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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAudience CommentsAvItetc’ammi11JasonSethFrom:KrystaStrasbaugh<krystastrasbaugh@gmail.com>Sent:Monday,November23,20208:02PMTo:CityClerk;AngelinaBenedetti;RandyCorman;Kim-KhánhVan;ValerieOHalloran;RuthPerez;EdPrince;RyanMclrvin;ArmondoPavone;JuliaMedzegianSubject:InterimZoningordinanceCAUTION:ThisemailoriginatedfromoutsidetheCityofRenton.Donotclicklinks,replyoropenattachmentsunlessyouknowthecontentissafe.GoodeveningMayorPavone,PresidentPerezandcouncilmembers,MynameisKrystaStrasbaugh,andIamaRentonresidentandcommunitymember.I’dliketothankthecouncilforlisteningtoCommunityandworkingtopasstheordinanceinsupportofaBlackLivesMatterstreetmuralhereinRentonlastweek.I’dalsoliketothankthecouncilforadvancingthe#Stand4Justicebudgetdemand#1,whichistocreateanequityandempowermentcommission,tothedevelopmentstagewiththeCity.Thesestepsdon’tgounnoticed,andIknowmanypeople,includingmyself,areeagertoseetheirimplementation.Pleaserememberthatantiracismisamarathon.KeepingitapriorityasyougovernthroughCOVIDI9andthebudgetcycleiskeybecause,asweknow,itcaneasilybecomeaflexibleadd-oninsteadofthenecessarystapleitneedstobe.Inthatspiritandknowingthatmarginalizedgroups,especiallyBlackandIndigenouspeople,experiencehomelessnessathigherratesthanWhitesduetolong-standinghistoricalandstructuralracism,Iaskthatyoureconsideryourpositionontheinterimzoningordinancepresentedinthepublichearingtonight.FromwhatIunderstand,thereareover230peoplecurrentlystayingatRedLionduringtheCOVIDpandemic...butlet’snotforgetthepandemicofracismthat’sbeenimpactingcommunitymembersforfartoolong.Wecannotignoreraceasafactorinthiscontext.Pleasedroptheordinance—considertheintersectionsofpovertyandracismandplacepeopleovercodes.Thisishumanizing,andIbelieveanotherstepyoucantaketowardspracticingantiracism.Thankyou,KrystaStrasbaughRentonresident1 ,‘Ivdte4c€ec,i,.itniLJasonSethFrom:StephenA.Fesler<safesler@gmail.com>Sent:Monday,November23,20208:12PMTo:Kim-KhánhVan;AngelinaBenedetti;CityClerk;Council;EdPrince;JuliaMedzegian;RandyCorman;RyanMclrvin;RuthPerez;ValerieOHalloranSubject:EmergencyLegislationonHotelsICAUTION:ThisemailoriginatedfromoutsidetheCityofRenton.Donotclicklinks,replyoropenattachmentsunlessyouknowthecontentissafe.Goodevening:I’mwritingyoutoopposetheemergencylegislationthatwouldessentiallypreempthotelsassheltersforthepeopleexperiencinghomelessness.It’sheartlessandwillhurttheRentoncommunity.Dotherightthing:keepitlegal.There’snothingtoexplorehere.Housingisarightandbuildsastrongercommunity.-Stephen1