>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
WELCOME BACK.
"12th MEETING WILL NOW COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 2:00 P.M.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> SAWANT?
>> PRESENT.
>> HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
EIGHT PRESENT.
>> WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION
TODAY.
AS WE ALL ARE AWARE,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WAS NOT
ABLE TO BE WITH US THIS MORNING
BUT IS HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO STATE HER PREFERENCE AS IT
RELATES TO HER SIGNATURE ON
THIS PROCLAMATION.
I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IN ORDER
TO ALLOW HER TO SAY IN OPEN
SESSION WHETHER OR NOT SHE
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HER SIGNATURE
ADDED TO THE PROCLAMATION.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ, AND YES, PLEASE ADD
ME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET
THAT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
TODAY IS A PROCLAMATION FOR KIM
PHAM, FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER OF
NORTHWEST VIETNAMESE NEWS.
KIM RECENTLY PASSED ON MARCH
30th AND LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY
OF COMMUNITY BUILDING AND
DEDICATING HIS LIFE TO
VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
OF SEATTLE AND BEYOND.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND
THREE CHILDREN.
KIM PHAM FLED VIETNAM IN 1979
BY BOAT WITH HIS WIFE AND
DAUGHTER AND NEVER FORGOT TO
ADVOCATE FOR OTHER IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE COMMITTEES.
HE CONNECTED AND BRIDGED
GENERATIONS AND WAS A COMMUNITY
GIANT THROUGH A LONG LIFE OF
SERVICE AND PUBLISHING THE
LONGEST RUNNING VIETNAMESE
LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
KIM PHAM WAS TIRELESS IN HIS
WORK TO KEEP HIS COMMUNITY
INFORMED AND WAS ALSO AT
IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE
VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
AND LIVED TO SEE ANOTHER FAMILY
GET JUSTICE.
KIM WAS AN INSPIRATION AND
MENTOR TO MANY IN THE
VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY ACROSS
MANY GENERATIONS AND BEYOND.
HE SUPPORTED THE EFFORTS OF
OTHERS IN COMMUNITY BUILDING,
INCLUDING THE LAUNCH OF OTHER
ETHNIC MEDIA OUTLETS.
KIM WAS A STORYTELLER AND
TREMENDOUS ADVOCATE FOR SO
MANY.'S MEMOIR WILL BE PUBLISHED
. WE ARE JOINED THIS AFTERNOON
BY HIS SON TO RECEIVE THE
PROCLAMATION.
FINALLY, I'LL SHARE SOME OF HIS
WORDS AS SHARED BY LOCAL
JOURNALIST AND REMEMBERING KIM
PHAM.
QUOTE, SOMETIMES THERE ARE
THINGS WE FACE THAT ARE
INSURMOUNTABLE.
SOMETIMES DESPITE OUR BEST
EFFORTS WE BECOME DISPERSED
ANYWAY.
I DON'T WANT TO PASS THE BUCK
ON TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
SO, WE HAVE TO KEEP ON PUSHING
FOR MORE.
MY TWO WISHES ARE THAT WE HAVE
A STRONG VOICE SO THAT PEOPLE
KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE.
THAT WE ARE DEVOTED TO THIS
COUNTRY.
THIS PLACE IS OUR HOME.
MY OTHER WISHES THAT VIETNAMESE
WILL BROADEN THEIR VISION FOR
THEMSELVES.
PARENTS NEED TO TEACH THEIR
KIDS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A
VOICE AND OF CIVIC INVOLVEMENT.
THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST
BEING A DOG FOR SOFTWARE
ENGINEER OR JUST CHANGING JOBS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH THE TALENT
AND ENDURANCE TO BE COMMUNITY
AND POLITICAL LEADERS.
WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE THEM
BECAUSE WHEN WE TEACH PEOPLE TO
JUST ALLOW LIFE TO JUST HAPPEN
TO THEM IF THEY LOST AND A
WASTE.
WE NEED MORE REPRESENTATION.
BEAUTIFUL WORDS FOR US TO THINK
OF THIS AFTERNOON.
AS WE REFLECT ON THE LOSS OF
KIM PHAM, BUT ALSO CELEBRATE
THE LEGACY THAT HE HAS LEFT
BEHIND FOR US ALL HERE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
AS I MENTIONED IN COUNCIL
BRIEFING THIS MORNING, THIS
PROCLAMATION WAS WRITTEN IN
ENGLISH AND TRANSLATED INTO
VIETNAMESE.
ARE SIGNATURE WILL BE ADDED TO
BOTH VERSIONS AND PRESENTED TO
HIS SON WHO IS WITH US TODAY.
BEFORE WE DO HEAR FROM OUR
GUEST, I DO WANT TO ALLOW ANY
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WISH
TO MAKE COMMENTS AS IT RELATES
TO THIS PROCLAMATION
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE PROCLAMATION
FROM MY COLLEAGUES?
LOOKS LIKE THERE IS NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, SO I'M
GOING TO SUSPEND THE ROLES.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
ROLES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW
KIM PHAM'S SON TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE
REMARKS.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE ROLES
ARE SUSPENDED.
WE WANT TO WELCOME OUR GUEST,
MR. PHAM TO THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED HERE TO
ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND TO
MAKE REMARKS TO US AND THE
MEMBERS OF THE VIEWING PUBLIC.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS A FAIRLY UNUSUAL PLACE
FOR ME TODAY.
EVEN THOUGH MY FATHER RAN A
NEWSPAPER, HE NEVER LIKED TO BE
IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
I FILMED OVER 200 NEWS STORIES
WITH HIM IN A LANGUAGE I NEVER
REALLY UNDERSTOOD.
ONE OF MY DUTIES WAS TO MAKE
SURE THAT HE WAS ALWAYS OUTSIDE
OF THE FRAME.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE.
WHEN COVID HIT THIS PAST YEAR,
IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR THE
COMMUNITY, IN ADDITION TO THE
STRUGGLES THAT NEWSPAPERS HAVE
ONLY BEEN GOING WITH.
THERE ARE NO EVENTS TO COVER
BECAUSE ALL THE EVENTS ARE
CLOSED DOWN.
OUR ADVERTISERS WERE PRIMARILY
IN THE SERVICE SECTOR, WHICH
WAS HARDEST HIT BY THE PANDEMIC.
IT WAS REALLY TEMPTING FOR US
TO JUST RETIRE AND JUST CLOSE
DOWN.
MY DAD, HE WANTED TO KEEP GOING
DESPITE ALL OF THAT AND JUST,
NOT BECAUSE IT WAS HIS JOB, BUT
TO PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
EVEN AFTER HE HAD A HEART
ATTACK IN DECEMBER, LIKE THE
NEXT WEEK HE WAS RIGHT AT HIS
DESK AGAIN, STILL WORKING ON
THAT FRONT PAGE.
LIKE, HE KEPT DOING THAT,
RIGHT, AS LONG AS HE COULD
STILL STAND.
NOW, FOR HIM TO BE HONORED AFTER
ALL THAT WORK TRYING TO SERVE
THE COMMUNITY BY THE COMMUNITY,
IT'S REALLY AMAZING.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE WOULD HAVE
BEEN SURPRISED OR NOT, BUT I
DEFINITELY DON'T THINK THIS IS
SOMETHING HE WOULD HAVE EVER
EXPECTED.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HE WAS ALWAYS VERY HUMBLE AND
LOVED BEING IN THE BACKGROUND
WITH HIS CAMERA WHEREVER HE
WENT.
SO, I KNOW THAT HE NEVER REALLY
APPRECIATED THE LIMELIGHT, BUT
I AM REALLY HUMBLED TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE HIS
LEGACY AS SOMEONE WHO HIS
PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS TO THIS
COUNTRY, AND WHO WE GREW UP
SPEAKING SPANISH IN OUR HOME.
FOR ME, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEGENDS IN
OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITY, AND THE LEGACY THEY
LEAVE BEHIND.
MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU, AND
WITH ALL OF YOUR FAMILY AND
YOUR LOVED ONES AS YOU CONTINUE
TO BOTH MOURN, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY CELEBRATE THE
LEGACY OF YOUR FATHER.
HUGE, HUGE LEGACY THAT HE HAS
LEFT IN OUR REGION. I MENTIONED
THIS IN COUNCIL BRIEFING THIS
MORNING, BUT OF COURSE, IT IS
THE LARGEST VIETNAMESE NEWS
OUTLET OUTSIDE OF VIETNAM.
IT IS BECAUSE OF HIM AND ALL OF
YOUR TIRELESS WORK TO SERVE THE
VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY, THAT THAT
IS THE FACT AND THAT IS THE
CASE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY, MANY
YEARS OF ADDITIONAL
CONTRIBUTION FROM YOU ALL AND
OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO YOU
AND YOUR LOVED ONES.
IN THIS REALLY DIFFICULT MOMENT.
SO, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> OKAY.
COLLEAGUES, WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE WITH OTHER ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA.
THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF
THE MINUTES.
THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING OF APRIL 5th, 2021 HAVE
BEEN REVIEWED.
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE NOW BEING SIGNED.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES.
>>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECT IN
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA -- THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
>>> UP THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
>>> PUBLIC COMMENT.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR AND THE COUNCIL'S WORK
PROGRAM.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
THEIR ONGOING PATIENCE AND
COOPERATION AS WE CONTINUE TO
OPERATE THIS SYSTEM IN A REMOTE
FASHION.
IT DOES REMAIN THE STRONG
INTENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO
HAVE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
REGULARLY INCLUDED ON MEETING
AGENDAS.
THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO END OR ELIMINATE THESE
AT ANY POINT IF WE DEEM THE
SYSTEM IS ABUSED OR NO LONGER
SUITABLE FOR ALLOWING OUR
MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
HOW MODERATE THE PERIOD IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER.
THE MEETING PERIOD IS 20
MINUTES, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL
BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED ON IN
THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THE WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER USED FOR THIS
REGISTRATION, AND USING THE
MEETING PHONE NUMBER I.D.
AND PASSCODE THAT WAS EMAILED
TO THEM UPON CONFIRMATION.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
GENERAL MEETING LISTEN LINE
CALL IN INFORMATION.
AGAIN, I WILL CALL ON EACH
SPEAKER BY NAME, AND IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO,
YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END
OF PUBLIC COMMENT BY GOING TO
THE WEBSITE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND YOU
WILL HEAR AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT.
THAT WILL BE YOUR Q THAT IS
YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, BUT BEFORE
YOU SPEAK, YOU MUST PRESS STAR
SIX.
PLEASE AGAIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME, AND THE ITEM
YOU'RE ADDRESSING.
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT
SHOULD RELATE TO AN ITEM ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR OR THE COUNCIL'S WORK
PROGRAM.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME IN
10 SECONDS I LEFT.
ONCE YOU HEAR THAT, WE WOULD
ASK THAT YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP
YOUR COMMENTS.
IF YOU DON'T COME AT THE END OF
THE ALLOTTED TIME PROVIDED YOUR
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED IN
ORDER TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE
LINE.
IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, YOU CAN
DO SO IN OTHER WAYS.
OKAY, JUST AS A REMINDER AGAIN
FOR THOSE WHO ARE WAITING TO
GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU
APPEAR AS -- I'M GOING TO CALL
YOUR NAME IF YOU APPEAR AS NOT
PRESENT.
IF YOU ARE NOT PRESENT, YOU
NEED TO LOOK AT THE EMAIL
CONFIRMATION THAT YOU RECEIVED
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY AND
MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE CALLING
IN TO THE NUMBER THAT WAS
PROVIDED TO YOU, NOT TO THE
LISTENING LINE.
AND THAT YOUR CALLING IN WITH
THE EXACT PHONE NUMBER THAT YOU
REGISTERED WITH.
SO AGAIN, I WILL CALL YOUR NAME
, EVEN IF YOU ARE SHOWING AS
NOT PRESENT ON MY END.
IF I DO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE
REGISTERED, BUT NOT PRESENT,
THAT WILL BE YOUR CUE TO DOUBLE
CHECK THAT YOU ARE CALLING INTO
THE RIGHT NUMBER WITH THE
NUMBER THAT YOU REGISTERED
WITH.
SO, FIRST UP, HOWARD GAIL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOWARD GAIL, DISTRICT 7
SPEAKING ON CONTINUING POLICE
ABUSE AND FAILED
ACCOUNTABILITY.
VIRTUALLY ALL THE HORRIBLE ABUSE
MUTED OUT TO THE PUBLIC BY SPD
OFFICERS HAS NOW ESCAPED
ACCOUNTABILITY AS WE ARE WELL
PAST THE 180 DAY MARK FOR
INVESTIGATION AND DISCIPLINE.
