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>>> 2:0 9:00 P.M.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
PRESENTATIONS, TWO
PRESENTATIONS THIS AFTERNOON,
THE FIRST IS A PRESENTATION AND
I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND
FIRST PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION
AND OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO
COUNCILMEMBERS AND ALLOW OUR
GUESTS TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO
THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC.
LET'S SEE.
I'M HAVING TROUBLE LOCATING MY
ACTUAL PROCLAMATION IN MY
MATERIALS.
GIVE ME JUST A SECOND.
MY ONENOTE IS NOT COOPERATING
WITH ME.
TOO MANY CLICKS WITH TOO MANY
BUTTONS.
THANKS FOR BEARING WITH ME, AND
PROCLAMATION, I WILL READ FROM
IT.
WHEREAS THE AMERICAN CANCER
FUND FOR CHILDREN CAN REPORT
CANCER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF
DEATH BY DISEASE FOR YOUNG
CHILDREN.
THIS TRAGIC DISEASE IT'S
DETECTED IN MORE THAN 16,000 OF
OUR COUNTRY'S YOUNG PEOPLE EACH
AND EVERY YEAR.
ONE IN FIVE OF OUR NATION'S
CHILDREN LOSES HIS OR HER
BATTLE WITH CANCER, MANY
INFANTS AND CHILDREN AND TEENS
WILL SUFFER FROM LONG-TERM
EFFECTS OF TREATMENT, INCLUDING
SECONDARY CANCERS.
THIS HITS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR,
AND WHEREAS THIS IMPACT
INCLUDES BATTLE AGAINST CANCER
AND WHEREAS ADDRESSING THE
DISPARITY IS THE WORK OF
ADVOCATES AND PRACTITIONERS
SUCH AS THE NATIONAL CANCER
INSTITUTE AND PROGRAMS AND
CHILDHOOD CANCER INTERVENTION
FOUNDED OVER 27 YEARS AGO WITH
THE KIDS CANCER CONNECTION AND
I MEMBER OF THE FAX FACTOR
FAMILY.
WHEREAS THE AMERICAN CANCER
FUND FOR CHILDREN AND KIDS
CANCER CONNECTION PROVIDES A
VARIETY OF PSYCHO SOCIAL
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
UNDERGOING TREATMENT AT
PARTICIPATING HOSPITALS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THEREBY
ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE
FOR THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR
FAMILIES AND WHEREAS THE
AMERICAN CANCER FUND FOR THE
CHILDREN AND KIDS CANCER
CONNECTION SPONSORS TOY
DISTRIBUTIONS, THERAPY, AND
SUPER CAR EXPERIENCE AND
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND
HOSPITAL CELEBRATIONS IN HONOR
OF A CHILD'S BRAVERY TO FIGHT
THE BATTLE AGAINST CHILDHOOD
CANCER.
SO NOW THEREFORE THE MAYOR AND
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIM
SEPTEMBER 20th -- SEPTEMBER
2021 THE CHILDHOOD CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO READ
THE ENTIRE PROCLAMATION INTO
THE RECORD TODAY.
I WANT TO ALLOW OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS TO MAKE THE
COMMENTS NOW BEFORE I FORMALLY
PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION.
ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE.
THE COUNCIL WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW THE DOCTOR TO ACCEPT
THE PROCLAMATION.
THE COUNCIL RULES ARE
SUSPENDED, AND I WILL GO AHEAD
AND HAND IT OVER TO DR.
FIRESTEIN TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION AND MAKE REMARKS
ON BEHALF OF THE RECIPIENTS.
WELCOME AND GOOD TO HEAR AND
YOU GOOD TO MEET YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME
TODAY AND FIRST OF ALL, THANK
YOU TO THE MAYOR AND THE
COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE FOR RECOGNIZING
CHILDHOOD CANCER MONTH, AND IT
HELPS THE CHILDREN AND THEIR
FAMILIES TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE
REMEMBERED AND CARE FOR
ESPECIALLY IN EXTENUATING
CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE WE HAD
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO AGAIN THANK YOU.
THROUGH RAISING AWARENESS,
THERE WAS ADVANCES IN CHILDHOOD
CANCER IN THE LAST YEARS AND
DECADES.
RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT
CHILDHOOD CANCER ALLOWS
ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS AMERICAN
CANCER FUNDS FOR CHILDREN TO
PROVIDE FOR THE FAMILIES WHEN
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH
DIFFICULT TIMES.
AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME IN SUPPORTING
THESE BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS
CHILDREN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF
YOUR IMPORTANT WORK IN OUR
COMMUNITY, AND REALLY
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IMPORTANT
WORK, AND, OF COURSE,
ACKNOWLEDGE THE BRAVERY AND
COURAGE WITH THE CHILDREN WHO
SURVIVE CANCER EVERY DAY, AND,
OF COURSE, THEIR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US, REALLY APPRECIATE IT
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US AND YOU
ALL.
>> AS DO WE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE SECOND
PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE ANOTHER GUEST WITH US,
NONE OTHER THAN MR. LENNY
WILKENS WHO IS BEING RECOGNIZED
IN VICTIM FIVE, 32019, AN
HONORARY RESIGNATION OF FIRST
AVENUE NORTH AND SECOND AVENUE
NORTH TO BE NAMED LENNY WILKENS
PLACE, AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN WILL PROVIDE OPENING
REMARKS, AND THEN WE WILL MOVE
TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO HEAR
BRIEF REMARKS FROM MR. WILKENS.
AT THIS POINT I WILL THAT OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, THIS RESOLUTION
ORIGINATED WITH OUR SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND CONVEY AN HONORARY
DEDICATION OF LENNY WILKENS WAY
ON TO THOMAS STREET BETWEEN
FIRST AVENUE NORTH AND SECOND
AVENUE NORTH TO CELEBRATE THE
BASKETBALL LEGEND.
THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDS THE PASSAGE OF THE
RESOLUTION THAT IS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
I HOPE THIS WILL LEAD THE WAY
FOR OTHER SUPER STARS SUCH AS
LAUREN JACKSON.
MR. WILL KENS IS NOT ONLY AN
AWARD WINNING PROFESSIONAL
BASKETBALL STAR BUT A COACH AND
LEADER.
HIS LEADERSHIP WAS INSTRUMENTAL
WHEN IN 1979 THE SONICS WON THE
NBA FINALS.
MR. WILKENS CONTINUES TO LIVE
AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH
THE LENNY WILKENS FOUNDATION
FOR CHILDREN AND RAISED $75
MILLION FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH
IN SEATTLE.
I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO GET
DR. WILKENS ON THE LINE HERE TO
SPEAK.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER, FOR YOUR TIME.
I HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES
BEFORE WE CAN HEAR FROM DR.
WILKENS, BUT GIVE ME JUST A
MOMENT TO DO THAT PROCEDURE AND
WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM BEFORE I
SUSPEND THE RULES?
I AM NOT HEARING ANY.
SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW MR. WILKENS TO PROVIDE
BRIEF REMARKS.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND
I WANT TO WELCOME MR. WILL --
WILKENS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING
ME BE PART OF THIS.
I HAVEN'T HEARD DOCTOR WILKENS
IN A LONG TIME.
IT WAS NICE GETTING THE
HONORARY DEGREE, BUT I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT HONOR.
AS A YOUNGSTER, I WAS TAUGHT
ALWAYS TO GIVE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY.
AND CERTAINLY, SEATTLE HAS BEEN
A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND I
GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO MY WIFE
ESPECIALLY, MARILYN, WHO HAS
ALWAYS PUSHED ME TO GIVE BACK,
TO A COUPLE OF LADIES I WOULD
FEEL REMISS IT -- IF I NEVER
MENTIONED THEIR NAMES.
ONE, DR. BLANCH WHO RAN THE
CLINIC AT THAT TIME AND ANOTHER
LADY BY THE NAME OF FREDDIE-MAE
GAUTHIER WHO WAS VERY ACTIVE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN SHE SHOWED ME WHAT THE
ODESSA BROWN CLINIC DID FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE THEY DIDN'T HAVE
TO SAY BUT ONCE BECAUSE I
BELIEVED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
OUR FUTURE.
THEY ARE TOMORROW'S DOCTORS,
LAWYERS, POLITICIANS, ATHLETES.
THEY'RE OUR FUTURE.
AND IF WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR
COMMUNITY IS SECURE AND THESE
PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE IN MAKING
IT BETTER, IT WILL BE BETTER.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ALL
YOUR TIME BUT I WANT TO SAY
THIS IS CERTAINLY AN HONOR FOR
ME AND MY FAMILY AND ALL MY
FRIENDS BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE
HERE WITHOUT THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR.
WILKENS FOR THOSE WONDERFUL
REMARKS AND THE CONTINUE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY,
AND THE AGENDA TODAY AND THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR
COMMENTS.
OKAY, FOLKS, WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13th, 2021
WHICH HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE FULL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED, AND WE
WILL REMOTE THE AGENDA AND
CALENDAR AND THE COUNCIL'S
PROGRAM.
AS A REMINDER, THERE IS A
SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING ON
COUNCIL BILL 120157 RELATING TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON -- EXCUSE
ME, ON PROPERTY OWNED OR
CONTROLLED BY RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS.
THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BEGIN
AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THIS
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD,
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
FOR THEIR PATIENCE AS WE
CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT SYSTEMS.
HOWEVER, AS A REMINDER, THE
CITY COUNCIL RESUMES THE RIGHT
TO END THE SYSTEM AT ANY POINT
IF IT'S BEING ABUSED OR NO
LONGER SUITABLE TO ALLOW IT TO
CONTINUE.
IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE 20
MINUTES WITH EACH SPEAKER
HAVING TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE OVER 50
PEOPLE.
I THINK WE ARE ALMOST OVER 60
PEOPLE AT THIS POINT FOR THE
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, AND IN
AN EFFORT TO HEAR FROM AS MANY
IF NOT ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WHO SIGNED UP, WE WANT TO
EXTEND THE PERIOD BUT SHORTEN
THE TIME FOR EACH PERSON FROM
TWO MINUTES TO ONE MINUTE TO
ALLOW US TO HEAR FROM JUST
ABOUT EVERYONE WHO REGISTERED
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE
EXTENDED TO A TOTAL OF 60
MINUTES FOR TODAY.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, I WILL
CALL ON SPEAKERS IN THE ORDER
IN WHICH THEY PRE-REGISTERED ON
THE WEBSITE, AND SPEAKERS MUST
CALL IN USING THE PHONE NUMBER
AND ID PASSWORD EMAILED TO THEM
FROM THE CONFIRMATION.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
GENERAL MEETING LISTEN LINE
INFORMATION.
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME, STAFF
WILL UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE AND
YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT OF YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT,
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX SO WE CAN
HEAR YOU.
AND PLEASE START STATING YOUR
NAME, THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING, AND YOU ARE
WELCOME TO STATE YOUR COMMENTS
THAT SHOULD RELATE TO AN ITEM
ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR THE FULL
CALENDAR.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
10 SECONDS OR SLIEST YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME.
WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR TIME, PLEASE
END YOUR COMMENTS.
IF YOU DO NOT END YOUR
COMMENTS, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL
BE MUTED TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
COMMENT, PLEASE DISCONNECT THE
LINE, AND IF YOU WISH TO
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE MEETING,
YOU CAN ONLINE OR CONTINUE TO
LISTEN.
AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPEN,
AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN
WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE
LIST.
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT OF
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED, PRESS
STAR SIX FIRST BEFORE WE CAN
HEAR IS YOU.
HOWARD AND THEN JONAH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOWARD DALE, DIRECT 7.
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL BEFORE
YOU TO END SEATTLE POLICE
TRAINING IN COUNTRYS THAT
VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS, I AS A
JEW WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN
ISRAEL WOULD LIKE YOU HELP TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE
YOU HEAR FROM TODAY WHO CLAIM
TO BE AGAINST THIS BILL AND
CLAIM TO BE DEFENDING ISRAEL.
YOU WILL HEAR REPEATEDLY THIS
BILL IS SINGLED OUT ISRAEL.
THIS DECADES OLD FORM IS USED
ANYONE WHO TRIES TO HOLD ISRAEL
ACCOUNTABLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS.
COUNTRIES LIKE PEOPLE NEED TO
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND NO
INDIVIDUAL ANYWHERE HAS
SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED THAT THEY
SHOULD BE IMMUNE FROM
PROSECUTION BECAUSE THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT COMMITTED
WORSE CRIMES.
NEITHER SHOULD COUNTRIES.
THE ARGUMENTS STAND AGAINST AN
EFFORT OF ISRAEL HUMAN RIGHTS
WORKERS TO MAKE ISRAEL A BETTER
COUNTRY.
PASS THIS LEGISLATION AND HOLD
ALL COUNTRIES TO THE SAME
STANDARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP, JONAH SILVERSTEIN AND
AFTER JONAH, DANIEL KAVANAUGH.
JONAH, IF YOU ARE WITH US,
PRESS STAR SIX SO WE CAN HEAR
YOU.
THERE YOU GO.
>> HI.
SORRY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YEP.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> HI.
I'M JONAH, I AM A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT THREE, AND I'M A
STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF
SWITZERLAND AND MEMBER OF
SEATTLE.
I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF CB
120142 WHICH WOULD END SPD
TRAINING BECAUSE THIS COUNTRY
CONSISTENTLY VIOLATES HUMAN
RIGHTS.
I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I
SUPPORT THE MEMBER PUSHED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WHICH
WOULD MAKE THIS A STANDARD FOR
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN
RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD THAT
THEY COULD NOT FIND A LOOPHOLE
FOR.
AND YOU WILL HEAR A LOT TODAY
FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST
THIS LEGISLATION WHO SAY THIS
IS SINGLING OUT ISRAEL AND THAT
SPD NEEDS TO TRAIN WITH
COUNTRIES THAT VIOLATE HUMAN
RIGHTS.
THAT IS FALSE AND I COMPLETELY
REJECT IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT UP IS DANIEL KAVANAUGH.
LET'S GET DANIEL ON THE LINE.
>> HEY, MY NAME'S DAN.
AND I AM --
>> DAN, DAN, CAN I INTERRUPT
YOU QUICKLY?
>> SURE.
YEP.
>> SO I HAVE YOU REGISTERED AS
WANTING TO GIVE COMMENT IN
GENERAL COMMENT AND RELATED TO
THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> YOU CAN PUT ME DOWN FOR JUST
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WASN'T SURE WHAT THAT MEANT.
>> COOL.
I UNDERSTAND.
GO AHEAD.
>> YEAH, GO AHEAD AND START THE
CLOCK.
YEAH, MY NAME'S DAN.
I'M A RENTER AND A MEMBER OF
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE AND I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
HUNDREDS OF RANK AND FILE
ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS AND
THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF
AMERICAN WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING
TO BAN SEATTLE POLICE FROM
TRAINING WITH NATION STATES WHO
HAVE VIOLATED HUMAN RIGHTS AND
THANK COUNCILMEMBERS MORALES
AND MOSQUEDA TODAY YOU ARE CO-
SPONSORING THIS LEGISLATION.
BUT I JUST LEARNED THAT CHEM
PERFECT STRAUSS IS PROPOSING A
HOSTILE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD
CREATE A GIANT LOOPHOLE AND
ALLOW SOME OF THE WORST HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATORS TO TRAIN WITH
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
ROUNDLY REJECT IT AND VOTE NO
ON STRAUSS'S AMENDMENT AND VOTE
YES ON THE BILL SUPPORTED BY
MORALES AND MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS IS PETER IN DISTRICT 6.
I AM CALLING TO ASK THE CITY
COUNCIL TO END THE DEADLY
EXCHANGE BILL TODAY AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
AMENDMENT.
SPD SHOULD NEVER TRAIN IN
COUNTRIES THAT DEMONSTRATED THE
VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
PASSING THIS BILL IS AN EASY
WAY TO RESPECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS
OF ALL PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO RESPECT THE
COMMUNITY.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL ALSO BE
PRECEDENT SETTING.
POLICING IS PRESENT ALL OVER
THE U.S. AND NO OTHER CITIES
ARE LOOKING FOR A GOOD MODEL
AS.
THIS LET'S BE SURE SEATTLE
SERVES AS A MODEL.
THANK YOU, AND I YIELD MY
TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
AND NEXT UP.
>> HI THERE.
I AM SHELBY, AND I AM A PROUD
JEWISH RENTER FROM DESCRAICT 2,
AND A MEMBER OF THE
RECONSTRUCTION SYNAGOGUE AND
CALLING ON COUNCIL TO PASS CB
120142 TODAY.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL AGREE THAT
SEATTLE SHOULD BE A CITY THAT
HONORS THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIG
DIGNITY OF ALL RESIDENTS.
ARE YOU READY TO WALK THAT TALK
AND PASS THIS BILL?
AND DON'T GET DISTRACTED BY THE
TRAINING THAT SPD WILL BE
MISSING OUT ON.
IT'S CLEAR THAT SPD SHOULD NOT
TRAIN WITH COUNTRYS THAT ARE
UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR
GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST
HUMANITY NO MATTER THE CONTENT
AND TOPIC.
I KNOW YOU CAN GET ON BOARD
WITH THIS AND DO WHAT YOU WANT
THE CITY TO BE ABOUT AND PLEASE
PASS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN,
AND NEXT UP.
>> HI.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
THREE AND CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
CB 12142 TO END THE EXCHANGE
AND ADOPT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S AMENDMENT TO MAKE THE
POLICY AS STRONG AND COHERENT
AS POSSIBLE.
WE KNOW THAT OUR CITY MUST BE
FOUNDED IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THE CURRENT EXCHANGE IS
MILITARY SUCH AS THE ISRAELI
MILITARY, THE SECOND MOST
DESTINATIONS FOR THE TRAINING,
IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SPD.
THIS VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE
ANYWHERE BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE
IT DOES NOT BECOME COMMON
PRACTICE HERE.
WE MUST STOP USING OUR
RESOURCES TO VIOLATE
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
INVESTING IN COMMUNITY MAKES US
SAFE AND NOT RACIST.
PLEASE SUPPORT CB 12142 WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AND NEXT UP.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE REJECTED THE
ORIGINAL VERSION OF COUNCIL
BILL 120142.
NOW COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOUND
ANOTHER WAY TO ATTACK ISRAEL.
HER UNDERHANDED AMENDMENTS
REDEFINED THE SCOPE OF
INVESTIGATION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL FORCE
APPLIED TO INDUSTRIAL WHICH WAS
ALWAYS THE INTENDED TARGET.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IS
INVENTING INTERNATIONAL LAW
CREATING AN IMAGINARY HUMAN
RIGHTS DOCTRINE AND THIS BILL
WILL BE WEAPONIZED AGAINST
ISRAEL AND MAKING THE SEATTLE
JEWISH COMMUNITY TARGETS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, AND NEXT UP.
.
>> OKAY.
STAR SIX.
. >> I THINK SEEING
THAT YOU ARE MUTED.
I NEED TO YOU PRESS STAR SIX
HEARD FROM TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
STILL NOT ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
PRESS STAR SIX ONE MORE TIME.
OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON AND THEN CIRCLE
BACK AS WE WORK THROUGH THE
TECHNOLOGY ISSUE.
GO AHEAD.
JEREMY, I AM SHOWING THAT YOU
ARE UNMUTED.
BUT MAYBE YOUR ACTUAL DEVICE IS
MUTED.
>> OH, YES.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
THANKS.
HI.
I'M JEREMY VOSS, A JEWISH
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO, AND
I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF 120142
TO END THE DEADLY EXCHANGE AND
PLEASE SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S AMENDMENT SO SPD
CANNOT USE ANY LOOPHOLES TO
CONTINUE TO USE THESE TYPES OF
TRAINING.
THESE TRAININGS ARE BAD FOR THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN
PARTNER COUNTRIES AND SEATTLE,
AND THEY ARE A PLACE WHERE SPD
CAN SHARPEN AND EXTEND THEIR
BRO TALL AND SURVEILLANCE AND O
PREGZ OF SEATTLE PROTESTERS,
AND EVEN TO THE EXPENSE THAT A
THEORETICAL TRAINING COULD NOT
INCLUDE TACTICS, THEY STILL
LEGITIMIZE THE BRUTALITY OF
BOTH COUNTRIES BY TREATING THEM
AS GROUPS THAT THE OTHER COULD
LOOK UP TO.
YEAH.
PLEASE SUPPORT SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT TO SUPPORT THE
LEGISLATION AS A WHOLE.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN,
AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET
MAXIMA ON THE LINE.
AND NOW, MAXIMA IS NOT SHOWING
ON MY LINE, SO WE'LL MOVE ON.
GO AHEAD.
>> HI.
HI.
I AM CLARA, A JEWISH RESIDENT
OF DISTRICT TWO AND GREW UP IN
THE COMMUNITY AND SPEAKING IN
FAVOR OF THE BILL 120142 AND
SPECIFICALLY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
IT WHICH WOULD MAKE IT LEGALLY
ENFORCE OBVIOUSLY AND CLOSE THE
LOOPHOLES TO ALLOW SPD TO
CONTINUE THE TRAININGS.
THESE TRAININGS ADDRESS THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AROUND
THE ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND
THE MISTREATMENT OF MINORITY
GROUPS AND MILITARIZE SPD
FURTHER WHICH ENDANGERS OUR OWN
COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY THE
BLACK MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THE COUNCIL HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY IN THIS MOMENT TO
CREATE LEGISLATION THAT CAN BE
USED TO HELP OUR CITY END THIS
AND BE USED AS A MODEL FOR
OTHER CITIES AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
SO THE COUNCIL SHOULD VOTE YES
ON BILL 120142 AND SPECIFICALLY
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT TO IT TO STRENGTHEN
THE LEGAL CLEARANCE.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN TODAY,
AND NEXT UP.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM DANTE FROM DISTRICT SIX,
AND I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCIL BILL 1201 FROOVMENT
THIS BILL LIKE MANY, MANY
OTHERS REALLY IS COMMON SENSE.
SPD SHOULD NEVER BE TRAINING
WITH SECURITY FORCES WITH
COUNTRIES WITH VIOLATIONS OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A
SCENARIO WHERE THE SEATTLE
POLICE INCREASES PUBLIC SAFETY
BY TRAINING ABROAD WITH OTHER
ARMED FORCES, AND IT'S
IMPORTANT NOT TO LEAVE
LOOPHOLES WITH THAT BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TRAINED BEFORE AND I
AM SURE THEY WILL AGAIN UNLESS
WE PREVENT IT.
NO MATTER WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO
THE EXCHANGES, THEY ARE
DANGEROUS AND UNNECESSARY AT
BEST.
LET'S BE SURE THE POLICY CAN BE
THE STRONGEST MODEL LEGISLATION
THAT IS CLEAR AND COHERENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING THIS
TODAY.
NEXT UP.
>> HI THERE.
MY NAME IS AMANDA.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF SPG
120142 WHICH WOULD MAKE IT
ILLEGAL FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO TRAIN WITH ANY
COUNTRY THAT VIOLATES HUMAN
RIGHTS.
AS A JEWISH SEATTLE RESIDENT, I
FIND THIS UPSETTING AND THIS
WOULD PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE
SEATTLE RESIDENTS, AND WE
CANNOT FALSELY EQUATE
PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS WITH
ANTI-SEMITISM.
PLEASE REJECT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S AMENDMENT AND SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AGREEMENT.
WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM
MILITARY POLICING AND SET YOUR
CITY TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY-LED
SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT.
MAKE SURE YOUR ACTUAL
MICROPHONE IS UNMUTED.
ONE MORE TIME, STAR SIX.
I AM SEEING ALICIA ON, SO WE
WILL MOVE O AND I THINK WE NEED
TO TRY MAXIMA.
BUT MAXIMA IS NOT SHOWING UP AS
PRESENT.
>> HI, I AM BLYTHE, AND I AM
CALLING IN TO URGE THE COUNCIL
TO SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION
BANNING SEATTLE POLICE FROM
TRAINING WITH COUNTRYS THAT VAI
LATE HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND I WANT TO SUPPORT THE
COMMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT PROUD FORWARD AND CO-
SPONSORED BY MOSQUEDA AND
MORALES, AND I ALSO URGE THE
COUNCIL TO REJECT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD
CREATE A GIANT LOOPHOLE AND
ALLOW SPD TO TRAIN WITH ISRAEL
OR IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND IT'S PARTICULARLY
OUTRAGEOUS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AT
2:00 P.M.
