1 00:00:04,871 --> 00:00:15,015 -- [MUSIC] 2 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:15,849 [MUSIC] 3 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:17,150 -- YEAH, WE COULD DO. THEY 4 00:00:17,150 --> 00:00:20,820 DON'T HAVE THE RIGHTS FOR THAT 5 00:00:20,820 --> 00:00:23,523 FINANCIALLY, SO THEY HAVE TO. 6 00:00:23,523 --> 00:00:24,958 HEY GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY IS 7 00:00:24,958 --> 00:00:26,693 JULY 27th, 2026. THE COUNCIL 8 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:29,028 BRIEFING WILL COME TO ORDER. IT 9 00:00:29,028 --> 00:00:30,630 IS 2:03 P.M.. CLERK WILL YOU 10 00:00:30,630 --> 00:00:34,667 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 11 00:00:34,667 --> 00:00:35,268 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. 12 00:00:35,268 --> 00:00:37,370 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 13 00:00:37,370 --> 00:00:37,937 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. 14 00:00:37,937 --> 00:00:39,272 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE. 15 00:00:39,272 --> 00:00:41,541 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 16 00:00:41,541 --> 00:00:42,042 COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 17 00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:44,010 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 18 00:00:44,010 --> 00:00:45,545 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. PRESENT. 19 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:45,979 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 20 00:00:45,979 --> 00:00:46,479 -- HOLLINGSWORTH HERE. 21 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,815 -- SEVEN. PRESENT. 22 00:00:48,815 --> 00:00:49,682 -- AWESOME! AND COUNCILMEMBER. 23 00:00:49,682 --> 00:00:51,851 STRAUSS IS EXCUSED AND SO IS 24 00:00:51,851 --> 00:00:53,219 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AS WELL. IF 25 00:00:53,219 --> 00:00:54,988 THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, THE 26 00:00:54,988 --> 00:00:57,690 MINUTES OF JUNE 29th, 2026 WILL 27 00:00:57,690 --> 00:01:00,126 BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO 28 00:01:00,126 --> 00:01:01,861 OBJECTION, THE MINUTES ARE 29 00:01:01,861 --> 00:01:02,762 ADOPTED TODAY. COLLEAGUES, WE 30 00:01:02,762 --> 00:01:04,798 HAVE ONE PRESENTATION FROM THE 31 00:01:04,798 --> 00:01:07,600 OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 32 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:08,802 RELATIONS. THERE ARE NO 33 00:01:08,802 --> 00:01:10,637 PROCLAMATIONS. THERE ARE TWO 34 00:01:10,637 --> 00:01:12,138 EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AT THE END OF 35 00:01:12,138 --> 00:01:14,007 THIS MEETING, AND THERE ARE NINE 36 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:15,642 ITEMS ON THE INTRODUCTION 37 00:01:15,642 --> 00:01:16,976 REFERRAL CALENDAR. WE ARE GOING 38 00:01:16,976 --> 00:01:18,812 TO BEGIN, AND I WANT TO THANK 39 00:01:18,812 --> 00:01:20,380 DIRECTOR HASHEMI AND THEN ALSO 40 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:24,184 SAM REID FROM THE OFFICE OF 41 00:01:24,184 --> 00:01:24,818 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, AND 42 00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:27,153 THEY WILL BEGIN THEIR BRIEFING. 43 00:01:27,153 --> 00:01:28,021 COLLEAGUES, JUST TO SET THEM UP. 44 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:29,656 AND I'M APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T I 45 00:01:29,656 --> 00:01:30,857 SHOULD INVITE YOU ALL TO THE 46 00:01:30,857 --> 00:01:32,425 TABLE EARLIER. MY BAD. DIRECTOR 47 00:01:32,425 --> 00:01:36,329 HASHEMI, BUT A LOT OF YOU HAVE 48 00:01:36,329 --> 00:01:39,599 ALL ASKED FOR UPDATES FROM OUR 49 00:01:39,599 --> 00:01:40,867 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS 50 00:01:40,867 --> 00:01:43,670 DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU ALL, 51 00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:44,304 ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 52 00:01:44,304 --> 00:01:45,839 SAID THAT WANTED MORE FREQUENCY 53 00:01:45,839 --> 00:01:48,508 OF UPDATES. AND SO AS YOU ALL 54 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:50,043 KNOW, WE HAVE. AND COUNCILMEMBER 55 00:01:50,043 --> 00:01:51,878 STRAUSS IS PRESENT. FOR THE 56 00:01:51,878 --> 00:01:56,649 RECORD AGENDA. AS YOU ALL KNOW, 57 00:01:56,649 --> 00:01:58,585 WE HAVE HAD OUR FIGURING OUT OUR 58 00:01:58,585 --> 00:01:59,552 FLOW WITH COUNCIL BRIEFINGS, AND 59 00:01:59,552 --> 00:02:01,154 THERE'S A TON OF LEGISLATION 60 00:02:01,154 --> 00:02:03,356 THAT IS GETTING PASSED THROUGH. 61 00:02:03,356 --> 00:02:05,091 AND SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT 62 00:02:05,091 --> 00:02:07,827 WE'RE UTILIZING OUR COUNCIL 63 00:02:07,827 --> 00:02:09,529 BRIEFINGS ACCORDINGLY. AND THIS 64 00:02:09,529 --> 00:02:10,964 IS ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS WHERE 65 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:13,133 WE HAVE OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL 66 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:14,734 RELATIONS DEPARTMENT. SO 67 00:02:14,734 --> 00:02:15,368 DIRECTOR HASHEMI SAM REID, THANK 68 00:02:15,368 --> 00:02:16,636 YOU FOR JOINING US. YOU ALL CAN 69 00:02:16,636 --> 00:02:18,171 GET STARTED WITH YOUR 70 00:02:18,171 --> 00:02:18,838 PRESENTATION AND COLLEAGUES. IF 71 00:02:18,838 --> 00:02:20,473 YOU COULD HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS TO 72 00:02:20,473 --> 00:02:21,107 THE END SO WE CAN GET THROUGH 73 00:02:21,107 --> 00:02:23,309 IT. AND THEN I WILL CALL ON YOU 74 00:02:23,309 --> 00:02:25,478 FOR QUESTIONS. DIRECTOR. 75 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:27,714 -- WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. GOOD 76 00:02:27,714 --> 00:02:28,314 AFTERNOON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 77 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:28,848 HOLLINGSWORTH AND 78 00:02:28,848 --> 00:02:30,083 COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR 79 00:02:30,083 --> 00:02:32,218 HAVING US TODAY. I'M MINA 80 00:02:32,218 --> 00:02:33,453 HASHEMI, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE 81 00:02:33,453 --> 00:02:35,889 OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. 82 00:02:35,889 --> 00:02:37,457 -- AND I AM SAM REED, DEPUTY 83 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:41,961 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 84 00:02:41,961 --> 00:02:42,562 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. 85 00:02:42,562 --> 00:02:43,930 -- SAM JOINED OIRA IN LATE APRIL 86 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:45,298 AFTER SERVING TEN YEARS AT THE 87 00:02:45,298 --> 00:02:45,899 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, 88 00:02:45,899 --> 00:02:47,634 MOST RECENTLY AS DEPUTY 89 00:02:47,634 --> 00:02:49,335 DIRECTOR. AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY 90 00:02:49,335 --> 00:02:50,737 TO HAVE HIS EXPERTISE AND HIS 91 00:02:50,737 --> 00:02:53,940 PASSION NOW AT OCR, AND WE'RE 92 00:02:53,940 --> 00:02:55,742 EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO 93 00:02:55,742 --> 00:02:56,643 BRIEF COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ON 94 00:02:56,643 --> 00:02:59,045 OUR WORK. THE OFFICE OF 95 00:02:59,045 --> 00:03:01,447 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, OR 96 00:03:01,447 --> 00:03:03,349 IR, REPRESENTS AN ADVANCE 97 00:03:03,349 --> 00:03:03,950 SEATTLE'S INTERESTS ACROSS 98 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:07,320 LOCAL, REGIONAL, TRIBAL, STATE, 99 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:07,854 FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL 100 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:09,689 GOVERNMENTS. WE LEAD THE CITY'S 101 00:03:09,689 --> 00:03:11,591 INTERGOVERNMENTAL ADVOCACY, 102 00:03:11,591 --> 00:03:13,393 OFFERING STRATEGIC GUIDANCE AND 103 00:03:13,393 --> 00:03:14,360 WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR, 104 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:15,795 CITY COUNCIL, CITY ATTORNEY, AND 105 00:03:15,795 --> 00:03:18,831 ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS TO SHAPE 106 00:03:18,831 --> 00:03:20,199 POLICY AND FUNDING STRATEGIES AT 107 00:03:20,199 --> 00:03:22,635 EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT TO 108 00:03:22,635 --> 00:03:23,970 ENSURE THE CITY'S INTERESTS ARE 109 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:25,638 REPRESENTED IN CRITICAL DECISION 110 00:03:25,638 --> 00:03:28,041 MAKING VENUES. WE OVERSEE THE 111 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:29,642 DEVELOPMENT AND ALIGNMENT OF THE 112 00:03:29,642 --> 00:03:30,210 CITY'S FEDERAL AND STATE 113 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:32,445 LOBBYING AGENDAS AND STRATEGIES 114 00:03:32,445 --> 00:03:34,247 TO ENSURE COORDINATED, EFFECTIVE 115 00:03:34,247 --> 00:03:35,882 LOBBYING, AND WE PARTNER WITH 116 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:38,384 GOVERNMENTS, AGENCIES AND 117 00:03:38,384 --> 00:03:40,086 STAKEHOLDERS TO ADVANCE SHARED 118 00:03:40,086 --> 00:03:42,922 POLICY PRIORITIES AND SECURE 119 00:03:42,922 --> 00:03:45,091 CRITICAL FUNDING. OCR MANAGES 120 00:03:45,091 --> 00:03:45,725 KEY MEMBERSHIPS THAT STRENGTHEN 121 00:03:45,725 --> 00:03:46,926 SEATTLE'S INFLUENCE AND ACCESS 122 00:03:46,926 --> 00:03:48,661 TO POLICY MAKERS AT THE REGIONAL 123 00:03:48,661 --> 00:03:51,331 AND NATIONAL LEVELS, INCLUDING 124 00:03:51,331 --> 00:03:52,098 ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON 125 00:03:52,098 --> 00:03:54,300 CITIES, PUGET SOUND REGIONAL 126 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:55,301 COUNCIL, THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF 127 00:03:55,301 --> 00:03:57,403 MAYORS, AND MORE. NEXT SLIDE 128 00:03:57,403 --> 00:04:01,941 PLEASE. AS OF APRIL 2026, OCR IS 129 00:04:01,941 --> 00:04:02,976 FULLY STAFFED. IN ADDITION TO 130 00:04:02,976 --> 00:04:04,177 DEPUTY DIRECTOR REED, WE ARE 131 00:04:04,177 --> 00:04:07,213 ALSO PLEASED TO WELCOME 132 00:04:07,213 --> 00:04:07,747 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND 133 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:10,149 PROTOCOLS COORDINATOR PATTY 134 00:04:10,149 --> 00:04:11,818 CAMACHO. OCR WORK IS ORGANIZED 135 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:13,820 INTO SIX LINES OF BUSINESS, 136 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:15,688 WHICH YOU HAVE ON THE SLIDE 137 00:04:15,688 --> 00:04:18,591 HERE. LEADERSHIP, ADMINISTRATION 138 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:19,092 AND PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT 139 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:20,927 AUTHORITIES, AND THEN FEDERAL, 140 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:21,961 INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, STATE 141 00:04:21,961 --> 00:04:23,896 AND TRIBAL RELATIONS. AND WE'LL 142 00:04:23,896 --> 00:04:25,264 SHARE A BIT ABOUT ALL OF THESE 143 00:04:25,264 --> 00:04:28,768 AREAS IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 144 00:04:28,768 --> 00:04:29,869 -- I'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF 145 00:04:29,869 --> 00:04:31,170 OVERVIEW OF EACH OF THOSE LINES 146 00:04:31,170 --> 00:04:32,905 OF BUSINESS AS KIND OF A 147 00:04:32,905 --> 00:04:34,907 REFRESHER. OIRA REPRESENTS THE 148 00:04:34,907 --> 00:04:36,309 CITY OF SEATTLE'S INTERESTS AT 149 00:04:36,309 --> 00:04:38,745 THE NATIONAL LEVEL BY MANAGING 150 00:04:38,745 --> 00:04:40,480 INTERNAL FEDERAL PRIORITIES AND 151 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,215 ENGAGING WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL 152 00:04:42,215 --> 00:04:44,150 DELEGATION, FEDERAL AGENCIES, 153 00:04:44,150 --> 00:04:44,717 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND 154 00:04:44,717 --> 00:04:48,288 OTHER U.S. CITIES AT THE STATE 155 00:04:48,288 --> 00:04:49,922 LEVEL, OCR SUPPORTS THE CITY OF 156 00:04:49,922 --> 00:04:50,556 SEATTLE'S INTERESTS WITH THE 157 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:52,525 STATE'S LEGISLATURE, GOVERNOR 158 00:04:52,525 --> 00:04:54,427 AND AGENCIES THROUGH INTERNAL 159 00:04:54,427 --> 00:04:56,329 COORDINATION, DIRECT LOBBYING, 160 00:04:56,329 --> 00:04:57,864 POLICY DEVELOPMENT, FUNDING 161 00:04:57,864 --> 00:05:00,099 REQUESTS, AND STRATEGIC 162 00:05:00,099 --> 00:05:01,601 ADVOCACY. WE ALSO FACILITATE THE 163 00:05:01,601 --> 00:05:04,003 DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S STATE 164 00:05:04,003 --> 00:05:04,537 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IN 165 00:05:04,537 --> 00:05:05,605 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR AND 166 00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:07,940 CITY COUNCIL, AND PROVIDE 167 00:05:07,940 --> 00:05:09,442 REQUIRED WRITTEN AND IN-PERSON 168 00:05:09,442 --> 00:05:13,279 UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE STATE 169 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,248 LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS. ON THE 170 00:05:15,248 --> 00:05:16,783 REGIONAL FRONT, OCR REPRESENTS 171 00:05:16,783 --> 00:05:19,152 AN ADVANCE SEATTLE'S INTERESTS 172 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:20,620 WITH REGIONAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL 173 00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:22,355 GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING KING 174 00:05:22,355 --> 00:05:23,990 COUNTY, PORT OF SEATTLE. SOUND 175 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:26,326 TRANSIT AND OTHER REGIONAL 176 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:28,161 ENTITIES. WE COORDINATE AND 177 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:28,761 PROVIDE STAFFING SUPPORT FOR 178 00:05:28,761 --> 00:05:30,063 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND 179 00:05:30,063 --> 00:05:31,764 DEPARTMENTS, ENGAGING WITH 180 00:05:31,764 --> 00:05:32,732 REGIONAL BODIES, AND WORK TO 181 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:34,934 ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S 182 00:05:34,934 --> 00:05:35,401 POSITIONS ARE CLEARLY 183 00:05:35,401 --> 00:05:37,036 COMMUNICATED, STRATEGICALLY 184 00:05:37,036 --> 00:05:38,571 ADVANCED AND ALIGNED WITH CITY 185 00:05:38,571 --> 00:05:42,308 POLICY IN ALL REGIONAL FORUMS. 186 00:05:42,308 --> 00:05:44,677 OCR ALSO ADVANCES GOVERNMENT TO 187 00:05:44,677 --> 00:05:46,646 GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION AND 188 00:05:46,646 --> 00:05:49,449 COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF 189 00:05:49,449 --> 00:05:50,083 SEATTLE AND FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED 190 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:53,419 TRIBES. WE WORK TO ENSURE TRIBAL 191 00:05:53,419 --> 00:05:54,020 SOVEREIGNTY AND TREATY RIGHTS 192 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:55,455 ARE RECOGNIZED ACROSS CITY 193 00:05:55,455 --> 00:05:57,190 PROJECTS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS 194 00:05:57,190 --> 00:05:59,158 INVOLVING TRIBAL INTERESTS, AS 195 00:05:59,158 --> 00:06:00,860 WELL AS PROVIDE STAFFING AND 196 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:02,662 SUPPORT TO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND 197 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:04,630 DEPARTMENTS ON ALL ISSUES 198 00:06:04,630 --> 00:06:06,666 INVOLVING TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND 199 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:08,067 NATIVE COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO 200 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:09,836 ENGAGE WITH SEATTLE'S LARGE 201 00:06:09,836 --> 00:06:12,071 URBAN AMERICAN, INDIAN AND 202 00:06:12,071 --> 00:06:12,672 ALASKAN NATIVE POPULATION AND 203 00:06:12,672 --> 00:06:14,407 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO 204 00:06:14,407 --> 00:06:18,377 STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS TO CITY 205 00:06:18,377 --> 00:06:22,014 RESOURCES AND DECISION MAKERS. 206 00:06:22,014 --> 00:06:22,648 INTERNATIONALLY, OCR REPRESENTS 207 00:06:22,648 --> 00:06:24,484 AND SUPPORTS SEATTLE'S INTERESTS 208 00:06:24,484 --> 00:06:26,619 WITH FOREIGN CONSULATES, 209 00:06:26,619 --> 00:06:27,787 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, 210 00:06:27,787 --> 00:06:29,589 GLOBAL DELEGATIONS, AND VISITING 211 00:06:29,589 --> 00:06:30,990 DIGNITARIES, AND WE PROVIDE 212 00:06:30,990 --> 00:06:32,825 STAFFING AND SUPPORT TO ELECTED 213 00:06:32,825 --> 00:06:33,426 OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENTS FOR 214 00:06:33,426 --> 00:06:35,595 ALL INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES, 215 00:06:35,595 --> 00:06:37,463 VISITS AND POLICY ISSUES, AS 216 00:06:37,463 --> 00:06:39,732 WELL AS MANAGE SEATTLE'S SISTER 217 00:06:39,732 --> 00:06:43,302 CITY PROGRAMS LASTLY, WE'RE ALSO 218 00:06:43,302 --> 00:06:44,871 FACILITATES THE COORDINATION OF 219 00:06:44,871 --> 00:06:46,739 THE CITY'S PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT 220 00:06:46,739 --> 00:06:48,074 AUTHORITIES BY WORKING TO 221 00:06:48,074 --> 00:06:51,144 MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 222 00:06:51,144 --> 00:06:51,778 PDA'S, BUILDING COLLABORATIVE 223 00:06:51,778 --> 00:06:53,780 PARTNERSHIPS AND ALIGNING 224 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:54,580 STRATEGIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 225 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:56,315 THE OFFICE OF CITY FINANCE. WE 226 00:06:56,315 --> 00:06:58,618 ALSO PROVIDE MONITORING AND 227 00:06:58,618 --> 00:07:00,620 OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE FINANCIAL 228 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:03,322 TRANSPARENCY, COMPLIANCE, AND 229 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:05,425 STRONG GOVERNANCE. OUR PDA 230 00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:05,992 COORDINATOR POSITION IS AN 231 00:07:05,992 --> 00:07:07,326 INVESTMENT AIMED AT ENSURING THE 232 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:08,795 CITY HAS A STRONG CONNECTION TO 233 00:07:08,795 --> 00:07:10,963 THESE HIGH PROFILE, TAX FUNDED 234 00:07:10,963 --> 00:07:13,366 BODIES FOCUSED ON ISSUES AS 235 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:16,402 IMPORTANT AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 236 00:07:16,402 --> 00:07:18,404 HISTORIC PRESERVATION, CULTURAL 237 00:07:18,404 --> 00:07:19,105 SPACE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 238 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:21,240 COMMERCIAL SPACE MANAGEMENT AND 239 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:29,081 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 240 00:07:29,081 --> 00:07:30,149 -- WELL, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE 241 00:07:30,149 --> 00:07:31,717 THAT WE ARE ALREADY BACK THERE, 242 00:07:31,717 --> 00:07:33,186 BUT OCR IS HARD AT WORK 243 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:36,556 PREPARING FOR THE 2027 STATE 244 00:07:36,556 --> 00:07:38,591 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, ENSURING 245 00:07:38,591 --> 00:07:39,258 THAT SEATTLE'S PRIORITIES ARE 246 00:07:39,258 --> 00:07:40,593 POSITIONED EARLY AND 247 00:07:40,593 --> 00:07:43,162 EFFECTIVELY. WE ARE ACTIVELY 248 00:07:43,162 --> 00:07:43,663 COLLECTING LEGISLATIVE 249 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:44,997 PRIORITIES FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS 250 00:07:44,997 --> 00:07:46,032 AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND 251 00:07:46,032 --> 00:07:47,667 WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MEETING 252 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:49,368 WITH COUNCILMEMBERS TO GATHER 253 00:07:49,368 --> 00:07:50,937 YOUR POLICY AND FUNDING 254 00:07:50,937 --> 00:07:55,074 PRIORITIES AS PART OF OUR AGENDA 255 00:07:55,074 --> 00:07:55,708 BUILDING PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE 256 00:07:55,708 --> 00:07:56,375 SUMMER AND FALL, WE WILL ALSO BE 257 00:07:56,375 --> 00:07:58,211 MEETING WITH STATE LEGISLATORS, 258 00:07:58,211 --> 00:08:01,247 PARTNERS AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO 259 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:02,882 BEGIN SOCIALIZING POLICY 260 00:08:02,882 --> 00:08:03,449 CONCEPTS AND STRENGTHENING 261 00:08:03,449 --> 00:08:04,851 SUPPORT FOR SEATTLE'S 262 00:08:04,851 --> 00:08:07,019 PRIORITIES. THIS EARLY INTERNAL 263 00:08:07,019 --> 00:08:08,988 AND EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT HELPS US 264 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:10,857 BUILD MOMENTUM BEFORE THE 265 00:08:10,857 --> 00:08:12,859 LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEGINS. 