THE NESN LEARNED BY THE SPD, IF
YOU ENGAGE IN THE ABUSE AND
MASSIVE INFRINGEMENT OF FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS, DO SO IN AN
OVERWHELMING MATTER WHICH SWAPS
WHATEVER TINY BIT OF
ACCOUNTABILITY THE SYSTEM EVEN
PRETEND TO AFFORD.
MORE THAN 10 MONTHS OF AFTER
THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD,
FOUR PEOPLE KILLED BY THE SPD
WITHIN 12 MONTHS, THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS CONSISTENTLY FAILED
TO DELIVER ON POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE ARE JUST DAYS AWAY FROM
MARKING THE ONE-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THEM SPD MURDER.
THE OPA HAS ALREADY ISSUED ITS
FINDINGS IN ONE CASE WITH THE
MURDER DIDN'T TO BE QUOTE,
WITHIN POLICY,".
ALL THE OVERSIGHT BODIES HAVE
FAILED TO EVEN SUGGEST CHANGES
OF POLICIES THAT CAN GUARANTEE
THESE ABUSES WILL NOT CONTINUE.
ONLY 100% CIVILIAN BUT
INVESTIGATIONS AND DISCIPLINE
CAN GUARANTEE COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THE COMPLETE LACK OF ACTION BY
THE COUNCIL, AND BY SEATTLE'S
POLICE OVERSIGHT BODIES
GUARANTEES MORE POLICE ABUSE IN
THE WEEKS TO COME AS BLACK
LIVES MATTER'S PROTESTS WILL
RESUME WITH THE CONCLUSION OF
THE GEORGE FLOYD MURDER TRIAL
AND THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS
MURDER JUST WEEKS AWAY.
THIS IS ON THE IMMEDIATE
HORIZON.
HOW CAN YOU IGNORE IT?
AS WE APPROACH THE ONE-YEAR
MARK, NOT TO REVERT ITS
PROMISES.
THE 50% OR ANY SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF THE FUNDING ONCE
PROMISED DELIMITS WEAPONS USED
BY THE SPD TO ABUSE US.
THE SEATTLE, 100% ACHIEVABLE BY
YOU NOW.
FULL CIVILIAN CONTROL OF POLICE
OVERSIGHT MOVING THE POLICE
INVESTIGATING POLICE AND A
FAILED AFTERTASTE SYSTEM.
IT IS HAPPENING IN NASHVILLE,
OAKLAND, OAKLAND, OREGON AND
OTHER U.S. CITIES.
ONE I HERE?
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
OR, GOOD AFTERNOON RATHER.
I'M CALLING FROM DISTRICT 4.
APPRECIATE YOU ALL -- I ALSO
SUPPORT POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
AND WANT TO STRESS DOING THAT
THROUGH THE BUDGET.
FIRST, I URGE COUNCIL TO SAY NO
TO $150,000 IN MORE FUNDING
FOR SPD THAT IS CONTAINED
WITHIN COUNCIL BILL 12 0029.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE MASSAGE
PARLOR OUTREACH PROJECT AND
OTHER ASIAN AMERICANS IN
SEATTLE WHO ARE ASKING FOR
INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY-BASED
SAFETY INITIATIVES.
I OPPOSE HATE CRIME LEGISLATION
AND THE EXPANSION OF FUNDING
FOR ANY NEW POSITIONS AT SPD.
AND I HATE CRIME BILLS THAT
COME WITH THE CONSEQUENCE OF
BOLSTERING WHITE SUPREMACY IN
POLICING, PUT OUR COMMUNITY
MORE AT RISK OF VIOLENCE.
SEATTLE CANNOT AFFORD TO EXPAND
SPD, BECAUSE SPD IS NOT ABLE TO
DELIVER COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THE ISSUE OF SPD FUNDING IS ONE
I HAVE CALLED ABOUT MANY TIMES
IN THE PAST.
I ALSO URGE YOU TO NOT REPAY
SPD FOR THEIR EXCESSIVE VIOLENT
USE OF OVERTIME LAST SUMMER.
COUNCIL BILL 1199 81 NEEDS TO
BE AMENDED TO HOLD SPD FULLY
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR $5.4
MILLION OVERSPEND.
ANYTHING LESS SIGNALS A
WILLINGNESS TO TOLERATE SPD'S
SILENCE AND IS NOT THE FULL
ACCOUNTABILITY TO WHICH WE NEED
YOU TO HOLD THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABLE.
THEIR CANNOT BE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT BUDGET
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE $5.4 MILLION OF OVERTIME
SPENDING NEEDS TO GO INSTEAD TO
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AS YOU
PROMISED IN DECEMBER.
LASTLY, WE NEED YOU TO APPROVE
A SPENDING PLAN FOR PRECIPITATE
FUNDING SO THOSE FUNDS CAN
START MOVING INTO COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
THE FUND SPD.
>> NEXTEP.
>> HI.
I HAVE CALLED THIS LINE MANY A
TIMES BECAUSE AS A BLACK WOMAN
I'M SO TIRED OF POLICE
CONTINUING TO ABUSE FOLKS.
I'M CALLING TO SAY NO TO THE
HUNDRED AND $50,000 THAT IS
SUPPOSED TO SPD.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE MASSAGE
PARLOR OUTREACH PROJECT AND
OTHER ASIAN AMERICANS OF
SEATTLE WHO ARE SEEKING FOR
ACTUAL INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY-
BASED SAFETY INITIATIVES AND
PPOSED TO THE HATE CRIME
LEGISLATION AND OPPOSED THE
EXPANSION OF FUNDING FOR ANY
NEW POSITIONS AT SPD.
THE MASSAGE PARLOR OUTREACH
PROJECT CALLING OUT THE BILL TO
ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR.
ANTI-HATE CRIME BILLS COME WITH
A CONSEQUENCE OF BOLSTERING
WHITE SUPREMACY IN POLICING
RATHER THAN OPPOSITE.
SEATTLE CANNOT AFFORD TO BEEN
SPD.
SPD HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO
PROVIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY.
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BLACK
LIVES MATTER SIGN IN YOUR LAWN,
YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO DO WHAT IS
RIGHT AND STOP FUNDING
INSTITUTIONS THAT FERTILIZES
FOLKS.
STRENGTH IN POLICING IS AT AN
ALL-TIME LOW AND FOR A GOOD
REASON.
THE PAST YEAR ALONE PROVES THAT
HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF
DOCUMENTED EXAMPLES OF VIOLENCE
TOWARD PEOPLE CITIZENS AND
SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THE
LAW IN SEATTLE AND NATIONALLY,
THE PUBLIC IS WELL-INFORMED BY
THE EVIDENCE OF OUR OWN EYES
AND OUR BODIES THAT POLICING IS
JUST NOT THE WAY.
WE NEED TO DEFUND THIS
INSTITUTION THAT CONTINUES TO
HARM FOLKS.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING JUST
YESTERDAY OUTSIDE OF
MINNEAPOLIS WHERE AGAIN, A 20-
YEAR-OLD MAN BLACK MAN WAS
KILLED BY THE HANDS OF THE
POLICE.
THE POLICE ARE NOT THE WAY FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE NEED TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY
BASIC NEEDS AND ACTUALLY
DEVELOP HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS
TO ACTUALLY HELP FOLKS.
I'M CALLING ALSO TO TELL THE
CITY COUNCIL TO STAND UP ON
YOUR WORD OF YOU SAYING YOU ARE
HERE FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY
AND PUT THAT $5.4 MILLION.
I RELINQUISH THE REST OF MY
TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS
DEBORAH.
I AM A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF
UPTOWN.
I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING
UPTOWN ALLIANCE, OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION THAT WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 1999.
WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT
OF RESOLUTION 32001, IN SUPPORT
OF THE CITY'S USE OF UPTOWN AS
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEN.
OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS
WE HAVE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR
UPTOWN'S RECOGNITION.
METRO D PLAYS UPTOWN.
URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK,
GUIDELINES, WE ARE ALL
DESIGNATED TO UPTOWN.
THE UPTOWN ARTS DISTRICT WAS
CREATED BY THE CITY IN 2017.
MARKETING AND BRANDING
GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED
THROUGH A COMMUNITY PROCESS.
ALL OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK
LEADING TO THE RESOLUTION IN
FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WE HOPE
TO SEE THE RETURN OF VISITORS
TO SEATTLE CENTER AND NEW FANS
AROUND -- NEW FANS FROM THE
ENTIRE REGION TO EVENTS.
TO REDUCE CONFUSION AND
UNNECESSARY -- IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, WE NEED HELP IN
UPDATING MAPPING, WAYFINDING,
AND LOCATION SERVICES SUCH AS
GOOGLE MAPS, UBER, LYFT, AND
EVENTUALLY THE SEATTLE CENTER
AND UPTOWN STATION.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE FRIENDS
WHO ARE SENTIMENTAL AND CALLING
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LOWER QUEEN
ANNE, AND THAT'S OKAY.
UPTOWN IS UPTOWN.
A GROWING URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
WITH ITS UNIQUE CHARACTER THAT
IS BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AS
WELL.
THANK YOU, AND PLEASE SUPPORT.
I DO APOLOGIZE IF I HAVE A
DUPLICATE REGISTRATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THAT'S OKAY, DEBORAH.
THANKS SO MUCH.
BETTER TO BE DUPLICATED BEEN
MISSED.
>> HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM ON THE CORE TEAM WITH THE
MASSAGE PARLOR OUTREACH PROJECT.
HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION, COUNCIL
BILL 120029.
WE HAVE SEEN THE AMENDMENTS
MOVING THE POSITION OF BIAS
CRIME PREVENTION FROM SPD TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THIS
POSITION, REGARDLESS OF
DEPARTMENT, SHOULD NOT REPORT
TO OR HAVE ANY AFFILIATION WITH
SPD.
HOW THIS POSITION FUNCTIONS
NEEDS TO CENTER AROUND THE MOST
MARGINALIZED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UNDOCUMENTED WORKING-CLASS AND
OTHERS.
IN FACT, UNTIL THE CITY IS ABLE
TO CLARIFY THE SELECTION, ROLES
AND AFFILIATIONS OF THIS
POSITION, WE ARE AGAINST THIS
ALLOCATION ENTIRELY.
IF THIS IS TO BE UNDER THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
THE FUNDING SHOULD STILL COME
FROM THE SPD BUDGET, NOT THE
GENERAL FUND.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE HAS BEEN NO
FORMAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
THE CITY COUNCIL AND MY GROUP,
DESPITE A PRESENTATION ON APRIL
6th IN THE FINANCING AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE PLANNING
COOPERATION.
WE DEMAND THAT YOU RETRACT THIS
CLAIM AND PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY
ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
IDEAS.
LISTEN TO OUR DEMANDS AND
NEEDS.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK.
PAYMENT THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, I'M A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT 3. I'M CALLING TO
OPPOSE 120029, WHICH WOULD
PROVIDE SPD WITH $150,000
FUNDING FOR A NEW POSITION.
IT WOULD ALSO ADD A PAID
POSITION TO THE OFFICE OF
EMPLOYEE BUDS WHICH WOULD
IMPLEMENT THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE
ORDER THAT SUGGESTS EXPANSION
OF MISDEMEANOR PROSECUTION WITH
REGARDS TO HATE CRIMES.
THIS GIVES PROSECUTORS A WAY TO
ENHANCE SENTENCING AND WILL
LIKELY BE USED AGAINST US AND
COMMITTEES THAT ALREADY
EXPERIENCE THE MOST POLICING
AND CRIMINALIZATION.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS
HAS A DETERRENT EFFECT AND IT'S
BEEN CONTINUOUSLY DENOUNCED AS
A SOLUTION TO VIOLENCE.
THIS LEGISLATION AVOIDS TRAGEDY
TO PUT EXPENSE IN A POLICING IN
THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM.
MORE WHITE SUPREMACY WILL NOT
SOLVE WHAT IS A PREMISED
VIOLENCE.
MASSAGE PARLOR OUTREACH PROJECT
IN CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT COALITION HAD JOINTLY
STATED THAT SOLIDARITY WITH
MASSAGE PARLOR WORKERS MEANS AN
END TO POLICE PATROLS AND WAVES
IN THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
THEY'VE ALSO POINTED OUT THE
INCREASED POLICING IS
INHERENTLY PART OF THE MAYOR
AND CHIEF OF POLICE'S VISION TO
GENTRIFY THIS AREA OF THE CITY
AND PUSH OUT MASSAGE PARLOR
WORKERS.
SPEAKING OF POLICE RATERS,
LET'S REMEMBER AN EXAMPLE IN
2018.
SPD RATED 11 MASSAGE PARLORS TO
SUPPOSEDLY RESCUE 26 WOMEN.
