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>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th,
2020.
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL
COME TO ORDER.
LIEUTENANT CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMAN SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBORD.
COUNCILMEMBER JA UREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA.
>> HERE.
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CLERK, I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE A
FULL COMMITTEE TODAY.
WHEN OUR COLLEAGUES JOIN US I
WILL MAKE SURE TO WELCOME THEM.
WE HAVE BEEN IN BACK TO BACK
MEETINGS AS THE COMMITTEE AND
COUNCIL HAVE CONVENED TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE HAVING ROBUST
CONVERSATIONS IN THIS TIME OF
CORONAVIRUS TO RESPOND TO THE
PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND THE
ECONOMIC CRISIS.
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR TIME
AGAIN AND WHEN OUR COLLEAGUES
JOIN US I WILL MAKE SURE TO
NOTE THEIR ARRIVAL.
>>> WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA
TODAY.
WE HAVE TWO SESSIONS AGAIN.
THIS MORNING AND THIS
AFTERNOON.
JUST BRIEFLY WANT TO NOTE THAT
THIS AFTERNOON WE WILL HAVE
ITEMS THAT ARE NOT REALLY
CONTROVERSIAL.
WE NO AMENDMENTS, BASICALLY FOR
A HANDLE OF THE BILL THAT ARE
COMING UP THIS AFTERNOON AS YOU
WILL REMEMBER.
THERE WAS OVER A DOZEN BILLS
TRANSMITTED FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AS IT RELATES TO THE
2020 REBALANCING BUDGET
PACKAGE.
THIS MORNING WE WILL WALK
THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS AS WAS
DESCRIBED ON FRIDAY AND MONDAY
THAT COVER THE SPD BUDGET
AMENDMENTS.
WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH OF THE
AMENDMENTS AND HAVE A CHANCE TO
HAVE A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
VOTE.
THAT IS THE AGENDA WE HAVE IN
FRONT MUCH US.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, AND
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, GO HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I'M
NOW PRESENT FOR THE MEETING.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
IT DOESN'T SEEM THERE WERE ANY
QUESTIONS OR OBJECTIONS TO THE
AGENDA.
WE HAVE FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL TRY TO GET THROUGH AS
MANY AS POSSIBLE.
AGAIN, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE IN
THE PAST FEW WEEK HAD 45 SECOND
TESTIMONY.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GENEROUS TO
INCLUDE AS MUCH AS THEIR
COMMENTS IN THAT TIME TO SHARE
THE SPACE TO HEAR FROM AS MANY
AS POSSIBLE.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THE LIST IN
THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR
ON THE SIGN IN SHEET AND THIS
MORNING WE WILL HAVE 20 MINUTES
OF PUBLIC COMMENT WITH 45
SECONDS FOR FOLKS AGAIN.
THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE I WILL
READ THEIR NAMES.
THE FIRST THREE AND THEN YOU
WILL BE UNMUTED.
THAT'S YOUR CHANCE TO TALK.
YOU WILL CHEER A CHIME AT TEN
SECONDS TO WRAP UP YOUR
COMMENTS SO YOU DON'T GET CUT
OFF.
IF YOU HAVE MORE TO SAY E-MAIL
US AT COUNCIL AT SEATTLE.GOV.
úIF YOU ARE DONE SPEAKING WANT
TO LISTEN IN HANG UP AND LISTEN
IN ON OUR LISTEN IN LINE OR ALL
OF THE OPTIONS LISTED ON THE
AGENDA INCLUDING LIVE STREAMING
AND ON TV FOR SEATTLE CHANNEL.
THANK YOU AGAIN SEATTLE CHANNEL
FOR CONSTANTLY COVERING.
WITH THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS
OPEN.
I WILL GO HEAD AND READ THE
FIRST THREE NAMES HERE.
THE FIRST THREE ARE MADISON
HOWIE, RACHEL BERGLEY, MADISON
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HI EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS MADISON.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7. I WANT
THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO DEFUND
SPD BY AT LEAST 50% FROM THE
AGGRESSIVE USE OF CHEMICALS ON
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS TO FUNDING
PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN TO
DISCREDIT PEACEFUL MARCH
CONSIDERS SPD NEEDS TO BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
THEY HAVE BEEN PROVING THAT
REFORM DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE
THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES.
IT IS YOUR JOB TO DO WHAT IS
RIGHTS, NOT WHAT IS EMOTIONLY
CONVENIENT.
IF BLACK LIVES MATTER, PROVE
IT, THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON IS RACHEL.
GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS RACHEL.
I'M A SOCIAL WORKER.
I WANT TO MY COUNCILMEMBER FOR
TAKING THE DEMANDS SERIOUSLY.
I ASK THE REST OF THE COUNCIL,
PARTICULARLY THE OTHER SIX WHO
HAVE BOWED TO DEFUND BY 50% TO
FOLLOW THROUGH.
SPD DOESN'T PROTECT THE
COMMUNITY.
I HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT VIOLENCE BY
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND THEIR ALLIES.
TO STOP VIOLENCE WE DON'T NEED
POLICE THAT WILL ONLY CREATE
MORE HARM THROUGH RACIAL
PROFILING.
WE NEED HOUSING TRANSFORMING
JUSTICE.
PLEASE LISTEN TO FAMILY MEMBERS
MURDERED BY SPD.
>>> THE NEXT PERSON IS STEVEN.
>> MY NAME IS STEVEN.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7. I'M
CALLING TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO
VOTE TO DEFUND THE SPD BY 50%.
WE HAVE USED STATE VIOLENCE AS
A REPLACEMENT FOR INVESTMENT IN
THE COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE POLICE SWEEPS TO
SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSING PEOPLE,
WE USE POLICE IN RIOT GEAR.
IT'S CRITICAL WE MOVE
RESPONSIBILITY THAT DOESN'T
REQUIRE AN ARMED RESPONSE SO WE
MUST ALSO REDUCE THE SIZE OF
THE POLICE FORCE, ELIMINATE
HARMFUL FUNCTIONS LIKE THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AND REPLACE
THEIR PRESENCE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES WITH THE SUPPORTS
THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS DEMAND.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT THREE ARE TIFFANY
MCCOY, ALLEN BALDWAY AND
ASHTON.
>> MY NAME IS TIFFANY MCCOY.
I'M THE LEAD ORGANIZER FOR REAL
CHANGE.
WE ARE CALLING ON YOU ALL TO
FULLY DEFUND THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
DESPITE THE CLAIM THAT ITS
OUTREACH WE KNOW FROM REPORTING
THAT 96% OF CAMP REMOVALS HAVE
BEEN FOCUSED ON OBSTRUCTION AND
HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT NOTICE.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF SWEEPS
HAPPEN WITHOUT NOTICE AND LOOK
LESS LIKE HOMELESS OUTREACH
THAN THEY DO A POLICE FORCE.
WE HAVE SUCCESS AT REAL CHANGE
WITH REACH AND COULD LEAD FOR A
CAMP OUTSIDE OUR OFFICE.
THESE WORKERS LISTEN TO THE
NEEDS OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS
AND [INAUDIBLE]
WITH SERVICES THAT MEAT THEIR
NEEDS.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO CALL THE
NAVIGATION TEAM BECAUSE THEY
KNEW THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN MET
WITH A POLICE PRESENCE.
>> THANK YOU.
ALLEN, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS ALLEN BALDWIN.
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT 7.
AFTER WITNESSING THE ATTACKS ON
NONVIOLENT PROTESTERNS BY SPD
THE GAS LIGHTING BY THE MAYOR
AND CHIEF BETTS, THE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE POLICE
SPOG PRESIDENT MIKE SLOAN CALL
FOR VIOLENCE ON PROTESTERS
INCLUDING ASKING THE PRESIDENT
TO SEND FEDERAL GONS TO KIDNAP
PROTESTERS HERE.
ITS CLEAR THAT THE POLICE DO
NOT PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY BUT
IMPOSE ORDER THROUGH TERRORISM.
WE NEED TO LET SEATTLE BE A
SHINING MILLION OF PUBLIC
SAFETY DONE RIGHT AND THE ONLY
WAY TO DO THAT IS TO DEFUND SPD
AND FUND BLACK COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ASHTON, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HI.
THE CONSENT DEGREE IS AN 8-YEAR-
OLD FREE ARE AGREEMENT.
TO PUT THAT ANOTHER WAY.
IN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS THERE'S
NOT BEEN GO STRAIGHT YEARS
WHERE SPD, HAVE NOT ROLLED BACK
THESE REFORMS.
REFORM DOESN'T WORK.
THE ONLY PATH FORWARD IS
DEFUNDING.
I WANT THE COUNCIL TO DEFUND BY
50% AND IT'S INSULTING THAT THE
CHIEF THINKS THEY SHOULD GET A
SEAT AT THE TABLE AFTER
UNDERMINING THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL READ THE NEXT THREE IN A
SECOND.
I WANT TO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
JA UREZ.
THE NEXT THREE ARE LUCAS
VARGAS, ABBY BROCKMAN.
>> HELLO.
I. A VOLUNTEER WITH 350
SEATTLE.
WE STAND WITH DECRIM SEATTLE'S
DEMAND THAT YOU DEFUND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BY 50%.
WE URGE THE DISARMING OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
POLICE HAVE LOST THE PRIVILEGE
OF BEING AT THE TABLE WHEN
DECISIONS ABOUT THE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET GET MADE AT
THE COUNCIL LEVEL.
BASED ON THEIR ACTIONS OVER THE
PAST MONTH THEY ARE NOT
INTERESTED IN PUBLIC SAFETY OR
RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS COUNCIL IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE
TO POLICE BUT TO THE CITIZENS
THE THE SPD HAVE LOST ALL CLAIM
TO THE PUBLIC TRUST.
PLEASE LISTEN TO BLACK
LEADERSHIP AND VOTE TO DEFUND
THE SPD BY AT LEAST 50%.
I ALSO URGE THE COUNCIL TO
OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO OF
THE JUMP START LEGISLATION.
WE NEED RELIEF RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ABBY.
>> I'M A REGISTERED VOTER OF
ALEX PEDERSEN.
I'M ASKING YOU TO COMMIT AND/OR
KEEP YOUR PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS
TO DEFUNDING 50% OF THE
SPDIMMORALLY BLOATED POLICE
BUDGET.
DO NOT BE SWAYED BY VOICES
TRYING TO INVALIDATE A PROFOUND
MOVEMENT FOR LONG OVER DUE
CHANGE WITH SIMPLE COUNTRY
TOOKS ABILITY WHAT IS REALISTIC
AND FEASIBLE.
THESE ATTEMPTS SEEK TO UP HOLD
THE STATUS AND BELIE ANY
UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIAL HISTORY
THAT SHOWS HOW WHAT IS FEASIBLE
AND REALISTIC CONNECTS TO OUR
BRAVERY AND IMAGINATION OR LACK
THEREOF.
>> YOU HAVE A FEW SECONDS.
>> WE ARE LOOK AT POSSIBILITY,
NOT PROBABILITY.
>> THANK YOU.
GOT IT IN.
HANNAH, GOOD MORNING.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS HANNAH.
I LIVE IN D7.
I'M CALMING TO DEMAND THAT YOU
DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST 50% IN
THE VOTE ON AUGUST 10th.
THE BUDGET SHORT FALL DUE TO
CORONAVIRUS MAKES IT MOOR
IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT MONEY
INTO HOUSING AND PUBLIC
SERVICES.
YOU CONTINUE TO CUT THE TRANSIT
BUDGET AND LAYOFF METRO
WORKERS.
THE POLICE OFFICERS WANT TO
CONVINCE YOU THAT THEIR JOBS
MORE IMPORTANT, THE GUILD
PRESIDENT IS GOING ON
INTERVIEWS INSULTING THE CITY
COUNCIL SPREADING APPLIES ABOUT
OUR CITY.
YOU DON'T WORK FOR HIM OR THE
POLICE.
STAY RESPONSIBLE TO US THE
PEOPLE WHO POLICE ARE
TERRORIZING AND THE AT RISK
POPULATIONS OF SEATTLE.
FOLLOW THE PROPOSAL AND TAKE
THE MOST AGGRESSIVE STANCE
POSSIBLE.
WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE STREETS
MARCHING TODAY IF EVERY DAY
UNTIL YOU DEFUND BY 50%.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I BELIEVE THE NEXT THREE -- THE
NEXT PERSON IS PETER.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS PETER, CALLING FROM
SEATTLE DISTRICT 4. WE ALL HAVE
BIG DAYS AHEAD OF US.
I STAND WITH KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW IN ASKING YOU TO DEFUND THE
SEATTLE POLICE, MOVE THE FUNDS
IN TO COMMUNITY LED INITIATIVES
FOR PUBLIC HEALTH DEFENSE AND
RELEASE ALL THE PROTESTERS
WITHOUT CHARGES.
I WILL SEE YOU IN THE STREET,
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE THE NEXT THREE.
LAUREN, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS LAUREN.
I'M A HEALTH CARE WORKER IN
DISTRICT 3. I SUPPORT DEFUNDING
THE POLICE.
FOR TOO LONG OUR COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN SHAPED BY THE PANDEMIC OF
RACISM AND INEQUALITY.
WHY WE WAIT EVEN ONE MORE DAY
TO MAKE THIS RIGHT.
THE MAYOR AND CHIEF AND THOSE
WHO STAND WITH THEM HAVE A BODY
OF WORK THAT SPANS DECADES BACK
AND SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
THEIR MODEL IS NOT EFFECTIVE.
AS PD IS NOT EFFECTIVE.
THEY ARE VIOLENT AND WASTE FUL
OF RESOURCES.
ITS CLEAR THAT THE MAYOR AND
CHIEF ARE OUT OF IDEAS BUT THE
PEOPLE OF SEE THING ARE DEEP
SEA OF BRILLANCE.
OUR COALITION ABOUND WAS
TALENT, HARD WORK AND WE ARE
READY TO CARRY FORWARD THE
VISION OF THREW COMMUNITY
SAFETY.
PLEASE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
BATINA, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS BATINA EACH A
RENTER IN DISTRICT 3 AND EYE
CALMING IN SUPPORT OF DEFUNDING
THE POLICE BY 50%.
AFTER THE EVENTS OF THE PAST
FEW MONTHS DURING WHICH
SPDBRUTALIZED THE CITIZENS OF
SEATTLE AND IN COUNTLESS WAYS
ENDANGERED THE LIVES AND HEALTH
OF THE PEOPLE THEY ARE PAID TO
PROTECT ITS CLEAR TO ME THAT WE
FUND THE POLICE AT OUR OWN
PERIL.
SPD HAS RADICALIZED ME AND
DESTROYED MY I GO FAITH I HAD
IN THE NEED FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THE ENSURE TY IS WATCHING YOUR
ACTIONS IN THIS MOMENT WILL NOT
BE FORGOTTEN.
LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF OUR CITY
AND VOTE TO DEFUND THE POLICE
BY AT LEAST 50%.
OUR CITY'S VERY SOUL IS AT
STAKE.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
LYNDON, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS LYNDON.
I'M A HOW MANY OWN AMERICA
DISTRICT 6. I'M CALMING ON ALL
OF YOU TO PROVE THAT BLACK
LIVES MATTER BY LISTENING TO
BLACK LIVES COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND
DEFUNDING SEATTLE POLICE.
YOU MADE A COMMITMENT TO DEFUND
POLICE BY AT LEAST 50% AND I'M
ASKING YOU TO UP HOLD THAT
COMMITMENT.
THE CURRENT BUDGET AMENDMENTS
ARE A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION BUT THEY FALL SHORT
OF COMMUNITY ADVANCE.
I'M URGING YOU TO CUT THE
BUDGET NOW AND INVEST IN
COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS FOR
HEALTH AND SAFETY.
CONTINUE CUTTING SPD AS YOU
MOVE FORWARD IN 20201 BUDGET
PLANNING.
>> YOU STILL HAVE A FEW
SECONDS.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE ARE
COUSE, SUE AND TYLER.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH MOMS
DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE AND
A DISTRICT 7 RESIDENT.
BLACK YOUNG MEN AND BOYS ARE
DYING AT GUN VIOLENCE AT
UNACCEPTABLE RATES.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE REIMAGINE
THE PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM AND
INVEST IN LOCAL BLACK LED,
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND
PREVENTION ORGANIZATIONS.
IN THE NEW BUDGET WE URGE YOU
TO SET ASIDE $4.7 MILLION FOR
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS TO BUILD
P THEIR CAPACITY TO PRE
GUN VIOLENCE IN A WAY THAT
BUILDS SAFE AND STRONG
COMMUNITIES AND 10.8 MILLION
FOR THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE.
A PARTNERSHIP OF FOUR PEOPLE OF
COLOR LED ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS
WHOSE STRATEGIES ARE EFFECTIVE
IN PREVENTING AND REDUCING GUN
VIOLENCE.
THESE FUNDS COULD NOT BE A
BETTER INVESTMENT OF OUR TAX
DOLLARS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
SUE, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS SUE.
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT 4.
FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW I'M CALMING
TO URGE EVERY COUNCILMEMBER TO
VOTE TO DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST
50% WHICH IS AT LEAST 85
MILLION AND NOT THE 2.6 MILLION
YOU ARE PROPOSING.
A SHAM, [INAUDIBLE]
AND INSULT TO THE BLACK LIVES
MOVEMENT.
BLACK LIVES CANNOT MATTER IF
THIS MINIMAL 50% DEFUNDING
DOESN'T HAPPEN NOW.
>> TYLER, GOOD MORNING.
>> HI.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT 3 AND
I TEACH ECONOMICS.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT THE BEST
WAY TO PREVENT CRIME IS BY
GIVING PEOPLE GOOD JOBS, NOT BY
POLICING THEM.
THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT
HOUSELESSNESS IS BY GIVING
PEOPLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IF IT'S THE FREE MARKET IS
UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO GIVE
PEOPLE GOOD JOBS AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
ACT TO DEFUND THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BY 50% AND
TAKE THAT MONEY AND INVEST IT
IN THE DECENT JOBS AND THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY
IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
IF THE CITY BELIEVES THAT BLACK
LIKES MATTER WE HAVE TO PUT OUR
MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS AND
LISTEN TO DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE.
DEFUND THE POLICE BY AT LEAST
50% THIS YEAR.
THERE'S NO REASON TO WAIT ON
THIS.
THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE A HEALTH
CRISIS, ECONOMIC CRISIS WHICH
AFFECTS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT THREE ARE JORANNA,
STEVE WALKER.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO.
I'M JOANNA FROM DISTRICT 7. I
WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU ALL
THAT SEVEN OUT OF NINE
COMMITTED IN PUBLIC TO DEFUND
THE POLICE BY 50% WHICH WOULD
BE $85 MILLION THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER, NOW I'M HEARING THAT
WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
WE ELECTED YOU ALL TO SIT TO
COUNCIL BECAUSE WE HOPED YOU
HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOME
SIMPLE MATH AND MOVE AROUND
FUNDS.
IF BLACK LIVES MATTERS PROVE
IT.
FIND A WAY TO STAND BY YOUR
WORD AND PICK THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY.
JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE
DENIED.
SET ASIDE THE FUNDS TO BLACK
COMMUNITIES, AMNESTY FOR
PROTESTERS AND RECALL THE
MAYOR.
ALSO INCLUDE EDM MARCH IN THE
PARTICIPATION BUDGET MEETING.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
STEVE, GOOD MORNING.
>
>> I'M STEVE WALKER.
I MOVED HERE IN A DECADE AGO.
MY NEIGHBORS AND I ARE WORRIED.
WE WANT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES
SAFE AND IT'S FOR THIS REASON
WE SUPPORT THE DEMANDS PUT
FORWARD BY DECRIMINALIZE SEE
THE EXAMPLE KING COUNTY
EQUITYW.
BELIEVE THE APPROACH TO
POLICING CAUSING HARM AT THREE
LEVELS, THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL,
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND
THE ARREST [INAUDIBLE]
ABOUT RETALIATION, SECOND HARM
TO THAT PERSON'S COMMUNITY,
EVERY TIME WE ARREST SOMEONE OR
JAIL SOMEONE OR SHOOT SOMEONE
WE TAKE AWAY FATHERS AND
MOTHERS AND SONS AND NEIGHBORS.
WE TAKE AWAY MORE LIVES THROUGH
THE LEGAL SYSTEM THAN
CORONAVIRUS EVER WILL AND HARM
TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITYLESS.
I CAN'T SAY THIS STRONGLY
ENOUGH THAT POLICE CREATE
CRIMINALS AND THEY ARE MUCH
MORE LIKELY TO INTERACT WITH
THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7. I'M
CALLING INTO SUPPORT THE EVERY
DAY MARCH LED BY BLACK WOMEN
AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO
DEFUND SPD BUDGET BY AT LEAST
50% STARTING IN 2020.
SETTING AT SIDE THE MONEY INTO
PROGRAM THAT WOULD SUPPORT
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
ALSO, HERE I'M HERE TO CALL OUT
ON THE CHIEF, PUBLIC STATEMENT
OVER THE PROTESTERS ATTEMPTS IN
HER HOUSE IN SNOHOMISH.
AS SHE SAID IT WAS DEMOCRATIC
AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
AS A PUBLIC OFFICER SHE HAS NO
RIGHT TO [INAUDIBLE]
WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF A
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT THREE ARE CJ, JUSTIN,
AND [INAUDIBLE], HI.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> I LIVE IN DISTRICT 6. I
WANT TO REPEAT WHAT'S BEEN SAID
TO DEFUND THE POLICE AND TO
INVEST THAT INTO COMMUNITY
PROGRAMS.
HAVE YOU MADE THE PLEDGE AND I
CALL ON YOU TO FOLLOW THROUGH
WITH THAT.
THE REST OF YOU THIS IS STILL A
CHANCE TO CHANGE YOUR MINDS AND
TO LISTEN TO THE MAJORITY OF
SEATTLE.
THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE CHIEF
HAVE A PR CAMPAIGN TO TRY TO
DISCREDIT US AND YOU.
WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
TAKE 911 RESPONSE OUT OF THE
POLICE AND GIVE IT BACK TO
CIVILIANS.
LAST NIGHT THE MAYOR SAID IT
TAKES 15 TO 20 MINUTES WOULD BE
TOO LONG BUT IT TAKES HOURS FOR
THE POLICE TO ARRIVE.
I CALL UNYOU TO DEFUND THE
POLICE AND INVEST THAT MONEY.
MAKE YOU'RE COMMUNITY SAFER, I
YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUSTIN.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M A DISTRICT 7 RESIDENT.
I'M ON THE QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY
COUNCIL SPEAKING FOR MYSELF IN
SUPPORT OF THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL
SPD DEFUNDING AVAILABLE TODAY.
I WOULD START BY APPRECIATING
THE SERIOUS LEADERSHIP FROM THE
LARGE MAJORITY OF YOU AND THIS
MATTER AND JUST WANT TO SAY
THAT SEEING OUT SWORN OFFICER
POSITIONS NEEDS TO START NOW
AND NOT ALL BE PLACED ON THE
FY20 BUDGET.
I WANT TO ASK THAT YOU NOT LIST
TONE CALLS TO SLOW DOWN FOR
MORE SEATTLE PROCESS.
IT'S MORALLY WRONG AT THIS
MOMENT AND ALSO IT'LL GIVE
OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO
MOBILIZE OBSTRUCTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND PLEASE DEFUND SPD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M A 4121 HEAD STEWARD.
WE HAVE A UNION OF THOUSANDS OF
ACADEMIC WORKERS AND I WANTED
TO SPEAK AS THE UNION MEMBER
ABOUT THE WEAPON EYEING OF
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
OUR UNION JOINED THE MAJORITY
OF THE MLK LABOR COUNCIL
EARLIER THIS SUMMER TO EXPELL
THE SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS
GUILD BECAUSE THEY HAVE SHOWN
TIME AND AGAIN FOR YEARS THAT
THEY WILL NEVER ALIGN WITH THE
VALUES OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
THEY WON'T ACTUALLY ACCEPT
RESPONSIBILITY FOR RENORMS
THAT'S WHY WE REMOVED THEM AND
THEY THINK THEY BULLIED THE
CITY INTO ACCEPTING REGRETSIVE
CONTRACTS.
