GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF
THE GOVERNANCE, NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE . THE
DATE IS THURSDAY, JULY 28th AND
THE TIME IS 9:30. I
AM DEBORA JUARZ, CHAIRPERSON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
SAWANT ARE EXCUSED TODAY.
>> WE HAVE THREE PRESENT. THERE
ARE TWO OTHER PEOPLE EXCUSED
TODAY.
NOW LET'S MOVE TO APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDAS APPROVED.
NOT SEEING OR HEARING ANY
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS
APPROVED.
>>> THIS IS THE FORMATION OF
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL
INCLUDING THE PROCESS AND
HISTORY THAT BRINGS US HERE
TODAY. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, WE WILL HEAR
FROM INTERIM DIRECTOR GREG LONG
. AND WE WILL HEAR FROM
FRANCESCA MURNAN AND MEMBER OF
THE COMMISSION.
WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY THE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
NATIONS. AND WE ARE JOINED BY
THE COUNCIL CENTER STAFF.
THERE WILL BE A JOINT
CONSIDERATION OF THE NINE
INAUGURAL APPOINTEES TO THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL . I
WILL LIST THEM OFF BECAUSE I'M
PROUD OF THE GROUP.
WE HAVE CC HOFFMAN AND WE HAVE
ASIA TAI FROM THE CHERRY CREEK
NATION.
AND JACI S. McCORMACK . WE HAVE
LUTHER F. MILLS ALSO ELECTED
TRIBAL LEADER . AND SUZANNE
SAILTO FROM SNOQUALMIE AND A
TRIBAL LEADER . AND WE HAVE
JEREMY TAKALA FROM THE YAKIMA
NATION.
JEREMY IS ALSO IN ELECTED LEADER
FROM THE YAKIMA NATION. WE HAVE
NINE MEMBERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY
SITTING AS TRIBAL COUNCIL
LEADERS DULY ELECTED BY THEIR
FOLKS, BY THEIR PEOPLE. WE
HAVE THE NOMINATION OF BILLY
HETHERINGTON TO SERVE ON THE
LABOR STANDARDS COMMISSION.
HE WILL BE INTRODUCED. FROM THAT
, THAT IS THE END OF MY BRIEF
REPORT AND I WILL HAVE MORE TO
SAY LATER.
WITH THAT, MADAME CLERK AND
COLLEAGUES, LET'S MOVE TO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
MADAME CLERK HAS SHARED WE HAVE
TWO FOLKS WHO HAVE CALLED IN
AND WE HAVE SIX-INCH CHAMBERS.
THANK YOU TO YOU HAVE CALLED IN
AND OF SHOWED UP.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
EACH SPEAKER HAS TWO MINUTES
AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU
TO DO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE
PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THEN PLEASE CALL ON THE
SPEAKERS AS WELL.
>> THE CITY OF FLOWERS AND THE
CITY OF GOODWILL BUILT ON
INDIGENOUS LAND, THE TERRITORY
OF THE PEOPLE'S. THE CITY
COUNCIL WELCOMES REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT AND IS EAGER TO HEAR
FROM RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A SPEAKER
AND PROVIDE VERBAL COMMENT, YOU
CAN REGISTER TWO HOURS PRIOR TO
THE MEETING VIA THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING WEBSITE.
HERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PROCEEDINGS. SPEAKERS ARE CALLED
UPON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED ON THE WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE NUMBER PROVIDED WHEN THEY
REGISTER ONLINE AND USE THE
MEETING I.D.
AND PASSCODE THAT WAS EMAILED
UPON CONFIRMATION. IF YOU DID
NOT RECEIVE AND EMAIL
CONFIRMATION, PLEASE CHECK YOUR
SPAM OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS. A
REMINDER THAT THE SPEAKER
MEETING I.D.
IS DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL
LISTEN LINE MEETING I.D.
PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA. ONCE
THE SPEAKER'S NAME IS CALLED,
THE SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL
BE UNMUTED AND AND AUTOMATIC
PROP WILL SAY THAT THE HOST
WOULD LIKE YOU TO UNMUTE YOUR
MICROPHONE.
THAT IS YOUR CUE THAT YOUR TIME
TO SPEAK.
YOU MUST PRESS STAR AND 6 AND
YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT THAT YOU
ARE UNMUTED.
MAKE SURE THE PHONE IS UNMUTED
ON YOUR END SO YOU WILL BE
HEARD.
AS A SPEAKER, BEGIN BY STATING
YOUR NAME THE ITEM YOU WILL BE
ADDRESSING.
A CHIME WILL SOUND WHEN THERE
ARE 10 SECONDS LEFT IN YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME AS A GENTLE
REMINDER TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED
TIME, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED AND THE NEXT SPEAKER
REGISTERED WILL BE CALLED.
ONCE SPEAKERS HAVE COMPLETED
PROVIDING PUBLIC COMIC, PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE PUBLIC
COMMENT LINE AND JOIN US VIA
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC BROADCAST OR
LISTENING ON THE AGENDA. THE
COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
ELIMINATE PUBLIC COMMENT IF THE
SYSTEM IS ABUSED OR IF IT
IMPEDES THE COUNCIL'S ABILITY
TO CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF
OF RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. ANY
OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS
DISRUPTIVE TO THE SEATING
PROCEEDINGS ARE NOT FOCUSED ON
COUNCIL RULES WILL LEAD TO THE
SPEAKER BEING MUTED BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER. OUR HOPE IS
TO PROVIDE AND OPPORTUNITY TO
PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS THAT
WILL ASSIST IN ORDERLY
CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES BEFORE
THE COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
OPEN AND WE BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR
AND 6 AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT
OF, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THANK YOU SEATTLE.
>> MADAME CLERK?
>> A FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER WILL
BE MARCY JOHNSON.
PRESS STAR AND 6.
>> HELLO?
>> HELLO.
>> HI AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
TODAY REGARDING THE APPOINTEES
OF THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL . AGAIN, MY NAME IS
MARCY JOHNSON AND I AM A
LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SEATTLE
AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AS IN ADULT I MOVED AWAY AND
AROUND THE AREA AND I MOVED
BACK ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO TO
THIS VERY SPIRITUAL PLACE. I AM
CONCERNED THAT THE COMMITTEE
APPOINTEES DO NOT INCLUDE A
MEMBER OF THE TRACT DESCENDENTS
OF THE TRIBE.
A MEMBER OF THE TRIBE WHO HAVE
BEEN RESIDENTS OF THE AREA FOR
A MILLENNIA AND THEY ARE -- THE
SEATTLE IS NAMED AFTER CHIEF
SEATTLE, SUCH A PROMINENT AND
WELCOMING NATIVE TO THE
SETTLERS IN THE AREA.
HE AND HIS PEOPLE PROMPTLY
DISREGARDED AND PUSHED OUT OF
THE CITY.
THEY WERE NOT HONORED.
SO, I AM URGING THE COMMITTEE
TO CONSIDER NOMINATION FOR THIS
COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY COUNCIL.
WELL I HAVE READ ALL THE
APPLICANTS AND THEY ARE, NO
DOUBT, ALL WORTHY, BUT, AT
LEAST ONE POSITION COULD'VE
BEEN RESERVED AND LOOKED AT FOR
A NOMINATION FROM THE DUWAMISH.
PARTICULARLY KENNETH WORKMAN
WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY AND
HONORABLY TO PRESERVE NOT ONLY
THE DUWAMISH TRADITION, BUT THE
TRADITIONS OF ALL TRIBES IN THE
AREA . THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
>> OUR NEXT REMOTE COMMENT WILL
BE FROM DEB PARKER.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS DEB BARKER
. HELLO?
>> YES, YOU ARE ON.
>> I'M GUESSING YOU CAN HEAR
ME.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY, MY NAME IS DEB BARKER
NEIMA WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT.
I AM VOICING MY CONCERN --
>> WE LOST YOU, DEB.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> LET ME START OVER, PLEASE.
I AM VOICING MY CONCERNS THAT A
MEMBER OF THE DUWAMISH TRIBE
HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE
NORMAL NEWLY FORMED INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL . I WAS
GRATEFUL THE CITY COUNCIL WAS
CREATING UNIMPORTANT COUNCIL
BUT THE OMISSION OF A MEMBER
OF THE DUWAMISH TRIBAL MEMBER
IS FRANKLY OUTRAGEOUS. IF IT
WERE NOT FOR THE DUWAMISH
TRIBE IN THE HUMANITY EXHIBITED
BY CHIEF SEATTLE, WE WOULD NOT
BE THE CITY OF SEATTLE WE ARE
TODAY.
I AM MORE UPSET THAT THE
BENEVOLENT KEN WORKMAN WHO IS A
FIFTH DIRECT DESCENDENT AND
FIFTH-GENERATION GRANDSON OF
CHIEF SEATTLE HAS NOT BEEN
INCLUDED AS AND IAC NOMINEE.