266 00:08:12,859 --> 00:08:15,228 THEN, OIRA WILL FINALIZE A DRAFT 267 00:08:15,228 --> 00:08:16,262 STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND 268 00:08:16,262 --> 00:08:17,730 SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL 269 00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:19,599 FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, 270 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:21,734 AND THIS AGENDA WILL SERVE AS 271 00:08:21,734 --> 00:08:24,136 OUR UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR 272 00:08:24,136 --> 00:08:25,137 ADVOCACY IN OLYMPIA. LOOKING 273 00:08:25,137 --> 00:08:26,572 AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR, I'LL NOTE 274 00:08:26,572 --> 00:08:28,107 THAT MANY STATE LEGISLATORS ARE 275 00:08:28,107 --> 00:08:30,243 EITHER UP FOR REELECTION OR 276 00:08:30,243 --> 00:08:32,278 RETIRING, WHICH MEANS THE MAKEUP 277 00:08:32,278 --> 00:08:35,448 OF THE 2027 LEGISLATURE REMAINS 278 00:08:35,448 --> 00:08:37,550 UNCERTAIN. OCR LOOKS FORWARD TO 279 00:08:37,550 --> 00:08:40,920 KEEPING COUNCIL UPDATED AS THE 280 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,289 YEAR PROGRESSES. TURNING TO 281 00:08:43,289 --> 00:08:45,391 REGIONAL. EARLIER THIS SPRING, 282 00:08:45,391 --> 00:08:46,025 THE KING COUNTY TRANSPORTATION 283 00:08:46,025 --> 00:08:48,194 DISTRICT APPROVED A 0.1% SALES 284 00:08:48,194 --> 00:08:50,363 TAX FOR TRANSPORTATION. 285 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:51,631 INITIALLY, ALL FUNDS WOULD HAVE 286 00:08:51,631 --> 00:08:53,566 GONE SOLELY TO UNINCORPORATED 287 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:55,868 KING COUNTY ROADS. SEATTLE. 288 00:08:55,868 --> 00:08:57,470 WORKING ALONGSIDE THE SOUND 289 00:08:57,470 --> 00:08:58,104 CITIES ASSOCIATION, PUSHED HARD 290 00:08:58,104 --> 00:09:00,706 FOR CITIES TO RECEIVE A SHARE AT 291 00:09:00,706 --> 00:09:03,075 THE JUNE 12th MEETING, AN 292 00:09:03,075 --> 00:09:03,609 AMENDMENT WE PROPOSED WAS 293 00:09:03,609 --> 00:09:05,945 PROPOSED TO PASS THROUGH 12.5% 294 00:09:05,945 --> 00:09:07,413 OF THE REVENUES, BUT CAP 295 00:09:07,413 --> 00:09:09,448 SEATTLE'S SHARE. THE CITY 296 00:09:09,448 --> 00:09:11,217 SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR 297 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:12,985 REMOVING THAT CAP ENTIRELY. 298 00:09:12,985 --> 00:09:14,720 WITHOUT THE CHANGE, SEATTLE 299 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:15,788 WOULD HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 1.9 300 00:09:15,788 --> 00:09:18,758 MILLION A YEAR. AND WITH IT, OUR 301 00:09:18,758 --> 00:09:20,493 ANNUAL SHARE RISES TO ABOUT 4.7 302 00:09:20,493 --> 00:09:22,495 MILLION. COUNCIL MEMBERS PLAYED 303 00:09:22,495 --> 00:09:24,063 AN IMPACTFUL ROLE, LOBBYING THE 304 00:09:24,063 --> 00:09:25,431 COUNTY, SENDING LETTERS, MAKING 305 00:09:25,431 --> 00:09:26,933 CALLS AND SPEAKING AT THE FINAL 306 00:09:26,933 --> 00:09:29,669 MEETING. THANK YOU. AT THE END 307 00:09:29,669 --> 00:09:33,439 OF MAY, THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD 308 00:09:33,439 --> 00:09:36,142 ADOPTED AN UPDATED SYSTEM PLAN 309 00:09:36,142 --> 00:09:39,211 AND WORK PLAN. SEATTLE'S TWO 310 00:09:39,211 --> 00:09:39,845 REPRESENTATIVES TO SOUND TRANSIT 311 00:09:39,845 --> 00:09:41,814 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND MAYOR 312 00:09:41,814 --> 00:09:43,015 WILSON PLAYED IMPORTANT ROLES IN 313 00:09:43,015 --> 00:09:44,951 THE PROCESS. THE WORK PLAN 314 00:09:44,951 --> 00:09:47,019 INCLUDES FOLLOW UP ACTIONS 315 00:09:47,019 --> 00:09:50,056 ACROSS KEY AREAS, INCLUDING 316 00:09:50,056 --> 00:09:51,557 POLICY PLANNING, TRANSIT 317 00:09:51,557 --> 00:09:54,193 OPERATIONS, CAPITAL DELIVERY AND 318 00:09:54,193 --> 00:09:54,760 FINANCE. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE 319 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,329 DEVELOPING COST SAVING 320 00:09:56,329 --> 00:09:58,364 OPPORTUNITIES, UPDATING THE 321 00:09:58,364 --> 00:09:58,931 REGIONAL LONG-RANGE TRANSIT 322 00:09:58,931 --> 00:10:01,233 PLAN, AND ADVANCING HIGH 323 00:10:01,233 --> 00:10:03,002 CAPACITY TRANSIT STUDIES. WORK 324 00:10:03,002 --> 00:10:05,071 IS UNDERWAY ON KEY LEGISLATION 325 00:10:05,071 --> 00:10:06,739 NEEDED IN OLYMPIA TO SUPPORT THE 326 00:10:06,739 --> 00:10:10,042 STREET THREE PROGRAM, INCLUDING 327 00:10:10,042 --> 00:10:11,477 EXPANDING BONDING AUTHORITY AND 328 00:10:11,477 --> 00:10:14,213 FINALLY, KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE. 329 00:10:14,213 --> 00:10:14,714 ZAHILAY HAS TRANSMITTED 330 00:10:14,714 --> 00:10:17,149 LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT THE 331 00:10:17,149 --> 00:10:18,985 0.1% BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SALES 332 00:10:18,985 --> 00:10:21,654 TAX. THIS MEASURE RENAMES THE 333 00:10:21,654 --> 00:10:23,756 EXISTING MID TAX AS THE KING 334 00:10:23,756 --> 00:10:25,591 COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BRIDGE, 335 00:10:25,591 --> 00:10:27,593 THE REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE 336 00:10:27,593 --> 00:10:29,495 WILL REVIEW THIS PROPOSAL IN THE 337 00:10:29,495 --> 00:10:30,830 COMING MONTHS WITH THE 338 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:33,332 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND 339 00:10:33,332 --> 00:10:33,866 HUMAN SERVICES PREPARING 340 00:10:33,866 --> 00:10:39,972 BRIEFINGS FOR REGIONAL POLICY 341 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:40,406 COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 342 00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:41,974 -- AND ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE A 343 00:10:41,974 --> 00:10:43,342 LIFETIME AGO, AT THIS POINT, WE 344 00:10:43,342 --> 00:10:45,311 JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF 345 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:47,580 OUR SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENTATION 346 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:49,849 OF WORLD CUP PLANNING HERE IN 347 00:10:49,849 --> 00:10:51,684 SEATTLE. SO WE HELPED FIELD 348 00:10:51,684 --> 00:10:53,419 REQUESTS AND MULTIPLE VISITS 349 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:53,919 FROM THE GOVERNMENTS OF 350 00:10:53,919 --> 00:10:55,154 AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM AND BOSNIA 351 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:57,390 AND HERZEGOVINA, INCLUDING 352 00:10:57,390 --> 00:10:58,491 ADVANCED VISITS. EARLIER IN THE 353 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:00,426 YEAR. WE MAINTAIN DIRECT 354 00:11:00,426 --> 00:11:01,260 COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE 355 00:11:01,260 --> 00:11:02,928 COUNTRIES OF EGYPT AND QATAR, 356 00:11:02,928 --> 00:11:04,263 ALTHOUGH VISITS DID NOT 357 00:11:04,263 --> 00:11:05,998 MATERIALIZE, WE MAINTAINED 358 00:11:05,998 --> 00:11:06,532 COMMUNICATIONS WITH THOSE 359 00:11:06,532 --> 00:11:08,434 COUNTRIES. WE CONNECTED THE 360 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:10,803 LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 361 00:11:10,803 --> 00:11:11,337 INDIVIDUALLY WITH ALL THE 362 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:12,271 CONSULATES WHO WERE PLAYING IN 363 00:11:12,271 --> 00:11:13,639 SEATTLE SO THEY COULD CONDUCT 364 00:11:13,639 --> 00:11:15,674 THEIR OWN OUTREACH WITH THE 365 00:11:15,674 --> 00:11:17,710 INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES. WE ALSO 366 00:11:17,710 --> 00:11:19,178 CONNECTED THE AMERICAN MUSLIM 367 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:19,745 ADVANCEMENT COUNCIL AND THE 368 00:11:19,745 --> 00:11:21,113 MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF PUGET 369 00:11:21,113 --> 00:11:23,082 SOUND WITH VISIT SEATTLE TO 370 00:11:23,082 --> 00:11:25,384 PURSUE SHARING OF CULTURALLY 371 00:11:25,384 --> 00:11:25,951 APPROPRIATE RESOURCES WITH 372 00:11:25,951 --> 00:11:28,454 VISITORS FROM MUSLIM MAJORITY 373 00:11:28,454 --> 00:11:30,122 COUNTRIES. IN ADDITION, OCR AND 374 00:11:30,122 --> 00:11:31,057 THE OFFICE OF OIRA AND THE 375 00:11:31,057 --> 00:11:33,025 OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 376 00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:35,194 WORKED WITH KING COUNTY 377 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:37,096 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO HOLD 378 00:11:37,096 --> 00:11:37,730 EMERGENCY PLANNING WORKSHOPS FOR 379 00:11:37,730 --> 00:11:40,566 WEST COAST COUNCILS IN BOTH 380 00:11:40,566 --> 00:11:42,468 JANUARY 2025 AND EARLIER THIS 381 00:11:42,468 --> 00:11:45,204 YEAR, AND THESE WERE FOCUSED ON 382 00:11:45,204 --> 00:11:47,573 MANAGING MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS 383 00:11:47,573 --> 00:11:49,275 INVOLVING FOREIGN NATIONALS. AND 384 00:11:49,275 --> 00:11:51,243 ON A SPECIAL NOTE OF KUDOS FOR 385 00:11:51,243 --> 00:11:53,979 OUR INTERNATIONAL TEAM, 386 00:11:53,979 --> 00:11:54,580 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTENT 387 00:11:54,580 --> 00:11:55,614 THAT WE PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED AT 388 00:11:55,614 --> 00:11:57,983 OAH FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS WAS 389 00:11:57,983 --> 00:11:59,585 ACTUALLY USED BY THE US STATE 390 00:11:59,585 --> 00:12:00,152 DEPARTMENT TO ENCOURAGE SAN 391 00:12:00,152 --> 00:12:02,121 FRANCISCO AND SANTA CLARA TO 392 00:12:02,121 --> 00:12:03,122 OFFER SIMILAR TRAININGS AHEAD OF 393 00:12:03,122 --> 00:12:06,759 THEIR OWN 2026 WORLD CUP 394 00:12:06,759 --> 00:12:08,861 PLANNING. OUR TRIBAL RELATIONS 395 00:12:08,861 --> 00:12:11,363 STAFF ALSO HELPED FACILITATE 396 00:12:11,363 --> 00:12:11,897 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 397 00:12:11,897 --> 00:12:13,599 OUTREACH TO TRIBAL LAW 398 00:12:13,599 --> 00:12:14,967 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS PART OF 399 00:12:14,967 --> 00:12:17,269 THE MUTUAL AID STRATEGY FOR 400 00:12:17,269 --> 00:12:18,771 WORLD CUP. AS A RESULT, 401 00:12:18,771 --> 00:12:19,271 SUQUAMISH TRIBAL POLICE 402 00:12:19,271 --> 00:12:21,173 DEPARTMENT AND NISQUALLY POLICE 403 00:12:21,173 --> 00:12:22,741 DEPARTMENT HAD OFFICERS AT ALL 404 00:12:22,741 --> 00:12:25,678 SEATTLE WORLD CUP GAMES. WE ALSO 405 00:12:25,678 --> 00:12:26,745 HELPED FACILITATE TWO VIRTUAL 406 00:12:26,745 --> 00:12:29,048 SESSIONS FOCUSED ON HUMAN 407 00:12:29,048 --> 00:12:31,050 TRAFFICKING IN INDIAN COUNTRY, 408 00:12:31,050 --> 00:12:31,550 ONE SESSION TAILORED TO 409 00:12:31,550 --> 00:12:32,952 LEADERSHIP OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS 410 00:12:32,952 --> 00:12:35,387 AND ANOTHER TAILORED TO NATIVE 411 00:12:35,387 --> 00:12:37,223 COMMUNITY PARTNERS. PRESENTING 412 00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:37,857 PARTNERS INCLUDED THE WASHINGTON 413 00:12:37,857 --> 00:12:39,258 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, THE 414 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:40,593 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN 415 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,528 AFFAIRS, WASHINGTON STATE 416 00:12:42,528 --> 00:12:45,131 PATROL, SPD, AND SEVERAL DIRECT 417 00:12:45,131 --> 00:12:47,032 SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WORK WITH 418 00:12:47,032 --> 00:12:47,533 TRIBAL AND URBAN NATIVE 419 00:12:47,533 --> 00:12:50,035 COMMUNITIES. THESE SESSIONS 420 00:12:50,035 --> 00:12:51,804 REACHED 200 ATTENDEES 421 00:12:51,804 --> 00:12:52,438 REPRESENTING TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, 422 00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:55,107 SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND 423 00:12:55,107 --> 00:13:02,114 TRIBAL ENTERPRISES 424 00:13:02,114 --> 00:13:03,849 -- AND FINALLY, ON THE WORLD CUP 425 00:13:03,849 --> 00:13:05,384 NOTE, WE WANTED TO END WITH A 426 00:13:05,384 --> 00:13:06,452 COUPLE OF UPDATES THAT SHOW HOW 427 00:13:06,452 --> 00:13:08,788 SOME OF OUR PAST WORK WE'VE TOLD 428 00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:10,823 YOU ABOUT WAS ON DISPLAY DURING 429 00:13:10,823 --> 00:13:13,125 THE WORLD CUP ACTIVATIONS IN 430 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:14,960 SEATTLE ON JUNE 25th, OCR 431 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,229 ORGANIZED A TOUR FOR 432 00:13:17,229 --> 00:13:17,763 CONGRESSWOMAN JAYAPAL TO 433 00:13:17,763 --> 00:13:19,331 HIGHLIGHT THE CITY'S WORK, 434 00:13:19,331 --> 00:13:21,934 REVITALIZING THIRD AVENUE. WE 435 00:13:21,934 --> 00:13:22,535 HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS WITH THE 436 00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:23,736 SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 437 00:13:23,736 --> 00:13:24,670 TRANSPORTATION AND THE OFFICE OF 438 00:13:24,670 --> 00:13:27,406 ARTS AND CULTURE, CONGRESSWOMAN 439 00:13:27,406 --> 00:13:28,941 JAYAPAL HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT 440 00:13:28,941 --> 00:13:30,409 PARTNER, SECURING EARMARKS, 441 00:13:30,409 --> 00:13:32,978 SUPPORTING WORLD CUP 442 00:13:32,978 --> 00:13:33,612 APPROPRIATIONS, AND CHAMPIONING 443 00:13:33,612 --> 00:13:35,981 DOWNTOWN WORKERS, AND THE TOUR 444 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:36,615 HELPED REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE 445 00:13:36,615 --> 00:13:38,984 OF CONTINUED FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR 446 00:13:38,984 --> 00:13:41,787 THIS WORK AND HIGHLIGHTING 447 00:13:41,787 --> 00:13:43,889 CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL SUCCESSES 448 00:13:43,889 --> 00:13:45,791 COUNCILMEMBERS MAY ALSO REMEMBER 449 00:13:45,791 --> 00:13:47,660 THE CITY'S EFFORTS ON HOUSE 450 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:49,728 BILL 1515, WHICH WAS PASSED IN 451 00:13:49,728 --> 00:13:51,163 2025, WHICH WAS ESSENTIAL FOR 452 00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:53,165 OUR WORLD CUP FAN ZONE 453 00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:54,934 ACTIVATIONS. THE CITY DEVELOPED 454 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:56,669 AND LED THIS LEGISLATION, WHICH 455 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:58,337 ALLOWS WALK AROUND ALCOHOL 456 00:13:58,337 --> 00:14:00,573 SERVICE AND FAN ZONES AND SIP 457 00:14:00,573 --> 00:14:02,174 AND STROLL SERVICE AT PIKE PLACE 458 00:14:02,174 --> 00:14:04,710 MARKET. OCR WORKED CLOSELY WITH 459 00:14:04,710 --> 00:14:06,679 SEATTLE CENTER DEPARTMENT OF 460 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:08,614 TRANSPORTATION AND OFFICE OF 461 00:14:08,614 --> 00:14:09,248 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARTNERED 462 00:14:09,248 --> 00:14:10,850 WITH REPRESENTATIVE JULIA REID, 463 00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:13,686 AND BUILT A COALITION OF LOCAL 464 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:14,320 GOVERNMENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES 465 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,322 TO GET THE BILL PASSED IN 2025. 466 00:14:16,322 --> 00:14:19,091 THE LEGISLATION EXPIRES IN 2027, 467 00:14:19,091 --> 00:14:20,793 AND WE'RE ALREADY COORDINATING 468 00:14:20,793 --> 00:14:24,763 NEXT STEPS WITH CITY 469 00:14:24,763 --> 00:14:26,031 DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU. CHAIR 470 00:14:26,031 --> 00:14:27,800 HOLLINGSWORTH. THAT CONCLUDES 471 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,702 OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE'D BE 472 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:30,903 HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. 473 00:14:30,903 --> 00:14:33,873 -- AWESOME. THANK THANK YOU, 474 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:35,207 DIRECTOR AND COLLEAGUES. WE'LL 475 00:14:35,207 --> 00:14:36,141 CONTINUE. I KNOW I'LL PAUSE 476 00:14:36,141 --> 00:14:37,309 HERE TO SEE IF PEOPLE HAVE 477 00:14:37,309 --> 00:14:39,979 QUESTIONS, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE 478 00:14:39,979 --> 00:14:40,779 TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL 479 00:14:40,779 --> 00:14:42,314 ABOUT WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION 480 00:14:42,314 --> 00:14:43,515 YOU WANT TO SEE. THIS WAS THE 481 00:14:43,515 --> 00:14:44,917 FIRST ONE JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST 482 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:47,152 TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF 483 00:14:47,152 --> 00:14:47,653 EVERYTHING, BUT GETTING 484 00:14:47,653 --> 00:14:49,588 INFORMATION FROM YOU COLLEAGUES 485 00:14:49,588 --> 00:14:50,189 ABOUT WHAT INFORMATION I GOT 486 00:14:50,189 --> 00:14:51,457 YOU, WHAT INFORMATION THAT YOU 487 00:14:51,457 --> 00:14:54,493 WANT TO SEE FROM OUR THAT WILL 488 00:14:54,493 --> 00:14:55,928 HELP YOU AS WE NAVIGATE THE 489 00:14:55,928 --> 00:14:56,829 YEAR. SO WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 490 00:14:56,829 --> 00:14:59,398 KETTLE FIRST AND THEN 491 00:14:59,398 --> 00:15:01,100 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 492 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:01,567 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 493 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:03,369 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 494 00:15:03,369 --> 00:15:04,603 AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SHIMMY, 495 00:15:04,603 --> 00:15:07,640 FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE WORK 496 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,108 THAT OCR DOES. I WILL ADMIT, I 497 00:15:09,108 --> 00:15:11,377 HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A AT 498 00:15:11,377 --> 00:15:16,148 LEAST QUARTERLY PRESENCE UPDATE 499 00:15:16,148 --> 00:15:17,750 ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACING. 