REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL AS
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS WHO WILL
BRIEF US, AS GONZALEZ SET OUR
MAIN AIM TODAY IS TO HEAR FROM
THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS EVENING'S
AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
EACH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE, AS
MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHO WORKED
WITH US, TO BRING THIS PUBLIC
SAFETY CONVERSATION TOGETHER, I
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.
A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE
ALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY
FOR PROVIDING US WITH BOTH FOOD
AND REFRESHMENT IN THE BACK OF
THE ROOM.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE ALLIANCE.
>> THERE IS PLENTY OF FOOD IN
THE BACK, SO PLEASE HELP
YOURSELVES TO AS MUCH FOOD AS
YOU WOULD LIKE.
AND, YOU ARE WELCOME TO TAKE
HOME FOOD AS WELL.
WHATEVER IT IS THAT IS NOT
ACTUALLY CONSUMED THIS EVENING
WILL -- WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING
-- DONATING THAT TO A SHELTER
IN THE AREA.
PLEASE TAKE AS MUCH AS YOU
WOULD LIKE AND WHATEVER IS LEFT
OVER, WE WILL MAKE SURE DOES
NOT GO TO WASTE.
AND OF COURSE, IT TAKES A LOT
OF HARD WORK TO PREPARE AND
ORGANIZE THESE MEETINGS OUTSIDE
OF CITY HALL, SO I WANT TO
APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF ALL
OF MY STAFF, WHO IS HERE THIS
EVENING, AND A SPECIAL THANK
YOU GOES TO CODY RYDER AND
ROXANA GOMEZ FROM MY OFFICE FOR
ALL THEY HAVE DONE TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE A REALLY SMOOTH
AND COMFORTABLE EVENING, AND
CONVERSATION, THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SOME LOGISTICS, QUICKLY, WE DO
HAVE INTERPRETER SERVICES
AVAILABLE IN SPANISH,
SECOND, WE HAVE CHILD CARE, FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T SPEAK
SPANISH, I WAS JUST EXPLAINING
IN SPANISH THERE IS TRANSITION
AVAILABLE SO IT'S HELPFUL
INFORMATION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT NEED
CHILDCARE, IF YOU BROUGHT ANY
KIDS WITH YOU THIS EVENING, WE
ALSO HAVE CHILD CARE SERVICES
AVAILABLE YOU CAN FIND IS
OUTSIDE THE DOOR, AS WELL.
YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO USE THEM
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, THEY
ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT, SO, TONIGHT, WE ARE
HERE TO DISCUSS ONGOING
COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT GUN
VIOLENCE IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
IN DOING SO, I WANT TO REALLY
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS OF
COURSE NOT A NEW ISSUE FOR THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT AND IT'S NOT A
NEW ISSUE FOR US AS A CITY OR
COUNTRY.
SADLY, WE KNOW THAT GUN
VIOLENCE KNOWS NO GEOGRAPHIC
BOUNDARIES, BUT I FIND THAT IT
IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US
TO CENTER THIS CONVERSATION IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARTICULAR,
WHICH HAS CONSISTENTLY
ADVOCATED FOR CONCRETE SOLUTIONS
, AND WHO CONTINUES TO COME I
BELIEVE, BEAR THE BRUNT AND
DISPROPORTIONATE BRUNT OF
EXPERIENCE WITH GUN VIOLENCE
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE HERE WITH
COMMUNITY, ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE
IMPACTS.
AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A
MOMENT, TO RECOGNIZE, THAT
THERE ARE MANY OF US IN THIS
ROOM THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED
PERSONALLY BY THIS ISSUE. THERE
ARE MANY OF US OUTSIDE OF THIS
ROOM HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS
ISSUE AND GUN VIOLENCE IN
PARTICULAR, AND I WANTED TO
JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO ALLOW US
TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, TO
REMEMBER THE FOLKS AND PEOPLE
WHO ARE FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND
OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMUNITY, WHO
WE HAVE LOST TO GUN VIOLENCE,
AND REALLY REFLECT ON HOW WE
ARE GOING TO RECOMMIT, HERE IN
THIS ROOM TOGETHER, TO KEEP
EACH OTHER SAFE, AND TO WORK
HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF
OUR NEIGHBORS FEEL LIKE THEY
ARE WELCOME AND SAFE MOVING
ABOUT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
IF YOU WILL JOIN ME IN A MOMENT
OF SILENCE, I WOULD APPRECIATE
THAT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
THAT.
>> THE GOALS FOR TONIGHT ARE
TWOFOLD.
FIRST, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE
MAYORS DEPARTMENT.
TO HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM
THEM ON THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE
INTENDED TO ADDRESS GUN
VIOLENCE AND ESSENTIAL
DISTRICTS.
THAT GO BEYOND AND INCLUDE LAW
ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES.
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS, SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, RECREATION AND THE
SEATTLE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
SECOND, OUR GOAL IS TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM CENTRAL DISTRICT
RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR REACTION
AND THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THOSE
STRATEGIES, AND ANY OTHER
THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE
CITY COUNCIL OR THE MAYORS
OFFICE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO
CONSIDER, AS WE MOVE FORTH.
AND, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND BEGIN THE AGENDA FOR THIS
EVENING.
BEFORE THE NEXT PART, I WILL
ASK IF YOU ARE HERE AS PART OF
THE FIRST PHASE OF PRESENTERS,
I WILL ASK YOU TO START MAKING
HER WAY UP TO THE ROOM WHILE I
DO THIS NEXT PART, BECAUSE I
WANT TO MINIMIZE THE LOGISTICS.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANTED
TO ACTUALLY GIVE VICTORIA
BEACH, CHAIR OF THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY
COUNCIL THE CHANCE TO PROVIDE
US SOME REMARKS.
I AM REALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU
VICTORIA, TO ALLOW US TO WORK
IN COLLABORATION WITH YOUR
ORDINARY MEETINGS IN THE SPACE,
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
COOPERATION, AND WILLINGNESS TO
BRING US ALL TOGETHER IN THE
SAME SPECIES -- SPACE, THANK
YOU VICTORIA.
>> WELL, I WANT TO MAKE --
THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.
I'M VICTORIA BEACH, CHAIR OF
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND, I
THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO BE TOGETHER BECAUSE IT IS
AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN
THE CONVERSATION.
I'M GOING TO KEEP IT SHORT,
BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE
COMMUNITY, BUT, WE MEET EVERY
THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH, AT
-- I'M NOT SURE WHERE OUR
MEETINGS WILL BE AT, I THINK
THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING HERE.
BUT, WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER
AS A COMMUNITY, AND HELP MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR VOICES
TO BE HEARD.
SO, WE SHOULD ALWAYS TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR
COMING.
>> THANK YOU VICTORIA.
I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SHARE A
QUICK STORY ABOUT VICTORIA, AND
I REALLY APPRECIATE HER
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY IN
THESE ISSUES.
SHE EMAILED MY OFFICE LAST
MONTH, WANTING ME TO COME TO A
MEETING AND I WAS UNFORTUNATELY
UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE I HAD A
DIFFERENT COMMITMENT AND
VICTORIA WAS REALLY UPSET WITH
ME.
SHE GOT SO MAD AT ME.
AND I WAS LIKE OH MAN, I DON'T
LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE ARE MAD AT
ME, SO I REACHED OUT TO HER,
AND SHE IMMEDIATELY OFFERED A
PHONE CALL.
AND, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW LONG
SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON THESE
ISSUES.
ABOUT, FRANKLY, HOW TIRED SHE
GETS, AND HOW SHE REALLY WANTS
TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT IS
MEANINGFUL, BECAUSE SHE CARES
SO DEEPLY FOR HER NEIGHBORS AND
THIS COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GET MAD AT
ME, AND THEN NOT BE MAD AT ME
ANYMORE.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOUR
SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND
SERVING IN THIS ROLE IS RARELY
SEEN AND APPRECIATED.
I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE IN THIS KIND OF
COMMUNITY SERVICE, BECAUSE WE
NEED YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> IS AN COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING
QUICKLY?
>> I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO
THANK A FEW OTHER PEOPLE.
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MANY OF
WHOM ARE HERE TODAY ACTUALLY.
WHO CAME TO MY COMMITTEE
MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO, JUST A
FEW DAYS AFTER THE RECENT SPATE
OF SHOOTINGS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING I
SEE EMILY THERE, CAME TO MY
COMMITTEE, AND TALKED ABOUT NOT
ONLY THE RECENT SPATE OF
SHOOTINGS, BUT HAVE CORRECTLY
BEEN EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT
THE FACT THAT IN THE CURRENT
SCHOOL YEAR, THERE HAS ALREADY
BEEN A SERIES OF DRIVE-BY
SHOOTINGS, THIS IS A SPECIFIC
PROBLEM WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AFTER THAT, I APPRECIATE THE
MAYORS OFFICE ALSO GOT
INVOLVED.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK SOME OF
MY STAFF MEMBERS, TED MURDO AND
DOUG JONES AND ALSO ADAM
JANKOWSKI WHO HAS BEEN ATTENDING
EAST PACK ATTENDING --
COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ALSO THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ADVISORY
COUNCIL MEETING MEETINGS AS
WELL BUT HE IS ON ABLE TO BE
SURE.
BUT I WANTED TO PASS ON MY
REGARDS POINT
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
OKAY, SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD
AND BEGIN THE PRESENTATIONS OF
THESE MATTERS, AND I APOLOGIZE
FOR THE TECHNICAL STUFF WE HAVE
TO DO BECAUSE THIS IS
TECHNICALLY A SPECIAL MEETING.
OH, NEVERMIND.
VICTORIA WOULD LIKE TO ADD
>> I SAID BEFORE IN ALL OF MY
MEETINGS, WE ALL WANT TO BE
HEARD AND I'M JUST ASKING THAT
EVERYBODY IS RESPECTFUL TOWARD
EACH OTHER.
WE HAVE A LIST OVER HERE OF OUR
GUIDELINES. PLEASE BE
RESPECTFUL.
>> REALLY IMPORTANT, SO WE HAVE
OUR RULES HERE BEHIND US OVER
HERE, AND, WE ARE BEING HOSTED
IN THIS SPACE, SO WE WILL MAKE
SURE THAT THOSE RULES CONTINUE
TO APPLY, AND I WILL ASK YOU TO
HELP ME MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ALL STAYING TRUE AND
ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE RULES, SO
THAT THE BURDEN DOES NOT JUST
FALL ON ONE PERSON AS WE HAVE
THIS CONVERSATION.
SO, COUNCIL RULES ALSO APPLY IN
THIS SETTING, SO, DISRUPTIONS
AND VIOLATIONS OF THE COUNCIL
RULE MUST BE TOLERATED.
AND IF YOU ARE DISRUPTIVE IN
THE MEETING, IN A MANNER THAT
IS PREVENTING OTHER PEOPLE FROM
ENGAGING IN THE MEETING, IN A
SAFE WAY, I WILL HAVE YOU
REMOVED.
ALL RIGHT.
ROXANA, IF YOU CAN READ THE
AGENDA ITEM INTO THE RECORD, I
WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE PRESENTATION
OF STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS GUN
VIOLENCE POINT
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ROXANA.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO A QUICK
ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE
FOLKS TO THE LEFT OF COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT, AND THAT I WILL
HANDED OVER TO SENIOR DEPUTY
MAYOR WHO WILL KICK IT OFF.
>> MICROPHONE, MAYOR'S OFFICE.
>> DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SGOT
OPERATIONS.
>> MARBURG DIRECTOR OF
GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE
AFFAIRS FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
>> AND I'M DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
THIS EVENING, REALLY APPRECIATE
IT.
DEPUTY MAYOR FONG, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO KICK US OFF?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
ON BEHALF OF MAYOR DIRK AND I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONTINUED LEADERSHIP.
AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND
ALSO GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BOTH TO
SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
STRATEGIES WE WILL BE EMPLOYING
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND, WE WILL
BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE, AS WE
WALK THROUGH A NUMBER OF
EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY THIS
TIME OF YEAR, HOLISTIC APPROACH
TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND AS BOTH ACCOUNTS MEMBERS
GONZALEZ AND SAWANT HAVE
MENTIONED, OUR PRIMARY INTEREST
TONIGHT IS TO HEAR FROM YOU,
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FULLY
CAPTURING THE RANGE OF
PERSPECTIVES AND THOUGHTS AND
EXPERIENCES IN THE COMMUNITY,
THAT WE CAN TAKE BACK AND HELP
INFORM OUR HOLISTIC APPROACH
THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO
IMPLEMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AS I MENTIONED, WHEN I REFER TO
HOLISTIC APPROACH TOWARDS
PUBLIC SAFETY, IT REALLY IS, AS
BOTH COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE
REMARKS, BEYOND WHAT IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, BUT MORE
THAN JUST SPD'S FOCUS
OPERATIONS, A TACTICAL RESPONSE
TO GUN VIOLENCE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE
ENGAGED IN APPLYING A VERY
SPECIFIC PLACE, BASE, GEOGRAPHIC
-BASED CONCENTRATED SET OF
EFFORTS, KNOWING THAT GIVEN THE
VAST MAJORITY OF CRIME HAPPENS
IN VARIOUS SPECIFIC LOCATIONS,
WE WANT TO BE VERY DATA-DRIVEN
IN HOW WE ARE APPROACHING THE
CHALLENGES WE ARE SEEING.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE TRYING
TO MARSHAL THE FULL CAPACITY OF
RESOURCES OF THE SEATTLE CITY
GOVERNMENT, SO THAT WE CAN
APPLY MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES AND
MULTIPLE EFFORTS, TO BE ABLE TO
ADDRESS NOT JUST A -- SPD
RELATED ISSUES, BUT OTHER
COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC
ISSUES THAT RANGE FROM
INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVICES AND
PROGRAMMING, ECONOMIC AND
BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
AND, YOU WILL HEAR QUITE AN
EXTENSIVE REPORT ON THE RANGE
OF THINGS WE ARE DOING RIGHT
NOW.
THE OTHER POINT THAT I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE, IS MEETINGS LIKE
THIS, IS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED,
THE MAYOR IS COMMITTED TO AN
ONGOING DIALOGUE IN AN ENGAGING
COMMUNITY, CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK
IS THE DIRECTION WE HAVE GIVEN
TO OUR DEPARTMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS, TO DEVELOP A
REGULAR RIBBON FROM -- FROM
WHICH WE CAN HAVE THIS DIALOGUE
AT THE SAME TIME AS OUR
DEPARTMENTS ARE IN THE FIELD
THAT WE ARE GETTING AS MUCH
REAL-TIME INFORMATION BACK INTO
WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT,
AND WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS.
SO, HELP US ENSURE AND HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE, FOR MAKING SURE
THAT FEEDBACK LOOP IS
CONSISTENT.
AND, WORKING FOR YOU.
THEN, FINALLY, YOU WILL HEAR A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EFFORTS
ARE FOCUSED ON WHAT I REFER TO
AS BUILDING UPSTREAM, OUR
STRATEGIES IN PARTICULAR AS IT
RELATES TO YOUTH AND YOUNG
ADULT VIOLENCE, GUN VIOLENCE,
IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE
DEPLOYING OTHER STRATEGIES AND
EFFORTS TO FOCUS ON YOUTH AND
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT
AND WHERE WE CAN TRY TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE A LITTLE FURTHER
UPSTREAM IN THE PREVENTION --
PREVENTION SIDE OF THE EQUATION
SO WE CAN HAVE LONGER-TERM
IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, WITH THAT, WE -- BECAUSE,
PRESENT POWERPOINT
PRESENTATIONS THAT WE WILL WALK
THROUGH.
AND, AS WE GO THROUGH THE
VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE WORK WE
ARE ENGAGED IN.
WE WILL ROTATE FOLKS FROM OUR
CITY GOVERNMENT TO OUR
LEADERSHIP, ONTO THE TABLE HERE
. SO, WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE
GOING TO GET STARTED.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR FONG IF I CAN
INTERJECT MOMENTARILY, FOR THE
RECORD I DECIDED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAROLD,
WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT 2 HAS
NOW JOINED US AT THIS MEETING,
AND, WELL, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IT IS VITAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE ANY OPENING REMARKS,
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SHARE, WITH
THE AUDIENCE.
>> NO OPENING REMARKS, I WILL
JUST CHIME IN THAT WHEN YOU
COME LATE TO A MEETING YOU
DON'T START WITH OPENING
REMARKS, YOU SHUT UP AND LISTEN
AND PICK YOUR MOVES.
SO, THANKS FOR BEING HERE, I
LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO, I WILL TAKE US THROUGH A
COUPLE OF INTRODUCTORY SLIDES.
THE FIRST ONE IS A CENTRAL
DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD SNAPSHOT
úOF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE
ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND, SARAH MORNINGSTAR IS HERE
FROM OUR DEPARTMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW WE ARE GATHERING THIS
INFORMATION.
BUT, THROUGH VARIOUS SURVEYS AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE TRYING TO
CAPTURE FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
IN THE CITY, A SENSE OF WHAT
SOME OF THE PRESENT ISSUES ARE
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HIGHLIGHT SOME OF WHAT WE ARE
HEARING FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AND
RESIDENTS.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, ISSUES OF
PUBLIC SAFETY, HOUSING
HOMELESSNESS, TRANSPORTATION,
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ARE HITTING OUR
RADAR, AND I PRESUME SHOULD BE
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS ON YOUR
MIND THIS EVENING.