FOR HIS SAKE, DO THE HONORABLE
THING AND INCLUDE THE DUWAMISH
KINSMAN IN THE FORMATION OF THE
IAC . THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> OUR FIRST IN-PERSON
PRESENTER WILL BE KAT RANDOLPH.
>> THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY
VOICE TODAY, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM FROM AMOUNT BAKER
NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SPEAK AS A
NEIGHBOR AND ALSO FOR MY ROLE
AS A MEMBER OF THE BOY SCOUTS
CANCEL NAMED AFTER CHIEF
SEATTLE WHICH HAS BEEN IN THIS
AREA 100 YEARS IS ESTABLISHING
VALUES AND CITIZENSHIP IN
YOUTH.
WE ARE ACROSS KING COUNTY AND
THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA.
I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF DIVERSITY
, A NEWLY FOUNDED POSITION ON
THE COUNCIL. WE CREATE A
CULTURE FOR YOUTH AS THEY LEARN
CITIZENSHIP AND VALUES TO
BECOME HONORABLE ADULTS. ONE
VALUE IS TO LISTEN TO THE
PEOPLE IN THIS AREA AND TO BUILD
A RELATIONSHIP TO BE BETTER
ALLIES AND ADVOCATES.
IN THAT EFFORT, WE'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH THE DUWAMISH TRIBE
ON ISSUES INCLUDING HABITAT
RESTORATION AND CLEANUP ANOTHER
THINGS I THINK WOULD MAKE US
PROUD. WE BRING THE YOUTH TO
HEAR THE CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT
IT MEANS TO PARTICIPATE IN
GOVERNMENT.
THE FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNCIL
IS A MEMORABLE THING BUT I
WOULD INCLUDE THE COUNCIL TO
INCLUDE REPRESENTATION FROM THE
DUWAMISH TRIBE.
THAT IS SPECIFICALLY MR. KEN
WORKMAN WHO GOES INTO THE
COMMUNITY TO WORK ON
REPRESENTING CIVIC ISSUES,
CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND
EDUCATING PEOPLE ON HOW TO
HONOR THE LANDING GET INVOLVED.
HE RECENTLY SPOKE TO MORE THAN
100 YOUTH THAT IN EVENT AND
WEST SEATTLE WHICH WAS OUR
INAUGURAL EVENT FOR NEW
CITIZENS TO IN SOCIETY BADGE
WHICH INCLUDES INCLUSION AND
UNDERSTANDING.
I CANNOT GO BACK TO MY COUNCIL
AND TELL THEM THIS AGENCY HAS
BEEN FOUNDED AND EXCLUDED THE
DUWAMISH TRIBE AND MR. WORKMAN .
AT THIS TIME WHEN WE ARE
WORKING TOWARD HARMONY AND
PARTNERSHIP AND I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE THE DUWAMISH REPRESENTED .
>>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]. YES
, IT IS A VERY GOOD YOU OPEN
SOMETHING FOR PROTECTING
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FOR 500
YEARS. I
SUPPORT THIS 120%. ONE QUESTION
I HAVE IS JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE A
PROBLEM FOR A FEW THOUSAND
YEARS.
IT IS AND ANTI-CEIA MIGHT CITY,
WHY CAN WE NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE
FOR JEWISH PEOPLE.
I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY 35 YEARS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ONE
NATION HAS MORE PRIVILEGE THAN
ANOTHER.
WE ARE EQUAL UNDER THE LAW AND
IT IS CONFUSING ME. WHY I
CANNOT PRESENT HERE AND I NEVER
SEE YOU, NEVER. IT CONFUSES ME.
YOU COME TO THIS POSITION FOR
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND MEXICAN
TOO. I CANNOT SEE YOU HERE.
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES MR. BIDEN IS A SICK MAN.
ARE YOU MENTALLY SICK TOO.
YOUR PEOPLE ARE HERE, NEVER,
NEVER TODAY? HOW IS THIS
POSSIBLE. ARE YOU THE SAME LIKE
PRESIDENT BIDEN BECAUSE YOU
BELONG TO DEMOCRAT AND THE
DEMOCRAT WENT PSYCHOPATH LIKE A
TERESA MOSQUEDA -- NAZI EVERY
DAY.
WE HAVE PROTECTION FOR ALL
MINORITY.
INDIGENOUS, BLACK, JEWISH,
LaTINA, POOR.
>>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS
MICHELLE.
>> GOOD MORNING ESTEEMED
COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM HERE AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT 4
AND I AM A DESCENDENT OF
SETTLERS WHO CAME TO SEATTLE IN
THE 1880S AND A SUPPORTER OF
THE DUWAMISH . FIRST, THANK YOU
FOR ESTABLISHING THE IAC TO
INCLUDE DIVERSE EDGE INDIGENOUS
VOICES IN SEATTLE.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESTEEMED
NOMINEES PRESENT WHO HAVE GIVEN
SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY AND
BROADER SOCIETY. I WAS
DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT A
MEMBER OF SEATTLE'S DUWAMISH
WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FINAL
LIST . THE DUWAMISH TRIBE HAS
HISTORIC RELATIONSHIPS TO OUR
CITY AND IS MADE SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN-DAY
SEATTLE.
THE DUWAMISH LONGHOUSE PROVIDES
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE
OF THE CITY AND ALL OVER THE
WORLD. FOR YEARS, THE DUWAMISH
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN INVITED TO
BE PART OF ALL DIFFERENT
EVENTS.
THE GROWING MOVEMENT IS A
TESTAMENT TO THE TRIBE'S FUTURE
AT THE HEAD OF A LOCAL
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY NETWORK
THAT WILL INCREASE THE CITY'S
CULTURAL VIBRANCY AS WELL AS
ECONOMIC AND RESILIENCE.
HOW CAN WE EXCLUDE A LOCAL
TRIBE FROM THIS BODY.
WE HAVE RESISTED COLONIZATION
BY STAYING IN SEATTLE AND
INTERMARRYING WITH SETTLERS.
THESE DUWAMISH RESIDENTS HAVE
PERSISTED AND NEVER LEFT . NOT
INCLUDING THEM ON THE IAC IS A
REMINDER OF THE ORDINANCE OF
1865 IT EXPELLED NATIVES FROM
THE CITY. GIVEN THE INJUSTICES
ENDURED BY THE DUWAMISH TRIBE,
I ASKED THE COMMITTEE TO
RECONSIDER BY INCLUDING A
MEMBER OF THE TRIBE ON THE
INAUGURAL INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL . THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGAN
MURPHY.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
SPEAK.
JUST A NOTE, I CALLED IN ON
TUESDAY ABOUT THE HAZARD PAY.
OTHER PEOPLE MAY CALL IN LATE
AND NOT KNOW YOU HAVE TO PRESS
TAR AND 6 NUMB. SHE CALLED
ME TWICE AND THEN MENTIONED YOU
HAVE TO PRESS STAR AND 6 NUMB
TO BE UNMUTED.
I HATE THAT OTHER WORKING PEOPLE
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REACH THE
COUNCIL.
I READ A BOOK CALLED THE DAWN
OF EVERYTHING AND ON SEVERAL
OCCASIONS IT WAS MENTIONED THAT
THE NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE
ADVANCED THE USE OF HOW WE
TREAT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE
ESTUARIES AND THE FORESTS.
THEY WERE LEFT PRISTINE AND
IMPERFECT CONDITION WHEN WE GOT
HERE. THERE WERE NO DAMS AND
EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT AS FAR
AS THE ENVIRONMENT. THERE WAS
NO HOMELESS PROBLEM BECAUSE
EVERYONE WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE
CARE OF EACH OTHER.
THEY HAD NO PRISONS AND WHEN WE
CAME HERE, THEY THOUGHT WE WERE
CRAZY.
WE HAVE A CULTURE OF EXPLODING
THE ENVIRONMENT TO THE POINT
WHERE THINGS ARE EXPLODING
GLOBALLY, WE DON'T STOP. THEY
HAD NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS. THE
LEAST WE CAN DO IS METE OUT A
TINY REFORM OF LETTING ONE OF
THEM ON THE COUNCIL WHEN IN
REALITY THERE THOUGHT PROCESSES
SHOULD SHAPE OUR SOCIETY.
I GUESS ON JANUARY 19th, 2001,
HILLARY CLINTON FINALLY
RECOGNIZE THE DUWAMISH AS A
TRIBE . A FEW DAYS LATER, I'M
SURE SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT BUT
SHE WOULD TURN IT OVER AND THEY
WOULD NOT BE RECOGNIZED, AS IF
TO GET THEIR HOPES UP AND THEN
CRUSH THEM, A EUROPEAN TRAIT. I
THINK WE NEED TO TREAT THE
ENVIRONMENT AS THEY KEPT IT AND
HAVE NO HOMELESSNESS AS THEY
ENVISIONED AND NO PRISONS, AS
THEY ENVISIONED, THANK YOU.
>> --.
>> WHAT WAS THAT NAME AGAIN?