TODAY AND PREVENT OUR MOVEMENT
FROM BEING ABLE TO RESPOND.
AND I URGE THE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND
OPPOSE POLICY VIOLENCE AGAINST
BLACK AMERICANS AND
PALESTINIANS ALIKE.
THANK YOU.
. >> THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE TO CALLER NUMBER 11.
OKAY.
MAXIMA, I SHOW YOU ON MY
SCREEN.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU ARE UNMUTED.
GO FOR IT.
>> I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
2, AND I'M SPEAKING IN
OPPOSITION TO COUNCIL BILL
120142.
WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY -- THIS
MEASURE IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO
DISPROPORTIONATE POLICE
VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK AND
BROWN PEOPLE INCLUDING BLACK
AND BROWN JEWS.
WE APPRECIATE THE ATTEMPT TO
IMPROVE THE BILL BUT IT'S STILL
HARMFUL.
THE DEFINITION OF TRAINING AND
PARTNERSHIP ARE STILL VAGUE
LEAVING ROOM FOR UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES.
IT STILL PROHIBITS SPD FROM
WORKING WITH OTHER U.S. LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENTS WHICH IS
PROBLEMATIC AND WHILE A
SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO ISRAEL
WAS REMOVED IT'S CLEAR THAT THE
ATTEMPT BEHIND THE FLAWED
LEGISLATION IS TO FIND A WAY
FOR SEATTLE TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL
AND NOT IMPROVE THE REAL AND
CURRENT PROBLEMS.
PLEASE VOTE NOW.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN AND
SEE IF WE CAN GET ALICIA LEWIS
ON THE LINE.
THERE WE GO.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
YEAH.
I AM ALSO CALLING TO DEMAND
THAT CITY COUNCIL LISTEN TO
HUNDREDS OF RANK AND FILE
ORGANIZERS TO PASS THE DEADLY
EXCHANGE LEGISLATION WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT AND REJECTING THE
LAST MINUTE AMENDMENT FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS THAT
WOULD ALLOW SPD TO TRAIN WITH
POLICE WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATORS AROUND THE WORLD AND
COULD TRAIN WITH ISRAELI POLICE
AND ISRAEL OR IN THE UNITED
STATES WHICH IS HOW THE DEADLY
EXCHANGES HAPPEN.
THE ADL SPONSORS TRAINING THAT
BRINGS ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSERS TO THE U.S. TO TRAIN
U.S. POLICE.
I THINK IT'S OUTRAGEOUS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS BROUGHT
THIS AMENDMENT AT 2:00 P.M.
TODAY AFTER MONTHS OF
DISCUSSION.
I REALLY URGE THE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO REJECT THIS
AMENDMENT THAT WOULD DOT
BIDDING OF THE ADL AND THE
COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE A STRONG
STAND FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND
.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING, AND
NEXT.
>> HI.
I'M MARGOT AND I AM CALLING
CENTER DISTRICT 3, AND I AM
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF BILL 120-
2142.
AND I SUPPORT WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT PUT TOWARD
AND THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
MOSQUEDA AND HERBOLD HAVE DONE
THE SAME AND I REJECT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
AMENDMENT, AND I THINK ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD REJECT
THIS ATTACK ON THE MOVEMENT OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABLE.
THAT'S AT THE CORE OF THIS.
AND WHO ARE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE
TO.
SINCE GEORGE FLOYD, THEY HAVE
FAILED TO HOLD POLICE
AVAILABLE, AND I THINK PEOPLE
SHOULD HAVE A CLEAR SAY IN HOW
POLICE ARE TRAINING AND HOW
OFFICERS ARE HIRED AND FIRED.
AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS SONIA FOLLOWED BY
HENRY.
>> HI.
THIS IS SONIA.
I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE
ACTIVISTS WHO WERE ORGANIZING
WITH COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
OFFICE TO BAN SEATTLE POLICE
FROM TRAINING WITH NATION
STATES THAT VIOLATED THE
INTERNATIONAL AGREED-UPON HUMAN
RIGHTS, AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
COSPONSORING THIS PUT TOWARD BY
COMER
COME -- COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT THAT
WOULD ALLOW SPD TO TRAIN WITH
THE POLICE FROM THE WORST HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATORS AROUND THE
WORLD.
IT'S REALLY AMAZING THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBER BROUGHT THIS
AFTER MONTHS OF THE DISCUSSION,
AND TYPICAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC
MANEUVERS.
WE REALLY NEED COMMUNITY
CONTROL OVER THE POLICE NOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT SUN HENRY.
>> HELLO.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF A LOCAL
FILIPINO YOUTH AND STUDENT
ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE HERE TO SAY WE STAND
WITH OUR COMRADES AND
WHOLEHEARTEDLY STAND WITH
BANNING SPD TRAINING WITH
FOREIGN MILITARYS WHO ARE WELL
DOCUMENTED FOR THEIR VIOLATIONS
OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL
HUMANITARIAN LAW AND THE GENEVA
INTENTION.
UNLESS THEY ARE INTENDING TO
COMMIT WAR CRIMES THERE IS NO
REASON TO SEND THEM TO COUNTRYS
THAT ARE INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED AND CONDEMNED FOR
DOING SO WE ARE
CONFIDENT IT WILL BE REMEMBERED
WHO WAS ON THE RIGHT AND WRONG
SIDE OF THE STREET AND THE
DEADLY EXCHANGE FROM
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
BEFORE I CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER,
I WANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE
SEVERAL SPEAKERS SHOWING UP AS
NOT PRESENT SIGNED UP
PREVIOUSLY.
WE HAVE NASHAWN BURNS, AND
TRAVANNA WYLIE, NOT PRESENT ON
MY LIST.
AGAIN, IF YOU ARE LISTENING,
PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU
ARE CALLING IN THE RIGHT NUMBER
AND ID AND PASSWORD GIVEN IN
THE EMAIL CONFIRMATION AND
USING THE RIGHT NUMBER TO
REGISTER TO CALL IN FOR THAT
INFORMATION, AND IF YOU CALL
IN, I WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
YOUR ONE MINUTE.
OKAY.
AND NEXT UP.
AND YOU ARE MUTED.
MAKE SURE YOU PRESS STAR SIX TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
THERE YOU GO.
>> HI.
I AM A RESIDENT OF SEATTLE AND
A COURT ORGANIZER WITH
SEATTLE'S END THE DEADLY
EXCHANGE.
I'M CALLING TO URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT CB 120142 AND THREE
AMENDMENTS MADE BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TODAY.
AND IF DAN STRAUSS'S AMENDMENT
INCLUDES THE POLICE WITH
SECURITY AGENCIES WE ABSOLUTELY
STAND BY THIS AMENDMENT.
IF DAN CAN RE-CIRCULATE THIS.
WE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT.
IF NOT, WE WOULD LIKE TO
REMEANED YOU ALL THAT YOU
RECEIVED A LEGAL ANALYSIS BY
THE CENTER OF LEGAL RIGHTS THIS
MORNING AS A STANDARD FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS.
THIS STATUTE CREATED THE ICC.
SO IT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH
THE AMENDMENT MADE LAST WEEK.
PLEASE KRPT CB 120142.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS SONIA -- I'M SORRY.
WE JUST DID THAT.
NEXT MIRI AND CAROLYN HATHAWAY.
>> HI.
ON DEHALF OF THE ANTIDEFAMATION
LEAGUE WE STRONGLY OPPOSE CB
120142 WITH UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES.
MANY COUNTRIES WOULD BE
RESTRICTED IN PARTNERING WITH
SPD, AND THE TERM PARTNERSHIP
IS ILL DEFINE AND COULD
PROHIBIT SPD FROM EXTRADICTING
FOREIGN NATIONALS AND
COMMUNICATING WITH FOREIGN LAW
ENFORCEMENT ON PUBLIC SAFETY
MATTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OF
LOCAL EMBESTS AND SHARING
PRACTICES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE U.S. DOES NOT
RECOGNIZE THE INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL COURT CREATING A
SITUATION IN WHICH SEATTLE
WOULD RECOGNIZE THE
JURISDICTION AS AN
INTERNATIONAL BODY THAT THE
U.S. REJECTED.
WE HOPE OUR LEADERS, INCLUDING
LAW ENFORCEMENT, ARE
COLLABORATIVE AND OPEN MINDED
WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUES.
THIS ORDINANCE WOULD CUT
SEATTLE'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFF
AT A TIME OF NEEDED
COLLABORATION AND I WANT TO
NOTE IN A TIME OF HEIGHTENED
ANTI-SEMITISM AND BIGOTRY THAT
THE --
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
AND NEXT UP, CAROLYN HATHAWAY,
FOLLOWED BY KIMBERLY.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE PRESS
STAR SIX.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WAITING TO GET
INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU HAVE
TO HIT STAR SIX AFTER YOU HEAR
THE PROMPT THAT YOU WERE
UNMUTED.
CAROLYN, I AM SHOWING THAT YOU
ARE STILL MUTED.
PRESS STAR SIX AND HOPEFULLY,
WE WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
STILL UNABLE TO HEAR CAROLYN,
AND LET'S MIGHT HAVE ON TO
KIMBERLY AND CIRCLE BACK -- OH,
I THINK WE HAVE YOU.
>> YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW.
I AM CAROLYN HATHAWAY, AND I
WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE
REFER THE AMENDMENTS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT BACK TO
THE COMMITEE.
THESE AMENDMENTS ESSENTIALLY
CHANGED THE ORDINANCE AND THEY
DO REQUIRE DISCUSSION.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY WERE
AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING
UNTIL THIS MORNING.
WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS, THE CITY
OF SEATTLE FOREIGN POLICY IS
NOT JUST CONTRARY TO THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUT
CONFLICTS WITH THE UNITED
NATIONS ORDINANCE.
IT WIDENS THE APPLICATION TO
INCLUDE MANY MORE COUNTRIES
SUCH AS INDIA AND THE UNITED
STATES.
IT'S UNFAIR AND DANGEROUS TO
THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY.
EVIDENCE MAKE ITS CLEAR THAT
THE ORDINANCE HAS INCREASED
ANTI-SEMITISM LOCALLY AND OTHER
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
IT'S DISINGENUOUS -- PLEASE
VOTE NO OR REFER THE LAST
AMENDMENT BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS KIMBERLY FOLLOWED BY
ILEANA.
>> HI.
CAN YOU LAWYER ME?
-- LAWYER ME?
>> WE CAN.
>> I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
CB 120142 TO PREVENT SPD FROM
TRAINING WITH PROGRAMS THAT
VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS.
I AM SUPPORTING THIS ORDINANCE
BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE
NEGATIVE EFFECTS POLICE FORCES
HAVE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS IN OUR
COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T THINK
SEATTLE SHOULD HAVE RELATIONS
WITH ANY SOURCES THAT ARE
COMMITTING HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS.
SPD DOES PARTICIPATE IN
TRAINING PROGRAMS SUCH AS WITH
THE ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES AND
THEY ARE ENFORCING A BRUTAL
OCCUPATION THAT VIOLATES HUMAN
RIGHTS AND I HAVE WITNESSED
SOME OF THE VIOLENCE OF
PROTESTS AND MASS SURVEILLANCE.
SO I REALLY URGE THE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL AND PROTECT
HUMAN RIGHTS DOWN THE ROAD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP, ILEANA.
>> HI.
I'M FROM DISTRICT TWO AND I'M
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL
BILL 120142 WITH SEATTLE POLICE
TRAINING WITH ANY COUNTRY
GUILTY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS.
I'M A JEWISH RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE, AND I AM IN SUPPORT
OF THIS BILL AND URGING YOU TO
ACCEPT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT, AND SMALL CHANGES
THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
AND BE CLEAR AND COHERENT AND
ENFORCEABLE.
THE CRISIS IN MILITARY POLICING
IS TRUE ALL OVER THE U.S. AND
CONTINUES IN SEATTLE.
THIS BILL IS A COMMON SENSE AND
BARE MINIMUM POLICY GIVEN
SEATTLE'S COMMITMENT TO END
MILITARY POLICING.
THIS BILL WOULD ENSURE THAT THE
POLICE ARE NOT LEARNING THE
WORST PRACTICES FROM THE HUMAN
RIGHTS ABUSERS.
THIS BILL IS NOT ANTISEMITIC,
AND AS THE MINIMAL COMMENTARIES
HAVE CLAIMED.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN,
AND NEXT UP IS NATILLE FOLLOWED
BY STEPHANIE FOX.
YOU ARE STILL MUTED.
SO JUST PRESS STAR SIX TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOUR ACTUAL DEVICE IS NOT
MUTED.
>> THANK YOU.
SORRY.
HI.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO, AND I
AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCIL BILL 120142.
AND FROM MY TIME IN ISRAEL, I
WAS SPEAKING WITH A JEWISH-
ISRAELI CITIZEN ABOUT OUR
CULTURE AND HE SAID IN ISRAEL,
OUR POLICE CAN CONTAIN WITHOUT
FEAR OF BEING CRITICIZED.
HOW CAN YOU FEEL SAFE IN
AMERICAN IF POLICE ARE AFRAID
TO DO THE SAME WITH THE BLACK
COMMUNITY?
I ASSURED HIM THAT OUR FIGHT
FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IS A
NATIONAL ONE.
AND A REQUIRED COMMITMENT
PLAINLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
POLICE WORKING WITH GENOCIDAL
GOVERNMENTS MAKES US LESS SAFE,
AND I ASK FOR THE BILL TO BE
PASSED THAT NEEDS TO INCLUDE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT AND NOT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN,
AND NEXT UP, STEPHANIE FOX AND
PURCELL JOHNSON.
>> HI.
THIS IS STEPHANIE, AND I'M THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A JEWISH
MULTI-RACIAL INTERGENERATIONAL
MOVEMENT OF JEWS WITH HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS IN A
CHAPTER HERE AND I'M CALLING IN
VERY STRONG SUPPORT OF CB
12142.
AND IT WOULD STRENGTHEN THE
BILL MAKING FOR A STRONGER AND
MORE LEGALLY COHERENT POLICY.
OVER THE PAST WEEK I SPOKE WITH
A DOZEN RENOWNED EXPERTS OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW INCLUDING
MULTIPLE LAWYERS, AND WE ALL
AGREE THIS BILL AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT IS A STRONG BASELINE
FOLLOWS BEGIN WITH OUR
COMMITMENT TO ENDING THE
INDIGNITIYS AROUND THE WORLD.
LET'S BE VERY CLEAR, IT
ESTABLISHES ONLY A BARE MINIMUM
AND ADDRESS VIOLATIONS OF THE
GRAVEST CONCERN TO THE
COMMUNITY, GENOCIDE, WAR CRIMES
AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
AND NEXT UP, PURCELL JOHNSON,
AND THEN BENJAMIN DANIELSON.
>> MY NAME IS PURCELL JOHNSON,
AND I'M PRESIDENT OF CASTLE
INCORPORATED IN BELLEVUE,
WASHINGTON.
I SERVED WITH LENNY WILKENS AS
A ABSOLUTE IN THE U.S. ARMY AT
FORT LEE, VIRGINIA IN 1960.
BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENT TO
YOUNG PEOPLE AS AN ARMY
LIEUTENANT, LENNY WAS -- HAS
BEEN RECENTLY NOMINATED AND
ACCEPTED TO THE U.S. ARMY
QUARTER MASTER HALL OF FAME.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE
COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING LENNY
FOR ALL HE HAS DONE FOR THE
YOUTH OF SEATTLE.
LENNY'S DEVOTION TO THE YOUTH
HAS BEEN VERY SPECIAL, DONATING
FROM HIS FOUNDATION MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO ODESSA BROWN
CHILDREN'S CLINIC, FROM HIS
DAYS AS A PLAYER TO TODAY.
KUDOS TO YOU FOR YOUR
RECOGNIZE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING IN TODAY.
NEXT UP IS BENJAMIN DANIELSON
FOLLOWED BY ABBY BROOK.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS BEN DANIELSON.
AND I AM A PEDIATRICIAN FROM
THE ODESSA BROWN'S CLINIC, AND
I WANTED TO LIFT MY VOICE WITH
PURCELL AND OTHERS.
THAT'S WHO HE IS, THANKS TO THE
LESSONS OF HIS CHILDHOOD FROM
HIS MOTHER WHO TOLD HIM TO LET
HONESTY AND INTEGRITY TO DEFINE
HIS CHARACTER AND NEIGHBORS AND
RESIDENTS LIKE JACKIE ROBINSON
WHO SAID COMPLEMENT YOUR TALENT
WITH CHARACTER AND INTELLIGENCE
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND LENNY HAS WAY TOO MANY
ACCOLADES TO MENTION IN THIS
TIME FRAME BUT AS A COACH, THE
GIFTS AND HONORS HE RECEIVED
WERE MATCHED BY THE GIFTS AND
HONORS HE DID FOR OTHERS, AND
THAT'S WHAT HE DID FOR SEATTLE,
LIFTING UP THE FUTURE AND THE
YOUTH, THE GREATEST GIFT ANY
MUNICIPALITY CAN RECEIVE.
THE STREET WILL CARRY EVERYONE
FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
MOST WELL KNOWN AND UNSEEN, AND
COACH IS THAT WAY, TOO, I SAW
THAT WHEN A TEENAGER NEEDED
GUIDANCE.
IF IT WERE UP TO ME, WE WOULD
NAME THE WHOLE CITY AS HONOR,
I PICTURE THE STREET SIGNS WITH
HIS NAME ON THEM AND A STREET
GETTING US THAT MUCH CLOSER TO
THE FUTURE NO MATTER WHO YOU
ARE.
THANK YOU.
. >> THANK YOU FOR
CALLING IN, DR. DANIELSON.
AND NEXT UP, ABBY BROOK.
ABBY, I SHOW THAT YOU ARE ON
THE LINE.
I NEED TO YOU PRESS STAR SIX.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
OH, SORRY.
>> YEAH, GO AHEAD.
>> HI.
I AM ABBY BROOK.
I AM A JEWISH RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT 3 AND SPEAKING IN
SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILL 120142
TO DEFUND AND DE-MILITARIZE THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS
SIMPLE.
AND SPD SHOULD NOT BE TRAINING
WITH ANY COUNTRIES HAVE HAVE
COMMITTED WAR CRIMES.
WE MUST VOTE IN SUPPORT OF CB
120142 OR ANY BILL THAT BANS
MILITARY TRAINING WITH COUNTRYS
THAT VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
AND NEXT UP FAZUR AND MICHAEL
MALEE IS NOT PRESENT.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO MATT, BUT
FIRST, FAZUR.
>> HELLO.
I
I AM A JEWISH RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE AND SEEK TO SUPPORT
AMENDMENT 120142 BECAUSE IT
HELPS TO PREVENT FUTURE
COOPERATION OF VIOLATORS OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
AS A JEW WITH FAMILY MEMBERS IN
ISRAEL AND EDUCATED IN ISRAEL,
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY --
IT'S FULLY COMPLIANT WITH
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND
RECOGNIZES THE JURISDICTIONAL
AUTHORITY AND IT'S NOT ANTII
ANTI--ANTISEMITIC IN ANY WAY
DESPITE THAT THEY MAY WANT TO
TO BE UPHELD AS THE UNITED
STATES AND ISRAEL VEERED AWAY
BUT THEY ARE NOT --
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY, AND NEXT UP, NINA.
>> NINA, JUST PRESS STAR SIX SO
THAT WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> HI, THIS IS PLANE TOA.
I AM A JEWISH PRESS DENT OF
DISTRICT SIX AND SPEAKING IN
SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILL 120142,
AND OF COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT, AND THIS AMENDMENT
IS ACTUALLY IN LINE WITH
HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT IN PUBLIC
SAFETY FOR THE BASES FOR
HUMANITARIAN LAW, AND
ACCORDING TO AN INTERNATIONAL
LAW EXPERT, THE AMENDMENT MAKES
THE LEGISLATION IN STRONGER
ALIGNMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL
LAW AND MUST BE ADOPTED.
THIS BILL IS COMMON SENSE AND
WE DO NOT NEED THE SPD TRAINING
WITH ANY FOREIGN MILITARY AND
POLICE FORCES THAT ARE
VIOLATING OR WITH ANY COUNTRY
THAT IS VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL
LAW.
THIS IS LOGICAL FOR POLICE AND
HUMAN RIGHTS IN SEATTLE.
. >> THANK YOU FOR
CALLING IN.
NEXT UP.
.
>> HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS.
I LIVE IN BEACON HILL AND WORK
IN THE DIRECT AND I AM A BLACK
LIVES MATTER ORGANIZER.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S AMENDMENT AND THANK
YOU TO COUNCILMEMBERS MORALES
AND MOSQUEDA FOR COSPONSORING
AND THANK YOU TO THE ACTIVITIES
WORKING TO END THE DEADLY
EXCHANGE AND DSA FOR HELPING TO
FIGHT THIS BATTLE.
LAST YEAR A HISTORIC PROTEST
PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THE RULES OF
POLICE AND EXPLOITATIVE
CAPITALISM.
IN SEATTLE'S OWN CITY, THANKS
TO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, POLICE
WERE TEMPORARILY BANNED FROM
USING SUCH TACTICS ON
PROTESTERS.
FOR EIGHT YEARS, SPD SENT
OFFICERS TO ISRAEL TO TRAIN
WITH THE INDUSTRIALLY
GOVERNMENT AND CURRENTLY
COMMITTING HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE PEOPLE.
AND SPD SENT 11 PEOPLE, AND WE
DON'T NEED SPD TO LEARN THE
APARTHEID TACTICS THAT --
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS SUSAN KOPELMAN
FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH NASAKI.
>> I AM SUSAN KOPEL MAN.
COUNCIL BILL 120142 AND THE
THREE AMENDMENTS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
SAWANT'S AMENDMENTS ONE AND
THREE MERELY DELETE A WORD AND
ADD A FEW PHRASES BUT THESE
SMALL CHANGES WILL MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN THE LEGISLATION
BEING LEGALLY CLEAR AND
COHERENT AND ENFORCEABLE.
HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT PASSED ON
TUESDAY DOES GOOD THINGS AND
SETS THE ICC AS THE STANDARD OF
HUMAN RIGHTS TO DETERMINE SPD
TRAINING PARTNERS.
IT'S A NO BRAINER AND MAKES
PERFECT SENSE TO ADD THE TREATY
THAT CREATED THE ICC TO THE
LIST OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
IN THE BILL THAT PASSED OUT OF
COMMUNICATION.
WITH THE RATIFICATION OF THE
TREATIES ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL
RIGHTS, RATIFICATION OF THE
STATUTE THAT CREATED THE ICC A
SIMPLE AND EASILY VERIFIABLE
CRITERIA.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN,
AND NEXT UP, DEBORAH AND
FOLLOWED BY KELLY JOHNSON.
>> HI.
I AM A JEWISH RESIDENT IN
DISTRICT TWO.
MY FAMILY IS FROM NORTHEASTERN
EUROPE AND IRAN, AND MY FAMILY
HAD TO IMMIGRATE TO THE U.S. OR
ISRAEL DUE TO PERSECUTION OR
THREAT OF PERSECUTION.
I AM CALLING TO SPEAK AND URGE
YOU TO PASS 120142 TO PREVENT
SPD FROM TRAINING WITH
COUNTRIES THAT VIOLATE HUMAN
RIGHTS AND WORKING ON MAKING
THE COMMUNITIES OF SEATTLE MORE
SAFE, AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE
SENDING MEMBERS OF SPD TO TRAIN
WITH THE MILITARY AND POLICE
FORCES THAT ARE VIOLATING HUMAN
RIGHTS INTACTICS AND PRACTICES.
SERIOUS AND THOUGHTFUL AND
MEANING COMMITMENT IN
COMMUNITIES BRING US ALL
SAFETY.
AND I SUPPORT IF YOU FOR DOING
THE SAME THING.
>> THANK YOU.
AND NEXT UP, KELLY JOHNSON,
AND I AM SHOWING THAT SEANY IS
NOT PRESENT, AND THEN WE WILL
HEAR FROM JADE.
