>> NOT NERVOUS AT ALL. THANKS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. CLIENT IN THE HOUSE, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. THE DECEMBER 2nd 2025 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS TO: 03. I'M SARA NELSON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? >> COUNCILMEMBER WAREZ. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> HERE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> HERE. >> WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE CEREMONIAL OATH OF OFFICE FOR COUNCILMEMBER EDDIE LYNN. OATH OF OFFICE WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY AS IT DE LA CRUZ. COUNCILMEMBER LYNN WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS OR COUNCILMEMBERS CAN WAIT TO SPEAK DURING THE CEREMONIAL EVENT. SO WITH THAT, I INVITE -- DE LA CRUZ TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE. >> I, EDDIE LIN, SWEAR OR AFFIRM. >> THAT I MEET ALL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THAT I POSSESS ALL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS PRESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE CITY CHARTER AND SEATTLE CITY CODE FOR THE POSITION OF SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. >> THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. >> OF THE CHARTERS AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY CONDUCT MYSELF AS A SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A FEW WORDS. HOPEFULLY THIS DOESN'T TAKE TOO LONG, BUT THANK YOU TO YVETTE DE LA CRUZ, WHO IS A GOOD FRIEND AND MENTOR, AND LEADING LABOR ACTIVIST. LIFELONG LEADER AND FOR SWEARING ME IN TODAY, AND FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE YOU'VE PROVIDED BOTH TO ME AND TO MY WIFE JENNIFER OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE VOTERS OF DISTRICT 2. I'D LIKE TO START TODAY WITH A QUOTE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY. THIS IS FROM AN ESSAY BY PATRICK PALMER. HE SAYS, COMMUNITY NOT ONLY CREATES ABUNDANCE. COMMUNITY IS ABUNDANCE. AND AS I THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY, I THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY AS HOW WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER, AND HOW WE WILL TRANSFORM OUR CITY INTO A MORE SAFE AFFORDABLE EQUITABLE INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT RICH, CLIMATE RESILIENT CITY WHERE WE CAN ALL THRIVE. AND AS I THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY, I THINK ABOUT MY OWN CHILDHOOD. GROWING UP IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, AND I THINK ABOUT THE STRUGGLES MY PARENTS FACED AS AN INTERRACIAL COUPLE WHEN THAT WAS EXTREMELY CLEAR IN 1970 SHORTLY AFTER THE LOVING VERSUS VIRGINIA CASE. IN THE STRUGGLES MY BROTHER AND I FACED GROWING UP BIRACIAL AND THERE WEREN'T MANY KITS THAT LOOKS LIKE US, AND OUR PARENTS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH. BUT I ALSO THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FORM THROUGH SPORTS OR JUST PLAYING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS. I THINK ABOUT THE SAME AND EMBARRASSMENT I FELT BEING CHINESE AND TAIWANESE IN A CULTURE AND SOCIETY WITHOUT STRONG ROLE MODELS. VERSUS THE PRIDE I FEEL NOW ABOUT MY HERITAGE ESPECIALLY LIVING HERE IN SEATTLE WHERE WE HAVE SUCH STRONG AND RICH ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HISTORY AND CULTURE AND LEADERS. WHETHER THAT'S FOLKS LIKE DUANE LUQUE OR RUBY CHOW OR DAVID DELLA OR [ INAUDIBLE ] OR SHARON MEYER DATA IN THE CROWD HERE TODAY. THE LIST IS TOO LONG. LEADERS WHO I FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS AND WHO I HOPE TO MAKE PROUD. AND AS I THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY I THINK ABOUT THE KIDS TODAY AT SOUTH SEATTLE AND IN OUR CITY WHO ARE TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY AND MIGHT BE FEELING DISCONNECTED FROM THEIR PARENTS OR STRUGGLING TO FIND ROLE MODELS TO LOOK UP TO WHO MIGHT BE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA. THINGS THAT NO GENERATION BEFORE HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH. I THINK ABOUT THE YOUNG PARENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO BUY A HOME, TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE FAMILY SIZED PLACE TO RENT IN WHO MIGHT BE WONDERING HOW TO PAY $3000 A MONTH PER CHILD IN DAYCARE. I THINK ABOUT THE FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON, MAKE THEM A EVENT I ATTENDED THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH THE YOUNG ARTISTS IN GREATEST SHARING THEIR WORK IN CREATING DUTY AND CULTURE AND CONNECTION. AND I THINK ABOUT THE LEADERS -- THE YOUNG LEADERS OF FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON AND THEIR INITIATIVE -- LEADERS WHO ARE BRINGING NEW IDEAS AND STRATEGY ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PASSION WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AND PRESERVING THE RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT TRYING TO PRESERVE IT IN AMBER BUT HELPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVOLVE WHILE ALSO HONORING ITS HISTORY. I THINK ABOUT OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS ESPECIALLY AS WINTER APPROACHES, WHO DON'T HAVE A ROOF OR HEAT OR SAFETY OR A BATHROOM TO USE, AND I WONDER HOW THAT'S POSSIBLE IN SUCH A WEALTHY SOCIETY, AND HOW THINGS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN HARDER AND WORSE 10 YEARS AFTER DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR HOMELESSNESS. AND AS I THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY, I ALSO THINK ABOUT ANOTHER EVENT I ATTENDED ON SATURDAY ORGANIZED BY THE [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THEY HELD A VIGIL FOR TRAFFIC VIOLENCE AND I FELT A SENSE OF SADNESS FOR THE MANY LIVES LOST TO TRAFFIC VIOLENCE AND ALSO HOPE SEEING THE ENERGY OF OUR YOUTH AND ADVOCATING FOR A BETTER FUTURE WHERE TRAFFIC VIOLENCE AND OUR ADDICTION TO VEHICLES IS A PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION CAN BECOME A THING OF THE PAST. AND FINALLY I THINK ABOUT THE CELEBRATION I ALSO ATTEND ON SATURDAY AT THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE THEY HAD THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY AND WERE SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, AND TRADITIONAL DANCE AND JUST CELEBRATING CULTURE AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND I THINK ABOUT HOW JOY AND CELEBRATION IS A FORM OF RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE. IN THE ESSAY I QUOTED EARLIER BY PARKER -- IT'S ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AS AN ORGANIZER AND ACTIVIST AND HOW OBSERVING THE SEASONS HE LEARNED ABOUT THE RHYTHMS OF LIFE AND HOW NOT TO DESPAIR IN DARK TIMES OR IN THE WINTER MONTH -- WINTER MONTHS, WHICH LAY THE SEEDS FOR NEW BIRTH AND REGRET AND HOW SUMMERTIME IS A SEASON OF ABUNDANCE CAN ALSO TEACH US SOMETHING ABOUT OURSELVES. HE WRITES ABOUT HOW WHEN WE LIVE LIFE IN FEAR, AND WITH A SCARCITY MINDSET, WE TEND TO HOARD RESOURCES AND HOARD POWER IN RELATIONSHIPS. AND IN DOING SO, WE CREATE THE VERY SCARCITY THAT WE ARE AFRAID OF AND THAT THE OPPOSITE IS ALSO TRUE. WHEN WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE MINDSET AND SHARE OUR POWER AND RESOURCES, WE FOSTER A COMMUNITY WHERE WE TAKE CARE OF OTHERS AND THEY ALSO TAKE CARE OF US. AND THAT IS THE WORLD I WANT TO BE A PART OF HELPING TO NURTURE, THE WORLD I BELIEVE RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE. AND AS I REFLECT ON THE WORLD THAT WEAKENS -- WE CAN FOSTER, IT BECOMES CRYSTAL CLEAR TO ME THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS WORK. THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS WORK IN THAT THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS THAT WE NEED THAT OUR KIDS AND ELDERS NEED TO FLOURISH, HEART RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM AND ALL AROUND US. IT IS US WORKING TOGETHER, GROWING TOGETHER, TALKING, AND COLLABORATING TOGETHER. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE IN COMMUNITY TODAY. FOR ALL THE WAYS YOU CONTRIBUTE AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY AND ADVOCATE FOR A BETTER FUTURE, AND, I HOPE TO JOIN YOU ALL DOWNSTAIRS AROUND 3:00 P.M. FOR A RECEPTION WITH WONDERFUL FOOD FROM ALAN SOUL AND GOOD CONVERSATION BECAUSE NOTHING SAYS COMMUNITY LIKE BREAKING BREAD TOGETHER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHRIS. AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE REMARKS, AND WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, I WILL SAVE MY REMARKS UNTIL THE RECEPTION FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL MEETING. BUT IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW, I WILL CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE YOU. NOT SEEING ANY. WE SANG YOUR PRAISES YESTERDAY, FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC TO KNOW. TUNE INTO THAT FROM YESTERDAY'S MEETING AS WELL. WE'VE GOT TWO PROCLAMATIONS OF BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. AND -- COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO PRESENT THE COMMISSION DECLARING ALPHA ONE DAY. -- DR. RENEE McCOY DAY. >> YOU DID NOT SEE IT BECAUSE WE ANNOUNCE THAT ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL. I'M GLAD WE DID NOT RUIN YOUR SURPRISE. SO, DR. RENEE McCOY HAS BEEN A LEADER IN PUBLIC HEALTH, HIV-AIDS PREVENTION ACROSS THE NATION. HELPS UPLIFT AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LGBTQIA COMMUNICATIONS. SHE'S A SCHOLAR. SHE IS AN ARTIST. EMPOWERMENT THAT SYMBOLIZE THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF LEADERSHIP. REVEREND McCOY -- EXCUSE ME, REVEREND DR. RENEE McCOY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DETROIT. WHAT'S UP, THOUGH? HER FAITH ARE MISGUIDED IN THE BELIEF THAT GOD CALLS US TO DO SOMETHING SIMPLE. FEED THE HUNGRY, CLOTHE THE NAKED, HOUSE THE HOMELESS, AND WORK TO FREE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED BY SHAME AND DESPAIR. AND LIKE CATHOLICS IN ACTION PROGRAM AT HER LOCAL PARISH. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH YOUR LIFE STORY IN -- IN CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD, GROWING UP, BEING BLACK AND GAY IN THE 60s AND 70s, OFTEN TIMES WHEN YOU'RE IN A BLACK COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE YOUR BLACKNESS OVER YOUR GAYNESS, AND WHEN YOU ARE IN A GAY COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE YOUR GAYNESS OVER LIKENESS AND YET THE SEARCH FOR DIFFERENT CHURCHES THAT ACCEPTED WHO YOU ARE, AND YOUR ENTIRE BEING, AND READ ABOUT HOW YOU JOINED A CHURCH IN DETROIT, THE METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF DETROIT BECAUSE THERE WAS A PASTOR THERE -- THERE WAS A PASTOR THERE AND YOU THOUGHT, HEY, I COULD EITHER GO THERE AND MEET A GOOD CHRISTIAN WOMAN THERE, AS WELL, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT, AND THERE WAS A REVEREND NANCY WILSON WHO YOU MET AND SHE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GOD AND GAY COMMUNITY. YOU CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO YOUR CAREER ADDRESSING RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA AND BEING ONE OF -- BEING A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL COALITION OF BLACK LESBIANS AND GAYS. I WAS IN 1978. THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. I WANT THEM TO BE IN THIS SPACE AND YOU STARTED TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF LGBTQ COMMUNITY. HE MOVED TO NEW YORK. YOU WERE ORDAINED IN 1981 AS A MINISTER IN NEW YORK. YOU ARE IN THE THIRD WORLD EXCUSE ME -- YOU ARE IN THE NCBLG CHAPTER THAT FOCUSED ON ISSUES FOR LATIN AMERICANS AND LATINOS AND THE -- I'M JUST GOING TO SAY GAY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I SEE SOME NODS. Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I MEANT. GAY COMMUNITY AND IN FEBRUARY OF THAT YEAR, HE FOUNDED THE HARLEM METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF HARLEM AND IT WAS THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION IN BOTH THE METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH ORGANIZATION AND THE COUNTRY OPENLY GOVERNED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LGBTQ COMMUNITY. THAT'S HUGE. DURING THAT TIME, YOUR COMMUNITY WAS SUFFERING FROM HIV AND AIDS AND YOU ALL HAD TO ADVOCATE -- NAVIGATE THAT AS A CHURCH AND COMMUNITY. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT WAS LIKE TO SEE SOME PEOPLE DYING AROUND YOU AND HAVING TO BE FAMILY TO A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS DURING THOSE TROUBLING TIMES. I HAVE LOOKED UP TO YOU -- OBVIOUSLY EVER SINCE I HEARD YOUR STORY BUT I SEE SO MUCH OF MYSELF AND YOU AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROLE MODELS THAT ARE OLDER, GAY, BLACK WOMEN WHO HAD LAID THE PATHWAY AND THE FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS AND OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE IN THIS SPACE AND TODAY WE HONOR YOU, REVEREND McCOY, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP -- YOU CAN CLAP FOR THAT. LEADERSHIP. FOUR YOUR LEADERSHIP. FOR YOUR LOVE THAT YOU HAVE POURED ENDLESSLY INTO THIS COMMUNITY, AND FOR YOUR FAITH IN US, AS WELL. AND KNOWING YOUR HEART AND YOUR SOUL AND YOUR MIND AND YOU ARE A TRUE CHILD OF GOD AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU SERVING IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND ALSO, WE ARE SO LUCKY THAT WE GET YOU FROM DETROIT. WHAT UP, THOUGH? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS? SEEING NONE, I WILL -- I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE SPIN THE RULES TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION AND ALLOW OUR GUESTS -- GUEST TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON HER OWN. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND THE PROCLAMATION WILL BE PRESENTED, SO GO AHEAD. >> AWESOME. SO I'M GOING TO COME DOWN HERE. REVEREND McCOY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS PROCLAMATION AND YOU WILL SAY A FEW WORDS. WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I KNOW THIS IS A SURPRISE. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK DEONTE DANVER FOR THIS REQUEST, AS WELL. >> THIS IS REALLY A SURPRISE. THEY GOT ME HERE BECAUSE OF OLD AGE DAY. I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU THAT -- I MEAN -- I'M ALMOST -- I'VE NEVER BEEN SPEECHLESS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT US TO NEVER FORGET THAT THERE ARE 93 MILLION PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED FROM HIV SINCE THE DISEASE STARTED. AND NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE 45 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH HIV FOR 15,000 PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. AND THERE ARE OVER 40 MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL LIVING WITH HIV IN THE WORLD . I KNOW THIS IS ABOUT ME AND I LOVE IT WHEN THINGS ARE ABOUT ME BUT I JUST GOT A FEW NUMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY GOT ME HERE -- THAT I NEED TO SHARE AND FINALLY, NO ONE ELSE WILL TELL YOU THESE THINGS, BUT, THE RECENT REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING FOR HIV THAT CAME ABOUT THIS YEAR. WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE POLITICAL IMPACT ON HIV AND THE PEOPLE WE HAVE AND UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE JANUARY WITH HIV AND AIDS, AN ADDITIONAL 6.6 MILLION NEW WITH -- INFECTIONS WILL OCCUR WHICH IS ABOUT 2200 NEW INFECTIONS OF HIV PER DAY. RIGHT. A TOTAL OF 5800 NEW INFECTIONS PER DAY WILL HAPPEN GLOBALLY AS COMPARED TO 119 IN 2023. YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THAT 660,000 ADDITIONAL NEW HIV INFECTIONS AMONG CHILDREN WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2025 AND 2029. YOU GOT TO KNOW THAT AN ADDITIONAL 4.2 MILLION AGE RELATED DEATHS AND OVER 600 ADDITIONAL AIDS-RELATED DEATHS WILL OCCUR PER DAY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DID AS A COUNTRY IN JANUARY. YOU GOT TO KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION ORPHANED CHILDREN WHO ARE ORPHANED BECAUSE OF HIV IN THE WORLD. YOU GOT TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE HEAD OF OUR COUNTRY, AND ADDITIONAL 300 CHILDREN WILL DIE BECAUSE OF A -- AIDS-RELATED CAUSES BETWEEN 2025 AND 2029. SO I LOVE THAT THIS IS ABOUT ME, BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT US. IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO. MANY OF US HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT AIDS. WE THINK IT'S NOT IMPORTANT. AND WE THINK THERE IS NOTHING TO DO BUT IF WE BELIEVE THE LIE THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO DO, THEN NOTHING WILL BE DONE. AIDS IS STILL A THING. IF NOTHING ELSE, MY PRESENCE HERE AND THIS PROCLAMATION -- THIS IS SO COOL. WILL LET ME KNOW THAT THAT GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE YOU IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ME TO KEEP AIDS A THING. TO KEEP HIV A THING. 40% OF NEW DIAGNOSES OF HIV IN THIS COUNTRY -- WE HAD 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. OVER 40% OF THE NEW DIAGNOSES OF HIV ARE AMONG BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. BLACK AND LATINX PEOPLE CONSTITUTE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN THIS COUNTRY. IN KING COUNTY, OVER 50% OF PEOPLE WITH HIV ARE OVER 55 YEARS OF AGE. IT'S STILL A THING. I LOVE BEING A THING TODAY SO I WILL HAVE IT BE A THING TODAY BUT LET THIS BE THE BEGINNING OF A NEW THING FOR YOU, EMBRACING AND LOVING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE BELIEVE THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO, THEN NOTHING WILL BE DONE, SO, AND I'M NOT SOMEBODY YOU CAN SURPRISE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE SURPRISE, BUT THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. I'M HONORED. AND MY WIFE, THE REVEREND DR. PATRICIA HUNTER, IS WITH