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I can hear you. MAY 28th, 2026

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meeting of the King County

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Council. I

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m Sarah Perry, chair

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of the council this year,

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joined by vice Chair Sawyer

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Brown and Regan Dunn and our

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council colleagues. Today in

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this meeting is called to

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order. Before we begin, please

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join me in acknowledging that

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we are on the traditional lands

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of the Puget Salish peoples,

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past and present. We thank

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these caretakers of this land

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who

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ve lived here and continue

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to live here since time

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immemorial, bringing their

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cultural ways of life and

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greatly enriching our

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communities. I also want to

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take a moment to observe a

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moment of silence for the

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members of our community who

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lost their lives in the tragic

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and senseless violence, gun

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violence. This past weekend at

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the Bite of Seattle. Please

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join me in a moment of silence.

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Thank you. Clerk. Will you

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please call the roll? Thank

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you. Councilmember Balducci.

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Here. Council member Baron

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here. Councilmember Dembowski

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here. Councilmember Dunn here.

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Councilmember Fain here.

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Councilmember Lewis here.

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Councilmember Mosqueda here.

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Councilmember von Reichbauer

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here. Chair Perry here. I have

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a full quorum.

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Thank you very much. Next,

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please join me in the Pledge of

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Allegiance. Pledge allegiance

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to the flag of the United

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States of America. And to the

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Republic by which it stands.

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One nation under GOD,

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indivisible, liberty and

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justice for all. Turning next

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to a special item, which is the

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recognition of the Freedom

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Plane. Documents that forged a

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nation. Exhibit at Mohi. This

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will be presented by both me

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and Council member Leron. And

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one moment. Councilmember

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Baron, are you ready to join

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me?

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I

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m ready. Chair. Great.

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I don

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t have my colors here, so

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m going to go ahead and just

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start and we

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ll just share. I

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pleased to co-sponsor this

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proclamation with Council Dunn

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and supported in the reading of

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it by Council Member Barone,

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recognizing the National

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Archives exhibit to celebrate

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the 250th anniversary of the

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signing of the Declaration of

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Independence. The exhibit is

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called Freedom Plain Documents

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That Forged a Nation, and you

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can visit it from. Let me see.

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You can visit it from JULY 30th

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to AUGUST 16th at our very own

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Museum of History and Industry

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in Seattle. King County is one

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of few counties nationwide to

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host this historically

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significant exhibit, which

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gives all of us a rare

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opportunity to view some of the

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foundational documents that

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helped shape our nation,

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including an original engraving

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of the Declaration of

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Independence, a secret printing

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of the Constitution in draft

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form, and the Treaty of Paris

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and Bill of rights. It

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s really

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something to see historical

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knowledge and deep

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understanding of our civic

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origins of our country are

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essential to maintaining the

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strength of our Constitution,

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the resilience of our

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democracy, and the values of

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freedom and justice for all

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that were and continue to be,

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the vision for this great

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nation. I hope that through

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this proclamation and through

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spreading the word about this

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exhibit, you

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ll join me in

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taking time to reflect on the

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history and ideals of our

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nation. Including, uh. One

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moment. And hope you

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ll also

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join us in participating in

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civic like life. Because we are

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all in the government vying for

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the government and our

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communities thrive when we all

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lean in and are engaged in our

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neighborhoods, communities, and

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local governments. Uh,

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Councilmember Brown and I will

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now read the proclamation, and

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afterward, I

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ll invite Anthony

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Long from the Museum of History

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and Industry, lo hi to share a

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few words. Whereas the Museum

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of History and Industry has

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long served as the Pacific

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Northwest

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s preeminent

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institution for preserving and

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interpreting the history of our

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region, fostering public

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understanding of the people,

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ideas, industries and events

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that have shaped our

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communities and nation.

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And whereas in 2026, the United

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States commemorates the 250th

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anniversary of the signing of

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the Declaration of

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Independence, marking a

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historic milestone in the

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nation

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s ongoing pursuit of

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liberty, self-governance, and

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democratic ideals.

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And Whereas, the Freedom Plain

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documents that forged a nation,

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national tour organized in

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partnership with the National

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Archives will provide members

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of the public with a rare

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opportunity to view

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foundational historical

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documents that helped shape the

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United States and define the

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principles on upon which the

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nation was established.

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And whereas King County has

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been selected as one of only a

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limited number of host regions

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nationwide for this

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extraordinary exhibition,

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reflecting both the national

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significance of the tour and

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the leadership of the Museum of

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History and Industry. As a

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trusted steward of historical

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education and civic engagement.

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And Whereas, the Freedom Plane

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exhibition will offer

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residents, students, families

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and visitors throughout King

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County an opportunity to engage

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directly with the nation

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history, deepen their

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understanding of the American

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democratic experiment, and

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reflect on the enduring

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importance of civic

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participation, constitutional

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governance, and the

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preservation of historical

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memory.

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And whereas, at a time when

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civic understanding and

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historical literacy remain

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essential to the strength of

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democratic institutions,

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exhibitions that connect

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communities with the nation

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founding history serve an

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important public purpose and

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help inspire future generations

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to participate in civic life.

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And oh no, that

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s it.

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Now, therefore, we, the

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Metropolitan King County

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Council, recognize the Freedom

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Plain documents that forged a

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nation national tour and

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celebrate the Museum of History

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and Industry for bringing this

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nationally significant

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exhibition to Seattle and King

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County. During the 250th

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anniversary of the United

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States, dated this 28th day of

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JULY 2026, and signed by all

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members of the King County

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Council. Thank you very much

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for joining me in that

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Councilmember Baron. Uh, I

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like to now invite Anthony Long

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from the Museum of History and

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Industry to share a few words.

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Thank you, Chair Perry. Good

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afternoon, Chair Perry.

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Thank you. Yes.

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Council member Baron.

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Councilmember Dunn. The entire

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county council and friends from

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across King County. My name is

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Anthony Long, and I

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executive associate and Board

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of relations manager at zm of

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History and Industry in

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Seattle. We are extremely

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honored to receive this

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proclamation and to be

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recognized by the County

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Council. Oha is proud to offer

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this once in a lifetime

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opportunity for our community

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to experience our nation

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founding documents before they

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return to the nation

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s, uh, the

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National Archives faults. We

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are especially proud to have

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been recognized by the Council

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for connecting to our nation

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founding history for America

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250 and to showcase the ideals

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of democracy and freedom in

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their original form. We hope

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you all get the chance to visit

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us during the Freedom Plains

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exhibit run from JULY 30th to

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AUGUST 16th. Thank you to the

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entire King County Council and

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most importantly, our

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community. We are grateful for

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your support. Thank you.

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Thank you, MR. Lang, for

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joining us and for hosting

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this. And we

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re proud to be a

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part of this. Thank you very

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much. We

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ll now turn to the

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reading of the items into the

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record and the hearing of

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public comments before the

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clerk reads the items into the

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record. Vice CHAIRMAN, MAY I

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please have a motion to relieve

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the employment and

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Administration Committee of

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item 12?

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Smith, chair.

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Thank you. The motion is before

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us. All those in favor say aye.

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Aye, aye.

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All those opposed say nay. Nay.

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Motion is approved with that

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clerk. Haley, please read the

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items into the record.

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Thank you, Chair Perry. Item

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four is recognition of freedom.

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Plain documents that forged a

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nation. Exhibit at Mile High.

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Item six is proposed.

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Substitute Ordinance Number

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2026 0126 related to the King

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County Employee Code of Ethics.

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Item seven is proposed

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ordinance number 2026 0189

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approving and adopting the

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Memorandum of Agreement

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negotiated by and between King

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County and Pro Tech 17,

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representing engineering

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Services Manager employees in

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the Department of Natural

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Resources and Parks, and

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establishing the effective date

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of set agreements. Item eight

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is proposed ordinance Number

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2026 0196, proving and adopting

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the Coalition Labor Agreement

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Agreement negotiated by between

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King County and the King County

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Coalition of Unions

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representing employees in the

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Department of Natural Resources

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and Parks. The Department of

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Local Services, and the

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Department of Executive

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Services, and establishing the

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effective date of the

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agreements. Item 11 as Proposed

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Motion number 2026 0115

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confirmed the executive

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s

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appointment of Juan Kato

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resides in Council District two

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to the Washington State Major

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League Baseball stadium. Public

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facilities. District board of

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directors. Item 12 is proposed

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motion number 2026 0197. A

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motion approving the job

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description for the position of

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Inspector General, and item 25

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is proclamation celebrating

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AUGUST 15th, 2026 as India

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s

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80th Independence Day.

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Thank you very much. Uh, do we

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have we

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re going to turn now to

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public comment. Do we have

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folks in the room or online

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with us to provide public

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comment today?

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We have both.

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We have both. Okay. Well, now

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take public comment on those

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ordinances, motions,

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proclamations and recognitions

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on today

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s agenda for action

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and any topics directly related

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to county business. As this is

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the fourth Tuesday of the

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month, listening to public and

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taking into consideration the

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public

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s thoughts is an

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important part of our process

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and one that greatly enhances

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our deliberations. In order to

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allow everyone equal time to

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provide comment, please

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recognize the following chamber

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ground rules. Please limit your

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comments to two minutes. Remain

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seated until time for comment

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and do not make audible noise

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during the meeting without

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being recognized. It

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s also a

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reminder that public comment

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MAY not be used for the purpose

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of assisting a campaign for

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election of any person to any

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office, or for the promotion

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of, or opposition to any ballot

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proposition. Speakers should

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address their comments directly

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to the chair per cow, per

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council rules, disruptive

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behavior can or MAY lead to an

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audience member being asked to

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leave the meeting or be muted.

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Um uh. In addition to behavior

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already mentioned, uh, the

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disruptive behavior would

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include holding signs at the at

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the podium. Um, and the use of

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bullhorns or noisemakers not

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allowed for online comment.

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Press star nine on the phone or

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click the raise hand icon in on

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the zoom toolbar, located at

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the bottom of the screen to

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notify the clerk. The clerk

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will call the names or the last

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three digits of the phone

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numbers in order, and will then

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unmute each line, uh, lowering

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the hands. Then after the

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comment is completed with that

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clerk pass, please begin

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calling the names in person,

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followed by those hands raised

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online for public comment.

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Thank you. Chair. The first

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name on the list is Tamara.

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Hello, my name is Tamara. I

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m

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on the board of the directors

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of the Newport Hills Townhomes,

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located at 5800 1/23 Avenue

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Southeast, uh, Bellevue. Raegan

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Dunn, this is your district. We

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share a significant property

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border with the new border. Um,

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it

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s apartments owned by King

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County. On 1/19 Avenue

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southeast on the Newport side

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of the border is a densely

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populated row of

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well-established coniferous

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trees that, in my 13 years of

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living in this immediate area,

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has never been pruned, nor had

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the overgrown English ivy been

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cut back. These trees were

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planted about six feet apart,

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giving absolutely no

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consideration to the adult size

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of the trees and their root

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system. This neglect has

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unfortunately caused thousands

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of dollars in undue costs to

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the homeowners of the privately

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owned townhomes, which affects

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about 250 units, which were

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built in 1967. So you can

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imagine we have a lot of costs

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going on right now with

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plumbing. Um, we

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ve repaired

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sidewalks and parking lots over

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the years for problems we have

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not created by root damage from

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your trees. Uh, we sent this

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letter to King County Housing

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Authority on JULY 1st, alerting

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them to the situation and

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asking them to basically do the

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right thing and be responsible

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neighbors. Well, if you

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ve ever

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heard the sound of crickets,

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you can insert that right here.

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As if the tree damage isn

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t bad

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enough. Now we realize there is

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a rat infestation coming

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directly from the new quarter

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onto our property. We

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ve seen

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them traveling and there are

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highways underneath that border

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property fence. We

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ve paid

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thousands to control the rat

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problem. We simply cannot

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continue to absorb your costs.

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There

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s also several restaurant

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businesses in a strip mall

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nearby that appear to possibly

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be contributing to the problem

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as well, by not limiting access

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to their dumpsters on behalf of

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the homeowners of the Newport

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Hill Townhomes, please do the

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right thing. Uh. Communities

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thrive when we all lean in and

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do the right thing. Please,

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please.

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Thank you. Was that the timer

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that I heard?

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I guess you heard at the time.

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I

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m sorry.

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That is the timer.

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That is the timer for two

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minutes. Okay. Thank you very

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much for your time.

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Appreciate the letter that we

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have.

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Sent you. Thank you. Appreciate

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that.

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The next thing on the list is

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Mark Rosenberg. King County

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Council.

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Members, my name is Mark

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Rosenberger. I reside in

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unincorporated King County

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today. I

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m here again

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representing the Remington

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Homeowners Association and the

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surrounding communities that

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have expressed their opposition

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to the redevelopment of the

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Drews Glen Golf Course and

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primarily for the ecosystem

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impact that it will have for

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all of King County residents.

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Today, I wish to provide you a

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brief update and to thank you.

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When I speak of protecting the

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ecosystem within Jerusalem, I

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m

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referring to the local

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geographical area where the

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forest, ponds, streams, plants,

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animals, landscape, all that

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works together to shape this

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region. For King County.

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Recently we held a community

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meeting focused on protecting

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the environment was well held.

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It well attended, but currently

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we

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re in collaboration with the

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Greater Maple Valley

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Unincorporated Area Council for

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their experience in land

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development within

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unincorporated King County. If

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the preliminary land

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development application to

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eliminate the golf course and

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develop a gated community of

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elite homes were to advance to

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a development permit

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application, we call upon King

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County to declare a

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determination of significance

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which will require a full

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environmental impact statement,

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along with following all of the

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Washington state environmental

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policies. Also note that in

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1998, the King County

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Assessment Office declared this

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property as open space land for

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all of King County and granted

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it special taxation rates.

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Therefore, we also call upon

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King County to address all the

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open land space penalties if

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there

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s a parcel of land were

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to be redeveloped into a

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housing community, I

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d like to

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extend a special thank you to

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council members Regan Dunn,

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Pete von Reichbauer and

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Steffanie Fain for their

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support. In closing, again, I

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d

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like to extend all of the

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council members an opportunity

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to visit the Jerusalem Golf

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Course and take in all the

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environmental impacts that I

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m

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speaking about. Uh, if the

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saying picture is worth a

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thousand words, a personal

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experience is worth a million

589
00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:06,165
words. Thank you for allowing

590
00:17:06,165 --> 00:17:07,132
me time today to bring this to

591
00:17:07,132 --> 00:17:08,167
your attention.

592
00:17:08,167 --> 00:17:10,200
Thank you.

593
00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:14,202
The next name on the list is

594
00:17:15,374 --> 00:17:16,842
Margaret Yajima.

595
00:17:16,842 --> 00:17:18,711
Hello, everyone. My name is

596
00:17:18,711 --> 00:17:19,946
Margaret Shima. I

597
00:17:19,946 --> 00:17:21,946
m a Sansei

598
00:17:22,714 --> 00:17:25,217
that is a third generation, um,

599
00:17:25,217 --> 00:17:28,217
immigrant from Japan. Uh, when

600
00:17:28,286 --> 00:17:29,821
i am able, I go to King County

601
00:17:29,821 --> 00:17:31,690
Airport. So this is about

602
00:17:31,690 --> 00:17:34,900
deportations at the airport,

603
00:17:35,594 --> 00:17:37,729
which happened 3 to 4 times a

604
00:17:37,729 --> 00:17:39,650
week today. Right now, as we

605
00:17:39,650 --> 00:17:42,650
speak, there is a second

606
00:17:43,836 --> 00:17:45,771
airplane bringing in a.

607
00:17:45,771 --> 00:17:48,171
Prisoners from other detention

608
00:17:49,175 --> 00:17:51,310
centers to ours near Tacoma and

609
00:17:51,310 --> 00:17:52,178
taking 71 men and six women

610
00:17:52,178 --> 00:17:53,212
out. And we

611
00:17:53,212 --> 00:17:55,212
re awaiting the

612
00:17:56,810 --> 00:17:58,484
second arrival. I do this

613
00:17:58,484 --> 00:18:01,190
because I believe that if

614
00:18:01,190 --> 00:18:02,688
something big is not witnessed,

615
00:18:02,688 --> 00:18:03,589
it does not happen. It

616
00:18:03,589 --> 00:18:05,457
s as if

617
00:18:05,457 --> 00:18:07,259
the people who are being

618
00:18:07,259 --> 00:18:10,259
deported. Thank you for your

619
00:18:11,630 --> 00:18:11,237
faces. Our faceless and don

620
00:18:11,237 --> 00:18:13,237
t

621
00:18:14,333 --> 00:18:16,702
count as human beings. In 1942,

622
00:18:16,702 --> 00:18:19,839
two sides of my immediate and

623
00:18:19,839 --> 00:18:22,441
extended family were taken by

624
00:18:22,441 --> 00:18:24,109
bus and then by train to an

625
00:18:24,109 --> 00:18:26,745
unknown place which happened to

626
00:18:26,745 --> 00:18:28,114
be Minidoka on Indian land in

627
00:18:28,114 --> 00:18:29,548
Idaho, where they were

628
00:18:29,548 --> 00:18:31,750
incarcerated for three years

629
00:18:31,750 --> 00:18:33,886
without due process. Accused

630
00:18:33,886 --> 00:18:36,855
and suspected of being of

631
00:18:36,855 --> 00:18:38,657
collaborating with the Imperial

632
00:18:38,657 --> 00:18:39,992
Army of Japan against the

633
00:18:39,992 --> 00:18:41,193
United States. Half of those

634
00:18:41,193 --> 00:18:43,262
people who were taken away

635
00:18:43,262 --> 00:18:44,997
were, as my parents were,

636
00:18:44,997 --> 00:18:47,567
citizens of the United States.

637
00:18:47,567 --> 00:18:49,301
They had lost all their civil

638
00:18:49,301 --> 00:18:50,536
rights. And that is happening

639
00:18:50,536 --> 00:18:51,103
today. And what is I

640
00:18:51,103 --> 00:18:53,103
m here

641
00:18:53,806 --> 00:18:55,307
most concerned is that people

642
00:18:55,307 --> 00:18:57,409
in Seattle, in the United

643
00:18:57,409 --> 00:18:57,809
States and the county don

644
00:18:57,809 --> 00:18:59,809
t

645
00:18:59,812 --> 00:19:01,914
know people are being

646
00:19:01,914 --> 00:19:03,716
disappeared like they are in

647
00:19:03,716 --> 00:19:05,851
third world countries. But here

648
00:19:05,851 --> 00:19:07,886
in our beloved country, people

649
00:19:07,886 --> 00:19:10,356
are being disappeared by the

650
00:19:10,356 --> 00:19:12,591
scores daily out of King County

651
00:19:12,591 --> 00:19:14,827
Airport, we were promised that

652
00:19:14,827 --> 00:19:17,130
we could see it, witness it,

653
00:19:17,130 --> 00:19:20,999
and we do not have clear access

654
00:19:20,999 --> 00:19:22,802
to those people.

655
00:19:22,802 --> 00:19:25,371
Thank you. Thank you very much.

656
00:19:25,371 --> 00:19:27,106
Yes, thank you for your time.

657
00:19:27,106 --> 00:19:29,341
Please make this right. It

658
00:19:29,341 --> 00:19:30,176
breaks my heart and makes me

659
00:19:30,176 --> 00:19:30,976
furious.

660
00:19:30,976 --> 00:19:32,944
Thank you.

661
00:19:32,944 --> 00:19:35,448
Thank you for your testimony.

662
00:19:35,448 --> 00:19:38,448
My name is Alex Zimmerman.

663
00:19:41,521 --> 00:19:43,521
Thank you.

664
00:19:44,323 --> 00:19:45,591
Yeah. Agenda number four. I see

665
00:19:45,591 --> 00:19:45,891
what freedom I don

666
00:19:45,891 --> 00:19:47,726
t

667
00:19:47,726 --> 00:19:49,262
understand. Where is freedom in

668
00:19:49,262 --> 00:19:50,963
King County? You count?

669
00:19:50,963 --> 00:19:51,530
Inaugural fascist county in

670
00:19:51,530 --> 00:19:52,264
America. There

671
00:19:52,264 --> 00:19:53,766
s only one

672
00:19:53,766 --> 00:19:55,701
fascist county. What is in

673
00:19:55,701 --> 00:19:58,136
Trump list? What is freedom?

674
00:19:58,136 --> 00:19:59,672
You talk. Ten year ago you

675
00:19:59,672 --> 00:20:02,740
changed rules. So right now we

676
00:20:02,740 --> 00:20:04,910
can speak only one time per

677
00:20:04,910 --> 00:20:06,779
month for two minutes. Is this

678
00:20:06,779 --> 00:20:09,782
a freedom of speech? You are

679
00:20:09,782 --> 00:20:11,817
more dangerous than Hitler. Not

680
00:20:11,817 --> 00:20:14,687
saying can stop. I explain to

681
00:20:14,687 --> 00:20:15,421
you why? Because Hitler, Nazi,

682
00:20:15,421 --> 00:20:16,121
Gestapo don

683
00:20:16,121 --> 00:20:18,121
t have a

684
00:20:19,124 --> 00:20:21,193
constitution for 250 years in

685
00:20:21,193 --> 00:20:23,128
freedom of speech. What is you

686
00:20:23,128 --> 00:20:25,528
talking about? Freedom. Freedom

687
00:20:26,665 --> 00:20:28,200
for who? For fascist. What is?

688
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,569
Live here. But as I call them,

689
00:20:30,569 --> 00:20:32,738
Nazi. Gestapo. Fascist junta.

690
00:20:32,738 --> 00:20:34,240
This is exactly who you are.

691
00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,800
Understand this or not? Because

692
00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,760
I come to this place and speak

693
00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,913
in Council chamber from Tacoma,

694
00:20:40,913 --> 00:20:43,820
Seattle. Everett. More than 35

695
00:20:43,820 --> 00:20:45,217
years. You are in fascist. You

696
00:20:45,217 --> 00:20:47,850
are evil Nazi, human, dangerous.

697
00:20:47,850 --> 00:20:48,654
And indeed you said Hitler,

698
00:20:48,654 --> 00:20:49,956
Nazi, Gestapo don

699
00:20:49,956 --> 00:20:51,357
t have

700
00:20:51,357 --> 00:20:53,357
constitution. We have

701
00:20:53,926 --> 00:20:55,895
constitution for 250 years.

702
00:20:55,895 --> 00:20:57,929
Freedom of speech for 200

703
00:20:57,929 --> 00:21:01,834
years. You do not care. You cut

704
00:21:01,834 --> 00:21:03,935
everything one day per month

705
00:21:03,935 --> 00:21:06,500
for two minutes. You give us

706
00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:08,730
freedom of speech. You did this

707
00:21:08,730 --> 00:21:10,750
ten year ago, remember? I

708
00:21:10,750 --> 00:21:11,910
remember before people can

709
00:21:11,910 --> 00:21:13,879
come, American citizen can come

710
00:21:13,879 --> 00:21:14,146
and speak about everything. But

711
00:21:14,146 --> 00:21:15,714
you don

712
00:21:15,714 --> 00:21:18,500
t want this because you

713
00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:19,919
Nazi pig, Viva Trump! Viva new

714
00:21:19,919 --> 00:21:21,720
American Revolution! Stand up!

715
00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,223
Slept in happy cow. How many

716
00:21:24,223 --> 00:21:26,358
seconds? I have 20, 20. Okay.

717
00:21:26,358 --> 00:21:28,327
Good guys. And I talking about

718
00:21:28,327 --> 00:21:29,761
these rules for many years from

719
00:21:29,761 --> 00:21:31,797
beginning when you started

720
00:21:31,797 --> 00:21:34,966
doing ten years ago. Can you

721
00:21:34,966 --> 00:21:36,602
explain to me why people like

722
00:21:36,602 --> 00:21:38,571
Councilmember Balducci and

723
00:21:38,571 --> 00:21:40,390
Consular Power for five six

724
00:21:40,390 --> 00:21:41,840
years never have in person

725
00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,440
speech? Can you explain to me,

726
00:21:45,777 --> 00:21:48,381
is this a freedom, uh, Nazi pig?

727
00:21:48,381 --> 00:21:50,716
Thank you, MR. Zimmerman.

728
00:21:50,716 --> 00:21:52,584
Yes. We welcome my friend.

729
00:21:52,584 --> 00:21:56,184
Posting on the list is Glenn

730
00:21:58,691 --> 00:22:00,259
Stockwell.

731
00:22:00,259 --> 00:22:02,161
CHAIRWOMAN And council members.

732
00:22:02,161 --> 00:22:04,196
My name is Glenn Stockwell. I

733
00:22:04,196 --> 00:22:07,400
come before you today, and I

734
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,702
have a handout here. And it

735
00:22:09,702 --> 00:22:12,871
represents it. I have given it

736
00:22:12,871 --> 00:22:16,375
to the clerk and also a cup for

737
00:22:16,375 --> 00:22:18,611
project Cup for you. Patty

738
00:22:18,611 --> 00:22:20,813
Murray has the opportunity to

739
00:22:20,813 --> 00:22:21,146
bring the, uh, our country

740
00:22:21,146 --> 00:22:22,848
s

741
00:22:22,848 --> 00:22:24,848
largest economic development

742
00:22:25,170 --> 00:22:28,170
and job project to Washington

743
00:22:28,620 --> 00:22:30,590
state in our history. And the

744
00:22:30,590 --> 00:22:33,590
project is already pre funded.

745
00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:41,300
It was a $1.2 trillion signed

746
00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:42,601
by Joe Biden. Uh, and, uh, the

747
00:22:42,601 --> 00:22:44,360
project that we want to fund is

748
00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:46,171
the completion of the Columbia

749
00:22:46,171 --> 00:22:47,506
Basin Project in eastern

750
00:22:47,506 --> 00:22:49,906
Washington. And also the

751
00:22:50,109 --> 00:22:53,109
expansion of the park districts

752
00:22:54,213 --> 00:22:56,820
in western Washington. And, uh,

753
00:22:56,820 --> 00:22:56,348
this is an opportunity we

754
00:22:56,348 --> 00:22:58,348
ve

755
00:22:58,884 --> 00:23:01,884
only had once before during

756
00:23:02,540 --> 00:23:04,454
Governor Gray was, uh,

757
00:23:05,224 --> 00:23:07,624
administration. And it gives

758
00:23:08,594 --> 00:23:11,300
the governor an opportunity to

759
00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:13,599
change his mind and go into a

760
00:23:13,599 --> 00:23:15,999
special session. And, uh,

761
00:23:16,835 --> 00:23:18,637
target is his efforts into

762
00:23:18,637 --> 00:23:21,637
acquiring the monies for this

763
00:23:21,673 --> 00:23:23,242
project. And hopefully during

764
00:23:23,242 --> 00:23:25,477
the special session, he will

765
00:23:25,477 --> 00:23:28,477
rescind what has taken place

766
00:23:30,382 --> 00:23:33,585
on, on the, uh, taxation and

767
00:23:33,585 --> 00:23:34,686
etc. And on the income tax.

768
00:23:34,686 --> 00:23:35,453
And, uh, since he

769
00:23:35,453 --> 00:23:36,422
s a chess

770
00:23:36,422 --> 00:23:36,855
master, I think he

771
00:23:36,855 --> 00:23:38,590
s looking

772
00:23:38,590 --> 00:23:39,925
for other alternatives.

773
00:23:39,925 --> 00:23:40,192
Hopefully he thinks he

774
00:23:40,192 --> 00:23:41,526
s going

775
00:23:41,526 --> 00:23:41,761
to be reelected. But I don

776
00:23:41,761 --> 00:23:43,761
t

777
00:23:44,196 --> 00:23:46,798
understand how he expects to be

778
00:23:46,798 --> 00:23:47,132
reelected. But, uh, with your

779
00:23:47,132 --> 00:23:49,132
help, I

780
00:23:49,301 --> 00:23:51,637
m asking you to to send

781
00:23:51,637 --> 00:23:54,339
a letter to Senator Patty

782
00:23:54,339 --> 00:23:56,608
Murray asking her to go out and

783
00:23:56,608 --> 00:23:57,443
try to acquire the funds for

784
00:23:57,443 --> 00:23:58,276
this project. It

785
00:23:58,276 --> 00:24:00,276
ll help

786
00:24:00,612 --> 00:24:02,314
eastern and western Washington

787
00:24:02,314 --> 00:24:02,481
for the next hundred years, and

788
00:24:02,481 --> 00:24:03,649
it

789
00:24:03,649 --> 00:24:05,251
ll help save Social

790
00:24:05,251 --> 00:24:05,784
Security. Thank you for your

791
00:24:05,784 --> 00:24:07,784
time.

792
00:24:08,354 --> 00:24:09,688
Thank you for your testimony.

793
00:24:09,688 --> 00:24:11,688
This is Justine.

794
00:24:15,860 --> 00:24:16,810
Guyot.

795
00:24:16,810 --> 00:24:16,963
I

796
00:24:16,963 --> 00:24:17,663
m going to stumble.

797
00:24:17,663 --> 00:24:19,565
So I.

798
00:24:19,565 --> 00:24:21,533
Apologize in advance. I am an

799
00:24:21,533 --> 00:24:22,334
observer of Ice flights at King

800
00:24:22,334 --> 00:24:23,101
County Airport. I

801
00:24:23,101 --> 00:24:24,336
m here today

802
00:24:24,336 --> 00:24:25,370
to talk about safety at King

803
00:24:25,370 --> 00:24:25,437
County Airport. I

804
00:24:25,437 --> 00:24:27,437
m here to

805
00:24:27,773 --> 00:24:30,420
talk about ending the use of

806
00:24:30,420 --> 00:24:30,810
chains on ice lights at King

807
00:24:30,810 --> 00:24:32,444
County Airport.

808
00:24:32,444 --> 00:24:34,844
And your name, please.

809
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:35,180
Justine Guyot. Thank you. It

810
00:24:35,180 --> 00:24:36,815
s

811
00:24:36,815 --> 00:24:37,716
happening right now. I

812
00:24:37,716 --> 00:24:39,716
m here

813
00:24:41,220 --> 00:24:43,955
to inform each of you that the

814
00:24:43,955 --> 00:24:46,158
King County Council has the

815
00:24:46,158 --> 00:24:48,590
ability to end the use of

816
00:24:48,590 --> 00:24:50,295
chains on ice flags at King

817
00:24:50,295 --> 00:24:52,264
County Airport. You have the

818
00:24:52,264 --> 00:24:53,665
authority. We gave you the

819
00:24:53,665 --> 00:24:54,933
authority to work on behalf of

820
00:24:54,933 --> 00:24:57,670
the people. When we voted you

821
00:24:57,670 --> 00:24:59,704
into office, Washington State,

822
00:24:59,704 --> 00:25:01,940
our cw gives you the their

823
00:25:01,940 --> 00:25:04,940
authority to to regulate the

824
00:25:05,711 --> 00:25:08,111
airport. Uh, faa regulations

825
00:25:09,214 --> 00:25:11,884
exist that do that prohibit

826
00:25:11,884 --> 00:25:13,986
transporting people in chains,

827
00:25:13,986 --> 00:25:16,922
shackled at the ankles, wrist

828
00:25:16,922 --> 00:25:18,891
and waist. King County code

829
00:25:18,891 --> 00:25:20,426
title 15 gives you the

830
00:25:20,426 --> 00:25:23,620
authority to take action. You

831
00:25:23,620 --> 00:25:24,697
have the tools, the primary

832
00:25:24,697 --> 00:25:26,310
management compliance document,

833
00:25:26,310 --> 00:25:27,333
and the supplemental rules and

834
00:25:27,333 --> 00:25:29,733
regulations for King County

835
00:25:29,902 --> 00:25:30,402
Airport. Call out the King

836
00:25:30,402 --> 00:25:32,402
County Council

837
00:25:32,604 --> 00:25:34,604
s authority to

838
00:25:34,906 --> 00:25:37,242
supplement, amend, adopt rules

839
00:25:37,242 --> 00:25:39,770
or adopt rules, regulations or

840
00:25:39,770 --> 00:25:40,478
directives. The sr calls out

841
00:25:40,478 --> 00:25:42,648
the primary purpose of the

842
00:25:42,648 --> 00:25:45,480
regulations as airport user

843
00:25:45,517 --> 00:25:47,517
safety. That includes

844
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,156
passengers. All passengers who

845
00:25:50,156 --> 00:25:53,125
fly in and out of King County.