SO, IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS, AND HOW WE ARE
GATHERING THIS INFORMATION,
SARAH CAN SPEAK TO THAT LATER
DURING HER PRESENTATION.
THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL DEFER
THIS TO DEPUTY CHIEF TO SPEAK
TO, AS WE ARE COMMITTED TO A
DATA-DRIVEN EFFORT HERE AT SPD,
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
CAPTURING A SNAPSHOT OF DATA
REGARDING SHOTS FIRED.
>> THANK YOU TO BE A PEER TO
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WE
TRY TO CAPTURE AS MUCH DATA AS
WE CAN.
WE HAVE OUR SHOTS FIRED
DASHBOARD WHICH ENTAILS
COUNTING THE NUMBER OF SHOTS
FIRED CALLS THAT WE HAVE AND
BREAKING DOWN INTO A SERIES OF
GROUPS, THE FIRST GROUP IS WHAT
WE CALL THE FIRST SHOTS FIRED,
WHERE WE GO OUT AND WE CAN
RECOVER SOME TYPE OF EVIDENCE
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS A
SHOOTING, CASINGS, PROPERTY
DAMAGE, OR A WITNESS THAT
ACTUALLY SAW IT.
THEN WE CAPTURE THE REPORT THAT
WAY.
THE NEXT PORTION YOU SEE THERE
IS WHERE WE HAD NONFATAL
SHOOTINGS, A SHOOTING IN WHICH
SOMEBODY WAS ACTUALLY STRUCK BY
GUNFIRE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE ANOTHER
BLOCK FOR FATALITY SHOOTINGS AS
WELL.
SO, WE LOOK TO COUNT THEM TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE
GOING, WITHIN THE DIFFERENT
YEARS, AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE UP
ONE FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS
POINT IN TIME, DOWN FROM
SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.
AND, WHILE THAT LOOKS GOOD IN A
SENSE BECAUSE WE ARE DOWN FROM
SOME, THE PROBLEM IS WE ARE UP
AND STILL HAVING THEM.
SO IT PRESENTS THE PROBLEM
RIGHT THERE.
ONE IS TOO MANY AS WE GO THROUGH
THIS.
WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN
SHOOTINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND
DEALING WITH.
TO REALLY CONCENTRATE AND TALK
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
WE KNOW THERE ARE SHOOTINGS
GOING ON.
THE REAL QUESTION I KNOW THAT
YOU WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT DO I
KNOW AND WHAT AM I GOING TO DO
ABOUT IT, RIGHT, THAT IS WHERE
WE GO.
A LOT OF OUR SHOOTINGS ARE WHAT
WE CALL GANG INVOLVED
SHOOTINGS.
THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE
WOULD CALL GANG SHOOTINGS IN
THE SENSE OF TO DO IT IS ONE
RIVAL GANG SHOOTING AT ANOTHER
RIVAL GANG.
A LOT OF OUR SHOOTINGS RUN
AROUND WHERE IT IS A DISPUTE,
OVER NARCOTICS, OR A DISPUTE
OVER YOUNG LADIES FOR THE MOST
PART, AND, TWO FOLKS GET INTO A
DISPUTE THERE IS A SHOOTING
INVOLVED, WITH WE THEN SEE IS
WHAT WE WOULD CALL AGAIN
SHOOTING AFTER THAT.
MEMBERS OF EITHER OF THOSE
GENTLEMEN'S PARTIES NOW TO TAKE
IT OUT ON EACH OTHER, BECAUSE
THEY SEE IT AS SOME TYPE OF
UMBRAGE TO THEIR GANG.
SO, THAT IS WHERE WE START TO
SEE THE SPIKES.
WHAT WE SEE A LOT HERE IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT IS THAT THEY
ARE SHOOTINGS OF OPPORTUNITY.
THEY'RE NOT TARGETED, THEY'RE
NOT SET UP WAITING FOR
SOMEBODY, THEY ARE DRIVING
THROUGH AN AREA, AND WHEN THEY
SEE SOMEBODY THEY WILL JUMP OUT
OF THE CAR AND THEY WILL SHOOT
AND THEN THEY WILL JUMP BACK IN
THE CAR AND FLEE THE SCENE.
SO, THEY ARE A LITTLE HARDER TO
DEAL WITH IN THAT SENSE, WITH
THE INVESTIGATION GOING ON.
ULTIMATELY WHAT WE DO WHEN WE
HAVE THESE SHOOTINGS IS, WE
START TO INVESTIGATE.
WE WORK WITH OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS AS WELL, WITH THE ATF,
TO TRY TO MATCH SHELL CASINGS,
TO SAY WE CAN STREAM THESE
SHOOTINGS TOGETHER BECAUSE A
LOT OF THE SHOOTING THE
INFORMATION WE GET AT THAT
POINT IN TIME IS, I HEARD SOME
SHOTS FIRED AND I LOOKED OUT, I
SAW A CAR DRIVE AWAY I CAN'T
TELL YOU THE COLOR OR MAKE OF
THE CAR AND I NEVER SAW ANYBODY.
SO, WHILE WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE
TO PUT SOMEBODY IN JAIL FOR
THAT SHOOTING, GENERALLY WHAT
WE DO IS WE CAN GATHER A LOT OF
INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE
ABOUT THAT.
WHAT WE DO IS WE START LOOKING
AT WHICH ONES ARE RELATED TO
WHICH, IN THE OTHER ONES THAT
ARE RELATED, WHO WAS INVOLVED
IN THAT, AND WHY WERE THOSE
PEOPLE IN THIS AREA, WHO WERE
THEY GOING AFTER AND HOW CAN WE
STOP THAT AND FIX THAT PROBLEM.
THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OF
ENFORCEMENT.
THAT'S THE MAIN CHARGE OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IS
TO GO OUT AND TAKE THESE FOLKS
INTO CUSTODY, TO STOP THAT
SHOOTING, AS WE GO.
SO, WE MAKE OUR STRIDES WORKING
WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS ALONG
THOSE LINES, THEN OUR OWN
INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS TO
IDENTIFY THESE PEOPLE AND TAKE
THEM INTO CUSTODY.
UNFORTUNATELY IT TAKES TIME TO
GO THROUGH THIS, A LOT OF TIMES
WE DON'T HAVE THE PERSON ON
SCENE, THE OTHER COUPLE GETTING
FACTOR IS A LOT OF TIMES WE DO
NOT HAVE THE COOPERATION OF THE
VICTIMS.
WE JUST HAD A SHOOTING DOWN A
SECOND PIKE THE OTHER DAY, VERY
UP CLOSE RANGE, THEY KNOW EACH
OTHER.
THE VICTIM WILL NOT TELL ME WHO
DID IT.
SO, AS LONG AS WE AS A
COMMUNITY ALLOW THIS CODE OF
DON'T TELL, DON'T SNITCH, JUST
LET THESE THINGS HAPPEN OR I'LL
GO HANDLE IT MYSELF, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE THESE THINGS AS
WE GO.
SO, WE WORK WITH THE
ENFORCEMENT PART.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT, RESIDED PATROLS INTO
THE AREAS OF SPEECH AND BICYCLE
PATROLS, SO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS
ADDED OUT THERE WORKING IN FACT
PROACTIVITY TIME WHEN WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT OF CALLS
COME UP ALMOST 35 PERCENT IN
THE AREA.
AND THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS TO
MAKE SURE THE OFFICERS WE ARE
PUTTING OUT THERE ARE ACTUALLY
MAKING CONTACT, TALKING TO
PEOPLE, SEEING WHAT IS GOING ON
AND MAKING ARRESTS.
ARRESTS FOR THE CRIMES ARE WHAT
WE ARE LOOKING FOR, BUT BEYOND
THAT, HOW TO GENERATE A BETTER
SENSE OF WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND TO PREVENT THESE
THINGS FROM HAPPENING.
SO, WHILE WE ARE OUT THERE WE
ARE DOING A LOT OF THAT I HAVE
GANG UNITS WORKING THROUGHOUT
THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY IN
CENTRAL DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE
HAVE TRADITIONAL SHOOTINGS THAT
GO ON WITH THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
WE HAVE TRADITIONAL OLD BEEFS
THAT ARE STILL OUT AND ABOUT
AND WE ARE STILL FOCUSING ON
THOSE AS WE GO.
SO, WE HAVE SPECIALTY UNITS IN
THE AREA THAT ARE WORKING TO
LITIGATE.
WE ARE ALSO EMPLOYING SPECIALTY
UNITS INTO THE AREA FOR
ADDITIONAL PATROL.
THAT IS TRAFFIC UNITS THAT COME
INTO THE AREA, DIFFERENT THINGS
LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN BE MORE
VISIBLE, WE CAN BE MORE SCENE,
AND IF WE SEE SOMETHING THEN WE
CAN TAKE SOME ACTION AS WELL.
AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT.
THAT IS KIND OF THE ENFORCEMENT
PART OF IT.
BEYOND THAT, WE ARE DOING MORE
AS A COMMUNITY AS WELL.
THAT IS THE OTHER PRONG WHERE
WE REALLY NEED THE ASSISTANCE
AND HELP.
THE OTHER DAY, WE DID A WALK
WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD HERE, AND WHAT WE
DO, IS WE LOOK FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNS THAT LEAD
TOWARDS CRIME, THINGS THAT WE
CAN DO WORKING WITH OUR CITY
PARTNERS TO KIND OF MAKE IT A
LITTLE SAFER IN THE AREAS,
CUTTING TREES, GETTING
STREETLIGHTS PUT BACK IN,
THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE PARTAKE IN
TO TRY TO GIVE OUR EXPERIENCE
OF WHAT LEADS TO CRIME OR WHAT
CAN PROHIBIT SOME CRIME GOING
ON.
SO WE ARE DOING THINGS LIKE,
OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH
COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
BECAUSE REALLY WHAT WE ARE
ASKING FROM THE COMMUNITY IS,
WE ARE ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY
TO PARTNER WITH US.
WE ARE ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY
TO LET THE FOLKS KNOW WHEN THAT
ARE DOING THIS THAT IT IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE.
WE ARE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO
WORK WITH US SO THAT WHEN FOLKS
ARE OUT THERE DOING THIS THAT
WE CAN BRING THOSE FOLKS TO
JUSTICE.
AS WELL.
SO, WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR
OUTREACH PARTNERS, BECAUSE WE
KNOW THAT A LOT OF THESE FOLKS,
INVOLVED OF THE TAIL AND MAY
NOT WANT TO GO DOWN THAT PATH
BUT THEY MAY FEEL THEY DON'T
HAVE OTHER OPTIONS.
SO, WE RESTARTED THE
COPPERHEADS OF GANG MODEL.
WE LOOK AT FOLKS THAT WE
BELIEVE TO BE TANGIBLY INVOLVED
IN GANGS OR JUST BECOMING
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THAT LIFESTYLE
TRIPPING OVER INTO THAT LIFE OF
VIOLENCE.
WHEN WE DO IS A HOLISTIC
APPROACH, SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS SEATTLE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS, IT IS VOCATIONAL
SCHOOLS, IT IS COUNSELORS
OUTREACH, EVERYBODY WE CAN GET
OUR HANDS ON SINCE AT THIS
TABLE, AND THEN WE TRY TO -- WE
BRING PEOPLE IN, WE SAY THIS IS
A PERSON WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK
AT, WE BELIEVE COULD BENEFIT
FROM THE PROGRAM.
THEN THEY ARE ASKED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND
WE DO WRAPAROUND CASE
MANAGEMENT FROM IT.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING, JOB
TRAINING, WE ARE WORKING WITH
EVERYTHING TO SEE HOW CAN WE
GET THIS PERSON BETTER AT THE
JOB OVERALL.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR CAREERS FOR
PEOPLE, THAT CAN SUSTAIN
THEMSELVES AND HEALTHY
LIFESTYLES AS THEY GO ON.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING.
THESE WILL CONTINUE, I KNOW I'M
SUCKING UP A LOT OF YOUR
AIRFARE TO DEPUTY MAYOR FONG I
WANT TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO
YOU BUT I WILL BE HERE FOR
QUESTIONS.
>> HOLD JUST A MOMENT, BECAUSE
COUNCILMAN HAROLD HAS A
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR.
TO GREEN A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE
DATA THERE.
SO, I'M UNDERSTANDING THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SHOT AND A
SHOOTING IS A SHOOTING IS AT A
PERSON AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY
SHOOTING IN THE AIR?
>> NO, SIR, THE SHOTS FIRED IS
JUST, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY
WERE SHOOTING AT, IT COULD HAVE
BEEN A PERSON THAT COULD HAVE
JUST BEEN IN THE AIR, THE OTHER
NIGHT WE HAD A GENTLEMAN COME
OUT OF A NIGHTCLUB AND FIRED
THE GUN OFF IN THE AIR, BOWSER
TOLD HIM TO LEAVE.
SHOOTING IS WHEN THEY ARE
SHOOTING AT PEOPLE.
>> NONFATAL SHOOTINGS ARE WHEN
WE KNOW FROM EVIDENCE THAT IT
WAS AT A PERSON?
>> THAT IS ACTUALLY WHERE
SOMEONE WAS STRUCK.
>> OH, OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I'M TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR
THE CONFIDENCE IN THESE
NUMBERS, THESE ARE WHERE THERE
WERE SHOTS AND PEOPLE CALLED
911, BUT I HAVE TO ASSUME, I
HAVE TO ASSUME THERE ARE SHOTS
FIRED AND NO ONE CALLED 911.
I SAW YEARS AGO, I THOUGHT SOME
CHARGE MAYBE GUESTS WERE
HAVING, TALKING ABOUT THE
PERCENTAGE OF SHOTS MADE BUT NO
ONE CALLS IT AND SO YOU HAVE NO
WAY OF KNOWING.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
SHOTS THAT WEREN'T FIRED OUT
THERE, THEY JUST WANT A RECORD
OF IT?
>> YES SIR.
>> WE WANT TO EXPERIENCE PEOPLE
IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF
SHOOTINGS OR SEEM TO BE A LOT
OF SHOOTINGS. RIGHT?
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GET
INVOLVED TO CLOSE THE WINDOWS
AND THEY DON'T CALL 911.
BECAUSE, THEY DON'T BELIEVE
THEY ARE PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN
THAT SHOOTING.
IN SOME DISTRICTS, OR CITIES
WHERE, THEY HAVE AN ACOUSTIC
GUNSHOT LOCATOR.
SHOTS FIRED IS ONE OF THE BRAND
NAMES, THEY SEEM TO HAVE
DEPLOYED THOSE IN THE CITIES,
THE AMOUNT OF SHOOTINGS HAVE
GONE UP AND WHAT WE LOOK AT
THERE IS THAT THE SHOOTINGS
HAPPEN. IT IS JUST THE FACT
THAT WE ARE CAPTURING DATA NOW
THAT WE DID NOT CAPTURE BEFORE,
BECAUSE PEOPLE THERE DO NOT
CALL IN ON THEM.
THOUGHT IT WAS A BACKFIRE,
MAYBE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS
FIREWORKS OR SOMETHING, SO WE
DO KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT WE
CAN POINT TO AND SAY DEFINITELY
WE HAVE INFORMATION, WE KNOW
THAT THERE ARE BUT WE DON'T
HAVE THE INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU POINT
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> ONE LAST QUESTION, I'M
SORRY.
HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT WE ARE POSTING
ON THIS EVENING.
HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE
OTHER DISTRICT USING THE
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS, OTHER
BUT MUCH ALL THE SAME HOW WOULD
THIS COMPARE TO THESE KINDS OF
FREQUENCIES
>> DON'T HAVE THE BREAKDOWN AT
THE MOMENT, BUT WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN, IS A RISING GUNFIRE IN
SOME AREAS WE TYPICALLY HAVE
NOT SEEN HOLDING STEADY, SO WE
ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THAT.
A LOT OF WHAT WE SEE IS THAT IT
IS TRANSIT.
WHERE, SOMEONE WILL COME UP
HERE AND SHOOT AND THEN THEY
BELIEVE THAT THE OPPOSING GROUP
MAYBE LIVES IN WEST SEATTLE SO
THEN THEY WILL TRAVEL TO WEST
SEATTLE.
IT'S NOT REALLY LOCATED IN ONE
AREA, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS
DISPLACE THOSE SHOTS.
>> CHIEF GARTH GREENE, AS PART
OF THE MATERIALS I ASKED YOU TO
GIVE MY OFFICE, THERE WAS A
RUNDOWN, OF LOCATIONS, IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT, WHERE SOME OF
THE SHOTS FIRED, FATAL AND
NONFATAL SHOOTINGS HAVE BEEN
OCCURRING.
AND, I WAS JUST, YOU MENTIONED
THAT IN OTHER AREAS, THIS
BEHAVIOR CAN BE TRANSIENT, IN
OTHER WORDS TEMPORARY, IN
NATURE.
NOT NECESSARILY CONNECTED TO
THAT GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR,
THAT THE ISSUE IS NOT
TRANSIENT, MEANING THAT IT
TENDS TO BE GEOGRAPHIC, AND HAS
BEEN GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED FOR A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME?
>> YES MA'AM.