500 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:18,484 AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS 501 00:15:18,484 --> 00:15:20,953 COMES FROM FRUSTRATION. LIKE, 502 00:15:20,953 --> 00:15:22,521 YOU KNOW, THE KING COUNTY 503 00:15:22,521 --> 00:15:24,023 TRANSPORTATION PIECE, YOU KNOW, 504 00:15:24,023 --> 00:15:25,424 READING IN THE SEATTLE TIMES AND 505 00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:28,494 SOME OTHERS AS WELL, JUST SO WE 506 00:15:28,494 --> 00:15:30,663 ARE AHEAD OF THE CURVE, 507 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:32,164 BASICALLY. AND, BUT I JUST, I DO 508 00:15:32,164 --> 00:15:33,766 WANT TO START WITH, YOU KNOW, 509 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:35,367 FEDERAL RELATIONS, MARITIME, I 510 00:15:35,367 --> 00:15:37,002 RECENTLY WENT TO DC WITH THE 511 00:15:37,002 --> 00:15:39,538 PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION 512 00:15:39,538 --> 00:15:42,541 PRESIDENT AND CEO AND OCR WAS 513 00:15:42,541 --> 00:15:44,443 WORKING WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS 514 00:15:44,443 --> 00:15:46,011 IN THE PORT IN SUPPORT OF THAT. 515 00:15:46,011 --> 00:15:50,115 VERY IMPORTANT EFFORT AND 516 00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:50,983 CONTINUES TO BE, BY THE WAY, 517 00:15:50,983 --> 00:15:53,786 THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE WORK 518 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:56,021 THERE. AND ALSO IN INTERNATIONAL 519 00:15:56,021 --> 00:15:56,989 RELATIONS, 40th ANNIVERSARY OF 520 00:15:56,989 --> 00:15:57,723 GALWAY. BUT IT'S REALLY 521 00:15:57,723 --> 00:16:00,125 EVERYTHING IRELAND AND AND IN 522 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:03,495 FACT, I NEED TO CONNECT WITH YOU 523 00:16:03,495 --> 00:16:07,199 BECAUSE LOOKING TO BRING AN 524 00:16:07,199 --> 00:16:07,733 AMBASSADOR TO SEATTLE, I 525 00:16:07,733 --> 00:16:11,503 HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO EMAIL 526 00:16:11,503 --> 00:16:13,038 YOU AND AND THE TEAM SOME PUBLIC 527 00:16:13,038 --> 00:16:17,009 SAFETY STUFF GOING ON. AND ALSO 528 00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:18,243 QUEBEC LITTLE EVENTS LIKE THAT 529 00:16:18,243 --> 00:16:21,246 MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND 530 00:16:21,246 --> 00:16:21,880 HAVING CITY REPRESENTATION AT, 531 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:22,581 YOU KNOW, AT THE HIGHER LEVELS 532 00:16:22,581 --> 00:16:23,982 IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I WAS 533 00:16:23,982 --> 00:16:27,219 HAPPY TO BE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT 534 00:16:27,219 --> 00:16:27,820 ELECTED THAT SENIOR PERSON AT 535 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:29,221 THAT EVENT, WHICH IS 536 00:16:29,221 --> 00:16:30,689 PREDOMINANTLY A WASHINGTON 537 00:16:30,689 --> 00:16:31,790 STATE. BUT AGAIN, IT WAS HELD 538 00:16:31,790 --> 00:16:34,493 HERE IN SEATTLE. AND I THINK 539 00:16:34,493 --> 00:16:35,094 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR SEATTLE 540 00:16:35,094 --> 00:16:35,928 REPRESENTATION. SO I APPRECIATE 541 00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:37,796 THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITH 542 00:16:37,796 --> 00:16:40,199 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. AND AND 543 00:16:40,199 --> 00:16:42,101 STATE RELATIONS, TOO. LIKE WE 544 00:16:42,101 --> 00:16:43,869 REORDERED THE PUBLIC SAFETY 545 00:16:43,869 --> 00:16:45,904 PIECES, THE LAB FORENSICS LAB 546 00:16:45,904 --> 00:16:47,473 WORK AND SUPPORT OF WHAT THE 547 00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:48,741 CITY ATTORNEY IS LOOKING TO DO 548 00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:52,745 ON DUI. SO VERY IMPORTANT. AND 549 00:16:52,745 --> 00:16:55,080 ACROSS THE BOARD, I DO I DO SAY, 550 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,049 THOUGH, I DO WANT TO SAY IT'S 551 00:16:57,049 --> 00:16:59,118 IMPORTANT FOR ISSUES WHEN THEY 552 00:16:59,118 --> 00:17:02,121 COME UP IN OLYMPIA, FOR EXAMPLE, 553 00:17:02,121 --> 00:17:02,721 THAT THEY'RE BROUGHT TO THE 554 00:17:02,721 --> 00:17:04,356 RELEVANT. AT THE VERY LEAST, THE 555 00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:05,624 RELEVANT COMMITTEE CHAIR. SO, 556 00:17:05,624 --> 00:17:07,626 FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR IN THE 557 00:17:07,626 --> 00:17:10,062 FALL, THE A LPR BILL, THE 558 00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:11,864 AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE BILL WAS 559 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,632 BEING WORKED AND IT WAS 560 00:17:13,632 --> 00:17:14,199 SOCIALIZED ON THE EXECUTIVE 561 00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:17,069 SIDE, BUT IT DID NOT COME TO ME. 562 00:17:17,069 --> 00:17:18,137 AND I DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT IT 563 00:17:18,137 --> 00:17:19,972 UNTIL I READ IT IN THE SEATTLE 564 00:17:19,972 --> 00:17:22,474 TIMES. AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE 565 00:17:22,474 --> 00:17:23,108 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SWAP 566 00:17:23,108 --> 00:17:25,511 OUT OF ADMINISTRATIONS, I MEAN, 567 00:17:25,511 --> 00:17:27,112 I COULD HAVE BEEN ENGAGING ON 568 00:17:27,112 --> 00:17:29,048 THAT. AND THEN BY THE TIME I 569 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:31,750 WAS, IT WAS TOO LATE. AND 570 00:17:31,750 --> 00:17:32,518 THAT'S AN EXAMPLE WHERE, YOU 571 00:17:32,518 --> 00:17:34,386 KNOW, ANYTHING THAT GOES TO THE 572 00:17:34,386 --> 00:17:35,254 EXECUTIVE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, FOR 573 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:36,989 EXAMPLE, SHOULD BE COMING TO MY 574 00:17:36,989 --> 00:17:39,124 COMMITTEE AND AS CHAIR TO ME. SO 575 00:17:39,124 --> 00:17:41,427 THEN I CAN GAUGE, YOU KNOW, 576 00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:42,094 THERE'S OTHER THINGS TOO, LIKE, 577 00:17:42,094 --> 00:17:44,730 YOU KNOW, STAND BY. I SUSPECT 578 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:46,432 THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW HB 579 00:17:46,432 --> 00:17:48,200 1265 COMING FOR THE NEXT 580 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,101 SESSION. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE 581 00:17:49,101 --> 00:17:50,636 TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES ON 582 00:17:50,636 --> 00:17:53,272 AURORA. AND SO WE NEED TO DO 583 00:17:53,272 --> 00:17:55,307 THAT. AND AND WE NEED YOUR 584 00:17:55,307 --> 00:17:58,010 ENGAGEMENT, EVEN IF THERE'S A 585 00:17:58,010 --> 00:17:59,411 LACK OF SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN 586 00:17:59,411 --> 00:17:59,878 THE EXECUTIVE AND THE 587 00:17:59,878 --> 00:18:00,946 LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES, WE'RE NOT 588 00:18:00,946 --> 00:18:01,480 GOING TO BE IN SYNC ON 589 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:02,481 EVERYTHING. I THINK THERE'S A 590 00:18:02,481 --> 00:18:03,882 LOT OF STUFF THAT WE ARE IN 591 00:18:03,882 --> 00:18:05,384 SYNC, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY 592 00:18:05,384 --> 00:18:07,219 GOING TO BE AREAS WHERE WE'RE 593 00:18:07,219 --> 00:18:08,320 NOT. BUT THAT CAN NOT BE A 594 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,756 HURDLE. I MEAN, YOU JUST AT THE 595 00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:12,090 END OF THE DAY NEED TO BE DUAL 596 00:18:12,090 --> 00:18:16,061 TRACKED. AND SO, YOU KNOW, 597 00:18:16,061 --> 00:18:16,695 THAT'S MY CONCERN SOMETIMES 598 00:18:16,695 --> 00:18:17,963 BECAUSE THERE'S A THERE'S A 599 00:18:17,963 --> 00:18:18,864 DESIRE AND I UNDERSTAND IT TO 600 00:18:18,864 --> 00:18:20,199 HAVE LIKE ONE VOICE COMING OUT 601 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:23,502 OF SEATTLE, BUT I DON'T THINK 602 00:18:23,502 --> 00:18:27,239 THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE 603 00:18:27,239 --> 00:18:29,241 POSSIBLE. AND SO AGAIN, TO 604 00:18:29,241 --> 00:18:32,244 CLOSE, THOUGH, I DO REALLY 605 00:18:32,244 --> 00:18:35,214 APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT ACROSS 606 00:18:35,214 --> 00:18:36,949 THE BOARD, PARTICULARLY STACEY 607 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:38,450 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE, 608 00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:39,785 BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT AREA 609 00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:42,454 AND AN AREA THAT THAT'S 610 00:18:42,454 --> 00:18:43,622 DOESN'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION 611 00:18:43,622 --> 00:18:44,356 AND SUPPORT THAT IT'S DOING. SO 612 00:18:44,356 --> 00:18:45,858 I'M TRYING TO DO MY PART THERE, 613 00:18:45,858 --> 00:18:47,292 BUT THE THE OTHER AREAS ARE 614 00:18:47,292 --> 00:18:49,161 REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE 615 00:18:49,161 --> 00:18:50,195 REGIONAL, BUT THE STATE PIECE 616 00:18:50,195 --> 00:18:51,964 FROM A PRACTICAL LIKE 617 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:53,565 LEGISLATION, THE STATE PIECE, 618 00:18:53,565 --> 00:18:55,934 OLYMPIA AND THEN GETTING EARLY 619 00:18:55,934 --> 00:18:57,302 HEADS UP IS SO KEY. SO I JUST 620 00:18:57,302 --> 00:19:00,639 ASKED THAT. AND SO THANK YOU AND 621 00:19:00,639 --> 00:19:01,473 WELCOME TO THE TEAM. 622 00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:02,641 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 623 00:19:02,641 --> 00:19:02,875 KETTLE. 624 00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:03,842 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 625 00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:05,878 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 626 00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:07,746 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. THANK YOU. 627 00:19:07,746 --> 00:19:09,014 -- WELCOME. IT'S GOOD TO SEE 628 00:19:09,014 --> 00:19:11,216 YOU. DIRECTOR HASHIMI OR MINA 629 00:19:11,216 --> 00:19:13,418 AND WELCOME MR. REID, DEPUTY 630 00:19:13,418 --> 00:19:14,720 DIRECTOR, I HAVE I HAVE A COUPLE 631 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:15,621 QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK 632 00:19:15,621 --> 00:19:17,823 YOU FOR FOR PUTTING INTO CONTEXT 633 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:19,725 THE WORK THAT YOU DO ABOUT 634 00:19:19,725 --> 00:19:21,093 POLICY AND FUNDING STRATEGIES, 635 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:21,693 BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES THE 636 00:19:21,693 --> 00:19:22,594 PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW THAT 637 00:19:22,594 --> 00:19:23,328 THERE'S THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. 638 00:19:23,328 --> 00:19:24,129 AND THAT'S OUR CONNECTION WITH 639 00:19:24,129 --> 00:19:27,165 YOU, WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN 640 00:19:27,165 --> 00:19:28,934 OLYMPIA AND THE COORDINATED, 641 00:19:28,934 --> 00:19:29,468 EFFECTIVE LOBBYING STATE, 642 00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:31,436 REGIONAL, INDIAN COUNTRY AND 643 00:19:31,436 --> 00:19:32,938 WASHINGTON, D.C. SO MY QUESTION 644 00:19:32,938 --> 00:19:34,439 TO YOU IS THIS. AND 645 00:19:34,439 --> 00:19:35,274 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND I HAD 646 00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:36,441 AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, TO BE IN 647 00:19:36,441 --> 00:19:37,576 WASHINGTON, D.C., IN FEBRUARY 648 00:19:37,576 --> 00:19:39,411 FOR THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF 649 00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:40,279 AMERICAN INDIANS. AND AS YOU 650 00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:42,481 KNOW, THAT'S A REPRESENTATIVE 651 00:19:42,481 --> 00:19:43,549 OF OVER 500 TRIBES, TOUCHING ON 652 00:19:43,549 --> 00:19:44,850 EVERY ISSUE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL, 653 00:19:44,850 --> 00:19:47,119 HOUSING, SOCIAL SERVICES, PUBLIC 654 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:50,489 SAFETY, AND NOT JUST STATE, 655 00:19:50,489 --> 00:19:51,023 STATE TRIBAL RELATIONS OR 656 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:51,790 LITIGATION, BUT ALL THOSE BROAD 657 00:19:51,790 --> 00:19:53,458 ISSUES THAT AFFECT INDIAN 658 00:19:53,458 --> 00:19:54,526 COUNTRY AND MONEY. YOU KNOW, 659 00:19:54,526 --> 00:19:56,028 WE'LL SEE IT IN SOME OF OUR 660 00:19:56,028 --> 00:19:57,996 OTHER PRESENTATIONS REGARDING 661 00:19:57,996 --> 00:19:59,198 WHEN FEDERAL MONEY COMES INTO 662 00:19:59,198 --> 00:19:59,998 THE COUNTY OR THE STATE. AND 663 00:19:59,998 --> 00:20:01,400 THEN IS, OF COURSE, CONTRACTED 664 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,034 AND WORKED WITH TRIBES. AND IT 665 00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:03,368 AFFECTS THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS 666 00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:05,871 WELL. SO I GUESS MY CONCERN OR 667 00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:07,272 WHAT THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHEN 668 00:20:07,272 --> 00:20:08,407 WE'RE IN DC AND EVERY TIME I'M 669 00:20:08,407 --> 00:20:09,608 IN DC, I MEET WITH LESLIE 670 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:12,077 BONNER, YOU KNOW, LESLIE AND I 671 00:20:12,077 --> 00:20:13,512 HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE FROM OIRA 672 00:20:13,512 --> 00:20:14,713 AS OF YET. GOING OUT TO 673 00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:16,081 WASHINGTON, D.C.. THEY MEET FOUR 674 00:20:16,081 --> 00:20:17,282 TIMES A YEAR. I ALWAYS GO INTO 675 00:20:17,282 --> 00:20:18,550 FEBRUARY MEETING BECAUSE THAT'S 676 00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:20,152 THE MEETING WHERE THE TRIBAL 677 00:20:20,152 --> 00:20:22,988 LEADERSHIP ARE THERE WITH THEIR 678 00:20:22,988 --> 00:20:23,655 LAWYERS, LOBBYISTS. THEY PUT OUT 679 00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:26,058 A REALLY GOOD AGENDA AND NAIL 680 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:27,960 DOWN THE ISSUES, INCLUDING 681 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,761 LITIGATION. AND ALSO RIGHT NOW, 682 00:20:29,761 --> 00:20:32,431 DEALING WITH DATA CENTERS, 683 00:20:32,431 --> 00:20:33,065 TRIBAL JURISDICTION AND PUBLIC 684 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:34,633 SAFETY AND THE FENTANYL CRISIS 685 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:36,068 THAT'S GOING ON EVERYWHERE AND 686 00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:37,903 THE MONEY THAT THEY NEED FOR 687 00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:40,639 HOUSING AND ADDICTION SERVICES. 688 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:42,708 SO HAVE WHAT IS YOUR UPDATE WITH 689 00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:43,442 MEETING WITH LESLIE IN 690 00:20:43,442 --> 00:20:44,643 WASHINGTON, D.C.? WHAT'S GOING 691 00:20:44,643 --> 00:20:46,678 ON THERE? 692 00:20:46,678 --> 00:20:48,413 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, I 693 00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:50,415 APPRECIATE IT AND WE APPRECIATE 694 00:20:50,415 --> 00:20:52,284 YOUR ADVOCACY AS WELL AS 695 00:20:52,284 --> 00:20:54,886 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IN DC ON 696 00:20:54,886 --> 00:20:56,321 OUR BEHALF TOO. YOU KNOW, TO BE 697 00:20:56,321 --> 00:20:57,856 DIRECT. THIS IS JUST A PLACE 698 00:20:57,856 --> 00:21:00,959 WHERE BUDGET CUTS HAVE HAVE KIND 699 00:21:00,959 --> 00:21:02,127 OF HIT OCR. SO OUR TRAVEL BUDGET 700 00:21:02,127 --> 00:21:04,296 IS PRETTY LIMITED. AND SO WE 701 00:21:04,296 --> 00:21:05,697 WOULD LIKE TO BE IN DC MORE. AND 702 00:21:05,697 --> 00:21:08,000 THAT WOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY 703 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,102 FOR US, WOULD BE AN EVENT OF 704 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:13,271 THAT NATURE. SO CURRENTLY OUR 705 00:21:13,271 --> 00:21:14,506 TEAM HAS BEEN IN DC, I THINK 706 00:21:14,506 --> 00:21:18,110 TWICE THIS YEAR. AND LESLIE 707 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:19,344 HERSELF COMES OUT HERE AS WELL. 708 00:21:19,344 --> 00:21:21,446 SO WE HAVE WE HAVE LOTS OF 709 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:24,049 CONNECTIONS TO OUR LOBBYING TEAM 710 00:21:24,049 --> 00:21:27,919 IN DC, BUT IT'S THOSE SORT OF ON 711 00:21:27,919 --> 00:21:28,553 THE GROUND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING 712 00:21:28,553 --> 00:21:30,088 AND OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH 713 00:21:30,088 --> 00:21:31,657 OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION. WE WE 714 00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:32,824 LOOK WE WOULD LOVE MORE OF 715 00:21:32,824 --> 00:21:34,059 THOSE. AND WE TAKE ANY 716 00:21:34,059 --> 00:21:35,027 OPPORTUNITY WE CAN. 717 00:21:35,027 --> 00:21:35,994 -- OKAY. I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU 718 00:21:35,994 --> 00:21:40,032 ON THE SPOT, BUT NCI HELD THEIR 719 00:21:40,032 --> 00:21:42,601 ANNUAL MEETING IN SEATTLE LAST 720 00:21:42,601 --> 00:21:45,237 FALL, AND I MODERATED A PANEL 721 00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:46,338 WITH ALL NATIVE AMERICAN ELECTED 722 00:21:46,338 --> 00:21:48,573 LEADERS IN THE STATE 723 00:21:48,573 --> 00:21:50,175 LEGISLATURE. SO IT WASN'T JUST 724 00:21:50,175 --> 00:21:51,376 ISSUES THAT ARE RELEGATED TO 725 00:21:51,376 --> 00:21:53,111 INDIAN COUNTRY OR NATIVE FOLK. I 726 00:21:53,111 --> 00:21:54,379 DIDN'T SEE ANYONE FROM OCR 727 00:21:54,379 --> 00:21:55,580 THERE, AND THAT WAS UNLESS YOU 728 00:21:55,580 --> 00:21:56,715 WERE THERE. I APOLOGIZE IF YOU 729 00:21:56,715 --> 00:21:57,516 WERE THERE, BECAUSE WE ALSO 730 00:21:57,516 --> 00:22:00,419 HOSTED A COUPLE RECEPTIONS. 731 00:22:00,419 --> 00:22:03,555 -- OUR TRIBAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR 732 00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:03,855 WAS THERE. 733 00:22:03,855 --> 00:22:05,057 -- VERNON WHO? 734 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:05,424 -- FRANCESCA. 735 00:22:05,424 --> 00:22:06,725 -- OH, FRANCESCA WAS THERE. 736 00:22:06,725 --> 00:22:10,162 YEAH. SHE MUST HAVE BEEN OKAY. 737 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:10,829 MAYBE WE WEREN'T ALL THE SAME. 738 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:11,029 WELL. 739 00:22:11,029 --> 00:22:11,997 -- I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT, 740 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:14,199 BUT YES, WE WE WERE REGISTERED 741 00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:15,767 FOR FOR THAT CONFERENCE. 