>>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MARCH 24, 26 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2 103 P.M. I AM JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> HERE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? >> HERE. >> EIGHT PRESENT. >> FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED FOR TODAY. COLLEAGUES, THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY BUT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, I WOULD LIKE TO KICK IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. I WANTED TO START OFF AND EXTEND A WELCOME TO STUDENTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY FROM SUMMIT SIERRA HIGH SCHOOL. I JUST HAD THE PLEASURE OF SITTING DOWN WITH THEM AND SPENDING TIME BOTH LEARNING ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND AND DOING SOME REALLY FUN QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME THEM AND SHARE, THE STUDENTS ARE HERE AS PART OF A TWO WEEK PROGRAM WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHERE THEY WILL BE INTERNING AND FELLOW SHIPPING IN THE OFFICE AND SPENDING TIME LEARNING ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE FUTURE LAWYERS IN OUR MIDST . WE MAYBE HAVE SOME FUTURE CENTRAL STAFFERS, FUTURE DOCTORS, FUTURE IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS AND SO MUCH MORE AND MAYBE EVEN OUR NEXT SEATTLE CITY COUNCILMEMBER. WELCOME TO THE STUDENTS FROM SUMMIT SIERRA. THANK YOU. >> AWESOME. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY AND WE ALWAYS LOVE OUR YOUTH TO COME SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION AND THEN ALSO TO SEE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND MEET WITH THE COUNCILMEMBERS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE TIME FOR COMING TODAY SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. >>> COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN -- YES. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. WE ARE AT EASE. AWESOME. COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR AND COUNCILS WORK PROGRAM. CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? >> WE HAVE 18. >> IN PERSON? >> 11 IN PERSON -- EXCUSE ME, NOW WE HAVE EIGHT IN PERSON. SORRY, EIGHT REMOTE, 11 IN PERSON. >> THAT IS FEWER THAN 30 AND THAT IS TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. I DO SEE WE HAVE MORE SPEAKERS POTENTIALLY SIGNING UP SO I AM GOING TO ALLOW FOLKS TO SIGN UP. IF WE HAVE MORE THAN 30, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO BUMP IT DOWN TO ONE MINUTE. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP. COLLEAGUES, WE ARE GOING TO BE AT EASE WHILE WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL HAVE AN ACCURATE RECORD OF HOW MANY FOLKS ARE SIGNED UP, OKAY? THANK YOU. WELCOME, YOU ALL. PLEASE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU ARE COMING IN. YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE ARE JUST GETTING THE FULL LIST FOR SIGN-UPS. WE ARE JUST WAITING TO GET AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE ARE JUST WAITING TO GET ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. WELCOME. IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. WE WILL JUST WAIT UNTIL WE GET AN ACCURATE COUNT. USUALLY WHEN I AM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY I SAY IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU, PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER AROUND 70 OR 80 SAY, IT IS GOOD TO BE SEEN. ALWAYS GOOD TO BE SEEN. AWESOME. WE WILL HAVE AN ACCURATE COUNT OF HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE. WE WILL CALCULATE IT. >> 18 IN PERSON AND EIGHT REMOTE. >> SO 26 TOTAL? OKAY. AWESOME. WE HAVE 26 TOTAL SPEAKERS. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. IT IS FEWER THAN 30 SO WE WILL GET PEOPLE TWO MINUTES. IF IT IS BETWEEN 30 AND 60 IT IS ONE MINUTE. WE HAVE HIT THE MAGIC NUMBER, UNDER 30 SO EVERYONE WILL GET TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> AWESOME. GIVE ME ONE SECOND BECAUSE I LOST MY PAPER. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO CALL UP NOEL WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY -- I BELIEVE THIS IS KATELYN AND THEN GARY LEE AND BEFORE WE START, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING. THIS IS A QUICK REMINDER THAT WE ALL ARE GOING TO REMAIN RESPECTFUL. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL HAVE DIFFERENT COMMENTS ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS TODAY FROM TRANSPORTATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY TO I.C.E. TO ALL DIFFERENT STUFF SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL COURTEOUS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE AS PUBLIC COMMENTERS BECAUSE EVERYONE TOOK OFF TIME TODAY TO COME DOWN HERE TO SPEAK AS WELL SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOAH, YOU ARE UP FIRST. WELCOME, GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. >> WE WILL RESET YOUR TIME SO YOU CAN SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. MY NAME IS NOEL WILLIAMS AND I'M A WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT, ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TRANSIT WRITERS UNION. UNFORTUNATELY, MY MESSAGE TODAY PERTAINS TO EVERYTHING ON THIS COUNCILS AGENDA HERE AND GOING FORWARD AND IT IS AN ISSUE OF BEING WATCHED. WE DON'T WANT TO BE OUT HERE TESTIFYING AGAINST CAMERAS. WE WANT TO BE OUT HERE CHAMPING AND TESTIFYING FOR YOUR PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION ON THE SOCIAL HOUSING EXPANSION, DISABILITY ACCESS AND THE DOZENS OF OTHER PRIORITIES BUT THE MASS COALITION ARE ADVOCATING. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU WANT TO DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR THE CITY AND I AM ASKING HERE TODAY THAT YOU ACT ON THAT AND HELP US GET FUNDS STOPPED BY ENDING THE DEEPLY UNPOPULAR PIRATES OF CAMERAS EARLY. THE MAYOR IS GETTING A LOT OF FLAK FOR SOMETHING THAT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND LAMENTED AND THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN UNDO . IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO REVERSE COURSE. THE ANGER BY THE COMMUNITY IS NOT GOING AWAY AND THERE IS NO PR SOLUTION FOR IT EITHER ON THE MAYOR'S SIDE WERE THE COUNCIL'S SIDE. I WANT TO MAKE A SPECIFIC CALL TO COUNCIL AND FURTHER TO MY COUNCILMEMBER ROB SAKA, THANK YOU, VOTED NO ON THE CONTRACT. IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. PLEASE PROPOSE LEGISLATION TO CUT THIS PILOT SHORT AND CUT OUR LOSSES. THE FINANCIAL COST OF THIS PILOT MAYBE A SUNK ONE BUT THE DAMAGE ITSELF IS ONGOING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS THE EFFICACY OF THE CAMERAS ITSELF AND THEIR ROLL, OR NON-ROLE , I DON'T KNOW WHICH, IN THE SHOOTING, AND THE INVESTIGATION THAT HAPPENED IN RAINIER. THE FOOTAGE THAT IS BEING CIRCULATED INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM THE METRO BUS THAT IS NOT CONNECTED TO THESE CAMERA NETWORKS. IT IS RECORDED TO A LOCAL DVR THAT WAS RAPIDLY RETRIEVED WITHOUT CREATING A SURVEILLANCE DRAGNET. THERE IS SOMEWHERE ON THE SPECTRUM -- THERE ARE CHANGES POSSIBLE TO THE SYSTEM THAT DON'T REQUIRE A SYSTEM LIKE THIS TO BE IMPLANTED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE CAROLYN FOLLOWED BY GARY AND THEN BETH. >> HELLO. WELCOME. TAKE YOUR TIME. YOU ARE ALL GOOD. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. I AM GOING TO TURN. I AM CAROLYN MALONE, 910 MARYLAND. I AM A SENIOR. I AM GOING TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE INSTEAD OF COUNCIL BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE ISSUE IS UNPOPULAR AND POLICE ARE INVOLVED, I CANNOT STATE THIS TO COUNCIL. I COME TO THE CHAMBERS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND TALK TO THEM BUT THEY HAVE TIME TO TALK TO OTHERS BUT NOT MY HOUSING ISSUES AND BECAUSE I AM AN UNSPOKEN BLACK WOMAN -- I LIKE BEING OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THINGS WORTHY TO TALK ABOUT. IN MY SENIOR HOUSING, CHANCERY PLACE APARTMENTS, THE MANAGER JUST RIPPED OUT THE LAUNDRY ROOM. SO, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING TO WASH INDEFINITELY. HE RIPPED OUT THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. IT IS LIKE A PRISON THERE NOW. THE PING-PONG TABLE WAS REMOVED. THE TELEVISION, THE REMOTE CONTROL HAS BEEN HIDDEN AND JUST CONSTANT THINGS ARE TAKEN AWAY AND WHENEVER I SPEAK OUT, I GET A NOTICE ABOUT PAY UP OR YOU ARE EVICTED. ON FEBRUARY 18, I WAS IN KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, DEFENDING MY RIGHT TO REMAIN IN MY HOUSING OF ALMOST 7 YEARS. THE JUDGE SAW THIS SCAM, SHAM, FRAUD AND DISMISSED THE CASE AND THE NEXT DAY, THE MANAGER RETALIATED BY TELLING ME PAY UP OR MOVE OUT. I HAVE A COMPLAINT BEFORE OUR OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND OTHER AGENCIES. I FOLLOW THE RIGHT PROCESSES. I GET NO ACTION. WILL KEEP COMING OUT AND SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND SECURITY ALSO. I AM TREATED AS A PARIAH WHEN I PROTEST IN THE BUILDING. >> THANK YOU, MS. MALONE. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, MS. MALONE. NEXT, WE HAVE GARY LEE FOLLOWED BY BETH AND THEN TONYA AND THEN ASTRID. WELCOME, GARY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM GARY LEE. I AM FROM CHINATOWN AND I AM HERE WITH A BUNCH OF FRIENDS FROM CHINATOWN. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, I EMAILED YOU A PETITION THAT WE HAD SUBMITTED WITH OVER 1000 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT OF THE CCTV PROGRAM. BACK IN 2024, WE SUBMITTED OVER 750 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM AND NOW WE ARE SUBMITTING ANOTHER 1000 SIGNATURES TO KEEP IT GOING AND TO ADD MORE. LET'S SEE. WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU KEEP THE PROGRAM RUNNING AND ADD MORE CAMERAS TO IT. THE PROGRAM WAS PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENCES THERE AND TO PREVENT CRIME AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO. IT HAS MOST RECENTLY IN THE CRIME DASHBOARD IDENTIFIED AS THE HIGHEST VIOLENT CRIME AREA. WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT, NOT PUT TOOLS AWAY THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP PREVENT CRIME. SO, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT. THESE ARE THE RESIDENTS THAT YOU SEE HERE, SENIORS, THIS IS SIGNED BY BUSINESS OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, SHOPPERS, RESTAURANT VISITORS, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT CHINATOWN. LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS ALL COLLECTED IN THE RAIN. THAT IS WHY IT IS ALL WRINKLED UP LIKE THAT. THE PDF THAT YOU GOT, IT WAS SO HARD TO PUT IT IN THE MACHINE BECAUSE IT WAS ALL WRINKLED UP BY COLLECTING IT IN THE RAIN. I AM SUBMITTING THIS TO YOU, OVER 1000 SIGNATURES TO KEEP IT GOING AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HOPING YOU DO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, GARY. NEXT WE HAVE FOLLOWED BY TONYA FOLLOWED BY ASTRID. >> OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. >> CAN WE PLEASE INCREASE THE TIME TO FOUR MINUTES. THANK YOU. >> MASK FOR TWO MORE MINUTES TO TRANSLATE IN CHINESE? >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >> FOR THE RECORD, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, IT IS POLICY THAT WHEN WE ARE DOING TRANSLATION, WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL TWO MINUTES FOR SPEAKERS. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. ANYONE ELSE WHO ASKS FOR EXTRA TIME, IT IS FOR THE TRANSLATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I BETH, A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AND A PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCILMEMBER OF CHINATOWN ECONOMIC DISTRICT. WE HAVE 1032 SUPPORTING SIGNATURES TO RETAIN THE CCTV FOR LONG-TERM IN OUR COMMUNITY. THOSE SIGNATURES ARE FROM THE LOW INCOME AND AFFORDABLE BUILDING RESIDENTS AND MORE THAN 100 BUSINESS, ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYEES MANAGER BUSINESS BONUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LEADERS. PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN IS THE TOP PRIORITY IN THE CID COMMUNITY AS WE ARE FACING THE HOMELESS CRISIS, SHELTER CRISIS, CRIME CRISIS. IN MAY 2025, SPD LAUNCHED A PILOT REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER AND EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH THAT USES TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE CRIME. THE RULE SAYS ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE IS TO PROHIBIT BY LAW AND POLICY. WITHOUT THE CCTV EVIDENCE, IT WOULD ALLOW THE PERPETRATOR TO BE ARRESTED QUICKLY. WE ARE ALL FRUSTRATED, STILL, NO FUTURE. SAFETY CONCERNS LED TO A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN CUSTOMERS AND EVERYONE IS TAKING PRECAUTIONS. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE STATION, THE USE OF HIGH-TECH CCTV INCREASED SOLVING CASES BY THREE TIMES THAN THE TRADITIONAL WAY. ACTUALLY, WE DEMAND MORE CAMERAS AND HIGH RISK LOCATIONS. THE 1032 SIGNATURES ARE THE PUBLIC OPINION AND THE COMMUNITY URGING OUR MAYOR AND THE CITY LEADERS TO LISTEN. IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER WAY TO REDUCE CRIME, PLEASE ALSO USE THE CCTV TECHNOLOGY FOR DOUBLE SECURITY WHICH WOULD BE HIGH-EFFICIENCY AND THERE IS NO GOOD REASON TO REMOVE IT OR CANCEL IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE TONYA FOLLOWED BY ASTRID, WONG AND THEN GWENDOLYN. WELCOME, TANYA. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TONYA. I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A COLD . I AM HERE WITH THE SENIORS FROM THE CHINATOWN DISTRICT. WE HAVE 2500 ELDERS WHO LIVE IN MANY DIFFERENT HOMES AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THEY WANT TO COME AND REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT. THEY WANT TO BE HERE DESPITE THE RAIN. WE WALKED ALL THIS WAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR ELDERS, RESPECT THEIR SENIORS. THEY WOULD LIKE THE CAMERAS. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENCES ON 12th AND JACKSON WHERE THERE WAS A SHOOTING MORE A STABBING AND IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE OFFICERS SAY WE CAUGHT THIS ON CCTV, WE WILL GO PICK UP THIS PERSON RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW WHO IT IS. THEY WENT TO THE PARK, THEY WEREN'T THERE. IT WAS GREAT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO ALL THE BUILDINGS AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THERE IS A PERSON OUT THERE WHO WAS CAUSING HARM. IT WAS GREAT THAT WE COULD FIND THEM AND THAT BROUGHT A LOT OF RELIEF TO OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT MANY OF OUR ELDERS FELT SAFE SO THEY WERE WALKING AROUND IN THE PARKING LOTS NEAR THEIR BUILDING AND THIS LAST WEEK, I SAW THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. MANY ELDERS WALKING IN THE PARKING LOTS NEAR THEIR BUILDINGS BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE COMING TO OUR PARK. 2500 ELDERS AND THEY ARE NOT IN OUR PARK OR AROUND THE CHINA HOUSE DISTRICT. WHERE ARE THEY? WE IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE LOOK AT THE DATA , SPD DASHBOARD SAYS THAT WHILE CRIME IS GOING DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. IT IS FOR ELDERS, RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND AHEAD OF SOCCER, WE ARE GETTING READY AND WE ARE HOPE THING TO BE PREPARED FOR THE MANY PEOPLE WHO WE HOPE WILL COME BUT WE DO HAVE A REPUTATION TO BRING IT AWAY FROM THE STADIUM. WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO PROMOTE SAFETY. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE, ESPECIALLY THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS HERE AND WE NEED TO DO MORE HELP, MORE INVESTMENTS AND MORE ATTENTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ASTRID FOLLOWED BY LONG AND THEN GWENDOLYN. ASTRID, LONG, GWENDOLYN. WELCOME. >> HI. I WANTED TO START OUT BY SAYING I AM A CONSTITUENT OF ROBERT KETTLE ALONG WITH MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THE CAMERAS HAVE NEVER HELPED PREVENT CRIME. THEY HAVE HELPED SPOT CRIME AND ALL THAT DOES IS SEND POLICE AND CONTINUE TO CAUSE HARM IN THE COMMUNITY IS IN THOSE PLACES. THEY ALSO HAVE PROFILED PEOPLE. CCTV CAMERAS ALSO DON'T PREVENT CRIME. WHAT PREVENTS CRIME IS HELPING PEOPLE IN POVERTY WITH SOCIAL SERVICES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. A LOT OF THESE ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THESE COMMUNITIES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING ARE NOT NECESSARILY THAT THERE IS CRIME IN A VACUUM JUST HAPPENING. THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH EXTREME POVERTY ISSUES ALONG WITH THE CITY PUSHING PEOPLE INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES RATHER THAN ADDRESSING THE MAIN ROOT ISSUE THAT GIVES PEOPLE PROBLEMS. THAT IS IT. THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE LONG FOLLOWED BY GWENDOLYN. LONG FOLLOWED BY GWENDOLYN. >> MY NAME IS LONG. I AM A BARISTA. I'M A MEMBER OF MOVEMENT FOR SCHAMA. WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN. KATIE WILSON RAN ON SHUTTING DOWN THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. NOW THAT SHE IS IN OFFICE, SHE BROKE THAT OFFICE. SHE HAS NOW ANNOUNCED A PAUSE ON THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO LAST LONG. WE NEED AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM. IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GO TO WORK DUE TO I.C.E. RAIDS AND ATTACKS. IN MINNEAPOLIS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MIGRANTS HAVE LOST $47 MILLION BECAUSE OF LOSS IN WAGES FROM JANUARY ALONE. THESE DEMOCRATS ON CITY COUNCIL WILL DO NOTHING UNTIL PRESSURED TO DO SOMETHING. TO SHUT DOWN I.C.E., WE HAVE TO ELECT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES. KATIE WILSON, ZOHRAN MAMDANI, BERNIE SANDERS AND AOC, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? NOTHING. THEY HAVE COME NOWHERE NEAR THE RECORD. THE MOVEMENT WILL HAVE A MEETING ON APRIL 11 TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BREAK FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS HELPED TO CREATE AND BUILD I.C.E. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND WE WILL ALSO BE BUILDING NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION GROUPS WITH THE POWER TO THROW OUT PRO-I.C.E. DEMOCRATS. EVERY ONE OF THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS NEEDS TO BE THROWN OUT. THEY WILL NOT ABOLISH I.C.E.. WE NEED PARTIES FOR THE WORKING CLASS. STOP THE DEPORTATION! STOP THE DEPORTATION! STOP THE DEPORTATION! >> NEXT WE HAVE GWENDOLYN FOLLOWED BY HOWARD GILL AND THEN JASON GILL. WELCOME, GWENDOLYN. >> THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION'S THEMSELVES HAVE SHOWN THAT SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS DON'T HELP SOLVE CRIMES. THEY INCLUDE THE WORDS OF ACTUAL POLICE CHIEF IN THIS. AT THE SAME TIME IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT I.C.E. HAS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS TO MONITOR AND TARGET PEOPLE EVEN WHEN NOT GRANTED EXPLICIT ACCESS THROUGH SIDE DOOR AND BACKDOOR LOOPHOLES. THAT IS WHY WE NEED THESE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN. AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO NEED MUNICIPAL I.D.s SO THAT IMMIGRANTS CAN ACCESS SOCIAL SERVICES WITHOUT THE FEAR TRIGGERING FEDERAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND ANY TAKE THIS TEMPORARY MORATORIUM AND MAKE THAT INTO A PERMANENT BAN. ONE YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH. I.C.E. WILL NOT BECOME MAGICALLY SOME WHOLESOME CUDDLY ORGANIZATION A YEAR FROM TODAY. THAT NEEDS TO BE A PERMANENT BAN AS A CONCRETE STEP TOWARD SHUTTING DOWN I.C.E. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CITY HALL HAS THE POWER TO DO THESE THINGS TODAY AND WE ARE TIRED OF CITY HALL DRAGGING THEIR FEET ON THE BARE MINIMUM. WE DEMAND MUCH, MUCH MORE. EVERYONE WHO IS HERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS HERE BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE OFF WORK TO BE HERE. I GO AROUND THE CITY EVERY DAY. PEOPLE ARE ANGRY ABOUT I.C.E. READY FOR IT TO END AND IF WE DON'T GET THESE DEMANDS MET, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE -- WE ARE GOING TO ESCALATE THE MOVEMENT UNTIL WE GET THE DEMANDS MET. WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE BARE MINIMUM. WE SHOULD TAKE DEMANDS FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS STREET MOVEMENT, LIKE THE CALL FOR AN EVICTION MORATORIUM IN THE CITY UNTIL I.C.E. IS OUT OF SEATTLE. IMMIGRANTS ARE LOSING MONEY LEFT AND RIGHT DUE TO FEARS OF I.C.E. BECAUSE THEY CAN GO TO THEIR JOBS AND THEY ARE LOSING INCOME IN THE MIDST OF A COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS. WHICH HAVE EVICTION MORATORIUM UNTIL I.C.E. IS OUT. THIS IS AN ALL WORKERS INTEREST TO FIGHT FOR AND WIN. WHEN IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP. WHEN A SURVEILLANCE GOES INTO ATTACK, WHAT WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK. WHAT DO WE DO?, STAND UP, FIGHT BACK. SOLIDARITY. >> NEXT WE HAVE HOWARD GILL FOLLOWED BY JASON FOLLOWED BY SMITH AND SOMMER MILLER, JIM BARNES AND THEN -- I WILL FIGURE OUT THE NAME. I'M SORRY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, HOWARD GALE. A COUNCIL MEETING LAST TUESDAY AND AGAIN YESTERDAY A SEATTLE CITY CHANNEL, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE MADE ASPIRATIONAL CLAIMS THAT ARE NOT ROOTED IN ACTUAL LAW, EXECUTIVE ORDER, POLICY OR DIRECTIVE . I GUESS I SHOULD BE FLATTERED THAT YOU HAVE CONFUSED MY CONSTANT REPETITION OF SOME OF THE DEMANDS OF THE 36 DISTRICT DEMOCRATS WITH ACTUALITY. YOU SAID REGARDING SBD DIRECTIVE, NOT POLICY, THAT WHEN CONFRONTED WITH PEOPLE ENGAGING INTENTIONS WERE POSSIBLE KIDNAPPINGS, QUOTE, CONFIRMING IT IS THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED FOR SPD TO DO THAT. YET, THE ONLY EXISTING DIRECTIVE, NOT POLICY OR LAW, STATES AN OFFICER WILL ATTEMPT TO VALIDATE THE STATUS WHEN SAFE AND FEASIBLE , LEAVING SPD OFFICERS TO EXPRESS THEIR UNWILLINGNESS TO DO THIS VIA OVERWHELMINGLY ELECTING A NEW PRESIDENT AGAINST SUCH POLICIES LEAVES FAR TOO MUCH DISCRETION. YOU SAID REGARDING SBD DIRECTIVE, NOT POLICY THAT WHEN CONFRONTED WITH PEOPLE ENGAGING IN DETENTIONS OR KIDNAPPINGS, IT IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED FOR SPD TO DO THAT TO CONFIRM IT IS PART OF THE PROCESS TO GET THE BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBABLE CAUSE THAT WAS ON THE ARREST. YET, THE ONLY EXISTING DIRECTIVES REGARDING THAT DO NOT EXIST AT ALL. PERIOD. WHAT IS FULLY ABSENT FROM THESE DIRECTIVES ARE DIRECTING SPD OFFICERS TO OBTAIN EVIDENCE OF JUDICIAL WARRANTS AND PROBABLE CAUSE, FROM HAVING SPD OFFICERS INTERVENE WHEN PROPER LAW ENFORCEMENT CREDENTIALS ARE NOT PROVIDED, SPD OFFICERS TO AID PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS PRESENTING ACCESS AND SPD OFFICERS TO PRIORITIZE PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM VIOLATIONS AS OPPOSED TO PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM PROTESTERS. AGAIN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN OTHER CITIES. CALLING 911 IS AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE FOR WARRANTLESS ENTRY OF PRIVATE HOMES AND THAT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL EMPLOY DE-ESCALATION TACTICS IN SUCH SITUATIONS AND DENY ACCESS TO CITY BUILDINGS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE JASON FOLLOWED BY SOMMER, MILLER, JIM BARNES. NUMBER 18 ON HERE, I THINK IT IS AN MI LL -- OKAY. IT IS YOU. HOW DO I SAY YOUR NAME? OH, IT IS MICHAEL. THAT IS MY BAD. YOU ARE NUMBER 18. JASON, SOMMER, JIM, MICHAEL. GO AHEAD, JASON. WELCOME. >> I AM A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT AND THE MOVE FOR KSHAMA. MULTIPLE MURDERS BY I.C.E. AGENTS AND THOUSANDS DEPORTED , ALL THE DEMOCRATS OF THE CITY COUNCIL COULD DO COULD PASS A ONE-YEAR BAN ON DETENTION CENTERS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING AT THESE MEETINGS FOR MONTHS ABOUT THE NEED FOR REELECTION AGAINST I.C.E. THAT IS JUST NOT ENOUGH. THIS ONE-YEAR BAN WAS ONLY WON UNDER THE PRESSURE BUT IT IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE. THAT BAN NEEDS TO BE PERMANENT. I.C.E. IS NOT GOING TO BE OUR FRIEND IN A YEAR. THEY WILL STILL BE TERRORIZING IMMIGRANTS AND BRUTALIZING OUR NEIGHBORS. WE NEED EVEN MORE THAN A PERMANENT BAN. BANNING THE DETENTION CENTER SHOULD BE THE FIRST STEP . WE NEED A MUNICIPAL I.D. SYSTEM SO THAT IMMIGRANTS CAN ACCESS PUBLIC SERVICES WITHOUT TRIGGERING I.C.E. WE NEED TO STOP I.C.E. SURVEILLANCE. KATIE WILSON PROMISED TO SHUT DOWN THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT ARE BEING USED I.C.E. EVEN WITHOUT THE CITY'S PERMISSION. INSTEAD, SHE HAS GONE BACK ON THAT PROMISE. KATIE WILSON CALLS YOURSELF A SOCIALIST BUT SHE IS JUST ANOTHER DEMOCRAT. SHE HAS PAUSED THE EXPANSION BUT THAT IS ALSO TOTALLY INADEQUATE. WE ARE ALSO DEMANDING AN IMMEDIATE EVICTION MORATORIUM. IMMIGRANTS ARE LOSING INCOME FROM PEER GOING TO WORK AMIDST AN ONGOING COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS FOR ALL WORKING PEOPLE. THESE ARE THINGS THAT COULD BUILD REAL PRESSURE AGAINST TRUMP AND THE RIGHT WING TO STOP THE DEPORTATION HERE IN SEATTLE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. SEATTLE ALSO SUPPOSEDLY HAS SANCTUARY CITY LAWS AGAINST I.C.E. BUT THE CHIEF OF THE POLICE UNION HAS SAID SPD WILL NOT FOLLOW THOSE LAWS. IF THE CITY COUNCIL AND KATIE WILSON ARE NOT GOING TO FORCE SPD TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND WORKING PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE POLICE. WE SHOULD HAVE AN ELECTED GROUP OF WORKERS WITH THE ABILITY TO HIRE AND FIRE POLICE OFFICERS WHO BREAK THE LAW. THE DEMOCRATS HERE ARE NOT FRIENDS OF WORKING PEOPLE. JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT ATTACKED THE MINIMUM WAGE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO TRY TO CREATE A PERMANENT SUB MINIMUM WAGE FOR THE LOWEST PAID WORKERS IN THE CITY. DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS A WHOLE CREATED, FUNDED, AND EXPANDED I.C.E. WE WILL ONLY DO THIS IF WE BUILD A WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT INDEPENDENT OF THE DEMOCRATS. WE NEED TO DEFEAT PRO I.C.E. DEMOCRATS LIKE ADAM SMITH AND START ELECTING INDEPENDENT SOCIALISTS LIKE FIFA FIVE. WE NEED A NEW PARTY FOR WORKING PEOPLE. STOP THE DEPORTATION! >> THANK YOU, JASON. NEXT, WE HAVE M FOLLOWED BY SOMMER, JIM, AND THEN MICHAEL AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE WE HAVE NATHAN AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO JUMP TO ONLINE. WELCOME. >> MY NAME IS M SMITH. I AM A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANTS. WE NEED REAL ACTION AGAINST I.C.E. AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED TO ACT. KATIE WILSON HAS GONE BACK ON HER PROMISE TO SHUT DOWN THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WHICH I.C.E. IS USING. THIS IS DOCUMENTED BUT IT IS NOT JUST THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE VIRTUALLY NOTHING. THEY PASSED A ONE-YEAR BAN ON I.C.E. DETENTION CENTERS IN SEATTLE. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A YEAR? I.C.E. ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE IN A YEAR. WE NEED A PERMANENT BAN. THERE WAS ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THE DEMOCRATS WILL BE DOING. YOU CAN BE SHUTTING DOWN THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. YOU CAN BE PUTTING THAT CAMERAS UNDER COMMUNITY CONTROL. YOU CAN BE CREATING MUNICIPAL I.D.s THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THAT. THERE WAS NO EXCUSE NOT TO DO IT. YOU COULD BE PASSING COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE POLICE TO GET ELECTED FOR THE POWER TO FIRE COPS WHO ARE BREAKING THE LAW WHICH THEY HAVE SAID THEY ARE DOING. THEY HAVE SAID THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WAS PASSED TO NOT COOPERATE WITH I.C.E. CAN BE FIRING PRO I.C.E. COPS WHO ARE BREAKING THE LAW BY COOPERATING WITH I.C.E. IF THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT DOING THAT. WE COULD PASS A PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION CENTERS. WE COULD NOT -- PAST EVICTION MORATORIUMS. THE DEMOCRATS WILL NOT DO THIS BY THEMSELVES AND I WANT TO TALK TO THOSE IN THE ROOM WHO HAVE SPOKEN TO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME IN THE COMMUNITY. HOW DO WE SOLVE CRIME? FUNNELING BILLIONS MORE INTO SURVEILLANCE AND THE POLICE IS NOT GOING TO DO IT. IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK. THE DEMOCRATS BUDGET IS $486 MILLION IN THE 2026 BUDGET. WHAT DO WE NEED? ANOTHER HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS? $1 BILLION? WHAT IS GOING TO STOP THIS CRIME? IT IS INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IT IS IN FREE CHILDCARE, HEALTHCARE. THAT IS THE THING THAT IS GOING TO STOP CRIME AND THAT IS THE THING THAT WILL STOP HOMELESSNESS. THAT IS HOW WE SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, NOT MORE POLICE AND MORE SURVEILLANCE. WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT PARTY BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS NOT DOING THESE THINGS. KATIE WILSON JUST SAID THAT SHE WILL BE CUTTING TAXES ON BIG BUSINESS. NEED TO BE INCREASING THOSE TAXES. WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST PARTY THAT CAN THROW OUT EVERY DEMOCRAT ON THIS COUNCIL AND REPLACE THEM WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BITE FOR WORKING PEOPLE. SOLIDARITY. SHUTDOWN I.C.E. SHUTDOWN I.C.E.! SHUTDOWN I.C.E.!. THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE SUMMER FOLLOWED BY JIM THEN MICHAEL, THEN NATHAN. WELCOME. >> MY NAME IS SOMMER MILLER AND I AM A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANTS. IT HAS BEEN OVER TWO MONTHS SINCE RENEE GOOD WAS KILLED. KATIE WILSON AT DEMOCRATS INCLUDING THE DEMOCRATS ON THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST I.C.E. AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT. THE LATEST NUMBERS SHOW THAT I.C.E. IS ARRESTING NEARLY 300 PEOPLE A MONTH IN WASHINGTON STATE AND KATIE WILSON'S RESPONSE TO THE SUSPECTED I.C.E. ABDUCTION A FEW DAYS AGO WAS THAT SHE WAS MONITORING THE SITUATION. WE NEED REAL ACTION AGAINST I.C.E.. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. KATIE WILSON RAN FOR ELECTION PROMISING TO SHUT DOWN THE CAMERAS AND HOLD SPD ACCOUNTABLE AND INSTEAD SHE HAS EXPANDED THE CAMERAS AND IS LETTING SPD BREAK THE LAW. THEY ARE OPENLY TELLING HER THEY WILL NOT FOLLOW THE LAW. THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP COOPERATING WITH I.C.E. AND SHE IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. KATIE WILSON IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME. IF SHE WAS, SHE WOULD BE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON HER OTHER PROMISES LIKE UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT SHE IS DOING THE OPPOSITE. SHE HAS ALREADY MET WITH BUSINESS EXECUTIVES WHERE SHE PROMISED TO BE CUTTING TAXES FOR BIG CORPORATIONS. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS THEY ARE FORCED. THEY HELPED CREATE I.C.E. AND BUILD I.C.E. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. BIDEN ESCALATED DEPORTATIONS AFTER TRUMP'S FIRST TERM. WE NEED TO THROW EVERY PRO I.C.E. DEMOCRAT OUT OF OFFICE. WE NEED TO THROW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT OF OFFICE. NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRAT ON THIS COUNCIL HAS ENDORSED KSHAMA SAWANT WHO IS RUNNING A PLATFORM OF ABOLISHING I.C.E. SHE IS RUNNING AGAINST ADAM SCHMIDT WHO VOTED TO FUND I.C.E. THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO ABOLISH I.C.E. THEY WON'T EVEN STAND UP TO PEOPLE LIKE ADAM SMITH. THE ONLY WAY TO FORCE THEM AS TO BUILD SOLELY INDEPENDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SOCIALISTS NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT STRATEGY. WE NEED TO BUILD A SOCIALIST PARTY IN SEATTLE THAT CAN DEFEAT EVERY DEMOCRAT ON THIS COUNCIL AND FIGHT FOR THINGS THAT HELP WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE. SHUTDOWN I.C.E.! SHUTDOWN I.C.E.! SHUTDOWN I.C.E.! >> NEXT WE HAVE JIM BARNES FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL, THEN NATHAN, YVETTE AND THEN WE WILL JUMP ONLINE. IF YOU ARE ONLINE LISTENING, YOU ARE UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SPEAKERS. >> THANK YOU. IT IS JIM BAINES. MY BAD. WE WILL BE START YOUR TIME. HOLD ON. I WILL GIVE YOU YOUR FULL TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME. >> THANK YOU. I AM HERE TODAY SPEAKING DIRECTLY ABOUT THE USE OF A OUR WITHIN OUR POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO THE USE OF CAMERAS. WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES OF A.I. FILES BEING USED TO TARGET AND IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO ARE ARRESTED BOTH BY I.C.E. AND POLICE OFFICERS. A OURS HAS ALSO CREPT INTO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN 2024, WE HAD TO REPRIMAND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO NOT USE A.I. FILES, GENERATIVE A.I. FILES TO GO AND WRITE POLICE REPORTS. NOW THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO FACIAL IDENTIFICATION PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO OFFLOAD THEIR LIMITED BRAIN CAPACITY OF SOLVING CRIME TO THEN GO AND TAKE THE FIRST FACE THAT IS SEEN WHEN THESE SLOT MACHINES OF NAMES AND FACES AND CARS COME, REGARDLESS OF THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION. WE DON'T HAVE TRANSPARENCY FOR HOW MANY CASES ARE SOLVED, HOW MANY ARRESTS ARE MADE DUE TO THE USE OF GENERATIVE A.I. FILES AND A.I. FUNDS TECHNOLOGY. MEMBER KETTLE , IF ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS IS ARRESTED BY SPD OR I.C.E. BECAUSE OF MISIDENTIFICATION, WHAT WILL YOU DO TO GO AND SUPPORT THEM? IF THEY ARE HELD IN JAIL FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME AND THEY ARE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOUSE, THEIR JOB, THEIR CAR, THEIR LIVELIHOOD, WILL YOU SUPPORT THEM? ARE YOU GOING TO GO SWEEP THEM OFF THE STREETS WHEN THE WORLD CUP COMES, THAT WE CAN GO AND HAVE A PALATABLE CITY FOR THE WORLD? THIS MONEY THAT WE ARE SPENDING, PUT TO USE IN OTHER SOCIAL PROGRAMS BUT WE REFUSE TO. I CALL ON US TO DIVEST FROM AXON SYSTEMS ENTIRELY AND ALL PILOT PROGRAMS. >> THANK YOU, JIM. >> MICHAEL, YOUR NEXT. WELCOME. NEXT, WE HAVE NATHAN FOLLOWED BY YVETTE. >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK TODAY. I WAS THERE THAT DAY WHEN I.C.E. -- LET'S RESTART THE TIME. YOU ARE ALL GOOD. YOU NEVER NEED TO THANK US FOR ALLOWING YOU TO SPEAK. YOU ARE ALL WELCOME HERE TO SPEAK TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT EVERY SINGLE TIME. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. MICHAEL, TWO MINUTES. GO AHEAD AND START. >> I WAS HERE WHEN THE I.C.E. DID THAT RAID. THERE WERE COUNTLESS PEOPLE TAKEN FROM THERE. I WAS THERE WATCHING, FILMING, PROTESTING AGAINST THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS CITY. I DON'T KNOW. A.I. FUZZ IS BRINGING CAMERAS TO ALL OF THIS. IT IS NOT JUST OUR POLICE USING THEM. IT IS I.C.E. AND SOME OF OUR POLICE ARE EVEN SUPPORTING I.C.E. WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING. WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING HERE WITH A PARTY THAT CAN HIRE AND FIRE POLICE OFFICERS. THAT WILL KEEP US SAFE WHEN PEOPLE WHO WE TRUST ARE IN OFFICE. KATIE WILSON CAME ON AND SAID SHE WOULD HELP STOP I.C.E. IN SEATTLE BUT SHE IS GOING BACK ON THAT. COUNTLESS ATTACKS. ALSO, I AM ALL FED UP BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS ABOUT THOSE CAMERAS ALL AROUND SEATTLE. THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO STOP CRIME. THEY ARE HELPING A COUPLE HERE AND THERE BUT REAL POLICING IS REALLY DOING SOMETHING. WE NEED POLICE WHO WILL SUPPORT US, WHO WILL HELP US, WHO WILL WATCH OVER US. BRING THE POWER BACK TO THE PEOPLE, NOT TO THE GOVERNMENT. BRING THE POWER BACK TO THE WORKING CLASS. NO JUSTICE, NO PIECE! NOTE RACIST POLICE. I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE! ASKED MIKE OUT OF SEATTLE! >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. NEXT WE HAVE NATHAN FOLLOWED BY YVETTE. WELCOME, NATHAN. >> HELLO. ON THE CAMERAS, OBVIOUSLY I DON'T AGREE WITH THE CAMERAS. I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE FEEL UNSAFE IN THE CITY. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS FELT UNSAFE IN THE CITY AT SOME POINT BUT I GUESS SEATTLE IS A CITY OF SMART AND COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE AND I THINK WE CAN COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT DON'T INVOLVE EXPANDING SURVEILLANCE. THIS IS A CITY OF SMART PEOPLE AND I THINK WE CAN COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO THESE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES THAT DON'T MAKE ALL OF US LESS SAFE. IN OUR SOCIETY, EVERYTHING WE DO, EVERYTHING WE SAY IS MONITORED. >> WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE YOUR TIME. I CAUGHT YOU WITH 1:25. HOLD ON. DON'T START. WE ARE GOING TO DO 1:25 -- 1:30. I WANT YOU TO GET YOUR WHOLE TIME. GIVE US ONE SECOND. OKAY. GOOD. EVER SINCE 9/11, EVERYTHING WE DO, EVERYTHING WE SAY IS MONITORED BY THIS SURVEILLANCE STATE AND IT CONCERNS ME THAT WE ARE NOT DOING MORE TO COMBAT THAT AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT . PLEASE REPEAL THIS PROGRAM. I ALSO DON'T REALLY TRUST SPD TO KEEP US SAFE. ON THURSDAY, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TESTED GOVERNOR FERGUSON'S -- ASK THEM TO DO MORE TO HELP US KEEP PEOPLE SAFE IN THE COMMUNITY. AT THAT PROTEST, THE OFFICER WAS RUDE AND ANTAGONISTIC TOWARD ME. HE MADE FUN OF THE SIGN THAT I WAS HOLDING AND AFTER THE PROTEST, HE SAID TO ME, JESUS LOVES YOU, WHICH I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH BUT AS A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, YOUR PERSONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ARE NOT RELEVANT TO THE JOB. IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE. I HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF YOU. I THINK A LOT OF YOU ARE NICE PEOPLE BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU ARE IN THESE OFFICES, OUR RELATIONSHIP IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PERSONAL ONES. IT IS A PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP AND WE HAVE TO PUT PRESSURE ON YOU. WHETHER THAT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T THINK YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING MORE BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO DO THIS OR WE WANT IT ON THE RECORD THAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WANT THIS SO YOU CAN GO BACK AND SAY WE ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT US TO DO THIS. IT IS NOT PERSONAL. I ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO TAKE IT PERSONALLY. PLEASE MAKE IT PERMANENT. I UNDERSTAND THE SHORTER MAJOR OF EMERGENCY LEGISLATION ALLOWS IT TO BE IMPLEMENTED RIGHT AWAY BUT WE NEED TO EXTEND THIS. >> THANK YOU, NATHAN. NEXT WE HAVE EVETTE AND THEN ONLINE FOLKS. BEFORE YOU START , WE HAVE ONLINE, THIS IS JUST A CALL RIGHT NOW PRESENT, ANGELA AND THEN DAVID HAYNES BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS PRESENT AND WE WILL SWITCH TO ONLINE AFTER MS. YVETTE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO SPEAK ON. KEEP THE CAMERAS WHERE THEY ARE WANTED. THE CHINA INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT WANTS THE CAMERAS. LET THEM HAVE THE CAMERAS THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL PROTECT. ALSO, THE MAYOR IS DISMISSIVE OF OUR CONCERNS REGARDING THESE CAMERAS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS ENDED HAS STILL NOT HAPPENED. KEEP IN MIND, PEOPLE , PUBLIC IS PUBLIC. IT IS NOT YOUR LIVING ROOM. IF YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, BE MINDFUL OF THAT. ALSO, ALL OF YOU WHO ARE ALL ANTI-I.C.E., I AM. SHOW UP AS SCHOOLS. SHOW UP AT YOUR WORKPLACES, SHOW UP AT YOUR CHURCH IS IN FORCE. PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM I.C.E.'S PRESENT AND KEEP THEM MIND, THE CAMERAS WORK BOTH WAYS. I.C.E. MIGHT BE SPYING ON US BUT WE ARE SPYING ON THEM AS WELL. THEN, LASTLY, I DON'T APPRECIATE THE SILLY CAMPAIGN SIGNS THAT ARE SHOWING UP IN DISTRICT 1. SHE HAD HER CONCERN. I VOTED FOR HER FOR THE FIRST TIME I WANT TO AGAIN. FOR ME ONCE, SHAME ON ME BUT FOR ME TWICE, SHAME ON HER. WHY IS SHE ATTACKING THE DEMOCRATS? IT IS THE REPUBLICANS THAT ARE THINGS UP. SHE IS RIGHT TO BE SCARED OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE VICIOUS IN HOW THEY RETALIATE. AGAIN, SHOW UP AT OUR SCHOOLS TO HELP PROTECT THEM AND KEEP IN MIND, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE LEFT-WING OR THE RIGHT WING, IT TAKES TWO WINGS TO FLY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MS. YVETTE . WE ARE GOING TO SWITCH TO ONLINE. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANYMORE IN PERSON BUT WE WILL COME BACK IF THERE ARE. WE WILL SWITCH TO ONLINE, KIRK ROBBINS FOLLOWED BY ANGELA, CHARLOTTE, AND THEN CATHERINE. KIRK, PRESS *6 TO UNMUTE YOUR SELF . WE SEE YOU ARE ONLINE, KIRK. GO AHEAD AND PRESS*6.*6. OKAY. WE CAN GO ONTO THE NEXT SPEAKER. CHARLOTTE? WE WILL GET YOU, KIRK, IF YOU CAN. *6, CHARLOTTE TO UNMUTE YOUR SELF. >> THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. IT IS 428 DAYS SINCE THE PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE AND 82 DAYS SINCE MAYOR KATIE WILSON TOOK OFFICE. FOUR HOURS AGO, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED COUNCILMEMBER'S BILLED 121 179 EXPANDING THE 60 DAY SUSPENSION AUTHORITY HELD BY THE MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF TO AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS ON SPD VEHICLES. THE SUSPENSION IS REQUIRED WHEN THE CITY OR VENDORS RECEIVE A WARRANT ON THE SUBPOENA, OR COURT ORDER IN A FEDERAL CIVIL IMMIGRATION MATTER. THIS WILL EXPAND THE REQUIREMENTS TO REPRODUCTIVE OR GENDER AFFIRMING CARE MATTERS AND WHEN THE MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF HAVE DETERMINED THAT FOOTAGE POTENTIALLY WILL BE OR ACTUALLY IS BEING USED FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OR GENDER AFFIRMING CARE ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. IN MY OPINION, THE THREAT THAT A LPR AND CCTV FOOTAGE MIGHT BE USED FOR NEFARIOUS PURPOSES HAS EXISTED SINCE NINE A.M. ON JANUARY 20, 2025 AND IT WILL CONTINUE CONSTANTLY UNTIL NINE A.M. ON JANUARY 20, 2009. IN MY OPINION, THE 60 DAY PERIOD SHOULD BE LONGER. IT TOOK THE COUNCIL 66 DAYS FROM INAUGURATION TO PASS THE TEMPORARY DETENTION CENTER MORATORIUM. IT MAY WELL TAKE LONGER THAN THAT FOR THE COUNCIL TO REACT AND RESPOND SUFFICIENTLY . IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE AGAIN THE DISREGARD FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION, THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND THE JUDICIARY IN GENERAL. I HOPE THAT IN THE WEEK AHEAD AN AMENDMENT CAN BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO EXTEND THAT PERIOD TO MEET THE BUREAUCRATIC REALITY WHETHER 120 DAYS OR SOMETHING, WHATEVER. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, THANK YOU FOR THIS BILL, THANK YOU FOR DOING SOMETHING. THIS BILL IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO BETTER POSITION OUR CITY TO BETTER PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS, MANY OF WHOM WERE FORCED TO RELOCATE FROM ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES AS THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND TRANS PEOPLE ARE SHREDDED AND WARNING SIGNS OF A GENOCIDE AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE RAVE NEAR DAILY. U.S. OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE OUR LAST LINE OF DEFENSE AND YOU HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT US. I URGE YOU TO PASS THE BILL. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE CATHERINE FOLLOWED BY HARPER . YOU ARE GOING TO PRESS*6, CATHERINE, TO UNMUTE YOUR SELF AND WE CAN SEE WHEN YOU ARE UNMUTED. YOU ARE UNMUTED. GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. I SERVE AS THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE EQUITY LEARNING NETWORK. WE ARE A COALITION OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE ALL ADVANCING DIGITAL EQUITY ACROSS SEATTLE AND COUNTIES. I AM HERE TODAY TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE PRIORITIZING EFFORTS AS YOU CONSIDER THE COMCAST CABLE FRANCHISE. WE HAVE MADE IT MEANINGFUL PROGRESS AS A CITY BUT WE KNOW THAT ACCESS ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. MANY RESIDENTS STILL FACE BARRIERS FOR LOCAL INTERNET, RELIABLE DEVICES AND THE DIGITAL SKILLS THEY NEED TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S ECONOMY, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE AND DEMOCRACY. I WORK CLOSELY WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ON THE GROUND. THERE ARE MEMBERS WHO ARE HELPING THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATE EVERYTHING FROM SETTING UP HOME INTERNET TO OUR SENIORS WHO MIGHT HAVE TO BE APPLYING TO JOBS TO PEOPLE ACCESSING HEALTHCARE AND TO IMMIGRANTS SUPPORTING THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. WHAT WE CONSISTENTLY HEAR IS THAT THE NEED REMAINS HIGH AND CASES ARE STILL GROWING. THE COMCAST FRANCHISE PRESENTS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON SEATTLE'S LEADERSHIP IN DIGITAL EQUITY. WE ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS, SUPPORTING DIGITAL PROGRAMS AND ENSURING THAT RESOURCES REACH THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. DIGITAL ACCESS IS NOT A LUXURY. IT IS AN ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINED COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY WILL BE CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS CAN FULLY PARTICIPATE AND THRIVE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE HARPER FOLLOWED BY JIM. PRESS*6, HARPER, TO UNMUTE YOUR SELF . >> HELLO. SO, I AM HERE TO READ A STATEMENT FROM THE TRANSIT WRITERS UNION. AS SEATTLEITES AND HUMAN BEINGS, WE HAVE BEEN HORRIFIED BY THE INVASION OF IRAN BY THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL. THIS ATROCITY DOES NOTHING BUT INCREASE THE HUMAN SUFFERING IN THE WORLD TO AN UNIMAGINABLE DEGREE. WE ARE HORRIFIED BY ISRAEL'S THREATS TO INVADE LEBANON, AN INVASION THAT WOULD IN PART BE FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES. WE CALL IN OUR ELECTED LEADERS TO LOUDLY, PUBLICLY, STRONGLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY OPPOSE THE UNITED STATES' ACTIONS IN IRAN AND LIKELY ACTION IN LEBANON. AND, ANY OTHER IN THE REGION. WE BELIEVE IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR ELECTED LEADERS TO SHOW THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO LEAD ON THIS ISSUE. LEADING DOES NOT MEAN STATEMENTS BUT ALSO BOLD ACTION. LEADING MEANS RECOGNIZING, RESPONDING TO THE FACT THAT THIS WAR HAS BEEN DRIVING UP AN ALREADY TENABLE COST OF LIVING, OUR ELECTED LEADERS MUST CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE FOOD, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION AND THOSE OTHER THINGS REQUIRED FOR A HEALTHY, HAPPY, AND FULFILLING LIFE. LEADERS MUST INVEST IN EXPANDING FOOD ASSISTANCE, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SHELTER SPACE IN PUBLIC TRANSIT. IT IS INCUMBENT UPON YOU TO CREATE A SAFE, STRONG -- THE STRONGEST SAFETY NET YOU CAN TO CATCH US FALLING FROM ECONOMIC STABILITY AND THE LATTER IS NECESSARY TO RAISE PEOPLE UP ONTO IT. IT IS INCUMBENT UPON YOU TO SPEAK OUT WHEN ATROCITIES ARE COMMITTED EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE NO DIRECT CONTROL OVER THEM. IT IS INCUMBENT UPON YOU TO STAND AS MORAL BEACONS LIGHTING THE WAY IN THESE DARK TIMES. SINCERELY, SEATTLE TRANSIT WRITERS UNION. >> THANK YOU, HARPER. NEXT, JIM, YOU ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PRESS*6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF , FOLLOWED BY BRIAN. >> HELLO. THIS HAS BEEN QUITE INTERESTING. TO SIT HERE AND HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THESE CLOWNS THAT SAWANT HAS THERE, TO STAND UP THERE AND REALLY SHOW -- YOU GUYS ARE RIDICULOUS. SHE IS RIDICULOUS. SHE WAS SCARED TO RUN FOR REELECTION. NOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO COME DOWN TALKING? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING. BE GOOD CITIZENS. FOR 400 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED. SHUT IT OUT IN THE SEATTLE. YOU GUYS WENT THERE SO THAT IS RIGHT IN MY ALLEY. WHAT THE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU GUYS HAVE HATERS. SHE IS GOING TO GET HER AGAIN. YOU GUYS ARE DOWN HERE IN SEATTLE. WHAT THE -- SHUT THE UP, GET THE OUT OF THERE. YOU DON'T REPRESENT THE BLACK COMMUNITY. YOU ARE TRYING TO WALK BACK CIVIL RIGHTS. WE SPENT THE LAST 60 YEARS TRYING TO GET CAMERAS SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE HOW WE ARE BRUTALIZED. YOU COME UP WITH THIS -- YOU KNOW, -- ALL MY LIFE, AND OUR LIVES, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WALK BACK WHAT WE DIED FOR. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE BRIAN. PRESS*6 TO UNMUTE YOUR SELF. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS BRIAN McCRAY AND I'M THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF -- AND A MEMBER OF THE DIGITAL LEARNING NETWORK. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS PLATFORM. FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS NATIONALLY IN FIVE YEARS HERE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, WE HAVE BEEN ON A MISSION TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC EQUITY. WE PROVIDE HIGH-GROWTH, TUITION FREE TECHNICAL TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE AND HIGHER WITH AT LEAST A GED WHO HAVE THE TALENT OF LASTING ACCESS TO THE TECH COMMUNITY. IN SEATTLE, WE SERVE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF ADULT LEARNERS, WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, THOSE THAT ARE UNDEREMPLOYED, VETERANS, LGBTQ, THOSE COME INCOME RESTRICT HOUSEHOLD BY EQUIPPING THEM WITH TUITION FREE FULL-TIME TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION IN IN DEMAND TECH FIELDS SUCH AS I.T. SUPPORT, CYBERSECURITY AND CLOUD COMPUTING. WE ARE A BRIDGE TO THE TECH WORK FORCE WITH THE SUPPORT OF WRAPAROUND SERVICES LIKE SEATTLE JOBS INITIATIVES AND ASIAN COUNSELING REFERRAL SERVICES. WE HAVE A GRADUATION RATE OF OVER 85% IN OUR ALUMNI'S, WE HAVE A THREEFOLD INCREASE IN THEIR PRETRAINING WAGES AND 80% OF OUR GRADUATES SECURE A JOB WITHIN A YEAR, MAINLY THROUGH OUR SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND OUR WORK WITH EMPLOYERS ACROSS THE AREA. FOR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN OUR PROGRAM YIELDS AN EIGHT DOLLAR RETURN BACK TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. WHILE WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE RECENT $45,000 DIGITAL EQUITY GRANT FROM THE CITY AS WELL AS SUPPORT FROM COMCAST, THE DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES FAR OUTPACES OUR CURRENT CAPACITY. WE ARE OPERATING OUT OF A SINGLE CLASSROOM IN BELLTOWN AND BY 2030, OUR PLAN IS TO TRAIN 300 AREA RESIDENTS ANNUAL PLEA. TO BRIDGE THIS DIVIDE AND INSURED SEATTLE'S TECH WORLD IS INCLUSIVE AND AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, ADDITIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS NEED DEEPER PUBLIC INVESTMENT. WE ARE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS IN THE CITY COUNCIL TO HELP US EXPAND OUR FOOTPRINT SO THAT IT NO LONGER DETERMINES A PERSON'S ECONOMIC DESTINY. THIS TALENT IS -- THE OPPORTUNITY IS NOT UBIQUITOUS. WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE CAN SHORE UP THE FUTURE OF SEATTLE'S TECH INDUSTRY. >> THANK YOU, BRIAN. NEXT, I BELIEVE KIRK ROBBINS, ARE YOU THERE?*6 FOLLOWED BY ANGELA. YOU ARE NOT PRESENT AND DAVID HAYNES ARE THE LAST SPEAKERS ONLINE. KIRK,*6. WE SEE YOU. UNMUTE YOUR SELF . YOU ARE STILL MUTED.*6 TO UNMUTE YOUR SELF. WE DO SEE YOU ONLINE. IT JUST MIGHT BE YOUR PHONE IS NOT UNMUTED FOR ZOOM. I DON'T SEE ANGELA OR DAVID HAYNES. THEY ARE NOT PRESENT. WE ARE GOING TO SWITCH TO OUR IN PERSON SPEAKERS. WE HAVE TWO, THE LAST TWO, BENNETT AND ANITA. WELCOME. YOU RAISED YOUR HAND. OKAY. TENANT, YOU WALKED ALL THE WAY AROUND LIKE THAT. I AM JUST PLAYING. COME ON. YOU ARE GOOD. IT IS OKAY. I DESERVE THAT. GO AHEAD. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. AS YOU KNOW, I AM AGAINST THE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. I WILL SAY THAT I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF DOGMATICALLY AGAINST IT . I AM INTERESTED IN WEIGHING THE ARGUMENTS FOR BOTH SIDES. THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES. MY CAR HAS GOTTEN BROKEN INTO BEFORE. THE FIRST THING I DID WAS GO TO THE BUSINESSES WAS RIGHT WHERE I PARKED AND SAY, DO YOU HAVE CAMERAS? DO YOU HAVE CAMERA FOOTAGE SO I CAN SEE WHO DID THIS? DOES THAT MAKE ME A HYPOCRITE? I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME OPTION. I WAS AT A RALLY FOR THE TWO STUDENTS WHO WERE KILLED DOWN NEAR REGNIER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WERE STUDENTS THERE AND ADULTS THAT ARE SAYING WE WANT MORE SURVEILLANCE. WE WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO CATCH THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS. PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY -- IT HAS BENEFITS BUT THOSE BENEFITS HAVE TO BE WEIGHED AGAINST THE DOWNSIDE AND EMPHASIS NOW, THERE IS NOTHING STOPPING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND I.C.E. FROM SUBPOENAING THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE. WE UNDERSTAND ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE IN THE REAL-TIME CENTER HAS ACCESS TO THE FOOTAGE. THAT PREVENTS MOST INTERNAL ABUSES WHICH IS A REAL PROBLEM BUT THAT IS STILL ONE PERSON AT THE GOVERNMENT CAN SUBPOENA. WE UNDERSTAND IT WILL BE DELETED AFTER FIVE DAYS BUT THAT IS STILL A WINDOW OF TIME FOR THEM TO SUBPOENA THE FOOTAGE. THERE IS AN OFFRAMP TO SHUT IT DOWN IF YOU RECEIVE REQUESTS FROM I.C.E. BUT THAT STILL MEANS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN TO GET THE FOOTAGE AND AS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE SAID AT THE TIME, WE DON'T USE FACIAL RECOGNITION TECH ON THE FOOTAGE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE SAID THAT, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK POINTED OUT THAT ONCE THE GOVERNMENT RECEIVES THE FOOTAGE, THEY CAN APPLY THEIR OWN FACIAL RECOGNITION TECH TO IT AND THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO SHOWED UP HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT IT AND ALSO THAT GUY ON THE PHONE CALL -- HE IS NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY OUR COMMUNITY WANTS THIS BUT THAT HAS TO BE WEIGHTED AGAINST THE DOWNSIDE. I YIELD MY TIME. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, ANITA. >> SHUTDOWN I.C.E.! SHUTDOWN I.C.E.! >> THIS IS THE FACE OF WHO WAS CONTROLLING BUT IS POWERED SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT YOU ARE UNLEASHING ON THE AVERAGE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE. I SEE YOU WHEN YOU EXIT YOUR HOMES. YOUR NEIGHBOR'S CAMERA ACROSS THE STREET RECORDS YOUR EVERYDAY ACTIVITY USING A OUR POWERED ACTIVITY, IT IS BEING ISSUED ONTO ALL RING DOORBELLS. PAIR THAT WITH ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF THEY ARE NOT FOCUSING ON IN SOCIETIES LIKE THE CAMERAS THAT YOU SENT OVER ALL THE PARKS HERE, TRACKING EVERYTHING YOU ARE WEARING, YOUR VEHICLE COLOR, EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUR DAILY LIFE, BEING TRACKED, ADDED INTO THIS DATABASE. THINK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY'S FUTURE. THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WILL HAPPEN ONCE YOUR DAILY LIFE IS TRAPPED, MONITORED , RECORDED. DO YOU LIKE THAT? NO. NOBODY LIKES THAT. NOBODY WANTS THIS A OUR POWERED SURVEILLANCE IN SEATTLE. NOBODY. NOBODY ASKED FOR IT. NOBODY WANTS IT, EVER . THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING, THE MONEY YOU ARE TAKING FROM THESE COMPANIES. STOP IT. ONE DAY, YOU WILL BE TRACKED WITH THESE CAMERAS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR CHILDREN. EVERYTHING YOU DO IN YOUR DAILY LIFE WILL BE NOTICED AND THAT IS WHEN YOU LOSE ALL OF YOUR FREEDOM. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN VALUES OF FREEDOM. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO THAT. THIS IS AN OBSTRUCTION OF SOCIETY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU CHOOSE TO BE DOING -- YOU, SPECIFICALLY. >> THANK YOU, ANITA. NEXT, WE HAVE KIRK ROBBINS ONLINE.*6 . IF WE CAN GET YOU, I'M SORRY, THERE IS TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. KIRK, THERE YOU GO. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I AM CALLING ABOUT TRANSIT CONCURRENCY AS CONCURRENCY IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE MANAGEMENT ACT AND, YES, WE HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT THERE WILL BE NO LIGHT RAIL IN BALLARD. APPARENTLY THE WHOLE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT WILL HAVE NO LIGHT RAIL. THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION IS MORE INTERESTED IN WARS AND CAMERAS THAN IT IS IN TRANSIT WHICH IS A BAD SIGN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY -- HOW MUCH TRANSIT USE WAS FACTORED IN TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT MAYBE INTO THE LATE 30s OR 40s BEFORE WE GET IT BUT ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BALLARD AREA AND THE BAY AREA AS TO HOW MUCH TRANSIT YOU PLANNED ON AND HOW MUCH YOU ARE GOING TO GET AND DOES NOT INVALIDATE THE WHOLE THING? A SHOUT OUT TO CONGRESSMAN SMITH FOR NOT SENDING HIS CAMPAIGN TROLLS TO DISRUPT AND WASTE YOUR TIME. I THINK THE POLICY ON CAMERAS OUGHT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SAYING RATHER THAN A CITYWIDE IDEOLOGICAL OVERREACTION TO THINGS BUT I THINK IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU STAND TOGETHER, TRYING TO GET FOR US WHAT WE AGREED TO PAY FOR AND WHAT WE ARE CERTAINLY BEING CHARGED FOR, WHICH IS TRANSIT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHEN THEY GET THEM TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN ONE HAS REQUESTED THAT THEY ASK ABOUT RIDERSHIP, A TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT IGNORES RIDERSHIP IS ONE THAT IS -- I'M SORRY THAT ALL OF THIS IS COMING TO YOU ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE. OBVIOUSLY THE UNION OUGHT TO CONSIDER THIS ISSUE. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, KIRK. FINAL SPEAKER, DAVID HAYNES.*6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> DAVID HAYNES. SEATTLE VALUES SOMETIMES DEVALUES INNOCENT VALUES. WE TRIED OPENING DAY FOR THE MARINERS COMING UP THIS WEEK, FOLKS AND IT IS STILL TOO UNSAFE FOR MY EMPLOYEES TO SET UP MY BUSINESS BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL OF THESE SCARE MONGERS ABOUT SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND IT TURNS OUT IT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY WHO WAS ADVOCATING FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS TO HAVE SEX CHANGES AND I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE AMENDMENT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK INTRODUCED IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT SHE IS NOT A MEMBER OF , REGARDING TAKING THE LICENSE PLATE READERS AWAY FOR 60 DAYS? IS THAT HOW IT IS GOING TO WORK? I DON'T GET THAT. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE WHO STOLE A CAR AND THE COPS NEED TO DO A LICENSE PLATE READER BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS A PROTEST BY A SEX CHANGE ORGANIZATION, ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE CAMERAS ARE TAKEN AWAY. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE DOING? ANYWAY, KSHAMA SAWANT SHOULD BE FINED IN HER CAMPAIGN STAFF AND OPERATIVE SHOULD BE BANNED, BARRED WITH A RULE ENFORCEMENT AND THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION SHOULD FOCUS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY THAT WE ARE BEING DENIED. WE STILL CANNOT EVEN GET ON THE BUS BETWEEN PINE AND PIKE AND YET, NOBODY WANTS TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THE TALKS IN THE TRANSIT SECURITY IN THE PRIVATE SECURITY AND THE BUS DRIVERS REFUSE TO WORK TOGETHER TO TRESPASS AND CLEAR AND LITERALLY TICKET ALL OF THESE DRUG ADDICTS IN AND AROUND THE BUS STOP. WHEN THE POLICE CHIEF AND DID A FAVOR TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BIG BUILDING, THEY PUT FENCES AROUND ALL OF THESE EVIL AREAS INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH THE CRIMINALS. HE EXPOSE THEM TO BELLTOWN IN CHINATOWN. NOBODY CAN GET TO AND FROM BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF EVIL THAT IS CONDUCTING THE UNCIVIL WAR ON THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE CHIEF IS FOCUSING ON AN EASIER PAYDAY AND OVERTIME. >> THANK YOU. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE LIST OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING TO PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. FOLKS THAT SENT US EMAILS, FOLKS THAT SEE US ON THE BUS WERE WALKING DOWN THE STREET FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. SO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. DO YOU ALL HEAR ME RIGHT NOW? HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION ON THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THE MINUTES OF MARCH 17, 2026, COUNSELOR 121182, PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, I MOVED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> AWESOME. A MOVE AND SECOND. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND THE LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? NEXT WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO COMMITTEES. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD? >> TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR'S UTILITY COMMITTEE , RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR THE MAYOR'S DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC, AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE 124957. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS. >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, I AM GOING TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY REPORT. ON MARCH 12, WE VOTED TO RECOMMEND THE PASSAGE OF A SEVEN YEAR COMCAST FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO PURSUE ANOTHER SEVEN-YEAR CONTRACT WITH COMCAST TO PROVIDE CABLE SERVICES TO THE CITY. FRANCHISE AND IS JANUARY 20, 2033. SEATTLE IP CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT TO INCREASE COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND RESIDENTS AND THIS INCLUDES RAISING OUR FRANCHISE FEE AND OTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT FEE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS FUNDED BY CABLE FUNDS INCLUDING INTERNET FOR ALL AND OUR SEATTLE CHANNEL. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT IN COMMITTEE, BEFORE COMMITTEE, WE HAD REQUESTED THAT I.T. DO A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON WITH OTHER CITIES SO WE COULD SEE HOW WE RANKED AMONGST EFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND I WAS PLEASED TO SEE HOW WE RANKED AMONGST OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES WITH THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAD RECEIVED, WHICH WAS MORE BENEFITS FOR OUR COMMUNITY DURING THIS PROCESS. I WILL PAUSE HERE. COLLEAGUES, I URGE A YES ON THIS VOTE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS? >> THANK YOU. AS A REMINDER, A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO CUT THE SEATTLE CHANNEL FUNDING. THE REASON FOR THAT IS THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE WATCHING THIS PRESENTATION ON CABLE TV. HI, DAD. I AM SURE YOU ARE WATCHING ON CABLE RIGHT NOW. LOVE YOU. WITH FEWER PEOPLE WATCHING CABLE TV, WE HAVE FEWER DOLLARS TO FUND THE SEATTLE CHANNEL AND THAT IS WHY THERE WAS A REPORT OF THIS LAST YEAR. THIS BILL IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE THIS FUNDING SOURCE AND, WAIT, THERE IS MORE. WE WILL BRING THIS BACK UP AND BUDGET THIS YEAR BECAUSE THERE WAS A TASK FORCE THAT PROVIDED US RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS FOR IT TO BE WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE LIBRARY SYSTEM AND THE LIBRARY LEVY. WE ARE ALL UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT MIGHT NOT BE TOTALLY POSSIBLE AND WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE SEATTLE CHANNEL. ALL OF THAT CONTEXT, THANK YOU FOR THIS BILL AND HELPING TO FUND THE SEATTLE CHANNEL. WHITE HONESTLY, COMCAST WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE EQUITY ACCESS FOR ALL THAT THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY PROVIDE IN OTHER PLACES ANY LONGER SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO THAT WORK HERE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND HELLO MR. STRAUSS WHO WAS WONDERING NOW. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WELL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX THE SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF? CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 2 INTO THE AGENDA? >> AGENDA ITEM 2, COUNTABLE 121152 REPLACED FLOODPLAINS, ADOPTING PERMANENT REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REGULATIONS. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT BILL PASSES AS AMENDED. >> AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE COMMITTEE REPORT, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. THIS LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH UPDATED FEMA FLOODPLAIN MAPS AND REGULATIONS. IT HAS BEEN AN EXTENSIVE SIX YEAR LONG PROCESS WITH 10 INTERIM EXTENSIONS OF INTERIM REGULATIONS AND WE, OUT OF COMMITTEE, APPROVED A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PERMANENT REGULATIONS AND JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SBC I HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF ENGAGING WITH EFFECTIVE PARTIES INCLUDING PORT OF SEATTLE INDUSTRIAL MARITIME PROPERTY OWNERS, WATERFRONT OWNERS OVER THE MANY YEARS AND THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AT ONE RECENT COMMITTEE MEETING BUT THOSE WERE ADDRESSED SUBSEQUENTLY. SO, I WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT TO APPROVE THESE FINAL FEMA FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF? COLLEAGUES, THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THERE WAS NOT A RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION TODAY. I DO BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HAS OTHER BUSINESS AS WELL SO, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED . >> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT. HOPEFULLY A LITTLE GOOD NEWS AND SOMETHING TO UNITE AND RALLY AROUND BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, OUR EFFORT AS THE CITY TO BRING BACK ONCE AND FOR ALL. SEATTLE'S IDENTITY AS A BASKETBALL CITY IS DEEPLY ROOTED, AS WE ALL KNOW, IN THE LEGACY OF THE SEATTLE SUPERSONICS. LOOK SUPPORT FOR THE NBA'S RETURN REMAINS VERY STRONG AND AS CHAIR OF OUR CITY, EXPERIENCES COMMITTEE, I AM EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE A JOINT MAY ORAL AND COUNCIL RESOLUTION THAT AFFIRMS THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE READINESS FOR A FEATURE NBA FRANCHISE DECLARES THAT CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA IS READY TO HOST AN NBA TEAM AND AFFIRM THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS TRULY A BASKETBALL CITY. COLLEAGUES, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION AND THE CORRESPONDING SUMMARY FISCAL NOTE, A HARD COPY AT THE DAIS WITH YOU TODAY BUT BOTTOM LINE, THIS RESOLUTION AFFIRMS A COMMITMENT TO HONORING SEATTLE'S RICH BASKETBALL HISTORY WHILE BUILDING A BRAND-NEW ERA OF PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL FOR MEN AND ALONGSIDE OUR WOMEN ALIKE IN OUR CITY. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH FOR COSPONSORING THIS LEGISLATION WITH ME AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK MAYOR WILSON, EVERYONE IN HER OFFICE FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PIECES OF COUNCIL LEGISLATION, A RESOLUTION THAT IS SIGNED AND CONCURRENT WITH THE MAYOR. ALSO, SHOULD NOTE THAT THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE SEATTLE STORM , FOUR TIME WNBA CHAMPION SEATTLE STORM, I SHOULD NOTE, TWO TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPION SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AND WORLD-CLASS CONTENDING MARINERS AND OTHER MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR CITY IS A CITY WHERE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS THRIVE. OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS A HISTORY OF SUPPORTING SEMI PROFESSIONAL TEAMS AS WELL. IN MY OWN COUNCIL DISTRICT, WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO SEMI PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAMS, THE WEST SEATTLE ROADIES FC AND THE JUNCTION FC. H PLAN FRONT A VERY PASSIONATE, ENGAGED CROWDS AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO GREAT SEMI PRO TEAMS IN BALLARD AS WELL ON THE SOCCER FRONT. AGAIN, AS CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES THE SEATTLE CENTER, I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA IS TRULY A WORLD-CLASS STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO NOT ONLY MEET BUT EXCEED STANDARD FOR BOTH NHL, THE WNBA, IN ADDITION TO NCAA AND NBA USAGE. THIS REQUIRES ONGOING EFFORTS TO SECURE THE NBA TEAM. OUR CITY HAS UPHELD THE COMMITMENT AND IT IS TIME TO CONFIRM THAT. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE TEAM BUT A LONG-TERM COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. I KNOW, COLLEAGUES, AS WE LEARNED ON THE NEWS, THE PROSPECTIVE OWNERSHIP GROUP FOR A NEW NBA FRANCHISE IN SEATTLE LED BY SAMANTHA HOLLOWAY AND THE ROOF SPORTS -- THEY ARE DOING THEIR PART. NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE CITY TO STEP UP AND ASK, WE ARE DOING OUR PART. IN ADDITION TO THIS LEGISLATION, YOU MIGHT HAVE SAW THE PRESS RELEASE A MOMENT AGO BUT PROUD TO SHARE THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK AT OUR MEETING ON THURSDAY, APRIL 2 AT 9:30 A.M.. AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO HOST THE SONIC READINESS ROUNDTABLE WHERE WE WILL HEAR DIRECTLY FROM A PANEL OF EXPERTS AND LEADERS INCLUDING PARTICIPANTS FROM THE SEATTLE SPORTS COMMISSION, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OTHERS. MY GOAL IN SPONSORING THIS IS TO SEND A VERY CLEAR AND COMPELLING SIGNAL THAT THE NBA, THAT SEATTLE STANDS READY TO REJOIN AND GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP, AGAIN RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR COSPONSORING. LET'S BRING OUR SONIC BACK. LET'S GET THEM. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS A COMMON. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO BACK UP OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA . I DON'T HAVE HALF THE MATCH IN HIS REMARKS. AS I HAVE SAID PREVIOUSLY, WE ARE A SPORTS TOWN, FULL STOP. WE SEE THIS ACROSS THE BOARD. WE SEE THIS WITH OUR STORM, FOUR-TIME CHAMPIONS. WE SEE THIS WITH OUR NEW TORRENTS, COMING ON BOARD, BREAKING ATTENDANCE RECORDS WITH THE FIRST HOME GAME. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. THEN YOU THROW ON TOP OUR RUN A LCS WITH THE MARINERS AND OF COURSE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OTHER SPORTS BUT WITH THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS, SEAHAWKS, IT IS INCREDIBLE. WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS SINCE THE ARENA IS IN MY DISTRICT, I HAVE BEEN WITH ALL OF THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE ARENA, WORKING WITH THE ONE GROUP FOUNDATION. I WANT TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER WORKING WITH US ON ALL OF THE ISSUES, PARTICULARLY THE ONE ROOF FOUNDATION. WE NOW HAVE THE ONE ROOF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT GROUP IN TERMS OF THE VARIOUS PIECES BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ROOF FOUNDATIONS AND THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE IT GUILTILY RELATED TO THE MEMORIAL STADIUM AND THE MEMORIAL WALL AT THAT LOCATION HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE AND TO DO THIS REALLY SHOWS THAT COMMITMENT TO THE CITY. WHEN I HAVE SEEN THIS IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH DAN HOLLOWAY, SAMANTHA HOLLOWAY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS PIECES OF THE GROUP TO INCLUDE -- WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO REALLY TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL WITH THIS EFFORT AND I RECOGNIZE IT IS A LONG PROCESS WITH THE NBA BUT I THINK WE ARE AT A PLACE. WE ARE READY AND WE ARE DOING IT WITH EFFORTS THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE CONNECTION WITH COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT JUST OBG NOW AND ONE ROOF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT BUT IT IS ALSO THOSE TEAMS THAT WE HAVE LIKE WHAT THE SEATTLE STORM DOES FOR COMMUNITY, WHAT THE TORRENT DOES FOR COMMUNITY, WHAT THE KRAKEN DOES FOR COMMUNITY. IT IS INCREDIBLE AND WE NEED TO BUILD ON THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, THOSE SPORTS TEAMS BY BRINGING THE NBA BACK AND BRINGING THIS, AS COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SAID, BRINGING THE SONIC BACK. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HOW ONE ROOF HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY PLAYER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS WILL BE BROUGHT INTO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 'S COMMITTEE AND FROM THE RESOLUTION AS WELL. I KNOW THAT THE ARENA IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HAS THE SEATTLE CENTER. WE ALL GREW UP LOVING THE SONICS AND IF YOU DIDN'T, YOU CAN JUST SAY YOU DID. IT IS OKAY. ANYWAY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE? NO? AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL. THAT IS A GREAT OVERVIEW ABOUT WHAT IS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AND IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER BUSINESS THAT COMES TO THE COUNCIL, I DON'T HEAR ANY. AWESOME. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING. THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE MARCH 31 AT