OKAY.
STAR SIX.
>> HI.
I'M KELLY JOHNSON.
I'M A JEWISH RESIDENT IN
DISTRICT 2 AND CALLING TO
CAPTAIN BILL 1201 FROOVMENT AND
PASSING THIS BILL WILL ENSURE
THE RESPECT AND DIGNITY OF ALL
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER
AGAIN THE CRISIS OF MILITARIZED
POLICING IN THE U.S. AND HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATORS ARE NOT
REPRESENTATIVE OF BEST
PRACTICES.
THIS IS COMMON SENSE, AND WE
SHOULD NOT BE COLLABORATING
WITH THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR
FORM,
AND THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO PASS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT AS IT MAKES THE
POLICY THE STRONGEST AND MOST
COHERENT.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TOPAZ THIS
BILL AND DEMONSTRATE YOUR
COMMITMENT TO THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY AND NOT SUPPORT
MILITARY POLICING.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY, AND NEXT UP, WE HAVE
CRICKET KEATING AND JADE
STRAUSS.
>> I AM CRICKET KEATING.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO, AND I'M
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL
120142.
I URGE THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO
PLEASE PASS THIS BILL.
IT'S AN EASY WAY FOR THE CITY
TO DEMONSTRATE REPORT FOR THE
HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF ALL
PEOPLE, AND IT'S COMMON SENSE
AS WELL.
SPD SHOULD NEVER TRAIN WITH THE
MILITARY AND POLICE FORCES IN
COUNTRYS THAT VIOLATE HUMAN
RIGHTS.
PLEASE PASS THIS BILL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
AND NEXT UP IS JADE FOLLOWED BY
LINDA.
>> HI, MY NAME IS JADE AND I'M
CALLING FROM THE CENTRAL
DESCRAICT IN SUPPORT OF BILL
120140.
WE NEED TO STOP THE BILL TO
STOP THE RACIST VIOLENCE OF
COLONIALISM.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE WOULD ALLOW
THE POLICE TO TRAIN IN A LAND
THAT IS ROOTED OF VIOLATING
HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THIS
BILL THAT -- THIS BILL WILL SET
A PRECEDENT ALONG WITH THE
AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, AND IT CAN BE HELD AS
A MODEL TO MORE CITIES ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE
SEEKING SIMILAR REGARD TO
TRAINING WITH THE MILITARY.
I YIELD MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY AND NEXT UP IS LINDA
FELZ, R.
>> LINDA FELZER SUPPORTING BILL
120142.
THIS BILL WILL RAISE THE SYSTEM
AND CRITERIA TO TARGET ISRAEL
DESPITE CLAIMS TO THE CONTRARY.
DEADLY EXCHANGE IS A MADE-UP
CONSPIRACY THEORY, WHITEWASHING
THE HISTORY OF U.S. RACISM AND
SCAPEGOATING ISRAEL FOR
EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE.
READ THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN
IRAQUI COUNTRIES.
LET'S HEAR SOME BALANCED
REPORTING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
AND NEXT UP IS -- PARDON, BUT
THIS LIST IS RATHER BUSY.
MY APOLOGIES, COLLEAGUES, AS I
FILTER THROUGH THIS.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RANDY, AND
I AM SHOWING JIM IS REGISTERED
BUT NOT PRESENT.
SO THEN WE WILL MOVE TO RANDY
WILKENS.
SO NEXT UP IS RANDY.
STAR SIX.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE NO ON
COUNCIL BILL 120142.
THIS MISGUIDED ORDINANCE IS
BASED ON A FALSE NARRATIVE THAT
TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ACCEPTED
AS TRUE.
THE NARRATIVE BLAMES THE
CENTURIES OLD ISSUE OF POLICE
BRUTALITY AND RACISM IN
AMERICAN ON POLICE EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS BETWEEN AMERICAN LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND IF WE'RE BEING
HONEST, ONLY ONE OTHER COUNTRY
IS BLAMED.
AND THAT'S ISRAEL.
THERE WAS ZERO SPD TRAINING IN
ISRAEL SINCE 2015 AND NO PLANS
TO CONNECT ANY, THIS ORDINANCE
WASTES VALUABLE TIME SOLVING A
NON-EXISTENT PROBLEM AND
CREATING A HOST OF NEW PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES.
THE ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT
WOULD FURTHER JEOPARDIZE PUBLIC
SAFETY, LIMITING THE ABILITY OF
SPD TO COORDINATE WITH FOREIGN
POLICE AGENTS ON IMPORTANT
ISSUES LIKE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
OR COORDINATING COMPUTER FOR
FOREIGN LEADER WHO MAY WISH TO
VISIT SEATTLE.
AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE REAL
PRESSING ISSUES, PLEASE OPPOSE
THIS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS RANDY WILKENS AND
THEN MELVIN PENDER.
>> YES, HELLO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS RANDY WILKENS CALLING
ON BEHALF OF THE LENNY WILKENS
STREET NAMING.
ON BEHALF OF THE WILKENS
FAMILY, MY MOTHER MARILYN AND
SISTER ALICIA AND JAMIE, WE ARE
HONORED THAT MY FATHER'S WORK
HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR MORE
THAN 50 YEARS.
WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO BE
HONORED IN SUCH A WAY.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD BACK MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING IN TODAY.
I AM SHOWING THAT NEXT IS
MELVIN PENDER,
AND DEBBIE PENDER IS SIGNED UP
BUT SHOWING UP AS NOT PRESENT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM
MELVIN.
JUST PRESS STAR SIX SO WE CAN
HEAR YOU.
THERE YOU GO.
GO AHEAD.
>> MELVIN, YOU SHOULD BE
UNMUTED AND MAKE SURE YOUR
ACTUAL DEVICE IS UNMUTED.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YEP.
THERE YOU GO.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, YES, WE CAN.
>> MY NAME IS DR. MEL PENDER.
I'M A TWO-TIME OLYMPIAN AND
RETIRED DISABLED VIETNAM VET.
I WAS ABLE TO GET A JOB DURING
THE TIME THAT LENNY WAS
COACHING IN ATLANTA.
AND HE WAS VERY BUSY IN THE
COMMUNITY HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE.
HE IS ONE OF THE TOP COACHES
THAT I EVER MET, AND ALSO, I
WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHEN I WAS IN
VIETNAM, I FOLLOWED HIS CAREER.
AND WHILE IN ATLANTA, HE SHOWED
A LOT OF LOVE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
HE WAS ONE OF THE TOP COACHES
AND TOP BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN
THE HISTORY OF THE GAME.
I HEARD SOMEONE SAY IT SHOULD
NOT BE NAMED ONE STREET BUT
EVERY STREET IN SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
GREAT HONOR FOR LENNY WILKENS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS --
>> YES.
>> SIGNED UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
COMMENT AND PUBLIC HEARING AND
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING
WHEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
OPTIONS.
SO LET'S GET WE IN, AND WHEN
YOU ARE READY, PRESS STAR SIX,
AND AGAIN, FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
COMMENT, AND COMMENTS ABOUT
THE LAND USE LEGISLATION, WE
WILL HAVE TO ASK FOR TO YOU
HOLD ON THE COMMENTS FOR THAT.
BUT FOR NOW, YOU CAN MAKE
GENERAL COMMENTS IN THIS
GENERAL COMMENT HEARING.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
>> COOL.
THANK YOU.
AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
SIX AND CALLING TO ENSURE THAT
DAN STRAUSS'S SUPPORT ON CB
120142 TO ENSURE THAT THE
POLICY IS STRONGEST AND MOST
COHERENT AND SERVE THE GENERAL
PUBLIC AS IT PROMISED TO SERVE.
AS YOU SIT HERE YOU HAVE THE
CHANCE TO MAKE HISTORY IN
ACROSS THE NATION IN ADOPTING A
POLICY THAT IS LONG OVERDUE.
IT'S COMMON SENSE THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD NOT BE
TRAINING WITH MILITARY POLICES
AND OTHER SURVEILLANCES AND
SECURITY FORCES OF COUNTRIES
WITH GRAVE VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS.
NOW YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DE-
MILITARIZE THE POLICE AND I'M
ASKING YOU TO BE ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE HISTORY AND PASS ON
COUNCIL BILL 120142 WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN,
AND I WILL CALL INTO THE ROOM
SAMIR.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN AN ACCIDENTAL SIGN UP FOR
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT BUT
DESIROUS TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT
ON OTHER MATTERS, AND LET'S
PULL UP COMMENTER NUMBER 56.
GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR SIX,
AND WE'LL UNMUTE YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY
CALL.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
SEVEN, AND I AM CALLING IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF CB 120142 TO
STOP SPD FROM TRAINING WITH
COUNTRIES WITH VIOLATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
THIS IS INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND
PASSING THIS BILL IS A WAY TO
ENSURE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY
FOR ALL PEOPLE.
IT'S COMMON SENSE AND NO REASON
THAT SPD OR ANY POLICE FOR THAT
MATTER SHOULD BE TRAINING WITH
MILITARY, POLICE OR SECURITY
FORCES THAT HAVE BEEN
DOCUMENTED WITH GRAVE
VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND
STRONGLY URGE THE ADOPTION OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT.
MAKING IT MOST COHERENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, AND I WILL DO ONE
QUICK SCAN.
COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE, AND THERE WERE
OPTIONS TO SIGN UP TODAY, AND I
THINK PEOPLE WERE A LITTLE
CONFUSED WITH THE LAND BILL AND
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND --
AND WITH THE AMENDMENT BY
COUNCILMEMBER IS A WASN'T, AND
THE LAND USE BILL, YOU WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT
ON THAT BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT ON
PUBLIC COMMENT.
I AM DOING A QUICK SCAN HERE
JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK.
OKAY.
I HAVE SOMEONE WHO CALLED IN
WHO IS ACTUALLY WANTING TO CALL
IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION TO
LENNY WILKENS.
THAT'S CALLER NUMBER 41, AND
THAT'S GEORGE NORCROSS.
GEORGE, WHY DON'T WE BRING YOU
INTO THE ROOM AND GIVE YOU YOUR
ONE MINUTE?
GO AHEAD, GEORGE.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GEORGE, I THOUGHT WE CAN HEAR
YOU A SECOND AGO.
NOW WE CAN'T.
MAKE SURE YOUR DEVICE IS
UNMUTED.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> WE CAN.
GO AHEAD, GEORGE.
>> OKAY.
I HAVE BEEN PLEASED TO HAVE
LENNY WILKENS AS A VERY CLOSE
FRIEND AND EXTENDED FAMILY
MEMBER FOR 40 YEARS.
HE IS A GRACIOUS AND INSPIRING
MAN WHO WAS RECOGNIZED
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS ONE OF
THE GREATEST ATHLETES, COACHES,
HUMANITARIANS, AMBASSADOR, AND
ADVOCATES IF CHILDREN, AND HE
HAD THE COMMUNITY TO MEET
NELSON MANDELA, DESMOND TUTU,
GRACE KELLY, DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JACKIE ROBINSON, AND
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, FIRST
LADY MICHELLE OBAMA, PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN AND FIRST LADY JILL
BIDEN AND MUHAMMAD ALI AND
OTHERS THROUGH HIS LIFE AND
GUIDED BY HIS MOTHER
HENRIETTA'S WORDS, YOUR HONESTY
AND INTEGRITY DEFINE YOUR
CHRACTER.
THOSE WHO KNOW LENNY KNOW HIM
AS A SPIRITUAL MAN AND HIS LIFE
ASPIRATIONS SURROUND HIS
DEDICATION TO HIS WIFE AND
THREE CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN, AND HE NEVER
QUITS OR GETS DISCOURAGED.
HE HAS AN INNATE PASSION TO
HELP THE LESS FORTUNATE.
THANK YOU FOR DESIGNATING LENNY
WILKENS WAY FOR LENNY WILKENS.
GOD BLESS HIM AND YOU THE
COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING IN AND THE WONDERFUL
REMARKS.
OKAY.
WE HAVE NEXT, IT LOOKS LIKE
SHAWNY ZUNIGA IS WITH US, AND
LET'S GIVE SHAWNY THEIR MINUTE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS
A JEWISH SEATTLE RESIDENT,
AND I AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO
VOTE NO ON COUNCIL BILL 120142
TO PROHIBIT SPD TRAINING WITH
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.
IT DISCREDITS RACISM IN OUR
POLICING SOLUTION BUT PROHIBIT
US FROM WORKING WITH COUNTRIES
ON VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES SUCH
AS THE COOPERATION WITH THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
SEX TRAFFICKING.
AS A WOMAN AND FOR THAT REASON
ALONE, I AM STRUGGLING TO
BELIEVE THIS LEGISLATION EVEN
BEING CONSIDERED.
PLEASE VOTE NEW ON THIS
LEGISLATION.
IT WILL NOT FIX THE DEEP-ROOTED
PROBLEMS IN OUR SYSTEM OF
POLICING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING IN TODAY, AND WE ARE
GOING TO DO ONE LAST SCAN HERE.
I THINK WE HAVE MADE IT TO OUR
HOUR, AND ALSO THROUGH
EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK
ON MATTERS OF GENERAL PUBLIC
COMMENT.
JUST CHECKING IN WITH OUR I.T
FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO
ONE IN THE ROOM FOR GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND FOLKS,
LET'S GO AHEAD AND END OUR
PERIOD OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND GO
AHEAD AND GO TO OTHER ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA WHICH IS THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL
120142.
AND WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE RIDE
THE TITLE.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120157.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON
PROPERTIES OWNED OR CONTROLLED
BY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS,
MODIFYING AFFORDABILITY
REQUIREMENTS ADOPTED IN
ORDINANCE 126384 AND MENDING
SECTION 234-2055 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE AND SECTION 10
OF ORDINANCE 126384.
>> AND TECHNOLOGY IS NOT OUR
FRIEND, AND COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS IS NOT WITH US -- OKAY,
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
NOW WITH US, AND COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WILL PROVIDE US WITH
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BEFORE WE
HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE
HAVE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE
REGISTERED TO MAKE PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO MUCH,
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, OVER
TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ AND
APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY
ISSUES THAT WE EXPERIENCED.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
COUNCIL BILL 120157 IS BEFORE
US AND MAKES CHANGES TO BILL
120-0881 THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSED ON JUNE 28 AND INIES
ACROSSED THE AFFORDABLE
REQUIREMENTS FROM 80 PERCENT
AMI TO 80 PERCENT AMI.
120881 ALLOWED LARGER BUILDINGS
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS ON SITE OWNED OR
CONTROLLED BY RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTION.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS
AFFORDABLE TO 80 PERCENT AMI AS
DID THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF
120157 THAT WAS TRANSMITTED TO
COUNCIL, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THE
AMENDMENT AND LOWERED THE AMI
REQUIREMENTS TO 60 PERCENT AND
DECIDED AGAINST AND REJECTED
THAT AMENDMENT AFTER HEARING
FROM STAKEHOLDERS.
THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE
SIMILAR AMENDMENT AND LOWERED
THE REQUIREMENTS TO 60 PERCENT
AMI MAKING SEATTLE'S LAW MORE
RESTRICTIVE TO THE STATE LAW.
MY OFFICE AND OTHERS WERE
CONNECTED BY CHURCHES AND OTHER
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
EXPRESSING DEEP CONCERNS WITH
THE AMENDMENT WHICH WORKS -- IT
INCLUDES THE NEHEMIAH
INITIATIVE THAT WORKS WITH
HISTORICALLY BLACK CHURCHES IN
THE AREA AND SAVE THE CHURCHES.
AND THIS ENSURED THAT THE 60
PERCENT AMI REQUIREMENT
THREATENED THE VIABILITY OF THE
CHURCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECT MEANING THAT WE WOULD
USE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNDER THIS ORDINANCE, AND I
HEARD THAT CHURCHES PLANNED TO
USE THIS ORDINANCE IN WAYS THAT
IS MORE BROAD THAN THE CITY
COUNCIL DISCUSSED DURING FULL
COUNCIL.
AND CHURCHES MAY WISH TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO ALLOW
RESIDENTS TO RETURN TO
COMMUNITIES THEY WERE ALREADY
DISPLACED FROM.
AND SOME OF THESE MAY NOT
QUALIFY FOR 60 PERCENT AMI AND
THEY HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.
I DON'T THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO
MICROMANAGE HOW THE
ORGANIZATIONS BEST SERVE THEIR
CONGREGATION.
AND FINALLY, I WAS REMINDED OF
THE GREAT IMPORTANCE OF THE
BLACK CHURCH AS MORE THAN JUST
A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION.
IT'S SEEN, AS THE LARGEST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINANCIAL,
EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL SPIRITUAL
SERVICE PROVIDER AND THE
LARGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN
LANDOWNER, PERIOD, AND HE
ADDED MUCH MORE, AND I KNOW
MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL BE
SPEAKING DURING THE PUBLIC
HEARING TODAY AND I WILL END
WITH THIS, NOTING THAT THE
LEGISLATION WILL MEND THE
PREVIOUS COUNCIL BILL TO
PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO
CHURCHES TO SERVE THEIR
CONGREGATION AND BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MAINTAIN
THEMSELVES FINANCIALLY TO TON
-- CONTINUE TO SERVE THEIR
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, INFORMATION FOR THE
PUBLIC AND US COUNCILMEMBERS.
AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I AM
OPENING THE GUNNEL COUNCIL, AND
I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS IN THE
ORDER OF REGISTRATION.
THE ON-LINE REGISTRATION WILL
REMAIN OPEN UNTIL THE
CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
THE SAME RULES THAT APPLIED TO
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE
APPLIED TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PROVIDED
UP TO TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS
THE COUNCIL, AND SPEAKERS WILL
HEAR A CHIME WHEN THEY ONLY
HAVE 10 SECONDS LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED
AT THE END OF YOUR ALLOTTED
TIME.
AGAIN YOU HAVE TO PRESS STAR
SIX AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT
THAT YOU ARE MUTED.
SORRY, FOLKS.
I AM EXPERIENCING INTERNET
INSTABILITY.
I WILL TURN MY CAMERA OFF, AND
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS SECTION
IS ONLY RELATED TO THE COUNCIL
BILL JUST DESCRIBED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE BILL
RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ON PROPERTY OWNED OR CONTROLLED
BY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND
CALL ON FOLKS THAT PRESENT AND
SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS
SUBJECT MATTER.
KRISTEN SMITH FOLLOWED BY
DONALD KING.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE AND I AM
ON STAFF AT THE AMERICAN
INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, AND I
AM SPEAKING AHEAD OF THE FELLOW
OF THE AIA AND SUPPORT COUNCIL
BILL 120157 AND APPRECIATE THE
COUNCIL'S WILLINGNESS TO TAKE A
SECOND LOOK.
WE IDENTIFY POLICY CHANGES THAT
MAKE DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR
INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO
COMBAT THE RISK OF DISPLACEMENT
AND ADJUSTING THIS LEGISLATION
TO MAKE IT ACHIEVABLE FOR BLACK
CHURCHES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROGRAM WITHOUT GIVING UP
CONTROL TO DEVELOPERS IS
EXAMPLE OF THIS POLICY
ADJUSTMENT AND SUPPORTS THE
CITY'S COMMITMENT TO RACIAL
EQUALITY.
AND WHILE PROGRAMS ARE
ESSENTIAL AND NEEDED TO ACHIEVE
ADDITIONAL CITY GOALS WE NEED
THE GOALS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED
AND ASK YOU TO SUPPORT COUNCIL
BILL 120157.
>> THANK YOU, AND NEXT UP
DONALD KING FOLLOWED BY JOEY
LOPEZ.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS IS DONE TO ALD KING.
I AM PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
NEHEMIAH --
>> AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO PRESS --
WE ARE ALL HAVING -- LET'S
START THE CLOCK OVER AGAIN.
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN
EXTRA MONDAY.
YOU HAVE THE FULL TWO MINUTES.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM DONALD KING AND PRESIDENT
AND CEO OF THE NEHEMIAH
INITIATIVE, AND IT'S THE
INITIATIVE TO ONE, SAFETY
HISTORICALLY BLACK CHURCHES AND
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK CHURCHES OF
CENTRAL SEATTLE.
AS PART OF THAT MISSION WE HAVE
TWO OBJECTIVES IN MIND.
ONE IS TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ON UNDER UTILIZED
PROPERTIES OF THE CHURCHES
WHICH IS QUITE ABUNDANT.
AND THE SECOND IS TO PROVIDE
THE CHURCH WITH INCOME FROM THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE PROPERTIES
FOR THE CHURCHES TO SURVIVE.
SO THE CHURCHES CAN CONTINUE TO
DO GOOD BUT ALSO DOING WELL
FINANCIALLY.
WE ARE SUPPORTING OF THE
PASSAGE OF CB 120157 BECAUSE IT
CORRECTS A PREVIOUSLY PASSED
BILL, AN ORDINANCE, 120081,
THAT WAS FLAWED.
IT HAD A LATE AMENDMENT ADDED
TO IT THAT REQUIRED AN ELIGIBLE
OF 60 PERCENT AREA MEDIUM
INCOME WHICH DOES NOT
PARTICULARLY WORK FOR OUR BLACK
CHURCHES.
WE APPLAUD THOSE THAT WORK IN
THE LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME
HOUSING PROVISION MARKET BUT
WITH THE OBJECTIVE THAT I JUST
TOLD YOU ABOUT AND THE SECOND
OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE THE BLACK
CHURCHES STRONGER THROUGH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR HOUSING, A
THRESHOLD OF 60 PERCENT OR A
LIMIT OF 60 PERCENT AMI DOES
NOT FINANCIALLY WORK FOR THAT
OBJECTIVE.
SO I AM URGING YOU TO PASS THIS
ORDINANCE TO PASS THIS BILL
INTO ORDINANCE, 120157.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
NEXT UP, JOEY LOPEZ AND
FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN MORITZ.
>> MY NAME IS JOEY LOPEZ, A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEAK
TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL
IN ORDINANCE 120157 TO MODIFY
THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS
ADOPTED IN THE PAST ORDINANCE
THAT RELATES TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ON PROPERTIES OWNED AND
CONTROLLED BY RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH
COUNCIL OF GREATER SEATTLE IS
COMMITTED TO MAKING
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE FOR
LIBERATION AND JUSTICE MUCH
LIKE THE NEHEMIAH INITIATIVE.
WE FACILITATE A NETWORK OF
CONGREGATIONS THROUGH THE SAVE
LAND INITIATIVE AND TRAIN AND
DEVELOPMENT LEADERS TO
CULTIVATE DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS
IN THE CONGREGATION AND
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE
STEWARDSHIP OF THE OWNED LAND
AND TAKE ACTION BY PRACTICING
STEWARDSHIP AND ENGAGING
LAWMAKERS AND ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
AS WE WORK AND LEGISLATE THE
TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY, WE HAVE
TO REALIZE THE PEOPLE IMPACTED.
THERE ARE FAMILIES -- FAMILIES
ARE WHAT WILL REVERSE THE
IMPACT OF PLACEMENT LIKE THE
CITY'S HISTORY OF URBAN
RENEWAL.
80 PERCENT OF AMI FOR A 3-
BEDROOM UNIT IS $2,225.
AND THE REALITY IS HOUSING IS
ALMOST NON-EXISTENT AT THIS
COST OR LOWER.
YOU MUST BE MINDFUL OF THE LONG-
TERM IMPACT PROVIDING SPACE FOR
THE RETURN OF THE DISPLACED
BLACK RENTERS IN A WAY THAT
DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO RACIAL
SEGREGATION.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE THE PASSAGE
OF CB 120157.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN,
AND NEXT UP, BENJAMIN MORITZ,
AND AFTER BENJAMIN, ALICIA
RUIZ.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS BENJAMIN MORITZ.
I'M A HOUSING DEVELOPER IN
SEATTLE.
I AM HERE TO ANSWER THE
SPECIFIC QUESTION WHICH IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 80 PERCENT
AMI AND 80 PERCENT AMI.
IT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MANY
HOMES AND NO HOMES.
FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, IT'S A
DIFFERENCE OF EARN 63 THERE000
AND 83 $83 83 83,000 A YEAR,
AND THE DIFFERENCE FOR A
DEVELOPER OF $6100 AND $2100 A
MONTH FOR HOUSING.
IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
BEING ABLE TO PAY OFF YOUR
CONSTRUCTION LOANS AND NOT
BEING ABLE TO DO SO.
IF YOU CAN PAY OFF A LOAN AND
YOU ARE A CHURCH, THERE IS A
BIT OF MONEY LEFT OVER TO KEEP
YOUR COMMUNITY GOING.
NOT EVERYONE NEEDS TO FUND
THEIR OPERATIONS.
NON-PROFITS HAVE ACCESSED THE
FEDERAL TAX CREDITS AND
SUBSIDIES AND DEFINE 60 PERCENT
AMI,
AND THEY SHOULD.
BUT NO ONE, NOT EVEN A CHURCH
WITH A MODEST PROSPECT SHOULD
BUILD WITH 60 PERCENT AMI IN
SEATTLE.
WE CAN OFFER THEM A CHANCE TO
REVITALIZE THEMSELVES THROUGH
HOUSING AND DO SO ON THEIR OWN
WITHOUT SUBSIDIES.
WITH THAT YOU MUST BE ABLE TO
BUILD 80 PERCENT AMI.
PLEASE APPROVE THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING IN TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ALICIA RUIZ FOLLOWED
BY GARY TYSON.
>> HI.
I AM ALICIA RUIZ.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
MASTER BUILDER'S ASSOCIATION IN
KING AND SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND
NEARLY 3000 MEMBERS, AND WE
STAND IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE
AMENDED VERSION OF COUNCIL BILL
1201 PINE 120159 THAT REQUIRES
THAT IS IT SERVES HOUSEHOLDSA
THE AVERAGE OF 80 PERCENT AMI
AS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD
FOR RACIAL EQUALITY AND PROVIDE
SEPARATELY NEEDED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING
IN.
NEXT UP IS GARY TYSON, AND
THEN THE LAST PERSON WE HAVE.
AND I AM LOOKING FOR GARY TYSON
-- I'M SORRY.
I JUST CALLED ON HIM.
WE STILL HAVE SPEAKER 50?
THERE WE GO.
JUST PRESS STAR SIX AND WE'LL
BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
GARY, IF YOU'RE WITH US, WE
JUST NEED TO YOU PRESS STAR SIX
ON YOUR END, AND THEN WE WILL
BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
I AM NOT HEARING THE CALLER.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
BARBARA WILSON.
WHO IS NUMBER 58 ON OUR LIST.
.
>> I'M BARBARA WILSON SPEAKING
IN FAVOR OF 120157 INCREASING
THE PERMISSIBLE AMI TO 80
PERCENT WOULD MAKE IT
FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE FOR
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS WITH
LESS LAND TO BUILD MISSING
MIDDLE HOUSING AT VIRTUALLY NO
COST TO THE CITY.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD EXIST
BECAUSE OF A DEDICATED GROUP OF
HISTORICAL BLACK CHURCHES
ADVOCATED FOR A STATE LAW FOR
BUILDING ON RELIGIOUS PROPERTY.
EXPLORING BUILDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AT 60 PERCENT AMI ON
OUR PROPERTY.
WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE A
VERY LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY
BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW THE
PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WILL BE REDUCED IN VALUE BY
HALF.
THE REALITY IS LIMITING THE
DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TO 60 PERCENT AMI AND
BELOW REDUCES THE LAND VALUE SO
MUCH IT FINANCIALLY PROHIBITS
FOR THE VERY PEOPLE THAT
BROUGHT SEATTLE ONE SOLUTION TO
INCREASE MUCH-NEEDED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, THE BLAST HISTORIC
CHURCHES.
IF YOU WISH TO SUPPORT THE
BLACK COMMUNITY IN THEIR
HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOODS,
PLEASE PASS 120157.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
OKAY.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS GARY TYSON.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET GARY
UNMUTED AND AVAILABLE TO GIVE
US HIS COMMENTS.
IF YOU CAN PRESS STAR SIX THEN
WE WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
OKAY.
I AM STILL NOT ABLE TO HEAR
GARY.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
SOMETIMES, THE ZOOM FEATURES
DON'T WORK AS WELL AS WE WOULD
LIKE THEM TO.
I URGE YOU TO EMAIL YOUR
COMMENTS AND I AM SORRY.
YOU WAITED THIS LONG TO GET ON
THE LINE, BUT I AM GOING TO
CLOSE OUT THE PERIOD OF PUBLIC
DEMENTS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON THE
AGENDA, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS
THE LAST SPEAKER, REMOTELY
PRESENT TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC
HEARING AND THIS BILL IS
SCHEDULED FOR A VOTE AT THE
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 COUNCIL
MEETING, AND THE COUNCIL IS
ACCEPTING COMMENTS AT COUNCIL
@SEATTLE.GOV.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120179.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I MOVE
TO PASS COUNCIL BILE 120179.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> IT WAS MOVED TO SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
GO AHEAD MARKS DAM CLERK.
YOU CAN CALL THE ROLL.
>>
IT COULD JUST BE ME BUT I AM
NOT HEARING THE ROLL CALL.
>> THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
IF YOU CAN WAIT JUST A QUICK
SUCCESSION.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE PAUSE HERE.
>> NO WORRIES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE MEMBER PASSES.
AND MOVE ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO
THE RECORD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND MOVING TO
CONFIRM PAYMENT 2024.
>> YES.
>> AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
ADDRESS IT FIRST BEFORE OPENING
THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS IF ANY.
AND LEAGUES, THIS IS AN
APPOINTMENT TO THE FAMILY
EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AND LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
IT'S A MAYORAL COMMITMENT, AND
THEY HAVE WORKED EXTENSIVELY TO
KEEP THEM ON TRACK AND MOST
RECENTLY WITH THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY.
HE BRINGS A DEDICATION TO
BRINGING SYSTEMS AND I AM GLAD
TO SUPPORT HIS APPOINTMENT TO
THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
APPOINTMENT?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> JUDGES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED, AND WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE ITEM NUMBER TWO.
>> 2033, THE REAPPOINTMENT OF
DAVID G JONES FOR THE
AUDITOR,'S TERM OF SEPTEMBER
13, 2025.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, AS
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, I WILL
PROVIDE THE REPORT AND OPEN THE
FLOOR TO COMMENT.
BEFORE US IS THE REASSIGNMENT
OF DAVID JONES TO A FOURTH TERM
AS OUR SEATTLE CITY ADDER TO.
I AM THRILLED TO SUPPORT THIS
NOMINATION AND HE DID RECEIVE
THE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT ON HIS
REAPPOINTMENT IN THE COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK.
MR. JONES SPENT NEARLY 40 YEARS
IN WORK AND HIS WORK IS
INSTRUMENTAL TO THE CITY AND IS
WORKING TO HELP THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
ISSUES OF THE CITY WITH AN EYE
TO NUANCE SO CRITICAL FOR
GOVERNING AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF
THE CITY.
OUR CITY'S AUDITING TEAM HAS
PUBLISHED 16 REPORTS ACROSS
CRITICAL ISSUES TAKING OUR CITY
FROM HOMELESSNESS AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND DESCRRKT
SPENDING, IMPROVING SEATTLE'S
BRIDGES AND IMPROVE HOUSING FOR
OUR NEIGHBORS AND IMPROVEMENTS
FOR TECHNOLOGY AND FOR THOSE OF
WHO YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THE
NEWS, THE CITY'S AUDITOR'S
OFFICE HAS BEEN NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED, AND I KNOW DAVID
WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT HE
WILL CEDE ALL CREDIT TO HIS
STAFF FOR HIS TREMENDOUS AWARD-
WINNING WORK.
HIS STAFF IS A KEY PART OF HIS
VISION AND WORK AT THE CITY
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, AND I HAVE
ALWAYS APPRECIATED DAVID'S
WILLINGNESS TO GIVE CREDIT
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, AND THAT
IS TO WORK FOR DAVID WHO DON'T
OFTENTIMES GET THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE ON THE CAMERA BUT ARE
ALWAYS DOING THE REALLY
IMPORTANT WORK BUT, OF COURSE,
MR. JONES' LEADERSHIP IS VITAL
TO THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO
MOVE YOUR GOALS AND I HOPE YOU
ALL JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING HIS
REAPPOINTMENT.
ANY COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
AHEAD OF AUDITOR JONES'
REAPPOINTMENT, I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR ALLOWING HIM TO PROVIDE
AN ANNUAL REPORT IN THE
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK TO THE
VIEWING PUBLIC.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HIS AND HIS
TEAM'S WORK OVER THE YEARS,
AND THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR,
HIS TEAM DOES AN AUDIT FROM THE
SWEET AND BEVERAGE TAX AND TWO-
YEAR SCHEDULING, AND THEY DID
IT ON THE FIRST AND TWO YEARS
AND THE BRIDGE IMPACT REPORT,
AND CITY LIGHT AND BILLABLE
ATTACHMENTS, AUDITS ON THE
HOMELESS CONTRACTS THAT CAME
OUT FAVORABLY AND SO MUCH MORE,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
YOU ARE CORRECT.
HE CONTINUES TO ALWAYS RAISE UP
HIS STAFF AND IT'S A TESTAMENT
OF A TRUE LEADER, AND THERE
WERE A COUPLE OF RETIREMENTS
FROM HIS TEAM THIS YEAR, AND
OH, MAN.
I ALWAYS GET THIS WRONG.
SORRY, NAGUMI, AND ROBIN HOWE,
AND DAVID, AND I WANTED TO
TAKE THIS MOMENT TO LIVE UP
NAGUMI, ROBIN, AND DAVID, AND
AUDITOR JONES, I WOULD LIKE YOU
TO BE REAPPOINTMENTED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER, AND TODAY IS
ONE OF THOSE MONDAYS.
I AM SO GLAD I AM NOT THE ONLY
ONE STRUGGLING TODAY.
AND NEXT UP, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WANTED TO COMMEND MR. JONES
AND HIS TEAM ON THE WORK ON THE
BRIDGES, AND WHEN WE RECEIVE
THE PROPOSAL FROM MAYOR DURKAN,
I HOPE WE TAKE A HARD LOOK
AHEAD FUNDING POSED FROM THE
CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
IT'S LIKELY THEY WILL KEEP THAT
UP, AND I APPRECIATE IN THE
BUDGET THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT
TO START THE PROCESS THAT WAS
HOPEFUL AND HOPE WE TAKE A HARD
LOOK AT THE BUDGET GOING
FORWARD, AND IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO HAVE THE AUDITOR GO
IN AND VERIFY, AND IT HELPS
WITH THE ISSUES AND MAKING
DIFFICULT POLICY DECISIONS T
HELPS US TO MAKE THE DECISION
CORRECTLY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
THE REAPPOINTMENT AND THE
OFFICE WITH THE ELECTION COMING
UP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
AND COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU.
AND I HAD AN EXCELLENT TIME
WORKING WITH AUDITOR JONES ON A
VARIETY OF PROJECTS WHERE THE
COUNCIL HAS USED ITS POSITION
TO REQUEST A NUMBER OF REALLY
CRITICAL AUDITS, DRIVING
EVERYTHING FROM GARBAGE AND
NEEDLE COLLECTION FROM
ENCAMPMENTS TO THE FORMER
NAVIGATION TEAM WITH THE
ASSESSMENTS TO THE OVERSIGHT OF
CONTRACTS, AND THE DILIGENCE
AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT THE
TEAM DAVID HAS PUT TOGETHER IS
IMPRESSIVE.
I WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT HERE
IN OPEN SESSION FOR
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
COMMENTS ABOUT TAKING A HARD
LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ENHANCE THIS
ROLE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO
TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT AUDITOR JONES IS
AN OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT,
AND IS PART OF THE OVERSIGHT
APPARATUS IN OUR SYSTEM OF
COUNTER BALANCING POWERS TO
PROVIDE OVER SAY THE,
AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO
EXPAND THE INSTITUTION AS WE GO
FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
SERVICES ARE DELIVERED IN THE
MOST EFFICIENT AND IMPACTFUL
WAY,
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO GIVE MORE RESOURCES
TO THE AUDITORS AND EXPAND THE
SCOPE OF HOW TO DO THE
IMPACTFUL WORK AND FULLY
SUPPORT THE MEASURES AS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
INDICATED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE
THINK OF THE ROLE OF AUDITOR AS
BEING FOCUSED ON MAKING
REPRESENTATIONS, AND THAT'S
TRUE, BUT I HAVE FOUND THE
AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO BE VERY,
VERY HELPFUL IN GUIDING MY
EFFORTS INISM -- IMPLEMENTING
MY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IT WAS
UP TO THE GOVERNMENT TO
IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS,
AND SOMETIMES, IT CAN BE
CHALLENGING,
FROM THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
I HAVE FOUND THEM A GREAT
ASSISTANCE TO ME IN MY EFFORTS
TO DEVELOP POLICY THAT ACTUALLY
ACT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION.
EVERYTHING FROM THE 2016 SPD
OVERTIME CONTROL AUDIT, THE 2015
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE PROGRESS
REPORTS, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM I
BELIEVE 2015 TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PRODUCE
OUTCOMES FOR THE USE OF
VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM AND
SHIFTING WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY
DID, WHICH WAS MONITOR
NAVIGATION TEAM OUTCOMES TO
THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN LOOK AT
MONITORING WHOLE TEAM OUTCOMES.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT WORK TO LIFT UP.
AGAIN, NOT JUST MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WORKING
WITH US TO BRAINSTORM AROUND
HOW THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE
CAN ASSIST US AS POLICYMAKERS
IN ENSURING THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ACTUALLY
IMPLEMENTED.
I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE
THINKING OUT OF THAT OFFICE AND
ALL OF THE STAFF WORKING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. WELL SAID. OKAY, ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
APPOINTMENT BEFORE WE CALL THIS
UP FOR A ROLE?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
I WOULD JUST SAY AUDITOR JONES
THAT A REAPPOINTMENT HEARING
WHERE YOU ARE HEARING NOT JUST
THIS MUCH AFFIRMATION OF YOUR
WORK, BUT ALSO PRECOMMITMENT TO
BUDGET ADS FOR YOUR OFFICE IS A
PRETTY GOOD SIGN OF WHERE THIS
IS HEADED BUT A GOOD SIGN OF
THE AMOUNT OF RESPECT THAT WE
HAVE FOR YOUR WORK AND THE WORK
OF YOUR STAFF AND THE CITY
AUDITOR'S OFFICE. WITH THAT
BEING SAID, DEBATE IS CLOSED
AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIED AND MR.
JONES IS REAPPOINTED AS CITY
AUDITOR.
CONGRATULATIONS, DAVID. I WILL
ASK THAT THE CITY CLERK, MONICA
MARTINEZ SIMMONS WHO IS WITH US
ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE
AND WE WILL ALLOW MR. JONES TO
PROVIDE BRIEF REMARKS TO THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC,
I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT DAVID'S
WIFE AND PARTNER, VICKI, IS IN
THE MEETING WITH US TODAY.
SHE IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
JUST IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING
WHO VICKI IS, THIS IS DAVID'S
BETTER HALF.
SHE IS HERE TO WITNESS THIS
REALLY MOMENTOUS OCCASION IN
WHICH DAVID HAS AGREED TO SERVE
THE CITY FOR ANOTHER TERM. I
WILL HAND IT OVER TO THE CITY
CLERK TO ADMINISTER THE OATH.
ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
DAVID, IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR
TO ADMINISTER YOUR OFFICIAL
OATH OF OFFICE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
I WOULD ASK AT THIS TIME FOR
YOU TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND
AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I, DAVID G. JONES --
>> DAVID G. JONES --
>> SWEAR AND AFFIRM --
>> THAT I POSSESS ALL OF THE
QUALIFICATIONS --
>> THAT I POSSESS ALL OF THE
QUALIFICATIONS --
>> IN THE CITY CHARTER --
>> IN THE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE
--
>> FOR THE POSITION OF --
>> CITY AUDITOR OF THE OFFICE
OF CITY AUDITOR.
>> CITY AUDITOR OF THE OFFICE
OF CITY AUDITOR.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES --
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES --
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON --
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON --
>> AND THE CHARTER AND
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
>> AND THE CHARTER AND
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
>> I WILL FAITHFULLY CONDUCT
MYSELF --
>> I WILL FAITHFULLY CONDUCT
MYSELF --
>> AS A CITY AUDITOR OF THE
OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR.
>> AS A CITY AUDITOR OF THE
OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
IN FRONT OF YOUR TWO ORIGINAL
OATH OF OFFICE.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU SIGN BOTH
OF THOSE AND SHOW YOUR
SIGNATURE.
>> I WILL DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HERE IS NUMBER ONE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HERE COMES NUMBER TWO.
>> HERE IS NUMBER TWO, CITY
CLERK.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ON RETURN OF THOSE TO MY
OFFICE, I WILL ATTEST YOUR
SIGNATURE. WE WILL RETURN ONE
OF THOSE ORIGINALS BACK TO YOU
FOR YOUR RECORD AND RETAIN ONE
FOR THE MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES.
AT THIS POINT, I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND TO YOU, DAVID.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAME
CLERK. DAVID, I WILL HEAD OVER
TO YOU AND ALLOW YOU TO MAKE
SOME REMARKS TO THE VIEWING
PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR
SUPPORT . I WILL KEEP THESE
REMARKS BRIEF.
THAT IS A GOOD THING GIVEN THE
MEANS YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO GO
THROUGH.
ONE, I REALLY MEAN THIS AND I
KNOW SOMEONE MENTIONED THIS
BEFORE BUT I REALLY MEAN IT.
IT IS THE STAFF.
OUR OFFICE IS OFFICE OF CITY
AUDITOR BECAUSE IT IS A TEAM
EFFORT.
YOU KNOW, I WORK HARD. THE
STAFF AT OUR OFFICE DO THE LION
SHARE OF THE WORK.
I NEVER WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF
THAT.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM.
AS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAID,
I WANT TO SINGLE OUT ROBIN HOW
WHO WORKED FOR US FOR MANY
YEARS.
I THINK A TOTAL OF 40 YEARS. I
WANT TO THANK THEM AND I HOPE
THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL
RETIREMENT.
WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER OF OUR TEAM
. HE IS NOT ACTUALLY NEW
BECAUSE HE WAS FUNDED UNDER A
FEDERAL GRANT AND HAS BEEN
WORKING ON THE WORK WE HAVE
BEEN DOING IT RANIER BEACH TO
TRY TO PREVENT YOUTH VIOLENCE.
I AM REALLY GLAD AND THRILLED
TO HAVE THEM JOIN OUR TEAM. I
HOPE YOU GET TO SEE THEM AT
SOME POINT. I AM REALLY, REALLY
GLAD THEY WILL BE WITH US.
SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
THE CITY COUNCIL.
YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT.
YOU HAVE SUPPORTED OUR OFFICE
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CITY
OF SEATTLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF
JURISDICTIONS IN THE UNITED
STATES THAT DON'T HAVE THAT AND
HAVING THIS FUNCTION, WHICH IS
A DISTINCT FUNCTION, REALLY
PROMOTES TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY, EQUITY,
EFFICIENCY, AND EFFECTIVENESS.
IT DOES A LOT OF GOOD THINGS
AND I AM SO GRATEFUL TO WORK IN
A PLACE THAT SUPPORTS THAT, SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIRD, I WANT TO THANK CITY
APARTMENTS.
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WE COME
IN AND CRITIQUE THEM AND WE ARE
KIND OF A PAIN, QUITE HONESTLY.
WE ASK FOR A LOT OF STUFF BUT
FOR THE MOST PART WITH SOME
EXCEPTIONS BUT VERY FEW I WOULD
SAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY
GOOD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO HEART
AND HAVING A DIALOGUE WITH US
AND IMPLEMENTING THEM.
YOU KNOW, 70% SINCE 2007 HAVE
BEEN IMPLEMENTED. A LARGER
PERCENTAGE ARE PENDING OUR WAY
TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
DEPARTMENT AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH
AND THE COURT.
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT.
WE DO SOME WORK WITH THEM.
WE ARE ALL STRIVING TOWARD THE
SAME GOAL. MAKE THE CITY AS
GOOD AS POSSIBLE. LAST THING,
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO
SINGLE OUT MY WIFE, VICKI.
AS YOU KNOW, SERVICE IN THE
PUBLIC SECTOR SOMETIMES CAN BE
A LITTLE CHAOTIC ON THE FAMILY
LIFE AND SHE HAS BEEN TOTALLY
SUPPORTIVE ABOUT OUR OFFICES
WORK AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT.
AS A DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR IN
HER OWN RIGHT, I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT. SHE GIVES ME
PRETTY GOOD ADVICE SOMETIMES.
THANK YOU, VICKI.
AGAIN, I FEEL HONORED TO BE
REAPPOINTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR
CONFIDENCE IN ME AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY, THE ENTIRE OFFICE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR BEING
WITH US AND FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE
OF THIS GREAT CITY.
I APPRECIATE IT.
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
OKAY, FOLKS WE WILL MOVE TO
ITEM 3. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM 3 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, 120172,AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY
EMPLOYMENT, COMMONLY REFERRED
TO AS THE THIRD QUARTER 2021
EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE; RETURNING
POSITIONS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE
SYSTEM; AND AMENDING
CLASSIFICATION TITLES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO
COMMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY.
COLLEAGUES, THIS ITEM PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK.
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS
COUNCIL BILL THREE TIMES NOT
TO ALL OF YOU.
ONCE AGAIN, IT IS ROUTINE
LEGISLATION AND REGARDING CITY
APPOINTMENT PROVIDED THE FULL
COUNCIL INCLUDING MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE A DETAILED MEMO
ON ALL OF THE PARTICULARS
RELATED TO THIS TECHNICAL
COUNCIL BILL . I DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THIS
COUNCIL BILL I HAVEN'T ALREADY
SAID, SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND
LEAVE IT THERE AND ASK IF THERE
ARE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
BILL.
HEARING NONE, WITH A CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
WITH A CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 4
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 4, COUNCIL BILL
120142AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT;
PROHIBITING TRAINING,
EXCHANGES, AND PARTNERSHIPS
WITH CERTAIN GOVERNMENTS; AND
ADDING A NEW SECTION 3.28.141
TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
EXTENSIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ AND LUIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAME
CLERK.
OKAY, FOLKS.
THIS WILL BE A LONG DISCUSSION
AND THERE ARE SEVERAL BREAKING
AMENDMENTS, SO I APPRECIATE IN
ADVANCE YOUR PATIENCE. I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO GET A SNACK
IF YOU NEED ONE.
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS AND I
APPRECIATE IN ADVANCE YOUR
PATIENCE AND THE PATIENT'S OF
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WE
WORK THROUGH WHAT MIGHT BE SOME
CHALLENGING PROCEDURAL ISSUES,
BUT HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL
GO AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE FOR THIS DISCUSSION
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF WHO I
CAN CALL FOR COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WILL NEED TO SUSPEND THE
RULES IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR
THAT TO OCCUR, BUT IF IT NEEDS
TO HAPPEN, PLEASE DO NOT
HESITATE TO SIGNATURE THAT NEED
TO ME AND I AM HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THIS IS NOT OUR PREFERRED
METHOD OF DOING IT. OUR
PREFERENCE IS OBVIOUSLY TO HAVE
ALL OF THE POLICY CONVERSATIONS
OCCUR DURING COMMITTEE BUT THERE
ARE SEVERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT
HAVE COME OUT SINCE COMMITTEE
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE
PUBLIC IS GETTING THE BENEFIT
OF OUR CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS
BEFORE WE TAKE A FINAL VOTE.
WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO
ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
, THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL. THE
CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO
ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THE FIRST AND
THE LAST WORD ON THIS BILL AS
THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL IN THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I WILL HAND IT OVER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND CHAIR HERBOLD.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT AS
YOU ALL KNOW HAS BEEN MONTHS
AGO REQUESTED BY THE END OF THE
EXCHANGE MOVEMENT WHICH
COMPRISES A LARGE NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IN
SOLIDARITY WITH IT. I WILL
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LATER.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE REQUESTED
BY THIS MOVEMENT WHICH BANS THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM
SENDING OFFICERS FOR TRAINING
IN COUNTRIES WITH A TRACK
RECORD OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
IS BILL ORIGINALLY BANNED THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM
TRAINING SPECIFICALLY IN
ISRAEL, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE
DONE SO IN THE PAST, RUNNING
THE TACTICS USED TO ADDRESS
PALESTINIANS. MY OFFICE
ORIGINALLY DRAFTED THIS BILL TO
SUPPORT THE EXCHANGE MOVEMENT
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND
THOUSANDS OF SEATTLEITES
MARCHED TO PROTEST THE BOMBING
OF THE GAZA STRIP BY ISRAEL
RIGHT-WING POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENTS. SINCE THEN WE
HAVE EXPANDED THE BILL TO BAN
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
FROM TRAINING WITH ANY COUNTRY
THAT HAS A TRACK RECORD OF
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AS
DOCUMENTED BY HUMAN RIGHTS
PARTIES. THANK YOU TO TURN 27
MORALES AND MOSQUEDA FOR
COSPONSORING THIS BILL. I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK COMMUNITY
ACTIVISTS WHERE A WIDE RANGE OF
MOVEMENTS WERE BROUGHT FORWARD.
BLACK LIVES MATTER AND
PALESTINIAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS,
INDIAN AMERICAN ACTIVISTS,
MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
ALONG WITH OTHER FAITH
COMMUNITIES, SOCIALISTS, AND
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS THAT
HAVE BEEN ENGAGING IN A WIDE
RANGE OF STRUGGLES AROUND THE
WORLD.
THEY HAVE SPOKEN WITH MANY
VOICES BUT ONE SINGLE, POWERFUL
MESSAGE.
SEATTLE POLICE TRAINING
PRACTICES MUST ALIGN WITH THE
HUMAN RIGHTS VALUES THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL HAS REPEATEDLY
DECLARED PARAMOUNT TO OUR CITY.
ON BEHALF OF THE ACTIVISTS
LEADING THIS STRUGGLE, I AM
BRINGING THREE AMENDMENTS THIS
AFTERNOON TO THE BILL.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, NONE OF
THOSE AMENDMENTS FROM MY OFFICE
ARE LATEBREAKING.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN PROCESS AND I
HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY
TRANSPARENT ABOUT THEM NOT ONLY
WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BUT
ALSO IN SUCCESSIVE CITY COUNCIL
BRIEFINGS ON MONDAY MORNINGS.
SO THE AMENDMENTS FROM MY OFFICE
ARE TO AMEND HOW THE BILL
DEFINES WHAT COUNTRIES HAVE
COMMITTED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES,
TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES THAT MAY
HAVE BEEN CREATED IN THE
AMENDMENT INTRODUCED LAST WEEK,
AND A THIRD AMENDMENT THAT CAME
OUT OF DISCUSSION DURING
COUNCIL BRIEFING THIS MORNING .
THESE AMENDMENTS PRESERVE A
COUNTRY NEUTRAL AND LIMIT
POLICE TRAINING.
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS LIABLE TRAINING PARTNERS
WITH NEARLY 100 COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING
CANADA, THE UK, SWEDEN, FRANCE,
GERMANY, AND ITALY WHILE
HONORING THE HUMAN RIGHTS THAT
THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS GONE ON
RECORD TO SUPPORT.
IF GONZALEZ AGREES, I WILL MOVE
THE AMENDMENTS NOW AND WE CAN
HAVE OUR GENERAL DISCUSSION OF
THE BILL ITSELF AFTER.
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES
SENSE.
THERE ARE YOUR AMENDMENTS PLUS
AMENDMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. LET'S DO WHAT WE
ORDINARILY DO, WHICH IS GO
THROUGH ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS
BEFORE WE HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE UNDERLYING BILL, IF
THAT IS OKAY WITH YOU.
IT IS OKAY WITH ME. I DO SEE
THAT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS
HIS HAND RAISED, SO I WILL GO
AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS BEFORE WE
GO THROUGH THE MOVEMENTS
RELATED TO THE AMENDMETS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THERE WAS A DRAFTING ERROR IN
THE EMAIL. THE AMENDMENT I SENT
AROUND AT 2:00 P.M., THERE
SHOULD BE A NEW AMENDMENT IN
YOUR INBOX IS NOW AS LONG AS LAW
HAS APPROPRIATELY REVIEWED.
IF YOU DON'T SEE IT NOW, YOU
WILL SEE IT IN JUST A SECOND.
I JUST WANTED TO ALERT THAT
BEFORE HE BROUGHT THE AMENDMENT
FORWARD.
>> OKAY.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
HERE. WE'VE GOT TWO AMENDMENTS
TO CONSIDER AND DEBATE BEFORE
WE GET TO YOURS.
I APPRECIATE THE HEADS UP ON
THAT.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR
THAT EMAIL.
OKAY, SO LET'S GO AHEAD.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, MAKE YOUR
MOTION AND SEE IF IT GETS A
SECOND. I WILL HEAD OVER TO YOU
TO ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT AFTER
IT HAS RECEIVED A SECOND.
>> FIRST I WILL MOVE AMENDMENT
ONE VERSION 2 AS EMAIL TO
COUNCIL OFFICES THIS MORNING.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
VERSION 2 OF AMENDMENT 1. I
WILL HAND IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO ADDRESS
THIS AMENDMENT.
>> TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC,
THIS IS THE SAME AS AMENDMENT 1
LINK ON TODAY'S AGENDA EARLIER
WITH A ONE-WORD TECHNICAL
COLLECTION.
THIS AMENDMENT MAKES IT CLEAR
TO INCLUDE IN THE DEFINITION
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES OCCURRING
NOT JUST WITHIN A NATION'S
BORDER, BUT WITHIN TERRITORIES
THAT THE NATION OCCUPIES. THERE
ARE NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF THE
MILITARY OR POLICE FORCES
ABUSING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF
OTHERS OUTSIDE THAT NATION'S
BORDERS.
THIS AMENDMENT AFFECTS THAT
REALITY.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND MOSQUEDA FOR
COSPONSORING.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM LOOKING FOR COMMENTS NOW
ON THE AMENDMENT.
I SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS HER HAND RAISED.
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
THE SLIGHT CHANGE WAS A CHANGE
THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED A LITTLE
BIT IN COMMITTEE, BUT WE SORT
OF TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE INTENT
WAS BUT DECIDED TO WAIT AND
GIVE CENTRAL STAFF AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY DRAFT
IT.
THIS IS THE AMENDMENT THAT I
CHARACTERIZED THIS MORNING IN
COUNCIL BRIEFINGS AS AN
AMENDMENT I THOUGHT WAS A
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
WHEN I ASKED CENTRAL STAFF WHAT
IMPACT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD
HAVE, THE CENTRAL STAFF RESPONSE
WAS THAT LOOKING AT THE ICC AND
HOW THAT BODY DEFINES AND
ORGANIZES ITS WORK, THAT IT
DOES NOT MAKE ANY CHANGE AND I
AM ADDING THAT I DO SUPPORT THE
CLARIFICATION THAT THE
AMENDMENT PROVIDES WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS NO
CHANGE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THIS AMENDMENT?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS HERE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IN THAT CASE, DEBATE IS CLOSED
ON THE AMENDMENT. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE IN
THE ADOPTION OF VERSION 2 OF
AMENDMENT ONE?
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> JUAREZ?
>> NO.
>> LEWIS?
>> NO.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> NO.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> SORRY. I AM HAVING INTERNET
ISSUES.
ARE WE STILL ON THE FIRST
AMENDMENT?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED.
>> OKAY.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
I WILL HEAD OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER'S WHAT TO WALK US
THROUGH AMENDMENT 2.
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT 2 AS EMAIL
TO COUNCIL OFFICES THIS MORNING
.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL AS AMENDED ON
NUMBER OF 2.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS WAS DRAFTED IN RESPONSE TO
THE DISCUSSION DURING THIS
MORNING'S COUNCIL BRIEFING .
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAID HE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR BILL
DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM
PROVIDING EXECUTIVE PROTECTION
TO THE MAYOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE MAYOR WAS
MENTIONED, BUT PUBLIC OFFICIALS
ON OFFICIAL VISITS TO OTHER
COUNTRIES.
THIS AMENDMENT MAKES IT CLEAR
THIS BILL IS NOT REFERRING TO
THE TIMES THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT MAY ASK THE SECURITY
DETAIL FOR ANY ELECTED
OFFICIALS FROM THE CITY. SIMPLY
ADD A SENTENCE THAT SAYS, "SPD
PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR OFFICIALS
EITHER OR BOTH EXCLUSION
CRITERIA AND SUBSECTIONS 328."
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER'S WHAT.
THAT IS THE UNDERLYING
AMENDMENT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS AN
AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT.
THAT IS WHAT MY NOTES ARE
TELLING ME, ANYWAYS.
I WILL OPEN IT UP TO COMMENTS
ON THIS AMENDMENT FIRST BEFORE
I RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS ON HIS AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A
POINT OF ORDER OR A QUESTION
ABOUT AN EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED
AT 12:34 P.M.
FROM COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
STAFF, I WAS UNDER THE
IMPRESSION THAT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT WAS ONLY PUTTING FORWARD
AMENDMENT 1 AND 3. WE DID
RECEIVE EARLIER AN AMENDMENT 2
AS DESCRIBED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, BUT I WAS UNDER THE
IMPRESSION THAT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT WAS NOT MOVING THE
FORWARD.
>> SORRY.
SHOULD I RESPOND?
>> YOU ARE WELCOME TO.
I WILL NOTE THAT REGARDLESS OF
WHAT WAS COMMUNICATED BEFORE
THE MOTION HAS NOW BEEN MADE, SO
UNLESS THE SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT WOULD LIKE TO
WITHDRAW THAT MOTION, IT IS NOW
OFFICIALLY BEFORE US.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, I WILL
HANDED OVER TO YOU TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION ABOUT
YOUR INTENT.
>> MAY BE THERE SHOULD BE
CLARIFICATION, BUT AS FAR AS MY
OFFICE EMAILS GO, WE WERE CLEAR
THAT WE WERE MOVING THREE
AMENDMENTS AND WE SHARED THEM AT
11:45 A.M.
, I BELIEVE. INCLUDING THIS
ONE.
AS COUNCILMEMBERS REMEMBER, IT
ONLY CAME OUT THIS MORNING SO
IT WAS ADDED TODAY.
I AM ACTUALLY NOT SURE ABOUT
THE CONFUSION.
>> I JUST WANT TO BE SURE SO
THE RECORD IS CLEAR IT IS YOUR
INTENT, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
TO ADVANCE AMENDMENT 2 AS YOU
JUST DESCRIBED IT?
>> YES.
>> EXCELLENT.
OKAY.
WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
SLATE IS CLEAN.
WE ARE DEBATING AMENDMENT 2.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON AMENDMENT 2 BEFORE WE
CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDMENT?
NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I WILL
GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WHO
INDICATED THAT HE HAS AN
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS
NOT DISTRIBUTED BY 12:00 NOON
TODAY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT
DISTRIBUTED BEFORE NOON, THE
COUNCIL WILL NEED TO FIRST
SUSPEND THE RULES BEFORE THIS
AMENDMENT CAN BE MOVED. IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES RELATED TO
DISTRIBUTION TWO HOURS BEFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL
BE SUSPENDED TO CONSIDER AN
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT.
HEARING NO --
>> OH, SORRY.
I THOUGHT YOU NEEDED A SECOND.
>> JUST MAKING SURE THAT IS NOT
AN OBJECTION?
>> NO, NOT AN OBJECTION.
>> HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL ROLE IS SUSPENDED AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
RECOGNIZED TO MOVE AMENDMENT --
I BELIEVE IT IS 2B .
>> I THINK IT IS 2C .
>> WE CANNOT HEAR FROM NON-
COUNCIL MEMBERS WITHOUT A
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.
IF YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM ALLIE
OR ANN, I AM HAPPY TO SUSPEND
THE RULES ACCORDINGLY.
>> JUST A SECOND, PLEASE.
>> OH, WE NEED A SECOND?
>> NO.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
CONFIRMING THE VERSION OF THE
AMENDMENT HE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE.
>> OH, OKAY.
2B OR 2C?
>> YEAH.
I PROMISED YOU ALL AND MIGHT
GET A LITTLE MESSY.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF YOU
GIVE ME JUST A SECOND I MOVED
TO A MOVE AMENDMENT 2 BY
SUBSTITUTING IT WITH THE CORRECT
VERSION OF AMENDMENT 2B, WHICH
WAS DISTRIBUTED AT ABOUT 4:15
THIS AFTERNOON.
>> HEARING NO OBJECTION,
COUNCIL RULE IS SUSPENDED AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
RECOGNIZED TO MOVE THE
CORRECTED VERSION OF AMENDMENT
2B.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, OVER TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
DO I NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER
MOTION?
>> WE HADN'T YET SUSPENDED THE
RULES. WE WERE WAITING FOR YOU
TO CONFIRM WHICH VERSION. WE
WERE SUSPENDING THE RULES IN
ORDER TO HEAR THIS, SO NOW IS
YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE YOUR
MOTION.
I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND IF
THERE IS A SECOND.
IF THERE IS A SECOND, WE CAN
HEAR FROM YOU ON THE SUBSTANCE
OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO MOVE AMENDMENT 2 BY
CORRECTING IT TO BE 2B , WHICH
WAS RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED BY AMENDING IT AND
SUBSTITUTING WITH A CORRECT
VERSION OF AMENDMENT 2B, WHICH
WAS RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND HAND IT
BACK OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS TO ADDRESS THE
SUBSTITUTE . PLEASE?
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND COLLEAGUES.
AS I AM NOT ON THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE OR THE
COMMITTE IN WHICH THIS HAS
COME FROM, I WAS ONLY BEGINNING
TO REVIEW WHAT CAME OUT OF
COMMITTEE LATE LAST WEEK. I
THOUGHT SOME OF THE CONCERNS I
HAD SHARED MONTHS AGO HAD BEEN
ADDRESSED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY
THEY HAD NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.
I WORKED THIS MORNING TO
ADDRESS THOSE.
WE CREATED A DRAFTING ERROR
BEFORE DISTRIBUTING THE
AMENDMENT 2B . MY APOLOGIES FOR
ANY CONFUSION THAT HAS CREATED.
THE AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU AND
CONCIL PRESIDENT, IF WE WERE
ABLE TO SEE IT ON THE SCREEN, I
WOULD ASK CENTRAL STAFF TO PUT
IT ON THE SCREEN.
ONE OF THE DRAFTING ERRORS WE
WERE TRYING TO MAKE THE
SENTENCE FLOW. IT CONTAINS THE
FORMATTING OF THE ORIGINAL
VERSION AND SIMPLY MAKES THIS
NATION NEUTRAL BY INCLUDING ALL
NATIONS IN THE WORLD.
RATHER THAN ENGAGING IN AN
ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND WHICH
COUNTRIES HAVE OR HAVE NOT
SIGNED ON OR IN ACCORDANCE TO
THE U.N. DECLARATIONS OR
COMMITTEES, THIS SIMPLY SAYS
ALL NATIONS. IT DOES NOT CHANGE
ANY OF THE OTHER CONTENT.
AND CAN I CONFIRM THAT WE CAN
PULL THIS UP ON THE SCREEN SO
COLLEAGUES CAN SEE IT?
>> YEAH.
IF SOMEONE FROM CENTRAL STAFF
IS PREPARED TO SCREEN SHARE, I
HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT.
>> ALSO INCLUDING THAT SPD IS
ALLOWED TO PROVIDE EXECUTIVE
PROTECTION. MY APOLOGIES.
IF I HAD MORE TIME WITH THIS, I
WOULD HAVE INCLUDED BRITISH
COLUMBIA BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR
STATE TO THE NORTH, OUR
PROVIDENCE TO THE NORTH.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR TODAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
I SEE THE LANGUAGE PROPOSED TO
BE CHANGED HERE. LET'S GO AHEAD
AND TAKE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
ON THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.
AGAIN, IF WE DO NEED TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF , SOMEONE JUST NEEDS TO
LET ME KNOW THAT IS WHO THEY
WANT TO HEAR FROM AND I AM
HAPPY TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO
ALLOW THEM TO ADDRESS CITY
COUNCIL'S QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> I MOVED TO SUSPEND THE RULES
TO TALK TO CENTRAL STAFF FOR
JUST A MOMENT, IF POSSIBLE.
>> GREAT.
IF THERE HAS BEEN A FORMAL
REQUEST FOR THAT, COLLEAGUES IF
THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM
HEARING FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF ON THE PROPOSED
CORRECTED AMENDMENT AS
DESCRIBED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, I WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DO THAT. HEARING OBJECTION, THE
RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND WE CAN
HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF , WHICH AT THE
MOMENT IS ALLIE AND ANN GORMAN.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ANSWER TO
QUESTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> ON THE QUESTION OF 2B OR NOT
2B, I'M NOT SURE WHICH CENTRAL
STAFF FOLKS I SHOULD BE
ADDRESSING TO.
TAKE IT HOWEVER YOU WILL. AND
THE WAY THIS IS CRAFTED, ARE WE
ASSUMING IN THE UNDERLYING TEXT
THAT IS NOT CROSSED OUT ABOVE
THAT IT WILL STAY CONSISTENT
REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DECIDE?
IN READING THAT, THE SCOPE IS
LIMITED TO MILITARY FORCES AND
NOT TO FOREIGN POLICE. IT IS A
FORM OF MILITARY.
OH, NO. SORRY, POLICE FORCES,
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. THIS
WOULD BAN TRAININGS WITH
CANADIAN OFFICIALS. I THINK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ALLUDED
TO THAT, BUT I WANTED TO ASK
THAT AT THE TOP HERE.
>> CORRECT.
>> I'M SORRY.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> GREAT.
YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
IF I HAD MORE TIME, I WOULD
HAVE CREATED AN EXEMPTION FOR
BRITISH COLUMBIA AS OUR
PROVINCE TO THE NORTH.
>> OKAY.
ANN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
QUESTION TO THAT?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD.
PARTNERSHIPS WITH POLICE FORCES
IN CANADA.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS
HER HAND RAISED, AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THIS EXCLUSIVELY RELATES TO
THIS OR A STATEMENT?
>> ANY COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT.
IF YOU HAD A QUESTION FOR
CENTRAL STAFF, YOU MAY ASK THAT
QUESTION BUT THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY AND ALL
COMMENTS ON COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
TO UNDERSCORE THE ISSUE RAISED
BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WE
RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM
CENTRAL STAFF THAT FROM 2013 TO
2021 SPD TOOK 48 TRIPS TO CANADA
. TO BE CLEAR, A TRIP IS ONE
INCIDENT OF TRAVEL BY A SINGLE
STAFF MEMBER.
IT LOOKS LIKE 13 TRIPS WERE TO
ATTEND A CONFERENCE, TWO TO
PROVIDE PROTECTION, WHICH
SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THIS
AMENDMENT, AND TWO TO SUPPORT A
PARTNERSHIP. 30 TO RECEIVE
TRAINING.
IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD SCOOP IN
CANADA, I HAVE SPOKEN TO
SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF DIAZ AND
UNDERSTAND THAT THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY
WORKING WITH AGENCIES BOTH IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SWEDEN
ON CROWD MANAGEMENT PROCESSES,
WHICH HAVE BEEN ALONG THE LINES
OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AGENCIES
AND AS DRAFTED IT APPEARS THIS
AMENDMENT COULD POTENTIALLY
AFFECT THIS WORK. THERE ARE 195
NATIONS IN THE WORLD.
I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE
IMPACT IS VERY BROAD WITH THIS
AMENDMENT.
I UNDERSTAND IT IS THE INTENT
OF THE AMENDMENT SPONSORS AND
IT IS NOT TIED TO AN OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS
RECORDS.
I WILL BE LISTENING FOR MY
COLLEAGUES ARGUMENTS ON THIS,
BUT I AM UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DO YOU
STILL HAVE A QUESTION OR
COMMENT?
>> WELL, I WAS JUST POINTING
OUT AS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
STATED, THE FIRST SENTENCE IN
THE LAST SENTENCE SEEMED TO SAY
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THINGS. THE
FIRST SENTENCE IS SHALL NOT
PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING PROGRAMS
WITH MILITARY FORCES.
THE SECOND ONE GOES ON TO SAY
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES OR
SECURITY SERVICES.
MY REAL QUESTION IS DOES THAT
MATTER? WILL THE BROADER
INTERPRETATION BE WHAT WILL
APPEAR HERE?
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR ON MY
UNDERSTANDING, IT MIGHT BE
RELEVANT TO SORT OF CONTEXT FOR
THAT QUESTION.
THAT LANGUAGE EXISTS IN THE
UNDERLYING LEGISLATION. ONLY
PARTS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE
CHANGED ARE THE STRIKEOUT OF A
AND B. THE PART THAT YOU ARE
IDENTIFYING THAT MIGHT HAVE AN
INCONSISTENCY IS INCLUDED IN
THE BILL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF , WHOEVER IS
DOING THIS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE
TEXT IN YELLOW. THAT IS WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
AMENDMENT IS PROPOSING.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS INCLUDED IN
THE BASE LEGISLATION THAT WE
ARE CONSIDERING TODAY.
SO COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF , ANY
RESPONSE TO THAT PARTICULAR
QUESTION AS PRESENTED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> NO.
NO RESPONSE.
I AGREE WITH HER
CHARACTERIZATION GENERALLY.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE.
>> SO I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT EACH ONE
HAS ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED, BUT
I WILL ASK JUST TO MAKE IT
CLEAR.
MY TWO QUESTIONS ARE WITH HIS
VAN ALL TRAINING PROGRAMS WITH
ALL OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDING
COUNTRIES IN WHICH SPD HAS HAD
TRAINING IN THE CAST INCLUDING
CANADA, IT SEEMS THE ANSWER IS
YES.
JUST TO CONFIRM THAT.
AND SECONDLY, UNDER THIS
AMENDMENT, WOULD SPD BE
PERMITTED TO ATTEND TRAINING
INSIDE THE UNITED DATES THAT
INCLUDES POLICE FORCES OR
SECURITY SERVICES OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES?
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, I HAVE
COMMENTS BUT I WILL RESOLVE THEM
.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MAY I
RESPOND?
AND THEN CENTRAL STAFF?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, WHAT I
WILL SAY, AS TO YOUR SECOND
QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THOSE
TRAININGS CAN OR CANNOT OCCUR
ON DOMESTIC SOIL, THAT IS A
QUESTION LEFT FOR YOUR BASE
BILL.
THAT IS NOT UNDER CONSIDERATION
FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
THIS AMENDMENT SIMPLY REMOVES
THE CHARACTERIZATION OF WHICH
TYPES OF COUNTRIES WE CAN WORK
WITH TO JUST SAY ALL COUNTRIES.
OTHERWISE IT IS NOT TRULY
NATION NEUTRAL.
THIS IS A NATURE AND NEUTRAL
AMENDMENT.
AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST
QUESTION IS YES.
THANK YOU.
IF YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP,
PLEASE.
>> IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
QUESTION, YES, THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD BAN SUCH WORK WITH CANADA
AS SPD IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN.
WITH RESPECT TO THE SECOND
QUESTION, THE WAY I READ
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE MILITARY
FORCES OF ANY COUNTRY THAT
WOULD EXCLUDE UNITED STATES
MILITARY FORCES.
ALL OF THE OTHER DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE TYPES OF UNITS, FOREIGN
MILITARY, POLICE FORCES,
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, THOSE
HAVE THE QUALIFIER. THE ONLY
ONE THAT IS NOT HIS MILITARY
FORCES OF ANY COUNTRY.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
ADDRESSED MY SPECIFIC QUESTION.
IT WAS HIS SPD PERMITTED TO DO
TRAINING INSIDE THE U.S.?
IF THAT TRAINING HAPPENED ON
U.S. SOIL, TRAINING THAT
INVOLVES POLICE FORCES AND
SECURITY FORCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, GOOD OFFICERS DO
TRAINING IN CHICAGO TO TRAIN
WITH FOREIGN POLICE FORCES.
>> THE WAY I READ THIS BILL,
TRAINING PROGRAMS, EXCHANGES,
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE POLICE
FORCES. TO ME, THIS DOES NOT
SPECIFY GEOGRAPHY.