WE URGE YOU TO DEFUND THEM
RIGHT NOW THIS IS A VERY FIRST
STEP AND IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN
IMMEDIATELY.
>> THANK YOU.
AMY, GOOD MORNING.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS AMY TOWER.
OUR ORGANIZATION STANDS IN
SUPPORT WITH THE SEATTLE DAILY
MARCHES WITH KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW AND DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE
FOR DEFUNDING THE SPD BY AT
LEAST 50%.
WE KNOW THAT THE ONLY RENTER
LAW THAT POLICE DEPARTMENTS
ENFORCE ARE EVICTIONS.
EVICTIONS ALONG WITH CAMP
SWEEPS VIOLENT AND TRAUMA
CAUSED BY THE POLICE.
THE POLICE DO NOT KEEP US SAFE.
IT'S HEALTHY HOUSING THAT KEEPS
US SAFE.
DEFUNDING THE POLICE IS IN LINE
WITH OUR VALUES AND DEMANDS
THAT HUMAN BELIEVES HAVE MORE
VALUE AND WORTH THAN PROPERTY
AND THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER.
THESE ARE HISTORIC TIMES AND WE
CALL ON YOU TO BE BRAVE AND
STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY AND DEFUND SPD BY 50%.
>> THANK YOU.
JOHN, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JOHN.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF
DEFUNDING THE SPD BY 50% BY
FOLLOWING THE PLAN PUT FORWARD
BY KING COUNTY EQUITQ CROW.
SEVEN YOU HAVE COMMITTED TO
DEFUNDING THE 50%.
THAT MEANS THE FULL 85 MILLION.
NO CORRUPT NEGOTIATIONS, 50%.
DO NOT FALL TO THE POLITICIANS
AND LIARS.
WE HAVE ALL WATCHED THE CHIEF
AND THE MAYOR TELL LIES.
THE LIES TOLD BY SPD AND OUR
REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT POLICE
REFORM HAVE PROVE TONE BE
DEADLY FOR DECADES.
THIS IS A NECESSARY STEP FOR
CHANGE.
DEFUND BY 50%, NO EXCUSES.
THE POLICE ARE ATTACKING US
WITH VIOLENCE AND FEAR.
PLEASE ATTACK WITH LOVE.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE
OUR LAST THREE THIS MORNING.
WE ARE GOING SLIGHTLY OVER THE
20 MINUTES BUT I WANT TO GET
THE LAST THREE IN AND LET YOU
ALL KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON MONDAY
MORNING AT 10:00 A.M.
FOR OUR NEXT SELECT BUDGET
MEETING.
PLEASE SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO
COUNCIL AT SEATTLE.GOV.
THE LAST THREE ARE BLAKE, CHLOE
AND SKYLEE.
BLAKE, GOOD MORNING.
>> MORNING.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3 ON CAPITOL
HILL.
I GAVE COMMENT LAST WEEK ABOUT
BEING ARRESTED AND JAILED WITH
MY WIFE.
LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR PERSONALLY
SPEAKING FOR US.
WE WANT THE FULL 85 MILLION
DEFUNDED NOW.
NO DELAYS, DIVERSIONS, BACK
TRACKING OR HALF MEASURES.
THANK YOU SO MY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR PLANNING TO FOLLOW
THROUGH AND NOT MAKING EXCUSES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN HAVE YOU
HAD TEAR GAS COMING THROUGH
YOUR WINDOWS IN HAVE YOU HAD A
POLICE OFFICER PUT A KNEE IN
YOUR NECK?
HAVE YOU HAD TO TELL YOUR
CHILDREN HOW TO BEHAVE IN FRONT
OF COPS SO THEY COME HOME
ALIVE?
HAVE YOU PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED
THE BRUTALITY FROM SPD THAT
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY
MEMBERS SUFFER EVERY DAY.
IF YOU HAVE 50% WOULDN'T BE
ENOUGH.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
CHLOE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M THE CO DIRECT EAR OF THE
REACH PROGRAM WHICH SERVES YOUR
UNSHELTERED COMMUNITY AND
NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO ENTIRE
THE ENTIRE NAVIGATION TEAM.
THE FUNDAMENTAL MISSION OF THE
TEAM IS TO REMOVE PEOPLE OR
HOMELESS FROM PUBLIC SPACE.
THEY CARRY THIS OUT WITH
REGULATIONS AND THROUGH
BULLYING.
DESPITE OUR YEARS OF REQUESTS
TO BUILD LONG TERM SOLUTIONS
THE ENTIRE TEAM CONTINUES TO
CONDUCT POLITICAL TRANSACTIONS
THAT RESULT IN DISPLACEMENT AND
TRAUMA.
REMOVING UNIFORMED OFFICERS
WON'T CHANGE THE PREMISE OF
THIS TOOL.
INSTEAD WE NEED TO BUILD OUR
NETWORK OF SKILLED, RELEVANT
PROVIDERS WHO DEEPLY UNDERSTAND
THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.
OUTREACH PROVIDER WHO REFLECT
AND LOVE THE PEOPLE PUSHED OUT
ONTO THE STREETS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU CAN SEND IN THE REST OF
YOUR COMMENTS.
SOUNDED LIKE YOU HAD ONE MORE
SENTENCE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M SKYLEE A HOMEOWNER.
IN TIMES OF BUDGET SHORT FALL
WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT HAS
BEEN WORKING.
WHAT WORKS PARKS.
WHAT WE NEED ARE POLICE.
THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE
LINE TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY
WHICH I SEE NOBODY ELSE ON THIS
CALL DOING.
WHAT HASN'T BEEN WORKING, WE
DON'T NEED YOU.
YOUR POSTURING HAVE NOT BEEN
ACQUAINTANCE SEPTEMBERABLE.
THE BUDGET SHORT FALL WON'T BE
BECAUSE OF YOUR RESPONSE BUT
BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ANYONE
LEFT IN SEATTLE TO TAX.
IF YOU PLAN TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL
SECURITY, PLEASE STOP.
FUND THE PARKS, OTHERWISE GET
RID OF THIS CITY COUNCIL.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
FOLKS AGAIN THAT WAS ALL OF THE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE DO.
WE HAD 25 MINUTES TODAY INSTEAD
OF 20.
WITH THAT OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
FOR TODAY IS CLOSED ENCOURAGE
FOLKS TO SIGN UP AT 8:00 A.M.
ON MONDAY.
>>> WE ARE GOING INTO ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
FIRST I HAVE A FEW OPENING
COMMENTS AND A FEW REMINDERNS
FOR FOLKS.
FIRST A REMINDER WE ARE
STARTING THIS COMMITTEE MEETING
AN HOUR EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED
FOR AT 11:00 A.M.
TODAY'S AGENDA REFLECT THAT BY
IDENTITYING FIRST HOUR AS A
SPECIAL MEETING.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE
REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING
WHICH WILL FLOW AND THERE WON'T
BY ANY INTERRUPTION BUT FOR THE
PURPOSES OF DOCUMENTS THE
MEETING TIMES WE ARE DOING A
SPECIAL MEETING TEN TO 11 AND
THEN A REGULAR FROM 11 ON.
WHEN WE HIT THE 11:00 HOUR I
WILL MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
THE SPECIAL MEETING PORTION OF
THE MEETING HAS COBB INCLUDED
WE WILL BE ENGAGING IN OUR
REGULARLY SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
JUST WANTED TO ORIENT YOU IN
TERMS OF HOW OUR TWO MORNING
SESSIONS GO HAND IN GLOVE SO WE
CAN GET MORE TIME.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> KNOW YOU HAD ANOTHER
MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HAVE
THIS EXTRA HOUR.
BEFORE WE START AS WELL, I WANT
TO ADDRESS A FEW OF THE ITEM
THAT HAVE BEEN FLOATING AROUND
OUT THERE IN THE LAST WEEK OR
SO HERE.
WANT TO START BY ADDRESSING
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE
BEEN BOTH CONFL ATED AND
INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO CONFUSE
THE PUBLIC.
FOR A LONG TIME WE HAVE BEEN
TOLD AND WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT,
ESPECIALLY AS WOMEN AND WOMEN
OF COLOR THAT WE IRON OUT OUR
DIFFERENCES BEHIND THE SCENES
BECAUSE IT MANY CAN FUEL THE
OPPOSITION.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A
BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO UNITE
TOGETHER WHEN WE CAN HAVE
COMMON GROUND.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF CONFLICT THAT'S BEEN PUT
OUT IN THE MEDIA AND BY SOME IN
CITY HALL THAT I DON'T THINK IS
HELPING OUR CONVERSATION RIGHT
NOW.
IT HELPS WHEN WE CAN ALL COME
TOGETHER AND HAVE A FUNCTIONAL
GOVERNMENT.
IT HELPS WHEN WE WORK WELL.
IT HELPS WHEN WE ARE HONEST
ABOUT THE ISSUES IF FRONT OF US
AND IDENTITY WHERE THERE ARE
BARRIERS AND TOGETHER,
COLLECTIVELY WORK TO ADDRESS
THEM.
WOE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND
I HAVE HAD SPECIFIC
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR
DATING BACK TO EARLY 2018 WHEN
WE WERE ALSO IN A PERIOD OF
TURMOIL IN THE CITY AND, AGAIN,
EXPRESS MY INTEREST IN WANTING
TO MAKE SURE THAT TOGETHER WE
WORK HAND IN GLOVE TO SHOW A
UNITED FRONT AS WE GOVERN IN
THESE TOUGH TIMES.
FOLKS ARE STRESSED.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF
WORK.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE CORN
SERBED ABOUT THEIR SMALL
BUSINESSES NOT BEING ABLE TO
OPEN.
PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING CHANGE
FROM DECADES OR CENTURIES OF
INACTION AND WANTING TO SEE
REAL CHANGE, RADICAL CHANGE.
WE ARE HERE TODAY ADDRESSING
REALLY TOUGH ISSUES THAT
HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED BEFORE.
WE ARE SHOWING THE POLITICAL
WILL AND COURAGE TO TAKE THESE
ISSUES ON.
IT'S CHALLENGING TO DO SO.
IT BECOMES EVEN MORE
CHALLENGING WHEN MISINFORMATION
IS PUT OUT THERE.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
WE ARE WORKING TO UNTURN EVERY
ROCK TO LOOK AT EVERY CORNER OF
THE BUDGET TO TRY TO IDENTITY
WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO
REIMAGINING WHAT COMMUNITY
SAFETY LOOKS LIKE.
INVESTING IN COMMUNITY AND
RIGHT SIZING OUR DEPARTMENT.
NOT JUST HERE IN SEATTLE BUT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT HAS BEEN THE CALL FOR
ACTION AND HERE IN SEATTLE WE
ARE TRYING TO RESPOND TO THAT.
ITS CLEAR WE ARE NOT JUST
DIFFERENT VERGING ON STRATEGIES
AND TALKING POINTS.
ITS CLEAR WE DIFFERING ON
POLICY.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
PUT ALL OF THE IDEAS ON THE
TABLE.
WE HAVE LAUNCHED THE SPD BUDGET
INQUEST20 LOOK AT WHERE THE
MONEY GOES AND IDENTITY WHAT IS
POSSIBLE THIS YEAR AND WHAT'S
POSSIBLE IN THE YEARS TO COME.
SPECIFICALLY THIS FALL FOR OUR
2021, 2022 BUDGET.
WE HAVE LED WITH BLACK AND
BROWN VOICES.
WE HAVE INVITED FOLKS TO THE
TABLE BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WAS
RUNNING THAT WAS THE BIGGEST
THING I HEARD FROM COMMUNITIES.
THEY WANTED ELECTED TO BRING
PEOPLE TO THE TABLE WHO HAD
LIVED EXPERIENCES TO HAVE FOLK
WHO REPRESENT THEM AND ALSO
MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T SPEAKING
FOR PEOPLE AND PEOPLE COULD
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES AND HELP
IDENTITY POLICY SOLUTIONS
BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE LIVING
THESE EXPERIENCES DAILY HAVE
SOME OF THE BEST IDEAS ABOUT
HOW TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM.
MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE
SERIOUS BARRIERS IN FRONT OF US
AND THIS COUNCIL HAS TRIED TO
IDENTITY HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE
BARRIERS, NOT JUST SAY THAT
IT'S A BARRIER AND WE CAN'T GET
THERE BUTSEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE
CHANGED TO GET TO YES, SO WE
CAN EVENTUALLY GET THERE TO
LOOK AT WHAT COMMUNITY SAFETY
LOOKS LIKE AND BREAK DOWN THE
BARRIERS TOGETHER WITH
COMMUNITY.
AS WE DIVERGE ON POLICY THERE'S
A FEW THING THAT HAVE STOOD
OUT.
MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT SPD HAS
ISSUED A SUBPOENA ON
JOURNALISTS TO TURNOVER FOOTAGE
FROM PROTESTS AND MEDICS HAVE
BEEN TARGETED AND IT HAS A
CHILLING EFFECT ON THE FREEDOM
OF PRESS AND PEOPLE TO EXERCISE
THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
NO MATTER WHAT THE OPINIONS ARE
AS WELL FROM THOSE EXPRESSING
THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
THAT PRESS, LEGAL OBSERVORS AND
MEDICS HAVE THE PROTECTIONS
THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB AND I
WILL WORK ON A RESOLUTION WE
HAVE ON MONDAY.
THIS IS A BIG POLICY CHANGE
FROM WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS
PASSED.
WE SAID THAT WE WANTED TO SEE
THESE LESS LETHEL WEAPONS TAKEN
AWAY AND INSTEAD THE EXECUTIVE
AND PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL PUSHED TO REPEAL WHAT WE
HAD DONE AND USED THOSE HARMFUL
WEAPONS THAT ARE HARMFUL TO
LUNGS DURING A DEADLY PANDEMIC
ON FOLKS EXPRESSING THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
WE HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT THIS
COUNCIL HAS A DEEP DESIRE TO
MAKE SURE THAT ALL REPORTERS,
MEDICS HAVE THE PROTECTIONS
THEY NEED AND I'M STILL
CONCERNED THAT THE CITY IS
ADVANCING THE LAWSUIT AGAINST
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA PAYING
UPWARDS OF $35,000 FOR EXTERNAL
LEGAL ADVISOR LAWYERS TO PUSH
FORWARD THE SUBPOENA.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE
DOING THIS.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE SPENDING
MONEY ON MAKING REPARATIONS TO
THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN
HARMED BY THE TYPES OF ACTIONS
WE HAVE SEEN.
WE HAVE -- BEEN ASKING AS A
CITY COUNSEL TOIL GET INTO THIS
LEVEL OF DETAIL BECAUSE WE WANT
TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS
COMING FROM, WHERE IT SHOULD BE
GOING AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
WE HAVE SEEN MONEY SPENT ON
CONCRETE FENCE AROUND THE WEST
PRECINCT.
WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING
FROM?
WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM
FOR THE MILITARY WEAPONS USED
GUESS OUR RESIDENTS, TO LAUNCH
THESE EFFORTS AGAINST MEMBERS
OF THE MEDIA AND FOLKS IN OUR
COMMUNITY?
WE WOULD LOVE TO ENGAGE WITH
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE THESE
DOLLARS ARE COMING AND GOING.
WE HAVE LAUNCHED AN INQUEST TO
GET AT THE HEART OF WHAT'S
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS IN THE
BUDGET OFFICE AND ACROSS THE
CITY FOR MANY WEEKS FOR THE
LAST TWO MONTHS.
HERE WE ARE, WHERE MORE MONEY
IS BEING SPENT ON GASSING
FOLKS, PUTTING UP FENCES
INSTEAD OF WORKING WITH US TO
IDENTITY WHERE DOLLARS COULD
GO.
WE WANT THESE DOLLARS TO GO
INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE OPEN AND WANTING TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
EXECUTIVE ABOUT HOW WE RIGHT
SIZE THE DEPARTMENT.
INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT
CONVERSATION MORE MONEY IS
BEING SPENT TO BUILD FEBRUARIES
AND CONTINUE GASSING FOLKS IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN BUSY.
WE ARE BUSY WORKING TO ADDRESS
THE BARRIERS IN FRONT MUCH US,
TRYING TO GET OUT INFORMATION
WE RECEIVE AND REALLY BREAK
APART THE INFORMATION THAT WE
RECEIVE TO MAKE IT SURE THAT
IT'S TRANSPARENT AND
ACCOUNTABLE.
WE ARE LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC.
WE ARE PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY.
WE HAVE PUT OURSELVES OUT
THERE.
WE WORK NOT JUST WITH IN CITY
HALL BUT WITH DID THE COMMUNITY
AT LARGE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
OF OUR RESIDENT DEAR SIR BE
HEARD, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO
SILENCE FOLKS BY USING
SUBPOENAS AGAINST MEMBERS OF
THE PRESS, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO
PUT PEOPLE AT RISK BY PUSH THAT
FORWARD.
WE ARE TRYING TO DISMANTLE
THAT.
WE ARE ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY
RESIDENTS AND PUTTING OURSELVES
OUT THERE TO BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE TO TRY TO REACH THE
GOALS.
WHERE THEY AREN'T POSSIBLE IN
THE SHORT TERM WE ARE COMMITTED
TO CONTINUING TO DID THE WORK.
SINCE DAY ONE WE HAVE WARRANTED
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SHOW
THAT WE LEAD NOT JUST TEAR DOWN
EACH OTHER OR TEAR DOWN PLANS.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO YES AND
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE PROGRESS.
NOT JUST HEAR NO AND NOT JUST
HEAR BARRIERS.
OUR PLANS ARE NOT PERFECT BUT
THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE CHANCE TO
BE BUILT UPON AND IMPROVED.
WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ENHANCE AND KEEP GOING
FORWARD BUT WHAT IS NOT HELPFUL
IS TO SAY NO TO COMMUNITY AND
JUST SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING THAT
IS BEING ASKED.
WE WORK WITH VERY LIMITED STAFF
COMPARED TO THOSE IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
OUR PLANS, THOUGH, ARE
TRANSPARENT, THEY ARE COMPLETE,
THEY ARE DONE IN THE PUBLIC AND
THEY ARE DONE EFFICIENTLY BY
WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC, BY
WORKING WITH THE INCREDIBLE
TEAMS AND BY WORKING WITH THE
EXPERIENCE FROM COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
WORK TO RIGHT SIZE THE
DEPARTMENT AND WE KNOW THAT THE
MAJORITY OF FOLKS WITH IN THE
CITY WANT TO SEE THE
DEPARTMENT, THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT RIGHT SIZE.
THAT'S FROM THE DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION POOL THAT
SHOWS OVER 50% SUPPORT REDUCING
FUNDING FOR THE POLICE AND
INCREASING FUNDING, UPSTREAM
FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE BULLIED
IN TO DOING NOTHING.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
TOGETHER TO ADVANCE WHERE WE
CAN AND COME TOGETHER
COLLECTIVELY THIS FALL AS WE
LOOK TO DO MORE BUT WE WANT
THIS TO BE A
THOUGHTFUL AND TRANSPARENT
CONVERSATION AND IS MAKE
INROADS WHERE WE CAN AND
CONDITION OUR COMMITMENT THIS
FALL.
I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE HAVE SHOWN TO COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT WE HEAR THEM, WE
ARE WORKING TOWARD THE SAME
GOAL AND NOT JUST SAYING NO.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ARE THERE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE?
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
ISSUES OUT THERE IN THE PRESS
AND I SEE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
I WILL TURNOVER THE MIC.
>> THANK YOU FOR AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OPENING
REMARKS BEFORE WE DIG IN TO THE
IMPORTANT WORK OF THIS
COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL AS A
WHOLE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR REMARKS AND
AGREE.
I WANTED TO ALSO TAKE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS
THE LATEST COMMENTS FROM THE
MAYOR 678 I FIND IT
DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE AMOUNT
OF MISINFORMATION OF THE WORK
OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY
THAT'S COMING OUT OF THAT
OFFICE.
I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW REMARKS
WITH YOU AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC.
I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING
THAT THE COUNCIL DOES HAVE A
PLAN TO REDUCE THE SCOPE AND
SIZE OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE CAN DISAGREE AND HAVE BEEN
HAVING DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER
IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE TO START
OR WHETHER WE NEED TO GO
FURTHER.
THE STEPS WE INTEND TO TAKE
REPRESENT BOTH THE URGENCY WITH
WHICH WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE
ISSUE OF POLICE BRUTALITY
AGAINST BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES.
OUR PLAN TAKES STEPS TO ENGAGE
COMMUNITY AND PARTNERS AND
PARTNER WITH THEM TO SCALE UP
AND -- TO SCALE UP THOSE
PROGRAMS THAT WORK FOR
COMMUNITIES AND ALL SEATTLE
RESIDENTS.
TODAY WE ARE TAKING VOTES ON A
SERIES OF ACTIONS, WE ARE GOING
TO TAKE IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS
THAT WILL REPRESENT THE FIRST
STEPS IN THIS EFFORT.
OUR PLAN ALSO OUTLINES THE NEXT
STEP THAT WILL BE TAKEN IN THE
COMING MONTHS.
THE WORK WE ARE DOING NOW AND
THAT WE WILL DO WITH COMMUNITY
IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WILLEN
FORM AND REFINE HOW WE INTEND
TO PUT IN AND IMPLEMENT
COMMUNITY LED VISION FOR
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THE SIMPLE FACT, COLLEAGUES,
THE SIMPLE FACT IS THAT THE
MAYOR DOES NOT LIKE OUR PLAN.
SHE HAS A STRONG OPPOSITION TO
OUR PLAN.
THE MAYOR DOES NOT AGREE WITH
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE
OF SEATLE, A MAJORITY OF THE
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE WHO BELIEVE
THAT WE NEED TO SUBSTANTIALLY
REDUCE THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AS A RESULT SHE IS SPREADING
MISINFORMATION AND FEAR ABOUT
WHAT THE COUNCIL INTENDS TO DO
IN ORDER TO UNDERMINE OUR
EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM COMMUNITY
SAFETY IN OUR SAFETY.
THE COUNCIL IS BUILDING UPON A
VISION THAT IS BEING GENERATED
WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND
MEMBERS.
THE MAYOR DOES NOT AGREE WITH
THAT VISION AND DOES NOT THINK
POLICING NEEDS TO BE
TRANSFORMED IN THE WAY THAT WE
HAVE DESCRIBED.
INSTEAD HAS REPEATEDLY AND
SADLY TRYING TO UNDERMINE OUR
COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ON THE
COUNCIL.
SHE IS HOPING THIS WHOLE EFFORT
TO DEMILITARY AND DIVEST FROM
POLICE WILL BLOW OVER.
HER STRATEGY TODAY LAY AND
DISTRACT US FROM THIS EFFORT IS
BEING DONE IN THE HOPE THAT THE
POLITICAL WINDS WILL CHANGE.
DEFUNDING SPD IS MORE THAN A
HASH TAG.
IT'S MORE THAN A TALKING POINT.
IT'S MORE THAN A BUMPER STICKER
TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS.
WHEN WE SAY DEFUND WE MEAN TAKE
ACTION AS WE HAVE HEARD LOUD
AND CLEAR FROM MANY OF OUR
PEOPLE THAT MORE OFFICERS DOES
NOT EQUAL MORE PUBLIC SAFETY.
AS A COUNCIL WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE A DEBATE, A TRANSPARENT,
OPEN, PUBLIC DEBATE ABOUT WHERE
TO SET THE DIALS AND THAT IS A
FAIR THING FOR US TO BE DOING
IN PUBLIC.
OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING US TO
ACT WITH URGENCY AND
TRANSFORMING THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SYSTEM.
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 20 MILLION-
DOLLAR CUT TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE
TRANSFERS DOES NOT GET US
THERE.
AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY, AS THE
ONLY LEGISLATIVE BODY FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, WHICH TAKES
SERIOUSLY THE ROLE AS
PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY CHART
TORE BALANCE THE SIX BILLION
DOLLAR BUDGET AND PROVIDE FOR
THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF ITS
CITIZENS WE PROPOSE APPLES THAT
WILL BEGIN, BEGIN THE PROCESS
OF REPAIRING THE HARM DONE TO
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES BY
REDUCING THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF
WHAT SPD RESPONDS TO.
THESE ARE FIRST IN INITIAL
STEPS.
THE WORK STARTS WITH THE
REBALANCING BADGE.
IT DOES NOT END WITH THE
REBALANCING PACKAGE.
WE REFUSE TO PLAY POLITICS WITH
PEOPLE'S LIVES AND LIVELY HOODS
ARE AT STAKE.
THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS WE HAVE
PUT FORWARD ARE SOUND AND WE
STAND BEHIND THOSE AMENDMENTS.
THESE ARE REAL DECISIONS, REAL
DOLLARS, AND THE LIVES OF REAL
PEOPLE.
THE MAYOR'S PEOPLE AND OUR
PEOPLE ARE AT STAKE.
IT'S EASIER TO BE CRITICAL OF
OTHER PEOPLE'S PLANS THAN IT IS
TO BE CREATIVE AND CREATING
YOUR OWN PLANS.
THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN CREATIVE,
WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO
IDENTITY RESOURCES THAT ARE
DESPERATELY NEEDED TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND
ON US THE MOST.
I AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU
COLLEAGUES REMAIN OPEN TO
WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE, IF
THE MAYOR CAN SHOW US SOME
JOINT LEADERSHIP BY FINDING A
PATHWAY THAT WOULD UP ROOT THE
HARMFUL SYSTEM THAT HAVE
CONTINUED TO OPPRESS BLACK
COMMUNITIES AND TO HELP US LAY
THE FOUNDATION FOR NEW SYSTEMS
TO BE BUILT THAT CENTER THE
HUMANITY, HEALING AND GROWTH
AND PROSPERITY AND LIBERATION
OF COMMUNITIES.
THAT IS MY INVITATION, MY OPEN
PUBLIC INVITATION TO THIS MAYOR
AND I WILL END BY SAYING THAT I
HAD A 60 MINUTE PHONE CALL WITH
THIS MAYOR YESTERDAY.
SEVERAL HOURS IN ADVANCE OF HER
PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE I OPENLY
INVITED HER AND THE CHIEF TO A
CONVERSATION ABOUT WE CHART A
COOPERATIVE PATH FORWARD ON
DELIVERING ON THIS
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE THAT
COMMUNITY IS ASKING US TO
DELIVER ON.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR NOT
ONLY THAT SHE ACCEPTED THAT
INVITATION FIRST BUT THAT SHE
WENT THEN BEFORE A SET OF
CAMERAS TO CONTINUE TO
MISREPRESENT THIS COUNCIL'S
WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE COOPERATIVELY AND IN A
NONDIVIDING WAY TO PUSH US
THROUGH THESE REALLY DIFFICULT
PERIODS OF TIME.
I'M FURTHER DISAPPOINTED THAT
AS A -- AS THE CHAIR OF THE
SELECT LABOR COMMITTEE AND AS
THE PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL
AND AS A MEMBER OF THE LABOR
POLICY COMMITTEE THAT OUR LABOR
RELATIONS DIVISION WHICH LIVES
IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
APPEARS TO BE USED IN A
POLITICAL MOTIVATED FASHION TO
ADVANCE THE GOAL OF NEVER
SEEING LAYOFFS OF BADGE AND GUN
JOBS AT THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS NOT HOW I BELIEVE WE
SHOULD GOVERN.
IT IS NOT HOW I BELIEVE WE
SHOULD DO BUSINESS.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE PAST
THIS PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT WE
CAN ACTUALLY GET TO THE WORK,
FOCUS ON OUR PLANS.
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TO US AND THE PUBLIC AND
I AGAIN REMAIN OPEN TO WORKING
WITH THE EXECUTIVE, WITH THE
CHIEF, AND WITH OTHER MEMBERSst
COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT
-- THAT WE NOT ONLY GET THE
REBALANCING PACKAGE OVER THE
LINE BUT THAT WE CHART FORWARD
A COURSE ON WHAT TRANSFORMATION
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL
LOOK LIKE STARTING IN JUST
SEVEN WEEKS.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT PLEASE GO
HEAD.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOUR
COMMENTS.
I HAVE TO SHAME ON THE MAYOR
THAT THE POSITIONS THEY ARE
HAVE TAKEN THROUGHOUT ARE
ENTIRELY NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF
WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF
ORDINARY PEOPLE, WORKING
PEOPLE, COMMUNITY MEMBERS STAND
AND THAT IS NOT JUST ABOUT
DEFUNDING THE POLICE BUT ALSO
HER OPPOSITION TO THE AMAZON
TAX AND MANY OTHER PROGRESSIVE
POLICY THAT HAVE BEEN ADVANCED
BY OUR MOVEMENT AND HAVE BEEN
TAKE ESPECIALLY UP BY THE CITY
COUNCIL.
WHETHER IT'S TINY HOUSE
RELIGIOUS, HER ATTEMPT TO EVICT
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
AS YOU HAVE SAID WHICH I AGREE
WITH, THIS IS ABOUT REAL
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
HER ADMINISTRATION, HER
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHEDMENT
ADMINISTRATION HAS DEEPLY
UNFORTUNATELY FOUND COMMON
GROUND IN ALLOWING THE POLICE
AND CONTINUING TO ALLOW THE
POLICE TO USE ARTICLEFUL
WEAPONS WHETHER IT'S TEAR GAS
OR RUBBER BULLETS OR OTHER
WEAPONS WITH IMPUNITY.
I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE ACTIVIST ON THE GROUND,
THE MULTIRACIAL BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT THAT HAS BEEN
SO COURAGEOUSLY ON THE STREETS
TO RANK AND FILE DEMOCRATS,
LABOR UNION MEMBERS, SOCIALISTS
WHO FOUGHT FOR THE FIRST OF
IT'S KIND CHEMICAL WEAPONS BAN
THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL VOTED ON
FROM MY OFFICE AND FROM OUR
MOVEMENT.
I AM -- YOU KNOW -- DESPITE ALL
THE HURDLE THAT HAVE COME
FORWARD WE SHOULD REMIND
OURSELVES THAT THIS WAS A
VICTORY WON BY OUR MOVEMENT.
THE BEST WAY TO DEFEAT THE
MAYOR IS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
TODAY TO VOTE FOR THE PROPOSALS
FOR DEFUNDING THE POLICE THIS
YEAR IN 2020 BY $85 MILLION
WHICH IS 50% OF THE REMAINING
BUDGET OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND EVEN WITH THE DEFUND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE LEFT
WITH MORE MONEY THAN MOST OTHER
SOCIAL SERVICE FOCUSED
DEPARTMENT PRESIDENTS OF THE
DEWHICH IT'S IMMIGRANT NEEDS OR
LIBRARIES OR THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS.
I WOULD URGE ALL COUNCILMEMBERS
TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT FROM
MY OFFICE AND THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET MOVEMENT TO DEFUND THE
POLICE ACTUALLY THIS YEAR BY
$85 MILLION.
YOU CANNOT -- THIS COUNCIL
CANNOT TAKE $2.6 MILLION, NOT
COUNTING THE $16.3 MILLION THAT
THE MOVEMENT HAS FORCED THE
MAYOR ALREADY TO CONCEDE TO,
THE COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE 2.6
MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN CALL
IT DEFUNDING.
IF THE COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT
$16.3 MILLION THAT WERE
CONCEDED DO BY THE MAYOR DON'T
GET US TO DEFUND HOW DO YOU
THINK THAT $16.3 MILLION PLUS
$2.6 MILLION GET US THERE?
ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
PART OF THIS MOVEMENT WHO HAVE
SPOKEN OUT DAY AFTER DAY
UNDERSTAND THAT DEFUNDING IS
NOT TAKEN A FEW MILLION DOLLARS
FROM THE POLICE.
DEFUNDING IS ACTUALLY AT LEAST
50% WHICH IS $85 MILLION.
I ALSO JOIN WITH THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS IN URGING THE COUNCIL
TO STOP THE SWEEPS HERE AND NOW
AND THIS BAN, THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
LASTLY I WILL SAY IF KING
COUNTY METRO DRIVERS COULD BE
-- WHO ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS
AND WHO PROVIDE SUCH AN
IMPORTANT SERVICE AND WHO HAVE
PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE
DURING THIS PANDEMIC, IF KING
COUNTY METRO DRIVERS COULD BE
LAIDOFF WITH 25 DAYS NOTICE,
YOU KNOW SHAMEFULLY, THE -- THE
STATE AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
PUTTING THE BURDEN OF THE
RECESSION ON ESSENTIAL WORKERS
THEN WHY CAN'T THE POLICE BE
DEFUNDED NOT BECAUSE OF
RECESSION BUT BECAUSE OF A
SPECIFIC POLICY TO DEFUND THE
POLICE BECAUSE THE POLICE ARE
MOSTLY CAUSING HARM TO OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF COLOR, TO
POOR PEOPLE, TO HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS AND TO THE PROTEST
MOVEMENT.
IF STATE LAWS APPLY EQUALLY I
REALLY URGE THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL TODAY VOTE TO DEFUND
THE POLICE BY AT LEAST $85
MILLION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
BEFORE WE START WITH TODAY'S
AMENDMENT DISCUSSION ARE THERE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> YES.
I HAVE ONE POINT OF ORDINARY TO
MAKE.
>> PLEASE.
COUNCILMEMBER JA UREZ.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO GET
THROUGH THIS.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING FOR A
HALF HOUR TO HAVE PREPARED
STATEMENTS TO READ ABOUT OUR
FIGHT WITH THE EXECUTIVE AND
ALL THE OTHER CRAP.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO DO.
WE JUST NOW ARE AN HOUR INTO
THE MEETING.
WE AREN'T ANYWHERE NEAR TO IT.
I WOULD ASK A POINT OF ORDER
THAT WE HOLD THE SPEECHES UNTIL
WE GET TO THE AMENDMENT, IF WE
WILL DEBATE OR TALK ABOUT.
THIS LECTURING SCOLDING OVER
AND OVER DOES NOBODY ANY GOOD
IT.
CREATES MORE ANXIETY.
I JUST THINK IT'S UNCALLED FOR
AT THIS POINT.
I WOULD LIKE THAT WE GET TO
THEA AGAIN A START THE
AMENDMENTS AND START THE
DEBATE.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT.
I SEE NO OTHER HANDS.
COUNCIL, CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
I'M SORRY.
WILL YOU READ ITEM 1 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> ITEM ONE.
REVIEW OF POTENTIAL LEGISLATION
RELATE TO THE THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WE HAVE A
FULL AGENDA TODAY.
ITEM NUMBER 1 HERE IS A REVIEW
OF REGISTRY LATED TO SPD
AMENDMENTS BUT ARE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THAT WILL BE
FORTHCOMING.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE LIST IS
FROM COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I
BELIEVE DAN IS WITH US AND I'M
LOOKING FOR ESSENTIAL STUFF.
I SEE YOU.
ALLY WILL GET US KICKED OFF
HERE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M WITH YOUR COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
AS THE CHAIR DESCRIBED, THE
ITEMS UNDER AGENDA ITEM ONE ON
AGENDA INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF
FOUR NEW PIECES OF LEGISLATION
THAT MAY BE INTRODUCED AT FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY AND THEN
ACTED ON ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST
12th AT THE SPECIAL MEETING.
THIS LEGISLATION IS NEEDED TO
DO SOME OF THE CHANGES
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE PROPOSED TO
DATE.
THE FIRST ITEM, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
STRRAUS S WOULD BE NEW
LEGISLATION TO DISAGGREGATE
PATROL OPERATIONS, SO THAT
APPROPRIATATIONS FOR EACH
PRECINCT HAS A SEPARATE BUDGET
CONTROL LEVEL.
THIS NEW LEGISLATION IS
NECESSARY BECAUSE THE PACKAGE
OF LEGISLATION THAT MAKES UP
YOUR BALANCING PACKAGE DID NOT
INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CREATE NEW BUDGET SUMMARY
LEVELS.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE
SPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU ARE FIRST UP ON THIS LIST.
PLEASE GO HEAD.
YOU ARE ON MUTE.
MADAM COUNCILMEMBER.
>> DID YOU THINK THAT -- IS
THERE INTENTION THAT I MOVE
THIS AMENDMENT?
>> COULD YOU REMIND US.
WE ARE GOING TO GIVE A PREVIEW?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
THESE -- THIS LEGISLATION HAS
NOT BEEN INTRODUCED.
THE COMMITTEE CAN'T TAKE ACTION
ON ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED
UNDER ITEM NUMBER 1 TODAY.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU
JUST HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD AND
IF ANY COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD
LIKE TO JOIN YOU AS TO SPONSOR
THE LEGISLATION THAT WE WILL
HAVE READY FOR INTRODUCTION ON
MONDAY IF YOU DECIDE TO
PROCEED.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
MY SCRIPT HAD A PROMPT TO MAKE
A MOTION.
YES.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR JOINING ME IN
RESPONSIBLE STORING AMENDMENT.
IT REESTABLISHES THE BUDGET
SPENDING LEVELS FOR EACH OF THE
FIVE POLICE PRECINCTS AS
CENTRAL STAFF HAS NOTED.
UP UNTIL 2020 BUDGET FOR MANY
YEARS THE COUNCIL ADOPTED
BUDGETS THAT INCLUDED BUDGET
CONTROL LEVELS FOR EACH OF THE
FIVE PRECINCTS.
WITH THE 2020 BUMP FOR THE
FIRST TIME THE FIVE PRECINCTS
WERE COMBINED IN TO A SINGLE
BUDGET LEVEL CALLED PATROL
OPERATIONS.
ABOUT $148 MILLION.
WITH THIS AMENDMENT THE COUNCIL
WOULD BE ABLE TO APPROVE LEVELS
IN EACH OF THE FIVE POLICE
PRECINCTS.
THE PURPOSE OF EACH PRECINCT
BUDGET CONTROL LEVEL SAYS THAT
THE PURPOSE OF THE WEST NORTH,
SOUTH, EAST OR SOUTHWEST
PRECINCT PATROL BUDGET SUMMARY
LEVEL IS TO PROVIDE THE FULL
RANGE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
ORDER MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO
RESIDENTS OF -- AND VISITORS TO
THE WEST NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR
SOUTHWEST PRECINCT TO PROMOTE
SAFETY IN HOMES, SCHOOLS,
BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY AT
LARGE.
CENTRAL STAFF IS INDICATED THAT
A NEW COUNCIL BILL FOR THIS
WOULD BE ON THE 8-10-AUGUST
10th INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR AND THE SCHEDULE SENT
LAST NIGHT FROM THE CHAIR IS
SCHEDULED FOR A VOTE AT THE
FULL COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST
12th.
AGAIN THE START THAT HAVE
AMENDMENT IS IN RECOGNITION
THAT WE IN THE PAST HAD
SEPARATE P CREDIT, L'S FOR EACH
OF THE FIVE PRECINCTS.
WE JUST LAST YEAR COMBINED
THEM.
IN RECOGNITION OF THE CHIEF'S
MENTION, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THE
POSSIBILITY OF CLOSING THE
SOUTHEAST PRECINCT BASED ON THE
ACTIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL MAY
TAKE RELATED TO REDUCING
FUNDING FOR PATROL OFFICERS.
I BELIEVE THAT RETURNING TO THE
LONGSTANDING PRACTICE OF
APPROVING BCL'S FOR PRECINCTS
MAKES A LOT OF GOOD SENSE FOR
THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT
REPRESENT DISTRICTS ALL OVER
THE CITY AND HAVE NOT JUST THE
SOUTHWEST PRECINCT IN MIND BUT
EACH OF THEIR OWN DISTRICT
PRECINCTS TO WANT TO HAVE THIS
LEVEL OF DETAIL AROUND THE
APPROPRIATATIONS AVAILABLE FOR
THEIR PRECINCTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I DO WANT KNOW THAT IT'S 11:00.
THAT MEANS THAT OUR SPECIAL
MEETING PORTION FOR THIS
MEETING HAS CONCLUDED WE ARE
NOW MOVING IN TO THE REGULARLY
SCHEDULED SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY
ANNOUNCED.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
CONVERSATION NOW.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WOULD YOU
LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS
AMENDMENT DISCUSSION?
>> I SEE YOU ARE ON MUTE.
LY TAKE THAT AS A NO.
THANK YOU.
UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY
SOMETHING?
GO HEAD.
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST TO REPEAT WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID THAT
IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO ENSURE
THAT THE BENEFICIAL AND
IMPORTANT ROLES OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE IN FACT
RETAINED AS WE MAKE THESE
TRANSITIONS IN HOW WE PROVIDE
PUBLIC SAFETY TO SEATTLE
RESIDENTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ABLE
TO REPRESENT OUR DISTRICTS IN A
WAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ENSURE
THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING THE
LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE
THAT THEY NEED IN THE
APPROPRIATE WAY FOR EACH OF OUR
PRECINCTS.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THE UPCOMING
LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED AND IS REFERENCED
HERE AS AMENDMENT NUMBER 26?
OKAY.
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, AT THIS
POINT ARE FROM FOLKS WHO WOULD
LIKE TO INDICATE SUPPORT FOR
WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND STRAUSS, OFFICIAL
SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM AS IT'S
INTRODUCED ON MONDAY?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE AT THIS POINT BUT
LOOKING FORWARD TO DOCUMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL MOVE ON.
AMOUNT NUMBER 53 THAT WOULD
HAVE LEGISLATION TO BE
INTRODUCED ON MONDAY.
THIS IS YOURS.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND
THEN TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT ITEM SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT BY HERBOLD
WOULD TRANSFER 911 SERVICES TO
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE GO HEAD.
>> WE DISCUSSED THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT LAST TIME AND IT'S
UNCHANGED SINCE THEN.
ONE DEMAND OF THE JUSTICE FOR
JR. MOVEMENT HAS TO TAKE THE
911 CALL CENTER OUT OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
CHAIN OF COMMAND WHICH IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE SO MANY CALLS
DON'T REQUIRE THE RESPONSE OF
AN ARMED OFFICER AND MANY DON'T
REQUIRE SOMEONE TO BE ARRESTED
BUT SO MANY RESPONSES TO 911
CALLS END IN ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY
LIKE IT HAPPENED TO ONE OF OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT DOES NOT
CLAIM TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHICH CALLS ARE BEST
ANSWERED BY SOCIAL WORKER AND
WHICH NOT.
THOSE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE
ANSWERED BY PEOPLE WITH REAL
EXPERIENCE WE NEED TO MOVE
TOWARD THAT.
THIS AMENDMENT IS A FIRST STEP
TOWARD MOVING THE CALL CENTER
OUT OF PUBLIC POLICE DEPARTMENT
CONTROL AND MOVING ITS FUNDING
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET
AND INSTEAD PLACING THAT
FUNDING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES WHICH IS A CIVILIAN
DEPARTMENT AS A TEMPORARY
MEASURE WHILE ORGANIZERS DESIGN
WHERE IT SHOULD GO.
THERE ARE REALLY GOOD
PRECEDENTS FOR USING APPROACH
WHEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
ASSISTED DIVERSION OR LEAD
PROGRAM WAS FORMED.
FOR YEARS IT WAS FUNDED OUT OF
THE SAME DEPARTMENT WE ARE
PROPOSING TO MOVE THE CALL TO
WHICH IS FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
LEAD ORGANIZES [INAUDIBLE]
TO MOVE THEIR BUDGET THERE TO
THE SPD BECAUSE THEY CORRECTLY
WARNED THAT IF THE POLICE CHAIN
OF COMMAND HAD CONTROL OVER THE
BUDGET THEN THOSE FUNDS WOULD
BE USED FOR MORE REPRESSIVE
POLICING THAN THE DIVERSION
PROGRAMMING.
LEAD FUNDING WAS MOVED IN TO
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T MEANT TO
BE THE PERMANENT LOCATION BUT
THE MECHANISM WORKED.
I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT
THE AMENDMENT HERE IS A FIRST
STEP INTO MOVING 911 FROM SPD
CHAIN OF COMMAND AND WILL ED.
>>> TO BE FOLLOWED UP WITH
OTHER CHANGES TO HAVE THE FULL
PRACTICAL IMPACT AND NOT JUST
REMAIN NOTHING MORE THAN AN
ACCOUNTING CHANGE.
IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT
REMOVING THE 911 CALL CENTER
FROM THE POLICE CHAIN OF
COMMAND AND GIVING IT IT
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE I
BELIEVE IS AN ESSENTIAL STEP.
I THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
CO SPONSORING I INVITE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS TO CO
RESPONSIBLER AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BEFORE I SEE IF OTHERS HAVE A
QUESTIONS I WANTED TO THROUGH
IN A QUESTION.
WHAT YEAR DID THAT HAPPEN FOR
THE LEAD UNDER SPD?
I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT?
>> I SORRY.
DOES CENTRAL STAFF REMEMBER?
I REMEMBER THE WHOLE PROCESS
EXACTLY.
I DON'T HAVE.
>> LIKE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
MAY REMEMBER.
>> I REMEMBER THE FIRST.
LEAD USED TO BE UNDER SPD AND
THE COUNCIL MOVED IT OUT AND
PUT IT UNDER THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT PROBABLY WITH IN THE
LAST MAYBE TWO TO THREE YEARS.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> I DON'T -- THAT'S NOT MY
RECOLLECTION.
IT WAS UNDER FAS.
>> [INAUDIBLE].
>> I THINK SO.
>> I THINK IT'S JUST AN.
>> [INAUDIBLE].
IT WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I
THINK.
>> I THINK IT WAS BEFORE I WAS
THERE.
LET'S DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE JUST
WHAT THAT HISTORY IS.
I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING
NOTE YOU MADE.
THANK YOU FOR CHIMING IN AND WE
WILL FOLLOW UP WITH CENTRAL
STAFF ON THAT QUESTION JUST FOR
HISTORICAL PURPOSES.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE --
THE LANGUAGE THAT WILL BE ON
THE INTRODUCTION AND CALENDAR
ON MONDAY?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I SEE YOU.
>> ACTUALLY I WILL HOLD IT FOR
LATER.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
DAN I SAY POP UP FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
I DIDN'T WANT TO SKIP OVER YOU?
OKAY.
GREAT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING FORWARD.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS
MOMENT.
ARE THERE FOLKS THAT WANT TO
SIGNAL INTEREST IN CO
SPONSORING THIS.
>> I WANTED TO CORRECT WHAT I
JUST SAID.
I JUST GOT A NOTE.
THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO MOVE IT
TO SPD AS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
SAID IN 2018 AND IT BEING LEAD.
MY BAD.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY 100% CORRECT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
AS IT RELATE SPECIFICALLY TO
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION I AM
OF COURSE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
MOVING DISPATCH OUT OF SPD AND
HAVE CO SPONSORED A RESOLUTION
WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS THAT
EXPRESSES OUR INTENT TO DO SO.
EXPRESSES OUR EXPECTATION THAT
THERE WILL BE A -- A
LEGISLATIVE ACTS OF THE
COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE THE DATE THAT WE HAVE
IDENTITIES IS THIRD QUARTER
2020.
I JUST WANT TO INDICATE THAT
ALTHOUGH I WAS AN EARLY --
EARLY -- I GUESS TWO DAYS AGO,
I AGREED TO SPONSOR THIS
PROPOSAL BECAUSE I WAS REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT DOING SOMETHING
CONCRETE NOW BEYOND THE
RESOLUTION WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MAY NEED
TO GO BACK AND UPDATE THE
LEGISLATION AT A LATER TIME.
ONE THING I FOUND OUT BECAUSE I
JUST SPOKE TO THE DISPATCH
GUILD YESTERDAY, IS THAT THE
INDICATION IN THE ORDINANCE
THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO MOVE
911 INTO FAS HAS PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.
WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE IS FOR 911
TO BE MOVED EITHER INTO ITS OWN
SORT OF INTEGRATED 911BCL OR
INTO A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT SUCH AS THE COUNCIL
MAY CREATE AT A LATER DATE.