742 00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:17,269 -- SO WHAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO 743 00:22:17,269 --> 00:22:18,804 HAVE SEEN IS SOMETHING FROM IR 744 00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:20,706 TO SAY THAT FRANCESCA WENT TO 745 00:22:20,706 --> 00:22:22,040 NCI IN THE FALL. AND THESE ARE 746 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:23,241 BECAUSE WE ALL HAD THE BREAKOUT 747 00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:23,909 ROOMS AND PANELS. WE'RE HAPPY 748 00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:27,713 TO. SO WE CAN HAVE AN UPDATE AND 749 00:22:27,713 --> 00:22:30,148 I KNOW TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND 750 00:22:30,148 --> 00:22:32,284 INDIGENOUS LED ORGANIZATIONS, 751 00:22:32,284 --> 00:22:32,918 NONPROFITS ARE IN COUNCILMEMBER 752 00:22:32,918 --> 00:22:33,985 STRAUSS COMMITTEE. AND, YOU 753 00:22:33,985 --> 00:22:36,488 KNOW, WE HAVE THE IAC, THE 754 00:22:36,488 --> 00:22:37,422 INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 755 00:22:37,422 --> 00:22:39,758 SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING 756 00:22:39,758 --> 00:22:41,059 FROM IR. YEAH. LIKE WHAT? WHAT 757 00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:42,561 FRANCESCA, WHATEVER HAPPENED, 758 00:22:42,561 --> 00:22:44,930 YOU KNOW, SOMETHING BACK AND 759 00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:47,132 I'M STILL PUSHING HARD TO MAKE 760 00:22:47,132 --> 00:22:51,203 SURE THAT WE MAKE THE TRIBAL 761 00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:51,837 PEACE PART OF REGULAR GOVERNING 762 00:22:51,837 --> 00:22:52,637 IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THAT 763 00:22:52,637 --> 00:22:54,373 IT'S IN THERE WITH THE FEDS. 764 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:55,841 THE STATE, REGIONAL CITY, 765 00:22:55,841 --> 00:22:58,176 COUNTY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE STUFF 766 00:22:58,176 --> 00:22:59,878 WE DO. SO IF WE COULD HAVE 767 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:01,813 SOMETHING BACK AS A REPORT OR 768 00:23:01,813 --> 00:23:03,115 WITHIN THE REPORT TO SEATTLE 769 00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:05,450 CITY COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE 770 00:23:05,450 --> 00:23:06,651 HELPFUL. I ACTUALLY GOT A LOT OF 771 00:23:06,651 --> 00:23:07,219 WORK DONE ON THE SKAGIT 772 00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:09,554 LICENSING STUFF WHILE I WAS AT 773 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:10,889 NC. I IN THE FALL AND MET WITH A 774 00:23:10,889 --> 00:23:14,526 LOT OF LEADERSHIP ON ALL THOSE 775 00:23:14,526 --> 00:23:15,060 ISSUES ABOUT ENERGY DATA 776 00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:16,895 CENTERS. THAT'S HOW I LEARNED 777 00:23:16,895 --> 00:23:19,297 SO MUCH MORE ON THE MORATORIUMS. 778 00:23:19,297 --> 00:23:20,298 SO IF WE CAN HAVE LIKE THAT, BE 779 00:23:20,298 --> 00:23:21,800 A REGULAR, WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE 780 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,902 IN DC OR THE NEXT TIME THEY 781 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:26,238 HOST, THAT WOULD BE REALLY 782 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:27,873 IMPORTANT. I'M GUESSING THAT 783 00:23:27,873 --> 00:23:30,108 FRANCESCA ALSO ATTENDS A TEA, 784 00:23:30,108 --> 00:23:31,276 AND I AFFILIATED TRIBES. OKAY, 785 00:23:31,276 --> 00:23:32,811 GREAT. SO BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING 786 00:23:32,811 --> 00:23:34,780 THOSE REPORTS. SO IF WE CAN HAVE 787 00:23:34,780 --> 00:23:35,814 THIS IN YOUR POWERPOINT, THAT'D 788 00:23:35,814 --> 00:23:36,815 BE GREAT. AND THEN THAT WAY I 789 00:23:36,815 --> 00:23:37,983 SAY, OH, FRANCESCA WENT TO A TEA 790 00:23:37,983 --> 00:23:40,552 AND I, SHE WENT TO NCI. SO NOW 791 00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:42,454 WE KNOW HOW SEATTLE WAS 792 00:23:42,454 --> 00:23:43,388 REPRESENTED AND WHAT OUR ISSUES 793 00:23:43,388 --> 00:23:44,756 ARE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF 794 00:23:44,756 --> 00:23:46,825 ISSUES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH IN 795 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:49,628 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND PARKS. 796 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:52,531 AND NOTWITHSTANDING LITIGATION, 797 00:23:52,531 --> 00:23:54,466 A LOT OF THE ISSUES REGARDING 798 00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:55,600 PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THANK YOU FOR 799 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:55,934 THAT. 800 00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:57,702 -- THANK YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD 801 00:23:57,702 --> 00:23:58,303 FEEDBACK. WE'LL DEFINITELY 802 00:23:58,303 --> 00:23:59,304 INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR 803 00:23:59,304 --> 00:24:01,306 PRESENTATIONS. 804 00:24:01,306 --> 00:24:01,640 -- THANK YOU. 805 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,542 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 806 00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:05,076 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, ARE THERE 807 00:24:05,076 --> 00:24:06,945 ANY OTHER OH, COUNCILMEMBER 808 00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:07,179 FOSTER. 809 00:24:07,179 --> 00:24:08,146 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 810 00:24:08,146 --> 00:24:09,080 PRESIDENT. I'M NOT ACTUALLY A 811 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:10,148 QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT TO 812 00:24:10,148 --> 00:24:12,417 FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILMEMBER 813 00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:13,251 JUAREZ QUESTION, JUST TO SHARE 814 00:24:13,251 --> 00:24:15,086 WITH COLLEAGUES, AS OF LAST 815 00:24:15,086 --> 00:24:17,856 WEEK, I AM NOW A MEMBER OF THE 816 00:24:17,856 --> 00:24:20,525 ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITIES 817 00:24:20,525 --> 00:24:21,159 FEDERAL PRIORITIES SUBCOMMITTEE. 818 00:24:21,159 --> 00:24:22,294 SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT 819 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:24,496 NEWS. REALLY EXCITED TO SERVE IN 820 00:24:24,496 --> 00:24:26,064 THAT CAPACITY. AND I KNOW WE'LL 821 00:24:26,064 --> 00:24:26,698 BE MEETING TWICE THIS FALL AND 822 00:24:26,698 --> 00:24:27,666 WOULD LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT 823 00:24:27,666 --> 00:24:31,169 I'M PARTNERING WITH ALL OF OUR 824 00:24:31,169 --> 00:24:32,704 COUNCIL OFFICES AND OCR TO SERVE 825 00:24:32,704 --> 00:24:33,471 WELL IN THAT ROLE AND MAKE SURE 826 00:24:33,471 --> 00:24:36,541 THAT WE ARE COLLABORATING TO 827 00:24:36,541 --> 00:24:39,377 UPLIFT THOSE UPLIFT, TO ENSURE 828 00:24:39,377 --> 00:24:41,213 THAT WE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THE 829 00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:42,414 PRIORITIES THAT MEMBERS HAVE 830 00:24:42,414 --> 00:24:45,784 HERE AND ALSO WANTED TO SHARE. 831 00:24:45,784 --> 00:24:46,451 WE'RE DOING SOME ONGOING WORK 832 00:24:46,451 --> 00:24:48,620 AROUND TRANSPORTATION AND 833 00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:50,789 INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND 834 00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:51,656 MAYBE JOINING A NATIONAL LEAGUE 835 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:53,291 OF CITIES IN THAT ROLE. THAT'S 836 00:24:53,291 --> 00:24:54,326 TO BE DETERMINED AT THIS POINT, 837 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:56,161 BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF 838 00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:57,829 MY COLLEAGUES HAD THAT UPDATE. 839 00:24:57,829 --> 00:24:58,129 THANK YOU. 840 00:24:58,129 --> 00:25:00,499 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 841 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:03,101 FOSTER. ARE THERE OTHER COMMENTS 842 00:25:03,101 --> 00:25:04,769 OR QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING. 843 00:25:04,769 --> 00:25:06,404 -- I WILL SAY.? COUNCILMEMBER 844 00:25:06,404 --> 00:25:08,440 RIVERA THANK YOU, COUNCIL 845 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,909 PRESIDENT, JUST TO SAY THAT I 846 00:25:10,909 --> 00:25:13,245 SERVE ON THE LEGISLATIVE 847 00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:13,879 PRIORITIES FOR THE ASSOCIATION 848 00:25:13,879 --> 00:25:16,581 OF WASHINGTON CITIES. WE MET 849 00:25:16,581 --> 00:25:19,784 LAST WEEK TO DO OUR INTRODUCTORY 850 00:25:19,784 --> 00:25:20,919 MEETING ON WHAT CITIES YOU KNOW, 851 00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:22,420 WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE 852 00:25:22,420 --> 00:25:24,122 TRACKING IN OLYMPIA THIS YEAR. 853 00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:26,992 AND OF COURSE, LIKE US, 854 00:25:26,992 --> 00:25:29,060 EVERYONE'S CONCERNED ABOUT 855 00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:31,096 REVENUE AND HOW TO BE ABLE TO, 856 00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:33,531 TO MEET OUR SERVICE NEEDS ACROSS 857 00:25:33,531 --> 00:25:35,734 ALL OUR CITIES. SO THAT'S TOP 858 00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:36,768 OF MIND FOR THEM, ALONG WITH A 859 00:25:36,768 --> 00:25:38,503 LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE 860 00:25:38,503 --> 00:25:41,907 CARE ABOUT. SO I WILL BE GIVING 861 00:25:41,907 --> 00:25:43,942 YOU MORE INFORMATION AS THAT 862 00:25:43,942 --> 00:25:45,911 MOVES FORWARD. AND WE FINALIZE 863 00:25:45,911 --> 00:25:48,146 THE AGENDA. BUT JUST TO SHARE, 864 00:25:48,146 --> 00:25:49,748 AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH 865 00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:51,449 YOU, DIRECTOR HASHEMI, THIS PAST 866 00:25:51,449 --> 00:25:55,820 WEEK. WE MET TO TALK BROADLY 867 00:25:55,820 --> 00:25:57,088 ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE IN OLYMPIA 868 00:25:57,088 --> 00:26:00,058 LAST YEAR. REALLY APPRECIATE THE 869 00:26:00,058 --> 00:26:01,259 DIALOG AND THE CONVERSATION 870 00:26:01,259 --> 00:26:02,994 ABOUT THAT. AND JUST ONE THING, 871 00:26:02,994 --> 00:26:04,930 THAT ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON 872 00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:07,299 CITIES DOES THAT I THINK IS 873 00:26:07,299 --> 00:26:09,935 REALLY HELPFUL IS THEY TRULY 874 00:26:09,935 --> 00:26:11,436 PRIORITIZE. THEY TAKE THE TOP 3 875 00:26:11,436 --> 00:26:14,072 OR 4 PRIORITIES. AND THAT'S 876 00:26:14,072 --> 00:26:16,508 REALLY WHAT, AS AN ASSOCIATION, 877 00:26:16,508 --> 00:26:18,176 THEY FOCUS ON. AND THEN, OF 878 00:26:18,176 --> 00:26:20,211 COURSE, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT 879 00:26:20,211 --> 00:26:22,514 DIFFERENT CITIES AREN'T 880 00:26:22,514 --> 00:26:24,249 TRACKING DIFFERENT ISSUES OR 881 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:24,816 LEGISLATORS THEMSELVES, BUT 882 00:26:24,816 --> 00:26:26,451 IT'S REALLY IF EVERYTHING'S A 883 00:26:26,451 --> 00:26:28,086 PRIORITY, THEN NOTHING BECOMES A 884 00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:30,522 PRIORITY. AND I REALLY 885 00:26:30,522 --> 00:26:31,923 APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT THEY 886 00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:35,527 THEY DO THAT WORK, WHICH IS 887 00:26:35,527 --> 00:26:36,127 TRULY PRIORITIZED BECAUSE IT 888 00:26:36,127 --> 00:26:37,629 MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT FOR 889 00:26:37,629 --> 00:26:39,597 STAFF TO BE ABLE TO TRACK 500 890 00:26:39,597 --> 00:26:42,300 BILLS IF WE'RE NOT REALLY 891 00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:43,368 PRIORITIZING. SO I'M JUST GOING 892 00:26:43,368 --> 00:26:45,236 TO SAY TO US HERE, WHICH, YOU 893 00:26:45,236 --> 00:26:47,038 KNOW, I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF IN 894 00:26:47,038 --> 00:26:48,106 THE PAST TO ADD MORE THINGS TO 895 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:50,575 THE AGENDA. BUT JUST FOR THIS 896 00:26:50,575 --> 00:26:54,012 COMING YEAR, MY PLUG WOULD BE IN 897 00:26:54,012 --> 00:26:56,314 MY EXPERIENCE WITH A WC IS IF WE 898 00:26:56,314 --> 00:26:58,850 TRULY PRIORITIZE THINGS, IT 899 00:26:58,850 --> 00:27:01,319 REALLY DOES HELP WHEN OUR STAFF 900 00:27:01,319 --> 00:27:06,558 IS HELPING IN OLYMPIA TO TO DO 901 00:27:06,558 --> 00:27:08,426 THAT ADVOCACY ON OUR BEHALF. SO 902 00:27:08,426 --> 00:27:10,428 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 903 00:27:10,428 --> 00:27:11,029 PRESIDENT. 904 00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:12,897 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 905 00:27:12,897 --> 00:27:13,865 MEMBER RIVERA. THANK YOU. THANK 906 00:27:13,865 --> 00:27:15,066 YOU BOTH. I DON'T HAVE ANY 907 00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:16,601 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I KNOW 908 00:27:16,601 --> 00:27:18,036 I'LL BE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM 909 00:27:18,036 --> 00:27:20,638 MY COLLEAGUES, UNDERSTANDING 910 00:27:20,638 --> 00:27:22,007 LIKE INFORMATION THAT THEY WANT 911 00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:23,908 UPDATES ON JUST SO WE HAVE A 912 00:27:23,908 --> 00:27:25,110 CLEAN FORMAT. AND THIS WAS A 913 00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:26,511 GREAT START AND JUST REALLY 914 00:27:26,511 --> 00:27:27,178 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I DON'T 915 00:27:27,178 --> 00:27:28,446 KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY CLOSING 916 00:27:28,446 --> 00:27:30,348 COMMENTS, SAM OR DIRECTOR 917 00:27:30,348 --> 00:27:30,615 HASHIMI. 918 00:27:30,615 --> 00:27:32,050 -- NO THANK YOU. 919 00:27:32,050 --> 00:27:33,618 -- WE APPRECIATE THE INVITATION 920 00:27:33,618 --> 00:27:34,653 AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE. 921 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:35,487 -- HERE AND LOOK. 922 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:37,789 -- FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. NEXT 923 00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:39,024 QUARTER. AND AS ALWAYS, HAPPY TO 924 00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:42,861 FOLLOW UP ON QUESTIONS AND IDEAS 925 00:27:42,861 --> 00:27:43,161 IN BETWEEN. 926 00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:44,462 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU AND 927 00:27:44,462 --> 00:27:45,430 COLLEAGUES. JUST A REMINDER, 928 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:46,564 THEY WILL BE MEETING WITH YOU 929 00:27:46,564 --> 00:27:48,600 ALL TO TALK ABOUT PRIORITIES FOR 930 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,935 2027 BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT AROUND 931 00:27:50,935 --> 00:27:51,603 THE CORNER AND WANT TO GET THOSE 932 00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:53,271 IN THERE. AND THEN WE WILL 933 00:27:53,271 --> 00:27:54,906 FIGURE OUT THE CADENCE FOR NEXT 934 00:27:54,906 --> 00:27:56,941 YEAR REGARDING HOW MANY TIMES 935 00:27:56,941 --> 00:27:57,575 THEY ARE COMING TO UPDATE US, 936 00:27:57,575 --> 00:27:59,577 BECAUSE WE KNOW THE LEGISLATIVE 937 00:27:59,577 --> 00:28:00,879 PROCESS MOVES VERY, VERY FAST. 938 00:28:00,879 --> 00:28:02,047 SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 939 00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:06,184 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AWESOME. 940 00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:09,454 OKAY, SO NOW, COLLEAGUES, 941 00:28:09,454 --> 00:28:09,954 THERE'S NO LETTERS OF 942 00:28:09,954 --> 00:28:12,457 PROCLAMATIONS FOR SIGNATURE. 943 00:28:12,457 --> 00:28:14,059 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN OUR 944 00:28:14,059 --> 00:28:15,860 OUR QUICK DISCUSSION. AND JUST A 945 00:28:15,860 --> 00:28:17,629 REMINDER, WE DO HAVE TWO 946 00:28:17,629 --> 00:28:18,263 EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, BUT WE ARE 947 00:28:18,263 --> 00:28:20,031 GOING TO HAVE BLUE SKY BECAUSE I 948 00:28:20,031 --> 00:28:21,866 KNOW PEOPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF 949 00:28:21,866 --> 00:28:22,467 STUFF THAT HAPPENED OVER THE 950 00:28:22,467 --> 00:28:25,970 WEEKEND. I KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO, 951 00:28:25,970 --> 00:28:28,273 YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THOSE 952 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:29,541 SITUATIONS AS WELL, BUT ALSO 953 00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:31,176 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE 954 00:28:31,176 --> 00:28:32,877 KIND OF KNOW ABOUT THE 955 00:28:32,877 --> 00:28:34,646 LEGISLATION THAT'S BEING 956 00:28:34,646 --> 00:28:35,280 TRANSMITTED AND STUFF THAT'S 957 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,548 COMING UP. WHATEVER YOU HAVE IN 958 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:37,449 YOUR COMMITTEE, I THINK IT'S 959 00:28:37,449 --> 00:28:38,750 GOOD THAT WE KIND OF UPDATE EACH 960 00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:40,885 OTHER, BECAUSE A LOT OF 961 00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:41,920 LEGISLATION HAS PASSED THROUGH 962 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:42,887 COUNCIL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF 963 00:28:42,887 --> 00:28:44,456 WEEKS. WE'VE BEEN JUST CHUGGING 964 00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:48,426 ALONG, SO WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN 965 00:28:48,426 --> 00:28:49,060 OUR NEXT DISCUSSIONS. PREVIEW OF 966 00:28:49,060 --> 00:28:50,128 CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS. AND I'M 967 00:28:50,128 --> 00:28:51,596 JUST GOING TO JUMP TO MY LEFT IF 968 00:28:51,596 --> 00:28:52,530 THAT'S OKAY. IF NOT, I'LL GO TO 969 00:28:52,530 --> 00:28:54,499 MY RIGHT. IF YOU'RE NOT READY 970 00:28:54,499 --> 00:28:55,133 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, I DON'T 971 00:28:55,133 --> 00:28:56,568 WANT TO PUT YOU ON BLAST. NO, 972 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:58,303 NO. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL JUST. 973 00:28:58,303 --> 00:28:59,104 -- GO TO THE CHALLENGE. 974 00:28:59,104 --> 00:28:59,904 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. THAT'S 975 00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:00,939 WHAT I LOVE TO HEAR. 976 00:29:00,939 --> 00:29:02,974 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 977 00:29:02,974 --> 00:29:03,341 -- THANK YOU. 978 00:29:03,341 --> 00:29:06,277 -- CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. 979 00:29:06,277 --> 00:29:06,945 -- CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. COUNCIL 980 00:29:06,945 --> 00:29:07,579 PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, AS YOU 981 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:10,248 ALL KNOW, LAST WEEK WE PASSED 982 00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:12,617 OUT A SELECT COMMITTEE. THE 983 00:29:12,617 --> 00:29:15,954 FAMILIES EDUCATION PRESCHOOL 984 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:17,455 PROMISE I ANY PLAN, 985 00:29:17,455 --> 00:29:18,523 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 986 00:29:18,523 --> 00:29:19,924 PLAN. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL 987 00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:22,594 AGAIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WENT 988 00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:26,331 INTO THE. YOUR REVIEW AND YOUR 989 00:29:26,331 --> 00:29:27,599 THOUGHTS AROUND THAT PLAN, AND I 990 00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:30,668 LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON THAT 991 00:29:30,668 --> 00:29:33,705 OUT OF COUNCIL TOMORROW. 992 00:29:33,705 --> 00:29:34,339 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I'M AWARE 993 00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:37,909 YOU HAVE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING 994 00:29:37,909 --> 00:29:40,111 AN AMENDMENT, COLLEAGUES, IF 995 00:29:40,111 --> 00:29:41,246 THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE 996 00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:45,116 LET ME KNOW ASAP. TODAY, IT'S 997 00:29:45,116 --> 00:29:45,750 HELPFUL NOT TO HAVE SURPRISES. 998 00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:49,587 DAY OF. AND AS YOU KNOW, I'M 999 00:29:49,587 --> 00:29:51,156 ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO WORK WITH 1000 00:29:51,156 --> 00:29:52,290 YOU ON ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU 1001 00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:55,593 CARE ABOUT AND THAT WE CARE 1002 00:29:55,593 --> 00:29:56,861 ABOUT COLLECTIVELY. I WILL SAY I 1003 00:29:56,861 --> 00:29:58,630 HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING TODAY 1004 00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:01,866 TOO, WITH SUPERINTENDENT 1005 00:30:01,866 --> 00:30:04,803 SCHULDINER AND OUR DIRECTOR, OUR 1006 00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:05,570 TRUSTEE, DIRECTOR DWANE 1007 00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:07,972 CHAPPELLE. JUST TO TOUCH BASE ON 1008 00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:09,841 ALL THE THINGS RELATED TO THE 1009 00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:13,678 FAT BY ANY. I ALSO LAST WEEK I 1010 00:30:13,678 --> 00:30:16,381 SIT ON THE WIRE EIGHT SALMON 1011 00:30:16,381 --> 00:30:17,382 RECOVERY COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAD 1012 00:30:17,382 --> 00:30:19,284 OUR MEETING LAST WEEK AND THEN I 1013 00:30:19,284 --> 00:30:21,920 JUST WANT TO QUICKLY MENTION 1014 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,188 BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S ON 1015 00:30:23,188 --> 00:30:24,889 EVERYBODY'S WEIGHING ON ALL OF 1016 00:30:24,889 --> 00:30:29,160 US THIS MORNING WERE THE TRAGIC 1017 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,329 INCIDENTS OF THE WEEKEND, 1018 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:31,896 INCLUDING YESTERDAY AT THE 1019 00:30:31,896 --> 00:30:35,533 SEATTLE CENTER, BUT ALSO ON 1020 00:30:35,533 --> 00:30:36,668 AURORA AND CAPITOL HILL OVER THE 1021 00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:37,902 WEEKEND. ALL OF THIS GUN 1022 00:30:37,902 --> 00:30:42,173 VIOLENCE HAS, OF COURSE, ME AND 1023 00:30:42,173 --> 00:30:45,910 ALL OF US. IT IS IT IS TRAGIC. 1024 00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:48,346 IT IS SENSELESS. IT IS 1025 00:30:48,346 --> 00:30:51,015 AVOIDABLE. AND SO YOU ALL KNOW 1026 00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:56,921 IT JUST HAS CONTINUES TO BOOSTER 1027 00:30:56,921 --> 00:30:59,357 MY RESOLVE TO DO. A STRATEGY 1028 00:30:59,357 --> 00:31:00,058 HERE IN SEATTLE. YOU'VE HEARD ME 1029 00:31:00,058 --> 00:31:01,125 TALK ABOUT IT. I'M GOING TO SAY 1030 00:31:01,125 --> 00:31:04,662 IT AGAIN. THE NATIONAL NETWORK 1031 00:31:04,662 --> 00:31:06,030 FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES AT JOHN JAY 1032 00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:08,132 COLLEGE HAS HAD AMAZING RESULTS 1033 00:31:08,132 --> 00:31:10,902 IN OTHER CITIES LIKE BALTIMORE 1034 00:31:10,902 --> 00:31:12,670 AND PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON, 40 1035 00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:14,572 TO 60% GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION. 1036 00:31:14,572 --> 00:31:17,575 WE NEED TO DO THAT HERE. I FEEL 1037 00:31:17,575 --> 00:31:21,713 REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. IF 1038 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:23,882 THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD 1039 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:26,084 BE DOING HERE TO REDUCE GUN 1040 00:31:26,084 --> 00:31:27,619 VIOLENCE BY 40 TO 60%, WE SHOULD 1041 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:31,189 BE DOING IT, PERIOD. FULL STOP. 1042 00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:34,225 SO I'M GOING TO KEEP CALLING ON 1043 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:36,361 US TO WORK ON SOMETHING. I 1044 00:31:36,361 --> 00:31:38,396 INTEND TO BRING A RESOLUTION AND 1045 00:31:38,396 --> 00:31:39,030 SOMETHING THROUGH THE BUDGET IN 1046 00:31:39,030 --> 00:31:40,632 ORDER TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE 1047 00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:41,466 NATIONAL NETWORK. I'M GOING TO 1048 00:31:41,466 --> 00:31:44,669 SAY THAT THE NATIONAL NETWORK, 1049 00:31:44,669 --> 00:31:46,104 THIS IS THEIR EFFORT. WE CANNOT 1050 00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:47,872 DO THEIR EFFORT HERE BECAUSE 1051 00:31:47,872 --> 00:31:49,807 THEY OWN IT. THEY OWN THE RIGHTS 1052 00:31:49,807 --> 00:31:54,979 TO THAT. AND WE CAN'T BE DOING 1053 00:31:54,979 --> 00:31:56,581 THINGS HALFWAY HERE BECAUSE 1054 00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:58,082 UNLESS WE IMPLEMENT IT IN THE 1055 00:31:58,082 --> 00:31:59,917 WAY THAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDING, 1056 00:31:59,917 --> 00:32:00,985 IT WON'T BE A FULL FLEDGED 1057 00:32:00,985 --> 00:32:03,221 EFFORT AND IT WON'T HAVE THE 1058 00:32:03,221 --> 00:32:07,325 RESULTS THAT THEY HAVE HAD IN 1059 00:32:07,325 --> 00:32:09,861 OTHER CITIES. SO YOU'LL BE 1060 00:32:09,861 --> 00:32:10,962 HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE 1061 00:32:10,962 --> 00:32:13,531 DAYS TO COME. COLLEAGUES, AND I 1062 00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:15,466 APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE ALL 1063 00:32:15,466 --> 00:32:18,036 GRAPPLING WITH THIS, AND I DO 1064 00:32:18,036 --> 00:32:19,570 FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 1065 00:32:19,570 --> 00:32:20,972 IS WORTH US TRYING HERE IN 1066 00:32:20,972 --> 00:32:22,106 SEATTLE, ALL OF US TOGETHER. 1067 00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:24,075 IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE JUST THE 1068 00:32:24,075 --> 00:32:26,311 COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, BUT IT'S 1069 00:32:26,311 --> 00:32:29,280 GOING TO TAKE COMMUNITY AND ALL 1070 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,149 THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND 1071 00:32:31,149 --> 00:32:33,418 AGENCIES TO COME TOGETHER, 1072 00:32:33,418 --> 00:32:34,052 INCLUDING THE PROSECUTOR AND THE 1073 00:32:34,052 --> 00:32:37,588 CITY ATTORNEY, THE U.S. 1074 00:32:37,588 --> 00:32:39,324 ATTORNEY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND 1075 00:32:39,324 --> 00:32:41,626 OTHERS, TO REALLY DO A BOLD 1076 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:44,796 EFFORT HERE TO REALLY ADDRESS 1077 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,731 THIS IN SEATTLE. LIKE YOU, I AM 1078 00:32:46,731 --> 00:32:49,100 REALLY TIRED, AND IT'S WAY I'M 1079 00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:50,969 WEIGHING ON ME ALL THE LIVES 1080 00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:53,304 THAT ARE LOST AND THE LIVES THAT 1081 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:56,174 ARE RUINED, WHO ARE COMMITTING 1082 00:32:56,174 --> 00:32:58,443 THESE CRIMES. SO IT HAS A HUGE 1083 00:32:58,443 --> 00:33:01,045 IMPACT ALL THE WAY AROUND. AND 1084 00:33:01,045 --> 00:33:02,180 IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE 1085 00:33:02,180 --> 00:33:05,249 CAN DO VERY ROBUSTLY, WE SHOULD 1086 00:33:05,249 --> 00:33:07,552 BE DOING IT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 1087 00:33:07,552 --> 00:33:07,852 PRESIDENT. 1088 00:33:07,852 --> 00:33:09,287 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 1089 00:33:09,287 --> 00:33:11,456 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. NEXT IS 1090 00:33:11,456 --> 00:33:11,889 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 1091 00:33:11,889 --> 00:33:13,257 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 1092 00:33:13,257 --> 00:33:15,326 PRESIDENT. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON 1093 00:33:15,326 --> 00:33:17,895 COLLEAGUES. I TOO WANT TO START 1094 00:33:17,895 --> 00:33:23,534 OFF BY SAYING EXTENDING MY 1095 00:33:23,534 --> 00:33:25,002 CONDOLENCES TO THE MANY VICTIMS 1096 00:33:25,002 --> 00:33:28,072 OF LAST NIGHT'S TRAGIC SHOOTING 1097 00:33:28,072 --> 00:33:30,842 AT SEATTLE CENTER. THREE PEOPLE 1098 00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:35,613 TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIVES. MY 1099 00:33:35,613 --> 00:33:37,815 THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH 1100 00:33:37,815 --> 00:33:38,883 THE FAMILIES AND ALL THOSE THEIR 1101 00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:41,352 LOVED ONES AND ALL THOSE 1102 00:33:41,352 --> 00:33:41,953 IMPACTED FROM LAST NIGHT'S 1103 00:33:41,953 --> 00:33:49,093 TRAGEDY WE ARE CLEARLY AT A 1104 00:33:49,093 --> 00:33:50,294 POINT WHERE THOUGHTS, PRAYERS 1105 00:33:50,294 --> 00:33:52,864 AND CONDOLENCES ARE NOT ENOUGH. 1106 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:55,566 WE NEED STRONGER ACTION WITH 1107 00:33:55,566 --> 00:33:58,536 HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, 1108 00:33:58,536 --> 00:33:59,470 WITHIN THE REGION, WITHIN THE 1109 00:33:59,470 --> 00:34:00,938 STATE, AND CERTAINLY AT THE 1110 00:34:00,938 --> 00:34:02,640 FEDS, THERE'S TOO MANY GUNS ON 1111 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:06,444 OUR STREETS, TOO EASY TO HAVE A 1112 00:34:06,444 --> 00:34:10,782 GUN AND ACCESS A GUN AND 1113 00:34:10,782 --> 00:34:14,152 STRONGER COORDINATION AND ACTION 1114 00:34:14,152 --> 00:34:19,257 IS NEEDED. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 1115 00:34:19,257 --> 00:34:20,992 SOME INITIAL EFFORTS AND ACTIONS 1116 00:34:20,992 --> 00:34:23,995 HAVE BEEN TAKEN, AND THERE 1117 00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:24,595 TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS REMIND US 1118 00:34:24,595 --> 00:34:25,997 THAT THERE ARE PLENTY MORE WORK 1119 00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:28,666 TO DO. AND JUST AS THE 1120 00:34:28,666 --> 00:34:32,303 COUNCILMEMBER WHO WHO OVERSEES 1121 00:34:32,303 --> 00:34:35,173 THE SEATTLE CENTER FROM A LEDGE 1122 00:34:35,173 --> 00:34:37,742 PERSPECTIVE IN MY COMMITTEE THAT 1123 00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:42,280 AYE. CHAIR, I REMAIN FIRMLY 1124 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:42,947 COMMITTED TO TO DOING THAT WORK. 1125 00:34:42,947 --> 00:34:45,483 I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCILMEMBER 1126 00:34:45,483 --> 00:34:46,851 COLLEAGUES WHO WAS IN CLOSE 1127 00:34:46,851 --> 00:34:48,453 TOUCH WITH LAST NIGHT AS THE THE 1128 00:34:48,453 --> 00:34:50,188 INCIDENT, YOU KNOW, WAS RAPIDLY 1129 00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:53,191 EVOLVING. THE THE CIRCUMSTANCES 1130 00:34:53,191 --> 00:34:56,027 RAPIDLY EVOLVING, INCLUDING 1131 00:34:56,027 --> 00:34:56,661 COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCILMEMBER 1132 00:34:56,661 --> 00:34:57,295 KETTLE, CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC 1133 00:34:57,295 --> 00:34:58,763 SAFETY COMMITTEE AND WHOSE 1134 00:34:58,763 --> 00:35:01,332 DISTRICT THIS HAPPENED TO BE IN. 1135 00:35:01,332 --> 00:35:03,000 I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION. 1136 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,469 ALSO, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, 1137 00:35:04,469 --> 00:35:05,136 WHO'S BASICALLY THE GATEKEEPER 1138 00:35:05,136 --> 00:35:08,673 OF THIS INFORMATION AND SHARING 1139 00:35:08,673 --> 00:35:09,240 AND BEING COLLABORATIVE AND 1140 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:10,942 SHARING OUT WHAT THEY WHAT THEY 1141 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:14,045 KNEW. PLENTY MORE WORK TO DO. 1142 00:35:14,045 --> 00:35:18,249 ALL RIGHT. ON THE SUBSTANTIVE 1143 00:35:18,249 --> 00:35:21,085 COMMITTEE FRONT, COLLEAGUES, 1144 00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:23,254 GIVEN THAT THE WE HAVE 1145 00:35:23,254 --> 00:35:23,888 OFFICIALLY CONCLUDED THE SELECT 1146 00:35:23,888 --> 00:35:25,189 COMMITTEE ON THE SEATTLE 1147 00:35:25,189 --> 00:35:27,992 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT, 1148 00:35:27,992 --> 00:35:30,394 OUR NORMAL STEPS COMMITTEE WORK 1149 00:35:30,394 --> 00:35:31,796 RESUMES AS WELL, OFFICIALLY 1150 00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:33,264 KNOWN AS THE TRANSPORTATION 1151 00:35:33,264 --> 00:35:34,565 WATERFRONT AND SEATTLE CENTER 1152 00:35:34,565 --> 00:35:35,800 COMMITTEE, WE HAVE. WE HELD A 1153 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,269 SPECIAL MEETING THIS MORNING. 1154 00:35:38,269 --> 00:35:39,804 SPECIAL. A SUCCESSFUL SPECIAL 1155 00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:41,005 MEETING THIS MORNING WHERE WE 1156 00:35:41,005 --> 00:35:42,507 VOTED AND PASSED AN ORDINANCE 1157 00:35:42,507 --> 00:35:44,876 FOR PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT THE 1158 00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:46,911 SKYLINE BRIDGE SKY BRIDGE THAT 1159 00:35:46,911 --> 00:35:49,514 CONNECTS TWO COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1160 00:35:49,514 --> 00:35:50,982 AS WELL AS THE U. ALLEY STREET 1161 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:52,817 VACATION AS WELL. OUR NEXT 1162 00:35:52,817 --> 00:35:54,886 REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD ON 1163 00:35:54,886 --> 00:35:57,321 THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th AT 9:30 1164 00:35:57,321 --> 00:35:59,824 A.M.. STILL FINALIZING THE 1165 00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:02,460 AGENDA THERE, BUT STAY TUNED. 1166 00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:04,795 NOW QUICKLY TALK ABOUT A 1167 00:36:04,795 --> 00:36:08,199 COMMUNITY EVENT OR TWO. LAST 1168 00:36:08,199 --> 00:36:11,569 FRIDAY WAS REALLY EXCITED TO 1169 00:36:11,569 --> 00:36:13,604 PARTICIPATE IN A CLEANER LCI 1170 00:36:13,604 --> 00:36:15,239 CLEANUP ON THE BORDER OF THE 1171 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,475 CITY OF SEATTLE AND 1172 00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:20,745 UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY. BUT 1173 00:36:20,745 --> 00:36:23,014 WE STAYED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE 1174 00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:25,917 CITY OF SEATTLE SIDE, WHERE WE 1175 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:28,119 HELP REMOVE. SO ME AND MY TEAM D 1176 00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:30,988 ONE OFFICE TEAM JOINED ERIC 1177 00:36:30,988 --> 00:36:32,290 BELL, THE LEADER FOUNDER OF 1178 00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:33,925 CLEANER LCI, THE COMMUNITY GROUP 1179 00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:35,560 THAT WE FUNDED LAST FALL. DURING 1180 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,496 THE BUDGET PROCESS TO HELP 1181 00:36:38,496 --> 00:36:39,864 REMOVE THINGS LIKE OVERGROWN 1182 00:36:39,864 --> 00:36:41,432 PLANTS, WEEDS ALONG THE 1183 00:36:41,432 --> 00:36:43,134 SIDEWALKS AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT 1184 00:36:43,134 --> 00:36:45,603 OF WAY, SUPPORTING THE TREE 1185 00:36:45,603 --> 00:36:47,204 CANOPIES, PICKING UP GARBAGE 1186 00:36:47,204 --> 00:36:49,273 LITTER IN THE SOUTH DELRIDGE 1187 00:36:49,273 --> 00:36:51,075 BUSINESS DISTRICT NEAR FLUSH, 1188 00:36:51,075 --> 00:36:53,778 FRESH FLOWERS GREAT COFFEE AND 1189 00:36:53,778 --> 00:36:57,181 PASTRIES. BY THE WAY. BUT RIGHT 1190 00:36:57,181 --> 00:36:59,016 THERE ALONG THE SOUTH DELRIDGE 1191 00:36:59,016 --> 00:37:00,551 BUSINESS DISTRICT, ALONG OUR 1192 00:37:00,551 --> 00:37:03,754 CITY LIMITS, AGAIN AT ROXBURY 1193 00:37:03,754 --> 00:37:07,091 AND VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO 1194 00:37:07,091 --> 00:37:07,992 IN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO 1195 00:37:07,992 --> 00:37:10,595 PARTICIPATE IN THAT WITH MY 1196 00:37:10,595 --> 00:37:13,164 TEAMMATES AND AND COMMUNITY AND 1197 00:37:13,164 --> 00:37:15,900 GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED. SO COME 1198 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:17,268 ON BY TO FRESH FLOWERS. THERE'S 1199 00:37:17,268 --> 00:37:18,769 A GREAT BARBERSHOP RIGHT AROUND 1200 00:37:18,769 --> 00:37:19,737 THAT SAME AREA. THERE'S OTHER 1201 00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:25,676 SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES AND, AND 1202 00:37:25,676 --> 00:37:27,678 ENJOY THE BUSINESSES THERE. THEY 1203 00:37:27,678 --> 00:37:29,480 NEED OUR SUPPORT. THAT IS ALL 1204 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,582 I'LL SHARE FOR NOW. MINDFUL OF 1205 00:37:31,582 --> 00:37:34,885 TIME. AND BUT I DO WELCOME ANY 1206 00:37:34,885 --> 00:37:37,521 COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANY 1207 00:37:37,521 --> 00:37:38,155 OF YOU ALL COLLEAGUES. IF THERE 1208 00:37:38,155 --> 00:37:42,026 ARE ANY. IF NOT, WE'LL PASS THE 1209 00:37:42,026 --> 00:37:43,694 BATON. 1210 00:37:43,694 --> 00:37:44,328 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AND 1211 00:37:44,328 --> 00:37:45,096 WE'RE JUST GOING RIGHT TO THE 1212 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:46,430 LEFT AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 1213 00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:47,398 YOU'LL BOUNCE IT OVER TO 1214 00:37:47,398 --> 00:37:49,900 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1215 00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:51,736 -- THANK YOU. LIKE MANY HAVE 1216 00:37:51,736 --> 00:37:52,770 SAID, THE TRAGEDY AT SEATTLE 1217 00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:55,373 CENTER LAST NIGHT WAS ABSOLUTELY 1218 00:37:55,373 --> 00:37:56,641 HEARTBREAKING. LIKE EVERYONE 1219 00:37:56,641 --> 00:37:58,609 ACROSS THE CITY RIGHT NOW, MY 1220 00:37:58,609 --> 00:37:59,410 THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE VICTIMS 1221 00:37:59,410 --> 00:38:00,645 AND THEIR LOVED ONES AND 1222 00:38:00,645 --> 00:38:01,746 EVERYONE WHO WAS IMPACTED, AND 1223 00:38:01,746 --> 00:38:03,080 WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH 1224 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,716 BECAUSE ACTION HAS TO COME OUT 1225 00:38:05,716 --> 00:38:07,518 OF TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS. 1226 00:38:07,518 --> 00:38:09,420 YESTERDAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A JOY 1227 00:38:09,420 --> 00:38:10,488 FOR EVERYONE. AND INSTEAD, IT 1228 00:38:10,488 --> 00:38:12,990 WAS THE WORST DAY OF SO MANY 1229 00:38:12,990 --> 00:38:15,126 PEOPLE'S LIVES. THIS VIOLENCE, 1230 00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:17,461 ALONG WITH ALL GUN VIOLENCE, WAS 1231 00:38:17,461 --> 00:38:20,431 PREVENTABLE. AND WE NEED TO BE 1232 00:38:20,431 --> 00:38:21,699 MAKING MORE CONCRETE ACTIONS TO 1233 00:38:21,699 --> 00:38:23,100 GET THE GUNS OUT OF KIDS HANDS. 