THEY WERE IN REALITY DISPLACED,
LOST THEIR INCOME AND HOUSING
AND HAVE THEIR BELONGINGS
CONFISCATED.
WORKERS ARE REGULARLY HARASSED
AND ARRESTED BY POLICE, NOT
PROTECTED.
INCREASED POLICING COMPOUNDS
DANGER AND HARMS WORKER SAFETY,
AGENCY AND INCOME.
INCREASING THEIR VULNERABILITY
TO EXPLOITATION AND GENDER
VIOLENCE.
I JOINED EVERYONE TODAY WHO
COMMENTS SAYING NO NEW
PETITIONS AT SPD.
NO MORE FUNDING FOR SPD.
NO POSITION SHOULD BE USED TO
FACILITATE PRIMAL EDUCATION.
INSTEAD, SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JULIA BUCK.
CALLING IN FROM DISTRICT 6. I'M
CALLING IN TO EXPRESS MY
OPPOSITION TO TWO BILLS THIS
AFTERNOON.
COUNCIL BILL 120029, REGARDING
CREATING AN ADDITIONAL POLICE
POSITION TO PATROL THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
I JOINED IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE
MASSAGE PARLOR OUTREACH PROJECT
AND THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT COALITION TO SAY THAT
THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION
PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
VULNERABLE TO POLICE HARASSMENT
AND ABUSE.
AS MASSAGE PARLOR WORKERS AND
UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS ARE.
I WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL NOT TO
PASS THIS BILL, PARTICULARLY AS
THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS' NAMES
WERE PLACED ON IT WITHOUT PRIOR
CONSULTATION.
I'M ALSO CALLING TO OPPOSE
COUNCIL BILL 120030 , WHICH
WOULD REDUCE THE REVENUE FROM
THE AMAZON TAX.
I AM GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT
THE USE OF HOURS WORKED IN
SEATTLE PARTICULARLY AS THE TAX
APPLIES TO WORKERS WHO MAKE
OVER $200,000 A YEAR.
THIS SEEMS AS THOUGH IT
ICENTIVIZES LIVING IN THE
SUBURBS AND WORKING FROM HOME
AS A WAY TO REDUCE TAX
LIABILITY.
I'M TREMENDOUSLY CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO
INVEST IN BOTH DECARBONIZATION
OF HOME HEATING AND SOCIAL
HOUSING DESPERATELY.
I'M VERY CONCERNED AND SADDENED
THAT OUR AMAZON TAX, WHICH I
THOUGHT WAS WELL-WRITTEN, IS
NOW BEING WATERED DOWN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS ZACH COOPER.
I AM SHOWING THAT LISA POWER
REGISTERED, BUT LISA, YOU ARE
SHOWING UP AS NOT PRESENT ON MY
END.
PLEASE CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE
CALLED INTO THE CORRECT NUMBER
USING THE EXACT NUMBER THAT YOU
PREREGISTERED WITH.
IF YOU SHOW UP AS PRESENT, I
WILL COME BACK TO YOU AND CALL
ON YOU, BUT FIRST UP IS ZACH
COOPER.
AGAIN, LISA POWER, YOU ARE
SHOWING UP AS NOT PRESENT ON MY
SIDE.
YOU WILL NEED TO CONFIRM ALL
THOSE DETAILS BEFORE I CAN CALL
ON YOU.
ZACH, PLEASE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, ZACH COOPER,
SPEAK ON THE MATTER OF
RESOLUTION 32001.
I LIVE AND HAVE A BUSINESS IN
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD UPTOWN.
I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO
APPROVE RESOLUTION 32001, IN
SUPPORT OF THE UPTOWN NAME
DESIGNATION.
EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONE OF THE
OLDEST NEIGHBORHOODS, TOO MANY
CONTINUE TO MISIDENTIFY UPTOWN.
IT NOT ONLY WORKS AGAINST THE
COMMUNITY'S EFFORTS TO
DISTINGUISH ITSELF, BUT BOTH
ETHNICALLY AND SOCIALLY
ECONOMIES DIVERSE RESIDENTS.
IT ALSO CAN CREATE UNCERTAINTY
ON HOW BUSINESSES SHOULD
IDENTIFY AND MARKET THEMSELVES
TO CURRENT AND POTENTIAL
CUSTOMERS.
PEOPLE RELY ON ONLINE MAPPING
SERVICES TO HELP WITH
WAYFINDING, TRIP PLANNING AND
DISCOVERING NEW BUSINESSES.
WHEN ONLINE MAP SERVICES LIKE
GOOGLE MAPS AND APPLE MAPS
CONTINUE TO MISIDENTIFY UPTOWN
IT CAN CREATE CONFUSION.
ENSURING THAT ALL MY MAPS
PLATFORMS CORRECTLY IDENTIFY
THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD IS
ESSENTIAL TO ATTRACTING NEW
CUSTOMERS AND DIRECTING
CUSTOMERS TO MY STOREFRONT.
HAVING THE CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION IS
CRITICAL TO CONFIRM UPTOWN'S
IDENTITY FOR RESIDENTS,
BUSINESSES AND VISITORS.
THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR
BUSINESSES JUST LIKE MINE.
IT REQUIRES CUSTOMERS VISIT US
IN PERSON TO SELECT FRIENDS.
IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
THAT THE CITY MAKE CLEAR UNDER
NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT THIS IS
THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND
THAT I, AND OTHER UPTOWN
BUSINESSES, MOVE TOWARD
RECOVERING FROM COVID, AND WE
WANT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS
POSSIBLE FOR CUSTOMERS TO
LOCATE US WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO.
VISIT OUR SHOPS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN TODAY.
AGAIN, STILL SHOWING UP AS NOT
PRESENT ON MY END IS LISA
POWER.
NEXT, AND PRESENT IS COCO WEBER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
I'M CALLING TODAY ABOUT CB 12
0029.
STATE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE
ALWAYS BEGINS SOMEWHERE BEHIND
THE DESK OF MEETINGS AND
DOCUMENTS.
SOMETIMES WITH RESOLUTIONS AND
BILLS HANDED DOWN FROM
EXECUTIVES, PUT UP FOR A VOTE
BY COUNCIL.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS
ATTEMPTING TO DO WITH THE
PORTIONS WITHIN THAT CALLS FOR
MORE POLICING IN THE CID AND
THE EXPANSION OF HATE CRIME
LEGISLATION.
THIS WAS DONE UNDER THE GUISE
OF SAFETY FOR THE COMMUNITY,
YET AGAINST THE WISHES OF THE
VERY COMMUNITY OF PROPOSE TO
PROTECT.
COMMUNITY ADVOCATE SESSION FOR
THE MASSAGE PARLOR OUTREACH
PROGRAM ARE OUTRAGED AND HAVE
CALLED THE ADDITION OF LEASE
FUNDING CO-OPTATION.
THE USE OF THE PAYING OF A
MULTIPLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES OF OUR AAPI
BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND
SPECIFICALLY THE PAIN OF THE
MASSAGE MAY WE ALL REMEMBER IN
THIS MOMENT THAT SPD IS STILL
UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE, DUE
O CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIO
WHICH WE BEEN ABLE TO SINCE THE
2011 VIOLATION.
UNDER WHICH WHEN THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE CHARGED SPD AND
SEATTLE WITH QUOTE, UNJUSTIFIED
USE OF IMPACT WEAPONS,
UNJUSTIFIED ESCALATIONS OF
MINOR ENCOUNTERS AND TO FORCE
EVENTS, PARTICULARLY WITH
INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
OR THOSE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
ALCOHOL OR JUDGE.
UNJUSTIFIED USE OF RESTRAINTS.
SIMPLY EXERCISING FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
FROM THE CONSENT DECREE.
PLEASE SAY NO TO $150,000 FOR
SPD AND ANY EXPANSION OF HATE
CRIME LEGISLATION.
THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF
OUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU ARE
TRYING TO CARE FOR OUR
DEPENDING UPON IT.
FURTHER, SOMEONE WHO WAS
FINALLY ATTACKED BY SPD WHILE
EXERCISING MY RIGHT TO PROTEST,
I ASK YOU NOT LAY DOWN THE SPD
VIOLENCE ON PROTESTERS BILLED
AS OVERTIME.
KEEP YOUR PROMISE AND KEEP $5.4
MILLION TOWARD REAL PUBLIC
SAFETY WITH THE PEOPLE'S
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M CALLING IN AS AN ASIAN
AMERICAN RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4.
I CONDEMN COUNCIL BILL 120029
AND URGE CITY COUNCIL NOT TO
ALLOCATE $150,000 TO INCREASING
SPD FUNDING AND POLICE PATROLS
OF THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
AND CITY.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
MASSAGE PARLOR OUTREACH PROJECT
, AND I WAS A MEMBER OF THE
ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, I
CALL FOR THE DEFUNDING OF SPD
AND REALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO
COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE'VE SEEN
THE POLICE NOT KEEPING
AMENITIES OF COLOR SAFE, AND
ESPECIALLY THE MOST
MARGINALIZED ASIAN COMMUNITIES.
INCLUDING SEX WORKERS, MASSAGE
WORKERS, EMIGRANT AND TRANS-
INDIVIDUALS.
LIVES IN THE POLICE IN OUR OWN
COMMUNITY KILL PEOPLE.
SO, WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE
POLICE CAN KEEP OUR OWN
COMMUNITY SAFE AND THE
COMMUNITIES OF OUR BLACK AND
BROWN SIBLINGS AS WELL.
I CONDEMN BEING A MODEL
MINORITY AND/OR UPHOLDING
OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS THAT
INCREASE WHITE SUPREMACY.
LIKE SOMEONE SAID BEFORE, WE
CANNOT SOLVE VIOLENT CALLS BY
RIGHTS BY UPHOLDING INSTITUTIONS
TAT CONTINUE TO OPPRESS OUR
COMMUNITIES.
SO AGAIN, STRONGLY URGE CITY
COUNCIL NOT TO INCREASE SPD
FUNDING, AND ALSO IN THE RECENT
WEEKS WE HAVE SEEN COPS ON
HORSES.
SO, WE DO NOT WANT THAT.
OKAY, SORRY, BYE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT UP IS RICK.
FOLLOWED BY SAM.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS RICK
COOPER, PRESIDENT OF UPTOWN
ALLIANCE.
I'M COMMENTING ON AGENDA ITEM
22, RESOLUTION 32001.
UPTOWN ALLIANCE HAS WORKED
CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ON
TODAY'S RESOLUTION.
FIRST, AT THE SUGGESTION AT
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
AND THEN WITH COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS' OFFICE.
UPTOWN HAS BEEN CALLED UPTOWN
FOR DECADES.
DESIGNATED THE UPTOWN URBAN
CENTER BY THE CITY FOR
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PURPOSES
MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.
UPTOWN IS ONE OF SIX URBAN
CENTERS SO DESIGNATED BY THE
CITY.
DESPITE THAT OFFICIAL NAME BY
THE CITY, MISLABELING AND
CONFUSION CONTINUES.
ARE WE UPTOWN, OR ARE WE LOWER
QUEEN ANNE?
WE ARE DEFINITELY UPTOWN.
NAMES MATTER, AND CORRECTLY
IDENTIFYING UPTOWN PROMOTES
CIVIC PRIDE AND A SENSE OF
PLACE FOR RESIDENTS,
BUSINESSES, VISITORS AND THE
CITY.
ESPECIALLY OF THE NEW CLIMATE
PLEDGE ARENA IS ABOUT TO OPEN.
THE RESOLUTION SEEKS TO REDUCE
CONFUSION BY PROVIDING
APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATION TO
ONLINE MAPPING, WAYFINDING, AND
LOCATION SERVICES.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING AND.
NEXT UP IS SAM.
FOLLOWED BY BJ.
NATHANIEL, YOU ARE SHOWING UP
AS REGISTERED BUT NOT PRESENT
ON MY END.
AGAIN, PLEASE CONFIRM THAT YOU
ARE CALLING INTO THE
APPROPRIATE NUMBER, NOT THE
LISTENING LINE WITH THE NUMBER
THAT YOU HAVE REGISTERED WITH.
FOR NOW, WE WILL HEAR FROM SAM.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
I AM TESTIFYING IN OPPOSITION
TO COUNCIL BILL 120029.
I AM A SECOND YEAR LAW STUDENT.
I'M ALSO A THIRD-GENERATION
JAPANESE-AMERICAN.
THIS BILL IS AIMED AT ADDRESSING
THE SPIKE IN HATE CRIMES
AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS.
AS A THIRD-GENERATION GENERATION
JAPANESE-AMERICAN, I HAVE
WATCHED MY COMMUNITY GRIEVE THE
DEATHS OF THE VICTIMS IN
ATLANTA, AND THE NUMEROUS
ATTACK AGAINST OUR ELDERS.
