[Music] Good afternoon everyone. Today is September 8th, 2025. The council briefing meeting will come to order and the time is 2:03 p.m. Council member Hollingsworth is excused from this meeting. Will the clerk please call the role? >> Council member Kettle >> here. >> Council member Rink, >> present. >> Council member Rivera, >> present. Council member Saka >> here. >> Council member Solomon >> here. >> Council member Strauss >> here. >> Council member Warris >> here. >> Council President Nelson >> present. >> Eight present. >> Thank you very much. All right. If there's no objection, the minutes of August 11th, 2025 will be adopted. Hearing no objection, the minutes are adopted. All right. President's report. Today we have one presentation from the Get Engaged program, one proclamation from council member Strauss for signatures, and we'll be joined by Greg Doss from central staff to review the amendments we anticipate in the public safety discussion at city council tomorrow. On tomorrow's city council meeting agenda, there are 11 items on the introduction and referral calendar. The weekly bill payment ordinance, a resolution of intention to change the assessment rate and exe exemptions for the SOD parking and business improvement area. An ordinance relating to the SOD parking and and business improvement area changing the assessment rate and exemptions. An ordinance relating to updating the structure and processes of the office of city auditor. An ordinance relating to the university district parking and business improvement area. An ordinance relating to the city to city employment adopting the 2025 citywide position list. An ordinance relating to land use and zoning amending chapter 2332 of the Seattle Municipal Code. Uh at page 100 of the official land use map to reszone parcels located at 352 Roy Street. Uh, an ordinance relating to historic preservation imposing controls upon Toiver Temple Church of God in Christ, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board. Two appointments to the Landmark Preservation Board. an ordinance relating to the Seattle Fire Code clarifying provisions relating to preventable alarms and securing off and securing of premises and amending sections 112, 2002, 311, and 901 of the 2021 Seattle Fire Code. All right, that's the IRC. The consent in the consent calendar includes the weekly bill payment ordinance and 19 appointments of get engaged participants who we'll hear from shortly. And there are six pieces of legislation from committees. One that went straight to city council for approving a collective bargaining agreement between the city and the Seattle Fire Chiefs Association. Two from public safety related to SPD's CCTV and Realtime Crime Center programs. one from finance native communities and tribal governments committee related to public works contracts and the small works roster and then two from the land use committee. One's for a small reszone in Lake City and the other is for the installation of netting poles at Jefferson Park Golf Course. So that's that's what we've got for uh council for full council tomorrow. And now uh we'll hear from the get engaged program. And I want to welcome all of our guests today to to council chambers. I'll pass things off to our presenters in a moment. Uh but I just want to introduce Get Engaged as a program through the YMCA that helps young people aged 18 to 29 get engaged in civic participation by serving on city boards and commissions. And this is always one of my favorite um meetings because uh I like being able to hear from our young people and what is motivating their interests to be involved not just in this program but what they're thinking about afterwards. And uh it's just it's uplifting to uh to witness your passion and your dedication. And uh I would just say colleagues looking look at the people sitting around our table when they're up here because we may be seeing them on the Supreme Court one day or in Congress one day or even here at this day. So um these uh these these are very well motivated and civically engaged folks and I'm it's a pleasure to have you here today or future leaders I might add. All right. So, um, why don't you come along? Why don't you make your way up to the table and I'll just finish my remarks. Um, most of us at the deis have had the opportunity to hear this presentation before, but for those who haven't, here's how this is going to go. So, first I'll introduce our presenters. Bailey Burgess from the office of the mayor along with um, Imani Bender from the YMCA. and they'll talk briefly about the program and uh and then we will invite our candidates for appointment to the podium to address the council as um as to their qualifications and why they would like to serve. And then once this is complete, we'll thank our guests and then the vote for these appointments will be on tomorrow's consent calendar at city council. With that, okay, Bailey and and Imani, please take it away. Go ahead and introduce yourselves with your full name and correct pronunciation. Thanks. >> Hello, Council President Nelson and council members. Thank you so much for having me and for considering these appointments for the mayor. My name is Bailey Burgess and I work in the office of Mayor Bruce Herrell. First, I just want to say we appreciate all of the work you do to support the great boards and commissions we have here at the city of Seattle. The get engaged positions bring essential voices to city government and provide a great opportunity for young folks to get engaged. The get um this is an incredible group of applicants who will do great service to our city and we are really excited to be putting forth these appointments for your consideration today. Mayor Mayor Harold strongly believes in supporting young people across Seattle and hearing from them directly about their perspectives, their lived experiences and their ideas about the issues that impact all of us. It is critical that our boards and commissions fully represent Seattle's communities, neighborhoods, and residents. And this includes representation from young people and those who are most impacted by the work the city does. Thank you to our great partners who help make this work possible, including the staff at the city who support our boards and commissions and our partners from the YMCA. And now I'm going to pass it over to Ammani who will talk a little bit more about this program. >> Thanks, Bailey. Can you hear me? Okay. >> Yes. You can move it towards you. There you go. >> All right. How about that? Okay. Uh, good afternoon. My name is Imani Bender and I am here representing the Y social impact center which is our social services branch of the Y of Greater Seattle. Um, and I have the privilege of leading our Get Engaged program which places young adults age 18 through 29 on city boards and commissions where they provide a really important youth perspective um to city affairs. Right. Um, so Get Engaged was established in 2001 and it represents this really long lasting partnership between the city and and the Y and over 20 years of the city and the Y working together to really uplift youth voices and empower our future leaders as well. Um, so a bit about the program. Um during their year-long term, our get- engaged commissioners act as fully vested and voting members of the 20 different boards and commissions that participate in the program. Uh we also ask that they attend our monthly cohort meetings. Um so those are facilitated by the Y and are really a great opportunity for peer support um professional development opportunities and we also see a lot of collaboration across boards and commissions in that space which is really great to see. Um so those cohort meetings are really a space for young people to find support um guidance network right and um we find that it's also a space that young people are creating really long lasting community with one another that sort of goes past their participation in the program. Um we also find that young adults in this program make an impact on the boards and commissions of the city that lasts past their year-long term. So currently we have um co-chairs on the human rights commission um LGBTQ commission, the technology advisory board and the renters commission who are all get engaged alumni. And of course we have um many other alumni who are on other seats on the boards and commissions as well and continuing that service. So you know that's exciting because for a lot of the young people sitting here this is the beginning of a you know long journey in in civic service. Um, so I think that they're just a reminder of what we gain from investing in our young people. I want to talk a bit about our recruitment process as well. Um, so each spring the Y works with uh board and commission liaison to put together our get engaged cohort. Uh, the Y's role in that is really to oversee recruitment and outreach and connect our boards and commissions to the applicants for the program and that interview process. Um, so recruitment went really well this year. We spread the word on social media, um, collect connected, excuse me, with local colleges, um, young professionals groups, and I was even, you know, boopping around the city dropping off flyers in person. Um, so a big effort there, you know. Um, we also remain committed to centering equity and diversity in this process. Um, so the social uh as a social services agency, excuse me, the social impact center has a large and growing network of youthfacing community partners. Um, so think organizations like Europe, Lambert House, um, the Mockingbird Society, Urban League, right? um and and we share this opportunity with those partners to really make sure that we are connecting with young people who are from communities that have been historically denied access to these civic decision-making spaces. Um so, you know, we're very intentional about putting together a group of young people who represent a wide variety of racial and cultural backgrounds, um socioeconomic backgrounds, and lived experiences. Um, so really our goal each year is to put together a cohort that's representative of the many communities in this city. Um, so I also just want to take a moment because we don't do all that work alone. I want to take a moment to thank the board and commission liaison who you know do a ton of networking um, recruiting on their own in their own networks um, and are of course there with me for every single interview. Um, they're just amazing and we could not do it without them. So many many city staff who are a part of this effort as well. Um so with that I'll sort of uh move on to our our nominations for the 2025 get engaged cohort. Um today I will be introducing you to 19 hopeful appointees and I've had the the opportunity to meet with this group of young adults during the interview process and they are truly remarkable. Um that's really the spirit and the theme of this program. I think year after year we're just so in awe of all the applicants that we are lucky enough to meet. Um it's really an opportunity to hear young people's stories and witness those stories um and hear about what their dreams are for the city and for themselves. So that's really a gift. Um you know the the young people in this program are so passionate about improving public life in the city of Seattle and about creating systems and communities that work for us all. So, um I'm excited to introduce them today. We have 10 of today's 19 Get Engaged nominees present. Um and I will be reading for the nine um appointees who were not able to make it today. Okay. So, I've got the agenda here with sort of the order that I'll be calling them up. Um for those that I'm reading for, I will let you guys know the first, let's see, it looks like about five are not here with us. So you will be hearing quite a bit from me um in the beginning here. Um so I just go ahead and and call them. >> All right. >> Let me get up. >> Before you begin, I have a question. Um does is get engaged replicated at wise across the country or um just in the state? I mean is can you tell us a little bit about that? >> Yeah, you know I don't not that I know of. I think that this is um a pretty rare program in that um >> Seattle special. >> Seattle is special, you know. Um but I think that there's an opportunity for this model to, you know, be replicated in other places and really invest in our young people in this civic space. Absolutely. >> Thank you. Go ahead. >> Okay. So, first is Agny Bataria um who is seeking appointment with the Seattle Renters Commission. Agnney is not here with us, so I will go ahead and read his introduction. Agny is a product manager at Stripe, a fintech company in their Seattle office and a former venture capitalbacked entrepreneur. He rents in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle and is excited to join the Seattle Renters Commission to balance a triangle of needs between renters, landlords, and developers by leveraging quantitative and qualitative insights from all stakeholders to drive equitable and meaningful policy change for Seattle renters. Okay, next we have BB Denton who's seeking appointment with the Seattle LGBTQ Commission. I'll also be reading BB's bio. Um, so BB Denton has been selected to serve on the LGBTQ Commission. With a professional background in advocacy, policy, and healthc care, they are excited to explore community-led governance through their appointment. Although Seattle is known for its rich LGBTQ history and culture, it is far from a safe haven. The compounding impacts of our local cost of living crisis and the national attacks on LGBTQ rights and identities have exacerbated existing vulnerabilities. Particularly those in the community who hold multiple marginalized identities have been subjected to increasing violence. Adi am ad amidst this landscape. It is important to ensure the policy that policy is working for the queer community as it determines access to resources, funding, and special protections. BB is excited to work with their peers to advocate for an intersectional approach to local government that is built on relationship building and reciprocity. All right. Next we have Charlie Wyn um who is seeking appointment to the Seattle Disability Commission. Charlie Wyn is the get engaged member that has been selected to serve on the Seattle Disability Commission. Since becoming more aware of the importance of civic engagement to society, Charlie has sought to increase his involvement in civic affairs as a Seattle resident. Joining the Seattle