846
00:25:53,125 --> 00:25:54,960
You have the responsibility. No

847
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,728
part of the faa regulations

848
00:25:56,728 --> 00:25:57,829
with no part of the federal use

849
00:25:57,829 --> 00:26:00,229
agreement with King County

850
00:26:00,298 --> 00:26:02,200
Airport, allows the illegal and

851
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,600
unsafe practice of transporting

852
00:26:06,380 --> 00:26:07,706
people in shackles. The faa

853
00:26:07,706 --> 00:26:09,441
recognizes the fact that people

854
00:26:09,441 --> 00:26:11,276
flown in chains cannot take the

855
00:26:11,276 --> 00:26:14,276
required action to save their

856
00:26:14,413 --> 00:26:15,981
own lives. The council needs to

857
00:26:15,981 --> 00:26:18,150
hold dhs, Department of

858
00:26:18,150 --> 00:26:19,585
Homeland Security, Airport

859
00:26:19,585 --> 00:26:21,153
operations, and pilots

860
00:26:21,153 --> 00:26:22,221
accountable for existing

861
00:26:22,221 --> 00:26:23,389
regulations. I

862
00:26:23,389 --> 00:26:25,357
m asking you to

863
00:26:25,357 --> 00:26:27,359
find the courage to stand up

864
00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,361
and stop the largest transport

865
00:26:29,361 --> 00:26:30,462
of people in chains since the

866
00:26:30,462 --> 00:26:30,996
end of slavery. It

867
00:26:30,996 --> 00:26:32,497
s what

868
00:26:32,497 --> 00:26:32,765
Doctor King would expect of

869
00:26:32,765 --> 00:26:33,899
you. It

870
00:26:33,899 --> 00:26:35,667
s what the people of

871
00:26:35,667 --> 00:26:35,901
King County are calling for,

872
00:26:35,901 --> 00:26:37,901
and it

873
00:26:38,136 --> 00:26:39,905
s serious violations of

874
00:26:39,905 --> 00:26:41,340
safety rules. Thank you.

875
00:26:41,340 --> 00:26:42,174
Accepting hundreds of

876
00:26:42,174 --> 00:26:43,408
passengers.

877
00:26:43,408 --> 00:26:44,750
Thank you. Thank you for your

878
00:26:44,750 --> 00:26:45,277
testimony.

879
00:26:45,277 --> 00:26:47,646
Thank you. Have a packet.

880
00:26:47,646 --> 00:26:48,147
Thank you for your testimony.

881
00:26:48,147 --> 00:26:50,147
Um.

882
00:26:50,549 --> 00:26:51,182
Next time to read that I gave

883
00:26:51,182 --> 00:26:53,182
to the clerk.

884
00:26:53,518 --> 00:26:54,986
Thank you for your testimony.

885
00:26:54,986 --> 00:26:59,186
The next name on the list is

886
00:26:59,291 --> 00:27:01,227
Angela Beck.

887
00:27:01,227 --> 00:27:03,129
Good afternoon. My name is

888
00:27:03,129 --> 00:27:04,163
Angela. Debbie. I am a resident

889
00:27:04,163 --> 00:27:05,765
of the Columbia City

890
00:27:05,765 --> 00:27:06,650
neighborhood in Seattle. I

891
00:27:06,650 --> 00:27:07,967
m

892
00:27:07,967 --> 00:27:10,135
here to speak about my concerns

893
00:27:10,135 --> 00:27:11,937
related to deportation, flight

894
00:27:11,937 --> 00:27:13,839
observations at King County

895
00:27:13,839 --> 00:27:15,700
International Airport as a

896
00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:16,976
weekly flight. Observer

897
00:27:16,976 --> 00:27:19,144
volunteer. I can confirm

898
00:27:19,144 --> 00:27:21,112
firsthand that Geo isis

899
00:27:21,112 --> 00:27:22,982
contractor purposely parks

900
00:27:22,982 --> 00:27:24,616
their vehicles on the tarmac at

901
00:27:24,616 --> 00:27:27,160
angles that obstruct are

902
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,421
limited camera coverage. This

903
00:27:29,421 --> 00:27:30,689
is a very, very serious concern

904
00:27:30,689 --> 00:27:33,890
because this impedes our

905
00:27:33,325 --> 00:27:34,860
ability to observe and track

906
00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:37,129
who is being detained and how

907
00:27:37,129 --> 00:27:38,597
they are being treated.

908
00:27:38,597 --> 00:27:40,133
Observations are critical to

909
00:27:40,133 --> 00:27:42,901
make sure that all detainees

910
00:27:42,901 --> 00:27:44,870
are treated respectfully and

911
00:27:44,870 --> 00:27:46,505
humanely. We ask that you take

912
00:27:46,505 --> 00:27:48,640
steps to keep geo from hiding

913
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,175
their activities by making sure

914
00:27:50,175 --> 00:27:52,545
buses are parked in a way that

915
00:27:52,545 --> 00:27:54,945
does not obstruct flight,

916
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:56,582
observers view. Thank you.

917
00:27:56,582 --> 00:27:57,383
Thank you very much for your

918
00:27:57,383 --> 00:27:59,383
testimony.

919
00:28:06,291 --> 00:28:07,326
My name is Guadalupe Gonzalez.

920
00:28:07,326 --> 00:28:09,394
Hello everyone. My name.

921
00:28:09,394 --> 00:28:09,549
Is Guadalupe Gonzalez and I

922
00:28:09,549 --> 00:28:11,549
ve

923
00:28:11,696 --> 00:28:14,960
been observing the deportation

924
00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:16,134
flights since 2023. I came here

925
00:28:16,134 --> 00:28:17,503
today to talk about the online

926
00:28:17,503 --> 00:28:19,400
log. Which county has which

927
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:20,439
tracks these flights? The King

928
00:28:20,439 --> 00:28:21,773
County Airport website states

929
00:28:21,773 --> 00:28:24,442
that by order of King County

930
00:28:24,442 --> 00:28:26,442
Executive in 2023, reaffirmed

931
00:28:26,678 --> 00:28:28,130
in 2026, King County maintains

932
00:28:28,130 --> 00:28:29,414
a log of federal Immigration

933
00:28:29,414 --> 00:28:30,482
and Customs Enforcement flights

934
00:28:30,482 --> 00:28:32,117
operating to and from our

935
00:28:32,117 --> 00:28:34,319
airport. However, since the

936
00:28:34,319 --> 00:28:35,720
first executive order in 2023

937
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,880
passed, we have never had the

938
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:38,790
numbers of people being brought

939
00:28:38,790 --> 00:28:40,590
in or out shared with community

940
00:28:40,590 --> 00:28:41,527
members. This is mentioned

941
00:28:41,527 --> 00:28:43,228
within the 2023 Executive

942
00:28:43,228 --> 00:28:44,696
decree, and it has yet to

943
00:28:44,696 --> 00:28:45,831
happen. I find this a little

944
00:28:45,831 --> 00:28:47,660
ridiculous when much more

945
00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:48,533
conservative counties like

946
00:28:48,533 --> 00:28:50,268
Yakima have been able to

947
00:28:50,268 --> 00:28:52,604
achieve the same using their

948
00:28:52,604 --> 00:28:53,505
own resources, and earlier this

949
00:28:53,505 --> 00:28:55,341
year, in MARCH of this year,

950
00:28:55,341 --> 00:28:56,508
the Executive Office promised

951
00:28:56,508 --> 00:28:57,910
us that a new position would

952
00:28:57,910 --> 00:28:59,745
start and that this promised

953
00:28:59,745 --> 00:29:01,446
data would be shared. That has

954
00:29:01,446 --> 00:29:03,482
yet to happen. Uh, I think that

955
00:29:03,482 --> 00:29:04,449
for the sake of transparency,

956
00:29:04,449 --> 00:29:05,684
the county needs to start

957
00:29:05,684 --> 00:29:06,986
sharing this information and

958
00:29:06,986 --> 00:29:07,686
use their resources so that the

959
00:29:07,686 --> 00:29:07,841
community can know what

960
00:29:07,841 --> 00:29:09,870
s

961
00:29:09,870 --> 00:29:09,888
happening at this airport,

962
00:29:09,888 --> 00:29:10,256
especially when we

963
00:29:10,256 --> 00:29:11,556
re seeing

964
00:29:11,556 --> 00:29:12,824
more than 4000 people being

965
00:29:12,824 --> 00:29:13,625
moved in and out every year.

966
00:29:13,625 --> 00:29:15,127
Hundreds of flights are

967
00:29:15,127 --> 00:29:15,827
occurring and only increasing.

968
00:29:15,827 --> 00:29:17,827
Thank you.

969
00:29:17,929 --> 00:29:19,365
Thank you.

970
00:29:19,365 --> 00:29:23,565
The next thing on the list is

971
00:29:23,669 --> 00:29:23,836
Michael c.

972
00:29:23,836 --> 00:29:25,504
It

973
00:29:25,504 --> 00:29:26,504
s very hard to hear the

974
00:29:26,504 --> 00:29:26,972
names when they

975
00:29:26,972 --> 00:29:28,707
re being

976
00:29:28,707 --> 00:29:30,707
called. Just relax.

977
00:29:31,610 --> 00:29:32,311
Oh yes. We oh sorry I

978
00:29:32,311 --> 00:29:32,477
apologize.

979
00:29:32,477 --> 00:29:34,477
It

980
00:29:35,580 --> 00:29:37,749
s my writing I apologize.

981
00:29:37,749 --> 00:29:39,510
Um. Good evening or good

982
00:29:39,510 --> 00:29:40,686
afternoon, Council members,

983
00:29:40,686 --> 00:29:42,687
thank you for the opportunity

984
00:29:42,687 --> 00:29:44,423
to speak in support of battery

985
00:29:44,423 --> 00:29:46,358
energy storage systems for

986
00:29:46,358 --> 00:29:46,625
best. My name is Michael Li,

987
00:29:46,625 --> 00:29:47,959
and I

988
00:29:47,959 --> 00:29:49,962
ve lived in practice

989
00:29:49,962 --> 00:29:52,130
medicine in King County for 40

990
00:29:52,130 --> 00:29:53,565
years. I support best because

991
00:29:53,565 --> 00:29:56,434
it will decrease burning of

992
00:29:56,434 --> 00:29:58,604
fossil fuels. Climate change is

993
00:29:58,604 --> 00:30:00,772
harming our health via extreme

994
00:30:00,772 --> 00:30:03,172
weather, heat events, and

995
00:30:03,208 --> 00:30:05,477
wildfires. If we fail to expand

996
00:30:05,477 --> 00:30:06,645
clean sources of energy, these

997
00:30:06,645 --> 00:30:08,847
impacts will continue to

998
00:30:08,847 --> 00:30:10,916
worsen, including right here in

999
00:30:10,916 --> 00:30:12,651
King County. Battery storage

1000
00:30:12,651 --> 00:30:14,753
allows us to store excess clean

1001
00:30:14,753 --> 00:30:18,223
energy for when sun or wind is

1002
00:30:18,223 --> 00:30:19,424
not available. As a surgeon, I

1003
00:30:19,424 --> 00:30:20,693
had to carefully weigh risks

1004
00:30:20,693 --> 00:30:22,461
and benefits of surgery

1005
00:30:22,461 --> 00:30:24,363
compared to alternative

1006
00:30:24,363 --> 00:30:25,764
treatments. We should carefully

1007
00:30:25,764 --> 00:30:29,364
weigh the risks and benefits of

1008
00:30:29,367 --> 00:30:31,236
best, which the 2024 Council

1009
00:30:31,236 --> 00:30:32,804
framework did quite well. We

1010
00:30:32,804 --> 00:30:34,974
should also consider risks and

1011
00:30:34,974 --> 00:30:36,775
benefits. Without this. A major

1012
00:30:36,775 --> 00:30:38,977
risk is that we could easily

1013
00:30:38,977 --> 00:30:40,378
need to build more gas fueled

1014
00:30:40,378 --> 00:30:42,247
power plants that would

1015
00:30:42,247 --> 00:30:45,500
definitely harm our health for

1016
00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:46,718
20 or more years. There have to

1017
00:30:46,718 --> 00:30:49,870
be places in King County where

1018
00:30:49,870 --> 00:30:50,155
best would be reasonable. I

1019
00:30:50,155 --> 00:30:51,757
actually installed battery

1020
00:30:51,757 --> 00:30:53,959
storage in my garage because my

1021
00:30:53,959 --> 00:30:56,929
grid power has gone out 35

1022
00:30:56,929 --> 00:30:59,632
times in two years, right? In

1023
00:30:59,632 --> 00:31:00,999
Bellevue, I researched and used

1024
00:31:00,999 --> 00:31:03,200
the safest type of batteries,

1025
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,470
the same type used in all new

1026
00:31:05,470 --> 00:31:07,205
best facilities. Remember how

1027
00:31:07,205 --> 00:31:09,775
we used to worry about charging

1028
00:31:09,775 --> 00:31:12,430
EVs in our garages? Now with

1029
00:31:12,430 --> 00:31:14,443
improved technology, we have

1030
00:31:14,980 --> 00:31:17,820
over 100,000 EVs and other

1031
00:31:17,820 --> 00:31:19,351
large batteries charging all

1032
00:31:19,351 --> 00:31:21,953
over King County. I strongly

1033
00:31:21,953 --> 00:31:24,353
support battery energy storage

1034
00:31:25,691 --> 00:31:27,392
in King County using the 2024

1035
00:31:27,392 --> 00:31:28,994
Council framework. It is

1036
00:31:28,994 --> 00:31:30,462
absolutely needed to protect

1037
00:31:30,462 --> 00:31:31,960
our health. Thank you very

1038
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:33,960
much.

1039
00:31:33,265 --> 00:31:35,100
Thank you for your testimony.

1040
00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:39,300
Next name on the list is Paul

1041
00:31:40,538 --> 00:31:42,407
Lee. Everyone.

1042
00:31:42,407 --> 00:31:43,875
My name is Paul Lee and I

1043
00:31:43,875 --> 00:31:45,844
strongly support more battery

1044
00:31:45,844 --> 00:31:46,780
energy storage in King County.

1045
00:31:46,780 --> 00:31:47,450
Uh, I

1046
00:31:47,450 --> 00:31:47,813
m a professional engineer

1047
00:31:47,813 --> 00:31:49,414
with over eight years of

1048
00:31:49,414 --> 00:31:49,848
experience in clean energy.

1049
00:31:49,848 --> 00:31:50,516
Personally, i

1050
00:31:50,516 --> 00:31:52,584
ve worked on over

1051
00:31:52,584 --> 00:31:53,552
a dozen battery energy projects

1052
00:31:53,552 --> 00:31:55,253
for the U.S. Department of

1053
00:31:55,253 --> 00:31:57,550
Energy, City of Los Angeles,

1054
00:31:57,550 --> 00:31:59,158
Texas, Massachusetts, to name a

1055
00:31:59,158 --> 00:32:00,525
few. Uh, batteries are a

1056
00:32:00,525 --> 00:32:01,760
critical part of our clean

1057
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:01,993
energy transition. They

1058
00:32:01,993 --> 00:32:02,994
re

1059
00:32:02,994 --> 00:32:05,300
proven to help lower

1060
00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:07,980
electricity costs, improve grid

1061
00:32:07,980 --> 00:32:08,733
reliability during outages and

1062
00:32:08,733 --> 00:32:10,835
events. Our climate goals, uh,

1063
00:32:10,835 --> 00:32:11,736
safety was paramount in my

1064
00:32:11,736 --> 00:32:11,907
work. And, of course, there

1065
00:32:11,907 --> 00:32:13,605
s

1066
00:32:13,605 --> 00:32:15,600
always risks. But the industry

1067
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:15,908
has overcome many of these with

1068
00:32:15,908 --> 00:32:17,242
improvements in battery

1069
00:32:17,242 --> 00:32:19,642
chemistries and standards such

1070
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:22,180
as ul 9540 and nfpa 55, as well

1071
00:32:22,180 --> 00:32:23,548
as a long and proven track

1072
00:32:23,548 --> 00:32:25,584
record of many successful

1073
00:32:25,584 --> 00:32:27,285
battery manufacturers. I

1074
00:32:27,285 --> 00:32:28,787
support more best installations

1075
00:32:28,787 --> 00:32:30,122
in King County across the board

1076
00:32:30,122 --> 00:32:31,923
and accelerating more energy

1077
00:32:31,923 --> 00:32:33,240
storage adoption. Um, for the

1078
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:34,459
region. Thank you.

1079
00:32:34,459 --> 00:32:36,610
Thank you.

1080
00:32:36,610 --> 00:32:40,261
The next name on the list is

1081
00:32:41,299 --> 00:32:42,701
Nathan Hatch.

1082
00:32:42,701 --> 00:32:44,569
Hello, Council members. My name

1083
00:32:44,569 --> 00:32:44,936
is Nathan Hatch. I live in

1084
00:32:44,936 --> 00:32:46,404
Seattle.

1085
00:32:46,404 --> 00:32:48,373
In the Fremont neighborhood,

1086
00:32:48,373 --> 00:32:48,533
and like Mike and Paul, I

1087
00:32:48,533 --> 00:32:49,474
m

1088
00:32:49,474 --> 00:32:51,376
here to talk about battery

1089
00:32:51,376 --> 00:32:52,577
energy storage systems. Last

1090
00:32:52,577 --> 00:32:54,880
time I was here, we heard a lot

1091
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,116
of concern from, uh, residents

1092
00:32:57,116 --> 00:32:58,383
of Snoqualmie about thermal

1093
00:32:58,383 --> 00:33:00,318
runaway for the proposed

1094
00:33:00,318 --> 00:33:01,486
facility over there. I do share

1095
00:33:01,486 --> 00:33:03,655
their worry about what that

1096
00:33:03,655 --> 00:33:05,890
might do to the surrounding air

1097
00:33:05,890 --> 00:33:05,324
and water systems. So I

1098
00:33:05,324 --> 00:33:06,758
ve

1099
00:33:06,758 --> 00:33:09,610
spent many hours over the past

1100
00:33:09,610 --> 00:33:10,529
two months learning about these

1101
00:33:10,529 --> 00:33:11,162
issues. And today, I

1102
00:33:11,162 --> 00:33:12,498
m happy to

1103
00:33:12,498 --> 00:33:14,432
report that the risk seems

1104
00:33:14,432 --> 00:33:15,700
lower than I feared. Uh, best

1105
00:33:15,700 --> 00:33:17,169
facilities are designed and

1106
00:33:17,169 --> 00:33:18,536
tested so that a fire in one

1107
00:33:18,536 --> 00:33:20,472
container cannot spread to

1108
00:33:20,472 --> 00:33:22,700
another container. So even if a

1109
00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:23,909
fire does occur, which is

1110
00:33:23,909 --> 00:33:25,710
unlikely, only a small portion

1111
00:33:25,710 --> 00:33:26,945
of the site will burn. The air

1112
00:33:26,945 --> 00:33:28,680
pollution would be comparable

1113
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,820
to any structural fires, such

1114
00:33:30,820 --> 00:33:32,450
as the warehouse in Ballard

1115
00:33:32,450 --> 00:33:33,885
that burned down last month.

1116
00:33:33,885 --> 00:33:34,686
Um, and of course, as Mike

1117
00:33:34,686 --> 00:33:35,287
said, if we don

1118
00:33:35,287 --> 00:33:35,453
t build this,

1119
00:33:35,453 --> 00:33:36,655
we

1120
00:33:36,655 --> 00:33:37,956
re going to get 20 years of

1121
00:33:37,956 --> 00:33:40,458
air pollution from new gas

1122
00:33:40,458 --> 00:33:42,327
powered energy plants instead.

1123
00:33:42,327 --> 00:33:43,495
So I hope this information sets

1124
00:33:43,495 --> 00:33:44,863
the hearts of council members

1125
00:33:44,863 --> 00:33:46,310
and Snoqualmie residents at

1126
00:33:46,310 --> 00:33:48,310
ease. Thank you.

1127
00:33:48,266 --> 00:33:50,768
Thank you for your testimony.

1128
00:33:50,768 --> 00:33:54,368
Next on the list is Billy

1129
00:33:58,430 --> 00:33:58,576
Harston.

1130
00:33:58,576 --> 00:33:59,678
Is there.

1131
00:33:59,678 --> 00:34:00,545
Like a timer somewhere? And go

1132
00:34:00,545 --> 00:34:01,120
ahead and just guess.

1133
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:01,579
Just. I

1134
00:34:01,579 --> 00:34:01,946
m guessing.

1135
00:34:01,946 --> 00:34:02,281
You got.

1136
00:34:02,281 --> 00:34:04,281
It.

1137
00:34:04,983 --> 00:34:06,918
30 talk as fast as possible.

1138
00:34:06,918 --> 00:34:08,860
Uh, hello. Uh, Council members,

1139
00:34:08,860 --> 00:34:09,688
thank you for the opportunity

1140
00:34:09,688 --> 00:34:10,822
to present and speak. Uh, I

1141
00:34:10,822 --> 00:34:11,957
understand you guys have a very

1142
00:34:11,957 --> 00:34:13,250
difficult job, and we

1143
00:34:13,250 --> 00:34:14,526
appreciate all the work that

1144
00:34:14,526 --> 00:34:15,994
you do. Um, my name is William

1145
00:34:15,994 --> 00:34:17,280
Hairston. Uh, I have the

1146
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:18,296
opportunity to be one of the

1147
00:34:18,296 --> 00:34:19,898
senior directors at center for

1148
00:34:19,898 --> 00:34:21,499
Children and Youth Justice. And

1149
00:34:21,499 --> 00:34:22,634
in lieu of recent events, i

1150
00:34:22,634 --> 00:34:24,350
think it was pertinent to

1151
00:34:24,350 --> 00:34:25,804
elevate some of the work that

1152
00:34:25,804 --> 00:34:27,138
cci does in the community.

1153
00:34:27,138 --> 00:34:28,874
Violence intervention and

1154
00:34:28,874 --> 00:34:30,874
prevention space. Predominantly

1155
00:34:31,175 --> 00:34:32,878
our Youth Link program, uh,

1156
00:34:32,878 --> 00:34:34,713
Youth Link program is a

1157
00:34:34,713 --> 00:34:35,847
regional adaptation of the

1158
00:34:35,847 --> 00:34:37,749
National Gang Centers

1159
00:34:37,749 --> 00:34:39,318
comprehensive gang model, uh,

1160
00:34:39,318 --> 00:34:41,718
where cci coordinates and

1161
00:34:41,753 --> 00:34:43,488
convenes partners to provide a

1162
00:34:43,488 --> 00:34:45,488
collaborative wraparound case

1163
00:34:45,924 --> 00:34:46,992
management and supports uh for

1164
00:34:46,992 --> 00:34:48,994
young people at the highest

1165
00:34:48,994 --> 00:34:50,729
risk of violence or system

1166
00:34:50,729 --> 00:34:51,964
involvement. Link brings

1167
00:34:51,964 --> 00:34:53,498
together partners from a

1168
00:34:53,498 --> 00:34:55,434
multitude of disciplines, such

1169
00:34:55,434 --> 00:34:57,834
as law enforcement, education,

1170
00:34:58,270 --> 00:35:00,380
dcf or juvenile rehabilitation.

1171
00:35:00,380 --> 00:35:01,273
Community based organizations,

1172
00:35:01,273 --> 00:35:02,774
behavioral health, housing,

1173
00:35:02,774 --> 00:35:05,174
employment and other service

1174
00:35:05,677 --> 00:35:07,677
providers. Um, since 2020.

1175
00:35:08,147 --> 00:35:09,347
Today, Link is served over 400

1176
00:35:09,347 --> 00:35:11,747
young people across Kane

1177
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:13,180
County. 2025 to date. Those

1178
00:35:13,180 --> 00:35:14,920
young people that link has

1179
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,755
served as accomplished over 300

1180
00:35:16,755 --> 00:35:19,155
individualized goals based on

1181
00:35:19,358 --> 00:35:20,893
their individualized, uh, plans

1182
00:35:20,893 --> 00:35:22,361
that they create themselves.

1183
00:35:22,361 --> 00:35:23,662
Um, these goals include things

1184
00:35:23,662 --> 00:35:25,230
such as, uh, meeting court

1185
00:35:25,230 --> 00:35:26,998
ordered probation requirements,

1186
00:35:26,998 --> 00:35:28,634
re-engaging in education,

1187
00:35:28,634 --> 00:35:30,402
securing housing, and meeting

1188
00:35:30,402 --> 00:35:31,436
basic needs, uh, gang

1189
00:35:31,436 --> 00:35:33,205
assistance and violence

1190
00:35:33,205 --> 00:35:34,772
intervention and employment,

1191
00:35:34,772 --> 00:35:37,542
and other things that are

1192
00:35:37,542 --> 00:35:39,111
stabilizing goals. Um, and

1193
00:35:39,111 --> 00:35:40,212
these are goals are in part

1194
00:35:40,212 --> 00:35:41,847
thanks to our great

1195
00:35:41,847 --> 00:35:43,381
collaborations and partnerships

1196
00:35:43,381 --> 00:35:45,160
with organizations such as

1197
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:46,952
Choose 180, Urban Family and

1198
00:35:46,952 --> 00:35:48,120
Freedom Project, Washington.

1199
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:49,454
Um, I would welcome the

1200
00:35:49,454 --> 00:35:51,322
opportunity to share more about

1201
00:35:51,322 --> 00:35:52,658
the link model in our program

1202
00:35:52,658 --> 00:35:53,892
and our partnerships, as well

1203
00:35:53,892 --> 00:35:55,126
as the impact of these

1204
00:35:55,126 --> 00:35:56,628
collaborative efforts

1205
00:35:56,628 --> 00:35:58,230
throughout King County to the

1206
00:35:58,230 --> 00:35:59,564
Council or any of the

1207
00:35:59,564 --> 00:36:00,598
subcommittees that you guys see

1208
00:36:00,598 --> 00:36:01,566
fit. Thank you very much for

1209
00:36:01,566 --> 00:36:02,500
your time and all the work that

1210
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:04,500
you do.

1211
00:36:04,702 --> 00:36:07,205
Thank you for your testimony.

1212
00:36:07,205 --> 00:36:10,805
Thanks, on the list is Lassie

1213
00:36:21,953 --> 00:36:22,754
Lester.

1214
00:36:22,754 --> 00:36:23,888
Hello, everyone.

1215
00:36:23,888 --> 00:36:25,557
Thank you for.

1216
00:36:25,557 --> 00:36:26,250
Letting me speak today.

1217
00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:28,250
Um.

1218
00:36:28,860 --> 00:36:29,594
My name is Lassie Webster, and

1219
00:36:29,594 --> 00:36:30,429
I want to I

1220
00:36:30,429 --> 00:36:32,297
m here to speak

1221
00:36:32,297 --> 00:36:32,564
about the observation flights

1222
00:36:32,564 --> 00:36:33,832
at King.

1223
00:36:33,832 --> 00:36:35,233
County International.

1224
00:36:35,233 --> 00:36:35,667
Airport. Um, I

1225
00:36:35,667 --> 00:36:37,335
ve been

1226
00:36:37,335 --> 00:36:39,370
observing for about a year, a

1227
00:36:39,370 --> 00:36:39,571
little bit more, and I

1228
00:36:39,571 --> 00:36:41,406
ve

1229
00:36:41,406 --> 00:36:44,409
learned a lot. Uh, what I

1230
00:36:44,409 --> 00:36:46,809
wanted to address specifically

1231
00:36:49,470 --> 00:36:50,415
today is, um, I spoke with, um.

1232
00:36:50,415 --> 00:36:50,916
Oh.

1233
00:36:50,916 --> 00:36:52,916
My microphone

1234
00:36:53,318 --> 00:36:55,718
s on. I spoke

1235
00:36:56,221 --> 00:36:59,124
with, uh, executives. All I had

1236
00:36:59,124 --> 00:36:59,424
hit Salahi, so I saw, I

1237
00:36:59,424 --> 00:37:01,424
m

1238
00:37:02,460 --> 00:37:03,995
sorry. Last year, um, and I

1239
00:37:03,995 --> 00:37:06,970
asked him this question. Are

1240
00:37:06,970 --> 00:37:07,732
you willing to introduce and

1241
00:37:07,732 --> 00:37:09,500
support legislation when you

1242
00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:12,500
are our King County Executive

1243
00:37:13,237 --> 00:37:14,906
to increase the safety of

1244
00:37:14,906 --> 00:37:16,708
people in detention and

1245
00:37:16,708 --> 00:37:18,143
designate that the county sees

1246
00:37:18,143 --> 00:37:20,145
and requires them to be treated

1247
00:37:20,145 --> 00:37:22,514
as passengers as opposed to

1248
00:37:22,514 --> 00:37:25,150
their current treatment by Ice

1249
00:37:25,150 --> 00:37:27,386
as cargo? I want to acknowledge

1250
00:37:27,386 --> 00:37:29,821
that since that time, there has

1251
00:37:29,821 --> 00:37:32,390
been a pledge added by the King

1252
00:37:32,390 --> 00:37:33,692
County Executive Office that

1253
00:37:33,692 --> 00:37:34,926
the office of the executive

1254
00:37:34,926 --> 00:37:37,129
will continue to collaborate

1255
00:37:37,129 --> 00:37:39,931
with key leaders from immigrant

1256
00:37:39,931 --> 00:37:41,766
and refugee communities to

1257
00:37:41,766 --> 00:37:43,100
establish a countywide strategy

1258
00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:44,736
that enhances the health,

1259
00:37:44,736 --> 00:37:46,571
safety and well-being of

1260
00:37:46,571 --> 00:37:48,506
immigrants. When traveling

1261
00:37:48,506 --> 00:37:51,506
within or arriving at King

1262
00:37:51,610 --> 00:37:53,578
County Airport. From the

1263
00:37:53,578 --> 00:37:54,779
standpoint of an observer who

1264
00:37:54,779 --> 00:37:55,880
is familiar with the treatment

1265
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:56,848
of the immigrants at King

1266
00:37:56,848 --> 00:37:57,916
County Airport, I

1267
00:37:57,916 --> 00:37:58,810
d like to.