>> ADVISORY COUNCIL, I AM
CYNTHIA AND A SUPPORTER OF REAL
RENTERS. I'M HERE TO URGE
INCLUSION OF A REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DUWAMISH TRIBE TO THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL . I
APPLAUD THE CREATION OF THE
COUNCIL BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND I HAVE NO CONTENTION WITH
THE NINE NOMINEES.
IT IS A WELCOME ADVANCEMENT OF
OUR CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH
MUTUAL TRIBES TO SEEK OFFICIAL
COUNCIL . AS A SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOL TEACHER, I AM EXPECTED
TO TEACH IN AND INCLUSIVE
MANNER AND TO ENSURE ALL VOICES
ARE HEARD AND RESPECTED.
HOW IS IT THAT THE CITY WOULD
TAKEN ACTION THAT EXCLUDES THE
VOICE OF THE DUWAMISH?
AREN'T THE DUWAMISH THE
ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS
LAND?
AREN'T THEY THE TRIBE WHOSE
LAND WAS WRONGFULLY TAKEN AND
THEN WHO ARE BANNED FROM THE
CITY?
YET, THE DUWAMISH ARE STILL
HERE AND THE CITY BENEFITS
FROM THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A
TRIBE THAT WORKS TO PRESERVE
THEIR CULTURE AND THE DUWAMISH
RIVER . DOES THE FACT THAT OTHER
REGIONAL TRIBES ARGUE AGAINST
THE RECOGNITION OF THE DUWAMISH
MEAN THAT THE SEATTLE CITY
GOVERNMENT SHOULD INTENTIONALLY
OR UNINTENTIONALLY TAKE ASIDE?
THIS FOLLOWS THE TREND OF WHITE
SUPREMACY AND THE FACILITATION
OF CONFLICT BETWEEN
HISTORICALLY OPPRESSED GROUPS
OF PEOPLE.
I ASK WHY? INSTEAD OF ACTING IN
INCLUSIONARY MANNER, THE CITY
IS NOT PROVIDING MORE ROOM AT
THE TABLE IN THE FORMATION OF
THE CRITICALLY NATION ESSENTIAL
JACI S. McCORMACK.
I SUPPORT RECOGNITION OF THE
DUWAMISH PEOPLE ON THE IAC .
>> --.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR HEARING
PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE'S INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL . I AM A
MEMBER OF DISTRICT 2 AND THE
FACILITY GROUP WHICH CELEBRATES
THE DUWAMISH . I'M HERE
BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE IS
CONSIDERING A INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL WITHOUT
ANYONE FROM THE ORIGINAL
ADDITIONAL'S TRIBE IN SEATTLE,
THE DUWAMISH TRIBE . THE CITY
COUNCIL BIDS BUILDS AND
STRENGTHENS PUBLIC POLICY BY
PROMOTING AND ADVANCING
PRIORITIES AND SOLUTIONS
IDENTIFIED BY AND FOR
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL
WILL ADVISE ON BUDGETS,
PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND BUDGETS
DIRECTLY AFFECTING THE
INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS. HOW CAN
WE AS A CITY PROMOTE A
COMMITTEE BUY-IN FOR INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES WHEN SEATTLE'S OWN
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY IS
EXCLUDED FROM THE FOUNDATION OF
THE COUNCIL. THE DECISION NOT
TO INCLUDE THE DUWAMISH TRIBE
MUST BE RECONSIDERED BY
CONSIDERING INCLUSION OF THE
DUWAMISH ON THE IAC. I
ENDORSE AND SUPPORT DUWAMISH
ON THE IAC.
HE IS A DIRECT DESCENDENT OF
CHIEF SEATTLE AND HE IS ELIGIBLE
AND QUALIFIED AND IS APPLIED
FOR POSITIONS ON THE IAC. HE IS
A TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVE AND
INDIGENOUS ELDER AN ACTIVE IN
THE DUWAMISH NATION . THE
PEOPLE REPRESENT SEATTLE AND
SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED ON THE IAC
. I HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT AND
I WANT TO SAY THERE IS NO
PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THESE
NOMINEES AND MAYBE WE COULD ADD
A 10th SPOT FOR THE DUWAMISH .
>> THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK AND
THANK YOU SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM OF
BUSINESS.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM 1
INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM 1, THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS FORMATION OF THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL .
>> I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
INTERIM DIRECTOR GREG LONG AND
ARE THE OZ ON, FRANCESCA MURNAN
. THEY WILL WALK US THROUGH
AND TAKE US THROUGH THE PROCESS
AND THE HISTORY THAT LED TO THE
FORMATION OF THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL.
WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY THE
DIRECTOR FROM THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND
ALSO THE COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF,
ONE OF OUR GREAT POLICY ADVISORS
WHO WORKS WITH NOT JUST MYSELF
BUT THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS AS
WELL.
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A 13 PAGE
POWERPOINT THEY WILL WALK US
THROUGH. AT THIS POINT, I WILL
HADN'T HANDED OVER TO GREG
LONG.
YOU ARE UP.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT AND
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS GREG LONG FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COME TO THE COMMITTEE TODAY
BECAUSE WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT
AND IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE
MULTIPLE YEAR JOURNEY TO CREATE
AND INDIGENOUS WORKING COUNCIL
. JOINING ME IS FRANCESCA
MURNAN , THE COUNCIL LIAISON.
AND ALSO TIM FROM THE TRIBAL
RELATIONS DIRECTOR FROM THE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS IS IN THE MEETING AS
WELL. WE ARE VERY HONORED AND
EXCITED TO PRESENT YOU WITH
NINE OUTSTANDING RECOMMENDED
APPOINTEES TO THE INAUGURAL
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
BEFORE YOU HEAR THEM AND MEET
EACH OF THEM, WE WOULD LIKE TO
GIVEN OVERVIEW OF THE ROBUST
PROCESS THAT LED UP TO WHERE WE
ARE TODAY.
AS INDICATED, WE HAVE A SHORT
POWERPOINT THAT GOES
CHRONOLOGICALLY THROUGH THE
SEQUENCE OF THE PROCESS. IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE HOLD
THEM UNTIL THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION.
WITH THAT, COULD WE GET THE
POWERPOINT UP?
>> GREG, THE LINEUP, FOLKS AS
WE WILL DO THE PRESENTATION WE
WILL HAVE QUESTIONS TO THE
DEPARTMENT AND CENTRAL STAFF.
THEN WE GO TO THE INTRODUCTION
OF NOMINEES AND THEN TO A VOTE.
GO AHEAD, GREG.
>> WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO
SLIDE 2 ON THAT.
THE STAFFING FOR THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL IS HOUSED IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE GOAL IS TO CREATE PRIDE IN
COMMUNITIES.
THE NORTH STARS ARE EQUITY AND
INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES AND
SOLUTIONS.
I'M NOT SURE THE POWERPOINT IS
ADVANCING.
IT IS NOT ON MY SCREEN.
>> IT IS NOT ADVANCING.
>> I'M NOT WHO IS DRIVING RIGHT
NOW, IS IT FRANCESCA?
>> THAT IS ME, ONE SECOND.
>> THERE YOU GO.
SO THIS IS IN OVERVIEW OF THE
SLIDE WITH FIVE BUCKETS FOR HOW
WE APPROACH CREATING A STRONG
COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE.
WE FOCUS ON COMMUNITY
RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNITY
INVESTMENTS, EQUITY
RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITY
STORIES.
I GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND SO
YOU KNOW THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK
FOR WHERE THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL WILL BE
HOUSED.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO FRANCESCA WHO ELITIST THROUGH
MOST OF THE REST OF THE
POWERPOINT.
>> I NEED A QUICK CONFIRMATION,
DO YOU SEE THE SLIDE ADVANCE?
>> AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT JEREMY TAKALA HAS JOINED
US AND I SEE HIM THERE NOW ,
THANK YOU.
>> AND INTRODUCTION TO MYSELF,
MY NAME IS FRANCESCA MURNAN AND
I AM A MEMBER OF THE CHEROKEE
NATION.
I'M DELIGHTED TO BE ON THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
TEM SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL
AND I WILL BE THE STAFF LIAISON
FOR THIS WORK MOVING FORWARD .
TODAY WE SHARE AND OVERVIEW OF
THE IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS AND
WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE
NINE CANDIDATES RECOMMENDED FOR
APPOINTMENT.
AND THIS COMMITTEE WILL
STRENGTHEN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
AND LOCAL POLICIES.
THERE WILL BE PRIORITIES AND
SOLUTIONS IDENTIFIED FOR THE
COMMUNITIES. WITH THE RECENT
DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL, THERE ARE TWO
WAYS TO COMMUNICATE. THERE ARE
GLOBAL TRIBAL NATIONS THAT WILL
CARRY THIS FUNCTION. IN 2022,
TIM JOINED AS TRIBAL RELATIONS
MANAGER AND BRINGS DECADES. AND
HE DRIVES TRUST AND TREATY
ISSUES WITH RECOGNIZED TRIBES.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR TIM'S
COLLABORATION AND THE GREAT
WORK IN SERVING INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES.
