Remarks by Joy Hollingsworth
336 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 14
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“OK. Good afternoon, everyone. We're going to go ahead and get started. Good afternoon.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I always try to avoid to use the gavel. Hello, hello, hello. Hey, we're going to start the meeting. People in the front, we're going to start the meeting. Can we start the meeting? Will you let us start the meeting today? Can we start the meeting? Hello. Welcome. Cliff, welcome. Can we start the meeting today, my friend? You heard me. Can we start the meeting today? Thank you. We're going to start the meeting. I might have a conversation with you after the meeting. No, you're not. After the meeting, we're going to have a conversation. Okay, the September 15th, 2026 meeting of the Seattle City…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“We are at ease until we can start the meeting today.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, we're waiting until everyone's quiet, until we have quietness so we can start the meeting. All right, perfect. The September 15th, 2026 meeting of the Seattle City Council will come to order. It is 2.06 PM. I'm Joy Hollingsworth, Council President. Will the clerk please call the roll?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Awesome. Welcome back, colleagues. Really happy to have this is our first meeting after recess. So we're happy we have a full agenda today. And so we are going to get started today. Councilmember Foster will present a proclamation recognizing September 15th as Clean Air Day for Blue Skies. Councilmember Foster, you are recognized to present your proclamation.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, no, absolutely. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Foster. Thank you for your leadership on this. I want to see if any other council members have comments before we suspend the rules. And if there's no objection, we're going to go ahead and suspend the rules so we can present the proclamation. And I believe that we are joined by Representative Velma, who is joined by members of King County International Airport Community Coalition as well. And so we'd like to invite you all to the front to be able to provide some comments. And if there's no objection, do we have people speaking on…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And then if there's no objections, we'll suspend the rules for the presentation. Go right ahead. Welcome. Thank you so much.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Would you like a picture as well? Awesome. All right. So just come up here. We'll have Deanna Lee be in the middle here. We're going to take a quick photo with the council members. So many times. I know y'all know how we do it.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Now we're getting... Okay. Thank you all. Blue skies. Thank you, Council Member Foster. Colleagues, at this time, we're going to open the hybrid public comment period. Comments relating to our last agenda item, which is Resolution 32218, regarding Washington State Initiatives 101 and... 6 3 8 are not going to be accepted at this time and we're gonna open up a separate public comment period when we reach those agenda items So when we reach agenda item number five, we'll have two separate comment period for both of those resolutions today Just FYI at this time Please keep your comments to items…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so that is over 30 speakers. So everyone has one minute in our council rules. Just a reminder that for agenda item number five, which is resolution 32218 on initiatives 101 and three, or excuse me, 638, we'll have a separate public comment period for that as well. If you've signed up today to just give public comment about general stuff, you can talk about some of those issues in general form but not necessarily the initiative specifically does that make sense to people for this public comment period and then when we get to those agenda items you're able to talk about those specifically…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, we'll call people up. We'll call people up in five. So we have Tyson Holman, Jessa Davis, Sawyer Stearns, Deborah Osborne, and Ryan Donahue. So we have those five speakers. If you start making your way to the front, Tyson, Jessa, Sawyer, Deborah, and Ryan.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Jessa. Sawyer, followed by Deborah, then Ryan.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Awesome, thank you, Sawyer. Next, we have Deborah, followed by Ryan. Good afternoon. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Bring the microphone, we'll start your, bring the microphone to you. Yep, you can pull it closer to you. You can like actually physically pull it. Don't worry, you won't break it.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, no, no, go right ahead. I called you. Go right ahead. Thank you. No worries.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Welcome, director. My apologies as well. We're not recognizing.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Awesome. Thank you so much, Jen. Next, we have Jake, followed by Ryan, AJ, and Phil. Welcome.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“The vendor Acton can pull Seattle's footage.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Jake. Jake, thank you so much for your public comment. Really appreciate it. Thank you so much. Next, we have Ryan followed by AJ and Phil. Welcome.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Next we have AJ followed by Phil. Welcome AJ.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Next, we have Phil. Welcome, Phil. Before you go, Phil, I'll call the next five speakers. We have Will, Tatiana.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'll figure out what this name is. I think it's Clifford. Cliff. Okay, Cliff. Awesome. Welcome, Phil.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Phil. Next we have Will, Tatiana, Cliff, Noah, Ashley. Welcome. Welcome, Will.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Well, next we have Tatiana, followed by Cliff, Noah, and then Ashley Ford. Welcome, Tatiana.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026