>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE
JANUARY 19, 2021 OF THE CITIES
THAT CITY COUNCIL COME TO ORDER
PICK I'M PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNCIL, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE??
JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT PICS?
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TEXT
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> DOESN'T.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> HERE.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
ú>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAME
CLERK.
WE WILL NOTE WHEN OUR NINTH
COUNCILMEMBER JOINS US.
SHE MAY ALREADY BE HERE.
OKAY.
SO, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE GOING TO
START OFF TODAY'S OPPORTUNITY
TO HEAR ABOUT A PROCLAMATION,
I'M SO SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE IT
PULLED UP, SO I NEED TO GET
THAT PULLED UP RIGHT AWAY HERE,
JUST A MINUTE.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I HAVE A
PROCLAMATION TODAY HONORING
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WEEK,
UNITY WEEK, THAT I WOULD LIKE
TO READ, AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO
OPEN THE FLOOR FOR COMMENTS ON
THE BEFORE SUSPENDING THE RULES
TO ALLOW OUR GUEST TO ACCEPT
THE PROCLAMATION.
SO, COLLEAGUES, REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS
JOINT PROCLAMATION THAT WILL BE
SIGNED BY ALL NINE
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND MAYOR
DORGAN.
AND THE PROCLAMATION READS AS
FOLLOWS, WHEREAS DR. KING WAS
CHAMPION FOR JUSTICE FOR THE
VOICELESS, AND FOR THOSE WHO
WERE REFUSED ACCESS TO THE
AMERICAN DREAM, AND WHEREAS HE
WAS A PREACHER, TEACHER, AND
RACIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZER WHO
CHALLENGED US TO MAKE AND
CREATE REALITY FOR ALL PEOPLE,
WHEREAS THE ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR
DAY HAS NEVER BEEN MORE
MEANINGFUL THAN THE YEAR
FOLLOWING GEORGE FLOYD MURDER
AND DELIVERING JOE BIDEN TO
THE WHITE HOUSE, WE ARE
COMPELLED TO EXAMINE OUR
COLLECTIVE FAILURE FOR
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AS A CITY
AN INSTITUTION, AND ITS IMPACT
ON THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OF
COLOR, WHEREAS EACH YEAR, THE
HOLIDAY HAS TYPICALLY BROUGHT
TO MEMBER TO BRING THE LIFE,
LEGACY FOR AFFABLE AND JUST
SOCIETY OF THE INCOMPARABLE DR.
KING, AND WHERE WE WILL MAKE
PAINFUL, PERSONAL SACRIFICES
AND DECISIONS FOR FAMILY,
NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS COMMUNITY
STAYING SAFE AT HOME.
WHEREAS WE WILL ALSO RECOGNIZE
LOCAL COMMUNAL LEADERS IN THE
CUTTING EDGE OF ANTIRACIST
MOVEMENTS, AND ACTIVISM IN THE
BLACK AND BROWN PUBLIC
SERVICES, PARTICULARLY BLACK
WOMEN, A LIFE BLOOD OF THE BODY
OF WORK.
WHEREAS WE ARE COMMITTED TO
RACIAL EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION WHILE ALSO HOLDING
THE GULLIBLE, AND CONTINUING TO
DO THE WORK, REQUIRED TO ADDRESS
ENDEMIC RACISM WHEN AND WHERE
IT EXISTS, AND WHEREAS MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. UNITY DAY IS AN
OCCASION FOR EACH BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT TO CARRY ON THE
TRADITION AND THE MOMENTUM OF
ANTIRACISM MOVEMENT AND SEATTLE
IS THE ONLY AUTHORITY COUNTY TO
BARRETT'S NAME AND WE FIND OUR
SOLEMN DUTY TO THE FIERCE
COMMITMENT DISMANTLING WHITE
SUPREMACY, NOR IS THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS PROUD TO OBSERVE AND
REMEMBER DR. KING'S LEGACY ,
EVEN IN THIS VIRTUAL
ENVIRONMENT, AND THEREFORE, THE
MAYOR AND THE SEATTLE SADDLE
COUNCIL PERP CAME TODAY TO BE
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR UNITY
DAY.
THANK YOU, HOLLY, FOR ALLOWING
ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THAT
INTO THE RECORD FOR TODAY.
I DO WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY
COMMENTS FROM ANY COUNCIL
MEMBER, BEFORE THE RULES ARE
SUBMITTED DID.
40 YOUR CITY EMPLOYEE TO ACCEPT
THIS ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY
WORKERS.
ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, THEN
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT FOR BRINGING FORWARD
THE SPARKLE MISSION TODAY.
THANKS TO THE CITY OF EMPLOYEE
MEMBERS, AND OUR COMMUNITY AT
LARGE.
AS WE GRAPPLE WITH THE LEGACY
OF DR. KING, AND ALTHOUGH HE
FOUGHT FOR, WE RECOGNIZE THAT
HE WASN'T JUST AN ICON FOR
PEACEFUL CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN
SOME CASES, HE WAS A RADICAL
THOUGHT PROVOCATEUR WHO
ENCOURAGED US TO FIGHT AGAINST
THE STATUS QUO, AND MANY OF THE
COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE REMEMBER
ON THE DAY OF MARTIN LUTHER
KING, LIKE TOO OFTEN WHITEWASH
WHAT HE STOOD FOR.
HE ENCOURAGED US TO PUSH
OURSELVES OUT OF OUR COMFORT
ZONE, BE RADICAL IN OUR
THINKING AND RADICAL FIGHT IS
NATURE, THE ACTUAL DEFINITION
NEEDS TO GET AT THE ROOT OF THE
PROBLEM, TO GET JUSTICES WHERE
THEY START, AND HE URGED US,
THROUGH HIS POOR PEOPLE'S
MOVEMENT, AND THE CAMPAIGN THAT
WAS LAUNCHING IN THE DAYS THAT
HE WAS ASSASSINATED, TO LOOK AT
POVERTY AND RACISM, THE ILLS OF
OUR SOCIETY THAT CONTINUE TO
PLAGUE GENERATION AFTER
GENERATION.
AND HERE WE ARE, DECADES LATER,
IN A CITY THAT IS STILL PLAGUED
BY THE RACIST ROOTS OF
COVENANTS THAT ARE PLAYING OUT
IN ZONING LAW.
WE STILL HAVE A CITY THAT HAS
LARGE NUMBERS OF BLACK AND
BROWN FOLKS GETTING PUSHED OUT
OF THE CITY, AND WE HAVE NOT
BUILT THE HOUSING THAT WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THAT MORE PEOPLE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS
AND STABILITY.
WE ARE IN A TIME WHERE THE
COVID PANDEMIC HAS RAVAGED
THROUGH OUR BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES, AT RISK, THE LIVES
AND HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, BECAUSE WE HAVE
INEQUITIES IN OUR HEALTH
SYSTEM, TO BEGIN WITH.
AND THOSE WHO WERE EXPOSED TO
COVID ON THE FRONT LINE, ARE
MORE LIKELY TO BE BLACK AND
BROWN.
AND WHAT COMES TO CREATING A
BETTER FUTURE FOR YOUNG
CHILDREN, BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH
ARE MORE LIKELY TO NOT BE ABLE
TO ACCESS THE HIGH-QUALITY,
EARLY LEARNING, AND CHILDCARE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE NEEDED,
IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THEY
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS.
THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF
HEALTH ARE ROOTED WITHIN THOSE
FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE, AND
WE KNOW THIS, AND YET WE HAVE,
IN MANY CASES, FILLED TO ACT IN
TERMS OF FUNDING AND POLICY
DECISIONS.
AND WE ARE WORKING TO CHANGE
THAT.
WE ARE NOT FIGHTING ON THESE
ISSUES INTIMATELY, BUT WE ARE
PUSHING FOR BOTH AGENDAS AND WE
HAVE SO MUCH FURTHER TO GO.
I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY
EMPLOYEES FOR EVERYTHING THEY
DO, EVERY DAY.
NOT ONLY FOR ENACTING THESE
BOLD POLICIES, BUT FOR BEING
THE TRUTH TELLERS ON THE FRONT
LINE, TO TELL US WHAT'S WORKING
AND WHAT'S NOT WORKING, AND IN
MANY CASES, PUTTING OURSELVES
IN HARMS WAY, DURING THIS
PANDEMIC TO CARE FOR OUR MOST
MOBILE.
ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THAT HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR
ACTION, RACIAL JUSTICE, AND
WRITING FOR EQUALITY FOR MANY
YEARS, YO ARE PART OF THE
MOVEMENT, PART OF THE LEGACY OF
DR. KING , AND I'M ZONE
CURRENTLY INSPIRED TO WORK WITH
YOU, AND TO FIGHT FOR ALL THAT
DR. KING STOOD FOR AND
CONTINUES TO FIGHT FOR THROUGH
THE WORK THAT HE HAS LEFT
BEHIND IN ALL OF THE MOVEMENTS
THAT WE SEE TODAY.
I'M HUMBLED TO WORK FOR YOU AT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, AND I
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK,
ESPECIALLY, IN LIGHT OF THE
HONOR OF DR. KING IN THIS
PROCLAMATION .
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES?
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL BE BRIEF.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
CELEBRATE THE CITY STAFF OF OUR
CITY WORKERS WHO ARE WORKING
REALLY HARD TO IMPLEMENT SOME
OF THE POLICY CHANGES THAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT.
AND REMEMBER THAT, AS WE
CELEBRATE, REVEREND DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING , I ALWAYS THINK
ABOUT" THAT HE SAID, SOMETHING
HE SAID WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING AT
STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN 1967,
WHERE HE DESCRIBES HOW
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE
PERISHING ON A LONELY ISLAND OF
POVERTY, IN THE MIDST OF A VAST
OCEAN OF MATERIAL PROSPERITY.
OUR COMMUNITIES HERE,
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HERE IN
SEATTLE ARE RESILIENT AND
STRONG, AND THEY ARE DRIVING
THE CHANGE THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
BUT, DR. KING SAID 50 YEARS AGO
, IT IS STILL TRUE TODAY.
SO, I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS
IN THE CITY, WHO ARE PUSHING US
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BARRIERS,
THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS THAT WE
STILL HAVE IN THE CITY, AND YOU
ARE HELPING TO IMPLEMENT THE
CHANGE THAT WE ARE SEEKING.
