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now I recording in progress.

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Now I call to order the Shoreline City Council

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17, 2026, will you please

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join the council for the flag salute.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United

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States of America to the republic for which it

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stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty

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and justice

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Thank you. Well, the clerk please call the roll.

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Mayor Robertson, Deputy Mayor Pobee

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Councilmember Snyder. Here

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Councilmember Mark present Councilmember Scully present.

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Is there a motion to excuse That are

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missing members. I move to excuse

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Mayor Robertson and Deputy Mayor Pobee for personal reasons. Second.

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Thank you. Uh, if there are no objections, the

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motion shall pass by unanimous consent.

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Our first item on the agenda, the first item

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is approval of tonight's agenda Are there any objections

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or comments? Seeing none, the agenda

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is adopted by unanimous consent

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Next is a report from the acting city

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manager, Mr. Branstetter. Good evening, counsel.

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I have a few updates to share this statement. First, here's a quick update

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on our community emergency response team, also

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known as CERT. The October Cert basics course is building

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up fast. There are only a few spots left. This

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free 3 day course is open to Shoreline community members and city

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staff. Registration is required so if you're interested, please sign up using

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the QR code on your screen. We've had a great response to this training

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and staff is already looking into offering another cert course

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in late 26 or early 27. There's another

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free preparedness opportunity coming up in January, the

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disaster preparedness and survival course will teach more hands-on skills

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for getting ready for responding to and recovering from emergencies.

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Earlier this month, Shoreline

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hosted a special pickleball event to celebrate National Pickleball Day

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partnering with diversity and inclusion in pickleball. Over

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150 people joined throughout the day, and more than 20 volunteers

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coaches, and helpers made the event possible. We also gave out

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over 35 donated paddles for participants

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to take home. The event was free and brought together players of all

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ages, backgrounds and experience levels. I'd like to thank recreation

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supervisor Angie Rance and

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recreation specialist Mary Anne Johnson for helping bring together this partnership

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to Shoreline, as well as Sue Goodwin and all the DIIAP volunteers who made this day

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a great success. The event is a great example

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of equity in action through recreation. It removed, excuse me

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it removed barriers and created a welcoming space for everyone where everyone

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At Celebrate Shoreline this past

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weekend, staff continued our community education around the new roundabouts at

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the 140 5th Street Interchange, as you can see in this photo, some

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of our young residents really enjoyed testing the roundabout layout

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with model cars. It turned out to be a great way to bring families over to our table.

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While kids tried out the roadway, parents had the opportunity

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to ask staff questions about lane choices yielding, and

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how to safely navigate the new interchange. These kinds

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of hands-on conversations are especially helpful as drivers get used to the

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new roadway and we'll continue looking for opportunities

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to make this transition easier.

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Looking ahead, are our last energized shoreline workshop

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of 2026 is tomorrow evening, August 18th, from 6:30

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to 7:30 at City Hall. Residents can learn about heat pump technology.

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Ways to save energy. Available rebates

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and financing and incentives that could save them up to $6000 on a qualifying

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heat pump. The workshop is available in person and online.

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If you're coming in person, you can register at the door

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For more information or to register, please

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visit shorelinewah.gov/goelectric.

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We have two shoreline walk events happening this week. Join our

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walk leaders on Tuesday for the Meridian Trail

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Meridian Park loop walk and Saturday for the Lake Ballinger

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Interurban Trail Walk. These guided walks are a great

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way to explore shorelines neighborhoods, parks, and community

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destinations. To learn more or to sign up for a walk, visit

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And finally I have just a few public reminders to share

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Counsel will be on break the rest of the summer, so the next city council meeting will take

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place on Monday

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September 14th at 7 p.m. here in the council chambers. The planning

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commission will meet on Thursday, September 3rd, also in the

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city council chambers at 7 p.m. And the parks, recreation

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and Cultural services tree board's next meeting is Thursday

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September 24th at 7 p.m. in conference

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room 303 at City Hall. Meeting details, agenda

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and additional information can be found

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at shorelinewah.gov/calendar. This concludes the city manager's report.

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Thank you, Mr. Branstadter. Uh, are there

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any council reports? This evening.

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Councilmember Ademasu.

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attended Washington's water future, virtual

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input session and

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local governments. You also can make

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public comment on Department of Ecology's website through

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August 31st with your comments on our water future. Thank you.

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for a council report, next on the agenda is

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public comment. This is the opportunity for members

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of the public to address the city council on agenda items or

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other matter pertaining to city business for a 3 minutes or less, depending on

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the number of people wishing to speak. The total public

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comment period will be no more than 30 minutes if more than 10 people

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are assigned, are assigned up to speak. Each speaker will be allocated 2 minutes.

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agenda item 8A this evening. Action

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of resolution number 567. Miss Hardy, how

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many individuals have signed up to speak. I have

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6 speakers for general comment.

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Uh, thank you. That means each speaker will get 3 minutes.

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refrain from clapping, booing, or other outbursts. We want

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to make sure every speaker feels safe and respected while sharing

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their perspective regardless of whether the room agrees with them.

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Thank you for helping us keep this space neutral

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productive, and welcoming. The clerk will call on

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each person in-person speakers first and remote

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speakers second when it is your turn, please state your name, city, residence, and

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any organization represented. Please be advised that your testimony is being recarded.

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Ms. Hardy, could you please call the first speaker. For

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a general comment, our first speakers are

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Violet Kay, Amber, and Bonnie Berry.

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You'll speak at this podium here.

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Testing, OK. Hello, I'm

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Violet Kawaguchi. I am the executive director of

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the Kawaguchi O'Connor Initiative. We are a Washington state 501c3

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that helps transgender individuals flee legislatively hostile states

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and settle here in Washington. I would like to thank the

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council for taking a stance on trans rights

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and that trans people should be included in the city

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of Shoreline. Brian Haywood's initiatives and the people who support them

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are dangerous. One of the people that, Brian

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Haywood strongly associates with, is named Ary Hoffman, and she has been

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he has been known to go into local parks to

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intimidate people who are advocates for

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trans rights or just people in general. These include parts of children

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at them. These are not people that represent the views of

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the shoreline that I live in, and I thank

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the council for sticking up for its trans constituents.

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you. Uh, is it correct you live in Shoreline? Yeah, I live

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uh, thank you. Thank you very much.

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Hello. Welcome. Uh

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hi, I'm Ember. I live in

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the Ballard area, um, I fled here to

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like this to Washington, like 3

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years ago, fleeing the fleeing

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the absolute hate of

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like anti-trans legislation and if

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if I return, I will likely

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be arrested and sent to jail

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for fucking sorry, excuse me. Um, for nothing

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and the official policy of the

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US prison system is literally

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to forcefully de-transition

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anyone they have in their custody, the

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federal prison system, um, and that's

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Just the bathroom for 5 years being arrested

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for 5 years, that's just, you can, and

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I, the first thing that they ever did

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in my home state of Utah to chip

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away at our rights was

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was to ban trans people from sports

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and don't even give them an inch. Uh

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fortify Washington.

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Support resolution 567.

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Welcome. Hi, Bonnie

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Berry Shoreline. I'm going to do my best to read this off my phone.

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Shoot, OK, um, I wanted to

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Design engineering contract for Westminster sidewalks and

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um, Deputy, um, Keith Scully agreed

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that flexibility in sidewalk design can be

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useful preserving mature trees. February 2022

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council members acknowledged the difficulty of

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balancing the community's desires with the goal of making shoreline walkable

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safe, and accessible. accessible to all

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providing opportunities to reduce impacts to climate change

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through preservation of trees.

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stated trees are an asset that increase

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in value the bigger they are, and since then, the city

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now has an inventory of the street trees with

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street valuations requested on all public works projects.

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the balance of roadway projects as proposed

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to prioritizeizing wider sidewalks.

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for tree replacement in capital projects.

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questioned whether Sidewalk widths can be narrowed

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to preserve trees in general and councilmember

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a responsibility to save trees for generations to come.

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and sidewalks are just capitalized assets that belong to the community.

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councilmember Ademasu and

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Mork commented about public street trees to be removed along

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North 175th corridor for the phase phase

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1 renovation without a 1 to

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1 tree replacement. This conversation has been going on

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since 2021 and yet limited progress has been

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made on retaining trees at public work projects

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Westminster Way. is an opportunity

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for counsel to approve the design engineering

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contract that actually demonstrates this can be done.

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Welcome. Hello counsel

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It's apparent from reading ongoing reports

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and comments regarding Theresa versus

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sidewalks that some people and organizations continue

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to focus on their own single interests. You

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have heard from Doctor Kathleen Wolf that

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trees and housing can and must coexist.

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on Dayton Avenue that money can be saved

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by retaining existing trees instead of

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installing man-made stormwater infrastructure.

