>>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR THE
OCTOBER 21st, 2019 FULL CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
IT WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:00 P.M.
I'M BRUCE HAACK BRUCE HARRELL.
PLEASE CALL.
>> BAGSHAW, GONZCEZ,
HERBOLD, JUAREZ, O'BRIEN,
PACHECO, SAWANT, MOSQUEDA,
PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
I WILL SAY FOR THE VIEWING
AUDIENCE AND FOR THE BEAUTIFUL
AUDIENCE WE SEE THIS AFTERNOON,
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE BUDGETS.
WE HAVE ONE AGENDA ITEM TODAY.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEM.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE AGENDA
ITEM.
THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER
30TH 2019 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
NO OBJECTION, THE MINUTES ARE
SIGNED.
MADAME CLERK.
>> PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION THIS
AFTERNOON.
THE PRESENTATION SECTION.
I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I HAVE A PROCLAMATION HONORING
TODAY AS WORLD TOILET DAY.
THIS PROCLAMATION HONORS WORLD
TOILET DAY WHICH IS AN
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED DAY
IN ORDER TO RAISE AWARENESS IN
MAKING TOILETS AND HYGIENE
SERVICES AVAILABLE AND
ACCESSIBLE AS A HUMAN RIGHTS
ISSUE.
WORLD TOILET DAY IS OFFICIALLY
NOVEMBER 19th.
I'M SPONSORING AND PRESENTING
TODAY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
REAL CHANGE AND SEVERAL OTHER
BUDGET ITEMS INTENDED TO
INCREASE GREATER ACCESS TO
HYGIENE FACILITIES AND
BATHROOMS.
SPECIFICALLY PROPOSALS BOTH
MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
HAVE PROVIDED TO ADAPT FIVE
MOBILE PITSTOPS.
SAN FRANCISCO HAS HAD SUCCESS
IN ADOPTING THE MOBILE PITSTOP
MODEL AND THIS WEEK, SOMEBODY
FROM FRANCE HAD WRITTEN ABOUT
THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE OF
THIS MODEL.
SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
WORKED FOR YEARS IN ORDER TO
INCREASE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC
BATHROOM FACILITIES.
THE BENEFITS IT CAN PROVIDE TO
PEOPLE LIVING IN SHELTERS,
PATRONS AND BUSINESSES IN THE
URBAN VILLAGES AND COMMERCIAL
DISTRICT AS WELL AS TOURISTS.
I'M PROUD TO SPONSOR THIS
PROCLAMATION AND THE MOBILE
PITSTOP PROPOSAL SPECIFICALLY
BECAUSE CREATING GREATER ACCESS
TO RESTROOMS AND HYGIENE
SERVICES IS A TOP
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AUDIT DONE BY
THE CITY AUDITOR TO MANAGE THE
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT OF THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
THE CITY AUDITOR FOUND THAT
ONLY SIX, THERE ARE ONLY SIX TO
24/7 PUBLIC OPERATED TOILETS IN
THE CITY.
NOT ONLY DO BATHROOM FACILITIES
HELP KEEP THE COMMUNITIES CLEAN
AND IMPACT THE IMPACT OF
DOMINICAL DISEASE LIKE
HEPATITIS A, THE AUDITOR'S
REPORT ALSO NOTES THAT HYGIENE
FACILITIES CAN SERVE AS A
CONNECTION POINT TO SHARE
RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO READ
A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
PROCLAMATION.
>> PLEASE DO.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED AS
WELL.
>> ACCORDING TO THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION, TODAY 4.2
BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE STILL
LIVE WITHOUT A SAFE TOILET AND
SICK 73 MILLION PEOPLE STILL
PRACTICE OPEN DEFECATION.
AND INADEQUATE SANITATION IS
EXPECTED AND IS ESTIMATED TO
CAUSE NUMBER 32,000 DIARRHEAL
DEATHS EVERY YEAR AND IS A
MAJOR FACTOR IN DISEASES SUCH
AS INTESTINAL DISEASES AND
TRACHOMA.
AND DRIED FECES CAN RELEASE THE
DANGEROUS VIRUSES SUCH AS
ROTAVIRUS WHICH IS THE MOST
COMMON CAUSE OF DIARRHEA IN
INFANTS AND CHILDRENWORLDWIDE.
80% OF THE WASTEWATER GENERATED
BY SOCIETY FLOWS BACK INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT BEING
TREATED OR REUSED.
AND 1.89 BILLION PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE USE AN UNIMPROVED
SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER WITH
NO PROTECTION AGAINST
CONTAMINATION FROM HUMAN FECES.
IT GOES ON.
I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO REVIEW THE
CITATIONS ABOUT THIS CRISIS IN
THE PROCLAMATION.
AND I WOULD LOVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE
PROCLAMATION TO THE FOLKS.
>> PLEASE DO.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE
GUESTS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO
SAY A FEW WORDS.
>> WE DON'T HAVE NO PLACE TO
GO.
WE HAVE THE LIBRARY.
YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE
LIBRARY ALL THE TIME.
IT'S ACROSS TOWN.
SO WE USE THE ALLEY.
I DON'T LIKE GOING OUT IN THE
PUBLIC.
IT'S EMBARRASSING.
WE NEED THESE TOILETS.
AND IT WILL PROVIDE JOBS TOO.
ONE OF US COULD EVEN GET A JOB
MAY BE WORKING ON THEM TO KEEP
THEM CLEAN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, MY
NAME IS LISA SAWYER.
I'M WITH REAL CHANGE IN THE
RESIDENT ACTION PROJECT FOR THE
WASHINGTON HOUSING ALLIANCE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED PUBLIC
TOILETS.
AS YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS
BACK, WE HAD A PUBLIC TOILET IN
THE PIKE PLACE MARKET.
IT DID NOT WORK OUT SO WELL
BECAUSE OF PROSTITUTION, DRUGS
AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON TOP OF
IT.
WITH THIS MODEL, IT HELPS OUT
BECAUSE THIS ONE IS BEING
SUPERVISED.
BUT NOT BY JUST PEOPLE THAT
JUST WORK DAY-TO-DAY JOBS BUT
PEOPLE THAT ARE CONVICTED
FELONS OR TRYING TO GET A SHOT.
IT HELPS WITH INCOME AND WE
WANT TO GET MORE JOBS OUT
THERE.
IT IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
T LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT AS
WELL.
THERE ARE TOILETS AND FAUCETS
AND A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN PUT
POOP FOR THE DOGS AND PETS
RIGHT OUTSIDE.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A SINK
OUTSIDE.
IT IS A GREAT MODEL.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO
LOOK AT IT.
I HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE OFF AND ON
FOR SEVEN YEARS AND I ALWAYS
WANTED TO USE THE RESTROOM
ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT
EVERY TIME I WENT IN.
AND OF COURSE THERE ARE TIMES
WHEN IT IS SO EMBARRASSING TO
GO IN THE ALLEY.
ESPECIALLY COVERING YOUR MOUTH
OR COVERING YOUR NOSE AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
BECAUSE IT STINKS.
THAT IS NOT REALLY SANITARY AND
IT IS NOT A GOOD REPUTATION,
AND WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE THAT
VISIT THE CITY -- WE HAVE A
PROBLEM AS A HEALTH ISSUE.
PLEASE KEEP THIS UNDER
CONSIDERATION AND KEEP IT IN
MIND.
EVERYBODY POOPS.
EVEN YOU GUYS DO.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
>> I GUESS IT WOULD BE NICE
NOT TO HAVE TO SEE THE TECH OF
THE TOURED SO FREQUENTLY IN THE
CITY.
MOST BUSINESSES ARE LETTING THE
CUSTOMERS USE BATHROOMS.
AND FRANCE, FOR TOURISM, THEY
CHARGED PEOPLE TO USE TOILETS.
IT WILL LIMIT THE ACTIVITY
GOING ON IN THE RESTROOMS.
90% OF US PAY FOR THOSE THAT DO
WRONG.
I JUST THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A
GOOD OVERALL, HOPEFULLY FIX.
AND A CONVENIENT LOCATION WILL
BE KEY TOO.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING
THIS ISSUE.
IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING
FOR IN THE BUDGET.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT
TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE
SETTING UP PEOPLE FOR FAILURE
OUTSIDE TO HAVE TO GO TO THE
BATHROOM.
IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
YOU CAN BECOME A SEX OFFENDER
IF YOU ARE FOUND TO BE GOING TO
THE BATHROOM OUTSIDE.
THIS IS ALSO AN ISSUE OF
DECRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS
AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAS A
PLACE TO GO OUTSIDE.
