>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 9:32 A.M.
SARA NELSON.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCIL KETTLE?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>>
PRESENT.
>> RIVERA?
SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> SEVEN
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE COUNCIL RULES WILL BE US
IS THAT HE SAIDED TO ALLOW FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT AT TODAY'S
SPECIAL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
HEARING NO -- I'M NOT SEEING
ANY OBJECTION.
I CANNOT SEE ANY ON THE SCREEN.
HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE COUNCIL RULE ARE SUSPENDED
AND WE WILL PROCEED WITH
PUBLICPUBLIC
COMMENT.
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE THIS
IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, COMMENTS MUST RELATE
TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP
TODAY?
>> WE HAVE 19 IN PERSON AND FIVE
REMOTE.
>> OKAY.
BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL
MEETING WITH ONLY ONE
ITEM ON THE AGENDA, I WILL ALLOW
FOR TWO
MINUTES PER PERSON.
AND LET'S START WITH
TEN IN-PERSON AND GO TO REMOTE.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> OKAY.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING
MANNER. IT IS UP TO 20 MINUTES.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALL IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTER.
SPEAKERS WILL ALTERNATE
BETWEEN IN-PERSON AND REMOTE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME.
SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE MUTED
TO ALLOW TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
>> THE FIRST TWO
SPEAKERS, YOU CAN START LINING
UP.
ERICA CHUNG AND
KATHERINE GIBSON.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M HERE TO
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT DR.
JULIE KING
TO STRONGLY URGE YOUR NOMINATION
OF JULIE FOR THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL POSITION.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE
OF KNOWING AND WORKING
ALONGSIDE JULIE FOR OVER 20
YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME I'VE COME
TO ADMIRE HER AS A
DEDICATED, THOUGHTFUL AND
COMMUNITY- CENTER
LEADER. HER INTEGRITY,
COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT AND DEEP
ROOTS TO
PUBLIC SERVICE MAKE HER AN
EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATE TO
REPRESENT
THE BROADER CITY OF SEATTLE.
HER DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY
SERVICE IS BOTH BROAD AND DEEP.
I FIRST MET JULIE WHILE SERVING
ON BOARD SEVERAL
CIVIL ORGANIZATIONS WHILE WE
ADVOCATED FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND
ORGANIZED
CLEAN-UPS FOR EARTH DAY.
WHAT TRULY SETS JULIE
APART IS NOT JUST HER HEART FOR
SERVICE BUT ALSO HER
LIVED EXPERIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE.
SHE BRINGS STRONG
BUSINESS ACUMEN THAT ARE
URGENTLY
NEEDED PARTICULARLY NOW AS THE
CITY FACES BUDGET SHORTFALLS.
JULIE UNDERSTANDS HOW TO
MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS
WITH TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS.
SHE KNOWS HOW TO
BALANCE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
WITH
MAINTAINING VITAL COMMUNITY
SERVICES. HER EXPERIENCES IN
MANAGING
BUDGETS, SUPPORTING
SMALL BUSINESSES AND MAKING
DATA- INFORMED DECISIONS MAKE
HER
EXCEPTIONALLY WELL SUITED
TO HELP GUIDE THE CITY THROUGH
THESE CHALLENGING FISCAL TIMES.
SHE IS A BRIDGE BUILDER
WHO BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER
ACROSS
GENERATIONS, AND PERSPECTIVES.
SHE'S DRIVEN
NOT BY PERSONAL RECOGNITION BUT
THE DESIRE TO
UPLIFT COMMUNITIES. IT SPEAKS
VOLUMES ABOUT THE
KIND OF LEADER SHE IS, ONE WHO
LIFTSLIFTS AS SHE LEADS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR
THE RECORD THAT WE HAD
3377 SUPPORTERS SIGNED ON TO THE
CHANGE.ORG PETITION SUPPORTING
JULIE KANG FOR THE POSITION.
THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE MY COMMENTS.
>> WE HAVE KATHERINE GIBSON.
FOLLOWING KATHERINE WILL BE
SALLY.
>> GOOD MORNING, KATHERINE
GIBSON.
I RISE IN SUPPORT OF DR. JULIE
KANG'S CANDIDACY FOR THE
DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL SEAT.
I'VE SEEN JULIE IN ACTION AS AN
ACADEMIC LEADER, AS A
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AT THE
SEATTLE ROTARY
CLUB.
AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF
SEATTLE.
TO EVERY ENDEAVOR, JULIE BRINGS
OPENNESS, A GENUINE LEAGUERNESS
TO LISTEN, A COMMITMENT TO
PRACTICAL,
RESPONSIBLE, CONSTRUCTIVE AND
INCLUSIVE
SOLUTIONS. HER PROFESSIONAL
BACKGROUND
AND THE MIX OF HER LIVED
EXPERIENCES
UNIQUELY QUALIFIES HER FOR OUR,
FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AS A 35- YEAR RESIDENT OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, I HAVE SEEN
THE EVOLUTION OF THIS COUNCIL.
WHEN LOOKING AT
THE OPPORTUNITIES AND
CHALLENGES BEFORE THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, I KNOW JULIE BRINGS THE
BEST
SKILLS, PERSPECTIVE, AND
ENERGY TO THIS POSITION.
I ENCOURAGE YOUR VOTE IN
SUPPORT OF DR. JULIE KANG.
>> WE HAVE SALLY AND AFTER SALLY
WILL BE NICK.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I AM SALLY SORIANO.
I'M A PRECINCT COMMITTEE
OFFICER
IN THE BROAD VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD
IN DISTRICT FIVE AND WAS
SEATTLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR
DISTRICT ONE WHICH ENCOMPASSES
MOST
OF DISTRICT FIVE.
I CURRENTLY SERVE
WITH JULIE KANG ON THE 32nd
DEMOCRATS
ENDORSEMENT COMMITTEE.
SINCE JULIE CAME ON TO THE
COMMITTEE, I'VE ALWAYS
BEEN TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED BY
HER DEDICATION TO
GRASSROOTS DECISION MAKING.
IN OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS,
JULIE POSES INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS
WHICH DEEPENS THE DIALOGUE
WITH CANDIDATES AND SO CRUCIAL
TO
OUR COMMITTEE WORK, SHE
EVERYBODY
GAUGED
KNOWLEDGEABLY COLLABORATIVELY IN
OUR
DECISION-MAKING
PROCESS. IT IS CLEAR TO ME IF
CHOSEN
BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO FILL D- 5
VACANCY, JULIE WOULD BRING
HER EXTRAORDINARY DEPTH AS AN
EDUCATOR, RESEARCHER, AND A
CONSENSUS BUILDER, BOTH TO THE
COUNCIL AND
TO HER CONSTITUENTS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I URGE YOU TO SELECT JULIE
KANG FOR D- 5 POSITION.
SHE IS ENERGIZED,
EXCEEDINGLY WELL INFORMED AND UP
TO DATE
ON COUNCIL ISSUES, AND IS READY
TO
START WORK TOMORROW. THANK YOU.
>> AFTER NICK WE WILL HAVE DAVID
WOODWARD.
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM NICK RUSSO.
I AM FROM WHERE THE SIDEWALK
ENDS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FIFTH
DISTRICT.
I HAVE ZERO INTEREST IN
MODERN DAY POLITICS AND BEING
SOMEBODY WHO FUNDRAISES MOST OF
THE TIME
AND SMOOZES POWERFUL PEOPLE.
I SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
USE MY LIFE EXPERIENCE
AND INTEREST IN POLITICAL ISSUES
TO
HELP THE COMMUNITY THAT I
REALLY LOVE AND HAVE LIVED IN
FOR
YEARS.
THE REASON I FOCUSED
ON SIDEWALKS IS THAT THEY
REPRESENT IN A VERY REAL SENSE A
BROKEN
PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THESE COMMUNITIES IN THIS
DISTRICT HAVE VIRTUALLY NO
SIDEWALKS.
THEY WERE PROMISED THEM
WHEN THEY WERE ANNEXED INTO THE
CITY 60 TO 70 YEARS AGO, AND AT
THE RATE WE'RE GOING, IT WILL
BE ANOTHER 300, 400 YEARS BEFORE
THEY GET THEM.
I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO
IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN QUALITY
THAT ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO
MAKING
A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, THAT COULD
BE DONE FOR LESS MONEY THAN THE
S-
DOT MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR PER
BLOCK SCHEMES.
OVER ALL, I SEE GLOBAL WARMING
AS THE BIGGEST THREAT
HUMANS HAVE EVER FACED AND I
THINK IT
NEEDS TO BECOME CENTRAL TO
EVERY DECISION THAT IS MADE IN
GOVERNMENT. I DON'T SEE THAT
HERE. I SEE THE CITY STILL
FOCUSING
ON SINGLE
FAMILY HOUSING AND CAR CENTRIC
COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE NEED TO
START STOPPING PROJECTS THAT
HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION.
I WOULD LOVE TO SERVE
THIS COMMUNITY AND WALK
AND TALK WITH
MEMBERS. THANK YOU.
>> AFTER DAVID --
>> THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON
BEHALF OF CANDIDATE JULIE KANG.
I'M DAVID WOODWARD, 48-
YEAR SEATTLE RESIDENT.
ALSO ON THE
SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL VISORY
BOARD
APPOINTED BY YOU AND THE
CHAIR OF THE THEATER WHICH
CROSSES
OVER BETWEEN DISTRICT 6 AND 5
AND YOU'RE MY REPRESENTATIVE.
ALSO A BLOCK COORDINATOR.
WE NOW CALL IT A BLOCK
COMMUNITY RATHER THAN A BLOCK
WATCH.
IT'S GROWN RATHER EXTENSIVE.
ABOUT 65 PEOPLE IN OUR BLOCK
COMMUNITY. A VERY ACTIVE ONE.
SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE
CANDIDACY OF DR. JULIE KANG.
I MET HER WHEN WE WERE
BOTH WORKING IN EDUCATIONAL
AT SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY. I GREATLY APPRECIATE
HER ACCOUNTABILITY AND WORK
ETHIC AND WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH
HER AS
SOON AS I FIRST MET HER.
DR. KANG IS TRULY DEDICATED
TO HER OWN FAMILY, HER
COLLEAGUES, AND THE PEOPLE OF
OUR CITY.
SHE HAVE HAS DEEP
EXPERTISE IN MANY ARENAS
INCLUDING
EDUCATION, FINANCE, POLICY,
SMALL
BUSINESS, MULTICULTURAL
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
SHE'S WORKED AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, BY THE
WAY,
IN SOME VERY STRATEGIC WAYS.