Disability Commission is of particular interest to Charlie because disability matters have been and continue to be a crucial part of Charlie's life and work experiences. Charlie currently works in a governmental role involving upholding employment rights for people with disabilities. He is thankful for this opportunity to serve on the Seattle Disability Commission and he hopes to use his knowledge and background to support the commission's work of being a voice for the disabilility community in Seattle. All right, up next we have um Hector Garcia who is seeking appointment with the Seattle Rights Commission. And um Hector actually wasn't able to make it today. Uh how to work um something come up uh last minute. So I'm going to actually read his bio off of my phone because I did not have time to print it. So I apologize for that. Let me grab it. Okay. Okay. So, Hector Garcia is seeking appointment with the Human Rights Commission. Hector's background is in property management and community leadership where he has consistently advocated for housing justice, equitable treatment, and opportunities for young people to be engaged in civic life. His direct experience navigating complex legal and civic issues has given him a strong perspective on how city policies affect residents in their daily lives. He is passionate about creating excuse me he is passionate about creating pathways for youth engagement and ensuring that fairness, accountability, and equity guide the commission's work. Hector looks forward to contributing his skills, energy, and lived experience in service to the people of Seattle. Let's see here. All right. And next, we have Sophia Brown, who's also not able to make it today. So, I will be reading Sophia's bio. Sophia is seeking appointment on the Seattle Women's Commission. Sophia Brown is a student living in Seattle. She is very passionate about advancing equity in our beautiful city, particularly around issues that affect women and gender diverse communities. She is very excited to serve on the Women's Commission because she believes strongly in policy work and communitydriven solutions when it comes to addressing challenges like housing insecurity, economic struggles, and general safety in and around Seattle. She wants to contribute her perspective, listen to community voices, and work with the council and fellow commissioners to ensure Seattle continues moving toward being a more inclusive and supportive city for all. While Seattle is a great city, we can make it even better by collaborating and working hard to improve it for everyone. Okay, and that's all you're going to hear from me for a while. Um, up next we have Eric Alipio, um, who is seeking appointment on the Seattle Design Commission. I think you come up. Does he go up to here to this podium? >> It does say podium in my notes, so >> that might be easier than everybody having to get through there, etc. And plus, this is a better view for the TV. Thanks Eric. >> Thank you. >> And the the the other mic is taller, maybe more comfortable. Go ahead. >> Here we are. >> Good afternoon, counselors. Uh my name is Eric Alipio and I'm a District 6 resident and a current Master of Landscape Architecture student at the UDub. I'm excited to have the opportunity to serve on the Seattle Design Commission this year. Um, having now been a resident of Seattle for the past nine years, uh, through both undergrad and grad school, I've come to recognize both the positive and negative effects our built environment has had on us. It has been both equipped has both equipped us to address social injustices as well as contributed to those societal inequities. As a get engaged member on the SDC, I aim to provide feedback and recommendations to major public designs uh projects throughout the city with an emphasis on equity, cultural competency, and community development. It is within our public realm that we can make collective and meaningful change within our society. So, it is important we center social justice and racial equity in the design of spaces that connect us not only to one another, but the places that we live, work, and play. I'm eager to get going with this work and find my place in continuing to make Seattle uniquely Seattle. So, thank you for your time. >> That's right. >> Thanks, Eric. Um, so next up, I will call Kiana Andre who is seeking appointment on the design review board. Aloha, Mako. My name is Kiana Andres and I'm honored to be selected to serve on the design review board through the Get Engaged program. As someone of Native Hawaiian ancestry, I see architecture not just as design, but as a relationship between people, place, and history. Growing up in a community that deeply values culture and stewardship, I carry with me a commitment to inclusive, sustainable, and culturally grounded design. I'm excited to serve because I believe the built environment should reflect the values and voices of the people it impacts. Through this role, I hope to bring a perspective rooted in equity, cultural awareness, and environmental responsibility. Values I've developed through my education, my design work, and my heritage. It's a privilege to contribute to shaping Seattle's future in a way that's thoughtful, connected, and respectful to both community and land. Mahalo for this opportunity. All right. Next, we have Mave Gillis who's seeking appointment to the Urban Forestry Commission. Hi, my name is Mave Gillis. I use she her pronouns and I was selected for the Urban Forestry Commission. I am honored to serve the people of Seattle through protection and expansion of Seattle's urban forests. My background is in chemical engineering. I've worked across conventional and renewable energy industries, but I'm passionate about protecting the original carbon capture innovators, our trees. My aim in the Urban Forestry Commission is to increase equitable access to Seattle's trees and green spaces, a critical resource for our city's climate resiliency and for individuals health and well-being. I believe Seattle's trees provide the opportunity to fall in love with the natural world, an experience I'm passionate about protecting. Thank you. All right. Next, we have Margaret Zealus, who is seeking appointment to the Seattle Planning Commission. Margaret was not able to make it today, so I'll read her her introduction. Originally from Boise, Idaho, Margaret now resides in the Fremont neighborhood and is beginning her third year of law school at the University of Washington this fall. As a student, she's curious about the intersection of land use law with environmental justice, which inspires her interest in serving on the city's planning commission. She looks forward to exploring the legal and policy implications involved in shaping livable communities. Prior to this, she worked as a planner in Ada County, Idaho. Starting off in current land use planning, she watched the cities grow. She watched the cities she grew up in shift and adapt to the rapid growth in the Boise metropolitan area through reviewing developmental applications. She found her way into a long range transportation planning role where she programmed and prioritized funding for a five-year infrastructure plan for the county and its six cities. It was through this work that she got to coordinate and balance stakeholder interests from the city's advisory committees and public participation while furthering the goals of the elected commission. Working in such close proximity to these varying interests is what inspired her to serve on the Seattle Planning Commission. Through her legal education, she has explored the intersection of land use planning, decision m making, and the law. The work of the Seattle's planning commission goes to the heart of her academic and professional interests and provides her with the opportunity to bridge her legal education with the on the ground practical experiences of planning for sustainability and resiliency in a complex urban space like Seattle. All right. Next we have Jonathan Lopez who is seeking appointment with the Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission. >> Okay, can you guys hear me? >> Yes. >> Yeah. Okay. Hi, my name is Jonathan Lopez and I was selected to serve on the immigrant and refugee commission. I know that now more than ever, our immigrant and refugee communities need as much advocacy as possible. My roles including my board position at the national nonprofit Europe United, my employment with King County as an engineer for Metro Transit, and my experience as a first generation Latino equips me with the knowledge necessary to serve our community in this capacity. Um, I look forward to working alongside you all and yeah, thank you for your time. All right, next we have Cameron Wong, who's seeking appointment to the Landmarks Preservation Board. >> Good afternoon, council members. Uh, my name is Cameron Wong and I'll be joining the city's landmark preservation board. Um, as someone who grew up in the Seattle area, uh, went to UDub and currently serve on a few different community development and nonprofit boards locally, um, I'm really honored to have this opportunity to serve and steward our city's amazing historic landmarks and neighborhoods. For me, preservation is much more than just old buildings. It's about understanding our places, their past, and how we can learn from them to make a better future for our communities. I chose to serve on this commission because Seattle has seen so much growth and change in recent years. Uh there's a lot of exciting developments like our new waterfront and World Cup coming next year. I believe that preservation isn't just compatible with these things. It can be a partner and a tool for shaping solutions that are both forward-looking and deeply rooted in place. Thank you. >> You're up and running. >> Yeah. >> All right. Next we have Cameron Yanchic um who is seeking appointment on the community involvement commission. I will be reading Cameron's introduction. Cameron Yanchic is honored and excited to serve on the community involvement commission. Cameron is a proud citizen of the seol na nation of Oklahoma. Originally from Oklahoma City and now living in the Interbay neighborhood in Seattle, Cameron graduated from the University of Oklahoma with degrees in political science and Native American studies, and her research focused on identifying barriers and motivating factors that impact Native participation in both tribal and non-tribal elections. She currently works as the political navigator with Native Action Network, where she manages leadership development and advocacy training programs designed to foster native women's participation and representation in local, state, national, and tribal affairs. She is passionate about furthering community empowerment in the political process, especially amongst native young people, and hopes to use her position on the community involvement commission to help foster equitable and inclusive engagement across Seattle, especially for communities that have historically lacked access. All right, next we have Montana, Houston. Um, Montana is not able to make it with us today. So, I will read her bio as well. And Montana is seeking reappoint actually to the Pioneer Square Preservation Board. Montana Houston is honored to be selected to serve on the Pioneer Square Preservation District board. As a lifelong Seattleite, a black woman, and a community advocate, Montana is deeply committed to preserving the rich history of Pioneer Square while helping shape a more inclusive future. She still remembers her first underground tour and how it brought Seattle's story of resilience to life. That experience stayed with her and sparked a desire to protect and honor the legacy of the district. Professionally, she brings legal and operational expertise as senior commercial legal analyst at Dropbox, where she's negotiated over 500 contracts worth more than $105 million. She also serves our community through her work with Leadership Tomorrow and her own platform, Reumuinate, which helps young adults navigate life's milestones. She is excited to contribute to the board by supporting thoughtful preservation, increasing representation among vendors, and ensuring Pioneer Square remains a space that reflects the vibrancy of all Seattle communities. All right, next we have Lauren Campbell uh with the Seattle Center Advisory Commission. Hi there. Good afternoon, city council members. My name is Lauren Campbell and I'm honored to have been selected for the Seattle Center Advisory Commission. I was born and raised in the greater Seattle area and I've been living in the city proper since 2019. Um, currently I work as an event coordinator at the Gates Foundation just across the street from the center and I reside in Capitol Hill with my partner and our two cats. When I was younger and living outside of the city, Seattle Center was the city to me. I have a lifetime of cherished memories there and I assume that everybody else in this room can think of at least one day that was enhanced by their time at the center. The Seattle Center is the ultimate gathering space in this city. And in my time working in in the event industry, I have come to understand just how important it is for us to g to have opportunities to gather, which is why I wanted to be the champion for the center from the get engaged program. Although I'm new to serving in an in in an advisory capacity, I hope to make up for my lack of experience by bringing my unique my unique perspective as an event coordinator and an event attendee as well as a vibrant passion for learning. I'm here because I believe that the power of civ I believe in the power of of civic engagement and I want to ensure future generations get the opportunity to make their memories to make their own memories in a place that I hold near and dear. Thank you very much. All right. Up next, we have Brian Bcker uh with the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. Hello, council members. My name is Brian Bcker. I have been selected for the board of parks and recreation. Tremendously looking forward to this opportunity. Reason I'm doing this wanted to serve my city a bit more than picking up trash on the street or selling books at the bookstore at the flagship library. Also doing this for some professional growth and beyond anything else to learn and work with my peers as we deal with all the challenges Seattle throws at us. Thank you. All right. Up next, we have Jack Nash um with the Seattle Arts Commission. >> Hello, council