>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON
APRIL 1, THE 2019 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SEATTLEWILL COME TO
ORDER.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNCIL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ?
CONTENT? 7
DOESN'T.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HEARING NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IS HERE,
WE SEE HER.
THEY OBJECTION IS RESCINDED.
I ALSO MOVED TO EXCUSE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FROM
TODAY'S MEETING.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE SECOND THAT
WE EXCUSE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE AYE IS HAVE IT.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS
EXCUSED.
THIS WILL BE CANCEL MEMBER
JOHNSON'S LAST MEETING FOR THE
NEAR FUTURE.
WE WILL RESERVE COMMENTS AT THE
END OF THE AGENDA TO ADDRESS
THAT ISSUE.
BUT I CANNOT THOMAS HIM THAT
THERE WILL NOT BE COMMENTS MADE
BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE
AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS,
TODAY'S INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL COUNSEL CALENDAR WILL
BE ADOPTED.
IT IS ADOPTED.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO
TODAY'S AGENDA, IT WILL BE
ADOPTED.
I HEAR THAT NO OBJECTIONS ARE
THERE.
THE COUNCIL MEETING HAS BEEN
REVIEWED AND IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS, THE MINUTES WILL BE
SIGNED.
NO OBJECTIONS, THEY ARE SIGNED.
THANK YOU.
PRESENTATIONS.
WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA PRESENT
A PROCLAMATION ABOUT CENSUS
AWARENESS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HELPED PUT
THIS TOGETHER.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA YOU HAVE
THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE
ENTIRE COUNSEL FOR YOUR
UNANIMOUS SIGNING ON OF THIS
PROCLAMATION.
FOR THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR
BEING WITH US HERE TODAY AS
WELL.
WE WERE JUST IN COMMUNITY ONE
HOUR AGO WITH COUNTY FOLKS,
WITH THE PHILANTHROPIC FOLKS,
WITH UNION MEMBERS AND STATE
REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL.
AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ONE
YEAR AWAY.
WHEN YOU'RE AWAY FROM
INITIATING THIS CRUCIAL PROCESS
THAT CONTINUES TO SHAPING THE
STRUCTURE OF OUR CHRISSY.
WHEN YOU'RE AWAY FROM THE 2020
CENSUS COUNT.
WE ARE KNOWLEDGE AND THAT WE
ARE WHEN YOU'RE AWAY WITH THIS
PROCLAMATION TODAY IN AN EFFORT
TO COME TOGETHER AS A
COMMUNITY, TO ENSURE THAT WE
ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO MOST
IMPORTANTLY BUILD TRUST WITHIN
THE COMMUNITY.
TRUST IN OUR STATE AND TRUST
WITH ALL RESIDENTS.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
CONDUCT A ROBUST CENSUS COUNT.
OF EVERY PERSON IN THIS REGION.
AS THE LAW SAYS, EVERY PERSON
INTHIS REGION.
ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN LEFT
BEHIND IN OUR ACCOUNTING
PROCESSES IN THE PAST.
WE COUNT EVERYONE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES WE ARE BETTER ABLE
TO PREPARE AND PLAN FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
IT FACILITATES THE PROCESS
THROUGH WHICH WE CAN ACCESS
RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO BUILD
A MORE VIBRANT, SAFE, INCLUSIVE
AND PRODUCTIVE REGION.
THIS IS TRUE IN SEATTLE AND
EVERY OTHER CITY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN
OUR STATE THAT IS COMMITTED TO
CREATING AN EXCLUSIVE, SAFE AND
WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.
THIS PROCESS OF AN ACCURATE
2020 CENSUS COUNT IS CRITICAL
TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE
RESOURCES ON HEALTHCARE, MAKING
SURE WE HAVE ACCESS TO FEDERAL
FUNDING WHEN IT COMES TO
BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
MAKING SURE THAT THOSE WHO NEED
ACCESS TO A HEALTHY AND
AFFORDABLE FOOD HAVE ACCESS
THROUGH FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
AND MORE IMPORTANT, MAKING SURE
BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THE REGION
TO MAKE SURE WE TRULY HAVE A
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY AND
THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN
CONGRESS TRULY KNOW WHO IS IN
OUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT WE
HAVE A NUMBER OF
REPRESENTATIVES THAT WE NEED TO
REFLECT THE POWER, THE VOICES
ANTIBODIES WITHIN OUR
JURISDICTION.
BUT THIS WHITE HOUSE AND THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS NOT
INTERESTED IN COUNTING
EVERYONE.
THEY HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT
AGENDA.
ONE THAT IS EXCLUSIVE.
HATEFUL AND DIVISIVE.
THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
SERVING ANYONE, COUNTING
EVERYONE OR ACKNOWLEDGING
EVERYONE.
ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY, MEMBERS OF IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY AND
MEMBERS OF PEOPLE OF COLOR.
LET'S BE CLEAR, IN SEATTLE WE
DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
WE ARE PUTTING THIS
PROCLAMATION FORWARD IN AN
EFFORT TO SHOW THAT WE ARE
LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
WE ARE PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS HOW
GOOD EVIDENCE SHOULD WORK.
THIS IS HOW YOU GROW AND BUILD
COMMUNITIES.
WE KNOW THAT EVERY PERSON IN
OUR REGION DISCOUNT.
I AM EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU, UNIONS, WORKERS,
SMALL BUSINESSES, WITH THE
MAYOR, AS A MEMBER GONZALEZ WHO
IS SITTING WITH US ON THE TASK
FORCE, PHILANTHROPIC
ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE READY TO
DO THE WORK OF COMBATING THE
CONTRARY, HATE AND FEAR AND
ENSURE EVERYONE OF OUR
RESIDENTS IS COUNTED.
THAT THEY HAVE THE TRUSTED
COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGH
FUNDING NECESSARY TO REACH
EVERYONE.
WE ARE PROVIDING THAT LOCAL IT
IS HAVE THE POWER TO MOBILIZE
AND SHAPE AND CHANGE THE CENSUS
COUNT BY MAKING SURE THAT WE
PROVIDE RESOURCES AS A REGION
AND THAT WE ENSURE THAT EVERY
PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY COUNTS.
WE ARE WHEN YOU'RE AWAY, MR.
PRESIDENT AND I'M EXCITED TO BE
ABLE TO PRESENT THIS
PROCLAMATION TO THE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS ON BEHALF OF CITY
COUNCIL.
>> THINK VERY MUCH.
THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WITH
ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS LIKE
TO SUSPEND THE RULES?
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR BRINGING THIS.
MISSION THIS AFTERNOON.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MEMORIALIZE
TODAY, AS THE ONE YEAR MARK, A
LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN
IN COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
DESCRIBED ARE EFFECTIVELY
ACCOMPLISHED.
I WAS PROUD AND EXCITED TO
STAND WITH THE MAYOR AND TONY
FROM THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION
EARLIER THIS MORNING TO
ANNOUNCE THIS NEW INVESTMENT OF
$1 MILLION THAT WILL GO
DIRECTLY TO A COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATION.
THROUGH TRUSTED MESSENGERS.
THEY WILL GIVE US THE BEST HOPE
AND CHANCE POSSIBLE TO REACH
INTO HISTORICALLY HARD TO COUNT
COMMUNITIES.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SEEN
AND COUNTED.
TO ENSURE THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT UNDERSTANDS THAT WE
NOT ONLY EXPECT THAT WE DEMAND
THE INVESTMENT THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES DESERVE AND THAT IS
REALLY AT THE HEART OF WHAT A
CENSUS COUNT IS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IN
THESE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE SEEN
THE EFFECTS, THE DIRE, TERRIBLE
EFFECTS OF FAILING TO INVEST IN
OUR COMMUNITIES THAT NOW IS NOT
THE TIME FOR US TO DOUBLE DOWN
ON CONTINUING OUR LACK OF
INVESTMENT IN THESE CRITICAL
COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS PROCLAMATION.
MORE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE YEARS
WORTH OF HARD WORK THAT LAYS
AHEAD OF US.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT SUPPORTING
THIS AND THE EFFORT TO PARTNER
WITH COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE
THIS IS THE GREATEST SUCCESS WE
CAN MAKE IT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM OUR
GUESTS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL.
MY NAME IS OSCAR AND I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF CITY ENGAGEMENT
ADVOCACY FOR THE COMMUNITY
FUND.
WE ARE THE FISCAL SPONSOR FOR
THE SENS ALLIANCE.
>> MY NAME IS GUZMAN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
PROCLAMATION.
