1 00:04:16,556 --> 00:04:26,766 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:04:31,204 --> 00:04:33,039 -- HEY! GOOD AFTERNOON. THE 3 00:04:33,039 --> 00:04:34,073 OCTOBER 26th SPECIAL MEETING OF 4 00:04:34,073 --> 00:04:34,707 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL 5 00:04:34,707 --> 00:04:36,442 COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:02 P.M.. 6 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:38,478 I'M JOY HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCIL 7 00:04:38,478 --> 00:04:39,345 PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 8 00:04:39,345 --> 00:04:41,047 CALL THE ROLL? 9 00:04:41,047 --> 00:04:44,517 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. 10 00:04:44,517 --> 00:04:47,787 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 11 00:04:47,787 --> 00:04:48,254 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 12 00:04:48,254 --> 00:04:50,256 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 13 00:04:50,256 --> 00:04:56,029 COUNCILMEMBER. KETTLE HERE. 14 00:04:56,029 --> 00:04:56,663 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. COUNCILMEMBER 15 00:04:56,663 --> 00:04:58,031 RINCK HERE. THANK YOU. 16 00:04:58,031 --> 00:05:02,335 COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK HERE. 17 00:05:02,335 --> 00:05:04,037 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. COUNCIL 18 00:05:04,037 --> 00:05:07,273 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH HERE 19 00:05:07,273 --> 00:05:07,640 SEVEN PRESENT. 20 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,176 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 21 00:05:10,176 --> 00:05:10,710 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ARE 22 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:14,213 EXCUSED. COLLEAGUES FIRST, I 23 00:05:14,213 --> 00:05:17,517 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE LOST A 24 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:19,052 BIG TIME MEMBER OF OUR 25 00:05:19,052 --> 00:05:19,919 COMMUNITY, MISS ELMER HORTON. 26 00:05:19,919 --> 00:05:21,187 SHE WAS A COMMUNITY PILLAR IN 27 00:05:21,187 --> 00:05:23,690 OUR COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO 28 00:05:23,690 --> 00:05:25,525 COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION, 29 00:05:25,525 --> 00:05:26,459 RECEIVING NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR 30 00:05:26,459 --> 00:05:28,528 HER LEADERSHIP. KNOWN FOR HER 31 00:05:28,528 --> 00:05:30,997 SELFLESSNESS AND HER SERVICE TO 32 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:31,631 OTHERS THROUGH PERSONAL FEEDING 33 00:05:31,631 --> 00:05:32,565 MINISTRY, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF 34 00:05:32,565 --> 00:05:34,500 MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, 35 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:36,803 FOUNDED ITS FEEDING MINISTRY. 36 00:05:36,803 --> 00:05:39,639 SHE WAS A ALUMNI OF DELTA SIGMA 37 00:05:39,639 --> 00:05:41,874 THETA SORORITY AND THE NATIONAL 38 00:05:41,874 --> 00:05:43,643 COUNCIL OF WOMEN. SHE WAS 90 39 00:05:43,643 --> 00:05:45,478 YEARS OLD AND SHE PASSED AWAY 40 00:05:45,478 --> 00:05:47,914 LAST WEEK. PEOPLE HAD JUST SEEN 41 00:05:47,914 --> 00:05:49,415 HER. AND SO IT WAS A SHOCK TO 42 00:05:49,415 --> 00:05:51,050 THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE WERE VERY 43 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:52,218 GRATEFUL FOR HER SERVICE. AND 44 00:05:52,218 --> 00:05:54,721 SHE WAS A PHENOMENAL ELEMENTARY 45 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:56,089 TEACHER AS WELL IN OUR SEATTLE 46 00:05:56,089 --> 00:05:57,890 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO VERY GRATEFUL 47 00:05:57,890 --> 00:06:00,126 FOR HER. AND FOR THE RECORD, 48 00:06:00,126 --> 00:06:01,928 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IS WITH US 49 00:06:01,928 --> 00:06:05,098 AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND I ALSO, 50 00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:06,165 BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC 51 00:06:06,165 --> 00:06:08,367 COMMENT PERIOD, WE NEED TO 52 00:06:08,367 --> 00:06:10,203 SUSPEND THE RULES BECAUSE WE ARE 53 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:12,372 HOLDING A SPECIAL MEETING. SO IF 54 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:12,939 THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 55 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:14,006 COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED 56 00:06:14,006 --> 00:06:15,742 TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT 57 00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:18,611 TODAY'S SPECIAL MEETING. NO 58 00:06:18,611 --> 00:06:20,279 OBJECTION. THE COUNCIL RULES ARE 59 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:21,948 SUSPENDED AND WILL NOW MOVE INTO 60 00:06:21,948 --> 00:06:23,282 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 61 00:06:23,282 --> 00:06:25,518 COLLEAGUES, I ALSO WANT TO SAY 62 00:06:25,518 --> 00:06:30,123 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 63 00:06:30,123 --> 00:06:32,125 THIS THE STUFF THAT'S ON THE 64 00:06:32,125 --> 00:06:33,760 AGENDA FOR TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO 65 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,829 BE ON THE AGENDA FOR LAST WEEK, 66 00:06:36,829 --> 00:06:37,997 OCTOBER 20th. AND AS YOU ALL 67 00:06:37,997 --> 00:06:39,665 KNOW, AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 68 00:06:39,665 --> 00:06:41,434 IT'S MY JOB TO HELP CONTROL A 69 00:06:41,434 --> 00:06:43,703 LOT OF THE FACILITATE, NOT 70 00:06:43,703 --> 00:06:45,171 CONTROL, FACILITATE A LOT OF THE 71 00:06:45,171 --> 00:06:45,772 LEGISLATION THAT'S COMING 72 00:06:45,772 --> 00:06:47,173 THROUGH COUNCIL, MAKING SURE 73 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:50,843 THAT PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO 74 00:06:50,843 --> 00:06:51,444 GET INFORMATION THAT CENTRAL 75 00:06:51,444 --> 00:06:52,612 STAFF HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO 76 00:06:52,612 --> 00:06:55,248 ANALYZE IT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF 77 00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:57,016 LOGISTICS THAT GO ON. WE ALSO 78 00:06:57,016 --> 00:06:59,685 HAVE A FULL BUDGET, FULL BUDGET 79 00:06:59,685 --> 00:07:01,654 PROCESS AS WELL. WITH OUR BUDGET 80 00:07:01,654 --> 00:07:03,256 CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AS 81 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:06,325 WELL. AND SO I ASKED THE 82 00:07:06,325 --> 00:07:07,193 COUNCILMEMBER IF THIS WAS 83 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:08,728 SOMETHING THAT HE'D BE OPEN TO 84 00:07:08,728 --> 00:07:10,696 FOR US AS WE ARE FLOWING, 85 00:07:10,696 --> 00:07:12,231 INFORMATION FOR US TO HAVE A 86 00:07:12,231 --> 00:07:14,233 SPECIAL MEETING FOR IT. BECAUSE 87 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:15,935 OF THE AMOUNT OF LEGISLATION 88 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:18,304 THAT WE HAVE. AND HE WAS SO 89 00:07:18,304 --> 00:07:19,105 GRACIOUSLY SAID YES TO THAT. SO 90 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:20,740 I REALLY JUST WANTED TO 91 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:21,841 ACKNOWLEDGE, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 92 00:07:21,841 --> 00:07:23,376 THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE ON A 93 00:07:23,376 --> 00:07:24,777 MONDAY, YOU KNOW, GETTING 94 00:07:24,777 --> 00:07:27,246 LEGISLATION THROUGH. AND SO 95 00:07:27,246 --> 00:07:27,680 REALLY THANK YOU TO 96 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:28,381 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR THAT AS 97 00:07:28,381 --> 00:07:29,649 WELL. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT 98 00:07:29,649 --> 00:07:31,884 FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE PEOPLE 99 00:07:31,884 --> 00:07:32,819 USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A SPECIAL 100 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:34,153 MEETING, IT'S FOR AN EMERGENCY. 101 00:07:34,153 --> 00:07:36,222 THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY. THIS 102 00:07:36,222 --> 00:07:37,323 IS FOR US TO CONTINUE THE FLOW 103 00:07:37,323 --> 00:07:39,459 OF LEGISLATION. AND FOR PEOPLE 104 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:40,793 WHO DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A LOT 105 00:07:40,793 --> 00:07:41,761 OF LEGISLATION THAT HAPPENED AT 106 00:07:41,761 --> 00:07:42,461 THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, 107 00:07:42,461 --> 00:07:44,063 WHETHER IT'S FROM THE EXECUTIVE 108 00:07:44,063 --> 00:07:45,398 OR DEPARTMENTS. AND SO 109 00:07:45,398 --> 00:07:46,833 COUNCILMEMBERS STILL HAVE THEIR 110 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:47,967 PRIORITIES AS WELL. SO THANK 111 00:07:47,967 --> 00:07:48,568 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, FOR 112 00:07:48,568 --> 00:07:50,570 THAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO OPEN 113 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:53,840 WITH THAT AS WELL. AND SO NOW 114 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,775 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 115 00:07:55,775 --> 00:07:57,210 OPEN. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED 116 00:07:57,210 --> 00:07:59,078 TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. AND 117 00:07:59,078 --> 00:08:01,681 THE COUNCIL WORK THE COUNCIL 118 00:08:01,681 --> 00:08:03,549 CANNOT ACCEPT COMMENTS ON QUASI 119 00:08:03,549 --> 00:08:06,085 JUDICIAL ITEMS OR CAMPAIGN 120 00:08:06,085 --> 00:08:07,053 RELATED MATTERS. CLERK HOW MANY 121 00:08:07,053 --> 00:08:09,455 SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? 122 00:08:09,455 --> 00:08:11,324 -- I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE NINE 123 00:08:11,324 --> 00:08:12,492 IN PERSON AND TWO REMOTE. 124 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:13,159 -- I BELIEVE A COUPLE PEOPLE 125 00:08:13,159 --> 00:08:14,227 SIGNED UP AS WELL, BUT IT IS 126 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:15,495 UNDER 30, SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE 127 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:16,996 PEOPLE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. 128 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:19,832 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE 129 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:21,767 RULES TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT 130 00:08:21,767 --> 00:08:23,102 PERIOD? 131 00:08:23,102 --> 00:08:23,903 -- SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN 132 00:08:23,903 --> 00:08:25,738 THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE 133 00:08:25,738 --> 00:08:27,073 REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 134 00:08:27,073 --> 00:08:28,674 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 135 00:08:28,674 --> 00:08:30,643 OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS 136 00:08:30,643 --> 00:08:32,945 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 137 00:08:32,945 --> 00:08:33,479 THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 138 00:08:33,479 --> 00:08:34,580 ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 139 00:08:34,580 --> 00:08:40,720 CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. 140 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,088 -- OKAY, AWESOME. WE'LL START 141 00:08:42,088 --> 00:08:43,623 WITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST. 142 00:08:43,623 --> 00:08:47,527 AND IF YOU ARE ONLINE, WE HAVE 143 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:49,095 ABOUT 12 TO 13 IN-PERSON 144 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:50,263 SPEAKERS. RIGHT NOW. I HAVE NINE 145 00:08:50,263 --> 00:08:52,999 IN FRONT OF ME. AND SO WE WILL 146 00:08:52,999 --> 00:08:55,134 GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. WE 147 00:08:55,134 --> 00:08:58,104 HAVE A PERSON SIGNED UP ENTITLED 148 00:08:58,104 --> 00:09:00,206 VHS SYSTEM. WE HAVE MIDGE. WE 149 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:03,843 ALSO HAVE ERIN. WE HAVE MAGNUM, 150 00:09:03,843 --> 00:09:05,478 WE HAVE JOHNNY, WE HAVE ED, WE 151 00:09:05,478 --> 00:09:07,980 HAVE GWENDOLYN, WE HAVE LAUREL, 152 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:10,316 AND WE HAVE HANNAH. SO VHS 153 00:09:10,316 --> 00:09:12,218 SYSTEM MIDGE, ERIN, MAGNUM, 154 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:15,354 JOHNNY, ED, GWENDOLYN, LAUREL, 155 00:09:15,354 --> 00:09:19,125 HANNAH IS VHS SYSTEM HERE. 156 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:24,563 PLEASE WELCOME. 157 00:09:24,563 --> 00:09:25,965 -- SPORTSWRITER JOHN BOYD ONCE 158 00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:27,867 SAID THAT A WEAK EXPRESSION OF 159 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:31,237 PITY IS THE DEEPEST ACT OF 160 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:33,639 CRUELTY. OVER 2% OF SEATTLE'S 161 00:09:33,639 --> 00:09:35,608 TOTAL POPULATION IS TRANS. OVER 162 00:09:35,608 --> 00:09:37,576 3.5% OF SEATTLE'S HOMELESS 163 00:09:37,576 --> 00:09:39,578 POPULATION IS TRANS. THAT'S OVER 164 00:09:39,578 --> 00:09:41,314 400 HOMELESS TRANS PEOPLE. THE 165 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:44,083 CITY HAS PASSED $300,000 FOR OUR 166 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:45,117 COMMUNITY, OF WHICH WE HAVE NOT 167 00:09:45,117 --> 00:09:49,622 SEEN A SINGLE CENT. AND EVEN IF 168 00:09:49,622 --> 00:09:52,425 WE HAD THE COMBINED YEARLY 169 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:53,893 SALARY OF EXACTLY THREE AVERAGE 170 00:09:53,893 --> 00:09:55,895 SEATTLEITES IS EXPECTED TO BE 171 00:09:55,895 --> 00:09:57,797 DIVIDED AMONG SEVERAL HUNDRED 172 00:09:57,797 --> 00:09:58,965 TRANS PEOPLE. EVEN IF THIS MONEY 173 00:09:58,965 --> 00:10:01,200 ONLY NEEDED TO BE SHARED BETWEEN 174 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,270 JUST 50 TRANS PEOPLE, IT 175 00:10:04,270 --> 00:10:05,605 WOULDN'T EVEN BUY TWO MONTHS OF 176 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:07,740 RENT EACH. THAT'S NOT COUNTING 177 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:10,209 FOOD OR MEDICINE OR TRANSPORT OR 178 00:10:10,209 --> 00:10:10,977 CLOTHING, AND IT'S NOT AS IF YOU 179 00:10:10,977 --> 00:10:15,681 DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. 300% OR 180 00:10:15,681 --> 00:10:19,352 300,000 IS LESS THAN 0.1% OF THE 181 00:10:19,352 --> 00:10:21,654 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 182 00:10:21,654 --> 00:10:23,356 ANNUAL BUDGET. EVEN IF YOU 183 00:10:23,356 --> 00:10:23,956 TRIPLED THE AMOUNT YOU'RE 184 00:10:23,956 --> 00:10:24,757 SUPPOSEDLY GIVING US, IT 185 00:10:24,757 --> 00:10:26,926 WOULDN'T EVEN BE 1% OF THE 186 00:10:26,926 --> 00:10:28,461 ANNUAL BUDGET. YOU'RE PAYING THE 187 00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:29,929 POLICE TO HARASS HOMELESS TRANS 188 00:10:29,929 --> 00:10:31,330 PEOPLE, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE 189 00:10:31,330 --> 00:10:33,799 PAYING THEM TO DO. ON THE 22nd, 190 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:36,068 LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, THE 191 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:37,470 TRANSGENDER REFUGEES AT CAL 192 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:39,238 ANDERSON WERE SWEPT BY SPD AND 193 00:10:39,238 --> 00:10:42,041 UC. T, WHO TOLD ONE MEMBER OF A 194 00:10:42,041 --> 00:10:44,310 TRANS MUTUAL AID GROUP 195 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:44,944 UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT KATIE WILSON 196 00:10:44,944 --> 00:10:47,580 HAS SAID SHE WAS UPSET BY TRANS 197 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:50,216 MUTUAL AID AND THAT SWEEPING 198 00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:52,184 TRANS REFUGEES WAS HER AGENDA. 