>>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THE OCTOBER 28th, 2025, MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT'S 2:03. I'M PRESIDENT NELSON. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? >>÷÷ HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. HERE. >> NINE PRESENT. >> THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM. HOW MANY ARE SIGNED UP? >> EIGHT IN PERSON. >> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GIVE EVERYBODY TWO MINUTES, STARTING AND ENDING WITH THE IN- PERSON SPEAKERS. >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED. SPEAKERS MICs WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR COMMENTS IN IN THE ALLOTTED TIME. >> I AM THE KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY [ INAUDIBLE ]. I'M HERE TO NOTIFYNOTIFY ABOUT THE RECKONING THAT'S COMING IN THE MASSIVE CORRUPTION THAT HAS DIVERTED TAX DOLLARS INTO ENABLING DRUG AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE UNACCOUNTABLE THEFT OF GRANT FUNDS AT THE EXPENSE OF NECESSARY CITY SERVICES. THIS TAKES US BACK TO 2004 WHEN THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE CHANGED THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS LEGISLATION WRITTEN BY THEN-DEMOCRAT MARK MALOSHA. BY 2010, BOTH PARTIES BEGAN TO GORGE THEMSELVES WITH THE HELP OF THE NON-PROFITS. THIS IS HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT. IN THIS REGARD, THE RADICALS, THE LEFT, ARE JUST A DISTRACTION AND [ INAUDIBLE ] OF THIS CORRUPTION. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THERE WILL BE AN ACCOUNTING. IT'S COMING. AND ALL OF YOU WHO MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS OR KNOW ABOUT THIS, YOU NEED TO BEGIN TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THAT AND MINIMIZE YOUR PART OF IT. ALL RIGHT? SO IT IS COMING. THERE IS A RECKONING COMING. AND DON'T THINK THERE'S NOT. PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP TO THE CORRUPTION INCREDIBLE CORRUPTION THAT HAS TAKEN OVER OUR STATE AND ESPECIALLY KING COUNTY. IT'S NOT GOING TO DISAPPEAR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> HI, I'M JOAN, AND I CAME HERE TODAY AT FIRST TO SPEAK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE SARA NELSON'S AFFORDABLEAFFORDABLE TACKLING GROCERY PRICES, AND I RECEIVED SOME HORRIBLE NEWS. THIS WEEKEND WE SAW CPP AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES STAGING IN SOTO IN PREPARATION FOR A SURGE AND IT IT LIKE THAT SURGE IS HERE AND IT'S CURRENTLY HITTING EUS AU KWAU. PEOPLE ARE BEING PULLED OUT OF A McDONALD'S. THIS BRUTALITY IS COMING TO OUR CITY FASTER THAN WE EXPECTED AND I'M CALLING ON THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE ANY ACTION NECESSARY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. WE HAVE SEEN I.C.E. AND ACCESSED SYSTEMS STILL IN PLACE IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW, AND THAT WILL BE USED TO TARGET OUR VULNERABLE IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. PLEASE, I KNOW IT'S NOT ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY, BUT IN THE FUTURE, CONSIDER DISABLING THE SYSTEM TEMPORARILY DURING THIS SURGE SO WE CAN PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS AND ENSURE THIS DATA DOES NOT GET MISUSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE CROW AND THEN AFTER CROW WILL BE NATHAN WALL. >> HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I AM HERE TO URGE CITY COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THE USE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS OR ALPRs IN SEATTLE. THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON RECENTLY RELEASED A STUDY ON THE USE OF FLAUNT CAMERAS FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. IT FOUND SEVERAL CITIES IN WASHINGTON HAVE HAD I.C.E. ACCESS DATA FROM THOSE CAMERAS. SEATTLE DOESN'T USE FLAUT CAMERAS, WE USE AXEN, BUT THEY CAN USE THESE TO PUT OUR COMMUNITY IN DANGER. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL OFTEN TALK HOW THEY WILL STAND UP TO TRUMP AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS REALLY DIFFICULT TIME, AND THE TIME HAS COME. THE TIME IS NOW FOR US TO PROTECT OUR CITY. I WANT ALL OF YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO TRY AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> FIRST, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 7 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT CAME OUT TO SUPPORT THE NO KINGS PRO TEST, INCLUDING 90,000 PEOPLE IN SEATTLE. I WANT TO THANK SARA NELSON -- I ALREADY DID THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO COME OUT AND SHOW A UNITED FRONT FRONT SOME OF THE DISAGREEMENTS WE MAY HAVE. I DO WANT TO ADDRESS A RECENTRECENT OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA IS BULLYING OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, DEMANDING HIS AMENDMENTS BE HEARD. MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I HAVE THREE AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SECOND THE AMENDMENTS THEY WANT TO. THEY WERE DUALLY ELECTED AND APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL, AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, BUT I DO THINK THAT FAIRNESS SHOWS THAT THE COUNCIL MOVES THE ROUTINE LEGISLATION OUT OF THE COMMITTEE AND [ INAUDIBLE ] LIKE THEIR COLLEAGUES. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ACT PROFESSIONALLY AND SET A GOOD EXAMPLE. AND JUSTICE FOR KIRBY. >> WE HAVE YVETTE, AND AFTER YVETTE, WE HAVE HARPER, AND THEN ALEX TSIMERMAN. >> HELLO, AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT WAS A WONDERFUL BUDGET MEETING THIS MORNING AND INFORMATIVE. IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOWING UP AND TESTIFYING, AND THERE WERE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTING. FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOWKNOW ORGANIZATION, WE MEET TWICE A WEEK AND IT'S VERY GRATIFYING AND SATISFYING WORK AND I APPRECIATE WHAT FUNDING I HAVE GOTTEN. ALSO, REGARDING FUNDING, I IMPLORE THE COUNCIL, WHEN YOU CONSIDER FUNDING -- GRANTING FUNDING TO ORGANIZATIONS -- THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT GET FUNDING THAT THERE BE ACCOUNTABILITY BUILT IN, MEANING QUARTERLY, THEY SHOW WHERE IT HAS BEEN SPENT AND THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF FUNDING AND NOT DOING WHAT THEY CAN WITH THE FUNDING AND THAT CONCERNS ME. OH, AND MS. JOY, I DID READ YOUR NEWS LETTER. THE STREETS ARE BEING CLEANED. I NOTICED, AND I TAKE THE BUS, AND CHINATOWN, THE STREETS ARE PRISTINE. OF COURSE, WE STILL HAVE DRAMA AT 12th AND JACKSON WITH ALL THE FENTANYL GOING ON, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER CONVERSATION. AND THEN NOT ONLY DO CLEAN STREETS HELP DETER CRIME, BUT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR NEWS LETTER ABOUT AMBASSADORS, FUNDING FOR AMBASSADORS IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEAL. ANY WAY MY ORGANIZATION CAN HELP YOU, LET ME KNOW, AND YOU HAVE MY DIGITS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE BUDGET PROCESS CONTINUES, AND [ INAUDIBLE ] HANGING IN THERE. APPRECIATE IT. >> HELLO. I'M HARPER NALLEY FROM DISTRICT 3. WE WISH TO PROPOSE AN ALL TURN TEUFR THAT WILL INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY MORE EFFECTIVELY. I WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THE COUNTY ALREADY DOES THE TASK IS ALREADY DONE, AND $275,000 WOULD OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO GO TO AROUND 2,000 YEARLY SERVICE HOURS, AND THIS TRANSLATES TO 5 SERVICE HOURS PER DAY THAT COULD BE SPENT ON TEN HALF-HOUR LONG TRIPS AND THIS WOULD TRANSLATE TO A INCREASE IN NIGHT OWL IN SEATTLE. I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, ADDING TEN OVERNIGHT TRIPS TO EXISTING ROUTES OR GIVING SERVICE TO NEW ROUTES WOULD HAVE A MUCH LARGER IMPACT ON SAFETY THAN SOME COORDINATION OFFICER. IT WOULD LEAD TO FEWER PEOPLE TAKING -- OR MORE PEOPLE TAKING TRANSIT HOME RATHER THAN DRIVING DRUNK AND IT WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT OUT IN THE DARK FOR A BUS AND ALSO HAVE KNOCK- ON BENEFITS FROM BOOSTING THE ECONOMY BY GRANTING ACCESS TO MORE JOBS AND ACTIVITIES TO MORE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. >> ALEX, AND THEN AFTER ALEX WILL BE VICTORIA PALMER, AND THEN OUR ONE REMOTE SPEAKER. >> ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS ALEX TSIMERMAN. YEAH, AND PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT ME EACH TIME BECAUSE IN MEETINGS PASSED, YOU ARE ACTING LIKE A NAZI PIG, AND [ INAUDIBLE ] AND -- >> STOP. THANK YOU. NO NAME CALLING. THAT'S DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR. THIS IS YOUR ONE WARNING. STOP THAT. THAT'S A VIOLATION OF COUNCIL RULES 11D1, AND THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF IT AND YOU ARE ENGAGING IN IT. >> NO PROBLEM. OKAY. I CAN