ME. SHE DRUGGED ME DOWN HERE, AND I'M HONORED TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HER, AND SO IT'S OUR DAY. OKAY. >> I'M SO SORRY. DEONTE DANVER. COMMUNITY PERSON. I'M HERE AS A COMMUNITY PERSON ON LUNCH BREAK. I WANT TO BE CLEAR. I KNOW YOU SAY IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU, AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO LEAD WITH HEART, BUT I'M SO HAPPY TO STAND IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT BLACK WOMEN LEAD AND SHOULD NOT FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON. I'M JUST SO HAPPY THAT TODAY, YOU GET TO SEE YOU, YOUR WHOLE SELF BE PRIORITIZED AND UPLIFTED IN THIS COMMUNITY AS A PERSON LIVING WITH HIV, YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER -- TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ENDED UP CASE MANAGING ME. WHO HAS TAUGHT ME NOT TO GIVE TO COMMUNITY. YOU SEE THE ENERGY YOU GIVE, DR. RENEE, THAT MOST BLACK WOMEN GIVE IS SO CONTAGIOUS AND SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I PROTECT YOU, AND I LIFT YOU UP, AND I THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY BEING A BRAND FOR OUR COMMUNITY BUT FOR SHOWING A YOUNG QUEER BOY THAT HIV IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE. THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT WILL BE SPEAKING TODAY? >> OKAY. >> I THOUGHT I WAS IT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. CONGRATULATIONS, DR. McCOY. WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. SO REVEREND DR. RENEE McCOY PHD STANDS AS ONE OF THE NATIONS MOST ENDURING PIONEERS IN THE HIV PREVENTION CARE AND COMMUNITY ROOTED RESEARCH FROM AROUND LEADERSHIP DURING THE HIV AIDS PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF DETROIT TO HER TRANSFORMATIVE WORK IN SEATTLE, EVIDENCING PREVENTATIVE EDUCATION, DR. McCOY HAS SHAPED PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES. HER DISTINGUISHED CAREER INCLUDES SERVING AS HIV PROGRAMS MANAGER FOR ARTH. DIRECTOR OF AIDS PROGRAMS FOR THE DETROIT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND [ INAUDIBLE ] . AS A PROFESSOR AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SHE HAS [ INAUDIBLE ] EXPANDING BOTH KNOWLEDGE AND COMPASSION IN THESE FIELDS. AS ORDAINED MINISTER, PASTOR, AND TRIM SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, DR. McCOY EMBODIES PUBLIC SERVICE IN ITS HIGHEST FORM. ON THIS WORLD AIDS DAY, WE HONOR YOUR UNWAVERING LEADERSHIP AND HOW YOU HAVE SHAPED THE HIV AIDS RESPONSE SINCE THE EARLIEST DAYS OF THIS PANDEMIC AND FOR DEDICATING YOUR LIFE SAVING HIV PROGRAMS IN DETROIT TO ADVANCING COMMUNITY CENTER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH ACROSS SEATTLE. YOU, DR. McCOY HAVE WORKED TO TRANSFORM LIVES, SYSTEMS, AND GENERATIONS AND TODAY, WE PROBABLY HONOR YOU AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED IN THIS FIELD AND LABORED TIRELESSLY IN THIS FIGHT. KNOW THAT WE WILL FOREVER CARRY THE LEGACY OF THE INDELIBLE IMPACT THAT YOUTH HAD ON THIS FIGHT FOR HIV. WE LOVE YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU RECOGNIZE TO PROCLAIM DECEMBER 2nd, TWO DOZEN 25 JOHN JEFFREY TUCKER DAY. >> AWESOME. WE WANT TO WELCOME KEITH TUCKER AND THE TUCKER FAMILY. TODAY, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR MR. JOHN JEFFREY TUCKER, THE FOUNDER OF LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO EXPENDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNITY PRIDE IN SEATTLE. HE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 22nd, 2025, BUT HIS LEGACY LEFT US A LASTING IMPACT ON GENERATION ARTISTS AND SEATTLE RESIDENTS. A LITTLE ABOUT MR. TUCKER'S LIFE. FOUNDER OF LANGSTON HUGHES. HE WAS BORN MAY 10th, 1945, IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN BRADY MOVED TO SEATTLE IN THE 1950s WHEN HIS FATHER GOT A JOB AT BOEING TO BE AN ENGINEER. HE WENT TO AMINI MIDDLE SCHOOL THEN GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. HE GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TO WHITWORTH COLLEGE IN FOOTBALL. HE MAJORED IN BUSINESS AND HISTORY, AND I KNEW I LIKED HIM BECAUSE I FOUND OUT HE WAS AN ALPHA MAN. ALPHA PHI ALPHA. THERE'S ONLY ONE FRATERNITY. ALPHA PHI ALPHA. I KNOW THERE IS A KAPPA IN THE HOUSE, BUT WE DON'T -- I'M JUST PLAYING. HE WAS RECRUITED BY THE BRILLIANT WALTER HUNLEY. THIS PRODUCED [ INAUDIBLE ] AND EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA. A LOT OF ARCHITECTS WORKED IN MODEL CITIES IN THE GRADES THROUGHOUT THE CITIES. JUDGE -- HE WAS RECRUITED BY JUDGE JOHNSON WHO IS CHAIR OF THE BOARD AT THE TIME WHO OVERSAW MODEL CITIES TO DO SOME TYPE OF YOUTH PROGRAMMING. THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO SIMULATE -- STIMULATE THE YOUTH. SO MR. TUCKER HAD AN AREA ON 17th AND TUCKER, A SYNAGOGUE. HE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN AND GIVE IT TO THE RABBI'S AND THAT WAS BIRTHED, LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. WE COULD NOT -- THE CENTRAL DISTRICT WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS WITHOUT LANGSTON HUGHES ART PERFORMING CENTER. THE AMOUNT OF CREATIVITY CULTURE CONNECTION COMMUNITY, EVENTS, LOVE, THAT HAS COME OUT OF THAT SPACE BECAUSE YOUR FATHER IS A LONG LASTING LEGACY FOR PLAX -- BLACKS, ART IS A FORM OF CONNECTION. IT'S IN OUR PEOPLE. IT'S IN OUR SPIRIT. THAT CENTER HAS SAVED LIVES. IT HAS SERVED FAMILY REUNIONS. IT HAS SERVED AS A PLACE FOR SPRINT, OF JOY, AND WE ARE SO HONORED TODAY THAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO HONOR YOUR FATHER, MR. JOHN JEFFREY TUCKER, SO WE HONOR HIM AND WE INVITE YOU TO COME SAY A FEW WORDS. >> HOLD ON A SECOND. PAUSE ONE MOMENT. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW FOR OUR GUEST TO ACCEPT AND PROVIDE REMARKS. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY EMOTIONAL DAY. THIS HAS BEEN A 17 YEAR DEAL FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GET MY FATHER HONORED AS FOUNDER OF LANGSTON HUGHES. SO I'M THANKFUL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] MY NAME IS KEITH TUCKER. ON THE FIRST CHILD OF JOHN JEFFREY TUCKER AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE TUCKER FAMILY TODAY. I'M HONORED AND THANKFUL TO BE HERE REPRESENTING MY FATHER ON THIS VERY FIRST JOHN JEFFREY TUCKER DAY. MY FATHER, AS COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, WAS AN ACTIVIST. HE WAS AN ACTOR. HE WAS AN ATHLETE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS A DILIGENT SCHOLAR. HE DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO UPLIFTING BLACK PEOPLE. HE LOVED HIS COMMUNITY AND THE REASON WHY HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE BLACK PEOPLE COULD HAVE THE SPACE TO THRIVE, WAS BECAUSE HE CARED ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. SO, EVERY YEAR FROM NOW ON, WE'LL CELEBRATE MY FATHER'S LEGACY. LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND I WANT TO THANK THE THREE BLACK WOMEN THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN. I WANT TO THANK ANTHONY ARRANGA, MARY KITTY, AND COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. MY FATHER WOULD BE SO PROUD OF THE LEGACY THAT HAS BEEN FULFILLED THAT HE FOUND IN THE 1970s, AND JUST KNOW ONE THING THAT JOHN JEFFREY TUCKER DAY WILL BE A DAY OF ACTION. WE WILL DO EVENTS. WE'LL CONTINUE HIS LEGACY. IT WON'T JUST BE A PROCLAMATION ON PAPER. IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS CELEBRATED FROM THIS DAY FORTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> I'M SORRY. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE TUCKER FAMILY. MY NAME IS MARIE KIRRA. I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF LANGSTON, THE NONPROFIT AT LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE OR CENTER. AND I'M ALSO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ADVISER HERE FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M HERE TODAY WITH DEEP GRATITUDE AND REVERENCE. I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT MR. JOHN JEFFREY TUCKER'S ASCENSION THROUGH HIS OBITUARY IN THE NEWSPAPER. THAT MOMENT WAS A VERY SOBERING. AS SOMEONE SHAPED BY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOW SERVING THE VERY INSTITUTION HE HELPED BUILD, IT WAS THE FACT THAT HIS NAME WASN'T ALREADY A PART OF THE LIVING MEMORY THAT CALLED ME TO ACTION. MR. TUCKER WAS A VISIONARY. HE SAW THE FINANCIAL -- POTENTIAL IN BUILDING WHAT OTHERS HAVE PASSED BY. TOGETHER, THEY TRANSFORMED IT INTO WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE, A SANCTUARY FOR BY CREATIVITY, EXPRESSION, AND BELONGING. HIS VISION WAS FOR SO MANY OF US TO BE SEEN, HEARD, AND CELEBRATED. THANKS TO THE EFFICACY OF HIS SON KEITH TUCKER AND TO THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, TODAY, WE HONOR THAT VISION. -- THE >> MISSION IS AN ACT OF RESTORATION. IT AFFIRMS THAT BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY WITHOUT IGNITION LEAVES A LEGACY THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED. TO THE TUCKER FAMILY, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS UNSUNG HERO'S FOOTPRINT LIVES THROUGH EVERY ARTIST WHO HAS TAKEN THE STAGE, EVERY YOUTH WHO HAS FOUND THEIR VOICE WITHIN THOSE WALLS AND EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT HAS BEEN HELD IN THAT SPACE. TODAY, WE GIVE MR. TUCKER HIS FLOWERS, WE SAY HIS NAME, AND WE HOLD HIS IMPACT CLOSE AS WE CARRY THE WORK FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS DEFER THIS PROCLAMATION BEFORE MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, TRENIN AND COLLEAGUES. TODAY HAS BEEN A DAY IF GRATITUDE AND CELEBRATION. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOUR WORDS STUCK WITH ME AS WE REFLECT ON THE GRATITUDE, THAT EVEN WHEN THINGS ARE BAD OUTSIDE WE COME TOGETHER AS COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, WE ARE ABLE TO FIND THAT SPIRIT THAT FILLS OUR HEART AND SOUL. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY, AND IT IS AN IMMENSE HONOR FOR ME TO GET THE CALL UP ONE MR. ALBERT WARD. MR. RIVARD. -- WARD. LSU TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL ASK TO SUSPEND THE RULES. PHOTOS SPEAK 1000 WORDS. I'LL GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF MR. WARD, THEN I WILL LET YOU SAY A FEW THINGS. ALBERT AS WELL AS MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TEAM IN THE ROOM, IF YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR HAND JUST SO WE ALL KNOW. I SEE YOU BACK THERE. THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ALLOW US TO DO OUR WORK THAT SUPPORTS THE PEOPLE THAT WE CELEBRATED TODAY. WHETHER IT WAS THE TUCKER FAMILY OR REVEREND DR., ALL OF YOUR WORK -- WE ARE HERE CELEBRATING YOU. WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO DO THAT WORK BECAUSE OF MR. WARD AND THE PEOPLE ON MR. WARD'S TEAM WHO KEEP THIS BUILDING RUNNING, WHO ARE HERE AT NIGHT WHEN WE ARE AT HOME WITH OUR FAMILIES, WHO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DAY THIS BUILDING IS ACCESSIBLE, CLEAN, AND A HEALTHY PLAY FOR PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK OF THE SEATTLEITES, TO MAKE SURE THE LIGHT IS ON. THE WATER IS RUNNING, THE POTHOLES ARE FILLED. MR. WARD, WE COULDN'T DO THAT WORK WITHOUT UNION TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY. A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF MR. WARD BECAUSE HE STARTED WORKING HERE ON AUGUST 4th, 1999, AND AFTER 26 YEARS TO DATE, TODAY IS HIS DATE OF RETIREMENT. MR. WARD IS A QUIET MAN. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I TRIED TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE I RUN INTO AND ALBERTS HAD A FEW WORDS TO SHARE WITH ME BUT YOUR PRESENCE IS STRIKING. I'VE WATCHED YOU WORK OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. BORN ON SEPTEMBER 12th, FRANK AND ANNETTE WARD BECAME PROUD PARENTS. ALBERTS GOT TWO BROTHERS. JIM AND STEVE. HIS MOTHER -- HE IS NATIVE AMERICAN WITH HIS MOTHER TRIBE, THOMPSON TRIBE AND THE CREE TRIBE OF ALBERTA. AND COUNCIL MEMBER WAREZ LET US KNOW THAT THEY ARE TRADITIONAL ENEMIES OF -- BUT WE ARE GOING TO LET IT GET TODAY. ALBERT WENT TO PACIFIC HIGH SCHOOL AND IS A LIFELONG LEARNER. COMPLETED HIS GED IN 2019. AND SUCH MARCH CONGRATULATIONS. YOU STARTED AGAIN HERE IN THE JANITORIAL THE PROMPT ON AUGUST 4th, 1999 AND TODAY, DECEMBER 2nd IS YOUR LAST DAY, BUT HE WON'T BE FAR FROM OUR HEARTS. WHEN ASKED, HIS FAVORITE HOBBY IS VOLLEYBALL. THE NEXT HIGHLIGHT OF THE COURTEOUS COMPLETING THE JOB UNTIL TODAY, AND ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME WAS WHEN YOU WERE ASKED ABOUT -- IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO YOURSELF? YOU SAID, KEEP WORKING, AND I THINK THAT REALLY EMBODIES THE SPIRIT THAT YOU BRING TO THIS BUILDING BECAUSE EVERY DAY THAT WE WALK IN, WE USE DOORS. THE BUILDING IS WARM, CLEAN, AND WELCOMING, AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WARD. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT -- >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE CAN SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW MR. WARD TO SPEAK. HEARING NO AGGRESSION, THE COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME THAT I WAS HERE. IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A STRUGGLE BECAUSE THINGS COME OUT AT NIGHT. THAT IS WHY I WEAR THIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YES, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR RECOGNIZING ME. WHERE ARE YOU, ALBERT? THERE HE IS. ALBERT IS -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAID THAT YOU ARE A QUIET MAN BUT WHEN I FIRST WALKED THESE HOLES IN 2015 AND 2016, YOU APPROACHED ME AND AS WE DO IN AN INDIAN COUNTRY, WE SAY, WHO ARE YOUR PEOPLE? I REMEMBER US TALKING AND I WOULD WORK LATE ALL THE TIME AND I WOULD WALK DOWN TO THE GARAGE OR THE FIRST FLOOR AND YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE DOWN THERE AND APPROACH ME OR WE WOULD KIND OF VISIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE WOULD TALK, BUT, YOU REMINDED ME OF WHEN WE WALKED TO PEOPLE WITH AN OPEN HAND AND SAY, WHO ARE YOUR PEOPLE? WHERE ARE YOU FROM? YOU REMINDED ME YOU HAD A TON OF JOKES. AND AS WE SAY, [ INAUDIBLE ] YOU CAME UP TO ME AND SAID I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH YOU, AND YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE LEAVING. YOU DIDN'T SAY YOU'RE RETIRING. I SAID WHAT'S GOING ON? ACTUALLY SAID RETIRING BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW HE SAID IT. I GO, LET ME KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENS. WELL, YOU LET COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS KNOW SO THAT'S GOOD. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, AND I'VE WATCHED YOU, AS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAID, QUIETLY DOING YOUR JOB AND OBSERVING AND JUST BEING A KIND MAN AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF KINDNESS IN PEOPLE'S HOUSE. FOR THAT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. >> IS THAT ENOUGH RECOGNITION FOR THE DAY? COME ON UP. LET'S GET A PHOTO IF WE COULD. 321. >> COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT BABY. COME IT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA AND THE COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM. MAY I ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? >> CURRENTLY, WE HAVE EIGHT IN PERSON AND WE HAVE SEVEN REMOTE. >> LET'S START WITH -- LET'S DO ALL OF THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS AT ONCE. >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS BANKS WILL BE NEEDED IF THEY DO NOT AND COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> WE WILL START WITH YVETTE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO DISTRICT 2, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I SPOKE RECENTLY ABOUT ALTERNATIVE HOUSING . SO, ACTUALLY, I PUT OUT SEVERAL EXAMPLES FOR YOU AND IN FACT, YOU WILL FIND TODAY'S DAILY WORD. THROUGH MY AWARENESS OF [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] ABUNDANT . COULD YOU ALSO -- FOR THE GLORY. YOU WORK HARD AND I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALAMBRA, AND THEN ALEX. >> HELLO. I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT ORDINANCE CB 121129. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE MY COMMUNITY IS IN CRISIS. WHEN THE LAKE CITY FRED MEYER CLOSED ITS DOORS, IT CAN JUST SHUT ITS DOORS. IT? OUR NEAREST GROCERY STORE AND FROM C. FOR ME AND SO MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS, THIS IS CREATED A DAILY STRUGGLE TO EXCESS GROCERIES AND MEDICATION. IT IS NOT A LONG COSTLY TRIP ACROSS TOWN FROM NEIGHBORS WHO ARE SENIORS DISABLED DISABLED FAMILIES WITHOUT CARS AND PEOPLE LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES. THE LAKE CITY FRED MEYER REPRESENTED MORE THAN JUST A STORE. ESPECIALLY AFTER THE BURNING DOWN OF THE LAKE CITY COULD MEET AND CONNECT ACROSS GENERATIONS AND INCOME LEVELS. I DO ASK IF YOU COULD PLEASE SUPPORT AN ORDINANCE THAT IS LONGER-LASTING -- CAN RETROACTIVELY [ INAUDIBLE ] THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE ALEX TSIMERMAN, THEN IT WILL BE NATHAN WALL. >> ONE MINUTE IS GOOD. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] YEAH. HI. MY NAME ALEX TSIMERMAN IS HERE FOR A YEAR IN SEATTLE. MAKE ME HAPPY. COMBINATION. WITH IDIOTS AND CUT. VERY UNIQUE. EVERY YEAR, IT GETS BIGGER AND BETTER AND BETTER. BUT THIS ELECTION IS SO UNIQUE RIGHT NOW. MY BEST FRIEND LIKES THIS ELECTION. NEW YORK, YOU KNOW. SOCIALIST OR COMMUNIST. BUT EVERYTHING WENT THAT COMES TO MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, THIS LINE I SEE BEFORE, AND I'LL SEE WHAT I KNOW. IT IS BETWEEN HITLER AND MUSSOLINI. ONE OF SOCIALIST AND ANOTHER A SOCIALIST. IT IS A CIRCUS. VIVA TRUMP. SEE THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION. STAND UP. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> WE HAVE CAROLINE. AND THEN AFTER CAROLINE, WE'LL HAVE HARPER. OH, NATHAN. CORRECT. NATHAN, I APOLOGIZE. NATHAN AND CAROLYN. >> ALL RIGHT, THAT MADE SENSE. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EDDIE TO THE DAIS. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR MANDATE. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK OF COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND CHARTING A NEW PATH FORWARD. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT SOME OF THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALREADY. REALLY I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WORKING TOGETHER. IT WAS NICE TO SEE. ALSO JUST SEEING GENDER AND THEN GROW IN FRIENDSHIP AND COLLABORATE, IT HAS BEEN NICE TO SEE. I HOPE WE CAN HAVE COUNCIL THAT WORKS TOGETHER DESPITE THEIR DIFFERENCES. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE UNITED AGAINST THE FASCIST THREAT OF DONALD TRUMP. HE IS CONSOLIDATING POWER. HE IS THREATENING OUR ELECTIONS. IT IS WORTH ASKING IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION IN 2020 IT OR NOT AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL STAND UP AGAINST EVERY ATTEMPT HE HAS MADE TO TAKE AWAY THOSE FREEDOMS. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> AND THEN WE HAVE CAROLINE. AFTER CAROLINE, WE HAVE HARPER. >> I'M CAROLYN MALONE. I CONTINUE TO LIVE THAT CHANCERY PLACE APARTMENT, 910 MERRIAM STREET. IT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS UNSAFE PLACE I'VE EVER LIVED, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I FILE A COMPLAINT THROUGH THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. THAT OFFICE IS NOW CLOSED. MY CASE IS ON HIATUS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THIS IS CATHOLIC HOUSING. CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF WAY OF IMPEDING ME AND KEEPING ME FROM -- THE INJUSTICES THAT HAVE BEEN AT CHANCERY PLACE APARTMENT FOR SEVEN YEARS I'VE LIVED THROUGH JUST HORRENDOUS THINGS. JUST -- BEDBUGS, PEPPER SPRAY, TEASING AND NOW I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOSE [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> WE NOW HAVE HARPER AND THEN HOWARD GAIL. >> HELLO. I'M HARPER NALLY FROM -- UNION. I FORGOT TO WRITE MY NAME THIS MORNING AND I'M BACK TO ASK THE CITY TO REDOUBLE ITS COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING TRANSIT SERVICE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPERTINENT DUTIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC MONEY SO WHY DO WE LET OUR BUSES SIT IN TRAFFIC WASTING THAT MONEY. WE COULD HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED FREQUENCY, SPEED, AND RELIABILITY WITH NO EXTRA OPERATIONAL FUNDING. WE COULD DRIVE DOWN THE COST PER PASSENGER BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THROUGH THE -- THE THREE FACTORS OF RIDERSHIP. WE SAW THE IMMENSE DESIRE TO TACKLE THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. CARS ARE AN IMMENSE EXPENSE THAT ONLY CONTINUES TO RISE AND IMPROVED TRANSIT OFFERS ALTERNATIVES -- AN ALTERNATIVE TO MORE PEOPLE WHILE IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE ALREADY USING IT. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE HOWARD GAIL AND THEN CARLOS TALAVERA . >> GOOD AFTERNOON. HOWARD GAIL. NEXT WEEK THIS COUNCIL WILL BE DISCUSSING AND POSSIBLY PUTTING ON THE NEW POLICING IN CONTRACT, THE THIRD CONTRACT THAT CONTINUES TO REJECT KEY ELEMENTS OF THE 2017 POLICE ACCOUNT ABILITY ORDINANCE. A MONTH AFTER THAT ORDINANCE WAS PASSED ON JUNE 27, THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSS SPD'S BRUTAL MURDER OF CHARLENE LILES. WE WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. MORE BROADLY, THOSE OF YOU WHO HOLLERED OUT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO COCKY DOING THAT. WHILE JUAREZ WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER, NINE MORE IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES WERE KILLED BY SPD. DEREK HAYDEN. MARSHALL CURTIS JONES THE THIRD AND JUST RECENTLY, JACK POLITELY. IN ALL OF THESE CASES DAILY HAD A KNIFE OR NO WEAPON IN THEIR HANDS WHEN THEY WERE SHOT. SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WAS ANSWERED WITH BULLETS. I DID TAKE THIS BIT OF -- [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> HELLO? OKAY. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING THE CRISIS THAT'S GOING ON IN THE LAKE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD BY TAKING THE FIRST STEP -- BY TAKING THE FIRST STEP IN PROPOSING EMERGENCY LEGISLATION, BUT I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT ENOUGH. IT IS A TEMPORARY BAND-AID ON A DEEP AND SYSTEMIC WOUND. WE HAVE LOST A WALGREENS AND BARTEL IN 2023 AND SO ARE THE PEOPLE OF LAKE CITY GOT THE PLEASURE OF OUR FRED MEYER IS A MAJOR BLOW TO OUR HEALTH, OUR TIME, AND OUR COMMUNITY. IT STOPS NEW RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND DOES NOTHING TO REMOVE BONES THAT MIGHT BE BLOCKING OTHER GROCERS FROM SETTING UP AND WHAT WAS ONCE THE LAKE CITY FRED MEYER. ORDINANCE 12109 FOR EXPIRES IN THE AIR AS OUR NEED FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE WILL EXPIRE, TOO. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO TAKE ACTION. WE NEED YOU TO -- THIS ORDINANCE IMMEDIATELY. VOID THE COVENANTS THAT ARE IN PLACE. NEVER STEP TOWARDS RESOLUTIONS LIKE A CITY ONE GROCERY STORE. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE HOLLY HEATH. >> HELLO THERE. I WAS HERE SEPTEMBER THE THIRD AND SPOKE ON THE SITUATION THAT I'M GOING THROUGH WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND I SPOKE WITH RINCK AND KETTLE. I LEFT STATEMENTS. THEY PUT THEM IN YOUR MAILBOXES AND I'M STILL GOING TO ADDITIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND I'M STILL NOT HEARING BACK FROM DETECTIVES FROM SPD SO IF I COULD STILL MEET WITH ONE OF YOU GUYS WERE SPEAK WITH YOU GUYS, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. TO FURTHER GET SOME RESULTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT'S. >> AIR MENTOR TO OUR PERMITS FOR YOUR STEP PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AFTER YOU HAVE HEARD THE MESSAGE THAT YOU'VE BEEN UNNEEDED. OUR FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS SCOTT LEVY, FOLLOWED BY BRAD. GO AHEAD, SCOTT. >> MY NAME IS ALEX LEAVY, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF MAKING THE WELL. THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY OUT THERE. AS I SAID, I PRODUCED MAKING THE WELL. I SENT A LINK TO MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MUCH. WE SCREENED THE FILM AT ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL. THREE DIFFERENT FESTIVALS. IT'S GETTING A LOT OF ACCOLADES AND AWARDS AND AFTER THE SCREENING, ONE Q&A LASTED TWO HOURS. WHAT CAN WE DO FROM HERE? WELL, WHAT I WANTED TO GET IS TO SEATTLE RESIDENTS AND THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT -- WHAT THE CALL TO ACTION MIGHT BE. WELL, SEATTLE CITY [ INAUDIBLE ] IS RUN BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND IT GETS 60% OF ITS ENERGY FROM BONNEVILLE POWER ADMISSION. WOW, IT'S A 20 MINUTES. I'M SUGGESTING NEGOTIATING A NEW 20 YEAR CONTRACT THAT -- >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRAD ELKY, AND BRAD WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DAVID HANCE. >> HI, COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY COMES BUT I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RESEARCH OF COVENANTS INGRAM TO REOPEN GROCERY STORES AND PHARMACIES. I THINK THE TEMPORARY LEGISLATION, WOES THE NECESSARY STEPS -- I URGE YOU TO MAKE THE LEGISLATION PERMANENT AND TO THINK OF OTHER WAYS TO REMOVE THIS HARMFUL PRACTICE. THE FREE MARKET ONLY WORKS THROUGH ROBUST COMPETITION AND THIS ROBS US OF THAT CHANCE. ARTIFICIAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROCESS. I ALSO WANT TO OFFER THE SEATTLE RESOURCE PROGRAM AS A MODEL FOR WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR THE LAKE CITY FRED MEYER LOCATION. SINCE 2021 IT HAS TRANSFORMED 95 VACANT STOREFRONTS INTO STARTUPS, POP-UPS, GENERATING $1.6 MILLION IN LOCAL SALES. PROFITS STAY IN THE COMMUNITY CREATING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY [ INAUDIBLE ] OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP MAKE LAKE CITY A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN. >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS DAVID HANCE. FOLLOWED BY ALBERTO ALVAREZ. GO AHEAD, DAVID. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMEMBER LIN, IT'S TIME TO BEGIN THE PURGE OF BAD POLICIES THAT ABATE INTO THIS YEAR'S AND NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THAT BRUCE HARRELL PAINTED WITH RACIST BOTTOM OF THE BARREL POLICIES -- CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD CHARACTERS THAT HAS BEEN ROCKED AROUND AND EMBRACED AND PRIORITIZED FOR HOUSING SERVICES FIRST AND THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS THINKING THAT THEY CAN WRITE THE COATTAILS OF A CORRUPT MAN THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR HIS CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD NEIGHBORS HIS WHOLE CAREER, TAINTING THE INTEGRITY OF [ INAUDIBLE ] HAS EXACERBATED THE CRISIS. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH CO-OPTED THE ENTIRE MEETING WITH COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WHILE WE HAVE A HOMELESS CRISIS THAT DICTATES A NEED FOR CAPACITY NOW AND USING FEDERAL RESOURCES AND STATE RESOURCES NOBLY -- CERTAIN COUNCILMEMBERS ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF -- TO SOLVE THE CRISIS. I ONLY HAVE ONE MINUTE -- I DON'T CARE. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALBERTO ALVAREZ AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JALEN AND SQUARED OUT WHO IS SIGNED UP BUT NOT PRESENT SO AFTER ALBERTO, ALVAREZ, IF -- SIGNS UP, WE WILL [ INAUDIBLE ] GO AHEAD, ALBERTO. >> THANK YOU. POLITICIAN LANDLORD WORDS THAT RIVER IS ON RECORD TRYING TO SABOTAGE THE BLACK COMMUNITY PROJECTS. RIVERA ONLY BACKED DOWN AFTER FACING A MULTIHOUR PUBLIC SHAMING FROM THE COMMUNITY SHE WAS TARGETING. RIVERA ALSO TOOK AN OFFICIAL VOTE TO TRY TO LIFT ETHICS RULES TO ENRICH HERSELF AS LANDLORD. IN ADDITION, SHE ENDANGERED PORT OF SEATTLE OPERATIONS, VOTING TO PLACE WORKING CLASS HOUSING IN THE HEART OF REGIONAL FREIGHT LINES. MARITZA RIVERA IS EITHER FULLY CORRUPT OR DANGEROUSLY -- IT SHOULDN'T TAKE HOURS OF PUBLIC SHAVING -- SHAMING. THANK YOU. >> WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'VE GOT TO THE END OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED AND WE MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA. SO, THE [ INAUDIBLE ] THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL COUNTER WILL BE ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL COUNTER IS ADOPTED AND IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WILL NOW CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 21st, 2025, AND CANCELED THE 121134, PAYMENT OF BILLS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? DIDN'T THINK SO. HEARING NONE, I TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU MUCH. IT HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. SEXTING >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> YES. >> NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES ON MY BEHALF. ALL RIGHT, THERE ARE NO COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY AND THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE IS NOT A RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTIONS SO WE ARE COMING UP TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA. IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. A REMINDER THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A RECEPTION WELCOMING COUNCILMEMBER LIN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ADJOURNMENT IN THE -- LANDIS ROOM. HERE WE ARE. IT IS NOW 3:08. WE'VE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE ON DECEMBER 9th AT 2:00. HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.