>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AT
CITY HALL.
18th APRIL 15, 2019 TO COME
TOGETHER AT TO:0 3 PM.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN .
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT .
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON .
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD . ALL
PRESENT.
SUCK AT THIS POINT I MOVED TO
ADOPT THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
I WILL ASK COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ IF SHE IS READY.
>> I AM READY.
I MOVED TO AMEND THE PROPOSED
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
BY INTRODUCING COUNSEL BAIL 11
9500 ENTITLED AN AMENDMENT TO
CORRECT ERRORS CONTAINED IN MAP
A. MAP A 23.58 SEE AND
ATTACHMENT TO ANOTHER ORDINANCE.
I AM REFERRING IT TO THE SELECT
COMMITTEE IN THE MANDATORY
HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY.
>> IS THERE SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR BE AMENDED AS
STATED BY COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED?
IT PASSES.
I WILL MOVE THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR AS
AMENDED.
IS THERE A SECOND?
IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
IT PASSES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
THAT THERE RECORD REFLECT THAT
COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND COUNCILMEMBER
JOHNSON HAVE JOINED US.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS THE
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
PRESENTATIONS CUT WE ARE VERY
EXCITED TO HAVE OUR
PRESENTATIONS LED BY OUR OWN
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ YOU HAVE
THE FLOOR.
>> , COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES IT'S MY HONOR TO
PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TODAY TO
MEMBERS OF THE CAMBODIAN
COMMUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
GENOCIDE THAT OCCURRED IN
CAMBODIA AS A RESULT OF THE
KHMER ROUGE REGIME. I WANT TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO GO AHEAD AND
READ FROM THE PROCLAMATION IF I
MAY MR. PRESENT.
>> YES PLEASE.
>> AS A RICH HERITAGE AT ONE OF
THEIR ORIGINAL CIVILIZATIONS IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA DATES BACK OVER
4000 YEARS AND AS ONE OF THE
MOST BUDDY HOLOCAUST IN HISTORY
NEARLY A QUARTER OF THE ENTIRE
POPULATION LOST THEIR LIVES AT
THE HANDS OF WAR AND GENOCIDE
BETWEEN APRIL 1975 THROUGH
JANUARY 1979.
AND CLARUS AFTER 1979 OVER
145,000 REFUGEES PREDOMINATELY
FROM OVERPOPULATED BORDER CAMPS
RELOCATED TO THE UNITED STATES
IN ORDER TO ESCAPE THE HARSH
LIVING CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED
IN THE CAMPS HAD SOUGHT ASYLUM
FROM A BATTERED WAR-TORN
COUNTRY.
OVER HALF OF THE POPULATION
EXPERIENCE VARIOUS DEGREES OF
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS
AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH
COMMUNITIES.4th BY THAT
GENOCIDE, AND REST THE LEGACY
OF GENOCIDAL VIOLENCE IS
INHERITED FROM
INTERGENERATIONAL TRILEMMA
LOOKING THIS GENERATION THROUGH
DEPRIVATION AT IDENTICAL SELF-
KNOWLEDGE, STABILITY AND SOUTH
IMPAIRMENT.
OVER 9000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY THIS DOES THAT AND
BEEN REALLY TRAUMATIZED, AND
FAIR AS THE COMMUNITY LEADERS
AND ELDERS FROM ACROSS
WASHINGTON STATE WORK TOGETHER
RELENTLESSLY TO REBUILD
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL
IDENTITY, NEARLY EXTERMINATED
BY THE KHMER ROUGE AND TO
UPLIFT THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH
EDUCATION AND CULTURAL
EMPOWERMENT.
WHEREAS THE GREATER SEATTLE
METROPOLITAN AREA IS HOME TO
OVER 20,000 INDIVIDUALS OF
DISSENT, WHOSE FOR SAL MEMBERS
INCREASE IN THE CONTRIBUTE TOO
MANY DRIVING LOCAL AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
BUSINESSES TO THE RICH CULTURAL
SUBSTRATE THROUGH ARTS AND
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND WHEREAS IT
IS IMPORTANT TO HONOR THE
PEOPLE WHO SUFFERED AND TO
REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED AT THE
HANDS OF THE KHMER ROUGE DURING
THE HOLOCAUST.
