>>> ALL RIGHT, THE MARCH 17th, 2026 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS TO: 02 P.M. I AM MARISSA RIVERA, COUNCIL PRO TEM. WILL THE COUNCIL PLEASE CALL A ROLL? >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LIN? COUNCILMEMBER MERCECDES RINCK? >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM RIVERA? >> PRESENT. >> SIX PRESENT. >> THANK YOU, CLERK. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH WILL BE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING, HEARING NO OBJECTION, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH IS EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING. THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS TODAY, COLLEAGUES. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT -- OH -- SORRY. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A -- DO YOU WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED? >> YES. >> I RECOGNIZE -- >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM -- >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU MAY PROCEED. TO READ A PROCLAMATION. OH, AND FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS JOINED US, AS HAS COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> OKAY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM. I WAS THINKING THIS WAS AT THE END OF THE AGENDA BUT I WILL FLEX AND SAY, FIRST, EVERYONE, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY. I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING THE GRAND MARSHAL AT THIS YEAR'S PARADE, WHICH I WILL JUST QUICKLY SHOW THIS SASH, MAKING IT OFFICIAL. I WILL NOT PUT IT ON, THOUGH. THANK YOU. BUT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ON THIS DAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK I DID OVER THE WEEKEND, AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, TO OUR SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH GALWAY, WHICH WAS ALSO A WEST COAST CITY, A PORT CITY, AND WE HAD A GREAT VISIT FROM THEM WITH MIKE HUBBARD AND THEIR CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LEONARD CLEARLY, AND THERE DELEGATION. SO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE UPLOAD OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE PROCLAMATION I READ AT LUNCH ON THURSDAY FOR HERE AND FOR THE RECORD ON THIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY. SO, THE PROCLAMATION IS A CITY OF SEATTLE PROCLAMATION THAT NOTES, WHEREAS, THE U.S. IS HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST POPULATION OF PEOPLE OF IRISH DESCENT IN THE 2024 CENSUS, OVER 70,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING IRISH HERITAGE. AND WHEREAS, THE 55th ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, MARCH 14th, IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE SERVING AS GRAND MARSHAL IN RECOGNITION OF MY DEEP LOVE FOR THE IRISH CULTURE, AND FOSTERING OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SEATTLE AND OUR SISTER CITY, GALWAY. AND WHEREAS, MARINE McCORMICK WILL SERVE AS HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL IN HONOR OF HER WORK IN SEATTLE SISTERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS CELEBRATING ITS 40th ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. AND WHEREAS, THE IRISH HERITAGE CLUB OF SEATTLE'S ANNUAL IRISH WEEK FEATURES THE ENGEL IRISH SODA BREAD BAKING CONTEST, THE IRISH BAKING LUNCHEON, THE IRISH LAYING OF THE GREEN STRIPE ON ALASKAN WAY, THE PARADE ROUTE, THE EMERALD CITY IRISH FILM FESTIVAL, AND THE IRISH FESTIVAL OF SEATTLE AND THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE. SO, NOW, THEREFORE, I, KATIE B WILSON, MAYOR OF SEATTLE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MARCH 7th THROUGH THE 15th -- AND WE WILL ADD THE 17th -- TO BE IRISH WEEK 2026. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND TO NOTE EVERYONE, WHETHER THEY ARE FROM IRELAND ITSELF OR FROM IRISH DESCENT, OR AS I NOTED TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM TODAY, EVERYBODY IS A LITTLE BIT IRISH, TO HAVE A VERY HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY, SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES. NOW, WE WILL OPEN UP THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THE INTRODUCTION OR REFERRAL CALENDAR, THE COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM. CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? >> WE HAVE THREE REMOTE, AND -- >> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SEVEN PUBLIC COMMENTERS, SO WE WILL GIVE EVERYONE TWO MINUTES AND I WILL CALL THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST. AND CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU. >> YES, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER, SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED, SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN THERE IS 10 SECONDS LEFT OF THEIR TIME, SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THEIR MICS MUTED IF THEY DO NOT FINISH THEIR COMMENTS IN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> THANK YOU, CLERK. WE WILL BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT WITH TIMOTHY HARDEST, THEN ROSE, THAN HOWARD GALE, AND GIVE IT DINESH. TIMOTHY? >> HELLO. IS THIS WORKING? CHECK? ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY, YOU CAN BEGIN. >> YEAH, MY COMMENT IS ON COUNCIL BILL 121164, ON RESTRICTING I.C.E. FROM BEING ABLE TO USE THE SAME FACILITIES AND HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PRINT OUT SIGNS. I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON IT, REGARDING ITS CLARITY AND EFFECTIVENESS. I WOULD SAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PASS IT AS IS, BUT HERE ARE SOME THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE. ONE, FUNCTIONAL. SO, WHAT DOES SOMEONE DO WHEN THEY ACTUALLY SEE I.C.E. VIOLATING THIS BILL IF IT DOES GO INTO LAW? SO, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPORT THE INJUNCTION FOR CONTEMPT, DO YOU CALL THE CITY ATTORNEY? ARE WE CALLING THE POLICE? WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING? MY REQUEST IS, CAN WE PUT OUT SOME MESSAGE THAT SAYS, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING GOING WRONG, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO. SECOND, TIME LIMITS. IF WE GO INTO COURT TO GET AN INJUNCTION, WILL THAT BE EFFECTIVE IF WE SEE I.C.E. ILLEGALLY COMING TO STATE PROPERTY IN THE MORNING AND THEN KIDNAPPING OUR NEIGHBORS BY AFTERNOON, WILL THAT BE TIMELY ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY BE EFFECTIVE? THIRD, THE ISSUE WITH ENFORCEMENT, SPD AND THE POLICE OFFICERS KILLED HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE GOING AND IDENTIFYING FEDERAL OFFICERS. IF I.C.E. IS SHOWING UP IN UNMARKED VEHICLES AND NOT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FORCE TO SAY, HEY, IT WAS A FEDERAL OFFICER ON CITY PROPERTY. ARE YOU ABLE TO PUT IN SOME SORT OF TEETH THAT SAYS, HEY, IF YOU ARE ON CITY PROPERTY AND YOU ARE A FEDERAL OFFICER, YOU HAVE TO BE IDENTIFIED? NOT ONLY THAT, THAT SPD IN ADDITION TO HAVING BODY CAMERAS ON, HAVE TO THEN IDENTIFY FEDERAL OFFICERS, SO TWOFOLD TO THAT, WE HAVE TO FORCE SPD TO ACTUALLY DO THE JOB. LAST ONE, WHAT IS THE EFFICACY OF THIS? IF IT IS JUST A SLAP ON THE WRIST, IF IT IS SPD LITERALLY SWEEPING I.C.E. OUT OF THE CITY PROPERTY, OR ARE YOU GOING TO SAY, HEY, IF YOU ARE ON CITY PROPERTY ILLEGALLY AS A FEDERAL OFFICER WITH I.C.E., IS THERE FINES? IS THERE DIRECT REST OF I.C.E. AGENTS? SO, I WOULD SAY, GO AHEAD AND PASS WHAT WE HAVE NOW, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE FOR THE REST OF THE PUBLIC, WHAT WE DO, AND IN ANY UPDATES TO GIVE THIS MORE TEETH BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S A GREAT BILL, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE MUCH POWER. >> THANK YOU, TIMOTHY. ORALY ROSE? >> HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND FEEL SETTLED -- FELLOW SEATTLE RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS ORALY, I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE SPEAKING TO YOU THROUGH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST TO THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, THE EFF. I HAVE MAINTAINED RECORDS SHOWING THAT CONTRERAS ULTRA BROADBAND AND ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING GERALD CROSBY HAVE DIRECT MILLIMETER TECHNOLOGY AND PRECISE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS AND COORDINATES. AND FREQUENCIES RIGHT HERE IN OUR REGION. THESE ARE NOT HYPOTHETICAL SIGNALS. THEY ARE DOCUMENTED, TARGETED AT MISSIONS CAPABLE OF SURVEILLANCE AND PHYSICAL HARM, AS A TORTURE VICTIM WHO HAS PHYSICALLY EXPERIENCED THESE EFFECTS, I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH EVIDENCE ON MY PHONE AND THROUGH THE EFF ONLINE THAT IS NOW PUBLIC. SEATTLE PRIDES ITSELF ON PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY OPEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO LOCAL BROADBAND PROVIDERS AND USE THE MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS, DEMAND FULL TRANSPARENCY ON THE TARGETING CAPABILITIES AND PASS AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING UNAUTHORIZED, DIRECTED ENERGY USE AGAINST RESIDENTS. OUR SAFETY AND PRIVACY CANNOT WAIT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ORALY. HOWARD GALE? >> GOOD AFTERNOON. TWO DAYS FROM NOW, ON THURSDAY, WILL MARK THE ANNIVERSARY, ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF SPD MURDERING IRVIN ANDREW CA WHILE EXPERIENCING A HEALTH CRISIS IN THE PARKING LOT OF SPD WEST PRECINCT, LEAVING BEHIND HIS GRANDPARENTS, HIS PARENTS, HIS BROTHER, HIS WIFE, HIS DAUGHTER, AND MANY EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. HE BECAME 1 OF 4 PEOPLE KILLED BY SPD LAST YEAR, THREE OF WHICH WERE SUFFERING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. HOW IS THE INVESTIGATION GOING? WE WILL ONLY KNOW AT A RANDOM PART IN TIME. JUST A WEEK BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED IN 2020, THE OPA PROMULGATED A POLICY FOR REACHING OUT TO THOSE KILLED BY POLICE, A POLICY AS FAR AS ANYONE KNOWS HAS NEVER BEEN ACTED UPON. THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS HE RAISED HIM FROM LIFE AND THEN HE RAISED HIM FROM THE PUBLIC MEMORY. DENNY RODRIGUEZ, RYAN SMITH, TERRY CAPER, DEREK HAYDEN, ARE JUST SOME OF THE OTHER NAMES HE RAISED BY OUR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, PEOPLE IN CRISIS WITH A KNIFE OR NOTHING IN THEIR HANDS WERE KILLED BY POLICE. IF TRYING TO SEARCH FOR THIS CASE ON THE OPA WEBSITE, YOU WILL FIND YOU CAN'T, YOU ARE MET WITH THE OPA STATEMENT, "IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE CASE NUMBER, YOU CAN EMAIL THE OPA." THIS IS AFTER A DECADE OF REFORM IN WHICH WE WERE PROMISED THERE WOULD BE A SEARCHABLE DATABASE, WHICH OF COURSE THERE ISN'T BUT THAT IS OKAY BECAUSE WE KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THE OPA INVESTIGATION. IGNORED BY THE CBC WILL BE THE SAME AS IT WAS FOR THE PAST 15 PEOPLE KILLED BY SPD OVER THE LAST 14 YEARS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. IN ALMOST ALL CASES WITH NOTHING MORE THAN A KNIFE IN THEIR HANDS OR NOTHING IN THEIR HANDS. SO, IS IT ANY SURPRISE THAT THIS UNNECESSARILY KILLED THE SAME POLICE THAT SAID TWO FELLOW OFFICERS LAST MAY, "WE ARE PAST TOPPING, WE ARE HERE TO FUCK PEOPLE UP NOW," ARE THE SAME POLICE HE REFUSED TO REQUIRED TO KEEP IMMIGRANTS SAFE AND TO PROTECT EVERYONE'S FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS. NOW, I WANT TO REMIND YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, I REQUESTED PUBLICLY THAT THERE BE A FORUM, PUBLIC FORUM, ON POLICE CONTINUING TO KILL PEOPLE IN CRISIS. IT IS A YEAR LATER, WHERE IS THAT FOR HIM? >> THANK YOU, MR. GAIL. MS. YVETTE? >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 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. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK SPD FOR MAKING AN ARREST IN THE MURDER OF THOSE TWO YOUNG MEN THAT WAS COMMITTED ON JANUARY 30th. THAT REALLY SHOWS A BIG RELIEF TO OUR COMMUNITY. YEAH. THAT IS A BIG DEAL. AND ALSO, CONSTABLE KETTLE, PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR, THE $40 MILLION FOR THE SAFETY PROGRAMS, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE CALLED, HAS THE MONEY STARTED BEING DISPERSED, YET? OR, HAS IT BEEN DECIDED WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE SPENT? IS THE PROCESS OPEN YET? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE DOING SOME OF THE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN, ALSO, ONE LAST THING ABOUT THE CAMERA SITUATION, ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO HAVE THOSE CAMERAS IS TO CATCH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING THEIR DOG ALL OVER MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MS. YVETTE. I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER -- OH! THERE IS MORE IN PERSON. OKAY, WE HAVE NATHAN WALL. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I'M SORRY FOR BEING LATE. I GUESS, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE, AGAIN, THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE MOVING FORWARD LEGISLATION TO PROTECT US FROM I.C.E. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AS GOOD AS ANY EXAMPLE THAT PRESSURE DOES WORK, AND IT IS A GOOD THING FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT WE CARE ABOUT, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING TO THIS BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME HERE, INCLUDING MYSELF, I GUESS, WHO HAVE COME HERE AND ASKED YOU TO PASS THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE UNANIMOUS VOTES. I ALSO DO SHARE CONCERN WITH SPD NOT PROTECTING US FROM I.C.E. I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS WORKED ON THE PROFESSIONALISM STANDARDS WITH SPD BUT I AM JUST CONCERNED THAT MANY OFFICERS HAVE -- AND THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE HEARD ABOUT WITH WHAT HOWARD HAS TALKED ABOUT, WHEN THE MAN WHO WAS HARASSING DAY CARES IN THE WEST SEATTLE AND SOUTH SEATTLE -- HIS NAME IS ANTHONY McDONALD, BY THE WAY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE SAY HIS NAME, BECAUSE HE IS ARRESTING OUR NEIGHBORS -- BUT, YOU KNOW, THE COP HAD SAID THAT HE WISHED HE WAS AN I.C.E. AGENT OR THAT HE WOULD BE FINE WITH I.C.E. AGENTS BEING IN WEST SEATTLE. I WOULD NOT BE FINE WITH I.C.E. AGENTS BEING IN WEST, AND I THINK IT IS UNACCEPTABLE -- I HAVE SPOKEN TO COPPS ABOUT MY CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND I HAVE HAD PEOPLE SAY TO ME, LIKE, "AREN'T YOU GLAD WE DON'T HAVE OPEN BORDERS ANYMORE?" WHICH, TO ME, THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR IS ONE MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE SAYING WHILE ON DUTY, SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I DON'T FULLY TRUST SPD TO UPHOLD WHAT WE ARE DOING, ESPECIALLY, LIKE WHAT HOWARD HAS SAID, SO, YEAH, I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S LEGISLATION UNANIMOUSLY AND TAKE THESE CONCERNS INTO REAL CONSIDERATION. SO, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, NATION. I WILL PASS IT OVER TO THE CLERK FOR THE ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTERS. THANK YOU, CLERK. >> OKAY, SO, REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTERS, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ROSALIE FOLLOWED BY CHARLIE. GO AHEAD, ROSE. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS ROSALIE DINNER. YOU HAVE ALL HEARD ME BEFORE. LAST WEEK -- NOT LAST WEEK -- A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I WAS ONTO THOUGH -- THE WAY TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHERE I GRIPPED MY HEART AND COLLAPSED ON THE CONCRETE. I, LIKE MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY, HAVE FELT THE EFFECTS OF COVID LIKE MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T. UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT LEFT US. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES, THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOOK TO AS HEROES, THE PEOPLE WORKING AT GROCERY STORES THAT BORE THE BRUNT OF WHAT COVID LOOKED LIKE. FOR THOSE IN THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND LATINO COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY, HIGH RATES OF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HAD THAT LEAVE THEM. THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS ALL OVER THE CITY THAT ARE CURRENTLY SUFFERING IN MORE WAYS THEN PEOPLE COULD IMAGINE. I HAVE SPENT THE LAST THREE WEEKS IN MY BED SLOWLY WAITING FOR MY BODY TO HEAL AND I AM ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES, BECAUSE I HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO SO. I HAVE THE CAPABILITY FOR ME TO BOUNCE BACK, WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY IN MY COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO DO SO. WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE, IN THE LAST MONTH AND WEEKS, TALK ABOUT HOW DESPERATE THEY ARE FOR US TO CRACK DOWN ON I.C.E. AND TO HELP THEM STABILIZE AND HAVE EVICTION MORATORIUMS SO THEY CAN BE SAFE AND THINGS ARE JUST GETTING WORSE. WE NEED, MORE THAN EVER, MORE SUPPORT. I DO SUPPORT THE NOTES ON FACILITIES IS GOOD, AS THINGS ARE GOING FORWARD, THINGS ARE GETTING INCREDIBLY DESPERATE FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITIES. JUST TODAY, IDAHO PASSED A BILL PUTTING A FIVE-YEAR FELONY BAN ON TRANS PEOPLE USE THE RESTROOM AND THINGS ARE HEATING UP NATIONALLY. I.C.E. IS SAYING IF PEOPLE HAVE DOCUMENTS THEY DON'T LIKE, THEY CAN START TO INCARCERATE THEM. WE HAVE GOT TO START THINKING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, A LITTLE BIT MORE BROADER, BECAUSE THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET DANGEROUS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANKS. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHARLOTTE PHILIPPE AND AFTER CHARLOTTE WILL BE DAVID HAYNES. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT PRO TEM -- MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE PHILIPPE, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3. IT IS 421 DAYS SINCE THE PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE AND 75 DAYS SINCE MAYOR KATIE WILSON TOOK OFFICE. TODAY, THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER COUNCIL BILL 121164 IN FURTHERANCE OF TRENT 25'S EXECUTIVE ORDER PROHIBITING CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT STAGING ON PROPERTY OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE CITY. THIS BILL IS AN IMPORTANT IN THE CITY, WITH REGARD TO THE RAMPANT FEDERAL OVERREACH WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE CITY IS LIMITED AS TO WHAT IT CAN DO IN RESPONSE TO I.C.E. AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ABDUCTING AND DISAPPEARING OUR NEIGHBORS, BUT THIS BILL EMBRACES WHAT WE CAN DO, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNMENTAL INDEPENDENCE, A PRESERVATION OF OUR STATUS AS A WELCOMING CITY FOR DE FACTO INTO SHORE. THANK YOU FOR COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD. I HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL REVISIT THIS BILL ONCE IT IS ADOPTED TO GIVE IT MORE TEETH, AND I EXPECT THIS TO NOT BE THE EXTENT OF THIS COUNCIL'S ACTIONS TO PROTECT. I URGED PASSAGE OF THIS BILL, AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S DATA PRIVACY BILL IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, AS WELL. FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR UNANIMOUSLY PASSING COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S BILL LAST WEEK AT COUNCIL MEETING. LET'S NOT LET THAT BE THE END TO YOUR ACTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS DAVID HAYNES. DAVID, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. >> HI, THANK YOU. DAVID HAYNES. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, DID Y'ALL SEE THE AXIAL'S REPORT ON SEATTLE'S PUBLIC SAFETY? THAT WAS, LIKE, ONLY 14% TO 18% IMPROVEMENT AND THERE WAS A TELLTALE SIGN THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS THAT THE POLICE CHIEF WRAPPED SENSORS ALL AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND DISPERSED THEM INSTEAD OF, LIKE, TRESPASSING THEM, AND ARRESTING THEM, AND QUESTIONING THEM. THEY ALLOWED THINGS TO GO TO BELLTOWN, AND CHINATOWN. THEY INCREASED, LIKE, EXPONENTIALLY. AND WHY IS IT, THE COUNCIL IS GIVING THE BAD POLICIES A PASS WHEN IT COMES TO EXEMPTING DRUG PUSHERS UNDER 3.5 GRAMS? THAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. AND WE HAVE A SOCIETY IMPLODING AT THE MOMENT AND THERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO GO OUT AND SEXUALLY ABUSE THE DRUG ADDICTED IN CAPITOL HILL AND ELSEWHERE AND THEY DON'T WANT SURVEILLANCE AND THEY DON'T WANT IMPROVED POLICING AND THEY DON'T WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE DRUG CULTURE IS BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANT TO USE THE DRUG SHELTERS TO CREATE THESE JUNKIE THIEVES THAT ARE STEALING FROM OTHER PEOPLE IN THE TOURIST AREA AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AREA AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL GOT SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FROM THE POLICE CHIEF, WHO ALLOWED FOR THEM TO JUST PUSH EVERYBODY OUT OF THEIR DOORSTEPS, TO JUSTIFY THE OVERINFLATED RAIDS AND FEEL LIKE IT IS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO COME ON DOWNTOWN. IT IS LIKE, PEOPLE SHOULD BOYCOTT DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES UNTIL THEY STOP ALLOWING FOR THE BAD POLICIES THAT SWEEP THE EVIL FROM THEIR DOORSTEP, DOWN THE STREET TO BELLTOWN AND CHINATOWN, TO ELSEWHERE AROUND THIS COMMUNITY, WHILE PRAISING THE COPS WHO ARE DOING THIS WRONG POLICY ON PURPOSE FOR AN EASIER PAYDAY. AND YET, WE HAVE A COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO IS ON YET ANOTHER PRIVILEGED GETAWAY, SHARING THE WEALTH AND POWER WITH ALL OF YOU OTHER SUSPECT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT STILL DEAL WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ARE CHEATING -- >> THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS. >> THANK YOU, CLERK. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE LIST OF REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION. THE INTRODUCTION AND 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 CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE THE MINUTES OF MARCH 10th, 2026, COUNCIL BILL 121178, PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. EIGHT APARTMENTS FROM THE HOUSING, ARTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE, ONE APPOINTMENT FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR?HEARING ON. I MOVED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR, IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? >> AYE. PRO TEM RIVERA? >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS ADOPTED, WILL THE CLERK AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE COOK CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM ONE INTO RECORD? >> PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ITEM 121164, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CELEBRATION ENFORCEMENT, PROHIBITING CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT STAGING ON ALL REAL PROPERTY THAT THE CITY IS OWNED AND CONTROLLED, ADDING A NEW CHAPTER, WE RECOMMEND THE BILL IS PASSED. >> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE A REPORT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM, COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER, I APPRECIATE, FIRST, THE COMMENTS MADE RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH TODAY. COLLEAGUES, IT IS IMPORTANT WITH RESPECT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE, THE PEOPLE, ASSERT OURSELVES AND OUR RIGHTS, WHETHER AS INDIVIDUALS OR LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, TO NOT DO SO POTENTIALLY SEEDS AWAY THOSE RIGHTS. THIS CONCEPT, THIS IS SOMETHING I SAW AND WAS FAMILIAR WITH IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW FROM MY TIME WORKING IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO EXERCISE RIGHTS, TO DELINEATE THOSE RIGHTS. AND I SHOULD NOTE, TOO, THE CONSTITUTION DELINEATES THE RIGHTS APPROPRIATED TO THEIR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT NOT THOSE LISTED -- BUT, THEN, THOSE NOT LISTED ARE TO THE STATES AND BY EXTENSION, TO US AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND THIS IS NOTED IN THE 10th AMENDMENT AS PART OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS, AND I HAVE A BOOK BY JOHN MEACHAM, AND ALSO MY COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION. AMENDMENT 10 SAYS, "THE POWERS NOT DELEGATED TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE CONSTITUTION, NOR PROHIBITED BY IT TO THE STATES, ARE RESERVED TO THE STATES RESPECTIVELY, OR TO THE PEOPLE." SO, IT IS REALLY INCUMBENT ON US, AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TO STAND UP. FOR THOSE RIGHTS. AND THAT IS WHAT THIS STAGING BILL, COUNCIL BILL 121164, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US, AS A CITY, AND AS A COMMUNITY, TO ASSERT OURSELVES AND OUR RIGHTS ON THE ISSUES OF CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THIS BILL PROHIBITS CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ON ALL REAL PROPERTY THAT IS CITY-OWNED OR CITY CONTROLLED. IT IS IMPORTANT, TOO, NOT TO LOOK AT THIS BILL IN ISOLATION, BUT THAT IT JOINS OTHERS PAST THAT WERE WORKING THROUGH COMMITTEE RELATED TO FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WHICH AGAIN, GOES BACK TO THAT FIRST POINT OF EXERCISING RIGHTS AND LAYING OUT THOSE PIECES. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS BILL ALSO -- AND I RECOGNIZE THERE IS DIFFERENCE OPINIONS IN HOW FAR WE SHOULD GO IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT, THIS BILL REPRESENTS A WHOLE OF CITY GOVERNMENT APPROACH WITH THE IMPORTANT ROLL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD AND THAT SHOULD BE REMARKED UPON BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS, AND DO SO IN A WAY THAT IS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, PROFESSIONAL. WHICH GOES TO THE PREVIOUS BILL WE DID IN TERMS OF PROFESSIONALISM AND STANDARDS. THESE PIECES ARE VERY IMPORTANT, AND TO THE VARIOUS COMMENTS RECEIVED, INCLUDING NATHAN'S, HOWARD'S, ROSE, AND THE FIRST COMMENTER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO WALK THROUGH THESE PIECES. YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO STATE WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE. THIS IS CALLED LEADERSHIP, FROM A GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE. AND IT GOES TO THE STANDARDS, IN TERMS OF NO MASK, AND THIS IS FROM THE PROFESSIONALISM STANDARDS BILL. INTO THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT, THE POLICE DIRECTIVE SAYS THAT THEY WILL RESPOND. THE POLICE DIRECTIVE IS QUITE CLEAR, THAT THEY WILL RESPOND. ESSENTIALLY, AS I SAY IT, IT IS ABOUT ENGAGING, RESPONDING TO THAT 911 CALL. IT IS ABOUT CONFIRMING, CONFIRMING THAT IT IS A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY PRETENDING TO BE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO, IT IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED FOR SPD TO CONFIRM THAT AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, BASICALLY GET A BASIC UNDERSTANDING AS THE PROBABLE CAUSE THAT WAS AROUND THE ARREST BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE ACTION THAT IS BEING TAKEN BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TO DOCUMENT WHETHER IT IS BODY WORN VIDEO, CAMERAS FROM THE CARS, AND SO FORTH. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THE DIRECTIVE SAYS THAT AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE HAS SAID MANY TIMES THAT WE SHALL DO THAT AND THAT IS THE LEADERSHIP PIECE, HERE. AGAIN, IT IS DOING THAT PROFESSIONALLY, THE POLICE CHIEF ALSO SAYS RESPECTFULLY, THIS TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT WITH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO SHOWS THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, A CITY THAT IS DOING IT RIGHT. WE ARE ENGAGING, AND WE ARE PROFESSIONALS, AND WE ARE STANDING UP, AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOTE, FOR ME TO NOTE, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE COMMENTS AND REMARKS MADE IN PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE IT ALL TIES TOGETHER. THAT BILL, WHETHER IT IS THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BILL I TALKED ABOUT, OR THE BILL RELATED FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM'S IN TERMS OF NOT JUST SPD BUT WHOLE CITY GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF THE DATA SETS THEY HAVE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THEM, TO THE OTHER BILLS RELATED TO DETENTION CENTERS. FOR EXAMPLE. AND THE OTHER BILLS COMING, AS WELL, WITH DATA PRIVACY AND SOME ADDITIONAL PIECES THAT ARE COMING ON. THIS COLLECTION OF BILLS -- AND TODAY, REPRESENTED BY COUNCIL BILL 121164, SHOW US, AGAIN, STANDING UP, ASSERTING OURSELVES, AND OUR CITY OR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AND WITH THAT BASICALLY DOWN, WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE, COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT RELATED TO COUNCIL BILL 112164. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM. COLLEAGUES, I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF SINCE I SAT IN ON PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE LAST WEEK AND SHARED SOME REMARKS ON THIS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR SPONSORING THIS LEGISLATION AS WELL AS ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR OFFERING AMENDMENTS TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF CITY PROPERTIES IN THIS LEGISLATION. THIS IS A STEP FORWARD OUR CITY CAN TAKE AND WE HAVE MORE WE CAN DO AND I WILL BE VOTING YESTERDAY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ANYONE ELSE? THEN, I WILL JUST SAY, PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR KETTLE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR ON TAKING UP THESE VARIOUS PIECES OF LEGISLATION. I AGREE, WE ARE DOING, AS A BODY, ALL WE CAN TO BRING FORWARD ALL OF THESE BILLS RELATED TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN OUR CITY AND OUR SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY. THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND I, TOO, WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS BILL TODAY. ALL RIGHT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? >> AYE. >> AND PRO TEM RIVERA? >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE ATTACH MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? >> AGENDA ITEM TWO, RESOLUTION 32194, A RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING DATA AND PRIVACY PROTECTIONS FOR ANY PERSON SEEKING OR ACCESSING CITY PROGRAMS OR SERVICES, REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THE CITY'S DATA COLLECTION AND SHARING PRACTICES TO LIMIT DATA EXPOSURE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TO OTHER LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATE JURISDICTIONS, AND REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENTS INCORPORATE PRIVACY STANDARDS INTO FUTURE CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. >> THANK YOU, CLERK. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU WILL PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND THEN I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AS A SPONSOR OF THE ITEM TO PROVIDE COMMENT. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM. I WILL START BY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR THE TECHNICAL AMENDMENT, AS WELL. AS I MENTIONED IN OUR SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING ON FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION POLICY CHANGES, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION, WHEN IT COMES TO ASSESSING OUR DATA ACROSS THE CITY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING A REPORT BACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE ON THIS. THIS BILL PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE BILL'S SPONSOR TO SPEAK MORE ON THE BILL, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I APPRECIATE IT. AND FOR BRINGING THIS AND HEARING THIS IN FEDERAL SELECT COMMITTEE. I WILL SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS, I THINK OVER THE LAST, I GUESS, FEW MONTHS I HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE, I HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM COMMUNITIES AROUND THIS CONCERN BOTH HERE AT PUBLIC COMMENT AND I THINK THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP WEEK AFTER WEEK, AS WELL AS THE FOLKS I HAVE MET WITH OUT IN COMMUNITY, OR TALKING TO AT EVENTS, AND MY PRINCIPLES ON THIS HAVE BEEN CLEAR, WHICH IS THAT WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING PEOPLE'S PRIVACY, AND THERE IS JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CONCERN, THERE. I WILL SAY, PART OF THIS RESOLUTION REAFFIRMS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT, AND I FIND THAT IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING, SO THEY CAN FEEL SAFE, AND SECURE, IN ACCESSING CITY SERVICES. THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THAT WE KNOW THAT IN SOME INSTANCES, NONE THAT WE HAVE AWARENESS OF HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, BUT IN OTHER INSTANCES, DESPITE HAVING DATA PROTECTIONS, THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS WHERE GOVERNMENT COLLECTED DATA HAS BEEN SHARED. AND SO, WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE IN OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH KEEP WASHINGTON WORKING AND OUR DATA PRIVACY STANDARDS, NOT JUST FOR CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT FOR THE CONTRACTORS THAT WE WORK WITH, SO I COMMEND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL, AND I THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, FOR YOUR TECHNICAL AMENDMENT THAT BRINGS BACK THE PREVIOUS WORK AND HIGHLIGHTS THAT, AND I COMMEND THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL FOR THAT LEADERSHIP, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING A REPORT BACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE THIS SUMMER, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO UPHOLD THE HIGHEST STANDARDS HERE IN SEATTLE, SO WITH THAT, ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MADAME COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM RIVERA. I MOVED TO -- AS PRESENTED BY AMENDMENT A ON THE AGENDA. >> SECOND.. >> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND RESOLUTION 32194 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS IT. >> THANK YOU. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK THE LEGISLATION SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. REALLY DO APPRECIATE AND VALUE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. VERY THOUGHTFUL PIECE OF UNDERLYING LEGISLATION. I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP, AS WELL, FROM COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IN GETTING US TO THIS POINT ON THIS REALLY IMPORTANT SIGNATURE PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO HELP ALL OF US ADVANCE OUR SHARED GOALS. THIS IS JUST A REALLY TECHNICAL AND SPECIFIC AMENDMENT, THAT THE COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S POINT, ACKNOWLEDGES THE ORIGIN, AND THE KIND OF HISTORY, AND, I THINK, THE WORK THAT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY BUILDING UPON THROUGH THIS LEGISLATION. SO, IT'S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT CERTAINLY VERY TECHNICAL AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT A? I DON'T SEE ANY COMMENTS, OR HANDS UP, RATHER. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT A? >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? >> AYE. >> THANK YOU. AND PRO TEM RIVERA? >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT A IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES, ON THE ADOPTED RESOLUTION? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM. ALSO, THANK YOU TO CHAIR RINCK FROM OUR SELECT COMMITTEE, AND ALSO, TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR THIS RESOLUTION. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE ABOVE, PARTLY FROM MY ROLL AS PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR, BECAUSE THIS RESOLUTION IS IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF REAFFIRMING THE DATA PRIVACY PUBLIC AS WE CANNOT ASSUME THE DIRECTION GIVEN RELATED TO CIVIL MATTERS, IN THIS CASE, MORE BROADLY, BUT AS WAS MENTIONED LIKE IMMIGRATION AND OTHERS, IS CARRIED OUT. WERE, LATER UPDATED AS NEED BE, GIVEN CHANGES THAT MAY OCCUR. BY TAKING THESE ACTIONS AND PUBLICLY DOING SO, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE POINT ABOUT LEADERSHIP, BUT ALSO, THE LAW AS MENTIONED BEFORE WITH COUNCIL BILL 121164, BUT ALSO FOR BUILDING TRUST WITH COMMUNITY. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE THIS ACTION AND TO ENSURE, IN THIS CASE WHERE THE EXECUTIVE IS DOING ITS PIECES, TO HELP BUILD THAT TRUST WITH COMMUNITY. PARTICULARLY THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE. WE NEED TO ENGAGE, WE NEED TO IN SHOW THAT WE ARE TAKING ACTION AND ESSENTIALLY CROSSING AND DOTTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT MAKING PEOPLE MORE VULNERABLE SO WE THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, CHAIR RINCK OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM, FOR THIS BILL. OR, FOR THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THEN, COLLEAGUES, I WILL JUST SAY, TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS IN BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION. I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT. SO, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY, IN GENERAL, I APPRECIATE COLLECTIVELY, THIS BODY, FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO TAKE THESE STANCES, THESE VERY IMPORTANT STANCES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT REALLY SHOWS, LIKE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING ALL RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY, NOT JUST SOME RESIDENTS. AND I REALLY FEEL A MOMENT OF, JUST, JUST GRATITUDE FOR EVERYONE, AND IN BRINGING ALL OF THE VARIOUS PIECES OF LEGISLATION TOGETHER. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT, COLLEAGUES. ALL RIGHT, CLERK'S, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION? >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? >> PRO TEM RIVERA AYE. >> >> PRO TEM RIVERA? >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE CLERK WILL SIGN IT, WELL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM THREE INTO THE RECORD? >> GOVERNMENTS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE, AGENDA ITEM THREE, COUNCIL BILL 121166 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, DECLARING REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS KING COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 1623049405 LOCATED AT SOUTH 138th STREET IN SEATAC, WASHINGTON, TO BE SURPLUS TO THE CITY'S NEEDS, AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS AND TAKE OTHER NECESSARY ACTIONS FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY TO KING COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 125. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS COUNCIL PASS THE BILL. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM AND I AM GOING TO THINK NO ONE ELSE JUST SO YOU KNOW THIS COMES OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE AND I'M DOING THIS ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. AS VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, THIS IS WHAT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, THE BACKGROUND ON THIS IS SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES SALE, THE SPU, SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, SOLD EXCESS PROPERTY IN SEATAC. THIS PROPERTY WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR UTILITY PURPOSES IN KING COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 125 AND AT THE MARCH 12 MEETING OF THE GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES MEETING, THIS WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, THREE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED, AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS THAT THE COMCAST FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS VOTED ON IN COMMITTEE, WILL COME TO FULL COUNCIL ON TUESDAY, MARCH 24th. AND THAT IS IT. SO, EVERYONE, VOTE YES. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM. YES, REALLY TODAY, I WILL SHARE THE SAME THING THAT I SHARED AT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS, AS WE CONTINUE TO DISPOSSESS OF LAND, WE NEED TO BEGIN BY ENGAGING IN GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION WITH OUR FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES, UNTIL WE FORMALLY CHANGE THAT POLICY HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. SENATOR JOHN McCOY WOULD SAY THAT IT TAKES TWO YEARS OF EDUCATION TO GET A BILL PASSED, SO THIS IS PART OF MY TWO YEARS OF EDUCATION, THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR DISPOSITION POLICIES SO THAT WE DO GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION WITH FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN THE SAME WAY THAT THIS PARCEL HAS GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEXT DOOR. THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS MOMENT FROM ALL OTHERS IS THAT IT WAS A UTILITY BASED PIECE OF LAND AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WATER TO SEATAC IN THE UTILITY FRAMEWORK. WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> SO, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> YES, I NEED TO RESPOND TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. HE IS RIGHT ABOUT US NOT HAVING CONSULTATION WHEN WE DEAL DISPOSSESS LAND, SO FOR THOSE WATCHING, LAND BACK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US BACK THE LAND, I REALLY DON'T CARE TO HEAR THAT WE ARE SITTING ON STOLEN LAND, IT DOES NO ONE NO GOOD, BUT WHAT YOU JUST HEARD COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAY AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR DECADES, IS LAND BACK, RECOGNIZING THE LAND BASE OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE THAT LIVED HERE, SO I'M NOT TRYING TO BLAME ANYONE FOR VIRTUE SIGNALING OR PERFORMATIVE POLITICS, BUT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES IN INDIAN COUNTRY ABOUT LAND SOVEREIGNTY AND GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT, THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT, SO THANKS FOR CATCHING THAT. I DIDN'T. SO, WITH THAT, I HOPE I HAVE YOUR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? >> AYE. >> AND PRO TEM RIVERA? >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE IS NOT A RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTION TODAY, OTHER THAN THE RESOLUTION WE ADOPTED EARLIER, I SUPPOSE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM RIVERA. I AM ASKING IF I CAN BE EXCUSED FROM COUNCIL ON MARCH 24th, FOR THE A.I. SUMMIT. >> ALL RIGHT, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WILL BE EXCUSED FROM THE MARCH 24th CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HEARING NO OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED FROM THE MARCH 24th CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? >> THANK YOU. I REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED FROM THE APRIL 21st FULL COUNCIL MEETING. >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WILL BE EXCUSED FROM THE APRIL -- CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT -- >> 21st. >> -- 21st CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS EXCUSED FROM THE APRIL 21st CITY COUNCIL MEETING. NOW, IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, IS THAT AN OLD HAND? >> YES, SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> NO WORRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'