THE PROBLEMS IF IT'S MOVED IN
TO FAS IT WOULD NO LONGER BE
CONSIDERED A FIRST RESPONDER
AND IF THE GROUP IN WHICH 911
LIVE IS NOT A FIRST RESPONDER
WHAT WE HAVE LEARN IS THE THAT
IT LOOSING IT'S -- WHAT IS
CALLED AN ORIGINA TING AGENCY
IDENTITIER WHICH IS A DIRECTORY
THAT PROVIDES USERS WITH AN
ORGANIZED AND CROSS REFERENCED
LIST OF AGENCIES TO RESPOND TO
THE 911 CALLS.
BY MOVING DISPATCH INTO A NEWLY
CREATED CIVILIAN LED DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY WHERE WE
CLEARLY SAY THAT THIS IS A
DEPARTMENT THAT IS A FIRST
RESPONDER AGENCY WE CAN RETAIN
THIS ORI STATUS, THIS AGENCY
IDENTITIER STATUS THAT LETS
DISPATCHERS THAT HE HAVE NOW,
THEY HAVE THIS NOW AND IT
ALLOWS THEM TO QUICKLY AND
EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH
OTHER NECESSARY AGENCIES
INCLUDING FIRE, THE -- THE
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT,
UTILITY DEPARTMENTS IN A WAY
THAT THEY THROUGH TELE
COMMUNICATIONS THEY ARE HAVE
ACCESS TO THOSE RESPONSES IN A
WAY THEY WOULDN'T IF THEY DON'T
HAVE THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY
TO EITHER MAKE SEE YOUS TO THIS
LEGISLATION SO THAT WE ARE
ENSURING EITHER THAT WE ARE --
THAT THE NEW 911 IS CONSIDERED
A FIRST RESPONDER AGENCY AND
THAT IT IS NOT HOUSED IN AN
ORGANIZATION, A DEPARTMENT
THAT'S NOT A FIRST RESPONDER
AGENCY IF THERE IS A WAY TO DO
THAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR BILL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SIGNAL BY
INTEREST IN DOING SO.
AND IF NOT I -- I AGAIN I'M
JUST -- I'M CONCERNED THAT
THERE WOULD BE A NEGATIVE
IMPACT GIVEN THE STRUCTURE
THAT'S PROPOSED NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
THEN STRAUSS.
>> I THINK I WILL JUMP IN NOW.
I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
THE DISPATCHER'S GUILD ABOUT
THIS ISSUE.
ITS IS A REAL ISSUE THAT I
DON'T SEE A QUICK WAY TO GET
AROUND RIGHT NOW.
I'M FLAGGING FOR CENTRAL STAFF
TO LOOK INTO WHAT IT WOULD
ENTAIL TO BE ABLE TO GET A NEW
ORI STARTING AGENCY IDENTITIER
FOR WHATEVER THE SUCCESSOR
AGENCY IS FOR THE 911 DISPATCH.
I WOULD JUST ADD THAT THE
DISPATCHERS ARE VERY KEEN ON
THIS PROJECT OF BEING REMOVED
FROM SPD AND PUT UNDER CIVILIAN
COMMAND.
THEY -- THEY JUST WANTED TO
FLAG THIS UNIQUE ISSUE THAT
WILL PREVENT US FROM BEING ABLE
TO HAVE A DISPATCH AT ALL IF
IT'S MOVED TO AN AGENCY THAT
DOESN'T HAVE THIS CRITICAL
INTERSTATE CERTIFICATE.
I GUESS I'M FLAGGING FOR
CENTRAL STAFF WHAT I WOULD BE
INTERESTED INTO TRY TO MAKE
TRANSFER HAPPEN IS JUST
ANALYSIS ON WHAT IT ENTAILS TO
GET THIS CERTIFICATE FOR
ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.
HOW LONG THAT APPLICATION
PROCESS TAKES, AND WHETHER WE
COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, CUT OUT
THE -- THE -- THE MIDDLE
DEPARTMENT AND THE PROCESS AND
JUST STAND 911 DISMAP UWITH A
CIVILIAN DIRECTOR PENDING A
FUTURE FOLDING IN OF THE 911
DISPATCH TO SOME FUTURE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE A LONGER
PROCESS TO CREATE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD
ACTUALLY BE -- WE WOULD BE ABLE
TO HAVE THIS BE A STAND ALONE
DEPARTMENT ON AN INTERIM BASIS.
WE DO NEED TO SQUARE IT WITH
MAKING SURE THE DISPATCHERS CAN
MAINTAIN THIS CRITICAL
CERTIFICATE THAT IS ESSENTIAL
FOR THEM TO DO THEIR JOB.
I THINK THAT -- UNTIL WE GET AN
ANSWER ON THE PROCESS AND HOW
WE CAN DO IT, YOU KNOW I THINK
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT ON
OTHERWISE WE ARE NOT GOING TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE A FUNCTIONAL
911 DISPATCH.
I WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR
CENTRAL STAFF AND INTERESTED IN
WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER
SAWAN T TO DO THIS AS QUICKLY
A POSSIBLE KNOWING THAT IS
ANOTHER HURDLE WE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO JUMP OVER AND IT MAY BE
A LONGER CONVERSATION THAN THIS
WEEK JUST GIVEN THAT THERE IS
POSSIBILITY -- IT'S PROBABLY
MORE INVOLVED TO BE ABLE TO
MOVE THAT CERTIFICATE TO
ANOTHER DEPARTMENT AND WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT
CAREFULLY.
>> BEFORE I GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
[INAUDIBLE]
COME BACK ON THIS -- DID YOU
HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS?
I DIDN'T WANT TO SKIP OVER YOU
IF YOU DID.
>> IF IT'S TO BECOME A NEW
DEPARTMENT THERE WILL PROBABLY
BE INCREASED COSTS DUE TO THE
OVERHEAD FUNCTIONS THAT ARE
NORMALLY A PART OF A
DEPARTMENT.
DIRECTOR, HR, ALL OF THOSE
COSTS WILL NEED TO BE ADDED TO
THE AMENDMENT.
IT'LL -- RESULT IN INCREASED
COSTS AND WE WILL PROBABLY NEED
SOME TIME TO DETERMINE EXACTLY
HOW TO SET UP THAT NEW
DEPARTMENT.
>> IF IT WASN'T A NEW
DEPARTMENT, JUST GOING FROM
WHAT THEY SAID, AND INSTEAD WE
WERE TO APPLY THE CERTIFICATE
OR GET THE CERTIFICATE FOR THE
EXISTING DEPARTMENT AT FAS,
WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW
LONG THAT WOULD TAKE OR THE
PROCESS INVOLVED IN THAT?
SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANSWERS WE
CAN WAIT.
>> WE WILL NEED TO DO RESEARCH
INTO HOW LONG THAT PROCESS
TAKES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
LY GO TO STRAUSS FIRST AND THEN
HAVE YOU WRAP IT UP.
OKAY.
PLEASE GO HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
YOUR WORK ON THISLY BRING IN
PER MY COMMENTS EARLY THEIR
WEEK I WILL BRING IN A PROVISO
FORWARD FOR NEXT MONDAY THAT
PUTS IN THE FINAL
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT AN OUTSIDE
CONSULTANT PROVIDED REGARDING
THE 911 CALL CENTER.
THAT WILL REMOVE THE REMAINING
SWORN OFFICERS IN THE 911 CALL
CENTER WHICH IS A CAPTAIN AND A
LIEUTENANT DID REPLACE THEM
WITH A DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY
DIRECTOR.
WHILE I WANT TO MOVE AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE TO GET THIS 911 CALL
CENTER INTO THE APPROPRIATE
DEPARTMENT I FEAR THAT MOVING
IT MULTIPLE TIMES WITH IN A
YEAR COULD BE UNNECESSARY
TRANSITION THAT CREATE UNFOR
SEEN BARRIERS.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
FOR TRYING TO PUSH THIS AS FAST
AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK REMOVING THE FINAL
SWORN OFFICERS WITH IN THE
DEPARTMENT, REPLACING THEM WITH
CIVILIANS AS A DIRECTOR AND
DEPUTY DIRECTOR THAT ARE IN
LINE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS WE
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVE FROM A
THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT WOULD BE
THE PRUDENT STEP AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT I THINK TO WRAP UP THE
DISCUSSION.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS.
>> THANK YOU.
SO JUST FIRST OF ALL MY OFFICE
IS ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO WORK
WITH OTHER COUNCIL OFFICES AND
CENTER STAFF TO LOOK INTO THIS
ISSUE BETWEEN NOW AND MONDAY.
WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO DO THIS IN
A WAY THAT IT WORKS AND WE ARE
EAGER TO EXPLORE WHAT IS
POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT WORK BY
MONDAY AND IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY
NOT POSSIBLE TO WORK ON THE
VALUES BETWEEN NOW AND MONDAY
THEN WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO WAIT
BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO THIS
RIGHT.
WE ALSO DON'T WANT TOO MANY
THINGS TO BE BROUGHT UP AS IF
THEY ARE ACTUAL BARRIERS.
THIS WHOLE CONCEPT THAT IF YOU
DO MULTIPLE MOVE ITSELF WILL
CAUSE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS.
IN MY VIEW THAT IS JUST AN
ACCOUNTING QUESTION.
DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE IT'S
JUST A CHANGE TO WHAT BUDGET
THE FUNDING COMES FROM.
WHAT DOES MATTER IS THE
QUESTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD COMES UP.
WHAT KIND OF TRAINING WE NEED
IN TERMS OF IF THIS IS SEEN ACE
FIRST RESPONDER TYPE OF
ACTIVITY.
ALL OF THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY
VALID QUESTIONS.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT BUT I
DON'T WANT THAT TO BE USED AS
AN EXCUSE TO PILE ON THINGS
THAT DON'T ACTUALLY, TO ME,
SEEM AS IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY
WE WANT TO MAKE THIS N AND WE
DON'T WANT IT TO FALL BY THE
WAYSIDE.
WE WANT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE MAKING
HAPPEN WOULD BE THE GOAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
I'M VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN HOW
THE CONVERSATION GOES BEFORE
MONDAY AND AGREE WITH THE
INTENT OF THIS.
I NO HE THAT ALMOST THE ENTIRE
COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSED SUPPORT
FOR THIS.
I THINK THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW THE
CONVERSATIONS GO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESENT
WITH US AND SHOWING -- I KNOW
THERE'S A NUMBER OF QUESTION
THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN DOWN AND
LOOKING TOWARD TO SEE FIGURE
THERE'S A PATH FORWARD ON THIS
FOR MONDAY IN ADDITION TO THE
PRIVOSOS THAT HAVE BEEN
DESCRIBED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY FOLKS INTERESTED IN ADDING
NAMES AS CO RESPONSIBLE ORS ON
THIS COP SEPTEMBER FOR
SPONSORS?
THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THIS
AS YOU MAKE FINAL CHANGES TO
THIS.
>>> LET'S GO ONTO AMENDMENT --
EXCUSE ME -- AMENDMENT NUMBER
32.
THAT WOULD HAVE LEGISLATION.
I BELIEVE I'M TURNING IT OVER
TO DAN.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST TWO ITEMS ON YOUR
AGENDA UNDER ITEM NUMBER 1
REFER TO THREE BILLS.
THERE'S A NEW CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF BILL THAT WOULD HAVE A
NEW 3 MILLION-DOLLAR SPENDING
BILL THAT WAS CAPTURED UNDER
AMENDMENT 32.
THAT WOULD HAVE A SPENDING
INCREASE OUT OF THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT.
A NEW INTER FUND LOAN.
ALL THREE BILLS WILL -- MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO BE SET UP ON THE
AUGUST 10th FULL COUNCIL
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
AND COUNCIL COULD TAKE ACTION
ON THOSE THREE BILLS AS EARLY
AS AN AUGUST 12th SPECIAL
MEETING OF THE FULL COUNCIL.
THESE BILLS ARE PART OF A 17
MILLION-DOLLAR PACKAGE THAT
INVOLVE SPENDING BALANCED WITH
REVENUE.
I THINK THIS MAY BE HELPFUL TO
PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH AN
OVERVIEW OF HOW THOSE BILLS
FACTOR INTO THE 17 MILLION-
DOLLAR PACKAGE.
IF THAT'S OKAY.
I WILL ASK PATTY TO SHARE A
MATRX ON THE SCREEN WHICH SHOWS
THESE BILLS AND HOW THEY FIT
INTO AMENDMENTS THAT ARE ON
YOUR AGENDA LATER TODAY AND ARE
UP FOR A VOTE.
I MENTIONED THERE'S A 17
MILLION-DOLLAR PACKAGE AT THE
TOP OF YOUR SCREEN ARE THE
REVENUES THAT WOULD MAKE --
THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE
SPENDING ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF
YOUR SCREEN.
THE $17 MILLION I WILL GET TO
THE SPENDING SIDE IN A MOMENT.
COMES FROM $886,000 OF CUTS,
THESE ARE IN SEVERAL
AMENDMENTS, AMENDMENTS 35, 36
AND 37.
THOSE CUTS ALL TO THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NEXT COLUMN SHOWS $3 MILLION
COMING FROM A REDUCTION IN THE
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF BILL.
THAT IS ONE OF THE PIECES OF
SEPARATE LEGISLATION THAT I
MENTIONED WILL BE ON NEXT
WEEK'S INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
THEN THE LAST ITEM IS A $13.1
MILLION INTER FUND LOAN.
THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF A
SEPARATE PIECE OF LEGISLATION
THAT WILL BE ON -- TAKEN UP
NEXT WEEK.
THE -- IF THERE ARE NO
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT I WILL GO
DOWN TO THE SPENDING SIDE AND
JUST PROVIDE A QUICK SUMMARY WE
CAN TALK ABOUT QUESTIONS THAT
YOU MAY HAVE NOW OR WHEN WE GET
TO THE AGENDA ITEMS.
ON THE SPENDING SIDE THERE IS A
THREE MILLION DOLLAR ITEM THAT
WILL BE TAKEN UP AS SEPARATE
LEGISLATION NEXT WEEK THAT
WOULD SPEND THREE MILLION
DOLLARS OUT OF LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT AND THEN THE NEXT
TWO ROWS ARE SPENDING THAT
WOULD HAPPEN OUT OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FIRST A 4
MILLION-DOLLAR EXPENSE THAT'S
TAKEN IN AMENDMENT 33 ON YOUR
AGENDA LATER TODAY.
IT WOULD BE SUPPORTVE BY AN
INTER FUND LOAN.
THE LAST ITEM IS A TEN MILLION
DOLLARS OF SPENDING OUT OF THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS
ADDRESSED THROUGH THE SPENDING
CUTS THAT I MENTIONED FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
INTER FUND LOAN THAT THEIR
BALANCE OF.
THE $13.1 MILLION LOAN,
APPROXIMATELY 9 MILLION AND
CHANGE.
THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE OF HOW
THE $17 MILLION PACKAGE WORKS,
WHICH ELEMENTS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA VERSES NEXT WEEK.
OTHER QUESTIONS, BIG PICTURE I
KNOW I HAVEN'T DONE A LOT OF
TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIFICS
HERE BUT THE ELEMENTS WILL COME
UP LATER IN THE AGENDA.
>> LET'S HOLD THE QUESTIONS
REAL QUICK AND GO BACK TO THE
TWO AMENDMENTS -- I'M SORRY.
THE CHART THAT SHOWS THE TWO
PIECES THAT WILL POTENTIALLY BE
INTRODUCED ON MONDAY.
I WANT TO GIVE FRAMING COMMENTS
TO THOSE AS WELL.
>> YES.
OF COURSE.
>> AND BEFORE I DO THAT DID
YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WANTED TO ADD ABOUT THE TWO
PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WILL
POTENTIALLY BE INTRODUCED IN.
>> I THINK WHAT I WOULD
MANIPULATION IS THAT THE INTER
FUND LOAN LEGISLATION THAT
WOULD BE UP FOR INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL NEXT WEEK IS THE
LEGISLATION ASSUMES -- SORRY,
WILL AUTHORIZE A LOAN OF $13.1
MILLION FROM THE CONSTRUCTION
INSPECTIONS FUND THAT LOAN
WOULD BE REPAID IN 2021 WITH
ANTICIPATED SAVINGS FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
BUDGET.
THOSE ARE DECISION THAT WOULD
BE MADE IN THE FALL AS THE
COUNCIL PICKS UP THE 2021
BUDGET AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE
FROM THE CONTINUATION OF THE
SPENDING REDUCTIONS AND CUT
THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS
CYCLE.
IN THE EVENT THAT THE GENERAL
FUND -- REVENUES TURN OUT TO BE
EVEN WORSE THAN WE ARE
EXPECTING AND THAT THOSE MONEYS
AREN'T AVAILABLE TO REPAY THE
LOAN PRINCEL AND INTEREST,
THOSE PAYMENTS COULD BE MADE BY
RELYING ON THE PAYROLL TAX
PROCEEDS IN 2021 INSTEAD OF
OTHER SPENDING THAT IS
ANTICIPATED IN THE COUNCIL'S
PROVE LOOK FORWARD.
WE WILL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN
WE GET TO IT BUT THERE'S A GAME
PLAN FOR REPAYING THE INTER
FUND PROCEEDS INCLUDING
INTEREST IN 2021 THAT INVOLVES
IF NECESSARY, FUTURE EXPECTED
REVENUE FROM THE PAYROLL TAX IF
THE CUTS TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ARE NOT SUFFICIENT
TO ALLOW REPAYMENT OF THAT
$13.1 MILLION LOAN.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
IF WE CAN -- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IF WE COULD SHOW THE
INFORMATION FOR AMENDMENT
NUMBER 32 OR THE CHART THAT WE
HAD THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LY HAVE IN COMMENTS HERE AND
THEN I JUST WANT TO FRAME UP
WHAT TO EXPECT ON MONDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK.
AS COUNCIL COLLEAGUES KNOW LAST
WEEK WE DISCUSSED THE ABILITY
TO TAKE ABOUT THREE MILLION
DOLLARS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF BILL THAT WAS SET ASIDE
SPECIFICALLY FOR ADMINISTRATION
AND APPLY IT TO OUR EFFORTS
HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS HAD
THE ABILITY TO DO THEIR NUMBER
ONE PRIORITY AS WE HAVE HEARD
IT WAS TO HAVE COMMUNITY LED
RESEARCH PROJECT OR
PARTICIPATION BUDGET STRATEGY
SPECIFIC TO THE SPD BUDGET.
THE OUTCOME OF THAT CONTRACT
WOULD INFORM WHERE WE WOULD BE
IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE CUTS FOR
THE FALL DISCUSSION.
AGAIN THE FALL DISCUSSION
STARTS IN JUST SIX WEEKS AND
INFORMS THE 2021 AND 2022
BUDGET.
OUR BUDGET IS JUST AROUND THE
CORNER AND WE NEED THESE
DOLLARS TO GET OUT TO
COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBERS SO
THAT WE CAN BE INFORMED ABOUT
ADDITIONAL STRATEGY THAT FOLKS
WOULD RECOMMEND FOR THE FULL
PICTURE OF WHAT THE GOAL IS
THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO
ACCOMPLISH FROM COMMUNITY.
SO, ON MONDAY, SPECIFIC TO IF
YOU COULD JUST SCROLL UP
SLIGHTLY TO SPECIFIC TO
AMENDMENT NUMBER 32 WHICH YOU
WOULD SEE IS TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION RELATED TO THE
TOPIC.
AGAIN, ONE IS TO APPROPRIATE
THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT SO THAT
WE CAN USE THIS FUNDING FOR THE
COMMUNITY LED SUMMER RESEARCH
PROJECT.
THE FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION
WOULD SHOW THIS COMING THE
RESERVES.
THE SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION
WOULD AMEND THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF BILL TO REDUCE THE
FUNDING FOR ADMINISTRATION BY
THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY
GOING DEEPER INTO THE RESERVES
THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY
REMAINING IN THE BALANCE.
WE WOULD INSTEAD BE TAKING THIS
FROM THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
BILL ADMINISTRATION PORTION.
WE SET ASIDE 5% OF THE TOTAL
FUNDS THAT GO OUT THE DOOR FOR
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF WHICH IS A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN
2020 GIVEN THAT WE ARE MORE
THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR
AND AS A REMINDER THAT THESE
ARE PROGRAM THAT ARE LARGELY
ALREADY PUT IN BY THE MAYOR AND
THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTSW.
RETALKING ABOUT FOOD HELP,
RENTAL HELP, SMALL BUSINESS
HELP AND WE ARE
IMMIGRANT REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.
CHILD CARE ALSO.
THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WITH
ADDITIONAL FUNDING, YES, THE
DEPARTMENT CAN GET THE MONEY UP
AND RUNNING OUT THE DOOR AND WE
ARE OPTIMISTIC GIVEN WHERE WE
ARE THAT THEY CAN BE DONE IN
RELATIVELY QUICK TIME.
WHAT I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
THOUGH IS THE FACT THAT WE HAD
A VETO ON FRIDAY OF THE JUMP
START COVID RELIEF BILL.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS COUNCIL IS
POISED TO REVERSE THAT VETO.
APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT SCHEDULING TIME ON
WEDNESDA, BE LOG FORWARD TO
THAT CONVERSATION AROUND JUMP
START'S COVID RELIEF BILL AND
MY MOPE IS THAT ON WEDNESDAY
ASSUMING WE ARE ABLE TO
OVERRIDE THE JUMP START
LEGISLATION VETO WE WILL TAKE
ACTION ON THE BILL TO REDUCE
THE COVID RELIEF BILL BY $3
MILLION FROM THE COSTS.
THAT IS OUR EFFORT.
FIRST WE WILL HAVE BASICALLY A
HOME FOR APPROXIMATE MILLION
AND THEN AFTER WE REPEAL THE
RELIEF BILL WE WILL AMEND TO
TAKE THE 3 MILLION FROM THE
RELIEF BILL TO IN EFFECT HAVE
NO CHANGE TO THE RESERVES.
THOSE ARE THE TWO PIECES OF
ISSUE. TION RELATED TO THIS
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
HAS DONE INCREDIBLE WORK
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO
ARTICULAT, EXACTLY WHERE THE
MONEY GOES BASED ON THE BLUE
PRESENT WE SAFED FROM COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND WE ARE PREPARED TO
SHOW THAT HAND OUT.
BEFORE WE GO TO WHERE THE
DOLLARS WOULD GO JUST AS A
REMINDER WE WILL TALK ABOUT
THIS ON MONDAY AGAIN BUT WE
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELP.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TWO
PART PROCESS THAT I JUST
OUTLINED FOR THE THREE MILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE COMMUNITY LED
RESEARCH PROJECT?
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS ON
THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES DID YOU
WANT TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT SOME
OF THE CONCEPTS BEHIND THE
COMMUNITY LED RESEARCH PROCESS
TO SET THAT UP FOR MONDAY?
>> SURE.
LET'S SEE.
PATTY, WHILE I'M SORT OF
INTRODUCING HERE IF YOU COULD
BRING UP, I BELIEVE ITS ITEM
NUMBER ONE.
I DO WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
INVERTMENTS THEMSELVES.
FIRST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THESE INVESTMENTS COME -- THE
IDEA FOR THESE COME DIRECTLY
FROM COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, NOT
FROM BACK ROOM DEALS.
WE HAVE BEEN MEETING COMMUNITY
FOR WEEKS.
THAT'S HOW POLICY GETS CRAFTED
BY MEETING STAKE HOLDERS AND
SEEKING FEEDBACK.
THE BLUEPRINT WE DREW THESE
FROM IS FROM THE KING COUNTY
EQUITY NOW AND DECRIMINALIZE
COALITIONS WE HAVE BEEN --
THAT'S THE DOCUMENT WE HAVE
BEEN REFERENCING.
IT'S A PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY IN LIGHT OF
THE -- YOU KNOW THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING IN THE LAST COUPLE
DAYS, DIVIDING COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR WITH MISINFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS A
COUNCIL IS ITSELF ANTI BLACK.