1268
00:37:58,810 --> 00:37:59,151
I

1269
00:37:59,151 --> 00:38:01,219
d like you to know that while

1270
00:38:01,219 --> 00:38:03,788
the intention of this part of

1271
00:38:03,788 --> 00:38:06,188
the statement is well-meaning,

1272
00:38:06,325 --> 00:38:07,559
little has actually changed, I

1273
00:38:07,559 --> 00:38:09,894
think there have been a tense

1274
00:38:09,894 --> 00:38:13,231
like, we have a new four new

1275
00:38:13,231 --> 00:38:14,666
large monitors in our very tiny

1276
00:38:14,666 --> 00:38:16,935
observation room, which, by the

1277
00:38:16,935 --> 00:38:17,903
way, one of our volunteers was

1278
00:38:17,903 --> 00:38:20,105
not able to continue

1279
00:38:20,105 --> 00:38:21,806
volunteering to observe because

1280
00:38:21,806 --> 00:38:25,430
it caused such trouble to her

1281
00:38:25,430 --> 00:38:26,177
neck. Um, but I don

1282
00:38:26,177 --> 00:38:28,450
t see any

1283
00:38:28,450 --> 00:38:30,148
change, really, in the way that

1284
00:38:30,148 --> 00:38:31,583
the immigrants are treated. I

1285
00:38:31,583 --> 00:38:34,219
think there needs to be more

1286
00:38:34,219 --> 00:38:35,888
than good intentions. I think

1287
00:38:35,888 --> 00:38:37,789
there needs to be a deep felt,

1288
00:38:37,789 --> 00:38:39,691
heart full hearted commitment

1289
00:38:39,691 --> 00:38:41,259
to restore the dignity, safety

1290
00:38:41,259 --> 00:38:42,928
and health to the people being

1291
00:38:42,928 --> 00:38:44,960
transported in shackles.

1292
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:46,960
So my person.

1293
00:38:46,397 --> 00:38:48,797
Can ask a question.

1294
00:38:48,934 --> 00:38:50,302
Uh, this is a statement, not a

1295
00:38:50,302 --> 00:38:51,536
question and answer

1296
00:38:51,536 --> 00:38:53,271
opportunity. But you can

1297
00:38:53,271 --> 00:38:53,871
certainly send emails.

1298
00:38:53,871 --> 00:38:55,340
Okay.

1299
00:38:55,340 --> 00:38:57,542
Thank you very much for your

1300
00:38:57,542 --> 00:38:59,542
testimony.

1301
00:39:03,949 --> 00:39:05,417
Next on the list is Zach Pinot.

1302
00:39:05,417 --> 00:39:06,818
Thank you. Chair. Thank you,

1303
00:39:06,818 --> 00:39:07,785
Council members. My name is

1304
00:39:07,785 --> 00:39:08,453
Zach Pinard. I

1305
00:39:08,453 --> 00:39:09,540
m a King County

1306
00:39:09,540 --> 00:39:09,687
resident and I

1307
00:39:09,687 --> 00:39:11,489
m speaking on

1308
00:39:11,489 --> 00:39:13,910
behalf of clean and prosperous

1309
00:39:13,910 --> 00:39:13,325
in strong support of King

1310
00:39:13,325 --> 00:39:14,859
County

1311
00:39:14,859 --> 00:39:16,561
s current battery energy

1312
00:39:16,561 --> 00:39:18,630
storage system, or best

1313
00:39:18,630 --> 00:39:19,497
ordinance. We have. Clean and

1314
00:39:19,497 --> 00:39:21,299
prosperous are concerns that

1315
00:39:21,299 --> 00:39:22,534
our state is ranked dead last

1316
00:39:22,534 --> 00:39:25,370
in the nation for renewable

1317
00:39:25,370 --> 00:39:27,500
energy growth. However, after

1318
00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:28,339
reviewing existing best

1319
00:39:28,339 --> 00:39:29,674
ordinances at the city and

1320
00:39:29,674 --> 00:39:31,760
county level, clean and

1321
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:32,477
Prosperous has determined that

1322
00:39:32,477 --> 00:39:34,112
King County currently has the

1323
00:39:34,112 --> 00:39:35,847
single most effective ordinance

1324
00:39:35,847 --> 00:39:38,183
for enabling well cited best in

1325
00:39:38,183 --> 00:39:39,718
Washington State. So once

1326
00:39:39,718 --> 00:39:39,984
again, thank you. That

1327
00:39:39,984 --> 00:39:41,286
s

1328
00:39:41,286 --> 00:39:42,888
awesome. As you

1329
00:39:42,888 --> 00:39:44,550
ve heard, when

1330
00:39:44,550 --> 00:39:45,824
real time solar and wind

1331
00:39:45,824 --> 00:39:47,258
generation cannot meet demand

1332
00:39:47,258 --> 00:39:48,626
best allows us to use stored

1333
00:39:48,626 --> 00:39:50,128
clean energy instead of fossil

1334
00:39:50,128 --> 00:39:51,996
fuel powered peaker plants. To

1335
00:39:51,996 --> 00:39:53,640
meet those demand. Spikes we

1336
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:54,966
have clean and prosperous have

1337
00:39:54,966 --> 00:39:56,234
identified 100 energy storage

1338
00:39:56,234 --> 00:39:56,534
projects currently stuck in

1339
00:39:56,534 --> 00:39:57,702
Washington

1340
00:39:57,702 --> 00:39:59,702
s pipeline that

1341
00:39:59,771 --> 00:40:02,140
could provide the grid with

1342
00:40:02,140 --> 00:40:03,475
10.72gw of clean energy

1343
00:40:03,475 --> 00:40:04,642
capacity. These storage

1344
00:40:04,642 --> 00:40:06,440
projects represent tens of

1345
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:07,412
billions of dollars in economic

1346
00:40:07,412 --> 00:40:08,847
activity and thousands of

1347
00:40:08,847 --> 00:40:10,715
highly skilled and long term

1348
00:40:10,715 --> 00:40:12,850
jobs. Ten of these projects are

1349
00:40:12,850 --> 00:40:13,752
located in King County. So just

1350
00:40:13,752 --> 00:40:14,953
want to thank you again for

1351
00:40:14,953 --> 00:40:16,220
passing this ordinance. It

1352
00:40:16,220 --> 00:40:17,422
should remain in place so as to

1353
00:40:17,422 --> 00:40:18,923
avoid delaying the grid

1354
00:40:18,923 --> 00:40:20,525
reliability and the clean

1355
00:40:20,525 --> 00:40:22,427
energy economy that we cannot

1356
00:40:22,427 --> 00:40:24,596
afford to wait for.

1357
00:40:24,596 --> 00:40:26,397
Thank you for your testimony.

1358
00:40:26,397 --> 00:40:30,597
The next name on the list is

1359
00:40:33,571 --> 00:40:35,571
Aaron Cargill.

1360
00:40:35,641 --> 00:40:37,809
Hi, my name is Aaron McArthur.

1361
00:40:37,809 --> 00:40:40,445
I am one of the security leads

1362
00:40:40,445 --> 00:40:42,514
for the solidarity day. Uh,

1363
00:40:42,514 --> 00:40:44,649
that happens down in Tacoma at

1364
00:40:44,649 --> 00:40:47,652
the detention center. As a part

1365
00:40:47,652 --> 00:40:49,520
of that, I try to create an

1366
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:51,389
environment that is safe by

1367
00:40:51,389 --> 00:40:53,358
default, because that is what

1368
00:40:53,358 --> 00:40:56,294
is required for safety. If

1369
00:40:56,294 --> 00:40:59,294
safety requires action on the

1370
00:40:59,664 --> 00:41:01,399
part of the people involved,

1371
00:41:01,399 --> 00:41:03,799
they cannot be reliably

1372
00:41:05,703 --> 00:41:06,938
considered safe. The Ice

1373
00:41:06,938 --> 00:41:09,608
flights are doing what are

1374
00:41:09,608 --> 00:41:11,776
called hot fueling, which is

1375
00:41:11,776 --> 00:41:14,712
fueling while people are on

1376
00:41:14,712 --> 00:41:16,614
board, they are shackled and

1377
00:41:16,614 --> 00:41:18,250
they are unable to move at any

1378
00:41:18,250 --> 00:41:19,718
kind of speed to keep

1379
00:41:19,718 --> 00:41:20,752
themselves safe. It

1380
00:41:20,752 --> 00:41:22,752
s against

1381
00:41:23,855 --> 00:41:26,855
faa regulations, and it is

1382
00:41:27,358 --> 00:41:29,193
risking the lives and safety of

1383
00:41:29,193 --> 00:41:30,695
thousands of people that move

1384
00:41:30,695 --> 00:41:33,950
through King County Airport

1385
00:41:33,131 --> 00:41:35,133
every month. These are people

1386
00:41:35,133 --> 00:41:38,133
that could not get themselves

1387
00:41:39,737 --> 00:41:42,600
out. Fire safety requires clear

1388
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:43,174
exits, requires people to be

1389
00:41:43,174 --> 00:41:44,476
reasonably be able to.

1390
00:41:44,476 --> 00:41:46,476
Escape the space.

1391
00:41:48,847 --> 00:41:51,516
They are in. There are so many

1392
00:41:51,516 --> 00:41:54,516
people that would die, trampled

1393
00:41:55,587 --> 00:41:59,657
and burning in the event of a

1394
00:41:59,657 --> 00:42:02,627
fire. During this, I ask you to

1395
00:42:02,627 --> 00:42:04,596
make the choice to create this

1396
00:42:04,596 --> 00:42:06,731
safe environment, to design the

1397
00:42:06,731 --> 00:42:10,168
safe environment so that we can

1398
00:42:10,168 --> 00:42:13,768
treat people as people and not

1399
00:42:15,273 --> 00:42:17,942
just things to be discarded.

1400
00:42:17,942 --> 00:42:19,811
Thank you for your testimony.

1401
00:42:19,811 --> 00:42:24,110
The next name on the list is

1402
00:42:27,352 --> 00:42:29,220
Rick Bogart.

1403
00:42:29,220 --> 00:42:30,922
My name is Rich. I

1404
00:42:30,922 --> 00:42:32,922
m here to

1405
00:42:33,125 --> 00:42:35,270
talk about the supporting the

1406
00:42:35,270 --> 00:42:36,394
King County Battery Energy

1407
00:42:36,394 --> 00:42:37,462
storage system. I

1408
00:42:37,462 --> 00:42:39,462
m not going

1409
00:42:39,964 --> 00:42:43,101
to repeat what other folks have

1410
00:42:43,101 --> 00:42:46,701
said. My comments are more just

1411
00:42:46,771 --> 00:42:49,771
in general with climate change

1412
00:42:50,740 --> 00:42:52,643
to fight climate change. We

1413
00:42:52,643 --> 00:42:54,512
have to reduce fossil fuels,

1414
00:42:54,512 --> 00:42:56,912
and that means electrifying

1415
00:42:57,382 --> 00:43:00,852
everything. To do that, we need

1416
00:43:00,852 --> 00:43:01,586
more electricity. And as was

1417
00:43:01,586 --> 00:43:02,954
pointed out, we

1418
00:43:02,954 --> 00:43:05,354
re dead last in

1419
00:43:06,257 --> 00:43:09,257
the country and making new

1420
00:43:12,364 --> 00:43:15,964
energy. And that is because of

1421
00:43:16,340 --> 00:43:18,340
geography. Renewable energy

1422
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:20,672
works best in the eastern side

1423
00:43:20,672 --> 00:43:23,174
of the state, and getting

1424
00:43:23,174 --> 00:43:26,174
transmission lines up over the

1425
00:43:27,512 --> 00:43:30,348
Cascades is expensive. So the

1426
00:43:30,348 --> 00:43:33,948
way out of that is with

1427
00:43:34,850 --> 00:43:35,530
batteries. So, um, don

1428
00:43:35,530 --> 00:43:37,530
t back

1429
00:43:37,355 --> 00:43:37,789
down. Use your political will

1430
00:43:37,789 --> 00:43:39,789
and don

1431
00:43:41,893 --> 00:43:43,528
t cave in to any of the

1432
00:43:43,528 --> 00:43:44,729
folks who say no to that.

1433
00:43:44,729 --> 00:43:46,729
Thank you.

1434
00:43:47,732 --> 00:43:49,801
Thank you for your testimony.

1435
00:43:49,801 --> 00:43:51,636
Sure, you are currently no

1436
00:43:51,636 --> 00:43:52,871
further names listed on the in

1437
00:43:52,871 --> 00:43:54,939
person sign up, though we do

1438
00:43:54,939 --> 00:43:56,374
have an online.

1439
00:43:56,374 --> 00:43:58,376
All right. Is there anyone else

1440
00:43:58,376 --> 00:43:58,909
in the room that would like to

1441
00:43:58,909 --> 00:43:59,777
speak that didn

1442
00:43:59,777 --> 00:44:02,177
t have a chance

1443
00:44:02,180 --> 00:44:03,481
to sign up? Anyone else in the

1444
00:44:03,481 --> 00:44:04,949
room who would like to make

1445
00:44:04,949 --> 00:44:07,850
comments that did not have a

1446
00:44:07,850 --> 00:44:07,752
chance?

1447
00:44:07,752 --> 00:44:09,752
Thanks.

1448
00:44:09,954 --> 00:44:11,220
Anyone seeing anyone.

1449
00:44:11,220 --> 00:44:12,423
Know Chuck Berry?

1450
00:44:12,423 --> 00:44:12,615
Thanks very much. Okay, let

1451
00:44:12,615 --> 00:44:14,615
s

1452
00:44:14,658 --> 00:44:15,694
go ahead and move on to online

1453
00:44:15,694 --> 00:44:17,662
testimony.

1454
00:44:17,662 --> 00:44:20,662
Thank you. Chair Perry. The

1455
00:44:21,132 --> 00:44:22,934
first name online is Shalom

1456
00:44:22,934 --> 00:44:24,934
Khan.

1457
00:44:25,303 --> 00:44:27,472
Um, hi. Yeah. My name is, uh,

1458
00:44:27,472 --> 00:44:28,773
Shalom Khanum, 16 years old.

1459
00:44:28,773 --> 00:44:30,740
Uh, cricket has been one of the

1460
00:44:30,740 --> 00:44:31,542
biggest parts of my life for as

1461
00:44:31,542 --> 00:44:33,770
long as I can remember. It is

1462
00:44:33,770 --> 00:44:35,212
shaped who I am, not just as an

1463
00:44:35,212 --> 00:44:35,780
athlete, but as a person.

1464
00:44:35,780 --> 00:44:36,514
Through cricket, I

1465
00:44:36,514 --> 00:44:37,749
ve learned

1466
00:44:37,749 --> 00:44:39,500
discipline, resilience,

1467
00:44:39,500 --> 00:44:40,652
leadership, and the importance

1468
00:44:40,652 --> 00:44:41,719
of working together as a team.

1469
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:42,754
Every match teaches me

1470
00:44:42,754 --> 00:44:42,919
something new, whether it

1471
00:44:42,919 --> 00:44:43,955
s

1472
00:44:43,955 --> 00:44:45,456
celebrating a victory or

1473
00:44:45,456 --> 00:44:46,958
learning from a tough loss.

1474
00:44:46,958 --> 00:44:47,992
These lessons have helped me

1475
00:44:47,992 --> 00:44:49,160
become more confident in

1476
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:50,728
school, in my community, in

1477
00:44:50,728 --> 00:44:51,329
everyday life. As a girl who

1478
00:44:51,329 --> 00:44:51,829
plays cricket, I

1479
00:44:51,829 --> 00:44:53,765
ve also seen

1480
00:44:53,765 --> 00:44:54,966
how powerful the sport can be.

1481
00:44:54,966 --> 00:44:56,670
It gives young women a place

1482
00:44:56,670 --> 00:44:57,702
where they can challenge

1483
00:44:57,702 --> 00:44:59,700
themselves, build lifelong

1484
00:44:59,700 --> 00:44:59,270
friendships and discover what

1485
00:44:59,270 --> 00:45:00,472
they

1486
00:45:00,472 --> 00:45:01,839
re capable of. But one of

1487
00:45:01,839 --> 00:45:03,508
the biggest challenges we face

1488
00:45:03,508 --> 00:45:05,509
is not having a dedicated place

1489
00:45:05,509 --> 00:45:06,411
to play. We often have to

1490
00:45:06,411 --> 00:45:06,578
adjust to fields that weren

1491
00:45:06,578 --> 00:45:07,979
t

1492
00:45:07,979 --> 00:45:09,147
designed for the sport, making

1493
00:45:09,147 --> 00:45:10,882
it harder to grow the sport and

1494
00:45:10,882 --> 00:45:11,850
welcome new players. A cricket

1495
00:45:11,850 --> 00:45:13,500
field and Mary Moore would

1496
00:45:13,500 --> 00:45:14,419
change that. It would create

1497
00:45:14,419 --> 00:45:15,887
opportunities for youth

1498
00:45:15,887 --> 00:45:17,550
programs, school teams,

1499
00:45:17,550 --> 00:45:18,557
community events and

1500
00:45:18,557 --> 00:45:19,857
tournaments while giving girls

1501
00:45:19,857 --> 00:45:21,459
like me a place where we can

1502
00:45:21,459 --> 00:45:23,161
train, compete and inspire the

1503
00:45:23,161 --> 00:45:23,428
next generation. It wouldn

1504
00:45:23,428 --> 00:45:24,996
t

1505
00:45:24,996 --> 00:45:26,531
just be a field, it would be a

1506
00:45:26,531 --> 00:45:27,698
home for growing community. I

1507
00:45:27,698 --> 00:45:29,340
hope you support the Cricket

1508
00:45:29,340 --> 00:45:30,234
Community Park at Mary Moore,

1509
00:45:30,234 --> 00:45:31,769
because investing in cricket

1510
00:45:31,769 --> 00:45:33,138
means investing in young

1511
00:45:33,138 --> 00:45:34,172
people. It means creating

1512
00:45:34,172 --> 00:45:35,240
opportunities, building

1513
00:45:35,240 --> 00:45:36,508
stronger communities, and

1514
00:45:36,508 --> 00:45:38,175
giving future generations a

1515
00:45:38,175 --> 00:45:39,911
place where they can grow both

1516
00:45:39,911 --> 00:45:40,378
on and off the field. Thank

1517
00:45:40,378 --> 00:45:42,147
you.

1518
00:45:42,147 --> 00:45:43,548
Thank you, Shalane, for your

1519
00:45:43,548 --> 00:45:45,548
testimony.

1520
00:45:45,717 --> 00:45:49,317
The next person on line is

1521
00:45:58,329 --> 00:46:00,329
Swami.

1522
00:46:02,333 --> 00:46:02,487
I, um, my name is Swami, and

1523
00:46:02,487 --> 00:46:04,202
I

1524
00:46:04,202 --> 00:46:05,737
m speaking not as a coach or

1525
00:46:05,737 --> 00:46:05,892
administrator or as a girl. I

1526
00:46:05,892 --> 00:46:07,892
m

1527
00:46:08,340 --> 00:46:09,707
talking more like a father

1528
00:46:09,707 --> 00:46:11,209
whose daughter has actually

1529
00:46:11,209 --> 00:46:13,110
picked up cricket. Right? When

1530
00:46:13,110 --> 00:46:14,245
she picked up, it was. It was

1531
00:46:14,245 --> 00:46:16,470
not just about playing any

1532
00:46:16,470 --> 00:46:17,782
sport. Right. So cricket has

1533
00:46:17,782 --> 00:46:20,285
given her a lot of resilience,

1534
00:46:20,285 --> 00:46:22,685
discipline, confidence and the

1535
00:46:23,521 --> 00:46:25,757
teamwork. But, uh, we have

1536
00:46:25,757 --> 00:46:27,225
faced some challenges here. So

1537
00:46:27,225 --> 00:46:29,861
first we have to actually try

1538
00:46:29,861 --> 00:46:31,429
very long distances, searching

1539
00:46:31,429 --> 00:46:32,664
for fields similar to what she

1540
00:46:32,664 --> 00:46:34,664
learned mentioned. Right

1541
00:46:34,766 --> 00:46:37,766
practices are often squeezed in

1542
00:46:37,968 --> 00:46:39,537
limited time slots. Right. And,

1543
00:46:39,537 --> 00:46:41,720
uh, the young athlete finds it

1544
00:46:41,720 --> 00:46:43,472
difficult to actually compete

1545
00:46:43,608 --> 00:46:45,310
at the national tournaments

1546
00:46:45,310 --> 00:46:47,212
with the lack of facilities

1547
00:46:47,212 --> 00:46:48,747
available. Uh, a dedicated

1548
00:46:48,747 --> 00:46:50,381
cricket community park at the

1549
00:46:50,381 --> 00:46:51,916
marymount would actually change

1550
00:46:51,916 --> 00:46:53,785
that. It would give a daughter

1551
00:46:53,785 --> 00:46:56,870
a safe, reliable place to

1552
00:46:56,870 --> 00:46:57,421
train, compete and train. That

1553
00:46:57,421 --> 00:46:57,855
would create an opportunity not

1554
00:46:57,855 --> 00:46:58,923
just for today

1555
00:46:58,923 --> 00:47:00,491
s players, but

1556
00:47:00,491 --> 00:47:01,993
also hundreds of girls who are

1557
00:47:01,993 --> 00:47:03,595
actually waiting to discover

1558
00:47:03,595 --> 00:47:03,762
this beautiful sport. This

1559
00:47:03,762 --> 00:47:04,662
isn

1560
00:47:04,662 --> 00:47:05,329
t just about building

1561
00:47:05,329 --> 00:47:05,663
cricket fields, it

1562
00:47:05,663 --> 00:47:07,265
s about

1563
00:47:07,265 --> 00:47:08,533
investing in youth, promoting

1564
00:47:08,533 --> 00:47:10,533
healthy lifestyle, and

1565
00:47:11,690 --> 00:47:12,503
fostering inclusion and showing

1566
00:47:12,503 --> 00:47:13,904
young girls that their dreams

1567
00:47:13,904 --> 00:47:14,606
matter just as anyone else

1568
00:47:14,606 --> 00:47:16,606
s.

1569
00:47:16,741 --> 00:47:18,176
Right? As a father, my greatest

1570
00:47:18,176 --> 00:47:19,444
hope is not that my daughter

1571
00:47:19,444 --> 00:47:19,610
becomes a famous cricketer.

1572
00:47:19,610 --> 00:47:21,145
It

1573
00:47:21,145 --> 00:47:23,381
s more about how she goes

1574
00:47:23,381 --> 00:47:24,916
into young women who believes,

1575
00:47:24,916 --> 00:47:27,916
who can achieve anything she

1576
00:47:27,952 --> 00:47:30,388
works hard for. I respectfully

1577
00:47:30,388 --> 00:47:31,790
ask the King County and city of

1578
00:47:31,790 --> 00:47:33,224
Bolivia to work together with

1579
00:47:33,224 --> 00:47:34,692
our community to make sure that

1580
00:47:34,692 --> 00:47:37,920
cricket, community park at

1581
00:47:37,228 --> 00:47:38,796
minimal becomes a reality, and

1582
00:47:38,796 --> 00:47:40,565
it will inspire the generations

1583
00:47:40,565 --> 00:47:42,100
of girls, dream bigger, work

1584
00:47:42,100 --> 00:47:44,135
harder, and proudly call this

1585
00:47:44,135 --> 00:47:45,970
Community Day home. Thank you.

1586
00:47:45,970 --> 00:47:47,772
Thank you for your testimony,

1587
00:47:47,772 --> 00:47:49,772
Swami.

1588
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:53,845
Next name is Suwalki Singh.

1589
00:47:53,845 --> 00:47:54,779
Hello Council members, my name

1590
00:47:54,779 --> 00:47:55,647
is Swati Singh. I

1591
00:47:55,647 --> 00:47:57,140
ve been King

1592
00:47:57,140 --> 00:48:00,140
County resident for ten plus

1593
00:48:00,185 --> 00:48:01,286
years now. Um, as as previous

1594
00:48:01,286 --> 00:48:01,886
Swami and Shalom. I

1595
00:48:01,886 --> 00:48:03,886
ve also

1596
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:05,757
been talking in support of

1597
00:48:05,757 --> 00:48:05,957
Seattle Orcas commitment to

1598
00:48:05,957 --> 00:48:07,925
women

1599
00:48:07,925 --> 00:48:09,160
s cricket and developing

1600
00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:11,160
cricket facilities throughout

1601
00:48:11,162 --> 00:48:11,324
the King County. Uh, actually,

1602
00:48:11,324 --> 00:48:12,964
I

1603
00:48:12,964 --> 00:48:14,565
m speaking today for my own

1604
00:48:14,565 --> 00:48:16,400
dream and for girls who will

1605
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:18,369
pick up cricket bat after me.

1606
00:48:18,369 --> 00:48:19,604
Uh, I want them to have more

1607
00:48:19,604 --> 00:48:21,406
opportunities, better

1608
00:48:21,406 --> 00:48:23,207
facilities, and easier path

1609
00:48:23,207 --> 00:48:25,576
into the game than we had at

1610
00:48:25,576 --> 00:48:25,776
our time. Uh, the Seattle Orcas

1611
00:48:25,776 --> 00:48:27,745
women

1612
00:48:27,745 --> 00:48:29,113
s upcoming, uh, t20

1613
00:48:29,113 --> 00:48:30,414
tournament gives us hope

1614
00:48:30,414 --> 00:48:30,614
because it puts women

1615
00:48:30,614 --> 00:48:32,830
s

1616
00:48:32,830 --> 00:48:33,485
cricket, cricket in the

1617
00:48:33,485 --> 00:48:35,485
spotlight throughout the

1618
00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:37,622
international tournament coming

1619
00:48:37,622 --> 00:48:38,289
up, which is a great spotlight

1620
00:48:38,289 --> 00:48:39,256
on cricket. Women

1621
00:48:39,256 --> 00:48:41,256
s cricket in

1622
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,620
Seattle. Uh, I trust Seattle to

1623
00:48:44,620 --> 00:48:46,462
help deliver cricket. Community

1624
00:48:46,831 --> 00:48:48,966
Park that hope into a permanent

1625
00:48:48,966 --> 00:48:50,568
opportunity. Uh, so yeah,

1626
00:48:50,568 --> 00:48:51,935
please. King County and City of

1627
00:48:51,935 --> 00:48:53,638
Bellevue, please work together

1628
00:48:53,638 --> 00:48:55,640
with Seattle Orcas and the

1629
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:56,908
cricket community. We have, uh,

1630
00:48:56,908 --> 00:48:59,430
to move forward with this

1631
00:48:59,430 --> 00:49:00,911
project. Uh, thank you so much.

1632
00:49:00,911 --> 00:49:01,913
And you guys are doing great.

1633
00:49:01,913 --> 00:49:03,715
Thanks again.

1634
00:49:03,715 --> 00:49:05,550
Thank you for your testimony,

1635
00:49:05,550 --> 00:49:07,550
Swati.

1636
00:49:10,889 --> 00:49:12,230
Next on is iPhone.

1637
00:49:12,230 --> 00:49:14,230
Um, hi.

1638
00:49:14,225 --> 00:49:14,759
My name is Sarasa Ramanujan,

1639
00:49:14,759 --> 00:49:16,694
and I

1640
00:49:16,694 --> 00:49:18,496
m 14 years old. Um,

1641
00:49:18,496 --> 00:49:20,198
cricket has given me role

1642
00:49:20,198 --> 00:49:21,867
models, players who stay calm,

1643
00:49:21,867 --> 00:49:22,934
under pressure, support their

1644
00:49:22,934 --> 00:49:24,200
teammates and compete with

1645
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:24,969
courage. The women

1646
00:49:24,969 --> 00:49:26,437
s t20

1647
00:49:26,437 --> 00:49:27,872
tournament being conducted by

1648
00:49:27,872 --> 00:49:29,440
the Seattle Orcas can be more

1649
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:31,442
of those role models into view.

1650
00:49:31,442 --> 00:49:33,277
For girls like me, role models,

1651
00:49:33,277 --> 00:49:34,479
inspires and but mentors and

1652
00:49:34,479 --> 00:49:35,880
facilities help us take the

1653
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:37,115
next step at a cricket

1654
00:49:37,115 --> 00:49:38,283
community park, experienced

1655
00:49:38,283 --> 00:49:40,840
players could coach younger

1656
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:41,152
girls. Teams could practice

1657
00:49:41,152 --> 00:49:41,786
regularly, and women

1658
00:49:41,786 --> 00:49:42,587
s matches

1659
00:49:42,587 --> 00:49:45,560
could become part of our

1660
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:46,290
community life by organizing a

1661
00:49:46,290 --> 00:49:47,659
tournament for women, the

1662
00:49:47,659 --> 00:49:49,260
Seattle Orcas are showing

1663
00:49:49,260 --> 00:49:50,694
leadership. I trust them to

1664
00:49:50,694 --> 00:49:51,295
help deliver a part that keeps

1665
00:49:51,295 --> 00:49:51,996
girls and women

1666
00:49:51,996 --> 00:49:53,697
s cricket at

1667
00:49:53,697 --> 00:49:54,999
the center of its plans. I

1668
00:49:54,999 --> 00:49:56,467
asked King County and Bellevue

1669
00:49:56,467 --> 00:49:57,935
to support the Miramar project

1670
00:49:57,935 --> 00:49:59,537
and work with the Seattle Orcas

1671
00:49:59,537 --> 00:50:00,605
and our community. Please

1672
00:50:00,605 --> 00:50:01,706
create a place where

1673
00:50:01,706 --> 00:50:02,840
inspiration can become

1674
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:03,841
instruction and where

1675
00:50:03,841 --> 00:50:05,841
instruction can become

1676
00:50:05,977 --> 00:50:07,977
achievement. Thank you.

1677
00:50:08,246 --> 00:50:09,981
Thank you for your testimony.

1678
00:50:09,981 --> 00:50:11,981
So yeah.

1679
00:50:14,652 --> 00:50:16,554
Next online is Veer Narayan.

1680
00:50:16,554 --> 00:50:16,710
Hello, my name is Vienna and

1681
00:50:16,710 --> 00:50:18,189
I

1682
00:50:18,189 --> 00:50:18,556
m 12 years old and I

1683
00:50:18,556 --> 00:50:20,458
m a

1684
00:50:20,458 --> 00:50:21,859
budding cricket player. Bowling

1685
00:50:21,859 --> 00:50:24,128
has taught me that real

1686
00:50:24,128 --> 00:50:25,930
progress comes from patience,

1687
00:50:25,930 --> 00:50:27,265
discipline and the ability to

1688
00:50:27,265 --> 00:50:29,400
refine a skill through

1689
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,400
consistent practice, repeating

1690
00:50:31,469 --> 00:50:33,171
the same motion again and again

1691
00:50:33,171 --> 00:50:35,239
has shown me that improvement

1692
00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:36,373
depends on balance, accuracy,

1693
00:50:36,373 --> 00:50:38,420
and having the right

1694
00:50:38,420 --> 00:50:39,844
environment to grow. Young

1695
00:50:39,844 --> 00:50:42,213
cricketers need that same

1696
00:50:42,213 --> 00:50:44,715
environment to develop fully as

1697
00:50:44,715 --> 00:50:46,584
bowlers, batters and fielders.

1698
00:50:46,584 --> 00:50:48,386
We need proper run ups, poorly

1699
00:50:48,386 --> 00:50:50,755
practice nets and pitches

1700
00:50:50,755 --> 00:50:52,757
maintain to recognised cricket

1701
00:50:52,757 --> 00:50:54,425
standards. These are essential

1702
00:50:54,425 --> 00:50:56,360
for learning the complete game,

1703
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,162
not just fragments of it. When

1704
00:50:58,162 --> 00:50:59,296
given the right facilities, we

1705
00:50:59,296 --> 00:51:01,199
are ready to show the

1706
00:51:01,199 --> 00:51:03,199
dedication our community

1707
00:51:03,601 --> 00:51:05,537
already has. This is why I

1708
00:51:05,537 --> 00:51:07,500
request King County Council to

1709
00:51:07,500 --> 00:51:08,740
move forward with the Cricket

1710
00:51:08,740 --> 00:51:10,809
community. Park proposed at

1711
00:51:10,809 --> 00:51:12,443
Mary Moore, building it as an

1712
00:51:12,443 --> 00:51:14,450
international standard. Ground

1713
00:51:14,450 --> 00:51:15,880
would place the Seattle region

1714
00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:17,749
alongside other established

1715
00:51:17,749 --> 00:51:19,617
cricket hubs across the country

1716
00:51:19,617 --> 00:51:22,287
and allow us to host the same

1717
00:51:22,287 --> 00:51:24,288
level of competition. It is a

1718
00:51:24,288 --> 00:51:26,157
rare opportunity to create a

1719
00:51:26,157 --> 00:51:27,959
world class venue for a sport

1720
00:51:27,959 --> 00:51:29,327
that is already thriving here.