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voted for sidewalks. It was not voted for shared use paths

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or bike lanes. Save

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but must we pour more and more concrete

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concrete, hardscape into high walls.

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We must not write off living in a city among trees

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that benefit all who live in the city by saying it is just a

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handful of trees, and there are other trees on land outside the city.

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handful there equals no trees left in the city.

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Is it not possible for folks to

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come together with their combined intellect and a

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purpose of preserving and increasing shorelines tree canopy

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as presented in the 2044 comprehensive plan.

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For the good of everyone. Please.

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Kathleen Russell, resident of Shoreline on behalf of

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Safe Shoreline Trees. My comment pertains to the

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consent calendar item F. I live along

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Westminster Way north and it has definitely become

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a speedway. In considering the new sidewalk

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we all agree it needs to be safe.

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As we understand bike lanes are an additional budget

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to what voters approved in 2018

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At the council workshop on March 7

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2026, Kevin Hickinbottom, urban

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forestry supervisor, provided information about appraising the

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value of Shoreline's 19,000 street trees.

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While a citywide evaluation was

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not deemed efficient, counsel was provided the

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option of quote. Performing

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tree appraisals on a project by project basis as

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part of an arborist report. We ask

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council to request the reprised value of trees that

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are slated to be removed along. Westminster

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Way north as part of the Arborist report and that

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the valuation be available before the project

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reaches 30% design. In addition we ask that

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a Permitrex walkway which would

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protect the roots and preserve trees be installed along a

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segment of Westminster Way. The permit

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track installed along Dayton Avenue North at 155th, eliminated the

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need for stormwater infrastructure.

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Which the 91 trees provide.

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Two questions. First, would a permit

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track installation along Westminster Way from 150th

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to 153rd, where most of the tall trees

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are located, eliminate the need for the 6 ft wide or 6

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ft tall concrete walls. Second

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would tree retention eliminate the need for

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an underground stormwater system. These these

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savings could possibly fund the Permitrac sidewalk.

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Thank you for your consideration of these requests

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Thank you. The last speaker I've signed

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up is Guinevere Gulsdottir.

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Hi, thank you. Uh, my name is

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Guinevere God'sdotterer. I'm a trans woman from Seattle. Um

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I wanna say that I'm here, uh, in support of

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the resolution. I think it was 5:09.

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The one that's under

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consideration, um.

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567 brought forth by a council members Roberts and Mork, I want to thank

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you for bringing that forth. Um

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Yeah, there is a trans genocide going

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on in this country.

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If I were in Idaho right now, I would be in prison

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for using the bathroom. Uh, it is a

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felony on the 2nd offense for a trans person to use the bathroom aligning with their

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identity in Idaho. Uh, and because of Idaho's three strikes law, if

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you use the bathroom 4 times, you can go to prison

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for life. That's just next door

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Um, so I just want to impress on everyone that

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the gravity of the situation that we're facing. Um

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I myself everyday face jeers

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and taunts on the sidewalk here in Seattle

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sometimes threats of rape, sometimes threats of

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grievous bodily harm in Seattle supposedly

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the wokest city in America

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um, I was maced just 3 nights ago while waiting at a bus

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stop, just for waiting at a bus stop while trains in the

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university district. Um, This

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cross contains the ashes of my mother. Uh, she

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just died two weeks ago. She was a proud gay woman.

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And she drank herself to death because of the

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decades of oppression that she

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faced as a cis gay woman. Um

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and the, uh, The oppression that faces trans

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women and especially trans women of color is far

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worse than that. Um, so thank you for

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your support, and I hope you pass this resolution.

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Thank you.

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Uh, is there anyone else

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? OK, last one, last one, I think I'm AJ Randall on the shoreline resident.

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Um, I mean, the first thing I have to say is that spaces can't

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be neutral. We're, we're talking about neutrality. Don't clap. We've got to make sure

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everyone feels safe. Um, there is no

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neutrality between people who want to eliminate you from public life. If you

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if I said, if I said I wanted you dead and you said

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I wanted to live, what's the middle ground there? OK.

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I don't see trans people on this council. I don't know. You know

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obviously I'm not going to transvestigate anybody here, but nobody's talked about that

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It's pretty obvious in politics today. I don't know how many of you have trans friends

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I don't know how many of you have friends who are trans who would actually say, you know

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what

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that person's a close friend of mine. I don't know. I'm not gonna say one way or another,

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but

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I can tell you I have a lot. My partner's trans. I'm surrounded by trans people

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and it is very difficult for me to live like day to day knowing what

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is happening throughout this community. How many are fleeing here from Texas

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from Utah, from Florida, from everywhere throughout

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this country and like I have housed two of them in the last 3 years in my home with no

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support from anybody but myself paying for them from the cash I made from my tech shitty

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tech bro job out of Seattle, but like nobody, the fact that again

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like this, we're talking about just stopping

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these bullshit, um, totally frivolous waste of our time that

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are, wow, this genocide is happening. Like that is

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a minimum. I really, again, I'm I'm begging you to figure something out

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that's more than that. Seattle just passed a bill to allocate

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funds 3000. Awesome. That's great. That's the a starting point. You want to

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give that to nonprofits, whatever, I don't know. I think we can build better

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services for trans people. I think we can help them get their medical care. I think we

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can

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figure out housing. Housing is like a big deal. food, stuff like that. We're

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losing federal benefits for things like SNAP. Like I, I had to go

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on unemployment like benefits like I haven't been able to get a job after getting fired from

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a

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tech job 9 months ago. Like it works for 6 weeks or 2 months. It's nothing. Like

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trans people have a way more difficult time getting a job than I do as

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a 15 year tech career. I can go get some shitty job. I can absolutely pay for myself. They

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can't get Amazon jobs. They get discriminated everywhere. Like if you

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do not understand how hard it is for trans people, just like they said in communities. That

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are

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highly progressive, considered the leftmost places in this country, then

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you really do not understand the struggle that is actually in these streets, and I'm

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asking you and begging you to like really focus more on that. So pass this

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do whatever, um, but we need to go way, way farther, and I hope that people are talking about

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it

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especially the people that are running for other offices, because when you run for other

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offices and

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you're not solving these major problems, man, it makes me feel like you're, that's what's

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important to

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you. So anyway, have a good day y'all. Thank you.

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Welcome. Um,

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Lake Buchanan, Meridian Park represent.

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Trans people in Idaho now face prison time for using the correct bathroom. 1700 trans

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folks in Kansas woke up one day in February to find out their driver's licenses had been

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revoked with no warning or notice. The Trump administration is currently

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trying to

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force medical providers across the country to turn over private medical information

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about

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gender-affirming care and the people receiving it. A naive reading of

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initiatives 001 and 638 might suggest that they are mild by comparison

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but they are quite simply the thin end of the wedge, that is

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the conservative movement's ongoing efforts at trans. Genocide. This is

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not hyperbole. The UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of

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Genocide

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defines the term to include causing serious bodily or mental harm

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to members of the group deliberately inflicting on the group

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conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part

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and forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. We have seen

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numerous

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instances of all of these actions attempted and carried out by conservatives over the

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past

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10 or 12 years, to say nothing of the escalation in anti-trans violence at the hands

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of non-state actors in March, the

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Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security

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issued its red flag alert

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about anti-trans genocide in the United States

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Brian Haywood and his hateful ilk know that they can't push as hard in

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Washington as they've pushed in other states. They know that they don't have the support for

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their

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real aims, so they feign concern about fairness in youth sports, though I

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ask what's fair about telling a kid that they can't play with their friends because of

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how they were born. parental rights, though I must point out that if your child

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doesn't feel safe telling you who they are, you have fundamentally failed as a

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parent

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They don't care about the health or well-being of kids. They only care about hurting

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trans people. They frame their detractors as predators and groomers. As a

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trans person, I can assure you trans people do not want your cis kids

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to become trans. We just want your trans kids to survive

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Over the last year or two, the Puget Sound region has seen tens

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of thousands of trans refugees come here fleeing right-wing violence and hate.

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Seeking some measure of safety in our community because our community

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is one of the last safe refuges in the country for trans people

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and as bad as things have been getting in the United States, much of the rest of the

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world is even worse. The trans community needs all the help and support we can

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get. It's bad out there, and Brian Haywood and his lot would love nothing more

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than to make it just as bad here. Do not let them

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even start because they will not stop with destroying the

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trans community just as they didn't in 1933.

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Protect trans kids, pass Resolution 567

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as amended by Councilmember Roberts. Thank you, Councilmembers Roberts and

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Mark. And for any of my fellow transgender folks here or listening

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elsewhere or watching the recording, Dora Richter lived.

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Thank you. Welcome.