THERE FOR THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR OF
SEATTLE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM
APRIL 17, 2019 TO BE KHMER
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
BEFORE YOU PRESENT THIS TO OUR
GUEST ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS
WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
WORDS ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT
MEMORIALIZATION OF OUR HISTORY?
IF NOT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A
FEW WORDS.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ FOR ONCE AGAIN
RINGING SUCH AN IMPORTANT
ATROCITY IN OUR HUMAN HISTORY TO
OUR ATTENTION, INC.
YOU COMMUNITY FOR BEING HERE
I'LL DATE MYSELF A LITTLE BIT
WHEN I SAY THIS BUT I WAS IN
HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I WOULD READ
THE NEWSPAPER TO READ ABOUT
THIS INTERNATIONAL ATROCITY.
I THINK WHEN YOU ARE IN BOTH
SEATTLE AT THIS TIME READING
ABOUT THIS CHANGES ONE'S VIEW
ON WHAT THIS WORLD COULD BE
WHEN AT ITS WORST.
SO THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US
OF WHAT THIS WORLD CAN BE WHEN
LEFT UNCHECKED AND THE POWERS
THAT ARE UNCHECKED.
I KNOW THIS HAS AFFECTED YOUR
COMMUNITY, YOUR RELATIVES, YOUR
FAMILY MEMBERS AND PARTICULARLY
THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF
LEADERS IN YOUR COMMUNITY FOR
MAKING SURE THAT WE NEVER
FORGET SO THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> IF I MAY ASK FOR THE RULES
TO BE SUSPENDED IN ORDER TO
PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION AND I
BELIEVE THERE ARE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY WHO THE WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE SOME REMARKS TO
THE COUNCIL.
>> IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS
THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND YOU
MAY PROCEED.
>> USE EITHER MIKE AND YOU JUST
PRESS THE BUTTON AND THE GREEN
LIGHT IS ON.
IT IS COLLAPSIBLE SO YOU CAN
BEND IT DOWN TO REACH A HEIGHT.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM WHO
EVER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
>> I'LL GO FIRST.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE.
MY DAD IS A SURVIVOR OF THE
KHMER ROUGE.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR HAVING US HERE AND
SPONSORING NUMBER GONZALES.
THANK YOU ALSO TO THE PEOPLE ON
THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS.
THE SPECULATION IS IMPORTANT TO
OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE
IMPACT OF THE KHMER ROUGE ARE
NOT ISOLATED TO THAT TIME
PERIOD AND TO THOSE SURVIVORS.
THE IMPACTS ARE STILL FELT
TODAY AND IF FEEL THAT MOST
WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT WHAT MY
FATHER HAS BEEN THROUGH AND
WHAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
THROUGH.
I THINK WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
TRAUMA FROM THE WERE THE TALK
ABOUT THE SURVIVORS AND HOW
THEY PASS THAT ON TO THEIR
CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, BUT
PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT IS HOW
IT IMPACTS THE YOUTH WHEN THEY
DINED OUT WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN THROUGH AND HOW THEIR
PEOPLE HAVE SURVIVED.
SO BOTH DRAMATIC AND VERY
EMPOWERING. NOT ONLY DID A
QUARTER OF OUR POPULATION
PARISH, NEARLY ALONG WITH OUR
CULTURE AND LANGUAGE.
ULTIMATELY WITH IT OUR
IDENTITIES.
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT
REMEMBERING ONE TRAGEDY OR ONE
TIME AND IT.
THIS IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING AND
CELEBRATING OUR RESILIENCE AS
WELL.
>> THIS PROCLAMATION SUMMARIZES
OUR PEOPLE'S WILL TO SURVIVE
AND IS NOT JUST AS STEPHANIE
SAID, THIS RECOGNITION OF THE
TRAGEDY BUT ALSO A CELEBRATION
OF OUR RESILIENCE BECAUSE WE
ARE HERE TODAY AND WE ARE
THRIVING.
BY SHARING THIS KNOWLEDGE AND
HIS HISTORY WITH OUR OWN
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN KEPT
FROM US FOR A VERY LONG TIME,
IT IS A STEP TOWARDS LEARNING
ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND OURSELVES
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO KNOW
OURSELVES WE MUST KNOW OUR
HISTORY FIRST WITH THAT WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
ALSO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION
ON EVENT WE WILL BE HOLDING
THIS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 AT RED
SQUARE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON WHERE WE WILL BE
CELEBRATING RESILIENCE,
REMEMBERING, HONORING THIS
HISTORY AND BEING ABLE TO
COLLECTIVELY HEAL AS A RESULT.