1721
00:51:29,327 --> 00:51:31,162
I am fully committed to

1722
00:51:31,162 --> 00:51:33,131
cricket. I practised several

1723
00:51:33,131 --> 00:51:34,999
hours every week and I play

1724
00:51:34,999 --> 00:51:36,601
matches that often lasts seven

1725
00:51:36,601 --> 00:51:38,569
hours or more. My cricket

1726
00:51:38,569 --> 00:51:41,205
friends train just as hard.

1727
00:51:41,205 --> 00:51:43,241
Week after week, season after

1728
00:51:43,241 --> 00:51:45,430
season. Together we are fully

1729
00:51:45,430 --> 00:51:47,345
invested in the sport and we

1730
00:51:47,345 --> 00:51:49,460
are asking you to invest in our

1731
00:51:49,460 --> 00:51:52,460
future. We are ready to

1732
00:51:52,317 --> 00:51:53,985
practice, learn and compete.

1733
00:51:53,985 --> 00:51:55,520
All we need are the facilities

1734
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:57,522
that allow our effort to become

1735
00:51:57,522 --> 00:51:59,123
an achievement. Supporting this

1736
00:51:59,123 --> 00:52:00,792
park means investing in the

1737
00:52:00,792 --> 00:52:02,327
future of cricket and in the

1738
00:52:02,327 --> 00:52:04,128
potential of every young

1739
00:52:04,128 --> 00:52:05,300
athlete in our community. Thank

1740
00:52:05,300 --> 00:52:06,330
you for your time.

1741
00:52:06,330 --> 00:52:09,330
Thank you for your testimony.

1742
00:52:10,201 --> 00:52:12,201
There.

1743
00:52:13,804 --> 00:52:15,973
Next up is Bob Barnett.

1744
00:52:15,973 --> 00:52:18,476
I hope you can hear me. My name

1745
00:52:18,476 --> 00:52:20,278
is Bob Rangarajan and I have

1746
00:52:20,278 --> 00:52:22,120
proudly called King County Home

1747
00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:22,180
for more than 11 years now. I

1748
00:52:22,180 --> 00:52:23,848
m

1749
00:52:23,848 --> 00:52:25,783
also a proud parent whose

1750
00:52:25,783 --> 00:52:27,585
daughter has chosen cricket as

1751
00:52:27,585 --> 00:52:27,819
a sporting pathway, and I

1752
00:52:27,819 --> 00:52:28,987
ve

1753
00:52:28,987 --> 00:52:30,988
also had the privilege of

1754
00:52:30,988 --> 00:52:32,523
coaching many young cricketers

1755
00:52:32,523 --> 00:52:34,392
and budding talent across the

1756
00:52:34,392 --> 00:52:36,527
community. I want King County

1757
00:52:36,527 --> 00:52:37,495
to be recognised as a place

1758
00:52:37,495 --> 00:52:38,620
where girls and women

1759
00:52:38,620 --> 00:52:40,620
s cricket

1760
00:52:40,980 --> 00:52:41,650
can truly thrive. Uh, the

1761
00:52:41,650 --> 00:52:41,299
Seattle Arcus Women

1762
00:52:41,299 --> 00:52:42,600
s

1763
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:44,302
tournament is an important

1764
00:52:44,302 --> 00:52:45,503
milestone. It provides women

1765
00:52:45,503 --> 00:52:47,400
with a high quality,

1766
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:48,600
competitive platform while

1767
00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:50,174
giving young girls the

1768
00:52:50,174 --> 00:52:51,275
confidence to dream bigger and

1769
00:52:51,275 --> 00:52:52,911
believe that they have a place

1770
00:52:52,911 --> 00:52:54,211
in this sport. But a tournament

1771
00:52:54,211 --> 00:52:56,130
alone is not enough. It is

1772
00:52:56,130 --> 00:52:57,810
about creating a permanent home

1773
00:52:57,810 --> 00:52:58,516
for cricket, a cricket

1774
00:52:58,516 --> 00:52:59,884
community park at Mary Moore

1775
00:52:59,884 --> 00:53:01,850
would provide year round

1776
00:53:01,850 --> 00:53:02,420
opportunities for girls and

1777
00:53:02,420 --> 00:53:04,588
women to train, compete and

1778
00:53:04,588 --> 00:53:06,524
grow. It would strengthen youth

1779
00:53:06,524 --> 00:53:07,759
development pathways, expand

1780
00:53:07,759 --> 00:53:08,893
access to the sport and create

1781
00:53:08,893 --> 00:53:10,328
an opportunity for women not

1782
00:53:10,328 --> 00:53:12,230
only as players but also as

1783
00:53:12,230 --> 00:53:14,398
coaches, mentors, officials and

1784
00:53:14,398 --> 00:53:16,634
community leaders. The Seattle

1785
00:53:16,634 --> 00:53:18,236
Orcas have demonstrated a

1786
00:53:18,236 --> 00:53:18,435
genuine commitment to growing

1787
00:53:18,435 --> 00:53:19,670
women

1788
00:53:19,670 --> 00:53:20,872
s cricket by partnering

1789
00:53:20,872 --> 00:53:22,373
with King County, the City of

1790
00:53:22,373 --> 00:53:23,808
Bellevue, and our vibrant

1791
00:53:23,808 --> 00:53:25,209
cricket community. We have the

1792
00:53:25,209 --> 00:53:27,278
opportunity to create a lasting

1793
00:53:27,278 --> 00:53:28,612
public private partnership that

1794
00:53:28,612 --> 00:53:29,814
will benefit generations of

1795
00:53:29,814 --> 00:53:30,915
residents. While establishing

1796
00:53:30,915 --> 00:53:31,850
King County as a leader in the

1797
00:53:31,850 --> 00:53:33,384
growth of cricket in the

1798
00:53:33,384 --> 00:53:34,885
Pacific Northwest. I

1799
00:53:34,885 --> 00:53:35,887
respectfully urge King County

1800
00:53:35,887 --> 00:53:37,210
and City of Bellevue to come

1801
00:53:37,210 --> 00:53:38,220
together and move this project

1802
00:53:38,220 --> 00:53:38,689
forward. Please don

1803
00:53:38,689 --> 00:53:40,425
t let this

1804
00:53:40,425 --> 00:53:41,692
opportunity pass us by. Invest

1805
00:53:41,692 --> 00:53:44,294
in a place where talent is

1806
00:53:44,294 --> 00:53:46,163
nurtured. Girls are empowered.

1807
00:53:46,163 --> 00:53:47,899
Women are celebrated, and

1808
00:53:47,899 --> 00:53:49,133
future champions begin their

1809
00:53:49,133 --> 00:53:50,468
journey. Thank you for your

1810
00:53:50,468 --> 00:53:51,202
time and consideration,

1811
00:53:51,202 --> 00:53:52,770
everyone.

1812
00:53:52,770 --> 00:53:55,673
Thank you for your testimony

1813
00:53:55,673 --> 00:53:57,673
and. Ash.

1814
00:53:58,542 --> 00:53:59,911
Next up is Ben Jenkins.

1815
00:53:59,911 --> 00:54:01,545
Well, good afternoon, Chair

1816
00:54:01,545 --> 00:54:02,680
Perry and council members. Uh,

1817
00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:02,914
my name is Ben Jenkins. I

1818
00:54:02,914 --> 00:54:04,848
m a

1819
00:54:04,848 --> 00:54:05,517
resident of unincorporated

1820
00:54:05,517 --> 00:54:06,500
Snoqualmie. I

1821
00:54:06,500 --> 00:54:07,285
ve been here for

1822
00:54:07,285 --> 00:54:07,585
the past five years. I

1823
00:54:07,585 --> 00:54:08,820
ve

1824
00:54:08,820 --> 00:54:09,320
previously lived in Seattle for

1825
00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:10,454
six. I

1826
00:54:10,454 --> 00:54:11,523
m here to talk about the

1827
00:54:11,523 --> 00:54:12,523
local land sale. There

1828
00:54:12,523 --> 00:54:14,425
s a 4800

1829
00:54:14,425 --> 00:54:14,959
acres, roughly of forest above

1830
00:54:14,959 --> 00:54:15,627
Fall City. That

1831
00:54:15,627 --> 00:54:17,194
s going on a

1832
00:54:17,194 --> 00:54:18,763
sealed bid auction on AUGUST

1833
00:54:18,763 --> 00:54:18,930
5th. I know Chair Perry. You

1834
00:54:18,930 --> 00:54:20,698
re

1835
00:54:20,698 --> 00:54:22,400
aware of this? Um, yeah. Inside

1836
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:24,301
this land sale, there are three

1837
00:54:24,301 --> 00:54:25,203
of the four parcels. Are have

1838
00:54:25,203 --> 00:54:26,700
mountain bike trails on them

1839
00:54:26,700 --> 00:54:27,138
that have been there for over

1840
00:54:27,138 --> 00:54:28,105
20 years, and they

1841
00:54:28,105 --> 00:54:29,540
ve been, uh,

1842
00:54:29,540 --> 00:54:32,430
been able to be used by the

1843
00:54:32,430 --> 00:54:33,411
public via a permit system from

1844
00:54:33,411 --> 00:54:34,679
the current landowner, which is

1845
00:54:34,679 --> 00:54:35,279
a timber company. There

1846
00:54:35,279 --> 00:54:36,581
s also

1847
00:54:36,581 --> 00:54:38,215
other, uh, recreational

1848
00:54:38,215 --> 00:54:39,650
opportunities in that zone for

1849
00:54:39,650 --> 00:54:41,585
gravel riding and hiking and

1850
00:54:41,585 --> 00:54:43,200
things like that. This region

1851
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:44,221
is, uh, has switched from a

1852
00:54:44,221 --> 00:54:45,389
logging economy, obviously, to

1853
00:54:45,389 --> 00:54:46,390
a recreation and tourism

1854
00:54:46,390 --> 00:54:47,759
economy. And these, these

1855
00:54:47,759 --> 00:54:49,894
trails and all these recreation

1856
00:54:49,894 --> 00:54:51,863
areas in the, in the vicinity

1857
00:54:51,863 --> 00:54:54,499
are really important for this

1858
00:54:54,499 --> 00:54:55,600
community, for the economy and

1859
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:57,334
for the residents and all that

1860
00:54:57,334 --> 00:54:58,402
kind of stuff. So the area of

1861
00:54:58,402 --> 00:54:59,937
Tokyo in particular is

1862
00:54:59,937 --> 00:55:00,939
important because it has south

1863
00:55:00,939 --> 00:55:01,205
facing slopes and it

1864
00:55:01,205 --> 00:55:02,774
s at a

1865
00:55:02,774 --> 00:55:04,208
lower elevation and it drains

1866
00:55:04,208 --> 00:55:05,576
well. So it becomes a really

1867
00:55:05,576 --> 00:55:06,777
big hub for mountain biking and

1868
00:55:06,777 --> 00:55:08,112
recreation. In the winter

1869
00:55:08,112 --> 00:55:09,847
months, when the other areas

1870
00:55:09,847 --> 00:55:12,249
are covered in snow or have

1871
00:55:12,249 --> 00:55:13,384
condition problems. So, uh,

1872
00:55:13,384 --> 00:55:14,218
what I would like the council

1873
00:55:14,218 --> 00:55:14,419
to be aware of, and I know

1874
00:55:14,419 --> 00:55:15,530
that

1875
00:55:15,530 --> 00:55:15,986
s been on the agenda a

1876
00:55:15,986 --> 00:55:17,755
little bit here, but that this

1877
00:55:17,755 --> 00:55:19,224
area is not protected. And if

1878
00:55:19,224 --> 00:55:21,250
it, you know, as soon as it

1879
00:55:21,250 --> 00:55:23,600
gets sold to a new, uh,

1880
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:23,762
property owner, the right to

1881
00:55:23,762 --> 00:55:24,261
have access to that

1882
00:55:24,261 --> 00:55:25,563
s probably

1883
00:55:25,563 --> 00:55:26,630
going to go away. So I

1884
00:55:26,630 --> 00:55:27,499
m asking

1885
00:55:27,499 --> 00:55:29,133
that, uh, the county is

1886
00:55:29,133 --> 00:55:30,768
hopefully actively working on

1887
00:55:30,768 --> 00:55:32,903
looking at securing parcels c

1888
00:55:32,903 --> 00:55:35,720
and d at a minimum, which is

1889
00:55:35,720 --> 00:55:35,228
603 acres. Uh, also, there

1890
00:55:35,228 --> 00:55:36,307
s

1891
00:55:36,307 --> 00:55:36,974
another parcel b, which would

1892
00:55:36,974 --> 00:55:37,274
be great, but I know it

1893
00:55:37,274 --> 00:55:38,676
s at a

1894
00:55:38,676 --> 00:55:38,843
higher price point. Um, I

1895
00:55:38,843 --> 00:55:39,710
d

1896
00:55:39,710 --> 00:55:41,110
also like to say that because

1897
00:55:41,110 --> 00:55:42,346
of the way that auction is

1898
00:55:42,346 --> 00:55:43,481
priced and structured, the

1899
00:55:43,481 --> 00:55:43,814
likely buyer is not going to be

1900
00:55:43,814 --> 00:55:44,181
someone who

1901
00:55:44,181 --> 00:55:45,450
s going to be

1902
00:55:45,450 --> 00:55:47,451
looking for a financial return.

1903
00:55:47,451 --> 00:55:48,185
So this if this land ends up in

1904
00:55:48,185 --> 00:55:48,586
tribal ownership, I

1905
00:55:48,586 --> 00:55:49,821
m really

1906
00:55:49,821 --> 00:55:51,322
hoping that King County will do

1907
00:55:51,322 --> 00:55:52,557
everything in its power to work

1908
00:55:52,557 --> 00:55:54,992
with that future owner to

1909
00:55:54,992 --> 00:55:56,327
purchase a recreation easement,

1910
00:55:56,327 --> 00:55:58,295
uh, on these trail corridors,

1911
00:55:58,295 --> 00:55:59,998
hopefully for parcels b, c, and

1912
00:55:59,998 --> 00:56:01,499
d. Uh, just to wrap up here,

1913
00:56:01,499 --> 00:56:03,200
this area is critical to the

1914
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:03,368
community for Recreation Hub.

1915
00:56:03,368 --> 00:56:04,268
It

1916
00:56:04,268 --> 00:56:04,936
s right off the Snoqualmie

1917
00:56:04,936 --> 00:56:05,369
Valley Trail and it

1918
00:56:05,369 --> 00:56:06,304
s a great

1919
00:56:06,304 --> 00:56:07,400
resource for the community.

1920
00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:08,273
Thank you.

1921
00:56:08,273 --> 00:56:10,341
Thank you for your testimony,

1922
00:56:10,341 --> 00:56:12,341
Ben.

1923
00:56:14,678 --> 00:56:15,713
Next up is Joe Kunstler.

1924
00:56:15,713 --> 00:56:17,140
Hi, Joe.

1925
00:56:17,140 --> 00:56:17,649
Council here. It

1926
00:56:17,649 --> 00:56:19,350
s good to see

1927
00:56:19,350 --> 00:56:19,851
all of you. Um, it

1928
00:56:19,851 --> 00:56:21,686
s always a

1929
00:56:21,686 --> 00:56:23,121
privilege in orange King County

1930
00:56:23,121 --> 00:56:26,121
Council, though. Today is a

1931
00:56:26,190 --> 00:56:27,925
tragic anniversary as it is the

1932
00:56:27,925 --> 00:56:30,325
20th anniversary since the

1933
00:56:30,861 --> 00:56:32,696
assassination of Pamela Zell

1934
00:56:32,696 --> 00:56:34,980
and the injury of five Jewish

1935
00:56:34,980 --> 00:56:36,980
Federation of Seattle

1936
00:56:36,601 --> 00:56:38,402
employees. This is also.

1937
00:56:38,402 --> 00:56:40,204
Tomorrow will be the 16th

1938
00:56:40,204 --> 00:56:43,274
anniversary of when I was home

1939
00:56:43,274 --> 00:56:46,243
invaded by an anti-Semitic, uh,

1940
00:56:46,243 --> 00:56:48,145
felon and his nephew. Um, so I

1941
00:56:48,145 --> 00:56:49,747
think anti-Semitism very

1942
00:56:49,747 --> 00:56:49,913
seriously. And these statements

1943
00:56:49,913 --> 00:56:50,915
we

1944
00:56:50,915 --> 00:56:52,851
re not supposed to address

1945
00:56:52,851 --> 00:56:53,918
previous commenters, but I will

1946
00:56:53,918 --> 00:56:55,519
say the statements by a

1947
00:56:55,519 --> 00:56:57,121
previous commenter I find is

1948
00:56:57,121 --> 00:56:58,889
always anti-Semitic, deeply

1949
00:56:58,889 --> 00:57:00,424
offensive and deeply

1950
00:57:00,424 --> 00:57:03,424
inappropriate. And I wish they

1951
00:57:04,762 --> 00:57:06,497
would stop. Um, I ask that this

1952
00:57:06,497 --> 00:57:09,497
council and others continue to

1953
00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:11,102
stand up against anti-Semitism

1954
00:57:11,102 --> 00:57:12,603
for a more inclusive community,

1955
00:57:12,603 --> 00:57:15,540
as well as stand up against

1956
00:57:15,540 --> 00:57:15,840
Islamophobia. Um, I think it

1957
00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:16,941
s

1958
00:57:16,941 --> 00:57:18,576
important that we all come

1959
00:57:18,576 --> 00:57:20,177
together and address this, this

1960
00:57:20,177 --> 00:57:21,779
kind of hatred that we see

1961
00:57:21,779 --> 00:57:23,748
exhibited in public comment

1962
00:57:23,748 --> 00:57:26,748
periods. We see exhibited in

1963
00:57:28,819 --> 00:57:31,322
the community. Um, I take to

1964
00:57:31,322 --> 00:57:32,790
heart, you know, the, um,

1965
00:57:32,790 --> 00:57:35,260
statements have been issued by

1966
00:57:35,260 --> 00:57:37,426
Jewish leaders remembering the

1967
00:57:38,696 --> 00:57:38,851
tragedy of JULY 28th, 2006, and

1968
00:57:38,851 --> 00:57:40,300
I

1969
00:57:40,300 --> 00:57:43,267
m deeply grateful that one of

1970
00:57:43,267 --> 00:57:45,302
the survivors, uh, decided to

1971
00:57:45,302 --> 00:57:46,537
join gun responsibility and

1972
00:57:46,537 --> 00:57:48,539
work to close gun violence

1973
00:57:48,539 --> 00:57:49,674
loopholes like, uh, making sure

1974
00:57:49,674 --> 00:57:52,210
the background check on every

1975
00:57:52,210 --> 00:57:53,778
single firearms transfer and

1976
00:57:53,778 --> 00:57:54,978
assault weapons ban and other

1977
00:57:54,978 --> 00:57:57,978
stuff that keeps the public

1978
00:57:59,317 --> 00:58:00,684
safe. Um, and I just wanted to

1979
00:58:00,684 --> 00:58:02,119
bring that to your attention

1980
00:58:02,119 --> 00:58:04,880
and that could that hopefully

1981
00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:06,124
explains why I find this one

1982
00:58:06,124 --> 00:58:07,240
individual who comes before you

1983
00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:09,240
so offensive.

1984
00:58:13,397 --> 00:58:15,797
Thank you, MR. Counselor.

1985
00:58:18,136 --> 00:58:20,804
Next stop is Patrick Frye.

1986
00:58:20,804 --> 00:58:23,173
Hi. Good afternoon Council. I

1987
00:58:23,173 --> 00:58:25,176
am here to follow up with, uh,

1988
00:58:25,176 --> 00:58:26,344
Ben Jenkins said about the Toco

1989
00:58:26,344 --> 00:58:26,778
land sale. Uh, so I won

1990
00:58:26,778 --> 00:58:28,246
t

1991
00:58:28,246 --> 00:58:29,580
repeat the things that he

1992
00:58:29,580 --> 00:58:30,981
touched on because he he stated

1993
00:58:30,981 --> 00:58:32,183
them all perfectly. Toco is

1994
00:58:32,183 --> 00:58:34,583
really important to the

1995
00:58:34,886 --> 00:58:36,888
community. Um, and the false

1996
00:58:36,888 --> 00:58:39,288
city community and surrounding

1997
00:58:39,390 --> 00:58:40,825
mountain bike, uh, equestrian

1998
00:58:40,825 --> 00:58:42,626
and trail running community.

1999
00:58:42,626 --> 00:58:46,226
Um, what I will state, though,

2000
00:58:48,699 --> 00:58:51,168
is that those 42 or 4800 acres

2001
00:58:51,168 --> 00:58:52,971
of recreational use, uh, are

2002
00:58:52,971 --> 00:58:54,572
incredibly valuable, and they

2003
00:58:54,572 --> 00:58:56,730
actually already have access

2004
00:58:56,730 --> 00:58:56,274
that King County already has.

2005
00:58:56,274 --> 00:58:57,742
There

2006
00:58:57,742 --> 00:59:00,142
s parking lots already

2007
00:59:00,211 --> 00:59:02,611
constructed at the trailheads

2008
00:59:03,140 --> 00:59:03,714
that are around. Uh, and so

2009
00:59:03,714 --> 00:59:06,170
there would be little

2010
00:59:06,170 --> 00:59:08,170
infrastructure needed to

2011
00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:08,252
continue using these parks. And

2012
00:59:08,252 --> 00:59:10,252
so I

2013
00:59:11,989 --> 00:59:13,257
m hoping that when sealed

2014
00:59:13,257 --> 00:59:14,492
bids for these local, either

2015
00:59:14,492 --> 00:59:16,828
King County can be a purchaser

2016
00:59:16,828 --> 00:59:18,929
or if not, uh, that they will

2017
00:59:18,929 --> 00:59:21,131
work with the purchaser, uh, to

2018
00:59:21,131 --> 00:59:22,566
secure access to those, uh,

2019
00:59:22,566 --> 00:59:24,369
trails so that we can continue

2020
00:59:24,369 --> 00:59:26,504
recreating and using those

2021
00:59:26,504 --> 00:59:28,339
trails. Thank you.

2022
00:59:28,339 --> 00:59:29,740
Thank you for your testimony,

2023
00:59:29,740 --> 00:59:31,740
Patrick.

2024
00:59:31,942 --> 00:59:33,377
Next on the list is Eddie

2025
00:59:33,377 --> 00:59:35,377
Espinosa.

2026
00:59:35,746 --> 00:59:37,810
Good afternoon, Chair Perry.

2027
00:59:37,810 --> 00:59:37,681
Council members and members of

2028
00:59:37,681 --> 00:59:38,480
the community. I

2029
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:38,716
m Eddie

2030
00:59:38,716 --> 00:59:39,416
Espinosa. I

2031
00:59:39,416 --> 00:59:40,284
m the executive

2032
00:59:40,284 --> 00:59:42,353
director of the Evergreen

2033
00:59:42,353 --> 00:59:44,121
Mountain Bike Alliance. Um, I

2034
00:59:44,121 --> 00:59:46,657
live in Bothell. Our offices in

2035
00:59:46,657 --> 00:59:49,226
North Bend, uh, and here to

2036
00:59:49,226 --> 00:59:49,893
talk about local, um, I

2037
00:59:49,893 --> 00:59:51,893
ll just

2038
00:59:52,763 --> 00:59:54,632
add a little bit more to what

2039
00:59:54,632 --> 00:59:55,899
folks have already said. Um,

2040
00:59:55,899 --> 00:59:56,690
and a little bit more about us.

2041
00:59:56,690 --> 00:59:58,690
We

2042
00:59:58,135 --> 01:00:00,300
re the statewide nonprofit

2043
01:00:00,300 --> 01:00:01,505
that advocates for mountain

2044
01:00:01,505 --> 01:00:02,907
biking through education,

2045
01:00:02,907 --> 01:00:04,508
community building, and

2046
01:00:04,508 --> 01:00:06,210
partnerships. Uh, we have a

2047
01:00:06,210 --> 01:00:07,778
membership of close to 10,000.

2048
01:00:07,778 --> 01:00:09,981
And we also speak on behalf of

2049
01:00:09,981 --> 01:00:11,820
the almost 1 million bike, uh,

2050
01:00:11,820 --> 01:00:13,584
bike riders in the state of

2051
01:00:13,584 --> 01:00:14,785
Washington. Um, mountain biking

2052
01:00:14,785 --> 01:00:15,920
is an important part of the

2053
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:17,287
recreation economy in

2054
01:00:17,287 --> 01:00:19,890
Washington, which is just as

2055
01:00:19,890 --> 01:00:21,725
big in size as tech and

2056
01:00:21,725 --> 01:00:24,295
aerospace, and vocal. Some of

2057
01:00:24,295 --> 01:00:26,497
you MAY know is the is a is a

2058
01:00:26,497 --> 01:00:28,832
pretty important part of a

2059
01:00:28,832 --> 01:00:31,101
region full of mountain bike

2060
01:00:31,101 --> 01:00:33,504
trails and areas that have

2061
01:00:33,504 --> 01:00:35,904
national, if not world

2062
01:00:37,107 --> 01:00:40,107
recognition for the and access

2063
01:00:41,378 --> 01:00:42,580
for these trails. Um, also

2064
01:00:42,580 --> 01:00:44,214
thank you, Chair Perry, for

2065
01:00:44,214 --> 01:00:45,550
your work here. A little bit

2066
01:00:45,550 --> 01:00:48,953
over a little bit over a year

2067
01:00:48,953 --> 01:00:49,119
ago. Thanks for that. Um, and

2068
01:00:49,119 --> 01:00:49,954
we

2069
01:00:49,954 --> 01:00:51,522
re a little bit late in the

2070
01:00:51,522 --> 01:00:52,957
hour. Uh, the auction is next

2071
01:00:52,957 --> 01:00:55,125
month. We spent a bunch of

2072
01:00:55,125 --> 01:00:56,560
months, um, this summer, uh,

2073
01:00:56,560 --> 01:00:58,329
with outreach to to

2074
01:00:58,329 --> 01:01:00,498
organizational partners to to

2075
01:01:00,498 --> 01:01:02,666
other land managers and also to

2076
01:01:02,666 --> 01:01:04,935
other, uh, offices within King

2077
01:01:04,935 --> 01:01:06,236
County. Um, but to echo what a

2078
01:01:06,236 --> 01:01:08,505
what everyone else has already

2079
01:01:08,505 --> 01:01:11,750
said, um, we would love to make

2080
01:01:11,750 --> 01:01:13,110
sure that access is maintained

2081
01:01:13,110 --> 01:01:16,460
for whoever owns the property

2082
01:01:16,460 --> 01:01:18,582
next. Um, and ideally, if it

2083
01:01:18,582 --> 01:01:20,651
could be an acquisition, um,

2084
01:01:20,651 --> 01:01:22,186
if, if, if the county could

2085
01:01:22,186 --> 01:01:23,921
prioritize the acquisition

2086
01:01:23,921 --> 01:01:25,355
itself. Um, in order for us to

2087
01:01:25,355 --> 01:01:27,755
maintain that access and

2088
01:01:27,825 --> 01:01:29,893
continue building on the, the

2089
01:01:29,893 --> 01:01:31,896
economy and opportunity for

2090
01:01:31,896 --> 01:01:34,896
mountain biking in this region.

2091
01:01:35,330 --> 01:01:35,400
Um, that would be, uh, amazing.

2092
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:36,868
And we

2093
01:01:36,868 --> 01:01:39,268
d be hugely, hugely

2094
01:01:42,206 --> 01:01:44,206
appreciative.

2095
01:01:46,544 --> 01:01:49,544
Thank you for your testimony.

2096
01:01:51,214 --> 01:01:51,682
Next on the list is Japonica.

2097
01:01:51,682 --> 01:01:53,682
Uh.

2098
01:01:54,352 --> 01:01:56,352
Good afternoon councilmembers.

2099
01:01:56,453 --> 01:01:57,955
My name is Chopin Edgar, and my

2100
01:01:57,955 --> 01:01:59,389
age is 25. I

2101
01:01:59,389 --> 01:02:01,225
m from India, and

2102
01:02:01,225 --> 01:02:02,960
for me, cricket is like a food.

2103
01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:06,163
If I need food to live, I need

2104
01:02:06,163 --> 01:02:07,664
cricket to survive as well. And

2105
01:02:07,664 --> 01:02:09,300
here in the United States, I

2106
01:02:09,300 --> 01:02:11,569
start playing cricket because

2107
01:02:11,569 --> 01:02:13,504
as a fun sport. But again, it

2108
01:02:13,504 --> 01:02:15,306
becomes part of my life and I

2109
01:02:15,306 --> 01:02:18,306
want to continue, uh, further

2110
01:02:19,760 --> 01:02:21,345
and represent my national, uh,

2111
01:02:21,345 --> 01:02:22,547
the most important part of my

2112
01:02:22,547 --> 01:02:24,348
life is my teammates who

2113
01:02:24,348 --> 01:02:26,651
encourage me when I make

2114
01:02:26,651 --> 01:02:28,486
mistakes and celebrate with me

2115
01:02:28,486 --> 01:02:30,854
when I improve. Cricket has

2116
01:02:30,854 --> 01:02:33,560
helped me make friends and feel

2117
01:02:33,560 --> 01:02:35,526
connected to my community. We

2118
01:02:35,526 --> 01:02:37,526
practice everywhere, wherever

2119
01:02:37,795 --> 01:02:40,310
space is available, but cricket

2120
01:02:40,310 --> 01:02:42,330
needs, as my companion said,

2121
01:02:42,330 --> 01:02:44,701
more than open pitches for

2122
01:02:44,701 --> 01:02:47,710
grass. We need a ball to bounce

2123
01:02:47,710 --> 01:02:48,639
at certain point, but due to

2124
01:02:48,639 --> 01:02:51,740
the grass it is not able to

2125
01:02:51,740 --> 01:02:53,343
bounce that much. We really

2126
01:02:53,343 --> 01:02:55,212
appreciate if in Kansas, if

2127
01:02:55,212 --> 01:02:56,814
King County will help us to

2128
01:02:56,814 --> 01:02:58,490
build certain pitches that

2129
01:02:58,490 --> 01:02:58,203
improve our game and we don

2130
01:02:58,203 --> 01:02:59,550
t

2131
01:02:59,550 --> 01:03:00,784
need to travel so far for

2132
01:03:00,784 --> 01:03:02,887
leather ball matches like

2133
01:03:02,887 --> 01:03:05,289
Linden and Northmen, it would

2134
01:03:05,289 --> 01:03:07,891
be great initiative and will

2135
01:03:07,891 --> 01:03:09,760
really appreciate the moment

2136
01:03:09,760 --> 01:03:11,896
that my remote park bring it to

2137
01:03:11,896 --> 01:03:13,364
reality. A dedicated home for

2138
01:03:13,364 --> 01:03:15,166
cricket would give a team

2139
01:03:15,166 --> 01:03:17,468
stability and give many more

2140
01:03:17,468 --> 01:03:18,869
girls the chance to discover

2141
01:03:18,869 --> 01:03:20,237
this sport. Thank you for

2142
01:03:20,237 --> 01:03:21,606
listening to my voice. Thank

2143
01:03:21,606 --> 01:03:23,606
you so much.