IN MY CULTURE, AN ATTACK ON OUR
ELDERS IS QUITE LITERALLY AN
ATTACK ON OUR HISTORY,
LANGUAGE, AND TRADITION.
MY ELDERS ARE THE CLOSEST THING
I HAVE TO MY CULTURE AND
HERITAGE, AND I TAKE THESE
ATTACKS VERY SERIOUSLY.
HOWEVER, WEAPON ICING ASIAN
HATE CRIMES TO BOLSTER LAW
ENFORCEMENT FUNDING, WHICH WILL
HARM THE BLACK COMMUNITY,
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY, AND
HISPANIC COMMUNITY, IS
REPREHENSIBLE.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT
BEHIND THIS BILL, I'M APPALLED
BY HOW OUT OF TOUCH WITH
REALITY IT IS.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS
WOULD BE INTRODUCED AFTER THE
RECKONING WE ALL EXPERIENCED
THIS PAST SUMMER.
AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, SIX
SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS ARE
BEING INVESTIGATED FOR THE
JANUARY 6th INSURRECTION.
IT IS ILLOGICALLY FUNDING AND
OUTWARDLY RACIST DEPARTMENT TO
FIGHT AGAINST HATE CRIMES, WHEN
THEY STANCHION.
THIS BILL WILL PUT MONEY INTO
THE POCKETS OF SPD BEFORE SPD
HAS TAKEN ANY ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR THEIR ACTIONS THIS SUMMER.
WHILE SIX SPD OFFICERS ARE
SUING TO HAVE THEIR NAMES
HIDDEN, FOR ATTENDING AN ATTACK
ON THE GOVERNMENT, AND WHILE
THEY CONTINUE TO
DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECT THE LAW
AGAINST BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON.
FOR THESE REASONS, I URGE YOU
TO PLEASE KILL THE BILL AND
VOTE NO.
AT THE VERY LEAST, PUT FORWARD A
AMENDMENT TO STRIKE SECTION 2
AND ANY OTHERS THAT INCREASE
THE POWER IN FUNDING OF SPD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NATHANIEL STEINER, YOU'RE
REGISTERED BUT SHOWING UP AS
NOT PRESENT.
IF YOU CALL INTO THE CORRECT
NUMBER, WE WILL BE SURE TO CALL
ON YOU.
NEXT UP IS BJ, FOLLOWED BY
EMILY.
>> HELLO.
I'M A VALID RESIDENT AND SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
MASSAGE PARLOR OUTREACH PROJECT
AND CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICTS REQUEST TO REJECT 29.
EXTENSIONS OF HATE CRIME
LEGISLATION SPIRIT THE MAYOR
PROPOSED THESE ITEMS WITHOUT
TALKING TO MASSAGE PARLOR
OUTREACH PROJECT FOR THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT COALITION.
I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO
REJECT THESE UNILATERAL
REQUESTS BY THE MAYOR, WHICH CO-
OPT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
WITHOUT CONSULTING THEM AND TO
LISTEN TO THE REQUEST OF THE
COMMUNITY.
I ALSO ENCOURAGE THE COUNTY TO
REJECT CB 120030, WHICH
POTENTIALLY GOT THE JUMPSTART
TEXT BY ALLOWING EMPLOYERS TO
ONLY PAY TAX ON THE PERCENT OF
TIME THE SEATTLE-BASED
EMPLOYEES WORK IN SEATTLE.
THIS WOULD ALLOW COMPANIES TO
CIRCUMVENT THE JUMPSTART TEXT
BY HAVING THEIR EXECUTIVES
WORK, OR CLAIMING THEY WERE,
THE MAJORITY OF TIME OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE.
IF AN EXECUTIVE LIVED IN
MADONNA, AND DOES 90% OF HER
WORK FROM HOME, LIKE MANY DID
LAST YEAR, 90% OF THAT
EXECUTIVE'S SALARY WOULD BE
EXEMPT FROM THE TAX.
REJECT CB 120030 AND PRESERVE
THE JUMPSTART TEXT.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT UP IS EMILY,
FOLLOWED BY DAVID.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS EMILY GRAHAM.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3.
I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
MASSAGE PARLOR OUTREACH PROJECT
AND THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT COALITION IN STATING
THAT WHILE ANTI-ASIAN HATE IS A
HUGE PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED, INCREASED POLICING
AND A $150,000 POLICE GRANT IS
NOT THE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM.
MAYOR DURKAN AND CHIEF DIAZ'S
THE PUZZLE IS NOT THE SOLUTION
THE COMMUNITY WANTS OR NEEDS.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WERE
NOT CONSULTED IN MAKING THIS
PROPOSAL.
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
DOES NOT CREATE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND WE ALSO LAST SUMMER HOW
LITTLE REGARD THE POLICE AFTER
THE HEALTH OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
EXPANDING POLICING HAS BEEN
OPPOSED BY COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE DEMAND TO
BE FUND SPD STILL STANDS.
THIS GOES IN EXACTLY THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
INCREASING POLICING WILL HARM
THE VERY COMMUNITIES THAT THE
MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF CLAIM TO
WANT TO PROTECT.
THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE DIRECTLY
REJECTED THIS PROPOSAL.
A MORE HELPFUL SOLUTION WOULD
BE TO DIVERT THIS $150,000 TO
HOUSING INITIATIVES IN THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT, OR TO USE THESE FUNDS
FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING,
WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE COMMUNITY
TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS
ABOUT THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY I DO
NOT SUPPORT ANY WEAKENING OF
THE JUMPSTART TAX SURROUNDING
WORK FROM HOME.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT BEFORE
THIS CALL, BUT WOULD LOVE TO
BEAT THAT DRUM AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS DAVID HAYNES.
>> DAVID, IF YOU ARE STILL WITH
US, MAKE SURE YOU HIT STAR SIX.
I AM NOT HEARING DAVID.
I.T., --
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
HELLO?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE
FACT THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE
THE INTERIM POLICE CHIEF AND
HAVE BETTER TRAINED POLICE
OFFICERS.
WE STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
SOCIETAL IMPLOSION.
THE COPS HAVE ARDIE EXEMPTED
THESE PEOPLE ARE DESTROYING
OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
NOW YOU ARE EXPECTING THEM TO
GO OUT AND DO OUTREACH FOR THE
SEX WORK IS.
THEY ARE PROBABLY INTIMIDATED
BY THE THEIR UNDERWORLD BOSSES.
I THINK WE NEED A MORE
EFFECTIVE IDEA OF PUBLIC SAFETY
WHERE THOSE WHO ARE MAKING IT
UNSAFE STILL NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED AND MAY BE SENT ON A
DIFFERENT PATH, AWAY FROM THE
LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD THEY SEEM TO
CONDUCT UNCIVL WAR WITH.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
WITH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY
MONEY, WE NEED TO SOLVE THE
HOMELESS CRISIS.
I THINK THIS CITY IS WILLING
AND MOTIVATED ENOUGH, IF THEY
COULD UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEEDED
21st CENTURY HOUSING,
COMMERCIAL, AND SCHOOL BUILDOUT.
IN ALL 50 STATES AND
TERRITORIES TO ALLEVIATE THE
OPPRESSIVE CHOICES IN 20th
CENTURY RUN DOWN REAL ESTATE.
THAT IS SHAKING EVERYBODY DOWN.
IT IS MAKING IT A LIVING HELL
TO STAY AT HOME AND WORK FOR
CERTAIN PEOPLE.
THEY ARE TOO CLOSE TO THE ROAD,
THE BUS STOP, THE FAA FLIGHT
PATH, THE TRAIN STATION, WHAT
HAVE YOU.
WE HAVE A REAL CONCERN WHERE IT
HAS BECOME MODERN THIRD WORD.
I THINK WE NEED BETTER
LEADERSHIP ESPECIALLY AT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
EVERY TIME THERE IS A CONCERN
PROBLEM, NO COPIES GOING TO
RESPOND UNLESS YOU CLAIM THEY
GOT A WEAPON.
THERE IS PEOPLE DESTROYING
PEOPLE'S LIVES DAILY AND LISTED
NONVIOLENT.
WE SEE THE IMPLOSION.
I HAVE WITNESSED PREDATORS ALL
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN
ANSWER.
YOU'VE GOT TO BALL YOUR FIST UP
AND GO HOSTILE TO GET THEM AWAY
FROM YOU.
THERE ARE VULNERABLE WOMEN WHO
HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY THE
POLICE BECAUSE THERE HOMELESS
BECAUSE SOMEBODY CALLED THE
COPS ON THEM.
THEN, THEY ARE REFUSED SERVICES
AND OUTREACH.
THEN, THESE EVIL KIDNAPPERS
TAKE THEM TO THESE MAP HOUSES
AND THEM AND SELL THEM TO THE
UNDERWORLD.
WE NEED BETTER POLICING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 7.
I'M APPALLED THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER GIVING
MORE MONEY TO SPD AS A RESULT
OF ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES.
$150,000 TOWARD A NEW POSITION
WITHIN SPD IS NOT WHAT WE WANT.
AS AN ACTUAL MEMBER OF
SEATTLE'S ASIAN COMMUNITY,
PLEASE LISTEN TO US.
I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT SPD DOES
NOT KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.
I GREW UP WATCHING THEM TARGET
PEOPLE LIKE MY FAMILY MY ENTIRE
LIFE.
NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW HIS NAME,
BUT SPD KILLED SOMEONE FOR
HAVING A CLEAR TOY WATERGUN AND
NEVER RECEIVED JUSTICE.
HE WAS SHOT 19 TIMES AT
GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIS NAME,
LOOK HIM UP.
HE IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF SPD
BEING HARMFUL TO THE ASIAN
COMMUNITY HERE IN SEATTLE.
MORE MONEY TOWARD THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CANNOT HELP KEEP OUR
PEOPLE AND THE MASSAGE PARLOR
WORKERS SAY.
POLICE PUT MORE PEER INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES.
TO USE OUR PAIN AND GRIEF THAT
WE ARE EXPERIENCING AS A
COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO
GET MORE MONEY TO A LIBERAL
MURDER IS A SLAP IN THE FACE
AND TRULY HURTFUL DURING A TIME
WHEN WE ARE IN AN IMMENSE FEAR
FOR OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES.
INVEST THAT MONEY IN OUR
COMMUNITIES, NOT IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE DO NOT WANT MORE MONEY FOR
THE POLICE.
WE DO NOT NEED MORE POLICING TO
KEEP US SAFE.
WE DO NOT NEED MORE POLICING TO
KEEP US SAFE.
WE WANT SUPPORT.
THE FUNDS, SPD.
STOP WHITE SUPREMACY, SUPPORT
MASSAGE PARLOR WORKERS AND THE
ASIAN COMMUNITY.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN TODAY.
OKAY, THE ONLY TWO INDIVIDUALS
ON MY CALL IN SHEET THAT SHOW
UP AS NOT PRESENT ARE LISA
POWER AND NATHANIEL STEINER.
I AM ASKING I.T.
TO CONFIRM THAT THOSE TWO
INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL NOT
PRESENT.
>> AFFIRMATIVE, THERE ARE NO
OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT
REGISTRANTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE THAT.
>>> WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE OUT
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
GO AHEAD AND BEGIN ON OTHER
ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA
FOR TODAY.
IF YOU GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT
HERE.
>>> FIRST UP IS PAYMENT OF THE
BILLS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE.
PIMA COUNCIL BILL 120031.
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING
MONEY TO PAY CERTAIN AUDITED
CLAIMS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH
29th, 2021, THROUGH APRIL 22nd,
2021, AND ORDERING THE PAYMENT
THEREOF.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120031.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED, THE BILL PASSES.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NO COMMENTS, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
BE MIKE LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> SKATER?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
PIMA COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ?
BEMENT AYE.
>> YES.
THE BILL PASSES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM 1 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE, AGENDA ITEM 1,
COUNCIL BILL 120013, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
ACCEPT THE DONATION OF REAL
PROPERTY BY A QUITCLAIM DEED
FROM THE SEATTLE PARKS
FOUNDATION, A WASHINGTON
NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND
PLACING THE REAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS CONVEYED BY SUCH DEED
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO BE USED AS
PART OF THE LAKE CITY LIVING
MEMORIAL TRIANGLE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU ARE
THE CHAIR.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS BILL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE.
IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ MAY WISH
TO SPEAK TO THIS AS A
COSPONSOR.
IT IS IN HER DISTRICT.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ADDRESS IT
BEFORE YOU DO?
>> YES PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
INVITING ME TO YOUR COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK WHERE WE HAVE THESE
FOLKS THERE.
