PRESIDENT. WILL IT CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? PRESENT. >> CELEBRITY SAKA? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> PRESENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? >> HERE SEVEN PRESENT. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ARE EXCUSED. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WILL PRESENT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2026 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. WE LOVE TO SEE IT. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION SIGNED BY MY FELLY COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE MAYOR TODAY, AND EXCITED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CITY ATTORNEY ERICA EVANS IS IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US AS WELL AS WE PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION. I WILL JUST SHARE BRIEFLY FOR MYSELF, IT WAS FUN TO GET TO BE ASKED TO DO THE PROCLAMATION. I SHARED A LITTLE YESTERDAY AT THE COUNCIL BRIEFING BUT I WILL SAY AGAIN TODAY, THERE IS SO MUCH FOR US TO REFLECT ON AND SO MUCH FOR US TO CELEBRATE THIS MONTH AND EVERY DAY. IT IS A PLEASURE TO GET TO PRESENT THIS. I'M GOING TO READ JUST A TINY BIT. I'M A LITTLE VERBOSE. IT'S A LONG PROCLAMATION. SO I WILL READ JUST A LITTLE BIT. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT LATER ON THIS MONTH, I WILL BE OFFICIALLY PRESENTING THIS AT&T THE NORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM DURING THEIR PERFORMANCES OF LIVING VOICES. SO WE WILL BE PRESENTING IT TO THEM THE LAST DAY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT AN ARTS EVENT THAT THEY ARE DOING THAT I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, THE STORIES THAT THEY WILL BE PRESENTING THERE, ONE STORY, OUR REVOLUTION FOLLOWS A YOUNG BLACK COLONIST FIGHTING FOR LAND AND A FUTURE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, EXPLORING NATION HOOD THROUGH PERFORMANCE AND ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE. THE RIGHT TO DREAM SHIFTS TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, TRACING A YOUNG MAN'S JOURNEY GROWING UP IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH AND HIGHLIGHTING THE 1960s FIGHT FOR VOTING RIGHTS, YOUTH ACTIVISM AND MORE. I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JOIN IF THEY ARE ABLE ON FEBRUARY 28th FOR THOSE TWO PERFORMANCES. WITH T THAT, I WILL SHARE -- THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS WE ARE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF BLACK HISTORY THIS YEAR. WE ARE ALSO CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE PLAQUE LIVES MATTER AT SCHOOL WEEK OF ACTION WHICH WAS STARTED HERE IN SEATTLE BY SEATTLE EDUCATORS STUDENTS FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MOMENT AS WELL. I WILL SHARE A COUPLE OF RECITALS HERE. WHEREAS THE CENTENNIAL OF BLACK HISTORY WEEK COMMEMORATES NOT ONLY A CENTURY OF RECOGNITION AND REMEMBRANCE BUT AN ENDURING DEMAND THAT INSTITUTIONS RECKON WITH HISTORICAL TRUTH, HONOR BLACK LEADERSHIP AND RESISTANCE, AND TRANSLATE MEMORY TO SUSTAINED ACTION THAT CONFRONTS RACIAL EQUITY, PROTECTS BLACK COMMUNITIES AND PROTECTS OPPORTUNITY ACROSS GENERATIONS. WHEREAS THIS YEAR MARKS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK LIVES MATTER, SCHOOL ACTION WEEK, LED BY EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AFFIRMING THE HUMANITY OF BLACK STUDENTS AND THAT UNDERSCORES THE VITAL ROLE OF SCHOOLS AS SITES OF TRUTH TELLING AND BELONGING. WHEREAS WE COMMIT TO USING THE POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY WE HOLD TODAY TO BUILD UPON THIS HISTORY AND TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION TO ENSURE BLACK FUTURES IN SEATTLE ARE BRIGHT, JOYFUL, AND RESILIENT, GROUNDED IN EQUITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND COLLECTIVE CARE. THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIM FEBRUARY, 2026 TO BE BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN SEATTLE. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AND THANK YOU FOR AUTHORING THAT AS WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE WORDS THAT ARE IN THAT PROCLAMATION AND HOW INTENTIONAL YOU WERE. WE WILL PAUSE IF THERE ARE FURTHER COMMENTS. I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS YESTERDAY AS WE WERE SIGNING ON DURING THE BRIEFING BUT I WANT TO PAUSE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THE NEXT THING, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW OUR CITY ATTORNEY, ERICA EVANS TO ADDRESS THE CAN YOU MEAN. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, I CAUGHT YOU BEFORE THERE WERE OBJECTIONS, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PROPOSING THE PROCLAMATION AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR SIGNING IT. OUR CITY IS BUILT UPON THE EXCELLENCE OF BLACK FOLKS, OUR COUNTRY IS BUILT ON BLACK EXCELLENCE. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF THE EXCELLENCE AND THE HISTORY T THAT WE ARE ALL MAKING IN OUR RESPECTIVE SEATS. I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU CITY ATTORNEY EVANS. . NOW WE WILL SUSPEND THE RULES, THIS IS NEW FOR US BECAUSE WE USUALLY FOR THE PERSON PRESENTING THE PROCLAMATION TAKE A PHOTO BUT WE WILL TAKE ONE AS A COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU WILL COME TO THE MIDDLE AS AUTHOR OF THE PROCLAMATION AND WE WILL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO. THIS WILL ONLY TAKE US 30 TO 45 SECONDS. REALLY FAST. COLLEAGUES, PUSH IN YOUR CHAIRS, COME TO THE MIDDLE AND WE WILL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO, THANK YOU. . >> CAN WE INCLUDE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] IN THE PICTURE? >> ABSOLUTELY,, SORRY. MY APOLOGIES. >> THANK YOU THAT, COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU PUBLIC FOR YOUR PATIENCE. NOW AT THIS TIME, WE WILL JUMP INTO THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS LIMITED TO THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND THE INTRODUCTION TO THE REFERRAL CALENDAR. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY? >> WE HAVE 20 IN PERSON AND FOUR REMOTE. >> AWESOME. SO EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET 4 MINUTES -- SORRY, SURPRISE. I KNOW. I'M SORRY. LET ME TELL YOU WHERE I GOT THE 4 FROM, THE LIQUOR AND CANNABIS BOARD DOES 4 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT WAS IN MY HEAD. SO I APOLOGIZE, EACH PERSON 2 MINUTES, I KNOW, MY BAD. 2 MINUTES. WE WILL START WITH ALL OF THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST. CLERK, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU FOR YOU TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN O ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> OKAY. AWESOME. I'M GOING TO CALL PEOPLE UP IN THREES. I BELIEVE THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE WANT TO COME UP IN A GROUP. IT'S AMBER, EMMY, AND MADISON, DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? YOU WANT TO COME UP IN A GROUP, AWESOME. THAT IS GOING TO BE 6 MINUTES THAT WE WILL PUT ON THE TIME FOR YOU TO COME UP AND SPEAK AS A GROUP BECAUSE IT IS 2 PERPERSON. AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, THE PERSON DONET, IS THAT A PART OF YOUR GROUP AS WELL? NO, OKAY. BENNETT, YOU ARE AFTER, IT'S NUMBER FOUR. I KNOW HOW TO SAY YOUR NAME. SO IT'S NUMBER FOUR. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO SIGNED UP NUMBER 4? THAT IS NOT PART OF YOUR GROUP. WE WILL PUT 6 MINUTES UP. >> DOIA NEED ME TO SHARE THE SCREEN OR DO YOU GOT THAT? >> ONE SECOND, TRYING TO FIND IT HERE. HERE WE GO. >> AWESOME. WHENEVER YOU ARE READY TO START, WE WILL START THE TIMER. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS AMBER. I'M A VOLUNTEER FOR GREEN LAKE PROJECT. WE ARE A PEER LED MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATION FOR SEX WORKERS IN SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. SINCE 2019, WE HAVE BEEN DOING OUT REACH ON AURORA AVENUE NORTH TWICE A WEEK FOR SEX WORKERS AND SURVIVORS. WE HAVE A LIST OF DEMANDS THAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT TODAY. ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 27th, THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE GAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING AT A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL THAT FEATURED UNREDACTED, IDENTIFIABLE IMAGES OF BRUTALIZED, BLOODIED AND TORTURED WOMEN, ACCOMPANIED BY GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF THEIR RAPES AND ASSAULTS, INCLUDING A LIST OF FOREIGN OBJECTS INSERTED INTO THEIR BODIES AND OTHER DEHUMANIZING LANGUAGE AND COMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN WHO ENGAGE IN THE SEX TRADE. WHILE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIR BOB KETTLE HAS APOLOGIZED FOR ALLOWING A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF DEHUMANIZING VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS, WE BELIEVE IT IS A PART OF A LARGER PATTERN OF INSTRUMENTIZATION AND EXPLOITATION OF SURVIVORS, SEX WORKERS AND PEOPLE IN THE TRADE BY THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THEIR EFFORT TO PROMOTE THEIR PREFERRED POLICY POSITION OF EXPANDING THE POWER AND REACH OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHILE THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS SELECTIVELY QUOTE VOICES AND STORIES OF SURVIVORS WHO ARE CONVENIENT FOR THEIR GOAL, THOSE VOICES ARE FAR FROM CONSENSUS OR MAJORITY. INSTEAD OF HONORING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES OF SURVIVORS, SEX WORKERS AND PEOPLE IN THE SEX TRADE, THOSE OF US WHO DISAGREE WITH FURTHER CRIMINALIZATION ARE DISMISSED AS PRIVILEGED AND COMPLAINED AWAY AS SPEAKING FROM TRAUMA OR SIMPLY IGNORED OR SILENCED. IT WAS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PROSITUTION LOITERING OR THE STAY OUT OF AREAS OF PROSTITUTION ORDINANCES IN 2024, WHEN PEOPLE WITH PERSONAL HISTORIES IN THE SEX TRADE OPPOSED THE ORDINANCE STRUGGLED TO BE HEARD AT ALL WHILE AN ORGANIZATION SUPPORTING THE ORDINANCE WAS REPEATEDLY GIVEN TIME TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL. THEN SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED $1 MILLION IN A NO BID DIRECT CONTRACT FROM CITY COUNCIL. THAT ORGANIZATION IS NOW MIRED IN ALLEGATIONS OF SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST WOMEN THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING. I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO EMMY. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS EMMY GRANA WITH THE COALITION OF RIGHTS AND SAFETY. EVEN DURING THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, IT WAS THE KCBO GAVE PRESENTATION, COUNCILMEMBERS MADE NUMEROUS COMMENTS, DEN GRADING AND DISMISSING SURVIVORS, SEX WORKERS AND PEOPLE IN THE TRADE WHO OPPOSE FURTHER CRIMINALIZATION. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE QUESTIONED THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE OF THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH THE POLICIES INCLUDING SURVIVORS, AND WORKERS. REPEATEDLY DISMISSED MEMBERS OF THE CHATTERING CLASS WHO ARE IGNORANT AND ACCUSED US OF YELLING AND TARGETING COUNCILMEMBERS. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA MISCHARACTERIZED PEOPLE IN THE SEX TRADE WHO DISAGREE WITH HER AS MEMBERS OF PRIVILEGED FEW AND ARGUE THAT POLICIES OF THE COUNCIL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST POLICIES THAT DIRECTLY HARM US. SHE CHASTISED PEOPLE OF THE SEX TRADE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR NOT LISTENING TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND. WHEN THE COUNCILMEMBER [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ASKED THE PROSECUTORS ABOUT THE APPROACH, THE PROSECUTOR SUGGESTED WE WERE TRAUMATIZED AS CHILDREN AND ARE SPEAKING FROM TRAUMA BECAUSE THAT IS ALL WE HAVE AND KNOW INSTEAD OF ACKNOWLEDGING WE ARE CAPABLE OF FORMING OUR CONTINUE OPINIONS OF WHAT POLICY WILL HELP OR HARM THE COMMUNITY, BASED ON OUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND THOSE OF OUR PEERS AND WE HAVE VALUBLE INSIGHT THAT SHOULD BE RESPECTED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH US ON ANY GIVEN POLICY. IT WAS ALSO TELLING THAT MY PUBLIC COMMENT ALERTED -- IN COMPLOET SDARD FOR SURVIVORS SAFETY, DIGNITY, PRIOR TO THE CASE APPEAL PRESENTATION WAS IGNORED AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. THIS HATERN GOES BEYOND ORDINARY DISAGREEMENT OVER POLICY PREFERENCE. WHEN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SELECTIVELY PROMOTE THOSE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE POSITION AND INFANTASIZING VOICES OF OTHERS. THEY ARE NOT LISTENING TO SURVIVORS. THEY ARE EXPLOITING SURVIVORS AS THEY DID WHEN THEY SHARED THE VULNERABLE SURVIVORS' IMAGES AND ARGUED THAT THEY ARE PART OF SOME OBSECURE COURT FILING AND THEREFORE PUBLIC RECORDS. I PASS IT TO MADISON. >> I'M HERE TO REPRESENT ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE IN THE SEX TRADE. WE ARE SHORT ON TIME BUT WE HAVE FIVE DEMANDS TOTAL IN RESPONSE TO THIS. THE SUMMARY OF IT IS WE WANT AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE PATTERN OF EXPLOITIVE ABUSES OF SURVIVOR STORIES AND IMAGES AND POLICY ADVOCACY BY THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE WANT AN EXAMINATION OF THE GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEPS OR TRAINING OR LACK THEREAFTER OF EXPLAINATIVE USES OF SURVIVORS STORIES. WE WANT ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS ON EXISTING AND POTENTIAL POLICY APPROACHES TO REDUCING VIOLENCE AND EXMRITATION IN THE SEX TRADE. WE ALSO WANT AN ESTABLISHMENT OF STRATEGIES TO HONOR AND INCLUDE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES OF PEOPLE IN THE TRADE. WE WANT A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING DEDICATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS. [ INAUDIBLE ] . >> THANK YOU AMBER, EMMY, AND MADISON FOR COMING TODAY AND ALSO FOR SUBMITTING YOUR STUFF. IF YOU COULD ALSO SEND US AN EMAIL AS WELL WITH THOSE IT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL AS WELL, THANK YOU ALL. THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE IS DONEW, DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? I'M BUTCHERING YOUR NAME. NUMBER 4, WE WILL SKIP THAT AND COME BACK. WE HAVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN, FOLLOWED BY STEVE. HI, BENNETT, WELCOME, MR. SEA HAWK. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. SO ABOUT HALF OF YOU WERE HERE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO WHEN COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WAS CHAIRING A MEETING WHERE SHE HAD A BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WOULD KEEP EXISTING E.D.I. FUNDING BUT FREEZING NEW E.D.I. FUNDING. DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAD LINED UP TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT I BELIEVE IN GOOD FAITH BUT ACCUSING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA OF WANTING TO CANCEL EXISTING E.D.I. FUNDING. I REMEMBER AFTER VIRTUALLY EVERY PERSON SPEAKING, SEEING YOUR FACE LIKE YOU CLEARLY WERE DYING TO JUMP IN AND SAY NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M PROPOSING DOING BUT BELIEVING YOUR WEREN'T ALLOWED SAYING ANYTHING, IT WAS AN HOUR AND A HALF OF PEOPLE SAYING COUNCILMEMBER RESERVEA WAS CUTTING FUNDING. ONCE AGAIN, I SAY I BELIEVE IF A PUBLIC COMMENTER WANTS TO ASK A QUESTION, GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TALK. UNDER CITY COUNCIL RULES, SECTION 11, SUBSECTION C -- SEA HAWKS, SEA HAWKS -- SUBSECTION C, IT SAYS THERE IS NO RULE AGAINST PUBLIC COMMENTER CEDING SOME OF THEIR TIME AND GIVING YOU TIME TO ANSWER. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE YOU PROPOSED ABOUT REDUCING COOPERATION WITH I.C.E. WHICH IS GOOD BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE OUT THE PART THAT SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER ARE EXEMPT TO THE PERSON WITH RESPECT TO THE PERSON PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES AND WHERE THE COP BELIEVES YOU HAVE COMMITTED A FELONY. THAT IS NOT TAKEN OUT BY THE LAW YOU PROPOSED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHD YOU BE OPEN TO AN AMENDMENT THAT ALSO TAKES OUT THE PART OF POLICE COOPERATING IN THAT CASE? I PROMISE THERE IS NO RULE THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T ANSWER. >> IT'S YOUR TIME, BENNETT. >> I KNOW. I'M CEDING PART OF IT TO LET HER ANSWER IF SHE WANTS. THERE IS NO RULE THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T ASK A QUESTION AND YOU CAN'T ANSWER IF YOU WANT TO. >> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. BUT IT IS URTIME. I UNDERSTAND, THIS IS YOUR TIME, BENNETT, OKAY? JONATHAN FOLLOWED BY STEVE, AND THEN ALISHA. HI, JONATHAN. >> HI, MY NAME IS JONATHAN WARD. I'M SPEAKING FOR ONLY MYSELF BUT I HAVE WORKED AT THE -- SINCE 2005. I WENT THIS MORNING TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION HEARING ON CD12158 WHICH IS A BILL THAT STRIKES FROM 4.18 OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT SAYS CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES ARE DIRECTED TO COOPERATE AND NOT HINDER ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS. I THINK WE ARE GLAD TO SEE THAT GO. BUT I THINK THERE IS ANOTHER PROVISION OF THE LUTHAT SHOULD BY SUPPLEMENTING OR POSSIBLY THROUGH AN AMENDMENT IS ALSO AN AKRONISM AND ALSO PASSED BEFORE THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED 1093-360 WHICH IS THE KEEP WASHINGTON WORKING ACT. IT IS 4.1815 INQUIRIES INTO IMMIGRATION STATUS, PART B SAYS -- FIRST IT SAYS DON'T DO IT BUT SECTION B SAYS SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY SUBSECTION A WITH RESPECT TO THE PERSON THE OFFICER HAS REASONABLY SUSPICION OF ONE WHO HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES AND HAS COMMITTED A FELONY, CRIMINAL LAW VIOLATION. THIS IS FROM 2003, LONG BEFORE 2019 WHEN 1090 WAS PASSED WHICH BASICALLY PROHIBITS -- IT DOESN'T SAY IF THE PRESENCE OF FELON, THEN ALL OF THE RULES GO OUT THE DOOR. THE BARR ON ASKING PEOPLE ABOUT THE SINCESHIP STATUS IS ACROSS THE BOARD. WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO COLLECT THIS INFORMATION. I WANT TO PULL YOUR COAT ABOUT THIS AND HOPE THAT AS THE PROSAYS GOES FORWARD, THIS CAN ALSO BE ELIMINATED. IT ALSO RAISES A STRANGE SORT OF QUESTION WHICH I JUST REALIZED LOOKING AT IT SINCE THIS COULD BE THE ELEMENTS OF A FEDERAL CRIME, ANYWAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JONATHAN. NEXT WE HAVE STEVE, FOLLOWED BY ALISHA AND THEN ARIES. >> HERE WE GO AGAIN, THE LAND USE COMMITTEE IS HELPING DEVELOPERS KEEP THEIR MARGINS UP AND LET'S KEEP THE PEOPLE OUT. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU NOTICED, I SUSPECT YOU DID THAT LAST ELECTION THE LONGER YOU WERE HERE, THE LESS LIKELY YOU HAD A CHANCE OF BEING REELECTED. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE REELECTED A MAYOR. I THINK THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT LAND USE. SYSTEMICALLY OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR HAVE BEEN PUSHING PEOPLE OUT. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PILLARS BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FOR YOUR POPULARITY OR LACK THERE OF. PEOPLE IN THE CITY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND GUESS WHAT? YOU EVEN HAVE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WHO CAN BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT DOOR. AND YOU HAVE SEEN OR AT LEAST YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT ALL THE STIMULUS, IN OTHER WORDS, INCREASING THE PROFIT OF DEVELOPERS HAS NOT LOWERED THE COST OF HOUSING IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. STRANGELY ENOUGH, IT HAS BEEN GOING UP. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT TOO. SEATTLE HAS ALLOWED DEVELOPERS TO PUT THAT MONEY IN THEIR POCKET WHEN YOU STIMULATE, YOU MAKE IT CHEAPER FOR DEVELOPERS TO DEVELOP, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE PRICE. IT MEANS THE MARGIN IS BIGGER. SO IT LOOK SAID LIKE TODAY YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE CHRISTMAS, HANUKKAH, ANY OTHER HOLIDAY YOU CAN THINK OF, ANOTHER GIFT TO YOUR GODS, THE DEVELOPERS. >> THANK YOU, STEVE. NEXT WE HAVE ALISHA FOLLOWED BY ARIES AND THEN ROSE. >> MY NAME IS ALISHA BOULEVARD, THE IMAGES PRESENTED BY THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR WERE HARMFUL FOR ME AND RETRAUMATIZED. I WAS TRAFFICKED AND NOW I'M A FRONT LINE WORKER. I'M NOT REPRESENTING MY EMPLOYER I WANT TO NOTE. I'M HONORED TO BE A SURVIVOR OF PEOPLE IN THE SEX TRADE. THE PICTURES PUT THESE INDIVIDUALS IN GREAT HARM. I'M NOT ATTEMPTING TO READ MINDS HERE BUT I'M SUSPICIOUS OF THE PROSECUTOR'S MOTIVES AS THESE PICTURES WERE INCREDIBLY HARMFUL TO THE INDIVIDUALS DUE TO THE GROSS VIOLATION OF THEIR PRIVACY AND THEIR SAFETY. PEOPLE GO ONLINE, PEOPLE LOOK THINGS UP, PERPETRATORS. SURVIVORS NEED TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. THEY FACE LIFE AND DEATH DECISIONS THAT DEPEND ON THEIR AGENCY. THESE THINGS CANNOT BE -- WE CAN'T TELL THEM HOW TO RESPOND TO THESE LIFE OR DEATH SITUATIONS THAT THEY ARE IN, THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE. SO THE VOICES OF PEOPLE IN THE SEX TRADE MUST BE CENTERED. THIS WAS HARMFUL TO US AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE REPRIMANDS GIVEN TO THE COUNTY PROSECUTOR. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ARIES FOLLOWED BY ROSE, FOLLOWED BY RUTH. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE COME INTO INFORMATION THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY IS WRONG. I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU GUYS WOULD BE AFRAID. YOU DON'T T WANT TO GO TO JAIL. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SUED. YOU ARE AFRAID LIKE EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM AND OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM, PEOPLE THAT GO TO PROTEST AND CAN'T GO TO PROTEST, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS THAT WERE PROTESTING HERE EARLIER JUST DAYS AGO. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR FEAR BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING IT EVERY DAY. WE ARE FEARING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR LOVED ONES, OUR FAMILIES. WE ARE ALL AFRAID, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US BUT WE ARE STILL FIGHTING. WE ASK THAT YOU GUYS DO THE SAME. SO I ASK, I UNDERSTAND THAT -- MY GOD -- I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE AFRAID. BUT JUST LIKE THE PROTEST -- JUST LIKE WE PROTESTS FOR THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING ABDUCTED AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KILLED FOR PROTECTING THEM, WE STILL -- SORRY. WE WILL STAND FOR YOU AS WELL. GOD FORBID ANYTHING HAPPENS, WE ASK THAT YOU STAND FOR THE PEOPLE. YOU PUT YOUR FEARS IN THE BACK AND YOU STAND UP BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALONE. IF YOU GO TO JAIL, WE WILL BE BEHIND, PROTESTING UNTIL YOU ARE FREE. AS WE STATED LAST TIME, OUR DEMANDS ARE I.C.E. OFF CITY GROUNDS, SERVICE NOT SURVEILLANCE AND AS WE SAID LAST TIME WE WILL COME WITH MORE PEOPLE, THE SAME DEMANDS UNTIL WE GET THIS SHUT FIGURED OUT. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ROSE, FOLLOWED BY RUTH, DANIEL. WELCOME BACK, ROSE. >> THANK YOU. LAST WEEK, SEATTLE CITY MAYOR KATIE WILSON WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT NEW WAYS TO CRACK DOWN ON SURVEILLANCE IN THE CITY. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT THIS. PEOPLE FEEL LIED TO BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY THE MAYOR THAT NONE OF THIS SEEMED TO HAPPEN. WE LIKE THE PIECE MAIL APPROACH THAT FIRST HAPPENED BUT THAT CANNOT BE THE ONLY ACTIONS GNS I.C.E.. IT CAME OUT THAT BOB KETTLE WAS INSTRUMENTAL AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES WERE NOT BEING OUT LAWED ON THE HILL IN OLYMPIA. THIS IS FURTHER MAKING PEOPLE QUITE UPSET ABOUT THIS . WE HAVE A LOT OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS MAKING PEOPLE FEEL AFRAID FOR THEIR LIVES RIGHT NOW, THAT ARE BEING USED TO TORTURE AND KIDNAP THE PEOPLE MINNEAPOLIS. WE CANNOT AAFFORD TO LET THAT HAPPEN HERE. AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE WORLD CUP, I.C.E. IS LOOKING AND HAS ITS SITES SET ON SEATTLE. I.C.E. IS GOING TO BE A PART OF THE SECURITY FOR THE WORLD CUP. IF WE DO NOT PREPARE NOW, THIS IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE FROM HERE. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DELAY. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER DEMANDS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK THAT WERE VERY BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO PUT THEIR SAFETY AT THE LINE TO SAY THEY NEEDED HOUSING, HELP, THEY NEEDED CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO REACH OUT AND LISTEN TO THEM. THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING DONE. THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BEING DEPORTED AND BEING EVICTED. THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN SEATTLE. SEATTLE IS A PLACE FOR ALL OF US. SEAT IS A MRIS WHERE EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL SAFE. AS A PART OF THIS, THE -- I'M A LITTLE SAD THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER D.A.S THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN SAINT PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, AND PHILADELPHIA THAT ARE JOINING TOGETHER SAYING WE WILL PROSECUTE I.C.E. NO MATTER WHAT. IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF THIS CAN BE DONE. IT CAN BE DONE. THEY ARE DOING IT NOW AND IT IS ON US TO DEMAND IT HAPPENS NOW BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT AND SO DO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ALL SERVE. >> THANK YOU, ROSE. NEXT WE HAVE RUTH, DANIEL, FOLLOWED BY ELLE. THIS MIGHT BE ELI. IS IT ELLE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> LAST WEEK I HEARD YOU WERE SCARED. GUESS WHO IS MORE SCARED? LAST WEEK A MAN WAS ABDUCTED IN BELLEVUE. I.C.E. WAS SPOTTED LOOKING LIKE PARASITES THEY ARE. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO GO OUTSIDE. AND PEOPLE WHO ARE REPRESENTING US ARE SCARED TO REPRESENT T US. NO WONDER PEOPLE HAVE LOST FAITH IN ALL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT. WHAT DOIA DO? I'M NOT ASKING FOR -- DO THE JOB AND DO IT GOOD. WE JUST GOT A WIN AND YOU SHOULD HELP ANOTHER ONE. JOIN THE COALITION OF ATTORNEYS THAT PROSECUTE I.C.E.. CUT THE SURVEILLANCE RIVERA, I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING LOCKED UP. DON'T JUST STOP THEM FROM COLLABORATING WITH ALREADY INCOMPETENT POLICE DEPARTMENT, NO YOU CAN'T USE OUR CAMERA OTHER POLICE OFFICER, WHERE DOES IT MAKE SENSE? PUSH TO BAN THEM FROM THE CITY. GET I.C.E. OUT OF THE CITY. PUSH I.C.E. OUT OF FACE ACT. PUSH FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF I.C.E. IN THE CITY. I'M NOT FROM HERE, BUT THESE ARE MY PEOPLE. Y'ALL LOOK LIKE US, Y'ALL SHOULD FIGHT FOR US. DON'T BE SCARED TO GO TO JAIL. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF DYING. >> THANK YOU, RUTH. NEXT WE HAVE DANIEL FOLLOWED BY ELLE AND THEN TOBY, WELCOME. YOU CAN DO EITHER MIC, WHATEVER ONE IS MORE COMFORTABLE FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU. HI THERE, MY NAME IS DANIEL. I LIVE IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M REPRESENTING I.L.P.S., INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLE STRUGGLES, GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATIONS FATING AGAINST IMPERIALISM. MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS HERE TODAY AND AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF ILPS. WE WANT TO THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS ESPECIALLY RINCK AND FOSTER FOR MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR MEMBERS THIS PAST WEEK AND SOME OF THE VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HOUSING AND WORKING TOGETHER TO FIND A PLACE TO MAKE CHANGE. I'M HERE BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE OF SURVEILLANCE AND DEMAND MORE BE DONE, MORE ACTION BE TAKEN AGAINST I.C.E. IN THE CITY. I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE JOB HERE IS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND NOT THE MAJOR WEAPONS CORPORATIONS OR SURVEILLANCE COMPANIES THAT ARE INFECTING THE CITY AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND PASSING CONCERN SURVEILLANCE LAWS, ROLLING OUT CCTVs, PEOPLE ARE PROFITING OFF OF THESE SYSTEMS. THERE IS AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY BUILT ON MASS SURVEILLANCE, THAT I.C.E. IS WEAPONIZING AGAINST THE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. WE SHOULD BE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH IT TOO, LIVING IN SEATTLE WITH AMAZON, BOEING AND MICROSOFT AS MAJOR WEAPONS CORPORATIONS THAT ARE PROFITING OFF OF THE DEATHS AND THE SURVEILLANCE OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. WE SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THESE CORPORATIONS AND NEED TO DEMAND MORE ACTION AGAINST SURVEILLANCE OF ALL FORMS. IT IS REALLY IMPACTING [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> THANK YOU, DANIEL. THANK YOU, DANIEL. ELLE, TOBY, ALEX AND THEN CEANDRE. WELCOME. >> I'M ELLE, I'M A STUDENT WITH THE FILIPINO ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE ORGANIZED IN THE SOUTH END TO GET ETHNIC STUDIES BACK FOR STUDENTS FOR ALONG TIME AND THAT FIGHT ENDED UP TURNING INTO A FIGHT TO ENSURE THAT I.C.E. IS OUT OF SCHOOLS. WE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO FORCE THE LAW BUT I.C.E. IS NOT ALLOWED ON CITY PROPERTY. WE ARE ASKING FOR A 2 MILE RADIUS SO CHILDREN CAN GO TO AND FROM SCHOOL WITHOUT GETTING PICKED UP. THE MAJORITY ARE ORGANIZING AMONGST THEMSELVES TO PROTECT STUDENTS. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT RIDES TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL. THERE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE COME TO TALK TO US. WE ASK THAT THE PROTOCOL IS TRANSPARENT ACROSS ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. PEOPLE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT TO DO, NOT SURE IF IT IS SAFE TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. BUT IT SHOULDN'T, HIKE WE TALK ABOUT HISTORY AND ETHNIC STUDIES AND TEACHING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF OTHER COUNTRIES. HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF BETWEEN WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ENFORCE IS YOU KNOW, ANONYMOUS VIOLENCE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO GET PICKED UP FOR NO REASON AT ALL. WE ASK THAT YOU WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THE DIFFERENT MIGRANT COALITIONS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ENSURE SAFETY FOR THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE A JUST RIGHT TO EDUCATION. THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE TOBY, ALEX, FOLLOWED BY CEANDRE. >> I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO RAISE THE COMMUNITY DEMAND THAT YOU END SURVEILLANCE AND PRIORITIZE THE SERVICES OF PEOPLE, CONTINUE TO PUT PEOPLE OVER PROFIT. WE ARE LIVING IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND YOU NEED TO TREAT IT A LOT MORE LIKE THE EMERGENCY IT IS. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU COULD BE DOING TO MEET DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S NEEDS. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE BUREAUCRATIC CONSTRAINTS BUT YOU NEED TO GET A LOT MORE CREATIVE ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. WE COULD BE PUTTING FORWARD AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. THERE COULD BE DIFFERENT POLICIES PUT FORWARD TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL THAT ELLE IS SPEAKING ABOUT. $4 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THIS ISSUE BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING. IN THE PAST IT HAS GONE TO SERVICES THAT ARE INACCESSIBLE. WE NEED TO HAVE SERVICES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE MIGRANTS. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES. THERE IS CURRENTLY A 6-YEAR-OLD CHILD WHO WILL BE STANDING ALONE IN COURT WITHOUT A LAWYER AND SEPARATED FROM HER FAMILY. THAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR CITY. SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. THERE NEEDS TO BE ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF THESE ISSUES OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED BY MIGRANTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND FAR MORE CREATIVITY FOR HOW WE ACTUALLY ADDRESS THEM. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, TOBY. NEXT WE HAVE ALEX FOLLOWED BY CEANDRE AND THEN HOWARD AND GAYLE. WELCOME ALEX. >> HELLO. ABSOLUTELY, WE ARE DEFINITELY IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE COMPLETELY NOTHING ABOUT IT BESIDES TRY TO CAPITALIZE OFF EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED. WE ARE GATHERED HERE AT A MOMENT OF GRAVE CONCERN FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND VALUES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. AGGRESSIVE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS HAVE REACHED INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, HOMES, AND SCHOOLS, PLACES WHERE CHILDREN SHOULD FEEL SAFE AND SECURE. IN RECENT WEEKS, FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICERS HAVE DETAINED A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY AS HE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL. THIS IS NOT FREEDOM. THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY. THIS IS IMPERIALISM AND AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT THAT REFUSES TO TREAT PEOPLE AS HUMANS. THEY TREAT PEOPLE AS STATISTICS AND FAILURES, NOT AS CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR COMMUNITIES RECOLLECT NOT AS PEOPLE WHO HELP BUILD OUR SOCIETY . THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO STAY. YOU GUYS HAVE TO START DOING A BETTER [ BLEEP ] JOB. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE CEANDRE. >> HELLO, HELLO. I WOULD SAY IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE OUT OF TIME. IN OUR SISTER CITY, I.C.E. MEMBERS KIDNAPPED A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. GUYS, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS COMING FOR US. THERE WILL BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND EVENTUALLY. AND YOU HAVE TO PICK A SIDE, IS IT GOING TO BE THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE OR THE SIDE OF THE PEDOPHILES IN OFFICE RIGHT NOW? JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, MY BOSS, HE'SAN IMMIGRANT. HE WORKED RIGHT NEXT TO CARMELO'S, THERE ISN'T A DAY THAT GOES BY WHERE I COME INTO WORK AND EXPECT NOT TO SEE THEM. THE TIME IS NOW YOU GUYS. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PROSECUTE AND ARREST I.C.E. AGENTS THAT BREAK CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND PLEASE PROTECT YOUR COMMUNITY. WE WILL BE WATCHING. WE WILL BE HERE. WE WILL HAVE YOUR BACK IF YOU HAVE OURS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE HOWARD, FOLLOWED BY CAROL AND THEN YVETTE. WELCOME. >> IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I WOULD LIKE TO READ SOME QUOTES FROM BRUCE RILEY. POLITICIANS PERFORM A FUNCTION, A ROLE IN GOVERNMENT AND A ROLE IN CITY GOVERNMENT IS NOT ONE THAT SERVES THE PEOPLE UNLESS THE PEOPLE MAKE THEM DO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. ANY COLLECTIVE ACTION IS MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ONE DAY DECIDED NOT TO SIT AND WATCH ANYMORE. YET FOR 15 MONTHS, YOU HAVE OFFERED US ONLY SITTING AND WATCHING. FOR 15 MONTHS, WE ARE PUT IN A POSITION NOW WITH IMMINUTE RAIDS COMING UPON US. THE QUESTION I HAVE TO ASK YOU IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT TO BE LEFT WITH TO TELL YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ? THAT WE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL DID NOT HELP DRAG FOLKS TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS, THAT WE DID NOT HELP DEPORT FOLKS TO PRISON FOR TORTURE AND DEATH, THAT WE DID NOT HELP BEAT AND KILL FELLOW AMERICANS, THAT WE WERE GOOD PEOPLE BECAUSE ALL WE DID WAS WATCH AND LET IT HAPPEN. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH AND WE WILL BE REGRETTING THIS DAY. SO AGAIN, WHAT I ASK, IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN ATTORNEY GENERAL NICK BROWN SAID TWO WEEKS NOW, STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DONOT HAVE TO WATCH OR LOOK AWAY IF THE LAW IS BEING VIOLATED. IF THEY SEE SOMEONE BEING ASSAULTED UNLAWFULLY OR OTHERWISE HAVING THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS VIOLATED, WE DENOT EXPECT STATE AND LOCAL OFFICERS TO SIMPLY WATCH OR DO NOTHING. THAT IS WHAT THE 36 DISTRICT DEMOCRATS HAVE OFFERED TO YOU FOR FIVE MONTHS AND YOU HAVE BEEN ROUTINELY SILENT ON IT. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN OPTION OF SITTING BOY AND DOING NOTHING OR HAVING SEATTLE POLICE GET INTO A GUN FIGHT WITH I.C.E. THERE IS A HUGE AREA IN BETWEEN AND SOMEHOW YOU ARE AVOIDING IT. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS TO TAKE UP THE INITIATIVE, HAVE A TOWN HALL WHERE WE CAN BRING TO THE FLOOR THE WISDOM OF THE IMMIGRANTS AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS BEING DONE AS IT IS BEING DONE NOW BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE CAROL, WELCOME, AND THEN MS. YVETTE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS CAROL BUTTERFIELD, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS AFTERNOON. I'M ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF 36 DISTRICT DEMOCRATS, PARTLY OF WHAT HOWARD WAS JUST SPEAKING ABOUT. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AND HIGHLIGHT SOME ASPECTS OF THE RES LOUGZ THAT 36 DISTRICT DEMOCRATS PRESENTED TO YOU. PARTS OF IT, I WILL JUST GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY THAT REQUIRE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR RECORD THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BASICALLY ACTING AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR STATE BUT ARE NOT CLEAR LEIDENTIFIED BY NAME, BADGE NUMBER OR AGENCY AND ARE IN FACT ENGAGING IN STOPS, DETENTION AND ARRESTS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WE WOULD WANT THEM TO RECORD THEIR IDENTITY, EVIDENCE OF PROBABLE CAUSE, NAMES OF VIMGS BEING DETAINED OR ARRESTED AND A BODY WORN VIDEO RECORDING OF THE INTERACTION. ALSO THAT IT IS RESOLVED THAT SPD ARRESTS OR KIDNAPPING ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO DETAINS ANOTHER WITHOUT PROVIDING AUTHENTIC LAW ENFORCEMENT CREDENTIALS, AND ALSO THAT SPD WILL NOT COOPERATE OR PARTICIPATE WITH MILITARY PERSONNEL EXCEPT IF THE GOVERNOR CALLS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD HERE THAT I'M REALLY PLAIN VANILLA. I'M 65, WHITE FEMALE EDUCATED RETIRED NURSE PRACTITIONER, I'M A THROWTIME THREE PTA AND IF I'M AYA FREAKING IMAGINE WHAT OTHERS ARE. FUNDAMENTALLY WE ARE ASKING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PROTECT THE FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF ALL SEATTLEITES. WE ARE AFRAID. PLEASE PROTECT US. AND I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. IT IS HARD TIMES. >> THANK YOU, CAROL. WE HAVE MS. YVETTE DINISH, FOLLOWED BY ALEX ZIMMERMANN AND THEN NATHAN WALL. WELCOME. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I ALSO WANT TO CHANCMEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS INCLUDING STAFF FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT WENT TO MINNEAPOLIS, BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND THIS IS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE. AS POLITICAL ORGANIZERS -- POWER THAT ORDINARY PEOPLE WERE EXERCISING THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION. HUNDREDS WERE STANDING OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS AND RESTAURANTS, TRACKING AGENTS, BLOWING WHISTLES, [ INDISCERNIBLE ] COLLECTING GROCERIES IN AN EFFORT TO SHIELD VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS AGAINST APPREHENSION AND DEPORTATION BY YOU KNOW WHO. THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO, EVERYONE. PAY ATTENTION, PLEASE. I NOTICED -- YOU KNOW I TAKE THE SEATTLE TIMES. THE BUDGET IS $40 MILLION. IFFIA VOTED FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY PROGRAM WHICH FUNDS VIOLENCE PREVENTION METHOD. IT TOOK ME BACK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THREE YOUNG MEN FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL WERE MURDERED ON THE STROETS. AND WHEN I ASKED WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP PREVENT VIOLENCE, THEY SAID TO US, SINGING, PAINTING, DANCING, WRITING PLAYS, AND YES BOXING IS AN ART AND A SPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT $40 MILLION BE DIRECTED TO PROGRAMS LIKE THIS AND ALSO ACCOUNTABILITY. BECAUSE $40 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE MONEY SPENT TO WHICH ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING AND TO SHOW PROOF OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING. >> THANK YOU, MS. YVETTE. WE HAVE MR. ALEX ZIMMERMANN, FOLLOWED BY NATHAN WALL. >> YOU HAVE MY FACE, IT'S GOOD, IN 3 SECONDS. SEEING HIEL. >> WE ARE NOT DOING NAZI SALUTES HERE AT ALL. THAT'S A VIOLATION OF RULES. >> NO PROBLEM, NO PROBLEM. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING BUT I THINK IS CRITICAL MY SEATTLE LIFE. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT BLACK LIFE. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, SEATTLE DON'T HAVE BLACK COMMUNITY. BUT IT IS NOT ONLY SEATTLE, BELLEVUE, KIRKLAND, ALL OF THEM DON'T HAVE BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK COMMUNITIES. WHY DO THEY SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU ARE NAZI GES STAPO, VERY IMPORTANT, ABSOLUTELY SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE. SUPER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SECOND I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING WHAT MAKE ME VERY HAPPY. YOU KNOW IT HAS BEEN WHEN CIRCUS COME TO SMALL CITY, CIRCUS AND CLOWN GO IN THE STREET AND EVERYBODY HAPPY BECAUSE CIRCUS VERY GOOD IN SMALL CITY ALL TIME. MIGRATION RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CLOWN IN CIRCUS BECAUSE THEY -- RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE. I NEVER KNOW ETHE PEOPLE. MY QUESTION SIMPLE, WHO MAY FOR THIS AND HOW MUCH IT COST? $10 MILLION? WHO PAY, I? WHO WILL PAY THIS? YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS? I WANT TO KNOW, HOW MUCH IS IT COST? VIVA NEW AMERICA AND NEW REVOLUTION, STAND UP HAPPY COW AND SPEND MONEY FOR NOTHING. THANK YOU. >> AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS VIOLATION NUMBER TWO, NAZI SULOUT. IT IS AGAINST RULES. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ONE MORE BEFORE YOU GET KICKED OUT. SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE FLIRTING WITH. THANK YOU, MR. ZIMMERMANN. >> YEN HOW TO FOLLOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> BEFORIA START, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? >> I WAS GOING TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WAS A VIOLATION AND MAKE SURE IT WAS READ INTO THE RECORD. SO YOU DID WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. SO ANYWAY, NATHAN, WELCOME? >> THANK YOU. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO GET TO. I WOKE UP TO NEWS THIS MORNING THAT MAYOR WILSON HAD PUT OUT A STATEMENT ABOUT THE BALLARD HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT. TO BE HONEST, I WASN'T CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED. I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE WAS A SWEEP PERFORMED IN BALLARD TODAY. IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO BE WRONG ABOUT THAT. SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO HAVE THESE NEW HOUSING UNITS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. I AGREE THAT BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN SWEEP PEOPLE WITHOUT HAVING HOUSING AVAILABLE. SO I ENCOURAGE KATIE WILSON AND THE COUNCIL TO MAKE GOOD ON THE HOUSING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY NEED IT. OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO REPEAL THE CCP PASSED LAST SUMMER. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YUN I APPRECIATE YOU, I WAS CONCERNED YOU LOBBIED AGAINST REGULATIONS -- ACCORDING TO THE BURNER YOU LOBBIED AGAINST REG LLGZS FOR ALPR I'M NOT REMEMBERING EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. BUT I THINK ILPR PUTS US IN DANGER, IMMIGRANTS AND QUEER PEOPLE, SEEKING REPRODUCTIVE CARE. PEOPLE ARE COMING TO WASHINGTON STATE AS A SAFE HAVEN. I'M CONCERNED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL USE THE SYSTEMS TO TRACK PEOPLE COMING FROM OTHER STATES. WE HAVE SEEN IT WITH FOLKS GETTING PROSECUTED FOR GETTING ABORTION CARE IN PLACES LIKE OHIO -- OR YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, I THINK THIS IS A REASONABLE DISCUSSION TO HAVE AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME BUT WHILE TRUMP IS IN OFFICE I THINK WE CAN'T CONSIDER THIS SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THAT. ALSO, JUST FOR THE RECORD I WANT TO STATE THAT IT IS WEIRD THAT WE HAD TO HAVE TWO SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOWS BECAUSE THE SENSITIVE PRESIDENT DEMANDED. THAT'S WEIRD. ANY OTHER COUNTRY THINKS THIS IS WEIRD THAT OUR PRESIDENT IS ACTING LIKE THIS, THIS IS HOW A DICTATOR ACTS, YOU WOULD BE RIGHT TO THINK THAT WAY -- TRUMP. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL SWITCH TO ONLINE. PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLINE PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. THERE IS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PRESENT SO WE WILL GO TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WAIT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT MISSING ANYONE. THE FIRST ONE UP IS RYAN FOLLOWED BY PETER MANNING, LADY SCRIBE, DAVID HAINES, KEITH RORBACK, JOE KUNZER, AND JIM BUCHANAN. FIRST RYAN, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. FOR THE RECORD, RYAN [ INDISCERNIBLE ] . JUST REACHING OUT TO LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SUPPORTING WITH ORDINANCE 12093. MANY FAMILIES WAIT FOR YEARS FOR HABITAT HOME IN SEATTLE, EVERY MONTH OF DELAY IS A MONTH OF HOUSING INSTABILITY. DOZEN OF REVIEWS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, WORKING FAMILIES PAY THE PRICE FOR PROLONGED UNCERTAINTY OF WHEN THEY WILL HAVE A STABLE HOME. THIS ORDINANCE ELIMINATES THIS TENDENCY. IT MAINTAINS STRONG PROTECTIONS FOR CRITICAL AREA REGULATIONS, STORMWATER STANDARDS AND DESIGN STANDARDS. THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION THAT YOU WENT THROUGH DEMONSTRATED THAT EXISTING CODE DEPARTMENTS EFFECTIVELY PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. PROJECTS CONTINUE TO MEET THE STANDARDS, DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY BENCHMARKS. BECAUSE THOSE STANDARDS REMAIN IN PLACE. PIPELINE HAS OVER 200 AFFORDABLE HOME UNITS, 75% OF WHICH ARE IN SEATTLE STILL. ESSENTIAL WORKERS AT 60% TO 80%. MORE FAMILIES SOONER WITH SAME LIMITED PUBLIC RESOURCES. WE ARE HERE TO PASS THE ORDINANCE TO GET AFFORDABLE HOMES TO FAMILIES FASTER AND LOWER COSTS. THANK YOU FOR URTIME TODAY. >> THANK YOU, RYAN. NEXT WE HAVE PETER MANNING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE PRESENT T. IF YOU ARE PRESENT, PETER MANNING? ARE YOU PRESENT ONLINE? I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS ONLINE. >> THE ONLY OTHER PRP REMOTELY THAT IS ON LINE IS JOE KUNZLER. >> OKAY WE WILL BUMP UP JOE. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. WE ARE GETTING EMAILS THAT OTHER FOLKS ARE ONLINE, MAYBE THEY ARE HAVING TECHNICAL BUT JOE, GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. JOE, CAN YOU HEAR US? >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> SURE CAN. GO. >> MADAM PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY GO STORM AND AREN'T YOU HAPPY TO SEE SUNDAY NIGHT? THAT WAS AWESOME. SORRY I WON'T MAKE THE PARADE. I GOT TO DO SOME WORK BUT I WANTED TO CALL IN AND SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING A STRIKE TO ALEX ZIMMERMANN FOR THAT NAZI SALUTE. NEVER AGAIN MEANS NEVER AGAIN AND I APPRECIATE THE ALLIEDSHIP. I HAVE JEWISH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND LET ME JUST SAY VERY BLUNTLY AND GET TO THE POINT THAT HE IS 100% ANTI-SEMITIC RACIST, ANTI-MARN AMERICAN, AND GENERALLY DEPLORABLE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT STRIKE AND HOPEFULLY A YEAR LONG EXCLUSION BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO HEAR FROM ALEX ZIMMERMANN AGAIN. WE NEED TO HEAR FROM HOLLINGSWORTH AND HOPEFULLY THE STORM WILL MRN A PARADE IN THE FALL BECAUSE OUR WIN HAWKS GOT ONE. I REALLY ALSO GOT SOME NEWS TO SHARE WHICH IS THAT GESSEN BARREL IS AN EMPLOYEE. THAT'S ALSO GREAT NEWS. IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE A FAN OF ALL THINGS SEATTLE. THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP TO ALEX ZIMMERMANN. IT IS APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JO. NEXT WE HAVE LADY SCRIBE. BEFORE YOU GO, I'M GOING TO CALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PRESENT BUT YOU ARE SIGNED UP. PETER MANNING HAS SIGNED UP, THEY HAVE SENT US AN EMAIL SAYING THEY ARE ONLINE, IF WE COULD DO A SCANNING. WE HAVE DAVID HAINES, KEITH RORBACK AND JIM BUCHANAN AS WELL. LADY SCRIBE, YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, STAR 6. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, PERFECT. DO I JUST START NOW? AS WE PREPARE TO CELEBRATE OUR SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, I'M CALLING IN TO REMIND OUR MAYOR THAT WE NEED HER ATTENTION WITHOUT BEING ANGRY, BLACK WOMEN AGGRESSIVE, BLACK WOMEN THREATENING BLACK WOMEN. WE ARE THE SAME BLACK WOMEN FROM THE CAMPAIGN. I JUST DROVE BACK NONSTOP CELEBRATING THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ON THE ATTENTION THAT THIS WORLD STAGE BRINGS. I'M HOPING THAT IN THIS, YOU GUYS DON'T FORGET ABOUT BLACK SEATTLE AND YOU BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE WHEN IT COMES TO I.C.E. BEING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE OUR PASSPORTS. MY SON IS -- MAYBE THEY THINK HE IS HAITIAN OR SOMETHING, WHERE DOES HE GO? THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO AFFORD A PASSPORT FOR HIM BUT HIS FRIENDS DON'T HAVE ONE. I THINK THE PASSPORT INITIATIVE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I'M HERE ON THE PHONE TODAY REQUESTING IMMEDIATE FUNDING FOR BLACK SEATTLE IN SDREKTS 2 AND 3. NOT NEXT CYCLE BUT NOW. OUR AREA WAS HIT BY FLOODS AND MULTIDAY POWER OUT MGS. PEOPLE LOST FOOD AND SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WERE FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SAFETY AND SURVIVAL. SO AS HISTORY HAS SHOWN US TIME AND TIME AGAIN, BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE THEALIST TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE EVEN WHEN IMPACT IS SEVERE. THIS WILL HAVE BLACK LED SOLUTIONS INCLUDING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KIDS FOR 100 BLACK FAMILIES, SAFE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND IN PERSON YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON SAFETY MENTORSHIP AND INTERVENTION. A CRITICAL PART OF THE WORK IS PASSPORT TO FREEDOM BUT WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DAVID HAINES. BEFORE YOU SPEAK, WE HAVE NOT PRESENT PETER MANNING, KEITH RORBACK AND JIM BUCHANAN. SO THOSE THREE. GO AHEAD DAVID, PRESS STAR 6. >> THANK YOU, DAVID HAINES. REMEMBER WHEN PETE HOLMES WAS LOBBIED BY THE PROSECUTORS TO START EXEMPTING TRUMP PUSHERS FROM UNDER 3.5 GRAMS FROM JAIL? IT LOOKS LIKE THE PROGRESSIVES ARE REPEATING THE SKIN COLOR PERCENTAGES THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO MANIPULATE WHEN IT COMES TO PICKING AND ENGINEERING A RACE WAR WITH CRIMES THAT ARE BEING COMMITTED BY WHITE PEOPLE VERSUS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMMITTED BY BLACK OR BROWN PEOPLE, LISTED AS LOW-LEVEL MISDEMEANOR, NO NEED TO PUNISH OR PROSECUTE. BUT WHEN WE HAVE A BUNCH OF DRUNK DRIVERS DRIVING BY AND THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY, NO ONE WANTS TO ADDRESS THE OVERSERVING BARTENDERS BECAUSE THEY MIGHT START DIALLING DOWN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THEY ARE OVERSERVING, GENERATING ALL OF THE TAX MONEY. I THINK IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT THIS CITY WABTS TO FOCUS ON RIDING A WAVE OF WHAUFB COMES OUT OF THE PAST IN MINNESOTA AND DISTRACTING FROM THE FAILED POLICIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE HOMELESS CRISIS AND THE HOUSING CRISIS AND THE MAIN STREET CRISIS AND THE WORKING CLASS CRISIS THAT ARE ONGOING, THAT URLEADERSHIP WHEN IT COMES TO THE OVERSIGHT HAS WATERED DOWN THE INTEGRITY FOR ELECTION SUPPORT AND PROMISE OF NOT BEING PROTESTED AS LONG AS YOU GO ALONG WITH A BUNCH OF RACIST NONPROFITS THAT ARE CONDUCTING A RACE WAR WITHIN THEIR SCORN LIVED SPEERPS LENS THAT WANTS TO MISCONSTRUE WHAT CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL AND START PAYING GUN PREVENTION VIOLATION LIKE CRIMINAL GUN TOTING REPEAT OFFENDERS TO REEALLICATE IF THEY DON'T RETALIATE COPY CATTING SOME OLD CITY LIKE BALTIMORE WHO IS MANIPULATING THE STATISTICS AND SPEWING DECEPTION ON THE MEDIA ABOUT THEIR SUCCESS IN DIALLING DOWN THE VIOLENCE. >> THANK YOU, MR. HAINES. I'LL READ THE THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PRAEPT OR WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED. PETER MANNING, KEITH RORBACK, JIM BUCHANAN. WE DID GET AN EMAIL FROM MR. MANNING, THEIR AREA CODE STARTS WITH 253 BUT I DON'T KNOW THE BACK END, HOW THAT WORKS. OKAY WE ARE NOT SEEING YOU, MR. MANNING, KEITH RORBACK, JIM BUCHANAN. WE WILL GIVE IT ANOTHER 30 SECONDS, COLLEAGUES. JUST A SECOND. OKAY, WE ARE NOT SEEING ANYONE, SORRY ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE REACHED THE END. IF THEY POP UP, MAYBE I CAN SUSPEND THE RULES BUT WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE LIST OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME IN PERSON. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLINE. THANK YOU TO PEOPLE WHO GIVE US PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN WE ARE ON THE STREET, TO ALL OF THE EMAILS AND TO ALL OF THE MEETINGS WE HAVE WHERE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME DURING THE PROCESS AND FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. COLLEAGUES, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CUP SENT CALENDAR. ITEMS INCLUDE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 3, 2026, COUNCIL BILL 121195, PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL? >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? >> YES. >> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND LEGISLATION TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE REPORT. >> THE COUNCIL BILL 121153, LINK TO SOCIAL HOUSING TAX, ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER TO ESTABLISH THE TERMS AND PROCEDURES AND IMPLEMENTATION, TRANSFER REPORTING AND OVERSIGHT OF THE SOCIAL HOUSING TAX INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE AND IMPLEMENTATION COST AND OUTSTANDING LOAN BALANCES CREATING THE SOCIAL HOUSING TEXT FUND. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PASS AS AMENDED. THANK YOU. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE. I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME BUT I THINK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IS GOING TO SHARE WITH US AS COSPONSOR OF THE BIG. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND THEN I WILL PASS IT OFF TO THE VICE CHAIR AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? >> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO PUT FOORTH FOR CONVERSATION THIS BILL THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER. AS WE KNOW, VOTERS HAVE VOTED TWICE TO REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO BUILDING HOUSING IN SEATTLE. TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPER IS ABLE TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO TRANSFER THE FUNDS FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE TAX OVER TO THE DEVELOPER SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. COLLEAGUES, AS YOU KNOW, AS YOU DID LAST YEAR BEFORE I WAS HERE, THE COUNCIL PROVIDED $2 MILLION LOAN TO THE DEVELOPER THAT ALLOWED THEM TO MAKE PROGRESS IN HIRING STAFF AND TAKING ON WORK. ONCE WE ENTER INTO THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THE PROCEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED TO THE DEVELOPER. THIS IS A TECHNICAL, YET IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN THIS LEGISLATION. AND IT IS WELLTIMED. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE DEVELOPER IN OUR COMMITTEE TOMORROW FROM HOUSING, ARTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS WHERE WE WILL BE HEARING MORE FROM THE DEVELOPER ON THE PROGRESS TO DATE, CHANGES TO STAFFING AND HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND SOME OF THE WORK WE CAN EXPECT FROM THE DEVELOPER THIS YEAR. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION IN COMMITTEE. COLLEAGUES, THIS CAME OUT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION, EXCITED TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND FOR ALL OF URWORK ON THIS. WE KNOW EYOU WORKED HARD AND WILL BE WORKING HARD WITH THE HOUSING COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS SUCCESSFUL, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES REGARDING THIS BILL? I WILL PAUSE HERE. I KNOW I SAID I WOULD PASS IT OFF TO THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT HER ON THE SPOT. THERE WAS NOTHING. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT, JUST TO SAY THAT CHAIR STRAUSS SHEPHEARDED THIS THROUGH THE COMMITTEE. I KNOW WHERE HE HURRICANED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. THIS IS VAFRP A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO AND SO WE ARE GOING TO -- THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE AND AS VICE CHAIR, I WILL SAY WE RECOMMEND MOVING THIS THIS FORWARD. I WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE MEETING BUT I WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR IT. I WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE MY NAME DOESN'T APPEAR BUT I WOULD HAVE VOTED THIS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD SO WE CAN FULFILL OUR COMMITMENT TO THE VOTERS WHO VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SOCIAL HOUSING PDA AND THEN ENSURE THEY HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO THE WORK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WHO SHEPHERDED THIS THROUGH AS CHAIR. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AND THEN AS COSPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING WORDS? >> NO. >> OKAY. OKAY ONE AND DONE. WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? >> YES. >> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLAUSHG PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. WILL CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 2 INTO THE RECORD. >> LAND USE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, ITEM 2, ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE AND ZONING, REVISING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THRESHOLDS AND LEILATED PROVISIONS ADDRESSING REQUIREMENTS. CITY RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASSES AS AMNDED. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WE HEARD THIS IN COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. THIS HAS COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE BUT THE COMMITTEE DID RECOMMEND, THIS IS FOR -- THERE ARE TWO COMPANION BILLS, 121093 AND THEN 121135 THAT WE HEARD. THEY ARE RELATED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED BOTH OF THEM. THEY RELATE TO THE SEPA THRESHOLD EXEMPTION AND UPDATING OTHER CODES, THE SUMMARY IS THAT OUR OTHER CODES ALREADY ADDRESS MANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, WHETHER IT IS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLANS OR TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLANS. SO THOSE ARE BETTER ADDRESSED IN THOSE CODES RATHER THAN THROUGH THE SEPA PROCESS. WE ALSO SHOULD JUST MENTION THAT THERE WAS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT HAD BEEN CIRCULATED EARLIER. I'M NOT MOVING THAT FORWARD. SO JUST PROPOSING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BILLS AS WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT T THIS BILL? AWESOME. SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY -- WAS THAT AN OPENING AND CLOSING? AWESOME. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> YES. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? >> YES. >> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 3 INTO THE RECORD. >> COUNCIL BILL 121135 RELATING TO LAND USE AND ZONING, REVISING REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS, TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLANS. RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED. >> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO GIVE THE REPORT. >> THIS IS THE COMPANION BILL, UPDATES REQUIREMENTS AROUND TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS, TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLANS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLANS TO ENSURE THAT THE IMPACTS ARE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE CODE SECTIONS. THE COMMITTEE HEARD THIS AND RECOMMENDS THIS. I WOULD URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> AWESOME. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, THAT WAS THE OPENING AND CLOSING SO WE WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE ROLL CALL. WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> YES. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? YES. >> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> AWESOME THE BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE BILL ON MY BEHALF. THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE IS NOT A RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION OR ADOPTION TODAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MS. YVETTE DINISH, HER FAMILY'S HISTORY HAS BEEN AMAZING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. EVERYONE KNOWS THE DINEISHES, THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN SOUTH SEATTLE FOR COLOR GIRL GARDEN CLUB AND BEING ABLE TO DELIVER FOOD DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE GOT TO WHERE MS. YVETTE WOULD COME GET GREENS AND FOOD AND FRESH GREENS FROM HER GARDEN, DELIVER IT TO US AT THE FOOD BANK WHERE WE WOULD PACKAGE IT UP AND DELIVER IT TO PEOPLE DURING THE PANDEMIC. HAD WE NOT HAD THOSE FRESH VEGETABLES, PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NOURISHED WITH THEIR BODIES. THEY WERE PICKED BY YOUR HANDS. IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE WANT TO HONOR YOU MS. YVETTE DINISH AND SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE EVERY TUESDAY. >> [ APPLAUSE ] . >> IF MORE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THE WORK YOU DID IN SOUTH SEATTLE AND RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY, THEY WOULD BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT YOU DO WITH SUCH VERY LITTLE. WE LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL WILL BE FEBRUARY 17 AT 2:00 P.M. IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? AWESOME. SEEING NONE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED, THANK YOU.