TO ALLOW OUR YOUTH AND OUR
COMMUNITY TO REALLY GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
THIS HAS AFFECTED US AND TO
EXPRESS OUR TRAUMA THROUGH ART.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US
THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE
THROUGH THIS WE HOPE TO BE ABLE
TO TAKE SPACE TO SHOW AND MAKE
SURE THE WORLD KNOWS THIS IS
SOMETHING WE CANNOT FORGET.
>> THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU
BOTH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
COMMITMENT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ FOR BRINGING THIS TO
OUR ATTENTION.
>> I UNDERSTAND FROM OUR GUESTS
ALSO THAT IT IS FOR THE
PEOPLE, IT IS ALSO THE KICKOFF
OF HAPPY NEW YEAR.
SO HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL
AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A REALLY
WONDERFUL CELEBRATION IN THE
RED SQUARE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT
APPEAR ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR OUR
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR OR OUR PROGRAM.
I WILL CALL YOU OUT IN ORDER
YOU HAVE SIGNED UP.
WE WILL HAVE SPEAKERS SPEAK FOR
2 MINUTES.
WE WILL START OFF WITH DAVID
HAYNES FOLLOWED BY ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
>> CITY COUNCIL, YOU GUYS GOT A
95-YEAR-OLD MAN SAVED A WOMAN'S
LIFE WHEN AN ENRAGED JUNKY
PEEKING OUT OF THE BUSHES AND
STARTED TO ATTACK HER.
IN A UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
THE 94-YEAR-OLD I'M SORRY, 95-
YEAR-OLD MAN WHO IS A LONGTIME
RESIDENT DID NOT WANT TO THEY
CAN A CRIMINAL AND WHEN THE
ATTACKER WAS CONVINCED BY THE
95-YEAR-OLD NOT TO ATTACK THE
WOMAN CUDDY TUCKER TURNED
AGAINST HIM AND SO THAT 95-YEAR-
OLD WENT INTO THE CHURCH AND
THE ATTACKER RAN INSIDE THE
CHURCH TO KILL THE 95-YEAR-OLD.
THE 95-YEAR-OLD SOUGHT
ASSISTANCE FROM TWO PASTORS
ABOUT CALLING THE COPS.
THE 95-YEAR-OLD IS FORCED TO
DEFEND HIMSELF AND PUNCHES THE
EVIL JUNKY VIOLENT CRIMINAL ONE
TIMEAND DROPPED THE ATTACKER.
NOW, THERE IS A SERIOUS
CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LISA
AND THE SECRET AGREEMENT WITH
THE POLICE AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
CHAIR, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION AND THE
MILLIONS THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
LISA EXPECTS FROM COUNSEL TO
LITERALLY PROTECT EVIL NEFARIOUS
CHARACTERS WHO DESTROY LIFE
DAILY AND GET LISTED NONVIOLENT
AND GUARANTEED NOT TO BE
DEPORTED BECAUSE RACIST
HYPOCRITES ON THE CITY COUNCIL
THINK FOREIGN-BORN CRIMINALS
ONLY COMMIT CRIMES BECAUSE THEY
DIDN'T HAVE LEGITIMATE ID.
I KNOW MISS KATE HAS SAID THEY
ONLY --
>> STOP LEASE, --
>> MR. HAYNES, --
>> THE MAYOR, I'M SORRY
ATTORNEY GENERAL --
>> THIS IS NOT ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
>> STOP PLEASE. MR. HAYNES,
HOLDUP.
IF YOU SPEAK OVER ME I WILL BE
CALLING YOU DISRUPTIVE. I AM
WARNING YOU NOW. I AM GOING TO
IGNORE HIM AND WE WILL NOT HAVE
THESE COMMENTS.
GO HAD.
>> YOU ARE BEING DISRUPTED SO I
WILL HAVE YOU REMOVED BY
SECURITY.
PLEASE HAVE HIM REMOVED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOULD YOU LIKE
TO COMMENT?
>> A POINT OF ORDER MR.