SPEAK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW HAS VERY HEAVY RULES, AND ONE IN MANY CITIZENS [ INAUDIBLE ] SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW [ INAUDIBLE ] AND I GIVE YOU A CLASSIC EXAMPLE SO YOU KNOW. [ INAUDIBLE ] IT'S CRITICAL BECAUSE 65,000 [ INAUDIBLE ] , AND 20,000 -- ONE COMMENT, IT'S A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS TWO CITIZENSHIPS FOR GOVERNMENTS, FOR PASSIONS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, AND YOU NEVER SEE ONE PEOPLE HERE FOR 40 YEAR, 30 YEAR, AND HAS TWO CITIZENSHIPS, AND IT'S [ INAUDIBLE ] , AND I NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE IN MY LIFE, AND -- [ INAUDIBLE ] , AND YOU AND TRUMP, YOUR AMERICAN REVOLUTION, STAND UP AND HAVE AA COW. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, OCTOBER 28th, MR. ALEX TSIMERMAN HAS BEEN ON NOTICE, AND YOU HAVE THREE BEFORE YOU GET BANNED AGAIN, SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THE RECORD. >> YOU ARE A PURE CRIMINAL -- >> HERE WE GO! >> -- FOR 40 YEARS. >> ADIOS. >> LOVELY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. I'M VICTORIA WITH THE KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE ALL HEARD THAT ANTIFA DECLARED A NIGHT OF MISCHIEF IN SEATTLE THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th. IT'S TIME WE STOP PRETENDING ANTIFA DON'T EXIST AND OUR SOFT ON CRIMECRIME AREN'T INVITING THEM HERE. THE ANTIFA PROTEST AT THE PORTLAND FACILITY IS SLOWING DOWN DUE TO THE PATRIOTIC PROTESTERS, BUT WILL ANTIFA BRING THIS MOVEMENT TO SEATTLE NEXT? LET'S HOPE NOT. FOR DECADES, REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED IN SEATTLE POLITICS AND IN SPITE OF HAVING NO PROBLEM, REPUBLICANS GET THE BLAME. ALL WE ASK FOR IS OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPENDING OF OUR PUBLIC FUNDS. A RECENT REPORT SHOWED FUNDS SHOWS FUNDING FOR HOMELESSNESS IS NOT GOING TO CARE FOR THETHE HOMELESS ALL. THE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR LOBBYING AND ACTIVISM TO PUSH FAR- LEFT AGENDAS THAT USE THE HOMELESS AS ITS POLITICAL PAWN. THESE GROUPS ARE CLEARLY ANTIFA SYMPATHIZERS AND ARE NOT WORTHY OF OUR TAXPAYER FUNDING. MY QUESTION FOR COUNCILMEMBER RINCK -- [ INAUDIBLE ] PEOPLE ARE FREE TO BELIEVE AS THEY WILL AND PROTEST PEACEFULLY. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT FIGHTING AN IDEOLOGY. WE WANT TO SEE POLICE ALLOWED TO ARREST AND ENFORCE PENALTIES -- [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> NOW WE MOVE TO THE REMOTE SPEAKERS. A REMINDER TO THE REMOTE SPEAKER TO PLEASE START STAR 6 AFTER YOU HEAR THE MESSAGE YOU ARE BEEN UNMUTED. THE SPEAKER IS DAVID HAINES. GO AHEAD, DAVID. >> WE NEED A FRANCHISE OF GROCERY FARMERS MARKERS CO- OPS PERMANENTLY OPENED IN AREAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND CITIES. WE COULD HAVE WAY MORE ACCESS TO THE HEALTHY FOOD THAT OUR FARMERS ARE GROWING WHO CAN'T FIND A MARKET IN THE GLOBAL TRADE BECAUSE OF THE ARIFFS. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO BE NOBLE IN YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU COULD CONVINCE TRUMP TO USE THE TARIFFS TO PAY THE FARMERS TO DONATE TO THE SCHOOLS SO THE HUNGRY KIDS DON'T HAVE TO GO HUNGRY DURING THE DAY. IF YOU HAVE THE FARMERS MARKET SET UP IN SUCH A MANNER, WHEN THE FOODS COME CLOSE BUT NOT ROTTEN, LIKE THEY DO NOW, THEY COULD BE SENT TO THE FOOD BANKS, AND INSTEAD WE HAVE WHITE- MAN HATING PROGRESSIVE BOTTOM-OF-THE- BARREL FEAR MONGERING. YOU KEEP BLAMING TRUMP FOR SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT WHEN IT WAS SCHUMER, THAT EVIL PIECE OF CRAP FROM NEW YORK, PEOPLE GOING HUNGRY BECAUSE THEY EXPIRED THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO MISCONSCREW THE TWO, AND THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT WITH THE HELP OF THE LYING MEDIA. AND YOU PEOPLE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR ALL OF YOUR SHADY DEAL- MAKING AND EVIL POLICIES THAT ARE PERVERTED AND RACISTS. WE CAN'T EVEN SOLVE THE HOMELESS CRISIS BECAUSE YOU ARE RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR THE CRIMINALS IN THE UNDERWORLD. WE CAN'T SOLVE THE CRISIS OF UNNECESSARIY SUFFERING BECAUSE YOU ARE -- >> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR LIST OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. NOW WE WILL CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR AND THE ITEMS IS THE MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, AND PAYMENT OF BILLS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO REMOVER FROM TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR. HEARING NONE, DO I HEAR A SECOND? >> I SECOND. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> NINE IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX SIGNATURE TO ALL OF THE PIECES OF LEGISLATION ON MY LAUGH. OKAY. THEN WOULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD. >> THE REPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL 121 PROHIBITINGPROHIBITING NEGATIVE USE RESTRICTIONS AS A GROCERY STORE OR PHARMACY. >> OKAY. I MOVE TO PASSPASS BILL CB 121094. IS THERE A SECOND? >> I SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS THE BILL, AND AS THE SPONSOR I WILL ADDRESS IT FIRST AND THEN OPEN THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. OKAY, SO TODAY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING A BILL THAT WOULD ESTABLISH REGULATIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE IMPOSSESSION OF NEGATIVE USE RESTRICTIONS ON GROCERY STORES AND PHARMACIES. NEGATIVE USE RESTRICTIONS ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS, LEASES OR OTHER PRIVATE AGREEMENTS THAT PROHIBIT THE USE OF A PROPERTY FOR A GROCERY STORE OR PHARMACY OR ANY OTHER USE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS. THE BILL WOULD ALLOW SOME REASONABLE EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROHIBITION ON NEGATIVE USE RESTRICTIONS SPECIFICALLY THE PROHIBITION WOULD NOT APPLY TO NEGATIVE USE RESTRICTIONS ALREADY IN PLACE, WHEN A GROCERY STORE OR PHARMACY IS RELOCATING TO A SITE WITHIN HALF A MILE OF THE CURRENT LOCATION, AND WITH RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL SHOPPING CENTER THAT LIMIT THE LOCATION OF A COMPETING GROCERY STORE OR PHARMACY JUST WITHIN THAT CENTER. I'M TELLING YOU WHAT THIS BILL DOES AND THEN I WILL TELL YOU THE RATIONAL FOR IT. VIOLATIONS TO THE NEGATIVE USE RESTRICTION WOULD BE ENFORCED AS CIVIL PROCEEDINGS THROUGH THE LAND USE CODE WITH THE POTENTIAL FINES OF UP TO $1500 PER DAY AND THE BILL WOULD BE EFFECTIVE NEEDILY TO PREVENT NEAR TERM ACTIONS BY THOSE THAT MAY HARM THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE BY CREATING OR WORSENING FOOD OR PHARMACY DESERTS IN THE CITY, AND THE REGULATIONS ARE TEMPORARY AND WOULD EXPIRE AFTER A YEAR. THE BILL CONTEMPLATES THAT OPCD WOULD CONTROVERSIAL PERMANENT REGULATIONS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER BEFORE THE REGULATION -- BEFORE THE REGULATIONS IN THE BILL EXPIRE. SO THE REASON THAT WE'RE -- I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE THIS. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T BEFORE THIS BILL WAS BEING DISCUSSED, THAT SOMETIMES WHEN -- WHEN A NATIONAL CHAIN MOVES A GROCERY STORE, CLOSES A GROCERY STORE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, IF THEY OWN THAT PROPERTY, THEY CAN -- THEY CAN IMPOSE A NEGATIVE USE RESTRICTION TO KEEP ANOTHER GROCERY STORE FROM OPENING THERE. BECAUSE THEY WANT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO THAT STORE TO TRAVEL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO GO TO THE STORE CLOSEST TO THE CLOSED LOCATION, AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS ALLOW FOR THE GREATEST FLEXIBILITY POSSIBLE FOR THE USE OF THAT SITE GOING FORWARD, ANY SITE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE. NOW I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AS WE ALL KNOW THE CLOSING OF THE FRED MYER IN LAKE CITY WAYS HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY AS HAVE THE CLOSING OF THE BAR TELLS, WALGREENS AND STARBUCKS AND NUMEROUS OTHER BUSINESSES IN WHERE THE CITY IS TRYING TO COME BACK AND NOT BEING A GHOST TOWN. THE LOSS OF A GROCERY STORE AND PHARMACY AS BEEN FELT BY THE NEIGHBORS. THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP AND OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, INCLUDING COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP. I WANT -- I CANNOT STRESS ANYMORE, THIS IS A BIG DEAL. I KNOW OF NO OTHER CITY, PLEASE FACT CHECK ME, IN THE CITY, WHERE A CITY HAS BEEN DELIBERATE AND INTENTIONAL INPUTTING FORTH THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR LEGISLATIVE LEGAL COUNCIL, LAUREN HENRY, FOR WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE ON RESEARCHING NOT ONLY THE TITLE AND THE DEED OF THE PROPERTY TO INDEED LOOK FOR THOSE TYPE OF