>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THE OCTOBER 29th, 2024 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. I AM SARAH NELSON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROW? >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> HERE. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> PRESENT. >> EIGHT PRESENT. >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE WILL BE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING. MOVING ON, THERE IS NO PRESENTATION TODAY. WE WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND THE COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM. MADAME CLERK, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? >> WE HAVE SIX IN-PERSON AND ONE REMOTE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S GIVE FOLKS TWO MINUTES EACH AND START WITH THE IN PERSON COMMENTERS. >>.COM -- PUBLIC COMMENT BB IS UP TO TWO MINUTES. WE WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL THE PUBLIC COMMENT HAS ENDED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS WERE LEFT -- ARE LEFT OF THEIR TIME. >> WE HAVE ASHLEY BARBER AND BETHANY BURTON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> I AM SHANNON WOODMAN. AS AN OWNER OF AN ALARM COMPANY, I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEW VERIFIED RESPONSE POLICY. SINCE OCTOBER 1st, WE AT MY COMPANY ALONE HAS HAD 38 ALARM ACTIVATIONS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAT MET DISPATCH QUALIFICATIONS. FOR 31 OF THESE, MY DISPATCHERS REQUESTED POLICE RESPONSE FROM THE 911 DISPATCHERS, AND WE WERE DECLINED 28 TIMES. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO VIDEO, AUDIO, OR ON-SITE VERIFICATION. MY CUSTOMERS WERE GIVEN TWO WEEKS NOTICE TO UPGRADE ALARM SYSTEMS TO MEET THIS NEW ORDINANCE. THAT IS 28 INSTANCES WHERE MY CUSTOMERS, OUR CUSTOMERS OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WHERE LOCAL BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, AND HOMES, DID NOT RECEIVE THE POLICE ASSISTANCE THEY ONCE RELIED ON PRINT WE ARE READY TO PARTNER WITH YOU AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS, BUT IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE OFFER SEATTLE RESIDENTS ADEQUATE TIME AND RESOURCES TO ADOPT THIS NEW POLICY. SINCE WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THIS CHANGE, AS AN INDUSTRY, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE MULTIPLE TIMES, AND OTHERS WITHIN THE CITY TO TRY TO COLLABORATE ON BEST PRACTICES IN ORDER TO REDUCE FALSE ALARMS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. WE ARE ASKING TO PLEASE COLLABORATE WITH OUR INDUSTRY IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. >> ASHLEY. FOLLOWING ASHLEY IS BETHANY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ASHLEY BARBER. I'M WITH WASHINGTON ALARM. I'M A SECURITY INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL WITH 13 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. THIS IS MY THIRD COUNCIL MEETING SPEAKING TO ALL OF YOU. AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, ON OCTOBER 1st, SEATTLE PD NO LONGER RESPONSE TO ALARMS WITHOUT VISUAL, AUDIO, OR PANIC BUTTON VERIFIED --. WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT , SETTING UP A MEETING WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SECURITY INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS TO VERIFY THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS THIS POLICY. THERE ARE A LOT OF DETAILS THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THIS DECISION, AND NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE BY SPD TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH SECURITY COMPANIES. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS OUT THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POLICY. THANK YOU. >> AS SOMEONE WITH 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE SECURITY INDUSTRY, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE THOUSANDS OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND SCHOOLS THAT DEPEND ON THEIR ALARM SYSTEMS. THE SEATTLE POLICE NOT RESPONDING TO THIS, DOES THIS DECISION ALIGNED WITH YOUR COMMITMENT FOR TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC SAFETY? THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE SUPPORT LAW -- THESE SYSTEMS, RECOMMENDING OPEN VERIFICATION MEASURES TO PRIORITIZE POLICE RESPONSE AND ENSURE LIVES AND PROPERTY ARE PROTECTED. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THIS EVIDENCE? OUR INDUSTRY WITH EXPERTS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT STAND READY TO COLLABORATE ON SOLUTIONS THAT PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY, WHILE MANAGING POLICE RESOURCES. WE URGE YOU TO PAUSE THIS POLICY TO OPEN IT INTO PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND ENSURE ALL VOICES ARE HEARD BEFORE MAKING SUCH AN IMPACTFUL CHANGE. THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE HAVE ALEX TSIMERMAN. >> SIEG HEIL, MY DIRTY NAZI JUST UP A FASCIST PIG. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS. WE HAVE MORE THAN EIGHT POINT $2 BILLION. SPD . [ INAUDIBLE ] DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS, $2 BILLION? YOU PROBABLY NEVER KEPT YOUR PROMISES. 2 BILLION IS A TON OF MONEY. IT DOESN'T CHANGE. WHAT WE HAD BEFORE FOR THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS. I GIVE YOU A CLASSIC EXAMPLE. I WANT TO SPEAK WITH TRANSPORTATION. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN? EVERY DAY, WE GO TO HIS ROOM AND ASK, CAN SOMEBODY SPEAK WITH ME FOR ONE MINUTE? THERE'S THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF LOW INCOME. HE STOPPED FOR ONE MINUTE FOR THREE MONTHS. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU SAY NAZI PIG, LIKE WE HAD BEFORE. BRING THIS DOWN. AND HE IS A MINORITY. NO BLACK IN SEATTLE. SO STEP UP, AMERICA. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. MAKE SEATTLE GREAT AGAIN. WE WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. THIS WILL BE OUR LAST CHANCE IT BRING AMERICA BACK. >> AREA ON THE. -- ARIANA. >> I AM FROM WEST SEATTLE. ON A SERIOUS NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO DISPEL SOME MYTHS TODAY BECAUSE MANY OF YOU SEEM TO BE UNAWARE OF MY BACKGROUND. WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, A JUDGE ORDERED ME AND MY SISTER TO BE KIDNAPPED AND TRAFFICKED ACROSS STATE LINES TO BE SENT TO A TORTURE CAMP WITH MY ABUSIVE MOTHER AND HER ABUSIVE BOYFRIEND. MY STORY WAS COVERED. I WROTE A CHAPTER IN THE BOOK CHALLENGING PARENTAL ALIENATION. IT IS NAMED AFTER A FIVE-YEAR-OLD MURDERED BY HIS FATHER. ORGANIZED FOR STRIPPER SAFETY LAWS. I BECAME A SEX WORKER AS AN ADULT AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN TRAFFICKED DURING MY SEVEN YEARS AS A SEX WORKER. WHEN YOU SAY THINGS LIKE, THE SIX WORKERS THAT SHOW UP DELEGITIMIZE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS, IT IS DISRESPECTFUL TO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF ACTUAL TRAFFICKING. WE PUT OURSELVES AT SERIOUS RISK COMING HERE AND OUTING OURSELVES AS SEX WORKERS IN A PUBLIC FORM, ONLY TO BE INSULTED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T [ INAUDIBLE ] ENOUGH FOR YOU ALL. I HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, WHICH IS WHY I'M ABLE TO SHOW UP HERE AND OUT MYSELF. WE DON'T YOU ARE LIFE STORIES IN ORDER TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IF ANY OF YOU ARE SERIOUS AND WANT TO TAKE SERIOUS STEPS TO ADDRESS CHILD TRAFFICKING, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY OF YOU AND OFFER MY EXPERTISE. LAWS GOING AFTER SIX WORK ARE NOT THE WAY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> BENNETT IS GOING TO BE OUR LAST REGISTERED SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. ONE THE STRANGER EMAILED HER FOR COMMENT, SHE SAID, VERBATIM, I'M GLAD THAT MY VIDEOS ARE GETTING ATTENTION BECAUSE SEAN WOULD BE A DISASTER FOR OUR STATE. VERY FEW [ INAUDIBLE ] IF HIS SKIN WAS DARKER, ETHIOPIANS, FOR EXAMPLE, OH MY GOD, GUYS. IT WOULD BE LESS THAN OR SCARIER. TO SUGGEST IT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL SUGGESTS THAT YOU THINK HE IS SCARY IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND OFFENSIVE. MANY OF YOU SHOULD CALL ON HER TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE AND GIVE A BETTER ANSWER THAN THIS, OTHERWISE, WITHDRAW YOUR ENDORSEMENT. SECOND THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T TO COSIGN THE OPEN LETTER CALLING FOR AN INDEPENDENT, U..S-LED INVESTIGATION INTO THE KILLING OF WASHINGTON STATE CITIZEN [ INAUDIBLE ] BY ISRAELI FORCES IN SEPTEMBER 2024. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND COUNCILMEMBER MOORE HAVE SIGNED THE LETTER. I WILL SEND AN EMAIL TO THE COUNCIL. IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A LINK WHERE YOU CAN ADD YOUR NAME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COSIGN. THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE. THIS IS A MORAL ISSUE. PLEASE GO SIGN THE LETTER ASKING FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU. >> WE WILL MOVE TO OUR REMOTE SPEAKER, SHANE CLEARY. A REMINDER, PRESS START SIX AFTER YOU HEAR THE MESSAGE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNNEEDED. THESE GO AHEAD. PRESS STAR SIX. >> A GOOD AFTERNOON. >> MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE DIRECTED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. IT'S REGARDING THE POLICY THAT THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ENACTED. WE HAVE A STANDING ORDINANCE FOR ALARM SYSTEMS. IT CAN PREVENT AN ORDINANCE WITHOUT PUBLIC HEARINGS OR SUCH AS THE POLICY DOES INCUR ADDITIONAL COST TO USERS THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR A VERIFIED RESPONSE. AND IF YOU HEARD TODAY FROM THE OTHER SPEAKERS, ALL WE ARE ASKING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DISCUSS OPTIONS THAT OUR INDUSTRY HAS USED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES TO MINIMIZE [ INAUDIBLE ] ARMS, AND AT THE SAME TIME, TO AFFORD THE PROTECTION THAT THESE SYSTEMS DO AFFORD, AND HAVE BEEN, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD REST OF YOUR DAY. >> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR LIST OF SPEAKERS. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NOTE OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR. THE ITEMS ON THE CALENDAR ARE THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 8th, 2024, AND COUNCIL BILLS 12 0869, 120867, AND 120861. -- 120871. I MOVED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER WOO. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> YES. >> GREAT. PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD. >> AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY EMPLOYMENT; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 17; AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS. >> I MOVED TO PASS CB 120868. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. AS A SPONSOR, I WILL ADDRESS THE EN FLOOR COMM THIS LEGISLATION AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR TO IMPLEMENT A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND PROTEC17. ON FEBRUARY 9th, 2024, THE WASHINGTON PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION CERTIFIED PROTEC17 AS THE EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COUNSELOR SHOP CLASSIFICATION. UNDER THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, PROTEC17 AGREED TO INCORPORATE THE SUPERVISOR JOB CLASSIFICATION INTO THE EXISTING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND PROTEC17. AND PROTEC17 PROBATION COUNSELOR UNIT FOR THE VP OF TIME BETWEEN JULY 21st 2003 THROUGH DECEMBER 31st, 2026. THE PARTIES AGREED THAT THE SUPERVISOR CLASSIFICATION WILL BE IN A SEPARATE BARGAINING UNIT FROM THE OTHER PROBATION COUNSELOR CLASSIFICATION AND THE SALARY RANGE FOR THE PROBATION COUNSELOR SUPERVISORS WILL BE INCREASED BY 3.8%, RETROACTIVE TO FEBRUARY 9th, 2024. THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THAT WAGE INCREASES OF 5% IN 2023, AND 4.5% IN 2024, SIMILAR TO THE WAGE INCREASES IN 2023 AND 2024 IN THE PROTEC17 UNIT CBA. THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THE 3.8% WAGE INCREASE TOTALS 18,000 TO 20,000 A YEAR. THIS AMOUNT IS EXPECTED TO BE ABSORBED BY THE DEPARTMENT WITH AN EXISTING BUDGET, WITH NO NEED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION TO APPROPRIATE THESE FUNDS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> COUNCILMEMBER WOO. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> YES. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR. NOT A POST. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THERE IS NOT A RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION TODAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? HEARING THEM, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 5th. THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 5th. IT WILL BE CANCELED DUE TO ONGOING BUDGET DELIBERATIONS. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 12th AT 2:00 P.M. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT. ON NOVEMBER 12th, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS STARTING AT 5:00 P.M. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY DIMINISHED OUR CALENDARS. I TRIED TO LEAVE THE AFTERNOON OPEN. I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE CANCELING THAT DATE AS WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL PROBABLY LAST SIX HOURS THAT EVENING. >> GOT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THE HOPPER, BUT WE WILL KEEP IT ON THE HOPPER FOR NOW. >> THANK YOU. >> IF WE DO HAVE THE COUNCIL MEETING AND THE HEARING AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE COMMENT ON THE BUDGET, PLEASE HOLD COMMENT UNTIL THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE. HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.