members. I'm Jack Nash. I was selected for the Arts Commission. I'm a software engineer by day and I have a background in performing arts and I'm really excited to serve not just for the opportunity to work to make Seattle better, but also to get this firsthand experience with the decision-m process that shapes our city. Public art is such a great way to improve a space and it's relatively cheap and quick to implement and it gives the city an opportunity to collaborate with communities to give them the chance to see themselves represented in their built environment. I'm looking forward to serving the public and advocating on behalf of art in Seattle. Thank you. All right. Next, we have Jeremy Knap um with the Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board. Good afternoon. My name is Jeremy Knapp. I use they he pronouns and I'm a resident of uh Capitol Hill and I'm super excited to join the pedestrian advisory board. In my day job, I work in the Washington State Senate on transportation issues and have seen how crucial uh it is for community voices to be heard and integrated into decisionmaking to truly create people centered infrastructure. I'm also a daily pedestrian in Seattle and like too many others have lost people because a driver made a reckless choice and our infrastructure did not do enough to keep pedestrians safe. I hold a deep-seated belief that infrastructure is fundamental to the well-being of our community and that it needs to be safe and accessible for all users, not just cars. Thank you for your time and I'm eager to work collaboratively and ensure our infrastructure reflects the values of a people first approach and creates a more connected, equitable, and vibrant Seattle. All right, next we have Naomi Cutler um seeking appointment to the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board. and Naomi was not able to make it today. So I will read her introduction. Naomi is interested in connecting people to their natural environment and providing people with the information they need to adapt to the changing climate. She wants to support her community in living happier, healthier lives and she believes that biking for recreational or transportation purposes is a wonderful avenue to do that. She's excited to support the Bicycle Advisory Board in making cycling in Seattle safer, more accessible, and equitable, and more fun for our communities. All right. And next, we have Sydney our um who's seeking appointment to the Seattle Transport Transit Advisory Board, excuse me. >> Hello, council members. My name is Sydney our and I'm a Seattle transit user, a community engagement professional, and a South Delidge resident. To me, Seattle is without a doubt the best city in the United States. And a thriving transit system makes this city a place where people want to live, work, connect, and grow. As a career community engagement consultant, I've been lucky to work on transportation projects with ES DOT, King County, Sound Transit, and Wash DOT. I want to bring my knowledge of the various transit entities that make up our transit network to the tab and continue to advocate for multimodal transit systems that excite everyone and serve Seattle's diverse and vibrant community. Thank you. >> All right. And and those were the 19 appointees that we have for you today. Thank you so much. Do you have any last words? Nope. >> We appreciate the council's consideration today and thank you to all of the great young people who applied and turned out. >> Thank you. Are there any comments? Let's see if I have any. I'll note that um I I also want to thank you so much for for coming and for all the work that goes on behind the scenes to make these uh these appointments and this happen and this program so successful. and we look forward to voting out the uh the actual confirmations tomorrow at full counsel in colleagues. All of the appointment packets are online. They're linked to the agenda so you can get to know folks a little bit better. Feel free to do that before the vote. And special shout out also to Tao Madson from the legislative department who coordinates our boards and commissions with the mayor's office and is instrumental every year in planning this presentation. So, thank you all so much. It's inspiring to hear your stories and your interest and your passion for the city. So, look forward to taking the vote tomorrow. Thank you, Council Member Saka. >> Thank you, Madam Council President. Excuse me. I just want to congratulate all the members uh the proposed nominees for your willingness to serve and your desire to serve and getting it this far. Look forward to uh voting on them I think tomorrow, I think you mentioned. Um, but this is a huge milestone. More to come. I'm incredibly h having had the opportunity to review all of your resumes and applicant materials, etc., and hear from almost over half of you, over half of the slate. I can say that this is a very wellqualified, exceptionally wellqualified group. Uh, and I'm looking forward to working with alongside you all and seeing more importantly what you all are able to accomplish and supporting you in any way I can on a going forward basis. Uh, as chair of our city's transportation committee, I'd like to specifically comment on and commend three candidates for appointment. Jeremy Knap, uh, the Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board. Um, Jeremy noted that he's a was a legislative assistant in Olympia. He actually works for Senator State Senator Mark Lias Leas, excuse me. Uh, I know, I know I'm finished. The Finn messed up the proper pronunciation. Uh, but in any event, transportation chair. And so I know that Jeremy by virtue of that real world actual experience brings uh a tremendous amount of background and expertise to this role. Excited to be able to to support you in that work. Naomi Naomi Cutler for the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board. Naomi is an avid cyclist. She is also committed to making cycling safer and more accessible in support of community well-being and adaption to climate change. Um, and looking forward to working with Naomi in her capacity as a new advisory board member on the bike advisory board. And then last but not least, Sydney South Delidge resident, one of my constituents. Uh Sydney brings extensive community engagement and professional experience and is obviously very passionate about transportation uh environmental justice and building healthy communities through outreach and education and importantly transit. So great great slate of nom nominees. I'll also note that uh Montana Houston uh is is would be doing work uh in my district to support my district's well-being. the Pioneer Square Preservation Board, very wellqualified person and nothing necessarily within my remitt, but just want to comment on how how Margaret for the nominee, one of the nominees for the Seattle Planning Commission is currently a 3L, a thirdyear law student in law school. Like we have a couple colleagues here at this DES who have went to law school and remember the the I guess the the dire straits that we're in as law students. Uh but that is a very remarkable thing to for any active current sitting law student to to not only want to pursue their education, pursue their internal school extracurricular activities and then but also uh leverage their passion and skills and expertise outside of that. Uh that's very impressive. So kudos to the slate. That is all I have. Thank you, madam council president. Thank you very much, Council Member Saka. Go ahead, please. Council >> member, go ahead. >> Thank you, Council President, and thank you all for your upcoming service to our city. Um, I'm really looking forward to confirming these appointments. And at a time when trust in our government feels like it's at historic lows, and I think we can all understand why that is. I want to thank you for stepping up to the plate. Hope is a discipline and you all certainly give me hope about the future of our city and you know I learned something today. Uh I could have been in the get engaged program until a few weeks ago so I just aged out but um I I bring that up to say it's time for young people to take a hold of our future and I'm so excited that you all will be serving our city and I look forward to engaging with you all in your positions on these commissions. Thank you council president. Thank you, >> Council Member Strauss. >> Uh, thank you. Just want will be brief to thank you all for your volunteer service, for your work here, getting, pun intended, getting engaged with the different boards and commissions. Many times people will time out of their time on the get engaged positions and take the full-time position. So, don't think of this as a temporary journey. If it if there's a different board or commission that you're interested in, you can also then join that one once this this time is over. It really speaks volumes about who you are to want to be participating in government in this way because again, we're not paying you. This is all volunteer service and this is you taking direct action to make our sitter city a better place to live. Yes, we are amazing already and because of you, we get to be a little bit better. Thank you for your service. >> All right, I think that that concludes this presentation. Thank you very much for coming and presenting so draely and again thank you all for your service. >> Thank you. All right. Our next item is that uh let's see. Council member Strauss has a proclamation for signature proclaiming October 9th, 2025 to be Christopher Williams Day. Council member Strauss, please lead the discussion on the proclamation for any additional feedback before I request signatures to be affixed to it. >> Uh thank you. I will defer my time to Council Member Wararez who No, I'm kidding. Um >> I was wondering when we were gonna do a Christopher Williams day. >> Yeah. You know, it's um it's both ex it is both happy and sad to bring this proclamation forward. Christopher Williams has been a longtime servant in service to the city of Seattle and the people who live here. He has made, if I walked through the laundry list of all of the things that he has helped accomplish and every piece of park in infrastructure or parks programming that he has his fingerprints on, we would actually be here for a full week. And so, uh, thank you, Greg. Um, you know, it's it's a heavy heart that we're going to see him leave the city of family in his formal role. And I know that there's going to be a lot more time for him to go fishing. he's retiring. Um, and so we'll have him here tomorrow. Colleagues, I want to bring something up about the presentation that is going to be a deviation from standard protocol. Tomorrow when we have Christopher Williams here to receive the proclamation, it has been customary for just the sponsor to get up and take a photo. I would like all of us to get up and take the photo with Christopher. He has been here through countless iterations of city council, through countless superintendent. Um, council member Wars, I'm going to ask you to say something here. >> What you're doing, counsel. and um he's just somebody that has always been two feet directly rooted in community and making this place a better city for all of us and I'm just very happy and sad to see him go. So, >> Council Member Wares. >> Thank you, Madame President. Um, I just want to add that um I chaired parks for four years and worked with Christopher for eight and I cannot think of a better public servant when I'm I'm kind of laughing because we have been through so much together and we just opened the waterfront park and if you knew what we had to go through I'm say at 63 lawsuits I think. Um, but having Christopher and our former superintendent, Jesus Agare, um, all the work that we did at Seattle Center, the aquarium zoo, the waterfront climate pledge, um, pea patches, bike lanes, uh, I could go on and on. Um, but I also just want to say working with Christopher is just he's just an amazing person, incredibly kind, um, always dignified. And um I think the thing and also which a lot of people don't know about Christopher, he served our country. Um he's a veteran and um he just has that quiet strength and I've never ever seen Christopher be rude, uh mean, sarcastic, snarky, always been professional and kind no matter what. And so with that, I'm really sorry that he's going, but I'm I wish him the best. Thank you. >> Any comments from colleagues? Just real quickly, >> go ahead, >> Council President. Sorry I buried the lead in there. Tomorrow, colleagues, I will ask that we all rise and take the photo with him together. I know I kind of mushed that in there with all my other remarks, but I know that that's deviation from standard protocol, but I think it's worth it. Thank you. >> That is super welcome. And um to my knowledge, there is no protocol. council members who are presenting to the uh council members who have proclamations sort of run the show and orchestrate the uh the presentation moment. Uh when we uh when we had uh the legendary Zorn in here the other day, it was decided that it uh the gathering to get signatures was um was uh the the place where folks could be together. Uh, yep. Thank you very much for that opportunity because I'm sure that everybody would like to be part of the the history of the goodbye. And I would just simply like to say that um every I know that there have been many attempts to conscript Christopher to uh to higher positions in this city and he has resisted all of them. He's just, "Oh, don't you want?" Nah, I'm good. I'm good. And so he um you know he he's always been in a position to be of maximum help for for at least myself and I'm sure for my colleagues as well and just seeing those dimples all the time. Anyway, we can gush tomorrow even more. All right. Any other comments on this one? Okay. Um let's see. tomorrow. Um, so now uh the since there's no further discussion on the proclamation, will the clerk please call the role to determine which council members would like their signatures a fixed to the proclamation honoring Christopher Williams? >> Council member Kettle, >> I. >> Council member Rink, >> yes. >> Council member Rivera, >> I. >> Council member Saka, >> I. >> Council member Solomon, >> I. >> Council member Strauss, >> I. >> Council member Wararez, >> I. >> And council president Nelson, >> I. Eight signatures will be affixed. >> Thank you very much. Okay, moving on. Uh at this time, we'll invite Greg Doss of Central Council Central Staff to join