DR. KANG IS GREAT TO WORK WITH
INTERPERSONALLY AND KNOWS HOW
TO WORK ON A LARGE SCALE TO
DEVELOP
AND IMPLEMENT POLICY
WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
DIVERSE
PERSPECTIVES. SHE'S EXACTLY THE
TYPE OF LEADER
I MOST WANT TO SEE IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT. SOMEONE I KNOW WILL
BE ACCOUNTABLE TO ME AS WELL AS
THE NEEDS AND
INTERESTS OF EVERYONE
IN THE CITY. I'M GRATEFUL THAT
DR. KANG
IS WILLING TO REPRESENT US
ALL ON THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>>
.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
IT'S TRULY A JOY TO BE HERE
FOR JULIE KANG.
I FIRST MET DR. KANG WHEN HE
WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT
SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY.
SHE BECAME MY MENTOR.
WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME THEN AND IT
STILL DOES IS THAT HOW SHE
BALANCES HER
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
WITH MENTORSHIP
AND HER VOLUNTEER WORK.
OVER 30 YEARS DR. KANG
HAS HELPED STUDENTS TO GROW,
SHE REPLIES TO EVERY EMAIL FROM
A
STUDENT ASKING FOR GUIDANCE.
SHE HELPS THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR
MILESTONES.
THAT KIND OF IMPACT SPEAKS
VOLUMES ABOUT HER ABILITY
TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS
COMMUNITY.
THE LEADERSHIP SHE'S SHOWN IN
COMMUNITY BUILDING, SHE'LL
BRING ALL OF THAT
AND MORE TO THE CITY
COUNCIL. THANK YOU.
>> AFTER PATTY, WE'LL HAVE JUDY.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TODAY.
MY NAME IS PATTY LEE AND
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY
FRIEND, DR. JULIE KANG AND WHY
SHE IS
A GREAT CHOICE FOR THE DISTRICT
55 COUNCIL SEAT.
I FIRST MET JULIE ALMOST
20 YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS
LEADING KOREAN STORY TIME AT
THE SHORELINE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AFTER GOING TO THE FIRST STORY
TIME WITH
MY DAUGHTER, I FELT A HUGE SENSE
OF
GRATITUDE THAT SOMEONE WOULD
TAKE THE TIME OUT
OF THEIR BUSY SCHEDULE TO
ORGANIZE, IMPLEMENT AND LEAD
A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, I FELT
THAT I WAS ACTUALLY SEEN AND
REPRESENTED. BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY, I
WAS STRUCK BY HER LOVE FOR
SERVING
OUR COMMUNITY AND BY HER
ABILITY TO GET OTHERS
INVOLVED, INCLUDING ME.
SINCE THAT EARLY TIME, I
HAVE SEEN HER GENUINE PASSION
FOR SERVING THE COMMUNITY AS SHE
CONTINUED TO BE INVOLVED
WITH AND LED NUMEROUS COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER IT WAS
HER VOLUNTEER WORK AS
A PRINCIPAL FOR THE UNITED
SEATTLE
BELLEVUE KOREAN SCHOOL,
FOUNDING AND CHAIRING THE BOARD
OF
LOCAL COMMUNITY BANK, HER WORK
WITH THE KING COUNTY
CITIZENS ELECTION OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
MENTORING STUDENTS AND
EDUCATORS AND ORGANIZING
VOLUNTEERS FOR
EARTH DAY PARK CLEAN- UP TO
NAME A FEW.
SHE HAS A PASSION AND
INNATE ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER
TO WORK TOWARD THE COMMON
GOOD, PERSONALLY I KNOW THAT
JULIE
HAS A GOOD AND CARING HEART
FOR PEOPLE AND WITH HER
GREAT LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND
EXPERIENCE, SHE WOULD BE
AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE
CITY
COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> AFTER JUDY WILL BE MINDY LEE.
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM
PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK
TODAY. MY NAME IS JUDY YU.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7 AND I'M
HERE TO DISCUSS THE
OPEN APPOINTMENT IN DISTRICT 5.
YOU KNOW THIS.
SEATTLE IS A BEAUTIFUL
AND COMPLEX CITY.
WE'RE FACING SOME HARD TRUTHS.
FAMILIES ARE BEING PRICED OUT
OF THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS, HOMELESSNESS
CONTINUES TO
GROW, AND TOO MANY FEEL UNSAFE
AND
UNHEARD.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS HITTING
HARDER EACH YEAR AND OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF
THEIR VOICES
EVEN MATTER.
THESE CHALLENGES ARE
DEEPLY CONNECTED AND THEY WON'T
BE SOLVED BY ONE PERSON,
ONE DEPARTMENT OR EVEN ONE
POLICY.
THEY REQUIRE COALITION BUILDING.
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT
DON'T ALWAYS AGREE.
BUT WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT
THE CITY AND ARE READY TO WORK
SIDE BY SIDE.
SO LET'S WORK TOWARD
REAL LASTING PROGRESS.
DR. JULIE KANG IS EXACTLY THE
KIND OF LEADER SEATTLE
NEEDS AT THIS MOMENT.
SHE SPENT HER LIFE BRIDGING
COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT
IS
ADVOCATING FOR KOREAN-AMERICAN
VOICES, SERVING ON EQUITY
BOARDS OR MENTORING K- 12
EDUCATORS.
AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY,
SHE'S WORKED WITH NUMEROUS
ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD
CONNECTIONS.
AT THE YMCA SHE LEADS
OUTREACH THAT BRINGS PEOPLE IN
FROM THE
MARGINS.
SHE BUILDS COALITIONS NOT
FOR CREDIT BUT BECAUSE THAT'S
WHO SHE IS.
SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES EVERYONE
DESERVES TO BELONG, TO BE
HEARD AND TO HELP SHAPE THE
FUTURE OF
THIS CITY.
SEATTLE NEEDS HEART, VISION, AND
A STEADY HAND.
PLEASE CONSIDER DR.
JULIE KANG WHEN THINKING ABOUT
YOUR
NEXT APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY
COUNCIL.
THANK
YOU.
>> AFTER MINDY, WE'LL HAVE
JULIE. AFTER JULIE WE'LL GO TO
REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS MINDY AND I'M HERE
TO
SHARE HOW JULIE KANG HAS
IMPACTED MY LIFE AS A MENTORING.
I FIRST MET DR. KANG IN
MIDDLE SCHOOL AT A KOREAN SCHOOL
EVENT.
SHE TRULY SAW US.
BICULTURAL STUDENTSNA
GAITING TWO WORLDS.
SHE SHARED HER OWN STORIES
OF BEING RAISED BY A SINGLE
MOM AND AND REMINDED ME OF MY
OWN SINGLE
MOM, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER,
AND SHE WAS DOING HER BEST WHICH
MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME.
I GOT TO KNOW HER BETTER WHEN I
SPENT FOUR DAYS WITH
HER AND OTHER STUDENTS AND
ELDERS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
SHE WAS ALWAYS REMINDING US
THAT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS
IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE TO VOTE AND BE AT THE
TABLE. SHE TOOK A GROUP OF
US KOREAN- AMERICANS TO D.C. FOR
THE KOREAN- AMERICAN
GRASSROOTS CONVENTION TO MEET
OUR GO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TO
EXPERIENCE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.
SHE WAS ABLE TO FUNDRAISE THAT
TRIP SO EVERYONE
WHO WANTED TO GO WAS ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE WHICH WAS REALLY
EMPOWERING TO BE
THERE.
UNLIKE MOST KOREAN ADULTS I
KNEW, SHE ALWAYS CHECKED UP ON
HER MENTAL HEALTH.
SHE EVEN WENT BACK TO SCHOOL
TO EARN A MASTERS IN
CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH STUDIES
TO BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT US YOUTH BETTER.
BECAUSE OF HER, I FOUND
THE COURAGE TO RETURN TO
SCHOOL AFTER COVID.
I NOW LIVED IN SEATTLE, WORK
FOR DISTRICT 4, AND I LIVE, I
WORK
DOWNTOWN.
SO MOST RECENTLY, SHE INVITED ME
TO HER ROTARY MEETING WHENNER MY
CEO WAS SPEAKING WHICH WAS
AMAZING BECAUSE I TYPICALLY DO
NOT WORK IN A SPACE TO MEET
WITH
HIM. DR. KANG ISN'T JUST A
MENTOR.
SHE HELPS EMPOWER YOUTH LIKE ME
AND REMINDS US THAT WE ARE
THE HOPE
FOR A BETTER FUTURE. THANK YOU.
>> JULIE KANG AND THEN
REMOTE SPEAKERS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS JULIE
KANG. I'M SEEKING YOUR
APPOINTMENT FOR
THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 POSITION.
AS A PASSIONATE PUBLIC
SERVANT FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, I
AM
PREPARED TO JOIN YOU AND TO DO
THE HARD WORK AS A TEAM PLAYER.
THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK
YOU'VE ALREADY DONE SO FAR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ADDRESSING
THE MAJOR BUDGET GAP, FINISHING
THE
PLAN, AND TACKLING THE ONGOING
PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS WITH YOU.
I WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE
AND THANK MY SUPPORTERS FROM
MANY
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING ACRS,
KOREAN-AMERICAN
COALITION, IMPACT 100 SEATTLE,
SEATTLE FOUR
ROTARY, NORTHWEST IN DISTRICT
5, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS,
STUDENT
MEANTEES, NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT
5.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
ALMOST 400 NEIGHBORS WHO
COULDN'T
JOIN US TODAY IN PERSON BUT
SIGNEDSIGNED ACTION PLAN TO
NOMINATE AND
APPOINT ME FOR THE POSITION.
WE'RE ON THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
OUR COUNCILMEMBERS AND
SEATTLEITES TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO
THE CHALLENGES
WE'RE FACING IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> WE NOW MOVE TO REMOTE
COMMENTS. OUR FIRST IS BECKY
KELLY.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 WHEN
YOU HEAR THE PROMPT THAT YOU'VE
BEEN UNMUTED.
AFTER
BECKY WILL BE HILLARY LOWE.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS BECKY KELLY.
I'M A DISTRICT 5 RESIDENT AND
HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OFOF
DR. JULIE KANG FOR THE
DISTRICT 5
APPOINTMENT. I HAD THE PLEASURE
OF SERVING WITH JULIE ON THE
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS AND THE REGIONAL
EQUITY COMMITTEE.
THEY PARTICIPATED IN.
THERE I GOT TO SEE SOME OF
THE QUALITIES THAT WILL MAKE
JULIE
A GREAT COUNCILMEMBER.
SHE WOULD BRING GREAT INSIGHTS.
SHE WOULD ASK HARD QUESTIONS.
AND SHE HELPED THE BOARD WORK
ON HARD ISSUES TOGETHER
INCLUDING AS WE WERE GOING
THROUGH A
PROCESS OF REALLY GRAPPLING
WITH RACIAL EQUITY AND HOW WE
COULD
TRANSFORM OUR ORGANIZATION TO
BE A MORE EQUITABLE AND
INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING
ORGANIZATION.
AND JULIE ALSO SHOWED UP.
YOU'VE HEARD THAT FROM SO MANY
SPEAKERS.