199 00:10:52,184 --> 00:10:54,186 MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE 200 00:10:54,186 --> 00:10:55,821 FREEZING ON THE STREET. THEY ARE 201 00:10:55,821 --> 00:10:56,989 BEGGING FOR FOOD AND THE ONES 202 00:10:56,989 --> 00:10:59,258 WHO HAVE HOUSING ARE SLEEPING IN 203 00:10:59,258 --> 00:11:00,593 SHIFTS BECAUSE THEY SHARE A 204 00:11:00,593 --> 00:11:01,994 STUDIO APARTMENT WITH FOUR OTHER 205 00:11:01,994 --> 00:11:04,397 PEOPLE, AND YOU HAVE THE GALL TO 206 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:06,232 NOT EVEN PAY US THE MEAGER 207 00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:07,667 RELIEF FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE SET 208 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:10,269 ASIDE BEFORE YOU START 209 00:11:10,269 --> 00:11:12,104 WRESTLING, MUSCLING US OUT OF 210 00:11:12,104 --> 00:11:14,273 THESE REFUGEE CAMPS. SHAME ON 211 00:11:14,273 --> 00:11:17,610 ALL OF YOU. IT WILL NOT SERVE 212 00:11:17,610 --> 00:11:20,312 YOUR MOST VULNERABLE 213 00:11:20,312 --> 00:11:22,715 CONSTITUENTS. YOU WILL NOT SERVE 214 00:11:22,715 --> 00:11:24,817 ANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 215 00:11:24,817 --> 00:11:26,819 -- THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE 216 00:11:26,819 --> 00:11:29,055 MIDGE, FOLLOWED BY AARON AND 217 00:11:29,055 --> 00:11:31,357 MAGNUM. AND FOR THE RECORD, 218 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:32,591 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WAS HERE. I 219 00:11:32,591 --> 00:11:34,960 MISSED HER, SO SHE IS ONLINE AND 220 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,731 SHE IS HERE. THE START OF PUBLIC 221 00:11:38,731 --> 00:11:38,998 COMMENT. 222 00:11:38,998 --> 00:11:41,434 -- WELCOME IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 223 00:11:41,434 --> 00:11:42,435 -- ALL RIGHT. THERE. 224 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:45,604 -- YOU CAN LIFT IT UP. FATHER. 225 00:11:45,604 --> 00:11:51,277 -- OKAY I DID NOT COME PREPARED 226 00:11:51,277 --> 00:11:53,646 TODAY WITH A LIST OF NUMBERS OR 227 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:54,947 FACTS FOR YOU. I BELIEVE YOU 228 00:11:54,947 --> 00:11:56,215 HAVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO 229 00:11:56,215 --> 00:11:57,416 MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT YOU NEED 230 00:11:57,416 --> 00:12:00,586 TO MAKE. I CAN TELL YOU, IS FROM 231 00:12:00,586 --> 00:12:01,854 MY EXPERIENCE IN TRYING TO HELP 232 00:12:01,854 --> 00:12:03,889 AS MANY PEOPLE MOVE TO THE AREA, 233 00:12:03,889 --> 00:12:06,058 BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES, 234 00:12:06,058 --> 00:12:07,393 WE HAVE THE LAWS TO PROTECT 235 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:09,061 THEM. WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO 236 00:12:09,061 --> 00:12:10,229 MAKE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR 237 00:12:10,229 --> 00:12:14,266 THESE PEOPLE. I PLEAD THAT YOU 238 00:12:14,266 --> 00:12:15,234 MAKE YOUR DECISIONS QUICKLY IN A 239 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:16,469 WAY THAT WILL HELP THOSE WHO 240 00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:19,805 NEED IT. WE NEED IT FASTER THAN 241 00:12:19,805 --> 00:12:20,673 WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING, AND I 242 00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:21,841 CAN PROMISE YOU THAT YOU WILL 243 00:12:21,841 --> 00:12:23,676 HEAR FROM MANY TODAY JUST HOW 244 00:12:23,676 --> 00:12:26,946 MUCH PAIN THERE IS. IT IS BAD 245 00:12:26,946 --> 00:12:28,614 AND IT IS WORSE THAN THEY'RE 246 00:12:28,614 --> 00:12:30,783 TELLING YOU. THANK YOU. 247 00:12:30,783 --> 00:12:32,651 -- THANK YOU MIDGE. NEXT WE HAVE 248 00:12:32,651 --> 00:12:35,521 AARON, FOLLOWED BY MAGNUM 249 00:12:35,521 --> 00:12:39,558 WELCOME, AARON. AND WE HAVE 250 00:12:39,558 --> 00:12:46,832 MAGNUM. 251 00:12:46,832 --> 00:12:53,005 -- FROM AYE. A DISTURBINGLY 252 00:12:53,005 --> 00:12:56,041 LARGE PART OF THE COUNTRY. WE'VE 253 00:12:56,041 --> 00:12:57,977 SEEN SINCE THE 2024 ELECTION, 254 00:12:57,977 --> 00:13:01,180 AND INCREASINGLY GENOCIDAL 255 00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:01,814 CAMPAIGN WAGED AGAINST MILLIONS 256 00:13:01,814 --> 00:13:11,190 OF TRANS PEOPLE JUST. JUST LIKE 257 00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:17,696 THE ONE BEFORE YOU. IT IT IS 258 00:13:17,696 --> 00:13:19,532 IMPERATIVE THAT IN ORDER TO 259 00:13:19,532 --> 00:13:23,235 EXPEDIENTLY, EFFECTIVELY SERVE 260 00:13:23,235 --> 00:13:26,172 THE MANY LIKELY REFUGEES COMING 261 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:28,440 TO THE CITY NOW AND IN THE 262 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,644 FUTURE, I BELIEVE IT'S 263 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:36,749 COMPLETELY NECESSARY TO ENABLE 264 00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:40,753 THE EMERGENCY MEASURE OF OF 265 00:13:40,753 --> 00:13:51,297 FUNDING TO. TO MAKE SURE THAT. 266 00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:57,269 THAT WE DON'T THAT WE'RE ABLE 267 00:13:57,269 --> 00:14:00,139 TO EFFECTIVELY SERVE ALL OF 268 00:14:00,139 --> 00:14:05,144 THESE REFUGEES, THAT WE WON'T. 269 00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:09,982 FREEZE OR BE HOMELESS. THANK 270 00:14:09,982 --> 00:14:10,182 YOU. 271 00:14:10,182 --> 00:14:12,785 -- THANK YOU. AARON. NEXT WE 272 00:14:12,785 --> 00:14:14,620 HAVE MAGNUM FOLLOWED BY JOHNNY 273 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:19,892 AND THEN ED. WELCOME. 274 00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:22,428 -- I ALSO HAVE NOTHING PREPARED. 275 00:14:22,428 --> 00:14:23,696 I HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR A 276 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:26,465 FEW YEARS AND I'VE SEEN ALMOST 277 00:14:26,465 --> 00:14:28,634 EVERY PERSON THAT I KNOW WHO IS 278 00:14:28,634 --> 00:14:30,436 TRANS IS HOMELESS AND TAKING 279 00:14:30,436 --> 00:14:32,204 PLACE IN CAL ANDERSON, AND THEY 280 00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:34,340 ARE. IT'S SO HARD TO GET A HOLD 281 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:34,940 OF THEM. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY 282 00:14:34,940 --> 00:14:36,609 MOVING AROUND BECAUSE THEY'RE SO 283 00:14:36,609 --> 00:14:38,544 UNSAFE THERE. I AM SCARED FOR MY 284 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:42,281 HOMELESS FAMILY. I'M SCARED FOR 285 00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:43,515 MY TRANS FAMILY. YOU PEOPLE ARE 286 00:14:43,515 --> 00:14:44,917 NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR THEM. 287 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:49,054 PLEASE DO BETTER. THANK YOU. 288 00:14:49,054 --> 00:14:52,424 -- THANK YOU MAGNUM. NEXT WE 289 00:14:52,424 --> 00:14:53,425 HAVE JOHNNY. FOLLOWED BY JOHNNY 290 00:14:53,425 --> 00:14:54,760 IS ED AND THEN GWENDOLYN. 291 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,996 WELCOME, JOHNNY 292 00:14:56,996 --> 00:14:57,596 -- ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 293 00:14:57,596 --> 00:14:59,999 SUBJECT. MY NAME IS JOHNNY HAHN. 294 00:14:59,999 --> 00:15:01,233 I'VE BEEN A FULL TIME STREET 295 00:15:01,233 --> 00:15:03,569 PERFORMER AT THE PIKE PLACE 296 00:15:03,569 --> 00:15:04,837 PUBLIC MARKET FOR 40 PLUS YEARS. 297 00:15:04,837 --> 00:15:06,338 I BELIEVE THAT I QUALIFY AS A 298 00:15:06,338 --> 00:15:08,307 KEEN OBSERVER OF THE PULSE OF 299 00:15:08,307 --> 00:15:09,475 ACTIVITY ON PIKE PLACE, TO THE 300 00:15:09,475 --> 00:15:11,210 EXTENT THAT ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL 301 00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:13,145 COULD MAKE SUCH A CLAIM ON THE 302 00:15:13,145 --> 00:15:14,980 SUBJECT OF VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS 303 00:15:14,980 --> 00:15:16,215 ON PIKE PLACE, I STRONGLY 304 00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:19,151 SUPPORT THE NOTION OF MARKET PDA 305 00:15:19,151 --> 00:15:19,685 ADMINISTRATION HAVING THE 306 00:15:19,685 --> 00:15:20,986 DISCRETION AS TO WHEN TO CLOSE 307 00:15:20,986 --> 00:15:23,088 THE STREET OFF TO VEHICLE 308 00:15:23,088 --> 00:15:24,556 TRAFFIC AS CONDITIONS MERIT, 309 00:15:24,556 --> 00:15:26,025 I.E. THE SUMMER AND HOLIDAY 310 00:15:26,025 --> 00:15:27,626 SEASON, CROWDS OR CROWDED 311 00:15:27,626 --> 00:15:28,794 WEEKEND DAYS. AND I SUPPORT THIS 312 00:15:28,794 --> 00:15:30,929 ON A YEAR ROUND BASIS. CLOSING 313 00:15:30,929 --> 00:15:32,398 THE STREET OFF AND OR LIMITING 314 00:15:32,398 --> 00:15:33,932 HOURS OF VEHICLE ACCESS HAS HAD 315 00:15:33,932 --> 00:15:35,401 AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON MARKET 316 00:15:35,401 --> 00:15:36,302 BUSINESSES, BOTH IN TERMS OF 317 00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:37,937 LOADING AND UNLOADING AND IN 318 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:39,338 CUSTOMERS ABILITY TO DRIVE TO 319 00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:41,140 THE MARKET. I SPECIFICALLY 320 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:43,108 OPPOSE THE EFFORTS BY SOME 321 00:15:43,108 --> 00:15:44,677 ADVOCATES, PARTICULARLY MEMBER, 322 00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:45,244 PARTICULARLY MEMBERS OF THE 323 00:15:45,244 --> 00:15:46,679 SEATTLE STREETS ALLIANCE, TO 324 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:49,348 IMPOSE A SEVEN DAY A WEEK, YEAR 325 00:15:49,348 --> 00:15:50,649 ROUND STREET CLOSURE. THE 326 00:15:50,649 --> 00:15:52,885 POSITION OF THESE FOLKS HAVE 327 00:15:52,885 --> 00:15:54,286 BEEN TAKEN WITH BARELY A CURSORY 328 00:15:54,286 --> 00:15:56,121 REGARD TO THE LIVELIHOODS OF 329 00:15:56,121 --> 00:15:56,689 MANY PEOPLE WORKING IN THE 330 00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:58,557 MARKET. THEY LOBBY HARD AND 331 00:15:58,557 --> 00:15:59,558 UNRELENTINGLY. IT ALMOST FEELS 332 00:15:59,558 --> 00:16:01,827 LIKE AN OFFSHOOT OF ELON MUSK'S 333 00:16:01,827 --> 00:16:03,362 DOGE AGENCY, WHICH SO RUTHLESSLY 334 00:16:03,362 --> 00:16:04,897 DECONSTRUCTED AND OR DESTROYED 335 00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:06,332 DOZENS OF ESSENTIAL U.S. 336 00:16:06,332 --> 00:16:08,067 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, HAS NOW 337 00:16:08,067 --> 00:16:09,501 DESCENDED ON THE MARKET. THEY 338 00:16:09,501 --> 00:16:10,536 HAVE NO SKIN IN THE GAME. THEIR 339 00:16:10,536 --> 00:16:11,737 BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS IS NOT 340 00:16:11,737 --> 00:16:13,072 PART AND PARCEL OF THE 341 00:16:13,072 --> 00:16:14,239 COBBLESTONES ON PIKE PLACE, 342 00:16:14,239 --> 00:16:15,774 WHICH IS THE CASE FOR MARKET 343 00:16:15,774 --> 00:16:16,875 WORKERS. THE STREET CLOSURE 344 00:16:16,875 --> 00:16:19,078 CROWD HAS NOT LIVED THROUGH THE 345 00:16:19,078 --> 00:16:20,980 2008 ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. THE 346 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:22,548 WEEKS OF EARTHQUAKE, 347 00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:24,216 RETROFITTING OF MARKET 348 00:16:24,216 --> 00:16:26,685 BUILDINGS, THE STREET REROUTING 349 00:16:26,685 --> 00:16:27,186 DURING THE COBBLESTONE 350 00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:29,121 RESTORATION WORK, THE PANDEMIC 351 00:16:29,121 --> 00:16:30,022 AND SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE 352 00:16:30,022 --> 00:16:31,523 WINTER DAYS OF BITTER COLD AND 353 00:16:31,523 --> 00:16:33,158 HORIZONTAL RAIN, THE CLOUDS OF 354 00:16:33,158 --> 00:16:34,660 FOREST FIRE, SMOKE AND RECENT 355 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:36,161 SUMMERS, THE INNUMERABLE PUBLIC 356 00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:37,029 MEETINGS OVER EVERY SUBJECT 357 00:16:37,029 --> 00:16:39,131 UNDER THE SUN. THE EVER PRESENT 358 00:16:39,131 --> 00:16:40,866 CONCERN OVER PETTY THEFT. I URGE 359 00:16:40,866 --> 00:16:43,168 STATE AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO 360 00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:44,069 COME TO THE MARKET AND SPEAK 361 00:16:44,069 --> 00:16:46,472 WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS TO 362 00:16:46,472 --> 00:16:46,939 LEARN FIRSTHAND THEIR 363 00:16:46,939 --> 00:16:48,307 PERSPECTIVE ON THE VEHICLE 364 00:16:48,307 --> 00:16:49,842 RESTRICTIONS, AND ALSO AND ALSO 365 00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:51,009 TO VISIT THE MARKET ON WEEKDAYS 366 00:16:51,009 --> 00:16:53,712 WHEN MOST OF THE YEAR, EVEN ON 367 00:16:53,712 --> 00:16:55,514 SUNNY DAYS IN JUNE AND MAY, 368 00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:56,749 THERE'S ALMOST NO CARS IN THE 369 00:16:56,749 --> 00:16:58,484 MARKET. THANK YOU. 370 00:16:58,484 --> 00:17:00,519 -- THANK YOU JOHNNY. NEXT WE 371 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:03,188 HAVE ED SUN, FOLLOWED BY 372 00:17:03,188 --> 00:17:05,457 GWENDOLYN LAUREL AND HANNAH. 373 00:17:05,457 --> 00:17:12,531 WELCOME, ED 374 00:17:12,531 --> 00:17:12,865 -- THANK YOU. 375 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:15,300 -- I'D LIKE TO SAY, IN CONTRAST 376 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:16,769 TO THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, THESE 377 00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:18,237 AREN'T EXACTLY UNRELATED 378 00:17:18,237 --> 00:17:20,639 ISSUES. THEY'RE JUST NOT 379 00:17:20,639 --> 00:17:22,875 CLEARLY OR DIRECTLY CONNECTED 380 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,843 JUST LIKE TO ADD MY VOICE TO SAY 381 00:17:24,843 --> 00:17:29,581 THAT THE THE FUNDS FOR THE TRANS 382 00:17:29,581 --> 00:17:31,683 COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH THE SWEEPS 383 00:17:31,683 --> 00:17:33,552 AND ALONG WITH THINGS LIKE THE 384 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:35,387 PROGRESS OF THE AFFECTED PERSONS 385 00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:38,290 PROGRAM THROUGH THIS BODY, AS 386 00:17:38,290 --> 00:17:43,529 WELL AS THESE BROADER WELL LET 387 00:17:43,529 --> 00:17:45,164 ME PUT IT BLUNTLY. YOU'RE 388 00:17:45,164 --> 00:17:46,965 LOOKING AT THIS STRICTLY AS A 389 00:17:46,965 --> 00:17:49,635 REVENUE AND FINANCE PROBLEM. IT 390 00:17:49,635 --> 00:17:52,738 DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. YOU COULD 391 00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:54,940 TAX VACANCIES TO TO MAKE LIFE 392 00:17:54,940 --> 00:17:56,809 EASIER FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, IF 393 00:17:56,809 --> 00:17:58,677 NOT ENCOURAGE LANDLORDS TO LOWER 394 00:17:58,677 --> 00:18:02,481 RENT. YOU COULD DO THE SAME FOR 395 00:18:02,481 --> 00:18:05,851 HOUSING. NOT ONLY DOES THIS 396 00:18:05,851 --> 00:18:08,954 RAISE FUNDS, IT BUILDS COMMUNITY 397 00:18:08,954 --> 00:18:12,191 SPACES. IT REDUCES THE NEED FOR 398 00:18:12,191 --> 00:18:14,526 SPECIFIC CITY PROJECTS TO DO 399 00:18:14,526 --> 00:18:16,462 THINGS. BUT ALL ALL TOGETHER. 