2144
01:03:24,108 --> 01:03:25,943
Thank you for your testimony,

2145
01:03:25,943 --> 01:03:27,943
Shibani.

2146
01:03:28,845 --> 01:03:32,445
Next on the list is Saravia

2147
01:03:34,551 --> 01:03:36,551
Chandrakant.

2148
01:03:36,621 --> 01:03:38,355
Good. Uh. Good evening. Uh,

2149
01:03:38,355 --> 01:03:38,823
members of council. My name is

2150
01:03:38,823 --> 01:03:40,758
Rabia and I

2151
01:03:40,758 --> 01:03:41,159
m 27 years old. I

2152
01:03:41,159 --> 01:03:43,159
m

2153
01:03:43,394 --> 01:03:45,396
here representing a passionate

2154
01:03:45,396 --> 01:03:47,297
community of athletes. Uh,

2155
01:03:47,297 --> 01:03:48,766
teammates who train beside me

2156
01:03:48,766 --> 01:03:51,269
and the girls who look up to

2157
01:03:51,269 --> 01:03:53,937
us. All of, uh, all of whom

2158
01:03:53,937 --> 01:03:56,907
share a singular dream to see

2159
01:03:56,907 --> 01:03:59,376
our sport thrive here at home.

2160
01:03:59,376 --> 01:04:01,245
Cricket has been the defining,

2161
01:04:01,245 --> 01:04:03,414
has been defining the passion

2162
01:04:03,414 --> 01:04:05,816
of my life, a pursuit that has

2163
01:04:05,816 --> 01:04:07,351
pushed me to test my limits. We

2164
01:04:07,351 --> 01:04:10,351
are fully committed to this

2165
01:04:10,722 --> 01:04:12,689
game. Uh, training for over 20

2166
01:04:12,689 --> 01:04:14,759
hours every single week to

2167
01:04:14,759 --> 01:04:16,426
reach our goal. However, even

2168
01:04:16,426 --> 01:04:18,826
the greatest dedication is

2169
01:04:18,829 --> 01:04:20,765
hampered when you lack the

2170
01:04:20,765 --> 01:04:23,165
infrastructure to support it.

2171
01:04:23,167 --> 01:04:24,869
The reality of my team is

2172
01:04:24,869 --> 01:04:26,869
incredibly challenging right

2173
01:04:27,505 --> 01:04:30,141
now. To make do. We are

2174
01:04:30,141 --> 01:04:31,909
constantly forced to improvise,

2175
01:04:31,909 --> 01:04:34,309
attempting to convert various

2176
01:04:34,512 --> 01:04:36,512
multiple multi-purpose sports

2177
01:04:36,747 --> 01:04:38,815
grounds just to make them even

2178
01:04:38,815 --> 01:04:41,215
remotely suitable for cricket.

2179
01:04:41,719 --> 01:04:44,210
This is not sustainable without

2180
01:04:44,210 --> 01:04:45,989
a dedicated, dependable cricket

2181
01:04:45,989 --> 01:04:48,250
ground, it is nearly impossible

2182
01:04:48,250 --> 01:04:49,693
to properly simulate match

2183
01:04:49,693 --> 01:04:51,495
conditions, develop a

2184
01:04:51,495 --> 01:04:53,331
professional grade pitch, or

2185
01:04:53,331 --> 01:04:55,199
even gain the competitive

2186
01:04:55,199 --> 01:04:57,599
experience necessary to grow.

2187
01:04:57,802 --> 01:04:59,937
Far too often we have had to

2188
01:04:59,937 --> 01:05:02,806
travel great distances just to

2189
01:05:02,806 --> 01:05:05,800
find adequate training, losing

2190
01:05:05,800 --> 01:05:07,440
valuable time and energy that

2191
01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:09,613
should have been spent honing

2192
01:05:09,613 --> 01:05:12,149
our craft right here in our own

2193
01:05:12,149 --> 01:05:14,318
community. The proposed cricket

2194
01:05:14,318 --> 01:05:16,487
community Park at Miramar

2195
01:05:16,487 --> 01:05:18,823
represents more than just a

2196
01:05:18,823 --> 01:05:21,525
field. It is the infrastructure

2197
01:05:21,525 --> 01:05:23,727
needed to create a legitimate,

2198
01:05:23,727 --> 01:05:26,130
uh, sustainable pathway for all

2199
01:05:26,130 --> 01:05:28,499
of us within this facility. We

2200
01:05:28,499 --> 01:05:30,499
could establish consistent

2201
01:05:30,734 --> 01:05:32,734
practice routines, access

2202
01:05:33,370 --> 01:05:33,671
quality coaching, and finally

2203
01:05:33,671 --> 01:05:34,872
host the tournament

2204
01:05:34,872 --> 01:05:36,607
s that are

2205
01:05:36,607 --> 01:05:37,341
that turn our collective

2206
01:05:37,341 --> 01:05:39,341
potential.

2207
01:05:40,177 --> 01:05:42,177
Into.

2208
01:05:42,346 --> 01:05:44,181
Okay.

2209
01:05:44,181 --> 01:05:47,781
Thank you very much for your

2210
01:05:49,186 --> 01:05:51,186
testimony. Thank you.

2211
01:05:52,456 --> 01:05:53,557
Next up is Mitch Corey.

2212
01:05:53,557 --> 01:05:55,557
Good afternoon Council.

2213
01:05:56,600 --> 01:05:56,211
My name is Mitch Corey. Um,

2214
01:05:56,211 --> 01:05:58,211
I

2215
01:05:59,396 --> 01:06:02,199
ve lived in Washington all 36

2216
01:06:02,199 --> 01:06:06,170
years of my life. And in King

2217
01:06:06,170 --> 01:06:07,938
in Seattle for 32 of those, um,

2218
01:06:07,938 --> 01:06:09,707
and probably every weekend I

2219
01:06:09,707 --> 01:06:13,277
travel on I-90 to go mountain

2220
01:06:13,277 --> 01:06:14,678
biking and probably one half of

2221
01:06:14,678 --> 01:06:16,613
those times I go mountain

2222
01:06:16,613 --> 01:06:16,947
biking at Tokyo. And so I

2223
01:06:16,947 --> 01:06:18,947
m

2224
01:06:19,830 --> 01:06:22,683
speaking on the, uh, the land

2225
01:06:23,353 --> 01:06:23,787
going up for auction. Um, I, I

2226
01:06:23,787 --> 01:06:25,456
feel like I

2227
01:06:25,456 --> 01:06:27,625
m almost a resident

2228
01:06:27,625 --> 01:06:27,992
of, like, Tokyo. And it

2229
01:06:27,992 --> 01:06:29,693
s been

2230
01:06:29,693 --> 01:06:29,860
really important to me. Um, but

2231
01:06:29,860 --> 01:06:30,861
it

2232
01:06:30,861 --> 01:06:32,429
s also really important to

2233
01:06:32,429 --> 01:06:34,698
the mountain biking community

2234
01:06:34,698 --> 01:06:34,999
in the King County area. I

2235
01:06:34,999 --> 01:06:35,933
think what

2236
01:06:35,933 --> 01:06:36,166
s said before is

2237
01:06:36,166 --> 01:06:38,166
that it

2238
01:06:38,302 --> 01:06:40,271
s often used for bike

2239
01:06:40,271 --> 01:06:42,671
riding. When the conditions

2240
01:06:42,706 --> 01:06:44,207
further along I-90 are too cold

2241
01:06:44,207 --> 01:06:44,358
or too snowy. Um, so it

2242
01:06:44,358 --> 01:06:45,843
s

2243
01:06:45,843 --> 01:06:46,944
really important just for

2244
01:06:46,944 --> 01:06:49,479
people that mountain bike and

2245
01:06:49,479 --> 01:06:51,249
King County, um, I think that

2246
01:06:51,249 --> 01:06:54,785
the entire county and the city

2247
01:06:54,785 --> 01:06:56,154
would benefit from, um, the

2248
01:06:56,154 --> 01:06:58,554
conservation of that land,

2249
01:06:58,889 --> 01:07:00,257
especially for recreation, um,

2250
01:07:00,257 --> 01:07:01,692
for not only for mountain

2251
01:07:01,692 --> 01:07:01,892
biking, but I know that there

2252
01:07:01,892 --> 01:07:03,460
s

2253
01:07:03,460 --> 01:07:05,429
a quest train and trail running

2254
01:07:05,429 --> 01:07:06,960
in that area, too. Unlike was

2255
01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:06,696
said before, there

2256
01:07:06,696 --> 01:07:06,897
s also

2257
01:07:06,897 --> 01:07:08,198
there

2258
01:07:08,198 --> 01:07:10,100
s already infrastructure

2259
01:07:10,100 --> 01:07:12,360
in place that would support the

2260
01:07:12,360 --> 01:07:13,103
people that would use that. Um,

2261
01:07:13,103 --> 01:07:16,103
and that would continue to

2262
01:07:16,707 --> 01:07:18,876
travel, um, to, uh, Fall City

2263
01:07:18,876 --> 01:07:21,110
and some of the other kind of

2264
01:07:21,110 --> 01:07:23,213
areas, uh, almost like

2265
01:07:23,213 --> 01:07:25,150
metropolitan areas to support

2266
01:07:25,150 --> 01:07:25,482
the businesses that are there.

2267
01:07:25,482 --> 01:07:26,950
Um, and I

2268
01:07:26,950 --> 01:07:28,953
m thinking of coffee

2269
01:07:28,953 --> 01:07:29,253
and restaurants and baked goods

2270
01:07:29,253 --> 01:07:30,754
after I

2271
01:07:30,754 --> 01:07:32,956
m done mountain biking.

2272
01:07:32,956 --> 01:07:35,192
Um, I do think that the local

2273
01:07:35,192 --> 01:07:36,293
area is very important for the

2274
01:07:36,293 --> 01:07:37,928
mountain bike community in

2275
01:07:37,928 --> 01:07:39,396
Washington. And like others

2276
01:07:39,396 --> 01:07:41,531
have said, I hope that the

2277
01:07:41,531 --> 01:07:43,534
council, uh, I mean, whether it

2278
01:07:43,534 --> 01:07:46,136
could be purchased by the city,

2279
01:07:46,136 --> 01:07:49,720
um, or whoever does purchase

2280
01:07:49,720 --> 01:07:51,675
it, the there would be, um,

2281
01:07:51,675 --> 01:07:53,477
cooperation to allow continued,

2282
01:07:53,477 --> 01:07:55,179
uh, mountain biking on the

2283
01:07:55,179 --> 01:07:57,179
property. Thank you.

2284
01:07:59,149 --> 01:08:02,149
Thank you for your testimony.

2285
01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:04,454
Next up is Rachel Dwivedi.

2286
01:08:04,454 --> 01:08:05,623
Um, hello, everyone. My name is

2287
01:08:05,623 --> 01:08:06,724
Rachel dvd, and I

2288
01:08:06,724 --> 01:08:08,724
m 17 years

2289
01:08:08,959 --> 01:08:10,360
old. Cricket has genuinely been

2290
01:08:10,360 --> 01:08:11,195
one of the greatest gifts in my

2291
01:08:11,195 --> 01:08:12,496
life. Um, it

2292
01:08:12,496 --> 01:08:14,198
s taught me

2293
01:08:14,198 --> 01:08:16,198
resilience, discipline,

2294
01:08:16,299 --> 01:08:17,735
teamwork and confidence. Some

2295
01:08:17,735 --> 01:08:18,702
of my closest friendships have

2296
01:08:18,702 --> 01:08:20,537
been built on the cricket

2297
01:08:20,537 --> 01:08:22,173
field, and every match teaches

2298
01:08:22,173 --> 01:08:23,773
me something new about myself.

2299
01:08:23,773 --> 01:08:25,176
Um, today, cricket is known as

2300
01:08:25,176 --> 01:08:26,476
one of the fastest growing

2301
01:08:26,476 --> 01:08:29,613
sports in the world. It has

2302
01:08:29,613 --> 01:08:31,140
more than 2.5 billion fans

2303
01:08:31,140 --> 01:08:32,783
globally, if I remember

2304
01:08:32,783 --> 01:08:32,983
correctly, and it makes it the

2305
01:08:32,983 --> 01:08:34,185
world

2306
01:08:34,185 --> 01:08:34,952
s second most popular

2307
01:08:34,952 --> 01:08:35,786
sport, and it

2308
01:08:35,786 --> 01:08:38,186
s returned to the

2309
01:08:38,388 --> 01:08:39,890
2028 Los Angeles Olympics is

2310
01:08:39,890 --> 01:08:41,225
helping fuel even more growth,

2311
01:08:41,225 --> 01:08:42,660
especially here in the United

2312
01:08:42,660 --> 01:08:44,940
States. A cricket community

2313
01:08:44,940 --> 01:08:45,462
park at Mary Moore would allow

2314
01:08:45,462 --> 01:08:46,596
our region to grow alongside

2315
01:08:46,596 --> 01:08:46,963
that momentum. It wouldn

2316
01:08:46,963 --> 01:08:48,640
t just

2317
01:08:48,640 --> 01:08:49,900
be another sports field, it

2318
01:08:49,900 --> 01:08:51,268
would become a home for rapidly

2319
01:08:51,268 --> 01:08:52,736
growing community. It would

2320
01:08:52,736 --> 01:08:54,405
create opportunities for youth

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01:08:54,405 --> 01:08:55,639
programs, school teams,

2322
01:08:55,639 --> 01:08:57,174
leagues, tournaments and

2323
01:08:57,174 --> 01:08:58,542
community events while bringing

2324
01:08:58,542 --> 01:08:59,743
families from all backgrounds

2325
01:08:59,743 --> 01:09:01,512
together through a shared love

2326
01:09:01,512 --> 01:09:03,113
of the game. As a girl who

2327
01:09:03,113 --> 01:09:04,849
plays cricket, this park means

2328
01:09:04,849 --> 01:09:05,916
even more to me. Cricket has

2329
01:09:05,916 --> 01:09:07,684
traditionally been a male

2330
01:09:07,684 --> 01:09:09,419
dominated sport, but that is

2331
01:09:09,419 --> 01:09:10,587
also changing. More girls are

2332
01:09:10,587 --> 01:09:11,688
stepping onto the field than

2333
01:09:11,688 --> 01:09:11,922
ever before, and women

2334
01:09:11,922 --> 01:09:13,256
s

2335
01:09:13,256 --> 01:09:14,525
cricket is experiencing

2336
01:09:14,525 --> 01:09:16,427
incredible growth around the

2337
01:09:16,427 --> 01:09:17,895
world. I also believe that this

2338
01:09:17,895 --> 01:09:19,763
park would become an incredible

2339
01:09:19,763 --> 01:09:21,980
asset for King County, just as

2340
01:09:21,980 --> 01:09:22,633
we proudly rally behind the

2341
01:09:22,633 --> 01:09:24,335
Seahawks, the Mariners, the

2342
01:09:24,335 --> 01:09:25,636
Sounders and the storm, we have

2343
01:09:25,636 --> 01:09:26,837
the opportunity to build an

2344
01:09:26,837 --> 01:09:27,871
equally passionate cricket

2345
01:09:27,871 --> 01:09:29,974
community right here in the

2346
01:09:29,974 --> 01:09:31,174
Pacific Northwest. We already

2347
01:09:31,174 --> 01:09:32,976
have thousands of players and

2348
01:09:32,976 --> 01:09:34,878
families who love this game. We

2349
01:09:34,878 --> 01:09:36,180
have a dedicated I mean, a

2350
01:09:36,180 --> 01:09:37,614
dedicated cricket park would

2351
01:09:37,614 --> 01:09:39,216
help bring them together,

2352
01:09:39,216 --> 01:09:40,351
attract new players and host

2353
01:09:40,351 --> 01:09:41,785
regional and national

2354
01:09:41,785 --> 01:09:43,530
tournaments, which would help

2355
01:09:43,530 --> 01:09:43,920
establish King County as a

2356
01:09:43,920 --> 01:09:44,188
leader in one of the world

2357
01:09:44,188 --> 01:09:46,123
s

2358
01:09:46,123 --> 01:09:47,424
fastest growing sports. For

2359
01:09:47,424 --> 01:09:48,792
players like me, this park

2360
01:09:48,792 --> 01:09:49,226
represents opportunity. It

2361
01:09:49,226 --> 01:09:50,600
s a

2362
01:09:50,600 --> 01:09:51,161
place where lifelong

2363
01:09:51,161 --> 01:09:52,797
friendships are formed,

2364
01:09:52,797 --> 01:09:54,531
confidence is built, and young

2365
01:09:54,531 --> 01:09:55,632
people learn leadership.

2366
01:09:55,632 --> 01:09:56,933
Cricket has shaped me into the

2367
01:09:56,933 --> 01:09:57,734
person I am today, and I know

2368
01:09:57,734 --> 01:09:59,303
it can do the same for

2369
01:09:59,303 --> 01:10:00,471
countless others. I hope your

2370
01:10:00,471 --> 01:10:02,172
support the Cricket Community

2371
01:10:02,172 --> 01:10:03,107
Park at Mary Moore, and help

2372
01:10:03,107 --> 01:10:04,808
create a space that will

2373
01:10:04,808 --> 01:10:06,544
inspire generations of players

2374
01:10:06,544 --> 01:10:08,746
and girls for years to come.

2375
01:10:08,746 --> 01:10:10,614
Thank you.

2376
01:10:10,614 --> 01:10:12,349
Thank you for your testimonial

2377
01:10:12,349 --> 01:10:14,349
to..

2378
01:10:16,687 --> 01:10:18,155
Next up is Radha Shriram.

2379
01:10:18,155 --> 01:10:19,789
I love.

2380
01:10:19,789 --> 01:10:20,357
Hi, my name is Radha and I

2381
01:10:20,357 --> 01:10:22,125
m 16

2382
01:10:22,125 --> 01:10:23,527
years old. One of my favorite

2383
01:10:23,527 --> 01:10:24,728
moments in cricket is walking

2384
01:10:24,728 --> 01:10:26,530
out to bat, knowing that my

2385
01:10:26,530 --> 01:10:28,332
team believes in me. Batting

2386
01:10:28,332 --> 01:10:30,167
takes focus, confidence and

2387
01:10:30,167 --> 01:10:30,734
courage, and even when I feel

2388
01:10:30,734 --> 01:10:31,602
nervous, I

2389
01:10:31,602 --> 01:10:33,370
ve learned to trust

2390
01:10:33,370 --> 01:10:35,390
my preparation, stay calm and

2391
01:10:35,390 --> 01:10:37,141
make good decisions one ball at

2392
01:10:37,141 --> 01:10:38,642
a time. But for girls to become

2393
01:10:38,642 --> 01:10:40,244
strong, confident batters, we

2394
01:10:40,244 --> 01:10:41,545
need regular opportunities to

2395
01:10:41,545 --> 01:10:43,800
practice against different

2396
01:10:43,800 --> 01:10:44,982
bowlers and play on proper

2397
01:10:44,982 --> 01:10:47,382
cricket fields. Right now,

2398
01:10:48,180 --> 01:10:49,653
limited access to quality

2399
01:10:49,653 --> 01:10:51,555
facilities means fewer chances

2400
01:10:51,555 --> 01:10:52,957
to develop our skills, play

2401
01:10:52,957 --> 01:10:54,525
full matches and learn from

2402
01:10:54,525 --> 01:10:56,493
both our successes and our

2403
01:10:56,493 --> 01:10:57,795
mistakes. A dedicated cricket

2404
01:10:57,795 --> 01:10:59,296
community park at Mary Moore

2405
01:10:59,296 --> 01:11:00,630
would give girls like me the

2406
01:11:00,630 --> 01:11:02,165
opportunity to practice

2407
01:11:02,165 --> 01:11:04,670
consistently, compete

2408
01:11:04,670 --> 01:11:05,502
regularly, and grow as players.

2409
01:11:05,502 --> 01:11:07,700
It could also host youth

2410
01:11:07,700 --> 01:11:08,305
matches and tournaments that

2411
01:11:08,305 --> 01:11:09,539
help us prepare for the next

2412
01:11:09,539 --> 01:11:10,608
level of cricket, while

2413
01:11:10,608 --> 01:11:12,608
bringing our community

2414
01:11:12,609 --> 01:11:14,110
together. I respectfully ask

2415
01:11:14,110 --> 01:11:15,479
King County and the City of

2416
01:11:15,479 --> 01:11:17,214
Bellevue to work together to

2417
01:11:17,214 --> 01:11:17,514
make this park a reality. We

2418
01:11:17,514 --> 01:11:19,830
re

2419
01:11:19,830 --> 01:11:19,883
not asking for our dreams to be

2420
01:11:19,883 --> 01:11:20,351
handed to us. We

2421
01:11:20,351 --> 01:11:21,819
re simply

2422
01:11:21,819 --> 01:11:23,487
asking for a fair opportunity

2423
01:11:23,487 --> 01:11:25,156
to work hard and improve and

2424
01:11:25,156 --> 01:11:26,290
pursue those dreams. Thank you

2425
01:11:26,290 --> 01:11:27,658
for your time, your support,

2426
01:11:27,658 --> 01:11:28,792
and for investing in the future

2427
01:11:28,792 --> 01:11:30,527
of girls cricket.

2428
01:11:30,527 --> 01:11:31,929
Thank you Radha for your

2429
01:11:31,929 --> 01:11:33,731
testimony.

2430
01:11:33,731 --> 01:11:37,331
Next on the list is Kevin

2431
01:11:51,150 --> 01:11:52,649
Alzheimer.

2432
01:11:52,649 --> 01:11:52,816
MR. Alzheimer, are you there?

2433
01:11:52,816 --> 01:11:54,284
We

2434
01:11:54,284 --> 01:11:54,952
re not hearing you. Are you

2435
01:11:54,952 --> 01:11:56,153
muted?

2436
01:11:56,153 --> 01:11:58,156
Can you hear me now?

2437
01:11:58,156 --> 01:12:00,391
We can sir. Go right ahead.

2438
01:12:00,391 --> 01:12:01,580
Okay. Yes, I thank Sir Perry

2439
01:12:01,580 --> 01:12:02,192
and counsel. I

2440
01:12:02,192 --> 01:12:04,192
m here in

2441
01:12:08,532 --> 01:12:08,758
opposition to motion 2026 0197.

2442
01:12:08,758 --> 01:12:09,432
I

2443
01:12:09,432 --> 01:12:09,833
m in. I don

2444
01:12:09,833 --> 01:12:10,334
t I don

2445
01:12:10,334 --> 01:12:11,235
t approve

2446
01:12:11,235 --> 01:12:11,735
of it, but I don

2447
01:12:11,735 --> 01:12:13,637
t have a

2448
01:12:13,637 --> 01:12:15,172
problem if if you decide to get

2449
01:12:15,172 --> 01:12:15,372
an individual in this position.

2450
01:12:15,372 --> 01:12:17,372
Here

2451
01:12:17,674 --> 01:12:19,343
s where my dissatisfaction

2452
01:12:19,343 --> 01:12:21,770
with this, uh, ordinance or

2453
01:12:21,770 --> 01:12:23,800
potential uh, ordinance under

2454
01:12:23,800 --> 01:12:24,682
this motion is you still have a

2455
01:12:24,682 --> 01:12:26,316
legal issue, and your legal

2456
01:12:26,316 --> 01:12:28,385
issue is that you have a

2457
01:12:28,385 --> 01:12:30,385
constitutional issue. Perhaps

2458
01:12:30,821 --> 01:12:32,223
under Washington state versus,

2459
01:12:32,223 --> 01:12:34,623
uh, actually state versus

2460
01:12:35,258 --> 01:12:36,893
miles. Now, in that there is a

2461
01:12:36,893 --> 01:12:38,929
portion of the Constitution of

2462
01:12:38,929 --> 01:12:41,329
Washington state, article one,

2463
01:12:41,832 --> 01:12:44,232
section seven, that actually

2464
01:12:44,435 --> 01:12:45,903
says that the that the state

2465
01:12:45,903 --> 01:12:48,903
Supreme Court had already ruled

2466
01:12:49,730 --> 01:12:51,275
a citizen cannot be compelled

2467
01:12:51,275 --> 01:12:52,276
to be subpoenaed by an agency.

2468
01:12:52,276 --> 01:12:53,610
And it seems like your

2469
01:12:53,610 --> 01:12:55,445
legislation is still trying to

2470
01:12:55,445 --> 01:12:58,490
push that. At the same time.

2471
01:12:58,490 --> 01:13:00,551
Rob Dembowski was involved. I

2472
01:13:00,551 --> 01:13:02,786
have his email way back in

2473
01:13:02,786 --> 01:13:04,254
OCTOBER. I found his email that

2474
01:13:04,254 --> 01:13:05,656
came and came in today where he

2475
01:13:05,656 --> 01:13:05,890
was pushing for an inspector

2476
01:13:05,890 --> 01:13:07,190
general

2477
01:13:07,190 --> 01:13:07,358
s position, and that

2478
01:13:07,358 --> 01:13:09,358
s

2479
01:13:09,893 --> 01:13:12,620
why he wanted this to go to the

2480
01:13:12,620 --> 01:13:13,563
office. And the office had no

2481
01:13:13,563 --> 01:13:15,266
constitutional right to even be

2482
01:13:15,266 --> 01:13:16,533
in investigate that potential

2483
01:13:16,533 --> 01:13:17,367
crime when they don

2484
01:13:17,367 --> 01:13:19,169
t even have

2485
01:13:19,169 --> 01:13:19,970
it under the Constitution.

2486
01:13:19,970 --> 01:13:21,771
Actually, under their

2487
01:13:21,771 --> 01:13:23,540
ordinance, uh, under the

2488
01:13:23,540 --> 01:13:25,743
county, what they have is the

2489
01:13:25,743 --> 01:13:27,211
ability to investigate the

2490
01:13:27,211 --> 01:13:28,345
agencies and investigate

2491
01:13:28,345 --> 01:13:28,812
workers, but they can

2492
01:13:28,812 --> 01:13:30,614
t

2493
01:13:30,614 --> 01:13:31,915
investigate contractors. So you

2494
01:13:31,915 --> 01:13:33,249
guys already went outside of

2495
01:13:33,249 --> 01:13:33,784
that scope. I couldn

2496
01:13:33,784 --> 01:13:35,252
t believe

2497
01:13:35,252 --> 01:13:36,187
of all you people who were

2498
01:13:36,187 --> 01:13:37,554
involved in this whole

2499
01:13:37,554 --> 01:13:39,554
investigation with Clerk

2500
01:13:40,157 --> 01:13:42,659
Newberg and getting him, uh,

2501
01:13:42,659 --> 01:13:44,462
funded after he was already

2502
01:13:44,462 --> 01:13:46,429
working from the executive

2503
01:13:46,429 --> 01:13:47,531
office. And Rob Dembowski sends

2504
01:13:47,531 --> 01:13:48,866
an email out to Shannon

2505
01:13:48,866 --> 01:13:50,901
Braddock asking her to turn

2506
01:13:50,901 --> 01:13:52,135
this over to, uh, Jeremy Bell

2507
01:13:52,135 --> 01:13:53,303
with the office. Office? There

2508
01:13:53,303 --> 01:13:55,272
is so much evidence against

2509
01:13:55,272 --> 01:13:57,174
this. This, uh, this whole

2510
01:13:57,174 --> 01:13:57,808
operation that it

2511
01:13:57,808 --> 01:13:59,243
s about to

2512
01:13:59,243 --> 01:14:00,944
come out. And I think that you

2513
01:14:00,944 --> 01:14:02,112
guys know this, but you have a

2514
01:14:02,112 --> 01:14:04,112
real big problem.

2515
01:14:10,621 --> 01:14:11,789
Thank you, MR. Alzheimer. Are

2516
01:14:11,789 --> 01:14:13,123
there more online?

2517
01:14:13,123 --> 01:14:13,423
Yes, yes there are, chair

2518
01:14:13,423 --> 01:14:15,423
Perry.

2519
01:14:15,426 --> 01:14:16,860
Sorry any more? Are.

2520
01:14:16,860 --> 01:14:17,194
Um, three.

2521
01:14:17,194 --> 01:14:18,261
Okay.

2522
01:14:18,261 --> 01:14:20,261
Next up is.

2523
01:14:20,398 --> 01:14:21,866
Tom Reeves.

2524
01:14:21,866 --> 01:14:23,866
Thank you.

2525
01:14:23,900 --> 01:14:25,368
Hello. Council members. Uh,

2526
01:14:25,368 --> 01:14:26,536
thank you for having me today.

2527
01:14:26,536 --> 01:14:26,737
My name is Tom Reeves. I

2528
01:14:26,737 --> 01:14:27,904
ve

2529
01:14:27,904 --> 01:14:30,374
lived in the Central district

2530
01:14:30,374 --> 01:14:30,542
of Seattle for 11 years. Uh,

2531
01:14:30,542 --> 01:14:31,808
I

2532
01:14:31,808 --> 01:14:31,972
m an avid mountain biker, and

2533
01:14:31,972 --> 01:14:33,811
I

2534
01:14:33,811 --> 01:14:35,979
m here to give my support for

2535
01:14:35,979 --> 01:14:37,481
the total, uh, for conserving

2536
01:14:37,481 --> 01:14:39,916
the local riding area in Fall

2537
01:14:39,916 --> 01:14:40,717
City today. Uh, ever since I

2538
01:14:40,717 --> 01:14:41,251
moved to Seattle, I

2539
01:14:41,251 --> 01:14:42,753
ve spent a

2540
01:14:42,753 --> 01:14:44,754
lot of time in Tokyo riding

2541
01:14:44,754 --> 01:14:44,922
there on a consistent basis.

2542
01:14:44,922 --> 01:14:46,890
It

2543
01:14:46,890 --> 01:14:48,191
s great recreation for for

2544
01:14:48,191 --> 01:14:49,326
my wife and I. I look forward

2545
01:14:49,326 --> 01:14:49,493
to bringing my son there when

2546
01:14:49,493 --> 01:14:50,827
he

2547
01:14:50,827 --> 01:14:51,328
s old enough. Uh, it

2548
01:14:51,328 --> 01:14:52,962
s also

2549
01:14:52,962 --> 01:14:54,365
help helped us to bring build

2550
01:14:54,365 --> 01:14:55,965
great community and get to know

2551
01:14:55,965 --> 01:14:58,402
the people here, while also

2552
01:14:58,402 --> 01:14:59,836
supporting the local community,

2553
01:14:59,836 --> 01:15:02,239
uh, the local community in Fall

2554
01:15:02,239 --> 01:15:04,141
City. Uh, you know, as we go

2555
01:15:04,141 --> 01:15:05,442
forward, I ask that you do

2556
01:15:05,442 --> 01:15:07,811
everything in your power to

2557
01:15:07,811 --> 01:15:09,780
conserve that area. Um, it

2558
01:15:09,780 --> 01:15:11,515
means a lot to us, a lot to our

2559
01:15:11,515 --> 01:15:12,616
community. And thank you very

2560
01:15:12,616 --> 01:15:14,484
much for your time.

2561
01:15:14,484 --> 01:15:17,320
Thank you for your testimony,

2562
01:15:17,320 --> 01:15:19,320
Tom.

2563
01:15:20,924 --> 01:15:22,392
Next up is Kelly Amesbury.