PRESIDENT.
IN ORDER FOR US TO RESORT TO
COURT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT THOSE SPEAKING ARE
SPEAKING ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
>> A POINT WELL TAKEN.
IF I UNDERSTOOD HIS COMMENTS,
WHILE HE DID ENGAGE IN
DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR AS
EVIDENCED BY HIM BEING REMOVED
HE WAS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
OUR WORK PROGRAM BUT IF HE IS
SPEAKING ON IRRELEVANT MATTERS,
HE CANNOT DO IT IN A DISRUPTIVE
WAY AND HE HAS BEEN REMOVED
ACCORDINGLY I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
PERSONAL ATTACKS THAT YOU AND
OTHERS HAD TO SUFFER
UNNECESSARILY SO FOR THOSE KIND
OF COMMENTS.
HAVING SAID THAT WE WILL KEEP
MOVING DOWN OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS
SECTION AND THIS WILL BE ALEX
ZIMMERMAN FOLLOWED BY SEAN.
>> I SPOKE ABOUT THIS FASCISM
THAT HAS KILLED 1 MILLION
PEOPLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AM NOT A SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC
PROGRESSIVE IN PRINCIPLE. A
KILLER IS WHAT I SPEAK A. MY
NAME IS ALEX THE MOMENT.
A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION,
COMPARABLE TOWHO KILLED 60
MILLION PEOPLE . 6 MILLION ,
FAMILY.
>> PLEASE STOP THE CLOCK.
YOU HAVE YET TO ADDRESS OUR
WORK PROGRAM, OR TODAY'S AGENDA
IN YOUR DESCRIPTION OF HISTORY.
PLEASE SPEAK TO ONE OF THE
THREE SUBJECT MATTERS.
>> IT'S OKAY.
BUT THIS IS ON THE AGENDA ABOUT
THE KILLING TOOK THIS DICTATOR.
SO WHY CAN'T I SPEAK ABOUT IT?
SO I CAN SPEAK ABOUT IT? ABOUT
FASCISM?
NO?
OKAY, NO PROBLEM.
I WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE AGENDA
NUMBER THREE, THE IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM.
THIS MADE ME SHOCKED BECAUSE WE
NEED A FERRY FOR TRANSPORTATION.
WHERE DOES THIS MONEY COME FROM
? WHY DOES IT COME FROM ME AND
OTHER POOR PEOPLE?
WHY NOT FIX THINGS ABOUT
HOMELESS OR OTHER PROBLEMS.
WHY DO THEY PAY ONLY SEVEN
DOLLARS PER MONTH.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME?
THIS CONFUSES ME. THIS IS
SUPPORTED BY OTHERS AND I AM
CONFUSED. MY QUESTION RIGHT NOW
IS VERY SIMPLE.
WHY DON'T WE CHARGE FROM THIS
CROOK WHO LIVES NEXT AND WHO
SPENDS $1 BILLION FOR WHAT?
>> THANK YOU KOSTER.
WE WILL HAVE SEAN NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
I WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THE AMENDED TOPIC. THERE'S NOT
REALLY ANYTHING IN IT. I DON'T
KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY.
THE OTHER THING I HAVE ON MY
MIND, I WILL WAIT FOR ANOTHER
DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE NOW HAVE SEAN MORE.
>> IS SEAN HERE?
NO?
OKAY CAN LAYING.
>> GO HAD YOU CAN PROCEED.
>> I WANT TO SPEAK AS A MEMBER
OF DISTRICT 4. ON BEHALF OF
ABEL.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW I
FEEL HE WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO
HELPING OUT SOME OF THE ISSUES
THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE
SEATTLE DISTRICT AREA FOR. I
HAVE HAD A PERSONAL CHANCE TO
WORK WITH MR. PACHECO IN THE
PAST.
WE WORKED TOGETHER IN MESA.
HE HAS DONE GREAT WORK FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND ALSO TAKEN TIME TO
GO TO OLYMPIA IN BEHALF OF
STUDENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET
IN TO STEM.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE
FUTURE IS HIM BEING AN ACTIVE
MEMBER.
NOT ONLY TO LEAD BUT HE ALWAYS
SHARES THE SAME VALUES I DO.
BUT I WANT HIM TO BE A MEMBER
THAT CAN HELP EVERYONE ELSE,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE HOMELESS
PROBLEMS.
