29:21,392 --> 00:29:22,260 DISTRICT, WHERE GENERATIONS OF 843 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:23,228 BLACK FAMILIES HAVE WATCHED THIS 844 00:29:23,228 --> 00:29:24,429 NEIGHBORHOOD SHIFT AROUND THEM, 845 00:29:24,429 --> 00:29:31,536 DR. MANAWAY REMAINED A CONSTANT. 846 00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:33,605 HIS NAME WAS NEVER ENOUGH FOR 847 00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:34,639 HIM, HE ACTED. HE PROVIDED 848 00:29:34,639 --> 00:29:36,040 GROUNDBREAKING SUPPORT TO YOUNG 849 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,009 MOTHERS, FAMILIES AND MEN WHO 850 00:29:38,009 --> 00:29:39,077 NEEDED SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN 851 00:29:39,077 --> 00:29:40,411 THEM. HE ERECTED TRANSITIONAL 852 00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:43,414 HOUSING PROGRAMS. HE MET THIS 853 00:29:43,414 --> 00:29:44,415 COMMUNITY WHERE IT WAS AND 854 00:29:44,415 --> 00:29:45,683 LIFTED IT TO WHERE IT DESERVES 855 00:29:45,683 --> 00:29:47,051 TO BE. THIS MINISTRY HAS NEVER 856 00:29:47,051 --> 00:29:48,787 BEEN ABOUT A PLATFORM. IT HAS 857 00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:56,227 BEEN ABOUT A PEOPLE. BLACK 858 00:29:56,227 --> 00:29:56,995 COMMUNITY OF THE CENTRAL 859 00:29:56,995 --> 00:29:57,629 DISTRICT WHOSE STORIES AND 860 00:29:57,629 --> 00:29:58,496 STRUGGLES ARE WOVEN INTO EVERY 861 00:29:58,496 --> 00:30:00,465 ONE OF HIS 40 YEARS OF SERVICE, 862 00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:02,267 INCLUDING MY OWN. DR. ROBERT 863 00:30:02,267 --> 00:30:03,668 MANAWAY DID NOT TRUST [ 864 00:30:03,668 --> 00:30:06,404 INAUDIBLE ] CHURCH. HE BUILT A 865 00:30:06,404 --> 00:30:07,705 LEGACY INTO THE SOIL OF THIS 866 00:30:07,705 --> 00:30:08,807 COMMUNITY, SO IT IS ONLY RIGHT 867 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:10,175 THAT THIS GROUND NOW BEARS HIS 868 00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:12,610 NAME. WELCOME TO "DR. RL 869 00:30:12,610 --> 00:30:15,580 MANAWAY, SR. WAY". THANK YOU. 870 00:30:15,580 --> 00:30:17,182 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, JOCELYN, 871 00:30:17,182 --> 00:30:21,686 FOR THAT . DO WE HAVE ANY MORE 872 00:30:21,686 --> 00:30:22,453 PUBLIC COMMENT? AWESOME. I'M 873 00:30:22,453 --> 00:30:23,855 GOING TO SCAN THE AUDIENCE TO 874 00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:26,558 PICK, ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC 875 00:30:26,558 --> 00:30:27,559 COMMENTERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO 876 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:29,294 SIGN UP BEFORE WE CLOSE IT? 877 00:30:29,294 --> 00:30:32,263 GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, SOLD TO 878 00:30:32,263 --> 00:30:37,602 THE GRAVE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU 879 00:30:37,602 --> 00:30:39,070 ALL TO COMING TO PUBLIC COMMENT 880 00:30:39,070 --> 00:30:40,405 PERIOD, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 881 00:30:40,405 --> 00:30:43,575 ENGAGEMENT. THE CHOCOLATIER, 882 00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:45,043 WHEN YOU CAME, THE FIRST THING I 883 00:30:45,043 --> 00:30:46,311 THOUGHT IS WHAT IS AN 884 00:30:46,311 --> 00:30:47,212 ASTRONAUT'S FAVORITE CANDY BAR? 885 00:30:47,212 --> 00:30:51,883 MILKY WAY. SO, I JUST -- OKAY. 886 00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:53,318 COME ON, I THOUGHT THAT WAS -- 887 00:30:53,318 --> 00:30:55,153 SORRY, I JUST -- ALL RIGHT. 