SECONDLY, WE ALSO JUST SET
PEOPLE UP FOR FAILURE BASED ON
THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN OR
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE TAKING
A BUNCH OF BAGS INSIDE TO A
PLACE, WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE
WILL SUBJECTIVELY DECIDE THEY
ARE ACCEPTABLE ENOUGH TO USE
THE BATHROOM.
LET'S STOP HAVING PEOPLE HAVE
TO GO THROUGH THAT OUTWARD TO
SUMMATION AND FUND THIS PROGRAM
IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THAT WILL CONCLUDE REMARKS
FROM THE PRESENTERS.
>> THIS IS NOT PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THIS IS ON THE PROCLAMATION FOR
PUBLIC TOILETS.
I THINK YOU ARE UNDER GENERAL
COMMENTS.
>> YOU CAN STICK TO THAT ON
GENERAL COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
TO OUR ATTENTION.
FOR THOSE THAT SPOKE, IT SEEMS
LIKE PERHAPS AN ODD THING TO
TALK ABOUT BUT IT IS A VERY
SERIOUS SUBJECT AND ONE OF
WHICH WE ARE CONSIDERING A VERY
NOVEL APPROACH AND THE BUDGET
THIS YEAR.
AND THEN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES
WERE LOOKING AT CREATIVE IDEAS
ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE.
SO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THANK
YOU FOR SETTING US UP FOR THOSE
DISCUSSIONS WE ARE HAVING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
NEEDED?
COUNCILMEMBER GONZCEZ, YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR HER
LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE.
THIS REALLY FLOWS FROM AN
OTHERWISE OBVIOUS NEED AND GAP
IN THE HYGIENE SYSTEMS ACROSS
THE CITY.
I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR
THOUGHTFUL APPROACH IN CUING UP
A DATA DRIVEN EVIDENCE-BASED
PATHWAY FOR US TO CONSIDER YOUR
BUDGET REQUEST IN THIS BUDGET
CYCLE.
THIS REALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT
WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CITY
AUDITOR'S REPORT, IN THE
CONTEXT OF EVALUATING SOME OF
THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL THAT WE ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE.
IT IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE
HEAR FROM THE HOUSE TO FOLKS
AND FOLKS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
AND I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF
YOUR APPROACH TO MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE ADVANCING THIS IN A
WAY THAT WILL BE TRULY
SUPPORTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU IN THESE DELIBERATIONS
AND APPRECIATE THE FOLKS THAT
CAME TO GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
IT IS NOT EASY TO TALK ABOUT
THESE ISSUES AND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
SHARE WITH US YOUR HUMAN
EXPERIENCE AND REMIND US WHY WE
ARE SITTING UP HERE TO ADDRESS
THE MOST IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL
NEEDS, THE CRITICAL BASIC
SERVICES AND NEEDS OF THE
PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CITY AND
THAT OF COURSE MEANS THE PEOPLE
THAT NEED OUR SERVICES THE
MOST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU COUNSEL
GONZCEZ.
>> AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT
APPEAR ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
OR THE 2019 WORK PROGRAM.
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED
FOR 20 MINUTES.
GIVING SPEAKERS TWO MINUTES
EACH FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING.
WE ALSO ARE DOING WHAT WE
REQUIRED.
THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT
SECTIONS.
YOU MAY HAVE MISTAKINGLY SIGNED
UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL
INTRODUCE LEGISLATION AND WE
WILL HAVE A SEPARATE PUBLIC
COMMENT SECTION ON THE
RESOLUTION 319-313. IF YOU ARE
FOR GENERAL COMMENT, I WOULD
CALL YOU OUT ON THE ITEMS.
BUT IF YOU WOULD WANT TO SPEAK
ON THE OTHER MATTER, WE HAVE
TWO LISTS.
WE ARE ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC
COMMON SECTION AND WE WILL LEAD
WITH EDDIE RYE FOLLOWED BY LEO
ROBBINS.
>> I SHOULD BE ON THE OTHER
LIST MR. CHAIRMAN, TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF 1000.
I THOUGHT THAT SINCE THE MAYOR
SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ABOUT
THREE WEEKS AGO FOR EQUITY AND
INCLUSION, THAT I THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE GOOD TO REMIND
EVERYBODY THAT SHE IS TAKING
THAT STEP.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
AND WOULD YOU STILL LIKE TO
SPEAK WHEN THE RESOLUTION COMES
UP AS WELL?
>> YES, I WOULD.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION SENT
SOMETHING TO YOUR E-MAIL
ADDRESS IS ALREADY.
I CAN PASS MY TURN ON TO
SOMEONE ELSE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL JUST TAKE THAT AS A
SIGNAL THAT MR. RICE CAN SPEAK
ON 31913.
AND ACCORDING TO THE RULES IN
THE STATE, THE TESTIMONY WE
ALLOW FOR THE RESOLUTION 31913,
WE HAD TO EXTEND OPPONENTS THE
SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO I DON'T WANT TO MIX THE TWO
PUBLIC COMMENT SECTIONS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT
SEPARATE.
AGAIN, IF YOU ARE ON THE LIST
FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT,
JUST FLAG IT AND WE WILL
TRANSFER YOUR NAME TO THE OTHER
PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
WE HAVE LEO ROBBINS FOLLOWED BY
MARK ALDRICH.
>> IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THE
HOMELESS COMMUNITY IS
STRUGGLING.
WE ARE WORRYING ABOUT WHERE WE
WILL SLEEP AND HOW WE WILL STAY
OUT OF THE COLD AND HOW TO STOP
OUR FEW BELONGINGS THAT WE HAVE
FROM BEING STOLEN.
WORRYING ABOUT THE NEXT MEAL
AND EVEN IF THERE IS ONE.
HOW TO STAY SAFE FROM THOSE
THAT WANT TO HARM US.
LIFE IS HARD.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE THANKFUL FOR
THE GENEROSITY OF OUR FELLOW
SEATTLEITES.
THEY HAVE SHOWN EFFORTS TO
PROVIDE HOUSING.
IT IS NOT OFTEN THE HOMELES
FEEL VALUED AND IT MEANS SO
MUCH.
BUT THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE
RIGHTFULLY DON'T WANT HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS AND PERMANENT
FIXTURES IN THE CITY.
THEY WANT WHAT WE WANT.
SOLUTIONS.
TO HELP PEOPLE BREAK FREE FROM
HOMELESSNESS AND GET BACK ON
OUR FEET.
SOMETIMES WHAT FEELS LIKE
HELPING IS ACTUALLY MAKING THE
PROBLEM WORSE.
WE BELIEVE THE CURRENT FOCUS ON
TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENTS AND FEW
IF ANY REHABILITATION SERVICES
ARE DOING JUST THAT.
SHACK ENCAMPMENTS AND ADVERTISED
10 HOUSES COMPLETE WITH SHARED
SPACES AND COMMUNITIES OF LIKE-
MINDED INDIVIDUALS ALL WORKING
TOGETHER FOR HAPPIER LIVES.
HOWEVER, THIS IS ANYTHING BUT
THE TRUTH.
THE SHACK VILLAGES HARBOR AWFUL
CONDITIONS, NO BETTER THAN THE
DIRTY STREETS WE CAME FROM.
RATS CONTAMINATE THE SPACES
BRINGING DISEASE AND FILTH.
THE COMMUNITY RULES ARE RARELY
ENFORCED.
PILED TRASH, DRUG USE OF
WIDESPREAD.
MAKING THEM NARROWLY IMPOSSIBLE
FOR RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION.
MANY OF SEATTLE'S HOMELESS
WOUND UP ON THE STREETS BECAUSE
THEY SUFFER FROM ADDICTION OR
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT
REQUIRE INTENSE TREATMENT TO
OVERCOME.
DRUG INFESTED TEMPORARY
ENCAMPMENTS THAT OFFER VERY
LITTLE, IF ANY COUNSELING
ADDICTION SERVICES MENTAL
HEALTH TREATMENT AND JOB
TRAINING, WON'T HELP PEOPLE
BEAT THESE PROBLEMS.
THEY JUST LEAVE PEOPLE STUCK ON
THE STREETS PERMANENTLY WITH NO
WAY TO LEAVE THE CITY, PAYING
MORE AND MORE FOR INCREASING
PROBLEMS.
WE BEG YOU TO FOCUS MORE OF
YOUR TIME AND MONEY ON THINGS
LIKE PROVIDING ACTUAL
SOLUTIONS.
REAL STRUCTURES WITH REAL
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, REAL
JOB-TRAINING AND REAL SECURITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
ARE YOU SPEAKING AS A GROUP?
I SEE THREE PEOPLE THERE.
>> I AM SPEAKING AS PART OF
THE HOMELESS.
I'M HOMELESS.
>> SO YOUR TIME HAS RUN OUT.
ARE YOU SPEAKING AS A GROUP
QUICKLY WILL ALLOW FIVE MINUTES
IF YOU ARE SPEAKING IS A GROUP.