THERE ARE MANY [INAUDIBLE]
IN THE COMMUNITIES.
THERE ARE DIFFERENCES AND GOALS
AND PERSPECTIVES BUT WE HAVE A
COMMON GOAL OF INVESTING IN
BLACK COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE
CAN TRANSFORM WHAT COMMUNITY
SAFETY IS.
SO, THE FIRST INVESTMENT HERE,
GO TO THE NEXT PAGE.
I CANNOT SEE THAT.
SORRY.
EVEN WITH MY GLASSES.
I WILL GO TO MY OWN DOCUMENT
THIS IS ABOUT INVESTING $3
MILLION IN A COMMUNITY LED
RESEARCH PROJECT TO GENERATE
PUBLIC SAFETY THAT'S INFORMED
BY COMMUNITY NEEDS.
THE INTENT IS FOR COMMUNITY LED
RESEARCH PROCESS ABOUT WHAT
COMMUNITY SAFETY LOOKS LIKE,
THAT CAN TRANSITION INTO A
PARTICIPATION BUDGET PROCESS
FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY PARTS OF
THE CITY BUDGET.
OR ORGANIZATION THAT WE WOULD
WANT TO SEE PARTICIPATE AND
LEAD THIS PROCESS ARE FOR THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WITH
EXPERIENCE, WITH BLACK YOUTH W
PEOPLE THAT HAVE FIRSTHAND
EXPERIENCE OF POLICING SYSTEMS.
ANY NUMBER OF CRITERIA WE ARE
INTERESTING FOR THE KIND OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
CENTERING BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES.
THE DELIVERABLES FOR A PROJECT
LIKE THIS AS THE COUNCILMEMBERS
SAID I THINK, SAID IS -- THE
INTENT IS TO CONTRACT WITH THE
LOCAL ORGANIZATION TO HELP
FACILITATE THIS PROCESS.
SOME OF THE DESCRIBABLES WOULD
INCLUDE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES,
STAFFING UP, PRELIMINARY WORK
PLANS, LANGUAGE NEEDS
ASSESSMENT, THE PARTICIPATION
BUDGET PROCESS ITSELF AND THEN
ALL OF THE DATA COLLECTION
ANALYSIS AND REPORTING THAT
GOES WITH IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DOES THAT SUMMARIZE YOUR
COMMENTS?
>> YES.
>> GREAT.
SO, THANK YOU FOR SHARE THAT
PATTY.
I THINK WE JUST WANTED TO OFFER
THAT AS A PREVIEW OF WHAT TO
EXPECT FOR MONDAY ON THE TWO
PIECES OF LEGISLATION REGARDING
THE THREE MILLION.
THIS WON'T BE ANA DIGGAL
REDUCTION IN THE RESERVES.
ONCE WE DO THE TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION TOGETHER ON
WEDNESDAY.
AND NOW HAVE YOU A PREVIEW OF
WHERE THE MONEY WOULD GO.
I'M SURE MORE CONVERSATION IS
TO COME ON WEDNESDAY AS WE LOOK
AT THE LEGISLATION.
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY FOLKS WHO AT THIS POINT
WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS INTEREST
IN ADDING NAMES TO EITHER OF
THOSE TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION?
THEY ARE KIND OF WONKY IN TERMS
OF WHERE THE MONEY COMES.
>> I HAVE COMMENTS.
>> I'M SO SORRY.
I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND.
GO HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
THIS AMENDMENT ADDS AS WAS
STATED THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO
SUPPORT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
TO DESIGN ALTERNATIVES TO
OPPRESSIVE POLICING PAID FOR
OUT OF THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION FUND.
I IMPORTANT FUNDING WORK AND AS
WE DISCUSSED MONDAY MY OFFICE
HAS SUBMITTED THE SAME
AMENDMENT BUT THE VERSION OF
THIS AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY MY
OFFICE PROPOSES PAYING FOR THIS
AMENDMENT BY DEFUNDING THE
POLICE BY THOSE THREE MILLION
WHICH I SHOULD POINT OUT AGAIN
IS SILL A VERY SMALL FRACTION
OF DEFUNDING BY AT LEAST 50%.
I WILL SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR
AMENDMENT BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF
THE SOCIAL FUNDING IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR THIS COMMUNITY
WORK TO BE DONE.
HOWEVER, LATER TODAY WE WILL
VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FROM MY
OFFICE TO DEFUND THE POLICE
WHICH WILL ALSO FUND THESE
THREE MILLION DOLLARS AND IF
COUNCILMEMBERS SUPPORT
DEFUNDING THE POLICE THEN THIS
LEGISLATION TO USE THE REVENUE
FUND ARE RAIDING THE COVID
RELIEF FUNDING WILL BE
UNNECESSARY.
COUNCILMEMBER WHO LIKE ME BOTH
SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY RESEARCH
AND SUPPORT DEFUNDING THE
POLICE I WOULD URGE THEM TO
VOTE YES ON THIS AMENDMENT AS I
AM AND ON AMENDMENT 54 WHICH
WOULD FUND THE SAME PROGRAMS BY
DEFUNDING THE POLICE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE
ISSUE IS NOT ONLY THE FACT THAT
THESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
NEED TO BE FUNDED BUT ALSO THAT
WE WANT LESS REPRESSIV,
POLICING IN OUR COMMUNITY WHICH
REQUIRES DEFUNDING AS A BIG
PART OF THE MILLION IS HE
MEASURES NEEDED FOR LESS
REPRESSIVE POLICING WHICH IS
WHY THE MOVEMENT IS DEMANDING
THAT HE IS THESE PROGRAMS BE
FUNDED BY DEFUNDING THE POLICE.
IF WE AREN'T FUNDING THESE
PROGRAMS BY DEFUNDING THE
POLICE OR BY RAISING NEW TAXES
ON BIG BUSINESS BOTH OF WHICH I
WOULD STRONGLY SUPPORT,
REGARDLESS OF WHICH FUND THIS
IS COMING FROM, IF IT'S NOT
DONE BY DEFUNDING THE POLICE OR
BY RAISING NEW PROGRESSIVE
REVENUES, BY DEFINITION IT IS
USING OR ROBBING PETE TORE PAY
PAUL STRATEGY BECAUSE IT'LL
FORCE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY NEEDS
TO COMPETE FOR FUNDING AGAINST
EACH OTHER WHETHER THAT'S
IMMEDIATELY VISIBLE OR NOT.
IF ITIS WAS ONLY A QUESTION
ABOUT FINDING FUNDS FOR GOOD
PROJECTIONS I WOULD PROPOSE
FUNDING THIS WORK BY INCREASIG
THE AMAZON TAX WHICH I THINK WE
SHOULD DO IN ADDITION TO
DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND I
DON'T AGREE WITH CALLING
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND SAYING
WON'T EFFECT THE COVID RELIEF
FUND BECAUSE THE BILL SETS
PERCENTAG, S FOR THE VARIOUS
BUCKETS SO TAKING $3 MILLION
OUT OF COVID RELIEF REDUCES THE
OVERALL MONEY AVAILABLE FOR
COVID RELIEF, ADMINISTRATION OR
OTHERWISE AND I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON
DIFFERENT FUNDING THE POLICE
AND FUNDING THESE PROGRAMS BY
DEFUNDING THE POLICE.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH.
JUST -- THIS DOESN'T ADD TO ANY
OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE ARE
TAKING FROM THE RESERVES.
IN FACT THIS HOLDS STAGNANT
THAT NUMBER THAT WE PROPOSED
EARLIER THE JUMP START
CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF
RESERVES AND RAIN DAY FUNDW.
HE ARE GOING TO BE ALSO
ADVANCING THE $200,000 WE
UNDERSTAND THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS
TO STAND UP THE TAX COLLECTION
PROCESS FOR JUMP START SO THAT
WE HAVE NO EXCUSES TO GET THAT
TAX GOING.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE
SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AS WE HAVE
UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE.
MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE
ALREADY EXISTING SO IT'S
AUGMENTING COMMITTING
STRUCTURES WITH IN THE
DEPARTMENT AND HOLDING HARMLESS
THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE GOING OUT.
APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS IN
SUPPORT OF THE RELIEF BILL AS
WE KNOW THERE WILL BE MORE
DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
>> JUST SIGNALING MY SUPPORT
FOR THE INTER FUND LOAN BILL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S MOVE TO THAT ONE AND I
WILL NOTE YOU IN ADVANCE THERE
BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A
LITTLE MORE OF A DESCRIPTION ON
THAT ONE.
DID HAVER DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO ADD ON THE INTER FUND
REASON BILL?
>> NO.
SORRY.
I THINK I JUMPED THE GUN AND
JUST GOT PROVIDED MY COMMENTS
ON THAT ONE ALREADY.
>> NO PROBLEM.
I THINK THEY GO TOGETHER AS YOU
HAVE SAID.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRASS, YOU
SIGNALED SUPPORT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES DID YOU
WANT TO MAKE MORE TO THIS PIECE
OF LEGISLATION?
>> SURE.
JUST BRIEFLY.
I THINK DAN DID A GREAT JOB.
WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR
SEVERAL WEEKS NOW HOW BEST TO
ACCOMPLISH TWO GOALS.
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY DEMANDS TO
SHIFT PUBLIC DOLLARS AWAY FROM
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND INTO
BLACK COMMUNITIES AND TAKING
ACTION ON THIS COUNCIL'S COMMON
POLICY GOAL OF REDUCING THE
SIZE OF THE POLICE FOR THE.
I THINK THERE'S ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THEY ARE BOTH IMPORTANT
AND IN 2020 TO ACHIEVE BOTH WE
HAVE TO DECOUPLE THEM.
THE PACKAGE OF APPLES I KNOW
THERE'S A FOOT ON THE TABLE
WOULD REDUCE THE FORCE BY 100
OFFICERS THIS YEAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THERE'S BROAD AGREEMENT
SHOULDN'T BE -- YES?
>> YOU WERE JUST FREEZING.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOUR COMPUTER
A QUICK SECOND TO CATCH UP IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO START AGAIN
FROM WHERE THERE IS BROAD
AGREEMENT IS WHERE WE LOST YOU.
>> I WILL SPEAK SLOWLY.
THAT SEEMS TO MAKE THINGS
BETTER.
SO, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT I DO
THINK 245 THERE IS BROAD
AGREEMENT ON THIS COUNCIL THAT
THERE ARE SOME FUNCTION THAT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULDN'T
BE INVOLVED IN SO THAT IS WHERE
SOME OF THE SHIFTS IN, YOU
KNOW, REDUCING THE FORCE IS
COMING FROM.
THE OTHER GOAL IS ABOUT
INVESTING IN BLACK COMMUNITIES.
LAST WEEK WE REVIEWED THIS
PROPOSAL FOR 17 MILLION IN
INVERTMENTS THROUGH THE USE
INVESTMENTS, AND LAST WEEK WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE $12.8
MILLION DRAW DOWN OF THE
REVENUE FUND.
MANY OF YOU EXPRESSED CONCERN
ABOUT THAT LAST PIECE AND WE
CONTINUE TO HEAR STRONG
OBJECTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH SO TODAY WE ARE OFFERING
A PROPOSAL THAT MAINTAINS THE
REVENUE STABILIZING BALANCE AND
USING INTER FUND LOAN THAT'S
BACKED BY THE FUND AND PATRICK
-- YOU CAN BRING MY TABLE UP.
PROBABLY BETTER.
MORE OFFICIAL LOOKING.
JUST TO QUICKLY WALK THROUGH
THIS ONE MORE TIME.
WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT WE
PROPOSED A FUND, BUDGETING
PROCESS THAT I JUST SPOKE
ABOUT.
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING
PUBLIC SAFETY WORK IN THE
COMMUNITY AND IN THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE AND I WILL
TALK MORE ABOUT THESE LAST TWO
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ITEM 2. FOR
NOW I'M -- SHARE THIS WITH YOU
AGAIN.
AS DAN SAID ASSUMES WE SHIFT
THE 3 MILLION IN ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS AND THEN THE SDCI,.
ENDING CASH BALANCE AS OF THE
END OF JUNE IN THIS FUND WAS
$118 MILLION.
THAT'S BASED ON FAS DATA.
WE KNOW THAT THE EXECUTIVE
PLANS TO USE 50 MILLION OF THAT
ALONG WITH 20 MILLION IN
REFUNDS FOR THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE.
BASED ON THAT INFORMATION THERE
IS SUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR US TO
DO BOTH THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
AND THE INTER FUND LOAN OF 13
[INAUDIBLE].
AS DAN SAID THE INTENTION IS TO
REPLAY PAY THE FUNDS IN 2021
WITH CUTS TO THE SPD BUDGET AND
IF THAT ISN'T FULLY WORKABLE
THEN WE DO HAVE -- SOME OF THE
JUMP START REVENUE AS BACK UP.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE ON THIS
PIECE UNLESS THERE ARE
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
APPRECIATE THE CREATIVE THINKS
THAT'S GONE INTO IDENTIFYING
FUND SOURCES YOUR OFFICE, MY
OFFICE, CENTRAL STAFF AND
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HERE.
I THINK THAT IS -- THE POINT OF
STILL WELL TAKEN THAT THESE
DOLLARS WOULD ULTIMATELY BE
REPLENISH FROM SPD'S BUDGET
CUTS IN THE FUTURE, RECOGNIZING
THE DESIRE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR
AND THE ONGOING BOTH -- I WOULD
SAY TIMING ISSUE THAT ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH BAR BARGAINIG
SO I APPRECIATE THE STRATEGY TO
IDENTITY THE LOAN SOURCE AND
REPAY THAT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FUND
SOURCE IS STABLE.
COUNCILMEMBERCOUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, THANK YOU FOR WALKING
US THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE
FROM YOU ON THIS EFFORT ON
MONDAY.
I THINK THAT GOT US THROUGH
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1. THANK YOU
TO ALL THE EFFECTS ON CENTRAL
STAFF FOR WALKS US THROUGH THIS
GROUP OF AMENDMENTS IN FRONT
MUCH US THAT WILL -- I GUESS
WILL BE TRANSLATED IN TO
LEGISLATION FOR MONDAY'S.
YOU SAW A CALENDAR THAT I SENT
LAST NIGHT THAT IDENTITIES
THESE FOUR PIECE FOR THE FULL
COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING ON
WEDNESDAY.
LET'S MOVE ON.
SEEING NO QUESTIONS TO AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER TWO.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM NUMBER
TWO INTO THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL RELATING TO THE
CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE
2020COVID CRISIS.
AMENDING ORDINANCE 12600 WHICH
ADOPTED THE 2020 BUDGET
CHANGING APPROPRIATATIONS TO
VARIOUS DEPARTMENT AND VARIOUS
FUNDS IN THE BUDGET IMPOSING A
PROVISO AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES IF FRONT OF US WE
HAVE A TOTAL OF 24APD RELATED
AMENDMENTS THAT EACH TIE TO ONE
OF THE TWO BILLS TO MANAGE OUR
TIME EFFECTIVELY I DID ASK
CENTRAL STAFF TO CREATE A
CONSENT PACKAGE THAT GROUPS ALL
THE AMENDMENTS TOGETHER WITH
FIVE OR MORE CO SPONSORS.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME
AMENDMENTS THAT OVERLAP SO MY
INTENT IS NOT TO PLAN
DISCUSSION OTHERS NORTHBOUND
AMENDMENT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY
OF THESE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE
INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT PACKAGE
UNDER NUMBER TWO, WE WILL
WELCOME THAT AS WE HAVE IN THE
PAST FOR THE PURPOSES OF
QUESTION OR DISCUSSION.
ITEM THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE
CONSENT PACKAGE WILL BE
CONSIDERED AFTER A VOTE ON THE
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS LISTED ON
THE AGENDA.
FOR AMENDMENTS LISTED FOR
INDIVIDUAL VOTE I WILL ASK
CENTRAL STAFF TO PROVIDE US
WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND THEN
ASK THE SPONSOR TO MOVE THEIR
RESPECTIVE AMENDMENTS.
JUST BE SET UP TO MOVE YOUR
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENT.
WE WILL START WITH AMENDMENTS
TO COUNCIL BILL 119825 WHICH IS
THE 2020 BUDGET REVISIONS
ORDINANCE AND THEN GO TO
COUNCIL BILL 119818 WHICH IS
THE SECOND QUARTER SUPPLEMENTL
BUDGET ORDINANCEW.
THAT YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS SET UP AS
ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 2. I WOULD ASK WE
ARE GOING TO START WITH
AMENDMENT NUMBER 33.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE
CONSENT PACKAGE I WILL ASK IF
YOU HAVE SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS
THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL OUT
OF THE CONSENT PACKAGE BEFORE
WE START THAT DISCUSSION.
OKAY.
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, LET'S GO
HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT 30 -- I WILL NOTE
THAT AMENDMENT 33 THROUGH 37
RELATED TO THE OVERVIEW THAT MY
COLLEAGUE DAN JUST DESCRIBED
AND YOU ALL DISCUSSIONED SO
THIS RELATES TO SOME OF THE
SPENDING AND CUTS PROPOSED TO
FUND THE FULL 17 MILLION-DOLLAR
PACKAGE.
>> AND AS WE DO THINK
APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL
BACK AND FORTH.
IS IT POSSIBLE AS WE DID BEFORE
TO SHOW THE AMENDMENT AND THEN
TO SHOW THE VARIOUS CO SPONSORS
WITH THAT HEADER LIKE WE DID
LAST TIME?
>> I THINK MY COLLEAGUE PATTY.
>> GREAT.
>> IS DOING THAT.
IT'S THE MAGIC OF TECHNOLOGY.
>> AND IF YOU DON'T MIND
READING THE CO SPONSORS.
WE HAVE SEEN THE LIST ON THAT
GRID BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO LIST CO
RESPONSIBLERS.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT 33 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS GONZALEZ,
HERBOLD, MORALES AND MOSQUEDA
WOULD ADD $4 MILLION TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S
BUDGET FOR INVERTMENTS IN THE
SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE.
I'M NOT SURE WITH THESE
AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE
SPONSORS WHO YOU WOULD LIKE ME
TO TURN IT OVER TO.
I WILL TAKE THE DIRECTION FROM
YOU.
>> OKAY.
I WILL PIECE IT UP HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> I WILL TAKE IT.
GO HEAD.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU.
SO, THE AMENDMENT 33 IS FOUR
MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE.
IN 2020 WITH THIS AMENDMENT THE
CITY WOULD CONTRACT WITH THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE TO
SET UP -- I WILL TRY TO TALK
SLOWER SO I DON'T FREEZE AGAIN.
TO SET UP COMMUNITY SAFETY HUBS
IN TARGET COMMUNITY AND TO
FACILITATE RELEVANT SAFETY
EFFORTS THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE
SEEKING TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY FOR BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND IT'S
A PEOPLE OF COLOR LED
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS, URBAN FAMILY,
SOUTHEAST NETWORK HUB, BOYS AND
GIRLS CLUB AND THE ALIVE AND
FREE PROGRAM AT THE YMCA.
YOU WILL HAVE TO TELL HIM TO
WAIT.
SORRY.
KIDS.
SOME OF THE INITIATIVES INCLUDE
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION PROGRAMS,
GUN AND GANG VIOLENCE,
DECREASING REFERRALS AND CALLS
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW
INCREASING NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY,
TEAM IN BLACK AND BROWN
NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU CAN READ
THROUGH THE LIST.
>> NOW YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY
FROZEN.
I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
IF YOU CAN HEAR US.
JUST MAKING SURE I HAVEN'T
FROZEN.
I SEE OTHER HEADS MOVING.
THIS IS GOVERNING IN THE TIME
OF COVID.
OUR APOLOGIES AS WE ARE ALL
REMOTE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WALK THROUGH
AND WHEN YOU REJOIN US IF THERE
ARE THINGS YOU HAVEN'T SAID YOU
ARE WELCOME TO SAY THEM.
I WILL NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
JA UREZ WOULD LIKE TO BE ADD ED
AS A CO SPONSOR.
THIS HAS ALL COUNCILMEMBERS
SIGNED ON.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT OR
QUESTIONS?
>> OKAY.
THE PROCESS WILL BE FOR US TO
GO HEAD AND VOTE ON THESE.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
>> I WILL CALL IT DONE.
>> OKAY.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU
OFFICIALLY MOVED IT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER 33?
>> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT
AMENDMENT NUMBER 33 TO COUNCIL
BILL 119825.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL SECOND.
ITS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT WE ADOPT AMENDMENT NUMBER
33.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL.
>> PEDERSE N.
>> AYE.
SAWANT.
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JA UREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION IS -- HAS CARRIED
AND AMENDMENT NUMBER 33 IS A
DON'TED.
>> AMENDMENT 34 WHO ARE JOINED
BY LEWIS, PEDERSEN AND STRAUSS
WOULD ADD $10 MILLION TO THE
HSD BUDGET TO INVEST IN
COMMUNITY LED ORGANIZATIONS.
>> OKAY.
WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO
THIS?
>> I WILL DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> DO I MOVE OR SPEAK FIRST?
>> WHY NOT MOVE IT?
THAT WILL.
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT 34 TO
COUNCIL BILL 119825.
SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE GO HEAD.
>> OKAY.
PATTY, CAN I ASK YOU TO BRING
UP SHALL I BELIEVE ITS PAGE 3.
ITEM NUMBER 2 ON THE -- WELL
THAT'S FINE.
I WILL WALK THROUGH THIS
INVESTMENT.
AGAIN.
THIS IS INVESTING IN $10
MILLION INTO SCALE UP COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
IT'S TO CONTRACT WITH A LOCAL
ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD INVEST
IN SUBCONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE
COMMUNITY LED ALTERNATIVES TO
POLICING AND CRIMINALIZING.
WE ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN
FUNDING ORGANIZATION THAT ARE
ALREADY UNDERTAKING SAFETY
BUILDING ACTIVITIES LIKE SELF
DEFENSE CLASSES, WORKING WITH
SUSPECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
DEESCALATING -- [INAUDIBLE]
REDUCING THE HARMS OF DRUG
ADDICTION AND WITH THIS
[INAUDIBLE]
DON'T INVOLVE POLICING.
THE NEED AS WE ARE SPENDING OUR
ENERGY SOME PART OF OUR ENERGY
DISMANTLING SYSTEM THAT DON'T
WORK FOR FOLKS.
WE NEED TO SPEND THE RESOURCES
AND THE TIME TO BUILD UP WHAT
WE WANT TO SEE INSTEAD.
THAT IS THE INTENT BEHIND THESE
INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS ABOUT BUILDING UP
COMMUNITY SAFETY IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY
INVOLVED IN DOING CULTURE
RELEVANT WORK THAT IS PEER LED.
THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE GENDER AFFIRMING THAT HAVE
AN ANTI RACIST PRAXIST ALREADY.
WE KNOW THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO
INVEST IN THEIR ABILITY TO
SCALE UP SO AS WE REDUCE AND
RESTRUCTURE WHAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE AS WE
LOOK AT WHAT [INAUDIBLE]
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOMENTS.
I WILL ASK THAT YOU CALL IN SO
THAT WE CAN SEE YOU AND THEN
HAVE THE AUDIO FROM YOUR PHONE.
SO IF YOU CAN STILL HEAR US
PLEASE GO HEAD AND DO THAT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU WALKING US
THROUGH THAT DOCUMENT THAT
SUMMARIZES AMENDMENT NUMBER 34.
WHEN YOU JOIN US AGAIN I WILL
ASK IF THERE WERE MORE
COMMENTS.
ON THIS AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT
NUMBER 34, THANK YOU FOR
LETTING HE KNOW YOU WOULD LIKE
TO BE A CO SPONSOR, THERE IS
ALL NINE COUNCILMEMBERS SIGNED
ONTO AMENDMENT NUMBER34.
COLLEAGUES, COMMENT OR
QUESTIONS IN COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
PLEASE GO HEAD.