888 00:30:55,153 --> 00:31:04,329 MOVING ON, IT WAS A DAD JOKE. 889 00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:05,830 THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THE 890 00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:06,965 PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE GET NOT 891 00:31:06,965 --> 00:31:07,966 JUST ONLINE, TOO, BUT JUST 892 00:31:07,966 --> 00:31:09,067 EMAILS AND EVERYWHERE, THANK YOU 893 00:31:09,067 --> 00:31:10,201 ALL, THANK YOU ALL, THANK YOU 894 00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:11,603 ALL FOR COMING DOWN AND ENGAGING 895 00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:13,071 WITH US. SO, NOW WE ARE GOING TO 896 00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:14,305 MOVE INTO OUR AGENDA, SO HEARING 897 00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:16,107 ON, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO ADOPT 898 00:31:16,107 --> 00:31:16,574 THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 899 00:31:16,574 --> 00:31:17,342 >> POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE 900 00:31:17,342 --> 00:31:19,344 IF I MAY. I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY 901 00:31:19,344 --> 00:31:23,047 ADDRESS SOMETHING. I THINK OUR 902 00:31:23,047 --> 00:31:30,321 JOB HERE IS TO SIT AND LISTEN TO 903 00:31:30,321 --> 00:31:31,456 THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HEAR 904 00:31:31,456 --> 00:31:32,924 OF ALL TYPES AND OF ALL SORTS, 905 00:31:32,924 --> 00:31:34,292 BUT I DO WANT TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS 906 00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:35,193 SOMETHING THAT I HEARD, 907 00:31:35,193 --> 00:31:39,063 DISPARAGING A SPECIFIC HISTORIC 908 00:31:39,063 --> 00:31:39,831 NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY COUNCIL 909 00:31:39,831 --> 00:31:42,200 DISTRICT, PIONEER SQUARE. AND AS 910 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,501 THE COUNCILMEMBER WHO PROBABLY 911 00:31:43,501 --> 00:31:45,403 REPRESENTS PIONEER SQUARE, I 912 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:46,671 WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO MY 913 00:31:46,671 --> 00:31:51,809 CONSTITUENTS OR ALLIES OR 914 00:31:51,809 --> 00:31:52,977 VISITORS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO 915 00:31:52,977 --> 00:31:58,616 KNOW THAT IT IS NOT ISLAM. WHO 916 00:31:58,616 --> 00:31:59,884 KNOW THAT IT IS NOT UNSAFE AND 917 00:31:59,884 --> 00:32:02,120 NOT ON DANGEROUS INHERENTLY. AND 918 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,023 I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT 919 00:32:05,023 --> 00:32:07,258 YOUR CITY HAS YOUR BACK. AND 920 00:32:07,258 --> 00:32:12,397 DESPITE WHAT SOME MAY SAY OR HOW 921 00:32:12,397 --> 00:32:13,564 THEY MAY CHARACTERIZE YOUR 922 00:32:13,564 --> 00:32:15,600 NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS NOT UNSAFE, 923 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,068 IT IS NOT ISLAM, IT IS NOT 924 00:32:17,068 --> 00:32:26,611 DANGEROUS. ARE THERE 925 00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:27,312 OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE 926 00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:27,945 IMPROVEMENTS? YES, NO DIFFERENT 927 00:32:27,945 --> 00:32:28,846 THAN ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT 928 00:32:28,846 --> 00:32:30,148 IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR TO 929 00:32:30,148 --> 00:32:30,848 REPRESENT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND 930 00:32:30,848 --> 00:32:31,950 I KNOW MY COUNCILMEMBER 931 00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,051 COLLEAGUES ARE EQUALLY COMMITTED 932 00:32:33,051 --> 00:32:35,520 TO MAKING SURE WE DO RIGHT BY 933 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:41,626 PIONEER SQUARE. SO, THANK YOU. 934 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:42,727 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, 935 00:32:42,727 --> 00:32:43,795 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, WELL SAID. 936 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:45,697 WELL SAID. WE ALL LOVE PIONEER 937 00:32:45,697 --> 00:32:47,165 SQUARE. COLLEAGUES, IF THERE IS 938 00:32:47,165 --> 00:32:49,867 NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION 939 00:32:49,867 --> 00:32:50,768 REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE 940 00:32:50,768 --> 00:32:53,905 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 941 00:32:53,905 --> 00:32:54,972 THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL 942 00:32:54,972 --> 00:32:57,375 CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. HEARING NO 943 00:32:57,375 --> 00:32:58,443 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 944 00:32:58,443 --> 00:33:00,111 ADOPTED. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? 945 00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:04,415 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA 946 00:33:04,415 --> 00:33:05,650 WILL BE ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW 947 00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:07,952 GOING TO CONSIDER THE A PROPOSED 948 00:33:07,952 --> 00:33:09,787 CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEMS ON THE 949 00:33:09,787 --> 00:33:10,621 CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE THE 950 00:33:10,621 --> 00:33:12,357 MINUTES OF APRIL 14th, 2026. 951 00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:18,529 CITY COUNCIL BILL 121198, 952 00:33:18,529 --> 00:33:19,530 PAYMENT OF THE BILLS BUT ARE 953 00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:20,698 THERE ANY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT 954 00:33:20,698 --> 00:33:22,300 WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEM 955 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:23,401 FROM TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR? 956 00:33:23,401 --> 00:33:25,636 HEARING ON, I MOVED TO ADOPT THE 957 00:33:25,636 --> 00:33:26,804 CONSENT CALENDAR, IS THERE A 958 00:33:26,804 --> 00:33:29,340 SECOND ? 959 00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:29,941 >> RIGHT HERE. 960 00:33:29,941 --> 00:33:31,209 >> THANK YOU, THAT WAS FAST 961 00:33:31,209 --> 00:33:34,846 TODAY, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT 962 00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:35,847 HAS BEEN MOVED. USUALLY, I 963 00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:37,148 LOOKED LEFT AND RIGHT FOR A 964 00:33:37,148 --> 00:33:38,282 SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 965 00:33:38,282 --> 00:33:39,350 SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 966 00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:40,351 CALENDAR, WILL THE CLERK WAYS 967 00:33:40,351 --> 00:33:41,786 CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF 968 00:33:41,786 --> 00:33:42,320 THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 969 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:52,864 >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] EIGHT 970 00:34:05,276 --> 00:34:06,277 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 971 00:34:06,277 --> 00:34:07,378 >> AWESOME, IT HAS BEEN -- 972 00:34:07,378 --> 00:34:08,746 EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY, THE 973 00:34:08,746 --> 00:34:12,917 CONSENT CALENDAR HAS BEEN -- 974 00:34:12,917 --> 00:34:14,152 YES, HAS BEEN -- HAS BEEN 975 00:34:14,152 --> 00:34:15,153 ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 976 00:34:15,153 --> 00:34:16,154 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 977 00:34:16,154 --> 00:34:17,155 MINUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE 978 00:34:17,155 --> 00:34:18,156 CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? 979 00:34:18,156 --> 00:34:20,158 NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO 980 00:34:20,158 --> 00:34:21,759 OUR FULL AGENDA, WILL THE CLERK 981 00:34:21,759 --> 00:34:23,227 PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 1 INTO 982 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:27,398 THE RECORD? 