I LAUGHED WHEN SHE AND I
WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS POSITION
AND
THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK
IT WOULD BE LONG BEFORE SHE'S
THE HARDEST WORKING
COUNCILMEMBER.
IT'S NOT A COMPETITION.
I KNOW YOU ALL WORK INCREDIBLY
HARD BUT YOU WOULD FIND YOURSELF
APPRECIATING HAVING
SOMEONE LIKE JULIE BE THERE
EVERYEVERY TIME.
JULIE, WHEN I LEARNED SHE
WAS STEPPING UP TO SERVE, I
WAS STRUCK BY HER COMMITMENT
TO RESULTS AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. SHE HAS A
RIGOROUS ACADEMIC AND
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
AND SHE IS GOING TO COMMIT TO
MEASURING
THINGS AND MAKING SURE
THAT INVESTMENTS OF TIME ARE
DELIVERING THE RESULTS
THAT YOU'RE SEEKING.
AND SHE PRIORITIZED, AND I
WROTE THIS DOWN, EQUITY AND
HUMAN DIGNITY AND PROVIDING
CARE.
AND DOING ALL THOSE THINGS
AT ONCE AS YOU KNOW BETTER
THAN EVERYONE IS SO HARD.
I KNOW THAT JULIE HAS THE
RIGHT SKILLS AND ORIENTATION AND
BACKGROUND TO DO THAT
INCREDIBLE BALANCE OF WORK THAT
YOU ALL DO.
SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE TELLS HER
STUDENTS TO STEP UP AND BE BRAVE
AND SHE'S TRYING TO DO THAT
NOW AND I'M SO
GRATEFUL SHE'S STEPPING UP.
SHE WOULD BE A
FANTASTIC
COUNCILMEMBER FOR DISTRICT 5.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS HILLARY LOWE.
AFTER HER WILL BE CHRISTINE YU.
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT
AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS HILLARY LOWE AND
II RESIDED IN SEATTLE FOR
CLOSE TO 30 YEARS.
I CURRENTLY LIVE IN DISTRICT 4.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
I'M CURRENTLY VISITING
FAMILY OUT OF STATE.
I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE
OF KNOWING DR. JULIE KANG FOR
OVER 20 YEARS AND WANT TO SHARE
A COUPLE OF HER STRENGTHS.
JULIE HAS BEEN A COLLEAGUE
AND FRIEND AS WE ARE BOTH CAREER
EDUCATORS.
JULIE IS ONE OF THE
HARDEST WORKING
ENTREPRENEURIAL INDIVIDUALS I
HAVE EVER MET.
HER CAREER IN EDUCATION
SPANS MULTIPLE SUCCESSFUL
ROLES, TEACHING IN LEADERSHIP
AND THROUGH HER WORK SHE'S
DEVELOPED
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE MET THE
EVOLVING NEEDS OF EDUCATORS.
HER BUSINESS ACUMEN HAS
BEEN NURTURED THROUGH
COLLABORATION
WITH UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND
OVER TEN YEARS OF BOARD SERVICE,
FOUNDING A COMMUNITY BANK.
JULIE STRIVES FOR
CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN
EVERYTHING SHE
DOES.
SHE SPEAKS IN SPANISH AND
ENGLISH.
SHE WILL SERVE THE COUNCIL WELL
IN DISTRICT 5 WHERE CLOSE TO
3 IN TEN RESIDENTS ARE
INDIGENOUS OR PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SEATTLE NEEDS LEADERS LIKE DR.
KANG, LEADERS WHO ARE
KNOWLEDGEABLE, ACCOUNTABLE.
I HOPE YOU WILL
SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HER CANDIDACY
AS THERE IS AN OPENING FOR
THE CITY COUNCIL
POSITION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
YOUR
TIME.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE
YU FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAINES.
>> HELLO AND GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND
SUPPORT
DR. JULIE KANG.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINE.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED JUST
NORTH OF SEATTLE.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT
OF SEATTLE PROPER FOR OVER A
DECADE.
I FEEL SO FORTUNATE TO
HAVE CROSSED PATHS WITH DR.
JULIE
KANG.
I AM INSPIRED BY HER GENUINE
CARE ABOUT THE WELL- BEING OF
OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED OVER THE
YEARS IS THAT JULIE SHOWS UP AND
SHE IS 100% PRESENT.
SHE IS PRESENT.
SHE LISTENS AND FOLLOWS THROUGH
WITH ACTION.
SHE IS ALSO ENCOURAGED ME TO
GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
UNDOUBTEDLY, SHE INSPIRES
MANY OTHERS TO ACT TO SUPPORT
OUR
COMMUNITY.
WHEN I WANT TO DO MORE TO
HELP THE COMMUNITY, I DIDN'T
KNOW WHERE TO START, JULIE WOULD
MEET
WITH ME ONE-ON- ONE, COFFEE,
LUNCHES, TO PROVIDE
ENCOURAGEMENT AND BE A SOUNDING
BOARD TO CREATE A PATH
WHILE SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE WOULD
BENEFIT GREATLY FROM DR.
JULIE KANG AS A CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER.
SHE IS CONSISTENTLY
ACCOUNTABLE AND A COLLABORATIVE
TEAM
MEMBER AS DEMONSTRATED BY
HER EXPERIENCE AS RESEARCHER AND
EDUCATOR.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID HAINES.
GO AHEAD, DAVID.
>> HI.
DISTRICT 5 HAS ONE OF THE
WORST NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS IN
THIS COUNTRY WHEN IT COME TO THE
GODFOR SAKEN AURORA AVENUE
CORRIDOR AND THE BRIDGE
THAT MAKES YOU WALK TOO CLOSE TO
THE
HIGHWAY FOR TOO LONG.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED
LOCATION INHALATION.
IT CAUSES LEUKEMIA, CANCER. THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF
DISTRICT 5 AND CITY HALL HAVE
COMPLETELY
FAILED TO ADDRESS THIS SKOORNLG
OF
EVIL. PEOPLE REVOLTED ONCE THEY
REALIZED THE BAD
POLICIES JUSTIFY KICKING OUT
DAVID JUAREZ
WHO HAD A RELEVANT BAD ATTITUDE
AND DISDAIN FOR COUNCIL
BUSINESS, ALWAYS COMPLAINING IT
TAKES TOO LONG.
NOT REALLY CARING BECAUSE SHE
HAD MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO
DO LIKE ENJOY POWER, BRAGGING
ABOUT HER FREE CRACKEN JERSEY
AND FREE TICKETS, ALL WHILE
WEAPONIZING BY CIRCUMVENTING
THE INTEGRITY OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING
SCIENCE BY VOTING TO
APPROVE UNSAFE TIEBACKS TO HOLD
UP UNSAFE WALLS AT CLIMATE
PLEDGE ARENA WHERE EXCOUNCIL
PRESIDENT BRUCE HAROLD THOUGHT
IT MORE
IMPORTANT TO VIOLATE
THE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING DENYING THE PEOPLE
OF
21st CENTURY WORLD CLASS
ARENA, LOOKING GO THE OTHER WAY,
GOING FROM 15 FEET DOWN TO 40
FEET BELOW STREET LEVEL.
ALL TO ACHIEVE A 1960
UGLY CRACKED ROOF TOP THAT
RUINED
THE QUALITY OF THE WHOLE
PROJECT.
THEN TO TOP IT OFF,
COUNCIL APPROVED A $100 MILLION
TAX BREAK FOR A HOLLYWOOD
CORPORATION. AS IF THEY NEEDED
INCENTIVES TO
CO-OPT THE CLIMATE PLEDGE
ARENA TO HAVE A 1950s POLLUTED
EYESORE WITH A FANCY COUCH.
WE DON'T NEED TO REPEAT
THE FAILURES OF THE PAST
COUNCIL,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE POLICIES
THAT EXACERBATED THE HOMELESS
CRISIS.
>> THAT WAS OUR LAST REMOTE
SPEAKER.
NOW WE RETURN TO IN- PERSON
COMMENTS.
>> WE'LL
START WITH BRENT AND THEN
BRANDON.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
AND MEMBERS OF
COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BRENT BUTLER
AND I'M
ONE OF THE 22 CANDIDATES.
YOU'VE RECEIVED MY RESUME AND
MY COVER LETTER.
I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE
COMMUNITY.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE IS SO
IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY THE
SAFETY OF
THOSE RESIDENTS, LIKE MYSELF
OF DISTRICT 5, BUT CITYWIDE.
IN MY APPLICATION, I RECOGNIZED
THAT SOME OF THE CONCERNS
YOU IDENTIFIED ARE IN A
CRISIS LEVEL.
WHEN I SAY A CRISIS LEVEL, I
DID ALLUDE TO WHAT WE SEE AS
CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN AS CONCERNS
PRIMARILY REGARDING
AFFORDABILITY.
AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH REGARD
TO THE HOMELESS EPIDEMIC.
IN THE 1990s, I MOVED TO
SEATTLE.
THAT WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE.
IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME,
WE RECOGNIZED THE VIBRANT CITY.
AS A BROOKLYNITE ORIGINALLY,
I RECOGNIZED THE
AFFORDABILITY THAT SEATTLE
OFFERED.
IT WAS UNIQUE.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I
CHERISHED. AND THAT ENABLED ME
TO LIVE
HERE SAFELY AND COMFORTABLY.
IN RETURNING, I RECOGNIZED THAT
WE HAVE A CHALLENGE AND
THAT CHALLENGE IS TO ADDRESS
THAT AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S IN
CREATION RIGHT NOW IS AN
OPPORTUNITY. I RECOGNIZE THAT
SOME OF THE
PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE IN
THE COMMUNITY IS ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY.
I RECOGNIZE THAT BEING ABLE TO
WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP SOME
THINGS THAT ARE CREATED
WILL ENABLE US TO ADDRESS A LOT
OF
COMMUNITY NEEDS.
AT THAT JUNCTURE, I WANTED TO
CLOSE WITH ONE STATEMENT --
I WILL WAIT IN THE GALLEY.
I'M VERY EAGER TO MEET MORE OF
THE
COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> NEXT WE HAVE BRANDON.
FOLLOWING BRANDON WOULD BE, I
BELIEVE, IT IS ALAN BOND, IF
I'M
NOT MISTAKEN.
>> I'M ONE OF THE
CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT 5
VACANCY.
I WANTED TO SPEND MY TWO
MINUTES GIVING YOU A LITTLE
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MYSELF.
I GREW UP IN A POOR
WORKING CLASS
FAMILY. MY FATHER WAS A
LANDSCAPER.
MY MOTHER IS A BARTENDER.
WHEN I WAS 20 YEARS OLD, I
WAS ACTUALLY HOMELESS.
I LIVED ON COUCHES AND IN MY
CAR. I UTILIZED PELL GRANTS
AND STUDENT LOANS TO GET OUT OF
THAT SITUATION.
NOW I HAVE A MASTERS IN
PUBLIC POLICY AND I'VE WORKED
EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, CITY,
COUNTY, CONGRESS.