400 00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:19,131 ALL THIS, ALONG WITH THINGS 401 00:18:19,131 --> 00:18:20,999 GOING ON IN OTHER CITIES, IN 402 00:18:20,999 --> 00:18:23,402 WASHINGTON, OTHER STATES IN THIS 403 00:18:23,402 --> 00:18:26,872 COUNTRY, IT SUGGESTS A CERTAIN 404 00:18:26,872 --> 00:18:29,007 INSTITUTIONAL, NOT CULTURAL 405 00:18:29,007 --> 00:18:29,975 PERSPECTIVE. AND I THINK WE CAN 406 00:18:29,975 --> 00:18:34,012 ALL SEE WHAT THAT'S INDICATING 407 00:18:34,012 --> 00:18:37,249 THIS WEEKEND. DON'T REMEMBER WHO 408 00:18:37,249 --> 00:18:39,218 IT WAS, BUT I HEARD SOMEONE 409 00:18:39,218 --> 00:18:41,753 REFER TO POLITICAL CANDIDATES 410 00:18:41,753 --> 00:18:44,356 AND ELECTED LEADERS AND ELECTED 411 00:18:44,356 --> 00:18:45,791 POLITICIANS AS LEADERS IN THE 412 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:48,193 FIGHT TO RESIST TRUMP'S FASCISM. 413 00:18:48,193 --> 00:18:49,228 WELL, IF YOU ALL ARE GOING TO 414 00:18:49,228 --> 00:18:50,729 LEAD THE FIGHT, LET'S SEE SOME 415 00:18:50,729 --> 00:18:52,731 FIGHTING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 416 00:18:52,731 --> 00:18:53,999 TIME. 417 00:18:53,999 --> 00:18:56,201 -- THANK YOU. EDITOR. NEXT, WE 418 00:18:56,201 --> 00:18:57,836 HAVE GWENDOLYN, FOLLOWED BY 419 00:18:57,836 --> 00:19:00,506 LAUREL AND THEN HANNAH 420 00:19:00,506 --> 00:19:01,573 -- YEAH, I'M GWENDOLYN, I'M 421 00:19:01,573 --> 00:19:02,641 FROM THE UNITED FRONT FOR 422 00:19:02,641 --> 00:19:04,176 WORKERS PARTY. SO LET'S JUST 423 00:19:04,176 --> 00:19:05,577 PUT THIS $300,000 IN 424 00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:06,178 PERSPECTIVE. COMPARED TO THE 425 00:19:06,178 --> 00:19:07,546 MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS, 426 00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:09,848 THAT'S COMPARED TO $30 MILLION 427 00:19:09,848 --> 00:19:13,752 TAKEN FROM THE AMAZON TAX FUNDS 428 00:19:13,752 --> 00:19:14,386 EARMARKED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 429 00:19:14,386 --> 00:19:16,221 GONE $30 MILLION FROZEN FOR 430 00:19:16,221 --> 00:19:18,123 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. EACH OF 431 00:19:18,123 --> 00:19:19,157 THOSE 100 TIMES BIGGER THAN THIS 432 00:19:19,157 --> 00:19:21,460 AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO NOW THE CITY 433 00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:23,362 COUNCIL HAS MEMBERS WHO ARE 434 00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:24,429 PROPOSING A BAN ON RV HOUSING TO 435 00:19:24,429 --> 00:19:26,031 MAKE OUR HOMES PROBLEM EVEN 436 00:19:26,031 --> 00:19:27,733 WORSE, OUR HOMELESS PROBLEM EVEN 437 00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:30,002 WORSE. LET'S BE CLEAR WHAT THIS 438 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:32,571 ACTUALLY IS IN CONTEXT. THIS 439 00:19:32,571 --> 00:19:33,705 $300,000 WAS A BRIBE AFTER THE 440 00:19:33,705 --> 00:19:35,440 SUMMER TO MAKE US SHUT UP AND GO 441 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:36,775 AWAY. SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST GIVE 442 00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:38,610 US THE MONEY? IF YOU'RE SO 443 00:19:38,610 --> 00:19:40,112 TIRED OF HEARING FROM US RIGHT 444 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:41,413 NOW, WE'RE WORKING ON BUILDING 445 00:19:41,413 --> 00:19:42,614 A UNITED FRONT TO FIGHT AGAINST 446 00:19:42,614 --> 00:19:44,516 THESE CUTS. WE HAVE DIFFERENT 447 00:19:44,516 --> 00:19:45,083 SOCIALIST GROUPS INVOLVED, 448 00:19:45,083 --> 00:19:47,719 INCLUDING THE DSA, INCLUDING 449 00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:48,387 SOLIDARITY BUDGET, INCLUDING 450 00:19:48,387 --> 00:19:49,855 UNION MEMBERS FROM PRO TECH AND 451 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,423 THE FIREFIGHTERS. WE CAN'T RELY 452 00:19:51,423 --> 00:19:53,258 ON THESE PEOPLE'S SYMPATHY TO 453 00:19:53,258 --> 00:19:53,892 GET WHAT WE WANT. YOU THINK 454 00:19:53,892 --> 00:19:54,927 THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GIVE 455 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:56,028 US THIS MONEY? YOU THINK THEY 456 00:19:56,028 --> 00:19:59,464 SEE ANY KIND OF URGENCY HERE? WE 457 00:19:59,464 --> 00:20:00,766 HAVE TO ACTUALLY FIGHT THEM TO 458 00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:02,100 GET THE THINGS WE NEED TO LIVE. 459 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:03,535 WE'LL BE A LOT STRONGER IF YOU 460 00:20:03,535 --> 00:20:04,670 GUYS JOIN OUR UNITED FRONT. WE 461 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:05,537 WANT YOU THERE. WE WANT YOU 462 00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:07,039 THERE TO SPEAK FOR THE TRANS 463 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:09,942 COMMUNITY, SPEAK FOR OUR NEEDS. 464 00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:11,843 BECAUSE, YEAH, WE'RE NOT GOING 465 00:20:11,843 --> 00:20:12,878 TO WIN UNLESS WE ACTUALLY BEAT 466 00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:13,478 THESE PEOPLE, UNLESS WE MAKE 467 00:20:13,478 --> 00:20:16,081 THEM SCARED OF US. SEND THEM ARE 468 00:20:16,081 --> 00:20:16,648 UP FOR ELECTION NEXT YEAR. 469 00:20:16,648 --> 00:20:17,249 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BEND 470 00:20:17,249 --> 00:20:17,883 UNLESS THEY THINK WE'RE NOT 471 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:19,251 GOING TO REELECT THEM, UNLESS 472 00:20:19,251 --> 00:20:20,452 THEY'RE SCARED FOR THEIR COZY 473 00:20:20,452 --> 00:20:21,420 POSITIONS. BECAUSE IF THEY THINK 474 00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:23,488 THEY'LL COME BACK AND COLLECT 475 00:20:23,488 --> 00:20:26,558 THEIR SALARIES, WHICH ARE MORE 476 00:20:26,558 --> 00:20:27,693 THAN 50% OF THE $300,000 EACH, 477 00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:29,228 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BEND TO 478 00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:30,329 US. WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND 479 00:20:30,329 --> 00:20:32,998 FIGHT THEM AND BUILD A UNITED 480 00:20:32,998 --> 00:20:33,565 FRONT AND BUILD A SOCIALIST 481 00:20:33,565 --> 00:20:35,300 PARTY IN THIS CITY, BECAUSE 482 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:36,668 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET US 483 00:20:36,668 --> 00:20:37,369 ACTUALLY SURVIVE. THEY'RE GOING 484 00:20:37,369 --> 00:20:39,037 TO KILL US. ON BEHALF OF AMAZON, 485 00:20:39,037 --> 00:20:40,639 THESE CUTS TO FIREFIGHTERS WILL 486 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:41,773 KILL US. THESE CUTS TO HOUSING 487 00:20:41,773 --> 00:20:44,476 WILL KILL US WITH HOLDING. THESE 488 00:20:44,476 --> 00:20:45,143 $300,000 IS KILLING US. WE NEED 489 00:20:45,143 --> 00:20:48,247 TO FIGHT BACK. 490 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:51,450 -- [APPLAUSE] 491 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:52,584 -- THANK YOU. GWENDOLINE. NEXT 492 00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:54,386 WE HAVE LAUREL, FOLLOWED BY 493 00:20:54,386 --> 00:21:00,359 HANNAH. WELCOME 494 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:01,693 -- HELLO. LIKE OTHERS HERE 495 00:21:01,693 --> 00:21:03,261 TODAY, I AM PLANNING TO SPEAK. I 496 00:21:03,261 --> 00:21:07,432 JUST CAME TO SUPPORT MY TRANS 497 00:21:07,432 --> 00:21:08,667 SIBLINGS. BUT I WANT TO 498 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:10,202 INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M LAUREL, 499 00:21:10,202 --> 00:21:12,104 I'M TRANS AND I AM CONFUSED 500 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:14,973 ABOUT WHERE THE $300,000 501 00:21:14,973 --> 00:21:18,343 EARMARKED FOR TRANS REFUGEES 502 00:21:18,343 --> 00:21:20,245 WENT. I READ ABOUT THE PLANNING 503 00:21:20,245 --> 00:21:22,147 COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK WHAT WE 504 00:21:22,147 --> 00:21:26,618 REALLY WANT TO HEAR IS CONCRETE 505 00:21:26,618 --> 00:21:28,186 ACTION THAT WILL BE TAKEN, PLANS 506 00:21:28,186 --> 00:21:31,490 THAT WILL BE TAKEN LGBTQ 507 00:21:31,490 --> 00:21:32,691 ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE LIKE A 508 00:21:32,691 --> 00:21:34,226 SHORT LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT 509 00:21:34,226 --> 00:21:36,361 WILL BE GIVEN THIS MONEY, 510 00:21:36,361 --> 00:21:38,297 INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING ABOUT 511 00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:39,498 WHAT TO DO WITH IT, ACTUALLY 512 00:21:39,498 --> 00:21:41,667 DOING SOMETHING WITH IT, AS 513 00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:45,437 OTHERS HAVE SAID, THIS IS 514 00:21:45,437 --> 00:21:46,972 EXTREMELY URGENT. TRANS PEOPLE 515 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:50,809 KNOW SEATTLE IS A SAFE PLACE TO 516 00:21:50,809 --> 00:21:53,645 BE, AND IT IS. WE ARE PUTTING 517 00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:55,314 OUR TRUST IN YOU TO MAKE THAT 518 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:56,782 TRUE. INSTEAD OF JUST A PLACE 519 00:21:56,782 --> 00:21:58,350 WHERE TRANS PEOPLE FLEE ONLY TO 520 00:21:58,350 --> 00:22:04,923 BE HOMELESS, ONLY TO BE ABLE TO 521 00:22:04,923 --> 00:22:08,193 BE TRANS BUT NOT ABLE TO LIVE. 522 00:22:08,193 --> 00:22:10,362 THANK YOU. 523 00:22:10,362 --> 00:22:12,631 -- THANK YOU. LAUREL. NEXT WE 524 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:15,367 HAVE HANNAH, FOLLOWED BY HANNAH. 525 00:22:15,367 --> 00:22:16,535 WE HAVE GUINEVERE, AND THEN 526 00:22:16,535 --> 00:22:17,202 LYDIA. AND I KNOW WE HAVE 527 00:22:17,202 --> 00:22:18,370 SOMEONE ELSE THAT SIGNED UP AS 528 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:20,338 WELL. WELCOME, HANNAH. 529 00:22:20,338 --> 00:22:22,374 -- HI. I'M HANNAH FROM PIONEER 530 00:22:22,374 --> 00:22:23,375 SQUARE, ABOUT A TEN MINUTE WALK 531 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:27,479 AWAY FROM HERE, AND I'M HERE TO 532 00:22:27,479 --> 00:22:28,146 DISCUSS WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, 533 00:22:28,146 --> 00:22:29,815 WHICH IS TRANSPORTATION. AND I 534 00:22:29,815 --> 00:22:31,083 STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE 535 00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:32,984 REST OF THE COMMENTERS I'VE 536 00:22:32,984 --> 00:22:35,921 HEARD HERE TODAY. I JUST WANT TO 537 00:22:35,921 --> 00:22:37,923 URGE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WHAT I 538 00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:40,859 ALWAYS DO, WHICH IS TO MAKE THIS 539 00:22:40,859 --> 00:22:42,427 PLACE A GREAT PLACE FOR WALKING 540 00:22:42,427 --> 00:22:43,729 AROUND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO 541 00:22:43,729 --> 00:22:45,230 ACTUALLY LIVE HERE. IT ALSO HAS 542 00:22:45,230 --> 00:22:47,299 TO DO WITH THE FIRST TIME I CAME 543 00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:52,371 IN TALKING ABOUT LOBBYING FOR 544 00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:53,605 EXIT SIGNS LIKE MY GREAT 545 00:22:53,605 --> 00:22:54,906 GRANDFATHER DID, AND KIND OF 546 00:22:54,906 --> 00:22:56,575 MAKING A PARALLEL BETWEEN MAKING 547 00:22:56,575 --> 00:22:57,876 THE STREETS WIDER. SO JUST AS WE 548 00:22:57,876 --> 00:23:00,545 WANT TO GIVE MORE POWER TO 549 00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:03,115 MAKING IT A SAFE PLACE, WE ALSO 550 00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:05,117 WANT TO USE CAUTION TO MAKE SURE 551 00:23:05,117 --> 00:23:06,818 WE'RE NOT MAKING IT A PLACE FOR 552 00:23:06,818 --> 00:23:09,221 JUST TRUCKING IN THE INDUSTRIAL 553 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:10,655 SECTOR. I KNOW THAT THE 554 00:23:10,655 --> 00:23:14,092 INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CAN ALSO 555 00:23:14,092 --> 00:23:16,294 PROMOTE REALLY GOOD ZONING IN 556 00:23:16,294 --> 00:23:18,263 VERY SURPRISING WAYS, AND 557 00:23:18,263 --> 00:23:20,232 PROTECTING AGAINST EXCESS, LIKE 558 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:21,666 WHEN THERE WERE ALMOST THREE 559 00:23:21,666 --> 00:23:26,738 ARENAS IN A ROW. AND WITH THE 560 00:23:26,738 --> 00:23:27,873 SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THE TRUCKS. 561 00:23:27,873 --> 00:23:29,808 I ALSO WANT TO SAY WHAT I ALWAYS 562 00:23:29,808 --> 00:23:31,543 SAY, WHICH IS TO TRY TO MAKE 563 00:23:31,543 --> 00:23:33,779 REVENUE FOR THE CITY. MAYBE 564 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:35,413 PROMOTING IF WE CAN DO DEALS 565 00:23:35,413 --> 00:23:40,185 WITHIN THE CITY AND DOING TAX 566 00:23:40,185 --> 00:23:41,453 REFUNDS FOR THAT. THANK YOU. 567 00:23:41,453 --> 00:23:42,621 -- THANK YOU, HANNAH. AND WE ARE 568 00:23:42,621 --> 00:23:44,456 JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 569 00:23:44,456 --> 00:23:45,724 IN PERSON. SHE WAS ONLINE FOR 570 00:23:45,724 --> 00:23:48,093 THE START OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT. 571 00:23:48,093 --> 00:23:49,161 GUINEVERE, WELCOME. AND NEXT WE 572 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:54,633 HAVE LYDIA AFTER GUINEVERE. 573 00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:57,068 -- PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 574 00:23:57,068 --> 00:23:58,703 COUNCIL. SO AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE 575 00:23:58,703 --> 00:24:00,238 SAID HERE TODAY, WE HAVE NOT 576 00:24:00,238 --> 00:24:01,673 SEEN A SINGLE DOLLAR OF THE 577 00:24:01,673 --> 00:24:03,341 FUNDS THAT WERE PROMISED TO THE 578 00:24:03,341 --> 00:24:06,478 TRANS COMMUNITY. THERE ARE ALSO 579 00:24:06,478 --> 00:24:08,280 ILLEGAL UNANNOUNCED SWEEPS 580 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,314 HAPPENING OF TRANS PEOPLE IN THE 581 00:24:09,314 --> 00:24:14,186 PARK AS I UNDERSTAND IT, SPD 582 00:24:14,186 --> 00:24:15,887 OWES THE CITY $13 MILLION AND 583 00:24:15,887 --> 00:24:19,357 THE CITY HAS GIVEN SPD 66 584 00:24:19,357 --> 00:24:19,925 MILLION MORE APPROXIMATELY. 585 00:24:19,925 --> 00:24:22,160 THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 586 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,429 THERE'S A TRAINING BOTTLENECK 587 00:24:24,429 --> 00:24:25,897 AT SPD. THIS IS NOT A BUDGETARY 588 00:24:25,897 --> 00:24:28,934 ISSUE. IT'S AS I UNDERSTAND IT, 589 00:24:28,934 --> 00:24:29,401 IT'S BECAUSE OTHER 590 00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:30,335 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES IN 591 00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:31,970 THE REGION SEND US THE WORST OF 592 00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:36,107 THE WORST PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FIT 593 00:24:36,107 --> 00:24:36,675 FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY POLICE 594 00:24:36,675 --> 00:24:39,211 DEPARTMENT ARE SENT TO SPD SPD, 595 00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:40,712 AND THEY FAIL THE RIDE ALONG 596 00:24:40,712 --> 00:24:43,715 TEST. THAT'S THE TRAINING 597 00:24:43,715 --> 00:24:45,617 BOTTLENECK. A LARGE PROPORTION 598 00:24:45,617 --> 00:24:47,085 OF SPD ARE DV PERPETRATORS. THEY 599 00:24:47,085 --> 00:24:51,356 HAVE DV RECORDS. AND SO THE CITY 600 00:24:51,356 --> 00:24:53,458 IS GIVING TENS OF MILLIONS OF 601 00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:55,827 DOLLARS TO ABUSERS WHILE DENYING 602 00:24:55,827 --> 00:24:57,729 THE MEAGER FUNDS THAT WERE 603 00:24:57,729 --> 00:25:00,665 PROMISED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING 604 00:25:00,665 --> 00:25:02,467 ABUSED BY THE ABUSERS THAT'S ALL 605 00:25:02,467 --> 00:25:07,706 I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. 