2564
01:15:22,392 --> 01:15:23,961
Hi. Uh, thank you for letting

2565
01:15:23,961 --> 01:15:26,230
me speak here today. Um, my

2566
01:15:26,230 --> 01:15:27,797
name is Kelly Amesbury. I am a

2567
01:15:27,797 --> 01:15:29,633
mountain biker, mountain bike

2568
01:15:29,633 --> 01:15:31,201
advocate. Um, former youth

2569
01:15:31,201 --> 01:15:33,570
coach, and sometimes trail

2570
01:15:33,570 --> 01:15:35,772
builder at local. Um, over

2571
01:15:35,772 --> 01:15:37,574
Covid, I spent countless

2572
01:15:37,574 --> 01:15:39,276
hundreds of hours building a

2573
01:15:39,276 --> 01:15:41,277
trail and maintaining it

2574
01:15:41,277 --> 01:15:43,313
specifically for youth and

2575
01:15:43,313 --> 01:15:45,115
youth sports training there for

2576
01:15:45,115 --> 01:15:46,383
youth cycling training. And I

2577
01:15:46,383 --> 01:15:47,952
would just like to encourage

2578
01:15:47,952 --> 01:15:48,952
the, um, the council to do

2579
01:15:48,952 --> 01:15:50,854
everything in their power to

2580
01:15:50,854 --> 01:15:52,889
help maintain this wonderful

2581
01:15:52,889 --> 01:15:54,424
asset for recreation, not only

2582
01:15:54,424 --> 01:15:56,593
for mountain biking, but for

2583
01:15:56,593 --> 01:15:58,762
equestrians, um, trail runners

2584
01:15:58,762 --> 01:16:00,530
and other outdoor enthusiasts.

2585
01:16:00,530 --> 01:16:02,866
I would also encourage you to

2586
01:16:02,866 --> 01:16:04,534
look at the model that the city

2587
01:16:04,534 --> 01:16:05,568
of Bellingham has followed with

2588
01:16:05,568 --> 01:16:07,470
the Galbraith Mountain

2589
01:16:07,470 --> 01:16:09,473
Preservation, where the city

2590
01:16:09,473 --> 01:16:12,473
has put together a consortium

2591
01:16:12,776 --> 01:16:15,776
of private land timberland, um,

2592
01:16:17,148 --> 01:16:18,782
protected, uh, uh, I think, um,

2593
01:16:18,782 --> 01:16:21,118
forest pieces and also city

2594
01:16:21,118 --> 01:16:22,586
park together into a

2595
01:16:22,586 --> 01:16:24,454
recreational easement that

2596
01:16:24,454 --> 01:16:25,855
really protects that, um, land

2597
01:16:25,855 --> 01:16:27,691
in perpetuity for all sorts of

2598
01:16:27,691 --> 01:16:29,691
recreational activities and

2599
01:16:29,760 --> 01:16:30,861
also for wildlife and the

2600
01:16:30,861 --> 01:16:32,195
environment. Um, thank you for

2601
01:16:32,195 --> 01:16:34,300
my time. Really appreciate it.

2602
01:16:34,300 --> 01:16:35,232
And and hope you can move

2603
01:16:35,232 --> 01:16:36,466
forward in helping us protect

2604
01:16:36,466 --> 01:16:37,934
this land. Thank you.

2605
01:16:37,934 --> 01:16:39,402
Thank you for your testimony,

2606
01:16:39,402 --> 01:16:41,402
Kelly.

2607
01:16:41,405 --> 01:16:44,441
And the last hand raised on the

2608
01:16:44,441 --> 01:16:45,909
list is Rachel. Damian.

2609
01:16:45,909 --> 01:16:47,510
Hi there. Thank you, council

2610
01:16:47,510 --> 01:16:49,313
members, for your time today.

2611
01:16:49,313 --> 01:16:49,646
My name is Rachel Damian. I

2612
01:16:49,646 --> 01:16:51,515
m a

2613
01:16:51,515 --> 01:16:54,151
34 year old. I live in Bellevue

2614
01:16:54,151 --> 01:16:56,387
since 2019 and I board my

2615
01:16:56,387 --> 01:16:58,289
horses in Fall City. I spent

2616
01:16:58,289 --> 01:17:00,290
nearly half of my week for the

2617
01:17:00,290 --> 01:17:01,558
past six years at the barn. And

2618
01:17:01,558 --> 01:17:01,959
tackle is not just where I

2619
01:17:01,959 --> 01:17:03,127
ride, it

2620
01:17:03,127 --> 01:17:05,329
s part of my community

2621
01:17:05,329 --> 01:17:06,830
and it is my home. To is

2622
01:17:06,830 --> 01:17:06,996
essential because many riders

2623
01:17:06,996 --> 01:17:08,932
don

2624
01:17:08,932 --> 01:17:10,400
t own a truck and trailer

2625
01:17:10,400 --> 01:17:10,634
with local access, they don

2626
01:17:10,634 --> 01:17:11,901
t

2627
01:17:11,901 --> 01:17:13,270
have another convenient place

2628
01:17:13,270 --> 01:17:15,472
to ride. They lose the

2629
01:17:15,472 --> 01:17:16,674
opportunity altogether, and

2630
01:17:16,674 --> 01:17:18,208
horses are pivotal to our

2631
01:17:18,208 --> 01:17:19,743
lives, so taking away that

2632
01:17:19,743 --> 01:17:21,577
access takes away many

2633
01:17:21,577 --> 01:17:22,812
livelihoods. Tokyo is also

2634
01:17:22,812 --> 01:17:24,681
unique to horseback riders

2635
01:17:24,681 --> 01:17:26,750
because of the soil. Even after

2636
01:17:26,750 --> 01:17:28,385
heavy rain, the infamous Tokyo

2637
01:17:28,385 --> 01:17:30,553
soil drains quickly and it

2638
01:17:30,553 --> 01:17:32,550
allows year round riding.

2639
01:17:32,550 --> 01:17:34,570
Previously in my life, I was

2640
01:17:34,570 --> 01:17:36,159
limited to only six years or

2641
01:17:36,159 --> 01:17:37,894
six months of outdoor riding,

2642
01:17:37,894 --> 01:17:39,663
and moving to Seattle means

2643
01:17:39,663 --> 01:17:39,863
that my season is every day and

2644
01:17:39,863 --> 01:17:41,131
that

2645
01:17:41,131 --> 01:17:41,665
s incredible. I

2646
01:17:41,665 --> 01:17:42,433
d also

2647
01:17:42,433 --> 01:17:43,167
like to speak to the

2648
01:17:43,167 --> 01:17:43,500
friendliness that I

2649
01:17:43,500 --> 01:17:44,601
ve

2650
01:17:44,601 --> 01:17:46,302
experienced with the mountain

2651
01:17:46,302 --> 01:17:48,105
bikers there. I do firmly

2652
01:17:48,105 --> 01:17:50,600
believe that horseback riders

2653
01:17:50,600 --> 01:17:51,375
and bikers can coexist on

2654
01:17:51,375 --> 01:17:53,877
trails, and total is a

2655
01:17:53,877 --> 01:17:54,440
testament to that. So I know

2656
01:17:54,440 --> 01:17:55,110
it

2657
01:17:55,110 --> 01:17:56,913
s a very challenging

2658
01:17:56,913 --> 01:17:59,490
situation, balancing the needs

2659
01:17:59,490 --> 01:18:00,784
of urban and rural and bikers

2660
01:18:00,784 --> 01:18:01,885
and equestrians. But I do ask

2661
01:18:01,885 --> 01:18:03,853
you to try and use with all of

2662
01:18:03,853 --> 01:18:05,222
your resources and your skills

2663
01:18:05,222 --> 01:18:07,957
to try and keep our public

2664
01:18:07,957 --> 01:18:09,760
access there. Thank you.

2665
01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:11,195
Thank you for your testimony,

2666
01:18:11,195 --> 01:18:13,960
Rachel.

2667
01:18:13,960 --> 01:18:15,232
That was the last hand raised

2668
01:18:15,232 --> 01:18:16,133
Chair Perry that I see online.

2669
01:18:16,133 --> 01:18:17,534
All right. Is there anybody

2670
01:18:17,534 --> 01:18:18,769
else online that has not had a

2671
01:18:18,769 --> 01:18:20,571
chance to speak who would like

2672
01:18:20,571 --> 01:18:23,473
to? If so, please raise your

2673
01:18:23,473 --> 01:18:23,941
hand again. Raise your hand if

2674
01:18:23,941 --> 01:18:24,841
you haven

2675
01:18:24,841 --> 01:18:26,109
t had a chance to

2676
01:18:26,109 --> 01:18:27,678
speak and you would like to.

2677
01:18:27,678 --> 01:18:30,678
Are we seeing anybody raising

2678
01:18:31,681 --> 01:18:33,450
their hands?

2679
01:18:33,450 --> 01:18:34,918
I am not okay.

2680
01:18:34,918 --> 01:18:36,186
Thank you so much. Seeing no

2681
01:18:36,186 --> 01:18:37,687
further request, I want to

2682
01:18:37,687 --> 01:18:39,455
thank each and every person who

2683
01:18:39,455 --> 01:18:41,858
showed up to testify in person

2684
01:18:41,858 --> 01:18:43,260
and online. Today we take your

2685
01:18:43,260 --> 01:18:44,861
comments and your time very

2686
01:18:44,861 --> 01:18:46,329
seriously, and it matters a lot

2687
01:18:46,329 --> 01:18:47,764
to our deliberative process. So

2688
01:18:47,764 --> 01:18:49,660
thank you very much for being

2689
01:18:49,660 --> 01:18:52,636
with us today. And with that we

2690
01:18:52,636 --> 01:18:53,670
will close the public hearing,

2691
01:18:53,670 --> 01:18:55,380
turning next to those

2692
01:18:55,380 --> 01:18:56,730
ordinances on the agenda for

2693
01:18:56,730 --> 01:18:57,373
discussion and action,

2694
01:18:57,373 --> 01:18:58,775
beginning with item six, which

2695
01:18:58,775 --> 01:19:01,775
is an ordinance concerning King

2696
01:19:01,978 --> 01:19:03,280
County Employee Code of Ethics.

2697
01:19:03,280 --> 01:19:05,280
Councilmember von Reichbauer,

2698
01:19:05,583 --> 01:19:09,183
would you please move? Um, uh,

2699
01:19:10,421 --> 01:19:11,321
ordinance 2026 0126.

2700
01:19:11,321 --> 01:19:12,990
So moved.

2701
01:19:12,990 --> 01:19:15,390
Thank you. Uh, proposed

2702
01:19:15,859 --> 01:19:16,794
ordinance 2026 0126 is before

2703
01:19:16,794 --> 01:19:16,946
us. Before we proceed, I

2704
01:19:16,946 --> 01:19:18,161
ll

2705
01:19:18,161 --> 01:19:19,563
note that we have Randy Bello

2706
01:19:19,563 --> 01:19:20,697
and council staff available to

2707
01:19:20,697 --> 01:19:22,650
brief the item or answer

2708
01:19:22,650 --> 01:19:22,332
questions. With that, I

2709
01:19:22,332 --> 01:19:23,600
d like

2710
01:19:23,600 --> 01:19:23,767
to ask if Councilmember Dunne

2711
01:19:23,767 --> 01:19:25,680
s

2712
01:19:25,680 --> 01:19:26,403
as sponsor would like to offer

2713
01:19:26,403 --> 01:19:26,569
any opening remarks, or if

2714
01:19:26,569 --> 01:19:27,904
you

2715
01:19:27,904 --> 01:19:28,405
d like the item briefed.

2716
01:19:28,405 --> 01:19:29,306
Yeah, I don

2717
01:19:29,306 --> 01:19:31,141
t think we need the

2718
01:19:31,141 --> 01:19:33,376
item brief. We passed this

2719
01:19:33,376 --> 01:19:35,712
unanimously up here. Um, from

2720
01:19:35,712 --> 01:19:37,614
committee, but, um, just to

2721
01:19:37,614 --> 01:19:38,815
remind my colleagues, as we

2722
01:19:38,815 --> 01:19:39,917
continue to improve the

2723
01:19:39,917 --> 01:19:41,918
functions of King County

2724
01:19:41,918 --> 01:19:43,754
government as we continue to

2725
01:19:43,754 --> 01:19:46,657
reform, uh, what we do,

2726
01:19:46,657 --> 01:19:48,658
delivering local services. Uh,

2727
01:19:48,658 --> 01:19:49,259
this is another piece of that.

2728
01:19:49,259 --> 01:19:49,893
As you all know, we

2729
01:19:49,893 --> 01:19:51,761
ve done

2730
01:19:51,761 --> 01:19:53,464
some audits and really worked

2731
01:19:53,464 --> 01:19:55,632
hard to make our grantmaking

2732
01:19:55,632 --> 01:19:57,670
process, uh, greater

2733
01:19:57,670 --> 01:19:58,435
accountability moving forward

2734
01:19:58,435 --> 01:20:01,471
with the tax dollars that we

2735
01:20:01,471 --> 01:20:01,638
are bestowed by the taxpayers.

2736
01:20:01,638 --> 01:20:02,773
We

2737
01:20:02,773 --> 01:20:03,773
ve done things recently like

2738
01:20:03,773 --> 01:20:05,773
streamlined the homeless

2739
01:20:06,676 --> 01:20:08,144
governance. Uh, organization,

2740
01:20:08,144 --> 01:20:10,147
uh, working to make that more

2741
01:20:10,147 --> 01:20:11,481
efficient, bringing employees

2742
01:20:11,481 --> 01:20:13,183
back to work following the

2743
01:20:13,183 --> 01:20:13,450
pandemic. And there are other

2744
01:20:13,450 --> 01:20:14,384
things we

2745
01:20:14,384 --> 01:20:16,587
ve been working on as

2746
01:20:16,587 --> 01:20:18,122
well. This one is in the form

2747
01:20:18,122 --> 01:20:19,690
of reforming our King County

2748
01:20:19,690 --> 01:20:22,292
ethics code. It is always a

2749
01:20:22,292 --> 01:20:23,693
work in progress as new

2750
01:20:23,693 --> 01:20:25,610
situations are uncovered, new

2751
01:20:25,610 --> 01:20:26,196
technologies are uncovered. The

2752
01:20:26,196 --> 01:20:28,532
ethics code is a living

2753
01:20:28,532 --> 01:20:30,534
document. Um, and this, uh,

2754
01:20:30,534 --> 01:20:32,269
this piece of legislation seeks

2755
01:20:32,269 --> 01:20:33,871
to continue to reform. It

2756
01:20:33,871 --> 01:20:36,673
really came, I think, quite

2757
01:20:36,673 --> 01:20:38,375
effectively from Seattle Times

2758
01:20:38,375 --> 01:20:39,976
investigation that many of you

2759
01:20:39,976 --> 01:20:42,376
will remember, uh, that

2760
01:20:42,379 --> 01:20:44,848
involved an employee who, uh,

2761
01:20:44,848 --> 01:20:47,848
according to the Seattle Times,

2762
01:20:48,585 --> 01:20:51,455
uh, had distributed grants to

2763
01:20:51,455 --> 01:20:53,590
five, uh, family members. Um,

2764
01:20:53,590 --> 01:20:56,693
uh, on the nature of about

2765
01:20:56,693 --> 01:20:58,162
$800,000. And so this gives us

2766
01:20:58,162 --> 01:21:00,300
the option, and we have the

2767
01:21:00,300 --> 01:21:01,431
legal authority to actually,

2768
01:21:01,431 --> 01:21:02,832
uh, amend the King County

2769
01:21:02,832 --> 01:21:03,801
ethics code. We can do that by

2770
01:21:03,801 --> 01:21:05,101
ordinance, which we are

2771
01:21:05,101 --> 01:21:07,270
attempting to do here in this

2772
01:21:07,270 --> 01:21:08,838
resolution, this ethics reform

2773
01:21:08,838 --> 01:21:11,241
package, uh, does a couple of

2774
01:21:11,241 --> 01:21:14,211
things. First, it expands and

2775
01:21:14,211 --> 01:21:17,147
clarifies, uh, the conflict of

2776
01:21:17,147 --> 01:21:18,882
interest rules to very clearly

2777
01:21:18,882 --> 01:21:19,983
prohibit close relationships.

2778
01:21:19,983 --> 01:21:21,985
In other words, significant

2779
01:21:21,985 --> 01:21:24,554
relationships as defined in the

2780
01:21:24,554 --> 01:21:26,689
legislation. It also requires

2781
01:21:26,689 --> 01:21:28,958
that conflicts of interest be

2782
01:21:28,958 --> 01:21:30,293
resolved, uh, before a

2783
01:21:30,293 --> 01:21:32,293
distribution not just

2784
01:21:32,328 --> 01:21:34,531
disclosed. And right now, uh,

2785
01:21:34,531 --> 01:21:36,433
in this case, disclosure, but

2786
01:21:36,433 --> 01:21:38,569
no resolution. We need to have

2787
01:21:38,569 --> 01:21:40,169
resolution. So a conflict of

2788
01:21:40,169 --> 01:21:41,238
interest, uh, doesn

2789
01:21:41,238 --> 01:21:43,238
t occur.

2790
01:21:43,640 --> 01:21:45,743
Finally, this clarifies, uh,

2791
01:21:45,743 --> 01:21:47,945
the ethics code, um, in a

2792
01:21:47,945 --> 01:21:49,546
variety of ways to ensure

2793
01:21:49,546 --> 01:21:51,546
consistency throughout reading

2794
01:21:51,615 --> 01:21:53,517
of the document. There are a

2795
01:21:53,517 --> 01:21:54,951
couple of amendments Brandi

2796
01:21:54,951 --> 01:21:56,753
might want to speak to those,

2797
01:21:56,753 --> 01:21:56,906
uh, Chair Perry, um, which I

2798
01:21:56,906 --> 01:21:57,787
m

2799
01:21:57,787 --> 01:21:59,122
happy to move at the right

2800
01:21:59,122 --> 01:21:59,456
time. And that

2801
01:21:59,456 --> 01:22:00,924
s the

2802
01:22:00,924 --> 01:22:02,559
introduction and look forward

2803
01:22:02,559 --> 01:22:03,927
to a discussion on this issue.

2804
01:22:03,927 --> 01:22:04,894
Thank you very much,

2805
01:22:04,894 --> 01:22:06,496
colleagues. Are there any

2806
01:22:06,496 --> 01:22:07,697
questions for staff or comments

2807
01:22:07,697 --> 01:22:10,697
for the discussion at this

2808
01:22:12,336 --> 01:22:15,336
moment? Please say please speak

2809
01:22:15,639 --> 01:22:16,273
out. If you do. Okay. I also

2810
01:22:16,273 --> 01:22:16,940
understand there

2811
01:22:16,940 --> 01:22:18,174
s a technical

2812
01:22:18,174 --> 01:22:19,276
amendment. Councilmember Dunn

2813
01:22:19,276 --> 01:22:19,443
would you please move amendment

2814
01:22:19,443 --> 01:22:20,811
one?

2815
01:22:20,811 --> 01:22:21,578
Sure, sure. Councilmember Lewis

2816
01:22:21,578 --> 01:22:23,460
has her hand up.

2817
01:22:23,460 --> 01:22:24,681
Oh, thank you, Councilmember

2818
01:22:24,681 --> 01:22:26,816
Lewis. Thank you, Vice chair.

2819
01:22:26,816 --> 01:22:30,420
Thank you. I just have a couple

2820
01:22:30,420 --> 01:22:32,589
of, um, pretty basic questions.

2821
01:22:32,589 --> 01:22:34,924
Uh, one being how will

2822
01:22:34,924 --> 01:22:37,394
employees be be notified of

2823
01:22:37,394 --> 01:22:39,329
these changes? And, um, given

2824
01:22:39,329 --> 01:22:41,331
the opportunity to comply with

2825
01:22:41,331 --> 01:22:43,566
them? And the other has to do

2826
01:22:43,566 --> 01:22:46,636
with whether or not we should

2827
01:22:46,636 --> 01:22:48,705
have a regular cadence to

2828
01:22:48,705 --> 01:22:51,208
update the ethics code like we

2829
01:22:51,208 --> 01:22:53,576
do with the charter and and

2830
01:22:53,576 --> 01:22:54,878
other regulations. Those MAY be

2831
01:22:54,878 --> 01:22:55,360
questions for the executive.

2832
01:22:55,360 --> 01:22:57,360
I

2833
01:22:57,380 --> 01:22:58,848
m not sure.

2834
01:22:58,848 --> 01:23:00,316
Uh.

2835
01:23:00,316 --> 01:23:01,417
For my brand. Do you want to

2836
01:23:01,417 --> 01:23:01,587
take a cut at that? And then

2837
01:23:01,587 --> 01:23:02,819
I

2838
01:23:02,819 --> 01:23:03,521
m happy to add in what I

2839
01:23:03,521 --> 01:23:04,120
know.

2840
01:23:04,120 --> 01:23:05,355
Sure.

2841
01:23:05,355 --> 01:23:06,220
Uh, thank you, Council members.

2842
01:23:06,220 --> 01:23:07,857
For the record.

2843
01:23:07,857 --> 01:23:10,126
Brandy parabola with council

2844
01:23:10,126 --> 01:23:11,928
central staff. I can try to

2845
01:23:11,928 --> 01:23:13,263
answer the first one, and I am

2846
01:23:13,263 --> 01:23:14,798
not equipped to answer the

2847
01:23:14,798 --> 01:23:17,798
second. Um, the first one.

2848
01:23:18,234 --> 01:23:20,937
There is no language in the

2849
01:23:20,937 --> 01:23:22,239
ordinance that directs how any

2850
01:23:22,239 --> 01:23:24,474
county employees should be made

2851
01:23:24,474 --> 01:23:26,910
aware of these changes. That

2852
01:23:26,910 --> 01:23:30,800
would be, um, at the discretion

2853
01:23:30,800 --> 01:23:32,810
of the executive side on how

2854
01:23:32,810 --> 01:23:34,817
they would prefer to do that.

2855
01:23:34,817 --> 01:23:36,817
Um.

2856
01:23:37,353 --> 01:23:40,900
Great. Um, yeah. I think the

2857
01:23:40,900 --> 01:23:42,392
work this, this legislation

2858
01:23:42,392 --> 01:23:45,228
changes the code. Uh, then once

2859
01:23:45,228 --> 01:23:46,763
the code is changed, um, we

2860
01:23:46,763 --> 01:23:48,365
will encourage both the Board

2861
01:23:48,365 --> 01:23:50,200
of Ethics as well as the

2862
01:23:50,200 --> 01:23:51,901
executive to use their

2863
01:23:51,901 --> 01:23:53,901
appropriate outreach channels

2864
01:23:54,671 --> 01:23:56,707
to get the information to our

2865
01:23:56,707 --> 01:23:58,341
employees. Things like our

2866
01:23:58,341 --> 01:24:00,576
regular trainings will be one

2867
01:24:00,576 --> 01:24:01,979
method, uh, newsletters, emails

2868
01:24:01,979 --> 01:24:03,130
for managers will be another

2869
01:24:03,130 --> 01:24:05,515
will certainly use the news

2870
01:24:05,515 --> 01:24:05,675
media to enhance that. But it

2871
01:24:05,675 --> 01:24:06,783
s

2872
01:24:06,783 --> 01:24:06,983
one thing to have a rule, but

2873
01:24:06,983 --> 01:24:07,884
if it

2874
01:24:07,884 --> 01:24:09,519
s not broadly known, it

2875
01:24:09,519 --> 01:24:10,854
has no effect. So we look

2876
01:24:10,854 --> 01:24:13,230
forward to the next steps of

2877
01:24:13,230 --> 01:24:14,891
this being that outreach

2878
01:24:14,891 --> 01:24:15,892
process, which will, since the

2879
01:24:15,892 --> 01:24:17,930
overwhelming majority of

2880
01:24:17,930 --> 01:24:18,861
employees are within the

2881
01:24:18,861 --> 01:24:20,230
executive branch. Uh, we got to

2882
01:24:20,230 --> 01:24:22,365
make sure that that that will

2883
01:24:22,365 --> 01:24:24,601
happen moving forward. With

2884
01:24:24,601 --> 01:24:27,404
respect to the regular cadence,

2885
01:24:27,404 --> 01:24:28,939
uh, first let me say that, uh,

2886
01:24:28,939 --> 01:24:31,339
Councilmember Balducci has I

2887
01:24:31,341 --> 01:24:33,176
think, uh, taken on, uh,

2888
01:24:33,176 --> 01:24:34,811
laboring or on some additional

2889
01:24:34,811 --> 01:24:36,130
ethics, uh, reform that needs

2890
01:24:36,130 --> 01:24:37,580
to happen, including pulling

2891
01:24:37,580 --> 01:24:39,783
together a stakeholder group,

2892
01:24:39,783 --> 01:24:41,151
which I think is wise. It MAY

2893
01:24:41,151 --> 01:24:42,986
be as part of that review that

2894
01:24:42,986 --> 01:24:45,255
we look at a regular cadence of

2895
01:24:45,255 --> 01:24:47,224
review to make sure that, uh,

2896
01:24:47,224 --> 01:24:49,590
this code is updated from time

2897
01:24:49,590 --> 01:24:50,627
to time. The Board of Ethics

2898
01:24:50,627 --> 01:24:52,629
did weigh in recently, maybe a

2899
01:24:52,629 --> 01:24:54,765
little bit too late, but very

2900
01:24:54,765 --> 01:24:55,832
helpful still nonetheless. And

2901
01:24:55,832 --> 01:24:56,699
then we want to continue to

2902
01:24:56,699 --> 01:24:57,000
review, because we do have a

2903
01:24:57,000 --> 01:24:57,534
board that

2904
01:24:57,534 --> 01:24:58,702
s supposed to be

2905
01:24:58,702 --> 01:25:00,300
making these recommendations.

2906
01:25:00,300 --> 01:25:01,938
Of course, nothing stops us

2907
01:25:01,938 --> 01:25:03,240
from doing that as well.

2908
01:25:03,240 --> 01:25:04,641
Thank you, Vice Chair. Don.

2909
01:25:04,641 --> 01:25:06,641
Great question. Councilmember

2910
01:25:06,776 --> 01:25:08,111
Lewis. Um, Councilmember

2911
01:25:08,111 --> 01:25:09,279
Dembowski has something.

2912
01:25:09,279 --> 01:25:10,980
Thank you. Chair. Just adding

2913
01:25:10,980 --> 01:25:13,516
to the discussion and maybe

2914
01:25:13,516 --> 01:25:15,619
APRIL Sanders could supply some

2915
01:25:15,619 --> 01:25:17,120
precision here. But in the last

2916
01:25:17,120 --> 01:25:19,520
supplemental budget, we did

2917
01:25:19,689 --> 01:25:21,825
increase the fte authority for

2918
01:25:21,825 --> 01:25:23,193
the executive ethics function

2919
01:25:23,193 --> 01:25:25,593
and added some additional

2920
01:25:25,595 --> 01:25:28,398
dollars, uh, presumably to help,

2921
01:25:28,398 --> 01:25:29,799
um, educate and and ensure

2922
01:25:29,799 --> 01:25:30,967
compliance with this

2923
01:25:30,967 --> 01:25:32,936
legislation that we knew was

2924
01:25:32,936 --> 01:25:36,172
coming. I think it was a couple

2925
01:25:36,172 --> 01:25:38,675
FTEs or just shy of that.

2926
01:25:38,675 --> 01:25:39,976
Okay. Thank you. Uh

2927
01:25:39,976 --> 01:25:41,976
Councilmember Dembowski. Any

2928
01:25:42,279 --> 01:25:44,213
other questions? Oh, my

2929
01:25:44,213 --> 01:25:46,613
colleagues for staff or

2930
01:25:48,418 --> 01:25:48,785
comment. Okay. Not seeing any,

2931
01:25:48,785 --> 01:25:50,785
um. Let

2932
01:25:51,121 --> 01:25:53,222
s see. So technical

2933
01:25:53,222 --> 01:25:53,656
amendment has been moved. Uh.

2934
01:25:53,656 --> 01:25:54,230
No, it hasn

2935
01:25:54,230 --> 01:25:54,181
t yet.

2936
01:25:54,181 --> 01:25:54,625
I

2937
01:25:54,625 --> 01:25:54,925
ll move. Okay.

2938
01:25:54,925 --> 01:25:55,392
Would you.

2939
01:25:55,392 --> 01:25:55,625
Please I think there

2940
01:25:55,625 --> 01:25:56,493
s an

2941
01:25:56,493 --> 01:25:57,600
amendment. I think there

2942
01:25:57,600 --> 01:25:57,660
s two

2943
01:25:57,660 --> 01:25:58,270
amendments. So I

2944
01:25:58,270 --> 01:25:59,929
m happy to

2945
01:25:59,929 --> 01:26:01,231
move amendment one.

2946
01:26:01,231 --> 01:26:02,231
Amendment one. Okay. Thank you.

2947
01:26:02,231 --> 01:26:03,200
Amendment one is before us.

2948
01:26:03,200 --> 01:26:04,668
Would you like to speak to

2949
01:26:04,668 --> 01:26:05,102
amendment one? Uh, Vice Chair

2950
01:26:05,102 --> 01:26:06,703
Dan.

2951
01:26:06,703 --> 01:26:07,700
Just very generally it

2952
01:26:07,700 --> 01:26:08,538
s a

2953
01:26:08,538 --> 01:26:10,730
technical Stryker. And what it

2954
01:26:10,730 --> 01:26:11,675
does is it changes the language

2955
01:26:11,675 --> 01:26:13,710
since last meeting or meeting

2956
01:26:13,710 --> 01:26:14,644
before last, we put language in

2957
01:26:14,644 --> 01:26:16,450
regarding the inspector

2958
01:26:16,450 --> 01:26:17,280
general. This added and

2959
01:26:17,280 --> 01:26:18,482
acknowledges the existence of

2960
01:26:18,482 --> 01:26:18,681
that office. And so it

2961
01:26:18,681 --> 01:26:19,683
s a

2962
01:26:19,683 --> 01:26:19,950
technical Stryker, and I

2963
01:26:19,950 --> 01:26:21,250
d urge

2964
01:26:21,250 --> 01:26:22,719
your support.

2965
01:26:22,719 --> 01:26:24,454
Thank you. Any discussions from

2966
01:26:24,454 --> 01:26:25,622
my colleague on that amendment.

2967
01:26:25,622 --> 01:26:26,589
If I MAY.

2968
01:26:26,589 --> 01:26:28,391
She. Yes, Randy.

2969
01:26:28,391 --> 01:26:30,693
Go ahead. Um, there is actually

2970
01:26:30,693 --> 01:26:33,663
only one amendment, and the

2971
01:26:33,663 --> 01:26:36,630
technical amendment, um, is

2972
01:26:37,330 --> 01:26:38,835
related to a couple of, uh,

2973
01:26:38,835 --> 01:26:41,137
suggestions by the Board of

2974
01:26:41,137 --> 01:26:42,172
Ethics that really just cleans

2975
01:26:42,172 --> 01:26:44,574
up the language a little bit to

2976
01:26:44,574 --> 01:26:44,974
make it clearer to read. Okay.

2977
01:26:44,974 --> 01:26:46,776
Um, I

2978
01:26:46,776 --> 01:26:49,780
m not sure if

2979
01:26:49,780 --> 01:26:50,130
Councilmember Dunn has another

2980
01:26:50,130 --> 01:26:50,613
amendment that I

2981
01:26:50,613 --> 01:26:52,515
m not aware

2982
01:26:52,515 --> 01:26:54,484
of, but the one that I have

2983
01:26:54,484 --> 01:26:55,351
worked on is amendment one.

