Good afternoon, everybody.
Thank you for being here in City Hall.
The September 10th, 2018 City Council meeting of the full City Council will come to order.
It's 2 o'clock p.m.
I'm Bruce Harrell, President of the Council.
Will the clerk please call the roll?
Sawant.
Here.
Bagshaw.
Here.
Gonzales.
Herbold.
Here.
Johnson.
Here.
Juarez.
Here.
Mosqueda.
Here.
Thank you very much.
There's no objection.
Councilmembers Gonzalez and Mosqueda will be excused from today's meeting.
It doesn't need a second, just that there's no objection.
So hearing no objection, as long as you didn't object, we're okay.
Councilmembers Gonzalez and Mosqueda are excused from today's meeting.
At this point I'll move to adopt the introduction and referral calendar.
I believe that council member Swans you may have a something to say about that Thank you, President Harrell.
I move to amend the proposed introduction and referral calendar by introducing appointments 1126 through 1128 and by referring them to the human services equitable development and renters rights committee The appointments are entitled appointments of Lori Goff and Devin Silvernail as members Seattle Renters Commission for a term to February 28, 2019 and appointment of Mercedes T. Tate Lamar as members Seattle Renters Commission for a term to February 28, 2020. Is there a second?
It's been moved and seconded that the introduction referral calendar be amended as stated by Council Member Swann.
Any further comments?
All those in favor of the amendment, say aye.
Aye.
Opposed?
The ayes have it.
And I don't believe there are any other changes to the introduction and referral calendar.
So therefore, those in favor of adopting the introduction and referral calendar as amended, please vote aye.
Aye.
Opposed?
Vote no.
The motion carries and the introduction and referral calendar is adopted as amended.
If there's no objection, today's agenda will be adopted.
Hearing no objection, today's agenda is adopted.
The minutes of the September 4th, 2018 City Council meeting have been reviewed, and if there's no objection, the minutes will be signed.
Hearing no objection, the minutes are being signed.
Presentations, we have two presentations, and Council Member Bagshaw, we'd like you to give the presentation that we have scheduled for you.
Yes, thank you so much.
So I am delighted, colleagues and to members of our audience, to introduce you to the Sail Like a Girl team.
And as I mentioned this morning, this is a matter of pride.
This is not in any way a disparaging remark.
And I want to say thank you and introduce Jean Gusev, Anna Stevens, Haley Lehman, Allison Dvaldze, also known as Double Latte, Amy Fulwell, Kate McKay, Kelly Danielson, and Morgana Buell.
And the race to Alaska was something that they won this summer, and it is the first all-women team to win this race, as I understand it, at 750 miles, much of which is open water.
And as many of my colleagues up here know, that a decade ago, my husband and I sailed across the South Pacific from here to Tahiti and through the Marquesas and Tuamotus.
So I know what it's like to be out there when it's dark and when the waves are crashing behind you and you hear something cresting and you can't see it.
But you did it all the way with no motors and one of the first teams ever to come through and I know that you got a $10,000 prize nailed to a block of wood and I understand you're giving this all away.
Congratulations on that as well.
And the second prize got, what, steak knives?
So it's a big deal that you beat them.
And I just want to tell you how much I appreciate that and how much young women everywhere can see and be inspired by the work you've done.
And I love this story about you paddling all night and using your whatever bicycle efforts that you had done on the sailboat to be able to keep things moving and going.
I know it's tough, it's dark and you're confronting some big open water and many thanks for all the good work that you have done.
So we have a proclamation here and we've got two copies of it signed by all of us and the mayor and I'd like to present it to you and if it's alright with you, Council President, I'd like to present it and give them an opportunity to speak for a few moments.
Please do, the rules are suspended.
Thank you.
sure that the green lights are on.
And thank you.
I just assumed not have you laugh at them.
Please, come on over.
And who wants to speak?
Anybody want to speak?
Good.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
You bet.
And you can look at the camera here.
Thank you.
And also, I want to say thank you to Dan Strauss, who helped us get this proclamation together.
So I'm going to give you one copy here, and I'll share this other.
And if you all want to say, any followers, please do.
You can use the microphone right here.
Are you still doing photographs?
No.
OK.
We'd just like to say thank you for this recognition.
It was an incredible journey that we all had together out there in the ocean.