>> FRANCESCA, DID YOU NEED TO
BE ON PAGE 2? YOUR POWERPOINT
IS NOT MOVING. I THINK YOU NEED
TO BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, I DO.
>> I'VE ZERO TECHNOLOGY SKILLS.
>> GOOD JOB, THERE WE ARE.
>> I HAVE SCREENS EVERYWHERE
AND WE WILL GO WITH THIS ONE I
WILL MOVE IT FROM HERE.
>> THERE IS A LONG-STANDING GAP
WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF PEOPLE
IN SEATTLE.
IT STRENGTHENS THE CITY POPE IS
ONGOING AND UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP
WITH TRIBAL NATIONS. IT EXTENDS
TO NATIVE AMERICAN, ALASKAN
HAWAIIAN AND IT HELPS WITH
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. LOOKING AT
THE TIMELINE FOR THE FORMATION
OF THE IAC. HERE IS HIGH LEVEL
AND WE WILL GO INTO DETAIL ON
THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING OVER THE LAST SIX-
MONTH PERIOD AS A REFRESHER,
THE EFFORT FORMERLY LaunchED
WITH THE BUDGET TO CREATE THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL
LIAISON ROLE . THEN GOOD
MORNING'S THAT CREATES A
COUNCIL AND OUTLINES ITS
STRUCTURE AND GENERAL GOALS
AND FEATURES.
IN DECEMBER 2022 THERE ARE
GROUPS WITH INDIGENOUS LED
APPOINTEES.
AND ORDINATES ONE 265 12 WITH
NINE MEMBERSHIP ROLLS. WE KNOW
THEY WILL NEVER FULLY REPRESENT
THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES BUT
WE FEEL THE STRUCTURE IS
FLEXIBLE ENOUGH THAT IT ALLOWS
US TO SEEK A WIDE RANGE OF
REPRESENTATION. THE NEXT SLIDE
SHOWS THE RESPECTED APPOINTEES
IN DETAIL. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE
POSITIONS NOMINATED BY THE
TRIBAL COUNCILS.
WE HAVEN'T INDIGENOUS YOUTH AND
INDIGENOUS ELDER FROM THE
ORGANIZATIONS NOMINATED BY THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS.
BEGINNING IN DECEMBER OF 2021,
THEY LaunchED A PROCESS OF NINE
OPEN GOALS. I'M SORRY, I'M ON
THE WRONG ONE.
YOU CAN SEE POSITIONS 1, 2, 5,
6, AND 7 ARE APPOINTED BY THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
OTHER POSITIONS ARE APPOINTED
BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
POSITIONS 1, 4, 6 AND 8 SERVANT
INITIAL TERM OF ONE YEAR AND
ALL FUTURE TERMS WILL BE TWO
YEARS. THAT IS INDICATED BY THE
ASTERISKS ON THE TABLE.
OTHERWISE ALL OUR TWO-YEAR TERMS
. NOMINATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR
POSITIONS 1, 2 AND 3. REQUIRED
FOR POSITION SIXTH, SEVEN, 8,
AND 9 FOR THE POSITIONS.
>> SINCE WE BEGAN OUT REACH
EFFORTS, WE HAVE THE GENERAL
PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS WITH
THINGS LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA AND
NEWSLETTERS AND THEN ENGAGEMENT
THROUGH PRESENTATIONS, EMAIL
COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIP
BUILDING WITH ONE-ON-ONE
MEETINGS AND PRESENTATIONS
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE HAD THE OPEN APPLICATION
PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 4th
WITHIN 11 WEEK APPLICATION
PERIOD.
THERE WERE 78 INDIGENOUS LED
AND INDIGENOUS SERVING ENTITIES
. THIS INCLUDED COMMUNITY
GROUPS AND CIVIC CLUBS, TRIBAL
ENTERPRISES AND NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT SERVE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
THEY SOUGHT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH
PRESENTATIONS AND/OR EMAIL
CORRESPONDENCE.
WE SOUGHT TO PROVIDE RESOURCES
ON THE FORMAT IN PLACE THEY
PREFERRED.
WHETHER IT IS IN PERSON
PRESENTATIONS TO TRIBAL
COMMITTEE OR RESPONDING TO EMAIL
, EACH WAS TAILORED TO THE
NEEDS OF THE GROUP WE ARE
WORKING WITH.
THERE ARE ONES ONE
PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAD 41 APPLICATIONS AND 30
FOLKS COMPLETING THE
APPLICATION PROCESS.
IN ADDITION, FOLKS WERE ABLE TO
PLOT APPLY FOR ONE MORE THAN
ONE POSITION, IF ELIGIBLE.
15 FINALISTS WERE SELECTED FOR
INTERVIEWS.
>>> USING THE AUTHORIZING
LEGISLATION, THEY CREATED
PRINCIPLES FOR INDIVIDUAL
CANDIDATES AND THIS INCLUDE A
RANGE OF DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES
AND EXPERIENCE INCLUDING PUBLIC
SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR
EXPERIENCE FOR THE VARIETY OF
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND
AROUND SEATTLE.
THERE IS REPRESENTATION FROM
NEIGHBORHOODS IN AND AROUND THE
REGION AND THE ABILITY TO SERVE
AS LIAISONS TO A VARIETY OF
GROUPS AND TO ENGAGE IN POLICY
BE ADVOCACY. THE MEMBERS HAVE
THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE
DISCRETION WHEN MAKING FINAL
CANDIDATE SELECTIONS WITH THE
LEGISLATION.
FROM APRIL TO JUNE OF 2022, THE
CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR'S'S
OFFICE LOOKED AT CANDIDATES
UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTHORITY
. BECAUSE CANDIDATES WERE ABLE
TO APPLY FOR MULTIPLE
POSITIONS, SOMETIMES THEY
CONSIDERED CANDIDATES JOINTLY
AS DEPICTED IN THE GRAPHIC.
THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF
COUNCILMEMBER OFFICES AND THERE
IS SUPPORT FROM CENTRAL STAFF
AT CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE LIAISON SOUGHT SUPPORT
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS
NEEDED. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED
APPLICATION MATERIALS INCLUDING
RESUMES AND APPLICATIONS. THEY
CONDUCTED INTERIEWS WITH A
PORTION OF CANDIDATES. WHEN
INTERVIEWS WERE FOR BOTH THE
CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR'S
OFFICE, THOSE INTERVIEWS WERE
DONE JOINTLY.
IN THE COMMITTEE MET TO
FINALIZE THE FULL COMPOSITION
TO MAKE SURE WE DID NOT HAVE
OVERLAP. THIS PROCESS RESULTED
IN THE NINE CANDIDATES
RECOMMENDED TODAY AND EACH OF
THESE FOLKS BRINGS THE
PRINCIPLES TO LIFE IN THEIR
SERVICE TO INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES AND WE ARE HAPPY TO
BRING THEM IN THIS CONVERSATION
. IN THE NEXT STEPS WE WOULD
LIKE TO PREVIEW THE MONTHS AHEAD
. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BEGIN
TO GATHER THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR MONTHLY
MEETINGS AND IDENTIFY COMMON
PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIC
PLANNING PROCESSES.
THEN WE WILL COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE TO PRESENT THE 2023
WORK PLAN.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT POSITIONS 1
AND 6 WILL REOPEN AS WELL AS 4
AND 8. WITH THAT, WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP
AND WORK AND WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY SUPPORT
THE THRIVING NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE.
WE WILL TURN IT BACK TO THE
CHAIR.
>> WE HAD JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY
HERE TODAY AND WITH THAT,
INTERIM DIRECTOR GREG WONG , IS
THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY
BEFORE WE WRAP THIS UP?
>> I WANT TO REITERATE THAT
WHAT FRANCESCA WENT OVER IN THE
POWERPOINT WAS A LONG,
THOUGHTFUL AND DEEP PROCESS. AS
YOU CAN TELL FROM THE NUMBERS,
WE CERTAINLY HAD A LARGE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE APPLY IN MANY WERE
HIGHLY QUALIFIED. AS YOU KNOW
FROM THE LEGISLATION, THERE IS
NINE POSITIONS AND THAT IS A
LIMITATION ON HOW MANY PEOPLE
CAN SERVE.
WE ARE VERY PROUD AND VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THE NINE MEMBERS
THAT YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT WHO
WORRY ARE FORWARDING FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ASK OF OUR PANEL BEFORE
WE MOVE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF
THE NOMINEES AND DEVOTE?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
STRAUSS ARE UNUSUALLY QUIET.
>> I CAN'T SAY HOW EXCITED I AM
TO SEE THESE BROWN PEOPLE
LOOKING BACK AT ME IN ANY
COUNTRY.