ISSUES ARE COMING UP.
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THINGS
LIKE THAT.
HE SPEAKS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
HE TAKES TIME TO LISTEN.
HE HAS TAKEN TIME TO LISTEN TO
ME AND I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR
BETTER AND SUPPORTS AND VETERAN
RIGHTS.
HE TOOK TIME TO UNDERSTAND MY
CULTURE. THE PEOPLE I ASSOCIATE
WITH.
HE REALLY SPOKE TO ME AND I
UNDERSTAND WHERE HE IS COMING
FROM AND WHAT HE IS ABLE TO DO.
WHAT HE IS ABLE TO DO IS PUT
TIME IN WHICH IS SOMETHING I
HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE
MYSELF.
LIKE GOING TO KNOCK ON PEOPLE'S
DOORS AND GO SPEAK TO THEM AND
SHOW THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT
THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT AND
SEATTLE WHICH HE HAS EXPECTS TO
BE MULTIPLE TIMES HAVING BEEN A
PART OF HIS HOME.
THIS IS HOME TO HIM.
HE HAS TAKEN TIME TO ACTUALLY
GET TO KNOW IT.
SO FOR THE RECORD I WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE SURE AS A
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE BETTER
COMMUNITY AND SPEAKING FOR MR.
PACHECO HIMSELF I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE HIM COME AN ACTIVE MEMBER
AS A COUNCILMAN.
THANK YOU.
>> COULD I HAVE YOU SIGN THIS?
I WANT TO IMPROVE THAT A LITTLE
BIT THERE.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR
AGENDA.
WE HAVE ONE MORE REQUEST?
PLEASE.
PLEASE KOSTER.
>>
>> IS IT ERIC SCHEIER?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ERIC SCHEIER.
I AM THE COMMISSIONER AND
COCHAIR FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME AND EFFORTS TO REVIEW MY
PROPOSAL FOR HAVING CAPTIONING
IN PUBLIC PLACES.
I WANT TO THANK YOU TO THAT
THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
WORKING WITH ME ALL THE TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD . I WOULD
THINK THE MEMBERS OF MY
COMMISSION WHO ARE HERE.
THE THREE WHO ARE HERE AND I
HOPE THAT WE VOTE IN SUPPORT OF
PASSING THAT LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU KOSTER.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
AGENDA.
PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>>
>> A MOVE TO PASS BILL 119415.
THE BILL PASSED.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN ,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ,
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ,
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL .
>> THE BILL PASSES.
LET'S MOVE TO THE FIRST AGENDA
ITEM.
>>A RESOLUTION SETTING THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PETITION
OF TRINITY TRAILSIDE, LLC FOR
THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF NE
48th STREET BETWEEN 24th AVENUE
NE AND THE BURKE-GILMAN TRAIL
IN THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY
URBAN CENTER NEIGHBORHOOD
PLANNING AREA OF SEATTLE,
ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 35.79 OF
THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON,
CHAPTER 15.62 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE, AND CLERK FILE
314380.
>> I WILL ASK COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN TO PINCH-HIT ON THIS.
I HOPE HE'S PREPARED.
>> THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHT FOR.
IT IS A NOTICE FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING AS DESCRIBED IN THE
BILL.
CERTAIN PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE
REQUIRED TO HAVE A SOLUTION TO
DO THAT SO WE ARE DOING THAT.
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE
RESOLUTION?
THOSE OPPOSED?
THE MOTION CARRIES. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS, UTILITIES,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND ARTS
COMMITTEE .AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATIONS; REQUIRING
PERSONS OWNING OR MANAGING A
PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
TO ACTIVATE CLOSED CAPTIONING
ON TELEVISION RECEIVERS; AND
ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 14.05 TO
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST GET
THE AMENDMENT BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
SO AMENDMENT 1 AS A SECTION 2
AND LEAVES THE REMAINING
SECTIONS ACCORDINGLY. SPEAKING
TO THE AMENDMENT THE AMENDMENT
ITSELF IS ONE THAT MY OFFICE
WORKED WITH THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS
THAT WE GET MORE DETAIL IN THE
FORM OF A REPORT ON THE RACIAL
EQUITY IMPACT WITHIN THE 180 DAY
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PERIOD
úSPECIFICALLY DETAILING THE
IMPACT OF ENFORCEMENT OF THIS
ORDINANCE ON IMMIGRANT OR
REFUGEE RUN BUSINESSES.