I WANT TO DRINK, PARTICULARLY,
THE BLACK WOMEN IN THE CITY WHO
ARE PUSHING, AND I WANT TO
THANK THE BLACK WOMEN ON MY
STAFF, LAKISHA FARMER AND
ALEXIS CARRILLO, WHO ARE REALLY
HELPING DRIVE OUR OFFICE, DRIVE
SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE
SEEKING IN OUR OFFICE IN
HELPING BRING THE VOICES OF
COMMUNITY INTO OUR OFFICE.
I WANT TO THINK EVERYBODY, AND
HONOR THE WORK THAT OUR CITY
STAFF ARE DOING, AND EAGER TO
FIX MY SIGNATURE TO THIS
PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS,
COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE.
I AM ALSO DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR
ALL OF THE WORK THAT OUR CITY
STAFF DUE TO HELP IMPLEMENT
MANY OF THE POLICY PRIORITIES
THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BY CITY
COUNCIL, BUT I ALSO WANT TO
DEEPLY THANK THEM FOR MANY OF
THE POLICIES THAT THEY HAVE
DRIVEN, IN TERMS OF CHANGES TO
HOW THE CITY COULD DO BETTER,
BY OUR BLACK AND BROWN
RESIDENTS AND WORKERS HERE IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, OUR CITY
WORKERS ARE ON THE FRONT LINES
EVERY DAY, PROVIDING BASIC
SERVICES TO SOME OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE PEOPLE, IN OUR CITY,
AND TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO NEED
THE MOST HELP, AND WHO RELY ON
CITY SERVICES THE MOST, SO I
REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF
THEM, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT I REMEMBER, IN 2016, WHEN
TRUMP WAS FIRST ELECTED, THE
AMOUNT OF PAIN AND ANGUISH THAT
WAS EXPERIENCED BY MANY OF OUR
CITY OF SEATTLE EMPLOYEES,
PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE FIELD
WHO WERE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
SUBJECTED TO RACIAL SLURS AND
OTHER HORRIFIC ACTS, AS THEY
WERE GOING ABOUT DOING THEIR
CITY WORK WITHIN OUR CITY, AND
THE COURAGE TO HAVE THEM SHARE
THOSE STORIES AND THOSE
EXPERIENCES WITH US, NOT JUST
FOR PURPOSES OF SHARING, BUT TO
UNDERSCORE WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US, AS LEADERS IN THE CITY,
TO CONTINUE TO TACKLE RACISM,
AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM I
THINK IS A VERY IMPORTANT, I
THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR
CITY EMPLOYEES, THAT WE
CONTINUE TO LIVE OUR VALUES,
AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUT
THOSE VALUES TO WORK FOR THEM,
AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE ALL
ARE WORKING IN SERVICE FOR.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND SUSPEND THE
RULES, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, COUNSEL RULES WILL
BE THAT ENDED ALLOWED NATALIE
HUNTER TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE
ACCEPTANCE REMARKS.
HEARING NO OBJECTION.
THE COUNSEL RULES ARE
SUSPENDED, AND NATALIE HUNTER,
I KNOW YOU ARE ON THE LINE, I
CAN SEE YOUR NAME ON THIS TILE.
WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AND
ARE WELCOME TO PROVIDE SOME
REMARKS TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, AND THEN THE VIEWING
PUBLIC.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, I WANT TO THANK
YOU ALL FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL
STATEMENTS THERE.
THEY REALLY DEEPLY TOUCHED MY
HEART IN A WAY THAT I CAN'T
EXPLAIN.
THE FOLKS FROM SOC ARE ASKED ME
TO ACCEPT THIS AND THINK ABOUT
IT FOR A BIT I SAID, OKAY, I
MIGHT AS WELL.
YOU KNOW?
MY TIME IS RUNNING OUT HERE AT
THE CITY, SO LET ME MAKE MY
MARKS.
IT'S NICE THAT YOU ARE
RECOGNIZING THE LEADERSHIP OF
BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN.
EVERYONE THAT WE HEAR ABOUT ARE
ALWAYS FROM THE OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE, EVEN THOUGH SEATTLE IS
RICH WITH BRILLIANT BLACK WOMEN
LEADERS WHO HAVE MADE
SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN THIS
WORK.
KATRINA JOHNSON IS LEADING THE
EFFORTS AND JUSTICE LILES,
BROWN, FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE LED
THE YOUTH AND INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
VIVIAN WAS ONE OF THE FOR
SEATTLE RIGHTS COMMISSIONS
DEPARTMENT HEADS.
THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
FROM SEATTLE OFFICE WITH
ORIGINAL TWO WOMEN THAT BROUGHT
THE RACIST SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK
TO SEATTLE, THE OTHER PEOPLE'S
INSTITUTE FOR SURVIVAL AND
BEYOND.
WE HAVE MARY FLOWERS, WHO WORKS
FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, WHO ALSO IS PART OF
THE PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE, AND IS
RUNNING THE VILLAGE OF HOPE.
DR. MARSHA IS FROM AFRICA
TOWN, A BIG MEMBER OF THAT, AND
ALSO AN EDUCATOR AND AUTHOR.
DR. SHARON KNIGHT, WHO
UNFORTUNATELY LEFT THE CITY,
WAS AN EARLY CHILD EDUCATION
STRATEGIC ADVISOR.
FROM THE NEWLY FORMED
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING, REALLY SAD THAT
WE LOST HER.
AND AKITA, THE ACTIVIST WORK
SHE IS DOING, AND THERE'S SO
MANY MORE I CAN'T NAME.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE ALSO HAS
MANY NOMINAL WOMEN WHO HAVE
MADE SEATTLE A BETTER PLACE TO
THRIVE IN FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND MANY HAVE BEEN AND ARE CITY
EMPLOYEES.
HEALTHCARE, JUDICIAL JUSTICE,
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,
EDUCATORS, WE HAVE IT ALL
CUDDLED COVERED.
THERE IS NOT ONE AREA BLACK
WOMEN HAVE NOT TOUCHED AND
CONTRIBUTED TO GREATLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY OF
SEATTLE CURATE THE ON THESE
BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN.
I WOULD LOVE TO WORK ON THAT
PROJECT.
FOR NOW, CAN BE OF AN
ELECTRONIC NATURE, MAYBE LATER
A VISUAL DISPLAY AT CITY HALL.
THIS RECLAMATION IS NICE BUT
SOON IT WILL SIT SOMEWHERE AND
BE LONG FORGOTTEN.
MORE HAS TO BE DONE TO CREATE A
PERMANENT IMAGE OF THE VALUE OF
BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN,
BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
JUNE WILL MARK MY 40th YEAR OF
IMPLEMENT WITH THE CITY, SO YOU
CAN IMAGINE I HAVE SEEN AND
EXPERIENCED A LOT OF CHANGE.
CURRENTLY THE CHANGE IS RAPIDLY
MOVING BACKWARDS FOR BLACK
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN AND MEN.
IT IS SO BAD THAT EMPLOYEES WHO
MAY HAVE HAD ONE OR TWO YEARS
UNTIL 30 HAVE LEFT, BECAUSE
THEY CAN NO LONGER TOLERATE HOW
THEY WERE BEING TREATED.
AS THE CITY OF SEATTLE
GENTRIFIED TRYING TO REMOVE THE
EXISTENCE OF THE IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, AND
OVERJOYED THAT WE HAD PEOPLE
WORKING TO CHANGE THE
NARRATIVE, SPECIFICALLY THE
NATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MUSEUM, AND AFRICA TOWN SEATTLE.
SORRY.
ALSO, TURNING TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, BLACK WOMEN AND MEN
STILL, SORRY, THIS IS MAKING ME
EMOTIONAL.
>> THAT IS OKAY, TAKE YOUR
TIME.
>> OKAY.
ALSO, TURNING TO THE THEATER OF
SEATTLE, BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN
WOMEN EMPLOYEES STILL CONTINUE
TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS OF
INEQUITY AND CAREER
ADVANCEMENT, PAY AN HARSH
TREATMENT.
NEWER AND YOUNGER GIFTED
EMPLOYEES ARE LEAVING AFTER
SHORT PERIODS OF TIME BECAUSE
OF THE WAY THEY ARE BEING
TREATED AND DEVALUED.
SOME WHO ARE NOT EVEN STAYING
AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO BE VESTED
IN CITY RETIREMENT, THIS HAS TO
BE CHANGED AND YOU WILL HAVE TO
BE A PART OF THAT CHANGE.
WHEN I LEAVE THE CITY, I WANT
YOU TO SHARE THAT THIS BETWEEN
A BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN
WOMAN IS STOPPED, AND THAT THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO, AND WANT TO BE
HERE AS LONG AS I HAVE.
THE CITY CAN BE A GREAT WAY, A
GREAT PLACE TO WORK AND IT'S A
PART OF MAKING THAT VIEW
REALIZE FOR EVERYONE THAT WORKS
HERE.
I'M HOPING THAT YOU'LL WANT TO
MEET WITH THE BLACK AFRICAN
AMERICAN WOMEN TO DISCUSS HOW
WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN, THANK
YOU.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE
BEAUTIFUL WORDS THAT YOU GUYS
HAVE SAID, THEY ARE VERY
TOUCHING, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NATALIE, FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR, YOU ARE ALMOST
40 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
I CAN IMAGINE HOW MUCH YOU HAVE
SEEN AND CONTINUE TO SEE AND I
REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT
SOCR'S NUDGING AN
ENCOURAGEMENT TO HAVE YOU SHOW
UP IN CITY COUNCIL TODAY, TO
ACCEPT THIS COMMISSION ON
BEHALF OF CITY WORKERS, AND I
THINK YOU HAVE DONE THEM
JUSTICE WITH YOUR WORDS, AND
HOW YOU HAVE SHOWN UP IN THIS
SETTING TODAY. AND I KNOW
SEVERAL OF US WOULD BE EAGER TO
MEET WITH YOU, AND OTHERS TO
TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE
TO DO RIGHT BY THE WORKERS WE
DEPEND ON, TO REALLY MAKE SURE
THAT OUR COMMUNITIES CAN THRIVE
AND REALLY, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF
ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE
DONE, AND ALL THE WORK THAT
EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY DOES
EVERY DAY, EVEN DURING, AND
ESPECIALLY DURING COVID. AND I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE SAID,
IS THAT MANY OF OUR CITY
EMPLOYEES ARE NOT JUST CITY
EMPLOYEES, THEY ARE ACTIVE
PARTICIPANTS OF OUR
COMMUNITIES, AND HAVE
EFFECTUATED A HUGE, DEEP AMOUNT
OF CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITIES,
IN PART, BECAUSE OF THE
KNOWLEDGE AND THE WORK, AND ME
ACCESS WE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN BY
BEING A CITY EMPLOYEE, AND I
THINK THAT IS A REALLY POWERFUL
, POWERFUL THING.
SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE,
AND FOR BEING WITH US, BEING
WITH US TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS?
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR NATALIE,
BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE TO HER?
THANK YOU, NATALIE, SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, TAKE CARE,
EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU, BYE.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE
NEXT ITEM HERE, WHICH IS
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
OKAY, THE MINUTES OF THE OH,
I'M SORRY, HOLD ON ONE MINUTE,
I'M SORRY, I'M SUPPOSED TO DO
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES FIRST,
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT BUT
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELECTRONIC
PURCHASE PATIENT MEETING, TO
BEING COMPLIANT WITH SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 402,
WHICH EXTENDS COMMISSION 20 TO
28 UNTIL THE COVID-19 STATE OF
EMERGENCY IS TERMINATED OR
PROCLAMATION 2020 IS RESCINDED
BY OR STATE WHAT IS A. TO
CONTINUE BUT IS BEATING
REMOTELY AND CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS, I MOVE, I WILL MOVE TO
SUSPEND THE COUNCIL RULES
PICKETERS NO OBJECTION, COUNSEL
RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO
ALLOW REMOTE MEETINGS AT
ELECTRONIC PURCHASE PATIENT AT
CITY COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE
MEETINGS UNTIL THE COVID-19
STATE OF EMERGENCY IS
TERMINATED OR PROPAGATION 20 -
28 IS RESCINDED BY THE GOVERNOR
OR STATE LEGISLATURE, WHICHEVER
OCCURS FIRST.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, COUNSEL
RULES ARE SUSPENDED, CITY
COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS
WILL BE HELD REMOTELY WITH
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DISPUTING
ELECTRONICALLY UNTIL THE COVID-
19 STATE OF EMERGENCY IS
TERMINATED.
OR PAUL COMMISSION 20 TO 28 WAS
RESCINDED BY THE GOVERNOR OR
STATE LEGISLATURE, WHICHEVER
OCCURS FIRST.
OKAY, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES,
THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING OF JANUARY 11th, 2020,
HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE BEING SIGNED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES?
ADOPTION OF THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION OF
REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION.
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
ADDENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
PUBLIC COMMENT, COLLEAGUES AT
THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
FOR ITEMS ON THE CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA, AND THE COUNCILS
PROGRAM.
I THINK THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR
PATIENCE AND COOPERATION AS WE
DO THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SYSTEM,
IT REMAINS A STRONG INTENT OF
THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY,
INCLUDED ON MEETING AGENDAS.
HOWEVER, AS A REMINDER, THE
CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO AND/OR LIMIT HIS PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AT ANY POINT IF
WE DEEM THE SYSTEM IS BEING
ABUSED OR IS NO LONGER SUITABLE
FOR ALLOWING MEETINGS TO BE
EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE.
I WILL MODERATE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS
MEETING IS 20 MINUTES, A NEW
SPEAKER WILL BE GIVING TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK. I WILL CALL
ANY SPEAKER BY NAME AND THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REST ON THE
COUNCILS WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED YET,
BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN SIGN
UP BEFORE THE END OF PUBLIC
COMMENT BY GOING TO THE
COUNCILS WEBSITE AT
SEATTLE.GOV/ COUNSEL.
THE COMMENT LINK IS ALSO LISTED
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE, AND THE
SPEAKER WILL HEAR AN AUTOMATIC
PROMPT OF, YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED.
THAT'LL BE THE SPEAKERS QUEUE
THAT THEY MUST PRESS STAR SIX,
AND THEN BEGIN SPEAKING.
PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
NAME, AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING, AS A REMINDER,
PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO
AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR, OR THE WORK PROGRAM.
IN ABOUT 10 SECONDS, THE
SPEAKER WILL HEAR A TIMES, THAT
TIME MEAN THAT YOU HAVE 10
SECONDS LEFT OF YOUR ALLOTTED
TWO MINUTE TIME TO ADDRESS THE
CITY COUNCIL.
WE ASK THAT YOU BEGIN WRAPPING
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS WHEN YOU
HEAR THE CHIME.
IF YOU DO NOT AND YOUR COMMENTS
AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME
PERIOD, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED FOR US TO CALL ON THE
NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU COMPLETED YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT, WE ASK YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND IF
YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING
THIS MEETING, YOU CAN DO SO ON
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE
OPTIONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN, AND WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
AGAIN, YOU WILL HEAR THE
PROMPT, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED,
THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO HIT á6 ON
YOUR END TO ALLOW US TO HEAR
YOU.
FIRST UP IS HOWARD GALE,
FOLLOWED BY CINDY INGLE.
>> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOWARD GALE, DISTRICT 7, FILLED
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT SEATTLE
OFFICER ERIC WHITEHEAD, PAID
WELL OVER $100,000 PER YEAR,
WHO REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO WEAR
A MASK IN HOSPITAL LAST WEEK.
OFFICER WHITEHEAD WAS ALSO ONE
OF THE SEATTLE OFFICERS WHO
FILED A CIVIL RIGHTS SUIT
AGAINST SEATTLE'S POLICE REFORM
PROCESS, CLAIMING THAT
RESTRICTIONS ON HIS ABILITY TO
USE FORCE CONSTITUTED A
VIOLATION OF HIS CIVIL RIGHTS.
SO WE NOW KNOW THAT OFFICER
WHITEHEAD, IN ADDITION TO
DISPLAYING A TOTAL DISREGARD
FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, ALSO HAS A
MORE GENERAL DISREGARD FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
BUT HOW COULD THINGS BE ANY
DIFFERENT, GIVEN OUR COMPLETE
FAILURE OF AN ACCOUNT ABILITY?
LAST FRIDAY, SEATTLE TIMES
NOTED IN RELATION TO THE MANY
MONTHS OF ABUSE COMMITTED BY
SEATTLE POLICE, THAT QUOTE, THE
ALLEGATIONS ARE POLICY
VIOLATIONS IN FIVE OF 22 CASES,
ONLY ONE OFFICER SO FAR HAS
BEEN DISCIPLINED WITH A WRITTEN
REPRIMAND.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THIS
MORNING DURING COUNSEL
BRIEFING, YOU STATED IN REGARDS
OFFICER WHITEHEAD, WE SHOULD
NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN
INVESTIGATION IN ORDER TO GET
CORRECTIVE ACTION DURING THE
HEALTH PANDEMIC.
DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD WAIT FOR
AN OP INVESTIGATION, ESPECIALLY
REPEATEDLY FAILED ONE, FOR
CORRECTIVE ACTION DURING A
POLICE VIOLENCE PANDEMIC?
DO YOU THINK IT SERVES ANY
MEASURE OF JUSTICE AND ACCOUNT
ABILITY THAT, GIVEN THAT WE ARE
NOW WELL PAST 180 DAY TIMELINE
FOR DISPUTING OFFICERS, THAT
VERY FEW, IF ANY OFFICERS WILL
FACE DISCIPLINE OR KIND ABILITY
FOR THEIR ABUSES OVER THE LAST
EIGHT MONTHS?
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE EXERCISING
THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS BE
IN, SEVERELY INJURED, AND
FALSELY ARRESTED, IT SHOULD BE
CLEAR THAT THEIR ABUSERS WILL
SEEK JUSTICE.
THE SMALLEST MEASURE OF JUSTICE
YOU CAN PROVIDE THEM NOW IS TO
RECOGNIZE THE FAILURE,
ACCOUNTABILITY AND A FULLY
CIVILIAN ICE SYSTEM UNDER
COMMUNITY CONTROL.
PUT MORE WORDS INTO WAR RATHER
THAN POPULATIONS, DRINK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT UP IS CINDY
DOMINGO, FOLLOWED BY DAVID
McCLANAHAN.
>> AND CINDY, IF YOU ARE WITH
US, YOU WILL HAVE TO HIT á6 TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> MY NAME IS CINDY DOMINGO.
I'M SPEAKING TO RESOLUTION
THREE 194. ON THE CHAIR OF U.S.
WOMEN COLLABORATION CHAIR OF
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONALLY FREEDOMS
ISSUES COMMITTEE, AND ALSO
RESIDENCE OF COUNCILMEMBER DAN
STRAUSS DISTRICT.
I WANT TO DRINK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR SPONSORING THIS
RESOLUTION, CALLING FOR U.S.
COLLABORATION AND BATTLING
COVID-19.
IT IS ENCOURAGING TO PEOPLE IN
CUBA AND ALL OVER THE UNITED
STATES TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
OTHERS ON THIS COUNSEL, B
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUR ROLE
AS POLICYMAKERS, AND THE
INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
DOMESTIC POLICIES, AND FOREIGN
POLICY.
IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN
THIS PERIOD, AS WE FACE SOME OF
THE DARKEST DAYS YET AND THIS
PANDEMIC, AND AS THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ARE DYING, AND WILL DIE
OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AS WE
HAVE SAID, A PANDEMIC IN NATURE
IS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON.
AND THIS REQUIRES A GLOBAL
RESPONSE WITH GLOBAL
COOPERATION, AND ALL THE FIELD
OF SCIENCE, RESEARCH, PUBLIC
HEALTH APPROACHES, AND
PREVENTIVE CARE. THIS IS
REQUIRED FOR THIS PANDEMIC, BUT
ALSO FOR FUTURE PANDEMICS, AND
DISEASES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY,
LIKE CANCER, HEART DISEASE, AND
DIABETES.
GLOBAL COOPERATION SHOULD BE
EMBODIED, SHOULD BE EMBEDDED IN
EVERY APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE,
BECAUSE IT WILL, IN THE END,
SAVE LIVES.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND POOR
COMMUNITIES.
CUBA HAS PROVEN ITSELF OVER AND
OVER AGAIN FOR 60 YEARS THAT IT
IS COMMITTED TO THE ISSUE OF
HEALTHCARE TO HUMAN RIGHTS.
I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE FOR THIS
RESOLUTION, AND JOIN THE OTHERS
PASSED IN THE RESOLUTIONS.
TOGETHER, WE WILL SAVE LIVES
AND AND INHUMANE U.S. BLOCKADE
AGAINST CUBA, AND ONE DAY SOON,
WE CAN TRAVEL TOGETHER AND
LEARN MORE ABOUT CUBA'S
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, AND HOW THEY
ORGANIZE THEIR SOCIETY TO DEAL
WITH THIS PANDEMIC.
>> THANK YOU, CINDY, FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY.