I'LL JUST BRIEFLY DESCRIBE A
LITTLE BIT OF THAT FOR TODAY'S
HEARING.
OR, TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING.
AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL BILL
120013 SEEKS TO EXPAND THE SIZE
OF THE LAKE CITY MEMORIAL
TRIANGLE THROUGH A LAND
TRANSFER FROM THE SEATTLE PARKS
FOUNDATION TO SEATTLE, THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
AS I SHARED IN COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
COMMITTEE, WE HAD A
PRESENTATION REGARDING WHAT
HAPPENED THE SENSELESS
VIOLATION ON MARCH 27, 2019.
AS WE ALL KNOW, AND I SHARED,
AND COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN DID
AS WELL, ON THAT DAY A MAN WITH
A GUN SHOT FOUR PEOPLE.
ONE OF THOSE, FOUR OF THOSE
PEOPLE, ONE OF THEM WAS DEBORAH
JUDD, WHO WAS A TEACHER AND
SURVIVED.
ONE WAS ERIC STARK, A BUS
DRIVER.
THE OTHER TWO UNFORTUNATELY WE
LOST.
MR. RICHARD LEE AND MR. ROBERT
HASSAN.
WE KNOW THAT IMPACTED NOT JUST
THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMUNITY, BUT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AS WELL.
IN THE AFTERMATH, WE WORKED
WITH THE LAKE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD
ALLIANCE AND OTHER COMMUNITY
PARTNERS TO COORDINATE A
MEMORIAL AND PLAN FOR AND WHAT
WE NOW CALL THE LIVING ONE
ORIOLE TRIANGLE.
IT IS RIGHT AT SANDPOINT AND
BARTLETT AVENUE.
I WAS THERE YESTERDAY AND TOOK
SOME PICTURES.
I TOOK A PICTURE OF A POEM THAT
WAS WRITTEN.
SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE
HELPED PROP UP THIS EFFORT,
INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
KING COUNTY METRO.
THE CITY ARBORIST, AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THIS OCCURRED IN THE CEDAR PARK
COMMUNITY.
WE WORKED WITH A REPRESENTATIVE
FROM AMAZON THAT WAS A STEERING
COMMITTEE.
OFFERED TO DONATE $75,000 TO
PERSEUS A PARCEL OF LAND
ADJACENT TO THE ORIGINAL SITE
IN ORDER TO EXPAND THE SIZE OF
THE MEMORIAL, WHICH WAS DONE.
AMAZON ORIGINALLY DONATED THE
LAND WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT
SDOT WOULD EVENTUALLY MANAGE
THE LAND THAT THERE ARE MORE
EQUIPPED TO DO SO.
MY FINAL THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS
STORY, IT IS ABOUT COMMUNITY
RESILIENCY AND HEALING.
OUT OF THE TRAUMATIC EVENTS OF
MARCH 27, 2019, WE FEEL THAT
THERE HAVE BEEN NEW BONDS AND
FRIENDSHIPS THAT ARE FORMED
WITH ALL THESE COMMUNITY
GROUPS.
THE LAKE CITY COMMUNITY, D5
COMMUNITY, THE NORTH END, CEDAR
PARK COMMUNITY.
A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PARKS
FOUNDATION, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, AND TO AMAZON TO
HELP US GET WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AS I SHARED, I WAS THERE
YESTERDAY.
IS JUST A REALLY BEAUTIFUL
SITE.
IT WILL BE MAINTAINED, THE
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP WILL PROVIDE
DONATED LABOR FOR THE SITE.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
THE TRIANGLE WITH LOTTERY,
MONTHLY WORK PARTIES.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP THAT
WEIGHT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF
YOU COULD SEE THAT SITE.
THAT COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO
PAY FOR ONE OF THESE PEOPLE
THAT WERE KILLED SENSELESSLY BY
GUN VIOLENCE.
WITH THAT, DO I MAKE THE MOTION
TO MOVE, OR DOES COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN?
>> NO MOTION IS REQUIRED.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> OF COURSE.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON COUNCIL
BILL 120013?
ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE MAKING ANY
ADDITIONAL -- WANTING TO MAKE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
I WILL ASK THAT THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
BE MIKE LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MIRELES?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CLERK WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, COUNCIL BILL
120014.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT AND
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
TRANSFERRING PARTIAL
JURISDICTION OF A PORTION OF
THE GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT
PROPERTY TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES FOR MAINTENANCE,
REPAIR, REPLACEMENT AND
OPERATION OF PUBLIC'S STORMWATER
DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN BACK
TO.
>> COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL BILL
12001 IS A STEP TOWARD
COMPLETING THE GEORGETOWN SOUTH
PARK TRAIL.
THE BENEFITS OF THAT
NONMOTORIZED CONNECTION HAVE
BEEN REINFORCED BY THE TRAFFIC
IMPACTS IN THE AREA DUE TO THE
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE WEST
SEATTLE HIGH BRIDGE.
IN 2012, SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES BUILT A STORM DRAIN
IN THE GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD,
BUT CITY LIGHT RETAINED
OWNERSHIP.
THIS COUNCIL BILL PARTIALLY
TRANSFER JURISDICTION FROM CITY
LIGHT TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
SO THAT SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES CAN CONTINUE TO
MAINTAIN THE STORM DRAIN.
FUTURE LEGISLATION WILL
TRANSCEND CITY LIGHT PROPERTY
TO SEATTLE PARKS AND THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
AND WILL PROVIDE CITY LIGHT
FUNDS, NOT ONLY FOR A SEGMENT
OF THE TRAIL, BUT ALSO FOR A
NEW DOG PARK.
IN EXCHANGE FOR CITY LIGHT
ACQUIRING ANOTHER PROPERTY NEAR
THEIR SOUTH SERVICE CENTER.
WITH THIS LEGISLATION BEFORE
US, IT IS CERTAINLY
TRANSFERRING PARTIAL
JURISDICTION FROM CITY LIGHT TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
WAS RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY BY
OUR TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE BILL PASSES
AND THE CLERK WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS THREE THROUGH FIVE INTO
THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEMS THREE THROUGH
FIVE.
APPOINTMENTS 1847 THROUGH 1849.
THE REAPPOINTMENT OF AKSHALI
GANDHI AS MEMBER, SEATTLE
PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY BOARD FOR
A TERM TO MARCH 31st, 2022 AND
THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF HAN-JUNG
KO AND MARIA SUMNER AS
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE
PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY BOARD FOR
TERMS MARCH 31st, 2023.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU ARE
THE CHAIR.
I'M GOING TO HANDED OVER TO YOU
TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE'S
REPORT.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE A
MOTION TO MAKE HERE, BUT I
FIGURED WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE
UNDERLYING APPOINTMENTS FIRST,
AND THEN WE WILL TAKE UP THE
PROCEDURAL MOTION IF THAT'S ALL
RIGHT WITH YOU.
>> YES, THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, THE THREE
APPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY BOARD.
IT IS A PRIORITY FOR ALL OF US.
I WANT TO THANK AKSHALI GANDHI,
HAN-JUNG KO, AND MARIA SUMNER
FOR THEIR SERVICE TO SEATTLE
AND CONGRATULATE THEM ON
RECEIVING A UNANIMOUS
RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR
COMMITTEE.
ALL THREE INDIVIDUALS ARE
QUALIFIED AND EAGER TO SERVE
THE CITY.
AS I MENTIONED THAT OUR COUNCIL
BRIEFING THIS MORNING, THE
ROSTER WE RECEIVED FROM THE
EXECUTIVE HAD ONE OF THE
APPOINTMENTS RESIDING IN CITY
COUNCIL DISTRICT 1. THEY
ACTUALLY RESIDE IN DISTRICT 3.
THAT IS AKSHALI GANDHI.
THERE IS AN AMENDED ROSTER
MAKING THIS SINGLE CORRECTION.
SO, I WILL MAKE A MOTION, I'LL
MOVE TO AMEND APPOINTMENTS
1847, 1848, AND 1849, BY
AMENDING THE ROSTER OF EACH
APPOINTMENT PACKET AS PRESENTED
ON THE RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED
AMENDMENT BY THE CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> GRADE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND APPOINTMENTS 1847
THROUGH 1849 AS PRESENTED ON
THE RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED
AMENDMENT.
BY COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
NO, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'M
SORRY.
I'M SUPPOSED TO ASK.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WISH TO
CONSIDER ONE OR ALL AMENDMENTS
SEPARATELY?
HEARING NO SUCH DESIRE, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
AMENDMENT.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
BE MIKE LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> 84, NONE AGAINST.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
1847 THROUGH 1849?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED AS
AMENDED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
SIX INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE, AGENDA
ITEM 6, COUNCIL BILL 120030, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO TAXATION
AMENDING THE PAYROLL EXPENSE
TAX ON PERSONS ENGAGING IN
BUSINESS AND SEATTLE, AMENDING
SECTION 5.3 8.020 OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND
ADDING A NEW SECTION 5.3, EIGHT
5.25 TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THE BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IS CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION
OF THIS LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF
US WHICH PASSED OUT OF THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY.
IT ENCOURAGES THE FULL COUNCIL
PASSAGE OF THIS BILL TO AMEND
OUR JUMPSTART ORDINANCE.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET SOME
CLARIFICATION AT THE TOP OF THE
COMMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE
TODAY TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT
ANY INACCURATE UNDERSTANDINGS
OF THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF
US.
TO BE VERY CLEAR, THIS
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US IS
ADDRESSING THE JUMPSTART
LEGISLATION THAT WE PROBABLY
PASSED LAST YEAR TO RAISE OVER
$214 MILLION FOR INVESTMENTS IN
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.
GREEN NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS,
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
ECONOMIC RESILIENCY.
THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US
DOES NOT CHANGE THE UNDERLYING
BILL.
AS THE SPONSOR OF JUMPSTART,
THIS ADDRESSED ANY WATER OR
DECREASE IN OUR JUMPSTART
PROPOSAL.
IN FACT, WHAT WE HEARD LAST WEEK
FROM OUR FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICE CAME FROM THE CENTRAL
STAFF IS THAT THIS DOES NOT
CHANGE THE ESTIMATES THAT THE
CITY CAN REASONABLY. REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE UNDERLYING BILL IS WORKABLE.
SO WE DO HAVE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO RELY ON FOR HOUSING
AND HUMAN SERVICES.
FOR GREEN NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS.
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
ECONOMIC RESILIENCY.
COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL BILL 120030
IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE
JUMPSTART LEGISLATION THAT
PASSED A YEAR AGO.
IT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE
WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE THROUGH
RULEMAKING, LED BY FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE BILL
CAN BE APPLIED TO PAYERS,
SPECIFICALLY ADDS AN OPTION FOR
THOSE PAYERS TO CONTINUE TO
SELECT THE CURRENT
PREDOMINANTLY ASSIGNED
CALCULATION, OR THEY COULD
CHOOSE A METHOD THAT WOULD
ALLOW THE BUSINESSES TO
ALLOCATE EMPLOYEE PAYROLL
EXPENSES BASED ON HOURS WORKED
AND SEATTLE IN PROPORTION TO
THE EMPLOYEE'S TOTAL HOURS
WORKED.
TO REITERATE, THE BUSINESS
WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE
ORIGINAL METHODOLOGY IF IT
CHOSE TO DO SO, WHICH I KNOW
MANY EMPLOYEES ARE IN THE MIDST
OF DOING AND HAVE A PREFERENCE
OF DOING.
IT ALSO WOULD ALLOW FOR THOSE
EMPLOYERS WHO VOICED INTEREST
DURING RULEMAKING TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE AN HOURLY RATIO OPTION.
ONE EXAMPLE THAT WAS RAISED WAS
AN EXECUTIVE WHO SPENDS 10% OF
THEIR TIME WORKING IN SEATTLE
AND 90% NOT IN SEATTLE THAT
SOMEHOW THIS AMENDMENT WOULD
MEAN THAT 90% OF THAT SALARY
WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED.
ACTUALLY, THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
IF AN EMPLOYER HAD THAT EXACT
SITUATION CHOSE TO USE THE
PAYROLL HOURLY OPTION, THEY
WOULD BE PAYING ON THAT 10%.
THERE ARE CURRENT SCENARIOS
THEY WOULDN'T BE PAYING
ANYTHING AT ALL BECAUSE IT
WOULD HAVE TO HIT OVER A 50%
THRESHOLD.
IT REALLY DOES HELP US EVEN OUT
THE WAY IN WHICH AN EMPLOYEE
EARNS.
NOT UNDERMINE THE INITIAL
INVESTMENTS THAT OUR JUMPSTART
PAYROLL TAX IS GOING TO GO FUND.
IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT WAY FOR
US TO HONOR THE HARD WORK THAT
WENT INTO PASSING THE PAYROLL
TAX.
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS
SAWANT AND MORALES FOR THEIR
SIMILARLY DRAFTED LEGISLATION
PREVIOUSLY.
ULTIMATE SUPPORT OF JUMPSTART.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOUR
UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF THIS SPEND
PLAN WHICH CORRESPONDED WITH
JUMPSTART'S PROPOSAL.
THIS IS NOT ONLY AN INITIAL
INVESTMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO PUT TOWARDS HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS, GREEN NEW
DEAL, AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
EFFORTS.
THIS IS OVER 20 YEARS.
AN AMOUNT SIMILAR TO THE AMOUNT
WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT WITH
ARPA.
IMAGINE AND AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN ACT EVERY YEAR FOR THE
NEXT -- MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
THERE AFTER THE INK IS DRY SO
THAT IT IS IMPLEMENTABLE, IT IS
WORKABLE.
THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE ARE GOING
TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
MILLIONS ARE THERE SO WE CAN
INVEST IN THESE CORE SERVICES
AS A REMINDER, OVER 60% OF THE
FUNDS THAT WE BRING IN ARE
GOING DIRECTLY TO HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS.
THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS
FOR YOUR SUPPORT LAST YEAR, AND
THANK ALSO DIRECTOR GLENN LEE,
THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, WHO LED
THE RULEMAKING EFFORT FOR
CONTINUING TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK
TO US ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS IS IMPLEMENTABLE AND TRULY
WORKABLE.
THANKS TO CENTRAL STAFF. THANKS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WAS EXCITED TO MAKE THIS
ADDITION TO THE BILL.
RECOGNIZING THAT THIS DOES NOT
UNDERMINE OR CHANGE OR WEAKEN
THE JUMPSTART LEGISLATION THAT
WE ALL PASSED LAST YEAR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR
THOSE COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
OKAY, HEARING NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS, ON THE BILL, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU.
PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT END FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>>> MOVING ON TO ITEM 7. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 7
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 7, COUNCIL BILL
120018, AND ORDINANCE RELATED
TO GRANT FUNDS FROM NON-CITY
SOURCES, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2021
BUDGET, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
OR MAYOR'S DESIGNEES TO ACCEPT
SPECIFIED GRANTS AND EXECUTE
RELATED AGREEMENTS FOR AND ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA BACK TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THIS BILL
ALSO PASSED UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF
THE COMMITTEE WITH A
RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
COUNCIL THAT WE PASS IT.
THIS BILL AUTHORIZES THE
ACCEPTANCE OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE
DOLLARS, WHICH WAS AUTHORIZED
BY CONGRESS LAST DECEMBER, TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY
RECEIVES THESE FUNDS AND THAT
WE PROVIDE RELIEF AND RENTAL
ASSISTANCE UP TO $22.7 MILLION.
THIS AID IS CRITICAL.
AS WE CONTINUE TO CLOSE THE GAP
OF ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19.
THE IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON
RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
AS WE MOVE TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL RENTAL RELIEF BEFORE
THE END OF THE STATE'S EVICTION
MORATORIUM, CURRENTLY SLATED TO
END AFTER JUNE.
THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE WE ARE
ABLE TO OFFER TODAY, WE WILL BE
ABLE TO PREVENT UNNECESSARY
EVICTIONS FROM HAPPENING IN
TERMS OF THE NEED THAT IS
CURRENTLY OUT THERE, WE KNOW
THE UNITED WAY CURRENTLY HAS A
WAITLIST OF OVER 2000 PEOPLE
FROM THE LAST ROUND OF RENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
WE KNOW THE LAST SENTENCE POLL
SURVEY -- 13,000 RENTERS IN
SEATTLE WHO WERE BEHIND ON
RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THEIR
FIRST WEEK IN MARCH.
AVERAGE ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN
BETWEEN $2200 AND $3000,
SOMETIMES UP TO $5000 PER
APPLICANT FAMILY.
THIS MEANS WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE
THOUSANDS OF NEW RESIDENTS ON A
CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE, WE THINK
WE WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE AN
ADDITIONAL 6000 TO 9000 RENTERS
ACROSS THE CITY WITH THIS FUNDS.
I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THE FUNDING THAT IS INCLUDED
FOR COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIFICALLY
COMPUTER DEBASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT HAVE STEPPED UP DURING THE
TIME OF COVID TO PROVIDE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE TO THOSE MOST
IMPACTED BY THE CONCERT COVID.
THAT INCLUDES ORGANIZATIONS LED
BY AND SERVING COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
LOOKING AT THOSE WHO ARE MORE
LIKELY TO BE -- DISPLACED AND
AFFECTED BY THE ECONOMIC
CONSEQUENCES OF COVID.
THIS MAKES SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE
DOLLARS DIRECTLY IN HAND TO
RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS WITH
TRUSTED COMMUNITY VOICES
THROUGH THOSE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
I AM THANKFUL FOR THIS
ASSISTANCE, AND WE ALSO KNOW
THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME AS
WE CONSIDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN ACT DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT
TWO MONTHS IN FRONT OF US.
AGAIN, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PASSAGE OF THIS BILL
UNANIMOUSLY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR
THOSE COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY
THE COMMENTS I MADE THIS
MORNING.
I DO WANT TO THANK AGAIN
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
BOTH OFFERED AMENDMENTS THAT I
THINK STRENGTHENED THE BILL IN
FRONT OF US IN TERMS OF
REPORTING BACK AND OVERSIGHT
AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE WHO
ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE ABLE
TO ACCESS THESE DOLLARS FOR
THINGS LIKE INTERNET.
WE KNOW IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR
INTERNET YOU OFTEN CAN KEEP
YOUR JOB, AND THEN YOU CAN'T
KEEP YOUR HOME.
THANK YOU BOTH, HERBOLD AND
PEDERSEN FOR YOUR AMENDMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
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?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS ?
>> YES.
>> MORALES QUESTION MARK
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN A. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
8 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 8, COUNCIL BILL
120029.
AND ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE 126237, WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2021 BUDGET, CHANGING
APPROPRIATIONS TO VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET CONTROL
LEVELS AND FROM VARIOUS FUNDS
IN THE BUDGET AND ADDING
PROVISIONS.
ALL BY A THREE-QUARTER VOTE OF
THE CITY COUNCIL, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO HEAD OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA TO WALK
US THROUGH THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
LAST TUESDAY, THIS BILL WAS
CONSIDERED IN THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE.
THE LEGISLATION COMPLEMENTS THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL'S
STATEMENT TO UNEQUIVOCALLY
CONDEMN THE RISING ANTI-HATE,
ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES TO STAND
IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE ASIAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE LONG HISTORY OF
ANTI-ASIAN RACISM LOCALLY HERE
IN SEATTLE AND IN OUR REGION.
THE STATEMENT THAT WE SIGNED
NOT ONLY CONDEMNED THESE ACT
BUT ALSO SAID THAT WORDS NEED
MORE THAN JUST PENN ON A PIECE
OF PAPER.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
DOLLARS GOING INTO THE UPSTREAM
SOLUTIONS AS WELL.
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS WHO
DIRECTLY WORK WITHIN AND ARE
LED BY OUR ASIAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US
BEFORE WE FINALLY PASS IT TODAY.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL SEE IT
FOLLOWS THROUGH ON THE
STATEMENT THAT THE SEATTLE
COUNCIL PASSED.
AND IS A BEGINNING POINT TO THE
CONVERSATION IN CREATING
GREATER SAFETY AND SECURITY AND
OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IN
LIGHT OF THE RISING ANTI-ASIAN
HATE CRIMES.
DUE TO THE RISE IN HATE CRIMES
-- INTO COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
AS YOU HEARD IN OUR COMMITTEE
ON TUESDAY, WE HAD INDIVIDUAL
FROM THE MAYOR'S'S OFFICE
INCLUDING FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
AFFAIRS.
ON BUDS TO PRESENT. E EMPLOYEE
AGAIN, THE LEGISLATION WE HEARD
IN COMMITTEE WAS THE BILL
EXACTLY AS TRANSMITTED BY THE
MAYOR.
THERE WAS A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE $150,000
FOR THE POSITION AT SPD.
A COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS THOSE
CONCERNS BEFORE VOTE THAT'S
WHAT WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO
ACCOMPLISH FOR TODAY'S
AMENDMENT.
I'M ALSO VERY SYMPATHETIC TO
THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT
UP IN TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
ENTERING THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND
ON MY COMMITTEE LAST WEEK,
ESPECIALLY ABOUT
MISREPRESENTATION FROM
ORGANIZATIONS WHERE LISTED ON
THE SLIDES.
MASSAGE PARLOR OUTREACH PROJECT
IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MAKE
SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW -- OVER A
STATEMENT OF PARTICIPATION IS
SOMETHING I TAKE -- THE SLIDES
THAT WERE PRESENTED BY THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE -- IN OUR AAPI
PRIORITIES.
TO REITERATE THESE CONCERNS
THAT WERE BROUGHT UP -- AS WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT IS TRULY
AUTHENTIC AS WE CONTINUE TO
WORK ON ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS
GOING FORWARD.
KNOW THAT THE SLIDES THAT WERE
PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, WE UNDERSTAND THE
MESSAGE YOU SENT.
DEEP ENGAGEMENT AND THE COUNCIL
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK DIRECTLY
WITH YOU.
AS I MENTIONED, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES, TWO AMENDMENTS FOR
TODAY'S CONSIDERATION.
I WILL SAVE MY COMMENTS ON
THOSE.
I WILL SPEAK TO THE FULL
AMENDMENT WHEN APPROPRIATE.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
APPRECIATE THOSE CLARIFYING
REMARKS.
AND EXPLANATION OF THAT BILL.
I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY GO AHEAD
AND SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE A FEW
MOMENTS FIRST.
THEN, WE CAN HAVE DEBATE ON THE
BILL AS AMENDED.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER
TO YOU TO MAKE YOUR MOTION FOR
THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
AMENDMENT ONE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I MOVE THE COUNCIL, AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 120029 BY
INCORPORATING AMENDMENT NUMBER
ONE.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I'M
GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER TO
YOU TO GIVE A QUICK DESCRIPTION
OF WHAT --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
I SAW MANY OF YOU SECONDING
THAT.
EVEN THOUGH YOUR AUDIO WAS NOT
WORKING THESE ARE SMALL
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS FROM
CENTRAL STAFF.
AND A FEW MINOR COPY EDITS THAT
WERE INCLUDED AS WELL IN THIS
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, WE ARE
HEARING A LITTLE BIT OF
INTERFERENCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A
PIECE OF PAPER ON YOUR LAPTOP
THAT MIGHT BE INTERFERING.
IT'S A POST-IT NOTE.
THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK WE GOT THE GIST OF WHAT
YOU WERE SAYING BUT I JUST WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT INTERFERENCE
WAS DEALT WITH.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS,
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT ONE?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON AMENDMENT ONE, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES, THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
THE AMENDED BILL IS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT,
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT
AND THEN ASKED FOR A SECOND.
I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120029 AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT TWO ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT TWO.
I WILL ADDRESS IT FIRST AND
THEN WE CAN OPEN UP THE FLOOR
TO COMMENTS.
AS I SHARED EARLIER THIS
MORNING, THOUGH WE VOTED THE
BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE LAST WEEK,
ADOPTING AMENDMENT TWO IS A
MODIFICATION TO THE BILL.
I THINK THERE WAS UNIVERSAL
EXPRESSION OF WHETHER OR NOT
THE $150,000 ALLOCATION IN A
BILL THAT IS INTENDED TO FUND
COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY
INITIATIVES TO THE TUNE OF $1.5
MILLION WAS HOUSED IN THE RIGHT
DEPARTMENT.
MINIBUS EXPRESSED CONCERNS AND
ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHETHER IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO,
IN THIS LEGISLATION, HAVE
$150,000 ALLOCATION AND
APPROPRIATION TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT FOR PURPOSES OF A
BIAS CRIME PREVENTION
COORDINATOR, WHICH AGAIN, IS A
CIVILIAN POSITION.
NONETHELESS WITHIN THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE BUDGET.
I HAD SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME
ASKING QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND THE POLICY CHOICES
THAT THE EXECUTIVE MADE IN
TERMS OF APPROPRIATING THOSE
$150,000 AGAIN OUT OF THE $41.5
MILLION TO SPD.
AS OPPOSED TO CHOOSING TO HOUSE
A POSITION THAT WOULD HELP WITH
COMMUNITY SAFETY NEEDS DIRECTLY
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR
POSITION THAT IS CURRENTLY
HOUSED AT ANOTHER LOCATION.