HISTORICALLY, WE DO HAVE A
NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT, IN THE SOUTH
AND WHERE WE HAVE GANGS OFTEN
ARE AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER.
SO WHERE DOWNTOWN MIGHT BE MORE
DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF NIGHTLIFE,
IT IS MORE HISTORICALLY STABLE.
YES MA'AM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER THAT'S A GREAT
SEGUE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH
IS DEPUTY CHIEF GARTH GREENE
COVERED, WHAT I REFERRED TO AS
OUR FOCUSED SPD TACTICAL
RESPONSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE
HAD SOME EMPHASIS WORK IN THE
PRECINCTS, YOU SPOKE TO THAT
EARLIER, I'M SURE WE COME BACK
TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF AS WE MOVE
ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO ALSO JUST MENTIONED,
THE MAYOR'S COMMITMENT TO THE
HOLISTIC SET OF STRATEGIES, AND
WE WILL HEAR FROM A COUPLE OF
OTHER DEPARTMENTS, TO THE POINT
THAT COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ HAS
MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN
MENTIONING THE OVER LAYERS OF
AREAS, HOTSPOTS OF ACTIVITY,
WITH PHYSICAL STRUCTURE AND
OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS
THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS CAN DEPLOY
AND IMPLEMENT.
PHYSICAL CHANGE THAT CAN OFTEN
HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE
ENVIRONMENTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
GOALS.
AND, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE WILL
TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS RELATED
TO RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT
ISSUES HERE SHORTLY.
AND THEN, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT AND
BE MORE SPECIFIC ON OUR EARLIER
REFERENCE TO LONGER-TERM
STRATEGES, AND ENGAGING FOLKS
IN A MORE STRATEGIC PLAY, OUR
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARKS
DEPARTMENT, PARK NEIGHBORHOODS
ARE EMPLOYING A WHOLE RANGE OF
EFFORTS RELATED TO YOUTH
OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENTS.
YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMMING.
BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY TO T
DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS THAT WE
WILL GET INTO HERE SHORTLY.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE I JUST WANT
TO MAKE SURE AND EMPHASIZE THAT
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE,
THE MAYOR'S COMMITMENT TO BE IN
THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE BEEN
HERE, IN THE RECENT PAST, AS A
COMMUNITY WITH THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE DID AN
EVENING TO HER, JUST A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO.
AND OF COURSE A ROUNDTABLE
DISCUSSION AS WELL.
AND, AS I MENTIONED, I
REINFORCE THE POINT, SUCH
CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK GETTING INTO
REACTIVE ENGAGEMENTS YOU ARE
SURFACING THE FREEHOLD THAT
RELATIONSHIP IN SUCH A WAY THAT
THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND
COMMUNITY ARE IN CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION AROUND THE ISSUES
THAT MATTER.
SO, WITH THAT, THE NEXT SLIDE
COVERS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
DEPUTY CHIEF GARTH GREENE
ALREADY SPOKE TO IN REGARDS TO
OFFICER PROACTIVE OTHER
SPECIALTY UNIT EMPHASIS.
CHIEF I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU
WANT TO SPEAK TO ON THE SLIDE
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THE PHYSICAL EFFORTS.
IS BUDGET ALL RIGHT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS
RONNIE MAXEY AND I AM THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
FOR D.O.T., I WANT TO THANK
CHAIRPERSONS GONZALEZ AND
DEPUTY MAYOR FONG, AS WELL AS
COUNCILMEMBER CHAVAN AND
COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD.
OUR ROLE IS TO SUPPORT THIS
COMMUNITY.
OUR ROLE IS TO SUPPORT THE CITY.
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, HELPING IN ANY
WAY THAT WE CAN, TO HELP REDUCE
CRIME.
THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
ASKED FOR CRIME PREVENTION
THROUGH ENVIRONMENT OF DESIGN
ANALYSIS.
AND, THAT WAS DONE.
WE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO THAT
, CAME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND LOOKED AT SOME THINGS THAT
WE COULD DO TO SUPPORT REDUCING
A CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANY
TYPES OF VIOLENCE.
WE PRUNED THE TREES ON 21st.
WE PRUNED THE TREES ON UNION.
WE LED THE STREETLIGHTING BACK
IN.
WE CHANGED THE LOAD ZONES, WE
ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF
LOOKING AT DRIVEWAYS TO
ELIMINATE TO PREVENT TRAFFIC
FROM TURNING AROUND, BUT STILL
ALLOW THE BUSINESSES TO LOAD
AND UNLOAD THEIR GOODS.
SO, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT
THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ALSO A
TRAFFIC CALMING, WE ARE LOOKING
AT ANY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING THAT
MIGHT HELP THE ENVIRONMENT, OR
MIGHT HELP THE SEATTLE POLICE
BETTER ENFORCE CRIME
PREVENTION.
SO, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT, WE
ARE HERE TO LISTEN, AS
COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD SAID, WE
ARE HERE TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN
FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
TO HOPEFULLY REDUCE THESE
UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS.
SO, STARTING WITH SOME OF THE
OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT, OTHER THAN THE TREE
TRIMMING, AND OTHER THAN
REPLACING SOME OF THE SIGNS, WE
HAVE COMMITTED TO LOOKING AT
PUTTING SOME DIFFERENT BIKE
FACILITIES AT STRATEGIC
LOCATIONS AROUND 21st AND
UNION, TO HELP WITH THE FLOW OF
TRAFFIC.
WE ALSO ARE STILL LOOKING AT
THE WHOLE CORRIDOR, INCLUDING
21st ALL THE WAY TO CHERRY,
LOOKING AT SOME OTHER TRAFFIC
OPTIONS.
IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WHERE WE
TALK ABOUT OUR PHYSICAL
IMPROVEMENTS, IN TERMS OF
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, AS YOU
KNOW, WE JUST RECENTLY FINISHED
SEVERAL PROJECTS ON 23rd,
PAVING PROJECTS,
REGIONALIZATION, FOR THE
COMMUNITY, REALLY FROM RAINIER,
ALMOST TO THE SECOND PHASE I
THINK WILL BE UP BY HOLY MEANS.
WE HAVE REDESIGNED SOME
CROSSWALKS, AT THE EAST END OF
UNION AND 21st.
WE ARE GOING TO PUT FLASHING
BEACONS IN THAT AREA, TO HELP
PEDESTRIANS SAFELY CROSS.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT
SPONSORING AND DEMONSTRATING
TIMES AND STREETS WERE WE CLOSE
DOWN THE STREETS FOR THE
COMMUNITY, AND REMOVE VEHICLES
SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN
GATHER TOGETHER, AND HAVE THAT
SENSE OF BELONGING, AND
HOPEFULLY DETER THIS TYPE OF
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO DO OUR
UNION PROJECT AND SOME
ADDITIONAL MULTIMODAL
IMPROVEMENTS, ALONG THE UNION
CORE. SO LIKE I SAID, WE ARE
OPEN TO ANY TYPE OF TRAFFIC
ENGINEERING SUGGESTIONS, ANY
TYPE OF PHYSICAL RIGHT-OF-WAY
SUGGESTIONS THAT WE CAN CHANGE
IN TERMS OF SIDEWALKS, ROADS,
STREET TREES, ANYTHING OF THAT
NATURE.
RIGHT NOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD
A TRAFFIC COUNT LAST YEAR, ON
21st AND UNION, AND WE ONLY
HAVE ABOUT 200 CARS PER DAY GO
DOWN 21st THAT WAY.
AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL STREET IS 5
TO 800.
HOWEVER, WE WILL DO ANOTHER
TRAFFIC COUNT NEXT WEEK, NOW
THAT THE WEATHER HAS GOTTEN UP
A LITTLE SUNNIER IN THE LAST
TRAFFIC COUNT WAS LAST MARCH.
SO, WE WILL AGAIN REVISIT THAT
AND CHECK TO SEE IF THERE ARE
ANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO
IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC CALMING
WHICH I UNDERSTAND MANY MEMBERS
OF THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO
EXPLORE.
SO, WITH THAT, I WILL BE OPEN
TO ANY QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY.
SO MISTER MAXEY, YOU HAVE NOT
HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING IN
FRONT OF MY COMMITTEE HEARINGS
YET, SO I WILL ASK YOU SOME
CONCRETE QUESTIONS AROUND SOME
THINGS THAT I LIKE HERE, BUT
WHAT I DON'T LIKE IS THAT THERE
IS NO TIMELINE, OR I JUST DON'T
LIKE THE TIMELINE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE,'S ON THE
CROSSWALK ISSUE RELATED TO THE
EAST SIDE OF UNION AND 21st, IT
TALKS ABOUT HOW CONSTRUCTION IS
ANTICIPATED AS EARLY AS FALL OF
2000 19.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
PROJECT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
DELIVERED SOMETIME THIS SUMMER,
I THINK IN AUGUST OR SO.
CAN YOU TALK TO ME A BIT ABOUT
WHY THE TIMELINE IS IN THE FALL
AS OPPOSED TO SOONER?
>> BASICALLY, WITH MY
EXPERIENCE, WE CAN PUT PUT
CROSSWALKS IN RATHER QUICKLY
BUT WHEN YOU ADD SOME OF THE
OTHER TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
CHALLENGES LIKE THE BEACONS, I
WOULD SAY THAT DOING THE WIRING
AND MAKING THE CONNECTIONS WITH
CITY LIGHTS, INSTEAD OF THE
BEACONS, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PUT
IN THE CROSSWALK IS PROBABLY
CAUSING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT
DELAY.
MOST OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I
TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE ALREADY
DONE.
AND, WE DID RATHER QUICKLY.
BUT, I WOULD AGAIN BE HOPING TO
POINT OUT ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE
HELPING SO WE CAN MOVE IT UP ON
THE WORK SCHEDULE.
>> I THINK THESE PROJECTS
ALREADY PLANNED ARE IMPORTANT
TO GET GOING ON THEM.
TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH
MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS YOU
HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT
ARE NECESSARY, IN ORDER TO
COMPLETE THE PROJECTS.
AND, I THINK THESE ARE NOT
INSURMOUNTABLE BARRIERS TO
ADVANCING THE TIMELINE.
I HAVE HEARD CLEARLY FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN SEEING THESE
PROJECTS COME TO FRUITION,
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
SPACE ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT
WAITING UNTIL THE FALL TOOK
ALLISON DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS.
SUMMER IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, AND I WANT TO
BE RESPONSIVE AND COGNIZANT OF
THE REALITIES OF HOW SUMMER CAN
CHANGE THE DYNAMICS ON THE
STREET IN TERMS OF ACTIVITY.
SO, I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT FALL
2019 DEADLINE, AND WORK
DILIGENTLY TO SEE IF WE CAN DO
SOMETHING SOONER THAN THE FALL.
>> I CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.
I THINK DEPUTY MAYOR FONG WILL
TELL YOU,
>> I SEE HIM LIKELY NODDING HIS
HEAD.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO OPERATIONS
I GREW UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
SO I TAKE THIS VERY CLOSE TO MY
HEART.
SO, WE WILL DEFINITELY -- I
WILL TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES
ABOUT MOVING THESE THINGS
FORWARD.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> JUST A BRIEF COMMENT
COUNSELOR, WE WILL CERTAINLY
LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ACCELERATE SCHEDULES, I HEAR
YOU LOUD AND CLEAR IN TERMS OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
PRIORITIZATION HERE THE SAME
TIME I WANT TO ANALOGIST OUT
WORK IN THE FIELD THROUGHOUT
THE SUMMER, AS WE HAVE BEEN
CARRYING OUT A NUMBER OF
ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF
COMPLEMENTING AND SUPPORTING
CONCURRENTLY, SPD'S EMPHASIS ON
PATROL WORK ACROSS THE CITY.
DIRECTORS BOYD AND RODNEY AND
HIS TEAM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE KNOWLEDGE.
>> I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
ALL THE WORK THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
HAS DONE ALREADY, THANK YOU FOR
GIVING THE REPORT.
JUST HAVE TWO THINGS TO ADD,
AND ONE OF THEM IS A QUESTION.
ONE IS, I WANTED TO GO OVER
WHAT JERRY PATEL IS AUTHORITY
SAID WHICH IS IF THE SUMMER IS
THE SEASON WHEN THE COMMUNITY
IS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE
ISSUES, IT DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT
TO ME TO WAIT FOR ANY OF THOSE
MILESTONES THROUGH THE FALL.
AND, A RELATED POINT,
RETROSPECTIVE BUT I THINK IT
WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR SOMETHING
FROM YOU, WHICH IS, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY ON THE 21st
SECTION SPECIFIC ISSUE WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT HAVE BEEN
REACHING OUT TO D.O.T.
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, SINCE
THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGAN, I JUST
WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU, AND
MISTER FONG, ABOUT WHAT RESPONSE
AND OUTREACH YOU'VE BEEN DOING
OVER THE MONTHS, NOT JUST THIS
LAST MONTH.
>> OKAY.
AS FAR AS D.O.T., WE HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN THE CRIME EMPHASIS
FROM THE START, WHEN THE MAYOR
AND DEPUTY FONG AND POLICE CHIEF
CARMEN BESSE BROUGHT THIS TO
OUR ATTENTION.
WE HAVE PROBABLY COMPLETED 95
PERCENT OF THE WORK IN SEVEN OR
EIGHT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
INCLUDING SOUTH PARK, BALLARD,
FREMONT, SOTO, OF THE WORK WE
ORIGINALLY SIGNED ON THIS TASK.
WE CONTINUE TO WITH THE SAME
RESOURCES AND SAME CREWS, TO DO
THE SAME THINGS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE CREWS THAT I
HAVE THAT PUT IN CROSSWALKS ARE
THE SAME CREWS THAT HAVE DONE
THAT IN THESE EMPHASIS AREAS IN
EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN
THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
THE CREWS THAT I HAVE TRIMMING
TREES, BUT WE HAVE ALSO TRIED
TO LEVERAGE PARTNERS AND BRING
THEM TO THE TABLE TO GET AS
MUCH OF THIS DONE TO YOUR
POINT, COUNCILMEMBER. WE ARE
DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING
AS MUCH OF THIS WORKED ON
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE HEART OF
THE SUMMER, BECAUSE WE DON'T
WANT NOTES IS WHAT I WOULD SAY
TO THAT IS THAT MY MANAGERS
HAVE TRIED TO PRIORITIZE AND
KEEP THESE THINGS MOVING INTO
EACH COMMUNITY, AND, THEY ARE
DOING A GOOD JOB, THEY KNOW THAT
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, I'M NOT
FAMILIAR WITH TOO MANY
COMPLAINTS FROM BEFORE.
IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION
ISSUES THAT WE CAN DO AROUND
CRIME PREVENTION WHICH CAME
BEFORE.
BUT I CAN CHECK AGAIN WITH MY
COLLEAGUES AND LOOK INTO THAT
IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WAS
NOT RESPONDED TO, I CAN ASSURE
YOU I WILL MAKE SURE IT WILL BE
RESPONDED TO.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH MY
OFFICE IN TERMS OF HOW IT WAS
FOLLOWED UP.
>> YESTERDAY
>> THANK YOU.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I WILL BE BRIEF,
COUNCILMEMBER I JUST WANTED TO
FOLLOW-UP ON A QUESTION OF
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BEEN
APPROACHING FAR MORE EXTENSIVE
AND EXHAUSTIVE EFFORT AROUND
PUBLIC SAFETY, AT THE SAME TIME,
I KNOW FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW,
THERE IS SPD HAVE BEEN HAVING
CONVERSATIONS AROUND HEIGHTENED
CONCERNS RELATED TO SHOOTINGS
OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
I THINK THAT IT HAS REACHED A
POINT WHERE WE DECIDED WE
NEEDED TO APPROACH THIS, NOT
JUST WITH THE TACTICAL RESPONSE
BUT SOMETHING A LITTLE BROADER,
AND MORE EXTENSIVE WITH
DEPARTMENT STRATEGIES WHICH IS
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING MANIFESTING
NOW.
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE
IN THE DISTRICT AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK
INTO CONSIDERATION, AS WE
CONTINUE TO ROLLOUT DIFFERENT
STRATEGIC EFFORTS AND WE WILL
WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE AS WELL.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
COMMITMENT, AND I REALLY DO
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK
AROUND MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS
HOLISTIC AND NOT JUST SOLELY
AND SQUARELY A LAW ENFORCEMENT
APPROACH.
LAW-ENFORCEMENT APPROACHES ARE
IMPORTANT FOR OTHER REASONS,
BUT I THINK MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE NOT LOOKING AT IT THROUGH
JUST THAT LENS IS CRITICAL FOR
THE LONG-TERM GOALS THAT I
THINK WE ALL COLLECTIVELY
SHARE, TO ULTIMATELY CREATE A
MORE STABLE PERMANENTLY SAFE
AREA FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO
PASS THROUGH THAT STREET.
FOR THE PLACE MAKING PROJECTS,
THAT COULD BE SPONSORED BY
D.O.T.
THIS SUMMER, CAN YOU TALK MORE
ABOUT WHAT THE PLAY STREET
CONCEPT IS AND WHAT SOME
CONCEPTS COULD LOOK LIKE?
>> SO, THAT IS NOT MY AREA OF
EXPERTISE BUT I CAN TALK TO YOU
A LITTLE BIT.
