>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES.
THE AUGUST 17TH, 2020 MEETING OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL
COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:01 P.M.
I'M LORENA
GONZELEZ, PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNCIL.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
PRESENTATIONS.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE ONE
PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON.
COUNCILMEMBERS, WE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR A SHORT
PRESENTATION FROM THE PARENTS OF
MICHANCE DUNLAP-GITTENS WHO HAD
AN UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ENDED HIS
LIFE AND IS BEING REMEMBERED
TODAY BY THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL THROUGH THE PASSAGE
HOPEFULLY OF THE MICHANCE DUNLAP
GITTENS ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED IN
THE COUNCIL BILL ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
COLLEAGUES, IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, WE'LL HEAR A BRIEF
PRESENTATION FROM THE PARENTS OF
MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, WE'LL HEAR
FROM ALEXIS FRANCIS AND FRANK
DUNLAP GITTENS AT THIS POINT IN
TIME.
I THINK OUR LEGISLATIVE I.T.
FOLKS ARE READY TO UNMUTE THAT
LINE.
WE'LL GIVE THEM A LITTLE CHANCE
TO DO SO AND WHENEVER THEY ARE
READY, THEY MAY ADDRESS THE
COUNCIL.
>> THEY'RE NOT ON THE LINE,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> THEY ARE NOT YET ON THE
LINE.
OKAY.
WELL, COLLEAGUES, LOOKS LIKE
THEY DIDN'T GET ENOUGH TIME TO
GET ON THE LINE.
SO PERHAPS WE CAN GO THROUGH THE
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND
ADOPTION OF THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
MADAM CLERK, CAN I ASK
PROCEDURALLY IF I CAN REQUEST
FOR PERMISSION TO DO SO?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ,
THIS IS EMILIA.
I RECOMMEND YOU HOLD UNTIL THE
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.
>> OKAY.
I WILL MOVE TO HOLD
PRESENTATIONS UNTIL THE END OF
THE ADOPTION OF APPROVAL OF THE
AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> KAY.
THEN MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THAT MOTION?
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
PRESENTATIONS WILL BE HELD UNTIL
AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE THROUGH
THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE BEING SIGNED.
I'D ASK THAT THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
MINUTES.
ADOPTION OF THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
I MOVE TO ADOPT THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU HAVE
AN AMENDMENT, I UNDERSTAND, TO
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR BASED ON THIS MORNING'S
CONVERSATION.
SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
YOU TO MAKE THAT FORMAL MOTION
TO AMEND THE REFERRAL CALENDAR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
MANY EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS ARE EAGER TO HAVE US
ADOPT LOTS OF LEGISLATION THAT
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON
THE IMPORTANT MATTER,
REBALANCING THE BUDGETS SO
THERE'S LEGISLATION THAT
DEPARTMENTS ARE EAGER TO GET
THROUGH.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR,
I WANT TO MAKE SURE A COUPLE
ITEMS GO TO MY COMMITTEE JUST SO
THERE'S MORE DISCUSSION IN CASE
PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
BY AMENDING THE COMMITTEE
REFERRAL OF ITEMS 3 AND 4.
COUNCIL BILLS 119870 AND 119871.
BY AMENDING THE COMMITTEE
REFERRAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
TO THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE WHERE THEY NORMALLY
WOULD GO.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE REFERRAL OF COUNCIL
BILLS 119870 AND 119871 TO THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, ANYTHING
ELSE TO ADD TO THIS MOTION?
>> NO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> OKAY.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE AMEND MENT.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED.
OKAY.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA -- OH, SORRY.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I WAS TAKING A MOMENT
TO NOTICE HOW LONG OUR AGENDA IS
TODAY AND WONDER IF WE NEEDED
ANYMORE TIME TO FILIBUSTER
BEFORE OUR PRESENTERS CAN JOIN
US OR HAVE THEY ALREADY JOINED
US?
>> I WILL HAVE TO DEFER TO OUR
I.T.
FOLKS.
OUR GUESTS ARE AVAILABLE?
>> NEGATIVE.
THOSE GUESTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO
CONTINUE SPEAKING ABOUT THE
AGENDA UNTIL THEY ARE PRESENT?
OR SHALL WE --
>> IT'S OKAY.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL SO
WE'LL CALL ON THEM IN THE
ORDINARY DUE COURSE OF PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE WERE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO
HEAR FROM THEM DURING
PRESENTATIONS TO ALLOW THEM A
LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE
ALLOTTED TWO MINUTES BUT
UNFORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND I
AOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
THAT WASN'T ABLE TO WORK OUT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THROUGH
THE ITEMS OF OUR AGENDA.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
PRESENTATIONS WILL DISPENSE WITH
PRESENTATIONS.
PUBLIC COMMENT.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
ITEMS ON THE CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA, INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR, AND THE
COUNCIL'S 2020 WORK PROGRAM.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ONGOING
PATIENCE AS WE CONTINUE TO
OPERATE THE SYSTEM AND TO
NAVIGATE THROUGH THEIR CHANGES.
WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO FINE TUNE THIS REMOTE
PROCESS AND ADDING NEW FEATURES
THAT WILL ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL
MEANS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN
OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
IT DOES REMAIN OUR STRONG
INTEREST AND INTENT TO HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY
INCLUDED ON MEETING AGENDAS.
HOWEVER, THIS CITY COUNCIL DOES
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO END OR
ELIMINATE THESE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIODS.
AT ANY POINT IF WE DEEM THE
SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR IS NO
LONGER SUITABLE FOR ALLOWING OUR
MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY IN A MANNER IN WHICH
WE'RE ABLE TO CONDUCT OUR
NECESSARY BUSINESS.
I'LL MODERATE TODAY'S PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC PERIOD
COMMENT PERIOD FOR 20 MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE CITY
COUNCIL.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
WEBSITE.
IF YOU'VE NOT YET REGISTERED TO
SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN
SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF PUBLIC
COMMENT BY GOING TO THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE AT
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND AN
AUTOMATIC PROMPT OF "YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED" WILL BE THE
SPEAKER'S CUE THAT THEY MUST NOW
HIT STAR 6 IN ORDER TO SPEAK AND
BE HEARD BY THE COUNCIL.
AGAIN, PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING.
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT
SHOULD RELATE TO AN ITEM ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE INTRODUCTION RURAL CALENDAR
OR THE COUNCIL'S 2020 WORK
PROGRAM.
AT ABOUT 10 SECONDS, EACH
SPEAKER WILL HEAR A CHIME.
THAT'S YOUR CUE THAT YOU SHOULD
BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE
ABOUT 10 SECONDS LEFT OF YOUR
ALLOTTED TWO MINUTES.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME PROVIDED, THE
SPEAKER WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY
MUTED IN ORDER TO ALLOW US TO
CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE.
IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, WE ASK
YOU DO SO VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
THE LISTENING OPTIONS LISTED ON
THE PUBLIC AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6
BEFORE SPEAKING.
LET ME QUICKLY PULL UP THIS LIST
HERE.
I'M TOGGLING BETWEEN MANY
SCREENS HERE.
OUR FIRST TWO SPEAKERS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
AS A MOTHER, I'M URGING YOU TO
PASS THE YOUTH RIGHTS ORDINANCE.
ALL OF OUR KIDS DESERVE TO BE
TREATED AS KIDS, ENSURING ALL
CHILDREN UNDER 18 HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH A
KNOWLEDGEABLE ADULT, IN THIS
CASE A PUBLIC DEFENDER WHO HAS
THEIR BEST INTEREST --
RELINQUISH THEIR RIGHTS -- TALK
WITH A PUBLIC DEFENDER BEFORE
CONSENTING TO A SEARCH OR BEING
INTERROGATED AFTER MIRANDA
WARNINGS ARE GIVEN.
THEY MUST HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK TO A LAWYER WHEN DETAINED
BY POLICE BEFORE WAIVING THEIR
RIGHTS OR CONSENTING TO A
SEARCH.
THESE INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE
CAN IMPACT THEIR FREEDOM AND
THEIR FUTURE.
THEY REALLY DESERVE THIS
PROTECTION.
IF THIS BILL IMPEDES THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM, THEN THE SYSTEM ISN'T
DOING JUSTICE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS FRANK FOLLOWED BY
CAROLINE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS FRANK GITTENS.
MICHANCE'S FATHER.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S
SUPPORTED US IN THIS CAUSE FOR
THE LAST FEW YEARS AND I'M JUST
GLAD TO BE HERE.
MICHANCE WANTED TO BE A LAWYER
AND ATTORNEY AND HE STRIVED TO
DO THOSE THINGS, TO HELP YOUNGER
PEOPLE, TO HELP OLDER PEOPLE, TO
HELP ALL OF US.
HE WAS A GIFT GIVEN TO MYSELF
AND HIS MOTHER.
AND NOW HE CAN CONTINUE TO BE A
GIFT THAT'S GOING TO KEEP ON
GIVING TO EVERYONE IN THIS CITY.
AND I'M JUST PROUD TO BE HIS
FATHER AND THAT HE'S GOING TO
PROTECT OUR YOUTH EVEN IN HIS
DEATH.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK
EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND
SUPPORTING IT, THE COUNCIL, AND
I COULD NAME A WHOLE BUNCH OF
NAMES BUT I THINK YOU KNOW WHO
YOU ARE THAT SUPPORTED US AND
SUPPORTED THIS ORDINANCE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND
THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.
HOPEFULLY THIS ORDINANCE GOES
THROUGH.
AND PROTECT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY
FOREVER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING FROM
YOU.
NEXT UP IS CAROLINE FOLLOWED BY
ALICE LOCKHART.
>> HI.
THIS IS DR. CAROLINE.
I'M A PEDIATRICIAN WHO LIVES IN
DISTRICT 3 ON CAPITOL HILL.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL FOR THE IMPORTANT
WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING TO CREATE
EFFECTIVE EVIDENCE PROVEN
SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN
SEATTLE.
I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE
MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS YOUTH
ORDINANCE.
CHILDREN AND ESPECIALLY BLACK
AND INDIGENOUS KIDS AND KIDS OF
COLOR ARE PARTICULARLY
VULNERABLE TO BEING INTIMIDATED
TO WAIVING THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS.
EVERYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18
DESERVES AND MUST BE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO A LAWYER
WHEN DETAINED BY POLICE BEFORE
WAIVING THEIR RIGHTS.
I'D LIKE TO CEASE THE REST OF MY
TIME TO ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF
THE DUNLAP-GITTENS FAMILY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ALICE FOLLOWED BY
ERICA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
I'M ALICE LOCKHART HERE THIS
TIME FOR THE 350 SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION TEAM TO EXPRESS
OUR VERY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT
FOR COUNCIL BILL 119831,
CHILDCARE NEAR YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
YOUR FIRST COUNCIL BILL IS TRULY
MODEL LEGISLATION.
WE SEE IT AS A FIRST STEP IN A
VISION FOR MORE WALKABILITY AND
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WITHIN ALL
OUR NEIGHBORS.
ALLOWING CRITICAL SERVICES AND
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS WILL ENABLE
ALL KINDS OF FAMILIES TO THRIVE,
WALKING AND BIKING TO DAYCARE,
THE CORNER STORE, AND EVEN TO
UNEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT
MAY HELP OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
I DROVE MY KIDS ACROSS TOWN TO
DAYCARE AND THANKS TO YOU, MY
KIDS MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE A
CLIMATE FRIENDLY WALK TO DAYCARE
AND PICK UP DINNER ON THE WAY
HOME.
WE ENCOURAGE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS AND OF COURSE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO
CONSIDER OTHER BILLS ON THE GOOD
THINGS NEAR YOU MODEL CAN HELP
CREATE 15-MINUTE NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT WILL CURB CLIMATE POLLUTION
WHILE AIDING FAMILIES AND
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
WE ALSO OF COURSE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE MICHANCE DUNLAP
GITTENS ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS ERICA FOLLOWED BY
ALEXIS FRANCOIS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M A DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICIAN
AND CONSTITUENT OF JUAREZ.
I WORK WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE
DEVELOPMENTAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND
LEARNING DISABILITIES.
AS THEY REACHED A ADLES
OLESCENCE, THEY ARE MORE AT
RISK.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND OUR SOCIETY
THAT LEADS TO YOUTH OF COLOR
HAVING LESS ACCESS TO THESE
DIAGNOSES AND EVIDENCE-BASED
INTERVENTION AND TO MORE
INTERACTIONS WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES
TO ADOLESCENT BRAINS THAT AFFECT
THEIR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
IT MEANS TO WAIVE THEIR RIGHTS.
THESE CHALLENGES ARE COMPOUNDED
FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES WHO
MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH VERBAL
COMPREHENSION, SHORT-TERM
MEMORY, OR PROCESSING SPEED THAT
AFFECTS THEIR RESPONSE TO DIRECT
QUESTIONING AND OFTEN HAVE FEWER
COPING SKILLS TO MANAGE THE
FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE OF A
FRIGHTENING INTERACTION.
THE YOUTH RIGHTS ORDINANCE WILL
BE ONE IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD
PROTECTING THESE VULNERABLE
YOUTH AND ADVANCING SOCIAL
JUSTICE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE.
AND I CEASE THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ALEXIS FOLLOWED BY
LEILA.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ALEXIS DUNLAP
FRANCOIS.
I'M THE MOTHER OF MICHANCE
DUNLAP GITTENS IN WHICH THIS
PARTICULAR ORDINANCE WAS NAMED
IN HONOR OF.
I'M A LITTLE BIAS IN MY SUPPORT
OF THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF THE
LOSS OF MY SON BY THE HANDS OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO BY THE
DESIRE TO PREVENT ANOTHER FAMILY
FROM SUFFERING THE PAIN THAT I
FEEL.
WHEN IT ABSOLUTELY COULD HAVE
BEEN AVOIDED.
THERE ARE LAWS IN PLACE TO
PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
ONE PROBLEM WITH THE LAW IS
KNOWLEDGE AND THE PROTECTIONS
FOR THE LACK OF SAID RIGHTS OR
KNOWLEDGE OF, OUR YOUTH NEED TO
HAVE THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED AND
PROMOTED.
