>>> GREETINGS AND WELCOME TO
THE JANUARY 13th MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS 2:03 P.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>>> LEWIS, MORALES, PEDERSEN,
SAWANT, STRAUSS, HERBOLD.
SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
PRESENTATIONS, NO
PRESENTATIONS, APPROVAL FOR
MINUTES, THERE ARE NO MINUTES
TODAY.
AND MOVING ON TO ADOPTION OF
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR.
I AM LOOKING YOUR WAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I MOVE TO AMEND THE CALENDAR BY
INTRODUCING RESOLUTION 236.
WITH SEATTLE SALVATION
COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF
RELIGION AND OPPOSING INDIA'S
NATIONAL REGISTER OF CITIZENS
BY REFERRING IT ON JANUARY
21st, 2020.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THE RECORD I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WE DID RECEIVE A
SECOND FOR THE MOTION TO AMEND
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR, ARE
THERE ANY COMMENTS.
>> A RESOLUTION TO THE CITIZEN
AMENDMENT ACT AND REGISTERED OF
CITIZENS IN INDIA.
THESE ARE POLICIES OF THE FAR
RIGHT GOVERNMENT IN INDIA AND
ARE EXPECTED TO, IF THEY ARE
CARRIED OUT TO THEIR FULL LOGIC
STRIP 200 MILLION MUSLIM PEOPLE
OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP, THE PRIME
MINISTER HAS A LONG TRACK
RECORD OF PROMOTING VIOLENCE
AND DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS
MUSLIM PEOPLE.
HIS POLICIES USED TO DRIVE MUCH
LIKE TRUMP DOES AND HELD A
JOINT RALLY IN TEXAS, TRUMP
HAS.
THE COMMUNITY REQUESTED THAT
THE CITIES SPEAK OUT ON THE
ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS THE DUTY OF
ORDINARY PEOPLE TO RAISE THE
RIGHTS OF THE FAR RIGHT AND
BELIEVE TO TERRORISM OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN NUCLEAR ARMED
GOVERNMENT IS A CONCERN NOT
JUST MUSLIMS AND PEOPLE IN
INDIA UNDER THREAT BUT ALSO TO
SEATTLE SALVATION IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED
TO TRUMP AND THE RIGHT WING IN
THE UNITED STATES.
WE ARE INTRODUCING IT TODAY AND
E-MAILED A COPY TO ALL OF YOUR
OFFICES SO IT IS AVAILABLE ON-
LINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE AND
MOVE IT FOR A VOTE AT NEXT
WEEK'S MEETING ON TUESDAY
JANUARY 21st, INSTEAD OF THE
USUAL MONDAY BECAUSE OF THE MLK
HOLIDAY ON MONDAY.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER
COMMENTS?
FANTASTIC.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE
INTRODUCTION CALENDAR VOTE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
INTRODUCTION OF THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
ADOPTED.
IF THERE IS NO AGENDA THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
IS PASS.
AND WE WILL TAKE COMMENTS ON
THE AGENDA.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS
SIGNED UP.
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED
FOR 20 MINUTES, SPEAKERS ARE
LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES OF
PUBLIC COMMENT, IF A SPEAKER'S
COMMENT EXCEEDS 2 MINUTES THE
MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF.
FIRST IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND THE
AGENDA ITEM THEY WISH TO
ADDRESS.
>> ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
I AM GOING TO CALL SPEAKERS UP
TO THE MICROPHONES TO 2 AT A
TIME.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE MIKESIF YOU
PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CLEAN
CAMPAIGN.
I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A REASON
WHY WE NEED CLEAN CAMPAIGNS.
YEARS AGO I RAN FOR OFFICE I
WAS RUNNING AGAINST CORPORATE
MONEY.
I CAME IN A VERY POOR SECOND.
VERY POOR SECOND BECAUSE I DID
NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET MY
WORD OUT TO THE CONSTITUENTS.
THINK OF WHAT I COULD OF DONE
FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FOR OUR ROAD
PROJECTS HELPING THE HOMELESS
IF I HAD BEEN ABLE TO HAVE AN
EQUAL AND FAIR CAMPAIGN.
I DID NOT MAKE IT BUT THERE ARE
OTHERS THAT NEED THE SAME
CHANCE.
CORPORATE MONEY, DARK MONEY HAS
TO GO.
THANK YOU.
>>> I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR
OF A RESOLUTION AGAINST WAR
WITH IRAQ, IRAN, WAR OF ANY
KIND, BASICALLY.
I THINK AFTER VIETNAM,
AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ HAVE WE NOT
LEARNED OUR LESSONS?
WE HAVE SCHOOLS FALLING APART.
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING WITHOUT
HEALTH CARE.
OUR DEMOCRACY IS CHALLENGED ON
ALL SIDES AND WE ARE SPENDING
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON WARS IN
OTHER COUNTRIES.
SO, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
[MUSIC]
♪EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT
TRUMP IS A MILITARISM, THAT
"ISM".
♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING IS GIVE
PIECE A CHANCE.
[MUSIC]
♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING IS GIVE
PIECE A CHANCE.
♪ EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT
ECONOMICS, REAGANOMICS, POLICY,
ALL WE ARE SAYING IS GIVE PEACE
A CHANCE.