GO AHEAD.
>> FOR MANY OF US, CITY
SERVICES ARE THE LAST HOPE.
WE NEED SOLUTIONS.
WE WANT LASTING CHANGE.
PLEASE HELP US GET THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD NOT HAVE INTERRUPTED
YOU IF I KNEW THERE WAS JUST
THAT MUCH LEFT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
MARK FOLLOWED BY DANIEL LONG.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS MARK OVERAGE.
I HAVE BEEN A LIFELONG
SEATTLEITES.
I'M 59 YEARS OLD.
I HAVE BEEN HOMELESS IN EVERY
DECADE OF MY LIFE.
HERE IN SEATTLE.
I HAVE COME WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE LAST 13 YEARS, BEEN
INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM HERE IN SEATTLE.
I HAVE COST THE TAXPAYER
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALONE IN
RECIDIVISM COST, ALMOST COST.
AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL RECENTLY
THAT I GOT SERVICES AND DRUG
TREATMENT. AND THE THINGS THAT
HELP.
AND I'M SIX MONTHS CLEAN AND
SOBER.
GETTING A JOB.
I'M READY TO GET BACK UP ON MY
FEET.
BUT THE LOW BARRIER HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS YOU GOT, I USE THEM
AS A CRIMINAL BASE OF
OPERATIONS WHEN I WAS USING AND
SELLING.
YOU GO TO THE HOMELESS IN CAMAS
AND THE NEEDLE EXCHANGES.
IF YOU NEED DRUGS. IT IS A
MAGNET FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
NOT A MAGNET FOR SERVICES.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED?
UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO WRITE
OFF A WHOLE SECTION OF THE
POPULATION.
ALL THE KIDS THAT YOU WASH OUT
OF FOSTER CARE, AND YOU WANT TO
WRITE THEM OFF , THEN YOU NEED
TO LOOK AT THE LOW BARRIER
STUFF.
IT CAUSES MORE PROBLEMS THEN IT
SOLVES.
THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DANIEL LONG FOLLOWED BY
JOHN.
IS DANIEL LONG HERE?
GOING ONCE, TWICE.
JOHN -- NO LAST NAME.
JUST JOHN.
JOHN TIFFANY MCCOY, LISA
SAWYER, DAVID HAYNES.
YOU ARE UP, DAVID.
>> CAN BY THE ON THE OTHER,
LIST AS WELL?
I WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL,
TAX BREAKS ARE SUPPOSED TO
BENEFIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY,
NOT OPPRESS THE CIVILIZED NEEDS
OF BATHROOM USE.
>> THAT IS IT MR. HAYNES?
GO AHEAD.
BE MY GUEST.
>> HE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE
REFERENDUM.
>> THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
HEARING.
>> OKAY.
WE WILL PUT YOU UP FOR THAT
ONE.
IF THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT ON REGULAR PUBLIC
COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE PAYMENT OF
THE BILLS.
PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>> 119666.
CLAIMS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER
SEVEN, 2018 THROUGH OCTOBER 11,
2019.
ORDERING THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
>> I MOVED TO PASS COUNSEL
BILL 119666.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
IF NOT PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE
POSITIVE THE BILL.
>> BAGSHAW, GONZCEZ,
HERBOLD, JUAREZ, O'BRIEN,
PACHECO, SAWANT.
PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR COME IN
UNOPPOSED.
>> I WILL SIGN IT.
IT IS PROVIDED UNDER RCW 42-
POINT 17A, THE CITY COUNCIL
WILL CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION 31913.
AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR
COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBERS
COMMENTS, THE COUNCIL HEAR
COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THE
RESOLUTION AND APPROXIMATELY
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WILL BE GIVEN
TO SPEAK TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC AND WILL CLERK WITH
THAT, PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REPORT OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM ONE
RESOLUTION 31913 CONCERNING
WASHINGTON REFERENDUM MEASURE
NUMBER 88, PROPOSING VOTER
APPROVAL OF INITIATIVE MEASURE
NUMBER 1000, AND URGING SEATTLE
VOTERS TO VOTE "APPROVED" ON
REFERENDUM 88 ON THE NOVEMBER
5th, 2019, GENERAL ELECTION
BALLOT.
└> PUTTING THE MATTER INTO
THE RECORD, I WILL MOVE TO
ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 31913.
MOVING TO THE SECOND.
WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS ON THE
RESOLUTION.
I WILL BEGIN THE DISCUSSION.
ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS LIKE
TO SAY A FEW WORDS, FEEL FREE
TO.
>> ON THE OUTSIDE, THERE HAS
BEEN SOME CONFUSION REGARDING
WASHINGTON STATE REFERENDUM
MEASURE 88 IN FRONT OF US NOW
REGARDING INITIATIVE 1000.
FOR THAT REASON, I WANT TO MAKE
IT VERY CLEAR THAT 31913, THIS
RESOLUTION PROPOSES VOTER
APPROVAL AND URGING VOTERS TO
VOTE APPROVED ON INITIATIVE
1000 WHICH WILL BE FOUND ON THE
BALLOT UNDER WASHINGTON
REFERENDUM MEASURE 88.
WE ARE HOPING THAT THE WORD
GETS OUT AND THAT THERE IS A
VERY CLEAR, WHEN THIS WAS
APPROVED IN REFERENDUM 88, MANY
VOTERS WERE CONFUSED ON WHAT
THEY WERE VOTING ON DURING THAT
TIME IN 1998.
I WILL SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT
THE RESOLUTION AND ABOUT THE
1000.
I HOPE TO NOT STEAL THE THUNDER
FROM SOME OF THE GREATER
SPEAKERS IN THE AUDIENCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO LAY THE
GROUNDWORK.
FIRST OF ALL, WITH THE SUPPORT
OF THE VOTERS ON THE NOVEMBER
5th, 2019 GENERAL ELECTION
BALLOT INITIATIVE, I GO 1000
WOULD AFFIRM A NEW LAW FROM THE
WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURES
WHICH WAS PASSED THIS LAST
SPRING AND WOULD GUARANTEE
EUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS
TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND
BUSINESSES WITHOUT
DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE OR
SEX OR COLOR OR ETHNICITY OR
NATIONAL ORIGIN OR AGE OR
SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR
DISABILITY OR MILITARY STATUS.
THE NEW LAW REVERSES A 20-YEAR-
OLD BAN ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
POLICIES WHILE ENSURING
FAIRNESS BY SPECIFICALLY
FORBIDDING QUOTAS AND
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT BASED
SOLELY ON THE LIST OF
CHARACTERISTICS.
THIS LAW ADDS ACCOUNTABILITY BY
ESTABLISHING COMMISSION ON
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
TO MONITOR THE STATE AGENCY'S
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS
LEGISLATION.
LAST SPRING, I ATTENDED A
HEARING ON I1000 AND I WAS VERY
GLAD TO SEE MANY OF THE PEOPLE
IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, FORMER
GOVERNOR DAN EVANS, THE
REPUBLICAN THAT CREATED THE
STATE COMMISSION ON CIVIL
RIGHTS AND 1965, TESTIFIED
BEFORE THE STATE LEGISLATORS
AND HE SAID THAT THE DOOR OF
OPPORTUNITY IS STILL JUST A JAR
AND NOT FULLY OPEN.
WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT AND
I BELIEVE THE INITIATIVE 1000
IS A RESPONSIBLE MEASURE THAT
WILL HELP US THROW THE DOORS OF
OPPORTUNITY WIDE OPEN.
AND THAT IS COMING FROM A
REPUBLICAN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT EMBRACING
CHANGE FOR SOME VOTERS MAY BE
HARD BUT WE ARE FACED WITH
INSURMOUNTABLE DATA THAT
REFLECTS AN UNFAIR BURDEN ON
SOCIETAL INEQUALITY. WE CAN'T
JUST RELY ON GOOD INTENTIONS OF
GOVERNMENT OR PEOPLE.
WE MUST BE VERY INTENTIONAL
ABOUT THE DECISIONS AND THE
CHOICES WE MAKE AS A
LEGISLATIVE BODY.
ACCORDING TO STATE DATA, WHEN
I2000 WAS PASSED IN 88, 13.31%
OF EXPENDITURES BY STATE
AGENCIES AND EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS WENT TOWARD
CERTIFIED MINORITY AND WOMEN
HOWEVER, THAT FIGURE DECLINED
TO 14.6 EXPENDITURES.
FROM 1998 TO 2019, A NUMBER OF
CERTIFIED WOMEN AND MINORITY
OWNED BUSINESSES HAVE FALLEN
45% FROM 4917 TO 200. THIS IS
ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF
WOMEN'S MINORITY BUSINESS
ENTERPRISES.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS
NEARLY 25% HIGHER THAN THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE.
