>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL DO CALL TO ORDER.
AS SOON AS COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL
RR
SITS DOWN.
THE FEBRUARY 24TH, 2020 MEETING
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL
COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 2:05.
I'M DEBORA JAUREZ, PRESIDENT PRO
TEM COUNCIL.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
[ ROLL CALL ]
>> THANK YOU.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WE WILL START WITH
PRESENTATIONS.
SO DO I NEED TO SUSPEND THE
RULES?
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
TO ALLOW BRIEF COMMENTS AND
REMARKS FROM THE COUNCIL.
THIS IS REGARDING BLACK HISTORY
MONTH PROCLAMATION.
WE HAVE THE HONORABLE
COUNCILMEMBER BRUCE HARRELL
HERE.
WHERE ARE YOU, LARRY?
THERE YOU ARE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WE SHOULD HAVE REVEREND HARRIET
WALDEN HERE AS WELL.
WE SHOULD HAVE COMMUNITY LEADER
MARY FLOWERS HERE AS WELL.
MARY IS NOT HERE YET.
THERE YOU ARE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, DO YOU
WANT TO BEGIN?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRO TEM.
IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TODAY TO BE
ABLE TO BRING FORWARD THIS
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING
FEBRUARY 2020 AS BLACK HISTORY
MONTH HERE IN SEATTLE.
THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZES THE
LEGACY OF RESILIENCE,
RESISTANCE, AND LEADERSHIP BY
SEATTLE'S BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE
FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, HOUSING
JUSTICE, WORKERS' RIGHTS, AND
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS PROCLAMATION CELEBRATES THE
ARTISTS, BUSINESS LEADERS,
ORGANIZERS, ACTIVIST WHOSE HAVE
MADE A TREMENDOUS AND ENORMOUS
CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY
AND TO THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY LED RIGHT
HERE IN SEATTLE BY THESE
INCREDIBLE LEADERS.
TODAY WE'RE HONORED TO BE JOINED
BY THE FOUR LEADERS THAT THE
COUNCIL PRO TEM HAS JUST
ANNOUNCED.
THESE ARE BLACK LEADERS IN THE
COMMUNITY WHO HAVE DONE SO MUCH
TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF NOT JUST
THOSE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY BUT
FOR ALL OF SEATTLE.
KING COMMUNITY LEADER MARY
FLOWERS.
REVEREND HARRIET WALDEN.
WE HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE WORK
OF NOT ONLY THE FOLKS IN THE
ROOM BUT THE GENERATIONS WHO
HAVE FOUGHT FOR EQUITY IN THIS
CITY, IN THIS REGION, AND IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 52
YEARS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD BLACK
REPRESENTATION ON SEATTLE'S
COUNCIL.
AND WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT REPRESENTATION
MATTERS, YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE
COMMUNITY IN THE COUNCIL
POSITIONS YOU'VE HAD AND THE
ONGOING FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND
EQUITY REPRESENTED IN THIS ROOM
IS SO TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT.
TODAY WE RECOGNIZE AS ONE DAY
AND ONE MONTH THAT IS NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED AS BLACK HISTORY
MONTH IS NOT ENOUGH.
BUT WE ARE HONORED TO BRING
FORWARD THIS PROCLAMATION TO
CELEBRATE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2020
AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH HERE IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
IT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR WHO HAVE FOUGHT TO MAKE
SURE THAT UNPRECEDENTED
DISPLACEMENT AND THE PRESSURES
OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS OF
INEQUITY IN OUR CITY CONTINUE TO
BE LIFTED UP, THAT THE HISTORY
OF EXCLUSION AND DISCRIMINATORY
PRACTICES, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE
HOUSING ARENA, ARE NOT
FORGOTTEN, AND THAT WE CONTINUE
TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE MUST
DO BETTER.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
TALK ABOUT NOT JUST THE LEGACY
OF ACTIVISM BUT THE ONGOING WORK
OF ACTIVISM THAT IS THRIVING
HERE IN OUR CITY AS WE CALL FOR
GREATER EQUITY ACROSS THIS
REGION.
IT IS MY INCREDIBLE HONOR TO
STOP TALKING AND BE ABLE TO
PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO THE
FOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERS WE JUST
MET.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO,
MADAM PRESIDENT, IF IT'S OKAY
WITH YOU, IS INVITE OUR
COLLEAGUES UP HERE FOR A PHOTO
AND THEN TO SPEAK, OR HOW WOULD
YOU LIKE TO DO THAT, MADAM
PRESIDENT?
>> BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO
KNOW IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES --
OH, WE GOT MORE CLAPPING TO DO.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I WAS GOING TO HAVE COMMENTS
AHEAD BUT IF WE WANT TO DO THE
PHOTO OP AND THEN DO COMMENTS.
YOU ALREADY STARTED IT.
YOU'RE THE MAN.
COME ON UP.
LET'S DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL DO
COMMENTS.
COME ON UP, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> LARRY.
>> OH, I'M SORRY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL WOULD
TAKE OVER FOR A MINUTE HERE BUT
HE DECLINED.
BEFORE WE HAVE THE PHENOMENAL
FOUR ILLUMEINARIES OF OUR GREAT
CITY SPEAK, I WANT TO SAY A FEW
WORDS.
I WANT TO START WITH MY HISTORY
OF COUNCILMEMBER GOSSETT WHO
I'VE KNOWN FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
LARRY GOSSETT IS THE ONE WHO
ENCOURAGED ME TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
HE WAS AN UNCLE WITH UNCLE BOB,
ROBERTO, THE DAYS WHEN HE HAD AN
AFRO.
SO I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT AN
HONOR IT IS TO STAND BEFORE YOU
AS A MENTOR.
YOU HAVE GIVEN WOMEN LIKE ME,
WOMEN OF COLOR LIKE ME SO MUCH
ACCESS AND WISDOM, AND I JUST
WANT YOU TO KNOW INDIAN COUNTRY
LOVES YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
SO I WANT TO SEE IF MY
COLLEAGUES WANT TO SAY ANYTHING,
THEN I'D LIKE YOU TO SPEAK.
THEN WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY?
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> I CAN WAIT UNTIL AFTER
COMMENTS.
>> HE NEEDS TO HEAR IT NOW.
HE LIKES IT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU AND I DON'T KNOW EACH
OTHER VERY WELL, COUNCILMEMBER,
BUT I GREW UP NOT FAR FROM THE
DAYBREAK STAR CENTER AND I SPENT
A LOT OF TIME GROWING UP THERE.
AND SO THE GANG OF FOUR WAS
IMPORTANT TO ME EVEN THOUGH AS A
WHITE MAN GROWING UP IN BALLARD,
WHITE BOY GROWING UP IN BALLARD
AT THAT TIME IT WAS VERY
DISTANT.
SO I ACTUALLY HAVE GANG OF FOUR
BOOK HERE, AND I KEEP IT IN MY
OFFICE BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF
THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS BETWEEN
YOU AND THE OTHER MEMBERS.
AND I'LL LET OTHERS SPEAK TO
THIS, BUT SOMETHING I WANT TO
JUST POINT OUT IS A, THE AFRO
THAT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
WHEN YOU SIGNED THIS BOOK, YOU
SIGNED IT --
>> I ALREADY SIGNED IT FOR YOU.
>> YOU ALREADY SIGNED IT.
WHEN YOU SIGNED THIS BOOK, YOU
SIGNED IT TO THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE.
AND THAT'S VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME
AND THAT'S WHY I KEEP IT HERE IN
MY OFFICE AT CITY HALL.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR ALL YOUR WORK, BIG SHOES TO
FILL.
>> I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
PRO TEM.
SO COUNCILMEMBER, I JUST WANTED
TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE
YOUR COMMITMENT NOT JUST AS A
PUBLIC SERVANT BUT ALSO AS A
MENTOR AND A FIGURE THAT'S HAD
SUCH A BIG IMPACT ON THE
COMMUNITY, NOT JUST AS AN
ELECTED OFFICIAL BUT ALSO AS A
PRIVATE CITIZEN AND I HAVE THE
GREAT HONOR OF HAVING ON MY
COUNCIL STAFF CAMILA BROWN IS IN
THE AUDIENCE WHO FOR 17 YEARS
WORKED FOR COUNCILMEMBER
GOSSETT.
AND HAS JUST BEEN AN EXCELLENT
MEMBER OF MY COUNCIL STAFF.
SHE STAFFS PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES
FOR ME AS WELL AS OTHER POLICY
MATTERS THAT COME UP AND REALLY
APPRECIATE -- I THINK THE MARK,
OUR IMPACT IS
BROADER THAN JUST THE POLICIES
OR THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE VOTE
ON.
IT'S ALSO HOW WE ARE AS MENTORS
AND HOW WE ARE EMPOWERING OUR
STAFF.
THE WAY SHE TALKS ABOUT YOU AS A
MENTOR, IT'S CLEAR FROM YEARS TO
COME, FROM ALL THE FOLKS WHO
WENT THROUGH YOUR OFFICE AS
INTERN, AS STAFF, THAT YOUR
LEGACY THROUGH THE WORK OF THOSE
FOLKS YOU MENTORED IS GOING TO
BE AFFECTING THIS REGION FOR
DECADES TO COME.
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
SERVICE.
IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE
TODAY TO BE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING
YOU'VE DONE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THAT
MIC.
DON'T GET SHY NOW.
>> THANK YOU TO THE CITY
COUNCIL.
I'M PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED THAT
SOMEBODY, ONE OF YOU OR YOUR
STAFF, BESIDES IDENTIFIED FOUR
OR FIVE OF US TO REPRESENT THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS LEADERS, YOU
ALSO SPENT TIME IN CALLING OTHER
COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, OTHER
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, OTHER
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
LEADERS IN NOTIFYING THEM THAT
THIS IS TAKING PLACE THIS
AFTERNOON, THIS SPECIAL AFRICAN
AMERICAN HISTORY RECOGNITION.
AND THAT IS UNIQUE.
YOU POINTED OUT, TERESA POINTED
OUT THERE ARE CURRENTLY NOT ANY
AFRICAN AMERICANS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL.
BUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE
CONSCIOUS OF THAT FACT HAS BEEN
RECOGNIZED IN THE MANNER OF
úHAVING THIS SPECIAL AFRICAN
AMERICAN SALUTE TODAY IS REALLY
APPRECIATED BY ALL OF US.
SO THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I JUST WANT TO TALK FOR ONE
MORE, OR ONE AND A HALF MORE
MINUTES ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISTORY AS IT RELATES TO
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
BECAUSE I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK
TO MAKE OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY
BETTER, THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY
HAS PLAYED A LEADERSHIP ROLL
OVER YEARS MANY YEARS THAT I'VE
HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING HERE.
I WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 21ST, A
COUPLE DAYS AGO WAS MY BIRTHDAY.
1945 IN KING COUNTY HOSPITAL.
YOU ALL CALL IT HARBORVIEW
TODAY.
SO I AM DEFINITELY A HOME BOY.
I'M STRAIGHT UP.
SO WHAT I'M PROUD OF IS HOW
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE THIS
SERVICE ORIENTATION AND THIS
ABILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO PUSH
HARD AT WORKING WELL WITH OTHER
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
PROGRESSIVE WHITES ON MANY
ISSUES THAT ALL OF US HAVE IN
COMMON.
I REMEMBER THAT IT WAS IN 1999
THAT EDDIE WRIGHT, JR. WHO'S
HERE WITH US TODAY STOOD UP AT
ONE OF OUR ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER
KING SALUTES TO HIS LEGACY THAT
WE ALWAYS HAVE IN SEATTLE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, FROM '83 TO
LAST JANUARY WAS THE 38TH YEAR
IN A ROW THAT FROM THE
GRASSROOTS UP, 10, 15, 20, 30
ORGANIZATIONS ALWAYS GET
TOGETHER AND BUILD SPECIAL
SALUTES TO DR. KING'S LEGACY
THAT MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN
WORKSHOPS AT GARFIELD, A HUGE
RALLY, AND ALWAYS A MARCH AROUND
TWO OR THREE CRITICAL ISSUES
IMPACTING THE BLACK AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN NEED.
AND NO OTHER COMMUNITY DOES
THAT.
BECAUSE THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE FOUND OUT
ABOUT THE EFFORTS WE MADE TO
RENAME THIS COUNTY AFTER DR.
KING IN 2009 INVITED ME, I
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW BUT THEY
INVITED ME TO A BOARD MEETING IN
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
AND OF COURSE I WORE MY KING
COUNTY PIN BECAUSE AFTER ALL THE
PEOPLE PUT PRESSURE ON ME TO
LEAD THE EFFORT WITH THEM, ALONG
WITH THEM TO GET THIS COUNTY'S
NAMESAKE, BECAUSE HE WAS VERY
ARTICULATE AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT
DID THE RESEARCH, POINTING OUT
TO US KING WAS VERY RACIST, ONLY
VICE PRESIDENT FOR FRANKLIN
PIERCE FOR FIVE WEEKS THEN HE
PASSED AWAY.
HE DIED.
WHEN HE DIED, HE HAD 169 SLAVES
ON HIS PLANTATION IN GEORGIA.
HE HAD BEEN A SENATOR FROM
GEORGIA.
THAT'S NOT A MEANINGFUL SYMBOL
FOR STRIVING RACIAL DEMOCRACY
THAT WE IN THE GREATER SEATTLE
AREA HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FILL.
BUT ANYWAY, WHEN I WALKED INTO
THE MEETING, USUALLY PEOPLE CLAP
AND GIVE YOU ACCOLADES.
I GOT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR STEPS
INSIDE THE DOOR, I DON'T KNOW
HOW THEY KNEW IT WAS ME, BUT
THEY STARTED CLAPPING AND THE
CLAPPING LASTED FOR SEVERAL
MINUTES.
AND THAT WASN'T FOR ME AS AN
INDIVIDUAL BLACK MAN.
IT WAS FOR ME AS THE SYMBOLIC
REPRESENTATIVE OF MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JR. COUNTY AND HOW PROUD
AND THE BIRTHPLACE OF MARTIN
THEY WERE.
AND THE FACT THAT WE PUT FORTH A
MOVEMENT THAT GOT THAT CHANGE,
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS MASTERFUL.
IT'S NOT A STREET, IT'S AN
ENTIRE COUNTY.
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS I
THINK WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF.
NO OTHER COMMUNITY HAS HAD THAT
KIND OF GRASSROOTS SALUTES EVERY
YEAR.
WHEN I WAS A YOUTH, WE ORGANIZED
THE BLACK STUDENT UNION AND
BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON.
AND AFTER BSU LED THE EFFORT TO
HAVE A SIT-IN IN FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL, MARCH 29TH, 1968, THE
CITY WAS IN AN UPROAR.
THEY SAID -- THEY KEPT SAYING
OUR NEGROES DON'T ACT LIKE THIS.
WELL, MOST OF US WAS FROM
SEATTLE.
CHARLES CARROLL WAS A
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY AT THAT
TIME.
HE SAID WE'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT GETTING THESE
KIND OF PEOPLE IN JAIL.
AND THEY ARRESTED THE LEADERS.
BUT THE ONLY REASON I'M TELLING
YOU THAT, THEY ARRESTED ME, THEY
THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO KILL THE
STRUGGLE AND WHAT IT DID, THEY
PUT US IN JAIL IN THE MORNING OF
APRIL 4TH.
ON THAT VERY DAY, THE SYNERGY IS
REALLY SOMETHING HERE.
ON THAT VERY DAY MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JR. WAS KILLED.
SO WE HAD THE COMBINATION OF THE
BLACK COMMUNITY BEING VERY UPSET
BECAUSE YOUNG BLACK STUDENTS
WERE ADVOCATING THE TWO GIRLS
THAT GOT KICKED OUT OF FRANKLIN
FOR WEARING THEIR HAIR NATURAL.
THEN THE PRINCIPAL SENT A NOTE
HOME SAYING YOUR DAUGHTER CAN NO
LONGER ATTEND FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL UNTIL SHE LOOKED LADY
-LIKE.
THAT WAS OUTRAGEOUS.
SO THE ENTIRE BLACK STUDENT
POPULATION THERE, WE HAD THE
FIRST SIT-IN.
THE IMPORTANT THING I WANT TO
SAY ABOUT THE BLACK COMMUNITY
THOUGH IS THAT THAT NEXT
MORNING, MORE BLACK PEOPLE
ENTERED THE KING COUNTY
COURTHOUSE ON THAT MORNING THAN
HAD EVER ENTERED THE KING COUNTY
COURTHOUSE BEFORE OR SINCE.
FOR OUR ARRAIGNMENT, WE HAD 1585
PEOPLE.
BECAUSE WE HAD SOME BSU
BROTHERS.
COUNTING EVERYBODY THERE.
1500 BLACK.
AND 68 OF THE BLACK POPULATION,
ABOUT 31,000, SO THAT'S A PRETTY
GOOD PERCENTAGE ALL DOWN HERE.
I RAN EIGHT TIMES, BRUCE KNOWS
THIS, I RAN EIGHT TIMES FOR KING
COUNTY COUNCIL.
AND EVERY TIME, BECAUSE THE
COUNTY RUNS ANALYSIS OF THE
VOTING, EVERY TIME I GOT 92% OF
THE VOTE, EVEN THIS NINTH TIME
WHEN I LOST.
I GOT 92% OF THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN VOTE.
SO NOBODY CAN EVER TELL ME THAT
SEATTLE BLACKS DON'T STICK
TOGETHER WHEN IT'S NECESSARY AND
BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
GOSSETT.
CAN WE HAVE REVEREND WALDEN?
BEFORE WE BEGIN, REVEREND, I
WANT TO SAY A QUICK FEW WORDS.
AGAIN, AS WE SAID, YOU'VE BEEN
AN INSPIRATION, NOT ONLY IN YOUR
WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION, BUT SOCIAL JUSTICE,
EQUALITY, CIVIL RIGHTS.
YOU'VE BEEN A LEADER AND AN
INSPIRATION FOR MANY OF US.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE AND
AN HONOR TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY, ACKNOWLEDGING
AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK HISTORY.
IT'S BEEN 157 YEARS SINCE
LINCOLN SIGNED THE PAPER.
THAT'S HOW LONG THIS HAS TAKEN
TO GET HERE.
HISTORY, CHANGE IN A SYSTEM
TAKES A LONG TIME.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE AND
CONTINUED TO DO IS TO STAY AT
THE TABLE.
THROUGH ALL THIS UPS AND DOWNS,
WE NEVER TAKE OUR MARBLES AND GO
HOME.
WE STAY AT THE TABLE.
I STAY AT THE TABLE NOT ONLY FOR
MYSELF, FOR MY ANCESTORS WHO
DIDN'T HAVE THIS TABLE TO SIT
AT.
FOR ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE WANT IT
RIGHT NOW, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS
HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
REALLY THE MEASURE OF IT IS THAT
YOU STAY.
AND I STAY, I WON'T STAY TILL
I'M 99.
I GUARANTEE YOU THAT.
SOME PEOPLE SAY YOU NEED TO GO
HOME.
IT'S OKAY.
BUT I LOVE SEATTLE.
I LOVE GARFIELD.
I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS SOME DOGS
IN THE HOUSE.
I GREW UP IN FLORIDA BUT I'M AN
HONORARY BULLDOG.
I LOVE GARFIELD.
AND I LOVE SEATTLE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING
ME AND ALSO FOR ALL THE OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO GOOD WORK
EVERY DAY ALL OVER AMERICA.
PEOPLE WAKE UP DOING GOOD.
THEY DON'T MAKE THE NEWS.
THEY DON'T GET PAID FOR IT.
THEY'RE SERVING CHILDREN.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH HOMELESS
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH MOTHERS WHO
HAVE BEEN ABUSED.
EVERY DAY THERE'S MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER IN AMERICA
BECAUSE THEY LOVE THEIR
COMMUNITY.
AND MY SEATTLE IS NOT DYING, ALL
RIGHT?
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> NEXT WE'D LIKE TO HONOR AND
CALL UP OUR COMMUNITY LEADER,
MS. MARY FLOWERS.
GOT A FAN CLUB BACK THERE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I CAME HERE FOR THEM, FOR LARRY
GOSSETT.
I CAME FOR HIM.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS
HAPPENING.
I'M NOT REALLY PREPARED.
I GUESS YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
READY.
AS WE TALK ABOUT BLACK HISTORY
MONTH, MY FATHER WAS BORN HERE
IN 1910.
HE KNEW, AND SO AS WE TALK ABOUT
THAT, WE HEARD THE HISTORY EVERY
DAY AT THE DINNER TABLE.
THE CURRENT HISTORY TOO ABOUT
HOW PEOPLE WERE DEALT WITH
DURING THE COURSE OF THAT DAY
AND EVERY DAY THERE WAS A
DIFFERENT STORY ABOUT HOW THEY
HAD TO DEAL WITH RACISM.
AND MY FATHER WAS COMING UP, AS
I WAS COMING UP, AND AS MY
CHILDREN ARE STILL COMING UP
RIGHT NOW.
SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
AS REVEREND WALDEN SAID, WE TRY
TO STAY AT THE TABLE.
WHAT WE NEED TO BE REAL CLEAR
ABOUT IS WE ALREADY BOUGHT THE
TABLE AND WE OWN THE TABLE.
AND WE HAVE TO COME IN THAT WAY.
SO I WORK FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I WORK IN HOMELESSNESS.
WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF
REORGANIZING, AND I HOPE IT'S
NOT JUST REORGANIZING CHAIRS.
BUT I HOPE WE'RE REALLY REAL
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
SEATTLE MAY NOT BE DYING BUT OUR
PEOPLE ARE DYING.
OUR PEOPLE ARE DYING.
TODAY I WAS ADVOCATING FOR A
PERSON WHO WAS BORN ON DR.
KING'S BIRTHDAY.
I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS 10 YEARS
OLD, WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS WERE
FOR HIM.
AND NOW HE HAS BEEN THROUGH --
NOT BEEN THROUGH, FALLEN THROUGH
EVERY SINGLE SYSTEM THAT WE
HAVE.
I HAVE TO LEAVE HERE AND GO BACK
AND ADVOCATE FOR HIM IN A WAY
THAT'S SO HURTFUL, SO HURTFUL
AND HARMFUL BECAUSE OUR SYSTEMS
ARE SO BROKEN.
THEY DON'T WORK TOGETHER.
AND I HAVE TO ADVOCATE IT FOR
HIM IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO BE
REALLY HARMFUL.
THERE'S NO WIN FOR HIM.
HE'S IN HIS 40s AND WE'VE GOT
CHILDREN FOUR YEARS OLD STILL
GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE TALK ABOUT A RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE WHICH REALLY
HAS NOW BEEN TURNED INTO
SOMETHING THAT REALLY MAINTAINS
THE SYSTEM.
AND I HOPE THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE
THOSE OF YOU, THERE WERE COUNCIL
PEOPLE THAT JUST LEFT AND I CAN
REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GOING
THROUGH A CAMPAIGN, I SAT DOWN
WITH THEM.
THEY HAD AN EPIPHANY.
AND I'M THINKING, MY GOD, YOU'RE
ON YOUR WAY OUT.
I'M HOPING YOU CAN HAVE YOUR
EPIPHANY NOW.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST HAVING
THAT BOOK WITH THE FOUR AMIGOS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT.
IT'S REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT
IT TOOK THEN.
THAT'S HISTORY.