CERTAINLY WE CAN WORK TO
CLARIFY THAT BUT THAT IS THE
WAY I UNDERSTAND THE BILL IS
CURRENTLY WRITTEN.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A PROCESS FOR
COUNCIL THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
TAKEN UP A COMMITTEE ,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. IT SEEMS
YOU MIGHT ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE BASE BILL.
>> NO, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.
YOU HAVE PROVIDED THIS
AMENDMENT AT THE VERY LAST
SECOND.
>> IT IS THE BASE BILL THAT YOU
HAVE THE QUESTION ABOUT THOUGH.
>> NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT.
YOUR AMENDMENT IS SWEEPING AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ALLUDED TO
. THAT IS WHY THESE QUESTIONS
ARE COMING UP.
THIS IS NOT A MINOR AMENDMENT.
>> THE QUESTION YOU JUST HAD
WAS ABOUT THE PART NOT
HIGHLIGHTED.
>> IT IS NOT ABOUT THE BASE
BILL.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MY
APOLOGIES.
>> THIS IS NOT COUNCIL
BREATHING OR COMMITTEE
MEETINGS, SO WE NEED TO TAKE A
PAUSE AND INSTEAD OF GOING BACK
AND FORTH, IF WE CAN , YOU
KNOW, WORK HARD TO NOT
INTERRUPT EACH OTHER IN THE
SPIRIT OF HAVING AN OPEN
DEMOCRATIC DEBATE.
I RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THAT
SEVERAL OF THESE ARE LAST-
MINUTE AMENDMENTS AND THOSE OF
US THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ON THE
COMMITTEE ARE WORKING HARD TO
CATCH UP.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO EXTEND GRACE TO EACH
OTHER AS WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH
UP ON SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS,
SOME OF WHICH ARE MORE
SUBSTANTIVE THAN OTHERS.
AS I STATED AT THE TOP, MY
PREFERENCE IS TO ALWAYS DO
THESE KINDS OF WORK SESSIONS IN
THE MIDST OF COMMITTEE WORK,
BUT ALAS, WE ARE IN A SITUATION
NOW THAT IS NOT THE SITUATION.
SO, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND DO OUR BEST TO GET THROUGH
ALL OF THESE AMENDMENTS IN A
WAY THAT IS HOPEFULLY USEFUL TO
THOSE OF US THAT HAVE TO MAKE
DECISIONS ON THE UNDERLYING BILL
AND ON THESE PERSPECTIVE
AMENDMENTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO
HOPEFULLY ACHIEVE THAT.
AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU GOT
ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT
YOU ASKED?
NOT YET?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WANT TO
FOLLOW-UP.
YEAH, IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME
ACTUALLY WHAT THE IMPACT OF
THIS AMENDMENT IS.
AGAIN, I DO ASK THAT QUESTION
AGAIN OF CAN SPD ATTEND
TRAINING INSIDE THE UNITED
STATES?
ANN SAID THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT
COMMENT ON THAT, BUT THAT IS
THE WHOLE POINT.
THERE IS THIS AMBIGUITY THAT IS
HERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, SPD POLICY
TRAINING SESSION IN CHICAGO
WHERE THE ISRAELI POLICE SHOWS
UP. I MEAN, THE PROBLEM IS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'
AMENDMENT REMOVES THE HUMAN
RIGHTS STANDARDS OUT OF THE
BASE BILL, WHICH IS THE
FUNDAMENTAL CRITERIA FOR THE
EXISTENCE OF THE BILL.
BY DOING THAT, IT CREATES
AMBIGUITY. IT SHOULD HAVE A YES
OR NO ANSWER.
SHOULD THEY PARTICIPATE IN A
TRAINING SESSION IN CHICAGO?
BECAUSE OF THIS AMENDMENT,
THERE IS AMBIGUITY OVER WHETHER
OR NOT THAT HYPOTHETICAL
CHICAGO TRIP CAN HAPPEN.
WE KNOW -- I MEAN, AT LEAST I
KNOW AND I DON'T KNOW IF
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL AGREE, BUT
INTRODUCING ANY AMBIGUITY IS
PROBLEMATIC, WHICH IS WHY THE
BASE BILL AS AMENDED WAS TAKING
GREAT DISCUSSION WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE WE REMOVE
THESE AMBIGUITIES. FROM MY
STANDPOINT, IT IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY IS GENUINELY IN
AGREEMENT, BUT ALSO BECAUSE I
AM VERY MUCH AFRAID GIVEN THE
TRACK RECORD, THE OVERWHELMING
TRACK RECORD THIS YOUNG POLICE
DEPARTMENT WILL INTERPRET THIS
IN A WAY THAT THEY WANT TO
GIVEN THEIR ESTABLISHED
PRACTICES AS OPPOSED TO WHAT
THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO
ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS
LEGISLATION.
I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE SOME
CLARITY.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MAY I
JUMP IN HERE?
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL INVITE MY COLLEAGUE, ANN
TO JUMP IN.
LET ME DO A CLOSE READING OF
THE TEXT ON THE SCREEN.
SENTENCE ONE IN THE BASE BILL
WOULD PROHIBIT SPD FROM
PARTICIPATING IN TRAINING
PROGRAMS, EXCHANGES, OR
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE MILITARY
FORCES OF ANY COUNTRY, OR
ENGAGE IN THE TRAVEL.
I READ THAT TO MEAN THAT YOU
CANNOT TRAVEL TO THE COUNTRY TO
ENGAGE WITH MILITARY FORCES, NOR
CAN YOU PARTICIPATE WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES TRAINING.
CERTAINLY THE BASE BILL WOULD
PROHIBIT SPD'S PARTICIPATION IN
ANY TRAINING PROGRAMS OR
EXCHANGES WITH POLICE FORCES,
ET CETERA. IT LIMITS WHICH
COUNTRIES YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
FROM WHICH THEY ARE
PARTICIPATING IN.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
AMENDMENT DOESN'T CHANGE
WHETHER OR NOT THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN
PARTICIPATE IN TRAININGS WITH
MILITARY FORCES OR WITH POLICE
FORCES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
WITH YOUR EXAMPLE, A TRAINING
IN CHICAGO WHERE MILITARY
FORCES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES ARE
PARTICIPATING.
THE BASE BILL AND THE AMENDMENT
WOULD PROHIBIT THAT.
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
AMENDMENT DOES IS REMOVES
SPECIFICITY ABOUT THE COUNTRIES
THAT THIS BAN IS APPLIED TO AND
BROADENS IT AND MAKES IT
NEUTRAL.
IT'S AS SPD CANNOT DO THIS WITH
ANY POLICE FORCE.
IT CLARIFIES THAT THEY CAN,
HOWEVER, PROVIDE EXECUTIVE
PROTECTION IF CITY OFFICIALS
ARE TRAVELING TO THOSE
COUNTRIES.
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I HAVE
MISCHARACTERIZED.
>> I AGREE WITH ANN.
THAT SOUNDED CORRECT TO ME.
>> OKAY.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, THIS WAS
YOUR LINE OF QUESTIONING SO I
JUST WANT TO CIRCLE BACK AND
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FINISHED
YOUR LINE OF QUESTIONING HERE
SO I CAN CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA NEXT.
>> YES.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ALLIE FOR
THAT CLARIFICATION.
>> GREAT.
OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOUR
HAND HAS BEEN RAISED FOR A WHILE
. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES FOR
THIS DIALOGUE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR BRINGING US FORWARD,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD GO ALL OF
YOUR WORK, AND COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR THIS AMENDMENT IN
FRONT OF US AND BRINGING US
BACK TO THE ANSWER THAT ALLIE
JUST PROVIDED.
THE UNDERLYING GOAL HERE AS MANY
COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE
UNDERSCORED TO REALLY KEEP US
FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT AS
WE RE-ENVISION COMMITTEE
POLICING, IT IS DONE THROUGH
THE COMMUNITIES LENS AND WE
HAVE A CHANCE TO HIT A RESET
BUTTON AND WE THINK ABOUT WHAT
TRAINING LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR
POLICE PERSONNEL.
IT DOESN'T AND SHOULDN'T BE DONE
ONLY BY MILITARY PERSONNEL AND
WE ARE MAKING A STATEMENT HERE
THAT GOING FORWARD, TRAINING
WILL NOT INCLUDE PARTNERSHIP
WITH OTHER MILITARY ENTITIES OR
OTHER COUNTRIES AND THEIR
MILITARY BODIES. I WANT TO
ORIENT US TO THE WHY WE ARE
DOING THIS, WHICH IS TO REFOCUS
US BACK ON COMMUNITY
ORIENTATION TO WHAT PUBLIC
SAFETY SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN THAT
LONGER-TERM GOAL. I THINK THE
LEGISLATION WAS ENHANCED IN
COMMITTEE. I APPRECIATE THE
CLARIFICATION THAT HAS BEEN
OFFERED BY CENTRAL STAFF HERE
TODAY ABOUT BOTH THE UNDERLYING
BILL AND THE AMENDMENT IN FRONT
OF US.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I
APPRECIATE THE LINE YOU HAVE
WALKED HERE TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW BOTH THE POLICE FORCES
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, SECURITY
FORCES, ALL OF WHICH WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE ARE GETTING TRAINED
BY OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL OR
WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AND THEIR
MILITARY PERSONNEL REGARDLESS
OF WHERE THEY ARE, INCLUDING TO
OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH. WE
WANT TO CONTINUE TO RESHAPE OUR
TRAINING IN THE FUTURE TO BE
FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY
STRATEGIES, ESPECIALLY TO
CREATE GREATER SECURITY SO FOLKS
NEVER INTERACT WITH POLICE
OFFICERS TO BEGIN WITH. I
APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION
OFFERED ON THIS AMENDMENT AND
WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THERE IS
SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH
THIS.
THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT AS
WELL.
>> OKAY.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, YOU ARE SUPPORTING
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
AMENDMENT?
>> THE AMENDMENT -- YES.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF AMENDMENTS
.
>> I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS
AMENDMENT THAT I THINK HAS
ADDITIONAL STRENGTH, GIVEN WHAT
CENTRAL STAFF HAS SET IN THEIR
CLARIFICATION ON COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOUR
HAND HAS BEEN RAISED FOR A
WHILE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS NEW?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
MY COLLEAGUES WILL BE SOMEWHAT
SIMILAR TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I GUESS YOU COULD HAVE CALLED
ON HER AGAIN.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID
EARLIER.
I APPRECIATE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS IS TRYING TO DO AND I
APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT MAKES
ANYTHING MORE ABOUT OUR VALUES
AS A CITY.
THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE,
ESPECIALLY AS THIS HAS BROUGHT
UP TO INCLUDE ANY POLICE FORCE,
THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF POLICE
FORCES IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT
DO HAVE PRACTICES THAT WE MIGHT
WANT TO STUDY AND EMULATE THAT
MIGHT BENEFIT FROM SOME KIND OF
FOREIGN EXCHANGE SO THEY CAN
TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
A GOOD OPTION IS CROWD CONTROL
PRACTICES IN SWEDEN.
OBVIOUSLY THE UNITED KINGDOM
HISTORICALLY HAS STOOD OUT AS A
PLACE THAT IS GENERALLY
CONSIDERED TO HAVE A GOOD MODEL
OF COMMUNITY POLICING BY
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.
CERTAINLY OUR BIGGEST TRAINING
PARTNER IS CANADA, AS
DEMONSTRATED BY THE HISTORIC
TURNS TAKEN.
I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH RIGHT HERE
IN THIS SESSION ABOUT THE
NATURE OF OUR TRAINING AND
EXCHANGES WITH CANADA.
GIVEN THOSE THINGS, I DO THINK
AT THIS TIME WITHOUT KNOWING
MORE INFORMATION, I CAN'T
SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT GIVEN
THE BROADNESS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF
THE ACTIVISTS AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT CALLED IN FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO
THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE
AMENDMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS HAD SENT OUT AT 2:01
P.M.
I JUST WANT TO LET ALL OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO SPOKE
AND HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION
TO THIS ISSUE, YOU CLEARLY HAD
A POWERFUL IMPACT.
THE 2:01 P.M.
VERSION WOULD REMOVE
RESTRICTIONS OF TRAINING POLICE
FORCES.
AT 4:17 P.M.
, THIS DRAFT HAS BEEN UPDATED
TO PUT POLICE FORCES BACK IN.
THAT DOES CLOSE A LOOPHOLE, BUT
I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
WHOLE POINT OF THIS AMENDMENT.
AT THIS POINT, THE ONLY
DIFFERENCE IS THIS AMENDMENT
ALSO PROHIBITS THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FROM TRAINING WITH
THE POLICE OF COUNTRIES THAT
ARE NOT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS IN
ADDITION TO THOSE THAT ARE
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS.
FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS, THEY DEFINE
THESE ISSUES.
MY INTENT AND THE INTENT OF THE
DEADLY EXCHANGE ACTIVISTS WITH
WHOM WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY TO
DRAFT LEGISLATION WAS TO FOCUS
ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS.
THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT CHANGE
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BUT I AM
CONCERNED THAT IF IT PASSES, IT
WILL BE USED TO OVERALL
UNDERMINE THE LAW.
IT WOULD BE A BLANKET LAW,
WHICH WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED BY
A LOT OF FORCES IN THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT.
FOR THAT REASON, I WILL BE
VOTING NO ON THIS AMENDMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAID HE
BROUGHT THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE
HE DIDN'T THINK THE BASE BILL
HAD BROUGHT IN THE IDEA OF
NATION MORTALITY.
IT WASN'T THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN
RIGHTS ABUSES NOT JUST IN
GENERAL.
THE OBJECTION TO THE VERY
ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE BILL
WAS IT ONLY MENTIONED ISRAEL
AND NOT OTHER COUNTRIES THAT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY THE
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS.
WE AGREED WITH THAT AND CHANGED
IT A BINGLEY. IN THAT SENSE, IT
IS NATIONWIDE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
COMMENTS, I WILL CLOSE IT OUT
FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, TO
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT
BEING TOO EXPENSIVE OR
RESTRICTIVE AS HE SAT ON THE
COMMITTEE, I WOULD SUGGEST
VOTING YES, IN FAVOR OF THIS
AMENDMENT TODAY AND SEPARATELY
CREATING A LIST OF COUNTRIES
THAT ARE ALLOWED TO TRAIN WITH
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BEING SPECIFIC AND PROACTIVE
RATHER THAN LOOKING BACKWARDS
AND TRYING TO DEFINE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, IN
RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT
THE AMENDMENT, WITHOUT THIS
AMENDMENT THERE IS A LARGE LOOP
HILL IN THE BILL. THAT LOOPHOLE
IS BEING ABLE TO ASCERTAIN OR
UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT THE
COUNTRY IN QUESTION DOES OR
DOES NOT COMPLY WITH
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AMONGST
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LISTS
THAT EVEN WE, HERE AT COUNCIL,
HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME
UNDERSTANDING TODAY.
AND SO, I URGE ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF
THIS AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE
LOOPHOLE THAT IS IN THE BILL
AND MAKE IT NATION NEUTRAL. ANY
FURTHER REFINEMENTS NEEDED IN
THE FUTURE, TAKE THAT UP IN A
PROACTIVE WAY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COLLEAGUES, I DO THINK IT IS
TIME FOR US TO WRAP UP DEBATE
ON THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT. I
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT IT AND I THOUGHT IT
MERITED HAVING A LITTLE MORE
TIME THAN WE WOULD PERHAPS
ORDINARILY HAVE IF FOR NO OTHER
REASON THAN THE FACT THAT WE
ALL ARE JUST LEARNING ABOUT
THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT IN OUR
LAST HOUR OR SO. THANKS SO MUCH
FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR OPENNESS AND
WILLINGNESS TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC
DEBATE. OKAY, THERE ARE NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
SUBSTITUTE PRESENTED ON THE
CORRECT VERSION OF AMENDMENT 2B
RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> SAWANT?
>> NO.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> NO.
>> JUAREZ?
>> NO.
>> LEWIS?
>> NO.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> NO.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED.
>> OKAY.
I'VE GOT TO TURN MY CAMERA ON
TO SEE IF MY INTERNET WILL
COOPERATE WITH ME.
GREAT.
THE MOTION FAILS.
THE SUBSTITUTE IS NOT ADOPTED
AND AMENDMENT 2 IS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ON AMENDMENT 2 AS PREVIOUSLY
DESCRIBED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT?
HOPEFULLY WE ALSO REMEMBER WHAT
AMENDMENT 2 IS.
MAYBE COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IN
AN EFFORT TO CLOSE OUT DEBATE
ON AMENDMENT 2, YOU CAN QUICKLY
REMIND US WHAT IT WAS ABOUT
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A WHILE
SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND
THEN WE CAN TAKE A VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO, JUST
REMIND EVERYONE BECAUSE IT HAS
BEEN A WHILE. AS I SAID
EARLIER, THIS AMENDMENT WAS
DRAFTED IN RESPONSE TO THE
DISCUSSION WE HAD DURING THIS
MORNING'S COUNCIL BRIEFING .
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAD SAID
HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR BILL
DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM
PROVIDING EXECUTIVE PROTECTION
TO CITY OFFICIALS ON VISITS TO
OTHER COUNTRIES.
THIS AMENDMENT MAKES IT CLEAR
THIS IS NOT REPORTING TO THE
TIMES IT HAPPENED AND AS A
SENTENCE THAT SAYS SPD IS NOT
LIMITED FROM PROVIDING
PROTECTION FROM ELECTED
OFFICIALS EITHER OR BOTH
CRITERIA IN THE TWO
SUBSECTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, FOLKS.
IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO
AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL ON
THIS.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE IN THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 2.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU HAVE
A THIRD AMENDMENT THAT I
UNDERSTAND YOU WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE A MOTION ON, SO I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO YOU MAKE YOUR
MOTION.
IF IT IS SECONDED, WE WILL HAVE
A DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE AMENDMENT 3 AS EMAILED
TO THE OFFICE THIS MORNING.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO ADDRESS
THE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBERS
MORALES AND MOSQUEDA FOR
COSPONSORING THIS AMENDMENT.
THIS WILL ADD A REFERENCE TO
THE STATUTE WHICH WAS LEFT OUT
OF THE AMENDMENT THAT THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
APPROVED LAST TUESDAY.
THE CURRENT DRAFT LEGISLATION
SITES TWO TREATIES, POLITICAL
RIGHTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL
COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL,
AND MATERIAL RIGHTS AS
INDICATORS AS A GOVERNMENT'S
INTENTIONS TO ABIDE BY HUMAN
RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW,
HOWEVER THE AMENDMENT LEFT OUT
THE COURT STATUTE AS ANOTHER
INDICATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT'S
INTENTIONS TO ABIDE BY HUMAN
RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW.
SINCE THE EXCLUSION IN
SUBSECTION B RELIES ON THE
CRIMINAL COURT AS THE BODY
DETERMINING THE VIOLATION, IT
IS ONLY LOGICAL TO SITE THE
STATUTE ALONG WITH THE OTHER
TREATIES, SO THAT IS SIMPLY
WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT 3? HEARING NO COMMENTS
ON AMENDMENT 3, WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE -- OH, I'M
SORRY.
WE ARE NOT CALLING THE ROLE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, GO
AHEAD.
>> I AM SO SORRY.
SO IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE SATISFIED
WITH THE CRITERIA ON THE
COMMITTEE WAS EASILY VERIFIED
CRITERIA THAT ARE BASED IN THE
FOR GROUNDING OF HUMAN RIGHTS
AND EASY FOR STAFF TO APPLY. AS
IT RELATES TO THE ICC PR, THERE
ARE LISTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE
TREATIES THAT ESTABLISH THOSE
COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT
SIGNATORIES TO THE TREATIES. AS
IT RELATES TO THE ROME STATUTE
THAT IS IN THE INVERSE, WHEREAS
THE LIST THAT EXISTS OUR
INDICATORS OF NATIONS THAT ARE
INVENTORY TO THE TREATY.
I ALSO HAVE SOME CONFUSION ABOUT
WHAT IS A SIGNATORY, WHAT IS A
PARTY TO, WHAT IS RATIFYING,
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO NOT SIGN?
THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION. I
AM REALLY SORRY. I AM NOT
COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS
RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
DATA SUGGESTS THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD EXPAND THE EXCLUSION
CRITERIA TO AN ADDITIONAL 48
COUNTRIES BEYOND THE
APPROXIMATELY 35 COUNTRIES THAT
WOULD BE EXCLUDED BY THE
CRITERIA IN THE BASE BILL. THAT
IS ABOUT 45% OF THE WORLD'S
NATIONS.
I AM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH,
AGAIN, BROADENING THE SCOPE OF
THE EXCLUSIONS BEYOND THE
EXCLUSIONS THAT I MOVED IN MY
AMENDMENT, THE AMENDMENT THAT
IS BEING PROPOSED -- THE
LANGUAGE IS WHAT I OFFERED LAST
WEEK SPECIFICALLY WITH THE
INTENT OF MAKING SURE THAT THE
EXCLUSION CRITERIA IS A
VERIFIABLE AND SIMPLY
IMPLEMENTED BY THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. I DON'T WANT
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO HAVE TO DO GOOGLE SEARCHES
TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
AGAIN, I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
THIS EXPANSION AND I FEEL
REALLY STRONGLY THAT WE ARE
MAKING THE PERFECT ENEMY OF THE
GOOD HERE AND WE HAVE
LEGISLATION THAT IT
ACCOMPLISHES THE GOALS OF THE
BILL SPONSOR AS WELL AS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN
WORKING TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
AS OF 2019, 123 COUNTRIES ARE
UNDER THE STATUTE AND THEREFORE
WOULD REMAIN VIABLE TRAINING
PARTNERS UNLESS, OF COURSE, IN
THE FUTURE THEY FAIL OTHER
CRITERIA IN THE ORDINANCE.
I AM ACTUALLY NOT CLEAR ABOUT
WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I MEAN, AS
FAR AS I CAN UNDERSTAND, IT
TAKES ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO
SEARCH.
IT IS EASY TO VERIFY.
YOU CAN GO RIGHT TO THE
WEBSITE.
JUST TO CLARIFY ALSO, MY STAFF
MEMBER DID SEND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD THE LINK THIS MORNING
WHEN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FIRST RAISED THIS QUESTION.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE
POLICE SHOULD NOT BE DOING A
SEARCH. IT IS A VERIFIABLE KIND
OF DATA, NOT SOME RANDOM GOOGLE
SEARCH. I WILL ALSO ADD THIS IS
AN AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN
ADVOCATED FOR STRONGLY BY
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS WHO FIRST
PROPOSED THE LEGISLATION. IT IS
REFERENCED IN THE FOLLOWING
PARAGRAPH.
THESE ARE TECHNICAL CLARITY AND
CONSISTENCY THAT ONLY STANDS TO
INCLUDE THE STATUTE BECAUSE IT
HAD ALREADY BEEN REFERRED TO.
THE CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS EXPERTS SAY THIS WILL
HELP CLARIFY THE LEGISLATION
FURTHER BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW,
ELIMINATING INCONSISTENCIES.
THAT IS WHERE THIS AMENDMENT IS
COMING FROM. IT IS NOT JUST THE
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS PUSHING FOR
THIS EXCHANGE. THEY HAVE BEEN
IN CONSULTATION WITH PEOPLE
THAT HAVE EXPERTISE ON
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
AMENDMENT THREE?
HEARING NONE, I WILL ACCEPT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S CLOSING
REMARKS TO BE JUST THAT,
CLOSING REMARKS ON AMENDMENT 3,
UNLESS THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE
YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
NO?
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK CALLED A
ROLE IN THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 3?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> HERBOLD?
>> NO.
>> JUAREZ?
>> NO.
>> LEWIS?
>> NO.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> NO.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> NO.
>> THREE IN FAVOR, SIX OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION FAILS.
THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
COLLEAGUES, NOW THE AMENDED
BILL IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
ARE THERE -- NOW IS THE TIME --
LET ME BACK UP. THIS CONCLUDES
THE AMENDMENTS THAT I AM AWARE
OF THAT WERE SLATED FOR
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION
TODAY DURING FULL COUNCIL
MEETING.
NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE AMENDED
BILL.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE
HAVE TWO COUNCILMEMBERS THIS
MORNING REQUEST AN OPPORTUNITY
TO BE ADDED TO THIS UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION AS COSPONSORS.
THOSE ARE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
AND MOSQUEDA.
PLEASE INDICATE NOW IN OPEN
SESSION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE
ADDED AS COSPONSORS TO THE
AMENDED BILL SO THE CLERK CAN
MAKE THAT SUBSTITUTION
ACCORDINGLY.
NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE GENERAL
COMMENTS ON THE UNDERLYING BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, BECAUSE
YOU ARE THE SPONSOR OF THE
BILL, YOU WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE FINAL WRAP
UP COMMENTS AT THE END OF DEBATE
. WE HAVE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BILL, SO
HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO
GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY AND
TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON THIS TO
CLOSE LEGISLATION.
FIRST IN LINE IS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN. AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS BILL.
I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
CONSTITUENTS WHO SUPPORT THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND THOSE
WHO OPPOSE IT. I HAVE TRIED TO
BE REALLY CLEAR THAT MY SUPPORT
FOR THIS COMES FROM A PLACE OF
REALLY DEEP COMMITMENT TO HUMAN
RIGHTS AS WELL AS A FIRM BELIEF
THAT WE AS A CITY SHOULD NOT
SPENDING PUBLIC DOLLARS TO SEND
POLICE ABROAD FOR THE PURPOSE
OF TRAINING WITH COUNTRIES THAT
ARE VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS. I
ALSO FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE
SHOULD BE MOVING OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT AWAY FROM
MILITARIZATION AND REALLY AS
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WAS
MENTIONING EARLIER TODAY,
REALLY MOVING AWAY FROM THE
MILITARIZATION AND TOWARDS MORE
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND TOWARD A DIFFERENT WAY OF
POLICING.
THAT REQUIRES THAT WE INVEST IN
HE DEPARTMENT IN A DIFFERENT
KIND OF WAY AS WELL. I DON'T
THINK THEY SHOULD BE TRAINING
WITH MILITARIES OR SECURITY
SERVICES IN COUNTRIES ENGAGING
IN HUMAN RIGHTS.
I DO WANT TO EXPRESS MY INTEREST
IN COSPONSORING THE LEGISLATION.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS
THAT TO THOSE THAT CONDEMN THIS
BILL AS ANTI-SOMATIC, I DON'T
BELIEVE THIS IS ABOUT THE
JEWISH PEOPLE AT ALL.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE JEWISH
RELIGION.
THIS IS ABOUT THE POLICIES AND
PRACTICES OF JURISDICTIONS AND
STATES AND GOVERNMENTS AND AS A
MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL, I DON'T
THINK WE SHOULD BE SPENDING
RESOURCES TO SEND OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO OTHER STATES AND
OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THE PURPOSE
OF ANY SORT OF TRAINING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
THIS BILL AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
SPONSORING IT AND THE ACTIVISTS
AND ADVOCATES THAT HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH HER OFFICE AND
WITH I THINK ALL OF OUR OFFICES
TO GARNER SUPPORT FOR THE
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
AFTER COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT DEAR COLLEAGUES, I
WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL
OF YOUR WORK TO GET US TO THIS
DAY AND TO THE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND FOLKS I HAVE MET
WITH WITH ON ALL SIDES OF THE
ISSUE AS WELL.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE.
I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
FOLKS WHO WE MIGHT NOT AGREE ON
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO
FIND PATHWAYS FORWARD FOR
GREATER SUPPORT FOR
HUMANITARIAN RIGHTS LOCALLY AND
ACROSS THE WORLD.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
BRINGING IT FORWARD AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR YOUR
WORK. AGAIN, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO LIFT UP THAT
AMENDMENT THAT YOU MADE FOR A
COMMITTEE THAT I KNOW HAD QUITE
A BIT OF SUPPORT TO GET THIS
BILL ACROSS THE FINISH LINE
HERE TODAY.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THANK
YOU FOR THE LEGISLATION THAT
YOU WERE AIMING TO AMEND TODAY.
I AM HAPPY TO HAVE SUPPORTED
THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE THAT
INCLUDED THE STATUTE, I DID
SUPPORT THAT AND I DO SUPPORT
IT.
I THINK IT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR
ASP AS A BODY AND AS A COMMUNITY
TO LOOK AT THIS QUITE LITERALLY
WHICH LED TO THE CREATION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
COURT.
I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN
ADDITION TO THIS LEGISLATION
THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR US
TO HAVE TRAININGS WITH OTHER
COUNTRIES.
OVER 100 ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES
INCLUDING COUNTRIES WE LOOK TO
AS THE MODELS, INCLUDING
SWEDEN, CANADA, AND SOME MAY
INCLUDE BRITAIN AS WELL.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE ONGOING
WORK AS WE TRY TO CONTINUE TO
MAKE SURE THIS LEGISLATION IS
ADHERED TO AND I WILL DO
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON THE
WORLD STATUTE TO SEE IF WE CAN
FURTHER STRENGTHEN IN THE
FUTURE.
THIS IS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION
THAT I THINK IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO OUR
ONGOING WORK TO REDEFINE WHAT
COMMUNITY SAFETY LOOKS LIKE AND
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAININGS
WE WANT OUR OFFICERS TO
RECEIVE, TRAININGS ROOTED IN
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES AND
TRADITIONAL RESPONSES.
TRAININGS THAT ARE NOT LED BY
MILITARY ENTITIES AND TRAININGS
THAT NO MATTER THE COUNTRY ARE
IN LINE WITH OUR VALUES OF
REALLY WANTING TO HAVE
STRATEGIES AND MAKING SURE WE
ARE NOT PULLING IN MILITARISTIC
STYLES OF ENGAGEMENT, NOR
MILITARIZING PERSONNEL. I DO
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT
HAS UNDERTAKEN TO MOVE THIS
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US
TODAY AND I THANK THE
ORGANIZERS, THE COMMUNITY, AND
THE COUNCILMEMBERS I NOTED FOR
ALL OF THE WORK THEY PUT INTO
MAKING THIS LEGISLATION
POSSIBLE FOR US TO VOTE ON
TODAY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
THIS BILL IN THE CURRENT
VERSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR YOUR
ENGAGEMENT AS WE CONTINUE
LOOKING AT VARIOUS STRATEGIES
TO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY REALLY
ROOTED IN COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
NEXT UP, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
AND AFTER COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE GUIDANCE WITH
THE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS.
WHILE WE ACTUALLY SHARE COMMON
GROUND TO DEMILITARIZED OUR
POLICE FORCE, I BELIEVE THIS
LEGISLATION HAS BEEN NOT ONLY
DISTRACTING BUT ALSO DIVISIVE.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE ANTI-
DEFAMATION LEAGUE, THE JEWISH
FEDERATION OF SEATTLE AND
OTHERS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE ORIGIN, INTENT, AND IMPACT
OF THIS LEGISLATION FROM A
POLICY STANDPOINT.
I BELIEVE THE LEGISLATION SEEMS
TO BE A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A
PROBLEM.
LEGISLATION HAS DEFINITELY BEEN
A TIME-CONSUMING ISSUE.
COUNTLESS HOURS HAVE BEEN SPENT
TRYING TO ANALYZE WHICH NATIONS
ARE OR ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE
LEGISLATION AND IT APPEARS THIS
WAS NOT APPROPRIATELY CONSULTED
BY THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR OF THE
BILL. RATHER THAN VEERING INTO
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, WE HAVE
WAYS TO DEEPEN REFORM AND
SAFETY AND THAT INCLUDES
REVAMPING THE POLICE UNION
CONTRACT WHICH EXPIRED EIGHT
MONTHS AGO.
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
FINAL BILL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. NEXT UP,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND AFTER
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WILL BE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WILL ALSO BE VOTING AGAINST
THIS ORDINANCE TODAY AND I WANT
TO SAY THAT I HAVE APPRECIATED
THE ACCESS THAT THE ADVOCATES
OF THIS ORDINANCE HAVE
MAINTAINED FROM MY OFFICE HERE
AT MY OFFICE WITH AN OPEN MIND.
TO ME, GETTING THE INFORMATION
BACK FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND
PARTICULARLY THIS EMAIL WE
RECEIVED FROM ANN GORMAN
DETAILING THE TRAINING THAT IS
OCCURRING INTERNATIONALLY, AT
LEAST OVER THE LAST DECADE TO
ILLUSTRATE THE BOTTOM LINE OF
WHAT WE ARE EVEN TALKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, THIS DOES NOT GO INTO
WHAT EXACTLY THESE FOREIGN
TRIPS AND HAILED, JUST NUMBERS
THAT THE FOREIGN TRIPS OCCURRED
. I DON'T KNOW THE NATURE OR
QUALITY OR SUBSTANCE OF THE
TRAININGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED
THAT WERE ESSENTIALLY BANNED.
THERE WERE ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS ATTRIBUTING
PERHAPS THAT WE WERE LEARNING
POOR CROWD CONTROL TECHNIQUES
THAT HAVE LED TO THE RECENT
EXTREME AND UNFORGIVABLE ABUSES
THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT
MONTHS IN REGARDS TO THE
DEMONSTRATIONS LAST SUMMER.
I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY SEEN
ANYTHING INDICATED ANYWHERE
THAT THERE IS ANY RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THESE TRIPS. IN ANY
EVENT, WE HAVE QUANTITATIVE
CORAM AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE
TRIPS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
FROM 2013 TO 2021, SPD
APPARENTLY TOOK SIX TRIPS TO
ISRAEL.
FOUR OF THOSE TRIPS WERE FOR
TACTICAL TRAINING.
THEY OCCURRED IN 2013 AND 2014,
SO THERE HAS BEEN NO TRAINING
TRIP TO ISRAEL THAT HIS OCCURRED
IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.
AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THE
PARTICULAR NATURE OF THOSE
TRAININGS EXCEPT THEY WERE
TACTICAL IN NATURE.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THEY
WERE OR WHAT BEARING THEY HAVE
ON THE CURRENT DEPARTMENT.
THERE WERE TWO ADDITIONAL TRIPS
TO ISRAEL BUT THEY WERE FOR
EXECUTIVE PROTECTION.
THIS WOULD FALL OUTSIDE OF THE
SCOPE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND
WOULD NOT BE BANNED BY THIS
ORDINANCE.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN FOREIGN
TRAVEL, LIKE I SAID, TO ISRAEL
OF ANY KIND IN THE LAST SEVEN
YEARS.
IT IS NOTABLE THAT THE 2016 TRIP
THAT CHIEF BEST TOOK THAT HAS
BEEN DISCUSSED EXTENSIVELY BY
ADVOCATES OF THE ORDINANCE WAS
NOT CITED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS
A TRIP THAT WOULD BE PREEMPTED
BY THIS ORDINANCE, PRESUMABLY
THERE IS SOME LOOPHOLE WE ARE
NOT AWARE OF OR FOR SOME REASON
THAT FALLS OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE
OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS
A TRAINING TRIP.
THAT WAS A TRIP THAT WAS
SPONSORED BY THE ANTI-
DEFAMATION LEAGUE THAT CHIEF
BEST TOOK IN 2016.
IT INVOLVED VISITS WITH ISRAELI
AND PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS IN
VARIOUS CAPACITIES WITH THE
MILITARY AND POLICE.
THAT WAS NOT CITED IN THE
REPORT THAT ANN GAVE. I'M NOT
REALLY SURE WHY THAT IS.
GIVEN THAT SCANT RECORD OF
TRAININGS WITH ISRAEL, AND I'M
NOT AWARE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS
OF ANY INTERNATIONAL TRAININGS
ASIDE FROM CANADA, WHICH
INVOLVED 48 TRIPS OF VARIOUS
TYPES, BY FAR OUR LARGEST
TRAINING PARTNER.
GIVEN THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE
PASSED AND WERE CONSIDERED
THOSE TRIPS WERE NOT MANNED BY
THE ORDINANCE, IT SEEMS THAT
THERE IS NO ONGOING OR FRANKLY
CONCERNING PRACTICE THAT THIS
ORDINANCE WOULD PREVENT OR STOP
. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY PENDING
OR PLANNED TRAININGS, BUT THE
DEPARTMENT WILL UNDERTAKEN
ISRAEL.
IT HAS BEEN SEVEN YEARS AND IT
DOES NOT SEEM THAT IS AN
ONGOING EXCHANGE THAT THE CITY
HAS.
WERE THERE BRIEFINGS OR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THEY ARE
CONCERNING?
WHAT IS THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT LEARNING IN ISRAEL?
THAT MIGHT CHANGE MY ANALYSIS.
FROM WHAT I AM SEEING HERE,
IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS AND WE
DON'T KNOW THE TRAININGS THAT
OCCURRED BEFORE THEM.
THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BOTTOM
LINE.
GIVEN THAT, I DON'T THINK I
NEED TO GO INTO ANY MORE
DETAIL.
THOSE ARE MY PRIMARY CONCERNS.
FOR THAT PURPOSE, I WILL NOT BE
VOTING FOR THIS ORDINANCE
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
I APPRECIATE YOU WALKING US
THROUGH THAT RATIONALE.
NEXT UP, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
AND AFTER COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST VERY BRIEFLY AS BACKGROUND
WHEN THIS BILL WAS FIRST
BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, I DID
TELL ADVOCATES I WOULD ONLY
ALLOW A BILL TO BE HEARD IN A
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE IF IT WERE A
NATION NEUTRAL FOCUS ON HUMAN
RIGHTS STANDARDS AS APPLIED TO
ALL COUNTRIES.
I WOULD NOT PERMIT A BILL ON MY
COMMITTEE AGENDA THAT SINGLED
OUT ISRAEL BECAUSE OF CONCERNS
THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM MEMBERS
OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT TOLD ME
THEY WERE WORRIED THAT
LEGISLATION SPECIFIC TO ISRAEL
WOULD INFLAME HATE CRIMES
AGAINST THE JEWISH PEOPLE
ALREADY ON THE RISE. MY SUPPORT
FOR THIS BILL IS VERY SIMPLY
BASED IN SEATTLE COUNCIL 'S
STATEMENTS IN RESOLUTION 31858
AND 31958 AND CENTERED IN THE
FIRST RECITAL IN THE BILL THAT
SEATTLE IS A HUMAN RIGHTS CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY , FOR ALL
OF YOUR WORK.
I WILL BE VOTING NO TODAY AS
WELL FOR SOME OF THE REASONS MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SHARED.
IN GENERAL, LET ME JUST SHARE A
LITTLE BIT OF WHAT MY ANALYSIS
IS AND WHAT MY THOUGHTS ARE.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT
ARENA, IF YOU WILL.
I THINK TODAY'S DISCUSSION
STARTED AT 4:15 UNDERSCORES THE
DISCUSSION, THE CONFUSION, AND
THE DISAGREEMENT. WE ARE NOT AN
INTERNATIONAL TRIBE. IT IS NOT
OUR JOB TO GO THROUGH THE
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AND
POLITICAL RIGHTS OR THE
COVENANT ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
RIGHTS.
WE ARE NOT THE U.N. I WILL NOT
GO BACK AND READ THE FOURTH
GENEVA CONVENTION AND WHAT
HAPPENED IN SWITZERLAND.
WE ARE NOT THE INTERNATIONAL
TERMINAL COURT OR THE ROME
STATUTE, WHICH I AM FAMILIAR
WITH.
I DO AGREE WITH WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA SAID.
THAT WAS ALWAYS MY INTENT. IF
IT WAS ON OUR VALUES FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS IN THAT WE GET AWAY FROM
THE MILITARIZATION OF OUR
POLICE FORCE BUT BASED ON WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS SAID AS
WELL, WE HAVE SCANT FACTS,
QUITE FRANKLY.
WE ACTUALLY NEED TO PASS AN
ORDINANCE BECAUSE WHAT I THINK
WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE
PUNISHING ISRAEL.
I THINK THIS CREATES DIVISION.
I THINK WE ARE NOT BEING
INTELLECTUALLY HONEST ABOUT
WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON HERE.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A BIGGER
PICTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. THESE
ISSUES, THESE HUMAN RIGHTS
ISSUES HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR
DECADES.
WE HAVE SPENT AN AMOUNT OF TIME
ON THIS WHEN WE HAVE 16 ITEMS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
LET ME SHARE THIS WITH YOU.
I HAVE RECEIVED THREE PHONE
CALLS FROM THREE NATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS, JEWISH
ORGANIZATIONS, THAT WANTED ME
TO KNOW -- AND I ALSO LOOKED IT
UP, THAT THE RECENT FBI HATE
CRIME STATISTICS STUDY FOR 2020
OF THE 57% RELIGIOUS-BASED HATE
CRIMES WERE ALL FOCUSED ON
JEWISH PEOPLE.
THAT TO ME IS ALARMING WHEN
JEWISH PEOPLE MAKE UP 2% OF THE
POPULATION. AGAIN, I DON'T WANT
TO GO INTO THIS ABOUT GOING
DOWN THIS RABBIT HOLE OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW. I THINK WHAT
WE ARE REALLY SAYING HERE IS WE
ARE WEAPON I THINK OUR VOTE.
ONE THING THAT HAS ALWAYS
DISTURBED ME, AND MOST OF THE
TIME I AM QUIET ABOUT IT, BUT
SOMETIMES WE GO AND WEBINARS
OUR VOTES TO HURT, PUNISH,
RETALIATE, HUMILIATE.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
DOING TODAY.
I DON'T THINK IT IS TO EDUCATE
OR LEAD US INTO A BETTER PLACE
OR IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLES OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
I UNDERSTAND WHY WE WANT TO
HAVE THOSE VALUES SPOKEN TO AND
ADDRESSED. A LITTLE-KNOWN FACT
ABOUT DEBORAH JUAREZ, I DID
STUDY INTERNATIONAL LAW IN
FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND. I KNOW
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THIS
. AGAIN, THIS ISN'T PEOPLE ARE
AGAINST ALL OF THESE PRINCIPLES
AND VALUES THAT WE WANT TO
UPHOLD AS A CITY, BUT THIS
SHINES MORE. IT DOESN'T SHINE
MORE LIGHT ON THE ISSUE, BUT IT
CREATES HEAT AND THOSE OF YOU
THAT ARE FAMILIAR WHEN
SOMETHING CREATES MORE HEAT
THAN LIGHT, THEN THERE IS A
PROBLEM THERE.
WE DON'T NEED A LOT.
THIS IS -- YOU CAN HIDE BEHIND
IT ALL YOU WANT BUT THE REASON
WE HAD TO CHANGE IT, AND I MADE
A MISTAKE AND I WANTED TO MAKE
THIS COUNTRY NEUTRAL, AS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN WAS
SAYING.
SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER -- YEAH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WAS SAYING.
I JUST THINK IT IS DISHONEST TO
PUT SOMETHING FORWARD WHEN I
KNOW WHAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING
TO DO.
I WOULD RATHER WE GET RIGHT TO
THE FACTS AND BE HONEST ABOUT IT
AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND I
WANT TO END ON THIS NOTE.
I AM NOT SAYING THAT WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IS DOING
IS A BAD THING. I AM SAYING WE
NEED TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT WE
ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK THAT -- AND THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR WALKING
US THROUGH ALL OF THIS, BUT
AGAIN I THINK IT UNDERSCORES
THE PURPOSE AND IT DOES CREATE
DIVISION. I BELIEVE AS LEADERS,
WE HAVE TO DO MORE THAN THAT.
THANK YOU.
I WILL BE VOTING NO.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ FOR WALKING US THROUGH
YOUR RATIONALE.
YOU KNOW, I ALSO REALLY WANTED
TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF EMPHASIZE
MY AGREEMENT WITH MANY OF THE
COMMENTS EXPRESSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND LEWIS
IN PARTICULAR. COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS IS ONE OF TWO
COUNCILMEMBERS DURING THE
MEETING THAT ABSTAINED IN HOPES
OF BEING ABLE TO DO SOME SORT
OF CURING OF SOME OF THE ISSUES
THAT WE DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE
AND UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T FEEL
THAT HAS OCCURRED.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU KNOW,
I REALLY AM COMMITTED TO
ADDRESSING THE REALITY IS OF
NOT WANTING TO BE PART OF A
CITY THAT IS ACTIVELY
PARTICIPATING IN PRACTICES IN
WHICH OTHER NATIONS ARE
SUPPORTING AND ADVANCING HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
I JUST DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF
CONFIDENCE THAT THE FORMULA AS
DESCRIBED IN THIS BILL IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE THE
INTENDED EFFECT.
I ALSO WORRY THAT THE INTENT IS
ACTUALLY ABOUT THE ONGOING
DISPUTE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
I HAVE BECOME VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF OUR LOCAL
ACTIONS IN THAT SPACE THAT
COULD ULTIMATELY RESULT IN SOME
HARM, WHETHER WE INTEND IT TO
OR NOT. LIKE MANY OF YOU, I
HAVE ENGAGED WITH MANY PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNITY ON THIS AND
HAVE HEARD, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
DIFFERING OPINIONS BUT I THINK
THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF
FOLKS I HAVE SPOKEN TO HAVE
PLEADED WITH US TO FIND A
DIFFERENT WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THE
UNDERLYING GOALS OF
MILITARIZING OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT, OF REMAINING A
HUMAN RIGHTS CITY, AND I THINK
THERE ARE WAYS FOR US TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT THAT WOULD BE
BOTH MEANINGFUL AND PRODUCTIVE.
AND NOT DIVISIVE TO USE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S WORDS.
WITH THAT, I WILL HEAD OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I AM SO
SORRY FOR THAT. FOR DISCLOSURE,
I HAD TO SWITCH TO MY PHONE
BECAUSE MY INTERNET HAS BEEN SO
UNSTABLE.
I APOLOGIZE I SKIPPED YOU IN
SEEING THE HAND FEATURE. GO
AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, WHEN I MET WITH THE
JEWISH FEDERATION AND JEWISH
VOICE FOR PEACE IN THE SAME
WEEK, I TOLD THEM BOTH I WOULD
BE PUTTING FORWARD A NATION
NEUTRAL AMENDMENT AND IF IT WAS
TRULY EXPENSIVE TO ALL NATIONS,
I WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
I TOLD COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AS
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, I TOLD
YOU THIS ABOUT THE SAME
TIMELINE AT LEAST OVER A MONTH
AGO. I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT
WITH MY POSITION THAT THAT IS
WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE.
IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT OR MY FAULT
THAT I WAS NOT CONSULTED LAST
WEEK IN PREPARATION FOR THIS
BILL TO COME OUT OF COMMITTEE.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MAKE
IT NATION NEUTRAL BY NOT
ATTEMPTING TO UNDERSTAND
INTERNATIONAL LAW, TO NOT
CREATE LOOPHOLES FOR COUNTRIES
TO SLIDE THROUGH. IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR ME TO ALSO PUT ON
THE RECORD THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
TO BE SAID ANOTHER WAY.
WE ARE ABLE TO BE CRITICAL OF
ISRAEL WITHOUT BEING ANTI-
SOMATIC. THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO
BE CRITICAL OF ISRAEL THAT ARE
ANTI-SOMATIC. THIS WILL HELP
ISRAEL BY HAVING A TWO STATE
SOLUTION.
WHAT IS BEFORE US TODAY IS A
BILL ABOUT POLICE IN TRAINING.
I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT MY
POSITION SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
THIS CONVERSATION.
I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH
EACH PERSON I HAVE SPOKEN TO
ABOUT HOW I WILL VOTE WITH WHAT
IS PRESENTED.
THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS NOT COME
TO US TODAY IN THE BILL I HAVE
SAID I CAN SUPPORT IS NOT
BEFORE US TODAY.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, SOME OF
YOUR COMMENTARY WAS VERY
HURTFUL.
I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I
DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE ON THIS
COMMITTEE KNOWS -- I WILL TAKE
A STEP BACK.
I WILL SHARE WITH YOU IN
PRIVATE HOW YOUR COMMENTS WERE
HURTFUL TO ME TODAY.
I WILL LEAVE IT WITH THAT. I
WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS
BILL.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. I APPRECIATE YOU
SHARING YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR
PERSPECTIVE WITH US.