1234 00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:25,770 WE NEED TO GET THE GUNS OUT OF 1235 00:38:25,770 --> 00:38:29,507 THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 1236 00:38:29,507 --> 00:38:31,876 GOING TO MAKE IMPULSIVE OR 1237 00:38:31,876 --> 00:38:32,476 PRE-MEDITATED DECISIONS THAT 1238 00:38:32,476 --> 00:38:34,445 HARM EACH OTHER AND HARM OUR 1239 00:38:34,445 --> 00:38:37,415 COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK OUR 1240 00:38:37,415 --> 00:38:39,717 FIRST RESPONDERS FOR GOING INTO 1241 00:38:39,717 --> 00:38:41,619 HARM'S WAY. THANK THE PEOPLE IN 1242 00:38:41,619 --> 00:38:42,286 THE VIDEOS THAT I'VE SEEN FROM 1243 00:38:42,286 --> 00:38:43,354 THE SCENE LAST NIGHT WHO RUSHED 1244 00:38:43,354 --> 00:38:45,856 TO HELP PEOPLE GET AWAY FROM THE 1245 00:38:45,856 --> 00:38:47,692 GUNFIRE. THIS IS A TRAGEDY THAT 1246 00:38:47,692 --> 00:38:49,360 WE CANNOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO 1247 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,696 NORMALIZE. SEATTLE IS STRONG. 1248 00:38:51,696 --> 00:38:54,965 OUR COMMUNITY IS STRONG. I KNOW 1249 00:38:54,965 --> 00:38:56,133 WE WILL GRIEVE, WE WILL 1250 00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:57,768 REMEMBER, AND WE WILL RECOVER 1251 00:38:57,768 --> 00:39:00,638 TOGETHER AND THAT RECOVERY 1252 00:39:00,638 --> 00:39:02,406 REQUIRES ACTION BECAUSE WE MUST 1253 00:39:02,406 --> 00:39:04,875 TURN THIS TRAGIC MOMENT INTO 1254 00:39:04,875 --> 00:39:07,044 CHANGE. BECAUSE FOR TOO MANY 1255 00:39:07,044 --> 00:39:08,346 PEOPLE, LAST NIGHT WILL BE A 1256 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:09,613 PART OF THEIR LIVES FOR THE REST 1257 00:39:09,613 --> 00:39:12,583 OF THEIR LIVES. AND WE NEED TO 1258 00:39:12,583 --> 00:39:15,052 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING 1259 00:39:15,052 --> 00:39:16,287 EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO 1260 00:39:16,287 --> 00:39:21,659 PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN 1261 00:39:21,659 --> 00:39:22,860 MOVING INTO MY COMMITTEE REPORTS 1262 00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:24,462 FINANCE, NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND 1263 00:39:24,462 --> 00:39:26,430 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE, 1264 00:39:26,430 --> 00:39:27,665 THE BIGGEST THING. SOMETHING 1265 00:39:27,665 --> 00:39:28,299 HAPPENED LAST WEEK IN COMMITTEE 1266 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:30,901 THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR 1267 00:39:30,901 --> 00:39:33,137 THREE AND A HALF YEARS. I THINK 1268 00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:37,641 WE FINALLY GOT COUNCILMEMBER 1269 00:39:37,641 --> 00:39:38,576 JUAREZ IN COMMITTEE. I'M TRYING 1270 00:39:38,576 --> 00:39:40,611 TO BRING SOME LEVITY AS A 1271 00:39:40,611 --> 00:39:43,114 TRANSITION FROM SOME VERY 1272 00:39:43,114 --> 00:39:46,016 HEARTBREAKING, YOU KNOW, 1273 00:39:46,016 --> 00:39:46,650 COMMENTS. BUT COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1274 00:39:46,650 --> 00:39:49,720 EMERITUS JUAREZ WAS SURE TO LET 1275 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:51,355 ME KNOW THAT I WAS TAKING NATIVE 1276 00:39:51,355 --> 00:39:52,289 COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL 1277 00:39:52,289 --> 00:39:53,557 GOVERNMENTS ONCE SHE LEFT. AND 1278 00:39:53,557 --> 00:39:54,759 IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND AN 1279 00:39:54,759 --> 00:39:57,228 HONOR TO GET TO STEWARD THIS 1280 00:39:57,228 --> 00:39:58,896 WORK. AND LAST WEEK, WE WERE 1281 00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:00,631 DOING THE FIRST OF TWO ROUNDS OF 1282 00:40:00,631 --> 00:40:02,767 OUR TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT RECAP, 1283 00:40:02,767 --> 00:40:06,103 AND WE GOT TO SEE A VIDEO WITH 1284 00:40:06,103 --> 00:40:06,737 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IN THERE. 1285 00:40:06,737 --> 00:40:10,841 AND THAT WAS REALLY NICE. NEXT 1286 00:40:10,841 --> 00:40:13,077 WEEK WE WILL BE HAVING OUR 1287 00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:13,644 SECOND PRESENTATION ON OUR 1288 00:40:13,644 --> 00:40:16,013 COMMITMENT AREAS FROM THE TRIBAL 1289 00:40:16,013 --> 00:40:18,048 NATIONS SUMMIT, AND WE WILL BE 1290 00:40:18,048 --> 00:40:20,451 TAKING THE VOTES ON THE 1291 00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:23,420 REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE INDIGENOUS 1292 00:40:23,420 --> 00:40:25,422 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE HAD THEM 1293 00:40:25,422 --> 00:40:26,023 PRESENTED THIS LAST COMMITTEE 1294 00:40:26,023 --> 00:40:28,192 AND WILL BE TAKING THE VOTES 1295 00:40:28,192 --> 00:40:29,393 NEXT WEEK. I WANT TO MOVE US 1296 00:40:29,393 --> 00:40:32,196 INTO THE MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL 1297 00:40:32,196 --> 00:40:33,164 BUDGET, WHICH WAS BRIEFED LAST 1298 00:40:33,164 --> 00:40:35,766 WEEK. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO 1299 00:40:35,766 --> 00:40:36,333 SUBMITTED AMENDMENTS BY THE 1300 00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:37,535 MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL DEADLINE, 1301 00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:39,737 WHICH WAS LAST FRIDAY. SO IF 1302 00:40:39,737 --> 00:40:42,940 YOU'VE NOT GOTTEN THEM IN. 1303 00:40:42,940 --> 00:40:44,475 IT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION. BUT 1304 00:40:44,475 --> 00:40:46,777 COME TALK TO ME. THE DEADLINE 1305 00:40:46,777 --> 00:40:51,015 WAS LAST WEEK FOR GOOD REASON 1306 00:40:51,015 --> 00:40:53,150 AND WILL BE THAT GOOD REASON IS 1307 00:40:53,150 --> 00:40:55,252 WE WILL BE VOTING ON THOSE 1308 00:40:55,252 --> 00:40:57,588 AMENDMENTS NEXT TUESDAY AT OUR 1309 00:40:57,588 --> 00:40:59,223 9:30 A.M. MEETING. AND SO IF YOU 1310 00:40:59,223 --> 00:41:01,225 DO HAVE AMENDMENTS, PLEASE MAKE 1311 00:41:01,225 --> 00:41:02,960 SURE TO GET THEM DONE SO WE CAN 1312 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,262 POST THEM ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL 1313 00:41:05,262 --> 00:41:07,231 ALSO BE OUTSIDE OF NATIVE 1314 00:41:07,231 --> 00:41:08,399 COMMUNITIES, TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, 1315 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:09,667 FINANCE COMMITTEE. WE WILL BE 1316 00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:13,370 HAVING THE REVENUE FORECAST NEXT 1317 00:41:13,370 --> 00:41:14,371 FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th. THIS IS NOT 1318 00:41:14,371 --> 00:41:15,940 A COMMITTEE THAT EVERYONE SITS 1319 00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:20,010 ON, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL JUST 1320 00:41:20,010 --> 00:41:21,045 AS EXCITED OR NERVOUS TO HEAR 1321 00:41:21,045 --> 00:41:22,546 THE NEWS THAT COMES OUT OF THAT 1322 00:41:22,546 --> 00:41:23,747 COMMITTEE, SO WE WILL BE SURE TO 1323 00:41:23,747 --> 00:41:25,382 SHARE THAT INFORMATION AS SOON 1324 00:41:25,382 --> 00:41:28,252 AS WE ARE ABLE TO. IN DISTRICT 1325 00:41:28,252 --> 00:41:30,321 SIX. I WANT TO THANK 1326 00:41:30,321 --> 00:41:33,357 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND HER TEAM 1327 00:41:33,357 --> 00:41:35,459 FOR ORGANIZING THE PROCLAMATION 1328 00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:37,828 THIS LAST SUNDAY, AND THE ARTS 1329 00:41:37,828 --> 00:41:40,464 FESTIVAL. THAT WAS A PRODUCT OF 1330 00:41:40,464 --> 00:41:44,101 IT. WE WERE ABLE TO DECLARE THIS 1331 00:41:44,101 --> 00:41:46,537 SUMMER TO BE THE SUMMER OF 1332 00:41:46,537 --> 00:41:49,073 JIMOTHY THE JIMOTHY SUMMER AND 1333 00:41:49,073 --> 00:41:51,275 BERGEN PLACE HAD WHAT I HEARD 1334 00:41:51,275 --> 00:41:54,578 300 PEOPLE WITH MANY DIFFERENT 1335 00:41:54,578 --> 00:41:57,481 PIECES OF ART, MANY DIFFERENT 1336 00:41:57,481 --> 00:41:58,883 LOCAL ARTISTS, AND A PIECE OF 1337 00:41:58,883 --> 00:42:00,518 STAINED GLASS WON THE PRIZE. SO 1338 00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:02,152 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 1339 00:42:02,152 --> 00:42:04,488 AND YOUR TEAM FOR ORGANIZING. I 1340 00:42:04,488 --> 00:42:06,824 HAD OFFICE HOURS LAST WEEK. I'LL 1341 00:42:06,824 --> 00:42:07,858 HAVE OFFICE HOURS NEXT WEEK. 1342 00:42:07,858 --> 00:42:09,193 THIS WEEK IS A RARE WEEK WHERE 1343 00:42:09,193 --> 00:42:11,562 I'LL BE MEETING WITH RESIDENT 1344 00:42:11,562 --> 00:42:13,264 GROUPS OUTSIDE OF OFFICIAL 1345 00:42:13,264 --> 00:42:13,998 OFFICE HOURS, SO THAT WE CAN 1346 00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:15,266 HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO 1347 00:42:15,266 --> 00:42:18,435 TALK. I'LL AGAIN HAVE OFFICE 1348 00:42:18,435 --> 00:42:19,069 HOURS NEXT WEEK, SO IF YOU'D 1349 00:42:19,069 --> 00:42:21,005 EVER LIKE TO MEET WITH ME, JUST 1350 00:42:21,005 --> 00:42:23,107 GO TO MY WEBSITE AND CLICK 1351 00:42:23,107 --> 00:42:25,910 REQUEST A MEETING. THANKS, 1352 00:42:25,910 --> 00:42:26,577 COLLEAGUES. THAT IS MY REPORT. 1353 00:42:26,577 --> 00:42:27,778 IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, 1354 00:42:27,778 --> 00:42:31,715 HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. SEEING NO 1355 00:42:31,715 --> 00:42:33,684 QUESTIONS, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO 1356 00:42:33,684 --> 00:42:34,151 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1357 00:42:34,151 --> 00:42:36,320 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1358 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:37,755 STRAUSS LIKE MY COLLEAGUES HERE, 1359 00:42:37,755 --> 00:42:38,556 I THINK WE'RE ALL A BIT SOMBER 1360 00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:42,126 HERE TODAY ABOUT THESE CONTINUED 1361 00:42:42,126 --> 00:42:45,262 GUN VIOLENCE, AND WE SHOULD ALSO 1362 00:42:45,262 --> 00:42:47,164 NOTE THAT WE ALSO HAD A SHOOTING 1363 00:42:47,164 --> 00:42:50,868 IN CAPITOL HILL. OF COURSE, 1364 00:42:50,868 --> 00:42:51,902 SEATTLE CENTER, CAPITOL HILL, 1365 00:42:51,902 --> 00:42:53,037 AURORA. AND OF COURSE, WE HAD 1366 00:42:53,037 --> 00:42:54,505 OUR YOUTH DOWN AT RAINIER BEACH 1367 00:42:54,505 --> 00:42:56,173 AS WELL. I THINK WE KNOW THE 1368 00:42:56,173 --> 00:42:56,907 CLARION CALL THERE AND WHAT WE 1369 00:42:56,907 --> 00:42:58,709 HAVE TO DO, AND TO CONTINUE TO 1370 00:42:58,709 --> 00:43:00,978 BE VIGILANT AND PROTECTING OUR 1371 00:43:00,978 --> 00:43:02,880 COMMUNITY, OUR CHILDREN, OUR 1372 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:04,581 NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR JUST ACROSS 1373 00:43:04,581 --> 00:43:06,984 THE BOARD. I CAN'T TELL YOU 1374 00:43:06,984 --> 00:43:08,686 THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AREN'T 1375 00:43:08,686 --> 00:43:10,154 ENOUGH. SO I THINK WE ALL KNOW 1376 00:43:10,154 --> 00:43:11,322 THAT I'M MOVING ON. I WANT TO 1377 00:43:11,322 --> 00:43:13,390 THANK COUNCILMEMBER 1378 00:43:13,390 --> 00:43:13,924 HOLLINGSWORTH OR COUNCIL 1379 00:43:13,924 --> 00:43:15,359 PRESIDENT, HOLLINGSWORTH AND 1380 00:43:15,359 --> 00:43:16,660 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR KEEPING 1381 00:43:16,660 --> 00:43:18,529 US UPDATED LAST NIGHT IN REAL 1382 00:43:18,529 --> 00:43:20,564 TIME. THAT SHOWED REAL 1383 00:43:20,564 --> 00:43:21,565 LEADERSHIP IN LETTING US KNOW 1384 00:43:21,565 --> 00:43:23,200 WHAT WAS GOING ON. I REALLY 1385 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:24,735 APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO WANT TO 1386 00:43:24,735 --> 00:43:27,004 THANK CHIEF BARNES FOR REACHING 1387 00:43:27,004 --> 00:43:28,806 OUT AND SARAH SMITH AT SPD FOR 1388 00:43:28,806 --> 00:43:33,377 ALSO KEEPING MYSELF AND MY TEAM 1389 00:43:33,377 --> 00:43:34,311 UPDATED. WHAT WAS GOING ON WHEN 1390 00:43:34,311 --> 00:43:35,446 THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS WHEN 1391 00:43:35,446 --> 00:43:37,314 THERE WOULD BE A RELEASE, WHEN 1392 00:43:37,314 --> 00:43:39,216 THE MEETING WAS THE MEETING THIS 1393 00:43:39,216 --> 00:43:40,184 MORNING. AND OF COURSE, THE 1394 00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:42,252 MAYOR'S OFFICE, A FEW PHONE 1395 00:43:42,252 --> 00:43:47,324 CALLS THIS MORNING. AGAIN, I 1396 00:43:47,324 --> 00:43:47,958 KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 1397 00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:51,128 WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY, BUT IT 1398 00:43:51,128 --> 00:43:51,729 DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHEN 1399 00:43:51,729 --> 00:43:52,896 SOMEBODY LOSES A LIFE AND WE 1400 00:43:52,896 --> 00:43:54,932 HAVE THESE TYPE OF SHOOTINGS 1401 00:43:54,932 --> 00:43:57,434 WHOSE DISTRICT IT IS IN BECAUSE 1402 00:43:57,434 --> 00:44:01,772 WE ALL LIVE IN THIS CITY AND 1403 00:44:01,772 --> 00:44:02,373 BULLETS ARE BULLETS WHEREVER 1404 00:44:02,373 --> 00:44:07,344 THEY ARE. AND I JUST HOPE WE CAN 1405 00:44:07,344 --> 00:44:09,980 REMAIN IN SHOW THE CITY THE 1406 00:44:09,980 --> 00:44:10,614 CITIZENS AND THE RESIDENTS AND 1407 00:44:10,614 --> 00:44:11,548 THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF 1408 00:44:11,548 --> 00:44:13,083 SEATTLE. I HOPE THEY HAVE 1409 00:44:13,083 --> 00:44:15,953 CONFIDENCE IN THIS, IN THIS BODY 1410 00:44:15,953 --> 00:44:16,620 AND IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND 1411 00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:18,522 HOW WE ADDRESS IT. THANK YOU. 1412 00:44:18,522 --> 00:44:20,057 OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GO TO MY 1413 00:44:20,057 --> 00:44:22,493 COMMITTEE REAL QUICK HERE. WE 1414 00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:23,627 HAVE A MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, 1415 00:44:23,627 --> 00:44:25,596 AUGUST 5th. WEIGHT IS O IS 1416 00:44:25,596 --> 00:44:27,064 MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1417 00:44:27,064 --> 00:44:30,501 5th AT 2 P.M. IN COMMITTEE. WE 1418 00:44:30,501 --> 00:44:31,802 WILL CONSIDER THE THREE 1419 00:44:31,802 --> 00:44:33,670 FOLLOWING ITEMS. SCL SEATTLEITE 1420 00:44:33,670 --> 00:44:35,372 ORDINANCE TO UPDATE THE 1421 00:44:35,372 --> 00:44:37,408 VOLUNTARY GREEN POWER SOLAR 1422 00:44:37,408 --> 00:44:40,277 PROGRAM. THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 1423 00:44:40,277 --> 00:44:41,645 ORDINANCE TO EXECUTE THE FIRST 1424 00:44:41,645 --> 00:44:42,179 AMENDMENT TO THE BOUNDARY 1425 00:44:42,179 --> 00:44:43,947 HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT. 1426 00:44:43,947 --> 00:44:44,581 RELICENSING AGREEMENT RELATING 1427 00:44:44,581 --> 00:44:47,618 TO THE FERC BOUNDARY RESOLUTION 1428 00:44:47,618 --> 00:44:49,286 FOR STATE RECREATION AND 1429 00:44:49,286 --> 00:44:51,789 CONSERVATION OFFICE, 2026 GRANT 1430 00:44:51,789 --> 00:44:52,423 APPLICATION AUTHORIZATION AND WE 1431 00:44:52,423 --> 00:44:55,626 WILL BE VOTING ON ALL THREE 1432 00:44:55,626 --> 00:44:57,461 ITEMS. WEDNESDAY THE 19th. 1433 00:44:57,461 --> 00:44:58,395 AUGUST 19th, THERE WILL BE A 1434 00:44:58,395 --> 00:44:59,563 MEETING OF THE PARKS AND CITY 1435 00:44:59,563 --> 00:45:00,731 LIGHT COMMITTEE. I'M SORRY THAT 1436 00:45:00,731 --> 00:45:02,966 MEETING IS CANCELED. THE FINAL 1437 00:45:02,966 --> 00:45:04,802 COMMITTEE MEETING THAT I WILL 1438 00:45:04,802 --> 00:45:06,203 CHAIR WILL BE WEDNESDAY, 1439 00:45:06,203 --> 00:45:06,970 SEPTEMBER 16th. AND THAT'S JUST 1440 00:45:06,970 --> 00:45:10,007 TO CLEAN UP SOME MATTERS THAT 1441 00:45:10,007 --> 00:45:11,408 HAVE BEEN KIND OF STACKING UP 1442 00:45:11,408 --> 00:45:12,509 THAT WE CAN MANAGE DURING 1443 00:45:12,509 --> 00:45:13,811 BUDGET. AND I HOPE MY I HOPE MY 1444 00:45:13,811 --> 00:45:18,282 COLLEAGUES WILL BE THERE FOR ME 1445 00:45:18,282 --> 00:45:20,084 THIS WEEKEND. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1446 00:45:20,084 --> 00:45:21,785 1st IS THE LAKE CITY SUMMER 1447 00:45:21,785 --> 00:45:24,621 FESTIVAL AND PARADE. THE 1448 00:45:24,621 --> 00:45:26,156 FESTIVAL STARTS AT 1030 THIS 1449 00:45:26,156 --> 00:45:27,891 WEEKEND. RISE ABOVE, ALONG WITH 1450 00:45:27,891 --> 00:45:29,793 GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNUS AND 1451 00:45:29,793 --> 00:45:32,730 FORMER NBA PLAYER BRANDON ROY 1452 00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:33,297 WILL BE HOSTING A NUMBER OF 1453 00:45:33,297 --> 00:45:35,432 EVENTS CENTERED AROUND NATIVE 1454 00:45:35,432 --> 00:45:37,267 YOUTH. THAT'S GOING TO BE 1455 00:45:37,267 --> 00:45:39,803 EXCITING. WE HAVE. THE EVENTS 1456 00:45:39,803 --> 00:45:41,905 INCLUDE FIVE MAJOR EVENTS. I'M 1457 00:45:41,905 --> 00:45:43,340 JUST GOING TO PICK UP THE FIRST 1458 00:45:43,340 --> 00:45:46,210 FIVE. WE HAVE HOOPS ON THE PIER. 1459 00:45:46,210 --> 00:45:47,678 FRIDAY, JULY 31st FROM 9 A.M. TO 1460 00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:51,348 ONE. THAT'S AT PIER 623 ON 1461 00:45:51,348 --> 00:45:51,949 THREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. 1462 00:45:51,949 --> 00:45:53,617 SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st, STARTING 1463 00:45:53,617 --> 00:45:56,320 AT NINE PIER 62 AND PIER 58. 1464 00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:57,387 LITTLE DRIBBLERS CLINIC. AUGUST 1465 00:45:57,387 --> 00:45:59,123 1st, SAME TIME AUGUST 1st 1466 00:45:59,123 --> 00:46:02,526 STARTING AT TEN. PIER 62. 1467 00:46:02,526 --> 00:46:03,093 SPECIAL OLYMPICS SHOWCASE. 1468 00:46:03,093 --> 00:46:04,328 SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st STARTING AT 1469 00:46:04,328 --> 00:46:06,964 ONE. PIER 58 AND SATURDAY 1470 00:46:06,964 --> 00:46:08,665 EVENING WILL INCLUDE A PREMIERE 1471 00:46:08,665 --> 00:46:10,501 OF THE LENNY WILKINS DOCUMENTARY 1472 00:46:10,501 --> 00:46:12,536 CORNERSTONE, THE LENNY WILKENS 1473 00:46:12,536 --> 00:46:13,771 STORY, AND WITH THAT COUNCIL 1474 00:46:13,771 --> 00:46:16,340 PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 1475 00:46:16,340 --> 00:46:18,909 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU 1476 00:46:18,909 --> 00:46:20,911 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. WE'LL TOSS 1477 00:46:20,911 --> 00:46:22,179 IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 1478 00:46:22,179 --> 00:46:23,947 AND JUST GO RIGHT TO YOUR LEFT. 1479 00:46:23,947 --> 00:46:26,617 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 1480 00:46:26,617 --> 00:46:27,451 PRESIDENT. I WILL JUST START BY 1481 00:46:27,451 --> 00:46:28,952 SAYING, AS OTHERS HAVE ALREADY 1482 00:46:28,952 --> 00:46:31,288 SAID, I THINK THE NOT JUST THE 1483 00:46:31,288 --> 00:46:33,056 SHOOTING LAST NIGHT, BUT THE 1484 00:46:33,056 --> 00:46:33,824 SEVERAL SHOOTINGS OVER THE LAST 1485 00:46:33,824 --> 00:46:35,325 SEVERAL DAYS, YOU KNOW, ON 1486 00:46:35,325 --> 00:46:39,129 AURORA AND CAPITOL HILL AND THEN 1487 00:46:39,129 --> 00:46:40,998 YESTERDAY AT SEATTLE CENTER ARE 1488 00:46:40,998 --> 00:46:43,767 HAVE ALL JUST BEEN DEVASTATING. 