606 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:09,040 -- THANK YOU, GUINEVERE. NEXT, 607 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,376 WE HAVE LYDIA. WELCOME 608 00:25:11,376 --> 00:25:12,777 -- HELLO. 609 00:25:12,777 --> 00:25:13,245 -- FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. 610 00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:14,779 -- THE PD HAS ENGAGED IN 611 00:25:14,779 --> 00:25:16,948 POLITICALLY RETRIBUTIVE SWEEPING 612 00:25:16,948 --> 00:25:18,183 OF CAL ANDERSON, COMING AS EARLY 613 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:20,252 AS 7 A.M. TO DESTROY TENTS, BUT 614 00:25:20,252 --> 00:25:21,786 ONLY SELECTIVELY SWEEPING THE 615 00:25:21,786 --> 00:25:23,889 TRANS PARK RESIDENTS AS 616 00:25:23,889 --> 00:25:25,824 PUNISHMENT FOR OUR ORGANIZING 617 00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:26,525 AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE AND 618 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:29,294 COMING FOR THEIR MONEY. THEIR 619 00:25:29,294 --> 00:25:30,762 SWEEPS COST TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 620 00:25:30,762 --> 00:25:32,931 AND WHEN THEY SWEEP, THEY BRING 621 00:25:32,931 --> 00:25:35,700 TRASH TRUCKS AND DESTROY MANY 622 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:36,334 HOMELESS PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS. 623 00:25:36,334 --> 00:25:37,903 DOCUMENTS LIKE ID OR BIRTH 624 00:25:37,903 --> 00:25:39,371 CERTIFICATES, WHICH COST MONEY 625 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:42,274 TO ACQUIRE AND ARE NECESSARY FOR 626 00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:43,408 ACCESSING LEGITIMATE SERVICES. 627 00:25:43,408 --> 00:25:44,876 TENTS, BEDDING AND EXTRA WARM 628 00:25:44,876 --> 00:25:46,778 CLOTHES AS WELL. MANY OF THESE 629 00:25:46,778 --> 00:25:48,780 ITEMS ARE BOUGHT BY SYMPATHETIC 630 00:25:48,780 --> 00:25:50,115 CITY FOLKS OUT OF THEIR OWN 631 00:25:50,115 --> 00:25:51,116 WALLET, SUCH AS A BLANKET THAT 632 00:25:51,116 --> 00:25:53,685 WAS THROWN ON TOP OF ME WHEN I 633 00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:54,920 SLEPT OUTSIDE. BUT MANY MORE OF 634 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,122 THESE ITEMS ARE PURCHASED AND 635 00:25:57,122 --> 00:25:57,656 PROVIDED BY HOMELESSNESS 636 00:25:57,656 --> 00:25:59,491 RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS, FUNDED 637 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:01,226 BY TAXPAYER CONTRACTS AT VARYING 638 00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:04,563 CITY, COUNTY AND STATE LEVELS. 639 00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,264 WHEN YOU SWEEP, YOU'RE 640 00:26:06,264 --> 00:26:06,831 DESTROYING THE PROCEEDS OF 641 00:26:06,831 --> 00:26:09,401 CITIZENS WALLETS AND NONPROFIT 642 00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:10,168 OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY TAX DOLLARS 643 00:26:10,168 --> 00:26:13,271 IN AN EXPENSIVE CYCLE THAT 644 00:26:13,271 --> 00:26:13,738 MAINTAINS STREETSIDE 645 00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:14,839 HOMELESSNESS RATHER THAN SOLVES 646 00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:18,443 IT. 300 K GRANTED BY THE CITY, 647 00:26:18,443 --> 00:26:19,544 WHICH IS FAR FROM ENOUGH AND HAS 648 00:26:19,544 --> 00:26:21,813 NOT YET MADE IT TO ANY COMMUNITY 649 00:26:21,813 --> 00:26:23,748 ORGANIZATIONS RESPONDING TO THE 650 00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:25,183 TRANS REFUGEE CRISIS, WOULD NOT 651 00:26:25,183 --> 00:26:25,817 SURVIVE THESE SWEEPS, WHICH 652 00:26:25,817 --> 00:26:27,452 FUNCTION AS AN ECONOMIC ATTACK 653 00:26:27,452 --> 00:26:28,987 AS WELL AS A PHYSICAL ATTACK. 654 00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:31,056 AND DESPITE WEEKS OF SWEEPING, 655 00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:33,491 TRANS HOMELESS PEOPLE STILL 656 00:26:33,491 --> 00:26:35,293 COUNT. AND DESPITE WEEKS OF 657 00:26:35,293 --> 00:26:36,995 SWEEPING, TRANS HOMELESS PEOPLE 658 00:26:36,995 --> 00:26:38,763 STILL CALL CAL ANDERSON HOME, 659 00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:39,798 PROVING THAT NO AMOUNT OF MONEY 660 00:26:39,798 --> 00:26:41,466 CAN OUTWEIGH THE DESIRE TO LIVE 661 00:26:41,466 --> 00:26:44,569 DIGNIFIED LIVES, AND THAT NO 662 00:26:44,569 --> 00:26:46,471 AMOUNT OF PD LARPING CAN 663 00:26:46,471 --> 00:26:47,672 REPRODUCE THE OUTCOME OF MASS 664 00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:50,675 HOUSING, WHICH IS PUBLIC SAFETY. 665 00:26:50,675 --> 00:26:55,447 -- [APPLAUSE] 666 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:56,681 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE EVIE. 667 00:26:56,681 --> 00:27:00,885 EVIE HERE. WELCOME. AND THEN IF 668 00:27:00,885 --> 00:27:01,953 YOU'RE ONLINE, WE WERE GOING TO 669 00:27:01,953 --> 00:27:04,990 GO ONLINE AFTER EVIE. 670 00:27:04,990 --> 00:27:06,825 -- HELLO. 671 00:27:06,825 --> 00:27:07,092 -- HELLO. 672 00:27:07,092 --> 00:27:07,926 -- COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. 673 00:27:07,926 --> 00:27:09,127 I'M SORRY FOR WHAT YOU HAD TO 674 00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:10,495 GO THROUGH AT THE LAST CITY 675 00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:12,130 COUNCIL SESSION. AND EVERY OTHER 676 00:27:12,130 --> 00:27:14,366 OPPRESSED MINORITY GROUP ON THIS 677 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:15,567 COUNCIL WHO HAD TO RESPOND TO 678 00:27:15,567 --> 00:27:17,068 AND SEE THOSE WORDS IN FRONT OF 679 00:27:17,068 --> 00:27:19,904 THEM. WE HAVE A DUTY TO FIGHT 680 00:27:19,904 --> 00:27:21,072 FOR OUR FREEDOM. WE HAVE A DUTY 681 00:27:21,072 --> 00:27:23,775 TO WIN. WE MUST LOVE AND RESPECT 682 00:27:23,775 --> 00:27:25,644 ONE ANOTHER. WE HAVE NOTHING TO 683 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:28,780 LOSE BUT OUR CHAINS. THAT'S THE 684 00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:32,851 WORDS OF ASSATA SHAKUR. SHE'S 685 00:27:32,851 --> 00:27:34,386 OPPRESSED JUST LIKE US. EXCEPT 686 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:36,087 OUR OPPRESSION LOOKS A LOT 687 00:27:36,087 --> 00:27:36,755 DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN 688 00:27:36,755 --> 00:27:40,358 IN THE PAST. DURING THE AIDS 689 00:27:40,358 --> 00:27:40,959 CRISIS, AN ADMINISTRATION WAS 690 00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:43,728 FIGHTING AGAINST JUST 691 00:27:43,728 --> 00:27:44,863 RECOGNIZING A CLASS OF PEOPLE 692 00:27:44,863 --> 00:27:47,832 WHO WAS DYING BY THE MILLIONS. 693 00:27:47,832 --> 00:27:49,200 OUR REALITY IS DIFFERENT, AND 694 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,403 OUR STRUGGLES ARE DIFFERENT. 695 00:27:51,403 --> 00:27:52,837 THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE SOME 696 00:27:52,837 --> 00:27:53,672 COUNT OF US. THERE'S NOT GOING 697 00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:55,840 TO BE SOME NUMBER YOU CAN POINT 698 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:56,641 TO TO SAY TRANS PEOPLE ARE 699 00:27:56,641 --> 00:27:57,609 DYING. THIS IS HOW MANY. THIS IS 700 00:27:57,609 --> 00:27:59,778 WHERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO 701 00:27:59,778 --> 00:28:00,645 HAPPEN BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, A 702 00:28:00,645 --> 00:28:03,248 SINGLE ONE OF US WHO WOULD 703 00:28:03,248 --> 00:28:05,950 WILLINGLY SUBMIT OURSELVES TO 704 00:28:05,950 --> 00:28:06,518 ANOTHER STATE SURVEILLANCE 705 00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:09,888 SYSTEM I ALSO DON'T KNOW A 706 00:28:09,888 --> 00:28:11,156 SINGLE 20 YEAR OLD TRANS PERSON 707 00:28:11,156 --> 00:28:12,624 WHO HASN'T BURIED FIVE OF THEIR 708 00:28:12,624 --> 00:28:16,795 FRIENDS THESE REALITIES ARE HELD 709 00:28:16,795 --> 00:28:18,630 BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. AND IF 710 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:23,501 YOU CONTINUE TO WAIT, DELAY, 711 00:28:23,501 --> 00:28:25,336 TWIDDLE YOUR THUMBS AND COUNT 712 00:28:25,336 --> 00:28:26,438 PENNIES WHILE PEOPLE ARE 713 00:28:26,438 --> 00:28:29,007 STARVING AND DYING, THERE WON'T 714 00:28:29,007 --> 00:28:31,676 BE ANOTHER MICROPHONE THAT A 715 00:28:31,676 --> 00:28:33,344 PERSON CAN COME TO BECAUSE THEY 716 00:28:33,344 --> 00:28:36,247 WON'T BE HERE. THEY'LL COME, 717 00:28:36,247 --> 00:28:36,915 THEY'LL TELL YOUR STORIES, AND 718 00:28:36,915 --> 00:28:39,084 THEN THEY'LL DIE IN THE 719 00:28:39,084 --> 00:28:40,852 STREETS. AND MY SISTERS AND 720 00:28:40,852 --> 00:28:41,486 BROTHERS WILL PUT THEIR HANDS ON 721 00:28:41,486 --> 00:28:44,122 THEM AND TAKE ON THAT TRAUMA, 722 00:28:44,122 --> 00:28:44,889 TAKE ON THAT SUFFERING LIKE WE 723 00:28:44,889 --> 00:28:47,158 DO EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK. 724 00:28:47,158 --> 00:28:49,360 BECAUSE NO ONE'S HELPING US. 725 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,397 WE'RE ALONE. WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE 726 00:28:52,397 --> 00:28:55,066 TOO SCARY TO HELP. BUT YOU HAVE 727 00:28:55,066 --> 00:29:00,271 TO REACH YOUR HAND DOWN THE WELL 728 00:29:00,271 --> 00:29:02,707 TO HELP THE PERSON. PLEASE 729 00:29:02,707 --> 00:29:05,376 RECOGNIZE THE MOMENT AND DO MORE 730 00:29:05,376 --> 00:29:10,381 THAN YOU ARE. PLEASE 731 00:29:10,381 --> 00:29:10,715 -- THANK YOU. 732 00:29:10,715 --> 00:29:13,418 -- [APPLAUSE] 733 00:29:13,418 --> 00:29:14,185 -- THANK YOU. EVIE. NOW WE'RE 734 00:29:14,185 --> 00:29:18,389 GOING TO GO ONLINE FOR FOR THE 735 00:29:18,389 --> 00:29:20,225 PEOPLE ONLINE WE HAVE ROSE, 736 00:29:20,225 --> 00:29:27,031 FOLLOWED BY GINA ROSE. 737 00:29:27,031 --> 00:29:29,901 -- THIS MORNING AT 7 A.M. I WAS 738 00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:31,436 AT CAL ANDERSON, MAKING SURE 739 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:32,470 THAT THERE WASN'T SWEEPS, THAT 740 00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:34,439 THERE HAS BEEN THE LAST FEW 741 00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:36,274 WEEKS BECAUSE LAST THURSDAY WE 742 00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:37,442 HAD THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM THAT 743 00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:39,043 NOT ONLY GAVE PEOPLE ONLY FIVE 744 00:29:39,043 --> 00:29:40,812 MINUTES OF NOTICE BEFORE 745 00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:42,814 SWEEPING, THEY ALSO SWEPT THE 746 00:29:42,814 --> 00:29:44,682 PARKS THREE HOURS LATER, TAKING 747 00:29:44,682 --> 00:29:45,717 PEOPLE'S THINGS AND THROWING 748 00:29:45,717 --> 00:29:46,451 THEM INTO A CITY DUMPSTER WHERE 749 00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:49,487 THEY COULD NOT BE RETRIEVED. 750 00:29:49,487 --> 00:29:51,222 MANY OF YOU RECEIVED PHONE CALLS 751 00:29:51,222 --> 00:29:52,690 AS A PART OF THIS, AND THERE 752 00:29:52,690 --> 00:29:53,825 WERE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP AFTER 753 00:29:53,825 --> 00:29:55,026 THIS TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO 754 00:29:55,026 --> 00:29:57,562 MORE SWEEPS. BUT PEOPLE ARE 755 00:29:57,562 --> 00:29:58,830 LOSING THINGS. AND AS I WAS 756 00:29:58,830 --> 00:29:59,931 WAITING TO MAKE SURE THE SWEEPS 757 00:29:59,931 --> 00:30:00,598 WEREN'T HAPPENING, I MET A GIRL 758 00:30:00,598 --> 00:30:03,034 WHO WAS FROM UTAH WHO GOT KICKED 759 00:30:03,034 --> 00:30:03,835 OUT OF A PLACE AFTER SHE BROKE 760 00:30:03,835 --> 00:30:06,838 UP WITH HER PARTNER AND WAS 761 00:30:06,838 --> 00:30:08,873 LIVING WITH VERY MEAGER 762 00:30:08,873 --> 00:30:11,910 CIRCUMSTANCES SHE DIDN'T HAVE 763 00:30:11,910 --> 00:30:14,612 SHOES THAT FIT HER. SHE DIDN'T 764 00:30:14,612 --> 00:30:15,947 HAVE CLOTHES THAT SHE NEEDED. 765 00:30:15,947 --> 00:30:17,615 SHE IS DISABLED AND DOESN'T HAVE 766 00:30:17,615 --> 00:30:19,250 A CANE, AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE 767 00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:21,452 FOOD THAT SHE NEEDS. AND THIS IS 768 00:30:21,452 --> 00:30:23,021 A STORY FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN 769 00:30:23,021 --> 00:30:25,190 THE PARK, SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR 770 00:30:25,190 --> 00:30:28,593 COMMUNITY. WE HAVE 771 00:30:28,593 --> 00:30:30,995 ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS 772 00:30:30,995 --> 00:30:32,063 LIKE KOA AND STONESOUP THAT HAVE 773 00:30:32,063 --> 00:30:33,765 BEEN DOING WONDERFUL WORK, BUT 774 00:30:33,765 --> 00:30:35,300 THEY NEED THE RESOURCES TO BE 775 00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:38,636 ALLOCATED TO THEM TO HELP OUR 776 00:30:38,636 --> 00:30:40,004 COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING 777 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:41,573 AND STRUGGLING IN WAYS THAT I 778 00:30:41,573 --> 00:30:43,441 HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND IT 779 00:30:43,441 --> 00:30:46,711 IS HEARTBREAKING TO SEE 780 00:30:46,711 --> 00:30:47,345 INDIVIDUALS SHAKING UNDERNEATH 781 00:30:47,345 --> 00:30:48,947 AN EMERGENCY BLANKET UNDER THE 782 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:51,115 RAIN THAT POURS DOWN OUTSIDE. 783 00:30:51,115 --> 00:30:54,152 THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS. THESE ARE 784 00:30:54,152 --> 00:30:55,353 NOT JUST NUMBERS. THESE ARE NOT 785 00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:56,321 PEOPLE YOU CAN JUST SWEEP AWAY. 786 00:30:56,321 --> 00:30:58,823 THEY ARE PEOPLE WITH LIVES AND 787 00:30:58,823 --> 00:31:00,892 STORIES AND FAMILIES AND PEOPLE 788 00:31:00,892 --> 00:31:03,061 THAT CARE ABOUT THEM. AND WE 789 00:31:03,061 --> 00:31:04,295 HAVE PEOPLE THAT MEET WITH THEM 790 00:31:04,295 --> 00:31:07,899 ALL THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT 791 00:31:07,899 --> 00:31:09,033 THEY ARE OKAY. AND WE NEED MORE 792 00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:10,568 HELP FOR THEM. AND WE NEED YOU 793 00:31:10,568 --> 00:31:12,904 ALL TO BE THERE TO TRY AND GIVE 794 00:31:12,904 --> 00:31:14,839 US MORE HELP, BECAUSE WE CANNOT 795 00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:16,574 DO THIS ALONE. WE HAVE TRIED. 796 00:31:16,574 --> 00:31:18,176 OUR COMMUNITY IS PULLING 797 00:31:18,176 --> 00:31:19,444 TOGETHER THE SAME $20 THAT WE 798 00:31:19,444 --> 00:31:20,712 CAN TO HAND FROM ONE PERSON TO 799 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:23,047 ANOTHER, AND HOPING THAT WE CAN 800 00:31:23,047 --> 00:31:24,916 MAKE THIS WORK, BUT WE'RE GOING 801 00:31:24,916 --> 00:31:26,217 TO NEED SUBSTANTIAL HELP FROM 802 00:31:26,217 --> 00:31:28,152 THE CITY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE 803 00:31:28,152 --> 00:31:30,054 THAT WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY MORE 804 00:31:30,054 --> 00:31:33,925 ENDING UP. 805 00:31:33,925 --> 00:31:36,661 -- THANK YOU. ROSE. NEXT, I 806 00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:41,232 BELIEVE WE HAVE GINA STAR SIX TO 807 00:31:41,232 --> 00:31:41,633 UNMUTE YOURSELF. 808 00:31:41,633 --> 00:31:42,767 -- HELLO? 