THE IDEA OF PLAYS TREATS OR
TEMPORARILY SHUTTING DOWN
STREETS IS CREATING AN
ENVIRONMENT, WHERE YOU CAN
BRING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
HAVE EVENTS, AND SAFELY CLOSE
OFF SEVERAL BLOCKS SOMETIMES OF
ROADS, SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE
COMMUNITY CAN COME OUT OF THEIR
BUSINESSES AND HOMES AND GET TO
KNOW EACH OTHER IN A RELATIVELY
SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
THE PROGRAMS ARE PERMITTED
FIRST REVIEW SECTION AND
COORDINATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS, TO GET DOWN
TO SOME OF THE INTRICACIES. I
WOULDN'T DO IT JUSTICE, BECAUSE
I'M IN OPERATIONS.
BUT, I CAN GET YOU MORE
INFORMATION ON THAT, OR, I
WOULD DEFER TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS
REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE IN THE
AUDIENCE.
>> WE WILL HEAR MORE ON THAT
LATER.
I APPRECIATE THAT, I THINK THAT
IS AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
SOME OF THESE SHOOTINGS, IN
FACT MANY OF THEM, HAPPEN IN
THE DARK OF NIGHT AND EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
AND SO, WHILE I AM A BIG
ADVOCATE OF POLICE STREETS AND
ACTIVATING PUBLIC SPACES IN
GENERAL, SO THAT WE HAVE MORE
POSITIVE USES OF THAT SPACE, I
ALSO THINK WE NEED TO REALLY
ACKNOWLEDGE SOME PARTICULAR
STRATEGIES TO BE USED AROUND
PEAK HOURS THAT WHEN WE ARE
SEEING THESE INCIDENTS HAPPEN,
WHICH ACCORDING TO THE LIST I
HAVE ARE ANYWHERE FROM 9:30
P.M., TO 12:24 A.M.
THESE ARE REALLY LATE HOURS
WHEN A LOT OF FOLKS ARE ALREADY
SLEEPING.
SO, I THINK THINKINGS ARE A BIT
MORE ABOUT ENVIRONMENT DESIGN
ISSUES, INTERACTIVE POLICING
STRATEGIES THAT COULD HELP US
THINK THROUGH THOSE -- THAT
PARTICULAR STATE CAN BE
HELPFUL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> SHALL WE MOVE ON?
>> OKAY.
I THINK A VERY APPROPRIATE
NEXUS TO THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES.
AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY,
>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN GONZALEZ
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND
COUNCIL MEMBER SWAN, COUNCIL
MEMBER HAROLD FOR BEING HERE.
ELECTRIC UTILITY, OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY ROLE IS REALLY IN
MEETING THE STREETLIGHT ON
PUBLIC LIGHTING NEEDS OF THE
CITY RESIDENCE, AND
COMMUNITIES.
SO, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE MEETING THOSE
NEEDS, TYPICALLY WE HAVE
STREETLIGHTS OVER 300 FEET, BUT
WE ARE ABLE TO AND WORKING
WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
TO ADD OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ADDITIONAL LIGHTING.
DEPUTY MAYOR FONG TALKED ABOUT
THE EMPHASIS EFFORTS GOING ON,
SEVEN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES,
AND WE DID DO A WALK HERE IN
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, ONE OF MY
COLLEAGUES WAS HERE FROM THE
STREETLIGHT DEPARTMENT AND CITY
LIFE, AND, WE HAVE FOUR TARGETS
WE ARE LOOKING AT.
THE NEXT SLIDE WILL BE ABOUT
THE L.E.D.
DEPLOYMENT WHICH IS ABOUT THE
BROADER STREETLIGHT DEPARTMENT,
L.E.D.
WHICH IS LIGHT EMITTING DIODES,
ARE BRIGHTER, AND PROVIDE A
CLEANER BRIGHTER LIGHT, AND
HELP TREMENDOUSLY WITH
PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY
AS WELL.
SO, YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE DONE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEPLOYMENT,
MAGENTA IS THE L.E.D.
LIGHTS, AND THERE STILL IS SOME
DECORATIVE AND FLOODLIGHTS IN
DIFFICULT TO REACH AREAS YOU
CAN SEE THOSE ARE YELLOW THERE,
LIGHTS PUT IN BY PRIVATE
DEVELOPERS OR OTHERS AND SO WE
WORK WITH THEM TO -- AS THEY
WANT TO UPGRADE THOSE BUT THE
PUBLIC STREETLIGHTS ARE ALMOST
ALL ISLETS OF THE CONVERSION
WAS DONE 2013, 2014.
WE DID TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS ON
THE LAST ONE, TRACKING 21st AND
MARION, LOOKING AT ADDING A
LIGHT THERE, STILL AWAITING A
FIELD SURVEY, AND THEN WE HAVE
WORK ORDERS AND PROGRESS ON
EAST UNION AND WEST 22nd TWO
HAD LIGHTS THERE, AND THEN ALSO
22nd AVENUE AND CHERRY, WE HAVE
A WORK ORDER IN PROGRESS WHICH
MEANS IT IS GOING OUT TO A
CONTRACTOR TO BE DONE AND THEN
WE ARE LOOKING AT JEFFERSON, WE
ARE TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT WE
CAN DO THERE.
OVERALL, WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD
ABOUT LIGHTING LEVELS,
PARTICULARLY AFTER THE REALLY
GREAT WORK DONE BY OUR PARTNERS
AT D.O.T.
WHO CAME IN AND DID A LOT OF
TRIMMING OF TREES.
D.O.T.
TRIMS TREES FOR LIGHTING, WE
TRIM THE TREES FOR
DISTRIBUTION, SO WE REALLY WERE
CLOSELY ON MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF OUR LIGHTING.
WE FEEL GOOD FROM A LIGHTING
STANDARD.
WHERE WE ARE.
THAT SAID, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE THIRD THING WHICH IS OUR
RENTAL LIGHT PROGRAM.
WE DO WORK WITH SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, ON STREETLIGHTS FOR
PUBLIC LOCATIONS, BUT MIGHT NOT
BE A PART OF OUR REGULAR
DISTRIBUTION, WE WERE CLOSELY
WITH PRECINCT LEADERS THERE,
FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT ON
WHETHER THEY FEEL ADDITIONAL
LIGHTING WOULD BE HELPFUL FROM
A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT.
IT JUST BECOMES A PART OF OUR
SYSTEM.
OF CUSTOMER OR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WANT TO ADD LIGHTING,
WE WORK WITH THE PRECINCT, AND
WE CAN DO THAT TO DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED PUBLIC
SAFETY.
IF IT'S NOT DETERMINED A NEED
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY THERE IS
STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT LIGHTING THERE IS
DELAY RENTAL PROGRAM AND WE
WERE CLOSELY AND TRY TO GET
RENTAL LIGHTS PUT ON ARTIST TO
BE SIMPLE SO THAT IT IS EASIER
AND CHEAPER FOR THE CUSTOMER,
AND THEN WE HAVE A RENTAL
AGREEMENT THAT WE DO.
SO, THAT IS AN OPTION AS WELL.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE
THEY WANT ADDITIONAL LIGHTING
BUT IT WASN'T DECENT A PUBLIC
SAFETY NEED FROM THE CITY'S
PERSPECTIVE.
AND, AGAIN, WE FEEL STRONGLY
ABOUT OUR IMPORTANT ROLE IN
MAKING SURE THE PUBLIC LIGHTING
AND STREETLIGHTING IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE IS DOING WHAT IT CAN
TO HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY
SAFER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TONIGHT, AND I WILL BE
AVAILABLE HERE LATER, AND ALSO
YOU CAN CALL ANYONE AT CITY
LIGHTS, WE ARE VERY INTERESTED
IN MEETING YOUR NEEDS, TO HAVE
PUBLIC LIGHTING STREETLIGHTING
THAT IS KEEPING THIS COMMUNITY
SAFE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MARA.
ON THOSE PROJECTS YOU HAVE
IDENTIFIED, THAT ARE -- THAT
HAVE WORK ORDERS CURRENTLY,
WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THOSE WORK
ORDERS TO GO INTO INSTALLATION?
>> I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO ASK
THAT.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALL
OVER THE CITY, AND SO, I WILL
GIVE YOU THE LIST OF ALL THE
STUFF WE ARE DOING.
SO, I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC
TIME, IT IS GOING OUT TO A
CONTRACTOR THOUGH, I DON'T HAVE
A DATE.
>> OKAY.
>> I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION
FOR YOU.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT, REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> OKAY.
>> NEXT?
>> OKAY.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE, THAT CITY LIGHT,
D.O.T., SPD, TO THE COUNCIL
MEMBER'S POINT, THAT ARE
ABILITY TO RESPOND AND REACT TO
THE FACT THAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
IS NOT HAPPENING JUST DURING
THE DAYTIME, IT IS ALSO IN
LARGE PART WHY WE WENT OUT IN
THE EVENING, TO WORK WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TO BE ABLE
TO SORT OF ACTUALLY CARRY OUT
OUR FIELD ANALYSIS AS FAR AS
WHAT THE SITUATION WAS IN THE
FIELD IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
GET THE FULL FEEL FOR THE
DYNAMICS.
SO, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
THE PARTIES ARE DOING BUT AT
THE SAME TIME, THE COMMITTEE'S
WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE US REALLY
AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY, SO
THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE WHOLE
RANGE OF STRATEGIES THAT I
THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
SPEAKING TO.
SO, THANK YOU.
THIS IS OUR PIVOT TO THE LONGER-
TERM STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE
ALSO BEEN DEPLOYING, NOT JUST AN
NEXT SET OF FOLKS, TANYA KIM,
FROM SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS,
FOR THE NEXT TWO MEDIA PIECES.
SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT
OVER TO THEM TO TALK ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES.
>> GOOD EVENING.
WE ARE ON ROUND TWO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
I WILL TRY TO GIVE MY TALK,
KEEP IT AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.
I RECOGNIZE MANY OF YOU, I AM
SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE HERE
AS WELL AS THINKING OF COUNCIL
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
MY NAME IS TANYA KIM I'M WITH
THE SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL ROUND
OUT THE CONVERSATION, AND GO
UPSTREAM IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE MANY
THINGS THAT WE DO FOR THE
COMMUNITY, BUT I WILL FOCUS ON
SOME OF THE YOUTH
OPPORTUNITIES, STARTING WITH
FOOD.
SO, SCHOOL WILL BE OUT SOON,
AND ON THE TABLE IN THE FRONT,
WHEN YOU WALKED IN, THERE WERE
MANY HANDOUTS, AS WELL AS A
SIGN IN.
I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT I
HAVE SOME FLYERS THAT I BROUGHT,
TO HELP INFORM THE COMMUNITY
ABOUT FREE FOOD THAT IS
AVAILABLE DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
AND, WE WORK WITH PARKS AS WELL
AS MANY OF YOU, TO PROVIDE FREE
FOOD. WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT THE
FOOD IS THAT IT IS NOT JUST
ABOUT FEEDING TUMMIES FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE, IT IS ABOUT WRINGING
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
KIDS AND FAMILIES.
BUT, FOR ANYBODY AGE 18 AND
UNDER, LOW BARRIER, JUST COME
AND EAT WITH US AND PLAY WITH
US.
THAT IS AVAILABLE AGAIN AT THE
TABLE AS WELL AS ONLINE.
THE OTHER WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS THAT WE
PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES.
SOME OF YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR
DIRECT SERVICES.
WE HAVE OUR UPWARD BOUND
PROGRAM WHICH IS A NATIONAL
PROGRAM, WE ARE IN TWO
DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS,
SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS AREA WE
ARE AT GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL,
AND WE ARE ALSO AT RAINIER
BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT UPWARD
BOUND IS, WE WORK WITH HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHO ARE THE
FIRST IN THEIR FAMILY TO GO TO
COLLEGE OR ACCESS COLLEGE WE
WORK WITH THAT YOUNG PERSON FOR
MULTIPLE YEARS TO NOT ONLY GET
THEM INTO HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT
TO HELP THEM TO SUCCEED, AND
THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE CROSS THAT FINISH
LINE.
THE OTHER IS OUR MOST POPULAR
PROGRAM, OUR SEATTLE YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
THAT IS CITYWIDE, BUT WE HAVE A
LARGE CONSIDERATION OF YOUNG
PEOPLE, WHO WE WORK WITH FROM
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, AS WELL
AS RAINIER VALLEY, WEST
SEATTLE, AND UP NORTH.
THAT PROGRAM IS DEAR TO MY
HEART, WHEN I WAS WORKING AT A
NONPROFIT, I HAD USED
EMPLOYMENT INTERNS WITH US.
16 TO 24 LOW INCOME MOSTLY USE
OF COLOR THAT WE WORK WITH
DURING THE SUMMER, MANY TIMES
AT THEIR FIRST JOB AND WE ARE
PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO
GET THEM THERE.
WE PROVIDE EVERYTHING FROM FOOD
SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION,
HELPING TO MITIGATE THOSE, YOU
KNOW, I'M LATE, I'M STUCK IN
TRAFFIC I CAN TALK TO MY
SUPERVISORS, ALL OF THOSE BASIC
THINGS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED
OURSELVES, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
FINALLY, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT
WE ALSO PROVIDE FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES, SO, WHAT THAT
MEANS IN PLAIN LANGUAGE IS, WE
ALLOW ORGANIZATIONS, TO PARTNER
WITH US, TO PROVIDE THOSE
SERVICES THAT THE COMMUNITY
KNOWS ARE NEEDED IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE PROCURED THOSE DOLLARS
THROUGH COMPETITIVE FUNDING
PROCESSES, SOME PEOPLE KNOW
THEM AS REQUEST PROPOSALS.
SO, WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM
ACTIVE RIGHT NOW, ORGANIZATIONS
APPLY FOR FUNDING.
ONE THING I DID WANT TO NOTE IS
THAT WE ARE STARTING TO PLAN
FOR OUR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RFP
GOING OUT IN THE SPRING.
SO, COMING UP, PREPARE, GET
YOUR IDEAS READY, AND LOOK FOR
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY
FOR FUNDS. WE PROVIDE FOOD,
YOUTH OPORTUNITIES AND FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES, FOR COMMUNITIES.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR TANYA?
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE JUSTIN FROM
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND I WANT
TO EMPHASIZE THE POINT OF THE
NEXUS BETWEEN THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND PARK
DEPARTMENT, HERE, AND WHY WE
HAVE CHOSEN TO EMPHASIZE THIS
WORK, THE HOLISTIC APPROACH THE
MAYOR HAS COMMITTED TO IS THAT
DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, OUT
OF SCHOOL TIME, WE ARE TRYING
TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CREATING
AS MUCH POSITIVE ACTIVITY FOR
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THESE
TWO DEPARTMENTS, AND THE
OPPORTUNITIES THEY CAN PRESENT
THROUGHOUT THE STUDY -- SUMMER,
I AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP KIDS
ENGAGED IN POSITIVE ACTIVITY AS
A DETERRENT EFFECT IN TERMS OF
PREVENTING THEM FROM ENGAGING
IN PERHAPS LESS THAN POSITIVE
ACTIVITIES.
SO, JUSTIN IS ABOUT TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES BUT THE
SUITE OF THINGS THAT THE CITY
OFFERS WE HAVE TRIED TO BE AS
PENSIVE AS POSSIBLE IN OUR
COMMUNICATIONS, TO THE EXTENT
THAT IF THERE IS INTEREST OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
SEEING IN THE FIELD, OUR FOLKS
HERE CAN SPEAK TO THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES, AFTER OUR
DISCUSSIONS.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR.
MY NAME IS JUSTIN CATHOLIC AND
I AM THE RECREATION SERVICES
DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TONIGHT AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR
HOSTING THE MEETING, AFRICAN
AND AMERICAN ADVISORY COUNCIL.
SPECIFICALLY COUNCILMEMBER
HARRELL AND COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON FOR HOSTING THE EVENT
AS WELL.
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
BROTHER, THE FIRST ONE IS THE
NATION SUMMER CAMP, THIS IS A
NEW SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM,
DESIGNED TO REALLY MEET A NEED
THAT WE SAW SPECIFICALLY IN OUR
COMMUNITY CENTER AT RAINIER
BEACH WHERE WE SAW WE DIDN'T
HAV A GOOD SATURATION OF
SUMMER CAMP PARTICIPATION.
THIS IS AN ACTIVITY CAMP AND TO
PROVIDE EASE OF ACCESS, WE
OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS UP TO 90
PERCENT OF THE REGISTRATION FEE
AND WE STILL HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE AND SLOTS AVAILABLE
BOTH AT GARFIELD AND RAINIER
BEACH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
SO IF YOU KNOW A YOUNG PERSON
LOOKING TO CONNECT WITH
SOMETHING FUN AND EXCITING TO
DO THIS SUMMER, PLEASE
ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME TO
GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER AND
SIGN UP FOR DESTINATION SUMMER
CAMP.
THE OTHER THING CHAIR GONZALEZ
SPOKE TO, IS THE HOURS BETWEEN
NINE AND 12, WE KNOW THAT SOME
OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OUT
DOING THINGS WE WOULDN'T LIKE.