us at the committee table. As usual, he's he's a he's, you know, he's got the edge on us. Um in preparation for tomorrow's city council meeting, Greg will provide an overview of the proposed amendments to council bill 121052 relating to closed circuit television camera systems. This discussion is limited to policy questions. Debates on the merits of each amendment will take place during tomorrow's city council meeting. So, this is basically just what what does the amendment do, right? I assume. Okay. So, Greg, please provide a brief overview of the bill and then walk us through each amendment. Thank you. >> Uh thank you, Madam Chair. Uh as you pointed out, Greg Doss, council central staff uh for the record and uh good afternoon, council members. Um, brief overview of the legislation that you'll hear tomorrow for uh, final vote is council bill 121052, which authorizes CCTV in three new locations. As you know, it will authorize new CCTK CCTV cameras in the Garfield High School area. A prior amendment from Council Member Hollingsworth will restrict uh, camera installations in that area to arterial streets only. It will authorize uh CCTV within the Capitol Hill nightlife district and it will authorize CCTV within the stadium district where the city is expecting to um use such cameras for the upcoming FIFA events. You'll also hear um council bill 121053 which is on the authorization of the re realtime crime center to incorporate into its um live feeds 600 366 pardon me 366 S dot cameras. And so those are the two pieces of legislation that you'll you'll be voting on tomorrow. Today I'm going to discuss uh five amendments to the CCTV bill 121052. Some of these amendments will um reflect uh instruction that the council would give to the executive via ordinance on the evaluation and some other components that would affect both bills. uh they're only made against the CCTV bill because it's um that's an area that's that was of specific concern to the sponsors, but it does affect both both areas uh as uh advised by law. So, with that, I'll jump into the substance. I believe that you have received earlier today from me an email with all five proposed amendments and also a cover sheet with a table for the amendments. Uh I'm going to go through them, but right off the top, just as sort of an orientation, I'll let you know that um the last two amendments, uh amendment D and amendment E are conflicting. Um when you get to tomorrow's vote on these amendments, um if these amendments are moved, then you all will have to decide which one to take up first because if you vote on one, it could conflict or prohibit the other from being adopted. Um, and we'll get into more of the reasons for that, uh, as I move through the presentation. So, uh, I'll jump right in. Um, so, amendment A is brought to you by, uh, Council Member Rink and Council Member Kettle. And what this amendment, well, I'm just going to I'm just going to go through the amendment. While the city cooperates with federal immigration authorities in criminal matters, it does not do so in civil immigration matters except as required by law. The city is deploying the CCTV CCTV camera system to address and improve our public safety posture. The city has stated that its CCC TV camera system, I'll get it right by the end of the day, uh is not to be used for federal immigration enforcement and that it will oppose such use. This amendment is intended to address any future circumstances in which, despite the city's effort, Seattle CCTV data is demanded or released to federal authorities for civil immigration purposes. In this instance, SPD and under this amendment, SPD would pause the CCTV program in order for the city to consider its legal options and the policy choices underpinning the program. The amendment would authorize a 60-day pause when the city or its vendor receives a warrant, subpoena, or court order uh for Seattle CCTV data or the city or its vendors has released Seattle's CCTV data for federal civil immigration purposes. With that, I'll stop and ask if there's any questions and defer to the sponsors for any input they want to give. >> Yes, Council President is out. Uh she asked me to uh man the deck here. I don't see any questions. Obviously um Council Member Rink and I um are both uh sponsoring uh this amendment. Uh it's pretty straightforward. Any questions for Greg for Mr. Doss? I think we're good on this one. Mr. Doss, if you can go to the second one. >> All right, moving along. Amendment B is uh sponsored by Council Member Rink and this has to do with the evaluation requirements for the CCTV pilot and as I introduced in my uh first opening comments uh it will also apply to the um the other bill uh on RTCC. The amendment would require the office of the inspector general for public safety to ensure that any evaluation plan of the RTCC and CCTV pilot projects examines five different components and that is impacts on calls for service, police action and criminal incidents, examination of impacts on individuals involved in police actions, criminal incidents and cases assisted by the RTCC. an examination of impacts on CL case clearance and investigative outcomes, a process analysis of RTCC's implementation and operations, and an exploration of community perceptions. These five areas that will be examined as part of the evaluation are um are are are the universe of all um analysis that will be done by the University of Pennsylvania's Crime and Justice Policy Lab. that the office of inspector general is currently devising an evaluation research plan and contracting with for the evaluation. So this is entirely comprehensive of of everything they're going to study. It will also incorporate a methodology that uses control group areas and a quasi experimental design to determine if CCTV when used in combination with the RTCC is associated with a crime with a reduction in violent crime, human trafficking or persistent felony crime. By way of background, this is similar uh but changed from an amendment that was brought before um the committee. Uh the amendment that was brought before a committee would have required that the uh analysis focus on um impacts of uh the cameras on violent crime and uh human trafficking and persistent felony crime as this one does. Uh this one is specific to say that these cameras must show an association with a reduction in crime. Uh it also is is inclusive of all of the elements that the University of Pennsylvania is going to study anyway. It is not uh it will not prohibit or preclude any additional study that the University of Pennsylvania wants to do. And uh it's been reviewed by both the OIG and YUP researchers to ensure that it's consistent with their plan. Uh the last thing that this does is it attaches two letters that you all received within the last two business days. One was a uh Seattle office of city civil rights policy memo and one was a CPC letter both on the RTCC and CCTV ordinances. Ask the sponsor if I missed anything or if there's any questions. >> Thank you, Greg. Um I think you've thoroughly covered it. I don't have any additional detail to add. Thank you. Should I go on? >> Go. Go. Oh, go ahead. I'm sorry. I didn't see you. Go ahead. >> No, it's okay. I was gonna raise my hand and I Thank you, Greg. Um, can you just clarify? I think I heard you say the evaluation with focus the prior evaluation or I guess what's added about this is it would have to show a reduction in crime. not that the the use of the tool has led to um you know uh solving of a crime. >> Yeah, that's more or less it. It's going to have to show that there's an association uh not not showing causality and not showing deterrence per se, but an association between the cameras and a reduction in crime. and specifically the goals of the pilot which are reduction in persistent felony crime, human trafficker violent crime. >> Thank you. Thank you, >> Madam Chair. >> Go ahead, please. >> Hey, Greg. Thank you for providing us an update from your um email to the um table that you handed out. So, just this is because there's so much paper and I didn't know we were going to walk on five amendments to this bill for to vote on tomorrow. So, are you saying that um amendment B um is not like the amendment that failed in committee which talked about deterring violent crime which failed. >> So, you just took out deter and put in reduction. >> Uh there's a few changes uh specifically addressing uh the concerns that the committee had. One was as as I just mentioned to council member Rivera and in answer to your question directly, yes. Uh there was uh in the prior amendment a requirement that there be a causal relationship uh between the cameras and uh crime reduction and that has been changed to just say that there should be an association which is uh slightly less strict standard. uh the evaluation plan between OIG and the researchers has been in it's a dynamic plan. It's been uh it's it's under negotiation and the contract hasn't been signed yet. So, uh the change in the amendment partially uh comes from ongoing conversations between the OIG and and central staff. The other things it does um the committee expressed concerns that uh the council uh or that the committee amendment would restrict uh the study only to uh determining that causal relationship. This one doesn't restrict the study in any way. In fact, it it it encapsulates all the things that the researchers want to uh want to study. And then the last thing is uh there was some concern about a contract and whether or not um putting the evaluation requirements into a contract might some way uh con some way constrain researchers from being able to do what they wanted to do. So this moves it from putting the uh requirements in the contract to putting them in an evaluation plan that OIG is working on with the researchers. And again, they've all reviewed uh both the OIG and the researchers this amendment and they see no conflicts. >> I think those were the two issues that I raised that how would you measure whether or not you deterred violent crime and second of all how would you put that in a contract that it's enforceable and how would you measure it? So, it sounds like you just took it out of the contractual discussions and put it on the side, which makes more sense because that's more objective, subjective, however you however they want to do it as opposed to being in a contract where we'd have to be much more objective. And I know we may have some differences here, but so when I was reading this, I thought I thought this this was the same one that failed, but okay, now I see the difference. Thank you. >> Should I move on to amendment C? Go ahead please. >> No, go ahead, Council Member Rivera. >> Thank you. Sorry. I just want to get back to this issue of would have to assure reduction in crime. When we passed this last year, the my understanding is this is a tool to help address the crime that happens be able to solve for crimes. reduction in leading to a reduction in crime is a different um a different thing that you're evaluating. So it's not just that it's going to help you solve crime is that and doing in the I guess what what is the extrapolation to I mean I get helping you solve a crime via this tool there is now and because of that folks are going to be deterred because we you know they did something wrong and we were able to solve see what I'm getting at and I it was not my understanding that we passed this last year because we were it was going to lead to a reduction in crime. It was to help solve for crime. >> Yeah. Thanks. And and it is the case that uh the executive has identified uh multiple uses for these cameras. One of them being evidentiary purposes to help solve crimes. Uh but the goal of the pilot, as stated in the surveillance impact report that's attached to your ordinance, uh specifically talks about a reduction in uh crimes and specifically violent crimes. Um as we've talked about, uh human trafficking and persistent felony crime. Uh it it didn't go in the surveillance impact report so far as to require a causal determination, but it does talk about rev reduction in crime, >> but it was not the main I mean I'm just trying to get to one there two separate issues here and how do you evaluate the one where are we evaluating the use of the tool in uh being able to solve for crimes the evidentiary part that you talked talked about versus the reduction in crime. >> Yeah, all of the above, including impacts on calls for service and perceptions by the community. Um, and as as we talked about, evidentiary case clearance and investigative outcomes. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, CP, >> one question here. I'm still looking at B since you're getting me thinking. um what is the time frame by which that reduction must have been shown to have occurred? >> Yeah, thank you. So the um the uh evaluation plan that has been um submitted to the IG by the UPAN researchers uh is such that the evaluation would be completed over a two-year period. um giving a little leeway for the passage of the bill and for it to take effect. I would say it's likely that the uh end of the period will be somewhere near the end of 2027, potentially as far as December 31st, 2027. So it would be a little ways away and it would be over a 2-year period. So would the baseline be basically now and then the comparison would be two years from well whenever the baseline is? >> Yeah, I imagine that's the case without without having too much detail. Um yeah, that that would be the it'd be a typical pre-post design. And to the extent that the um that the researchers are able to uh put control groups into play using a quasi experimental method um maybe draw some other comparisons there. >> Okay. Maybe offline or between now and tomorrow I can understand more if there are any um uh if there's any consideration of the fact that there will be a whole bunch more people next year in you know at least around the stadiums. So wanting to know how that will be accommodated. >> Yeah. And that that those are the kinds of things that the researchers will will get into the weeds on and make sure that their their uh comparisons are apples to apples. >> Thank you. >> Okay, you can continue please. >> All right. Thanks. So amendment C uh which is sponsored by council member Rink would limit the approval for the CCTV pilot to two years. uh that's that period that the evaluation will be um conducted. So unless uh the amendment would prohibit the use of CCTV beyond July 1, 2028 uh and that time was that time frame was developed to give about 6 months after the evaluation should be complete. uh unless SBD submits to the council and the council passes an ordinance that includes a sir and executive overview that reflect approval of a new acquisition of uh the technology. Um so the council would also request that the sir that would be forwarded by the department would contain the information data and recommendations that are included in the evaluation of the CCTV pilot. um again meeting all the requirements of a new technology to include public outreach and uh racial and social justice analysis. So in some this would approve the pilot or this would approve the executive for use of cameras um just during the evaluation period and then when the evaluation period ended it would eliminate the authorization for cameras to continue and the council would have to pass a new ordinance to allow them to continue. In that process, there would have to be a race and social justice analysis and community outreach. I think that that's all I have on that one. Ask a sponsor if I've missed anything or if there's any questions. >> Not seeing any. Go ahead and go on, please. >> Okay. So, council uh so amendment D uh is the first of the amendments that is a conflict amendment and this one is brought by council member Strauss. This would restrict all new cameras to the stadium district only. Um the amendment would restrict cameras to the stadium districts as identified by the boundaries in the surveillance impact report. The council could return to the question of authorizing camera installations in the Capitol Hill and Garfield high school areas at a future date. >> Ask if there's any questions or if the count if I missed anything by the sponsor. >> Council President are I don't understand really I we don't do this often here with Greg coming before council. Do you want me to speak to this or >> You're welcome to. >> Okay. I'll wait till tomorrow unless folks have questions. >> Okay, >> not seeing any other questions. Go ahead please. >> Uh move on to the final amendment, amendment E, which is uh sponsored by council member Rink. Uh, and this has to do with restricting capital here. Restricting capital. I'm g try one more time. Restricting camera installations to only um on our on on only arterial streets in the Capitol Hill area. Uh, similar to the restriction that the committee adopted restricting cameras to arterial streets in the Garfield area. And so, um, as I say, it would restrict installations to art arterial streets only. Nonarterial streets would would not have cameras. The sponsor has indicated that camera installation should be limited to arterial streets until a program evaluation shows that CCTV deters violent crime, human trafficking, or persistent felony crime. Additionally, that cameras placed on some nonarterial streets or neighborhood access streets may infringe on individuals uh policy rights as there may be some reasonable expectations of privacy in and around parks, neighborhoods, or other areas that contain housing. For these reasons, the sponsor indicates that the negative impact of surveillance should be limited until the evaluation is complete. Um, central staff determined the arterial streets and the neighborhood access streets through use of Seattle Department of Transportation's Seattle Streets Illustrated. Um, that was data that was published on September 2nd, 2025. If you have interest in in um seeing more on that, there is a an interactive map that SOT has and there's a link in the amendment that will lead you to that map. Staff at the Seattle Police Department have indicated that there's an operational need to use these cameras on streets with a view of Calenderson Park, which has in the past been the location of some violent crime. This amendment would prohibit cameras on certain streets that abut the park and therefore prohibit SPD from viewing the park through the cameras. It's the case that if you look at the map for uh the executive's planned installation of cameras around Cal Kal Anderson Park, the three streets, one to the east, one to the west, and one to the south are all nonarterial neighborhood access streets. Therefore, SPD could not put cameras on those streets and would not have a view of the park. And as I said before, um the the committee already passed an amendment that would limit two arterial streets installation of cameras within uh the Garfield High School area. Finally, this would also attach the uh two letters that I mentioned before. So with that, I'll ask if I missed anything of the sponsor or if there are any questions. >> I have a question. >> Go ahead, Council Member Bores. >> Thank you. So just just help me out here, Greg. Um, so the whole point of council bill 121052 is to have cameras because we've had crime and we want to do some things in real time. So my confusion on the whole point of the Capitol Hill nightlife area where we've had homicides, crimes, thefts, you name it. Not going to go into the fact that we were down so many officers. So would this amendment I I does this does this amendment just go against the actual intent of um council bill ending in 1052? >> Is that something the executive would be better position to speak to? I I think in terms of the intent of the Seattle Police Department to monitor the parks for violent crime, it would not allow it. uh in terms of uh the cameras that are placed on arterial streets uh that might have a view of Capitol Hill knife activities, it would so it certainly limits the intent I think of the of the uh mayor and and the legislation. And just again um for the viewing public and also for me as well can you give us a quick definition for Seattle specific centric arterial and nonarterial because in different neighborhoods I think I see a shift. So for Capitol Hill can you share with me just an idea so I can visualize um it's been years since I lived there um arterial and nonarterial and that's me too. So, um, >> again, if if you want to get, uh, real specific information, uh, click on the link and it'll take you to S DOT's map. But just as a highlight and and it's listed in the amendment for the Capitol Hill Nightlife District, the arterials are uh Broadway Union Pike Pine and 12th Avenue. The streets that are around the park, Nagel Place, 11th Avenue, and Denny in that instance are nonarterials. Would it be helpful if we I'm not saying how I would vote one way or another, but um and maybe I can direct this to the um the sponsor to be specific on the streets where you would or would not would not rather than just having the generic arterial nonarterial. >> I'm sorry. I can I can jump in. The uh it it is specific. the streets that I just read to you, the arterial streets are in the amendment. >> I was looking at your email. I think I was looking at your find right away. >> Yeah. Okay. I was looking at your I got two things here. I got your email from 1258 and then I got the one that you handed out. So, it is in the um >> Yeah, it's in the operative language of the amendment >> restrict Capitol Hill cameras to arterial streets. And then you listed out the streets. >> Yeah. So, if you go to the the bill language that's uh in underline and strike through. Uh-huh. >> Under section one down at the bottom, you'll see Capitol Hill Nightlife District. And then it lists the arterials there. >> Capitol Hill Nightlife District. That's that's the specific what we've called that now. These streets, >> that's how the um the mayor is defining it in the surveillance impact report. And there is in the sir and also the presentation that the mayor's office gave um a map that shows that area. But uh just for shortorthhand it is the park um it is the one street uh being Broadway I believe to the east and then pike and pine to the south >> as the major arterials. >> Okay. Thank you. I apologize. I did not catch that. I was reading the other one. Okay, I got it. Thank you. >> Council member Solomon. >> Uh yes. Thank you very much, Madam President. I believe that uh you already answered the question I had about uh Cal Anderson. So Olive, Nagel, Denny uh and 11th would be basically we couldn't put cameras there because they're nonarials. Is that correct? >> Yeah. Under this. >> Correct. >> Okay. All right. Thank you, >> Council Member Rivera. >> Sorry. Thank you, Greg. Um, thank you, council president, as well. So, um, the the the Broadway, East Union, Pine Pike, and 12th, that's where the executive was proposing to place these. >> I'm sorry, I didn't catch the last one. >> Are is that where the executive is proposing to place these? Did I >> The executive is proposing to place them on the major arterials, Pike, Pine, and Broadway, and also on the uh side streets, the ones that surround the park for specifically to view the park >> on the side streets. And there are businesses on some of those side streets. >> Yes. >> I mean, I know there are because I've been up there. Um I'm outing myself that I go up to Capitol Hill and enjoy um the restaurants and businesses that are there. So, okay. Thank you for that clarification. Um, uh, Greg. Okay. Anything else? No, you're done. >> Um, >> oh, Council President. >> Yes. Um, so just so I understand, four and five are um, uh, conflicting because um, four restricts the use of CCTV cameras everywhere but the stadium district and the and five would say uh, well says that um, where they're planned for is fine except for that on Capitol Hill nightlife area they would be restricted to arterials. Is that so? So four is more restrictive of the use of uh CCTV cameras than five is correct. >> You you've just given the last half of my presentation. Yes, council president. That's exactly right. Uh if the council chooses to adopt um amendment D number four and then c cameras would only be installed in the stadium district and that makes the whole calendar park conversation moot. Are there any further comments or questions? Well, I um I'll just note that the uh I have asked the um SPD for um some background information on um on their outreach efforts because I think it's be you know it's it's important to me to know what the uh neighborhoods both businesses residents nonprofits whoever is in these areas where CCTV will be deployed, what their input has been. So hopefully I can get that before the before the meeting. Okay, not seeing any further comments or questions. >> Thank you all. >> Go ahead. Wait a minute. Don't leave so fast. >> Sorry. >> Council member Rivera >> Craig, just on the retention policy for SPD, um I'm reading here. SPD limits local storage retention to 5 days. Video evidence is moved from the camera's local storage to evidence.com when it is needed for an investigation and is then subject to the retention schedule for that investigation. This means that outside of specific known cases, data is not available after 5 days. Was it that SPD reviews footage? If if an investig if something happens within those 5 days, then they'll look to the footage to see if there's some evidence, you know, um uh and then if so, then they move that somewhere where they can continue to investigate it and then everything else gets purged after 5 days. >> Yep. That's exactly right. If there's a, let's say, an event that happened in Calenderson Park during a a demonstration, an event that might have been criminal and they need to investigate it, they would pull the cameras uh pull the footage from the cameras so it's not autodeleted in 5 days and they would hold it for a criminal investigation purposes up to 30 days. If they determine that there is a criminal incident, then they could hold it longer for investigation purposes. >> You just said auto does it. It auto deletes every five days. >> It every five days this information that's gathered from all the CCTV cameras is deleted automatically. >> Thank you. >> Unless they pull it from the local camera. >> Great. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Okay. >> You are released. Okay. Okay. Let's just go ahead with our roundroin exercise today. And I just want to make sure that council member Kettle is able to uh contribute before you've got to leave. So, why don't we start with you? And it just so happens that you are first in roll call today. >> Uh thank you, Council President. Yes. Um I appreciate that I do need to leave. Um starting off with uh public safety committee. We have a meeting tomorrow. Um and the lineup um kind of goes to what we were talking about with respect to functional criminal justice system. Uh we have the Seattle Seattle Municipal Court in attendance with the presiding judge Crawford Willis. Uh regarding the uh the topic of prom judges uh which would be an intro and uh we do have a quick fire code update um pretty matterof fact. Then a update from the city attorney's office that um ties in uh we'll have them the following meeting too regarding technical code updates related to the RCW and the SMC. The SMC in this case being Seattle Municipal Code, not the Seattle Municipal Court. Um and uh so that would be uh very important uh lay down and again you know one of the things with the committee is the you know a functional criminal justice system. Um, by the way, I wanted to add on our 23rd meeting, we have the community safety, um, something that we've been talking about, uh, again, the SMC prom, uh, the technical codes, uh, from, um, the city attorney's office as relates to RCW and the SMC. And finally, CPC appointments uh for the community police commission, a couple from the mayor, but also um I just wanted to note, colleagues, that uh last week uh during the consent decree hearing with Judge Robarts, I sat next to uh Mr. Williams, Mr. Rick Williams, brother of John T. Williams, and um asked him as part of following up on CPC outreach, wanted to make that point, um to join the CPC. And I think that's an incredibly u poignant um um step forward for us. You know, on the day because the consent decree process started with the killing of John T. Williams. And on the day that the judge lifted the consent decree, because of all the hard work that's been done over the dozen plus years and the the place where we are now, to have Rick Williams join the Community Police Commission, I think is the symbology of that is really important and really highlights that, you know, we're going to continue to work um with SPD, with the mayor's office, and others um in terms of, you know, constitutional policing in our city. And I just wanted to to highlight that piece. Um great honor to sit with Mr. Williams during that during that session there