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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStrasbaugh 11.23.201 Jason Seth From:Krysta Strasbaugh <krystastrasbaugh@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, November 23, 2020 8:02 PM To:CityClerk; Angelina Benedetti; Randy Corman; Kim-Khánh Vn; Valerie O'Halloran; Ruth Pérez; Ed Prince; Ryan McIrvin; Armondo Pavone; Julia Medzegian Subject:Interim Zoning ordinance Good evening Mayor Pavone, President Perez and council members, My name is Krysta Strasbaugh, and I am a Renton resident and community member. I’d like to thank the council for listening to Community and working to pass the ordinance in support of a Black Lives Matter street mural here in Renton last week. I’d also like to thank the council for advancing the #Stand4Justice budget demand #1, which is to create an equity and empowerment commission, to the development stage with the City. These steps don’t go unnoticed, and I know many people, including myself, are eager to see their implementation. Please remember that antiracism is a marathon. Keeping it a priority as you govern through COVID19 and the budget cycle is key because, as we know, it can easily become a flexible add-on instead of the necessary staple it needs to be. In that spirit and knowing that marginalized groups, especially Black and Indigenous people, experience homelessness at higher rates than Whites due to long-standing historical and structural racism, I ask that you reconsider your position on the interim zoning ordinance presented in the public hearing tonight. From what I understand, there are over 230 people currently staying at Red Lion during the COVID pandemic… but let’s not forget the pandemic of racism that’s been impacting community members for far too long. We cannot ignore race as a factor in this context. Please drop the ordinance— consider the intersections of poverty and racism and place people over codes. This is humanizing, and I believe another step you can take towards practicing antiracism. Thank you, Krysta Strasbaugh Renton resident CAUTION: This email originated from outside the City of Renton. Do not click links, reply or open attachments unless you know the content is safe.