IT MEANS A LOT TO US TO BE
RECOGNIZED BY ALL OF THE
LEADERS FOR ALL OF THE WORK
THAT HAS BEEN UNDONE.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ELSA
IN THE AUDIENCE FOR ALL OF HER
WORK PRIOR TO COMING TO THE
CITY AND HELPING US SET THE
FRAMEWORK WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
THE CENSUS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
ISSUE FOR ALL COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT IS HIGH-
STAKES TODAY.
WHAT IS AT RISK.
EARLIER LESTER, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION PRETTY MUCH
ATTACKED THE COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR AND IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES FOR ADDING THE CENSUS
QUESTION, WHICH IS A QUESTION
THAT HASN'T BEEN IN THE CENSUS
FOR MANY YEARS.
RIGHT AWAY, THAT LATINO
COMMUNITY FUND AND 21
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WE PUT A LAWSUIT TO
OPPOSE THIS QUESTION, TO MAKE
SURE THAT COMMUNITIES AND
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES DID NOT
HAVE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
THIS QUESTION WOULD SEVERELY
THE IMPACT THE CENSUS.
IT WOULD DISCOURAGE MANY NON-
ENGLISH SPEAKERS, IMMIGRANTS
AND REFUGEES AND EVEN WITH
UNKNOWN STATUSES, TO NOT ANSWER
THE STATUS QUESTIONS.
WE KNOW THAT THIS QUESTION ALSO
ASKS MORE OF THE COMMUNITY.
MORE INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED
TO HAVE A COMPLETE COUNT.
THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS MANY
MECHANISMS THAT CAN GET THIS
INFORMATION FROM OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THIS CENSUS QUESTION WHOLE
PROCESS HAS BEEN TO REALLY
SUPPRESS THE CENSUS COUNT FOR
IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, LGBTQ
COMMUNITIES AND DOES OF COLOR.
THE MISSION HAS BELLIN TO BUILD
THE LOCAL RESOURCES TO BRIDGE
THE EQUITY GAP.
THIS IS BY THE LATINA COMMUNITY
FUND IS THE SPONSOR FOR THE
CENSUS ALLIANCE.
WHAT IS THE CENSUS ALLIANCE?
WE ARE THE TRUSTED MESSENGERS
FOR OUR COMMITTEE.
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN IMMIGRANTS AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
ANY TYPE OF GOVERNMENT.
OR JUST THE LACK OF INFORMATION
THAT THEY DON'T GET.
SO WHEN WE COME IS A COMMUNITY
GROUP, IT COULD BE YOUR FAITH
GROUPS, SCHOOL GROUPS,
THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP AND IT
BUILDS MORE TRUST AND IT BUILDS
MORE CAPACITY TO HAVE THESE
QUESTIONS AND DOUBTS BE
ANSWERED IN A MORE ACCURATE
INTERESTING WAY.
SO THE CENSUS ALLIANCE WAS
FORMED LAST YEAR TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE A SAFE, FAIR AND
COMPLETE 2020 CENSUS COUNT.
THE ALLIANCE HAS 20 DIFFERENT
COMMUNITY LEADERS OF COLOR TO
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH AND IT
SETS FORTH AN OVERALL FRAMEWORK
IN THE STATEWIDE STRATEGY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TENDS TO HAVE MORE
RESOURCES BASED ON A POPULATION
BUT THAT MEANS THAT ALSO WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WILL IN
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND THE
RURAL AREAS GET RESOURCES AS
WELL.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN
ADVOCATING SUCCESSFULLY FOR $50
MILLION AT THE STATE LEVEL FROM
OUR BUDGET.
GREAT NEWS IS THAT LAST FRIDAY
WE GOT THE SENATE TO APPROVE
$50 MILLION AND THE STATE HOUSE
TO APPROVE $12 MILLION.
I AM ASKING ALL OF YOU TO
PLEASE CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS
AND ADVOCATES MAKE SURE WE GET
THE $50 MILLION WE ARE
REQUESTING.
PEOPLE ASK WHY $15 MILLION?
$50 MILLION DOESN'T GO FAR
ENOUGH.
WE ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
PRIVATE SECTOR, FOR SIT, FOR
TODAY'S MEETING.
TO SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE GROUP
THAT WILL BE DOING THE HARD
WORK.
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THEIR
AREAS.
THE TWO MAIN REASONS THE CENSUS
ALLIANCE REALLY EXISTS IS ALSO
TO HAVE A COMPLETE CENSUS COUNT
BUT THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS,
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE
ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL
RESOURCES.
IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT $70
MILLION IN EDUCATION,
HEALTHCARE AND TRANSPORTATION
FUNDS ARE GRANTED TO WASHINGTON
STATE SOLELY BASED ON CENSUS
COUNT.
THESE FUNDS REPRESENT CRITICAL
RESOURCES TO PROVIDE BASIC
NEEDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ON
WHICH OUR COMMUNITIES DEPEND.
THOSE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE.
THE ONES WILL BENEFIT THE MOST
FROM THIS COUNT.
WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT CL HAS
BEEN GROWING IN POPULATION AND
WE CAN ALL FEEL THE STRAIN OF
THAT.
SO WE ARE TAKING A
CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.
THAT LEADS TO THE SECOND POINT,
WHICH IS POLITICAL
REPRESENTATION.
UNDER A FEDERAL CONSTITUTION,
THE CENSUS IS REQUIRED TO RE-
PROPORTION THE DISTRICT.
ALL STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
AND MANY AT THE LOCAL LEVELS.
WE FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE ALL OF
OUR VOICES MATTER.
WE ARE STRONG.
WE HAVE AN ACCURATE CENSUS
COUNT.
SO WHAT THAT COMES INTO THE
FACT THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR
COMMUNITIES ARE THE MOST
DISENFRANCHISED.
IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO KNOW
THAT THEY HAVE A SEAT AT THE
TABLE.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF
YOU, THROUGH YOUR NETWORKS,
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT OUR BIG
MEDIA PUSH TODAY.
THE CENSUS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
UNTIL THE ACTUAL COUNT, IF YOU
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND THOSE
WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH GET TO
KNOW THAT TODAY'S A IMPORTANT
DAY.
WE ARE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION.
MOST IMPORTANT, TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE EDUCATION PIECES START
GOING OUT.
THAT IS WHY THIS MONEY IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITIES
ARE WELL EDUCATED ABOUT THE
ISSUE.
SO THAT, I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO JOIN
THE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND STATE
AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS FUNDING GETS
ALLOCATED TO THE PEOPLE WHO
WILL BE IMPACTED THE MOST.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS GUZMAN.
I AM A FELLOW AT THE LATINO
COMMUNITY FUND.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
CENSUS.
10 YEARS AGO, I WAS A 12-YEAR-
OLD KID ON THE PLAYGROUND AND I
DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE
CENSUS WAS.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF MY PARENTS HAD
COUNTED ME.
THESE PAST 10 YEARS HAVE SEEN
MANY KIDS LIKE ME TURN INTO
ADULTS.
ADULTS WHO DEPEND ON FEDERAL
GRANTS THAT FUND OUR HIGHER
EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE.
ADULTS WHO ARE JUST LEARNING TO
USE THEIR POLITICAL VOICE AND
DESERVE ACCURATE WAS BERT
REPRESENTATION.
I'M HERE AS A STUDENT AND A
YOUTH ADVOCATE TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP
ON THE ISSUE.
AND TOWARDS HAVING A COMPLETE
AND ACCURATE CENSUS FOR ALL
AGES AND ALL COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALSO, WE ARE CURRENTLY
LAUNCHING A MEDIA CAMPAIGN
ACROSS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS, ADVOCATING.
SINCE TODAY IS THE ONE YEAR
COUNTDOWN TO THE CENSUS.
WE ARE USING HASHTAGS COUNT ME
IN AND CENSUS 2020 TO BRING
AWARENESS TO THIS ISSUE.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
EDUCATING ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES
AND YOUTH AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SHOULD WE DO THAT COUNT?
>> IT WAS A CHANCE THAT WENT
WRONG.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE WORK
PLAN OR INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL COUNTER.
WE WILL EXTEND THE PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR 20 MINUTES.
WE WILL START RATTLING OFF THE
NAMES HERE.
WE WILL START WITH DAVID HAYNES
FOLLOWED BY ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
DAVID HAYNES IS FIRST.
ALEX ZIMMERMAN IS SECOND.
>> CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO REJECT
FINANCING MARTIN SELIG AND HIS
BAKERS.
REJECT THIS SHADY DEAL THAT
HUSTLES TAXPAYER MONEY,
PROPPING UP ARTIFICIALLY
INFLATED RENTS AND LEASES.
IT IS IN FRONT OF EIGHT NOISY
TRAIN YARD.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION
DEPARTMENT DOES NOT NEED TO
PLEASE SITTING DOWN ON THE JOB,
DISTRACTED BY RAMBLING HORN
HONKING TRAINS.
WE DO NOT NEED CORRUPT
POLITICAL DONORS TIED TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP BUYING OFF
LOCAL POLITICIANS TO ABUSE TAX
DOLLARS, PROPPING UP COMMERCIAL
REAL ESTATE SPECULATORS,
GETTING WEALTHY, OVERCHARGING
ON LEASES EVERY MONTH.
WHILE THE SAME GOVERNMENT
FACILITATES THE SQUANDERED
PROPERTY TAXES TO BUY MORE
VOTES.
CITY COUNCIL MUST REJECT THIS
DEAL BECAUSE IT FURTHER DRIVES
INFLATED COST OF LIVING AND
THIS CITY IS OPPRESSING THE
ATTEMPTS TO DISCIPLINE THE
GREED BY CORPORATE WELFARE
SUBSIDIZING MARTIN SELIG AND
HIS BANKING DONORS.
WHILE THEY LAUGH ALL THE WAY
THE BANK TO CAPITAL GAINS
EVERYTHING MONTH.
PERHAPS WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE
CITY COUNCILS LUCRATIVE
RETIREMENT FAVORS AND PROMISES
FROM THEIR WORK, FINANCING RICH
PEOPLE AND RIPPING OFF THE CITY
EVERY MONTH.
COLLECTING INFLATED RENTS.
WE NEED THE PARKS AND REC TO
STOP IGNORING ALL THE TRASH IN
THE CITY AS THEY REFUSE TO GET
OUT OF THE TRUCK AS IF BLAMING
HOMELESS GUARANTEES A LAZY
WORKFORCE DETECTED BY A SUSPECT
UNION.
WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE PARKS AND
REC A UNINTERRUPTED VIEW WHILE
GETTING CHARITY TO MARTIN SELIG
BECAUSE HE CHOSE A BAD
LOCATION.
AND IT CAUSES PTSD TO THOSE WHO
ARE AFFECTED BY THE HORNS
HONKING THROUGHOUT.
THEY NEED TO REALIZE THAT ED
MURRAY STILL HAS AN INFLUENCE
ON THE BUDGET BECAUSE HIS
HUSBAND RUNS THE PARK AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
>>> THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES.
THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS WILL BE
ALEX ZIMMERMAN AND THEN LINDSAY
JOHNSON.
>> I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
AGENDA.
FOR ME IT IS VERY INTERESTING.
THE APPOINTMENT.
THE ONES THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD . I TOLD
YOU THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE.
I AM IN MANY MEETINGS.
WITH MANY COMMISSIONERS.
THEY ARE ALL IDENTICAL.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS IN
REELECTION RIGHT NOW.
70 IN THIS CHAMBER MENTIONED
ABOUT DEMOCRACY.
I AM TOTALLY CONFUSED ABOUT
WHAT THIS MEANS, DEMOCRACY.
WE HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL
REPUBLIC.
SOMETING LIKE THIS.
AND CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLICS IT
MEANS THAT PEOPLE DOMINATE.
THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE UP FOR
REELECTION, TO, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
THERE ACTING LIKE A CRIMINAL.
DON'T SUPPORT CRIMINALS.
TH COMMISSION GIVES TO PEOPLE,
SIMPLE QUESTION.
WHY COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
DISOBEY CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND
OPENED PUBLIC FEAR.
I NEVER HEARD OF THIS FROM THE
ELECTION, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
IT WILL GO FOR THE ELECTION.
IT IS TOTALLY CONFUSING.
PEOPLE GOOD FOR REELECTION,
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW.
THEY SERVED FOR MANY YEARS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SERVED
FOR 20 YEARS.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT SERVED FOR
6. THAT IS A LONG TIME.
I HAVE COME TO THIS PLACE FOR
10 YEARS.
EVERYDAY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS.
MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE.
QUIT ACTING LIKE A CRIMINAL.
STAND UP, AMERICA.
>>> OUR NEXT TWO SPEAKERS WILL
BE LINDSAY JOHNSTON AND
CHRISTOPHER KING.
>> MY NAME IS LINDSAY JOHNSON.
I AM HERE TODAY AS A VOLUNTEER
FOR UNIFIED SEATTLE.
I AM MAKING A STATEMENT TODAY
BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THE CHANCE
TO LEARN FIRSTHAND ABOUT THE
ISSUES SURROUNDING LOW BARRIER
SHACKS IN THE UNDENIABLE EFFORT
IT PLAYS ON THE COMMITTEE.
LOW BARRIER SHACK ENCAMPMENT
LIKE THAT LAKE UNION ENCAMPMENT
WILLNOT BE SUCCESSFUL.
BECAUSE LIKE OTHER SHACK
ENCAMPMENTS, IT DOES NOT
EMPHASIZE OR REQUIRE ANY
LIFESTYLE CHANGES.
NO REAL OVERSIGHT OR PROPONENTS
CONDUCIVE TO ADJUSTING THEIR
LIFESTYLE.
CURRENTLY, DRUG USE, LITTER AND
THE INEVITABLE OVERFLOW OF
HOMELESSNESS, INDIVIDUALS
LOITERING TO THE STREETS OF
SOUTH LAKE UNION, NEIGHBORS TO
ENCAMPMENT ARE SUFFERING THE
SAME CONSEQUENCES THOSE DID IN
NORTH SEATTLE.
THE LIPTON SCREENINGS
ENCAMPMENT.
DESPITE THE CLOSURE OF THE
ENCAMPMENTS DUE TO LOW
TRANSITION, THE CLIMATE
DOUBLING IN ERA, THE OPENING OF
THE LAKE UNION ENCAMPMENT WAS
STILL APPROVED.
IT HAS BECOME OBVIOUS THAT LOW
BARRIER SHACK ENCAMPMENTS LIKE
THE LAKE UNION CAMP AND ARE
ADDING TO THIS HOMELESSNESS
EPIDEMIC.
INSTEAD OF HELPING TO SOLVE THE
HOMELESS CRISIS IN SEATTLE, IF
THIS SYSTEM REMAINS THE SAME,
SEATTLE MAY CONTINUE TO BE
INVADED BY THE MANY DOWNFALLS
OF ENCAMPMENTS.
LIKE THE LAKE UNION COMMIT AND
SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF
ABUSE OF INADEQUATE SOLUTIONS.
WE NEED A REAL SOLUTION.
NOT SHACKS.
>> THANK YOU.
FOLLOWING CHRISTOPHER KING WILL
BE OSCAR.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN?
SO IT WILL BE COREY CROCKER
AFTER MR. KING.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I HAVE A COPY FOR EACH OF YOU.
THIS IS A QUICK FIRST AMENDMENT
REMINDER AND WARNING TO ALL OF
YOU.
20 YEARS AGO I SUED GLAMIS CITY
COUNCIL FOR VIOLATING THE FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO REDRESS
BEHALF OF MY CLIENT JERRY R
DOYLE.
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO.
WE TECHNICALLY LOST THAT CASE
SO WE DIDN'T GET ANY MONETARY
DAMAGES.
BUT CITY COUNCIL NEVER AGAIN
INTERFERED WITH HIS SPEECH.
THE WHOLE CITY KNEW THE TRUTH
BECAUSE IT WAS FRONT PAGE NEWS
WHEN THERE WAS A MEDIA.
NOW TO ALL OF YOU, PARTICULARLY
FOR TO GIVEN HER RECENT
EPISODE, SHE IS NOT HERE TODAY.
BUT I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT
YOU WORK FOR US.
YOU ARE IN NO WAY TO TREAT
SPEAKERS DIFFERENTLY BASED ON
PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UNLESS THERE'S A TIME, PLACE OR
MANNER OF VIOLATION.
YOU KNOW THE RULES.
THAT IS A FACT.
I HAVE SEEN CITY COUNCIL
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SPEAKERS,
INCLUDING ME AND MANY OTHERS
AND LAST WEEK OF COURSE IN A
MANNER, WE SAW COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ , HER INTERRUPTIONS TO
THE PUBLIC SPEAKER.