1489 00:46:43,767 --> 00:46:45,169 AND I THINK THAT IN PARTICULAR, 1490 00:46:45,169 --> 00:46:47,371 FOR THE FOLKS WHO WERE AT 1491 00:46:47,371 --> 00:46:47,971 SEATTLE CENTER LAST NIGHT, I 1492 00:46:47,971 --> 00:46:49,973 WANT TO EXPRESS MY OWN 1493 00:46:49,973 --> 00:46:51,175 APPRECIATION FOR THE THE FIRST 1494 00:46:51,175 --> 00:46:53,277 RESPONDERS WHO WERE THERE AND 1495 00:46:53,277 --> 00:46:57,548 WHO WENT. AND TO KEEP OUR 1496 00:46:57,548 --> 00:46:58,882 RESIDENTS SAFE. I ALSO WANT TO 1497 00:46:58,882 --> 00:47:00,350 SAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S 1498 00:47:00,350 --> 00:47:02,219 IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO 1499 00:47:02,219 --> 00:47:04,454 MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING RESOURCES 1500 00:47:04,454 --> 00:47:05,055 AVAILABLE AND APPRECIATE THE 1501 00:47:05,055 --> 00:47:06,056 WORK THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING 1502 00:47:06,056 --> 00:47:10,260 AT THE CITY FOR FOR FOLKS WHO 1503 00:47:10,260 --> 00:47:11,795 WERE PRESENT LAST NIGHT AND WILL 1504 00:47:11,795 --> 00:47:15,833 BE EXPERIENCING THE IMPACTS OF, 1505 00:47:15,833 --> 00:47:17,234 OF THAT SHOOTING AND THE TRAUMA. 1506 00:47:17,234 --> 00:47:18,635 AND I THINK THAT IS ONGOING WORK 1507 00:47:18,635 --> 00:47:21,838 FOR US, AS WELL AS THE ONGOING 1508 00:47:21,838 --> 00:47:23,240 WORK ON THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION 1509 00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:24,908 AND GUN PREVENTION, AND 1510 00:47:24,908 --> 00:47:27,411 ESPECIALLY THE THE YOUTH 1511 00:47:27,411 --> 00:47:28,045 VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK THAT WE 1512 00:47:28,045 --> 00:47:31,715 NEED TO CONTINUE DOING AS A CITY 1513 00:47:31,715 --> 00:47:32,616 BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE TO WE HAVE 1514 00:47:32,616 --> 00:47:34,251 TO GET TO A DIFFERENT PLACE 1515 00:47:34,251 --> 00:47:35,519 TOGETHER THAN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT 1516 00:47:35,519 --> 00:47:36,853 NOW. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE 1517 00:47:36,853 --> 00:47:37,788 COMMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY 1518 00:47:37,788 --> 00:47:41,158 ALREADY BEEN MADE. THERE. SO 1519 00:47:41,158 --> 00:47:45,429 WITH THAT, I WILL I WILL GO INTO 1520 00:47:45,429 --> 00:47:48,565 A COUPLE OF UPDATES FROM MY 1521 00:47:48,565 --> 00:47:51,235 COMMITTEE AND I WILL START FIRST 1522 00:47:51,235 --> 00:47:53,804 WITH COLLEAGUES. TODAY IS THE 1523 00:47:53,804 --> 00:47:54,638 DAY THAT ANY AMENDMENTS ARE DUE. 1524 00:47:54,638 --> 00:47:56,440 IF YOU HAVE AMENDMENTS FOR THE 1525 00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,775 JUNK FEES LEGISLATION. SO AS A 1526 00:47:58,775 --> 00:48:00,911 REMINDER, WE'VE HEARD THIS IN 1527 00:48:00,911 --> 00:48:02,412 COMMITTEE SEVERAL TIMES NOW, AND 1528 00:48:02,412 --> 00:48:03,947 WE WILL BE HOLDING A SPECIAL 1529 00:48:03,947 --> 00:48:05,449 MEETING NEXT WEEK WHERE WE 1530 00:48:05,449 --> 00:48:07,317 INTEND TO VOTE ON AMENDMENTS AND 1531 00:48:07,317 --> 00:48:09,052 VOTE THE BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE. 1532 00:48:09,052 --> 00:48:11,655 I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS 1533 00:48:11,655 --> 00:48:12,956 GOING ON BETWEEN FAP AND THE 1534 00:48:12,956 --> 00:48:13,590 TRANSIT MEASURE AND ET CETERA., 1535 00:48:13,590 --> 00:48:15,192 AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO 1536 00:48:15,192 --> 00:48:16,627 GIVE THIS BILL THE TIME AND 1537 00:48:16,627 --> 00:48:18,128 ATTENTION THAT IT DESERVES. SO 1538 00:48:18,128 --> 00:48:20,163 HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO HB 1539 00:48:20,163 --> 00:48:21,531 ALREADY. IF YOU HAVE AMENDMENT 1540 00:48:21,531 --> 00:48:22,666 CONCEPT IDEAS. IF NOT, PLEASE DO 1541 00:48:22,666 --> 00:48:25,335 THAT AS SOON AS WE GET OFF THIS 1542 00:48:25,335 --> 00:48:26,403 DAIS, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE 1543 00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:31,541 TIME TO DISCUSS THOSE. I WILL GO 1544 00:48:31,541 --> 00:48:32,175 OVER TO MY HOMEOWNER PROTECTIONS 1545 00:48:32,175 --> 00:48:34,711 BILL THAT OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN 1546 00:48:34,711 --> 00:48:35,712 WORKING ON. WE ARE REALLY 1547 00:48:35,712 --> 00:48:37,414 EXCITED THAT THAT PASSED OUT OF 1548 00:48:37,414 --> 00:48:39,716 COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. GIVEN THE 1549 00:48:39,716 --> 00:48:40,350 NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON 1550 00:48:40,350 --> 00:48:43,553 THE AGENDA TOMORROW, WE WILL BE 1551 00:48:43,553 --> 00:48:44,821 BRINGING THAT TO FULL COUNCIL 1552 00:48:44,821 --> 00:48:45,889 THE WEEK FOLLOWING. AND SO THIS 1553 00:48:45,889 --> 00:48:48,625 IS THE BILL CREATING THE DO NOT 1554 00:48:48,625 --> 00:48:49,693 SOLICIT LIST FOR HOMEOWNERS TO 1555 00:48:49,693 --> 00:48:52,195 ENSURE THAT WE HAVE BETTER 1556 00:48:52,195 --> 00:48:52,829 HOMEOWNER PRIVACY AND PROTECTION 1557 00:48:52,829 --> 00:48:56,366 HERE IN THE CITY, AND PART OF 1558 00:48:56,366 --> 00:48:56,733 THE WORK AROUND 1559 00:48:56,733 --> 00:48:57,234 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WITH 1560 00:48:57,234 --> 00:48:58,201 HOMEOWNERS THAT WE ARE THAT I'VE 1561 00:48:58,201 --> 00:49:00,070 BEEN WORKING ON. AND THEN 1562 00:49:00,070 --> 00:49:01,104 LASTLY, I APPRECIATE YOU, 1563 00:49:01,104 --> 00:49:02,673 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR THE 1564 00:49:02,673 --> 00:49:04,274 REMINDER IN TERMS OF MIDYEAR 1565 00:49:04,274 --> 00:49:04,841 SUPPLEMENTAL AMENDMENTS AND 1566 00:49:04,841 --> 00:49:06,543 COLLEAGUES, YOU WILL SEE AND 1567 00:49:06,543 --> 00:49:08,245 JUST DAYLIGHTING THIS. NOW, I'M 1568 00:49:08,245 --> 00:49:10,113 REALLY EXCITED AND REALLY PROUD, 1569 00:49:10,113 --> 00:49:12,249 AND I'LL SHARE MORE NEXT WEEK 1570 00:49:12,249 --> 00:49:13,617 VIA EMAIL COMMUNICATION WITH 1571 00:49:13,617 --> 00:49:14,618 YOUR OFFICES. BUT I JUST WANT TO 1572 00:49:14,618 --> 00:49:16,453 GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT YOU'LL 1573 00:49:16,453 --> 00:49:18,055 SEE AN AMENDMENT FOR ME IN THE 1574 00:49:18,055 --> 00:49:18,689 MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL. OUR OFFICE 1575 00:49:18,689 --> 00:49:20,357 HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY 1576 00:49:20,357 --> 00:49:21,725 WITH THE RAIKES FOUNDATION OVER 1577 00:49:21,725 --> 00:49:23,794 THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO 1578 00:49:23,794 --> 00:49:25,762 DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM 1579 00:49:25,762 --> 00:49:27,931 FOR INVESTMENT INTO YOUTH 1580 00:49:27,931 --> 00:49:28,532 HOMELESSNESS, PREVENTION AND 1581 00:49:28,532 --> 00:49:29,766 DIVERSION. SO I'M REALLY, REALLY 1582 00:49:29,766 --> 00:49:33,537 EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND YOU WILL 1583 00:49:33,537 --> 00:49:34,738 SEE A PROVISO TO THAT EFFECT. SO 1584 00:49:34,738 --> 00:49:36,006 JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A 1585 00:49:36,006 --> 00:49:37,274 HEADS UP SO THAT YOU'RE HEARING 1586 00:49:37,274 --> 00:49:39,609 IT FROM ME FIRST. AND THOSE ARE 1587 00:49:39,609 --> 00:49:47,384 MY UPDATES. THANK YOU 1588 00:49:47,617 --> 00:49:52,856 -- OH, SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1589 00:49:52,856 --> 00:49:53,390 SORRY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL 1590 00:49:53,390 --> 00:50:00,163 PRESIDENT. SORRY. 1591 00:50:00,163 --> 00:50:02,032 -- ALSO, JUST WANT TO SPEAK 1592 00:50:02,032 --> 00:50:04,901 ABOUT THE THE GUN VIOLENCE, 1593 00:50:04,901 --> 00:50:07,170 ESPECIALLY THE IMPACTS TO OUR 1594 00:50:07,170 --> 00:50:12,709 YOUTH YOU KNOW, WE'VE IN 1595 00:50:12,709 --> 00:50:15,045 SOUTHEAST SEATTLE EXPERIENCED 1596 00:50:15,045 --> 00:50:17,681 GUN VIOLENCE, YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE 1597 00:50:17,681 --> 00:50:21,985 GREATER THAN ANY OTHER PART OF 1598 00:50:21,985 --> 00:50:22,652 THE CITY. IT'S BEEN DEVASTATING 1599 00:50:22,652 --> 00:50:25,055 FOR FOR RAINIER BEACH IN 1600 00:50:25,055 --> 00:50:28,859 PARTICULAR. AND THERE ARE 1601 00:50:28,859 --> 00:50:30,794 OBVIOUSLY MANY LEVELS OF FAILURE 1602 00:50:30,794 --> 00:50:36,400 FAILURES TO REGULATE WEAPONS OF 1603 00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:37,634 MASS DESTRUCTION THAT FOR SOME 1604 00:50:37,634 --> 00:50:39,036 REASON, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AT 1605 00:50:39,036 --> 00:50:44,174 THE SUPREME COURT LEVEL, SEEM TO 1606 00:50:44,174 --> 00:50:46,343 FALL ON DEAF EARS. MAYBE THAT'S 1607 00:50:46,343 --> 00:50:49,112 NOT THE RIGHT ANALOGY, BUT. 1608 00:50:49,112 --> 00:50:56,386 THEY. IT'S ENRAGING. IT'S 1609 00:50:56,386 --> 00:50:58,021 UNBELIEVABLE. AND. BUT WE CAN'T 1610 00:50:58,021 --> 00:51:00,490 GIVE UP HOPE. WE. YOU KNOW THAT 1611 00:51:00,490 --> 00:51:02,325 THAT IS THE ONE THING WE CANNOT 1612 00:51:02,325 --> 00:51:07,564 GIVE UP. WE HAVE TO KEEP 1613 00:51:07,564 --> 00:51:08,532 FIGHTING FOR COMMON SENSE GUN, 1614 00:51:08,532 --> 00:51:12,536 GUN LAW, REFORMS. WE CAN'T HAVE 1615 00:51:12,536 --> 00:51:15,505 AUTOMATIC WEAPONS JUST 1616 00:51:15,505 --> 00:51:16,106 EVERYWHERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 1617 00:51:16,106 --> 00:51:22,913 THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PEOPLE WHO. 1618 00:51:22,913 --> 00:51:25,882 DO AWFUL THINGS, BUT WE DON'T 1619 00:51:25,882 --> 00:51:27,984 NEED TO GIVE THEM AUTOMATIC 1620 00:51:27,984 --> 00:51:31,621 WEAPONS TO DO THOSE AWFUL 1621 00:51:31,621 --> 00:51:32,122 THINGS. WE CAN STOP THE 1622 00:51:32,122 --> 00:51:35,459 PREVALENCE OF AUTOMATIC WEAPONS 1623 00:51:35,459 --> 00:51:39,596 IN OUR IN OUR SOCIETY, WE HAD 1624 00:51:39,596 --> 00:51:40,864 AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BANS A COUPLE 1625 00:51:40,864 --> 00:51:43,366 DECADES AGO, AND SOMEHOW WE LOST 1626 00:51:43,366 --> 00:51:48,405 IT. BUT WE CAN GET THOSE BACK 1627 00:51:48,405 --> 00:51:56,646 AND. SO. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO DO 1628 00:51:56,646 --> 00:51:57,881 BETTER WITH OUR YOUTH. YOU KNOW, 1629 00:51:57,881 --> 00:52:00,050 WE WE DIDN'T JUST FAIL 1630 00:52:00,050 --> 00:52:01,751 EVERYBODY IN OUR IN OUR SORT OF 1631 00:52:01,751 --> 00:52:04,688 CITY AND REGION THAT WAS THERE 1632 00:52:04,688 --> 00:52:06,590 YESTERDAY. AND THOSE WHO WERE 1633 00:52:06,590 --> 00:52:09,893 KILLED AND INJURED. WE ALSO IF 1634 00:52:09,893 --> 00:52:12,929 IT WAS A YOUTH THAT DID THIS, WE 1635 00:52:12,929 --> 00:52:16,533 ALSO FAILED THAT YOUTH AND HIS 1636 00:52:16,533 --> 00:52:20,170 OR HER FAMILY WHO AGAIN, NOT 1637 00:52:20,170 --> 00:52:21,972 TRYING TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT, BUT 1638 00:52:21,972 --> 00:52:28,411 IF IT WAS A YOUTH, WE FAILED 1639 00:52:28,411 --> 00:52:30,847 THEM TOO. AND. I JUST YOU KNOW, 1640 00:52:30,847 --> 00:52:33,617 I DON'T WANT US TO, YOU KNOW, I 1641 00:52:33,617 --> 00:52:34,985 THINK WE NEED TO TAKE 1642 00:52:34,985 --> 00:52:37,988 RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOR COMING 1643 00:52:37,988 --> 00:52:40,223 UP. THIS IS A PUBLIC WE HAVE TO 1644 00:52:40,223 --> 00:52:42,125 VIEW THIS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH 1645 00:52:42,125 --> 00:52:44,494 ISSUE. YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S 1646 00:52:44,494 --> 00:52:48,465 ONE ACT OF GUN VIOLENCE, IT 1647 00:52:48,465 --> 00:52:51,902 SPREADS. IT IS CONTAGIOUS AND WE 1648 00:52:51,902 --> 00:52:53,069 HAVE TO PUT AN IMMEDIATE WE HAVE 1649 00:52:53,069 --> 00:52:55,405 TO TAKE ALL MEASURES TO PUT AN 1650 00:52:55,405 --> 00:52:56,806 END TO IT. AND THAT'S GOING TO 1651 00:52:56,806 --> 00:52:57,507 REQUIRE ALL OF US. THAT'S GOING 1652 00:52:57,507 --> 00:52:58,942 TO REQUIRE ALL LEVELS OF 1653 00:52:58,942 --> 00:53:01,711 GOVERNMENT, ALL OUR DIFFERENT 1654 00:53:01,711 --> 00:53:03,547 DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO TO 1655 00:53:03,547 --> 00:53:09,119 HELP US HERE. AND RAINIER BEACH 1656 00:53:09,119 --> 00:53:13,423 IS GROUND ZERO FOR THIS SO, YOU 1657 00:53:13,423 --> 00:53:14,090 KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK 1658 00:53:14,090 --> 00:53:16,593 TO DO, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 1659 00:53:16,593 --> 00:53:18,929 WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE 1660 00:53:18,929 --> 00:53:23,066 OF YOU TO MAKING THIS A 1661 00:53:23,066 --> 00:53:25,135 PRIORITY. REGARDING COMMITTEES, 1662 00:53:25,135 --> 00:53:27,604 AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE OUR 1663 00:53:27,604 --> 00:53:29,673 SEPA BILL TOMORROW. LOTS OF 1664 00:53:29,673 --> 00:53:31,641 AMENDMENTS COMING. I HAVE A 1665 00:53:31,641 --> 00:53:33,243 COUPLE FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS. I 1666 00:53:33,243 --> 00:53:34,244 THINK THERE ARE OTHER AMENDMENTS 1667 00:53:34,244 --> 00:53:38,381 THAT AND WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE 1668 00:53:38,381 --> 00:53:40,650 OR EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE COMING 1669 00:53:40,650 --> 00:53:43,019 UP. BUT LOOK FORWARD TO THE 1670 00:53:43,019 --> 00:53:46,122 ROBUST DISCUSSION TOMORROW AND 1671 00:53:46,122 --> 00:53:48,692 PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE. I WILL 1672 00:53:48,692 --> 00:53:51,428 BE TRYING TO GET SOME LAST 1673 00:53:51,428 --> 00:53:52,662 MINUTE DISCUSSIONS. AND WITH 1674 00:53:52,662 --> 00:53:54,164 FOLKS ONE ON ONE, BUT PLEASE 1675 00:53:54,164 --> 00:53:54,998 DON'T HESITATE TO TO TALK TO ME 1676 00:53:54,998 --> 00:53:56,666 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR 1677 00:53:56,666 --> 00:54:00,136 CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL. THANK 1678 00:54:00,136 --> 00:54:00,337 YOU. 1679 00:54:00,337 --> 00:54:03,807 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 1680 00:54:03,807 --> 00:54:04,441 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. COUNCILMEMBER 1681 00:54:04,441 --> 00:54:04,808 KETTLE. 1682 00:54:04,808 --> 00:54:07,344 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1683 00:54:07,344 --> 00:54:08,745 LIKE ALL MY COLLEAGUES, OUR 1684 00:54:08,745 --> 00:54:11,548 COLLEAGUES, I JOIN YOU IN 1685 00:54:11,548 --> 00:54:15,151 PASSING CONDOLENCES TO THE LOVED 1686 00:54:15,151 --> 00:54:19,789 ONES OF THOSE PASSED AND ALSO 1687 00:54:19,789 --> 00:54:22,592 THOUGHTS FOR THOSE THAT WERE 1688 00:54:22,592 --> 00:54:25,095 INJURED AND THOSE THAT WERE 1689 00:54:25,095 --> 00:54:28,131 RUNNING AND HAD NOT EXPERIENCED 1690 00:54:28,131 --> 00:54:28,698 ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE. 1691 00:54:28,698 --> 00:54:33,370 EVERYONE. IT WAS A TRAUMATIC AND 1692 00:54:33,370 --> 00:54:34,871 TRAGIC SITUATION. BUT REALLY IT 1693 00:54:34,871 --> 00:54:36,006 WAS JUST THE NEXT CHAPTER, THE 1694 00:54:36,006 --> 00:54:38,942 NEXT TRAGIC CHAPTER OF A, YOU 1695 00:54:38,942 --> 00:54:43,413 KNOW, A BOOK OF GUN VIOLENCE, 1696 00:54:43,413 --> 00:54:45,348 PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO 1697 00:54:45,348 --> 00:54:46,916 YOUTH. AND IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR 1698 00:54:46,916 --> 00:54:50,387 US. IT'S A CHALLENGE TO PROVIDE 1699 00:54:50,387 --> 00:54:51,554 A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH, A 1700 00:54:51,554 --> 00:54:53,523 CHALLENGE TO PROVIDE HOPE WHEN 1701 00:54:53,523 --> 00:54:56,293 THERE'S NONE. AND AS 1702 00:54:56,293 --> 00:54:57,060 COUNCILMEMBER LIN SAID, THERE'S 1703 00:54:57,060 --> 00:54:58,862 A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, AND I 1704 00:54:58,862 --> 00:55:01,097 THINK WE NEED TO DO IT. AND WE 1705 00:55:01,097 --> 00:55:02,499 HAVE TO HAVE STRUCTURE. WE HAVE 1706 00:55:02,499 --> 00:55:04,734 TO HAVE A PLAN, WE HAVE TO 1707 00:55:04,734 --> 00:55:07,337 EXECUTE IT. AND SO I THANK MY 1708 00:55:07,337 --> 00:55:08,705 COLLEAGUES, HAVE BEEN WORKING IN 1709 00:55:08,705 --> 00:55:11,307 THIS SPACE. ON THE COMMITTEE TO 1710 00:55:11,307 --> 00:55:14,444 INCLUDE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND 1711 00:55:14,444 --> 00:55:16,846 BUT OTHERS, MY CONVERSATIONS 1712 00:55:16,846 --> 00:55:19,182 WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND 1713 00:55:19,182 --> 00:55:20,450 BASICALLY EVERYONE HERE ON THIS. 1714 00:55:20,450 --> 00:55:22,552 I DO WANT TO SAY I DID RECEIVE A 1715 00:55:22,552 --> 00:55:24,821 CALL FROM DEPUTY MAYOR LAST 1716 00:55:24,821 --> 00:55:27,257 NIGHT, AND I DID JOIN HIM AT 1717 00:55:27,257 --> 00:55:29,492 SEATTLE CENTER, AND I WAS THERE. 1718 00:55:29,492 --> 00:55:32,295 I WANTED TO NOTE THAT IN A LOT 1719 00:55:32,295 --> 00:55:33,797 OF WAYS, IT WAS STILL AN ACTIVE 1720 00:55:33,797 --> 00:55:39,002 OPERATION BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN 1721 00:55:39,002 --> 00:55:42,972 OF A. SUSPECT IN PERSON OF 1722 00:55:42,972 --> 00:55:45,809 INTEREST AT THE IMAX THEATER AT 1723 00:55:45,809 --> 00:55:53,983 THAT LOCATION. AND I SHOULD 1724 00:55:53,983 --> 00:55:55,385 NOTE, TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, 1725 00:55:55,385 --> 00:55:55,985 SEATTLE CENTER ITSELF WAS 1726 00:55:55,985 --> 00:55:56,586 SECURED AND TO INCLUDE SOME 1727 00:55:56,586 --> 00:55:57,153 ADJOINING STREETS. BUT THEN 1728 00:55:57,153 --> 00:55:57,821 THERE WAS A SECOND LEVEL IN THE 1729 00:55:57,821 --> 00:55:58,388 AREA AROUND PACIFIC SCIENCE 1730 00:55:58,388 --> 00:56:00,190 CENTER AND THE IMAX THEATER. AND 1731 00:56:00,190 --> 00:56:02,492 SO I THANK SEATTLE POLICE 1732 00:56:02,492 --> 00:56:03,626 DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK THAT 1733 00:56:03,626 --> 00:56:06,429 THEY DID IN ORDER TO DO THAT IN 1734 00:56:06,429 --> 00:56:08,498 TERMS OF THAT IMMEDIATE RESPONSE 1735 00:56:08,498 --> 00:56:09,733 TO, I THINK IT'S REALLY 1736 00:56:09,733 --> 00:56:11,067 IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK 1737 00:56:11,067 --> 00:56:12,936 OF THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT 1738 00:56:12,936 --> 00:56:14,571 AND HOW THEY RUSH TO AID THOSE 1739 00:56:14,571 --> 00:56:17,307 THAT WERE INJURED AND TO GET 1740 00:56:17,307 --> 00:56:22,712 THEM TO HARBORVIEW. ONE PERSON 1741 00:56:22,712 --> 00:56:25,315 DECIDED NOT TO GO TO HOSPITAL. 1742 00:56:25,315 --> 00:56:29,686 ANOTHER PERSON SELF-REPORTED TO 1743 00:56:29,686 --> 00:56:31,354 UW HOSPITAL, BUT THE THE WORK 1744 00:56:31,354 --> 00:56:32,789 THAT SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT 1745 00:56:32,789 --> 00:56:34,924 MEDICS, YOU KNOW, THE 1746 00:56:34,924 --> 00:56:36,459 PARAMEDICS, THE WORK THAT THEY 1747 00:56:36,459 --> 00:56:39,329 DID WAS INCREDIBLE AND SO QUICK. 