IT WOULD BE INEFFECTIVE IF THE
YOUTH HAVE RIGHTS IF THEY'RE
UNAWARE OF.
I'M HONORED TO HAVE THIS
ORDINANCE NAMED IN REMEMBRANCE
OF MY SON.
HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL SOUL WHO
ALWAYS WANT TO HELP THE LESS
FORTUNATE PROTECT THE WEAK AND
DEFEND THE INNOCENT.
PLEASE HELP ME AND THE
ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THIS
ORDINANCE AND YOUTH IN GENERAL
BY HELPING IMPROVE THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR YOUTH
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND CHANGE THE LAWS THAT HAVE
BEEN PROVEN TO BE INEFFECTIVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS LEILA BLAIR FOLLOWED
BY AUSTIN FIELDS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS LEILA BLAIR.
I'M 22 YEARS OLD AND A RESIDENT
OF DISTRICT 3.
I WAS ALONGSIDE -- I'M ALSO A
LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SEATTLE.
I'M HERE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
OF THE MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS
YOUTH RIGHT TO COUNCIL ORDINANCE
ALSO KNOWN AS COUNCIL BILL
119840.
IT IS VITAL THAT OUR YOUTH HAVE
THE RIGHT TO LEGAL COUNCIL
BEFORE WAIVING ANY RIGHTS TO
SPEAK TO A PUBLIC DEFENDER
BEFORE POLICE OFFICERS CAN
PRESSURE OUR YOUTH INTO GIVING
UP THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I WOULD NOT
HAVE KNOWN THE MEANING AND RISK
ASSOCIATED WITH WAIVING MY
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AS A YOUTH
AND WOULD FEEL INTIMIDATED AND
SCARED WHILE SPEAKING WITH A
POLICE OFFICER.
THIS STEP WOULD INSURE OUR YOUTH
OF COLOR CAN MAKE INFORMED
DECISIONS WHILE INTERACTING WITH
POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL TO
PRISON PIPELINE IS
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND BROWN
YOUTH.
IT'S A STEP TO ENSURE LESS YOUTH
ENTER THE CRIMINAL INJUSTICE
SYSTEM, OR WORSE, DIE AT THE
HANDS OF POLICE.
I CALL UPON YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS,
TO VOTE TO PASS THE MICHANCE
DUNLAP GITTENS YOUTH RIGHT
ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT
UP IS AUSTIN FOLLOWED BY
DOMINIQUE.
THEN DESEAN.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS AUSTIN FIELD.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER ASSOCIATION TO VOICE
OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE
ORDINANCE.UNLAP GITTENS
THE ASSOCIATION STRONGLY
SUPPORTS THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE
IT WILL HELP ENSURE THE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE
VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE,
PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE OF
COLOR ARE PROTECTED.
YOUNG PEOPLE BEING INTERROGATED
BY POLICE OFFICERS ARE UNIQUELY
VULNERABLE AND MUST BE GIVEN
SOUND LEGAL ADVICE WHEN DECIDING
TO WAIVE THEIR RIGHTS.
JUVENILES OFTEN DON'T UNDERSTAND
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OR
THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAIVING
THOSE RIGHTS.
1/3 TO 1/2 OF JUVENILES
INTERROGATED BY THE POLICE DO
NOT UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE THE
RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT AND TO
CONSULT AN ATTORNEY.
BECAUSE JUVENILES OFTEN DO NOT
UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS, THEY
OFTEN WAIVE THEM.
90% OF JUVENILES INTERROGATED BY
POLICE WAIVE THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO REMAIN
SILENT.
IT CAN HAVE DEVASTATING
CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
ONE STUDY OVER A 15-YEAR PERIOD
FOUND JUVENILES FALSELY
CONFESSED TO CRIMES THREE TIMES
AS OFTEN THAN AS ADULTS.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE MUST DO MORE
TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE MUST APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE
AND REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
PROVIDE YOUTH WITH AN ATTORNEY
BEFORE FORCING THEM TO DECIDE
WHETHER TO WAIVE THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS DOMINIQUE FOLLOWED BY
DESEAN.
>> HELLO.
I'M DOMINIQUE.
I WANTED TO CHIME IN AND FOLLOW
WHAT ALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS ARE
SAYING.
I BASICALLY IMAGINE MYSELF, OR
YOU CAN IMAGINE YOURSELF BEING A
16-YEAR-OLD TEENAGER BEING
DETAINED BY A GROUP OF GROWN MEN
THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT TACTICS AND BEING
ASKED QUESTION AFTER QUESTION
AFTER QUESTION AND BEING ALMOST
COERCED OR TALKED IN TO
ADMITTING SOMETHING OF A CRIME
THEY'RE TRYING TO SOLVE.
THIS HAS HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES
IN OUR BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES TO OUR BLACK AND
BROWN CHILDREN.
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS
DECIMATED OUR COMMUNITIES AND
YOUNG PEOPLE'S IN OUR
COMMUNITIES FREEDOM.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE MICHANCE
DEAL AND I WANT YOU TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SHOULDN'T
EVEN BE A QUESTION.
THIS IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
TO HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AT
ANY STAGE.
THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF CHILD
ABUSE IF OUR KIDS AREN'T GETTING
NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION BEFORE
THEY HAVE TO INTERACT WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS DESEAN FOLLOWED BY
KENDRICK.
>> HELLO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> HOW YOU GUYS DOING?
MY NAME IS DESEAN NEIGHBORS.
I'M AN AMBASSADOR AND I'M HERE
IN SUPPORT OF THE MICHANCE YOUTH
RIGHTS ORDINANCE BECAUSE I
RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
YOUTHS HAVING ATTORNEYS PRESENT
WHEN THEY'RE HAVING ANY TYPE OF
INTERACTION WITH POLICE.
THEY'RE UNAWARE OF SO MANY
THINGS.
THEY'RE UNEDUCATED OF SO MANY
THINGS AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM
TO MAKE DECISIONS THEY'RE UNSURE
OF.
THOSE DECISIONS CAN IMPACT THEIR
LIVES AND RECORDS FOREVER AND WE
CAN'T ELIMINATE FUTURE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE GUYS
BECAUSE THEY SAID SOMETHING OR
DID SOMETHING.
LIKE DOM SAID, IT REALLY
SHOULDN'T EVEN BE A QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY LOSES
HERE.
WE LOST A LOT OF TRUST WITH THE
POLICE IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE
LAST YEARS AND ALL THIS.
SO IN ORDER TO TRY TO GAIN THAT
TRUST BACK, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I FEEL NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS KENDRICK.
FOLLOWED BY PETER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS KENDRICK WASHINGTON
WITH THE ACLU OF WASHINGTON.
I'M HERE TO TESTIFY ON THE
PROPOSED YOUTH RIGHT TO COUNSEL
ORDINANCE.
THERE'S BEEN OVER 200 YEARS OF
POLICING IN THIS COUNTRY AND
IT'S RISEN FROM A SORT OF RAG
TAG BAND OF SLAVE CATCHERS TO A
MODERN MILITARIZED POLICING
FORCE.
WHILE IT'S INCOMPREHENSIBLE SUCH
A FORCE WOULD BE TURNED ON THE
CITIZENRY OF THE CITY, IT'S EVEN
MORE REPREHENSIBLE THAT THIS
FORCE WOULD BE LET LOOSE ON THE
CHILDREN OF THE CITY TODAY.
WHEN POLICE INTERROGATE
CHILDREN, THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
INTERROGATIONS OF THEM AND
ADULTS.
FALSE PROMISE THAT THE ONLY
PERSON ON THEIR SIDE IS THE VERY
OFFICER WHO HAS THEM BACKED INTO
A CORNER.
THIS COULD BE DONE WITHOUT THE
PRESENCE OF AN ATTORNEY SHOULD
SHOCK THE CONSCIENCE OF EACH OF
US.
THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE CITES
THE EROSION OF TRUST AS ONE OF
THE MANY FALLACIES THEY LISTED
IN OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL.
BUT YOU CANNOT ERODE WHAT IS NOT
THERE.
YOU BUILD TRUST THROUGH HONESTY.
YOU BUILD TRUST THROUGH
TRANSPARENCY.
YOU BUILD TRUST BY ENSURING THAT
EVERY CHILD IS AFFORDED EVERY
SINGLE RIGHT THAT IS AVAILABLE
TO THEM.
I HOPE THIS COMMITTEE WILL
CONSIDER PASSING THIS ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS PETER FOLLOWED BY
KELSEY.
>> DO WE HAVE PETER ON THE LINE?
>> PETER'S ON THE LINE.
>> PETER, JUST REMEMBER TO HIT
STAR 6.
>> YES.
I'M ONLINE.
>> THERE WE GO.
GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS PETER.
WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT THE BILL --
WE CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO COME
BACK AND WORK ON IT.
WE ARE SO HAPPY ABOUT IT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
IT WILL GIVE US PEACE TO BE ABLE
TO PAY THE RENT AND ALSO SUPPORT
OUR FAMILY.
OUR CITY OF SEATTLE MAYOR DURKIN
BECAUSE NEVER DONE ANYTHING AND
SHE'S WORKING ON THAT.
ALSO WE SUPPORT THE UNION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, PETER.
NEXT UP IS KELSEY.
>> HI.
I'M KELSEY McGRATH OF DISTRICT
3.
I SUPPORT THE MICHANCE DUNLAP
GITTENS YOUTH ORDINANCE AND URGE
THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO VOTE YES.
I'M A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND MY
STUDENTS ARE INCREDIBLE HUMANS.
SMART, DRIVEN, COMPASSION, AND
COMPLEX.
AND THEY ARE CHILDREN.
IT'S UNJUSTIFIABLE TO ME THAT
WE'D PUT OUR YOUTH IN
INTIMIDATING HIGH PRESSUE IN
SITUATIONS WHERE THEY MAY
UNKNOWINGLY WAIVE THEIR RIGHTS
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MAJORITY OF
YOUTH IN THESE INTERACTIONS ARE
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, OR OTHER
YOUTH OF COLOR.
IN 2019, APPROXIMATELY 86% OF
YOUTH JAILED AND IN 2018, 73% OF
THOSE CHARGED WERE BLACK,
INDIGENOUS, OR OTHER YOUTH OF
COLOR.
IT IS IMPORTANT WE PASS THE
ORDINANCE TO PROTECT OUR
CHILDREN SO THEY MAY MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS WITH THE
SUPPORT OF A PUBLIC DEFENDER
BEFORE THEY WAIVE CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS.
LASTLY, I URGE THE COUNCIL TO
DEFUND SPD BY 50% AT LEAST IN
THE UPCOMING 2021 BUDGET PROCESS
AND USE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
SO OUR YOUTH HAVE POWER TO
PROTECT OUR YOUTH AND LISTEN TO
OUR YOUTH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M AN IMMIGRANT FROM GHANA.
I'M AN UBER AND LYFT DRIVER.
WE ARE HAPPY THIS AGENDA IS IN
YOUR HANDS NOW.
WE THANK THE MAYOR FOR WORKING
WITH US.
THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS.
THE COUNCIL HAS DONE A LOT FOR
UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS SO FAR.
AND WE ARE HAPPY THIS IS IN YOUR
HANDS.
WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR
SESSION.
WE WISH YOU HAPPY LIFE.
YOU GO TO YOUR SESSION AND COME
BACK AND WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK
WITH YOU TO GET THIS BILL
PASSED.
ON OUR SIDE, IT'S JUST LIKE
SIMPLE AS THIS.
TALK TO DRIVERS.
WE ARE THE DRIVERS.
UBER DID A STUDY, THEY DID NOT
TALK TO A SINGLE DRIVER.
THEY MIGHT HAVE RECORD ON THE
APP AND WHERE WE DROP, HOW MUCH
THEY PAY US, HOW MUCH THEY
CHARGE.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT WE GO THROUGH IN OUR LIFE.
WHAT WE GO THROUGH WITH OUR
FAMILIES, MEDICALLY, EVERYTHING.
DRIVERS JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO COME
BACK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS HOWARD.
>> HI.
THIS IS HOWARD FROM LOWER QUEEN
ANNE DISTRICT 7 SPEAKING IN
SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE IN
HONOR OF MICHANCE DUNLAP
GITTENS.
AND ALSO THE RESOLUTION
SUPPORTING THE FEDERAL GEORGE
FLOYD JUSTICE POLICING ACT.
HOWEVER, I'M VERY CONFUSED AS TO
WHY THE COUNCIL IS CALLING FOR
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE
ACTION ALL OF WHICH WOULD BE
TAKEN LOCALLY BY YOURSELF.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE REALITY
THAT THIS FEDERAL BILL WILL
NEVER PASS THE U.S. SENATE.
SIMILARLY YOU CALL ON LIMITING
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY ON THE
FEDERAL LEVEL WHEN WE CAN MAKE
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY IRRELEVANT BY
HELPING TO CREATE A STATE, A
WASHINGTON STATE LEGAL ACTION SO
THAT FAMILIES TRAUMATIZED BY
POLICE ABUSE AND VIOLENCE COULD
SEE JUSTICE IN COURT.
PLEASE DO NOT ASK THE FEDS TO DO
WHAT YOU WILL NOT.
NO FEDERAL LEGISLATION WILL
BRING JUSTICE FOR TERRY, KILLED
BY SEATTLE POLICE JUST THREE
MONTHS AGO.
HIS MURDER IGNORED BY OUR
SUPPOSED POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS AND ALSO IGNORED BY YOU
FOLKS ON THE COUNCIL.
DO WE ONLY PROTEST THOSE KILLED
BY POLICE NOT UNDER OUR
AUTHORITY AND WHO ARE 1600 MILES
AWAY?
PLEASE, I BEG THE COUNCIL
RE-EVALUATE WHAT OUR POLICE ARE
DOING, NOT JUST SPEEDING UP
DEMONSTRATORS BUT CONSISTENTLY
KILLING DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN THE
LAST FEW YEARS AND PLEASE BE
PROACTIVE.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS CATHERINE.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS CATHERINE DAWSON.
I'M A DISTRICT RENTER AND A
FORMER TEACHER.
I'M CALLING TO VOICE MY SUPPORT
FOR THE ORDINANCE IN HONOR OF
MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS, LEGAL ADVOCATES, AND
THE FAMILY WHO TESTIFIED TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WE NEED THIS ORDINANCE TO
PROTECT OUR YOUTH.
A QUICK EXAMPLE, FOR MY PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, I WAS A JUROR ON A
FELONY CASE A FEW YEARS AGO FOR
A 16-YEAR-OLD WHO'S BEING TRIED
AS AN ADULT.
THE ENTIRE CASE HINGED ON THE
VIDEO OF POLICE INTERROGATIONS
WHICH HAPPENED AFTER HE WAIVED
HIS RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
THE 16-YEAR-OLD WAS FOR HOURS
WITHOUT ALLOWED TO CALL HIS
MOTHER OR A LAWYER.
HE SAT ALONE IN THE POLICE
STATION.
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN.
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ADULT.
AT THE ANYTHING HE'S ASKED TO
SIGN TO WAIVE HIS RIGHTS AND WE
HAVE VIDEO THAT HE'S BARELY
LOOKING AT THE PAPER.
HE VERIFIES ALL THE INFORMATION
IS CORRECT.
WHEN WE AS THE JURY SEE THIS
PAPER, WE SEE HIS BIRTHDAY IS
WRONG.
AND CONVENIENTLY THIS INCORRECT
BIRTHDAY MAKES HIM 18 NOT 16.
SO AFTER HOURS AT THE STATION,
FACED WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS
WITHOUT ANY ADULT, THIS KID IS
AGREEING TO A MISTAKE IN HIS OWN
BIRTHDAY AND THE LAW ALLOWS HIM
TO WAIVE HIS LEGAL RIGHT.
AFTER WAIVING THOSE RIGHTS, HE'S
SUBJECTED TO A 20-MINUTE
INTERROGATION THAT IS
INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE.
AT ONE POINT THE OFFICER WHO
COMMITTED THE CRIME AND POINTS
DIRECTLY AT THE DEFENDANT TO
SUGGEST WHO THE ANSWER IS.
THOSE 20 MINUTES DETERMINE THE
REST OF HIS LIFE AND WE KNOW
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MORE VULNERABLE
TO POLICE COERCION.
THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF MANY THAT
I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT.
WE HOLD CHILDREN TO THIS ABSURD
AND HARMFUL STANDARD, EXPECTING
THEM TO HAVE AN IN-DEPTH
UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR LEGAL
RIGHTS AND THE IMPLICATION OF
SIGNING THIS PIECE OF PAPER.
OUR YOUTH DESERVE BETTER.
PLEASE VOTE YES ON THE YOUTH
RIGHTS ORDINANCE AND INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION TO CLOSE THESE NOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS LATA.
>> IS LATA ON THE LINE?
>> LATA IS ON THE LINE.
>> LATA, REMEMBER TO HIT STAR 6
SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME,
COUNCILMEMBER?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
MY NAME IS LATA.
I AM AN UBER AND LYFT DRIVER.
FOR MANY YEARS, DRIVERS HAVE
BEEN FIGHTING TOGETHER WITH THE
UNION ON TOP OF OUR OTHER DRIVER
UNION.
THE NEED FOR FAIR PAY AND
ADDRESS EQUITY IS MORE IMPORTANT
NOW MORE THAN EVER FROM
IMMIGRANT DRIVERS ON THE FRONT
LINES OF PANDEMIC.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE
DRIVERS ARE SPECIALLY FROM
AFRICAN IMMIGRANT, FROM PLACE
LIKE ETHIOPIAN, SOMALI, MANY
MORE.
THIS FAIR PAY IS OUR MAIN ISSUE
OF NO ONE LESS THAN MINIMUM OR
LIVING WAGE AFTER EXPENSES OR A
VOICE OF JOINT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, AFTER YOU
GET BACK FROM HOLIDAY TO MAKE
DRIVERS A LIVING WAGE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THANK YOU, LATA, FOR CALLING
IN TODAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I FIRST WANT TO LIFT UP THE
MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS FAMILY.
I KNOW YOU'RE TAKING ON MORE
EMOTIONAL LABOR THAN ANY OF US
CAN IMAGINE BY BEING HERE.
SO I WANTED TO LIFT THAT UP
FIRST.
MY NAME IS ELENA AND I SERVE AS
A COMMISSIONER FOR THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION.
AND I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF
THE CPC TO SUPPORT THE MICHANCE
DUNLAP GITTENS YOUTH RIGHTS
ORDINANCE.
MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS WAS A
POET, A STUDENT, AND A SON.
HE WAS JUST 17 YEARS OLD WHEN HE
WAS KILLED DURING THE
INVESTIGATION OF A CRIME HE DID
NOT COMMIT.
SEATTLE CONFRONTS THE IMPACTS OF
POLICING AND REIMAGINES JUSTICE,
AMONG OUR FIRST TASK IS ENSURING
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED.
THE CPC STANDS IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THE MANY COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS ALONG WITH THE
YOUTH THEY UPLIFT WHO HAVE LED
THIS MOVEMENT AND EXPRESSED
THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS
LEGISLATION.
THEY'RE UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO
KNOW HOW BEST TO PROTECT OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BLACK,
INDIGENOUS, AND OTHER YOUTH OF
COLOR WHO HAVE FAITH IN OUTSIDE
IMPACT OF OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL IS
WORKING TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE
WITH STRONG SUPPORT FROM
COMMUNITY LEADERS, YOUNG PEOPLE,
AND YOUTH ADVOCATES.
I URGE YOU, WE URGE YOU, TO ACT
ALONGSIDE TO ENSURE ALL OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE IN SEATTLE ARE
PROTECTED.
OUR YOUTH DO NOT LIVE, PLAY, OR
LEARN WITH A SINGLE MUNICIPAL
BOUNDARY.
THE CPC WANTS TO UPLIFT AND
THANK CHOOSE 180, COMMUNITY
PASSAGE WAYS, COMMUNITY JUSTICE,
AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE
PROGRESSED THIS WORK.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO
YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU AND THE COMMISSION
FOR TAKING A STRONG POSITION ON
THIS BILL.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
COLLEAGUES, WE'RE CLOSE TO THE
END OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE FOLKS
WHO SIGNED UP TO GIVE PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I'D
LIKE TO EXTEND THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD BY AN ADDITIONAL
20 MINUTES.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, WE'LL
EXTEND THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
FOR ANOTHER 20 MINUTES.
>> THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY GIVING ME AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
WE KNOW SINCE THE PANDEMIC HAS
STARTED -- ON YOUR DESK RIGHT
NOW AND WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO
SUPPORT BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE
MANY PEOPLE AND WE APPRECIATE
WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR
EVERYBODY.
YOU ARE REALLY DOING A GREAT
JOB, WORKING VERY HARD 24/7.
WE ARE FEEDING OUR FAMILIES.
THIS IS NOT OUR PART-TIME JOB.
THIS IS OUR FULL-TIME JOB.
WE WANT TO PAY RENT AND PUT FOOD
ON THE TABLE AND EVERYTHING.
AND WE SEE THAT NOWADAYS UBER
AND PAY INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING
AND ALL THAT.
WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT AND WE
NEED MORE FROM YOU.
WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID BEFORE AND
WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO SUPPORT
US ALL THE TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS KATIE FOLLOWED BY
JENNIFER.
>> HELLO.
I'M THE ASSISTANT SPECIAL
COUNSEL FOR ISSUES RELATED TO
YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE KING COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE.
PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT AND
STRONG SUPPORT OF THE MICHANCE
DUNLAP GITTENS YOUTH RIGHTS
ORDINANCE.
ONE DAY LAST SPRING, AS I
FINISHED ANOTHER YOUTH RIGHTS
PRESENTATION, A 15-YEAR-OLD WHO
WAS LIVING IN A GROUP HOME
LOOKED AT ME IN DISBELIEF AS I
EXPLAINED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS.
AT THE END, ALL HE SAID TO ME
WAS, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.
I TRIED TO PROTEST AND EXPLAIN
THE LAW AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL,
BUT HE WAS RIGHT.
I HAVE WATCHED TOO MANY VIDEOS
WHERE I'VE SEEN AN ARMED POLICE
OFFICER INTERROGATING A SCARED
KID IN THE BACKS OF A PATROL
CAR.
RIGHTS ARE READ LIKE IT'S THE
INDY 500 AND A CHILD, USUALLY A
BLACK CHILD, INDIGENOUS CHILD IS
INTERROGATED BY A POLICE
OFFICER.
STUDIES SHOW YOUTHS ARE MORE
VULNERABLE TO POLICE COERCION
AND HAVE A HARDER TIME
UNDERSTANDING THEIR OWN RIGHTS.
TO ENSURE THEY DO NOT WAIVE
THEIR RIGHTS BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO
SCARED TO ASSERT THEM, THEY NEED
TO CONSULT WITH A LAWYER.
IN AN EXTRAORDINARY OPEN LETTER
TO THE LEGAL COMMUNITY URGING
LAWYERS TO TAKE STEPS TO
CONFRONT RACIAL INJUSTICE, THE
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES HAVE SAID
THE INJUSTICES FACED ARE NOT
RELICS OF THE PAST.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE RACIALIZED
POLICING AND THE
OVERREPRESENTATION OF BLACK
AMERICANS IN EVERY STAGE OF OUR
CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEMS.
LAST YEAR 86% OF THE YOUTH
JAILED IN KING COUNTY WERE BLACK
YOUTH, INDIGENOUS YOUTH, AND
YOUTH OF COLOR.
>> Reporter: % OF THE YOUTH
PROSECUTED.
IT'S SHOCKING AND APPALLING.
OUR SYSTEM IS BUILT ON RACISM
AND OUR YOUTH ARE UNFAIRLY
ACCEPTED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I URGE EACH OF YOU TO PASS THE
MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS YOUTH
RIGHTS ORDINANCE TO ENABLE A
MORE RACIALLY JUST FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS JENNIFER, FOLLOWED BY
ALISA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6.
EVERY TIME I FIND A WAY TO BE
PRESENT AND SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT, I FIND IT BELITTLING TO
HAVE 45 SECONDS TO SPEAK ON
LEGISLATION THAT SPECIFICALLY
IMPACTS OUR LIVES.
THE MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS
ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU IS CRITICAL
AND I JOIN IN SUPPORT THAT IT BE
PASSED.
THANK YOU TO HIS FAMILY AND
OTHERS INVOLVED FOR CARING
ENOUGH FOR OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY TO HELP US TREAT
THEM BETTER.
IT IS NOT JUST IMPORTANT TO
DECLARE OUR SUPPORT FOR THE
REPRESENTATIVE JAYAPAL'S
LEGISLATION.
IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ACT AND
ENACT SOME OF OUR OWN.
I CAN'T HELP BUT VIEW THIS WITH
SKEPTICISM AS AN AGENDA ITEM AND
VOTE.
ONCE AGAIN IT SHOWS TALK THAT
SUPERFICIAL CHARACTER AND
INACTION, TAKING ACTION WILL NOT
BE COMFORTABLE, ESPECIALLY IF IT
MEETS THE LONG OVERDUE NEEDS OF
OUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ALISA.
>> HI.
I'M A STAFF ATTORNEY WITH TEAM
CHILD.
TEAM CHILD PROVIDES SEVERAL
LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO YOUTHS
AGES 12 TO 24 IN KING COUNTY.
THESE YOUTHS ARE OFTEN INVOLVED
AND IMPACTED IN THE COURT
SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE JUVENILE
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
TEAM CHILD WHOLEHEARTEDLY
SUPPORTS THE ORDINANCE, THE
MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS YOUTH
ORDINANCE.
WE SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE FOR
REASONS ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED,
INCLUDING THE NEED TO ENSURE
THAT YOUTHS ARE BEING ABLE TO
FULLY UNDERSTAND THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR DECISIONS
BEFORE THEY SPEAK TO THE POLICE
BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THE
ADOLESCENT BRAIN IS NOT CAPABLE
OF FUNCTIONING IN THE SAME WAY
THAT AN ADULT IS.
WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S GREATER
HARM CAUSED TO BLACK AND BROWN
YOUTH THAT ARE DEEMED
DISPROPORTIONATELY INTERROGATED
BY THE POLICE.
TEAM CHILD WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT
FURTHER COUNSEL THE ADDITIONAL
HARM INTERROGATION CAUSES ON THE
YOUTH'S ACCESS TO EDUCATION.
POLICE CONTACT IN THE SCHOOLS IS
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS
REGULARLY.
OFTEN WITH THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS AND LEADS TO
ADDITIONAL COERCION AND PRESSURE
ON YOUTH TO COOPERATE AND MAKE
STATEMENTS TO THE POLICE.
SOME OF THESE YOUTH HAVE
LEARNING DISABILITIES THAT
FURTHER PREVENT THEIR ABILITY TO
UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS IN THESE
SITUATIONS.
MANY YOUTH AFTER TALKING TO THE
POLICE ARE REMOVED FROM THEIR
SCHOOLS AND THEN LOSE ACCESS TO
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
THE CONTACT WITH THE POLICE AT
SCHOOL CAUSES FURTHER TRAUMA
THAT CAN BE HUMILIATING AND
DESTROY THE YOUTH'S TRUST AND
RELATIONSHIPS AT THEIR SCHOOLS.
AFTER THE POLICE INTERROGATIONS,
YOUTH OFTEN FEEL UNSAFE AND
UNSUPPORTED AT SCHOOL AND SOME
DO NOT RETURN TO SCHOOL AT ALL.
IN CLOSING, WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE
PASS THE ORDINANCE AND DECREASE
THE HARM CAUSED BY INTERACTIONS
ON OUR YOUTH WITH POLICE AT
SCHOOLS AND OTHER PLACES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
>> I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT.
I'M CALLING TO STRONGLY ADVOCATE
FOR PASSAGE OF THE YOUTH RIGHTS
ORDINANCE.
THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOVE
TO PROVIDE BASIC RIGHTS TO
YOUTH, ESPECIALLY BLACK AND
BROWN YOUTH WHO HAVE THE MOST
TRAUMATIC ENCOUNTERS WITH
POLICE.
WE TALK ABOUT BEING AN
ANTI-RACIST CITY AND THIS
ORDINANCE IS A NECESSARY STEP
AND LONG OVERDUE TO MOVE TOWARD
THAT.
PLEASE PASS THIS AND PASS IT
WITH COMPLETE MAJORITY SO
THERE'S NO DOUBT.
I ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE QUOTES I
HAD READ FROM YOUTH, FROM BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, WHO WERE
IMPACTED BY THIS AND I CAN'T
EVEN FATHOM THE IMPACT IT HAD ON
THEM.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE
COURAGEOUS TESTIMONY FROM
MICHANCE'S PARENTS AND THE
GREATEST FIGHT THEY'VE CARRIED
OUT WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND
ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORTERS.
THEY'RE ALL INSPIRATIONS.
LOOK FORWARD TO YOU TAKING
ACTION ON THIS.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS ANNA FOLLOWED BY
MARIA.
>> DO WE HAVE ANNA ON THE LINE
WITH US?
YOU NEED TO HIT STAR 6 SO WE CAN
HEAR YOU.
>> HI.
I GOT IT NOW.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS ANNA BONILLA AND I'M
WITH ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF CHILDCARE
ORDINANCE WHICH PASSED BY THE
LAND USE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK AND
IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AS CHAIR OF THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE AND SPONSOR OF THE
BILL FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT
BILL FORWARD.
I WANT TO THANK THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT HAVE
WORKED TIRELESSLY ON ISSUES
RELATED TO CHILDCARE FOR TODAY.
WE'RE IN A MOMENT OF TIME WHERE
WE REALIZE WHO TAKES CARE OF OUR
CHILDREN MATTERS TO ALL OF US.
COCHBD HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING.
IT'S CHANGING THE WAY WE WORK
AND THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CHANGES WILL ALLOW FOR
CHILDCARE OPTIONS THAT ARE
CLOSER TO HOME AS WE NAVIGATE
WORK FROM HOME FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
ALMOSTLY, PROVIDERS MAY HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE INCREASINGLY
INNOVATIVE IN CREATING CENTERS
ACROSS THE CITY.
WE HOPE MORE OF THIS INNOVATION
IN HELPING CHILDCARE AND EARLY
LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE ARE CERTAINLY THANKFUL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING IN TODAY.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR
PEOPLE LEFT.
SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE
END OF OUR LIST.
NEXT UP IS MARIA FOLLOWED BY
STEPHANIE LOWRY.
MARIA, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE
WITH US, MAKE SURE YOU HIT STAR
6 SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
MARIA, YOU THERE?
JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU HAVE TO
HIT STAR AND THE NUMBER 6 SO WE
CAN HEAR YOU.
WE'RE STILL NOT HEARING MARIA SO
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE
TO THE NEXT SPEAKER AND I'LL
CIRCLE BACK TO MARIA IN THE
EVENT WE CAN GET HER ON THE
LINE.
NEXT UP IS STEPHANIE FOLLOWED BY
MADDY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE LOWRY AND
I'M CALLING TO JOIN COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO URGE YOU TO GIVE YOUR
SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL BILL 119840,
THE MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS
YOUTH RIGHT TO COUNSEL
ORDINANCE.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK
WITH YOUTH CURRENTLY
INCARCERATED HERE IN WASHINGTON
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
I'VE PERSONALLY SEEN THE
DAMAGING IMPACTS ON THE LIVES OF
YOUTH WHO ARE INCARCERATED, MANY
OF WHOM WERE NOT AWARE OF THE
CONSEQUENCE THEY WOULD FACE BY
WAIVING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS PRIOR TO SPEAKING WITH A
PUBLIC DEFENDER.
IT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT
THESE YOUTH ARE PRIMARILY BLACK
YOUTH AND YOUTH OF COLOR.
AS A COMMUNITY, WE MUST
UNDERSTAND WE'LL NEVER HAVE
úJUSTICE UNTIL OUR YOUTH ARE
PROVIDED EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER
ALL.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACTION ON
THIS MATTER.
AND I'LL YIELD THE REST OF MY
TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS MADDY.
FOLLOWED BY JOE.
>> HELLO.
I'M CALLING IN IN REGARDS TO THE
MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS YOUTH
RIGHTS ORDINANCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A SYSTEM
WHICH ARRESTS AND INCARCERATES
OUR YOUTH INSTEAD OF PROVIDING
PREVENTATIVE SERVICES AND ACTION
FOR THEM.
WE ALL KNOW RIGHT NOW, YOUR
FRONTAL LOBE, WHICH CONTROLS
IMPULSE CONTROL AND OTHER
THINGS, IS NOT DEVELOPED UNTIL
YOU'RE 25 YEARS OLD.
HOW IN THE WORLD DO WE EXPECT A
TERRIFIED CHILD INTO WAVING
THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS.
THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO
SOCIETY THAT WE'RE ALLOWING THIS
TO HAPPEN.
WE'RE NOT PROTECTING OUR
CHILDREN.
LASTLY, I REALLY WANT TO THANK
MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS' PARENTS
FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY.
YOUR STRENGTH AFTER TRAGEDY IS
EVIDENT AND I'M SO SORRY YOU
HAVE TO BE HERE TODAY.
MICHANCE SHOULD STILL BE WITH
US.
>> NEXT UP IS JOE.
WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO MARIA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I'M GOING TO MAKE
THIS INCREDIBLY EASY.
LAST NIGHT I LEARNED FIREWORKS
WERE FIRED AT POLICE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROTECT
JOURNALISTS FROM THAT AWFUL
SUBPOENA.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH SUPPORTING THAT AND NOTHING
WRONG WITH PASSING ORDINANCE
119840.
I WOULD HOPE WHEN YOU DISCUSS
RESOLUTION 31963 THAT YOU AND
THE COUNCIL CONDEMN THE USE OF
FIREWORKS UNDER WEAPONS AGAINST
THE POLICE.
WE DON'T NEED VIOLENT OUTBURSTS
HERE.
WE NEED TO REFORM LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND STAND WITH THE
COPS.
WHEN THIS KIND OF RIOTING GOES
ON AROUND MY SOUND TRANSIT, I
TAKE IT A LITTLE PERSONALLY, AND
I'D APPRECIATE IF EFFORTS WERE
EXTENDED TO PROTECT THE SOUND
TRANSIT HEADQUARTERS.
SOUND TRANSIT IS GOING TO LOSE
THE PEOPLE AROUND TO JOBS AND
OPPORTUNITY AND AS WE FIGHT
RACISM GLOBALLY, I'M SURE WE
COULD ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED TO
PROTECT SOUND TRANSIT FROM
RIOTING.
WE ALSO NEED TO, AGAIN, CONDEMN
THE HORRIBLE USE OF FIREWORKS
AND PYROTECHNIC WEAPONS AGAINST
THE POLICE AS WE SEEK TO WORK
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO FIND
MEANS TO DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS.
I'M CONCERNED HOW FAR THIS COULD
GO WITHOUT THAT CONDEMNATION.
I REALLY HOPE EVERYONE IN
SEATTLE STAYS SAFE.
I HOPE MY COMMENTS WERE CIVIL,
RESPECTFUL, AND IF THEY'RE NOT,
I DO APOLOGIZE.
I'LL ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ WHEN
IT COMES TO STANDING UP FOR OUR
COMMENTS.
YOU'VE DONE AN EXEMPLARY JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL
BE ABLE TO HEAR HER NOW, IS
MARIA.
>> MARIA, ARE YOU THERE?
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HAVING
CHALLENGES WITH THAT PARTICULAR
CONNECTION.
UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ALONG
SINCE WE DO HAVE A BUSY AGENDA
BEFORE US TODAY.
SORRY THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO
HEAR FROM YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
TODAY AND GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO
ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA.
NEXT UP IS PAYMENT OF THE BILLS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE.
>> COUNCIL BILL 11986 FOUR4.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119864.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT THE BILL PASS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE BILL PASSES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION.
ITEM 1.
WILL THE CLERK READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD.
RELATING TO LAND USE AND ZONING,
MODIFYING USE, AND DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS TO REMOVE REGULATORY
IMPEDIMENTS AND TO ALLOW THE
CITING OF CHILDCARE CENTERS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AS THE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON THIS
ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I'M HAPPY AND EXCITED
TO BRING MY FIRST BILL TODAY.
ADDRESSING CHILDCARE WAS AND
REMAINS ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES
AND FIRST PRIORITIES.
CHILDCARE TOUCHES ON SO MANY
DIFFERENT ISSUES, FROM
AFFORDABILITY OF OUR CITY TO HOW
EQUITABLE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
TO HOW WE SUPPORT WORKING
PARENTS AND PARTICULARLY WORKING
MOMS WHO ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTED BY THE CHILDCARE
SHORTAGE.
I HEAR FROM SO MANY PEOPLE, FROM
NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS ALIKE
ABOUT THE CHILDCARE SHORTAGE AND
HOW IT IMPACTS DAILY LIFE FROM
HOW WE COMMUTE TO WHERE WE
CHOOSE TO LIVE TO HOW WE TRAVEL
TO AND FROM WHEN PEOPLE NEED TO
GO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY TO
RECEIVE THE CHILDCARE THEY NEED.
I'VE HEARD OF WAITLISTS SPANNING
MANY YEARS.
THIS BILL IS NOT A SINGLE
SOLUTION TO THE AFFORDABILITY
AND ACCESSIBILITY CHALLENGES WE
FACE.
AND WE HAVE MUCH MORE WORK TO DO
TO MAKE CHILDCARE AFFORDABLE AND
ACCESSIBLE THROUGHOUT SEATTLE.
AS LAND USE CHAIR, I PROPOSE THE
CHILDCARE NEAR YOU ORDINANCE
BECAUSE WITH SO MANY CHALLENGES
RELATED TO CHILDCARE, THE LAND
USE CODE SHOULD NOT BE AN
ADDITIONAL BARRIER.
THIS BILL FIXES THAT BY REMOVING
THIS LEGISLATION WILL MAKE
CHILDCARE A PERMITTED USE IN ALL
ZONES, REMOVING THE CONDITIONAL
USE PERMIT THAT ADDS AN AVERAGE
OF FIVE MONTHS TO CHILDCARE
PERMITTING.
IT ALLOWS FOR GREATER
FLEXIBILITY IN SITING AND
INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD
MORE CHILDCARE SPACE.
AND IT MAKES SEVERAL OTHER
TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO EASE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDCARE
ACROSS THE CITY.
NEW CHILDCARE FACILITIES WILL
STILL BE SUBJECT TO CITY
PERMITTING AND ARE STILL
REGULATED FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY
BY WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT
OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND
FAMILIES.
I STARTED WORKING ON THIS
LEGISLATION IN JANUARY AND LAND
USE LEGISLATION TAKES A LONG
TIME DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL
SCOPING REGULATIONS AND
REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTICING OF
PUBLIC INPUT.
SINCE I BEGAN WORKING ON THIS,
COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS MADE
ADDRESSING CHILDCARE EVEN MORE
URGENT.
I'M EXCITED FOR US TO TAKE THIS
STEP TODAY AND ALLOW FOR MORE
CHILDCARE NEAR WORKING PARENTS
AND IN NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WORK
WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
THIS LEGISLATION, CHILDCARE NEAR
YOU, WILL ENCOURAGE MORE
CHILDCARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS
ACROSS THE CITY AND MORE
CHILDCARE NEAR YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
THAT'S THE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
LOOKS LIKE NO OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS
ON THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR THIS IMPORTANT
PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THE LAND USE AND SITING
REALITIES OF CHILDCARE
FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR LABOR
PARTNERS OVER AT SCIU925 WHO I
KNOW ARE FOLLOWING THIS BILL
VERY CLOSELY AND I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE A LOT OF THE WORK
THAT OUR CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION HAVE DONE AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL IN THIS PERIOD OF
COVID TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
FUNDING ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH
BEING ABLE TO ACCESS CHILDCARE
AS A WORKING PARENT.
SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT THIS
IS ONE PIECE OF A GREATER
PUZZLE.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY
FOR MANY YEARS ON THE COUNCIL
ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL
FUNDING AND ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE
CHILDCARE AND PRE-K
AND DO SEE THIS AS ANOTHER
BUILDING BLOCK AND ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADDRESS
THE REALITIES OF THE CHILDCARE
DESERT THAT EXISTS HERE IN
WASHINGTON STATE AND IN
SEATTLE/KING COUNTY.
I WILL BE PROUDLY VOTING IN
FAVOR OF THIS COUNCIL BILL AND
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE
DONE TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IT'S GREAT TO GET TO TAKE UP
SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW WERE
WORKING ON LAST YEAR AND THERE'S
úA LOT MORE WORK TO DO.
HAPPY TO BE A PARTNER AND THANKS
TO ALL THE COLLEAGUES WHO WANTED
TO COSIGN ON THIS BILL.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
>> OF COURSE.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES.
THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE
OUT DEBATE.
I'D ASK THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
CAN THE CLERK AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
ITEM NUMBER 2.
WILL THE CLERK READ AGENDA ITEM
2 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2.
COUNCIL BILL 119840.
AN ORDINANCE NAMED IN HONOR OF
MICHANCE DUNLAP GITTENS AND
RELATING TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, PROHIBITING LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM
QUESTIONING, EXCEPT IN LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES, PERSONS 18 YEARS
OF AGE OR YOUNGER WHERE A
MIRANDA WARNING IS ADMINISTERED
UNLESS LEGAL COUNSEL IS
PROVIDED; PROHIBITING LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM
REQUESTING PERMISSION FROM A
PERSON UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE TO
CONDUCT A SEARCH OF THE PERSON
OR PROPERTY, DWELLINGS, OR
VEHICLES UNDER THAT PERSON'S
CONTROL UNLESS LEGAL COUNSEL IS
PROVIDED FOR THAT PERSON; AND
ADDING A NEW SECTION 3.28.147 TO
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, FOR
READING THAT IN TO THE RECORD.
I'LL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119840.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU ARE
THE PRIME SPONSOR OF THE BILL
AND I KNOW SEVERAL OF US ARE
PROUD CO-SPONSORS OF THIS
LEGISLATIVE EFFORT.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
RECOGNIZE YOU IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THANKS, EVERYBODY.
I DO WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING
THE PARENTS OF MICHANCE FOR
CALLING TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL IN HONOR OF THEIR SON.
IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE AN EASIER
PATH FOR THEM TO KEEP A LOWER
PROFILE AND TO GRIEVE IN
ISOLATION, BUT INSTEAD THEY'VE
MADE THE INTENTIONAL CHOICE TO
DO WHAT THEY CAN TO EMPOWER
OTHER YOUTH TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY HAVE RIGHTS AND REALLY TO
KEEP THE HONOR AND LEGACY OF
MICHANCE ALIVE.
FRANK AND ALEXIS, WE MOURN WITH
YOU.
AND WHILE WE CAN'T KNOW YOUR
GRIEF, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO KNOW
THAT THE ACCESS WE'RE TAKING
TODAY AS A COUNCIL CAN CHANGE
THE PATH OF YOUTH HERE IN
SEATTLE AND CAN INSPIRE CHANGE
IN OTHER PLACES ACROSS THE
NATION.
AS WE'VE HEARD ALREADY, MICHANCE
WAS A 17-YEAR-OLD HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR FROM DES MOINES WHO HAD
DREAMS OF GOING TO LAW SCHOOL
AND HAD DREAMS OF BEING A
CHAMPION FOR THE RIGHTS OF YOUNG
PEOPLE.
HE WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT IN KING
COUNTY BY THE KING COUNTY LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN 2017 BEFORE HE
HAD A CHANCE TO REALIZE THOSE
DREAMS.
AND I'M CERTAIN THAT IF MICHANCE
WAS HERE TODAY, HE'D BE WITH US
DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF YOUNG
PEOPLE WITH REGARD TO THIS
ORDINANCE.
THIS BILL ESTABLISHED SAFEGUARDS
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKED
TO WAIVE THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS
WHEN DETAINED BY A POLICE
OFFICER.
THE BILL WOULD PROTECT CHILDREN
UNDER 18 BY ENSURING THAT THEY
CONSULT WITH COUNCIL PRIOR TO
WAIVING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS TO INTERROGATION OR
REQUESTS FOR SEARCHES.
THE BILL DOES INCLUDE AN
EXCEPTION THAT ALLOWS OFFICERS
TO INTERROGATE CHILDREN WITHOUT
COUNSEL IF THEY REASONABLY
BELIEVE THE INFORMATION SOUGHT
IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT LIFE
FROM IMMINENT THREAT.
COLLEAGUES, WE'VE HEARD BEFORE
WHEN THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND
THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS WERE HERE
AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, WE
KNOW THAT STUDIES FIND THAT DUE
TO THEIR CONTINUING BRAIN
DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN MAY NOT
HAVE THE MENTAL CAPACITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS THAT HAVE SERIOUS
LONG-TERM IMPACTS ON THEIR
LIVES.
AND MEANS THAT WHEN YOUTH ARE IN
A SITUATION WHERE THEY MAY BE
APPROACHED OR QUESTIONED BY A
POLICE OFFICER, THEY MAY HAVE A
HARDER TIME ASSERTING THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SILENCE
AND THEIR RIGHT TO REFUSE TO BE
SEARCHED.
WE KNOW CHILDREN OF COLOR ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY STOPPED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
INCARCERATED.
IN KING COUNTY, 73.2% OF
CHILDREN CHARGED IN 2018 WERE
CHILDREN OF COLOR.
BETWEEN JANUARY AND SEPTEMBER OF
2019, 86.5% OF YOUTH
INCARCERATED WERE CHILDREN OF
COLOR.
I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN.
IN KING COUNTY, BETWEEN JANUARY
AND SEPTEMBER OF 2019, 86.5% OF
YOUTH INCARCERATED WERE CHILDREN
OF COLOR.
I WANT TO SAY FOR ALL OF US THAT
THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
THIS IS LEGAL PROTECTION FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARTICULARLY
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT
WHOSE LIFE EXPERIENCED DICTATES
LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT
NECESSARILY HAVE THEIR BEST
INTEREST IN MIND.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT
THE LACK OF TRUST BETWEEN YOUNG
PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THIS IS A RECOGNITION OF THE WAY
THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE
BEEN POLICED, PARTICULARLY YOUNG
BLACK AND BROWN MEN.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ALREADY
ABOUT THE NEED FOR PROTECTING
YOUNG PEOPLE.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO
CALLED IN.
WE DID RECEIVE A MEMO IN JULY
FROM THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR
AND FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
WHERE THEY STATE THAT THIS
PROPOSAL WOULD FURTHER ERODE
TRUST BETWEEN JUVENILES AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND LEAD TO
INCREASED DANGER IN THE
COMMUNITY.
AS JOHN GOODE HAS SAID AND WHAT
OTHER CALLERS HAVE SAID, YOU
CAN'T ERODE WHAT'S NOT THERE.
THIS ORDINANCE IS INTENDED TO
HELP REBUILD TRUST BY ENSURING
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THEIR RIGHTS
PROTECTED AND REQUIRING THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSIST THEM IN
SEEKING COUNSEL BEFORE THEY ARE
QUESTIONED.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE TO ASSERT
THEIR AUTONOMY AFTER THEY'VE
BEEN PROVIDED LEGAL COUNSEL.
THEY CAN STILL CHOOSE TO SPEAK
TO LAW ENFORCEMEN IF THEY WANT
TO.
THE DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE
DEMANDING THEY HAVE THEIR RIGHT
TO COUNSEL AND THAT NOT BE
WAIVED.
THAT WE RECOGNIZE INTERACTIONS
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE
INHERENTLY COERCIVE BECAUSE OF
THE POWER DYNAMICS AT PLAY.
SO WE WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE
THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO
MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS THAT
WOULD INEVITABLY IMPACT THEIR
LIVES.
THE STEPS THIS COUNSEL IS TAKING
WOULD INSURE WE PROTECT OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE AND THIS WOULD BE
THE FIRST OF MANY PIECES THAT WE
NEED TO DO TO DISMANTLE THE
RACISM THAT'S EMBEDDED IN OUR
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND STOP
TE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.
AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
MENTIONED THIS MORNING, THIS
BILL DID PASS IN KING COUNTY
COUNCIL IN THEIR LAW AND JUSTICE
COMMITTEE BY A 4-1 VOTE.
I WANT TO THANK THE
COUNCILMEMBER FOR HIS WORK.
THIS BILL WILL BE HEARD TOMORROW
IN THE FULL KING COUNTY COUNCIL
AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE
COUNTY COUNCIL'S LAW DEPARTMENT
HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE ORDINANCE
AND WERE ACTUALLY HELPFUL IN
DRAFTING IT SO THAT IT COULD
PASS IN THE COUNTY LEVEL.
I'LL HAVE A CLOSING REMARK BUT I
WILL STOP THERE AND HAPPY TO
TAKE QUESTIONS FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR THOSE REMARKS.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
I'VE SPOKEN NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT
THIS BILL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PARTNERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES IN DEVELOPING IT.
AND THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO
REALLY MAKE A POINT TO ADD IS TO
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ, FOR ALLOWING US TO
HEAR THIS ON OUR FULL COUNCIL
AGENDA DURING A PERIOD OF TIME
WHERE WE'RE NOT HAVING REGULAR
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
IT REALLY IS APPRECIATED THAT
THE URGENCY FOR ACTING ON THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS SHARED
BY ALL OF US ON THE COUNCIL AND
THAT THERE'S SUCH STRONG SUPPORT
FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD IN
ADDITION TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, I WANT TO ALSO THANK
HER STAFF.
MY STAFF.
AND OF COURSE OUR FRIENDS AT THE
PUBLIC DEFENSE, DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC DEFENSE, AND ALL OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR
HARD WORK ON THIS LEGISLATION
INCLUDING THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF
MICHANCE.
IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO HONOR HIS LIFE WITH
THIS CRITICAL REFORM THAT
EXPRESSES OUR COMMITMENT TO ZERO
YOUTH DETENTION BY RECOGNIZING
THAT SOMETIMES AT THE FIRST
INTERACTIONS WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT, THOSE ARE THE
ACTIONS THAT OFTEN BEGIN THE
TYPES OF INTERACTIONS THAT CAN
RESULT IN DETENTION AND
DRAMATICALLY CHANGING PEOPLE'S
LIVES.
I ALSO WANT TO FINALLY, IN
CLOSING, JUST RECOGNIZE, I THINK
THIS IS COMMON SENSE OF AN
APPROACH.
IT IS COMMON SENSE TO WANT TO DO
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN IN OUR
CITY TO ENSURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE
NOT ONLY KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHTS
ARE, THEY UNDERSTAND THEM AND
THEY KNOW HOW TO ACT UPON THEM.
THIS IS JUST REALLY I THINK AN
IMPORTANT STEP THAT WE AS A
COUNCIL CAN TAKE TO SHOW THAT WE
NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE
IS A POWER ITEM BALANCE BETWEEN
YOUNG PEOPLE AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S
REASON FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO NOT
ALWAYS TRUST THOSE IN POWER,
PARTICULARLY THOSE IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
AND THAT WE WANT TO TAKE THIS
ACTION BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
TURNING YOUR GRIEF INTO AN
IMPORTANT BILL THAT WE'RE TAKING
UP TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THIS IS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
I WANT TO SAY REALLY QUICKLY
THANK YOU ALSO TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AS
ONE OF SEVERAL MOTHERS ON THIS
CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD BE JUST
COMPLETELY HORRIFIED IF I FOUND
OUT THAT MY OWN CHILD WAS
DETAINED AND QUESTIONED WITHOUT
LEGAL COUNSEL AVAILABLE.
SO I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR
US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ACKNOWLEDGE HOW, AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID, HOW
COMMON THIS APPROACH IS AND HOW
OVERDUE THIS LEGISLATION IS IN
TERMS OF PROVIDING THIS OBVIOUS
LEGAL PROTECTION TO YOUNG FOLKS
WHO DON'T YET APPRECIATE █THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THEIR RIGHT TO
REMAIN SILENT IN THE EVENT THAT
THEY ARE DETAINED.
AND THIS IS A STEP FORWARD IN
MAKING SURE THE POWER DYNAMIC
THAT EXISTS BETWEEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO LEGAL
SERVICES THAT COULD QUITE
LITERALLY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE IN JAIL OR LIBERTY
AT HOME.
I THINK THE ACTION IS SO
SIGNIFICANT AND I WAS PROUD TO
JOIN UP AS A COSPONSOR AND WE'LL
BE PROUDLY SUPPORTING THE
PASSAGE OF THIS COUNCIL BILL
HERE TODAY.
SO COLLEAGUES, JUST WANT TO GO
AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT DEBATE BY
HANDING IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WHO'S
GOING TO BRING IT HOME FOR US
BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANKS, EVERYBODY.
SO I DO JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
BROUGHT THIS FORWARD.
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CHOOSE 180,
CREATIVE JUSTICE, COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS, THE KING COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE.
I WANT TO THANK GREG WHO HAS
BEEN GUIDING US ALONG THE WAY
AND TAKING LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND
PROVIDING LOTS OF INFORMATION
FOR US AS WE PROCESS HOW TO
INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK THAT
WE'VE BEEN HEARING.
AND I DO WANT TO ALSO THANK MY
OWN STAFF WHO HAS SPENT HOURS
WORKING WITH PUBLIC DEFENDERS,
WITH COMMUNITY, TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE KEEPING OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE SAFE.
THANK YOU.
READY TO VOTE.
>> GREAT.
LET'S DO IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ,
I APOLOGIZE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DID YOU
WANT TO ADD ONE MORE BEFORE
VOTING ON IT?
>> I'M SORRY.
I DID NOT HEAR YOUR QUESTION.
>> DID YOU WANT TO ADD ONE MORE
SPONSOR TO THIS BILL BEFORE WE
VOTE ON IT?
>> OH, SORRY.
YES.
I UNDERSTOOD COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT WANTS TO ALSO CO-SPONSOR
THIS BILL SO SHE'S NOT HERE
TODAY.
SO IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, I'D LIKE
TO ADD HER, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
>> IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
JOIN YOU?
SORRY IF THAT'S OUT OF ORDER.
>> IT IS NOT OUT OF ORDER
BECAUSE WE'RE ADDRESSING THE
ISSUES RELATED TO ADDITIONAL
CO-SPONSORS FOR THE RECORD.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WILL BOTH
BE ADDED AS CO-SPONSORS FOR
PURPOSES OF THE LEGISLATIVE
RECORD.
MADAM CLERK, IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE YOU NEED ON THAT FRONT?
>> NO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO BACK NOW
TO CALLING THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
AGENDA ITEM 3.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM 3 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 3.
RESOLUTION 31963.
SUPPORTING THE GEORGE FLOYD
JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT OF 2020.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
31963.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU ARE
THE SPONSOR OF THE RESOLUTION
AND ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
SO RESOLUTION 31963 SIMPLY
VOICES OUR SUPPORT FOR THE
IMPORTANT NATIONAL EFFORT TO
PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN
POLICING ACT.
THAT'S FEDERAL BILL HR7120,
INTRODUCED BY CONGRESSMAN KAREN
BASS, DEMOCRAT FROM CALIFORNIA,
AND SUPPORTED BY SEATTLE'S
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION JAYAPAL
AND ADAM SMITH.
IF IT PASSED THAT U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES BUT HAS YET TO
ADVANCE IN THE U.S. SENATE.
THIS FEDERAL BILL ADDRESSES MANY
CONCERNS RAISED BY PROTESTERS
THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL
LAW SUCH AS THE NEED TO RESTRICT
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR POLICE
OFFICERS ACROSS THE NATION.
RESOLUTION 31963, WHICH URGES
IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF HR7120 BY
THE U.S. SENATE, WAS REVIEWED BY
OUR OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MALIK DAVIS ON
MY STAFF AND DAN ON CENTRAL
STAFF FOR WORKING ON THIS
RESOLUTION FOR US.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
BOTH FOR THOSE REMARKS AND
BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD
FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION?
HEARING NO COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION, I ONCE AGAIN WANT TO
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, AND YOUR OFFICE, FOR
BRINGING FORWARD THIS IMPORTANT
RESOLUTION.
OF COURSE THERE WAS A CALLER WHO
MENTIONED THAT PERHAPS IT
WOULDN'T BE WISE TO VOTE ON THIS
RESOLUTION SINCE IT'S CALLING
FOR FEDERAL ACTION.
BUT I DEFINITELY DO SUPPORT THAT
WE NEED TO HAVE ACTION AT ALL
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE POLICING
ISSUES BEING HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS
MOMENT OF RACIAL RECKONING
ACROSS THE NATION AND WHILE
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE
CAN CERTAINLY ACT ON HERE
LOCALLY, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
WE SHOULDN'T BE REQUESTING AND
COORDINATING WITH OUR FEDERAL
DELEGATION TO TAKE LEGISLATIVE
ACTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO
ALSO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM OF
POLICING FOR ALL AMERICANS,
INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN
SEATTLE.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT ON
THIS RESOLUTION AND LOOK FORWARD
TO VOTING IN SUPPORT OF IT.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES.
LOOKS LIKE NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SO WE'LL
GO AHEAD AND ASK THE CLERK TO
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
THE RESOLUTION.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
AGENDA ITEM 4.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
4 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 4.
COUNCIL BILL 119742.
VACATING PORTIONS OF THE ALLEYS
IN BLOCK 3, NORRIS ADDITION TO
WEST SEATTLE, IN THE WEST
EATTLE JUNCTION AND ACCEPTIA
PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT ON THE PETITION OF THE
WHITAKER, A CONDOMINIUM
ASSOCIATION, A WASHINGTON
NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119742.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU'RE
THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL AND ARE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COUNCIL BILL 119742
WOULD FINALIZE THE LOCATION OF
AN ALLEY ALREADY APPROVED FOR A
MIXED USE PROJECT IN WEST
SEATTLE.
IT'S BEEN BUILT ON SOUTHWEST
ALASKA STREET AND FAUNTLEROY
WAY.
THE ITEM WAS HEARD ON THE
TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE IN MARCH AND SDOT AND
CENTRAL STAFF CONFIRMED ALL
CONDITIONS INCLUDED IN THE STATE
VACATION APPROVAL HAVE BEEN MET.
THAT'S ALL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS BILL?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> BOY, MARCH 4TH, SO LONG AGO
WE HEARD THIS.
I, FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, WANT
TO CLARIFY THAT WE DID HAVE SOME
QUESTION DURING THE COMMITTEE
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE PROJECT
MET GUIDELINES AND BEST
PRACTICES WHEN IT CAME TO A
RIGHT HAND TURN ONLY OUT OF THE
ALLEY ON TO FAUNTLEROY AND THESE
CONDITIONS WERE RELATED TO THE
AGREEMENT FOR THE STREET
VACATION.
THE CONCERN WAS THAT THERE WAS
NO SIGN STATING THAT THE RIGHT
HAND TURN ONLY, SAID THERE WAS
AN ARROW ON THE ROADWAY IN
DOUBLE YELLOW LINES WHICH ARE OF
COURSE ILLEGAL TO CROSS ON
FAUNTLEROY.
AFTER COMMITTEE, STAFF REVIEWED
THIS AND FOLLOWED UP AND FOUND
THAT THE STREET IMPROVEMENT
PERMIT FOR THE WHITAKER AND THE
PROJECT AS BUILT DOES COMPLY
WITH THE CITY'S PERMITS AS WAS
MENTIONED.
A DOUBLE YELLOW LINE IS A
STANDARD ENGINEERING APPROACH TO
ADDRESSING LEFT HAND TURNS ON TO
TWO-WAY STREETS FROM DRIVEWAYS
AND ALLEYS, UNDERSTAND THERE WAS
SOME EXPECTATION THERE'D BE A
SIGN.
BUT THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF
THE VACATION DID NOT DICTATE AN
APPROACH TO THIS AND LEFT IT UP
TO THE ENGINEERS AND SDOT
DETERMINED THE BEST WAY TO
ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WAS
RAISED DURING THE COMMITTEE
DISCUSSION AND THAT RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO THE SIGNAGE ON
THE BUILDING ITSELF ON THE
NORTHEAST CORNER AND THAT THE
FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
DESIGN REVIEW BOARDS STATED THAT
THE SIGNAGE PLAN DID NOT ALLOW
THE USE OF A BACKLIT PLASTIC
BARRIER -- I'M SORRY, PLASTIC
BANNER SHAPED SIGNS.
IN FACT, THAT IS THE TYPE OF
SIGNAGE THAT'S ON THE BUILDING
RIGHT NOW.
SDCI AS A RESULT OF THIS HAS AN
OPEN CASE TO DETERMINE WHETHER
OR NOT A VIOLATION HAS OCCURRED.
THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE
STREET VACATION PERMIT AND
ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE IT BEING
BROUGHT UP WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF
THOSE DELIBERATIONS, SINCE IT
WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY PART OF THE
STREET IMPROVEMENT PERMIT, IT
WAS A DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
RECOMMENDATION.
THE FACT THAT THERE MAY BE A
VIOLATION DOES NOT IMPACT MY
VOTE ON APPROVING THE STREET
VACATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL?
HEARING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD
BEFORE WE VOTE?
>> NO, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE ITEM ON MY
BEHALF.
ITEM NUMBER 5, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 5 INTO
THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119844,
RELATING TO A PEDESTRIAN
SKYBRIDGE OVER AND ACROSS 6TH
AVENUE, NORTH OF PINE STREET,
AMENDING ORDINANCE 118631 TO
UPDATE INSURANCE AND BOND
REQUIREMENTS, AMENDING THE
ANNUAL FEE AND OTHER TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT,
RENEWING THE TERM OF THE PERMIT
TO MPH PACIFIC PLACE LLC,
PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE
PERMIT AND CONDITIONS AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN
PRIOR ACTS.
>> I'LL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 119844.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, THIS IS
ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR BILLS SO
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119844 WOULD
RENEW PERMISSION TO MAINTAIN THE
SKY BRIDGE.
SDOT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
OUR CENTRAL STAFF EXPRESS NO
CONCERNS WITH THIS RENEWAL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
CALL THE ROLL.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
I'D ASK THAT THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
ITEM 6.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM 6 INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119845.
GRANTING ONNI DEU LLC PERMISSION
TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND
OPERATE A BELOW-GRADE PRIVATE
THERMAL ENERGY EXCHANGE SYSTEM
UNDER AND ACROSS JOHN STREET,
EAST OF BOREN AVENUE AND WEST OF
FAIR VIEW AVENUE NORTH, FOR A
15-YEAR TERM, RENEWABLE FOR ONE
SUCCESSIVE 15-YEAR TERM,
SPECIFYING THE CONDITIONS UNDER
WHICH THIS PERMIT IS GRANTED,
AND PROVIDING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE
OF THE PERMIT AND CONDITIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
I'LL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119845.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU'RE
THE SPONSOR AND ARE RECOGNIZED
TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119845 WOULD
GRANT FINAL APPROVAL FOR A
UTILITY TUNNEL UNDER JOHN STREET
IN SOUTH LAKE UNION.
THE TUNNEL WOULD BE USED FOR A
HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM TO TRANSFER
HEAT BETWEEN AN OFFICE PROJECT
BEING DEVELOPED ON THE SITE OF
THE FORMER SEATTLE TIMES
BUILDING AND A RESIDENTIAL
PROJECT BEING DEVELOPED ON THE
BLOCK TO THE SOUTH.
LAST SEPTEMBER THE COUNCIL
GRANTED CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF
THIS TUNNEL.
ALL CONDITIONS INCLUDED IN THE
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL HAVE BEEN
MET OR WILL BE MET ONCE THE
TUNNEL IS BUILT.
SDOT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND
CENTRAL STAFF EXPRESSED NO
CONCERNS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
SEEING AND HEARING NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
ITEM NUMBER 7.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
7 INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119846,
GRANTING SMRE MARKETSIDE LLC
PERMISSION TO MAINTAIN AND
OPERATE A PEDESTRIAN SKYBRIDGE
OVER AND ACROSS POST ALLEY AT
THE NORTH MARGIN OF UNION STREET
FOR A 15-YEAR TERM, RENEWABLE
FOR ONE SUCCESSIVE 15-YEAR TERM,
SPECIFYING THE CONDITIONS UNDER
WHICH THIS PERM IS IT GRANTED,
PROVIDING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF
THE PERMIT AND CONDITIONS, AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN
PRIOR ACTS.
>> I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119846.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
THIS ITEM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER 119846 WOULD
RENEW PERMISSION TO MAINTAIN THE
SKYBRIDGE OVER POST ALLEY AT
UNION STREET AT THE SOUTH END OF
THE PIKE PLACE MARKET.
IT PROVIDES A CONNECTION BETWEEN
MARKETSIDE APARTMENTS AND FIRST
AVE.
SDOT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND OUR
CENTRAL STAFF EXPRESS NO
CONCERNS FOR THIS RENEWAL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF.
AGENDA ITEM 8.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLES OF ITEMS 8 THROUGH
14 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 8 THROUGH 14.
COUNCIL BILL 119850 RELATING TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
ACQUIRE, ACCEPT, AND RECORD ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE A
QUIT CLAIM DEED FROM KING
COUNTY,.
.
COUNCIL BILL 119851.
ACCEPTING VARIOUS DEEDS FOR
STREET OR ALLEY PURPOSES.
COUNCIL BILL 119852.
ACCEPTING 20 LIMITED PURPOSE
EASEMENTS FOR PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.
ACCEPTING STREET DEEDS FOR
STREET OR ALLEY PURPOSES.
COUNCIL BILL 119895.
ACCEPTING 20 LIMITED PURPOSES
EASEMENTS FOR PUBLIC SIDEWALKS,
WALKWAYS, ALLEY, BICYCLE, AND
BRIDGE PURPOSES.
ACCEPTING VARIOUS DEEDS FOR
STREETS OR ALLEY PURPOSES.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, FOR
READING THOSE ITEMS INTO THE
RECORD.
THE CLERK HAS READ ITEMS 8
THROUGH 14 INTO THE RECORD.
EACH BILL WILL BE MOVED FOR A
SEPARATE VOTE.
AND COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN IS
PREPARED TO ADDRESS ALL SEVEN
ITEMS AT ONCE AND ANSWER
QUESTIONS RELATED TO ALL SEVEN
IN ORDER TO HELP MOVE US THROUGH
THESE AGENDA ITEMS.
SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM 8.
I'LL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
11980.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, AS
SPONSOR OF THESE BILLS, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
ITEMS 8 THROUGH 14.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THE FIRST ONE, COUNCIL BILL
119850, ACCEPTS FOUR SMALL
PARCELS FROM KING COUNTY.
BOTH SDOT AND CENTRAL STAFF
RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF COUNCIL
BILL 119850.
FOR THE NEXT FEW ITEMS, COUNCIL
BILLS 119851 THROUGH 119856,
THESE ITEMS, 9 THROUGH 14 ON
TODAY'S AGENDA, ALLOW ME TO JUST
READ FROM THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO
WHICH SUMS IT UP PERFECTLY.
SO THESE COUNCIL BILLS ARE
PACKAGES OF PROPERTY DEEDS AND
EASEMENTS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY
AS A RESULT OF PERMITTING
DECISIONS ON PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITY, TYPICALLY THESE
TRANSACTIONS ARE BUNGLED INTO
LEGISLATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
AND TRANSMITTED TO COUNCIL ON A
ROLLING BASIS.
DUE TO THE REDUCED CITY COUNCIL
SCHEDULE DURING COVID-19, THESE
SIX COUNCIL BILLS HAVE BEEN
TRANSMITTED TOGETHER AND WOULD
AUTHORIZE SEVERAL PROPERTY
TRANSACTIONS AT ONCE.
SDOT AND CENTRAL STAFF RECOMMEND
APPROVAL OF THIS LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY
OF THE SEVEN ITEMS READ INTO THE
AGENDA?
HEARING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO GO
THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE.
IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS ON
ITEMS 8 THROUGH 14.
SO LAST CALL.
ANY COMMENTS ON ITEMS 8 THROUGH
14?
HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
119850.
[ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
I'D ASK THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION.
ITEM 9 HAS ALREADY BEEN READ
INTO THE RECORD.
SO I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 119851.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 HAS
ALREADY BEEN READ INTO THE
RECORD AND DESCRIBED.
SO I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 119852.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
AGENDA ITEM 11 LIKEWISE HAS BEEN
READ INTO THE RECORD AND
DESCRIBED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN SO I'LL MOVE TO PASS
COUNCIL BILL 119853.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
PASS THE BILL.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE WALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
I'D ASK THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION
ON MY BEHALF.
ITEM 12 HAS BEEN READ INTO THE
RECORD AND DESCRIBED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN SO I'LL
MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119854.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
AGENDA ITEM 13 HAS LIKEWISE BEEN
READ INTO THE RECORD AND
DESCRIBED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN SO I WILL MOVE TO PASS
COUNCIL BILL 119855.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [
[ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX THE
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
LAST PROPERTY AND EASEMENT BILL
HERE.
ITEM NUMBER 14.
AGAIN, THIS BILL HAS BEEN READ
INTO THE RECORD AND ALREADY
DESCRIBED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
SO I'LL PASS TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 19856.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE BILL, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ] SEVEN IN
FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
úWILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
AGENDA ITEM 15.
MADAM CLERK, THIS IS STILL IN MY
SCRIPT, BUT I BELIEVE IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> NOT AT THIS POINT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN IS
PREPARED TO MOVE THOUGH TO REFER
THIS ITEM.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
15 INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM 15, COUNCIL BILL
119857.
RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT, CLARIFYING THAT
RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE CITY
LIGHT DEPARTMENT OWNED HOUSING
IN THE DIABLO AND NEWHALEM
COMMUNITIES ARE SUBJECT TO THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT'S RATES
UNDER CHAPTER 21.49 AND 21.56 ON
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE,
AMENDING SECTION 21.56.030 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN
PRIOR ACTS.
>> I UNDERSTAND THIS BILL
REQUIRES ADDITIONAL ATTENTION
AND THERE'S A PROPEG PROPOSAL.
>> LOTS OF EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS TRYING TO GET
LEGISLATION THROUGH.
WE JUST PASSED A LOT OF
LEGISLATION.
THIS ONE I THINK WOULD BENEFIT
FROM BRIEF DISCUSSION IN
COMMITTEE.
I MOVE THAT COUNCIL BILL 119857
BE REFERRED TO THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
MOTION.
ARE THERE COMMENTS ON THE
COMMITTEE REFERRAL?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE COMMITTEE
REFERRAL?
>> CAN I GET A SECOND?
>> I SECOND.
>> MY SCRIPT DIDN'T CALL FOR A
SECOND SO I ASSUMED THAT THE
CITY CLERK DID THAT ACCURATELY
AND THAT THE MOTION DID NOT
REQUIRE A SECOND.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU CONFIRM
THAT IS ACCURATE?
>> IT CAN HAVE A SECOND BUT IF
IT DIDN'T HAVE A SECOND AND WE
MOVE FORWARD TO CALL THE VOTE,
IT WOULD BE JUST FINE.
>> THERE YOU GO.
WE WERE CHUGGING ALONG WITHOUT
THAT SECOND BECAUSE IT DIDN'T
SEEM TO BE NECESSARY.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
COMMITTEE REFERRAL?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] SEVEN IN
FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
BILL IS REFERRED TO THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES.
AGENDA ITEM 16.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
16 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 16, COUNCIL BILL
119859, RELATING TO TAXATION,
DELAYING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE HEATING OIL TAX ON HEATING
OIL SERVICE PROVIDERS UNDER
CHAPTER 5.47 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE, AND DELAYING THE
DATE OF THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT'S
FIRST ANNUAL HEATING OIL TAX
PROGRAM STATUS REPORT.
>> I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119859.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU ARE
THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL SO
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU.
YES.
COUNCIL BILL 119859 WOULD DELAY
FOR ONE YEAR, AS I MENTIONED
THIS MORNING, THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THE HEATING OIL TAX THAT WAS
ADOPTED IN 2019.
AS I SAID, THE INTENT OF THE
ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WAS TO TAX
HEATING OIL IN AN EFFORT TO
ACCELERATE THE RATE OF
CONVERSION FROM OIL HEAT TO
ELECTRIC HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS.
IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF
THIS TAX ON LOW INCOME AND
MIDDLE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS,
PARTICULARLY DURING COVID, OSC
IS PROPOSING WE DELAY
IMPLEMENTATION FOR ONE YEAR.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF
WHY THIS COULD BE COST
PROHIBITIVE FOR MANY FAMILIES,
WE KNOW THE AVERAGE COST TO
CONVERT OIL TO ELECTRIC HEAT AND
DECOMMISSION AN OIL TANK IS
ABOUT $13,000 PER TANK.
AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE
COST FOR CLEANUP IF THOSE TANKS
HAVE LEAKED UNDER SOMEBODY'S
HOME.
THAT CAN RUN $40,000, $50,000.
THIS IS REALLY -- ESPECIALLY
WHEN SOME OF THESE HOMES THAT
HAVE OIL HEATING ARE VERY OLD
AND THERE'S A HIGH LIKELIHOOD
THAT THESE TANKS COULD
POTENTIALLY LEAK OR BE DAMAGED
IN TRANSITION.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE A
PAUSE ON IMPLEMENTING THIS TAX
SO THAT WE SET UP SYSTEMS TO BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES BETTER.
THE MEMO THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED
INDICATED WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT
SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
POLLUTION LIABILITY INSURANCE
AGENCY.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT
WITH THE AMENDMENT.
BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
FAMILIES ARE GETTING ALL THE
ASSISTANCE THEY CAN WITH LOANS
OR GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD
THE COST OF MAKING THIS SWITCH,
AND UNTIL WE'VE GOT THOSE SET
UP, WE WANT TO PUSH BACK THE
START DATE OF THIS FOR A YEAR.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, FOR THAT DESCRIPTION OF
THE UNDERLYING BILL.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE AN
AMENDMENT AS YOU JUST ALLUDED
TO.
SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND
ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT FIRST AND
THEN WE'LL HAVE AN AMENDED
VERSION OF THE LEGISLATION
BEFORE US.
AND THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR
QUESTIONS ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED.
>> I MOVE THAT WE AMEND COUNCIL
BILL 119859.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT 1.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO ADDRESS AMENDMENT
1.
>> THANK YOU.
SO THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REQUEST
THAT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT PROVIDE A STATUS
REPORT TO COUNCIL BY JUNE OF
NEXT YEAR, JUNE 1ST, 2021,
REGARDING THE RULE MAKING FOR
THE POLLUTION LIABILITY
INSURANCE AGENCY'S NEW HEATING
OIL LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAM.
WE ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN
HOW THAT PROGRAM WILL AVOID
CREATING UNDO ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
ON LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME
HOMEOWNERS WITH OIL HEAT AND HOW
THIS CITY WILL IMPLEMENT THE
HEATING OIL TAX AND HOME
CONVERSION PROGRAM TO PROTECT
LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME HOMEOWNERS
FROM UNDO HARDSHIP.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORT SHOULD
INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF FEEDBACK
FROM KEY STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT
WHETHER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE TAX SHOULD BE SEPTEMBER 1ST,
2021 OR IF THERE SHOULD BE AN
ADDITIONAL DELAY AT THAT TIME
DUE TO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OR
THE STATUS OF COVID.
WHO KNOWS WHERE WE'LL BE NEXT
SUMMER, OR ANY OTHER FACTORS
THAT MIGHT BE IN PLAY AT THAT
TIME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 1?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 1.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
NOW WE HAVE AN AMENDED VERSION
OF THE BILL IN FRONT OF US.
SO ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
HEARING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, PLEASE.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO FOR A LITTLE BIT OF
HISTORY AROUND AMENDMENTS THAT I
OFFERED WHEN WE FIRST PASSED
THIS LEGISLATION LAST YEAR, LIKE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I WAS
VERY WORRIED THAT THE
LEGISLATION WOULD HAVE A
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SENIORS AND
LOW INCOME PEOPLE SINCE THEY'RE
MOST LIKELY TO HAVE THEIR HOMES
HEATED BY OIL.
SO I'VE PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT TO
ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND THEY
WERE SUPPOSED TO REPORT BACK TO
US ON THEIR IMPACT, THEIR
ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE
BILL ON SENIORS.
I ALSO PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT TO
DELAY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TAX
FROM JULY 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.
SO HERE WE ARE.
FURTHER DELAYING IMPLEMENTATION
AND STILL LASER FOCUSED ON
TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE ON
SENIORS AND LOW INCOME PEOPLE
WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE
THEIR HOMES HEATED BY OIL AND
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES' AMENDMENT IN BRINGING
THE LEGISLATION FORWARD SO WE
CAN ENSURE THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE
A STATUS UPDATE IN ADVANCE OF
SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2021.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE
COMMENTS, AND I ALSO APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES BRINGING
THIS FORWARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT TO MAKE SURE IN THIS
PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THE ECONOMY
IS SO UNCERTAIN, IT IS EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE ALL THE RELEVANT
INFORMATION BEFORE US TO
UNDERSTAND ANY DISPROPORTION
IMPACT IT MAY RESULT
UNINTENTIONALLY AND UNINTENDED
BY THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL BILL
WE PASSED LAST YEAR.
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT
FORWARD.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, ANYTHING
TO ADD?
>> I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D ASK
THAT THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL
AS AMENDED?
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
ITEM NUMBER 17.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
17 INTO THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 119847,
RELATING TO HISTORIC
PRESERVATION, IMPOSING CONTROLS
UPON THE CANTERBURY COURT, A
LANDMARK DESIGNATED BY THE
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119847.
IS THERE A SECOND?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU'RE
THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL AND
RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119847 IMPOSES
CONTROLS ON THE CANTERBURY
COURT.
THIS LEGISLATION ACKNOWLEDGES
THE DESIGNATE OF THE CANTERBURY
COURT AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK BY
THE PRESERVATION BOARD AND
IMPOSES CONTROLS.
THE CANTERBURY COURT IS A
TUDOR STYLE APARTMENT COMPLEX
SOUTH OF THE FUTURE LIGHT RAIL
STATION.
IT'S DESIGNATED BASED ON ITS
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS AND
THE CONTROLS IN THIS AGREEMENT
APPLY TO THE SITE AND THE
EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE BILL, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ] SEVEN IN
FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
AGENDA ITEM 18.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM 18 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 18.
COUNCIL BILL 119848, RELATING TO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION, IMPOSING
CONTROLS UPON THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON ENGINEERING ANNEX, A
LANDMARK DESIGNATED BY THE
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119848.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
THIS ITEM.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119848 IMPOSES
CONTROLS ON THE UW ENGINEERING
ANNEX.
THIS ACKNOWLEDGES THE
ENGINEERING ANNEX AS A
HISTORICAL LANDMARK AND IMPOSES
THE CONTROLS.
THIS ENGINEERING ANNEX WAS BUILT
IN 1909 AS PART OF THE ALASKA
YUKON EXPOSITION AND IS BEING
DESIGNATED BECAUSE OF ITS
ASSOCIATION WITH BOTH THE
EXPOSITION AND THE UNIVERSITY'S
HISTORY.
IT HAS VERY DISTINCTIVE VISUAL
CHARACTERISTICS AND SOMETHING
THAT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE IS
THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDINGS
BUILT FOR THE ALASKA YUKON
EXPOSITION WERE BUILT AS
TEMPORARY STRUCTURES SO THIS WAS
BUILT AS ONE OF THE FEW
PERMANENT STRUCTURES AND WAS THE
FIRST BOUNDARY THIS SIDE OF THE
MISSISSIPPI THAT THE PUBLIC
COULD VIEW.
THIS WAS BUILT AS A
DEMONSTRATION SITE WHERE FOLKS
COULD SEE HOW THE FOUNDRY WORKS,
HOW YOU SMELT METAL INTO TOOLS,
AND OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS THAT
THEY WERE USING IN ALASKA ON
THEIR WAY FOR THE GOLD RUSH.
THE CONTROLS APPLY ONLY TO THE
SITE AND EXTERIOR OF THE
BUILDING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE BILL, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ] SEVEN IN
FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
AGENDA ITEM 19.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
19 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 19, COUNCIL BILL
119849.
RELATING TO HISTORIC
PRESERVATION, IMPOSING CONTROLS
UPON THE ROY VUE APARTMENTS, A
LANDMARK DESIGNATED BY THE
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119849.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE
THE PRIME SPONSOR OF THE BILL
AND ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THIS LEGISLATION
ACKNOWLEDGES THE DESIGNATION OF
THE ROY VUE APARTMENTS AS AN
HISTORIC LANDMARK.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1924 IN CAPITOL
HILL.
IT ACTUALLY STILL HAS THE
ORIGINAL LANDSCAPING.
PETERSON, THE BUILDER, BUILT THE
BALLARD BRIDGE AND THE FIRST
PORTION OF THE KING COUNTY
COURTHOUSE, THE TWO LATER
EDITIONS ON TOP OF.
IT IS BEING DESIGNATED FOR ITS
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS A AS
COURTYARD APARTMENT AND AT THE
END OF THE ENGLISH GOTHIC
REVIVAL STYLE.
IT HAS AN OUTSTANDING WORK OF
THE DEVELOPERS.
AND THE BERGMAN BROTHERS TOOK A
LARGE PORTION OF THIS.
AND BECAUSE OF THE PROMINENCE OF
ITS NEIGHBORHOOD IS WHY IT'S
COMING BEFORE THE HISTORIC
DESIGNATION.
THE CONTROLS WOULD APPLY TO THE
SITE AND EXTERIOR OF THE
BUILDING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE BILL, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
I'D ASK THAT THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
ITEM NUMBER 20.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE, FOLKS.
ITEM NUMBER 20.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
20 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 20.
RESOLUTION 31964.
SPONSORING AND REQUESTING THE
ENTRANCE OF THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
INTO THE ASSOCIATION OF
WASHINGTON CITIES EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT TRUST.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
31964.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND S.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPTION THE RESOLUTION.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU'RE THE
PRIME SPONSOR OF THE RESOLUTION
AND ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I'LL BE BRIEF SINCE THIS LONG
AGENDA -- WE'RE GETTING SORT OF
CLOSE TO THE END HERE SO I DON'T
WANT TO KEEP US HERE ANY LONGER
THAN WE NEED TO BE.
SO SUFFICE TO SAY, THIS IS A
CRITICAL PART OF OUR PATIENT AND
OUR ONGOING REGIONAL EFFORTS TO
STAND UP OUR COUNTYWIDE FOCUS ON
COMBATTING THE CRISIS OF SO MANY
OF OUR NEIGHBORS LIVING
UNSHELTERED OUTSIDE.
HAPPY TO BRING THIS FORWARD AND
TO FURTHER FORMALIZE A LOT OF
THE RELATIONSHIPS FUNDAMENTAL TO
THAT SHARED ULTIMATE GOAL AND
WOULD URGE THE PASSAGE OF THIS
RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE RESOLUTION, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM 21 FOOT THE RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 31965.
DELEGATING TEMPORARY AUTHORITY
TO THE CITY CLERK TO SET THE
TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING ON
ANY APPEALS FROM THE REPORT,
FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATION, AND
DECISION OF THE HEARING EXAMINER
ON THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
NUMBER 6751 AND DIRECTING THAT
THE CITY CLERK PROVIDE ANY
REQUIRED NOTICE OF THE HEARING
IN THE MANNER REQUIRED BY LAW.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
31965.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS WITH US
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SPONSOR OF
THE RESOLUTION.
SHE'S GOING TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM
IN A FASHION THAT IS MUCH
MORE -- MUCH BETTER THAN THE WAY
I DID THIS MORNING.
SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE AND
HAND IT OVER TO HER TO ADDRESS
THIS ITEM.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
IN DEFENSE OF YOU, HOWEVER, THIS
HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MANY
YEARS.
SO YOU SHOULDN'T HOLD YOURSELF
NOT TO BE DOING A GREAT JOB.
ANYWAY, THIS IS A NECESSARY
PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND
REQUIRED BY LAW, THE COUNCIL MAY
NOT APPROVE THE FINAL ASSESSMENT
ROLE FOR THE WATERFORD LID, THE
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT,
WITHOUT REVIEWING AND DECIDING
UPON APPEALS OF THE HEARING
EXAMINER'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE
FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLE, AND I'LL
COME BACK TO THAT IN A MINUTE.
TEMPORARY AUTHORITY BY THE CITY
CLERK TO MEET THE DEADLINE TO
SET THE TIME AND PLACE FOR
APPEALS IN CASE THE DEADLINE
OCCURS DURING SUMMER RECESS,
AUGUST 24TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER
4TH.
APPEALS WILL BE REFERRED TO MY
COMMITTEE AND THIS RESOLUTION
STIPULATES THAT THE CLERK MUCH
SCHEDULE NO EARLIER THAN
SEPTEMBER 1ST TO ACCOMMODATE FOR
BUDGET PROCEEDING.
AS I SHARED, A LOCAL DISTRICT,
AND FUN FACT, LID NUMBER 6751,
WHICH THAT MEANS IT'S THE
6,751ST LID TO BE APPROVED OR
FOR US TO CONSIDER.
WE'VE BEEN DOING LIDS SINCE THE
EARLY 1900s.
W█E'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS LID
SEATTLE WATERFRONT FOR WELL OVER
THREE YEARS, WORKING WITH THE
SEATTLE WATERFRONT FOLKS AND
BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, CONDO
OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS,
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF WATER
FRONT FOR OVER FOUR YEARS WHICH
HAS BEEN GREAT.
IF YOU RECALL, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO,
I BELIEVE, WE HIRED A HEARING
EXAMINER TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT
AND CONCERNS THAT WOULD BE NOTED
ABOUT THIS TAX BEING IMPOSED.
WE WERE WORKING WITH LAW AND THE
EXECUTIVE TO ADJUST THE
TIMEFRAME AND CALCULATION OF
SUCH TAX.
WE HAD A REPORT FROM THE HEARING
EXAMINER LAST FALL AND WE EXPECT
ONE FINAL REPORT, THE FINAL
ASSESSMENT ROLE.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT REPORT
COMES IN LATE AUGUST TO LATE
SEPTEMBER.
SO BASICALLY THIS RESOLUTION IS
JUST A PROTECTION IN THE EVENT
THAT THE REPORT BY THE HEARING
EXAMINER IS FILED DURING THE
RECESS AND THIS WOULD GIVE THE
CLERK THE AUTHORITY TO -- AND
ERIC IS ON THE LINE TOO, I'M
GUESSING -- TO GO AHEAD AND HOLD
THIS UNTIL COUNCIL HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF TAX
REQUIRES NOTICE TO THOSE
AFFECTED AND THOSE WHO MAY WANT
TO APPEAL.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D
ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES, PASSAGE
OF RESOLUTION 31965.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, FOR THAT DESCRIPTION OF
THE RESOLUTION AND FOR YOUR
ONGOING WORK ON THE WATER FRONT
LID THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE.
ALSO WANT TO THANK THE HEARING
EXAMINER FOR ALL OF THE WORK
THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN RESPONSE
TO YOUR DIRECTION AND VISION ON
HOW TO STRUCTURE THE SUBSTANTIVE
AND APPEAL PROCESS ISSUES IN A
WAY THAT'S FAIR AND ACTUAL
EQUITABLE.
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THE
HEARING EXAMINER AND HIS STAFF
HAVE BEEN DOING.
LASTLY, WANT TO SAY THANKS TO
OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WHO IS
GOING TO BE PLAYING A ROLE NOW.
I'LL BE GLADLY JOINING YOU IN
SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I MAKE
AN INQUIRY, AND IF YOU WANT TO
NOTE THIS, THAT WE ARE STILL IN
A QUASI JUDICIAL PHASE THAT
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE TAKING
ANY KIND OF PERSONAL EMAILS OR
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC WHILE
THIS IS STILL UNDER THE GUIDANCE
AND JURISDICTION, IF YOU WILL,
OF THE HEARING EXAMINER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MADE COMMENTS TO THAT EFFECT
THIS MORNING AT COUNCIL BRIEFING
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE HERE IN OPEN PUBLIC SESSION
DURING OUR FULL COUNCIL,
APPRECIATE THAT REMINDER AND
ADMONITION TO COUNCILMEMBERS
RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR
QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE
ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION?
>> STRAUSS.
[ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
ITEM 22.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
22 INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM 22, APPOINTMENT 1591,
APPOINTMENT OF ALL, A ROND BAKER
AS MEMBER, COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION, FOR A TERM TO
DECEMBER 31, 2020.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
I WILL MOVE TO CONFIRM
APPOINTMENT 1591.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU ARE
THE SPONSOR OF THIS APPOINTMENT
AND ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THE ITEM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LA ROND BAKER IS APPOINTED BY
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
TO THE PUBLIC DEFENSE POSITION
LISTED AS A CATEGORY FOR THE CPC
TO APPOINT IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY
LEGISLATION ADOPTED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL IN 2017.
AGAIN, THE CPC IS AN APPOINTING
AUTHORITY AND THEY'RE REQUIRED
TO APPOINT TO SPECIFIC
CATEGORIES, CREATING SORT OF THE
FULL COMPLIMENT OF SKILLS THAT
WE ALL VALUE BEING REPRESENTED
ON THE CPC.
THE OTHER THREE POSITIONS THAT
THE CPC IS THE APPOINTMENT
AUTHORITY FOR ARE POSITIONS TO
THE CPC REPRESENTING CIVIL
LIBERTIES.
THE SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS
GUILD AND THE SEATTLE POLICE
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.
LA ROND BAKER'S BACKGROUND AND
QUALIFICATIONS TO FILL THIS
PUBLIC DEFENSE POSITION ARE
EXCEPTIONAL.
SHE WORKS AS SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR
LITIGATION AND POLICY AT THE
KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
DEFENSE.
THIS ROLE SHE SPEARHEADS DPD'S
INQUEST PROGRAM AND REPRESENTS
FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED
ONES TO POLICE VIOLENCE AND
REPRESENTS THEM IN INQUEST
PROCEEDINGS.
SHE HAS 10 YEARS OF CIVIL RIGHTS
AND CIVIL LIBERTIES LITIGATION
AND POLICY EXPERIENCE, HAVING
PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE GENERAL
CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT OF THE STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND
THE ACLU.
SHE'S ALSO SERVED AS COUNCIL IN
THE LANDMARK CASE AND WORKED ON
SUCCESSFUL VOTING RIGHTS AND
IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS CASES, CASES
FOR INMATES AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, FOR THOSE
COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THIS APPOINTMENT?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THIS APPOINTMENT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE LEGISLATION.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
ITEMS 23 AND 24.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS
23 AND 24 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 23 AND 24.
APPOINTMENT 1592 AND APPOINTMENT
1593.
APPOINTMENT OF JUDITH M. TOBIN
AS MEMBER, SEATTLE ETHICS AND
ELECTIONS COMMISSION FOR A TERM
TO DECEMBER 31, 2021.
APPOINTMENT OF HARDEEP SINGH
REKHI AS MEMBER, SEATTLE ETHICS
AND ELECTIONS COMMISSIONS, FOR A
TERM TO DECEMBER 31, 2022.
>> I MOVE TO CONFIRM
APPOINTMENTS 1592 AND 1593.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENTS.
I AM THE SPONSOR OF THESE
APPOINTMENTS AND WILL ADDRESS
THEM FIRST AND THEN OPEN THE
FLOOR TO ANY COMMENTS IF THERE
ARE ANY.
COLLEAGUES, TODAY BEFORE US ARE
THE APPOINTMENTS OF JUDY TOBIN
AND HARDEEP SINGH REKHI TO THE
SEATTLE ETHICS ELECTIONS
COMMISSIONS, THE INDEPENDENT
BODY AND AGENCY AT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
BOTH ENFORCING OUR ETHICS CODE,
NOT ONLY AS IT RELATES TO US AS
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ALL ELECTED
OFFICIALS AT THE CITY, AND ALSO
AS IT RELATES TO EMPLOYEES AT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND ALSO
DEALS WITH MANAGING THE
ELECTIONS COMPONENTS OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE ELECTIONS, EVERYTHING
FROM THE DEMOCRACY VOUCHER
PROGRAM TO OTHER ALLEGED
VIOLATIONS RELATED TO THE CITY'S
ELECTIONS CODE.
SO THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT COMMISSION THAT SERVES
AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION AT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
I MYSELF HAD HAD THE PLEASURE OF
SERVING ON THE SEATTLE ETHICS
AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION BEFORE
BECOMING A COUNCILMEMBER AND CAN
VALUE THE SIGNIFICANT AND
IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT
WE HAVE NOMINEES AND APPOINTEES
THAT ARE GOING TO SERVE THAT
ENTITY WELL BECAUSE IT IS SUCH
AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION.
JUDY IS A MAYORAL APPOINTMENT
AND BRINGS A LOT OF COMMUNITY
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE WITH HER.
SHE SERVED AS PUBLIC MEMBER ON
THE WASHINGTON STATE MEDICAL
QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMISSION AND
HAS SHARED IMPORTANT WORK ON THE
BOARDS OF THE MUSEUM AND KING
COUNTY VETERAN SENIORS AND HUMAN
SERVICES LEVEE AS WELL AS THE
SEATTLE CENTER ADVISORY
COMMISSION.
HER APPOINTMENT IS MADE BY THE
MAYOR AND HER TERM WOULD GO
THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST OF 2021.
HARDEEP IS A COUNCIL APPOINTMENT
AND HE SITS ON THE BOARD OF
WASHINGTON EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS
ASSOCIATION.
AND HE'S ALSO A FORMER BOARD
MEMBER OF ONE AMERICA, THE
WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR
JUSTICE, AND THE SOUTH ASIAN BAR
ASSOCIATION.
HARDEEP HAS BEEN SERVING ON THE
SEATTLE ETHICS AND ELECTION
COMMISSION FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS.
HE WAS SERVING THE SEATTLE
ETHICS AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION
AS A MAYORAL APPOINTEE AND THE
MAYOR CHOSE TO NOT RE-APPOINT
HIM, BUT WE HAVE ALSO HEARD FROM
OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE
SEATTLE ETHICS AND ELECTIONS
COMMISSION THAT HARDEEP HAS
SERVED VERY WELL ON THE SEATTLE
ETHICS AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION
AND, IN FACT, I THINK HIS LAST
ROLE WAS SERVING AS VICE CHAIR
OF THE SEATTLE ELECTIONS AND
ETHICS COMMISSION AND THERE'S
STRONG SUPPORT AMONGST THE
COMMISSION TO HAVE HARDEEP
CONTINUE IN HIS ROLE AS A MEMBER
OF THE SEATTLE ETHICS AND
ELECTIONS COMMISSION AND I HAVE
KNOWN HARDEEP FOR MANY YEARS AND
I BELIEVE HE IS A REASONABLE,
RATIONAL THINKER AND BRINGS AN
ADDITION TO MUCH NEEDED
DIVERSITY.
BRINGS WITH HIM A STRONG SET OF
LEGAL EXPERIENCE THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO BEING A FACT FINDER
AND AN ARBITER IN THESE
IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT COME
BEFORE THE SEATTLE ETHICS AND
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE.
SO THOSE ARE THE NOMINEES.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
OR HEAR ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THESE APPOINTMENTS.
ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF BOTH
APPOINTMENTS.
>> [ ROLL CALL ] SEVEN IN
FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
LAST ITEM OF BUSINESS ON OUR
AGENDA, COLLEAGUES.
IT'S ITEM 25.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM 25 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 25, APPOINTMENT
1602.
REAPPOINTMENT OF CHRIS MEFFORD
AS MEMBER, CITY LIGHT REVIEW
PANEL, FOR A TERM TO APRIL 11,
2023.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
I MOVE TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT
1602.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT.
YOU'RE THE SPONSOR OF THIS
APPOINTMENT AND ARE RECOGNIZED
IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A MAYORAL
REAPPOINTMENT OF ECONOMIST CHRIS
MEFFORD TO THE SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT REVIEW PANEL.
MR. MEFFORD FOUNDED HIS FIRM
COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTES IN 2005 AND
HAS HELPED MANY STAKEHOLDERS IN
THE CITY AND REGION BY
FORECASTING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
TO ASSIST WITH PLANNING.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
REGION ARE BLESSED TO HAVE A
PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITY
AND ONE THAT PRODUCES
ELECTRICITY THROUGH CLEAN
ENERGY.
AT THE SAME TIME OUR
RESPONSIBILITY IS MASSIVE WITH
ITS BUDGET EXCEEDING $1 BILLION
AND THE NEED TO SERVE 900,000
PEOPLE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK.
WE ARE FORTUNATE NO THAT PEOPLE
AS QUALIFIED AS MR. MEFFORD WANT
TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC
AND PROVIDE OVERSIGHT ON THIS
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENT?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE APPOINTMENT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
SEVEN IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> MOTION CARRIES.
AND THE APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED.
OTHER BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO
ADJOURNMENT.
COLLEAGUES, THIS DOES CONCLUDE
THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON TODAY'S
VERY LONG AGENDA.
THIS IS THE LAST CITY COUNCIL
MEETING BEFORE THE COUNCIL
RECESS WHICH DOES BEGIN ON
AUGUST 24TH AND ENDS ON LABOR
DAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH.
SO AGAIN, AS A REMINDER TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THERE
WILL BE NO CITY COUNCIL OR
COUNCIL BRIEFING MEETINGS OR
COMMITTEE MEETINGS OCCURRING
BETWEEN AUGUST 24TH, 2020
THROUGH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH THE
COUNCIL WILL BE OFF IN
OBSERVANCE OF LABOR DAY.
OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AT 2:00
P.M.
A REMINDER BECAUSE MONDAY IS A
HOLIDAY, OUR FULL COUNCIL AND
OUR COUNCIL BRIEFING SCHEDULE
SHIFTS TO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
8TH.
SO I DO HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU
HAVE A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO RECONVENING
AFTER OUR SHORT BUT VERY NEEDED
SUMMER RECESS.
SO WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU.
GOODBYE.