NEXT UP IS DAVID McCLANAHAN
FOLLOWED BY JOHN WALLER.
>> HI.
THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR PUTTING FORWARD
THIS RESOLUTION . 31 984,
SUPPORTING CUBA.
I AM DAVID McCLANAHAN WITH 25
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SEATTLE,
WORKING WITH THE UNDERSERVED AT
TAX MED, COUNTRY DR. AND
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES
COMMUNIY CLINICS.
I AM AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
SURGERY AT UW, WHERE I HAVE
HELPED TRAIN HUNDREDS OF
MEDICAL STUDENTS AND SURGICAL
RESIDENTS.
IN 2005, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SEND SPEND 10 DAYS IN CUBA
AS PART OF A U.S. MEDICAL
DELEGATION, LOOKING OUT ITS
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FROM TOP TO
BOTTOM, INCLUDING THE LARGEST
HOSPITALS TO THE LOCAL
RESIDENTIAL CLINICS.
WE ALSO VISITED THE ONE
AMERICAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,
THE LARGEST MEDICAL SCHOOL IN
THE WORLD, AND TO FREE MEDICAL
EDUCATION FOR 5000 STUDENTS
FROM ALL OVER THE PLANET.
MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS FROM
UNDERSERVED AREAS IN THE UNITED
STATES HAVE RECEIVED THIS DEEP
LEVEL EDUCATION, THEY WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE IN
OUR COUNTRY.
THE CUBA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS
VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE, AND
BRIGHTEST STATISTICS, MOST OF
WHICH ARE BETTER THAN OURS IN
THE U.S. A BIG REASON FOR THIS
IS, THERE IS NO NEED TO EXTRACT
FROM THIS PEOPLE FOCUSED
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
AND SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS
RESOLUTION THAT SEEKS THE
COLLABORATION, BETWEEN
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND
CUBA AND THE U.S., INCLUDING
RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH COVID-19
TREATMENTS, MEDICATIONS, AND
VACCINES.
THE ISLAND OF CUBA HAS MUCH
BETTER STATISTICS, IN TERMS OF
COVID-19, INFECTIONS, AND
MORTALITY THAN THE U.S..
ITS PLEDGE TO INTERNATIONALISM
HAS LED TO 40 TEAMS OF DOCTORS
AND NURSES WORKING 30
UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES AROUND
THE WORLD.
PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, IN
MEXICO, MORE THAN 500 DOCTORS
AND NURSES TO HELP MEXICO FIGHT
THIS PANDEMIC.
RECENTLY, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IN CUBA AS A
STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.
SO PLEASE SPONSOR THIS
RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY TO START
HELP US RECOVER OUR NATION'S
INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY, NEXT UP IS JOHN WALLER,
FOLLOWED BY KIRK ROBBINS.
JOHN, IF YOU ARE WITH US, YOU
WILL NEED TO HIT á6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
>> MY NAME IS JOHN WALLER.
I'M SPEAKING TO RESOLUTION
31984 ON MEDICAL COLLABORATION
WITH CUBA.
FIRST OFF, ON THE SECRETARY OF
THE SEATTLE CUBA FRIENDSHIP
COMMITTEE, AND ALSO FORMER
HEALTH CENTER MANAGER FOR
PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
IN CALIFORNIA AND IN SEATTLE.
I WANT TO STATE TO THE FINAL
SECTIONS OF THE RESOLUTION,
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THIS COUNSEL
TO DO.
THE FIRST IS ABOUT HELPING
DEVELOP MEDICAL COLLABORATION
IN SEATTLE. FIRST COLLABORATION
VIRTUALLY IS ALREADY HAPPENING
IN MINNEAPOLIS, THE UNIVERSITY
OF MINNESOTA AND CUBAN HEALTH
EXPERTS. ANOTHER ONE IS PLANNED
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SEATTLE
WITH ITS PRESTIGIOUS MEDICAL
CENTERS THE THIRD COLLABORATION.
SECTION 2, ASKS YOU TO JOIN US
IN APPEALING TO THE WASHINGTON
STATE LEGISLATURE, AND THE
GOVERNOR, TO ACTIVELY PURSUE
THIS.
THIS, AGAIN, HAS ALREADY BEEN
ATTEMPTED IN MINNESOTA AND
CALIFORNIA.
WE WOULD LIKE IT TO HAPPEN IN
WASHINGTON STATE AS WELL.
AND FINALLY, WE ASK YOU TO CALL
ON CONGRESS ADVISES
ADMINISTRATION, FURTHER THAN
THE PRESIDENT AND ECONOMIC
BLOCKADE OF CUBA, AFTER 60
YEARS.
ALSO, TO TAKE CUBA OFF THE LIST
OF COUNTRIES DESIGNATED AS
STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.
THIS WAS DONE BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, LITERALLY A FEW
DAYS AGO, AND IS PARTICULARLY
IRONIC THAT A COUNTRY WITH
HEALTH WORKERS AROUND FOR 60
YEARS, BEING LABELED TERRORISTS
BY A PRESIDENT WHO HIMSELF IS A
SPONSOR OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
I HOPE YOU PASS THIS RESOLUTION
UNANIMOUSLY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS KIRK ROBIN.
>> I AM KIRK ROBBINS, I LIVE IN
BALLARD, AND I'M IN DISTRICT 6,
I'M ALSO COMMENTING ON THE CUBA
RESOLUTION.
I AM SHOCKED THAT TAIWAN ISN'T
ON HERE.
I WANT IS ACTUALLY DOING THE
MEDICAL RESEARCH THAT HAVE BEEN
EXCLUDED FROM THE MEDICAL
RESEARCH COMMUNITY, BUT THE
ORGANIZATION LIKE THAT.
I'M ALSO APPALLED THAT PEOPLE
CAN DISCUSS THIS COUNTRY AS
THOUGH IT WERE, CUBA AS THOUGH
IT WERE A DEMOCRATIC FREE
COUNTRY.
WHAT YOU THINK POLICE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY LOOKS LIKE IN
CUBA?
WHAT YOU THINK THE HUMAN RIGHTS
IN GENERAL LOOK LIKE IN CUBA?
HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEND A
DELEGATION TO CUBA, WE ARE
GOING TO ASK THESE POINTED
QUESTIONS, WHAT ABOUT GENDER
EQUALITY?
WHAT ABOUT AMERICAN EQUALITY?
THERE IS NO AMERICAN EQUALITY
IN CUBA, TAIWAN NOW HAS IT.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY
SELECTIVE, SPECIAL INTEREST
FOREIGN POLICY, A RESOLUTION
YOU SHOULD PROBABLY STAY AWAY
FROM FOREIGN POLICY IN GENERAL.
YOU HAVE ENOUGH WORKLOAD TO DO.
SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND MAN
YOUR WORKLOAD AND STAND UP FOR
FREEDOM AND AGAINST TIERNEY,
THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, THAT IS THE LAST
PERSON WE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
CLOSE OUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD, SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN
ITEMS OF OTHER BUSINESS ON OUR
AGENDA.
OKAY, PAYMENT OF THE BILLS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE?
>> COUNSEL BILL 119988, CLAIMS
FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 4th,
2021 THROUGH JANUARY 8th, 2021,
ORDERING PAYMENT THEREOF.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, I
MOVED PAST COUNSEL BILL 119988,
IS THERE A SECOND?
MEXICAN.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED, ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE
>> LEWIS .
>> AYE.
>> MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA .
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN
>> SAWANT.
>> SAWANT YES.
>> SAWANT NINE IN FAVOR, AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
TERRIBLE SENATE, WILL CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MIGHT LARGELY DUE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY
BEHALF?
ITEM 1, WILL CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, RESOLUTION
THREE 194, HAULING FOR U.S.
KEEPING COLLABORATION TO SAVE
LIVES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
COVID-19.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
THREE 194, IS THERE A SECOND?
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ADOPT A RESOLUTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, I
UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE AN
AMENDMENT TO THIS RESOLUTION,
WOULD YOU, ACTUALLY, I THINK MY
SCRIPT IS A LITTLE OFF.
IT SAYS COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
HAS AN AMENDMENT, BUT I THINK
IT IS MOSQUEDA.
>> MADAM, PRESIDENT, IF IT
PLEASES THE PRESIDENT, MAYBE I
COULD SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENT ,
SORRY, SPEAK TO THE UNDERLYING
RESOLUTIO, THEN THERE'S TWO
MINUTES AND I COULD HAVE OUR
COLLEAGUES OUT WITH THOSE.
>>, GREAT.
OKAY, LOOKS LIKE I JUST MISREAD
MY SCRIPT HERE.
SO WHAT YOU GO AHEAD AND
ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING ITEM,
THEN WE WILL CONSIDER
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU MUCH, NOT A
PRESIDENT.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BRING
FORWARD RESOLUTION 3 194.
COLLEAGUES, AS MANY OF YOU HAVE
COMMENTED ON THE LAST FEW
WEEKS, BUT ESPECIALLY OVER THE
LAST YEAR, IN THIS TIME OF A
GLOBAL PANDEMIC, WE SHOULD BE
DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY
CAN TO CARE FOR THE LIVES AND
LIVELIHOODS.
OF NOT JUST THOSE IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, BUT RECOGNIZING
THAT THIS PANDEMIC IS AFFECTING
OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY.
THIS PANDEMIC RECOGNIZES THAT
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, SORRY,
THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES THAT
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ENGAGE IN GLOBAL COOPERATION,
AND ENGAGE WITH LEADERS IN THE
HEALTHCARE, TECHNOLOGY, AND
BOXING DISTRIBUTION AREAS, TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE CARING FOR OUR
GLOBAL HEALTH AND THE GLOBAL
HEALTH OF OUR POPULATION.
AS CINDY DOMINGO AND DAVID
McCLANAHAN SAID IN PUBLIC
COMMENT, AND TESTIMONY TODAY,
IT IS TIME FOR INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION AND SOLIDARITY IN
THE FACE OF THIS PANDEMIC, TO
SAVE LIVES.
THE U.S. HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER
OF COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS IN
THE WORLD.
ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR
DISEASE CONTROL, THERE HAVE
BEEN OVER 2 MILLION CONFIRMED
CASES, AND THIS MORNING, THE
NUMBER OF DEATHS, REPORTED BY
THE CDC, IS ALMOST AT 394,000
DEATHS, WITH CASES GROWING
EVERY DAY.