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Hi, um, I'm here to

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say support trans people first need your name

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and state of city of residence. Yes

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uh, I'm Lou and I'm from Seattle, uh, but I'm

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speaking here for, I know a lot of trans people

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in Shoreline and um I've gathered that the

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culture here is a little more repressive than it is in Seattle

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especially trans people of color I know

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here experience like. A lot of racism here

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uh, transphobia is more prevalent here, and

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We know that Seattle has a cost of living, like

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it's quite high to live in Seattle

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A lot of places around Seattle that where it's cheaper to

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live is where plenty of people go just

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because that's affordable for them

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Um, there is a trans

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refugee crisis, and it's not just a Seattle thing

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Trans people don't just live in Seattle, they live here. And the

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most vocal of us might be from Seattle. Seattle, but In order

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for you, this culture of

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like being actually decent with trans, can't just stop

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at Seattle. Washington as a whole

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needs to be fortified and feel safe for the trans

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people leaving all of these states that are

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against us or

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Like, I think I'd like um

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saw a thing about how like

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trees struggle if there's only like one, but if it's in a forest

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it can actually thrive. We can't have just like

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these little specks. where we're safe

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The more we concentrate our right

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rights and cultural changes to be

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good for us, the more we as

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an entire community survive, and it's very much a survival thing

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and that's why you hear people being

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very angry. It is survival. It is life or death for us

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So please continue, um, thank you for the people who

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put in, uh, put out this proposal to oppose this.

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Uh, I know Brian's

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friend Ari. I've seen her. She's going to

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be in Redmond with Brian Haywood, and she

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Or he, he's a de-transitioner, but he takes

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estrogen, but I will respect he

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will, um, he's talking with Brian Haywood

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in Redmond on an anti-trans thing. So,

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Like Basically

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these like more mild things are

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direct friends with the more violent end of this

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if not just violent themselves, so

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these things work in tandem, um legislatively

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even if it seems mild, but out outing people is

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not mild. Having that in legislation is not that mild

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but it does go tandem with the people pulling guns. Thank you.

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Thank you. Is there anyone

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else here who would like to speak? Thank

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you. Uh, now I would like to ask for approval of

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the consent calendar. Is there a motion?

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I, I move approval of the consent counter. Second.

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Uh, there's been a motion and a

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second while the clerk please call the vote. Councilmember

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Snyder, Councilmember

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Roberts. Councilmember Ademasu, Councilmember Mork

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Councilmember Scully. Motion passes 5 to 0.

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Now we're moving our

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Uh, item 8A.

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OK. The next item is

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action on resolution number 567 opposing

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Washington state ballot initiative

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IL 26-638 concerning participation in athletics

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at K through 12 public

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schools and Washington State Ballot initiative, IL 26-001.

501
00:30:33,272 --> 00:30:36,608
Concerning parental rights relating to their children in

502
00:30:36,608 --> 00:30:40,612
public schools. This item was sponsored by

503
00:30:40,612 --> 00:30:44,417
council members Mork and myself Jim Hammond will present the staff report.

504
00:30:44,417 --> 00:30:46,417
Good evening

505
00:30:48,970 --> 00:30:51,970
uh, counsel, I am. Presenting

506
00:30:52,841 --> 00:30:56,378
remotely today, so forgive me if I struggle

507
00:30:56,378 --> 00:31:00,449
with advancing the slides, uh, but I'm here today to

508
00:31:00,449 --> 00:31:02,449
Present briefly on

509
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,120
uh resolution 567, which by its

510
00:31:07,389 --> 00:31:10,726
terms would um advocate or place this

511
00:31:10,726 --> 00:31:14,730
uh Shoreline City Council in opposition to

512
00:31:14,730 --> 00:31:18,200
two ballot initiatives that are currently on the ballot scheduled for the

513
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:22,138
November vote, and I am not succeeding in

514
00:31:22,138 --> 00:31:25,474
advancing this. I'm very sorry, Kendall, if I can

515
00:31:25,474 --> 00:31:28,544
have your help. Um, so first of all, just

516
00:31:28,544 --> 00:31:30,544
a background of

517
00:31:31,414 --> 00:31:33,414
uh initiative 26 638

518
00:31:35,484 --> 00:31:38,484
relates to, uh, high school

519
00:31:38,954 --> 00:31:42,224
athletic competitions and it defines the concept

520
00:31:42,224 --> 00:31:45,224
of biologically male and requirements

521
00:31:45,561 --> 00:31:48,497
for uh a sort of a medical evaluation

522
00:31:48,497 --> 00:31:50,497
Uh, next slide.

523
00:31:51,434 --> 00:31:53,834
Um, The, the, the

524
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:01,444
uh, articulated supporter of the main support argument is fairness in girls' sports

525
00:32:01,444 --> 00:32:05,114
uh, opponents state that the initiative will subject all girls who wish to

526
00:32:05,114 --> 00:32:08,317
play sports to these additional evaluations. The second

527
00:32:08,317 --> 00:32:10,717
initiative, next slide please.

528
00:32:11,787 --> 00:32:14,457
I initiative 26001 and, and this

529
00:32:14,457 --> 00:32:16,457
uh

530
00:32:17,993 --> 00:32:20,993
It will, would reinstate an

531
00:32:21,397 --> 00:32:24,733
earlier initiative that was passed, uh.

532
00:32:24,733 --> 00:32:28,136
Initiative 2081. That was later amended by

533
00:32:28,136 --> 00:32:31,740
the legislature. The changes here would um

534
00:32:31,740 --> 00:32:34,877
Would, uh, essentially allow parents greater

535
00:32:34,877 --> 00:32:37,877
access to what is currently

536
00:32:38,747 --> 00:32:41,950
confidential information in, in student records

537
00:32:41,950 --> 00:32:44,950
and including healthcare records as

538
00:32:45,221 --> 00:32:48,221
well. Next slide, please. Supporters

539
00:32:49,425 --> 00:32:52,828
argue that parents have a right to know what is being discussed with their children

540
00:32:52,828 --> 00:32:56,298
Opponents. I note that not necessarily all

541
00:32:56,298 --> 00:32:59,898
students feel safe at home, and

542
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,172
the current structure gives students a safe place to talk at

543
00:33:03,172 --> 00:33:06,172
high schools, that is to

544
00:33:06,509 --> 00:33:10,109
their benefit, um, next slide, please.

545
00:33:10,112 --> 00:33:13,112
So there was an initial

546
00:33:13,783 --> 00:33:17,385
amendment drafted for the request of council members Roberts

547
00:33:17,385 --> 00:33:20,985
and Mork, uh, subsequently, Councilmember Roberts

548
00:33:21,389 --> 00:33:24,994
made several proposed amendments that would change

549
00:33:24,994 --> 00:33:28,463
the language, shorten it in some cases, certainly, uh, uh.

550
00:33:28,463 --> 00:33:32,100
An effective editorial pen, uh, these next

551
00:33:32,100 --> 00:33:36,201
3 slides highlight what those changes would be.

552
00:33:36,739 --> 00:33:40,276
And so if you can just go through these

553
00:33:40,276 --> 00:33:43,879
three slides slowly, Kendall, uh, this one.

554
00:33:43,879 --> 00:33:47,750
The 3rd whereas clause condenses the language and

555
00:33:47,750 --> 00:33:50,753
makes it clearer. And finally, Kendall, thank you. The next one.

556
00:33:50,753 --> 00:33:52,753
Uh, this one,

557
00:33:54,156 --> 00:33:57,756
Just changes the language and given

558
00:33:57,893 --> 00:34:01,764
uh that, uh, Mr. uh, Councilmember Roberts wished to put

559
00:34:01,764 --> 00:34:05,901
these amendments forward for counsel consideration. Next slide, please.

560
00:34:05,901 --> 00:34:09,505
So, I, as staff, we are not

561
00:34:09,505 --> 00:34:13,309
able to run for electoral issues such as this take

562
00:34:13,309 --> 00:34:16,779
a position ourselves, so are our recommendation is simply that

563
00:34:16,779 --> 00:34:20,379
the council consider this proposed resolution

564
00:34:20,382 --> 00:34:24,186
and uh and take it from there. Next slide, please.

565
00:34:24,186 --> 00:34:27,589
So while we have already heard a comment

566
00:34:27,589 --> 00:34:31,660
from members of the public on this issue

567
00:34:31,660 --> 00:34:34,930
there is, um, formal structure, a public comment period

568
00:34:34,930 --> 00:34:38,400
that would follow now, uh, for any

569
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,871
remaining commenters to to speak, and that

570
00:34:41,871 --> 00:34:45,407
would procede counsel review and potential action on

571
00:34:45,407 --> 00:34:48,411
this. So with that, um, I turn it back to you

572
00:34:48,411 --> 00:34:50,811
Councilmember. Thank you, Mr

573
00:34:52,348 --> 00:34:55,885
Hammond. Uh, Ms. Hardy, is has anybody signed up for this portion?