I'VE WORKED IN A FOOD
NONPROFIT.
WHEN I HEARD KATHY MOORE WAS
RESIGNING, I ENTERED THE
CAMPAIGN.
I'VE HELPED TWO TOWN HALLS.
I'VE TALKED TO 20 PLUS BUSINESS
OWNERS. I'VE BEEN AT THE
FARMERS
MARKET EVERY THURSDAY.
WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING IS THAT
THE COMMUNITY WANTS SOMEONE
WHO WILL BE IN THE
COMMUNITY, ACCOUNTABLE IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND CREATE POLICY IN
THETHE COMMUNITY UP, NOT THE
POLICY MAKER DOWN.
I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE
CAREER WORKING WITH
COMMUNITIES, ADVOCATING FOR
COMMUNITIES, WORKING WITHIN
BUREAUCRACIES
TO GET THING DONE FOR PEOPLE TO
GET
THINGS DONE FOR WORKING CLASS
FAMILIES.
I WOULD LOVE TO BRING THAT
PASSION AND EXPERTISE TO THIS
COUNCIL, AND IF ANY OF
THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO YOU, EVEN IF
IT
DOESN'T, I
REALLY APPRECIATE IF ONE OF YOU
WOULD NOMINATE
SO I CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE
FOR
CONTRADICT
DISTRICT 5. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> I BELIEVE IT IS ALAN BOND
AND THEN AFTER
THAT WILL BE MONTY ANDERSON.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ALAN BOND.
I'M A UNION
BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN
SEATTLE.
I REPRESENT WORKERS ACROSS
THE STREET INCLUDING CITY
EMPLOYEES AT SEATTLE CITY AND
LANGSTON
HUGHES WITH ARTS AND CULTURE.
I AM A FORMER TEACHER IN SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I HAVE TAKEN
THAT EXPERIENCE AND
I STOPPED THAT WHEN I BECAME A
PARENT
AND WAS A STAY AT HOME PARENT
FOR A
WHILE.
I HAVE LOOKED AT THE NEEDS
OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM
MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OVER
THE
YEARS.
AND I HAVE IN EACH OF THOSE
SPACES, SOUGHT OUT LEADERSHIP
ROLES IN THE COMMUNITY.
FROM BEING A CARE OF
THE PRESCHOOL CO- OP IN DISTRICT
6 TO
WORKING AS A BUSINESS AGENT FOR
MY UNION.
I HAVE REPRESENTED
DIVERSEDIVERSE
VIEWS.
I AM A PARENT OF QUEER CHILDREN.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
WE PROVIDE RESOURCES TO PROTECT
OUR
YOUTH. RIGHT NOW, WITH MY WIFE
BEING
A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, IT IS
A CHALLENGING TIME IN OUR
COUNTRY AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
TO
US SUPPORT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, BE THEY CITIZENS OR
NOT, AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE
SAFE IN OUR CITY.
I THINK OVER THE NEXT YEAR WITH
FIFA COMING, WE'LL HAVE
AN INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE WITH
TRANSPORTATION, WITH THE SIZE
OF OUR CITY BASICALLY DOUBLING
WITH GUESTS AND THE NUMBER OF
LIVE
EVENTS DOUBLING AS WELL.
I HOPE TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE IN
LIVE EVENTS TO HELP WITH
THAT AND HELP LOOK AT THE
PLANNING FOR HOW WE WILL MANAGE
AND LEVERAGE THAT.
IN TERMS OF DISTRICT 5, I LIVE
REALLY CLOSE TO AURORA AND
BITTERLAKE.
THAT'S A COMMUNITY THAT IS
DEAR TO MY HEART.
MY TEENAGE CHILDREN TAKE THE
BUS AND ALL THE GOOD AND BAD
THAT THAT ENTAILS AND I WOULD
LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HELP LOOK AT
HOW WE CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES TO
MAKE THAT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
THANK
YOU.
>> FOLLOWING MONTY, I BELIEVE,
IT IS -- I WANT TO SAY NICK
JENKS.
IT IS SPEAKER NUMBER 15.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO
FIRST THANK EVERYBODY THAT I'VE
SEEN HERE APPLYING FOR THIS JOB.
EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW HARD IT
IS TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE.
KUDOS TO EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED
UP
FOR THIS. I KNOW IT IS A
TOUGH PROCESS. AND ALSO, I WOULD
LIKE TO SAY
THAT I LIKE THE ARENA.
I LIKE THE ROOF LINE.
I THINK IT FALL IN LINE WITH
THE SEATTLE CENTER AND I
THINK IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT
AND IT WAS DONE WITH A LOT OF
LABOR
HOURS HERE IN SEATTLE.
IT HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF
VALUE AND BUSINESS TO THIS
COMMUNITY.
BUT THE POINT AT HAND
IS I'M HERE TO TALK DEBORA
JUAREZ.
WE HAVE A CHANCE NOW,
LIKE A SPORTS ANALOGY, TO BRING
BACK WE THOUGHT WITH
YOU A REAL ALL-STAR.
SHE UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING.
SHE UNDERSTOOD APPRENTICE
SHIP FOR US.
SHE UNDERSTOOD TAXES.
SHE UNDERSTOOD BUSINESS.
NOT JUST ARENAS BUT ROAD
PROJECTS. SHE UNDERSTOOD
SIDEWALKS.
SHE GETS IT ALL.
SHE LEFT ON HER OWN TERM.
SHE WAS HIGHLY REGARDED IN
HER OWN DISTRICT AND WE HAVE
A CHANCE FOR HER TO COME BACK
AND
WORK WITH THIS AMAZING
COUNCIL I THINK IS A BLESSING.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, SHE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN ENGAGED AFTER
SHE
RETIRED, TOO.
YOU SEE SOME PEOPLE IN
PUBLIC
SERVICE. THEY LEAVE AND DO
SOMETHING
ELSE.
EVEN AFTER SHE RETIRED, SHE
WAS ALWAYS CALLING, ASKING
QUESTIONS, WHAT CAN WE DO,
HOW CAN I MAKE, TALKING ABOUT
ROAD SAFETY AND STUFF GOING ON
IN
. I THINK SHE WOULD BE AN
EXCELLENT ADDITION TO
THIS CITY COUNCIL.
SHE HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF ALL
25,000 OF US BUILDING
TRADE MEMBERS HERE IN SEATTLE.
SO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GOOD ONE.
>> I BELIEVE IT IS NILU.
FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE SHANE
MACOMBER.
>> I'M ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE
TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 5.
A DISTRICT THAT DESERVES
STRONG, RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP.
DISTRICT 5 FACES
REAL CHALLENGES FROM HOUSING AND
TRANSIT
TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMISSION.
I RAN FOR THIS POSITION
TWO YEARS AGO IN 2023 WITH DEEP
COMMUNITY SUPPORT BECAUSE I SAW
AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT
WAS DRIVING MY NEIGHBORS OUT OF
CITY AND I WANT THEM TO STAY.
SEATTLE IS NOT DYING.
IT IS GROWING ESPECIALLY DUE TO
CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE HAVE WATER.
AND IT MEANS WE NEED
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS NOT
DELAYED, THAT EMBRACES
THE REALITY THAT SEATTLE IS
GROWING, NEEDS TO GROW IN A WAY
THAT DOES
NOT DISPLACE MY NEIGHBORS,
ESPECIALLY AS DISTRICT 5 IS ONE
OF THE MOST AT RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.
WE MUST ALSO BUILD OUR
SHELTER XAS BECAUSE HAVING
PEOPLE
LIVING ON THE STREETS IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
DISTRICT 5 IS ONE OF THE MOST
DIVERSE AREAS IN SEATTLE.
YET NO ONE ON THIS COUNCIL HAS
LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH ASIAN,
REFUGEE, MUSLIM OR
MIDDLE EASTERN COMMUNITIES,
COMMUNITIES I COME FROM.
IN FACT, WE'VE NEVER HAD
A MUSLIM OR MIDDLE EASTERN
PERSON REPRESENT THIS CITY.
I UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMS, FEARS,
AND HOPES THAT MANY FAMILIES
CARRY WHEN TRYING TO BUILD A
HERE.
REPRESENTATION MATTERS.
NOT JUST SYMBOLICALLY BUT IN HOW
POLICIES ARE SHAPED AND
WHOSE NEEDS ARE PRIORITIZED.
I BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE
ALONG WITH YEARS OF COMMUNITY
SERVICE AND ORGANIZING FROM
VOLUNTEERING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND
LEADING
ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
EFFORTS TO WORKING ON ACCESS
DEMOCRACY AND UPLIFTING CIVIC
PARTICIPATION. I BELIEVE DEEPLY
IN SERVICE AND
COLLABORATION AND IN
GETTING THINGS DONE.
DISTRICT 5 NEEDS SOMEONE
WHO SEES ITS PEOPLE, REFLECTS
ITS
DIVERSE THE I AND SHOWS
UP FOR THE LONG HAUL.
DISTRICT 5, I AM HERE FOR
YOU AND I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU.
I KNOW WE ARE VIBRANT
AND IMPORTANT PART OF THIS
CITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE YOU IF
HONOREDHONORED WITH THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> THEN AFTER
SHANE, WE'LL HAVE --
>> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS SHANE MACOMBER.
I'M HERE TODAY NOT
TO SPECIFICALLY ADVOCATE FOR
MYSELF BUT TO ADVOCATE FOR US TO
NOT HAVE A CARE TAKER DURING
THIS
TIME. WE'RE IN AN INCREDIBLY
PIVOTAL MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO
MAKE
A LOT OF CHANGES FOR THIS
CITY'S
FUTURE.
HAVING SOMEBODY FOR 16 MONTHS
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
THE DISTRICT IS SO FEARFUL
AND CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT
CHANGE MEANS FOR THEM.
WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT WILL
BE PART OF MAKING SURE THAT
PEOPLE
ARE BROUGHT ALONG ON THIS
AND ARE PART OF A CONVERSATION
AND THAT MEANS LOOKING TO THE
FUTURE AND A CARE TAKER WILL BE
IN A
PLACE WHERE THEY DON'T WANT TO
LEAVE A LEGACY.
THEY ARE ONLY THERE TO GET US TO
THE NEXT ELECTION.
WE HAVE MANY GREAT DAFLTS NILU
IS GREAT, JULIE KANG IS
GREAT, MANY PEOPLE ON THIS LIST
THAT COULD BE A GREAT ADVOCATE
FOR
D-5. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
AND
16 MONTHS IS TOO LONG TO NOT
HAVE THAT VOICE.
SO THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU WHETHER OR
NOT I GET THE
SEAT. I'M NOT GOING AWAY ANY
TIME
SOON AND I DO HOPE WE HEAR MORE
FROM
YOU IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE COMING UP.
>> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF
CITY
COUNCIL. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
TODAY.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5 AND I
AM CURRENTLY ON THE EXECUTIVE
BOARD OF THE 46th LEGISLATIVE
DISTRICT DEMOCRATS.