WASHINGTON IS ONE OF EIGHT
STATES THAT HAS RESTRICTED
AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION.
LIKE I SAID, GOOD INTENTIONS
ARE NOT ENOUGH.
I AM ASKING EACH COUNCIL MEMBER
AND EACH VOTER TO REALLY SHOW
WHAT THEIR TRUE VALUES ARE.
SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO THIS
NEW DATA AND SEE THE RETURN TO
THE JUSTICE WE'D LIKE TO SEE.
WITH THAT, I'M ASKING OUR
COUNCIL TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
131913.
WOULD ANY OF MY CLIQUES LIKE TO
SAY ANY REMARKS?
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND ADVOCATES.
IN MY 10 YEARS HERE, THE CITY
HAS HAD TO BE CREATIVE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADVANCE OUR
VALUES AND AGENDA UNDER THE
CONSTRAINTS AND IT'S GREAT THAT
WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE THE
LEGISLATURE HAS MOVED TO
REVERSE THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO GO TO
A VOTE FOR THIS, BUT I AM
THRILLED TO BE BEFORE THE ISSUE.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
COUNCIL JUAREZ.
>> I WILL BE BRIEF.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE IT
WAS PASSED IN 1998.
>> CORRECT.
DID I SAY 1988?
>> YEAH, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
>> MY APOLOGIES.
>> THIS IS THE TIME WHERE I
ENJOY NOW BEING 50 YEARS OLD.
I WAS IN OLYMPIA WORKING FOR A
GOVERNOR WHEN THIS WENT DOWN.
I REMEMBER HOW VOLATILE AND HOW
DIFFICULT IT WAS, AND SOME OF
THE MOST RACIST AND WHILE
THINGS WERE SAID ABOUT THOSE OF
US, AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION, NOT
BEING QUALIFIED, BEING LED INTO
THE DOOR OF LAW SCHOOL WHERE WE
DIDN'T BELONG, AND I HAD HOPED
WE WOULD NEVER RETURN TO THOSE
KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS AGAIN.
I SAY THIS AS A PERSON WHO GREW
UP ON THE PUYALLUP RESERVATION.
I PUT MYSELF THROUGH COLLEGE
AND LAW SCHOOL WITH HELP FROM
MY TRIBE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
FOR OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR TO BE
A MENTOR AND KEEP THAT DOOR
OPEN.
THERE IS A REASON THIS LAW IS
FOCUSED ON -- AND THIS IS WHY I
AM SO SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
IS THE EQUALIZER IN OUR SOCIETY
TO JUSTICE.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT
EQUALIZER, IF WE DON'T HAVE
THIS WORLD, AND THIS COUNTRY
VALUING OUR MINDS AND OUR
INTEGRITY, ENTITIES AND
INSTITUTIONS, THEN WE WILL
NEVER BE THERE.
BECAUSE OF THIS, I SIT HERE
TODAY.
I GOT INTO COLLEGE AND LAW
SCHOOL NOT BECAUSE I WAS NATIVE
AMERICAN AND LaTINA.
I GOT IN BECAUSE I WAS
QUALIFIED.
THE RECENT ISSUES WE'VE SEEN
WITH RECENT PEOPLE BUYING THEIR
AND GOING TO PRISON SICKENS ME.
WE HAVE WATCHED THE LEGACY. THE
ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND LEGACY
OF THE RICH IS THEY HAVE
INSTITUTIONALIZED IT AND MADE
IT OKAY.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> I'VE WATCHED IT MY WHOLE
LIFE.
I HAVE ONE MORE NOTE BEFORE I
GET OFF MY SOAP BOX.
WE ARE ONE OF 21 STATES IN THIS
COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE A CASE
PENDING IN THE STATE SUPREME
COURT WHERE WE RECOGNIZE AND
PROTECT THE TRANSGENDER
COMMUNITY.
ONE OF 21 STATES.
THIS IS NOW PENDING IN THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AS
TO WHETHER OR NOT, IF YOU ARE
LGBTQ AND TRANSGENDER, WHETHER
OR NOT IT'S A CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO BE PROTECTED FOR
HEALTHCARE, FOR EDUCATION.
ONLY 21 STATES IN OUR COUNTRY
RECOGNIZE THAT RIGHT.
SO, WE ARE GOING BACK IN TIME.
I FEEL LIKE IT IS 1980 AGAIN.
1970 AGAIN.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE TIME
WHERE YOUNG FOLKS, PARTICULARLY
PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE BEING TOLD
THAT THEIR MIND, THEIR VALUE,
AND THEIR FUTURE ISN'T BEING
VALUED.
THAT THEY BELONG IN THESE
HIGHER INSTITUTIONS.
AS A MOTHER WITH TWO DAUGHTERS,
28 AND 25, THEY'VE HAD THE
BLESSING AND THE LEGACY OF ME
BEING ABLE TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL,
AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR
THEM, BUT NOT EVERYONE DOES.
I'M HOPING THOSE OF YOU HERE
TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE, AND I HOPE THOSE WHO ARE
OUT THERE WATCHING SUPPORT AND
VOTE YES TO APPROVE INITIATIVE
1000.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
HAVING SAID THAT, WE WILL NOW
HAVE AN ALLOTTED TIME FOR
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC EITHER
IN SUPPORT OF OR IN OPPOSITION
TO, AND I WILL START WITH THE
IN SUPPORT OF SINCE WE HAVE AN
OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF
SIGNATURES THERE.
AS IS OUR HISTORICAL PRACTICE,
WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
CURRENT OR FORMER ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES.
IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE AN
ORGANIZER, MISTER JESSE ONE VERY
WHO IS THE FORMER CHAIR AND
REPRESENTATIVE WITH MISTER NATE
DANIEL JACKSON.
SO, PLEASE, COME FORWARD AND
ADDRESS SOME COMMENTS.
WE WILL WILL ALLOW FIVE MINUTES
AS YOU ARE PART OF A GROUP.
>> THANK YOU.
I NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR MISTER
NATE DANIEL JACKSON, WHO IS THE
SPONSOR OF I 1000.
HE HAD A MEDICAL ISSUE THAT
KEPT HIM IN OLYMPIA.
HE LIVES IN LACEY, SO HE'S NOT
ABLE TO BE HERE WITH US, BUT HE
HAS ASKED THAT I PRESENT THESE
REMARKS ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE
COMMITTEE.
FIRST OF ALL, GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ONE
EQUALITY CAMPAIGN, AND
ORGANIZERS OF THE APPROVE I
1000 CAMPAIGN.
BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I WANT
TO GIVE HONOR ON BEHALF OF THE
ONE WASHINGTON EQUALITY
CAMPAIGN, AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
WE ARE ON INDIGENOUS LAND.
WE ARE ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS
OF THE DUWAMISH PEOPLE.
A PEOPLE THAT HAS OCCUPIED THIS
LAND SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.
PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL LIVING
HERE TODAY, FIGHTING FOR
FEDERAL RECOGNITION, AND
BRINGING TO LIFE THE DUWAMISH
TRIBE'S RICH HERITAGE, ON THIS
LAND WE COME TODAY TO URGE YOUR
PASSAGE OF SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION 31913.
WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT
THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH
ENCOURAGES ALL SEATTLE VOTERS
TO APPROVE I 1000.
THE WASHINGTON STATE DIVERSITY,
EQUITY AND INCLUSION ACT ON
REFERENDUM 88.
IT'S QUITE FITTING THAT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, OR FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, TO MAKE ITS
VOICE HEARD BECAUSE SEATTLE
SYMBOLIZES THE BIRTHPLACE OF
DIVERSITY IN OUR STATE.
OVER 170 YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE
FIRST ACT OF DIVERSITY WAS NOT
BY A MEMBER OF THE AGILE
MAJORITY WHITE COMMUNITY
SEEKING TO INCLUDE PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
AND WAS AN ACT OF DIVERSITY BY
A NATIVE MAN OF COLOR AND CHIEF
OF THE MINORITY DUWAMISH TRIBE
WHEN HE EXTENDED HIS HAND TO
WELCOME TO MINORITY WHITE
SETTLERS ONTO THE LAND WHICH
WOULD ONE DAY BECOME THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
TODAY'S I 1000 IS THE PEOPLE'S
INITIATIVE TO THE WASHINGTON
STATE LEGISLATURE, BUT IT
STARTED OVER ONE YEAR AGO HERE
IN SEATTLE.
IT WAS DRAFTED IN SEATTLE, AND
THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SIGN ON I
1000 WERE SEATTLE RESIDENTS OF
ALL RACES, AGES, AT MT. ZION
BAPTIST CHURCH.
A MOVEMENT, WHICH STARTED IN
SEATTLE, ULTIMATELY SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE,
AND WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND
DONE, MORE THAN 395,000
WASHINGTON VOTERS HAD SIGNED I
1000.