We hope that we can inspire other women to take that adventurous spirit somewhere, whether it's to the ocean or other places.
We hope that women will not be afraid of taking the lead on sailboats and will skip her.
And we hope that this message is inspiring in those ways and in others.
So we're really grateful for this acknowledgment and want to say thank you.
Great.
Well, I'm very proud of you.
That was funny.
Thank you very much from the community and Councilman Bagshaw.
Our second presentation is actually, would have been made by Council Member Esqueda, but unfortunately she's gotten sick, so I'm going to read some remarks that their office prepared and the full council have sort of ratified.
So it's my honor and privilege to present a proclamation declaring September 10th to September 16th the Week of Mexico.
And this is the second year the Mexican Consulate has organized the Mex-Am Northwest Festival in commemoration of Mexico's Independence Day.
and which is celebrated on September 16th.
And this festival, which is really a lively event, includes different events that take place throughout the city and the county, showcasing Mexico's art and music and films and food and discussions to celebrate and recognize Mexico's culture and history.
Cultural festivals like this one have incredible power, we believe, to bring us all closer together with our neighbors to learn and celebrate the vibrant, proud, and colorful Mexican culture.
So to understand and admire the work ethic and the craftsmanship and the resilience of the Mexican people, we do events like this, and indeed, this is truly a special one.
So this proclamation reaffirms the City of Seattle's commitment to being a welcoming place, a place where we value the contributions all of our immigrant and refugee committees and recognizes the sister city relationship and partnership we have with cities in Mexico such as Mazatlan.
So I'll just read a few of the paragraphs.
I won't read the entire proclamation.
I sometimes do, but this one contains a lot of factual information as well.
But let me share just some high points.
Whereas 20% of the total population of the city of Seattle is foreign-born, and the city of Seattle recognizes the value that is added to our community when we are a welcoming city.
And whereas an estimated 6.5% of the total population residing in Seattle is from Hispanic or Latinx origin, the majority of whom are Mexican or of Mexican heritage.
And whereas the Hispanic and Latinx origin community represents a significant and fast-growing demographic in the city of Seattle.
And whereas Seattle's civic and political leaders have shown the conviction of protecting all migrant communities and immigrant communities in Seattle and beyond, and including the Mexican community, from unfair and unjust laws.
And whereas the consulate of Mexico and Seattle, and we're fortunate to have him here right now in Seattle, relocated this year to an iconic Seattle building, relocated the building to the Harvard exit, I think we all know, on Capitol Hill, which will allow this Seattle landmark to start a new chapter in its history.
as the home of a culturally significant organization.
And whereas this year the Council of Mexico in Seattle inaugurated the Mexican Cultural Institute of Seattle.
And whereas the Mexican Cultural Institute of Seattle is committed to enriching the relationship between Mexico and the United States by sharing Mexico's vibrant cultural past and present with our community.
And this is the second year that the Consulate of Mexico in Seattle will celebrate the independence of Mexico with a bicultural festival that will be enjoyed by all members of the community throughout Seattle.
And now therefore the mayor and the city council and the seattle city council do by here proclaim september 10th through september 16 2018 to be la semana de mexico the week of mexico And if there's no objection, we'd like to hear from uh Council donna's here and share a few words with us and we're welcomed.
We welcome you here.
Let me present this to you, sir And I should have done this before, and I apologize.
Did any of my colleagues want to say anything before I present this to our council?
We good?
OK.
And I was going to recite this in Spanish, but my Spanish is just a little weak, so I didn't want to embarrass myself.
Thank you very much, Council President.
Thank you very much, Council Members.
This is a very important proclamation that you make because it talks about the friendship, it talks about the linkage between Mexico and Seattle, but also talks about the importance of the Mexican-American community in Seattle.
The Council has been at the forefront of making sure that people know that they're welcome, that the city wants to work with those who make the city great.
And we couldn't believe, we couldn't think of a greater, the great city of Seattle would also understanding the role that the part of its community which is of Mexican origin plays.
We see it represented here.
in this council, we see it represented in judges, we see it represented in NGOs, we see it represented in the private sector, we see it represented everywhere.
And it's also part of the linkage and the friendship between Mexico and the city itself.
That's why we're also holding, again, for a second year in a row, the Mexam Northwest Festival.
