1 00:00:04,437 --> 00:00:09,542 ♪°7 2 00:00:09,542 --> 00:00:13,680 >>> WE ARE RECORDING. 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:20,854 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. 4 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:21,654 GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY IS 5 00:00:21,654 --> 00:00:22,756 TUESDAY, APRIL 4th. THIS IS THE 6 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:24,357 ME AT MEETING OF THE SEATTLE 7 00:00:24,357 --> 00:00:26,726 CITY COUNCIL. I'M DEBORA 8 00:00:26,726 --> 00:00:28,428 JUAREZ, CALLING THEM MEETING 9 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:32,432 TO ORDER. PLEASE CALL THE 10 00:00:32,432 --> 00:00:32,632 ROLL. 11 00:00:32,632 --> 00:00:34,601 >> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. 12 00:00:34,601 --> 00:00:35,335 >> HERE. 13 00:00:35,335 --> 00:00:38,271 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ? 14 00:00:38,271 --> 00:00:39,406 >> HERE. 15 00:00:39,406 --> 00:00:43,977 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. 16 00:00:43,977 --> 00:00:45,345 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 17 00:00:45,345 --> 00:00:46,045 >> PRESENT. 18 00:00:46,045 --> 00:00:50,216 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ? 19 00:00:50,216 --> 00:00:51,985 >> PRESENT. 20 00:00:51,985 --> 00:01:00,627 >> MADAM CLERK , BEFORE WE GO 21 00:01:00,627 --> 00:01:03,696 FURTHER, I SHOULD ADD THAT 22 00:01:03,696 --> 00:01:04,597 COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS 23 00:01:04,597 --> 00:01:05,398 EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING 24 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:06,633 BUT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER 25 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:09,269 COUNCILMEMBER WHO WISHES TO BE 26 00:01:09,269 --> 00:01:10,336 EXCUSED. IF THERE IS NO 27 00:01:10,336 --> 00:01:11,171 OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT 28 00:01:11,171 --> 00:01:15,542 WILL BE AT EXCUSED FROM 29 00:01:15,542 --> 00:01:18,111 TODAY'S MEETING. HEARING NO 30 00:01:18,111 --> 00:01:18,812 OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT 31 00:01:18,812 --> 00:01:22,715 IS EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S 32 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:27,353 MEETING. MOVING ON, WE HAVE 33 00:01:27,353 --> 00:01:27,987 THREE PRESENTATIONS TODAY. ONE 34 00:01:27,987 --> 00:01:29,556 FROM COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WITH 35 00:01:29,556 --> 00:01:30,824 THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN WHICH 36 00:01:30,824 --> 00:01:34,761 WE HAVE GUESTS, COUNCILMEMBER 37 00:01:34,761 --> 00:01:35,862 MOSQUEDA, WITH HER PROCLAMATION 38 00:01:35,862 --> 00:01:39,199 FOR APRIL 6th BEING -- DAY AND 39 00:01:39,199 --> 00:01:41,835 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WILL 40 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:47,974 HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR SEXUAL 41 00:01:47,974 --> 00:01:48,741 ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH FOR THE 42 00:01:48,741 --> 00:01:49,709 MONTH OF APRIL. BEFORE WE BEGIN 43 00:01:49,709 --> 00:01:51,111 LET ME ADD A A FEW WORDS. THANK 44 00:01:51,111 --> 00:01:52,679 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR 45 00:01:52,679 --> 00:01:54,814 BEING COUNSEL MEMBER PRESIDENT 46 00:01:54,814 --> 00:01:58,651 PRO TEM IN MY ABSENCE 47 00:01:58,651 --> 00:01:59,552 YESTERDAY. I APPRECIATE IT. I 48 00:01:59,552 --> 00:02:01,287 SELDOM TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 49 00:02:01,287 --> 00:02:03,256 SHARE MORE PERSONAL ISSUES BUT 50 00:02:03,256 --> 00:02:08,828 I DO HAVE MS AND SOMETIMES I 51 00:02:08,828 --> 00:02:09,963 HAVE THESE DAYS WHERE THINGS 52 00:02:09,963 --> 00:02:10,864 ARE NOT GOOD AND I JUST WANT TO 53 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:11,898 THANK ALL OF YOU, EACH AND 54 00:02:11,898 --> 00:02:14,334 EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT STEP UP 55 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:15,869 AND LIGHTEN MY LOAD AND HELP ME 56 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:18,404 AND CHECK ON ME. I HOPE THE 57 00:02:18,404 --> 00:02:21,374 PUBLIC CAN SEE THAT WE MAY ALL 58 00:02:21,374 --> 00:02:24,377 HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES BUT AT 59 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:25,812 THE END OF THE DAY WE ALL GUIDE 60 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:27,180 EACH OTHER. I COULDN'T ASK FOR 61 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:28,147 A BETTER GROUP OF PEOPLE TO 62 00:02:28,147 --> 00:02:29,382 STEP UP FOR ME. TAKE SOME 63 00:02:29,382 --> 00:02:32,352 ISSUES FOR ME. STEP IN FOR ME. 64 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:36,089 GIVE ME A CALL AND GIVE ME A 65 00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:40,360 CHECK TO SEE IF I'M OKAY. 66 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,661 TODAY'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE 67 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:43,129 ROUGH AND IF IT GETS ROUGHER, 68 00:02:43,129 --> 00:02:44,030 I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON 69 00:02:44,030 --> 00:02:45,698 READY TO STEP IN AND BE 70 00:02:45,698 --> 00:02:48,501 COUNSEL PRESIDENT PRO TEM 71 00:02:48,501 --> 00:02:52,505 AGAIN. WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE 72 00:02:52,505 --> 00:02:55,408 ON TO PRESENTATIONS. OUR FIRST 73 00:02:55,408 --> 00:02:57,377 PRESENTATION , WE WILL START 74 00:02:57,377 --> 00:03:00,346 TODAY WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS 75 00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:09,856 AND CL PUBLIC LIBRARIES. 76 00:03:09,856 --> 00:03:11,724 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS A 77 00:03:11,724 --> 00:03:12,425 GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE JOINED BY 78 00:03:12,425 --> 00:03:13,293 OUR LEADERSHIP FROM THE PUBLIC 79 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:14,394 LIBRARY INCLUDING TOM FAY OUR 80 00:03:14,394 --> 00:03:15,128 CHIEF LIBRARIAN WHO IS NOW 81 00:03:15,128 --> 00:03:16,629 APPROACHING TO THE FRONT OF THE 82 00:03:16,629 --> 00:03:19,499 ROOM. I WOULD JUST SAY, ONE OF 83 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:25,338 THE FIRST APPOINTMENTS THAT WE 84 00:03:25,338 --> 00:03:26,839 WORKED WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD 85 00:03:26,839 --> 00:03:29,475 ON, EARLY IN THE NEW 86 00:03:29,475 --> 00:03:34,581 ADMINISTRATION WAS TOM'S 87 00:03:34,581 --> 00:03:35,748 ASCENSION TO THE LEADERSHIP OF 88 00:03:35,748 --> 00:03:36,849 THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND 89 00:03:36,849 --> 00:03:37,984 WE HAVE REALLY BEEN THROUGH A 90 00:03:37,984 --> 00:03:38,751 DIFFICULT TIME COMING OUT OF 91 00:03:38,751 --> 00:03:40,553 COVID WITH A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS 92 00:03:40,553 --> 00:03:44,958 EXPERIENCING AROUND 93 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:50,363 STAFFING, PROGRAMMATIC 94 00:03:50,363 --> 00:03:51,297 EXPANSION, FOR ALL THE THINGS 95 00:03:51,297 --> 00:03:52,532 THE COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON AND 96 00:03:52,532 --> 00:03:53,800 IT'S GREAT TO SEE TOM AND HIS 97 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,801 LEADERSHIP TEAM RISE TO THAT 98 00:03:54,801 --> 00:03:55,535 LEVEL OF MAKING SURE THAT WE 99 00:03:55,535 --> 00:04:02,442 HAVE DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING 100 00:04:02,442 --> 00:04:04,177 IN THE COMMUNITY. MAKING SURE 101 00:04:04,177 --> 00:04:04,877 WE HAVE THINGS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 102 00:04:04,877 --> 00:04:06,412 TO DO AFTER SCHOOL. MAKING SURE 103 00:04:06,412 --> 00:04:07,080 WE ARE CONTINUING TO DIGITIZE 104 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:07,614 AND MAKE ACCESSIBLE THE 105 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:09,649 COLLECTIONS WE ALL DEPEND UPON 106 00:04:09,649 --> 00:04:11,150 IN THE LIBRARY SYSTEM. AND AS 107 00:04:11,150 --> 00:04:16,289 SOMEONE WHO I KNOW ON THIS 108 00:04:16,289 --> 00:04:17,790 DAIS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE 109 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:18,758 WHO HAVE GROWN UP IN THE CITY 110 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:19,826 OF SEATTLE AND RELIED ON 111 00:04:19,826 --> 00:04:20,693 PROGRAMMING AT THE LIBRARY. 112 00:04:20,693 --> 00:04:21,361 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS BEEN 113 00:04:21,361 --> 00:04:22,695 VERY ELOQUENT ABOUT THAT. I 114 00:04:22,695 --> 00:04:24,797 LEARNED HOW TO USE A COMPUTER 115 00:04:24,797 --> 00:04:28,034 AT THE GREENWOOD BRANCH AT THE 116 00:04:28,034 --> 00:04:28,901 SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND IT'S 117 00:04:28,901 --> 00:04:30,470 ALWAYS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO 118 00:04:30,470 --> 00:04:31,471 HAVE THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 119 00:04:31,471 --> 00:04:32,538 LIBRARY, AND PRESENT TO 120 00:04:32,538 --> 00:04:34,307 COMMITTEE . AN EVEN GREATER 121 00:04:34,307 --> 00:04:40,146 TREAT TO HAVE PRESENTATIONS IN 122 00:04:40,146 --> 00:04:40,847 CHAMBERS FROM THE LEADERSHIP 123 00:04:40,847 --> 00:04:41,514 TEAM DURING FULL COUNSEL. WITH 124 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:43,216 THAT I WANT TO HAND IT OVER TO 125 00:04:43,216 --> 00:04:45,018 OUR LIBRARY TEAM THAT HAVE 126 00:04:45,018 --> 00:04:46,352 APPROACHED THE PUBLIC 127 00:04:46,352 --> 00:04:49,422 TESTIMONY PORTION IN THE 128 00:04:49,422 --> 00:04:51,624 CENTER OF CHAMBERS AND GIVE 129 00:04:51,624 --> 00:04:53,026 THEM THE FLOOR FOR TODAY'S 130 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:54,394 PRESENTATION. 131 00:04:54,394 --> 00:04:57,797 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 132 00:04:57,797 --> 00:04:58,031 LEWIS. 133 00:04:58,031 --> 00:05:01,167 >> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER 134 00:05:01,167 --> 00:05:04,971 LEWIS AND THANK YOU PRESIDENT 135 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:05,938 JUAREZ AND OTHER MEMBERS. WE 136 00:05:05,938 --> 00:05:11,044 ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE TO TALK 137 00:05:11,044 --> 00:05:11,811 ABOUT OUR SEATTLE READS 138 00:05:11,811 --> 00:05:12,779 PROGRAM. OUR PROGRAMMING IS NOW 139 00:05:12,779 --> 00:05:13,780 COMING BACK INTO BEING IN 140 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:21,654 PERSON AS WELL AS IN SOME CASES 141 00:05:21,654 --> 00:05:23,156 BEING A HYBRID. FOR SOME 142 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:23,823 ADDITIONAL EXCITING NEWS, WE 143 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:25,024 WERE ABLE TO BRING ON THE FIRST 144 00:05:25,024 --> 00:05:26,025 PHASE OF OUR EXPANDED LEVY 145 00:05:26,025 --> 00:05:27,560 HOURS. MORE OPEN HOURS. ON 146 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:28,895 MONDAY. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT 147 00:05:28,895 --> 00:05:30,563 THAT. MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 148 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:35,468 FOLKS TO ACCESS THE LIBRARY. 149 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:36,803 AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, WE 150 00:05:36,803 --> 00:05:38,104 ARE CELEBRATING OUR 25th YEAR 151 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:40,039 OF SEATTLE READS THIS YEAR. 152 00:05:40,039 --> 00:05:42,008 THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WAS 153 00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:44,077 DEVELOPED AND CREATED HERE IN 154 00:05:44,077 --> 00:05:49,849 SEATTLE THAT IS NOW GLOBAL. 155 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:51,317 THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES IN THE 156 00:05:51,317 --> 00:05:52,085 WORLD TODAY RUNNING A PROGRAM 157 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:53,152 VERY SIMILAR TO THIS WHICH IS 158 00:05:53,152 --> 00:05:54,087 ONE COMMUNITY READING ONE BOOK. 159 00:05:54,087 --> 00:05:57,056 WE ARE PROUD OF ALL THOSE WHO 160 00:05:57,056 --> 00:06:02,528 CREATED THIS PROGRAM , WHO RAN 161 00:06:02,528 --> 00:06:03,696 IT FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT'S MY 162 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:09,068 GREAT PLEASURE TODAY TO HAVE 163 00:06:09,068 --> 00:06:10,136 BRANDON WHO IS OUR LITERATURE 164 00:06:10,136 --> 00:06:10,803 AND HUMANITIES PROGRAM MANAGER 165 00:06:10,803 --> 00:06:12,238 WHO NOW RUNS THIS GREAT 166 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:13,406 PROGRAM. SHE'S GOING TO GIVE 167 00:06:13,406 --> 00:06:14,140 YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS 168 00:06:14,140 --> 00:06:18,511 YEAR'S SEATTLE READS. 169 00:06:18,511 --> 00:06:19,579 >> THANKS SO MUCH, TOM. HI, 170 00:06:19,579 --> 00:06:20,646 EVERYBODY. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE 171 00:06:20,646 --> 00:06:29,021 WITH YOU TO CHAT ABOUT SEATLLE 172 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:29,689 READS. SEATTLE IS A UNESCO CITY 173 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:30,556 OF LITERATURE AND ONE OF THE 174 00:06:30,556 --> 00:06:31,357 REASONS WE REDESIGNATED IS 175 00:06:31,357 --> 00:06:32,658 BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO 176 00:06:32,658 --> 00:06:34,127 AT THE LIBRARY AND SEATTLE 177 00:06:34,127 --> 00:06:37,530 READS AND THE IMPACT OF THAT 178 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:38,131 HELPS MAKE OUR LITERARY 179 00:06:38,131 --> 00:06:39,532 ECOSYSTEM IN SEATTLE SO GREAT. 180 00:06:39,532 --> 00:06:40,833 AS TOM MENTIONED, SEATTLE READS 181 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:46,672 IS A PROGRAM THAT WAS CREATED 182 00:06:46,672 --> 00:06:47,807 IN 1998 AT THE LIBRARY AND THE 183 00:06:47,807 --> 00:06:49,242 IDEA IS THAT WE INVITE 184 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:50,042 EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY TO 185 00:06:50,042 --> 00:06:52,178 READ THE SAME BOOK AND THEN 186 00:06:52,178 --> 00:06:53,513 DISCUSS IT IN THEIR HOMES WITH 187 00:06:53,513 --> 00:06:55,281 THEIR COMMUNITIES , HOUSES OF 188 00:06:55,281 --> 00:06:56,749 WORSHIP AND AT THE LIBRARY. SO 189 00:06:56,749 --> 00:06:59,952 THIS YEAR, THE SELECTED BOOK 190 00:06:59,952 --> 00:07:01,621 IS THE SWIMMERS BY JULIE -- 191 00:07:01,621 --> 00:07:07,960 JULIE IS GOING TO BE DOING FOUR 192 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,595 PROGRAMS WITH US IN MAY AND AS 193 00:07:09,595 --> 00:07:10,563 TOM MENTIONED, BECAUSE IT'S THE 194 00:07:10,563 --> 00:07:11,764 25th ANNIVERSARY OF SEATTLE 195 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:15,401 READS WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A 196 00:07:15,401 --> 00:07:16,536 REALLY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO 197 00:07:16,536 --> 00:07:17,236 HONOR SOMEBODY WHO HAD ACTUALLY 198 00:07:17,236 --> 00:07:18,938 BEEN PART OF THE PROGRAM IN THE 199 00:07:18,938 --> 00:07:24,310 PAST. SO JULIE CAME IN 2005 200 00:07:24,310 --> 00:07:25,912 FOR WHAT WAS HER DEBUT NOVEL, 201 00:07:25,912 --> 00:07:26,813 WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE AND 202 00:07:26,813 --> 00:07:27,914 WE THOUGHT WE WOULD INVITE HER 203 00:07:27,914 --> 00:07:28,881 BACK TO TALK ABOUT HER LATEST 204 00:07:28,881 --> 00:07:29,949 BOOK AND ALSO REFLECT ON THE 205 00:07:29,949 --> 00:07:31,617 IMPACT OF BEING AT SEATTLE 206 00:07:31,617 --> 00:07:36,155 READS AT SUCH AN EARLY POINT 207 00:07:36,155 --> 00:07:37,390 IN HER CAREER. WE THOUGHT THAT 208 00:07:37,390 --> 00:07:38,658 WOULD BE A FUN CONVERSATION TO 209 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:42,094 HAVE. I THOUGHT I WOULD TELL 210 00:07:42,094 --> 00:07:43,262 YOU A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE 211 00:07:43,262 --> 00:07:44,397 BOOK. GIVE YOU A LITTLE TASTE. 212 00:07:44,397 --> 00:07:45,498 I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE COPIES 213 00:07:45,498 --> 00:07:46,466 BUT JUST TO WHET YOUR APPETITE, 214 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:48,000 THE SWIMMERS BEGINS AS A STORY 215 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,572 OF WHAT HAPPENS TO A GROUP OF 216 00:07:52,572 --> 00:07:53,206 RECREATIONAL SWIMMERS WHEN A 217 00:07:53,206 --> 00:07:54,273 CRACK APPEARS IN THE BOTTOM OF 218 00:07:54,273 --> 00:07:57,009 THE SWIMMING POOL BUT THE BOOK 219 00:07:57,009 --> 00:07:57,677 IS REALLY AN EXPLORATION OF 220 00:07:57,677 --> 00:08:00,313 MEMORY AND ITS LOSS AND WHAT 221 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:01,681 WE OWE ONE ANOTHER WHEN THE 222 00:08:01,681 --> 00:08:03,015 THINGS THAT BIND US TOGETHER 223 00:08:03,015 --> 00:08:08,254 FAIL. THE SWIMMERS IS 224 00:08:08,254 --> 00:08:08,921 PRIMARILY ABOUT DEMENTIA AND 225 00:08:08,921 --> 00:08:09,822 MEMORY LOSS BUT ALSO EXAMINES 226 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:10,823 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MOTHERS 227 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:12,925 AND DAUGHTERS AND TOUCHES ON 228 00:08:12,925 --> 00:08:13,693 THE NCARCERATION OF 229 00:08:13,693 --> 00:08:14,527 JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD 230 00:08:14,527 --> 00:08:18,865 WAR TWO. AS YOU MAY KNOW, 231 00:08:18,865 --> 00:08:20,366 JULIE IS A REALLY 232 00:08:20,366 --> 00:08:21,000 WELL-RESPECTED WRITER. SHE IS 233 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:21,667 THE RECIPIENT OF A GUGGENHEIM 234 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:23,536 FELLOWSHIP AND HER FIRST NOVEL 235 00:08:23,536 --> 00:08:25,271 WON A 2003 ASIAN AMERICAN 236 00:08:25,271 --> 00:08:30,109 LITERARY AWARD AND THE SAME 237 00:08:30,109 --> 00:08:30,843 YEAR, THE AMERICAN LIBRARY 238 00:08:30,843 --> 00:08:31,444 ASSOCIATION ALEX AWARD. HER 239 00:08:31,444 --> 00:08:33,012 SECOND NOVEL, THE BUDDHA IN THE 240 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:38,851 ATTIC WAS A BEST SELLER AND A 241 00:08:38,851 --> 00:08:39,685 FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK 242 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:41,187 AWARD IN 2011 AND WON THE 2012 243 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:42,188 PENN FAULKNER AWARD FOR 244 00:08:42,188 --> 00:08:46,959 FICTION. SO WE ARE THRILLED 245 00:08:46,959 --> 00:08:48,060 SHE IS COMING BACK TO SEATTLE 246 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:49,362 AND THIS YEAR WE ARE GOING TO 247 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:50,463 BE DOING FOUR PROGRAMS WITH HER 248 00:08:50,463 --> 00:08:51,330 AND WE ARE WORKING WITH TWO 249 00:08:51,330 --> 00:08:52,298 SENIOR CENTER PARTNERS. WE ARE 250 00:08:52,298 --> 00:08:53,566 WORKING WITH SOUTHEAST SEATTLE 251 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:55,635 SENIOR CENTER AND THE 252 00:08:55,635 --> 00:08:56,535 GREENWOOD SENIOR CENTER IN 253 00:08:56,535 --> 00:08:57,303 ADDITION TO DOING PROGRAMMING 254 00:08:57,303 --> 00:08:59,906 AT LIBRARY BRANCHES AND WE 255 00:08:59,906 --> 00:09:01,774 