983 00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:28,399 >> THE REPORT OF THE 984 00:34:28,399 --> 00:34:29,300 TRANSPORTATION WATERFRONT AND 985 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:30,001 SEATTLE'S CENTER COMMITTEE, 986 00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:33,571 RESOLUTION PROVIDING AN HONORARY 987 00:34:33,571 --> 00:34:34,305 DESIGNATION OF SOUTH JACKSON 988 00:34:34,305 --> 00:34:35,339 STREET BETWEEN 20th AVENUE SOUTH 989 00:34:35,339 --> 00:34:37,341 AND 29th AVENUE SOUTH AS "DR. RL 990 00:34:37,341 --> 00:34:42,246 MANAWAY, SR. WAY" . THE 991 00:34:42,246 --> 00:34:42,847 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS COUNCIL 992 00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:43,614 ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. 993 00:34:43,614 --> 00:34:44,882 >> AWESOME, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, 994 00:34:44,882 --> 00:34:46,284 AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU 995 00:34:46,284 --> 00:34:47,118 ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE COMMITTEE 996 00:34:47,118 --> 00:34:47,785 REPORT, THANK YOU. 997 00:34:47,785 --> 00:34:49,220 >> IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR TO 998 00:34:49,220 --> 00:34:50,822 MAKE A FEW REMARKS ABOUT THIS 999 00:34:50,822 --> 00:34:53,891 PROPOSAL BEFORE A BROADER FULL 1000 00:34:53,891 --> 00:34:55,293 COUNCIL HERE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO 1001 00:34:55,293 --> 00:34:56,794 DO FOR TWO THE LEGISLATION 1002 00:34:56,794 --> 00:35:00,331 SPONSOR TO MAKE SOME REMARKS 1003 00:35:00,331 --> 00:35:03,301 ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF 1004 00:35:03,301 --> 00:35:10,007 LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO 1005 00:35:10,007 --> 00:35:11,075 CONSIDER AS WELL, SO I DEFER TO 1006 00:35:11,075 --> 00:35:12,643 YOU AND HEALED MY TIME TO YOU 1007 00:35:12,643 --> 00:35:14,445 NOW, MADAME 1008 00:35:14,445 --> 00:35:15,246 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, 1009 00:35:15,246 --> 00:35:16,314 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THANK YOU 1010 00:35:16,314 --> 00:35:17,281 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE 1011 00:35:17,281 --> 00:35:21,352 COLLABORATIVE NATURE. I WAS IN 1012 00:35:21,352 --> 00:35:22,386 COMMITTEE MEETING AND I SAID 1013 00:35:22,386 --> 00:35:23,788 THIS I WANT TO SAY IT PUBLICLY 1014 00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:25,089 AS WELL. WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT 1015 00:35:25,089 --> 00:35:26,324 THIS TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THE 1016 00:35:26,324 --> 00:35:27,291 FIRST THING HE SAID, ANYTHING 1017 00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:28,659 THAT IS NEEDED, HE WAS FOR IT, 1018 00:35:28,659 --> 00:35:29,961 AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 1019 00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:30,728 COLLABORATIVE NATURE AND THANK 1020 00:35:30,728 --> 00:35:32,029 YOU FOR HAVING US IN YOUR 1021 00:35:32,029 --> 00:35:34,298 COMMITTEE. ALSO WANT TO THANK, I 1022 00:35:34,298 --> 00:35:38,169 BELIEVE, PASTOR MANAWAY'S 1023 00:35:38,169 --> 00:35:39,337 FAMILY IS HERE AS WELL, SOME 1024 00:35:39,337 --> 00:35:42,874 FOLKS IN THE BACK. JUST WANT TO 1025 00:35:42,874 --> 00:35:44,442 THANK YOU ALL FOR -- I KNOW THIS 1026 00:35:44,442 --> 00:35:46,677 WAS A GOOD, LONG PROCESS, AND 1027 00:35:46,677 --> 00:35:47,945 SO, EVERYONE SAID YES, SO I'M 1028 00:35:47,945 --> 00:35:49,947 GLAD WE COULD GET THIS OVER THE 1029 00:35:49,947 --> 00:35:52,817 FINISH LINE AS WELL. I HAVE BEEN 1030 00:35:52,817 --> 00:35:53,618 IMPRESSED OBVIOUSLY WITH PASTOR 1031 00:35:53,618 --> 00:35:55,019 MANAWAY AND HIS LEADERSHIP IN 1032 00:35:55,019 --> 00:36:04,195 OUR COMMUNITY, AND HE HAS BEEN 1033 00:36:04,195 --> 00:36:04,896 THE PASTOR OF TABERNACLE 1034 00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:05,663 MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH SINCE 1035 00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:07,532 1983, SO THAT IS OVER 43 YEARS. 