AS A RESULT OF THAT
CONVERSATION AND CONTINUING TO
LOOK AT THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
AND CONSIDERING MANY OF THE
EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE WE HAVE
RECEIVED, AND MUCH OF THE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY, I DECIDED TO
PURSUE TOGETHER WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND HER
OFFICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE A
MODIFICATION TO COUNCIL BILL
120029 BY AMENDMENT TWO, THAT
WOULD ALLOCATE $150,000 TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
AND THAT WOULD FIND A CID BASED
ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD SERVE
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY NEEDS OF
ALL ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC
ISLANDER AMERICANS IN THE CITY.
AGAIN, THIS WOULD BUILD OFF OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR
EFFORTS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
UNDERTAKEN IN THE PASSED.
IT WOULD NOT BE USED TO FIND AN
SPD POSITION, AND AGAIN, THIS
WOULD BE HOUSED WITHIN
COMMUNITY VIA THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO COMPLEMENT THE
INTENT AND THE DESIRE TO HAVE A
ROBUST COMMUNITY SAFETY BASED
ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULD SERVE
THE NEEDS OF THE AAPI COMMUNITY
IN THE AFTERMATH AND THE
ONGOING REALITY AROUND ANTI-
ASIAN VIOLENCE WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITY.
I THINK THIS STRIKES A GOOD
BALANCE, AND AGAIN, MEETS THE
INTENDED GOAL OF MEETING THOSE
COMMUNITY SAFETY NEEDS.
FROM A COMMUNITY-BASED
PERSPECTIVE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL MY
COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF
IT.
OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONSON AMENDMENT TWO?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT TWO?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
AMENDMENT TWO IS ADOPTED AND
THE AMENDED BILL IS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU GET
THE LAST WORD AS THE LEAD
SPONSOR HERE.
OH, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
SORRY, I DID NOT SEE YOUR HAND.
I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
>> I THINK I WAS A LITTLE SLOW
ON THE DRAW.
I DEFINITELY WANTED TO GET --
YOU AND SHE ARE THE COSPONSORS.
I DO WANT TO JUST SPEAK VERY
QUICKLY TO THE NUMBERS FOR 2020
FOR REPORTED HATE AND BIAS
CRIMES REPORTED TO POLICE IN
SEATTLE.
WE KNOW THAT THOSE BIAS
INCIDENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY
REPORTED TO POLICE, THAT THOSE
NUMBERS ARE UP 63% FROM 2019,
AND NEARLY 4 THE RATE FROM 2015.
THOSE ARE INCIDENTS THAT ARE
REPORTED TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE NOT ALL
INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR OF COURSE.
I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH ONE OF MY
NEIGHBORS THIS WEEKEND, AN
ELDER IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT
HIS OWN EXPERIENCES EARLIER
THIS MONTH HAVING ANTI-ASIAN
SLURS SHOUTED AT HIM WHILE
WALKING THROUGH OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
HOW UNSAFE HE FELT IN THAT
EXPERIENCE.
ONE OF THE KEY POINTS FROM A
CITY AUDITOR'S REPORT IS THAT
MANY ARE NOT REPORTED.
FOR THIS REASON, IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE INCLUDE -- WE
SUPPORT WAYS TO INCLUDE REPORTS
FROM TRUSTED COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
FOR THIS REASON LAST YEAR, THE
COUNCIL INCLUDED SOME FUNDS FOR
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO RESPOND TO HATE VIOLENCE.
THOSE FUNDS WERE NEVER PROVIDED.
I'M REALLY, REALLY GLAD THAT
THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF
THE SOURCES FOR THIS FUNDING.
FURTHER, IN AN ARTICLE THIS
WEEKEND, IT WAS QUOTED THAT
HATE CRIME VICTIMS EXPRESSED
SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE USEFULNESS
OF STANDARD PUNISHMENTS THROUGH
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THIS PERSON SAID AT THE END OF
THE DAY IF YOU GO TO JAIL, HE
STILL COMES OUT AS A RACIST
FULL OF HATE.
NOTHING CHANGED, DIDN'T LEARN
ANYTHING.
THERE WAS NO REHAB IN IT, SO TO
ME, IT'S POINTLESS.
COUNCIL HAS ALSO ASKED TO
CONSIDER USING A PORTION OF $1
MILLION THAT WE PROVIDED IN THE
PASSED FOR FUNDING COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING
A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM
SPECIFICALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS
WHO COMMIT HATE OR BIAS CRIMES.
A COMMUNITY PROCESS WAS USED
FOR DETERMINING THE SPENDING IN
THE PASSED, I JUST WANT TO
LIFT THIS UP AS YET ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY FOR SEATTLE TO
PERHAPS PURSUE SOME REALLY I
THINK FORWARD-LOOKING APPROACHES
FOR HOW TO ADDRESS OUR OWN
INCREASE IN BIAS AND HATE CRIMES
BY CENTERING THE EXPERIENCES OF
VICTIMS, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING
THE HARMS THAT PEOPLE
PERPETRATING HATE CRIMES FACE
WHEN THEY CONTINUE TO GO
THROUGH THEIR LIVES WITH HATE
IN THEIR HEARTS.
I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN BE ON
THE LEADING EDGE OF DEVELOPING
RSTORATIVE JUSTICE APPROACHES
FOR THESE CRIMES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR THOSE
REMARKS AND FOR SHARING THAT
VERY POWERFUL TESTIMONY OF.
OTHER ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE BILL?
I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE RAISE
THEIR HAND.
BEFORE I HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I ALSO
ANT TO EXPRESS MY -- EXPRESS
MY SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL AND
FOR THIS EFFORT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO NOT JUST, AGAIN, SAY WORDS
THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE AND STAND
IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE AAPI
COMMUNITY.
I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
US TO MAKE CONCRETE INVESTMENTS
IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE GOING
TO BE HARM REDUCTION
APPROACHES, AS WELL AS
APPROACHES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO
BUILD A RESILIENCY'S IN THE
AAPI COMMUNITY.
I AM HONORED TO BE ONE OF THE
TWO COSPONSORS OF THIS
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.
I KNOW THAT AS WE CONTINUE OUR
ARPA CONVERSATIONS, THERE WILL
BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT HOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AND
THEIR FAMILIES IN THE CONTEXT OF
VIOLENCE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO
BE A TARGET OF.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL
PREVIEW FOR YOU NOW IS THAT, IN
THE SPIRIT OF HEARING FROM MANY
MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT
WILLING TO REPORT THESE CRIMES,
IT ALSO COMES UP A LOT IN
DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS AND
ANOTHER IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE SUBJECTED TO
YOUNGER -- GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE.
WE HAVE HEARD LOUDLY AND
CLEARLY FROM MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS LEADERS
IN THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS, THAT ONE OF
THE CURRENT NEEDS IS HOW TO
BEST ASSESS AND CONNECT PEOPLE
WITHIN THE AAPI COMMUNITY IN
PARTICULAR TO PEOPLE WHO WILL
ADVOCATE FOR THEM WHEN AND IF
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING GENDER-
BASED VIOLENCE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH ALL OF YOU, WITH THE
BUDGET CHAIR, AND WITH MEMBERS
IN THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY
RESOURCES DURING OUR BUDGET
DELIBERATION PROCESS TO MEET
THOSE PARTICULAR NEEDS AS WELL.
I THINK THIS IS AN INITIAL
IMPORTANT INVESTMENT OF $1.5
MILLION THAT WE ARE GETTING
INTO COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY AS WE
CAN.
I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP OF
THE MAYOR AND APPRECIATE THE
PARTNERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND MOVING THIS
THROUGH THE PROCESS IN A
DELIBERATIVE MANNER.
IN A WAY THAT IT IS STILL GOING
TO MEET THE URGENCY OF NOW.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING
TO HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA TO CLOSE
US OUT SO WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON
THIS BILL.
>> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
>> THERE IS STILL A LITTLE BIT
OF INTERFERENCE.
THERE WE GO.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> I THINK WE CAN.
>> JUST THROW YOUR HANDS UP IF
YOU CAN HEAR ME.
I THINK WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT
IS GETTING THIS LEGISLATION
PASSED.
HAPPY TO GET CUT OFF IF YOU
CAN'T HEAR ME.
JUST TO REITERATE A FEW OF THE
COMMENTS FROM OUR STATEMENT
THAT THE COUNCIL SIGNED ONTO
TOGETHER.
I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
NEXT STEP TO THAT STATEMENT.
WE SAID IN OUR STATEMENT THAT
THERE IS A COLLECTIVE
RESPONSIBILITY, NOT ONLY TO
SOUND THE ALARM ON HATE CRIMES,
BUT TO CONTINUE OUR WORK TO
SYSTEMICALLY UPROOT RACISM,
XENOPHOBIA AND HATE FROM OUR
CITY.
MANY IN THE ASIAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY OF ASKED FOR US TO BE
AN ALLY IN CALLING OUT THIS
VIOLENCE, AND TO UNDERSTAND THE
ROOT CAUSE OF THIS VIOLENCE BY
ACKNOWLEDGING THE LONG HISTORY
OF ANTI-ASIAN RACISM AND
DEVELOP COMMUNITY CENTERED
SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC
INEQUALITY.
PRIOR TIES SAFETY WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITIES, AND FOSTER
SOLIDARITY.
WE WENT ON TO SAY WHILE THERE
MAY BE CALLED FOR MORE POLICING
TO STRENGTHEN LAWS AND TO
SENTENCE PUNISHMENTS TO THOSE
COMMITTEE HATE CRIMES, THE
COUNCIL HEARS THE CALL TO RELY
ON SOMETHING OTHER THAN A
RESPONSE USING THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM, GIVEN THE USE
THAT THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
MAY ONLY PERPETUATE DEEPLY
ENTRENCHED INEQUITIES AND RAISE
THEM.
INSTEAD WE MUST COMMIT TO
FURTHER ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSE
OF VIOLENCE SO WE CAN ACHIEVE
PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ALL OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I BRING THAT UP TO REITERATE
OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS JOINT
EFFORT IN BOTH INVESTING
UPSTREAM AND SOLUTIONS TO
CREATE GREATER SAFETY AND
STABILITY ADDRESSING THE ROOT
CAUSES OF RACISM AND HATE CRIMES
AND ALSO BY NOTING THAT IT IS
BEYOND JUST STATING CAN
SOLIDARITY.
THIS IS ABOUT INJUSTICE.
TODAY FOR THIS LEGISLATION, AS
A FOLLOW-UP FROM A STATEMENT
THAT WE MADE, WITH THE
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE JUST
ADOPTED HERE TODAY, I BELIEVE
WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON NOT
JUST STANDING IN SOLIDARITY,
BUT INVESTING IN SOLUTIONS TO
CREATE BETTER STABILITY AND
ADDRESS SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSES
AS WE CALLED FOR IN OUR
STATEMENT THAT WAS LARGELY
INFLUENCED BY THE FOLKS FROM
STOP AAPI HATE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR
THOSE CLOSING REMARKS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
AMENDED BILL.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE BILL PASSES
AS AMENDED.
>>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 9 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 9, APPOINTMENT
1831.
APPOINTMENT OF DAN TORRES AS
MEMBER SWEDEN BEVERAGE TAX
COMMUNITY BOARD FOR A TERM
AUGUST 31st, 2021.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, THIS IS
ALSO PART OF YOUR REPORT.
>> THIS APPOINTMENT IS A
MAYORAL APPOINTMENT TO THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR
THE EARLY LEARNING POSITION.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON MR.
TORRES, HE HAS DEDICATED HIS
CAREER TO SUPPORTING FAMILIES
AND PROMOTING EQUITY.
HE WORKS AT THE FAMILY
FOUNDATION WHERE HE HAS WORKED
WITH A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES
SCIENCE-BASED TOOLS TO FURTHER
CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
HE HAS SERVED AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE WASHINGTON
STATE ESSENTIALS FOR CHILDHOOD
INITIATIVE.
HE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF
POLICY AND PARTNERSHIP WHERE HE
HELPED TO DEVELOP AND LEAVE
THEIR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF DAN
TORRES TO THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX COMMUNITY ADVISORY
BOARD FOR A TERM BEGINNING
AUGUST 31st.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENT?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENT 1831.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
10?
>> APPOINTMENT 1859.
APPOINTMENT OF JOEL SHAPIRO, AS
MEMBER, LABOR STANDARDS
ADVISORY COMMISSION, FOR A TERM
TO APRIL 20th, 2023.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
MR. SHAPIRO IS AN APPOINTEE
FROM THE LABOR STANDARDS
ADVISORY COMMISSION.