PRIORITIZE DOING PROGRAMMING 256 00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:04,343 DURING THE DAY BECAUSE THE BOOK 257 00:09:04,343 --> 00:09:05,578 DOES FOCUS ON FOLKS 258 00:09:05,578 --> 00:09:09,081 EXPERIENCING MEMORY LOSS AND 259 00:09:09,081 --> 00:09:10,549 AGING IN PLACE. WE WANTED TO 260 00:09:10,549 --> 00:09:12,652 PRIORITIZE MAKING THE PROGRAMS 261 00:09:12,652 --> 00:09:14,020 AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE, SO 262 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:17,056 THREE OF THE FOUR PROGRAMS 263 00:09:17,056 --> 00:09:18,224 WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE DAY 264 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:20,893 TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY AND WE 265 00:09:20,893 --> 00:09:22,295 ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT 266 00:09:22,295 --> 00:09:22,995 THE PROGRAMS SHED LIGHT ON 267 00:09:22,995 --> 00:09:24,997 DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S. SO, 268 00:09:24,997 --> 00:09:29,201 WE ORGANIZE THEM TO COINCIDE 269 00:09:29,201 --> 00:09:30,336 WITH DEMENTIA AWARENESS WEEK 270 00:09:30,336 --> 00:09:31,137 WHICH IS THE 15th THROUGH THE 271 00:09:31,137 --> 00:09:35,474 21st OF MAY. AND JUST AHEAD OF 272 00:09:35,474 --> 00:09:36,108 JUNE WHICH IS ALZHEIMER'S AND 273 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:41,581 BRAIN AWARENESS MONTH. SO, 274 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:42,548 THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY ABOUT 275 00:09:42,548 --> 00:09:43,215 REACHING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND 276 00:09:43,215 --> 00:09:44,750 SO WE ARE THRILLED THAT WE HAVE 277 00:09:44,750 --> 00:09:45,451 SO MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT 278 00:09:45,451 --> 00:09:47,486 HAVE ALREADY COME ON BOARD FOR 279 00:09:47,486 --> 00:09:49,221 THE PROGRAM. WE ARE WORKING 280 00:09:49,221 --> 00:09:54,760 WITH THE ART MUSEUMS CREATIVE 281 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:55,428 AGING PROGRAMS. THE MEMORY HUB 282 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:56,596 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 283 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:57,330 BRAIN AND WELLNESS CENTER, THE 284 00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:57,964 GREENWOOD SENIOR CENTER, AND 285 00:09:57,964 --> 00:09:58,898 THEN SHOW AND ALL OF THESE 286 00:09:58,898 --> 00:10:05,237 PARTNERS HAVE REALLY 287 00:10:05,237 --> 00:10:06,138 ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE PROGRAM 288 00:10:06,138 --> 00:10:07,373 AND EAGER TO ENGAGE WITH US. WE 289 00:10:07,373 --> 00:10:08,207 WERE ABLE TO INTEGRATE READING 290 00:10:08,207 --> 00:10:09,108 SUGGESTIONS INTO THE PRINTED 291 00:10:09,108 --> 00:10:12,078 MATERIALS FOR THE PROGRAM AND 292 00:10:12,078 --> 00:10:14,547 THEN, THE CREATIVE AGING 293 00:10:14,547 --> 00:10:17,249 PROGRAM AND MEMORY HUB ARE 294 00:10:17,249 --> 00:10:17,683 HOSTING A VERY COOL 295 00:10:17,683 --> 00:10:19,452 COMPLEMENTARY EVENT THAT 296 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:20,586 INCLUDES A FACILITATED GALLERY 297 00:10:20,586 --> 00:10:24,457 WALK THAT FOCUSES ON AN ART 298 00:10:24,457 --> 00:10:25,725 SHOW THAT TIES INTO THE THEMES 299 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:26,859 IN THE BOOK AND THEN, 300 00:10:26,859 --> 00:10:30,262 AFTERWARDS, THE HOST WILL 301 00:10:30,262 --> 00:10:31,297 MODERATE A DISCUSSION OF THE 302 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:36,936 SWIMMERS. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT 303 00:10:36,936 --> 00:10:38,204 WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO 304 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:39,238 READ IS WE DISTRIBUTE BOOKS 305 00:10:39,238 --> 00:10:39,872 THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. IN 306 00:10:39,872 --> 00:10:41,607 ADDITION TO THE MORE THAN 300 307 00:10:41,607 --> 00:10:45,778 COPIES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE 308 00:10:45,778 --> 00:10:46,746 CATALOGUED, WE JUST CHECK OUT 309 00:10:46,746 --> 00:10:47,246 AT THE LIBRARY. WE ARE 310 00:10:47,246 --> 00:10:48,247 DISTURBING MORE THAN 1600 HOOKS 311 00:10:48,247 --> 00:10:49,949 THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WITH 312 00:10:49,949 --> 00:10:51,650 ABOUT 30% OF THEM GOING TO 313 00:10:51,650 --> 00:10:54,420 PRIORITIZE COMMUNITIES. WE 314 00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:55,588 ALSO WIDENED OUR DISTRIBUTION 315 00:10:55,588 --> 00:10:57,356 POINTS TO INCLUDE NON-LIBRARY 316 00:10:57,356 --> 00:11:04,096 LOCATIONS LIKE A CRs, DENSHO, 317 00:11:04,096 --> 00:11:05,164 THE FRYE ART MUSEUM AND THE 318 00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:08,567 SENIOR CENTERS. AND WE LOVE TO 319 00:11:08,567 --> 00:11:09,268 HAVE ARTISTIC ELEMENTS AS PART 320 00:11:09,268 --> 00:11:11,437 OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS 321 00:11:11,437 --> 00:11:12,004 ANOTHER ENTRY POINT INTO 322 00:11:12,004 --> 00:11:14,673 DISCUSSING THE BOOK. THIS 323 00:11:14,673 --> 00:11:16,208 YEAR, WE HAVE INVITED A CUT 324 00:11:16,208 --> 00:11:19,912 PAPER ARTIST TO CREATE WHAT 325 00:11:19,912 --> 00:11:20,646 SHE CALLS A MEMORY NET WHICH 326 00:11:20,646 --> 00:11:21,580 WILL BE INSPIRED BY THE 327 00:11:21,580 --> 00:11:28,954 SWIMMERS AND WE WILL HOPE TO 328 00:11:28,954 --> 00:11:29,855 DISPLAY THE MEMORY NET AS PART 329 00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:30,756 OF JULIE'S PROGRAMS WITH US IN 330 00:11:30,756 --> 00:11:32,191 MAY AND IT WILL BE ON DISPLAY 331 00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:33,059 AT CENTRAL LIBRARY THROUGH JUNE 332 00:11:33,059 --> 00:11:34,060 AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE FINAL 333 00:11:34,060 --> 00:11:40,800 ELEMENT OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM 334 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,068 . BECAUSE IT'S OUR 25th 335 00:11:42,068 --> 00:11:42,668 ANNIVERSARY, WE THOUGHT IT 336 00:11:42,668 --> 00:11:43,402 WOULD BE A WONDERFUL 337 00:11:43,402 --> 00:11:44,136 OPPORTUNITY TO HOST AN EXHIBIT 338 00:11:44,136 --> 00:11:45,604 AT CENTRAL LIBRARY THAT LOOKS 339 00:11:45,604 --> 00:11:49,842 BACK ON THE 25 YEARS OF THE 340 00:11:49,842 --> 00:11:50,943 PROGRAM. IT WILL TAKE PLACE IN 341 00:11:50,943 --> 00:11:51,677 OUR LEVEL EIGHT GALLERY SPACE 342 00:11:51,677 --> 00:11:52,778 AT CENTRAL LIBRARY AND THE 343 00:11:52,778 --> 00:11:53,813 EXHIBIT WILL FEATURE POSTERS, 344 00:11:53,813 --> 00:11:55,081 PHOTOS, VIDEO, EPHEMERA, AND 345 00:11:55,081 --> 00:11:56,615 OTHER ITEMS FROM THROUGHOUT THE 346 00:11:56,615 --> 00:11:58,017 PROGRAM'S HISTORY. IT WILL 347 00:11:58,017 --> 00:11:58,751 HONOR THE WORK OF THE PROGRAMS 348 00:11:58,751 --> 00:12:00,486 EARLY STEWARDS, NANCY PEARL AND 349 00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:07,293 CHRIS HIGASHI. AND IT WILL 350 00:12:07,293 --> 00:12:08,260 COVER THE HISTORY AND TIMELINE 351 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:09,328 AS WELL AS ITS IMPACT. IT WILL 352 00:12:09,328 --> 00:12:11,097 RUN FROM APRIL 24th THROUGH 353 00:12:11,097 --> 00:12:16,535 JUNE 26th. WE ARE VERY EXCITED 354 00:12:16,535 --> 00:12:17,937 TO CELEBRATE SEATTLE READS ON 355 00:12:17,937 --> 00:12:18,537 THE 25th ANNIVERSARY IN THE 356 00:12:18,537 --> 00:12:19,438 SWIMMERS THIS YEAR AND WE HOPE 357 00:12:19,438 --> 00:12:20,673 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US FOR 358 00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:23,542 THE PROGRAM. THANKS. 359 00:12:23,542 --> 00:12:27,179 >> GREAT. I SEE WE HAVE A HAND 360 00:12:27,179 --> 00:12:30,483 UP. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 361 00:12:30,483 --> 00:12:35,154 >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. I 362 00:12:35,154 --> 00:12:36,021 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING 363 00:12:36,021 --> 00:12:39,158 BEFORE US AND LETTING US KNOW 364 00:12:39,158 --> 00:12:39,792 ABOUT SEATTLE READS. 365 00:12:39,792 --> 00:12:41,127 CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW YOUR 366 00:12:41,127 --> 00:12:45,631 LIBRARIANS DO SO MUCH MORE 367 00:12:45,631 --> 00:12:46,365 THAN TEACH PEOPLE TO READ. YOU 368 00:12:46,365 --> 00:12:48,000 ARE A SAFE PLACE FOR SO MANY 369 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:48,667 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I 370 00:12:48,667 --> 00:12:49,568 WANTED TO GIVE THEM ALSO 371 00:12:49,568 --> 00:12:50,503 RECOGNITION IN THIS MOMENT AND 372 00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:51,871 I COULDN'T HELP BUT RECOGNIZE 373 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:55,975 YOU, AS WELL . YOU SEEM TO BE 374 00:12:55,975 --> 00:13:02,648 THE ONE I ALWAYS CALL WHEN I 375 00:13:02,648 --> 00:13:03,516 NEED HELP WITH OUR LIBRARIES. 376 00:13:03,516 --> 00:13:04,984 YOU HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM. THANK 377 00:13:04,984 --> 00:13:06,018 YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO 378 00:13:06,018 --> 00:13:10,322 YOUR CITY. 379 00:13:10,322 --> 00:13:11,390 >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS 380 00:13:11,390 --> 00:13:12,658 THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE 381 00:13:12,658 --> 00:13:13,793 WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM THE 382 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:14,426 SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY? THANK 383 00:13:14,426 --> 00:13:16,729 YOU FOR THE BOOK. I HAVE TO 384 00:13:16,729 --> 00:13:17,863 SAY IT'S ONE PERK OF BEING A 385 00:13:17,863 --> 00:13:18,898 CITY COUNCILMEMBER IS EVERY 386 00:13:18,898 --> 00:13:20,199 YEAR I GET A FREE BOOK OF WHAT 387 00:13:20,199 --> 00:13:21,767 WE ARE READING AND I ACTUALLY 388 00:13:21,767 --> 00:13:24,503 READ WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS 389 00:13:24,503 --> 00:13:27,039 DIVINE , YEARS AGO. SO, THANK 390 00:13:27,039 --> 00:13:29,475 YOU FOR THAT. IS THERE 391 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:34,413 ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. 392 00:13:34,413 --> 00:13:35,414 COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, DO YOU 393 00:13:35,414 --> 00:13:39,919 WANT TO CLOSE US OUT ON THIS? 394 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:40,052 395 00:13:40,052 --> 00:13:41,420 >> I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR 396 00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:42,288 PARTNERS AT THE LIBRARY FOR 397 00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:43,255 COMING HERE AND GIVING THAT 398 00:13:43,255 --> 00:13:43,822 PRESENTATION. HAVING THE 399 00:13:43,822 --> 00:13:45,357 LIBRARY IN MY COMMITTEE IS A 400 00:13:45,357 --> 00:13:46,859 TROOP PLEASURE AS A LIFELONG 401 00:13:46,859 --> 00:13:50,930 PATRON AND SUPPORTER OF YOUR 402 00:13:50,930 --> 00:13:51,664 WORK. THANKS FOR COMING AND 403 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:53,165 SHARING THAT WITH US THIS 404 00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:54,500 AFTERNOON. 405 00:13:54,500 --> 00:14:04,410 >> THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL 406 00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:05,444 MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA. I 407 00:14:05,444 --> 00:14:06,045 UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A CHANGE 408 00:14:06,045 --> 00:14:06,946 APPEAR. I UNDERSTAND, 409 00:14:06,946 --> 00:14:07,713 YESTERDAY, WE HAD A 410 00:14:07,713 --> 00:14:08,647 PROCLAMATION FOR APRIL 6th TO 411 00:14:08,647 --> 00:14:13,519 BE SEJAL DAY. SO, 412 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:14,119 COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I'M 413 00:14:14,119 --> 00:14:15,287 GOING TO HAND THE FLOOR OVER TO 414 00:14:15,287 --> 00:14:19,959 YOU TO GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE . 415 00:14:19,959 --> 00:14:20,392 416 00:14:20,392 --> 00:14:21,393 >> SOUNDS GOOD. I WANT TO THANK 417 00:14:21,393 --> 00:14:22,328 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR 418 00:14:22,328 --> 00:14:23,095 ADDING YOUR NAME TO OUR 419 00:14:23,095 --> 00:14:24,230 CLLEAGUES WHO HAVE UNANIMOUSLY 420 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:25,130 ADDED THEIR NAMES TO HONOR 421 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:28,033 SEJAL PARIKH , CHIEF OF STAFF 422 00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:31,437 IN OUR OFFICE AND STRATEGIC 423 00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:32,204 MIND AND MASTER ON PUBLIC 424 00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:33,305 POLICY CRAFTING OF THE LAST 425 00:14:33,305 --> 00:14:35,407 FIVE, GOING INTO SIX YEARS ON 426 00:14:35,407 --> 00:14:40,813 BEHALF OF MY TEAM AND REALLY 427 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:41,880 ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY AND OUR 428 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:42,948 CITY'S RESIDENCE. WE ARE SO 429 00:14:42,948 --> 00:14:45,217 THRILLED THAT SHE HAS CHOSEN 430 00:14:45,217 --> 00:14:45,818 TO WORK IN PUBLIC POLICY TO 431 00:14:45,818 --> 00:14:47,186 ADVANCE LABOR STANDARDS, AND TO 432 00:14:47,186 --> 00:14:51,423 ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PROGRESSIVE 433 00:14:51,423 --> 00:14:53,292 REVENUE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE 434 00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:53,792 FOUGHT FOR ADDITIONAL 435 00:14:53,792 --> 00:14:54,593 TRANSPARENCY ON ACCOUNTABILITY 436 00:14:54,593 --> 00:14:56,195 ON OUR BUDGET. YESTERDAY, I 437 00:14:56,195 --> 00:14:57,429 READ A NUMBER OF HER 438 00:14:57,429 --> 00:14:58,464 ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON BEHALF OF 439 00:14:58,464 --> 00:15:00,733 THE CITY , WORKING FAMILIES, 440 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:04,403 AND OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND 441 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:05,504 FOLKS, I REALLY APPRECIATE 442 00:15:05,504 --> 00:15:08,440 EVERYBODY SIGNING ON TO THE 443 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:09,108 PROCLAMATION. WE HAVE ALSO 444 00:15:09,108 --> 00:15:10,175 RECEIVED THE SIGNATURE FROM THE 445 00:15:10,175 --> 00:15:13,479 MAYOR'S OFFICE AND WE HAD AN 446 00:15:13,479 --> 00:15:20,586 OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT HOW 447 00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:21,820 SEJAL'S BIG PUSH ON POLICY 448 00:15:21,820 --> 00:15:23,088 IDEAS AND THE WORK SHE HAS DONE 449 00:15:23,088 --> 00:15:23,689 ON BRINGING TOGETHER DIVERSE 450 00:15:23,689 --> 00:15:24,590 COALITIONS HAS LED TO SHAKING 451 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:25,491 THINGS UP, PUSHING AGAINST THE 452 00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:30,195 STATUS QUO, CREATING HISTORY , 453 00:15:30,195 --> 00:15:31,163 NOT JUST WITHIN OUR CITY BUT 454 00:15:31,163 --> 00:15:32,131 ACROSS THE NATION ON THE 455 00:15:32,131 --> 00:15:33,265 POLICIES THAT SHE HAS HAD THE 456 00:15:33,265 --> 00:15:34,300 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEARHEAD AND I 457 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:35,668 AM SO EXCITED THAT WE WILL BE 458 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:37,069 ABLE TO HONOR HER WORK WITH US 459 00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:42,908 AND HER TENURE AT THE CITY 460 00:15:42,908 --> 00:15:43,876 FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 IN GEORGETOWN 461 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:44,977 AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING HER 462 00:15:44,977 --> 00:15:52,818 OFFICIALLY WITH THE SEJAL 463 00:15:52,818 --> 00:15:53,452 PARIKH DAY PROCLAMATION SIGNED 464 00:15:53,452 --> 00:15:54,320 BY OUR COLLEAGUES AND THE MAYOR 465 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:55,020 THIS THURSDAY. THERE'S GOING TO 466 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:56,188 BE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS WHO WILL 467 00:15:56,188 --> 00:15:57,389 ALSO BE MAKING COMMENTS ON THAT 468 00:15:57,389 --> 00:15:58,824 DAY IN GEORGETOWN BUT I WOULD 469 00:15:58,824 --> 00:16:01,794 INVITE ANYBODY WHO IS NOT ABLE 470 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:03,228 TO COME WITH US THAT DAY OR 471 00:16:03,228 --> 00:16:03,929 WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING 472 00:16:03,929 --> 00:16:05,264 OFFICIALLY HERE TODAY TO DO SO, 473 00:16:05,264 --> 00:16:06,165 BUT JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS 474 00:16:06,165 --> 00:16:07,132 MORE CELEBRATION AND MORE WORDS 475 00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:09,401 OF APPRECIATION FOR SEJAL TO 476 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:14,540 COME ON THURSDAY AS WE PRESENT 477 00:16:14,540 --> 00:16:15,274 THIS PROCLAMATION TO HER ON HER 478 00:16:15,274 --> 00:16:16,842 OFFICIAL DAY, HER LAST DAY, 479 00:16:16,842 --> 00:16:20,145 APRIL 6th. 480 00:16:20,145 --> 00:16:21,580 >> I'M SORRY I WASN'T HERE 481 00:16:21,580 --> 00:16:23,615 YESTERDAY. I THINK -- WELL, 482 00:16:23,615 --> 00:16:25,884 THE BEST THING ABOUT SEJAL, 483 00:16:25,884 --> 00:16:30,122 SHE IS A MICHIGAN WOLVERINE, 484 00:16:30,122 --> 00:16:31,056 SO THAT'S HOW WE BOND DURING 485 00:16:31,056 --> 00:16:37,096 FOOTBALL. SO, I HOPE SEJAL IS 486 00:16:37,096 --> 00:16:37,996 WATCHING SO I CAN APPROPRIATELY 487 00:16:37,996 --> 00:16:39,064 EMBARRASS HER. I'M GOING TO 488 00:16:39,064 --> 00:16:40,032 MISS HER BUT I KNOW SHE'S NOT 489 00:16:40,032 --> 00:16:41,633 GOING FAR AND SHE WILL STILL BE 490 00:16:41,633 --> 00:16:42,534 IN OUR SEATTLE FAMILY MAKING 491 00:16:42,534 --> 00:16:43,335 SURE POLICY AND OTHER GOOD 492 00:16:43,335 --> 00:16:44,670 THINGS HAPPEN TO OUR GREAT 493 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:47,439 CITY. SO, I WILL LEAVE IT AT 494 00:16:47,439 --> 00:16:48,240 THAT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE 495 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:54,246 BEFORE I MOVE ON? 496 00:16:54,246 --> 00:16:54,947 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 497 00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:56,215 >> I WILL MAKE IT SUPER QUICK. 498 00:16:56,215 --> 00:16:57,583 I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO 499 00:16:57,583 --> 00:16:58,951 SHARE MY APPRECIATION YESTERDAY 500 00:16:58,951 --> 00:17:00,552 AND AM GOING TO TAKE THE 501 00:17:00,552 --> 00:17:01,820 OPPORTUNITY NOW. IT'S BEEN SUCH 502 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:05,057 A FANTASTIC LEADER HELPING 503 00:17:05,057 --> 00:17:05,691 WORKERS RAISE THEIR VOICES AND 504 00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:09,828 FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE. 505 00:17:09,828 --> 00:17:11,296 SHE HAS WORKED ON SCORES OF 506 00:17:11,296 --> 00:17:12,064 POLICIES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN 507 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:13,065 MORE FAIRNESS FOR THE PEOPLE OF 508 00:17:13,065 --> 00:17:14,233 SEATTLE AND I MOST CLOSELY 509 00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:16,268 WORKED WITH SEJAL EVEN BEFORE 510 00:17:16,268 --> 00:17:17,736 SHE CAME TO THE CITY WHEN SHE 511 00:17:17,736 --> 00:17:22,408 LED LEADER STAKEHOLDER 512 00:17:22,408 --> 00:17:22,975 ADVOCACY IN SUCCESSFULLY 513 00:17:22,975 --> 00:17:23,742 PASSING SEATTLE SECURE 514 00:17:23,742 --> 00:17:24,743 SCHEDULING LAW. ONE OF THE 515 00:17:24,743 --> 00:17:29,014 FIRST IN THE NATION. THIS LAW 516 00:17:29,014 --> 00:17:30,315 HAS RESULTED IN NEARLY $6 517 00:17:30,315 --> 00:17:31,216 MILLION IN THE POCKETS OF 518 00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:35,921 NEARLY 50,000 SEATTLE WORKERS. 519 00:17:35,921 --> 00:17:37,322 SEJAL NOT ONLY GROUNDS HER 520 00:17:37,322 --> 00:17:41,627 WORK BY CENTERING WORKERS 521 00:17:41,627 --> 00:17:42,428 VOICES, SHE DOES SO WITH 522 00:17:42,428 --> 00:17:42,961 INTEGRITY, TENACITY, AND 523 00:17:42,961 --> 00:17:47,266 SOMETIMES, WITH FUN . I KNOW 524 00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:49,168 THAT I, LIKE MANY OF US, AM SO 525 00:17:49,168 --> 00:17:54,673 EXCITED TO SEE WHAT SHE DOES 526 00:17:54,673 --> 00:17:55,641 NEXT AND NO DOUBT HER WORK WILL 527 00:17:55,641 --> 00:17:56,275 CONTINUE TO DRIVE SEATTLE 528 00:17:56,275 --> 00:17:57,443 CLOSER TO GOVERNING WITH 529 00:17:57,443 --> 00:17:59,011 POLICIES THAT MORE CLOSELY 530 00:17:59,011 --> 00:18:02,514 MATCH OUR VALUES AS A CITY. 531 00:18:02,514 --> 00:18:04,383 THANKS. 532 00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:07,853 >> ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A LOT OF 533 00:18:07,853 --> 00:18:10,756 WORDS FOR SEJAL. I HOPE SHE IS 534 00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:13,158 WATCHING. WITH THAT, LET'S 535 00:18:13,158 --> 00:18:15,360 MOVE ON IN OUR AGENDA TO OUR 536 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,997 NEXT . YOU HAVE A 537 00:18:18,997 --> 00:18:22,601 PROCLAMATION, TO MAKE APRIL 538 00:18:22,601 --> 00:18:28,507 SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. 539 00:18:28,507 --> 00:18:30,242 I WILL SEE IF ANYONE HAS 540 00:18:30,242 --> 00:18:31,243 COMMENTS THEN MOVED TO SUSPEND 541 00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:32,945 THE RULES TO ALLOW OUR GUESTS 542 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:33,612 TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND 543 00:18:33,612 --> 00:18:34,947 PROVIDE COMMENT. GO AHEAD. 544 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:38,250 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. 545 00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:39,351 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 546 00:18:39,351 --> 00:18:40,719 AND COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING ME 547 00:18:40,719 --> 00:18:45,090 AND MAYOR BRUCE HARRELL FOR 548 00:18:45,090 --> 00:18:46,058 DECLARING APRIL SEXUAL ASSAULT 549 00:18:46,058 --> 00:18:50,662 AWARENESS MONTH. WE ALSO HAVE 550 00:18:50,662 --> 00:18:53,265 -- IN CHAMBERS TODAY TO OFFER 551 00:18:53,265 --> 00:18:55,300 HER REMARKS AND MEMBERS OF THE 552 00:18:55,300 --> 00:19:01,106 SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION TO 553 00:19:01,106 --> 00:19:02,040 ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION IN 554 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:02,941 PERSON. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, 555 00:19:02,941 --> 00:19:07,746 FOR BEING HERE. BEING THERE. 556 00:19:07,746 --> 00:19:08,514 THIS YEAR'S SEXUAL ASSAULT 557 00:19:08,514 --> 00:19:09,481 AWARENESS THEME IS DRAWING 558 00:19:09,481 --> 00:19:11,150 CONNECTIONS, PREVENTION 559 00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:18,590 DEMANDS EQUITY. COMMUNITIES, 560 00:19:18,590 --> 00:19:19,057 ORGANIZATIONS, AND 561 00:19:19,057 --> 00:19:20,359 INSTITUTIONS, TO LIFT OURSELVES 562 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,928 UP AND ALSO LIFT UP THE SYSTEM 563 00:19:22,928 --> 00:19:24,763 SURROUNDING US TO BUILD RACIAL 564 00:19:24,763 --> 00:19:27,733 EQUITY AND RESPECT. CALL TO 565 00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:29,535 ACTION ISSUED BY THE SEATTLE 566 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:34,039 COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT RESEARCH 567 00:19:34,039 --> 00:19:37,376 CENTER FOR THIS MONTH IS THAT 568 00:19:37,376 --> 00:19:40,345 -- ARE CALLING OUR COMMUNITY 569 00:19:40,345 --> 00:19:42,714 TO -- PEOPLE WHO ACTIVELY TAKE 570 00:19:42,714 --> 00:19:44,616 STEPS TO PREVENT SEXUAL 571 00:19:44,616 --> 00:19:48,587 VIOLENCE. YOU DON'T NEED A 572 00:19:48,587 --> 00:19:51,757 SUPERHERO CAPE TO STAND UP TO 573 00:19:51,757 --> 00:19:54,359 SEXUAL VIOLENCE. AN UP 574 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:59,164 STANDER IS AN ALLY. SOMEONE 575 00:19:59,164 --> 00:20:02,568 WHO HELPS ANOTHER PERSON WHO 576 00:20:02,568 --> 00:20:04,703 IS TOO INCAPACITATED TO FIND A 577 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,872 SAFE WAY HOME AFTER A PARTY. 578 00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:09,575 AND IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU 579 00:20:09,575 --> 00:20:10,542 THEY'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF SEXUAL 580 00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:14,813 ASSAULT, YOU CAN BE AN 581 00:20:14,813 --> 00:20:15,447 UPSTANDER BY LISTENING WITHOUT 582 00:20:15,447 --> 00:20:16,748 JUDGMENT, BEING SUPPORTIVE, AND 583 00:20:16,748 --> 00:20:18,717 SHARING A 24 HOUR RESOURCE 584 00:20:18,717 --> 00:20:20,085 LINE FOR FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL 585 00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:21,520 HELP AND INFORMATION. 586 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,555 ANSWERING THAT CALL RIGHT HERE 587 00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:26,992 , TODAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW, SADLY 588 00:20:26,992 --> 00:20:28,293 THAT MANY PEOPLE LISTENING 589 00:20:28,293 --> 00:20:29,962 TODAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL 590 00:20:29,962 --> 00:20:35,334 ASSAULT . IF YOU ARE SEEKING 591 00:20:35,334 --> 00:20:38,070 HELP FOR YOURSELF, A FRIEND, 592 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:39,004 FAMILY MEMBER, OR ANYONE ELSE 593 00:20:39,004 --> 00:20:40,239 THAT YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCE 594 00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:48,247 LINE IS 888- 998- 6423 . OR GO 595 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:56,755 TO --.ORG. JUST WANT TO ALSO 596 00:20:56,755 --> 00:20:58,357 REMARK THAT DENIM DAY FALLS ON 597 00:20:58,357 --> 00:21:01,693 APRIL 26th THIS YEAR. REMINDER 598 00:21:01,693 --> 00:21:06,999 TO FOLKS TO WEAR DENIM AS A 599 00:21:06,999 --> 00:21:08,500 MEANS OF PROTESTING AGAINST THE 600 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:11,103 MISCONCEPTIONS OF SEXUAL 601 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:11,970 VIOLENCE. AND I AM SO GRATEFUL 602 00:21:11,970 --> 00:21:13,538 TO THE HUMAN SERVICES 603 00:21:13,538 --> 00:21:16,074 DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION 604 00:21:16,074 --> 00:21:21,380 REPRESENTATIVES AND CHRISTINA 605 00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:22,881 FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO SHARE 606 00:21:22,881 --> 00:21:26,151 THEIR REMARKS ABOUT SEXUAL 607 00:21:26,151 --> 00:21:27,085 ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH AND 608 00:21:27,085 --> 00:21:31,556 THANK YOU TO MY VICE CHAIR. 609 00:21:31,556 --> 00:21:32,858 COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. HE IS 610 00:21:32,858 --> 00:21:34,626 DOING DOUBLE DUTY TODAY ON 611 00:21:34,626 --> 00:21:36,862 PROCLAMATIONS. I APPRECIATE YOU 612 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:40,232 . THANK YOU. 613 00:21:40,232 --> 00:21:42,067 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 614 00:21:42,067 --> 00:21:46,505 HERBOLD. IS THERE ANYONE WHO 615 00:21:46,505 --> 00:21:47,005 WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY 616 00:21:47,005 --> 00:21:48,006 COMMENTS BEFORE I MOVE TO 617 00:21:48,006 --> 00:21:56,248 SUSPEND THE RULES? I AM NOT 618 00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:57,149 SEEING ANY. IF THERE IS NO 619 00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:57,849 OBJECTION, COUNSEL RULES WILL 620 00:21:57,849 --> 00:21:58,984 BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW OUR 621 00:21:58,984 --> 00:21:59,618 GUESTS. AND I'M GUESSING THEY 622 00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:00,485 WILL ALL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES 623 00:22:00,485 --> 00:22:02,354 AGAIN. NOT HEARING AN 624 00:22:02,354 --> 00:22:06,658 OBJECTION, COUNSEL RULES ARE 625 00:22:06,658 --> 00:22:07,526 SUSPENDED. I WANT TO MAKE SURE 626 00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:09,661 I GET THIS RIGHT. WE HAVE TONYA 627 00:22:09,661 --> 00:22:13,031 FROM HSD. WE HAVE SARAH LIU 628 00:22:13,031 --> 00:22:13,565 FROM THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S 629 00:22:13,565 --> 00:22:15,767 COMMISSION AND ALSO CHRISTINA. 630 00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:18,970 CORRECT? ALL THREE? YES? 631 00:22:18,970 --> 00:22:23,041 >> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. 632 00:22:23,041 --> 00:22:23,175 633 00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:26,345 >> OKAY. GREAT. NOW THAT WE 634 00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:34,519 HAVE SUSPENDED THE RULES, OUR 635 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:35,387 GUESTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 636 00:22:35,387 --> 00:22:36,188 ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND 637 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:36,888 PROVIDE REMARKS. THIS WOULD BE 638 00:22:36,888 --> 00:22:38,290 YOUR OPPORTUNITY NOW. YOU ARE 639 00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:39,424 NOW RECOGNIZED. 640 00:22:39,424 --> 00:22:41,126 >> I WANT TO THANK THE CITY 641 00:22:41,126 --> 00:22:42,361 COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. 642 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:48,100 MY NAME IS CHRISTINA'S OF ITS 643 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:49,301 KEY AND I AM ONE OF THE 644 00:22:49,301 --> 00:22:49,935 CO-CHAIRS ON THE SEATTLE 645 00:22:49,935 --> 00:22:51,036 DISABILITY COMMISSION. AND WITH 646 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:52,671 THAT, TO REALLY SAY THANK YOU 647 00:22:52,671 --> 00:22:53,739 BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS WITH 648 00:22:53,739 --> 00:22:56,842 DISABILITIES ARE ANYWHERE FROM 649 00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:58,376 THREE TO SEVEN TIMES MORE 650 00:22:58,376 --> 00:22:59,511 LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEXUAL 651 00:22:59,511 --> 00:23:02,280 ASSAULT IN OUR COMMUNITY AS 652 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:06,985 WELL AS STRUGGLE WITH BEING 653 00:23:06,985 --> 00:23:07,719 SERIOUSLY TAKEN BY LAW 654 00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:08,820 ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS MEDICAL 655 00:23:08,820 --> 00:23:10,722 PERSONNEL AND WE ALSO HAVE 656 00:23:10,722 --> 00:23:12,624 MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO 657 00:23:12,624 --> 00:23:13,492 STRUGGLE WITH THE ABILITY TO 658 00:23:13,492 --> 00:23:15,260 EVEN REPORT SUCH INSTANCES LIKE 659 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:18,430 OUR INDIVIDUALS AND FRIENDS IN 660 00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:20,766 THE DEAF LINED COMMUNITY. SO, 661 00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:28,907 THIS PROCLAMATION IS VERY 662 00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:29,541 IMPORTANT TO THE DISABILITY 663 00:23:29,541 --> 00:23:30,575 COMMISSION AND THE AWARENESS 664 00:23:30,575 --> 00:23:31,276 THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT REALLY DOES 665 00:23:31,276 --> 00:23:32,177 STRIKE HOME WITH OUR MEMBERS 666 00:23:32,177 --> 00:23:33,178 WITH DISABILITIES IN THE 667 00:23:33,178 --> 00:23:35,313 SEATTLE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU 668 00:23:35,313 --> 00:23:36,281 VERY MUCH TODAY FOR HAVING ME 669 00:23:36,281 --> 00:23:43,422 AND FOR THE PROCLAMATION. 670 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:51,863 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I JUST WANT 671 00:23:51,863 --> 00:23:53,532 TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A 672 00:23:53,532 --> 00:24:01,239 TOUGH SUBJECT. I WANT TO THANK 673 00:24:01,239 --> 00:24:03,041 COUNCILMEMBER WORE AS FOR YOUR 674 00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:09,214 LEADERSHIP . THANK YOU TO 675 00:24:09,214 --> 00:24:14,352 CHAIR HER BOLD FOR YOUR 676 00:24:14,352 --> 00:24:15,554 LEADERSHIP IN THE WORK WE DO 677 00:24:15,554 --> 00:24:16,254 TOGETHER BEHIND-THE-SCENES AS 678 00:24:16,254 --> 00:24:20,792 WELL AS IN COMMUNITY AND OF 679 00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:21,526 COURSE, VICE CHAIR LEWIS FOR 680 00:24:21,526 --> 00:24:23,595 HANDING US THE PROCLAMATION. 681 00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:25,030 AND FOR YOUR WORK AND BEING A 682 00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:26,832 CHAMPION. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 683 00:24:26,832 --> 00:24:29,301 TO HUMANIZE THE WORK FOR ALL 684 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:34,439 THESE ROOT REASONS. THE 685 00:24:34,439 --> 00:24:35,607 SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION, 686 00:24:35,607 --> 00:24:37,776 DISABILITY SERVICES -- EXCUSE 687 00:24:37,776 --> 00:24:38,810 ME DISABILITY COMMISSION ARE 688 00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:40,479 REALLY IMPORTANT LEADERS IN 689 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:48,553 PROVIDING VOICE. THE REASON I 690 00:24:48,553 --> 00:24:49,421 CAME IN PERSON TODAY FOR THE 691 00:24:49,421 --> 00:24:50,555 FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC 692 00:24:50,555 --> 00:24:51,356 IS BECAUSE THE HUMAN SERVICE 693 00:24:51,356 --> 00:24:52,524 DEPARTMENT IS VERY COMMITTED TO 694 00:24:52,524 --> 00:24:53,625 THIS WORK AND WE KNOW THAT 695 00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:54,726 THROUGH OUR FUNDING AND POLICY 696 00:24:54,726 --> 00:25:01,433 WORK BUT AS A LEADER IN THIS 697 00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:02,634 SPACE I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW 698 00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:03,501 THAT I AM PERSONALLY COMMITTED 699 00:25:03,501 --> 00:25:04,803 AS WELL. IT IMPACTS ALL OF US 700 00:25:04,803 --> 00:25:05,904 IN SOME WAY, WHETHER DIRECTLY 701 00:25:05,904 --> 00:25:06,505 OR INDIRECTLY. IT DOESN'T 702 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:07,205 MATTER YOUR GENDER, YOUR AGE, 703 00:25:07,205 --> 00:25:09,140 WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD -- 704 00:25:09,140 --> 00:25:11,743 UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS 705 00:25:11,743 --> 00:25:12,410 SOMETHING THAT WE ALL ARE 706 00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:13,645 ADDRESSING AND WE NEED TO 707 00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:16,314 COMBAT . ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 708 00:25:16,314 --> 00:25:17,816 IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE HUMAN 709 00:25:17,816 --> 00:25:19,251 SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS MAKING 710 00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:20,519 SURE THAT, AS YOU SAID SO 711 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:22,053 BEAUTIFULLY , THAT PEOPLE ARE 712 00:25:22,053 --> 00:25:24,189 EDUCATED AND THAT WE STAND UP 713 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:28,793 AND VOICE THAT VIOLENCE IS 714 00:25:28,793 --> 00:25:31,396 NOT OKAY. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. 715 00:25:31,396 --> 00:25:38,136 IT'S NOT OKAY. AND SO, WHEN 716 00:25:38,136 --> 00:25:39,304 WE TALK ABOUT A PROCLAMATION OR 717 00:25:39,304 --> 00:25:42,073 AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEAR DENIM , 718 00:25:42,073 --> 00:25:42,974 AND I'M PREVIEWING PART OF MY 719 00:25:42,974 --> 00:25:44,442 OUTFIT FOR YOU, A LITTLE EARLY, 720 00:25:44,442 --> 00:25:46,278 AS INSPIRATION. IT'S REALLY 721 00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:48,346 BECAUSE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO 722 00:25:48,346 --> 00:25:51,283 PROMOTE THIS. AND IT'S A 723 00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:52,083 CONVERSATION STARTER AND IF WE 724 00:25:52,083 --> 00:25:56,254 CAN SPUR THAT CONVERSATION AND 725 00:25:56,254 --> 00:25:58,523 BUILD THE CONFIDENCE IN PEOPLE 726 00:25:58,523 --> 00:26:00,358 ASKING FOR HELP OR SEEKING 727 00:26:00,358 --> 00:26:03,295 RESOURCES, THEN , WE'VE DONE 728 00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:04,462 SOMETHING GOOD TOGETHER AND WE 729 00:26:04,462 --> 00:26:06,965 HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. I WANT 730 00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:08,500 TO MENTION PART OF THE WORK 731 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:11,937 THAT HSD IS DOING OUTSIDE OF 732 00:26:11,937 --> 00:26:13,605 FUNDING. WE ARE GOING TO BE 733 00:26:13,605 --> 00:26:16,608 LIFTING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO 734 00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:19,911 MAKE SURE WE ARE PART OF THAT . 735 00:26:19,911 --> 00:26:21,746 I'M NOT A HASHTAG PERSON SO I'M 736 00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:23,415 GOING TO HAVE TO READ THIS IT I 737 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:25,517 KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT. THE 738 00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:28,820 HASHTAG HSD BELIEVES 739 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:30,588 SURVIVORS. I APPRECIATE WHAT 740 00:26:30,588 --> 00:26:33,158 YOU SAID THAT WE NEED TO 741 00:26:33,158 --> 00:26:34,626 LISTEN AND BE AVAILABLE AND 742 00:26:34,626 --> 00:26:38,563 BELIEVE . UNDERSCORING ONE 743 00:26:38,563 --> 00:26:40,932 MORE TIME, APRIL IS THE MONTH. 744 00:26:40,932 --> 00:26:44,069 BUT APRIL 26th IS WHEN WE CAN 745 00:26:44,069 --> 00:26:45,904 WEAR DENIM SO THAT WE CAN SPUR 746 00:26:45,904 --> 00:26:48,773 THAT CONVERSATION AND WITH 747 00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:50,475 THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK 748 00:26:50,475 --> 00:26:51,643 YOU. 749 00:26:51,643 --> 00:26:57,682 >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KIM. 750 00:26:57,682 --> 00:27:02,320 DID WE HAVE ANOTHER GUEST? NO? 751 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:02,520 752 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,289 >> I THINK THAT IS ALL WE'VE 753 00:27:04,289 --> 00:27:06,825 GOT FOR TODAY. THANK YOU, 754 00:27:06,825 --> 00:27:08,126 MADAM CHAIR. 755 00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:11,329 >> THANK YOU FOR -- WAS IT 756 00:27:11,329 --> 00:27:15,800 CHRISTINA? AND TONYA ? AND 757 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,202 DIRECTOR KIM? THANK YOU FOR 758 00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:22,474 BEING WITH US TODAY. 759 00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:23,208 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I KNOW 760 00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:24,609 YOU DO THIS EVERY YEAR AND I 761 00:27:24,609 --> 00:27:25,543 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT SHOULD 762 00:27:25,543 --> 00:27:28,380 DO MORE THAN JUST ONCE A YEAR 763 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:29,414 AND A MONTH. AND I'M JUST GOING 764 00:27:29,414 --> 00:27:37,689 TO SAY THIS IN ALL CANDID . YOU 765 00:27:37,689 --> 00:27:38,623 AND I ARE LITTLE BIT OLDER SO 766 00:27:38,623 --> 00:27:39,791 WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THE HISTORY 767 00:27:39,791 --> 00:27:40,859 OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND VIOLENCE 768 00:27:40,859 --> 00:27:43,028 AND HOW IT WENT FROM NOT BEING 769 00:27:43,028 --> 00:27:43,695 REPORTED TO BEING A MISDEMEANOR 770 00:27:43,695 --> 00:27:45,630 TO FINALLY BEING A FELONY TO 771 00:27:45,630 --> 00:27:47,065 HAVING THESE OPERATIONAL 772 00:27:47,065 --> 00:27:54,239 DISCUSSIONS WITH SPD ON 773 00:27:54,239 --> 00:27:58,309 TRAFFICKING AND THE ISSUES 774 00:27:58,309 --> 00:27:59,244 BEHIND THE SCENES. I WANT TO 775 00:27:59,244 --> 00:28:00,478 THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS 776 00:28:00,478 --> 00:28:02,380 BRING THIS TO THE FOREFRONT. 777 00:28:02,380 --> 00:28:03,448 SOMETIMES I TEASE YOU ABOUT 778 00:28:03,448 --> 00:28:04,616 DENIM DAY BUT I KNOW IT COMES 779 00:28:04,616 --> 00:28:06,117 FROM A GOOD PLACE AND I LOVE 780 00:28:06,117 --> 00:28:06,951 THAT YOU REMIND US ABOUT THIS 781 00:28:06,951 --> 00:28:09,888 ALL THE TIME ESPECIALLY NOW 782 00:28:09,888 --> 00:28:11,322 THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH A LOT 783 00:28:11,322 --> 00:28:11,956 OF TRAFFICKING WITH CHILDREN 784 00:28:11,956 --> 00:28:12,824 AND THE INTERNET. THANK YOU 785 00:28:12,824 --> 00:28:14,159 VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 786 00:28:14,159 --> 00:28:16,494 COMMENTS FOR MY COLLEAGUES? IS 787 00:28:16,494 --> 00:28:17,962 THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO END 788 00:28:17,962 --> 00:28:19,998 WITH, COUNCILMEMBER, BEFORE WE 789 00:28:19,998 --> 00:28:21,399 MOVE ON? 790 00:28:21,399 --> 00:28:23,768 >> I DON'T THINK I COULD TOP 791 00:28:23,768 --> 00:28:27,472 THE COMMENTS BY YOURSELF, 792 00:28:27,472 --> 00:28:28,740 MADAM PRESIDENT OR OUR GUESTS 793 00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:31,076 TODAY. WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE. 794 00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:34,446 THANK YOU. 795 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:35,580 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO OUR 796 00:28:35,580 --> 00:28:39,851 GUESTS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 797 00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:44,155 OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON 798 00:28:44,155 --> 00:28:45,356 TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK, 799 00:28:45,356 --> 00:28:46,224 HOW MANY FOLKS DO WE HAVE 800 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:48,326 SIGNED UP REMOTELY AND HOW MANY 801 00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:50,762 IN CHAMBERS? 802 00:28:50,762 --> 00:28:52,330 >> WE HAVE 15 REMOTE SPEAKERS 803 00:28:52,330 --> 00:28:56,501 AND TWO IN CHAMBERS. 804 00:28:56,501 --> 00:28:57,435 >> OKAY. LET'S START WITH 805 00:28:57,435 --> 00:28:58,336 EVERYBODY GETTING TWO MINUTES 806 00:28:58,336 --> 00:29:00,739 AND WE WILL ALLOW OUR FOLKS , 807 00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:03,775 OUR VISITORS IN PERSON, 808 00:29:03,775 --> 00:29:05,777 SPEAKERS TO SPEAK FIRST. WE 809 00:29:05,777 --> 00:29:07,345 WILL TAKE THE FIRST TWO 810 00:29:07,345 --> 00:29:09,047 SPEAKERS IN CHAMBERS AND THEN 811 00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:13,718 GO TO OUR REMOTE COLLARS. 812 00:29:13,718 --> 00:29:15,019 >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER IN 813 00:29:15,019 --> 00:29:19,824 CHAMBERS IS LLOYD ELLIOTT . 814 00:29:19,824 --> 00:29:21,493 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 815 00:29:21,493 --> 00:29:27,499 JUAREZ. PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 816 00:29:27,499 --> 00:29:29,267 I LIVE IN DES MOINES'S, 817 00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:30,769 WASHINGTON. I AM A LIFELONG 818 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:31,669 SEATTLE RESIDENT. WENT TO 819 00:29:31,669 --> 00:29:37,809 SCHOOL HERE AT THE U DUB. I 820 00:29:37,809 --> 00:29:39,210 GOT A LOT OF LOVE FOR SEATTLE. 821 00:29:39,210 --> 00:29:40,411 I WANT TO ASK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 822 00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:45,216 SUPPORT IN THESE PROCLAMATIONS 823 00:29:45,216 --> 00:29:45,984 THAT ARE MAKING THEIR WAY 824 00:29:45,984 --> 00:29:46,651 THROUGH THE SAILOR SEE 825 00:29:46,651 --> 00:29:48,186 COMMUNITY. IT STARTED IN FORT 826 00:29:48,186 --> 00:29:49,254 TOWNSEND IN DECEMBER 2022. THEY 827 00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:51,823 WERE THE FIRST CITY TO ADAPT 828 00:29:51,823 --> 00:29:52,824 THIS PROCLAMATION AND IT 829 00:29:52,824 --> 00:29:55,960 RECOGNIZES LEGAL RIGHTS FOR THE 830 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,262 RESIDENT ORCA'S. AND IT WAS 831 00:29:57,262 --> 00:29:59,063 FOLLOWED BY LANGLEY, HARBOR, 832 00:29:59,063 --> 00:30:03,168 AND MY CURRENT HOME CITY OF 833 00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:04,235 DES MOINES'S. THE ORIGINAL IDEA 834 00:30:04,235 --> 00:30:06,304 CAME FROM LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE 835 00:30:06,304 --> 00:30:08,006 SAILOR SEE , A LOCAL 836 00:30:08,006 --> 00:30:10,308 ORGANIZATION AND LAW CENTER 837 00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:11,509 AND IT BASICALLY ASKED FOR 838 00:30:11,509 --> 00:30:12,777 SUPPORT FOR THE SOUTHERN 839 00:30:12,777 --> 00:30:14,445 RESIDENTS WHO NEED A LOT OF 840 00:30:14,445 --> 00:30:19,083 HELP THESE DAYS. THEY ARE AN 841 00:30:19,083 --> 00:30:20,285 ENDANGERED SPECIES AND WE ARE 842 00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:21,219 TRYING TO BUILD THAT SUPPORT. I 843 00:30:21,219 --> 00:30:23,421 BELIEVE THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS 844 00:30:23,421 --> 00:30:24,522 A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY 845 00:30:24,522 --> 00:30:27,792 BECAUSE THE CITY OF SEATTLE 846 00:30:27,792 --> 00:30:29,093 LEAVES A SPACE THE SEATTLE 847 00:30:29,093 --> 00:30:30,762 AQUARIUM AND THE DIRECTOR OF 848 00:30:30,762 --> 00:30:40,471 THE AQUARIUM -- DECIMATED 849 00:30:40,471 --> 00:30:41,272 THE SOUTHERN RESIDENTS. THEY 850 00:30:41,272 --> 00:30:42,640 VIOLENTLY TOOK 50 OF THEIR 851 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:43,274 BABIES. THEY DROWNED FOUR OF 852 00:30:43,274 --> 00:30:48,446 THEM AND TRIED TO BURY THEM 853 00:30:48,446 --> 00:30:49,180 WITH CHAINS AND ROCKS SO NOBODY 854 00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:49,814 WOULD SEE THEM AND THAT'S THE 855 00:30:49,814 --> 00:30:50,481 MAIN REASON WHY THEY ARE ON THE 856 00:30:50,481 --> 00:30:51,082 ENDANGERED LIST RIGHT NOW. 857 00:30:51,082 --> 00:30:51,749 THEY ARE VERY SLOW BREEDING AND 858 00:30:51,749 --> 00:30:52,750 THEY DIDN'T RECOVER TOO WELL. 859 00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:54,219 THERE IS ONE LEFT. THE REST 860 00:30:54,219 --> 00:30:58,489 DIED IN CAPTIVITY. YOU'VE 861 00:30:58,489 --> 00:30:59,757 PROBABLY SEEN THE NEWS. THEY 862 00:30:59,757 --> 00:31:03,061 ARE MAKING A BIG EFFORT TO -- 863 00:31:03,061 --> 00:31:05,930 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE 864 00:31:05,930 --> 00:31:06,798 NATION WHO HAVE GIFTED ME THIS 865 00:31:06,798 --> 00:31:10,802 LINK IT HERE. I'M LEARNING A 866 00:31:10,802 --> 00:31:18,109 LITTLE BIT WITH THIS EFFORT 867 00:31:18,109 --> 00:31:19,377 AND FOR THESE PROCLAMATIONS AS 868 00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:20,278 WELL AND WE ASK FOR YOUR 869 00:31:20,278 --> 00:31:20,845 CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. 870 00:31:20,845 --> 00:31:21,546 >> THANK YOU. 871 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:25,149 >> THANK YOU. OUR LAST IN 872 00:31:25,149 --> 00:31:28,553 PERSON SPEAKER IS MARGUERITE 873 00:31:28,553 --> 00:31:33,291 RYSZARD. 874 00:31:37,829 --> 00:31:37,895 875 00:31:37,895 --> 00:31:43,801 >> MY NAME IS MARGUERITE AND I 876 00:31:43,801 --> 00:31:45,336 JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM IN 877 00:31:45,336 --> 00:31:46,671 SYMPATHY RIGHT NOW OF ELIJAH 878 00:31:46,671 --> 00:31:50,642 LEWIS AND HIS FAMILY WITH THE 879 00:31:50,642 --> 00:31:52,010 DEATH THAT HAPPENED ON CAPITOL 880 00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:55,046 HILL KNOWN AS CAPITAL KILLED. 881 00:31:55,046 --> 00:31:56,814 HE WAS KILLED UP THERE AND HIS 882 00:31:56,814 --> 00:31:59,651 NEPHEW WAS WOUNDED. GETTING 883 00:31:59,651 --> 00:32:01,185 DOWN TO BRASS TACKS, WHICH IS 884 00:32:01,185 --> 00:32:03,721 THE ASPECT OF THIS CIVIL 885 00:32:03,721 --> 00:32:11,562 RIGHTS APPOINTMENT , I THINK I 886 00:32:11,562 --> 00:32:13,031 MAY NEED TO SAY SOMETHING 887 00:32:13,031 --> 00:32:18,202 DIFFERENT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T 888 00:32:18,202 --> 00:32:19,570 SEEM TO GET IT. I THINK IT'S 889 00:32:19,570 --> 00:32:20,271 BECAUSE SO MUCH RACISM AND 890 00:32:20,271 --> 00:32:21,139 DISCRIMINATION AND THEM NOT 891 00:32:21,139 --> 00:32:26,511 SHOWING OUR FACE . HE HAD SUCH 892 00:32:26,511 --> 00:32:27,545 A BEAUTIFUL BLANKET. IT WAS 893 00:32:27,545 --> 00:32:28,579 EVEN DESERVING OF BEING ON THE 894 00:32:28,579 --> 00:32:30,281 SCREEN. BUT THEY DONE WIPED OUR 895 00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:33,685 FACES OUT FOR COMING UP IN 896 00:32:33,685 --> 00:32:35,153 HERE UNLESS YOU ARE A 897 00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:37,255 PRIVILEGED CHARACTER. SO WHY 898 00:32:37,255 --> 00:32:38,489 DO WE NEED A CIVIL RIGHTS 899 00:32:38,489 --> 00:32:39,657 OFFICE AND ANYBODY APPOINTED 900 00:32:39,657 --> 00:32:41,960 DOWN THERE IF WE CAN'T EVEN 901 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,194 GET OUR BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS? 902 00:32:43,194 --> 00:32:43,795 IT'S RIDICULOUS. EVEN OVER 903 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:46,964 THERE AT THE KING COUNTY 904 00:32:46,964 --> 00:32:47,899 COURTHOUSE IN THE CHAMBERS, 905 00:32:47,899 --> 00:32:49,534 THEY MUTE YOU FOR YOUR FREE 906 00:32:49,534 --> 00:32:50,568 SPEECH. YOU ARE NOT SEEING 907 00:32:50,568 --> 00:32:51,769 ANYTHING WRONG BUT THEY CUT 908 00:32:51,769 --> 00:32:57,976 YOUR MIC OFF. WHAT IS THIS 909 00:32:57,976 --> 00:32:59,177 INSANITY? IT'S TIME FOR YOU 910 00:32:59,177 --> 00:32:59,911 YOUNG PEOPLE TO RISE UP, JUST 911 00:32:59,911 --> 00:33:03,114 LIKE THEY DID IN THE 60s. THIS 912 00:33:03,114 --> 00:33:04,082 IS RIDICULOUS WHAT THEY ARE 913 00:33:04,082 --> 00:33:05,383 DOING IN THIS TOWN. THIS IS 914 00:33:05,383 --> 00:33:07,685 RIDICULOUS AND I'M GOING TO 915 00:33:07,685 --> 00:33:08,353 CONTINUOUSLY SPEAK OUT AGAINST 916 00:33:08,353 --> 00:33:10,355 IT BECAUSE IT'S WRONG, OKAY? 917 00:33:10,355 --> 00:33:12,523 YOU'VE GOT FOLK UP IN HERE, 918 00:33:12,523 --> 00:33:20,965 ALL KIND OF ILLNESSES . 919 00:33:20,965 --> 00:33:22,133 WHATEVER ILLNESS THAT YOU WANT 920 00:33:22,133 --> 00:33:25,436 TO CALL AN ILLNESS, PEOPLE ARE 921 00:33:25,436 --> 00:33:26,504 SUFFERING FROM IT RIGHT NOW AND 922 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:27,872 THE PANDEMIC DIDN'T HELP NONE. 923 00:33:27,872 --> 00:33:30,274 BUT I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW, 924 00:33:30,274 --> 00:33:37,015 YOU BETTER NEVER RUN UP ON ME. 925 00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:38,282 YOU BETTER NOT RUN UP ON 926 00:33:38,282 --> 00:33:39,484 NOTHING THAT I OWN. THAT'S MY 927 00:33:39,484 --> 00:33:40,218 FAMILY AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS 928 00:33:40,218 --> 00:33:42,420 CLOSE TO ME BECAUSE A LOT OF 929 00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:45,223 PEOPLE -- NEXT TIME. 930 00:33:45,223 --> 00:33:47,025 >> WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR 931 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:48,393 REMOTE SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST 932 00:33:48,393 --> 00:33:51,295 REMOTE SPEAKER THAT IS SIGNED 933 00:33:51,295 --> 00:33:52,930 UP AND LISTED AS PRESENT IS 934 00:33:52,930 --> 00:33:56,901 BRETT -- AND A REMINDER FOR 935 00:33:56,901 --> 00:33:59,637 YOUR REMOTE COLIN SPEAKERS, 936 00:33:59,637 --> 00:34:02,039 YOU WILL NEED TO PRESS ÷6 TO 937 00:34:02,039 --> 00:34:05,076 SPEAK. 938 00:34:05,076 --> 00:34:06,411 >> HELLO. AM I COMING THROUGH? 939 00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:09,113 >> YEP. 940 00:34:09,113 --> 00:34:14,218 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, I AM 941 00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:18,790 BROOKE . I AM THE LGBTQ 942 00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:24,262 COMMISSIONER AND CO-CHAIR BUT 943 00:34:24,262 --> 00:34:25,630 I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I'M 944 00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:26,497 SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF 945 00:34:26,497 --> 00:34:27,665 TODAY NOT THE COMMISSION. HERE 946 00:34:27,665 --> 00:34:28,299 TO TALK ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT 947 00:34:28,299 --> 00:34:29,667 OF DEREK WHEELER SMITH FOR OCR 948 00:34:29,667 --> 00:34:36,140 AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I 949 00:34:36,140 --> 00:34:37,208 OPPOSE THE APPOINTMENT OF HIM 950 00:34:37,208 --> 00:34:38,042 UNTIL HE HAS TAKEN 951 00:34:38,042 --> 00:34:38,676 ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISPLAYED 952 00:34:38,676 --> 00:34:40,278 TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION AND 953 00:34:40,278 --> 00:34:41,946 SUPPORT FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK 954 00:34:41,946 --> 00:34:43,648 WE DO. CRITICAL CONNECTIONS 955 00:34:43,648 --> 00:34:46,317 BETWEEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND 956 00:34:46,317 --> 00:34:48,386 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. OUR LAST 957 00:34:48,386 --> 00:34:49,187 DIRECTOR UNDERSTOOD THIS AND 958 00:34:49,187 --> 00:34:50,321 COMMUNICATED WITH US REGULARLY 959 00:34:50,321 --> 00:34:52,123 TO SPEEDILY ADDRESS OUR 960 00:34:52,123 --> 00:34:54,792 FEEDBACK . ON THE OTHER HAND, 961 00:34:54,792 --> 00:35:02,700 MR. LOUIS SMITH HAS ATTENDED 962 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:03,701 ONE OF OUR MEETINGS WHERE HE 963 00:35:03,701 --> 00:35:04,802 GAVE VAGUE ANSWERS TO MY 964 00:35:04,802 --> 00:35:05,536 SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE 965 00:35:05,536 --> 00:35:06,170 COULD COLLABORATE WITH HIS 966 00:35:06,170 --> 00:35:07,238 OFFICE AND HAS NEVER EMAILED US 967 00:35:07,238 --> 00:35:08,172 DIRECTLY. IN FEBRUARY, THE 968 00:35:08,172 --> 00:35:08,873 SEATTLE COMMISSION HOSTED A 969 00:35:08,873 --> 00:35:12,977 BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT . 970 00:35:12,977 --> 00:35:14,679 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF WHEELER 971 00:35:14,679 --> 00:35:18,382 SMITH PREVENTED ANOTHER CITY 972 00:35:18,382 --> 00:35:19,117 DEPARTMENT FROM ADVERTISING FOR 973 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:19,684 OUR COMMUNITY EVENT AND TWO 974 00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:23,154 DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT LOST 975 00:35:23,154 --> 00:35:23,821 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FUNDING 976 00:35:23,821 --> 00:35:24,889 FROM ONE OF OUR SPONSORS. MR. 977 00:35:24,889 --> 00:35:31,963 WHEELER SMITH DID THIS WITHOUT 978 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:32,630 CONTACTING US DIRECTLY TO 979 00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:33,431 EXPLAIN WHY HE PULLED THE 980 00:35:33,431 --> 00:35:34,065 ADVERTISING AND BUDGETING AND 981 00:35:34,065 --> 00:35:36,467 WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE 982 00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:37,668 THE ISSUES WITH US. GIVEN THIS 983 00:35:37,668 --> 00:35:38,369 UNDERMINING OF HIS OWN 984 00:35:38,369 --> 00:35:38,903 COMMISSION AND LACK OF 985 00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:39,871 TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION 986 00:35:39,871 --> 00:35:41,239 I ASKED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL 987 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:42,540 NOT APPOINT MR. WHEELER SMITH 988 00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:46,978 UNTIL OR UNLESS HE HAS 989 00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:47,812 CORRECTED THESE WRONGS. THANK 990 00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:48,045 YOU. 991 00:35:48,045 --> 00:35:58,589 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OLIVIA. 992 00:35:59,624 --> 00:36:00,391 993 00:36:00,391 --> 00:36:02,860 >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 994 00:36:02,860 --> 00:36:08,299 >> YEP. GO AHEAD. 995 00:36:08,299 --> 00:36:09,567 >> HI, MY NAME IS OLIVIA AND 996 00:36:09,567 --> 00:36:10,668 I'VE COME BEFORE YOU TO SPEAK 997 00:36:10,668 --> 00:36:11,469 IN SUPPORT OF DERRICK WHEELER 998 00:36:11,469 --> 00:36:15,339 SMITH AS THE PERMANENT DIRECTOR 999 00:36:15,339 --> 00:36:16,607 . IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT 1000 00:36:16,607 --> 00:36:17,475 CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL 18 YEARS 1001 00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:19,944 AGO, YOU KNOW THAT IT WASN'T A 1002 00:36:19,944 --> 00:36:20,778 PLACE OF SUCCESS THAT IT IS 1003 00:36:20,778 --> 00:36:26,751 KNOWN AS TODAY. AND ALTHOUGH 1004 00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:27,952 IT WAS FULL OF EXCELLENCE AT 1005 00:36:27,952 --> 00:36:28,986 THAT TIME, MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T 1006 00:36:28,986 --> 00:36:30,221 SEE IT THAT WAY. I'M SO 1007 00:36:30,221 --> 00:36:32,089 GRATEFUL THAT DERRICK WHEELER 1008 00:36:32,089 --> 00:36:33,391 SMITH DID. HE CAME INTO MY LIFE 1009 00:36:33,391 --> 00:36:34,225 18 YEARS AGO. I WAS A 1010 00:36:34,225 --> 00:36:35,092 14-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN AT 1011 00:36:35,092 --> 00:36:37,128 CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL. JOINED 1012 00:36:37,128 --> 00:36:46,637 THE BASKETBALL TEAM AND THE 1013 00:36:46,637 --> 00:36:47,738 COACH HAD TAKEN ON WHAT MANY 1014 00:36:47,738 --> 00:36:48,573 PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS AN 1015 00:36:48,573 --> 00:36:49,373 IMPOSSIBLE TASK. THE TASK OF 1016 00:36:49,373 --> 00:36:50,575 BEING ABLE TO SEE EXCELLENCE IN 1017 00:36:50,575 --> 00:36:51,242 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM THAT 1018 00:36:51,242 --> 00:36:52,310 FRANKLY HAD BEEN FORGOTTEN. BUT 1019 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:54,178 THAT IS ONE OF HIS UNIQUE GIFTS 1020 00:36:54,178 --> 00:37:00,151 AS A LEADER. SEEING EXCELLENCE 1021 00:37:00,151 --> 00:37:00,952 AND DRAWING IT OUT OF 1022 00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:02,086 UNEXPECTED PLACES AND DOIG SO 1023 00:37:02,086 --> 00:37:03,187 WHEN NO ONE ELSE IS WILLING TO 1024 00:37:03,187 --> 00:37:04,622 TAKE ON SUCH A DAUNTING TASK. 1025 00:37:04,622 --> 00:37:06,324 SO DERRICK CAME TO CLEVELAND 1026 00:37:06,324 --> 00:37:07,959 TO COACH A GROUP OF GIRLS WHO 1027 00:37:07,959 --> 00:37:08,926 HAD NO PROSPECTS OF MAKING 1028 00:37:08,926 --> 00:37:13,698 HISTORY OR WINNING A FIRST 1029 00:37:13,698 --> 00:37:14,365 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL 1030 00:37:14,365 --> 00:37:14,999 GAME. OUR MORALITY WOULDN'T 1031 00:37:14,999 --> 00:37:17,835 EVEN LET US BELIEVE THAT WE 1032 00:37:17,835 --> 00:37:21,973 COULD REACH SUCH HEIGHTS. BUT 1033 00:37:21,973 --> 00:37:23,174 DERRICK BROUGHT AN EVO'S THAT 1034 00:37:23,174 --> 00:37:24,375 WAS CONTAGIOUS AND ENOUGH TO 1035 00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:28,646 MAKE -- THIS IS ABOUT MORE 1036 00:37:28,646 --> 00:37:29,547 THAN BASKETBALL. THAT WAS MY 1037 00:37:29,547 --> 00:37:30,748 FIRST INTERACTION WITH DERRICK 1038 00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:36,721 BUT HE WASN'T JUST TEACHING US 1039 00:37:36,721 --> 00:37:37,588 SKILLS AND DRILLS BUT ABOUT 1040 00:37:37,588 --> 00:37:38,522 LIFE AND LEADERSHIP AND 1041 00:37:38,522 --> 00:37:39,090 COMPASSION, SELF-LOVE, AND 1042 00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:43,260 COMMUNITY. I COULD GO ON. SO, 1043 00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:44,395 DERRICK HAS BEEN A MENTOR TO ME 1044 00:37:44,395 --> 00:37:46,097 AND MENTOR TO MANY OTHERS IN 1045 00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:50,434 THE CITY. IT'S CLEAR THAT 1046 00:37:50,434 --> 00:37:51,636 DERRICK HAS WORKED TO BE IN A 1047 00:37:51,636 --> 00:37:52,436 POSITION TO BE CONSIDERED FOR 1048 00:37:52,436 --> 00:37:53,904 THIS ROLE AND IS QUALIFIED TO 1049 00:37:53,904 --> 00:37:55,339 BE ABLE TO DO SO. AND I KNOW 1050 00:37:55,339 --> 00:37:57,842 THAT HE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF HE 1051 00:37:57,842 --> 00:37:59,277 DIDN'T SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR 1052 00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:03,514 EXCELLENCE AND SO, WITH THAT I 1053 00:38:03,514 --> 00:38:04,749 CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER 1054 00:38:04,749 --> 00:38:05,950 CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION. I 1055 00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:07,952 STRESS DERRICK COULD HANDLE 1056 00:38:07,952 --> 00:38:10,655 THE MANTLE OF THIS ROLE WITH 1057 00:38:10,655 --> 00:38:11,689 COURAGE, HUMANITY AND 1058 00:38:11,689 --> 00:38:13,124 COMPASSION. 1059 00:38:13,124 --> 00:38:15,626 >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 1060 00:38:15,626 --> 00:38:18,629 IS CLAUDIA PANETTA. 1061 00:38:18,629 --> 00:38:21,699 >> FOLKS, LISTEN FOR THE 1062 00:38:21,699 --> 00:38:23,000 CHIME. WE HATE CUTTING PEOPLE 1063 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,969 OFF. WHEN YOU HEAR THE CHIME 1064 00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:30,708 YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS. I KNOW 1065 00:38:30,708 --> 00:38:32,076 WHEN THE COLLAR IS CALLING, IF 1066 00:38:32,076 --> 00:38:33,244 THEY ARE NOT LISTENING FOR THE 1067 00:38:33,244 --> 00:38:34,245 CHIME, WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU GET 1068 00:38:34,245 --> 00:38:35,212 CUT OFF. IF YOU COULD PAY 1069 00:38:35,212 --> 00:38:36,914 ATTENTION TO THAT, THAT WOULD 1070 00:38:36,914 --> 00:38:37,415 BE GREAT. 1071 00:38:37,415 --> 00:38:39,850 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS 1072 00:38:39,850 --> 00:38:43,487 CLAUDIA. 1073 00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:46,123 >> HELLO, FOLKS. HI, 1074 00:38:46,123 --> 00:38:50,161 EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS 1075 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:51,295 CLAUDIA. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF 1076 00:38:51,295 --> 00:38:52,563 WORKING WITH DERRICK WHEELER 1077 00:38:52,563 --> 00:38:55,099 SMITH AT KING COUNTY TOWARDS 1078 00:38:55,099 --> 00:38:57,735 THE INITIATIVE OF -- AND I AM 1079 00:38:57,735 --> 00:39:01,972 HERE TO SPEAK TO SUPPORT HIS 1080 00:39:01,972 --> 00:39:02,773 APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF THE 1081 00:39:02,773 --> 00:39:04,608 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS OF 1082 00:39:04,608 --> 00:39:06,310 SEATTLE. DURING THE TIME THAT I 1083 00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:07,344 WORKED WITH DERRICK, WE WORKED 1084 00:39:07,344 --> 00:39:09,380 IN A VERY DIFFICULT , 1085 00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:11,415 POLITICALLY TENSE , 1086 00:39:11,415 --> 00:39:13,718 CONTROVERSIAL ENVIRONMENT, AND 1087 00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:17,054 IT WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR 1088 00:39:17,054 --> 00:39:20,925 TO WORK WITH A MAN WHO I SAW 1089 00:39:20,925 --> 00:39:22,226 WAS WILLING TO WALK IN 1090 00:39:22,226 --> 00:39:26,030 INTEGRITY WITH HIS VALUES AND 1091 00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:32,169 THE THINGS THAT HE PROMOTED. 1092 00:39:32,169 --> 00:39:35,940 IN WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT AND 1093 00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:36,707 LEADERSHIP, THESE ROLES ARE 1094 00:39:36,707 --> 00:39:40,711 VERY DIFFICULT TO WALK. BEING 1095 00:39:40,711 --> 00:39:41,812 A BLACK MAN, I WATCHED HOW 1096 00:39:41,812 --> 00:39:42,913 DERRICK WAS CONSTANTLY WALKING 1097 00:39:42,913 --> 00:39:47,118 ON FINE LINES AND I LEARNED TO 1098 00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:48,219 ADMIRE HIS COURAGE AND RESPECT 1099 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:49,587 HIM AS A MENTOR. ANOTHER THING 1100 00:39:49,587 --> 00:39:50,788 THAT I LOVED ABOUT HIS 1101 00:39:50,788 --> 00:39:53,023 LEADERSHIP IS THAT HE BALANCES 1102 00:39:53,023 --> 00:39:54,658 COMPASSION AND INTELLECTUALISM 1103 00:39:54,658 --> 00:39:59,864 EXCEPTIONALLY. HE IS WELL 1104 00:39:59,864 --> 00:40:02,867 READ AND HE KNOWS THE SUBJECT 1105 00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:05,836 MATTER OF RACE EQUITY. HE ALSO 1106 00:40:05,836 --> 00:40:07,471 KNOWS HOW TO PUT IT INTO 1107 00:40:07,471 --> 00:40:10,107 PRACTICE AND, AT THE SAME TIME, 1108 00:40:10,107 --> 00:40:11,475 HE BALANCES THAT WITH HIS 1109 00:40:11,475 --> 00:40:12,710 APPROACH AS A COMPASSIONATE 1110 00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:16,747 LEADER. I RESPECT AND ADMIRE 1111 00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:18,282 DERRICK. I THINK THAT HE 1112 00:40:18,282 --> 00:40:20,151 HANDLES SITUATIONS EXTREMELY 1113 00:40:20,151 --> 00:40:23,120 WELL AND I ALSO THINK THAT HE 1114 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:28,826 IS -- 1115 00:40:28,826 --> 00:40:32,563 >> LOST HER. 1116 00:40:32,563 --> 00:40:38,936 >> HELLO? IF SHE CALLS BACK 1117 00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:41,906 WILL GIVE HER ANOTHER -- 1118 00:40:41,906 --> 00:40:44,074 >> THE COLLAR HAS DROPPED OFF. 1119 00:40:44,074 --> 00:40:44,308 SORRY. 1120 00:40:44,308 --> 00:40:48,913 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE DO 1121 00:40:48,913 --> 00:40:49,980 HAVE CHRISTINA IN THE COUNCIL 1122 00:40:49,980 --> 00:40:50,581 CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO 1123 00:40:50,581 --> 00:40:52,316 SPEAK. CAN WE FINISH THAT UP? 1124 00:40:52,316 --> 00:40:57,388 >> ABSOLUTELY. HELLO, 1125 00:40:57,388 --> 00:41:02,259 CHRISTINA. ABSOLUTELY. LET HER 1126 00:41:02,259 --> 00:41:03,227 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. SHE IS 1127 00:41:03,227 --> 00:41:04,528 SPEAKING TO THE PROCLAMATION, 1128 00:41:04,528 --> 00:41:05,963 CORRECT? 1129 00:41:05,963 --> 00:41:07,465 >> I'M NOT SURE BUT SHE WILL 1130 00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:08,599 USE HER TWO MINUTES OF PUBLIC 1131 00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:11,969 COMMENT. 1132 00:41:11,969 --> 00:41:12,937 >> THANK YOU. I'M SPEAKING 1133 00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:14,472 ABOUT WHAT HAS JUST BEEN 1134 00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:20,845 RECENTLY DISCUSSED. EXCUSE ME. 1135 00:41:20,845 --> 00:41:21,812 MR. WHEELER SMITH. AS AN 1136 00:41:21,812 --> 00:41:22,580 INDIVIDUAL ON THE DISABILITY 1137 00:41:22,580 --> 00:41:23,681 COMMISSION I HAVE TRIED FOR 1138 00:41:23,681 --> 00:41:24,415 MONTHS TO REACH MR. WHEELER 1139 00:41:24,415 --> 00:41:25,950 SMITH AND AFTER I HAD TO GO 1140 00:41:25,950 --> 00:41:28,085 THROUGH A MORE PUBLIC CHANNEL 1141 00:41:28,085 --> 00:41:29,320 OF EMAILS SAYING I CAN'T REACH 1142 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:34,425 HIM DID I GET ANY CALL BACK. 1143 00:41:34,425 --> 00:41:35,826 HE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE WELL 1144 00:41:35,826 --> 00:41:38,863 VERSED IN THE WAY OF 1145 00:41:38,863 --> 00:41:40,264 DISABILITY AND DISABILITY 1146 00:41:40,264 --> 00:41:43,100 MATTERS. HE HAS BEEN TO OUR 1147 00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:46,403 COMMISSION ONCE, WHEREAS I 1148 00:41:46,403 --> 00:41:47,238 HAVE BEEN ON THE SEATTLE 1149 00:41:47,238 --> 00:41:48,606 DISABILITY COMMISSION AS A 1150 00:41:48,606 --> 00:41:50,374 MEMBER OR SOMEBODY WATCHING IN 1151 00:41:50,374 --> 00:41:53,210 FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS NOW. AND 1152 00:41:53,210 --> 00:41:54,812 OUR FORMER DIRECTOR AT LEAST 1153 00:41:54,812 --> 00:41:56,614 CAME OUT FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX 1154 00:41:56,614 --> 00:41:58,415 TIMES A YEAR AND PARTICIPATED 1155 00:41:58,415 --> 00:42:00,317 IN OUR EVENT AND MAINTAINED 1156 00:42:00,317 --> 00:42:01,986 THAT COMMUNICATION WITH US 1157 00:42:01,986 --> 00:42:05,322 THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN WITH MR. 1158 00:42:05,322 --> 00:42:07,258 WHEELER SMITH, AND I FEEL THAT 1159 00:42:07,258 --> 00:42:09,093 , AT THIS POINT, HE WOULD NOT 1160 00:42:09,093 --> 00:42:15,466 BE A WELL-SUITED FIT FOR US 1161 00:42:15,466 --> 00:42:16,400 AT THE DISABILITY COMMISSION 1162 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:17,268 BECAUSE HE DOESN'T REACH OUT. 1163 00:42:17,268 --> 00:42:18,836 HE DOESN'T PARTICIPATE WITH US. 1164 00:42:18,836 --> 00:42:20,437 WE DON'T HEAR FROM HIM AND WE 1165 00:42:20,437 --> 00:42:21,739 DON'T HEAR FROM HIM AT ALL. 1166 00:42:21,739 --> 00:42:24,174 FRANKLY, FOR US AT THE 1167 00:42:24,174 --> 00:42:26,043 DISABILITY COMMISSION, IT DOES 1168 00:42:26,043 --> 00:42:33,450 NOT SEEM TO BE A GOOD FIT. HE 1169 00:42:33,450 --> 00:42:34,752 MIGHT HAVE SOME GOOD SKILLS ON 1170 00:42:34,752 --> 00:42:35,653 RACIAL EQUITY BUT DISABILITY 1171 00:42:35,653 --> 00:42:36,287 EQUITY AND DISABILITY SOCIAL 1172 00:42:36,287 --> 00:42:37,021 JUSTICE IS ALSO EQUALLY 1173 00:42:37,021 --> 00:42:37,655 IMPORTANT HERE IN SEATTLE. SO 1174 00:42:37,655 --> 00:42:41,125 THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. 1175 00:42:41,125 --> 00:42:42,259 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE 1176 00:42:42,259 --> 00:42:43,160 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY, 1177 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,129 COUNCILMEMBERS. 1178 00:42:45,129 --> 00:42:46,530 >> WE WILL NOW MOVE BACK INTO 1179 00:42:46,530 --> 00:42:52,002 OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS. THE NEXT 1180 00:42:52,002 --> 00:42:53,170 REMOTE SPEAKER WILL BE PATTY 1181 00:42:53,170 --> 00:42:54,371 HAYES. REMINDER TO PLEASE PRESS 1182 00:42:54,371 --> 00:42:55,906 STAR STICKS. 1183 00:42:55,906 --> 00:42:59,310 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS 1184 00:42:59,310 --> 00:43:04,014 PATTY HAYES AND I AM CALLING 1185 00:43:04,014 --> 00:43:04,982 IN TO SUPPORT THE APPOINTMENT 1186 00:43:04,982 --> 00:43:07,384 OF DERRICK WHEELER SMITH. AS 1187 00:43:07,384 --> 00:43:08,886 THE COUNCIL KNOWS, I HAVE 1188 00:43:08,886 --> 00:43:11,388 WORKED WITH DERRICK AS A 1189 00:43:11,388 --> 00:43:12,856 SUPERVISOR WHEN HE WAS AT THE 1190 00:43:12,856 --> 00:43:16,827 SEATTLE PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM . 1191 00:43:16,827 --> 00:43:23,133 I REALLY THINK HE IS A LEADER 1192 00:43:23,133 --> 00:43:26,036 IN COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. 1193 00:43:26,036 --> 00:43:28,205 THERE WERE IDEAS BROUGHT 1194 00:43:28,205 --> 00:43:29,673 FORWARD IN A COURAGEOUS VOICE 1195 00:43:29,673 --> 00:43:34,111 AND THE ABILITY TO INSPIRE 1196 00:43:34,111 --> 00:43:39,350 AND BRING SOUND ANALYSIS . HE 1197 00:43:39,350 --> 00:43:40,918 BUILT A REGIONAL APPROACH TO 1198 00:43:40,918 --> 00:43:44,488 GUN VIOLENCE FROM SCRATCH AND 1199 00:43:44,488 --> 00:43:46,290 THAT APPROACH WAS SO WELL 1200 00:43:46,290 --> 00:43:49,927 THOUGHT OF THAT THE WHITE 1201 00:43:49,927 --> 00:43:50,894 HOUSE ACTUALLY INVITED HIM TO 1202 00:43:50,894 --> 00:43:53,063 THE TABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN 1203 00:43:53,063 --> 00:43:54,632 THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY VIOLENCE 1204 00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:58,369 CONSORTIUM. IN 2020, I, ALONG 1205 00:43:58,369 --> 00:44:03,073 WITH EXECUTIVE -- DECLARED 1206 00:44:03,073 --> 00:44:04,141 RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH 1207 00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:05,342 CRISIS AND DERRICK WAS PART OF 1208 00:44:05,342 --> 00:44:09,079 THE TEAM AND AN INTEGRAL PART 1209 00:44:09,079 --> 00:44:10,481 OF MAPPING OUT THE INITIAL 1210 00:44:10,481 --> 00:44:11,849 STEPS THAT THE COUNTY TOOK AS 1211 00:44:11,849 --> 00:44:19,590 PART OF THAT DECLARATION AND 1212 00:44:19,590 --> 00:44:21,158 THAT IS UP WITH THE $25 MILLION 1213 00:44:21,158 --> 00:44:21,692 FUNDING INVESTING IN THE 1214 00:44:21,692 --> 00:44:23,093 COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OTHER 1215 00:44:23,093 --> 00:44:24,194 EFFORTS THAT CONTINUE TO THIS 1216 00:44:24,194 --> 00:44:26,897 DAY. I BELIEVE DERRICK CAN 1217 00:44:26,897 --> 00:44:27,898 PROVE TO BE A BRIDGE AND AN 1218 00:44:27,898 --> 00:44:30,934 ASSET AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT 1219 00:44:30,934 --> 00:44:35,372 IN THIS POLARIZING TIME. WE'VE 1220 00:44:35,372 --> 00:44:36,273 ALREADY SEEN SOME THINGS IN 1221 00:44:36,273 --> 00:44:37,541 THIS FIRST YEAR OF IMPACT HE 1222 00:44:37,541 --> 00:44:38,475 HAS HAD AND IT IS WITH 1223 00:44:38,475 --> 00:44:41,745 CONFIDENCE THAT I SUPPORT HIS 1224 00:44:41,745 --> 00:44:46,216 CONFIRMATION . THANK YOU. 1225 00:44:46,216 --> 00:44:47,885 >> THANK YOU. GOOD TO HEAR FROM 1226 00:44:47,885 --> 00:44:50,988 YOU. 1227 00:44:50,988 --> 00:44:56,226 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARON. 1228 00:44:56,226 --> 00:44:57,394 1229 00:44:57,394 --> 00:45:05,669 >> SHARON? I SEE SHARON -- 1230 00:45:05,669 --> 00:45:07,137 >> SHE IS PRESENT BUT SHE IS 1231 00:45:07,137 --> 00:45:07,938 MUTED. 1232 00:45:07,938 --> 00:45:12,943 >> ÷6. I SEE HER TILE. 1233 00:45:12,943 --> 00:45:14,511 SHARON, WHAT WE WILL DO IS GO 1234 00:45:14,511 --> 00:45:19,416 TO THE NEXT CALLER AND THEN 1235 00:45:19,416 --> 00:45:20,984 WE WILL TAKE YOU WHEN YOU GET 1236 00:45:20,984 --> 00:45:23,353 ONLINE. GO AHEAD WITH THE NEXT 1237 00:45:23,353 --> 00:45:23,620 CALLER. 1238 00:45:23,620 --> 00:45:25,055 >> OUR NEXT CALLER IS SEAN 1239 00:45:25,055 --> 00:45:29,593 GOOD. SEAN? 1240 00:45:29,593 --> 00:45:35,065 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 1241 00:45:35,065 --> 00:45:36,600 IT'S A PLEASURE TO CALL IN. I'M 1242 00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:37,735 GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF 1243 00:45:37,735 --> 00:45:38,836 DERRICK AYLER SMITH FOR THIS 1244 00:45:38,836 --> 00:45:40,270 APPOINTMENT. OVER THE COURSE 1245 00:45:40,270 --> 00:45:48,612 OF MY LIFE I'VE HAD THE 1246 00:45:48,612 --> 00:45:49,646 PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH HIM IN A 1247 00:45:49,646 --> 00:45:50,447 VARIETY OF CAPACITIES. IN 1248 00:45:50,447 --> 00:45:52,015 ADDITION TO THE LAST DECADE OR 1249 00:45:52,015 --> 00:45:53,016 SO THAT I'VE HAD THE 1250 00:45:53,016 --> 00:45:53,650 OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING CLOSELY 1251 00:45:53,650 --> 00:45:54,751 WITH THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 1252 00:45:54,751 --> 00:45:56,053 AND SEATTLE AND ONE OF THE 1253 00:45:56,053 --> 00:45:58,055 GREATEST CHALLENGES IS ALL OF 1254 00:45:58,055 --> 00:46:04,962 YOU ARE SO WELL ACQUAINTED AND 1255 00:46:04,962 --> 00:46:05,662 THERE IS THIS ACCOUNTABILITY TO 1256 00:46:05,662 --> 00:46:06,396 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND 1257 00:46:06,396 --> 00:46:07,097 ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE COUNCIL 1258 00:46:07,097 --> 00:46:08,198 AND THE DUALITY OF THIS ROLE 1259 00:46:08,198 --> 00:46:09,967 THAT REQUIRES THE PERSON IN IT 1260 00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:14,505 TO HOLD THE MESSY MIDDLE AND 1261 00:46:14,505 --> 00:46:16,006 STAND IN THE TENSION OF IT ALL 1262 00:46:16,006 --> 00:46:17,174 AND DO IT WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF 1263 00:46:17,174 --> 00:46:17,808 INTEGRITY AND UNDERSTANDING. 1264 00:46:17,808 --> 00:46:18,876 THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 1265 00:46:18,876 --> 00:46:20,577 IS FRUSTRATING ME THE MOST 1266 00:46:20,577 --> 00:46:21,578 TIMES ABOUT DERRICK AND ONE OF 1267 00:46:21,578 --> 00:46:23,247 THE THINGS I AM MOST 1268 00:46:23,247 --> 00:46:28,485 APPRECIATIVE ABOUT. THERE HAVE 1269 00:46:28,485 --> 00:46:29,153 BEEN MANY MOMENTS WHERE I 1270 00:46:29,153 --> 00:46:30,154 WANTED HIM TO MOVE MORE 1271 00:46:30,154 --> 00:46:30,854 AGGRESSIVELY TOWARD THE AGENDA 1272 00:46:30,854 --> 00:46:33,857 THAT I HELD TO BE TRUE AND HE 1273 00:46:33,857 --> 00:46:34,691 CONSISTENTLY BROUGHT ME BACK TO 1274 00:46:34,691 --> 00:46:35,526 A PLACE OF COMPROMISE AND 1275 00:46:35,526 --> 00:46:36,193 UNDERSTANDING AND 1276 00:46:36,193 --> 00:46:36,894 RECONCILIATION THAT ALLOWED US 1277 00:46:36,894 --> 00:46:38,529 TO MOVE FORWARD AS A COLLECTIVE 1278 00:46:38,529 --> 00:46:40,030 BODY, COLLECTIVE US, AND A WAY 1279 00:46:40,030 --> 00:46:42,166 THAT GALVANIZED INSTEAD OF 1280 00:46:42,166 --> 00:46:46,170 TORE APART . IT'S 1281 00:46:46,170 --> 00:46:46,804 CHARACTERISTIC THAT DERRICK 1282 00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:47,671 HOLDS THIS ABILITY TO STAND AT 1283 00:46:47,671 --> 00:46:51,308 ATTENTION THAT I THINK MOST 1284 00:46:51,308 --> 00:46:52,042 APPROPRIATELY RIGHTLY FITS HIM 1285 00:46:52,042 --> 00:46:57,014 TO LEAD IN THIS WAY. AND I 1286 00:46:57,014 --> 00:46:58,015 WILL ALSO ECHO SOME OF THE 1287 00:46:58,015 --> 00:46:58,715 SENTIMENTS OF THE PREVIOUS 1288 00:46:58,715 --> 00:46:59,516 FOLKS WHO OFFERED TESTIMONY 1289 00:46:59,516 --> 00:47:00,818 THAT DERRICK IS ABSOLUTELY 1290 00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:03,954 PROFICIENT IN DIVERSITY, 1291 00:47:03,954 --> 00:47:06,190 EQUITY INCLUSION EFFORTS AND HE 1292 00:47:06,190 --> 00:47:08,559 IS INCREDIBLY WELL READ 1293 00:47:08,559 --> 00:47:10,027 INDIVIDUAL WHO IS MORE THAN 1294 00:47:10,027 --> 00:47:11,695 ADAPT AT STUDYING UP ON THE 1295 00:47:11,695 --> 00:47:13,997 AREAS THAT HE HAS LESS 1296 00:47:13,997 --> 00:47:15,666 INFORMATION ON TO BE ABLE TO 1297 00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:17,467 HELP BRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE 1298 00:47:17,467 --> 00:47:18,435 INTO THE SPACE TO MAKE 1299 00:47:18,435 --> 00:47:20,504 DECISIONS THAT BENEFIT A BROAD 1300 00:47:20,504 --> 00:47:21,505 COLLECTIVE GROUP OF 1301 00:47:21,505 --> 00:47:23,407 INDIVIDUALS. OUR CITY IS BETTER 1302 00:47:23,407 --> 00:47:29,079 WITH DERRICK WHEELER SMITH AT 1303 00:47:29,079 --> 00:47:30,280 THIS POST AND I'M GRATEFUL 1304 00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:31,181 THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE 1305 00:47:31,181 --> 00:47:32,015 SOMEONE LIKE HIM SERVING IN 1306 00:47:32,015 --> 00:47:33,083 THIS WAY. THANK YOU. 1307 00:47:33,083 --> 00:47:34,585 >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RICHARD 1308 00:47:34,585 --> 00:47:43,026 MULLEN. RICHARD? 1309 00:47:43,026 --> 00:47:44,294 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS 1310 00:47:44,294 --> 00:47:45,095 RICHARD MULLEN AND I APPRECIATE 1311 00:47:45,095 --> 00:47:48,131 BEING HERE TODAY. I SPEAK IN 1312 00:47:48,131 --> 00:47:49,366 SUPPORT OF DERRICK WHEELER 1313 00:47:49,366 --> 00:47:56,173 SMITH. I AM AN AFRICAN-AMERICA 1314 00:47:56,173 --> 00:47:57,407 N MAN. I AM A BUSINESS OWNER 1315 00:47:57,407 --> 00:48:01,411 AND ENTREPRENEUR AND -- BUT 1316 00:48:01,411 --> 00:48:02,145 TODAY I WANT TO SPEAK ON 1317 00:48:02,145 --> 00:48:03,847 DERRICK, THE PERSON. WHEN I SEE 1318 00:48:03,847 --> 00:48:06,850 DERRICK, THE HUSBAND, WHEN I 1319 00:48:06,850 --> 00:48:07,985 SEE DERRICK, THE FATHER , WHEN 1320 00:48:07,985 --> 00:48:11,321 I SEE DERRICK, THE BROTHER AND 1321 00:48:11,321 --> 00:48:13,590 FRIEND, I SEE A PERSON AND I 1322 00:48:13,590 --> 00:48:16,193 HAVE EXPERIENCED A PERSON OF 1323 00:48:16,193 --> 00:48:17,694 INTEGRITY. OF GREAT CONVICTION. 1324 00:48:17,694 --> 00:48:21,398 AND, TRULY, A LOVE FOR ALL 1325 00:48:21,398 --> 00:48:25,002 PEOPLE. I THINK, IN OUR 1326 00:48:25,002 --> 00:48:25,969 CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE 1327 00:48:25,969 --> 00:48:27,704 YEARS, THE TENSION THAT I FIND 1328 00:48:27,704 --> 00:48:30,107 IS DERRICK IS WILLING TO GO 1329 00:48:30,107 --> 00:48:32,643 INTO THE DEEP END OF 1330 00:48:32,643 --> 00:48:35,245 CONVERSATIONS AND DEFEND 1331 00:48:35,245 --> 00:48:40,550 PEOPLE THAT INDIVIDUALS MAY 1332 00:48:40,550 --> 00:48:42,452 DISCARD OR DISAGREE WITH. I 1333 00:48:42,452 --> 00:48:44,554 FIND DERRICK THERE ON DEFENSE 1334 00:48:44,554 --> 00:48:46,890 FOR THEM. I'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER 1335 00:48:46,890 --> 00:48:51,595 DEBATES AND CONVERSATIONS. HE 1336 00:48:51,595 --> 00:48:52,562 AND I HAVE HAD SPIRITED DEBATES 1337 00:48:52,562 --> 00:48:53,730 AND CONVERSATIONS AND I CAN SAY 1338 00:48:53,730 --> 00:48:54,898 THAT HE IS A PERSON WHO DOES 1339 00:48:54,898 --> 00:48:58,135 LOVE ALL HUMAN BEINGS . AND I 1340 00:48:58,135 --> 00:49:02,239 FEEL CONFIDENT THAT HE IS 1341 00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:05,275 SUITED TO WALK FORWARD AS THE 1342 00:49:05,275 --> 00:49:08,912 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 1343 00:49:08,912 --> 00:49:10,113 CIVIL RIGHTS. I'M CONFIDENT. 1344 00:49:10,113 --> 00:49:11,782 MY FAMILY IS CONFIDENT THAT HE 1345 00:49:11,782 --> 00:49:15,152 IS SOMEONE THAT WE NEED AT 1346 00:49:15,152 --> 00:49:19,589 THAT PLACE AND ON THAT PLATFORM 1347 00:49:19,589 --> 00:49:21,992 . I'M HONORED TO NOTE HIM. I'M 1348 00:49:21,992 --> 00:49:23,293 HONORED TO STAND BY HIM. AND I 1349 00:49:23,293 --> 00:49:24,361 APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME HERE 1350 00:49:24,361 --> 00:49:24,761 TODAY. 1351 00:49:24,761 --> 00:49:29,599 >> THANK YOU. 1352 00:49:29,599 --> 00:49:36,573 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARON. 1353 00:49:36,573 --> 00:49:36,974 1354 00:49:36,974 --> 00:49:41,078 >> SHARON, IT IS ÷6. THERE YOU 1355 00:49:41,078 --> 00:49:42,446 GO. 1356 00:49:42,446 --> 00:49:48,785 >> I'M SHARON , GIVING 1357 00:49:48,785 --> 00:49:49,419 WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT FOR YOUR 1358 00:49:49,419 --> 00:49:50,087 CONFIRMATION OF DERRICK WHEELER 1359 00:49:50,087 --> 00:49:52,956 SMITH AS DIRECTOR OF THE 1360 00:49:52,956 --> 00:49:54,825 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. I'VE 1361 00:49:54,825 --> 00:49:55,826 WITNESSED HIS LIFE OF JUSTICE 1362 00:49:55,826 --> 00:49:56,927 FOR THE RESTORATION AND 1363 00:49:56,927 --> 00:49:59,629 STRIVING OF OUR BEAUTIFUL 1364 00:49:59,629 --> 00:50:01,031 BELOVED COMMUNITY. I MET 1365 00:50:01,031 --> 00:50:03,467 DERRICK 25 YEARS AGO . HE CAME 1366 00:50:03,467 --> 00:50:08,405 ALLIED ALONGSIDE STUDENTS. HE 1367 00:50:08,405 --> 00:50:10,340 LEADS WITH BRILLIANCE AND 1368 00:50:10,340 --> 00:50:13,977 BRINGS LIFE TO THOSE SERVED 1369 00:50:13,977 --> 00:50:15,379 FOR THEIR AND OUR COMMUNITIES 1370 00:50:15,379 --> 00:50:19,383 LONG-TERM GAIN. YOUTH WOUNDED 1371 00:50:19,383 --> 00:50:19,883 BY TRAUMA HAD PREVIOUS 1372 00:50:19,883 --> 00:50:25,255 HISTORIES WITH ADULTS MAKING 1373 00:50:25,255 --> 00:50:26,023 DECISIONS TO PUT THEM OUT, 1374 00:50:26,023 --> 00:50:31,561 STATING THEY HAD NO FUTURE. 1375 00:50:31,561 --> 00:50:34,398 DERRICK'S ACUTE VISION SEES 1376 00:50:34,398 --> 00:50:35,866 BEYOND THE EVIDENCE TO THE 1377 00:50:35,866 --> 00:50:37,801 GREATNESS WITHIN THAT YEARNS 1378 00:50:37,801 --> 00:50:42,706 FOR RELEASE. MICHELANGELO 1379 00:50:42,706 --> 00:50:43,974 SAID, I SAW AN ANGEL IN THE 1380 00:50:43,974 --> 00:50:45,742 MARBLE AND CARVED UNTIL I SET 1381 00:50:45,742 --> 00:50:50,814 HIM FREE. DERRICK CAN LEASE 1382 00:50:50,814 --> 00:50:52,315 YOUTH INTO NEW LIFE AND NEW 1383 00:50:52,315 --> 00:50:55,685 FUTURE. HE DOESN'T GET MIRED 1384 00:50:55,685 --> 00:50:56,620 IN WHAT IS WRONG. HE 1385 00:50:56,620 --> 00:50:57,254 STRATEGICALLY DIRECTS TIME, 1386 00:50:57,254 --> 00:50:59,790 ENERGY, AND STAKEHOLDERS TO 1387 00:50:59,790 --> 00:51:01,925 BUILD WHAT IS RIGHT. NATIONAL 1388 00:51:01,925 --> 00:51:05,295 PROGRAMS, RACIAL EQUITY. HE IS 1389 00:51:05,295 --> 00:51:09,065 NOW POISED TO BRING HIS KEEN 1390 00:51:09,065 --> 00:51:11,835 WISDOM, INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP , 1391 00:51:11,835 --> 00:51:12,469 AND COLLABORATIVE WORK TO THE 1392 00:51:12,469 --> 00:51:14,037 CITY OF SEATTLE. DERRICK'S 1393 00:51:14,037 --> 00:51:19,209 INTEGRITY EMBODIES ALL THAT IS 1394 00:51:19,209 --> 00:51:19,843 GOOD, EXCELLENT, HONORABLE, 1395 00:51:19,843 --> 00:51:23,079 RIGHT, AND PRAISEWORTHY. HE 1396 00:51:23,079 --> 00:51:24,681 WILL ENGAGE YOU AND THE CITY AT 1397 00:51:24,681 --> 00:51:25,949 THAT LEVEL. YOUR DECISION TO 1398 00:51:25,949 --> 00:51:28,218 CONFIRM DERRICK WHEELER SMITH 1399 00:51:28,218 --> 00:51:29,719 WILL HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACT AND 1400 00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:31,788 LONG-TERM RESULTS TO LIVE THAT 1401 00:51:31,788 --> 00:51:35,992 RIALTO REALITY OF ONE SEATTLE. 1402 00:51:35,992 --> 00:51:39,763 A THRIVING CITY. GOOD, 1403 00:51:39,763 --> 00:51:44,101 EXCELLENT, RIGHT FOR ALL. 1404 00:51:44,101 --> 00:51:45,435 >> THANK YOU, SHARON. 1405 00:51:45,435 --> 00:51:49,573 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LEAH 1406 00:51:49,573 --> 00:51:53,844 NATTA . 1407 00:51:53,844 --> 00:52:01,218 >> HELLO, I AM HERE TO OFFER 1408 00:52:01,218 --> 00:52:02,052 ENTHUSIASTIC COMMENT IN SUPPORT 1409 00:52:02,052 --> 00:52:03,587 OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DERRICK 1410 00:52:03,587 --> 00:52:05,088 SMITH. I HAVE KNOWN DERRICK 1411 00:52:05,088 --> 00:52:06,556 FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS AND HAVE 1412 00:52:06,556 --> 00:52:10,627 HAD APPROXIMATE VIEW OF HIM 1413 00:52:10,627 --> 00:52:11,328 AND HIS LEADERSHIP AS A 1414 00:52:11,328 --> 00:52:12,395 COMMUNITY LEADER AND PUBLIC 1415 00:52:12,395 --> 00:52:14,030 SERVANT AND THOUGHTFUL PARENT 1416 00:52:14,030 --> 00:52:14,931 TO THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND 1417 00:52:14,931 --> 00:52:20,637 MANY MORE, AS A LOVING HUSBAND, 1418 00:52:20,637 --> 00:52:22,472 AND AS A COACH, AS YOU HEARD 1419 00:52:22,472 --> 00:52:23,740 ALREADY TODAY TO YOUNG PEOPLE 1420 00:52:23,740 --> 00:52:26,343 BUT ALSO TO ADULTS ON AND OFF 1421 00:52:26,343 --> 00:52:27,477 OF THE COURT AND ALSO AS A 1422 00:52:27,477 --> 00:52:29,913 STRATEGIC LEADER OF WORK. AS 1423 00:52:29,913 --> 00:52:30,614 DERRICK'S SUPERVISOR WHEN HE 1424 00:52:30,614 --> 00:52:31,715 WAS LEADING NATIONAL YOUTH 1425 00:52:31,715 --> 00:52:35,485 EMPOWERMENT COMMITTEES ACROSS 1426 00:52:35,485 --> 00:52:37,120 THE COUNTRY, IN THAT ROLE AND 1427 00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:41,758 COUNTLESS WAYS SENSE, I'VE 1428 00:52:41,758 --> 00:52:42,559 SEEN HIM PARTNER WITH LEADERS 1429 00:52:42,559 --> 00:52:43,260 AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL 1430 00:52:43,260 --> 00:52:44,361 TYPES TO GET THINGS DONE FOR 1431 00:52:44,361 --> 00:52:45,695 THE COLLECTIVE GOOD . HE 1432 00:52:45,695 --> 00:52:46,263 EFFECTIVELY NAVIGATES THE 1433 00:52:46,263 --> 00:52:48,598 NUANCES OF A MULTIRACIAL 1434 00:52:48,598 --> 00:52:50,433 SOCIETY FOCUSED ON THE EQUITY 1435 00:52:50,433 --> 00:52:53,403 FOR ALL. TO WITNESS HIM WORK 1436 00:52:53,403 --> 00:53:00,043 WITH FOLKS OF ALL GENDERS, 1437 00:53:00,043 --> 00:53:01,177 WHITE BODIES AND BODIES OF 1438 00:53:01,177 --> 00:53:02,279 CULTURE, FOLKS OF ALL SEXUAL 1439 00:53:02,279 --> 00:53:02,879 ORIENTATIONS, MARGINALIZED 1440 00:53:02,879 --> 00:53:03,480 POPULATIONS AS WELL AS CIVIC 1441 00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:06,650 AND BUSINESS LEADERS, HIS 1442 00:53:06,650 --> 00:53:07,250 INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT TO 1443 00:53:07,250 --> 00:53:11,221 TRUTH IS UNMATCHED IN MY 1444 00:53:11,221 --> 00:53:11,955 EXPERIENCE AND I'VE WORKED WITH 1445 00:53:11,955 --> 00:53:13,056 MANY LEADERS. I KNOW THIS FROM 1446 00:53:13,056 --> 00:53:14,658 THE WORK THAT I'VE SEEN HIM DO 1447 00:53:14,658 --> 00:53:16,826 IN OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP 1448 00:53:16,826 --> 00:53:18,461 BUT ALSO IN THE BROADER 1449 00:53:18,461 --> 00:53:20,463 COMMUNITY. HE IS FIERCELY 1450 00:53:20,463 --> 00:53:23,066 COMMITTED TO TRUTH AND JUSTICE 1451 00:53:23,066 --> 00:53:28,605 FOR ALL BUT HE IS ALSO 1452 00:53:28,605 --> 00:53:29,773 COMMITTED TO RECONCILIATION AND 1453 00:53:29,773 --> 00:53:31,007 RESTORATION FOR ALL THOSE WHO 1454 00:53:31,007 --> 00:53:33,310 HAVE BEEN HARMED. MY 1455 00:53:33,310 --> 00:53:34,444 UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY'S 1456 00:53:34,444 --> 00:53:39,649 VISION IS NOT ONLY TO DO THE 1457 00:53:39,649 --> 00:53:40,317 WORK OF REDUCING BARRIERS, 1458 00:53:40,317 --> 00:53:42,252 EQUITY AND ENFORCING LAWS BUT 1459 00:53:42,252 --> 00:53:42,886 TO PROACTIVELY FACILITATE 1460 00:53:42,886 --> 00:53:44,554 HEALING AND BELONGING. DERRICK 1461 00:53:44,554 --> 00:53:47,357 IS A LEADER UNIQUELY GIFTED TO 1462 00:53:47,357 --> 00:53:52,629 LEAD BOTH OF THOSE. FROM 1463 00:53:52,629 --> 00:53:53,496 ACCOUNTABILITY AND DUTY TO 1464 00:53:53,496 --> 00:53:54,264 UNDERSTANDING THE NUANCE NEEDED 1465 00:53:54,264 --> 00:53:55,765 TO CREATE A CULTURE OF HEALING 1466 00:53:55,765 --> 00:53:56,633 THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS IN NEED 1467 00:53:56,633 --> 00:53:57,934 OF AND OUR CITY. THANK YOU FOR 1468 00:53:57,934 --> 00:53:59,035 YOUR TIME AND I'M CONFIDENT 1469 00:53:59,035 --> 00:54:01,438 THAT DERRICK WILL SURPASS YOUR 1470 00:54:01,438 --> 00:54:06,242 EXPECTATIONS IN THIS ROLE. 1471 00:54:06,242 --> 00:54:07,611 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WILLARD 1472 00:54:07,611 --> 00:54:10,013 JIMERSON. 1473 00:54:10,013 --> 00:54:15,251 >> IT IS ÷6. I SEE YOUR TILES 1474 00:54:15,251 --> 00:54:20,323 SO I KNOW YOU ARE ON THE LINE. 1475 00:54:20,323 --> 00:54:20,557 1476 00:54:20,557 --> 00:54:22,058 >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME BACK? 1477 00:54:22,058 --> 00:54:23,927 WE CAN MOVE ON TO DAVID HAVE 1478 00:54:23,927 --> 00:54:26,763 HEARD . 1479 00:54:26,763 --> 00:54:28,264 >> LET'S DO THAT. 1480 00:54:28,264 --> 00:54:33,803 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID. 1481 00:54:33,803 --> 00:54:34,271 1482 00:54:34,271 --> 00:54:42,545 >> HELLO, HOW YOU DOING? MY 1483 00:54:42,545 --> 00:54:43,246 NAME IS DAVID, CURRENTLY THE 1484 00:54:43,246 --> 00:54:43,913 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 1485 00:54:43,913 --> 00:54:45,215 FREEDOM PROJECT AND I WANT TO 1486 00:54:45,215 --> 00:54:45,849 SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF DERRICK 1487 00:54:45,849 --> 00:54:47,150 WHEELER SMITH. I HAD THE 1488 00:54:47,150 --> 00:54:47,817 OPPORTUNITY AND THE PLEASURE TO 1489 00:54:47,817 --> 00:54:50,120 BE ABLE TO WORK WITH HIM AS A 1490 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:50,720 LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY 1491 00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:52,022 ORGANIZATIONS CAME TOGETHER TO 1492 00:54:52,022 --> 00:54:56,393 COME BACK. THE GUN VIOLENCE IN 1493 00:54:56,393 --> 00:54:57,360 OUR COMMUNIT. AND HIS ABILITY 1494 00:54:57,360 --> 00:54:58,695 TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THAT PROCESS 1495 00:54:58,695 --> 00:55:00,297 AND SUPPORT US IN ALL THE 1496 00:55:00,297 --> 00:55:03,867 DIFFICULTIES IT IS TO TAKE SO 1497 00:55:03,867 --> 00:55:05,101 MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND 1498 00:55:05,101 --> 00:55:07,437 VANTAGE POINTS AND LEAD US ON 1499 00:55:07,437 --> 00:55:08,505 A REGIONAL APPROACH TO A 1500 00:55:08,505 --> 00:55:12,942 PROBLEM THAT IS -- THAT HAS 1501 00:55:12,942 --> 00:55:14,511 DECIMATED OUR COMMUNITY. THE 1502 00:55:14,511 --> 00:55:20,383 ROOT CAUSES THAT HAD SET THE 1503 00:55:20,383 --> 00:55:21,284 TABLE FOR THOSE RESULTS. I 1504 00:55:21,284 --> 00:55:23,420 REALLY WANT TO SPEAK TO -- A 1505 00:55:23,420 --> 00:55:24,921 LOT OF FOLKS HAVE SAID A LOT OF 1506 00:55:24,921 --> 00:55:25,588 THINGS ABOUT THE BRILLIANCE OF 1507 00:55:25,588 --> 00:55:26,423 DERRICK WHEELER SMITH AND HOW 1508 00:55:26,423 --> 00:55:30,627 HE SHOWS UP TO DO THE WORK AND 1509 00:55:30,627 --> 00:55:31,761 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIS 1510 00:55:31,761 --> 00:55:32,429 COMPASSIONATE NATURE AND HIS 1511 00:55:32,429 --> 00:55:33,329 ABILITY TO STAY CONNECTED WITH 1512 00:55:33,329 --> 00:55:34,631 PEOPLE AS WE TRAVERSE THE 1513 00:55:34,631 --> 00:55:36,366 DIFFICULTIES OF SOME OF THESE 1514 00:55:36,366 --> 00:55:41,504 PATHS I HAD FOR HIM. AND I 1515 00:55:41,504 --> 00:55:42,572 THINK HE MIGHT BE UNIQUELY 1516 00:55:42,572 --> 00:55:43,807 QUALIFIED TO BE ABLE TO DEAL 1517 00:55:43,807 --> 00:55:44,941 WITH ALL THE DIFFICULTIES OF A 1518 00:55:44,941 --> 00:55:47,944 POSITION AS SUCH AND TO DO SO 1519 00:55:47,944 --> 00:55:52,182 WITH THE COMPASSION NECESSARY . 1520 00:55:52,182 --> 00:55:53,783 MY HOPE IS THAT FOLKS ARE ABLE 1521 00:55:53,783 --> 00:55:58,188 TO SEE THAT IN DIFFICULT WORK 1522 00:55:58,188 --> 00:55:59,789 LIKE THESE, IT'S DIFFICULT TO 1523 00:55:59,789 --> 00:56:02,525 SHOW UP PERFECTLY AND AT 1524 00:56:02,525 --> 00:56:03,193 TIMES, THINGS MIGHT NOT GO AS 1525 00:56:03,193 --> 00:56:05,261 PLANNED BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WE 1526 00:56:05,261 --> 00:56:09,966 COULD ALL GIVE THE SUPPORT 1527 00:56:09,966 --> 00:56:10,734 NECESSARY SO THAT HE CAN BE 1528 00:56:10,734 --> 00:56:13,036 SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE HE IS IDEAL 1529 00:56:13,036 --> 00:56:14,838 TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THESE 1530 00:56:14,838 --> 00:56:18,842 WATERS BECAUSE OF HIS VALUE 1531 00:56:18,842 --> 00:56:20,043 AND WHO HE IS AS AN INDIVIDUAL. 1532 00:56:20,043 --> 00:56:26,216 MORE SO THAN WHAT NOSE. AND I 1533 00:56:26,216 --> 00:56:27,050 WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT AS 1534 00:56:27,050 --> 00:56:28,651 FLUID AS HE IS IN RACIAL -- 1535 00:56:28,651 --> 00:56:29,185 WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE 1536 00:56:29,185 --> 00:56:29,886 FRAMEWORK, THAT FRAMEWORK GIVES 1537 00:56:29,886 --> 00:56:37,761 YOU THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO 1538 00:56:37,761 --> 00:56:38,428 ACCEPT THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF 1539 00:56:38,428 --> 00:56:39,028 OPPRESSION THAT AFFECT OUR 1540 00:56:39,028 --> 00:56:39,729 COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT IF YOU 1541 00:56:39,729 --> 00:56:41,398 PROMOTE THEM TO THE POSITION IT 1542 00:56:41,398 --> 00:56:42,766 WOULD BE BEST FOR OUR 1543 00:56:42,766 --> 00:56:46,803 COMMUNITY. 1544 00:56:46,803 --> 00:56:48,071 >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 1545 00:56:48,071 --> 00:56:58,448 IS EDWARD PURPOSE. 1546 00:57:00,383 --> 00:57:02,452 >> GO AHEAD, MR. PURPOSE. 1547 00:57:02,452 --> 00:57:05,188 >> CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? 