MUCH AS HAPPENED SINCE THAT
EVENING FIVE YEARS AGO AND MANY
OF YOU ATTENDED A FORECLOSURE
FORM THAT I WAS THE BRAINCHILD
OF.
YOU MIGHT RECALL THE STRANGERS
SERVED AS MODERATOR OF THE
EVENT.
MY VIDEOS DEMONSTRATE TO FIVE
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
NOTING THAT THE BANKS WERE
ENGAGED IN DISCRIMINATING
BEHAVIOR TOWARDS HOMEOWNERS.
YOU HAVE REFUSED TO LET MY
CLIENT PROVIDE HER RESULTS OF
HER REVIEW.
EVEN THOUGH THE TAXPAYERS PAID
FOR THE REVIEW.
SHE HAS BEEN AN EXPERT WITNESS
AT MANY TRIALS.
INCLUDING THE $5.4 MILLION
TEXAS VERDICT AGAINST WELLS
FARGO.
SHEEPISHLY SAID YOU NEED TO SUE
THEM.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WAS VERY
STRONG IN HER OPINION ABOUT
BRETT . BUT ALL WE GOT FROM THE
CITY IS THAT WE WILL ADDRESS
THAT LATER.
I WANT TO SHOW THAT WITH YOU
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU, SIR.
FOLLOWING COREY CROCKER, WILL
BE THROUGH DRESSED MEN.
>> THANK YOU.
AFTER HAVE A DOZEN YEARS OF
IMMUNITY DISCUSSION AND
MOBILIZATION, WE HAVE DELIVERED
A UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF A AMENITY
DRIVEN MOBILITY PLAN FOR THE
AREA SURROUNDING THE NEW
DISTRICT LIGHT RAIL STATION.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
OF RESOLUTION 31873, TO REMAIN
ENGAGED THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THIS PLAN.
IN PARTICULAR, WE WISH TO
RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT
JOHNSON AND HIS LEGISLATIVE
AIDE AMY GORE FOR THEIR
PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT.
AND THE POWER OF COMMUNITY LED
PLANNING.
FOR OUR DESIRED OUTCOME, IT WAS
A MOBILITY PLAN FOR THE NEW
DISTRICT.
REGARDING PRINCIPLES INCLUDED A
SAFE AND COMFORTABLE
ENVIRONMENTS.
WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE WALKING
AND BIKING TRANSIT, CREATE A
GREAT NETWORK FOR EVERY MODE
AND A GREAT NETWORK OF PUBLIC
OPEN SPACE.
WE WANTED TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE
OF ALL ABILITIES.
WE WANTED TO TRANSFORM THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY INTO OPEN SPACE.
THE PROJECT THE MOST ACTIVE
PHASE OF THE PROJECT WAS LAST
WHEN WE WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER.
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS,
STAKEHOLDERS AND THE CITY,
AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY, WE
HOSTED THREE COMMITTEE
WORKSHOPS.
THREE ONLINE SURVEYS, INTENSIVE
DESIGN WITH THE CITY.
AND WE HELD AN INTERACTIVE
BOOTH TO THE STREET FAIR.
WE APPLAUDED THE ADAPTIVE MOVE
TO ADD A PROVISO TO THE FUNDING
ON 30s, 33rd STREET.
THE CITY HAS NOW IMPLEMENTED
THE PLAN.
WE WANT THEM TO FOLLOW THROUGH
ON THE PRIORITIES.
BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER
THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO GET
DONE.
BUSES ON BROOKLYN.
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT FORM THE
FUTURE MOBILITY WILL TAKE WITH
INNOVATIONS SUCH AS SCOOTERS
AND CAR SHARE AND BIKE SHARE.
THE MOST RELIGIOUS, REALISTIC
STRATEGY IS TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE.
BUSES WILL BE ABSENT FROM
BROOKLYN AVENUE.
WE ENCOURAGE A COORDINATED
EFFORT TO ADD SIX MORE INCHES
TO ACCOMMODATE BUSES.
ALSO, WHAT HAPPENS ON 43rd
STREET WAS AT THE TIME FOR THE
DISTRICT.
WE WANT TO BE BOLD WITH THIS
PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY OPTION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
FOLLOWING DREW WILL BE RUBY
CHRYSLER.
>> I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT
COREY SAID.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON
FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
FOLKS LIKE RUDY WHO IS SPEAKING
AFTER ME, THE LAST 10 YEARS,
WE'VE BEEN GOING, WE ARE
GETTING THIS LIGHT RAIL
STATION.
HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GET
THERE?
SO I THINK WHAT THIS PLAN
REPRESENTS WAS FIRST AN ATTEMPT
TO GO TO THE AGENCIES INVOLVED.
TO SAY WHAT THE PLAN IS.
HOW WILL PEOPLE GET THERE?
AND WHEN THE ANSWER WAS A
LITTLE MUDDLED AND NOT WELL
DEVELOPED, WE ASKED MAYBE YOU
SHOULD HAVE A STATION ACCESS
PLAN.
WHEN ANSWER WAS IT WILL NOT FIT
IN THE WORKFLOW.
WE WERE VERY THANKFUL THAT WE
HAD ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE
AGENCIES.
FROM ROB JOHNSON'S OFFICE TO
DEVELOP THE COMMUNITY LED PLAN
THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TODAY.
AND WHAT I THINK I WOULD LIKE
TO ASK IS, THAT YOU CONTINUE TO
BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THESE
VALUES AND VISIONS AND GOALS
AND CONCEPTS THAT BEEN PUT
FORWARD.
IN THIS PLAN AND OTHERS.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK
GETTING OUT IN FRONT, TALKING
TO EVERYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE
DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT HOW THINGS
WORK AROUND THE STATION.
BEGAN SURE SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS WHO DELIVER THE GOODS
WITH CHEVY ASTRO VANS FEEL LIKE
THEY HAVE A WORKABLE PLAN AS
MUCH AS THE YOU DUB.
HOW THEY WILL ACCOMMODATE THE
20,000 PEOPLE THEY WILL BE
ADDING TO CANVAS.
WE ASK THAT YOU RESPECT THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
GOING ON A LONG TIME.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN THERE
ARE INEVITABLE DIFFICULTIES IN
A GROWING PLACE LIKE THAT YOU
DISTRICT, WE REFLECT BACK TO
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT
HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THESE
CONCEPTS AND KEEP DEVELOPING A
GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WORKS
FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
FOLLOWING RUDY WILL BE MONA
BEST.
>> HELLO I AM RUDY.
I AM SURPRISED BECAUSE COREY
JUST SIGNED ME UP TO SPEAK
HERE.
I REPRESENT THE UNIVERSITY PART
AMENITY CLUB.
THE COMMUNITY CLUB IS OBVIOUSLY
INTERESTED IN WHAT HAPPENS IN
THE NEW DISTRICT.
WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ALL
THE PLANNING THAT HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR AT LEAST THE PAST
SEVEN YEARS.
LEADING UP TO THE UP ZONE AND
IN THE OF ZONE, THERE ARE ALL
SORTS OF TALL BUILDINGS THAT
ARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT
NOW.
BUT WHAT IS REALLY MISSING IS
ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IT
COULD BE POLICE SUPPORT THE
SCHOOLS, SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, WE
REALLY FORMED THIS WORKING
GROUP THAT COREY HAS BEEN
TALKING ABOUT, TO PUSH ALONG
THESE THINGS THAT WERE ALSO
FORFEITED AT THE TIME AS PART
OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO IT WOULD BE REALLY GRATEFUL
TO HAVE ANOTHER RESOLUTION THAT
IS PUSHING FOR REASONABLE
PLANNING AROUND THE LIGHT RAIL
STATION.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD, WE HAVE DONE
A LOT OF UPDATES.
AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE MIGHT BE OTHER OPINIONS
ABOUT THIS.
ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS WE NEED
IN THE FUTURE IS NOT TO BOX
OURSELVES IN BUT TO KEEP THINGS
FLEXIBLE SO THAT AS THINGS
EVOLVE, WE CAN DO SOMETHING
REASONABLE IN THE LONG TERM.
SO THAT IS WHAT THIS RESOLUTION
IS ABOUT.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH IF YOU
ARE GOING TO PASS IT.
>> THANK YOU, RUDY.
MONA?
SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY E
ALICIA DAVIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I ASK YOU TO ENGAGE THIS TOPIC
NOT ONLY CEREBRAL HE WITH YOUR
HEAD, BUT WITH YOUR HEART.