>> MY COMMENTS HERE APPLY TO
THIS AMENDMENT AND THE PREVIOUS
ONE AS I SAID ON THE LAST
AGENDA ITEM AND WE DISCUSSED
THE INTER FUND LOAN THE WORK OF
ORGANIZATIONS BASED IN THE
COMMUNITY IS VITAL BY LIFTING
UP YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY RATHER THAN
IMPRISONING THEM THE LIVES OF
THE INDIVIDUALS TRANSFORMED IT
HAS A FATHER GREATER IMPACT ON
KEEPING THE COMMUNITIES AS A
WHOLE SAFE.
THESE AMENDMENTS FUND THESE
PROGRAMS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
THAT THE FUND WILL -- FUNDING
WILL COME FROM THE INTER FUND
LOAN AND AS I SAID I WILL
SUPPORT THIS WORK BY VOTING YES
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE WORK
THAT WILL BE FUNDED BUT I HOPE
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WILL ALSO
SUPPORT DEFUNDING THE POLICE
WHEN WE GET TO AMENDMENT 54A,
54A IS THE FULL $85 MILLION
DEFUND FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S REMAINING 2020
BUDGET AND I WANT TO REPEAT
THAT WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS
DEMANDING IS DEFUNDING THE
POLICE THIS YEAR BY 50% AND
USING THOSE FUNDS TO FUND THE
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND JUST AS
A TECHNICAL POINT BECAUSE
AMENDMENT 54A REPEATS THIS
FUNDING IF BOTH ARE PASSED IT
WOULD MEAN THAT THE COUNCIL
WOULD NEED TO REMOVE THE
DUPLICATION ON MONDAY.
I REALLY HOPE THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL TODAY DECIDES TO STAND
UP TO THE MAYOR AND TO
REPRESSIVE POLICING AS A WHOLE
BY VOTING FOR THE FULL 85
MILLION DEFUND, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ON AMENDMENT 34?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, PLEASE GO
HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
HOPEFULLY I WON'T HAVE THE SAME
INTERNET ISSUES THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES HAS BEEN
HAVING.
IT'S NICE TO KNOW I'M NOT THE
ONLY ONE WITH THOSE ISSUES.
I JUST WANTED TO JUST FOR THE
-- JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC
MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT,
AMENDMENT 34 IS INTENDED TO
REALLY BOLSTER THE -- SOME OF
THE EXISTING PROGRAMMING THAT
WE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IN AND
OF COURSE THE ISSUE IS THAT WE
HAVE NOT DONE THAT IN THE SCALE
NECESSARY TO CREATE THE
MEANINGFUL TRANSFORMATIONAL
CHANGE THAT WE NEED AND SO, YOU
KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT
PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED
THROUGH THE PREPARING YOUTH FOR
SUCCESS LINE INCLUDING THE
SEATTLE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM, THE SUMMER FOOD
SERVICE PROGRAM, OUR BEST
INITIATIVE WHICH IS A PROGRAM
THAT FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON
BLACK MALE YOUTH IN OUR CITY
AND IS RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING IS
ALSO, YOU KNOW SORT OF WORKS
HAND IN HAND WITH THIS
PARTICULAR AREA OF INVESTMNT.
I THINK JUST TO PUT THIS IN
PERSPECTIVE AND WHY IN IS SO
IMPORTANT WE KNOW THAT IN THE
-- AT LEAST THE 2018 BUDGET
THERE WAS ONLY A TOTAL OF $17.8
MILLION INVESTED IN THIS
PARTICULAR AREA THAT REALLY IS
DESIGNED TO INCREASE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND OBVIOUSLY $17.8
MILLION OF A $6 MILLION BUDGET
IS ALMOST NOTHING.
THE FACT WE ARE ALMOST DOUBLING
IT THROUGH THIS TEN MILLION
DOLLAR PROPOSAL IS SIGNIFICANT
BUT THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A LOT
MORIN VESTMENT THAT WILL NEED
TO HAPPEN IN THIS AREA IN ORDER
TO BRING UP THE PROGRAMS TO
SCALE AND TO ALLOW FOR NOT JUST
EXISTING GRANTEES TO
PARTICIPATE BUT FOR EMERGING
ORGANIZATIONS TO ALSO BE ABLE
TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FUNDING
OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES I SEE YOU
HAVE JOINED AGAIN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALSO HAVE
YOUR VIDEO UP IF YOU KEEP YOUR
VIDEO ON MUTE AND YOU KEEP YOUR
PHONE GOING WE CAN SEE YOU
SPEAKING IN REALTIME.
GO HEAD COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
WE SEE YOU ON THE LINE.
>> BOY.
I WILL TRY TO DEAL WITH THIS
TECHNOLOGY THING.
>> OKAY.
AS YOU DO JUST WANT TO NOTE
THAT YOUR COMPUTER NEEDS TO BE
PUT ON MUTE BECAUSE I'M
ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT THE ECHO
IS ABOUT.
OR SHUT DOWN THE COMPUTER IF
YOU NEED TO.
I THINK WE CAN HEAR YOU WELL ON
THE PHONE.
PLEASE GO HEAD.
SORRY COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WE
CAN'T HEAR YOU ANYMORE.
OKAY.
GO HEAD.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> THE ECHO IS GONE SO THAT'S
THE GOOD NEWS.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT.
SEE NOTHING ADDITIONAL HANDS OR
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT NUMBER
34, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER 34?
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JA UREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR.
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ONTO AMENDMENT
NUMBER 35.
WOULD CUT $36,000 FROM SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR IMPLICIT
BIAS TRAINING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ DID
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS AT
ALL?
>> I THINK WE HAVE ALREADY
TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE IN THE
INITIAL CONVERSATION.
I APPRECIATED CENTRAL STAFF
SAYING THAT THIS IS JUST A
PARTIAL REDUCTION IN THE
IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING FOR THE
REST OF 2020.
LARGELY BASED ON THE FACTS THAT
IN THE TIME OF COVID SOME OF
THE DOLLARS THAT WOULD NORMALLY
BE PROVIDED FOR LOBISTICS OR
TRAVELING OR ANY KIND OF MODEL
PREMISE ON BEING PHYSICALLY
PRESENT AREN'T NECESSARY SO
AGAIN, CONTRARY TO THE
ASSERTION THAT WE ARE GUTTING
IT BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE IN
IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING ISN'T
TRUE.
WE ARE TAKING A MODEST CUT FROM
THE TRAINING CATEGORY IN ORDER
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT
THESE DOLLARS ARE NOT LIKELY
GOING TO BE USED IN THE
REMAINDER OF 2020 IN THE
ORIGINAL INTENT PROPOSED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OR SEEN BY THE
DEPARTMENT.
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF ALSO IN
THE CONVERSATION I BELIEVE LAST
WEEK CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE
STILL DOLLARS AVAILABLE IN THE
IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING BUNT
CATEGORY SO THIS IS, AGAIN, A
SORT OF MODIFICATION TO THAT
BUDGET LINE TO RECOGNIZE THE
ISSUES THAT I JUST DESCRIBED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER 35?
>> I WILL MOVE AMENDMENT 35 TO
COUNCIL BILL 119825.
>> AND I WILL SECOND THAT.
ITS BEEN MOVED SECONDED
DESCRIBED.
THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
AND QUESTIONS ANDLY NOTE
COUNCILMEMBER JUROR JA UREZ
WOULD LIKE TO ADD HER NAME.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE
RECORD ON AMENDMENT 35?
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JA UREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR.
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
ALL RIGHT.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS A DON'TED.
LET'S MOVE ONTO THE NEXT
AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT NUMBER 36.
>> AMENDMENT 36 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS GONZALEZ,
HERBOLD, MORALES AND MOSQUEDA
JOINED BY LEWIS, AND STRAUSS,
COUNCILMEMBER JA UREZ WOULD
LIKE TO ADD HER NAME WOULD CUT
$50,000 FROM THE SPD BUDGET FOR
TRAVEL COSTS AND IMPOSES A
PROVISO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL GO HEAD AND MOVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER 36 TO
COUNCILMEMBER 119825.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> WONDERFUL.
ITS BEEN MOVED SECONDED.
WE DISCUSSED THIS QUITE A BIT
IN LINE AS WELL WITH THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST SAID.
THIS IS I THINK JUST COMMON
SENSE TO REDUCE THE SPENDING
FROM THE TRAVEL COSTS AND
OPPOSE EYE PLOVISO ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE FOLKS AREN'T TRAVELING
RIGHT NOW AND WE NEED TO GET
THE MONEY OUT AND INTO
COMMUNITY HANDS TO CONTINUE TO
INVEST IN COMMUNITY SAFETY.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE CO
RESPONSIBLE ORS ON THIS AND
ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO [INAUDIBLE]
IF YOU CAN.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> PEDERSEN.
> A YE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JA UREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> AND CHAIR.
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS A DON'TED.
LET'S MOVE ONTO AMENDMENT
NUMBER 37.
>> AMENDMENT 37.
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, MORALES AND
MOSQUEDA AND BY LEWIS.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER JA UREZ.
>> WOULD CUT $800,000 FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET FOR
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STAFF
AND ACTIVITIES.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL.
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU COUNCIL.
CENTRAL STAFF.
THE -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
THIS?
>> I WILL.
I MOVE AMENDMENT 37 TO COUNCIL
BILL 119825.
>> SECOND.
>> ITS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN.
>> JUST REALLY BRIEF I
APPRECIATE SPONSOR SHIP WHICH
WOULD REDUCE THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET IN THE
LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION
LINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $800,000.
APD HAS INDICATED TO THE
COUNCIL THAT THE RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION INITIATIVES THAT
ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS
PARTICULAR BUDGET LINE ITEM
HAVE STOPPED IN LIGHT OF THE
EXECUTIVES -- THE MAYOR'S
DIRECTED HIRING FREEZE.
THIS PROPOSED REDUCTION WOULD
-- CURRENTLY SUPPORTS TWO AND A
QUARTER FTE'S TO THE REOPENING
OTHER PROJECTS SO ELIMINATING
THE POSITIONS WOULD REFLECT THE
DIRECTION THAT THE MAYOR HAS
INDICATED SHE IS GOING.
THIS IS A MEMORIAL OF THAT
PRIOR EXECUTIVE ACTION AND A
CAPTURING OF THE DOLLARS FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
OKAY.
ITS BEEN MOVED SECONDED AND
DISCUSSED.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL?
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JA UREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR.
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS A DON'TED.
LET'S MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM
ON THIS LIST HERE.
I BELIEVE IT'S COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT 52 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WOULD
IMPOSE A PROVISO ON THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DEPARTMENT
WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT THEM FROM
PROSECUTING ANYONE ARRESTED
DURING THE JUSTICE FOR GEORGE
FLOYD PROTEST.
>> I MOVE TO ADOPT AMENDMENT
NUMBER 52 AS PRESENTED ON THE
AGENDA WHICH PLACES THE PROVISO
SAYING NONE OF THE MONEY IN THE
2020 BUDGET FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT MAY BE USED TO
IMPORTANT THE PROSECUTION OF
INDIVIDUALS FOR PARTICIPATING
IN JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD.
>> I WILL SECOND.
>> ITS BEEN MOVED SECONDED.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IN?
>> THANK YOU.
WE DISCUSSED THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT LAST MONDAY WHEN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ARRESTED PROTESTERS.
AS WE DISCUSSED ON MONDAY THIS
WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO FORCE
ALL THE CHARGES AGAIN THE
PROTESTERS TO BE DROPPED
BECAUSE THAT'S BEYOND THE
AUTHORITY, THE LEGAL AUTHORITY
OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.
IF A JUDGE SUBPOENAS AND
TESTIMONY THE CITY NEEDS TO
COMPLY AND WE DISCUSS THIS
FULLY ON MONDAY BUT BEFORE
GETTING TO OUR JUDGE THE
PROSECUTOR IS SENT CASE FILES
BY THE POLICE THAT THEY USE TO
DECIDE WERE OR NOT TO BRING
CHARGES IN THE FIRST PLACE AND
SOMETIMES PROSECUTORS REQUESTS
FOR THE EVIDENCE FOR THE
INTERROGATION THAT THE POLICE
CAN GO AND COMPLY WITH BEFORE
THE PROSECUTOR DECIDES TO BRING
CHARGES BUT THOSE ARE THE SORTS
OF THINGS WHERE DAMAGE IS DONE
TO INNOCENT PROTESTERS AND WE
HOPE TO PREVENT THAT KIND OF
DAMAGE WITH THIS WHICH SHOULD
MAKE IT HARDER TO BRING
FABRICATED CHARGES WHICH HAS
HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES AGAINST
ARRESTED PROTESTERS.
I APPRECIATE THE
COUNCILMEMBER'S SUPPORT AND I
URGE ALL COUNCILMEMBERS TO VOTE
YES TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I
APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION THAT
OUR OFFICE HAS HAD WITH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ON THIS
ISSUE BOTH AT THE MEETING OFF
LINE AND WELCOME HIS SUPPORT
FOR THE AMENDMENT AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GO HEAD.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
ON REVIEWING THIS FURTHER I AND
CONSULTING WITH FOLKS I THINK
THAT IN THE COUPLE OF CASES
WHERE CASES MAY ACTUALLY GO
FORWARD COMING OUT OF THE
GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS, THE FACT
THERE WILL WILL A CAVEAT OF
ALLOWING THE COURT ORDER
SUBPOENA MATERIALS MEANS THERE
WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE IN CASES
OF MERIT BEING ABLE TO GO
FORWARD.
I MEAN SINCE WE CAN KIND OF --
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN ALL
RECITE FROM MEMORY THE CASE
THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS THAT
HAVE, YOU KNOW COUNT ON -- IT
BEING A PRETTY SMALL NUMBER
THAT WOULD GO FORWARD TO SOME
KIND OF ACTION AND THERE IS
THAT EXCEPTION IN HERE.
GIVEN THAT I DON'T HAVE STRONG
OBJECTIONS TO THIS AMENDMENT.
I WILL VOTE FOR IT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
> PLEASE GO HEAD.
>> THE -- I APPRECIATE THAT
THERE IS AN EXACCEPTION FOR
THE ABILITY OF THE COUNTY
PROSECUT OR TO SUBPOENA
INFORMATION THAT HAS ALREADY
BEEN COLLECTED.
I'M WORRIED THAT THE BROADNESS
OF THE LANGUAGE INCLUDES THE
COLLECTING OF THE EVIDENCE.
THAT LANGUAGE PROHIBITING
COLLECTING EVIDENCE, COUPLED
WITH THE BROADNESS OF THE
LANGUAGE FOR ACTIONS TAKEN, FOR
ME -- SUGGESTS THAT THIS
PROVISO WOULD PROHIBIT SPD FROM
DOING THE KINDS OF
INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE KNOW
THEY ARE DOING AS RELATES TO
THE SHOOTING INJURIES AND
DEATHS OF PEOPLE THAT HAPPENED
WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS.
I DON'T -- I APPRECIATE THE
SPIRIT IN WHICH THIS IS OFFERED
BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT IT
WOULD PROHIBIT SPD FROM
INVESTIGATING DEADLY FELONIES
THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT THESE
PROTESTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
IN.
>> YES.
MADAM CHAIR.
>> PLEASE GO HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I AGREE AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND LEWIS.
I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I LIKE THE PROV ISO, THAT IT'S
MORE GENERAL THAT WE ARE GIVING
ROOM BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
MAYBE USED DIRECTLY OR THROUGH
CONTRACT -- TO SUPPORT THE
PROSECUTION OF PEOPLE
PARTICIPATING IN THE JUSTICE
FOR GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS.
ED VAGUENESS THERE.
I AGREE THAT PEOPLE PROTESTING,
EXERCISING THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT, NONVIOLENT
SHOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED FOR
EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS WHEN WE LEAVE IT OPEN TO
THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS, THEN
AS I SAID EARLIER THIS CREATES,
I BELIEVE, A DEFENSE THAT IF
YOU ARE OUT THERE AND YOU DON'T
AGREE WITH THE GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS AND I'M NOT SAYING
THAT I DON'T AGREE THEN THAT
MEANS YOU ARE PICKING A SIDE
THAT GIVES A DEFENSE AND THE
OTHER SIDE DOES THE.
WE HAVE HAD DIFFERENT INCIDENTS
WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT AND
SAID I SUPPORT DEFUNDING THE
POLICE BUT I DON'T SUPPORT --
LET'S JUST SAY 50% AND PEOPLE
ARE ASSAULTED, PEOPLE ARE HIT,
PEOPLE HAVE THEIR PHONES TAKEN
AWAY.
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND HOW
BROAD IT IS I HAVE CONCERNS FOR
EVERY SIDE AROUND THE ARGUMENT,
AROUND THE PROTESTS AND WHAT IT
MEANS.
I DON'T WANT TO PROHIBIT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM
INVESTIGATING SERIOUS FELONIES
AND CRIMES ON EITHER SIDE.
EITHER THE POLICE OR AGITATORS
ASSAULTING PEACEFUL PROTESTERS,
OR PEOPLE THAT JUST COME OUT OF
THEIR HOME AND SAY THIS IS NOT
RIGHT AND THEN ARE ATTACKED.
THAT'S THE CONCERN I HAVE.
NOW SOME MAY READ INTO IT AS
USUAL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU AREN'T
FOR US YOU ARE AGAINST US AND
THAT'S NOT MY POINT I BELIEVE
IN THE SPIRIT AND PASSION BUT I
THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC
ABOUT WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY
AND SPD CAN DO.
I KNOW A LOT IS UP TO THE
PROSECUTOR OR THE CITY ATTORNEY
AND I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS IN
THIS FORM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JA
UREZ AND I WANT TO POINT TO THE
COMMENT THAT YOU MADE
IMMEDIATELY AFTER GEORGE FLOYD
BECAUSE I THINK THEY UNDER
SCORE YOUR POINT AND I KNOW
THAT YOU ARE THERE IN TERMS OF
POLICY AND PRIORITIES AND
VALUES.
I REALLY LOVE THE WAY IN WHICH
YOU FRAME THE DISCUSSION AROUND
THIS NOT JUST BEING ABOUT
INDIVIDUAL ACTORS OR BAD APPLES
N IS ABOUT UP ROOTING THE TREE
AND REPLANTING A NEW SYSTEM.
JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR THOSE EARLIER COMMENTS AND
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS
AS WELL HERE AND MAKE SURE I
SAID THAT I KNEW WHERE YOU WERE
COMING FROM.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YEAH.
HAVING HEARD FROM -- THIS IS A
QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR.
I WONDER IF THERE MAY BE SCOPE
TO PERHAPS REMOVE THE
COLLECTING OR IN THE SENTENCE
OF COLLECTING OR TRANSMITTING.
YOU KNOW HAVING HEARD
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
YAUREZ'S COMMENTS I DO THINK
ACTUALLY ON DISCUSSING THIS
THAT PROVISION COULD BE A
PROBLEM GIVEN THE BROADNESS OF
THE PROVISO.
I WONDER IF THERE MAY BE SCOPE
TO REMOVE THOSE WORDS WHICH
COULD TAKE CARE OF MOST OF THE
PROBLEM.
>> AND JUST TO REPEAT WE ARE
LOOKING UNDER THAT THERE IS NOT
LINE ITEMS BUT AT ABOUT THE 5th
LINE DOWN, THE WORDS THAT YOU
WERE MENTIONING ARE COLLECTING
OR.
WOULD BE A NOT LIMITED TO -- IS
THAT THE CORRECT LANGUAGE
HIGHLIGHTED THERE?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> IT WOULD BE INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TOO.
I GUESS THE WAY THAT IT WOULD
READ ON THE LANGUAGE THAT I'M
SAYING WOULD BE INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO COMMA
TRANSMITTING EVIDENCE AND
PROVIDING TESTIMONY RATHER THAN
-- OR TRANSMITTING.
>
THREE WORDS THAT WOULD -- THE
THREE WORDS THAT HE IS
REFERRING TO AND IF YOU WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS IS TO, COMMA,
COLLECTING OR.
CORRECT?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> AS IN STRIKE THAT LANGUAGE?
>> YEAH.
STRIKING THE COLLECTING OR.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT DID YOU
WANT TO RESPOND TO THIS?
>> YES.
I DON'T AGREE WITH THE IDEA
THAT THIS IS OVERLY BROAD.
I AGREE THAT IT'S BROAD BUT
THERE'S INTENT BEHIND IT THAT
IS THE POINT BY MAKING THE
LANGUAGE BE THIS WAY IS WHY
THIS WOULD MATTER, IS WHY THIS
WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
THE PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE THE
WORDS -- SORRY COLLECTING OR
LIKE BASICALLY REMOVING THE
WORD COLLECTING IS A PROBLEM
AND I WOULD NOT AGREE TO THAT
AND I'M FLEXIBLE BUT I WANT THE
PROVISO TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE
INTENDED -- ACHIEVE THE
INTENDED OBJECTIVE AND FROM
WHAT WE -- WHAT WHAT MY OFFICE
UNDERSTANDS I DON'T THINK THAT
DELETING THE WORD COLLECTING
WILL MAKE IT MEANINGFUL BECAUSE
THE WORD TRANSMITTING IS WHAT
SUBPOENAS DO.
COLLECTING IS WHAT HAPPENS
BEFORE ANY FORMAL PROCESS
BEGINS AND THAT IS WHERE THE
WHOLE SORT OF GRAY AREA WHERE
THE -- EVIDENCE AND THE AREA
WHERE THE FABRICATI, N OF
EVIDENCE HAPPENS AND WHERE THE
PROTESTERS, INDIVIDUAL
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LEFT
COMPLETELY AT RISK TO THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BECAUSE
THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT
IS BEING SENT.
THAT COLLECTING WORD IS WHAT
MAKES THIS PROVISO, PART OF
WHAT MAKES IT MEANINGFUL AND I
WOULD SAY THAT A LOT OF THE --
LOT OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS
USED BY COUNCILMEMBERS TO
EXPRESS CONCERN SON THIS
AMENDMENT, IT'S NOT DRIVEN --
IT'S NOT DATA DRIVEN.
THIS COUNCIL, YOU KNOW HAS --
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE SAID YOU
TAKE PRIDE IN BEING DATA
DRIVEN.
THAT IS NOT A DATA DRIVEN
APPROACH TO HAVE HYPOTHETICALS
AND PRESENTED AS IF BOTH SIDES,
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND
PROTESTERS AND THE MOVEMENT ARE
SOMEHOW ROUGHLY EQUAL AND YOU
ARE TRYING TO TAKE CARE THAT
EQUALITY IS MAINTAINED BUT
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
IF JUSTICE WERE BLIND IN REAL
LIFE THIS WOULDN'T BE
NECESSARY.
IF JUSTICE WAS BLIND WE WOULD
NOT HAVE SUCH -- JUST -- JUST
STARK DIFFERENCES IN OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
IF WE ARE GOING TO BE DATA
DRIVEN THEN WE HAVE TO LEAN ON
THE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE, NOT
THE HYPOTHETICALS BUT THE
OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE OF WHAT
HAPPENS TO INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO
ARE OUT THERE ACTUALLY SHOWING
COURAGE AND THEY SHOULD BE
COMMENEDEN, NOT PUNISHED AND I
DON'T AGREE WITH THE IDEA THAT,
YOU KNOW N IS SOMEHOW A --
EVERY SIDE WILL -- IS GOING TO
BENEFIT BY TAKING AWAY THE
BORED COLLECT.
IN MY VIEW THAT'S NOT TRUE.
THE FACT IS THAT THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS TAKEN A SIDE
ALREADY AND WE CANNOT HAVE A
PRETENSE THAT BOTH SIDES ARE
ROUGHLY EQUAL.
THIS IS MEANT TO BALANCE THE
SCALES THAT ARE DEEPLY UNEQUAL.