1548 00:57:05,188 --> 00:57:05,655 >> YEP. 1549 00:57:05,655 --> 00:57:08,792 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM THE 1550 00:57:08,792 --> 00:57:12,429 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROGRESS 1551 00:57:12,429 --> 00:57:17,033 -- HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF 1552 00:57:17,033 --> 00:57:18,067 MR. DERRICK WHEELER SMITH. I 1553 00:57:18,067 --> 00:57:21,504 FIRST MET HIM THROUGH THE 1554 00:57:21,504 --> 00:57:24,073 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I WENT TO 1555 00:57:24,073 --> 00:57:25,008 MEET HIM CONCERNING SOME 1556 00:57:25,008 --> 00:57:26,443 SUPPORT THAT HE WAS GOING TO 1557 00:57:26,443 --> 00:57:29,846 PROVIDE ON BEHALF OF THE WORK 1558 00:57:29,846 --> 00:57:31,147 THAT MY ORGANIZATION WAS DOING 1559 00:57:31,147 --> 00:57:33,817 FOR YOUNG FOLKS AND PUBLIC 1560 00:57:33,817 --> 00:57:38,888 SCHOOLS. I ENDED UP RECEIVING 1561 00:57:38,888 --> 00:57:40,523 -- FROM THE WONDERFUL WORKS 1562 00:57:40,523 --> 00:57:41,124 THAT HE WAS ALREADY DOING AND 1563 00:57:41,124 --> 00:57:45,495 WANTING TO MAKE THE PUBLIC 1564 00:57:45,495 --> 00:57:46,362 SCHOOLS A BETTER ENVIRONMENT 1565 00:57:46,362 --> 00:57:48,598 WHEN IT COMES TO THE GROUPS 1566 00:57:48,598 --> 00:57:49,632 THAT WE PROVIDE IN ADDITION TO 1567 00:57:49,632 --> 00:57:52,001 THAT , MY ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN 1568 00:57:52,001 --> 00:57:53,036 PROVIDING RESOURCES AND 1569 00:57:53,036 --> 00:57:56,506 SERVICES TO GREENHILL JUVENILE 1570 00:57:56,506 --> 00:57:59,108 PRISON . IT WAS A WEEKEND AND 1571 00:57:59,108 --> 00:58:02,478 WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO 1572 00:58:02,478 --> 00:58:04,714 TO GREENHILL AND IN ORDER TO 1573 00:58:04,714 --> 00:58:08,518 BE A LIGHT LIKE MISS MY 1574 00:58:08,518 --> 00:58:11,254 ANGELOU SAID, BE A LIGHT . TO 1575 00:58:11,254 --> 00:58:13,323 BE A RAINBOW IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S 1576 00:58:13,323 --> 00:58:20,330 LIFE. SO, WHAT DERRICK WHEELER 1577 00:58:20,330 --> 00:58:21,097 DID WAS COME AND HE DIDN'T HAVE 1578 00:58:21,097 --> 00:58:22,265 TO BUT HE CAME TO SUPPORT YOUTH 1579 00:58:22,265 --> 00:58:23,967 HE NEVER MET BEFORE WHO DIDN'T 1580 00:58:23,967 --> 00:58:26,069 HAVE SUPPORT AND SO, HE SPENT 1581 00:58:26,069 --> 00:58:28,638 ALL DAY WITH THEM ALONGSIDE OF 1582 00:58:28,638 --> 00:58:31,674 MYSELF AND A FEW OTHERS , BUT 1583 00:58:31,674 --> 00:58:39,182 HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. IT 1584 00:58:39,182 --> 00:58:40,683 JUST SHOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE 1585 00:58:40,683 --> 00:58:41,885 ABOUT HIS COMPASSION AND HIS 1586 00:58:41,885 --> 00:58:43,119 HEART AND THE REASONS WHY HE 1587 00:58:43,119 --> 00:58:46,589 DOES WHAT HE DOES. LASTLY, I 1588 00:58:46,589 --> 00:58:47,323 ALSO WORKED WITH HIM IN THE 1589 00:58:47,323 --> 00:58:48,057 CAPACITY OF THE REGIONAL 1590 00:58:48,057 --> 00:58:50,793 PEACEKEEPERS FOR SAFETY AND 1591 00:58:50,793 --> 00:58:52,061 JUST NOTICING HIS LEADERSHIP 1592 00:58:52,061 --> 00:58:53,830 ONCE AGAIN IN THIS THIRD 1593 00:58:53,830 --> 00:58:56,599 CAPACITY IS SOMETHING THAT I 1594 00:58:56,599 --> 00:58:58,968 REALLY SEE WHEN IT COMES TO 1595 00:58:58,968 --> 00:59:03,606 HIS LEADERSHIP. I DO BELIEVE 1596 00:59:03,606 --> 00:59:05,208 HE IS THE BEST ONE FOR THIS 1597 00:59:05,208 --> 00:59:05,842 PARTICULAR POSITION WHEN IT 1598 00:59:05,842 --> 00:59:08,745 COMES TO OCR . I BELIEVE WE ALL 1599 00:59:08,745 --> 00:59:10,280 NEED TO GALVANIZE. 1600 00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:13,116 >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 1601 00:59:13,116 --> 00:59:18,721 IS ANDREW . 1602 00:59:18,721 --> 00:59:22,525 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 1603 00:59:22,525 --> 00:59:27,263 ANDREW AND TODAY, I STAND ON 1604 00:59:27,263 --> 00:59:29,399 THE MEMORY OF BLACK ACTIVISTS 1605 00:59:29,399 --> 00:59:32,468 LIKE -- AND MARSHALL JOHNSON. 1606 00:59:32,468 --> 00:59:36,940 I STAND ON THE STABBING OF MY 1607 00:59:36,940 --> 00:59:43,146 BACK FOR BEING A BOY AND A 1608 00:59:43,146 --> 00:59:44,047 SOCIETY THAT HAD NO SPACE FOR 1609 00:59:44,047 --> 00:59:45,248 ME. I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT 1610 00:59:45,248 --> 00:59:46,816 DERRICK IS A GREAT LEADER. I DO 1611 00:59:46,816 --> 00:59:47,517 ADMIRE HIS COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP 1612 00:59:47,517 --> 00:59:49,585 AND ALL HE HAS DONE , BUT I'M 1613 00:59:49,585 --> 00:59:50,553 SAYING IT'S NOT THE TIME RIGHT 1614 00:59:50,553 --> 00:59:52,555 NOW TO APPOINT SOMEONE WHO HAS 1615 00:59:52,555 --> 00:59:56,859 PROMOTED HOMOPHOBIA IN THE 1616 00:59:56,859 --> 01:00:03,900 COMMUNITY. A HOMOPHOBIC PASTOR 1617 01:00:03,900 --> 01:00:04,801 WORKING WITH HOMOPHOBIC 1618 01:00:04,801 --> 01:00:07,804 ORGANIZATIONS. A TIME WHEN WE 1619 01:00:07,804 --> 01:00:09,906 HAVE A WAVE OF LGBTQ BILLS ALL 1620 01:00:09,906 --> 01:00:13,176 OVER THE STATE. NOT THE TIME 1621 01:00:13,176 --> 01:00:15,845 WHEN UGANDA JUST PASSED AN 1622 01:00:15,845 --> 01:00:20,283 ANTI-LGBTQ BILL WITH THE DEATH 1623 01:00:20,283 --> 01:00:20,917 PENALTY AS THE SENTENCE FOR 1624 01:00:20,917 --> 01:00:24,454 PEOPLE WHO AREN'T STRAIGHT. I 1625 01:00:24,454 --> 01:00:25,755 JUST WANT TO CHALLENGE THE CITY 1626 01:00:25,755 --> 01:00:27,623 COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THINK , WHAT 1627 01:00:27,623 --> 01:00:29,025 MESSAGE ARE WE GOING TO SEND TO 1628 01:00:29,025 --> 01:00:35,064 LACK CHILDREN QUICK ? BLACK 1629 01:00:35,064 --> 01:00:38,334 DISABLED CHILDREN? WE GOING TO 1630 01:00:38,334 --> 01:00:41,804 SAY IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO US? 1631 01:00:41,804 --> 01:00:43,973 IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT 1632 01:00:43,973 --> 01:00:45,975 DISCUSSION. I THINK DERRICK 1633 01:00:45,975 --> 01:00:47,510 WOULD MAKE A GREAT LEADER BUT, 1634 01:00:47,510 --> 01:00:51,848 FIRST OF ALL, LET HIM TAKE 1635 01:00:51,848 --> 01:00:58,721 TIME TO UNDO THE HARM THAT HAS 1636 01:00:58,721 --> 01:00:59,756 BEEN DONE. LET HIM TAKE TIME TO 1637 01:00:59,756 --> 01:01:00,890 SIT DOWN WITH THE COMMUNITY TO 1638 01:01:00,890 --> 01:01:02,992 TALK ABOUT -- AND THEN APPOINT 1639 01:01:02,992 --> 01:01:04,661 HIM AS THE LEADER BUT PLEASE 1640 01:01:04,661 --> 01:01:09,298 NOT NOW . NOT NOW WHEN WE ARE 1641 01:01:09,298 --> 01:01:10,600 STILL GRIEVING AND IN PAIN 1642 01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:11,401 ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR 1643 01:01:11,401 --> 01:01:13,636 NATION. OUR BLACK TRANS 1644 01:01:13,636 --> 01:01:18,508 SIBLINGS ARE BEING KILLED. 1645 01:01:18,508 --> 01:01:18,841 THANK YOU. 1646 01:01:18,841 --> 01:01:21,310 >> THANK YOU. I WILL TRY 1647 01:01:21,310 --> 01:01:25,515 WILLARD JIMERSON ONE MORE TIME. 1648 01:01:25,515 --> 01:01:25,815 1649 01:01:25,815 --> 01:01:27,784 >> THERE YOU ARE. 1650 01:01:27,784 --> 01:01:29,452 >> HELLO? 1651 01:01:29,452 --> 01:01:31,320 >> WE HEAR YOU NOW. 1652 01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:35,391 >> MY APOLOGIES. I AM HERE AT 1653 01:01:35,391 --> 01:01:36,826 I NEWBORN SON'S DOCTOR'S VISIT 1654 01:01:36,826 --> 01:01:38,661 AND I JUST ANNOUNCED THAT, TO 1655 01:01:38,661 --> 01:01:49,038 MAKE IT CLEAR , MYSELF AND MY 1656 01:01:49,038 --> 01:01:50,506 FAMILY TO BE PRESENT FOR THIS 1657 01:01:50,506 --> 01:01:51,340 CALL IN APPOINTING DERRICK 1658 01:01:51,340 --> 01:01:52,008 WHEELER SMITH IN THIS POSITION. 1659 01:01:52,008 --> 01:01:54,143 THESE ARE SOME ASPECTS THAT 1660 01:01:54,143 --> 01:01:59,148 DERRICK HAS SHOWN. I WANT TO 1661 01:01:59,148 --> 01:02:00,149 ANNOUNCE THAT DERRICK IS AN 1662 01:02:00,149 --> 01:02:00,817 OUTSTANDING LEADER. I'VE WORKED 1663 01:02:00,817 --> 01:02:01,884 WITH HIM . HE WAS THE DIRECTOR 1664 01:02:01,884 --> 01:02:03,286 FOR THE KING COUNTY PUBLIC 1665 01:02:03,286 --> 01:02:05,221 HEALTH -- HE BROUGHT ME ON 1666 01:02:05,221 --> 01:02:07,857 THIS THE FACILITATOR AND HE IS 1667 01:02:07,857 --> 01:02:09,692 A LIFELONG SEATTLE RESIDENT. 1668 01:02:09,692 --> 01:02:12,528 SOMEONE WHO CARES ABOUT THE 1669 01:02:12,528 --> 01:02:21,204 COMMUNITY TREMENDOUSLY. 1670 01:02:21,204 --> 01:02:22,805 LOOKING AT SOME OF THE MOST 1671 01:02:22,805 --> 01:02:23,639 UNDERPRIVILEGED FOLKS AS A 1672 01:02:23,639 --> 01:02:25,842 RESOURCE TO BRING TO THE TABLE 1673 01:02:25,842 --> 01:02:28,811 INCLUDING MYSELF . I WENT TO 1674 01:02:28,811 --> 01:02:29,746 PRISON AT 13 AND CAME HOME AT 1675 01:02:29,746 --> 01:02:31,214 33 AND HE FOUND SPACE AT THE 1676 01:02:31,214 --> 01:02:33,316 TABLE TO INCLUDE FOLKS LIKE 1677 01:02:33,316 --> 01:02:34,751 MYSELF WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, 1678 01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:35,451 AS YOU HEARD TODAY. DERRICK HAD 1679 01:02:35,451 --> 01:02:37,320 THE ABILITY TO WORK ACROSS 1680 01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:38,221 VARIOUS COMMUNITY 1681 01:02:38,221 --> 01:02:41,557 STAKEHOLDERS. HE IS SPECIAL IN 1682 01:02:41,557 --> 01:02:49,632 EVERY REGARD. BASED ON OUR 1683 01:02:49,632 --> 01:02:50,900 COMMUNITY, INCLUDING RACIAL 1684 01:02:50,900 --> 01:02:53,236 DISPARITIES, INCARCERATION, 1685 01:02:53,236 --> 01:02:53,803 GUN VIOLENCE, ET CETERA, 1686 01:02:53,803 --> 01:02:55,905 DERRICK HAS -- WHO IS 1687 01:02:55,905 --> 01:03:02,678 RESOURCEFUL INTO A SPACE OF 1688 01:03:02,678 --> 01:03:03,579 INFORMATION TO OPERATION WHERE 1689 01:03:03,579 --> 01:03:04,847 HE HAS LED THE TRANSFORMATION 1690 01:03:04,847 --> 01:03:06,315 TO THE BENEFIT OF SEATTLE 1691 01:03:06,315 --> 01:03:07,283 THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY. I ALSO 1692 01:03:07,283 --> 01:03:09,152 WANT TO NOTE THAT DERRICK IS AN 1693 01:03:09,152 --> 01:03:15,391 OUTSIDE OF THE BOX THINKER. HE 1694 01:03:15,391 --> 01:03:16,793 HAS THE ABILITY TO WORK 1695 01:03:16,793 --> 01:03:24,634 COLLABORATIVELY AND MY 1696 01:03:24,634 --> 01:03:26,169 EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH HIM, HE 1697 01:03:26,169 --> 01:03:26,836 HAS ALWAYS BEEN ATTENTIVE TO 1698 01:03:26,836 --> 01:03:28,304 THE NEEDS OF THOSE AROUND US 1699 01:03:28,304 --> 01:03:28,938 AND CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER 1700 01:03:28,938 --> 01:03:29,505 TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL. HIS 1701 01:03:29,505 --> 01:03:30,373 CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE PROVIDED US 1702 01:03:30,373 --> 01:03:32,608 A VACANT IMPACT ON MY GROWTH 1703 01:03:32,608 --> 01:03:35,344 AS A LEADER. HE'S HELPED ME 1704 01:03:35,344 --> 01:03:36,078 DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING 1705 01:03:36,078 --> 01:03:38,347 OF HOW TO MOVE PROCESSES FROM 1706 01:03:38,347 --> 01:03:39,882 TALK TO ACTION. 1707 01:03:39,882 --> 01:03:42,985 >> I'M SORRY. YOUR TWO MINUTES 1708 01:03:42,985 --> 01:03:44,020 WERE UP, SIR. 1709 01:03:44,020 --> 01:03:47,056 >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR 1710 01:03:47,056 --> 01:03:47,557 COMMENTERS TODAY. 1711 01:03:47,557 --> 01:03:51,294 >> THANK YOU. I ALWAYS CAUTION 1712 01:03:51,294 --> 01:03:52,762 PEOPLE, WHEN YOU CALL IN, 1713 01:03:52,762 --> 01:03:54,931 PLEASE LISTEN FOR THE CHIME. I 1714 01:03:54,931 --> 01:03:58,768 HATE HAVING TO CUT PEOPLE OFF. 1715 01:03:58,768 --> 01:04:00,770 SO, WE ARE DONE. WE HAVE THE 1716 01:04:00,770 --> 01:04:01,437 COLORS ONLINE AND HE FOCUS IN 1717 01:04:01,437 --> 01:04:04,273 CHAMBERS THAT WE ARE NOW DONE 1718 01:04:04,273 --> 01:04:06,008 WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, CORRECT? 1719 01:04:06,008 --> 01:04:11,547 >> CORRECT. 1720 01:04:11,547 --> 01:04:12,949 >> THAT IS THE END OF PUBLIC 1721 01:04:12,949 --> 01:04:18,788 COMMENT AND WE WILL MOVE ON IN 1722 01:04:18,788 --> 01:04:19,488 OUR AGENDA. I WANT TO THANK 1723 01:04:19,488 --> 01:04:20,623 THOSE WHO CALLED IN AND WHO 1724 01:04:20,623 --> 01:04:21,657 APPEARED IN PERSON TO SPEAK TO 1725 01:04:21,657 --> 01:04:22,325 TODAY'S APPOINTMENT. I'M GOING 1726 01:04:22,325 --> 01:04:23,426 TO MOVE TO ADOPTION OF THE 1727 01:04:23,426 --> 01:04:25,094 INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR. 1728 01:04:25,094 --> 01:04:28,764 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION IT IS 1729 01:04:28,764 --> 01:04:29,799 ADOPTED. NOT SEEING OBJECTION, 1730 01:04:29,799 --> 01:04:35,371 IT IS ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO 1731 01:04:35,371 --> 01:04:36,239 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. IF 1732 01:04:36,239 --> 01:04:37,139 THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 1733 01:04:37,139 --> 01:04:38,741 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. NOT 1734 01:04:38,741 --> 01:04:39,342 SEEING ANY OBJECTION, THE 1735 01:04:39,342 --> 01:04:41,010 AGENDA IS ADOPTED. I WANT TO 1736 01:04:41,010 --> 01:04:45,548 MOVE TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 1737 01:04:45,548 --> 01:04:47,783 EXCUSE ME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. 1738 01:04:47,783 --> 01:04:48,885 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR 1739 01:04:48,885 --> 01:04:51,320 INCLUDE THE MINUTES OF MARCH 1740 01:04:51,320 --> 01:04:56,259 28th, PAYROLL BILL, COUNSEL 1741 01:04:56,259 --> 01:05:02,865 BILL 120540 . WE HAVE ONE 1742 01:05:02,865 --> 01:05:03,566 CLICK FILE. CITY COUNCIL MODIFY 1743 01:05:03,566 --> 01:05:05,034 THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1744 01:05:05,034 --> 01:05:05,635 SURVEILLANCE USAGE REVIEW 1745 01:05:05,635 --> 01:05:08,004 SCHEDULE. AND, COMING OUT OF 1746 01:05:08,004 --> 01:05:11,507 COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES 'S 1747 01:05:11,507 --> 01:05:12,842 COMMUNITY. WE HAVE 15 1748 01:05:12,842 --> 01:05:17,580 APPOINTMENTS . I'M NOT SURE 1749 01:05:17,580 --> 01:05:21,083 OF EACH APPOINTMENT THAT'S NOT 1750 01:05:21,083 --> 01:05:28,090 LISTED FOR ME. I JUST KNOW 1751 01:05:28,090 --> 01:05:28,858 THEY SAID THERE WERE 15 OF 1752 01:05:28,858 --> 01:05:30,026 THEM. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING 1753 01:05:30,026 --> 01:05:31,360 ABLE TO ARTICULATE WHERE THOSE 1754 01:05:31,360 --> 01:05:33,796 APPOINTMENTS ARE TOO. AND WE 1755 01:05:33,796 --> 01:05:34,397 ALSO HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS 1756 01:05:34,397 --> 01:05:37,166 COMING OUT OF COUNCILMEMBER 1757 01:05:37,166 --> 01:05:40,403 HERBOLD'S COMMITTEE. ARE THERE 1758 01:05:40,403 --> 01:05:41,103 ANY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WOULD 1759 01:05:41,103 --> 01:05:46,943 LIKE TO ADOPT? I'M SORRY, ANY 1760 01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:47,877 COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE 1761 01:05:47,877 --> 01:05:49,845 TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM TODAY'S 1762 01:05:49,845 --> 01:05:52,682 CONSENT CALENDAR? SEEN NONE, I 1763 01:05:52,682 --> 01:05:53,382 MOVED TO ADOPT A CONSENT 1764 01:05:53,382 --> 01:05:55,117 CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? 1765 01:05:55,117 --> 01:05:56,852 >> SECONDED. 1766 01:05:56,852 --> 01:05:58,354 >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 1767 01:05:58,354 --> 01:06:03,092 SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 1768 01:06:03,092 --> 01:06:03,826 CALENDAR. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE 1769 01:06:03,826 --> 01:06:04,860 CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION 1770 01:06:04,860 --> 01:06:05,961 OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 1771 01:06:05,961 --> 01:06:07,029 >> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA? 1772 01:06:07,029 --> 01:06:07,697 >> AYE. 1773 01:06:07,697 --> 01:06:11,934 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 1774 01:06:11,934 --> 01:06:12,435 >> AYE. 1775 01:06:12,435 --> 01:06:14,704 >> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN? 1776 01:06:14,704 --> 01:06:15,805 >> AYE. 1777 01:06:15,805 --> 01:06:19,775 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 1778 01:06:19,775 --> 01:06:21,844 >> YES. 1779 01:06:21,844 --> 01:06:22,611 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 1780 01:06:22,611 --> 01:06:24,847 >> YES. 1781 01:06:24,847 --> 01:06:25,848 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 1782 01:06:25,848 --> 01:06:29,719 >> YES. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1783 01:06:29,719 --> 01:06:30,286 JUAREZ? 1784 01:06:30,286 --> 01:06:31,554 >> AYE. 1785 01:06:31,554 --> 01:06:35,725 >> THANK YOU, THE CONSENT 1786 01:06:35,725 --> 01:06:43,933 CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. MINUTES 1787 01:06:43,933 --> 01:06:44,433 AND LEGISLATION OR THE 1788 01:06:44,433 --> 01:06:45,034 APPOINTMENT ON THE CONSENT 1789 01:06:45,034 --> 01:06:46,235 CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF. LET'S 1790 01:06:46,235 --> 01:06:47,069 MOVE TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORT. 1791 01:06:47,069 --> 01:06:53,242 TODAY WE HAVE ONE ITEM FROM 1792 01:06:53,242 --> 01:06:54,110 THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S EDUCATION 1793 01:06:54,110 --> 01:06:54,977 CIVIL RIGHTS AND CULTURE 1794 01:06:54,977 --> 01:06:55,811 COMMITTEE. AND, BEFORE WE 1795 01:06:55,811 --> 01:06:56,779 BEGIN, COUNSELOR MORALE AS WAS 1796 01:06:56,779 --> 01:06:57,646 EXCUSED TODAY. COUNSELOR LEWIS 1797 01:06:57,646 --> 01:06:59,482 WILL BE STEPPING INTO OFFER 1798 01:06:59,482 --> 01:07:04,153 UPDATED INFORMATION ON MR. 1799 01:07:04,153 --> 01:07:06,956 DERRICK WHEELER SMITH. CAN YOU 1800 01:07:06,956 --> 01:07:08,991 PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM ONE? 1801 01:07:08,991 --> 01:07:10,993 >> THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 1802 01:07:10,993 --> 01:07:12,862 EDUCATION, CULTURE COMMITTEE 1803 01:07:12,862 --> 01:07:16,465 REPORT , APPOINTMENT -- THE 1804 01:07:16,465 --> 01:07:17,233 APPOINTMENT OF DERRICK WHEELER 1805 01:07:17,233 --> 01:07:22,671 SMITH FOR A TERM TO THE 1806 01:07:22,671 --> 01:07:23,172 MAYOR'S DISCRETION. THE 1807 01:07:23,172 --> 01:07:23,706 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE 1808 01:07:23,706 --> 01:07:24,774 COUNCIL CONFIRM THE 1809 01:07:24,774 --> 01:07:25,274 APPOINTMENT. 1810 01:07:25,274 --> 01:07:29,011 >> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, AS I 1811 01:07:29,011 --> 01:07:34,884 SHARED, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES 1812 01:07:34,884 --> 01:07:35,918 IS EXCUSED TODAY. I WILL OPEN 1813 01:07:35,985 --> 01:07:37,086 HE FLOOR FOR COUNCILME 1814 01:07:37,086 --> 01:07:38,988 LEWIS, THEN OPEN THE FLOOR FOR 1815 01:07:38,988 --> 01:07:44,059 OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS TO MAKE 1816 01:07:44,059 --> 01:07:44,660 COMMENTS THEN I WILL SUSPEND 1817 01:07:44,660 --> 01:07:45,761 THE RULES. OUR GUEST, THE 1818 01:07:45,761 --> 01:07:46,962 APPOINTEE CAN HAVE THE FLOOR. 1819 01:07:46,962 --> 01:07:48,531 WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. 1820 01:07:48,531 --> 01:07:48,864 1821 01:07:48,864 --> 01:07:51,434 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAME 1822 01:07:51,434 --> 01:07:57,139 PRESIDENT. I COULD NOT BE MORE 1823 01:07:57,139 --> 01:07:57,940 PLEASED TO MOVE THE UNANIMOUS 1824 01:07:57,940 --> 01:07:58,574 COUNCILMEMBER RECOMMENDATION 1825 01:07:58,574 --> 01:07:59,575 FROM THE COMMITTEE TO CONFIRM 1826 01:07:59,575 --> 01:08:00,142 INTERIM DIRECTOR DERRICK 1827 01:08:00,142 --> 01:08:01,377 WHEELER SMITH TO BE OUR 1828 01:08:01,377 --> 01:08:02,344 PERMANENT DIRECTOR OF THE 1829 01:08:02,344 --> 01:08:05,848 SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 1830 01:08:05,848 --> 01:08:06,715 . THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S EDUCATION 1831 01:08:06,715 --> 01:08:07,550 CIVIL RIGHTS AND CULTURE 1832 01:08:07,550 --> 01:08:08,150 COMMITTEE CONSIDERED INTERIM 1833 01:08:08,150 --> 01:08:12,988 DIRECTOR WHEELER SMITH'S 1834 01:08:12,988 --> 01:08:13,722 NOMINATION AFTER HEARING STRONG 1835 01:08:13,722 --> 01:08:14,356 PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF 1836 01:08:14,356 --> 01:08:15,825 HIS CONFIRMATION AT OUR MEETING 1837 01:08:15,825 --> 01:08:17,626 LAST WEEK. COLLEAGUES IN THE 1838 01:08:17,626 --> 01:08:19,695 PUBLIC KNOW THAT EXTENSIVE 1839 01:08:19,695 --> 01:08:22,131 PUBLIC COMMENT TESTING TO THE 1840 01:08:22,131 --> 01:08:23,499 DEPTH OF COMMUNITY COMMITMENT 1841 01:08:23,499 --> 01:08:25,801 AND STRENGTH OF CHARACTER IS 1842 01:08:25,801 --> 01:08:27,203 RARE IN CONFIRMATION HEARINGS 1843 01:08:27,203 --> 01:08:29,205 AND SPEAKS TO THE UNIQUENESS OF 1844 01:08:29,205 --> 01:08:33,476 DERRICK WHEELER SMITH AS A 1845 01:08:33,476 --> 01:08:34,643 NOMINEE FOR OUR CONSIDERATION 1846 01:08:34,643 --> 01:08:39,148 TODAY AND IT WAS VERY MOVING 1847 01:08:39,148 --> 01:08:39,782 TO HEAR EXTENSIVE TESTIMONY, 1848 01:08:39,782 --> 01:08:41,016 NOT ONLY TODAY BUT ALSO DURING 1849 01:08:41,016 --> 01:08:45,354 THE COMMITTEE MEETING. REALLY, 1850 01:08:45,354 --> 01:08:46,755 SHOWING HOW MUCH OF AN 1851 01:08:46,755 --> 01:08:47,490 EXCEPTIONAL NOMINEE WE HAVE 1852 01:08:47,490 --> 01:08:49,291 BEFORE US TO LEAD THIS 1853 01:08:49,291 --> 01:08:53,329 IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT. INTERIM 1854 01:08:53,329 --> 01:08:58,734 THE DIRECTOR WHEELER SMITH 1855 01:08:58,734 --> 01:09:01,170 HAS LED THE EFFORTS IN KING 1856 01:09:01,170 --> 01:09:03,038 COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT 1857 01:09:03,038 --> 01:09:06,775 THE ROAD TO ZERO YOUTH 1858 01:09:06,775 --> 01:09:08,043 DETENTION AND COLLABORATION 1859 01:09:08,043 --> 01:09:12,148 ALSO WITH CITY LEADERSHIP AND 1860 01:09:12,148 --> 01:09:13,015 A REGIONAL PLAN TO ADDRESS GUN 1861 01:09:13,015 --> 01:09:13,616 VIOLENCE, PARTICULARLY GUN 1862 01:09:13,616 --> 01:09:16,819 VIOLENCE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. 