AND SO, WE PROVIDE A PROGRAM,
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, FROM
2:30 TO 8:00, AT GARFIELD TEAM
LIFE CENTER WHICH IS ADJACENT
TO GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT AFTERNOON FROM THREE IN
THE AFTERNOON TO 12 GLAUCONITE
AND THEN FROM 7 TO 12 12
GLAUCONITE, WE PROVIDE A SAFE
PLACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME
AND CONGREGATE, FROM THE AGE
RANGE OF SALT -- 13 TO 18 YEARS
OLD COME ABLE TO COME, AND
ACCESS THE TEAM IDENTITY PLAY
GAMES, PLAY BEST OF ALL,
CONNECT WITH A SAFE ADULT, TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT
SOMETHING TROUBLING THEM, AND
REALLY CONNECT WITH OTHER
PEOPLE, TO REALLY BUILD THAT
STRONG COMMUNITY THAT WE DESIRE
TO SEE IN OUR STATE.
REAL QUICK, I ALSO WANT TO TALK
ABOUT MATT GRABBERS POOL WAS
MAYBE ON YOUR MIND WITH THE
CLOSURE AND REMODEL THAT IS
TAKING PLACE, WE ARE EXCITED TO
HAVE THAT BACK OPEN FOR THE
SOCIAL DISTRICT COMMUNITY.
PRATS PARK IS ALSO UNDER
CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE OPEN
IN TIME FOR SUMMER, SO LOOK
FORWARD TO THAT.
SUMMER CAMP STARTS JULY 1,
WADING POOLS AND BEACHES OPEN
THE SATURDAY PLEASE MAKE SURE
YOU ARE SAFE WHEN YOU ARE OUT
SWIMMING, MAKE SURE YOUR
SWIMMING AT ONE OF OUR
LIFEGUARD BEACHES, AND WE OFFER
FREE SWIM LESSONS AT OUR
BEACHES DURING THE DAY AND
WEEKENDS AND EVENING.
THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOU TO BE WATER SAFE AROUND
ALL THE WATER WE HAVE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE COMMITTED STAFF DOING
THE RIGHT THING THAT ARE OUT
THERE, ADDRESSING GRAFFITI AS
PROACTIVELY AS WE CAN WE ARE
TRYING TO TAKE A PROACTIVE
APPROACH, WHEN WE KNOW THERE IS
SPECIFIC SERVICE AT PARK IS
RECEIVING GRAFFITI ON A REGULAR
BASIS, WE HAVE A ROUTE THAT WE
ARE DEPLOYING, PAINTING CREW TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE PROACTIVELY
ADDRESSING THE PRESENCE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
FURTHERMORE WE BELIEVE THAT
ACTIVATING PUBLIC SPACES IS THE
BEST WAY TO PREVENT CRIME IN
OUR PARKS.
SO, WE PARTNERED WITH HSD ON
OUR FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM TO
CREATE AN ACTIVITY DURING THE
DAY, THEN WE ALSO WORK WITH
LOCAL MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS TO
CREATE MORE SENSE OF SAFETY AT
OUR DOWNTOWN PARKS AND MANY
PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL
AREA.
THEN JUST IN ADDITION TO THAT,
FEEL FREE TO STOP IN AT ONE OF
OUR FOUR COMMUNITY CENTERS,
THEY ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC,
OFTENTIMES, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT
ACTIVITIES HAPPENING THROUGHOUT
THE DAY, THEY HAVE FITNESS
EQUIPMENT, IF YOU WANT TO BULK
UP, AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND
REDUCE DIABETES.
AND MEET SOME PEOPLE, THAT'S A
GREAT PLACE TO HAVE SOME FUN.
WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS FOR OLDER
ADULTS THAT MAY FEEL SOCIALLY
ISOLATED.
INVITING THEM TO COMMUNITY
CENTERS, HAVE FILLETS IS GREAT.
SIRI WANTS TO GO.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE AND I WILL BE
HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU JUSTIN.
>> THANK YOU CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS AND DEPUTY MAYOR
PHONE.
IWILL KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT,
I WILL JUST GET TO THE POINT.
SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN WONDERING
WHY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IS IN THE
DISCUSSION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE HOLISTIC
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT, AS
PART OF THAT STRATEGY.
WHAT WE PROVIDE WE HAD THE
CAREER DEVELOPMENT, AND
úEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR
POPULATION.
SO, THAT IS THE OTHER DIMENSION.
THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY.
WE JUST LAID OUT AND RIP HERE
JUST RECENTLY.
THE SECOND PART IS NEIGHBORHOOD
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE OUR BEST
PARTNERS IN DEALING WITH CRIME
BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT THERE ON
THE FRONTLINE.
THEY SEE WHAT IS GOING ON AT
THE STREET LEVEL.
THEY PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO OUR
POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND
DEPARTMENTS.
SO, REALLY IN THE COMMUNITY,
NOT ONLY ARE THEY THE IMPORTANT
PART OF THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ECOSYSTEM, BUT THEY
ARE BACK WITH A SPECIFIC
INSTRUCTOR AS WELL.
KEEPING THEM VIBRANT,
STABILIZING OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES IS AN IMPORTANT PART
OF CREATING HEALTHY
NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WE
HAVE A WHOLE TEAM THAT FOCUSES
ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES,
AND KEEPING THEM STABLE.
THE LAST PART IS, ALLOWING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES TO ALSO OCCURS IF
THERE IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT
GOING ON NOW BETWEEN DIFFERENT
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS.
THE GOAL HERE IS TO IDENTIFY
OPPORTUNITIES AND RISK, WITHIN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COME UP
WITH PRIORITIES SO THAT WE HAVE
A COMMON VISION AROUND HOW TO
MAKE IT STRONGER AND VIBRANT.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
OH, THERE I AM.
I THINK THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT HAS AN IMPORTANT
ROLE TO PLAY.
SOMETIMES NEGATIVE ACTIVITY CAN
OCCUR AROUND CERTAIN TYPES OF
BUSINESSES AND I THINK IT IS AN
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US
TO HAVE ABOUT HOW WE HELP
BUSINESSES WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR WHATEVER
PERIOD OF TIME, TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC SAFETY
IMPACTS OF THEIR BUSINESS, AND
TO PROVIDE AS MUCH SUPPORT AND
RESOURCES AS AVAILABLE TO BE A
GOOD PARTNER TO THE CITY, AND
THE COMMUNITY IN ADDRESSING
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS THAT
COULD BE GENERATING PART AND
PARCEL AROUND PARTICULAR
LOCATIONS. SO, I APPRECIATE
YOUR PERSPECTIVE HERE AND I
HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION AROUND HOW WE CAN
ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IF I CAN JUST COMMENT, IF WE
DON'T STABILIZE SMALL
BUSINESSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
AND TO CLOSE THEIR SHOPS, CRIME
WILL GO UP.
BECAUSE THEY ARE THE EYES AND
EARS.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
INGREDIENT.
100 PERCENT AGREE WITH YOU.
TO MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WORD GOES
OUT ABOUT THE SHOOTING, IT
REDUCES FOOT TRAFFIC TO THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS SO WE NEED TO BE
CAREFUL WITH THE WAYS WE
PRESENT THIS TO THE PUBLIC AS
WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMAN IS ONE?
>> I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
THE POINT THAT MISTER LEE
BROUGHT UP ABOUT SMALL
BUSINESSES.
I THINK ESPECIALLY IT SHOULD BE
ACKNOWLEDGED, THAT VERY SMALL
BUSINESSES, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT VERY SMALL BUSINESSES,
ESPECIALLY THOSE OWNED BY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR IN GENERAL HAVE BEEN
SO VULNERABLE TO GENTRIFICATION,
FOR EVERY SMALL BUSINESS THAT
HAS FOUND A NEW HOME IN THE
LIBERTY BANK BUILDING, THAT IS
A PHENOMENAL ACHIEVEMENT.
PROBABLY 10 OR 20 OTHER
BUSINESSES, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY
STATISTICAL CAN STUDY HAS BEEN
MADE BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT
SO MANY BUSINESSES ARE ARE ON A
KNIFE EDGE RIGHT NOW.
AS WE SPEAK, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, FOR
MONTHS NOW, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT
GONE AWAY ON 12 UNJUSTLY.
MANY OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE
WHOLE CORRIDOR WHO HAVE HAD A
REALLY HARD TIME, ALSO THAN
WHEN YOU GO MORE SOUTH TO
JACKSON, STILL IN THE AREA,
THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY
VULNERABLE AND I APPRECIATE YOU
MAKING THE POINT THAT ACTUALLY
ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE
INTERCONNECTED.
AND THAT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS
A WHOLE SUFFERS WHEN YOU HAVE
THESE SMALL BUSINESSES
DISAPPEAR.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT POINT, IT
IS CERTAINLY TRUE THAT THE
ISSUES WE ARE FACING AROUND
LACK OF AFFORDABILITY,
GENTRIFICATION, DISPLACEMENT,
CERTAINLY IMPACTS OUR LEGACY
BUSINESSES, IN NEIGHBORHOODS
EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IT
IMPACTS THOSE ENTREPRENEURS WHO
ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
REFUGEES.
SO, THAT CHANGES FUNDAMENTALLY,
IT BREAKS THE FABRIC OF THE
COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND
ALLOWS FOR OTHER TYPES OF
STREET-LEVEL USES TO OCCUR,
THAT MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL
UNSAFE, AND SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE, YOUR FOCUS AS THE
NEW DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
YOU HAVE REALLY MADE A STRONG
COMMITMENT TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE
AND TO HELP US FORMULATE A
VISION ON HOW WE CAN HOLD UP
SUPPORT AND REALLY ENCOURAGE
THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF PEOPLE
OF COLOR WHO WANTS TO CONTINUE
TO THRIVE.
BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WANT TO
ENTER INTO THAT FIELD, SO THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST PRESENTATION, LAST
BUT NOT LEAST, DEPARTMENT OF
PAPER MISTER
>> I'M MORNINGSTAR, DIRECTED --
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, I
WANT TO WRAP UP THIS
PRESENTATION AND TALK A BIT
ABOUT HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS IS A PART OF THIS
PROCESS.
I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT IN
THREE PIECES, UPON THE
POWERPOINT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS HAS REALLY BEEN
PARTNERING WITH OUR CAPITAL
DEPARTMENTS FOR SOME MONTHS
NOW, AROUND DOING -- CONTINUING
TO DO AUTHENTIC AND APPROPRIATE
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL WORK WITH CITY LIGHT
AND D.O.T.
AND PARKS AND OED AND WHOMEVER
ELSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
PROJECTS, THEIR COMMUNICATION,
THEIR TIME WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOODS, IS WHAT IT NEEDS
TO BE.
THAT THINGS NEED TO TAKE PLACE
THIRD AND, THAT IS ONE WAY IN
WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD WORKS WITH OUR
PARTNERS.
AND IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN
GETTING INTO THE WEEDS AND
DOING THAT WORK.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE OUR
STANDARDBEARER THINGS,
COMMUNITY COORDINATORS, THOSE
FOLKS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS WHOSE JOB IT IS
TO BE ON THE GROUND AT THE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS,
NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERINGS, THINGS
LIKE THAT, HEARING WHAT IS
GOING ON AND BRINGING IT
DIRECTLY BACK, W DIRECTOR FONG
TALKS ABOUT THE SNAPSHOTS OF
THE LIVING DOCUMENTS I KNOW THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE USES IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS ARE BEGINNING TO
USE, AS MUCH OF THAT DATA AS
GETS ONLINE.
DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS, BUT ALSO,
WHAT WE HEAR WHEN WE ARE OUT,
THAT IS OUR JOB IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO
BE OUT.
ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO
TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO ENGAGE
AND TAP INTO THEIR OWN AGENCY
AND THEIR OWN ADVOCACY.
AND, THE PANELS HERE AS THEY
WERE SAYING, WITH ENGAGEMENT, I
WILL JUST SAY THIS IS WHAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE WAS SAYING ABOUT
WHAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WAS
SAYING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, WHAT
NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE?
IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE A
REACTION, WE'RE NOT JUST
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE REACT.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT PLACE AND
COMMUNITY BUT BUILDING A SENSE
OF BELONGING.
AND CREATING A SENSE OF
COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT, SOME OF THOSE
CLASSIC NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAMS,
IT'S THE MATCHING FUND, THE
SMALL SPOTS, THE NIGHTS OUT
THAT PAY FOR THOSE PLACED
WEEDS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
PATCHES THAT ACT AS HUBS FOR
NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERINGS AND WE
WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
JUST WANDER ON DOWN TO A PEA
PATCH.
THEY KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS.
PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS TIED
TOGETHER, WHAT IS HISTORIC
PRESERVATION HAVING TO DO WITH
CRIME?
WELL, HOW ABOUT IF WE PROTECTED
SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS, AND WE
HAD PLACES THAT REMIND US OF
WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE WERE AND
WHAT WE ARE ABOUT.
IT CREATES A SENSE OF PLACE AND
A PLATE SENSE OF IMPORTANCE AND
A SENSE OF LEGACY.
WHETHER IT IS A BUSINESS OR A
HOME OR AN OLD BUILDING
SOMEWHERE, THAT IS WHAT MY
DEPARTMENT PROBABLY DOES EVERY
DAY AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL TO BE
HERE WITH VICTORIA BEACH AND
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE
DO IN WORKING TOGETHER TO GET
THESE THINGS DONE.
SO, IT MAY SEEM LIKE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS DOESN'T -- I'M
NOT TELLING YOU WHAT STREET ARE
PAINTED, OR WHAT LIGHT I HUNG
UP.
BUT, WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW WE
WORK WITH OUR TEAM AT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, CONTINUING TO
BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU SARAH.
THAT CONCLUDES THE
PRESENTATIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE US INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND, BEFORE WE DO THAT I WANTED
TO GIVE YOU DEPUTY MAYOR, AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE CLOSING
REMARKS ON BEHALF OF THE
EXECUTIVE, AND I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD WILL LIKE
TO MAKE SOME REMARKS AS WELL.
>> IN MY PRESENTATION, I HAVE
ASKED SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND I
WILL ASK GARTH GREEN AND RONNIE
MAXEY, WE WANT TO BE PRESENT
AND LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK THAT
YOU HAVE FOR US, AND NOT JUST
REACT TO WHAT WE HAVE SAID BUT
ALSO THINGS THAT ARE ON YOUR
MIND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ABLE TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION
BACK AND CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON
SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE
ALREADY STARTED.
SO, WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT
BACK OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD, YOU
WANTED TO SHARE SOME WORDS?
>> COME UP THEN.
SO, IF I CAN I WANT TO SPEAK
FROM THE HEART A BIT, I'M NOT
GOING TO SING, I DID THAT THIS
AFTERNOON.
SO, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE
ACT OF SHOOTING SOMEONE TO
DEATH, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION,
IS AN UNNATURAL EXPERT IT'S AN
ACT OF DEFIANCE.
WE CAN TALK A LIFETIME ABOUT
120 INTO THAT DECISION, OF A
PERSON, YOUNG OR OLD TO PULL
THE TRIGGER.
AND TO PUT THEMSELVES IN THAT
SITUATION OR BE IN THAT
SITUATION.
WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT
THAT KIND OF TIME, WE START
TALKING ABOUT STRIPES ON THE
SIDEWALK, THINGS LIKE THAT, IT
MAY SEEM SOMEWHAT REMOVED, BUT
I WANT TO IMPRESS UPON YOU AS A
POLICYMAKER, CITY COUNCILMEMBER,
WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT
EVERYTHING, AND I WILL TELL YOU
THAT WHEN JUSTIN TALKED ABOUT
THE GARFIELD TEAM LIFE CENTER,
THAT IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR
TO MY HEART, BECAUSE YEARS AGO,
TWO OR THREE OF MY KIDS, THEY
SPENT THEIR SATURDAY NIGHTS AT
RAINIER PLAYING BASKETBALL
BECAUSE I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO
IS THE BEST ATHLETE IN OUR
FAMILY, I ASKED THE QUESTION,
WHAT ABOUT GIRLS, WHERE ARE
THEY SUPPOSED TO GO, CAN THERE
BE MENTORS FOR THEM AS WELL,
BECAUSE THEY CAN FIND THE
JEWELS IN ABOUT SITUATION TWO.
THIS YEAR, AS WE LOOK AT THE
BUDGET, I'M GOING TO ASK
DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN'T STAY
ON CRUISE CONTROL, WE COME UP
WITH THE TEEN LIFE CENTER I
THINK WE CHANGED SOME LIVES.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD
HAVE NONPROFITS THAT COME FROM
SOME OF THESE DEMOGRAPHICS, CAN
THIS BE THE MEETING PLACE FOR
THEM, THEY NEED PERHAPS ON A
FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT, ARE
THERE MEDIATION FACILITIES?
A LOT OF -- FOR SOME REASON
THERE ARE CERTAIN GANGS, I
DON'T LIKE THAT WORD BUT I
DON'T KNOW A BETTER ONE SO I
HAVE TO USE IT.
GANGS ARE LIKE AN ORGANIZATION,
I BELONG TO SEVERAL
ORGANIZATIONS, I LIKE BEING AT
SOME OF THESE CLUBS.
IT FEELS CLIQUISH, IT FEELS
GOOD.