BUT WHAT'S EVEN MORE COMPLEX NOW
BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS THE WORDS
FOR IT.
AND WE HAVE CREATED MORE
SKILLFUL RACISTS NOW WHO CAN USE
THE LANGUAGE OF EQUITY AND STEP
ON OUR FEET AND STEP ON OUR
HEAD.
THAT'S MORE HARMFUL.
I HOPE ALL YOU COUNCIL PEOPLE
REALLY GET SERIOUS ABOUT GOING
TO COMMUNITY, BEING IN
COMMUNITY, TAKING YOUR
LEADERSHIP FROM COMMUNITY AND
NOT USING LIP SERVICE WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS BUT WE
HAVE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> IT'S A GREAT HONOR AND
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE AND ASK
THAT WE HAVE OUR FORMER COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, MR. HARRELL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, FOR
SCHEDULING THIS.
MARY FLOWERS, YOU SAID YOU CAME
HERE TO SEE ME.
YOU DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
YOU SAID YOU CAME TO SEE LARRY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
OKAY.
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, PEDERSEN, HERBOLD,
STRAUSS, AND LEWIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MOST OF OUR ROOTS HAVE COME FROM
SOMEWHERE DOWN SOUTH.
MINE HAIL FROM LOUISIANA, PART
OF THE GREAT MIGRATION.
AND THE COMMUNITY HAS
HISTORICALLY, IF YOU READ ISABEL
WILKERSON'S BOOK, HISTORICALLY
GONE WHERE THERE ARE JOBS AND
OPPORTUNITY.
A THIRST FOR JUSTICE.
AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM
OUR GREAT SPEAKERS ABOUT
CERTAINLY IT'S NOT OVER.
AND LARGELY DUE TO THE PEOPLE
STANDING BEHIND ME AND I
APOLOGIZE FOR MY BACK BEING TO
YOU.
I HAVE MY FRATERNAL BROTHERS
FROM THE ALPHA PHI COMMUNITY.
I HAVE MY BUSINESS PARTNER
GODWIN GABRIEL HERE IN CASE YOU
WANTED TO KNOW WHAT I'M DOING
NOW.
HE'S TECHNICALLY MY BOSS
ACTUALLY.
ALTHOUGH I'M MORE LIKE A BIG
BROTHER TO HIM.
MY WIFE COULD NOT BE HERE, I
KNOW THAT BECAUSE I TOOK HER TO
THE AIRPORT AT 4:00 A.M.
SO I'M
A LITTLE PUNCH DRUNK.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT OUR
COMMUNITY IS VIBRANT AND STRONG.
AND WE HAVE BEEN MOTIVATED NOT
BY HATRED BUT BY LOVE, LOVE FOR
OUR COMMUNITY, OUR FAITH.
OUR FAITH.
SEATTLE IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION
TO BE A WORLD LEADER.
AND ALL OF YOU, CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE NEW COUNCILMEMBERS.
YOU'RE DOING A MARVELOUS JOB.
YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT TOLD THAT
ENOUGH.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT.
BECAUSE I WASN'T TOLD THAT
ENOUGH.
BECAUSE YOU'RE SIMPLY TRYING TO
COME UP WITH THE BEST IDEAS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE DENIGRATED
WHEN YOU'RE COMING UP WITH
IDEAS.
AND PEOPLE MAY NOT AGREE WITH
ALL OF YOUR IDEAS BUT THAT IS
WHAT THEY ARE.
IDEAS TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES.
SO AGAIN, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY IS STRONG, VIBRANT,
UNIQUE, POWERFUL.
AND JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AN
AFRICAN AMERICAN ON THAT SIDE OF
THE DIOSCE, AND THERE WILL BE
AGAIN.
I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE OF THAT.
THERE WILL BE.
BUT I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVENESS IS
ALL ABOUT.
YOU'RE DEMONSTRATING IT TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME RECEIVE
AN INTERESTING PROCLAMATION.
WE'RE JUST RECEIVING IT ON
BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT US.
WE'RE JUST PLAYING A VERY SMALL
ROLE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I KNOW
UNITY DAY IS COMING UP FRIDAY.
THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
THERE.
I HUMBLY TAKE THIS IN THE SPIRIT
IN WHICH YOU'VE GIVEN IT TO US,
OUR COMMUNITY, LOVE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY THAT'S SO SACRED TO
US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HARRELL.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, DO YOU
WANT TO DO SOME CLOSING REMARKS?
>> SURE.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK
YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
I WONDER IF BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS
AGENDA TOPIC, MADAM PRESIDENT,
IF WE MIGHT WANT TO DO A GROUP
PHOTO THAT WAY SO THAT THE
ENTIRE ROOM THAT IS REPRESENTED
IN TERMS OF RECEIVING THE
PROCLAMATION CAN BE DOCUMENTED
AS WELL FOR THIS HISTORIC DAY.
I THINK THAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID
IT MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN ANYBODY
CAN.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT JUST LOOKING
IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR IN TERMS
OF HISTORY.
THIS IS ABOUT THINKING WITH THE
ACTION AND MOTIVATION AND
STRATEGIES ARE NOW AND INTO THE
FUTURE FOR ACTUALIZING WHAT WE
ARE HERE TO DO AND THAT IS TO
LIVE OUT THE DECLARATION OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S
PROCLAMATIONS, TO LIVE OUT
MALCOLM X'S CALL FOR EQUITY IN
THE TRUEST SENSE, TO MAKE SURE
AS MS. FLOWERS SAID, THAT WE'RE
NOT JUST PROVIDING LIP SERVICE.
SO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE CALLED ON
US TO DO IS TO HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE IN THE FUTURE, TO
MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ONLY HELD
ACCOUNTABLE BUT THAT WE'RE TRULY
WORKING IN COMMUNITY AND NOT
TAKING THESE POSITIONS WITHOUT
RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS YOU ALL
WHO NEED TO GIVE US DIRECTION,
NOT US WHO ARE JUST UP HERE
COMING UP WITH IDEAS.