574
00:34:55,885 --> 00:34:58,954
For public comment. Yes, we have a couple people.

575
00:34:58,954 --> 00:35:01,354
Um, our 1st 3 speakers

576
00:35:02,224 --> 00:35:05,224
will be Jean Norbert Steele

577
00:35:05,227 --> 00:35:07,627
and then Scott Menzies.

578
00:35:14,903 --> 00:35:16,903
Is Gene

579
00:35:17,773 --> 00:35:19,773
still here?

580
00:35:23,450 --> 00:35:25,981
Oh no, Gina is not there.

581
00:35:25,981 --> 00:35:28,381
Looks like she. Left.

582
00:35:31,187 --> 00:35:34,187
some issues with their stomach

583
00:35:34,390 --> 00:35:36,790
OK, we'll start with

584
00:35:38,794 --> 00:35:42,464
Norbert I don't. Hello, my name is Norbert Steele of Shoreline

585
00:35:42,464 --> 00:35:45,868
Um, obviously this, uh, this resolution's a layup, you

586
00:35:45,868 --> 00:35:48,738
should always, uh, you obviously should.

587
00:35:48,738 --> 00:35:51,138
As this resolution to

588
00:35:52,474 --> 00:35:55,878
oppose the reso the upcoming initiatives that are going to

589
00:35:55,878 --> 00:35:59,147
be voted on statewide, I believe. Um, that's

590
00:35:59,147 --> 00:36:01,951
a no-brainer. I do want to touch

591
00:36:01,951 --> 00:36:04,887
on something that I heard one of the previous speakers

592
00:36:04,887 --> 00:36:07,287
say about how they

593
00:36:08,557 --> 00:36:12,427
experience a uh uncomfortable but believable amount

594
00:36:12,427 --> 00:36:16,431
of discrimination here in Shoreline. I've been coming here for 6

595
00:36:16,431 --> 00:36:19,634
months now talking to you guys about all of the things going on in the city

596
00:36:19,634 --> 00:36:23,234
um, you know, just. Signs expressing

597
00:36:23,372 --> 00:36:26,575
solidarity with our immigrant community, constantly being

598
00:36:26,575 --> 00:36:30,175
vandalized around the city, um. I

599
00:36:30,445 --> 00:36:34,316
agree with the sentiments of several other speakers

600
00:36:34,316 --> 00:36:38,530
that although this resolution that I'm assuming you will all agree

601
00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:41,550
to and pass, uh, and thank you, Roberts and Mork for again

602
00:36:41,550 --> 00:36:43,455
putting it forward. I

603
00:36:44,593 --> 00:36:47,996
It is, you know, again, some bare minimum stuff, right

604
00:36:47,996 --> 00:36:51,400
? Like I expect our city to

605
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,269
come out and say this is fucked up and we shouldn't do this. That's like

606
00:36:54,269 --> 00:36:56,669
a baseline for me

607
00:36:58,421 --> 00:37:02,910
um, realistically, I would like to see the city go much further with this sort of

608
00:37:02,910 --> 00:37:04,160
thing and start treating the incidents that are going around

609
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:08,310
right now, both in terms of, you know

610
00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:11,901
uh, discrimination against trans people and also the activity that

611
00:37:11,901 --> 00:37:15,504
ICE has been displaying in the area. Uh, take this seriously. Uh, as

612
00:37:15,504 --> 00:37:19,175
someone else said, these things are the wedge that

613
00:37:19,175 --> 00:37:22,979
cracks open basically everything and rots our society

614
00:37:22,979 --> 00:37:26,849
I came from Pennsylvania. I came from the Rot. I thought I got out of

615
00:37:26,849 --> 00:37:29,719
the rot. I'm watching the rot creep back into where I live now.

616
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:31,719
Please. Pass

617
00:37:33,255 --> 00:37:35,992
this resolution and also please

618
00:37:35,992 --> 00:37:39,729
continue to push on other agenda items like

619
00:37:39,729 --> 00:37:43,333
Getting the King County Sheriff's Department to show up to

620
00:37:43,333 --> 00:37:47,200
a hit and run caused by federal officers. Thank you.

621
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,200
Thank you. Welcome.

622
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,611
Good evening. My name is Scott Menzies, a resident

623
00:37:55,611 --> 00:37:59,683
of Shoreline, my organizing project is fortify Washington

624
00:37:59,683 --> 00:38:04,200
Presiding Officer Mork and members of the council, thanks for having us today and

625
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,230
thanks for taking up this for consideration, council members Mork and Roberts, thank you

626
00:38:07,230 --> 00:38:10,230
so much for proposing this.

627
00:38:10,930 --> 00:38:13,693
This is What I heard from

628
00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:16,833
my trans siblings earlier makes my heart hurt.

629
00:38:16,833 --> 00:38:18,833
And I'm I'm

630
00:38:21,371 --> 00:38:24,441
P help put this model resolution together and worked with no

631
00:38:24,441 --> 00:38:26,841
hate in Washington state.

632
00:38:27,910 --> 00:38:31,581
As an ally, I'm here as an ally and I want to see.

633
00:38:31,581 --> 00:38:33,981
Them feel as safe.

634
00:38:35,118 --> 00:38:38,788
As I feel walking down the street. And I know

635
00:38:38,788 --> 00:38:41,791
that I have all of the privileges that make

636
00:38:41,791 --> 00:38:45,600
it easy for me to exist.

637
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:47,460
In this place. And

638
00:38:49,650 --> 00:38:52,935
Knowing that it's not the case for others, knowing that we have to

639
00:38:52,935 --> 00:38:56,673
Field and waste money and time and energy

640
00:38:56,673 --> 00:38:59,673
and emotion, resisting what are

641
00:38:59,742 --> 00:39:01,742
awful. Horrifying

642
00:39:03,546 --> 00:39:05,546
transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic.

643
00:39:08,351 --> 00:39:11,821
Initiatives is. It hurts, and it is, it hurts

644
00:39:11,821 --> 00:39:15,558
my heart and it is the thin edge of the wedge.

645
00:39:15,558 --> 00:39:19,695
As Megan Rapinoe put it in an article, this is not just about

646
00:39:19,695 --> 00:39:22,899
This is, it starts with the trans folks

647
00:39:22,899 --> 00:39:25,899
and it moves towards constricting

648
00:39:26,836 --> 00:39:30,507
the spaces within which women are even allowed to exist in their sports.

649
00:39:30,507 --> 00:39:34,177
This is the thin edge of the wedge, and we have to

650
00:39:34,177 --> 00:39:37,246
repudiate it in the strongest and most definitive way possible

651
00:39:37,246 --> 00:39:40,246
This is why I feel.

652
00:39:40,850 --> 00:39:44,187
It's important for our city councils in this state to take

653
00:39:44,187 --> 00:39:47,724
this stand. I don't feel us voting is

654
00:39:47,724 --> 00:39:50,727
gonna is gonna be what does it or doesn't do it.

655
00:39:50,727 --> 00:39:54,327
But I feel like Our city

656
00:39:55,865 --> 00:39:59,268
Elected officials whom we elected, who represent us

657
00:39:59,268 --> 00:40:03,473
who are close to us because we live in the same

658
00:40:03,473 --> 00:40:07,143
place. We want to see you stand with us. And so, I wanna say I'm grateful that you

659
00:40:07,143 --> 00:40:10,212
are standing with us on this. I'm here as

660
00:40:10,212 --> 00:40:13,682
an ally. I wish I saw more

661
00:40:13,682 --> 00:40:17,820
allies, that also kind of hurts my heart. But

662
00:40:17,820 --> 00:40:21,691
I know that you will pass this and I

663
00:40:21,691 --> 00:40:25,695
am grateful for that much you know, everybody who's here in support of

664
00:40:25,695 --> 00:40:30,633
this resolution, please raise your hand just so everybody can see. Great.

665
00:40:30,633 --> 00:40:33,770
Thank you. Anybody here for the first time at a city council meeting?

666
00:40:33,770 --> 00:40:36,170
Excellent. Woke in shoreline

667
00:40:36,906 --> 00:40:40,443
great. Welcome. Thank you so much

668
00:40:40,443 --> 00:40:43,980
Thank you so much for your consideration. Um

669
00:40:43,980 --> 00:40:47,450
I appreciate you. Thanks. Thank you. Oh, and this

670
00:40:47,450 --> 00:40:50,586
is actually some more petition signatures.

671
00:40:50,586 --> 00:40:54,123
Thank you. Is there anyone else

672
00:40:54,123 --> 00:40:57,794
that signed up to speak at this moment? Yes, Our

673
00:40:57,794 --> 00:41:04,394
our last two are Lake Buchanan and then Jamie Lee Blake.