2984
01:26:55,351 --> 01:26:57,351
Will you.

2985
01:26:58,255 --> 01:27:00,423
Brief amendment one for us?

2986
01:27:00,423 --> 01:27:00,623
I just did amendment one.

2987
01:27:00,623 --> 01:27:01,591
That

2988
01:27:01,591 --> 01:27:01,791
s all you have. Okay.

2989
01:27:01,791 --> 01:27:03,791
That

2990
01:27:04,394 --> 01:27:06,696
s all you, Councilmember.

2991
01:27:06,696 --> 01:27:07,764
My understanding was what Randy

2992
01:27:07,764 --> 01:27:09,932
just spoke to was amendment

2993
01:27:09,932 --> 01:27:11,735
two. Sounds like, uh, amendment

2994
01:27:11,735 --> 01:27:13,269
one is the technical striker

2995
01:27:13,269 --> 01:27:14,237
that provides clarity as

2996
01:27:14,237 --> 01:27:15,538
recommended by the Board of

2997
01:27:15,538 --> 01:27:17,307
Ethics, and I certainly support

2998
01:27:17,307 --> 01:27:17,507
that as well. So, um, it

2999
01:27:17,507 --> 01:27:19,176
doesn

3000
01:27:19,176 --> 01:27:20,310
t change my motion for

3001
01:27:20,310 --> 01:27:20,977
amendment one. I just want to

3002
01:27:20,977 --> 01:27:21,644
make sure that what I

3003
01:27:21,644 --> 01:27:23,644
m putting

3004
01:27:23,680 --> 01:27:25,281
forward is properly labeled

3005
01:27:25,281 --> 01:27:26,316
within the council meeting

3006
01:27:26,316 --> 01:27:28,316
materials.

3007
01:27:28,852 --> 01:27:31,254
It is properly labeled. So the

3008
01:27:31,254 --> 01:27:33,254
additional materials packet

3009
01:27:33,356 --> 01:27:33,657
that went out this morning from

3010
01:27:33,657 --> 01:27:34,624
the clerk

3011
01:27:34,624 --> 01:27:36,920
s office, it is

3012
01:27:36,920 --> 01:27:37,360
labeled as amendment one. And

3013
01:27:37,360 --> 01:27:38,128
it is the only amendment in

3014
01:27:38,128 --> 01:27:39,963
that packet.

3015
01:27:39,963 --> 01:27:40,497
Very well then, uh, and that

3016
01:27:40,497 --> 01:27:41,970
will be all we

3017
01:27:41,970 --> 01:27:42,399
ll amend with

3018
01:27:42,399 --> 01:27:45,399
unless council members have an

3019
01:27:45,402 --> 01:27:46,837
additional amendment as well.

3020
01:27:46,837 --> 01:27:49,272
Okay. All those in favor of

3021
01:27:49,272 --> 01:27:49,706
amendment one say aye.

3022
01:27:49,706 --> 01:27:51,706
Aye.

3023
01:27:51,908 --> 01:27:53,209
All those opposed? Nay. Nay.

3024
01:27:53,209 --> 01:27:54,277
Amendment one is adopted.

3025
01:27:54,277 --> 01:27:55,479
Moving on to the underlying

3026
01:27:55,479 --> 01:27:56,379
ordinance as amended. And my

3027
01:27:56,379 --> 01:27:58,515
colleagues have any closing

3028
01:27:58,515 --> 01:27:59,415
comments before we proceed.

3029
01:27:59,415 --> 01:28:01,250
Sure.

3030
01:28:01,250 --> 01:28:02,685
Yeah. Uh, Council Member

3031
01:28:02,685 --> 01:28:05,222
Balducci, I think, followed by

3032
01:28:05,222 --> 01:28:05,388
Councilmember Dembowski.

3033
01:28:05,388 --> 01:28:06,956
He

3034
01:28:06,956 --> 01:28:08,825
s shaking his head. No.

3035
01:28:08,825 --> 01:28:09,859
Okay. Councilmember Balducci go

3036
01:28:09,859 --> 01:28:10,560
right ahead.

3037
01:28:10,560 --> 01:28:12,529
Um.

3038
01:28:12,529 --> 01:28:14,598
Thank you. Chair. I just wanted

3039
01:28:14,598 --> 01:28:16,990
to speak in favor of the

3040
01:28:16,990 --> 01:28:18,670
ordinance. I will be voting in

3041
01:28:18,670 --> 01:28:20,370
favor of the ordinance. I think

3042
01:28:20,370 --> 01:28:23,373
this is a very important change

3043
01:28:23,373 --> 01:28:26,843
in clarification. Uh, it is a

3044
01:28:26,843 --> 01:28:28,244
key feature of ethics code

3045
01:28:28,244 --> 01:28:30,247
ordinances in many, many

3046
01:28:30,247 --> 01:28:32,247
places. That individual

3047
01:28:32,582 --> 01:28:34,982
government employees should not

3048
01:28:35,452 --> 01:28:37,454
and cannot work on, uh,

3049
01:28:37,454 --> 01:28:39,789
contracts or other projects

3050
01:28:39,789 --> 01:28:41,958
that financially benefit their

3051
01:28:41,958 --> 01:28:44,358
relatives or or business

3052
01:28:44,394 --> 01:28:46,262
partners. Uh, and so, uh, this,

3053
01:28:46,262 --> 01:28:47,597
this, in my view, closes an

3054
01:28:47,597 --> 01:28:49,165
important hole that should have

3055
01:28:49,165 --> 01:28:50,300
been closed in our code

3056
01:28:50,300 --> 01:28:50,566
probably long ago. And I

3057
01:28:50,566 --> 01:28:50,733
m glad

3058
01:28:50,733 --> 01:28:52,350
we

3059
01:28:52,350 --> 01:28:53,302
re doing it now. Uh, just

3060
01:28:53,302 --> 01:28:54,737
wanted to quickly echo and

3061
01:28:54,737 --> 01:28:57,137
update from what Councilmember

3062
01:28:57,440 --> 01:28:59,575
Dunn said. Uh, it has been

3063
01:28:59,575 --> 01:29:01,745
brought to our attention as a

3064
01:29:01,745 --> 01:29:04,381
council that the ethics code,

3065
01:29:04,381 --> 01:29:06,416
on the whole, is really in need

3066
01:29:06,416 --> 01:29:08,451
of some updating and and

3067
01:29:08,451 --> 01:29:09,853
clarifying. And I have indeed

3068
01:29:09,853 --> 01:29:11,954
raised my hand to say that I

3069
01:29:11,954 --> 01:29:14,424
will work on a larger project

3070
01:29:14,424 --> 01:29:15,859
to try to clean up the code.

3071
01:29:15,859 --> 01:29:16,693
You will be hearing from our

3072
01:29:16,693 --> 01:29:17,126
office about this. We

3073
01:29:17,126 --> 01:29:19,126
ve had a

3074
01:29:19,696 --> 01:29:21,998
kickoff meeting with, uh,

3075
01:29:21,998 --> 01:29:23,900
stakeholders. We have assigned

3076
01:29:23,900 --> 01:29:26,103
staff and both central policy

3077
01:29:26,103 --> 01:29:28,204
staff and from the Ombuds

3078
01:29:28,204 --> 01:29:28,972
office to help carry the water.

3079
01:29:28,972 --> 01:29:29,122
And putting this together, it

3080
01:29:29,122 --> 01:29:30,507
s

3081
01:29:30,507 --> 01:29:33,900
going to be a longer road and a

3082
01:29:33,900 --> 01:29:34,511
more detailed progress project.

3083
01:29:34,511 --> 01:29:34,911
And to Councilmember Lewis

3084
01:29:34,911 --> 01:29:36,580
s

3085
01:29:36,580 --> 01:29:36,947
questions, uh, have spoken to

3086
01:29:36,947 --> 01:29:37,713
the executive

3087
01:29:37,713 --> 01:29:39,713
s office. They

3088
01:29:39,916 --> 01:29:41,217
will be included in the work

3089
01:29:41,217 --> 01:29:42,985
because they have some

3090
01:29:42,985 --> 01:29:45,922
interest, obviously, in this as

3091
01:29:45,922 --> 01:29:48,240
well. And a really important

3092
01:29:48,240 --> 01:29:49,659
need to have a clear enough

3093
01:29:49,659 --> 01:29:51,694
code to put together employee

3094
01:29:51,694 --> 01:29:53,330
training so that they can train

3095
01:29:53,330 --> 01:29:54,630
the staff and inform the staff

3096
01:29:54,630 --> 01:29:55,698
of what they need to do, and

3097
01:29:55,698 --> 01:29:57,330
they are observing that the

3098
01:29:57,330 --> 01:29:58,134
code in some places is not

3099
01:29:58,134 --> 01:29:59,936
clear enough to do a good job

3100
01:29:59,936 --> 01:30:01,905
of that. So they have a keen

3101
01:30:01,905 --> 01:30:03,390
interest in implementation and

3102
01:30:03,390 --> 01:30:04,574
in what the code should be, so

3103
01:30:04,574 --> 01:30:06,609
they will be part of it. The

3104
01:30:06,609 --> 01:30:08,144
Board of Ethics will also be

3105
01:30:08,144 --> 01:30:09,379
invited to participate and have

3106
01:30:09,379 --> 01:30:11,681
already expressed an interest

3107
01:30:11,681 --> 01:30:13,516
in participating. So much more

3108
01:30:13,516 --> 01:30:14,517
to come. But this is a really

3109
01:30:14,517 --> 01:30:14,851
important step and I

3110
01:30:14,851 --> 01:30:16,152
m very

3111
01:30:16,152 --> 01:30:16,987
happy to vote in favor today.

3112
01:30:16,987 --> 01:30:18,987
Thank you chair.

3113
01:30:19,550 --> 01:30:21,550
Thank you. Councilmember

3114
01:30:21,324 --> 01:30:22,425
Balducci. Seeing no further

3115
01:30:22,425 --> 01:30:22,926
discussion, Claire Kay, will.

3116
01:30:22,926 --> 01:30:24,193
You please close.

3117
01:30:24,193 --> 01:30:25,628
To close to close.

3118
01:30:25,628 --> 01:30:28,297
Oh, sorry about that. Uh,

3119
01:30:28,297 --> 01:30:28,899
sponsor to close. Vice Chair

3120
01:30:28,899 --> 01:30:30,499
Dunn.

3121
01:30:30,499 --> 01:30:31,835
Uh, thanks very much. And thank

3122
01:30:31,835 --> 01:30:33,269
you, Chair Perry, for having

3123
01:30:33,269 --> 01:30:35,438
this in an expedited forum

3124
01:30:35,438 --> 01:30:36,572
today. And I want to thank, uh,

3125
01:30:36,572 --> 01:30:37,841
my colleagues, Councilmember

3126
01:30:37,841 --> 01:30:39,900
Billie Jean Louis, uh

3127
01:30:39,900 --> 01:30:42,900
Dembowski, and others for their

3128
01:30:42,110 --> 01:30:43,379
comments. And, uh, and smithing

3129
01:30:43,379 --> 01:30:44,681
this and making this better.

3130
01:30:44,681 --> 01:30:46,150
Uh, we have a board of ethics.

3131
01:30:46,150 --> 01:30:48,318
We should use them, continue to

3132
01:30:48,318 --> 01:30:49,752
use them and listen to what

3133
01:30:49,752 --> 01:30:51,187
they they have to say. We MAY

3134
01:30:51,187 --> 01:30:52,254
not always agree with them, but

3135
01:30:52,254 --> 01:30:53,389
they certainly have very

3136
01:30:53,389 --> 01:30:53,689
positive input. That

3137
01:30:53,689 --> 01:30:55,125
s

3138
01:30:55,125 --> 01:30:57,270
important. We should have a

3139
01:30:57,270 --> 01:30:58,610
regular update process. I want

3140
01:30:58,610 --> 01:31:00,610
to thank investigative

3141
01:31:00,230 --> 01:31:02,630
journalists like Lulu Ramadan

3142
01:31:03,866 --> 01:31:06,303
and, uh, and uh, David Gutman

3143
01:31:06,303 --> 01:31:08,370
and others for getting some

3144
01:31:08,370 --> 01:31:09,906
information that helped make

3145
01:31:09,906 --> 01:31:11,574
this legislation better. I

3146
01:31:11,574 --> 01:31:12,709
continue to believe the Fourth

3147
01:31:12,709 --> 01:31:14,430
Estate is an important part of

3148
01:31:14,430 --> 01:31:16,120
our democratic process, and

3149
01:31:16,120 --> 01:31:18,548
this is an example of that. Um,

3150
01:31:18,548 --> 01:31:19,982
this is a good, um, significant

3151
01:31:19,982 --> 01:31:21,117
piece of legislation.

3152
01:31:21,117 --> 01:31:21,384
Obviously, you shouldn

3153
01:31:21,384 --> 01:31:22,786
t be

3154
01:31:22,786 --> 01:31:24,200
doling out public dollars to

3155
01:31:24,200 --> 01:31:24,187
members of your family. It just

3156
01:31:24,187 --> 01:31:25,188
isn

3157
01:31:25,188 --> 01:31:26,255
t it just doesn

3158
01:31:26,255 --> 01:31:27,390
t pass the

3159
01:31:27,390 --> 01:31:27,624
laugh test. And it isn

3160
01:31:27,624 --> 01:31:28,691
t

3161
01:31:28,691 --> 01:31:29,325
appropriate. It might be

3162
01:31:29,325 --> 01:31:29,726
illegal, and there

3163
01:31:29,726 --> 01:31:30,860
s a lot of

3164
01:31:30,860 --> 01:31:32,729
other things there. And so we

3165
01:31:32,729 --> 01:31:33,930
have to make sure that we make

3166
01:31:33,930 --> 01:31:35,731
it clear up front through our

3167
01:31:35,731 --> 01:31:35,899
own ethics codes. Uh, that that

3168
01:31:35,899 --> 01:31:36,299
isn

3169
01:31:36,299 --> 01:31:36,700
t something we

3170
01:31:36,700 --> 01:31:38,700
re going to

3171
01:31:39,502 --> 01:31:40,870
stand for or tolerate. Um,

3172
01:31:40,870 --> 01:31:42,238
County has run into some

3173
01:31:42,238 --> 01:31:43,306
challenging issues of

3174
01:31:43,306 --> 01:31:44,441
perception, and I think for

3175
01:31:44,441 --> 01:31:44,808
good reason. And we

3176
01:31:44,808 --> 01:31:46,142
ve got a

3177
01:31:46,142 --> 01:31:46,976
lot of work in reform area to

3178
01:31:46,976 --> 01:31:47,209
continue forward on. I

3179
01:31:47,209 --> 01:31:48,111
ll be

3180
01:31:48,111 --> 01:31:49,879
driving that forward. Other

3181
01:31:49,879 --> 01:31:51,514
members of the council, uh, as

3182
01:31:51,514 --> 01:31:52,716
well, that I mentioned in these

3183
01:31:52,716 --> 01:31:54,217
comments and want to thank

3184
01:31:54,217 --> 01:31:55,618
Kevin Reichbauer for holding

3185
01:31:55,618 --> 01:31:56,686
this important legislation in

3186
01:31:56,686 --> 01:31:58,154
his committee and properly

3187
01:31:58,154 --> 01:31:59,221
addressing it. I would urge my

3188
01:31:59,221 --> 01:31:59,377
colleagues support, and let

3189
01:31:59,377 --> 01:32:00,924
s

3190
01:32:00,924 --> 01:32:02,826
take another step in making

3191
01:32:02,826 --> 01:32:05,361
King County, uh, a great county

3192
01:32:05,361 --> 01:32:07,496
running well and, uh, fully

3193
01:32:07,496 --> 01:32:09,599
reformed and paying great

3194
01:32:09,599 --> 01:32:11,468
attention to the tax dollars

3195
01:32:11,468 --> 01:32:13,236
that we are given, uh, control

3196
01:32:13,236 --> 01:32:15,636
over. I urge support.

3197
01:32:16,172 --> 01:32:17,674
Thank you, Vice Chair Dunn. Uh,

3198
01:32:17,674 --> 01:32:18,508
seeing no further discussion.

3199
01:32:18,508 --> 01:32:19,376
Clerk. Hey, will you please

3200
01:32:19,376 --> 01:32:20,810
call the roll?

3201
01:32:20,810 --> 01:32:21,911
Thank you. Chair. Perry

3202
01:32:21,911 --> 01:32:22,379
Councilmember Balducci.

3203
01:32:22,379 --> 01:32:24,130
Hi.

3204
01:32:24,130 --> 01:32:25,114
Council member Baron.

3205
01:32:25,114 --> 01:32:26,316
Hi.

3206
01:32:26,316 --> 01:32:27,283
Councilmember Dembowski.

3207
01:32:27,283 --> 01:32:29,283
I am.

3208
01:32:29,819 --> 01:32:30,954
Councilmember Dunn. I

3209
01:32:30,954 --> 01:32:31,955
Councilmember Fain.

3210
01:32:31,955 --> 01:32:33,955
I.

3211
01:32:35,459 --> 01:32:37,859
Member Lewis. I Councilmember

3212
01:32:41,497 --> 01:32:43,497
Mosqueda. Councilmember

3213
01:32:45,680 --> 01:32:45,468
Mosqueda. Councilmember von

3214
01:32:45,468 --> 01:32:47,468
Reichbauer.

3215
01:32:49,239 --> 01:32:50,273
All right.

3216
01:32:50,273 --> 01:32:51,174
Mosqueda.

3217
01:32:51,174 --> 01:32:51,774
Apologies.

3218
01:32:51,774 --> 01:32:53,343
Mosqueda votes.

3219
01:32:53,343 --> 01:32:55,780
I thank you.

3220
01:32:55,780 --> 01:32:57,914
And I got Councilmember von

3221
01:32:57,914 --> 01:33:00,160
Reichbauer chair Perry. I vote

3222
01:33:00,160 --> 01:33:01,170
is nine eyes and zero nose.

3223
01:33:01,170 --> 01:33:01,184
Thank you. By a vote we

3224
01:33:01,184 --> 01:33:02,485
ve

3225
01:33:02,485 --> 01:33:04,485
adopted proposed substitute

3226
01:33:05,655 --> 01:33:07,655
ordinance 2026 0126, as

3227
01:33:07,958 --> 01:33:09,590
amended. Turning next to item

3228
01:33:09,590 --> 01:33:10,726
seven and eight, which

3229
01:33:10,726 --> 01:33:11,995
concerned labor agreements.

3230
01:33:11,995 --> 01:33:14,830
Vice Chair Ron, will you please

3231
01:33:14,830 --> 01:33:16,166
move? Proposed ordinance 2026

3232
01:33:16,166 --> 01:33:17,660
0189.

3233
01:33:17,660 --> 01:33:18,401
So moved.

3234
01:33:18,401 --> 01:33:20,801
Thank you. Proposed ordinance

3235
01:33:21,371 --> 01:33:22,806
2026 says Dash 0189 is before

3236
01:33:22,806 --> 01:33:23,306
us. Before we proceed with

3237
01:33:23,306 --> 01:33:23,873
discussion, I

3238
01:33:23,873 --> 01:33:25,740
ll note that we

3239
01:33:25,740 --> 01:33:26,476
have Angela marshall, labor

3240
01:33:26,476 --> 01:33:27,910
relations interim director, and

3241
01:33:27,910 --> 01:33:29,780
John Woodcock, labor relations

3242
01:33:29,780 --> 01:33:29,579
negotiator from the executive

3243
01:33:29,579 --> 01:33:30,713
s

3244
01:33:30,713 --> 01:33:32,815
office, available to answer

3245
01:33:32,815 --> 01:33:34,684
questions. We also have Yusuf

3246
01:33:34,684 --> 01:33:36,619
al-Hamawi, union representative

3247
01:33:36,619 --> 01:33:37,320
for protec 17, available as

3248
01:33:37,320 --> 01:33:37,687
well. But first, I

3249
01:33:37,687 --> 01:33:39,289
d like to

3250
01:33:39,289 --> 01:33:41,124
ask Erika Newman from council

3251
01:33:41,124 --> 01:33:42,124
staff to brief the item. Erica,

3252
01:33:42,124 --> 01:33:42,299
please go ahead when you

3253
01:33:42,299 --> 01:33:44,299
re

3254
01:33:51,901 --> 01:33:52,368
ready.

3255
01:33:52,368 --> 01:33:54,368
Erica, you

3256
01:33:55,472 --> 01:33:57,472
re on mute.

3257
01:33:57,674 --> 01:33:59,943
There we go. Um, sorry about

3258
01:33:59,943 --> 01:34:01,243
that. Um, uh, Erica Newman,

3259
01:34:01,243 --> 01:34:02,712
Council central staff. The

3260
01:34:02,712 --> 01:34:04,313
proposed items, uh, the

3261
01:34:04,313 --> 01:34:07,313
proposed Ida, the item for

3262
01:34:08,418 --> 01:34:09,819
proposed ordinance 2026 0189,

3263
01:34:09,819 --> 01:34:11,821
begin on page 46 of your

3264
01:34:11,821 --> 01:34:13,456
packet. The proposed ordinance

3265
01:34:13,456 --> 01:34:14,958
would adopt the memorandum of

3266
01:34:14,958 --> 01:34:17,358
agreement that was negotiated,

3267
01:34:18,194 --> 01:34:20,290
became, uh County and 17, which

3268
01:34:20,290 --> 01:34:21,931
represents engineering services

3269
01:34:21,931 --> 01:34:23,366
manager, employees and the

3270
01:34:23,366 --> 01:34:25,534
Department of Natural Resources

3271
01:34:25,534 --> 01:34:26,736
and part um, this is from a

3272
01:34:26,736 --> 01:34:29,136
broader alignment within the

3273
01:34:29,271 --> 01:34:31,173
Solid Waste Division and the

3274
01:34:31,173 --> 01:34:33,573
county and protect 17. They

3275
01:34:34,100 --> 01:34:35,578
engaged in to discuss

3276
01:34:35,578 --> 01:34:37,380
operational concerns with the

3277
01:34:37,380 --> 01:34:39,415
operational structure of the

3278
01:34:39,415 --> 01:34:41,415
engineering and environmental

3279
01:34:41,617 --> 01:34:42,451
compliance work. Historically,

3280
01:34:42,451 --> 01:34:43,787
these functions were

3281
01:34:43,787 --> 01:34:46,890
consolidated under a single

3282
01:34:46,890 --> 01:34:47,990
engineering services manager

3283
01:34:47,990 --> 01:34:50,226
under the proposed structure,

3284
01:34:50,226 --> 01:34:52,620
the engineering Service Manager

3285
01:34:52,620 --> 01:34:53,663
classification would be able to

3286
01:34:53,663 --> 01:34:55,898
serve as the manager of an

3287
01:34:55,898 --> 01:34:57,133
engineering unit or the section

3288
01:34:57,133 --> 01:34:58,267
Manager responsible for

3289
01:34:58,267 --> 01:35:00,267
environmental science and

3290
01:35:00,670 --> 01:35:02,105
compliance. Um, the the

3291
01:35:02,105 --> 01:35:04,730
bargaining, the terms and

3292
01:35:04,730 --> 01:35:05,775
bargaining include, uh,

3293
01:35:05,775 --> 01:35:07,744
increasing the pay rate for the

3294
01:35:07,744 --> 01:35:09,744
engineering services manager,

3295
01:35:10,413 --> 01:35:13,413
which is currently at arrange

3296
01:35:13,416 --> 01:35:16,152
77 to arrange 78, and the King

3297
01:35:16,152 --> 01:35:17,453
County uh, square table uh. If

3298
01:35:17,453 --> 01:35:19,389
adopted, this agreement would

3299
01:35:19,389 --> 01:35:21,789
be considered effective. The

3300
01:35:21,891 --> 01:35:24,660
first day of the first full pay

3301
01:35:24,660 --> 01:35:26,228
period following the effective

3302
01:35:26,228 --> 01:35:29,990
date. Um, according to the

3303
01:35:29,990 --> 01:35:30,900
fiscal note, uh, the cumulative

3304
01:35:30,900 --> 01:35:33,690
total for the duration of the

3305
01:35:33,690 --> 01:35:35,638
agreement is a little over

3306
01:35:35,638 --> 01:35:37,106
$15,000 that would be expended

3307
01:35:37,106 --> 01:35:39,342
from the solid Waste Operating

3308
01:35:39,342 --> 01:35:40,843
Fund. Executive staff note that

3309
01:35:40,843 --> 01:35:42,780
there will be no supplemental

3310
01:35:42,780 --> 01:35:43,947
budget authority needed to

3311
01:35:43,947 --> 01:35:44,814
implement the agreement. MADAM

3312
01:35:44,814 --> 01:35:46,382
Chair, that concludes my

3313
01:35:46,382 --> 01:35:47,883
remarks.

3314
01:35:47,883 --> 01:35:48,317
Thank you very much, Erica.

3315
01:35:48,317 --> 01:35:48,952
With that, I

3316
01:35:48,952 --> 01:35:49,152
d like to ask if

3317
01:35:49,152 --> 01:35:51,540
there

3318
01:35:51,540 --> 01:35:52,689
s any discussion from my

3319
01:35:52,689 --> 01:35:56,289
colleagues opening this up so I

3320
01:35:58,261 --> 01:36:01,861
can see any hands or questions.

3321
01:36:02,965 --> 01:36:04,400
Okay. Not seeing any questions

3322
01:36:04,400 --> 01:36:04,934
from my colleagues. Let

3323
01:36:04,934 --> 01:36:06,402
s

3324
01:36:06,402 --> 01:36:07,937
proceed with a vote. Clerk.

3325
01:36:07,937 --> 01:36:08,470
Hey, will you please call the

3326
01:36:08,470 --> 01:36:10,470
roll?

3327
01:36:10,573 --> 01:36:12,509
Thank you. Councilmember

3328
01:36:12,509 --> 01:36:13,420
Balducci. I Councilmember

3329
01:36:13,420 --> 01:36:14,760
Baron.

3330
01:36:14,760 --> 01:36:15,111
Hi.

3331
01:36:15,111 --> 01:36:16,246
Councilmember Dembowski.

3332
01:36:16,246 --> 01:36:18,246
Hi.

3333
01:36:18,414 --> 01:36:20,414
Councilmember Dunn. I

3334
01:36:20,616 --> 01:36:23,160
Councilmember Fain I remember,

3335
01:36:23,319 --> 01:36:25,319
Louis. I Councilmember

3336
01:36:26,923 --> 01:36:28,124
Mosqueda. I Councilmember von

3337
01:36:28,124 --> 01:36:29,559
Reichbauer.

3338
01:36:29,559 --> 01:36:30,693
I.

3339
01:36:30,693 --> 01:36:31,394
Chair Perry.

3340
01:36:31,394 --> 01:36:32,161
Hi.

3341
01:36:32,161 --> 01:36:33,830
Hello. It is nine I

3342
01:36:33,830 --> 01:36:35,231
s zero nos.

3343
01:36:35,231 --> 01:36:35,418
Thank you. Clerk. By our vote,

3344
01:36:35,418 --> 01:36:36,232
we

3345
01:36:36,232 --> 01:36:38,232
ve adopted proposed

3346
01:36:40,470 --> 01:36:41,770
ordinance 2026 0189. Turning

3347
01:36:41,770 --> 01:36:44,770
next to item eight, proposed

3348
01:36:44,907 --> 01:36:45,975
Ordinance 2026 0196. Vice Chair

3349
01:36:45,975 --> 01:36:48,975
Brown, will you please move

3350
01:36:49,812 --> 01:36:50,746
proposed ordinance 2026 0196..

3351
01:36:50,746 --> 01:36:51,815
So moved.

3352
01:36:51,815 --> 01:36:53,216
Thank you. The proposed

3353
01:36:53,216 --> 01:36:54,451
ordinance is before us. Before

3354
01:36:54,451 --> 01:36:54,662
we proceed with the discussion,

3355
01:36:54,662 --> 01:36:55,451
I

3356
01:36:55,451 --> 01:36:56,485
ll note that we have Maria

3357
01:36:56,485 --> 01:36:58,654
Williams, PRESIDENT Of the

3358
01:36:58,654 --> 01:37:00,356
director of Teamsters Local 117

3359
01:37:00,356 --> 01:37:01,858
and co-chair of the King County

3360
01:37:01,858 --> 01:37:02,925
Coalition of Unions, along with

3361
01:37:02,925 --> 01:37:04,260
Michael Gonzalez, senior

3362
01:37:04,260 --> 01:37:06,162
business agent for Teamsters

3363
01:37:06,162 --> 01:37:07,263
Local 174 and co-chair of the

3364
01:37:07,263 --> 01:37:09,131
King County Coalition of

3365
01:37:09,131 --> 01:37:10,660
Unions, available to answer any

3366
01:37:10,660 --> 01:37:10,700
questions. First, I

3367
01:37:10,700 --> 01:37:12,134
d like to

3368
01:37:12,134 --> 01:37:13,736
ask Erika Newman from council

3369
01:37:13,736 --> 01:37:14,604
staff to brief the item. Erika,

3370
01:37:14,604 --> 01:37:14,771
please go ahead when you

3371
01:37:14,771 --> 01:37:15,638
re

3372
01:37:15,638 --> 01:37:17,339
ready.

3373
01:37:17,339 --> 01:37:18,908
Thank you, MADAM Chair. Erika

3374
01:37:18,908 --> 01:37:21,908
and Council center staff the

3375
01:37:22,512 --> 01:37:24,912
items for proposed ordinance

3376
01:37:26,115 --> 01:37:27,751
20260167. Begin on page 50 of

3377
01:37:27,751 --> 01:37:29,185
your packet. Uh, the proposed

3378
01:37:29,185 --> 01:37:31,454
ordinance would adopt the four

3379
01:37:31,454 --> 01:37:32,956
successor agreement to the 2125

3380
01:37:32,956 --> 01:37:34,956
Forward Coalition labor

3381
01:37:35,391 --> 01:37:36,592
agreement. And, uh, between

3382
01:37:36,592 --> 01:37:37,994
King County and the coalition

3383
01:37:37,994 --> 01:37:39,996
of Unions, which represents

3384
01:37:39,996 --> 01:37:41,998
employees from the Department

3385
01:37:41,998 --> 01:37:43,633
of Natural Resources and Parks,

3386
01:37:43,633 --> 01:37:45,234
Department of Local Services

3387
01:37:45,234 --> 01:37:46,936
and the Department of Executive

3388
01:37:46,936 --> 01:37:48,338
Services. The changes are

3389
01:37:48,338 --> 01:37:50,239
consistent with the item County

3390
01:37:50,239 --> 01:37:52,239
labor policies. Bargaining

3391
01:37:53,242 --> 01:37:54,644
began in JUNE of 25 and

3392
01:37:54,644 --> 01:37:57,644
agreements were reached by the

3393
01:37:57,780 --> 01:37:59,815
end of MAY of 2026. The the

3394
01:37:59,815 --> 01:38:00,816
agreement would be. If adopted,

3395
01:38:00,816 --> 01:38:03,452
the agreement will cover the

3396
01:38:03,452 --> 01:38:05,852
period of JANUARY 1st, 26

3397
01:38:06,550 --> 01:38:07,290
through DECEMBER 31st of 28.