SO, I WILL LET THAT GO. I DON'T
SEE QUESTIONS AND WHAT I WILL
DO NOW IS I AM GOING TO HAND IT
BACK OVER TO FRANCESA.
I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM,
MOSQUEDA, TIM REYNON AND
DIRECTOR GREG WONG .
>> I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THEM
IN THE ORDER THAT THEY ARE
LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
>> I WILL GO OVER THEM AS THEY
ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
>> I NEED TO READ THE AGENDA
ITEMS ONTO THE RECORD.
>> OKAY.
>> THE APPOINTMENT OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TERMS JULY
21st, 2023. AND DERRICK LEONARD
BELGARDE AND JACI S.
McCORMACK, LUTHER F. MILLS ,
SUZANNE SAILTO AND JEREMY
TAKALA TO TERMS JULY 21st, 2024
.
>> I APOLOGIZE, I HAD THAT
WRONG AND AS USUAL YOU ARE
RIGHT.
FRANCESCA, DO YOU WANT TO
INTRODUCE.
>> I WILL START WITH CECE
HOFFMAN WHO IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN
US TODAY . I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO YOU AFTER THAT. WE ARE
PLEASED TO APPOINT AND RECOMMEND
CECE HOFFMAN.
SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE TRIBAL
NATION WITH ANCESTRY. SHE
GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON IN 2020 WITH A
DEGREE IN EDUCATION,
COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.
SINCE MOVING, TO SPEND INVOLVED
WITH OUR CHARK S.T.E.M..
SHE IS INVOLVED WITH THE RISING
TIDE INDIGENOUS PLANNING GROUP.
CECE HOFFMAN WORKS AS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COORDINATOR CURRENTLY .
>> THEN I MOVED TO POSITION 6,
ESTHER LUCERO AS A
REPRESENTATIVE NOMINEE FROM THE
AMERICAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION.
ESTHER LUCERO IS LaTINA AND
THIRD-GENERATION FROM COLORADO
SPRINGS, COLORADO. SHE HAS
AMPLIFIED THE LONG-STANDING
DEDICATION TO THE URBAN INDIAN
COMMUNITY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
, PUBLIC POLICY, AND RESEARCH.
ESTHER LUCERO SERVES AS THE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES AND IS PART OF
THE OPIOID TASK FORCE. IN
WASHINGTON STATE, SHE SERVES ON
THE GOVERNOR'S BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH TASK FORCE AND IS A
DELEGATE TO THE COMMISSION AND
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL. SHE
SERVES AS THE CHAIR AND WITH
THIS, ESTHER, I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO YOU TO SHARE ANY WORDS
YOU HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
COUNCIL TODAY .
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I TOO FEEL OVERWHELMED BY THE
AMAZING ARRAY OF PEOPLE IN THE
GROUP AND I FEEL INSPIRED AND
HOPEFUL ABOUT THE WAYS WE CAN
MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY ABOUT HOW CITY
GOVERNMENT SHOULD WORK WITH THE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
TO ME, IT'S IN INJURY AND
CREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
WHAT WE DO IS DEDICATED TO
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF ALL
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
I FEEL HONORED TO BE PART OF
THIS INAUGURAL COMMITTEE AND TO
SERVE WITH THESE AMAZING
PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ESTHER. IMPOSITION
1 REPRESENTATIVE NOMINATED IN
WASHINGTON, DONNY STEVENSON .
VICE CHAIRMAN DONNY STEVENSON
BRINGS 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
AS IN EXECUTIVE LEVEL LEADER
IN INDIAN COUNTRY SERVING HIS
TRIBE AND HIS PEOPLE.
HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE TWO
DREAMS OF THE ANCESTORS AND
ELDERS. HE BELIEVED THIS IS
ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE LENS
OF COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT WAS
SELF-GOVERNANCE AND SOVEREIGNTY
. ULTIMATELY BUILDS HEALINGAND
RECOGNITION DRIVEN BY TRIBAL
CULTURE AND TRADITION.
HE ATTENDED EVERGREEN STATE
COLLEGE WHERE HE EARNED HIS
FORMAL EDUCATION WITH A
BACHELORS DEGREE IN LIBERAL ARTS
. THANK YOU AND I'D LIKE YOU TO
SHARE ADDITIONAL WORDS WITH THE
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM DONNY STEVENSON . I AM A
PROUD MEMBER OF THE MUCKLESHOOT
INDIAN TRIBE AND I REPRESENT
THE AMAZING LEGACY AND
LEADERSHIP OF THE MUCKLESHOOT
PEOPLE. I AM HUMBLED BY THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS
MORNING, AS I AM BY THE PROUD
LINEAGE AND LEGACY THAT I AM
HONORED TO ACT IN OUR PEOPLE'S
WAY AS A SON, BROTHER, HUSBAND,
FATHER, GRANDFATHER, STUDENT,
TEACHER, AND LEADER. I HONOR MY
ANCESTORS IN EACH CAPACITY AND
I WORKED TO SERVE THEM WITH A
GOOD HEART AND A GOOD MIND AND
IN A GOOD WAY.
JUST AS IMPORTANT THAT I THINK
IT IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RICH
AND POWERFUL TRADITION AND
CULTURE THAT WE ARE ALL BLESSED
TO CARRY IN THIS LEGACY, IT IS
ALSO VITAL THAT WE ALWAYS
REMEMBER THE PROFOUND SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR DUTY TO
THE SEVENTH GENERATION AND
BEYOND, TO ALL OF THOSE YET TO
COME.
REALLY, TO THE NEXT, THAT IS
WHAT WE HAVE IN OPPORTUNITY TO
REPRESENT THROUGH HIS SPIRIT OF
COLLABORATION AND WORK ON THE
PART OF THIS TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE HERE THIS MORNING AND IN
MOVING FORWARD.
YEAH, HAVE A GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU. AND POSITION 8,
WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOMMEND THE
APPOINTMENT OF ASIA TAI . A
CITIZEN OF THE CHEROKEE NATION
OF OKLAHOMA.
SHE IS AND ARTIST BASED IN
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON.
SHE PASSED GRADUATED WITH A
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE IN
2014.
SHE HELPED TO CREATE THE
INDIGENOUS NAVY LEAVES
COLLABORATIVE AND THEY INDIAN
WOMEN NONPROFIT IN SEATTLE. SHE
WORKS WITH ARTISTS ACROSS THE
REGION AND IS DEVELOPING THE
SITE FOR LAND-BASED PROGRAMMING.
SHE IS A CONSULTANT FOR THE
WASHINGTON STATE COMMISSION
CENTER, JOHNSON ROMERO'S
CONSULTING, SEATTLE AQUARIUM,
THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THE
SEATTLE OFFICE OF THE WATERFRONT
AND ARTS LOT AMONG OTHERS.
SHE IS CURRENTLY A PROGRAM
OFFICER AT THE SEATTLE
FOUNDATION. I TURN IT OVER TO
YOU IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL
WORDS FOR THE COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU FRANCESCA.
[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]. MY
NAME IS ASIA TAI I'M A MEMBER
OF THE CHEROKEE NATION AND I
WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE
CHEROKEE TERRITORIES.
I AM HAPPY TO BE A MEMBER OF
THE NEWLY FORMED INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MANY FULL
CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
I COME TO THIS WORK WITH
HUMILITY AND THE INTENTION TO
DO MY BEST.
I JOINED TODAY IS A PROUD
REPRESENTATIVE OF A LOCAL
NONPROFIT LED BY INDIGENOUS
WOMEN.
SINCE 2017, IT IS SUPPORTED
INTERGENERATIONAL AND MULTI-
TRIBAL ARTIST AND WORKING WITH
MORE THAN 50 PARTNERS ON OVER
100 EVENTS AND PROJECTS. WE
WILL SOON BE PURCHASING AND
UNDEVELOPED SITE IN SOUTH
SEATTLE TO TRANSFORM ARTS
PROGRAMMING THROUGH INDIGENOUS
PROTOCOLS.
TRUE TO THE VALUES OF MY
ANCESTORS, I BELIEVE ARTS AND
CULTURE AT THE HEART OF ALL
HEALTHY AND JUST SOCIETIES. WE
KNOW THAT ROUGHLY 40% OF NATIVE
PEOPLE COME FROM NATIVE
PRACTICES.
WE KNOW THAT ARTS ACCESS
BENEFITS THE PEOPLE
ECONOMICALLY AN PROVIDES A
PATHWAY FOR HEALING. ESPECIALLY
WHEN COMBINED WITH AFFORDABLE
HEALTHCARE AND ACCESS TO GREEN
SPACE.
MEDIA AND PUBLIC OFFICE AS WELL
AS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AS
INDIVIDUALS AND WITH TRIBAL
RIGHTS.
I HOPE THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL CAN COLLABORATIVELY
WORK TOGETHER FOR COMMUNITIES
AND NATIVE CULTURES ACROSS THE
URBAN LANDSCAPE.
PARTICULARLY WHERE WE LIVE AND
WORK AS GRATEFUL GUESTS. IN
RETURN THE WELL-BEING OF
SEATTLE'S INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES WILL INCREASE THE
LANDSCAPE FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS.
AND IN THE WORDS OF BILLY FRANK
JR., WAS GOOD FOR NATIVE PEOPLE
IS GOOD FOR EVERYONE, THANK YOU
.
>> I THINK I SAID THAT, BUT NOT
UNCLE BILLY, WE WILL AFFECT GO.
>> IN POSITION 7, A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE URBAN
INDIAN ORGANIZATION, WE ARE
PLEASE TO WELCOME DERRICK
LEONARD BELGARDE . HE IS FROM
ROCKY POINT MONTANA AND HAS
WORKED IN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
AND FOR THOSE IN HOUSING
INSECURITY FOR MANY YEARS.
HE SERVES ON THE BOARD OF THE
DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SERVICES
CENTER AND THE SEATTLE KING
COUNTY COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS
. HE COMPLETED HIS
UNDERGRADUATE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
MAGNA LAUDE AND WENT ON TO
OBTAIN A MASTERS IN PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATIONS. DEREK, I
TURNED OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU FRANCESCA AND I AM
HONORED AND HUMBLED TO BE HERE
AND BE PART OF THE GROUP. IT IS
INSPIRING BEING AMONG SUCH
GREAT MINDS.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ISSUES
AND BARRIERS FACING NATIVE
RELATIVES OUT THERE AND A LOT
OF WORK THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO. I
TAKE THIS APPOINTMENT SERIOUS
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH GREAT MINDS AND
DOING OUR PART COME UP WITH
SOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUES WE ARE
FACING.
IT IS TRULY HONOR AND I RAISE
MY HAND TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS HERE
. WE HAVE NEEDED THIS A LONG
TIME AND I AM GLAD YOU PICKED
THIS MODEL TO BRING TO OTHER
CITIES.
I KNOW URBAN ISSUES ARE AND ALL
THE URBAN COMMUNITIES AND NOT
JUST SEATTLE AND THERE IS
OPPORTUNITY HERE. THANK YOU ALL
. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ].
>> IN POSITION 9, A
REPRESENTATIVE NOMINATIVE BY
THE AMERICAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION
. WE RECOGNIZE JACI S.
McCORMACK.
SHE GRADUATED FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO AND THEY
WENT ILLINOIS STATE WHERE SHE
EARNED A DEGREE IN SOCIOLOGY.
SHE SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE TRIBE AS WELL
AS YOUTH PREVENTION DIRECTOR.
SHE FOUNDED RISE ABOVE, A
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT
GIVES NATIVE YOUTH THE
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO WRITE
THEIR OWN FUTURES. SHE LEADS
THE ORGANIZATION TO EMPOWER YOU
THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES THAT SPARK CHANGE
IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU. [ SPEAKING NON-
ENGLISH ]. I'M EXCITED TO BE
HERE AND I WANT TO THANK THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FOR
PUSHING THIS FORWARD.
FOR ME, PERSONALLY, THANK YOU
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ FOR
ADVANCING INDIGENOUS VOICES .
AND INSPIRATION TO ME AND TO
ALL OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, I'M SURE.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TO LEARN
FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
AND TO BE A VOICE.
MY PASSION IS KIDS.
WE, AS A COUNTRY, DO NOT INVEST
ENOUGH IN KIDS AND I AM HERE TO
BE THE VOICE FOR THE NATIVE
YOUTH.
I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS THE
ABILITY TO HELP STREAMLINE
SOME OF THE SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES
OUR KIDS ARE FACING.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND TO
GET TO WORK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT'S LIKE WE ARE HAVING A
RACE, HERE, ENOUGH.
>> AND POSITION 2, REPRESENTED
BY A TRIBE LOCATED IN
WASHINGTON STATE, WE ARE
PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE FRANCESCA
MURNAN.
HE HAS SERVED 45 YEARS ON THE
TRIBAL COUNCIL AND IS SERVED IN
THE TRI-'S ECONOMIC AGENCY,
FORT MADISON, 45 YEARS WHERE HE
IS CURRENTLY IN AMBASSADOR. HE
BRINGS EXPERIENCE AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT AND OPERATIONS AND
IS BEEN A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN
OVER 50 YEARS. COUNCILMEMBER
MILLS HOLDS MEMBERSHIP
INCLUDING THE KITSAP
DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THE
BREMERTON CHAMBER BOARD.
THE VISIT KITSAP BOARD MEMBER.
THE KITSAP ACADEMY SCHOOL BOARD
AND IS A FORMER LEADERSHIP
KITSAP POOR MEMBER. I WILL
HANDED OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND IT IS IN HONOR
TO BE HERE AND TO BE NOMINATED
FOR THIS POSITION ON THE
INDIGENOS ADVISORY COUNCIL .
YOU KNOW, I AM A RURAL
SNOQUALMIE'S TRIBAL MEMBER BUT
MY BLOOD LIVE EDGE IS DUWAMISH.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK
THEY DO NOT HAVE SOME
REPRESENTATION.
YOU KNOW, I AM HOPING WE ALL
HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT
TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE
HOMELESS POPULATION HERE IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
I, FOR ONE HAVE NEVER SEEN IT
IN THE CONDITION THAT IT IS IN.
I'M HOPING I CAN BE GUIDED BY
MY ANCESTORS TO DO THE RIGHT
THINGS AND MAKE THE RIGHT
DECISIONS WITH THIS GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS. I COULD NOT BE
MORE HONORED TO SERVE ON THIS
BOARD, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IN POSITION 5, WE RECOGNIZE
COUNCILMEMBER SUZANNE SAILTO.
SHE SERVED WITH HER FATHER AND
SHE PARTICIPATES IN THE
AFFILIATED TRIBES OF NORTHWEST
INDIANS AND THE INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS IN
ADDITION TO NUMEROUS BOARDS AND
INCLUDING THE SNOQUALMIE COUNTY
YMCA AND SHE IS A BOARD MEMBER
OF THE SNOQUALMIE CASINO.
SHE IS PART OF THE MAJOR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF HER TRIBE.
THAT INCLUDES THE LAND PURCHASE
OF SNOQUALMIE ANCIENT LANDS FOR
SNOQUALMIE MEMBERS. I WILL
HANDED OVER TO YOU.
>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ].
HELLO, MY NAME IS ANDREW LEWIS
FROM THE SNOQUALMIE PEOPLE .
FIRST AND FOREMOST I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK OUR CREATOR THAT HE
GIFTED ALL OF US WITH
WILLINGNESS IN OUR HEART TO
HELP.
TO HELP SERVE OUR INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE. THIS TRULY IS A GIFT TO
BE ABLE TO SERVE AND TO HAVE
THE WILLINGNESS TO SERVE PEOPLE.
SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
MAYOR BRUCE HARRELL AND
PRESIDENT DEBORA JUARZ AND THE
COMMITTEE FOR CREATING THE
PATHWAY FOR US TO BE IN THE
ROOM AND HAVE A SEAT AT THE
TABLE.
TO SHARE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND OUR
VALUES OF OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE THIS CREATION OF THIS
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL TO
BE AND EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO
PROBLEM SOLVE ISSUES AND BE A
PART OF GREATER SOLUTIONS.
I APPRECIATE THE APPOINTMENT. I
AM EXCITED AND I AM HONORED TO
MEET EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. AND
FINALLY POSITION 3, A
REPRESENTATIVE NOMINATED BY A
TRIBE, JEREMY TAKALA . HE IS OF
THE ROCK CREEK YAKIMA NATION ON
THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
HE WAS NOMINATED IN 2020 TO
SERVE AS A TRIBAL COUNCIL
MEMBER FOR THE YAKIMA NATION
AND HE SERVES ON THE FISH AND
WILDLIFE AND LAW AND ORDER
COMMITTEES AS WELL AS SECRETARY
OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
AND HE IS A MEMBER OF THE
HEALTH AND WELFARE EMPLOYMENT
COMMITTEE.
HE SERVED 20 YEARS AS A
FISHERIES TECHNICIAN AND HIS
HANDS ON TRAINING AND UPBRINGING
HAVE MADE HIM A VALUABLE MEMBER
OF THE INTERTRIBAL FISHERIES
COMMISSION WORKING ALONGSIDE
TRIBES.
HE IS CONCERNED WITH PROTECTING
RESOURCES FOR THOSE YET UNBORN.
HE WAS RAISED IN GOLDENDALE
WASHINGTON AND IS A PROUD
MEMBER OF THE ROCK CREEK
LONGHOUSE.
