>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THE MAY 20th 2005 MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. I AM SARAH NELSON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROW? >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> I'M HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> PRESENT. >> NINE PRESENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS TODAY. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE ROOM. WE HAD TO DATE WITH US THE STUDENTS AND THE CHAPERONES IN THE TEACHER OF THE DOWNTOWN SCHOOL WHERE I'M THE PROUD PARENT OF TWO ALUMNI. THIS IS AN ENGLISH CLASS. THIS IS A CLASS A FRESHMAN. WELCOME. THE TEACHER IN THE ROOM IS BRIAN CRAWFORD. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE STUDENTS. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM HERE WATCHING OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. WELCOME. YEAH. CLAP. I LOVED FIELD TRIPS BEFORE. OKAY. MOVING ON. COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE REFERRAL PROGRAM. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY? >> 25 IN PERSON AND 11 REMOTE. >> WE WILL GIVE PEOPLE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK AND WE WILL START WITH SPEAKERS IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN BLOCKS OF 10. TODAY, THE SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE AND THE SPEAKERS WILL BE PROVIDED A SPEAKER NUMBER IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. AND WE WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS IN GROUPS OF 10. PLEASE LINE UP IN NUMERICAL ORDER, ALTERNATING BETWEEN THE TWO PODIUMS. THERE IS A PUTTING IN HERE AND THEY PUT THEM THERE. THE TIMER WILL START IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE END OF EACH SPEAKER TO ALLOWS TO GET TO AS MANY SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE TODAY. WE HAVE ITEMS AND OTHER BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA, AS WELL. ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE TO ENSURE EACH SPEAKER IS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AND ALLOTTED TIME. CLERK, I WILL HAND THIS OVER TO YOU TO PRESENT THE INSTRUCTIONS. >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT -- THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MAKES WILL BE NEEDED IF THEY DON'T AND THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> SPEAKERS 1 TO 10, YOU CAN LINE UP ON ALTERNATING MICROPHONES. ONCE WE GET THE FIRST 10 SPEAKERS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. VICTORIA AND JONATHAN -- SPEAKER NUMBER THREE, I CAN'T PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME. THEN WE HAVE JONATHAN, BENNETT, RACHEL, BRANDON, AND LILA. THERE ARE TWO SETS OF MICROPHONES, AGAIN. THERE IS NOT JUST THE CENTER, BUT ONE ON THE SIDE. WE HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER ONE HERE ALREADY, WHICH IS VICTORIA, AND TWO, THREE, FOUR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. VICTORIA. THANK YOU. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS VICTORIA PALMER. I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 6. AND AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF THE KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY. I CAME TODAY TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE DEMOCRATS ON THE COUNCIL THAT ARE WORKING TO BRING BACK THE LIVABILITY OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF SEATTLE AND TO REVERSE THE EXTREMIST POLICIES ENACTED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF FORMER COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SPEAKER TWO. >> HI. I HAPPEN TO BE ALSO THE LEGISLATIVE CHAIR OF DISTRICT 36 GOP HERE IN SEATTLE. I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT. A LONG TIME LISTENER TO THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND PURSUING ELECTED OFFICE. WE APPRECIATE IT. SOME 37% OF SEATTLEITES RENT THE PLACE THEY CALL HOME. SO ARE TENANTS ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT. THE MEDIAN INCOME OF OUR MENTORS IS OVER $79,000. 61% ABOVE THE MEDIAN INCOME OF RENTERS IN THE U.S. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERS HOUSEHOLDS WHOSE SPENDING IS 30% OF INCOME ON RENT AND UTILITIES TO BE BURDENED. SEATTLE, AMONG THE CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST RENTAL HAZARDS RANKS THIRD LOWEST. BETWEEN THE ALLOWANCE OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE ALREADY FOR RENT CONTROL, -- >> THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. WE ONLY HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. I KNOW IT GOES FAST, BUT PLEASE SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS. YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO SO. >> HELLO. I'M DR. MICHAEL CARBO SKI. I'M A RETIRED ANESTHESIOLOGIST PHYSICIAN. PERHAPS I TOOK CARE OF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNEW. ANYWAY, I'M HERE TO BASICALLY TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE SUPPORT YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW. IN THE PAST, I THINK CITY COUNCIL WAS -- TOO MANY PROGRESSIVE IDEAS DESTROYING THE CITY. I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW MORE ABOUT COMMON SENSE, SO, IN MY PAST HISTORY, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO MARCH WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING BACK IN THE 60s WHEN I WAS IN MEMPHIS, SO, ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU. >> AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEW SPEAKERS HERE, WHEN YOU HEAR THAT CHIME, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS LEFT TO SPEAK. >> HONORABLE CITY COUNCILMEMBER SCOTT MY NAME IS JONATHAN BLUNT. THIS IS MY 22nd YEAR WORKING FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN THE FLEETS DIVISION. I'M HERE WITH MY FELLOW SHOP OPERATION SUPERVISORS. WE ARE THE STUFF THAT RUN THE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOPS FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WE HAVE RECEIVED 97 SEVEN REPAIR APPROXIMATELY $350 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT. INCLUDING EVERY FIRETRUCK, POLICE CAR AND SNOWPLOW. LAST YEAR, WHEN THE REPRESENTED STAFF RECEIVED A BUMP IN BASE PAY CUT THOSE OF US IN SOME POSITIONS WERE TOLD THAT DUE TO WHICH COMPRESSION, WE SHOULD EXPECT A BUMP IN BASE PAY SOON. CREW CHIEFS WERE MAKING MORE THAN THEIR SUPERVISORS AND I WOULD HAVE TO BE FIXED, THEY SAID. THAT WAS MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. WE WERE TOLD -- WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE FINISH DROP ORDINANCE 12174 STARTED. WE FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT OF FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY ENTRANCE FRENZY. ASKING YOU TO DO THE SAME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >> SPEAKER. >> SPEAKER FIVE. >> HI. MY NAME IS BENNETT. I'M NOT HERE WITH A GROUP BUT I WANTED