3398
01:38:07,290 --> 01:38:09,959
Um. This will be referred to as

3399
01:38:09,959 --> 01:38:11,959
appendix 160, which represents

3400
01:38:13,229 --> 01:38:14,330
um employees. Uh, like I said,

3401
01:38:14,330 --> 01:38:15,731
of Department of Natural

3402
01:38:15,731 --> 01:38:17,660
Resources and part local

3403
01:38:17,660 --> 01:38:18,768
services and Department of

3404
01:38:18,768 --> 01:38:19,969
Executive Services, these

3405
01:38:19,969 --> 01:38:21,437
employees usually hold the

3406
01:38:21,437 --> 01:38:24,730
title of truck drivers, sign

3407
01:38:24,730 --> 01:38:26,473
and marketing specialists. Uh

3408
01:38:27,410 --> 01:38:29,812
fleet uh divisions and road

3409
01:38:29,812 --> 01:38:30,120
signing services. Um, there

3410
01:38:30,120 --> 01:38:32,120
s

3411
01:38:33,416 --> 01:38:36,416
some notable changes to the

3412
01:38:36,652 --> 01:38:39,589
cla, which is which includes a

3413
01:38:39,589 --> 01:38:41,190
2.5% solid waste hauling of

3414
01:38:41,190 --> 01:38:42,758
equipment premiums, uh,

3415
01:38:42,758 --> 01:38:44,627
hazardous material endorsement

3416
01:38:44,627 --> 01:38:47,270
premium increase from $70 an

3417
01:38:47,630 --> 01:38:48,697
hour to $100 a month and added

3418
01:38:48,697 --> 01:38:50,100
theory delay pay employees

3419
01:38:50,100 --> 01:38:51,534
report to dash on will be

3420
01:38:51,534 --> 01:38:53,436
compensated. Their normal pay

3421
01:38:53,436 --> 01:38:54,837
for delay time when a scheduled

3422
01:38:54,837 --> 01:38:56,138
theory is canceled and there

3423
01:38:56,138 --> 01:38:58,274
are no remaining alternative

3424
01:38:58,274 --> 01:39:00,409
free books available within one

3425
01:39:00,409 --> 01:39:02,578
hour or less. Um, after that,

3426
01:39:02,578 --> 01:39:05,514
council votes, there will be

3427
01:39:05,514 --> 01:39:06,849
changes to our weather related,

3428
01:39:06,849 --> 01:39:08,785
such as snow and ice alert.

3429
01:39:08,785 --> 01:39:09,786
Work overtime will be paid when

3430
01:39:09,786 --> 01:39:11,587
weather events require

3431
01:39:11,587 --> 01:39:13,987
alteration of shifts without

3432
01:39:14,724 --> 01:39:15,240
required advance notifications.

3433
01:39:15,240 --> 01:39:15,725
Uh, there

3434
01:39:15,725 --> 01:39:17,893
s going to be a

3435
01:39:17,893 --> 01:39:19,893
adding added bargaining

3436
01:39:21,697 --> 01:39:24,970
reopening to establish, uh,

3437
01:39:24,501 --> 01:39:27,103
sorry, uh, to establish a

3438
01:39:27,103 --> 01:39:29,372
discipline matrix, uh, to cover

3439
01:39:29,372 --> 01:39:31,207
instances of motor vehicle and

3440
01:39:31,207 --> 01:39:32,808
or equipment accidents,

3441
01:39:32,808 --> 01:39:34,808
property damages, snp

3442
01:39:34,911 --> 01:39:35,745
violations, um, and then the

3443
01:39:35,745 --> 01:39:36,178
other one is they

3444
01:39:36,178 --> 01:39:38,178
re going to

3445
01:39:38,281 --> 01:39:40,681
pilot establishing of regular

3446
01:39:40,816 --> 01:39:43,419
Friday and start time for solid

3447
01:39:43,419 --> 01:39:45,819
waste division truck drivers.

3448
01:39:46,255 --> 01:39:46,889
Um, and yeah there

3449
01:39:46,889 --> 01:39:47,890
s uh,

3450
01:39:47,890 --> 01:39:48,391
they

3451
01:39:48,391 --> 01:39:51,961
re going to also do some

3452
01:39:51,961 --> 01:39:53,363
17 work schedules from Monday

3453
01:39:53,363 --> 01:39:54,797
from a Monday through Sunday

3454
01:39:54,797 --> 01:39:56,232
workweek, Tuesday through

3455
01:39:56,232 --> 01:39:58,267
Monday work week. The

3456
01:39:58,267 --> 01:39:59,802
cumulative total to implement

3457
01:39:59,802 --> 01:40:01,637
the, um, the cumulative total

3458
01:40:01,637 --> 01:40:02,404
for the duration of there is a

3459
01:40:02,404 --> 01:40:04,404
little it

3460
01:40:05,541 --> 01:40:06,942
s almost $9 million,

3461
01:40:06,942 --> 01:40:09,312
which will be extended from,

3462
01:40:09,312 --> 01:40:10,880
um, the way operating from the

3463
01:40:10,880 --> 01:40:12,749
county Road Fund and the parks

3464
01:40:12,749 --> 01:40:14,750
levy operating fund. Um,

3465
01:40:14,750 --> 01:40:16,850
according to this, executive

3466
01:40:16,850 --> 01:40:17,954
staff will be the supplemental

3467
01:40:17,954 --> 01:40:19,955
budget authority, uh, needed to

3468
01:40:19,955 --> 01:40:21,391
implement this approved. MADAM

3469
01:40:21,391 --> 01:40:22,458
Chair, that concludes my

3470
01:40:22,458 --> 01:40:24,327
remarks.

3471
01:40:24,327 --> 01:40:26,762
Thank you very much. Erica. Do

3472
01:40:26,762 --> 01:40:28,364
my colleagues have any

3473
01:40:28,364 --> 01:40:30,364
questions, comments, discussion

3474
01:40:32,435 --> 01:40:33,636
at this point? Okay.

3475
01:40:33,636 --> 01:40:34,370
MISTER Chair Perry.

3476
01:40:34,370 --> 01:40:35,710
Yes.

3477
01:40:35,710 --> 01:40:36,505
Um.

3478
01:40:36,505 --> 01:40:38,674
Councilmember Lewis, thank you.

3479
01:40:38,674 --> 01:40:40,376
Thank you. Um, I would just

3480
01:40:40,376 --> 01:40:42,645
like to say that I was really

3481
01:40:42,645 --> 01:40:45,514
pleased to see the, um, the

3482
01:40:45,514 --> 01:40:47,914
bilingual pay, um, provision

3483
01:40:48,985 --> 01:40:51,688
in, uh, in the agreement. And I

3484
01:40:51,688 --> 01:40:54,880
appreciate the Teamsters and,

3485
01:40:54,157 --> 01:40:55,391
um, the county negotiating

3486
01:40:55,391 --> 01:40:57,391
that. Thank you.

3487
01:40:57,760 --> 01:40:59,596
Thank you, Councilmember Lewis.

3488
01:40:59,596 --> 01:41:00,296
Okay, seeing no further

3489
01:41:00,296 --> 01:41:00,930
discussion, let

3490
01:41:00,930 --> 01:41:01,930
s proceed to

3491
01:41:01,930 --> 01:41:03,166
the vote. Clerk, will you

3492
01:41:03,166 --> 01:41:05,267
please call the roll?

3493
01:41:05,267 --> 01:41:05,902
Thank you. Councilmember

3494
01:41:05,902 --> 01:41:06,402
Balducci.

3495
01:41:06,402 --> 01:41:08,402
I.

3496
01:41:08,905 --> 01:41:10,905
Councilmember Marone. I

3497
01:41:11,107 --> 01:41:13,107
Councilmember Dembowski. I

3498
01:41:13,943 --> 01:41:15,511
Councilmember Dunn. I

3499
01:41:15,511 --> 01:41:17,511
Councilmember Fain. I

3500
01:41:18,314 --> 01:41:20,116
Councilmember. I Councilmember

3501
01:41:20,116 --> 01:41:21,584
Mosqueda. I it

3502
01:41:21,584 --> 01:41:21,985
s a member von

3503
01:41:21,985 --> 01:41:22,551
Reichbauer.

3504
01:41:22,551 --> 01:41:24,551
I.

3505
01:41:25,588 --> 01:41:26,255
Hear Perry. I vote is nine I

3506
01:41:26,255 --> 01:41:26,955
zero no

3507
01:41:26,955 --> 01:41:28,891
s.

3508
01:41:28,891 --> 01:41:29,580
Thank you. Uh, by our vote

3509
01:41:29,580 --> 01:41:30,193
we

3510
01:41:30,193 --> 01:41:32,193
ve adopted proposed

3511
01:41:37,166 --> 01:41:38,734
ordinance 2026-0196. Thank you.

3512
01:41:38,734 --> 01:41:40,236
Turning now to hearing examiner

3513
01:41:40,236 --> 01:41:41,700
consent agenda items nine and

3514
01:41:41,700 --> 01:41:42,338
ten. Clerk. Hey, will you

3515
01:41:42,338 --> 01:41:43,600
please read the items into the

3516
01:41:43,600 --> 01:41:44,140
record?

3517
01:41:44,140 --> 01:41:45,208
Thank you. Chair. Perry, item

3518
01:41:45,208 --> 01:41:47,608
nine is proposed. Substitute

3519
01:41:47,610 --> 01:41:48,244
ordinance number 2026 0091,

3520
01:41:48,244 --> 01:41:49,278
concurring with a

3521
01:41:49,278 --> 01:41:51,114
recommendation of the hearing

3522
01:41:51,114 --> 01:41:52,414
examiner to approve, subject to

3523
01:41:52,414 --> 01:41:53,549
conditions, the application for

3524
01:41:53,549 --> 01:41:54,817
both benefit rating system

3525
01:41:54,817 --> 01:41:56,419
assessed valuation for Open

3526
01:41:56,419 --> 01:41:58,321
Space. Submitted by Deborah

3527
01:41:58,321 --> 01:41:59,455
Mallory and John Van. Wiring

3528
01:41:59,455 --> 01:42:00,989
for property located in

3529
01:42:00,989 --> 01:42:02,580
Enumclaw and item ten is

3530
01:42:02,580 --> 01:42:04,580
proposed subsidy Ordinance

3531
01:42:04,393 --> 01:42:05,561
Number 2026 0120, authorizing

3532
01:42:05,561 --> 01:42:08,897
the vacation of a portion of

3533
01:42:08,897 --> 01:42:10,499
County Road 393 se Twist Road

3534
01:42:10,499 --> 01:42:13,336
and Enumclaw file number be

3535
01:42:13,336 --> 01:42:15,736
2776 for petitioners Alexis and

3536
01:42:16,239 --> 01:42:18,541
Devin Jones and Garth Cook.

3537
01:42:18,541 --> 01:42:19,742
Thank you very much. Council

3538
01:42:19,742 --> 01:42:21,744
member Fain, will you please

3539
01:42:21,744 --> 01:42:22,578
move consent agenda items nine

3540
01:42:22,578 --> 01:42:23,546
and ten.

3541
01:42:23,546 --> 01:42:25,281
So moved.

3542
01:42:25,281 --> 01:42:26,349
Thank you. Consent agenda items

3543
01:42:26,349 --> 01:42:27,450
nine and ten. And before us.

3544
01:42:27,450 --> 01:42:27,983
Clerk, will you please call the

3545
01:42:27,983 --> 01:42:29,983
roll?

3546
01:42:30,252 --> 01:42:31,954
Thank you. Councilmember

3547
01:42:31,954 --> 01:42:32,521
Balducci. I Councilmember

3548
01:42:32,521 --> 01:42:33,156
Baron..

3549
01:42:33,156 --> 01:42:34,524
Hi.

3550
01:42:34,524 --> 01:42:35,658
Councilmember Dembowski.

3551
01:42:35,658 --> 01:42:36,793
Hi.

3552
01:42:36,793 --> 01:42:37,827
Councilmember Dunn..

3553
01:42:37,827 --> 01:42:39,362
Hi.

3554
01:42:39,362 --> 01:42:41,362
Councilmember Fain. I

3555
01:42:41,830 --> 01:42:43,830
Councilmember Lewis. I

3556
01:42:44,701 --> 01:42:46,402
Councilmember Mosqueda. I

3557
01:42:46,402 --> 01:42:46,592
Councilmember von Reichbauer. I

3558
01:42:46,592 --> 01:42:47,469
you

3559
01:42:47,469 --> 01:42:47,937
re Perry.

3560
01:42:47,937 --> 01:42:49,937
I.

3561
01:42:50,439 --> 01:42:51,474
Go to nine eyes zero noes.

3562
01:42:51,474 --> 01:42:51,647
Thank you. By your vote we

3563
01:42:51,647 --> 01:42:53,343
ve

3564
01:42:53,343 --> 01:42:55,343
adopted proposed substitute

3565
01:42:58,982 --> 01:43:00,383
ordinances 2026 0091 and 0120.

3566
01:43:00,383 --> 01:43:02,170
Turning next to the motion

3567
01:43:02,170 --> 01:43:03,319
consent agenda. Vice chair,

3568
01:43:03,319 --> 01:43:04,687
will you please move consent

3569
01:43:04,687 --> 01:43:06,687
agenda item 11.

3570
01:43:06,722 --> 01:43:08,224
I move item 11.

3571
01:43:08,224 --> 01:43:09,258
Consent agenda item is before

3572
01:43:09,258 --> 01:43:09,925
as clerk, will you please call

3573
01:43:09,925 --> 01:43:11,327
the roll?

3574
01:43:11,327 --> 01:43:13,950
Thank you.

3575
01:43:13,950 --> 01:43:14,964
Councilmember Balducci I.

3576
01:43:14,964 --> 01:43:16,699
Council member Baron.

3577
01:43:16,699 --> 01:43:18,167
Aye.

3578
01:43:18,167 --> 01:43:20,167
Councilmember Dembowski

3579
01:43:20,637 --> 01:43:22,637
enthusiastically I.

3580
01:43:23,873 --> 01:43:25,873
Never done. I.

3581
01:43:31,147 --> 01:43:33,616
Fain. I Councilmember Lewis. I

3582
01:43:33,616 --> 01:43:35,616
Councilmember Mosqueda. I

3583
01:43:35,818 --> 01:43:36,518
Councilmember von Reichbauer. I

3584
01:43:36,518 --> 01:43:37,586
chair.

3585
01:43:37,586 --> 01:43:39,586
Perry I.

3586
01:43:40,220 --> 01:43:40,956
Vote is nine eyes zero noes.

3587
01:43:40,956 --> 01:43:41,490
Thank you bio but we

3588
01:43:41,490 --> 01:43:43,490
ve adopted

3589
01:43:46,796 --> 01:43:48,331
proposed motion 2026 0115.

3590
01:43:48,331 --> 01:43:48,597
Turning the final action item

3591
01:43:48,597 --> 01:43:49,632
on today

3592
01:43:49,632 --> 01:43:50,666
s agenda item 12,

3593
01:43:50,666 --> 01:43:51,533
which is motion approving the

3594
01:43:51,533 --> 01:43:53,350
job description for the

3595
01:43:53,350 --> 01:43:54,690
position of Inspector General

3596
01:43:54,690 --> 01:43:55,638
Vice Chair Baron, will you

3597
01:43:55,638 --> 01:43:58,380
please move? Proposed motion

3598
01:43:58,607 --> 01:43:59,475
2026 0197.

3599
01:43:59,475 --> 01:44:01,475
So moved.

3600
01:44:02,111 --> 01:44:04,511
Thank you. Proposed motion 2026

3601
01:44:04,781 --> 01:44:06,381
0197 is before us. Before we

3602
01:44:06,381 --> 01:44:08,283
proceed, I will briefly share

3603
01:44:08,283 --> 01:44:09,686
that the reason we relieved the

3604
01:44:09,686 --> 01:44:11,870
committee of this item to take

3605
01:44:11,870 --> 01:44:12,354
action today was to ensure that

3606
01:44:12,354 --> 01:44:14,900
we could begin the Inspector

3607
01:44:14,900 --> 01:44:15,925
General recruitment process in

3608
01:44:15,925 --> 01:44:17,193
earnest, with council recess

3609
01:44:17,193 --> 01:44:19,280
beginning next week. The

3610
01:44:19,280 --> 01:44:20,763
Employment and Administration

3611
01:44:20,763 --> 01:44:22,498
Committee, eac, will not be

3612
01:44:22,498 --> 01:44:24,267
meeting again until SEPTEMBER.

3613
01:44:24,267 --> 01:44:25,401
This is where this conversation

3614
01:44:25,401 --> 01:44:25,968
is usually held. It

3615
01:44:25,968 --> 01:44:27,303
s important

3616
01:44:27,303 --> 01:44:28,671
that we begin this process

3617
01:44:28,671 --> 01:44:30,139
expeditiously, so that the

3618
01:44:30,139 --> 01:44:31,507
Inspector General can begin the

3619
01:44:31,507 --> 01:44:33,276
crucial work of standing up the

3620
01:44:33,276 --> 01:44:35,344
infrastructure of the office as

3621
01:44:35,344 --> 01:44:36,311
soon as possible. With that, I

3622
01:44:36,311 --> 01:44:37,714
will note that we have

3623
01:44:37,714 --> 01:44:39,314
Stephanine Cirkovich Chief of

3624
01:44:39,314 --> 01:44:41,250
Staff on the council available

3625
01:44:41,250 --> 01:44:42,619
to answer any questions before

3626
01:44:42,619 --> 01:44:42,773
I open it up to my colleagues,

3627
01:44:42,773 --> 01:44:44,120
I

3628
01:44:44,120 --> 01:44:44,854
d like to ask Councilmember

3629
01:44:44,854 --> 01:44:45,154
Dembowski if you

3630
01:44:45,154 --> 01:44:46,488
d like to

3631
01:44:46,488 --> 01:44:48,524
provide any other opening

3632
01:44:48,524 --> 01:44:50,359
remarks.

3633
01:44:50,359 --> 01:44:53,228
Uh, thank you very much, chair.

3634
01:44:53,228 --> 01:44:54,564
And this is the follow on step

3635
01:44:54,564 --> 01:44:55,831
following approval of the

3636
01:44:55,831 --> 01:44:57,900
Office of Inspector General

3637
01:44:57,900 --> 01:45:00,690
that we did a week or two ago,

3638
01:45:00,690 --> 01:45:01,937
I wanted to just express deep

3639
01:45:01,937 --> 01:45:04,390
gratitude to our council Chief

3640
01:45:04,390 --> 01:45:06,410
of staff, Stephanine Cirkovich,

3641
01:45:06,410 --> 01:45:07,760
for accelerating the process

3642
01:45:07,760 --> 01:45:08,911
here. We were looking at a

3643
01:45:08,911 --> 01:45:11,470
couple of months through an eac

3644
01:45:11,470 --> 01:45:12,915
process, and she really jumped

3645
01:45:12,915 --> 01:45:14,283
on it and did a great bit of

3646
01:45:14,283 --> 01:45:16,285
research. Looking around the

3647
01:45:16,285 --> 01:45:18,320
country and inspectors, general

3648
01:45:18,320 --> 01:45:20,255
positions and scopes of work.

3649
01:45:20,255 --> 01:45:21,157
Uh, then the draft was shared

3650
01:45:21,157 --> 01:45:22,758
out and a number of our

3651
01:45:22,758 --> 01:45:24,930
colleagues provided some

3652
01:45:24,930 --> 01:45:25,662
suggestions, I think, all of

3653
01:45:25,662 --> 01:45:28,662
which were were included or

3654
01:45:29,265 --> 01:45:30,666
will be and, uh, just really

3655
01:45:30,666 --> 01:45:32,835
pleased to see the forward

3656
01:45:32,835 --> 01:45:34,637
momentum on this to get the

3657
01:45:34,637 --> 01:45:35,700
recruitment going. And I

3658
01:45:35,700 --> 01:45:35,604
suspect we

3659
01:45:35,604 --> 01:45:36,739
re going to have a

3660
01:45:36,739 --> 01:45:36,939
lot of great candidates. It

3661
01:45:36,939 --> 01:45:37,173
s

3662
01:45:37,173 --> 01:45:38,507
an it

3663
01:45:38,507 --> 01:45:39,742
s a really nicely done

3664
01:45:39,742 --> 01:45:39,898
job description, and I

3665
01:45:39,898 --> 01:45:40,876
m

3666
01:45:40,876 --> 01:45:43,110
looking forward to seeing our

3667
01:45:43,110 --> 01:45:45,810
applicants. So thanks for your

3668
01:45:45,810 --> 01:45:45,981
leadership, Chair Perry. And as

3669
01:45:45,981 --> 01:45:46,983
chair of the Employment

3670
01:45:46,983 --> 01:45:48,885
Administration Committee and

3671
01:45:48,885 --> 01:45:50,686
the Council and expediting this

3672
01:45:50,686 --> 01:45:52,321
through and making sure we, uh,

3673
01:45:52,321 --> 01:45:54,230
got it before everybody today.

3674
01:45:54,230 --> 01:45:56,225
I appreciate you very much.

3675
01:45:56,225 --> 01:45:57,827
Thank you. Council Member

3676
01:45:57,827 --> 01:45:59,328
Dembowski, for your sponsorship

3677
01:45:59,328 --> 01:46:00,663
and leadership on this. Is

3678
01:46:00,663 --> 01:46:04,133
there any are there any other

3679
01:46:04,133 --> 01:46:04,600
comments from my colleagues?

3680
01:46:04,600 --> 01:46:06,436
Okay.

3681
01:46:06,436 --> 01:46:06,635
I just want to say thank you to

3682
01:46:06,635 --> 01:46:08,635
this.

3683
01:46:09,638 --> 01:46:10,639
Council member Balducci.

3684
01:46:10,639 --> 01:46:11,341
Thank you. Chair, I just want

3685
01:46:11,341 --> 01:46:13,642
to say thank you to the

3686
01:46:13,642 --> 01:46:16,112
sponsor, uh, and your office

3687
01:46:16,112 --> 01:46:17,780
for seeking and incorporating

3688
01:46:17,780 --> 01:46:18,848
feedback. Uh, we provided a

3689
01:46:18,848 --> 01:46:20,182
couple of thoughts, and they

3690
01:46:20,182 --> 01:46:22,250
show up very beautifully in

3691
01:46:22,250 --> 01:46:24,186
this current draft, and that

3692
01:46:24,186 --> 01:46:25,421
really makes it easy to move

3693
01:46:25,421 --> 01:46:27,289
forward quickly. So really

3694
01:46:27,289 --> 01:46:28,957
appreciate that effort. And I

3695
01:46:28,957 --> 01:46:31,127
support the, uh, I support the

3696
01:46:31,127 --> 01:46:32,561
both the proposal and the

3697
01:46:32,561 --> 01:46:33,429
expeditious nature of the

3698
01:46:33,429 --> 01:46:35,429
process.

3699
01:46:36,198 --> 01:46:37,700
Thank you. Councilmember

3700
01:46:37,700 --> 01:46:39,535
Balducci. Uh, seeing no

3701
01:46:39,535 --> 01:46:40,503
further, we have a an amendment

3702
01:46:40,503 --> 01:46:41,737
which attaches the job

3703
01:46:41,737 --> 01:46:43,390
description to the motion.

3704
01:46:43,390 --> 01:46:44,600
Councilmember Dembowski, please

3705
01:46:44,600 --> 01:46:45,140
move. Amendment one.

3706
01:46:45,140 --> 01:46:46,241
So moved.

3707
01:46:46,241 --> 01:46:47,709
Thank you. Amendment one is

3708
01:46:47,709 --> 01:46:49,979
before us. Any discussion from

3709
01:46:49,979 --> 01:46:50,613
colleagues seeing no discussion

3710
01:46:50,613 --> 01:46:51,130
on amendment. Let

3711
01:46:51,130 --> 01:46:51,947
s proceed

3712
01:46:51,947 --> 01:46:53,415
with the vote. All those in

3713
01:46:53,415 --> 01:46:54,183
favor of amendment one say I.

3714
01:46:54,183 --> 01:46:55,984
Aye.

3715
01:46:55,984 --> 01:46:58,253
All those opposed. Nay.

3716
01:46:58,253 --> 01:47:00,122
Amendment one is adopted. Any

3717
01:47:00,122 --> 01:47:01,491
final closing remarks before we

3718
01:47:01,491 --> 01:47:04,491
proceed with the final adoption

3719
01:47:04,994 --> 01:47:06,562
of the underlying motion? Okay.

3720
01:47:06,562 --> 01:47:07,696
Seeing no further discussion,

3721
01:47:07,696 --> 01:47:08,231
clerk, will you please call the

3722
01:47:08,231 --> 01:47:10,231
roll?

3723
01:47:10,266 --> 01:47:10,833
Thank you. Councilmember

3724
01:47:10,833 --> 01:47:12,468
Balducci.

3725
01:47:12,468 --> 01:47:13,569
Hi, Councilmember.

3726
01:47:13,569 --> 01:47:14,937
Hi.

3727
01:47:14,937 --> 01:47:16,937
Councilmember. Dembowski.

3728
01:47:17,207 --> 01:47:18,641
Aye. Councilmember Dunn.

3729
01:47:18,641 --> 01:47:20,443
I Councilmember.

3730
01:47:20,443 --> 01:47:22,443
Fain I.

3731
01:47:22,578 --> 01:47:24,578
Councilmember Lewis. I

3732
01:47:25,847 --> 01:47:27,483
Councilmember Mosqueda. I

3733
01:47:27,483 --> 01:47:27,984
Councilmember von Reichbauer.

3734
01:47:27,984 --> 01:47:29,451
I.

3735
01:47:29,451 --> 01:47:29,985
Chair Perry.

3736
01:47:29,985 --> 01:47:30,138
I I

3737
01:47:30,138 --> 01:47:31,153
m.

3738
01:47:31,153 --> 01:47:33,153
In our meeting.

3739
01:47:33,722 --> 01:47:34,824
The vote is nine I zero no.

3740
01:47:34,824 --> 01:47:34,990
Uh thank you. By our vote,

3741
01:47:34,990 --> 01:47:36,990
we

3742
01:47:36,993 --> 01:47:39,393
ve adopted proposed motion

3743
01:47:40,529 --> 01:47:40,730
2026 0197, as amended. If

3744
01:47:40,730 --> 01:47:41,497
there

3745
01:47:41,497 --> 01:47:42,765
s no objection, the

3746
01:47:42,765 --> 01:47:43,899
publish marked agenda, together

3747
01:47:43,899 --> 01:47:44,100
with any changes made in

3748
01:47:44,100 --> 01:47:44,500
today

3749
01:47:44,500 --> 01:47:44,901
s meeting, we

3750
01:47:44,901 --> 01:47:46,101
ll stand

3751
01:47:46,101 --> 01:47:47,503
approved as the first reading

3752
01:47:47,503 --> 01:47:49,605
and referral of ordinances and

3753
01:47:49,605 --> 01:47:51,605
motions. Items 13 through 23,

3754
01:47:53,242 --> 01:47:53,676
as listed. And before we

3755
01:47:53,676 --> 01:47:54,610
adjourn, I

3756
01:47:54,610 --> 01:47:55,978
ll note we have a

3757
01:47:55,978 --> 01:47:56,178
proclamation celebrating

3758
01:47:56,178 --> 01:47:57,546
India

3759
01:47:57,546 --> 01:47:59,682
s Independence Day being

3760
01:47:59,682 --> 01:48:01,884
presented in community by

3761
01:48:01,884 --> 01:48:02,885
Councilmember von Reichbauer.

3762
01:48:02,885 --> 01:48:04,553
Additionally, I want to take a

3763
01:48:04,553 --> 01:48:07,890
brief moment to announce the

3764
01:48:07,890 --> 01:48:08,590
names of the nominees to fill

3765
01:48:08,590 --> 01:48:09,959
Council nominated At-Large

3766
01:48:09,959 --> 01:48:11,560
vacancy on the Conservation

3767
01:48:11,560 --> 01:48:13,560
Futures Advisory Committee.

3768
01:48:14,129 --> 01:48:16,529
Ellen Sheffer, Jamie Strobel,

3769
01:48:17,666 --> 01:48:19,535
Masa Clements, Jane Boyce.

3770
01:48:19,535 --> 01:48:21,270
Before we move on, I want to

3771
01:48:21,270 --> 01:48:23,605
briefly recognize Vice Chair

3772
01:48:23,605 --> 01:48:25,241
Barone to say a few final words

3773
01:48:25,241 --> 01:48:28,841
after the recent tragedy at the

3774
01:48:29,780 --> 01:48:29,278
bite of Seattle, Councilmember

3775
01:48:29,278 --> 01:48:31,180
Baron.

3776
01:48:31,180 --> 01:48:32,514
Thank you, Chair Perry, and I

3777
01:48:32,514 --> 01:48:33,716
appreciate your taking a

3778
01:48:33,716 --> 01:48:35,884
beginning of the meeting with

3779
01:48:35,884 --> 01:48:37,186
with a moment of silence. I

3780
01:48:37,186 --> 01:48:38,387
also wanted to take a moment to

3781
01:48:38,387 --> 01:48:39,488
acknowledge the horrific

3782
01:48:39,488 --> 01:48:40,823
incident that took place this

3783
01:48:40,823 --> 01:48:41,890
weekend. Industry for at the

3784
01:48:41,890 --> 01:48:43,459
Bite of Seattle event in

3785
01:48:43,459 --> 01:48:45,327
Seattle Center. I believe I

3786
01:48:45,327 --> 01:48:46,295
speak for everybody here when I

3787
01:48:46,295 --> 01:48:47,563
say that our hearts are with

3788
01:48:47,563 --> 01:48:49,232
the victims of this tragedy,

3789
01:48:49,232 --> 01:48:50,800
their families and loved ones

3790
01:48:50,800 --> 01:48:51,967
and everyone who has been

3791
01:48:51,967 --> 01:48:52,201
impacted, and that we

3792
01:48:52,201 --> 01:48:53,736
re

3793
01:48:53,736 --> 01:48:55,337
grateful for the prompt actions

3794
01:48:55,337 --> 01:48:56,505
of first responders, including

3795
01:48:56,505 --> 01:48:57,940
Seattle police and fire

3796
01:48:57,940 --> 01:48:59,241
departments and the staff of

3797
01:48:59,241 --> 01:49:00,575
our own county hospital,

3798
01:49:00,575 --> 01:49:01,310
Harborview Medical Center. So

3799
01:49:01,310 --> 01:49:01,710
thank you on everybody

3800
01:49:01,710 --> 01:49:03,120
s and

3801
01:49:03,120 --> 01:49:05,120
our thoughts.

3802
01:49:05,180 --> 01:49:07,149
Thank you very much. Vice chair

3803
01:49:07,149 --> 01:49:08,417
maroon. With that, I want to

3804
01:49:08,417 --> 01:49:10,220
share a quick reminder to the

3805
01:49:10,220 --> 01:49:11,721
public that the council will be

3806
01:49:11,721 --> 01:49:14,121
observing our annual AUGUST

3807
01:49:14,557 --> 01:49:16,826
recess from AUGUST 3rd through

3808
01:49:16,826 --> 01:49:18,160
AUGUST 14th. The council will

3809
01:49:18,160 --> 01:49:19,862
not be meeting during this

3810
01:49:19,862 --> 01:49:21,163
time, and our next regularly

3811
01:49:21,163 --> 01:49:23,563
scheduled council meeting will

3812
01:49:23,666 --> 01:49:25,501
be held on Tuesday, AUGUST

3813
01:49:25,501 --> 01:49:26,636
18th. With that, do my

3814
01:49:26,636 --> 01:49:27,837
colleagues have any other

3815
01:49:27,837 --> 01:49:30,606
business for the good of the

3816
01:49:30,606 --> 01:49:32,342
order? Seeing no further

3817
01:49:32,342 --> 01:49:35,342
business before us, the meeting