[MUSIC]
♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING IS GIVE
PEACE A CHANCE
♪EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS IN SEATTLE, WHEN
IS IT GOING TO END,.
♪ WHEN ARE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
BE TAKEN CARE OF WE SPEND MORE
MONEY ON WEAPON?
♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING IS GIVE
PEACE A CHANCE.
♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING IS FINALLY
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MY NAME IS
REBECCA, I AM IN THE 7th
DISTRICT, DIRECTLY REPRESENTED
BY COUNSELORS LEWIS, WELCOME TO
US, AND MOSQUEDA AND GONZALAZ.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
CLEAN CAMPAIGN AND IRAN.
I AM IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
CLEAN CAMPAIGN IDEAS.
THE WAY YOU ARE DISCUSSING
TABULATING FOREIGN OWNERSHIP, I
CAN'T JUDGE WELL BUT IT SEEMS
QUANTIFIABLE.
I SUPPORT THAT.
I DO BELIEVE THAT PAC MONEY
SHOULD BE CAPPED AND THAT IS
STILL IN COMMITTEE.
A FAVOR OF THE TREND IN THAT
DIRECTION.
AND THE CLEAR REPORTING OF PACK
SPENDING, I AM IN FAVOR OF THE
TWO BILLS TODAY AND THE THIRD
ONE THEY MAY EMERGE FROM THE
COMMITTEE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE
TREATMENT OF -- THE APPARENT
IRANIAN AMERICANS, CITIZENS AND
PEOPLE OF HERITAGE AS WELL AS
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WORK
ON WAR.
I AM OPPOSED TO ALL OF THAT.
MY PERSONAL FRIEND HAPPENED TO
BE CROSSING BACK INTO THE U.S.
AT BLAINE, THE VERY DAY THAT
THOSE AMERICAN CITIZENS WERE
BEING DETAINED.
IT IS NOT FALSE A FACT.
IT IS HAPPENING.
I APPLAUD YOUR RESOLUTION ON
TODAY'S AGENDA AND I SUPPORT IT
AS WELL.
LASTLY I WANT TO WELCOME THE
NEW COUNCILMEMBERS HERE AND
THANKS TO THE RETURNING
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO SERVE US SO
WELL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING LEADERS IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS DAN GILMAN.
I AM PAST PRESIDENT OF VETERANS
PEACE, SEATTLE CHAPTER.
I AM ON THE ORGANIZING OF THE
SEATTLE ANTI-WAR COALITION, I
AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
RESOLUTION 31925 TODAY.
AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF
SOLEIMANI ON JANUARY 3rd,
WITHIN 24 HOURS, ON JANUARY
24th, 15-20,000 AMERICANS
RALLIED, MARCHED AND PROTESTED
IN 90 CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES AGAINST THE WAR ON IRAN.
HERE IN SEATTLE, OVER 500
SEATTLEITES RALLIED TO SAY NO
TO WAR ON IRAN.
LAST THURSDAY THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A BILL
THAT WOULD FORCE TRUMP TO GET
AUTHORIZATION FROM CONGESS TO
MAKE WAR ON IRAN.
ALL OF THE WASHINGTON STATE
REPRESENTATIVES THAT REPRESENT
ALL OR PARTS OF SEATTLE VOTED
FOR THIS BILL TO STOP TRUMP
FROM STARTING A WAR WITH IRAN.
A GALLOP POLL FOUND 78% OF U.S.
ADULTS OPPOSE THE WAR IN IRAN.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OPPOSE THIS
WAR NOT JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD
BE ILLEGAL AND UNJUSTIFIED AND
UNNECESSARY, BUT LIKELY WOULD
END UP KILLING HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, PERHAPS
MILLIONS, MOSTLY IRANIAN
CITIZENS.
IT WOULD BE A COLOSSAL WASTE OF
MONEY IN ANOTHER ENDLESS WAR.
SO FOR THE SAKE OF OUR NATION,
OUR COMMUNITY, LET'S LISTEN TO
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY AND THE
VOICE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN
THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY.
PLEASE APPROVE 31925
RESOLUTION.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF ANY ACTIONS BY THE
CITY COUNCIL ON THESE
RESOLUTIONS THAT OPPOSE U.S.
WARS AND SEEING THE ACTIONS
AGAINST IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE OF
INDIA, MUSLIMS UNDER THE THREAT
OF GENOCIDE RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO DO WHAT PEOPLE IN
INDIA ARE DOING AND WHAT
HAPPENED IN PUERTO RICO AND
HONG KONG WHERE PEOPLE GOTTEN
OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES,
COURAGEOUSLY GOT ON THE STREETS
IN A DETERMINED WAY.
WE LIVE IN A COMPANY WE HAVE A
FACTIOST REGIME IN POWER AND
THE OUT NOW TRUMP NOW MOVEMENT.
PEOPLE HAVE TO CONFRONT THE
FACT THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
CONSOLIDATE THAT.
FOLLOWING HITLER'S PLAY ABOUT
BOOK THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH A
OPEN TERRORIST REGIME AGAINST
THE PEOPLE AND AGAINST
IMMIGRANTS AND IT GOES ON AND
ON AND ON.
SO, WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM THIS
AND PEOPLE HAVE TO GET OUT OF
THEIR COMFORT ZONE.