CONTRAST THAT WITH CUBA'S FREE
COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM, UNIFIED GOVERNMENTAL
APPROACH TO ADDRESSING COVID,
AND THE ROBUST
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY,
WHICH HAS ENABLED THE COUNTRY
TO EFFECTIVELY DEAL WITH COVID-
19 PANDEMIC.
CUBA HAS A RECORD OF SAVING
ABOUT 80% OF THEIR PATIENTS IN
CRITICAL AND SERIOUS
CONDITIONS, COMPARE THAT WITH
STATISTICS WORLDWIDE, WHERE
SOME 80% OF COVID PATIENTS IN
CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE DYING.
CUBA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
PROVIDING INTERNATIONAL MEADOW
GLADE, AND HEALTHCARE, TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY
IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, UNDER
THE BANNER THAT HEALTHCARE IS
OF CUBAN RATE.
THE CUBA HENRY REED
INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE WAS
DECISIVE, ON SIMILAR ISSUES OF
IMPORTANCE FOR THE GLOBAL
HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE HELPED THE FIGHT
AGAINST THE EVIL EPIDEMIC IN
WEST AFRICA, AND HAS STEPPED
FORWARD AND MANY OF THE
EPIDEMICS AROUND THE WORLD,
INCLUDING DENGUE FEVER, HIV-
AIDS, SWINE FLU, AND HEPATITIS.
WE ALL BENEFIT, WHEN CUBA AND
THE EXPERTISE, THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN
WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE
CRISIS THAT IS CROPPING UP IN
HEALTHCARE.
AND RIGHT NOW, OUR
COLLABORATION AND ORDINATION
WITH OUR PARTNERS IN CUBA IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
THE U.S. BLOCKADE HAS SEVERELY
RESTRICTED COLLABORATION ON
SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
, THAT INTERFERES WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SAVING LIVES IN
THE FACE OF THIS PANDEMIC.
THIS RESOLUTION FOLLOWS ON THE
2019 RESOLUTION THAT I ALSO
SPONSOR, WHERE SEATTLE BECAME
THE 12th CITY IN THE COUNTRY TO
CALL FOR AN END TO THE CUBA
EMBARGO.
THIS RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US
TODAY ENCOURAGES THE LOCAL
MEDICAL HEALTHCARE, SCIENTIFIC
EPIDEMIC, PHARMACEUTICAL
INSTITUTIONS TO ACTIVELY
EXPLORE COORDINATION AND
COLLABORATION WITH CUBA,
RECOGNIZING THAT THIS KIND OF
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESSES
LIKE SEATTLE, CUBA, HAS A
POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE HEALTH
OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION, AND
TO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL AND OUR
NATIONAL DELEGATION, TO HELP
ADDRESS THE HARMS CAUSED BY THE
EMBARGO.
A HUGE THANK YOU, AGAIN, TO
CINDY DOMINGO, CHAIR OF U.S.
WOMEN AND CUBA COLLABORATION,
AS WELL AS THE SEATTLE CUBA
COMMITTEE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP,
AND WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS
CITIES THAT HAVE CONSIDERED
SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS AND THEIR
WORK HERE TODAY, TO FIGHT FOR A
BETTER FUTURE, A HEALTHIER
FUTURE FOR ALL OF US IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, AND GLOBALLY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FRIENDS
IN CUBA.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A FEW
MINUTES TO THIS RESOLUTION, TO
IMPROVE IT, AND I THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, THE SPONSORS OF
THESE RESOLUTIONS.
MADAM PRESIDENT, I WILL GO
AHEAD AND MOVE ON THEM AND 1,
IF THAT SOUNDS OKAY TO YOU.
I MOVE AMENDMENT ONE TO
RESOLUTION 31984 AS PRESENTED .
>> OKAY.
THERE IS A MOTION TO MOVE
AMENDMENT 1, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT AMENDMENT 1. DID YOU
WANT TO FOR HIS OLD FURTHER
ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT?
>> VERY BRIEFLY, THANK YOU,
MADAM PRESIDENT.
AMENDMENT ONE MOVES THE MAYOR'S
CONCURRENT LINE, AS THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT TYPICAL
HE SIGNED ONTO BY THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, AND AS IT RELATES TO
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE THE TEAMS
WORKING ON REVIEWING ON THIS AS
WELL, BUT TO MAKE ANNIVERSARY
OF THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION
TO MAKE THIS A COUNSEL MEDIC
RESOLUTION.
>> OKAY, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR,
THIS AMENDMENT IS TECHNICAL IN
NATURE.
IT JUST SIMPLY REMOVES THE
MAYOR'S CONCURRENCE, IT'LL JUST
BE A COUNSEL RESOLUTION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT 1?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE.
>> I'M NOT SURE WHY COUNCIL
MEMBERS ARE SAYING THIS IS JUST
A TECHNICAL FIX. THE AMENDMENT
REMOVES A LINE STATING, AND THE
MAYOR CONCURRING, THE LINE IS
USED WHEN THE MAYOR AGREES TO
SIGN THE NAME TO A RESOLUTION
IN ADDITION TO THE COUNCIL, AND
TO BE CLEAR, RESOLUTIONS CAN BE
DONE WITH OR WITHOUT THE MAYOR,
AND OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR DOES
NOT AGREE TO SIGN THE
RESOLUTION, AGREE THAT SHE
SHOULD NOT PRETEND THAT SHE
DOES, OR GIVE A MISLEADING, SO
I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS
AMENDMENT AND REMOVE THE
MAYOR'S LINE.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO STATE FOR
THE RECORD, THAT IT IS SHAMEFUL
THAT MAYOR DURKAN WILL NOT AT
HER SUPPORT TO THIS RESOLUTION.
IS A RESOLUTION AS HAS BEEN
STATED URGENT HEALTH OFFICIALS
IN THE U.S. TO SAVE LIVES, AND
WORKING WITH THE DOCTORS AND
CUBA, WHO STATISTICALLY ARE SO
MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL IN
FIGHTING THE SPREAD OF COVID-
19.
I CANNOT COMPREHEND WHAT REASON
THERE WOULD BE FOR MAYOR DURKAN
TO NOT MOVE FURTHER WITH THIS
RESOLUTION.
WE KNOW WHY DONALD TRUMP WON'T
HAVE COOPERATION.
HE IS ABOUT TO, IT'S ABOUT TO
END, BUT HE WAS REACTIONARY
PRESIDENT, WHO BUILT HIS RIGHT-
WING BASE, AND CAN DO SO BY
ABOUT THE DANGEROUS FACTOR OF
SOCIALISM, AND ENGAGING IN NEW
SCARE.
MAYOR DURKAN SHOULD ACTUALLY BE
AWAY FROM THE XENOPHOBIA AND
REDBAITING.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE
STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO VOTE
DEMOCRATIC, AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, WHICH MAYOR DURKAN IS A
PART OF.
OVER THREE QUARTERS OF
DEMOCRATS WILL SUPPORT MEDICARE
FOR FOR ALL, BUT ESTABLISHED
DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS, AND ALSO
ESTABLISHED DEMOCRATS, AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL, LIKE MAYOR DURKAN,
REPRESENT THE PROFITEERS OF THE
SYSTEM, THE CORPORATIONS, TO
INFLATE THE COST OF LIFE-SAVING
MEDICATION, AND UNDERSTAFFED
NURSES AND DOCTORS IN FOR-
PROFIT HOSPITALS.
I WILL VOTE YES UNDER MOVING
MAYOR DURKAN'S SIGNATURE LINE,
BUT I HOPE EVERYONE WATCHING
TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING WILL
SEE THE ROLE OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, AND MEMBERS LIKE MAYOR
DURKAN, STANDING AGAINST
ANYTHING THAT ARE AHEAD OF
PROFIT, AND HEALTHCARE. AND I'M
SURE ALONG WITH BIG BUSINESSES
IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE
ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE LOOKING
FOR ANOTHER LOYAL
REPRESENTATIVE TO REPLACE MAYOR
DURKAN IN THE UPCOMING
ELECTIONS.
WORKING PEOPLE WILL NEED TO BE
ORGANIZED UNDER OUR OWN
STRENGTH, TO STAND AGAINST
CORPORATE CONTROL OF POLITICS,
HERE IN SEATTLE AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, TO DEFEND THE GAINS,
MOVEMENTS AND TO FIGHT FOR
GREATER REFORMS, LIKE MEDICARE
FOR ALL AND A MASSIVE GREEN NEW
DEAL PROGRAM NATIONALLY.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT
1?
>> JUAREZ?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES, MADAM CLERK, AND
YOU:COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ ONE
MORE TIME?
>> IS A MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> SAWANT.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> AMENDMENT 1 IS ADOPTED.
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A SECOND
AMENDMENT, SO I WILL MOVE TO
AMEND, I'M SORRY, I NEED TO
RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA WHO I UNDERSTAND HAS A
SECOND AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT, FOR THE PROCESS.
I WILL MOVE TO AMEND THE
RESOLUTION 31984, WITH
AMENDMENT 2, SPONSORED BY MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> Reporter: OKAY, ALL RIGHT,
IT'S BEEN MOVE AND SEGMENT TO
ADOPT AMENDMENT 2. COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA, DID YOU WANT
TO ADDRESS THIS OR DID YOU WANT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
PLEASE.
>> THANKS, I REQUEST ADDITIONAL
CHANGES TO AMENDMENT 2, AS I
MENTIONED AT BRIEFINGS THIS
MORNING, LAST WEEK, WE LEARNED
THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT
RETURNED CUBA TO THE VERY SHORT
LIST OF COUNTRIES, THAT ARE
STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM,
THIS PLAN TO DO SO WAS
DEVELOPED OUTSIDE OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT COUNTERTERRORISM
BUREAU, WHICH WOULD USUALLY
PLAY THE CENTRAL ROLE IN SUCH A
DECISION.
THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS THAT
ALTHOUGH THE SANCTIONS
TRIGGERED BY THE MOVE MIGHT BE
EQUITABLE, GIVEN THE SCALE OF
EXISTING AMERICAN PENALTIES, IT
COULD BE A DETERRENT FOR
BUSINESSES, AND IMPEDE
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, SUCH AS
THOSE THAT WOULD BE CALLED FOR
IN RESOLUTION 31984.
MY REACH OUT TO AN ADVOCATE FOR
THE RESOLUTION, WHO SUGGESTED
ADDING REVERSE THE RECENT STATE
DEPARTMENT DESIGNATION OF CUBA
AS A TERRORIST STATE, TO THE
RESOLUTION, AND MANY THANKS TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR
WORKING WITH MY OFFICE TO
INCLUDE THIS NEW LANGUAGE IN
THE AMENDMENT .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
DESCRIPTION, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON PROPOSED
AMENDMENT 2? HEARING NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 2?