at court. Um as we've been discussing tomorrow uh public safety has a couple bills ahead of uh tomorrow council meeting. Uh for for my office uh for this week I just wanted to highlight today was at Woodland Zoo. Um they're doing some great work and and prepping for their future. Um, you'll probably see some great pictures of your colleague with uh some penguins uh to include specifically Bubba who uh I think would be the council member of the penguin population. Very outgoing, positive uh uh engaged penguin. Um and then separately this week uh you know meeting with different groups ahead of um budget to include the meals partnership coalition. Um, also there's a Seattle Foundation Fire Foundation event this week on Wednesday. In terms of external committees, the Peterson Regional Council, the Transportation Policy Board will be meeting on Thursday and later that day, the lead policy coordination group has its meeting. Um, for next week, um, be meeting with Lehi related to public safety in Little Saigon. Um Tuesday, Uptown Alliance, one of the uh neighborhood councils in District 7, that's part of the District 7 neighborhood council and then meeting with others. Uh should also note KCHA meeting on Thursday uh early and then later King that'll be King County Day evidently with the board of health uh in the afternoon. Uh so that's kind of like a highlight of some of the schedule items for the um next two weeks. Um and again with public safety um looking to round out um with a focus on you know on the the legal side if you will with the Seattle Municipal Court and the city attorney's office with some uh some addins uh from the fire um community safety uh from the uh HSD human services side of things and then like I mentioned those CPC appointments. Um with that um council president I'm done and asked to be excused. >> You are excused. Thank you very much. >> Okay. >> All right. Next in our uh scrolling to the red here. I could probably try to do the alphabet in my head. Council member Rink. Go ahead. >> Thank you, Council President. Starting off with the sustainability city light and arts and culture committee meeting. We met on Friday where we unanimously passed two resolutions and two ordinances which will come before full council next week. And these include a resolution adopting energy conservation targets for 2027, pardon me, 2026 through 2027. A resolution approving City Light's clean energy implementation plan for 2026 through 2029. an ordinance that supports city light and establishing a demand response program, offering incentives for consumption modification and entering into agreements with customers and other parties. And finally, an ordinance authorizing the execution of a 16-year power purchase agreement with Bonavville Power Administration. So, it was a robust meeting. Thank you all for your engagement, colleagues, and looking forward to discussing this before full council next week. Uh in terms of regional committees, uh regional policy committee meets later this week at RPC. We will be briefed on the best starts for kids and mental illness drug dependency 2024 annual reports. We'll also have a discussion and possible vote on the renewal of the mid sales tax which helps the county address and these these are our investments for substance use disorder treatment um including also crisis diversion, rapid rehousing screening, referral services and treatment. to highlight a couple of things in community. Um I'll just highlight one day out in D5. It was a Lake City day. Started kicking off with a Lake City small business walk where we were discussing of course investments in small businesses, seeing some of our Seattle restored um programs in action, talking about public safety and of course the announcement of the closure of Fred Meyer. Um, following that, I was able to join alongside Council Member Wararez at the Lake City Farmers Market, um, where the mayor gave his first preview of his budget, including some in exciting and important investments into food access from expansions to the Fresh Bucks program, which is something I'm personally very excited about to see $6 million going into um, Fresh Bucks, which would not only increase the monthly contribution amount, which hasn't seen an increase in years and years, but also clear the wait list, meaning that 4,000 households that have been waiting on the wait list will get access to that benefit. So, really exciting things. And then, um was able to close out that evening by joining the Refugee Artisans Initiative groundbreaking um as they're embarking on their capital project. I did get to take a sledgehammer to the wall, not to brag. Um, and I'll I'll I'll close in terms of uh just the community events portions that I want to highlight, but I had the opportunity to uh visit at Newor out in District 1. Um, council member Wars, you were right. Uh, it is a very cool tour and it's always a joy to spend time in in District 1. Uh, Council Member Saka. So, uh, colleagues, if you has haven't visited Newor yet, I highly recommend it. They are doing really incredible um cool work from a sustainability front and um if you would have told me we had a steel fabrication plant here in Seattle, you you wouldn't I wouldn't have guessed that. Um but they've certainly um have a a robust operation um and are just a a real asset to our community. And I'll close uh just by acknowledging the federal situation because colleagues, I can't let this time go by without highlighting the decision from the Supreme Court this morning. Um lifting a court-ordered ban on immigration agents stopping people solely based on race, language, job, or location. Roving bands of masked immigration agents can stop anyone they deem doesn't look or sound American enough, demand to see their papers, and detain them whether or not they're violating any laws regardless of their citizenship. Last week, the Trump administration announced it will empower the Citizenship and Immigration Services Agency to quote, "Make arrests, carry firearms, and even execute search and arrest warrants." These obscene expansions of federal law powers are a threat to all Seattleites. And as we head into tomorrow's votes on surveillance ordinances, I know we discussed I want to remind this body that Trump's new masked paramilitary forces do not care about constitutional policing. They are going to use any and every tool available to them with or without our permission. And on that somber note, I will end my time and I I thank you for the time. Thank you, Council President. Thank you. I don't mean to um undo the somberness, but I do want to know if you are able to witness the dumping in of the actual um stuff to be melted, the the the I I believe it's all the recycled materials because Newor is is so well known and it's such a value because they are major recyclers and they create rebar from um you know all um from what has ended its useful life. And so it's just fascinating to see that happen. Were you able to check that out? >> Oh my gosh. >> So we did the full tour and um we missed cuz it's like every 20 15 to 20 minutes it's like the big ionized flash and we missed it and so we went to the other part to see like the different cool down sites. We tried to rush back and then we missed the second one. So I I have an open invitation from the new core team to come on back um because they really emphasize that that's the cool part. But I thought all of it was incredibly cool and um also incredible to see just all of the the scrap metal and the piles of that they're able to really transform. So I have to go back. >> Yes. And to think that so much of what you see being made there is holding our buildings up around Seattle. So it's just fascinating. Anyway, uh moving right along. Uh Council Member Rivera. >> Thank you, Council President. I'll be quick because I know we are running out of time for our meeting. Um the wanted to highlight this week we have the libraries education and neighborhood committee. At this committee meeting we will be having the first of two hearings for the reappoint of director Dwayne Chappelle the director of the education of uh the department excuse me of education and early learning. Uh you should have received his appointment packet last week. My office sent out to all the council offices. Um this will be an opportunity for director Chappelle to reintroduce himself to uh you all and then we are able to uh ask questions of Dr. Chappelle at that meeting. For those of you that are not at the committee, I welcome uh welcome you to attend if you're able to if you have time. Um and then we'll have the second meeting on December 11th due to the budget break and committee meetings. will have to separate it out. But it will give us an opportunity that in between time we will be sending out official requests for questions um and providing the the those to director Chappelle and then he'll be uh as we do so with all uh appointments. He'll have an opportunity to send submit his responses to those questions to us. So I will keep you posted on all of that. Also wanted to let you know that next week on September 15th starts Hispanic Heritage Month goes through October 15th. I'll have a proclamation like I did last year. Um and I would really uh respectfully request your support with so more to come on that uh as my office is working on the draft language for that proclamation. Um, separately, I'll say this morning I joined my colleague, Council Member Solomon at Beer Shiva Park along uh with uh Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle uh um and Seattle Parks and Wreck to talk about the salmon recovery efforts um at that part of the lake. It's really cool what they've been able to do with some funding from the Army Corps of Engineers. Um and so if you haven't been over there, I welcome you to visit there. Um salmon have returned to the location. It's been really great. Um and so that was a really um really a great thing to do this morning and I just super appreciate my participation on the Huayra 8 committee and all the hard work that our staff here at the city of Seattle are doing in terms of salmon recovery. um separately. And the last thing I'll say so we can move on is um last week I met with uh uh we had our quarterly meeting of the D4 community council leaders. Uh a lot of what's on their mind is comprehensive plan related and so we talked about the comprehensive plan and then also last week I attended the PSRC growth management policy committee of which I'm a member. Um, we certified some comprehensive plans for other cities and so I'm looking forward to when we get to uh present ours to the PSRC growth uh policy uh growth management committee so we could get certified as well. So unless there are any questions I'll pass it along to my colleague council member Saka. >> All right. Thank you council member Rivera. On the transportation committee front colleagues our next committee meeting will be tomorrow or excuse me not tomorrow. next Tuesday. Next Tuesday, September 16th, at 9:30 a.m. Uh, tomorrow is our public safety committee, as we learned from council member Kettle earlier. Uh, but the agenda for next Tuesday's transportation committee meeting is still being finalized, but will likely include votes on the district project fund resolution, the district project fund proviso lift, and an ecargo bike permitting piece of legislation. Uh all of these items were heard in committee last week and with respect to the district project fund legislation that was actually heard uh in another meeting another committee meeting before recess. So that will be this will be the third time it's been at the committee level. On the regional committee front I have a PSRC transportation policy board meeting on Thursday. It's an important regional board to help advance a holistic and regional transportation strategy. This week's agenda will be covering a number of important policy topics including our regional transportation plan scenario analysis and results, uh regional transportation plan development approach schedule, and finally our transportation work program progress tracker that that the uh body is concerned with out in the community. uh excited for a number of things including this Saturday proud to be able to join the Semar Fiestas Patrius uh festival and event. I'll be marching in this for the third or fourth year in a row now. Uh it this is the big annual celebration of Latin American independence and culture in South Park featuring traditional music, dance, and food. This year's theme is our voice, our strength. recognizing the unique contri invaluable contributions of our Latin American immigrants uh and is in incredibly important during these times now more than ever under the unprecedented attacks by our Trump administration. So, which actually leads me to my next topic of community concern. Wanted to just call out. Uh, this past week, a dad of three in West Seattle was being detained by ICE and facing possible deportation to Laos. His name is Allan Fetsza Dot Nay. And apologies if I get that if I got that Le Oceanian pronunciation wrong in any way. I ask for grace. Uh, but what happened to Allan happened in originally happened in July this year during his regular faithful check-ins with federal officials, which he has done since the 1990s with no incident. However, he was taken into custody uh while his three children were waiting for him in the car. Allan is a West Seattleite. He's also the spouse of a Santa Elementary School educator in District 1. The case is now before a US District Court judge. People power. I'm proud to to say that people power showed up in a big and profoundly impactful way with over 80 people packing into the courtroom this past Friday morning uh in a show of silent support. It was organized fairly quickly. I think the the day or night before I heard about it the night before had the had a a a committee meeting on Friday morning. uh but proud that over 80 members of the community were able to show up and support. Uh he has Allen has been returned home for now. He's still facing deportation. Uh and I think what Allen's case unfortunately we're seeing across Seattle, across our region, across our country. Uh Allen has been in the US. It's reported that Allen has been in the US since he was a toddler and he immigrated here as a toddler refugee more than 40 years ago. Now this facing this again the case is now in the hands of the courts. Case remains open and pending. Together, collectively, at best, the Trump administration and its egregious acts