1036 00:36:07,532 --> 00:36:09,000 OVER 1700 MEMBERS. AND OUTSIDE 1037 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,835 OF REVEREND McKENNEY, HE IS THE 1038 00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:12,003 LONGEST-SERVING PASTOR THAT WE 1039 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:15,540 HAVE IN OUR -- IN OUR CITY, IN 1040 00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:16,574 OUR CENTRAL DISTRICT AND OUR 1041 00:36:16,574 --> 00:36:17,775 CHURCHES. AND COULDN'T BE MORE 1042 00:36:17,775 --> 00:36:19,577 GRATEFUL FOR THE FOUNDATION THAT 1043 00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:22,647 HE HAS SET IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE 1044 00:36:22,647 --> 00:36:24,148 LEADERSHIP THAT HE HAS BROUGHT 1045 00:36:24,148 --> 00:36:26,083 FOR OUR YOUTH. THE FOOD ACCESS 1046 00:36:26,083 --> 00:36:32,423 PROGRAMS THAT TABERNACLE 1047 00:36:32,423 --> 00:36:32,924 PROVIDES, THE COMMUNITY 1048 00:36:32,924 --> 00:36:33,791 RESOURCES, THE STAPLE, THE HUB. 1049 00:36:33,791 --> 00:36:35,226 AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD 1050 00:36:35,226 --> 00:36:38,462 OUR CITY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 1051 00:36:38,462 --> 00:36:39,830 ARE CHANGING AND SHIFTING, WORDS 1052 00:36:39,830 --> 00:36:41,465 MATTER. THESE CULTURAL PLACES 1053 00:36:41,465 --> 00:36:43,267 MATTER TO FOLKS. WE'VE GOT 1054 00:36:43,267 --> 00:36:44,735 PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING IN FROM 1055 00:36:44,735 --> 00:36:49,640 [ INAUDIBLE ], TACOMA, JUST TO 1056 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,208 COME TO CHURCHES ON SUNDAY AND 1057 00:36:51,208 --> 00:36:52,176 OUR CENTRAL DISTRICTS, SO TO SEE 1058 00:36:52,176 --> 00:36:56,113 PAT MANAWAY'S NAME ON THE 1059 00:36:56,113 --> 00:36:57,281 STREET AS WELL WITH THE 1060 00:36:57,281 --> 00:37:00,217 COMMUNITY THAT HE BUILT IS 1061 00:37:00,217 --> 00:37:01,185 REALLY SPECIAL, SO I'M REALLY 1062 00:37:01,185 --> 00:37:02,954 HAPPY THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE, 1063 00:37:02,954 --> 00:37:06,123 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER , I 1064 00:37:06,123 --> 00:37:06,824 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 1065 00:37:06,824 --> 00:37:07,325 PARTNERSHIP ON THIS. 1066 00:37:07,325 --> 00:37:08,526 >> MADAME COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 1067 00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:11,562 WELL SAID. TO ROUND OUT FROM MY 1068 00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:12,930 PERSPECTIVE, I WILL JUST SAY AND 1069 00:37:12,930 --> 00:37:14,532 SAY IT AGAIN, IT IS MY DISTINCT 1070 00:37:14,532 --> 00:37:16,734 HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO 1071 00:37:16,734 --> 00:37:19,670 THIS RESOLUTION , SPONSORED BY 1072 00:37:19,670 --> 00:37:20,304 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, 1073 00:37:20,304 --> 00:37:24,275 THAT WOULD NAME A SPECIFIC 1074 00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:25,476 PORTION OF SOUTH JACKSON STREET 1075 00:37:25,476 --> 00:37:35,987 AFTER DR. RL MANAWAY SR. PETE 1076 00:37:37,855 --> 00:37:38,823 VOTED LAST WEEK, OVERWHELMINGLY, 1077 00:37:38,823 --> 00:37:39,790 UNANIMOUSLY FOR ALL PRESENT TO 1078 00:37:39,790 --> 00:37:41,025 RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL 1079 00:37:41,025 --> 00:37:42,159 ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION, AND DR. 1080 00:37:42,159 --> 00:37:45,429 MANAWAY, COLLEAGUES, TO PILE ON 1081 00:37:45,429 --> 00:37:47,398 THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S 1082 00:37:47,398 --> 00:37:49,967 COMMENTS, WAS BORN ON JULY 17th, 1083 00:37:49,967 --> 00:37:53,771 1958 IN MISSISSIPPI. DR. MANAWAY 1084 00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:55,172 HAS BEEN A SENIOR PASTOR OF 1085 00:37:55,172 --> 00:37:59,043 TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH AT 1086 00:37:59,043 --> 00:38:00,311 28th AVENUE SOUTH AND SOUTH 1087 00:38:00,311 --> 00:38:03,080 JACKSON STREET SINCE, TO YOUR 1088 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,715 POINT, 1983. AND HE ALSO 1089 00:38:04,715 --> 00:38:09,020 OVERSEES -- HE ALSO SERVES, 1090 00:38:09,020 --> 00:38:12,657 RATHER, AS PRESIDENT OF THE 1091 00:38:12,657 --> 00:38:13,557 NORTH PACIFIC BAPTIST 1092 00:38:13,557 --> 00:38:14,759 CONVENTION, OVERSEEING CHURCHES 1093 00:38:14,759 --> 00:38:17,028 ACROSS WASHINGTON AND OREGON . 