Speaker 0: Great. That takes us to items seven and eight on our agenda, proposed motions 2021 to 15 and to 227, which would confirm the executive appointments of one needlessly to Selena Aguilar and Brian Aden to the Immigrant and Refugee Commission. Other application materials were sent out to the council members by email separately yesterday, branded less than ten from the council staff will provide a brief staff report. Then we'll hear from the nominees who were on the zoom call with us. Ms.. Luskin in the line is yours.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Mr. Chair. And good morning, members of the Committee for the Record, Randle asking the council staff, the combined staff report for these two items, six and seven start on page eight of your packaging materials, as noted by the chair. These two items are proposed motions to confirm the executives appointments of the following persons to the King, LG, Immigrant and Refugee Commission. Juanita Saldana Aguilar, who resides in Council District five. This would be for a partial term expiring at the end of September of next year. And Bylon Aden, who resides in Council District eight for a partial term, expiring at the end of September of this year. Just as a quick bit of background, the Commission was established in 2018 to serve as a central point of contact, communication and coordination, to encourage coordination and efficient intersection of the work of stakeholders serving and engaging immigrant and refugee communities and residents to achieve greater impact. Additionally, the Commission focuses on understanding and addressing challenges faced by immigrant and refugee communities living in suburban cities and unincorporated areas of the county. Currently, code appointments to the Commission are subject to council confirmation. As such, approval of these proposed motions would fulfill that requirement and in step and some staff has not identified any issues with the proposed appointments, which appear to be consistent with the requirements of the county code, as noted by the Chair. We are joined by both appointees as well as Renee NASIR, who is the staff liaison for the Council to the Commission. Mr. Chair, at that concludes my remarks.
Speaker 0: Thank you so much. Are there any questions of Miss less than two? Great. Then I would like to welcome and introduce Miscellaneous Aguilar and Mr. Adan. Miscellaneous Aguilar Would you like to tell us a little bit about yourself, your background, your interest in serving on the commission?
Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely. Thank you so much, members of the committee. Thank you so much for having me this morning. I am both humbled and honored to have been invited to join this commission in service of immigrants and refugees in our community. For the record, my name is Juanita, Selena Sila, and my pronouns are she her a little bit about myself. I'm the daughter of Salvadoran immigrants who were one of the first few Salvadoran refugees to come to the Pacific Northwest fleeing the dictatorship in El Salvador during the 1980s. They were both heavily involved in the anti dictatorship movement and did much organizing and their experiences and stories instilled a great sense of justice and social activism. Growing up, I was born and raised here in Seattle and grew up in the South Rainier Valley area and was raised in a very traditional Central American household. Over the years in our community, I've seen the Central American population grow dramatically in our region, and I'm both excited and empowered to bring their voices to the table and ensure that all of our immigrant and refugee populations have equitable and culturally appropriate access to services, supports and voice at the county level. My extended family also lives lives in this region, both undocumented and documented. And these experiences of my community and my people have also helped drive my passion and commitment towards supporting the greater immigrant and refugee communities in our county. I'm also very passionate about access to quality education for families and economic empowerment, especially for women of color. I currently work with the Washington Early Learning Loan Fund, which provides grants and loans for early learning providers in our state. And the early learning field is dominated by mostly women, women of color and immigrant and refugee women. So through this work, I'm really honored to work with many immigrant and refugee women to help grow and expand their businesses in our county and ensure access to quality, culturally competent services for our families. I'll stop there and would like to say thank you once again for having me and I'm very excited to be a part of this important work.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And Megan, I apologize for my mistake a moment ago. Miss Aiden, if you'd like to also introduce yourself and talk about your experience, background and interest in serving on the commission.
Speaker 1: Certainly. Thank you so much. I'm both honored and excited to be appointed to the Refugee and Immigrant Commission. I my name is Delilah, Aiden and I was born in Somalia and have lived in the greater Seattle area for the last 20 years. And I consider this city to be my home, even though it's been hard to go. Cities growing up and I have been extremely passionate about the intersection of affordable housing, food, access and economic development in our region. And I've worked in various capacities to bring quality programs from cradle to and serving our elders. And I'm just excited to be here. Thank you very much.
