♪ ♪ >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THE JUNE 3rd, 2025, MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:04. I'M SARA NELSON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> HERE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> PRESENT. >> EIGHT PRESENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON HAS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING 2025 TO BE WING LUKE YEAR IN SEATTLE. COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON WILL SHARE COMMENTS ON THE PROCLAMATION AND I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS. WE'LL SUSPEND THE RULES TO PRESENT THETHE TO OUR GUESTS AND TO HAVE COMMENTS THEMSELVES. COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> COLLEAGUES, THIS PROCLAMATION WAS FIRST INTENDED TO CELEBRATE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLAND MONTH IN MAY. BY LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE 11 ASIAN AMERICAN COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE SERVED THIS BODY SINCE 1962. WHEN WAYNE LUKE WAVED THE WAY FOR MORE TO FOLLOW. IT IS A LESSON OF WHAT WE STAND TO LOSE IN THE VOICES OF NATIVISM AND XENOPHOBIA. A LESSON THAT COULDN'T BE MORE NECESSARY IN 2025. WAYNE LUKE CAME TO SEATTLE AT THE AGE OF 6, PERSEVERES -- PERSEVERING OVER THE DEPORTATION OF HIS OWN GRANDFATHER. THOUGH WELL ESTABLISHED HERE WITH HIS FAMILY, WAYNE LUKE'S GRANDFATHER WAS FORCED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S EXCLUSION ACT OF 1882. THROUGH STUBBORN RESILIENCE HIS FAMILY MAINTAINED A PRESENCE IN SEATTLE SO THAT WING LUKE COULD THRIVE WHEN HE MOVED HERE IN 1931 TODAY'S IMMIGRANTS, DOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED ALIKE, FACE UNCERTAINTY AND DEPORTATIONS DRIVEN BY THE SAME IC IMPULSES. JUST LAST WEEK THE SECRETARY OF STATE ANNOUNCED THAT STARTING THIS WEEK THE U.S. WILL REVOKE VISAS HELD BY CHINESE STUDENTS. SO ON THIS 100th BIRTHDAY YEAR OF WING LUKE, I HOPE WE WILL REMAIN MINDFUL OF ALL THAT WE STAND TO LOSE WHEN IMMIGRANTS ARE TAKEN FROM SEATTLE. AND, WITH THAT, I'LL -- AND BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE WING LUKE MUSEUM, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT HAVE SERVED THIS BODY WHO ARE OF ASIAN AMERICAN DESCENT INCLUDING COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT, COUNCILMEMBER DAVID DELLA COUNCILMEMBER OKOMOTO AND TANYA WU. THANK YOU FOR SERVING THIS CITY. [ APPLAUSE ] AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE -- DID II THAT RIGHT? INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE WING LUKE MUSEUM WHO WILL BE ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION FOR WING LUKE YEAR IN SEATTLE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M KAMAHANAHOKULANI FARRAR. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING OUR NAMESAKE, WING LUKE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO HAVE SERVED. WING LUKE IS SO IMPORTANT TO US TODAY. HE STANDS AS AN INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF US AS WE DO OUR WORK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. SO THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DID WE WANT COMMENTS? >> SURE. I WILL NOW -- ARE THERE ANY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS? NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED HERE. SOME MAY HAVE SPOKEN PREVIOUSLY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND IT OCCURS TO ME THAT WHEN MOST SEATTLEITES HERE, WING LUKE, WE THINK OF A MUSEUM, AND THIS PROCLAMATION REMINDS US HE WAS A HUMAN BEING WHO HAD SUFFERED AND OVERCOME AND LEFT A LEGACY FOR THE REST OF THE CITY AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL AND CULTURAL GLUE. AND SO THAT IS PARTICULARLY WHY I LIKE THIS PROCLAMATION BECAUSE IT BRINGS THE HUMANITY BACKBACK THE NAME OF A MUSEUM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. NOT SEEING ANYTHING ELSE, WOULD YOU LIKE ANY -- ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? >> NOPE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF WING LUKE. ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A -- USUALLY WE TAKE A PHOTO OF THE PRESENTATION, SO GO AHEAD. THIS IS NOT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR -- [ INAUDIBLE ] RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST SIMPLY PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION. [ INAUDIBLE ] I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK. THIS IS NOT NOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK. [ INAUDIBLE ] [ APPLAUSE ] [ INAUDIBLE ] >> COLLEAGUES, AT THIS POINT WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR PUBLIC -- OUR HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND WE DO HAVE A TRADITION OF ALLOWING -- WE HAVE A -- [ INAUDIBLE ] RIGHT NOW AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT -- PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM. CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? >> SO FAR WE HAVE 18 IN PERSON AND 12. >> LET HER SPEAK! LET HER SPEAK! LET HER SPEAK! LET HER SPEAK! >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED. >> CALL TO ORDER. NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCILMEMBERS -- FORMER COUNCILMEMBERS -- WE USUALLY ASK COUNCILMEMBERS AND FORMER ELECTED AND PRESENT ELECTED TO SPEAK FIRST IN PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK, FORMER COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. AND LET'S -- HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU SAY? >> WE HAVE 18 -- SORRY, 17 IN PERSON AND 12 REMOTE SO FAR. >> OKAY. WE WILL ALLOW FOR ONE MINUTE EACH. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL, IT'S A SPECTACLE FOR YOU TO SAY YOU'RE HONORING ASIAN COUNCILMEMBERS AND FOR SOMEBODY LIKE ME ALONGSIDE JOHN AND TANYA WU, WHO ARE COMPLETELY CORPORATE SELLOUTS OF BIG BUSINESS AND LANDLORDS. ONE OF THE TWO COUNCILMEMBERS WHO VOTED YES IN COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF WATERING DOWN ETHICS LAWS. WHAT ABOUT THE 10% OF ASIAN WORKING CLASS HOUSEHOLDS THAT FACE EVICTION EVERY YEAR? WHAT ABOUT THE 11% OF ASIAN WORKING CLASS HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNDER THE POVERTY LINE WHICH IS AN INADEQUATE POVERTY LINE? IT IS A SHAM FOR YOU TO CARRY OUT THESE TYPES OF MEANINGLESS PROCLAMATIONS ON ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS LINES WHEN IN REALITY YOU ARE SELLING OUT WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF EVERY ETHNICITY, EVERY RELIGION, EVERY NATIONALITY REGARDLESS WHETHER THEY'RE IMMIGRANT OR NONIMMIGRANT. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SELLING OUT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN THE FACE OF THIS HORRIFIC GENOCIDE WITH 400,000 PEOPLE BEING MASSACRED. THAT IS WHY I AM RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT SENATOR AGAINST -- >> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> PLEASE HAVE YOUR SEAT. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. >> WE FIGHT, WE WIN. WHOO! >> LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING FIRST. I FORGOT TO MENTION WE DO HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, NINE PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO VOTE ON TODAY SO YOU WILL BE LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENT TO AN HOUR BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO GET THROUGH OUR BUSINESS BEFORE PEOPLE HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO AFTERWARDS SO, PLEASE, FORMER COUNCILMEMBER DELLA. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR SPONSORING THIS, SOLOMON, AND FOR SPONSORING THIS. I WANT TO GET BACK TO HONORING WING LUKE, OKAY, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AND WHY FORMER COUNCILMEMBERS ARE HERE. LET ME JUST SAY THAT WING LUKE WAS THE PERSON I STOOD ON HIS SHOULDERS WHEN I GOT ELECTED HERE TO THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL BACK IN 2004. AND I REMEMBER DURING OUR SWEARING- IN CEREMONY, PART OF THAT WAS FOR ME TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LEGACY OF WING LUKE AND HIS IMPACT ON THE CITY. AND THE ONLY THING I WILL ADHERE TO A RESOLUTION IS WING LUKE NOT ONLY REPRESENTED THE COMMUNITY WELL, BUT HE ALSO TRANSCENDED BIG ISSUES IN THE CITY. MANY WILL REMEMBER THAT HE WAS THE COUNCILMEMBER THAT LED ON THE FAIR HOUSING ORDINANCE IN THE 1960s THAT TOOK ON THE RED OUR COUNCIL RULES. I AM UNDER -- I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT FORMER REPRESENTATIVE DON MASON IS ALSO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO LET'S QUEUE HER UP TO PROVIDE COMMENT AT THIS POINT. DID YOU HEAR, JODIE? >> THIS IS REMOTE, SPEAKER. >> YES, IT'S A REMOTE SPEAKER SORRY. I NEGLECTED TO SAY THAT, YES. >> DON MASON, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS STAR 6. >> ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I'M UNMUTED NOW, RIGHT? >> YES. WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR TAKING MY PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S ONE I THINK RESIDENTS AND ANY CLEAR- THINKING PERSON SHOULD HEAR. A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT JUST SPOKE, BUT SHE HAS SPOKEN BEFORE, IN SUCH A DISRESPECTFUL WAY TO ANY WHO IDENTIFY AS BLACK AND THOSE WHO ALIGN US. SHE IS DISRESPECTFUL. SHE'S TAKEN IT UPON HERSELF TO PUT ON RECORD THAT SHE IS OR HAS BEEN THE ADVOCATE FOR VULNERABLE PEOPLE OR NON- WHITES AND SHE CLEARLY IS NOT AN ADVOCATE OR A SPOKESPERSON FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM WHAT I'M HEARING NOR FOR THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY. I WANT OUR SITTING COUNCILMEMBERS TO KNOW WE AREN'T LISTENING TO HER. WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO HER. SHE IS A SOURCE OF CONFUSION. SHE HAS USED AFRICAN AMERICANS. SHE'S BEEN DIVISIVE, AND SHE SHOULD GO AWAY. WE DON'T WANT HER. AND SHE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH US. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HERE, BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO HEAR THE REST -- SOME OF YOUR XHEN COMMENTS BECAUSE OF BOOING IN THE CHAMBERS. PLEASE SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN HEAR THE REST OF YOUR REMARKS. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT -- ARE THERE ANY OTHER FORMER ELECTEDS THAT ARE SIGNED UP REMOTE THAT I'M NOT SEEING YET? I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY. ARE THERE ANY ELECTEDS THAT ARE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH YOU, OR OTHERWISE WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH THE REST OF THE FOLKS SIGNED UP ON THE PUBLIC SIGNUP SHEET. >> JODIE, DO YOU WANT TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS REAL QUICK? >> YES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY ARE SIGNED UP FOR. WE'LL BEGIN WITH IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND THEN MOVE TO REMOTE SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE CLOSED. >> THE FIRST TEN SPEAKERS, YOU CAN PLEASE LINE UP ON BOTH MICROPHONES STARTING WITH ELEANOR, THEN DIANE, JOHN, JIM, KAREN GWENADEL PAUL CALVIN AND SUMMER. SPEAKER NUMBER ONE. ELEANOR. >> I'M ELEANOR AND I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AN ILLEGAL ENCAMPMENT ON HARVARD AVENUE EAST. THINGS LIKE THIS ARE GETTING VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME. I'M 86 AND IT'S NOT EASY FOR ME TO TAKE A LONGER ROUTE TO GET TO MY SON, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO WALK BY A PLACE WHERE SOMEBODY MAY COME OUT WITH A KNIFE OR A GUN, CRAZY ON DRUGS, WHICH THEY'RE DOING. THEY TAKE DRUGS. THEY SELL THEM. IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE SIDEWALK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. ARE YOU PEOPLE OKAY WITH THAT? I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. SEATTLE HAS TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. I, AS I SAID, IT'S GETTING HARDER FOR ME. I'M OLDER THAN ALL OF YOU. I'VE LIVED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES, AND I NEVER HAD TO GROW UP WITH THIS. I REALIZED THAT LIFE HAS CHANGED, BUT THERE MUST BE A WAY OF DEALING WITH IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER TWO. >> HI, I'M DIANA AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF NORTH CAPITOL HILL AND WORKED ON CAPITOL HILL FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW, AND THE LAST -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME -- THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO WE'VE JUST SEEN SUCH A DECLINE IN THE AREA, AND WE'RE RECEIVING NO HELP, NO ASSISTANCE, OR VERY LIMITED. I SHOULDN'T SAY NO. AND I AM VERY CONCERNED. I'M GOING TO JUST HOLD UP A COUPLE PICTURES. THIS IS A GUY DOING DRUGS THIS LAST WEEK. THIS IS A LADYLADY WHO, AFTER PROBABLY BUYING DRUGS FROM THE SAME ENCAMPMENT, IS PASSED OUT ON THE GROUND WITH HER FEET IN THE STREET. AND HERE ARE PEOPLE ILLEGALLY CUTTING BACK CITY BUSHES TO MAKE ROOM FOR THEIR ENCAMPMENTS. HERE IS A GUY WITH HIS PANTS DOWN. AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE NEED TO START CRIMINALIZING THIS ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR. THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE -- >> SPEAKER THREE. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M WITH THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION AND PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES, DWIGHT JEWELS JAMES MICHAEL RON AND BLAKE AND JOHNNY. AND WE SEE GREAT VALUE IN THE KIOSK PROGRAM THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY. THE GREAT PEOPLE BEHIND ME PROVIDE DIRECTIONS AND HELP PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY THROUGH DOWNTOWN EVERY DAY AND IN THE KIOSK TO HELP FULFILL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. A NUMBER OF THE FOLKS BEHIND ME PUT ON PROGRAMMING EVENTS, CONCERTS, ET CETERA. WE SAY GREAT VALUE IN KIOSKS AND SPREADING THE WORD TO NOR PEOPLE, VISITORS AND LOCALS ALIKE TO TAKE PART IN THOSE EVENTS. THIS HAS BROAD SUPPORT, CONSISTENT WITH THE SEAMLESS SEATTLE PROGRAM. YOU HAVE THE CHARTER AUTHORITY TO DO IT. IKE HAD A STRONG RECORD IN 20 PLUS PLACES AND WITH THE BUDGET DEFICIT, THESE ARE THE TYPE OF PROJECTS YOU NEED TO HELP REBUILD OUR DOWNTOWN AND OUR TAX BASE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR COMMITTEE SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER FOUR. JIM. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE WITHDREW HER ETHICS PROPOSAL NOT BECAUSE WITHDRAW WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO BUT AS IT WAS MADE CLEAR TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THAT TO PURSUE THIS WOULD BE POLITICAL SUICIDE FOR ALL INVOLVED THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULES IN RECENT DAYS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED BY VARIOUS CITY OFFICIALS AS FLAWED, UNUSUALLY RIGID AND AN OUTLIER. IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR, NOTHING TO SEE HERE. GO BACK TO SLEEP, EVERYONE. WE, THE PEOPLE, DISAGREE. WE REGARD THE CURRENT RECUSAL RULE AS THE SINGLE BEST PROTECTION STANDING BETWEEN US AND COUNCILMEMBERS' PERSONAL GREED AS WELL AS THEIR LOYALTIES TO THEIR CORPORATE DONORS. RATHER THAN A RIGID OUTLIER IT SHOULD BE THE GOLD STANDARD THAT EVERY LAST JURISDICTION ACROSS THIS COUNTRY SHOULD ASPIRE TO ADOPT. FURTHERMORE, YOU DON'T NEED MORE TIME TO, QUOTE, GET IT RIGHT. >> SPEAKER FIVE. >> WE FIGHT, WE WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. >> EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL EITHER KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN EXACTLY WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR WHEN YOU DECIDED TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. EACH OF YOU NO DOUBT MADE A SERIES OF CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO WIN YOUR SEATS ON THE COUNCIL. WE, THE PEOPLE, HAVE BEEN HERE THESE LAST WEEKS TO REMIND YOU YOUR PROMISES, AND WE WILL BE HERE MOVING FORWARD. WE WILL DOG YOU. WE WILL DISRUPT YOU. WE WILL EXPOSE YOU. WE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU IN PEACE WHEN YOU TRY TO SELL US DOWN THE RIVER. FINALLY, WE WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISES HOWEVER EMPTY AND INSINCERE THEIR ORIGINS MAY HAVE BEEN. YOU CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS. YOU CANNOT PURSUE YOUR OWN SELF- INTERESTS, SATISFY THE CRAVEN DEMANDS OF YOUR WEALTHY DONORS AND ALSO MEET THE INCREASINGLY URGENT REAL- LIFE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. ANY OF YOU ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THESE TRUTHS NEED TO PACK YOUR BAGS AND FOLLOW MS. MOORE OUT THE DOOR. THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY ARE DESPERATE FOR LEADERS WHO UNDER WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TRUE >> WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. >> I'M GWENDOLIN HART. WE MOBILIZED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO CITY HALL. IT GOES TO SHOW WHEN WORKING PEOPLE COME OUT TO NAME AND SHAME THE POLITICAL SERVANTS OF THE BILLIONAIRES, THEY CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT. YOU, LIKE YOUR PROCLAMATIONS FOR QUEER AND ASIAN PEOPLE BUT CAN'T HANDLE BEING EXPOSED FOR TRYING TO THROW US OUT ONTO THE STREETS. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE MOSH ATTACKS COMING FROM THE BILLIONAIRES LIKE SICKING THE POLICE ON TRANS PEOPLE LAST WEEK, LIKE THE PLAN TO LITTER THE CITY WITH CORPORATE KIOSKS. WE NEED TO GO ON THE OFFENSE ATTACKS AND THE TWO PARTIES OF THE BILLIONAIRES. THAT'S WHY KSHAMA SAWANT IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS AGAINST WAR MONGERING, WHO ENDORSED SARA NELSON. WE JUST FOUGHT THE PARTY OF BIG BUSINESS AND GENOCIDE AND WON. WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE. WE CAN DO IT AGAIN. TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS BECAUSE WHEN WE FIGHT -- >> WE WIN. >> WHEN WE FIGHT -- >> WE WIN. >> SPEAKER SEVEN. >> I'M PAUL, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A NEW LEADERSHIP, AND WE ARE HOPING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF DISCOURSE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE. YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP. STREET ADDICTION AND CRIME SPREAD AND SUPPORTED BY HOUSING FIRST POLICIES. THIS AFFECTS MY NEIGHBORS EVERY DAY. IT AFFECTS BUSINESSES, METRO RIDERS AND A LOT MORE. I THINK WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HOUSING FIRST DOESN'T WORK AND, INSTEAD, IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM OF TREATMENT FIRST BEFORE HOUSING. I THINK THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM THAT WAS RAISED BY OUR FIRST TWO SPEAKERS. THIS HAS TO BE DONE. IT'S DESTROYING SEATTLE ON EVERY LEVEL. WE NEED TO CHANGE A POLICY THAT'S NOT WORKING. AND, WITH THAT, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME. >> SPEAKER EIGHT. >> OUR MOVEMENT LED BY WORKERS STRIKE BACK JUST DEFEATED THIS COUNCIL'S SHAMEFUL ATTEMPT TO REWRITE THE ETHICS LAWS. WE SHOULD HAVE NO ILLUSIONS THEY WON'T TRY AGAIN. BUT WHEN WORKING PEOPLE WIN VICTORIES UNDER THIS ROTTEN SYSTEM, WE SHOULD ALWAYS CLAIM VICTORY BECAUSE THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT WANTS WORKING PEOPLE TO FEEL DISEMPOWERED. WE WON BECAUSE WE FOUGHT BACK. WE POLITICALLY EXPOSED THEM IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. WE MADE IT CLEAR THIS WASN'T SOME TECHNICAL CHANGE. IT WAS BEING DONE ON BEHALF OF THE CORPORATE LANDLORDS. WE ALSO SUCCEEDED BECAUSE WE WERE DISRUPTIVE, BECAUSE WE CHANTED, BECAUSE WE CALLED THEM OUT, BECAUSE -- BECAUSE WE MADE THEM AFRAID FOR THEIR POLITICAL CAREERS. WHAT THEY WANT IS TO QUIETLY SLIP THE DAGGERS IN OUR BACKS. WE NOT ONLY DIDN'T LET THEM, WE TURNED THE TABLES ON THEM. NOT ONLY DID WE DEFEAT THIS ATTACK, THERE IS NOW ONE LESS LANDLORD- OWNED POLITICIAN ON THIS COUNCIL. WE NEED TO DO IT ON A BIGGER SCALE TO WIN FREE HEALTH CARE BY ALL BY TAXING THE RICH, END THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA. [ INAUDIBLE ] . >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR TIME IS UP. >> WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. >> POINT OF ORDER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. PRETTY SURE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES FOR ANY INDIVIDUALINDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGN OR PERSON OR INITIATIVE, AND WE'VE SEEN REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF THAT ALREADY. WE SHOULDN'T LET THIS DEVOLVE INTO A PLATFORM FOR A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER -- >> SHOW US THE LAW -- >> ORDER! ORDER. THE DEFINITIONS -- THERE ARE A LOT OF DEFINITIONS OF DISRUPTION. THE ONE I'M FOCUSED ON IS OUTBURSTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE NOT BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. CONTINUED DISRUPTION OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING AND VIOLATION OF THIS RULE IS ONLY SLOWING US DOWN AND PREVENTING OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK. BUT I DO RECOGNIZE YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK. >> THE NEXT PERSON SHALL SPEAK. >> DEMOCRATS LIKE ROB SAKA DON'T WANT US TO TALK ABOUT WORKING CLASS CANDIDATES LIKE KSHAMA SAWANT AND HER FIGHT AGAINST WAR MONGERER ON DEMANDS LIKE ENDING THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA, TO END MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL, LIKE THE DEMAND FOR RENT CONTROL, THE DEMAND FOR FREE HEALTH CARE BY TAXING THE RICH. THEY DON'T WANT US TO TALK ABOUT WORKING CLASS CAMPAIGNS BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THREATENED BY THEM. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY REPRESENTS THE CORPORATE LANDLORDS, THEY REPRESENT THE MILITARY CONTRACTORS. THEY REPRESENT BIG BUSINESS AND THEY DON'T WANT WORKING CLASS PEOPLE TO GET ORGANIZED INDEPENDENTLY TO FIGHT BACK. THE ACTIONS OF SARA NELSON AND THE REST OF THE DEMOCRATSDEMOCRATS THIS COUNCIL ARE DESPICABLE. YOU JUST PASSED A RESOLUTION TO HONOR ASIAN COUNCILMEMBERS WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT OF YOUR PRO LANDLORD, PRO BIG BUSINESS POLICIES ON WORKING CLASS ASIAN PEOPLE WHO WILL BE EVICTED BECAUSE OF YOU. KSHAMA SAWANT FOUGHT FOR TEN YEARS FOR RENTERS' RIGHTS. WE WON THE $15 MINIMUM WAGE. WE DEFEATED THE DEMOCRATS' ATTACKS ON ETHICS RULES, ON THE $15 MINIMUM. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT. >> THOUSANDS OF WORKING PEOPLE FIGHT BACK. THIS IS SHAME. -- >> YOU ARE ENGAGING IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR BY SPEAKING BEYOND YOUR ALLOTTED TIME. PLEASE SIT DOWN. YOU'VE HAD YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. >> AGAINST WARMONGER ADAM SMITH. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. SAWANT FOR CONGRESS. JOIN US WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 P.M. AT NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH TO BUILD THIS CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU. >> I WILL NEED TO LOOK INTO THE ACTUAL RULES OF LAW ON ELECTIONEERING DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. NOTE TO SELF. TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA'S POINT. >> -- FORCED TO GUT SEATTLE'S ETHICS LAW. WE SHOULD BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW THIS VICTORY WAS WON. THE DEMOCRATS WERE FORCED TO RETREAT BECAUSE KSHAMA SAWANT MOBILIZED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO CITY HALL AND EXPOSED THE WAY THAT THE DEMOCRATS WERE TRYING TO USE THIS BILL TO DO THE BID ARE OF CORPORATE LANDLORDS AND ROLL BACK OUR RENTERS RIGHT VICTORY. WE DIDN'T WIN BY BEING POLITE OR ASKING NICELY OR BY FOLLOWING SARA NELSON'S SO- CALLED RULES OF DECORUMU. WE FOUGHT BACK, NAMED AND SHAMED AND REFUSED TO STAY QUIET. LET'S BE CLEAR, THIS ISN'T OVER. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SHOWN TIME AND AGAIN WHOSE SIDE THEY'RE ON. WE NEED TO BE READY TO FIGHT BACK AND DEFEND RENTERS' RIGHTS AND EVERYTHING WE'VE WON. AND A WARNING TO THE CITY COUNCIL DEMOCRATS, THE NEXT TIME YOU TRY TO TAKE AWAY ANY OF THE GAINS WE FOUGHT FOR, WE'LL BE BACK EVEN STRONGER. WE NEED FIGHTERS IN OFFICE. WE NEED TO BUILD KSHAMA SAWANT'S CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. CONGRESS TO TAKE ON THE WARMONGERING DEMOCRAT ADAM SMITH AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE FUNDED THIS GENOCIDE AND ATTACK WORKING PEOPLE. FOR TEN YEARS SAWANT -- >> YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. PLEASE SIT DOWN. PLEASE BE QUIET. I HAVE TO APPLY THESE RULES FAIRLY TO EVERYONE. YOU DO NOT GET ANY MORE TIME THAN OTHER PEOPLE. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. YOU ARE DELAYING THE -- YOU ARE DELAYING THE NORMAL OPERATION OF THIS MEETING BY CONTINUING TO SPEAK BEYOND UP ALLOTTED TIME. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO ALTERNATE TO REMOTE? JODIE, CAN WE GO TO REMOTE? >> YES, WE CAN. A REMINDER TO OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 AFTER YOU HAVE HEARD THE MESSAGE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED AND YOU WILL EACH HAVE ONE MINUTE. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HOWARD FOLLOWED BY KILEY. GO AHEAD, HOWARD. >> IN TWO WEEKS, ON JUNE 18th, IT WILL BE THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEATTLE POLICE KILLING OF LYLES, LEAVING HER FATHER CHILDREN MOTHERLESS. NINE DAYS AFTER SHE WAS KILLED CITY COUNCILMEMBERS SAID, QUOTE, WHAT I AM PLEDGING NOW IS TO FIND A NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS SO WE GET A DIFFERENT RESULT AND WE WILL DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT, AND NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. AND YET IT KEPT HAPPENING AGAIN AND AGAIN. NINE MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE KILLED BY SEATTLE POLICE WHEN THEY HAD NO WEAPON OR ONLY A KNIFE IN THEIR HAND. AT LEAST SIX OF THESE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING A SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, ONE LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AGO IN WEST SEATTLE. OUR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM DETERMINED THESE KILLINGS TO BE, QUOTE, LAWFUL AND PROPER, UNQUOTE. IS ANYONE THEN SURPRISED BY THE POLICE VIOLENCE ON CAPITOL HILL TEN DAYS AGO? IS IT POSSIBLE TO IGNORE A BRUTAL POLICE KILLING OF A MAN IN CRISIS THREE MONTHS AGO AND THEN EXPECT POLICE TO BE SHY ABOUT FALSELY ARRESTING PROTESTERS? COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON AND RINCK PROMISED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY FORUM TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. IS THIS YET ONE MORE PROMISE BROKEN? >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KILEY. KILEY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES. GO AHEAD, KILEY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KILEY ALT, AND I LIVE IN CAPITOL HILL. I'M ONCE AGAIN HERE TO RAISE ISSUES WITH THE MISUSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDS AS WELL AS THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT OF SPD OFFICERS USED AFTER LAST TUESDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. MAY 27 AFTER CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE SAME OUT-OF- TOWN HATE GROUP THAT ANTAGONIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON ON 24th RETURNED TO SEATTLE, THIS TIME TO THE STEPS OF CITY HALL TO DEMAND AN APOLOGY. THIS WAS AN UNPERMITTED EVENT THAT FEATURED A STAGE AND A BAND PLAYING MUSIC. THIS DID NOT STOP THE CITY FROM BLOCKING MULTIPLE STREETS AND PROVIDING DOZENS IF NOT 100 TO ACT AS SECURITY FOR A IVATE MEDIA EVENT. PEOPLE WERE DENIED IF THEY DIDN'T MEET CRITERIA. SPD OFFICERS INITIATED VIOLENCE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND SERVED ONLY TO ESCALATE SITUATIONS INSTEAD OF DE-ESCALATE THEM. HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING TO HOST THESE EVENTS FOR A GROUP RUN BY FAR- RIGHT ACTIVIST MATT SHAY, THE SAME MATT SHAY WHO DEFACED THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL, WROTE A MANIFESTO TITLED -- >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID HAYNES. DAVID WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA. DAVID HAYNES. >> INDIVIDUALS ARE ENGAGING IN BEHAVIOR THAT IS OUT OF ORDER AND THIS MEETING CANNOT CONTINUE UNTIL ORDER IS RESTORED. THE NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GO AHEAD, DAVID. >> THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT WHO VOTED TO DEFUND THE POLICE EXACERBATING PUBLIC SAFETY HAS INTRODUCED AMOUNTMENT A, RESOLUTION 32170 AND SHOULD BE REJECTED BECAUSE IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY CAN BE ENHANCED BY VIDEO FEEDS FROM THE KIOSK TO THE CCTV TO HELPHELP SAFETY. THAT SAID, WHY IS COUNCILMEMBER MARITZA RIVERA CALLING UP AND CALLING OUT THE ETHICS BOARD DIRECTOR AND WHY IS COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH INTRODUCING AMENDMENTS TO FORCE THE ETHICS BOARD TO RUSH DECISIONS WITHIN FIVE DAYS AND WAIT A YEAR TO CORRECT BAD DECISIONS, ALLOWING COUNCIL TO GET AWAY WITH SELF- DEALING CONFLICT OF INTEREST? I THINK COUNCIL NEED TO INTRODUCE A LAW REQUIRING CITY HALL MEMBERS ACKNOWLEDGED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE THE BAD REPRESENTATIONS HAVE SABOTAGED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUTTING RESTRICTIONS TO DENY LIVABLE AMENITIES AND WEAPONIZING ORDINANCES TO GREEDY HOMEOWNERS DENYING A BETTERBETTER IN HOME -- >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA FOLLOWED BY ALBERTO ALVAREZ. GO AHEAD, CYNTHIA. >> HI. THE KIOSKS ARE A BENEFIT, BILLBOARDS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME CREATING AN EYESORE THROUGHOUT SEATTLE. IT'S A RIDICULOUS EXCUSE TO SAY THESE ARE FOR THE WORLD CUP, BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO CAN PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN INTERNATIONAL AIRFARE WOULD OWN SMART PHONES. OWN UP TO THE FACT IF YOU VOTE FOR THESE, YOU'RE VOTING FOR ADDING BILLBOARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IF YOU CHOOSE TO ANYWAYS, AT THE VERY LEAST MAKE CHANGES, ONE DO NOT ALLOW ANY CAMERAS TO BE INCLUDED IN OR ON THEM. BAN THE BILLBOARDS COLLECTION OF I.D. s, AKA ADDRESSES, OF THE WI-FI- ENABLED DEVICES THAT COME WITHIN RANGE BUT DO NOT CONNECT WITH THE WI- FI AND THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE TO DISALLOW THE USE OF TRACKING OR PROFILING OF DEVICES. RESIDENTS' PRIVACY SHOULD NOT HINGE ON THE WHIMS OF WHAT A PRIVATE BUSINESS CHOOSES TO HAVE IN THEIR PRIVACY POLICY. THREE, DON'T USE REVENUE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR THOSE UNDERFUNDED WHEREAS POLICING IS A BOUNTIFUL POCKETBOOK, THE DETERIORATION THEY'LL EXPERIENCE. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALBERTO ALVAREZ WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JIM BUCHANAN. GO AHEAD, ALBERTO. >> THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN AN EMBARRASSMENT. NELSON HAS BROUGHT CORRUPTION TO THE TABLE ENDANGERING OPERATIONS FOR THE CITY, STATE AND REGION. SHOWING NO RESPECT TO HER COLLEAGUES, THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, OR ALLOWING GRACE AND PROCESS FOR DULY ELECTED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. HER BUSINESS AGENDA IS A BLIND CRUSADE FOR PROFIT HURTING THE PUBLIC GOOD. NELSON IS AN ACTIVE THREAT TO CIVILITY, ENDANGERING PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING SACRIFICES TO KEEP THEIR HOME AND LIVE ON A SHRINKING BUDGET. COUNCIL HAS THE JOB OF APPOINTING THE DISTRICT FIVE MEMBER. TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE LAST APPOINTMENT YOU ALL MADE WAS A SO- CALLED CARETAKER WHO, IN FIVE MONTHS, TOOK A SLEDGEHAMMER TO OUR PROTECTIONS AND ETHICS. GET THIS ONE RIGHT. THE CHOICE IS PUBLIC GOOD NOT PROFIT AND CORRUPTION. HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM BUCHANAN. GO AHEAD, JIM. >> HELLO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBERS. THIS SOUND LIKE A BLAST FROM THE PAST, ALL THIS SAWANT STUFF, YOU KNOW, COMING AROUND AND IT'S THE OLD PLAY. I THINK YOU NEED TO GET A NEW PLAYBOOK. THIS IS OLD AND STALE. AND LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO EVERYBODY THERE CHANTING, RUNNING AROUND. YOU DO NOT REPRESENT THE BLACK COMMUNITY. EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GOING OVER TO NEW HOPE OR WHATEVER, AND I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT. YOU DON'T REPRESENT THE BLACK COMMUNITY. NONE OF YOU SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE DEVASTATION TO THE ENSLAVED. YOU'RE ALL TALKING OUT THE SIDE OF YOUR MOUTH. YOU'VE MANIPULATED BLACK PEOPLE. WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THAT NO MORE. SAWANT, WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW YOU AROUND. YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO KNOW US EXTREMELY WELL, MORE THAN YOU EVER WANTED TO. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEFAN MORITZ. >> OVER THE COURSE OF MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEETINGS -- [ INAUDIBLE ] >> ONE SECOND, STEFAN. >> JODIE, COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT? THERE WAS DISRUPTION IN THE CHAMBERS. >> SURE, OUR NEXT SPEAKER, OUR NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER IS STEFAN MORITZ FOLLOWED BY GABRIEL JONES. GO AHEAD, STEFAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS STEFAN MORITZ WITH UNITES LOCAL EIGHT. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE AGENDA ITEM PERTAINING TO MEMORIAL STADIUM THIS AFTERNOON. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR MEMORIAL STADIUM THERE WAS LANGUAGE INCLUDED REGARDING LABOR HARMONY AGREEMENTS FOR WORKERS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY WANT TO ORGANIZE AT MEMORIAL STADIUM, UNITE HERE REPRESENTS WORKERS AT SEATTLE CENTER AND AT THE SPACE NEEDLE. WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN ORGANIZING OTHER SERVICE WORKERS WHO WORK AT SEATTLE CENTER. AND SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT REFLECTED IN ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS, THAT THIS ITEM IS STILL SORT OF UNRESOLVED AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WORK TOGETHER ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GABRIEL JONES FOLLOWED BY JACKIE KIM. GO AHEAD, GABRIEL. GABRIEL, ARE YOU THERE? WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. >> LOVELY. MY NAME IS GABRIEL JONES. USUALLY I WOULD BE IN COUNCIL. I'VE HADHAD THIRD -- I'M ASKING YOU TO THINK BACK TO JANUARY, THE LESS LETHAL AGAIN. COUNCIL SHOUTED IT DID NOT CARE FOR PEOPLE. HE YELLED, CONGRATS, SEATTLE. YOU VOTED FOR MORE DEAD AND INJURED CITIZENS. THREE MONTHS LATER I WAS SHOWN CORRECT, USING WAY THAT IS WOULD HAVE BEEN AGAINST POLICY THREE MONTHS AGO USED AGAINST PEOPLE WHO÷÷WHO NOTHING WRONG OTHER THAN STANDING UP TO HATE. A COUNCILMEMBER THAT REPRESENTS ON CAPITOL HILL, AN AMENDMENT THAT THEY FIRE RUBBER BULLETS AT THE GROUND. NOW WE ARE VERY LUCKY NOBODY WAS KILLED ON CAPITOL HILL, BUT WE CAN'T WAIT AROUND UNTIL THEY DO. THE BEST TIME TO FIX THIS WAS THREE GLAD TO SEE ETHICSETHS FAIL. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACKIE KIM. JACKIE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY KATE -- >> YOU ARE ENGAGING IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR AND DELAYING THE ORDERLY PROGRESS OF THIS MEETING AND IT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COUNCIL RULES. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JACKIE KERN AND UNTIL RECENTLY I WAS A LONGTIME CITY EMPLOYEE AND MANAGER ON THE PROJECT TEAM. I'M SPEAKING TODAY TO GIVE MY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR THE UNPRECEDENTED PARTNERSHIP AMONG RISE TO A MAGNIFICENT NEW MEMORIAL >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER. >> WE'LL MOVE BACK AND ARE STARTING TO SPEAKER NUMBER 11. 11 THROUGH 16. SPEAKER 11, IS BENNETT AND THEN JASON AND THEN ELLEN, PAUL, LAUREN. SO STARTING WITH BENNETT AND THEN JASON. >> AFTER THE HATE RACK ROLLY ON THE STEPS, I WANTED TO GO TO THE UPPER LEVEL PLAZA AFTER IT WAS REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC WITH MY SIGN THAT SAID PROTECT TRANS KIDS AND MENTALLY EDUCATE THESE GUYS. SEE, IT'S NICE. THERE WERE KIDS THERE. I MADE IT NICE. I PUT THE PINK TAPE -- THIS WAS A PHOTOGRAPH OF IT SCALED DOWN WITH THE PINK TAPE IN THE SAME PLACE AS ON THE ORIGINAL ONE. AND THE POLICE SAID THAT I COULD NOT BE THERE HOLDING A SIGN MAKING FUN OF THE GROUP BELOW US. TO BE CLEAR, THIS WAS A TIME WHEN THE PLAZA WAS REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC. THE GROUP DOWN BELOW HAD SIGNS THAT WERE LARGER THAN THE OFFICIAL 3x3 FOOT LIMIT, AND MORE TO THE POINT, HOLDING AN UNPERMITTED ROCK CONCERT THAT VIOLATED THE NOISE ORDINANCE BY A FACTOR OF ABOUT TEN. FINE, WE HAVE RALLIES THAT GO OVER THE NOISE ORDINANCE ALL THE TIME. YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT I CAN'T HOLD A SIGN MAKING FUNFUN THEM THREE FEET BY THREE FEET. IT'S CLOTH. IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION. TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK. >> YOU GIVE TRESPASS FOR THEM. >> SPEAKER 13. >> MR. TSIMERMAN, YOU CAN'T SPEAK OUTSIDE OF YOUR TURN. GO AHEAD. >> I'M A RENTER HERE IN SEATTLE AND A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE HAVE MOBILIZED PEOPLE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE COUNCIL'S ATTEMPT TO REPEAL THE ETHICS CODE AND ATTACK THE RENTERS' RIGHTS VICTORIES WE WON WITH SAWANT'S CITY COUNCIL OFFICE. EVEN THOUGH THEIR REAL LOYALTY IS TO THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE RICH. THEY WANT TO APPEAR PRO WORKER. IT IS SHAMEFUL AND DISGUSTING FOR MARK SOLOMON WHO JUST A WEEK AND A HALF AGO VOTED IN FAVOR OF REPEALING THE ETHICS CODE TO BE GIVING A MEANINGLESS PROCLAMATION CLAIMING TO SUPPORT ASIAN AMERICAN WORKING PEOPLE HE SUE SIMULTANEOUSLY IS SOLD OUT. ONE TENANT SAID, LIKE MANY FOLKS WHO ARE HOUSELESS, SLUMLORDS LIKE TANYA WU ARE WHY WE BECOME HOMELESS. HER BUSINESS OF SQUEEZING LOW-INCOME TENANTS AND PROVIDING SUBSTANDARD HOUSE SOMETHING A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO RISING HOMELESSNESS. IF YOU CARED ABOUT WORKING PEOPLE, YOU WOULD BE FIGHTING ALONGSIDE US FOR RENT CONTROL FREE HEALTH CARE AND AN END TO THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. >> GIVE TRESPASS FOR THEM. >> I BELIEVE WE'RE AT NUMBER 14 ELLEN. >> MY NAME IS ELLEN. I'VE BEEN TRACKING THE LEGISLATION ON THESE KIOSKS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND WRITING YOU EMAILS, VERY LONG LETTERS. I'VE TESTIFIED TO THE DESIGN COMMISSION. I'M THE FORMER VICE CHAIR OF THE DESIGN COMMISSION. IT HAS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS AND I'M DEEPLY DISTURBED IT FEELS AS THOUGH YOU ALL HAVE BEEN GAS LIGHTED OVER AND OVER ABOUT WHAT THESE KIOSKS ARE AND WHAT THEY'LL DO. THESE ARE A SCOURGE ON OUR LANDSCAPE. THESE ARE A SCOURGE ON OUR ENVIRONMENT. THINK ABOUT THE URBAN CHARACTER CITY. YOU'RE NOT EVEN GETTING ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE IT WORTHWHILE. LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE. THEY'RE GIVING MORE THAN TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE. SLOW THIS DOWN. DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. THESE ARE GOING TO FLASH, EACH ONE, 21,700 TIMES A DAY. THAT'S ONE. THERE ARE GOING TO BE 80 OF THEM. DO YOU REALLY WANT THAT? [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 15. ARE YOU PAULA? YES, PAULA. >> HI. LIKE ELLEN, I'VE BEEN TO ALL THE DESIGN COMMISSION MEETINGS. I WENT TO THE PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION, AND MY QUESTION TO EACH OF YOU, HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER SEEN A FULL MOTION DIGITAL BILLBOARD OR A KIOSK? I CAN TELL YOU, NO, THEY HAVE NOT DEMONSTRATED WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO PUT IN OUR CITY STREETS. THESE ARE TELEVISION SCREENS. IF YOU READ THE FINE PRINT, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THERE AREN'T EVEN DRIVER DISTRACTION STUDIES YET TO KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS GOING TO BE. BUT I CALLED AROUND TO EXPERTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND WE KNOW THESE ARE GOING TO BE CRUCIAL TO OUR STREETS, SO THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. THREES ARE STANDARD UNITS BOUGHT BY DURASKIN OUT OF TAIWAN. THESE ARE NOT -- I'M SORRY. >> YOU HAVE EIGHT SECONDS MORE. >> I ALSO