I'M HERE TO VOICE MY
STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF
NILU JENKS FOR THE OPEN SEAT
OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AT A TIME WHEN TRUST IN
OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS BUILT ON
TRANSPARENCY, REPRESENTATION
AND SERVICE, NILU STANDS OUT
AS SOMEBODY DEEPLY COMMITTED TO
OUR
COMMUNITY'S VALUES.
SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY
SHOWN DEDICATION NOT ONLY TO
BEING PRESENT BUT TO
TRULY LISTENING TO ALL VOICES,
ESPECIALLY
THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY
UNDERREPRESENTED. AS SOMEONE WHO
IS MIDDLE EASTERN
DESCEND, I HAVE FELT ATTACKED
BY OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
WE HAVE SEEN A MUSLIM BAN
THAT HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECTED
PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM THE MIDDLE
EAST.
PROVIDING NILU AN
OPPORTUNITY ON THE CITY COUNCIL
GIVES US
A VOICE HERE IN OUR CITY WHERE
OUR
CONCERNS TO BE ADDRESSED AT A
LOCAL LEVEL.
WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN A
RISE IN CONFLICTS THAT
HAVE, FOR WHAT MANY CONSIDER
TO BE OUR
HOMELAND. THIS MAY SEEM FAR TO
SOME.
HOWEVER, MANY HERE IN
SEATTLE, THIS AFFECTS THEM VERY
CLOSE
TO THE HEART.
I WANT SOMEONE WHO WILL
PROTECT NOT JUST MY RIGHTS BUT
EVERYONE'S RIGHTS.
NILU IS THAT PERSON.
APPOINTING NILU IS A CHANCE
TO REFLECT THE DID I HAVE TERSE
I AND STRENGTH OF OUR CITY.
I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER NOT
ONLY HER DEDICATION FOR 16
MONTHS
BUTBUT BEYOND.
THIS APPOINTMENT CAN BE A
VITAL MESSAGE ABOUT WHO IS
SHAPING OUR
FUTURE IN THIS CITY AND WHO IS
REPRESENTED.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>>
HI. GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR
SEATTLE COMMUNITY. I'M HERE
TODAY TO SPEAK
IN STRONG SUPPORT FOR DR.
JULIE KANG AND ASK TO YOU
APPOINT
HER
TO THE CITY COUNCIL. A LITTLE
ABOUT ME.
I AM A PROUD DAUGHTER OF
A KOREAN IMMIGRANT.
MY FATHER SERVED IN THE
KOREAN WAR AS A TRANSLATOR FOR
THE U.S.
ARMY AND THEN CAME TO THE U.S.
ON SCHOLARSHIP AND BECAME
A TEACHER FOR 44 YEARS.
MY MOTHER WAS A
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER
IN KOREA
IN THE '50s AT A TOWERING 5'5".
SHE HAD TO COME TO
THE UNITED STATES AND LEARN
ENGLISH
AND FIND A NEW PROFESSION.
I WAS BORN IN A SMALL TOWN
IN CONNECTICUT AND IT WAS MOSTLY
IRISH AND CATHOLIC.
DIVERSITY WAS WHETHER YOU
WENT TO SAINT TERESA'S OR THE
OTHER
CHURCH.
I SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER IN
NEW YORK, BOSTON AND CHICAGO
AND THEN RELOCATED TO SEATTLE 20
YEARS AGO WITH WASHINGTON
MUTUAL TO LEAD THE MNA.
THE VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP DURING
CHALLENGING TIME.
MY NOW HUSBAND FOLLOWED
SHORTLY AND HE WORK AT THE
SEATTLE P.I.
SEATTLE IS THE FIRST PLACE
WHERE I FELT TRUE ASIAN-
AMERICAN REPRESENTATION AND IT
REALLY NOT
SPIRED ME TO GET INVOLVED.
IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE
THAT IT IS ALMOST 17% IN
THE REPRESENTATION IN THE
SEATTLE
COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, I DO FIND IT
TO BE
A GAP IN OUR CITY COUNCIL.
THROUGH A LOT OF INVOLVEMENTS IN
THE ASIAN- AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, THIS IS HOW I MET
JULIE.
SHE SEEMED TO BE EVERYWHERE
I WAS AND I THOUGHT
SOMETIMES I HAD AN AIR TAG ON ME
AND SHE WAS
TRACKING ME.
I FIRST MET JULIE
WHEN SHE WAS THE TEACHER AND CO-
FOUNDER OF
A SCHOOL TEACHING KIDS
KOREAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.
I WAS LOOKING ALSO FOR
HELP AT THE HOUSE.
SOMEONE WHO WAS SPEAKING
KOREAN AND BEHIND THE SCENES SHE
WAS
HELPING ME WITH THE KOREAN KSA
ORGANIZATION.
I BECAME VERY INVOLVED
IN THE ASIAN COUNSELING SERVICE
WHERE
I SERVED TWO BOARD TERMS AND SHE
WAS ALSO THERE BRINGING --
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TODAY FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
>> NEXT, SHANNON.
FOLLOWING SHANNON WILL BE
SHAWN.
>> HELLO.
I'M HERE TO SAY A FEW WORDS FOR
NILU JENKS.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
WORKING CLOSELY WITH NILU OVER
THE
PAST YEAR AND A HALF AS WE'VE
BEEN ADVANCING VOTING IN
WASHINGTON AS WELL AS OTHER
DEMOCRACY REFORMS HERE IN
SEATTLE.
NILU IS THOUGHTFUL,
KIND, ENERGETIC AND COMMITTED
TO MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER
PLACE.
FROM SMALL ACTIONS LIKE
CAREFUL PATIENT DRIVING TO
LARGE-
SCALE REFORM AND SOLUTIONS LIKE
UPGRADING OUR ELECTIONS.
IN OUR LEGISLATIVE WORK,
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE HOW SHE
HOLDS STRONG TO HER VALUES BUT
ALSO
EMBRACES LEARNING.
SHE ISN'T AFRAID TO HOLD
A INNANCES POSITION.
SHE'S ENGAGED IN MANY
OTHER ISSUES FROM CLIMATE TO
HOUSING TO BRIDGING CULTURAL
DIVIDES.
SHE MAKES AN EFFORT.
SHE GENUINELY A JOY TO HAVE AS A
COLLEAGUE. SHE WORKS HARD NOT
AFRAID TO
PUT IN LATE NIGHTS.
KNOW SHE WOULD DEDICATE HERSELF.
I KNOW SHE WILL AN HUGE ASSET
TO CITY COUNCIL TO THE
PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 5, AND TO OUR
WONDERFUL CITY OVERALL.
I RECOMMEND HER
STRONGLY FOR THIS POSITION.
THANK
YOU.
>> AND SHAWN
IS OUR LAST SPEAKER.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST RISE TODAY.
I SUPPORT DEBORA JUAREZ FOR
GETTING HER SEAT BACK,
BASICALLY.
SHE DID A LOT OF HEAVY
LIFTING WHEN TIME WERE REALLY,
REALLY
TOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW THE
CIRCUMSTANCES AS TO WHY SHE LEFT
BUTBUT
THIS THING IS HEADED
MORE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, YOU
SEE
THE VIBRANCY OF SEATTLE COMING
BACK, IT MAKES SENSE THAT SHE
WOULD
BE INCLUDED IN THIS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
>> OKAY.
WE'VE REACHED TEND OF OUR
PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
WE FINISHED EVERYBODY ON
THE LIST AND WE WILL NOW
PROCEED.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD.
>> SELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL
VACANCY POSITION DISTRICT 5
FINALIST.
>> OKAY.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS TWICE
BEFORE, COLLEAGUES.
MOST OF US HAVE.
ON TUESDAY I E- MAILED
EVERY COUNCIL OFFICE THE VOTING
PROCEDURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO
GO THROUGH TODAY.
AND I HEARD NO DISSENT OR
CONFUSION.
SO I WILL NOW
PROCEED TO AGREEING ON THAT
PROCEDURE
AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
OKAY.
I MOVE TO ADOPT THE
VOTING PROCEDURE TO NOMINATE
CITY COUNCIL POSITION DISTRICT
5 FINALIST TO BE AS FOLLOWS.
AS PRESIDENT, I WILL
OPEN NOMINATIONS TO SELECT
CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT DISTRICT
5 FINALISTS FROM THE LIST OF
APPLICANTS. COUNCILMEMBER WILL
BE CALL ON
IN ORDER OF THIS WEEK'S ROLL
CALL AND WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE COMMENTS AND
NOMINATE ONE APPLICANT.
SECONDS ARE NOT REQUIRED.
AN APPLICANT WILL NEED TO
BE NOMINATED BY A COUNCILMEMBER
TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE
COUNCIL VACANCY APPOINTMENT
PROCESS.
AFTER NOMINATIONS ARE
CLOSED, THOSE FINALISTS WILL
MOVE FORWARD IN THE VACANCY
PROCESS.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE VOTING
PROCEDURE.
>>
SECOND.
>> THE VOTINGVOTING
HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
TO DOCUMENT THE VOTING
PROCEDURE TO SELECT FINALISTS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE
VOTING PROCEDURE?
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST CONFIRMING WE'LL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME
REMARKS BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION OF CHOOSING?
>>
ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE PROCEDURE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
THE VOTING PROCEDURE TO NOMINATE
FINALISTS FOR THE DISTRICT 5
POSITION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
SAKAA?
SOLOMON?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND
THE PROCEDURE IS ADOPTED.
NOW WE'LL GO THROUGH,
WELL, WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE
SELECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
POSITION
FOR DISTRICT 5 FINALISTS FROM
THE LIST OF APPLICANTS.
THIS WEEK'S ROLL CALL
STARTS WITH COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO
PROVIDE COMMENTS AND MAKE A
NOMINATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
QUESTION, WE CAN MAKE
GENERAL COMMENTS BEFORE PUTTING
FORWARD A NAME AS OPPOSED TO
GOING
THROUGH AND MAKING
GENERAL COMMENTS.
>> RIGHT.
THIS IS YOUR INDIVIDUAL TIME TO
COMMENT AND THEN PUT FORWARD A
NAME.
>> OKAY.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS
IN SYNC WITH WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WAS
SAYING.
THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE
EVERYONE BEING HERE AND THE
COMMENTS
FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTS
MADE, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM
THE
CANDIDATES THEMSELVES.
I DO RECOGNIZE THE THE
STRONG SUPPORT THAT WAS HERE.
I DO RECOGNIZE, TOO,
THAT THERE IS SUPPORT ACROSS THE
DISTRICT
5
COMMUNITY. EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT
HERE REPRESENTED EITHER IN
PERSON OR
REMOTE. AND THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
I DO BELIEVE OUT OF THE
22, WE HAVE A VERY STRONG SET OF
CANDIDATES.
I'VE GONE THROUGH THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, CLEARLY,
THERE'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE
COULD
SERVE ON THE COUNCIL, AND
THEN THERE IS A TOP TIER THAT I
LOOK AT
IN TERMS THE EDUCATION, THE
EXPERIENCE, AND THE BACKGROUND.