1863 01:09:16,819 --> 01:09:20,489 THE PREVIOUS SERVICE FOR 1864 01:09:20,489 --> 01:09:27,229 DIRECTOR WHEELER SMITH WAS , 1865 01:09:27,229 --> 01:09:27,930 ADVOCATING FOR OPPORTUNITIES 1866 01:09:27,930 --> 01:09:31,767 FOR STUDENTS AND FACILITATING 1867 01:09:31,767 --> 01:09:32,735 RACIAL EQUITY TRAINING FOR 1868 01:09:32,735 --> 01:09:35,037 FACULTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 1869 01:09:35,037 --> 01:09:35,971 SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS ACHIEVING 1870 01:09:35,971 --> 01:09:38,507 ITS GOALS ON RACE AND EQUITY 1871 01:09:38,507 --> 01:09:43,679 IN ITS CURRICULUM . INTERIM 1872 01:09:43,679 --> 01:09:44,780 DIRECTOR WHEELER SMITH JOINED 1873 01:09:44,780 --> 01:09:45,614 THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL 1874 01:09:45,614 --> 01:09:46,549 RIGHTS AT AN EXTREMELY 1875 01:09:46,549 --> 01:09:49,852 CHALLENGING TIME AT THE HEIGHT 1876 01:09:49,852 --> 01:09:51,387 OF THE PANDEMIC WITH A DEPLETED 1877 01:09:51,387 --> 01:09:52,354 AND EXHAUSTED WORKFORCE. 35% 1878 01:09:52,354 --> 01:09:54,523 VACANCY RATE AT ONE POINT IN 1879 01:09:54,523 --> 01:09:55,558 THE WORKFORCE OF THE OFFICE OF 1880 01:09:55,558 --> 01:09:58,661 CIVIL RIGHTS. THROUGH HIS 1881 01:09:58,661 --> 01:10:00,863 LEADERSHIP, STAFFING AND 1882 01:10:00,863 --> 01:10:04,466 MORALE HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED . 1883 01:10:04,466 --> 01:10:05,367 THERE ARE ONLY TWO POSTED 1884 01:10:05,367 --> 01:10:07,403 VACANCIES AT THIS POINT. A 1885 01:10:07,403 --> 01:10:08,037 CONSIDERABLE RECOVERY AND 1886 01:10:08,037 --> 01:10:11,006 MUCH-NEEDED BOOST OF 1887 01:10:11,006 --> 01:10:11,607 CONFIDENCE IN THE WORK AND 1888 01:10:11,607 --> 01:10:12,841 ABILITY OF THAT CRITICAL 1889 01:10:12,841 --> 01:10:13,709 OFFICE. AS COUNCILMEMBER 1890 01:10:13,709 --> 01:10:15,978 MORALES ALSO KNOWS , AS FORMER 1891 01:10:15,978 --> 01:10:19,982 MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE HUMAN 1892 01:10:19,982 --> 01:10:20,716 RIGHTS COMMISSION, HOW 1893 01:10:20,716 --> 01:10:21,650 IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THAT 1894 01:10:21,650 --> 01:10:25,621 OFFICE FULLY STAFFED FOR ITS 1895 01:10:25,621 --> 01:10:26,322 IMPORTANT OVERSIGHT AND EQUITY 1896 01:10:26,322 --> 01:10:28,224 ROLES THAT IT HAS IN THE CITY 1897 01:10:28,224 --> 01:10:31,293 OF SEATTLE. INTERIM DIRECTOR 1898 01:10:31,293 --> 01:10:31,961 WHEELER SMITH HAS BEEN A 1899 01:10:31,961 --> 01:10:33,429 FIXTURE HERE ON THE SECOND 1900 01:10:33,429 --> 01:10:37,766 FLOOR WORKING WITH MAYOR BRUCE 1901 01:10:37,766 --> 01:10:38,901 HARRELL AND THE SEATTLE CITY 1902 01:10:38,901 --> 01:10:39,401 COUNCIL ON CRAFTING AN 1903 01:10:39,401 --> 01:10:41,203 ORDINANCE TO CODIFY A LOT OF 1904 01:10:41,203 --> 01:10:42,805 OUR POLICIES IN THE RACE AND 1905 01:10:42,805 --> 01:10:44,139 SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE AREA 1906 01:10:44,139 --> 01:10:45,107 A LONG OVERDUE LEGISLATIVE 1907 01:10:45,107 --> 01:10:46,775 EFFORT THAT HAS ADVANCED 1908 01:10:46,775 --> 01:10:56,051 CONSIDERABLY FURTHER THAN IT 1909 01:10:56,051 --> 01:10:57,119 EVER HAS IN THE PAST AND WE 1910 01:10:57,119 --> 01:10:57,987 EXPECT TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR 1911 01:10:57,987 --> 01:10:58,754 FULL COUNSEL CONSIDERATION IN 1912 01:10:58,754 --> 01:10:59,755 SHORT ORDER DUE IN NO SMALL 1913 01:10:59,755 --> 01:11:00,990 PART TO THE ATTENTION AND FOCUS 1914 01:11:00,990 --> 01:11:01,724 DIRECTOR WHEELER SMITH HAS PUT 1915 01:11:01,724 --> 01:11:07,329 INTO THAT EFFORT. HAVING 1916 01:11:07,329 --> 01:11:08,097 REVIEWED AND EVALUATED HIS 1917 01:11:08,097 --> 01:11:08,864 RECORD, HAVING ASSESSED HIS 1918 01:11:08,864 --> 01:11:09,732 COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND 1919 01:11:09,732 --> 01:11:10,833 HIS AMBITIONS FOR THIS OFFICE, 1920 01:11:10,833 --> 01:11:11,934 THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY 1921 01:11:11,934 --> 01:11:12,568 RECOMMENDED CONFIRMATION OF 1922 01:11:12,568 --> 01:11:16,905 DERRICK WHEELER SMITH AND I DO 1923 01:11:16,905 --> 01:11:17,940 SO HERE ASK THAT COLLEAGUES 1924 01:11:17,940 --> 01:11:18,807 FOLLOW THAT RECOMMENDATION AND 1925 01:11:18,807 --> 01:11:20,109 THAT WE CAN CONFIRM INTERIM 1926 01:11:20,109 --> 01:11:22,111 DIRECTOR WHEELER SMITH TO BE 1927 01:11:22,111 --> 01:11:23,145 OUR PERMANENT LEADER OF THE 1928 01:11:23,145 --> 01:11:23,912 SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. 1929 01:11:23,912 --> 01:11:24,046 1930 01:11:24,046 --> 01:11:26,915 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1931 01:11:26,915 --> 01:11:28,717 LEWIS. ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES 1932 01:11:28,717 --> 01:11:32,221 COMMENTS? IN REGARDS TO THIS 1933 01:11:32,221 --> 01:11:35,257 MR. WHEELER SMITH BEFORE WE GO 1934 01:11:35,257 --> 01:11:38,427 TO A VOTE? COUNCILMEMBER 1935 01:11:38,427 --> 01:11:38,727 HERBOLD? 1936 01:11:38,727 --> 01:11:45,501 >> THANK YOU. AS PRIOR CHAIR 1937 01:11:45,501 --> 01:11:46,535 FOR FOUR YEARS OF THE COUNCIL 1938 01:11:46,535 --> 01:11:47,269 COMMITTEE WITH OVERSIGHT OF THE 1939 01:11:47,269 --> 01:11:47,870 SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL 1940 01:11:47,870 --> 01:11:48,771 RIGHTS, I REALLY WANT TO THANK 1941 01:11:48,771 --> 01:11:51,206 DIRECTOR WHEELER SMITH FOR YOUR 1942 01:11:51,206 --> 01:11:52,975 WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN THIS 1943 01:11:52,975 --> 01:11:54,243 IMPORTANT POSITION AT THIS 1944 01:11:54,243 --> 01:11:56,745 IMPORTANT TIME AND FOR YOUR 1945 01:11:56,745 --> 01:11:57,780 PARTICIPATION IN THE COUNCILS 1946 01:11:57,780 --> 01:11:58,514 CONFIRMATION PROCESS. I 1947 01:11:58,514 --> 01:12:00,482 APPRECIATE YOU HAVE SERVED IN 1948 01:12:00,482 --> 01:12:04,019 AN INTERIM ROLE AT A VERY 1949 01:12:04,019 --> 01:12:05,487 IMPORTANT TIME, FILLING THE 1950 01:12:05,487 --> 01:12:09,391 POSITION PREVIOUSLY HELD BY 1951 01:12:09,391 --> 01:12:10,392 LOCKHART. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE 1952 01:12:10,392 --> 01:12:12,961 THE TESTIMONY OF EVERYONE WHO 1953 01:12:12,961 --> 01:12:13,495 CONTACTED THE COUNCIL AND 1954 01:12:13,495 --> 01:12:15,297 TESTIFIED ABOUT YOUR 1955 01:12:15,297 --> 01:12:16,598 CONFIRMATION. YOU HAVE BEEN 1956 01:12:16,598 --> 01:12:18,767 HAILED AS AN INTELLECTUAL AND 1957 01:12:18,767 --> 01:12:21,837 COMPASSIONATE HUMAN BEING. 1958 01:12:21,837 --> 01:12:22,571 TRUSTWORTHY, RELIABLE, AND WITH 1959 01:12:22,571 --> 01:12:26,442 A WISE AND STRATEGIC -- 1960 01:12:26,442 --> 01:12:27,910 IMBUED WITH TRUST AND 1961 01:12:27,910 --> 01:12:29,645 INTEGRITY. YOU HAVE ALSO 1962 01:12:29,645 --> 01:12:37,353 HAILED -- I AM QUOTING FROM 1963 01:12:37,353 --> 01:12:42,224 EMAILS RECEIVED. WE ALSO 1964 01:12:42,224 --> 01:12:42,991 RECEIVED OUTRAGE FROM SOME 1965 01:12:42,991 --> 01:12:43,859 MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE OFFICE 1966 01:12:43,859 --> 01:12:45,227 OF CIVIL RIGHTS SUPPORTIVE 1967 01:12:45,227 --> 01:12:47,429 COMMISSIONS AND I RECENTLY MET 1968 01:12:47,429 --> 01:12:49,998 WITH MEMBERS FROM EACH OF THE 1969 01:12:49,998 --> 01:12:54,737 SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION AND 1970 01:12:54,737 --> 01:12:55,704 THE DISABILITIES COMMISSION. WE 1971 01:12:55,704 --> 01:12:57,573 HEARD FROM SOME OF THEM TODAY. 1972 01:12:57,573 --> 01:12:59,842 I TRUST THAT DIRECTOR WHEELER 1973 01:12:59,842 --> 01:13:03,045 SMITH WILL LEAD THE WAY FOR 1974 01:13:03,045 --> 01:13:03,612 HEALING RELATIONSHIPS WITH 1975 01:13:03,612 --> 01:13:04,513 COMMISSIONERS AND TAKE CONCRETE 1976 01:13:04,513 --> 01:13:07,883 STEPS AND ACTIVELY COLLABORATE 1977 01:13:07,883 --> 01:13:11,720 WITH COMMISSIONERS IN THEIR 1978 01:13:11,720 --> 01:13:12,387 EFFORTS TO FULLY FULFILL THEIR 1979 01:13:12,387 --> 01:13:14,690 ROLES TO OUR CITY. IF THERE IS 1980 01:13:14,690 --> 01:13:18,594 ANYTHING AT ALL I CAN DO TO 1981 01:13:18,594 --> 01:13:19,595 ASSIST IN THAT ENDEAVOR, DON'T 1982 01:13:19,595 --> 01:13:22,664 HESITATE TO CALL ME. THANK YOU 1983 01:13:22,664 --> 01:13:23,766 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1984 01:13:23,766 --> 01:13:25,834 WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO 1985 01:13:25,834 --> 01:13:28,837 SERVE. 1986 01:13:28,837 --> 01:13:31,440 >> THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FOR 1987 01:13:31,440 --> 01:13:35,544 THOSE WORDS. I KNOW YOU HAVE 1988 01:13:35,544 --> 01:13:36,278 SOME INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY 1989 01:13:36,278 --> 01:13:40,482 HERE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 1990 01:13:40,482 --> 01:13:43,352 COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO A 1991 01:13:43,352 --> 01:13:45,554 VOTE? THEN I WILL HAND OVER 1992 01:13:45,554 --> 01:13:55,831 THE FLOOR TO MR. WHEELER SMITH. 1993 01:13:55,831 --> 01:13:59,034 ALL RIGHT. I DO NOT SEE ANY OF 1994 01:13:59,034 --> 01:13:59,668 MY COLLEAGUES OTHER COMMENTS. 1995 01:13:59,668 --> 01:14:00,536 COUNSELOR LEWIS, IS THERE 1996 01:14:00,536 --> 01:14:01,804 ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO CLOSE 1997 01:14:01,804 --> 01:14:05,541 WITH BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE? 1998 01:14:05,541 --> 01:14:07,709 >> NO, MADAME PRESIDENT. VERY 1999 01:14:07,709 --> 01:14:09,978 EXCITED TO CONFIRM INTERIM 2000 01:14:09,978 --> 01:14:13,048 DIRECTOR WHEELER SMITH IN THIS 2001 01:14:13,048 --> 01:14:16,985 POSITION AND LOOK FORWARD TO 2002 01:14:16,985 --> 01:14:18,420 HEARING DIRECTLY 2003 01:14:18,420 --> 01:14:21,457 POSTCONFIRMATION WHEN WE 2004 01:14:21,457 --> 01:14:27,396 SUSPEND THE RULES FROM THE 2005 01:14:27,396 --> 01:14:27,663 NOMINEE. 2006 01:14:27,663 --> 01:14:29,064 >> PRESIDENT JUAREZ? 2007 01:14:29,064 --> 01:14:34,470 >> AYE. 2008 01:14:34,470 --> 01:14:37,272 >> THANK YOU. THE APPOINTMENT 2009 01:14:37,272 --> 01:14:43,078 PASSES. CLERK , WOULD YOU 2010 01:14:43,078 --> 01:14:47,149 PLEASE SIGNATURE TO THE 2011 01:14:47,149 --> 01:14:50,052 APPOINTMENT ON MY BEHALF. WHAT 2012 01:14:50,052 --> 01:14:59,461 I'M GOING TO DO NOW, 2013 01:14:59,461 --> 01:15:02,030 CONGRATULATIONS. I'M GOING TO 2014 01:15:02,030 --> 01:15:12,541 MOVE AND STRUGGLED. PEOPLE 2015 01:15:34,496 --> 01:15:36,365 WHO PIONEERED AND FOLKS WHO 2016 01:15:36,365 --> 01:15:38,834 DIED SO THAT I COULD BE PRESENT 2017 01:15:38,834 --> 01:15:43,772 IN THIS MOMENT. 55 YEARS AGO 2018 01:15:43,772 --> 01:15:49,678 TODAY, APRIL 4th, DR. MARTIN 2019 01:15:49,678 --> 01:15:57,586 LUTHER KING WAS ASSASSINATED. 2020 01:15:57,586 --> 01:16:06,895 BEFORE HE WAS ASSASSINATED, HE 2021 01:16:06,895 --> 01:16:08,764 WAS INTENTLY FOCUSED ON 2022 01:16:08,764 --> 01:16:10,933 CREATIVE MALADJUSTMENT. THE 2023 01:16:10,933 --> 01:16:15,003 IDEA THAT PEOPLE SHOULD REFUSE 2024 01:16:15,003 --> 01:16:21,643 TO NORMALIZE ANY QUALITY AND 2025 01:16:21,643 --> 01:16:28,684 WORK CONTINUOUSLY TO EXPOSE 2026 01:16:28,684 --> 01:16:30,886 INJUSTICE SO WE CAN EMERGE FROM 2027 01:16:30,886 --> 01:16:33,355 THE BLEAK BY WOMEN. THERE 2028 01:16:33,355 --> 01:16:36,191 WERE MEN WHO GOT THE CREDIT FOR 2029 01:16:36,191 --> 01:16:39,795 IT BUT THAT MOVEMENT HAPPENED 2030 01:16:39,795 --> 01:16:40,996 BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLE 2031 01:16:40,996 --> 01:16:42,431 LEADERS WHO PRODUCED CIVIL 2032 01:16:42,431 --> 01:16:46,668 RIGHTS IN THE SHADE, 2033 01:16:46,668 --> 01:16:48,270 ORGANIZING ONE OF THE MOST 2034 01:16:48,270 --> 01:16:50,539 SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENTS OF OUR 2035 01:16:50,539 --> 01:16:53,942 TIME AND THE BUS BOYCOTT. 2036 01:16:53,942 --> 01:16:57,679 JoANNE ROBINSON, LOTTIE GREEN. 2037 01:16:57,679 --> 01:17:02,718 AND THEN THERE'S FOLKS WHO DO 2038 01:17:02,718 --> 01:17:03,552 THE CRITICISM OVER HIS 2039 01:17:03,552 --> 01:17:04,753 SEXUALITY. HAD TO ACT AS AN 2040 01:17:04,753 --> 01:17:07,322 INFLUENTIAL ADVISER BUT HAD TO 2041 01:17:07,322 --> 01:17:08,290 DO IT BEHIND THE SCENES TO 2042 01:17:08,290 --> 01:17:09,625 CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS LIKE DR. 2043 01:17:09,625 --> 01:17:10,926 KING. FREEDOM, AT THE END OF 2044 01:17:10,926 --> 01:17:11,627 THE DAY CONTINUES TO BE A 2045 01:17:11,627 --> 01:17:12,194 CONSTANT STRUGGLE AND THAT 2046 01:17:12,194 --> 01:17:12,894 STRUGGLE REQUIRES ALL OF US TO 2047 01:17:12,894 --> 01:17:14,262 COMMIT DAILY TO BRIDGE 2048 01:17:14,262 --> 01:17:16,965 DIFFERENCES SO THAT WE BUILD 2049 01:17:16,965 --> 01:17:17,632 SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES OF 2050 01:17:17,632 --> 01:17:18,133 BELONGING FOR EVERYONE, 2051 01:17:18,133 --> 01:17:19,835 ESPECIALLY THE PERSECUTED 2052 01:17:19,835 --> 01:17:21,269 CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF 2053 01:17:21,269 --> 01:17:23,505 SEATTLE. I AM HONORED TODAY 2054 01:17:23,505 --> 01:17:26,274 FOR THE CONFIDENCE OF MAYOR 2055 01:17:26,274 --> 01:17:27,175 BRUCE HARRELL TO APPOINT ME TO 2056 01:17:27,175 --> 01:17:29,144 THIS POST AND YOUR VOTES OF 2057 01:17:29,144 --> 01:17:37,219 CONFIDENCE . I AM GRATEFUL FOR 2058 01:17:37,219 --> 01:17:37,953 THE REMARKABLE STAFF THAT I GET 2059 01:17:37,953 --> 01:17:39,087 TO WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY 2060 01:17:39,087 --> 01:17:40,022 AND OUR BELOVED COMMUNITY. MY 2061 01:17:40,022 --> 01:17:40,922 BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. AND ALL THE 2062 01:17:40,922 --> 01:17:41,890 SHOULDERS THAT I STAND ON 2063 01:17:41,890 --> 01:17:44,659 TODAY. I AM NOT SELF-MADE. I 2064 01:17:44,659 --> 01:17:46,161 AM LAND MADE. ANCESTRY MADE. I 2065 01:17:46,161 --> 01:17:49,031 AM COMMUNITY MADE, AND I 2066 01:17:49,031 --> 01:17:51,066 COMMIT TO CONTINUING TO BUILD 2067 01:17:51,066 --> 01:17:53,001 BRIDGES OF POWER, JUSTICE AND 2068 01:17:53,001 --> 01:17:58,573 LOVE AS WE CARRY KING'S LEGACY 2069 01:17:58,573 --> 01:17:59,374 OF CREATING AN ECONOMY WHERE 2070 01:17:59,374 --> 01:18:00,142 EVERYONE BELONGS AND CAN INSURE 2071 01:18:00,142 --> 01:18:03,478 DIGNITY AND SECURITY SO ALL 2072 01:18:03,478 --> 01:18:04,579 OUR FAMILIES CAN THRIVE. THANK 2073 01:18:04,579 --> 01:18:05,380 YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 2074 01:18:05,380 --> 01:18:08,050 SERVE OUR GREAT CITY AND TO DO 2075 01:18:08,050 --> 01:18:09,317 SO IN THIS CAPACITY AS THE NEXT 2076 01:18:09,317 --> 01:18:10,385 DIRECTOR OF OFFICE FOR CIVIL 2077 01:18:10,385 --> 01:18:11,253 RIGHTS. 2078 01:18:11,253 --> 01:18:18,260 >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WHEELER 2079 01:18:18,260 --> 01:18:19,061 SMITH AND CONGRATULATIONS. IS 2080 01:18:19,061 --> 01:18:20,262 THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I'M REALLY 2081 01:18:20,262 --> 01:18:25,067 GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP -- BECAUSE 2082 01:18:25,067 --> 01:18:26,201 I REMEMBER READING LOST PROFIT 2083 01:18:26,201 --> 01:18:28,336 PUBLICLY 15 YEARS AGO. THE 2084 01:18:28,336 --> 01:18:30,572 SECOND BOOK HAS COME OUT, 2085 01:18:30,572 --> 01:18:35,577 WHICH I OWN BUT HAVE NOT READ. 2086 01:18:35,577 --> 01:18:37,612 I HOPE SOME OF OUR YOUNG FOLKS 2087 01:18:37,612 --> 01:18:38,346 OUT THERE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2088 01:18:38,346 --> 01:18:39,715 SEE WHO HE WAS AND WHEN YOU 2089 01:18:39,715 --> 01:18:44,653 READ LOST PROFIT AND THE WHOLE 2090 01:18:44,653 --> 01:18:45,387 HISTORY OF THE MARCH ON 2091 01:18:45,387 --> 01:18:46,922 WASHINGTON, IT WAS REALLY ABOUT 2092 01:18:46,922 --> 01:18:47,589 ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY AND IT IS 2093 01:18:47,589 --> 01:18:48,924 A POWERFUL BOOK AND VERY FEW 2094 01:18:48,924 --> 01:18:50,992 PEOPLE KNOW THAT ABOUT HIM . 2095 01:18:50,992 --> 01:18:55,230 IT'S A GREAT BOOK TO READ SO I 2096 01:18:55,230 --> 01:18:56,832 AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, 2097 01:18:56,832 --> 01:18:59,601 DIRECTOR. AND YOU HEARD PUBLIC 2098 01:18:59,601 --> 01:19:01,069 COMMENT. YOU HEARD THE GREAT 2099 01:19:01,069 --> 01:19:01,970 THINGS FROM SOME OF OUR 2100 01:19:01,970 --> 01:19:03,271 COLLEAGUES. I DON'T KNOW YOUR 2101 01:19:03,271 --> 01:19:06,274 HISTORY WITH THE COUNTY AND 2102 01:19:06,274 --> 01:19:11,913 THE CITY AND I'M HAPPY YOU GOT 2103 01:19:11,913 --> 01:19:12,581 THIS APPOINTMENT TODAY. ANY 2104 01:19:12,581 --> 01:19:13,482 OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I MOVE ON 2105 01:19:13,482 --> 01:19:15,350 TO THE AGENDA? I KNOW THAT I 2106 01:19:15,350 --> 01:19:18,086 ASKED EARLIER BEFORE THE VOTE 2107 01:19:18,086 --> 01:19:22,090 BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? 2108 01:19:22,090 --> 01:19:22,924 WITH THAT, DIRECTOR WHEELER 2109 01:19:22,924 --> 01:19:23,692 SMITH, CONGRATULATIONS AND 2110 01:19:23,692 --> 01:19:24,593 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 2111 01:19:24,593 --> 01:19:26,161 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 2112 01:19:26,161 --> 01:19:33,268 >> THANK YOU. MADAME CLERK, IF 2113 01:19:33,268 --> 01:19:34,770 WE MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA, THERE 2114 01:19:34,770 --> 01:19:37,139 WERE NEW NO ITEMS THAT WERE 2115 01:19:37,139 --> 01:19:41,510 REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR. 2116 01:19:41,510 --> 01:19:42,511 REGARDING ADOPTION OF OTHER 2117 01:19:42,511 --> 01:19:43,578 RESOLUTIONS THERE WERE NO OTHER 2118 01:19:43,578 --> 01:19:44,646 RESOLUTIONS TO ADOPT. OTHER 2119 01:19:44,646 --> 01:19:46,615 BUSINESS? IS THERE ANY OTHER 2120 01:19:46,615 --> 01:19:48,950 BUSINESS THAT HAS COME BEFORE 2121 01:19:48,950 --> 01:19:54,289 COUNSEL? I DO NOT SEE ANY 2122 01:19:54,289 --> 01:19:57,926 HANDS UP. WITH THAT, THIS DOES 2123 01:19:57,926 --> 01:19:58,727 CONCLUDE THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS 2124 01:19:58,727 --> 01:20:01,763 ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THE NEXT 2125 01:20:01,763 --> 01:20:02,297 REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY 2126 01:20:02,297 --> 01:20:03,632 COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD 2127 01:20:03,632 --> 01:20:06,868 APRIL 11th AND WITH THAT, WE 2128 01:20:06,868 --> 01:20:09,638 ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, 2129 01:20:09,638 --> 01:20:12,707 EVERYBODY. 2130 01:20:12,707 --> 01:20:18,046 >> RECORDING STOPPED. 2131 01:20:22,050 --> 01:20:29,024 ♪°7