THE IDEAS FOR TRUE EQUITY,
INCLUSION, AND JUSTICE ARE
COMING FROM THE COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE ALL HERE TO MAKE THAT
POSSIBLE.
TODAY RECOGNIZES THE WORK OF THE
BLACK COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF
HISTORY BUT LET'S MAKE SURE THAT
THAT HISTORY THAT WE'RE BUILDING
ON THAT HISTORY AND CREATING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREATER EQUITY
IN THE FUTURE.
SO THANK YOU ALL OF YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
YOU INSPIRE ME.
I THINK YOU MOTIVATE US ALL.
AND WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE
HELD TO ACCOUNTABILITY.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS TO MY STAFF IN THE BACK
AS WELL WHO REALLY THOUGHT WE
NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE BROUGHT
THIS PROCLAMATION FORWARD THIS
MONTH.
A HUGE AMOUNT OF APPRECIATION
FOR THEM AND FOR ALL OF YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT, I WANT
TO SAY SOMETHING BRIEFLY.
FIRST OF ALL, TO COUNCILMEMBER
HARRELL, THANK YOU FOR THOSE
WORDS ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE COME
INTO CHAMBERS, A LOT OF TIMES
YOU HEAR THEM SAY I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE ON
INDIGENOUS LAND.
AND WHAT DRIVES ME CRAZY IS
GROWING UP WHEN WE SAY THAT WHEN
WE WALK IN A ROOM, THEN YOU
DON'T TURN AROUND AND START
CALLING PEOPLE NAMES.
IT'S ABOUT BEHAVIOR.
IT'S ABOUT RESPECT.
IT'S ABOUT A SAFE PLACE, A
SACRED PLACE TO HAVE A VOICE
EVEN IF WE DISAGREE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL, FOR
COMING IN MY OFFICE AND
PROVIDING ME THAT PERSPECTIVE OF
CALM DOWN, LITTLE SISTER.
CALM DOWN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT
LEADERSHIP.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MARY
FLOWERS FOR WHAT YOU SAID.
SHE SAID SOMETHING I'VE BEEN
HEARING MY WHOLE LIFE
PARTICULARLY FROM MY UNCLE BILLY
FRANK, WHEN PEOPLE CHANT WE WANT
IT, WE WANT IT NOW, THE WORLD
DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE PAID FOR THE
THINGS WE HAD, NOT JUST WITH A
T-SHIRT AND A HAT AND A SIGN.
OUR PEOPLE DIED FOR IT.
OUR PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES,
THEIR DIGNITY.
THERE ARE LAWS PASSED AGAINST
OUR PEOPLE.
HOW DID WE GET HERE TODAY?
WE DIDN'T SHOW UP WITH
UNDESERVEED CONFIDENCE AND
UNDESERVED PRIVILEGE TO SAY I
WANT IT.
NOW IT'S IN MY FRONT YARD.
THAT'S WHAT I STRUGGLE WITH.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THOSE
VERY MORE THAN INSPIRATIONAL
WORDS.
I'M GOING TO CARRY THEM WITH ME,
MY HEART AND SOUL.
AS WE SAY IN INDIAN COUNTRY, MY
HANDS ARE UP TO YOU.
I THANK YOU.
WANT TO DO ONE MORE PICTURE?
LET'S DO THAT.
>> EVERYONE LOOK AT ME.
1, 2, 3. ONE MORE.
ONE MORE.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> IF YOU GUYS, IF WE CAN COME
BACK TO ORDER.
OKAY, EVERYBODY.
LET'S TAKE OUR SEATS.
WE HAVE A CALENDAR TO GET
THROUGH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR SCHEDULED CALENDAR, OUR
AGENDA.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
I'M GOING TO ASK PEOPLE IF THEY
COULD -- JENNIFER, I SEE YOU
BACK THERE.
LET'S GO TO THE APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES.
IF I COULD HAVE IT PLEASE A
LITTLE BIT QUIET.
IF YOU COULD TAKE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE.
THANK YOU.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THE
CALENDAR TODAY.
SO THERE ARE NO MINUTES FOR
APPROVAL TODAY.
IS THAT CORRECT?
OKAY.
SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
ADOPTION OF THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION TO REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION OF THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
TAKE COMMENTS ON THE ITEMS THAT
APPEAR ON TODAY'S AGENDA IN THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
EACH PERSON GETS 20 MINUTES.
I'M SORRY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR 20
MINUTES.
EVERYONE GETS TWO MINUTES.
IF THE SPEAKER EXCEEDS THE
TWO-MINUTE MARK, THE CLERK WILL
TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE.
PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF WHEN
YOU COME UP AND SPEAK ON THE
MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HAVE YOUR
NAME.
AND WE WILL START WITH -- LET'S
SEE.
SEAN.
>> HELLO.
I'M SEAN RENFROE.
SINCE IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH,
IN ORDER FOR ME TO HAVE THE
COURAGE TO SPEAK HERE TODAY, I'D
LIKE TO THANK A KING COUNTY
METRO BUS DRIVER BY THE NAME OF
DANTE DAVIS JAMES.
WITHOUT HIS WORDS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT, I WOULDN'T BE
SITTING UP HERE TODAY AROUND
THESE WONDERFUL AFRICAN AMERICAN
PEOPLE TODAY DURING THIS SPECIAL
OCCASION TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK
WITH YOU ON AN ISSUE THAT I
HAVE.
I'M FROM SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
WHEN I HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY
TO KING COUNTY TO SPEAK ABOUT
FALSE DOCUMENTS FOR WHICH MY LAW
ENFORCEMENT SIT UP THERE AND PUT
FORWARD FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS TO
BE TRIED FALSELY AS WE WERE DONE
BACK IN THE '60s AND THE '50s
AND THROUGH THE '70s, TO STILL
BE GOING ON TODAY THROUGH THE
EVERETT POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND FOR ME TO
HAVE TO COME TO KING COUNTY TO
SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT IT IN ORDER
TO GET SOMETHING DONE IS SAD
STILL TO THIS DAY, IN THIS DAY
AND AGE.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY
ABOUT IT EXCEPT FOR SPEAKING
WITH CHIEF DANIEL TEMPLETON AND
MAYOR FRANKLIN, TO FIND OUT
THERE'S NOT ONE AFRICAN AMERICAN
WHO SITS IN THE EVERETT POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WHO SITS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY OR
ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THAT
MATTER IS SAD, YOU KNOW, TODAY.