THEY NEED TO STAND ON THE
STREETS NOT JUST ONCE A MONTH.
NOT JUST EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE
BUT HAVE A GROWING MOVEMENT
SAYING WE REFUSE A FACIST
AMERICA.
IT IS GREAT IMPEACHMENT IS
GOING ON BUT THAT IS NOT GOING
TO SOLVE IT, IN AND OF ITSELF,
THERE HAS TO BE A MASS MOVEMENT
FROM BELOW.
WE NEED TO JOIN WITH OTHER
PROTESTS THIS MONTH, THE GLOBAL
PROTEST AGAINST WAR ON THE
25th, AND AT THE WOMEN'S MARCH
WE NEED TO RAISE TRUMP OUT NOW.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT
WAITING FOR THE ELECTIONS WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT OUT NOW.
EVERY DAY THIS REGIME EXISTS,
IT IS CATASTROPHE FOR HUMANITY,
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT JOKES
ABOUT DROPPING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
ON PEOPLE.
WE DROPPED THEM ON JAPAN.
CIVILIAN CASUALTY, THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BECAUSE
OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> SORRY.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
>>> DAVID HEINZ I WANT TO
ADDRESS THE AGENDA AND LACK OF
AGENDA.
CONGRATULATION TO THE NEW
COUNCIL.
I HOPE YOU CAN HELP SOLVE
PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND THE MAYOR
WHO ARE DRUGPUSHERS WHO DESTROY
LIVES DAILY CREATING A BUNCH OF
JUNKIE THIEVES STEALING
EVERIING IN SIGHT.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE NEW
AGENDA TO ADDRESS ANYTHING OF
THE ON-GOING PROBLEMS, DOING
CITY COUNCILMEMBERS A FAVOR IN
TWO YEARS FOR ELECTION BY
LOOKING BACK AT LAST ELECTION
AND PROHIBITING MOST MONEY THAT
DONATES IN OPPOSITION TO
COUNCIL DEMOCRATS GUARANTEEING
A RIGGING OF OUR DEMOCRACY,
PROHIBITING JOB CREATORS FOR
$500 AN EMPLOY IS FIXING OUR
DEMOCRACY.
CITY COUNCILMEMBERS LEAVE EARLY
TO DO BIDDING OF COMPANIES THAT
BUY THEM OFF.
NOW IT IS MIDDLE OF WINTER, A
STORM, AND CITY COUNCIL IS
ALLOWING THE MAYOR TO MISLEAD
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE ABOUT HER
SUBHUMAN SHELTER THAT KICK
PEOPLE OUT AT THE COLDEST PART
OF THE MORNING WITH WET SHOES,
NO RESOURCES WHATSOEVER, NOW
CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO GET IN
THE NEWS BY INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BY SYMPATHIZING WITH A
TERRORIST THAT KILLED NOBLE
SOLDIERS.
PEOPLE ARE BEING QUESTIONED
WITH TORTURE.
THEY WANT TO DELAY TIME
DELAYING THE EFFORT FIXING THE
CRISIS REGARDING THE HOMELESS
WHO IS SUBHUMANLY TREATED BY
THE SHELTERS.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD ALL ALLOW THE
12 HOUR NOTICE FOR THE
BUSINESSES TO CLEAR THE
SIDEWALKS THAT ARE LESS TIME
FOR THE HOMELESS TO HIRE PEOPLE
TO CLEAR THE SIDEWALKS, CREATE A
LITTLE CRAPPY JOB.
>>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
I AM A MEMBER OF A GROUP OF
FOLKS WHO WORK FOR PEACE AND
DEMOCRACY PARTICULARLY HERE IN
INDIA.
I LIVE IN REDMOND.
I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 20 PLUS
YEARS.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE
RESOLUTION THAT OUR
COUNCILMEMBERSHIP JUST
INTRODUCED WHICH IS REAFFIRMING
SEATTLE AS A WELCOMING CITY AND
EXPOSING SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
SOLIDARITY WITH THE COMMUNITY
REGARDLESS OF RELIGION AND CAST
AND OPPOSING INDIA'S NATIONAL
REGISTER OF CITIZENS AND
AMENDMENT ACT.
AS A CITIZEN OF SEATTLE, A CITY
THAT IS SEEN AROUND THE WORLD
AS A PLACE FOR ALL COMMUNITIES,
PEOPLE OF ALL RELIGIOUS AND
VALUES LIVING PEACEFULLY AND IN
HARMONY.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION.
AND EXPRESS DEEP CONCERNS ON
THE RISING HATE AND FACISM IN
INDIA THAT IS REFLECTED IN THIS
CITIZEN THAT DESIGNED TO STRIP
THE CITIZENSHIP OF TWO MILLION
PEOPLE.
THAT WOULD BE THE 5th LARGEST
COUNTRY IF THEY WERE TO LIVE IN
A SEPARATE COUNTRY BY ITSELF.
THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AT
RISK OF LOSING THEIR RIGHTS TO
VOTE FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHTS TO
MAKE THEIR -- HAVE THEIR SAY IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN
INDIA.
AND ALSO IN A COUNTRY WHERE
MAINTAINING BIRTH RECORDS IS
IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVE YOUR
CITIZENSHIP YOU HAVE TO GET
YOUR FATHER'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE
FROM 70 YEARS BACK.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE ANY PHYSICAL RECORDS
OF CITIZENSHIP IN INDIA.