1094 00:38:17,028 --> 00:38:19,830 DR. MANAWAY [ INAUDIBLE ] CIVIC 1095 00:38:19,830 --> 00:38:22,133 COMMITTEES, INCLUDING THE 1096 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:23,834 COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR 1097 00:38:23,834 --> 00:38:25,436 THE 2014 SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF 1098 00:38:25,436 --> 00:38:33,878 SEARCH COMMITTEE, AND DR. 1099 00:38:33,878 --> 00:38:35,079 MANAWAY HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS 1100 00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:36,080 WIFE, JESSICA, SINCE 1981. THE 1101 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:36,847 COUPLE HAVE FIVE AMAZING 1102 00:38:36,847 --> 00:38:38,382 CHILDREN, 13 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 1103 00:38:38,382 --> 00:38:40,017 FIVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, WHAT A 1104 00:38:40,017 --> 00:38:40,918 TREMENDOUS BLESSING. I THINK 1105 00:38:40,918 --> 00:38:43,187 SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE HERE WITH 1106 00:38:43,187 --> 00:38:44,422 US TODAY, BUT IN ANY EVENT, 1107 00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:46,290 HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PUT THIS 1108 00:38:46,290 --> 00:38:51,696 FORWARD, AND I ENCOURAGE -- 1109 00:38:51,696 --> 00:38:52,663 STRONGLY ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE, 1110 00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:53,798 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1111 00:38:53,798 --> 00:38:55,433 COLLABORATION AND SPONSORSHIP 1112 00:38:55,433 --> 00:38:55,833 WITH THIS. 1113 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:57,068 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, 1114 00:38:57,068 --> 00:38:57,902 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. ARE THERE 1115 00:38:57,902 --> 00:38:59,070 ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 1116 00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:06,544 >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 1117 00:39:06,544 --> 00:39:07,278 FORWARD, AND OF COURSE, 1118 00:39:07,278 --> 00:39:08,546 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. WE DO A LOT 1119 00:39:08,546 --> 00:39:10,114 OF STREET NAMING AND I DID NOT 1120 00:39:10,114 --> 00:39:11,182 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET 1121 00:39:11,182 --> 00:39:12,383 THIS GENTLEMAN, BUT I HEARD A 1122 00:39:12,383 --> 00:39:14,051 LOT ABOUT HIM, BUT I WANT TO 1123 00:39:14,051 --> 00:39:15,886 SHARE SOMETHING THAT IS VERY 1124 00:39:15,886 --> 00:39:17,655 NEAR TO US IN INDIAN COUNTRY. 1125 00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:18,222 VOLUNTEER INSTITUTIONS THAT 1126 00:39:18,222 --> 00:39:20,124 DEVELOP CHARACTER, MORALITY, AND 1127 00:39:20,124 --> 00:39:27,331 VALUES SUCH AS BLACK CHURCHES, 1128 00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:28,699 HAVE BEEN AT THE CORE, AND I 1129 00:39:28,699 --> 00:39:30,134 JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT IN THE 1130 00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:31,469 1950s AND '60s, IT WAS BLACK 1131 00:39:31,469 --> 00:39:32,403 CHURCHES AND LEADERS LIKE PASTOR 1132 00:39:32,403 --> 00:39:33,404 MANAWAY THAT STOOD WITH AND 1133 00:39:33,404 --> 00:39:34,972 WALKED WITH NATIVE FOLKS , 1134 00:39:34,972 --> 00:39:36,907 FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS , 1135 00:39:36,907 --> 00:39:38,275 THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS, AND SOME OF 1136 00:39:38,275 --> 00:39:39,343 YOU REMEMBER JUDGE TANNER WHEN 1137 00:39:39,343 --> 00:39:41,479 HE WAS JUST A LAWYER AND A 1138 00:39:41,479 --> 00:39:44,315 MEMBER OF THE CHURCH . FOR FREE 1139 