Speaker 0: Thank you to both of you. If you're interested in serving miscellaneous spoke about being honored and humbled I believe for the nomination and truly I think we are that you're that you're each willing to devote your time and resources to the work of the commission and the people of King County colleagues. Questions of the appointees. Would someone be ready to make the motions to approve motions 2021 to 15 and 227.
Speaker 1: A move. Mr. Chair.
Speaker 0: Council Member Lambert has moved and Madam Clerk is all right with you. We will consider that a motion for both 20, 21, two, 15 and 227. Both appointments.
Speaker 1: That works for me, Mr. Chairman.
Speaker 0: And both nominations are before us. Councilmember of the Grove.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Mr. Chair. If comments would be appropriate, please. You noted that Ms.. Hayden lives in District eight, but I'm going to claim her. She works in District five, and because of that, I've had the opportunity to work closely with her as she does her community work. And we are indeed lucky that she's lending her time and talent to King County. She comes from a very civically active family. She puts her heart and soul into the community. She's one of those people that's very easy to work with and gets along with everyone and is solution oriented. So I just wanted to put in a good word and and say, we're claiming her for District five.
Speaker 0: I'm not going to surrender so easily. Arm wrestle your councilmember up to go. Although she got me to come.
Speaker 2: Hang out in your district the other day at the Dell Ridge Farmers Market.
Speaker 0: I missed you by minutes there, I understand, because member of the.
Speaker 3: City.
Speaker 0: Councilmember Belushi, they will interrupt this inter-district fight.
Speaker 1: Briefly. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I can't claim either applicant for District six, but on behalf of all of us, I want to say thank you to both of the applicants for bringing their personal experience, their significant energy experience, and good thinking. We make better policy when we are advised by people who understand the needs and impacts on the community. And so I really want to just in advance thank you both for your willingness to serve the community in this way. And this is a very active commission. And we we engage with them more directly sometimes than with other boards and commissions. And so I really look forward to working with both of.
Speaker 3: You on this commission to.
Speaker 1: Continue to improve our services to immigrants and refugees in King County. Thank you so much.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Councilmember Lambert.
Speaker 1: I was going to say that in listening to her priorities, that I will take her and then that we all need to have.
Speaker 3: An arm wrestle.
Speaker 0: Nice try. I'm saying no more discussion. Madam Quirke, would you please call the role? Oh, very, Mr. Somebody. I'm sorry. Now. Go ahead, Madam Clerk.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Councilmember Balaji I Council Member Dombrowski. I am councilmember done.
Speaker 0: By.
Speaker 1: Councilmember Cohen's. Councilmember Coleman's. Councilmember Lambert I council member of the girl.
Speaker 0: I am.
Speaker 1: Councilmember by my time.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 1: Council members online. Hi, Mr. Chair. By the vote is 880 now. Councilmember Cole was excused.
Speaker 0: Thank you. By our vote, we have given a do pass recommendation to motions 2021 to 1527.
Speaker 1: Oh, well.
Speaker 0: Councilmember Caldwell's.
Speaker 1: Sorry. I got cut off on Cowell's votes, so.
Speaker 0: We will record that vote. And we now have a unanimous nine no vote in favor of a do pass recommendation to appoint both when he was sworn in as Aguilar and Bylon Aden to the Immigrant Refugee Commission. Thank you both for your willingness to serve, your commitment to the community and the work you will continue to enrich our community with. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. I may have missed this, but was that on consent?
Speaker 0: And yes, we'll put that on consent in regular order at the time.
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 0: So it will be on the consent agenda for council that takes us to our next set of appointments. Proposed motions. 2021 221 222, 223 and 224, which would confirm the executive's appointment of Kelly Carroll, Johnathan Fowler, Temple House convener in one Bernardino Luna to the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Inclusion Task Force application materials were sent out
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Juanita Salinas-Aguila, who resides in council district five, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission.