ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, JULY 19, THE
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS TO: 01.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> HERE.
EIGHT PRESENT.
>> MOVING ON IN OUR AGENDA,
THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES COME
I AM HERE.
MY COMPUTER WAS DELAYED.
>> YOU'RE HERE.
GREAT.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
WE WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD, FOR THIS PERIOD
THE REMOTE SPEAKERS WILL BE
HEARD FIRST.
AND THEN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY IN
PERSON SPEAKERS THAT ARE IN
CHAMBERS TODAY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE 35
REMOTE SPEAKERS AND WE HAVE FOUR
PEOPLE IN CHAMBERS.
IS THAT CORRECT, MADAME CLERK?
>> 35 REMOTE AND FIVE IN
CHAMBER.
>> AT THIS TIME I WILL HAND OVER
-- HANDED OVER TO YOU, JODY TO
PRESENT THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR
THE PUBLIC, RECORDING.
>> SPEAKERS WILL NOW BE CALLED
IN THE ORDER REGISTERED.
IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO
SPEAK YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP
BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD OF CONCLUDED.
BY REGISTERING FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT ONLINE FOR REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
FOR IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT
PLEASE SIGN UP AT THE SIGN-UP
SHEET LOCATED AT THE CHAMBER.
>> THE CITY OF FLOWERS AND
GOODWILL.
BUILT ON INDIGENOUS LAND, THE
TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF THE
PEOPLE'S.
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WELCOMES REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
AND IS EAGER TO HEAR FROM
RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A
SPEAKER AND PROVIDE A VERBAL
PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY
REGISTER TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE
MEETING VIA THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WEBSITE.
HERE'S SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEEDINGS.
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
ON THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER DIVIDED WHEN
THEY REGISTERED ONLINE AND USE
THE MEETING ID AND PASSCODE
THAT WAS EMAILED UPON
CONFIRMATION.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CONFIRMATION, PLEASE CHECK YOUR
SPAM OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS.
A REMINDER, THE SPEAKER MEETING
ID IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
GENERAL LISTEN LINE MEETING ID
PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA.
ONCE A SPEAKER'S NAME IS
CALLED, THE SPEAKERS MICROPHONE
WILL BE UNMUTED AND AN
AUTOMATIC PROMPT WILL SAY, THE
HOST WOULD LIKE YOU TO UNMUTE
YOUR MICROPHONE.
THAT IS YOUR CUE THAT IT'S YOUR
TURN TO SPEAK.
AT THAT TIME, YOU MUST PRESS
STAR SIX.
YOU WILL THEN HEAR A PROMPT OF,
YOU ARE UNMUTED.
BE SURE YOUR PHONE IS UNMUTED
ON YOUR END SO THAT YOU WILL BE
HEARD.
AS A SPEAKER YOU SHOULD BEGIN
BY STATING YOUR NAME AND THE
ITEM YOU'RE ADDRESSING.
A CHIME WILL SOUND WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT IN YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME.
IS A GENTLE REMINDER TO WRAP UP
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED
TIME, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED.
IN THE NEXT SPEAKER REGISTERED
WILL BE CALLED.
ONCE SPEAKERS HAVE COMPLETED
PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT,
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE
PUBLIC COMMENT LINE AND JOIN US
BY FOLLOWING THE MEETING VIA VIA
SEATTLE CHANNEL BROADCAST OR
THE LISTENING LINE LISTED ON
THE AGENDA.
THE COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO ELIMINATE PUBLIC COMMENT IF
THE SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED.
OR IF THE PROCESS IMPEDES THE
COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT
ITS BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF
RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
ANY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS
DISRUPTIVE TO THESE PROCEEDINGS
OR THAT IS NOT FOCUSED ON AN
APPROPRIATE TOPIC SPECIFIED IN
COUNCIL RULES MAY LEAD TO THE
SPEAKER BEING MUTED BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER.
OUR HOPE IS TO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL ASSIST
OUR ORDERLY CONSIDERATION OF
ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR
SIX AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT,
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THANK YOU, SEATTLE.
>> IT IS ONE MINUTE, YOU WILL
HEAR A CHIME WHEN YOU HAVE 10
SECONDS TO WRAP UP YOUR
COMMENTS.
THANK YOU.
ONE MINUTE.
>> OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HOWARD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, HOWARD WITH
SEATTLE STOP.ORG COMMENTING ON
THE LACK OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
TODAY WILL VOTE ON COUNCIL
BUILT 120337 TO CREATE A
PROCESS FOR INVESTIGATING
CLAIMS AGAINST THE CHIEF OF
POLICE.
THAT PROCESS WILL REQUIRE
INVESTIGATORS TO NOT POLICE
DESPITE THE FACT THAT SPD
SERGEANTS.
THE COUNCIL IS RECOGNIZING THE
PROBLEMS WITH POLICE
INVESTIGATING POLICE BUT
INSTEAD OF PUTTING AN END TO
THIS CORRUPT SYSTEM YOU ARE
LEGISLATING A TINY WORK AROUND
FOR A SPECIFIC TYPE OF
COMPLAINT.
THIS IS A SYSTEM ENTIRELY
REJECTED BY THE STATE
LEGISLATURE IN 2021 WHEN THEY
SIT AT THE OFFICE OF
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TO
INVESTIGATE THE POLICE USE OF
DEADLY FORCE.
BUT FOR SEATTLE IT IS OKAY TO
HAVE COPS INVESTIGATE COPS,
FINDING THAT EACH AND EVERY
POLICE KILLING HIS LAWFUL AND
PROPER.
INSTEAD OF A CARVEOUT LIKE YOU
ARE VOTING ON TODAY YOU NEED A
COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF OUR FAILED
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
WE NEED DIRECT BEAUTY CONTROL
OF COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS,
DISCIPLINE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
AS WE LEARNED.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER, EXCUSE ME,
I LOST IT ON OUR COMPUTER.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIAN
CLARK.
BRIAN?
IF BRIAN IS NOT AVAILABLE WE
WILL MOVE ON TO JESSICA.
JESSICA?
>> I DOUBLE UNMUTE.
>> I WILL WEIGHT.
>> GO AHEAD, BRIAN, IF YOU ARE
LOGGED IN.
>> HELLO COUNCIL, I'M A MEMBER
OF IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL
TO MAKE SEATTLE AND ABORTION-
RIGHTS SANCTUARY CITY.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
PATIENTS AND THEIR CARE
PROVIDERS.
TO MAKE ABORTION FREE AND
AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO SEEKS
IT.
THE LEGISLATION IS
OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY
CONSTITUENTS.
DEMOCRATS OF HAD 50 YEARS TO
CODIFY ROE AND HAVE FUN RAISED
HEAVILY.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE IN
LINE, WE KNOW HOW EASILY THESE
ORDERS ARE IGNORED OR
IMBALANCED.
THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE
SPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF ABORTION
AND HEALTHCARE HAVE AN
OBLGATION TO VOTE OTHERWISE
THEY'RE JUST HOLLOW WORDS.
CONSTITUENTS DEMAND
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER'S JESSICA.
>> MY NAME IS JESSICA, I AM A
RENTER IN DISTRICT 3 AND I'M
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AN
ABORTION THINK STORY CITY.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE
AS HAVE BEEN SAID, THE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS WILL NOT GO
FAR ENOUGH AND NEED TO BE
CODIFIED INTO LAW.
IT NEEDS TO BE SAFE FOR PEOPLE
TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GET THE
CARE THEY NEED WITHOUT FEELING
LIKE THEY HAVE TO BE IN SOME
EMERGENCY STATE OR RISK THEIR
LIVES.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION, IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AVA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I AM A HOME HEALTHCARE AGENT
NUMBER OF 775 SPEAKING TODAY TO
URGE ALL THOSE IN CITY COUNCIL
TO VOTE YES ON COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEATTLE AND ABORTION-RIGHTS
THINK STORY CITY.
THE SUPREME COURT DANGEROUS
DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE VERSUS
WADE HAS ALREADY HAD IMPACT.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE STORY
OF A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN OHIO
WAS AND THEN FORCED TO FLEE THE
STATE TO RECEIVE A SAFE
ABORTION.
STORIESLIKE THIS REALLY
UNDERSCORE WHY IT'S SO
IMPORTANT FOR SEATTLE TO STAND
IN SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE IN
OTHER STATES SEEKING OR
PROVIDING THIS BASIC HEALTHCARE
RIGHT.
EVEN THOUGH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
HAVE PROTESTED AGAINST THIS
ATTACK, OVER 5000 PEOPLE HAVE
SIGNED A PETITION IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TRYING TO
ACKNOWLEDGE NO OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBER HAS COME OUT TO SUPPORT
THIS PUBLIC LEGISLATION, LIKE
OTHERS HAVE SAID EXECUTIVE
ACTIONS DON'T CARRY THE WEIGHT
OF LAW THEY CAN BE UNDONE ON A
WHIM JUST AS ROE VERSUS WADE
WAS.
THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE NOT
AN EXCUSE FOR CITY COUNCIL
DEMOCRATS DO NOT SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BILL.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JORDAN.
JORDAN?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
JORDAN.
I SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
RESOLUTION MAKING SEATTLE AND
ABORTION RIGHTS SANCTUARY.
THE RECENT OVERTURNING OF A
LONG STANDING PRESIDENT
GUARANTEEING THE RIGHTS TO AN
ABORTION IS NOTHING LESS THAN A
GROSS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
AND A BROKEN FEDERAL JUDICIAL
SYSTEM NOW CONTROLLED BY
SENATORS FROM TINY STATES AND
PAST PRESIDENTS WHO LOST THE
POPULAR VOTE.
THIS TERRIBLE DECISION WILL
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT WOMEN
OF COLOR, POOR WOMEN AND
CONCEDES GROUND TO RACISM AND
SEXISM.
AS A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL
WHO OFTEN SEES WOMEN DURING
PREGNANCY, IT IS SELF-EVIDENT
TO ME THAT THE MEDICAL
DECISIONS A WOMAN MAKES ABOUT
HER OWN BODY AND THE SOCIAL,
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC
IMPLICATIONS OF GIVING BIRTH
ARE HERS AND HERS ALONE TO MAKE.
SEATTLE NEEDS TO MAKE A STAND
AND PROTECT WOMEN WHO ARE
SEEKING REFUGE FROM STATES THAT
HAVE SINCE DENIED THIS RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KRISTIN.
KRISTIN?
>> I AM KRISTIN, I'M COMING TO
YOU AGAIN FOR THE ABORTION
SANCTUARY CITY LEGISLATION.
IT IS PAGE-YEAR-OLD GIRL
OPPRESSION WHITE SUPREMACY
ABLEST GENOCIDE AND AGEIST
TOTALITARIANISM.
IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM IS IT
LEFT-WING OR FEMINIST.
IT IS THE MASS KILLING OF YOUNG
HUMAN BEINGS AND EXPORTATION OF
THEIR MOTHERS.
PEOPLE DON'T GO SKIPPING DOWN
TO THE CLINIC HAPPY TO DO IT.
THEY ARE DOING WHEN THEY ARE
MANIPULATED INTO BELIEVING THEY
HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO
ABORT BECAUSE THEY ARE TOLD
THEY CAN'T BE MOTHERS IF THEY
ARE SINGLE, POOR, TEENAGERS,
GOING TO SCHOOL, HAVE CAREERS
OR WANT LIVES WORTH LIVING.
ABORTION IS NOT A SOLUTION TO
OUR PROBLEMS.
IT IS A FAKE BAND-AID THAT ACTS
LIKE IT DOES SOMETHING TO HELP
US WHEN IN REALITY ALL IT
DOESN'T KILL OUR CHILDREN AND
LEAVE US IN THE SAME SITUATION
WE WERE PREVIOUSLY IN BUT THIS
TIME WITH LOADS OF PTSD.
W DESERVE A SEATTLE THAT IS A
SANCTUARY CITY FOR THE PRE-
BORN.
DON'T TURN SEATTLE INTO A CHILD
GENOCIDE CAMP.
WE NEED TO BE BETTER FOR WOMEN,
PREGNANT PEOPLE AND CHILDREN.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA.
BARBARA?
>> BARBARA, DELEGATE TO THE MLK
LABOR COUNCIL FOR AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES 3197.
HEALTHCARE WORKERS UNION.
BOTH ARE LOCAL UNION AND THE
LABOR FEDERATION ENDORSE
RESOLUTION TO PROTECT ABORTION-
RIGHTS.
THIS IS A LABOR ISSUE.
I URGE ALL THE DEMOCRATS ON
CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AND
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY.
ALONGSIDE LABOR UNION, LGBT
ACUTE RIGHTS ACTIVISTS,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS
INTRODUCED ABORTION SANCTUARY
CITY LEGISLATION . WE CANNOT
RELY ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS OF THE
GOVERNOR OR MAYOR TO PROTECT
OUR RIGHTS.
WE NEED CODIFICATION AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL, JUST LIKE WE
DESPERATELY NEED IT AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
THE CRIMINALIZATION OF WOMEN
AND PEOPLE, THEIR DOCTORS AND
CARE PROVIDERS AND ANYONE WHO
AIDS AND ABETS ABORTION MEANS
THOUSANDS WILL BE FORCED TO
FLEE THEIR HOME STATES TO
ESCAPE PROSECUTION AND JAIL
TIME.
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
ABORTION SANCTUARY LEGISLATION.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS MATTHEW.
>> I AM A PROFESSOR AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN
SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S CENTURY CITY
LEGISLATION.
MY STUDENTS WERE VOCALLY UPSET
TO SEE THEIR RIGHTS ROLLBACK.
THEY CAN SEE THE RIGHT-WING
ONSLAUGHT AND THEY ARE RIGHTLY
WORRIED ABOUT PROSECUTION OF
TRANS PEOPLE AND LOTS OF LGBTQ
FREEDOM.
THEY ARE BEING LET DOWN BY
DEMOCRATS OF HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CODIFY THESE RIGHTS IN
RECENT HISTORY IN OVER THE LAST
FEW WEEKS HAVE FAILED.
WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT FIGHT
BACK STARTING WITH MAKING
SEATTLE A SANCTUARY CITY FOR
PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY
FACING PROSECUTION FROM
ANTIABORTION LAWS ESPECIALLY
YOUNG PEOPLE AND WORKING-CLASS
PEOPLE MOVING ACROSS THE STATE
LINE.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL USE THE
SAME APPROACH AS THE 2003
INITIATIVE TO [INDISCERNIBLE]
WE KNOW IT CAN WORK.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE
LEGISLATION AND MOVE WEEKLY.
QUICKLY.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS PRESTON.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS PRESTON.
I AM A RANKIN CHILD MEMBER OF
THE THE CHILD UNION THE MARTIN
THE KING COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL.
AS AN IS A LABOR MOVEMENT I'M
PROUD TO SAY REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS ARE WORKERS RIGHTS AND
THIS COUNCIL HASN'T VOTED ON A
RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT UNIONIZING
STARBUCKS WORKERS WHO ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY WOMEN, AND
ARE GOING TO BE
DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECTED BY
THESE ATTACKS ON ABORTION-
RIGHTS.
THE SAME THING IS TRUE OF
WORKERS AT GOOGLE WHO DO NOT
RECEIVE BENEFITS, DO NOT
RECEIVE THE ABILITY FOR
COVERAGE OF THEIR ABORTION AND
WILL BE FACING HUGE FINANCIAL
COSTS TO DO SO IN THE VERY
LEAST WE CAN DO IS INSTEAD OF
DEPENDING A CORPORATION SCHOOL
THE RIGHT THING AND THEN
THREATEN THE RIGHTS BEHIND OUR
BACKS, IS TO FIGHT AND ALLOW
OUR CITY TO BE SANCTUARIES FOR
ABORTIONS.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
RESOLUTION TO MAKE SEATTLE A
SANCTUARY CITY FOR ABORTION.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBERT.
>> HELLO.
I NAME IS REVEREND ROBERT
JEFFREY SENIOR, AND CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF THE ABORTION SINKS
RATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
MAKE SEATTLE AND ABORTION-
RIGHTS CENTURY CITY.
FINALLY, THERE MUST BE PUSHBACK
AGAINST THOSE WHO WOULD USE
RELIGION TO CONTROL WOMEN,
GUNS, CONTINUE HISTORICAL
OPPRESSION OF MINORITIES BY
CIRCUMVENTING EDUCATION WHILE
AT THE SAME TIME PREACHING. I
BELIEVE THIS PUSHBACK ON THIS
CREEPING THEOCRACY OF AMERICA
MUST BE LOUD AND CLEAR.
IN ADDITION, I AGREE WITH THE
CALLER WHO EXPRESSED THE NEED
FOR COMPLETE COMMUNITY CONTROL
OVER POLICE OVERSIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LARRY.
>> HI, I AM AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF
SEIU LOCAL 775.
I AM CALLING TODAY TO STRONGLY
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE A
SANCTUARY CITY FOR CHOICE.
WE NEED TO ASSURE WOMEN,
ESPECIALLY POOR WOMEN FROM THE
STATES THAT HAVE BANNED
ABORTION CAN FIND A SAFE
MEDICAL SERVICES THEY NEED
WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING
ARRESTED OR HAVING TO WORRY
ABOUT THE FINANCIAL BURDEN.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO THESE
WOMEN BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF
THEM.
IN 1999, ALTHOUGH I LIVED IN
WASHINGTON STATE, I HAD TO
TRAVEL 90 MINUTES EACH WAY FOR
THREE DAYS TO SEATTLE IN ORDER
TO HAVE THIS PROCEDURE DONE
SAFELY.
THE ONLY AVAILABLE DOCTOR AT A
LOCAL CLINIC REFUSED TO PROVIDE
THE SERVICE DUE TO HIS PERSONAL
RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
I URGED THE DEMOCRATS ON THE
CITY COUNCIL TO PASS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S A VERY
POPULAR LEGISLATION AS IT IS
WRITTEN WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OLIVIA.
>> LIVIA, IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX
-- OKAY, WE MAY COME BACK TO
OLIVIA.
THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE TAYLOR
WARNER.
>> HI, MY NAME IS TAYLOR WARNER
AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE 46 AND
ALSO HAVE BEEN A SINGLE MOM
SINCE I WAS 19.
SO I HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENTIAL
KNOWLEDGE OF HOW SIGNIFICANTLY
THE DECISION TO HAVE A CHILD OR
NOT HAVE A CHILD CAN IMPACT
SOMEBODY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE
OF THEIR LIFE.
I DON'T NEED TO SAY HOW
CRITICAL IT IS THAT THAT
DECISION BE IN THE HANDS OF THE
PERSON WHO IS AFFECTED.
BUT I WOULD SAY I HAVE TALKED
TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SEATTLE
ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
SANCTUARY CITY, ABORTION
SANCTUARY CITY DISTILLATION, IS
OVERWHELMINGLY POPULAR.
I THINK IT IS CRITICAL TO WAGE
A FIGHT THAT IS AT THE LEVEL OF
THE CIRCUMSTANCES, CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS WILL BE REMEMBERED AS
BEING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF
HISTORY IF YOU FAIL TO ACT.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACOB.
IF JACOB IS NOT AVAILABLE --
>> MY NAME IS JACOB.
SORRY, I AM HERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
JACOB, I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF
OF REAL CHANGE, SEATTLE'S
NONPROFIT, IT FULLY SUPPORTS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AND
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY AND
FUND ABORTION AND ABORTION CARE
FOR ALL NEEDED.
THE REPEAL OF ROE VERSUS WADE
IS HAVING AN EFFECT THAT IS
FORCING PEOPLE WHO ARE TARGETED
AT DIRECTLY, TO CROSS STATE
LINES TO RECEIVE THE HEALTHCARE
THEY NEED.
IDAHO, OUR NEIGHBORING STATE TO
THE EAST HAS A TRIGGER LOCK
ABORTION IT WILL SHORTLY GO
INTO EFFECT AND THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY THERE MADE IT CLEAR THERE
WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TAKING
INTO ACCOUNT THE LIFE OF THE
MOTHER.
THE URGENCY OF THIS NEED, WE
NEED TO RAPIDLY EXPAND ACCESS
IN TERMS OF ABORTION THAT IS
SAFE, LEGAL AND ACCESSIBLE FOR
ALL ON-DEMAND.
WE NEED TO CODIFY LEGISLATION
IN SEATTLE BEYOND WORDS AND
GESTURES FOR THE RIGHT TO
ABORTION FOR ALL WHO WANT AND
NEED IT AND PROTECTS THOSE WHO
BOTH SEEK AND PROVIDE ABORTION
CARE.
PASS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION AND MAKE SEATTLE
AND ABORTION CENTURY CITY.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER'S CEO.
>> I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. I
RAISED BOTH OF MY CHILDREN HERE
IN SEATTLE.
I AM HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE
BILL TO MAKE SEATTLE AND
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY .
FIRST, THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR
FOR TAKING A STAND ON JUNE 24
FOR THE RIGHT TO ABORTION AND
PROMISING TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO
SUPPORT ABORTION SERVICES.
THIS IS A GREAT STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT, LEGISLATION NEEDS TO BE NOW
TO ENSURE THE CITY CAN FULFILL
THAT PROMISE.
IN 2003 RESPONDING TO ANTI-
IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT NATIONWIDE
AFTER 9/11 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A BILL
THAT LED TO SEATTLE BECOMING
CENTURY CITY, A SAFER HAVEN FOR
DOCUMENT DID PEOPLE.
IT IS TIME FOR SEATTLE CITY TO
TAKE SPECIAL STANCE AGAIN AND
VOTE TO APPROVE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S BILL.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ADDIE
STEIN.
>> HELLO?
HELLO, I AM A STEWARD OF UAW
412 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
I'M COMMENTING TODAY TO URGE
YOU TO VOTE YES ON
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S ABORTION
SINKS RATE LEGISLATION.
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE SHOULD BE
AN ISSUE FOR EVERYONE, NOT ONLY
IN SOLIDARITY BECAUSE EVERYONE
IS IMPACTED WHEN THE ECONOMY IS
RESTRICTED.
WHILE WASHINGTON ALREADY HAS
SOME PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR
STATE CITIZENS FOR THE RIGHT TO
AN ABORTION, THIS ISN'T TRUE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WE HAVE
BEEN SEEING.
IF WE TRULY DO BELIEVE IN THIS
RIGHT TO HEALTHCARE AND BODILY
AUTONOMY, THEN WE SHOULD
URGENTLY MOVE TO MAKE SEATTLE A
SANCTUARY CITY SO THEN WE ARE
NOT CRIMINALIZING THOSE THAT
SEEK BASIC HEALTHCARE.
IS A TRANS PERSON I AM NO
STRANGER TO MEDICAL
RESTRICTIONS ON BODILY AUTONOMY
AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE
RIGHT TO DECIDE FOR WHAT THEY
WANT FOR THEIR OWN BODY
REGARDLESS OF THEIR BELIEFS.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS
TODAY AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE
YES ON COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
ABORTION SINKS RATE
LEGISLATION.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN.
>> HELLO?
MY NAME IS JUSTIN MARTIN.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE WORKING
CLASS AND A VOTER IN THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
I'M CALLING ON CITY COUNCIL TO
URGE THEM TO VOTE YES ON
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT
SEATTLE IS AND ABORTION
SANCTUARY CITY . IT'S THE
CORRECT THING TO DO FOR THE
SAKE OF EVERYONE BORN WITH A
UTERUS AND TO ENSURE BODILY
AUTONOMY FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATELYN
CHRISTIANSEN.
KATELYN?
>> HELLO, I AM KATELYN.
AND NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY
ORGANIZATION, BUT I AM ONE OF
30 MILLION WORKING-CLASS
PEOPLE.
AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND I URGE
EVERYONE TO SUPPORT AND VOTE
YES ON COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AN
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY . I
COME FROM THE STATE OF UTAH, I
MOVED TO SEATTLE TO GET AWAY
FROM NARROWMINDED CONTROLLING
CONSERVATIVES THAT RUN THAT AND
SO MANY OTHER STATES.
SEATTLE IS MY CENTURY CITY.
I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO IS
POTENTIALLY GOING TO GROW UP
WITHOUT THE SAME HEALTHCARE
AVAILABLE TO HER THAT WE HAVE
HAD FOR 50 YEARS.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE
IMPORTANT FOR ALL YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO PROTECT THEM.
THIS IS THE FIRST WAY WE CAN DO
THAT.
THIS IS THE SHOT OF ROE VERSUS
WADE BEING OVERTURNED.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ZACHARY.
>> HELLO, I NAME IS ZACH,
DISTRICT 6 MEMBER OF 350
SEATTLE.
I'M CALLING IT SUPPORTIVE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION WHICH IS A MORE
HONEST AND ACTIVE COMMITMENT TO
ABORTION SANCTUARY STATUS.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
FOR THOSE SEEKING THINK STORY.
IT WOULD ALSO WRITE OUR STATUS
INTO LAW IS A SANCTUARY CITY
MAKING THE PROMISE INTO A SOLID
COMMITMENT.
I THINK WE EITHER MAKE SEATTLE A
ABORTION SANCTUARY OR WE DON'T.
IT WOULD BE HOLLOW TO SAY OUR
DOORS ARE OPEN TO WOMEN WHO
NEED US AND THEN LEAVE THEM
WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL HELP TO GET
YOUR.
WE NEED STRONGER LEGISLATION TO
MAKE SURE THESE PROTECTIONS ARE
ABSOLUTE.
AND DON'T FAIL.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANITA.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ANITA AND I AM A
CONCERNED CITIZEN OF WEST
SEATTLE.
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY
LEGISLATION.
SINCE ROE VERSUS WADE WAS
ERRONEOUSLY OVERTURNED, THE
LEGISLATION HAS SURFACED FAR
AND WIDE.
MANY OF WHICH THREATENED TO
REACH BEYOND THE JURISDICTION
FOR PROSECUTION.
WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO STAND
AGAINST THIS OVERARCHING REACH
BY PROTECTING THOSE THAT SEEK
ABORTION HEALTHCARE WITHIN OUR
CITY.
WHETHER THEY LIVE HERE OR NOT.
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE HAVE
SPOKEN THROUGH PETITION AND
PROTEST.
THIS MEANS THE WEIGHT BEHIND IT.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL.
DANIEL?
>> MY NAME IS DANIEL AND I WORK
AND LIVE IN SEATTLE.
I AM CALLING ABOUT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION.
IT IS SHOCKING TO SEE THE
COUNTRY BACKSLIDE AND WHAT I
WANT TO SEE IS OUR CITY AT
EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT FIGHT
BACK AND DO SOMETHING.
I BELIEVE STRONG LEGISLATION IS
THE STRONGEST LEGAL WAY TO DO
THIS.
I WANT TO PROTECT ABORTION
RIGHTS AND THOSE SEEKING
ABORTIONS MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN
ANY EFFECTIVE ORDER THAN THE
MAYOR COULD.
I CALL UPON THE CITY COUNCIL TO
STEP UP.
>> AND NEXT SPEAKER IS CARL.
>>
>> MY NAME IS CARL.
I WANT TO CALL AND ALL COUNCIL
DEMOCRATS TO VOTE YES FOR
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S WILL TO
MAKE SEATTLE AN ABORTION
SANCTUARY CITY . IN THE FATE
OF OVERTURNING ROE VERSUS WADE,
AND THE FAILURE OF DEMOCRATS TO
UTILIZE THE POWER TO --
THOUSANDS OF PROTESTED BUT SO
FAR NO DEMOCRATS PUBLICLY
SUPPORTED COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S SORELY NEEDED
LEGISLATION.
IT'S UNDER THE PRESSURE OF
THESE PROTEST THAT THE MAYOR
AND GOVERNOR FORWARD EXECUTIVE
ACTIONS ALONG THE LINES OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BILL.
BUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS DON'T
CARRY THE WEIGHT OF LAW AND
IT'S CRITICAL TO CODIFY OUR
COMMITMENT TO ABORTION RIGHTS.
THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THE
COUNCIL DEMOCRATS NOT TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS MADELINE.
>> MY NAME IS MADDIE, I AM A
RENTER IN DISTRICT 3. I'M
CALLING TO URGE THE DEMOCRATS
OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
THE LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE
AN ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY AS
IT IS WRITTEN.
THERE ARE OVER 5000 SIGNATURES
AND 100 COMMENTS FROM THE
PUBLIC SUPPORTING THE
LEGISLATION BECAUSE WE
UNDERSTAND EXECUTIVE ACTION CAN
BE UNDONE ON A WHIM OR AS SOON
AS LEADERSHIP CHANGES AND IT'S
NOT ENOUGH.
WE RECOGNIZE EVERYONE INCLUDING
PEOPLE COMING FROM OUT OF STATE
WITH PUNITIVE AND DANGEROUS
ABORTION LAWS DESERVE
HEALTHCARE.
YOU SUPPORTING THIS BILL CAN
SHOW A CONCRETE COMMITMENT TO
PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
INSTEAD OF UNPRODUCTIVE
PROMISES.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER.
>> JENNY, COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR
FOR ALPHABET WORKERS UNION,
LOCAL 1400 AND A DELEGATE FROM
THE MLK LABOR COUNCIL.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
SINKS RATE CITY FOR APPROACH
AND RIGHTS.
-- WE HAVE SEEN HOW OTHER STATES
START PROSECUTING PEOPLE WHO
HELP PEOPLE LEAVE THE STATE TO
SEEK ABORTION HEALTHCARE.
WE NEED TO SURE ABORTION RIGHTS
ARE POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE
INCLUDING THOSE WHO COME TO
SEATTLE SEEKING MEDICAL
TREATMENT.
ABORTION RIGHTS NEED TO BE
CODIFIED INTO LAW BEFORE THE
SUPREME COURT FURTHER ERODES
OUR RIGHTS.
PLEASE MAKE SEATTLE AN ABORTION
SANCTUARY CITY BEFORE MAPLE
MORE PEOPLE DIE.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MOLLY.
>> I AM MOLLY AND I AM CALLING
FROM DAYTON, OHIO REGARDING THE
NEED FOR CENTURY CITY.
OVER 10 YEARS AGO, AND I KNOW
THE EXACT DAY I BECAME PREGNANT
BECAUSE BIRTH CONTROL FAILED, I
HAD AN ABORTION AT 6.5 WEEKS.
I HAVE NEVER HAD A SINGLE
REGRET.
I SAID AS MUCH 3 TO 4 YEARS AGO
WHEN I TESTIFIED IN PERSON
AGAINST THE HEARTBEAT BILL
WHICH IS THE LEGAL SIX WEEK BAN
IN PLACE IN OHIO.
THAT 10-YEAR-OLD FORCED TO
TRAVEL TO INDIANA TO RECEIVE
TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE MEDICAL
CARE, THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE
INDICATES 45 TO 60% OF ALL
PREGNANCIES ARE UNINTENDED.
AND BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO
EXERCISE MY HUMAN RIGHT TO
CHOOSE, I'M NOT EIGHT LICENSED
FOSTER PARENT AND I CAN TELL
YOU THAT OHIO RANKS 47th IN THE
COUNTRY IN SPENDING ON CHILDREN
IN FOSTER CARE.
WE NEED THANKS RAY CITIES FOR
THE PEOPLE LIVING BEHIND THIS
MODERN-DAY IRON CURTAIN WHOSE
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE BEING
CURTAILED SOLELY BASED ON THEIR
GENDER.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOE.
>> THIS IS JOE.
I'M GOING TO BE VERY ACUTE
TODAY, I FULLY SUPPORT, I
CANNOT BELIEVE I'M SAYING THIS,
CRITICAL OF COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, BUT I STRONGLY SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BRAVE
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY
LEGISLATION.
EVERY MAN AND WOMAN HAS A RIGHT
TO FULL MEDICAL CARE.
FRANKLY WE SHOULD IMPEACH, TRY
AND CONVICT THE SUPREME COURT.
THAT ISN'T WHY.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH --
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR
ISSUING A STRAIN MORNING.
I BELIEVE IN TERRORIST THAT
NEEDS TO BE BANNED FROM SOUND
TRANSIT IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT
SEATTLE FOR STARTERS.
IS THIS BEHAVIOR A THREAT TO
THE PUBLIC SAFETY, AND QUITE
FRANKLY I FIND THIS TERRIFYING
AND ASK THAT THE POLICY OF THE
CITY GOVERNMENT SEATTLE IS TO
REMOVE ALEX FROM PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD BOTH AT THE --
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHELSEA.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS CHELSEA AND I HAVE
BEEN AN EDUCATOR IN SEATTLE FOR
SIX YEARS.
AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
AND THE NATIONAL EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION.
I'M CALLING TO URGE YOU TO VOTE
YES ON COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
ABORTION RIGHTS THINKS RATE
CITY.
MILLIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE
ANGRY AT THE DISMANTLING OF ROE
VERSUS WADE.
BY PASSING THIS LEGISLATION,
THIS ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY
LEGISLATION YOU'RE LETTING
SEATTLE AND THE COUNTRY NO
SEATTLE -- IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO
SAY IT ABORTION IS ILLEGAL, OR
AVAILABLE FOR PREGNANT
INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN AFFORD TO
FLY HERE, WE MUST DO EVERYTHING
IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SEATTLE A
SANCTUARY FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE
COUNTRY WITH MEDIEVAL
ANTIABORTION LAWS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER --
>> BEFORE WE MOVE AHEAD, I WANT
TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE WILL NOT ENTERTAIN OR CONDONE
ANYONE HARASSING THE CLERKS,
USING FOUL LANGUAGE, IF ANYONE
IS DOING THAT I'M GOING TO ASK
SECURITY TO HAVE THEM REMOVED.
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DOING THAT.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
>> I AM CALLING TO URGE YOU TO
VOTE YES ON THE ABORTION RIGHTS
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AN
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY . AN
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY ,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS
BROUGHT THE LEGISLATION FORWARD
ON BEHALF OF TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF SEATTLE WORKERS, UNION
MEMBERS AND SOCIALISTS WHO WILL
PREVENT SEATTLE POLICE FROM
ASSESSING ARREST WARRANTS
RELATED TO ANTIABORTION LAW
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
FOR BOTH PATIENTS AND THEIR
DOCTORS AND OTHER CARE
PROVIDERS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER --
REFINISHED?
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBIN.
>>
IS THE COLOR ON?
>> I DON'T SEE A NAME.
>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO
THE IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT,
OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IN
CHAMBERS IS CARA GATES.
>> HI, I WANTED TO ADDRESS A
DIFFERENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
ISSUE.
I HAVE BEEN A NURSE AT SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S FOR 12 YEARS AND I
DEEPLY BELIEVE IN PROVIDING
HOPE, CURE AND CARES TO HELP
EVERY CHILD OF THE HEALTHIEST
AND MOST RESILIENT LIFE
POSSIBLE.
UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE
NURSING STAFFING CRISIS AND
SOCIETY THAT EXPECTS NURSES TO
ACCEPT THE RECOGNITION OF BEING
HEALTHCARE HERO IN PLACE OF
COMPENSATION WE ARE NO LONGER
ABLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN
ENOUGH NURSES TO PROVIDE SAFE
CARE.
NURSES ARE THE GATEKEEPER, THE
PERSON BETWEEN YOU AND THE
LOVED ONE, WE WORK 16 HOUR
SHIFTS.
WE STILL SOMETIMES FEEL
OBLIGATED TO DO SO TO MAKE SURE
NO ONE GOES UNCARED FOR.
ABOUT 20% OF SEATTLE CHILDREN'S
NURSING DIVISION ARE UNFILLED
FILLED BY TRAVEL NURSES.
WHO AREN'T INVESTED IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
PLEASE JOIN ACTIONS IN SEATTLE
AND AROUND THE STATE TO SUPPORT
NURSES AS WE CALL FOR
MEANINGFUL RAISES.
MANY OF US BECAME NURSES
BECAUSE OF THE CALLING, MANY
HAVE LEFT BECAUSE WE ARE
UNDERVALUED AND CAN'T AFFORD TO
LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THE
COMMUNITIES WE ARE CARING FOR.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
>> HELLO, I AM ALSO A NURSE
HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
I COME TO YOU AS A CONCERNED
CITIZEN OF DISTRICT 6, PARENT
AND LONGTIME NURSE AT SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S.
I FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK UP
FOR SAFETY CONCERNS THAT ARE
NURSES FACE ON A DAILY BASIS.
ASKED COUNCIL FOR HELP IN OUR
CAUSE.
NURSES ARE MET WITH
SHORTCOMINGS OF SUPPLIES AND
ADEQUATELY TURNED TRAINED
NURSES.
WE ARE FACED WITH CHALLENGES OF
NOT ENOUGH TRAINED I FEAR OUR
UNIT IS NOT ALONE.
I WORRY FOR THE CHILDREN IN
THIS COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS I
WORRY FOR MY OWN CHILDREN.
I KNOW OTHER AREAS OF THE
HOSPITALS, OTHER AREA HOSPITALS
ARE TAXED ENOUGH THAT THEY HAVE
HAD TO SHUT DOWN THEIR
PEDIATRIC UNITS.
THESE ACTIONS ARE WEIGHING
HEAVILY ON NURSING STAFF AS A
RESULT.
WE ARE STEPPING UP TO THE
CHALLENGE AND CRITICALLY MAKING
THINGS WORK BUT IT'S SURE THESE
BANDAGES ONLY HOLD FOR SO LONG.
JOIN US IN OUR PETITION AND
PICKETING COMING IN AUGUST.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD SEE THE
PLAN BEFORE WE GIVE THE STATUS
ON COLLEGES PLANNING TO BUILD
HOUSING.
THERE IS ONLY A PARKING LOT
INVOLVED, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
BE TAKING AWAY EXISTING HOUSING
IS HAPPENS MANY, MANY TIMES IN
SEATTLE.
BUT, THIS IS A BIG LEVER ON HOW
AND WHAT IS DONE.
IF YOU DO NOT GIVE THE MINOR
STATUS BEFORE YOU FIND OUT WHAT
THE PLAN IS, THE CITY WILL
PROBABLY HAVE A LOT MORE
LEVERAGE TO GET A GOOD PLAN OUT
OF THE COLLEGE.
THIS IS NOT VERY GOOD POLICY TO
GIVE AWAY THE STORE BEFORE YOU
START THE NEGOTIATING.
THE OTHER THING I FEAR IS THAT
THE COLLEGE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE
TO OWN WHAT THEY ARE BUILDING
BECAUSE THEY CAN HAVE A PARTNER.
NOW, MOST OF YOU DON'T REMEMBER
IT SEATTLE ALMOST LOST THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET ON ONE OF THESE
DEALS.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS DAVID.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
DISTRICT 7. IT IS OFFENSIVE HOW
DISRESPECTFUL COUNCIL PRESIDENT
IS FORCING FOUR PEOPLE IN
CHAMBERS TO WAIT FOR 34 PEOPLE
OR SO SITTING AT HOME WILL
STILL SEATTLE CHANNEL CATERING
COUNCIL FAVORS CENSORING VIDEO
TO BE SEEN AND HEARD.
WILL MOST PHONE CALLS ARE
FILLING IN THE BLANKS TO TALK
ABOUT KILLING AN INNOCENT
UNBORN BABY WITH NO POSITIVES
OR UNDER ALTERNATIVES.
I LIVE IN CHERRY STREET THREE
BLOCKS AWAY.
YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS IT'S THE
WORST PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT.
THERE ARE PREDATORS AND IT'S
LIKE AN EVIL ENCLAVE OF
BEHAVIORAL CRISIS REVOLVING
RESIDENTS EVERY NIGHT.
AT THE POLICE CHIEF IS ON
RECORD AS SAYING, HE IS MAKING
IT UP TO THE BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITY FOR PAST PROFILING
AND ABUSE AND BAD JAIL
CONDITIONS BY PURPOSELY
EXEMPTING AND EXONERATING EVIL
CRIMINAL DRUG PUSHERS FROM
JAIL.
NOT EVEN PROPERLY POLICE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ALLOWING EVIL
ADULTS TO ROAM AND RECRUIT YOUTH
.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT THE
SEATTLE COLLEGE DISTRICT AND
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR
COUNCIL BILL . IT'S A GOOD
BILL.
IT HITS ON A LOT OF CITY
POLICIES, CLIMATE CHANGE,
TRAFFIC, HOUSING, WE ARE GOING
TO TAKE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS
OUT OF THE RENTAL POOL IN THE
CAPITOL HILL AND PARK THEM
RIGHT ON TOP OF A MULTIBILLION-
DOLLAR TRANSIT INVESTMENT THAT
THE PUBLIC MADE IN THE AREA.
AND TO RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDS,
THERE IS A ROBUST PUBLIC PROCESS
THAT WOULD FOLLOW APPROVAL OF
THIS BILL.
A MINOR AMENDMENT DOES NOT
INVOLVE NO PROCESS.
THERE WILL STILL BE CITIZENS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS
STAFFED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE WILL STILL
BE AN INTERPRETATION DECISION
BY THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION AND
THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MASTER
USE PERMIT APPLICATION AND
POLITICAL PROCESS.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
THUS FAR AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE
YES ON THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OUR LAST
SPEAKER, ALEX.
>> PSYCHOPATH SPEAK TO US FROM
THE HEAVENS.
I AM ALEX.
I AM TALKING ABOUT, NUMBER FOUR,
ABOUT SERVICE ANIMAL.
MORE DANGEROUS SERVICE ANIMAL I
SEE HERE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
FOR EXAMPLE, MORE THAN 20
PEOPLE, MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE
SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS
NOT AGENDA, ABORTION.
I TRY UNDERSTAND HOW IS THIS
POSSIBLE?
WHO IS THIS CRAZY NAZI FROM
HEAVEN NOT STOPPING THEM.
YOU NEVER SHOW US FACES.
YOU ARE NAZI GARBAGE RATS ARE
CRAZY.
CLEAN THIS CHAMBER FROM THIS
SICK, CRAZY, NAZI RATS.
>> WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF A
REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THANK YOU, THOSE OF YOU WHO
HAVE CALLED IN AND THOSE OF YOU
WHO APPEARED TODAY IN CHAMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
TODAY ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND
MANY OTHER MATTERS.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT IS NOW
CLOSED.
BEING ON OUR AGENDA WE GO TO
THE ADOPTION OF THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR.
I MOVE -- IF THERE IS
OBJECTION, I AM SORRY.
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
NOT HEARING OR SEEING OBJECTION
IT IS ADOPTED.
MOVING ONTO THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
NOT HEARING OR SEEING ANY
OBJECTION THE AGENDA IS INDEED
ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR ON OUR AGENDA.
THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR,
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ANY
COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO
REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT
CALENDAR?
NOT SEEING ANY.
AS A REMINDER AS WELL AS THE
AGENDA POSTED, THE ITEMS ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE THE
MINUTES FROM JULY 12, THE
MINUTES OF JULY 14, OUR
EXECUTIVE SESSION SPECIAL
MEETING, THE MINUTES OF JULY
14, SPECIAL MEETING AND THE
COUNCIL BILL 120370.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE
FIVE APPOINTMENTS ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR.
ONE FROM THE SEATTLE INDIAN
SERVICE COMMISSION, AND ALSO
POINTS TO THE SEATTLE PLANNING
COMMISSION, THE DEVELOPMENT
ADVISORY BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT COMMISSION.
THAT I GET THAT RIGHT?
NO.
INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION.
THANK YOU.
I COULDN'T READ MY OWN
HANDWRITING.
THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMISSION.
ESTABLISHED THREE OR FOUR YEARS
AGO.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY OBJECTIONS OR
ANYONE WANTING TO REMOVE A
PARTICULAR ITEM, THE CONSENT
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
MOVING ONTO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
THESE ARE THE MATTERS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
THERE EIGHT MATTERS ON THE
AGENDA.
MADAM CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> REPORT OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND
CITY LATE COMMITTEE.
32056.
A RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE
CITY LATE DEPARTMENT ADOPTING A
2023 THROUGH 2028 STRATEGIC
PLAN UPDATE FOR THE CITY LATE
DEPARTMENT AND ENDORSING THE
ASSOCIATED SIX-YEAR GREAT PASS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
COUNCIL BILL BE PASSED.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THE FLOOR
IS YOURS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> ONE MOMENT PLEASE.
>> OKAY.
IT IS ITEM NUMBER ONE.
>> SO, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME,
FIRST I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME
BACKGROUND.
THE RESOLUTION 32056 WOULD
ADOPT CITY LIGHTS 2023 THROUGH
2028 STRATEGIC PLAN AND ENDORSE
THE ASSOCIATED GREAT PASS.
BY BACKGROUND, I WANT TO EXPLAIN
THAT THE DISRUPTION OF THE
PANDEMIC IN 2020 INTERRUPTED
THE EXPECTED UPDATE THE CITY
LATE STRATEGIC PLAN AND REPAST.
IN RECOGNITION OF THE ECONOMICS
DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC,
THE EXECUTIVE DID NOT TRANSMIT
AND COUNCIL DID NOT TAKE UP
RATE SETTING LEGISLATION DURING
2020.
IN 2021 COUNCIL APPROVED RATES
FOR 2021 AND 2022 AND THEY WERE
EFFECTIVE IN APRIL 2021.
SO, DIFFERING FROM REGULAR
PRACTICE, CITY LIGHT PROPOSED
AND COUNCIL ADOPTED A FIVE-
YEAR, NOT A SIX-YEAR, STRATEGIC
PLAN FOR 2022 THROUGH 2026.
NOW IN 2022, CITY LIGHT HAS
PROPOSED A 2023 THROUGH 2028
STRATEGIC PLAN STARTING BY THE
NORMAL TWO YEAR CYCLE OF
PLANNING AND RATE PATH
DETERMINATION AND RATE CHANGE
ADOPTION.
BECAUSE ONLY ONE YEAR HAS
PASSED SINCE THE ADOPTION OF
THE PREVIOUS PLAN, CITY LIGHT
CHARACTERIZES THE 2028 PLAN IS
IN UPDATE RATHER THAN A NEW
PLAN.
WE HAVE BEFORE US HAS BEEN
APPROVED BY THE CITY LIGHT
REVIEW PANEL.
AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED OUT OF
COMMITTEE LAST WEDNESDAY.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THE RESOLUTION APPROVED LAST
YEAR, 32007 SCHEDULED
ELECTRICITY RATES TO INCREASE BY
3.8% IN 2023 AND BY ANOTHER
3.8% IN 2024.
CITY LIGHTS RESOLUTION BEFORE
US IS ASKING THE COUNCIL TO
INCREASE RATES BY A HIGHER
AMOUNT, 4.5% IN 2023 AND
ANOTHER 4.5% IN 2024.
I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK CITY
LATE DOES.
I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL
RATIONALE FOR THE UTILITIES
PROPOSAL.
CONSISTENT WITH MY COMMENTS ON
CHANGES AND RATE INCREASES HAVE
COMMUNICATED TO MY CONSTITUENTS
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON TODAY'S
RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU.
AS I HAVE DONE IN PREVIOUS
YEARS, I WILL VOTE YES ON THIS
LEGISLATION APPROVING SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT ACCURATELY ANALYZES WHAT
RESOURCES CITY LIGHT WILL NEED
TO CONTINUE IT'S IMPORTANT
WORK.
HOWEVER AS I'VE SAID IN
PREVIOUS YEARS, I ALSO AGREE
THAT WORKING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW
FACING PUNISHING INFLATION
SHOULDN'T BE ASKED TO PAY ANY
RATE INCREASES.
INSTEAD SEATTLE SHOULD BE
INCREASING THE RATES ON THAT
BIG BUSINESS.
FOR THAT REASON, WHILE I AM
VOTING YES ON THE STRATEGIC
PLAN, I INTEND TO VOTE NO ON
RATE INCREASE LEGISLATION AS
LONG AS IT CONTINUES TO PUT THE
VOTER THOSE INCREASES ASH
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
CONCERNS?
>>
>> MAY HAVE CLOSING COMMENTS?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO DO THAT.
GO AHEAD.
>> I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
HISTORIC KNOWLEDGE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU
HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE COMING IN
TO THIS YEAR'S VOTE.
IT IS TRUE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
A .7% INCREASE FROM WHAT WAS
ANTICIPATED TO BE THE 2023 RATE
INCREASE TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY
PROPOSED IN THIS PLAN.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN A
LITTLE ABOUT WHAT IS BEHIND
THAT.
CITY LIGHT DEVELOPED THE
AVERAGE RATE FOR 2023 BY
INCLUDING INFLATIONARY COSTS
FROM 2021 AND 2022 THAT WERE
NOT INCLUDED IN CITY LIGHTS
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
BUDGET FOR THOSE YEARS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT FROM
2020 -- 2022 THROUGH 2023 IS A
SIGNIFICANT DRIVER.
RIGHT NOW THE INFLATION IS
ANTICIPATED -- THE CURRENT
PROJECTION IS I BELIEVE, 7.8
AND WHEN THAT LAST PLAN WAS
ADOPTED, THE PROJECTION WAS 5.1.
SO, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT
DRIVER.
AND ALSO, IT IS NOTED IN THE
REPORT, AND I WANT TO MAKE
CLEAR THAT PEOPLE WATCHING THE
SNOW THAT CITY LIGHT MAKES
CLAIM THAT THE ANNUAL INCREASES
OF THE PROPOSED RATE PATH FALLS
SHORT OF ANTICIPATED INFLATION
IN COSTS GOING FORWARD.
THEY ARE ABSORBING SOME OF THE
HIGHER THAN USUAL INFLATIONARY
COSTS.
IN THE PAST TWO YEARS FOR
EXAMPLE, SOME OF THOSE COST
INCREASES WHEN IT COMES TO CITY
LIGHTS COSTS STEEL, ALUMINUM
AND COPPER INCREASED 70% TO
80%.
CONDUIT 33%.
THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS
THEY ARE GRAPPLING WITH.
AND TO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
POINT, MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR
JOBS.
BUT, CITY LIGHT DIDN'T TURN OFF
-- DID NOT CLOSE ACCOUNTS AND
THEY ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING
UNDER $44.7 MILLION IN
ARREARAGES.
ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S CONCERN, BUT, I ASK
FOR MY COLLEAGUE SUPPORT OF
THIS PLAN.
I THINK WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT
IS REALLY WHAT IS GOING ON IN
THE POCKETBOOKS OF CITY LIGHT.
ACTUALLY THE ACTUAL RATES IN
2023 TO 24 IT SUPPORTED WILL BE
SLIGHTLY LOWER.
AT 11.4 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR.
COMPARED TO THE ANTICIPATED
11.49 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR.
ACTUALLY SLOWER THAN
ANTICIPATED.
THIS IS BECAUSE A LOWER THAN
ANTICIPATED POWER
ADMINISTRATION PASSED THROUGH
COST.
THAT COST IS ALSO LOWER.
ANYWAY, LIKE I SAY, I ASK FOR
CONSIDERATION OF THESE ISSUES
AS WE GO FORWARD FOR A VOTE
TODAY.
>> I'M HAVE WENT TO QUICKLY FOR
CLOSING REMARKS.
I SAW COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
HAVE REMARKS.
I'M GOING TO ALLOW
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA TO
RESPOND.
IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND AGAIN I
WILL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUES
SPOKE ABOUT TODAY ECHOING WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS SAID
ABOUT A MORE PROGRESSIVE RATE
STRUCTURE, THAT IS SOMETHING I
ALSO WORKED ON IN 2018 AND 2019
AFTER TAKING THE HELM AT CITY
LIGHT.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
HAS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE
IMPACT ON THE RATE AS WELL AND
HE AND I HAD WORKED ON UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAMS TRYING TO
PUSH AND MOVE TOWARD AN
AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT FOR
UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAMS OVER
THE LAST TWO YEARS.
MUCH APPRECIATED THAT SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT IS TAKING STEPS ON
THE DISCOUNT PROGRAM AND MOVING
TOWARD WHAT I CALL AUTO
ENROLLMENT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP
THE LONG-STANDING DESIRE TO BE
A MORE PROGRESSIVE RATE
STRUCTURE AND UNDERSCORE SOME
OF THE POINTS TO NEED TO SEE
THAT IN THE FUTURE.
I ALSO THINK THAT AS WE LOOK TO
MAYBE CODIFY SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT HAVE MADE IT EASIER FOR
SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO'VE BEEN HARDEST HIT BY
COVID, ONE OF THE THINGS WE
HAVE DONE IS, FOR EXAMPLE,
WAIVE THE DESIGN REVIEW FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS
SAID TO US IS THEY ALSO WANT TO
SEE THE UTILITY HOOKUPS COST
THE WAVE.
I WILL BE VOTING YES FOR THE
STRATEGIC PLAN BUT AS WE THINK
ABOUT HOW WE STRATEGIC PLAN TO
ADDRESS THE HARDSHIP THAT HAS
BEEN WORSENED BY COVID, A MORE
PROGRESSIVE RATE STRUCTURE,
AUTO ENROLLMENT IN THE UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAMS AND MAKING
SURE WE ARE WAIVING UTILITY
HOOKUPS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WOULD BE POLICIES THAT I KNOW
THERE IS SHARED INTEREST FOR ON
THIS COUNCIL.
WITH THAT, I WILL VOTE YES FOR
THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
FUTURE CONVERSATIONS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
APOLOGIES, I DIDN'T MEAN TO
TAKE THE LAST WORD FROM
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
AS SHE WAS SPEAKING IT MADE ME
SICK OF QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU HELP ME REMEMBER, WE
DID NOT INCREASE THAT SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT DID NOT INCREASE
THEIR RATES IN 2020 AND 2021?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> IN THE TWO HARDEST YEARS
THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN A LONG
TIME, CITY LIGHT DID NOT
INCREASE RATES. WITH THAT
UNDERSTANDING, WOULDN'T IT BE
TRUE THAT THESE RATES ARE LESS
THEN WE COULD EXPENSED MUCH
HIGHER RATE INCREASES.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE INCREASES
SPREAD OUT OVER TWO YEARS IT
WOULD BE MUCH LESS THAN WHAT WE
ARE ASKED TO VOTE ON TODAY.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> I THINK THAT IS A LOGICAL
OBSERVATION.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT IS PARTLY
WHY I GAVE THE BACKGROUND AND
YOU ARE CUTTING TO THE CHASE
MUCH BETTER THAN I DID.
>> I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>> IS ANYONE ELSE, BEFORE I LET
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SAY
ANYTHING IN CLOSING IN
RESPONSE TO THE LAST TWO
COMMENTS?
ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> I APPRECIATE MIKE
COLLEAGUES AND THEIR
ENGAGEMENT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC
IS AWARE THAT WE ARE NOT VOTING
TO INCREASE RATES RIGHT NOW.
THAT CONVERSATION WILL BEGIN
AUGUST 10 IN MY COMMITTEE AND
CONTINUE INTO THE FOLLOWING
MEETING WHERE WE WILL HAVE A
POSSIBLE VOTE ON SEPTEMBER 14.
SO, THERE IS TIME FOR MY
COLLEAGUES TO ASK CITY LIGHT
QUESTIONS OR CENTRAL STAFF
BEFORE THAT AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE APPROVING A
RATE PATH BASED ON SOME OF
THESE FACTORS I HAVE JUST
OUTLINED.
BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IF
INFLATION IS GOING UP FASTER
THAN WE THOUGHT, THAT IS
DRIVING COST INCREASES, THOSE
ARE NECESSARILY REFLECTED IN
THE RATE.
WE ARE ENDORSING IN THIS RATE
PATH.
WE HAVE NOT INCREASED RATES ON
OUR NORMAL SCHEDULE.
AND IN FACT, THE DECREASE IN
THE AMOUNT -- POWER
ADMINISTRATION DOES HELP REDUCE
THOSE COSTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE
LAST WORDS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, THANK
YOU AS I KNOW YOU WERE FORMER
CHAIRS OF SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
WE SHOULD NOTE THIS DID PASS
OUT OF COMMITTEE 4-0 WITH NO
OPPOSITION.
WITH THAT, MADAME CLERK, CAN WE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
YES.
>> THANK YOU.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT'S.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
RECENTLY PASSED LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
>> MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
PLEASE READ ITEM 2 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE.
120313.AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
LAND USE AND ZONING; DEFINING
THE ADDITION OF A SINGLE
DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES
RESIDENTIAL USES AT A COMMUNITY
OR TECHNICAL COLLEGE LOCATED
WITHIN AN URBAN CENTER . THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS COUNCIL
PASS THE BILL AS AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ALSO HAD LINCOLN FERRIS COME
TO SPEAK BEFORE THE PUBLIC,.
THIS IS BEEN A PROCESS ONGOING
FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS TO
ALLOW FOR HOUSING AT ONE OF
SEATTLE'S COLLEGES.
THIS ALLOWS FOR THE MINOR
AMENDMENT RATHER THAN THE MAJOR
AMENDMENT RATHER THAN EIGHT
MAJOR INSTITUTION MASTER PLAN.
WE DID RECEIVE A TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT IN COMMITTEE AS WELL
IS AMENDMENT FROM
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
BOTH WERE ACCEPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
I WORDS URGE AND AYE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS BEFORE I
LET HIM DO CLOSING COMMENTS?
ANYTHING FOR MY COLLEAGUES?
BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THANK
YOU SO MUCH, AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, AS YOU
KNOW WE HAVE NORTH SEATTLE
COLLEGE IN DISTRICT 5 AND WE
WORK CLOSELY WITH FORMER
PRESIDENT DR. BROWN AND NOW DR.
CRAWFORD, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH
THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB AND
LOOKING FOR HOUSING FOR LOW-
INCOME STUDENTS, INDIGENOUS
STUDENTS, WE HAVE HAD GREAT
SUCCESS WORKING WITH NORTH
SEATTLE COLLEGE FOR THE SEATTLE
HEALTH BOARD AND CLINIC AND
WITH OUR LABOR GROUPS AND
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
AND ALSO WORKING WITH OUR
COLLEGES NOT ONLY RUNNING START
BUT THE PROMISE PROGRAM, THOSE
OF YOU THAT HAVE COLLEGES IN
YOUR DISTRICT, THEY ARE GREAT
RESOURCES TO LEVERAGE AND THIS
IS JUST MOVING IT FORWARD ON
HOUSING PIECE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND YOUR COMMITTEE FOR
MOVING THIS FORWARD.
WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE
US OUT BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE?
>> JUST TO STATE SEATTLE
COLLEGES PROVIDE A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS IN THE
CITY TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATION
WITH LOWER AMOUNTS OF DEBT THAN
LARGER INSTITUTIONS.
BY ALLOWING THEM TO PROVIDE
HOUSING NEAR REGIONAL TRANSIT,
WE ARE HITTING THREE OF OUR
GOALS WITH ONE BILL.
I URGE A YES VOTE.
>> LIGHT RAIL.
TWO WORDS FOR YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> MADAME CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE BILL.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 32059.
A RESOLUTION STATING THE CITY
OF SEATTLE'S INTENT TO ADDRESS
CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVE
RESILIENCY AS PART OF THE ONE
SEATTLE UPDATE TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN . THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> WE HAVE THE MAJOR UPDATE TO
THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN COMING
NEXT YEAR.
THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN.
THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION
THE LEGISLATOR FAILED TO ACT ON
PASSING THE BILL REQUIRING
MAJOR UPDATES TO ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS BEFORE US.
THANKFULLY WHEN THE LEGISLATION
DOESN'T ACT WE HAVE THE ABILITY
TO.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
A RESOLUTION STATING OUR INTENT
TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS
THROUGH OUR MAJOR UPDATE TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THANK YOU.
>> I SHOULD ADD COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA IS A COSPONSOR.
>> SHE WAS THE ORIGINAL
SPONSOR.
>> I AM SORRY.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
AND THINK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
I AM EXCITED WE ARE
COSPONSORING THE RESOLUTION.
IT STATES THE CITY'S I█NTENT TO
ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND
IMPROVE MILLIONS AS PART OF
THAT PLAN.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT
THE FOREFRONT AS WE CONSIDER
THE COMP PLAN THAT WE THINK
ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS A
CORNERSTONE FOR WORK OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS.
I WANT TO THINK AARON, THIS IS
THE PRODUCT OF HER SAYING WE
CAN DO THIS.
OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE DONE
THIS PROVIDING EXAMPLES TO OUR
TEAM IN THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO
SHOW THAT THERE IS GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WEIGH IN
AND SUPPORT THE GOOD WORK OUR
STATE LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS HAVE
CONSIDERED DOING. AGAIN, I WANT
TO THANK REPRESENTATIVE FOR
JOINING US IN COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S COMMITTEE ON LAND USE
AND FOR THE WORK SHE AND THE
LEGISLATIVE TEAM HAVE DONE
INCLUDING SO MANY OTHERS ON THE
HOUSE AND SENATE SIDE WHO WERE
TRULY FIGHTING AND WILL
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR A
STATEWIDE APPROACH TO REQUIRE
ALL CITIES AND COUNTIES TO
ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH
LOCAL PLANNING.
AS NOTED, THIS RESOLUTION
FOLLOWS UP ON HOUSE BILL 1099
THAT DID NOT MAKE IT THROUGH
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT IS
GOING TO CONTINU TO SEEK TO
MAKE SURE CLIMATE CHANGE IS
INCORPORATED IN CLIMATE
PLANNING EXCUSE ME, AS CLIMATE
PLANS CONTINUE IN CITIES AND
COUNTIES AND MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYONE IS TAKING AN ACTIVE
ROLE IN COMMITTING TO CLIMATES
RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.
THERE WERE VALIANT EFFORTS IN
THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS LAST
YEAR.
THERE WAS A BROAD COALITION,
BROAD-BASED SUPPORT FROM
ADVOCATES ACROSS THE STATE.
AND WHILE THE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION DID NOT MAKE IT TO
THE LAST SESSION, IT REALLY
UNDERSCORED THERE IS A GAP THAT
THE LEGISLATION WAS TRYING TO
FIX AT THE STATEWIDE LEVEL TO
MAKE SURE MORE CITIES AND
COUNTIES ARE TRULY CONSIDERING
CLIMATE JUSTICE AS PART OF
THEIR LEARNING PROCESS.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN
COMMITTEE, THIS IS ALSO ABOUT
MAKING SURE WE ARE LOOKING AT A
RELATIONAL RACIAL JUSTICE
LINES, ENSURING BIPOC AND
COMMITTEES OF COLORS , MEANING
THEY ARE LIVING IN COMMUNITIES
OR WORKING IN INDUSTRIES THAT
HAVE HIGHER RATES OF EXPOSURE
TO TOXINS AND THE EFFECTS OF
CLIMATE INJUSTICE WHICH IS
EXTREME HEAT, WILDFIRE, FLOODS
AND THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT
ON OUR HEALTH AS WELL.
AS WE THINK ABOUT THE
CONFERENCE OF PLAN, WE SHOULD
THINK ABOUT THIS AS OUR BEST
TOOL TO COMBAT THE INEQUITIES
THAT ARE DRIVING CLIMATE
INJUSTICE AND TO HELP USE THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DRIVE THE
CREATION OF ADDITIONAL HOUSING
AND FIGHT DISPLACEMENT.
IT IS REALLY USING THE
INTERSECTIONAL LENS.
I'M EXCITED THIS LEGISLATION
WILL BE PART OF OUR EFFORT TO
NOT ONLY BUILD HOUSING BUT
ALSO, AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT
REZONING LOOKS LIKE, HOW WE
MAKE SURE MORE PEOPLE CAN LIVE
NEAR PLACES WE CALL HIGH
OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
PLACES THAT MAKE SURE YOU DON'T
HAVE TO RELY ON THE CAR SO YOU
CAN GET TO WORK.
CHILDCARE.
COMMUNITY CENTERS.
SENIOR CENTERS.
WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A CAR.
THIS IS OUR TOOL TO MAKE SURE
FEWER PEOPLE ARE BEING PUSHED
AN HOUR OR TWO OUTSIDE THE CITY
CONTRIBUTING TO SEATTLE BEING
THE THIRD HIGHEST MEGA
COMMITTEE CITY COMMUTER. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR POSSIBLE SUPPORT
AND TAKE YOU TO THE
REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALL THE WORK
SHE DID.
AND TO OUR LEGISLATIVE
CHAMPIONS HAVE NOT FINISHED THE
WORK ON THIS.
COLLEAGUES, YOU CAN TELL THIS
WILL BE PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA NEXT YEAR.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW
WE ARE PART OF A GROWING NUMBER
OF JURISDICTIONS DOING THIS AS
WELL.
TRYING TO CODIFY THE INTENT OF
HOUSE BILL 1099 IN OUR CITY AND
LOCAL STATUTES.
WE ARE NOW JOINING KING COUNTY,
PIERCE COUNTY, WATSON, KIRKLAND
AND REDMAN IN OUR PROACTIVE
COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE.
I WANT TO THANK THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL RECENTLY ADOPTED THE
CLIMATE LENDING FRAMEWORK AND
ALIGNING THIS EFFORT WITH THE
COUNTY WILL MAKE SURE WE ARE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE MANAGEMENT
ACT AND COMPLIANCE WITH OUR
CORE VALUES WHICH IS TO ADDRESS
CLIMATE INJUSTICE.
I'D LIKE TO THINK THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT BEEN
FIGHTING FOR HOUSE BILL 1099
AND ARE SUPPORTIVE LEGISLATION.
ALSO THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
WITH THAT ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO A
VOTE FOR EITHER COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS OR COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
I DON'T SEE ANY BUT WHEN I WANT
TO ADD IS, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR DOING
THIS, BUT IT DID PASS OUT OF
COMMITTEE 5-0. I WANT TO THINK
EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS SINCE THE GREEN
NEW DEAL WAS NOT PASSED --
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ADDRESSED
THIS ISSUE IN HER COMMITTEE
FRIDAY AS WE WERE APPOINTING
THE NEW OSE DIRECTOR.
THEY HEATHER DISCUSSION
REGARDING THE GREEN NEW DEAL,
CLIMATE JUSTICE AND THE FALSE
NARRATIVE THAT HAS TO BE JOBS
VERSUS THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT IS A FALSE NARRATIVE AND WE
DON'T NEED TO DEVELOP THAT
ANYMORE.
AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE
SHE GOT ELECTED.
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
WORKING ON THIS AND IT LOOKS
LIKE WE ARE ALL ON BOARD.
THAT, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD
BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE?
>> I COULDN'T SAY IT ANY
BETTER THAN COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA DID.
I URGE A YES VOTE.
>> THAT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
NINE IN FAVOR AN UNOPPOSED.
>> I MISSPOKE, IT'S A
RESOLUTION, NOT A BILL.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
MOVING ONTO NUMBER FOUR, WE
HAVE SOMETHING OUT OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS, EDUCATION, CIVIL
RIGHTS, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE .
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
120335.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SERVICE ANIMALS; CONFORMING THE
DEFINITION OF "SERVICE ANIMAL"
TO FEDERAL AND STATE LAW;
ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM
DEFINITION FOR "SERVICE ANIMAL"
BY REMOVING SIMILAR TERMS AND
INCLUDING THE DEFINITION IN THE
PARKS CODE; MAKING TECHNICAL
>> YOU DID NOT HAVE TO READ ALL
THE PARTS OF THE CODE AS DEVON
DID IN COMMITTEE.
THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IT IS A REQUEST FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT WE
UPDATE OUR DEFINITION OF
SERVICE ANIMAL THE HUMAN RIGHTS
CODE IN SEVERAL OTHER CODES SO
WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ADA
AND WASHINGTON STATE LAW.
IT NOW READS SO THAT THERE ARE
FULL PROTECTIONS FOR ALL
SERVICE ANIMALS RATHER THAN
JUST GUIDE DOGS AND AVOIDS ANY
POSSIBLE FUTURE EXCURSION FOR
SERVICE ANIMALS FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITY AND AGAIN JUST
ALIGNS OUR DEFINITION WITH
FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.
AND AS JODY MENTIONED, WE HAVE
A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY THAT WE
HAVE PASSED THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES BEFORE WE
MOVED TO A VOTE?
IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE
TO SAY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD?
>> THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR AN UNOPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION.
MOVING ONTO ITEM NUMBER FIVE
WHICH IS ALSO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> AGENDA ITEM 5 20360.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION; IMPOSING
CONTROLS UPON THE ORIGINAL VAN
ASSELT SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE THREE BILLS COMING UP,
ALL RELATED TO LANDMARK OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THIS BILL IS ABOUT VAN ASSELT
SCHOOL BUILT IN 1909.
SOUTH BEACON HILL.
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL, OR THE
ORIGINAL BUILDING IS
ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT.
IT IS AN OLD-SCHOOL THAT THE
BOARD HAS AGREED FOR AN
EXPANSION OF THE FACILITY.
WITH THE ORIGINAL PIECE OF IT
WILL BE PRESERVED IN THE
EXPANSION OF THE SCHOOL WILL
HAPPEN AROUND IT AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT WE
PASS THE LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
ALL RIGHT, I'M GUESSING YOU
DON'T HAVE CLOSING REMARKS.
OKAY.
WITH THAT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU, THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
MOVING ONTO NUMBER SIX, PLEASE
READ INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120361.AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO HISTORIC
PRESERVATION; IMPOSING CONTROLS
UPON THE LOYAL HEIGHTS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
THE BILL PASS.
>> THIS WAS BUILT IN 1932.
IS LOCATED IN THE LOYAL HEIGHTS
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE
PRESERVATION BOARDS CONTROLS
AND AGREEMENTS WOULD INDICATE
THAT IT APPLIED TO THE SITES,
THE BUILDING EXTERIOR AND
PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR.
BUT NOT TO THE REPAIRS NECESSARY
. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
WE PASS THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
NOT SEEING ANY.
I'M GUESSING YOU ARE OKAY
MOVING FORWARD?
>> I AM OKAY.
>> WITH THAT, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> AT NINE IN FAVOR.
>> PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE LEGISLATION.
WE ARE A NUMBER SEVEN IT IS
ALSO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> ITEM 7, 120362,AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO HISTORIC
PRESERVATION; IMPOSING CONTROLS
UPON INGRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A
PASS.
>> IT WAS BUILT IN 1959,
LOCATED IN BALLARD LAKE.
IT IS ONE OF THE BEST ONE OF
SEVERAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS BUILT
BY SHOOT, I'VE LOST THE NAME,
THE PRINCIPAL WHO BECAME PART
OF AND BE J. NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED FIRM.
IT APPLIES TO THE EXTERIOR OF
THE AUDITORIUM AND TO THE
GYMNASIUM STRUCTURE WHICH
PRESERVES THE MID CENTURY
MODERN LOOK AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT THE BILL PASS.
>> I DID NOT KNOW 1959 WAS MID
CENTURY.
>> MID LAST CENTURY.
>> IT WAS A GOOD YEAR.
A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENED
IN 1959.
>> I'M SURE THEY DID.
>> WITH THAT, ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES REGARDIG ITEM NUMBER
SEVEN?
I'M GUESSING WE COULD MOVE
FORWARD ON THE BOAT.
>> YES PLEASE.
>> MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE.
MOVING ONTO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
THIS WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD . FIRST, PLEASE READ
ITEM 9 , EIGHT INTO THE RECORD.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT.
COUNCIL BILL 120337.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
CIVILIAN AND COMMUNITY
OVERSIGHT OF THE POLICE;
ESTABLISHING A PROCESS FOR
INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS NAMING
CHIEF OF POLICE.
AND ADDING TO THE MUNICIPAL
CODE.
>> THIS ADDRESSES A TECHNICAL
ISSUE FROM THE 2017
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE WHICH
DIDN'T ADDRESS THE COMPLAINTS
THE NAMED THE CHIEF OF POLICE
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.
I BECAME AWARE OF THIS ISSUE
EARLIER THIS YEAR AND
IMMEDIATELY REACHED OUT TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL AND OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY TO CHART A PATH
FORWARD TO ADDRESS THIS.
AS NOTED THERE WERE THREE
COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE FORMER
CHIEF IN 2020 THAT LINGERED FOR
SOME TIME UNTIL THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FORWARDED THE COMPLAINTS
TO AN EXTERNAL AGENCY FOR
INVESTIGATION.
MOVING FORWARD, IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR PUBLIC TRUST TO HAVE A
CLEAR PROCESS TO RESOLVE THESE
TYPES OF COMPLAINTS.
THE LEGISLATION ESTABLISHES A
PROCESS AT THE INTAKE,
EVALUATION, CLASSIFICATION AND
INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS THE
NAME THE CHIEF, EITHER BY A
CITY UNIT OR BY AN INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATIVE BODY THAT IS
EXTERNAL TO THE CITY.
THAT PROCESS WOULD INVOLVE THE
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
AND THE LEGISLATION ALSO
REQUIRES KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND
THE PERSON OR PEOPLE WHO MADE
THE COMPLAINT TO BE NOTIFIED AT
INVESTIGATIVE MILESTONES.
I LIKE TO THINK INSPECTOR
GENERAL AND INTERIM DIRECTOR
PERKINS AS WELL AS THEIR STAFF
FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND TIMING
DEVELOPING THIS LEGISLATION.
CENTRAL STAFF IN MY OFFICE HAD
A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH THEM
AND I WORKED THROUGH A NUMBER
OF COMPLICATED ISSUES.
ALSO LIKE TO THINK THE
COMMUNITY PLEASE COMMISSION,
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, FOR THEIR
COLLABORATION ON THIS AS WELL
AS MY OWN STAFF.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE MADE CHANGES
TO THE ORIGINAL DRAFT IN
RESPONSE TO A LETTER FROM THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION TO
STATE THAT BOTH INTAKE AND ANY
INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY OPA
SHALL BE CONDUCTED EXCLUSIVELY
BY CIVILIAN PERSONNEL.
THERE ARE FOUR CIVILIAN
PERSONNEL AT THE OPA NOW.
TWO CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS AND
TWO CIVILIAN SUPERVISORS.
ANY -- IT ALSO REQUIRES ANY NON-
CITY ENTITY CONDUCTING AN
INVESTIGATION OF A NONCRIMINAL
VIOLATION WILL NOT BE A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THAT ANY
INVESTIGATION OF A SUSPECTED
VIOLATION OF LAW WILL BE
INVESTIGATED BY EIGHT NON-LAW-
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THE COMMITTEE HEARD THIS BILL
FOUR TIMES BEFORE SENDING IT TO
COUNCIL.
IT MOVED FORWARD WITH A
UNANIMOUS VOTE.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE
FOR IT TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> OTHER ANY QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD REGARDING NUMBER
EIGHT?
I SEE ONE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING THE
INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES FOR
COMPLAINTS AGAINST CHIEF OF
POLICE.
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS LARGELY
TECHNICAL ESTABLISHING
TIMELINES AND NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR INVESTIGATIONS
WHILE MAINTAINING THE CURRENT
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM OF THE
OPA, AND ESTABLISHMENT.
THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT HAS
COMPLETELY FAILED TO HOLD THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ACOUNTABLE FOR THEIR RESPONSE
TO THE BLACK LIVES MATTER
MOVEMENT OF 2020 WITH BILLOWING
CLOUDS OF TEAR GAS AND PEPPER
SPRAY.
THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT IS
DESIGNED TO CONDONE WHEN
OFFICERS KILL IN THEIR OWN HOME
BECAUSE SHE MADE THE MISTAKE OF
CALLING THE POLICE.
WHAT WE NEED IS A COMMUNITY
OVERSIGHT BOARD WITH FULL
POWERS TO INVESTIGATE
COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE
INCLUDING THE POLICE CHIEF, NOT
FOR THE RELIANCE ON THE OPA AND
OTHER ENTITIES OF THE CURRENT
ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURES.
FOR THOSE REASONS I WILL BE
VOTING NO.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ,
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
>> NO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, MADAME CLERK, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE EIGHT
COMMITTEE REPORTS LISTED ON THE
AGENDA.
WITH THAT, WE MOVED TO ITEMS
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
THERE WERE NONE REMOVED.
GOING TO SECTION J OF THE
AGENDA, ADOPTION OF OTHER
RESOLUTIONS.
NOT SEEING ANY OTHER
RESOLUTIONS FOR INTRODUTION
AND ADOPTION TODAY.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, IS THERE ANY
OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
COUNCIL BEFORE I MOVED TO
ADJOURN?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE A POINT
OF ORDER AS IT RELATES TO THE
IRC.
I DID NOT MAKE ANY MOTIONS TO
AMEND THE IRC BECAUSE I WAS
JUST DISCOVERING THE
IRREGULARITY AS IT RELATES TO
COUNCIL RULES , SORT OF IN REAL
TIME.
BUT I JUST WANT TO ALERT US ALL
THAT COUNCIL IN THE COUNCIL
RULES HAS A RELATIVELY NEW RULE
PASSED LAST DECEMBER THAT WHEN
A BILL IS BEING REFERRED
DIRECTLY TO FULL COUNCIL AND
CIRCUMVENTING THE COMMITTEE
WITH JURISDICTION, THAT THERE
IS A PROCESS IN THE COUNCIL
BILL RULES THAT NEEDS TO BE
FOLLOWED.
SO I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT
THAT PROCESS WASN'T FOLLOWED IN
THIS CASE.
AS A SUPPORTER OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BILL
RELATING TO THE LIMITATIONS ON
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM
COOPERATING IN INVESTIGATIONS
OR ENFORCING WARRANTS, AGAINST
PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER SEEKING
ABORTIONS OR WHO HAVE PERFORMED
ABORTIONS, AND SUPPORTIVE OF
THAT BILL.
I WOULD'VE LIKED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER HAVING
IT IN MY COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD . COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, DID YOU WANT TO
RESPOND?
>> I'M SORRY, THE PROCESS WAS
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS
SUPPOSED TO CONSULT WITH
COMMITTEE CHAIR.
>> I HEARD YOU.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?
ALL RIGHT.
NOT SEEING ANYTHING ELSE,
BEFORE WE MOVED TO ADJOURN, --
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
I SAW YOUR HAND.
>> I JUST WANTED TO LET THE
VIEWING PUBLIC NO THAT COUNCIL
'S ON THIS LEGISLATION I THINK
IT WAS YESTERDAY OR PERHAPS
FRIDAY WHEN IT WAS PUT ON THE
IRC.
AND SO, IS NOT THAT WE ARE
FAILING TO ACT, IT IS JUST NOW
BEFORE US.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> I WAS NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO
SPEAK BUT IN RESPONSE TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , YES,
AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
CORRECTLY INDICATED THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING I WOULD DETERMINE,
IT'S FROM THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
OFFICE.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT THE COUNCIL
RULES SAY BILLS REFERRED
DIRECTLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL, I
MEAN, THEY SHOULD TALK TO THE
COMMITTEE CHAIR THAT IT WOULD
OTHERWISE HAVE GONE TO.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THIS BILL,
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS A VERY
OBVIOUS HOME IN TERMS OF THE
WAY THE COMMITTEE DESIGNATIONS
EXIST.
IT MAKES SENSE TO ME WHAT THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS DONE.
>> GREAT.
RIGHT.
I WANT TO DIRECTLY RESPOND.
SOMETIMES WHEN WE GET THESE
MATTERS, I HAVE TO DO A
BALANCING TEST AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND HER
STAFF AND OUR STAFF MADE A
DECISION AND IT WOULD BE ON THE
CALENDAR NEXT WEEK.
THIS IS LEGISLATION WE HAVE
SEEN IN -- AND COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT HAD BEEN DISCUSSING.
AND WE HEARD A LOT FROM PUBLIC
COMMENTS TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN TIMELY SINCE THE
DOBBS DECISION WAS TO 24th.
SOMETIMES IMPORTANT DECISIONS
THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH
BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S NOTHING
PERSONAL.
TRYING TO MOVE THE CALENDAR
FORWARD AND ACCOMMODATE
PEOPLE'S NEEDS BEFORE WE GO ON
RECESS.
THAT BEING SAID, ALL RIGHT.
I WILL START AGAIN.
OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED
MEETING IS TUESDAY, JULY 25.
AT 2:00.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.