1748 00:56:39,329 --> 00:56:42,565 AND THE RESPONSE FOR BOTH 1749 00:56:42,565 --> 00:56:44,400 SEATTLE PD AND FIRE WAS 1750 00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:46,202 IMMEDIATE. I DO WANT TO SAY, 1751 00:56:46,202 --> 00:56:50,006 TOO, THAT I WAS THERE. I SPOKE 1752 00:56:50,006 --> 00:56:51,708 TO AN ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS. I 1753 00:56:51,708 --> 00:56:53,209 HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN HIM. 1754 00:56:53,209 --> 00:56:54,577 ALSO, CAPTAINS THAT I SPOKE TO. 1755 00:56:54,577 --> 00:56:57,147 AND GIVEN THAT THIS IS WEST 1756 00:56:57,147 --> 00:56:59,482 PRECINCT AND SEATTLE CENTER IS 1757 00:56:59,482 --> 00:57:00,383 THE BEAT, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE 1758 00:57:00,383 --> 00:57:03,019 WEST PRECINCT. I KNOW A LOT OF 1759 00:57:03,019 --> 00:57:04,754 OFFICERS THERE AND I SPOKE TO 1760 00:57:04,754 --> 00:57:10,226 THEM AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A A 1761 00:57:10,226 --> 00:57:12,862 GOOD SECURITY PLAN FOR THIS, 1762 00:57:12,862 --> 00:57:13,496 WHICH IS AN ANNUAL EVENT. THEY 1763 00:57:13,496 --> 00:57:16,332 WERE IN POSITION, BUT SOMETIMES 1764 00:57:16,332 --> 00:57:17,300 EVENTS LIKE THIS WITH THE WITH 1765 00:57:17,300 --> 00:57:20,470 THE GUN VIOLENCE, IT IT SHOWS UP 1766 00:57:20,470 --> 00:57:22,105 OUT OF NOWHERE. AND BECAUSE OF 1767 00:57:22,105 --> 00:57:27,277 ALL THE REASONS WHERE WE HAVE 1768 00:57:27,277 --> 00:57:30,647 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO. TAKE THESE 1769 00:57:30,647 --> 00:57:31,281 ACTIONS AND TAKE THEM IN IN SUCH 1770 00:57:31,281 --> 00:57:33,082 A WAY THAT THEY SPRAY BULLETS 1771 00:57:33,082 --> 00:57:35,718 ACROSS. THAT CREATES ADDITIONAL 1772 00:57:35,718 --> 00:57:40,256 CASUALTIES BUT THE WORK THAT 1773 00:57:40,256 --> 00:57:41,791 -- THEY DID. SPD WAS GOOD. AND 1774 00:57:41,791 --> 00:57:44,828 AGAIN, THE THE ISSUE OF THE 1775 00:57:44,828 --> 00:57:45,962 POTENTIAL PERSON OF INTEREST 1776 00:57:45,962 --> 00:57:47,797 THAT THE IMAX THEATER CREATED A 1777 00:57:47,797 --> 00:57:48,765 SITUATION WHERE THEY WERE 1778 00:57:48,765 --> 00:57:52,068 LOOKING TO GET THAT SET. I THINK 1779 00:57:52,068 --> 00:57:53,770 THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT TO 1780 00:57:53,770 --> 00:57:57,540 KNOW IN TERMS OF TIMELINES, AND 1781 00:57:57,540 --> 00:58:01,911 I SAY IT WITH THAT IN MIND AND 1782 00:58:01,911 --> 00:58:05,515 THE WORK THAT, AGAIN, ON SCENE 1783 00:58:05,515 --> 00:58:07,584 WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS AND 1784 00:58:07,584 --> 00:58:09,319 THE ENTIRE TEAM WAS GOOD. AND 1785 00:58:09,319 --> 00:58:12,922 THEY HAVE MY CONFIDENCE, AS DOES 1786 00:58:12,922 --> 00:58:15,058 CHIEF BARNES. AND IN TERMS OF 1787 00:58:15,058 --> 00:58:16,159 WHAT HE'S DONE, THE TEAM HE'S 1788 00:58:16,159 --> 00:58:19,295 ASSEMBLED, THE WORK HE'S DONE, 1789 00:58:19,295 --> 00:58:21,364 SETTING UP THE WORK THAT WAS 1790 00:58:21,364 --> 00:58:22,298 CARRIED OUT BY HIS TEAM 1791 00:58:22,298 --> 00:58:27,704 YESTERDAY THAT SAID, ANOTHER 1792 00:58:27,704 --> 00:58:30,306 PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE, WE HAVE 1793 00:58:30,306 --> 00:58:30,940 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING 1794 00:58:30,940 --> 00:58:31,641 TOMORROW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE 1795 00:58:31,641 --> 00:58:34,711 LOOKING AT PUBLIC DRUG USE AND 1796 00:58:34,711 --> 00:58:35,245 POSSESSION. THE ORDINANCE 1797 00:58:35,245 --> 00:58:36,312 RELATED TO PUBLIC DRUG USE AND 1798 00:58:36,312 --> 00:58:38,948 POSSESSION. VERY IMPORTANT TO 1799 00:58:38,948 --> 00:58:41,217 THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND 1800 00:58:41,217 --> 00:58:44,420 WE WILL HAVE A FEW AMENDMENTS 1801 00:58:44,420 --> 00:58:45,421 TOMORROW FOR THE ORDINANCE, BUT 1802 00:58:45,421 --> 00:58:49,259 WE'LL ALSO HAVE PDA PUBLIC 1803 00:58:49,259 --> 00:58:51,961 PURPOSE, DIGNITY IN ACTION, PDA 1804 00:58:51,961 --> 00:58:55,164 AND THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT 1805 00:58:55,164 --> 00:58:57,333 ASSISTED DIVERSION PROGRAM, AND 1806 00:58:57,333 --> 00:58:58,935 THEN ALSO SPD TO SPEAK TO THE 1807 00:58:58,935 --> 00:59:02,572 ISSUES OF DRUG MARKETS THAT ARE 1808 00:59:02,572 --> 00:59:05,041 IMPACTING ALL SEVEN DISTRICTS. 1809 00:59:05,041 --> 00:59:07,010 SO THAT WILL BE TOMORROW. I'M 1810 00:59:07,010 --> 00:59:07,577 NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE 1811 00:59:07,577 --> 00:59:11,314 CALENDAR STUFF, EXCEPT TO JUST 1812 00:59:11,314 --> 00:59:13,249 HIGHLIGHT ONE ON WEDNESDAY. I'LL 1813 00:59:13,249 --> 00:59:14,817 BE AT A RECEPTION FOR THE 1814 00:59:14,817 --> 00:59:17,353 FREEDOM PLANE NATIONAL TOUR. 1815 00:59:17,353 --> 00:59:19,789 THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR 1816 00:59:19,789 --> 00:59:24,827 US AS A CITY TO SEE WHAT IS, YOU 1817 00:59:24,827 --> 00:59:27,563 KNOW, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, WHAT 1818 00:59:27,563 --> 00:59:29,465 MAKES AMERICA, AMERICA. AND AS 1819 00:59:29,465 --> 00:59:30,700 PART OF THIS FREEDOM PLANE AND 1820 00:59:30,700 --> 00:59:31,568 THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING 1821 00:59:31,568 --> 00:59:33,903 TO BRING, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN 1822 00:59:33,903 --> 00:59:34,437 ORIGINAL ENGRAVING OF THE 1823 00:59:34,437 --> 00:59:37,407 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1824 00:59:37,407 --> 00:59:38,441 ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION FROM 1825 00:59:38,441 --> 00:59:41,044 1774, GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1826 00:59:41,044 --> 00:59:42,312 ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND AARON 1827 00:59:42,312 --> 00:59:44,013 BURR. OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, THE 1828 00:59:44,013 --> 00:59:46,716 TREATY OF PARIS FROM 1783. 1829 00:59:46,716 --> 00:59:48,451 SECRET PRINTING OF THE 1830 00:59:48,451 --> 00:59:50,620 CONSTITUTION AND DRAFT FORM FROM 1831 00:59:50,620 --> 00:59:51,921 1787. TALLY OF THE VOTES 1832 00:59:51,921 --> 00:59:53,423 APPROVING THE CONSTITUTION IN 1833 00:59:53,423 --> 00:59:54,757 1787, AND THE SENATE MARKUP OF 1834 00:59:54,757 --> 00:59:57,527 THE BILL OF RIGHTS IN THE 1789. 1835 00:59:57,527 --> 00:59:59,829 THESE ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT. 1836 00:59:59,829 --> 01:00:02,065 YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR HISTORY. 1837 01:00:02,065 --> 01:00:03,733 AND THEY WILL BE HERE HERE IN 1838 01:00:03,733 --> 01:00:05,234 SEATTLE. SEATTLE IS THE LAST 1839 01:00:05,234 --> 01:00:08,438 STOP OF THE FREEDOM PLANE. AND 1840 01:00:08,438 --> 01:00:09,839 THAT'S OUR 250th. THAT KIND OF 1841 01:00:09,839 --> 01:00:11,774 MIMICS THE TRAIN, THE FREEDOM 1842 01:00:11,774 --> 01:00:14,610 TRAIN THAT TRAVERSED THE COUNTRY 1843 01:00:14,610 --> 01:00:16,713 BACK IN 1976. AND MOHAI WILL 1844 01:00:16,713 --> 01:00:19,782 HAVE THESE DOCUMENTS FROM 1845 01:00:19,782 --> 01:00:22,185 STARTING FROM FOR PUBLIC VIEWING 1846 01:00:22,185 --> 01:00:24,220 FROM 30th JULY UNTIL 16th 1847 01:00:24,220 --> 01:00:29,225 AUGUST. I WILL I'LL BE REMOTE 1848 01:00:29,225 --> 01:00:29,826 NEXT WEEK. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1849 01:00:29,826 --> 01:00:32,495 AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY 1850 01:00:32,495 --> 01:00:34,764 IN A VERY POSITIVE FREEDOM PLANE 1851 01:00:34,764 --> 01:00:36,165 IS VERY POSITIVE. BUT I ALSO 1852 01:00:36,165 --> 01:00:37,767 WANTED TO CLOSE BY SAYING LAST 1853 01:00:37,767 --> 01:00:40,003 WEEK ON FRIDAY, I MET WITH JAY-Z 1854 01:00:40,003 --> 01:00:42,372 IN SOUTH LAKE UNION, A NONPROFIT 1855 01:00:42,372 --> 01:00:44,374 THAT IS LOOKING FOR MUSIC 1856 01:00:44,374 --> 01:00:46,643 EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR 1857 01:00:46,643 --> 01:00:48,344 YOUNG PEOPLE. AND IT WAS 1858 01:00:48,344 --> 01:00:49,879 BEAUTIFUL. THE WORK THAT THEY DO 1859 01:00:49,879 --> 01:00:51,714 IS FANTASTIC. AND AGAIN, TYING 1860 01:00:51,714 --> 01:00:53,683 IT BACK TO THE BEGINNING AND 1861 01:00:53,683 --> 01:00:55,318 TYING IT TO THE CHALLENGE OF 1862 01:00:55,318 --> 01:00:57,220 YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN GUN 1863 01:00:57,220 --> 01:00:57,854 VIOLENCE, IS THAT HOPE. AND, YOU 1864 01:00:57,854 --> 01:01:02,959 KNOW, AND HAVING SOMETHING TO 1865 01:01:02,959 --> 01:01:05,428 STRIVE FOR AND TO BE. AND I 1866 01:01:05,428 --> 01:01:07,463 THINK OF JAY-Z. I THINK OF MUSIC 1867 01:01:07,463 --> 01:01:09,232 EDUCATION. I THINK OF MUSIC, AND 1868 01:01:09,232 --> 01:01:11,067 I THINK OF THAT FOR OUR YOUNG 1869 01:01:11,067 --> 01:01:15,705 PEOPLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO 1870 01:01:15,705 --> 01:01:17,407 HIGHLIGHT. THAT NONPROFIT AND 1871 01:01:17,407 --> 01:01:18,441 THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND 1872 01:01:18,441 --> 01:01:19,475 SHOULD I ADD TO THE SUPPORT THAT 1873 01:01:19,475 --> 01:01:21,944 THEY RECEIVE FROM AMAZON, WHICH 1874 01:01:21,944 --> 01:01:23,179 IS SOMETHING I THINK MOST PEOPLE 1875 01:01:23,179 --> 01:01:24,013 DON'T REALIZE. A LOT OF 1876 01:01:24,013 --> 01:01:27,850 NON-PROFITS IN OUR CITY DO GET 1877 01:01:27,850 --> 01:01:29,385 GREAT SUPPORT FROM AMAZON. SO 1878 01:01:29,385 --> 01:01:31,254 WITH THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 1879 01:01:31,254 --> 01:01:31,721 THAT'S MY UPDATE. 1880 01:01:31,721 --> 01:01:36,526 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 1881 01:01:36,526 --> 01:01:36,993 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1882 01:01:36,993 --> 01:01:37,693 COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR ALL 1883 01:01:37,693 --> 01:01:39,395 YOUR UPDATES. I'LL JUMP RIGHT 1884 01:01:39,395 --> 01:01:41,164 INTO THE GOVERNANCE REPORT, 1885 01:01:41,164 --> 01:01:42,532 GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES 1886 01:01:42,532 --> 01:01:44,267 COMMITTEE WILL MEET FOR A 1887 01:01:44,267 --> 01:01:46,369 SPECIAL MEETING THIS WEEK, WHICH 1888 01:01:46,369 --> 01:01:48,137 IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th. WE WILL 1889 01:01:48,137 --> 01:01:52,475 VOTE ON SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES 1890 01:01:52,475 --> 01:01:53,109 AND SEATTLE CITY LIGHT EMERGENCY 1891 01:01:53,109 --> 01:01:54,110 ASSISTANCE BILLS, AND THEN WE'LL 1892 01:01:54,110 --> 01:01:57,246 HAVE A POSSIBLE. THE SORRY 1893 01:01:57,246 --> 01:02:00,049 POSSIBLE VOTE ON SPU 2027, 2029. 1894 01:02:00,049 --> 01:02:01,984 RATE PATH. AND HEAR TWO 1895 01:02:01,984 --> 01:02:07,223 INFORMATIONAL ITEMS FROM ITD AS 1896 01:02:07,223 --> 01:02:10,059 WELL, WHICH IS INFORMATION 1897 01:02:10,059 --> 01:02:12,528 TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. OUR NEXT 1898 01:02:12,528 --> 01:02:14,263 GOVERNANCE MEETING WILL BE ON 1899 01:02:14,263 --> 01:02:15,832 AUGUST THE 13th, SO IT WILL BE 1900 01:02:15,832 --> 01:02:18,568 NEXT MONTH, AUGUST THE 13th. AND 1901 01:02:18,568 --> 01:02:21,070 FOR EVERYONE, OUR LAST DAY 1902 01:02:21,070 --> 01:02:22,972 BEFORE RECESS WILL BE AUGUST THE 1903 01:02:22,972 --> 01:02:25,575 21st. FRIDAY, AUGUST THE 21st ON 1904 01:02:25,575 --> 01:02:29,045 FRIDAY. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF 1905 01:02:29,045 --> 01:02:29,579 LEGISLATION COMING DOWN. 1906 01:02:29,579 --> 01:02:30,947 COLLEAGUES, I'M JUST COSIGNING 1907 01:02:30,947 --> 01:02:32,115 TO ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU SAID 1908 01:02:32,115 --> 01:02:33,082 ABOUT THE SEATTLE CENTER AND THE 1909 01:02:33,082 --> 01:02:34,617 SHOOTINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN 1910 01:02:34,617 --> 01:02:35,785 OUR CITY. IT'S NOT JUST THE 1911 01:02:35,785 --> 01:02:38,254 SEATTLE CENTER. CAPITOL THIS 1912 01:02:38,254 --> 01:02:39,856 WEEKEND, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. 1913 01:02:39,856 --> 01:02:41,190 LAST WEEKEND, IT WAS ALSO IN THE 1914 01:02:41,190 --> 01:02:44,060 CENTRAL DISTRICT. WE ALSO HAD 1915 01:02:44,060 --> 01:02:44,827 24th IN JACKSON, 23rd IN 1916 01:02:44,827 --> 01:02:46,762 JACKSON. WE ALSO HAD LAKE 1917 01:02:46,762 --> 01:02:48,664 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD AND MADRONA 1918 01:02:48,664 --> 01:02:50,199 PARK. WE ALSO HAD STUFF GOING ON 1919 01:02:50,199 --> 01:02:51,734 IN THE SOUTH END AND 1920 01:02:51,734 --> 01:02:52,468 COUNCILMEMBER LIN DISTRICT AND 1921 01:02:52,468 --> 01:02:54,504 RAINIER BEACH, AND WE ALSO HAD 1922 01:02:54,504 --> 01:02:57,073 VIOLENCE GOING ON IN AURORA. AND 1923 01:02:57,073 --> 01:02:57,540 I BELIEVE THAT EVERY 1924 01:02:57,540 --> 01:02:59,775 NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD. EVERY 1925 01:02:59,775 --> 01:03:01,711 NEIGHBORHOOD WARRANTS THE 1926 01:03:01,711 --> 01:03:03,679 RESPONSE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN 1927 01:03:03,679 --> 01:03:06,082 NOW TO THE SEATTLE CENTER, AND 1928 01:03:06,082 --> 01:03:08,251 THEN ALSO TO AURORA AND BIG 1929 01:03:08,251 --> 01:03:10,086 THANK YOU. AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID 1930 01:03:10,086 --> 01:03:12,955 TO SEATTLE PARKS, EXCUSE ME, TO 1931 01:03:12,955 --> 01:03:14,624 OUR SEATTLE CENTER FOLKS, THE 1932 01:03:14,624 --> 01:03:16,492 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 1933 01:03:16,492 --> 01:03:18,628 SEATTLE FIRE, THE EMTS WHO ARE 1934 01:03:18,628 --> 01:03:20,129 ON WHO ARE ON SITE IMMEDIATELY, 1935 01:03:20,129 --> 01:03:22,231 WHO WERE RIDING ON BIKES AROUND 1936 01:03:22,231 --> 01:03:24,200 IN THE VICINITY AND WHO WERE 1937 01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:25,902 ABLE TO TO DO AID QUICKLY TO A 1938 01:03:25,902 --> 01:03:30,239 LOT OF THE VICTIMS AS WELL. AND 1939 01:03:30,239 --> 01:03:32,108 ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED 1940 01:03:32,108 --> 01:03:33,576 ON THE GROUND IMMEDIATELY. SO 1941 01:03:33,576 --> 01:03:34,243 JUST REALLY BIG THANK YOU. 1942 01:03:34,243 --> 01:03:35,878 BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAW PEOPLE 1943 01:03:35,878 --> 01:03:38,080 RUNNING AWAY, YOU SAW POLICE AND 1944 01:03:38,080 --> 01:03:40,750 FIRE RUNNING TOWARDS THE GUNFIRE 1945 01:03:40,750 --> 01:03:43,452 AND THE SITUATION TO HELP 1946 01:03:43,452 --> 01:03:46,155 PEOPLE. SO BIG THANK YOU TO 1947 01:03:46,155 --> 01:03:47,623 THAT. OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW PEOPLE 1948 01:03:47,623 --> 01:03:49,592 WANT TO HEAR WHAT COUNCILMEMBER, 1949 01:03:49,592 --> 01:03:50,827 I THINK STRAUSS AND SAKA HAD 1950 01:03:50,827 --> 01:03:51,761 TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS PEOPLE 1951 01:03:51,761 --> 01:03:52,929 WANT TO SEE ACTION. THEY WANT TO 1952 01:03:52,929 --> 01:03:57,366 SEE PEOPLE MOVE IN THEIR FEET 1953 01:03:57,366 --> 01:03:57,833 AND DOING THINGS AND 1954 01:03:57,833 --> 01:04:00,269 IMPLEMENTING. AND SO WE ARE HERE 1955 01:04:00,269 --> 01:04:01,204 READY TO WORK AND HELP. I THINK 1956 01:04:01,204 --> 01:04:02,738 PROBABLY THE MOST TRAGEDY, 1957 01:04:02,738 --> 01:04:04,073 TRAGIC THING OUT OF ALL THIS. 1958 01:04:04,073 --> 01:04:05,474 BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR EXECUTIVE 1959 01:04:05,474 --> 01:04:07,376 SESSION, IS THAT THESE ARE YOUNG 1960 01:04:07,376 --> 01:04:09,979 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S 1961 01:04:09,979 --> 01:04:11,280 LIKE THE ONE THING THAT I KNOW 1962 01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:12,615 WE ALL TAKE TO HEART IS WHEN OUR 1963 01:04:12,615 --> 01:04:18,020 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS. 1964 01:04:18,020 --> 01:04:18,855 SO THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR 1965 01:04:18,855 --> 01:04:22,158 THAT. WE ARE GOING TO NOW 1966 01:04:22,158 --> 01:04:23,359 TRANSITION INTO OUR EXECUTIVE 1967 01:04:23,359 --> 01:04:24,393 SESSION. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER 1968 01:04:24,393 --> 01:04:26,429 BUSINESS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE 1969 01:04:26,429 --> 01:04:27,563 INTO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. 1970 01:04:27,563 --> 01:04:29,632 HEARING NO. OH, SORRY, I DO. MY 1971 01:04:29,632 --> 01:04:30,933 BAD. THERE WAS YOUR HAND RAISED. 1972 01:04:30,933 --> 01:04:33,269 I DIDN'T SEE IT. BEFORE WE MOVE 1973 01:04:33,269 --> 01:04:35,171 INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THAT 1974 01:04:35,171 --> 01:04:35,738 AN OLD HAND? COUNCILMEMBER 1975 01:04:35,738 --> 01:04:36,706 JUAREZ. I'M SORRY, OLD HAND. 1976 01:04:36,706 --> 01:04:38,975 OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1977 01:04:38,975 --> 01:04:39,809 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST 1978 01:04:39,809 --> 01:04:42,445 NEED TO ASK TO BE EXCUSED FROM 1979 01:04:42,445 --> 01:04:44,747 THE AUGUST 18th COUNCIL MEETING. 1980 01:04:44,747 --> 01:04:46,415 -- IF THERE ARE NO. IS THERE ANY 1981 01:04:46,415 --> 01:04:48,417 OBJECTION TO TO COUNCILMEMBER 1982 01:04:48,417 --> 01:04:49,919 FOSTER BEING EXCUSED? YOU ARE 1983 01:04:49,919 --> 01:04:52,355 EXCUSED. THANK YOU. OKAY. 1984 01:04:52,355 --> 01:04:54,357 AWESOME. SO HEARING NO FURTHER 1985 01:04:54,357 --> 01:04:55,691 BUSINESS, WE'RE NOW GOING TO 1986 01:04:55,691 --> 01:04:58,628 MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, 1987 01:04:58,628 --> 01:04:59,896 HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. 1988 01:04:59,896 --> 01:05:01,898 WE'RE NOW MOVING TO EXECUTIVE 1989 01:05:01,898 --> 01:05:03,666 SESSION AS PRESIDING OFFICER. 1990 01:05:03,666 --> 01:05:04,834 I'M ANNOUNCING THAT THE SEATTLE 1991 01:05:04,834 --> 01:05:06,369 CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE 1992 01:05:06,369 --> 01:05:08,170 INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THIS 1993 01:05:08,170 --> 01:05:08,804 PURPOSE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION IS 1994 01:05:08,804 --> 01:05:11,540 TO DISCUSS PENDING POTENTIAL AND 1995 01:05:11,540 --> 01:05:13,175 ACTUAL LITIGATION. THE 1996 01:05:13,175 --> 01:05:14,577 COUNCIL'S EXECUTIVE SESSION IS 1997 01:05:14,577 --> 01:05:17,046 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO 1998 01:05:17,046 --> 01:05:17,613 DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL 1999 01:05:17,613 --> 01:05:19,215 MATTERS WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY 2000 01:05:19,215 --> 01:05:20,916 AND AUTHORIZED BY LAW A LEGAL 2001 01:05:20,916 --> 01:05:22,551 MONITOR FROM THE CITY 2002 01:05:22,551 --> 01:05:23,185 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS 2003 01:05:23,185 --> 01:05:24,854 PRESENT TO ENSURE THE COUNCIL 2004 01:05:24,854 --> 01:05:27,089 RESERVES QUESTIONS FOR POLICY 2005 01:05:27,089 --> 01:05:28,557 FOR OPEN SESSIONS. I EXPECT THE 2006 01:05:28,557 --> 01:05:31,060 TIME OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO 2007 01:05:31,060 --> 01:05:37,366 END OH, IT SAYS FIVE. SO AT 5 2008 01:05:37,366 --> 01:05:39,735 P.M., IF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION 2009 01:05:39,735 --> 01:05:41,237 IS TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND THAT 2010 01:05:41,237 --> 01:05:42,104 TIME, I WILL ANNOUNCE AN 2011 01:05:42,104 --> 01:05:43,706 EXTENSION EXTENSION. AND 2012 01:05:43,706 --> 01:05:45,474 OBVIOUSLY IT CAN END EARLIER 2013 01:05:45,474 --> 01:05:46,375 THAN THAT AS WELL. AT THE 2014 01:05:46,375 --> 01:05:48,010 CONCLUSION OF THIS EXECUTIVE 2015 01:05:48,010 --> 01:05:48,711 SESSION, THE COUNCIL BRIEFING 2016 01:05:48,711 --> 01:05:51,080 WILL AUTOMATICALLY ADJOURN THE 2017 01:05:51,080 --> 01:05:53,783 NEXT SCHEDULED BRIEFING WILL BE 2018 01:05:53,783 --> 01:05:54,984 AUGUST THE 10th. COLLEAGUES, 2019 01:05:54,984 --> 01:05:57,787 AUGUST THE 10th AT 2 P.M.. THE 2020 01:05:57,787 --> 01:05:59,422 COUNCIL IS NOW IN EXECUTIVE 2021 01:05:59,422 --> 01:06:07,196 SESSION. THANK YOU