THE LAW ITSELF GOES INTO EFFECT
30 DAYS AFTER THE MAYOR SIGNS
BUT THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW
DOES NOT GO INTO EFFECT FOR 180
DAYS.
THIS AMENDMENT AS IT IS WRITTEN
ALLOWS US TO GET THAT
INFORMATION BEFORE THEY BEGIN
ENFORCEMENT.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THE
ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM AND
APPROACH THAT THEY WILL BE
USING FOR THIS ORDINANCE IS
VERY SIMILAR TO THAT USED FOR
THE ALL GENDER RESTROOM
ORDINANCE.
IT'S MUCH MORE OF AN EDUCATION
OUTREACH APPROACH SEEKING
COMPLIANCE RATHER THAN SEEKING
THE ISSUANCE OF VIOLATIONS AND
FINDS.
>> IN QUEUE FOR THAT.
THIS IS JUST THE AMENDMENT
ONLY.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENT ARTICLE AIDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
WE WILL VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR IS ABOUT AYE
THOSE OPPOSED PLEASE NOTE NAY.
THE TENDERS HAD IT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DESCRIBE THE
BASE LEGISLATION?
>> THIS ORDINANCE BASICALLY
PUTS INTO LAW WHAT IS CURRENTLY
ARGUABLY A ALREADY A REQUIRED
ACCOMMODATION AS IT RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO A PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATION OBLIGATION UNDER
THE ADA.
SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT SHIFTS
THE ONUS WHICH CURRENTLY EXISTS
IN THE 80 A PEOPLE HAVE TO
REQUEST AN ACCOMMODATION AND
INSTEAD WHAT IT DOES IS IT
SHIFTS THAT ONUS FROM THE
INDIVIDUAL IN THE DEATH OR
HEARING LOSS COMMUNITY TO
REQUEST CLOSED CAPTIONING AS A
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION TO INSTEAD
HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT IT BE
PROVIDED IN ADVANCE. AGAIN, THE
OBJECTIVE IS TO SHIFT NORMS SO
THAT PEOPLE ARE BETTER ABLE TO
ENGAGE IN PUBLIC LIFE.
SO THE ORDINANCE ITSELF IS
MODELED IN SOME WAYS BETTER THAN
SIMILAR ORDINANCES IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS.
SOME CITIES OR STATES HAVE
SIMILAR ORDINANCES. PORTLAND'S
LAW PASSED IN 2015 AND ANN
ARBOR MICHIGAN TOOK EFFECT IN
2017. THERE IS A SIMILAR BILL
IN RHODE ISLAND.
BASICALLY WHAT IT WOULD REQUIRE
IS IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT IN
PUBLIC PLACES THAT THE CLOSE
CAPTIONING ON A TELEVISION BE
BASICALLY TURNED ON.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED
THROUGH DELIBERATIONS ON THIS
BILL IS TVS ALL HAVE THE
ABILITY TO SIMPLY TURN ON THE
CLOSE CAPTIONING WITH THEIR
REMOTE. SO THIS IS A SIMPLE AND
EASY THING FOR BUSINESSES TO DO.
THE BACKGROUND ON THIS IS THAT
THE COMMISSION OF PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES ADOPTED A
RESOLUTION LAST NOVEMBER TO
SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE.
THEY IDENTIFIED IT AS A
PRIORITY IN THEIR WORK PLAN
WITH THE INTENT TO ENSURE FULL
PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION
FROM MEMBERS OF THE HEARING
LOSS AND DEATH COMMUNITY TO TAKE
PLACE AND PUBLIC ACTIVITIES.
AGAIN, THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS WILL BE THE ENFORCEMENT
MECHANISM.
ENFORCEMENT WILL CONSIST OF A
REPORT OF VIOLATION AND AN
INVESTIGATION NOTIFICATION TO
THE BUSINESS AND A REQUEST FOR
WRITTEN RESPONSE.
AGAIN, THE MODEL IS VERY MUCH
REPLICATING THAT OF THE ALL
GENDER BATHROOM ORDINANCE.