since retaking power have shocked the conscience and violated standards of basic human decency and mutual respect. That's at best. These actions, after worse, pose a significant and grave risk to our democracy and openly and repeatedly flout our constitution by which our democracy is built upon. These actions include the unlawful and a and aggressively harsh immigration enforcement and deportation policy and agenda. militarization and attempted militarization of our cities, attacks on civil rights and LGBTQ plus protections, unilateral and chaotic tariff policy, environmental roll backs, health roll backs, nutrition, housing, you name it. Council member Rink called out this morning's latest example. That's just one of a laundry list, an infamous list of shameful and egregious actions inactions uh, that we should all be concerned about. I too was concerned a couple days ago when I read in the New York New York Times that the administration is threatening summary executions for suspected drug smugglers without trial. summary executions. These are the challenges we're facing today as a city and in our respective communities as evidenced by Allen's example begs the question, what what are some of the solutions? Well, we need to continue to affirm and reaffirm that Seattle is a welcoming city and believes in empowering our immigrant and refugee communities and the workers that represent a critical aspect play a critical role to our city. We need to continue to support services for immigrants and refugees facing deportation or detention. With the end of the federal consent decree, we must remain vigilant that our police reflects our community's values, not federal militarization. And I've always said that accountability work is a journey, not a destination. So to that end, we must continue the ongoing work of accountability, must always affirm and enforce local protections for LGBTQ plus individuals, particularly now more than ever, transgender residents in housing, areas of housing, healthcare, employment, and more. We must build economic resilience through local policies that reduce our vulnerability to harmful federal trade actions and tariffs. And importantly, especially in our role as a city, we must continue to stand up and speak out. Speak up and speak out on behalf of our people, especially our most vulnerable people like Mr. Allen Fetza do. So, we will not back down. We will lead by example along with leaders across the city, across the region, and across the state. And uh and so I want to I want to thank members of the community again who showed up for Allen's silent show of support at his hearing in court on Friday morning. And plenty more work to do. That is all I have by way of comments or questions or I but I do welcome any comments or questions before passing it on to I think council member Solomon would be next. If not, we'll pass the baton. >> Council member Solomon. >> Thank you very much, Council President. I sitting here listening to um my colleagues and what's been going on and seeing the news. Just kind of hard not to get depressed. However, that being said, I'm going to press on and share what we've been doing uh in our office. Uh for the Housing and Human Services Committee, um we will be having a meeting this Wednesday, uh September 10th at 9:30 a.m. Uh agenda items include the predatory house predatory home buying for briefing, discussion, and vote. Uh we'll also be discussing the uh MFTTE program and have a briefing and discussion of the uh various amendments. Uh expected vote on the MFTTE uh program will be on September 22nd. Uh regarding land use, we will have a special land use committee on Monday, September 15th at 9:30 a.m. Uh the agenda items include uh design review for briefing, discussion, and vote. Uh small business relief and permit timelines also for briefing, discussion, and vote. uh and the Roy Street uh reszone for briefing discussion and vote. Uh the regular committee meeting of the land use committee on September 17th is cancelled to make space for the comp plan uh committee. Uh regional committees, I attended the Puttown Sound Regional Council's Growth Management Policy Board meeting on Thursday. Uh in other activities uh this past week met with Stanford Children Washington to discuss issues related to juvenile justice. Uh met with the um representatives of interim CDA to discuss their priorities for the comprehensive plan. met with uh the interim executive director of El Centro de la Rasa to uh talk about potential action legislation proclamations regarding uh federal immigration policies. Um also had a chance to meet with the community police commissioner regarding their concerns about the uh proposed um surveillance pro pilot expansion. also met with neighbors regarding uh Mount Baker Boat House. Uh the fact that, you know, it had been destroyed by arson, you know, reached out to parks department to find out what is the plan for that for the demo because the building has had graffiti. it's had some intrusions and even though there's a fence around it, I'm concerned that anytime we have an abandoned building, it usually often times becomes the further uh victim of arson and also concerned about anybody that may be trespassing into that property uh about city liability if something would happen to them. Uh we also discussed other public safety issues in the Rainineer corridor primarily between uh Mlen and I90. Uh also met with the urban forestry commission to discuss their comprehensive plan u inputs. The fun part was attending the uh river cutting at Acer Mercer International Middle School on Friday. Uh we had a chance to be there with um the mayor King County Council President Gay Zahalai as well as director Chappelle uh from Deal and Representative Sharon Tomo Santos. So that was a good time. And you already heard about the tour we had of Beer Shiva Park this morning from Council Member Rivera. Uh coming up for this week, do have, you know, actually just had a meeting with Plymouth Housing to learn about their programs and priorities. Um regarding, you know, permanent supportive housing. Uh do have a meeting with neighbors concerned about the changes at Bill Reich Golf Complex. Uh and even though that was voted out of committee, still meeting with folks to hear what their concerns are and see what else can be done to address those. I will be having a meeting this week with both of the uh candidates who would be my successor. One of them will uh just to brief them on the current and ongoing things in the district, things that we've already done and get a sense of what it is they would like to achieve so that when they walk into the office on November 25th, we've got stuff teed up for them and ready to go. Um we'll be attending a safety walk in the um international district just with uh the CBIA on Wednesday and also going to be live meeting with urban impact to learn more about their programs including the sharks pitch competition. So with that um if there are no further questions or no questions I'll pass it over to council member Strauss. Uh, thank you, Council Member Solomon. From the Finance, Native Communities, and Tribal Governments Committee, we will meet again once more before budget begins. We will be meeting on Wednesday, September 17th at 9:30 a.m. We will likely only have one item on the agenda, which is the Sound Transit staffing ordinance, which we talked about this last time. It is the same week that the tribal nations summit will be occurring, which is part of why the Suqamesh have elected to come join us at committee in December rather than the day after the tribal nation summit. For full council tomorrow, we have one bill coming out of the committee, which is the public works contracting code update. This legislation brings the city in line with the state's small works roster. It allows businesses to sign up on one database rather than multiple for each municipality. It is not a requirement. However, it is an opportunity and one that is good for us to take. So, I'm excited to bring it forward. I spoke already about Christopher Williams proclamation. some updates from Sound Transit. Since the last time we had uh Monday morning briefing, there have been quite s quite some significant updates. I provided some the other day as we in committee as we were talking about Sound Transit staffing and the the updates are that Sound Transit has changed the way that they forecast financial responsibilities to be in a form that is more accurate. This has been represented in a year of expenditure formula rather than just this year's dollars. So, and most of the time you'll hear Sound Transit speak about costs of programs and they are held in an applesto apples comparison which in this case is a 2025. And so that's where you will see two programs the cost difference between them. They're both represented in a 2025. That does not do true justice to the cost that will eventually be borne because it is not taking into consideration inflation time of of expenditure and that is the year of expenditure dollar. Without any changes to Sound Transit's program from operations to maintenance to capital, there will be a $30 billion year of expenditure problem gap. Project specific information will start coming out this week and next month about each of the different lines, Tacoma, Everett, West Seattle, and Ballard. There are changes and efficiencies occurring within Sound Transit to reduce the reduce the cost of the expenditure, make each tax dollar go further. And this has been done by bringing in national experts to work for Sound Transit, modifying best practices within the agency and be maturing as an agency overall. We will have a bill later this month. I referenced it. It will be in my committee next week which adds city staffing to our city departments to process the permits and the work that Sound Transit is doing. This is both a fact check to ensure that the financial figures are accurate as well as a way for us to speed up the delivery of Sound Transit projects because in the chart that if you come to committee you will see there is a literal bow wake. There is a mountain of permits that are coming our way and if we do not staff up now we will be the problem. And so to get sound transit infrastructure delivered as quickly and efficiently as possible, our bill that we'll be voting on later this month is very important. In district 6, in lie of office hours last week, I hosted the neighborhood meetings uh regarding the comprehensive plan. This follows the district 6 comprehensive plan survey that closed on September 2nd. Thank you to the 1,100 Seattleites who completed the survey. In the meetings last week, we held these meetings with neighborhoods in lie of office hours. I will be doing that again this week because we have to do each of meet with each of the neighborhood centers. I know that I have some office hours outstanding and we're working to figure out the best way to host office hours between now and budget which is many many hours of comprehensive plan and so doing our best. I also I did like council member Kettle. He came to district 6. I came to district 7 this weekend to attend the grand opening celebration of the waterfront park. I think what I was taken aback by is how long it has taken to build, how many hands it took to build this new waterfront park. Uh from multiple governors to multiple county executives to multiple mayors, so many different iterations of city council. Uh the thanks were ever flowing from every speaker. uh great appreciation to the Muckleshoot and Suwamish tribes and their participation in the process. Two names that I I didn't hear from the formal remarks were former council member Sally Bagshaw, who really carried a lot of water here at the se here at the Seattle City Council to get that waterfront completed as well as one of the lead negotiation lead negotiators from uh Seattle Department of Transportation. His name is John Laser. and John as well as many people who worked on the waterfront unfortunately passed before they could see the ribbon cutting this weekend and it is just immense gratitude to both John and to council member Bagshaw for your work. So with that again we're reorienting office hours this week. We'll work to get some more slots opened and I look forward to meeting with residents about the comprehensive plan. With that colleagues, any questions? If not, I'll hand it from districts five to or from district six to district five. Council member Deborah Wararez. >> Thank you. Thank you. Um, Madame Chair, um, I just want to take a moment to, uh, follow and I usually I don't talk a lot, but I I do want to take a moment to talk about that I attended the federal court hearing with Judge Roart with council member Kettle and members of the CPC were present as well as the city attorney's office and the mayor's office because I felt I needed to be there because it was history in the making. Um, so we all know the consent decree started in 2012, but um, this is from a federal judge, which I thought was incredibly touching where we had a solemn moment where Judge Roart said that we had lost John T. Williams on August 30th, 2010. And to the day on August 30th, 200 or 2012 is when we had the consent decree implemented. And then on August 3rd, 2025, the judge granted the motion to lift the consent decree or granted the city's motion to lift the consent decree. Um, I took a six pages of notes, but I just want to highlight a few things because these issues will come up again. Um it's highly unusual, but Judge Roart is that kind of judge who speaks frankly and candidly um about what this process has been like since 2012, 13 years of and has come to the conclusion of substantial compliance um and the US attorney supported the city of Seattle's motion to um dismiss the or lift the um consent decree. The federal judge talked about the crowd control policies, the accountability systems, and the constitutional policing. Um, I also thought it was very important and I was glad to see that the judge, Judge Robert, asked Mayor Herold to respond and uh address the court as well as Chief Barnes who did a phenomenal job and of course um our city attorney Anne Davidson. Without going into all the detail, some of the just quick highlights um is that the judge, Judge Roart talked about when terminating the consent decree, 13 years of supervising SPD and discussing and and negotiating and I was part of those negotiations along with council member Gonzalez who did the accountability legislation, um the use of