IT'S REALLY SAD.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU TO THAT KING COUNTY METRO
BUS DRIVER WHO SPOKE WORDS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME, THIS
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN WHO TOOK
THE TIME OUT TO GIVE ME THE
COURAGE TO SPEAK HERE TODAY.
HIS NAME IS DANTE DAVIS JAMES
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND
GOD BLESS HIM TO YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY AND TO LET YOU KNOW MY
NAME IS SEAN ANTHONY RENFROE AND
I WILL BE SEEING AND SPEAKING
WITH YOU ALL AGAIN AND YOU'LL BE
HEARING MY NAME IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SHAWN.
MEGAN MURPHY.
>> THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
I FINISHED A GREEN NEW DEAL, A
BURNING CASE FOR A GREEN NEW
DEAL.
NOW I'M ON BILL McKIVEN'S
FALTER.
IT SEEMS THAT GLOBAL WARMING IS
ACTUALLY OCCURRING AND WE CAN
KEEP PRETENDING THAT IT'S NOT
OCCURRING.
HOWEVER, THIS WILL REQUIRE
CONFRONTING UNCOMFORTABLE SCHEMA
WITHIN OUR SOCIETY SUCH AS RIGHT
NOW MONEY, IF YOU HAVE MONEY,
YOU'RE SEEMINGLY SAFE AND IF YOU
DON'T HAVE MONEY, YOU'RE NOT
SAFE.
AND THAT ONLY BEGINS WITH
HUMANS.
THE FISH IN THE SEA, THE ACIDITY
IN THE SEA IS RISING RAPIDLY
BECAUSE THE CARBON IS BEING
ABSORBED BY THE OCEAN.
SO PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF MONEY
CAN WASTE A LOT OF MONEY AND A
LOT OF RESOURCES, AND I THINK
IT'S GOOD TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING
CRISIS BY FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF
WEALTH AND SO I'M REALLY
DISAPPOINTED IN THE VOTE LAST
WEEK ABOUT NOT ALLOWING THE CITY
TO TAX BIG, BIG BUSINESS.
AND I'LL BE REALLY DISAPPOINTED
IF THE STATE IN THE PREEMPTIVE
CLAUSE ADOPTS THAT WAY OF
THINKING.
IF WE SAY WE'RE A GREEN STATE
AND WE'RE PRO ENVIRONMENT AND WE
ADVERTISE THAT, THEN WE NEED TO
ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT HOW MONEY
IMPACTS THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE WAY IT'S GOING RIGHT NOW,
THE SYSTEM OF MONEY IS SERIOUSLY
EXTRACTING COAL AND TAR.
WE HAD PROTESTS ON THIRD AVENUE.
AND THOSE THINGS, WE'RE
INJECTING MORE COAL AND TAR THAN
LKE 60 HIROSHIMA BOMBS.
OR MAYBE IT'S 600.
WE HAVE ENOUGH CARBON IF IT'S A
25 METER TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO
THE MOON OF GRAPHITE.
SO IT'S PRETTY SERIOUS.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, MEGAN.
NAGEEST.
HI.
>> THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.
I E-MAIL YOU TO BE ON THE MARCH.
BE THERE, PLEASE.
I E-MAIL IT FOR ALL OF YOU.
AND INCLUDING THE MAYOR.
I WAS SLEEPING UNDER THE BRIDGE.
THE WASHINGTON POLICE WITH A
POLICE UNIFORM, WITH A POLICE
CAR.
HE DROP BY MY BOXES AND I OPEN
IT.
IT'S A CIGARETTE.
I THROW IT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
I GO TO THE ROAD TO BUY BREAD.
TWO POLICE WAITING FOR ME.
THIS IS -- I WENT TO SENATOR
OFFICE.
AND I FILL OUT, APPLY PASSPORT.
AND THE PASSPORT IS NOT COMING.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING ME.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I THINK THAT CLOSES PUBLIC
COMMENT.
SO MOVING DOWN THE CALENDAR,
LET'S GO TO PAYMENT OF THE
BILLS.
PLEASE READ TITLE.
>> PAYMENT OF BILLS.
COUNCIL BILL 119747: AN
ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING MONEY TO
PAY CERTAIN AUDITED CLAIMS FOR
THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10, 2020
THROUGH FEBRUARY 14, 2020 AND
ORDERING THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
>> I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119747.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
THE BILL PASSED.
ANY COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL TO ROLL IN THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> [ CALLING ROLL ] SEVEN IN
FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
LET'S CONTINUE WITH OUR AGENDA.
FIRST MATTER ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM
NUMBER 1, FINANCE AND HOUSING.
THE REPORT ON THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE, PLEASE READ
THE REPORT.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, RESOLUTION
31931: A RESOLUTION
ESTABLISHING A WATCH LIST OF
LARGE, COMPLEX, DISCREET CAPITAL
PROJECTS THAT WILL REQUIRE
ENHANCED QUARTERLY MONITORING
REPORTS FOR THE 2020 CALENDAR
YEAR.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED AS
AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THIS RESOLUTION DISAPPOINTMENTS
THE 2020 WATCH LIST FROM THE
CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM FROM WHICH THE EXECUTIVE
WILL PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS.
THIS IS A LIST OF 17 LARGE
DISCREET PROJECTS THAT WILL BE
SUBJECT TO IN-DEPTH QUARTERLY
REPORTING THIS YEAR.
THIS WAS ESTABLISHED BY
ORDINANCE IN 2018 AFTER SEVERAL
PROJECTS HAD SIGNIFICANT
OVERRUNS AND DELAYS WITHOUT THE
COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC'S
KNOWLEDGE OR INVOLVEMENT.