THESE DIFFERENT CLUBS OR GANGS,
CAN WE SET UP A FRAMEWORK WITH
SOME OF OUR PARTICIPANTS THAT
HAVE LEFT THAT LIFESTYLE, CAN
WE USE OUR FACILITIES FOR
MEETING PLACES, MEDIATION
CONFLICT, THESE KINDS OF THINGS
, RATHER THAN JUST REACTING,
CAN WE THINK CREATIVELY MORE
AND MORE?
SO, THAT IS THE KIND OF THING I
THINK THAT THE DEPARTMENTS AND
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ARE
GOING TO REALLY TRY TO PUSH.
L.E.D.
LIGHTS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
LET US KNOW IF THIS WAS
EXPLAINED TO YOU, BUT YEARS
AGO, I WENT TO A DEMONSTRATION
WHERE THE L.E.D.
LIGHTS, BEFORE THE LIGHTS WE HAD
SOME YELLOW, HIGH-PRESSURE
SODIUM LIGHTS, AND THAT KIND OF
LIGHTING THE WHITE CAR LOOKS
LIKE A GOLD CAR, LOOKS LIKE A
LIGHT BROWN PART AND THE L.E.D.
LIGHTS, THEY DID THIS DOWN CAN
CHANGE THE MOOD OF AN AREA.
GIVING YOUR ACTUAL RENDITION OF
THE COLOR, I PUSH FOR THAT FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY REASONS JUST TO
ACTIVATE IT.
A YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN IN THE CAR
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CARE ABOUT
L.E.D.
LIGHTS, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
SAYING I MUST FINISH IT HERE
BECAUSE THERE'S L.E.D.
LIGHTS.
OF COURSE NOT, BUT WE ARE
TRAINED TO ACTIVATE AREAS TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
FEEL WELCOME.
I WANT TO IMPRESS UPON YOU AND
I HEAR SOME OF THE STUFF THAT
STUFF YOU MAY THINK WELL,
WHAT'S THAT GOING TO CHANGE,
BUT WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO
HOLD THIS APPROACH, I WANT TO
THANK DEPARTMENTS IN PARTICULAR,
WE REALLY NEED TO GET OUT OF
CRUISE CONTROL WITH NEW
CREATIVE THERE IS A RISKY
PROPOSITIONS TO SAVE LIVES,
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY
THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
DARRELL.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE
MORE DIMENSION, BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY OUR NEXT BIG AGENDA
ITEM IS HEARING FROM COMMUNITY
ITEMS, I DON'T THINK THIS
SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE
FRAMEWORK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
AND THIS IS ALSO AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE ALLIANCE
FOR GUN RESPONSE ABILITY. THAT
THANKS TO THEM FOR THAT ALSO.
SOME OF THE POINTS THEY MAY BE
MAKING IN THEIR ADVOCACY, IS
LOOKING AT DATA FROM OTHER
CITIES AND SEEING AS THAT IS
SOME SORT OF A GUIDELINE FOR
WHICH WAY SEATTLE OR THE
SEATTLE REGION SHOULD GO.
ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING
PIECES OF EVIDENCE COMES FROM
OAKLAND, AND THE BAY AREA AS A
WHOLE.
IT SEEMS TO BE REALLY
SUCCESSFUL.
JUST A CAVEAT, A COUPLE OF
THINGS FROM THIS ARTICLE, JUST
A CAVEAT, THAT AREA IS ALSO
OBVIOUSLY AS WE KNOW EVEN
BEFORE THE PROCESS STARTED,
INTENSELY GENTRIFYING.
AND I THINK, I JUST WANT TO SAY,
I WOULD NOT TRUST STATISTICS IF
IT SAID, THE AREA IS MUCH
RICHER, MUCH WHITER, AND STATE
-- SAFE FOR THEM.
AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN VULNERABLE, BUT
HAVE ALWAYS FACED OPPRESSION IN
SOCIETY, ALL THE GUN VIOLENCE
HAS MOVED THAT THEY HAVE TO
DEAL WITH.
SO, WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT
CIRCUMSPECT ABOUT IT, BUT WHAT
WE DO SEE SO FAR AS WE SEE
QUITE INTERESTING, I WILL JUST
QUOTE QUICKLY FROM THE ARTICLE
WHEN IT SAYS THERE IS EARLY
EVIDENCE THAT LOCAL VIOLENCE
PREVENTION STRATEGIES,
INCLUDING A REFOCUSED OR
COMMUNITY DRIVEN QUOTE UNQUOTE
CEASE-FIRE POLICING STRATEGY,
MEANING NOT ACTUALLY POLICE
COMING AS A FORCE, BUT MORE AS
HAVING COMMUNITY DIFFERENT
APPROACHES HAVE WORKED, AND
INTENSIVE SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT
DO NOT INVOLVE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AT ALL, THEY WERE A KEY CHANGE
IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE HUGE
DECREASES AND THE LAST BIT I
WANT TO READ WHICH IS OF
TREMENDOUS INTEREST, GUN
HOMICIDE RATES FOR ALL RACES
HAVE FALLEN BUT THE DROP WAS
LARGEST FOR BLACK BAY AREA
RESIDENTS OF A 40 PERCENT
DECREASE.
I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD BE
LOOKING AT HOW THEY SHOULD BE
ABLE TO ACHIEVE IT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
SALON.
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT
EXAMPLE UP.
I THINK IN SEATTLE WE PRIDE
OURSELVES ON BEING THE FIRST,
ON THE EDGE, BUT WE ALSO LIKE
TO STEAL GOOD IDEAS IT IS GOOD
TO TAKE GOOD IDEAS WHEN OTHER
PEOPLE, I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT
YOU HAVE FOUND THAT AS A
POTENTIAL MODEL, TO CATER TO
THE COMMUNITY NEEDS HERE.
HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH
YOU AND MAKE CONTACT WITH SOME
OF THOSE FOLKS IN OAKLAND TO
SEE IF THEY CAN TALK TO US
ABOUT HOW THEY MODELED THAT
PROGRAM.
SO, WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT -- 11
FOLKS SIGNED UP?
THAT'S ABOUT 22 MINUTES WORTH OF
PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE RIGHT
ON TIME TO ALLOW ALL OF THOSE
WHO SIGNED UP TO EXPRESS WHAT
THEY WANTED TO SPEAK AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
I WANTED TO CLOSE OUT, JUST TO
DOVETAIL ON WITH COUNCILMEMBER
DARRELL SAID.
I RECOGNIZE THAT ENVIRONMENT OF
DESIGN ON ITS OWN IS NOT GOING
TO BE THE ANSWER TO ALL OF THE
ISSUES THAT ARE FACING US WHEN
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GUN
VIOLENCE, AND I KNOW THAT THERE
IS AN INTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, A REPORT
DUE OUT IN JULY WILL GIVE US A
BETTER SOUND SENSE OF WHAT KIND
OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND
ISSUES SHOULD BE TACKLED FOR
THIS GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.
I AM EAGER TO SEE THAT REPORT
AND SOME IDENTIFIES WAYS WE CAN
BE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO
ADVANCE SOME OF THOSE
PRIORITIES.
OBVIOUSLY THE LONG-TERM
STRATEGY HERE IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE NEVER HAVE TO MAKE
THE HARD CHOICE OF PURSUING A
SITUATION WHERE THEY NEED TO
HAVE A GUN TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES OR SURVIVOR MAKE A
LIVING.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIONABLE
STORIES THAT I'VE HEARD, THE
TOWN HALL, THERE WAS A YOUNG
BLACK MAN AT THE STAGE, WHO I
THINK IS 17, EIGHT IN HIS WORLD
A GUN WAS CURRENCY.
THAT IS HOW YOU PAID FOR LIFE,
HOW YOU SURVIVED, AND THAT IS
WRONG, IN A PLACE WHERE
CHILDREN BELIEVE THAT IT
FIREARM IS EQUIVALENT TO POLICY.
WE NOT ONLY CAN DO BETTER, WE
MUST DO BETTER BY OUR FUTURE
GENERATION.
AND WE CAN'T DO THAT BY
ELECTIVE LEADERS.
WE ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE
ELECTED US TO BE HERE AND TO BE
YOUR VOICE, BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY IT TAKES ALL OF US
TOGETHER TO COME BACK -- TO
COMBAT GUN VIOLENCE BECAUSE OF
COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS MENTIONED,
THIS IS NOT JUST THE ACT OF
VIOLENCE, IT IS PEOPLE'S SONS
AND DAUGHTERS AND MOTHERS AND
FATHERS, AUNTIES AND UNCLES WHO
ARE BEING TAKEN FROM THEM, AND
IT IS TRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCE,
AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO
FEEL THAT THERE IS NO OTHER
OPTION FOR THEM IS A PRODUCT OF
YEARS AND YEARS AND DECADES OF
TRAUMA.
SO, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT,
AND I ALSO WANT TO AGAIN
RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO DOING
BETTER, BY EACH OTHER, AND BY
OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
I AM STILL HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN
DO THAT, AND LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM YOU ALL IN A FEW
SECONDS, ABOUT YOUR ALL'S
COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO JOIN
US.
THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND START WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT.
JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF HOW
PUBLIC COMMENT WORKS, AGAIN
BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL
MEETING OF MY COMMITTEE, COUNSEL
RULES APPLY WHICH MEANS EVERY
PERSON SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT GETS TWO MINUTES WENT
TO GET THROUGH THE FULL LIST.
IN THE CENTER, WHEN I CALL OUT
YOUR NAME AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A
TICKET WITH A NUMBER ON IT,
COME ON UP, TELL US WHAT YOUR
NAME IS, AND THEN GIVE US YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AGAIN, THIS IS TECHNICALLY A
COUNCIL MEETING WHICH MEANS
COUNSEL RULES APPLY, WHICH
MEANS YOU HAVE TO SPEAK TO
SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, AND IF
YOU VIOLATE COUNSEL RULES WITH
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR OR
CONDUCT, I WILL HAVE YOU MOVE.
THAT BEING SAID LET'S GET
STARTED.
I WILL HAVE YOU REMOVED WITH A
SMILE.
OKAY.
THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL WHO SIGNED
UP IS
>>> I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
OBSERVE 20-30 POLICE OFFICERS
BEFORE THEY WERE POLICE
OFFICERS, DURING BEING
OFFICERS, THEN AFTERWARD.
SOME OF THEM, I HAVE TO VISIT
AT THE WASHINGTON CARE CENTER
BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD STROKES,
AND LAW, BLAH, BLAH.
SOME OF THEM ARE PREACHERS.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE WITH A
GUN?
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WITH A
GUN?
YOU SEE, THE CODE OF SILENCE,
IS THERE ANYONE IN HERE THAT IS
PART OF THE GANG THAT BELIEVES
N THE CODE OF SILENCE?
MY BACKGROUND IS IN SCIENCE,
PHYSICS, AND CONSTRUCTION.
NOW, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT
ARE THE PROBLEM HERE. THEY WERE
NOT EVEN MENTIONED.
THE FIRST IS THE GUN.
I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD.
JAPANESE POLICE OFFICERS DON'T
KILL PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE
AN OBJECT IN THEIR HAND,
WHETHER THEY HAVE A KNIFE,
WHATEVER.
I LIVED IN LONDON, THE POLICE
DON'T CARRY GUNS.
I WAS IN AFRICA, THEY DON'T
EVEN HAVE WALKIE-TALKIES AND
DAYS. IF YOU GET INTO IT WITH
THE POLICE, HE TAKES OFF HIS
BELT AND BEATS YOU LIKE A KID.
THEY RESPECT AUTHORITY.
WHERE DOES THE GUN COME FROM?
IT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE NATIVE
AMERICANS, AT THE SAME TIME,
DOES ANYBODY IN HERE OF NATIVE
AMERICAN ANCESTRY?
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WITH
SPANISH SURNAMES OF NATIVE
AMERICANS, THEY GOT CRUSHED BY
THE SPANISH THEY CAME IN FIRST
AND STARTED TO KILL THEM.
THEN THEY GOT DEFEATED BY THE
FRENCH, THEN THEY GOT DEFEATED
BY THE ENGLISH.
THAT IS WHY SO MANY BLACK PEOPLE
HAVE ENGLISH SURNAMES.
HAVE A SCHOOL ACROSS THE
STREET, NAMED AFTER AN INDIAN
KILLER AND A SLAVER.
THAT'S GEORGE WASHINGTON,
THOMAS JEFFERSON, I USED TO
TEACH SCHOOL.
AS WHAT?
THE HISTORY THEY TAUGHT ME, WAS
NOT TRUE.
IT WAS A BUNCH OF LIES.
THOMAS JEFFERSON AND GEORGE
WASHINGTON, WERE INDIAN KILLERS
AND SLAVEOWNERS.
THEY WERE NOT THE CHAMPIONS OF
FREEDOM, JUSTICE, OR EQUALITY.
THAT IS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
THE FIRST PERSON THAT I KNEW
THAT GOT KILLED, WAS WHEN MY 13-
YEAR-OLD SCHOOLMATES WHEN I WAS
13, BY THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON UP IS ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
>>
>> HUMAN GARBAGE FROM ANIMAL
FARM.
I LIKE THIS.
I HAVE SEEN THIS FOR A LONG
TIME.
BEFORE WE DID NOT CHANGE OUR
MENTALITY OF 7000 IDIOTS.
EVERY NATION DESERVES YOUR
GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE A MENTALLY SICK
MINORITY.
>> MR. ZIMMERMAN, SPEAK OF THE
ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
>> I WILL SPEAK ABOUT GUN.
I WILL SPEAK ABOUT GUN.
I ONCE SPOKE ABOUT GUNS BEFORE
AND IN THE FUTURE.
NOTHING WILL BE CHANGED.
I WILL GIVE A CLASSIC EXAMPLE.
HOW IS THE GOVERNMENT WORKING?
I HAVE NOT FOUND AN HONEST MAN
IN GOVERNMENT FOR 30 YEARS.
>> SPEAK TO AN ITEM ON THE
AGENDA.
>> THIS IS WHAT I SPEAK.
YOU GIVE LOW-QUALITY.
>> DON'T INTERRUPT ME, YOU
TRESPASSED ME 11 TIMES FOR 1200
DAYS.
I GO TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR 5
YEARS.
>> ROXANA, STOP HIM.
>> CAN WE CHANGE GUN VIOLENCE.
>> MR. ZIMMERMAN, YOU ARE DONE.
YOUR MICROPHONE HAS BEEN TURNED
OFF.
I WILL ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
MR. ZIMMERMAN, YEAH.
>> ALEX, ALEX, LISTEN FOR A
MOMENT.
YOU HAVE BEEN BARRED FROM CITY
HALL.
I'M ASKING YOU TO STOP, BECAUSE
YOU WILL BE BARRED FROM
ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL.
I DON'T THINK YOU WANT THAT.
I BARRED YOU FROM CITY HALL.
IF YOU KEEP TALKING, IF YOU
KEEP TALKING YOU WILL BE BARRED
FROM OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL.
WILL ASK YOU TO BE REMOVED.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE FORCE, THERE
IS A RULE THAT SAYS, WHEN YOU
IGNORE BEING REMOVED, THE
REPERCUSSIONS ARE HIGHER.
YOU ARE ON NOTICE,
REPERCUSSIONS JUST GOT HIGHER,
SIR.
I MADE THE RECORD, WE WILL TAKE
ACTIONS WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE
OFFICE.
>> MR. ZIMMERMAN, YOU WERE
ASKED TO LEAVE, LEAVE THE ROOM
NOW.
MR. ZIMMERMAN, I'M NOT ASKING
YOU TO SPEAK MORE, I AM ASKING
YOU TO LEAVE.
>> YOU CAN KEEP TALKING, THIS
IS FOR THE RECORD.
I WANT TO RECORD TO REFLECT THE
FACT THAT THE CHAIR AND THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT ASKED HIM TO
BE REMOVED, HE REFUSED TO LEAVE
THE PREMISES AT A PUBLIC HEARING
. HE WAS PUT ON NOTICE, WE WILL
TAKE THE LEGAL ACTION NECESSARY
TO PROHIBIT HIM FROM ATTENDING
THESE MEETINGS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
THIS IS A SERIOUS MEETING.
WE DO WANT TO TAKE
CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
THANK YOU, REVEREND, FOR
STEPPING IN AS USUAL, YOU ARE
THE STRONG WOMAN IN THE ROOM.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION.
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK
PARKS.
THAT WAS MY BABYSITTER YEARS
AGO.
ALL OF MY CHILDREN LEARN TO
SWIM AT THE BEACH.
YOU WERE THERE FROM 12:00 UNTIL
8:00.
IT WAS GREAT BABYSITTING TIME.
THEY SPENT THE WHOLE SUMMER.
MY KIDS SPENT THE WHOLE SUMMER
THERE.
MANY KIDS SPENT THEIR TIME
THERE.
THANK YOU.
THEY ALL LEARNED TO SWIM.
A SHOUT OUT TO PARKS.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE FACT
THAT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A
GENERATION SINCE OUR KIDS HAVE
BEEN KILLED.
THAT STARTED IN 1990, OLIVER
GARFIELD AND AROUND.
WE HAVE HAD MANY MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, THE POLICE HAVE DONE
SOME GOOD ARRESTS IN THOSE
DAYS.
THEY SENT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO
JAIL.
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR,
EVER SINCE, A LONG TIME AGO, IS
FOR CAMERAS IN THE HIGH PROFILE
AREAS.
WE'VE BEEN CALLING FOR THIS
SINCE 2014.
IT IS A SPOT SHOT HER.
WE CALLED FOR THAT, SO WE COULD
SEE WHERE THE SHOTS ARE COMING
FROM.
WITH THE SILENT WAR CAMPAIGN,
NOT THE MOTHERS, BUT THE SILENT
WAR CAMPAIGN, WE HAVE A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POLICE ON
SOLVING CRIME.
WE HAVE TYRONE LOVE, AND OTHER
CRIMES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN
SOLVED.
AT ONE POINT, WE HAD THE
CAMPAIGN ON WHO SHOT ME.
WE HAD BILLBOARDS AROUND.
WE NEED TO GO LOOK AT THESE
OTHER THINGS THAT WE ALREADY
SIGNED OFF ON THAT WAS NOT
IMPLEMENTED, OR DID NOT HAVE
ENOUGH TIME OUT THERE.
THERE WAS A TELEPHONE NUMBER
THAT NOBODY COULD CALL WITH A
TIP.
UNTIL WE GET CAMERAS IN HIGH-
PROFILE AREAS, PEOPLE SHOOT
PEOPLE IN THE DAYTIME, BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THEY WILL NOT GET
ARRESTED.
THEY KNOW THAT NOBODY WILL
TALK.
THIS IS ALMOST A GENERATION NOW.
IT IS ALMOST 30 YEARS AT THIS
IS BEEN GOING ON IN SEATTLE.
I DO BELIEVE IT IS AN ISSUE OF
CLASS.
CLASS DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THIS.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE NOT CALLED
ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
A SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY WHO
WAS HERE.
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS
LIKE.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO CUT IT
SHORT AND TENTS OF PEOPLE
OUTSIDE.[ LAUGHTER ][ APPLAUSE
]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT PERSON UP IS MARGARET
WISHART, FOLLOWED BY BEVERLY
FLETCHER WILSON.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO
SEE THAT COMMENT, ON SPEAKER
NUMBER FOUR, NONETHELESS, HERE
IT IS.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
SEEN ME AROUND.
I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE
CIRCUMSTANCES AT HAND.
I WILL SPEAK TO THIS THING
TONIGHT.
I MADE AN OBSERVATION.
IT ARE THE LITTLE FOXES THAT
SPOIL THE FINE.
I'M STANDING BACK THERE, I
NOTICED THAT A DETECTIVE WOULD
LIKE THIS WITH HER HAND.
THIS STUFF IS GOING ON ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, WHERE THEY
BELITTLE US, THEY DEGRADE US,
AND WE NEVER SEEM TO HAVE
ENOUGH OF THE THINGS THAT WE
NEED TO MAKE IT IN LIFE.
THAT WAKE CONGRESS HAS TO
ADDRESS REPARATIONS.
WE HAVE MITCH O'CONNELL SAYING,
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT,
BECAUSE 150 YEARS AGO, I WASN'T
AROUND, HOW CAN WE GO BACK AND
FIX THIS PROBLEM?
MAYBE YOU CAN DROP FROM THE
EARTH AND IT WILL BE FIXED.
SOME OF YOU ARE NOT FIT TO LIVE
OR DIE IN HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DONE ALREADY
DID.
YOU ARE THE SCOURGE OF THE
NATION.
I WILL KEEP ON SPEAKING IT
UNTIL THE DAY THAT I DIE.
IT WAS A REQUIREMENT TO READ IN
HIGH SCHOOL, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF MALCOLM X. I CANNOT DO IT.
I SAID, OH NO, I AM SCARED.
IF I READ THIS BOOK, I HAD AN
EPIPHANY WITH THAT MAN.
IT WAS LIKE HE CAME RIGHT INTO
MY ROOM AND SPOKE TO ME.
DO NOT TELL ME YOU DON'T KNOW
NOTHING ABOUT WHY THESE BLACK
CHILDREN ARE DROPPING OFF OF
THE LAND AROUND HERE.
YES YOU KNOW.
EVEN BEFORE YOU CALLED US INTO
THIS ROOM YOU KNEW WHAT YOU
KNEW, AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
DO. YOU KNEW WHAT THE FOLKS
WERE GOING TO GET OR WHAT THEY
WERE NOT GOING TO GET, AND HOW
THEY WERE GOING TO GET IT.
IF THEY DIDN'T GET IT, YOU KNEW
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME NOW, I AM
SPINNING AROUND LIKE THE GLOBE
THAT YOU SEE.
THE STUFF IS WORLDWIDE.
YOU BETTER WAKE UP IN HERE.
>> YOUR TIME IS UP.
THE NEXT PERSON IS NUMBER FIVE,
FOLLOWED BY NUMBER SIX.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COME HERE BEFORE YOU, AND
LISTEN TO WHAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS DOING IN REGARDS TO
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTION.
WILL NOT BE AS COLORFUL AS THE
PRIOR SPEAKERS. I MIGHT PRIDE
MYSELF ON THAT, BUT PROBABLY
SHOULDN'T.
THE REASON WHY I AM HERE, I AM
HERE WITH GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST
GUN VIOLENCE.
SEVERAL OF MY GRANDMOTHERS,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS THAT
ARE HERE.
I HAVE BEEN WITH THE
ORGANIZATION FOR THE PAST 4
YEARS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE
SOME OF US, INCLUDING MYSELF
HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE SOUTH
SEATTLE COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST
YEAR, INTENSIVELY TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE,
TO INTERVENE AND PREVENT GUN
VIOLENCE IN THAT AREA.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO
REPRESENT THE FACT THAT MANY OF
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
COMMITTING THESE VIOLENT ACTS,
ARE CRYING OUT FOR HELP. THIS
IS A VIOLENT CRY FOR HELP.
ISSUE IS HOMELESSNESS, AND THEY
ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES,
WHICH WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING.
SPECIFICALLY, THESE ARE THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GETTING
KILLED.
THE REASON WHY THEY ARE
COMMITTING THESE CRIMES AS WELL
AS BEING KILLED BY THEM IS THEY
HAVE NO SENSE OF VALUE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT US TO
DO IS TO WORK BETTER WITH THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS.
I AM ON PATHWAYS. I AM LEARNING
SO MUCH ABOUT HOW THE
INDIVIDUALS ARE SERIOUSLY
INTERESTED IN WORKING TO
OVERCOME THE PAST GENERATIONS
OF ABUSE, AND LACK OF VALUE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT, IS LOOKING AT THE
CITY OF OAKLAND AND OTHER
CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN PREVENTING GUN
VIOLENCE.
THERE OTHER CITIES LIKE BOSTON.
WHAT I WANT US TO DO ABOUT
HAVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP.
THAT TAKES US, NOT JUST
TALKING, BUT BEING ACTIVELY
INVOLVED.
I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
SHARE MIKE'S VARIANCE, AND
PARTICIPATE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
THEM OF YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN
DOING THAT.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
I THINK I HAVE YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION.
WE WILL FOLLOW-UP.
THANK YOU FOR THE OFFER.
>> THANK YOU.
ANASTASIA DONE, I'M A RESIDENT
OF 21st AND UNION. I HAVE BEEN
AT ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS.
I WANT TO START BY SAYING I
APPRECIATE MYSELF AND MY
NEIGHBORS, WE APPRECIATE THE
MAYORS TEAM RESPONSE TO THE
VIOLENCE THAT HAS OCCURRED AND
GONE UP RECENTLY. WE APPRECIATE
THE ENGAGEMENT, AND THE ACTIONS
. ON THE WALKS, WE SAW MANY OF
THE DIRECTOR HEADS COME ALONG
ON THE WALKS, AND TAKE ACTION.
THE QUESTION I HAVE, I DON'T
KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE
CAN FOLLOW UP ON LATER, IS
THERE A PROCESS, AN EXCEPTION
PROCESS?
WE DID SEE ACTIONS BEING TAKEN
THAT ARE CLEARLY WITHIN THE
NATURAL PROCESS DEPARTMENT OF
ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
WE DID LIGHTING, TRIMMING, ALL
OF THOSE THINGS.
ON THE WALKS, WE SAW EVERYBODY
TOGETHER, ALL OF THE DIRECTORS,
LEADERS IN THEIR OWN
DEPARTMENTS, SAYING THAT'S A
GOOD IDEA TO DO TRAFFIC COMING.
DIRECTOR ZIMBABWE MAY NOT HAVE
THE DATA AT HIS FINGERTIPS TO
FOLLOW THE NORMAL PROCESS OF
SAYING THAT IT IS IMPORTANT, OR
APPROPRIATE.
I DO THINK WE HAVE OTHER DATA
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
DATA FROM OTHER CITIES THAT
SHOULD FUEL AN EXCEPTION.
HOW CAN WE MAKE IT DIFFERENT?
HOW CAN WE MAKE IT SPECIFIC?
THAT WAY IT WILL ARRIVE IN THE
SUMMER.
WE KNOW WE CAN DO IT.
WE KNOW WE CAN DO TRAFFIC
CALMING. WE CAN DO THESE
ACTIVITIES.
HOW CAN WE HELP THE MANAGERS,
AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM?
WHAT IS THE EXCEPTION PROCESS?
IF SAM ZIMBABWE THINKS HE HAS A
CREATIVE IDEA, IS THERE A
FORMAL PROCESS THAT CAN BE
FOLLOWED SO IT CAN BE
EXPEDITED?
I DO KNOW IT IS ADMINISTRATIVE
WORK, RIGHT?
WHAT IS THE PRACTICAL STEP THAT
THE LEADERS CAN TAKE TO PARTNER
WITH LEADERS AND SAY WE HAVE
THE DATA WE NEED, WE DON'T NEED
ANOTHER STUDY, WE APPRECIATE
THE STUDY, I AM ALL FOR THE
STUDY, WE MAY NOT NEED IT.
HOW CAN WE TAKE ACTION? WE NEED
THIS TO BE DIFFERENT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE FIRST
SLIDE SAYS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS
DIFFERENT.
IT SHOULD BE OKAY FOR IT TO BE
DIFFERENT.
SIMPLE THINGS, LETTING OUR
DEPARTMENTS DO WHAT THEY DO
BEST.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
ANASTASIA, THE DEPARTMENT FOLKS
WILL BE HERE, AND THE DEPUTY
MAYOR IS ALSO HERE.
I DO INVITE YOU TO CONTINUE TO
EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS A
PRIORITY FOR ALL OF YOU.
THIS IS ABOUT MAKING THE
CONNECTION AND MAKING SURE IT
IS URGENT AND SUSTAINABLE, WELL
INTO THE FUTURE TO ADDRESS
ISSUES.
REBECCA?
WE WILL HEAR FROM DAN SANCHEZ.
>> I'M REBECCA, I AM A PARENT
AND EDUCATOR.
I AM NERVOUS.
I'M A 13 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE
CENTRAL AREA.
I AM HERE BECAUSE I HEARD AND
SAW THE SHOOTER IN A NON-GANG-
RELATED MURDER.
IT HAS GIVEN ME PTSD.
NOW THE RECENT CRIMES THAT HAVE
BEEN IN DAYLIGHT HOURS IN
PLACES WHERE MY CHILD AND I
WALK AND BIKE ARE STRESSING ME
OUT.
I DON'T LIKE I CAN WALK TO
STARBUCKS.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN WALK TO
THE LIBRARY.
THERE HAS BEEN SHOOTINGS IN A
PLACE WHERE MY CHILD BIKES
REGULARLY.
I'M SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF THOSE
LIVES.
I FEEL LIKE OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY
IS SUFFERING.
I'M A 30 YEAR RESIDENT.
I AM FROM THE BAY AREA.
I FEEL LIKE, I AM NERVOUS, I AM
SORRY.
I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ADDRESS
THIS IN A COUPLE OF WAYS.
ONE, WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE,
THERE WAS GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS
PART OF TOWN, I LIVED NORTH.
I HEARD THERE WERE GUN BUYBACK
PROGRAMS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THAT.
I LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW
WE CAN HAVE YOUTH INVOLVEMENT
WITH MORE ADVERTISING OF YOUR
PROGRAMS, IN OTHER PLACES.
úALL OF YOUR STUFF SHOULD BE ON
A BIG BOARD.
HOW TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE GET
INVOLVED?
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE TELLING
ME ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THEM.
I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THEM.
DO ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT
STAFF FLYERS?
I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THEM.
IN THE BAY AREA, MY MOM WAS
PART OF THE COMMUNITY MEDIATION
PROJECT THAT FOSTERED A LOT OF
THESE PROGRAMS YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT HOW
WE CAN HAVE A BIG MEETING OF
ALL OF THE GROUPS THAT BELONG
TO THE CENTRAL AREA, TO FOSTER
A COMMUNITY GRANT WRITING
WORKSHOP.
LET'S GET KIDS AT THE GRANT
WRITING MEETING, TO TALK ABOUT
HOW TO INVEST IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS THAT THE
OTHER DEPARTMENT IS DOING.
THAT IS THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM IN THE SPRING.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
DISPLACEMENT.
ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE
HAPPENED.
WE HAD THREE MAJOR SHOOTINGS IN
MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER ONE ON
EAST UNION THAT COULD COUNT AS
4. THIS HAS HAPPENED DURING
ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING PLACES
ARE LOST.
PEOPLE USED TO HANG OUT AT THE
RED APPLE INC.
COMMUNITY WAYS, AND NOW THEY
CANNOT.
WE HAVE ASKED PEOPLE IN THE
REDEVELOPMENT, CAN WE HAVE
FARMERS MARKETS?
CAN WE TALK WITH THE ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES, THE ECONOMIC
COUNCILS, AND THE DEVELOPERS
ABOUT HAVING OTHER PLACES FOR
PEOPLE TO MEET?
CAN WE HAVE PORTABLES?
CAN WE HAVE COMMUNITY COFFEE
SHOPS THAT ARE STAFFED BY
BUSINESSES THAT ARE DISPLACED?
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, HOW
CAN WE HAVE A REAL VOICE
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY COUNCILS.
I AM ON THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
RIGHT HERE BY THE SHELL
STATION.
WE DO NOT HAVE A VOICE.
CAN THE MAYOR BRING BACK THE
VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY
COUNCILS?
WE SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED BY
THE LEFT -- LAST MERE.
>> WILL YOU WRAP IT UP?
>> YES.
THE LAST THING, THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY.
I DO BELIEVE IN THE MEDIATION
IDEAS, AND I HOPE WE CAN
ADDRESS THOSE.
>> THANK YOU REBECCA.
[ APPLAUSE ] THE NEXT PERSON IS
NUMBER EIGHT, DAN SANCHEZ.
AFTER THAT, NUMBER NINE IS ANN
EISENBERG.
>> I MIGHT SOUND LIKE I'M GOING
TO GO OFF TOPIC FOR A SECOND,
IT WILL WRAPAROUND.
GENTRIFICATION IS A BIG
PROBLEM.
MANY PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED.
IT'S NOT ALL GANGS.
WE HAVE KIDS WHOSE FAMILIES
DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.
THE CITY NODS HER HEAD ABOUT
PROPERTY TAXES AS A PROBLEM.
I DO KNOW A LADY ON 21st AND
FOR.
HER HOUSES WERE $700,000.
ACCORDING TO THE TAX ASSESSOR,
50% IS THE LAND.
LAND IS WORTH 350,000.
CAN BUILD A HOUSE IN HER
BACKYARD BECAUSE IT WAS JUST
RESOUND.
BUILDERS WILL PAY ONE THIRD OF
THE FINISHED VALUE FOR THE
LAND.
HER BACKYARD IS NOW WORTH
300,000.
OR $700,000 HOUSE IS NOW GOING
TO BE TAXED ASSESSED AT $1
MILLION.
50% INCREASE.
THERE IS A HARDWARE STORE IN
UNION, AND THAT ALSO HAPPEN.
HE WAS TAXED FOR A 20 STORY
BUILDING.
IT IS ALL THE HARDWARE STORE
BECAUSE HE COULDN'T PAY THE
TAXES ON IT.
THIS HE WILL NOW MOVE AT 21st
AND UNION BECAUSE SHE IS ON A
FIXED INCOME.
THAT IS WANTING.
THE CITY, JUST FOR STUFF LIKE
THAT, UP A ZONE, TAKE THE
MONEY, AND NOT THE HEAD WHEN
THEY SAY PROPERTY TAXES A
PROBLEM.
THERE IS CREDIBILITY THAT THEY
DO NOT HAVE.
THE BROKEN WINDOW THEORY, THINK
EVERYONE AGREES, THE BROKEN
WINDOW THEORY IS A THING.
WE HAVE DECRIMINALIZED ALL
DRUGS.
DON'T GANGS SELL DRUGS.
WE HAVE DECRIMINALIZED DRUGS,
THEN WE ARE LIKE WHERE THE
GANGS COMING FROM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO MICRO POLICING.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THE
HOTSPOTS ARE.
I LOVE THE STORE AT 21st AND
UNION.
THEY SELL CRACK PIPES.
I TALK TO A POLICE CAPTAIN, HE
KNOWS THEY DO.
THERE IS NOTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT
IT.
THREE PEOPLE GOT SHOT THEIR.
THE TRAFFIC CALMING AT 21st AND
UNION IS LOVELY.
IS AT THE STREET WHERE THEY
TOOK THE VICTIMS FROM THE
SHOOTING, DOWN TO CHERRY HILL
AND SWEDISH.
