Libraries, Education & Neighborhoods Committee 7/24/2025

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ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, GOOD
MORNING. THE JULY 2020 FOURTH --
THE JULY 24, 2025 MEETING OF THE
LIBRARIES , EDUCATION AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:32 A.M.,
I AM RIVERA, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL?
[ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
FOUR COUNCILMEMBERS ARE: FOUR COUNCILMEMBERS ARE
PRESENT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. COLLEAGUES, 13 ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. WE
HAVE THREE APPOINTMENTS OF THE
HISTORIC SEATTLE PRESERVATION ON
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNING
COUNCIL. FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO
THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND
ONE REAPPOINTMENT TO THE PIKE
PLACE MARKET HISTORICAL
COMMISSION , TWO REAPPOINTMENT
TO THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION
BOARD AND ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE
MARKET PRESERVATION ON
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNING
COUNCIL. IN ADDITION,
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
AND THE DEPARTMENT AND
NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WILL NOW OPEN
THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE
TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR WITHIN
THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE.
CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE
SIGNED UP TODAY?
WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO IN: WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO IN
PERSON SPEAKERS AND TWO REMOTE
SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
THANK YOU. PLEASE READ THE
PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING OUTER MATTER AND IS UP
TO 20 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE TWO MINUTES AND SPEAKERS
ARE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY ARE REGISTERED. WE WILL
START IN PERSON SPEAKERS , THEN
REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD HAS ENDED.
SPEAKERS WILL HER A TIME WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT IN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. WE
WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER . THE FIRST REMOTE
SPEAKER IS ALBERTO ALVAREZ .
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX WHEN HE: PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX WHEN HE
HEARD THE PROMPT, ALBERTO, AND
YOU HAVE BEEN UNNEEDED.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO BRING UP
THE PIKE PLACE MARKET PARKING
AND HOW THEY CLOSE IT OFF TO
CARS . IT IS REALLY WORKING OUT
WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC ACTIVITY
AND PEOPLE WILL GET OFF OF THE
BUS AND YOU'VE SEEN PICTURES
AND VIDEOS AND IT'S REALLY
WORKED OUT. I WANT TO POINT OUT
THAT A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS
WERE CRYING WOLF ABOUT ALL OF
THIS AND WE CLOSE IT OFF TO THE
VEHICLES OF CARS AND PEOPLE
WON'T SHOW UP. IT'LL BE DEAD.
PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE
ABOUT. ALL OF THAT WAS A LIE AND
THEY CLEARLY DON'T UNDERSTAND
THEIR OWN CLIENTELE . THE REST
OF US WERE MAKING THEM REALIZE
THAT THIS IS FOR THEIR OWN
BENEFIT, AS WELL. MORE PEOPLE
WALKING AROUND SAFELY JUST MEANS
MORE BUSINESS FOR THEM AND I
THINK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU
SPOKE TO ONE OF THE RESTAURANT
BUSINESS IS DOWN THERE RECENTLY
AND I FORGET THE NAME. WE DON'T
WANT TO CLOSE IT OFF . WE ALL
HAVE TO LET THE BUSINESS OWNERS
DOWN THERE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE
SHOWING UP AND IT'S WORKING. AS
A PLUS, MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS OR OTHER AREAS
THAT SIMILAR CAN BE MADE. JUST
TO LET PEOPLE WALK AROUND AND
FEEL SAFER. I KNOW THAT THERE IS
A BUSINESS AREA AND I FORGET THE
NAME OF THE STREET, BUT IT IS
ALREADY SOMEWHAT CLOSED OFF TO
VEHICLES AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
US . THERE ARE AREAS -- MAY BE
MORE OF THAT. THANK YOU. HAVE A
GOOD DAY.
THANK YOU, SPEAKER.
OUR NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER IS: OUR NEXT REMOTE SPEAKER IS
DAVID HAYNES.
DAVID, PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU
MAY BEGIN.
THANK YOU. YESTERDAY, THERE
WAS A NAKED GUY WHO WAS MOST
LIKELY IN THE DISTRICT.
I'M SORRY, BUT YOU NEED TO
STICK TO THE ITEMS WITHIN THE
AGENDA. THIS IS THE LIBRARIES
EDUCATION AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE.
I THOUGHT WE COULD DISCUSS: I THOUGHT WE COULD DISCUSS
MAYBE IMPROVING THE LIBRARY THAT
YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING
ABOUT, BECAUSE IT IS STILL
IMPOSSIBLE TO GO DOWN THERE AT
THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND READ THE
NEWSPAPER WITHOUT BEING BOTHERED
BY SOMEBODY ELSE , BECAUSE OF
THE WAREHOUSE LIKE LIBRARY, IT
SEEMS TO BE DESIGNED TO BOTHER
PEOPLE . WHAT I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT IS THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM
IN OUR SOCIETY AND YOU ALL
DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP FOR THE
RENTERS COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
YESTERDAY BUT I WAS WONDERING
WHY YOU COULDN'T HAVE SHOWED UP
FOR THAT, BUT YOU KEEP
CHEERLEADING AND GIVING PRAISES
TO THE MAYOR WHO HAS FAILED AT
PUBLIC SAFETY. I'M TRYING TO GO
INTO THE LIBRARY AND THERE'S
ALL OF THESE JUNKIES ALL SCREWED
UP AND YOUR DISTRICT IS PART OF
WHAT IS BEING TRAFFICKED. YOU
KEEP SHOWING UP AT PUBLIC SAFETY
AND TELLING US HOW GREAT THE
MAYOR IS DOING AND HE'S FAILING
MISERABLY , BUT YOU KEEP MEETING
WITH THE CHIEF EVERY MONTH AND
YOU CAN'T CHEAT PEOPLE OUT OF
PROPER POLICY.
THANK YOU, DAVID.
I'M NOT FINISHED. I'LL
ADDRESS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE
LIBRARY , BUT IT'S NOT FAIR
THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING THE
REALITY OF YOUR DISTRICT AND
UNIVERSITY . THERE WAS A NAKED
WOMAN LAST WEEK AND A NAKED GUY
YESTERDAY. THERE'S A REAL
PROBLEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU
ARE TREATING THE PEOPLE. SHOULD
BE INVESTIGATED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR YOUR
LANDLORD THAT IS CHEATING.
THANK YOU, DAVID. YOU CAN
SUBMIT THE RE

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