00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:45,750 REPRESENTED THE PEOPLE THAT [ 1140 00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:56,293 INAUDIBLE ] , AND WE HAVE ALWAYS 1141 00:40:01,098 --> 00:40:01,999 LOCKED ARMS WITH THEM AND THEY 1142 00:40:01,999 --> 00:40:03,033 HAVE BEEN OUR BROTHERS AND 1143 00:40:03,033 --> 00:40:04,168 SISTERS IN THOSE STRUGGLES IN 1144 00:40:04,168 --> 00:40:05,336 THE '50s AND '60s. AS A 1145 00:40:05,336 --> 00:40:06,504 GENTLEMAN SET OUT HERE, I GUESS 1146 00:40:06,504 --> 00:40:07,938 WE ARE ALL OLD AND WE REMEMBER 1147 00:40:07,938 --> 00:40:09,106 THOSE DAYS, AND I DO REMEMBER 1148 00:40:09,106 --> 00:40:10,341 THOSE DAYS AND SO, TO SEE 1149 00:40:10,341 --> 00:40:11,642 SOMEONE HONORED IN THE WAY THAT 1150 00:40:11,642 --> 00:40:13,043 THEY SHOULD BE HONORED AS A MAN 1151 00:40:13,043 --> 00:40:14,445 OF FAITH, AND AGAIN, AS YOU SAW 1152 00:40:14,445 --> 00:40:15,312 AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SHARED, 1153 00:40:15,312 --> 00:40:16,914 WE DON'T ALWAYS GET KIND WORDS 1154 00:40:16,914 --> 00:40:20,317 HERE, SO, WHEN WE HAVE MOMENTS 1155 00:40:20,317 --> 00:40:21,185 OF LIGHT AND GOODNESS AND 1156 00:40:21,185 --> 00:40:22,586 KINDNESS, IT MEANS A LOT. SO, 1157 00:40:22,586 --> 00:40:24,355 WITH THAT, I'M REALLY PROUD TO 1158 00:40:24,355 --> 00:40:27,558 SUPPORT THIS STREET NAMING FOR 1159 00:40:27,558 --> 00:40:29,026 PASTOR MANAWAY. SINCE 1983. 1160 00:40:29,026 --> 00:40:31,862 THANK YOU. 1161 00:40:31,862 --> 00:40:32,963 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1162 00:40:32,963 --> 00:40:36,333 JUAREZ. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 1163 00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:37,368 COMMENTS ON THE FLOOR? AWESOME, 1164 00:40:37,368 --> 00:40:38,936 ALL RIGHT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1165 00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:40,938 CALL THE ROLE ON THE ADOPTION OF 1166 00:40:40,938 --> 00:40:41,839 THE RESOLUTION? 1167 00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:52,383 >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] EIGHT 1168 00:41:03,894 --> 00:41:04,595 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 1169 00:41:04,595 --> 00:41:06,197 >> AWESOME, THE RESOLUTION IS -- 1170 00:41:06,197 --> 00:41:07,832 SORRY, THE RESOLUTION IS 1171 00:41:07,832 --> 00:41:08,599 ADOPTED. 1172 00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:13,838 >> [ APPLAUSE ] 1173 00:41:13,838 --> 00:41:14,738 >> GREAT, THE RESOLUTION IS 1174 00:41:14,738 --> 00:41:15,739 ADOPTED, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1175 00:41:15,739 --> 00:41:17,308 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 1176 00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:19,844 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? THAT 1177 00:41:19,844 --> 00:41:21,378 WAS THE ONLY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA 1178 00:41:21,378 --> 00:41:22,279 TODAY, COLLEAGUES, THERE ARE NO 1179 00:41:22,279 --> 00:41:23,314 OTHER ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE 1180 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:24,782 CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE IS NOT A 1181 00:41:24,782 --> 00:41:25,916 RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION OR 1182 00:41:25,916 --> 00:41:28,519 ADOPTION TODAY. IS THERE ANY 1183 00:41:28,519 --> 00:41:30,454 FURTHER BUSINESS FROM COLLEAGUES 1184 00:41:30,454 --> 00:41:32,656 TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? LOOK 1185 00:41:32,656 --> 00:41:34,124 TO THE RIGHT, LOOK TO THE LEFT. 1186 00:41:34,124 --> 00:41:36,494 NO, QUIET TODAY, OKAY, AWESOME. 1187 00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:41,131 WELL, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 1188 00:41:41,131 --> 00:41:42,233 TODAY'S AGENDA. THE NEXT CITY 1189 00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:43,701 COUNCIL MEETING IS APRIL 28, 1190 00:41:43,701 --> 00:41:45,503 THAT IS 2:00 P.M.