This year we have 22 events, we're expecting 15,000 people to participate throughout the events.
Last year, it was around 8,000 people.
So this is growing.
It's coming about.
We have a business delegation right here right now from Mexico visiting.
I think we're just, again, starting to upload our relations to where it should be.
And this decision, this proclamation is going to be shared throughout the festival events with the community so that they know the message that the council sends.
I appreciate, I thank you very much.
Muchisimas gracias por su apoyo.
Muchas gracias por la proclamación.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Councilor Dondas.
Thank you for being here.
Okay, so we'll move on to our agenda.
And at this point, we will take public comment on items that appear on today's agenda, the introductory referral calendar and the city council's 2018 work program.
The public comment will be accepted for 20 minutes and speakers are limited two minutes of public comment.
And if a speaker's comment exceeds the two minutes, the clerk will turn off the microphone.
And we ask that you begin your comments by identifying yourself and the incident item that you'd like to address.
And I'll just call you out in the order with which you've signed.
So we will start off with Margarita Richard and then the Honorable Michael Fuller.
Yes, good day everyone.
I just speak because I speak.
I don't have time to be speaking where mere man wants to tell me what to do.
It's beyond all that, okay?
Because how can you heal in an environment that has made you sick.
And this environment of people have made me sick.
So I come here...
Mr. Shire, will you please speak to an agenda item or something?
Yeah, that's the agenda item about how I come up in here and I'm disrespected just like Serena Williams was on the court, okay?
And I can't get loud enough of telling you about what has happened to me, okay?
You don't listen to me outside of the chamber, so you listen to me here.
If you don't speak on point, I'm going to have you removed for being disruptive because you're not speaking to an agenda item.
What about Sherry collar and her not being reappointed and I'm sitting up in there listening to a black woman Say that she was not even respected and that's what a volunteer commission, huh?
So you don't interrupt me.
Did you learn that you should have learned that from grade school?
You don't tell me what to do So I still don't think you're speaking to an agenda item.
So I'm gonna be removed
Because you are being disruptive.
You owe me an apology as a black man and a Japanese man.
You owe me an apology.
Every last one of you.
Every last one of you owe me an apology.
Did you hear what I said?
I'm not going to come down here and be disrespected.
No, no, no, I'm not.
I'm just like Rosa Parks.
Huh?
Okay, that's fine.
That's good.
The rules will address that too.
If you're capable of listening, the rules only require that you speak to something we're working on.
That's all.
You're next, sir.
You're next, sir.
I simply asked that she speak to an agenda item or something on a work program, and I'm going to have asked you to, sir.
I'm still finding that you are being disruptive by not complying with the orders of the security guards at this point so I said that I'll explain it again you don't want me to do that trust me on that one but I'll tell you that I've simply asked that I just ask that you speak to an agenda item.
Okay.
So, Mr. Honorable Fuller, you're next, sir.
We ask that you speak to an agenda item or something on a work program or the introductory referral calendar.
Please start the two minutes.
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Title 8, USC.
Chapter 7. Title 8, USC 1325, Improper Entry of Aliens.
I commend Jimmy Durkin for honoring my daddy who served this country two and a half decades.
But it's a conflict because the H.R.
3003 no sanctuary for criminal acts, and H.R.
304, case law, and H.R.
309, enforcement of sanctuary city laws.
Now, that becomes a conflict, Bruce Earl.
That's a conflict.
And when it's a conflict, Bruce Harrell, because I can't help it because I was in a coma for four months and it took me two years to learn how to eat, talk, and walk again.
And I can't help it because I have brain damage, Bruce Harrell.
But I always remember what my two neurologists told me after I got out of the coma for four months, Bruce Harrell, not four days.
that people will try to take advantage of me because I have brain death.
But you know what, Bruce Earle, my guy got your address and your phone number, and I told you I'm very articulate in this law, state, federal, statutes, and RTW.
Bruce Earle.
Thank you, sir.
Our next speaker is Mr. Alex Zimmerman.
Yeah.
Happy Rosh Hashanah to every antisemite what I see in this city for another 5,000 years.
And I see many antisemites in this city, more than enough.
So we have a Mexico right now.
Civilized country, probably.
So I never see like this before to Israel.
And we have like seven percentage.
Mr. Zimmerman, what agenda item are you speaking on or work program issue that you're speaking on, sir?
Oh, but it's not.
I'm notifying you that you must speak on either the introduction referral calendar, the our work plan or today's agenda, sir.
I'm sorry.
It's OK.
And you've been on notice that other than that, that would be disruptive if you're not going to do that.
OK.
Yeah.
I want to speak about agenda number.
Number three, about offshore oil and gas drilling.
This is very interesting, guys.
You're talking about no drilling because you care about environment.
I'm so sorry, guys.
Traffic jumped double for the last five years, double.
And this traffic have too many gas who will kill a thousand, a dozen thousand people.
You not care about this.
Drilling is very important for business.
It's a job, it's a money, and many 50 percentage people totally poor.
So government need money.
Business money, very important.
So before you're talking about environment, talking about stopping traffic who double.
People staying in traffic for 30 minutes, it's like two packs of cigarettes you smoke.
People will be dying.
Do you care about this?
No.
Why?
Because you're a Nazi social democratic mafia, a fascist.
It's exactly who you are.
And for last 10 seconds, I can speak to you.
I'm candidate for city number five district against Veres, this Nazi brown pig.
Thank you very much.
Our next speaker will be Nita Chambers, followed by Megan Murphy.
Hi, my name is Nita Chambers.
I'm speaking on behalf of the Ordinance 119343. I'm here on behalf of Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club membership and the current president, Gina Tolentino, whose work schedule didn't allow her to come today.
We just wanted to express our thank you for last Wednesday's meeting of the Civic Development, Public Assets and Native Communities Committee.
It was a pleasure to see the presentation done by Terry Burns and it's been a pleasure to work with Parks over the last two and a half years to come to an understanding of what our mission is, what we've been doing for 76 years, and our partnership with Parks and the future that we have with you.
So we're looking forward to acceptance today of the ordinance and future partnership with Parks.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Megan Murphy is our next speaker, followed by Janie Gusev.
Thanks for letting me talk.
I really appreciate you celebrating the Mexican consulate because there was someone, I think his name was Leon Fierro, he was protesting a beer company in Mexico because they were using way too much water and he ended up in prison.
I think he's still in there and they had a protest in front of the Mexican consulate.
for him to get help.
So it sounds like politics is pretty difficult in Mexico as a fact.
So by having the Mexican celebration here, it's showing solidarity with Mexico, our neighbors.
I know where I'm from in Iowa, we have a lot of Mexican immigrants and it was like one of the coolest part of our city.
So I invite, I know you guys are Seattle City Council, but I was here last week and Peter Holmes wants to prosecute, like as a career move, the nine people that protested in front of ICE.
So I would like to invite those kind of people to go to take the 750 mile journey in the ocean and go to the festival, and it might not even be that far once you go to the festival.
Maybe it won't feel that far, but right now it seems like in order for us to shut the ICE detention center, we would have to travel 750 miles by canoe in the night, and that takes a lot of bravery, and it would actually be really scary, and I'd be terrified.
But I'm reading about Kennedy and he got, his boat was chopped in half in the Pacific and he had back problems and he still stood up for civil rights.
And if he could become president and stand up like that, then we should listen to protesters who want to shut it down, the ICE detention center and have a good time at the Mexican festival and see you at the show box at six tomorrow maybe.
Thank you, Ms. Murphy.
Is Jeannie here?
I don't believe she was here with the Skate Like a Girl group.
So, okay, so we'll end that.
So that'll end the public comment session, and we'll move to the payment of the bill section.
Please read the title when you're able.
Council Bill 119346, appropriating money to pay certain claim and ordering the payment thereof.
It's been moved and seconded that the bill pass.
I'm sorry, I move to pass Council Bill 119346. Is there a second?
It's been moved and seconded that the bill pass.
Any further comments?
Please call the roll on the pass of the bill.
Sawant.
Aye.
Baxter.
Aye.
Herbold.
Aye.
Johnson.
Aye.
Juarez.
Aye.
O'Brien.
Aye.
President Harrell.
Aye.
Seven in favor and none opposed.
The bill passed and the chair will sign it.
Please read the first agenda item.
The report of the Civic Development, Public Assets and Native Communities Committee.
Agenda item one, Council Bill 119340 relating to the Seattle Park District authorizing superintendent of parks and recreation to acquire real property and property rights within the city's green spaces.
The committee recommends the bill pass.
Council Member Juarez.
Thank you.
Yes, this council bill authorizes a superintendent of Parks and Recreation to acquire real property and property rights within the green space area.
Our committee, the Civic Development, Public Assets, and Native Communities voted unanimously to approve such actions.
Very good.
Any further comments or questions on this council bill?
If not, please call the roll on the passage of the bill.
Sawant.
Aye.
Bagshaw.
Aye.
Herbold.
Aye.
Johnson.
Aye.
Morris.
Aye.
O'Brien.
Aye.
President Harrell.
Aye.
Seven in favor and none opposed.
Bill passed and Chair will sign it.
Please read the next agenda item.
Agenda item two, Council Bill 119343 relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation authorizing the superintendent to enter into a management agreement with the Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club for the purpose of renting rooms and teaching lawn bowling to the public at the Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Facility.
The committee recommends the bill pass.
Council Member Juarez.
Thank you.
This council bill authorizes the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to enter a management agreement with the Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club for the purpose of renting rooms and teaching lawn bowling to the public at the Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Facility.
The Civic Development, Public Assets, and Native Communities voting unanimously to support such action and as I shared with you this morning, The Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club, along with Parks, did a phenomenal job in their public benefits section.
We were really, really impressed, and we will now be using that as a template for how public benefits should be outlined for community assets.
And I also want to thank the community and the representative here today.
We had a full house at our committee on Wednesday, and we want to thank you and appreciate the time you all took to come down to City Hall to provide public comment and let us know the history, the public benefits, and the use and what you've done for the community up on Beacon Hill.
Thank you.
With that the committee passed it out of committee unanimously.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Any further questions or comments?
If not, please call the roll on the passage of the bill.
Sawant.
Aye.
Bagshaw.
Aye.
Herbold.
Aye.
Johnson.
Aye.
Juarez.
Aye.
O'Brien.
Aye.
President Harrell.
Aye.
Seven in favor, none opposed.
Bill passed and chair was signed.
Please read the next agenda item.
The report of the sustainability and transportation.
Agenda item 3, resolution 31834, a resolution expressing the city of Seattle's opposition to offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration activities, including including seismic, arrogant, and blasting.
The committee recommends the resolution be adopted.
Council Member O'Brien.
Thank you very much.
It's unfortunate that we're in a world where We can't see West Seattle on smoky days in the summer because of forest fires.
And the pristine coast of Washington state, which has been off limits for oil and gas exploration for a long time, that we actually are having a discussion about, is it a good thing or a bad thing to be doing offshore drilling off our coasts?
But the reality we face today is that the current administration has signaled the opening up most of coastal waters on both the Atlantic and Pacific Coast to potential offshore oil and gas exploration.
And it's important for us to weigh in to state our opinion that we think that is a bad idea for a variety of reasons.
This resolution has two sections.
The first states that the city of Seattle finds that offshore and gas drilling and exploration unnecessarily risks economic and ecological health.
and therefore opposes any plan or legislation that encourages oil and gas development exploration offshore that would impact the residents of Washington State.
The second section states that the Mayor and City Council firmly oppose offshore and gas drilling and exploration and call the Governor of Washington, the State Legislative Delegation, the Federal Congressional Delegation to take all steps possible to prohibit and prevent such actions.
Further call upon the Trump Administration, including the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to halt such activity.
We've seen a lot of voices standing up saying something similar.
I believe we'd be about the 75th jurisdiction in Washington state to pass such a resolution.
And I've seen governors, both Democrat and Republican governors from Atlantic and Pacific states stating strong opposition to this entire proposal, including the possibility of offshore drilling in Washington.
So, we would urge your support and that's it.
Thank you very much, Council Member Bryant, for bringing this to us.
Any comments or questions or concerns on the resolution you're about to vote on?
We're good?
Those in favor of adopting the resolution, please vote aye.
Aye.
Those opposed, vote no.
The motion carries.
The resolution is adopted and the Chair will sign it.
That concludes our agenda.
Is there any further business coming for the Council?
If not, we stand adjourned and everyone have a great rest of the afternoon.