IT IS A LAW THAT WILL
MARGINALIZE A LARGE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE.
I AM HERE TO STRONGLY SUPPORT
THE RESOLUTION THAT IS BEING
PROPOSED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS
FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE.
I HAVE BEEN IN SEATTLE AREA
SINCE 2001.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE
RESOLUTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT HAS INTRODUCED.
MY BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT --
EVERYONE IS GUILTY BY DEFAULT
UNLESS THEY PROVE IT OTHERWISE.
THIS IS -- AND THEN THE LAW
WILL PROCEED TO TREAT THEM
WORSE THAN CONVICTED CRIMINALS,
THEY WILL BE SENT TO CENTERS
WHERE THERE ARE NO HUMAN RIGHT
PRACTICES.
IT WILL INCLUDE CHILDREN, WOMEN
AND SENIORS.
WHEN I TELL PEOPLE THIS THEY
ARE HORRIFIED AND THEY EQUATE
IT WITH GERMANY'S LAW BECAUSE
IT ALSO CURTAILS PEOPLE'S RIGHT
TO VOTE BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS CAN DEFINE IF YOU ARE
A CITIZEN OR NOT.
THIS ACTUALLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITY THAT HAVE NO WAY TO
PAPER AND LBGTQ AND WOMEN WHO
DO NOT HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND
THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE
SAME DOCUMENTS.
IT IS GOING TO IMPACT MILLIONS
OF LIVES ON OUR WATCH.
SO I PROPOSE THAT WE SHOULD
ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> HELLO, I AM A WASHINGTONIAN
AND AMERICAN MUSLIM AND HERE TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
SUPPORT.
-- THIS FACIST PARTY AND
AGENDA.
I AM A VICTIM OF THE FACIST
PARTY IN INDIA, I AM HERE TO
THANK YOU AND I AM HERE TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE.
I AM HERE IN U.S. THE LAST 17
YEARS.
FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR
PRESENTING THIS RESOLUTION, SO,
JUST TO START WITH, YOU KNOW,
SEATTLE IS ONE OF THE BEST
CITIES I HAVE SEEN SO FAR IN MY
-- SORRY -- A SYMBOL OF
DEMOCRACY, MOST FRIENDLY CITY.
AND THE REASON I AM SPEAKING
HERE TODAY IS MY FAMILY, MY
PARENTS, MY SIBLINGS ARE BACK
IN INDIA AND MY FATHER WAS A
TEACHER SINCE LIKE 1960s.
AND MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS
TEACHING FOR LAST SEVERAL
DECADES, NOW THEY ARE IN THE
FEAR OF GOING TO A DETENTION
CENTER.
WE NEED TO MAKE VOICE AGAINST
THESE KINDS LAWS AGAINST THE
GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD WHICH WILL NOT AGREE
ON NEW CITIZENSHIP BECAUSE OF
YOUR PASSPORT.
THEY ARE DOING IT ON THE BASIS
OF RELIGION.
IT IS THE WORST KIND OF HUMAN
CRISIS WE ARE HAVING IN INDIA.
IT IS VIOLATING ALL OF THE
HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THE UNITED
NATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>>> I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
RESOLUTION THAT WAS JUST
PROPOSED.
AND OPPOSE THE WAR AGAINST
IRAN.
SO, I WANTED TO SAY A FEW
THINGS.
ONE THING IS THAT BIGGEST
PROGRESSIVE PROBLEMS IN THE
21st CENTURY.
WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ATTACK IT,
RIGHT?
ATTACK ON THE MOST PROGRESSIVE
PRINCIPALS OF THE CONSTITUTION.
AND THAT IS NOT JUST MY
OPINION, IT IS A MASS MOVEMENT
IN INDIA THAT FEELS THE SAME
WAY.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPONTAINIOUS
MOVEMENTS, AT LEAST IN THE LAST
FEW DECADES SINCE THE EMERGENCY
IN INDIA, IF NOT MORE THAN
THAT.
AND THEY ARE ALL PROTESTING
THESE LAWS FOR THE SAME
REASONS, RIGHT?
WANT TO DEFEND THE INDIAN
CONSTITUTION, BASICALLY.
THE NEXT THING IS THAT I THINK
WE NEED ALL OF THE HELP THAT WE
CAN.
THE GOVERNMENT IS SHOWING NO
SIGNS OF BACKING DOWN WE NEED
HELP FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY TO SHOW SOLIDARITY
WITH PROTEST.
THAT IS WHY I THINK YOU SHOULD
ALL VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION.
THE CONNECTION WITH THE WAR --
IRAN, I SEE THESE MOVEMENTS AS
ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOTIVATIONS
AGAINST ISLAM-PHOBIA.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS BEHIND
THE WAR AGAINST IRAN.
AND, OF COURSE, A BIGGER ISSUES
OF CAPITALISM AND IMPERIALISM
THAT ARE CONNECTED.
DEEP ECHOES OF THE RIGHT REGIME
HERE.
I THINK WE SEE THESE -- I SEE
THESE BATTLES AS ONE IN THE
SAME.
I WOULD URGE YOU TO OPPOSE WAR
ON IRAN AS WELL, THANK YOU.