674
00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:09,606
Uh, I didn't know how the signups worked, so I've just

675
00:41:09,606 --> 00:41:12,942
you know, the same thing I said before, uh, I do

676
00:41:12,942 --> 00:41:13,343
want to say thank you, Councilmember Roberts for the amendment because while I was

677
00:41:13,343 --> 00:41:15,343
reading through

678
00:41:17,346 --> 00:41:21,840
the initial uh version that would those are basically my concerns, and

679
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:25,288
they addressed them, so I'm like, cool, good job, um, but yeah

680
00:41:25,288 --> 00:41:28,958
I agree with basically everything everyone has said. This is a no-brainer, and it

681
00:41:28,958 --> 00:41:32,495
is basically table stakes like this we need to be looking for

682
00:41:32,495 --> 00:41:37,767
more to be doing, um, I have been to a couple of

683
00:41:37,767 --> 00:41:41,638
Seattle City Council meetings. I haven't spoken at them because I don't live in Seattle

684
00:41:41,638 --> 00:41:45,410
I live in Shoreline, so I am grateful for the opportunity to Speak

685
00:41:45,410 --> 00:41:48,577
my mind on this, um, but, uh, keep

686
00:41:48,577 --> 00:41:51,447
pushing harder, more this and more. Keep going more

687
00:41:51,447 --> 00:41:53,847
do more, go more

688
00:41:55,251 --> 00:41:58,654
please It's not as eloquent if I don't write it out ahead of time

689
00:41:58,654 --> 00:42:02,254
apparently. Thank you. I agree. Welcome.

690
00:42:03,926 --> 00:42:08,130
Good evening. My name is Jamie Lee Blake. I live in Edmonds

691
00:42:08,130 --> 00:42:11,668
just over the border to the north of Shoreline, but I spend a lot of time in Shoreline.

692
00:42:11,668 --> 00:42:13,668
I came here

693
00:42:14,804 --> 00:42:17,804
anyway because IL 26-638 is

694
00:42:18,541 --> 00:42:21,611
a statewide measure and it doesn't stop at the county line

695
00:42:21,611 --> 00:42:24,110
I'm a transgender woman.

696
00:42:25,147 --> 00:42:28,618
I'm also a mom of 3 teenagers, and I've spent 20 years

697
00:42:28,618 --> 00:42:32,421
as an engineer, which mostly means I've been paid

698
00:42:32,421 --> 00:42:36,159
to read specifications closely and notice what they actually

699
00:42:36,159 --> 00:42:40,290
say, instead of what people say they say. So I read this one.

700
00:42:40,290 --> 00:42:43,432
It doesn't affect only transgender girls

701
00:42:43,432 --> 00:42:47,360
but even if it did. It would be Too much.

702
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:49,436
Under IL 26 638, any student

703
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:54,710
who wants to play a girl's sport has to produce

704
00:42:54,710 --> 00:42:58,247
a signed statement from a healthcare provider verifying her sex

705
00:42:58,247 --> 00:43:01,847
The anatomy, genetics, or testosterone levels.

706
00:43:02,117 --> 00:43:04,866
That means genital inspections for

707
00:43:04,866 --> 00:43:06,866
our 110

708
00:43:08,870 --> 00:43:12,340
girls playing middle school and high school sports in the state That's

709
00:43:12,340 --> 00:43:16,745
The sponsors of the Initiatives number, not mine.

710
00:43:16,745 --> 00:43:19,145
Every girl who wants

711
00:43:20,548 --> 00:43:24,286
to play, boys don't have to do this to play boys' sports

712
00:43:24,286 --> 00:43:28,223
and that doesn't get said as much, and I think we should think

713
00:43:28,223 --> 00:43:31,559
about that too, and what that means. Washington has had an inclusive

714
00:43:31,559 --> 00:43:34,559
policy since 2007. It's worked for 20

715
00:43:35,297 --> 00:43:38,767
years. What's changed isn't the sports, it's the politics.

716
00:43:38,767 --> 00:43:42,970
And The doctors note that this initiative requires.

717
00:43:42,970 --> 00:43:45,970
will be a burden on

718
00:43:47,241 --> 00:43:50,645
All girls trying to play sports especially the

719
00:43:50,645 --> 00:43:53,781
most marginalized. With less access to doctors

720
00:43:53,781 --> 00:43:56,781
less able to play sports.

721
00:43:57,251 --> 00:44:00,522
The girls who get questioned first won't be the

722
00:44:00,522 --> 00:44:04,125
trans ones. They will be the CIS

723
00:44:04,125 --> 00:44:07,596
ones, the ones that are a head taller than everyone else

724
00:44:07,596 --> 00:44:10,799
or have short hair, or just look to wrong

725
00:44:10,799 --> 00:44:14,999
to somebody in the stands. The same

726
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,808
instinct runs through IL 26001, which would roll back protections the legislator

727
00:44:19,808 --> 00:44:23,277
added last year after real families like mine testified about what the

728
00:44:23,277 --> 00:44:26,882
original version was doing to their kids.

729
00:44:26,882 --> 00:44:30,552
I know a city resolution doesn't change the policy or take

730
00:44:30,552 --> 00:44:34,156
anything off the ballot. I'm not confused about that, but

731
00:44:34,156 --> 00:44:37,826
when my kid is deciding whether a place is safe.

732
00:44:37,826 --> 00:44:41,229
She isn't reading state law. She's looking at what the people

733
00:44:41,229 --> 00:44:44,499
in charge were willing to say out loud.

734
00:44:44,499 --> 00:44:47,499
So please pass resolution 567, if

735
00:44:48,303 --> 00:44:52,107
you pass it, put it where people will actually see it

736
00:44:52,107 --> 00:44:55,777
the website, the newsletter, not buried in the minutes. Thank you and

737
00:44:55,777 --> 00:44:55,910
thank you again to council members Roberts and Mork for bringing this forward. Thank

738
00:44:55,910 --> 00:44:57,910
you.

739
00:44:59,781 --> 00:45:03,185
Thank you. Is there anybody else who would

740
00:45:03,185 --> 00:45:07,589
like to speak in this public comment period.

741
00:45:07,589 --> 00:45:09,589
Hello, uh,

742
00:45:10,992 --> 00:45:14,196
Um, my name's Oliver Wolf. I'm from North

743
00:45:14,196 --> 00:45:17,532
Seattle, and um. I didn't have

744
00:45:17,532 --> 00:45:21,200
a comment written out today, but um. I

745
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:24,539
just wanted to speak against a uh a myth that I

746
00:45:24,539 --> 00:45:27,809
haven't really heard challenged yet today. About um

747
00:45:27,809 --> 00:45:29,809
Like, This, this

748
00:45:31,213 --> 00:45:34,282
initiative kind of presupposes a long standing

749
00:45:34,282 --> 00:45:37,552
myth that cisje or that a

750
00:45:37,552 --> 00:45:40,552
transgender women have the same

751
00:45:41,890 --> 00:45:44,692
physical performance as cisgender men. Which Isn't true

752
00:45:44,692 --> 00:45:47,763
for medically transitioning trans women because

753
00:45:47,763 --> 00:45:50,763
Uh, cisgender women don't take

754
00:45:51,299 --> 00:45:54,235
testosterone blockers and transgender women

755
00:45:54,235 --> 00:45:56,635
do usually. Thank you.

756
00:45:58,573 --> 00:46:02,511
Hello, I'm, hello, my name's Violel Kawaguchi

757
00:46:02,511 --> 00:46:05,447
I'm a shoreline resident. I would also like to

758
00:46:05,447 --> 00:46:07,847
point out that people's

759
00:46:09,184 --> 00:46:12,587
hormone levels are variable depending on who they are and

760
00:46:12,587 --> 00:46:15,587
their racial background, testosterone testing

761
00:46:16,725 --> 00:46:20,529
will disproportionately affect cisgender athletes of color because cisgender athletes

762
00:46:20,529 --> 00:46:24,533
of color do on occasion have higher testosterone levels than

763
00:46:24,533 --> 00:46:28,403
average. We see this in Olympic sports. We see this in sports universally

764
00:46:28,403 --> 00:46:31,606
Behind the thin veneer of parental. Concern, there's always an air

765
00:46:31,606 --> 00:46:35,206
of racism and just the most

766
00:46:35,210 --> 00:46:38,279
vile aspects of our country hidden behind every single

767
00:46:38,279 --> 00:46:41,750
thing these people pass or want

768
00:46:41,750 --> 00:46:44,953
to pass. The bone density arguments aren't

769
00:46:44,953 --> 00:46:48,890
even like the two things that I'm

770
00:46:48,890 --> 00:46:52,361
pretty sure the vast majority of what they're harping on is, is trans

771
00:46:52,361 --> 00:46:56,564
people may have higher bone density, and we may