I DON'T THINK TRAFFIC CALMING
HELPED.
THAT WAS ONE AREA.
THE TRAFFIC IS DOWN TO 600
CARDS.
STOP LIVING IN YOUR SILOS, AND
CREATING GROUPS THAT ONLY
CONVENE TO MEET THE OUTCOME THE
WANT TO HAVE.
LET MORE PEOPLE COME TO THE
MEETINGS. STOP LETTING
DEPARTMENTS PICK AND CHOOSE WHO
THEY WANT SIGNED UP ON THE
PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU DAN.
THE NEXT PERSON IS ANNA NUMBER
NINE.
10 IS ANGELA DAVIS.
>> I AM IAN EISENBERG.
THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT CRIME
PREVENTION THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN IS.
YEARS AGO, WE HAD MANY THINGS
DONE IN A MATTER OF WEEKS.
AT 21st AND UNION, I ON THE
SOUTHWEST PROPERTY.
MYSELF AND THE OWNER OF THE
SOUTHEAST PROPERTY HAVE BEEN
ASKING, SINCE EARLY FEBRUARY
FOR A [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT DEPARTMENT IT
IS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO DOES IT
ANYMORE.
YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE
EXPERTS.
WE HAVE TAKEN DOWN WALLS AND
PUT UP CAMERAS AND LIGHTS.
WE ARE GUESSING.
WE WANT SOMETHING FROM THE
CITY.
EVERYBODY KEEPS SAYING THAT
PEOPLE WILL COME AND WE HAVE NO
IDEA.
AT THE UNION MARKET SIDE OF THE
STREET, THE FAMILY THAT OWNS
THAT PROPERTY HAS DELAYED
PUTTING UP LIGHTS AND DELAYED
PUTTING UP CAMERAS.
THEY HAVE DELAY DOING ANYTHING,
WAITING FOR THE CITY TO GIVE US
THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THAT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE COMING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK OR WHO
TO TALK TO.
EVERYBODY GOES HERE, AND GOES
ON THE WALKS WITH US.
THERE'S NO REAL AT OUTCOME THAT
WE AS PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS
CAN TAKE THE ADVICE AND
IMPLEMENT. WE CANNOT IMPLEMENT
CHANGES TO HELP THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> NUMBER 10 IS ANGELA DAVIS.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE
TIME TO COME OUT HERE.
I WILL TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS I
CAN.
I GREW UP IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
I HAVE LIVED HERE FROM 1969
UNTIL 1976, WITH MY MOTHER.
I DID MOVE BACK INTO THE SAME
HOUSE IN 1989.
I HAVE LIVED THERE UP TO 2005
OF MY CHILDREN.
WHEN I MOVED IN WITH MY
CHILDREN, IT WAS AT THE HEIGHT
OF THE CRACK COCAINE ERA.
ON THAT BLOCK, THERE WAS A
CONTINUAL 911 RESPONSE, WHICH
RE-TRIGGERED MY TRAUMA FROM
PTSD.
AT THE SAME TIME, THEY WERE
BROWN AND BLACK PEOPLE, THAT I
KNEW, THAT I WENT TO SCHOOL
WITH, SOME OF THEM WENT TO THE
SAME DAYCARE AND COMMUNITY
CENTER, SAME CHILDCARE THAT MY
CHILDREN WENT TO, THAT WERE
GOING TO THE JUVENILE DETENTION
CENTER, WHICH I WAS AN EMPLOYEE
OF.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE OFFICERS
THAT WERE DOING THEIR JOB, THEY
WERE HAVING BLACK MEN, LAYING
IN THE STREETS WITH GUNS ON
THEM, IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, AND
22nd AVENUE, AROUND THE CORNER
FROM HERE.
NOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE IDENTITY
OF WHAT THIS AREA REPRESENTS IS
A SYMBOLISM OF HOW RACE, CLASS,
GENDER, EDUCATION, AND ALL OF
THOSE THINGS, THERE IS A HUGE
DISCONNECT.
THOSE THAT ARE ABLE TO NAVIGATE
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, AND
ARTICULATE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY
NEED, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE
ABLE TO GET IT.
HOW DO WE ASSIMILATE INFORMATION
SO THAT IT IS NOT SO
SOPHISTICATED FOR OTHER PEOPLE,
SO WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND
HAVE REAL CONVERSATIONS?
I THINK IT IS VERY VITAL AND
CRUCIAL, THAT WE MAKE IT SO
THAT THE EVERYDAY PERSON, THAT
MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO PUT A
COMPLEX SENTENCE TOGETHER, YOU
CAN TALK ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES
THAT WE ARE IN THIS ROOM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MISS DAVIS.
THE LAST PERSON SIGNED UP ON
THE SHEET IS JOANNA.
>> HELLO, THANK YOU.
I WILL GET TO THE FIRST POINT
QUICKLY.
I LIVE ON 21st AVENUE.
THIS MORNING, SEVERAL PEOPLE
AND I MET WITH THE MURAL ARTIST
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE
MURAL ON IAN'S PROPERTY.
THE ONE THING THAT CAME UP IS
THE SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP
IS SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO DO [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. WE HAVE NO IDEA
, WHEN THEY FINISH, WHAT THE
PROCESS WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT
THE IDEAS WE WOULD LIKE SOME
ANSWERS ON THAT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING
US AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING,
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR
COMING OUT TO BRING THE
DEPARTMENTS TO MEET WITH US.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, THANK
YOU FOR HAVING THIS MEETING.
ALSO, VICKI BEACH, THANK YOU
FOR LETTING US BE HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU JOANNA.
THAT IS THE LAST PERSON WHO
FORMALLY SIGNED UP ON PUBLIC
COMMENT SHEET.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO DID NOT GET
A CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT, WHO FEELS INSPIRED AND
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY
TO US NOW BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT?
GREAT, BEFORE I DO THAT, LET ME
CLOSE OUT PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY ELSE COME
FORWARD.
DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC
COMMENT?
OKAY, PLEASE DO.
>> HELLO, I AM VICTOR ROBISON,
I AM AT TRACK COACH AT THE
COMMUNITY CENTER. I'VE DONE
THIS FOR 25 YEARS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE NOT
HEARD ABOUT TODAY IS TRAUMA FOR
YOUNG KIDS, AS WELL AS THOSE
THAT ARE IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE.
LAST SPRING, WE HAD A TRACK
MEET IN WEST SEATTLE.
500 KIDS WERE HAVING A GOOD
TIME.
A GUNBATTLE TURNED OUT.
ONE OF THE FAMILIES, ONE OF THE
FATHERS ON MY TRACK TEAM WAS
KILLED.
FOLKS SOUGHT, THEY WERE
FRIGHTENED, AND ONE YEAR LATER,
THE KIDS CAN SLEEP.
THE FAMILY IS TORN.
MANY OF THE TRACK KIDS DO NOT
FEEL SAFE.
THE IDEA THAT THE KIDS ARE
GOING THROUGH SOME IMMEASURABLE
STUFF THAT TRAUMATIZES THEM,
AND I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING
THAT TALKED ABOUT THE TRAUMA.
THE FAMILIES ARE BROKEN.
MULTIPLE GENERATIONS ARE
BROKEN.
WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT HOW WE
HEAL THE FAMILIES.
EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A SHOOTING,
IT IS A PERSON AND A FAMILY.
THERE ARE FRIENDS, THE
COMMUNITY, AND NOW THE CENTRAL
AREA, IT IS TERRIBLE.
I FEEL SORRY FOR THE YOUNG LADY
THAT SAID, I DON'T FEEL SAFE.
THAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES FOR
HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
OUR INABILITY TO CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEALING WITH
TRAUMA IS VERY POOR.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE ON THE
SOUTH END.
IN THE INNER-CITY, THERE'S NO
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. THEY
SAY WHEN SHOOTING HAPPENS, WE
GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND BEGIN
TO DO THIS, AND WE DON'T DO IT.
KIDS GET OUT OF JAIL, THEY JUST
HOPE FOR THE BEST THAT THEY CAN
GET A JOB.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THESE
THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
THEY HELP PEOPLE TO HEAL.
THIS WILL PROVIDE BETTER
SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE VERY WISE WORDS TO
DEAL WITH TRAUMA.
WE NEED TRAUMA INFORMED MODELS.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
OUR PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY TO
HELP DEAL WITH MEETING PEOPLE
WHERE THEY ARE AT.
I DO APPRECIATE THE PUSH FROM
EVERYBODY HERE TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THE GOOD STUFF THAT WE HAVE ALL
DONE TOGETHER, BUT WE CAN
CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO DO MORE.
CLEARLY, WE HAVE A LOT MORE
WORK TO DO IN THIS SPACE.
I AM PERSONALLY COMMITTED TO
WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU, AND
WORK HARD TO DO AGAIN.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO IDENTIF
THE CONCRETE THINGS THAT WE CAN
DO, AND DO IT WITH A SENSE OF
URGENCY.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL
TO DO THAT WORK ON THE INSIDE
AS WELL.
VERY QUICKLY, ON A SEPARATE
REPORT, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE
FOLKS AT THIS YET ALL
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP EARLIER
TODAY.
SOMEBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
HERE TODAY.
THERE YOU ARE.
WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP SO THE
FOLKS CAN SEE YOU.
I'M SORRY TO EMBARRASS YOU ALL.
HELLO.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS, THEY ARE
GETTING READY TO PUBLISH A
REPORT SOMETIME IN JULY.
IS THAT CORRECT, LINDA?
YES, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP TO
THE MICROPHONE AND INTRODUCE
YOURSELF TO EVERYBODY.
YOU CAN TALK THROUGH WHEN YOU
EXPECT TO SEE THE REPORT.
>> Reporter: I AM THE ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR AT SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP.
LINDA IS MY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
WERE CONNECTED TO THE NEIGHBORS
AT 21st AND UNION BY SOMEBODY
AT S..
THEY SAID THEY WANT TRAFFIC
CALMING, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT MEANS.
JEWELS AND EMILY CONNECTED WITH
THE FOLKS, AND MET WITH
NEIGHBORS TO TALK ABOUT CPTED
ABOUT WHAT I CAN DO AND WHAT IT
CAN DO.
WE OFFERED OUR SERVICES TO
PRODUCE AN ASSESSMENT.
THEY SAID THEY ASKED FOR AN
ASSESSMENT PREVIOUSLY, BUT DID
NOT KNOW IF THEY WOULD ACTUALLY
GET ONE.
THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION,
BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF
SOMEBODY WAS TRAINED IN THE
EAST PRECINCT YET.
THERE WAS A GAP. WE OFFERED TO
STEP IN AND PRODUCE AN
ASSESSMENT.
IT DOES TAKE US A LITTLE WHILE.
WE HAD TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME
ON SITE. WE HAD TO SPEND MANY
HOURS OBSERVING WHAT'S GOING ON
AT ALL DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY
AND NIGHT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
ENVIRONMENT FOR THINGS THAT
SUPPORT AND FACILITATE NEGATIVE
BEHAVIOR.
WE ARE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT
WE RECOMMEND.
WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
WE ALSO DO THAT BEFORE WE
PRODUCE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND WE MAKE A SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS, WE LIKE TO
SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT IN A
MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VENUE
WOULD BE FOR THAT.
I WILL ASK THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT
THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THAT.
WE WILL PROBABLY DO THAT IN MID
JULY.
OF COURSE, I WILL SHARE IT WITH
EVERYBODY IN THE CITY THAT I
HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OVER
THESE SETS OF ISSUES.
THE DOCUMENT THAT WE PRODUCE IS
A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT DOES NOT HAVE MARCHING
ORDERS FOR ANY SPECIFIC PEOPLE.
THERE ARE VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS
THAT CAN STEP INTO TAKE CARE OF
DIFFERENT PARTS.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT, I CAN ANSWER THEM
AT ANY TIME.
IS BACK WE ARE LOOKING AT JULY
FOR THE INITIAL PREVIEW WITH
THE COMMUNITY AROUND INITIAL
RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WILL HAVE REFINEMENTS AFTER
THAT, THEN YOU WILL PROVIDE
INTERESTED PARTIES, INCLUDING
THOSE UP HERE WITH A COPY OF
THE REFINED REPORT.
IT WILL BE SOMETIME IN AUGUST?
>> I HOPE IT WILL BE WRAPPED UP
BY MID JULY OR THE END OF JULY.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
RECEIVING THAT REPORT. WE KICK
OFF THE BUDGET PROCESS AT THE
CITY COUNCIL IN THE THIRD WEEK
OF SEPTEMBER. I DO LOOK FORWARD
TO SEE IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT
NEED TO RESOURCES AND FUNDING,
OR IF IT'S POLICY CHANGES, OR
IF IT CAN BE DONE WITHIN THE
EXISTING RESOURCES.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENGAGING IN
THAT PROCESS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
>> I WILL BE AROUND LATER.
>> WILL YOU SET UP THE MEETING
WITH THE YOUNG GANG MEMBERS.
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT THE
PROBLEM.
>> WE WORK WITH SEVERAL
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
THAT ENGAGE WITH GANG INVOLVED
YOUTH, OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
INVOLVED YOUTH, INCLUDING
CHOOSE 180, PASSAGEWAYS, AND
SEVERAL OTHERS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS TRUSTED
MESSENGERS AND CONVENERS OF THE
GROUPS TO HELP US INTERRUPT THE
CYCLES OF VIOLENCE, AND
ULTIMATELY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
GET OUT OF THAT LIFESTYLE.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US, AS CITY
LEADERS, TO NOT PRETEND LIKE WE
KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTIONS ARE AND
WHAT COMMUNITIES NEED.
INSTEAD, WE FOCUS OUR ENERGY ON
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME FROM
COMMUNITIES, THAT ARE
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED IN THE
SPACE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE
THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO DO
THE CONVENING AND THE HARD WORK
THEY NEED WITH RESOURCES
REQUIRED TO DO THIS TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF WORK.
OKAY, I THINK THAT IS IT FOR
THIS EVENING.
I AM NOT SURE IF I ANSWERED THE
SECOND QUESTION. I DID NOT
WRITE IT DOWN.
I AM DOING THIS BY MEMORY.
>> THE EXCEPTION PROCESS, I AM
SORRY.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WORK,
I'M NOT SURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT
IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EXCEPTION
PROCESS.
IT'S ABOUT PRIORITIZATION.
THAT COMES FROM, I WILL BE
FRANK, MAKING SURE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ARE ORGANIZING, AND
COLLECTIVELY, WITH A VERY
STRONG AND LOUD VOICE, TELLING
US WHAT THEY EXPECT TO SEE, AND
BY WHEN.
I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP THAT
PRESSURE UP.
ALSO, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS A
PRIORITY.
IF EVERYTHING IS A PRIORITY,
NOTHING IS A PRIORITY.
HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THE THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED?
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE IT IS
SUSTAINABLE?
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE
TWO PRIORITIZES WORK TOGETHER?
THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE IS HERE, WITH ALL OF THE
DEPARTMENTS AT THE SAME TIME,
IS A VERY GOOD SIGN THAT THIS
ISSUE HAS BEEN PRIORITIZED, AND
THEY ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE TALKING AND MAD THAT IS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY.
THAT WAY WE DON'T GET INTO THE
SILOS OR GET INTO A SITUATION
WHERE THE LEFT HAND DOESN'T
KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT HAND IS
DOING.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TOO MUCH
FOR THE MAYOR.
MY SENSE IS, THAT IS THE MODEL
THAT WE WILL SEE FROM THE
EXECUTIVE.
>> I DO APPRECIATE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
LET'S CONTINUE TO DIALOGUE AND
TAKE THIS OFF-LINE.
I THINK I KNOW THE REFERENCE
POINT.
LET'S SPEND MORE TIME ENGAGING
AROUND THE TOPIC.
>> THANK YOU.
AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY, WE HAVE
A FAIR AMOUNT OF BUREAUCRACY
AND RED TAPE THAT WE HAD TO CUT
THROUGH SOMETIMES.
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE
OUR SYSTEMS MORE EFFICIENT AND
BE MORE RESPONSIVE IS AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE DIALOGUE.
THAT IS IT FOR OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT.
WE WILL ADJOIN THIS MEETING.
WE DO HAVE SO MUCH FOOD IN THE
BACK.
PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T BE
EMBARRASSED TO TAKE A PLATE
HOME.
WHATEVER IS NOT EATEN, WE WILL
MAKE SURE WE DONATED, SO DON'T
GO TO WASTE.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>>> FROM A MAJOR LAND-USE
DECISION IN THE MAGNOLIA
NEIGHBORHOOD, TO A CELEBRATION
OF SEATTLE PRIDE, IT IS ALL
HERE ON CATTLE NEWS, NOW.
>>> HELLO, I AM BRIAN CALLAHAN,
THE MAYOR HAS SIGNED INTO LAW,
A NEW PLAN FOR THE ARMY RESERVE
PROPERTY IN MAGNOLIA.
MOVE RESOUNDS ONE THIRD OF THE
34 ACRE PROPERTY INTO 238 UNITS
OF SINGLE-FAMILY AND
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
THE OTHER PORTION OF THE SITE
WILL BECOME ATHLETIC FIELDS,
OPEN SPACE, AND PARKLAND.