THAT WOULD BE VERY
GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THE CITY
COUNCIL.
AND AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NOTED, THIS IS OUR THIRD TIME --
FOR SOME OF US, THIS IS OUR
THIRD
TIME GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE
LIKE A GOOD QUORUM OF PEOPLE.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED ALL EIGHT
BUT A GOOD STRONG FOUR TO
SIX CANDIDATES TO HAVE A GOOD
ROBUST PUBLIC FORUM WHICH WILL
BE
COMING UP BETWEEN NOW AND FINAL
SELECTION. AND THEN ALSO THE
OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET THOSE FINALISTS IN
OUR OFFICES WHICH IS THE NORM.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING ALL
THOSE THAT DO GET NOMINATED
TODAY.
I'M REALLY THANKFUL,
AGAIN, LOOKING AT THIS LIST OF
PEOPLE LIKE DEBORA JUAREZ, AS
MR.
ANDERSON NOTED, OR MR. BOUREY
WHO IS HERE TODAY, AND
HIS STRONG BACKGROUND.
CLEARLY DR. KANG HAS A
STRONG BACKGROUND AND STRONG
SUPPORT.
THAT'S CLEAR.
I'M ALSO PARTIAL TO MR. ROBERT
WILSON, GIVEN HIS STRONG
BACKGROUND, AND THEN
OBVIOUSLY AS WELL, MS. JENKS
AMIDST ALL THE OTHERS.
-- THAT
ARE HERE. TESTING MY MIC STAND.
AND WITH THAT, AND JUST TO
TAKE THE SUSPENSE OUT OF
THIS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MY
NOMINATION WILL BE DEBORA
JUAREZ.
>> OKAY.
THE NEXT ON THE -- THANK
YOU VERY
MUCH. I WILL JUST READ THE ROLL
CALL ORDER SO THE AUDIENCE KNOWS
WHAT ORDER WE'RE GOING IN.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS
ALREADY ONCE THIS WEEK.
IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
NOW IT WILL BE RINCK, RIVERA,
SAKA, HOLLINGSWORTH AND ME.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. AS ONE OF THE
CITYWIDE
REPRESENTATIVES, I'VE
BEEN REFLECTING A LOT ABOUT MY
TIME IN DISTRICT 5 AND
THE ORGANIZATION SERVING
OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WORK OUT OF
DISTRICT
5. THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD
WITH
RESIDENTS AND THINKING ABOUT
MY TIME ON THE GROUND WALKING
ON STREETS WITHOUT
SIDEWALKS, CONNECTING DIRECTLY
WITH
RESIDENTS, AND WANTING TO REALLY
CENTER ALL THOSE VOICES AS
WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING THIS
REALLY CRITICAL APPOINTMENT
PROCESS.
AND DISTRICT 5 HAS BEEN
HISTORICALLY UNDERINVESTED IN
IN SO MANY WAYS.
I WOULD BE REMISS AS
CHAIR, SAYING HOW DISTRICT 5
CONTINUES TO BE DISPROPORTIONATE
LY HIT BY
OUTAGES, EVEN NAMING THE
OUTAGE FROM LAST NIGHT WHICH
IMPACTED
21,000 CITY LIGHT CUSTOMERS.
MANY OF WHOM IN DISTRICT 5.
AND REFLECTING TO THE BOMB
CYCLONE EVENT FROM EARLIER
THIS YEAR WHICH OUR CITY DID
NOT RECEIVE OUR FEMA REQUEST
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BE
ABLE TO FILL AND I WANT TO THANK
THE
CITY LIGHT CREWS WHO
WORKED REALLY HARD TO RESTORE
POWER.
AGAIN, NOTING THAT DISTRICT
5 WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY HIT
AND CONTINUES TO BE HIT BY
CITY LIGHT OUTAGES AND THAT IS
DUE
IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF
UNDERINVESTMENT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
NEEDS TO BE
REMEDIED. THAT PAIRED WITH THE
TREMENDOUS NEED FOR SIDEWALKS
WITHIN THE
DISTRICT.
AND I'VE WALKED THE STREETS
MYSELF. IT'S NOT SAFE.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE A
LONG WAY FROM REALLY
ACCOMPLISHING OUR VISION.
ZERO GOALS AND BEING ABLE TO
ACHIEVE STREET SAFETY.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THE TIME
I'VE
SPENT WITH THE REIMAGINED
COALITION. REALLY THINKING ABOUT
WHAT
THAT CORRIDOR MEANS FOR OUR
CITY.
WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF
EXPECTATIONS ON IT.
THERE'S AN APPETITE TO
REIMAGINE.
AND I'LL CLOSE WITH TWO FINAL
POINTS. WE KNOW ALL OF THESE
ISSUES, PAIRED WITH JUST THE
URGENCY
AND THE NEW CLIMATE WE'RE IN
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HAVE CHANGED THINGS FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS. IT WAS VOICED DURING
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY ABOUT HOW
DISTRICT 5 IS HOME TO MANY OF
OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS.
AND REALLY LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE WHO WILL CHAMPION THE
NEEDS OF
OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
THE REALITY IS OUR NEIGHBORS
ARE BEING DISAPPEARED FROM
OUR STREETS RIGHT NOW AND THERE
IS TREMENDOUS FEAR.
SO LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN
THIS POSITION WHO CAN REALLY
CHAMPION
THAT COMMUNITY, AND IS
NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK TRUTH TO
POWER
IN THAT WAY IS REALLY, REALLY
IMPORTANT.
AND SOMEONE WHO WILL BE A
STRONG COMMUNICATOR IN THIS ROLE
TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION IS
GETTING OUT TO IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES IN A TIMELY,
REGULAR
MANNER. SO FOR ALL OF THESE
REASONS, I WILL BE PUTTING
FORWARD NILU
JENKS' NAME FOR
CONSIDERATION FOR A FINALIST.
I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING
MORE ABOUT ALL THE FINALISTS AS
WE
GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I
WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO
APPLIED
FOR THIS, STEPPING UP INTO
A LEADERSHIP POSITION,
ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IS A GREAT
THING TO
DO.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO
HAS APPLIED FOR THIS ROLE.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE
CANDIDATES WHO HAVE STEPPED UP
TO REPRESENT
THE D-5.
I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO -- EXCUSE ME.
I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO STEPPED UP AND
FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL
THE FOLKS THAT CAME HERE TODAY
TO
EITHER SPEAK ABOUT THEY'RE
PUTTING THEIR OWN NAMES INTO
THE HAT OR FOR THE FOLKS WHO
CAME TO
SUPPORT SOMEONE WHO HAS
PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD.
AS THE CLOSEST PARTNER TO D-
4, THE D- 5 REPRESENTATIVE IS
REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME.
I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT
WILL REALLY LISTEN TO ALL
THE VOICES NTSB D- 5 AND WORK
WITH ALL OF US ON THE TOUGH WORK
THAT WE NEED TO DO ON THE
COUNCIL.
THESE ARE REALLY TOUGH JOBS AND
I REALLY WANT,
I VERY MUCH RESPECT ANDED AD,
WE'VE HAD
MANY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.
WE CAN PICK, WE CAN ONLY PICK
ONE.
MY
NOMINATION WILL GO TO JULIE
KANG. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
HOW MANY CANDIDATES ALREADY OFF
THE BOARD.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, HONORED TO
BE HERE TODAY.
VIRTUALLY LIVE AND DIRECT
FROM VANCOUVER CITY HALL.
I AM AS A COUNCILMEMBER, WE ARE
THE POLICY MAKER,
LAWMAKER, WE ARE ADVOCATES FOR
OUR COMMUNITY.
OFTENTIMES, ESPECIALLY AT
THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE ARE
LEADER
IN CHIEF OF THE VARIOUS
COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR
RESPECTED COMMUNITIES.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE THE CHEERLEADER IN LEAF OF
THE
TEAM.
IN VANCOUVER AT THE STATE LEVEL.
VANCOUVER IS
HOSTING THE TOURNAMENT SO
THAT'S WHY
MY DAUGHTER HAPPENS TO BE
PLAYING.
THAT'S WHY I'M COMING TO YOU
REMOTE.
I APPRECIATE THE COMEDY AND
THE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON
CITY'S
MEMBER IN VANCOUVER FOR
ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS.
SO MANY GREAT FOLKS
ALREADY ON THE BOARD.
GREAT FOLKS REMAIN ON THE BOARD
AS WELL.
A NEW COLLEAGUE FOR DISTRICT
5, SOMEONE WHO HAVE WILL
TRULY PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF
DISTRICT 5 RESIDENTS, FIRST AND
FOREMOST.
AS EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO,
THE RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE OF
DISTRICT 5, TOP OF MIND.
FRONT AND CENTER FOR ALL THEY
DO. THAT LEADS ME TO MY SECOND
POINT. SOMEONE BEST ABLE TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT IS OUR FOLKS
WHO HAVE
AN AWARENESS THAT WE HAVE A
UNIQUE PROBLEM HERE IN THE CITY
AND DISTRICT 5 IS THE WORST OFF
FROM A MISSING SIDEWALK
PERSPECTIVE.
SO 27%, AS CHAIR OF
THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE, I KNOW THAT OUR CITY
HAS A 27%
MISSING SIDEWALK GAP ACROSS THE
CITY.
AND AS A PUBLIC COMMENT
ER MENTIONED EARLIER, WELL, A
YEAR
AGO IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN OVER
500 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT.
THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS
COUNCIL INCLUDING NOW
FORMER COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, WE
PROVIDED
A GENERATIONAL
INVESTMENT THROUGH THE
GENEROSITY OF
VOTERS, PROVIDED A GENERATIONAL
INVESTMENT IN CONSTRUCTING NEW
SIDEWALKS. OF THE 27%, DISTRICT
5 HAS
ABOUT
32%. THE HIGHEST PROPORTION,
FOLLOWED
BY MY COUNCIL DISTRICT
IN DISTRICT 1, AND THEN
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON'S
DISTRICT.
THERE'S A CRITICAL NEED.
WE NEED TO DO MORE.
I'M LOOKING FOR A GOOD
CO- CHAMPION AND GOOD PARTNER
AND DOING ALL WE CAN DO AS A
CITY
TO BETTER INVEST IF
NEW SIDEWALKS AND SIDEWALKS
ALONG THE
WAY BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT
AS WELL.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
PRIORITIZING
IT AS A POLICY.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT SPEAKING TO
IT. IT IS ABOUT MAKING
DIFFICULT DECISIONS INCLUDING
APPROPRIATE
RATING RESOURCES
WHICH WE'VE STARTED TO DO AND
MADE GREAT STRIDES DOING THE
LAST
YEAR AND A HALF BUT MORE WORK
CONTINUES.
AS THE WORST OFF COUNCIL
DISTRICT, I'M LOOKING FOR
A PARTNER TO CONTINUE THAT WORK.