772
00:46:56,564 --> 00:46:59,968
develop muscle mass that we had before better because of predis

773
00:46:59,968 --> 00:47:03,839
or a pre-exposure to testosterone, these are

774
00:47:03,839 --> 00:47:07,309
very nebulous things. They are not well defined. The science is not

775
00:47:07,309 --> 00:47:10,779
there. This initiative is based on nothing and

776
00:47:10,779 --> 00:47:14,582
is purely an excuse to discriminate while giving

777
00:47:14,582 --> 00:47:18,319
nebulous actors, unlimited access to your children under the

778
00:47:18,319 --> 00:47:21,856
guise of keeping them safe. Anyone who is an advocate for

779
00:47:21,856 --> 00:47:25,259
this, anyone who wants this, I would greatly be concerned

780
00:47:25,259 --> 00:47:29,640
about even having that person in my like

781
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:32,801
group of people, I assume. associate with because on its front

782
00:47:32,801 --> 00:47:36,337
there's nothing about this that even makes any sense to anyone

783
00:47:36,337 --> 00:47:40,700
who knows, like a basic amount of anatomy or

784
00:47:40,700 --> 00:47:42,410
like science as a trans person, when I started HRT 11 years

785
00:47:42,410 --> 00:47:46,800
ago, within months, you want to know what my T levels were

786
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:49,800
? 17 nanograms per deciliter. That is

787
00:47:49,483 --> 00:47:53,754
significantly below the level of a cis woman

788
00:47:53,754 --> 00:47:56,230
Like these, their arguments don't make sense. They are not seen out in the science

789
00:47:56,230 --> 00:47:59,961
They're not seen out in the performance statistics, one of the most.

790
00:47:59,961 --> 00:48:02,961
the largest anti-trans and sports

791
00:48:03,698 --> 00:48:07,768
advocates Riley Gaines loves to talk about how a

792
00:48:07,768 --> 00:48:11,238
trans person beat her without telling everyone that this trans person didn't

793
00:48:11,238 --> 00:48:15,430
win the race, and Riley Gaines was 3rd, so like

794
00:48:15,430 --> 00:48:18,913
these people are just losers. They're losers

795
00:48:18,913 --> 00:48:22,450
and they want to discriminate against people of color and trans

796
00:48:22,450 --> 00:48:26,530
people and people who they perceive as getting something

797
00:48:26,530 --> 00:48:29,791
that they didn't earn, but they really earned it.

798
00:48:29,791 --> 00:48:33,194
So please do the bare minimum as this gentleman in orange said

799
00:48:33,194 --> 00:48:36,931
and passed this resolution and as a trans

800
00:48:36,931 --> 00:48:40,668
person of color in shoreline, I will say walking to the

801
00:48:40,668 --> 00:48:44,539
one line station right over there. I have had people like yell

802
00:48:44,539 --> 00:48:48,276
at me outside of their cars. I've had people yell racial slurs

803
00:48:48,276 --> 00:48:51,880
at me, old decrepit man in a Charlie Kirk shirt and a MAGA hat

804
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:55,483
like yelling the teas slur at me. This is like real

805
00:48:55,483 --> 00:48:58,486
like people in Seattle are harassed daily for being trans.

806
00:48:58,486 --> 00:49:00,886
This needs to stop.

807
00:49:03,290 --> 00:49:08,290
Thank you. Is there any other public comment tonight?

808
00:49:08,290 --> 00:49:11,298
Seen none, I will close public comment

809
00:49:11,298 --> 00:49:14,898
and we'll move to counsel action.

810
00:49:15,984 --> 00:49:19,454
Councilmember Roberts, thank you, Presiding Officer

811
00:49:19,454 --> 00:49:22,858
Mark. Uh, I move adoption of resolution number

812
00:49:22,858 --> 00:49:25,727
567 with the amendments that I have proposed.

813
00:49:25,727 --> 00:49:27,727
Second, Motion

814
00:49:29,998 --> 00:49:33,268
in a second. Would you like to speak to your motion, Councilor Roberts.

815
00:49:33,268 --> 00:49:36,868
Uh thank you, Councilmember Mork for

816
00:49:36,938 --> 00:49:40,609
uh, sponsoring this and getting this on the agenda, um.

817
00:49:40,609 --> 00:49:44,209
We have adopted in this council

818
00:49:44,613 --> 00:49:47,750
on this dio, multiple resolutions saying that Shoreland needs to be a

819
00:49:47,750 --> 00:49:50,750
welcoming space for everyone. We

820
00:49:51,687 --> 00:49:53,687
uh, for everyone

821
00:49:54,957 --> 00:49:57,957
for LGBTQIA plus individuals specifically

822
00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:01,360
uh, this is, I think

823
00:50:01,897 --> 00:50:05,100
a continuation of that, those series of resolutions

824
00:50:05,100 --> 00:50:09,104
and because we need to be, and

825
00:50:09,104 --> 00:50:12,974
we ought to be a place where people feel safe. We want people to live here

826
00:50:12,974 --> 00:50:16,845
We want people to feel comfortable uh working here. We want people

827
00:50:16,845 --> 00:50:20,315
comfortable going to school here, and that's something that we.

828
00:50:20,315 --> 00:50:23,986
As elected leaders of this city ought to continue

829
00:50:23,986 --> 00:50:27,255
to push for. As we've heard from public comment, we

830
00:50:27,255 --> 00:50:31,326
are not there yet. There are too many

831
00:50:31,326 --> 00:50:35,630
people, there are too many people who are facing discrimination in their daily

832
00:50:35,630 --> 00:50:38,133
lives. Too many people who face discrimination just existing.

833
00:50:38,133 --> 00:50:41,336
Um, that is a problem. We

834
00:50:41,336 --> 00:50:44,730
and we have a moral responsibility

835
00:50:44,730 --> 00:50:47,609
to say no, that's not what we want, that's not the

836
00:50:47,609 --> 00:50:51,213
values that we want to see in in shoreline.

837
00:50:51,213 --> 00:50:55,283
Now I know that um we do need to do better.

838
00:50:55,283 --> 00:50:58,753
I mean, I, and I think that some of the advocates

839
00:50:58,753 --> 00:51:02,910
who are speaking here today, talking about how

840
00:51:02,910 --> 00:51:05,360
do we make sure that and how do we provide

841
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:08,960
the resources that people need, so

842
00:51:09,565 --> 00:51:13,701
that that is something we ought to sort of, that's something we need to strive for. It's

843
00:51:13,701 --> 00:51:17,639
not something on our agenda tonight, but that's something we need to continue

844
00:51:17,639 --> 00:51:21,430
to strive for is how do we protect our residents? How do we make sure

845
00:51:21,430 --> 00:51:24,646
that our residents get the support they need. And

846
00:51:24,646 --> 00:51:28,917
It's hard. It is hard to be a child in

847
00:51:28,917 --> 00:51:31,986
This world today. It's especially hard if

848
00:51:31,986 --> 00:51:34,386
they are in transitioning

849
00:51:35,390 --> 00:51:38,794
have transitioned. It is a scary, it is

850
00:51:38,794 --> 00:51:42,331
scary, so individuals who decide and make the

851
00:51:42,331 --> 00:51:45,467
decision to transition, that is not an

852
00:51:45,467 --> 00:51:49,670
easy decision. That is a tough.

853
00:51:49,338 --> 00:51:51,738
Tough, tough. Decision that

854
00:51:53,542 --> 00:51:57,946
people have to make. It is if you are.

855
00:51:57,946 --> 00:51:59,946
People It is

856
00:52:02,417 --> 00:52:05,821
Facing people who do decide to transition

857
00:52:05,821 --> 00:52:08,821
sadly faced this additional discrimination.

858
00:52:08,824 --> 00:52:12,424
They, uh, um, as I said

859
00:52:12,428 --> 00:52:15,764
it's harder, the studies have shown that individuals who

860
00:52:15,764 --> 00:52:18,900
a harder time trying to find work.

861
00:52:18,900 --> 00:52:21,900
That individuals who are trans.

862
00:52:24,106 --> 00:52:27,375
Struggle with lots of things in their daily lives. It's not something

863
00:52:27,375 --> 00:52:30,846
people take lightly if they are in

864
00:52:30,846 --> 00:52:35,117
transition. And it's our job as a country, we should

865
00:52:35,117 --> 00:52:35,383
be letting people live the lives they want to live. If they should not, people should

866
00:52:35,383 --> 00:52:37,383
not

867
00:52:39,540 --> 00:52:42,591
be discriminated against because of the choices that they

868
00:52:42,591 --> 00:52:46,795
make, how they live their lives because individuals

869
00:52:46,795 --> 00:52:50,532
Just want to live, they just want to live their lives. They they want to feel, well, say

870
00:52:50,532 --> 00:52:54,200
feel protected. They want to be supported by their community.

871
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:57,806
They want to be supported in their schools.

872
00:52:57,806 --> 00:53:01,760
These are things that people want. These are basic needs that people

873
00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:04,613
uh, people want and. It's sad to

874
00:53:04,613 --> 00:53:08,149
see that there are people in this state who want to

875
00:53:08,149 --> 00:53:11,219
enshrine discrimination in our laws. As was said

876
00:53:11,219 --> 00:53:13,619
uh, the initiative around

877
00:53:14,489 --> 00:53:17,489
Sports, it is not the

878
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:22,163
small handful of trans youth who are participating in sports who are going

879
00:53:22,163 --> 00:53:25,434
to be affected by it. It is going to be the people who are

880
00:53:25,434 --> 00:53:29,360
as was described, uh, as Jamie said

881
00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:33,174
correctly, it's the people who are, it's the people

882
00:53:33,174 --> 00:53:36,511
women of color who are a head taller, who have a a little bit stronger muscle mass

883
00:53:36,511 --> 00:53:40,111
who are seemingly better than everyone

884
00:53:40,715 --> 00:53:44,252
else on the field, who they're the ones who are going to be questioned. That's been

885
00:53:44,252 --> 00:53:48,657
That's been questioned every time for hundreds of years.

886
00:53:48,657 --> 00:53:51,570
Thousands of years. That

887
00:53:52,861 --> 00:53:56,397
is really the people who are going to be affected by this

888
00:53:56,397 --> 00:54:00,335
because it is invasive, and it is discriminatory that

889
00:54:00,335 --> 00:54:04,205
One gender is going to be affected by this, while

890
00:54:04,205 --> 00:54:07,750
another gender is not. That is wrong. Clean

891
00:54:07,750 --> 00:54:09,750
flat wrong.

892
00:54:10,545 --> 00:54:14,682
And then we need to, I mean, the

893
00:54:14,682 --> 00:54:18,286
school counselors, the teachers they know how important this is They know how

894
00:54:18,286 --> 00:54:21,957
important the schools need to be a safe space for everyone

895
00:54:21,957 --> 00:54:25,427
That an ideal world, yes, you should be able to talk

896
00:54:25,427 --> 00:54:29,300
to your parents about who you are and what your true

897
00:54:29,300 --> 00:54:32,634
identity is. That's important, but schools also are

898
00:54:32,634 --> 00:54:36,171
a safe space, need to be a safe space for people. And

899
00:54:36,171 --> 00:54:39,841
this law makes the schools not a safe space. It makes it

900
00:54:39,841 --> 00:54:43,377
a hostile space that anything that

901
00:54:43,377 --> 00:54:46,715
you say can suddenly go right back to a parent. A a

902
00:54:46,715 --> 00:54:50,184
parent who may or may not be supportive.

903
00:54:50,184 --> 00:54:53,588
A parent who may be willing to throw their

904
00:54:53,588 --> 00:54:56,658
child out. We know that and studies show

905
00:54:56,658 --> 00:55:00,258
that people are in who are

906
00:55:01,863 --> 00:55:05,800
kids who are transitioning, who have transitioned, they're the ones who are

907
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,804
more likely, are very likely to be homeless. They're the more likely to

908
00:55:08,804 --> 00:55:11,204
run away. If either

909
00:55:12,740 --> 00:55:16,277
two unfortunately, 2 homelessness or to some other place. And I think for

910
00:55:16,277 --> 00:55:19,815
the people who are, have opened their homes and let

911
00:55:19,815 --> 00:55:23,218
people in and recognize and celebrate who they are

912
00:55:23,218 --> 00:55:27,237
as individuals and not because of us.

913
00:55:27,237 --> 00:55:30,508
So I encouraged and implore my colleagues to

914
00:55:30,508 --> 00:55:33,711
support this, um, and I hope that if

915
00:55:33,711 --> 00:55:37,311
this passes, that the people of

916
00:55:37,648 --> 00:55:41,585
Washington state agree with me and say that this is wrong. These are

917
00:55:41,585 --> 00:55:44,922
not Washington values. These are not shoreline values. So, thank you.

918
00:55:44,922 --> 00:55:46,922
Councilmember Mark. Thank

919
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:52,863
you, Councilmember Scully. Thanks, and I'll keep this short because this, this is a

920
00:55:52,863 --> 00:55:56,867
slam dunk and what's been said tonight is, is all true. So I'm

921
00:55:56,867 --> 00:56:01,720
I'm bisexual. My part of the rainbow is fairly safe, but I've got a lot of

922
00:56:01,720 --> 00:56:04,608
close friends who are trans, and at age 53, most of my trans friends transitioned a long

923
00:56:04,608 --> 00:56:04,875
time ago, and so they have watched the world get progressively brighter, and

924
00:56:04,875 --> 00:56:06,875
it's

925
00:56:09,146 --> 00:56:12,682
Very unfortunate that they may see the world start to get more dim

926
00:56:12,682 --> 00:56:16,887
with initiatives like this. I just want to share

927
00:56:16,887 --> 00:56:20,891
11 life experience. I had the unfortunate life experience of explaining how difficult it

928
00:56:20,891 --> 00:56:24,495
was to be trans to someone who later turned out to be a trans man, so I

929
00:56:24,495 --> 00:56:28,232
mansplained being trans to a trans man, which is like meta

930
00:56:28,232 --> 00:56:32,302
um, but he's a big bearded dude and I found out he

931
00:56:32,302 --> 00:56:36,373
was trans when he got really upset at signature gatherers on a ferry for the

932
00:56:36,373 --> 00:56:36,774
bathroom band that we, we dealt with years ago, and he said, look, he told me he was trans

933
00:56:36,774 --> 00:56:38,774
and he said

934
00:56:40,911 --> 00:56:44,448
look, this is Homer S for me. I can't leave the house because if I go into a women's room.

935
00:56:44,448 --> 00:56:47,852
room, look at me. There will be screams if I go into

936
00:56:47,852 --> 00:56:51,989
a men's room, you know, that's, you

937
00:56:51,989 --> 00:56:56,193
know, that that's, that's not where I want to be. It's not safe for me to be there. So

938
00:56:56,193 --> 00:57:00,197
I've spent a lot of time talking to folks, not only in Shoreland, but in surrounding

939
00:57:00,197 --> 00:57:03,333
communities, and the good news is there is a strong trans community here, and

940
00:57:03,333 --> 00:57:03,601
what makes my heart glad is when I meet someone who's trans and the households next to them

941
00:57:03,601 --> 00:57:05,601
are

942
00:57:07,672 --> 00:57:11,742
all flying pride flags, even though they are not part of that community, they're just

943
00:57:11,742 --> 00:57:15,613
showing solidarity. The bad news is there is a lot of misunderstanding about.

944
00:57:15,613 --> 00:57:19,350
What these bills are. It's usually posed around safety, which is

945
00:57:19,350 --> 00:57:23,870
ridiculous. And what misses the point is, this isn't aimed at

946
00:57:23,870 --> 00:57:26,690
adults, right? The first measure is aimed at children. And for

947
00:57:26,690 --> 00:57:30,494
me it's especially invidious because it tells a 12 year

948
00:57:30,494 --> 00:57:34,565
old girl that her body has to pass inspection, usually by a man

949
00:57:34,565 --> 00:57:37,634
before she's allowed to participate. I mean that that's that's like 1,80s

950
00:57:37,634 --> 00:57:40,340
1700s thinking. The other

951
00:57:41,639 --> 00:57:45,176
measure about school counselors and and medical professionals. When my

952
00:57:45,176 --> 00:57:45,443
daughter was 12, she cut her hair short and started wearing different clothes, and I

953
00:57:45,443 --> 00:57:47,443
thought

954
00:57:49,513 --> 00:57:52,583
huh, and she told me years later that she had been questioning her gender

955
00:57:52,583 --> 00:57:52,917
identity, and she wasn't ready to talk to me about it. That doesn't make me a bad parent,

956
00:57:52,917 --> 00:57:54,917
that doesn't mean

957
00:57:56,987 --> 00:57:57,388
we have a bad relationship. She just wasn't ready to share with her dad that she was

958
00:57:57,388 --> 00:57:59,388
questioning who

959
00:58:00,925 --> 00:58:04,328
she was. So no kid should be, should know that there is

960
00:58:04,328 --> 00:58:04,461
no safe space, right? There should always be a safe space. All this has been said. Thank

961
00:58:04,461 --> 00:58:06,461
you

962
00:58:08,599 --> 00:58:08,732
for coming, and I'm actually familiar with the Kawaguchi O'Connor Initiative, and thank

963
00:58:08,732 --> 00:58:10,732
you

964
00:58:12,536 --> 00:58:16,273
for doing that. It's making a big difference to a lot of people.