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE
MOTION CARRIES AMENDMENT TO AS
ADOPTED, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS ON THE AMENDED
RESOLUTION?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I APPRECIATE MY, SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES TOOK THE TIME TO
CRAFT THIS RESOLUTION, AND NO
DISRESPECT IS MEANT HERE, BUT I
WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
PARTICULAR RESOLUTION.
I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY.
SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, AS AN
INDIVIDUAL, I FULLY SUPPORT
FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
CUBA.
BUT I'M NOT CURRENTLY ENOUGH
OF AN EXPERT ON INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS, CUBAN
PHARMACEUTICALS, OR OTHER ISSUES
EXPRESSED IN THE RESOLUTION, TO
VOTE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON
THIS OFFICIAL RESOLUTION FROM
SEATTLE.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF POLICIES
FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
THAT I AND MANY OF US WANT TO
REVERSE.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE
UNITED STATES COMPANIES HELP TO
DEVELOP THE FIRST COVID
VACCINES, OUR COUNTRY
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE A LOT
TO LEARN FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
AND HOW THEY HAVE ADDRESSED
THIS PANDEMIC.
OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDE TAIWAN,
NEW ZEALAND, VIETNAM, AND MANY
OTHERS.
BUT, FRANKLY, I'M CONFIDENT THE
NEW BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CAN
REACH THESE CONCLUSIONS,
WITHOUT THE ADVICE OF CITY
COUNCILS. I BELIEVE THAT MANY
RESOLUTIONS ADDRESSING
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ARE
SIMPLY OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF A
LEGISLATIVE BODY IN THE CITY
GOVERNMENT.
GOING FORWARD, I HOPE WE CAN
LIMIT THESE TYPES OF
RESOLUTIONS ON INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS.
AND FOCUS ON THE MANY
CHALLENGES FACING US HERE IN
SEATTLE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE CURRENT
ROLES OF THE CITY COUNCIL DON'T
ALLOW FOR EXTENSIONS AT FULL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR
RESOLUTIONS LIKE THIS, I WILL
BE VOTING NO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THINK YOU, PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
I WAS HAPPY TO COSPONSOR THIS
RESOLUTION AT THE REQUEST OF
THE NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM,
WHO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
MEDICARE FOR ALL SINGLE PARENT
HEALTHCARE FOR YEARS.
THANK YOU TO THE MEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S OFFICE FOR BRINGING
THE FORWARD.
AS A SOCIALIST, I BELIEVE THAT
GENUINE SOCIALISM WOULD GO AND
NEED TO GO BEYOND WHAT HAS BEEN
ACHIEVED IN CUBA. FOR EXAMPLE,
A FUNDAMENTAL NECESSITY FOR
SOCIALISM AND TO END THE POWER
OF THE CLAUSE, THE BILLIONAIRES
AND OTHER WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS,
THE ECONOMY WOULD NEED TO BE
DEMOCRATICALLY AND COLLECTIVELY
IN THE HANDS OF ORDINARY
WORKERS, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE
IN CUBA.
A SOCIALIST SOCIETY WOULD
INCLUDE THE MASS OF THE WORKING
CLASS, BEGINNING TO BUILD A
SOCIETY, FREE OF OPPRESSION.
ON 17th DECEMBER, 1970, TO 70
WEEKS AFTER FORMING THE WORLD'S
FORCED WORKERS DATE FOLLOWING
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, SOME OF
THE MOST PROGRESSIVE LAWS EVER
PASSED. RELIGIOUS MATTERS WERE
ABOLISHED, AND VERY EASILY
ACCESSIBLE DIVORCE WAS
LEGALIZED.
THE FOLLOWING MONTH, THE FAMILY
CODE WAS BROUGHT INTO LAW.
THE CODE ENSHRINED LEGAL
EQUALITY FOR WOMEN AND
ABOLISHED THE LEGITIMACY OF
THE, QUOTE UNQUOTE, THE
LEGITIMACY OF CHILDREN.
ALSO, SANCTION, POLICE SANCTION
ABORTION-RIGHTS.
AFTER THE RESOLUTION,
HOMOSEXUALITY WAS
DECRIMINALIZED, AND ALL ANTI-
GAY LAWS WERE REMOVED FROM THE
KERNEL CODE.
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO DECIDED
TO LIVE AS THE OPPOSITE GENDER,
FOLLOWING THE REVOLUTION, AND
BY 1926, BECAME LEGAL TO CHANGE
YOUR SEX.
INTERSECTS AND TRANS PEOPLE
RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE AND WERE
NOT DEMONIZED.
RESEARCH ON THESE ISSUES WERE
STATE-FUNDED, AND PERMISSION
WAS GRANTED TO PERFORM GENDER
REASSIGNMENT SURGERIES AT THE
REQUEST OF THE PATIENT.
WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND, ALL OF
THESE EVENTS HAPPENED DECADES,
DECADES BEFORE ANY OF THESE
RIGHTS WERE FULLY COMMUNAL,
FULLY ACCESSIBLE.
EVEN NOW, THEY AREN'T FULLY
ACCESSIBLE UNDER THE SYSTEM OF
CAPITALISM.
IN FACT, THE RIGHT THAT WE HAVE
ARE CONSTANTLY UNDER ATTACK.
LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO
ABORTION-RIGHTS, AND HOW WOMEN,
SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN
HAVE CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR
THOSE RIGHTS.
OF COURSE, THE LATER EVENTS IN
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION ALSO
SHOWED THAT SOCIALISM IN ONE
COUNTRY CANNOT SUCCEED, AND WE
NEED AN INTERNATIONALLY
ORGANIZED FIGHT BACK AGAINST
CAPITALISM, BECAUSE AS LONG AS
CAPITALISM EXISTS GLOBALLY, THE
WEALTHY WOULD DO EVERYTHING IN
THEIR POWER TO DESTROY
INDIVIDUAL EXAMPLES OF
SOCIALISM.
ALL THIS COMES ESPECIALLY CLEAR
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE LIMIT
CATASTROPHE.
THE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE CANNOT
BE ADDRESSED WITHOUT AN
INTERNATIONAL OVERHAUL OF
INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRY AND
TRANSPORTATION, TO END USE, AND
IT ALSO CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT
WORKERS GLOBALLY TAKING THE
CORPORATIONS INTO DEMOCRATIC
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, BECAUSE THE
CAPITALIST HAS SHOWN IT HAS NO
INCENTIVE TO MAKE THIS KIND OF
OVERHAUL.
HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT, THE
TRUTH ABOUT CUBA HAS BEEN
GREATLY DISTORTED BY CORPORATE
MEDIA, AND CORPORATE
POLITICIANS FOR DECADES.
IN FACT, THE U.S. STATE, UNDER
BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND PROVOKING
ADMINISTRATIONS, HAS
DELIBERATELY AND SYSTEMATICALLY
AND BLATANTLY OBSCURED THE
CRUCIAL SOCIALIST FUTURE
FEATURES OF CUBA THAT HAVE
SHOWN THEMSELVES TO BE
OVERWHELMINGLY SUPERIOR TO
WHAT'S POSSIBLE UNDER CAPITAL
IS IMPURE CUBA HAS A PLANNED
ECONOMY, RATHER THAN HAVING AN
ECONOMY CONTROLLED BY THE
CAPITALIST ELITE, AND THEY HAVE
HAD THAT BECAUSE OF THE
ADVANTAGE OF THE PLANNED
ECONOMY.
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SURVIVE
COVID, TERRIBLE HURRICANES AND
OTHER EMERGENCIES, FAR, FAR
BETTER COME IN NOT ONLY THEN
COMPARABLE CAPITALIST ECONOMIES
LIKE HAITI, WHICH IS ANOTHER
POOR COUNTRY, BUT ALSO THE
UNITED STATES, THE RICHEST
COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF
HUMANITY.
IN FACT, AS THE DATA INCLUDED
IN THIS RESOLUTION SHOWS, CUBA
HAS BEEN FAR, FAR MORE
SUCCESSFUL IN LIMITING THE
SPREAD OF COVID, THEN HAS THE
UNITED STATES, AND THAT IS
BECAUSE THEY INVEST IN THE
RESOURCES OF SOCIETY, INTO
PEOPLE'S HEALTH, RATHER THAN IN
THE PROFITS OF WALL STREET.
THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE
PRIVATE PROFITEERING HEALTHCARE
COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES,
TO ADDRESS THE COVID HEALTH
EMERGENCIES A CLEAR
DEMONSTRATION OF THE EMERGENCY
FOR SINGLE MEDICARE FOR OUR ALL
COVERAGE OF ALL MEDICAL NEEDS,
INCLUDING DENTAL AND GENDER
MEDICINE NEEDS, NOT TO MENTION,
FULLY SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.
I'M HAPPY TO VOTE YES ON AND
COSPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION,
URGING COOPERATION WITH CUBA,
TO FIGHT THE PANDEMIC.
LIKELY ACTIVISTS WITH
PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL
HEALTH PROGRAM, I SUPPORT
MEDICARE FOR ALL, AND I URGE
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS IN DC,
ESPECIALLY CONGRESS MEMBERS,
LIKE ALEXANDRIA CONSEIL CORTEZ
AND NEW MEMBERS, BUSH AND
BOWMAN, TO USE THEIR POSITIONS
IN THE POLITICAL COMING PERIOD.
OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS,
HOLDING THE NUMERICAL BALANCE
OF POWER IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, THIS MEANS
THEY CAN FORCE ISSUES LIKE
MEDICARE FOR ALL ONTO THE
TABLE.
CONGRESS NUMBERS ARE POSITIONED
TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF A
REAL FIGHT AGAINST THE
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT, IF
THEY CHOOSE TO.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION AS
AMENDED?
YOU WILL HAVE THE LAST WORD ON
THE AMENDMENT, JUST LOOKING FOR
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS.
ALL RIGHT, I'M NOT SEEING
ANYTHING.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU
GET THE LAST WORD, YOU GET TO
CLOSE OUT DEBATE ON THIS
RESOLUTION, SO WE CAN CALL IT
TO A FINAL.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION
IN FRONT OF US.
THIS IS TRULY A MATTER OF
MAKING SURE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
HAS ACCESS TO THE MOST HIGH
TECH INFORMATION, AND MOST
EFFECTIVE WAYS TO FIGHT COVID.