THE MOST SIGNATURES FOR ANY
LEGISLATURE IN HISTORY.
WE BRING YOU NOW A PEOPLE'S
REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH HAS BEEN
THOROUGHLY VETTED.
ON LIKE INITIATIVE 200, WHICH
KILLED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR
WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN
1998, I 1000 HAS BEEN PASSED BY
THE WASHINGTON SLEET
LEGISLATURE, APPROVED BY THE
KING COUNTY COUNCIL, UPHELD BY
THE WASHINGTON STATE COURTS,
ENDORSED BY NOT ONLY GOVERNOR
JAY INSLEE, BUT EVERY LIVING
FORMER DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN
WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNOR.
I 1000 BANS DISCRIMINATION AND
CREATES THE FIRST GOVERNOR'S
COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY,
EQUITY, AND INCLUSION TO
MONITOR ALL DISCRIMINATION IN
THE FUTURE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
I 1000 HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE
SEATTLE TIMES, THE STRANGER,
THE NEWS TRIBUNE, THE
OLYMPIAN, AND THE VANCOUVER,
COLUMBIA NEWSPAPERS.
I 1000 REPLACES I 200'S OLD,
RACIALLY BLIND POLICY WITH A
NEW, RACIALLY CONSCIOUS POLICY,
WHICH WAS RECENTLY UPHELD BY
THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE, ALLISON PERLS, FOR FAIR
ADMISSIONS VERSUS HARVARD
UNIVERSITY.
THE BOARDS, STATE AND FEDERAL,
HAVE SPOKEN.
THE LEGISLATURE HAS SPOKEN.
THE STATE'S LARGEST COUNTY,
KNOWN FOR DR. KING HIMSELF HAS
SPOKEN.
WE ARE ASKING THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL TO SPEAK LOUDLY AND
PROBABLY ON I 1000 BY URGING
THE STATE'S LARGEST CITY TO
APPROVE I 1000 ON REFERENDUM
88.
ONCE I 1000 IS LAW, WE WILL BE
BACK TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL
TO PASS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING
EVERY CITY AGENCY TO IMPLEMENT
I 1000 BECAUSE, AS WE ALL KNOW,
THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN A
BAD LAW IS A GOOD LAW THAT IS
NEVER IMPLEMENTED.
SO, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON THIS
RESOLUTION.
WE URGE YOUR UNANIMOUS YES
VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, MISTER WINEBERRY.
WE HAVE THE HONORABLE
REPRESENTATIVE SANTURCE HERE IN
OUR HOUSE TODAY.
NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HARRELL AND MEMBERS
OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY IN FAVOR
OF RESOLUTION 31913.
I AM A STATE REPRESENTATIVE,
PROBABLY REPRESENTING THE 37th
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT, THE MOST
DIVERSE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT IN
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
I AM HERE BOTH ON BEHALF OF
RESIDENTS AND AS A PRIVATE
CITIZEN, AS WELL.
I AM HERE BECAUSE WHEN I WAS
ELECTED 21 YEARS AGO, I 200 WAS
ALSO ON THE BALLOT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I 200
PURPORTED TO LEVEL THE PLAYING
FIELD FOR ALL PERSONS.
I-2 HUNDRED PURPORTED TO END
DISCRIMINATION.
I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WAS
A FALSE PROMISE.
AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE WINEBERRY
HAVE SPOKEN, THE NUMBERS TELL
THE TALE.
IN 1998 TO 2016, I HAVE A
LITTLE OUTDATED NUMBERS.
WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES
PLUMMETED FROM $227 MILLION TO
$174.6 MILLION.
THE INVESTMENTS OVERALL
INCREASED BY $1.7 BILLION, TO
$6.1 BILLION.
I COULD GO ON ABOUT
SUBPOPULATIONS ABOUT OUR
SEATTLEITES WHO ARE NOT
REPRESENTED IN EDUCATION, AND
EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE MET THE
GLASS CEILING.
SINCE THIS MEASURE WAS ENACTED,
I HAVE LED EFFORTS IN THE
LEGISLATURE.
TO APPEAL I-2 HUNDRED,
INCLUDING AND UP TO VOTING ON I
1000.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I WANT
YOU TO KNOW EVERY SINGLE MEMBER
OF THE SEATTLE DICTATION
DELEGATION VOTED FOR I 1000.
I WANT TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
REFERENDUM 88 AND I 1000.
I WANT TO GO ON THE LIST OF
OPPOSITION.
WE WILL HEAR FROM MISTER DAVID
HAYNES WHO IS SPEAKING IN
OPPOSITION OF I 1000.
>> THIS CITY IS THE MOST
REVERSE RACIST CITY AND
AMERICA'S 21st CENTURY.
ONE OF MY HEROES, DOCTOR MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. SAID, JUDGE A
MAN BY THE CONTENT OF HIS
CHARACTER, NOT THE COLOR OF HIS
SKIN, YET CITY COUNCIL IS
APPROVING A BUDGET THAT MAKES
LIVES GO SPUTTER.
THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION, A SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE.
THE CHURCH IN QUESTION HAS
TODAY CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT
CREATED THIS UGLY RACIST
REFERENDUM USING $1.5 MILLION
OF CHURCH MONEY TO FUND THE
PETITION.
CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO ALLOW
THEM TO MAKE THAT MONEY BACK BY
SHAKING DOWN TAXPAYERS,
STARTING SOCIAL WELFARE BUDGETS
TO FINANCE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
THE CITY COUNCIL CIRCUMVENTS
EVERY FIRST WORLD ZONING AND
SOIL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW,
PROVING THEY REALLY HATE THE
POOR AND ARE OKAY WITH
MISTREATING THE HOMELESS, AND
GAINING REELECTION SUPPORT.
TAXPAYERS ARE FED UP WITH
LIBERALS WHO HAVE IMPLODED OUR
SOCIETY.
PERHAPS, CITY COUNCIL SHOULD
CREATE A DECLARATION WITH THE
PEOPLE OF CATALONIA, WHO CAME
OUT AGAINST THE EVIL EMPIRE OF
SPAIN.
REFERENDUM 88 PROVES SEATTLE IS
THE MOST RACIST CITY IN AMERICA
AND SHOULD BE BOYCOTTED ON
PRINCIPLE.
RACIAL WAR BAITING AND HATING
HAS OVERTHROWN EVERYTHING BUT
THE EDUCATIONS OF HAY TO FEED
OFF NEGATIVITY AND BLAMED
GAMES.
>> NOW, WE WILL GO BACK TO
SUPPORT TO MISTER HAYWARD EVANS
TO BE FOLLOWED BY MISTER EDDIE
RYE.
>> HAYWARD EVANS IS NOT HERE.
I AM EDDIE RYE JR., HERE IN
SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION.
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE STATE
HAS LOST IN TERMS OF ACTIVITY,
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF
COLOR AND WOMEN, AND I COUNT
THERE TO BE $3 BILLION AT THE
STATE.
REPRESENTATIVE SANTURCE HAS
ALREADY SUBMITTED LEGISLATION
IN 2012.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS NEVER
USED.
HER LEGISLATION, SUBSTITUTE
BILL 1328, WOULD ALLOW THE
MUNICIPALITIES TO RESTRICT
BIDDING TO THREE FORMS.
IF THE FIRM WAS DOING UNDER
$250,000 A YEAR, AND THE
CONTRACT WAS FOR $30,000, YOU
WOULD SELECT THREE FIRMS
REGARDLESS OF GENDER OR COLOR,
AND THOSE SMALL FIRMS WOULD BID
FOR THE CONTRACT.
YOU COULD ALSO GO ANOTHER STEP,
CONTRACTS UP TO $250,000, FIRMS
DOING UNDER $1 MILLION, BIDDING
COMPETITIVELY FOR THOSE
CONTRACTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT LAW WAS
NEVER USED.
AFTER EIGHT OR NINE YEARS, IT
COULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE
DIFFERENCE FOR OUR FIRMS.
WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
FACT THAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS 4%
AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR DESCENDENTS
OF UNITED STATES SLAVES.
4%.
ALL OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY.
I AM PROUD THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL IS INTENDING TO SUPPORT
THIS RESOLUTION, AND I HOPE THE
MAYOR AND EVERYBODY ELSE DOES
THE SAME.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT TWO SPEAKERS WILL BE
ROYAL BARNES FOLLOWED BY BERKAI
CAIROS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS IS A TRUE STORY.
MY NAME IS ROYAL ALLIE BARNES.
IN 2016, WASHINGTON STATE WAS
HOME TO 19 SQUAWS, SIX , FIVE ,
THREE GYM CROWS, TWO RED MEN,
AND A CHINA MAN AS NAMES ON
WASHINGTON STATE MAPS.
ACADEMICS HAVE SAID, AND I
QUOTE, "THESE NAMES WERE A
PRODUCT OF A WHITE SUPREMACIST
SOCIETY THAT SOUGHT TO
NATURALIZE ITS RACIST AND
SEXIST IDEOLOGY BY INSCRIBING
IT, THE IDEOLOGY, INTO THE
SYMBOLIC FABRIC OF THE CULTURAL
LANDSCAPE.
ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE SINCE
COORDINATED EFFORTS TO SCRUB
THESE RACIST REFERENCES FROM
OUR NATURAL LANDSCAPES.
IN 2019, ECONOMIC AND EDUCATION
OPPORTUNITY LOSSES HAVE BEEN
DESIGNED BY SIMILAR WHITE
SUPREMACISTS AND THEIR
COLLABORATORS.
THEY HAVE WOVEN NEW PATTERNS OF
ECONOMIC, AND EDUCATION IN
EQUITY, INTO THE CORE FABRICS
OF BROWN AND BLACK COMMUNITIES.
THIS MUST STOP.
WE URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO
SHRED THESE OPPRESSIVE FABRICS
OF ECONOMIC AND EDUCATION
INEQUITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY
SUFFOCATING OUR COMMUNITIES.
SUPPORT INITIATIVE 1000.
>> THANK YOU, MISS BARNES.
>> DEAR MEMBERS OF CITY
COUNCIL, I AM THE COCHAIR OF
IMMIGRANT --.
THE INITIATIVE IS NECESSARY AND
DISCRIMINATION IN THE PAST HAS
HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE
FUTURE, AND THE GENERATION OF
POVERTY AND INEQUALITY LEADS
MINORITIES TO DISADVANTAGES
EVEN ONCE ATTITUDES CHANGE.
IT'S GOOD FOR EDUCATION AND
WORKPLACE.
THIS DISCRIMINATION RESULTS IN
LESS DIVERSITY AT SCHOOL AND
WORK, WHICH FORCES INEQUALITY
AMONG MINORITIES.
THE PASSAGE OF INITIATIVE 1000
WOULD HELP.
IT IS NOT TIME TO OPPOSE I
1000.
GIVEN THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY
AND ITS CONTINUED PERVASIVE
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, TO THINK
OTHERWISE IS A SELECTIVE LOSS
OF MEMORY.
-- DISCRIMINATION PREVENTS MANY
FROM EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TODAY,
BUT UNEMPLOYMENT, HOMELESSNESS
ARE TWICE THAT OF WHITE.
WHAT IS THE CORRELATION FOR
BLACKS?
TWICE WHAT IT IS FOR WHITES.
SIMILAR DISPARITIES ALSO FOR
HISPANIC.
RACIAL PROFILING IS RAMPANT IN
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
-- A JUSTIFIED REMEDY.
IT'S A TRAGEDY OF JUSTICE.
WHEN OUR MISSION IS DEEPLY
DIVIDED, THERE IS A LESS
DIVISIVE WAY TO ACHIEVE -- TO
DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS OF ALL
RACES.
AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION WITH
PREFERENCE HIRING OF AFRICAN-
AMERICANS.
HOWEVER, FEDERAL AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION LAWS ALSO -- WOMEN AND
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY.
-- HOWEVER, SOME AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION IS STILL NECESSARY. IT
IN FACT WORSENS THE RACIAL
RELATION.
IT IS TIME FOR SEATTLE TO
CORRECT RACIAL INEQUALITY FOR
MARGINALIZED PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
TONY ORANGE AND CABIBE MONET.
AND THEN WYNONNA HOLLINGSWORTH
HAYES.
SORRY, I DIDN'T GIVE YOU MUCH
FOREWARNING, TONY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS TONY ORANGE.
AS A SEATTLE STAKEHOLDER, AND
CONCERNED CITIZEN REGARDING
EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN
AMERICANS, IN PUBLIC EDUCATION,
EMPLOYMENT, AND CONTRACTING, I
COME TODAY TO SHARE MY STRONG
SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION 31913.
CONCERNING INITIATIVE 1000 AND
REFERENDUM 88.
THE STUDIES ARE IN.
THE STATISTICS ARE CLEAR.
20 YEARS AND $3 BILLION IS
ENOUGH.
NOW IS THE TIME.
THIS IS THE PLACE.
WE ARE THE ONES.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO
PUBLICLY THANKED PRESIDENT
HARRELL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
YOUR SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MISTER ORANGE.
>> MISS CABIBE MONET FOLLOWED
BY WYNONNA, AND JODY, DIRECTOR
OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
COMMISSION.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SEEING
OUR STATEMENTS.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
NEW BLACK ARTS WEST THEATER.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MY
COMMUNITY.
THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE
REPAIRED, AND THESE ARE SOME
WORDS FROM THE LAST POET.
I HOPE IT WILL TOUCH YOUR YEARS.
FOR THE MILLIONS WHO WERE SHOT,
HUNTED, BEAT TO DEATH, TARRED
AND FEATHERED, CASTRATED, MISS
EDUCATED, SEGREGATED.
FOR THE MILLIONS WHO HAVE BEEN
LIED TO, DENIED TO COME
MISGUIDED TO, AND NONE OF
ABIDED TO, SO WE DECIDED TO GET
TOGETHER, AND CHANGE THE
WEATHER, NOT JUST FOR NOW, BUT
FOR EVER.
WE DECIDED TO LOVE EACH OTHER.
STOP THE MADNESS AND BE REAL
SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
GREATNESS IS WHERE WE'RE COMING
FROM.
FOR THE MILLIONS WHO MARCHED,
SAYING, PRAYED, LAID, AND LIVED
IN, AND JAILED IN, BOYCOTTED,
PICKETED, SPIT AT, CURSED AT,
YELLED OUT LIKE BLACKS, NOT
WHERE IT'S AT, LIKE WE SHOULD
BE SATISFIED TO RIDE IN THE
BACK.
FOR THE MILLIONS WHO KNOW, AND
THOSE WHO HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN,
THAT NO MATTER WHAT, TRUTH
SHALL RISE AGAIN NO MATTER HOW
MANY BULLETS AND PRISONS,
DISEASES AND DEATHS, NO MATTER
HOW MUCH LIQUOR AND CRACK.
NOTHING CAN KILL THE FACT THAT
WE ARE A DIVINE CREATION, A
STARTED CIVILIZATION THAT BUILT
THE PYRAMIDS, AND TAUGHT THE
WORLD HOW TO PRAY AND THINK.
FOR THE MILLIONS WHO ARE READY
TO TURN THIS THING AROUND, WHO
ARE TIRED OF BEING TIRED, AND
CRAWLING ON THE GROUND, IT'S
TIME TO TURN THIS MESS AROUND,
AND WE SAY, FOR LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> WYNONNA FOLLOWED BY JODI AND
THEN SEAN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS WYNONNA HALLINGSE
HAYES.
I AM A FORMER COMMISSIONER FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS FOR
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ALSO
FORMER COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE
HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES COUNCIL.
I HAVE, FOR THE LAST -- I AM A
NATIVE OF SEATTLE, AND FOR THE
LAST 20 YEARS, I ACTUALLY HAVE
SEEN AND FELT THE IMPACT OF
DISCRIMINATION THAT I 200
BROUGHT TO THE CITIZENS OF
WASHINGTON STATE.
I BEING 66 YEARS OLD NOW,
CONSIDER MYSELF ONE OF THOSE
OLDER PEOPLE THAT I USED TO
THINK WERE THE OLDER PEOPLE.
I SAY THAT I 1000 PROHIBITS AGE
DISCRIMINATION, AND I 1000, IN
PROHIBITING AGE DISCRIMINATION
REALIZES THAT SOME OF US MAY
HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK WITH
THE CURRENT ECONOMY AS IT IS, SO
WE ARE ADVOCATING THAT YOU LOOK
AT I 1000 AND MAKE SURE THAT
YOU KNOW THAT IT ALSO HELPS TO
SUPPORT THE AGED PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, AND ALSO, IT
PREVENTS GENDER DISCRIMINATION.
IT PROHIBITS THE LGBTQ
DISCRIMINATION, AND IT
STRENGTHENS OUR VETERANS, AND I
AM A FORMER U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE OFFICER, SO I AM ALWAYS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY WE CAN
DO THINGS TO HELP THE FIRM, AND
CREATE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR
OUR VETERAN.
AGAIN, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TODAY TO SAY NO TO THE MONIES
THAT ARE COMING IN WITH THE BIG
SIGNS SAYING REJECT ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
SAVE THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT
MONEY IS FOREIGN MONEY, AND
THOSE CHINESE NATIONALS THAT
ARE AGAINST THIS ARE BEING
FUNDED BY VERY HIGHLY POLITICAL
FOREIGN ENTITIES.
WE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THIS
STUATION OURSELVES, AND SAY,
WE AFFIRM I 1000 BECAUSE IT'S
THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND IT'S
THE ONLY THING TO DO.
THINK YOU SO MUCH.
>> [ APPLAUSE ] JODI, SEAN,
BAGBY, AND THEN PEDRO ESPINOZA.
>>
>> IS THE SON?
>> YES.
THE GREEN LIGHT SHOULD BE ON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WORK FOR THE SEATTLE INDIAN
SERVICES COMMISSION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HARRELL FOR BRINGING
THIS RESOLUTION.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT MY LIVED
EXPERIENCE WITH I 1000, THE
EXPECTATION THAT COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR AND FOLKS WHO GET INTO
VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THE
CITY AND STATE HAVE THE TIME
AND ENERGY FOR INCREASED
REPRESENTATION, INCREASED
ACCESS, AND TO FIND THAT PEOPLE
DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE.
THEY ARE WELL-INTENTIONED.
I FULLY SUPPORT INITIATIVE 1000.
I AM ENCOURAGED THAT THIS MIGHT
ACTUALLY MEAN THE TEETH THAT
HAVE BEEN MISSING FROM SO MANY
INITIATIVES IN THE PAST, SO
MANY TASK FORCES ABOUT WRITING
RUNS AND BRINGING MORE EQUITY,
MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE ROOM TO DO
THAT.
I THINK INDIVIDUALS GET HIT UP
FOR THESE.
CAN YOU GIVE THIS TO YOUR
COMMUNITY?
CAN YOU TELL PEOPLE, WE WANT
PEOPLE OF COLOR TO BE HEARD?
EVEN IN THESE ROOMS.
IT FELT IMPORTANT TO COME AND
SAY THAT BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE
LOST ON THESE INSTITUTIONS THAT
THIS WORK IS EXPECTED TO COME
FOR FREE IN ADDITION TO YOUR
DAY JOB AND SCHOOL.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
TIRELESS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
I-2 HUNDRED BLOCKS US FROM
DOING THAT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT,
AND I HOPE THAT WASHINGTON
STATE GETS SOME CLARITY FROM
THIS.
>> THANK YOU, JODI.
>> THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SEAN BAGS BE.
MY PREFERRED PRONOUNS ARE HE
AND HIM.
I AM PROUD TO SERVE AS THE
DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS, IBEW LOCAL
77.
WE REPRESENT OVER 5000
ELECTRICAL WORKERS OVER IOWA,
MONTANA, IDAHO AND WASHINGTON.
I SERVED AS THE NATIONAL BOARD
MEMBERS OF THE MINORITY CAUCUS,
AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN THOSE
AND TRANSITION TO A THIRD.
THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM 200
ARE WELL DOCUMENTED.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
FOR SETTING THE GROUNDWORK, AND
THE OTHER COLLEAGUES FOR
SPEAKING ON THAT REGARD.
AND ALSO, SPEAKING ABOUT THE
BATTLE THAT IT TOOK IN ORDER TO
PASS I 1000 AT WASHINGTON STATE
LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR, ON
BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR MEMBERS,
ESPECIALLY OUR VETERANS, THEY
DON'T LIKE TO BE COLD OLD, BUT
OUR SISTERS, PEOPLE OF COLOR,
LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY.
I URGE YOU ALL TO MOVE FORWARD
AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
SEATTLE IS A WORLD-CLASS CITY.
I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE BORN AND
RAISED HERE IN SEATTLE IN THE
OLD CENTRAL DISTRICT.
SEATTLE IS NOT DYING.
IT'S A WORLD-CLASS CITY, AND
IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE SURE IT
CONTINUES TO BE THAT GOING
FORWARD, NOT JUST FOR US, BUT
FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR
CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SET THOSE TWO
HATS DOWN AND SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF SEAN BIXBY, THE SON OF A
BOEING WORKER AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, ELEANOR
BAGS BE, AND A BLACK MAN HERE
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE WHERE I
WAS BORN AND RAISED.
THIS IS LARGER THAN ALL OF US.
NOT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL
BENEFIT FROM THIS, BUT AS
STATED EARLIER, IT'S FOR OUR
CHILDREN'S CHILDREN, AND THOSE
THAT GO FORWARD IN THIS GREAT
CITY WITH ALL OF THE ECONOMIC
AVAILABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITY,
TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PEOPLE,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY LOOK
LIKE, WHERE THEY COME FROM, CAN
BENEFIT FROM IT.
THAT IS WHY I 1000 IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
I URGE YOU TO ADOPT THIS
RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
PEDRO, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, LET ME
READ OFF THE NEXT THREE NAMES.
KEVIN WASHINGTON, NATHAN MILES
AND RHEA JOHNSON.
>> THANK YOU, SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL FOR THE INVITE.
MY NAME IS PEDRO ESPINOZA.
I REPRESENT THE CARPENTER'S
UNION.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT I 1000 AND
REFERENDUM 88.
AS A UNION MEMBER, WE REPRESENT
ABOUT 29,000 MEMBERS THROUGH SIX
STATES.
A MAJORITY ARE IN WASHINGTON
STATE.
WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR THEM TO
SUPPORT AND PASS REFERENDUM 88,
AND PASS I 1000.
AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE SEE IT
AS A HUGE STEP FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES TO COME UP AND BE
PART OF SOCIETY, NOT LEFT
BEHIND.
THE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS SAYS,
COMMUNITIES ALWAYS FOLLOW BUT
WE CAN LEAVE PEOPLE BEHIND.
OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE
BEEN SUFFERING.
IT SEEMS WE ARE ALWAYS LEFT
BEHIND.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO
SPEAK ON MY OWN BEHALF.
I THINK, COMING FROM A SECTOR
OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
STEPPED ON, ESPECIALLY NOW, IN
THIS TREMULOUS GOVERNMENT WE
HAVE IN OFFICE, WHERE THEY TEND
TO CRIMINALIZE, DOMINION ICE US
FOR WHO WE ARE BECAUSE I WAS
BORN WITH THIS SKIN COLOR, AND
IT HURTS ME WHEN I HEAR THAT
BECAUSE MY KIDS -- I HAVE TWO
BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS THAT ARE
PART OF THIS SYSTEM.
FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THIS,
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIGHT JUST A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
I AM SORRY FOR BEING EMOTIONAL.
IT'S TIME FOR THIS COUNTRY TO
PULL TOGETHER.
A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE
LEFT BEHIND.
WE ARE BEING OPPRESSED.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK
IT'S THE WHITE PEOPLE THAT ARE
SUPPORTING THIS, AND IT'S THEIR
FAULT.
IT'S NOT.
IT'S THE SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN
CATERED BY THE RICH TO KEEP
THESE COMMUNITIES DOWN.
WE SEE THIS SYSTEM ON AND ON,
GOING WHERE THEY BUY SCHOOL FOR
THEIR KIDS WHEN THEY HAVE NO
REASON OF BEING THERE BECAUSE
OF THE PRIVILEGE.
I CALL IT A PRIVILEGE BECAUSE
OF WHAT THEY ARE.
THEY ARE WHITE.
AND BECAUSE I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO
BE BORN THIS WAY, BUT I AM
PROUD OF BEING A MEXICAN, AND I
AM PROUD TO BE HERE, TO SUPPORT
REFERENDUM 88.
HOPEFULLY, YOU GUYS WILL
SUPPORT IT TOO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO GIVE HONOR TO GOD,
WHO IS THE COUNCIL OF MY LIFE.
COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR THIS RESOLUTION, AND GIVE
PRAISE TO REPRESENTATIVES
SANTOS AND WINEBERRY.
WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULD NOT BE
HERE FOR THE HARD WORK THAT
THEY'VE DONE, AND I ALSO WANT
TO THANK SOME OF THE OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ARE NAMELESS.
PEOPLE LIKE MY FATHER, BOOKER
T. MILES.
HE AND OTHER CONTRACTORS WHO
PUT EVERYTHING ON THE LINE, AND
RISKED IT ALL.
MORTGAGED HOUSES TO START,
BEFORE THEY COULD GET JOBS IN
THE UNION, TO REALLY START
BUSINESSES AND PUT THEM ON THE
LINE, AND START SMALL
BUSINESSES, AND THEY WERE THE
ONES WHO REALLY MADE THIS DAY
POSSIBLE TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT.
I WANT TO THANK PEOPLE ON THE
EDUCATION FRONT THAT WENT OVER
AND TOOK OVER THE PRESIDENT'S
OFFICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, KICKED THOSE DOORS
OPEN, AND MAKE SURE WE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCHOOL
THERE.
IT'S WHY IT MAKES ME SO MAD
WHEN I HEAR THE OPPOSITION SAY,
THEY ARE NOT QUALIFIED.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FACT
THAT I'VE WATCHED A MOTHER, MY
MOM, WHO WAS A PART-TIME
DOMESTIC AND PART-TIME BUS
DRIVER GET UP ON A BUS WHEN IT
WAS ICY, AND FALL OFF THE BUS,
GETTING ARTHRITIS IN HER KNEES.
EVERY DAY, MAKING SURE, GETTING
BACK UP THERE WHEN SHE DIDN'T
HAVE INSURANCE, MAKING SURE
THAT SHE WORKED HER BUTT OFF TO
GET US TO SCHOOL, MAKING SURE
SHE WENT WITHOUT THAT INSURANCE
BECAUSE SHE WASN'T COVERED.
EVERY DAY, MAKING SURE WHEN SHE
WOULD GO AND SCRUB THOSE
PEOPLES FLOOR WITH ARTHRITIC
KNEES, AND DIABETES IN HER
SYSTEM, BUT MADE SURE WE WOULD
WORK HARD, SO DON'T TELL US
THAT WE DON'T WORK HARD, AND WE
ARE UNQUALIFIED.
SHE TOLD US TO GO TO SCHOOL,
AND WE HAVE JUST AS MUCH RIGHT
TO THAT UNIVERSITY AS ANYONE
ELSE, SO THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS
ARE DOING THIS, SAYING THERE IS
GOING TO BE FAIRNESS IN THIS
SYSTEM, AND THIS CITY COUNCIL
BELIEVES IN FAIRNESS, WE WANT
TO, AND ON BEHALF OF BOOKER T.
MILES, I WANT TO EMBRACE YOU
FOR TAKING A STAND TO DO SO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU ARE UP THERE, KEVIN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS KEVIN WASHINGTON.
I AM THE BOARDMEMBER OF TABOR
100.
I AM ALSO REPRESENTING
EDUCATION.
THAT'S THE HAT I AM WEARING.
I WOULD ASK ANY OF THE TABOR
100 MEMBERS HERE TO STAND.
TABOR 100 WAS FOUNDED AFTER I
200 WAS PASSED.
IT WAS NAMED AFTER LANGSTON
TABOR.
IT'S AN ORGANIZATION LARGELY OF
BLACK AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN
BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND IN THE 20
YEARS SINCE I MET 200 WAS
PASSED, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY
HAS BEEN DECIMATED.
THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS
AWARDED, THE LOW PERCENTAGE OF
DAUGHTERS OF SPEND BY STATE,
COUNTY, THE BOARD, AND THE
CITY, ARE NOT WHAT THEY COULD
HAVE BEEN, AND NOT WHAT THEY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN IF I MAKE 200
DIDN'T PASS.
WHILE I 1000 DOESN'T REPEAL I
200, IT'S A SOLID STEP IN
STRENGTHENING POSITIVE ACTIONS
TOWARDS SEEKING AWARDS OF
CONTRACTS WITHIN THE MINORITY
BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
IT ALSO STANDS TO IMPACT
ADMISSIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, AND OTHER PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS.
NO MORE SHOULD CITY, COUNTY,
COURT, AND STATE EMPLOYEES,
PEOPLE WHO WORK CONTRACTS, HIDE
BEHIND I-2 HUNDRED, CLAIMING
THEY CANNOT FIND A WAY, CANNOT
FIND THE PEOPLE, THAT THERE ARE
AND QUALIFIED, BLAH BLAH BLAH.
NO MORE OF THAT.
I AM URGING YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR
RESOLUTION.
I 1000 AND REFERENDUM 88.
THIS IS LONG OVERDUE.
YOU NOW HAVE A PLACE TO STAND,
AND A ROLE TO PLAY.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT I 1000,
REFERENDUM 88.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MISTER
WASHINGTON.
THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS I HAVE IS
RHEA AND MISTER COVINGTON, THEN
ROBERT STEVENS.
>> GREETING, PRESIDENT AND
HONORABLE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS RHEA JOHNSON
CUMMINGTON.
I AM YOUR NEIGHBOR FROM PIERCE
COUNTY.
I HAVE COME TO STAND IN SUPPORT
OF 31 913, INITIATIVE I 1000
AND REFERENDUM 88.
AS A LEADING MEMBER ON A
CORPORATE DNI COMMITTEE, WE
RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
HAVING INTENTIONAL
CONVERSATIONS THAT SURROUND
SENSITIVE AND EMOTIONALLY
CHARGED TOPICS TO CREATE
PROCESS AND PROCEDURES FAIRLY.
SO, I AM ASKING YOU HERE TODAY,
THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON
STATE, NOT ONLY TO SET ASIDE
YOUR OPPOSITION, BUT LET'S
RECONCILE OUR DIFFERENCES, JOIN
TOGETHER TO ENSURE ALL THE
CONCERNS ARE HEARD, EACH OF US
ARE ACCOUNTABLE, AND LEAD IN
THE DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND
INCLUSION COMMITTEE ON BEHALF
OF WASHINGTON STATE.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> MISTER STEVENS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU ALL.
MY NAME IS ROBERT STEVENS JR. I
AM ONE OF THOSE 19-YEAR-OLDS
WHO GOT DRAFTED IN 1965, AND
SERVED MY COUNTRY.
I CAME BACK TO GIVE TO MY
COMMUNITY.
I WAS ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL, GO
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
FOR ABA AND THEN I WENT TO
GRADUATE SCHOOL.
THOSE ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN THIS
1000 WERE NOT IN PLACE AT THAT
PARTICULAR TIME.
I WENT TO FIGHT FOR MY COUNTRY,
SO ALL OF US CAN ENJOY THE
BOUNTIES OF THIS COUNTRY, SO I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT 1000
AND PASS THE RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS.
THOSE ARE THE SPEAKERS I HAVE
SIGNED UP.
I ALSO WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
IN OPPOSITION TO.
GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
OPPOSITION TO SPEAK TO THE
RESOLUTION.
HOLDING THE MOTION OPEN.
THAT OPPORTUNITY IS CLOSED.
JUDGE, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU
ON THE SPOT, BUT I ASSUME
YOU'RE HERE FOR THE BUDGET
MATTER, NOT FOR THIS MATTER
BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE AFFORDED
YOU OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK BUT
I'M NOTSURE.
I THINK THERE MIGHT EVEN BE
ROLES ASSOCIATED WITH YOU
PROVIDING PUBLIC TESTIMONY WITH
THE BALLOT.
I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE
UNETHICAL.
A FEW THINGS BEFORE WE CAST
VOTES.
I WILL GIVE MY COLLEAGUES THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF YOU
LIKE.
THIS HAS GOTTEN VERY PERSONAL
FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
YOU HAVE PUT YOUR HEARTS AND
SOULS, YOUR TIME AND MONEY, AND
RESOURCES INTO THIS EFFORT.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST WELL
ORGANIZED, AND COMMITTED
MOVEMENTS I'VE SEEN IN
POLITICAL HISTORY, OVERCOMING
ODDS.
OVERCOMING ANGER, HATRED, EVEN
POLITICS.
JUST KUDOS TO YOU.
I THINK YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I'VE WORKED WITH YOU IN THE
FIELD.
MANY OF YOU, I'VE KNOWN FOR 40
OR 50 YEARS.
I'VE SHOWN MY AGE HERE.
BUT, AS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
SAYS, SOME OF US ARE DIRECT
BENEFICIARIES OF THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE.
IT IS CERTAINLY MY HONOR TO
SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.
A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.
SOME GOOD NEWS HERE BEFORE WE
VOTE.
I'VE GOT HOT, PRESSING NEWS
THAT THE MAYOR WILL BE HOLDING
ON WEDNESDAY, A SIGNING
CEREMONY OF THIS RESOLUTION,
ASSUMING THAT IT SUCCESSFULLY
PASSES.
AT 5:15 IN THE NORMAND B. RICE
ROOM.
SO, PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS.
BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS EXCITING
RESOLUTION, DOES ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES, WHAT THEY LIKE TO
SAY ANY WORDS BEFORE WE CLOSE
COMMENT?
EVERYBODY'S HAPPY?
OKAY.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
RESOLUTION 31913, PLEASE SAY
AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED?
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
YOU ALL DESERVE APPLAUSE.
THAT'S OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL
TODAY?
I HAVE ONE AND THAT WILL BE --
I ASKED TO BE EXCUSED ON
NOVEMBER 4 FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
MOVED AND SECONDED THAT I BE
EXCUSED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS?
IF NOT, EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT
DAY.
WE STAND ADJOURNED.
WE ARE COMING BACK FOR OUR
BUDGET HEARINGS.
AT 3:20.
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