THE OTHER BENEFITS OF THIS BILL
, THERE ARE ALSO BENEFITS NOT
ONLY TO THE HEARING LOSS
COMMUNITY BUT FOLKS WHO HAVE
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.
AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND PRODUCE
SOME AMENDMENTS THEY HAD
REQUESTED. ONE REQUESTED
AMENDMENT WAS TO CREATE SOME
EXCEPTIONS FOR PROGRAMMING THAT
IS ALREADY EXEMPT UNDER STATE
AND FEDERAL LAW.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT CLARIFIES
THAT IF MULTIPLE TELEVISIONS
ARE FOR SALE IN A PUBLIC AREA
THAT AT LEAST ONE OF EACH MODEL
MUST HAVE CLOSED CAPTIONING
TURNED ON.
AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE
LEARNED THROUGH WORKING WITH
THAT DISABILITIES COMMUNITY ON
THIS IS THAT THE NEED TO HAD TO
REQUEST A PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION
REALLY HAS A PSYCHOLOGICAL
IMPACT ON GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED.
SOME OF THOSE STUDIES HAVE BEEN
, SOME OF THAT EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN CAPTURED IN STUDIES THAT
ARE ACADEMIC STUDIES AND THE
POINT IS IT HAS BEEN
INTERNALIZED BY S AND
INFERIORITY INHIBITED THE
PEOPLE TO GET CONFIDENCE AND
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABLE TO THE REST OF THE
PUBLIC.
I KNOW THAT WE HERE IN SEATTLE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
REMOVING THOSE BARRIERS
WHEREVER WE CAN.
IN QUEUE.
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE
LEGISLATION AS DESCRIBED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
OKAY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE AMENDED BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL ,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ .
>> THE BILL PASSES.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM FOR THE RECORD.
>> THE FINANCE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE,
COUNCIL BILL 119490 .AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CENTRAL WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF THE
WATERFRONT AND CIVIC PROJECTS
TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE WASHINGTON STATE FERRY
SYSTEM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
FACILITIES TO SUPPORT
ELECTRIFICATION OF FERRY
VESSELS AT THE COLMAN FERRY
>>TERMINAL; AMENDING ORDINANCE
125724, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2019
BUDGET,
>> THIS WILL ACCEPT NON-CITY
FUNDS.
THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE OFFICE TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT WITH WASHINGTON STATE
AREAS TO CONSTRUCT ELECTRICAL
IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT HYBRID
DAIRIES ON THE DOCK AND ALSO AS
EXTERNAL FUNDING IN THE TUNE OF
$2 MILLION FROM WATCHDOG
SURROUND FUNDING AND $10
MILLON FOR THE PUBLIC AND FIT
IN THE PIKE CORRIDOR.
AS PART OF THE MONEY THAT COMES
FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER.
IT ALSO UPDATES OUR ADOPTED
2019-2020. WE RECOMMEND IT
PASS.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE ONLY BEEN
WORKING ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES
FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS THAT SHE
HAS BEEN WORKING ON THEM FOR
ALMOST A DECADE.
I ECHO KEN LEMON'S COMMENTS
REGARDING THE ORDINANCE AND THE
WATERFRONT AGREEMENT WERE
AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL THIS
PAST JANUARY.
THAT IS NOTHING NEW.
THIS ORDINANCE CONFIRMS
STIMULATIONS.
THANK YOU TO THE OFFICE OF
WATERFRONT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
PART WORKING DILIGENTLY AND
THOROUGHLY THROUGH EACH PHASE
SO WE COULD SOON CONNECT OUR
NEW WATERFRONT TO THE REST OF
DOWN FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY AND
HOPEFULLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
MANY MANY DECADES WE WILL BE TO
BE CONNECTED TO THE SAILORS SEE.
>> IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
COMMENTS PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
CAN 12, COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
, COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW ,
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ ,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ,
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ,
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL . THE
BILL PASSES.
>> WE WILL MOVE TO OTHER
BUSINESS.
I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ HAS BEEN SHE WOULD
LIKE TO SAY ON THE OTHER
BUSINESS PART OF THE AGENDA.
>> I DO.
