. >>> WELCOME EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TODAY. THE DECEMBER 3rd, 2024 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER IT IS 2:03 P.M. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [ROLL CALL ] NINE PRESENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, WE GOT TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY. STARTING WITH COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S PUBLIC OFFICE. SHE WAS OFFICIALLY SWORN IN ON THE DAY THAT KING COUNTY ELECTIONS FILED THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. SO, THAT IS WHY WE ARE ABLE TO CALL HER COUNCILMEMBER RIGHT NOW AND TAKEN OUR GROUP PHOTO. THE SECOND PRESENTATION FOR THE DAY IS A PROCLAMATION FROM COUNCILMEMBER S AKA. SAKA. FIRST THING IS FIRST. OATH OF OFFICE WILL BE ADMINISTERED. AFTER OATH OF OFFICE YOU ARE WELCOME TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE AND I WILL SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR THE WELCOME RECEPTION. I WILL MOVE OVER. HOLD ON A SECOND. I WILL GET OUT OF THE WAY FIRST. >>>IT IS MY HONOR TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE. I ALEXIS MERCEDES RINCK AFFIRM THAT I POSSESS ALL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS. PRESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE CITY CHARTER. AND THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. FOR THE POSITION OF CITY COUNCILMEMBER. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY CONDUCT MYSELF AS CITY COUNCILMEMBER. [ APPLAUSE ] . >> OH, MY GOSH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. FIRST OF COURSE I HAVE TO THANK YOU FOR SWEARING ME IN. SHOUT OUT TO HER. IF YOU KNOW HER YOU KNOW. IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE SO MANY FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, LEADERS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION, CLIMATE ACTION. ARTS, COALITION, WORKING TIRELESSLY ON THE CAMPAIGN BUT ALSO WORKS EVERY DAY TO FIGHT FOR A SEATTLE THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THIS MOMENT WITH ME. YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOMETHING REMARKABLE THAT HAPPENS WHEN A CITY COMES TOGETHER. NOT JUST A DREAM BUT TO TURN THE DREAMS INTO A REALITY AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER ELECTED TO SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. [ APPLAUSE ] >> AND THE FIRST 20 SOMETHING TO EVER SERVE HERE REPRESENTING A GENERATION OF LEADER WHO'S WONDER IF SEATTLE IS A PLACE TO MAKE ROOTS, RAISE A FAMILY AND GROW OLD HERE. WITH OVER 250,000 VOTES OUR PROGRESSIVE VISION AND OUR VISION AND OUR GOAL FOR AN AFFORDABLE, SAFE AND WELCOMING CITY IS ONE THAT ACTUALLY UNITES OUR CITY. AND EVERY CONVERSATION WE HAVE HAD FROM GREEN LAKE TO COLUMBIA CITY, VALOR TO QUEEN ANNE, RAINIER BEACH TO WEST SEATTLE, EVERY STORY THAT YOU HAVE SHARED HAS REMINDED ME THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING POWERFUL HERE. A SHARED FAITH IN WHAT THE CITY CAN BECOME AND WE SLOWED THAT WHEN WE UNITE AND STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, CARPENTERS, CHILDCARE WORKERS, THERE IS NO CHALLENGE WE CAN NOT MEET, NO BRIDGE WE CAN NOT DIVIDE. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE THERE ARE CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US. SINCE ELECTION DAY I HAVE BEEN REFLECTING ON WHAT THIS IN COMING PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION MAY MEAN FOR OUR CITY, OUR PLANS, OUR NEIGHBORS. THE LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OUR PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND PROJECTS AND ATTACKS ON OUR FREEDOMS. IT HAD ME REFLECT ON MY FAMILY STORY. MY FAMILY FLED EL SALVADOR. MY ANCESTORS LEFT POLAND ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THE WHEN I THINK OF THEIR JOURNEYS, MIDNIGHT CROSSINGS, WHISPERS AND DREAMS, I AM REMINDED FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS THE PROMISE OF THIS NATION IS NOT JUST AN IDEA IT IS A LIFELINE. IT IS WHAT GAVE MY ELDERS STRENGTH TO BUILD A LIFE HERE. IN A COMMUNITY WHERE YOUR BEGINNINGS DO NOT DEFINE YOUR DESTINY.THAT PROMISE IS UNDER THREAT AND WE STAND AT THE CROSS ROADS THAT THE VALUES THAT MADE MY FAMILY'S DREAMS POSSIBLE HANG IN BALANCE. THE IS A THREAT TO FAMILIES LIKE MINE AND SO MANY IN THIS CITY AND THAT IS WHY WHAT WE DO HERE IN SEATTLE MATTERS NOW MORE THAN EVER. IN A TIME WHERE SOME BUILD WALLS WE CAN BUILD BRIDGES, WHEN SOME SEW DIVISION WE CAN FOSTER UNITY, WHEN SOMEONE SAYS YOU DO NOT BELONG WE CAN SAY YOU ARE HOME, SEATTLE BELONGS TO YOU, TOO. THAT IS WHO WE ARE. WE ARE A CITY THAT DOES NOT JUST TALK ABOUT PROGRESS WE BUILD IT DAY-BY-DAY, BLOCK BY BLOCK, COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY. WE ARE A CITY THAT DOES NOT JUST DREAM OF A BETTER FUTURE WE ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND CREATE IT. DIVERSITY IS NOT A WEAKNESS, GREATEST STRENGTH, TODAY I AM NOT JUST SWEARING IN TO SERVE A CITY BUT A MOVEMENT. A MOVEMENT THAT WHERE EVERYBODY DESERVES RESPECT. OUR CITY BELONGS TO EVERYONE, A MOVEMENT THAT DECLARES IN SEATTLE WE DON'T JUST RESIST HATE WE BUILD SOMETHING BETTER. TO EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES I AM READY TO BUILD WITH YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH I LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH YOU TO PROTECT AND GROW OUR GREEN SPACES, VENUES LIKE SEATTLE CENTER AND THE WATERFRONT OF ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. AND MAKE SURE OUR UTILITY SERVICES REMAIN AFFORDABLE AND KEEP US HEALTHY. AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AS CHAIR OF THE SAFETY COMMITTEE I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON MAKING SURE WE ARE IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY MEASURES AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE NOT JUST QUICK RESPONSES BUT THE RIGHT RESPONSE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SCENARIOS AND SCALING RESPONSES, IMPROVING ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENSURING THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSE IS READY TO MEET WHATEVER WEATHER EVENT MAY COME BEFORE US IN OUR EVERCHANGES CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT. AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, AS CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO CREATE A SAFETY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT SERVES EVERYONE, BUILD A NETWORK THAT PRIORITIZES WALKING, BIKING, ROLLING, AND TRANSIT. MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND THE CITY AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AS CHAIR OF THE LIBRARY AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND SERVING AS YOUR VICE CHAIR IN THE COMING YEAR I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THE RENEWAL OF ESCH PROMISE WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND OUR LIBRARIES ARE RESOURCED WITH HOURS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON, AS CHAIR OF GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ECONOMY, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND CREATIVE ECONOMY GROWTH. ENHANCING OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND MAKING SURE THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS IS EQUIPPED TO SUPPORT WORKERS ACROSS OUR CITY. AS CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, I LOOK FORWARD TO DEVELOPING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND AGING AND DISABILITY AND WORKING TO SUPPORT RENTERS LIKE ME -- WHILE MAKING SURE WE SUPPORT RENTERS LIKE ME THAT MAKE UP HALF OF SEATTLEITES. AND COUNCILMEMBER MORALES I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING CRISIS AND WE NEED A PLAN THAT ALLOWS FOR MORE HOUSING ACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY. CONNECTIONS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT AND A MEANINGFUL ANTIDISPLACEMENT STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT CONTINUING DISPLACEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN SEATTLE. AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I LOOK FORWARD TO STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND ALSO SEEKING TO ADDRESS OUR BUDGET CHALLENGES WITH PROGRESSIVE REVENUE THAT ALLOW US TO FULLY FUND OUR CITY SERVICE THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNOW AND LOVE AND DEPEND ON. WE NEED STRONG COLLABORATION AND STRONG LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS, LET US LEAVE HERE TODAY KNOWING IT IS NOT THE END OF THE JOURNEY BUT OUR BEGINNING. IF ANYONE TELLS YOU CHANGE IS NOT POSSIBLE IN SEATTLE YOU TELL THEM ON A NIGHT IN NOVEMBER, 2024, A COALITION OF WORKING PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS AND NATIVE-BORN, ONION MEMBERS AND ACTIVISTS PROVED THEM WRONG. IN SEATTLE WE STILL BELIEVE IN AN AMERICA THAT WELCOMED MY FAMILY FROM EL SALVADOR AND POLAND AND AN AMERICAN THAT GIVES A DAUGHTER OF GANG INVOLVED TEENAGERS A CHANCE TO SERVE HER COMMUNITY AND WE STILL BELIEVE THAT OUR BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD. OUR OFFICE OF POSITION 8 CITYWIDE WILL BE THE PEOPLE'S OFFICE. [ APPLAUSE ] SO TO EVERY YOUNG PERSON, EVERY WORKING PARENT, EVERY COMMUNITY LEADER, EVERY NEIGHBOR THAT QUESTIONS IF SEATTLE STILL HAS A PLACE FOR THEM. I SEE YOU, I HEAR YOU, AND I AM HERE FOR YOU. AND THIS OFFICE BELONGS TO YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND NOW LET'S GET TO WORK [ APPLAUSE ] . >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE REMARKABLE WORDS. NOW, WE WILL GO ON TO OUR SECOND PRESENTATION. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HAS A PROCLAMATION THAT WILL HONOR THE WORK IN THE LIFE OF PATRICK SAND AND DECLARE DECEMBER 3rd, 2024 TO BE PATRICK SAND DAY. THE PROCLAMATION WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND SIGNED TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA YOU ARE WELCOME TO EXPLAIN TO YOUR COLLEAGUES AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC WHAT THE PROCLAMATION IS ABOUT AND INVITE WHOEVER MIGHT BE. >> ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. WONDERFUL TO YOU LITERALLY ACCEPT YOUR FLOWERS THAT YOU EARNED OVER THE LAST ALMOST YEAR NOW. IN HONOR TO CALL YOU A COLLEAGUE. I KNOW THAT WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT COLLEAGUES AND DISCUSS, THAT IS WHY THE ROOM IS NEARLY PACKED RIGHT NOW, BUT, SERIOUSNESS IT IS IMPORTANT WORK BECAUSE TODAY, COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF PATRICK AS A MEMORIAL PROCLAMATION SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF US TO HONOR PATRICK SAND COLLEAGUES IF YOU HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN THE WEST SEATTLE BLOG AT ALL YOU HAVE SEEN TENS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN WEST SEATTLE ARE AWARE OF YOUR WORK IF YOU HAVE BEEN FEATURED. IT IS A HIGH VISIBILITY, HIGH IMPACT, MUCH-RESPECTED MICRO-NEWS BLOGGING SITE AS YOU KNOW. UNFORTUNATELY THE CO-FOUNDER, WIDOW, TRACY RECORD AND SON COULD NOT BE HERE WITH US TODAY. THEY ARE DOING DOUBLE, TRIPLE DUTY COVERING THE ENTIRE PENINSULA ESSENTIALLY 24/7. AND, SO, WE ARE STILL GOING TO HONOR PATRICK. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING PATRICK ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW WHEN, RIGHT AFTER I LAUNCHED MY OWN CAMPAIGN FOR THIS OFFICE. AND, HE COVERED IT. WE GOT TO STRIKING UP A SIDE CONVERSATION AMONG OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF SISU. S-I-S-U. COLLEAGUES YOU MAY KNOW I AM A PROUD NIGERIAN AND FINISH AMERICAN. AND THAT IS OUR ESTEEM COLLEAGUE FROM GENTLEMAN FROM BALLARD LIKES TO REMIND US I AM NIGERIAN AND FINISH AND 100% AMERICAN BUT PATRICK AND I SHARED THAT IN COMMON. WE SHARED OUR FINISH HERITAGE -- FINNS. TWO FINNS CAN DEBATE ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS. I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY IN ENGLISH SO MY FINN IS VERY POOR, IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT LANGUAGE TO LEARN. ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT IN THE WORLD, I AM TOLD. BY VIRTUE OF SPEAKING IN ENGLISH THERE WILL BE NO TRANSLATION OF WHAT SISU MEANS, IN SHORT IT IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE. PROUD FINN. THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME SIGNIFICANT ODDS AND BARRIERS AND IT IS THE REASON WHY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT DON'T WANT NO SMOKE WITH THE GOVERNMENT. THEY FOUGHT MULTIPLE BLOODY WARS BEING. I AM NOT A HISTORY MAJOR BUT, BECAUSE THE FINNISH ARE BRAVE, STRONG PEOPLE AND SISU IS THE FABRIC THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE OF FINNISH DESCENT. AND PATRICK AND I SHARED THAT, SISU. WE CAN ALL TALK ABOUT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? CAN NOT DEBATE ABOUT IT. FLLS YOU ARE A FINN. WE HAD THAT, HAD A GREAT DEBATE. AND, AND TRUE SPIRIT TO BOTH OF OUR, EACH OF OUR FINNISH ANCESTRY, NO ONE WON, WE ARE BOTH STUBBORN AND STRONG WILLED. THE ESSENCE OF SISU. PATRICK WAS BEHIND DURING THE CAMPAIGN. HE WAS LITERALLY BEHIND EVERY MOMENT OF THE CAMPAIGN. BEHIND EVERY COMMUNITY EVENT WHEN I WAS NOT CAMPAIGNING. HE IS THE PERSON BE-- HE WAS THE PERSON BEHIND THE CAMERA, HIGHLY RESPECTED JOURNALIST. HIGHLY RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE WEST SEATTLE COMMUNITY AND HIS LOTS IS DEVASTATING FOR THE WEST SEATTLE PENINSULA AND OUR ENTIRE CITY. HE WAS A BOLD TRAIL BLAZER AND SO MUCH. BUT I AM COMFORTED IN KNOWING THAT THE LEGACY THAT PATRICK WAS ABLE TO BUILD OVER MANY DECADES IN WEST SEATTLE AND BEYOND WILL LIVE ON LONG PAST, LONG PAST HIS UNTIMELY PASSING. PROUD TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KNOW HIM. AND BANTER AROUND SISU AND HAVE A FINN DEBATE OVER CULTURAL CONNECTIVITY PIECES. COLLEAGUES I WILL READ THIS PROCLAMATION BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. SO WAS THE LEGACY THAT PATRICK LEAVES BEHIND. CITY OF SEATTLE PROCLAMATION WHERE AS PATRICK SAND PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 17th, 2024, UNASSUMING MAN BEHIND THE CAMERA AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE WEST SEATTLE BLOG WITH HIS WIFE, TRACY RECORD, AND WHERE AS PATRICK AND TRACY MET 40 YEARS AGO IN 1984 AND HE FOLLOWED TRACY'S TELEVISION CAREER TO VARIOUS CITIES AND THEY EVENTUALLY MOVED TO WEST SEATTLE IN 1991. AND WHERE AS PATRICK, A PROUD OF FINNISH AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL BLAZED IN ATYPICAL ROLE OF A STAY HOME FATHER TO THEIR SON BORN IN 1996 AND HE WOULD SAY IT WAS HIS FAVORITE JOB EVER. AND, WHERE AS, AS TRAIL BLAZERS AGAIN, PATRICK AND TRACY STARTED THE HYPERLOCAL NEWS BLOG AS A SIDE PROJECT AND LATER LAUNCHED IT FULL TIME IN 2007. AND WHERE AS, PATRICK AND TRACY ARE ARGUABLY THE MOST RECOGNIZED COUPLE IN WEST SEATTLE PROVIDING UP-TO-THE-MINUTE TRAFFIC AND EMERGENCY REPORTING AND COVERING ALL LOCAL HAPPENINGS IN THE ENTIRE WEST SEATTLE OR WEST PENINSULA AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND, WHERE AS, AS TRACY STATES, WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE FEEL SEEN, END QUOTE. AND, THEY UNDOUBTEDLY SAVED LIVES THROUGH THEIR TIMELY 24/7, 365 REPORTING OVER THE YEARS AND, WHERE AS, PATRICK WAS A PROFESSIONAL, ALWAYS COUNTED UPON TO SHOW UP AND THE FIERCE LOVE AND RESPECT FOR HIM IS ON FULL DISPLAY IN THE NEARLY 700 MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCES AND TRIBUTES ON THE BLOG SINCE HIS PASSING. AND, WHERE AS, TODAY, THE WEST SEATTLE BLOG IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL READ HYPERLOCAL NEWS SITES IN THE CITY AND POSSIBLY IN THE COUNTRY. WITH 1.5-2 MILLION PAID VIEWS A MONTH AND EVEN ON THE DAY OF PATRICK'S PASSING TRACY CONTINUED TO REPORT ON THE NEWS AND SHE HAS CONTINUED TO COVER THE NEWS ON A DAILY BASIS. CARING ON HIS LEGACE JUST AS HE WOULD OF WANTED AND WHERE AS PATRICK WAS QUIET BUT POWERFUL FORCE OF THE NATURE. A PILLAR OF THE WEST SEATTLE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. WHICH WILL BE HIS ENDURING LEGACY. AND, WHERE AS PATRICK AND TRACY REPRESENT SEATTLE'S FINEST. AND PERSONIFIY THE ONE SEATTLE VALUE OF BRINGING TOGETHER COMMUNITY AND SLOWING HOW DEDICATION TO SERVE AND IMPACT LIVES. NOW, THEREFORE, MAYOR OF SEATTLE AND SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIM DECEMBER 3rd, 2024 PATRICK SAND DAY. COLLEAGUE I ASK YOUR SUPPORT AND SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO THIS DOCUMENTATION, A SMALL GESTURE TO REPRESENT HIGHLY RESPECTED JOURNALIST IN THE WEST SEATTLE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] . >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR THE MOVING WORDS AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE REMARKS OR ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL ON THE SIGNATURES? OKAY. WELL, I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. I REMEMBER THE WEST SEATTLE BLOG AS BEING THE, ONE OF THE FIRST REALLY SERIOUS NEWS OUTLETS, YOU KNOW. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS WHEN BLOGS WERE BEGINNING. I RECOGNIZE THAT I AM, I WAS PROBABLY MISSING A LOT BEFORE THEN, MY POINT IS SIMPLY THEY ARE EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST IN WEST SEATTLE BUT AT MAJOR EVENTS EVERYWHERE. AND ALSO EVENTS WHERE YOU MIGHT NOT THINK THEY WOULD BE, WHERE THEY WOULD SHOW UP. ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY LAST SUMMER I WAS WITH STAFF VISITING THE BUSINESSES OF THE WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION BIA AND WE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE STREETS AND INTRODUCING ME TO EVERYBODY AND PATRICK WAS FOLLOWING US. AND IT WAS CLEAR BECAUSE WHEN WE WOULD WALK IN, IT WAS ALL OH, MY GOD, PATRICK. HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU. HE WAS THE MAIN DRAW AS WE WERE GOING DOOR TO DOOR. THAT REALLY SAY TESTAMENT TO HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO HOW MUCH HE WAS LOVED AND RESPECTED. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO HONOR HIM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OKAY, SEEING NO OTHER HANDS RAISED WILL THE CLERK READ THE ROLL CALL OF THE FOLKS THAT WILL ADD THEIR SIGNATURES TO THE PROCLAMATION? [ROLL CALL ] NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE THAT. >>> ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG WE WILL OPEN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? WE HAVE 11 IN PERSON AND TWO REMOTE. >> OKAY. LET'S GIVE FOLKS TWO MINUTES AND LET'S START WITH THE IN-PERSON COMMENTERS. >>> PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE CALLED TO ORDER, SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED TO ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED. WE WILL BEGIN WITH IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND FINISH WITH REMOTE SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS WILL HB A CHIME WHEN 10 MINUTES LEFT OF THE TIME AND SPEAKERS MIKES WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR COMMENTS IN TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER. >>> THANK YOU, JESUS, I AM RECOVERING WITH ALL OF OUR SOULS HERE IN DISTRICT 7. DEAR NATIVE AMERICANS YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE THAT I HEARD ABOUT SMOKING AS A LITTLE GIRL AND HOW THEY FOUND YOU BY HIDING, FOLLOW THE SMOKE. SO, I HAVE SMOKE AMERICAN SPIRIT CIGARETTES AND I AM PAUSING YOUR TOBACCO AS I HAVE WITH EVERY CIGARETTE. MY FIRST CIGARETTE WAS SOLD TO ME BY A CHINESE MAN AT GOLD STAR. MARBORO GOLD LIGHT AT AGE 15 FOR 75 CENTS A PACK. 30 YEARS LATER AS I SHOP IN DISTRICT 7, I SHOP AT THE 7/11 DURING THE PANDEMIC TO KEEP IT OPEN FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE WHOLE TIME, THEY, TOO, WERE -- EVERY STARBUCKS THAT I WENT INTO, CLOSED. THE ICE I CRAVE AT AM/PM WE ALL SHOPPED AT BEGAN TO GIVE ME THINGS FROM THE BACK AND I, TOO, THEY -- [INDISCERNIBLE] ME AS WELL. I HAVE SPOKEN UP AGAINST THE CRUEL AND EVIL THINGS THEY ARE DOING TO OUR AMERICAN NATIVE BLOOD IN THIS CITY. AND CHINATOWN HAS KILLED THE AMERICAN DREAM. THEY ARE KEEPING US SICK ON DRUGS ADDING A SIGNIFICANTTIVE ADDITIVE TO IT AND POISONING US THROUGH FOOD, CIGARETTES, LIQUOR AND BEER. I DRANK SOCIALLY MODELA AND CORONA AND RED STRIPES NOW YOU, TOO, DRINKING THE POISON THAT YOU GIVEN ME. CHINATOWN HAS FOUR STORES THAT BUY OUR FOOD STAMPS TO FUND LOCAL RESTAURANTS ON FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT LEAD TO HOMELESS BECKING AND STEALING AND FUELING FOR NEED FOR DRUGS AFTER SELLING THEIR MONTHLY ALLOTMENT TO CHINATOWN. CHINATOWN HAS ONE STORE THAT SELLS CIGARETTES THAT LET THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS -- [MIKE MUTED ] MIC MUTED ] . >> YOUR TIME IS FINISHED. >> YOUR TIME IS FINISHED. [MIC MUTED ] . >> PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT. . >> YOU ARE WELCOME TO PLEASE -- THIS IS -- [MIC MUTED ] . >> YOU ARE FINISHED. HAVE YOUR SEAT OUR YOU WILL BE ESCORTED TO LEAVE. >> CAROLYN IS NEXT. . >> THIS EVICTION NOTICE WAS PUT ON A DOOR BY A CRIMINAL COP IN MY BUILDING. BECAUSE I PROTEST HIS PRESENCE HE HAS DECIDED TO HAVE ME EVICTED. ON APRIL 18th, 2014 COPS HAD ME EVICTED FROM ANDERSON. 5 1/2 YEARS I WAS ON THE STREETS. IN 2019 I SECURED HOUSING AT CHANCORY PLACE APARTMENTS. BEFORE I COULD MOVE IN SEATTLE COPS SET UP ILLEGAL SURVEILLANCE ON ME AND I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING EVER SINCE. THESE ARE BEDBUGS THAT I COLLECT AT NIGHT. TWO-THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES FOR NIGHT. I AM AWAKENED BY BEDBUGS. THEY KEEP, COPS KEEP ENGAGING IN ALL SORTS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY TO KEEP -- MAKE ME UNCOMFORTABLE AND MOVE OUT. I AM PEPPER SPRAYED, TASED. OTHER TENANTS HARASS ME. I CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN MY HOUSING. THIS IS MY RECERTIFICATION NOTICE. I WAS GIVEN, ASSIGNED BY ROBERT HADER WHO IS NO LONGER THERE. WE HAVE NO MANAGER OR ASSISTANT MANAGER. THESE ARE ALL OF THE MONEY ORDERS RETURNED TO ME BY THIS CRIMINAL THUG. HE IS AN EXPERT CYBERCRIMINAL. HE IS IN CHARGE OF MY SENIOR HOUSING. 910 MARIAN STREET DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM SAINT JAMES CATHEDRAL. THIS NOTICE PUT ON MY DOOR TODAY AS I WAS LEAVING. I HAVE SIX DAYS TO MOVE OUT. [MIC MUTED ]. >> I AM 79 YEARS OLD. PROUDLY. [MIC MUTED ]. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. YOUR TIME IS UP. [ APPLAUSE ] >> NEXT. >> SHANNON AND ASHLEY. AND BETHANEY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THIRD GENERATION OWNER OF WASHINGTON ALARM. WASHINGTON ALARM IS A SEATTLE-BASED COMPANY PROVIDING SECURITY SYSTEMS TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS FOR OVER 80 YEARS. IT IS DECEMBER 3rd, TWO MONTHS SINCE THE VERIFIED POLICE RESPONSE POLICY BEGAN. WHILE THE MAYOR'S NEW BUDGET INCLUDES POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS FOR SEATTLE POLICE AS THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER, THE HIRING BONUSES AND THE NEW POLICE ACADEMIES THAT HAVE OPENED UP ACROSS THE STATE TO ADDRESS THE OFFICER SHORTAGE, THE CURRENT POLICY HAS LEFT BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, AND HOMES VULNERABLE. AS THE OWNER OF AN ALARM COMPANY WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE. I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THIS POLICY, THOUGH WELL INTENTIONED, UNDERMINEDS PUBLIC SAFETY. THE LACK OF SOV NOTICE HAS CREATED A DANGEROUS GAP FOR THOSE WHO RELY ON ALARM SYSTEMS FOR PROTECTION. WE NEED TO START COLLABORATING NOW. OUR EXPERTISE CAN BRING BACK EFFECTIVE ALARM POLICE RESPONSE. INCORPORATING BEST PRACTICES THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO REDUCE FALSE ALARMS AND ENSURE TIMELY ACTION. IT IS TIME FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND THE INCOMING CHIEF OF POLICE TO WORK WITH THE SECURITY INDUSTRY TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND REINSTATE POLICE ALARM RESPONSE ONCE SHORTAGES ARE RESOLVED. AS THE NEWEST COUNCILMEMBER STATED IN THE SPEECHES THIS AFTERNOON SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ON POLICE RESPONSE. COLLABORATION AND TRANSPARENCY IS ESSENTIAL. LET'S ACT NOW TO PROTECT SEATTLE'S RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WHILE MANAGING -- [MIC MUTED ] >> THANK YOU. >>> ASHLEY. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILMEMBERS AND WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I SERVED AS A SECURITY PROFESSIONAL. I AM HERE TO ADDRESS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALARM RESPONSE POLICY. THIS POLICY WAS IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT INPUT FROM CITIZENS, CITY OFFICIALS, OR SECURITY PROFESSIONALS. IN T RELIES ON FLAWED DATA THAT DEMONSTRATES A MISUNDERSTANDING OF SECURITY SYSTEM OPERATIONS. THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL PUBLIC SAFETY SURVEY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE HOW THIS HAS IMPACTED SAFETY PERCEPTIONS ACROSS THE MICRO-COMMUNITIES. AT THE RECENT MEETING I LEARNED MANY BURGLARIES, EVEN WHEN VERIFIED, CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NO POLICE RESPONSE WHILE IN PROGRESS. VICTIMS ARE LEFT ALONE FOR DAYS AFTER TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THESE VIOLATIONS TO THEIR HOMES OR BUSINESSES. FURTHER MORE, THIS POLICY IMPACTS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND REQUIRES CITIZENS TO HAVE COSTLY UPGRADES TO PROVE THEY ARE IN DANGER BEFORE THE POLICE WILL CONSIDER RESPONDING. WHILE I ADVOCATE FOR SECURITY SYSTEM UPGRADES, FORCING THEM DURING HARDSHIP, STRUGGLING TO MEET NEEDS IS UNJUST. THIS POLICY PUTS PUBLIC SAFETY AT RISK. AS PROFESSIONALS WE ARE SEEKING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH LIMITED POLICE RESOURCES AND ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE BETHANEY? AND THEN BENNETT AND HOWARD. >> HI, I AM REPRESENTING THE SECURITY AND LIFE SAFETY ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. SINCE VERIFIED RESPONSE POLICY TOOK EFFECT TWO MONTHS AGO SEATTLE BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS ARE INCREASINGLY FEELING UNSAFE. MANY CAN NOT AFFORD THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS NEEDED FOR NEW EQUIPMENT TO COMPLY LEAVING ALARM EVENTS UNANSWERED. THIS POLICY SHIFTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALARM RESPONSES ON TO RESIDENTS, POTENTIALLY PUTTING THEM INTO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. IS IT TRULY THE INTENT OF THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REQUIRE TAXPAYERS TO RESPOND TO ALARM EVENTS THAT COULD INVOLVE VIOLENCE? WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO MANAGE THE POLICE RESOURCES AND ARE READY TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE THIS POLICY. WITH DECADES OF INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE WE CAN HELP REDUCE FALSE ALARMS AND PRIORITIZE ACCURATE RESPONSES WHILE MAINTAINING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. WE URGE YOU TO WORK WITH US TO FUND A SOLUTION THAT PROTECTS SEATTLE RESIDENTS AND REFLECTS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO SAFETY AND COLLABORATION, THANK YOU. >>> WE HAVE BENNETT AND THEN HOWARD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO NEWLY-ELECT READ COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. THE SEATTLE PUT OUT A PRESS DISQUALIFYING A JUDGE FROM HEARING CASES SAYING SHE WAS INCOMPETENT. PART OF THE PRESS RELEASE SHE SAID IN ONE RECENT CASE RULED THE DEFENDANT WAS IN COMPLIANCE OF THE TREATMENT AND DISMISSED THE CASE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE PERSON DID NOT GET ON THE TRANSPORT VAN. NOT REQUIRING OFFENDERS TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR TREATMENT. SO, AS I DID BEFORE I FILED A PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUEST TO FIND OUT WHAT CASE THEY WERE REFERRING TO. THE JUDGE SAID I DON'T KNOW WHAT CASE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT OR WHAT IT IS. THE INFORMATION NOT REVEALED BEFORE. 670314. GEORGIA PHILLIPS. I GOT THE AUDIO. IN THE AUDIO FROM THE TRIAL THE LAWYER CLEARLY SAYS TO THE JUDGE, DEFENDANT HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE LEG AND SHE HAD UP COMING SURGERY SCHEDULED AND SHE HAD A-ROD IN HER LEG AND CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR. SHE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO GET ON THE VAN FOR TREATMENT BUT SINCE SHE COULD NOT BOARD WITHOUT ASSISTANCE AND STAFF WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH HER SHE COULD NOT GET ON THE VAN AND IF YOU HAVE UP COMING SURGERIES YOU CAN NOT ADMIT YOU TO THE TREATMENT FACILITY IF YOU HAVE UP COMING MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS N FACT, THE JUDGE DELAYED MAKING A DECISION SO THAT PART OF THE PRESS RELEASE WAS NOT TRUE EITHER. A DIFFERENT JUDGE A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER HEARD THE CASE AND SAID OF COURSE, YES, VALID REASONS. YOU KNOW, THE DEFENSE WAS NOT IN VIOLATION OF THE AGREEMENT. BY THE WAY THE DEFENDANT WAS A WOMAN NOT A MAN. SO IF YOU NOTICED NEVER GOT ON THE VAN TO FULFILL "HIS." ATTENTION TO DETAIL NOT THEIR STRONG SUIT. CITY ATTORNEY MAKING A FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT A SITTING JUDGE TRYING TO RUIN THE JUDGE'S CAREER AND THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE PRESS RELEASE MAKING THE FALSE ACCUSATIONS NATALIE ANDERSON YOU ALL KNOW IS MAYOR'S CURRENT PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR. [MIC MUTED ] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY'S AGENDA YOU WILL VOTE ON THE 2025 STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. THE VERY FIRST LINE OF THAT, OF THOSE PRIORITIES SAYS CHAMPION LEGISLATION THAT FOSTERS A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE. BUT WE KNOW YOU DON'T REALLY MEAN THAT. BECAUSE YOU JUST VOTED FOR A BUDGET THAT ACTUALLY PRIORITIZES PUNISHMENT OVER PROTECTION. SO, WE KNOW THAT IT IS NOT TRUE. WORSE THAN THAT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN SEVEN SHORT WEEKS TRUMP WILL COME TO POWER. AND START DEPORTING PEOPLE. 20% OF THE SEATTLE RESIDENTS ARE FOREIGN BORN. OVER HALF OF THOSE, ALL STATISTICS. OVER HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY -- ARE NONCITIZENS. UNDER THREAT OF DEPORTATION. DENVER, LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, ALL OF THESE AND OTHER CITIES HAVE, RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, TAKEN STEPS TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS. WHAT HAS THIS COUNCIL DONE? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY THAT SAYS ANYTHING WHAT SO EVER ABOUT IMMIGRANTS. NOTHING IN ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS YOU PROPOSED SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IMMIGRANTS. SEATTLE REALLY DOES STAND ALONE AS BEING ONE OF THE VERY FEW QUOTE PROGRESSIVE CITIES THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT DOING ANYTHING AND LEAVING THESE PEOPLE VULNERABLE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS. SO, AGAIN, IT IS LIKE A BAD JOKE. CHAMPION LEGISLATION THAT FOSTERS SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE. PLEASE, AT LEAST BE HONEST AND PUT IN THERE ACCEPT FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE IMMIGRANTS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] . >> YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO THE JAZZ HANDS. . >> BEFORE YOU SPEAK. I AM SORRY. INTERRUPTING COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WAS A FORM OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR. DO NOT DO THAT AGAIN. >> NO, NO, I AM A GOOD BOY. I AM GOOD BOY. >> GO AHEAD. . >> VIVA NEW REVOLUTION. I AM A MAGA MEMBER. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING CONFUSED ME. LOCAL MEDIA MAKE MAYOR LIKE A BIG HERO. SOMETHING COME TO MY MIND, YOU KNOW. I AM AN OLD MAN, I LIVE HERE FOR 40 YEARS HERE. A FEW YEARS AGO I TALK ABOUT DONALD TRUMP HE HAS A PENIS LIKE TWO INCHES, MY OPINION FOR SEATTLE PRINCESS, NEED A MAYOR WHO HAS A MEDIUM OF 12 INCHES? WHY. I EXPLAIN TO YOU. BECAUSE COCKROACHES, 700,000 COCKROACHES FROM THE GARBAGE. WE ELECT CROOKS. DOING NOTHING FOR CITY. I COME TO THIS PLACE FOR 20 YEARS AND I AM TALKING ABOUT THIS. NOTHING CHANGE. NOTHING. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? INTELLECTUAL CITY LIKE SEATTLE ONLY ELECT IDIOT LIKE YOU, A CROOK WHO NEVER MAKES CITY BETTER FOR 20 YEARS? I AM TALKING THE LAST FEW YEARS IT SAY NIGHTMARE WITH EVERYTHING. RIGHT NOW I SPEAK TO EVERYBODY, STAND UP AMERICA, STAND UPSET SET COCKROACHES AND ELECT PEOPLE WHO DO SOMETHING FOR US FOR LIVING BETTER. CAN YOU DO THIS 700 COCKROACHES FOR DOING BETTER ELECT PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT US. ABOUT UNITED AMERICA. . >> KATHLEEN FOLLOWING GABRIEL JONES. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE RETIRED SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS OF 40 YEARS. SEATTLE IS NOT CURRENTLY WORKING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO SAVE MANY SMALL RESIDENTS FROM CLOSING THEIR DOORS IN JANUARY. PLEASE DO NOT RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR BUSINESSES WITH LESS THAN 500 EMPLOYEES. WE DO NOT NEED MORE BOARDED UP BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN. BALLARD IS FULL OF EMPTY BUSINESSES. PLEASE SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE JOBS AND THE TAX REVENUE. WE NEED A HEALTHY, VIBRANT DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND IN OUR BUSINESS AND OUR WONDERFUL LITTLE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THANK YOU. >>> HELLO. FIRST OFF CONGRATULATE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, I AM EXCITED TO SEE CHANGE AND HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE THE WAY I HOLD EVERYBODY ELSE ACCOUNTABLE. CB120916 THE IDEA TO GIVE POLICE OFFICERS LESS LETHAL OPTIONS WHEN DISBURSING PROTESTS. DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN WE SETTLED FOR POLICE BRUTALITY DURING BLACK LIVES MATTER WE SETTLED FOR $10 MILLION. WE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY WE COULD OF USED FOR SO MANY THINGS BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS. THAT IS WHY WE BANNED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. I AM A PROTEST MANIC. MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE EXPRESS THEIR RIGHTS AND GET HOME SAFELY. OPTIONS LIKE THESE, LIKE THE RUBBER BULLETS OR TEAR GASSING. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE IN COMBACE, BROKEN BONES, BURST EARDRUMS, OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM THE LESS LETHAL. THESE DO NOT WORK AND NOT NECESSARY. SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOTICE I ALWAYS HAVE HEARING ITEMS, I WAS KEEPING SOMEONE SAFE AND THERE WAS AN OLDER WOMB WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO WALK BACK FAST ENOUGH. THEY USED A LOUD NOISE WHERE MY HEARING IS STILL MESSED UP YEARS LATER. WE NEED OPTIONS THAT WORK AND THIS IS NOT THAT. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THESE. WE HAVE NOT SEEN PROTESTS THAT ARE THAT CLOSE TO NECESSARY. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE MONEY FOR FUTURE LAWSUITS JUST SO WE CAN MAKE THE IDEA OF THE [INDISCERNIBLE] SAFETY. NOT WHAT HELPS OR MAKES PHYSICAL CHANGE. IT IS WHAT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL THE MOST SAFE NOT MAKE THEM SAFE BUT FEEL SAFE. IT IS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I AM EXCITED TO SEE THIS COUNCIL MAKE CHANGE THAT WORKS NOT JUST WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER, WHAT WE CAN SAY NEXT YEAR WHEN IT IS TIME TO SAY OH, WELL, WE DID THIS. SOUNDS GOOD, RIGHT? OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE NEED SOLUTIONS THAT WORK. THAT IS GOOD GOVERNANCE. THANK YOU.. >>> MY NAME IS BAILEY, I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE WASHINGTON BUS. WE ARE A STATE MOVEMENT ORGANIZATION BY YOUTH FOR ALL PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON STATE. OUR COLLECTIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEXIS MERCEDES RINCK. WE WERE EXCITED TO HELP GET YOU ELECTED. WE ARE WATCHING THIS MOMENT AS FASCISM HAS TAKEN CENTER STAGE WITH THE RE-ELECTION OF OUR NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT. NEWLY ELECTED IS A STRONG WORD WHAT IS DAMNING IS A LOT OF THE PATHWAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR STATE AND ACROSS THE NATION ARE GOING TO VANISH ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. VASPA IS GOING TO VANISH. NOT A PROBABILITY IT IS A CERTAINTY. WE AS A CITY NEED TO BUILD A COLLECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COUNCIL DECLINED TO PASS COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN SEATTLE CITY SCHOOLS, I BELIEVE THIS IS A MISTAKE. RIGHT NOW THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS FACING EXTREME BUDGET DEFICITS AND NEEDS SUPPORT NOW MORE THAN EVER. AND I ASK THAT THIS CITY, IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA PUSH FOR GENUINE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE. BOTH AT THE STATE LEVEL AND IN THE CITY LEVEL. AS WE KNOW RECENTLY IN THE SAME ELECTION THAT ELECTED COUNCILMEMBER RINCK THE TAX PASSED, THE DEFENSE OF IT PASSED WITH SORING COLORS, LASAY DAMMING MANDATE FROM THE VOTERS WE NEED TO TAKE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SERIOUSLY. OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS DEPEND ON IT. THANK YOU. >> THAT WAS THE LAST REGISTERED IN-PERSON SPEAKER. >> WE WILL MOVE TO REMOTE SPEAKERS. AS A REMINDER, PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6 AFTER YOU HEARD THE MESSAGE YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. OUR FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS ALBERTO RAMIREZ. GO AHEAD, ALBERTO. >> WELCOME TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AS THE CITY BECOMES MORE UNAFFORDABLE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR A LIVING DEMAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WAGES AND A COUNCIL THAT WILL TAKE ACTION ON PROGRESSIVE AVENUE. WORKING PEOPLE BEAR THE SALES TAX. LONG PASSED DUE THE WEALTHY PAY THEIR MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SHARE. SEATTLE IS NOT A SMALL TOWN. WE ARE IN THE TOP 5 ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE CITIES IN THE WORLD. THE DEFICIT IS A PRODUCT OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAVING TO MOVE OUT OF THE CITY DUE TO HIGH RENTS. THE AVERAGE WORKER HAVING JUST ENOUGH TO LIVE AND VERY LITTLE TO SPEND LOCALLY. BUILDING CITIES FOR THE AVERAGE WORKING CLASS. LOCAL REVENUES WILL RISE. IT REALLY IS THAT SIMPLE. SIDE NOTE. NEW YEAR, NEW LEADERSHIP. THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET PROCESS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS PROVED GOVERNMENT CAN PROVIDE ADEQUATE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I DISAGREE WITH THE FINAL BUDGET PASSED. BUT THE MANNER IN WHICH THE MONTHS-LONG PROCESS WAS HANDLED IS THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT WE NEED ON THIS COUNCIL. IT IS TIME FOR A NEW COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> THANK YOU. >>> OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER. GO AHEAD, OLIVER. YOU ARE READY. GO AHEAD. >> H RIRKS, I, I AM A SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND A LBGTQ SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND I WORK WITH YOUTH ADVOCATES AND EDUCATORS ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING BAILEY THAT JUST SUMMED UP EVERYTHING THAT I NEEDED TO SAY AND THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ACROSS THE STATE WHICH IS WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS IN OUR SCHOOL FUNDING. WE KNOW THAT SEATTLE IS FACING A DEFICIT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD DECIDED TO POSTPONE ANY CLOSURES FOR THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THE LEGISLATURE IS REALLY PINNED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD PUSHING WEALTHY PARENTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT WE NEED, WE REALLY NEED TO COMPETE WITH PRIVATE SCHOOLS AGAINST COMMUNITIES UNDER SERVED HISTORICALLY BY OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. IT IS ABSOLUTELY JUST TRAVESTY TO WATCH IT PLAY OUT. IT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE COULD BE AVOIDING IF WE WERE PURSUING PROGRESSIVE REVENUE AT THE STATE. I HOPE YOU AMEND THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 2025 SESSION TO INCLUDE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE, WEALTH TAX, PAYROLL TAX, EXPANDING THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX AND WHAT IS LEGAL, A 1% PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX THAT WOULD EXEMPT THE FIRST $200,000 THAT NO LEGISLATURE IS SAYING THEY WILL DO RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO BE DEMANDING LOCALLY TO FIND A STATEWIDE SOLUTION TO FUND OUR SCHOOLS, NOT JUST A SOLUTION THAT WILL SERVE THE WEALTHIEST DISTRICTS LIKE SEATTLE AND MERCER ISLAND AND BELLEVUE AND ISSAQUAH. BUT LEGISLATION THAT WILL SUPPORT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS STATEWIDE. LET'S BE A BEACON FOR EDUCATION FOR OUR STATE RIGHT NOW IN THIS HORRIFIC MOMENT WHERE WE WILL BE FACING CUTS FOR OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM FEDERALLY. NOW IS THE TIME TO INVEST. LET'S GET AHEAD OF IT. YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY. THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH IN YOUR PRIORITIES AND WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE REACHED THE END OF OUR LIST OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. >>> ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT OF APPROVING OUR INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR. ANY OBJECTION TO THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR? SEEING NONE. THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED AND IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. HEARING NONE. COUNCIL BILLS 120194 AND 120195. ANY BILLS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL FOR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [CALLING ROLL CALL ] 8 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> HOLD ON THERE, I SCROLLED PASSED THE MOVE. WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE VOTE AND PERHAPS COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WILL BE THERE. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR, DO I HAVE A SECOND >> SECOND. >> CAN YOU CALL ROLL AGAIN? [ROLL CALL ] 8 IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH . MOVING ON. NO COMMITTEE REPORTS. AND THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVE FRIDAY THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO ITEM 1, ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS. WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD. >> SETTING FORTH THE CITY OF SEATTLE STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 32155. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AND SPONSOR THE RESOLUTION I WILL ADDRESS IT FIRST AND OPEN THE DOOR TO COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS. >> I WANT TO ADDRESS THE HISTORY. IT IS MANY, MANY MONTHS OF WORK. SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE OF THE PROCESS OUR OFFICE STARTED TALKING WITH THE DIRECTOR STAFF ABOUT IT IN APRIL. OUR FIRST MEETING WAS ON JUNE 27th THAT IS WHEN OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS BEGAN TAKING MEETINGS AS WELL. IN LATE JULY WE CONFIRMED WITH OIR THEY WOULD PRESENT ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO COUNCIL AT A BRITTING ON SEPTEMBER 16th, WHICH THEY DID, ON OCTOBER 18th, CENTRAL STAFF CIRCULATED A DRAFT DOCUMENT AND REQUESTED FEEDBACK BY OCTOBER 25th. AND THAT WAS DONE BY COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE THE OFFICE CIRCULATED A DRAFT. A FINAL DRAFT TO BE ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION. AND, THEY PRESENTED THEIR DRAFT TO COUNCILMEMBERS DURING THE BRIEFING ON NOVEMBER 25th. MEANWHILE, ON NOVEMBER 22nd, CIRCULATING A COPY OF THE FINAL, FINAL DRAFT WITH A DEADLINE FOR AMENDMENTS LISTED AS TUESDAY 11/26 AT 2:00 P.M. I THINK IT WAS NOON. IN ANY CASE THAT WAS, THOSE WERE THE MONTHS WE WERE WORKING ON THIS PROCESS WITH THE OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENT RELATIONS. ONE OF THE TASKS THAT I HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR A LONG TIME WAS TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF OUR 16 PAGE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. AND JUST THIS IS A PAGE. IT IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS. IT HAS GROWN. JUST GROWN OVER THE YEARS. THE REQUEST THAT THEY ALSO SHARED WAS TO WHITTLE IT DOWN TO TWO PAGES SO THAT IT WAS MORE ACCESSIBLE NOT JUST EASIER TO READ BUT IT WAS MORE TO THE POINT OF WHAT OUR PRIORITIES REALLY WERE. JUST FOR EXAMPLE I PULLED UP SOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS. HERE IS, HERE IS THE CITY OF SNOHOMISH, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, TWO PAGES. KIRKLAND. ONE PAGE. CITY OF SPOKANE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. MERCER ISLAND, SO, IT, IT MIGHT NOT SEEM, IT MIGHT SEEM FRIVOLOUS TO CARE ABOUT THE LENGTH OF LEGISLATIVE AGENDA BUT IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT LEGISLATURES AND THEIR STAFF TO KNOW WHAT SEATTLE'S PRIORITIES ARE ON AN ONGOING BASIS THAT THEY CAN REFER TO EASILY AND READ THROUGH A BUNCH OF BULLET POINTS SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR POSITION IS. MEANWHILE, OF COURSE, THERE IS LOBBYING THAT GOES DOOR TO DOOR DURING THE WHOLE SESSION. I AM NOT SAYING THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS THE BE ALL END ALL. IT IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHITTLING THAT DOWN. THAT TOOK A LOT OF WORK. YOU HAD TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT THE EXECUTIVE'S PRIORITIES WERE AND ALSO HOW TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THE LEGACY PRIORITIES THAT EXISTED YEAR TO YEAR AT THE COUNCIL. AND THEN WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO CUT. THE LEGISLATIVE TOOL WILL BE IMPORTANT THIS COMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, A LONG SESSION. IT IS A NEW LEGISLATURE AND ALSO THERE IS SOME PRESSING ISSUES ON THE TABLE. SO, I SAY ALL OF THIS BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT REALLY IT IS THE DAY TO DAY WORK OF OUR ADVOCATES IN OLYMPIA THAT REALLY PROTECTS AND ADVANCES THE INTERESTS OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. SO, THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT WE GOT BEFORE US RIGHT NOW. ARE THERE ANYMORE COMMENTS BEFORE THE AMENDMENTS? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR THE BACKGROUND. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, AND WE HAVE OUR GREAT TEAM AND DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING IN CHAMBERS TODAY. I THINK I SAW ANNA EARLIER. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. I KNOW THAT YOU DEVELOPED THIS AGENDA WITH INPUT FROM THE CITY DEPARTMENTS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THE STATE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION THAT SO GREATLY REPRESENTS US IN OLYMPIA. AS THE CITY. FROM REGIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES STATEWIDE INTEREST GROUPS AND ADVOCATES, I KNOW THAT THE AGENDA THAT YOU DID PUT FORTH TOGETHER IT IS MADE UP OF, WITH FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF THESE ENTITIES AND APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT TO -- THE ENTITIES TO DO THAT WORK SO BY THE TIME IT GETS TO US YOU PRIORITIZED AND WE WILL NOT GET EVERYTHING, I THINK THE GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT IS IN A FORM WHEN THEY ARE REPRESENTING US IN OLYMPIA ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET. THE EXHAUSTIVE LIST WE KNOW WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO. ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED AND THAT IS HOW YOU DO STRATEGY. SO, SO, I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT IS LESS ABOUT THIS, LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, LAUNDRY LIST AND IT IS MORE ABOUT MAKING SURE WE ARE WORKING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON A PRIORITY THAT WE REALLY CAN HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITHIN THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I KNOW IT IS SHORT NO MATTER HOW LONG OR SHORT. IT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY IS. TIME WISE IS. IT ALWAYS SEEMS A LOT SHORTER BECAUSE ONCE THAT TRAIN LEAVES THE STATION IT DOES NOT STOP. SO, WANTED TO ADD THAT AS WELL THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHERS? >> OKAY. WE HAVE AMENDMENT A BEFORE US. I INVITE THE SPONSOR TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. >> THANK YOU. SHOULD I MAKE THE MOTION FIRST? >> YES. >> OKAY. I MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION 32155 WITH AMENDMENT A, VERSION 1. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO A MEND RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A, NOW, RECOGNIZE TO ADDRESS IT AND WALK US THROUGH ITS CONTENT. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I ASK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS AMENDMENT. WHAT DOES IT DO? IT IS A SPECIFIC, NARROW, TECHNICAL ACCEPTION TO THE YOUTH RIGHT STATUE AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT YOU KNOW IT IS BASED OFF OF THE SEATTLE ORDINANCE AND THE KING COUNTY ORDINANCE. IT WAS INTO STATE LAW. AND, APPLICATION OF THAT HAS BEEN UNEVEN THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE SEE HERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SEATTLE SOME APPLICATION OF THIS STATUTE. DESPITE BEST EFFORTS TO COMPLY. I CAN NOT SPEAK FOR OTHER AGENCIES ACROSS THE CITY BUT HAVING MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE POLICE CHIEFS, CURRENT AND PAST, I THINK THAT WE DO WANT TO COMPLY HERE IN SEATTLE WITH THIS. JUST WITH THIS STATUTE. IT IS JUST, THERE IS SOME CONFUSION AROUND WHEN IT APPLIES AND WHEN IT DOES NOT APPLY. YOU HAVE SEEN ME TALK ABOUT THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. I WILL CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL WE TAKE ACTION. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I AGREE WITH THE INTENT AND PURPOSE AND VALUES UNDER LINING THE ORDINANCE OR STATUTE HERE. BUT WE HAVE SEEN MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE. I MENTIONED EARLIER I AM A PROUD SON OF IMMIGRANTS. FIRST% FINNISH. 100% AMERICAN. AND I AM PROUD -- 50% FINNISH AND 100% AMERICAN. AND I AM PROUD OF MY NIGERIAN. BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WHERE WE BEAR THE GUN VIOLENCE IN THE CITY AND UNEQUAL JUSTICE AND LACK OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE AS A RESULT OF LAWS THAT LACK CLARITY AROUND WHEN THEY APPLY. AGAIN, I THINK THIS, THIS IS A VERY MINOR HYPERTECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO THE STATE STATUTE. SOME ARE CALLING FOR THE REPEAL, I AM CALLING FOR CLARIFY WHEN IT APPLIES AND WHEN IT DOESN'T. THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE GROWTH MIND SET YOU HEAR ME TALKING ABOUT OVER AND OVER. AND, SO, SEATTLE'S FIRST HOMICIDE VICTIM IN THIS CITY, THIS YEAR AS YOU ALL KNOW, COLLEAGUES, 15-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. ODDLY AT THE SOUTHWEST TEEN LIFE CENTER. ACROSS FROM A HIGH SCHOOL. A YOUNG MAN, 15 YEARS OLD, SON OF IMMIGRANTS, TRAGICALLY LOST HIS LIFE THROUGH GUN VIOLENCE. POLICE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THIS STATUTE WAS NOT INTENDED TO APPLY TO VICTIMS OF CRIMES OR POTENTIAL WITNESSES, WE NEED TO CLARIFY WHEN IT IS INTENDED TO APPLY AND WHEN IT DOESN'T. BECAUSE, HAVING -- IF WE HAD MORE CLARITY COLLEAGUES TO BE HONEST IT WOULD NOT BRING HIM BACK. IT WOULD NOT BRING BACK THE OTHER YOUNG, PRIMARILY BLACK AND BROWN AND PRIMARILY IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEES, YOUTH, ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE LOST TO GUN VIOLENCE, SADLY. I WISH IT WOULD. I SAT IN THE HOME OF HIS FAMILY AFTER HE PASSED AWAY WITH THE MAYOR AND HAD TO EXPLAIN THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION. A MINOR TWEAK WILL NOT BRING THESE YOUNG PRIMARILY MEN, BACK. BUT IT WILL ENSURE THAT FUTURE FAMILIES, FUTURE FAMILIES OF GUN VIOLENCE AND OTHER VICTIMS OF CRIME HAVE ACCESS TO THE JUSTICE AND HAVE ANSWERS THAT THEY DESPERATELY NEED. ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY, WHO HAVE I BEEN WORKING WITH JUST THIS YEAR, COLLEAGUES I ASK AND URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS MUCH-NEEDED AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES? COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE THE TRAGEDY. AND SO I REALLY -- THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP NOW BUT YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT SINCE. WHEN WE PASS LAWS WITHY NEED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING WITHIN THE LAW THAT MAKES SENSE. THIS IS NOT ANYTHING NEW. THIS IS A CLARIFICATION OF SOMETHING THAT IS EXISTING SO THAT PLEASE DEPARTMENTS ARE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS AS THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND JUSTICE FOR THESE FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES >> THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION THAT MY COLLEAGUE HAS BROUGHT TO THIS ISSUE. CERTAINLY HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN DIED FROM GUN VIOLENCE. I UNDERSTAND HOW HARD THAT IS. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT ACTION TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THE YOUTH ACCESS TO COUNCIL PROGRAM THAT WAS LAUNCHED IN 2022 IS INTENDED TO MAKE INTERACTIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT BY PROVIDING THEM WITH CONNECTION TO A LAWYER TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. BEFORE INTERROGATION AND BEFORE THEY ARE SEARCHED. UNDERSTANDING THEIR RIGHTS BEFORE THEY WAVE THEM AND THEY STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WAVE THEIR RIGHTS. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. LAST YEAR ATTORNEYS PROVIDED CONSULTATION WITH 2,000 YOUTH ACROSS THE STATE WITH AVERAGE OF SIX A DAY. WASHINGTON STATE OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENSE REPORTS THAT OVER 70% OF CALLS THAT WERE ANSWERED BY AN ATTORNEY WERE ANSWERED IN UNDER ONE MINUTE. I HAVE ALSO HEARD SOME OFFICERS SAYING THAT IT TAKES TOO LONG. THAT THIS LAW IS GETTING IN THE WAY OF THEM BEING ABLE TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS BECAUSE IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR ATTORNEYS TO BE CONTACTED. BUT THERE IS A STATEWIDE HOT LINE. AND, ABOUT 96% OF CALLS WERE ANSWERED BY AN ATTORNEY IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES. IN 2023. ONCE IN TOUCH WITH AN ATTORNEY IT IS COMPLETED WITHIN 20 MINUTES. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO IMPEDE THE ABILITY OF INVESTIGATIONS TO TAKE PLACE BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT WE HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE KINDS OF INTERACTIONS WITH OFFICERS. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW STRESSFUL IT MIGHT BE TO BE ENGAGED WITH AN OFFICER. SO I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE, PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE MINORS, NEED TO HAVE THAT PROTECTION THAT COMES WITH HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO AN ATTORNEY BEFORE THEY ARE INTERROGATED OR SEARCHED. EVEN IF THEY ARE WITNESS TO A CRIME AND NOT AN ACTUAL SUSPECT IN SOMETHING THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. SO, I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. LET'S SEE. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> A QUESTION ACTUALLY BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS DOES NOT CHANGE WHAT IS CURRENTLY THE LAW. THE EXCEPTION APPLIES OR THE EXCEPTION IS LAW AND THIS IS JUST A CLARIFY WHEN IT CAN BE APPLIED. THAT IS HOW I AM READING THIS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS NOT SCALING BACK ANY PROTECTIONS THAT TEENS HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO AN ATTORNEY BUT IT IS MORE OF THE EXCEPTION TO CLARIFY ITS A POLITIC BILLET. APPLICABILITY. >> THAT IS THE INTENT AND MY UNDERSTANDING. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS TOO MANY INCIDENTS OF LACK OF CLARITY AROUND AND AND EXCEPTION OR NOT. AND, WE SEEN THE UNFORTUNATE RESULTS IN HOW THAT MANIFESTS ITSELF THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE STATE. AS I UNDERSTAND IT AS WELL. THERE IS A VERY NARROW THING TO CLARIFY WHEN IT APPLIES AND WHEN IT DOES NOT APPLY. AND, I COULD NOT AGREE MORE. I WILL JUST SAY, RESPONDING TO A FEW. I COULD NOT AGREE MORE THAT YOUTH NEEDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION, AS A LAWYER I COULD NOT AGREE MORE THAT YOUTH NEEDS ACCESS TO CRIMINALIZATION. AND, THAT IS WHY I AM NOT CALLING FOR REPEAL. I WANT TO PRESERVE THE VALUES AND THE ESSENCE OF THIS AND CLARIFY NARROW AND LIMITED EXCEPTIONS. IF IS NOT A TIMING OR RESPONSE ISSUE. THE PROGRAM IS WORKING GREAT BY ALL MEASURES. DATA ASIDE I AM TOLD, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGISLATURES AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE PROGRAM IS NOT AN ISSUE OF WE CAN'T GET TO CONNECT YOUTH TO LAWYERS ENOUGH. THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO CONNECT SOMEONE THAT IS A WITNESS, EYEWITNESS TO SOMETHING THAT MAY BE A CRIME OR MAY NOT BE A CRIME. WHO KNOWS. WHAT HAPPENED MIGHT NOT BE A CRIME. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK OUR POLICE EVEN KNOW. THE FAMILY CERTAINLY DOES NOT KNOW BUT THEY DESERVE TO KNOW. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT. GRIEVING FAMILIES DESERVE ANSWERS. GRIEVING FAMILIES DESERVE ANSWERS. THANK YOU. >> I WILL SAY BRIEFLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME WHEN YOU NOTED. ONE OF OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETINGS. THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA DOES NOT INDICATE OR DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE SPIRIT OF IT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WAS, THERE WAS A COMMITMENT TO LOBBY ON OR LOBBY IN FAVOR IF THERE WAS A BILL THAT CAME FORWARD. AND, SO, THAT WAS INDICATION TO ME THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL WERE ON THE SAME PAGE ON. AND, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU TO HAVE IT INCLUDED IN OUR AGENDA. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS. WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL. [ROLL CALL ] . >> SEVEN IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED. >> THE MOTION CARRIES AMENDMENT A IS IS IS AMENDED. NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE SPONSOR OF AMENDMENT B. TO RAISE YOUR HAND. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE >> COUNCIL, THANK YOU. I MOVE TO AMEND REVOLUTION 32155 AMENDMENT B VERSION 1. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE AMENDMENT B. IS MOVED AND SECONDED. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION BY AMENDMENT B. AS IT SHOWS ON THE AGENDA AND YOU ARE NOW WELCOME TO ADDRESS IT >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. FIRST I WANTED TO THANK DIRECTOR WHO IS HERE AS YOU MENTIONED AND THE TEAM FOR THE EFFORTS AND ALSO FOR THE EXECUTIVE. THE REVERSE EXECUTIVE THAT ME AND MY TEAM ARE ON. RELATING TO THE WHOLE TWO PAGER. THE PUBLIC SAFETY PIECES. ELEMENTS OF THE OTHER SECTIONS AS WELL. THIS AMENDMENT IS JUST A, IT IS AN ADD-ON. OBVIOUSLY I DID NOT KNOW THE ENTIRE PROCESS BEFORE WE GOT THE FINAL DRAFT. BUT THIS AMENDMENT IT IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING AN IMPORTANT PIECE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CENTRAL STAFF. HELPING ME WITH THIS AMENDMENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, EDUCATION AND MENTAL HEALTH ARE SO KEY FOR OUR STUDENTS. FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY, AND IT IS AN IMPORTANCE THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET. I RECOGNIZE THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF HOW IT CAME ABOUT IN OUR BUDGET FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND HOW THAT CAME ABOUT IN THE LAST SECOND WAY. DOES NOT REFLECT ANYTHING IN TERMS OF HOW THE EXECUTIVE OR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN FEELS REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EDUCATION AND MENTAL HEALTH ARE STATE FUNCTIONS. AND, STATE RESPONSIBILITIES. AND, I CAN ARGUE THAT THESE EFFORTS HAVE NOT DELIVERED. AT LEAST FULLY. WE HAVE NOT ACHIEVED WHAT WE NEED TO ACHIEVE IN THIS AREA IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH IN TERMS FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. MAKING SURE THE STATE CARRIES OUT ITS DUTIES IN THIS AREA TO HELP OUR STUDENTS THRIVE IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS IN YEARS BEFORE. DEFINITELY YEARS BEFORE THE ACTION TAKEN LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF ADDING THE MONEY INTO THE BUDGET. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREDICATED BY GOING TO THE STATE SAYING HEY, THIS IS IMPORTANT, THE STATE, THERE IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, PLEASE CARRY IT OUT. THE CASE OF THE STATE NOT DOING SO, IT IS IMPORTANT TO US AS A CITY AND IT WILL BE REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGET BY TAKING THIS ACTION AS IT WAS DONE LAST YEAR WITH THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TODAY TO ADD ESSENTIALLY COMMA, MENTAL HEALTH, COMMA, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT POINT AND JUST TO SHOW AND MAKE THE POINT TO OLYMPIA IT FALLS UNDER YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES. THIS IS THE NEED THAT WE HAVE AND NOT JUST A SEATTLE NEED OF COURSE, THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND FOR THEM TO DO IT. FOR THE PIECE, THE RELATED PIECE, I THINK ON THE SUGGESTION AND RECOMMENDATION OF OUR COLLEAGUES AND CENTRAL STAFF I THINK IT DOES ALLOW FOR A BETTER READING OF THAT POINT AS IT FALLS UNDER THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SECTION. SO, SO COLLEAGUES I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT UNDER THIS AMENDMENT. >> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVIERA? >> THIS ONE, TOO, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> THIS ONE, TOO, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME. WE ALL SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH. IT IS CRITICAL. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE SUPPORT OF MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING FOR IT, IS REALLY A STATE RESPONSIBILITY. WHILE WE SUPPORT IT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OLYMPIA TO ALSO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR KIDS. AND SO, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SO LONG IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO INCLUDE IT IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. AND I THINK THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THE EXECUTIVE, I THINK THE EXECUTIVE WOULD NOT HAVE -- I CAN NOT SPEAK FOR THE EXECUTIVE OBVIOUSLY, BUT I THINK GIVEN OUR CONVERSATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR THAT THEY WOULD BE OKAY WITH THIS FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. >> WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT B. >> [ROLL CALL ] . >> 9 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED >> THE MOTION CARES AND AMENDMENT B. ARE ADOPTED. ARE THERE FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? >> GO AHEAD. >> I MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION 32155 WITH AMENDMENT C VERSION 1. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. >> GO LADY YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS IT. >> GREAT, THANK YOU., COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >>> THIS ONE, TALKING AGAIN ABOUT EDUCATION ALL YEAR. THE IMPORTANCE -- THANK YOU -- WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION ALL YEAR AND PARTICULARLY THE IMPORTANCE AS WELL OF EARLY EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL, PART OF WHAT IS ALREADY ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TO SUPPORT EDUCATION K-12 EDUCATION IT IS PRUDENT TO INCLUDE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRESCHOOL AS PART OF THAT K-12 ASK FOR SUPPORT FROM OLYMPIA. I HAVE TALKED TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ABOUT THIS AND THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AS WELL. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> I DID CHECK WITH OIR AND MADE SURE THEY COMMUNICATED WITH YOU AND CONFIRMED YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF FREQUENTLY. GO AHEAD >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WE ALSO RAISED THIS ONE. THEY WERE IN CHAMBERS ON THE 25th OF NOVEMBER ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING THIS. THEY WERE IN SUPPORT OF IT AS WAS THE EXECUTIVE. I DID REACH OUT. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. SECONDED AND I AM NOT SEEING ANY OTHER COMMENTS WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT C. [ROLL CALL ] 9 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED >> THE MOTION CARRIES, AMENDMENT C. IS ADOPTED. COME COMMENTS AS AMENDED? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> I MOVE COUNCIL D. FOR VERSION 32155 >> SECOND. >> AS THE SPONSOR YOU ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK TO IT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE HAVING A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT IS TWO PAGES RATHER THAN 16. IT MAKES IT DIGESTIBLE, MORE EFFECTIVE AND COLLEAGUES I BRING TO YOU AN AMENDMENT WITH FOUR ADDITIONS, CHANGES, ONE REDUCES A LINE. I SAY IF WE HAD NOT BEEN ATTEMPTING TO CREATE THESE AMENDMENTS OVER THE THANKSGIVING BREAK I WOULD OF SPENT MORE TIME WORDSMITHING THEM. I WAS NOT ABOUT TO GO BACK AND FORTH WITH HER OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AND, SO, WE HAVE AMENDMENTS BEFORE US. >> AND COMING BACK TOGETHER TO WORDSMITH THIS MORE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THERE TO TWO PAGES. THE AMENDMENT THAT I JUST BROUGHT BEFORE US DOES FOUR THINGS THE FIRST ADDS WITHIN THE PUBLIC SAFETY RELM SUPPORT CONTINUED EFFORTS OF THE HIGH RATE OF DISAPPEARANCES AND MURDERS OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND PEOPLE. THE NEXT CHANGE IS ADDS UNDER PUBLIC AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. SUPPORT SAFE ACCESS TO ABORTION AND OTHER SERVICES FOR ALL. TAKING TWO LINES AND TURNED IT INTO ONE TO SAY SUPPORT AND WORLD EVENTS REGARDING FOOD AND DRINK. LASTLY BUT NOT LEAST, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT SUPPORT POLICIES TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, SUPPORT ADAPTION AND ASSIST FISH PASSAGE BARRIERS. COLLEAGUES, THESE ARE ALL INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I BELIEVE WE AS THE CITY ALREADY AGREE ON AND IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL TO HAVE IT INCLUDED ON OUR AGENDA. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU. I WILL CALL ON FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR BRING THESE AMENDMENTS. I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT FOR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE HIGH RATE OF DISAPPEARANCES AND MURDERS OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND PEOPLE. I DID NOT BRING AMENDMENTS IN RETROSPECT. I REGRET NOT DOING SO. I WOULD OF LIKED TO HAVE BROUGHT AN AMENDMENT TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF THE EBONY ALERT THAT IS ALSO BEING DISCUSSED. IF I CAN JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT WE WOULD LIKE IT AND I AM SURE OTHERS THAT WOULD SUPPORT PASSAGE OF THE EBONY ALERT. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS, SUPPORT SAFE ACCESS TO ABORTION. OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL. TO ME THAT MEANS WE NEED TO PASS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. OUR STATE LEGISLATURE TO DATE HAS BEEN UNWILLING TO DO SO. AND IT IS CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS. SO, IT IS ABOUT TIME THEY PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS AND PASS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO SUPPORT REPRODUCTIVE CARE. THAT IS MY TWO CENTS ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I HAVE QUESTIONS. I WANT TO FIRST START BY SAYING I SUPPORT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS OF ALL WOMEN ESPECIALLY AS A MOM TO TWO DAUGHTERS. I AGREE AS A STATE AND A NATION WE NEED TO FOCUS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS OF MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN. I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT WASHINGTON STATE IS A PLACE WOMEN HAVE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND I KNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO WITH THE ELECTION OF OUR NEW GOVERNOR. I AM NOT SURE WHY WE NEED TO ADD IT TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE ALREADY SUPPORTS. AND THEN, IN TERMS OF THE MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND PEOPLE THERE IS A TASK FORCE THAT WAS CREATED IN 2021 BY THE STATE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TASK FORCE WAS BROUGHT TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS THE SYSTEMIC CAUSES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND IMPROVE THE STATE'S ABILITY TO MEANINGFUL ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE CRISIS. I KNOW A FINAL REPORT IS DUE UP COMING HERE JUNE 2025. I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING. SO, I AM NOT, I AM NOT SURE WHY WE NEED TO INCLUDE AN AMENDMENT TO ASK TO DO THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING DONE. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I WILL SAY THESE WERE ALL TOGETHER ON ONE AMENDMENT. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE FISH PASSAGE BARRIERS I AM JUST SEEING THIS YESTERDAY. SO I NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR THINGS WHEN I DON'T HAVE THE FULL -- WHEN I HAVE NOT DONE THE DUE DILIGENCE. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT, THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> HAPPY TO SHARE CONTEXT HERE. I KEPT THEM ALL IN ONE AMENDMENT TO TAKE THE BURDEN OFF OF STAFF DURING A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. WHEN THESE WERE ALL COMING TOGETHER AND BEING WRITTEN. I TOOK, TRYING TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON COLLEAGUES FOR US ALL VOTING YES ON EVERYTHING MULTIPLE TIMES OVER. THESE ARE ALL, BUT FOR FISH PASSAGE. ALL ITEMS IN OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY AGENDAS IN THE PAST. EVEN IF WE BELIEVE THAT THE STATE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD UNDER THESE, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THESE ITEMS I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO STATE OUR SUPPORT OF THEM ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET DOWN INTO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHERE I HAVE A TERM WHERE I CALL THEM WEEKDAYS IN OLYMPIA, NOT BECAUSE IT IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BUT A WEEK'S WORTH OF WORK GETS DONE IN A DAY. AND, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO CALL BACK TO SEATTLE TO FIND OUT WHERE ARE WE ON A CERTAIN ISSUE THIS IS HELPFUL. IN SUMMARY I PULLED EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTION. I ADDED THE FISH PASSAGE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO MANY OF OUR 280 OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE STATE. I WOULD URGE YOUR SUPPORT IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING ON IT. THAT IS OKAY. FEEL FREE TO VOTE NOW. I FEEL WE NEED TO REDUCE -- >> NOT THAT IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF MAKING SURE TO EMPHASIZE TOP PRIORITIES AS A TOOL AND STAFF, I THINK THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM STATEMENTS. LIVE BILLS AND THE STATE IS ALREADY DOING. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPULSE IN IT. I AM TRYING TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ARE NOT ISSUES THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT WITH OIR. AGAIN. >> POINT OF ORDER? >> NO, I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH MY SENTENCE. MIGHT HAVING ASKED OIR STAFF I WAS MAKING SURE THAT THESE ISSUES WERE ON THE TABLE DURING THAT PROCESS THAT I OUTLINED. THAT IS INFORMING AS I SAID IN MY OPENING REMARKS. >> THANK YOU. >> I HOPE THIS IS THE LAST WORD AND WE WILL MOVE ON. I HAD CONVERSATIONS AND THERE IS ONE ABOUT HONESTLY. IF WE BELIEVE THERE IS A BILL THIS YEAR OR WE DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A BILL THERE YEAR OR MAYBE THERE IS A BILL THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO DEMONSTRATE NOT ONLY THE VALUES THAT SEATTLE BRINGS TO OLYMPIA BUT THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO SHOW OTHERS THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING. AND JUST BECAUSE THESE ISSUES DON'T HAVE A BILL MEMBER ATTACHED TO THEM A MONTH BEFORE SESSION IS A BIT IRRELEVANT AT THIS TIME. THESE ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE CONTAINED WITHIN OUR CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR OUR WORK IN THE LEGISLATURE. COLLEAGUES, I INVITE YOU TO COME DOWN TO CITY ACTION DAYS ALONGSIDE MYSELF AND OTHER COLLEAGUES AND THERE IS ONLY ONE OTHER COLLEAGUE THAT I HAVE SEEN AT CITY ACTION DAYS. SO, TIME TO DO SOME WORK. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT. >> AND I WAS NOT IMPLYING THERE HAS TO BE A BILL. IN FACT I SAID PREVIOUSLY CAN SAKA'S AMENDMENT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF COLLABORATION THAT WE UNDER TOOK GOING TO THIS POINT. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT D. [ROLL CALL ] . >> 7 IN FAVOR, NONOPPOSED TWO ABSTAIN. ANY COMMENT ON THE AMENDMENT. >> I MOVE TO 32155 ON AMENDMENT F., NOT F, E. >> SECOND >> AMENDMENT E MY APOLOGIZES. >> NO PROBLEM. MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT E. YOU ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK TO YOUR AMENDMENT. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS AMENDMENT. AS I MENTIONED DURING COUNCIL BRIEFING YESTERDAY I AM WALKING ON THIS AMENDMENT. WHICH IS NOT HOW I LIKE TO DO BUSINESS ON THIS. BUT THE DEADLINE WAS ON MY FIRST DAY. I HOPE YOU WILL FORGIVE ME JUST THIS TIME. AMENDMENT E. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ADD LANGUAGE TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TO STATE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO EXPLORING REVENUE OPTIONS BEFORE CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS FOR REVENUE THAT WILL PUT A HIGHER TAX BURDEN ON LOW INCOME AND MIDDLE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. I THINK THE CONTEXT FOR HOW WE ARE ENTERING THE STATE LEGISLATIVE IS IMPORTANT. THE STATE DEFICIT FOR FOUR YEARS WILL BE 10-12 BILLION OVER 4 YEARS. WE KNOW SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS FACING CLOSE TO $100 MILLION DEFICIT IN THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR. WE OURSELVES AS A CITY HAD TO RECKON WITH OUR BUDGET DEFICIT AS WELL. AND WHAT IS CLEAR IS SOME OF OUR STOPGAP MEASURES ARE NOT WORKING AND MUCH OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS AGREEING AND VOTING ON THIS AGENDA IN SUPPORT OF THESE CRITICAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. THAT WILL NEED FUNDING. AND, SO, WHEN LOOKING AT MEASURES FOR MAKING SURE THAT AS WE GUIDE AND WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. PROVIDING THE GUIDANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HARDEST HIT WITH OUR LOSS OF REVENUE ARE NOT LOW INCOME AND MIDDLE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND URGING OUR STATE GOVERNMENT TO LOOK INTO NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE THAT SHIFT THE BURDEN TO OTHERS AND SEEKING MORE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE OPTIONS. SO, WITH THAT, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS AMENDMENT. AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY TO WALK IT ON TODAY. THANK YOU. >> IT HAS BEEN SECONDED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED AS AMENDMENT E, ARE THERE ANY COLLEAGUES THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS? HOLD ON A SECOND I HAVE TO MOVE THIS. I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER MOORE YOUR HAND WAS UP FIRST? >> OKAY. GO AHEAD. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD WORK IN TERMS OF INITIATIVE 2111 WHICH SAID THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE INITIATIVE THE STATE LEGISLATURE CAN NOT IMPLEMENT A PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS, I BELIEVE. SO, JUST WONDERING WHAT YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING WITH HERE IN LIGHT OF THAT INITIATIVE? >> ABSOLUTELY. HAPPY TO RESPOND TO THAT AND UNDERSTANDING OF COURSE WASHINGTON STATE'S CONSTITUTION DOES PROHIBIT INCOME TAXES FROM BEING IMPLEMENTED. AS I UNDERSTAND IT BOTH HOUSES, THE HOUSE AND THE STATE SENATE ARE EXPLORING OTHER FORMS OF PROGRESSIVE REVENUE OPTIONS FROM LOOKING AT A STATEWIDE PAYROLL TAX WITH NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS. EXPLORING OTHER METHODS AND MEANS. SO, LOOKING BEYOND SPECIFICALLY INCOME TAX BUT ADDITIONAL OPTIONS. THERE IS CREATIVITY THAT WE MIGHT SEE COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK. AT THERE TIME I AM TALKING ABOUT OPTIONS OTHER THAN INCOME TAX >> MAY I ASK A FOLLOW UP? >> YES. >> LOOKING AT THAT AS OPPOSED TO INCREASING THE BMO OR SALES TAX OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JUMPING IN. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED I AM NOT -- I AM FINE WITH WALK ON AMENDMENTS BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS IT WILL REQUIRE A WALK ON AMENDMENT TO SUPPORT FOLKS. SO, I AM MORE THAN WELCOMING OF A WALK ON AMENDMENT. I WILL SAY THAT I JUST SAW THIS YESTERDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND I HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE. TALK TO OIR, I AM THAT PERSON THAT TALKS TO EVERYONE BEFORE I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION WHEN I TAKE A VOTE. WHILE I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE DB BY DUE DILIGENCE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS. I WILL BE ABSTAINING TODAY ON THIS PARTICULAR VOTE BUT I DO THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ANOTHER TOPIC WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL YEAR. ABOUT OR MAYBE TALKIN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUDGET PROCESS I AM IN SUPPORT OF EXPLORING PROGRESSIVE REVENUE OPTIONS. WE KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS AN ENORMOUS DEFICIT THAT WE WILL FACE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. WE ARE HEARING MORE AS THE LEGISLATURE IS ABOUT TO CONVENE ABOUT THE STATEWIDE BUDGET DEFICIT THAT WE ARE FACING. SO, I DO BELIEVE THAT AS A CITY WE SHOULD BE PURSUING THIS AND WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE STATE TO PURSUE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE AS WELL. I WILL SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT TODAY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ON THE WALK ON AMENDMENTS, I RECOGNIZE YOU WERE JUST LITERALLY SWORN IN SO YOU HAD NO OTHER OPTION TO BRING WALK ON AMENDMENTS AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE QUICK WORK THAT YOU HAD. I AM IN THE SAME BOAT AS COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AROUND STANDING THAT DURING THE BUDGET I ABSTAINED FROM A LOT OF THE WALK ON AMENDMENTS NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO CHECK WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS OR OIR, SO FOR THAT I WILL ABSTAIN FROM THE AMENDMENTS BUT I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED WORK AND OUR WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. FIRST, WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER RINYK. IMPORTANT, HAPPY TO HAVE -- RINCK, HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. I WILL BE UP FRONT BASED ON THE BUDGET. I DO NOT LIKE WALK ON AMENDMENTS BUT YOU HAVE A GOOD EXCEPTION TO THE RULE IN THE SENSE THAT YOU JUST GOT HERE. SO, I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT. THE EXPERIENCE FROM THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH, WALK ON AMENDMENTS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE AMENDMENTS MADE IT CHALLENGING TO THE POINT THAT WERE NOTED. I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT OUR RECENT BUDGET PROCESS SHOWS THAT WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO ON BUDGET REFORM. AND THIS, WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS WORK TO INCLUDE, UNDERSTAND OUR SPENDING AND OUR REVENUES. OUR ARE REVENUES AND OUR SPENDING. THE IMPACTS OF CHANGES SUCH AS THE DIFFERENT LEVIES THAT HAVE COME DOWN. THE HOUSING LEVY. TRANSPORTATION LEVY ON BOTH AND WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS TO INCLUDE COMMITTEE WORK TO INFORM US. THIS IS, AGAIN, A KEY FEATURE OF WHAT HE JUST DID. AND THIS WORK SHOULD PROCEED OUR ELEMENTS ON THE 2025 STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES DOCUMENTS. AND FRANK THE STATE SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME IN TERMS OF THEIR BUDGET REFORM AND WORKING THROUGH THESE PROCESSES. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT TODAY. AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL. >> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? >> NO. I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD I AM FINE WITH WALK ON AMENDMENTS AND BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS AN EXPRESSION OF ENGAGEMENT. AND CLEARLY THERE WAS ALSO THE PROBLEM OF DEADLINE AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME ON BOARD THE DAY, YOU WERE SWORN IN HOURS AFTER THE DEADLINE. THAT IS NOT MY ISSUE. MY ISSUE IS MORE ALIGNMENT WITH THE OUR PARTNERS. 25 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA REFLECT AN ACCURATE BUT NONNEST HOSTIVE -- I AM HONORING THE EFFORT TO BRING EVERYBODY IN COLLABORATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE EXECUTIVE DOES -- HAS VETTED THIS A BIT. YOU AND I SPOKE EARLIER AND I DID EXPLAIN THAT WAS AN ISSUE FOR ME. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT OUR LOBBIESTS ARE PRESENTING TO LEGISLATURES IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH SIDES OF THE CITY ARE FOR THE MOST PART AGREE WITH. SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS IN. AND JUMPING IN RIGHT AWAY. I WILL BE ABSTAINING. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT E [ROLL CALL ] . >> FIVE IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED. THREE ABSTAIN. >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT E IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? GO AHEAD. >> I MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION 32155 AS PRESENTED ON THE RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED AMENDMENT F. >> SECOND. >> THE GO AHEAD AS THE SPONSOR YOU ARE WELCOME TO ADDRESS IT. >> WONDERFUL. I WILL BE BRIEF IN MY COMMENTS HERE AND LESS THAN THE LAST ONE. THIS AMENDMENT WILL SEEK TO ADJUST ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS WITHIN THE HOUSING SECTION. THIS WOULD ADD LANGUAGE TO STATE OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO INCREASING FUNDING SPECIFICALLY TO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND OTHER HOUSING PROGRAMS TO MAXIMIZE STATE LEVERAGE FOR HOUSING PRIORITIES AND I WANTED TO MAKE THIS LANGUAGE ADJUSTMENT JUST TO BE SPECIFIC AROUND THE IMPACT THAT THE HOUSING TRUST FUND HAS IN THE COMMUNITY. SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY RECEIVE LARGE SUMS FROM THIS FUND. AND MUCH OF THE FUND GOES INTO NEW CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE SHOULD BE READY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDS IN THE COMING YEARS. WE LOOK TO OUR STATE PARTNERS TO CLOSE THE GAP ON OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEFICIT. A SCIFIC REFERENCE TO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND SINCE IT IS A KEY CRITICAL STATE FUND SOURCES. ALSO OUTLINES THE KIND OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS AND PERMANENT SUPPORT AND HOMEOWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY AND SO ON. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. COMMENTS? >> SEEING NONE >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> I WILL SUPPORT THIS ONE TODAY. I DON'T LOVE THE WALK ON AMENDMENTS PERSONALLY. I AM NOT SAYING PERSONALLY NEVER, THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE. AS APPLIED AND NARROW AND LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. I DO AGREE THAT IT SHOWS STRONG ENGAGEMENT. IT SHOWS BEING THOUGHTFUL. AND SELF--- LIKE A SENSE OF BEING REFLECTIVE. AND DELIBERATE. AND INTENTIONAL. SOMETIMES THE RIGHT ANSWER IS NOT ALWAYS IMMEDIATELY CLEAR. SOMETIMES YOU NEED A STAKE HOLD FINDING THE BEST WORDING. BUT THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YOU JUST STARTED. YOU HAVE ALL OF THE GRACE AND PATIENCE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. AND I THINK THEY WOULD BE DEPLOYED IN A LIMITED FASHION. AND NOT NEVER BUT LIMITED. MY OWN TWO CENTS. WE ALL CLEARLY HAVE A POINT OF VIEW ON THIS. SO, I WILL SUPPORT THIS. I DO THINK, JUST A GLOBAL COMMENT. I AM NOT POINTING FINGERS AT ANY OF YOU COLLEAGUES. IF I AM I AM POINTING THREE FINGERS BACK AT MYSELF, I THINK WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE DISCIPLINED ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES AS A CITY COLLECTIVELY WITH THE EXECUTIVE. NOW WE ARE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS. WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE DISCIPLINED AND APPLY A LITTLE MORE RIGGER AROUND PRIORITIES. AND INFLUENCE THEM ON THE PREINTRODUCTION BASIS BEFORE THEY ARE INTRODUCED. IF EVERYTHING IS EVERY SINGLE THING IS A PRIORITY AT THE END OF THE DAY NOTHING IS A PRIORITY. AND, I INTENTIONALLY DECLINED. I PUT ONE AMENDMENT FORWARD AND I SAT ON AND DECLINED TWO OTHERS. BUT THE PRINCIPALS THAT I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO. BUT I OBVIOUSLY DID SUPPORT SOME OF YOUR THINGS AND BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AND THIS IS A VALUE STATEMENT DOCUMENT IT IS ALSO LARGELY A WALKING DOCUMENT, LITERALLY WALK IT DOWN OLYMPIA AND HAND IT TO PEOPLE AND TALK IT THROUGH. BUT THE ACTION IS, SO, WALKING IS A PREREQUISITE. IT IS A TALKING POINT. THE ACTION BEHIND IT, THE MOST IMPACTFUL FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. SO, LESS CONCERNED ABOUT WORDS ON PAPER. THAT SAID, WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE, NEXT YEAR ESPECIALLY, MORE DISCIPLINED AROUND WHAT WE PUT FORWARD AND WHAT WE CHOOSE NOT TO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> I WILL MAKE IT FAST. YOU NEED TO GET GOING. FOR THE SAME REASON I STATED EARLIER NOT HAVING THE ABILITY DO MY DUE DILIGENCE I WILL ABSTAIN ON THIS ONE AS WELL. THOUGH I KNOW THE LEGISLATURE ADDS FUNDING EVERY TWO YEARS AND THE LAST TIME THEY ADDED FUNDING IT INCREASED BY 40%. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AND I DID WANT TO SAY THAT I JUST FOUND OUT FROM OUR CITY CLERK THAT I COULD OF REQUESTED, I DID NOT KNOW THAT, TO TAKE OUT THE PORTION OF YOUR AMENDMENT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS THAT I DID NOT FEEL LIKE I HAD ENOUGH INFORMATION AND I COULD OF SUPPORTED THE OTHER PIECES IN REGARDS OF THE ABORTION RIGHTS THAT I DO SUPPORT AND OBVIOUSLY THE POLICING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMAN. I SUPPORT THOSE THINGS AND IT PASSED ANY WAY. SO, IT DID NOT IMPACT IT. I KNOW FOR NEXT TIME, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. IT IS EASIER WHEN MANY THINGS ARE BEING DONE IN AMENDMENT TO BREAK THEM UP SO YOU CAN EXPRESS SUPPORT IF THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING. OKAY. COUNCIL, WILL THE CLERK -- >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YOU CAN MOVE ON I WILL SPEAK ONCE WE ARE DONE WITH THIS. >> WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT F. [ROLL CALL ] . >> SIX IN FAVOR, NONOPPOSED. THREE ABSTAIN. >> THE MOTION PASSES AND THE AMENDMENT F. IS ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> I HEARD COMMENTS DIRECTED AT ME. REMINDING COLLEAGUES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE FORM IN WHICH I BROUGHT MY AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT HAD WE NOT BEEN TAKING UP THIS WORK OVER A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. >> I RESERVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INVOKING ROBERT'S RULES AND REMINDING PEOPLE. YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN IN. THE REASON WE DID NOT VOTE IT OUT IS BECAUSE THERE WERE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WERE NOT GOING TO BE PRESENT LAST TUESDAY. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A FULL FIRST MEETING OF OUR NEW COLLEAGUE. THAT IS WHY IT DID NOT HAPPEN LAST, THERE WERE A COUPLE ABSENCES FROM BEING ABLE TO BE HERE IN PERSON. THAT IS, IN FACT, WHY WE ARE DOING THIS TODAY. YES T WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFICULT TO WORK IT OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO WORK AMENDMENTS OVER THE, RIGHT AFTER THE BUDGET WHEN EVERYBODY WAS EXHAUSTED. AND I WANTED CENTRAL STAFF TO HAVE A BIT OF A BREAK. >>> OKAY. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT? I MEAN ON THE RESOLUTION? >> GO AHEAD >> ONE FINAL THING. I DO, I OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTED ALL OF THE THINGS THEY ARE ALL GREAT IDEAS, I STILL STAND BY, YOU KNOW, MYSELF INCLUDED NEED TO BE MORE DISCIPLINED NEXT YEAR. IT JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTION. WE NEED TO BE ABOUT ACTION, BOSS. I LIKE TO CHANNEL THE GREAT BEAST MODE. I WILL JOIN YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS STRAUSS. CITY ACTION DAYS? >> LET'S GO! >> BECAUSE THESE WORDS ON PAPER ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ARE AN EXPRESSION OF OUR VALUES BUT THE ACTION COMES WITH GOING DOWN THERE AND BEING MORE THAN JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, BEING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> OKAY. WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THE RESOLUTION? [ROLL CALL ] >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST FOR THE RECORD I WILL SAY THE THING. I JUST WANT TO NOTE IT IS THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT I HAVE SUPPORTED. I ABSTAINED FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO. >>> OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF. >> MOVING ON TO ITEM 2. WILL THE CLERK READ IT INTO RECORD. >> 32157. RELATING TO PARTICIPATION FOR 2024 AND 2025 ON KING COUNTY COMMITTEES REGIONAL COMMITTEES, STATE COMMITTEES AND CITY OF SEATTLE COMMITTEES AND SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION 32127. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO MOVE IT. I WILL OPEN IT FIRST. COLLEAGUES IF YOU RECALL THIS IS THE RESOLUTION THAT SETS OUR EXTERNAL AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS. YOU WILL REMEMBER WE PASSED THIS RESOLUTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THE RELATIONSHIP WE ARE REVISITING IT TODAY IS TO REFLECT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK TO COMMITTEES. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, DO NOT ASK ME WHAT ARE ALL OF THOSE COMMITTEES I DON'T HAVE IT HERE IN FRONT OF ME. I AM HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN COMMENTS AS WELL. >> OKAY, NO COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION. WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ON THE ADOPTION OF THE REVOLUTION [ROLL CALL ] . >> 8 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE CLAIRE -- THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PUT MY SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> THE NEXT MEETING IS SO DECEMBER 10th. AS A REMINDER THERE IS AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY, RECEPTION RIGHT NOW FOR COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. WE WILL COMMENCE WHEN WE END THIS MEETING. DON'T GO RUSHING TO THE DOOR. JUST KIDDING. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER BUSINESS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND IT IS 4:03. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY. CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR GETTING THROUGH YOUR FIRST MEETING. [ APPLAUSE ]