>>> I HAVE FIVE MERE PEOPLE
SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IF THERE IS
NO OBJECTION THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD WILL BE EXTENDED AN
ADDITIONAL 10 MINUTES.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
EXTENDED TO 2:38 P.M.
>>>
>>> HELLO.
I AM A POLICY MANAGER AT CARE
WASHINGTON.
I AM ALSO A SEATTLE RESIDENT
FROM DISTRICT 3. ON BEHALF OF
CARE WASHINGTON I AM HERE TO
VOICE SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION
39125 EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO
WAR IN IRAN.
PASSING THIS RESOLUTION WILL
SHOW THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH
SEATTLE IRANIAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, OUTRAGED BY THE
TARGETING AND DETENTION OF
IRANIAN AMERICANS AT POINTS OF
ENTRY AND COMMITTED TO ENDING
GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION BASED
ON COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
CARE WASHINGTON SUPPORTS THIS
RESOLUTION, WE HOPE NEVER TO
EXPERIENCE SUCH AN INCIDENT
AGAIN AS WE SAW, WE HOPE THIS
RESOLUTION SERVES TO SHOW THE
CITY OF SEATTLE DOES NOT
TOLERATE THE DISCRIMINATION
THAT WE SAW AT THE BORDER AND
DEDICATED TOWARDS UPHOLDING
SEATTLE, SEATTLE'S PROMISE AS A
WELCOMING CITY.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS CINDY BLACK I AM THE
DIRECTOR OF FIX DEMOCRACY
FIRST, PRO DEMOCRACY,
NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION HERE
IN WASHINGTON STATE.
WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF THE CLEAN CAMPAIGNS ACT,
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALAZ FOR
CHAMPIONING THIS IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION.
THE REASON WE ARE ADVOCATING
FOR THIS IS FIXED DEMOCRACY
FIRST USED TO BE WASHINGTON
PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS, WE WORK TO
OVERTURN THE LAW TO ALLOW THE
PUBLIC FUNDING TO HAPPEN IN
WASHINGTON STATE AGAIN, MAKING
THE WAY FOR DEMOCRACY VOUCHERS,
THE VOUCHERS ARE A GREAT
PROGRAM, WE KNOW IT IS WORKING
AND WE ADVOCATE FOR THOSE AND
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE PUBLIC
FUNDING EXPANDED IN THE STATE.
AFTER COMPLAINTS OF THE BILL WE
SUPPORT ALL OF THEM.
TODAY WE WILL VOTE ON TWO OF
THOSE AND THE TRANSPARENCY
PIECE INCREASING THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW EXPERTS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
YOU WILL SEE EXPERT TESTIMONY
AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT
SUBMITTED FROM HARVARD LAW
PROFESSORS, TRIBE, JOHN COATS,
WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE
FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMISSIONS
CHAIR.
SO, WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO
SUPPORT AROUND IT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT FOREIGN MONEY
AND ELECTIONS IS A BIG ISSUE.
CLOSING A LOOPHOLE.
WE REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL
PUT FORWARD THIS TODAY IN
STRENGTHENING CLOSURE OR
LIMITING -- I AM SORRY,
DISCLOSURE IN OUR ELECTIONS AS
WELL AS PREVENTING FOREIGN
CORPORATIONS FROM GETTING
INVOLVED IN OUR ELECTIONS.
PLEASE VOTE YES ON THOSE TWO
PIECES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> I AM WITH MIX DEMOCRACY
ALSO, AND WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF
THE CLEAN BILL.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO THE
LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THIRD PARTY PACKS.
THESE ARE CALLED SUPER PACKS
FOR A REASON.
THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE
TO ACCEPT DONATIONS OF A SIZE
THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED
CORRUPTING IF THEY WERE GIVEN
DIRECTLY TO A CANDIDATE'S
CAMPAIGN.
YET THEY ARE USED FOR THE SAME
PURPOSE AND NOTHING IN THE LAW
PRECLUDES THE CONTRIBUTOR FROM
TALKING TO THE CANDIDATE AND
MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE
SUPPORT HAS BEEN DELIVERED.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE
SUPREME COURT DID NOT CREATE
SUPER PACKS THAT WAS DONE BY A
LOWER COURT.
IT COULD BE OVERTURNED WITHOUT
A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
AND THERE ARE VERY SMART
LAWYERS AS MENTIONED BY CINDY
WHO THINK THAT THE SUCCESSFUL
CASE COULD BE MADE FOR
OVERTURNING THAT DECISION.
WE OWE IT TO THE COUNTRY TO BE
THE SPARK PLUG THAT START THAT
AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GOOD
SITUATION THAT WE HAVE WITH PRO
BONO LEGAL SUPPORT AND TAKE IT
ALL OF THE WAY TO THE SUPREME
COURT AND FIX THIS PART OF OUR
SYSTEM OF ELECTIONS, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>>> HELLO.
I CAME FROM PORT TOWNSEND THIS
MORNING, I AM NOT A SEATTLE
RESIDENT BUT I AM HERE IN
SUPPORT OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL'S PASSING OF THESE TWO
PIECES OF THE CLEAN CAMPAIGNS
ACT.
I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR
REFORM AND PART OF A DEMOCRACY
REBELLION.
PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS IS A PART OF
IT AND I DO BELIEVE THE
PROBLEMS THAT ARE RELATED TO
CORPORATE POWER ARE RELATED TO
THE INTERFERENCE IN OUR
GOVERNMENTS AND IN OUR
ELECTIONS IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE
HAVE TO DEFEAT AND WE HAVE TO
GIVE OUR PEOPLE AND VOTERS TO
HAVE THABILITY TO HAVE FAITH IN
THE ELECTIONS AND HAVE FAITH IN
THE GOVERNMENT POLICIES THAT
ARRIVE FROM THOSE ELECTIONS.
ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE.
THANK YOU.
>>> LAST SPEAKER.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL,
THANK YOU.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 7
AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY
IN SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE SUITE
OF THE CLEAN CAMPAIGNS REFORMS.
AT A TIME WHEN OUR TRUST IN OUR
INSTITUTIONS IS BEING ERODED
AND ORDINARY AMERICANS FEEL
THEIR VOICES ARE DROWNED OUT BY
THE WEALTHY AND POWERFUL AND
EVEN WE CAN DO TO PROTECT OUR
ELECTRIC PROCESS ESSENTIAL.
I COMMEND THE COUNCIL FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WATCHING THEM PASS,
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU, ALL.
THAT CONCLUDED THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AND WE WILL MOVE
ON TO THE PAYMENT OF BILLS.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119734 FOR THE
WEEK OF DECEMBER 30th, THROUGH
JANUARY 3rd, 2020 AND ORDERING
THE PAYMENT THEREOVER.
>> I MOVE TO PASS.
>> SECOND.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS.
>> SEEING NONE.
I WILL CALL THE ROLL AND THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
7 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
NOW MOVE ON TO THE COMMITTEE
REPORTS.
WE HAVE REPORT FROM A COLLECT
COMMITTEE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE
REFORM.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE REPORT.
>> THE AGENDA 119739 --
CONTRIBUTING TO CAMPAIGNS AND
COMMITTEE SECTIONS 2.04, 010,
2.04, 260, 2.04, 270, 2.04, 360
AND 2.04, 370.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE CAN SPEAK TO THE PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
I MOVE AMENDMENT 1 TO MOVE BILL
119731.
>> I SECOND.
>> SO, ANY COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
>> WITH THAT -- THOSE IN FAVOR
OF VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THE
AMENDMENT VOTE.
>> OPPOSED NONE ABSTAINING.
AMENDMENT 2 IS I MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 119731 OF NUMBER
2, SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
SECOND.
>> SORRY.
>> THAT IS OKAY.
>> THIS CHANGES THE TITLE OF
SECTION 7 FROM LIMITS ON
EXPENDITURES TO INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURE COMMITTEES TO
SIMPLY INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURES, THIS IS AN
AMENDMENT TO ENSURE THAT
FOREIGN INFLUENCE CORPORATIONS
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SIMPLY
MAKE POLITICAL EXPENDITURES
THEMSELVES.
THE BILL AS DRAFTED FOCUSES ON
FOREIGN INFLUENCE CORPORATIONS
TO INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE
COMMITTEES SO THERE IS
DEFINITELY ANOTHER LOOPHOLE
THAT WOULD BE USEFUL TO CLOSE.
ANY COMMENTS?
SEEING NO COMMENTS, THOSE IN
FAVOR PLEASE VOTE.
OPPOSED NONE ABSTAINING.
SO, TO THE BULK OF THE BILL, I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALAZ FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON
THIS EFFORT AS WELL AS THE
VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CLEAN
CAMPAIGNS EFFORT.
WE KNOW THAT OUT OF THE 20
LARGEST CORPORATIONS IN 2019 AT
LEAST 7 OF THOSE 20 COULD HAVE
MET THE DEFINITION OF A FOREIGN
INFLUENCE CORPORATION.
FEDERAL LAW AND JUDICIAL AND
BARS FROM SPENDING MONEY TO
INFLUENCE U.S. ELECTIONS THIS
IS TRUE IF THEY ATTEMPT TO
INFLUENCE U.S. ELECTIONS IN
THEIR PERSONAL CAPACITY OR
THROUGH A CORPORATION.
FOREIGN INVESTORS OWN
INCREASING SHARES OF U.S.
CORPORATE STOCK FROM 5% IN 1982
TO APPROXIMATELY 35% IN 2017.
FOREIGN INTERESTS CAN DIVERGE
FROM U.S. INTERESTS THAT IS A
TRUE NATIONALLY AND TRUE
LOCALLY.
THE AREAS OF TAX, TRADE,
INVESTMENT AND LABOR LAW THERE
ARE OFTEN DIVERGENT INTERESTS.
CORPORATE DIRECTORS AND
MANAGERS VIEW THEMSELVES AS
ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR
STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING FOREIGN
STAKEHOLDERS AND A QUOTE FROM A
FORMER CEO OF U.S.-BASED EXXON
MOBILE STATED I AM NOT A U.S.
COMPANY, I DON'T MAKE MY
DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT IS GOOD
FOR THE U.S.
CORPORATE REGULATORS ALIKE.