TO OFFER MY THOUGHTS ON THE PROPOSED ETHICS ROLE. [ INAUDIBLE ] SOME OF YOU ARE JUST DOING THIS TO LINE YOUR POCKETS, PLAYING THE LONG GAME. [ INAUDIBLE ] I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE. WHATEVER ELSE HAS BEEN SAID YOU GUYS, I THINK MOST OF YOU COULD MAKE A DECENT LIVING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, NOT DOING THIS. HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME SHOW UP EVERY WEEK. I THINK IT IS MORE THAT IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE ROLE OF A LANDLORD OR BUSINESS OWNER, YOU WILL SEE PROBLEMS THROUGH THAT LENS SO MUCH THAT IT WILL BIAS THE WAY THAT YOU APPROACH THINGS. I MEAN, IT IS KIND OF LIKE VOTING. DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THEIR GROUP. THEY CAN'T DO THAT FOR SELF-SERVING REASONS. IT BIASES THE WAY THAT PEOPLE SEE THINGS. THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE ETHICS RULES. >> NO. >> NUMBER FIVE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. PRESIDENT NELSON AND MEMBERS OF SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL . MY NAME IS SIERRA SNELL. [ INAUDIBLE ] DURING THE THURSDAY GOVERNANCE MEETING I WANT YOU THAT IF YOU DISREGARDED THE VOICES OF THE MAJORITY THAT THERE WOULD BE PROTESTING, WELL, A FEW MINUTES LATER AFTER I SAID THAT, PROTESTING STARTED HAPPENING. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. IN 19 AND NINE MORE THAN 35,000 PROTESTERS GATHERED RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE TO PROTEST THE WTO DURING THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE AGAINST GLOBALIZATION. WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT THIS FROM THIS PIECE OF HISTORY? IF U.S. ELECTED OFFICIALS DISREGARD THE NEEDS OF CONSTITUENTS, THE VOICES WILL BECOME LOUDER BEYOND THESE CHAMBERS. YOU MUST LISTEN TO MORE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU. >> HELLO, FOLKS. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON ETHICS RULES. [ INAUDIBLE ] CHEERING ON THE DEMS ON THE CURRENT COUNCIL. WHEN I WAS HERE, A WOMAN BROKE DOWN IN TEARS SHOWING UP AT THE PASSING OF HER FATHER. THEY WERE DEMANDING BACK RENT WHILE SHE CLEANED UP THE BLOODSOAKED FLOOR OF HER FATHER'S PASSING. THIS CRYING WOMAN -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON SCOLDED THE COUNCIL ROOM FOR CLAPPING. IF YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DOES THIS? SHE NEEDS ABSOLUTE POWER. SHE SHOWS THIS BY ATTACKING COUNCILMEMBERS LIKE FORMER MEMBER MORALES OR HOW SHE TREATS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. SHE MOVES AROUND THE COMMISSION TO DO WHAT SHE HAS TO DO TO GET POLICY PAST. SHE SPITS IN THE FACE OF ETHICS TO THROW US OUT IN THE COLD AND MOST OF ALL BY ATTACKING OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO SHOW SUPPORT. SHE TRIES TO SILENCE US BECAUSE WE SHOW THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WILLING TO FIGHT. SHE NEEDS OUR VOTES. TO KEEP POWER. WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE IT TO HER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR TIME IS UP. YOUR TIME IS UP. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALEX. I'M A RENTER IN UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS. IT IS NO SURPRISE THE REPUBLICANS ARE HERE IN SUPPORT. MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS RELY ON RENTERS RIGHTS PROTECTIONS. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE IN A FAR WORSE SITUATION RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THEM. THESE PREDICTIONS HELP LOW INCOME RENTERS WHO ARE ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE GROUPS IN THE CITY. WITHOUT THESE PROTECTIONS POOR WORKING-CLASS AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WILL BE HIT THE HARDEST, GIVEN THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY. LIVING THEN AND SIDING WITH THE BIG LANDLORDS WOULD BE UNCONSCIONABLE, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE COUNCIL IS THREATENING TO DO. THE FACT THEY NEED TO REPEAL PARTS OF THE ETHICS CODE TO ALLOW THE STEP AND TELLS THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR MOTIVES. THE WORKING CLASS OF THE CITY ARE HURTING AND WE NEED A CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS OUR BACKS, NOT ONE THAT TRIES TO SHRINK THE PROTECTIONS WE HAVE. YOU ARE MISTAKEN IF YOU THINK PEOPLE WON'T REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU'RE UP FOR REELECTION. >> PAUSE. PAUSE. >> PLEASE PAUSE. >> I THOUGHT I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN. COME ON. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. YOU KNOW THE RULES. THIS IS -- WE -- YOU ARE ENGAGING IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR. DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR IS -- STOP. YOU WILL BE ASKED -- I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO THIS ROUTE. PERHAPS YOU WANT TO GO THIS ROUTE, BUT I WANT TO GET TO THIS MEETING. THIS IS OUR JOB. WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. THE DEFINITIONS -- THE DEFINITIONS -- I'M JUST GOING TO READ A FEW EXAMPLES SO IT'S ALL IN THE BOOKS SO I CAN SAY THAT I READ IT OUT. FAILURE OF A SPEAKER TO COMPLY WITH THE ALLOTTED TIME. OUTBURSTS. COMMENTS THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 11C2A OR 11C3A DELAYING PROGRESS OF THE PUBLIC, TO BP. USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL, TO BE BEFORE PURPOSEFUL DELAY. ET CETERA. IT GOES ON AND ON. BEHAVIOR SUCH AS THREATS, PERSONAL ATTACKS, USE OF RACIAL, MISOGYNISTIC OR ABUSIVE LINKAGE, FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF A PRESIDING OFFICER. AND THEN, I AM JUST -- >> HEY. THEY ARE UNRULY TODAY. EXCELLENT. PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR COMMENTS. >> TREND -- [ INAUDIBLE ] [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THE LANDLORDS WANT TO UNDERMINE WE WILL BE HERE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> START THE TIMER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] I FIND THIS ATTEMPT TO REPEAL THE [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] RENTERS AND WORKING PEOPLE AS A WHOLE WILL NOT FORGET THAT BETRAYAL. THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE ARE SUFFERING. MANY SEATTLEITES ARE HOMELESS AND STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT. BUT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE DOING IS EXPANDING RENTERS RIGHTS. NOT SLASHING THEM. IF THIS CITY COUNCIL CARED ABOUT THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT, THEY TAKE OUR'S SIDE INSTEAD OF THROWING THEM UNDER THE BUS FOR BIG BUSINESS AND BIG LANDLORDS. THANK YOU. >> WE BEGIN WITH REMOTE SPEAKERS. REMINDER TO REMOTE SPEAKERS, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AFTER YOU HEAR THE MESSAGE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. WE HAVE HOWARD GALE FOLLOWED BY MADDY. >> ON ASSIGNED IN CITY HALL LOBBY AND INSCRIBED OUTSIDE ON THE SIDEWALK ARE BLACK LIVES MATTER. FIVE YEARS AGO YESTERDAY THE CITY DEMONSTRATED HOW LITTLE THEY CARE FOR BLACK LIVES WHEN THE SEATTLE POLICE MURDERED [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] . HE WAS CHASED BY SIX COUNCILMEMBER WOO OFFICERS. THIS WAS SIX DAYS BEFORE THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. ONE OF THE TWO OFFICERS THAT SHOT HIM, HAVING CORNERED OVER 18 KNOWN PLANTS WITHIN EIGHT YEARS HAS BEEN FOUND TO VIOLATE SPD POLICY AND WAS GIVEN A 20 DAY SUSPENSION. THAT OFFICER REMAINS ON THE FORCE. ALL PARTS OF SEATTLE'S POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM DETERMINED THIS MURDER TO BE PROPER. DOES THE CITY COUNT -- CARE ABOUT BLACK LIVES? AS THE FILMS OF RYAN SMITH AND TERRY KEEVER. THAT IS. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MADDIE FOLLOWED BY JOHNNY TOWNSEND. >> HI. MY NAME IS MADDIE. I'M A RENTER IN SEATTLE AND I WORK AT A PUBLIC HOSPITAL. I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY DISGUSTING TO HEAR BUREAUCRACY LEVERAGED AGAINST PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO DEFEND IT IN CITY COUNCIL. IT IS DISGUSTING TO HAVE TO SIT THROUGH ANOTHER ATTACK ON MENTORS. ANOTHER ATTACK ON WORKING PEOPLE. PEOPLE ARE UPSET AND DEFENDING THE -- OURSELVES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF CORPORATE LANDLORDS THAT ARE SITTING ON CITY COUNCIL. IT IS TRULY SHAMEFUL. YOU ARE TRYING TO ROLL BACK THE ETHICS OF A CITY SO THAT YOU CAN BENEFIT . AND THAT IS DISGUSTING. YOU SHOULD BE VOTED OUT. WORKING PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION, AND WE WILL BE KEEPING TABS ON WHO IS GIVING LIP SERVICE BUT NOT DEFENDING RECORD -- RENTERS. AND WHO IS DEFENDING US. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHNNY TOWNSEND FOLLOWED BY ELEANOR. >> I AM NOT HEARING THE PERSON. I BELIEVE THEY ARE ON MUTE STILL. CAN WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON? >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELEANOR FOLLOWED BY ACACIA. ELEANOR. >> LAST WEEK, I SAW THIS COUNCIL, ALL DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS WAX POETIC ABOUT SUPPORTING OTHERS, FOSTERING KIDS AND FAMILIES AND WORKING PEOPLE. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU PREPARE TO ATTACK RENTERS ON BEHALF OF MILLIONAIRE AND THE LEADER LANDLORDS STARTING BY TEARING UP THE ETHICS CODE THAT REQUIRES YOU TO REPEAT YOURSELVES VOTING ON MATTERS WHERE YOU HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST. NEXT ON YOUR AGENDA IS STOPPING THE VAN WITH A $10 CAP ON LATE FEES. EIGHT MOVE THAT COULD COME FROM THE TRUMP PLAYBOOK. A 30% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S RATE AND MORE THAN DOUBLE THE TO THOSE 19 RIGHT. INSTEAD OF CURBING OR HALTING THESE, YOU ARE LOOKING TO MAKE AN EXTRA BUCK FOR YOURSELF AND CORPORATE LIMITS. THIS ATTEMPT TO REPEAL THE ETHICS LAWS AND UNDO OUR RIGHTS AS WORKING-CLASS WORKERS, EXPOSES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR WHAT IT IS. A MONEYGRUBBING PARTY FOR THE RICH. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ACACIA. >> MY NAME IS ACACIA AND I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 4. I WANT TO VOICE MY DISCIPLINED FOR DISH WITH A NUMBER OF ACTIONS THE CATALYST AGAIN AND TO SHAMELESSLY GET HER TO THE INTERESTS OF CORPORATE LANDLORDS AT A TIME WHEN CRONYISM HAS BECOME THE DE FACTO POLICY OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT IS SICKENING TO ME THAT OUR COUNCIL IS PRIVATIZING THE CORPORATE LANDLORDS. I KNOW BETTER THAN TO APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE OF THIS COUNCIL SO I'M CALLING IN TODAY TO SAY THAT ROLLING BACK RENTERS PRODUCTIONS IS A SUREFIRE WAY FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO JEOPARDIZE THEIR INCUMBENCY. THE FACT THAT THE -- IS GIVING POSITIVE ON IN THE CITY. THEY TURN AROUND AND ACT LIKE -- WITH THE SAME DISREGARD FOR ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THEIR DINNERS. >> ALBERTA ALVAREZ. >> ROLLBACK RULES OF ETHICS TO ALLOW FOR SELF-INTEREST IS SUCH A DESTRUCTIVE IDEA THAT MANY OF YOU NEED TO STEP UP AND VOTE DOWN THIS BILL. POLITICIANS -- SELF-RIGHTEOUS -- THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO SELF-DEALING. CALLING OUT COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH, SAKA , AND CATTLE. THIS LEGISLATION ONLY SERVES A SMALL GROUP OF CORPORATE LANDLORDS THAT WANT TO BLEED EVERY CENT OUT OF SEATTLE RESIDENCE. A COUNCIL GIVEN FREE REIGN TO ENRICH THEMSELVES WILL ONLY BRING MORE CHAOS, HARM, AND CORRUPTION. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, THIS IS YOUR BILL. >> HOLLY FOLLOWED BY DAVID. >> HI. I'M HOLLY. DISTRICT 4. I WANT TO SPEAK AGAINST THE REPEAL OF ETHICS LAWS REGARDING RENTERS. I THINK IT IS SHAMEFUL AND DISGUSTING THAT A CITY IS WEALTHY AS SEATTLE -- SOME PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS OR HOUSING INSECURE. I'M APPALLED TO LEARN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS EVEN CONSIDERING REPEALING THIS ETHICS CODE THAT PROTECTS THE INTERESTS OF RENTERS AGAINST LANDLORDS. I PERSONALLY KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS LITERALLY ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS. MOST PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE FINDING STABLE HOUSING. WE NEED MORE RENTERS PROTECTIONS. THE JURY IS CONSIDERING VOTING AGAINST THE REPEAL -- OR VOTING FOR THE REPEAL OF THE ETHICS CODE OR ANY OTHER RENTERS PROTECTIONS -- WOULD YOU EVEN STAND FOR? >> DAVID HAYNES, FOLLOWED BY JOHNNY TOWNSEND. >> HI. THANK YOU. DAVID HAYNES. RENTERS REVOLT. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THEY ARE, CITY COUNCIL, AND THE POLICE CHIEF HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU ALL IS THE MEDIA TO DECEIVE THE PUBLIC AND [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] UPON YOUR SQUARE, FEELING VIOLENCE, SOME OF WHICH IS WITH [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] IN THE JAIL IN THE PAST BY CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESENT CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL CONTINUES VIRTUE SIGNALING . IS IT BY DESIGN? THEY'RE ALWAYS FOCUSING ON DESIGN. JUST GET RID OF THE GRAFFITI AND PEOPLE WILL STOP EMITTING CRIMES. WITH THAT LOGIC, ALL OF THE -- >> ARE WE AT THE END OF OUR AGREEMENT? >> JUST A CLARIFICATION -- ARE WE EXPECTING ANOTHER REMOTE SPEAKER AT THIS POINT? >> THIS IS JOHNNY TOWNSEND. THAT WAS MY FATHER EARLIER. >> YOUR TIME IS RUNNING IF YOU CAN PLEASE CONTINUE. >> MY NAME IS JOHNNY TOWNSEND. I'M A HOMEOWNER BUT NOT A RENTER. I'VE BEEN A RENTER BEFORE. ONE APARTMENT HAD A WEEKS ABOUT THAT WATER POURED DOWN THE KITCHEN WALL EVERY TIME IT RAINED. I CONTACTED THE AGENCY THAT RAN THE -- AND GOT NO RESPONSE. THE NEXT TIME IT RAINED, THE KITCHEN HAD [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] THERE IS NOTHING THE LANDLORD COULD DO. WHEN I MOVED OUT, THE LANDLORD KEPT MY SECURITY DEPOSIT. EVERY RENTER CAN TELL A SIMILAR STORY. WE ARE HUMANS, NOT SUB HUMANS. WE MUST PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS BECAUSE EVERYONE WITH ENOUGH MONEY TO BE A LANDLORD WILL ALWAYS WANT MORE MONEY. WE MUST WENT WITH THEM HERE. THAT IS YOUR DUTY AS COUNCILMEMBERS. THANKS. THANK YOU. >> CAN YOU PLEASE STOP SHARING AND OUTRUN THE TIMER HERE? WE ARE GOING TO NOW GO ONTO THE NEXT 10 SPEAKERS. 