965
00:58:16,273 --> 00:58:18,273
CouncilmanRadamasu. Thank you

966
00:58:20,744 --> 00:58:23,744
Councilmember Mork and Roberts for

967
00:58:24,615 --> 00:58:27,951
bringing this resolution. I'm in full support of the resolution

968
00:58:27,951 --> 00:58:31,488
and I want to every person that physically

969
00:58:31,488 --> 00:58:34,291
came here and Spoke from

970
00:58:34,291 --> 00:58:36,291
your heart and

971
00:58:38,829 --> 00:58:41,829
touched me greatly, um, So,

972
00:58:43,500 --> 00:58:47,700
I just want to reiterate, I oppose

973
00:58:48,380 --> 00:58:51,508
the initiative regarding youth participation in

974
00:58:51,508 --> 00:58:55,450
athletics. It is wrong to victimize trans youth.

975
00:58:55,450 --> 00:58:58,782
And this initiative, as we all know

976
00:58:58,782 --> 00:59:02,319
will subject girls who wish to play sports

977
00:59:02,319 --> 00:59:05,856
in kindergarten through senior year in high school to

978
00:59:05,856 --> 00:59:09,259
the additional medical evaluations. I also oppose

979
00:59:09,259 --> 00:59:12,996
the initiative about parental rights is not

980
00:59:12,996 --> 00:59:16,667
all students are safe at home, and I believe that all students

981
00:59:16,667 --> 00:59:20,603
need safe spaces to talk about private issues that

982
00:59:20,603 --> 00:59:24,740
they are dealing with, and I want to surround everyone with protection and

983
00:59:24,740 --> 00:59:28,274
love. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Snyder.

984
00:59:28,611 --> 00:59:32,149
I'll, I'll do my best to

985
00:59:32,149 --> 00:59:35,752
articulate all of the many thoughts, and I, first

986
00:59:35,752 --> 00:59:39,156
of all, I appreciate everyone who showed up today and who

987
00:59:39,156 --> 00:59:42,960
spoke and also for council members, uh, Mork

988
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:46,363
and Roberts for Paying attention to what's going on, um.

989
00:59:46,363 --> 00:59:49,699
Uh, I grew up playing sports

990
00:59:49,699 --> 00:59:52,969
My sisters played sports. We all

991
00:59:52,969 --> 00:59:56,372
played softball, um, all through high

992
00:59:56,372 --> 01:00:00,110
school and and uh and even into college

993
01:00:00,110 --> 01:00:02,510
um, uh. You know

994
01:00:03,981 --> 01:00:07,581
the, they weren't always straight. Many

995
01:00:07,651 --> 01:00:10,721
of the players were, were not, and you get questioned

996
01:00:10,721 --> 01:00:13,721
about that, but Those are

997
01:00:14,591 --> 01:00:17,594
our people. I mean that that there's no other way to say it. I mean

998
01:00:17,594 --> 01:00:20,864
uh, they kick at us, so, um.

999
01:00:20,864 --> 01:00:24,401
Uh, All I can think about with

1000
01:00:24,401 --> 01:00:27,938
with this regards to the the the initial

1001
01:00:27,938 --> 01:00:31,408
bill about girls' sports, uh, it's, you know

1002
01:00:31,408 --> 01:00:34,411
it's invasive, it's perverse, it's just

1003
01:00:34,411 --> 01:00:38,110
brings to mind. Uh, you know

1004
01:00:38,548 --> 01:00:41,485
Doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of, you know

1005
01:00:41,485 --> 01:00:43,885
molesting all of these

1006
01:00:45,220 --> 01:00:48,358
uh, gymnasts, uh, well sometimes while their

1007
01:00:48,358 --> 01:00:51,828
parents are standing in the room. And um,

1008
01:00:51,828 --> 01:00:54,228
So subjecting girls and

1009
01:00:56,330 --> 01:00:59,502
in trans kids. These are girls. These

1010
01:00:59,502 --> 01:01:03,440
are kids to anything short, you know, or a

1011
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:06,910
some kind of pelvic exam in

1012
01:01:06,910 --> 01:01:09,910
order to decide whether they're

1013
01:01:10,380 --> 01:01:13,583
qualified to play sports. I, I mean, it's, it's

1014
01:01:13,583 --> 01:01:16,583
it's insidious and and it's

1015
01:01:17,187 --> 01:01:21,191
thinly veiled, uh, or it's some kind of attempt to

1016
01:01:21,191 --> 01:01:24,327
be legitimized by using some kind of term

1017
01:01:24,327 --> 01:01:26,727
like family values, fairness

1018
01:01:27,464 --> 01:01:29,464
in sports, uh.

1019
01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:33,200
Parental rights, uh, in, in.

1020
01:01:34,485 --> 01:01:38,156
When I hear those terms, I just kind

1021
01:01:38,156 --> 01:01:41,959
of brace myself because here comes another non-issue making.

1022
01:01:41,959 --> 01:01:45,230
It's way as so as though it's some kind of an issue

1023
01:01:45,230 --> 01:01:48,230
and it really, really isn't

1024
01:01:48,299 --> 01:01:51,899
um, and I'm, I'm very pleased

1025
01:01:52,170 --> 01:01:55,373
that uh that this is, we're starting.

1026
01:01:55,373 --> 01:01:58,777
With this baseline is Mr. Steele

1027
01:01:58,777 --> 01:02:00,777
mentioned earlier, um,

1028
01:02:02,714 --> 01:02:06,184
And like everything, like they say, safety first, and that has also

1029
01:02:06,184 --> 01:02:10,255
has to do with the, with the 26001

1030
01:02:10,255 --> 01:02:13,724
um, initiative that's going to show up, kids don't

1031
01:02:13,724 --> 01:02:16,861
always feel safe at home. They need to feel

1032
01:02:16,861 --> 01:02:19,931
safe at school talking to a

1033
01:02:19,931 --> 01:02:23,601
counselor and um I I know from

1034
01:02:23,601 --> 01:02:27,338
kids going, even going to to therapy, you

1035
01:02:27,338 --> 01:02:30,742
you hit that 13 year old Mark and, and you can't even uh.

1036
01:02:30,742 --> 01:02:33,142
log in onto some

1037
01:02:33,812 --> 01:02:37,412
kind of medical to pay the

1038
01:02:37,682 --> 01:02:41,485
they're entitled to that privacy. It's not to be shared

1039
01:02:41,485 --> 01:02:45,220
with their parents unless they decide they want to share it with

1040
01:02:45,220 --> 01:02:48,560
their parents, and um And that needs to be maintained

1041
01:02:48,560 --> 01:02:51,830
at our schools as well. So, um.

1042
01:02:51,830 --> 01:02:55,233
Again, there's there's a uh, we

1043
01:02:55,233 --> 01:02:58,836
have a ways to go and um But

1044
01:02:58,836 --> 01:03:02,640
this is a, you have to start somewhere. Thank you.

1045
01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:05,640
Thank you. um. Thank you

1046
01:03:06,444 --> 01:03:09,513
all for coming. Makes a big difference

1047
01:03:09,513 --> 01:03:12,513
to know that there are

1048
01:03:13,510 --> 01:03:16,788
people who support what we are trying

1049
01:03:16,788 --> 01:03:20,458
to do. Councilmember Roberts, thank you for improving the, um

1050
01:03:20,458 --> 01:03:23,928
Resolution And I think I don't

1051
01:03:23,928 --> 01:03:27,399
have anything new to say. You have covered it

1052
01:03:27,399 --> 01:03:31,690
all, really appreciate it. Uh, now we're at the

1053
01:03:31,690 --> 01:03:34,690
point to vote on this

1054
01:03:34,472 --> 01:03:38,209
resolution. Um, is there any more discussion, or?

1055
01:03:38,209 --> 01:03:41,679
Will the clerk please call them ? I believe

1056
01:03:41,679 --> 01:03:45,160
the motion is on the amendment first and then.

1057
01:03:45,160 --> 01:03:48,886
I thought that's what uh moved with

1058
01:03:48,886 --> 01:03:52,223
his amendment. OK, let's get into the motion. So no, that's all

1059
01:03:52,223 --> 01:03:55,693
right. OK. Though thought we had done that

1060
01:03:55,693 --> 01:03:58,830
uh, so will the clerk please call the vote.

1061
01:03:58,830 --> 01:04:01,230
Uh, Councilmember Snyder. Hi

1062
01:04:02,767 --> 01:04:04,767
Councilmember Roberts. Councilmember

1063
01:04:06,437 --> 01:04:10,637
Ademasu, Councilmember Mark, a Councilmember Scully, aye.

1064
01:04:10,975 --> 01:04:13,375
Thank you. Passed unanimously

1065
01:04:14,512 --> 01:04:19,912
5 to 0. With that, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you.