force, deescalation, um investigating and reporting use of force, crowd control policies, crisis intervention, racial bias, implicit bias, cultural backgrounds, the accountability and again reporting of miscond misconduct and of course a discussion about the OP, OPA, OIG and OPR which of course are our accountability partners. Um and then I thought it was really touching that Judge Roart talked about that we had lost our monitor Merritt Bob. um he passed a couple weeks before the hearing and he did not get to live to see the day that he had worked on the had been our court monitor um with a few others as well uh since 2012. Um, without going into all the detail, I did appreciate that Judge Roart, because he is such a good judge, went back into time and talked about when we were discussing and negotiating dashboard cameras and um, body cameras and the George Floyd protests and what happened at CHOP in the East Precinct and crowd control. And he also touched about touched on collective bargaining and how that impacted the city of Seattle working with SPOG and um, where the court had to step in or couldn't step in. And so without going into all that detail, um I think it was important that uh Council Member Kettle had an opportunity to meet my friend Rick Williams, who was John's brother, and I thought he brought a real human element to the fact that this 13-year um consent decree has finally come to an end. However, constitutional policing will continue and I think we are going to have a more um humane and a different response in our police who our police are in the 21st century. And that is not what we seen those of us that have been around a little bit longer. That is not what we have seen growing up. So with that, um I'm just going to briefly go over what I did last week and what I will do next week. Um so I had an opportunity, as you know, I just started this job. had an opportunity to meet with HSD King County Regional Housing Authority. That's Dr. Kenisonson K. Yeah, I think that's right. >> Yeah, Seattle City Light Office of Housing. Great meeting with Chief Bon of the care department and Chief Barnes and the Unified Care team. Um met with all these groups for on just about everything. Uh last week I joined the mayor at a press conference in Lake City and I believe uh council member uh Ring referred to this announcing nearly 12 million in budget investments increasing food access in D5 and across the city. These items will be considered by the Seattle City Council as part of Mayor Harold's 2026 budget proposal. And this is what I understood that we will be nearly doubling the fresh bucks investments, adding 3 million to support local food banks, adding 1 million to support yearround meal programs. And at the Lake City's farmers market, um the time will be expanded, allocating more than 300,000 over three years to extend the Lake City Farmers Market by an additional 15 weeks and moving the market over from Thursday to Saturday. and then um ending the non-compete grocery and pharmacy property covenants that you often see on properties and which we're now exploring whether or not a covenant exists on the Kroger uh Fred Meyer property upcoming. Um as you heard uh Council Member Solomon say, I want to continue I want to thank you Council Member Solomon to continue to chair the committee. You've been great and keeping our staff up to date and helpful with all the amendments and everything else that's been going on with in regards to MFTTE. And then of course, um, Council Member Strauss looking forward to the tribal nation summit next Tuesday. And I'm scheduled to attend the regional policy council, which I did not know I was on until I got a call from council member Belduchcci. So that was fun to find out. Um, and I want to thank a heartfelt thank me personally to all my colleagues and their staff for being so helpful and kind and gracious in welcoming the D5 team. That really meant a lot to my staff to have so many all of you have reached out. You've all been great. Um, these are three wonderful people. Kelly Brown, um, Kimy King and Paul Meny. All of them are newcomers to Seattle City Hall, Seattle City Council, Seattle City Hall. So, having you have your staff be so available is has meant a lot to us. So, thank you. >> Did you know you're moderating the travel summit? >> No, I did not know that. Oh, yeah. I am. >> Well, um I'll just take this opportunity to say it's been um so heartwarming to have you back, to have your energy back on the hall, your um you know, the the chitchats and the and the stories and uh you know, the occasional um grossier being dropped every now and then. It's just it's just great to have you back. And uh so, thank you for your kind words. And in what were we going to say? I just wanted people to know something, council president, um, which is I don't know if people recognize this, but the reason why the council president has the blanket that she has on her chair is in our culture, it was gifted to me when I became council president by tribal leaders. And when I left in December of 2023, which I thought I'd never return, um, I did the traditional thing and handed the blanket off to the chair or the new president. And I think um I really was encouraging the council president to use the blanket and she was hesitant and I said no, it's a sign of honor. Um it's not political. It just means that thank you and good luck and you know that's why you have your blanket there. And I just thought I know that at first you were a little bit concerned about using it and I didn't want you to feel that way. Well, you know, I I admit I had a little bit of an insecurity complex, you know, and I didn't you know, I didn't know if I'd live up to it. And I tell you, ever since I've been um sitting enveloped in its energy, uh life has been better. So, thank you very much. I should have done this a long time ago. Anyway, welcome back. Um so, moving on. Uh tomorrow in full council I'll be sponsoring council bill 121065 which is an ordinance relating to city employment authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between the city of Seattle and the Seattle Fire Chiefs Association IIAF Local 2898 effective from January 1st 2022 through December 31st 2026 in ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. Uh why am I doing this? because um our labor committee involves personnel matters and are uh which are not um uh open to the public. We sometimes bring in central staff to to full counsel to answer questions. So that's what we're going to be doing tomorrow. Council members, particularly those who don't serve on the select labor committee, may have uh questions that I am um I am not able to answer and because there are some details that uh that might be um asked for that I don't have at my fingertips. So, we'll be doing uh that tomorrow as I said and we'll suspend the rules to allow Amanda Allen from central staff to answer any of those questions about this legislation. And she also sent a central staff memo to all of your officer offices earlier today that hopefully council members will have the opportunity to review prior to tomorrow's council meeting. All right. Since we didn't have a briefing last week, I'll look back a couple weeks and highlight um the Seattle Women in Film annual summer party that I had the pleasure of attending on Friday, August 29th. And so, as you know, I've been a champion of Seattle's filmmakers and film industry for years and established the Seattle Film Commission in 2022. And it was really great to uh to connect with the trailblazers in Seattle's really tight-knit film community that night and uh and learn about lots of really fun projects that are going on that very well might show up on a screen near you in the near future. So, I just wanted to uh to um to thank the uh the film community, not just the the the people that are the members of Women in Film, but the whole community for everything that you do to create jobs, uh push innovation in in film, video, TV, and just make life more fun for Seattle. And I wanted to provide a special shout out to Virginia Berta Rob um Bogurt who is the Indie Fatiguable Women in Film President and recipient of the Seattle Mayor's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in 2023. This is a 30-year um women in film was founded in uh 1990 and I think that she has been the only president ever since then. So, thank you very much for your service. Anyway, over this past weekend, I participated in the ribbon cutting for Seattle's brand new waterfront park. It's been long in the making, long anticipated. You know, we've had these sort of, you know, uh the overlook park opening and then there was an event recently down there, but this was the the official Let It All Hang Out. It's all it's a it's a huge all day party event, and it was fabulous to um to reconnect with the old leaders that were instrumental in in getting this getting this project going. And now I'm just going to walk down memory lane a little bit um because rightly uh former mayor Greg Nichols has been recognized and honored in print and elsewhere for all of his work um leading and shephering the project. But I also just want to uh thank my former boss, Council Member Richard Conlin, for everything that he did as well. I joined his office in 2002 when he was uh just beginning as transportation chair. And so this was on the offic's plate from the get-go in my experience. And I have to say it was uh looking back um it was good times, but it was a bumpy road. You know, there was going first of all, there wasn't the deep board. It was going to be the cut and cover, but then that was competing against the uh uh the surface transit. and then the folks that wanted to keep the viadeuct going etc. So, it was a really uh it was years of um I don't know gamesmanship and also really true um cooperation and and a stretching of personal uh political and uh economic boundaries to really see this project through to the uh to the to the deep tunnel that it became and then everything that's on top and that is Friends of Waterfront Park and and all the other leaders that have created a new front porch to the city of Seattle and of course um the tribal leaders that were there. Uh thank you very very much for your grace, your partnership and um uh for being a uh a voice of conscience during this uh during the whole project but especially in the past few years. So that was a fabulous uh example. I mean, it was a fabulous experience and and I dare would say that I don't think anybody here has not been to the waterfront park, but if so, um, now's your time. In any case, Sunday was also Seahawks 50th season day, and it was great to hear that Jim Zorn and Steve Larent raised the 12 flag before the game. Uh, unfortunately, the game did not go our way. uh my football experts in my office tell me that our defense and special teams played uh great and then you know what I'm not going to say this next part because let's just leave it on a positive note. I know that yes I have more facts here but I'm just not going to go there. All right. So uh hopefully we'll see lots of improvements in the and um and this special season will finish off fabulously. I'm not going to say how they finish that sentence. Anyway, uh that was a good time and also playing the uh the game of my home state, I mean the team of my home state. Looking ahead, tomorrow evening, I am attending a Seattle home builder reception where I hope to learn more about um how we're addressing the housing shortage and what the city can do to get more homes built uh faster over the near term and in uh in while projecting long term as well. So, that's my report. Are there any comments or questions about what I just said? You're you're nodding. Okay. Go ahead, Council Member Rivera. >> Thank you. I just wanted to underscore the uh waterfront project and what an amazing project it is and many many many years in the making. And I also want to acknowledge the late um former mayor Charlie Royer who is really instrumental and a big advocate. and also community members like Maggie Walker who who left their lives on the table for these projects and and I do mean that and Friends of the Waterfront, their entire board and the many community folks that have been part of that um Friends of the Waterfront uh uh organization since the inception of the conversation about transforming the waterfront. And I'm gonna be self-s serving just for one second and to give a shout out to my spouse Dan Cully who has been uh friends of the waterfront for a long time and was also um really really committed to this project. So a little note of pride in my home about that. Um uh but just in general how long it took to get this project going and all the people. I mean if we were to sit here and list all the people that were part of this project we've been we would be here a really long time. So like everything in life there are so so many people that contribute to projects of this nature that don't always get the recognition. So for them, I just want to say um many of us here know >> um uh and we thank you for your service. Anyone that was um a part of this project for the last many many years and and more uh recently, we really thank you for your service. Um and this project is really has transformed our waterfront. um and including the very rightfully amazing contributions from our um tribal partners. Um that is also to be very celebrated and underscored. So I just wanted to not leave today's meeting without as we're talking about the waterfront recognize the many contributions. So thank you council president. >> Thank you for mentioning that. I think I don't know if u if the inimidable Dan Cully was involved in the in the um in the initiative uh that u was um voted down on August 16th, 2011, but I was looking at my phone at pictures and there was um you know there was an attempt to uh stop the deep bore and that failed. And you know, I remember pictures of walking on the vioduct when it was open to the public, one last walk, you know. Anyway, >> we're dating ourselves, so I'll just shut up here. Um, thank you for those comments. And while I still have the mic, I do want to say Phyllis Schulman in uh Richard Collins's office was lead actually on this project. And so, >> shout out to her. I was um I was lead on the Montreal. But anyway, thank you, Phyllis and Richard. Okay, any further comments or business? I'm seeing none. Seeing no further business, this meeting is adjourned. It is 4:17. Thank you everybody. >> Thank you, >> Council [Music]