I HOPE THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WILL
TAKE THAT OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE
INTO EFFECT, INTO
CONSIDERATION, TAKE THE
INCREDIBLE POWER THAT A POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS OVER INDIVIDUALS
THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND
UNDERSTAND THAT THE LANGUAGE IN
THIS IS INTENTIONALLY -- AS
BEING -- PRESENTED BECAUSE IN
OUR VIEW IT ACTUALLY WOULD
ADDRESS THE EXISTING PROBLEM.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS I SAW
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE THING IS -- ONE OF THE
ISSUES THAT I BROUGHT UP IN OUR
CONVERSATION ON MONDAY DOESN'T
APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED
IN THIS LANGUAGE AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT I
APOLOGIZE FOR NOT FOLLOWING UP
DIRECTLY WITH YOU AND YOUR
STAFF AROUND THOSE ISSUES THAT
I FLAGGED.
MY AREA OF CONCERN AROUND
VAGUENESS IS WITH THE WORDS
WHILE PARTICIPATING IN JUSTICE
FOR GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS
BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK
THERE'S THE -- THERE'S -- A
COUPLE WEEKS AND THE WEEKEND
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MURDER OF
MR. FLOYD THAT COULD BE
CONSIDERED THAT PERIOD OF TIME
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS.
OTHERS MAY SEE THAT AS BEING
THE ONGOING PROTESTS.
I MEAN THERE WILL BE A PROTEST
TODAY RELATED TO THESE ISSUES.
SO, THAT IS WHERE I WAS TRYING
TO ZERO IN ON.
IS THERE A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF
TIME THAT YOU ARE USING AS THE
SPONSOR TO DEFINE THE PERIOD OF
TIME THAT IS INTENDED TO BE
COVERED BY THE PROVISO WHEN YOU
SAY WHILE PRACTICE PATING IN
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS?
SO THAT WAS -- THAT WAS THE
ISSUE I WAS TRYING TO FLAG.
I THINK -- THAT'S ONE.
TWO, ON THE -- ON THE ISSUE
AROUND WHETHER OR NOT STRIKING
THE WORD COLLECTING OR THE
WORDS COLLECTING OR IN THIS
AREA AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
ACTIVELY ENGAGING IN SAUSAGE
MAKING HALT THE COMMITTEE.
I APOLOGIZE TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC.
I THIS -- I GUESS -- I GUESS
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT
OF A CONFLATION OF HOW THAT
IMPACTS CASES THAT NEED TO BE
INVESTIGATED RELATED TO SERIOUS
FELONIES AND CRIMES THAT ARE
NOT ASSOCIATED THE EXERCISE OF
THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
I WAS READING THIS AS THE NEXT
SENTENCE, THE SECOND SENTENCE
TALKS ABOUT HOW FUNDS CAN STILL
BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF
DROPPING CHARGES TO RELEASE
ARRESTEES, CLEAR RECORDS OR
PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS FOR
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE INFLICTED ON
INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN
THE JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS OR -- OR IT HAPPENS
AROUND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
ONE OF THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
BROUGHT UP IS -- HOW DOES THIS
IMPACT SOME OF THE GUN VIOLENCE
INCIDENTS THAT WE SAW IN YOUR
DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
IN PARTICULAR AND IN SOME OF
THE INCIDENTS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FLAGS THAT
HAPPENED IN HIS DISTRICT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS
-- EVERYTHING THAT -- ALL THE
LANGUAGE THAT EXISTS BEFORE
FUNDS DOESN'T IMPACT AT ALL ANY
ISSUES RELATED TO POTENTIAL
PROSECUTIONS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS OF
POTENTIAL FELONIES INVOLVING
THINGS LIKE GUN VIOLENCE; LOSS
OF LIFE, SERIOUS ASSAULTS, AND
I GUESS I'M -- I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT I'M
UNDERSTANDING THAT -- CORRECTLY
THAT THERE IS A SEPARATION
THERE AND THAT THE COLLECTING
IS ONLY RELATED TO ACTIVITIES
OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS
RELATED TO FIRST AMENDMENT
ACTIVITY THAT COULD UNEARTH
OTHER THINGS BUT THAT SORT OF
STARTS, THE START OF THAT
INVESTIGATION WOULD BE THAT THE
MERE ACT OF ENGAGING IN FIRST
AMENDMENT ACTIVITY THAT COULD
THEN LEAD TO OTHER POTENTIAL
FINDINGS OF POTENTIAL CRIMES.
SO I -- I'M SORRY THAT I'M NOT
FRAMING THIS UP PERHAPS IN A
MORE ARTFUL AND CONCISE WAY.
I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE
FROM YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAWA IN,
T ABOUT SORT OF THOSE TWO
SEPARATE ISSUES AND THEN MAYBE
WE CAN HEAR FROM SOMEONE FROM
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF TO SORT
OF WALK US THROUGH HOW THOSE
TWO SEPARATE PORTIONS OF THIS
APPROXIMATE, ARE, OVISO PLAY
OUT AND IF THAT IS CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED TO
BE MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> THANK YOU.
DID YOU WANT TO GO FIRST OR
HEAR FROM CENTRAL STAFF?
RELATION TO THE LAST QUESTION?
>> CENTRAL STAFF CAN GO HEAD.
>> IS THERE -- SOMEONE FROM
CENTRAL STAFF THAT WOULD LIKE
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT
THE TWO PARTS OF THIS AMENDMENT
IN FRONT OF US?
I ALSO READ IT THE SAME WAY BUT
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DID AND
DID NOT HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF
CONCERN GIVEN THAT IS HOW I SAW
THE TWO SEGMENTS GOING TOGETHER
HAND IN GLOVE.
I'M LOOKING AT ALLY.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
>> SURE.
I -- SORRY.
I WAS DEALING ANOTHER ISSUE SO
I MAY NOT HAVE HEARD THE FULL
CONVERSATION.
I THINK IN A GENERAL SENSE I
JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF THE
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
AND THEN IT PROVIDES EXAMPLE.
THE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO IS I THINK IN A CRITICAL
PIECE BECAUSE IT IS REALLY
SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T SPEND
MONEY TO SUPPORT THE
PROSECUTION OF INDIVIDUALS.
IT COULD HAVE JUST STOPPED
THERE.
IT PROVIDES EXAMPLES BUT
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S LISTING
COLLECTING OR TRANSMITTING OR
WHATEVER THE EXAMPLES ARE, IT
REALLY IS RESTRICTING ANY
ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUPPORT THE
PROSECUTION OF INDIVIDUALS FOR
ACTIONS TAKEN DURING THE
PROTESTS FOR JUSTICE FOR GEORGE
FLOYD.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT.
HOWEVER, IF COUNCILMEMBERS
WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE
AMENDMENT THEY COULD MAKE A
MOTION TO REMOVE THAT LANGUAGE
OR OTHER LANGUAGE.
IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF
EXACTLY, I THINK I SPOKE TO
THIS BRIEFLY, MAYBE IT WAS ON
MONDAY WAS THAT WHAT EXACTLY --
WITHOUT PUTTING A SPECIFIC TIME
FRAME AROUND WHAT IS INTENDED
BY THE JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
PROTEST THAT WILL BE SEEN BY
THE EXECUTIVE IN APPLYING THIS
PROVSO.
I'M NOT SURE IF I'M ANSWERING
ALL THE QUESTIONS.
I WILL SAY THAT I JUST WANT TO
NOTE THAT THERE WAS A -- A
QUESTION LAST WEEK ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD
RESTRICT PROSECUTION OF OTHER
PHYSICAL VIE, OTHER CRIMES THAT
WERE IN THE AREA OR HAPPENED
DURING THE PROTESTS BUT NOT
RELATED TO FIRST AMENDMENT
ISSUES IN RESPONSE TO THAT I
HAD DROPPED A REVISED VERSION
AND I'M SEEING NOW THAT THE
VERSION WAS POSTED TO THE
AGENDA SO THE LANGUAGE THAT
SAYS OR TO PROSECUTE
INDIVIDUALS FOR PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE INFLICTED ON
INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN
THE JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS OR FOR PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE INFLECTED ON
INDIVIDUALS IN THE SURROUNDING
AREAS OF THE PROTESTS, SHOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED.
.
>> I APOLOGIZE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
I THINK I LOST THE THREAD ON
WHAT THE QUESTION WAS.
>>
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M
SORRY, YOUR INTERNET IS
FREEZING UP.
I AM GOING TO GO BACK DID YOU
WANT TO HOLD.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS
WERE COMING TO YOU.
WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> THAT'S FINE.
>> ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD,
AFTER HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ'S COMMENTS.
AND THEN THE COMMENTS.
I DO WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR
THAT I DON'T THAT ONLY REMOVING
THE COLLECTING LANGUAGE
NECESSARY CLARIFIES, AS MUCH AS
I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY, THAT
THIS PROVISO MUST NOT BE USED
BY SPD OR INTERPRETED BY SPD,
TO SUGGEST THAT THEY CANNOT DO
INVESTIGATIONS OF CRIMES.
AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE I
UNDERSTAND THE REFERENCE TO
DATA-BASED DECISIONS.
BUT I -- I AM NOT GOING TO
COMPARE THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
GASSED.
UNJUSTLY ON OUR STREETS TO THE
MURDERS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN
MAKING A DECISION ON WHETHER OR
NOT FUNDS FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET SHOULD BE
ALLOWED TO BE USED TO
INVESTIGATE THOSE CRIMES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLT.
COUNCILMEMBER COLLINGS, I'M
GOING TO ASK TO HOLD THIS
DEBATE AND DISCUSSION.
BUT I THINK WHAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL IS AFTER WE GET THROUGH
ALL THE AMENDMENTS IN AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 1. COULD WE COME
BACK TO THIS IN TERMS OF
PROCESS?
JUST TO HAVE THE ACCURATE
LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF US ALL, AS
WE SPEAK TO MAKE A DECISION ON
VOTING TODAY.
COUNCILMEMBER SWAN AS A KONKIL
MEMBER TO THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER SWAN.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M OPEN TO HOLDING IT TO GAIN
CLARITY OF THAT HEALTH,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
UNDERSTAND THIS AND EXAMINE.
I WANT TO MAKE A FEW POINTS IN
RESPONSE TO WHAT HAS COME UP.
AS FAR AS THE TEMPORAL PLAIN
THAT HAS BEEN SPECIFIED IN THIS
PROVISO.
IF COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO
EXPAND THAT IN SOME WAY, I'M
ONLY HAPPY TO BE DOING THAT.
I WANT TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS TO
USEFUL PROTESTORS, NOT TAKE
AWAY FROM WHAT THIS PROVISO AS
IT STANDS WOULD PROVIDE.
SO IF COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO
HAVE SOME LANGUAGE, LIKE AS
LONG AS JUSTICE FOR GEORGE
FLOYD PROTESTS CONTINUE OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEN I WOULD WELCOME THAT.
IN REALITY, WE NEED THESE FOR
AS LONG AS SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT REMAINS RACIST -- AN
ENTITY THAT IS GETTING OUT
RACIST VIOLENCE.
IN THAT SENSE, EXPANDING THE
TEMPORAL PLAIN IS SOMETHING I
WOULD, OF COURSE, WELCOME.
AS TO THE OTHER POINTS THAT
HAVE COME UP ALL IN RELATION TO
WHAT WILL THIS PROVISO PREVENT
THE POLICE AND PROSECUTORS FROM
CARRYING OUT WHAT WE WOULD ALL
AGREE IS THE CORRECT THING,
WHICH IS ARRESTING AND
PROSECUTING ON WHERE ACTUAL
VIOLENCE HAPPENED, NOT THE
POLICE TARGETING INNOCENT
PROTESTORS.
IN MY VIEW, THIS PROVISO DOES
NOT IMPACT THE ISSUES RELATED
DUE TO THE GUN VIOLENCE.
NOE OF THE SHOOTINGS WERE DONE
BY PROTESTORS.
AND I WOULD ALSO SEE, OF
COURSE, THAT THE GUN VIOLENCE
DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN IN DISTRICT
3. IT HAPPENED IN OUR CITY,
REGARDLESS OF WHICH DISTRICT IT
HAPPENED IN.
AND ALL COUNCILMEMBERS ARE
RESPONSIBLE EQUALLY TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE RESPOND FROM A
STANDPOINT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE,
NOT PERPETUATING WHAT THE
POLICE AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM ARE
ALREADY DOING.
SO IN THAT SENSE, I WOULD JUST
NOTE THAT THE SHOOTINGS WERE
NOT DONE BY THE PROTESTORS.
ALSO, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
MENTIONED, ON MONDAY, NO ONE --
AS OF MONDAY.
I HAVEN'T CHECKED SINCE THEN.
THAT NO ONE WAS ARRESTED FOR
THE VIOLENT PROTEST BECAUSE OF
HIM.
SO IN MY VIEW, THIS IS JUST A
LOT, I'LL TELL YOU HONESTLY,
THIS SEEMS TO ME, A LOT OF
SCRUTINY.
AND THEY HAVE SEEN CONSTANT
EXAMPLES.
THE KIND OF SCRUTINY THAT IS
APPLIED BY THE CITY
ESTABLISHMENT TO PROPOSAL THAT
COME FROM THE MOVEMENT.
COMPLETELY DWARFS THE SCRUTINY
THAT IS APPLIED TO WHAT IS
COMING FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT
AND POTENTIALLYPARM
HARMFUL TO THE COMMUNITY.
LIKE THE REPEAL OF THE AMAZON
TAX.
THERE'S MANY EXAMPLES OF THAT.
BUT I DO WELCOME ANY GENERAL
CLARIFICATION.
THIS TO THAT EXTENT, HAPPY TO
HOLD IT.
AND MAKE SURE THOSE CONCERNS
ARE ADDRESSED AND HAVE
SOMETHING POSITIVE AND
EFFECTIVE VOTED ON.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, IN
CLOSING, AND I SAID THIS LAST
TIME, BUT I JUST WANT TO
REITERATE IT.
THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL,
ON THE GROUND, REAL-LIFE
EXPERIENCE, NOT HYPOTHETICALS,
BUT ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENS TO
PEOPLE.
THEY WILL TELL YOU AND THIS HAS
BEEN DOCUMENTED.
THE POLICE MEMBERS SAY I'M
ARRESTING YOU FOR USING YOUR
FIRST AMENDMENT.
BECAUSE I AM IDEOLOGICALLY
OPPOSED TO YOU AND MY ROLE IS
TO REPRESS YOU.
NO.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
THEY SAY, YOU'RE BEING ARRESTED
FOR SOMETHING LIKE ASSAULTING A
POLICE OFFICER, HAD THAT
ASSAULT NEVER HAPPENED.
SO THE POINT, THE WHOLE POINT
OF THIS PROVISO IS TO SAY THAT
THE POLICE SHOULD STOP
INVESTIGATING PROTESTORS.
THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE THE POWER
TO INVESTIGATE PROTESTORS.
AND SO IN THAT SENSE, THE
MURDERS ARE NOT RELEVANT,
BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT BY
PROTESTORS.
SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT IN
CLOSING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
ALLIE, I WILL LOOK TO YOU TO
KNOW WHEN WE MAY BE ABLE TO
INSERT THIS BACK INTO THE
AGENDA TODAY FOR THE PURPOSES
OF CONSIDERING IT.
AND IF THERE'S STILL ONGOING
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DRAFTING,
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE ANOTHER
MEETING BEFORE OUR FINAL
COUNCIL VOTE.
BUT WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK TO
THIS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2, I
BELIEVE.
AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I DID SEE
THAT YOU HAD ONE MORE THING.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD IT NOW OR
LATER?
>> I'M JUST GOING TO BE VERY
BRIEF, I PROMISE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
I THINK THIS UNDERSCORES AND
UNDERLIES WHY WE HAVE CONCERNS
WITH THE AMBIGUITY BECAUSE WE
ARE NOW PUTTING OURSELVES IN
THE POSITION OF BEING FACT-
FINDERS, WHO IS A PEACEFUL
PROTESTOR?
WHO IS AN ADVOCATE?
WHO IS NOT A PROTESTOR?
WHO IS AN INTERLOPER.
THAT'S NOT OUR JOB.
THAT'S ON THE JUDICIAL BRANCH.
AND ALL THE OTHER RIGHTS THAT
YOU'VE DISCUSSED ARE ALREADY
SECURED IN OUR 6th AMENDMENT
RIGHT TO A JURY TO COUNCIL, TO
ALL THOSE THINGS.
NOW, WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THAT
OR NOT, OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO
DO THE RIGHT THING, THAT'S
ANOTHER THAT DEFENSE COUNCIL
WILL RAISE AND RULE ON.
BUT MY POINT IS THIS.
THE LAST SENTENCE YOU SAID,
GOES PROBABLY RIGHT TO HOW IT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN.
YOU WANT TO PROHIBIT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM
ARRESTING AND DOING ALL OF
THESE THINGS THAT YOU LISTED
AGAINST ANY PROTESTOR THAT IS
OUT THERE, EXERCISING THEIR
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
I GET THAT.
THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THAT IF
YOU JUST LIMIT IT TO GEORGE
FLOYD, THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO
OTHER PROTESTORS THAT ARE
PROTESTING ABOUT OTHER STUFF
DURING THE SAME PERIOD?
DO THEY NOT GET THE SAME
PROTECTIONS OF THIS?
AND IF THEY DON'T, THEN YOU'RE
BACK TO UNEQUAL TREATMENT, DUE
PROCESS AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER
ISSUES.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE
TO DO.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT.
AN I'M WITH YOU ON THAT.
AND I THINK THE WAY TO WRITE IT
IS TO BE MORE LASER-FOCUSED
WITH THE LEGISLATURE BRANCH, TO
PROTECT PEOPLE'S LIGHT RITE TO
GO OUT THERE AND PROTEST AND
NOT HAVE THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT USING, COLLECTING,
TRANSMITTING, WHATEVER YOU WANT
TO CALL IT.
AGAINST THEM FOR SIMPLY DOING
WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONALLY
GUARANTEED TO THEM.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ ON THE
TEMPORAL NATURE.
AND THANK YOU, ALLIE FOR
STRIKING THAT LAST PARAGRAPH
BECAUSE THAT MADE NO SENSE TO
ME.
AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
WE AGAIN ARE GOING TO COME BACK
TO THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER SWANTON.
I SEE YOUR HAND.
LET'S KEEP MOVING.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY IN RESPONSE
TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
SAID, IT IS DEEPLY DISS
APPOINTING TO WHAT IS BEING
SAID.
THE PROUD VOICE, THE RIGHT WING
ARE NOT THE ONES GETTING
ARRESTED.
SO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE
STATEMENTS THAT ARE JUST MADE
ARE COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THE
ACTUAL REALITY THAT WE SEE, THE
RIGHT WING IS NOT GETTING
ARRESTED.
THE PROUD BOYS EVEN WHEN THEY
MARCH WITH GUNS, EACH EVEN WHEN
THEY ASSAULT PEOPLE.
AND TO CORRECT ONE THING.
WE ARE NOT IN THE POSITION OF
FACT FINDERS.
AND WE'RE NOT SAYING THEY
SHOULD BE FACT FINDERLESS.
THE COUNCIL IS BEING CALLED BY
THE COMMUNITY TO BRING BALANCE
TO THE DEEPLY UNJUST SITUATION
THAT WE SEE HERE.
AND I WOULD URGE COUNCILMEMBERS
TO KEEP THAT IN THE CENTER.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
I'M SORRY.
ALLIE, I DID
SEE
SEE THAT YOU PUT THE RE
REVISED LANGUAGE HERE.
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I DON'T
WANT TO JUMP THE GUN BECAUSE I
DID SAY WE WERE GOING TO MOVE
ON, I'M HOPE TO COME BACK TO
THIS.
BUT DID YOU WANT TO FINISH YOUR
COMMENT SINCE YOU WERE CUT OFF?
>> I THINK I MADE MY POINT I
APOLOGIZE ABOUT GETTING MY
INTERNET.
I SEE THIS IS THE VERSION
COUNCILMEMBER WANTED TO
INTRODUCE.
AND AGAIN.
I THINK I JUST HAVE SIGNIFICANT
CONCERNS ABOUT THETEMPORAL
NATURE OF THIS.
AND ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT
FELONIOUS ACTIVITY THAT MIGHT
HAVE OCCURRED DURING THAT
PERIOD OF TIME.
SO I JUST -- I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER SEWANT'S
PERSPECTIVE.
AND FRANKLY, I'M MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT HOW THE DEPARTMENT WILL
INTERPRET THIS.
AND HOW THE EXECUTIVE WILL
INTERPRET THIS AND APPLY THIS
IF IT IS NOT CRAFTED IN A WAY
THAT IS CLEAR ENOUGH TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
EXERCISING THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT.
SO MY HOPE IS -- I THINK THERE
SOUNDS TO BE A LOT OF ALIGNMENT
ON THAT END GOAL.
AND I THINK IF THE SPONSOR IS
WILLING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON
THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE THAT
INTENT CLEAR, THEN I THINK WE
CAN AVOID HAVING THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT INTERPRET
THIS IN A WAY THAT MAY BE
INCONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT.
SO THAT IS ALL I'LL SAY.
I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT HOW
WE'LL BE INTERPRETED.
AND I THINK THAT'S A REAL RISK.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER, SEWANT, I SEE
YOU'RE OFF MUTE.
>> YES.
QUICKLY, I AM HAPPY TO WORK
WITH COUNCILMEMBERS ON THE
PROVISO THAT MEETS THE
OBJECTIVE THAT WE STATED.
AND I WANTED TO STATE JUST FOR
THE RECORD, I COMPLETELY AGREE
WITH ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS
THAT HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS
THAT WE DON'T WANT SOMETHING
THAT THE COUNCIL DOES TO BE ON
THERE.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE WHOM
THIS PROVISO IS INTENDED TO
PROTECT.
I AGREE WE DON'T WANT THOSE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
AL THERE R
-- AT THEIR TWO PREVIOUS
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I WOULD RE
ITYERATE THAT I HAVE -- TO
CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A
PROVISO THAT DOES ACHIEVE THE
OBJECTIVE.
AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, THIS
DOES ACHIEVE IT.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE
CONCERNS.
AND HOPEFULLY MOVE A PROVISO
FORWARD THAT DOES GET MAJORITY
OR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
JUST TO WRAP THIS UP.
WE WERE GOING TO COME BACK TO
IT AT 52 IN THE END.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE
LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF US.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THE LANGUAGE
IN FRONT OF US AND THE DIALOGUE
YOU JUST ENGAGED IN, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA
FOR MONDAY, THEN, TO GIVE US A
LITTLE EXTRA TIME FOR THAT
CONVERSATION?
OKAY.
I SEE A YES AND A NODDING OF
THE HEAD.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
WE ARE GOING TO SKIP OVER
AMENDMENT 52, LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE ONGOING CONVERSATION
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH
OTHERS ON COUNCIL TO PROVIDE
CLAIREIFICATION HERE.
-- CLARIFICATION HERE.
I THINK AS THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT SURMISED, THERE IS A
LOT OF SHARED INTEREST IN THE
INTENT HERE.
LET'S CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION
MONDAY.
ALLIE, THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
MONDAY FOR THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE
FLEXIBILITY ON THAT.
THAT WRAPS UP OUR SET OF
AMENDMENTS IN THIS PORTION.
ALLIE, I BELIEVE WE ARE MOVING
ON TO THE NEXT SET, WHICH IS A
CONSENT PACKAGE.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THIS
DISCUSSION.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A BREAK FOR AN
HOUR BETWEEN MEETINGS.
SO WE CAN KICK THIS OFF, BUT
JUST NOTE THAT WE ARE GOING TO
GIVE OURSELVES SOMETIME TO
REPLENISH AND REST FOR A
MOMENT, ALONG WITH OUR TEAMS.
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD, I SAW
YOUR HAND UP.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE
THIS?
>> I WAS JUST PREPPING TO MOVE
THE AMENDMENT, WHICH I THINK
HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE -- >>
YOU ARE EXCELLENT.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD, I
WOULD TURN TO YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE TOUF MOO THE CON
-- TO MOVE THE CONSENT PACKAGE?
>> I MOVED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT
NUMBER, I DON'T HAVE THE
NUMBER.
I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
PACKAGE AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED
ON THE AGENDA.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER THE
CONSENT PACKAGE IN FRONT OF US.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL GET
AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONSENT
PACKAGE.