THE LONGHOUSE IS A TRIBUTE TO
HIS FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE
PASSED ON THEIR LONG-HELD
TRADITIONS. I WILL PASS IT TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
JOIN YOU HERE AND TO BE
NOMINATED FOR THE IAC. I
APPRECIATE THE WORDS THAT WERE
SPOKEN EARLIER AND JUST TO
ECHO, FRANCESCA, YOU MENTIONED
YOU JUST GOT SELECTED TO SERVE
ON OUR COMMITTEE. WE DEAL WITH
THE YOUTH ACTIVITIES PROGRAM
AND I KNOW YOU ARE FAMILIAR. WE
JUST WATCH THE BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUB HERE AT THE YAKIMA NATION
LAST SATURDAY. THERE ARE BOOTS
ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW IN THE
MAJORITY OF MY TIME IS ON THE
FISH AND WILDLIFE ISSUES AND
ALSO LAW AND ORDER.
HOPEFULLY THE COMMITTEE HERE
WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE
HOMELESS ISSUES WE SEE ON THE
RESERVATION AS WELL AS IN THE
URBAN AREAS. WE ALL SHARE THE
SAME CONCERNS AND WE ALL SHARE
THE SAME IDEAS TO RESOLVE SOME
OF THESE ISSUES. I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF YOU ON THIS IAC.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF THE
TRIBES ON THE WEST SIDE AND
THROUGHOUT THE REGION DEAL WITH
FISHING RELATED ISSUES AS WELL
AS CLIMATE CHANGE. SO, I THINK
WE HAVE A GOOD GROUP GOING
HERE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY MY SECOND
OINTMENT AS I'M ALSO ON THE
PORTLAND INDIGENOUS BOARD AS
WELL. I APPRECIATE THIS
OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORDS AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU. IT'S GREAT
TO SEE FAMILIAR FACES HERE, SO
THANK YOU.
>> AS WE KNOW, THE YAKIMA ARE
EVERYWHERE FROM HERE DOWN THE
CALIPH FOR INDIA.
THAT IS CUSTOMARY.
>> I AM ACTUALLY HERE FOR
ANOTHER MEETING AND I WANT TO
MENTION WE ARE DOING IT PRETTY
HARD AT LAMAH FALLS. I'M HOPING
TO JUMP ON A BOAT WITH SOME CREW
, BUT I THINK MANY OF MY FELLOW
COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW HOW BUSY
IT CAN GET AND WE RARELY HAVE
TIME TO DO THOSE THINGS.
>> I'M GLAD YOU MADE TIME TO BE
HERE TODAY. WITH THAT, I OPEN MY
THE FLOOR TO MY COLLEAGUES TO
SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE
THEN I WILL HAVE SOME CLOSING
COMMENTS.
COLLEAGUES?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ?
>> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE WHO IS HERE
VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO HELP
US GOVERN IN A BETTER WAY.
ONE COUNCILMEMBER MADE A
COMMENT THAT I WASN'T SPEAKING
UP AND I WANTED TO LISTEN FIRST
. EVEN THOUGH I AM A MEMBER OF
THIS COMMITTEE, I CONSIDER
úMYSELF YOUR GUEST. I CANNOT
TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO
ME TO HAVE YOU HERE SHARING
YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE OUR CITY
A BETTER PLACE. I HAVE WORKED
WITH SOME OF YOU AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR
COLLECTIVE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO
DO OUR WORK BETTER AS WE MOVE
úFORWARD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
I WILL SAY I HAVE ALREADY
BENEFITED. I HAVE BEEN OUT IN
THE WORLD WITH TIM REYNON IN
THE LAST THREE MONTHS AND HIS
PERSPECTIVE HAS HELPED ME TO
BECOME A BETTER LEADER AND I
KNOW THAT HIS PERSPECTIVE WILL
GO TENFOLD WITH EVERYONE ELSE.
WITH THAT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
YOU HEAR ME ENOUGH. I JUST WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
BE YOUR GUEST AND FOR SHARING
YOUR COLLECTIVE WISDOM.
WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT WITH
YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS . ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS
AND I AM READY TO VOTE.
>> I WILL BE BRIEF BECAUSE WE
ARE ON A TIME ISSUE HERE.
THE NINE PEOPLE WE HAVE BEFORE
US TODAY, AND FRANCESCA WENT
THROUGH IT WITH US AS WELL AS
DIRECTOR WONG. WE HAD 48
APPLICATIONS AND 38 ARE
COMPLETED.
WE HAD NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS THAT
I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN, BUT
STAFF FOR, BEFORE I GET TO THE
THANK YOUSE. AGAIN, NINE PEOPLE
ON THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
ADVISORY COUNCIL AND MORE WE
LOOK AT NEXT YEAR, IT IS
HISTORIC THAT THE NINE THAT ARE
SITTING ARE ALEXA TRIBAL
COUNCIL MEMBERS. THAT HAS NOT
HAPPENED IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.
AND ALSO HAVING TIM REYNON WHO
IS A FORMER TRIBAL COUNCIL
LEADER AT PUYALLUP AND A VERY
GOOD LAWYER. I HAVE WORKED WITH
DONNIE ON SOUND TRANSIT ISSUES
IN THE TRI-COUNTY BOARD.
YOU ALL BRING MORE THAN JUST
GIFTS, BUT YOUR PASSION AND
INTELLECT.
I WANT TO RESPECT THE PEOPLE
WHO CALLED IN WITH CONCERNS.
THIS IS A CONTINUING PROCESS.
NO ONE STARTED WITH
INTENTIONALITY AND IT WAS
ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE INCLUSIVE.
IN INDIAN COUNTRY, HOW WE LOOK
AT THE WORLD'S RELATIONALITY
THAT WE GET AWAY FROM THE
COLONIAL SETTLER MENTALITY. WE
TRY TO PRACTICE AND INSTILL
WAYS OF OUR KNOWING AND
LEADERSHIP AND NOT MIMICKING
THE HIERARCHICAL STANDARD THAT
IF SOMEONE IS FAR AWAY, THAT
MEANS THEY ARE POWERFUL AND
HAVE AUTHORITY.
>> THAT'S NOT HOW I LOOK AT THE
WORLD AND FOR MOST OF YOU THAT
I KNOW, THAT'S NOT HOW YOU LOOK
AT THE WORLD.
AS UNCLE BILLY DID SAY, WE
DON'T THROW OUR PEOPLE AWAY.
SO, I BELIEVE WE UNDERSTAND OUR
HISTORY AND OUR CULTURE WE
UNDERSTAND OUR LEADERSHIP. YES,
WE DISAGREE AMONG OURSELVES AT
TIMES, BUT WE LOVE EACH OTHER
AND WE WORK FOR THE LOVE OF OUR
PEOPLE.
WITH THAT, ONE MORE EMOTIONAL
NOTE. NOT ONLY IS THIS A STORY,
IT'S POWERFUL, AUTHENTIC, AND
IT'S ORGANIC. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN . THIS
GOES BEYOND LAND MANAGEMENT, IT
GOES TO ALL THE PRINCIPLES THAT
TRIBES HAD BEEN DONE BEFORE USB
WASHINGTON HAD BEEN DECIDED,
THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL ON THIS
LAND AND I AM PROUD OF THAT.
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL
WILL EMBRACE THE RELATIONSHIP
AND THE RELATIVE MENTALITY AND
GET AWAY FROM THE EXPECTATIONS
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW WE
OPERATE. THERE IS NO SPACE OR
DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND OUR
RELATIVES.
IF THEY HURT, WE HURT AND IF
THEY ARE NOT HOUSED, WE ARE NOT
HOUSED. THAT'S HOW I WAS RAISED
IN HOW I LOOK AT THE WORLD AND
I TRY TO BE A GOOD LEADER.
WITH THAT, I NEED TO SAY IF YOU
THINK USE.
I WILL START WITH THE SEARCH
COMMITTEE. MALIEK DAVIDSON AND
KATE HOFFMAN AND MY WONDERFUL
SARAH MAYS FROM OUR OFFICE DID
A WONDERFUL JOB.
AND AMAZING ASHA VENKATARAMAN
WITH THE CENTRAL STAFF. YOU
HEARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, GREG, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I CANNOT
SAY ENOUGH ABOUT FRANCESCA.
FRANCESCA, I WATCHED YOUR WORK
WITH THE HEALTH BOARD AND I'M
GLAD YOU ARE HERE WITH THE CITY
AND HAVE SHEPHERDED US THROUGH
THIS PROCESS. I ALSO WANT TO
THANK MAYOR JENNY DURKAN WHERE
THIS STARTED. SHE MADE SURE IT
WAS PUSH THROUGH THE BUDGET AND
GOT FUNDED AND LANDED IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE ALSO HIRED SOMEBODY,
FRANCESCA TO BRING THIS TO THE
PROCESS IN A GOOD WAY.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THINK MAYOR
HARRELL WHO WORKS THROUGH WITH
UNDERSTANDING AND SOVEREIGNTY
AND WORKING GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT. HAVING TRIBES WITH
SOVEREIGNTY ONLY MAKES OUR CITY
AND STATE AND REGION AND
COUNTRY BETTER. SO, THAT WAS
THE THINKING WITH OUR HEARTS
AND MINDS WHEN WE CAME UP WITH
THIS SIDE VIA.
WE WERE LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES
YEARS AGO. AND A BIG THANK YOU
TO NIKKI WHO HAS MOVED ON.
I HOPE SHE IS WATCHING, YOU
KNOW HER. SHE DID HARD WORK
WITH FRANCESCA AND I APPRECIATE
THAT. AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK
CHASED MONROE FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
I THINK I GOT THEM ALL, DID I
MISS ANYONE? LET ME LOOK AT MY
LIST, NO, I GOT EVERYBODY. I
KNOW I COULD SIT HERE WITH ALL
NINE OF YOU AND I HAVE STORIES
WITH EACH OF YOU.
YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU ARE MY
SISTERS AND MY BROTHERS.
I GREW UP ON THE PUYALLUP
RESERVATION AND RAISED BY A
YAKIMA FAMILY. I WAS A MEMBER
OF THE BLACKFEET NATION. I HAVE
NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR MY PEOPLE
AND LOVE FOR THIS CITY.
I CANNOT SAY MUCH MORE ABOUT
HOW HIS STORY AND HAPPY I AM
THIS DAY HAS COME.
I'M LOOKING AT TIM AND
HOPEFULLY HE WILL RAISE HIS
HAND IN A MINUTE.
TIM, DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW
WORDS BEFORE WE GO TO THE BOAT?
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT
NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A HISTORIC DAY AND THIS
IS IN AMAZING COUNCIL.
HEARING FROM EACH OF YOU AND
KNOWING YOUR HISTORY AND
BACKGROUND WITH YOUR SKILLS AND
THE ABILITIES YOU BRING, I AM
EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU AND TO
LEARN FROM YOU AND HELP
WHEREVER I CAN TO HELP BRING
INDIGENOUS PROBLEM-SOLVING TO
THE CITY. BECAUSE, WE KNOW WE
HAVE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE TIME
AND MEMORIAL. SO, I AM GRATEFUL
THAT EACH OF YOU ARE WILLING TO
SERVE WITH US AND I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. I
RAISE MY HANDS TO YOU AND TO
THE COMMITTEE AND TO EVERYONE
WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE. [
SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ].
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, NOT SEEING ANYMORE,
WE WILL MOVE. I MOVED TO
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENT 0228 NINE THROUGH
02297 TO BE SET TO THE AUGUST
2nd, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FOR CONFIRMATION BY THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL.
IS THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION ,
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ?
>> YES.
>> THE MOTION PASSES AND WE
WILL RECOMMEND THAT WE
RECOMMEND 02289 THROUGH 02297.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HOPE YOU
ALL CELEBRATE IN SOME WAY. I
THINK JEREMY WILL SEND A SALMON
AND WHAT DO I EXPECT FROM OTHER
FOLKS?
AND SUZANNE WILL GIVE ME
EARRINGS AND ASHA VENKATARAMAN
WILL DO WHAT I SAY . IF YOU
WANT TO HANG AROUND, YOU CAN,
BUT WE ARE MOVING ON ON THE
CALENDAR.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE.
>> WAIT, LET'S GO INTO THE
CALENDAR. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU
READ ITEM 11 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AND ITEM 11 APPOINTMENT 02304
, THE APPOINTMENT OF BILLY
HETHERINGTON FOR A TERM OF
APRIL 20th, 2023.
>> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO
WELCOME KEREM LEVITAS .
>> MY NAME IS KEREM LEVITAS AND
I'M FROM THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS . AND THE COMMISSION
IS THE LABOR STANDARDS ADVISORY
COMMISSION OR LSAC WHICH SERVES
AS AND ADVISORY TO OUR OFFICE
IN THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
LSAC IS UNIQUE AND IT BRINGS
TOGETHER WORKER ADVOCATES AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR ADVANCING
LABOR STANDARDS. IT HAS ADVISED
ON THE PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE AS
WELL AS PROVIDING GUIDANCE.
AS THIS COMMITTEE NOS WELL,
FREQUENTLY SEATTLE IS NOT
ADVANCING BEST PRACTICES BUT
CREATING THEM.
THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF
COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS GROUPS
FOR IMPROVING WORKPLACE
CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS AND
ENSURING BUSINESSES HAVE THE
TOOLS THAT APPLY. I AM THRILLED
TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
BILLY HETHERINGTON WILL SAY
MORE WORDS ABOUT HIMSELF . HE
HAS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN
LABOR AND LABOR STANDARDS POST
BOTH AS A MEMBER AND LABOR
STANDARD. I BELIEVE A MEMBER
FOR 17 YEARS AND IN THAT
EXPERIENCE, IT INSPIRED HIM TO
WORK TO GIVE BACK TO THE UNION.
HE JOINED THE TRAINING SCHOOL
IS IN A PRINTED COORDINATOR IN
2017 AND DISCOVERED A PASSION
FOR MENTORING THE NEXT
GENERATION OF LABORERS. AND HE
WORKS FOR LABOR IN THE INDUSTRY
WHILE WORKING TO EXPAND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIS NETWORKS.
WITH THAT, I TURN IT OVER TO
YOU BILLY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH YOU MOVING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND THANK YOU BILLY
HETHERINGTON THAT
INTRODUCTION.
AGAIN, BILLY HETHERINGTON HERE
. SINCE THE BEGINNING, IT IS
GREAT TO BE PART OF THE
HISTORIC MOMENT AND KUDOS TO
YOUR GREAT WORK ON THAT COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A HUMBLING NOMINATION.
YOU KNOW, I LOOK BACK AT WHEN I
WAS PUTTING MY RESUME TOGETHER.
I'M A SECOND-GENERATION LABORER
AND MY DAD IS A 43 MEMBER OF MY
LOCAL.
GROWING UP, YOU DON'T SEE THE
BENEFITS OF LIVING UNDER A
UNION HOUSEHOLD UNTIL YOU KIND
OF PUT YOURSELF IN THE POSITION
LATER DOWN THE ROAD. ALWAYS
HAVING A ROOF OVER MY HEAD AND
FOOD AT THE TABLE AND MEDICAL
BENEFITS PROVIDED THROUGH MY
PARENTS AND A PLACE OF
EMPLOYMENT.
BEING IN THE ROLE I AM IN NOW
BEING OUT THERE TO ADVOCATE FOR
MEMBERS FOR BETTER WORKING
CONDITIONS AND WAGES, LIKE YOU
SAID, I THOUGHT AFTER 17 YEARS
OF WORKING IN THE FIELD, I
WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO GIVE
BACK AND THAT IS THE PATHWAY I
HAVE CHOSEN. SERVING ON THE
COMMISSION LIKE THIS, WILL
HOPEFULLY BE A DREAM OF MINE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU BILLY, ARE THERE
QUESTIONS BEFORE I MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS AND WE MOVE ON?
>> BILLY, THANK YOU FOR SITTING
THROUGH AND I AM GLAD YOU WERE
PART OF OUR HISTORIC MOMENT.
I WAS SMILING AT MYSELF WHEN I
KEPT SEEING YOU UP THERE. WE
ALL HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH
YOUR APPLICATION AND PACKET AND
IT IS IMPRESSIVE. YOU'VE BEEN
LOW AT LOCAL 242 LIKE YOU SAID,
22 YEARS.
>> 17 YEARS IN THE FIELD AND
I'VE GOT 22 OR 23 YEARS.
>> AND LISTEN, ALL OF US HERE
FROM LOCAL 242 AND WE KNOW WHO
YOU ARE. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR
THAT INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE
RESUME AND YOUR WORK. MORE
IMPORTANTLY, I LIKE TO HEAR
THIS LIVED EXPERIENCE AND
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT
DOES AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS,
PARTICULARLY WITH WHAT WE ARE
DEALING WITH IN THE ECONOMY AND
WHERE LABOR AND UNIONS STAND NOW
AND HOW THEY CAN LEVERAGE THAT
FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS.
THANK YOU FOR SERVING. IS THERE
ANYTHING FROM COLLEAGUES BEFORE
I MOVED TO THE AGENDA?
OKAY, I AM NOT SEEING ANY. WITH
THAT, I MOVE FOR CONFIRMATION OF
020374 TO BE MOVED TO THE
AUGUST 2nd CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FOR CONFIRMATION BY THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL.
IS THERE A SECOND.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN . IF THERE IS NO
FURTHER DISCUSSION, MADAM CLERK
, WE'LL CALL THE ROLL?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN .
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> YES.
>> AND THAT IS FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF 02304, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE TODAY. NOW LET
ME MOVE FORWARD ON THE AGENDA.
THAT CONCLUDES ITEMS OF BUSINESS
. ALL ITEMS PASSED IN COMMITTEE
TODAY WILL BE HER NEXT TUESDAY,
AUGUST 2nd, FOR THE FINAL
ACTION.
THE NEXT MEETING IS HOUSED ON
SEPTEMBER 15th.
IS THERE ANY COMMENT BEFORE I
ADJOURN?
>> OKAY, I THINK WE ARE DONE
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING A
GREAT AFTERNOON OR MORNING.