INCLUDING THE $70 MILLION
OVERRUN AT THE SEATTLE SEAWALL
AND STREETCAR.
THIS WATCH LIST IS A RESULT OF
THE HARD WORK OF MY COLLEAGUES,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON
I'M EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
HAVE AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION IN
OUR COMMITTEE, ADD TO THE WATCH
LIST.
THIS WATCH LIST NOW CONTAINS
PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT AND
TRANSPARENCY ON, MAKE SURE
THERE'S CLEAR SCOPE AND THAT WE
WATCH FOR SHIFTING ESTIMATES AND
COSTS OR UNCERTAIN CAPITAL
FUDGED PLANS.
IF THERE'S ILL DEFINED
OPERATIONS COSTS, OR OTHER
FUNDING PLANS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO
HAVE CLEAR HEADS UP ON THAT AND
BE ABLE TO HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH WEIGH IN ON OUR PERCEIVED
PRIORITIES AND IDENTIFY
SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS AND ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT SCOPE, SCHEDULE,
AND BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE
THAT THE PUBLIC'S DOLLAR IS
BEING WELL ACCOUNTED FOR AND
THAT WE ARE ON TRACK TO
FULFILLING THE COUNCIL'S DESIRED
OUTCOMES FOR THESE PROJECTS.
HAPPY TO BRING FORWARD THIS
RESOLUTION TODAY AND THANK OUR
COLLEAGUES FROM THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE FOR THEIR WORK
TO MAKE THIS RESOLUTION EVEN
BETTER.
>> ANYMORE COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT ONE
OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN
COMMITTEE WAS A RECOGNITION THAT
THE INTENT OF THE RESOLUTION WAS
FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO BE
THE DESIGNATED COMMITTEE TO HEAR
THE REPORTS OVERALL.
BUT THERE WAS A HOPE THAT
INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEES THAT HAVE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE ON
THE WATCH LIST, THAT THOSE
INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES DO A
DEEPER DIVE ON MONITORING
PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WATCH
LIST AND CONSIDER SPENDING LIM
ITATIONS WHERE APPROPRIATE AS
YET ANOTHER WAY TO ENHANCE
OVERSIGHT, PERHAPS BY USING
STAGE GATING OR BUDGET PROVISOS
TO HAVE ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ON
THOSE PROJECTS, AND THANKS TO
CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I APPRECIATE THAT SHE HAS
INDICATED THAT SHE ALSO HAS
INTEREST IN FIGURING OUT A WAY,
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN AS A
COUNCIL, IDENTIFY CHECKS AND
BALANCES ON OUR WAYS TO MAKE
SURE THAT ENHANCED OVERSIGHT IS
HAPPENING.
WE CAN'T TOTALLY RELY ON THE
BUDGET OFFICE.
WE CAN'T TOTALLY RELY ON OUR
CENTRAL STAFF.
I THINK WE HAVE TO ALSO THINK
CREATIVELY ABOUT WAYS THAT WE
CAN DO OUR PART IN MONITORING
SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, DO
YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I MOVE THAT THE FULL COUNCIL
APPROVE RESOLUTION 31931 AS
AMENDED IN THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE.
>> SECOND.
>> THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A
SECOND.
WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.
THE AYES HAVE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE RESOLUTION PASSES.
THANK YOU.
LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 2.
THE REPORT ON THE TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
PLEASE READ THE SHORT TITLE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, COUNCIL BILL
119744.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S
HAZARD MITIGATION PROGRAM, THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO ACCEPT
EASEMENTS FOR VARIOUS RETAINING
WALLS NEAR AVENUE SOUTH.
I MOVE TO APPROVE COUNCIL BILL
119744.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS?
MOVE.
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
LET'S MOVE TO A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL
BILL -- OH, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE
RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT TO CALL OUT EVERYONE'S
NAME.
GO AHEAD.
GO GIRL.
I'LL SAY WILL THE CLERK CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ CALLING ROLL ] SEVEN IN
FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> PASSES AND I WILL SIGN IT.
THE NEXT ITEM IS -- PLEASE READ
ITEM 3.
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, COUNCIL BILL
119741: AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND
REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY,
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A
FUNDING AND COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT FOR NORTHGATE STATION
AREA ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN
SOUND TRANSIT AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE; AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THIS ORDINANCE APPROVES A
SPENDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND SOUND TRANSIT
RELATED TO THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
THAT WILL SPAN I-5 TO CONNECT
THE NORTHGATE SOUND TRANSIT
STATION.
IT OPENS IN THE FALL OF 2021.
>> WHERE WILL THAT BRIDGE BE
AGAIN?
>> THAT WILL BE IN D5.
DISTRICT 5, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S DISTRICT.
I MOVE -- THIS WAS APPROVED
UNANIMOUSLY IN THE COMMITTEE AND
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE COUNCIL
BILL 119741.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> [ CALLING ROLL ] SEVEN IN
FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
CAN WE PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER
4?
>> AGENDA ITEM 4, COUNCIL BILL
119743: AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO GRANT FUNDS FROM NON-CITY
SOURCES, AUTHORIZING THE
DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TO
ACCEPT SPECIFIED GRANTS AND
EXECUTE RELATED AGREEMENTS FOR
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THIS ORDINANCE ENABLES THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO ACCEPT GRANT
FUNDS FROM SOUND TRANSIT AS
ALREADY APPROVED AT A HIGH LEVEL
FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM CIP BUDGET.
THIS WILL IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS TO THE CURRENT MOUNT
BAKER STATION AND THE FUTURE
JUDKINS PARK STATION.
IT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY
THE COMMITTEE.
I MOVE TO APPROVE COUNCIL BILL
119743.
>> SECOND.
>> WILL THE -- ANY OTHER
COMMENTS?
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ CALLING ROLL ] SEVEN IN
FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO OTHER
BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER
BUSINESS TO GO BEFORE THE
COUNCIL?
SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.