>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THE FEBRUARY 24th, 2026 MEETING THE SEATTLE SEE COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. I'M JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> HERE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. >> HERE. >> NINE PRESENT. >> AWESOME. COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. IT'S LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDY. FOR THE INTRODUCTION CALENDAR. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY? YOU SEE HOW I SAID THAT SLOWLY TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO WALK TO GET THE SPEAKERS. >> WE HAVE SEEN IN PERSON AND FOUR REMOTE. >> AWESOME, SO THAT'S 16 PLUS 4, IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, THAT'S 20. THAT IS UNDER 30 SPEAKERS SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TWO MINUTESMINUTES SPEAKER BECAUSE IT'S UNDER 30. SO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE RULES TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER OF WHICH THEY'RE REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE MUTED IF NAY DO NOT END WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> AWESOME, SO I'M GOING TO CALL EVERYONE UP BY THREES. AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SO WE HAVE NATHAN, FOLLOWED BY -- HARSIRIN. YOU SAW ME STRUGGLING. FOLLOWED BY CHARLOTTE, GABRIEL, AND BENNETT. THOSE ARE THE FIRST FIVE. I SAID THREE, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY FIVE. SO NATHAN FLETCHER. COME ON DOWN. WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL. I'M NATHAN. I AM A MEMBER OF LOCAL 77. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT DAWNLIN DELL'S FIRING AND REITERATE WE'RE FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS. SHE WAS BOUND THROUGH A NATIONWIDE COMPETITIVE PROCESS. SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB LEADING THE UTILITY. SHE HAD A GREAT STRATEGIC PLAN GOING FORWARD. DID A LOT OF GOOD WORK IN CREATING A NEW CULTURE AFTER SOME ISSUES THAT WE HAD. AND I JUST REQUEST THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK YOU ARE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN REMEDY THIS WITH AT LEAST MORE TRANSPARENCY FIGURING OUT WAS THE PROCESS FOLLOWED CORRECTLY AND WHERE WE CAN GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, NATHAN. NEXT WE HAVE HARSIMIN. WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS HARSIMIN DAVIS. I'M A CABLE SPLICER CREW CHIEF. I'M ALSO A LOCAL 77 STEWARD. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE SAME ISSUE THAT NATHAN JUST SPOKE ON, REGARDING OUR FORMER CEO. SPEAKING TO HER LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT IN A LONG TIME, AT LEAST NOT IN MY TENURE HERE, AND FROM NATHAN'S WORDS, NOT FROM HIS EITHER. LOOKING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY ON HOW THAT PROCESS WAS ACCOMPLISHED TO COME TO THIS DECISION. ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO DAWN'S CREDENTIALS. WHAT SHE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, IT WAS THOROUGHLY VETTED BY YOUR BODY TO HIRE HER IN THE FIRST PLACE. THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. IN THE TWO YEARS THAT SHE SPENT AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, WE MOVED FORWARD ON THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THAT PLAN, AND ACTUALLY HAVE IT REFLECT WHAT YOUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE SEEING IN THE FIELD. IT ADDRESSED OUR LEGACY EQUIPMENT. IT'S GREAT THAT WE WANT TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO GIVE RELIABLE POWER TO ALL OF OUR RATE PAYERS. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR GOAL, ALWAYS CONTINUES TO BE OUR GOAL, BUT IT HAS BUDGETARY RESTRICTIONS, RIGHT? THE STUFF IS NOT CHEAP. AND THE PLAN THAT SHE PUT FORWARD WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT SEEMED SENSIBLE TO ALL OF US IN THE FIELD GIVEN THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO MAINTAIN, TRYING TO KEEP FUNCTIONAL FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, FOR ALL OF OUR RATE PAYERS. THAT GOES FROM SUBSTATION TRANSFORMERS TO BELOW GRADE TRANSFORMS, THAT GOES TO WIRE, THAT GOES TO CABLE, THAT GOES TO EVEN THE EQUIPMENT WE USE TO DO THE WORK, BEING ABLE TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND EVEN SET UP OUR JOB SITES. A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS REAL OLD. AND IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD FOR US TO KEEP THAT POWER FLOWING. AND SHE HAD A PLAN FOR THAT. SHE BUILT THAT STRATEGIC PLAN TO INCLUDE THAT. SO I WANTED TO SPEAK TO HER LEADERSHIP AND ASK FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET HER BACK. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE CHARLOTTE, FOLLOWED BY GABRIEL AND THEN BENNETT. WELCOME, CHARLOTTE. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. I HAVE SOME UPDATED NUMBERS FOR YOU TODAY. 400 82 55 32 54 31 252 81. 41, 62. 8, 2,897, 2,096. 439. 235. 400 DAYS AGO TODAY, THE PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE, 82 DAYS AGO TODAY, THE PRESIDENT LAUNCHED METRO SURGE. 55 DAYS AGO, KEITH PORTER WAS MURDERED. 48 DAYS AGO, RENEE GOOD WAS MURDERED, AND 31 DAYS AGO, ALEX PRETTI WAS MURDERED. I'M HERE YET AGAIN TO URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION TO SAFEGUARD OUR NEIGHBORS AGAINST THE UNLAWFUL ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. THIS INCLUDES PASSAGE OF COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK'S COUNCIL BILL. THIS WEEKEND, AOC ENDORSED THE METHODS EMPLOYED BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S BILL AS A WAY TO STOP I.C.E. 'S ENCROACHMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES BY WAY OF LOCAL ZONING LAWS. LAST ELECTION, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK RECEIVED 81. 4% OF THE VOTE AND HER TWO CAMPAIGNS RECEIVED THE TOP TWO RAW VOTE TOTALS FOR A CAMPAIGN IN SEATTLE HISTORY. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 62.8. IN 2023, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WON BY 2,897 VOTES. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, 2,096. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 439. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 235. I URGE YOU TO GET BEHIND THE BILL BY SEATTLE'S MOST POPULAR COUNCILMEMBER IN HISTORY. IT IS 252 DAYS UNTIL THE GENERAL ELECTION. AND IF YOU DON'T, WE WILL REMEMBER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHARLOTTE. NEXT WE HAVE GABRIEL DIAZ FOLLOWED BY BENNETT. THEN WE HAVE MS. DONITA FOLLOWED BY PETER AND MIKE. HELLO, GABRIEL. WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL. JUST AS A MINOR CORRECTION, MY LAST NAME IS PRONOUNCED DIAZ. DIFFERENT CULTURE, I ALWAYS TRY TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT. YEAH, HEY, FOLKS. MY NAME IS GABRIEL DIAZ AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CAL ANDERSON PROTESTS. I SAID I WOULD SHARE WHAT I LEARNED. SO HERE I AM. I LUCKILY THIS WEEK FOUND THE OFFICER THAT PUSHED OFFICERS AWAY AND JUMPED OFF HIS FEET TO TACKLE ME AND PUNCH ME IN THE HEAD AFTER I COMMITTED NO CRIME. THIS OFFICER WAS FOUND TO BE OFFICER CALEB HOWARD. THE OFFICER IS UNSURPRISINGLY ON THE BRIDE LIST. WHILE I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY HE'S ON THE BRADY LIST BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PAY THE MONEY TO BUY THE DOCUMENTS, IF I HAD TO GUESS, IT'S BECAUSE HE WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING THE SON OF A FELLOW OFFICER. HE CHALLENGED HIM TO A JUJITSU MATCH WHERE HE ADMITTED HE BLACKED OUT AND PUNCHED THE MAN IN THE HEAD AND STRANGLED HIM SO HARD HE COULDN'T SPEAK OR UTTER A SOUND. WHY IS THIS OFFICER ON THE FORCE? IF HE BLACKS OUT AND ATTACKS PEOPLE LIKE THIS, WHY IS HE ON THE FORCE. WHY IS HE ASSAULTING PEOPLE ON THE POLICE FORCE? OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE GOT TO READ SOME OF THE ARREST REPORTS. WHAT STUCK OUT TO ME IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LIKE, OH, WHY? BECAUSE THEY HAD NO IDEA WHY THEY WERE ARRESTED. SO MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP THAT DAY WERE THEN TURNED AWAY BECAUSE THEY HAD NO CAUSE FOR ARREST. THEY WERE TOLD, WELL, DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WERE ARRESTED. WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN? WHY DO WE CONSISTENTLY LET SPD GET AWAY WITH THIS? I'M GOING TO REITERATE THE DEMANDS THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE MADE. WE NEED TO FIRE THESE OFFICERS INCLUDING OFFICER CALEB HOWARD, OFFICER LARRY LONGLY, AND WE NEED A SERIOUS REVIEW OF THE PROCESS. BECAUSE EVEN THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS HAS RUN SO MANY ISSUES. WE NEED MASSIVE ISSUES. IF WE WANT TO SEE MORE CIVILIANS MAKE IT HOME AT NIGHT, WE NEED TO OVERHAUL SPD. >> NEXT WE HAVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY DONITA, JASON, AND THEN GWENDOLYN. WELCOME, BENNETT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. SO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY IN THE NEWS YESTERDAY REGARDING POSSIBLE FRAUD IN THE PRO AND CON REGISTRATIONS FOR SENATE BILL 6346, THE SO- CALLED MILLIONAIRE'S TAX IN OLYMPIA. WHY THIS IS A STATE SENATE BILL, IT AFFECTS THE FUTURE OF SEATTLE SO IT'S WITHIN SCOPE TO BRING IT UP HERE. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN GO TO A WEBSITE AND REGISTER THEIR NAME AND REGISTER PRO OR CON. ON THAT SAME WEB PAGE, THERE'S A GREEN BUTTON YOU CAN CLICK TO DOWNLOAD AN EXCEL FILE WITH ALL THE REGISTRATIONS PEOPLE HAVE CAST SO FAR, EITHER PRO OR CON. AFTER YESTERDAY'S ARTICLE CAME OUT, I WENT ON THE WEBSITE AND DID THAT, AND IN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES, YOU CAN USE SOME BASIC EXCEL FUNCTIONS TO SORT THE RESPONSES INTO PRO AND CON. AND THEN ALSO, YOU CAN APPLY A FUNCTION TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE NAMES AMONG THE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERED PRO AND CON. SO JUST A LITTLE WORK. THE DATA THAT I GOT WAS ON THE CON SIDE. ABOUT 110,000 NAMES REGISTERED AGAINST. OF THOSE, ABOUT 91,000 WERE UNIQUE NAMES SO ABOUT 17% DUPLICATES. ON THE PRO SIDE, ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE REGISTERED PRO. OF THOSE, ABOUT 9,000 UNIQUE NAMES SO ABOUT 10% DUPLICATES. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE DUPLICATE NAMES ARE NOT IN AND OF THEMSELVES EVIDENCE OF MALFEASANCE. YOU COULD TRY TO SUBMIT THE FORM AND NOT HUR IF IT SUBMITTED AND SUBMIT AGAIN. THAT IS NOT LEGIT, BUBUT IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL CHEATING, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THIS BIG OF A STATISTICAL DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER OF DUPLICATES IN ONE SET VERSUS ANOTHER FOR A SAMPLE THIS LARGE, STATISTICALLY, THE CHANCES OF THAT ARISING NATURALLY ARE VIRTUALLY ZERO AND VIRTUALLY GUARANTEED IT MEANS ONE SIDE WAS COMMITTING SOME SORT OF MALFEASANCE FAR DISPROPORTIONATELY THAN THE OTHER. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I FOUND YESTERDAY. JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THAT. THANK YOU. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, BENNETT. NEXT WE HAVE MS. DONITA SINCLAIR, FOLLOWED BY PETER, MIKE, JASON, AND GWENDOLYN. WELCOME. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? SO MY NAME IS DONITA. I'M THE MOTHER OF HORACE LORENZO ANDERSON. MY SON WAS MURDERED. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN ME BEFORE, AND HOPEFULLY WHAT I SAID RESONATED AND YOU TOOK IT BACK HOME ABOUT PUBLIC ACTION. THE OTHER DAY, WE JUST SEEN -- EXCUSE ME, LAST WEEK, SORRY, A COUPLE WEEKS AAGO, WE SEEN TWO CHILDREN BE MURDERED IN THE RAINIER BEACH AREA. I SEE NOTHING BEING DONE, NO ACTION PLAN, NO SAFETY MEASURES. WE HAVE SEEN CAMERAS BEING EXPOSED BUT NOT BEING USED. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. WE SEE ALL THIS TALK AND NO ACTIONS BEHIND IT. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S OVER PUBLIC SAFETY, I HEARD IT WAS YOU, MR. ROBERT, BUT WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A SIT DOWN? OKAY, THANK YOU. MR. JOY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT WE NEED ALL YOU GUYS TO STAND. PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALL OF YOU GUYS' ACCOUNTABILITY. WE OWE EACH OTHER THIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE SAFE. WE'RE INVITED TO MEETINGS WITH THE MAYOR, LOOKING LIKE WE'RE JUST A STAND-BY. NOW, WE QUANTITY ACTIONS. IT DON'T SEEM LIKE NOBODY KNOWS WHAT TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO GUN VIOLENCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. KEY CAN TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION AND LGBTQ, BRUT BLACK PEOPLE ARE BEING LEFT OUT. WRER RR WE'RE ON THE VANISH, VANISH SEATTLE. THAT'S THE NEW NAME FOR US AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WE'RE TIRED OF IT. IT'S MORE THAN PICKING UP PAPERS, WHAT ACTION ARE WE GOING TO DO BEFORE WE FILL THESE CEMETERIES UP WITH OUR CHILDREN? I HAVE 24 MINUTES TO SAY, I'M SORRY TO SAY IT LIKE THIS, BUT I REALLY NEED A REAL ACTION PLAN FROM YOU GUYS. THE LAST THING, I JUST SEEN SEATTLE POLICE BEING, I GUESS HE WAS DETAINED ON AURORA FOR PROSTITUTION. WHAT REFLECTION? THAT'S ON YOU GUYS' HANDS. THAT'S A BAD REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE POLICE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN NO PROSTITUTION STING. SO HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND IT'S NOT AT THE TABLE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE PETER MANNING, FOLLOWED BY MIKE, JASON AND THEN GWENDOLYN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. THIS MIC GOES IN AND OUT, BUT HEY, THIS IS -- THE ATMOSPHERE HERE IS REALLY GOOD. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BUT THE AMBIENCE IS GOOD. I HOPE THE ENERGY CONTINUES THIS WAY. I'M UP HERE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC SAFETY. OF COURSE, WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES BUT BLACK BUSINESS OWNERS. BUT I THINK THERE'S A HUGE DISCONNECT WITH THIS NEW THING, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS COMING OUT TO THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN NARRATIVE. THAT'S WHY I USED BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG DISTINCTION ON PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH WHITE RACISM SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN HERE, SINCE THE INCEPTION INTO THIS COUNTRY, SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE. SO I WANT TO KEEP THAT OUT THERE. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT CAMERAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I LIVE IN. WHICH IS THE SOUTH END OF SEATTLE. AS WELL AS CD AND CERTAIN PARTS OF WEST SEATTLE. I MOST DEFINITELY AM UP FOR CAMERAS. THE REASON WHY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE PRESENCE. IT WENT FROM 20-YEAR- OLDS AND 30-YEAR- OLDS KILLING EACH OTHER TO NOW I HAVE KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PACKING GUNS KILLING EACH OTHER. SEE, IF THIS WAS -- IF THIS SITUATION WAS TAKING PLACE IN WHITEVILLE, THE SITUATION WOULD BE DEALT WITH DIFFERENTLY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE. USUALLY WHEN BLACK PEOPLE TELL YOU THEY NEED SOMETHING, AND WE HAVE TO APPEAL TO WHITE PEOPLE FOR IT, IT TAKES A LONG TIME UNTIL WE TEAR UP SOME SHIT, LIKE WE START TEARING UP, WE START PROTESTING. THAT'S WHEN YOU WANT TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY. YOU WANT TO TAKE NOTICE. THAT HAS TO STOP BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND OTHER LEADERS THAT ARE WILLING TO SHIFT THAT AND WE'RE TIRED OF TALKING. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES CONSTANTLY AND NOBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION. WE KNOW HOW TO SHIFT EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. MANNING. NEXT WE HAVE MIKE, FOLLOWED BY JASON AND THEN GWENDOLYN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCILMEMBERS. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO WELCOME YOU LAST TIME BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T HERE PHYSICALLY, SO I WANT TO WELCOME YOU. I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT DONITA SAID AND PETER SAID. YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOME TYPE OF SURVEILLANCE. WE NEED SOME TYPE OF PROTECTION IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE '90s. WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE BABY BLUE SPD, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS BECAUSE THEY WERE A TERROR ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE '90s. I HAVE SEEN CHANGE. BUT THE DEFUND THE POLICE MOVEMENT WAS JUST THE WRONG MOVEMENT BECAUSE NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY POLICE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROTECTION IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING, IF THAT IS CCTV, TO FOLLOW SOMEONE THAT'S COMMITTED A CRIME WE NEED SOMETHING. WE NEED SOMETHING. THE CITY COUNCIL I WOULD RECOMMEND TALK WITH SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE NEED A POLICE OFFICER BACK AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SOMEONE THAT IS A PERSON OF COLOR, WHETHER THEY'RE BLACK ASIAN, EVEN PREFERABLY SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE NEED SOMETHING. THE KIDS ARE ASKING FOR IT. THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR IT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY OPINION ON THAT. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH MORE OF YOUR TIME BUT I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU, MS. RINCK, TO TALK ABOUT OTHER ISSUES. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEGISLATION ON NO MORE I.C.E. FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. KETTLE, I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING HARD TO GET THE CITY, DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, I HAVE IDEAS THAT I THINK WOULD BE SOME GOOD IDEAS TO GET THE CITY CLEANED UP. THE FIRST THING IS WE NEED TOUGH LOVE AND WE NEED NOT ANY MORE PLACATION. WE NEED TO DO IT. >> NEXT WE HAVE JASON, FOLLOWED BY GWENDOLYN. WELCOME, JASON. >> MY NAME IS JASON. I'M A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT AND AN ORGANIZER WITH MOVEMENT FOR SHAWMA AND A RENTER HERE IN SEATTLE. ISOHAS BEEN TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITIES FOR MONTHS. THEY HAVE MURDERED MULTIPLE PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE SEEN PROTESTS, MASS PROTESTS. WE HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE HAVE HAD OVER A MONTH OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS. AND BACK A YEAR AGO WHEN THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS BILL WAS UP, WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT. KATIE WILSON WAS HERE LAST WEEK, PUBLICLY, SHE'S GONE BACK ON HER CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO GET RID OF THE FLOCK SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. SHE GAVE A SHORT SPEECH LAST WEEK AT THE COUNCIL MEETING OF EMPTY PLATITUDES. SHE SAID SHE WOULD STOP THE SWEEPS BUT HAS COMPLETELY REVERSED ON THE POSITION. THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED WORKING PEOPLE. MAMDANI ENDORSED HAKEEM JEFFRIES, ENDORSED KATHY HOCHUL. HE'S REAPPOINTED A ZIONIST POLICE CHIEF. KATIE WILSON CALLS HERSELF A SOCIALIST. RINCK HAS INTRODUCED THIS BILL TO STOP BUILDING DETENTION CENTERS HERE IN SEATTLE WHICH IS NEED, BUT IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. THESE MAMDANI AND WILSON, THEY CALL THEMSELVES SOCIALISTS BUT THEY'RE NO DIFFERENT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS EXACTLY THE SAME. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS FUNDAMENTALLY A PARTY OF THE CAPITALIST. THEY COULD HAVE DONE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST I.C.E. IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, COULD HAVE FUNDED MUNICIPAL IDs FOR IMMIGRANTS TO ACCESS CITY SERVICES. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED MORE THAN JUST HALTING DETENTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION. WE NEED A NEW PARTY. WE NEED TO ELECT INDEPENDENT POLITICIANS, ELECT PEOPLE LIKE SHAWMA, WHO IS RUNNING AGAINST A PRO-I.C.E. DEMOCRAT, ADAM SMITH. WE NEED TO TAKE ON THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WE NEED A NEW PARTY FOR THE WORKING CLASH AND WE NEED TO ABOLISH I.C.E. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JASON. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE GWENDOLYN, FOLLOWED BY LONG, AND THEN ARIES UX AND THEN M. WELCOME, GWENDOLYN. >> MY NAME IS GWENDOLYN. I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT THREE. RENTER, ALSO WITH MOVEMENT FOR SHAWMA. SO KATIE WILSON ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING SPD TO INVESTIGATE, VERIFY, AND DOCUMENT I.C.E. ACTIVITY AND PROHIBIT I.C.E. FROM STAGING OPERATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY. MIKE SLOAN, THE RIGHT WING PRESIDENT OF SOUTH POLICE OFFICERS GUILD ANNOUNCED HE WOULD REFUSE TO COMPLY WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, SHAMEFULLY. I.C.E. AND POLICE BOTH HAVE CARRIED OUT VIOLENCE AND HARASSED PEOPLE IN THE CITY FOR YEARS AND YEARS. THEIR PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT THOSE IN POWER, NOT SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. IF WILSON'S ORDER IS SERIOUS, WE NEED A WAY TO ENFORCE IT AGAINST THE POLICE. WE NEED DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE POLICE WITH REAL ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT WAS PROPOSED BACK IN 2020. WE NEED A BOARD ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY TO ENFORCE THAT. SO THE ABILITY TO HIRE AND FIRE SUBPOENA OFFICERS WHO WILL FIRE ANY OFFICER WHO COOPERATES WITH I.C.E. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FAILED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS IN 2020, AND ALONG WITH MANY OTHER THINGS PUT FORWARD BY THE GEORGE FLOYD MOVEMENT. DEMOCRATS RECENTLY HANDED SPD $486 MILLION IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THAT'S $88 MILLION HIGHER THAN 2020 AND CLEARLY BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, THAT HASN'T DONE JACK CRAP TO HELP THIS CITY. THIS COULD BE SPENT ON GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS. AND INSTEAD, DEMOCRATS HAVE A HISTORIC VICTORY IN 2020 TO BAN THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON PEACEFUL ACTIVISTS AND PROTESTERS. WE NEED INDEPENDENT WORKING CLASS RULERS. DEMOCRATS HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY'LL JUST TALK AND TALK WHEN THE PRESSURE IS ON. BUT AS SOON AS IT'S OFF, THEY GO BACK TO HANDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAND OVER FIST TO THE INTERESTS OF THE BILLIONAIRES AND THEIR APPARATUS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HOLDING A MOVEMENT, AN ACTION ON MARCH 14th AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING ORGANIZED, COME OUT AND MEET US THERE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LONG, FOLLOWED BY ARIES, FOLLOWED BY M. HOWARD GILL. I BELIEVE THIS IS ROSE AND AND MORGAN. >> MY NAME IS LONG. I'M AN ACTIVIST FOR MOVEMENT FOR SHAWMA, AND A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT. I WORK HERE IN SEATTLE AS A BARISTA. THERE HAVE BEEN DEMANDS PUT FORWARD THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MUST FOLLOW. REMOVE CAMERAS, BAR COPS WHO COOPERATE WITH I.C.E. COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE POLICE, EVICTION MORATORIUM, DEFEAT PRO-I.C.E. DEMOCRATS. ELECT SHAWMA SALON TO U.S. CONGRESS, AND BUILD A WORKERS PARTY. NOW I'LL TALK ABOUT DEMOCRATS AND ADAM SMITH. ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATS ARE A BIPARTISAN PROJECT. THEY SPENT YEARS PAVING THE WAY FOR TRUMP'S DEPORTATION MACHINE. OBAMA STILL RETAINS THE TITLE DEPORTER IN CHIEF. BIDEN ALSO ESCALATED DEPORTATIONS EXCEEDING TRUMP'S RECORD FOR MOST PEOPLE DEPORTED IN ONE YEAR. WHY ARE THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL UNWILLING TO STAND UP TO PRO-I.C.E. POLITICIANS IN THEIR OWN PARTY? THAT INCLUDES COUNCILMEMBER ALEXIS RINCK, WHY HAVEN'T YOU ENDORSED SHAWMA? AND HER CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS, WHICH IS CALLING TO ABOLISH I.C.E. SHAWMA'S OPPONENT, DEMOCRATIC MEMBER ADAM SMITH, VOTED TO CREATE AND REPEATEDLY FUND I.C.E. HE'S VOTED TO FUND -- HE IS FUNDED BY PALANTIR, WHICH HAS TEN OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CONTRACT WITH I.C.E. PALANTIR LICENSES A SOFTWARE TOTO I.C.E. THAT TRACKS AND SURVEILS IMMIGRANTS. PALANTIR COFOUNDER ALEX KARP AND JOE LAWNS DALE HAVE BOTH DESIGNATED ADAM SMITH AS THEIR POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVE. THEY HAVE ALSO EACH DONATED A MILLION DOLLARS TO TRUMP'S PACs. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS WHEN YOU WON'T EVEN STAND UP AGAINST PRO-I.C.E. DEMOCRAT LIKE ADAM SMITH? >> THANK YOU, LONG. NEXT WE HAVE ARIES. FOLLOWED BY M, HOWARD GILL, ROSE MORGAN. AND THEN WE HAVE MS. YVETTE, MR. ZIMMERMAN, AND MR. LUCAS. WELCOME. ARIES. GOT YOU. WELCOME BACK. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> I'M SORRY. >> YOU'RE GOOD. LET'S RESET THE TIME AND WE'LL START HAD YOU START. >> OKAY. I'M VLAD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY HAVE AN AGENDA THAT WE NEED MET AND ALL OF YOU GUYS NEED TO HEAR IT. THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN COMING AND WE HAVE BEEN STATING THAT WE NEED I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE. THAT WE NEED SURVEILLANCE, SERVICE, NOT SURVEILLANCE, WHICH IS LIKE WE NEED -- SORRY. OH, MY GOD. WE HAVE BEEN STANDING HERE EVERY WEEK SAYING THE SAME DEMAND, AND YOU GUYS ARE STILL SITTING HERE AND NOT HELPING YOUR COMMUNITY. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WE ALL -- THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING THE SAME THINGS. BUT YOU'RE SITTING UP THERE, AND YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO US. YOU'RE NOT SEEING THAT WE'RE ALL HAVING THE SAME POINT OF VIEWS. AND LIKE, HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET KIDNAPPED? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE? I HAD A STATEMENT LAST TIME THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS ARE AFRAID. WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO, LIKE, RUIN YOUR LIVES AND GO TO JAIL BECAUSE OF -- BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN. WE'RE AFRAID, BUT THE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING TO US. AND WE'RE STILL STANDING UP, AND WE'RE STILL FIGHTING. SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO THE SAME AS EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT'S IN THIS ROOM AND THAT ARE PROTESTING. STAND UP. DO THE RIGHT THING, AND HELP OUT YOUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR. IT'S BEEN A MONTH AND A HALF OR A MONTH -- THIS WOULD BE A MONTH AND ONE WEEK OF US COMING EVERY SINGLE WEEK. SAYING THE SAME THINGS, AND STILL NOTHING HAS GOTTEN DONE. SO I ASKED YOU, WHAT CAN WE THE PEOPLE DO TO SHOW YOU THAT WE'RE ON YOUR TEAM? THAT YOU CAN TRUST US AND WE'RE ASKING YOU, PLEASE, DO THE RIGHT THING. GET I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE. PROTECT THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ARIES. NEXT WE HAVE M. FOLLOWED BY HOWARD GILL, ROSE, MORGAN. WELCOME, M. >> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DEPORTED OVER 600,000 PEOPLE LAST YEAR. THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE TAKEN NO REAL ACTION TO ADDRESS THIS, TO ACTUALLY FIGHT I.C.E. IN OUR CITY. AND ONE THING THAT NO DEMOCRAT ON THIS COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED IS THE FINANCIAL RUIN THAT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES FACE WHEN THEY ARE FACED WITH DEPORTATION. IMMIGRANTS ARE FORCED TO SKIP WORK. THEY LOSE THEIR JOBS, THEIR FAMILIES ARE SPLIT APART. MULTIPLE STUDIES SHOW IN STATES WITH HIGHER IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ARE LESS ABLE TO AFFORD FOOD, LESS ABLE TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES, LESS ABLE TO AFFORD HEALTH CARE, MORE LIKELY TO GET EVICTED AND FORECLOSE ON THEIR HOMES. THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY I.C.E. IN WASHINGTON. SIMILAR TO THE NUMBER THAT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN MINNESOTA, AND FOR COMPARISON, IN MINNEAPOLIS, IMMIGRANTS HAVE LOST AN ESTIMATED $47 MILLION IN WAGES FROM FEAR OF GOING TO WORK. RENTER SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS HAVE SEEN AN 82% INCREASE IN REQUESTS FOR HELP COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME IN 2025. WORKERS AND FAITH LEADERS IN MINNESOTA ARE CALLING FOR AN EVECTION MORATORIUM UNTIL THE STATE PROVIDES RELIEF TO IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND CALLING FOR A RENT STRIKE. WE NEED THE SAME FOR SEATTLE. THAT EVICTION MORATORIUM SHOULD BE IN PLACE NOT JUST UNTIL IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ARE PROVIDED WITH RESOURCES BUT UNTIL I.C.E. IS SHUT DOWN, UNTIL THE DEPORTATIONS STOP COMPLETELY. THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL WON'T DO THIS, THOUGH. WE NEED TO BUILD A MOVEMENT TO PRESSURE THEM TO FORCE THEIR HAND. THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS A WHOLE, REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF THE CORPORATE LANDLORDS. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR LEGISLATION IS COMPLETELY INSUFFICIENT. WE NEED STRONGER ACTION FROM YOU. WE NEED YOU TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION FOR EVICTION MORATORIUM, AND YOU NEED TO STAND UP AGAINST PRO-I.C.E. DEMOCRATS. THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR NOT SUPPORTING SWARMA. THIS COUNCIL TRIED TO ROLL BACK RENTERS RIGHTS A YEAR AGO. WE FATH BACK AND WE WON. WE FORCED THEME BACK OFF BECAUSE WE PACKED THIS HALL WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF WEEKS. FORCING THEM TO BACK DOWN. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. >> THANK YOU, M. THANK YOU, M. THANK YOU, M. HOWARD, MR. HOWARD GILL, FOLLOWED BY ROSE, FOLLOWED BY MORGAN, THEN MS. YVETTE, MR. ZIMMERMAN, AND MR. LUCAS. WELCOME, HOWARD GILL. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I SPOKE WITH YOU SIX MONTH AGO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH A MONTH AGO ABOUT ACTIONS FOR POLICE TO PROTECT SEATTLEITES AGAINST VIOLENCE AND KILLING AND FEAR WE HAVE WITNESSED IN OTHER CITIES. THESE PROPOSES ACTIONS BECAME PART OF A 36- DISTRICT DEMOCRAT RESOLUTION, YET SIX MONTHS AFTER YOU INDICATED YOUR SUPPORT FOR THESE ACTIONS YOU HAVE REFUSED TO EVEN PROPOSE OR PUBLICLY DISCUSS THESE ITEMS. IGNORED FOR SIX MONTHS ARE THESE IMPORTANT PROPOSALS. THAT SPD OFFICERS ESTABLISH AND DOCUMENT MAKING THE RESULTING VIDEO PUBLIC THE BASIS FOR ANY DETENTION OR ARREST. THAT SPD OFFICERS INTERVENE WHEN PROPER LAW ENFORCEMENT CREDENTIALS ARE NOT PROVIDED. THAT SPD OFFICERS AID PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IN PREVENTING WARRANTLESS ACCESS. THAT THEY PRIORITIZE PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATION OVER THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTY OR VIOLENTLY SUPPRESSING DEMONSTRATIONS THAT ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THOSE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. OTHER CITIES HAVE PUT THIS IN PLACE TO SOME DEGREE. BOSTON MAYOR MICHELLE WU JUST RECENTLY SAID, QUOTE, CALLING 911 IS AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO WARRANTLESS ENTRY OF PRIVATE HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND THAT BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL EMPLOY DE- ESCALATION TACTICS IN RESPONSE. AND BOSTON WILL DENY ACCESS TO CITY BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN INTENDED. MINNEAPOLIS POLICE CHIEF HAS WARNED RANK AND FILE OFFICERS, IF THEY WITNESS FEDERAL AGENTS USE EXCESSIVE FORCE ON CIVILIANS AND FAIL TO INTERVENE, THEY COULD BE FIRED. SO WHILE THE FAILURE FOR SIX CRUCIAL MONTHS? AND THE QUESTION HERE IS WHAT I KEEP ON HEARING IS THAT BECAUSE SOMEHOW IT'S NOT LEGAL OR WE HAVE LEGAL ADVICE, WE'RE ONLY DOING THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LEGALLY EMPOWERED TO DO. THAT'S TOTALLY UNDEMOCRATIC. THAT HAS TO BE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION. IF THERE'S LEGAL ADVICE, THEN MAKE THAT PUBLIC, AND LET'S DISCUSS IT. >> THANK YOU, MR. GILL. THANK YOU, MR. GILL. NEXT WE HAVE ROSE, FOLLOWED BY MORGAN. YVETTE, ALEX TSIMERMAN, AND CEANDRE. WELCOME ROSE. >> HELLO, CITY COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN. I AM ROSE. I'M FROM THE SECOND DISTRICT. TODAY, I WENT AND TALKED TO THE MAYOR WILSON'S TRANSITION TEAM THAT I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH AT VARIOUS LEVELS FOR ABOUT THE LAST MONTHS OR SO, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW. ONE IS THAT OF ALL THE 1500 PEOPLE PLUS THAT WERE INTERVIEWED, ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAD WAS ABOUT I.C.E. WAS ABOUT SURVEILLANCE. PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED IN OUR CITIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES ABOUT THESE CAMERAS THAT ARE BEING PLACED ALL OVER TO SURVEIL US. WHETHER IT'S THE AMAZON RING AD THAT HAS NOW GOTTEN REMARKABLE BACKLASH OR INDIVIDUALS WORRIED ABOUT CAMERAS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE OF THE REALITIES IS THE CITY OF SEATTLE DOES NOT HAVE THE SOCIAL CAPITAL WITH THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE TO TRUST THAT OUR DATA WILL BE USED SAFELY. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE SAW LAST YEAR POLICE OFFICERS BEAT, THROW DOWN, AND FOR NO APPARENT REASON, LGBTQ PROTESTERS, THIS HAS PUT A REMARKABLE AMOUNT OF FEAR AND CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THESE CAMERAS ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR. THE REALITY IS, MOST PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE USED TO PICK UP OCCASIONAL PEOPLE FOR AFFITI AND TAG PEOPLE WITH CRIMES THAT ARE, I MEAN, FOR LET'S BE REAL, GRAFFITIING A BUILDING IS NOT THE BIGGEST CONCERN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT IF THEY'RE BEING USED TO TARGET INDIVIDUALS TO TRACK PEOPLE FOR I.C.E. , WHETHER IT BE TRANS PEOPLE OR WHETHER IT BE UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE, IT'S NOT WORTH IT. PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL IT'S WORTH IT, AND AS THE 17% OF QUEER PEOPLE THAT ARE IN SEATTLE'S POPULATION, 17% OF THEM ARE QUEER, IT'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT DO NOT WANT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND REALISTICALLY, IF THESE CAMERAS GO UP, PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO COME HERE TO SEATTLE AND FEEL THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE, THEY'RE PROBABLE GOING TO TRY TO GET RID OF THOSE CAMERAS. DO WE WANT BROKEN CAMERAS OR TO INVEST IN OUR COMUBTS SO WE CAN STOP VIOLENCE WHERE IT HAPPENS AT THE SOURCE? >> THANK YOU, ROSE. NEXT WE HAVE MORGAN, FOLLOWED BY YVETTE, ALEX TSIMERMAN, AND CEANDRE. WELCOME. >> HI, MY NAME IS MORGAN. I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH MANTIS, THE MUTUAL AID NETWORK OF TRANS AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS IN SEATTLE AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE -- THE UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS AMONG TRANS PEOPLE. IT'S NO SECRET THAT THE CITY HAS A PROBLEM WITH HOMELESSNESS AND HAS AMBITIONS TO REDUCE THE RATE OF HOMELESSNESS BEFORE THE WORLD CUP THIS YEAR. BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY, THERE IS A REFUGEE CRISIS IN THIS CITY. TRANS PEOPLE ARE FLOODING INTO THE CITY FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN MADE IMPOSSIBLE BY HOSTILE LEGISLATION. CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE, WE EXPECT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW FOLKS TO ARRIVE IN THE CITY IN THE NEXT YEAR. AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED HOUSING AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED JOBS. IT'S THE LATTER THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION IN THIS CITY. YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF TRANS PEOPLE IN THE CITY IS GROWING VERY RAPIDLY, AND YET THE NUMBER OF TRANS PEOPLE WHO ARE EMPLOYED IS NOT. IN FACT, ANECDOTALLY, IT SEEMS TO BE SHRINKING RATHER RAPIDLY. TRANS PEOPLE ARE AMONG THE FIRST PEOPLE TO BE LAID OFF WHEN COMPANIES REDUCE THEIR WORKFORCES, AND ARE AMONG IT LAST TO BE HIRED REGARDLESS OF QUALIFICATIONS, REGARDLESS OF REFERENCES. ANECDOTALLY, I KNOW MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY WELL QUALIFIED IN THEIR FIELDS WHO ARE UNABLE TO FIND WORK, HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IN SOME CASES YEARS. AND IF THIS CONTINUES, THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THIS CITY BECAUSE WITHOUT JOBS, THERE WILL BE MORE HOMELESS TRANS PEOPLE ON THE STREETS. AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. >> THANK YOU, MORGAN. NEXT, WE HAVE MS. YVETTE, FOLLOWED BY ALEX TSIMERMAN AND THEN CEANDRE. THEN WE'LL MOVE TO OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS. OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS, WE HAVE -- ONE SECOND, WE HAVE LADY SCRIBE, FOLLOWED BY SOLOMON, ONLY ONE WISER PRINCE, AND DAVID HAYNES. YOU'RE UP AFTER THE LAST THREE IN- PERSON SPEAKERS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I WANT TO START BY SAYING COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR OFFICE CONTACTING ME, AND WE'LL HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU GENTLEMEN WHO SPOKE UP REGARDING KEEPING THE CAMERAS IN PLACE. FOR THOSE WHO SAY YOU'RE BEING SPIED ON, THERE IS CAMERAS EVERYWHERE ALREADY. DOLLAR STORE, SAFEWAY, BUSES, TRAINS. WE'RE ALREADY BEING SURVEILLED. GET OVER IT, IT'S PUBLIC. I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT REGARDING THE GENTLEMEN COMMENTING, ARE YOU SAFE? I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE NEW COMMUNITY HUB. WORKING TOGETHER, IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN SEATTLE PARKS AND REC, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, EARLY LEARNING, AND AMPLIFYING OUR COLLECTIVE RESOURCES TO OFFER FREE ARTS ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS. THIS GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO DO AND KEEPS THEM OUT OF TROUBLE. SO BRAVO FOR THAT. ALSO -- WHERE ARE MY NOTES HERE? OH, BEING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I WANTED TO PAY HOMAGE TO MS. DOROTHY HOLLINGSWORTH, WHO WAS A TRAIL BLAZER AND A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. WHEN I READ HER BIO ONLINE, I WAS LIKE DANG, WHAT DIDN'T SHE DO? SO JOY, IN HONOR OF YOUR GRANDMOTHER, THESE FLOWERS ARE FOR YOU. THE LEGACY CONTINUES. THANKS VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, THAT WAS VERY SWEET OF YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY. ALSO, ABOUT THE CAMERAS -- >> I THINK SHE HAS 20 MORE SECONDS. WE JUST STOPPED. IF WE COULD PUT BACK 20 MORE SECONDS. SORRY. I CUT YOU OFF. MY APOLOGIES. >> NO PROBLEM. ALSO, REGARDING THE CAMERAS, PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT I.C.E. SPYING ON US, BUT WITH THE CAMERAS ROLLING, WE CAN SPY ON THEM AS WELL. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MR. SIMERMAN FOLLOWED BY KEYONDRY. >> MY NAME IS ALEX. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CRITICAL. FOR YOU, COST APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION, CITY. APPROXIMATELY 150,000 DOLLARS. ONLY 10% OF PEOPLE IN CITY HAVE IT LIKE YOURS SO WHO YOU REPRESENT? YOU REPRESENT THE CROWD, YOU REPRESENT FAT CAT. YOU REPRESENT EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS SO YOU WANT TO KEEP IT FOREVER. I UNDERSTAND YOU. FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN GET THIS FOR DISTRICT 41, 2026. WHEN I WIN THIS ELECTION -- >> WHAT? >> PAUSE TIME. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU'RE OFF MUTE. >> I DON'T HEAR YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. YOU'RE OFF MUTE. OKAY. IF WE CAN MUTE HER WITH THE -- PAUSE ONE SECOND, MR. TSIMERMAN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHERE IS MY BEST FRIEND? SHE'S HERE? YEAH. MAYBE NEXT TIME SHE WILL BE HERE CLOSER TO ME. SO WHEN I WIN THIS ELECTION FOR DISTRICT 41, FOR EXAMPLE, I WILL BRING EVERYBODY TO $60,000. WHY? IT'S NOT BECAUSE STATE SENATE HAS $60,000. IT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU TAKE THIS 10% OF PEOPLE IN SEATTLE WHO MAKE $120,000, $150,000 AND UP, OUR AVERAGE INCOME IS $60,000. WHO DO YOU REPRESENT? IT'S NOT A MATTER OF YOUR PARTY BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL IDENTICAL. IT'S NO PARTY THAT REPRESENTS 90% OF PEOPLE. SO HOW ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED DOING THIS? YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? I NEVER HEAR FROM YOU ONE TALKING THAT YOU WANT TO PRESENT 90%. SO INCOME WILL BE $60,000. VIVA TRUMP, VIVA NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION. >> THANK YOU, MR. TSIMERMAN. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE KEYONDRY. AND THEN WE WILL SWITCH TO ONLINE. ONLINE, WE HAVE LADY SCRIBE, SOLOMON ONLY ONE WISER PRINCE, AND DAVID HAYNES. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. >> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, MAYBE SIX. I COUNT SIX CAMERAS HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND WHILE THAT MAY MAKE PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, THERE WAS A CCTV CAMERA PUT UP RIGHT OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE, RIGHT IN CHINATOWN, THAT LOOKS STRAIGHT INTO MY ROOM. IT'S ON THE SAME LEVEL. IT DOESN'T JUST LOOK INTO MY ROOM, EITHER. IT LOOKS INTO MY ROOMMATE'S ROOM. AND THE ROOM AFTER THAT AS WELL. I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THESE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ARE BEING PUT UP AND WHO EXACTLY ARE THEY FOR. AT LEAST FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD, THEY HAVEN'T DONE MUCH. KATIE WILSON AND THE COUNCIL WOULD RATHER OVERPOLICE THE PIONEER SQUARE AND CHINATOWN INSTEAD OF USING THESE MONEYS TO GO TO DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES AND ESPECIALLY THE BLACK COMMUNITY. SO I HOPE THIS IS FOOD FOR THOUGHT. I DON'T LIKE BEING SURVEILLED BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE A CAMERA RIGHT OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME. WHENEVER I LOOK OUT THE WINDOW. THANKS. >> THANK YOU, KEYONDRY. NEXT, WE HAVE -- WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ONLINE. AND WE CAN COME BACK TO SEE IF THERE ARE SPEAKERS. IF THERE'S ANY MORE IN- PERSON SPEAKERS. WE HAVE LADY SCRIBE, FOLLOWED BY SOLOMON ONLY ONE WISER PRINCE, AND DAVID HAYNES. I DON'T SEE LADY SCRIBE PRESENT SO WE'LL GO TO SOLOMON ONE WISER. WE'LL COME BACK TO SEE IF SCRIBE IS THERE. PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> BLESSINGS, BLESSINGS, CITY COUNCIL, AND BLESSINGS COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOY HOLLINGSWORTH. I HOPE YOU HAD FUN. MY NAME IS SOLOMON ONLY ONE WISER PRINCE. I TOLD ALL THREE KINGS AT 951 NORTH 100 STREET. WE TRAIN YOUTH AGENTS 5 TO 15 ASAS AS ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY. TODAY, I AM HERE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE KIDS. OUR GOAL IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. ALLOW YOUTH TO TRAIN FOR FREE WITHOUT PUTTING THE GYM AT RISK OF CLOSING. OPERATING A GYM IN SEATTLE IS EXPENSIVE. RENT INSURANCE UTILITIES EQUIPMENT, AND COACHING STIPENDS, REAL COSTS. RIGHT NOW, ACCESS IS LIMITED BY WHAT PARENTS CAN AFFORD. CITY PARTNERSHIP WILL REMOVE THAT BARRIER. HERE IS WHAT FUNDING ACCOMPLISHES. FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR AT- RISK YOUTH AGES 5 TO 15. TRAUMA INFORMED COACHING AND STRUCTURED MENTORSHIP. SAFE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING DURING PEAK PRIME HOURS. OPERATIONAL STUNT SO THE GYM REMAINS OPEN LONG TERM. THIS IS PREVENTION INFRASTRUCTURE. WE OPERATE DIRECTLY INSIDE THE AURORA CORRIDOR, OFFERING STRUCTURE, DISCIPLINE, AND SUPERVISION IN AN AREA THAT FACES SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES. WE