KUF NET. ON ANOTHER NOTE, THERE WERE TWO STORES THAT CLOSED UP NORTH, THE ONE ON GREENWOOD ON 86, AND THEN THE TWO FORMER GROCERY STORES THAT INDEED HAD RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWEDALLOWED SEATTLE. THEY ARE USED ACROSS THE REGION AND THE COUNTRY FOR ANTI- COMPETITION, AND IS WHAT BOTHERS US IS WEIGHING ANTI- COMPETITION AND THE NEED FOR FOOD IN A CITY. ALSO, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO GET A COPY OF THE DEED AND THE TITLE. I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WE DID UP- ZONE THIS PROPERTY IN 2019 UP TO 55 FEET SO IT COULD HAVE OTHER USES BESIDES -- INCLUDING A GROCERY STORE. WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO HELP THE NEIGHBORHOODS THRIVE. I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AND I HAVE BROUGHT TO SUPPORT WORK ON FRIDAY DURING THE OFFICE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENTS. OUR IS ALSO WORKING TO SOLVE THE PARKING ISSUES WITH THE CLOSURE OF FRED MYER. WE ASSISTED AND WORKED WITH THEM CLOSELY TO PUT A CLINIC AND PHARMACY IN CONJUNCTION AND IN THE CITY OF NORTH HELP LINE SO THEY WORK TOGETHER. AND THEY OPERATE RIGHT NOW THE ONLY PHARMACY LEFT IN THE LAKE CITY CORE WHERE THEY PROVIDE HEALTH CARE THROUGH A VARIETY OF CULTURALLY ATTUNED SERVICES THAT CARE FOR PEOPLE IN A HOLISTIC WAY AND WE DO NOT TURN PEOPLE AWAY. I WANT TO THANK THE GOOD FOLKS AT THE CLINIC AND GOOD FOLKS AT NORTH HEALTH LINE FOR BRINGING TWO GROUPS TOGETHER TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE, PHARMACY AND FOOD. NORTH HELP LINE IS A FOOD ACCESS AND COMMUNITY HUB SEEN UNPRECEDENTED NEED AT THIS TIME WITH THE RECENT SNAP CUTS. THESE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROVIDE CRUCIAL SERVICES TO THE LAKE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD. INDEED, WE HAVE A COPY OF THE DEED AND DID A TITLE SEARCH, GOT A COPY OF THE TITLE, AND I'M SURE THAT ACROSS THIS CITY THERE ARE OTHER GROCERY STORES THAT HAVE THESE RESTRICTIVE NONCOMPETITIVE COVENANTS, AND THIS IS FORWARD- LOOKING, SO HOPEFULLY COUNCIL AND COLLEAGUES, WE CAN START LOOKING AT THESE COVENANTS THAT RESTRICT THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND OURSELVES IN THIS CITY WHERE WE HAVE FOOD DESERTS THAT HAS AN ABUNDANCE AND WEALTH. THANK YOU. >> YOU MADE ME REMEMBER THAT IT WAS THE NORTH HELP LINELINE BENEFIT FROM THE FRED MYER RIGHT THERE. THEY DONATE A LOT OF THE FOOD TOO, SO THAT'S ANOTHER LOSS THERE. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> I'M GLAD YOU SAID AND I WANT TO SAY THIS ABOUT FRED MYER. FRED MYER WAS A REALLY GOOD PARTNER WITH THE NORTH HELP LINE AND THE PHARMACY AND THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO. A LOT OF THE STORES DONATED A LOT OF FOOD TO THE NORTH HELP LINE FOOD BANK, INCLUDING WHEN OUR SAM'S CLUB CLOSED ON 125th AND AURORA, THEY, TOO, WERE GOOD PARTNERS. I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT HOW FRED MYER AND KROGER CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY DID. WHILE I MAY NOT AGREE WITH THE REASONS THEY DECIDED TO CLOSE I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR BUSINESS ISSUES ARE. I DON'T AGREE BUT UNDERSTAND THEM. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU WERE GOING TO SPEAK. >> NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS IN CONCERT WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OUR OTHER COUNCIL AND COLLEAGUES. THE STORE CLOSING, THE FRED MYER CLOSING, IT ALSO IMPACTS THE D4 NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS. I HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE BORDER BETWEEN D4 AND D 5, AND THEY ARE IMPACTED. THIS IS'S A FOOD DESERT ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN, ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN UP THE DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT. SO THIS LEGISLATION IS REALLY CRITICAL. AS WE LOSE GROCERY STORES, WE ENSURE THAT THERE ISN'T AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE OUT OTHER GROCERY STORES THAT MIGHT WANT TO COME IN, INCLUDING SMALL BODEGAS, WHICH ARE ALSO SMALLER GROCERY STORES THAT CAN GO INTO THOSE SPACES. IN MY DISTRICT, I NOTE THE RITE AID CLOSED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A NONCOMPETE CLAUSE THERE, BUT WE KNOW IT CREATES A PHARMACY AND FOOD DESERT IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND BE THE SAFEWAY BEHIND THAT VILLAGE CLOSED AND SO THOSE FOLKS IN THE PARK AREA, THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO FOR FOOD. AND ALSO THE ISSUE FOR THE SNAP BENEFITS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, ALL OF THIS, IT'S ALL PART OF THIS FOOD DESERT AND THE NEED TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE FOOD ACCESS. FOOD INSECURITY IS REAL AND IT'S HITTING A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS WE REPRESENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS. I'M REALLY GLAD WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, AND TO UNDERSCORE A POINT WE MADE EARLIER, WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHERE THESE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS LIE, AND TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WERE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS RELATED TO GROCERY STORES IN NONCOMPETE CLAUSES, SO THANK YOU. >> I SHOULD ADD, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF YOU WANT TO GET THE DEED AND TITLE, TALK TO LAUREN AND SHE'LL GET IT. >> I DID WANT TO KNOW THE CITY HAS TO OWN ITS OWN RESPONSIBILITY IN CREATING CONDITIONS OF WHICH A GROCERY STORE OF ANY BRAND CAN SURVIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF ALL THE REASONS WHY FRED MYER -- KROGER IS CLOSING THAT FRED MYER RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE -- ABOUT RETAIL THEFT AND OTHER CONDITIONS THAT CREATE PROBLEMS FOR GROCERY STORES, SO WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT WHOEVER MOVES IN THERE, IF IT'S A GROCERY STORE, CAN THRIVE, JUST LIKE ALL OUR OTHER BUSINESSES THRIVE. WE ARE NOT FIXING EVERYTHING THROUGH THIS ELECTRICIAN. WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, TOO, AS A CITY. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. D-3, WE HAVE HAD OUR FAIR SHARE OF CLOSERS AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IN LAKE CITY AND D3 ARE DIFFERENT, WHEN WE LOSE A GROCERY STORE IN LAKE CITY, IT IMPACTS PEOPLE THERE VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN IT DOES IN CAPITOL HILL. IT STILL DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T IMPACT PEOPLE BUT IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE OPTIONS, AND THE TRANSIT OPTIONS, TOO, THAT WE HAVE. SO WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE HAD CLOSING OF MORE THAN JUST GROCERY STORES, AND I KNOW PEOPLE OFTEN THINK THERE ARE BIG CORPORATIONS AND THERE'S DIFFERENT REASONS WHY PEOPLE CLOSE GROCERY STORES, AND IT STILL IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW I HAVE SAID A LOT ABOUT THIS, ABOUT MARGINS, AND OPERATIONS AND ALL THAT THING, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT I AGREE AS A CITY WE HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, WHAT CAN WE DO IN ALL OF OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THESE PLACES ARE UP AND COMING, AND THAT'S ALL I CARE ABOUT ARE THOSE OUTCOMES. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO FIND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONSSOLUTIONS CAPITOL HILL, AND SOME OF THOSE SMALLER FOOTPRINTS THAT CAN PROVIDE THE BASICS, AND WHEN WE HAVE GROCERY STORES, TOO, WE EXTEND THE LIFE FOR FOOD AND FOOD BANKS THAT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ TALKED ABOUT, AND THAT FOOD LIFE GETS EXTENDED AND IT GOES INTO IS THE FOOD BANK SYSTEM, AND WE CAN CONTINUE ON BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GO IN THE TRASH. YOU HAVE THE MOST PHENOMENAL FOODS BEING PUSHED OUT OF OUR FOOD SECTOR, WITH THE RIGHT TYPE OF FOOD RATIONS, AND YOU HEARD TODAY FROM WOMEN THAT GO AND RESCUE FOOD FROM THE BUDGET MEETING, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE -- THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY OUT, BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS GIVEN -- I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANYBODY MAD, BECAUSE I NEED YOU ALL TO SUPPORT MY BUDGET STUFF. I WANT TO GIVEGIVE SHOUTS- OUT, OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT REAL QUICK, AND WE ARE IN A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, AND SNAPS ARE SET TO EXPIRE NOVEMBER 1 st, AND COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, THAT FOOD BANK, THE RAINIER COUNTY FOOD BANK COUNTS FOR 20% OF THE OVERALL FOOD DISTRIBUTED IN OUR SYSTEM, AND OTHER FOLKS HAVE PANTRIES LIKE MS. EVENT LIKE THE COLOR GIRL GARDEN CUP THAT MAKES SURE IT'S SUSTAINING FOLKS AS WELL AS -- I WANTED