ALSO SOMEONE VERY
COLLABORATIVE WITH THE COUNCIL.
COLLABORATIVE WITH THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT.
SAME WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE, SAME WITH
THE MUNICIPAL COURT BRANCH, AND
FIRST AND
FOREMOST, SOMEONE AGAIN WHO WILL
PRIORITIZE THEIR
CONSTITUENTS, AND THAT IS GOING
TO DOMINATE
AND UNDERLIE EVERY SINGLE THING
THEY DO.
EXCELLENT CANDIDATES.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO HAS
TAKEN THE TIME TO APPLY AND
PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE LIKE THIS
AND OPEN TO PRAISE AND OPEN TO
SCRUTINY AS WELL.
IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT
YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT YOUR
COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY CLEAR TO
ME YOU
CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR CITY.
AND FOR THAT, I'M FOREVER
GRATEFUL. EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU.
WHETHER YOU MAKE IT TO THE
NEXT STAGE OR NOT.
YOU HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE
PLATE AND I THANK YOU AND I KNOW
THE CITY THANKS YOU AS WELL.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE, A
SHOUT OUT TO THE PEOPLE ON THE
SIDEWALKS, THE FOLKS
THAT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED
SIDEWALKS IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS
AND
THE APPLICATION MATERIALS.
KATIE, MARK MEND EZ, NIC
ROSSOUW, I REALLY APPRECIATED
READING THEIR MATERIALS.
A FEW OTHERS I LIKED, JULIE
KANG, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER,
BY THE WAY, JULIE KANG, DEBORA
JUAREZ, JUSTIN SIMMONS, ERIC
SOUTHER.
APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS
FROM NILU EARLIER ABOUT THE NEED
FOR VARIOUS VOICES.
JUST FOR CLARITY
THOUGH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY
SITTING, YOU
KNOW, PEOPLE FROM IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE BACKGROUNDS ON THIS
COUNCIL. I FOR ONE AM A PROUD
SON OF
A NIGERIAN IMMIGRANT.
AND IN NIGERIA, THERE IS THE
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ARE ROUGHLY
SPLIT, 40 TO 40% CHRISTIAN AND
MUSLIM, THE OTHER 20%
ROUGHLY BEING INDIGENOUS
BELIEFS.
BUT MY NOW LATE GRANDFATHER WAS
A MUSLIM.
AND HE HAD EARNED THE HONORIFIC
TITLE.
BASICALLY A MALE WHO HAS TAKEN
THE HOLY PILGRIMAGE, THE MECCA.
I'M PROUD OF MY IMMIGRANT
AND MUSLIM BACKGROUND.
I'M A CHRISTIAN,
NONPRACTICING THESE DAYS.
THAT PERSPECTIVE IS WELL
REPRESENTED NOW.
WE CAN ALWAYS, OBVIOUSLY, ADD
MORE.
IN ANY EVENT.
SO AGAIN, I APPLAUD EVERYONE
WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO APPLY.
THIS IS A TOUGH JOB WHICH
LEADS ME TO MY NEXT POINT.
EARLIER, BECAUSE THIS IS MY
THIRD TIME DOING THIS, THE THIRD
TIME FOR MOST OF US, IN EARLIER
ITERATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE LAST
ONE, I HAD VERY
STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS
NOTION OF A CARE
TAKER VERSUS SOMEONE WHO
WOULD LIKE TO, OR AT LEAST
CONSIDER RUNNING ON A MORE
PERMANENT BASIS FOR THE SEAT
PERMANENTLY.
THIS IS A TOUGH JOB.
THAT IS STILL THE CASE
NOW. BUT BECAUSE THIS PERSON
WOULD BE
ENROLLED FOR SIX, SEVEN
PLUS MONTHS BEFORE THEY HAD TO
MAKE
A DECISION TO RUN IF THAT'S
WHAT THEY SO CHOOSE, BEFORE I
HAD
STRONG FEELINGS.
ESPECIALLY THE LAST GO-AROUND.
I HAD VERY STRONG FEELINGS THAT
I PERSONALLY DID NOT WANT
SOMEONE WHO WAS GOING TO
SERVE IN THE ROLE AND THEN GO
AHEAD
AND RUN.
IT'S BEEN SETTING THE CITY
UP FOR SUCCESSFUL NOT SETTING
THE
CONSTITUENTS UP
FOR SUCCESS GIVEN THE SHORT
TURN-AROUND.
BECAUSE OF THE MUCH LONGER
DURATION, THE
PROTRACTED DURATION OF THIS
APPOINTMENT, THE FINAL ELECTION,
I'M
LESS, STILL MAYBE SLIGHTLY
PREFER
IT BUT LESS RIGID, LESS
STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THAT.
I'M LOOKING FOR THE
BEST CANDIDATE TO DO THE JOB.
AND I THINK SOME EXCELLENT NAMES
HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALLED OFF
THE BOARD.
BUT ONE THAT HASN'T YET BEEN
CALLED, AND I REALLY
LIKE BECAUSE THIS PERSON HAS
WORKED
AND SUCCEEDED AT VERY HIGH
LEVELS IN BIG TECH.
THIS PERSON IS A VETERAN OF
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, IN
PARTICULAR, THE NAVY.
THIS PERSON HAS SERVED IN TERMS
OF VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES,
IF THIS PERSON HAPPENS TO ENDS
UP
AS AN APPOINTEE ON THIS
COUNCIL, THIS PERSON WOULD BE
THE FOURTH
VETERAN.
THE THIRD ROBERT.
MAYBE THAT'S AN ABUNDANCE OF
ROBERTS.
I NOMINATE ROBERT WILSON TO MOVE
FORWARD.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CHAIR.
MADAM PRESIDENT.
AGAIN, I DO WANT TO EXPRESS MY
GRATITUDE FOR EVERYONE WHO
PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD.
AGAIN, THIS AIN'T EASY.
I KNOW.
>> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY
GRATITUDE, AND TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND, YOUR
PASSION, WHAT DRIVES YOU.
WHY YOU WANT THIS JOB IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD
AND PUTTING YOUR NECK OUT THERE.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY
OWN JOURNEY AND GETTING HERE,
WHAT I'M HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH
WITH MY
COLLEAGUES WHILE I'M HERE,
I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT WHO CAN
I
WORK WITH IN D- 5 THAT WILL HELP
US GET THERE.
SOMEONE WHO SHARES A PASSION FOR
THE COMMUNITY.
SOMEONE WHO IS LOOKING TO GET
SOME STUFF DONE.
AND SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY
KNOWS HOW TO NAVIGATE
AROUNDAROUND
SYSTEMS, RIGHT?
FOR THOSE REASONS, I'LL BE
NOMINATING KATY
HAIMA FOR
CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
DISTRICT 6 SHARES A BORDER
WITH DISTRICT
5. I SPENT A LOT OF MY LIFELIFE
DISTRICT 5.
IT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY
HEART.
EVEN AFTER THE REASON
GERRYMANDERING, A LOT TOOK PART
IN DISTRICT 6 AND I STILL
SERVE THOSE
RESIDENTS. WE AS DISTRICT
COUNCILMEMBERS SERVE ALL
SEATTLEITES.
EVEN JUST LAST NIGHT, THERE
WAS THE POWER OUTAGE THAT
AFFECTED SO MANY RESIDENTS IN
DISTRICT 5
AND IT IMPACTED DISTRICT 6 AS
WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVIE
KETTLE.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET
THE REAL-TIME INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH
THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
I WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE
THAT INFORMATION ONLY BECAUSE
YOU
HAD SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED IT
ALREADY. THIS IS HOW A COMMUNITY
ALL WORKS
TOGETHER. WHAT I SEE IN DISTRICT
5 IS
A COMMUNITY OF, THAT IS
ISOLATED IN MANY WAYS FROM I- 5
AND
99, HOLMAN ROAD, GREENWOOD,
NORTHGATE WAY.
145, A STATE ROUTE.
THAT AREA IS SO
DIFFERENT. MATTHEWS BEACH, IT IS
DIFFERENT
THAN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PARK IS
DIFFERENT.
CROWN HILL IS SO DIFFERENT
THAN LAKE CITY.
MAPLE LEAF, EVEN THOUGH SO
CLOSE, IS DIFFERENT THAN
GREENWOOD.
AND EVEN NORTHGATE IS
SO DIFFERENT THAN LICTON
SPRINGS.
AND THEY ARE CONNECTED BY ONLY A
QUARTER MILE.
BITTER LAKE IS DIFFERENT.
THE BANKS OF LAKE WASHINGTON ARE
DIFFERENT IN SUCH STARK
WAYS THAN AURORA AVENUE.
WE HAVE IN THESE NEXT FEW
MONTHS TO DO SOME IMPORTANT
PLACEMENT IN PINEHURST WITH THE
NEW LIGHTRAIL STATION THAT IS
NAMED
PINEHURST.
THAT AREA IS GOING THROUGH
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AND IS IS
A PLACE-MAKING OPPORTUNITY.
IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO
SPEAK TO SO MANY FOLKS OVER THE
LAST FEW WEEKS.
YESTERDAY I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO
11 PEOPLE.
I LEFT TWO VOICEMAILS.
SHANE, IF YOU WANT TO CHATCHAT
LATER, GIVE ME A CALL BACK.
SORRY WE DIDN'T GET TO CHAT.
I'M SORRY, LET'S CONNECT IN
THE
FUTURE.
WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS
THAT THERE IS SUCH ENERGY FROM
ACROSS ALL OF THESE ISOLATED
POCKETS OF
INTENSE COMMUNITY.
THE BRIDGE BUILDING ACROSS
THESE PHYSICAL MANMADE BARRIERS
OF ROADS AND OTHER BARRIERS
NEEDS
TO HAPPEN.
FOUR PEOPLE I TALKED
TO LIVE ALONG AURORA.
ONE PERSON LIVES THERE.
I'VE SEEN FOLKS WHO HAVE RUN
FOR
THIS OFFICE BEFORE, SPOKEN TO
FOLKS AND HEARD THAT
PUBLIC SAFETY IS IMPORTANT.
THEIR KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL IS
IMPORTANT.
SPEAKING TO NATHAN ABOUT
THE ISSUES OF OPERATING A SMALL
BUSINESS.
BRANDON HAS ALREADY HAD
TOWN HALLS FOR THIS.
THERE'S SUCH ENERGY.
THE DISTRICT IS BURSTING WITH
ENERGY.
ALAN BOND HAS THE ABILITY TO
BRING SOME REALLY
IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE SET ABOUT
THE
FACT THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR,
WE'LL HAVE 800,000 PEOPLE COME
THROUGH OUR CITY IN THREE TO SIX
MONTHS.
OUR CITY ONLY HAS 800,000
PEOPLE. WHAT WILL THAT DO TO ALL
THE
LIVE EVENTS THAT NEED TO OCCUR?