AND IF THERE IS ANY MEMBER WHO
WOULD WISH TO PULL FROM THIS
DURING THE OVERVIEW OF THE
AMENDMENT, YOU MAY DO SO.
I WILL NOTE THAT IT WILL BE
HELPFUL, I THINK, IF
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD NOTE THAT
THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL
AMENDMENT AS WE GO THROUGH.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE
DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, DID YOU
WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT NOW OR
WHEN WE GET TO AN AMENDMENT TO
PULL?
>> THERE IS ONE AMENDMENT THAT
I WOULD SEEK TO PULL FOR SOME
SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
AND IF YOU JUST LET ME KNOW THE
APPOINTED TIME.
>> SURE.
>> ALLIE, BEFORE WE GO TO EACH
AMENDMENT, ON THE CONSENT
PACKAGE, LET'S JUST TAKE A
PAUSE TO SEE IF ANYBODY NEEDS
TO PULL ITEMS.
OKAY?
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD.
AND COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ FOR
SECONDING IT.
AND ALLIE, IF YOU COULD GO
AHEAD AND THE CONSENT.
AS WE GO THROUGH, WE COULD
PAUSE TO SEE IF ANYBODY WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THE AMENDMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL JUST NOTE HERE WITH THE
CHAIR'S PERMISSION, THAT
AMENDMENT 16 THROUGH 25, IF I
COULD JUST NOTE THE ORIGINAL
SPONSORS NOW AND JUST HIGHLIGHT
THE COSPONSORS AS I MOVE
THROUGH EACH ONE, JUST FOR MORE
EFFICIENT DESCRIPTION OF EACH.
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO AMENDMENT.
THE FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS IN THE
CONSENT PACKAGE OF A TOTAL OF
13 AMENDMENTS, WERE ORIGINALLY
PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, MORALES AND
MOS QUESTIONEDDA.
-- MOSQUEDA.
>> AMENDMENT 16 WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
STRAUSS ADDING, WOULD INCLUDE A
PROVISO IN THE PATROL
OPERATIONS TO REQUIRE A GENERAL
REDUCTION IN SWORN PERSONNEL.
>> I'LL JUST PAUSE IF ANYONE
WOULD LIKE TO PULL IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SEEING NO HANDS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THIS IS AMENDMENT 16.
YEAH.
I'D LIKE TO PULL THIS ONE FOR
SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.
>> OKAY.
IT WILL BE PULLED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
SO AMENDMENT 16 WILL NOW BE
CONSIDERED TO ALL.
TO WHEN THEY ARE DISCUSSED
TODAY.
>>> THE NEXT AMENDMENT IN THE
PACKAGE IS AMENDMENT 17.
COSPONSORS COUNCIL MEMBERS
LEWISS AND SAWANT, THIS WOULD
IMPOSE PROVISO RELATED TO THE
MOUNTED UNIT IN THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> SEEING NO HANDS, PLEASE
CONTINUE.
>> AMENDMENT 18, WITH
COSPONSORS, COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ, LEWIS, SAWANT AND
STRAUS, WOULD IMPOSE PROVISOS
TO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACHING.
>> SEEING NO HANDS OR COMMENTS,
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> OH.
I'M SORRY.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
DID YOU -- OKAY.
JUST ADJUSTING A CAMERA.
GREAT.
ALLIE, PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> AMENDMENT 19, THE SPONSORS
WERE JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
JUAREZ, LEWIS, PEDERSEN, SAWANT
AND STRAUS.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE
PROVISOVIOLATE
RELATED TO SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICERS.
>> SEEING NO HANDS, PLEASE
CONTINUE.
>> AMENDMENT 20, WITH THE
ADDITION OF COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, LEWIS, SAWANT AND
STRAUS, WOULD IMPOSE PROVISOS
IN EXPENDITURES IN PD BUDGETS
THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST 30
UNPLANNED RESIGNATIONS IN 2020.
>> I'M SEEING NO HANDS.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> AMENDMENT 21, THE ORIGINAL
SPONSORS WERE JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS LEWIS, SAWANT
AND STRAUS, WOULD IMPOSE
PROVISO WITH STRICT RELATED TO
THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNIT AND
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> SEEING NO HANDS, PLEASE
CONTINUE.
>> AMENDMENT 22, WITH THE
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS OF
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, SAWANT
AND STRAUS, WOULD IMPOSE
PROVISO RELATED TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S HOMELAND SECURITY
UNIT.
>> SEEING NO HANDS, PLEASE
CONTINUE.
>> AMENDMENT 23, WITH THE
ADDITION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
JUAREZ, SAWANTD AND STRAUSS,
WOULD IMPOSE PROVISOS, RELATED
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
ADMINISTRATION SECTION
>> SEEING NO CONCERNS, PLEASE
CONTINUE.
>> AMENDMENT 24, WITH
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
SAWANT, JOINING THE ORIGINAL
SPONSORS WOULD IMPOSE A PROVISO
TO RESTRICT EXPENDITURES,
RELATED TO THE HARBOR PATROL
OPERATIONS.
>> COUNCILMAN PEDERSEN, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> I CAN SPEAK TO IT TO A
MINUTE OR TWO AND KEEP IT IN
THE CONSENT PACKAGE.
>> THAT WOULD BE FINE.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO
DO, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
>> THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE
FASTER.
JUST FOR THE FOLKS, WE GOT A
LOT OF E-MAILS FOR HARBOR
PATROL.
AND I WANT TO ASSURE THAT THIS
HERE IS SIMPLY TO REDUCE BY TWO
FTES, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT
POSITIONS OUT OF 42 THAT ARE
THERE.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST AN INITIAL
DOWN PAYMENT AS WE'RE TRYING TO
LOOK AT BUDGET SAVINGS
THROUGHOUT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE BIGGER DISCUSSION ABOUT
HARBOR PATROL WILL HAPPEN
LATER.
I DO HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE
HARBOR PATROL DOES DO A LOT ON
LAKE UNION AND IF WE WERE IT
MOVE IT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR
EXAMPLE, THERE ARE PIECES THAT
WOULD FALL OFF.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN
DO THAT AND I KNOW WE CAN
ADDRESS IT AT A LATER TIME.
SO I DIDN'T WANT MY SMALL
REDUCTION TO BE AN INDICATION
OF NOT ADVOCATING FOR THE OTHER
ASPECTS OF HARBOR CONTROL.
>> THANK YOU UCOUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
I, TOO, WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
REDUCTION OF TWO FTEs.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A
MORE ROBUST REDUCTION.
LOOKING AT PUBLIC SAFETY OR
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS THE
MAJORITY OF THE AREAS OF
OPERATION FOR HARBOR PATROL ARE
RESTRICTED TO TRAVEL.
RATHER THAN THE LEGAL
RESTRICTIONS OR POLICE OFFICERS
AS WE'VE SEEN, AS FAR AS
WRITING TRAFFIC TICKETS, ET
CETERA.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE
PROTECTION ON LAKE UNION, AND
IT IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT
THAT SEPARATION BETWEEN PUGET
SOUND WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND LAKE UNION WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, IS MOSTLY BASED OUT
OF A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
AGAIN, HELPFUL CLARIFICATION.
I'M SEEING CONSENT AGAIN STILL
ON THIS ITEM.
I THINK WE ARE GOOD TO
CONTINUE.
THANK YOU.
>> AMENDMENT 25, WITH THE
ORIGINAL SPONSORS, JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ, SAWANT,
AND STRAUS, WOULD IMPOSE A
PROVISO RELATED TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT S.W.A.T.
TEAM.
>> SEEING CONSENT ON THIS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A REMINDER
THIS IS TWO FTEs.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS
CLEAR.
>> AMENDMENT 26.
BY STRAUSS, LEWIS, MORALES,
MOSQUEDA GONZALEZ.
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON
WHICH SPD FUNCTIONS COULD BE
FULLY CIVILIANIZED AND/OR
REMOVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
>> SEEING CONSENT.
LET'S CONTINUE.
>> GREAT.
AMENDMENT 47.
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
STRAUSS AND HERBOLD.
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
GONZALEZ JUAREZ, WOULD IMPOSE A
PROVISO ON ALL FUNDS IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET,
CONTINGENT UPON THE SPD OR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, SUBMITTING A
REPORT, EVERY TWO WEEKS, THAT
PROVIDES DETAILED EXPENDITURES
FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> SEEING CONSENT.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND THE LAST AMENDMENT IN
THE CONSENT PACKAGE, AMENDMENT
49, SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWISS, WHO IS JOINED BY
MONKEDDA
MOSQUE
-- MOSQUEDA.
AND WOULD CUT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND
IMPOSES A PROVISO ON THOSE
FUNDS FOR H SD TO CONTRACT WITH
A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION
FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW 911
RESPONSE SYSTEM.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEMS IN THE
CONSENT PACKAGE.
>> WONDERFUL.
I DON'T SEE REQUEST CONCERNS.
SO I SEE CONSENT ON THAT LAST
AS WELL.
WONDERFUL.
SO OUR CONSENT PACKAGE.
ARING NO CONCERNS.
AND ALLIE, CORRECT ME IF I'M
WRONG, INCLUDES 19, 21, 23, 24,
25, 46, 47, 49.
OKAY.
I'M SEEING NODS.
AND JUST REMIND ME, ALLIE, IN
TERMS OF PROCESS, WE'LL BE
COMING BACK TO AMENDMENT AFTER
WE CONCLUDE WITH THE CONSENT
PACKAGE, OR THE NEXT LIST OF
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE FOR
INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
>> THE NEXT LIST OF AMENDMENTS
CONSIDERED FOR INDIVIDUAL
VOTES.
SO IT WOULD COME ON THE AGENDA,
THE LAST AMENDMENT POSTED WOULD
BE AMENDMENT 40.
SO WE WOULD TAKE UP AMENDMENT
16 AFTER THE DISCUSSION OF
AMENDMENT 40.
>> MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A
GOOD TIME FOR US TO TAKE A
BREAK, FOLKS.
FOR US TO RECESS AND COME BACK
WITH WELL, LET ME JUST CO
DO THIS REALLY QUICK.
ARE THERE COMMENTS FOLKS LIKE
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE?
YES.
COUNSELIM
-- COUNCILMEMBER PEKERSEN.
WE CAN WRAP THIS UP AND COME
BACK WITH COMMENTS AND
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS?
>> I HAVE A QUICK POINT OF
ORDER.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SO THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION,
IT HAS BEEN SECONDED.
>> TRUE.
>> SO WE JUST HAD A
DESCRIPTION.
SO BEFORE WE BREAK, I DO
BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE
CONSENT PACKAGE BEFORE WE
BREAK.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT WAS WHAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHAT THE ORDER WAS GOING TO
BE HERE AFTER COMMENTS.
>> LET'S DO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.
I THINK I NEED TO FUEL MY BRAIN
HERE.
APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING US
WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO NOW DISCUSS
THE CONSENT PACKAGE THAT IS IN
IN FRONT OF US.
AGAIN, ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT
PACKAGE, EXCEPT FOR AMENDMENT
16 ARE UP FOR CREATION RIGHT
NOW.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ CAN
VOTE ON IT.
>> I DO WANT TO MAKE SOME
GENERAL REMARKS ABOUT WHATTA
WE'RE DOING HERE.
BUT I CAN SAVE THOSE. >> I
THINK THAT WILL BE A BRIEF
MOMENT FOR STES.
I NEED TO WAIT FOR
CONSTITUENTS.
SO I CAN WAIT UNTIL THAT POINT.
SO I WAS GOING TO SAY, LET'S
VOTE TO
ON THIS CONSENT PACKAGE.
>> WE'LL TEE YOU UP FIRST FOR
ITEM NUMBER 16, AS WE GET
THERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, DID
YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY SOME
SUMMARY REMARKS, WHICH, AS I
DRAFT SAID, MY SUMMARY REMARKS,
UNFORTUNATELY, ARE DIFFICULT TO
SPEAK TO, BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE
TO BACK OUT THE IMPACTS OF THE
AMENDMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
L█EWIS HAS WITHDRAWN.
BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO MY
BEST.
IN TERMS OF UPON
EXPECTED REDUCTIONS TO STE.
THIS PACKAGE WOULD RESULT IN
SALARY PROVISOS ON A NUMBER OF
FTEs, I BELIEVE WITH THIS
PACKAGE, IT WOULD BE 54FTEs,
WITHIN SPD.
WITH PROJECTED SALARY SAVING
WITH $1,431,000.
AN ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT WE WILL
DISCUSS LATER IS 31 THAT WAS
ORIGINALLY IN THE CONSENT
PACKAGE.
BUT WE AGREED TO PULL THAT
BECAUSE THERE IS AN AMENDMENT
RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE
POLICE OFFICERS ASSIGNED THE
NAVIGATION TEAM, WHICH HAS A
SALARY SAVINGS OF ABOUT
$216,000.
BUT AMENDMENT 31 INCLUDES ALL
THE ENTIRE NAVIGATION TEAM.
SO THE PACKAGE INCLUDES SAVINGS
EXPECTED FROM ATTRITION WITHIN
THE DEPARTMENT OF 30FTE.
AND AND SPECIFIC REDUCTIONS AND
SPECIFIC UNITS.
E
TO BE ELIMINATED ENTIRELY.
THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF PATROL AND
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
AND WE CALL OUT SPECIFIC AREAS
FOR MODEST REDUCTION INCLUDING
OFFICERS ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH,
PUBLIC AFFAIRS REDUCTIONS.
HOMELAND SECURITY, HARBOR
PATROL, AND S.W.A.T.
WE ALL KNOW THAT CHIEF BEST
ULTIMATELY HOLDS THE AUTHORITY
FOR HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT
HOW AND WHERE THESE REDUCTIONS
MIGHT OCCUR THROUGH THE PROCESS
OF DELIVERING LAYOFF NOTICES.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HELD
HOLDS A GREAT DEAL OF AUTHORITY
ABOUT HOW TO BRING FORWARD THE
NEGOTIATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE REDUCTIONS.
AND I'M REALLY HOPEFUL, DESPITE
THE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST
FEW DAYS, VERY PUBLICLY, I AM
VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL FIND
A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER
ON THE NEXT SET OF DISCUSSIONS
AND DELIBERATIONS ASSOCIATED
WITH IMPLEMENTING THE COUNCIL'S
INTENT HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, I DID
HAVE A NOTE IF YOU CAN SPEAK UP
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> YES, I'LL TRY TO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
REMINDER.
>> THE WHOLE CONSENT PACKAGE,
INCLUDING AMENDMENT 16, WHICH
HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR DISCUSSION
BUT AS A PACKAGE, THIS AFFECTS
ABOUT, AND I'M USING THE WORD
AFFECTS DELIBERATELY BECAUSE I
WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT IN A
SECOND.
AFFECTS ABOUT A COUPLE MILLION
DOLLARS OF THE POLICE BUDGET.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS UNDER 1%
OF THE REMAINING BUDGET OF $170
MILLION OF THE POLICE FOR THE
REST OF THIS YEAR.
SO EVEN IN THE BASE SCENARIO,
WITHOUT REMOVING ANY AMENDMENT,
THIS IS NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING LIKE THE 50% REFUND
THAT -- DEFUND THAT THE
COMMUNITY HAS DEMANDED AND
MAJORITY OF COUNCIL HAD
PROMISED.
EVEN IF ONE BELIEVES THAT
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET CUTS
COULD NOT HAPPEN UNTIL
NOVEMBER, WHICH I DON'T THINK
IS BASED ON REALITY.
BUT EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THAT,
THIS IS ONLY ABOUT, THIS WOULD
BE -- THIS WOULD AMOUNT TO
AFFECTING ABOUT 5% OF THE
BUDGET STARTING NOVEMBER, NOT A
50% CUT, DEFUND OF THE POLICE
BUDGET STARTING NOVEMBER.
AND I USE THE WORD AFFECTED
DELIBERATELY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO
BE CLEAR, THIS PACKAGE DOES NOT
ACTUALLY DEFUND ANYTHING.
IT IS ZERO DOLLARS, AND INSTEAD
USES SOMETHING CALLED PROVISOS,
IT'S A PACKAGE OF PROVISOS.
AND I HAVE SUPPORTED THIS AS
CENTRAL STAFF OF ALL THE
AMENDMENTS SHOWED.
I HAVE AGREED TO COSPONSOR ALL
OF THESE.
BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE EVERY
EFFORT POSSIBLE TO MOVE TOWARDS
DEFUNDING.
BUT IT'S ALSO MY RESPONSIBILITY
TO POINT OUT THAT THIS PACKAGE
DOES NOT ACTUALLY DEFUND
ANYTHING.
IT IS A PACKAGE OF PROVISOS.
AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IF
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE SERIOUS,
EACH ABOUT -- EVEN ABOUT THIS
SMALL REDUCTION IN THE POLICE
FORCE, WHICH IS NOT ANYTHING
LIKE 50%, THEN I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY NOT ACTUALLY
REDUCE THE POLICE FUND AND USE
THEM FOR COMMUNITY NEED.
>> WHY HAVE PROVISOS?
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING AMENDMENT 54A
PROPOSED BY MY OFFICE TO DEFUND
THE POLICE BY 50% NOW.
ALREADY $5 MILLION.
AND IF COUNCILMEMBERS FAIL TO
SUPPORT THAT AMENDMENT, I WILL
MOVE AMENDMENT 54B, WHICH
DEFUNDS THE POLICE, STARTINGBY
-- SORRY, DEFUNDS THE POLICE BY
50%, STARTING ON NOVEMBER 1st.
HYPOTHETICALLY ACCEPTING THIS
IDEA, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE THE
CUTS CANNOT BE MADE UNTIL
NOVEMBER.
BUT FINE, LET'S ACCEPT THAT
SCENARIO, AND AT LEAST SEE IF
THE COUNCIL WILL AT LEAST
SUPPORT 54B, IF NOT 54A, WHICH
IS 50% DEFUND STARTING
SEPTEMBER 1st.
IF COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE
ACTUALLY JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE
TIMING WITH THE NEGOTIATION AND
ARE HONEST ABOUT WANTING TO
DEFUND THE POLICE BY 50% AND
HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT CANNOT
HAPPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER.
THEN I WOULD FAIL TO UNDERSTAND
WHY YOU WOULD NOT SUPPORT 54B.
SO I WILL BE VOTING YES FOR
THESE AMENDMENTS.
AS I SAID, BECAUSE OUR
MOVEMENTS ARE OPPOSED TO
REGRESSIVE CHANGE NO MATTER HOW
TINY.
BUT I REALLY HOPE THE COUNCIL
WILL SUPPORT AMENDMENT 54.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANTS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL IN
FRONT OF US.
THIS IS THE CONSENT PACKAGE,
WITH EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR
AMENDMENT NUMBER 16.
I WILL JUST SAY SOME CLOSING
COMMENTS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
TO OUR CENTRAL STAFF AND TO
EACH OF OUR OFFICES, I KNOW IN
MY OFFICE, THERE HAS BEEN SO
MUCH WORK GONE INTO THIS FROM
ARICA BASU.
AND FROM ALL OF OUR TEAMS THAT
HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO
PULL FORWARD THE PROPOSAL IN
FRONT OF YOU, OVERTURN EVERY
ROCK.
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
THAT WILL COME WITH THE
REMAINING AMENDMENTS, BUT JUST
WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
I WANT TO REITERATE THE WORK TO
ACHIEVE THE CUTS THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT, WILL HAPPEN OVER
TWO BUDGET CYCLES.
THIS IS AN UNUSUAL YEAR IN THAT
WE HAVE A SUMMER BUDGET CYCLE.
AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR
CONVERSATION THAT WE WANT TO
GET TO WILL BE INFORMED THIS
FALL BY THE COMMUNITY-LED
RESEARCH PROJECT THAT IS
IDENTIFYING HOW WE GET THERE,
TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DEFUND
SPD BY 50% IS A GOAL THAT HAS
BEEN SET OUT BY THE COMMUNITY
AND WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING
THAT WE CAN IN THE LAST 8
MONTHS, WHICH IS A VERY FAST
PERIOD OF TIME.
TO GET -- I'M SORRY.
IN THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS, WHICH
IS A VERY QUICK PERIOD OF TIME,
TO GET TO THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT
OF US.
AND THAT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS IN FRONT OF US.
WHAT WE SEE IN FRONT OF US,
ONCE WE SEE THE RESOLUTION, IS
AROUND THE 40
41% REDUCTION.
THIS WILL BE AN ADDITION TO ANY
OTHER STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE
IN FRONT OF US IN 2021.
AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE
WILL BE ABLE TO TOTAL UP THE
AMOUNT AND LOOK OVER THE SPAN
OF THIS TWO YEARS.
AND I THINK WHAT WE WILL SEE IN
FRONT OF US IS A ROAD MAP TO
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE, TO
REALLY ENVISIONING COMMUNITY
SAFETY MODEL THAT IS INFORMED
ANDLED BY BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
MOSTINFLUENCED BY THE HARM THAT
IS CREATED OVER GENERATIONS.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS
NOT ENOUGH YET THIS YEAR.
BUT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN WITHIN OUR POWER TO MOVE
FORWARD TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY
HAS BEEN DEMANDING US.
I WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT THIS
IS ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT
LEADS US UP INTO THE 20 TWONT
21, 2022 BUDGET CYCLE.
AND ALSO NOTE THAT IN THE FIRST
12 DAYS OF THE PO
PROTEST, SPANNING JUNE 29th TO
6th.
A LOT OF MONEY HAD ALREADY BEEN
SPENT.
20% OF THE OVERTIME BUDGET WAS
ALREADY SPENT IN THAT PERIOD OF
TIME.
THAT'S THE REALITY WE'RE FACED
WITH.
SO WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT ALL THE
ROCKS, ALL THE CREVICES THAT WE
CAN OVERTURN TO REALLY PULL
MONEY AND INVEST INTO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
MORE ON THIS TO COME IN THE
FALL AND ALSO MORE TO COME ON
THIS IN THE AFTERNOON
CONVERSATION.
COINCIDENCE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, WOULD
DOES -- DUHAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> YEAH.
-- OKAY.
I SAW YOUR MAND.
>> I WANT TO
YOU TO EXPLAIN.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
SOMETHING LIKE $2 MILLION COULD
EVER BE 41% OF $409 MILLION.
SO IF YOU COULD ELABORATE ON
THAT.
>> THIS DOVETAILS INTO THE
CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ON
FRIDAY WITH THE CHART THAT WAS
PROVIDED ON THE SCREEN.
WE WILL BE RE-BRINGING BACK THE
DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO THE
RESOLUTION ON MONDAY.
BUT VERY BRIEFLY, AS YOU HEARD
DAN EXTRAPOLATE ALONG WITH THE
CENTRAL STAFF.
EACH OF THE TRANSFERS, EACH OF
THE CUTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE
AS WE ANALYZE THAT.
OVER THE 2021 CYCLE, WHAT WE
WILL BE SEE SUGGEST NORTH.
41% REDUCTION.
THAT'S JUST THE PROPOSAL AT AS
IT IS.
IT CAN CONTINUE TO BE
ELABORATED ON.
AS THAT TYPE OF REDUCTION IS
MADE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES.
OKAY.
I THINK I'VE NOTE
NOT SEEN ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS
ON THIS.
I WANT TO REITERATE.
WE HAVE MORE TO COME THIS
AFTERNOON.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE CONSENT
PACKAGE.
COMPILATION IN FRONT OF US.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE CONSENT PACKAGE TO
COUNCIL BILL -- SORRY.
CALL THE ROLE.
SORRY.
YES.
ON THE CONSENT PACKAGE FOR
COUNCIL BILL 119825.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> A YE.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
CONSENT PACKAGE IS ADOPTED.
WE DO ANOTHER SET OF INDIVIDUAL
AMENDMENTS THAT WE WILL COME
BACK TO THIS AFTERNOON.
COUNCIL COLLINS WITH THAT, WE
AM RECONVENE AT 2:00 P.M.
AND ENJOY YOUR BREAK.
THE SELECT BUDGET MEETING IS IN
RECESS UNTIL 2:00 P.M.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.