AND SERVICES AND THE BUSINESS
ROUND TABLE CONCURRED THAT 1%
IS THE THRESHOLD AT WHICH A
SINGLE SHAREHOLDER IS ABLE TO
INFLUENCE SIGNIFICANT CORPORATE
DECISIONS.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
CAMPAIGN FINANCE LIMITS THAT WE
HAVE IS THAT FOREIGN NATIONALS
ARE ABSOLUTELY BARRED FROM
SPENDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
IN U.S. ELECTIONS AT ANY
POLITICAL LEVEL.
FEDERAL, STATE, OR CITY.
THUS IT DEFIES LOGIC TO ALLOW
GROUPS OF FOREIGN NATIONALS OR
FOREIGN NATIONALS IN
COMBINATION WITH AMERICAN
CITIZENS TO FUND POLITICAL
SPENDING THROUGH CORPORATIONS.
ONE CAN NOT HAVE A RIGHT
COLLECTIVELY THAT ONE DOES NOT
HAVE INDIVIDUALLY.
THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS ON
THE FIRST OF THE 2 BILLS
RELATED TO CLEAN CAMPAIGNS THAT
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR TODAY.
DO I CALL FOR THE VOTE?
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.
LEWIS, MORALESEPEDERSEN,
SAWANT, STRAUSS, HERBOLD.
7 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND THE SECOND WILL THAT WE
HAVE I AM SORRY?
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
THANK YOU.
>>> THE NEXT BILL IS COUNCIL
BILL 119732.
>> RELATED TO POLITICAL
ADVERTISING AND QUALIFIED
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS,
EXPANDING COMMERCIAL
ADVERTISERS DUTY TO MAINTAIN
AND PROVIDE RECORDS REGARDING
POLITICAL ADVERTISING AND
QUALIFIED PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
AMENDING SECTIONS 2.04, 010 AND
2.04, 280 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> THIS IS FOR COMMERCIAL
ADVERTISERS AND QUALIFIED
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, THE
SEATTLE CODE REQUIRES
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISERS THAT
PROVIDE POLITICAL ADVERTISING
DURING ELECTION MAINTAIN NAMES,
ADDRESSES, NATURE AND EXTENT OF
THE AD AS WELL AS THE MANOR OF
PAYMENT.
THIS BILL ENHANCES THOSE
REQUIREMENTS AND APPLIES THEM
TO ALL QUALIFIED PUBLIC
COMMUNICATIONS.
AND DEFINES A PUBLIC
COMMUNICATION AS A PAID
ADVERTISEMENT THAT IS INTENDED
TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION OR
INFLUENCE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL'S
OPINION ON LEGISLATION, WE ARE
SPEAKING TO THE NEED OF THE
LEGISLATION, WE KNOW THAT ONLY
5% OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO
PACKS MADE CONTRIBUTIONS OVER
$5,000.
THOUGH THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS
ACCOUNTED FOR ALMOST 85% OF THE
TOTAL MONEY PACKS COLLECTED IN
2019.
AND WITH THAT IF THERE ARE
OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS BILL I
WOULD WELCOME HEARING THEM NOW.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO GONZALAZ AND THOMAS, WE KNOW
TRANSPARENCY AND LIGHT WHEN
SHOWN ON THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS IN GOVERNMENT IS A GOOD
THING AND BRINGS THE
ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PEOPLE OF
OUR CITY AND WHOM WE SERVE.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> WITH THAT, IN ADDITION TO
THANKS TO STAFF BOTH COUNCIL
STAFF AS WELL AS CENTRAL STAFF.
I WANT TO SPEAK THAT THERE IS A
THIRD BILL IN THIS SUITE OF
BILLS THAT WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS ON IN THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S ABSENCE AND
WE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH
STAKEHOLDERS ON THAT THIRD BILL
AT A LATER DATE.
THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
7 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO ADOPTION
OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS READ INTO
RECORD.
31925, EXPRESSING THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL'S OPPOSITION TO
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS
ESCALATION TOWARDS WAR WITH
IRAN AND THE ATTACKS ON THE
DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS OF PEOPLE
WITH IRANIAN HERITAGE AND
WASHINGTON STATE.
AND REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
COMMUNICATE THESE POSITIONS TO
WASHINGTON STATE CONGRESSAL
DELEGATION.
>> I WANT TO HOLD AND EXPLAIN
WHY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE
ACTIVISTS WHO CAME HERE,
VETERANS FOR PEACE, CARE
WASHINGTON, ISLAMIC RELATIONS,
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO IS
HERE WHO TESTIFIED AND DID NOT
TESTIFY BUT HERE SUPPORTING
THIS RESOLUTION.
THIS IS THE RESOLUTION IN
OPPOSITION BOTH TO TRUMP'S
ESCALATION TOWARDS WAR WITH
IRAN AND ALSO IN REPORTS ABOUT
BORDER PATROL TARGETS IRANIAN
DESCENT AND AT THE SEATTLE
TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
TRUMP'S POLICIES TOWARDS IRAN
INCLUDE AIR STRIKES IN THE
ASSASSINATION OF SOLEIMANI ARE
RISKING WAR AND IT IS TOTALLY
UNACCEPTABLE.