AND AS THE RESOLUTION NOTES,
CUBA IS ON THE FOREFRONT OF
COMING UP WITH THE TRAGEDIES,
NOT ONLY TO ENSURE THAT THERE
IS PROPER WAYS TO PROTECT
AGAINST COVID, BUT I THINK THAT
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THE
FOREFRONT FOR MAKING SURE THAT
WE CAN PROTECT AGAINST FUTURE
WAVES OF COVID AFFECTING OUR
GLOBAL COMMUNITY.
THE RESOLUTION NOTES THAT THE
DATA FROM U.S. DEATHS OF COVID,
ESPECIALLY HERE IN WASHINGTON
STATE, AND ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES, FOLLOWED FALL
DISPROPORTIONATELY ON BLACK,
LATINO, AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES, AND RECOGNIZING
THAT IT IS OUR COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR THAT ARE BEING HARDEST HIT
, AMONG THE POPULATION BEING
AFFECTED BY COVID, AND THE WAYS
IN WHICH THE CUBA HEALTHCARE
COMMUNITY HAS STOOD UP STRONG
DEFENSES AGAINST THE PANDEMIC.
I THINK THIS HAS A DIRECT
IMPACT ON, NOT ONLY THE HEALTH
OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION, BUT
THE HEALTH RIGHT HERE IN
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY ARE
HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST
PRESTIGIOUS RESEARCH TEACHING
AND MEDICAL TREATMENT CENTERS
IN THE COUNTRY, AND IN THE
WORLD.
AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
CONNOR PART IN CUBA, WE CAN SEE
AN EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE
TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.
AND WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS
REGION OF THE COUNTRY OR THE
WORLD, AND IDENTIFYING WAYS IN
WHICH WE CREATE SOLIDARITY
ACROSS BORDERS AND FIGHT AGAINST
COVID, HAND IN GLOVE, WITH OUR
PARTNERS IN PLACES LIKE CUBA.
THE WASHINGTON STATE LABOR
COUNCIL, AND THE LARA MARTIN
LUTHER KING COUNTY LABOR
COUNCIL HAS PASSED RESOLUTIONS
CALLING FOR COOPERATION WITH
CUBA, TO SAVE LIVES IN THE FACE
OF COVID.
THESE ARE OUR PARTNERS AND OUR
COLLEGE WRITER IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, WHO ARE AMONGST THE
MANY ASKING FOR US TO IDENTIFY
WAYS IN WHICH THE ADULT, KING
COUNTY, THE U.S., AND THE WORLD
CAN COME TOGETHER TO GREATLY
BENEFIT FROM SHARED
CORPORATIONS, AMONGST
INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNMENT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION
OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY, AND
KNOW THAT THERE IS MUCH MORE
THAT WE MUST DO TO TREAT
HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT,
NOT ONLY FROM HOME, BUT ALSO
GLOBALLY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU AS WE FIGHT AGAINST
THIS PANDEMIC, AND ENSURE MORE
EQUITABLE RECOVERY IN LONG-
TERM.
THANKS AGAIN TO OUR FRIENDS FROM
SEATTLE, CUBA, THE FRIENDSHIP
COMMITTEE, TO ALSO CINDY DOMINGO
, AND THE INCREDIBLE WORK SHE
DOES, AND PHYSICIANS FOR
NATIONAL HEALTH PLAN, AND SO
MANY OTHERS WORKING ON THIS.
I'M PROUD TO BE AMONG THE
CITIES THAT ARE ADVANCING
RESOLUTIONS.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED ON
THIS RESOLUTION.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDED
RESOLUTION 31984?
>> JUCEZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALE IS?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> NO.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> PRESENT GONDOLAS?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE FAVOR, WILL
THE COURT PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
ITEMS 2 THROUGH FIVE, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS TWO
THROUGH FIVE INTO THE RECORD?
>> SECTION ITEMS TWO THROUGH
FIVE, APPOINTMENT 1741, 317 44,
THE APPOINTMENT OF SCOTT JUST
FEEL AS MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNING
COUNCIL, FOR A TERM TO DECEMBER
31st, 2021.
JERILYN YOUNG, CASEY WONG, AND
PHILLIP SIT, GOVERNING COUNCIL
FROM DECEMBER 31st, 2022.
>> THANK YOU, I MOVED TO
CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS 1741
THROUGH 1744, IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AS THE
PRIME SPONSOR, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
THESE APPOINTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, THANK YOU,
COLLEAGUES.
THESE ARE THE FOUR APPOINTMENT
TO THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF
SEATTLE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THESE
FOUR APPOINTMENT ARE ALL BEING
MADE BY THE GOVERNING COUNCIL
THEMSELVES.
SCOTT IS A MEMBER OF THE
ALLSTATE AND VENUES PRACTICE YOU
, WHERE HE COVERS A BROAD RANGE
OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
MATTERS.
JERILYN YOUNG IS A PROJECT
MANAGER AT THE KOERNER
CORPORATION, WHO PREVIOUSLY
SERVED AS THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS AT THE WASHINGTON
ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDER
COMMUNITY SERVICES.
CASEY KWONG IS AN ASSOCIATE
PRINCIPAL AT METHUEN, WITH 30
YEARS OF ARCHITECTURAL
EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING THE ARENA
IN BALLARD.
LASTLY, PHILLIP SIT IS A POLICY
ADVISOR AT THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SOMEBODY
THAT WE ALL HERE AT COUNSEL
RELY HEAVILY UPON, AND HAS
PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE
WASHINGTON STATE COMMISSION ON
ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS,
I'M EXCITED, DELIGHTED, TO
BRING THESE FORWARD, AND I URGE
A YES VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THESE APPOINTED, WITH THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALE IS?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
PRESENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
POINTS ARE CONFIRMED.
ITEMS X AND SEVEN, LECLERC
PLEASE READ ITEMS SIX AND SEVEN
TO THE RECORD?
>>
>> AGENDA ITEM 6 AND SEVEN,
APPOINTMENT 1745 AND 1746,
APPOINTMENT OF STEPHANIE YOUNG
AS MEMBER OF PIKE PLACE MARKET
HIS LOCAL COMMISSION FOR A TERM
TO DECEMBER FIRST AT 2021 AND
AN APPOINTMENT OF GRACE LEONG
AS MEMBER OF PIKE PLACE MARKET
HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR TERM
TO DECEMBER 1st, 2022.
>> THANK YOU, I MOVED TO
CONFIRM APPOINTMNT 1745 AND
1746, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS
SPONSOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN
ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE
APPOINTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
AND, THESE ARE FOR THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET HISTORICAL
COMMISSION, STEPHANIE YOUNG HAS
EXPERIENCE WITH THE BOARD OF
FRIENDS OF THE MARKET.
GRACE LEONG IS A LICENSED
ARCHITECT WITH EXPERIENCE IN
CIVIC, RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND
EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING
FELLOW SQUARE.
SHE IS ALSO PART BOARD MEMBER
AT THE PIKE PLACE MARKET
CHILDCARE, IN PRESCHOOL, A
PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO
SEE EXPANDED AND RE-CREATED ALL
ACROSS OUR CITY.
I URGE YOU GAVE VOTE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS,
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENT?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE KIRK
PLEASE CALL ROLE?
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> MORALES?
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> PRESENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> NINE, NONE OPPOSED.
>> AGENDA ITEM 8, APPOINTMENT
1747, APPOINTMENT OF DAVID
MICHAEL MOEHRING AS MEMBER
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOR
A TERM MARCH 31st, 2022.
>> I MOVED TO CONFIRM
APPOINTMENT 1747, IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED TO THE
SECOND, TO CONFIRM THE
APPOINTMENT, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AS SPONSOR, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSEL PRESENT
COLLEAGUES, DAVID MOEHRING IS
AN ARCHITECT WITH MORE THAN 30
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND IS
CURRENTLY A CAPITAL PLANNER
FOR UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
DAVID IS BEING APPOINTED TO
FILL THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
OF A NON-CITY UTILITY POSITION
ON THE COMMISSION I HAVE HAD
THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH
DAVID ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
URBAN FORESTRY ISSUES, AND I'M
EXCITED TO BRING HIS
APPOINTMENT FORWARD TODAY ,
AGAIN, URGING A YES VOTE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ARE THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS
APPOINTMENT?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS,
PLEASE?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANTED TAKE A MOMENT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT DAVID IS A
CONSTITUENT IN DISTRICT 7 ON
THE MAGNOLIA NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF, GOOD
INTERACTIONS WITH HIM, AND KNOW
THAT HE IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE
COMMUNITY, SERVES ON THE
MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY COUNCIL, AND
IS JUST ALL AROUND, A GREAT
ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE
IN SEATTLE, AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO VOTING IN FAVOR OF HIS
APPOINTMENT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, ARE THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLE
ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> JUCEZ?
>> YEP.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALE IS?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> PRESENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> WOMEN IS CONFIRMED, LECLERC
PLEASE READ ITEM 9 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 9, APPOINTING
1748, REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID
YEAWORTH AS MEMBER OF HISTORIC
SEATTLE PRESERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNING
COUNCIL , FOR TERM TO NOVEMBER
30th, 2024.
>> I MOVED TO CONFIRM
APPOINTMENT 1748, IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE
MOVED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND HOLLY, DAVID HAWORTH WORKS
ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND
RELEASE HE SPENT 10 YEARS
WORKING HERE AT COUNSEL, AT
WORK COUNCILMEMBER SALLY CLARK
AND RICHARD COLEMAN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE 2006
SKETCHES FROM ALLIED ARTS OF
WHAT THE WATERFRONT COULD LOOK
LIKE, AT A TIME OR WE HAD THE
VIADUCT, YOU SHOULDN'T BE
SURPRISED THAT NEARLY, THESE
EARLY SKETCHES ARE NEARLY
IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE ARE
BUILDING TODAY ON THE
WATERFRONT, BECAUSE HE IS A
TRUE VISIONARY.
HE IS BEING REAPPOINTED TO THE
PDA, TO CONTINUE SERVING ON THE
HISTORIC SEATTLE OPENING
COUNSEL, AND I'M VERY HONORED TO
BRING FORWARD HIS REAPPOINTMENT
TODAY.
I URGE A YES VOTE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, ARE
THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE APPOINTMENT?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING IN
FAVOR OF DAVID'S CONFIRMATION
TODAY.
I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF
STARTING MY CAREER IN PUBLIC
SERVICE IN HIGH SCHOOL AS AN
INTERN FOR COUNCILMEMBER CLARK,
WHEN DAVID WAS MY SUPERVISOR.