TO FLAG THAT BECAUSE THAT'S COMING VERY VERY QUICKLY HERE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYBODY, BUT REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ZIP CODE. I DO APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR IN OUR FOOD INVESTMENTS. THEY ARE VERY SUBSTANTIAL, OKAY? I SAY THAT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND AND I HAVE SEEN IT AND THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, THOSE TYPE OF INVESTMENTS FOR FOOD AND FOR US TO BE CONSCIOUS ABOUT THAT. SO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. I KNOW THAT BUDGET STUFF IS BEFORE US AS COUNCIL, BUT FOR US TO BE AWARE, SO THANK YOU PRESIDENT NELSON. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS UP. OKAY. LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THEN WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ >> AYE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> RINCK. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> AND THE BILL PASSES AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON THE DOCUMENTS ON MY BEHALF. THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD. >> 98. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS THE BILL AND AS SPONSOR, I WILL ADDRESS IT FIRST AND THEN OPEN THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. THE LAST FORMAL CBA EXPIRED AT THE END OF 2022, AND COUNCIL BILL 121098. THE AGREEMENT COVERS S DOT'S 27 SIGNAL ELECTRICIANS AND IS RETRO ACTIVE FROM JANUARY 2023 TO JANUARY 2028 FOR A TOTAL OF A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. THE TERMS WOULD INCLUDE A SLIGHT $12 INCREASE TO THE BOOT ALLOWANCE BRINGING IT TO 325, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO OTHER AGREEMENTS. CHANGING THE VACATION ACCRUE ANNUAL SO IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH OTHER COALITION GREEMENTS, AND WAGE ADJUSTMENTS, 2023, AWI OF 5%, 2024, AWI OF 25%, AND 2025, AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF 8%. 2026, AWI OF 2. 7%, AND 2007, ADD 1% TO THE BASE PLUS CPI WITH A MINIMUM INCREASE OF 1. 5 AND A MAXIMUM OF 3%. SO ALL OF THAT TRANSLATES TO FINANCIAL IMPACTS, RETRO ACTIVE PAYMENTS FROM 2023 TO 2025 WOULD BE ABSORBED BY S DOT'S 2025 BUDGET ESTIMATED AT 1. 9 MILLION, AND THE INCREMENTAL COSTS FOR 2026 MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE 2026 SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE. LET'S SEE, AMANDA ALLEN FROM THE CENTRAL STAFF DISTRIBUTED A MEMO ON ALL OF THIS LEGISLATION LAST WEEK, SO WE'RE JUST DOING THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS OFF OUROUR AND RATIFY THE NEW CONTRACT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON? >> AYE . >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> NINE IN FAVOR AND NONE APPROVED. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THERE'S NOT A RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTIONADOPTION TODAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL? >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN. NORMALLY THIS WOULD HAPPEN DURING COMMITTEE BUT I HAVE TO BRING AN ITEM TO FULL COUNCIL DIRECT. THE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY WAS RECEIVED LAST WEEK AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE NOMINATED BONNIE GLEN WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND THE COUNCIL MUST ACT ON THE APPOINTMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE APPOINTMENT WILL BE DEEMED CONFIRMED. IN COLLABORATION WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THE CLERKS WE WILL BE HOLDING A CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR DIRECTOR GLEN ON WEDNESDAY 12th OF NOVEMBER AT THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING THAT DAY WITH THE INTENT OF VOTING ON THAT DAY. HEARING A VOTE WE WOULD LIKE TO SOLICIT WRITTEN QUESTIONS FOR THE APPOINTEE TO RESPOND BEFORE THE MEETING. PLEASE SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO ME, EITHER TO ME DIRECT OR TO MY POLICY DIRECTOR, BRENT LOWE, MY NOON FRIDAY. WE WILL WORK WITH DIRECTOR GLEN TO GET WRITTEN RESPONSES BY THE 7th OF NOVEMBER. AGAIN, WE HAVE BONNIE GLEN WHO HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE HAVE 30 DAYS, AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, SO I WANTED TO RAISE THAT. AND THE SOLUTION, WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND CITY CLERKS IN WORKING WITH THAT, SO APPRECIATE IT. >> HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE, AND CONGRATULATIONS, BONNIE, FOR THE NOMINATION. >>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, IS THAT A NEW HAND? >> IT IS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, I DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO SAY THIS DURING THE BUDGET MEETING BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME REALLY QUICK HERE, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, FOR LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY THAT SHOWED UP IN PERSON AND ONLINE FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL BLACK COMMUNITY BUDGET DAY. IT WAS AN HONOR TO HELP FACILITATE IT, AND I'M ALSO GRATEFUL TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAME AND SHOWED -- AND SHOWED UP. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM ALL VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAD BETWEEN 60 AND 70 PEOPLE, OF THOSE 75% HAD NEVER GIVEN PUBLIC COMMENT AND HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER BEEN TO CITY HALL. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. WE HAD ALMOST 70 PEOPLE HEAR AND 75% HAD NEVER GIVEN AN OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NEVERNEVER TO CITY HALL, AND WHEN I AM TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I'M HEARING PEOPLE, IT'S NOT JUST FROM CHAMBERS BUT THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. I LEARNED THE BLACK COMMUNITY CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS NOT A MONOLITH AND ARE FREE AGENTS. AND ONE THING THAT SOMEBODY HAD SAID, AND THEY WERE VERY NICE AND THEY SAID THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND SPEAK TODAY. I WANT TO PUSH BACK ON THAT, BECAUSE WE DO NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO COME AND SPEAK. THIS IS THE PEOPLES' HOUSE. THIS IS THE CITY'S HOUSE. WE WANT MORE FOLKS COMING DOWN TO SPEAK TO GIVE US PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR FOLKS. SOMETIMES, IT TAKES AN INVITE. IT JUST TAKES AN INVITE, A TEXT MESSAGE, A PHONE CALL, TAKES A CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT, TAKES A WORD OF MOUTH FROM THE WOMB. TODAY WE SAW THAT. WE SAW GRACE. WE SAW LOVE. WE SAW PEOPLE BEING VERY RESTRICTFUL. AND -- RESPECTFUL, AND WE SAW COMMUNITY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND TRANSPARENT ACCESS AND BUILDING OUR COLLECTIVE VOICES, SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING DOWN. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS UP AND MAKE SURE PEOPLES' VOICES ARE HEARD AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT BLACK COMMUNITY CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THANK YOU. >> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> CAN I FOLLOW THAT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> YES. >> VERY NICELY SAID, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCIL, I WANT TO MAKE YOU JEALOUS. EARLIER TODAY I WAS ABLE TO COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH'S MOM AND AUNTS, AND I TOOK MY PICTURE WITH THEM, AND I WANT YOU TO THANK THEM FOR BEINGBEING AND I WILL SEARCH FOR THAT PHOTO AFTER THIS MEETING. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT, AMAZING. I WAS LATE TO THE MEETING, DIDN'T ANNOUNCE MY PRESENCE BUT WAS LISTENING TO MOST OF THAT. LET'S SEE, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION, AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO CITY LIGHT FIRST RESPONDERS AND LINE WORKERS REPRESENTED BY 77. THE WIND CAME IN AND KNOCKED DOWN A LOT OF TREES, WHICH TOOK OUT POWER FOR MANY IN OUR CITY. I BELIEVE ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT WAS IMPACTED IN SOME TYPE OF WAY AND AT ITS PEAK WE HAD 34,000 CUSTOMERS OUT OF POWER AND I HAVE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FORFOR OF THE CITY LIGHT WORKERS THAT WERE WORKING ON A STORMY NIGHT TO RESTORE POWER TO THOUSANDS OF FOLKS. SO THANK YOU TO OUR CITY LIGHT TEAM AND LINE WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT STAFF AND FIRST RESPONDERS WORKING THROUGH A STORMY NIGHT SO WE COULD HAVE POWER BY DAY BREAK. YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE'S HAND RAISED, SO WE ARE -- WE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA, AND THE NEXT SCHEDULED REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 4th WILL BE CANCELED AND SO THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET AGAIN ON NOVEMBER