JOEL'S APPAREL IS ONE OF THE
FOUNDERS AND CO-CEOS OF
DUMPLINGS.
IT AIMED TO LEVEL THE PLAYING
FIELDS FOR WORKERS IN THE GIG
ECONOMY THROUGH AN OPENING MODEL
THAT ALLOWS PERSONAL SHOPPERS
TO START THEIR OWN GROCERY
DELIVERY BUSINESSES.
THEY CAN SET THEIR OWN PRICE,
WORK WITH THE CLIENTS THEY WENT
TO WORK WITH, AND EARN
SIGNIFICANT MORE THAN WITH A
TRADITIONAL PLATFORM.
PRIOR TO FOUNDING THE COMPANY,
MR. SHAPIRO SERVED FOR OVER 10
YEARS AT THE NATIONAL
INSTRUMENTS IN VARIOUS PRODUCT,
MARKET, AND BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT ROLES.
MR. SHAPIRO HOLDS A BACHELORS
DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.
AND AN MBA FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF TEXAS.
THE COMMUNITY UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE. I WANT TO
THANK THE LABOR STANDARDS
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
THEMSELVES. THEY PRESENTED
DURING COMMITTEE.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THEM.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENT?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT
1859.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 11
INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE CITY
COUNCIL 11.
SEATTLE INFORMATION AND
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT REQUESTS
FOR A SIX-MONTH EXTENSION FOR
THE FILING OF THE GROUP FOR
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORT.
DUE ON MARCH 1st, 2021.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MOVED TO APPROVE THE FILED
CLERK FILE 314471.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO FILE.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU
ARE THE SPONSOR.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I CAN ADDRESS BOTH COURT FILES
AND THE NEXT ONE ON THE AGENDA.
THEY GO TOGETHER, THEY BOTH
INVOLVE TECHNOLOGY.
IT WON'T TAKE TWO SEPARATE
VOTES.
AS CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION
AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE, WHICH
INCLUDES TECHNOLOGY, I RECEIVED
A REQUEST FROM SEATTLE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT FOR AN EXTENSION TO
COMPLETE THE SO-CALLED GROUP
FOUR SURVEILLANCE REPORTS.
AND TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ON
THIS TIMING WE ARE STILL IN THE
MIDDLE OF APPROVING THE GROUP 2
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORT.
THIS EXTENSION ACTUALLY WORKS
WELL FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AS
WELL.
PURSUANT TO THE SURVEILLANCE
ORDINANCE 125679, IN SEPTEMBER
OF LAST YEAR, WHEN WE ALL HOPED
THE COVID RESTRICTIONS MIGHT
NOT CONTINUE AS LONG AS THEY
HAVE, WE HAVE GRANTED A SIX-
MONTH EXTENSION.
THE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING, WITH
THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY
SERVICE WORKING GROUP, TO
EXTEND THIS DEADLINE FOR AN
ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS TO
COMPLETE THEIR REVIEW AND
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
WHICH HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY THE
COVID PANDEMIC.
I SUPPORT THIS EXTENSION AND
THE CORRESPONDING REVISIONS TO
THE MASTER LIST OF TECHNOLOGIES
WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE
NEXT FILE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
THAT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON CLERK FILE 314471?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
APPROVAL AND FILING OF THE
FILE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION PASSES AND THE
CLERK FILE IS APPROVED AND
FILED.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 12
INTO THE RECORD.
>> CLERK FILE 314472.
MASTER LIST OF SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGIES.
REVISED MARCH 2021.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO FILE CLERK FILE
314472.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> NO THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE
CLERK FILE?
>> HEARING NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE FILING OF
THE CLERK FILE?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED. .
>> THE MOTION PASSES AND THE
CLERK FILE IS FILED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS
13 THROUGH 21 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEMS 13 THROUGH 21,
APPOINTMENTS 1850 THROUGH 1858.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF AHANA ROY,
ANJELICA VALENZUELA, AND
SAMARA WIJESEKERA , AS MEMBERS,
SEATTLE YOUTH COMMISSION FOR
TERMS TO AUGUST 31st, 2021, AND
THE APPOINTMENTS OF ELSA
ASSEFA, ELEANOR CENNAME,
DIEGO-ESCAME-HEDGER, EDHIL
HAID, AND LINCOLN HILLIARD
WILMORE AS MEMBERS, SEATTLE
YOUTH COMMISSION FOR TERMS TO
AUGUST 31st, 2022.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL MOVE TO CONFIRM
APPOINTMENTS 1850 THROUGH 1858.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO CONFIRM THE
APARTMENTS.
COLLEAGUES AGAIN AS A REMINDER,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S FULL
COUNCIL MEETING AS A RESULT OF
SERVING DUTY TO WE DO WANT TO
THANK HIM FOR FILLING HIS JURY
DUTY OBLIGATIONS.
IN HIS STEAD WILL BE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WHO IS
GOING TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, I WILL NOW GIVE YOU A
LITTLE CONTEXT TO THESE
APPOINTEES.
THERE ARE NINE APPOINTMENTS TO
ALL OF THEM TO THE SEATTLE
YOUTH COMMISSION.
SEATTLE YOUTH COMMISSION IS
MADE UP OF 15 TEENAGERS WHO
ADVISED THE CITIES ON POLICIES
AND CONNECT YOU TO LOCAL
AFFECTED OFFICIALS.
FIRST, AHANA ROY IS A MORAL
APPOINTEE FROM OLYMPIC HIKES.
SHE IS MOTIVATED TO SERVE BY
COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS,
PARTICULARLY RACIAL EQUITY,
GENDER EQUITY, AND LGBTQ
WRITES.
ANJELICA VALENZUELA IS A MERYL
APPOINTEE FROM HILLARY LAKE.
SHE IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED
IN CLIMATE CHANGE, HOMELESS
RIGHTS, HOMELESSNESS AND THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM.
SAMARA WIJESEKERA IS A CITY
COUNCIL APPOINTEE FROM VICTORIA
HEIGHTS.
SHE IS SEEKING TO HAVE AN
ACTIVE ROLE IN INFLUENCING
POLICY AND IS FOCUSED ON EQUITY
IN EDUCATION, CONSERVATION,
RACIAL EQUITY, YOUTH POVERTY,
AND HOMELESSNESS.
ELSA ASSEFA, IS A MAYORAL
APPOINTEE FROM LAKE CITY.
ALSO WAS INSPIRED TO SERVE BY
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
AS WELL AS BY HEARD THE BUYER
TO END POVERTY AND INCLUDE
PUBLIC SAFETY.
ELEANOR CENNAME IS A MAYORAL
APPOINTEE FROM BRYANT.
SHE IS INVOLVED IN THE
COMMUNITY AS A VOLUNTEER.
SHE IS SEEKING TO CONTINUE THAT
SERVICE ON THE YOUTH COMMISSION.
DIEGO-ESCAME-HEDGER IS A CITY
COUNCIL APPOINTEE. HE WANTS TO
BRING HIS LIVED EXPERIENCE IS
ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE OF COLOR
AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL TO COMBAT
RACISM FROM THE YOUTH
COMMISSION.
EDHIL HAID . IS A MAYORAL
APPOINTEE WHO WANTS TO SERVE ON
THE COMMISSION TO HELP ENACT
REAL CHANGE WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY AND ADVANCE IN MY
MENTAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL
JEOPARDY.
LEAH SCOTT IS A MAYORAL
APPOINTEE FROM MAPLE LEAF.
SHE HAS ADVOCATED FOR
EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS BOTH
AT SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE AND WOULD
LOVE TO BRING THAT EXPERIENCE
TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION.
FINALLY, LINCOLN HILLIARD
WILMORE IS A MAYORAL APPOINTEE
FROM RAINIER VALLEY.
LINCOLN HAS SAID HE WANTS TO
USE HIS TIME ON THE YOUTH
COMMISSION TO UPLIFT AFRICAN-
AMERICAN HISTORY, ADDRESS GUN
VIOLENCE, AND ADVOCATE FOR MORE
RESOURCES FOR RAINIER BEACH
HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
FOR THAT REPORT AND FOR
STEPPING IN FOR COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS QUESTION MARK HEARING
NONE, WITH THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATIONS OF APPOINTMENTS
1850 THROUGH 1858?
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED
.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APARTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
22 INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE ADOPTION OF OTHER
RESOLUTIONS.
AGENDA ITEM 22, RESOLUTION
32001.
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE
UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND
REQUESTING THAT CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER PARTIES
USE THE CORRECT NAME FOR
UPTOWN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
32001. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, OVER TO
YOU TO WALK US THROUGH THE
RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
SINCE WE ARE GETTING TO THE END
OF THE MEETING I WILL BE BRIEF
AND APPRECIATE THE COUNCILS
INDULGENCE ON BRINGING THIS
FORWARD ON A RATHER CROWDED
DOCKET TODAY.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT A LOT
OF MY LIFE IN SEATTLE AS A
SEATTLE NATIVE AROUND THE
UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD GOING TO
HIGH SCHOOL AT THE CENTER
SCHOOL.
GOING TO THE SEATTLE REPERTORY
THEATER.
IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MEANS
A LOT TO ME.
I REALLY ENJOYED REPRESENTING A
LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT TESTIFY
TODAY ON PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE BEEN BIG
BOOSTERS IN ITS EVOLUTION OVER
THE LAST DECADE.
IT HAS REALLY BEEN VERY
DRAMATIC.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M AT THE PART
OF MY LIFE WHERE I'M MAKING
KIND OF THOSE OLD GUY WHO HAS
LIVED IN THE CITY FOR A WHILE
ANECDOTES.
I REMEMBER BACK WHEN QUEEN ANNE
AND MERCER WAS AN INTERSECTION
THAT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT AROUND
IT.
NOW, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS
GROWING CONSIDERABLY.
THERE'S A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF
NEW HOUSING DENSITY MOVING INTO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS
BRINGING IN NEW DYNAMISM AND A
YOUNGER COHORT OF FOLKS LIVING
THERE.
WHO ARE BRINGING THEIR
CREATIVITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
VERY ARTS FOCUSED COMMUNITY IN
UPTOWN.
IN ADDITION TO THE AMENITIES
THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE
SEATTLE OPERA AND THE SEATTLE
CENTER.
SOON THE EPICENTER OF HOCKEY IN
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA.
AS A RESULT OF ALL THOSE THINGS,
FORGING A UNIQUE AND SEPARATE
IDENTITY FROM THE QUEEN ANNE
NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I ALSO
HAVE THE GREAT PRIVILEGE TO
REPRESENT.
THE NAME UPTOWN I THINK IS THE
SUITABLE BRAND TO REALLY PUT A
STAMP ON THIS DYNAMISM TO
RECOGNIZE IT AS THIS COMMUNITY
GOES FORWARD TO REALLY SHAPE A
FUTURE FOR THAT CORNER OF THE
CITY.
VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT THEM.
I WANT TO THANK DANIELA SUAREZ
ON MY STAFF WHO HELPED PUT THIS
TOGETHER AND REALLY DO A LOT OF
WORK WITH THE CONSTITUENCIES
INVOLVED.
I WANT TO THANK RICK COOPER WHO
CALLED IN WITH UPTOWN ALLIANCE,
AS WELL AS DEBORAH AND ALL THE
OTHER GREAT CONSTITUENTS WHO
ARE REALLY WORKING EVERY DAY TO
MAKE UPTOWN A VERY SPECIAL
PLACE.
I HOPE THIS RESOLUTION WILL
ASSIST IN YOUR EFFORTS TO MOVE
FORWARD.
SO, WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, I
DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED
.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES, THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
>>> OTHER BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WILL
APPRECIATE THIS.
I MISSED TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO
SAY THANK YOU.
WORK ON THE AAPI COMMUNITY
METHODS BILL.
AND WORK ON THE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ASK, WITH
THE COUNCIL PERMISSION, THAT I
BE EXCUSED ON MONDAY, APRIL
26th FROM FULL COUNCIL.
>> OKAY, IS THERE ANY -- DID
YOU SAY APRIL 26th?
AND JUST FROM FULL COUNCIL?
>> COUNCIL BRIEFING TOO PLEASE.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER EXECUTED --
MOSQUEDA WILL BE EXCUSED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WILL BE
EXCUSED ON APRIL 26th.
IF THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL?
ALL RIGHT, COLLIES, THIS DOES
CONCLUDE THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
CITY COUNCIL MEET IS ON MONDAY,
APRIL 19, 2021 AT 2:00 P.M.
I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A
WONDERFUL AFTERNOON AND ENJOY
SOME OF THIS GLORIOUS SUNSHINE.
WEARING YOUR MASKS, AND STAYING
SOCIALLY DISTANCED.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.