THIS MORNING AT COUNSEL
BRIEFING I MENTIONED DURING
OUR READING FROM THE OFFICE OF
INDIRECT GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
THAT WE WERE WORKING ON A
LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE SENATE
BILL 5163 WHICH WOULD MODIFY
EXISTING WRONGFUL DEATH
STATUTE'S TO ELIMINATE THE BAN
ON NONRESIDENT PARENTS SO THAT
THEY CAN BRING A LAWSUIT ON
BEHALF OF OF THEMSELVES FOR THE
LOSS OF AN ADULT CHILD.
IT IS ALL FOR NONRESIDENT
PARENTS AND ALSO FOR CURRENT
RESIDENT PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE THAT EQUITABLE ACCESS TO
OUR COURT SYSTEM IN THE EVENT
THAT THEY HAVE AN ADULT CHILD
WHO DOES NOT HAVE ANY SURVIVORS
IN FISHERIES UNDER THE LAW TO
BE ABLE TO FILE SUIT. AND THE
LOSS OF THE PARENT-CHILD
RELATIONSHIP BE ACKNOWLEDGED
WITHIN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM.
THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF
MINE FOR A LONG TIME SINCE I
WAS A TRIAL LAWYER AND IT
CONTINUES TO BE A REALLY
IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE FIX IN MY
MIND TO CORRECT A LOT OF WRONGS
IN OUR SYSTEM THAT REALLY DO
TREAT NONRESIDENT PARENTS OR
IMMIGRANTS WHO LIVE INSIDE THE
COUNTRY OR OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY
IF THEY HAVE A CHILD WHO IS AN
ADULT WHO IS KILLED AS A RESULT
OF A NEGLIGENT ACTION, THEY ARE
LEGALLY PROHIBITED CURRENTLY
FROM PINGING A LAWSUIT AND
BRINGING THE TO BE WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT DEATH
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS
IN CAUSING THAT DEATH.
LIKEWISE, THE SAME THING
APPLIES FOR RESIDENT PARENTS
WHO CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE
COUNTRY.
IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. A REALLY
LARGE EQUITY ISSUE AND THIS
LETTER WOULD SIGNAL TO OUR
STATE LEGISLATORS AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES THAT WE SUPPORT
A CLEAN BILL ON THIS ONE WITHOUT
TWO AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD IF
PASCAL THOSE AMENDMENTS WOULD
ACTUALLY WATER DOWN THE BILL
AND NOT CORRECT THESE
FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES I HAVE JUST
DESCRIBED.
I'LL PASSES LETTER AROUND
CONSISTENT WITH RULES SINCE WE
HAVE TO SIGN THE LETTERS IN
OPEN SESSION SO I AM
CIRCULATING IT NOW FOR
SIGNATURE.
>> WHILE YOU PASS IT LET
FILIBUSTER A LITTLE BUT BECAUSE
THIS WILL TAKE A WHILE.
BEFORE ADDRESSING IT IN OPEN
SESSION.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW .
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ FOR BRINGING THE
SPORT.
CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE
RETROACTIVE APPLICATION IF ANY?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS
RETROACTIVE.
IT WOULD JUST BE FORWARD GOING.
HAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
POINTED OUT, WE WILL FIND THIS
IN OPEN SESSION.
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS.
AND MAKING SURE WE SUPPORT THIS
BILL.
I ENCOURAGE OR OPPOSE REJECTION
OF THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
>> IN LIGHT OF YOUR SUGGESTION
TO HELP FILIBUSTER I WOULD LIKE
TO BE EXCUSED IF I MAY ON MAY
13.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO BE
EXCUSED?
>> LET ME ASK, IS THERE ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME FROM
THE COUNCIL?
WHAT WE HEARD IS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WOULD
LIKE TO BE EXCUSED ON MAY 13.
IS THERE A SECOND?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA BEING
EXCUSED ON THE 13th SAY AYE.
POST?
THAT AYE HABIT.
ALONG THOSE LINES , IS THERE
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO WAIT
FOR THE SIGNATURES IN OPEN
SESSION.
WE WILL DEAL WITH THAT AWKWARD
MOMENT OF SILENCE WE HAVE TO
DEAL WITH ON OCCASION.
I HAVE LEARNED TO NOT TELL
JOKES, TRUST ME.
I LEARNED THE HARD WAY.
WE HAVE MADE IT DOWN THERE
EVERYONE HAD A GREAT REST OF
THE DAY.
WITH THAT, WE WILL STAND
ADJOURNED.
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