THE U.S. WARS IN AFGHANISTAN
AND IRAQ WE HAVE SEEN HAVE NOT
EXPANDED THE FREEDOM
DEMOCRACIES OR SAFETY OF
ORDINARY PEOPLE IN MIDDLE EAST,
HAVE NOT INCREASED THE SAFETY
OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES,
INSTEAD THEY HAVE CAUSED
MASSIVE LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE AND
ONGOING SUFFERING IN
AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ AND FOR
U.S. SOLDIERS, ORDINARY PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE
AND THE MARGANIALIZE THAT PAY
THE PRICE FOR THE WAR.
BUILDING INSPIRING MOVEMENTS
POVERTY, CORRUPTION.
HOWEVER, THE THREAT OF WAR WITH
THE U.S. HAS CUT ACROSS THE
MOMENTUM FOR THESE MOVEMENTS
AND STRENGTHENS, FOR NOW, THE
REGIME.
THREAT OF WAR WE NEED MASS ANTI-
WAR MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED
STATES AND GLOBALLY IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE MOVEMENT IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
N DRAFTING THE RESOLUTION MY
OFFICE LOOKED TO SEE IF THERE
WAS ANY PRECEDENT SET BY THE
CITY COUNCIL IN 2003 WHEN
GEORGE W. BUSH DROVE THE U.S.
TO WAR WITH IRAQ IN STRETCHY
REPORTS WITH NO DETAILS, IT WAS
SHOCKING, ACTUALLY, TO FIND
THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS
PASSED IN 2003 DID NOT ACTUALLY
OPPOSE THE WAR IN ANY WAY.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO SET A
DIFFERENT PRECEDENT FOR THE
CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE A STAND
AGAINST ANY KIND OF MILITARY
AGGRESSION.
BECAUSE WE KNOW IT WILL BE --
IT WILL NOT FAVOR THE SAFETY
AND SECURITY OF OUR COUNTRY,
EITHER.
AND, SO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR MOVEMENT IS REFLECTED.
THE MOVEMENT THAT HAS CHANGED
THE POLITICS IN THE CITY AND
NATIONWIDE AND INTERNATIONALLY
IS REFLECTED IN THE RESOLUTION
THAT WE PASS.
AND, I ALSO WANT TO BE CRYSTAL
CLEAR THAT THE WAY TO HONESTLY
SUPPORT THE WELL BEING OF
SOLDIERS IS DON'T START THIS
WAR.
I THINK WE HAVE BROOD AGREEMENT
THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT THAT WE JUST SAW.
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT
WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE BORDER
PATROL AGENTS TARGETING PEOPLE
OF IRANIAN DESCENT AND WE --
AND I WANT TO SPEAK MORE IN
DETAIL ABOUT THIS BUT I WILL
RESOLVE MORE COMMENTS FOR
TUESDAY JANUARY 21st, BEFORE I
MAKE THE MOTION I WANT TO
EXPLAIN TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC AND IF YOU ARE HERE FOR
THIS RESOLUTION, WE HAVE HAD
REQUEST FOR AMENDMENTS TO THIS
RESOLUTION WHICH I AM HAPPY TO
CONSIDER BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR
TIME TO CONSIDER THEM SO THAT
WE ACTUALLY SEND THE AMENDMENTS
TO THE ACTIVISTS INVOLVED,
ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED SO YOU
ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT
AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.
SO I THINK IN FAVOR OF THAT
KIND OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY I WILL
MOVE TO HOLD RESOLUTION 31925
UNTIL JANUARY 21st, 2020.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND I WANT TO ADD THERE ARE
A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT,
THROUGH THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENT RELATIONS THAT
I WORKED WITH OVER THE WEEKEND,
THEY, TOO, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
AN ACTIVE PART OF CONCLUDING
IT.
INCLUDING THE SEATTLE SISTER
CITY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION WHO
IS WORKING -- WE WORK WITH THEM
EVERY YEAR TO HOLD ANNUAL EVENT
AND THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS,
ALSO, BECOMING A SISTER CITY
HERE WITH US.
THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THAT MORE
TIME WOULD ALLOW EVERYONE MORE
THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION AND
CONSENSUS AND THEY ARE VERY
HONORED TO HAVE THEIR WORK AND
COMMUNITY NOTICED AND SUPPORTED
AND BELIEVE IT IS REALLY
CRITICAL FOR THEIR COMMUNITY TO
SEE THIS SORT OF GESTURE AT
THIS TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE
ISSUES OF A VERY, VERY DIVERSE
COMMUNITY HERE IN SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> IF I MAY JUST ADD TO CLARIFY
TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MY
OFFICE WAS AND HAS BEEN IN
TOUCH WITH GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
AND THE SISTER CITY
ORGANIZATION AS WELL AND WE ARE
HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO BE IN
TOUCH WITH THEM BUT WE WILL
MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS ARE RUN THROUGH THE
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AND
COME UP WITH RECOMMENDED
RESOLUTION THAT SAY STRONG
RESOLUTION THAT TAKES UP
AGAINST WAR IN IRAN AND AGAINST
DETAINING OF PEOPLE OF IRANIAN
DESCENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT THE RESOLUTION HELD
JANUARY 21st, 2020, ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF HOLDING
RESOLUTION VOTE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES, THE RESOLUTION
IS HELD UNTIL JANUARY 21st,
2020.
>>> IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
SEEING NONE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
IT IS 2:51 P.M.
THANK YOU