EVERY DAY, I WANT TO START BY
SAYING WHAT I AM HERE TO
SUPPORT AND ENDING WITH IT AS
WELL.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF U.S.
SENATE BILL 726, THE PERSONAL-
CARE PROUCT SAFETY ACT.
EVERY DAY WE ARE EXPOSED TO
TOXIC MOGULS THROUGHOUT A
VARIETY OF MEANS.
THE FOODS WE EAT, THE AIR WE
BREATHE, OUR CLEANING PRODUCTS
AND THE PRODUCTS WE PUT ON OUR
BODIES.
DAILY EXPOSURE TO TOXIC
CHEMICALS HAS A PROFOUND AND
LASTING EFFECT UPON OUR HEALTH
AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS.
WOMEN OF COLOR HAVE A HIGHER
INCIDENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPOSURE TO
TOXIC CEMICALS.
WOMEN OF COLOR HAVE A HIGHER
LEVEL OF TOXIC CHEMICALS IN
THEIR BODIES THAT IMPACT THEIR
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
BUT THIS IS NOT JUST A WOMEN'S
ISSUE.
ONE AND THREE CHILDREN ARE
DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM, ADD EMMA
ADHD AND OTHER ILLNESSES.
I HAVE BEEN A SPEECH
PATHOLOGIST WORKING IN THE
MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL SETTING
FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
OVER THIS TIME, I HAVE WORKED
DAY IN AND OUT WITH FAMILIES,
EDUCATORS AND THE HONOR OF
WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND HAVE
SEEN A RISE IN THIS ILLNESS
DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE SUCCESS
OF THE STUDENTS THAT I SERVE.
AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
I HAVE BEEN AN EDUCATOR AND AN
ADVOCATE AS IT PERTAINS TO
CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN
THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING.
I AM ALSO HERE BECAUSE I A
BEAUTY CONSULTANT.
THE LEADER IN THE HEART BEHIND
BRINGING CLEAN, SAFER PRODUCTS
TO ALL PEOPLE.
I AM USING MY VOICE TO EDUCATES
AND ADVOCATES AS IT RELATES TO
THE LACK OF REGULATION AND
SAFETY REGARDING THE COSMETIC
INDUSTRY.
>> THANK YOU, MISS BEST.
CAN WE WRAP-UP?
>> THE BILL HAS NOT BEEN PASSED
SINCE 1938 TO IMPROVE
TRANSPARENCY AND HEALTH.
I LEAVE YOU WITH THINKING ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THAT WAS WHEN THE
PAUL POINT PEN WAS CREATED.
WE NEED TO HAVE CHANGE.
THIS IS OUR ISSUE AND IT IS AN
ISSUE THAT ONLY ALL OF US CAN
RESOLVE.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR LAST TWO SPEAKERS WILL BE
ALICIA DAVIS AND ROBERT SMILEY.
>> I CAN HEAR TOTALLY PREPARED
TO SUPPORT ALL OF MY FELLOW
CONSUMERS IS A BEAUTY INDUSTRY
AND NOT PREPARED TO SPEAK.
SO BEAR WITH ME.
I AM ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
PERSONAL-CARE PRODUCTSAND
SAFETY ACT.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ROB
JOHNSON FOR BRINGING A
RESOLUTION FORWARD.
AS A CONSUMER OF THE BEAUTY
INDUSTRY, I WAS BLOWN AWAY TO
FIND OUT THE FACTS OF THE
NEARLY UNREGULATED COSMETIC
INDUSTRY.
IT IS CONFUSING IN AN
UNREGULATED MARKETPLACE WHERE
AS COMMUTERS, WE DON'T KNOW
EVERYTHING THAT IS IN OUR
PRODUCTS.
PRODUCTS THAT ARE LABELED
NATURAL AND ORGANIC EMMA GREEN,
THEY CAN STILL CONTAIN TOXIC
MOGULS.
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF
REGULATING THAT.
LETTING US AS YOUNG WOMEN OF
WHATEVER AGE WHEREAT, GIVING US
THAT CHOICE OF PUTTING CLEANER
PRODUCTS ON OUR BODY AND
THEREFORE EXTENDING OUR
LIFESPAN AND THE LIFESPAN OF
OUR YOUNG ONES.
>> THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS.
OUR LAST SPEAKER WILL BE ROBERT
SMILEY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS ROBERT SMILE.
I AM THE FOUNDER OF THE HAND UP
PROJECT.
WHAT WE DO IS WE GO OUT IN THE
WOODS AND WHEN WE TALK TO
PEOPLE AND GET THEM INTO DETOX
TREATMENT, WE GET THEM THERE
WITHIN 24 HOURS.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS
LAKE UNION THING.
I WAS ALWAYS RAISED THAT DOING
THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER,
EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT,
IT WAS CALLED INSANITY.
WITH LIPTON SPRINGS, WE DID A
CLEAN UP THERE WITH ALL OF THE
NEEDLES AND THEN MOST OF THE
PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE BEING
MOVED OVER TO THE LAKE UNION
PLACE.
I KNOW A COUPLE OF THEM THAT
MOVED INTO LIPTON SPRINGS WHEN
IT FIRST OPENED AND NOW THEY'RE
LIVING OVER THERE IN THE LAKE
UNION ONE.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP US WITH
THIS HOMELESS PROBLEM, WE NEED
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FACT THAT
THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT
TYPES.
MENTAL ILLNESS, DRUG ADDICTION
AND ECONOMICALLY DISPLACE
PEOPLE OUT THERE.
THEY ALL NEED THREE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF SOLUTIONS.
BUT LOW BARRIER IS NOT ONE OF
THEM.
IDEALLY THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO I HAVE UP NORTH AND
BOTTOM LINE IS THERE IS ZERO
TOLERANCE.
THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
DRINKING AND DRUGS I WILL PUT
THEM IN A CAMP AND WORK THEM
THROUGH SERVICES AND GET THEM
CONNECTED.
EVERY 69 MONTHS THEY GRADUATE
INTO THEIR OWN APARTMENT.
IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH
DRINKING AND DRUGS.
I GET THEM INTO RECOVERY
HOUSING TO GET THEIR LIFE BACK.
THE IDEA OF PUTTING PEOPLE THAT
ARE STILL ALLOWED TO DRINK AND
USE DRUGS INTO THE RESOURCES
AND TINY HOMES IS RIDICULOUS.
BECAUSE WHEN I HAVE DONE THAT
I'M CONSTANTLY NOT FINDING
PEOPLE FOR APPOINTMENTS.
THEY SET UP APPOINTMENTS AND GO
TO FIND THEM IN THERE HIGH OR
WHATEVER.
THERE THIS OR THAT.
PLEASE RECONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE
DOING WITH THE LAKE UNION
PROPERTY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. SMILEY.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
THAT IS A THANK YOU TO SHARE
YOUR COMMAS.
>> WE MOVED TO PASS ACCOUNTABLE
119 488.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BELL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ?
PRESIDENT HARREL?
SEVEN IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSE.
>>> PLEASE READ THE FIRST
DIMER.
>> APPOINTMENT 1267.
THE APPOINTMENT OF STEPHANIE
ELLIS-SMITH.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENT BECOME BARBED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> DISAPPOINTED TO THE MUSEUM
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS ONE
THAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE
COUNCIL BY THE MDA LEARNING
COUNCIL IT IS AN APPOINTMENT
FOR A VACANT POSITION.
THIS WILL BE MS. TRENDS 11,
STEPHANIE ELLIS-SMITH'S FIRST
APPOINTMENT.
CURRENTLY, SHE IS THE FOUNDER
PRINCIPLE OF FILE ENGAGED
GIVING.
THEY DO AMAZING PHILANTHROPIC
ADVISORY WORK.
SHE WAS THE PASSPORT DIRECTOR
OF ARTISTS TRUST.
SHE SERVED AS AN ART
COMMISSIONER FROM 2008 TO 2010.
AND IT WASHINGTON STATE ARTS
COMMISSIONER.
>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON
THIS NOMINATION?
I JUST WANTED TO THANK
STEPHANIE ELLIS-SMITH.
I AM AWARE OF ALL OF THE GREAT
WORK SHE HAS DONE.
THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THE
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNING
COUNCIL.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS
APPOINTMENT PLEASE VOTE AYE.
LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE APPOINTMENT, PLEASE VOTE
AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED BUT NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE OF APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT
APPOINTMENT.
>> APPOINTMENT 1235.