DECIDED AFTER 45 YEARS THAT I'M LEAVING THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND MOVING OUT OF DOWNTOWN. I'M GOING TO MOVE MY OFFICE ELSEWHERE. >> THANK YOU. >> THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS, NUMBER 16, LAUREN, AND THEN ALEX TSIMERMAN. >> I SERVE AS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SOTO BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA. I'M HERE TODAY TO VOICE OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION 32170 REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF INTERACTIVE MEDIA KIOSKS. THESE KIOSKS REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD FOR THE DISTRICT BY OFFERING WAY FINDING TOOLS AND REAL TIME TRANSIT INFORMATION. THEY WILL HELP VISITORS AND WORKERS BETTER NAVIGATE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACCESS ITS WIDE RANGE OF BUSINESSES AND AMENITIES. IMPORTANTLY, THESE KIOSKS WILL ELEVATE THE VISIBILITY OF LOCAL BUSINESSES CONNECTING THE PUBLIC WITH THE CULTURAL LANDMARKS AND HIDDEN GEMS THAT TOO OFTEN GO UNNOTICED. THIS INITIATIVE REPRESENTS A CHANCE FOR REVENUE SHARING WITH THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA PROVIDING US WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO REINVEST IN OUR DISTRICT THAT ENHANCES CLEANLINESS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CONNECTEDNESS. INTERACTIVE MEDIA KIOSKS BRING MODERN PUBLIC SERVING INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR STREETS IN LINE WITH THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO CREATE -- >> THANK YOU. >> MY NAME ALEXANDER AND I SUPPORT TRUMP FROM THE BEGINNING. I HAVE 5,000 TIMES SPEAK, 5,000 TIMES IN COUNCIL CHAMBER. I HAVE 6,000 TRESPASSES AND FIVE TIMES YOU PROSECUTE ME. I WANT TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. MY UNDERSTANDING, ONLY PEOPLE SPEAK -- THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE STOPPED. IN CITY HALL, WHAT THIS MEANS FROM 9:00 TO 9:00 SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND TALK FOR THREE OR FIVE MINUTES WITHOUT CONTROLS THIS NAZI PIG BECAUSE ALL MEETINGS HERE IN EXACTLY 41 MINUTES IT'S OUT OF CONTROL. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. I BEG YOU BECAUSE I TALK ABOUT THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS AND NOTHING HAPPENED. VIVA TRUMP, VIVA REVOLUTION. STAND UP. >> OKAY, FOLKS. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR LIST OF PUBLIC COMMENTERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP, SO WE WILL NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PROCEED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD. WAIT, HOLD ON. >> WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. >> SORRY, EXCUSE ME. I GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF MYSELF. YES, WE AREARE -- WE MUST NOW GO WITH THE IRC. SO WE WILL NOW APPROVE THE IRC. LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY OBJECTION. SEEING NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. NOW, FINALLY, WE WILL GET TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE THE MINUTES OF MAY 13th AND 20th, 2025, AND THE PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. ARE THERE ANY -- IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MET KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. >> AYE. >> ALL IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES IN THE LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF. NOW TO THE COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR FULL CITY COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH ITEMS ONE AND TWO. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD. >> AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO, THE CLERK FILED 314465 A FULL UNIT LOT SUBDIVISION OF MODERN HOMES LLC TO SUBDID I VEIT ONE SITE INTO 14 UNIT LOTS AT 901 NORTHWEST 57th STREET. COUNCIL BILL 120910 APPROVING AND CONFIRMING THE PLOT OF BALLARD CORNER TOWNHOUSES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THE CLERK HAS READ ITEMS ONE AND TWO INTO THE RECORD AND COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON WILL ADDRESS BOTH ITEMS TOGETHER AND THEN EACH ITEM WILL BE MOVED SEPARATELY AFTER DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS ITEMS ONE AND TWO. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. TODAY THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING THE FINAL PLOT APPROVAL FOR THE BALLARD CORNER TOWN HOME SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NORTHWEST 57th STREET AND 9th AVENUE NORTHWEST÷÷NORTHWEST THE BALLARD NEIGHBORHOOD OF COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A LOW- RISE TWO OR L- II ZONE. SUBDIVISION OF THE SITE WILL FACILITATE THE SALE OF APPROXIMATELY 14 UNIT LOTS, DEVELOPED WITH TOWNHOUSE UNITS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT. AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TOTO AND AS A REMINDER TO COUNCIL, PROCEDURALLY REVIEWED BY THE CITY OCCURS IN THREE PRIMARY STEPS. THE FIRST IS SDOT AND OTHER CITY AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS CHARGED WITH PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE SITE, REVIEW THE PRELIMINARY PLATT. VIEWS THE PRELIMINARY PLATT AND ISSUES A DECISION BY THE HEARING CONSTITUTES AUTHORIZATION TO DEVELOP THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PRELIMINARY PLATT AND AFTER THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE SDOT REVIEWS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND ANY CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE HEARING EXAMINER. THIS IS NECESSARY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS TO BE CERTIFIED FOR SALE. IF THEY WERE INCONSISTENT WITH THOSE SHOWN ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT OR IF THE CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE HEARING WERE NOT MET, COUNCIL COULD DISAPPROVE OR RETURN THE PROPOSED FINAL PLAT. SO THE HEARING EXAMINER APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WITH THE CONDITIONS ON SEPTEMBER 14th 2023. SDOT, SDCI AND CENTRAL STAFF HAVE REVIEWED THE FINAL PLAT AND DETERMINED THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLAT. THE COUNCIL VOTE AND PUT THE CLERK FILE ON FILE AND APROVEN THE COUNCIL BILL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE BRINGING IT TO FULL COUNCIL RIGHT NOW. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE LEGISLATION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE'LL NOW CONSIDER EACH ITEM SEPARATELY STARTING WITH ITEM ONE. I MOVE TO FILE CLERK FILE 314465. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO FILE THE CLERK FILE. ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. IS THAT YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE? NO. I SAW YOUR HAND UP THERE. ALL RIGHT. NO FINAL COMMENTS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE FILE OF THETHE CLERK FILE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE CLERK FILE IS PLACED ON THE RECORD. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER ITEM TWO. I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL 120990. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS THE BILL. ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? WELL, I WILL SAY THAT ALTHOUGH I DO NOT SIT ON THE LAND USE COMMITTEE BASED ON YOUR DESCRIPTION, COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, WHAT I AM HEARING IS MORE HOUSING, EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT. I AM NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> YEA. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> ALL RIGHT. THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. ALL RIGHT. ITEM THREE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM THREE INTO THE RECORD. >> THE REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ACCOUNTABILITY AND ECONOMIC AGENDA THREE RESOLUTION 32170 GRANTING APPROVAL TO THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION TO INSTALL, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE INTERACTIVE MEDIA KIOSKS IN PUBLIC PLACES LOCATED IN THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. >> OKAY. SO AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, I'LL PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. WE HAD A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION AT OUR MAY 8th MEETING AND HAD A UNANIMOUS VOTE OUT OF OUR MAY 22nd MEETING FOR THIS RESOLUTION GRANTING CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL TO INITIATE THIS PROCESS OF INSTALLING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THESE DIGITAL INTERACTIVE KIOSKS THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN -- THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS LEGISLATION SINCE PRETTY MUCH THE FIRST MONTH SINCE I WAS ELECTED IN 2022. AND I HAVE BEEN IN STRONG SUPPORT FOR MANY REASONS. FIRST OF ALL, THESE INTERACTIVE KIOSKS WILL BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO ALL NO LIVE, WORK AND VISIT DOWNTOWN AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS BUSINESS DISTRICTS. THEY'RE A MEANS TO GUIDE DOWNTOWN WORKERS, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, BECAUSE USERS WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK UP WHERE TO EAT, SHOP, PLAY RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE AND AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAIR, THAT WAS THE FIRST REASON I WAS STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS INITIATIVE. THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE MULTIPLE OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS SUCH AS FREE WI- FI WITHOUT STORING INFORMATION, AND THEY WILL PROVIDE REAL- TIME TRANSIT SCHEDULES, LIBRARY HOURS, CRITICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFORMATION IN MULTILINGUAL LANGUAGES. AND FINALLY, THEY WILL GENERATE REVENUE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS THAT PROVIDE ESSENTIAL, NOT SUPPLEMENTAL, BUT ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS TRASH PICKUP GRAFFITI REMOVAL, SECURITY AND SECURITY THAT BENEFITS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. SO JUST FOR FOLKS REMINDERS, ONE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 KIOSKS TO BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP. THAT'S PARTLY WHAT IS GUIDING OUR TIME LINE HERE AND THEN PHASE TWO WILL ALLOW 30 MORE KIOSKS DEPLOYED IN THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND 20 ADDITIONAL KIOSKS INSTALLED AMONG THE VARIOUS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS, AND THOSE EXIST ININ BALLARD, SOTO AND WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION, AND WE'VE SEND STRONG LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM ALL OF THOSE BIAs. NOW WHEN IT COMES TO DOWNTOWN, ACCORDING TO THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION, IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THE DEVICES WILL GENERATE ANNUAL REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY $1. 1 MILLION FOR DSA OVER THE LIFE OF THE INITIAL TERM OF THE PROGRAM. $1. 1 MILLION COULD FUND ALL OF THE BELOW, TEN DOWNTOWN AMBASSADORS TO CLEANING, HOSPITALITY, SAFETY IN PUBLIC AREAS, 15 OUTDOOR CONCERTS, 15 ART INSTALLATIONS OUTDOORS, FIVE ELECTRIC CLEANING TRIKES, TWO PUBLIC PLAZAS, AND ONE ELECTRIC STREET VACUUM TO ENHANCE CLEANING OF TECTED BIKE LANES IN SIDEWALKS. THESE INVESTMENTS WILL BE RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE ANNUAL PROPOSED MID BUDGET AND WORK PLAN. SO THAT'S A GOOD REASON TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION ON ITS OWN. THESE WILL CAPITALIZE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND ON EVERY BLOCK THE KIOSKS ARE LOCATED, THINGS LIKE DECLUTTERING OR REMOVING REDUNDANT DAMAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, A REAL STRATEGY BY THE HANGING FLOWER BASKET TO MAKE THEM MORE ATTRACTIVE WHICH GATHERS PEOPLE TO THAT LOCATION TO USE THESE DEVICES AND REGULAR TRASH AND DEBRIS REMOVAL AT ALL KIOSK LEGISLATION. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE THESE ARE LOCATED, THINK ABOUT THEM ON EVERY BLOCK. ALL OF THIS WILL BE PAID FOR BY THE VENDOR. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT AND WE WILL HAVE OUR DISCUSSION NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> IS THIS THE TIME TO MOVE MY AMENDMENTS? >> YES, IT WOULD BE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO AMEND 32170 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS IT. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS A PRETTY SIMPLE AMENDMENT AS WRITTEN. THE AMENDMENT WOULD PROHIBIT THE DEPLOYMENT OF CAMERA TECHNOLOGY ON DIGITAL KIOSKS AS THE TERM PERMIT ORDINANCE. THIS IS A COMMON SENSE MEASURE. WE CAN TAKE TO CALMCALM CONCERNS AND TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR THE TECHNOLOGY. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS I'VE HEARD IS WITH PRIVACY. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THESE KIOSKS WON'T BE USED AS SURVEILLANCE TOOLS INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND I'VE RECEIVED GOOD CONFIRMATION IT WILL NOT BE INTENTIONALLY USED AS SURVEILLANCE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY HAS NO PLANS TO USE THESE KIOSKS FOR THAT SURVEILLANCE FACTOR. HOWEVER, THERE ARE VALID CONCERNS THAT THE CITY COULD ONE DAY CHANGE ITS MINDMIND OR, MORE LIKELY, A NEFARIOUS ACTOR COULD HACK INTO THE SYSTEM. THERE ARE OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT THAT COULD USE THE ACCESS TO THESE CAMERAS IN WAYS WE CAN'T IMAGINE RIGHT NOW AND I DON'T NEED TO TELL ANYONE UP HERE THESE ARE UNCERTAIN TIMES. ULTIMATELY IT'S A CHOICE BETWEEN BEING PRO- ACTIVE OR LEAVING THEM IN PLACE SO THAT SOME PEOPLE CAN TAKE SOME SELFIES. TO ME THIS IS A SIMPLE CHOICE, WHICH IS WHY I'M BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT A? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WAS NOT QUICK ENOUGH TO GET MY HAND UP TO SPEAK TOWANT TO T >> THERE WILL BE AN OPTION TO DO THAT LATER, BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT RIGHT NOW. >> OKAY. I WILL SAY IT RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE I VIEW THIS THROUGH A PUBLIC SAFETY LENS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FEATURES CALL BUTTON, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN ALSO HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE USED AFTERWARDS WITH THE DSA WHICH IF YOU DON'T REALIZE IT'S A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT BUT A STRONG PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT TO IT, TOO. IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. WITH RESPECT TO THE THREE AMENDMENTS, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON EACH. I RECOGNIZE THE POINTS MADE ON EACH. I BELIEVE THAT CAN WORK WITH ON THE FIRST ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH MY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE CHAIR, MYSELF AS PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR ON THAT ONE AND THEN OTHERS AS WELL LATER ON BUT I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THIS BILL AND HAVE IT PASSED CLEAN. BASICALLY SPEAKING TO THE BILL AND, AS IT TURNS OUT, ALL THREE AMENDMENTS AT THE SAME TIME. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT A? >> SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSION IN COMMITTEE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THESE DO NOT -- THE KIOSK WILL NOT INCLUDE OR HAVE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY ON THEM. THEY ARE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING SELFIES. THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A TRIVIAL OR A SILLY FEATURE BUT, IN FACT, IT'S ACTUALLY, ACCORDING TO THE VENDORS AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE INFORMED GSA, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR USES FOR THESE KIOSKS IN PLACES THAT THEY'VE BEEN INSTALLED AROUND THE COUNTRY. I BELIEVE THERE HAVE BEEN 23 OTHER CITIES WHERE THESE ARE LOCATED. THE CAMERAS ARE NOT ACTIVATED WITHOUT DIRECT INPUT FROM A USER. I WILL BE OPPOSING THIS AMENDMENT. ANY COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT A? HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT A. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> NO. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> NO. >> FOUR IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED. >> THE MOTION FAILS AND AMENDMENT A IS NOT ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? >> YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO AMEND AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT B VERSION TWO. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND AS PRESENTED ON VERSION TWO OF AMENDMENT B. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS IT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THIS WOULD PROVIDE A TERM LIMIT OF 15 YEARS AND NO RENEWALS. THIS WAS A TEN- YEAR TERM PERMIT WITH THE A RENEWABLE TEN-YEAR TERM. THERE'S A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE AS COMPARED FROM THE POLICY PERSPECTIVE. I'VE NEVER SEE A TERM PERMIT NOT RENEWED WHICH MEANS WHEN WE APPROVE TERM PERMITS IT IS ASSUMED THE PERMIT WILL BE UTILIZING ALL RENEWAL OPPORTUNITIES. THEY ARE UTILIZED FOR THEIR FULL INITIAL AND ALL RENEWAL TERMS. FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, CERTAINTY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT. IN THIS CASE, EVEN THOUGH GOVERNMENT ASSUMES ALL EXTENSIONS ARE ALL BUT GUARANTEED, FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, UNCERTAINTY IS ADDED WITH REQUIRED RENEWAL. I BRING THIS UPDATED AMENDMENT FORWARD TO CLARIFY, ONE, A TEN- YEAR TERM PERMIT WITH A TEN- YEAR RENEWAL IS A TOTAL OF 20 YEARS AND, TWO, THE DESIRE FOR CERTAINTY IS IMPORTANT, WHICH IS WHY I'M BRINGING FORWARD THE AMENDMENT FOR A SINGLE 17- YEAR TERM. YESTERDAY IT WAS SAID THAT MY AMENDMENT IS THE POISON PILL. TO ME, THIS FEELS LIKE AN IMPUGNING OF MY MOTIVES AND RESULTING IN MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO DO MY JOB AS A POLICYMAKER BY MAKING IMPLICATIONS OF MY MOTIVE RATHER THAN BEING CURIOUS TO UNDERSTAND MY POLICY MOTIVATIONS. MY MOTIVATIONS ARE NOT, IN FACT, TO CREATE A POISON PILL WITHIN THE RESOLUTION. MY MOTIVES ARE TO CREATE GOOD PUBLIC POLICY. I BRING THIS AMENDMENT TO THE BODY BECAUSE THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN WILL SET THE TERM PERMIT RENEWABLE TERMS FOR 30 YEARS FROM NOW. TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE CELL PHONE TECHNOLOGY 30 YEARS AGO IS WHAT IS SHOWN IN THE MOVIE "CLUELESS" WITH CELL PHONES HALF THE SIZE OF THE ACTORS' FACE. A DECADE BEFORE THAT FERRIS BUELLER USED A CELL PHONE THAT WAS SO LARGE IT HAD TO BE INSTALLED IN A CAR. TO ALL THOSE ASKING TODAY WHO IS FERRIS BUELLER, JUST KNOW THAT IF YOU NEED TO REDUCE THE MILEAGE ON YOUR ODOMETER, PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE DOESN'T WORK. I'M SURE THIS HASN'T CROSSED ANYONE'S MIND RECENTLY BECAUSE, AGAIN, TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED AND ODOMETERS ARE NOW DIGITAL. A DECADE AFTER "CLUELESS" IN 2004 CELL PHONES COULD TEXT. BY 2014 CELL PHONES WERE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET AND HAD TOUCH SCREENS. BY 2024 CELL PHONES ARE CONNECTED TO 5G NETWORKS AND BEING CALLED A CELL PHONE IS A MISNOMER BECAUSE, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, MOST PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY TALK ON THE PHONE. IN THE 30 YEARS BETWEEN FERRIS BUELLER'S EPIC DAY OFF AND THE 2014 CELL PHONE TECHNOLOGY WENT FROM SUITCASE SIZE TO CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET WITH A TOUCH SCREEN. BETWEEN "CLUE LESS" CELL PHONES HALF THEIR FACE TO TODAY, TECHNOLOGY WENT FROM ONLY BEING ABLE TO CALL IN 1995 TO THE ABILITY TO WORK FROM HOME AS A MINI COMPUTER OFF OF WHAT IS NOW CALLED A CELL PHONE. COLLEAGUES, I ASK YOU TODAY, WHAT TECHNICAL CHANGES WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS? FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, IN 1995 SEATTLE'S JEFF BEZOS HAD JUST FOUNDED AMAZON LESS THAN A YEAR BEFORE. PEARL JAM HAD RELEASED A T AND BETTERMAN WAS A HIT ON THE RADIO. THE MARINERS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO WINNING THEIR FIRST AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST TITLE EVER AND WERE MONTHS AWAY FROM MAKING A HISTORIC LATE- SEASON COMEBACK. AND, YES, I WAS AT THAT GAME. TECHNOLOGY IN 1995 WAS REACHING ITS PEAK USE. WHO HAS A PAGER TODAY? SEE, WE HAVE NO DOCTORS IN THE ROOM. I'M FINE WITH CREATING CERTAINTY FOR THE KIOSKS BUT I'M CONCERNED WITH THE LONGEVITY OF THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SEATTLE WILL LOOK LIKE 30 YEARS FROM NOW OR EVEN 15. THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO STRIKE A BA. -- BALANCE, WE NEED TO CREATE THAT CERTAINTY AND PRESERVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE CITY TO MAKE CHANGES. BASED ON TECHNICAL CHANGES. I THINK THIS AMENDMENT STRIKES THAT BALANCE. THANK YOU. >> DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT? ALL RIGHT. WELL, I DO. AND THEN INSTALLED AND ACTUALLY SERVING THEIR PURPOSE FOR ANOTHER 15. THE SHORTENED -- AT THE END OF ANY TERM, IT IS COMMON FOR THE TERM TO BE RENEWED AT THE CITY'S DECISION AFTER EVALUATION. THE SHORTENED PERIOD FROM CHANGING THIS AMENDMENT AT THE LAST MINUTE FROM TEN YEARS TO 17 YEARS STILL HAS THE SAME EFFECT. IT WOULD BASICALLY BE A NONSTARTER. THE SHORTENED TERM PERIOD TO 10 YEARS TO 17 YEARS TO THE MAYOR'S 16.5-YEAR PERIOD FOR THE INITIAL FIRST TERM WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THE EFFECT OF THE AMENDMENT WOULD, IN ESSENCE, COME AT THE LOSS OF THE CITY'S OPTION TO RENEW FOR A NEW TERM AT THE CITY'S DISCRETION. AND THE TERM -- THE INITIAL TERM OF 16.5 IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE VENDOR TO RECUPERATE ITS EXPENSES, ITS INVESTMENT, SO THAT WE CAN ALSO ENJOY THE BENEFITS -- THE PUBLIC BENEFITS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THISTHIS DISCUSSION, INCLUDING THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT ON EVERY BLOCK THAT THEY ARE LOCATED. SO FUNCTIONALLY THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL STILL ACHIEVES THE SAME OUTCOME AS THIS AMENDMENT BUT WITH -- BUT ALLOWS THE CITY FOR AN OPTION TO RENEW. THIS IS WHY AN OPTION TO RENEW IS INCLUDED IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY TERM PERMIT ISSUED BY THE CITY. WITHOUT THE OPTION TO RENEW, THE VENDOR WOULD HAVE TO REAPPLY AGAIN, AND WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS A SECOND TIME. THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR BUSINESS BECAUSE IT DOES ADD A LEVEL OF UNPREDICTABILITY WHICH IS A MAJOR BARRIER TO ANY VENTURE SMALL OR LARGE. SO FROM THE GSA AND THE STANDPOINT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHO NEGOTIATED THIS, THE CAN FIRST 16.5- YEAR TERM WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT ALLOWS GSA'S KIOSK VENDOR TO RECOUP THE COST OF INVESTMENT INCLUDING HARDWARE ACQUISITION SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND ON GOING MAINTENANCE. THESE ONGOING COSTS REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT FORWARD COMMITMENT OF CAPITAL AND FUNDS. IT'S THIS CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT RESULTS IN SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TOTO THE PUBLIC. THE CITY OF SEATTLE GOVERNMENT AND PARTICIPATING BIAs AT NO COST TO THEM. I REPEAT MANY TIMES. IN FACT, NOT ONLY DOES IT ACCRUE WITHOUT ANY COST, IT'S THIS INVESTMENT WHICH ALSO YIELDS ADDITIONAL ONGOING REVENUE SHARE FOR THE BIAs AND THE CITY IF IT DECIDES TO IMPLEMENT PHASE TWO. AND SO ALL OF THESE BENEFITS ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY ENSURING THERE IS A REASONABLE AND ADEQUATE PAYBACK PERIOD FOR THE INITIAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT. SO THAT IS A BIG REASON WHY I WILL BE OPPOSING THIS. WE CAN'T -- THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS AMENDMENT COULD VERY WELL JEOPARDIZE, IN FACT, WOULD VERY MUCH LIKELY. NOW I ADMIT THAT THE QUESTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS BEING MENTIONED HERE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM WHERE THEY ARE NOW, BUT IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT TEN YEARS AGO, 2015, THOSE PHONES ARE PRACTICALLY IDENTICAL TO THE BRAND- NEW ONES FOR SALE TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOFTWARE UPDATES AND THE FEATURES INCLUDED IN THEM. WHEN TECHNOLOGY MATURES, CHANGES BECOME INCREMENTAL. OUTDOOR DIGITAL WAY FINDING KIOSKS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED IN THE U.S. IN 2018, SEVEN YEARS LATER IT IS NOW A MATURE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS HERE TO STAY, A TIME FRAME OF 16. 5 YEARS WITH AN EXTENSION IS ENTIRELY REASONABLE. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT B VERSION TWO? ALL RIGHT. IF I HEAR NO OTHER -- JUST A SECOND. LET ME SEE THE SCREEN. IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE'S HANDS RAISED. IF THAT IS THE CASE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND AMENDMENT -- ON THIS AMENDMENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> NO. >> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> NO. >> TWO IN FAVOR, SEVEN OPPOSED. >> THANK YOU. THE MOTION FAILS IN VERSION TWO OF THE AMENDMENT B IS NOT ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> YES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION 32170 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT C ON THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT C. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AS SPONSOR YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS IT. >> THANK YOU. I DIDN'T HEAR A SECOND. I WAS GOING TO SECOND MY OWN SELF. >> I THINK THAT'S ALLOWED. >> IS IT ALLOWED? I DON'T KNOW. SO THIS AMENDMENT, OTHER THAN THE REVENUE EARMARKED FOR BIAs AND DSA, THIS STATES OUR INTENTION THAT THE REST OF THE GO TOWARDS IMPROVEMENTS CITYWIDE. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BIAs OR SOME AREAS NOT INCLUDED, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FOCUS DOWNTOWN AND OTHER PLACES BUT THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF OUR CITY THAT ARE THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HOLD IT DOWN EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO SHARE THE LOVE FROM THE FUNDS GENERATED TO OTHER PLACES AROUND THE CITY FOR DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR WATCHING OUT FOR THE BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY. I HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN THE D- 4 THAT I CARE ABOUT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT, AND APOLOGIES THAT I ASKED THEM BEFORE TODAY. I'M WONDERING WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT ANY REVENUE OUTSIDE -- ANY REVENUE THAT IS ANTICIPATED BY THIS AMENDMENT WON'T BE FOR SEVERAL YEARS CORRECT? >> COULD YOU ASK THAT QUESTION AGAIN? I'M SORRY. >> I THOUGHT -- AND, WELL, CENTRAL IS NOT HERE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU MAY KNOW. THE INITIAL REVENUE FROM THIS WILL BE GOING TO THE BIAs AND DSA, AND IT'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE. AND THEN AT SOME LATER POINT IN TIME IF THERE IS MORE REVENUE THAN ANTICIPATED, THAT IS THE REVENUE THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED BY THIS AMENDMENT, CORRECT? >> THAT IS THE REVENUE THAT WOULD ACCRUE TO THE CITY, AND I SUPPOSE THAT IS WHAT SUR -- >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> THE LATER -- >> CORRECT. >> MAYBE A FEW YEARS FROM NOW. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> DO YOU KNOW IF THAT REVENUE COULD BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE -- I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING TO, DOES THAT REVENUE THAT COULD GO TO GENERAL FUND LATER? I'M WONDERING -- OR IS THAT REVENUE ANTICIPATED TO GO TO BIAs AND DSA? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD USE FOR ANY PURPOSE AND SHOULD WE DICTATE NOW OR SHOULD WE WAIT FOR THE LEGISLATION TO COME AND THEN FIGURE OUT IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> SO THE ORIGINAL INTENTION WAS TO GO TOWARDS DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENT LIKE SMALL BUSINESS DISTRICTS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE A BIA. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, COLUMBIA CITY. COLUMBIA CITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SIGNAGE OR DIFFERENT ACTIVATION PIECES TO FUND THOSE THINGS WHERE IT CAN STIMULATE SOME TYPE OF ATTRACTION TOWARDS A BUSINESS AREA TO BE ABLE TO BRING POLICE OFFICER PEOPLE TO THOSE AREAS. THE INTENTION IS VERY VAGUE, JUST SO WE COULD BE ABLE TO AND A HALFHALF THIS AS WE GO. BUT THE INTENTION BEHIND IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE BIAs BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS BENEFIT. NOT BENEFIT FROM THIS BENEFIT. I'LL GET A TEXT FROM MY MOTHER ABOUT MY ENGLISH. >> GOING DOWNTOWN -- >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT WHEN THE LEGISLATION COMES. IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> GOT IT. I AM STILL WRAPPING MY MIND AROUND THE -- THE -- WHAT IT MEANS IF THE REVENUE GOES TO BENEFIT BIAs BUT I UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT OF THIS, TRYING TO SPREAD THE REVENUE AROUND. THE BENEFITS OF THE REVENUE AROUND WHICH IS FOR SOME NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS PRIMARILY CASH, LET'S JUST SAY, AND/OR SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICTS. I WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO THE TERMS OF THE ORDINANCE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD PLACE FOR ME TO BETTER UNDERSTAND. HOWEVER, I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS TO SIGNAL MY SUPPORT FOR THE SPIRIT OF THIS WHICH IS TO ENSURE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE ARE NOT CURRENT BIAs EXIST. I THINK DISTRICT THREE WOULD BENEFIT VERY STRONGLY FROM A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA AND THIS COULD PERHAPS -- NOT VOTING COULD PERHAPS INSENTIVIZE A BIA TO FORM MORE QUICKLY. HOWEVER, THAT HAS BEEN A PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR A LONG TIME, SO WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR THAT AND WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> YES. COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> PLEASE? >> THE COLUMBIA CITY NEIGHBORHOOD DOES HAVE A BIA. IT'S VERY SMALL. >> YES. >> AND THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THAT CORRIDOR. YOU HAVE THE COLUMBIA CITY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, AGAIN, THE IMPROVEMENT AREA AND THE BISCOE LIGS, AND SO THERE ARE THOSE FUNCTIONING GROUPS. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY OF, SAY, UNIVERSITY DISTRICT, BALLARD. GROUPS. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY OF, SAY, UNIVERSITY DISTRICT, BALLARD. RAINIER BEACH NEEDS SOME HELP. THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THIS PROGRAM TO HELP THOSE BUSINESSES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE SINCE THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION BASICALLY FOLDED YEARS AGO, EVEN PRIOR TO COVID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN STRUGGLING. SO I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS. BECAUSE OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT COULD USE -- OR MY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT COULD USE THIS KIND OF HELP. SO THANK YOU. >> YEP. HERE IS MY PREDICTION. THESE KIOSKS WILL BE SO WILDLY POPULAR AND COMMONLY USED AND WELL USED, THEY WILL BE DEMANDED IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. WHATEVER HAPPENS IN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO WILL BE EXTENDED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LIMITATION ON THE TERM LIMIT -- ON THE TERMS, AND NOT ONLY DO THEY GENERATE REVENUE, THEY ARE A VALUE ADD, AN ENHANCEMENT. WE'RE A TECH TOWN. A CITY OF INNOVATION. I SEE THESE NOT AS REPLICATING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF A PHONE, THEY SERVE AS PLACES CANCAN GATHER, JOIN THE CONVERSATION. WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS WHEN IT COMES TO LOCATING KIOSKS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M NOT SEEING FURTHER COMMENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE -- GO AHEAD. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND COUNCILMEMBER MOORE HAD THEIR HANDS UP. >> I SHOULD HAVE SAID I SUPPORT THIS, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. I APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THE BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY. I HAVE ONE BIA BUT MANY CORRIDORS THAT DON'T IN THE DISTRICT THAT COULD NEFIT FROM SOME SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. >> AND I REMEMBER PRESIDENT JUAREZ TALKING ABOUT IT IN LAKE CITY, ALSO. >> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER MOORE HAS HER HAND UP. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS, FOR THINKING OF THE SMALLER BUSINESS AREAS ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH ITS OWN BIA BUT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP AS ARE THE OTHER SMALLER COMMERCIAL AREAS THROUGHOUT DISTRICT FIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. >> ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I APOLOGIZE. FOR THE RECORD, I KNEW THERE WAS A BIA IN COLUMBIA CITY. MY BAD. THERE'S NOT ONE IN BEACON HILL. THEY HAVE A STRONG SMALL BUSINESS GROUP. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE NIGHTLIFE ENGINE IS ON CAPITOL HILL, AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A BIA, AND I KNOW THAT IS ONE THING THAT IS IN THE WORKS AND SO FORTH. THEY NEED A LITTLE LOVE. SO THANK YOU. >> AND NOTE TO THE OFFICE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CAPITOL HILL AND OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE EXPRESS EXPRESSED, THERE ARE STAFFERS DEDICATED TO HELPING BUSINESS DISTRICTS BECOME BIAs. I REALLY HOPE THAT REMAINS A WELL-STAFFED PART OF OED SO WE CAN KEEP UP THAT WORK. ALL RIGHT. I AM NOT SEEING ANY OTHER COMMENTS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT C. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> NO. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED. >> THE MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT C IS ADOPTED. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? I'M NOT SEEING ANY, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GUSH A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE. AND WE'RE NOT DONE. WE STILL HAVE A COUNCIL BILL TO APPROVE, SO THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE DEAL. WE WILL HAVE LEGISLATION DISCUSSED AGAIN IN COMMITTEE, THE NEXT COMMITTEE ON JUNE 12th, WHICH WILL HAVE ALL THE TERMS AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT EXIST AND ALL THE DETAILS. FOR ME, THIS IS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THERE IS A PHYSICAL THING, A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, A NEW ENHANCEMENT, A VALUE ADD TO THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN. AND, AS I SAID A MOMENT AGO, I SEE THEM AS NOT JUST CATALYSTS FOR THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, THE BLOCK FACES, THE EMERGENCY INFORMATION THAT IT WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE KIOSKS BUT IT'S THE FIRST TIME THERE IS SOMETHING BRAND- NEW THAT'S HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN. AND FOR ME IT'S A MANIFESTATION OF OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO CONTINUE DOWNTOWN'S REVITALIZATION. WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALSO HAMMER HOME THE WORLD CUP AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE COMING TO OUR TOWN THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AS A FIRST LANGUAGE, DON'T KNOW OUR CITY, AND WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM THESE KIOSKS, AND THAT'S PARTLY WHAT'S DRIVING OUR TIME LINE. WE'VE RECEIVED SO MANY EMAILS TODAY, MANY IN STRONG SUPPORT, FOR EXAMPLE, VISIT SEATTLE, THE URBAN LEAGUE, THE AQUARIUM, SEATTLE FIFA WORLD CUP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, THE KRAKEN, WILD GINGER, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ART FOR THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM AND DOWNTOWN RESIDENT AND FORMER COUNCILMEMBER SALLY BAGSHAW. WE MENTIONED BEFORE WE RECEIVED A LETTER SIGNED BY 23 SIGNATORIES. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH AND READ ALL OF THOSE NAMES, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE IS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR THIS, AND I APPRECIATE HAVING GOTTEN TO THIS EXCITING POINT IN THIS PROCESS. SO WITH NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL -- >> EXCUSE ME. >> I'M SORRY. >> THERE ARE MULTIPLE HANDS UP. >> I'M SORRY. OKAY. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS. IT'S HARD FOR ME. DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP BEFORE, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WAS FIRST? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, GO AHEAD. >> NO, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNSEL PRESIDENT, AND I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION TODAY, AND IT'S NOT JUST ME SUPPORTING IT, I'M PROUD TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY OF STAKEHOLDERS. YOU TICKED OFF A LONG LIST. I'LL TICK OFF AND EMPHASIZE A SMALL SAMPLE OF THAT, BUT THE DSA, SOTO BIA, THE WORLD CUP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, SEATTLE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE JUNCTION BIA IN WEST SEATTLE, SEATTLE URBAN LEAGUE -- ALMOST OUT OF BREATH AND THAT WAS ONLY A SAMPLE, BUT THIS TECHNOLOGY IS A VALUABLE ECONOMIC TOOL TO INVEST IN PROGRAMMING IN PART TO HELP KEEP OUR STREETS AND COMMUNITIES SAFE AND CLEAN. I'M IMPRESSED WITH A SLEW OF OPTIONS THE KIOSKS OFFER INCLUDING BASIC TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION, WAY FINDING, PUBLIC SAFETY, ART, PROMOTING CULTURE AND COMMUNITY EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTING NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS AND, OF COURSE, OUR BIAs, PROUD THAT A FEW OF THE BIAs FEATURED IN THIS ARE, TWO OF THEM, ARE IN MY COUNCIL DISTRICT. WE ENTER FIFA WORLD CUP AND A GREAT WAY TO INTEGRATE OUR CITY AND WELCOME OUR MANY VISITORS. AS A NONPRACTICING TECHNOLOGY LAWYER, USING TECHNOLOGY ANDAND IS TO IMPROVE OUR CITY, A HUGE PRIORITY FOR ME AND MY OFFICE. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE CONNECTIVITY THEY OFFER AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THEY BRING. I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION TODAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? >> THANK YOU. FINAL REMARKETS ON THE BILL. THIS IS STAGNATING OR STABILIZING. CELL PHONES WERE SHAPED THE SAME WAY WITH TOUCH SCREENS. I ASK YOU IN 2014 COULD YOU CREATE A PICTURE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? COULD YOU KARAOKE FROM YOUR PHONE? COULD YOU LEGITIMATELY TAKE A BUSINESS MEETING FROM YOUR PHONE? I'VE SEEN PEOPLE COME TO OUR COMMITTEE TABLE HERE IN CITY COUNCIL VIRTUALLY USING THEIR PHONE TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS FORUM WE'RE SITTING IN TODAY, AND THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN UNIMAGINABLE IN 2014. THE AMENDMENTS I BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY WERE -- THAT WERE ALL VOTED DOWN WERE SMALL, SMART CHOICES WE SHOULD MAKE AND SPECIFICALLY 17 OR 20- YEAR TERM WITH THE UNDERSTANDING CAPITAL FUNDS NEEDED TO BE RECOUPED AS OUR COLLEAGUE NOTE D. I'LL STATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS AGAIN FOR THE RECORD HERE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN A TERM PERMIT NOT BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY AS IT IS THE OUTSET MOMENT TO CREATE THE TERM PERMIT WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL COME LATER AND I WILL ASK CAMERAS AND DURATION BE ADDRESSED IN THE INTERVENING TIME OF CREATING THE FINALFINAL PERMIT. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> I WILL BE VOTING NO ON TODAY'S RESOLUTION FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. I WANT TO NAME THAT THE SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION HAD VOTEDVOTED AGAINST RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS PROJECT FROM WHAT IS BEFORE US TODAY, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT BEEN INCORPORATED. AND I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF AMENDMENT B WHICH WOULD HAVE ADDRESSED SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH LENGTH OF TERM. WHAT IS OUTLINED BEFORE US IS A LENGTH OF TERM THAT IS ACTUALLY LONGER THAN I'VE EVEN BEEN ALIVE AND TECHNOLOGY CHANGES FAST. I'VE SEEN IT IN MY LIFETIME, IN SCHOOL STARTING WITH A FLOPPY DISK TO NOW CLOUD- BASED TECHNOLOGY. LASTLY, I HAVE RESERVATIONS BASED ON LEGAL ADVICE WE'VE RECEIVED. THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS IS THE WORK ON THE, I HOPE IT COULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE ORDINANCE BUT FOR TODAY I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US. THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE AMENDED LEGISLATION? >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> NO. SORRY, NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> SEVEN IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM FOUR INTO THE RECORD. >> THE PARKS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEMORIAL STADIUM AT SEATTLE CENTER AUTHORIZING THE INTERLOCAL ADPREMT WITH SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE FOR THE JOINT REDEVELOPMENT OF MEMORIAL STADIUM AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS, BENEFITS. THIS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE THE REPORT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WHAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, WHY EVERYONE STAYED FOR THIS. COUNCIL BILL 120982, MEMORIAL STADIUM. THIS AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR'S EXECUTION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH MEMORIAL STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT LLC. THIS ALSO AUTHORIZES NEGOTIATIONS OF AN OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ALSO MEMORIAL STADIUM. UPON OUR APPROVAL TODAY THE CONTRACTOR WILL BEGIN DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT SLATED TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER OF 2027 AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK THE SEATTLE SENATOR, SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE ONE ROOF FOUNDATION -- ONE ROOF STADIUM -- ONE ROOF STADIUM PARTNERSHIP, AND THEN ALSO THE FORMER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO PUT A LOT OF TIME AND WORK -- FORMER COUNCILMEMBER -- FORMER COUNCILMEMBERS AND THAT GROUP BUT ALSO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PRESENCE HERE FORMER COUNCILMEMBER ROB JOHNSON WITH ONE ROOF FOUNDATION AND THEN ALSO, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR FORMER COUNCILMEMBER TIM BURGESS AS WELL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING. WE JUST GET TO CARRY ITIT NOT NECESSARILY THE FINISH LINE BUT SCOOT IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE END ZONE AND, COLLEAGUES, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SEATTLE PUBLIC STUDENTS TO HAVE A VIBRANT AND STATE-OF-THE- ART FACILITY WHERE THEY CAN LEARN, PLAY AND GROW, AND THIS HELPS US MOVE US CLOSER TO THAT VISION FOR OUR KIDS, AND I THINK EVERY KID IN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DESERVES A FACILITY LIKE THE ONE AT MEMORIAL STADIUM, WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> THANK YOU. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME GUSHING ABOUT OUR FORMER COUNCILMEMBERS BURGESS JOHNSON, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, BAG SHAW. I SWEAR WE HAD A QUORUM. THIS IS JUST US GETTING IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. I CAN REMEMBER IT WAS DECEMBER OF 2017 AND MY FIRST FEW WEEKS HERE AT CITY HALL WHEN JACKIE KERNS CAME INTO BAGSHAW'S OFFICE. SHUCKS, THIS SHOULD BE QUICK. THIS SHOULD BE FAST. THIS SHOULD BE EASY. SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS NOT. JUST FOR EVERYONE CONTINUING TO WORK OVER THE DECADES TO GET THIS TO THE FINISH LINE, CONGRATULATIONS. I'M EXCITED. LET'S GO. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT CHAIR. YES, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED. I'VE DONE THIS IN DIFFERENT FORUM AND DIFFERENT TIMES AND SO TODAY ALL I WANT TO DO IS NOTE BECAUSE IT'S NOT MENTIONED IN THE DEFINITION OF THE ORDINANCEORDINANCE HERE FOR THE COUNCIL BILL, AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING REGARD ING THE ATTACHMENTS AND THE LIKE. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY SPEAK ABOUT THE MEMORIAL WALL. OVER 750, 762 YOUNG SEATTLEITES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II IN DEFENSE OF OUR NATION, AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY TODAY, AS THIS PART OF THE PROJECT, REFLECTS WELL UPON THE CITY, BECAUSE WE ARE FIXING THE WRONGS -- SOME OF THEM HAD ALREADY BEEN FIXED AND, AS I SAID BEFORE, AND THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTED HERE TODAY -- NO, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR SOME OF THE BASIC UPKEEP. BUT THIS PROJECT FIXES SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES AS NOTED BY MY VFW POST 63, AND I AM THANKFUL, AND I THINK I CAN SAY THIS ON BEHALF OF THE POST BUT ALL OF THE VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THIS, FOR DOING RIGHT RELATED TO THE MEMORIAL WALL. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING, ALL THOSE KIDS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE SPACE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THAT MATTER. AND I ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A PRIVATE/PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP. WE NEED MORE OF THOSE ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP A LOT OF KIDS, A LOT OF YOUTH AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE WE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO WORK TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN THIS COLLABORATIVE WAY. SO ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT. I THANK THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT IN CHAMBERS WHO REALLY HAD A BIG HAND IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. I'M SO HAPPY THIS IS MOVING FORWARD. WE DESERVE TO HAVE A GREAT STADIUM IN THAT LOCATION, AN UPGRADE WE CAN BE EXCITED AND PROUD ABOUT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'M NOT SEEING ANY. ALL RIGHT. CLOSING COMMENTS FROM THE SPONSOR. >> I HAVE NONE -- >> DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> I JUST WANT TO SAY SPEAKING OF THE MEMORIAL WALL, THAT'S WHERE I FIRST GOT TO MEET YOU AND YOUR ADVOCACY ON THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER AND IT'S A SYMBOLIC ALIGNMENT. ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> NINE 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. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME. OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM -- THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD. >> AGENDA ITEMS FIVE THROUGHTHROUGH RELATING TO SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES REVISE AND CONSOLIDATING AND ENACTING PROVISIONS FOR SYSTEMS CHARGES FOR WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FULL PASS AS AMENDED. AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGERS OF PUBLIC UTILITIES TO DEVELOP MUNICIPAL ASSESSMENT REIMBURSEMENT AREA AUTHORITY. COUNCIL BILL 120968 AMENDSES THE 2025 BUDGET INCLUDING THE 2025- 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. COUNCIL RECOMMENDS THE BILLS PASS. >> OKAY. AS THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO THESE TWO TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THREE INDIVIDUALLY? WE DO? OKAY, AWESOME. I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THEM ALL INDIVIDUALLY REAL QUICK. THE INTENT OF THESE BILLS IS TO MODERATELY INCREASE CHARGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT CONNECT TO SPU'S INFRASTRUCTURE TO ALLOW SPU TO COST SHARE ON THE MOVE ON THOSE REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPERS. THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO UNLOCK PROPERTIES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DEVELOPED DUE TO THE NEED FOR MAIN LINE EXTENSIONS. HOPEFULLY INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING OVER TIME. AND THIS WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SPU WILL ALSO LOOK FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT OCCUR OVER TIME AND BENEFIT FROM MAIN LINE EXTENSION TO REPAY SPU FOR PORTIONS OF THOSE PROJECTS. THE FIRST BILL INCREASES THE DEVELOPER CHARGES KNOWN AS SYSTEM DEVELOPER CHARGES FOR WATER CONNECTIONS, ESTABLISHING SDCs, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CHARGES, FOR DRAINAGE AND WASTE WATER. 120968 ALLOWS THE AUTHORITY TO RECOUP ITS COST SHARING INVESTMENTS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND THE THIRD BILL, 120969 AMENDS THE 2025 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY TO ADD AND FUND SIX NEW POSITIONS IN SPU TO MANAGE THIS PROGRAM. WE DID THREE COMMITTEES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ALL THE RIGHT LANGUAGE AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ON INFORMATION REGARDING THE AFFORDABILITY PIECE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. I KNOW THAT IS ON TOP OF MIND, THE COST IN THE CITY AND AFFORDABILITY IS THE NUMBER ONE THING AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE AMENDMENT TO MAKE THOSE BILLS BETTER AS WELL. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE VOTE TODAY AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE YES. >> ALL RIGHT. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, PLEASE, FROM COLLEAGUES. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR SHEPHERDING THIS THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS AGING AND ALSO, AS WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD MORE HOUSING SO WE HAVE MORE AFFORDABILITY, WE NEED TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. AT THE SAME TIME WE DON'T WANT TO SADDLE OUR FOLKS WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE MAKING ENDS MEET AND OUR RETIREES IN ADDITION WHO ARE LIVING IN FIXED INCOME WITH EXPENSES, AND SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME SO I COULD BRING FORTH THE BEST AMENDMENT I COULD WITH THE ABILITY WE HAVE UNDER THE LAWS TO CREATE A DEFERMENT FOR FOLKS UNDER THE 80% AMI WHO MIGHT WANT TO BUILD ON THEIR PLACE SO THEY'RE ABLE TO AFFORD TO STAY ON THEIR PROPERTY IN SOME WAY. SO I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. WE DID HAVE THREE MEETINGS, BECAUSE THAT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR OUR RESIDENTS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO JUST ASK THAT YOU WAVE FROM THE DIAS. I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE ONLY VOTING RIGHT NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE. >> RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. OKAY, WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE NEXT ITEM -- CONSIDER ITEM SIX. ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL 120967? ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 120967. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCIL ME YEA. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. OKAY. WE'LL NOW CONSIDER ITEM SEVEN. ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL 120968? I'M SEEING NONE. ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ -- WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON COUNCIL BILL 120968. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> NINE IN FAVOR. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON ME BEHALF. AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM EIGHT INTO THE RECORD. >> AGENDA ITEM EIGHT RESOLUTION 32171 AUTHORIZING XHEBSMENT OF CABLE FRANCHISE CONTRACT RENEWAL PROCEEDING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 554, 556 -- EXCUSE ME, 546 AND WRITTEN REQUEST FROM WAVEDIVISION I LLC. IT IS RECOMMENDED THE BILL BE ADOPTED. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? >> I TOOK UP THREE PAGES OF THE AGENDA. MY APOLOGIES. THIS IS THE LAST ONE, COLLEAGUES. RESOLUTION 32171. THIS IS OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, THE ASTOUND RESOLUTION. THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE CITY'S FORMAL TEN- YEAR CABLE FRANCHISE RENEWAL PROCEEDINGS WITH ASTOUND AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS TO ENSURE THE CITY COMPLIES WITH ALL OF OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL LAW AND CABLE ACT OF 1984. I WANT TO THANK OUR PHENOMENAL INFORMATION -- EXCUSE ME, OUR ITD DEPARTMENT, OR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS AND, ALSO, DIRECTOR LLOYD, I HAD A MEETING WITH HIM YESTERDAY AND THEY WILL BE COMING TO COMMITTEE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE OVERVIEW OF THE I.T. DEPARTMENT AND THE VISION AND THE PRESENTATION LOOKS PHENOMENAL SO HEARING MORE ABOUT OUR CABLE FRANCHISE FEES ANDAND IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY IN THE FUTURE AND HOW WE WILL BE SUSTAINABLE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. COLLEAGUES, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS LEGISLATION? OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> ALL RIGHT. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NINE INTO THE RECORD. >> THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM NINE OF OVERSIGHT OF THE POLICE REVISING THE PROCESS FOR INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS, NAMING THE CHIEF OF POLICE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE PASS AS AMENDED. >> OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR CEDING. COUNCIL BILL RELATES TO INVESTIGATION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE. NOT EXPECTED WAS THE FACT WE WOULD HAVE OVER 70 COMPLAINTS AT THIS MOMENT, AND THE RESTRICTIONS IN THE INITIAL BILL, THIS COMBINATION HAS CREATED CHA LLENGES FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND CHIEF OF POLICE INVESTIGATIONS. THE RESTRICTIONS, NO DOUBT, MADE SENSE WHEN THE BILL WAS PASSED. BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, EXPERIENCE SHOWS THE COMPLAINTS AND RESTRICTIONS HAVE BASICALLY AFFECTED OPAs ABILITY TO CARRY OUT ITS MISSION. SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE INTAKE, FOR ANY COMPLAINT. ONLY OPA CIVILIAN SUPERVISORS, WHEN QUALIFIED CIVILIANS WERE AVAILABLE. INVESTIGATIONS BEING CONDUCTED BY OIG, OFFICE INSPECTOR GENERAL, WHEN THEY'RE CARRYING OUT THEIR INVESTIGATION THEY FIND OUT OTHER ISSUES THAT NEEDED TO BE INVESTIGATED. THAT WAS NOT ADDRESSED PARTICULARLY WELL, AND THEN WE NEEDED TO UPDATE THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. WE ALSO BROUGHT IN OUR THIRD MEMBER OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERSHIP TEAM, THE POLICE COMMISSION INTO PART OF THAT AS PART OF THE QUARTERLY REPORTING. AND, ULTIMATELY, TO ENSURE THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE TIMELY, THOROUGH AND OBJECTIVE. IN THE END THIS GOES TO TWOTWO THREE PRIORITIES FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THIS YEAR 2025. FIRST AMENDING LAWS, FIXING LAWS AND THE LIKE, HELP CREATE A MORE FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND THIS BILL DOES BOTH OF THOSE. FOR THOSE WONDERING, THE THIRD ONE IS LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY PROGRAM. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HELP SET UP THE ELEMENTS OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR SUCCESS, PRIMARILY IN THIS CASE THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BUT ALSO FOR THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE POLICE COMMISSION, SO COLLEAGUES, WITH THAT, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL, COUNCIL BILL 120977. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INTRODUCTION AND THOSE COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED. I SPOKE TO THIS IN COMMITTEE. SO SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> ALL RIGHT. THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR BUSINESS -- OUR LEGISLATION. THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND THERE'S NOT A RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION TODAY. I AM SEEING A HAND RAISED BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THIS IS JUST FOR GOOD OF THE ORDER. I JUST WANTED TO BE SUPER QUICK AND WANTED TO ADDRESS -- A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I ADDRESSED THE ANTI-BLACKNESS AND RACISM THAT SOME OF US COUNCILMEMBERS RECEIVE AND I HAD TO CALL IT OUT AGAIN TODAY BECAUSE THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT SAYING, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THE BLACK RENTERS IN SEATTLE DIRECTED AT ME SPECIFICALLY WHEN A PUBLIC COMMENTER HAD SPOKE OUT ABOUT A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER SAYING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ABOUT -- SOMETHING ABOUT ME. AND THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT I SEE -- YOU CAN CALL OUT POLICY. THAT IS FAIR GAME. I RARELY BRING RACE INTO CONVERSATIONS WHEN I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE. IT'S USUALLY OTHER PEOPLE THAT BRING THAT IN, AND -- BUT WHEN YOU CALL OUT SOMEONE'S BLACKNESS THAT IS RACIST AND RACIAL GAS LIGHTING IN OUR CITY, AND IT LITERALLY HAS NO PLACE IN THIS -- IN OUR CHAMBERS. AND IT'S VIOLENT. 75% OF WHITE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HAD A BLACK FRIEND. 75%. SO IMAGINE THEIR INTERACTION BEING ONLINE OR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEY SEE SOMEONE QUESTIONING PEOPLE'S BLACKNESS ON COUNCIL AND THEN THEY THINK IT'S OKAY TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND THEN THEY SAY, OH, ALL BLACK PEOPLE THINK LIKE THIS OR ALL BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD ACT THIS WAY. THAT IS NOT SOCIAL JUSTICE. THAT IS TRYING TO CONTROL BLACK PEOPLE, AND I WILL CALL IT OUT EVERY SINGLE TIME. I HAVE TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO THAT BECAUSE THAT IS USING BLACK PEOPLE. THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE EXTRACTED FROM BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. NUMBER ONE IT'S RESOURCES. NUMBER TWO, IT'S EXPLOITING LABOR. AND, NUMBER THREE, IT IS TAKING BLACK PAIN FOR WHITE DOLLARS FOR THEIR -- AND WEAPONIZING IT. AND I SAID IT THREE WEEKS AGO, AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN. IT IS DISGUSTING AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND IT'S RACIST. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO CALL IT OUT EVERY TIME THAT THAT IS BEING WEAPONIZED, OUR RACE. I DON'T HEAR THEM SAY IT TO A WHITE COUNCILMEMBER, WHAT ABOUT THE WHITE RENTERS? THEY SPECIFICALLY TARGET BLACK PEOPLE THAT HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF AN OPINION TO THEM, AND IT'S RACIST. AND YOU CAN BE ANTI- BLACK IN THIS -- YOU CAN BE A PERSON OF COLOR AND BE ANTI- BLACK, OKAY. SO I JUST HAD TO SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S FAKE PROGRESSIVE AND IT'S VIOLENCE AND IT HAS NO PLACE IN THIS CHAMBER, AND IT'S WHITE SUPREMACY IN DISGUISE. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK AGAINST IT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> AMEN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SEE YOUR HAND. YEP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT. I 100% STAND WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND STAND, THEREFORE, AGAINST THIS KIND OF ANTI-BLACK RACISM. IT'S A CIRCUS WHAT GOES ON IN HERE SOMETIMES. AND THIS JOB IS CHALLENGING, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING. I DO THINK WE NEED TO DO AS AN ASIDE A BETTER JOB OF ALLOWING CONSTITUTIONAL SPEECH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME GETTING COMMENTS POP UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND ANTI- BLACK RACISM IN OUR CITY -- OUR CITY OF SEATTLE -- OUR PROGRESSIVE CITY OF SEATTLE IS REAL, TO YOUR POINT. I ALSO THINK IT'S FAUX PROGRESSIVISM. AS A BLACK MAN SOME OF THE RACISM THATTHAT EXPERIENCED BOTH ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AS A CANDIDATE AND NOW IN OFFICE, NOW THAT I'M GOVERNING, HAS NOT BEENBEEN THE FAR RIGHT. HAS NOT BEEN FROM THE CENTER. IT'S BEEN FROM THE ULTRA LEFT PROGRESSIVE WING. AND WE NEED TO CALL THAT KIND OF ANTI- BLACK MESSAGING, ANTI- BLACK RACISM OUT EVERY SINGLE TIME. I STAND WITH AND I'M A BLACK MAN SO WE SHARE COMMON ANCESTRY IN COMMON, AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW ADDITIONALADDITIONAL CHALLENGE YOU MIGHT HAVE OR BE EXPERIENCING AS A WOMAN, AS A BLACK WOMAN, WHO IS QUEER, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THE ANTI-BLACK RACISM HERE. SHAME ON THEM. TO CALL IT OUT AND STAND UP -- I'M STANDING WITH YOU. AND STANDING AGAINST THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR CALLING IT WHAT IT IS. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THERE'S NO WAY I COULD NOT JUMP IN AND EXPRESS MY SOLIDARITY WITH MY COLLEAGUES. I HAVE A FEW YEARS ON YOU. AND WHAT I'M SEEING NOW IS KIND OF A WATERED DOWN VERSION OFOF I'VE EXPERIENCED BEFORE. ROB, HOPE FLIP YOU DIDN'T GET TOO MUCH OF IT SERVING IN THE 446. I GOT IT. I'M SEEING SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO DID THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED MUCH WORSE BUT GOT TREATMENT THAT WAS MUCH -- OH, ME ON THE OTHER HAND -- SO, AGAIN, CALLING IT OUT WHEN IT HAPPENS IN THIS CHAMBER. CALLING IT FOR WHAT IT IS. AND IT'S NOT JUST A MICRO AGGRESSION. IT'S JUST AN AGGRESSION. I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT WHEN I FIRST SOUGHT THIS POSITION I WAS TOLD BY THE LEFT THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE AND THAT WAS COMING FROM WOKE WHITE PEOPLE THAT I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS LIKE. I'M THINKING, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? SO TO HAVE THESE KIND OF COMMENTS COME TO US TODAY THAT WE DON'T RESPECT RENTERS, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND OR A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS MADE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM. ME BEING A CORPORATE LANDLORD, FOR EXAMPLE. BY THE WAY, I'M NOT A LANDLORD ANYMORE. SO LET'S JUST GET THAT OFF THE TABLE, AND IF ANYONE HAD BOTHERED TO TALK TO ME AS OPPOSED TO ASSUME THINGS ABOUT ME, YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS GOING AROUND, AND LET'S STOP THAT. LET'S HAVE HONEST CONVERSATIONS. LET'S UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE ALL ARE COMING FROM AND LET'S RESPECT EACH OTHER. LET'S TALK TO EACH OTHER NOT AT EACH OTHER. I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHEN YOU'RE YELLING AT ME. SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME, I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU. BUT I CAN'T HARPER YOU WHEN YOU'RE YELLING AT ME. SO LET'S COME BACK DOWN TO RESPECT PEOPLE. THAT'S IT. I'M WITH YOU. >> AS A WHITE PERSON, I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE RACISM THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED OR SAY THATTHAT CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR EXPERIENCE. I CAN ONLY HOPE TO UNDERSTAND THE DAMAGE THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING, BUT IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE BEHAVIOR OF THE COMMENTERS THE PAST THREE MEETINGS HAS BEEN DISRESPECTFUL, UNRULY, DISRUPTIVE, AND, ABOVE ALL, RACIST. AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS IN THE CHOICES THAT I HAVE TO ESTABLISH ORDER, ET CETERA, ET CETERA YESTERDAY. BUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I AM SORRY THAT THAT -- I REGRET THESE MEETINGS HAVE BECOMEBECOME FOR THE RACIST COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING EXPRESSED AND EXPRESSING ONE'S SOLIDARITY WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE EXPRESSING THESE COMMENTS AMONGST COUNCILMEMBERS, I FEEL LIKE -- ALL I'LL SAY I AM SORRY THIS IS GOING ON. I STAND WITH MY BLACK COUNCILMEMBERS, AND I HEAR YOU AND AM SEEKING WAYS OF DOING BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO RUNNING THESE MEETINGS. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND EXPRESS THESE HATEFUL THINGS ARE ACTUALLY LISTENING OR WILL TAKE NOTE OF YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? >> I DID, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. IT IS REALLY TROUBLING, AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SPEAKING UP. WHAT IS IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID, IT IS SO TROUBLING TO ME THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE TO SAY THAT÷÷THAT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF, THAT IS NOT OKAY. YOU DON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A CONVERSATION WITH. AND THE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE FOR YOUR OWN GAIN IS NOT OKAY. AND OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT A BLACK PERSON. AS A LATINA WOMAN, I HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF A LOT OF HATE AND PEOPLE TELLING ME I'M NOT LATINA OR LATINA ENOUGH. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT MEANS EXACTLY. AND SO, STILL, I'M NOT COMPARING IT. I AM NOT BLACK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE, WHAT THAT IS, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU STRUGGLE WITH. I STAND WITH YOU. I AM JUST DISHEARTENED AS A WOMAN IN MY 50s TO SEE ALL THAT IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN AND ESPECIALLY IN A CITY THAT SAYS AND THINKS OF ITSELF AS SO -- WE ARE WELCOMING. WE ARE WELCOMING PEOPLE TO COME TALK TO US AND AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT FOR A CITY THAT SAYS THEY WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A VOICE THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB DOING THAT, IN MY OPINION. SO, ANYWAY, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR RAISING THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT OKAY. AND I AM NOT OKAY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE, WHAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS BLACK PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL. IT IS VERY DISENHEARTENING THIS IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. I HOPE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING AND TAKING NOTE. IT'S JUST NOT OKAY. SO THANK YOU. >> IT'S THE EPITOME OF HYPOCRISY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND I AM SORRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR, AGAIN, BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION, BUT IT'S REPREHENSIBLE THAT YOU HAVE TO. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS. WE'VE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ON JUNE 10th AT 2:00 P.M. HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.