SO OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THOSE
LESSONS HELD STRONGLY, AND I
CARRY THEM WITH ME TO THIS DAY.
AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
INFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE, AND HIS
INFORMATIVE MENTOR SHIP IN MY
ROLE NOW, AS A MEMBER OF THE
COUNCIL HIM AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO VOTING IN FAVOR OF HIS
CONFIRMATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
COMMENT, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> HEARING NONE, LECLERC PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> WAR IS?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALE IS?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> PRESENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE
MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM 10,
LECLERC PLEASE READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF ITEM 10 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> THE LAND-USE OF
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AGENDA
ITEM 10, COUNSEL BILL 119978,
FLOODPLAINS EXTENDING INTERIM
REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY
ORDINANCE 126113 FOR 12 MONTH,
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
CLERK COME A COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS, YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE AND TO PROVIDE
THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES, THIS
STATION EXTENDS FOR ONE YEAR
THE INTERIM REGULATIONS
REGARDING THE FLOODPLAINS OF
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THIS LAST
YEAR.
THESE REGULATIONS ARE REQUIRED
FOR THE CITY TO REMAIN IN
FEDERAL COMPLIANCE, AND FOR
PROPERTY OWNERS AND FLOODPLAIN
AREAS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE
USING FEMA FLOOD INSURANCE
PROGRAM.
THE INTERIM REGULATIONS WILL
ALLOW STC I TO FINALIZE PERMIT
REGULATIONS, WHICH ARE
CURRENTLY WORKING THEIR WAY
THROUGH THE OUTREACH PROCESS,
AND WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO
COUNSEL LATER THIS YEAR.
THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED TO
CONTACT EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY
OWNER IN THE FLOODPLAIN AREA,
WHICH HAS GROWN QUITE
SIGNIFICANT, DUE TO OUR CLIMATE
CRISIS.
AND THE CONTACTING EVERY
PROPERTY OWNER IS THE CAUSE FOR
DELAY TODAY.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE FINAL
AND PERMANENT REGULATIONS WILL
BE FOR COUNSEL BEFORE THE END
OF THIS YEAR.
TRICK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS FOR LEADING ON THESE
INTERIM FLOOD REGULATIONS FROM
OUR SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION.
AS A PERMANENT REGULATIONS,
THESE FLOOD REGULATIONS ARE
DEVELOPED, WILL RELY A LOT ON
EXPERTS AT SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES TO EVALUATE AREAS
PRONE TO FLOODING, AS A
REMINDER TO THE VIEWING PUBLIC,
THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW
REQUIRING ALL NEW LEGISLATION
TO BE EVALUATED THROUGH THE
LENS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SUCH AS
EMISSIONS AND ADAPTATION. THIS
PARTICULAR BILL WAS DRAFTED
PRIOR TO ADDING THAT ANALYSIS,
SO WHEN WE RECEIVED THE FINAL
REGULATIONS FOR REVIEW WITHIN
THE YEAR, I WILL LOOK FORWARD
TO THE NEW CLIMATE ANALYSIS
BEING APPLIED.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE FINAL
FLOOD REGULATIONS INCORPORATE
THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE, AND
KEEP OUR CITY RESILIENT, BY
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE,
SUCH AS RISING WATER LEVELS,
AND ADDITIONAL STORM EVENTS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE BUILD
INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE STANDARDS
NECESSARY TO WITHSTAND CLIMATE
CHANGE, CHALLENGES, AND WE
SHOULD USE THIS KNOWLEDGE TO
PREVENT NEW CONSTRUCTION OF
BUILDINGS, AND AREAS THAT WILL
BE FLOODED LATER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
HEARING NONE, LECLERC PLEASE
CALL ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> JUCEZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> PRESENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED
TO
>> THE BILL PASSES, WE PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
>> WILL LECLERC PLEASE READ
ITEMS 11 THROUGH 16 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> PART OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
AGENDA, ITEMS 11 THROUGH 16,
APPOINTMENT 1753, THROUGH 1756,
AND 1758 AND 1759, THE
APPOINTMENT OF ALINA SANTILLAN
AS MEMBER OF COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION FOR TERM TO DECEMBER
31st, 2022.
REAPPOINTMENTS OF, DAVID
MOEHRING, DOUGLAS E WAGNER,
AND COMMENT DECEMBER 31st, 2023,
RECOMMENDING THAT LIMITS BE
CONFIRMED?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, AS
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALINA SANTILLAN IS A COUNCIL
REAPPOINTMENT.
SHE WORKS AS THE DIRECTOR OF
RACIAL EQUITY FOR SEATTLE
CENTER , SUPPORTING THE SEATTLE
CENTER ORGANIZATIONS TO
STRENGTHEN THEIR RACIAL EQUITY
STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES.
SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT K EXP
93 AND SEVERAL ROLES, INCLUDING
ACUITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER.
A GRADUATE OF THE POLICE
ACADEMY AND HAVE VOLUNTEER FOR
A NUMBER OF NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING YOUTH
CARE, THE RE-NEAR VALLEY YOUTH
COURT, AND THE BLACK PRISONERS
CAUCUS AT KOLLAM BAY.
SUZETTE DICKERSON IS A MAYORAL
REAPPOINTMENT.
AND HAS A HISTORY OF WORKING IN
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.
SHE IS A SKILLED IN
TEAMBUILDING MANAGEMNT
LEADERSHIP, AND LABOR RELATIONS.
PRIOR TO HER CURRENT ROLE, SHE
WORKED AS BUSINESS
REPRESENTATIVE FOR LOCAL 117, A
STRONG PASSION FOR HELPING
OTHERS. AND IS DRIVEN BY EQUITY
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
THESE TWO COMPONENTS, SHE
FEELS, ARE A DRIVING FORCE FOR
HER WORKDAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AARON GOODMAN IS A MAYORAL
REAPPOINTMENT.
AARON HAS SERVED AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF DeSOTO BUSINESS,
BUT BUSINESS INTEREST IN THE
HEART OF SEATTLE'S INDUSTRIAL
COMMUNITY, SINCE ITS FOUNDING
IN 2014.
ROLE INCLUDES CULTIVATING
COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS,
BETWEEN BIA BUSINESS AND
PROPERTY OWNERS, ELECTION
FFICIALS, CITY OF SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT, AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
SHE HAS SERVED ON THE NORTH
PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND
CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE SOUTH
PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND
IS FOCUSED ON BUILDING BRIDGES
BETWEEN THE SOUTH PRECINCT AND
THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE.
DOUGLAS E. WAGONER IS A
REAPPOINTMENT, A BROAD RANGE OF
EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL, STATE, AND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING
YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION,
CULTURAL COMPETENCY, AND
COMEDIC ASIANS.
HE SERVED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
MEDICATIONS FOR THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
INFORMALLY SERVED AS COMEDIC
úASIANS LEAD AT THE OFFICE OF
HEALTH THE AND SAFE
COMMUNITIES, AND THE WASHINGTON
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
DOUGLAS HAS SERVED AS A
MITIGATION DIRECTOR FOR U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE LARSON, AND
DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY DIGITAL
MEDIA MANAGER FOR U.S. SENATOR
CANTWELL. AND IS, HAS DESIGNED
AND EXECUTED INDEPENDENT
PROJECT TO EVALUATE AND
IMPLEMENT THE ST. LOUIS YOUTH
VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN, IN
CONCERT WITH THE CITY OF ST.
LOUIS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND
MAYOR, AND THEIR MAYOR'S OFFICE.
DOUGLAS HAS ALSO FOUGHT TO
IMPLEMENT RESTORATIVE, AS AN
UNDERGRADUATE AT UC SANTA
BARBARA.
PRACHI VIPINCHANDRA IS A CBC
APPOINTMENT, CURRENTLY THE
POLICY AND ADVOCACY DIRECTOR AT
THE PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION
AT THE PDA, MANAGING THE LEGAL
WORK IN THE PROJECT, AND PDAS
POLICY WORK.
ALSO DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE
PDAS COALITION, BASED CRIMINAL
LEGAL WORK.
PRIOR TO JOINING THE PDA, A
STAFF ATTORNEY AT THE AMERICAN
CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF
WASHINGTON, AND THE SECOND
PROJECT, FOCUS ON REENTRY IN
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL REFORM, AND
SHE WORKED TO REDUCE THE
FAILURES COME OPPOSED BY
TERMINAL HISTORY, CRIMINAL
HISTORY THROUGH A COMBINATION
OF LITIGATION AND PAID ADVOCACY.
LET'S SEE HERE, LA ROND BAKER
IS A CBC REAPPOINTMENT.
LA ROND BAKER IS A SPECIAL
COUNSEL FOR AFFIRMATIVE
LITIGATION AND POSING AT THE
KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
DEFENSE, IN HER ROLE, SHE
SPEARHEADS DPD'S INQUEST
PROGRAM AND REPRESENTS FAMILIES
WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES, DUE
TO POLICE VIOLENCE, AND
REPRESENTS THEM IN PROCEEDINGS.
LA ROND BAKER HAS 10 YEARS OF
CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CIVIL
LIBERTIES LITIGATION AND POLICY
EXPERIENCE, HONED DURING HER
TIME AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.
THERE CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT, AND
ALSO THE WASHINGTON STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
DEFENSE.
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HER
WORK HAS INVOLVED THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM, AND POLICY
ISSUES, INCLUDING SERVING AS A
COUNCIL VERSUS DHSS, A
CHALLENGE TO PIERCE COUNTY JAIL
FAILURE TO PROVIDE RELIGIOUS
ACCOMMODATIONS TO MUSLIM
INMATES, A CHALLENGE TO PRIVATE
PRISONS PRACTICE OF PAYING
DETAINEE WORKERS $1 A DAY FOR
LABOR THAT KEPT THE PROPHET
PRISON OPERATIONAL, AND A
CHALLENGE TO THE PLACEMENT OF
PEACEFUL HUNGER STRIKERS IN
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AT THE
NORTHWEST DETENTION CENTER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THESE
APPOINTMENTS?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE APPOINTMENT, WILL PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> PRESENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
THANK YOU, MOTION CARRIES AND
YOUR POINTS ARE CONFIRMED.
OTHER BUSINESS, IS THERE ANY
OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
OKAY, HEARING NONE, COLLEAGUES
THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, OUR
NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AS MONDAY,
JANUARY 25th, 2021, AT 2:00 PM.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL HAVE A
WONDERFUL EVENING.
AND AFTERNOON.
WE ARE ADJOURNED, THANK YOU.