I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH
YOUR COLLEAGUES OFF-LINE AS YOU
PROCESS WHAT HAS CLEARLY BEEN
HURTFUL TO YOU AND WITH THAT
BEING SAID, I DO THINK WE ARE
READY TO CONCLUDE DEBATE ON THIS
. I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO CLOSE
OUT DEBATE AND TO THEN ALLOW US
TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS PROPOSED
ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND MOSQUEDA FOR ADDING
YOURSELVES AS COSPONSORS. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
ORGANIZING WORK OF MANY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BRING THIS
LEGISLATION FORWARD. OVER THE
SUMMER, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
WROTE LETTERS, TESTIFIED, AND
DEMANDING THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSED THIS PLAN ON POLICE
TRAINING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATORS.
SEATTLE'S DEADLY EXCHANGE
STRUGGLE HAS BEEN WORKING ON
THIS LEGISLATION FOR YEARS.
PALESTINIAN ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN
WORKING ALONGSIDE ME IN RECENT
MONTHS.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN LEADERSHIP
ROLES AS WELL.
I MUST AMEND THE ACTIVE ROLE
PLAYED BY MEMBERS OF THE
ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE BEEN
ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO THIS
ISSUE BOTH ATTENDING THE
ORGANIZING MEETINGS, HELPING
THE EFFORTS ON THE GROUND, AND
ALSO BEING ACTIVE IN PUBLIC
COMMENT. I HAVE ESPECIALLY
APPRECIATED DISCUSSIONS OUR
OFFICE HAS HAD OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL MONTHS WITH RABBIS AND
JEWISH ACTIVISTS FROM
THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
MY OFFICE WHICH INCLUDES STAFF
MEMBERS WHO ARE THEMSELVES
INVOLVED IN SEATTLE'S JEWISH
COMMUNITY LIFE ARE ACUTELY
AWARE OF THE INSIDIOUS AND
DANGEROUS NATURE OF ANTI-
SEMITISM. OUR ALLIES AND AS I
AS A SOCIALIST AND IMMIGRANT
AND WOMAN OF COLOR. THEY FIGHT
AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM BECAUSE
THEY UNDERSTAND ALL FORMS OF
OPPRESSION. THE PRESENCE OF
THIS IDEOLOGY OF HATRED DOES
NOT ABSOLVE ANY NATION OR ANY
GOVERNMENT INCLUDING THE CITY
OF SEATTLE FROM CALLING OUT
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS WHEREVER
THEY ARE AND FROM POLICE
TRAINING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
VALUES. AS A MATTER OF FACT,
FAILURE TO DO THIS CREATES MORE
OPENNESS FOR DIVISION AND HATE
OF VARIOUS KINDS, WHICH THEN
ADDS IMPRESSIVE FORCES. I WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT THE MANY GROUPS
THAT HAVE BACKED THE EFFORTS
HERE FOR THIS LEGISLATION.
JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE, THE
SEATTLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION,
WHOSE MEMBERS ADOPTED A
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE BILL.
ONE AMERICA, TRANSIT RIDERS
UNION, VETERANS FOR PEACE
CHAPTER 92, REAL CHANGE, SOCIAL
JUSTICE FUND AT NORTHWEST,
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST OF AMERICA,
THE AMERICAN SERVICE COMMITTEE,
CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE CENTER FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, CARE
WASHINGTON, THE COALITION OF
SEATTLE INDIAN AMERICANS,
PALESTINE'S, AND MANY MORE
GROUPS THAT HAVE SIGNED ON TO A
POWERFUL LETTER IN JULY
CIRCULATED BY THE DEADLY
EXCHANGE.
THESE ARE THE TREMENDOUS
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
TOGETHER I HAVE NO DOUBT
REPRESENT THE VOICE OF TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF SEATTLEITES AND
THOSE ARE THE VOICES THAT ARE
GOING TO BE REJECTED, IT SEEMS
LIKE, BY THE MAJORITY OF THE
COUNCIL WHO ARE READY TO VOTE NO
. I WANT TO APPRECIATE EVERY
COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO SPOKE UP
IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND
JOINED OUR OFFICE AND DEMANDED
ACTION.
ELECTIVELY OUR VOICES MATTER
AND I WILL SAY SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS IN A SECOND.
THE COUNCIL HAS A BILL IN FRONT
OF US THAT ESTABLISHES A
TRANSPARENT AND EVENHANDED
POLICE TRAINING POLICY IN LINE
WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S
PREVIOUSLY STATED HUMAN RIGHTS
BOUNDARIES.
TO FAIL TO ADOPT THIS
LEGISLATION WOULD BE TO GIVE A
PASS TO SEATTLE POLICE TO
CONTINUE TO TRAIN WITH FORCES
OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSING
NATIONS.
THAT WOULD BE APPALLING.
THE CHOICE IS CLEAR AND THAT IS
WHY I AM PROUD TO STAND WITH
THE COMMUNITY AND WITH HUMAN
RIGHTS ACTIVISTS EVERYWHERE TO
URGE THE LEGISLATION.
I DO WANT TO RESPOND TO SOME OF
THE POINTS THAT HAVE COME UP BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THEIR
CLOSING COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ THAT WE
ARE RECOGNIZING OUR VOTE TO
HUMILIATE AND RETALIATE.
I'M SORRY, BUT I LITERALLY
DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT
MEANS.
AS OPPOSED TO HURTING,
PUNISHING, HUMILIATING, AND
KILLING NOT ONLY PALESTINIANS
BUT SO MANY GROUPS AROUND THE
NATIONS, NOT TO MENTION THE
OPPRESSIVE TACTICS AND
REPRESSIVE TACTICS USED BY THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE ON THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST.
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ DIDN'T SEE
THE THINGS SHE WANTED HERE IN
THE LEGISLATION, BUT WE NEVER
HEARD SPECIFIC THINGS.
NOT ONE THING ON WHAT NEEDED TO
BE CURED.
WE HAVE REPEATEDLY REACHED OUT
TO OUR COUNCILMEMBERS . I DO NOT
ACCEPT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
SAYING THAT.
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE
SPECIFIC OBJECTIONS THAT NEED
TO BE DEALT WITH.
YOU BROUGHT UP ONE THING IN THE
PRICING TODAY AND MY OFFICE
IMMEDIATELY ADDRESSED THAT
ISSUE, WHICH THAT AMENDMENT WAS
PASSED.
I AM JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW
THESE ARGUMENTS CAN BE TAKEN AS
GENUINE AND, YOU KNOW,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAID --
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, STOP
TALKING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ALSO
SAID --
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, STOP
TALKING ABOUT ME.
STOP TALKING ABOUT ME.
>> YOU MADE POINTS AND I NEED
TO RESPOND.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAID THE
BILL CREATES LOOPHOLES FOR
NATIONS TO FALL THROUGH.
I LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT LOOPHOLES?
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS
TALKING ABOUT.
THESE ARE TALKING POINTS WITH
NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THESE
ARE THE OBJECTIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN PUT FORWARD.
BACK IN JULY, WE CIRCULATED
LEGISLATION AND INVITED
FEEDBACK FOR IMPROVING THE BILL.
WE NEVER HEARD BACK FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. WE HAVE
NOT HEARD BACK FROM PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
THIS IS MY MOST IMPORTANT POINT,
YOU ARE ALL LISTENING TO THIS
DEBATE.
YOU KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE IT
SHOULD AND PASS.
THE SHOULD BE AN IMPORTANT
LESSON TO US ALL.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LABOR UNION
MEMBERS, ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE
COMMITTED TO SOCIAL JUSTICE.
THERE IS NO BY ALL OF US BY THE
PARTY ESTABLISHMENT BECAUSE YOU
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU RELY ON, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE
CONVERSATIONS WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS . YOU RELY ON
WHAT YOU CONSIDER CORDIAL
CONVERSATIONS.
YOU DON'T WANT ANY KIND OF REAL
FIGHT BACK AND THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS. WHEN WE FIGHT BACK, WE
WIN.
THIS WHOLE YEAR --
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
>> CALL THE QUESTION, PLEASE.
CALL THE QUESTION SO WE CAN
STOP THIS NONSENSE.
>> THIS ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO
HAPPEN AND THIS NEEDS TO BE A
LESSON TO ALL OF US.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
EVERYONE, I WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO ENCOURAGE US TO -- I
KNOW TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING
REALLY HIGH RIGHT NOW AND THIS
IS EXACTLY PART OF THE REASON
WHY I THINK THIS BILL IS
PERHAPS NOT AS HELPFUL AS YOU
WOULD HAVE DESIRED FOR IT TO
BE, EVEN AMONGST THIS VERY
DIVERSE CITY COUNCIL WE ARE
SEEING LOTS OF VERY STRONG
EMOTIONAL REACTIONS I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE US TO BRING THE
TEMPERATURE DOWN.
WE HAVE NOW CLOSED DEBATE.
I AM SORRY TO THE VIEWING PUBLIC
FOR WHAT HAS OCCURRED. I WANT
TO ENCOURAGE US AS LEADERS IN
THIS CITY TO STRIVE TO LEAD BY
EXAMPLE. I KNOW SOME OF US HAVE
DISAGREED BUT WE HAVE
PROFESSIONALLY AND THOUGHTFULLY
STATED OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS
BILL, WHICH IS IN OUR RIGHT TO
DO.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THOSE
REASONS FOR THE VOTES ARE
MORALLY CORRUPT, NOR DO I THINK
THAT WE CAN BE THE HUMAN RIGHTS
CITY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
ALL OF YOU AND EACH OTHER AS WE
WORK TOWARDS HEALING AND
MODELING THE BEHAVIOR AND WHAT
TRUE COALITION CAN LOOK LIKE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITH THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED
BILL?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> NO.
>> LEWIS?
>> NO.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> NO.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> NO.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED.
>> THE CHAIR WILL NOT SIGN IT.
IT'S MOVED TO ITEM 5. WITH THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 5 INTO
THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 5, RESOLUTION
32019, PROVIDING AN HONORARY
DESIGNATION OF THOMAS ST
BETWEEN 1st AVE N AND 2nd AVE N
AS "LENNY WILKENS WAY."
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS THE RESOLUTION WE
DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE AGENDA
FOR THE HONORARY DESIGNATION OF
LENNY WILKENS WAY.
I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS TO
ADD .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE RESOLUTION?
PLEASE USE THE RAISE THE HAND
FEATURE SO I DON'T MISS YOU.
I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED,
SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE OF THE ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED
.
>> THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
WILL THE CLERKS PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
PLEASE READ THE SHORT TITLE OF
ITEM 6 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 6, COUNCIL BILL
120160 , RELATING TO THE CITY
LIGHT DEPARTMENT ADDING A NEW
SECTION TO THE CHAPTER 21.49 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO
ESTABLISH THE RENEWABLE PLUS
PROGRAM.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, I
WILL HAND IT TO YOU TO WALK US
THROUGH THE REPORT.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120160
AUTHORIZES A PROGRAM TO
ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF
ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF CLEAN AND
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CAREFULLY
CRAFTED BY SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
AND THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED ITS APPROVAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE BILL
? HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION MY BEHALF?
PLEASE READ THE SHORT TITLE OF
ITEM 7 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 7, COUNCIL BILL
120170 RELATING TO THE CITY
LIGHT DEPARTMENT; AUTHORIZING
THE GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CITY LIGHT
TO ESTABLISH AND FUND AN EARLY
ACTION SKAGIT HABITAT
ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM . THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, BACK TO
YOU TO PROVIDE THE REPORT.
>> TO HONOR A COMMITMENT MADE
EARLIER THIS YEAR, COUNCIL BILL
120170 AUTHORIZES THE PUBLIC
UTILITY TO ADMINISTER A
PROACTIVE SKAGIT ENHANCEMENT
PROGRAM FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE BILL?
HEARING NONE, WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
PLEASE READ THE SHORT TITLE OF
ITEM 8 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 8, COUNCIL BILL
120174 GRANTING PERMISSION TO
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TO
CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND
MAINTAIN AN EXISTING
UNDERGROUND PEDESTRIAN
CONCOURSE TUNNEL UNDER AND
ACROSS 6th AVENUE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS ALSO COMES FROM
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
COMMITTEE. I WILL HANDED OVER
TO HIM.
>> COLLEAGUES, THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON HAS BEEN THE
LONGTIME OPERATOR OF A
PEDESTRIAN CONCOURSE TUNNEL
DOWNTOWN.
120174 RENEWS THE UNIVERSITY'S
PERMIT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN
TUNNEL.
IT RUNS UNDER SIXTH AVENUE
NORTH OF UNIVERSITY STREET.
THIS RENEWAL IS FOR 15 YEARS
WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR AN
ADDITIONAL 15 YEARS.
THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED WE PASS THE BILL.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
I AM NOT SEEING OR HEARING
COMMENTS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
9 INTO THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 120161
RELATING TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES; UPDATING WATER
REGULATIONS TO CONFORM TO
CURRENT STANDARDS; MAKING
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND
AMENDING SECTION 21.04.480 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> THIS SPECIFICALLY CLARIFIES
HOW AND WHEN SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES WILL USE ESTIMATES
FOR READING WATER METERS, ALL
OF WHICH ARE OWNED BY SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
HEARING NONE, WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
PLEASE READ ITEM 10 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120175 ,
AUTHORIZING SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS
UNDER RCW 70A.140.040 FOR
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT
PREVENT WATER POLLUTION USING
GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
AND OTHER NATURE-BASED
APPROACHES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSED.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN TO WALK
US THROUGH THIS REPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL BILL 120175 AUTHORIZED
PARTNERSHIPS ALLOWED BY STATE
LAW BY ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL
GREEN STORMWATER
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS PROGRAM WOULD EXPAND OUR
TOOLS FOR MANAGING THE STORM
WATER RUNOFF TO PREVENT
POLLUTION OF OUR WATERWAYS. THE
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CALIPH, ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
11 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 11, COUNCIL BILL
120171 RELATING TO
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
IMPLEMENTATION; AUTHORIING
APPROVAL OF USES AND ACCEPTING
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS FOR
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S
USE OF EMERGENCY SCENE CAMERAS
AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
CAMERAS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSES AS AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, BACK
TO YOU.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120171 EXCEPT
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORT ON
TWO TECHNOLOGIES USED BY THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT, HAZARDOUS
MATERIAL CAMERAS.
THESE ARE BASICALLY HANDHELD
CAMERAS. APPROVAL WAS
RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE
COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED, SO WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION IN
MY BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM 12 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 12, COUNCIL
BILL 120156 RELATING TO THE
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROPERTY
TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM.
>> I WILL HANDED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, AS THE
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS LEGISLATION RELATED TO
MAKING SURE WE ARE BUILDING
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS IS NARROW LEGISLATION THAT
ALLOWS FOR FOLLOW-UP ACTION IN
THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR
ADDRESSING EXPIRING UNITS BY
IMPLEMENTING EXTENSIONS.
THIS WILL ENABLE US TO GRANT
EXTENSIONS TO EXPIRING PROJECTS
SO WE DO NOT LOSE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING UNITS ESPECIALLY IN
THIS TIME OF GREAT ECONOMIC
INSTABILITY CAUSED BY COVID-19
AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF SO MANY
INDIVIDUALS BEING WITHOUT INCOME
. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
CREATING ADDITIONAL HOUSING
UNITS, ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE
HOUSING UNITS ACROSS THE CITY
AND WE ARE DOING SO WITH
EXPEDIENCY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
BRINGING THOSE HOUSING UNITS
ONLINE AS WELL AS IN THE
FUTURE.
THIS LEGISLATION ADDRESSES ONLY
THOSE UNITS EXPIRING IN THE
NEXT TWO YEARS, WHICH APPLIES
TO NINE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
FOLKS HAD A CHANCE TO JOIN US
IN THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE MEETING.
THERE IS AN ADDED BENEFIT THAT
THOSE THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY
NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO COMPLY
WITH EXISTING REQUIREMENTS ARE
ALSO GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL OFFER
GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AS WE SEEK TO
CREATE MORE COMPLIANT UNITS IN
THE FUTURE.
IN THE TWO YEARS COMING UP, WE
WILL HAVE MORE COMPREHENSIVE
UPDATES TO THE PROGRAM.
THIS WILL BE DONE WITH DEEP
ENGAGEMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS
INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION
TRADES, LABOR ORGANIZATIONS,
AND OUR FRIENDS IN THE HOUSING
ADVOCACY WORLD.
I WANT TO THANK AARON HOUSE FOR
THEIR WORK ON THIS LEGISLATION.
WE WILL HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS
COMING SOON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED, SO HEARING NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
TURBO SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ 13
INTO THE RECORD?
>> RESOLUTION 32017 CALLING FOR
RESEARCH, ENGAGEMENT AND
PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION TO
THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ON
THE MULTIFAMILY TAX EXEMPTION
(MFTE) PROGRAM PRIOR TO
CONSIDERING RENEWAL OF THE
PROGRAM IN 2023.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS IT BE
ADOPTED AS AMENDED.
>> I WILL HAND IT BACK TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA TO WALK
US THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION.
>> THIS RESOLUTION DOES EXACTLY
WHAT IT SAYS IN THE TITLE,
MAKING SURE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
RESEARCH, ENGAGEMENT, AND
PRESENTATION FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO CITY COUNCIL AS WE
CAN ENTER MAJOR CHANGES WE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM THE
MULTIFAMILY TAX EXEMPTION
PROGRAM BY 2023.
THIS RESOLUTION IS A COMPANION
PIECE TO THE MFTE EXTENSION WE
JUST PASSED AND IT CALLS FOR
MONITORING AND REPORTING BACK
TO COUNCIL ON HOW THE EXECUTIVE
PLANS TO ENSURE THE PROGRAM
EXTENSION IS GOING WELL AND WE
GET FEEDBACK AND ENGAGEMENT
FROM STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE HAVE
INCLUDED LABOR PARTNERS AND
HOUSING STAKEHOLDERS SO THAT WE
ARE ALL SET UP TO WAIVE POLICY
PRIORITIES AND POTENTIAL TRADE-
OFFS AS WE TAKE ON THE
COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM REVIEW IN
2023. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR HER
WORK TO ENHANCE THE RESOLUTION
HERE IN FRONT OF US.
THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE
CONVERSATIONS TO COME TO MAKE
SURE THOSE MFTE PROGRAM IN
TERMS OF CREATION OF ADDITIONAL
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THE
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WAS
INCLUDED IN COMMITTEE WILL HELP
US MAKE THOSE CALCULATIONS.
I SEE SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES. I
HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER VOTING
YES FOR THIS BILL.
OR RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE PROBLEMS WITH THE
MFTE PROGRAM ? THE PROBLEM IS
MOST OF THE AFFORDABLE RENT IN
THIS PROGRAM IS NOT REALLY
AFFORDABLE.
THEY ONLY SIGN UP WHEN IT IS
GREATER THAN THE DISCOUNT
ONLINE.
THEY COULD MAKE IT MORE
AFFORDABLE BY SIMPLY COLLECT
TAXES.
MY OFFICE SUPPORTS THE PROGRAM
BECAUSE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE THAT DEPEND
ON IT FOR HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE.
>> I WANT TO ADD IN RESPONSE TO
--
>> WEIGHT. HOLD ON.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A GLITCH
IN THE SYSTEM.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT GLITCH.
WE ARE STILL RECORDING.
>> NOTHING HAPPENED FOR THOSE
OF YOU THAT WERE WATCHING IT.
IF IT CUT OUT, WE WERE IN
TRANSITION.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> ONE OF THE ITEMS BEFORE US
RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE IT IS THE
RESOLUTION THAT SETS OUT HOW WE
WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION OF
WHETHER OR NOT TO MAKE CHANGES
TO THE PROGRAM.
WHETHER TO END IT OR EXTEND IT
AS IS.
ONE OF THE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS
CALLED OUT IN THE RESOLUTION IS
PRECISELY THE ISSUE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT RAISED TO
ANALYZE THIS QUESTION OF
WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD REDUCE
THE COST TO THE CITY INSTEAD OF
PROVIDING THE TAX EXEMPTION,
TAKE THE DOLLARS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE TAX EXEMPTION, THE
FOREGOING TAXES THE CITY DOES
NOT COLLECT AND USE SOME
PORTION OF THOSE DOLLARS TO BUY
OUT THOSE UNITS. THE QUESTION
IS WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD BUY
GREATER RENT AFFORDABILITY WITH
AN APPROACH LIKE THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT AS
ONE OF THE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS
CALLED OUT IN THIS RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE BILL
? I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED, SO WITH THAT BEING
SAID, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF THE RESOLUTION?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEM 14 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 14, COUNCIL BILL
1201 X.3 RELATING TO CITY OF
SEATTLE RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONG THE
CENTRAL WATERFRONT; DESIGNATING
PORTIONS OF ALASKAN WAY, ELLIOT
WAY, RAILROAD WAY, AND UNION
STREET AS PARK BOULEVARDS . THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL HANDED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, WHO IS
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THE BILL WILL DO THAT AND IT
AUTHORIZES THE TRANSFER OF THE
JURISDICTION THAT WILL PRESIDE
OVER THESE PORTIONS OF THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION.
TITTLE PARKS AND RECREATION IS
BETTER POSITIONED TO LEAD
CONSISTENT MAINTENANCE
OPERATION AND ENFORCEMENT TO
FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. ON
SEPTEMBER 7, THE PUBLIC ASSET
VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND
THE CITY CAN FROM THIS
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED
. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF?
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE OF ITEMS 15 AND 16
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEMS 15 AND 16,
APPOINTMENTS 2024 AND 2025,
REAPPOINTMENT OF N. IRIS FRIDAY
AS MEMBER, SEATTLE INDIAN
SERVICES COMMISSION, FOR A TERM
TO OCTOBER 31, 2022.
AND REAPPOINTMENT OF COLLEEN
ECHOHAWK-HAYASHI AS MEMBER,
SEATTLE INDIAN SERVICES
COMMISSION, FOR A TERM TO
DECEMBER 31, 2024.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THESE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> I WILL HANDED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ TO BRING
US HOME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
. THIS IS A PUBLIC AUTHORITY
CHARTERED THROUGH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE DEDICATED TO THE
PRESERVATION AND GROWTH OF THE
CAPITAL ASSET OF NATIVE
AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN OUR GREAT
CITY. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
REAPPOINTMENT FOR MISS IRIS
FRIDAY WHO WORKS FOR THE
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
AS A PROGRAM SPECIALIST. SHE
HAS EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ADVOCACY
EXPERIENCE AND IS DEDICATED TO
MENTORING THE NEXT GENERATION
OF NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH
PARTICULARLY YOUNG NATIVE WOMEN
AND HONORING TRIBAL LEADERS. IF
I CAN BRIEFLY SPEAK TO COLLEEN
ECHOHAWK-HAYASHI , WHO IS
SEEKING WHICH THE COMMITTEE
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. SHE HAS
SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB FOR 16 YEARS AND
DEDICATES HER TIME TO SERVE OUR
GENERALIZED COMMUNITIES
INCLUDING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
ON SEPTEMBER 7, THE NATIVE
COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO
CONFIRM MISS COLLEEN ECHOHAWK-
HAYASHI AND MISS N. IRIS
FRIDAY . WE ASK THE COUNCIL
CONFIRM THE SAME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
WHILE I DO NOT KNOW MISS
FRIDAY, THE REVIEW LOOKS GREAT.
MY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW ARE FOR
ONE COLLEEN ECHOHAWK, WHO HAS
TAUGHT ME MANY LIFE LESSONS
ABOUT SELF REFLECT AND BEING A
BETTER PERSON AND APPROACHING
THIS WORK IN A GOOD WAY. I
WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK HER FOR HER SERVICE TO
OUR CITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE APPOINTMENTS? I AM NOT
SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS
RAISED, SO THAT BEING SAID, I
WILL ASK THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENTS 2024 AND 2025.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE OCEAN CARRIES ANY
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED HERE
COLLEAGUES, THAT BRINGS US TO
OTHER BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS?
HEARING NONE, THIS DOES
CONCLUDE THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 AT 2:00 P.M.
I SAY THAT AS I HEAR A
RESOUNDING SIGH OF RELIEF FOR
MY HUSBAND IN THE BACKGROUND.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL
EVENING. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.