TEACH SELF- DEFENSE, EMOTIONAL CONTROL, ACCOUNTABILITY CONDITIONING, AND RESPECT. SKILLS THAT TRANSFER TO SCHOOL, HOME, AND LONG TERM BEHAVIOR. ADULTS TRAIN AS WELL. WHEN PARENTS AND MENTORS TRAIN ALONGSIDE YOUTH, IT CREATES INTERGENERATIONAL STABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY HAVE CLOSED MANY SMALL COMMUNITY GYMS ACROSS SEATTLE. THIS REQUEST IS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND FREE ACCESS FOR KIDS WHO NEED STRUCTURE MOST. INVESTING IN THREE KINGS DOJO IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS EXPENSIVE THAN INTERVENTION AFTER FAILURE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SOLOMON. NEXT WE HAVE MR. DAVID HAYNES. STAR 6. WE SEE YOU, MR. DAVID HAYNES. THERE YOU GO. >> THANK YOU. DAVID HAYNES. SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS BECAUSE THEY THEMSELVES MIGHT BE GOING OUT TO DOTIONING THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING. WHY IS CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALLOWING SHAWMA TO SEND HER SURROGATES HERE TO PROMOTE HER CAMPAIGN? WITH THE SAME PARASITIC SCHEMING VICARIOUS LIVING OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN MINNESOTA, EMBELLISHING. AND EARLIER TODAY, A PUBLIC SAFETY, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT CHIEF HAS A SCORN LIVED EXPERIENCE AND HE'S DUMPING HIS TRAUMA, MAKING IT SAFE FOR BLACK DRUG PUSHING PREDATORS. AND IT'S OBVIOUS THE CITY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP HAS NO INTENTION OF FIGHTING CRIME PROPER. LIKE, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT BRUCE HARRELL'S CHOICE AND LEADERSHIP AND BUDGET SPENDING PRIORITIES SHIFTED THE PARADIGM AWAY FROM IMPROVING THE WAR ON DRUG PUSHERS BY PURPOSELY MISCONSTRUING THAT ANYTHING CRACK, METH, OR HEROIN UNDER 3. 5 GRAMS WILL BE EXEMPTED FROM JAIL WITH COPS PURPOSELY NOT TRAINING PROPER. LIKE PULLING THEIR PUNCHES ON CRIME FIGHTING TOOLS WHILE VIRTUE SIGNALING THAT THE CIVILIAN DISPATCH AND RESPONSE IS GOING TO PRETTY MUCH DO MORE OF THE EFFORTS. YET NOBODY IS PRO ACTIVE IN CRIME PREVENTION. IT'S LIKE, DID YOU HEAR AMY BARTON THIS MORNING? SHE SAYS MOST PEOPLE WHO CALL IN TO WITNESS ON WHAT THEY SEE ON THE 911 CALL ARE GETTING IT WRONG. AND SHE'S TAKING A SCORNED LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LIKE DEMANDED THAT SHE TAKES A LOT OF MONEY FOR, BY SETTING ASIDE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY BECAUSE THEY'RE LISTED LOW LEVEL NONVIOLENT MISDEMEANOR. OF WHICH ERICA EVANS, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, IS DICTATING TO THE COPS THAT SHE'S NOT GOING TO PROSECUTE DRUG PUSHERS UNDER 3. 5 GRAMS BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSIDERED A POVERTY CRIME. SHE'S TRYING TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC LIKE THEY DID FIVE YEARS AGO WHERE YOU'RE GOING PUT MORE SKIN COLOR INCARCERATION RATES MANIPULATED BASED ON WHITE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE MONEY TO PAY FOR THEIR -- >> THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES. LADY SCRIBE. I DON'T THINK WE SEE YOU ONLINE. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH OUR TECH FOLKS. WE DO NOT SEE LADY SCRIBE ONLINE. I'LL PAUSE. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE REGISTERED SPEAKERS IN CHAMBERS, AND WE HAVE -- RUTH, YOU WOULD LIKE -- IF YOU SIGN UP, ABSOLUTELY. >> I DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY TODAY, I'M TIRED, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TWO MINUTES ISN'T ENOUGH. JOY, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU AFTER BECAUSE THE FOLKS ARE TELLING ME YOU'RE GOOD PEOPLE, AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT. DIANE FOSTER, THANK YOU FOR PRESSING EARLIER TODAY. ALEXIS RINCK, THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT TO JUST COME UP HERE AND BE ACCUSATORY AND BE WRONG IN MY ACCUSATIONS. PEOPLE VOTED FOR YOU FOR A REASON. IF YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO HAVING DIALOGUE LIKE YOU SAID A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. YEAH. >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT. THANK YOU. YOU TALKED ABOUT ROBERTA BYRD LAST WEEK, RIGHT? AND ROBERTA BYRD WAS THE FIRST BLACK PRINCIPAL AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, AND MY GRANDMOTHER HELPED CREATE THAT JOB BECAUSE SHE WAS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HELP WITH THAT. >> I HAVE BEEN REAL PLEASED. I'M NOT FROM HERE BUT I'M REALLY COMMITTED TO MY PEOPLE. >> WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. ROBERTA WAS A GOOD FRONT AND A MENTOR AND I LOOK UP TO HER. JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT. WE'LL HAVE CONVERSATION AFTER. THANK YOU, RUTH. >> SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO WHOEVER AFTER THE MEETING. ALSO, WANT TO MAKE SURE I ALSO THANK THE FOLKS THAT ARE ONLINE AS WELL WHO HAVE GIVEN US THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT OR PEOPLE THAT SEND IN EMAILS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AS WE ARE SPEAKING, AS WELL. SO THANK YOU ALL. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF LIST OF PUBLIC REGISTERED SPEAKERS, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION RIGHT INTO OUR ITEMS IN THE AGENDA. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IN REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO, THE AGEND A, INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. SORRY, ADOPTED. ADOPTED. MY BAD. WE'LL NOW CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 17th, 2026, AND COUNCIL BILLS, PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SEEING AND HEARING NONE, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> A.I. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> A.I. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? >> YES. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM NUMBER INTO THE RECORD. >> COMMUNITIES AND TRAVEL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT 3442, APPOINTMENT OF ALY PENNUCCI AS DIRECTOR. CITY BUDGET OFFICE FOR A TERM TO DECEMBER 31st, 2029. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND JUST BEFORE WE GET INTO INTERIM DIRECTOR PENNUCCI'S APPOINTMENT, I WANT TO THANK MS. DENNISH FOR YOUR WORDS ON DOROTHY HOLLINGSWORTH AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO, I KNOW IT'S AWKWARD TO HONOR YOUR OWN GRANDMOTHER, BUT I THINK WE HAVE ALL BENEFITTED FROM HER LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY AND IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO MAKE A DOROTHY HOLLINGSWORTH DAY AT SOME POINT. SO JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT. AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LAST SPEAKER, THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENTER. YOU LEFT PUBLIC COMMENT IN A REALLY NICE WAY. THANK YOU. YOU DEMONSTRATEDDEMONSTRATED LETTING US HAVE A MESSAGE -- YOU LEFT US WITH A MESSAGE THAT WAS MUCH MORE KIND THAN WHAT THAT LAST MESSAGE COULD HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH, AND YOU DEMONSTRATED THROUGH EXAMPLE HOW HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT CAN GO WELL. BY COMING IN A GOOD WAY. I WON'T HOLD YOU TO ALWAYS COMING IN THAT WAY, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TODAY. WITH THAT, HOW DID WE GET HERE TODAY? TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS, 11 QUESTIONS, 10 PAGES OF ANSWERS. A LITTLE BIT OF STRESS, AND A LOT OF TRUST. HAILING FROM ST. JAY AND HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING, I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THE CONFIRMATION FOR ALY PENNUCCI FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE. I HAVE KNOWN DIRECTOR PENNUCCI FOR EIGHT YEARS, THREE MONTH, AND ABOUT ONE WEEK. NOBODY IS COUNTING. WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE. I'LL GET BACK TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT A COUPLE POINTS HERE. I DO BELIEVE THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE SYRUP IS SUPERIOR. AND THAT THAT BALLARD FC LOSS TO VERMONT UNITED, VERMONT GREEN THAT WAS THEM FALLING IN THE PENALTY BOX IN THE LAST 30 SECONDS. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT. BACK TO THE WORK, THOUGH. DIRECTOR PENNUCCI HAS WORKED IN GOVERNMENT POLICY MAKING FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES. SHE CAME TO SEATTLE IN 2013, FIRST WORKING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN COMING TO THE COUNCIL AS A LEGISLATIVE ANALYST IN 2015. DURING HER NEAR DECADE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL, SHE PASSED IMPACTFUL POLICIES FOR THE CITY AND HELPED LEAD THE COUNCIL'S ANNUAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT ITERATIONS WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT AMALGAMATIONS OF OUR COUNCIL. YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP US EBB AND FLOW WITH THE CHANGINGCHANGING NEEDS COUNCIL. BASED ON OUR MAKEUP. NOTHING IS EVER STATIC. WE ARE ALWAYS IN A PLACE OF CHANGE. IN 2024, I WILL NEVER FORGET THE DAY YOU CAME INTO MY OFFICE AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU WERE LEAVING. I ALMOST FELL OVER. IT WAS REALLY SAD TO SEE YOU GO, BUT EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY YOU HAD PRESENTED WHICH IS BEING THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE ENTIREENTIRE WHATCOME COUNTY. THESE WERE HUGE SHOES TO FILL. YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB FROM EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE HEARD. AND I WAS LUCKY AND GLAD TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE LAST MONTH AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE. YOURS WAS THE FIRST CONFIRMATION PACKET SENT DOWN. YOURS WAS -- YOU ARE THE FIRST CONFIRMATION COMING ACROSS COUNCIL. IT IS ONLY BECAUSE YOU ARE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING. THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN IN WITH FOLKS AND NO SHADE, OF JUST LEARNING THE JOB IS REAL, AND THAT'S OKAY. I HAD NOT HAD THAT EXPERIENCE WITH YOU. IT IS AS IF 2024 AND THE TIME IN BETWEEN JUST NEVER EXISTED AND WE'RE JUST RIGHT BACK TO IT. AND IT'S ALSO EVEN FROM TODAY'S MEETING, REALLY INSPIRATIONAL TO WATCH HOW YOU ARE ALWAYS NAVIGATING THIS DIFFERENT ROLE. AS I SAID BEFORE, IT WAS REALLY FUN TO WATCH DAN AND BEN SWITCH ROLES AND ALL OF THAT, AND I'M ALREADY SEEING -- I'M ALREADY BEING INSPIRED BY THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. YOUR EXPERIENCE IN BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE ROLES ARE INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE WHICH IS PARAMOUNT TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE MONEY IS. IF FOLKS HAVE NOT READ THE ANSWER TO QUESTION THREE, WHICH IS SPREADING BETWEEN PAGES 2 AND 3, INTERIM DIRECTOR PENNUCCI GIVES US, THE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT IN 2027 AND BEYOND. THIS IS A ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR -- FOUR BULLETS PLUS TWO PARAGRAPHS EXPLAINING THE CHRONOLOGY OF OUR BUDGET BASED UPON YEARS. SO FIRST, WE START WITH THE EXTENDED ECONOMIC GROWTH OF POST RECESSION PERIOD FROM 2013 TO 2019. MOVING DIRECTLY INTO THE PANDEMIC AND AFTERMATH, 2020 TO 2023. AND GROWING COMMUNITY NEEDS FROM 2020 TO 2025. ENDING WITH THE EXTERNAL UNCERTAINTY WHICH IS 2023 TO TODAY. IT'S AS IF YOU WROTE A 20- YEAR LOOKBACK. THANK YOU. I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY SERIOUSLY THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE THAT IS REQUIRED FOR US MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, SHE STATES, CONFRONTING THIS REALITY OF THE STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT REQUIRES PUTTING OPTIONS ON THE TABLE THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY UNPALATABLE AND UNDERTAKING A CLEAR EYED MULTI- YEAR PROCESS TO RESOLVE THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT BY EXPLORING BOTH COST SAVINGS AND PROGRESSIVE REVENUE. THIS IS IT. IT'S A MULTI- YEAR STRATEGY. THERE'S NOT A SINGLE SOLUTION. IT IS THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ON THE TABLE, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE EVERY OPTION, BUT WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE EVERY WAY THAT WE ARE DOING BUSINESS SO THAT THE REVENUES THAT WE ARE TAKING IN MATCH THE ONGOING COSTS THAT WE ARE EXPENDING. BACK TO WORKING WITH ALY IS AMAZING BECAUSE AGREEMENT COMES NOT FROM ACQUIESCENCE, RATHER IT COMES FROM WHAT I WILL CALL COLLABORATIVE CONFRONTATION. IF I WERE TO LIST ALL OF THE DECISIONS OR OUTCOMES THAT ARE BETTER TODAY BECAUSE OF ALY'S CONSTRUCTIVE ARGUING, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A BETTER WORD THAN ARGUING, CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK, IF I WAS TO LIST ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WE WOULD BE HERE ALL DAY. WE HAD AN HOUR OF PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M SORRY NONE OF THEM SPOKE TO YOU, BUT WE WOULD REALLY BE HERE ALL DAY BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR CITY. YOU HAVE BEEN WELL PREPARED FOR THE MOMENT BEFORE US. AND IT IS A HUMBLE HONOR TO APPOINT YOU TO THIS POSITION. I HAVE A FEW CLOSING REMARKS. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SO IF I COULD HAVE LAST WORD, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, INTERIM DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY HERE. BEN, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. TO THE WHOLE CBO TEAM THAT IS HERE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AS WELL. SHE CAN'T LOOK GOOD WITHOUT YOU ALL BEING VERY SMART, SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. THANK YOU, WE'LL LET YOU GET THE LAST COMMENTS. COLLEAGUES, I'LL PAUSE HERE TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS MORE COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. MY MIC IS STUCK. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WANTED TO SAY I HAVE HAD THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH ALY SINCE I GOT HERE IN '24. AND I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH AMAZING THINGS ABOUT ALY, BOTH SHE APPROACHES THE WORK WITH SUCH INTEGRITY AND KNOWLEDGE. AND THEN, SHE HAS JUST BEEN A REALLY GREAT THOUGHT PARTNER. AND ALY IS NOT AFRAID, I THINK WE HAVE THE EAST COAST THING WHERE WE JUST SAY IT LIKE IT IS. BUT ALWAYS FOR A GOOD REASON, AND ALWAYS WITH A KIND HEART. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME THAT WE SPENT TOGETHER WHILE YOU WERE AT CENTRAL STAFF, GOING THROUGH THE VARIOUS PIECES OF BUDGET REVIEW AND POTENTIAL LEGISLATION AND TALKING THROUGH THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT COLLABORATION. I THINK IT REALLY SERVES YOU WELL. IT WILL SERVE YOU WELL AS CBO DIRECTOR. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS NEW -- IN YOUR NEW ROLE, WHICH YOU HAVE PREPPED FOR, LEADING UP TO ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE LEADING UP TO THIS CURRENT ROLE. I THINK THAT'S INVALUABLE. NOT EVERYONE WHO TAKES ON SUCH A ROLE HAS THE BACKGROUND THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH I THINK REALLY WILL, LIKE I SAID, SERVE YOU WELL. AND I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF US. IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE A FRIEND AT CBO. YES, WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, AND WE WON'T ALWAYS AGREE. THAT'S PART OF THE ROLE AND THAT'S OKAY, AND THAT'S A GOOD PART OF THE ROLE BECAUSE WE ALL BRING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAT'S MUCH NEEDED. IT IS A BALANCED APPROACH TO GET TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND A VERY FRUITFUL WELL ROUNDED WAY. AND THEN, TO CBOY HAVE WORKED WITH MANY OF YOU, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT. ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND MOVING FORWARD, I SEE SOME NEW FACES SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AT SOME POINT. JEANETTE, YOU HAVE BEEN AT CBO FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. WE HAVE SOME WAR WOUNDS TOGETHER RELATED TO COVID. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE THIS ENTIRE TIME. AND REALLY -- I REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL. TODAY IS ABOUT ALY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND JUST GRATITUDE TO THE CBO TEAM. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALY, YOU, YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE ROLE, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND REALLY CONFIRMING YOU TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO DO THE JOB. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. INTERIM DIRECTOR PENNUCCI, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I MISSED THE SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY FEW THINGS FIRST. OBVIOUSLY, FROM THAT JANUARY 1st, JANUARY 2024 MEETING THAT WE HAD, I KNEW THAT WE HAD A STRONG PERSON ON CENTRAL STAFF TO WORK BUDGET AND OTHER ISSUES TOO. AND LIKE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I WAS SAD WHEN I LEARNED YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, HEADING NORTH. BUT NOW WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU HEADED BACK SOUTH AND TO TAKE THIS NEW POSITION ON. AND FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, MY FAITH IN MS. PENNUCCI WAS OFTENTIMES IN -- NOT IN COMMITTEE MEETINGS, IN MEETINGS IN MY OFFICE WITH MY TEAM OR MAYBE CENTRAL STAFF TEAM I WOULD SAY WELL, WHAT WOULD ALY PENNUCCI DO? I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION. SERIOUS, I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION. IT WAS PARTLY TO, LIKE, HEY, WHAT IS THE TOUGH THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE? WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING? I THINK THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S NARRATIVES OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY IN CERTAIN CONSERVATIVE LEANING CIRCLES THAT, YOU KNOW, WEST COAST BLUE CITIES, BLUE CITIES OVERALL ARE INCAPABLE OF BEING RUN WELL AND WE NEED TO PUSH BACK ON THAT NARRATIVE. ONE WAY TO DO IT IS HOW WE DO OUR BUDGET AND WORK THESE ISSUES AND HOW WE THINK ABOUT SPENDING AND REVENUE PIECES. AND IT'S HARD. I KNEW LAST YEAR THAT THE '26 BUDGET IS BALANCED BUT IT'S HARD BALANCE AND AS NOTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL STAFF, IT'S INHERENTLY UNSUSTAINABLE WHICH MEANS THE HARD JOB HAS BEEN PUSHED OVER TO YOU, AND I RECOGNIZE IT'S A HARD JOB, AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT IN MY OFFICE. AND WE HAVE TO WORK THESE ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD. AND THE HARD PART, TOO, IS WE DON'T OPERATE BY OURSELVES. OLYMPIA IS DOING ITS THING. AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND IT HAS IMPACTS. AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A BIG PICTURE APPROACH HERE AND I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE'S THIS PIECEMEAL LAYERING OF DIFFERENT PIECES ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. WE NEED TO STEP BACK, DO THE HARD DECISIONS, MAYBE TACKLE THOSE HARD CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS OR LAW QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND REALLY WORK THIS FROM THE GROUND UP. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE IN A SITUATION PARTICULARLY WITH WHAT OLYMPIA IS DOING THAT WE'RE KIND OF BACK AND FORTH AND IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING BECAUSE WHAT THIS LAYERING IS ALSO INHERENTLY UNSUSTAINABLE TOO. WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT COMPREHENSIVELY LIKE QUESTION NUMBER 11, AT THE END OF THE QUESTION AND RESPONSE KIND OF GOES TO THIS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE PARTICULARLY AS A CITY, WE DON'T LIVE IN AN ISLAND. FOR EVERY ACTION, THERE'S A REACTION, AND THIS APPLIES TO TAX POLICY AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER POLICY ISSUE THAT'S OUT THERE. SO BOTTOM LINE IS I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO TACKLE THIS KIND OF LIKE HOW WE NEED TO TACKLE THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES. AND SO WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD WORKING WITH YOU ON CENTRAL STAFF, I KNOW WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS TO DO THAT AND TO CALL IT STRAIGHT. AND THAT'S REALLY WHY I WOULD ASK WHAT WOULD ALY PENNUCCI DO OR SAY? FOR THAT PIECE, AND THAT'S REASON ENOUGH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I THINK, TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS NOMINATION. SO THANK YOU. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU. WELL SAID. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ NEXT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I APOLOGIZE. I THINK MY CAMERA WENT OUT AGAIN. SO YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE ME. >> WE KNOW YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. >> IT'S BROKE, IT'S NOT A BOOMER ISSUE. FIRST, I WOULD NOT SAY WHAT WOULD ALY PENNUCCI DO. I'M NOT GOING TO LAY IT ON HER. I LOOKED AT HER TEN- PAGE DOCUMENT ON WHY HER APPOINTMENT QUESTIONS, AND I THINK THE THING THAT I LIKE THE BEST WAS THE LAST SENTENCE. I'M GOING TO READ THAT AND I'M DONE. IT SAYS, I SEE MY ROLE AS HELPING TO PROVIDE GOOD INFORMATION TO DECISION MAKERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPLICATIONS AND TRADEOFFS AND THE REASONING BEHIND RECOMMENDATIONS IS CLEAR AND WE'RE HONEST WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS MEANS FOR DELIVERY OF SERVICES. THE PROCESS ITSELF EVEN WHEN OUTCOMES ARE DIFFICULT, CAN EITHER BUILD OR ERODE PUBLIC TRUST. I HOPE THAT I CAN BE PART OF BUILDING THAT TRUST. AND WITH THAT, I HAVE KNOWN ALY NOW FOR, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS. WITH THAT, IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT ALY IN BUILDING PUBLIC TRUST, AND CONGRATULATIONS, ALY, AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE BACK, LIKE ME. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS AT ALL? I WILL -- I HAD SAID ALL OF MY COMMENTS IN OUR COMMITTEE BECAUSE I SIT ON THE COMMITTEE WITH OUR CHAIR STRAUSS, AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE -- I'M VERY FOR THIS TODAY AND SUPPORT YOUR NOMINATION AS OUR CBO. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THE JOB, WE KNOW YOU, THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING IS UNMATCHED AND I DOUBLED DOWN ON EVERYTHING MY COLLEAGUES SAY, SO SUPER HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTING THIS RECOMMENDATION. APPOINTMENT CONFIRMATION. SORRY, I GOT TO GET THE RIGHT WORDS. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, LAST WORDS, MY FRIEND. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SIMPLY JUST SUCH A HUMBLE HONOR TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT 3442 THE APPOINTMENT OF ALLISON MARY PENNUCCI AS THE BUDGET DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. SHE IS EXPERIENCED, QUALIFIED, THOUGHTFUL, AND KIND. POSSESSING THE SKILLS THAT ARE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND POSSESSING THE SKILLS THAT CANNOT BE TAUGHT OR LEARNED. CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING THE FIRST DIRECTOR TO BE CONFIRMED WIB THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> A.I. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> AWESOME, THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. CONGRATULATIONS, DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE SOME BRIEF REMARKS TO COUNCIL. AND WE CAN CLAP AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. LAST TIME I WAS STANDING HERE WAS AS I WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR FOR ALY PENNUCCI DAY. SO THANK YOU. I'M THRILLED TO BE BACK. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY A LOT. I'LL BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE SITTING OVER THERE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT BUDGET IN THE FUTURE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THANK YOUS. THANK YOU TO MAYOR WILSON FOR PUTTING HER TRUST IN ME AND NOMINATING ME FOR THIS POSITION. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR TRUSTING ME IN THIS ROLE. AND FOR SPENDING TIME WITH ME OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. I HAVE MET WITH EACH OF YOU ONE-ON-ONE. AND I SEE SO MUCH OF ALIGNMENT AND SHARED VALUES IN WORKING TOWARDS A BUDGET THAT REALLY DELIVERS ON THE PROMISE OF GOVERNMENT IMPROVING THE LIVES OF EVERYONE IN OUR CITY. SO I'M SO THRILLED TO BE HERE. I WANT TO THANK THE INCREDIBLE TEAM WHO REALLY MAKES ME SHINE AND COULDN'T DO THIS WORK WITHOUT IT. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF WHO TAUGHT ME SO MUCH AND TAUGHT MIKE IN PARTICULAR WHO HELPED ME YEARS AGO GET TO THAT ANSWER THAT YOU READ TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHO ALREADY ARE SUCH A GREAT TEAM OF BRILLIANT PEOPLE, AND ALL THE PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE. AND THEN JUST A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY WHO IS HERE, MY SISTERS ANNIE AND MERRICK, AND MY HUSBAND BEN, WHO I LITERALLY COULDN'T DO THIS WORK WITHOUT HIM. HE CHALLENGES ME EVERY DAY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GOOD WORK AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND PUSHES ME TO PUSH FOR BIGGER CHANGE. SO THANK YOU. >> PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, CAN WE ALL TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH WITH DIRECTOR PENNUCCI? >> ABSOLUTELY. DO WE HAVE TO SUSPEND THE ROLL? GREAT. AWESOME. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. LET'S TAKE A PHOTO. >> COME ON, EVERYONE. >>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> OKAY, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. THAT WAS GOOD. SO THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THERE IS NO RESOLUTION FOR INTRODICTIONARY ADOPTION TODAY. COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY MORE FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? THIS IS THE LAST DAY OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I KNOW I'M VERY SAD. BUT GUESS WHAT. EVERY TUESDAY IS GOING TO BE BLACK HISTORY. SO WE'RE GOING TO, EVEN THOUGH THE MONTH IS ENDING, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE CELEBRATIONS WE HAVE, AND WE HAVE A CELEBRATION ON THURSDAY WITH DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. OUR ANNUAL ONE, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. SO WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE MARCH 3rd AT 2:00 P.M. HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.