809 00:31:42,767 --> 00:31:43,034 -- HELLO. 810 00:31:43,034 --> 00:31:44,235 -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? 811 00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:48,006 -- YES. WELCOME 812 00:31:48,006 --> 00:31:49,440 -- HI. MY NAME IS GINA KARABA. 813 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:50,441 I'M A 20 YEAR VETERAN, PIKE 814 00:31:50,441 --> 00:31:51,542 PLACE MARKET VENDOR. I'M A 815 00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:53,878 DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED 816 00:31:53,878 --> 00:31:54,512 CONSTITUENCY REPRESENTATIVE FOR 817 00:31:54,512 --> 00:31:56,014 THE MARKET COUNCIL, SERVED ON 818 00:31:56,014 --> 00:31:58,182 THE WATERFRONT COMMITTEE FOR 819 00:31:58,182 --> 00:32:00,184 ACCESSIBILITY AND REGULARLY 820 00:32:00,184 --> 00:32:00,852 ATTEND COMMITTEE MEETINGS. I'M 821 00:32:00,852 --> 00:32:01,819 SORRY. HISTORIC COMMISSION 822 00:32:01,819 --> 00:32:03,254 MEETINGS. I'VE SERVED ON 823 00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:03,788 STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE FOR 824 00:32:03,788 --> 00:32:05,890 WATERFRONT EXPANSION. ENGAGED IN 825 00:32:05,890 --> 00:32:07,225 20 YEARS OF WEST SEATTLE LIGHT 826 00:32:07,225 --> 00:32:09,394 RAIL MEETINGS WITH PIGEON POINT 827 00:32:09,394 --> 00:32:10,895 COUNCIL, AND I SET UP ON THE 828 00:32:10,895 --> 00:32:14,932 STREET AT LEAST 120 DAYS A YEAR, 829 00:32:14,932 --> 00:32:15,533 RIGHT ON PIKE AT THE NORTHERN 830 00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:18,069 END OF PIKE PLACE, AND I SEE 831 00:32:18,069 --> 00:32:19,570 WESTERN PIKE PLACE ALL YEAR. SO 832 00:32:19,570 --> 00:32:20,772 I KIND OF SEE EVERYTHING ALSO 833 00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:23,975 THAT GOES ON IN THE MIDDLE OF 834 00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:24,642 THE STREET. THERE. I'VE LEARNED 835 00:32:24,642 --> 00:32:25,743 A LOT ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO 836 00:32:25,743 --> 00:32:26,911 KEEP THIS MARKET FULL AND 837 00:32:26,911 --> 00:32:28,246 RUNNING SMOOTHLY, AND NOT 838 00:32:28,246 --> 00:32:29,347 MODERNIZE THE WRONG PARTS IN 839 00:32:29,347 --> 00:32:30,848 ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS CHARM, 840 00:32:30,848 --> 00:32:32,784 AUTHENTICITY, AND LAW. AND THE 841 00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:34,319 PDA. WE WORK INCREDIBLY HARD TO 842 00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:36,154 ASSESS AND MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR 843 00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:38,256 COMMUNITY OF VENDORS, SHOPPERS, 844 00:32:38,256 --> 00:32:38,890 AND RESIDENTS. I PERSONALLY GO 845 00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:41,492 TO SOMETIMES 1318 MONTHS AS A 846 00:32:41,492 --> 00:32:43,027 VOLUNTEER. THE MARKET IS 847 00:32:43,027 --> 00:32:44,095 INCREDIBLY COMPLEX AND NEEDS TO 848 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:46,664 BE FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTIVE TO 849 00:32:46,664 --> 00:32:47,965 CHANGING SEASONAL AND 850 00:32:47,965 --> 00:32:48,566 METEOROLOGICAL NEEDS, AND TO 851 00:32:48,566 --> 00:32:50,535 KEEP ITS HISTORIC CHARACTER. 852 00:32:50,535 --> 00:32:52,337 IT'S CALLED THE SOUL OF THE 853 00:32:52,337 --> 00:32:53,404 SEATTLE FOR A REASON. WE KEPT 854 00:32:53,404 --> 00:32:54,906 THE LIGHTS RUNNING AND PEOPLE 855 00:32:54,906 --> 00:32:56,941 FED AND WORKING DURING THE 856 00:32:56,941 --> 00:32:58,142 GLOBAL PANDEMIC, WHILE WE GREW 857 00:32:58,142 --> 00:32:59,344 OUR PROGRAMS AND TESTED NEW 858 00:32:59,344 --> 00:33:01,179 IDEAS FOR OUR STREET AND MARKET, 859 00:33:01,179 --> 00:33:02,613 WE REACHED OUT BEYOND OUR 860 00:33:02,613 --> 00:33:04,082 DISTRICT AND HELPED OTHER 861 00:33:04,082 --> 00:33:04,582 NEIGHBORHOODS WITH FOOD 862 00:33:04,582 --> 00:33:06,084 ACCESSIBILITY DURING UNCERTAIN 863 00:33:06,084 --> 00:33:07,585 TIMES. THE COUNCIL AND HISTORIC 864 00:33:07,585 --> 00:33:09,554 COMMISSION IS THERE TO BE 865 00:33:09,554 --> 00:33:10,154 RESPONSIVE AND SUPPORTIVE TO 866 00:33:10,154 --> 00:33:11,689 IDEAS AND BUSINESSES THAT FIT 867 00:33:11,689 --> 00:33:13,057 THE MARKET'S QUIRKY CHARACTER 868 00:33:13,057 --> 00:33:14,425 AND FUNCTION. AS A BUSINESS 869 00:33:14,425 --> 00:33:16,594 INCUBATOR AND SERVICE PROVIDER 870 00:33:16,594 --> 00:33:18,129 AND A GROCER TO OUR CITY AND 871 00:33:18,129 --> 00:33:20,765 ENHANCES OUR CITY SEEM TO BE 872 00:33:20,765 --> 00:33:21,933 WORKING PRETTY WELL. WE HAVE 873 00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:23,334 FIRMLY LAID OUT GOALS AND 874 00:33:23,334 --> 00:33:24,435 DESIGNS IN OUR 50 YEAR PLAN. 875 00:33:24,435 --> 00:33:25,870 THAT WAS FIVE YEARS IN THE 876 00:33:25,870 --> 00:33:28,172 MAKING. IT'S ONLY HAD THREE 877 00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:29,607 PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS. CONTRAST 878 00:33:29,607 --> 00:33:30,608 TO THE ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE OF 879 00:33:30,608 --> 00:33:33,778 INJURIES IN SEATTLE, FROM LIME 880 00:33:33,778 --> 00:33:34,379 SCOOTERS AND BIKES. I REALLY 881 00:33:34,379 --> 00:33:36,914 THINK THAT WE NEED TO JUST KEEP 882 00:33:36,914 --> 00:33:37,515 THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS WITHIN 883 00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:40,118 THE. WITH THE HISTORIC 884 00:33:40,118 --> 00:33:42,920 COMMISSION'S RUNNING AND NO NO 885 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,789 TO THE TRAFFIC TAKING OVER. 886 00:33:44,789 --> 00:33:47,825 THANK YOU 887 00:33:47,825 --> 00:33:48,993 -- THANK YOU. AND THAT LOOKS 888 00:33:48,993 --> 00:33:50,561 LIKE THAT'S ALL ONLINE IN 889 00:33:50,561 --> 00:33:52,029 PERSON. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT 890 00:33:52,029 --> 00:33:54,432 PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. I DO WANT 891 00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:56,768 TO THANK THE PEOPLE THAT CAME 892 00:33:56,768 --> 00:33:57,402 DOWN HERE FOR. FIRST OF ALL, IS 893 00:33:57,402 --> 00:33:59,470 THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO DID NOT 894 00:33:59,470 --> 00:34:02,240 SPEAK, WHO WANTED TO SPEAK? I'M 895 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,474 LOOKING AT IN THE GREEN. I KNOW 896 00:34:03,474 --> 00:34:05,076 YOU CAME IN. DID YOU WANT TO 897 00:34:05,076 --> 00:34:05,877 SPEAK AT ALL? I KNOW YOU DIDN'T 898 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:08,012 SIGN UP. NO. OKAY. NO WORRIES. 899 00:34:08,012 --> 00:34:09,047 YOU'RE ALL GOOD. I JUST WANTED 900 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,515 TO MAKE SURE. DID YOU WANT TO 901 00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:13,084 SPEAK? OKAY. AWESOME. BEFORE WE 902 00:34:13,084 --> 00:34:15,019 CLOSE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT 903 00:34:15,019 --> 00:34:16,054 THE TIMER BACK ON JUST BEFORE WE 904 00:34:16,054 --> 00:34:16,888 CLOSE. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 905 00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:18,589 AND THEN I'LL ADDRESS THE 906 00:34:18,589 --> 00:34:20,191 PEOPLE THAT CAME TO COUNCIL 907 00:34:20,191 --> 00:34:21,692 CHAMBERS TODAY. THANK YOU. AND 908 00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:22,627 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST STATE 909 00:34:22,627 --> 00:34:23,795 YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND 910 00:34:23,795 --> 00:34:26,264 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK AFTER 911 00:34:26,264 --> 00:34:27,165 THE TIMER COMES BACK ON. GIVE US 912 00:34:27,165 --> 00:34:31,669 ONE SECOND. OKAY. AND THAT 913 00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:32,837 MICROPHONE MIGHT BE BETTER. 914 00:34:32,837 --> 00:34:33,671 PERFECT. GIVE US ONE SECOND. SO 915 00:34:33,671 --> 00:34:41,412 WE GET THE TIMER ON. IS IT ONE 916 00:34:41,412 --> 00:34:42,313 SECOND? SORRY, I CLOSED IT AND 917 00:34:42,313 --> 00:34:44,415 NOW I REOPENED IT. JUST MAKING 918 00:34:44,415 --> 00:34:45,883 SURE EVERYONE GOT THE CHANCE TO 919 00:34:45,883 --> 00:34:48,686 SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 920 00:34:48,686 --> 00:34:50,822 AWESOME. THANK YOU. JODY, GO 921 00:34:50,822 --> 00:34:55,026 AHEAD AND SPEAK WHENEVER YOU 922 00:34:55,026 --> 00:34:56,561 WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. OKAY. HI 923 00:34:56,561 --> 00:34:56,828 EVERYONE. 924 00:34:56,828 --> 00:34:59,097 -- MY NAME IS BEATRICE. I 925 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:00,765 RECENTLY MOVED UP HERE TO 926 00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:02,266 SEATTLE ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF 927 00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:03,935 AGO. I WAS ORIGINALLY STAYING IN 928 00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:06,270 TACOMA FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, 929 00:35:06,270 --> 00:35:07,572 BUT LIKE MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME AND 930 00:35:07,572 --> 00:35:08,673 LIKE MANY OF THE STORIES YOU'VE 931 00:35:08,673 --> 00:35:12,310 HEARD TODAY, I FLED FROM NOT SO 932 00:35:12,310 --> 00:35:15,580 FRIENDLY STATE, WEST VIRGINIA, 933 00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:17,915 SO I CAME OUT HERE SIX MONTHS 934 00:35:17,915 --> 00:35:19,050 AGO IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE. 935 00:35:19,050 --> 00:35:22,019 AND WHILE WHAT I HAVE NOW IS 936 00:35:22,019 --> 00:35:24,422 MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT I HAD BACK 937 00:35:24,422 --> 00:35:25,957 THEN, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF 938 00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:29,227 THAT'S MISSING IN TERMS OF 939 00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:30,962 RESOURCES. AND IT'S IMPERATIVE. 940 00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:33,498 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE 941 00:35:33,498 --> 00:35:33,998 PUBLIC TRANSIT THAT IS 942 00:35:33,998 --> 00:35:35,199 ACCESSIBLE AND OPEN, ESPECIALLY 943 00:35:35,199 --> 00:35:37,502 TO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT 944 00:35:37,502 --> 00:35:40,438 OR WHO DON'T HAVE THE THE 945 00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:42,707 PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO WALK 946 00:35:42,707 --> 00:35:45,176 AROUND OR BE ABLE BODIED, OR 947 00:35:45,176 --> 00:35:48,779 PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A CAR 948 00:35:48,779 --> 00:35:50,681 SHELTERS ARE PRETTY FULL. SO ANY 949 00:35:50,681 --> 00:35:53,084 FUNDING THAT COULD GO TOWARDS 950 00:35:53,084 --> 00:35:54,652 SHELTERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, 951 00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:57,021 ESPECIALLY FOR TRANS PEOPLE, IS 952 00:35:57,021 --> 00:36:00,558 ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. RECENTLY. 953 00:36:00,558 --> 00:36:04,996 BUT YEAH, I KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE, 954 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:06,664 I CAN AT LEAST NAME A DOZEN 955 00:36:06,664 --> 00:36:08,766 MYSELF WHO HAVE GONE TO PLACES 956 00:36:08,766 --> 00:36:14,005 LIKE SEATTLE OR LOS ANGELES OR 957 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:15,606 THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS OF US ARE 958 00:36:15,606 --> 00:36:17,141 JUST FLEEING WHERE WE CAME FROM 959 00:36:17,141 --> 00:36:19,076 AND SEARCHING FOR BETTER LIVES. 960 00:36:19,076 --> 00:36:21,812 AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WE 961 00:36:21,812 --> 00:36:23,047 NEED, I WOULD SAY TOP THREE 962 00:36:23,047 --> 00:36:27,919 THINGS WOULD BE TRANSPORTATION 963 00:36:27,919 --> 00:36:31,022 QUEER, LEAD, MENTAL HEALTH 964 00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:33,558 SERVICES, AND PUBLIC SERVICES 965 00:36:33,558 --> 00:36:35,026 LIKE SHELTERS AND FOOD BANKS AND 966 00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:37,662 STUFF LIKE THAT. ANYWAY, THAT'LL 967 00:36:37,662 --> 00:36:38,396 CONCLUDE WHAT I WAS TRYING TO 968 00:36:38,396 --> 00:36:39,897 SAY. THANK YOU. 969 00:36:39,897 --> 00:36:40,498 -- AND YOUR NAME IS BEATRICE? 970 00:36:40,498 --> 00:36:41,299 -- YEAH. MY NAME IS BEATRICE. 971 00:36:41,299 --> 00:36:42,833 -- WELCOME TO THE 206. WE'RE 972 00:36:42,833 --> 00:36:46,637 HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE IN THE 973 00:36:46,637 --> 00:36:48,839 CITY. AND I'LL PUBLIC COMMENT 974 00:36:48,839 --> 00:36:49,440 PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. PLEASE 975 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:50,875 CONTINUE TO COME DOWN AS WELL. 976 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,510 SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING 977 00:36:52,510 --> 00:36:54,579 HERE. WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS 978 00:36:54,579 --> 00:37:00,551 THAT ARE HERE AND ALSO ALSO TO I 979 00:37:00,551 --> 00:37:02,753 KNOW THAT ALEX HERE IN MY 980 00:37:02,753 --> 00:37:04,422 OFFICE, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALEX 981 00:37:04,422 --> 00:37:06,190 WILL BE WORKING WITH 982 00:37:06,190 --> 00:37:06,824 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK OFFICE WHO 983 00:37:06,824 --> 00:37:10,494 LED THE AMENDMENT ON THE FUNDING 984 00:37:10,494 --> 00:37:12,563 FOR OUR TRANS COMMUNITY TO 985 00:37:12,563 --> 00:37:13,164 PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESOURCES. 986 00:37:13,164 --> 00:37:14,665 I'M NOT SURE. YOU KNOW, 987 00:37:14,665 --> 00:37:15,766 THERE'S A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY 988 00:37:15,766 --> 00:37:18,336 THAT HAPPENS IN GOVERNMENT. BUT 989 00:37:18,336 --> 00:37:19,637 YOU HAVE MY WORD HERE THAT ALEX 990 00:37:19,637 --> 00:37:20,905 WILL BE WORKING WITH 991 00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:21,505 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK OFFICE TO 992 00:37:21,505 --> 00:37:23,274 FIND OUT WHERE THAT FUNDING IS, 993 00:37:23,274 --> 00:37:24,108 BECAUSE I HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, 994 00:37:24,108 --> 00:37:25,676 THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT 995 00:37:25,676 --> 00:37:26,310 TAKES PLACE WITH DEPARTMENTS TO 996 00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:29,880 BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT THOSE 997 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:30,915 FUNDS. AND SO I CAN'T ANSWER 998 00:37:30,915 --> 00:37:32,450 NOW WHERE IT IS, BUT YOU HAVE MY 999 00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:34,218 WORD THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO 1000 00:37:34,218 --> 00:37:36,187 FIND ANSWERS. COUNCILMEMBER 1001 00:37:36,187 --> 00:37:36,420 RINCK. 1002 00:37:36,420 --> 00:37:37,421 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1003 00:37:37,421 --> 00:37:38,823 HOLLINGSWORTH. I WANT TO ECHO 1004 00:37:38,823 --> 00:37:40,124 THE SENTIMENTS I WANT TO THANK 1005 00:37:40,124 --> 00:37:40,791 EVERYBODY FOR CAME OUT TODAY, 1006 00:37:40,791 --> 00:37:42,026 AND FOR THE FOLKS WHO CONTINUE 1007 00:37:42,026 --> 00:37:43,894 TO SHOW UP TO MAKE THEMSELVES 1008 00:37:43,894 --> 00:37:44,795 VISIBLE AND SEEN HERE IN THIS 1009 00:37:44,795 --> 00:37:46,764 CITY, I SEE YOU. I'M GLAD 1010 00:37:46,764 --> 00:37:48,833 YOU'RE HERE. AND I WANT TO ALSO 1011 00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:51,102 AFFIRM THE FRUSTRATION THAT 1012 00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:52,370 FOLKS ARE FEELING ABOUT THE 1013 00:37:52,370 --> 00:37:54,238 FUNDING. AND I WANTED TO JUST 1014 00:37:54,238 --> 00:37:55,306 EXPLAIN TO YOU ONE OF THE 1015 00:37:55,306 --> 00:37:57,141 DYNAMICS WE FACE HERE ON COUNCIL 1016 00:37:57,141 --> 00:38:00,111 IS WE CAN ALLOCATE MONEY TO A 1017 00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:02,146 DEPARTMENT, BUT AS PER THE 1018 00:38:02,146 --> 00:38:03,748 STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 1019 00:38:03,748 --> 00:38:04,849 EXECUTIVE BRANCH, IT IS 1020 00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:05,950 INCUMBENT ON THE DEPARTMENT TO 1021 00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:07,818 TO SPEND IT. SO WE ARE WORKING 1022 00:38:07,818 --> 00:38:09,420 WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO GET 1023 00:38:09,420 --> 00:38:10,454 UPDATES. I WANT TO AFFIRM THAT 1024 00:38:10,454 --> 00:38:13,257 WE'VE GIVEN AN ADDITIONAL NUDGE 1025 00:38:13,257 --> 00:38:14,625 IN RESPONSE TO FOLKS WHO TURNED 1026 00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:16,193 OUT TODAY TO GET AN UPDATE ON 1027 00:38:16,193 --> 00:38:17,495 THAT FUNDING. WHEN WE PUT 1028 00:38:17,495 --> 00:38:19,430 FORWARD THAT AMENDMENT IN THE 1029 00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:20,798 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, THE SPIRIT 1030 00:38:20,798 --> 00:38:22,433 WAS TO GET IT OUT QUICKLY, TO BE 1031 00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:23,901 RESPONSIVE TO THE NEED. AND SO I 1032 00:38:23,901 --> 00:38:25,536 JUST WANTED TO TAKE THAT MOMENT 1033 00:38:25,536 --> 00:38:26,604 TO EXPLAIN THAT PIECE. WE'RE 1034 00:38:26,604 --> 00:38:28,105 REALLY LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP 1035 00:38:28,105 --> 00:38:29,340 FROM THE EXECUTIVE TO GET 1036 00:38:29,340 --> 00:38:30,441 FUNDING OUT QUICKLY. AND YOU 1037 00:38:30,441 --> 00:38:31,542 HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE 1038 00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:32,576 GOING TO BE WORKING TO GET AN 1039 00:38:32,576 --> 00:38:33,678 UPDATE OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 1040 00:38:33,678 --> 00:38:35,646 AND WE'VE ALREADY SENT THAT 1041 00:38:35,646 --> 00:38:36,647 NUDGE UPSTAIRS. SO THANK YOU FOR 1042 00:38:36,647 --> 00:38:37,548 ALLOWING ME A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN 1043 00:38:37,548 --> 00:38:39,250 THAT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1044 00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:40,551 HOLLINGSWORTH, I APPRECIATE YOUR 1045 00:38:40,551 --> 00:38:41,018 PARTNERSHIP ON THIS. 1046 00:38:41,018 --> 00:38:42,019 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 1047 00:38:42,019 --> 00:38:43,087 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR THAT 1048 00:38:43,087 --> 00:38:43,721 AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. 1049 00:38:43,721 --> 00:38:45,523 AND THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE 1050 00:38:45,523 --> 00:38:47,158 TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO COME. 1051 00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:48,159 THANK YOU, EVIE, FOR THOSE 1052 00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:51,529 COMMENTS AS WELL. AND ALL OF 1053 00:38:51,529 --> 00:38:53,264 YOU, ALL FOR FOR BEING HERE. AND 1054 00:38:53,264 --> 00:38:55,166 YOU HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 1055 00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:56,300 COMMITMENT ABOUT THE NUDGE AND 1056 00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:56,967 THEN WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE 1057 00:38:56,967 --> 00:38:58,269 SURE THAT WE GET THOSE FUNDS 1058 00:38:58,269 --> 00:38:59,403 OUT, THE EMERGENCY FUNDS. WE 1059 00:38:59,403 --> 00:39:02,106 KNOW THAT'S ONLY A SMALL BIT. AS 1060 00:39:02,106 --> 00:39:03,874 YOU ALL HAD TALKED ABOUT. AND 1061 00:39:03,874 --> 00:39:05,209 BUILDING ON THAT AS WELL AS WE 1062 00:39:05,209 --> 00:39:06,143 CONTINUE THE PROCESS. SO I JUST 1063 00:39:06,143 --> 00:39:07,478 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK 1064 00:39:07,478 --> 00:39:10,047 YOU ALL AS WELL. AND THEN WITH 1065 00:39:10,047 --> 00:39:13,184 THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION 1066 00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:14,351 INTO OUR AGENDA AND OUR AGENDA 1067 00:39:14,351 --> 00:39:16,320 ITEM. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 1068 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:20,791 THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. NO 1069 00:39:20,791 --> 00:39:22,326 OBJECTION. THE AGENDA HEARING NO 1070 00:39:22,326 --> 00:39:26,030 OBJECTION. THE AGENDA IS 1071 00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:27,465 ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1072 00:39:27,465 --> 00:39:29,533 READ ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE 1073 00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:29,767 RECORD? 1074 00:39:29,767 --> 00:39:32,269 -- THE REPORT OF THE 1075 00:39:32,269 --> 00:39:34,004 TRANSPORTATION WATERFRONT AND 1076 00:39:34,004 --> 00:39:35,740 SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE. AN 1077 00:39:35,740 --> 00:39:38,075 ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC 1078 00:39:38,075 --> 00:39:38,676 MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY 1079 00:39:38,676 --> 00:39:39,810 CLARIFYING THE AUTHORITY OF THE 1080 00:39:39,810 --> 00:39:41,545 CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND 1081 00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:47,284 AMENDING SECTIONS. 11.1, 6.240 1082 00:39:47,284 --> 00:39:49,387 AND 11.16.360 OF THE SEATTLE 1083 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:51,922 MUNICIPAL CODE. THE COMMITTEE 1084 00:39:51,922 --> 00:39:53,290 RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL PASS, AS 1085 00:39:53,290 --> 00:39:55,426 AMENDED. THE COUNCIL BILL. 1086 00:39:55,426 --> 00:39:56,060 -- AWESOME COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AS 1087 00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:56,994 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU 1088 00:39:56,994 --> 00:39:58,529 RECOGNIZE, IN ORDER TO PRESENT 1089 00:39:58,529 --> 00:39:59,497 THE COMMITTEE REPORT. 1090 00:39:59,497 --> 00:40:01,065 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 1091 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,500 PRESIDENT, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, 1092 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,136 COLLEAGUES. MEMBERS OF THE 1093 00:40:05,136 --> 00:40:07,605 PUBLIC. AND FIRST OF ALL, I'LL 1094 00:40:07,605 --> 00:40:08,672 JUST ACKNOWLEDGE. THANK YOU, 1095 00:40:08,672 --> 00:40:09,273 MADAM COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR 1096 00:40:09,273 --> 00:40:12,343 YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND MAKING SURE 1097 00:40:12,343 --> 00:40:14,745 WE WE, YOU KNOW, GET THROUGH OUR 1098 00:40:14,745 --> 00:40:16,247 RESPECTIVE PIECES OF OF 1099 00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:18,949 LEGISLATION THAT COME ACROSS ALL 1100 00:40:18,949 --> 00:40:21,051 COMMITTEES AND INCLUDING BY 1101 00:40:21,051 --> 00:40:21,585 SOMETIMES HOLDING SPECIAL 1102 00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:26,423 MEETINGS TO, TO ENSURE AS MUCH 1103 00:40:26,423 --> 00:40:28,492 AND YOU CONVENIENTLY OMITTED THE 1104 00:40:28,492 --> 00:40:29,693 FACT THAT RIGHT AFTER THIS, WE 1105 00:40:29,693 --> 00:40:32,196 NEED TO GET THROUGH SOME 1106 00:40:32,196 --> 00:40:34,031 CRITICAL EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, BUT 1107 00:40:34,031 --> 00:40:34,999 THAT'S ALSO A DRIVER. BUT 1108 00:40:34,999 --> 00:40:35,866 REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR, 1109 00:40:35,866 --> 00:40:39,270 YOUR, YOUR PARTNERSHIP HERE. 1110 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:41,105 WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE THE 1111 00:40:41,105 --> 00:40:42,506 STEPS COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS 1112 00:40:42,506 --> 00:40:46,143 YEAR IN JANUARY, WE DELIBERATELY 1113 00:40:46,143 --> 00:40:47,411 PUT SAFETY FIRST. WE DID THAT 1114 00:40:47,411 --> 00:40:52,249 FOR A REASON BECAUSE THAT WHOLE 1115 00:40:52,249 --> 00:40:54,485 STEPS BRANDING WAS MORE THAN 1116 00:40:54,485 --> 00:40:57,054 JUST A, A QUESTIONABLE, 1117 00:40:57,054 --> 00:40:58,756 QUESTIONABLE POLITICAL BRAND OR 1118 00:40:58,756 --> 00:41:03,828 NAME. IT DID SINCERELY AND TRULY 1119 00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:05,930 REFLECT A COMMITMENT TO MAKE 1120 00:41:05,930 --> 00:41:06,497 TRAFFIC SAFETY A SUSTAINED 1121 00:41:06,497 --> 00:41:10,568 PRIORITY OF THIS COUNCIL. THE 1122 00:41:10,568 --> 00:41:13,103 SEATTLE SAFER STREETS ACT IS A 1123 00:41:13,103 --> 00:41:13,938 THREE BILL LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE 1124 00:41:13,938 --> 00:41:16,640 DESIGNED TO TURN OUR VISION ZERO 1125 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:20,744 COMMITMENTS INTO MORE DURABLE 1126 00:41:20,744 --> 00:41:24,415 CITY PRACTICES. TODAY, WE'RE 1127 00:41:24,415 --> 00:41:24,915 CONSIDERING TWO PIECES 1128 00:41:24,915 --> 00:41:26,016 STRENGTHENING THE AUTHORITY OF 1129 00:41:26,016 --> 00:41:29,019 OUR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND 1130 00:41:29,019 --> 00:41:31,956 ESTABLISHING A DEFINED PATH 1131 00:41:31,956 --> 00:41:34,825 DEFINED TIMELINE AND PROCESS FOR 1132 00:41:34,825 --> 00:41:35,392 DEVELOPING TRUCK SIDE GUARD 1133 00:41:35,392 --> 00:41:38,095 REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY 1134 00:41:38,095 --> 00:41:40,698 CONTRACTORS. AND THE THIRD BILL 1135 00:41:40,698 --> 00:41:43,167 ADDRESSING BROADER TRAFFIC 1136 00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:47,404 SAFETY POLICIES. PROJECT REVIEWS 1137 00:41:47,404 --> 00:41:50,174 AND FATAL CRASH RESPONSE IS 1138 00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:52,009 CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR VOTE ON 1139 00:41:52,009 --> 00:41:54,545 NOVEMBER 10th. WE'RE WORKING 1140 00:41:54,545 --> 00:41:55,145 THROUGH LEGAL AND PROCEDURAL 1141 00:41:55,145 --> 00:41:57,615 QUESTIONS INVOLVING HISTORIC 1142 00:41:57,615 --> 00:41:59,950 DISTRICTS AND OTHER THINGS, WITH 1143 00:41:59,950 --> 00:42:02,386 THE GOAL OF RESPECTING 1144 00:42:02,386 --> 00:42:05,789 NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER WHILE 1145 00:42:05,789 --> 00:42:06,857 ADDRESSING ROADWAY SAFETY IN THE 1146 00:42:06,857 --> 00:42:09,493 URGENT MANNER IT DESERVES. 1147 00:42:09,493 --> 00:42:11,262 TODAY'S VOTE REPRESENTS AN 1148 00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:12,329 IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THAT 1149 00:42:12,329 --> 00:42:14,932 LARGER EFFORT. THE BROADER ONE 1150 00:42:14,932 --> 00:42:20,871 ON THIS FIRST BILL, IT ADDRESSES 1151 00:42:20,871 --> 00:42:21,438 SOMETHING FOUNDATIONAL AND 1152 00:42:21,438 --> 00:42:23,440 FUNDAMENTAL. THAT IS, THE 1153 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:26,410 AUTHORITY OF THE PROFESSIONALS 1154 00:42:26,410 --> 00:42:28,812 RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY. 1155 00:42:28,812 --> 00:42:30,714 SEATTLE HAS DEDICATED 1156 00:42:30,714 --> 00:42:32,917 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS KNOW IT 1157 00:42:32,917 --> 00:42:34,151 FIRSTHAND BECAUSE I'VE MET MANY 1158 00:42:34,151 --> 00:42:38,255 OF THEM A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL 1159 00:42:38,255 --> 00:42:41,125 ENGINEERS, PLANNERS, AND PUBLIC 1160 00:42:41,125 --> 00:42:43,460 SERVANTS WHO UNDERSTAND WHERE 1161 00:42:43,460 --> 00:42:46,463 DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXIST AND 1162 00:42:46,463 --> 00:42:47,031 WHICH SPECIFIC ENGINEERING 1163 00:42:47,031 --> 00:42:49,567 TREATMENTS MAY HELP BEST ADDRESS 1164 00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:53,704 THOSE BUT EXPERTISE MATTERS MOST 1165 00:42:53,704 --> 00:42:56,407 WHEN IT IS CONNECTED TO CLEAR 1166 00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:57,675 RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE ABILITY 1167 00:42:57,675 --> 00:43:01,445 TO ACT. THE CITY'S 2023 VISION 1168 00:43:01,445 --> 00:43:04,214 ZERO TOP TO BOTTOM REVIEW I 1169 00:43:04,214 --> 00:43:06,383 IDENTIFIED ELEVATING THE CITY 1170 00:43:06,383 --> 00:43:08,852 TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO ACHIEVE 1171 00:43:08,852 --> 00:43:11,422 TRAFFIC OR CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER 1172 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:15,626 ROLE AS AN IMPORTANT 1173 00:43:15,626 --> 00:43:16,260 ORGANIZATIONAL STEP. THAT DUAL 1174 00:43:16,260 --> 00:43:18,796 ROLE HAS SINCE BEEN ESTABLISHED 1175 00:43:18,796 --> 00:43:24,168 ADMINISTRATIVELY AND THIS BILL 1176 00:43:24,168 --> 00:43:26,937 BUILDS UPON THAT WORK BY 1177 00:43:26,937 --> 00:43:29,640 CLARIFYING THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS 1178 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:32,509 RESPONSIBILITIES INTO DURABLE 1179 00:43:32,509 --> 00:43:35,012 CITY LAW. MORE SPECIFICALLY, 1180 00:43:35,012 --> 00:43:38,015 THIS BILL EXPRESSLY RECOGNIZES 1181 00:43:38,015 --> 00:43:40,017 THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ROLE IN 1182 00:43:40,017 --> 00:43:42,987 REVIEWING ROADWAY CONDITIONS AND 1183 00:43:42,987 --> 00:43:43,420 RECOMMENDING SAFETY 1184 00:43:43,420 --> 00:43:45,623 IMPROVEMENTS. IT REINFORCES 1185 00:43:45,623 --> 00:43:48,092 RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUPPORTING 1186 00:43:48,092 --> 00:43:50,361 TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAMS, 1187 00:43:50,361 --> 00:43:53,297 INCLUDING VISION ZERO. IT 1188 00:43:53,297 --> 00:43:56,200 CLARIFIES THE AUTHORITY TO 1189 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,602 DIRECT AND EXPEDITE APPROPRIATE 1190 00:43:58,602 --> 00:43:59,203 SAFETY TREATMENTS ON STREETS 1191 00:43:59,203 --> 00:44:01,972 WITH HISTORIES OF SERIOUS 1192 00:44:01,972 --> 00:44:04,408 INJURIES AND FATALITIES, 1193 00:44:04,408 --> 00:44:07,378 INCLUDING PILOT PROJECTS AND 1194 00:44:07,378 --> 00:44:09,146 QUICK BUILD IMPROVEMENTS. IN 1195 00:44:09,146 --> 00:44:13,083 ADDITION TO LOWER COST 1196 00:44:13,083 --> 00:44:14,284 OPERATIONAL CHANGES. THINK ABOUT 1197 00:44:14,284 --> 00:44:16,787 WHAT IT MEANS IN PRACTICAL TERMS 1198 00:44:16,787 --> 00:44:19,323 WHEN A CORRIDOR HAS EXPERIENCED 1199 00:44:19,323 --> 00:44:22,059 REPEATED SERIOUS CRASHES, THE 1200 00:44:22,059 --> 00:44:25,396 CITY SHOULD HAVE CLEAR INTERNAL 1201 00:44:25,396 --> 00:44:28,065 FRAMEWORK IN PLACE FOR 1202 00:44:28,065 --> 00:44:31,935 EVALUATING AND ADVANCING 1203 00:44:31,935 --> 00:44:32,569 APPROPRIATE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 1204 00:44:32,569 --> 00:44:35,039 THAT MIGHT INVOLVE A TARGETED 1205 00:44:35,039 --> 00:44:37,274 INTERSECTION CHANGE, A LOW COST 1206 00:44:37,274 --> 00:44:40,177 OPERATIONAL TREATMENT OR A 1207 00:44:40,177 --> 00:44:42,780 TEMPORARY PILOT THAT HELPS US 1208 00:44:42,780 --> 00:44:47,451 LEARN WHAT WORKS BEFORE MAKING A 1209 00:44:47,451 --> 00:44:49,553 LARGER INVESTMENT. NOT EVERY 1210 00:44:49,553 --> 00:44:50,087 SAFETY PROBLEM REQUIRES A 1211 00:44:50,087 --> 00:44:52,856 MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL 1212 00:44:52,856 --> 00:44:55,192 PROJECT, AND NOT EVERY USEFUL 1213 00:44:55,192 --> 00:44:59,096 IMPROVEMENT REQUIRES REBUILDING 1214 00:44:59,096 --> 00:45:01,765 AN ENTIRE STREET. SOMETIMES THE 1215 00:45:01,765 --> 00:45:03,233 MOST IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT IS 1216 00:45:03,233 --> 00:45:04,935 THE ONE OUR ENGINEERS CAN 1217 00:45:04,935 --> 00:45:08,405 IDENTIFY AND DELIVER USING TOOLS 1218 00:45:08,405 --> 00:45:11,442 ALREADY AVAILABLE. THIS 1219 00:45:11,442 --> 00:45:15,079 LEGISLATION DOES NOT ELIMINATE 1220 00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:15,579 PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, 1221 00:45:15,579 --> 00:45:18,148 OVERRIDING ENGINEER ENGINEERING 1222 00:45:18,148 --> 00:45:20,417 STANDARDS OR REMOVE THE 1223 00:45:20,417 --> 00:45:22,820 TRANSPORTATION DIRECTORS, 1224 00:45:22,820 --> 00:45:26,123 SUPERVISOR SUPERVISORY 1225 00:45:26,123 --> 00:45:27,691 RESPONSIBILITIES OR ROLE. 1226 00:45:27,691 --> 00:45:30,961 INSTEAD, IT SIMPLY CLARIFIES AND 1227 00:45:30,961 --> 00:45:31,495 STRENGTHENS THE STATUTORY 1228 00:45:31,495 --> 00:45:32,896 FOUNDATION FOR SAFETY FOCUSED 1229 00:45:32,896 --> 00:45:35,332 DECISION MAKING. THAT'S 1230 00:45:35,332 --> 00:45:37,401 IMPORTANT BECAUSE TRAFFIC SAFETY 1231 00:45:37,401 --> 00:45:40,737 INVOLVES BOTH MAJOR LONG TERM 1232 00:45:40,737 --> 00:45:41,238 INVESTMENTS AND SMALLER 1233 00:45:41,238 --> 00:45:42,306 IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE 1234 00:45:42,306 --> 00:45:46,610 DELIVERED THROUGH ROUTINE CITY 1235 00:45:46,610 --> 00:45:48,579 OPERATIONS. A SAFER 1236 00:45:48,579 --> 00:45:49,213 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM REQUIRES 1237 00:45:49,213 --> 00:45:53,951 MORE THAN GOOD INTENTIONS. IT 1238 00:45:53,951 --> 00:45:54,551 REQUIRES CLEAR RESPONSIBILITY 1239 00:45:54,551 --> 00:45:56,887 FOR TURNING ENGINEERING 1240 00:45:56,887 --> 00:45:58,789 EXPERTISE INTO ACTION THAT IS 1241 00:45:58,789 --> 00:46:02,793 THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL, AND IT 1242 00:46:02,793 --> 00:46:04,194 IS THE FIRST COMPONENT OF SAFER 1243 00:46:04,194 --> 00:46:06,363 STREETS BEFORE US TODAY PASSED 1244 00:46:06,363 --> 00:46:07,965 OUT OF COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY AND 1245 00:46:07,965 --> 00:46:08,966 ASKED FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK 1246 00:46:08,966 --> 00:46:10,200 YOU. 1247 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:11,735 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 1248 00:46:11,735 --> 00:46:13,403 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND I, I 1249 00:46:13,403 --> 00:46:14,605 FORGOT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT YOU 1250 00:46:14,605 --> 00:46:15,506 DID HAVE THREE BILLS. TWO OF 1251 00:46:15,506 --> 00:46:19,843 THEM ARE HERE AND ONE NEEDS ONE, 1252 00:46:19,843 --> 00:46:21,678 AS WE TALKED ABOUT HAS LIKE MORE 1253 00:46:21,678 --> 00:46:23,213 OF A LEGAL LENS AND SOME OTHER 1254 00:46:23,213 --> 00:46:24,715 STUFF THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SO I 1255 00:46:24,715 --> 00:46:26,750 KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING HARD ON 1256 00:46:26,750 --> 00:46:27,818 THAT, WHICH INTENDS TO COME TO 1257 00:46:27,818 --> 00:46:29,119 FULL COUNCIL AS WELL, BECAUSE 1258 00:46:29,119 --> 00:46:30,187 THERE'S SOME WORK THAT I KNOW 1259 00:46:30,187 --> 00:46:31,755 NEEDS TO BE DONE LEGALLY. SO 1260 00:46:31,755 --> 00:46:33,423 YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT. SO 1261 00:46:33,423 --> 00:46:36,793 REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR THESE 1262 00:46:36,793 --> 00:46:37,694 THREE BILLS, BUT TWO ARE UP FOR 1263 00:46:37,694 --> 00:46:38,996 TODAY. COLLEAGUES. ARE THERE ANY 1264 00:46:38,996 --> 00:46:40,864 OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THE 1265 00:46:40,864 --> 00:46:47,571 BILL BEFORE US OKAY. WELL, 1266 00:46:47,571 --> 00:46:48,839 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, DO YOU HAVE 1267 00:46:48,839 --> 00:46:50,307 ANY CLOSING REMARKS? 1268 00:46:50,307 --> 00:46:50,541 -- NO. 1269 00:46:50,541 --> 00:46:51,175 -- ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. WILL THE 1270 00:46:51,175 --> 00:46:52,709 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE IN 1271 00:46:52,709 --> 00:46:55,212 THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 1272 00:46:55,212 --> 00:46:55,712 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.. 1273 00:46:55,712 --> 00:46:59,850 -- A. 1274 00:46:59,850 --> 00:47:00,417 -- COUNCIL, I COUNCILMEMBER 1275 00:47:00,417 --> 00:47:02,853 FOSTER. 1276 00:47:02,853 --> 00:47:03,086 -- YES. 1277 00:47:03,086 --> 00:47:05,822 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ I 1278 00:47:05,822 --> 00:47:06,290 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1279 00:47:06,290 --> 00:47:10,027 -- AYE. 1280 00:47:10,027 --> 00:47:11,361 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. AYE. 1281 00:47:11,361 --> 00:47:14,998 COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. YES. 1282 00:47:14,998 --> 00:47:15,632 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I COUNCIL 1283 00:47:15,632 --> 00:47:16,934 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. 1284 00:47:16,934 --> 00:47:17,167 -- YES. 1285 00:47:17,167 --> 00:47:18,235 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE. OPPOSED. 1286 00:47:18,235 --> 00:47:19,703 -- BILL PASSES. CHAIR WILL SIGN 1287 00:47:19,703 --> 00:47:20,904 IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX 1288 00:47:20,904 --> 00:47:23,207 MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION 1289 00:47:23,207 --> 00:47:24,274 ON MY BEHALF? WILL THE CLERK 1290 00:47:24,274 --> 00:47:26,076 PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO 1291 00:47:26,076 --> 00:47:27,711 THE RECORD? 1292 00:47:27,711 --> 00:47:30,180 -- AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. 1293 00:47:30,180 --> 00:47:31,882 COUNCIL BILL 121298. AN 1294 00:47:31,882 --> 00:47:32,449 ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY 1295 00:47:32,449 --> 00:47:35,519 CONTRACTS REQUESTING THE 1296 00:47:35,519 --> 00:47:36,153 DEVELOPMENT OF NEW RECOMMENDED 1297 00:47:36,153 --> 00:47:38,288 REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUCK LATERAL 1298 00:47:38,288 --> 00:47:39,523 PROTECTIVE DEVICES THAT WOULD BE 1299 00:47:39,523 --> 00:47:42,059 APPLICABLE TO CITY CONTRACTORS 1300 00:47:42,059 --> 00:47:44,862 REQUESTING CONSIDERATION OF 1301 00:47:44,862 --> 00:47:45,295 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1302 00:47:45,295 --> 00:47:48,031 COMPLEMENTARY SAFETY EQUIPMENT 1303 00:47:48,031 --> 00:47:48,532 AND DESCRIBING SPECIFIC 1304 00:47:48,532 --> 00:47:51,702 DIMENSIONS FOR ALL REQUESTED 1305 00:47:51,702 --> 00:47:53,971 RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS. THE 1306 00:47:53,971 --> 00:47:54,504 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CITY 1307 00:47:54,504 --> 00:47:55,572 COUNCIL PASS, AS AMENDED. THE 1308 00:47:55,572 --> 00:47:56,406 COUNCIL BILL. 1309 00:47:56,406 --> 00:47:57,608 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, CHAIR OF 1310 00:47:57,608 --> 00:47:58,709 THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE 1311 00:47:58,709 --> 00:47:59,776 RECOGNIZED TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE 1312 00:47:59,776 --> 00:48:00,010 REPORT. 1313 00:48:00,010 --> 00:48:01,511 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 1314 00:48:01,511 --> 00:48:02,546 PRESIDENT. SO, COLLEAGUES, THE 1315 00:48:02,546 --> 00:48:04,281 SECOND BILL ADDRESSES A 1316 00:48:04,281 --> 00:48:06,116 DIFFERENT BUT EQUALLY ASPECT OF 1317 00:48:06,116 --> 00:48:07,784 TRAFFIC SAFETY. THE DESIGN AND 1318 00:48:07,784 --> 00:48:09,887 SAFETY EQUIPMENT OF LARGE TRUCKS 1319 00:48:09,887 --> 00:48:13,390 OPERATING UNDER CITY CONTRACTS 1320 00:48:13,390 --> 00:48:17,494 EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGING THE POWER 1321 00:48:17,494 --> 00:48:19,496 ALL THE CITY'S PURCHASING POWER 1322 00:48:19,496 --> 00:48:22,933 AND CONTRACTING POWER TO MAKE 1323 00:48:22,933 --> 00:48:24,835 THE CITY OF SEATTLE SAFER FOR 1324 00:48:24,835 --> 00:48:27,471 ALL USERS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE 1325 00:48:27,471 --> 00:48:28,905 THREE PIECE PACKAGE CODIFIES AS 1326 00:48:28,905 --> 00:48:33,644 THIS NEW TERM VULNERABLE 1327 00:48:33,644 --> 00:48:36,079 TRAVELER. SO THIS ADDRESSES THE 1328 00:48:36,079 --> 00:48:37,681 DESIGN AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT OF 1329 00:48:37,681 --> 00:48:39,783 LARGE TRUCKS OPERATING AGAIN 1330 00:48:39,783 --> 00:48:42,953 UNDER CITY CONTRACTS. LARGE 1331 00:48:42,953 --> 00:48:45,455 TRUCKS ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR 1332 00:48:45,455 --> 00:48:47,991 CITY. THEY DELIVER CRITICAL 1333 00:48:47,991 --> 00:48:48,425 GOODS. THEY SUPPORT 1334 00:48:48,425 --> 00:48:51,194 CONSTRUCTION, COLLECT WASTE AND 1335 00:48:51,194 --> 00:48:53,764 HELP MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE 1336 00:48:53,764 --> 00:48:57,367 OF OUR CITY. THAT OUR CITY 1337 00:48:57,367 --> 00:48:58,268 DEPENDS ON. ALSO TRUE. AT THE 1338 00:48:58,268 --> 00:49:01,071 SAME TIME, THEIR SIZE, BLIND 1339 00:49:01,071 --> 00:49:04,107 SPOTS AND TURNING MOVEMENTS CAN 1340 00:49:04,107 --> 00:49:07,577 POTENTIALLY CREATE PARTICULARLY 1341 00:49:07,577 --> 00:49:10,147 SEVERE RISKS FOR PEOPLE WALKING, 1342 00:49:10,147 --> 00:49:13,917 BIKING AND RIDING MOTORCYCLES 1343 00:49:13,917 --> 00:49:16,053 ONE POTENTIAL SAFEGUARD IS TRUCK 1344 00:49:16,053 --> 00:49:19,156 SIDE GUARDS, ALSO CALLED A 1345 00:49:19,156 --> 00:49:22,092 LATERAL PROTECTIVE DEVICE. IN 1346 00:49:22,092 --> 00:49:24,361 TECHNICAL TERMS, THESE DEVICES 1347 00:49:24,361 --> 00:49:26,129 ARE DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE 1348 00:49:26,129 --> 00:49:28,332 LIKELIHOOD THAT A PERSON STRUCK 1349 00:49:28,332 --> 00:49:29,967 ALONG THE SIDE OF A LARGE TRUCK 1350 00:49:29,967 --> 00:49:32,569 IS PULLED UNDERNEATH ITS REAR 1351 00:49:32,569 --> 00:49:36,506 WHEELS. THIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW 1352 00:49:36,506 --> 00:49:39,109 CONCEPT. OTHER JURISDICTIONS, 1353 00:49:39,109 --> 00:49:40,644 OTHER JURISDICTIONS, NAMELY THE 1354 00:49:40,644 --> 00:49:43,780 CITY OF BOSTON, HAVE ADOPTED 1355 00:49:43,780 --> 00:49:45,849 ROBUST SIDE GUARD REQUIREMENTS 1356 00:49:45,849 --> 00:49:50,020 FOR CERTAIN LARGE TRUCKS IN 1357 00:49:50,020 --> 00:49:51,488 MUNICIPAL CONTRACTORS. OUR 1358 00:49:51,488 --> 00:49:54,091 LEGISLATION SPECIFICALLY 1359 00:49:54,091 --> 00:49:54,758 IDENTIFIES BOSTON'S APPROACH AS 1360 00:49:54,758 --> 00:49:56,660 A MODEL FOR FURTHER 1361 00:49:56,660 --> 00:49:59,463 CONSIDERATION. THIS BILL 1362 00:49:59,463 --> 00:50:00,063 ESTABLISHES A DEFINED PROCESS 1363 00:50:00,063 --> 00:50:02,532 FOR EVALUATING HOW SEATTLE COULD 1364 00:50:02,532 --> 00:50:05,235 ADOPT COMPARABLE REQUIREMENTS. 1365 00:50:05,235 --> 00:50:09,606 IT CALLS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 1366 00:50:09,606 --> 00:50:10,173 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE 1367 00:50:10,173 --> 00:50:11,475 SERVICES, WORKING 1368 00:50:11,475 --> 00:50:13,243 COLLABORATIVELY WITH SDOT AND 1369 00:50:13,243 --> 00:50:13,844 OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP 1370 00:50:13,844 --> 00:50:16,413 RECOMMENDATIONS COVERING WHICH 1371 00:50:16,413 --> 00:50:18,281 SPECIFIC TRUCKS AND CONTRACTORS 1372 00:50:18,281 --> 00:50:21,184 WOULD BE COVERED. APPROPRIATE 1373 00:50:21,184 --> 00:50:21,718 EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS, 1374 00:50:21,718 --> 00:50:23,153 INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE 1375 00:50:23,153 --> 00:50:26,056 REQUIREMENTS, COMPLEMENTARY 1376 00:50:26,056 --> 00:50:27,357 PROTECTIONS SUCH AS IMPROVED 1377 00:50:27,357 --> 00:50:30,127 MIRRORS, CAMERAS AND BLIND SPOT 1378 00:50:30,127 --> 00:50:32,662 AWARENESS MEASURES, AND OTHER 1379 00:50:32,662 --> 00:50:33,263 IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS 1380 00:50:33,263 --> 00:50:35,432 SUCH AS CONTRACT TERMS, 1381 00:50:35,432 --> 00:50:39,002 ENFORCEMENT AND STAKEHOLDER 1382 00:50:39,002 --> 00:50:41,538 INPUT. THE WORK WILL INCLUDE 1383 00:50:41,538 --> 00:50:44,775 ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY'S 1384 00:50:44,775 --> 00:50:46,843 FREIGHT AND BICYCLE ADVISORY 1385 00:50:46,843 --> 00:50:49,279 BOARDS AND OTHER AFFECTED 1386 00:50:49,279 --> 00:50:50,881 STAKEHOLDERS. BY MAY 1st OF NEXT 1387 00:50:50,881 --> 00:50:52,449 YEAR, 2027, THE DEPARTMENTS ARE 1388 00:50:52,449 --> 00:50:54,251 ASKED TO RETURN WITH SPECIFIC 1389 00:50:54,251 --> 00:50:58,455 RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROPOSED 1390 00:50:58,455 --> 00:51:01,091 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE. TODAY'S 1391 00:51:01,091 --> 00:51:03,660 BILL DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY IMPOSE 1392 00:51:03,660 --> 00:51:04,261 NEW EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS ON 1393 00:51:04,261 --> 00:51:07,197 CONTRACTORS. THIS DISTINCTION 1394 00:51:07,197 --> 00:51:12,469 MATTERS. WE ARE ESTABLISHING A 1395 00:51:12,469 --> 00:51:15,739 STATUTORILY DEFINED AND REQUIRED 1396 00:51:15,739 --> 00:51:18,809 PATHWAY TO EVALUATE TECHNICALLY 1397 00:51:18,809 --> 00:51:19,443 FEASIBLE REQUIREMENTS. ACCOUNT 1398 00:51:19,443 --> 00:51:21,978 FOR OPERATIONAL REALITIES AND 1399 00:51:21,978 --> 00:51:24,247 IDENTIFY THE LEGISLATIVE STEPS 1400 00:51:24,247 --> 00:51:25,282 NECESSARY TO SUPPORT 1401 00:51:25,282 --> 00:51:30,454 IMPLEMENTATION. THE WORK ALSO 1402 00:51:30,454 --> 00:51:32,522 COMPLEMENTS THE MAYOR'S RECENT 1403 00:51:32,522 --> 00:51:34,991 VISION ZERO EXECUTIVE ORDER, 1404 00:51:34,991 --> 00:51:36,726 WHICH TOOK SIMILAR STEPS AND 1405 00:51:36,726 --> 00:51:37,294 ADDRESSES FLEET SAFETY AND 1406 00:51:37,294 --> 00:51:40,430 RELATED EQUIPMENT, BUT OUR 1407 00:51:40,430 --> 00:51:43,033 COUNCIL LEGISLATION PROVIDES A 1408 00:51:43,033 --> 00:51:45,502 SPECIFIC FRAMEWORK FOR RETURNING 1409 00:51:45,502 --> 00:51:46,002 WITH CONTRACTOR FOCUSED 1410 00:51:46,002 --> 00:51:48,171 RECOMMENDATIONS. THE VEHICLES 1411 00:51:48,171 --> 00:51:50,774 THAT HELP BUILD AND SERVE OUR 1412 00:51:50,774 --> 00:51:53,410 CITY SHOULD ALSO BE A PART OF 1413 00:51:53,410 --> 00:51:54,010 THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE 1414 00:51:54,010 --> 00:51:56,313 MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER. THAT IS 1415 00:51:56,313 --> 00:51:58,114 THE PRACTICAL PURPOSE OF THIS 1416 00:51:58,114 --> 00:52:00,183 BILL, AND IT REFLECTS AN 1417 00:52:00,183 --> 00:52:02,018 IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE OF THE SAFER 1418 00:52:02,018 --> 00:52:04,054 STREETS PACKAGE. IMPROVING 1419 00:52:04,054 --> 00:52:07,157 SAFETY MEANS EXAMINING THE 1420 00:52:07,157 --> 00:52:09,626 ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, 1421 00:52:09,626 --> 00:52:10,227 INCLUDING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, 1422 00:52:10,227 --> 00:52:14,965 OUR ENGINEERING BEST PRACTICES, 1423 00:52:14,965 --> 00:52:21,705 AND THE VEHICLES OPERATING ON 1424 00:52:21,705 --> 00:52:22,305 OUR ROADS. BROADLY, THE THREE 1425 00:52:22,305 --> 00:52:24,040 PIECE PACKAGE. DOES A LOT, 1426 00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:25,509 INCLUDING CODIFYING THREE 1427 00:52:25,509 --> 00:52:26,910 REQUIREMENTS THAT MANY OF THE 1428 00:52:26,910 --> 00:52:29,579 TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES HAVE 1429 00:52:29,579 --> 00:52:32,115 BEEN CALLING FOR. EARLIER THIS 1430 00:52:32,115 --> 00:52:35,352 SUMMER, DAILY DAYLIGHTING AT 1431 00:52:35,352 --> 00:52:37,187 INTERSECTIONS, MANDATORY VISION 1432 00:52:37,187 --> 00:52:40,157 ZERO REVIEWS AND TRUCK SIDE 1433 00:52:40,157 --> 00:52:42,058 GUARD PROTECTIONS. THIS BILL 1434 00:52:42,058 --> 00:52:45,996 ADDRESSES THE TRUCK SIDE GUARDS 1435 00:52:45,996 --> 00:52:49,132 PROTECTIONS COMPONENT. AND ASK 1436 00:52:49,132 --> 00:52:51,134 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. PASS OUT OF 1437 00:52:51,134 --> 00:52:52,102 COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY. THANK 1438 00:52:52,102 --> 00:52:52,302 YOU. 1439 00:52:52,302 --> 00:52:53,870 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 1440 00:52:53,870 --> 00:52:56,373 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, ARE THERE 1441 00:52:56,373 --> 00:52:57,541 ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE BILL 1442 00:52:57,541 --> 00:53:00,644 BEFORE US I JUST WANT TO TAKE 1443 00:53:00,644 --> 00:53:01,611 THIS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE 1444 00:53:01,611 --> 00:53:04,714 HARD WORK THAT YOU DID ON THIS 1445 00:53:04,714 --> 00:53:06,149 IN TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND 1446 00:53:06,149 --> 00:53:06,783 THEN OBVIOUSLY IN THE COMMUNITY 1447 00:53:06,783 --> 00:53:08,785 AND EVERYTHING. I KNOW IT WAS A 1448 00:53:08,785 --> 00:53:10,220 HEAVY LIFT AND A LOT. SO JUST 1449 00:53:10,220 --> 00:53:10,820 WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I 1450 00:53:10,820 --> 00:53:12,188 DON'T SIT ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT 1451 00:53:12,188 --> 00:53:13,523 I, I SAW ALL THE WORK THAT YOU 1452 00:53:13,523 --> 00:53:16,092 DID LEGISLATIVELY AND BEHIND THE 1453 00:53:16,092 --> 00:53:17,127 SCENES. AND SO JUST WANTED TO 1454 00:53:17,127 --> 00:53:19,729 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. COUNCILMEMBER 1455 00:53:19,729 --> 00:53:23,033 SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1456 00:53:23,033 --> 00:53:23,667 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1457 00:53:23,667 --> 00:53:25,435 I TOO, WANT TO THANK 1458 00:53:25,435 --> 00:53:27,938 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR KEEPING 1459 00:53:27,938 --> 00:53:29,839 HIS EYE ON VISION. OUR VISION 1460 00:53:29,839 --> 00:53:31,808 ZERO GOALS. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN 1461 00:53:31,808 --> 00:53:33,510 TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE YOU AND 1462 00:53:33,510 --> 00:53:35,045 I STARTED THE SAME YEAR IN 24, 1463 00:53:35,045 --> 00:53:36,680 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALL OUR 1464 00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:38,281 CONSTITUENTS CARE DEEPLY ABOUT. 1465 00:53:38,281 --> 00:53:40,750 SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE 1466 00:53:40,750 --> 00:53:41,952 UPDATES AND REALLY APPRECIATE 1467 00:53:41,952 --> 00:53:43,019 YOUR WORK. I DON'T SIT ON THE 1468 00:53:43,019 --> 00:53:44,854 COMMITTEE EITHER, BUT APPRECIATE 1469 00:53:44,854 --> 00:53:46,489 THE COMMITTEE'S WORK ON THIS. 1470 00:53:46,489 --> 00:53:47,424 THANK YOU. 1471 00:53:47,424 --> 00:53:49,259 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 1472 00:53:49,259 --> 00:53:50,427 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, ANY FINAL 1473 00:53:50,427 --> 00:53:51,061 COMMENTS BEFORE I KICK IT BACK 1474 00:53:51,061 --> 00:53:52,963 TO COUNCILMEMBER SOCCER FOR 1475 00:53:52,963 --> 00:53:54,164 CLOSING COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER 1476 00:53:54,164 --> 00:53:56,032 SAKA. ANY CLOSING COMMENTS? 1477 00:53:56,032 --> 00:53:58,935 -- I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU, 1478 00:53:58,935 --> 00:53:59,469 MADAM COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 1479 00:53:59,469 --> 00:54:02,272 APPRECIATE YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER 1480 00:54:02,272 --> 00:54:03,139 RIVERA APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS 1481 00:54:03,139 --> 00:54:05,609 THERE. YOUR KIND WORDS AS WE 1482 00:54:05,609 --> 00:54:07,177 PREPARE FOR THIS SECOND AND 1483 00:54:07,177 --> 00:54:08,945 FINAL VOTE FOR TODAY. I ALSO 1484 00:54:08,945 --> 00:54:10,680 WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE 1485 00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:15,418 WHO HELPED BRING THIS WORK 1486 00:54:15,418 --> 00:54:16,486 FORWARD FROM SDOT PROFESSIONALS 1487 00:54:16,486 --> 00:54:19,956 AND COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, 1488 00:54:19,956 --> 00:54:22,926 ESPECIALLY AMANDA AND ANNE JEN. 1489 00:54:22,926 --> 00:54:24,894 THERE ARE OTHER. THERE ARE OTHER 1490 00:54:24,894 --> 00:54:26,229 FOLKS, BUT WORKED HARD ON THIS 1491 00:54:26,229 --> 00:54:29,666 LEGISLATION. MY OWN TEAM, 1492 00:54:29,666 --> 00:54:33,670 BRENDAN MICHAEL HARDY SPENT A 1493 00:54:33,670 --> 00:54:37,073 LOT OF TIME ON THIS AT THE STAFF 1494 00:54:37,073 --> 00:54:39,943 LEVEL. REALLY WANT TO THANK THE 1495 00:54:39,943 --> 00:54:41,378 COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO WERE 1496 00:54:41,378 --> 00:54:46,116 INVOLVED IN THIS THERE'S A LOT, 1497 00:54:46,116 --> 00:54:50,020 INCLUDING INCLUDING CASCADE 1498 00:54:50,020 --> 00:54:52,555 STREETS ALLIANCE, FOLKS FROM 1499 00:54:52,555 --> 00:54:55,659 LABOR, MLK, LABOR. WE SAW 1500 00:54:55,659 --> 00:54:59,763 COLLEAGUES, THE THE OVERWHELMING 1501 00:54:59,763 --> 00:55:01,564 ENDORSEMENT OF THIS PACKAGE, THE 1502 00:55:01,564 --> 00:55:04,200 ENTIRE THREE PIECE PACKAGE BY 1503 00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:05,769 THE MLK LABOR COUNCIL IN A 1504 00:55:05,769 --> 00:55:08,204 RECENT RESOLUTION THAT THE 1505 00:55:08,204 --> 00:55:11,875 ENTIRE COUNCIL ADOPTED EARLIER 1506 00:55:11,875 --> 00:55:14,044 THIS SUMMER. COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 1507 00:55:14,044 --> 00:55:16,513 AGAIN, FAMILIES IMPACTED BY 1508 00:55:16,513 --> 00:55:20,116 TRAFFIC TRAGEDIES, INCLUDING 1509 00:55:20,116 --> 00:55:22,318 RITA HOLZMAN, WHO IS THE WIDOW 1510 00:55:22,318 --> 00:55:26,256 OF STEVE HOLZMAN, WHO WAS 1511 00:55:26,256 --> 00:55:27,090 TRAGICALLY KILLED BY TRAFFIC, 1512 00:55:27,090 --> 00:55:28,992 VIOLENCE IN WEST SEATTLE IN 1513 00:55:28,992 --> 00:55:32,429 DECEMBER OF 2023. A FEW SHORT 1514 00:55:32,429 --> 00:55:34,731 WEEKS BEFORE I TOOK OFFICE, SHE 1515 00:55:34,731 --> 00:55:36,866 WAS ACTUALLY SHE WAS VERY 1516 00:55:36,866 --> 00:55:37,801 INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING CLOSELY 1517 00:55:37,801 --> 00:55:38,802 WITH ME AND MY OFFICE ON THE 1518 00:55:38,802 --> 00:55:40,370 ENTIRE PACKAGE, AND I'M THANKFUL 1519 00:55:40,370 --> 00:55:44,574 FOR HER. HER CONTRIBUTIONS AND 1520 00:55:44,574 --> 00:55:45,575 HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE THIS 1521 00:55:45,575 --> 00:55:48,945 BILL, THIS PACKAGE EVEN BETTER. 1522 00:55:48,945 --> 00:55:54,284 BUT IT IS. THIS EFFORT HAS 1523 00:55:54,284 --> 00:55:55,485 BENEFITED FROM SUBSTANTIAL 1524 00:55:55,485 --> 00:55:58,288 ENGAGEMENT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE. 1525 00:55:58,288 --> 00:55:59,656 SO SEATTLE COMMITTED TO VISION 1526 00:55:59,656 --> 00:56:03,259 ZERO MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. THE 1527 00:56:03,259 --> 00:56:04,360 CHALLENGE BEFORE US IS HOW TO 1528 00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:07,364 MAKE THAT COMMITMENT MEANINGFUL 1529 00:56:07,364 --> 00:56:11,000 IN THE EVERYDAY OPERATIONS OF 1530 00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,069 CITY GOVERNMENT. TODAY'S TWO 1531 00:56:13,069 --> 00:56:15,472 BILLS ADDRESS TWO PIECES OF THAT 1532 00:56:15,472 --> 00:56:18,808 CHALLENGE CLEARER AUTHORITY FOR 1533 00:56:18,808 --> 00:56:22,378 TRAFFIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS AND 1534 00:56:22,378 --> 00:56:23,012 DEFINED PATH TOWARD EVALUATING 1535 00:56:23,012 --> 00:56:26,816 AND IMPOSING ADDITIONAL 1536 00:56:26,816 --> 00:56:29,419 PROTECTIONS OR LARGE TRUCKS. OUR 1537 00:56:29,419 --> 00:56:33,556 WORK IS NOT FINISHED. AND THE 1538 00:56:33,556 --> 00:56:36,793 BROADER THIRD BILL REMAINS 1539 00:56:36,793 --> 00:56:37,427 SCHEDULED. PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 1540 00:56:37,427 --> 00:56:39,396 10th. AND THE TRUCK SAFETY 1541 00:56:39,396 --> 00:56:40,597 RECOMMENDATIONS WILL RETURN IN 1542 00:56:40,597 --> 00:56:43,733 2027. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, 1543 00:56:43,733 --> 00:56:47,003 SEATTLE ALSO HAS AN OPPORTUNITY 1544 00:56:47,003 --> 00:56:49,806 TO CONTRIBUTE TO A GROWING 1545 00:56:49,806 --> 00:56:50,440 NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW 1546 00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:52,675 CITIES TRANSLATE VISION ZERO 1547 00:56:52,675 --> 00:56:55,779 GOALS INTO PRACTICAL, LASTING 1548 00:56:55,779 --> 00:56:58,481 GOOD GOVERNANCE A SAFETY 1549 00:56:58,481 --> 00:57:00,917 COMMITMENT BECOMES MORE DURABLE 1550 00:57:00,917 --> 00:57:02,118 WHEN IT IS REFLECTED NOT ONLY IN 1551 00:57:02,118 --> 00:57:05,855 WHAT A CITY PROMISES ON A ON A 1552 00:57:05,855 --> 00:57:11,461 DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, BUT HOW THE 1553 00:57:11,461 --> 00:57:15,265 CITY ACTUALLY OPERATIONALIZES A 1554 00:57:15,265 --> 00:57:16,933 PARTICULAR COMMITMENT. THANK YOU 1555 00:57:16,933 --> 00:57:19,803 TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR YOUR 1556 00:57:19,803 --> 00:57:21,638 CONSIDERATION AND TO EVERYONE 1557 00:57:21,638 --> 00:57:22,539 WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS WORK 1558 00:57:22,539 --> 00:57:25,275 OVER MANY, MANY, MANY MONTHS AND 1559 00:57:25,275 --> 00:57:28,545 MANY MORE MONTHS TO COME. THANK 1560 00:57:28,545 --> 00:57:28,745 YOU. 1561 00:57:28,745 --> 00:57:30,046 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 1562 00:57:30,046 --> 00:57:30,613 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WILL THE 1563 00:57:30,613 --> 00:57:31,614 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE IN 1564 00:57:31,614 --> 00:57:34,484 THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 1565 00:57:34,484 --> 00:57:34,984 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 1566 00:57:34,984 --> 00:57:38,354 -- AYE. 1567 00:57:38,354 --> 00:57:38,888 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 1568 00:57:38,888 --> 00:57:41,524 COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. YES. 1569 00:57:41,524 --> 00:57:42,959 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1570 00:57:42,959 --> 00:57:43,426 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1571 00:57:43,426 --> 00:57:45,895 -- AYE. 1572 00:57:45,895 --> 00:57:46,362 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1573 00:57:46,362 --> 00:57:47,997 -- YES. 1574 00:57:47,997 --> 00:57:48,498 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1575 00:57:48,498 --> 00:57:51,801 -- YES. 1576 00:57:51,801 --> 00:57:52,368 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 1577 00:57:52,368 --> 00:57:54,137 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH 1578 00:57:54,137 --> 00:57:55,505 NINE. IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 1579 00:57:55,505 --> 00:57:56,172 -- BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL 1580 00:57:56,172 --> 00:57:57,974 SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1581 00:57:57,974 --> 00:58:00,076 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON THE 1582 00:58:00,076 --> 00:58:02,145 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 1583 00:58:02,145 --> 00:58:02,779 CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMEMBER 1584 00:58:02,779 --> 00:58:05,515 SAKA JOB WELL DONE, COLLEAGUES, 1585 00:58:05,515 --> 00:58:07,450 IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO 1586 00:58:07,450 --> 00:58:09,786 COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? ALL 1587 00:58:09,786 --> 00:58:11,387 RIGHT. HEARING NO FURTHER 1588 00:58:11,387 --> 00:58:12,121 BUSINESS. WE'RE GOING TO NOW 1589 00:58:12,121 --> 00:58:14,591 MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 1590 00:58:14,591 --> 00:58:16,860 ALSO. WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT. 1591 00:58:16,860 --> 00:58:20,029 THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR GREAT 1592 00:58:20,029 --> 00:58:21,931 SECURITY GUARD HERE. AS 1593 00:58:21,931 --> 00:58:22,465 PRESIDING OFFICER, I'M 1594 00:58:22,465 --> 00:58:23,566 ANNOUNCING THAT THE SEATTLE CITY 1595 00:58:23,566 --> 00:58:25,768 COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE INTO 1596 00:58:25,768 --> 00:58:27,103 EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE PURPOSE 1597 00:58:27,103 --> 00:58:29,105 OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS TO 1598 00:58:29,105 --> 00:58:31,641 DISCUSS PENDING POTENTIAL OR 1599 00:58:31,641 --> 00:58:32,275 ACTUAL LITIGATION. THE COUNCIL 1600 00:58:32,275 --> 00:58:32,942 EXECUTIVE SESSION IS AN 1601 00:58:32,942 --> 00:58:34,510 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO 1602 00:58:34,510 --> 00:58:36,246 DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL 1603 00:58:36,246 --> 00:58:38,181 MATTERS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS 1604 00:58:38,181 --> 00:58:40,750 AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. A LEGAL 1605 00:58:40,750 --> 00:58:42,151 MONITOR FROM THE CITY 1606 00:58:42,151 --> 00:58:42,785 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS 1607 00:58:42,785 --> 00:58:43,786 PRESENT TO ENSURE THE COUNCIL 1608 00:58:43,786 --> 00:58:45,955 RESERVES QUESTIONS FOR POLICY 1609 00:58:45,955 --> 00:58:46,890 FOR OPEN SESSION. I EXPECT THE 1610 00:58:46,890 --> 00:58:50,026 TIME OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO 1611 00:58:50,026 --> 00:58:51,961 END BY 4 P.M. IF THE EXECUTIVE 1612 00:58:51,961 --> 00:58:53,897 SESSION IS TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1613 00:58:53,897 --> 00:58:56,032 THAT, I WILL ANNOUNCE THE 1614 00:58:56,032 --> 00:58:57,700 EXTENSION AND THE EXPECTED 1615 00:58:57,700 --> 00:58:58,301 DURATION AT THE CONCLUSION OF 1616 00:58:58,301 --> 00:59:01,304 THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CITY 1617 00:59:01,304 --> 00:59:01,771 COUNCIL MEETING WILL 1618 00:59:01,771 --> 00:59:02,372 AUTOMATICALLY ADJOURN. RIGHT 1619 00:59:02,372 --> 00:59:04,908 NOW, THE NEXT SCHEDULED CITY 1620 00:59:04,908 --> 00:59:05,608 COUNCIL MEETING THAT'S TENTATIVE 1621 00:59:05,608 --> 00:59:07,010 ON THE CALENDAR IS NOVEMBER 1622 00:59:07,010 --> 00:59:08,511 10th. I COUNCIL THE NOVEMBER 3rd 1623 00:59:08,511 --> 00:59:09,445 MEETING BECAUSE THERE'S NO 1624 00:59:09,445 --> 00:59:10,380 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 1625 00:59:10,380 --> 00:59:11,514 COUNCIL. IF THERE'S NONE, THEN 1626 00:59:11,514 --> 00:59:13,082 WE WILL CANCEL THE NOVEMBER 10th 1627 00:59:13,082 --> 00:59:15,318 MEETING SO WE CAN FOCUS ON 1628 00:59:15,318 --> 00:59:17,487 BUDGET. WE ARE DEEP IN BUDGET 1629 00:59:17,487 --> 00:59:19,022 SESSION. THE COUNCIL IS NOW IN 1630 00:59:19,022 --> 00:59:20,056 EXECUTIVE SESSION. 1631 00:59:20,056 --> 00:59:21,424 COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU'RE GOING TO 1632 00:59:21,424 --> 00:59:22,692 LOG ON TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION 1633 00:59:22,692 --> 00:59:24,427 ZOOM MEETING, AND WE WILL BEGIN 1634 00:59:24,427 --> 00:59:30,733 SHORTLY. THANK YOU. 1635 00:59:30,733 --> 00:59:39,576 -- [MUSIC]