SPEAKING OF BRENT ABOUT AGE
FRIENDLY, THE ABILITY TO AGE IN
PLACE, THAT KNOWLEDGE SET
HAS CHANGED HOW I APPROACH MY
POLICY
MAKING. AND I CAN'T THANK YOU
ENOUGH
FOR ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS
YOU'VE ALREADY MADE TO OUR
CITY.
JED HAS ALREADY OPERATED
BUDGETS LARGER THAN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND ANSEL IS
BRINGING NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER
TO
BRIDGE DIVIDES ON IMPORTANT
TOPICS.
I NOTICED THERE WERE SOME
THAT DIDN'T APPLY.
COLLEEN COMES TO MIND.
PATIENCE, BECCA COMES TO MIND.
WE HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS, NILU
JENKS, YOU'VE RUN BEFORE AS
WELL.
WE HAD A GREAT, LONG
CONVERSATION AND DEBORA
JUAREZ WHO HAS ALREADY SAT IN
THE SEAT.
FOR THIS PROCESS, I WON'T
BE
PUTTING FORWARD ANOTHER NAME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE ONLY
PERSON THAT WENT TO HIGH
SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 5.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
I LIKE -- I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK I'M PRETTY SURE.
SO I WANT TO GIVE A
HEARTFELT THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THIS DISTRICT 5
VACANCY. YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO STEP FORWARD AND
SHARE YOUR IDEAS AND PUT
YOURSELF OUT THERE IS
SUPER DEEPLY APPRECIATED.
AND I KNOW THAT IT TAKES COURAGE
AND COMMITMENT TO DO THIS.
AND ALSO, YOUR
CONTRIBUTIONS, WHETHER YOU'RE
SPEAKING,
SHOWING UP, DEMONSTRATING HOW
MUCH YOU
CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
IT IS HARD TO PUT YOURSELF OUT
THERE. AND WE ALWAYS SAY, DON'T
READ THE COMMENTS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
BUT DISTRICT 5 IN SEATTLE
HOLDS LIKE A REALLY RIGHT PLACE
IN
OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS
A DISTRICT OF WORKING CLASS
FAMILIES. IT IS A DISTRICT OF
OUR
IMMIGRANT POPULATION.
IT'S VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS,
HARD-WORKING FAMILIES, SCHOOLS,
PARKS, IT HAS A DEEP
RESILIENCE OF HISTORY AND
PROGRESS.
I TALK ABOUT THE TWO
DISTRICTS THAT SIT ON THE EDGE
OF OUR
BOUNDARIES, DISTRICT
2 AND DISTRICT 5, WHICH HAPPEN
TO
BE THE MOST UNDERSERVED --
EXCUSE
ME.
UNDERRESOURCED NEIGHBORS,
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CONTINUE TO FILL THOSE
RESOURCES FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES
BUT
ALSO, NOT PUSH THOSE COMMUNITIES
OUT
AS WELL WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IN
DISTRICT 3 AND OTHER PLACES
WHERE IT IS
BECOMING MORE UNAFFORDABLE
IN
OUR CITY. THERE ARE OTHER PLACES
IN SEATTLE THAT HAVE BECOME HOME
TO
FOLKS. AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO
RESOURCE THEM, WE DON'T WANT
THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE MADE
THOSE PLACES SPECIAL TO BE
PUSHED OUT
AT ALL.
AND I THINK THE
DISTRICT REPRESENTS THE CITY OF
SEATTLE VALUES.
THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ME
FOR THIS PROCESS, SOMEONE
WHO UNDERSTANDS THE BUDGET
PROCESS THAT WE WILL TAKE UP
IMMEDIATELY IN THE LAST PART OF
THE YEAR,
SOMEONE WHO WILL JUMP RIGHT
INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHERE WE'RE BUILDING ABOUT THE
FUTURE AND
THE GROWTH. WE HAVE A LOT OF
END.
YEAR LEGISLATION THAT COME OUR
WAY VERY FAST-PACED.
SOME OF THE ISSUES ON
AURORA THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM
FOLKS.
WHETHER IT IS STABILIZING
AND CLEANING CERTAIN STUFF UP
AND THEN ALSO THINKING ABOUT
THE FUTURE LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK SAID OF REIMAGINING WHAT
AURORA COULD BE.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
FROM CANDIDATES IS OUR FUTURE.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR
ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.
BUT ALSO, THE HOPE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN OUR CITY
AND PEOPLE WANT A
LITTLE HOPE. THE WAY TO DO THAT
IS
CENTERING OUR YOUTH AND OUR KIDS
AND OUR
FAMILIES.
BECAUSE WHEN OUR BABIES ARE
SAFE, OUR FAMILIES ARE SAFE
AND OUR CITIES ARE SAFE.
SO SOMEONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT
OUR YOUTH, WE HAVE TO START
THINKING ABOUT BEING A
YOUNGER CITY FOR OUR KIDS.
THAT WILL BE THE FUTURE OF
OUR CITY AND WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT
EMPIRES, CITIES, THAT ALL WERE
SUCCESSFUL, IT WAS BECAUSE OF
THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR CITY,
PARTICULARLY THE KIDS AND THE
YOUTH. SO THAT'S WHAT IS
IMPORTANT TO
ME.
I WILL SAY THAT I HAD A LIST OF
FOLKS AND THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN
NOMINATED. SO I'LL BE BE
PUTTING FORTH A
NOMINATION
TODAY. I BELIEVE THE GROUP
OF CANDIDATES THAT WE HAVE IS, I
FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE. SO
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY.
I'M THE LAST ONE HERE.
SO DESPITE REPORTING
THAT MAY HAVE INDICATED
OTHERWISE THAT
CAME OUT PRIOR TOTO ALL
APPLICATIONS BEING
MADE AVAILABLE TO US, THIS IS
GOING TO BE AN OPEN AND
TRANSPARENT PROCESS WHERE WE ARE
KEEPING THE
NEEDS OF THE CONSTITUENTS
OF DISTRICT 5 FRONT AND CENTER
OF
OUR DECISION- MAKING PROCESS.
PERSONALLY I HAVE ENDEAVORED
TO MEET WITH EVERYBODY WHO
HAS CONTACTED MY OFFICE WHO
HAS ASKED FOR A
MEETING AND WAS INTERESTED IN
APPLYING.
I MET WITH SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS FROM LAKE CITY WHO HAVE
TALKED
ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND OF COURSE,
I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF, I'VE
HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
THE NEEDS IN GENERAL.
BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
DPARTD, I DID GET HER READ
ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AS WELL.
SO I WAS IMPRESSED BY
THE BREADTH AND THE QUALITY OF
ALL
THE APPLICANTS. I WANT TO THANK
ALL OF
THEM FOR PUTTING THEMSELVES OUT
THERE TO
BE CONSIDERED.
I WANT TO THANK THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO REACHED
OUT AND
COME TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF
THE CANDIDATES THEY FEEL
STRONGLY
ABOUT.
WE OWE IT TO THE D-
5 CONSTITUENTS TO CONSIDER
THEIR NEEDS AND INTERESTS AND
HOW
THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE
REPRESENTED.
ONE THING I WAS LOOKING FOR
DURING THIS PROCESS IS SOMEONE
WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN RUNNING AGAIN IN 16 MONTHS.
AND I HAVE SAID THIS WITH
EVERY VACANCY THAT WE'VE FILLED
THE PREVIOUS TWO.
AND HERE'S WHY.
I BELIEVE TELL DECISIONS
SOMEONE MAKES WHILE FILLING A
VACANCY HAVE LONG- MATERIAL
CONSEQUENCES.
IT IS MY BELIEF THE BEST
THING IS TO APPOINT SOMEONE THE
VOTERS
WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AT THE BALLOT
BOX.
BUT THAT IS NOT A NECESSITY IN
MY BOOK BUT IT IS A
PREFERENCE THAT I'VE BROUGHT TO
EACH ONE
OF THESE PROCESSES AND I'M
TRYING TO COMMUNITY THE THINGS I
THINK ABOUT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT
THESE APPLICATIONS.
WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID,
IN RECOGNIZING THAT MANY
EXCELLENT CANDIDATES HAVE
ALREADY
BEEN NOMINATED AS
FINALISTS, I WOULD LIKE TO
NOMINATE JIM BOUREY.
HE IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY
WELL QUALIFIED CANDIDATE WITH
NATIONWIDE CITY AND
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EXPERIENCE.
HE'S SEEN HOW
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN WORK WELL
IN DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS.
HE'S DEALT WITH MANY OF
THE SIMILAR CHALLENGES WE FACE
HERE IN SEATTLE TODAY.
AND HE WILL BE AT THE VERY
LEAST, A VALUABLE PROSPECTIVE
THROUGH THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OF
THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.
SO WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE
END, I ANTICIPATE THAT HAVING
HIS VOICE AMONGST US IS A
VALUABLEVALUABLE FOR US TO TAKE
IN
MIND, JUDGIST GIVEN THE BREADTH
OF HIS
EXPERIENCE.
SO THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION.
AND IF WE'VE REACHED THE END
OF OUR COMMENTS, I'M NOT SEEING
ANYBODY RAISING THEIR HANDS.
EACH COUNCILMEMBER
WAS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO
NOMINATE A
CITY COUNCIL POSITION DISTRICT
5 FINALIST.
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
FINAL
LIST.
>> NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
DEBORA JUAREZ.
NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
NILU JENKS.
JULIE KING.
NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAIQA.
ROBERT D. WILSON.
NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON, KATY HAIMA, AND JAMES
M.
BOUREY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PURSUANT TO THE CODE,
FINALISTS ARE REQUIRED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE FORUM AND THE
JULY 22nd
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE
CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5
POSITION.
THE PUBLIC FORUM IS
SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, JULY 21st
FROM
5:30 TO 7:30 P.M. AT THE
NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE
AUDITORIUM.
THE VACANCY WEBSITE HAS
BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE
LOCATION
DETAILS. ALL RIGHT.
A RECAP OF THE NEXT STEPS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5
VACANCY
PROCESS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
FINAL IS ARE
REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE AS I
ALREADY SAID IN
THE FORUM AND TO BE ELIGIBLE
FOR APPOINTMENT, AND THEN WE
WILL
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS THE LAST
COUPLE TIMES TO ASK
QUESTIONS OF THE CANDIDATES
OURSELVES AT A SPECIAL MEETING
TO
ELICIT FURTHER INFORMATION THAT
DIDN'T
COME OUT IN EITHER ONE-ON-
ONE CONVERSATIONS OR THE FORUM.
THEN ON JULY 28th, AT 9:30
A.M., THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD
ANOTHER MEETING TO APPOINT
ANOTHER FINALIST TO FILL THE
DISTRICT 5
POSITION.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL?
ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, WE'VE REACHED
THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY
SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WILL
BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JULY 22nd,
AT
2:00 P.M.
HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS, IT IS 10:53 AND WE ARE
ADJOURNED.