11 320, IF YOU COULD PLEASE START LINING UP. 11 TO 20. YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN AS SOON AS THE NEXT PERSON'S COMMENTS AND TO ALLOW US TO HEAR ALL SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH NUMBER 11. >> ESTHER BEEN THERE PUBLIC AND CERTAINLY A FEDERAL WORKERS TO SLASH FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS LIKE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, WHAT ARE THE TEMPLATES HERE IN WASHINGTON AND SEATTLE DOING? THEY ARE SHAMEFULLY CUTTING $7 MILLION FROM THE STATE BUDGET AND SLASHING PROGRAMS. THEY ARE ATTACKING RENTERS RIGHTS IN SEATTLE THAT WERE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENTS. THEY DECRY TRUMP AS EVIL AND ATTACK WORKING AND POOR PEOPLE. THE WINNING OF THESE INTEREST RATES INDICATE A SEIZING OF PROFITS. IT KEEPS POOR PEOPLE FROM ENDING UP ON THE STREET. THESE CORPORATE LIMITS CANNOT COLLECT THROUGH EVICTIONS AND RAISING RENT AS EASILY. FOR THIS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO BE REPEALING ETHICS LAWS TO ATTACK RENTERS RIGHTS IS A DIRECT ATTACK ON WORKING PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF CORPORATE LANDLORDS AND BIG BUSINESSES. THE THREE BIGGEST CORPORATE LANDLORDS IN SEATTLE RAKED IN THE LAND DOLLARS LAST YEAR ALONE. THERE WAS A 37% INCREASE LESTER. I HAVE HEARD COUNCIL MEMBERS GO ON ABOUT HOW THEY CARE ABOUT RENTERS, THE ELDERLY, THE FOSTER CHILDREN TO PRISON PIPELINE. THIS IS A LIE, AND A LIE THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO THESE PARTICULAR DEMOCRATS. WE CAN SEE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AS THEY ATTACK RENT. >> TIME. TIME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR TIME IS UP. >> YOUR TIME IS UP. >> ALL RIGHT. >> JODY, CAN YOU SHARE SCREEN AGAIN? I CAN'T SHARE THE SUN. THERE IS NO 10 SECOND TIMER ON THIS ONE. >> APOLOGIES. WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE TIMER UP. IF YOU CAN SHARE THE SCREEN AGAIN. THANK YOU. >> JUST A SECOND. YOUR TIME HASN'T STARTED. HAS BEEN A WHIL HAVE BEEN HERE. MY NAME IS JUSTIN. YOU'RE MAKING THE LOCAL REPUBLICANS HAPPY AGAIN BY CUTTING RENTERS RIGHTS. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] STUDENTS. YOU'RE GETTING A RAISE FOR THREE DOLLARS PER HOUR. YOU NEED TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN. >> THE BAN ON WINTER EVICTIONS THAT SETS PEOPLE FROM BECOMING HOMELESS IN THE COLDEST MONTHS. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN WORKERS STRIKE BACK. WHEN WORKERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK. >> THE RENTERS RIGHTS ARE A MOVEMENT WON WHILE 11C2A WAS IN OFFICE. STUDIES SHOW A DIRECT CAN'T DISH CONSISTENT LINK BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS. THESE RENTERS PROTECTIONS ARE BARELY HOLDING THINGS TOGETHER FOR MANY WORKING PEOPLE. HAVE THEM -- DONATED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THESE DEMOCRATS. WE SHOULD BE CLEAR. THE WAY FOR US TO BE THIS ATTACK IS WITH PRESSURE FROM WORKING PEOPLE. FOR THESE DEMOCRATS OUT OF OFFICE. >> MY NAME IS OSCAR. I'M A MEMBER AND STUDENT WITH WORKERS STRIKE BACK. THERE ARE NO EXCUSES FOR DOING SO. HALF OF SEATTLE'S CITIZENS ARE RENTERS AND REPEALING RENTERS RIGHTS WILL ONLY HURT WORKERS IN ORDER TO LINE THE POCKETS OF CORPORATE LANDLORDS. WE CANNOT LET THIS GO UNSTOPPED. EVERY SINGLE COMES MEMBER THAT VOTES IN FAVOR OF REPEALING ETHICS LAWS, SHAME ON YOU. THIS IS SHAMEFUL. WHEN RENTERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT WE DO? SENATE. FIGHT BACK. WHEN RENTERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK. >> WHEN RENTERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK. >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE ALREADY RUNNING MY TIMER? I HAVEN'T STARTED. >> PLEASE RESTART THE TIMER. THEY START THE TIMER. >> RESTART THE TIMER. >> RESTART THE TIME. >> RESTART THE TIME. RESTART THE TIME. >> THIS IS ACTUAL DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR. >> RESTART THE TIME. RESTART THE TIME. RESTART THE TIME! RESTART THE TIME! RESTART THE TIME! RESTART THE TIME! RESTART THE TIME! RESTART THE TIME! RESTART THE TIME! RESTART THE TIME! >> WE WILL GO ON A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. WE WILL HAVE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. THE THE >> SHAME ON CITY COUNCIL. WORKING PEOPLE [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] ALL THESE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE DEMOCRATS. THEY ARE SERVING THE INTERESTS OF BLOODSUCKING CORPORATE LANDLORDS. BUSINESSES LIKE AMAZON. THEY ARE HAVING TO HELP REPUBLICANS COME HERE AND SUPPORT THEM. IT IS EMBARRASSING AND DISGUSTING. SHAME. SHAME ON THE MLK LABOR COUNCIL LEADERS. SHAME ON THEM FOR ENDORSING BRUCE HARRELL, WHO WITH HIS FELLOW DEMOCRATS HAVE ATTACKED WORKING PEOPLE FOR OVER FOUR YEARS. WE DEMAND THAT THE MLK LABOR LEADERS PRESENT THAT ENDORSEMENT. IT IS NOT THE ONLY ENDORSING -- EMBARRASSING ENDORSEMENT. THEY ALSO ENDORSE JOY HOLLINGSWORTH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. WE ARE STARTING THE TIMER FOR THE NEXT PERSON. YOUR TIME IS UP. YOU ARE TAKING THE TIME OF YOUR COMPATRIOTS. YOU WILL NOT START THE TIME OF HER. YOU ARE ONLY -- HEY. ALEX TSIMERMAN, SIT DOWN. >> NUMBER 16. HERE IS HOW THE TIMER WORKS. YOU GET ONE MINUTE. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BREAK INTO YOUR COLLEAGUE'S TIME BY CHANTING IN BETWEEN SPEAKING, THAT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME AWAY. >> RESTART THE TIMER. RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! >> RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! >> ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GIVING UP YOUR TIME. RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! >> GO AHEAD. >> HELLO. I'M ASHTON HOPE, A PESSIMIST FROM CAPITOL HILL TO SPEAK ON ETHICS AND YOUR SAFETY. THIS COMES AT GREAT COST TO THE MAJORITY OF SEATTLE'S ABLATION. TO HELP YOU, I WILL GIVE A CONSERVATIVE HYPOTHESIS OF 100 PEOPLE BECOMING HOMELESS BECAUSE OF YOU. NOW IS THE TIME I ASKED YOU DO NOT SHOOT THE MESSENGER BECAUSE THOSE 100 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BECOME THE ROWDY PACIFISTS LIKE ME THAT MAKE YOU QUIVER ON THE DAIS. NO. THOSE ARE 100 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW NOT ONLY SUFFERING, BUT NO KNOW EXACTLY WHO CAUSED THEIR SUFFERING AND HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE. I WONDER HOW MUCH MONEY BRIAN THOMPSON SPENT CONVINCING HIMSELF HE COULD JUST KILL KARMA EVERY TIME IT CAME KNOCKING. >> MY NAME IS SYDNEY. I AM HERE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE BILL TO REPEAL THE ETHICS RULES CUP PREVENTING MEMBERS WITH INTERESTS TO VOTE. IT IS A STEP TOWARD REMOVING PROTECTIONS FOR WORKING-CLASS RENTERS OF THE CITY. IN THE MIDST OF AN ONGOING HOUSING CRISIS, THIS IS A BALD-FACED AND REPREHENSIBLE ATTACK ON THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF THE CITY FOR ENRICHING CORPORATE LANDLORDS AND ANYONE WHO VOTES IN FAVOR OF REPEALING THESE PRODUCTIONS SHOULD LOSE THEIR COUNCIL SEAT. YOU DO WELL TO REMEMBER YOU WERE ELECTED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY, NOT TO SELL THEM OUT TO PREDATORY LENDERS. WHEN RENTER S RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> WHEN RENTER S RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> THANK YOU. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> IN CITY COUNCIL AS THE FIRST SOCIALIST IN DECADES WON THESE PRODUCTIONS AND YOU ARE TRYING TO TEAR THEM DOWN. THESE ARE THE CAP LATE RENT FEE IS AT $10 PER MONTH. REQUIRING ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE. BANNING WINTER EVICTIONS AND EVICTIONS OF WORKERS, CLOSING THE LOOPHOLE IN THE JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS RIGHT -- RIGHTS TO A LAWYER FOR EVICTIONS. ALLOWING PAYMENT PLANS PROHIBITING RENT [ INAUDIBLE ] AND REQUIRING VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO NEW TENANTS. IT IS DESPICABLE THAT SEATTLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS ARE ATTEMPTING TO UNDO THESE BASIC WORKERS PRODUCTIONS AND RENTERS PROTECTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! WHEN RENTER S RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! >> PLEASE RESTART IT. >> I'M DOMINIC WOLFGANG WALLACE, A WORKER WITH WORKERS STRIKE BACK. THE CITY COUNCIL ATTENDED TO KEEP MY WHICH $10 LOWER AND THE SHAMEFUL ATTACK ON ME AND MY COWORKERS FAILED BECAUSE WORKERS STRIKE BACK CAME TO OUR DEFENSE. WE ARE SEEING THAT SAME CITY CANCER -- COUNCIL PUT ON A POWER GRAB FOR THE CITY ETHICS CODE AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE DOMESTIC SOLICIT. THAT IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATS DO. IT IS NO SURPRISE TO SEE CITY COUNCIL ACT THIS WAY. WE DON'T NEED BETTER TEMPLATES. WE KNEW INDEPENDENT PARTY TO GET ALL OF THEM OUT OF THEIR SEATS AND ANYONE HERE OR LISTENING IN SHOULD JOIN WORKERS STRIKE BACK TO BUILD A MOVEMENT THAT WILL TAKE ON BOTH CORPORATE PARTIES BECAUSE WHEN WE FIGHT -- WHERE PEOPLE SPEAK AGAINST THIS REPEAL AND IF THE DEMOCRATS TRULY CARED ABOUT WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS THINK, THEY WOULD'VE ALREADY BACKED OFF FROM THIS ATTACK. WHAT WE SEE INSTEAD IS THIS CITY COUNCIL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SHUT US DOWN AND SHUT US UP SO THEY CAN GET ON WITH TAKING OUR RIGHTS AWAY. WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> CAN WE PLEASE HAVE SPEAKERS NUMBER 21 THROUGH 24 ALSO LINED UP. WE ARE AT NUMBER 20. SPEAKERS NUMBER 21 THROUGH 24. SPEAKERS NUMBER 20. >> MY NAME IS KAREN. I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK. I'M SO GLAD THAT THESE STUDENTS WERE HERE TODAY TO SEE WHAT TRUE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS WHAT YOU COUNCILMEMBERS NEED TO KNOW. THOSE OF YOU THAT SUPPORT THE ROLLBACK OF THE ETHICS CODE ARE LYING TO YOURSELVES AND YOU ARE LYING TO US. YOU WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE SOMEHOW BETTER THAN WE ARE, AND THAT YOU SOMEHOW HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME KIND OF GOD-GIVEN ABILITY TO KNOW WHAT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS -- HOW TO SEPARATE THEM FROM YOUR SWORN DUTY TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. YOU WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT THIS -- THAT YOUR DISTRICTS WON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION BECAUSE OF THESE PROTECTIONS OF THE ETHICS CODE. THE CURRENT ONES. THIS IS UTTER FOLLY. UTTER NONSENSE. AND YOU SHOULD BE VERY AFRAID. BE AFRAID NOW, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE UNTIL THIS NONCE THAT -- NONSENSE STOPS. WE GUARANTEE THAT. >> THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE! >> THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE! >> SIEG HEIL, MY DIRTY NAZI JUST STOP OH -- [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] YOU PROSECUTED ME FIVE TIMES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. SORRY FOR MY PRONUNCIATION. YOU HAD A PROPOSITION. SOME PEOPLE CAN SPEAK MORE. MY QUESTION TO YOU -- YOU CAN OPEN THE ROOM FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. YOU ARE DOING THIS ALONE. YOU DON'T NEED NOBODY TO APPROVE OF THIS. PEOPLE CANNOT GO AND SPEAK. THIS BS MAKES ME SICK. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR TIME IS UP. >> IS THERE ANYONE HERE TODAY THAT WANTS TO SUPPORT THE RENTERS RIGHTS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN TAKING A LONG TIME TO PASS THIS ATTACK ON RENTERS RIGHTS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND A COMPROMISE. KATHY MOORE WANTS A FULL ON ATTACK. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT A COMPROMISE. THEY WANT TO STRANGLE SEATTLE RENTERS MORE SLOWLY. THAT IS WHY IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG TO MOVE THIS LEGISLATION. THEY HAVE A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT HOW QUICKLY AND HOW TRANSPARENTLY TO CARRY OUT THESE ATTACKS ON WORKING PEOPLE. THAT SHOWS WHY BACKROOM DEALS DON'T WORK. IT SHOWS WHITE WE NEED TO BUILD BUSINESS THAT THE PRESSURE ON POLITICIANS UNTIL THEY ARE FORCED TO GIVE IN. WHICH IS WHY WE NEED A NEW POLITICAL PARTY FOR WORKING PEOPLE BECAUSE THE BILLIONAIRES AND CORPORATE PEOPLE HAVE TWO. WE HAVE ONE OF OUR OWN. WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> THE DISREGARD FOR RENTERS AND WORKING PEOPLE BY THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL IS DESPICABLE. THREE LANDLORDS, ESSEX, EQUITY, AND AVALON BAY, BLEW UP 13,000 UNITS. THEY MADE $3 BILLION IN PROFITS. THEIR PROFITS INCREASED BY $700 MILLION LAST YEAR COMPARED TO 2023. THE PROPHETS OF ESSEX PROPERTY INCREASED BY A STUNNING 88%, AND YET, WE ARE SEEING A CRUSH OF EVICTIONS RIGHT NOW. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS REPORTING A 30% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S RATE. AND THE RATE OF EVICTIONS SINCE 2019 HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED AND YET, DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL ARE TRYING TO TAKE RIGHTS AWAY FROM RENTERS THAT WERE WON THROUGH STRUGGLE THROUGH THOUSANDS OF WORKING PEOPLE AND THROUGH FOR SIX SOCIALIST CITY COUNCIL OFFICE. ANYTHING THAT BUT FOR THIS OR ANY DEMOCRAT THAT DOESN'T'S AND FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THIS SHOULD BE THROWN OUT OF OFFICE AND IT IS SHAMEFUL ABOUT THE MLK LABOR COUNCIL HAS VOTED TO ENDORSE BRUCE HARRELL. THE LEADERSHIP HAS ENDORSED BRUCE HARRELL. WORKERS SHOULD FIGHT TO RESCIND THAT ENDORSEMENT. DRIVE AT ANY DEMOCRAT THAT WHAT'S WITH THIS. WE NEED A NEW PARTY AND I URGE ANYONE HERE [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> THE CITY COUNCIL IS DOING THE DIRTY WORK OF CORPORATE ALERTS, TRYING TO STRIP AWAY RENTERS RIGHTS. >> RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER! >> I JUST WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS MEETING, SO GO AHEAD AND RESTART THE TIMER. >> THE CITY COUNCIL DEMOCRATS ARE DOING THE DIRTY WORK OF CORPORATE LIMITS, DRIPPING AWAY RENTERS RIGHTS. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET OUR $15 PER HOUR MINIMUM WAGE VICTORY AND ARE ATTACKING PREDICTIONS FOR RENTERS. KSHAMA SAWANT ORGANIZATION, WORKERS STRIKE BACK, ARE FIGHTING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE NEED YOU WITH US. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOESN'T REPRESENT US ANYMORE THAN THE REPUBLICAN. WE REPRESENT THE SAME GLEANERS AND CORPORATE LIMITS AND REPUBLICANS ARE HERE. TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBERS. JOIN WORKERS STRIKE BACK. BECAUSE WHEN WE ORGANIZE, WHEN WE FIGHT, WE CAN WIN. EVERY ATTACK LIKE THIS IS YOUR MATTER THAT WE NEED TO THROW THESE CORPORATE POLITICIANS AT AND BUILD A NEW PARTY FOR WORKING PEOPLE. THE LEADERSHIP OF THE McKAY LABOR COUNCIL ENDORSED BRUCE HARRELL A MAYOR WHO SIDED WITH THE RICH AND POWERFUL AT EVERY TURN. THAT ENDORSEMENT GIVES POLITICAL COVER TO AN ANTIWORKER ORGANIZATION NOW SEEKING [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR TIME IS UP. >> YOU ARE INTERRUPTING YOUR CHANCE. >> SPEAKERS 31 AND 32, OUR LAST TWO SPEAKERS. >> I HAVE TAUGHT STUDENTS WHO ARE HOUSING PRECARIOUS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS. I GOT TO SAY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY IS JUST DESPICABLE. IT IS NOT JUST REPEALING THE ETHICS CODE. THAT SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME PAUSE. IT IS WHY YOU ARE DOING IT. EVICTING KIDS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR? JACKING UP LATE FEES? ENTER EVICTIONS, RENT HIKES WITH NO NOTICE. THIS IS YOUR PLATFORM? THESE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? I HOPE YOUR ACTIONS TODAY FOLLOW YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR CAREER. GOD FORBID, IF YOU EVER RUN AGAIN, I HOPE YOUR OPPONENTS USE THIS AS EASY POLITICAL FODDER. YOU GUYS ARE THE LANDLORD POLITICIANS WHO ERASED ETHICS LAWS TO KICK KIDS OUT ON THE STREETS. INSTEAD, YOU SHOULD BE SIDING WITH US. YOU SHOULD BE SIDING WITH FAMILIES. YOU SHOULD BE SIDING WITH THE POOREST. INSTEAD, YOU ARE SIDING WITH THE LANDLORDS. WHEN RENTERS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> I'M GLENN. I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK. THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN HEARING FROM WORKING PEOPLE FOR WEEKS. HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING? HAVE YOU LISTENED TO US? NO. YOU INSIST ON THESE DRACONIAN MEASURES. MEETING US IN BETWEEN REMOTE SPEAKERS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HEAR US. APPARENTLY WHILE YOU SELL OUT OUR LIVES TO THE BILLIONAIRES, THE TIME TO LISTEN TO US IS A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR YOU. SHAME ON MLK LABOR COUNCIL FOR ENDORSING BRUCE HARRELL AND SHAME ON THE PARTY. THIS IS THE ONE MILLIONTH EXAMPLE OF WHY THEY WILL NEVER WORK FOR US. IF YOU AGREE, JOIN WORKERS STRIKE BACK BECAUSE WE NEED A NEW PARTY OF WORKING PEOPLE IF WE WANT TO TAX THE RICH TO PAY FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL AND ALL THE THINGS WE NEED TO LIVE -- WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR IT AS WORKERS. INDEPENDENTLY IN OUR OWN MASS MOVEMENTS, UNTIED FROM THIS HORRIFIC, TOXIC, RUN BIG BUSINESS PARTY. WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> ONE MORE REMOTE SPEAKER. >> WE HAVE ONE REMOTE SPEAKER. >> YOU ARE SHARING YOUR ENTIRE SCREEN. JUST A HEADS UP. >> IS THE SPEAKER UNMUTED? >> YES. I AM UNMUTED. >> PLEASE BEGIN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SO, TO THE RENTERS GROUP, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. YOUR RENT IS HIGH. I OWN A HOME IN FLORIDA, AS WILL. WE HAVE IT LOOKS LIKE GENERATION ALPHA AND GENERATION Z IN THE ROOM WITH US AND AS ADULTS, IF WE CAN JUST BE RESPECTFUL SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THE MEETING -- I AM HERE JUST AS A RESIDENT AND WANTED TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON, AND IT IS SO MUCH SCREAMING THAT MY HEAD IS STARTING TO HURT, SO I JUST ASK THAT WE ALL BE ADULTS HERE. WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WATCHING US. AND IF WE CAN JUST SAY OUR POINT BUT BE RESPECTFUL. THAT IS RIDICULOUS AND EMBARRASSING TO WATCH. ON CAMERA. JUST SEEING WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH CITY COUNCIL OFFSCREEN. I CAN BARELY WATCH IT. THANK YOU. >> THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. >> WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE LIST OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. >> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! >> I MOVED TO ADOPT -- >> WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! >> PLEASE LEAVE THE CHAMBER SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR MEETING. WE CAN'T HEAR EACH OTHER. >> WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! >> I MOVED TO ADOPT THE ADOPTION OF THE CALENDAR. >> WE'LL BE BACK! >> WE'LL BE BACK! >> WE'LL BE BACK! >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE REFERRAL CALENDAR. OKAY, FOLKS. I MOVED TO AMEND THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL COUNTER BY REMOVING ITEM 1. COUNCIL BUILT 120983. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR TO REMOVE ITEM 1. COUNCIL BUILT 120983. AS A SPONSOR OF THIS MOTION, I WAS ALERTED BY CITY FINANCE THAT THERE IS A PENDING CORRECTION IN ANOTHER BILL THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR OUR CONSIDERATION NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A TECHNICAL PROBLEM IN THE BILL. AND SO, WE ARE PULLING IT SO WE CAN VOTE FOR IT NEXT WEEK. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT? >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> HERE. >> SORRY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MERCEDES RINCK. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> NINE IN FAVOR. NONE A POST. >> I WASN'T CALLED, BUT I WILL VOTE YES. BUT YES. THERMIC >> CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE TOTAL AGAIN? >> NINE IN FAVOR NOW AND NOT OPPOSED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR BEFORE US. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. THE REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. NOW, WE WILL GO ON TO THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR. THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE SENSIBILITY ZERO 93 WHICH IS PAYMENT OF THE BILLS FROM BEFORE. APPOINTMENTS FROM THE GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. TWO OPPONENTS FROM THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> NINE IN FAVOR COTTON UNOPPOSED. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? MOVING ON, THERE ARE NO COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY. THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE ITEM THAT WE WILL GO TO AT THE END OF THE MEETING. >> MY APOLOGIES. WE SHOULD'VE REMOVED IT FROM THE AGENDA COMPLETELY. THIS IS THE LAST-MINUTE CORRECTION AND LAST-MINUTE NOTICE THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I RECOMMEND THAT THE AGENDA BE ADMITTED TO REMOVE COUNCIL BUILT 120983. >> I MOVED TO REMOVE COUNCIL BUILT NUMBER 120983. >> THE AGENDA WILL BE AMENDED AS STATED. >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE AMENDED AS STATED. WAIT. THERE IS NOT A RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION TODAY. TODAY, WE HAVE FOUR PROCLAMATIONS, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED AND SIGNED TODAY FOR PRESENTATION LATER IN THE COMMUNITY. I WILL ASK EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO INTRODUCE THE PROCLAMATION AND SEEK ANY FINAL FEEDBACK ON THE PROCLAMATION WITH ROLL CALL FOR ITS MEMBERS TO AFFIX SIGNATURES TO THE PROCLAMATION. OKAY. WE ARE STARTING WITH THE FIRST PICO MISSION. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT THE PROGRESSION HONORING UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESIDENT ANA MARI CAUCE. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SINCE 1986 IN VARIOUS ROLES INCLUDING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CHAIR, DEAN, PROVOST, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND THEN TO PRESIDENT SERVING TWO FIVE-YEAR TERMS AS PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT CAUCE IS A GROUNDBREAKER, BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN, THE FIRST LaTINA AND THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ+ PERSON TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY. I WILL PRESENT THIS TO PRESIDENT CAUCE . COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN SIGNING ONTO THIS RECOGNITION OF PRESIDENT CAUCE FOR HER MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS? I WILL SIMPLY SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND I ALMOST WISH SHE WOULD BE HERE TO RECEIVE IT SO WE COULD SEE -- HEAR HER COMMENTS AND THANK HER, BUT I BELIEVE I WILL BE ATTENDING, AS WELL. I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION FROM SOMEONE WHO IS LEADING -- I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER OF SEATTLE. IT IS DEFINITELY AN INSTITUTION THAT I BELIEVE CITY HALL SHOULD BE CLOSER TO BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE COMING OUT OF THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. >> AGREED, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND WE DID INVITE PRESIDENT CAUCE, BUT SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND , AND IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE GIVEN HER MANY RESPONSE ABILITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY, BUT SHE KNOWS THAT WE WERE WELCOMING AND INVITING HER TO BE HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING WITH HER ON THURSDAY AND WITH YOU IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE THERE, SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO DETERMINE WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO THE -- HONORING PRESIDENT ANA MARI CAUCE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT ON AIRTRAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. >> I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE INDEPENDENT STATE OF ERITREA. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OF THE ERITREAN DIASPORA, PARTICULARLY HERE IN SEATTLE, AND WE HAVE BEEN PROUD TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN DEVELOPING THIS PROCLAMATION. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE INCREDIBLE ERITREAN COMMUNITY HERE IN SEATTLE AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION'S TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR ERITREAN INDEPENDENCE DAY ON MAY 24th, WHERE THEY WILL BE HAVING A CELEBRATION AT SIEWERT PARK AMPHITHEATER. I WENT LAST YEAR. IT WAS A BLAST, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JOIN ALONG IN CELEBRATING THIS INCREDIBLE DAY AND ALSO SEE THE RECITATION OF THE SPARKLE MISSION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I ASK FOR YOUR SIGNATURES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO DETERMINE WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT THEIR SIGNATURES ON THE PICO MISSION RECOGNIZING MAY 24th AS ERITREAN INDEPENDENCE DAY? >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED. >> ON THE THIRD AND FOURTH COMMISSIONS, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH HAS TWO COMMISSIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND SIGNATURE WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED TOGETHER AND WITH ONE ROLL CALL TO AFFIX SIGNATURES TO BOTH. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT TWO PROCLAMATIONS ON PRIDE ASIA DAY AND PRIDE MONTH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MY FAVORITE MONTH AFTER BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I THINK THEY BOTH WEIGH TOGETHER. SO, THIS YEAR, I THINK THE ONE THING THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING -- GAY PRIDE MONTH IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE UNFORTUNATE ATTACKS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE GAY COMMUNITY -- EIGHT SUBVERSION OF RESIGNS. LAST YEAR, SEATTLE SUBMITTED THEIR 50th ANNIVERSARY OF GAY PRIDE, WHICH WAS PRETTY AMAZING. WE TALKED ABOUT KNOWING YOUR HISTORY REVEALS YOUR POTENTIAL GREATNESS, AND FOR THIS YEAR, IT IS RESILIENCE -- STANDING UP -- JUST PRIED OUT LOUD AND BEING PRIDEFUL IN OUR CITY. I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT WANT TO SHOW -- AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE IN SEATTLE PARTICULARLY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BE A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S A LOT OF TRANS COMMUNITY COMING TO SEATTLE AND REFUGE OF HAVING A SAFE SPACE AND A STATUARY CITY. I REALLY CONNECTED TO WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE THAT CAME TO SEATTLE DURING THE GREAT MIGRATION, LEAVING THE SOUTH AND COMING HERE TO SEATTLE TO FIND A NEW HOME. THERE'S A LOT OF CROSSOVER HERE FOR ME. FOR THIS PRIDE PROCLAMATION THAT WILL BE PRESENTED ON THE 31st OF MAY OF THIS YEAR. THAT IS A SATURDAY. IT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE FLAG RAISING FOR BOTH OF THESE BY COMMISSIONS. I REALLY APPRECIATED EVERYONE'S SUPPORT LAST YEAR. I'M LOOKING FOR TO EVERYONE'S SUPPORT THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I'M LOOKING AT THE SCREEN. NOT SEEING ANY HANDS UP. WELL, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE IMPORTANT PRECONDITIONS FORWARD. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. MY STAFFER AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE FILMS INCLUDING A DOCUMENTARY ON THE ATTACK ON BOOKS AND LIBRARIES AND ANOTHER DOCUMENTARY ABOUT STATES BANNING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR MINORS AND IT JUST MAKES ME, FRANKLY, -- WELL, IT JUST MAKES ME SICK THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. WHAT TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES ARE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS ROB THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY OF THEIR STORIES, IDENTITY, AND DIGNITY. IT IS MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER THAT WE AS A CITY LOUDLY AND PROUDLY PROCLAIM JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH AND THAT WE STAND WITH THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY TODAY AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. IF I CAN SAY ONE MORE THING. I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T MEAN TO BE A DEBBIE DOWNER. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE THE CITY WE ARE TO BE THE CITY WE ARE AND TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY . THE GAY PARADE IS ONE OF THE MOST PHENOMENAL THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY TO SEE ALL THE SMILING FACES, THE PEOPLE, THE JOY, THE LOVE. THAT IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ABOUT. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. I KNOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT STUFF ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND I MET WITH THAT. I APOLOGIZE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CELEBRATION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE AND HAVE THEM A NOMINAL IT IS TO BE IN COMMUNITY AND CONNECTED WITH FOLKS. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WITH LECLERC, THE ROLL TO DETERMINE WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE AFFIXING THEIR SIGNATURE TO THE PROCLAMATION? >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] MAYOR BRUCE HARRELL FIVE >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. PRESIDENT CAUCE >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. TO EXISTING >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE IT. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I SENT OUT A SPEECH I HAD GIVEN IN MY HOMETOWN ON MEMORIAL DAY TO COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE DAIS. I KNOW WE HAVE TWO NEW ONES. I HAVE A COPY FOR YOU BOTH. IT WAS ALSO PUT OUT IN OUR NEWSLETTER AND SO FORTH. GIVEN THE FACT THAT MEMORIAL DAY IS COMING UP, BEFORE THE NEXT FULL COUNCIL MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO READ A COUPLE OF EXCERPTS FROM THE SPEECH I HAD GIVEN THAT I SENT OUT AS A DOCUMENT LAST YEAR. SO, COLLEAGUES, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT MEMORIAL DAY, AS WE KNOW IT TODAY REALLY STARTS FROM WORLD WAR I, SINCE BEFORE THAT, IT WAS CELEBRATED ON DIFFERENT DAYS AND SOMETIMES EVEN CALL TO DIFFERENTLY AS DECORATION DAY. AS AN AMERICAN, AND I THINK ALL OF US AS AMERICANS CAN BE QUITE PROUD THAT OUR COUNTRY HONORS THIS DATE WITH PARADES AND CEREMONIES, WHICH IS IN KEEPING WITH THE GENERAL ORDER NUMBER 11 OF HEADQUARTERS OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC SIGNED IN 1868. THE ORDER STATED NO FORM OF CEREMONIES PRESCRIBED [ INAUDIBLE ] SUCH FITTING SERVICES AND TESTIMONIALS OF RESPECT AS CIRCUMSTANCES MAY PERMIT. THE INTENT OF THE ORDERS WAS TO INAUGURATE THIS OBSERVANCE WITH THE HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE KEPT UP FROM YEAR TO YEAR, WHILE THE SURVIVOR OF THE WORK REMAINS TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF DEPARTED COMRADES. IN MY SPEECH, I TALK ABOUT 9/11. THOSE I KNEW THAT PAST, AND THEN ALSO, IN IRAQ, FOUR MEMBERS OF MY UNIT WERE KILLED IN IRAQ. ALSO, THE IDEA CAME OUT THAT SOMETIMES FAMILIES FEEL THAT THEY ARE SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN AND THEY MADE THE POINT THAT THEY ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN. IT'S IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT. I DID STATED IN MY LETTER TO A FAMILY IN THIS SPEECH. BUT TO CONCLUDE, YOU KNOW, ON MEMORIAL DAY, WE ALL PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE OF OUR NATION. OUR FATHERS, BROTHERS, SONS COTTONELLE, ALSO, MOTHERS SISTERS DAUGHTERS NEIGHBORS, AND FRIENDS. SEPARATELY, MEMORIAL DAY IS ABOUT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN LOST AND HAVE BEEN KILLED. IT IS NOT VETERANS DAY. VETERANS DAY IS IN NOVEMBER. I DID IN MY SPEECH ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VETERANS THAT HAD BEEN WOUNDED IN BATTLE ALONGSIDE THOSE THAT HAD BEEN KILLED. WE OFTEN, AS I SAID,, THE NAMES WHO DIED BUT RARELY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED. THE TWO INSTANCES IN MY UNIT THAT WERE KILLED, THERE WERE MANY MORE INJURED AT THE SAME TIME, AND THEY LIVE WITH THOSE INJURIES TODAY. SO I THINK -- AS A SLIGHT DETOUR -- TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND THOSE INJURED IN THAT WAY. IN THE END, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY, AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO PLACES LIKE THE WALL OF REMEMBRANCE. [ INAUDIBLE ] HALL, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL -- I AND COLLEAGUES -- ARE LOOKING TO VENTURE IS IN GREAT SHAPE. ALSO OTHER AREAS, TOO, THROUGH VFW POSTS LIKE OURS. VFW POST 362. ALL THOSE ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDE WEST SEATTLE, WHERE I KNOW THERE ARE SOME AMERICAN LEGION FOLKS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR SOME, MEMORIAL DAY IS ABOUT A DAY OFF AT THE START OF THE SUMMER SEASON, BUT PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS LIKE THOSE, HOWEVER, PROVIDES A FITTING TESTIMONY OF RESPECT TO THOSE THAT GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN DEFENSE OF OUR NATION. SO, THANK YOU. CHAIR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS. I REMEMBER LAST YEAR, YOU DID A PROCLAMATION FOR MEMORIAL DAY. AND WHEN HE PRESENTED IT, I REMEMBER THE COMMENTS OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. I BELIEVE SOME FOLKS THAT -- SOME -- SOME OFFICERS. SOME FIREFIGHTERS. PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN IN THE SERVICES. AND I REMEMBER SOMEONE REMARKING THAT THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME EVER THAT A COUNCILMEMBER HAD EVEN RECOGNIZED MEMORIAL DAY, AND IT WAS MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR KEEPING ON A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TRADITION BY MAKING YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE,