2026-09-22 - Public Safety Committee

[MUSIC] [MUSIC] -- AND GOOD MORNING. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. IT'S 9:35 A.M. SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2026. I'M ROBERT KETTLE, CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. WILL THE

CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. -- GOOD MORNING. HERE. -- CHAIR KETTLE -- HERE. -- CHAIR. THERE ARE FIVE

MEMBERS PRESENT. ZERO EXCUSED. -- YES, WE HAVE FOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA EXCUSED UNTIL SHE'S HERE. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IN A WAY. PINCH-HITTING

COMING IN FOR HIS LEGISLATION, BUT ALSO FOR THIS IMPORTANT FIRST TOPIC. NORMALLY I GIVE CHAIR COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY. WHAT I DO WANT TO DO INSTEAD IS CALL FOR A

MOMENT OF SILENCE THANK YOU. IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO SO, TO CENTER OURSELVES TO REMEMBER THOSE LOST AND TO FOCUS ON THE TRAGEDY, HOW THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED, AND HOW TO AVOID SUCH A TRAGEDY HAPPENING

AGAIN. I WANTED TO ADD MY AND ACTUALLY OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES AND THE LOVED ONES LOST, INCLUDING CARLOS ISRAEL SANCHEZ, VILLALBA JUNIOR C NICO SAMO AND ASHLEY WHITEHEAD. AND AS A FATHER OF A

11 YEAR OLD, I REALLY WANT TO ESPECIALLY DO SO TO THE THREE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO LOST THEIR DADDY. NOW TO THE APPROVAL AGENDA. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING AND SEEING NO

OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID COMMENT PERIOD. COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEMS TWO THROUGH SEVEN. THE VEHICLE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, INCLUDING COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO,

ONE, 281, WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE CONCLUSION OF ITEM ONE. WE'LL BE DOING THAT PRIMARILY. I DO RECOGNIZE THERE'S AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO WON'T BE ABLE TO STAY FOR THAT, GIVEN PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THAT

PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE RV LEGISLATION. SO YOU CAN DO THAT DURING THE THE REGULAR ONE. BUT I DO ASK GENERALLY FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO RVS TO DO SO AT THAT POINT OF THE AGENDA, WHICH IS JUST

AFTER THE BITE OF SEATTLE REVIEW THAT WE'RE DOING. AT THIS TIME, PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE. AND I WILL SAY, DUE TO THE TIMELINE,

PARTICULARLY WITH THE RV LEGISLATION, THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PRESENTATION AND THEN OUR 2:00 WITH THE BUDGET AND SO FORTH, THAT TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE HELD TO ONE HOUR. CLERK HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO

WE HAVE TODAY? -- CURRENTLY, WE HAVE NINE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND THREE REMOTE SPEAKERS FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. -- OKAY. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO

MINUTES. WE'LL START WITH THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS? -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

IS UP TO 60 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END

THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE

LIST IS AMY TIPTON. -- AM I ABLE TO SHARE THESE? -- YES. -- CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC -- IS THIS WORKING? -- YES. -- OKAY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS AMY TIPTON. I LIVE IN BELLTOWN. IN THE TWO

WEEKS AFTER LABOR DAY, 324 OF MY NEIGHBORS COMPLETED A SURVEY ABOUT CONDITIONS IN BELLTOWN. PUBLIC DRUG ACTIVITY WAS NAMED AS AN OBSTACLE BY 78% OF THE RESIDENTS. PERSONAL SAFETY, THEFT OR PROPERTY

DAMAGE BY 70%. 225 RESIDENTS NAMED A SPECIFIC BLOCK, UNPROMPTED, WITH NO LIST TO CHOOSE FROM. THOSE ANSWERS CONCENTRATE ON BELL AND BLANCHARD BETWEEN FIRST AND THIRD. THIS IS NOT NEW. THE CITY'S MCHP

SURVEY RANKED BELLTOWN THE SECOND OF 43 MICRO MICRO COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION IN 2025. WE'RE ASKING FOR A MORE ROBUST POLICE BUDGET FOR MONITORING, SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN FIRST AND THIRD ON

BELL AND BLANCHARD. WE WANT DRUG DEALERS OFF OUR STREETS. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS ANGELA FALL -- GOOD MORNING, SAFETY COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR COMMENTS.

MY NAME IS ANGELA FALL, AND I CO-OWN AND OPERATE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN BELLTOWN THAT HAS A DIVERSE GROUP OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND WORKING PROFESSIONALS. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, OUR BUILDING HAS

BEEN BROKEN INTO NINE TIMES, RESULTING IN OVER $150,000 IN THEFT AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. TWICE, WE HAD TO TAKE OUR OWN INITIATIVE IN HARMS WAY TO PERSONALLY TRACK DOWN OUR PERSONAL BELONGINGS THAT WERE

STOLEN. EVERY SINGLE BREAK IN IS A DIRECT RESULT OF OPEN AIR ACTIVITY AND ADDICTION RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR DOORS, SMALL BUSINESSES CANNOT KEEP ABSORBING THESE LOSSES. WE NEED IMMEDIATE ACTION FROM YOU TO

SUPPORT A ROBUST POLICE PRESENCE AND DIRECT, TARGETED ENFORCEMENT TO CLEAR AND MONITOR THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN FIRST AND THIRD FROM BELL TO BLANCHARD AND ARREST THE DRUG DEALERS THAT ARE CREATING THIS

CHAOS. -- THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE AS WELL THAT OUR VICE CHAIR IS HERE IN PERSON AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA HAS JOINED US ONLINE. -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS CRAIG THOMPSON. -- GOOD

MORNING. TO START OFF, I ATTENDED A MEETING IN MOUNT BAKER THIS PAST WEEKEND AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS GETTING TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT IS BEYOND WHAT THE COUNCIL IS DOING, BEYOND WHAT THE MAYOR'S

OFFICE IS DOING AS WELL. THERE ARE MANY GROUPS COMING TOGETHER, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE ACTING IN UNISON OVER THE ISSUES OF PUBLIC SAFETY. AFTER THE BITE OF SEATTLE INCIDENT, THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THE

ADMINISTRATION WILL HIRE A PROGRAM MANAGER TO COORDINATE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES AND RESPONSE. I WORKED WITH THE NICHOLS AND MCGINN ADMINISTRATION IN INTERAGENCY TASK FORCES, CLOSELY WITH SENIOR PUBLIC

SAFETY AND LEGAL ADVISORS, WITH DEPUTY MAYORS. SO I KNOW WHAT WORKS AND HOW TO ACHIEVE A PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES COMMUNITY CONCERNS. I HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A POLITICAL APPOINTEE RUNS A LESS

SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, SHALL WE SAY. WE ARE STILL SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THAT FAILURE FROM 14 YEARS AGO. NOT ONLY IN WHAT IS CALLED THE JUNGLE, BUT IN MANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHOEVER IS HIRED BY THE

ADMINISTRATION, THAT PERSON MUST BE A PROFESSIONAL HIRE, NOT A POLITICAL HIRE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE OTHER THING. I WORKED IN ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. I HAVE

WORKED DIRECTLY FOR THREE LIEUTENANT COLONELS. I UNDERSTAND HOW PROGRAM MANAGEMENT WORKS. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE GREATER SEATTLE AREA WHO CAN DO THIS JOB, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE. NOT

ACCORDING TO TO ONE PERSON'S INTERPRETATION OF WHAT SEATTLE VALUES. IT HAS TO BE DONE IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS TOM GRAF. -- GOOD MORNING. I'M

TOM GRAF. I CHAIR BELLTOWN UNITED. I LIVE AND WORK IN BELLTOWN. I'VE BEEN IN BELLTOWN SINCE 1988. SO I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GO FROM PARKING LOTS TO THE DENSEST CENSUS TRACK IN THE

STATE, OR ONE OF THE DENSEST, AND CERTAINLY ONE OF THE DENSEST WEST OF CHICAGO. WE DESERVE BETTER FROM THIS CITY. THE SHOOTINGS AND DEATHS AT THE HEIGHT OF SEATTLE AND OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND ARE

UNACCEPTABLE FOR THIS CITY. I IMPLORE YOU, WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET FOR 2027, THAT YOU INCREASE POLICE FUNDING SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO HIRE MORE POLICE. THE RESPONSE TIME FOR OUR CITY

IS UNACCEPTABLE AND PROPERTY CRIMES ARE IGNORED. SO YOU MUST TAKE ACTION ON THE BUDGET FOR 2027 AND NOT HOLD THE POLICE TO THE CURRENT LEVEL. YOU MUST CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR POLICE FORCE. THAT IS

EMINENT OR IS THE MOST CRITICAL THING TO STOP WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. AND CERTAINLY THE SECTION OF FIRST TO THIRD BELL AND BLANCHARD NEEDS A POLICE PRESENCE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE NOW. THANK YOU.

-- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS KEITH KENT. AND IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME, PLEASE CORRECT ME. -- YEAH. MY NAME IS KEITH KENT ROB, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BELLTOWN

COMMUNITY COUNCIL. THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. AS LONG AS THE NUMBER. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBERS. -- CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC JUST FOR. SO IT CAN BE CAPTURED ON TV? YES. -- OKAY. AS FAR

AS THE NUMBERS ARE CONCERNED, 78% OF THE PEOPLE SURVEYED SAID PUBLIC DRUG ACTIVITY. THIS IS IN AMY'S SURVEY, 78% OF PEOPLE SAID PUBLIC DRUG ACTIVITY IS IS THEIR MAIN CONCERN. THE NUMBERS ARE RIDING

AROUND THERE. BUT MY MY VIBE, YOU KNOW, BELLTOWN, YOU'VE BEEN WITH US, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND. WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS BRINGING EVERYONE HERE, EVERYBODY ON THESE CAMERAS HERE. BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND

FAMILY TO BELLTOWN THIRD AND BLANCHARD SATURDAY NIGHT ABOUT 9:00. SEE WHAT YOU THINK. SEE WHAT YOU FEEL. AS FAR AS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PEOPLE GETTING OFF OF CRUISE SHIPS ON BELL STREET, WALKING

THROUGH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SUITCASES, WITH ALL THE DRUGS AND THUGGERY. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S BAD PR FOR OUR CITY. IT'S YOU TALK TO THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THEY WOULDN'T THEY

WOULDN'T LIKE THAT EITHER. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD SAY FUND THE POLICE, GET MORE PATROLS, GET BIKE COPS, GET THE PUBLIC INVOLVED, GET THE MEDIA INVOLVED. IT'S IT'S JUST LIKE TOM SAYS,

JUST LIKE EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. BRING YOUR FANS. BRING YOUR FAMILY DOWN. BRING YOUR CHILDREN DOWN. 9:00 SATURDAY NIGHT. SEE WHAT YOU THINK. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER

IS STEVE RUSCELLO. I PROBABLY DID NOT PRONOUNCE THAT. SO PLEASE PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY. SO PLEASE CORRECT ME. -- GOOD MORNING STEVE. -- YOUR NEXT. BIG BIG BIG DECISION IS GOING TO BE ON POLICE

CHIEF. NOW I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT. BUT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOU AS WELL. WE'RE PAST THE DAYS OF THE COUNCIL GOING DEEP INTO DEPARTMENTS. I THINK GREG NICKELS

TOOK CARE OF THAT. BUT THIS WILL DETERMINE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE CITY. AND I'M NOT USED TO WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. WHAT THEY'RE DESCRIBING IN BELLTOWN IS ALL OVER. AND I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU TO GO

DOWN TO BELLTOWN. SOMETIMES DURING THE DAY AS WELL. AND IF YOU WANT IT REALLY FUN, GO DOWN THERE OR AROUND MIDNIGHT, MAYBE 1:00 IN THE MORNING. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE IT, YOU WON'T GET THE PEOPLE

COMING OFF THE BOATS, BUT YOU WILL SEE SITUATIONS WHICH I DON'T THINK SHOULD BE TOLERATED. AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED MORE FEET ON THE STREET. WE NEED A NUMBER OF POLICE. I MEAN, WE'RE BELOW MISSISSIPPI,

AND I REMEMBER THAT WE HAD A PRESIDENT THAT USED HIS SLOGAN WAS THANK GOD FOR MISSISSIPPI WHEN HE WAS GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS. WELL, WE'RE DOING WORSE THAN MISSISSIPPI. AND THAT'S A HARD TASK TO DO. IF

WE CAN DO A LOT BETTER MAKING THIS A LITTLE MORE CIVIL SOCIETY THAN MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, WE CAN IMPROVE THE SITUATION. I SAW YESTERDAY SOME FOLKS MOVED THEIR OFFICE FROM DOWNTOWN, AND THERE WAS A GOOD

REASON -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER WILL BE ANGELA CASTANEDA. CAN I PRONOUNCE. -- YOUR NAME? HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS ANGELA CASTANEDA. I'M THE DIRECTOR

OF BEACON BUSINESS ALLIANCE. WE ARE CALLED WE ARE ALLIED WITH OTHER COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS SERVING THE SMALL BUSINESS NODES, BEACON HILL AND ALONG RAINIER AVE CORRIDOR. WE LIVE AND WORK IN THE

AREAS WE SERVE BASED ON THESE RELATIONSHIPS, I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR OUR TEAM AND THE SMALL BUSINESSES WE SERVE THAT WE SUPPORT THE PROCESS TO CREATE AN EFFECTIVE SAFETY PLAN. MANY OF OUR BUSINESS

OWNERS CONTINUE TO TAKE IT. CLEANING HUMAN WASTE FROM ENTRYWAYS IN THE MORNING, LATE NIGHT HOURS, TRACKING AND REPORTING, MULTIPLE BREAK INS AND VANDALISM. DEALING WITH THE STRESS OF MANAGING

SOMETIMES VIOLENT FOLKS ENTERING THEIR BUSINESSES WHILE CUSTOMERS ARE EATING I ASK FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THE WAYS OUR TEAM AND PARTNERS WHO ARE ON THE GROUND CAN SUPPORT THE PROCESS OF SAFETY PLANNING.

BEYOND GRABBING TWO MINUTES HERE TODAY. -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER WILL BE AGNES TONIGHT. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I PRONOUNCE THAT INCORRECTLY. -- THAT WAS RIGHT. HI, I'M AGNES

GOVERN AND I'M WITH P FORCE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. I WANT TO THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ENGAGED WITH US, ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH US. AND I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON AGENDA ITEM D ONE AS A GROUP OF

ADVOCATING AND WORKING ON EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM IN THE CITY. WE URGE THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLIC TO ADVANCE MEANINGFUL PUBLIC SAFETY.

YES, THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW WHETHER SPD PROTOCOLS FOR A MASS SHOOTER ATTACK WERE FOLLOWED. HOWEVER, THE MEDIA IS FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATION ISSUES, AIDED BY VARIOUS COUNCILMEMBERS STATEMENTS AND

POSITIONS HAS PLACED DISPROPORTIONATE ATTENTION ON CERTAIN ELEMENTS AND IGNORED OTHERS. THAT MUST INFORM FUTURE ACTIONS. THE OIG, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH REVIEWING THE INCIDENT

AND THE MAYOR HAS MOVED TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION CITYWIDE. WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE RECENT DECISION TO MOVE THE IMPORTANT WORK BY COMMUNITY GUN VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION ORGANIZATIONS INTO CARE. WE'RE

ENCOURAGED THAT SPD LEADERSHIP IS BEGINNING TO BUILD A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH CARE, AND WE HOPE THAT CARE IS GIVEN THE RESOURCES AND AUTHORITY NEEDED TO SUCCESSFULLY DELIVER ON ITS MISSION.

WHAT WE SAW AFTER THE EVENT WAS EMPHASIS ON BLAME REGARDING COMMUNICATION, A FOCUS ON WHO TO BLAME FOR LACK OF TIMELY NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, WHAT WAS LOST TO US WAS ELECTED OFFICIALS COMING TOGETHER TO

COLLABORATE ON THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS THE LARGER ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE AND MEANINGFUL PUBLIC SAFETY. WE KNOW THAT NEXT YEAR'S CHALLENGE BUDGET HAS BIG CHALLENGES, GIVEN THE HUGE BUDGET DEFICIT. THIS

CREATES AN IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SOLVE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT AFFECT HOW PEOPLE LIVE IN OUR SOCIETY, IN OUR CITY, INSTEAD OF

PERFORMATIVE STATEMENTS AND ACTIONS. LET'S LET'S GET SOME MEANINGFUL WORK DONE. THANK YOU. -- OUR LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS HOWARD GAIL. -- ONE YEAR AGO, I STOOD HERE AND PLEADED

WITH THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE THE ACTIONS AS SUGGESTED BY THE 36th DISTRICT DEMOCRATS UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION ACTIONS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SAVE PEOPLE FROM REAL THREATS FACED FROM FEDERAL IMMIGRATION

OFFICIALS, NOT FROM IMAGINED THREATS AND IMAGINED SOLUTIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL AND MAYOR HAVE ACTUALLY ENACTED. THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 542 ICE KIDNAPINGS JUST IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE DURING THE FIRST

16 MONTHS OF TRUMP'S CURRENT TERM, MORE THAN TWICE WHAT WAS PREVIOUS, ALMOST ALL INVOLVING SUDDEN AND VIOLENT TRAFFIC STOPS WITH WINDOWS SMASHED, TIRES SLASHED, GUNS DRAWN. SOMEBODY WILL INEVITABLY BE

KILLED IN SEATTLE. THESE ARE 100% KNOWN AND PREVENTABLE GUN DEATHS. UW RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT THESE RECENT ICE KIDNAPINGS RESULT FROM ICE QUARRYING, ACTUAL WASHINGTON STATE DATABASE LICENSE

DATABASE, DESPITE LAWS HAVING BEEN PASSED, UW PROFESSOR ANGELINA GODOY, WHO DID THIS RESEARCH, SAID, FOR SO MUCH OF OUR STATE TO BE GOING ON AS BUSINESS AS USUAL AND NOT WAKING TO THIS TERROR ON OUR

STREETS IS REALLY DISTURBING. SOME OF THE MOST RECENT TERROR JUST IN SEATTLE IN THE LAST TEN WEEKS, JULY 7th, MAPLE LEAF, WHAT TWO PEOPLE ABDUCTED. JULY 23rd WEST SEATTLE BUILDING CONTRACTOR ABDUCTED.

JULY 27th SEATTLE CENTER MAN ABDUCTED. JULY 28th, ALKI BEACH TERRORIZED, TERRORIZING PEOPLE AT A FRUIT STAND. AUGUST 5th IN WEDGWOOD. THREE PEOPLE ABDUCTED. AUGUST 8th CID AND IN QUEEN ANNE, TWO

PEOPLE ABDUCTED. SEPTEMBER 17th AGAIN IN DELRIDGE PERSON ABDUCTED SEPTEMBER 19th. THREE PEOPLE ABDUCTED IN GENESEE. SEPTEMBER 20th ONE PERSON IN SOUTH PARK AT THE PATRIOTS PARADE. ONE PERSON IN WHITE

CENTER. AND THEN JUST YESTERDAY IN DELRIDGE. AGAIN, THESE ARE CONSISTENT AND I JUST WANT TO READ WHAT WHAT A RESIDENT OF WEDGWOOD SAID RECENTLY. IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT SEEMS INSANE IN

OUR COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME. THE POINT WITH ALL OF THESE IS THAT THE POLICE WERE NOT THERE. CITY OFFICIALS WERE NOT THERE. NOBODY IN THE CITY WAS THERE TO DO ANYTHING. SHAME ON YOU. -- THANK YOU. -- WE

WILL NOW MOVE TO REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS MICHELLE WHITEHEAD, GEL. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. -- HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS MICHELLE WHITEHEAD. I AM FROM ISSAQUAH IN KING

COUNTY. I AM ASHLEY WHITEHEAD'S COUSIN WHO WAS KILLED AT THE BITE OF SEATTLE ON JULY 26th, 2026. I AM PUBLICLY SPEAKING ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF CONCERNS AND ACTION ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE THE CITY OF

SEATTLE TO ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS. THERE IS STILL A KILLER ON THE STREET. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANONYMOUS TIP LINES HIGHLY PROMOTED PUBLICLY PROMOTED ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, ON ALL WEBSITES FOR

ANYONE IN THESE COMMUNITIES WHO WITNESS THINGS CAN COME FORWARD WITHOUT RETALIATION. ANOTHER CONCERN LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY. COMMUNICATION TO THE FAMILIES OF THE BITE OF SEATTLE

SEATTLE. WE WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU CAN'T FIND THE SHOOTER. WE WANT TO KNOW WHY THE CITY PROSECUTOR, WHAT HE IS DOING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE SHOOTER, TO GET HIM TO TALK, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON WHERE

THE SHOOTER IS STILL AT LARGE. THE MISSING SHOOTER. WE WANT TO KNOW WHY THERE'S NOT A PORTAL SET UP FOR FAMILY COMMUNICATION CONCERN, GANG TASK FORCE. WHY ISN'T THERE A GANG TASK FORCE? WHY ISN'T

THERE A DEDICATED TASK FORCE OF SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT PEOPLE WHO ARE. WHO COULD POSSIBLY REPORT DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY STATISTICS ON GANG VIOLENCE ACTIVITY AND SPECIFIC LOCATIONS OF GANG ACTIVITY?

WHERE IS THE DATA? WHO IS COMPILING THE DATA? WHERE CAN THE PUBLIC FIND THE DATA? HOW IS IT THAT I CAN FIND A TON OF INFORMATION ON REDDIT ABOUT GANGS AND GANG VIOLENCE, AND QUITE LITERALLY FOUND

SEVERAL GANG MEMBER ACCOUNTS AND PHOTOS ABOUT THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT FIND THE LAST SHOOTER. OUR LAST CONCERN IS REWARD. WHY IS THERE NOT A REWARD? THERE SHOULD BE REWARD SET UP FOR ALL

THE VICTIMS OF THE BITE OF SEATTLE, INCLUDING THE SURVIVORS. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY OF SEATTLE TURN THE CAMERAS BACK ON AND ENACT COMMON SENSE SAFETY MEASURES IN AND AROUND MAJOR CITY EVENTS, SUCH

AS THE SEATTLE CENTER. WE WOULD LIKE TO ENACT THE GANG VIOLENCE TASK FORCE MORE -- THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN MESSINA JOHN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. -- HI. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JOHN MESSINA. I

LIVED IN BELLTOWN IN FROM 1992 TO 2001, AND I MOVED BACK HERE IN 2021. I I'M AN AVID WALKER AND I, I KNOW NOT ONLY I KNOW A LOT OF HISTORY OF BELLTOWN HAVING LIVED A LOT OF IT, BUT I'VE SEEN THE WHOLE

NEIGHBORHOOD DAY AFTER DAY THROUGH THE 90s AND THEN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WALKING AROUND. YOU KNOW, IN THE 90s, I COULD WALK ANYWHERE IN BELLTOWN AND FEEL SAFE. EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T THINK TWICE

ABOUT WHERE I WENT. AND NOW I FIND I AVOID CERTAIN AREAS. WE'VE DISCUSSED THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN FIRST AND THIRD ON BELL AND BLANCHARD I JUST DON'T FEEL SAFE THERE. EVEN DURING THE DAY AND EVEN IN OTHER

PARTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ESPECIALLY THERE, YOU SEE THINGS YOU JUST DIDN'T SEE IN THE 90s, SHE PUBLIC DRUG USE. WHEN YOU DID SEE IN THE 90s, THERE WAS SOMEONE IN AN ALLEY OR IN BETWEEN A COUPLE

OF BUILDINGS. NOW YOU WALK AROUND, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOMEONE WITH A PIPE SMOKING WHO KNOWS WHAT. WE SEE. OPEN AIR DRUG MARKETS DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE 90s. I SEE THEFT OUT IN THE

OPEN ALL THE TIME. PEOPLE STEALING BIKES, TRYING TO BREAK INTO CARS. WHEN YOU SEE THREE PEOPLE SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK GOING THROUGH EIGHT BACKPACKS, TEARING OUT THE CONTENTS AND THROWING THEM ONTO

THE SIDEWALK, WELL, THOSE PEOPLE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SHERLOCK HOLMES TO KNOW THOSE PEOPLE DON'T OWN THOSE BACKPACKS. GETTING KIND OF TIRED OF SEEING CRIMES COMMITTED JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.

AND PEOPLE JUST FEEL, I GUESS, ENTITLED TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, WHENEVER THEY WANT. AND AYE. -- THANK YOU. OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER, FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS SHANNON BERNIER. I'M CHECKING. I

AM NOT SEEING SHANNON WITH THAT. -- OKAY. OKAY. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS EXPIRED. WE WILL NOW PROCEED. BY THE WAY, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN USUAL. THE PUBLIC COMMENT

PERIOD HAS EXPIRED. LATER WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THE RV LEGISLATION. WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO EITHER SUBMIT WRITTEN

PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SIGN UP CARDS AVAILABLE ON THE PODIUM, OR EMAIL THE COUNCIL AT [email protected] AND, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BELLTOWN RESIDENT SURVEY SUMMARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. I APPRECIATE

THIS, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO WHO CAME FROM THE BELLTOWN COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I ALSO THANK, OF COURSE, MR. THOMPSON, REPRESENTING NORTH BEACON HILL. OF COURSE, FREMONT'S COVERED AND.

AND THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I ALSO THANK ESPECIALLY ASHLEY WHITEHEAD'S COUSIN MICHELLE FOR COMING AND HIGHLIGHTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN GET TO

TODAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON. CLERK. CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM AGENDA ONE INTO THE RECORD. -- BITE OF SEATTLE REVIEW OF INCIDENT AND RESPONSE. -- OKAY. AFTER WE HAD OUR QUICK LOOK IN AUGUST,

CHIEF ACTING CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS, IF YOU CAN COME TO THE TABLE. WE HAD A QUICK LOOK IN AUGUST AND I ASKED FOR AFTER ACTION REPORTS AND FOR SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME ON THIS, WHICH

IS OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING AHEAD OF BUDGET. BUT I ALSO. AND FOR THE RECORD, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE RECEIVED A AFTER ACTION REPORT FROM THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I'VE HANDED OUT TO MY

COLLEAGUES, AND ALSO ONE FROM SEATTLE CENTER. SEATTLE CENTER HAS DONE AN AFTER ACTION REPORT WITH A CONSULTANT, WHICH I WAS SURPRISED. VERY WELL DONE. I'D LIKE TO COMMEND ACTUALLY COMMEND BOTH FIRE

AND SEATTLE CENTER, SEATTLE CENTER HAS TEN FINDINGS, TEN RECOMMENDATIONS. AND AT A RECENT MEETING, MR. ENGSTROM, THE ACTING. SEATTLE CENTER DIRECTOR, NOTED THAT THE IMPORTANT THING WAS IMPLEMENTATION,

WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO COME OUT OF THAT COMMITTEE MEETING BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WHAT WE HAVE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THESE TWO. AND BY THE

WAY, THIS COULD BE THE BASIS OF LOOKING AT MAJOR VENUES, MAJOR EVENTS IN 27. ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I STARTED BUILDING OUT OUR. 26 PLAN FOR THE COMMITTEE AND DOING THE SAME THING FOR 27 MAJOR

VENUES, MAJOR EVENTS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP WILL BE PART OF WHAT WE DO. IN ADDITION TO GUN VIOLENCE, INTERVENTION AND INTERRUPTION FOR THE 27 PLAN FOR THE COMMITTEE. OKAY. SO WITH THAT. WILL

THE TABLE PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD? -- INTERIM CHIEF ANDRE SAYLES, ASSISTANT CHIEF TYRONE DAVIS, HEAD OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS BUREAU. -- MAYOR WILSON'S DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY,

ALISON HOLCOMB. -- OKAY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR THE BRIEFING. WE'LL GO THROUGH THE BRIEFING STRAIGHT LIKE LAST TIME. I WILL SPEAK FIRST AS CHAIR AND THEN PASS TO MY VICE CHAIR, AND THEN ON FROM

THERE. ALL RIGHT CHIEF. -- THANK YOU. -- ONCE AGAIN FOR HAVING US HERE. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT LOST LOVED ONES AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT

WERE INJURED ON THAT DAY, AND THE GOERS OF THE BITE OF SEATTLE. OUR CONDOLENCES FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE PUTTING A POWERPOINT UP OR NOT. -- AND PULL THAT MIC, PULL

THE MICROPHONE CLOSE TO YOU. -- YEAH, YOU CAN PULL IT ALL THE WAY UP. -- EXPAND THIS. -- IS ALWAYS A DANGER. HAVING TWO CHIEFS RUNNING THE POWERPOINT. -- YEAH. -- I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THIS. THIS

WASN'T A PART OF THE PREPARATION HERE. -- IF YOU GIVE ME A MOMENT I CAN SHARE. -- SOME -- IF YOU GIVE ME A SECOND, I CAN DO IT. -- HERE. MAYBE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE THIS FULL SCREEN. SORRY. --

OKAY, WE'LL. -- WE'LL GO WITH WHAT WE GOT. -- OKAY. MAYBE. -- I GOT IT. -- YOU GOT IT. -- OKAY. CLARK HAS IT, SO WE'RE GOOD. -- THANK YOU. SORRY. JUST BE A AFTER ACTION REPORT FROM THE BITE OF SEATTLE

2026 MASS SHOOTING INCIDENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT INITIALLY THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT. BUT LOOKING AT THE PROTOCOLS AND BEING INVOLVED IN ACTIVE

SHOOTER MYSELF IN MY PREVIOUS PROFESSION, I'VE IDENTIFIED THIS AS A MASS SHOOTING INCIDENT INSTEAD OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. VERY QUICKLY, WE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO ACTIVE SHOOTING GOING ON. ONCE

OUR OFFICERS RESPONDED WITHIN 20 TO 30s AND STOPPED THE INCIDENT FROM OCCURRING. SECOND SLIDE. WE HAD A FAST RESPONSE. LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, OUR OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO RUN TOWARDS THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE

AND RESPONDED WITHIN 20 TO 30s AND TOOK ONE INDIVIDUAL INTO CUSTODY. AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A SLOW AFTERMATH. IT TOOK US FIVE HOURS. THERE WAS A FIVE HOUR GAP TO GET THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION THAT I

FEEL OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY AND GO OVER WHAT LED TO THAT. THE INCIDENT FINISHED UP AT ABOUT 2 A.M.. THE BODY SEATTLE INCIDENT. FIRST POINT

HERE AYE THE EVENT. IT WAS HAPPENING BETWEEN FRIDAY AND SUNDAY. IT WAS PRODUCED BY FOODLAND. THE FESTIVAL HOURS EVERY DAY WAS 11 A.M. TO 8 P.M. DAILY. THE FOOTPRINT, THE LARGEST FOOTPRINT IN HISTORY

OF THE EVENT. ACTIVATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY CENTER CAMPUS ATTENDANCE. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTEND EACH DAY. WE DIDN'T GET A COMPLETE HEADCOUNT, BUT THERE WAS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

THAT ATTENDED THIS EVENT ON A DAILY BASIS. FOODLAND CONTRACTED BY THE WORKSHOP CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA STAFF FOR NON-POLICE SAFETY AND SECURITY. OUR KNOWN RISK, WENDELL, OUR IAP SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT

FLAGGED LATE AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING HOURS AS HISTORICALLY THE HIGHEST RISK WINDOW FOR LARGE SCALE DISTURBANCES. I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO CHIEF DAVIS. -- ALL RIGHT. REAL QUICK, I'LL TOUCH ON THE

STAFFING PLAN THAT WE HAD SET UP FOR JULY 26th FOR THE FOR THE BITE OF SEATTLE. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS SLIDE HERE IS A TOTAL OF OUR SUMMARY OF OUR STAFFING. LIEUTENANT FARWELL WAS OUR INCIDENT

COMMANDER. SERGEANT BAILEY WAS SERVING AS OUR OPERATIONS SECTION CHIEF, AND THEY. THEY MANAGED A TOTAL OF SIX SERGEANTS AND 29 OFFICERS DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. WE HAD EIGHT BIKE OFFICERS AND A

SERGEANT ASSIGNED TO. ALSO BE ABLE TO COVER DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE GROUNDS AND ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. SO YOU CAN SEE BY THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WE STRATEGICALLY POSITION PEOPLE IN PROPER PLACE

PLACES IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THINGS AS THEY OCCUR. AND I THINK WE HAD VERY GOOD COVERAGE THAT DAY. NEXT SLIDE. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF SOMETHING THAT WE USUALLY HAVE AS PART OF OUR

PLANNING PROCESS TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T DO IT ALONE. WE RELY ON THE SUPPORT OF THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE AT A MEDICAL TENT AND THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO THE

FACILITY. WE ALSO HAVE IN OUR INCIDENT ACTION PLANS, INFORMATION FOR ASSIGNED PEOPLE FOR MEDICS, AMBULANCE SERVICES. WE USUALLY GIVE A HEADS UP TO HOSPITALS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE.

WE HAVE A LARGE SCALE EVENT, AND THE MAIN THING WE HAVE IS A DEDICATED DISPATCHER TO MONITOR A RESERVE FREQUENCY TO HANDLE AND MANAGE THAT EVENT. AND WE HAD THAT THAT AGAIN, THAT CHANNEL IS MONITORED

BY DISPATCHER AND RECORDED. NEXT SLIDE WHAT WE'LL GO THROUGH IS A REALLY SHORT TIMELINE, A BRIEF TIMELINE. I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE QUESTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE POSED. WE COULD PROBABLY GET INTO

SOME MORE DETAIL, BUT STARTING AT 6:00, THAT WAS WHEN WE HAD REPORTS. OFFICERS ON VIEWED OR HEARD SHOTS THAT WERE BEING FIRED. WE HAD OFFICERS POSITION WITHIN 100FT OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE

SHOOTING. THE TWO SUSPECTS, AND WE HAD IT UNDER CONTROL AND HAD WE HAD IN TERMS OF THE SHOOTING BEING STOPPED WITHIN 20 TO 30s. SO WE HAD OFFICERS POSITIONED THERE TO ADDRESS THE THREAT AND LIMITED

THE AMOUNT, LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF CASUALTIES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, OFFICERS STARTED TO MOVE IN, KIND OF GO INTO A PHASE WHERE WE START TO TRY TO PROTECT AND SAVE LIVES. SO WE START WORKING WITH DOING

MEDICAL OR YEAH, DOING MEDICAL TREATMENT TO THE INJURED PEOPLE, BRINGING IN FIRE DEPARTMENT EVENTUALLY TO KIND OF CONTINUE IN THAT EFFORT AND GET PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE WE

CLOSED THE CAMPUS. SO THAT'S THE WHOLE ENTIRE SEATTLE GROUNDS AND STARTED EVACUATE PEOPLE SO WE CAN KIND OF GET BETTER CONTROL OF THE SURROUNDINGS THERE AND KIND OF TRANSITION TO OUR INVESTIGATION.

THERE WAS A, A REPORT, WE HAD SOME REPORTS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A SUSPECT THAT ENTERED THE IMAX THEATER. AND SO WE DID SEND SOME OFFICERS TO THAT THEATER TO START CLEARING THAT OUT. AND WE AND

EVENTUALLY CONDUCTED A SEARCH, WHICH WE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS CONDUCTING, AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCATE ANY SUSPECTS WITHIN THAT THAT VENUE AT 7:00, CAPTAIN WARD, HE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. HE DEBRIEFED

LIEUTENANT FARWELL AND ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE INCIDENT. I ARRIVED ABOUT 715, WHERE I WAS ALSO GIVING A DETAILED DEBRIEF FROM CAPTAIN WARD. MY. MY INTERPRETATION OF EVERYTHING WAS. THINGS WERE BEING

HANDLED ACCORDINGLY. WE HAD KIND OF TRANSITIONED FROM A DYNAMIC SCENE WHERE WE WERE DEALING WITH THE SHOOTING AND THEN TRYING TO HELP WITH FIRST AID AND GETTING PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITALS, AND THEN WE

WERE KIND OF IN OUR INVESTIGATIVE MODE, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE OCCURRING AT THE IMAX THEATER AND, AND JUST ONE THING TO NOTE WILL PROBABLY CIRCLE BACK TO THIS. AFTER MY ARRIVAL

AT 715, I SAVED BY 730, I WAS READY TO BRIEF THE PRESS AND I WAS DELAYED AND WILL PROBABLY CIRCLE BACK TO THAT AT SOME POINT. AS A PART OF THIS HEARING. NEXT SLIDE. OH, WE'RE THERE. 830. WE LEARNED

AROUND 8:00 THAT CHIEF BARNES WANTED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BRIEFINGS, SO WE WANTED AN INTERNAL BRIEFING AT 830, FOLLOWED BY A 9:00 BRIEFING TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND THEN

DURING THAT TIME FRAME AS WELL, THERE WAS A 945 PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WAS SCHEDULED AS A PART OF THAT PLAN. THERE WERE SEVERAL DELAYS THAT OCCURRED WITH REGARD TO THE BRIEFING, BUT EVENTUALLY, JUST

SHY OF 11:00, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO CONDUCT A PRESS CONFERENCE AND SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC. AT THAT POINT, THINGS AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THINGS WIND DOWN. WE WERE ABLE TO SLOWLY WORK

TOWARDS COMPLETING THE INVESTIGATION. THE SCENE WAS TO MOBILIZE AT 122 AND THE CAMPUS WAS RELEASED TO SEATTLE CENTER STAFF AT 2 P.M.. CHIEF. -- NEXT SLIDE PLEASE WITH THE LAST TWO PREVIOUS SLIDES, I

WILL IDENTIFY THAT. MAKE SURE THAT THOSE. THOSE ARE APPROXIMATE TIMES DON'T WANT TO BE TIED INTO THAT. THOSE ARE APPROXIMATE TIMES THAT WE HAD ON OUR TIME STAMPS, CASUALTIES AND INJURIES. WE HAD

THREE. DOAS TWO THAT WERE ON SCENE AT THE THE GROUNDS. AND THEN ONE EVENTUALLY SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES AT HARBORVIEW FOUR INJURED, THREE AT HARBORVIEW, AND WE HAVE ONE WALK IN AT UW MONTLAKE FOR A

TOTAL OF SEVEN GUNSHOT WOUND VICTIMS THAT WE LOCATED ON SCENE. AND ONE PERSON THAT WALKED IN OVER AT MONTLAKE. NEXT SLIDE. OUR INCIDENT COMMAND HAD A CLEAN ESCALATION. ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO POINT OUT

THE GREAT WORK THAT THIS GROUP DID DURING THIS TIME. LIEUTENANT FARWELL, CAPTAIN WARD AND ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS, WHO WAS ACTING AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE AT THAT TIME, WERE ABLE TO GET ON SCENE

RELATIVELY QUICKLY. THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF LEADING OUR OFFICERS AND THE JOB THAT THEY DID. OUR OFFICERS DID A FANTASTIC JOB AS WELL. DURING THAT TIME. ALSO, WE HAD A TACTICAL COMMAND HANDOFF. IT WAS

CLEAN FROM LIEUTENANT FARWELL TO CAPTAIN WARD, WHO WAS IN AN ACTING CAPACITY, WHILE ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS RAN A SEPARATE PARALLEL TRACK WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT HE WAS DESIGNATED TO DO. THE

OFFICIALS THAT WERE ON SCENE AT THE TIME, AT VARIOUS POINTS THROUGHOUT THAT NIGHT WAS CAPTAIN GEORGE DAVISON, WHO WAS ACTING PATROL CHIEF MAYOR KATIE WILSON, DEPUTY MAYOR BRIAN SURRATT, COUNCILMEMBER,

DISTRICT SEVEN BOB KETTLE GOVERNOR OF THE WASHINGTON BOB FERGUSON AND US CONGRESSWOMAN PRAMILA JAYAPAL THAT SHOWED UP ON THE SCENE AT THAT TIME. THAT WAS OUR DIGNITARIES AND OFFICIALS THAT SHOWED UP

ON THE SCENE. NEXT SLIDE. -- SO WHAT WENT WELL? OFFICERS, THEY RAN TO THE GUNFIRE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND WITHIN 20 TO 30s, THE GUNFIRE WAS STOPPED. WE HAD ONE PERSON IN CUSTODY AND WE WERE ABLE

TO KIND OF MOVE TOWARDS TREATING PEOPLE FOR THEIR MEDICAL ISSUES. SO AGAIN, THAT WAS A VERY SEAMLESS TRANSITION. WE INCIDENT COMMAND PROTOCOLS WERE ESTABLISHED IMMEDIATELY AND STRUCTURED CONSISTENT

WITH OUR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PLAN. THERE WERE, INVESTIGATORS THAT WERE EVACUATED WITHOUT ANY SECONDARY INJURIES. WE WERE WORKING OUT TRYING TO SEARCH THE IMAX AND ENSURING THAT THERE WAS NO SUSPECTS

HIDING WITHIN THAT THEATER, AND THAT WAS DONE SO METHODICALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T MISS ANYBODY THAT COULD BE OUTSTANDING. AND THEN WE HEARD CHIEF TALK ABOUT THE HANDOFFS FROM

LIEUTENANT FARWELL TO WARD BACK TO FARWELL TO CLOSE OUT COMMAND OF THE EVENT. NEXT SLIDE. -- WHAT I IDENTIFIED AS SOME STRUCTURAL GAPS BEHIND THE SCENE. MUTUAL AID. WE HAD SEVERAL MUTUAL AID AGENCIES

FROM THE REGION THAT SHOWED UP TO THE SCENE UNANNOUNCED. WE'RE WORKING ON PROTOCOLS. WE HAVE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE NOW TO WHERE, WHEN THIS HAPPENS, PEOPLE NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED. GO TO OUR INCIDENT

COMMANDER SO WE CAN KNOW WHO'S ON SCENE, WHO'S HERE, WHO'S BEEN SPOKEN WITH AND WHO'S TAKEN OVER SOME OF THE SCENE SECURITY AND SAFETY THAT WE NEED TO DO ON THAT ON THAT TIME, I.E. THE FBI SHOWED UP

AND NO ONE HAD A CONTACT WITH THEM. SO WE HAVE THINGS IN PLACE. SO THEREFORE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN THIS HAPPENS AGAIN, INCIDENT COMMANDERS, I SPOKE ABOUT LIEUTENANT FARWELL, CAPTAIN WARD AND

ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS. BEEN ON SCENE. WHEN YOU THINK OF A MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT, I BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE SEVERELY, ADVERSELY IMPACTED DUE TO PERSONNEL THAT WERE NOT ON SCENE TRYING TO GIVE ORDERS AT

THAT TIME. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, IT'S TIME TO TAKE A SEAT BACK AND LET THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON SCENE RUN THE SCENE. I CAN'T SEE SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT THERE DOING. SO I BELIEVE

THAT THEY WERE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY TAKING DIRECTION FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOT ON SCENE, PEOPLE THAT WERE GETTING INFORMATION VIA TEXT AND PHONE CALLS. WE NEEDED TO LEAN INTO THEIR EXPERTISE AND

BEING ON SCENE, AND I THINK THAT WAS A STRUCTURAL GAP BEHIND THE SCENE THAT I IDENTIFIED DURING THIS PROCESS NEXT SLIDE. COMMUNICATION AND DATA GAPS. INTERNAL BRIEFING PROCEEDED PUBLIC SAFETY

INFORMATION FIRST PUBLIC BRIEFING WAS 11 P.M.. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT INCIDENCES OF THIS NATURE, YOU HAVE TWO THINGS. YOU HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY STATEMENT THAT WE SHOULD BE GIVING OUT.

AND AS ASSISTANT CHIEF, DAVIS SAID, HE WAS PREPPED AND READY TO GO IN BETWEEN 730 AND 745, SO THAT PUBLIC SAFETY STATEMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OUT. AND YOU ALSO HAVE A MEDIA BRIEFING. I BELIEVE THAT

THOSE TWO THE MEDIA BRIEFING IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR DIGNITARIES. WE HAVE OUR CHIEFS OF POLICE GIVING INFORMATION TO THE MEDIA AND TAKING QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE THAT THOSE TWO WERE MERGED TOGETHER. AND THE

DEFINITION OF THE BOTH WERE NOT APPROPRIATELY TALKED ABOUT. SO I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE THE COMMUNICATION GAP OCCURRED, BECAUSE WE WERE THINKING A MEDIA BRIEFING INSTEAD OF A PUBLIC SAFETY STATEMENT TO

THE PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD OWN THAT. WE SHOULD BE THE ONES GIVING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY STATEMENT. WE NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. AT THAT TIME. WE WILL NOT BE GIVING OR TAKING

QUESTIONS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THOSE TWO WERE MARRIED TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION GAPS HAPPENED. WHEN OUR SENIOR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARRIVED ON SCENE, WE HAD SWORN STAFF

COMPLETING TIMELY PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATION, BUT THE INFORMATION WASN'T GIVEN OUT. THAT WAS ON SCENE DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT WE NEED TO GIVE TO OUR INCIDENT COMMANDERS, AND THEN BRINGING IN OUR

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS SO THEY CAN HAVE THAT LIAISON POINT BETWEEN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS SHARING THAT INFORMATION. WE DID IDENTIFY A MINOR DATA INCONSISTENCY. IT WAS INITIALLY MENTIONED THAT

THERE WAS POTENTIAL OF AN EIGHTH VICTIM ON SCENE. THAT INFORMATION WAS LATER. I'VE JUST BASICALLY SAY DEBUNKED. AND THAT INFORMATION WAS CLEARED OUT. IT WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT WE HAD 25 OFFICERS

VERSUS 29. THIS DIFFERS SLIGHTLY AGAINST SOME OF OUR INTERNAL ACCOUNTS, AND I WILL POINT OUT THAT THIS TYPICALLY HAPPENS IN A MASS SITUATION LIKE THIS. SOME OF THE NUMBERS GETS MIXED UP BECAUSE YOU

HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE GIVING THAT INFORMATION, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EASILY CORRECTED. ONCE WE ALL SIT DOWN AND DO A DEBRIEF, AS WE DID IN THIS INCIDENT. NEXT, SUGGESTED PERSONNEL AND

EQUIPMENT UPGRADES. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I IDENTIFIED IS SEPARATE THE ACTING CHIEF OR THE CHIEF TACTICAL ROLE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE LIAISON DUTIES. THAT'S SEVERELY ADVERSELY AFFECTED CHIEF

DAVIS TRYING TO WORK BOTH OF THESE EVENTS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT WAYS TO WHEN WE HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, WE HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER THAT'S GOING TO

BE TAKING OVER THAT LIAISON PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT, INSTEAD OF THE PERSON THAT'S LEADING OUR TROOPS AND LEADING OUR PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS. THAT WAS NUMBER TWO. NUMBER THREE, EXPAND THE BIKE

PERIMETER SQUAD BEYOND EIGHT OFFICERS FOR THIS FOOTPRINT. EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN ON THE GROUNDS THERE KNOWS IT'S A VERY LARGE FOOTPRINT. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT WAYS TO EXPAND THAT OUT. THEN ALSO PRE

AUTHORIZED DRONE PROTOCOL FOR MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS AND ACTIVE SUSPECT SCENARIOS. HAVING A PRE AUTHORIZATION FOR A DRONE. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE FOR SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT WORKING WITH OUR

PARTNERS IN REGARDS TO SAYING IF AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS, ARE YOU ABLE TO ASSIST US IN THIS MATTER? THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OPERATING AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE OKAY. AND IT GIVES

US A THUMBS UP TO SAY YES, IF YOU NEED US, WE WILL BE THERE AND ARRIVE. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST MOVING FORWARD AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT. NEXT SLIDE. BUDGET

CONSTRAINTS AND BEHIND THE GAPS. SEVERAL FINDINGS TRACED BACK TO RESOURCE TRADE OFFS. NOT PLANNING OVERSIGHT, FIELD STAFFING, SEVEN SUPERVISORS AND ROUGHLY 25 TO 29 OFFICERS COVERING AN EVENT WHERE

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED SATURDAY, STAFFING WAS REDUCED SPECIFICALLY TO COVER THE CITYWIDE TORCHLIGHT PARADE, SHOWING A FINITE OVERTIME POOL SPREAD ACROSS SIMULTANEOUSLY MAJOR EVENTS ALWAYS WANT

TO POINT OUT EVERY STAFFING AND EQUIPMENT RECOMMENDATION IN THIS REPORT CARRIES A REOCCURRING COST. EACH SHOULD GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH AN EXPLICIT BUDGET ESTIMATE ATTACHED

TO IT. SPECIAL EVENTS IS A BIG STRAIN ON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE RESPOND TO AND WORK HUNDREDS OF SPECIAL EVENTS YEARLY, AND THAT IS A BIG STRAIN ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S ALREADY STRAINED WITH

PERSONNEL. HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE CAN START TAKING CARE OF THAT. BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF THESE EVENTS THAT WE ATTEND TO ON A ON A YEARLY BASIS HAS A BIG STRAIN ON OUR POLICE

DEPARTMENT. NEXT SLIDE. -- SO AGAIN, LESSONS LEARNED. I'LL TOUCH ON THEM BRIEFLY. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THESE THIS INFORMATION WAS GATHERED WITH THE HELP OF A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF

DIFFERENT FORUMS, REPORTS. SO, YOU KNOW, I MAY PROVIDE A PERSPECTIVE THAT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S BEEN SHARED. AND SO WE'LL KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT. BUT THE POSITIONING OF OFFICERS

THAT WERE CLOSE TO THE CROWD WAS CERTAINLY WHY WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH THE SHOOTER IN 20 TO 30s. SO. SO THAT'S GOOD. WE WANT TO KEEP EXPANDING OUR INPUT PRINT. IT'S GREAT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE

BICYCLE OFFICERS ON. IT JUST HELPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFER EVENT MOVING FORWARD. AND WE ALSO LEARNED THAT STRONGER TACTICAL TACTICAL RESPONSE, LIKE WE SAW IN THE 26, DOESN'T NECESSARILY

EQUATE TO HAVING A FAST RESPONSE. AGAIN, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS FULLY AN ISSUE IN THE SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA AROUND 730 TO 745 BEFORE THE DELAYS BEGAN. BUT THAT

IS SOMETHING THAT WE OBVIOUSLY ARE WORKING OUT AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS. THE IP, WE RELY ON INTEL TO STAFF EVENTS, AND SO IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STAFFING PLAN WHERE WE HAD OFFICERS

POSITION AND THE TIME OF DAY KIND OF CAME TO FRUITION AND WAS AID IN HELPING US END THE EVENT SUCCESSFULLY. IN TERMS OF THE RESPONSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE DIDN'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN, BUT THE RESPONSE WAS

QUICK AND THAT WAS A LARGE PART TO DUE TO THE PLANNING. WE NEED COORDINATION BETWEEN SENIOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE CLEAR COMMS BETWEEN LEADERSHIP THERE AT THE SCENE SO WE CAN

SEPARATE AND MANAGE THOSE EVENTS ACCORDINGLY. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE WORK ON SEEING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD. WHEN WE HAVE OUR RESPONSE TO A LARGE EVENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW,

WHAT ROLE OUR ELECTEDS PLAY IN COMMUNICATING PUBLIC SAFETY TO OUR COMMUNITY AND POST INCIDENT REPORTING NEEDS. ONE CASUALTY COUNT RECONCILIATION UBER EATS TALK AGAIN ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF REPORTS I KNOW

ONE OF THE THINGS I DID TALK WITH FIRE PERSONNEL ABOUT AFTER THIS EVENT IS KIND OF REALLY MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHIFT SOME OF THE CASUALTY REPORTING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY USUALLY

HAVE THE BEST INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF DOCUMENTING TREATING PATIENTS AS THEY'RE BEING TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. NEXT SLIDE. SO WE WE NEED TO DESIGNATE A ON SCENE PIO

WITH INDEPENDENT ALERT AUTHORITY. SO PART OF THIS COMP PLAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON AND FINALIZING. YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD TO

PREVENT ANY DELAYED REPORTING IN THE FUTURE. THE PRE AUTHORIZED DRONE SUPPORT, WE HEARD CHIEF SAYLES MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEING MORE INTENTIONAL WITH OUR PROTOCOLS AND RESPONSE TO MASS

CASUALTY SITUATIONS WHERE THE DRONE WOULD BE UTILIZED BY OUR MUTUAL AID PARTNERS. AND AGAIN, SEPARATING THE THE CHIEF'S COMMAND ROLE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE LIAISON DUTIES, I THINK, WILL BE VERY

IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY -- NEXT SLIDE. SO IN CONCLUSION HERE, THE INSTINCTS IN OUR PLAN WERE RIGHT. WE SPOKE ABOUT THERE COULD BE SOME

INCIDENCES OF PHYSICAL FIGHTS, BUT WE DIDN'T PUT IN THERE THINKING ABOUT A POSSIBLE SHOOTING. SO THE INSTINCTS WERE RIGHT THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ISSUE IN REGARDS TO GROUPS SLASH GANGS,

HAVING SOME CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER. OFFICERS WERE POSITIONED CLOSE TO THE CROWD. THEY STOPPED THE THREAT IN SECONDS. NOW WE JUST GOT TO GET THE REST OF THE RESOURCES CORRECT, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE

OUR COMMUNICATION. THE GAPS IDENTIFIED WITH OUR AERIAL SUPPORT POLICY, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION TIMING SIT DOWN STREAM TO THAT OF THAT RESPONSE, ADDRESSING THE PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT AND BUDGET ITEMS IN

THIS REPORT WILL HELP THE REST OF THE ORGANIZATION MOVE WITH THE SAME SPEED AND DISCIPLINE. OUR OFFICERS ON THE GROUND ALREADY SHOWED ON JULY 26th. I ALWAYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAINING THAT WE PUT

FORTH AND INSTILL IN OUR OFFICERS SHOWED UP THAT DAY. IT SHOWS UP EVERY DAY, BUT NOW WE NEED TO FINE TUNE THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE SHOWN ON THAT DAY. THE COMMUNICATION WE'RE WORKING ON THAT I'VE

BEEN WORKING WITH MAYOR WILSON ON BRIEFING PRIOR TO EVENTS, GIVING THEM A BRIEF OF WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THIS IS OUR PLAN. THESE ARE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE COMING TOGETHER

AS A COMMAND STAFF, EVERYONE UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON, EVEN TO THE POINT TO WHERE I IMPLEMENTED LAST WEEK, A PROTOCOL FOR EVERY EXECUTIVE AND SENIOR COMMAND MEMBER. THERE WILL BE NO MORE THAN

THREE OF US OFF AT A TIME. WE HAVE A SHARED CALENDAR THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN 50% OF THE SENIOR COMMAND STAFF WORKING IN THE AREA, AND NO MORE THAN THREE OF US CAN BE OFF AT THE AT A TIME THAT IS

THAT WENT INTO EFFECT LAST WEEK AFTER WE FINE TUNE SOME THINGS. SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. -- THANK YOU CHIEF. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION ALSO. THANK YOU, ASSISTANT CHIEF, FOR BEING HERE AS

WELL. DAVIS. AND AND FOR DIRECTOR HOLCOMB TO BE HERE AS WELL. MY FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND LEADERSHIP OPERATIONS, BUT I WANT TO HIT THREE QUESTIONS FOR ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS.

FIRST, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY STATEMENT VERSUS MEDIA BRIEFING. DID YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE AS PART OF THIS ENGAGEMENT AND THEN SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO PRESS AHEAD WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY STATEMENT? --

I DID NOT NOT IN THE TERMS THAT YOU MENTIONED I THINK IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND KIND OF SET SOME CONTEXT TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'LL START WITH OUR PROCESS FOR HOW WE

NOTIFY THE MEDIA. THAT'S WORKED. IT WORKED ON JANUARY 30th WHEN I RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND DID THE PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE TWO YOUNG MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND RAINIER BEACH, THIS IS SOMETHING

WE'VE USED FOR A LONG TIME. WE GENERALLY THE THE SCENE IS UNDER CONTROL. DETECTIVES ARRIVE ON THE SCENE. WE COORDINATE WITH THE DETECTIVE FOLLOW UP UNITS AND AND KIND OF CONFER LIKE WE'VE CONFIRMED

WITH THEM, LIKE WHAT INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO SHARE PUBLICLY. SO WE DON'T JEOPARDIZE THE INVESTIGATION. AFTER THAT REVIEW, WE DECIDE WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK TO THE PRESS. IF IT'S A LARGE SCALE INCIDENT

LIKE THIS INCIDENT WHERE WE HAD EIGHT CASUALTIES OR SEVEN CASUALTIES, RATHER INCLUDING THREE THAT PASS, THEY SHOULD HEAR FROM THE CHIEF OR SOMEBODY IN UNIFORM. I WAS THERE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION

AT THE TIME. WE WERE READY TO GO. AND GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS I'LL DO WHAT I KIND OF USE OR TERMED AS A PRESSER. AND GO AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. LET THEM KNOW THAT

THERE'S NOTHING SAFE. I WILL TELL YOU THIS RIGHT NOW, WHAT I SHARED IN THAT 20 MINUTE PRESS CONFERENCE AT 11:00 WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME EXACT INFORMATION I WOULD HAVE PROVIDED AT 730. NOTHING

CHANGED. THAT'S HOW STABLE THE SITUATION WAS. THAT'S HOW WELL RUN OUR OFFICERS WERE. THAT'S HOW WELL PREPARED DETECTIVE PRITCHARD AND OUR MEDIA FOLKS WERE. SO WE WOULD THEN AFTER THAT PRESS

CONFERENCE, WE WOULD SEND OUT A WRITTEN STATEMENT THROUGH X, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE REFERENCES OR LINKS TO THE SEATTLE POLICE BLOTTER, LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL UPDATES

PROVIDED ON THE BLOTTER. SO THAT'S BEEN THAT'S BEEN OUR PROCESS. WHAT WHAT HAPPENED? YOU KNOW, THAT DAY WAS TOUGH. I, WE WERE READY TO GO. I WAS READY TO WALK DOWN THERE AND HANDLE IT. I DID TALK TO

THE DEPUTY MAYOR JUST KIND OF LET THEM KNOW AS A COURTESY, WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN AND CONDUCT THE INTERVIEW. AND THEN I WAS TOLD WE NEEDED TO WAIT FOR THE MAYOR, WHICH I AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT, OKAY,

LET ME LET ME WORK WITH THEM ON THIS. SO I SUGGESTED A COUPLE OF ALTERNATIVES. THE FIRST WAS THAT WE GO AHEAD AND DO THE PRESSER. NOW AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CHIEF BARNES WILL BE BACK AT 8:00 IN THE

MORNING AND WE'LL CONDUCT THE PRESS CONFERENCE AS WE'RE NOW CLASSIFYING, AS WE'RE WE'D HAVE EVERYBODY THERE IN THE MORNING. AND I WAS STILL TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS STILL ASKED TO WAIT. AND THEN I

OFFERED A SECOND ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS THAT WE DO THE PRESSER NOW AND THEN MAYBE DO ANOTHER ONE WHEN THE MAYOR GETS HERE AND ANY OTHER OFFICIALS GET HERE BEFORE THE 10:00 NEWS. AND I WAS ALSO ASKED TO

WAIT. SO I THINK THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. I COULD TELL YOU LIKE. I, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT, WELL, IF WE'RE WAITING ON THE MAYOR, I KNEW SHE WAS IN THE CITY. I KNEW HER DETAIL WAS ATTACHED TO HER.

AND I ANTICIPATED THAT SUNDAY EVENING. SHE'LL PROBABLY BE DOWN HERE IN 20 MINUTES AND WE'LL DO IT THEN. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WAS LACKING FROM THIS CONVERSATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO MONTHS WAS

CONTEXT. YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T THERE WASN'T A SITUATION WHERE I WAS TOLD, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS PRESS CONFERENCE IN 4 IN 3 HOURS, FOUR HOURS. THAT'S THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. OR PROBABLY WOULD

HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPUTY MAYOR. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. OKAY. SO I WAS ASKED TO WAIT. AND THEN AT SOME POINT I HAD TO DEFER TO CHIEF BARNES BECAUSE HE STARTED DIRECTING

PEOPLE TO DO THINGS WHICH SHOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH ME AS THE ACTING CHIEF. -- PIGGYBACKING OFF THAT TO CHIEF SAYLES POINT IS, WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF DOING BACK TO BACK TEAMS MEETING THAT ESSENTIALLY

TOOK THE BETTER PART OF AN HOUR? SO YOU WERE TAKING OUT OF YOUR POSITION, YOUR TACTICAL POSITION. WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THAT? -- YEAH. -- WELL, OBVIOUSLY, AND FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE PUBLIC, I WAS

THERE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THAT. WELL, YOU WERE IN PERSON WITH YOU, RIGHT? -- WELL, YOU WERE THERE. AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO POINT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, THERE WAS REALLY NO

TACTICAL SITUATION GOING ON AT 730. AGAIN, OUR PATIENTS WERE GONE. THE CRIME SCENE WAS SECURED IN TERMS OF LIKE OUR ABILITY TO COLLECT EVIDENCE. AGAIN, WE HAD THE ACTIVITY THAT WAS GOING ON OVER AT

THE IMAX THEATER THAT WAS HANDLED SEPARATELY. WE WERE IN CONTROL OF THE SITUATION. SO I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY REAL TAKEAWAY, BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF THE DELAY, IT CREATED MORE CONFUSION BECAUSE,

YOU KNOW, CHIEF CHIEF BARNES WAS DIRECTING PEOPLE TO DO THINGS AND NOT GOING THROUGH ME WHO WAS AT THE SCENE. AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MANAGE THE THINGS THAT STILL NEEDED TO HAPPEN, LIKE THE PRESS

CONFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE 2000 MILES AWAY. AND I THINK THAT'S NOT A KIND OF SOMETHING THAT'S CONSISTENT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I APPRECIATE ABOUT CHIEF SAYLES, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND WE'LL

DO THIS MOVING FORWARD, IS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE WHEN THE ACTING CHIEF IS THERE, IT'S HIS SHOW. IT'S THE I'M THE CHIEF. AND WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD A COUPLE INSTANCES WHERE SERVED AS ACTING CHIEF, AND THAT

DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND IT WAS ADDRESSED BEFORE. SO HERE IT WAS HAPPENING AGAIN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF CONFLICTED, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I SPENT 30 YEARS AS A POLICE OFFICER IN A

PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT AGENCIES. I'VE BEEN IN SEATTLE FOR 26. I SPENT FOUR YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. I WILL TELL YOU THAT I CAN TELL EVEN WHEN SOMEBODY IS ASKING ME TO

WAIT TO DO A PRESS CONFERENCE OR WHEN THE CHIEF IS, IS, IS DIRECTING PEOPLE TO DO THINGS. YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M IN CHARGE, WHEN I'M NOT IN CHARGE, WHEN I'M BEING ASKED, AND I'M REALLY NOT BEING ASKED.

AND SO I THINK WHEN YOU TAKE THE CONTEXT OF THAT, THE 830 AND 9:00 MEETINGS WERE NOT HELPFUL. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT MANAGEMENT CHECKLIST. I KNOW YOU BROUGHT

THAT UP. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THIS WASN'T AN ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT. I KNEW THAT AT THE TIME THAT THAT WAS A WASTE OF TIME. WE WERE NOT WE DIDN'T NEED TO FOLLOW THAT PROTOCOL. WE JUST I JUST NEEDED TO

BE LEFT ALONE SO I CAN. SO I CAN MYSELF. AND CAPTAIN WARD CAN MANAGE THE SCENE. WE HAD IT HANDLED SO IT DIDN'T HELP. -- ON THAT LAST POINT TOO. I WANTED TO NOTE OUT OF BEFORE GOING INTO SOME OF THE

OPERATIONAL PLANNING PIECES AT 9:00 ON THE SLIDE IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, FORMER CHIEF BARNES BRIEFS ELECTED OFFICIALS VIA TEAMS. TO YOUR POINT, AND GOING BACK TO YOUR NAVY EXPERIENCE, YOU ARE AN EXECUTIVE

DEPARTMENT. YOU ARE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE MAYOR IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. THAT BRIEFING SHOULD BE FOR THE MAYOR. NOBODY ELSE. IT WASN'T FOR ME. I WAS THERE OBSERVING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF MY

ROLE TOO, IN TERMS OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES. BUT THAT WAS FOR THE MAYOR. AND SO I THINK THAT IS TELLING TO ME IS THAT FORMER CHIEF BARNES BRIEFS ELECTED OFFICIALS. NO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BRIEFING

WAS FOR THE MAYOR BECAUSE SHE HAD GOTTEN NO DIRECT BRIEFING FROM ANYBODY IN POLICE UNIFORM UP TO THAT POINT. CORRECT? -- CORRECT. -- SO THERE WASN'T A BRIEFING FOR ME OR COUNCIL PRESIDENT. IT WASN'T

FOR GOVERNOR FERGUSON OR EXECUTIVE ZAHILAY GOVERNOR FERGUSON OR COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL, CONGRESSWOMAN JAYAPAL -- YEAH, AND IT DIDN'T HELP US AT THE SCENE. I MEAN, IT JUST LIKE I SAID, IT DELAYED THE

PRESS CONFERENCE LONGER. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT NOW THAT. -- SO FROM AN OPERATIONAL POINT OF VIEW, IT SHOULD BE A BRIEFING FOR THE MAYOR. AND AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS A BRIEFING FOR THE MAYOR.

AND IF YOU TOLD ME THIS IS A BRIEFING FOR THE MAYOR, SIR, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP ASIDE. I'D BE LIKE, OKAY, I'D LIKE TO GET DEBRIEFED AFTER THE FACT, BUT OKAY. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE

THAT DOESN'T REALLY JUMP OUT, BUT IT DOES TO ME. ON THE OPERATIONAL PLANNING. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BITE OF SEATTLE WITHIN SPD CIRCLES IS KNOWN AS THE FIGHT OF SEATTLE. AND YOU KIND OF

HINTED AT THAT WITH THE IEP IN TERMS OF EXPECTATION OF FIGHTS. WERE THE 29 OFFICERS ASSIGNED THE SAME NUMBER AS LAST YEAR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, OR EVEN TEN YEARS AGO? IS THAT BEEN A STATIC NUMBER, OR IS

THAT NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THE BITE OF SEATTLE AND FLEXING? -- I DO NOT HAVE THE DATA OF THE PRIOR EVENTS. I KNOW AS PART OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS, WE DO LOOK AT PAST INCIDENT ACTION PLANS. WE LOOK AT THE

AFTER ACTION REPORTS AND WE USE INTEL THAT'S CURRENT TO DETERMINE HOW WE SHOULD STAFF EVENTS. THAT IS THE WAY WE SHOULD DO IT. MOVING. THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT. THAT'S THE WAY WE DID IT.

AND THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT MOVING FORWARD. IF I HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. -- ON THE STAFFING, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE TYPE OF OFFICERS? WERE THESE ALL PATROL OFFICERS? DO YOU HAVE

ANYBODY FROM A GANG UNIT, GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION UNIT? I KNOW UNITS WERE BASICALLY EMPTIED OUT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR THE CRG, THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE GROUP. WERE ANY OF THOSE OFFICERS PART OF THE

MIX OF THE 29? -- NOT IN THAT SPECIFIC ROLE, BUT WE DID. OUT OF THOSE 29 OFFICERS, WE DID HAVE SEVERAL OFFICERS THAT WERE PART OF THOSE SPECIALTY UNITS WORKING IN THAT OFF DUTY OR OVERTIME CAPACITY.

AND SO WHEN INCIDENTS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A VAST ARRAY OF OFFICERS WITH DIFFERENT SKILL SETS AND EXPERIENCES, WE WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY TRANSITION INTO DEALING WITH THESE EVENTS AS

THEY OCCUR. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC UNITS ASSIGNED TO IT. BUT WE DID HAVE WE DID HAVE MANY OF THOSE UNITS THAT WERE WORKING IN SOME SORT OF ON CALL CAPACITY, AND THAT

LED TO THEIR QUICK AND FAST RESPONSE. -- ON CALL. WERE THOSE OFFICERS BASICALLY FORWARD PLACED INTO THE BITE OF SEATTLE OR HELD IN RESERVE? AND I ASKED THAT BECAUSE IF THEY'RE IN THERE, IF THEY HAVE

THAT BACKGROUND, THEY CAN IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WHO WHO MAY BE, TO BE FRANK, A PROBLEM AND SAY, HEY WATCHING YOU, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, OR IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO MOVE ALONG TO ENGAGE THOSE, THOSE

INDIVIDUALS, IF THEY HAVE THAT GANG GUN VIOLENCE UNIT, THE CRG, BECAUSE THEY'VE KIND OF TAKEN ON THAT ROLE WITH ALL THE STAFFING CHALLENGES, WERE THEY PUSHED INTO THE BITE OF SEATTLE TO KIND OF BE

PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT? WERE THEY HELD IN RESERVE? -- YEAH, I WOULD SAY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE LIKE WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE THAT FURTHER AND GIVE YOU A MORE COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER. AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING

THAT COULD COME OUT IN IG'S INVESTIGATION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A BUNCH OF BIKE OFFICERS, A LOT OF OUR BIKE OFFICERS ARE CRG OFFICERS. SO AGAIN, WE HAD THAT EXPERTISE PROBABLY THERE IN A

DIFFERENT CAPACITY, BUT MAYBE NOT IN THE CAPACITY. YOU'RE LINED UP, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER FOR SURE. -- CHIEF. -- WE WE DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE FROM GVR YOU THEY WEREN'T IN THE OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS

A GVR, BUT THEY WERE WORKING ALONG WITH OUR OFFICERS. I WILL ALSO NOTIFY OR IDENTIFY THAT WE DID HAVE A CONTINGENT OF OUR SWAT TEAM IN THE AREA AS A QUICK RESPONSE UNIT. SO THEREFORE, IF SOMETHING

WERE TO HAPPEN, THEY WERE THERE AND THEY WERE THERE FAIRLY QUICKLY TO DO THE SEARCH OF THE IMAC. SO WE DID HAVE FRACTIONS AND PORTIONS OF GVR. AND OUR SWAT TEAM IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. AS A QUICK

RESPONSE TEAM. -- YOU KNOW, GIVEN FIFA WORLD CUP, THE TORCHLIGHT PARADE AND OTHER EVENTS. WAS THERE A FATIGUE ELEMENT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN PARTICULARLY GIVEN FIFA A MONTH AND A HALF OF BEING UP?

DEFINITELY UNDERMANNED COMPARED TO OTHER WORLD CUP CITIES? WAS THAT JUST IN TERMS OF OP TEMPO? WAS THAT A FACTOR IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING OF THAT DAY? -- I THINK I'D BE REMISS TO SAY IF I

DIDN'T SAY THAT THERE IS A FATIGUE FACTOR IN THERE. ONCE AGAIN, OUR OFFICERS ARE THEY WORK A LOT OF FESTIVITIES AND EVENTS HERE. NOT SAYING THAT IN THAT MOMENT THAT THEY WERE TIRED OR FATIGUED IN WHAT

THEY NEEDED TO RESPOND TO. BUT IF THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY BEING CALLED UPON TO WORK SIX, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WITH MINIMUM TIME OFF THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, THERE WOULD BE A PORTION OF FATIGUE. BUT I DON'T

THINK THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE STAFFING NUMBERS. I'M A PERSON THAT ALWAYS LOOKS AND SAYS, WHAT IS ENOUGH? IF WE HAD 100 OFFICERS, WOULD THAT HAVE PREVENTED IT? I'M NOT SURE. I THINK SOMETIMES

IN INCIDENTS LIKE THIS WE WE CAN'T PREVENT THE SHOOTINGS, BUT WE DO OUR DARNDEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THERE TO PREVENT IT. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT INDIVIDUALS ARE THINKING. BUT THE OFFICERS, THEY DO

GET TIRED. IT'S A STRAIN ON OUR RESOURCES. -- OKAY. I DO HAVE SOME LEADERSHIP OPERATIONS. GOING TO ASK ONE LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE GO INTO VICE CHAIR. THERE'S A LOT OF MID-YEAR BUDGET DECISIONS BEING

MADE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE THAT'S ONE THAT I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IS THE FACT, LIKE THE NINE POSITIONS FOR THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER HASN'T BEEN FILLED. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME,

SPENDING RESTRICTIONS, THERE'S SOME PIECES TO THAT OR HAVING AN IMPACT GENERALLY. WAS THERE ANY IMPACT ON HOW THE CRG OR OTHER UNITS OR THE THE ENTIRE EFFORT IN TERMS OF LIKE OVERTIME RULES AND, YOU

KNOW, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND AGAIN, FROM, FROM ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE, IS THERE ANY IMPACT OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME THAT CAN BE TAKEN?

AND THIS GOES INTO THE PLANNING, LIKE IN TERMS OF RESOURCES AND PEOPLE THAT FLEX OF USING OVERTIME, WAS THAT A FACTOR AT ALL -- I CAN'T ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. I DIDN'T LOOK I DIDN'T LOOK AT

THAT, BUT I JUST SEEN ME WRITE IT DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER THAT I CAN LOOK AT. I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHERE WE DO RESTRICT OVERTIME, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY TO THE EVENTS. I

THINK IT'S MORE OR LESS OF IF WE HAVE A SWAT OPERATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, CAN WE DO IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME WHERE WE HAVE MORE PERSONNEL ON AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? BUT IT'S SOMETHING I DID

WRITE DOWN ON MY NOTES, AND I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. -- OKAY, GREAT. I DO HAVE SOME LEADERSHIP OPERATIONS QUESTIONS, BUT VICE CHAIR. -- YEAH. -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, CHIEF SAYLES

ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR HOLCOMB FOR BEING HERE TODAY, PRESENTING US THIS OVERVIEW. I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE AFTER ACTION REPORT AND ALSO FOR TAKING

INITIAL STEPS TO MITIGATE, REMEDIATE AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES SURFACE AND ALSO WANT TO THANK THE. THANK AGAIN THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF SPD, OUR CARE TEAM, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT COLLECTIVELY,

INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, OF WHICH NO DOUBT SAVED AND PREVENTED FURTHER HARM AND FURTHER TRAGEDIES FROM THE FRONT LINE OFFICERS RESPONDING TO THE 911 CALL TAKERS AND AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

PERSONNEL ALL COORDINATED AND ALIGNED. AND IN RESPONDING AS INTENDED. AND I'M SAYING THAT AND I'M EMPHASIZING THAT BECAUSE WE WE HAPPEN TO HAVE THE THREE CHIEFS IN THIS IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER RIGHT

NOW. SO I WANT TO EXTEND MY SPECIAL GRATITUDE TO, TO ALL THE WORKERS WHO DID THEIR JOB, ALL OF OUR GREAT PUBLIC SAFETY TEAMS WHO DID THEIR JOB CORRECTLY THAT DAY. THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR. FIRST OFF, I

SAW SOME INSIGHTFUL REPORTING LAST NIGHT FROM JEREMY HARRIS AND COMO ABOUT FROM THE ONE OF THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS WHO ULTIMATELY TESTIFIED TODAY. MICHELLE WHITEHEAD, WHO INDICATED THAT, YOU KNOW,

SOME OF THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE, INCLUDING AT THIS DAIS, WE'VE LOST ONE UNFORTUNATE CONSEQUENCE OR SET OF CONSEQUENCES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST IN THIS CONVERSATION AS THE VICTIMS AND THE VICTIM PERSPECTIVE,

WHICH IS WHY, CHAIR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT AND HONORING AND TAKING A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR THE VICTIMS. ALSO, LET'S LET'S BE CLEAR THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE OTHER

VICTIMS THAT WERE NON FATALITIES THAT WERE WOUNDED. A TWO YEAR OLD BOY WAS WOUNDED. A 23 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS WOUNDED. A 27 YEAR OLD OR EXCUSE ME, A 23 YEAR OLD MAN WAS WOUNDED. A 27 YEAR OLD MAN WAS

WOUNDED. A 39 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS WOUNDED, AND A 40 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS WOUNDED. ON TOP OF THE PEOPLE, WHO WERE NO DOUBT SUFFERED TREMENDOUS TRAUMA AND PAIN AND ANGUISH THAT WILL LIVE WITH THEM FOREVER.

FOR HAVING TO JUST MERELY WITNESS WHAT WENT DOWN AT SEATTLE CENTER, WHEN THEY SHOULD BE COMING TO CONGREGATE, GATHER, CELEBRATE, ENJOY GREAT EATS AND ALL, ALL THE THINGS, AND NOT GET IN THE MIDDLE OF

A GANG TURF WAR. SO THANK YOU, CHAIR AGAIN FOR CENTERING THE VICTIMS I HAVE. I HAD A LIST OF PREPARED 2 TO 3 PREPARED QUESTIONS FOR SPD. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO CALL AN AUDIBLE AND SEND THOSE TO YOU IN

WRITING OFFLINE AND, AND ASK SOME, SOME QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY TRY TO TRY MY BEST TO CHANNEL THE VICTIM'S PERSPECTIVE HERE. AND ASK THE THE QUESTIONS RAISED AND THE DEMANDS RAISED DIRECTLY BY MISS

MICHELLE WHITEHEAD. GOOD NEWS IS IT'S AN OPEN BOOK TEST. IF YOU WERE PAYING PAYING ATTENTION ATTENTIVELY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, INITIAL SET OF COMMENTS AND RESPONSES TO TO, TO

THEIR QUESTIONS. IN THIS CASE ONE OF THE THINGS MICHELLE ASKED FOR AGAIN, MICHELLE IS THE COUSIN OF ASHLEE WHITEHEAD, ONE OF THE VICTIMS WHO TRAGICALLY LOST HER LIFE. ONE OF THE THINGS MICHELLE ASKED

FOR IS WHY IS THERE NO ANONYMOUS TIP LINE SET UP AND ESTABLISHED TO HELP BRING THOSE RESPONSIBLE AND WHO MIGHT BE INVOLVED WITH THESE TRAGEDIES ACCOUNTABLE AND AND BRING THEM TO JUSTICE? WHY IS THERE

AN ANONYMOUS TIP LINE THAT IS SET UP, BLASTED, AMPLIFIED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, ALL AMPLIFIED ON MY LITTLE OFFICE PROFILE DOESN'T HAVE THE NUMBERS OF VIEWS AND CLICKS AND

ENGAGEMENT AS SPD. BUT WHY IS THERE? WHY IS THERE NO ANONYMOUS TIP LINE SET UP? OR IS THERE. AND IF THERE IS, CAN YOU COMMIT TO AMPLIFYING IT, MAKING IT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, DOING A PRESS RELEASE? WE

HAVE ALL OF OUR MEDIA PARTNERS IN THE ROOM TODAY MAKING SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS READILY AND EASILY AVAILABLE. -- WE DO HAVE A TIP LINE SET UP. THERE WAS A TIP LINE SET UP ON OUR BLOTTER. IT WAS

SENT OUT. I WILL SAY THIS. I AGREE WITH YOU. WE NEED TO AMPLIFY IT MORE AND WE WILL DO THAT. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AS AN AGENCY, BEING OVERLY COMMUNICATIVE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON,

PUTTING THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE. WE DO HAVE THAT TIP NUMBER AND WE WILL GET THAT BACK OUT AGAIN TODAY. I'LL GET WITH OUR MEDIA TEAM AND WE'LL WE'LL START PUTTING THAT INFORMATION BACK OUT THERE,

MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AMPLIFIED AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY CAN GO TO GIVE THAT ANONYMOUS INFORMATION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. -- THANK THANK YOU FOR THAT. NEXT QUESTION IS AND AGAIN, MICHELLE

HAD ASKED FOR THIS AS PART OF A BROADER SET OF REQUESTS SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NO COMMUNICATIONS PORTAL SPECIFICALLY SET UP FOR THE VICTIMS. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT KIND OF VICTIM? AND THIS IS ALSO IN

PART FOR AND PROBABLY BEST TO START FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. BUT WHAT KIND OF VICTIM ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO TO THE VICTIMS IN THIS CASE AND QUESTION WHEN WOULD YOU SUPPORT

SUBQUESTION? IS WOULD YOU AGREE THAT A COMMUNICATIONS PORTAL OR CHANNEL IS IS NEEDED TO TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN VICTIM ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH? -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR THE QUESTION. WE DO HAVE

VICTIM ADVOCATE OUTREACH WORK THAT HAPPENS THROUGH OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN TAKE TO AMPLIFY THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO

HAVE SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA LIKE THIS, SHOULD SHOULD BE EXAMINED AND FORTIFIED IF POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTION. -- THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. SPD. -- I WILL MENTION THIS ALSO. THAT IS

SOMETHING THAT I'M DOING. THIS EXERCISE. I DID IDENTIFY MYSELF AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE HAD A SEATTLE RESIDENT, UNFORTUNATELY TAKE HIS OWN LIFE AND I WAS ON THE PHONE WITHIN 10 TO 15 MINUTES WITH

CHIEF BARDEN FROM THE CARE UNIT TO SEE IF THEY CAN HAVE THEIR COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONDERS GO OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM. ONCE I GOT INFORMATION BACK FROM THE ON SCENE,

LIEUTENANT, THAT NO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITNESSED, THAT UNFORTUNATE EVENT, CHIEF BARTON AND I SPOKE, AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR US TO SEND THAT OUT. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE IDENTIFIED AND

BEING OVERLY COMMUNICATIVE AGAIN, WITH OUR PARTNERS HERE IN SEATTLE. -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND DIRECTOR HOLCOMB, I'LL SAY THANK YOU FOR AGREEING, BUT FOR CLARITY, YOU'RE NOT AGREEING WITH ME. I'M

JUST DOING MY BEST TO CHANNEL. AND, YOU KNOW, THE VICTIM'S PERSPECTIVE. SO YOU'RE REALLY AGREEING WITH MICHELLE IN THIS CASE. AND AND I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND BOLSTERING AND

STRENGTHENING OUR VICTIM ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH EFFORTS IN THIS JUST ACROSS THE BOARD AND IN THIS TRAGIC CASE IN PARTICULAR. NEXT QUESTION PERTAINS TO GANG TASK FORCE. AND WE WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT THIS EARLIER. AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS WORK. LOOK, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL DETAILS, THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES, THE THE TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW,

IMPLICATIONS AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED WE'RE NOT MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR THAT. AND THIS IS A GOOD FORUM TO DO THAT. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO. AND I THAT'S WHY I REALLY APPRECIATED HEARING THAT

PERSPECTIVE DIRECTLY. YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THE VICTIMS HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IN LINE IN LIGHT OF THAT. IS THERE A CURRENT GANG TASK FORCE OR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION TASK FORCE THAT THE DEPARTMENT

HAS? WHAT KIND OF WHAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT WOULD THAT. IF SO, WHAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT WOULD THAT TASK FORCE HAVE DURING OR AFTER INCIDENTS LIKE THIS? -- IT WOULD HELP US GREATLY. ONE THING THAT I DID

DO, I BELIEVE, IS THE DAY AFTER THE EVENT WAS STARTED WORKING ON A PILOT PROGRAM TO INFUSE OUR COMMUNITY RESPONSE GROUP AND OUR GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION UNIT TO BE VERY PROACTIVE. THERE'S TOO MANY

PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT HERE THAT'S CREATING TOO MUCH HAVOC IN THIS CITY AND IN THIS COUNTRY. I BELIEVE I'M A VERY PROACTIVE POLICE CHIEF AND A POLICE OFFICER. WHEN I WAS A POLICE OFFICER. I WANT OUR

POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE VERY PROACTIVE ON THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE DOING THE VIOLENCE, DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE HERE. IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM. WE'RE SEEING HOW THAT WORKS FOR US.

IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR SEATTLE POLICE GUILD TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THAT GOING. BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAVE

TO ALSO BALANCE THE PATROL OFFICERS THAT ARE ON THE STREETS. I CAN'T JUST ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. -- AND JUST SO I'M UNDERSTANDING. THANK YOU.

CHIEF, JUST SO I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, THERE IS NO CURRENT SPECIALTY UNIT DEVOTED TO GANG VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO USE THE NAME OF THE SPECIALTY UNIT IS REALLY A

FORM OVER SUBSTANCE DISTINCTION. CALL IT WHATEVER THE HECK YOU WANT, BUT A SPECIALTY UNIT FOCUS ON ANTI-GANG VIOLENCE, ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE, WHATEVER IT IS. RIGHT? SO AM I HEARING YOU CORRECTLY? THERE'S

THERE'S NO CURRENT SUCH UNIT IN PLACE TODAY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. -- WE HAVE THAT. IT WAS THE GANG UNIT. NOW THEY'VE BEEN RENAMED TO THE GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION UNIT. AND WE'RE WORKING ON BRINGING

THAT BACK. -- AND WAS THAT LOSS BECAUSE OF THE STAFFING CHALLENGES OVER THE YEARS? -- I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. I BELIEVE THAT WAS PREVIOUS TO ME COMING HERE IN JUNE OF 2025. SO I HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH

ON. -- THAT, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING TO RECRUIT AND HIRE AND BUILD BACK OUR OFFICER STAFFING. IF WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO LAUNCH PILOT EFFORTS TO TO, YOU KNOW, INTENDED TO REVIVE

SPECIALTY UNITS THAT WERE IN PLACE AND EFFECTIVE TO VARIOUS DEGREES BEFORE THEN, I THINK THAT REVEALS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH OF BOLSTERING OUR OFFICER HIRING AND STAFFING

EFFORTS. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME, CHAIR. -- I WANT TO MOVE ON TO 11:00. -- 11:00. I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME. ONE COMMENT. I'LL TRANSFORM THIS NEXT QUESTION INTO A COMMENT. I AGREE

THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF REWARDS SET UP, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHARE WITH OUR MEDIA PARTNERS THE PLAN TO TO DO THAT. THE FINAL THING IS SHE ASKED FOR WAS TURN ON THE CAMERAS, TURN ON THE

CAMERAS AND ENACT MEASURES TO PROVIDE CAMERAS, DEPLOY CAMERAS IN LOCATIONS WHERE WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE GATHER. THE POLLING DATA IS IS STRONG ON CAMERAS, ESPECIALLY IN BIG EVENTS. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU

LAYER IN THE FACT THAT WE BUILT IN BEST IN CLASS, BEST IN NATION, ROBUST PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS TO DESIGNED TO PREVENT DISCLOSURE OF OUR INFORMATION TO THE FEDS IS AT RISK FREE. IS IT 100% RISK FREE? NO

IS IT BEST IN CLASS? BEST IN THE NATION? YES. SHOULD WE HAVE IT AND DO THE LIKE? WEIGHING ALL PERSPECTIVES. DO THE BENEFITS OF HAVING CAMERAS IN PLACE AT BIG EVENTS? YES, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF

LISTENING TO THE VICTIMS. WHAT? WHAT MICHELLE JUST ASKED FOR. LIKE HOLISTICALLY WAS A SET OF COMMON SENSE MEASURES. COMMON SENSE. IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WE NEED TO STOP TRYING TO OUTSMART COMMON

SENSE, SIMPLE STUFF. WE NEED TO DELIVER. THANK YOU, CHAIR. -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. ON THAT LAST POINT, I VIEW THAT AS PART OF THE REVIEW. I LOVE THE FACT SEATTLE CENTER HAD THEIR AFTER ACTION

REPORT. IT GOES TO THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT MAJOR VENUES, MAJOR EVENTS AND CAMERAS AS PART OF ANY OTHER TYPE OF EFFORT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THAT. I JUST ONE LAST THING. AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO

COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS PIECE. IT GOES TO LEADERSHIP OPERATIONS. YOU ASKED A LOT OF THEM, SINCE WE HAVE. DIRECTOR HOLCOMB. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, LIKE AT THAT POINT I MADE LIKE, THAT WAS A BRIEFING FOR

THE MAYOR. AND THAT WAS HER FIRST, YOU KNOW, INTERACTION. I WAS JUST CURIOUS, DID THE MAYOR LOOK TO STAND UP THE EOC, THE EMERGENCY OPS CENTER, WAS THAT A CONSIDERATION ON THE PART OF THE MAYOR IN

TERMS OF BRINGING LIKE, LEADERSHIP TOGETHER? BRING IN THE TOP PEOPLE TOGETHER? -- THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, CHAIR. THANK YOU. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE DID NOT HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT ACTIVATING THE EOC

SPECIFICALLY. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ALERT SEATTLE SHOULD BE ACTIVATED. I THINK WHAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY CLEAR ABOUT AND WHAT WE'VE APPRECIATED WORKING WITH

SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON, IS A RECOGNITION THAT COMMUNICATIONS DID NOT GO WELL THAT NIGHT, AND WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE OUR PROTOCOLS, TO CLARIFY, STREAMLINE

COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE TO COOPERATE WITH THE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. -- YES. ALTHOUGH EOC IS AN OPS PIECE, CHIEF SCOGGINS

HAD A COMMAND ELEMENT HUDDLE AT 8:00. CHIEF BARNES HAD ONE AT 830. DID THE MAYOR HAVE A HUDDLE EQUIVALENT HUDDLE A YOU KNOW, A SIT ROOM KIND OF SITUATION WITH YOURSELF? GENERAL COUNSEL, CHIEF OF

STAFF. IF YOU DIDN'T STAND UP THE EOC, MAYBE DIRECTOR MAYOR FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS CHIEF SCOGGINS IS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE IS GREAT. HAVING

MAYBE CHIEF SCOGGINS JOINED THE MAYOR AT THE CITY HALL OR SOME LOCATION TO, YOU KNOW, TO HUDDLE IN TERMS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FROM AN OPERATIONAL POINT OF VIEW, LEADERSHIP OPERATIONS. I WAS

WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF COMMAND ELEMENT HUDDLE SIMILAR TO FIRE AND POLICE. -- THE WAY THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAD RESPONDED TO INCIDENTS OBVIOUSLY NOT OF THIS SCALE BEFORE IS WE HAD RELIED

ON THE COMMANDING OFFICER IN AN INCIDENT TO CONTACT ME. I THEN OPERATE A TEXT CHAIN WITHIN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND TAKE OUR DIRECTION FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING NEXT STEPS OR IN FIRE

INCIDENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, CHIEF SCOGGINS OR ONE OF HIS COMMAND STAFF IS FREQUENTLY IN CONTACT WITH ME. SO THAT HAS OPERATED SMOOTHLY UP UNTIL THE BITE OF SEATTLE EVENING, AND WE'RE NOW WORKING ON NEW

PROTOCOLS TO ENSURE BETTER OPERATIONS GOING FORWARD. -- OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE THOSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU. CHIEF SAYLES AND ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS. OH, I, I

DIDN'T SEE THE HANDS UP. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER LIN HAD HIS HAND UP BEFORE MINE. -- WITHDREW THAT HE WITHDREW THAT. SO I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANY HANDS

UP. SO I WAS MOVING ON TO CLOSE THIS OUT. -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST FOR THE RECORD, WANT TO STATE ONE BIG ISSUE THAT AYE. I FEEL HASN'T HAD ENOUGH CONVERSATION YOU JUST BROUGHT UP. BUT MY VERY FIRST

THOUGHT WHEN THIS ALL HAPPENED WAS, WHY WAS THE EOC NOT ACTIVATED, INCLUDING THE GIC, WHICH IS THE JOINT INFORMATION CENTER. THOSE THINGS USUALLY GET ACTIVATED SIMULTANEOUSLY. AND OF COURSE, THE GIC

INFORMATION CENTER GETS ACTIVATED AS A PUBLIC FACING COMMUNICATIONS TOOL. ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC IN REAL TIME. SO WE MAY NOT

HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS ALL THAT, BUT I WANTED TO NOTE IT FOR THE RECORD, AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT TO A DOCUMENT COMING OUT OF OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. IT'S THE COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

PLAN, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, WHICH WAS UPDATED IN MAY OF 2015, WHICH BASICALLY LAYS OUT HOW TO GO ABOUT ACTIVATING THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, WHICH IS WHICH IS VERY MUCH A MAYORAL FUNCTION.

DEPARTMENTS CAN REQUEST THAT THE MAYOR ACTIVATE THE EOC, BUT THE MAYOR IS SQUARELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTIVATING THE EOC. WHEN IT DOES GET ACTIVATED. SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY

THE EOC AND THE GIC WERE NOT ACTIVATED, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE, AND WE HAVE ALREADY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR THIS. I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD HAVE HAD. AN IMPACT ON HOW QUICKLY INFORMATION GOT OUT IF IT

HAD BEEN ACTIVATED. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WANTED TO STATE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS AND WOULD LOVE SOME INFORMATION FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT THAT, IF NOT TODAY, AT A LATER TIME. THANK YOU.

CHAIR. -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AGAIN. WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU, CHIEF SAYLES, ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS AND DIRECTOR HOLCOMB FOR JOINING US. AND FOR ALL THOSE THAT WERE IN THE

AUDIENCE, INCLUDE FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU. FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I SEE, I SEE CPC, I SEE A LOT OF GROUPS REPRESENTED HERE TODAY. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR FOR JOINING US. OKAY. WITH

THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. SO WE HAVE THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AND I WILL BE STILL CHAIR, BUT I WILL BE RELYING ON COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. YOU KNOW, ASSISTANT VICE CHAIR IN

THIS CASE, BEFORE WE BEGIN VOTING ON ITEMS TWO THROUGH SEVEN, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN HOW IT WILL BE PROCEEDING. THESE SIX ITEMS OF LEGISLATION INCLUDE FIVE BILLS AND ONE RESOLUTION

RELATED TO VEHICLE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM VRAP. WE WILL FIRST BEGIN WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING LISTED ON AGENDA ITEM FOUR TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE

LEGISLATION. ITEMS TWO AND THREE DO NOT HAVE A PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, AND I WILL REQUEST THAT THEY BE MOVED TOGETHER AS ONE PACKAGE. THE AGENDA LISTS A NUMBER OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ITEMS FIVE

THROUGH SEVEN. WE WILL ASSEMBLE THAT. WE HAVE ASSEMBLED A CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS FOR THOSE ITEMS. WHERE POSSIBLE. CENTRAL STAFF WILL PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF EACH BILL AND CONSENT

PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS. I WILL ASK MEMBERS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT PACKAGE OR AMENDMENTS. AS A REMINDER, THIS REQUEST DOES NOT REQUIRE SECOND OR OR A REASON WHY THE

REQUEST IS BEING MADE. IF AN ITEM IS REMOVED, IT WILL BE CONSIDERED AFTER THE CONSENT PACKAGE VOTE IN NUMERICAL ORDER BEFORE VOTING ON CONSENT PACKAGE, MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT AND SPEAK TO ITEMS WITHIN THE GROUP. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS? THIS HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO KIND OF HAVE THESE THINGS MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY. OKAY. IN ORDER TO HOLD

THE PUBLIC HEARING AS FIRST ITEM IN THIS GROUP, I WILL NEED TO REQUEST THAT WE CONSIDER IT OUT OF ORDER. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, ITEM FOUR WILL BE CONSIDERED AS THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. ANY

CONCERNS? OBJECTIONS HEARING NO OBJECTION. ITEM FOUR WILL NOW BE CONSIDERED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM FOUR INTO THE RECORD? -- AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO LAND USE AND ZONING. ADJUSTING THE

DEFINITION OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. ADJUSTING THE DEFINITION OF OUTDOOR STORAGE TO INCLUDE OUTDOOR STORAGE AREAS FOR CERTAIN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLES, INCLUDING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. ADJUSTING THE

DEFINITION OF FLEXIBLE-USE PARKING TO EXCLUDE STORAGE OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND AMENDING SECTIONS 23.84, A .0322384, A .03, SIX AND 23.84, A .038 OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR PUBLIC HEARING,

BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. -- THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS ITEM, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH OPENING THE HEARING. GIVEN THE MAYOR'S SPEECH AT THE LIBRARY AND ALSO OUR

FOLLOW UP COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE EACH FOR THE SPEAKERS OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING CLERK. CAN YOU ALSO READ OFF LIKE THREE NAMES AT A TIME TO ASSIST IN THE MOVEMENT? THANK YOU. -- YES,

CHAIR. -- ANY. -- AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I'M NOW OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL 121281, INCLUDING THE VEHICLE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE CLERK. HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP FOR THE

PUBLIC HEARING? -- CHAIR WE CURRENTLY HAVE. 19 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND 14 REMOTE SPEAKERS. -- EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE. -- SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY REGISTERED THE PUBLIC

HEARING. REGISTRATION WILL REMAIN UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THE SAME PUBLIC COMMENT RULES APPLY TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. A TEN SECOND CHIME WILL BE YOUR NOTICE. IT IS TIME TO WRAP UP

COMMENTS. SPEAKERS MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME. PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, 81 AND THE VEHICLE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM VRAP IS ONLY

BEING ACCEPTED AT THIS TIME. SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO BEGIN THEIR COMMENTS BY STATING THEIR NAME. OUR FIRST THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE ERICA CLAWSON, MARTA KATE HOFFMAN, WHICH I PROBABLY MISPRONOUNCED AND I

APOLOGIZE, AND BEATRICE KELLY, ERICA -- HI, I'M ERICA CLAWSON AND I AM A FORMER MEMBER OF SEATTLE'S VEHICULAR HOMELESS COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW I GOT OUT OF THAT, WHY OTHER PEOPLE AREN'T

GETTING OUT OF THAT, AND THE REALITIES OF LIVING THAT WAY. CURRENTLY, I AM HOUSED BECAUSE A BRAND NEW LOW INCOME BUILDING FINISHED CONSTRUCTION A FEW YEARS AGO. AND IN THAT BRIEF MOMENT, I WAS LUCKY

ENOUGH TO FIND SPACE IN IT. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE THAT LUCKY. SEATTLE DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING. THERE IS. WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING SHELTERS AND HOMES FOR A LONG TIME, AND

THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE FREEZING IN TENTS AND BEDROLLS ON THE STREET. UNTIL THAT HAPPENS. AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE THAT WAY. A VEHICLE HAS A ROOF, IT HAS BETTER INSULATION. IT'S LIMITING THE

AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN LIVE IN VEHICLES, IS REMOVING DIGNITY FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARTA, FOLLOWED BY BEATRIX KELLY AND MACKENZIE ROYAL. IF I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME

INCORRECTLY AGAIN, PLEASE CORRECT ME. -- THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MARTHA AND I AM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AT THE LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR THE HEARING FROM

COMMUNITY MEMBERS TODAY. AND WE APPRECIATE THE THE WORK AND EFFORTS OF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO FIND A PATHWAY FOR THE UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED UNHOUSED COMMUNITY LIVING IN RVS. I JUST WANT TO

REQUEST TODAY THAT THE PERMITTING LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL BILL 121283 BE BE HELD UNTIL THE RV PERMITTING PROCESS HAS BEEN CLARIFIED AND A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT PROVIDER TABLE HAS

BEEN CONVENED. FURTHERMORE, SEATTLE NEEDS A SECOND RV SAFE LOT SO THAT THERE IS A PLACE FOR OUTREACH PROVIDERS TO REFER PEOPLE TO WEAR. WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO CALL TO YOUR

ATTENTION COUNCILMEMBERS. FOSTER'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY BE ADOPTED INTO FINAL LEGISLATION. AND LASTLY, WE'D LIKE TO. -- THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ESTABLISH EXPECTATIONS FOR STANDARD ELIGIBILITY

REQUIREMENTS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES EXISTING VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, PREGNANT MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS BEATRIX, FOLLOWED BY MCKENZIE ROYAL AND TAMMY

ADAMS. -- THANK YOU, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS BEATRIX KELLY AND I AM THE HOUSING ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR AT LEHIGH, ONE OF LEHI'S MOTTOS IS HOUSING IS

A HUMAN RIGHT. AND TODAY I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE HUMAN ASPECT OF THAT. MUCH OF THE LEGISLATION SEEMS TO BE FOCUSED ON GETTING RVS OFF THE STREETS, BUT ISN'T CONSIDERING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN

THE VEHICLES BY WORKING TO TAKE RVS OFF THE STREET, YOU ARE SUBSEQUENTLY PUSHING HUMANS OUT OF THEIR LIVING SPACES AND INTO THOSE STREETS. THIS LEGISLATION IS COMPLEX AND RISKY, AND WHILE IT WORKS TO

PROVIDE SERVICES THAT ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES, IT'S NOT REALISTICALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN RVS. RV RESIDENTS ARE STRUGGLING, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND STRUGGLING TO

FIND SUPPORT. SAFE LAWS PROVIDE STABLE HOUSING AND RESOURCES TO PROGRAMS PARTICIPANTS, BUT THOSE SERVICES ARE LIMITED RIGHT NOW TO 72 PARKING SPOTS. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THIS BILL.

THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS MCKENZIE, FOLLOWED BY TAMMY ADAMS. AND THEN SEAN PULLEN. -- HELLO. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE. MY NAME IS MCKENZIE ROYAL AND I AM THE

TINY HOUSE VILLAGE ESSENTIAL NEEDS COORDINATOR AT THE LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE. WHILE WORKING AT LEHIGH, I HAVE SEEN THE IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING AT A NEW LEVEL. WHEN SOMEONE DOES NOT HAVE HOUSING,

THEY ARE VULNERABLE AND DO NOT TRUST OUR SYSTEMS. WHEN SOMEONE IS LIVING IN AN RV, THAT IS THEIR SAFE SPACE, IT IS NOT EASY FOR THEM TO GIVE UP THEIR ONLY PLACE TO CALL HOME. THE CURRENT LEGISLATION

NEEDS TO BE DELAYED IN ORDER TO MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES. WE SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL ALOTT TIME TO REWORK. WE REQUEST THAT THEY ALLOCATE FUNDS TO BUILD A

SECOND RV SAFE LOT AS ONE IS NOT ENOUGH. PUTTING PART OF THE $5 MILLION TOWARDS BUILDING A SECOND RV SAFE LOT WILL ALLOW US TO WORK WITH ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU

-- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS TAMMY, FOLLOWED BY SEAN PULLEN AND TAN MACARAIG, WHICH I DEFINITELY MISPRONOUNCED. -- HI, MY NAME IS TAMMY ADAMS. I WORK FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE AS A

SUPPORTIVE SERVICES MANAGER. I MANAGED OUR RV LOT THAT WE HAD SALMON BAY IN THE PAST, AND I FOUND THAT TO BE INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. I WAS FORMERLY UNHOUSED AND LIVED IN A CAR, HAVING A SAFE PLACE TO

REST MY HEAD AT NIGHT AS A A FEMALE LIVING ON THE STREETS THAT WAS VERY UNSAFE. SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THE FUNDING MORE RV SITES. WE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SHELTER BEDS. LET'S YOU KNOW,

IF WE MOVE THEM OUT OF OUR RVS AND MOVE THEM INTO SHELTERS, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH BEDS. SO I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE CONSIDER SPENDING MORE MONEY ON RV SITES -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS

SEAN, FOLLOWED BY TAN AND THEN MARGARET SHIELD. -- HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS SEAN PULLEN AND I WORK WITH LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE AS A PROGRAM MANAGER. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO

ALLOCATE MORE MONEY TO ADD MORE RV SAFE LOTS. I BELIEVE IT IS A GOOD MODEL AND WILL PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GET HELP I HAVE SEEN IT WORK FOR BOTH THE PEOPLE IN NEED OF SERVICES AND FOR THE

CITY. DERBY'S GET DEMOLISHED AND ARE NO LONGER ON THE STREETS, CREATING A PUBLIC HAZARD PLEASE BUILD MORE OF THESE RV SAFE LOTS BECAUSE IT WORKS. 67 RVS WERE DECOMMISSIONED AT OUR LAST SITE, AND WE

HAD A 60% SUCCESS RATE GETTING PEOPLE INTO HOUSING. -- I THANK YOU -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAN, FOLLOWED BY MARGARET SHIELD AND THEN HOLLY WILLIS. AND PLEASE CORRECT ME ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF YOUR

LAST NAME. -- TAN MACARAIG. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. MY NAME IS TAN AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. RVS ARE A CHALLENGE FOR THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE DISTRICTS OVERBURDENED BY THEIR

PRESENCE, AND I BELIEVE IN GETTING THEM OFF THE STREETS. I ALSO DON'T WANT US TO FORGET THAT THESE ARV'S ALSO HAVE HUMANS IN THEM, HUMANS THAT HAVE COMPLEX NEEDS AND CONDITIONS THAT A SWEEPING RV

LEGISLATION COULD LEAVE BEHIND. THERE ARE MANY TIMES IN THIS CITY THAT THE SOLUTION IS MORE DISPLACEMENT, AND OUR NEIGHBORS LIVING IN VEHICLES DESERVE BETTER. THEY DESERVE TO BE SEEN AS WHOLE AND BE

GIVEN HOLISTIC SUPPORT TO LEAVE THEIR RV BEHIND AND MOVE INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. WE ENCOURAGE USING THE ALLOCATED BUDGET TO ADD NEW RV SAFE LOTS. RV SAFE LOTS ARE PROVEN TO REMOVE RVS OFF

THE STREET, DESTROY THEM TO PREVENT RECIRCULATION, AND ALSO SUPPORT THE PERSON'S PROGRESS TO HEALTHIER AND SAFER LIVING CONDITIONS SALMON BAY RV SAFE LOT AND TINY HOUSE VILLAGE HAD SO MUCH SUCCESS IN

THE YEAR AND A HALF BEEN OPERATED, AND WE KNOW THAT THE UPCOMING GLASS YARD COMMONS RV SAFE LOT WILL CONTINUE THAT LEGACY OF SUCCESS. BUT WE NEED MORE. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS

MARGARET, FOLLOWED BY HOLLY WILLIS. AND THEN AIDEN CARROLL. -- GOOD MORNING. I'M MARGARET SHEIL, LONGTIME RESIDENT IN LAKE CITY, SPEAKING ABOUT THE RV LEGISLATION. SO I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE GOAL OF

BUILDING PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN RVS TO MOVE INTO SAFE LOTS AND SHELTERS THAN TO PERMANENT HOUSING WHILE PROVIDING SERVICES AND ACCOMPLISHING THAT WILL BE A PUBLIC SAFETY WIN ACROSS THE CITY.

BUT SAFE LOTS TAKE TIME, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A CENSUS OF RV DWELLERS YET. IT HELPS NO ONE TO IMPOUND VEHICLES AND THROW THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR RVS ONTO THE STREETS BEFORE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE,

AND I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU PASS THIS WHOLE PACKAGE TODAY. PLEASE SAY NO TO 12183. THAT WOULD CREATE SPECIAL PERMITS, PARKING BANS AND IMPOUNDMENT SYSTEM. IT'S TOO COMPLICATED, TOO

RIGID, TOO COSTLY, AND TOO LIKELY TO BE A BUREAUCRACY THAT PUNISHES PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES. PLEASE SAY YES TO FUNDING OUTREACH, CREATING MULTIPLE RV SAFE LOTS WITH SUFFICIENT CAPACITY AND SERVICES.

OFFERING RV STORAGE OPTIONS AND SUPPORTING HOUSING PATHWAYS. I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT WILL MAKE A REAL VISIBLE DIFFERENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HOLLY

WILLIS, FOLLOWED BY AIDEN CARROLL. AND THEN DOMINIQUE S. -- GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS HOLLY WILLIS WITH THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS. WE SUPPORT THE SPONSORS

WORK TO DEVELOP SAFE LOTS STORAGE AND HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITY BASED OUTREACH TO PEOPLE LIVING IN RVS THAT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT DELAY. WE ALSO DEEPLY APPRECIATE AMENDMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS LIN

AND FOSTER, SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, THAT WOULD CREATE A WORK GROUP AND ALLOW MORE CENSUS PERIODS. BUT WE STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT THE PERMIT PROGRAM AND CHANGES TO PARKING

RULES AND WHAT IT WOULD DO TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET OR KEEP A PERMIT WILL BE AT RISK OF HAVING THEIR VEHICLE AND ALL THEIR BELONGINGS IMPOUNDED WITHOUT NOTICE, LEAVING

THEM TO TRY AND SURVIVE AS BEST THEY CAN ON THE STREET WITHOUT ANY ACCESS TO SHELTER AT ALL. INSTEAD OF AN EXPENSIVE, COMPLEX AND PUNITIVE PERMIT SYSTEM, WE URGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PARTS OF

THIS LEGISLATION THAT WORK, CREATE ADDITIONAL SAFE PARKING, COMMUNITY BASED OUTREACH AND STORAGE OPTIONS WITHOUT PUTTING SUCH A PUNITIVE AND EXPENSIVE MEASURE FORWARD. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT IN-

PERSON SPEAKER IS AIDEN, FOLLOWED BY DOMINIQUE S AND THEN DONOVAN COOK. -- WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS, I WAS EXCITED. BUT AT THIS POINT, I ALMOST WANT TO APOLOGIZE. I KNOW EVERY TIME THIS SPRING AND

SUMMER I CAME HERE, I MENTIONED THE NEED FOR SAFE PARKING, BUT THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS. AND AS WRITTEN, THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND IT'S GOING TO GET YOU SUED AND LOSE. IT'S NOT SAFE PARKING. IF

YOU HAVE TO SIGN OVER THE TITLE TO YOUR VEHICLE TO GET IN. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE THEY WERE JUST BAIT AND SWITCHED INTO THE EXISTING, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, SAFE LOT THAT WAS IN INTERBAY YOU

DO NOT DESTROY THE EXISTING SEMI SAFE PARKING TO AND CREATE UNEQUAL TREATMENT TO TO PLACES PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BEEN STAYING SAFELY FOR YEARS TO CREATE THIS TINY FAKE SAFE PARKING WHERE THEY DON'T GET TO

USE THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. IF YOU GO THROUGH WITH THIS AS WRITTEN, IT'S GOING TO INCREASE. WHAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT IS THE PROBLEM IN BELLTOWN. AND THE SOLUTION THAT IS

EXPANDING THE CHARACTER. -- THANK YOU -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DOMINIQUE S, FOLLOWED BY DONOVAN COOK. AND THEN JEN -- HI, MY NAME IS DOMINIQUE AND I'M A PARTICIPANT OF SHARE WHEELS TENT CITY THREE. WE

AS A COMMUNITY SUPPORT MORE SHELTER, MORE RESOURCES AND MORE SAFE PARKING IN SEATTLE. WHAT WE HAVE RESOURCE WISE IN PARKING IS NOT ENOUGH. ACCORDING TO THE SCALE OF HOMELESSNESS AND PEOPLE LIVING IN

THEIR VEHICLES. WE OPPOSE PUNITIVE APPROACHES SUCH AS THESE PERMITS BECAUSE IT'S PUSHING PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS BY PUNISHING, BY PUSHING THOSE THAT LIVE IN RVS OUT OF THE COMMUNITY DUE TO A FEW BAD

APPLES THAT ARE BREAKING OTHER LAWS, WHY NOT ENFORCE THE LAWS? WE ALREADY HAVE? THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT APPROACH. IT IS COERCION. RATHER THAN BUILDING TRUST WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES, IT RISKS VULNERABLE

PEOPLE LOSING THEIR ONLY PROPERTY, THEIR RVS. WHAT WE NEED IS SAFETY. MORE PARKING, NOT PERMITS. WE NEED MORE RESOURCES, NOT PERMITS. WE NEED ZERO BARRIER HOUSING, NOT PERMITS. HOMELESS RIGHTS ARE

HUMAN RIGHTS -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS DONOVAN, FOLLOWED BY JEN MANLEY AND CHANEL HORNER. -- GOOD DAY, COUNCILMAN, MY NAME IS DONOVAN. I AM PART OF CHERWELL TENT CITY THREE. WE

SUPPORT MORE SHELTER, SAFE PARKING FOR OUR HOUSELESS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WE OPPOSE PUNITIVE APPROACH FOR PERMITS DUE TO THE FACT THEY ARE NOT BENEFICIAL. THEY FEEL LIKE A PUNISHMENT AND PUTS THE

PEOPLE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR ONLY REAL PROPERTY. PLEASE RECONSIDER TWO HOUR PARKING UNTIL LEGISLATION CAN APPROVE ADEQUATE SPOTS FOR RVS AND STORAGE AND HOUSING FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES. THANK

YOU. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEN, FOLLOWED BY CHANEL HORNER AND ANITRA FREEMAN. AND JEN, IF YOU COULD CORRECT ME ON HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME, I'D -- [LAUGHTER] -- APPRECIATE IT. --

[LAUGHTER] -- YOU DID GREAT. -- [LAUGHTER] -- THE SECOND TIME. HI, MY NAME IS JEN MANLEY AND I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER OF VEHICLE RESIDENT OUTREACH. WE ARE AN ORG THAT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH FOLKS

LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES SINCE 2011. FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE SCOFFLAW MITIGATION TEAM, OUR GOAL IS TO HELP VEHICLE RESIDENTS BE AS SAFE AND LEGAL IN THEIR VEHICLES UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO MOVE TOWARDS

MORE STABILITY, AND THEN WE HELP THEM NAVIGATE THAT PATH AS WELL I AM A PROGRAM MANAGER, WHICH MEANS I PREFER BUDGETS AND SPREADSHEETS AND COACHING MY TEAM, NOT PRESS AND POLICY. AND BECAUSE OF THAT,

I THINK A PIECE OF THIS STORY THAT HAS BEEN MISSED BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING PRESS IS THAT WHEN COUNCILMEMBER DAN STARTED THIS PROCESS, HE REACHED OUT TO OUR ORG AND HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US THIS

ENTIRE TIME TO BUILD THIS LEGISLATION. INSTEAD OF COMING UP WITH A PARKING BAN. LIKE MOST CITIES, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WAS INTENT ON THIS BEING A DIGNIFYING, SAFE PROCESS BY TALKING TO US ABOUT WHAT

VEHICLE RESIDENTS NEED. AND SO THAT PIECE HASN'T BEEN HEARD, BUT YOU'LL HEAR A BIT MORE FROM MY COLLEAGUE JEN WHEN SHE COMES. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHANEL, FOLLOWED BY ANITRA. AND THEN

STEVE AGAIN -- HELLO, MY NAME IS CHANEL AND I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING WITH THE KCRHA VEHICLE RESIDENCY TASK FORCE FOR FOUR YEARS. I'M CURRENTLY THE ONLY PERSON THERE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE CURRENTLY

LIVING THE EXPERIENCE. I LIVE IN A TINY HOME RIGHT NOW. INTERBAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO COME BEFORE YOU MAKE THIS DECISION ON THE PERMITS TO COME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN

HAVING FOR FOUR YEARS ABOUT THIS VERY SUBJECT, BECAUSE WE'VE DILIGENTLY BEEN TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS AND IMPROVE THE WAY PEOPLE LIVING IN VEHICLES LIVE. AND IF YOU GUYS CAME TO THE MEETING, WE COULD

DISCUSS THIS FURTHER. BUT I REALLY THINK THAT THE PERMITS DON'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY REGISTERED OUR VEHICLES. AND ALSO AND ALSO THERE AREN'T ENOUGH SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR

PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY ACCEPT THEIR UNACCEPTABLE SERVICES. A LOT OF TIMES THEY WON'T ALLOW DOGS, THEY WON'T ALLOW COUPLES, THEY IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYBODY. SO I MEAN TO TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO

GET YOUR ALREADY TAKEN, YOUR HOME TAKEN AWAY AFTER THREE, THREE TIMES OF OFFERED SERVICES THAT AREN'T ACCEPTABLE ISN'T REALLY FAIR. AND SO I DON'T SEE WHAT THE POINT OF A PREVENTING SOMEBODY IS IF

YOU'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT AWAY ANYWAY, IF YOU COME TO A MEETING, THAT'D BE GREAT. -- THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANITRA, FOLLOWED BY STEVE. AND THEN SAM WOLF. -- GOOD MORNING,

ANITRA FREEMAN WITH SHARE. WHEEL. WHEN YOU ARE HOMELESS AND BROKE, IT IS A HARD DAILY STRUGGLE JUST TO SURVIVE AND YOU ARE CONSTANTLY EXHAUSTED. ADDING MORE BUREAUCRATIC BURDENS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE

ALREADY BURDENED MAKES THE TITLE OF THIS LEGISLATION BITTERLY IRONIC. IT IS CRUEL AND IT DOES NOT SOLVE ANY OF THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM IT RISKS LOSING THE ONLY HOME THAT PEOPLE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO ADD

SAFE LOTS, SHELTER AND HOUSING AND BAG THIS. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. -- ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE, FOLLOWED BY SAM WOLF. AND THEN LYDIA TAYLOR. -- THE ADDING OF LOTS IS A GOOD LOGICAL

IDEA. MORE OPPORTUNITY. OUR COMMUNITIES AROUND SEATTLE CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THE NOOSE AROUND US BY BEING LESS FRIENDLY. AT SOME POINT, THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE, THAT MIDDLE 90% OR MORE NEED TO BE

CONSIDERED. BECAUSE IF YOU EVER HAD A RV OR A TRUCK OR SOMETHING PARKED IN FRONT OR NEAR YOUR DRIVEWAY SO YOU CAN'T SEE TO GET OUT, AND IT SITS THERE FOR WEEKS. THE 72 HOUR JOKE WE HAVE IN SEATTLE. SO

I THINK PERMITS ARE PROBABLY A BIT OUT OF THE QUESTION AT THIS POINT. I THINK WE SHOULD BE TAKING A LOOK AT DOING BETTER, YOU KNOW, EVEN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE MIGHT EVEN HELP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I

WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THOSE RVS ACTUALLY WORK. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS SAM WOLF, FOLLOWED BY LYDIA TAYLOR. AND THEN OUR LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER WILL BE JEN

ADAMS. -- THIS ONE. -- GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SAM WOLF. I WORK FOR PDA AS THE LOCAL POLICY DIRECTOR. I FIRST WANT TO APPRECIATE VRO FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY DO FOR THIS RELATIVELY

UNDERSERVED POPULATION, AND TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR CONSULTING THEM CLOSELY WHILE CRAFTING THIS LEGISLATION. I'M GLAD TO SEE NEW RESOURCES COMING ONLINE. AND AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP,

I'D LIKE TO SEE CLOSE ATTENTION TO SEVERAL DESIGN ASPECTS. FIRST, MANAGING THE PERMITTING SYSTEM IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO FACE ADDITIONAL BARRIERS, OR FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T OWN

THE VEHICLES THEY LIVE IN. TWO A WAY TO UTILIZE EXISTING CITY PERSONNEL TO MANAGE THE PERMITTING SYSTEM RATHER THAN HIRING EIGHT NEW FTES. AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE CONTINUED

INPUT, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES AN APPROPRIATE OFFER OF SHELTER. I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE DISCUSSION SPACE THAT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS HELD THUS FAR, AND I HOPE TO SEE CONTINUED

WORK TO MAKE THIS SYSTEM ONE THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE AND WHICH WILL SUPPORT THE WELL-BEING OF OUR FOLKS. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER WILL BE LYDIA. AND THEN OUR LAST

INSPECTION IN IN PERSON, SPEAKER, WILL BE JEN ADAMS. -- HI, MY NAME'S LYDIA TAYLOR. I'VE NEVER LIVED IN AN RV BEFORE, SO I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW

SOLIDARITY WITH MY RV NEIGHBORS. TO NOT BANISH THEM, BUT TO ALSO SUPPORT LIKE EXTRA RV LOTS BECAUSE, I MEAN, I DO REMEMBER BEING HOUSED AS A KID AND HAVING MY OLDER BROTHER'S RV PARKED IN FRONT OF THE

DRIVEWAY, WHICH WAS PRETTY ANNOYING AND PRETTY UNDERSTANDABLY SO. THAT'S IT. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS JEN ADAMS -- MAKE YOU WAIT FOR IT -- DIRECT SERVICE. THAT'S WHAT I DO. I

WORK WITH PEOPLE IN RVS. I LIVED IN A VAN. I HEAR FROM THEM ALL THE TIME. THEY ARE TIRED OF THEIR WINDOWS BEING BROKE, BEING CHASED FROM NEIGHBOR TO TO NEIGHBORHOOD. NO ONE'S BROUGHT UP THE 72 HOUR,

BUT THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT THEY CONSISTENTLY HAVE TO CHASE RIGHT NOW. 72 HOURS MOVING, 72 HOURS MOVING, 72 HOURS MOVING. IT'S EXHAUSTING. MY PEOPLE IN RVS NEED A SAFE PLACE TO PARK, WHETHER OR NOT

THEY WANT HOUSING OR NOT. THEY WANT THAT CHOICE. THEY DEFINITELY NEED MORE PARKING SPACES, PLACES TO GO. I WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WE NEED PLACES FOR RVS TO GO. WE NEED TO GET THEM OFF THE

STREETS SO THAT THEY'RE SAFE. THEY'RE SAFE FROM EVERYONE. THEY, THEY WANT THIS. THEY, THEY REALLY WANT A PLACE TO GO. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. -- WE WILL

NOW MOVE TO REMOTE SPEAKERS. SO OUR FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER FOR THIS WILL BE. TAYLOR FARLEY. LET'S SEE. TAYLOR, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. -- HELLO, THIS IS TAYLOR FARLEY. I AM THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AT OUR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT QUEER POWER ALLIANCE. THANK YOU FOR THE FORWARD THINKING AND SUPPORTING VEHICLE RESIDENTS AND FOR CREATING SAFE SPACES. AS WE KNOW, WE AS WE KNOW, WE KNOW WE NEED MORE SAFE

PARKING LOTS. WE NEED RV STORAGE SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ACCEPTING SHELTER OR LOSING THE ONE LAST POSSESSION THAT THEY LIVE IN AS THEIR HOMES. THESE ARE INVESTMENTS IN PEOPLE AND

INVESTMENTS IN DIGNITY. THE CITY DESCRIBES THIS PROPOSAL AS CREATING A PATHWAY TO HOUSING FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN VEHICLES, BUT THE PATHWAY FOR HOUSING CANNOT BEGIN BY THREATENING SOMEONE TO LOSE THEIR

HOME AS. TODAY, PERMITS DO NOT SECURE HOUSING. IF SOMEONE CANNOT ACCESS AND MAINTAIN A PERMIT, THE ANSWER CANNOT BE CRIMINALIZING. WHEN THEY ARE SLEEPING, WHERE THEY SLEEP AND FORCE THEM TO ABANDON

THEIR VEHICLES. -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JASMINE CLARK. JASMINE, PLEASE PRESS STAR 69. FOR. -- GOOD MORNING, CHAIR KETTLE AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS JASMINE CLARK. I'M THE SMART

JUSTICE POLICY PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT THE ACLU OF WASHINGTON. YESTERDAY, WE SUBMITTED A LETTER OUTLINING OUR CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSED RV LEGISLATION, AND I WANT TO BRIEFLY REINFORCE THOSE CONCERNS.

TODAY, WE SUPPORT THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS AND OUTREACH. SAFE LOTS, SHELTER AND HOUSING. BUT THOSE INVESTMENTS SHOULD NOT BE PAIRED WITH AN ENFORCEMENT STRUCTURE THAT FURTHER DESTABILIZES PEOPLE WHO

HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. FOR SOMEONE LIVING IN AN RV, THAT VEHICLE IS NOT SIMPLY TRANSPORTATION. IT IS OFTEN THEIR HOME, THEIR SHELTER, AND THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF STABILITY. IMPOUNDING IT WITHOUT

NOTICE CAN LEAVE SOMEONE WORSE OFF THAN BEFORE. AS OUTLINED IN OUR LETTER, THIS ALSO RAISES SIGNIFICANT CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS UNDER CITY OF SEATTLE V LONG AND ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE WITHOUT MEANINGFUL

ACCESS TO SHELTER OR HOUSING WILL SIMPLY BE DISPLACED FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. SEATTLE CAN ADDRESS LEGITIMATE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS WITHOUT CRIMINALIZING OR DISPLACING PEOPLE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY

ARE LIVING IN VEHICLES. WE URGE THE COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS BEFORE MOVING THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE READ. MAYOR READ PLEASE PRESS STAR

SIX. -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. I CURRENTLY LIVE IN AN RV, AND I WANT TO SAY MANY OF US LIVING IN VEHICLES ARE NOT ADDICTS AND CRIMINALS. WE ARE JUST DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH VERY LITTLE

INCOME. BY FORCING RV RESIDENTS TO REGISTER WITH THE GOVERNMENT DATABASE, RESTRICTING OUR MOVEMENTS TO INDUSTRIAL ZONES, SUBJECTING US TO STRICT RULES AND THREATENING STATE SEIZURE OF OUR HOMES. THIS

ORDINANCE IS A CLEAR CRIMINALIZATION OF POVERTY AND WILL FORCE MORE PEOPLE INTO TENT ENCAMPMENTS. IT IS DEEPLY UNFAIR TO PUNISH LAW ABIDING, LAW ABIDING RV RESIDENTS FOR THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS BY

FORCING US INTO DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS LIKE THE SO-CALLED SAFE LOTS, TINY HOME VILLAGES, OR DSC BUILDINGS, WHERE PEOPLE TOO OFTEN LIVE IN BODY BAGS. ASK YOURSELVES IF YOU WOULD LIVE IN THOSE PLACES.

THE MOST DISTURBING PART IS THAT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ADMITTED THIS IS ENTIRELY ABOUT ESTHETICS. WHEN HE STATED THAT IF WE HAVE TO LIVE IN VEHICLES, WE NEED TO FIND ONE NOT AS UNIQUE AS AN -- RV.

THIS IS NOT ASSISTANCE. IT IS AN AUTHORITARIAN ATTEMPT TO HURT US OUT OF PUBLIC SIGHT. I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO REJECT THIS DANGEROUS OVERREACH. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH ELIZABETH,

PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. -- HI, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH ARCHAMBAULT AND I LIVE IN THE SOUTH LAKE UNION NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANT EVERYONE IN SEATTLE TO HAVE A SAFE AND STABLE HOME. AND THAT'S WHY I URGE YOU TO

VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSAL, ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PARKING RULES AND THE VEHICLE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PERMIT OR REROUTE VRAP THREATENS TO TAKE AWAY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RV SAFETY AND

SECURITY BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET A MAP WON'T BE ABLE TO PARK. IN THEIR LIVE IN THERE. I'M SORRY. I WON'T BE ABLE TO PARK THERE. LIVE IN VEHICLE HOMES, ON THE STREETS, AND THEN RISK THE

POSSIBILITY OF THEIR VEHICLE HOMES BEING TOWED. THIS RISK OF TOWING WILL NOT HELP CURE HOMELESSNESS IN SEATTLE. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT OTHER HELPFUL PIECES OF THIS LEGISLATION PACKAGE THAT WORK TO SET

UP RV SAFE SITES. LOTS, EXPAND HIGH QUALITY, COMMUNITY BASED OUTREACH AND CREATE STORAGE, RV STORAGE UNIT AS THE RV PARKING PERMIT WILL ONLY. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE CELINE ROUSSEAU,

CELINE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. CELINE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. -- CELINE ROUSSEAU AND THE DISTRICT ONE. MY NAME IS CELINE ROUSSEAU AND I'M A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT. WHILE I FULLY SUPPORT MORE RV SAFE

LOT BY. OPPOSE THE RV PERMIT PROGRAM, THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF IMPOUNDING RVS. THE INCESSANT RATE OF SWEEPS OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAS EXHAUSTED VEHICLE RV RESIDENTS AND THOSE

TRYING TO HELP THEM, AND LED TO A NOTICEABLE DECREASE IN VEHICLES. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN PEOPLE HAVE SHELTER. MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BACK ON THE STREETS IN TENTS, WHICH MEANS THE CITY IS SPENDING

TENS OF MILLIONS EVERY YEAR TO STEAL THE HOMES OF OUR POOREST AND MOST DISPOSSESSED NEIGHBORS, LEAVING THEM MORE VULNERABLE, LESS PROTECTION FROM RATS AND RAIN, LESS SECURITY FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR

POSSESSIONS, AND LESS STABILITY. IT IS WAY HARDER TO MOVE AND SAVE YOUR BELONGINGS WHEN YOU'RE BEING SWEPT IN A TENT VERSUS RV. OUR CITY NOTORIOUSLY DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH DIGNIFIED AND APPROPRIATE

SHELTER, AND UNTIL WE DO, PROGRAMS LIKE THIS WILL NOT SOLVE ANY OF OUR CITY'S VERY REAL PROBLEMS AND ARE JUST STRAIGHT UP HARMFUL AND CRUEL. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY.

KELLY. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. -- MY NAME IS KELLY. I'M AGAINST RESTRICTIVE PERMITTING AND PARKING BANS. IT IS WILD THAT THIS SYSTEM WOULD BE BASED ON A ONE TIME EVER CENSUS THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY PHASE

OUT ALL PERMIT HOLDERS. THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD CHANGE. AND IT'S HOW I KNOW THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY ABOUT PROVIDING EFFECTIVE POLICY, BUT ABOUT APPEARANCES. IT'S DISTURBING AND DISINGENUOUS TO

TALK ABOUT SERVICES, BUT FOCUS ON IMPROVING PEOPLE'S HOMES. THE POSITIVES. YES, WE SHOULD BUILD MORE SAFE PARKING LOTS. WE SHOULD INVEST IN STORAGE. WE SHOULD OFFER OUTREACH. BUT I'M A SOCIAL WORKER

AND I KNOW THAT WE DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO OFFER, AND RV IS SOMEONE'S HOME. THIS POLICY WILL LEAD TO MORE PEOPLE, MORE VULNERABLE ON THE STREET. AND JUST LIKE SWEET, IT WILL BE

INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE AND INEFFECTIVE. AND RV IS PROTECTED UNDER THE HOMESTEAD ACT. SO PEOPLE WILL BE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF TRYING TO GET THE RV BACK FROM THE IMPOUND BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE KEPT FROM

THEM WITH COSTLY IMPOUND FEES. BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN? BECAUSE IT HAS IN THE PAST, IS THAT THE HOMESTEAD ACT WILL BE VIOLATED. PEOPLE WILL SUE THE CITY. THERE WILL BE LAWSUITS WHICH WILL COST MONEY AND

DOES NOT ADDRESS REAL ISSUES. INSTEAD OF A PERMITTING SYSTEM THAT WASTES MONEY ON VIOLENCE, WE SHOULD INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SAFE PARKING LOTS IN STORAGE. ESSENTIALLY, I'M ASKING YOU TO TAKE

OFF THE VIOLENCE OF A POLICY YOU SAY IS ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ORION. ORION, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. ORION, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. ORION WILL COME BACK TO YOU. OUR NEXT

SPEAKER WILL BE ARDEN MEYER. ARDEN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. -- HI, I'M A SOCIAL WORKER AND A MAJORITY OF MY CLIENTS ARE HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. WE KNOW STABILITY IS AN IMPERATIVE

WITHIN THIS POPULATION. HAVING A SAFE PLACE WITH A LOCKING DOOR ENABLES FOLKS TO MAINTAIN THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING AND KEEP THEIR BELONGINGS, INCLUDING ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTATION NEEDED FOR

ACCESS TO MORE PERMANENT HOUSING. THESE FOLKS CAN BE HIGHLY IMPAIRED. I OWN A CONDO, HAVE TWO DEGREES, TWO PROFESSIONAL LICENSES, AND TWO JOBS. I DON'T HAVE A PERMIT FOR MY CAR BECAUSE I HAVEN'T

GOTTEN AROUND TO REGISTERING IT IN MY NAME. SO HOW CAN WE EXPECT LESS ADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS TO MEET THIS OBLIGATION? IF YOU MAKE THE SAFE OPTION AND CONVENIENT, YOU INCENTIVIZE RISKY BEHAVIOR. I

UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS IS TO REMOVE ACCESS TO RV LIVING. I CAN ASSURE YOU EVIDENCE SHOWS THE ONLY EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION HERE WILL BE COMPASSIONATE AND SUPPORTIVE. YOU CANNOT REMOVE

SOMEONE'S PATHWAY TO STABILITY WITHOUT PROVIDING BETTER OPTIONS, AND I THINK IT'S WISE TO INVEST IN THOSE. -- THANK YOU. LET'S RETURN TO ORION. ORION, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. -- THANK YOU. -- ORION.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. WHO IS KATHERINE RAVELLO. KATHERINE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. KATHERINE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ONE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER

WILL BE JEREMY WOLF. OH, WAIT, KATHERINE, I SEE THAT YOU'VE COME ON. -- SORRY. HI. MY NAME IS KATHERINE RAVELLO. I'M A BOARD MEMBER WITH THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS. I'M HERE TO

URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE CHANGES TO THE PARKING RULES AND THE VEHICLE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PERMIT. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED IN HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES FOR OVER 15 YEARS, I'VE SEEN

FIRSTHAND THE NEED FOR SAFE PARKING LOTS, HIGH QUALITY SHELTER, VEHICLE STORAGE OPTIONS, AND COMMUNITY BASED OUTREACH. HOWEVER, THIS PERMITTING PROCESS WILL NOT BRING PEOPLE INSIDE MORE QUICKLY OR IN

GREATER NUMBERS, AND INSTEAD COULD PUT MANY PEOPLE AT RISK OF LOSING WHAT STABILITY THEY DO HAVE. I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO RETAIN THE SUPPORTIVE ASPECTS OF THIS PROPOSAL, ESPECIALLY ESTABLISHING SAFE

PARKING SITES ENHANCED WITH OUTREACH AND SERVICE CONNECTIONS. HOWEVER, THE PERMIT PROCESS WILL ONLY SERVE TO DESTABILIZE ANYONE WHO CANNOT GET ONE OR WHO LOSES THEIRS AND WILL ADD A LAYER OF

BUREAUCRACY THAT DISTRACTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY'S ACTUAL GOAL OF BRINGING PEOPLE INTO SAFE AND STABLE ENVIRONMENTS -- THANK YOU RYAN. LET'S TRY THIS FOR THE THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM. RYAN, CAN YOU PLEASE

PRESS STAR SIX? ALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JEREMY WOLF. JEREMY, CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX? -- COUNCILMEMBERS STRAUSS AND COLLEAGUES. MY NAME IS JEREMY WOLF. RESIDENTS HAVE SPOKEN TODAY

UNANIMOUSLY. A PERMIT DENIES, DENIES. SHELTER TO PEOPLE IN NEED. IF YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE, PROVIDE SAFE LOTS. THE TESTIMONY TODAY HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY UNANIMOUS. DROP THE PERMITS. DO THE CENSUS AND

DEVELOP RV SAFE LOTS. THIS LEGISLATION CREATES PAPERWORK. IT'S NOT SUPPORTING PEOPLE. YOU HEARD MULTIPLE TESTIMONIES THAT RV LOTS ARE SUCCESSFUL. NOT ENOUGH HOUSING IS AVAILABLE. 72 HOUR MOVES ARE

CRUEL AND WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE RESOURCES. EVERY TESTIMONY, INCLUDING FROM AN RV RESIDENT WHO POINTED OUT THAT THOSE ABOUT US, HAS BEEN AGAINST THE PUNITIVE LEGISLATION, EXCEPT FOR VR, WHO IS NOT A

NEUTRAL COMMENTATOR AS A WRITER, AND SAID SHE CARES ABOUT SPREADSHEETS, NOT THE POLICY ASPECT. HOW CAN YOU HEAR THESE COMMENTS AND IGNORE THEM AND PASS THIS? PLEASE DO NOT PASS THIS AS WRITTEN AND

TAKE IT BACK TO THE WORKING GROUP UNTIL IT IS GROUNDED, GROUNDED IN SUPPORTIVE LOTS INSTEAD OF BUREAUCRATIC PERMITS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD, BUT PLEASE FIX IT. -- ALL RIGHT,

LET'S DO THIS AGAIN. I SEE THAT YOU HAVE COME ONLINE. YOU HAVE A MINUTE? OKAY DOCTOR. JANICE. CLARK, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. -- OSE. OH, HELLO. IN CHEROKEE. I'M DR. JANICE CLARK, FOUNDER AND VISIONARY

OF SAFE HOMES, A COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED IN 1995 IN WASHINGTON STATE. I RISE TO TESTIFY ON CB 121281 AND ITS COMPANION LEGISLATION TO INCLUDE A RESOLUTION 32216 THAT ESTABLISHED THE

VEHICLE. RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. I AGREE THAT INCREASED FUNDING FOR OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO VEHICLE RESIDENTS COULD PROVIDE BENEFIT TO PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ARE HOMELESS. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE

CONCERNS LIFTED UP BY THE SPEAKER, JASMINE CLARK, FROM ACLU ALSO AGREE THAT THIS LEGISLATION CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT ALLOWABLE STORAGE OF UNACCOMPANIED RVS AND TO PROMOTE SAFE STORAGE OF RVS FOR PEOPLE

TRANSITIONING TO SHELTER AND TEMPORARY HOUSING. THE TAKEAWAY IS THAT IN YOUR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS. -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID HAYNES DAVID, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. -- HI, DAVID HAYNES, I COMMEND

COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR A TRULY COMPREHENSIVE VEHICLE RESIDENCY PROGRAM. THIS LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE SHOWS MORE GENUINE EFFORT, THOUGHT, AND PROACTIVE STRATEGY THAN ALL OF THE CITY'S FAILED DRUG CRISIS

LEGISLATION COMBINED. IT ACTS AS A RARE BEACON OF REAL WORK IN A CHAMBER TOO OFTEN PARALYZED BY INACTION. BUT A BRILLIANT POLICY ON PAPER MEANS NOTHING WITHOUT EXECUTION. WE DO NOT HAVE UNTIL NEXT

YEAR TO LET BUREAUCRATIC DYSFUNCTION SORT ITSELF OUT. THE COLD WEATHER IS COMING NOW. WE NEED TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF PASSIVE WAITING. RIGHT NOW WE POSSESS A MASSIVE, UNDERUTILIZED RESOURCE. THE

NATIONAL GUARD. IT IS TIME TO DEMAND A NOBLE HUMANITARIAN DEPLOYMENT OF THE GUARD TO RAPIDLY STAND UP THE EMERGENCY CAPACITY WE NEED TODAY. THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE TRAINED ENGINEERS, BUT LOGISTICAL

EXPERTS AND BUILDERS, THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO RESPOND TO CRISIS. AND LET'S BE CLEAR, A SEVERE LACK OF BASIC FUNCTIONAL FIRST WORLD UTILITIES HEADING INTO A FREEZING WINTER IS A CRISIS. USING THEM TO

WRAP. -- OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER WILL BE DOUG BAMBRICK. DOUG, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. -- HELLO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I'M DOUG BAMBRICK AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SOME AWESOME SMALL RENTAL HOUSEHOLDS

I APPRECIATE THE NONPOLITICAL ASPECT OF THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS BEEN THOUGHTFUL AND JUST A SIMPLE MANAGER TRYING TO MANAGE THIS WITH. IT SEEMS LIKE A RATHER THOUGHTFUL COMPROMISE

WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. THERE'S PLENTY OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP AT THE MEETING TODAY. IT'S IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE THE HOUSING ADVOCATES

ARE HERE. AND I'M JUST AGAIN, VOICING MY SINCERE SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT IN BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS STRAUSS. IT'S WITH DEEP APPRECIATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. -- THAT ENDS OUR PUBLIC

HEARING. -- THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR LAST REGISTERED SPEAKER PRESENT TO SPEAK ONLINE OR IN PERSON AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE ONE, 21281 IS NOW CLOSED. THE COUNCIL RULES

WILL NEED TO BE SUSPENDED BEFORE WE CAN VOTE ON THIS BILL. ON THE SAME DAY, HEARING WAS HELD. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW THE COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON THIS BILL.

HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND THE COMMITTEE WILL PROCEED WITH A VOTE. I MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, 281. IS THERE A SECOND? --

SECOND, SECOND. COMMITTEE -- YES. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T. SECOND. BUT VICE CHAIR SECOND. -- SECOND. OKAY. -- THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL.

CENTRAL STAFF, PLEASE PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE BILL -- ANOTHER THING LIGHTS ARE ON. -- SHOULD BE GOOD NOW. -- OH THANK YOU. NOW THIS WOULD UPDATE THE LAND USE CODE IN ORDER TO ALLOW STORAGE OF

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND OTHER VEHICLES SO. -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND HONORARY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING MEMBER THIS TODAY A SPONSOR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BILL, PLEASE?

-- THANK YOU. CHAIR KETTLE I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF ON ALL OF THESE BILLS. SEATTLE IS AN OUTLIER WHEN IT COMES TO RULES REGARDING PARKING OF RVS ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. AND AS WAS SAID IN PUBLIC

TESTIMONY TODAY, IT IS MY INTENT AND IT IS MY FOCUS TO MAKE SURE THAT HUMANS ARE CENTERED IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH MANY WHO DO DIRECT SERVICE THROUGHOUT

THIS ENTIRE TIME. THIS BILL BEFORE US RIGHT NOW IS ONE OF THE CRITICAL PIECES. THE LAND USE CODE TODAY PROHIBITS US FROM USING EMPTY LOTS TO STORE PEOPLE'S VEHICLES FOR IF THEY ARE IN SHELTER AT A

LOCATION THAT IS NOT PHYSICALLY ATTACHED TO THAT PARKING LOT. THIS BILL BEFORE US TODAY ALLOWS US THE FLEXIBILITY TO STORE PEOPLE'S VEHICLES, WHETHER THEY'RE RVS, VANS, OR CARS. WHILE THEY NOT ONLY

ENTER SHELTER, ALSO FOR THEM WHEN THEY'RE ENTERING HOUSING. BECAUSE FOR MUCH OF OUR SHELTER AND DEFINITELY FOR OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO BUILD UNITS OVER PARKING SPOTS, WHICH

IS THE RIGHT CHOICE. BUT THAT LEAVES A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE VEHICLES, WHETHER THEY LIVE IN THEM OR NOT. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? COLLEAGUES? NOT SEEING ANY.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ALSO THANK YOU, MISS ALLEN AND MISS LABRECQUE FOR YOUR YOUR COMMENTS HERE TODAY. I NOTE THAT THIS IS BUILDING ON WORK THAT WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR REGARDING

TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS. IN A MORE GENERAL SENSE. SO VERY SIMILAR. ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON RECOMMENDATION TO PASS THE BILL -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I THINK YOU'RE MUTED,

COUNCILMEMBER. -- SORRY, SORRY. -- I COUNCILMEMBER LIN. -- YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. -- CHAIR KETTLE AYE. -- THAT'S FOUR IN FAVOR. -- OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THE COUNCIL PASS COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, EIGHT ONE WILL BE SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. -- CHAIR. APOLOGIES, MY AUDIO WAS NOT WORKING. -- OKAY. CAN WE DO A QUICK REVOTE,

PLEASE? -- CLERK SURE. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I COUNCILMEMBER LIN. -- YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I CHAIR KETTLE. I FIVE IN FAVOR OKAY. -- THE MOTION CARRIES AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR

HIGHLIGHTING YOUR YOUR DIFFICULTIES. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COUNCIL PASS COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, EIGHT ONE WILL BE SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WE'LL NOW TURN

RETURN TO THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA WITH ITEMS TWO AND THREE COUNCILMEMBERS. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND BECAUSE ITEMS TWO AND THREE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, I'M RECOMMENDING AND PARTNERSHIP

WITH SPONSOR COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS THAT WE CONSIDER THESE TWO ITEMS AS A CONSENT PACKAGE OF LEGISLATION TO BE HEARD AND VOTED ON. AT ONE TIME. A MEMBER MAY REQUEST TO REMOVE EITHER ITEM FOR A SEPARATE

VOTE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS TWO AND THREE INTO THE RECORD? -- COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 1279. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LEASES. UPDATING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE LEASES WHEN THE LAND IS USED FOR TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS OUTDOOR STORAGE FOR ANY VEHICLE OR OVERNIGHT RESPITE AREAS FOR DRIVERS. AMENDING SECTION 3.127.020 OF THE SEATTLE

MUNICIPAL CODE AND COUNCIL BILL 121280. AN ORDINANCE. ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE. REVISING THE DEFINITION OF JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE AND AMENDING SECTION ONE. 1.14.268 OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL

CODE FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. -- THANK YOU AGAIN. CENTRAL STAFF, WILL YOU PLEASE PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE BILLS? -- AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF BOTH BILLS. IS THAT CORRECT? YES,

PLEASE. YES. OKAY. COUNCIL BILL 121. 279. REGARDING FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEASE AUTHORITY ALLOWS THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO SIGN LEASES FOR UP TO 100,000 100,000FT IF

THE SITE IS TO BE USED FOR TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS RESPITE AREAS FOR OVERNIGHT. OVERNIGHT RESPITE AREAS FOR DRIVERS OR FOR VEHICLE STORAGE, INCLUDING VEHICLES SUCH AS RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. THE

SECOND BILL, COUNCIL BILL 121280. REGARDING THE JUNK VEHICLE DEFINITION UPDATES, THE DEFINITION OF JUNK VEHICLES IN ORDER TO TO PROVIDE CLARITY AROUND WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A JUNK VEHICLE. -- OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BILLS, THE TWO BILLS, AND WOULD A MEMBER LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE? LOOKING SEEING NONE. COLLEAGUES, I MOVE THAT COMMITTEE

RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE TWO, SEVEN NINE AND 121280. IS THERE A SECOND. -- SECOND, SECOND. -- THANK YOU. IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILLS COUNCILMEMBER

STRAUSS AGAIN AS SPONSOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THE TWO BILLS? -- THANK YOU. THE FAS SIGNING AUTHORITY IS ONE THAT CUTS RED TAPE TO GET THIS WORK DONE FASTER, AND THE JUNK

VEHICLE DEFINITIONS ARE NOT EXPANDED. RATHER, THEY ARE CLARIFIED. AND IN SOME WAYS THEY ARE RESTRICTED IN THE CURRENT CODE. ANY NUMBER OF WINDOWS THAT ARE BROKEN, WHETHER IT'S A SIDE OR FRONT WINDOW,

IS CONSIDERED THE SAME. HERE WE ARE SAYING THAT IF YOUR WINDSHIELD IS BROKEN TO THE POINT OF YOU CAN'T SEE THROUGH IT, THAT IS IN FACT DIFFERENT THAN HAVING A BROKEN SIDE WINDOW. AND SO THIS IS A

CLARIFICATION, NOT AN EXPANSION. AND IF YOU YOU COULD INTERPRET THIS AS IN SOME PLACES, A RESTRICTION. THANK YOU -- OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR EITHER BILL HEARING SEEING

NONE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE AND RECOMMENDATION TO PASS COUNCIL BILL ONE TWO, ONE, TWO, SEVEN NINE AND 121280. -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ I COUNCILMEMBER LIN. -- YES COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I

COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I CHAIR KETTLE. I FIVE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. -- THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COUNCIL PASS THE BILLS. BOTH ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, SEVEN NINE AND 121280

WILL BE SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. MOVING ON, BY THE WAY, FIRST I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THANK YOU OUR TO OUR NEW CLERK FOR JOINING US AT THIS TIME WILL. THE COMMITTEE IS ALREADY CONSIDERED. ITEM FOUR

WILL NOW CONSIDER ITEMS FIVE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM FIVE INTO THE RECORD. -- COUNCIL BILL 121282. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO VEHICLE RESIDENCY PERMITTING AND OUTREACH AMENDING ORDINANCE

127362, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2026 BUDGET, INCLUDING THE 2026 TO 2031 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET CONTROL LEVELS, AND FROM VARIOUS FUNDS IN THE

BUDGET, CREATING POSITIONS, MODIFYING A PROVISO AND IMPROVING AND IMPROVING A PROVISO. -- THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW PLACE THE BILL BEFORE US. I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL

121282. IS THERE A SECOND ON THIS BILL? SECOND. THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL. CENTRAL STAFF, WILL YOU PLEASE PRESENT, PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE BILL AND

PROPOSED CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS? -- YES. I'LL START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE BILL. THIS IS AN APPROPRIATION BILL. AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, THERE IS 3.5 MILLION OF ONGOING FUNDING FOR WORK

RELATED TO RECREATIONAL VEHICLES OR OTHER VEHICLE RESIDENTS IN THE 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET, ALONG WITH 1.5 MILLION OF ONE TIME MONEY THAT WAS CARRIED FORWARD. THIS BILL DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT MOVES

APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY FROM FOR SOME OF THAT MONEY FROM HSD TO SDOT TO HIRE A NEW PERMIT TECHNICIAN AND DO SOME INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES TO IMPLEMENT THE PERMIT PROGRAM. IT CREATES THE AUTHORITY FOR

SEVEN NEW OUTREACH POSITIONS IN HSD AND ONE NEW PERMIT POSITION, AND SDOT. IT AMENDS AN EXISTING PROVISO ON THE VEHICLE MONEY AND HSD TO ENSURE THAT IT COULD BE USED FOR ALL VEHICLE RESIDENTS. AND

THEN IT ALSO CREATES A NEW PROVISO STATING THAT UP TO $2 MILLION SHOULD OR $2 MILLION SHOULD BE USED FOR CERTAIN USES, INCLUDING CONTRACTED OUTREACH AND EXPANSION OF CAPACITY FOR CONTRACTED OUTREACH.

AND I WILL NOW WALK THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS. DO YOU WANT TO JUST SCROLL THROUGH IT? OKAY, I'LL START WITH AMENDMENT ONE HERE. THE SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, AND THE AUTHOR IS COUNCILMEMBER

STRAUSS. SO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS SPONSORING ON HIS BEHALF. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ADD ESSENTIALLY AN ALLOWABLE USE TO BOTH OF TO THE EXISTING PROVISO AND THE NEW PROVISO. SO THE NEW ELIGIBLE USE

WOULD INCLUDE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE BUYBACK PROGRAM, AND AYE. AND THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. SO I WILL STOP THERE. DO YOU

WANT ME TO RUN THROUGH BOTH OF THESE AND THEN SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS? -- YES, YES, LET'S DO THAT. -- SO AMENDMENT TWO, ALSO SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,

WOULD FURTHER DEFINE THE TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS DEPLOYED TOWARDS SPECIFIC USES. SO THERE'S CURRENTLY A $2 MILLION PROVISO. AND THIS JUST CLARIFIES THAT NO MORE THAN 750 000 OF THE AMOUNT UNDER THE

PROVISO MAY BE EXTENDED EXPENDED FOR THE START UP COST OF CONTRACTED OUTREACH. SO IT PLACES A CAP ON HOW MUCH CAN BE USED FOR THE START UP COST OF CONTRACTED OUTREACH. THEN AMENDMENT THREE, PLEASE

AMENDMENT THREE SIMPLY REMOVES A RECITAL THAT INDICATES THAT THERE MIGHT BE FUTURE AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL BECAUSE WE. THOSE HAVE JUST BEEN COVERED WITH THE PRIOR TWO THAT WE DISCUSSED. I'LL STOP

THERE. -- OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THE COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT OR REMOVE FROM THIS CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? I WOULD JUST ADD BRIEFLY

THAT I SEE IN THESE AMENDMENTS, PARTICULARLY THE FIRST ONE, LIKE LESSONS LEARNED FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING BEFORE WITH SALMON BAY VILLAGE AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE SEEN. SO SO THANK YOU FOR

THAT. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL BILL 121282. IS THERE A SECOND? -- SECOND. -- IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS. WILL THE CLERK

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL BILL 121282. -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I COUNCILMEMBER LIN. -- YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.

AYE. CHAIR KETTLE. I FIVE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. -- OKAY. THE CONSENT PACK AMENDMENT PACKAGE TO COUNCIL BILL 121282 IS ADOPTED AND WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE BILL. OKAY, I MOVE TO ACTUALLY, WE'VE

ALREADY DONE ALL THAT. -- AYE. -- PRESENTED WE ACTUALLY THE IT'S BEEN AMENDED. AND SO NOW I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD REGARDING THE BILL AS IT IS AND COUNCILMEMBERS WILL ACTUALLY. THE OVERALL BILL

AMENDED BILL. AND TO DO THAT, CAN I MOVE THE AMENDED BILL AS PRESENTED BY THE PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS? -- I DON'T KNOW. -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ -- OH, I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY MY NAME? I OKAY, AYE. --

COUNCILMEMBER LIN -- SORRY, I HAVE QUESTIONS HERE. -- OKAY. GO AHEAD. -- THANK YOU. CHAIR RATHER HAVE A STATEMENT TO MAKE. I ACTUALLY HAVE CONCERNS WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS OVERALL APPROPRIATION

BECAUSE IT CONTAINS A NUMBER OF FTES. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE ACTUAL NEW PROGRAM WHAT IT WILL NEED, HOW MANY ACTUAL FTES WE NEED. SO AND GIVEN THAT TODAY THE BUDGET IS ANNOUNCED, I THINK

IT'S PREMATURE TO PUT ONGOING FUNDING TOWARD THIS EFFORTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT LAST YEAR WE APPROPRIATED ONGOING FUNDING. THE 3.5 MILLION. BUT GIVEN WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BUDGET THIS YEAR AND GIVEN THAT

IT COMES OUT TODAY AND GIVEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IS GOING TO COST TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THIS PARTICULAR BILL TO APPROPRIATE THE FUNDING, BECAUSE I THINK

WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET FIRST AND SEEING WHAT IS ACTUALLY NEEDED, NEEDED VERSUS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE AND, AND THE BUDGET, ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO REVIEW IT. BUT I DO APPRECIATE

THE, THE SPONSORS OVERALL INTENT AND WHY THE MONEY WAS RECOMMENDED TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS FASHION. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU COUNCIL BILL 121282 HAS BEEN AMENDED AND MOVED AS THAT AND SECONDED. THANK

YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE BILL, AS AMENDED, COLLEAGUES WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE AND RECOMMENDATION TO PASS COUNCIL BILL 121282, AS AMENDED. --

COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ I COUNCILMEMBER LIN. -- YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. -- NO. -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AYE. -- CHAIR KETTLE AYE. -- FOUR IN FAVOR ONE OPPOSED. -- MOTION CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE

RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COUNCIL PASS THE BILL, AS AMENDED, WILL BE SENT TO CITY COUNCIL. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM SIX INTO THE RECORD? -- COUNCIL BILL 121283. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE

TRAFFIC CODE. CREATING A NEW PERMITTING PROGRAM FOR OWNERS OF MOTOR HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS TO SUPPORT A STRUCTURED PATHWAY TO SHELTER. AMENDING SECTIONS 11.14.35011146601116120112344011

30000401172070. AND OF ADDING SECTIONS 11146721172071 AND 1123170 TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. -- THANK YOU AND WELL DONE ON ALL THOSE NUMBERS WE WILL NOW PLACE THE BILL BEFORE US. I MOVE THAT

COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121283. IS THERE A SECOND? -- SECOND. -- IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL. CENTRAL STAFF, CAN YOU PLEASE BEGIN AN OVERVIEW OF THE

BILL AND THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS? -- THIS BILL WOULD CREATE A NEW PERMIT PROGRAM FOR MOTOR HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS THAT ARE OVER 80 OR GREATER THAN 80IN WIDE AND HAVE COOKING, LODGING.

SORRY, LODGING, COOKING AND OR SEWER FOR UNPERMITTED VEHICLES OR VEHICLES. LET ME JUST STOP THERE. THAT'S A GOOD SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM GIVEN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE. SO I WILL START RUNNING THROUGH

AMENDMENTS. AMENDMENT ONE IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER LIN, AND IT WOULD CREATE A VEHICLE RESIDENCY IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW WORK GROUP. AND THIS WORK GROUP WOULD BE TASKED WITH ASSESSING

PROGRAM READINESS, ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES. IT WOULD BEGIN MEETING IMMEDIATELY AFTER COUNCIL, IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADOPTION OF THE BILL. IF COUNCIL ADOPTED IT, AND IT WOULD BE

RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE LEGISLATION, WHICH IS IN MARCH OF 2027. IT WOULD SPECIFICALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING

RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VEHICLE RESIDENTS TO GET IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. ALSO, HOW IT WOULD ADDRESS WHICH VEHICLES WILL RECEIVE VIOLATION WARNINGS

BEFORE BEING IMPOUNDED. AND IT WOULD ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT THE CENSUS COLLECTED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INFORMATION OR TYPE OF INFORMATION, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A VEHICLE RESIDENTS

ARE THE REGISTERED OWNERS OF THEIR VEHICLES OR NOT. I WILL MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT TWO. THIS AMENDMENT SIMPLY CLARIFIES THAT THE CENSUS THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE

CITY WIDE SO AS TO ENSURE THAT IT IS COMPREHENSIVE AND TRIES TO CAPTURE ALL MOTOR HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE PERMIT THE THIRD ONE, THE AMENDMENT THREE, SORRY, THAT SECOND

AMENDMENT WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER LIN. THE THIRD AMENDMENT IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, AND IT WOULD CREATE AN ANNUAL REPORT, THE FIRST ONE TO BE DUE IN APRIL OF 2028. THE ANNUAL REPORT

WOULD INCLUDE INFORMATION SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF PERMITS APPLIED FOR, ISSUED AND REJECTED, THE NUMBER OF PERMITS REVOKED AND THE REASONS WHY THEY WERE REVOKED. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF ISSUED PERMITS,

THE NUMBER OF PERMIT HOLDERS WHO ACCEPTED AND WERE PLACED INTO SHELTER OR SAFE WATER HOUSING. THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE DECLINED SHELTER OR HOUSING, THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS ISSUED FOR NONCOMPLIANCE AND

DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR WOULD REQUIRE THAT GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREAS FOR VEHICLE RESIDENTS BE AT LEAST 500FT AWAY FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SECONDARY SCHOOLS, PRESCHOOLS, CHILD CARE

CENTERS, PLAY FIELDS, PLAYGROUND, BEACHES, OR COMMUNITY CENTERS. AND I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I JUST AMANDA AND I JUST SENT OUT AN UPDATED MAP TO COUNCILMEMBERS, PROBABLY ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO,

REFLECTING TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, IN THE TIME WE HAD, WE HAD SENT ONE AROUND PREVIOUSLY THAT SHOWED SORT OF THE IMPACT OF THIS BUFFER ZONE UP TO AND INCLUDING CHILD CARE CENTERS, PLAYGROUNDS,

PLAY FIELDS. AND THEN WE PROVIDED TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY IN THE TIME WE HAD A MAP SHOWING THE IMPACT OF BEACHES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT IN YOUR INBOX. AND WE CAN PULL IT UP

HERE TODAY TOO, IF WE NEED TO. OKAY. AMENDMENT FIVE, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ADD SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES TO THE LIST OF DEPARTMENTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR MUST CONSULT WHEN

CREATING THE DIRECTOR'S RULE FOR THIS PROGRAM, AND IT IS SPONSORED BY KETTLE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AMENDMENT. SORRY, I'M PROBABLY TALKING FASTER THAN YOU CAN SCROLL

AMENDMENT SIX AGAIN, SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. THIS WOULD JUST CLARIFY THAT GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREAS WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES SHOULD BE ALIGNED WITH THE

ZONES. EXISTING ZONES FOR CONTRACTED OUTREACH AND CITY OUTREACH STAFF REALLY TO ENSURE THAT OUTREACH STAFF KNOW WHERE TO FIND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH AT CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY. AMENDMENT

SEVEN, AGAIN, SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. THIS WOULD CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF MOTOR HOMES. CURRENTLY, THE DEFINITION SAYS THAT A MOTORHOME MUST INCLUDE

LODGING AND THEN COOKING OR SEWAGE DISPOSAL. THIS WOULD CHANGE IT TO CLARIFY THAT IT MUST INCLUDE LODGING, COOKING OR SEWAGE DISPOSAL. SO ONE OUT OF THE THREE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY. UNDER THIS

DEFINITION. AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ADD A RECITAL THAT DECLARES COUNCIL'S INTENT TO CONSIDER IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH IS

HAPPENING TODAY, STARTING TODAY, A PROVISO THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT SPEND ITS PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SALARY DOLLARS FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE, BUT PAYING FOR

SALARIES. AND I'M GOING TO. AM I GOING TO STOP THERE? OKAY, I'M STOPPING THERE. THOSE ARE THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROPOSED CONSENT PACKAGE. -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I

THINK ALL OF US HAVE A LOT OF PAPER AND AND SO AND WE'RE FOLLOWING BOTH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, READING AND LISTENING AND ALL OF THE ABOVE. AND, AND, AND I'M ALSO GETTING NOTES FROM MY TEAM. SO ONE WAS

TO RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HAS JOINED US REMOTELY. SO WELCOME. COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THE COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT OR REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT

PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA. -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO REMOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. PLEASE. -- OKAY ANY OTHER COMMENTS OKAY. CHAIR. YES. -- I'LL BE BRIEF IN JUST SAYING THAT

I APPRECIATE ALL MY COLLEAGUES WORK TOGETHER. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A CONSENT PACKAGE ON THESE AMENDMENTS SAYS THAT MOST OF THESE ARE TECHNICAL FIXES. GOOD CLARIFICATIONS. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND

PROVIDE GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YOUR AMENDMENT HERE MAKES THIS BILL STRONGER AND BETTER IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. WE INITIALLY AND INTENTIONALLY SET THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR APRIL 30th OF

2027, WHICH IS MANY MONTHS AWAY. SO AS WE CAN ALIGN AND CREATE THE CLARITY THAT IS NEEDED BOTH INTERNALLY WITHIN THE CITY AND EXTERNALLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEW REGULATIONS TO COMPLY WITH THAT,

THEY HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY CAN COMPLY, THAT THEY HAVE THE ASSISTANCE FROM OUR VEHICLE RESIDENCY, OUTREACH AND SALVATION ARMY CONTRACTS. THEY ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE ASSISTANCE TO

HELP PEOPLE GET THEIR TITLES, TO HELP THEM GET REPAIRS, TO HELP THEM BECOME CODE COMPLIANT. THAT'S WHY THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS APRIL 30th, WITH FINAL WITH A 90 DAY WARNING PERIOD UNTIL JULY 31st, 2027.

FULL. EFFECTIVE. OF THE FULL EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS BILL IS NOT UNTIL AUGUST 1st OF 2027. COUNCILMEMBER LIN AMENDMENT CLARIFIES AND CODIFIES HOW WE WILL ENGAGE IN THIS, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL

IMPLEMENTATION WORK, AS WELL AS DIRECTORS RULES CREATION SO THAT WE WILL RECEIVE. AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN MEETING. I'VE BEEN HOSTING THESE MEETINGS FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS AND BEFORE COUNCIL RECESS, AND

WE WILL CHAT WITH YOU AS WELL. AND WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY IS THE IMPORTANT PART HERE IS THAT THE REPORT IS DUE TO COUNCIL 660 DAYS BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE, SO THAT WE CAN BRING CODE CHANGES IF NEEDED.

AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHEPHERD THOSE CODE CHANGES ACROSS THE FINISH LINE BEFORE IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE IN APRIL. THE IMPORTANCE OF MOVING THIS ENTIRE PACKAGE TODAY IS THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T START WORK

INTERNALLY WITHIN THE CITY UNTIL IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IF WE DELAY THE VOTE ON THIS TODAY, THERE WILL BE LACK OF CLARITY WITHIN CITY DEPARTMENTS WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING IN THIS

DIRECTION. IT IS ALSO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE CLEAR DIRECTION TO ANYONE IN OUR CITY ABOUT WHAT WHERE WE ARE GOING BY APRIL 30th AND BY JULY 31st OF NEXT YEAR. IF WE DELAY THIS VOTE, THAT

CLARITY WILL NOT BE PRESENT. AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S AMENDMENT IS CRITICAL IN ENSURING THAT EVERYONE CONTINUES TO WORK TOGETHER TO REFINE THIS PROCESS, TO ENSURE THAT IT IS HUMAN CENTERED, AND THAT WE

HAVE THE TIME TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE FULL EFFECTIVENESS. THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE ELSE'S COMMENTS, BUT I'M GOING TO BE SHORT BECAUSE THE MAYOR'S SPEECH STARTS IN 19 MINUTES. -- THANK

YOU. AND I DO APPRECIATE AS WELL, COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR YOUR AMENDMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AND I KNOW I'M THE SPONSOR, BUT LIKE COUNCIL, AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE REFLECTS REALITY. SPU IS SO IMPORTANT

IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH RVS. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ON PARKING ENFORCEMENT BUDGET. A SLIGHT 18 MINUTES FROM NOW THAT MAY BE SPOKEN TO, BUT WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT PARKING

ENFORCEMENT, BUDGET AND A HALF HOUR PLUS. OKAY SO WE'VE REMOVED NUMBER SEVEN, AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN HAS BEEN REMOVED AND WILL BE ADDRESSED SEPARATELY. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF

AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 1283, EXCLUDING AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL BILL 121283,

EXCLUDING AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT PACKAGE? -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ I COUNCILMEMBER LIN. -- YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I

COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. CHAIR KETTLE. I FIVE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED. -- OKAY. THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL BILL 121283, EXCLUDING AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN IS ADOPTED AND WILL BE

INCORPORATED IN THE BILL. NOW IT'S TIME TO VOTE ON INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL BILL ONE, 21283. WE NOW HAVE NUMBER SEVEN BEING ADDED TO THE MIX, PROBABLY BEST JUST TO KEEP THEM IN NUMERICAL

ORDER. OKAY I MOVE TO ACTUALLY NUMBER SEVEN. OKAY. I MOVE TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED. AN AMENDMENT SEVEN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED AS TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED ON

AMENDMENT SEVEN ON THE SPONSOR. BUT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS IT. -- THANK YOU. THIS IS JUST CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS A LIVED IN VEHICLE. THANK YOU. OR WHAT IS

THE DEFINITION OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE MOTORHOME? THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. OBVIOUSLY, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA OVER TO YOU. --

THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I MEAN, EXCUSE ME. CHAIR KETTLE I ASKED FOR THIS AMENDMENT TO TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT LOOSENS THE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE ORIGINALLY IN PLACE ON WHAT DEFINES MOTOR

VEHICLE. THERE ARE THREE ITEMS IN THE ORIGINAL THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, IF YOU WILL, AND THIS ONE LOOSENS THAT TO. IT COULD BE. INSTEAD OF IT BEING TWO OF THE THREE TO TO HAVE IT BE DEFINED AS A

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, IT. IT ONLY REQUIRES ONE OF THE THREE. AND I THINK IT'S NOT HELPFUL TO THE DEFINITION OF THE VEHICLE. IF SOMEONE IS IS LIVING IN IT. I THINK THOSE OTHER PIECES, LIKE THE SEWAGE,

BOTH THE. A PLACE TO SLEEP, THE SEWAGE AND THE COOKING PIECE. TWO OF THOSE THREE REALLY SHOULD BE IN PLACE FOR IT TO. TO QUALIFY. SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THE INTENT OF THE AUTHOR, I WILL BE VOTING NO ON

THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. AT THIS POINT, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN? OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS AUTHOR. DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST COMMENT ON

NUMBER SEVEN? -- NO, JUST WE WOULDN'T HAVE INCLUDED IT IF WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AN IMPORTANT AMENDMENT. -- OKAY. -- THANK YOU. URGE SUPPORT. THANK YOU. -- WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT SEVEN. -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I COUNCILMEMBER LIN. -- YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. -- NO. -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. COUNCIL CHAIR KETTLE. I FOUR IN FAVOR ONE OPPOSED. --

MOTION CARRIES AN AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN IS ADOPTED. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK NOW TO AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE. CAN WE GO TO NUMBER NINE? COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. -- WE ARE JUST BRINGING IT BACK UP.

GIVE US ONE MOMENT. -- [MUSIC] -- COLLEAGUES, WOULD IT BE BEST TO RUN THROUGH ALL THREE IN A ROW OR DOING ONE? -- [MUSIC] -- THROUGH? -- [MUSIC] [MUSIC] -- NINE IS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND AURORA.

COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD MODIFY THE PROGRAM FOR THE VEHICLE RESIDENT ASSISTANT PERMIT PROGRAM. HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE OFFENSES BEYOND THE INITIAL

SERVICES TO IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE VEHICLES AND REMOVE THE LANGUAGE. DISALLOWING LATE COMERS. -- [MUSIC] -- AMENDMENT TEN SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND -- [MUSIC] -- AUTHORED BY COUNCILMEMBER

STRAUSS THE CURRENT. -- IN THIS AMENDMENT, I JUST BACKING UP THE CURRENT PROPOSED DEFINITION FOR A MOTOR HOME INCLUDES THE CRITERIA THAT THE VEHICLE IS MORE THAN 80IN WIDE AND. THIS AMENDMENT

SPECIFIES THAT THIS 80 INCH MEASUREMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE MIRRORS OR ACCESSORIES -- OKAY. THANK YOU -- AND THEN AMENDMENT 11 IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD CHANGE THE CRITERIA

OF THE DEFINITION OF A MOTOR HOMES WITH FROM BEING 80IN WIDE DOWN TO 78IN WIDE. THIS CHANGE WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF VEHICLES ELIGIBLE FOR THE VEHICLE. RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PERMIT PROGRAM,

AS SOME CLASS B MOTOR HOMES LIKE SPRINTER VANS, WOULD NOW MEET THIS CRITERIA. ASSUMING THAT THEY MET THE OTHER CRITERIA OF DEFINITION OF A MOTOR HOME -- AND I WILL JUST ALSO ADD THAT WHEN ORIGINALLY

PUTTING TOGETHER THIS AMENDMENT PACKAGE, WE THOUGHT THAT AMENDMENT TEN AND 11 MIGHT BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, BUT AFTER TALKING IT THROUGH MORE WITH THE DEPUTY CITY CLERKS, THEY ARE NOT. SO YOU CAN.

COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON ONE OR BOTH OF THEM. THANK YOU -- THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EARLIER ONE LODGING, COMMA COOKING OR SEWAGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WOULD SAY

WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY NOW, STARTING WITH AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE. I MOVE TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT NINE. NUMBER NINE, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, IT IS MOVED AND

SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT NINE. I AM THE SPONSOR, BUT I'M DOING, ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOSTER IS AUTHOR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS

ON THIS AMENDMENT -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR KETTLE. I'D LOVE TO DO THAT. AND COLLEAGUES, I APOLOGIZE. I'M OFF CAMERA. I'M JUST WRAPPED UP A LISTENING SESSION WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND I AM IN

TRANSIT, BUT WANTED TO JOIN TO SPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT TODAY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR KETTLE, FOR DOING ME THE COURTESY OF SPONSORING THIS AMENDMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, MY PERSPECTIVE HERE IS THAT WE

KNOW THAT HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A STATIC EVENT OR EXPERIENCE. AND SO I AM PROPOSING TO MAKE AN UPDATE IN OUR APPROACH HERE THAT CLARIFIES THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT COULD DO POSSIBLE FUTURE

CENSUSES IF NEEDED. AND THE INTENT HERE IS TO ALLOW THE CITY THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE VEHICLE RESIDENTS AS CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT CHANGE. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CHANGE

THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR US TO HAVE MULTIPLE CENSUSES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE REACHING THE RESIDENTS WHO NEED TO BE SERVED BY MANY OF THE IMPORTANT SERVICE PROVISIONS THAT ARE IN THIS PACKAGE. -- THANK YOU,

COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE? COLLEAGUES? SEEING NONE. SORRY. GO AHEAD. -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS THANK YOU CHAIR. SORRY, ZOOM'S NOT WORKING WITH THE

RAISE HAND FUNCTION. I APPRECIATE THE INTENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER BRINGS THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD. HOWEVER, IF THIS AMENDMENT IS PASSED, IT WILL STATE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT ANY RV IN WESTERN

WASHINGTON, OREGON, IDAHO SHOULD COME TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE BECAUSE WE WILL ALLOW YOU TO STAY HERE. THE GOAL OF THIS LEGISLATION IS TO BETTER REGULATE THESE LARGE VEHICLES, NOT VEHICLE RESIDENCY.

THERE'S NO PROVISION IN ANY OF THESE BILLS THAT PROHIBITS LIVING IN A VEHICLE. IN FACT, THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY TOUCHES ON LIVING IN A VEHICLE IN ALL OF THESE IS CREATING BETTER SUPPORTS, EXPANDING

MORE RESOURCES, HIRING STAFF TO ASSIST PEOPLE, BEING LEGAL AND LAW COMPLIANT IN THEIR VEHICLES SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE A STABLE LIFE. THIS AMENDMENT OPENS THE DOOR IN A WAY THAT IS NOT HELPFUL AT THIS

TIME. IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL AT IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM, IT SHOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF IF IT SHOULD BE EXPANDED. WE DO CENSUSES. ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THIS WE DO BY NAME

LISTS FOR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTIONS THAT DON'T RESULT IN SWEEPS ALL THE TIME. A DECADE AGO, PEOPLE SAID BY NAME LISTS SHOULDN'T BE USED BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE IDENTIFICATIONS. WE NOW KNOW THAT WE

START BY GETTING PEOPLE IDS AS THE FIRST STEP IN A BY NAME LIST. WE CAN'T OPEN THIS FRONT DOOR THIS WIDE UNTIL WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS BUILT TO BE ABLE TO APPROPRIATELY ASSIST THE FOLKS THAT WE ARE

TELLING TO COME HERE. SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WITH THIS WELL-INTENDED AMENDMENT. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES IN PLACE BEFORE WE

CONSIDER SUCH AN AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. CHAIR. -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS COUNCILMEMBER LIN. -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. KETTLE. I WILL BE SUPPORTING IN. CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS YOU RAISED.

COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I DO THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT DOES SAY POSSIBLE FUTURE CENSUSES, SO IT DOESN'T REQUIRE, BUT JUST GIVES US THAT FLEXIBILITY DEPENDING UPON. I THINK THERE'S

GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK THAT I'LL SPEAK TO IN A MOMENT AS THIS IS IMPLEMENTED, AND A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED AS WE GO FORWARD. AND JUST I SEE THIS AS HAVING THAT AS A POSSIBILITY IF NEEDED. THANK

YOU. -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. ANY OTHERS? THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, FOR THE AUTHORING THE AMENDMENT AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS THE OVERALL PROGRAM FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. WILL

THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE. -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ I COUNCILMEMBER LIN. -- YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. -- NO. -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA NAY. -- CHAIR KETTLE

NO. -- TWO IN FAVOR THREE OPPOSED. -- OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AMENDMENT NUMBER TEN. I MOVE TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED. AMENDMENT NUMBER TEN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, IT IS MOVED AND

SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT TEN. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I AM THE SPONSOR AGAIN, BUT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS AUTHOR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THIS AMENDMENT? --

THANK YOU. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT AND OPPOSING COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AS WELL. INTENDED AMENDMENT IN JUST A MOMENT. AND THIS IS WHY IT IS BECAUSE WE BASED THE MOTOR HOMES DEFINITION, WHICH

WAS NOT CLEAR IN CITY CODE. WE BASED THAT OFF OF THE STATE CODE AND OUR LARGE VEHICLE DEFINITION, WHICH IS ALREADY IN CODE. THAT LARGE VEHICLE DEFINITION IS 80IN, 80IN. A LARGE VEHICLE IS NOT SUPPOSED

TO BE PARKING OUTSIDE OF THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE AS IT IS. CYBERTRUCKS ARE 80IN. ALL I'M SAYING HERE IS THAT THOSE 80IN SHOULD NOT BE ENCOMPASSED OF MIRRORS OR ACCESSORIES SUCH AS LADDERS, BECAUSE WE ARE

LOOKING TO DEFINE MOTOR HOMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR LARGE VEHICLE CODE. THANK YOU CHAIR. -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. ANY COMMENTS I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING. OKAY. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL

THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER TEN? -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. -- YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. CHAIR KETTLE. I FIVE IN FAVOR NONE

OPPOSED. -- OKAY AMENDMENT NUMBER TEN IS PASSED. CARRIES AND AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. OKAY NUMBER 11. -- ALL RIGHT. -- I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121283 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT NUMBER 11. -- IS MOVED

AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 11. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SPONSOR YOUR RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS IT. -- THANK YOU CHAIR. SO THIS MODEST AMENDMENT IS INTENDED TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW,

SOME POTENTIALLY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. THIS. THE BROADER REGULATION SEEKS TO TO REGULATE A SPECIFIC CLASS OF LIVED IN VEHICLES. AND SO ONE, ONE POTENTIAL CONCERN WOULD BE THAT THIS DOESN'T CAPTURE

EVERYTHING. AND WE COULD THEREFORE CREATE A MARKET FOR VEHICLES TO CIRCUMVENT AND OTHERWISE CIRCUMSCRIBE THE STATUTORY DEFINITION OF MOTORHOME. AND SO ONE WAY TO DO THAT, ONE WAY TO, TO BEST MITIGATE

THAT IS BRINGING A REASONABLE CLASS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN CITY WIDE. SEE IT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT IT'S FRANKLY CITYWIDE. AND THAT IS CERTAIN. NOT ALL CLASS B MOTOR HOMES, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS MERCEDES-BENZ

SPRINTER TYPE VANS INTO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM. AGAIN, THIS IS FOR A THIS MODIFIES THE WIDTH. THE DEFINITION OF OF WIDTH ONLY. IT STILL MUST MEET THE OTHER STATUTORILY PRESCRIBED

DEFINITIONS TO BE PICKED UP AND QUALIFY FOR. FOR THE PROGRAM. SO I VIEW THIS AS MORE TECHNICAL IN NATURE AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. -- OKAY, ANY COUNCILMEMBER LIN ANY QUESTIONS -- MR. CHAIR,

CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION OF THE SPONSOR? -- YES. -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. SO THIS WOULD THIS WOULD BE TO INCLUDE SPRINTER VANS IN THE IN THE LEGISLATION CORRECT. TO INCLUDE

IT. -- COUNCILMEMBER VICE CHAIR SAKA. -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. YES. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ THAT THAT IS THE INTENT. IT TO DO THAT IT MODIFIES THE DEFINITION OF OF OR THE WIDTH AND. BUT YES, THAT THAT WOULD

BE THE INTENT TO BRING CERTAIN CLASS B MOTOR HOMES WHICH WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY INCLUDE MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER TYPE VANS. -- MAY I ADD ONE CLARIFICATION TOO? -- YES. -- YEAH, I WOULD JUST TO MAYBE JUST

PUT IT A DIFFERENT WAY, JUST TO ADD IS THAT THIS WOULD MEAN THAT MOTOR HOMES OR SORRY, VEHICLES THAT HAVE SEWAGE LODGING OR COOKING AND ARE 78IN OR GREATER WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE PERMIT. RIGHT? SO IT

WOULD MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF THOSE VEHICLES, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PERMIT, THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARK ANYWHERE OVERNIGHT IN JUST TWO HOURS DURING THE DAYTIME, AND THEN HAVE TO MEET OTHER

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ON AN ONGOING BASIS. SO JUST WANTED IT'S ESSENTIALLY NOT JUST THAT THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PERMIT, BUT THAT THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND THIS WOULD

WIDEN THE POOL BY INCLUDING SOME SPRINTER VANS IF THEY HAD THE LODGING, COOKING OR SEWAGE. -- OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BOTH FOR THE MULTIPLE CLARIFICATIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR YOUR

QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. APOLOGIES. I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE IF WE COULD ASK. CENTRAL STAFF, IS IT. I HAVE NOT SEEN SPRINTER VANS. WELL, WHAT IS WHAT'S THE CURRENT PARKING

LAWS FOR SPRINTER VANS IN THE CITY? -- I WOULD SAY. -- ARE THEY ALLOWED TO PARK. OH SORRY. GO AHEAD. -- MOST SPRINTER VANS FALL UNDER THE 80IN. DEFINITION. AND SO THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO PARK

ANYWHERE IN THE CITY SUBJECT TO CURRENTLY POSTED RESTRICTIONS. -- THANK YOU CHAIR. MAY I ALSO ASK WHAT IS THERE? AT LEAST ANECDOTALLY, IT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING. THERE ARE A LOT OF SPRINTER BANDS

BEING USED AS HOMES TO SOMEONE HAVE INFORMATION TO CLARIFY WHETHER OR NOT. SPRINTER HOMES ARE BEING USED AS HOMES. -- CENTRAL STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF SPRINTER VAN

BEING USED AS HOMES -- CAN I, CAN I CAN I COMMENT? -- VICE CHAIR. -- YEAH THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA I CAN CONFIRM IN MY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND I KNOW SPRINTER VANS ARE A

MAGNET ONLY TO COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE USED ACROSS THE REGION FOR LIVED AND VEHICLE PURPOSES. AND HAVING DONE THIS WORK EXTENSIVELY, YOU KNOW, ALONGSIDE, YOU KNOW, OUR UNIFIED CARE

TEAM, OUR OUTREACH PROVIDERS, LEARNING WHAT WHAT THE SITUATION IS AND THE SCOPE AND SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION IN DISTRICT ONE. AND PEOPLE LIVE IN RVS, CONVERTED BUSSES, SPRINTER VANS, PICKUP TRUCKS.

AGAIN, THIS WOULD ONLY THIS MODIFY. IT'S A VERY HYPER TECHNICAL IN NATURE AND IT MODIFIES THE WIDTH DEFINITION ONLY. AND IT STILL MUST MEET THE OTHER STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS TO BE PICKED UP WITHIN

WITHIN THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR AND VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION. OBVIOUSLY, I COME FROM A VERY DIFFERENT DISTRICT, NOT VERY DIFFERENT, BUT FROM A DIFFERENT DISTRICT AND

SPRINTER VANS IN MY DISTRICT ARE USUALLY NOT IN THAT MODE, BUT FROM A DIFFERENT MODE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AN ISSUE. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT JUST FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITHIN

DISTRICT SEVEN. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS THAT AN OLD HAND? -- IT'S A NEW HAND CHAIR. APOLOGIES. I JUST WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD, IF I MAY, THAT I DO KNOW SPRINTER

VANS ARE ALSO USED AS CHAIR SAID, NOT AS HOMES. AND I KNOW THAT SOME SMALL BUSINESSES ALSO USE THE SPRINTER VANS AND THEIR BUSINESSES RELATED TO THEIR BUSINESSES, SO I'M AFRAID THAT THEY WOULD GET

CAUGHT UP IN THIS. IF THAT'S THE CASE. THANK YOU. -- CAN AYE. -- YES, VICE CHAIR. -- DON'T WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT PROVIDES AN EXCLUSION FOR. RVS THAT ARE SUBJECT, THAT ARE SOMEONE'S PHYSICAL

RESIDENCE? ISN'T THERE? DIDN'T I SEE IN THE IN THE PACKAGE? ISN'T THERE AN AMENDMENT THAT CARVES OUT OR GRANDFATHERS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN RV? WELL, THERE SHOULD SHOULD IDEALLY. -- I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW

IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING, BUT THERE THERE ALREADY WAS PART OF THE CODE. IT'S IT'S NOT ONLY THAT THE VEHICLE TO BE CONSIDERED A MOTORHOME, NOT ONLY DOES THE VEHICLE HAVE TO BE GREATER THAN,

AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, 80IN, IT ALSO HAS TO HAVE LODGING, HAVE FACILITIES FOR LODGING, COOKING OR SEWAGE. SO IT DOES HAVE TO MEET BOTH OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS. SO IF YOU HAD A SPRINTER VAN THAT WAS ONLY

USED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY LODGING, COOKING OR SEWAGE FACILITIES IN IT, THEN IT WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE PERMIT. THAT MAY BE HARD TO KNOW FROM. YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT A

PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON THE STREET WHO JUST IS LOOKING AT THE OUTSIDE OR EXTERIOR, THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES BECAUSE IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO KNOW IF THERE WAS LODGING

INSIDE OR NOT. FOR EXAMPLE. -- SO SOMEONE'S RV, PERSONAL RV THAT THEY HAVE. OUTSIDE OF THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE, THEY PARK ON THE STREET. IT WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO THIS REGULATION. -- YES IT WOULD.

-- OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND JUST AGAIN, WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO PREVENT SPRINTER VANS FROM BECOMING USED AS AS HOMES OR A WORKAROUND TO CIRCUMVENT THIS

LEGISLATION. AND SO IF IT DOESN'T, AND AGAIN, IT MODIFIES A VERY NARROW TECHNICAL WIDTH DEFINITION. THESE BUSINESSES AND OTHERS THAT USE THIS SPRINTER VANS FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T

MEET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE OTHER VERY -- PRESCRIPTIVE STATUTORY DEFINITIONS. CENTRAL STAFF CALLED OUT A FEW, INCLUDING AS MODIFIED, LIVED IN, YOU KNOW, LIKE UTILITY USED FOR COOKING AND WASTE.

WHATEVER IT IS, THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE PICKED UP. SO THIS IS THIS APPLIES SOLELY TO THE WIDTH COMPONENT ONLY NARROWLY APPLIED TO THAT. AND THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET THE STATUTORY DEFINITION. THANK YOU.

-- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE, I JUST HAVE TO ADD THAT I APPRECIATE THIS AMENDMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW TOO MANY CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN WHO HAVE SPRINTER VANS. THEY'RE

ALL IN GREAT SHAPE. A LOT OF THEM ARE MERCEDES BENZ AND THEY TAKE THEM TO THE NORTH CASCADES FOR THE WEEKEND. AND SO THEY DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE LODGING PIECES AND SO FORTH. AND WHICH CREATES A A

CHALLENGE. SO THAT'S GOING TO INFORM MY DECISION ON MY VOTE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT NUMBER 11? -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. -- NO -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN ABSTAIN. -- APOLOGIES. CAN

YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME? -- ABSTAIN. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA -- NO. -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. CHAIR KETTLE. -- NO. -- THAT'S ONE IN FAVOR. THREE OPPOSED, ONE ABSTENTION. -- OKAY, THE MOTION

FAILS. AND THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED. OKAY, SO WE NOW HAVE AMENDMENTS NUMBER SEVEN AND TEN BEING ADDED TO THE CONSENT PACKAGE. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE BILL, AS

AMENDED, FOR COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, EIGHT THREE. -- THREE. -- OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA -- THANK YOU CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO STATE A COUPLE OF MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. GIVEN

THIS IS THE MAIN LEGISLATION RELATED TO THIS NEW PROGRAM, I REALLY APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR BRINGING LEGISLATION WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS. I UNDERSTAND TO SERVE NOT JUST

HIS DISTRICT, BUT ALL OUR DISTRICTS WHO WE'VE SEEN HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH RVS ACROSS THE CITY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERY RV IS A PROBLEM, BUT WE NEED AND FOLKS NEED SERVICES.

OBVIOUSLY, FOLKS NEED HOUSING AND WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO OUTREACH TO FOLKS IN THIS SITUATION. I ALSO NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MANY OF THE RVS THAT WE'RE SEEING, PARTICULARLY THE ONES THAT I'M

HEARING FROM AND THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED, AND THE D4 ARE PROBLEMATIC. THEY ARE ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL OR DANGEROUS ACTIVITY BASED ON THESE RVS ON A REGULAR BASIS. THESE ARE NOT FOLKS WHO HAVE TROUBLE

PARKING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. THESE ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE BREAKING THE LAW, CREATING DISORDER, AND SKIRTING THE PARKING RULES THAT OTHER CONSTITUENTS HAVE TO ABIDE BY. I'VE SEEN THIS ALL ACROSS THE

CITY IN, EXCUSE ME, ALL ACROSS MY DISTRICT, INCLUDING AND REALLY IMPORTANTLY, AT MAGNUSON PARK, THERE HAVE BEEN RVS TO BE SELLING DRUGS TO THE FOLKS AT LOW INCOME HOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE

HOUSING THERE AT THE PARK. AND I'VE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TRYING TO GET THESE RVS REMOVED WHO ARE CAUSING HARM TO FOLKS THERE AT THE PARK. I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE. AT A SOLID BROWN HOUSING, THERE WAS

A WOMAN WHO TOLD HER STORY. AND COLLEAGUES, YOU'VE HEARD ME TELL THIS STORY BEFORE, BUT IT'S WORTH MENTIONING NOW AS WE LOOK TO THIS LEGISLATION, HER DAUGHTER OD'D ON DRUGS THAT SHE HAD BROUGHT,

BROUGHT, EXCUSE ME, HAD BOUGHT FROM ONE OF THOSE VERY RVS PARKED AT THE PARK. LUCKILY, HER DAUGHTER WAS SAVED AND SHE RECEIVED TREATMENT AND WENT ON TO ENROLL IN THE SEATTLE PROMISE, WHICH I THINK IS

JUST AMAZING. BUT HER MOTHER WAS RIGHTFULLY ANGRY THAT THE SAME RV THAT SOLD HER DAUGHTER DRUGS YEARS AGO WAS STILL THERE, STILL SELLING DRUGS. THIS RV IS FREQUENTLY PARKED IN FRONT OF A CHILD CARE

CENTER THERE AT THE AT THE PARK. WE'VE ALSO HAD RVS IN NORTH LAKE WHO WERE ENGAGED IN DRUG ACTIVITY, CAUSING FIRES. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE FIRES WERE CAUSED THAT THESE ARE THESE WERE REMOVED. WE ARE

PLAYING WHACK A MOLE WITH MANY OF THESE RVS ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE REMOVAL OF RVS IN OUR PARKS AND OUR STREETS. AND WHILE IT MIGHT NOT BE

THE SPONSOR'S INTENT, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS LEGISLATION, THIS LEGISLATION, COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO LEGALIZING THE VERY RVS THAT CONSTITUENTS WANT REMOVED FROM OUR PARKS AND STREETS. SO

I WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE THAT COULD BE AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF THIS LEGISLATION, I WILL SAY THAT GIVEN THE COMPLEXITIES OF TRYING TO MOVE THESE RVS AND THERE HAVE

BEEN LEGAL CHALLENGES TO BEING ABLE TO MOVE THESE RVS, I AM GOING TO VOTE YES FOR THIS LEGISLATION TODAY, BECAUSE I THINK IF WE CAN HAVE MORE TOOLS TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS THAT NEED HOUSING CAN BE GIVEN

OUTREACH AND MOVED INTO HOUSING, THAT IS ADVANTAGEOUS, AND I SUPPORT THAT. HOWEVER, IT IS MY ANECDOTAL UNDERSTANDING THAT MANY OF THESE RVS THAT ARE STILL ON THE STREET ARE ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL

ACTIVITY, AND I AM NOT TRYING TO LEGALIZE THINGS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. THOSE NEED TO BE REMOVED FULL STOP IF THEY'RE ENGAGING IN THE SELLING OF DRUGS OR SEX TRAFFICKING OR PIMPING. WE

DO NOT WANT THOSE RVS ON OUR STREETS AND IN ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING OUR INDUSTRIAL AREAS FOR THAT MATTER. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD. I AM

GOING TO SUPPORT IT AND SEE IF THIS WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE ARE SEEING. I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO, AT THE YEAR MARK IN THE SECOND YEAR MARK, LOOK TO SEE IF THIS IS

HAVING ITS INTENDED RESULTS. AND IF NOT, THEN I THINK THAT WE NEED TO SHIFT TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT FOR NOW, I'M WILLING TO TRY TO SEE IF THIS WILL HAVE THE INTENDED RESULTS. I ALSO WANT TO SAY

THIS IS NOT AN OUTREACH PROBLEM. THE UCT DOES A GREAT JOB DOING OUTREACH TO RVS. THIS IS WHAT I THINK HAS BEEN, OR AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE IN THE THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, VERY MUCH AN

ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ENFORCE THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THESE RVS, LET ALONE THE PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS THAT WE'RE SEEING OUT OF THESE RVS. AND I THINK I

WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR THIS LEGISLATION TODAY WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING ALL THESE THINGS THAT I KNOW ARE CONSTITUENTS ARE AWARE OF. THEY'VE SENT MANY EMAILS ABOUT. AND I KNOW OUR REASONS

WHY FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WANT THESE RVS REMOVED. AND WE'VE SEEN THIS ALSO, YOU KNOW, DURING COVID, THERE WERE A LOT OF RVS PARKED THAT WERE ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. AND WE HAD THE HARDEST

TIME TRYING TO MOVE THOSE RVS. AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST PLAYING WHACK A MOLE. WE MOVE THEM FROM ONE PLACE AND THEY GO TO ANOTHER, AND THEN WE MOVE THEM AGAIN, AND THEY'RE BACK AND FORTH. AND SO MY HOPE

IS THAT THIS LEGISLATION WILL NOT LEAD TO THAT WHACK A MOLE, THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OUTCOME AT THE END WHERE WE'RE PLACING FOLKS AND HOUSING FOR THOSE THAT ARE LEGITIMATELY LIVING IN THEIR

VEHICLES, BUT THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SHUTTING DOWN THE ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR BY REMOVING THE RVS WHERE ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR LIKE SELLING OR DRUGS AND SEX TRAFFICKING ARE HAVING, BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED THOSE RVS

IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. -- THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WITH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I KNOW YOU HAVE TO LEAVE SOON. I JUST WANT TO. ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO TAKE A VOTE IN SHORT

ORDER? BECAUSE WE CAN. I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS ON MY. EXCEPT FOR ONE. I'M JUST LOOKING TO CHECK IN TERMS OF YOUR YOUR TIMELINE. -- YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR BEING COGNIZANT OF THE TIME.

YEAH. I WAS GOING TO TRY TO I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS VOTE AND THEN I HAVE TO GO. -- OKAY. -- I WON'T BE AROUND FOR THE RESOLUTION VOTE COMING UP. ITEM SEVEN. WILL YOU STILL HAVE A QUORUM? -- I THINK SO,

BUT MY. -- SCRIPT, I MEAN, I CAN TRY TO CALL IN ON THE PHONE. WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU, CHAIR. -- BUT OKAY. OKAY. OKAY, LET'S LET'S GO COUNCILMEMBER LIN. BUT WE'LL LOOK TO DO THIS VOTE QUICKLY HERE ON

COUNCIL BILL. 121283 OKAY. -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR THE WHOLE PACKAGE. I THINK ONE THING WE CAN AGREE UPON IS, IS THAT

WE NEED TO DO MORE AND DO BETTER FOR OUR FOLKS LIVING IN VEHICLES. YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED ABOUT ADDITIONAL SAFE LOTS. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER A DECADE AGO WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSHBACK. AND I THINK

WE'VE LEARNED FROM PRIOR EXPERIENCES AND WE'VE IMPROVED. AND I'M EXCITED THAT THERE'S WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL RV SAFE LOTS. I THINK THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED AREA, AND THERE'S MORE THAT WE

ARE GOING TO LEARN AS WE DO THE CENSUS, AS WE ENGAGE IN THE RULEMAKING, AS WELL AS THE WORK GROUP. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SUPPORT FOR THAT WORKGROUP. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF

WORK, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE BURDEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE THE DEPARTMENTS ON COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THE WORKGROUP WILL INCLUDE THE OUTREACH WORKERS,

BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT FOR THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THAT WE ENGAGE WITH THEM AS WELL. BUT I JUST SIMILAR TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, SORT OF HIGHLIGHTING THE COMPLEXITIES OF THIS AND POTENTIAL

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE KIND OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF, OF THE RVS

FOR, FOR CRIMINAL PURPOSES VERSUS THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEM. YOU KNOW, I THINK HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A LOT MORE INFORMATION THROUGH THIS WORKGROUP, THROUGH THE CENSUS AND THAT I APPRECIATE THE

WILLINGNESS OF, HOPEFULLY OF COLLEAGUES TO TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK, AS IN THE SPRING, AS AS WE GET THAT REPORT BACK, TO DO ANY ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY TO TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT AND TO MAKE THIS AS

SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. -- THANK YOU. OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE AND RECOMMENDATION TO PASS COUNCIL BILL 121283, AS AMENDED BY CONSENT PACKAGE AND AMENDMENTS NUMBER SEVEN AND

TEN. -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ -- AYE. -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I CHAIR KETTLE. I FIVE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED. -- SENTENCE. -- OKAY. THANK YOU. WILL THE

CLERK PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD RESOLUTION 32216. -- JUST ONE MOMENT. RESOLUTION 32216. A RESOLUTION RELATING TO PERSONS LIVING IN VEHICLES AND ESTABLISHING THE VEHICLE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

ACCOMPANYING LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE A STRUCTURED PATHWAY TO SHELTER. -- THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE RESOLUTION BEFORE US NOW. I MOVE TO THE COMMITTEE, RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION 32216. IS THERE A

SECOND? -- SECOND. -- THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED. CENTRAL STAFF, WILL YOU PLEASE PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESOLUTION AND THE PROPOSED CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS, OF WHICH THERE'S TWO. --

RESOLUTION 32216 JUST PROVIDES AN OVERARCHING STATEMENT OF GOALS FOR THE RESIDENT VEHICLE PERMIT PROGRAM. AND I WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO. AMENDMENT ONE IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THIS AMENDMENT

MODIFIES THE RECITALS REFERENCING EQUAL BLOCKS IN THE VEHICLE. RESIDENT ASSISTANCE RESOLUTION. TO CLARIFY THE EQUAL BLOCKS IN THE CITY. RIGHT OF WAY MAY ONLY BE REMOVED ONCE A PROVEN PARKING

REGULATION ENFORCEMENT IS IN PLACE, ENSURING CONSISTENT AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM. -- THANK YOU. AND THE SECOND. AMENDMENT IN THE CONSENT PACKAGE. -- THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THIS

RESOLUTION IS ALSO SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THIS AMENDMENT DIRECTS FAS THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING AN RV BUYBACK PROGRAM IN

COORDINATION WITH THE CITY'S TOWING CONTRACTOR TO EXAMINE POTENTIAL APPROACHES FOR REMOVING IMPOUNDED OR UNROADWORTHY, MOTOR HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS FROM CITY STREETS. THE EXPLORATION SHOULD INCLUDE

CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER DIRECT CITY ACQUISITION OF RV RVS COULD SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM, AND THE REPORT CREATED WOULD BE DUE IN FEBRUARY 28th OF 2027. -- THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS

COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT OR REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS HEARING AND SEEING NONE. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL RESOLUTION 32216.

PERMITTING PROGRAM RESOLUTION. IS THERE A SECOND? -- SECOND. -- THANK YOU. IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE

CONSENT PACKAGE? AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL RESOLUTION 32216. -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. -- HI. -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I CHAIR KETTLE. I FOUR IN FAVOR ONE EXCUSED. -- THANK YOU. THE

CONSENT PACKAGE TO COUNCIL RESOLUTION 32216 IS ADOPTED AND WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE BILL. AND I ALSO WANT TO NOTE. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HAD TO LEAVE AND SHE'S EXCUSED. AS OF THIS MOMENT. PRIOR TO

THE VOTE. ACTUALLY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS AUTHOR OF THE. ACTUALLY, WE'RE MOVED. IT'S BEEN AMENDED. ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS AMENDED RESOLUTION? OKAY. WILL THE

CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED AS AS AMENDED RESOLUTION 32216 PERMITTING PROGRAM RESOLUTION -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN YES. -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. -- AYE. -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA

AYE. -- CHAIR KETTLE AYE. -- FOUR IN FAVOR ONE EXCUSED. -- THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION, AS AMENDED, WILL BE SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. COLLEAGUES, I

DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE REACHED THE END. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AS I LOOK TO CONFIRM THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD AT THIS TIME? -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THESE BILLS

BEFORE BUDGET STARTS. THANK YOU. -- ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING AND WE GOT ANOTHER LONG ONE COMING UP. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. IS THERE ANY FURTHER

BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN HEARING AND SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.