THE APPOINTMENT OF WAYNE ADRAIN
ROCQUE OF THE LGBTQ COMMISSION
FOR A TERM OF APRIL 30, 2020.
>> MR. WAYNE ADRAIN ROCQUE IS
AN APPOINTMENT BROUGHT TO US BY
THE COUNCIL.
THE COUNCIL IS THE APPOINTING
AUTHORITY.
HE IS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
SPECIALIST WORKING AT ASIAN
COUNSELING AND REFERRAL
SERVICES.
HE HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING
WORK ON ENVIRONMENTAL HOUSING
AND DISABILITIES ISSUES.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE APPOINTMENT PLEASE VOTE
AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED FOR NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
FINANCE NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE.
>>> 119485, AUTHORIZED THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION TO EXECUTE A LEASE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN SELIG
HOLDINGS COMPANY, LLC AND THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
THE ELLIOTT BAY OFFICE PARK.
THE COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ THANK
YOU FOR FILLING IN FOR
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
>> CANCEL BILL 119485 WITH
AUTHORIZED THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO
EXECUTE A LEASE FOR 300 ELLIOTT
AVENUE WEST.
IT CAN BE RENEWED FOR TWO MORE
YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF UP TO 25
YEARS.
THE TOTAL SPACE BEING LEASED IS
28,000 FT.B2.
IT CAN BE INCREASED BY UP TO
4000 FEET WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE
YEARS OF THE LEASE.
THE LEASE RIGHT IS DIRTY THREE
DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT OR
$924,000 PER YEAR.
THE LEASE RATE WILL INCREASE
ANNUALLY BY ONE DOLLAR PER
SQUARE FOOT STARTING IN 2021.
THIS NEW LEASE SIGNIFIES THE
MOVING OF 113 STAFF MEMBERS OF
THE PARKS AND RECREATION
DEPARTMENT.
THEY WILL BE MOVED TO THE
CURRENT OFFICE SPACE IN THE RDA
OFFICE BUILDING IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
THE CURRENT LEASE IN THAT
BUILDING AND THE CURRENT
BUILDING EXPIRES IN NOVEMBER OF
THIS YEAR SO THERE IS A SENSE
OF URGENCY AROUND TIMELINESS OF
ACTION ON THE CITY COUNCIL BILL
TO ALLOW FOR THE MOVE TO BEGIN
TO ACQUIRE.
THE LOCATION OF THE NEW OFFICE
SPACE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE MAIN
PARKS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
IN DENNY PARK, WHICH IN
ADDITION TO THE FAVORABLE LEASE
RATE TERMS MADE A GOOD CHOICE
FOR THE FAVORABLE SPACE.
THE ORDINANCE WAS CONSIDERED IN
THE FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE ON MARCH 22 AND IT IS
THE COMMITTEE'S UNANIMOUS
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL PASSED THIS COUNCIL
BILL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
IF NOT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ?
PRESIDENT HARREL?
SEVEN IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSE.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND CHERYL
WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
HUMAN SERVICES, EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT AND RENTER RIGHTS
COMMITTEE.
>> ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE,
APPOINTMENTS 1238 AND 1276, THE
APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT D. COOK
AND DORIS W. KOO FOR THE
CONSISTING.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> ROBERT D. COOK AND DORIS W.
KOO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR
THE CONSISTING.
ROBERT D. COOK WAS APPOINTED
BY THE KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
LAST WEEK WE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO BOTH OF
THEM IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
RENTERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE ALONG
WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE PDA
ABOUT THE SPECIFIC HOSPITAL AND
THEIR WORK.
WE DISCUSSED THE PLAN TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE
PACIFIC HOSPITAL CAMPUS WHICH
IS PARTIALLY FUNDED IN THE
PROPOSED STATE BUDGET LAST
WEEK.
BEFORE THE MEETING, MY OFFICE
ASKED NOMINEES TO PREPARE TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
POSITION ON THIS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECT.
OF COURSE I COMPLETELY SUPPORT
THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT
AND WAS SEEKING RESPONSES FROM
THE NOMINEES AT THE TABLE.
IN BOTH REMEDIES EXPRESSED
SUPPORT FOR THAT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECT.
AS A RESULT, THE COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE
CONFIRM THESE APPOINTMENTS.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATED HAVING A CHANCE
TO WORK WITH THEM IN THE PAST.
INCLUDING ROBERT D. COOK AND
DORIS W. KOO.
I AM PROUD OF THE RUSSIANS WE
SUBMITTED TO THE CANDIDATES AND
I THINK ROBERT D. COOK FOR HIS
RESPONSES AS WELL.
WE ARE ALL IN ALIGNMENT WITH
SEEING THAT SENIOR CENTER
úCREATED ON THE NORTH LOT IN
ADDITION TO MAKING SURE AS THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT ENGINE
EARLIER, THAT THE GOOD WORK
THEY DO THROUGH GRANT FUNDING
FOR OUR COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS
WERE WORKING ON ENSURING WE ARE
ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES
AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE AND HOW THE
COMMUNITIES THROUGH ADDRESSING
THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF
HEALTH, THAT THEY GET THAT
FUNDING OUT TO CRITICAL
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I
RECEIVED THIS MORNING AND A
HUGE AMOUNT OF APPRECIATION FOR
THE QUICK WORK ON BEHALF OF THE
NOMINEE.
I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF
THESE TWO NOMINATIONS GOING
FORWARD.
I WILL BE VOTING YES.
>> VERY GOOD.
AND HE FOR THE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THESE TWO APPOINTMENTS, PLEASE
VOTE AYE.
DOES OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
>> PLEASE READ THE REPORT FROM
THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
>> RESOLUTION 31873 RECOGNIZING
THE COMMUNITY LED VISIONING
PROCESS AND THE RECOGNITIONS
FOUND IN THAT YOU DISTRICT TO
STATION AREA MOBILITY PLAN AND
SUPPORTING A PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED
REBUILD OF NORTHEAST 43rd
STREET.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
THE CITY ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED.
>> I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
IMMINENT OPENING OF THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT LIGHT RAIL
STATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CREATE A VIBRANT, LIVELY
TRANSPORTATION HUB THERE THAT
SERVES ALL SORTS OF USERS.
I AM REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE COME
TOGETHER TO HELP CREATE A
VISION OF THAT THIS RESOLUTION
ADOPTS THAT.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
JOHNSON'S WORK TO GET US THERE.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
>> I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO
ADD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
ARE HAPPENING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
RATHER THAN WAIT, AS YOU HEARD
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
RESPOND TO REQUESTS FROM A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES,
KING COUNTY METRO, SEVERAL
DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS,
THIS GROUP OF FOLKS BANDED
TOGETHER, CAME UP WITH THEIR
OWN VISION AND ARE WORKING
REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT
THESE INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENT
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE WORKING
HARD TO IMPLEMENT THE VISION AS
OPPOSED TO BEING RESPONSIVE.
THEY WERE PROACTIVE AND I WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM
FOR MULTIPLE YEARS WITH THE
BOARD WERE.
THE CITY HELPS THEM CREATE THAT
VISION.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
THOSE MAKERS WHO DID A LOT OF
THAT WORK AND AS MENTIONED, MY
CHIEF OF STAFF AMY GORE SPENT
LITERALLY YEARS WORKING ON THE
PROJECT.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THIS SMALL
RESOLUTION TODAY TO AFFIRM THE
GOOD WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO
ITS IMPLEMENTATION.
>> EXCELLENT.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> I THINK THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT IN
SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE
RESOLUTION PLEASE VOTE AYE.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE RESOLUTION CARRIES.
TH RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
CHERYL WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> FOR ADOPTION OF OTHER
RESOLUTIONS.
AGENDA ITEM, RESOLUTION 31875,
RETIRING INTRODUCED AND
REFERRED COUNCIL BILLS,
RESOLUTIONS, CLERK FILES AND
APPOINTMENT THAT HAVE RECEIVED
NO FURTHER ACTION.
>> AS I DESCRIBED THIS MORNING,
THIS WAS OUR ADMINISTRATION
LEGISLATION WHERE WE HAVE THE
PROCESS ACCORDING TO RULE 186
WHERE WE RETIRE LEGISLATION
THAT HAS BEEN IN A STANDING
COMMITTEE OR BEFORE THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR.
AGAIN, THIS REFERS TO BILLS,
RESOLUTIONS, CLERK FILES AND
APPOINTMENTS.
AND WE HAVE MADE THIS LIST OF
COURSE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AS
ATTACHMENT ONE TO THE
RESOLUTION.
IT IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY
YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?
IF NOT, THOSE IN FAVOR, I WILL
MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 31875.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE
RESOLUTION PLEASE WAIT AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
RESOLUTIONS ADOPT AND CHERYL
WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> RESOLUTION 31876, IN SUPPORT
OF U.S. SENATE BILL 726, THE
PERSONAL-CARE PRODUCTS SAFETY
ACT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE AS I
MENTIONED DURING COUNCIL
BRIEFING THIS MORNING.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT
SUPPORTS A BILL IN FRONT OF THE
U.S. SENATE THAT WOULD DO A
BETTER JOB OF REGULATING THE
PERSONAL-CARE INDUSTRY.
IT IS A $70 BILLION A YEAR
INDUSTRY AND IT IS REGULATED BY
APPROXIMATELY TWO PAGES OF
FEDERAL LAW.
THAT IS AN ASTOUNDING THING TO
ME.
AS WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT
TODAY, THE CHANGES TO THE LAW
SINCE THE INVENTION OF THE
BALLPOINT PEN.
IT HAS BEEN NOW MORE THAN 80
YEARS SINE WE HAD ANY ACTION
TO BAN THE CHEMICALS FROM THE
THINGS THAT WERE PUT ON OUR
BODIES EVERY DAY.
WHEREAS THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS
BANNED MORE THAN 1400 CHEMICALS
IN THE LAST TWO DECADES.
WE AS INDIVIDUALS PUT PROBABLY
ABOUT 100 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL
CHEMICALS ON OUR BODIES EVERY
DAY.
I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO REALLY BE
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT THOSE
THINGS ARE FOLKS THINKS IT IS
JUST A BEAUTY COUNTER TEAM
TODAY.
I THINK YOU TO MY WIFE KATIE
FOR HELPING TO ORGANIZE FOLKS
TODAY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER MAJOR
BRANDS LIKE L'OREAL, JOHNSON &
JOHNSON, ESTCE LAUDER,, PROCTER
& GAMBLE, THEY HAVE ALL
SUPPORTED THIS LEGISLATION.
IT HAS ALSO BEEN SUPPORTED BY
FOLKS LIKE THE MARCH OF DIMES,
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS, THE NATIONAL
WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE NETWORK AND
A HOST OF OTHERS.
IT IS A BIPARTISAN BILL.
IT IS TIME FOR US TO START
TAKING ACTION AND THIS IS A
SMALL WAY OF DEMONSTRATING OUR
LOYAL SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
JOHNSON FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS OR CONCERNS?
I THINK THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY TO SHOW SUCH STRONG
SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
THE RESOLUTION PLEASE VOTE AYE.
DOES OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
CHERYL WILL SIGN IT.
I WILL FIRST ASK IF THERE ARE
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS ISSUES
THAT NEED TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
THEN I WILL SAY A FEW WORDS AND
LET COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON SAY A
FEW WORDS.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER
BUSINESS ITEMS THAT NEED TO
COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
NO?
SO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, I
WILL STARTED OFF.
I WILL SAY IT HAS BEEN
ABSOLUTELY A PROBLEM SURE,
PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD, TO THE
REPLACE THE PROCESS.
I AM BEING FACETIOUS.
I MET YOU WHEN YOU WERE
LOBBYING ON TRANSPORTATION
ISSUES.
YOU WERE A STRONG LOBBYIST.
I KNOW YOUR PASSION FOR
TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS FOR
OUR ENVIRONMENT, FOR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
FOR THE CHILDREN.
I THINK HAVING YOUNG KIDS IN
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS I
DID WHEN I FIRST JOINED WAS A
UNIQUE'S PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
SO IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE
SERVING WITH YOU AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN
YOUR NEW CAPACITY.
IT HAS BEEN MY HONOR.
DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SAY
ANY WORDS TO COUNCIL MEMBER
JOHNSON?
MAYBE HE HAD'S SOME WORDS FOR
US?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I KNOW YOU WILL BE PROUD FOR
DECADES TO COME OF THE
FINGERPRINTS YOU HAVE PUT ON
THIS CITY, BOTH IN PHYSICAL
WAYS, POLICY WAYS, THEY WILL
HAVE LASTING AND POSITIVE
IMPACTS FOR COMMUNITIES FOR A
LONG TIME.
THIS IS THE PASSAGE OF MHA AND
THE LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALL IT
WILL BRING.
I WILL MISS HAVING YOU ON MY
SIDE OF THE AISLE.
HAVING SOMEONE TO CONNECT WITH
ON OCCASION.
JOKE WITH.
I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH
YOU.
WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN ON THE
SAME PLACE BUT WE ALWAYS, I
FEEL, DONE A FINE JOB OF
FINDING A WAY TO MEET IN THE
MIDDLE.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, I WAS
NOTED TO THE PRESIDENT I WOULD
LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE
IT HAS NOT ONLY BEEN AN HONOR
TO SERVE WITH YOU ON CITY
COUNCIL, BUT IT WAS AN HONOR TO
WORK WITH YOU 10 OR 12 YEARS
AGO.
WHEN YOU ARE WITH
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES AND I
WAS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH.
AS A RECENT GRADUATE FROM THE
EVERGREEN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION, IRKING ON MY
FINAL PROJECT, RUNNING THE
NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
POLICY LEADERSHIP GROUP.
IT WAS YOUR STEADFAST
LEADERSHIP IN THAT COALITION
THAT MADE ME THINK THAT THE
CHANGE IS POSSIBLE.
EVEN THOUGH WE KEPT RUNNING
INTO READBACK AFTER ROADBLOCK
ON ISSUES AROUND SAFETY,
GETTING HEALTHIER FOODS IN
SCHOOL, YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE ME
HOPE THAT CHANGE WAS POSSIBLE.
AS A YOUNG POLICY ADVOCATE,
SEEING ANOTHER YOUNG POLICY
ADVOCATE WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN HIS CAREER SHOWED
THAT THE PATHWAY FORWARD IN THE
ADVOCACY WORLD AND NOW AS A
COUNCIL MEMBER, SHOWING WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE INCLUSIVE AND
RESPECTFUL AND TO BE THOUGHTFUL
AND POLICYMAKING, YOU HAVE
SHOWN THE CITY HOW IT IS
POSSIBLE TO TAKE THIS GOOD
IDEAS WE HEAR ABOUT FROM OUR
FAMILIES, FROM THE LEADERS THAT
WE'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST
AND IN THE SEATS, TO TURN THOSE
POLICY IDEAS INTO ACTION AND
LAW.
THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE, FOR
THE TIME I HAVE KNOWN YOU OVER
THE LAST DECADE TO SHOW THAT IT
IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE CHANGES
INTO LIFTED THE COMMUNITY
VOICE, WITH HER YOU ARE OUTSIDE
OF THESE HALLS OR SITTING IN
THAT SEAT RIGHT THERE.
I KNOW WE WILL KEEP WORKING
WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
CITY IS A HEALTHIER AND MORE
INCLUSIVE PLACE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK
OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE KNOWN
YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> ROB, I AM TRYING TO REMEMBER
WHEN WE FIRST MET.
I AM NOT SURE.
WE SERVED ON THE STATE BUDGET
COMMITTEE OVER A DOZEN YEARS
AGO.
BUT WE INTERESTED BEFORE AND
YOU WERE WITH TRANSPORTATION
CHOICES AND I WAS A VOLUNTEER
AT THE SIERRA CLUB.
I ALWAYS VALUED OUR FRIENDSHIP
AND RELATIONSHIP AND OUR WORK
TOGETHER.
IT HAS BEEN A REAL HONOR TO
WORK FOR 4 YEARS WITH YOU IN AN
OFFICE RIGHT NEXT TO ON A DAY-
TO-DAY BASIS.
THAT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
YOU ARE SOMEONE, WHEN I COUNT
BACK TO HOW LONG, I KNOW I AM
OLDER THAN YOU.
I'M NOT SURE.
I THOUGHT I STARTED PRETTY
YOUNG BUT YOU MUST'VE BEEN AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN I FIRST
MET YOU.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE MATH WORKS
OUT BUT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO, YOU
HAVE BEEN GREAT TO COLLABORATE
WITH.
THE CO-CONSPIRATOR AT TIMES YOU
HAVE ALSO BEEN SOMEONE WHO
BROUGHT SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE TO
THIS WORK.
YOU HAVE HELPED EDUCATE ME IN
MY ACTIVISM THROUGH THAT.
AND UNDERSTANDING.
ESPECIALLY AROUND
TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN
POLICY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT OVER
THE YEARS.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TOO FAR
AWAY SO I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THE RELATIONSHIP AND
WORKING TOGETHER.
CONTINUING TO GET ADVICE FROM
YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE.
WE WILL MISS YOU FOR THE NEXT
SIX MONTHS.
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT
COMES NEXT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> ROB LIKES TO JOKE THAT HE
HATES GOING IMMEDIATELY AFTER
ME.
I DECIDED I WOULD GET HIM ONE
LAST TIME ON THE WAY OUT.
[ LAUGHTER ] SERIOUSLY, I HAVE
REALLY ENJOYED HAVING YOU AS A
COLLEAGUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, IT HAS
BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE FOR
MANY OF THE REASONS THAT HAVE
ALREADY BEEN ARTICULATED
APPEAR.
I THINK FOR ME IT HAS A REALLY
AN IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
YOU BRING A VERY FRIEND STYLE
OF GOVERNANCE AND THAT INCLUDES
ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO HAVE
TOUGH CONVERSATIONS.
EVEN WHEN YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE
WITH THEM.
TO REALLY FOCUS YOURSELF IN
COALITION BUILDING.
THAT IS WHERE YOU COME FROM.
COALITION BUILDING AND BRINGING
PEOPLE TOGETHER WHO MIGHT NOT
BE SORT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD
NATURALLY COME TOGETHER.
I THINK THE FIRST TIME I MET
YOU WAS AT OUR FIRST DEBATE
WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING IN 2015.
IN EASTLAKE.
IT HAS BEEN FUN EVER SINCE
THEN.
BUT REALLY, I GUESS THE
FOLLOWING REMARKS ARE REALLY
INTENDED MORE FOR KATIE.
YOUR GIRLS.
I HOPE YOU KNOW KATIE HOW
WONDERFUL ROB IS.
I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW HOW
WONDERFUL HE IS.
BUT I HOPE YOU APPRECIATE HOW
MUCH HE HAS DONE FOR THIS CITY.
AND THAT IT HAS BEEN DONE OUT
OF THE LOVE FOR YOU AND YOUR
GIRLS AND FOR ALL OF THE
FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MADE GREAT
SACRIFICES TO SUPPORT ROB'S
COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE
GIRLS FOR LETTING US HAVE HIM.
FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS
IN THIS REALLY TOUGH JOB.
THANK YOU, KATIE FOR YOUR
PUBLIC SERVICE IN ALLOWING US TO
HAVE ROB FOR THIS PERIOD OF
TIME.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY AMAZING.
I KNOW YOU WILL ALL BE AROUND
AND BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE JUST BEEN SO THRILLED TO
BE ABLE TO FIGHT FOR A MORE
EQUITABLE, JUST AND INCLUSIVE
CITY THAT INCLUDES
TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL.
THAT INCLUDES HOUSING FOR ALL.
THAT INCLUDES EDUCATION
PROGRAMS AND I AM REALLY JUST
PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A COLLEAGUE
OF YOURS FOR THE SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME.
WE WILL MISS YOU AND I'M HOPING
YOUR SPEECH WILL END WITH APRIL
FOOLS, I AM STAYING.
YOU DON'T HAVE DO THE
REAPPOINTMENT THING.
JUST KIDDING.
BUT I SUSPECT THAT IS NOT THE
GIFT THAT WILL BE RECEIVED.
LAUGHTER ]
>> WOULDN'T DIP BE FUNNY IF I
JUST DO THIS FOR A THREE WEEK
VACATION.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN REAPPLIED.
YOU KNOW, I WROTE DOWN A LIST
OF THINGS THAT I AM REALLY
PROUD OF ACCOMPLISHING ON THIS
COUNSEL FOR THE LAST 3 1/4
YEARS.
BUT IT FEELS HOLLOW COMPARED TO
THOSE VERY KIND WORDS.
SO I'LL JUST LEAVE WITH A
COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.
I WAS REALLY INSPIRED TO DO
THIS JOB NOT JUST BECAUSE OF
LEGENDS IN THE CIVIC SPACE LIKE
JIM ELLISON THAT WE HEAR ABOUT
AND PUBLIC POLICY IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF PERSONAL
HERE IS, HEROES OF MINE.
THERE IS THE LONE WOLF, WHICH
IS A LEGEND IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY.
FOR COMMITMENT TO
ENVIRONMENTALISM AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.
AND MY OWN GRANDMOTHER,
MARGARET SMITH WHO WAS IN THE
FIRST GRADUATING CLASS AT
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY.
THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF
WOMEN AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY.
SHE WAS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE
DEPRESSION AS BEING ONE OF
THOSE HOUSES WHERE YOU ARE ABLE
TO KNOCK ON THE BACK DOOR IF
YOU NEEDED A SANDWICH AND WERE
HUNGRY.
THOSE PEOPLE INSPIRED ME TO DO
THIS JOB.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SERVE
THE PUBLIC AND I DIDN'T EXPECT
TO GET EMOTIONAL.
BUT I THINK A LOT ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I TALKED
ABOUT EARLY ON IN THIS JOB.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
OUR MONDAYS USED TO BE SHORT.
THEY USED TO BE 15 OR 20
MINUTES.
WE WOULD GET STUFF DONE AND
MOVE ON.
WE HAVEN'T HAD VERY SHORT
MONDAYS LATELY.
BUT I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT
IS THAT WE WORK ON HARD
PROBLEMS.
WE WORK ON HARD SOLUTIONS TO
THE PROBLEMS.
THOSE REQUIRE A LOT OF COMPLEX
WORK AND BEHIND THE SCENES
WORK.
I AM REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT I
THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE A LEADER
IN THE CITY.
I HOPE THAT MY BEHIND THE
SCENES STYLE AND COLLABORATIVE
NATURE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE WAYS
THAT HAS HELPED US GET THROUGH
SOME OF THE HARD THINGS.
I WILL CONFESS TO BE A LITTLE
CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE
RHETORIC THAT I HAVE SEEN IN
THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THAT COMES FROM BOTH
SIDES, WHETHER YOU ARE SOMEONE
WHO HAS SHOWN UP TO CITY
COUNCIL VERY ARDENTLY IN FAVOR
OF SOMETHING LIKE THE HEAD TAX
OR YOU HAVE ORGANIZED PUBLIC
FORMS AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT KIND OF POTENTIALLY PICK
ON INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS OR
THE PROCESS.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE
SEATTLE THAT I GREW UP IN.
IT IS NOT THE SEATTLE I WANT TO
SEE US BECOME.
I GET CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
RHETORIC BECAUSE IT REALLY
IMITATES THE KIND OF RHETORIC
THAT WE HAVE SEEN AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL WHICH PITS US
AGAINST EACH OTHER.
THIS IS THE CITY THAT DOES A
GOOD JOB OF GOVERNING IN
PARTICULAR, HARD SPACES WHERE
WE CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER.
WE CAN LEARN TO DISAGREE
WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE.
I AM SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, KATE.
WE HAVE HAD A, HARD COUPLE OF
YEARS.
TO HAVE LOST PARENTS, TO HAVE
WATCHED SO MANY PEOPLE STEP
INTO OUR LIVES TO HELP IN THOSE
SPACES.
I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO OUR
PARENTS WHO ARE STILL AROUND.
TO THOSE ANSWERS AND UNCLES AND
COUSINS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE
DEFENDED US.
WHO HAVE COCKTAIL PARTIES.
WHO GOT INTO FIGHTS WITH PEOPLE
ABOUT LAND USE BECAUSE THEY
KNEW HOW HARD THIS JOB WAS FOR
US.
TO JERRY AND EMILIO AND AMY AND
NOAH AND PATTY AND ALICIA AND
MAIA AND ALL OF THE OTHER FOLKS
WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND TO BABYSIT
OUR KIDS.
TO BE PART OF OUR LIVES.
I AM SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR
LETTING US DO THIS JOB.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY HARD JOB BUT
I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL,
THANK YOU.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET
EMOTIONAL.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES
WHERE YOU WISH THAT THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL WASN'T LIVE.
YOU COULD GO BACK AND EDIT SOME
OF THIS OUT.
BUT IT IS A TRUE HONOR TO HAVE
SERVED WITH YOU ALL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING
YOUR CAREERS FROM AFAR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU CANCEL MEMBER
JOHNSON.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WITH THOSE PASSIONATE WORDS,
WE STAND ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.