1 00:00:05,472 --> 00:00:15,682 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:21,788 [MUSIC] 3 00:00:21,921 --> 00:00:24,290 -- GOOD MORNING. THE SEPTEMBER 4 00:00:24,290 --> 00:00:24,824 24th, 2025 SELECT BUDGET 5 00:00:24,824 --> 00:00:25,458 COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COME TO 6 00:00:25,458 --> 00:00:28,027 ORDER. IT IS 9:31 A.M.. A LITTLE 7 00:00:28,027 --> 00:00:29,396 LATE THIS MORNING. I'M SORRY FOR 8 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:31,698 THAT. I'M DAN STRAUSS, CHAIR OF 9 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:32,832 THE COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK 10 00:00:32,832 --> 00:00:34,667 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? AND 11 00:00:34,667 --> 00:00:36,770 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. IS EXCUSED 12 00:00:36,770 --> 00:00:38,438 AS SHE IS ATTENDING TO OUR 13 00:00:38,438 --> 00:00:39,773 ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITIES 14 00:00:39,773 --> 00:00:41,174 DUTIES, WHERE I SHOULD ALSO BE. 15 00:00:41,174 --> 00:00:43,176 BUT THIS IS MY PRIMARY JOB. SO 16 00:00:43,176 --> 00:00:44,677 GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE. WILL THE 17 00:00:44,677 --> 00:00:47,847 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 18 00:00:47,847 --> 00:00:52,552 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE 19 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:52,986 COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME. 20 00:00:52,986 --> 00:00:53,586 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. 21 00:00:53,586 --> 00:00:54,821 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 22 00:00:54,821 --> 00:00:55,455 HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 23 00:00:55,455 --> 00:00:58,191 JUAREZ. SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER 24 00:00:58,191 --> 00:01:00,060 JUAREZ COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 25 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:02,095 HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 26 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:03,663 CHAIR STRAUSS. PRESENT FIVE. 27 00:01:03,663 --> 00:01:03,930 PRESENT. 28 00:01:03,930 --> 00:01:05,932 -- THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO 29 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:08,368 MOVE DIRECTLY INTO PUBLIC 30 00:01:08,368 --> 00:01:11,738 COMMENT PERIOD TODAY. I WILL 31 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:14,340 RESERVE THE CHAIR'S REPORT FOR 32 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:15,375 AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT WE DO 33 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:17,177 NEED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA 34 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:18,278 FIRST. SO AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT 35 00:01:18,278 --> 00:01:20,079 WE WILL HAVE AN INTRODUCTION AND 36 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:21,481 OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 37 00:01:21,481 --> 00:01:23,450 WE WILL HAVE THE CITY BUDGET 38 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:25,885 OFFICE OVERVIEW OF THE 2026 39 00:01:25,885 --> 00:01:27,987 PROPOSED BUDGET AND DEPARTMENT 40 00:01:27,987 --> 00:01:28,621 PRESENTATIONS FROM SEATTLE PARKS 41 00:01:28,621 --> 00:01:30,690 AND RECREATION SEATTLE CENTER 42 00:01:30,690 --> 00:01:34,027 AND THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 43 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:36,563 CULTURE FOR FOLKS BRINGING 44 00:01:36,563 --> 00:01:37,931 BANNERS TODAY AND SIGNS. THE 45 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:39,365 RULE THAT WE HAVE. AND I'LL LET. 46 00:01:39,365 --> 00:01:40,967 I'LL ASK FOR CLARIFICATION, BUT 47 00:01:40,967 --> 00:01:43,736 YOU CANNOT BLOCK OTHER 48 00:01:43,736 --> 00:01:46,406 INDIVIDUALS VIEWS OR DISRUPT 49 00:01:46,406 --> 00:01:48,341 PARTICIPATION IN THAT WAY. SO IT 50 00:01:48,341 --> 00:01:50,510 WHAT WE'RE WHAT I'M SEEING FROM 51 00:01:50,510 --> 00:01:52,011 THE CLERKS IS MAYBE IF YOU COULD 52 00:01:52,011 --> 00:01:53,680 BE IN THE BACK INSTEAD OF THE 53 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,381 FRONT ROW. WE ALSO CAN'T EVEN 54 00:01:55,381 --> 00:01:56,516 SEE IT WHEN IT'S IN THE FRONT 55 00:01:56,516 --> 00:02:00,086 ROW. SO THAT'S ALSO A JUST 56 00:02:00,086 --> 00:02:01,221 SHARING. OKAY, WELL WITH THAT, 57 00:02:01,221 --> 00:02:03,256 WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO 58 00:02:03,256 --> 00:02:07,060 PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL SAVE 59 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:07,727 CHAIR'S REPORT FOR AFTERWARDS. 60 00:02:07,727 --> 00:02:09,829 PULLING UP THE RULES NOW OPENING 61 00:02:09,829 --> 00:02:10,363 THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT 62 00:02:10,363 --> 00:02:11,664 PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD 63 00:02:11,664 --> 00:02:13,133 RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S 64 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:13,800 AGENDA AND WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF 65 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,735 THIS SELECT COMMITTEE. THIS IS 66 00:02:15,735 --> 00:02:18,138 THE FIRST OF SIX PUBLIC COMMENT 67 00:02:18,138 --> 00:02:19,639 PERIODS AND TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, 68 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,208 WHICH WE WILL HAVE DURING THIS 69 00:02:22,208 --> 00:02:23,209 BUDGET PROCESS. WE. HERE'S HOW 70 00:02:23,209 --> 00:02:24,911 THE BUDGET. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 71 00:02:24,911 --> 00:02:26,412 PERIOD WORKS. IF THERE ARE FEWER 72 00:02:26,412 --> 00:02:29,115 THAN 30 PEOPLE SIGNED UP, EACH 73 00:02:29,115 --> 00:02:29,749 PERSON RECEIVES TWO MINUTES. IF 74 00:02:29,749 --> 00:02:31,885 THERE ARE BETWEEN 30 AND 60 75 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:34,487 PEOPLE SIGNED UP, EACH PERSON 76 00:02:34,487 --> 00:02:35,822 WILL WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE. IF 77 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:37,390 THERE ARE MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE 78 00:02:37,390 --> 00:02:39,626 SIGNED UP, I WILL ADJUST THE 79 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:41,895 TIME AS APPROPRIATE. WHETHER IT 80 00:02:41,895 --> 00:02:44,264 IS 30s OR 45 SECONDS, TO ENSURE 81 00:02:44,264 --> 00:02:47,534 THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET THROUGH 82 00:02:47,534 --> 00:02:48,768 EVERYONE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. 83 00:02:48,768 --> 00:02:50,203 CLERK HOW MANY FOLKS DO WE HAVE 84 00:02:50,203 --> 00:02:52,305 SIGNED UP IN PERSON TODAY? 85 00:02:52,305 --> 00:02:55,375 -- SO FAR WE HAVE 20 IN PERSON 86 00:02:55,375 --> 00:02:57,277 AND EIGHT SORRY, SIX REMOTE. 87 00:02:57,277 --> 00:02:58,978 -- SIX REMOTE. AND ARE THERE 88 00:02:58,978 --> 00:03:02,148 STILL FOLKS SIGNING UP RIGHT 89 00:03:02,148 --> 00:03:10,023 NOW? 90 00:03:10,156 --> 00:03:15,261 WE'VE GOT 23 IN PERSON AND 91 00:03:15,261 --> 00:03:17,130 SEVEN REMOTE. AND SO WE WILL 92 00:03:17,130 --> 00:03:18,965 HAVE EVERYONE WILL HAVE ONE 93 00:03:18,965 --> 00:03:23,970 MINUTE TODAY SORRY, 30 PEOPLE. 94 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:24,837 -- YES. 95 00:03:24,837 --> 00:03:26,105 -- YEP. ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU. 96 00:03:26,105 --> 00:03:27,273 I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS 97 00:03:27,273 --> 00:03:29,542 LIST. WE'RE GOING TO DO IN 98 00:03:29,542 --> 00:03:30,176 PERSON FIRST. AND THEN WE'RE 99 00:03:30,176 --> 00:03:33,413 GOING TO MOVE TO ONLINE PUBLIC 100 00:03:33,413 --> 00:03:35,281 COMMENT. I'LL READ NAMES IN 101 00:03:35,281 --> 00:03:38,618 GROUPS OF TEN SO THAT FOLKS CAN 102 00:03:38,618 --> 00:03:39,986 CAN SIGN CAN STAND UP AND GET 103 00:03:39,986 --> 00:03:41,287 READY. I SUGGEST THE TALL 104 00:03:41,287 --> 00:03:42,422 MICROPHONE HERE IN THE MIDDLE. 105 00:03:42,422 --> 00:03:44,257 IT IS THE BEST. ALSO, GRAB IT 106 00:03:44,257 --> 00:03:45,992 AND MAKE SURE IT'S CLOSE TO 107 00:03:45,992 --> 00:03:47,927 YOU. WITH THAT, WE'VE GOT 108 00:03:47,927 --> 00:03:49,395 ANGELIQUE WILSON, KENNY STEWART, 109 00:03:49,395 --> 00:03:52,999 JEFF MILLER, RYAN ELLIS, LIAM, 110 00:03:52,999 --> 00:03:54,601 RONNIE RYAN B, TOM BURKE, RILEY 111 00:03:54,601 --> 00:03:58,037 DOLAN, HELEN GILBERT, AND HOWARD 112 00:03:58,037 --> 00:03:58,705 GAYLE FOR OUR FIRST TEN. SO AS 113 00:03:58,705 --> 00:04:00,473 SOON AS YOU ARE READY, COME ON 114 00:04:00,473 --> 00:04:02,976 UP. AND I SEE COUNCIL PRESIDENT 115 00:04:02,976 --> 00:04:03,710 EMERITUS JUAREZ IS WITH US AS 116 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:05,278 WELL. GOOD MORNING, MY FRIEND 117 00:04:05,278 --> 00:04:07,513 FROM D FIVE. I KNOW THAT THE 118 00:04:07,513 --> 00:04:09,749 FIREFIGHTERS WILL, YOU KNOW YOU 119 00:04:09,749 --> 00:04:10,883 RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE IN 120 00:04:10,883 --> 00:04:12,151 LAKE CITY JUST THIS MORNING. SO 121 00:04:12,151 --> 00:04:13,252 WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND 122 00:04:13,252 --> 00:04:15,421 GOOD TO SEE YOU. AS SOON AS YOU 123 00:04:15,421 --> 00:04:17,790 START TALKING, WE'LL START THE 124 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:18,424 CLOCK. GOOD MORNING. 125 00:04:18,424 --> 00:04:20,293 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 126 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:23,563 -- YEAH. GOOD MORNING ANGELIQUE. 127 00:04:23,563 --> 00:04:26,466 -- GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING 128 00:04:26,466 --> 00:04:28,935 CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GOOD 129 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:32,005 MORNING. MY NAME IS ANGELIQUE 130 00:04:32,005 --> 00:04:32,639 WILSON, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF 131 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:33,473 SKILLS TO LIVE. WE'VE TALKED A 132 00:04:33,473 --> 00:04:35,008 LOT ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED, 133 00:04:35,008 --> 00:04:39,312 BUT HOUSING IS NOT ACCESSIBLE. 134 00:04:39,312 --> 00:04:39,946 SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE SOMEONE GETS 135 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:42,181 A KEY SUCCESS IS BEING ABLE TO 136 00:04:42,181 --> 00:04:45,885 KEEP THAT KEY. OUR PROGRAM 137 00:04:45,885 --> 00:04:46,452 PROVIDES PRACTICAL HOUSING 138 00:04:46,452 --> 00:04:48,254 TRANSITION SUPPORT, LIFE SKILLS, 139 00:04:48,254 --> 00:04:50,857 DAILY STABILITY, COMMUNICATION, 140 00:04:50,857 --> 00:04:52,759 UNDERSTANDING YOUR LEASE, AND 141 00:04:52,759 --> 00:04:53,359 LEARNING HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY 142 00:04:53,359 --> 00:04:54,794 MAINTAIN HOUSING. I HAVE 143 00:04:54,794 --> 00:04:56,162 SUBMITTED A SIX MONTH SKILLS TO 144 00:04:56,162 --> 00:04:59,599 LIVE PROPOSAL AND BUDGET TO 145 00:04:59,599 --> 00:05:00,767 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS OFFICE. 146 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:02,902 TODAY. I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL 147 00:05:02,902 --> 00:05:04,904 TO HELP CONNECT SKILLS TO LIVE 148 00:05:04,904 --> 00:05:08,541 TO THE RIGHT CITY PARTNERSHIP SO 149 00:05:08,541 --> 00:05:10,109 WE CAN PUT THIS TO WORK AND INTO 150 00:05:10,109 --> 00:05:11,944 ACTION, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS 151 00:05:11,944 --> 00:05:13,513 SIMPLE NOT JUST STAYING, NOT 152 00:05:13,513 --> 00:05:15,548 JUST GETTING HOUSED, BUT STAYING 153 00:05:15,548 --> 00:05:17,250 HOUSED. THANK YOU. 154 00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:18,251 -- THANK YOU ANGEL. UP NEXT IS 155 00:05:18,251 --> 00:05:19,952 KENNY STEWART, FOLLOWED BY JEFF 156 00:05:19,952 --> 00:05:21,054 MILLER AND RYAN ELLIS. GOOD 157 00:05:21,054 --> 00:05:22,622 MORNING KENNY. 158 00:05:22,622 --> 00:05:24,257 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 159 00:05:24,257 --> 00:05:25,458 KENNY STEWART. I'M A 160 00:05:25,458 --> 00:05:26,559 FIREFIGHTER IN BALLARD ON LADDER 161 00:05:26,559 --> 00:05:28,761 EIGHT. I'M PRESIDENT OF SEATTLE 162 00:05:28,761 --> 00:05:30,229 FIREFIGHTERS UNION LOCAL 27. I 163 00:05:30,229 --> 00:05:31,264 TOOK AN OATH TO PROTECT AND 164 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:32,298 SERVE THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE. AND 165 00:05:32,298 --> 00:05:33,966 TODAY I'M HERE TO DO THAT. 166 00:05:33,966 --> 00:05:35,368 SEATTLE HAS BEEN A RAPIDLY 167 00:05:35,368 --> 00:05:36,102 GROWING CITY, AND THE DEMANDS ON 168 00:05:36,102 --> 00:05:37,804 OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE GROWN 169 00:05:37,804 --> 00:05:40,573 WITH IT SINCE 2010. SEATTLE'S 170 00:05:40,573 --> 00:05:42,675 POPULATION HAS INCREASED BY MORE 171 00:05:42,675 --> 00:05:44,243 THAN 30%. FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS 172 00:05:44,243 --> 00:05:46,079 HAVE BEEN GROWING BY HAVE GROWN 173 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:48,414 MORE THAN 40%. YET FIREFIGHTER 174 00:05:48,414 --> 00:05:49,315 STAFFING HAS NOT KEPT PACE. IN 175 00:05:49,315 --> 00:05:50,616 FACT, WE'RE STRUGGLING TO MEET 176 00:05:50,616 --> 00:05:52,719 OUR STAFFING MINIMUMS AND 177 00:05:52,719 --> 00:05:54,387 NATIONAL FIRE RESPONSE 178 00:05:54,387 --> 00:05:56,289 STANDARDS. ALREADY, WE 179 00:05:56,289 --> 00:05:57,857 UNDERSTAND THE CITY IS FACING 180 00:05:57,857 --> 00:06:00,026 FACING A BUDGET DEFICIT, WITH 181 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:00,560 THE PROPOSED $7.1 MILLION 182 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,795 REDUCTION TO CRITICAL PUBLIC 183 00:06:02,795 --> 00:06:04,497 SAFETY SERVICES IS NOT THE PLACE 184 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:06,232 TO FIND THE FUNDING. PUBLIC 185 00:06:06,232 --> 00:06:07,600 SAFETY IS THE CITY'S HIGHEST 186 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,402 PRIORITY, BUT IF THIS BUDGET 187 00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:10,203 TAKES EFFECT, PEOPLE WILL WAIT 188 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:13,272 LONGER FOR HELP WHEN THEY CALL 189 00:06:13,272 --> 00:06:14,507 911. THIS REDUCTION IS BEING 190 00:06:14,507 --> 00:06:16,342 CALLED A DECREASE IN OVERTIME, 191 00:06:16,342 --> 00:06:19,545 BUT IS ACTUALLY A DECREASE IN 192 00:06:19,545 --> 00:06:22,115 SERVICE. THIS MORNING, NINE 193 00:06:22,115 --> 00:06:24,283 FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED IN A 194 00:06:24,283 --> 00:06:27,720 COLLAPSE AND THIS CUT WILL ALSO 195 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,622 REDUCE FIREFIGHTER SAFETY. AS 196 00:06:29,622 --> 00:06:31,324 YOU CONSIDER THIS BUDGET, PLEASE 197 00:06:31,324 --> 00:06:32,325 COMPARE HOW MUCH OUR CITY HAS 198 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:34,494 GROWN, HOW MUCH OUR WORKLOAD HAS 199 00:06:34,494 --> 00:06:36,295 INCREASED AND THE ACTUAL 200 00:06:36,295 --> 00:06:37,530 STAFFING REQUIRED TO MEET THAT 201 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:38,831 DEMAND. THANK YOU. 202 00:06:38,831 --> 00:06:41,534 -- THANK YOU KENNY. UP NEXT, WE 203 00:06:41,534 --> 00:06:42,869 HAVE JEFF MILLER, RYAN ELLIS, 204 00:06:42,869 --> 00:06:46,005 LIAM, RONNIE. 205 00:06:46,005 --> 00:06:47,607 -- JEFF MILLER, FIREFIGHTER OR 206 00:06:47,607 --> 00:06:49,008 CAPITOL HILL STATION 25, LADDER 207 00:06:49,008 --> 00:06:49,942 TEN. AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU 208 00:06:49,942 --> 00:06:52,178 TODAY WE DO MORE THAN PUT OUT 209 00:06:52,178 --> 00:06:53,012 FIRES WHEN SOMEONE'S SON IS 210 00:06:53,012 --> 00:06:53,913 DROWNING. WE SEND IN SCUBA 211 00:06:53,913 --> 00:06:55,848 DIVERS AND RESCUE SWIMMERS. WHEN 212 00:06:55,848 --> 00:06:56,783 SOMEONE'S DAD IS WORKING IN A 213 00:06:56,783 --> 00:06:58,618 TRENCH ON A CITY SEWER AND THE 214 00:06:58,618 --> 00:06:59,919 WALLS COLLAPSE, WE SEND 215 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:01,053 FIREFIGHTERS IN TO PULL THAT DAD 216 00:07:01,053 --> 00:07:03,723 OUT. WHEN MY MOM. IF SHE HAS 217 00:07:03,723 --> 00:07:05,691 ANOTHER HEART ATTACK, WE SEND 218 00:07:05,691 --> 00:07:07,760 FIREFIGHTERS. MEDICS, DO CPR AND 219 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:09,228 HOPEFULLY GIVE ME ANOTHER DAY 220 00:07:09,228 --> 00:07:11,464 WITH A LOVED ONE. EVERY CITIZEN 221 00:07:11,464 --> 00:07:13,232 IN THIS CITY DESERVES THAT SAME 222 00:07:13,232 --> 00:07:15,168 SHOT AT A SECOND CHANCE. SOMEONE 223 00:07:15,168 --> 00:07:18,838 GETS SHOT, OUR MEDICS SHOW UP. 224 00:07:18,838 --> 00:07:19,906 OUR FIREFIGHTERS SHOW UP, AND 225 00:07:19,906 --> 00:07:20,506 THAT PERSON WALKS OUT OF THE 226 00:07:20,506 --> 00:07:21,307 HOSPITAL IS NOTHING LESS THAN A 227 00:07:21,307 --> 00:07:22,642 MIRACLE. WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY 228 00:07:22,642 --> 00:07:25,144 IS THE $7 MILLION CUT IS REVERSE 229 00:07:25,144 --> 00:07:27,447 THAT CUT BECAUSE OUR CITIZENS 230 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:28,381 ALL DESERVE THAT SHOT. ALL 231 00:07:28,381 --> 00:07:29,916 DESERVE ANOTHER SHOT AFTER A 232 00:07:29,916 --> 00:07:32,552 HEART ATTACK. ANOTHER SHOT FROM 233 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:35,421 NOT NOT DROWNING WHEN THEY WOULD 234 00:07:35,421 --> 00:07:36,656 HAVE DROWNED, AND ANOTHER SHOT 235 00:07:36,656 --> 00:07:38,090 AT A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE. 236 00:07:38,090 --> 00:07:41,527 PLEASE REVERSE THIS CUT. ALLOW 237 00:07:41,527 --> 00:07:44,063 STAFF TO BE STAFFED FULLY WITH 238 00:07:44,063 --> 00:07:45,364 NO REDUCTIONS SO THAT EVERY 239 00:07:45,364 --> 00:07:46,966 NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A FIRE ENGINE 240 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:49,202 AND A MEDIC UNIT AND TRUCK TO 241 00:07:49,202 --> 00:07:50,570 SHOW UP AND SAVE OUR LOVED ONES 242 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:52,805 LIVES. THANK YOU. 243 00:07:52,805 --> 00:07:54,473 -- THANK YOU JEFF. I'LL RESERVE 244 00:07:54,473 --> 00:07:55,675 MY COMMENTS FOR TOMORROW'S 245 00:07:55,675 --> 00:07:56,809 COMMITTEE, BUT I'LL JUST LET 246 00:07:56,809 --> 00:07:58,478 YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, I'M ONE OF 247 00:07:58,478 --> 00:07:59,579 THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU GAVE A 248 00:07:59,579 --> 00:08:02,682 SECOND CHANCE TO AT LIFE. SO 249 00:08:02,682 --> 00:08:02,982 THANK YOU. 250 00:08:02,982 --> 00:08:04,016 -- GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. MY 251 00:08:04,016 --> 00:08:05,952 NAME IS RYAN ELLIS. I'M THE 252 00:08:05,952 --> 00:08:08,454 PARAMEDIC OFFICER THAT WAS 253 00:08:08,454 --> 00:08:10,156 ACTUALLY AT THE BUILDING 254 00:08:10,156 --> 00:08:11,691 COLLAPSE THAT WE HAD THIS 255 00:08:11,691 --> 00:08:13,226 MORNING. AND ALSO THE PARAMEDIC 256 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:16,162 OFFICER THAT WAS CHARGED WITH 257 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:16,696 THE TRIAGE TREATMENT AND 258 00:08:16,696 --> 00:08:19,465 TRANSPORT AT THE SEATTLE 259 00:08:19,465 --> 00:08:21,033 SHOOTING. SO I'VE BEEN DOING 260 00:08:21,033 --> 00:08:22,535 THIS FOR QUITE, QUITE A LONG 261 00:08:22,535 --> 00:08:24,370 TIME, AS WELL AS THESE OTHER 262 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:26,005 FELLOWS. BUT I WANTED TO JUST 263 00:08:26,005 --> 00:08:27,874 SAY, NO MATTER THE EMERGENCY 264 00:08:27,874 --> 00:08:29,408 SEATTLE FIREFIGHTERS ARE READY 265 00:08:29,408 --> 00:08:31,544 TO ANSWER THE CALL FROM HOUSE 266 00:08:31,544 --> 00:08:33,646 FIRES AND MEDICAL CRISIS TO 267 00:08:33,646 --> 00:08:36,582 EARTHQUAKES, VEHICLE COLLISIONS 268 00:08:36,582 --> 00:08:38,017 AND MAJOR EMERGENCIES LIKE MASS 269 00:08:38,017 --> 00:08:40,586 SHOOTINGS, OUR JOB IS TO PROTECT 270 00:08:40,586 --> 00:08:43,055 LIVES. SEATTLE HAS BUILT AN 271 00:08:43,055 --> 00:08:43,623 INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED 272 00:08:43,623 --> 00:08:45,258 EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE 273 00:08:45,258 --> 00:08:47,627 SYSTEM WITH CARDIAC ARREST, 274 00:08:47,627 --> 00:08:49,562 SURVIVAL RATES THAT ARE 2 TO 3 275 00:08:49,562 --> 00:08:51,297 TIMES HIGHER THAN ANYWHERE IN 276 00:08:51,297 --> 00:08:52,532 THE COUNTRY. THEY'RE ALSO IN 277 00:08:52,532 --> 00:08:56,135 THE TOP FIVE IN THE ENTIRE 278 00:08:56,135 --> 00:08:57,670 WORLD. THIS PROPOSED BUDGET 279 00:08:57,670 --> 00:08:59,739 REDUCTION WOULD CUT FIRE 280 00:08:59,739 --> 00:09:01,440 ENGINES, FIRE TRUCKS AND MEDIC 281 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,175 UNITS, INCREASING THE RISK OF 282 00:09:03,175 --> 00:09:04,644 DELAYED RESPONSES. PLEASE 283 00:09:04,644 --> 00:09:07,246 RECOGNIZE WHAT THIS PROPOSAL 284 00:09:07,246 --> 00:09:10,750 MEANS FOR EMERGENCY READINESS IN 285 00:09:10,750 --> 00:09:12,785 EVERY NEIGHBOR. 286 00:09:12,785 --> 00:09:13,920 -- THANK YOU. RYAN. UP NEXT IS 287 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,590 LIAM, FOLLOWED BY RYAN AND THEN 288 00:09:17,590 --> 00:09:24,230 TOM. 289 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:26,065 -- GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. MY 290 00:09:26,065 --> 00:09:27,366 NAME IS LIAM MORONEY AND I WORK 291 00:09:27,366 --> 00:09:31,070 ON LADDER THREE IN THE CENTRAL 292 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:32,872 DISTRICT AT STATION SIX, SEATTLE 293 00:09:32,872 --> 00:09:33,706 FIREFIGHTERS ARE ASKED TO DO SO 294 00:09:33,706 --> 00:09:36,108 MUCH MORE THAN FIGHT FIRES EVERY 295 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:37,843 DAY. MY FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS AND 296 00:09:37,843 --> 00:09:39,445 I ALSO RESPOND TO PEOPLE 297 00:09:39,445 --> 00:09:41,380 EXPERIENCING MEDICAL 298 00:09:41,380 --> 00:09:42,014 EMERGENCIES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 299 00:09:42,014 --> 00:09:44,483 CRISES AND DRUG OVERDOSES. 300 00:09:44,483 --> 00:09:45,785 FIREFIGHTERS SAVE LIVES AND PUT 301 00:09:45,785 --> 00:09:48,888 PEOPLE ON A PATH TO RECOVERY. 302 00:09:48,888 --> 00:09:53,693 PROGRAMS LIKE SFD HEALTH ONE AND 303 00:09:53,693 --> 00:09:54,327 HEALTH 99 ARE MAJOR INNOVATIONS 304 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:56,696 IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, 305 00:09:56,696 --> 00:09:59,165 EXPANDING OUR ABILITY TO HELP 306 00:09:59,165 --> 00:09:59,765 VULNERABLE RESIDENTS CONNECT 307 00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:00,866 PEOPLE WITH TREATMENT AND 308 00:10:00,866 --> 00:10:02,134 SERVICES, AND ADDRESS SOME OF 309 00:10:02,134 --> 00:10:04,870 SEATTLE'S MOST CHALLENGING 310 00:10:04,870 --> 00:10:06,439 ISSUES. BUT OUR ABILITY TO SERVE 311 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:08,874 PEOPLE IN CRISIS DEPENDS ON 312 00:10:08,874 --> 00:10:10,610 HAVING THE PERSONNEL AND 313 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:12,678 RESOURCES TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND 314 00:10:12,678 --> 00:10:13,279 EFFECTIVELY. THIS BUDGET DOES 315 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:14,914 NOT MEET THAT NEED AND WOULD 316 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:16,649 MEAN FEWER FIREFIGHTERS 317 00:10:16,649 --> 00:10:17,883 AVAILABLE TO HELP THOSE IN NEED 318 00:10:17,883 --> 00:10:19,819 EVERY DAY AS YOU CONSIDER THE 319 00:10:19,819 --> 00:10:21,253 PROPOSED FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, 320 00:10:21,253 --> 00:10:23,122 PLEASE RESTORE NEEDED 321 00:10:23,122 --> 00:10:23,723 INVESTMENTS AND STAFFING AND 322 00:10:23,723 --> 00:10:24,323 RECOGNIZE THE FULL RANGE OF 323 00:10:24,323 --> 00:10:26,225 SERVICES OUR FIREFIGHTERS 324 00:10:26,225 --> 00:10:27,426 PROVIDE, AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE 325 00:10:27,426 --> 00:10:30,196 WHO DEPEND ON THEM EVERY DAY. 326 00:10:30,196 --> 00:10:31,764 -- THANK YOU LIAM. UP NEXT IS 327 00:10:31,764 --> 00:10:37,236 RYAN, FOLLOWED BY TOM AND THEN 328 00:10:37,236 --> 00:10:37,570 RYAN. RILEY. 329 00:10:37,570 --> 00:10:39,038 -- GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. MY 330 00:10:39,038 --> 00:10:40,840 NAME IS RYAN BAKER. I'M A 331 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:42,808 FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDIC, AND I 332 00:10:42,808 --> 00:10:45,344 LIVE UP IN THE NORTH END IN LAKE 333 00:10:45,344 --> 00:10:46,479 CITY WITH JUST ONE MINUTE. I 334 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:48,180 GUESS I WANT TO MAYBE TALK ABOUT 335 00:10:48,180 --> 00:10:49,181 ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT, WHAT IT 336 00:10:49,181 --> 00:10:52,385 MEANS TO HAVE A, A LONGER 337 00:10:52,385 --> 00:10:54,520 RESPONSE. AN OPIOID OVERDOSE 338 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:55,688 WHERE SOMEBODY STOPS BREATHING. 339 00:10:55,688 --> 00:10:57,256 IF YOU HAVE A THREE MINUTE 340 00:10:57,256 --> 00:10:59,725 RESPONSE, THAT MEANS THAT OUR 341 00:10:59,725 --> 00:11:01,761 FIREFIGHTER EMTS CAN DELIVER 342 00:11:01,761 --> 00:11:03,462 BAG, MASK, VENTILATION, RESCUE 343 00:11:03,462 --> 00:11:04,397 BREATHING FOR THAT PERSON, GIVE 344 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:06,432 THEM NARCAN QUITE FREQUENTLY. 345 00:11:06,432 --> 00:11:07,433 THAT'S REALLY EASY TO REVERSE. 346 00:11:07,433 --> 00:11:08,801 THEY CAN WAKE UP, THEY CAN GO TO 347 00:11:08,801 --> 00:11:10,302 THE ORCA CENTER, WHERE THEY CAN 348 00:11:10,302 --> 00:11:12,171 GET FURTHER CARE AND TREATMENT 349 00:11:12,171 --> 00:11:12,872 ALONG THEIR PATH TO HEALING. 350 00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:14,073 THEY CAN GO TO THE EMERGENCY 351 00:11:14,073 --> 00:11:15,408 DEPARTMENT IF THAT'S WHAT THEY 352 00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:16,942 NEED. IF THAT UNITS OUT OF 353 00:11:16,942 --> 00:11:18,344 SERVICE AND THERE'S A DELAYED 354 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:19,311 RESPONSE AND IT'S INSTEAD OF A 355 00:11:19,311 --> 00:11:20,780 THREE MINUTE RESPONSE, IT'S A 356 00:11:20,780 --> 00:11:23,082 SIX MINUTE RESPONSE. NOW YOU'RE 357 00:11:23,082 --> 00:11:24,050 LOOKING AT A PROTRACTED, YOU 358 00:11:24,050 --> 00:11:25,651 KNOW, A CPR, RIGHT, WHERE THE 359 00:11:25,651 --> 00:11:28,254 OUTCOMES ARE, ARE, TEND TO BE, 360 00:11:28,254 --> 00:11:28,788 TEND TO BE MORE NEGATIVE. 361 00:11:28,788 --> 00:11:31,223 THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. THE 362 00:11:31,223 --> 00:11:33,759 SAME IS TRUE FOR CARDIAC ARREST 363 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:35,528 MINUTES WITHOUT DEFIBRILLATION 364 00:11:35,528 --> 00:11:40,366 LEAD TO POOR OUTCOMES. SO THESE 365 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:40,900 CUTS REALLY MEAN DELAYED 366 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:41,567 RESPONSE. AND I'M ASKING YOU TO 367 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:42,134 CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU. 368 00:11:42,134 --> 00:11:44,036 -- THANK YOU RYAN. UP NEXT IS 369 00:11:44,036 --> 00:11:53,145 TOM RILEY AND THEN HELEN. 370 00:11:53,145 --> 00:11:53,946 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS TOM 371 00:11:53,946 --> 00:11:55,581 BURKE. I'M A FIREFIGHTER WITH 372 00:11:55,581 --> 00:11:56,949 SEATTLE FIRE. I WORK ON LADDER 373 00:11:56,949 --> 00:12:00,453 NINE IN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT. 374 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:01,120 AND I LIVE IN LAKE CITY. SO WHEN 375 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,155 I'M ON DUTY, IT'S SEATTLE FIRE 376 00:12:03,155 --> 00:12:04,957 THAT RESPONDS TO MY WIFE AND 377 00:12:04,957 --> 00:12:06,292 KIDS. IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, 378 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:09,261 I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S 379 00:12:09,261 --> 00:12:10,763 PROPOSED IN THE $7.1 MILLION CUT 380 00:12:10,763 --> 00:12:12,231 TO SEATTLE FIRE OVERTIME. WHAT 381 00:12:12,231 --> 00:12:13,699 THAT ACTUALLY MEANS. THE WORD 382 00:12:13,699 --> 00:12:15,868 OVERTIME MAKES IT SOUNDS LIKE 383 00:12:15,868 --> 00:12:17,203 THIS FUNDING IS PROVIDING EXTRA 384 00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:19,004 OR GRATUITOUS STAFFING AND 385 00:12:19,004 --> 00:12:20,473 SERVICE. THIS COULD NOT BE 386 00:12:20,473 --> 00:12:22,741 FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. OUR 387 00:12:22,741 --> 00:12:24,844 DEPARTMENT RELIES ON OVERTIME TO 388 00:12:24,844 --> 00:12:25,311 MEET MINIMUM STAFFING 389 00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:27,146 REQUIREMENTS UNTIL THE 390 00:12:27,146 --> 00:12:28,848 DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO HIRE AND 391 00:12:28,848 --> 00:12:30,683 TRAIN ENOUGH FIREFIGHTERS. THIS 392 00:12:30,683 --> 00:12:32,051 FUNDING IS PART OF HOW WE 393 00:12:32,051 --> 00:12:33,719 MAINTAIN OUR DAILY EMERGENCY 394 00:12:33,719 --> 00:12:35,187 RESPONSE. REDUCING IT WOULD MEAN 395 00:12:35,187 --> 00:12:37,089 CUTTING THE NUMBER OF 396 00:12:37,089 --> 00:12:37,723 FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS ON 397 00:12:37,723 --> 00:12:41,127 DUTY EVERY DAY, AND ROTATING 398 00:12:41,127 --> 00:12:42,394 OUTAGES OF ENGINES, TRUCKS AND 399 00:12:42,394 --> 00:12:45,564 WHOLE STATIONS IN OUR 400 00:12:45,564 --> 00:12:47,733 NEIGHBORHOODS TO SUPPORT THIS 401 00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:49,468 CUT, FEWER FIREFIGHTERS, 402 00:12:49,468 --> 00:12:51,604 PARAMEDICS, ENGINES AND TRUCKS 403 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:53,939 TO SUPPORT THIS CUT IS TO 404 00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:55,908 SUPPORT LONGER RESPONSE TIMES. 405 00:12:55,908 --> 00:12:56,976 PLEASE PROVIDE THE NECESSARY 406 00:12:56,976 --> 00:12:58,410 SUPPORT SO WE CAN KEEP OUR 407 00:12:58,410 --> 00:13:00,246 NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. 408 00:13:00,246 --> 00:13:02,047 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS RILEY, 409 00:13:02,047 --> 00:13:05,151 FOLLOWED BY HELEN AND THEN 410 00:13:05,151 --> 00:13:07,153 HOWARD. 411 00:13:07,153 --> 00:13:08,654 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 412 00:13:08,654 --> 00:13:10,956 RILEY DOLAN. I'M A FIREFIGHTER 413 00:13:10,956 --> 00:13:13,959 ON LADDER 11 IN WEST SEATTLE. 414 00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:15,227 FIREFIGHTERS TAKE AN OATH TO 415 00:13:15,227 --> 00:13:17,463 PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. WE RUN 416 00:13:17,463 --> 00:13:19,331 TOWARDS DANGER WHEN OTHERS NEED 417 00:13:19,331 --> 00:13:21,300 HELP. WE CAN ONLY DO OUR JOB IF 418 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,702 WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING TO 419 00:13:23,702 --> 00:13:25,571 RESPOND. AND THIS PROPOSED CUT 420 00:13:25,571 --> 00:13:28,107 OF $7 MILLION WOULD REDUCE OUR 421 00:13:28,107 --> 00:13:29,141 MINIMUM STAFFING FROM 222 PER 422 00:13:29,141 --> 00:13:32,545 DAY TO 209, WHICH WOULD MEAN 4 423 00:13:32,545 --> 00:13:34,446 TO 6 UNITS OUT OF SERVICE EVERY 424 00:13:34,446 --> 00:13:38,350 SINGLE DAY WE'VE BEEN STEPPING 425 00:13:38,350 --> 00:13:40,019 UP AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING EXTRA 426 00:13:40,019 --> 00:13:41,854 SHIFTS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR 427 00:13:41,854 --> 00:13:43,222 STAFFING, AND THIS PROPOSAL 428 00:13:43,222 --> 00:13:44,356 WOULD CREATE ADDITIONAL 429 00:13:44,356 --> 00:13:46,959 CHALLENGES FOR AN ALREADY 430 00:13:46,959 --> 00:13:47,593 STRETCHED DEPARTMENT ASKS THAT 431 00:13:47,593 --> 00:13:49,795 THESE CUTS BE RESTORED SO THAT 432 00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:51,564 THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE DON'T HAVE 433 00:13:51,564 --> 00:13:53,499 THEIR EMERGENCY SERVICES CUT. 434 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:56,135 AND I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT 435 00:13:56,135 --> 00:13:57,169 TO KNOW THAT THE SEATTLE 436 00:13:57,169 --> 00:13:58,737 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN DOING 437 00:13:58,737 --> 00:14:02,041 MORE WITH LESS FOR YEARS. WE 438 00:14:02,041 --> 00:14:04,643 HAVE LESS FIREFIGHTERS PER 1000 439 00:14:04,643 --> 00:14:05,978 RESIDENTS COMPARED TO OTHER 440 00:14:05,978 --> 00:14:07,079 MAJOR CITIES. AND YET WE'RE 441 00:14:07,079 --> 00:14:09,615 ABLE TO STEP UP AND MEET THESE 442 00:14:09,615 --> 00:14:11,550 CONCERNS AND WE'RE ABLE TO 443 00:14:11,550 --> 00:14:13,586 RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES. THANK 444 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:13,786 YOU. 445 00:14:13,786 --> 00:14:16,622 -- THANK YOU UP NEXT IS HELEN 446 00:14:16,622 --> 00:14:18,257 GILBERT, FOLLOWED BY HOWARD 447 00:14:18,257 --> 00:14:20,793 GAIL, HELEN, WELCOME. 448 00:14:20,793 --> 00:14:22,528 -- HI, I'M HELEN GILBERT, I'M 449 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:24,063 SPEAKING FOR RADICAL WOMEN. 450 00:14:24,063 --> 00:14:26,832 TODAY. WE'RE A SOCIALIST 451 00:14:26,832 --> 00:14:27,566 FEMINIST ORGANIZATION, AND 452 00:14:27,566 --> 00:14:29,568 ALTHOUGH MUCH HAS BEEN MADE 453 00:14:29,568 --> 00:14:30,469 ABOUT THE SO-CALLED SOCIALIST 454 00:14:30,469 --> 00:14:32,204 MAYOR, I THINK IT'S A REAL 455 00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:33,505 DISCREDIT WHAT SHE HAS PROPOSED 456 00:14:33,505 --> 00:14:34,907 TO THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE. IT'S A 457 00:14:34,907 --> 00:14:38,043 GIFT TO BUSINESS AND DEVELOPERS. 458 00:14:38,043 --> 00:14:39,812 AND THAT'S HARDLY WHAT WE AS 459 00:14:39,812 --> 00:14:41,914 SOCIALISTS STAND FOR. THIS IS 460 00:14:41,914 --> 00:14:44,183 NOT A TIME FOR STATUS QUO AND 461 00:14:44,183 --> 00:14:46,485 KEEPING THINGS AS THEY ARE. THE 462 00:14:46,485 --> 00:14:49,088 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TAKING 463 00:14:49,088 --> 00:14:52,458 AWAY AID TO CHILDCARE. HEAD 464 00:14:52,458 --> 00:14:55,294 START. WE'RE LOSING ACCESS TO 465 00:14:55,294 --> 00:14:56,762 AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE. TRANS 466 00:14:56,762 --> 00:14:58,464 PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE STATE 467 00:14:58,464 --> 00:15:01,467 FOR SAFETY. PEOPLE WHO NEED 468 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:03,035 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ARE COMING 469 00:15:03,035 --> 00:15:06,238 TO THIS STATE FOR CARE. THEY 470 00:15:06,238 --> 00:15:07,840 CAN'T ACHIEVE IN THEIR OWN 471 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,842 STATES. AND AND STAY ALIVE. AND 472 00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:12,211 OUR CITY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO 473 00:15:12,211 --> 00:15:14,013 HELP THE PEOPLE OUT THERE ON THE 474 00:15:14,013 --> 00:15:15,514 STREETS, RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS 475 00:15:15,514 --> 00:15:18,417 BUILDING, EVERY DAY, OUT HOUSES 476 00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:20,152 WITHOUT MEDICAL HELP, WITHOUT 477 00:15:20,152 --> 00:15:21,287 MENTAL HEALTH CARE. WE CALL ON 478 00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:23,322 YOU TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS 479 00:15:23,322 --> 00:15:28,694 CITY, NOT TO ACCOMMODATE. 480 00:15:28,694 --> 00:15:31,697 -- THANK YOU HELEN. UP NEXT IS 481 00:15:31,697 --> 00:15:33,065 HOWARD. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE 482 00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:34,300 CLAPPING, BUT IT'S HARD TO GET 483 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:37,136 THE NEXT PERSON UP. WE USE JAZZ 484 00:15:37,136 --> 00:15:38,137 HANDS. THANK YOU HOWARD. 485 00:15:38,137 --> 00:15:41,640 WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. 486 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:42,808 -- GOOD MORNING. RIGHT NOW, AS 487 00:15:42,808 --> 00:15:45,277 OF THIS BUDGET, BOSTON HAS 488 00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:47,479 INCREASED THEIR BUDGET FROM 2020 489 00:15:47,479 --> 00:15:49,481 2021 BY 17% FOR POLICE, SEATTLE 490 00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:54,720 HAS INCREASED IT BY 54% NOW 491 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,756 BRINGING US TO TWICE 2.3 TIMES 492 00:15:57,756 --> 00:15:59,992 THE COST PER OFFICER COMPARED TO 493 00:15:59,992 --> 00:16:01,760 BOSTON AND BOSTON REQUIRES 494 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:02,895 POLICE TO ACTUALLY LIVE IN A 495 00:16:02,895 --> 00:16:05,764 VERY EXPENSIVE CITY. HOW IS THAT 496 00:16:05,764 --> 00:16:07,333 EVEN POSSIBLE? YOU'VE HEARD 497 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:09,168 FROM PEOPLE TODAY WE NEED MORE 498 00:16:09,168 --> 00:16:10,636 MONEY TO SAVE LIVES, NOT MONEY 499 00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:12,304 THAT ENDS UP TAKING LIVES. AND 500 00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:14,139 WE NEED MONEY TO AMELIORATE THE 501 00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:15,774 HARMS THAT WE'VE DONE, 502 00:16:15,774 --> 00:16:17,242 PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE 503 00:16:17,242 --> 00:16:19,445 BEEN HARMED BY POLICE VIOLENCE, 504 00:16:19,445 --> 00:16:20,312 FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT BY 505 00:16:20,312 --> 00:16:22,481 POLICE, IT SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY 506 00:16:22,481 --> 00:16:24,283 DIFFERENCE. IF YOU IF YOU WANT 507 00:16:24,283 --> 00:16:26,652 TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE, IT 508 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:28,354 SHOULDN'T MATTER IF THE PERSON 509 00:16:28,354 --> 00:16:29,989 WHO PULLS THE TRIGGER IS A COP 510 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:33,625 OR IS SOMEONE ELSE. THAT HAS TO 511 00:16:33,625 --> 00:16:35,461 END. WE NEED MONEY FOR THE 512 00:16:35,461 --> 00:16:37,496 VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE. 513 00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:38,664 WE'VE SEEN VICTIMS JUST IN THE 514 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:40,065 LAST WEEK. THANK YOU. 515 00:16:40,065 --> 00:16:43,635 -- THANK YOU, HOWARD. UP NEXT, 516 00:16:43,635 --> 00:16:45,237 WE HAVE LUCKY JORDAN, KENNEDY, 517 00:16:45,237 --> 00:16:47,639 LUCAS, AJ RANDALL. GOOD MORNING. 518 00:16:47,639 --> 00:16:49,375 -- I'M A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT. 519 00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:51,009 SPD MURDERED KEENAN PEARSON LESS 520 00:16:51,009 --> 00:16:51,844 THAN TWO WEEKS AGO AFTER 521 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:53,746 KNEELING ON HIS NECK. DAYS 522 00:16:53,746 --> 00:16:54,980 LATER, THEY SHOT AND CRITICALLY 523 00:16:54,980 --> 00:16:56,248 INJURED A WOMAN MINUTES AFTER 524 00:16:56,248 --> 00:16:57,850 CONTACT. NOW, SEATTLE MAYOR 525 00:16:57,850 --> 00:16:59,351 KATIE WILSON WANTS TO INCREASE 526 00:16:59,351 --> 00:17:01,186 THE POLICE BUDGET BY $68 527 00:17:01,186 --> 00:17:02,521 MILLION, WITH $0 ALLOCATED TO 528 00:17:02,521 --> 00:17:04,323 VICTIMS. SEATTLE MAYOR KATIE 529 00:17:04,323 --> 00:17:05,991 WILSON'S PROPOSED BUDGET 530 00:17:05,991 --> 00:17:06,525 INCREASES SEATTLE POLICE 531 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:08,394 SPENDING BY $68 MILLION, THE 532 00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:10,329 LARGEST IN CITY HISTORY. SINCE 533 00:17:10,329 --> 00:17:12,464 MAYOR WILSON WAS ELECTED. THERE 534 00:17:12,464 --> 00:17:13,098 HAVE BEEN AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE 535 00:17:13,098 --> 00:17:14,500 WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY SEATTLE 536 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:17,136 POLICE AND EVEN MORE BRUTALIZED, 537 00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:17,536 WITH LITTLE TO NO 538 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:18,337 ACCOUNTABILITY. THE MAYOR HAS 539 00:17:18,337 --> 00:17:20,906 MENTIONED NONE OF THEM VICTIMS 540 00:17:20,906 --> 00:17:22,508 OF POLICE VIOLENCE DO NOT 541 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:23,642 QUALIFY FOR VICTIM COMPENSATION 542 00:17:23,642 --> 00:17:25,110 FUNDS. AS HOWARD WAS JUST 543 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:26,545 SAYING, EVEN THOUGH OFFICERS ARE 544 00:17:26,545 --> 00:17:27,513 GIVEN TAX FUNDED PAID LEAVE WHEN 545 00:17:27,513 --> 00:17:29,581 THEY SHOOT AND KILL SOMEONE, THE 546 00:17:29,581 --> 00:17:31,350 MAYOR HAS BEEN MADE AWARE 547 00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:32,251 SEVERAL TIMES THAT VICTIMS ARE 548 00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:34,353 IN URGENT NEED OF RESOURCES IN 549 00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:35,821 ORDER TO BURY THE LOVED ONES. 550 00:17:35,821 --> 00:17:40,259 SPD HAVE KILLED OR ACCESS HEALTH 551 00:17:40,259 --> 00:17:40,793 CARE AFTER BEING SEVERELY 552 00:17:40,793 --> 00:17:42,361 INJURED, AMONG OTHER NEEDS. 553 00:17:42,361 --> 00:17:43,962 HOWEVER, SHE HAS CONTINUED 554 00:17:43,962 --> 00:17:45,664 CHOSEN TO CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE 555 00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:47,032 LOSS AND TRAUMA THAT PEOPLE 556 00:17:47,032 --> 00:17:48,400 IMPACTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE ARE 557 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,868 FORCED TO ENDURE BY NOT 558 00:17:49,868 --> 00:17:50,469 INCLUDING ANYTHING TO ADDRESS 559 00:17:50,469 --> 00:17:51,403 THEIR NEEDS IN THE BUDGET. I 560 00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:53,205 STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO 561 00:17:53,205 --> 00:17:54,973 PASS THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY 562 00:17:54,973 --> 00:17:58,310 POLICE VIOLENCE PROGRAM AND THE 563 00:17:58,310 --> 00:17:58,911 COUNCIL BUDGET ARE ADVOCATING 564 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:00,779 $50,000 SO TO CREATE THAT 565 00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:01,046 PROGRAM. 566 00:18:01,046 --> 00:18:03,682 -- THANK YOU. LUCKY UP IS 567 00:18:03,682 --> 00:18:10,689 KEANDRE AJ CHERESH. GOOD 568 00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:10,956 MORNING. 569 00:18:10,956 --> 00:18:13,225 -- GOOD MORNING. I WANT ALL OF 570 00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:16,428 YOU TO LOOK BEHIND ME. THE 571 00:18:16,428 --> 00:18:17,262 PEOPLE YOU SEE ON THIS BANNER 572 00:18:17,262 --> 00:18:18,430 ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED 573 00:18:18,430 --> 00:18:19,998 BY POLICE. AND THOUGH NOT ALL OF 574 00:18:19,998 --> 00:18:23,635 THEM WERE FROM SEATTLE, WE DO 575 00:18:23,635 --> 00:18:25,537 HAVE VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE 576 00:18:25,537 --> 00:18:27,639 HERE IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY. FOR 577 00:18:27,639 --> 00:18:29,808 ALL THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WE 578 00:18:29,808 --> 00:18:30,442 DO FOR ALL THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 579 00:18:30,442 --> 00:18:35,047 OF LGBTQ RIGHTS, WE DO NONE OF 580 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:36,815 THOSE MEAN ANYTHING IF WE DON'T 581 00:18:36,815 --> 00:18:39,918 ACTUALLY PUT THESE INTO 582 00:18:39,918 --> 00:18:42,888 POLICIES. VICTIMS OF POLICE 583 00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:45,290 VIOLENCE NEED SUPPORT, AND THEY 584 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:46,291 ARE HERE IN THIS CHAMBER RIGHT 585 00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:49,027 NOW ASKING FOR THAT. SO PLEASE, 586 00:18:49,027 --> 00:18:49,895 I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO DO 587 00:18:49,895 --> 00:18:53,031 THE RIGHT THING TO ACKNOWLEDGE 588 00:18:53,031 --> 00:18:54,700 THE VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE, 589 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:57,069 OF SEATTLE POLICE VIOLENCE, 590 00:18:57,069 --> 00:18:58,737 ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT HAPPEN 591 00:18:58,737 --> 00:19:00,372 IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THANK 592 00:19:00,372 --> 00:19:01,940 YOU. 593 00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:04,776 -- THANK YOU KEANDRE. UP NEXT IS 594 00:19:04,776 --> 00:19:08,847 AJ SURESH. NEIL GOOD MORNING. 595 00:19:08,847 --> 00:19:10,916 -- MY NAME IS AJ RANDALL. I HAVE 596 00:19:10,916 --> 00:19:12,017 A YOUTUBE CHANNEL CALLED SQUID 597 00:19:12,017 --> 00:19:13,752 TIPS AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT 598 00:19:13,752 --> 00:19:14,920 CASTIEL HIGHTOWER IN HER EFFORTS 599 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:15,587 TO HELP THOSE WHO, LIKE HER AND 600 00:19:15,587 --> 00:19:18,190 HER FAMILY, HAVE HAD THEIR LIVES 601 00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:19,458 IRREVOCABLY HARMED BY POLICE 602 00:19:19,458 --> 00:19:20,626 VIOLENCE. ALTHOUGH I'M SOMEONE 603 00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:21,293 WHO'S BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH NOT 604 00:19:21,293 --> 00:19:22,561 TO BE MURDERED OR HAVE A FAMILY 605 00:19:22,561 --> 00:19:23,962 MEMBER KILLED BY POLICE, I'VE 606 00:19:23,962 --> 00:19:25,998 BEEN MOMENTS AWAY FROM DEATH AT 607 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:27,432 THE BUSINESS END OF THEIR 608 00:19:27,432 --> 00:19:29,635 SERVICE WEAPONS, AND HAVE HAD MY 609 00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:32,104 LIFE COMPLETELY UPENDED BY OVERT 610 00:19:32,104 --> 00:19:33,605 ACTS OF GROSS MISCONDUCT BY KING 611 00:19:33,605 --> 00:19:35,407 COUNTY SHERIFFS AND SEATTLE 612 00:19:35,407 --> 00:19:36,808 POLICE OFFICERS. THE ONLY REASON 613 00:19:36,808 --> 00:19:37,876 THERE'S EVER BEEN ACCOUNTABILITY 614 00:19:37,876 --> 00:19:39,845 FOR COPS WHO HAVE ABUSED THEIR 615 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:41,246 POWER AND BROKEN THE LAW TO WITH 616 00:19:41,246 --> 00:19:42,347 ME IS BECAUSE I'M A STRAIGHT 617 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:43,749 WHITE MAN WITH A PLATFORM WHO'S 618 00:19:43,749 --> 00:19:45,250 NOT AFRAID TO NAME AND SHAME 619 00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:47,219 EVERY ONE OF THEM, BECAUSE THIS 620 00:19:47,219 --> 00:19:49,021 CITY AND ITS AMAZING THREE PRONG 621 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,355 ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT I 622 00:19:50,355 --> 00:19:51,723 KEEP HEARING ALL SPEAK SO HIGHLY 623 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:53,825 OF, HAS COMPLETELY FAILED TO 624 00:19:53,825 --> 00:19:55,594 PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY FROM BAD 625 00:19:55,594 --> 00:19:56,695 POLICING. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE 626 00:19:56,695 --> 00:19:58,263 COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING 627 00:19:58,263 --> 00:20:00,132 AND HOLD COPS ACCOUNTABLE FOR 628 00:20:00,132 --> 00:20:01,166 THEIR CRIMES, THEN THE LEAST YOU 629 00:20:01,166 --> 00:20:02,935 CAN DO IS SUPPORT THE 630 00:20:02,935 --> 00:20:04,336 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES 631 00:20:04,336 --> 00:20:06,071 VICTIMIZED BY THEM. THANK YOU. 632 00:20:06,071 --> 00:20:08,840 -- THANK YOU, AJ. UP NEXT IS 633 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,611 SURESH, NEIL AND THEN CASTIEL 634 00:20:12,611 --> 00:20:12,911 HIGHTOWER. 635 00:20:12,911 --> 00:20:14,379 -- HI, MY NAME IS SURESH 636 00:20:14,379 --> 00:20:15,881 SHANMUGAM. MY FAMILY LIVES IN 637 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:18,083 DISTRICT THREE, AND I'M HERE 638 00:20:18,083 --> 00:20:20,052 LIKE OTHERS, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE 639 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:22,221 PROPOSED 2027 BUDGET. ROUGHLY 640 00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:24,256 ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE HOMICIDES 641 00:20:24,256 --> 00:20:25,691 IN AMERICA, WHERE THE VICTIM DID 642 00:20:25,691 --> 00:20:27,392 NOT KNOW THE PERSON WHO KILLED 643 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:29,695 THEM WAS CARRIED OUT BY A POLICE 644 00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:30,963 OFFICER. I'M ASKING FOR THE 645 00:20:30,963 --> 00:20:32,931 COUNCIL TO INCLUDE RESOURCES FOR 646 00:20:32,931 --> 00:20:34,633 VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE IN 647 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:36,301 NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. VICTIMS AND 648 00:20:36,301 --> 00:20:37,803 THEIR FAMILIES OFTEN STRUGGLE TO 649 00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:40,339 PAY FOR FUNERALS, BURIALS, 650 00:20:40,339 --> 00:20:41,807 MEDICAL EXPENSES, BEHAVIORAL 651 00:20:41,807 --> 00:20:42,874 HEALTH CARE, LEGAL FEES, LOST 652 00:20:42,874 --> 00:20:44,543 WAGES AND MORE. I'LL USE THE 653 00:20:44,543 --> 00:20:46,144 REMAINDER OF MY TIME TO REMEMBER 654 00:20:46,144 --> 00:20:48,447 JUST SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR 655 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:49,548 COMMUNITY WHO LOST THEIR LIVES 656 00:20:49,548 --> 00:20:52,184 IN THIS CITY DUE TO VIOLENCE, 657 00:20:52,184 --> 00:20:54,753 VIOLENCE, CHRISTIAN NELSON, 658 00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:57,956 MICHAEL ROWLAND, HERBERT 659 00:20:57,956 --> 00:21:00,559 HIGHTOWER, CHARLENA LYLES, JOHN 660 00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:03,862 T WILLIAMS, JACK ALY, WILLIAM 661 00:21:03,862 --> 00:21:06,465 MICHAEL STEVENS, RIGOBERTO 662 00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:13,005 BRAMBILLA TERRY J. CARVER, RYAN 663 00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:21,947 SMITH, DANNY RODRIGUEZ SHUNMA. 664 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:24,449 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS NEIL 665 00:21:24,449 --> 00:21:25,651 AND THEN CASTIEL. YOU'LL BE 666 00:21:25,651 --> 00:21:29,154 RIGHT AFTER NEIL 667 00:21:29,154 --> 00:21:31,456 -- MORNING, CHAIR STRAUSS. NEIL 668 00:21:31,456 --> 00:21:34,593 PATEL, EX TECH PRIVATE INVESTOR, 669 00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:35,227 GEORGETOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 670 00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:37,863 WE'VE ALL MET BEFORE IN 671 00:21:37,863 --> 00:21:40,866 GEORGETOWN. WE ARE CONSTANTLY 672 00:21:40,866 --> 00:21:42,768 BESET BY CRIME. YOU WOULD THINK 673 00:21:42,768 --> 00:21:45,003 THAT WE ARE IN FAVOR OF MORE 674 00:21:45,003 --> 00:21:46,238 PUBLIC SAFETY. I'M HERE TO TELL 675 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:48,073 YOU WHY THAT IS NOT THE CASE. 676 00:21:48,073 --> 00:21:48,940 THREE WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS A 677 00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:50,509 SHOOTING IN OUR BUSINESS 678 00:21:50,509 --> 00:21:51,810 DISTRICT. BULLETS WERE LODGED IN 679 00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:53,211 LOCAL SHOPS, AND THIS WAS A 680 00:21:53,211 --> 00:21:55,347 CULMINATION OF SEVERAL REPORTED 681 00:21:55,347 --> 00:21:56,815 DISTURBANCES TO POLICE. 682 00:21:56,815 --> 00:21:57,716 COMMUNITY MEMBERS RALLIED. WE 683 00:21:57,716 --> 00:21:59,351 COLLECTED WITNESS STATEMENTS. WE 684 00:21:59,351 --> 00:22:01,186 INSTRUCTED NEIGHBORS TO CALL 685 00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:04,389 PATROL, AND OUR POLICE DID 686 00:22:04,389 --> 00:22:06,958 NOTHING, EVEN NOW, AFTER I 687 00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:10,262 CALLED THE CITY ATTORNEY MYSELF, 688 00:22:10,262 --> 00:22:12,330 AND THIS ISN'T A NEW THING, I 689 00:22:12,330 --> 00:22:13,098 RECOGNIZE THERE IS SCARCITY, BUT 690 00:22:13,098 --> 00:22:14,933 THIS CITY HAS A PROBLEM OF 691 00:22:14,933 --> 00:22:17,102 ALWAYS TRYING TO DO THE SAME 692 00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:18,503 THING AND GETTING THE SAME 693 00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:20,205 RESULT. WE SPENT MONEY ON 694 00:22:20,205 --> 00:22:21,440 HOUSING AND THERE'S A SURPLUS 695 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,942 OF HOUSING. NONE OF IT'S 696 00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:26,011 AFFORDABLE. ARMED COPS WITH 697 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:26,511 PEPPER BOMBS THAT CAUSE 698 00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:28,113 MISCARRIAGES AND S.U.V. TANKS. 699 00:22:28,113 --> 00:22:31,049 AND EVERY TIME I CALL PATROL, I 700 00:22:31,049 --> 00:22:32,751 GET IGNORED. WHY DON'T WE TRY 701 00:22:32,751 --> 00:22:34,820 DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR 702 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:36,488 EACH? WHY DON'T WE TRY ACTUALLY 703 00:22:36,488 --> 00:22:38,356 WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES AND 704 00:22:38,356 --> 00:22:40,826 WORKING FOR VICTIMS LIKE 705 00:22:40,826 --> 00:22:41,526 EVERYBODY ON THAT POSTER BACK 706 00:22:41,526 --> 00:22:41,760 THERE. 707 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,662 -- THANK YOU NEAL. THANK YOU. 708 00:22:43,662 --> 00:22:47,299 NEIL CASTILLO HIGHTOWER, STEVEN 709 00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:53,071 LEE, CASSANDRA. AND THEN ANDREA. 710 00:22:53,071 --> 00:22:53,572 GOOD MORNING. CASTILLO. 711 00:22:53,572 --> 00:22:54,272 -- MY NAME IS. 712 00:22:54,272 --> 00:22:55,941 -- CASTILLO AND I'M THE SISTER 713 00:22:55,941 --> 00:22:56,775 OF HERBERT HIGHTOWER JUNIOR, WHO 714 00:22:56,775 --> 00:22:58,577 WAS MURDERED BY SEATTLE POLICE. 715 00:22:58,577 --> 00:23:01,446 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET 716 00:23:01,446 --> 00:23:03,448 INCLUDES AN INCREASE OF 68 717 00:23:03,448 --> 00:23:05,050 MILLION IN POLICE SPENDING, 718 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:06,952 MAKING IT THE LARGEST IN THE 719 00:23:06,952 --> 00:23:08,720 CITY'S HISTORY. MEANWHILE, AT 720 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:09,287 LEAST FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 721 00:23:09,287 --> 00:23:11,623 KILLED BY SPD SINCE THE MAYOR 722 00:23:11,623 --> 00:23:13,258 WAS ELECTED, ONE BEING KEENAN 723 00:23:13,258 --> 00:23:14,126 PEARSON, WHO WAS MURDERED LESS 724 00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:16,394 THAN TWO WEEKS AGO BY SPD AFTER 725 00:23:16,394 --> 00:23:17,929 THEY KNEELED ON HIS NECK UNTIL 726 00:23:17,929 --> 00:23:19,965 HE STOPPED MOVING AND STILL 727 00:23:19,965 --> 00:23:21,733 REFUSED TO RELEASE THE BODY OR 728 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:24,403 DASH CAM. VIDEO SIX DAYS AFTER 729 00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:25,670 HIS MURDER, A WOMAN WAS 730 00:23:25,670 --> 00:23:27,806 CRITICALLY SHOT BY SPD MINUTES 731 00:23:27,806 --> 00:23:30,842 AFTER THEY MADE CONTACT. SPD'S 732 00:23:30,842 --> 00:23:31,977 VIOLENCE IS OUT OF CONTROL AND 733 00:23:31,977 --> 00:23:33,378 FAMILIES ARE FORCED TO PAY THE 734 00:23:33,378 --> 00:23:36,014 PRICE WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY AND 735 00:23:36,014 --> 00:23:36,948 ZERO ALLOCATED FROM THIS BUDGET. 736 00:23:36,948 --> 00:23:39,684 TO EVEN BURY SOMEONE, SPD KILLS. 737 00:23:39,684 --> 00:23:41,553 WE ARE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL 738 00:23:41,553 --> 00:23:44,656 TO STEP IN AND ALLOCATE AT LEAST 739 00:23:44,656 --> 00:23:47,058 $50,000 TO SUPPORT WORK TOWARDS 740 00:23:47,058 --> 00:23:48,293 THE CREATION OF AN OFFICE, TO 741 00:23:48,293 --> 00:23:49,895 PROVIDE RESOURCES TO VICTIMS OF 742 00:23:49,895 --> 00:23:52,697 POLICE VIOLENCE. IF THIS CITY 743 00:23:52,697 --> 00:23:53,265 ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT PUBLIC 744 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:54,499 SAFETY, IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE 745 00:23:54,499 --> 00:23:58,970 THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY ITS OWN 746 00:23:58,970 --> 00:23:59,271 EMPLOYEES. 747 00:23:59,271 --> 00:24:03,241 -- THANK YOU. CASTILLO AND I 748 00:24:03,241 --> 00:24:04,643 MISREAD THE NAMES HERE. NEXT IS 749 00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:07,412 OPHELIA. MY APOLOGIES. DON'T 750 00:24:07,412 --> 00:24:10,682 WORRY, WE GOT TIME. DON'T RUSH. 751 00:24:10,682 --> 00:24:14,886 JUST DON'T RUSH. THAT'S ALL I 752 00:24:14,886 --> 00:24:18,023 ASK. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 753 00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:20,892 MINUTE AND THEN. LUCKY IF YOU 754 00:24:20,892 --> 00:24:21,893 WANT TO. LUCKY IF YOU WANT TO 755 00:24:21,893 --> 00:24:23,128 USE THE SMALLER MIC AND JUST 756 00:24:23,128 --> 00:24:23,929 BEND IT DOWN RIGHT NOW, SHE 757 00:24:23,929 --> 00:24:27,699 WON'T HAVE TO GET OUT OF HER 758 00:24:27,699 --> 00:24:30,869 WHEELCHAIR. SORRY ABOUT THAT, 759 00:24:30,869 --> 00:24:38,543 OPHELIA 760 00:24:38,777 --> 00:24:41,813 -- AM I HERE? 761 00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:43,448 -- GOOD MORNING OPHELIA. 762 00:24:43,448 --> 00:24:46,384 WELCOME. 763 00:24:46,384 --> 00:24:48,920 -- YEAH. I'M OKAY. THANK YOU. 764 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,857 GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. 765 00:24:51,857 --> 00:24:57,729 TODAY I AM HERE TO SUPPORT ALL 766 00:24:57,729 --> 00:24:59,498 OF THE PEOPLE HERE. THOUSANDS OF 767 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:02,267 PEOPLE IN THIS STATE AND CITY 768 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:07,572 WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY POLICE 769 00:25:07,572 --> 00:25:10,709 BRUTALITY AND GUN, GUN AND THEIR 770 00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:13,111 OWN AND UNTIMELY DEATH OF ALL OF 771 00:25:13,111 --> 00:25:16,982 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. IT IS JUST 772 00:25:16,982 --> 00:25:20,051 OUTRAGEOUS. AND SO WHAT I AM, I 773 00:25:20,051 --> 00:25:23,788 AM A MOTHER OF A SON WHO WAS 774 00:25:23,788 --> 00:25:26,424 MURDERED BY THE POLICE. AND WHAT 775 00:25:26,424 --> 00:25:29,327 WE AND I HAVE SPENT MORE THAN 776 00:25:29,327 --> 00:25:31,763 $50,000 TRYING TO GET JUSTICE 777 00:25:31,763 --> 00:25:34,666 FOR MY SON AND OTHER YOUNG 778 00:25:34,666 --> 00:25:36,201 PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR 779 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:38,003 THEMSELVES. AND THEY ARE IN. 780 00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:38,603 SOME OF THEIR PARENTS CAN'T 781 00:25:38,603 --> 00:25:42,207 SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SO WE ARE 782 00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:44,276 ASKING SUPPORT. IT COSTS MONEY 783 00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:46,111 TO TO TRY TO GET JUSTICE FOR OUR 784 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:50,282 YOUNG PEOPLE. IT TAKES MONEY FOR 785 00:25:50,282 --> 00:25:53,018 US TO GO FROM PLACE TO PLACE. WE 786 00:25:53,018 --> 00:25:56,588 PAY TAXES. WE WANT YOU TODAY TO 787 00:25:56,588 --> 00:25:59,524 CONSIDER 788 00:25:59,524 --> 00:26:01,226 -- ALL YOUR HEART, TO PUT MONEY 789 00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:03,728 TO HELP US, TO MAKE SURE THAT 790 00:26:03,728 --> 00:26:06,665 JUSTICE IS DONE FOR THE YOUNG 791 00:26:06,665 --> 00:26:07,866 PEOPLE. AND MY SON TO GET US 792 00:26:07,866 --> 00:26:13,805 BACK TO THE SAME. SO WE CONSIDER 793 00:26:13,805 --> 00:26:15,707 WHAT THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO 794 00:26:15,707 --> 00:26:17,442 SPOKE BEFORE ME, AND THE ONE WHO 795 00:26:17,442 --> 00:26:21,880 MIGHT COME AFTER ME. BELIEVE ME 796 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,149 TO SUPPORT THE POLICE 797 00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:25,550 DEPARTMENT. THE POLICE ARE 798 00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:27,052 SUPPORTED, AND I THINK IT'S IS 799 00:26:27,052 --> 00:26:35,327 SUCH A SUPPORTIVE. SO THAT WE 800 00:26:35,327 --> 00:26:37,429 CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO 801 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:42,968 WITHOUT. AMY. FOR JUSTICE. FOR 802 00:26:42,968 --> 00:26:47,505 OUR FOR OUR CHILDREN. THERE IS 803 00:26:47,505 --> 00:26:49,140 NOT ONE DAY THAT I DON'T THINK 804 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:51,910 ABOUT. MY SON WAS MURDERED 805 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:53,979 WITHOUT COMMITTING THE CRIME AND 806 00:26:53,979 --> 00:26:57,148 WE NEED TO STOP THIS. WE DON'T 807 00:26:57,148 --> 00:26:59,150 VIEW THAT. WE KNOW YOU HAVE IT. 808 00:26:59,150 --> 00:27:02,921 BUT WHAT DO YOU DO? WE FOR US IT 809 00:27:02,921 --> 00:27:05,757 IS WITHIN YOUR SUPPORT. WE KNOW 810 00:27:05,757 --> 00:27:06,992 THAT YOU. SOMEHOW WE NEED THEM. 811 00:27:06,992 --> 00:27:09,494 BUT WE NEED YOU TO MAKE SURE 812 00:27:09,494 --> 00:27:11,863 THAT WE ARE PROTECTED FROM THEM 813 00:27:11,863 --> 00:27:17,202 AS WELL. SO WE KNOW YOU PUT THEM 814 00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:19,004 ON THE STREET AND WE. WE, WE 815 00:27:19,004 --> 00:27:20,705 WANT YOU TO PUT IN THE BUDGET 816 00:27:20,705 --> 00:27:26,311 FOR US. SO WE. SILENCE FROM 817 00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:34,019 RANDY. LEESA MANION 818 00:27:34,152 --> 00:27:44,229 BUDGET. 819 00:27:51,136 --> 00:27:56,708 UNTIMELY. THANK READING PLAN. 820 00:27:56,708 --> 00:28:05,150 THIS AND WE DON'T GET ONE DONE. 821 00:28:05,150 --> 00:28:13,024 THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING. 822 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:21,800 TO. AND I HOPE THAT YOU I AM I 823 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:29,074 KNOW THAT I AM. BECAUSE THEY ARE 824 00:28:29,074 --> 00:28:36,748 GOING TO BE 825 00:28:36,881 --> 00:28:41,186 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE AN 826 00:28:41,186 --> 00:28:46,858 OPPORTUNITY. 827 00:28:46,858 --> 00:28:50,628 -- THANK YOU. OPHELIA. 828 00:28:50,628 --> 00:28:50,962 -- THANK YOU. 829 00:28:50,962 --> 00:29:01,406 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 830 00:29:01,706 --> 00:29:03,208 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 831 00:29:03,208 --> 00:29:05,944 -- THANK YOU. AND FOR 832 00:29:05,944 --> 00:29:09,214 -- [APPLAUSE] 833 00:29:09,214 --> 00:29:11,716 -- THANK YOU. AND FOR MY 834 00:29:11,716 --> 00:29:14,085 COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU FOR MY 835 00:29:14,085 --> 00:29:15,386 COLLEAGUES AND THE GENERAL 836 00:29:15,386 --> 00:29:18,456 PUBLIC. I JUST USED THE ELDER 837 00:29:18,456 --> 00:29:19,991 EXCEPTION FOR CUTTING PEOPLE 838 00:29:19,991 --> 00:29:21,025 OFF. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED I EVEN 839 00:29:21,025 --> 00:29:24,796 CUT THE UNION. THE FIREFIGHTER 840 00:29:24,796 --> 00:29:25,296 UNION PRESIDENT, WHOM I 841 00:29:25,296 --> 00:29:26,931 APPRECIATE DEEPLY. I CUT HIM 842 00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:28,466 OFF. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELDER 843 00:29:28,466 --> 00:29:31,002 IN THE ROOM, YOU SOMETIMES JUST 844 00:29:31,002 --> 00:29:32,804 LET THEM SPEAK. SO THANK YOU FOR 845 00:29:32,804 --> 00:29:35,240 COMING ON DOWN. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 846 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,942 STEVE LEE, LEE, CASSANDRA 847 00:29:37,942 --> 00:29:44,816 JACKSON, AND ANDREA L. 848 00:29:44,816 --> 00:29:46,551 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 849 00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:49,854 STEVE LEE. I'M A MEMBER OF THE 850 00:29:49,854 --> 00:29:51,289 UNITED FARM WORKERS PARTY. AND I 851 00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:53,424 WANT TO SAY THAT A 5 OR 10% CUT 852 00:29:53,424 --> 00:29:55,326 TO THE SOCIAL PROGRAMS IN 853 00:29:55,326 --> 00:29:57,695 SEATTLE. THAT IS AUTHORIZED BY 854 00:29:57,695 --> 00:29:59,964 THE MAYOR IS A TRAVESTY. SEATTLE 855 00:29:59,964 --> 00:30:02,567 IS A RICH CITY. SEATTLE HAS LOTS 856 00:30:02,567 --> 00:30:04,936 OF MONEY. AND YOU'RE CUTTING. 857 00:30:04,936 --> 00:30:06,437 YOU'RE CUTTING BACK. WHAT IS 858 00:30:06,437 --> 00:30:08,573 NEEDED. SOCIAL PROGRAMS, THE 859 00:30:08,573 --> 00:30:10,508 IDEA OF GIVING $68 MILLION TO 860 00:30:10,508 --> 00:30:14,479 THE POLICE WHILE YOU CUT THE 861 00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:15,113 FIREFIGHTERS WHO ACTUALLY SAVE 862 00:30:15,113 --> 00:30:15,747 LIVES IS RIDICULOUS. THIS BUDGET 863 00:30:15,747 --> 00:30:16,414 NEEDS TO BE REJECTED, AND YOU 864 00:30:16,414 --> 00:30:17,916 NEED TO COME UP WITH A BUDGET 865 00:30:17,916 --> 00:30:21,819 THAT FUNDS HUMAN NEEDS AND NOT 866 00:30:21,819 --> 00:30:23,388 THE NEEDS OF RICH PEOPLE AND 867 00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:25,990 REPRESSION. IT'S TIME TO 868 00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:28,526 SUPPORT THE VICTIMS OF POLICE 869 00:30:28,526 --> 00:30:29,861 VIOLENCE AND ENACT THE 870 00:30:29,861 --> 00:30:30,528 COMMISSION THAT THEY'RE TALKING 871 00:30:30,528 --> 00:30:32,797 ABOUT. THIS BUDGET NEEDS TO BE 872 00:30:32,797 --> 00:30:33,898 REJECTED, AND YOU NEED TO GO 873 00:30:33,898 --> 00:30:36,267 BACK TO SQUARE ONE. THANK YOU. 874 00:30:36,267 --> 00:30:39,537 -- THANK YOU STEVE. UP NEXT IS 875 00:30:39,537 --> 00:30:42,106 CASSANDRA, FOLLOWED BY ANDREA. 876 00:30:42,106 --> 00:30:44,008 AND I'LL ASK AGAIN FOR JAZZ 877 00:30:44,008 --> 00:30:45,109 HANDS INSTEAD OF CLAPPING SO WE 878 00:30:45,109 --> 00:30:46,177 CAN KEEP ON MOVING. CASSANDRA, 879 00:30:46,177 --> 00:30:47,245 WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 880 00:30:47,245 --> 00:30:49,113 -- GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, 881 00:30:49,113 --> 00:30:51,516 COUNCILMAN STRAUSS COUNCILMAN 882 00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:52,951 AND COUNCILWOMEN. CAN YOU GUYS 883 00:30:52,951 --> 00:30:53,218 HEAR ME? 884 00:30:53,218 --> 00:30:54,452 -- YES WE CAN. 885 00:30:54,452 --> 00:30:55,386 -- I PREPARED MYSELF FOR TWO 886 00:30:55,386 --> 00:30:56,754 MINUTES, BUT I GUESS I ONLY HAVE 887 00:30:56,754 --> 00:30:59,090 ONE. SO I HAVE MY LEAD. 888 00:30:59,090 --> 00:31:00,225 -- I'LL READ THE REST OF IT 889 00:31:00,225 --> 00:31:00,892 AFTER SHE'S DONE WITH THE 890 00:31:00,892 --> 00:31:01,125 FIRST. 891 00:31:01,125 --> 00:31:02,126 -- DID YOU SIGN UP? 892 00:31:02,126 --> 00:31:03,995 -- YES, SIR. I'M ANDREA LONGINO. 893 00:31:03,995 --> 00:31:05,830 -- OH, YOU'RE UP NEXT. GREAT. 894 00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:07,365 YEAH. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. 895 00:31:07,365 --> 00:31:07,665 CASSANDRA. 896 00:31:07,665 --> 00:31:08,700 -- OKAY, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T 897 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:10,368 KNOW ME, MY NAME IS CASSANDRA. 898 00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:13,638 I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 899 00:31:13,638 --> 00:31:15,974 CLEAN QUEEN INCORPORATIONS 900 00:31:15,974 --> 00:31:17,442 NONPROFIT RV OUTREACH PROGRAM. 901 00:31:17,442 --> 00:31:18,643 WE ARE IN THE RV OUTREACH. WE 902 00:31:18,643 --> 00:31:21,379 ARE IN THE RV COMMUNITY DAILY 903 00:31:21,379 --> 00:31:22,847 DOING THE WORK. AND I'LL TELL 904 00:31:22,847 --> 00:31:26,451 YOU, THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO. I 905 00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:27,819 HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. AND EVEN 906 00:31:27,819 --> 00:31:30,154 THOUGH THE MUCH NEEDED SERVICES 907 00:31:30,154 --> 00:31:32,657 AND RESOURCES WE PROVIDE, LIKE 908 00:31:32,657 --> 00:31:34,092 HYGIENE AND CLEANING ESSENTIALS, 909 00:31:34,092 --> 00:31:36,261 GAS CARDS, HELP WITH SOME 910 00:31:36,261 --> 00:31:37,996 VEHICLE REPAIRS AND WEEKLY 911 00:31:37,996 --> 00:31:40,465 MEALS, AND EVEN A SAFE LOT FOR 912 00:31:40,465 --> 00:31:42,667 RVS IS BUT A FRACTION OF WHAT A 913 00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:44,335 SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME TO HELP 914 00:31:44,335 --> 00:31:46,137 PROVIDE STABLE HOUSING FOR OUR 915 00:31:46,137 --> 00:31:47,705 RV COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE, WE 916 00:31:47,705 --> 00:31:49,107 RECOGNIZE THAT FOR TOO MANY 917 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:51,276 PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, IT'S 918 00:31:51,276 --> 00:31:52,777 DEVASTATED BY SUBSTANCE ABUSE 919 00:31:52,777 --> 00:31:53,311 AND SOME KIND OF MENTAL, 920 00:31:53,311 --> 00:31:55,880 PHYSICAL, OR EMOTIONAL HEALTH 921 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:57,448 THAT LACKED SUFFICIENT ROLE 922 00:31:57,448 --> 00:31:59,183 MODELS. CASE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL 923 00:31:59,183 --> 00:32:00,919 TREATMENT, AND DIFFERENT TYPES 924 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:05,023 OF COUNSELING TO HELP GUIDE AND 925 00:32:05,023 --> 00:32:05,657 STABILIZE THEM DURING THEIR MOST 926 00:32:05,657 --> 00:32:06,224 VULNERABLE TIMES. THE CLEAN 927 00:32:06,224 --> 00:32:07,825 QUEEN NONPROFIT RV OUTREACH HAS 928 00:32:07,825 --> 00:32:13,564 A TEAM, AND WE ARE WORKING 929 00:32:13,564 --> 00:32:14,132 DILIGENTLY TO DISRUPT THIS. 930 00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:15,433 -- THANK YOU. AND ANDREA, GOOD 931 00:32:15,433 --> 00:32:16,668 TO SEE YOU. WELCOME. 932 00:32:16,668 --> 00:32:19,337 -- OKAY. WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER AN 933 00:32:19,337 --> 00:32:19,971 ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR THE FIRST 934 00:32:19,971 --> 00:32:21,072 YEAR OF OPERATION THAT COULD 935 00:32:21,072 --> 00:32:23,675 COVER START UP COSTS, STAFFING, 936 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:26,377 FACILITY EXPENSES, AND RESOURCES 937 00:32:26,377 --> 00:32:27,679 FOR OUTREACH SERVICES. WE ARE 938 00:32:27,679 --> 00:32:29,314 GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR FINANCES 939 00:32:29,314 --> 00:32:31,382 AND THE PUBLIC TRUST. WE ARE 940 00:32:31,382 --> 00:32:33,951 WELCOMING, LIFE AFFIRMING AND 941 00:32:33,951 --> 00:32:35,453 NON-JUDGMENTAL. WE ARE 942 00:32:35,453 --> 00:32:38,089 RESPECTFUL IN OUR COMMUNICATION, 943 00:32:38,089 --> 00:32:39,290 HONEST IN SPEECH AND ACTION. WE 944 00:32:39,290 --> 00:32:41,926 ARE COLLABORATIVE TEAM PLAYERS 945 00:32:41,926 --> 00:32:43,494 WORKING TOWARD A COMMON GOOD OF 946 00:32:43,494 --> 00:32:44,729 THE ORGANIZATION AND THE PUBLIC 947 00:32:44,729 --> 00:32:46,664 AT LARGE. WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE AND 948 00:32:46,664 --> 00:32:47,899 PROFESSIONAL TO EACH OTHER, 949 00:32:47,899 --> 00:32:49,300 BENEFICIARIES AND PUBLIC AT 950 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:51,402 LARGE. AS I STATED BEFORE, WE 951 00:32:51,402 --> 00:32:53,104 ARE EAGER TO DO MORE WITH THE 952 00:32:53,104 --> 00:32:55,273 CLEAN, CLEAN TEAM AND 953 00:32:55,273 --> 00:32:57,542 SELF-FUNDED AND AND ASKING THE 954 00:32:57,542 --> 00:32:58,576 COUNCIL TO SPONSOR US WITH THE 955 00:32:58,576 --> 00:32:59,911 BUDGET SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE 956 00:32:59,911 --> 00:33:01,012 COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND THANK YOU 957 00:33:01,012 --> 00:33:02,914 FOR LISTENING. SO SINCE I 958 00:33:02,914 --> 00:33:05,350 DIDN'T ADD, I'LL ADD ON MY 959 00:33:05,350 --> 00:33:07,352 PART. SO I PERSONALLY HAVE LIVED 960 00:33:07,352 --> 00:33:10,321 IN THE RV ENVIRONMENT. I'M A 961 00:33:10,321 --> 00:33:13,358 RECOVERING ADDICT AND I'M A PEER 962 00:33:13,358 --> 00:33:15,493 SUPPORT SPECIALIST, CERTIFIED. 963 00:33:15,493 --> 00:33:17,128 SO I WALKED IT AND I UNDERSTAND 964 00:33:17,128 --> 00:33:18,096 THE LIVING SITUATION. I 965 00:33:18,096 --> 00:33:19,097 UNDERSTAND IT FIRSTHAND. SO I 966 00:33:19,097 --> 00:33:20,298 JUST WANT TO BE OF HELP OF 967 00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:22,300 SOMEBODY THAT HELPED ME BECAUSE 968 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:23,267 OUTREACH HELPED ME AND I WANT TO 969 00:33:23,267 --> 00:33:26,270 REACH OUT AND HELP OTHERS. SO 970 00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:26,838 PLEASE ASSIST US WITH THIS 971 00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:27,872 BUDGET. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 972 00:33:27,872 --> 00:33:29,173 GOD BLESS. 973 00:33:29,173 --> 00:33:30,274 -- THANK YOU ANDREA. THANK YOU 974 00:33:30,274 --> 00:33:32,510 GUYS AND THANK YOU. NEXT, WE 975 00:33:32,510 --> 00:33:35,146 HAVE SOMER M J. AND I THINK WE 976 00:33:35,146 --> 00:33:37,181 HAD ONE MORE PERSON JUST SIGN UP 977 00:33:37,181 --> 00:33:40,451 AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO GO TO 978 00:33:40,451 --> 00:33:41,652 REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M GOING 979 00:33:41,652 --> 00:33:43,688 TO LET THOSE FOLKS KNOW THEIR 980 00:33:43,688 --> 00:33:45,123 ORDER RIGHT NOW JUST SO THEY CAN 981 00:33:45,123 --> 00:33:48,593 BE READY. WE HAVE CEDAR ISSUE. 982 00:33:48,593 --> 00:33:51,295 YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. NICOLE 983 00:33:51,295 --> 00:33:52,663 PIERSON IS PRESENT. HALEY SEXTON 984 00:33:52,663 --> 00:33:54,565 IS NOT PRESENT. STEPHEN WOODS, 985 00:33:54,565 --> 00:33:56,034 JANICE CLARK, ALBERTA PIERSON 986 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:57,568 ARE PRESENT. AND DAVID HAYNES IS 987 00:33:57,568 --> 00:34:01,339 NOT PRESENT. AND SO FOR THE 988 00:34:01,339 --> 00:34:03,908 FOLKS ONLINE, YOU WILL START IN 989 00:34:03,908 --> 00:34:05,610 ABOUT FOUR MINUTES. SUMMER, 990 00:34:05,610 --> 00:34:05,877 WELCOME. 991 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:06,978 -- MY NAME IS SUMMER MILLER. 992 00:34:06,978 --> 00:34:08,746 I'M A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT 993 00:34:08,746 --> 00:34:10,515 UNITED FRONT FOR A WORKER'S 994 00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:13,050 PARTY. KATIE WILSON'S BUDGET 995 00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:13,684 PROPOSES A RECORD BREAKING $68 996 00:34:13,684 --> 00:34:14,819 MILLION INCREASE TO POLICE 997 00:34:14,819 --> 00:34:15,987 BUDGET TO THE POLICE BUDGET. IN 998 00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:18,189 JUST THE LAST WEEK, SEATTLE 999 00:34:18,189 --> 00:34:19,590 POLICE MURDERED 47 YEAR OLD 1000 00:34:19,590 --> 00:34:21,092 KEENAN PIERSON AND SHOT AT LEAST 1001 00:34:21,092 --> 00:34:23,594 ONE OTHER PERSON. AND THIS QUOTE 1002 00:34:23,594 --> 00:34:24,162 UNQUOTE SOCIALIST MAYOR IS 1003 00:34:24,162 --> 00:34:26,664 PROPOSING TO REWARD THEM WITH 1004 00:34:26,664 --> 00:34:28,733 $68 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL 1005 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:31,002 FUNDING. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS 1006 00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:32,136 HAPPY TO GIVE $68 MILLION TO THE 1007 00:34:32,136 --> 00:34:34,806 COPS, BUT IS REPEATEDLY 1008 00:34:34,806 --> 00:34:36,574 OBSTRUCTED BASIC RESOURCES FOR 1009 00:34:36,574 --> 00:34:37,175 VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY. 1010 00:34:37,175 --> 00:34:38,409 SINCE 2020, CASTILE, HIGHTOWER 1011 00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:40,378 AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN DEMANDING 1012 00:34:40,378 --> 00:34:42,113 AN OFFICE FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY 1013 00:34:42,113 --> 00:34:43,781 POLICE VIOLENCE, WHICH WOULD 1014 00:34:43,781 --> 00:34:45,516 PROVIDE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT 1015 00:34:45,516 --> 00:34:47,718 FUNERAL AND BURIAL MEDICAL 1016 00:34:47,718 --> 00:34:48,719 EXPENSES, TRAVEL COSTS AND THE 1017 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:49,854 COSTS THAT FAMILIES TAKE ON WHEN 1018 00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:51,722 THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE INJURED 1019 00:34:51,722 --> 00:34:53,691 OR MURDERED BY THE POLICE. IT'S 1020 00:34:53,691 --> 00:34:54,959 VERY CLEAR FROM THIS BUDGET THAT 1021 00:34:54,959 --> 00:34:56,727 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS MORE 1022 00:34:56,727 --> 00:34:57,328 CONCERNED WITH PROTECTING THE 1023 00:34:57,328 --> 00:34:58,763 COPS THAN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS 1024 00:34:58,763 --> 00:34:59,931 BRUTALIZED AND MURDERED BY THEM. 1025 00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:01,365 WE SUPPORT THE DEMAND TO PASS 1026 00:35:01,365 --> 00:35:03,768 THE PROPOSED WORK GROUP, AND THE 1027 00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:05,236 $50,000 THAT CASTILLO HIGHTOWER 1028 00:35:05,236 --> 00:35:06,838 HAS JUST ASKED FOR. BUT WE'RE 1029 00:35:06,838 --> 00:35:08,239 ALSO DEMANDING THAT THERE IS A 1030 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:09,907 QUICK AND UNOBSTRUCTED PATH TO 1031 00:35:09,907 --> 00:35:11,576 CREATING AN OFFICE FOR PEOPLE 1032 00:35:11,576 --> 00:35:13,110 AFFECTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE. 1033 00:35:13,110 --> 00:35:14,979 -- THANK YOU. SUMMER. 1034 00:35:14,979 --> 00:35:15,613 -- FULL COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS 1035 00:35:15,613 --> 00:35:16,114 OF. 1036 00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:17,582 -- THANK YOU SUMMER. UP NEXT IS 1037 00:35:17,582 --> 00:35:20,117 OEM SMITH, FOLLOWED BY JASON 1038 00:35:20,117 --> 00:35:20,351 THIEL. 1039 00:35:20,351 --> 00:35:21,719 -- PARTY INDEPENDENT OF THE 1040 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:21,986 DEMOCRAT. 1041 00:35:21,986 --> 00:35:24,021 -- M SMITH. 1042 00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:25,123 -- M SHOVEL MORE MONEY FOR THE 1043 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:26,891 COPS. TAKE MONEY FROM 1044 00:35:26,891 --> 00:35:28,292 FIREFIGHTERS AND GIVE MORE. 1045 00:35:28,292 --> 00:35:28,593 -- M SMITH. 1046 00:35:28,593 --> 00:35:29,961 -- WILL FIGHT FOR THINGS WORKING 1047 00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:31,362 PEOPLE NEED AND FIGHT FOR 1048 00:35:31,362 --> 00:35:33,731 WORKING CLASS CONTROL OF 1049 00:35:33,731 --> 00:35:33,998 SOCIETY. 1050 00:35:33,998 --> 00:35:35,766 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SUMMER 1051 00:35:35,766 --> 00:35:39,237 M SMITH. THEN JASON THIEL. 1052 00:35:39,237 --> 00:35:40,738 -- MY NAME IS M SMITH. I'M A 1053 00:35:40,738 --> 00:35:42,273 MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT UNITED 1054 00:35:42,273 --> 00:35:43,441 FRONT FOR WORKERS PARTY AS WELL 1055 00:35:43,441 --> 00:35:45,009 AS SEATTLE DSA. I WANT TO START 1056 00:35:45,009 --> 00:35:46,777 BY JUST SAYING SOLIDARITY TO THE 1057 00:35:46,777 --> 00:35:47,912 BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE 1058 00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:50,915 FIREFIGHTERS UNION. THIS COUNCIL 1059 00:35:50,915 --> 00:35:54,218 IS LOOKING AT A BUDGET THAT 1060 00:35:54,218 --> 00:35:56,120 KATIE WILSON PROPOSED THAT CUTS 1061 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:56,587 $4.5 MILLION FROM THE 1062 00:35:56,587 --> 00:35:58,890 FIREFIGHTER FIREFIGHTERS BUDGET. 1063 00:35:58,890 --> 00:36:01,459 THAT IS AN EVEN MORE FROM THAT 1064 00:36:01,459 --> 00:36:03,261 FROM THE OVERTIME FUND. AS PART 1065 00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:04,495 OF THAT. THAT'S PART OF TENS OF 1066 00:36:04,495 --> 00:36:05,763 MILLIONS OF CUTS THAT ARE BEING 1067 00:36:05,763 --> 00:36:08,166 PROPOSED, INCLUDING $68 MILLION 1068 00:36:08,166 --> 00:36:09,400 IN CUTS TO HOUSING. THAT'S THE 1069 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:10,501 SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S 1070 00:36:10,501 --> 00:36:12,270 BEING INCREASED IN THE POLICE 1071 00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:15,940 BUDGET. I ALSO WANT TO SAY 1072 00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:16,507 SOLIDARITY WITH CASTIEL AND 1073 00:36:16,507 --> 00:36:17,441 OPHELIA AND THOSE WHO ARE 1074 00:36:17,441 --> 00:36:20,645 FIGHTING FOR THIS OFFICE, FOR 1075 00:36:20,645 --> 00:36:21,179 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY POLICE 1076 00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:22,947 FUNDING OR POLICE VIOLENCE. AND 1077 00:36:22,947 --> 00:36:24,949 WE DEMAND FUNDING FOR THAT 1078 00:36:24,949 --> 00:36:26,851 OFFICE AND A RAPID AND 1079 00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:27,818 UNOBSTRUCTED PROCESS TO THE 1080 00:36:27,818 --> 00:36:30,988 CREATION OF THAT OFFICE. IT IS 1081 00:36:30,988 --> 00:36:32,990 SHAMEFUL TO BE EVEN CONSIDERING 1082 00:36:32,990 --> 00:36:36,093 THIS LEVEL OF CUTS TO PUBLIC 1083 00:36:36,093 --> 00:36:36,861 SERVICES IN IN ONE OF THE 1084 00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:39,964 RICHEST CITIES IN THE WORLD, WE 1085 00:36:39,964 --> 00:36:41,432 HAVE 500 SIGNATURES THAT WE'VE 1086 00:36:41,432 --> 00:36:42,500 COLLECTED DEMANDING NO CUTS TO 1087 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:44,068 PUBLIC SERVICES. THANK YOU. NO 1088 00:36:44,068 --> 00:36:45,736 LAYOFFS OF CITY WORKERS. 1089 00:36:45,736 --> 00:36:46,137 -- THANK YOU. M. 1090 00:36:46,137 --> 00:36:46,437 -- WORKING. 1091 00:36:46,437 --> 00:36:49,073 -- CLASS PEOPLE. UP NEXT IS 1092 00:36:49,073 --> 00:36:49,407 JASON THIEL. 1093 00:36:49,407 --> 00:36:50,875 -- THE $68 MILLION OF. 1094 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:51,943 -- JASON THIEL. 1095 00:36:51,943 --> 00:36:53,144 -- AND PUT THAT TOWARDS THE 1096 00:36:53,144 --> 00:36:57,982 THINGS THAT ARE BEING CUT. 1097 00:36:57,982 --> 00:37:01,586 -- JASON THIEL. JASON THIEL. 1098 00:37:01,586 --> 00:37:03,221 JASON, WELCOME. 1099 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:04,956 -- HI. MY NAME IS JASON. I'M 1100 00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:06,757 ALSO A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT 1101 00:37:06,757 --> 00:37:08,025 UNITED FRONT FOR WORKERS PARTY 1102 00:37:08,025 --> 00:37:09,660 AND SEATTLE DSA. THIS BUDGET IS 1103 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:11,295 A NAKED ATTACK ON WORKING CLASS 1104 00:37:11,295 --> 00:37:15,433 PEOPLE BY A SO-CALLED SOCIALIST. 1105 00:37:15,433 --> 00:37:16,067 KATIE WILSON IS NOT A SOCIALIST. 1106 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:16,701 SHE'S JUST ANOTHER DEMOCRAT. 1107 00:37:16,701 --> 00:37:17,902 THIS BUDGET HAS ACROSS THE BOARD 1108 00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:19,070 CUTS TO PUBLIC SERVICES, 1109 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:22,139 INCLUDING HOUSING, TRANSIT, PARK 1110 00:37:22,139 --> 00:37:22,773 SERVICES, FIREFIGHTING SERVICES 1111 00:37:22,773 --> 00:37:25,309 AND DISABILITY SERVICES. 1112 00:37:25,309 --> 00:37:26,277 THERE'S SUPPOSEDLY NO MONEY FOR 1113 00:37:26,277 --> 00:37:28,012 WORKERS, BUT THERE'S 68 MILLION 1114 00:37:28,012 --> 00:37:29,046 NEW DOLLARS FOR THE COPS. 1115 00:37:29,046 --> 00:37:30,214 THERE'S ALWAYS MORE MONEY FOR 1116 00:37:30,214 --> 00:37:31,682 COPS, BUT NO MONEY FOR VICTIMS 1117 00:37:31,682 --> 00:37:33,417 OF POLICE VIOLENCE. AND KATIE 1118 00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:35,853 WILSON HAS CLAIMED THAT SHE'S 1119 00:37:35,853 --> 00:37:37,188 ONLY CUT $50 MILLION. BUT THAT 1120 00:37:37,188 --> 00:37:39,357 IS INCREDIBLY MISLEADING. SO 1121 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:40,424 MUCH OF THE BALANCING THAT THE 1122 00:37:40,424 --> 00:37:42,159 DEMOCRATS ARE CLAIMING IS BY 1123 00:37:42,159 --> 00:37:43,394 RAIDING THE AMAZON TAX, WHICH IS 1124 00:37:43,394 --> 00:37:45,296 SUPPOSED TO FUND AFFORDABLE 1125 00:37:45,296 --> 00:37:46,297 HOUSING. MORE AND MORE OF THAT 1126 00:37:46,297 --> 00:37:48,499 FUND IS BEING MISAPPROPRIATED TO 1127 00:37:48,499 --> 00:37:49,667 PLUG BUDGET HOLES AND MORE AND 1128 00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:52,269 MORE OF THE COST OF FUNDING OF 1129 00:37:52,269 --> 00:37:52,803 THESE PROGRAMS, LIKE THE 1130 00:37:52,803 --> 00:37:53,671 TRANSPORTATION, ARE BEING THROWN 1131 00:37:53,671 --> 00:37:55,139 AT WORKING CLASS PEOPLE THROUGH 1132 00:37:55,139 --> 00:37:56,574 SALES TAX INCREASES, SUGAR 1133 00:37:56,574 --> 00:38:00,578 TAXES, PARKING FEES, LEVIES AND 1134 00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:01,145 PROPERTY TAXES. INSTEAD OF 1135 00:38:01,145 --> 00:38:02,647 TAXING THE RICH, WE SHOULD NOT 1136 00:38:02,647 --> 00:38:04,482 BE TAKING $5 MILLION FROM THE 1137 00:38:04,482 --> 00:38:06,851 FIREFIGHTERS AS WE'RE FACING 1138 00:38:06,851 --> 00:38:08,252 INCREASING THREATS OF CLIMATE 1139 00:38:08,252 --> 00:38:08,486 CHANGE. 1140 00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:10,121 -- THANK YOU, JASON. 1141 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:11,222 -- AND WE CAN'T RELY ON ANY OF 1142 00:38:11,222 --> 00:38:11,455 THESE. 1143 00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:15,226 -- THANK YOU. JASON. UP NEXT IS 1144 00:38:15,226 --> 00:38:19,330 RACHEL LICCARDO, PAUL DELL, 1145 00:38:19,330 --> 00:38:21,932 DANIEL WANG, RACHAEL, WELCOME. 1146 00:38:21,932 --> 00:38:28,039 HI JUST ONE SECOND. YOUR MICS 1147 00:38:28,039 --> 00:38:29,106 COMING RIGHT BACK ON. I THINK 1148 00:38:29,106 --> 00:38:30,841 YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. OKAY. THANK 1149 00:38:30,841 --> 00:38:32,710 YOU. GOOD MORNING. RACHEL. 1150 00:38:32,710 --> 00:38:34,045 -- HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 1151 00:38:34,045 --> 00:38:36,047 NAME IS RACHEL KATULA. I LIVE IN 1152 00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:38,549 DISTRICT FIVE, COUNCILMEMBER 1153 00:38:38,549 --> 00:38:39,917 JUAREZ DISTRICT. I'M HERE TODAY 1154 00:38:39,917 --> 00:38:41,285 AS AN ORGANIZER WITH THE CHURCH 1155 00:38:41,285 --> 00:38:42,720 COUNCIL OF SEATTLE, BUT ALSO AS 1156 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:44,355 SOMEONE WHO WAS RAISED IN 1157 00:38:44,355 --> 00:38:46,524 SEATTLE, HAS LIVED AND WORKED 1158 00:38:46,524 --> 00:38:48,092 HERE IN LOCAL NONPROFITS FOR THE 1159 00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:50,928 LAST TEN YEARS. FOR TOO LONG AS 1160 00:38:50,928 --> 00:38:51,896 I'VE GROWN UP IN THE CITY, I'VE 1161 00:38:51,896 --> 00:38:54,298 SEEN THE POLITICS BEND TO THE 1162 00:38:54,298 --> 00:38:56,534 INTERESTS OF CORPORATIONS AND 1163 00:38:56,534 --> 00:38:57,301 BILLIONAIRES, BELIEVING IN THE 1164 00:38:57,301 --> 00:38:59,403 FALSE PROMISE OF TRICKLE DOWN 1165 00:38:59,403 --> 00:39:01,005 ECONOMICS. AND NOW WE'RE SEEING 1166 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:04,875 THE FRUIT OF THAT INVESTMENT 1167 00:39:04,875 --> 00:39:09,013 MASS LAYOFFS, UNAFFORDABLE 1168 00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:10,481 HOUSING, AND. EMPTY HIGH RISES 1169 00:39:10,481 --> 00:39:12,149 AND OFFICES THAT ARE JUST 1170 00:39:12,149 --> 00:39:13,517 SITTING VACANT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, 1171 00:39:13,517 --> 00:39:15,152 BECAUSE YOU HEAR PEOPLE COME IN 1172 00:39:15,152 --> 00:39:16,153 DAY IN AND DAY OUT, WE'RE 1173 00:39:16,153 --> 00:39:18,289 STRUGGLING. WE'RE NOT DOING 1174 00:39:18,289 --> 00:39:19,757 WELL. AND THE CITY COUNCIL 1175 00:39:19,757 --> 00:39:21,992 CANNOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE TO 1176 00:39:21,992 --> 00:39:24,228 PASS THE SAME STATUS QUO BUDGET, 1177 00:39:24,228 --> 00:39:27,398 BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT STATUS QUO 1178 00:39:27,398 --> 00:39:29,367 TIMES SERVICES THAT ARE LIFE 1179 00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:30,835 AFFIRMING AND DIGNITY ENHANCING. 1180 00:39:30,835 --> 00:39:32,303 YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY 1181 00:39:32,303 --> 00:39:33,804 NEEDS. AND THE QUESTION IS, WHO 1182 00:39:33,804 --> 00:39:35,272 WILL YOU BE FOR US IN THIS 1183 00:39:35,272 --> 00:39:36,440 CYCLE? THANK YOU. 1184 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:37,608 -- THANK YOU. RACHEL. UP NEXT IS 1185 00:39:37,608 --> 00:39:41,011 LEE, FOLLOWED BY PAULA AND THEN 1186 00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:42,246 DANIEL. THIRD REQUEST. IF WE'RE 1187 00:39:42,246 --> 00:39:44,148 NOT CLAPPING. THANK YOU. 1188 00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:45,549 -- MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M 1189 00:39:45,549 --> 00:39:48,152 REVEREND LEE CARL. I'M PASTOR OF 1190 00:39:48,152 --> 00:39:49,320 SEATTLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1191 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,255 AND I'M ALSO HERE WITH CHURCH 1192 00:39:51,255 --> 00:39:53,090 COUNCIL OF GREATER SEATTLE. MY 1193 00:39:53,090 --> 00:39:53,657 CHURCH IS AND COUNCILMEMBER 1194 00:39:53,657 --> 00:39:54,291 HOLLINGSWORTH DISTRICT. I ALSO 1195 00:39:54,291 --> 00:39:56,594 LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT. AS WE 1196 00:39:56,594 --> 00:39:57,828 ENTER INTO YET ANOTHER BUDGET 1197 00:39:57,828 --> 00:39:59,730 SEASON, I'M HERE TO SAY THAT WE 1198 00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:01,866 CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT IS 1199 00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:02,800 PROPOSED. BUDGETS ARE A MORE ARE 1200 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,468 A MORAL DOCUMENT. THEY REFLECT 1201 00:40:04,468 --> 00:40:07,438 OUR VALUES AND. RIGHT NOW OUR 1202 00:40:07,438 --> 00:40:09,240 BUDGET TELLS ME THAT WE VALUE 1203 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:09,807 POLICING AND THE WEALTHIEST 1204 00:40:09,807 --> 00:40:12,376 AMONG US. MUCH MORE MONEY CAN BE 1205 00:40:12,376 --> 00:40:12,977 INVESTED INTO THE COMMUNITIES 1206 00:40:12,977 --> 00:40:15,546 THAT NEED IT MOST, INTO 1207 00:40:15,546 --> 00:40:17,581 ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES. IF 1208 00:40:17,581 --> 00:40:18,215 REVENUE IS GENERATED THROUGH A 1209 00:40:18,215 --> 00:40:19,250 TAX ON THE WEALTHIEST AMONG US 1210 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:23,521 AND DIVERTED, THE INCREASE AND 1211 00:40:23,521 --> 00:40:24,121 DIVERTING THE INCREASE IN THE 1212 00:40:24,121 --> 00:40:26,023 POLICE BUDGET, THE REALITY IS 1213 00:40:26,023 --> 00:40:27,491 THAT THE WEALTHY HAVE MORE THAN 1214 00:40:27,491 --> 00:40:28,359 ENOUGH, AND A TAX WOULDN'T EVEN 1215 00:40:28,359 --> 00:40:30,694 BE A BLIP FOR THEM. BUT IT COULD 1216 00:40:30,694 --> 00:40:31,762 CHANGE THE LIVES OF MANY IN OUR 1217 00:40:31,762 --> 00:40:33,898 CITY WHO NEED IT. THIS BUDGET 1218 00:40:33,898 --> 00:40:35,332 SEASON, I ASK YOU ALL TO REJECT 1219 00:40:35,332 --> 00:40:37,368 THE NOTION OF SCARCITY AND 1220 00:40:37,368 --> 00:40:38,269 EMBRACE ABUNDANCE. THERE'S MORE 1221 00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:39,703 THAN ENOUGH TO GO AROUND, AND WE 1222 00:40:39,703 --> 00:40:41,438 CAN BE A CITY THAT LEADS THE WAY 1223 00:40:41,438 --> 00:40:43,874 AND CARING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, 1224 00:40:43,874 --> 00:40:45,342 INVESTING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 1225 00:40:45,342 --> 00:40:47,144 SCHOOLS, CHILDCARE RESOURCES FOR 1226 00:40:47,144 --> 00:40:48,479 VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE, AND 1227 00:40:48,479 --> 00:40:50,214 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANKS FOR 1228 00:40:50,214 --> 00:40:51,982 YOUR TIME. 1229 00:40:51,982 --> 00:40:52,883 -- THANK YOU. THANKS, LEE. SEE 1230 00:40:52,883 --> 00:40:55,319 YOU AGAIN SOON, PAULA. AND THEN 1231 00:40:55,319 --> 00:40:58,689 DANIEL. AND THEN WE'LL TRANSFER 1232 00:40:58,689 --> 00:41:02,393 ONLINE. AND THEN, DANIEL, IF YOU 1233 00:41:02,393 --> 00:41:03,661 WANT TO COME UP TO YOU'RE MORE 1234 00:41:03,661 --> 00:41:05,696 THAN WELCOME TO. GOOD MORNING, 1235 00:41:05,696 --> 00:41:07,398 PAULA. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 1236 00:41:07,398 --> 00:41:10,167 -- I'M PAULA FROM OPEN POLICE 1237 00:41:10,167 --> 00:41:12,403 ARCHIVES AND I'M WANTED TO 1238 00:41:12,403 --> 00:41:14,438 MAINLY DIRECT MY COMMENTS TO THE 1239 00:41:14,438 --> 00:41:16,674 AUDIENCE AS WELL, BECAUSE WE 1240 00:41:16,674 --> 00:41:18,609 KNOW WHICH SIDE THE DEMOCRATIC 1241 00:41:18,609 --> 00:41:20,311 PARTY AND CITY COUNCIL STANDS ON 1242 00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:23,647 THIS QUESTION. THEY'RE CUTTING 1243 00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:25,616 ESSENTIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING 1244 00:41:25,616 --> 00:41:27,418 THE FIREFIGHTERS FOR THIS CITY 1245 00:41:27,418 --> 00:41:29,353 AND FINDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1246 00:41:29,353 --> 00:41:31,021 FOR THE COPS AND MILLIONS MORE 1247 00:41:31,021 --> 00:41:32,389 TO DEFEND THEM WHEN THEY 1248 00:41:32,389 --> 00:41:33,858 ACTUALLY SHOOT PEOPLE DOWN AND 1249 00:41:33,858 --> 00:41:37,728 KILL THEM. AND WE SAY, OPEN 1250 00:41:37,728 --> 00:41:38,562 POLICE ARCHIVES. WE THINK THAT 1251 00:41:38,562 --> 00:41:40,397 THE ROAD FORWARD, WHICH IS 1252 00:41:40,397 --> 00:41:41,999 SOMETHING KATIE WILSON COULD 1253 00:41:41,999 --> 00:41:44,935 ACTUALLY DO IF THAT'S WHAT SHE 1254 00:41:44,935 --> 00:41:46,303 WAS COMMITTED TO. BUT THAT'S NOT 1255 00:41:46,303 --> 00:41:46,937 WHAT THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS 1256 00:41:46,937 --> 00:41:50,741 ARE ALL ABOUT. AND WE THINK 1257 00:41:50,741 --> 00:41:53,277 EXPOSE THEIR DIRTY SECRETS, 1258 00:41:53,277 --> 00:41:53,878 UNITE THIS STRUGGLE NEEDS TO 1259 00:41:53,878 --> 00:41:57,414 UNITE US ALL WORKING PEOPLE, ALL 1260 00:41:57,414 --> 00:41:59,250 THOSE VICTIMS OF COP TERROR ON 1261 00:41:59,250 --> 00:42:01,585 THE BROADEST POSSIBLE BASIS, IN 1262 00:42:01,585 --> 00:42:03,954 ORDER TO FIGHT FOR ADVANCE THE 1263 00:42:03,954 --> 00:42:05,389 STRUGGLE FOR BLACK PEOPLE, FOR 1264 00:42:05,389 --> 00:42:08,692 ALL THE OPPRESSED, AND GET SOME 1265 00:42:08,692 --> 00:42:10,160 RELIEF FOR THE FAMILIES. SO I 1266 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:11,528 WOULD, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO TALK TO 1267 00:42:11,528 --> 00:42:14,098 PEOPLE OUT THERE ABOUT HOW TO. 1268 00:42:14,098 --> 00:42:14,431 -- THANK YOU. 1269 00:42:14,431 --> 00:42:16,200 -- AND NOT THANK THE DEMOCRATS. 1270 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,837 -- THANK YOU, PAULA. THANK YOU. 1271 00:42:19,837 --> 00:42:25,242 UP NEXT IS DANIEL WANG. DANIEL, 1272 00:42:25,242 --> 00:42:25,743 WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. 1273 00:42:25,743 --> 00:42:26,777 -- HEY, I'M A MEMBER OF UNITED 1274 00:42:26,777 --> 00:42:28,779 FRONT FOR A WORKERS PARTY. AND 1275 00:42:28,779 --> 00:42:29,914 UNTIL RECENTLY, I WAS A WORKER 1276 00:42:29,914 --> 00:42:31,215 AT AN AMAZON WAREHOUSE. AND I 1277 00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:33,050 BRING THIS UP BECAUSE WHAT THE 1278 00:42:33,050 --> 00:42:34,785 FIREFIGHTERS WERE TALKING ABOUT 1279 00:42:34,785 --> 00:42:36,954 IN TERMS OF UNDERSTAFFING UNDER 1280 00:42:36,954 --> 00:42:37,988 BUDGETED PEOPLE HAVING TO WORK 1281 00:42:37,988 --> 00:42:39,156 OVERTIME TO FILL HOLES, REALLY 1282 00:42:39,156 --> 00:42:39,990 REMINDS ME OF WHAT WAS GOING ON 1283 00:42:39,990 --> 00:42:42,526 IN MY OWN WORKPLACE. SHORTLY 1284 00:42:42,526 --> 00:42:47,531 BEFORE I LOST MY JOB. AMAZON. 1285 00:42:47,531 --> 00:42:48,165 THIS MULTI-BILLIONAIRE COMPANY 1286 00:42:48,165 --> 00:42:51,502 THAT REALLY RULES THIS CITY, ITS 1287 00:42:51,502 --> 00:42:52,136 PROFITS HAVE TRIPLED SINCE THE 1288 00:42:52,136 --> 00:42:53,304 AMAZON TAX WAS PASSED TO FUND 1289 00:42:53,304 --> 00:42:54,338 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AMAZON MADE 1290 00:42:54,338 --> 00:42:56,173 A BIG STINK AND CRY ABOUT THIS 1291 00:42:56,173 --> 00:42:58,042 AT THE TIME. THEY DID THAT BY 1292 00:42:58,042 --> 00:42:58,909 TIGHTENING THE BELT, MAKING 1293 00:42:58,909 --> 00:43:02,279 WORKING PEOPLE PAY FOR THEIR OWN 1294 00:43:02,279 --> 00:43:03,147 PROFITS. THAT MEANS IN THE 1295 00:43:03,147 --> 00:43:04,214 WORKPLACE WE LOSE OUR JOBS. THE 1296 00:43:04,214 --> 00:43:07,084 ONES WHO KEEP THEIR JOBS HAVE TO 1297 00:43:07,084 --> 00:43:08,852 PICK UP THE SLACK FOR BEING 1298 00:43:08,852 --> 00:43:09,486 UNDERSTAFFED EVERYWHERE ELSE. WE 1299 00:43:09,486 --> 00:43:10,621 LOSE OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, HAVE 1300 00:43:10,621 --> 00:43:12,423 OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMPROMISED, 1301 00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:13,691 AND MEANWHILE PAY MORE TAXES AND 1302 00:43:13,691 --> 00:43:16,427 FEES TO FUND COPS WHO CAN MURDER 1303 00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:17,928 US WITH IMPUNITY. WHILE BIG 1304 00:43:17,928 --> 00:43:18,996 BUSINESS TAXES ARE RAIDED TO 1305 00:43:18,996 --> 00:43:20,164 FILL THOSE BUDGET HOLES, TO GIVE 1306 00:43:20,164 --> 00:43:21,632 THOSE CALLS MORE OVERTIME PAY. 1307 00:43:21,632 --> 00:43:23,167 IT IS EMBARRASSING. WE ARE 1308 00:43:23,167 --> 00:43:24,601 FACING AN AUSTERITY BUDGET FROM 1309 00:43:24,601 --> 00:43:26,236 A SUPPOSEDLY SOCIALIST MAYOR. 1310 00:43:26,236 --> 00:43:27,705 BUT THAT'S BECAUSE KATIE WILSON 1311 00:43:27,705 --> 00:43:29,540 IS PART OF THE PRO COP 1312 00:43:29,540 --> 00:43:32,009 PRO-IMPERIALIST DEMOCRATIC 1313 00:43:32,009 --> 00:43:32,242 PARTY. 1314 00:43:32,242 --> 00:43:33,344 -- THANK YOU DANIEL. 1315 00:43:33,344 --> 00:43:34,745 -- SOLIDARITY WITH PUBLIC 1316 00:43:34,745 --> 00:43:35,346 WORKERS, SOLIDARITY WITH THE 1317 00:43:35,346 --> 00:43:36,146 FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. 1318 00:43:36,146 --> 00:43:39,149 -- THANK YOU. DANIEL. WE'RE 1319 00:43:39,149 --> 00:43:41,251 GOING TO MOVE ONLINE TO REMOTE 1320 00:43:41,251 --> 00:43:44,521 PUBLIC COMMENTERS OF ALL OF THE 1321 00:43:44,521 --> 00:43:46,657 REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTERS. CEDAR 1322 00:43:46,657 --> 00:43:48,292 BIJOU, YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. 1323 00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:50,127 HALEY SEXTON, YOU ARE NOT 1324 00:43:50,127 --> 00:43:53,230 PRESENT. AND SO I'M GOING TO 1325 00:43:53,230 --> 00:43:54,698 CALL THROUGH THE FOLLOWING FOLKS 1326 00:43:54,698 --> 00:43:56,166 IN THIS ORDER. AND CEDAR AND 1327 00:43:56,166 --> 00:43:57,301 HALEY, IF YOU BECOME PRESENT, 1328 00:43:57,301 --> 00:43:58,836 WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU AT THE 1329 00:43:58,836 --> 00:44:00,070 VERY END. SO THE ORDER IN WHICH 1330 00:44:00,070 --> 00:44:02,373 WE WILL GO IS NICOLE PIERSON, 1331 00:44:02,373 --> 00:44:04,942 FOLLOWED BY STEVEN WOODS, JANICE 1332 00:44:04,942 --> 00:44:08,679 CLARK, ALBERTA PIERSON, DAVID 1333 00:44:08,679 --> 00:44:12,650 HAYNES, AND SO NICOLE, CEDAR AND 1334 00:44:12,650 --> 00:44:14,518 HALEY, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT FIVE 1335 00:44:14,518 --> 00:44:15,953 MINUTES UNTIL WE GET TO YOU. IF 1336 00:44:15,953 --> 00:44:19,390 YOU CHECK YOUR EMAIL, CALL IN 1337 00:44:19,390 --> 00:44:22,393 NOW. SO WE'VE GOT NICOLE 1338 00:44:22,393 --> 00:44:25,329 PIERSON HERE ALREADY OFF MUTE 1339 00:44:25,329 --> 00:44:25,963 COMMENTER NICOLE, WHENEVER YOU 1340 00:44:25,963 --> 00:44:26,630 WANT TO ROLL, WE'RE READY FOR 1341 00:44:26,630 --> 00:44:29,733 YOU. GOOD MORNING. 1342 00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:32,803 -- MY NAME IS NICOLE PIERSON AND 1343 00:44:32,803 --> 00:44:34,571 I'M THE SISTER OF KEENAN 1344 00:44:34,571 --> 00:44:35,773 PIERSON. MY BROTHER WAS KILLED 1345 00:44:35,773 --> 00:44:37,841 BY A SEATTLE PD ON SEPTEMBER 1346 00:44:37,841 --> 00:44:40,144 12th IN GEORGETOWN, SIMILAR TO 1347 00:44:40,144 --> 00:44:42,112 GEORGE FLOYD, MY BROTHER 1348 00:44:42,112 --> 00:44:43,614 MATTERED. AND I'M HERE TODAY 1349 00:44:43,614 --> 00:44:47,818 SERVING AS A VOICE FOR HIM. LIKE 1350 00:44:47,818 --> 00:44:49,253 CASTELL HIGHTOWER AND MANY 1351 00:44:49,253 --> 00:44:49,853 OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE. TODAY, 1352 00:44:49,853 --> 00:44:52,823 I'M DEMANDING POLICE VICTIM 1353 00:44:52,823 --> 00:44:55,392 RESOURCES AND JUSTICE FOR ALL 1354 00:44:55,392 --> 00:44:57,161 AFFECTED BY THE BRUTALITY FROM 1355 00:44:57,161 --> 00:44:58,796 SEATTLE PD. WE AS VICTIMS 1356 00:44:58,796 --> 00:45:00,697 DESERVE TO BE HEARD, 1357 00:45:00,697 --> 00:45:01,265 ACKNOWLEDGED AND THE PROPER 1358 00:45:01,265 --> 00:45:03,967 RESOURCES FOR SUCH INJUSTICE. SO 1359 00:45:03,967 --> 00:45:06,670 TODAY, I IMPLORE YOU TO PROVIDE 1360 00:45:06,670 --> 00:45:08,739 THE PROPER RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS 1361 00:45:08,739 --> 00:45:11,708 OF POLICE VIOLENCE. THANK YOU. 1362 00:45:11,708 --> 00:45:14,144 -- THANK YOU. NICOLE. UP NEXT IS 1363 00:45:14,144 --> 00:45:16,346 STEPHEN WOODS, FOLLOWED BY 1364 00:45:16,346 --> 00:45:16,880 JANICE CLARK AND ALBERTA 1365 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:17,681 PEARSON. STEPHEN, I SEE YOU'RE 1366 00:45:17,681 --> 00:45:23,854 HERE. STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. 1367 00:45:23,854 --> 00:45:24,521 STEPHEN, YOU'RE WITH US NOW, 1368 00:45:24,521 --> 00:45:26,457 BUT YOU GOT TO PRESS ON YOUR 1369 00:45:26,457 --> 00:45:35,466 PHONE. STAR SIX. 1370 00:45:35,599 --> 00:45:37,735 STEPHEN. WRIGHT IS READY FOR 1371 00:45:37,735 --> 00:45:40,404 YOU. IF WE CAN LEAVE. STEPHEN 1372 00:45:40,404 --> 00:45:42,272 PROMOTED BUT ALSO PROMOTE JANICE 1373 00:45:42,272 --> 00:45:44,108 CLARK AT THIS TIME. JANICE CLARK 1374 00:45:44,108 --> 00:45:46,410 IS THAT. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S 1375 00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:48,045 DR. JANICE CLARK. FOR THE 1376 00:45:48,045 --> 00:45:51,915 RECORD, I SEE YOU'RE ALL. 1377 00:45:51,915 --> 00:45:53,784 -- THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OH OH. 1378 00:45:53,784 --> 00:45:57,621 WHICH IS. HELLO IN TURKEY NATION 1379 00:45:57,621 --> 00:45:59,022 CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK 1380 00:45:59,022 --> 00:46:02,392 YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I AM DR. 1381 00:46:02,392 --> 00:46:04,795 JANICE CLARK, AN ELDER OF THE 1382 00:46:04,795 --> 00:46:07,698 CHEROKEE NATION, A 100% SERVICE 1383 00:46:07,698 --> 00:46:11,001 CONNECTED DISABLED VETERAN. THE 1384 00:46:11,001 --> 00:46:13,303 MATRIARCH OF THE FERGUSON CLARK 1385 00:46:13,303 --> 00:46:15,606 FAMILY CIRCLE AND ALSO FOUNDER 1386 00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:20,711 OF THE BOARD OF SAFE HOMES A 1387 00:46:20,711 --> 00:46:22,946 MOUTHFUL. I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE 1388 00:46:22,946 --> 00:46:25,749 FUNDING THE SAFE HOMES 1389 00:46:25,749 --> 00:46:26,316 INDIGENOUS AND BLACK WOMEN, 1390 00:46:26,316 --> 00:46:29,520 VETERANS, FOOD SECURITY AND 1391 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:32,389 RESILIENCY INITIATIVE THROUGH 1392 00:46:32,389 --> 00:46:33,924 THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 1393 00:46:33,924 --> 00:46:36,393 DONE. I ALSO URGE YOU TO 1394 00:46:36,393 --> 00:46:38,495 CONSIDER FUNDING THE SAFE HOMES 1395 00:46:38,495 --> 00:46:41,465 ENVIRONMENTAL TRAUMA MITIGATION 1396 00:46:41,465 --> 00:46:42,900 INITIATIVE THAT I SPOKE BRIEFLY 1397 00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:46,270 ABOUT, BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP. I 1398 00:46:46,270 --> 00:46:47,871 WAS UNABLE TO GET THERE IN 1399 00:46:47,871 --> 00:46:49,339 PERSON TODAY, BUT LET THERE BE 1400 00:46:49,339 --> 00:46:53,877 NO MISTAKE. I WILL BE THERE 1401 00:46:53,877 --> 00:46:55,946 AGAIN. A BUDGET IS A STATEMENT 1402 00:46:55,946 --> 00:46:57,648 OF VALUES I RESPECTFULLY ASK 1403 00:46:57,648 --> 00:47:00,551 THAT YOU ENSURE THESE WOMEN 1404 00:47:00,551 --> 00:47:01,885 VETERANS REMAIN VISIBLE. 1405 00:47:01,885 --> 00:47:03,487 -- THANK YOU, DR. CLARK. LOOK 1406 00:47:03,487 --> 00:47:04,922 FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU NEXT 1407 00:47:04,922 --> 00:47:06,089 TIME. AND PLEASE DO FEEL FREE TO 1408 00:47:06,089 --> 00:47:09,893 EMAIL US WITH ANY ADDITIONAL 1409 00:47:09,893 --> 00:47:11,962 COMMENTS. I'VE GOT ALBERTA 1410 00:47:11,962 --> 00:47:13,096 PEARSON. I SEE YOU'RE HERE. STAR 1411 00:47:13,096 --> 00:47:16,934 SIX TO UNMUTE. 1412 00:47:16,934 --> 00:47:20,571 -- THANK YOU. 1413 00:47:20,571 --> 00:47:22,372 -- ALBERTA, IF YOU IF YOU CAN 1414 00:47:22,372 --> 00:47:24,541 HIT YOUR KEYPAD STAR AND THEN 1415 00:47:24,541 --> 00:47:28,312 THE NUMBER SIX STAR. SIX TO 1416 00:47:28,312 --> 00:47:36,687 UNMUTE. ALBERTA. IF WE CAN LEAVE 1417 00:47:36,687 --> 00:47:38,055 STEPHEN IN ALBERTA PROMOTED AND 1418 00:47:38,055 --> 00:47:41,959 BRING UP DAVID HAYNES. DAVID. I 1419 00:47:41,959 --> 00:47:46,096 SEE YOU'RE HERE. DAVID STAR SIX 1420 00:47:46,096 --> 00:47:46,396 TO UNMUTE. 1421 00:47:46,396 --> 00:47:48,865 -- HI. THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES 1422 00:47:48,865 --> 00:47:51,134 FOR YEARS, SEATTLE AND KING 1423 00:47:51,134 --> 00:47:51,768 COUNTY HAVE HANDED OVER MILLIONS 1424 00:47:51,768 --> 00:47:53,604 OF TAX DOLLARS TO NONPROFIT 1425 00:47:53,604 --> 00:47:55,572 ORGANIZATIONS TO RUN PILOT 1426 00:47:55,572 --> 00:47:58,709 PROGRAMS BASED ON HOUSING FIRST 1427 00:47:58,709 --> 00:48:00,043 MODELS FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO 1428 00:48:00,043 --> 00:48:02,713 WERE BOTHERING PEOPLE IN THE 1429 00:48:02,713 --> 00:48:04,615 TOURIST DISTRICT AND PRE-ARREST 1430 00:48:04,615 --> 00:48:05,215 DIVISION. DIVERSION THAT'S 1431 00:48:05,215 --> 00:48:06,984 CONNECTED TO THE CRIMINAL DRUG 1432 00:48:06,984 --> 00:48:08,919 UNDERWORLD. WE WERE PROMISED 1433 00:48:08,919 --> 00:48:11,355 THESE ALTERNATIVE POLICIES WOULD 1434 00:48:11,355 --> 00:48:13,991 FIX CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND 1435 00:48:13,991 --> 00:48:15,459 CURB REPEAT OFFENSES. INSTEAD, 1436 00:48:15,459 --> 00:48:17,928 OUR STREETS TELL A COMPLETELY 1437 00:48:17,928 --> 00:48:19,963 DIFFERENT STORY BY FAILING TO 1438 00:48:19,963 --> 00:48:21,398 ENFORCE MISDEMEANOR DRUG LAWS. 1439 00:48:21,398 --> 00:48:23,033 THESE POLICIES HAVE 1440 00:48:23,033 --> 00:48:23,600 INADVERTENTLY CREATED GRAY 1441 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:24,935 MARKETS WHERE RIVAL DRUG GANGS 1442 00:48:24,935 --> 00:48:26,403 OPERATE WITH IMPUNITY, 1443 00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:28,772 ESCALATING VIOLENT CRIME ACROSS 1444 00:48:28,772 --> 00:48:30,407 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WORSE, THE 1445 00:48:30,407 --> 00:48:31,842 VERY NONPROFITS TRUSTED WITH 1446 00:48:31,842 --> 00:48:34,678 THESE MASSIVE PUBLIC CONTRACTS 1447 00:48:34,678 --> 00:48:35,312 HAVE FACED SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS 1448 00:48:35,312 --> 00:48:37,514 OF MISMANAGEMENT AND FRAUD, 1449 00:48:37,514 --> 00:48:40,017 OPERATING WITH ZERO 1450 00:48:40,017 --> 00:48:42,019 TRANSPARENCY. TRUE COMPASSION 1451 00:48:42,019 --> 00:48:43,553 REQUIRES ACCOUNTABILITY. IT'S 1452 00:48:43,553 --> 00:48:44,888 TIME TO STOP USING SEATTLE AND 1453 00:48:44,888 --> 00:48:46,256 KING COUNTY AS A TESTING GROUND 1454 00:48:46,256 --> 00:48:48,458 FOR UNCHECKED SOCIAL 1455 00:48:48,458 --> 00:48:49,693 EXPERIMENTS. WE MUST DEMAND AN 1456 00:48:49,693 --> 00:48:51,895 IMMEDIATE AUDIT OF THESE 1457 00:48:51,895 --> 00:48:52,529 NONPROFIT CONTRACTS AND RETURN 1458 00:48:52,529 --> 00:48:54,464 TO A SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES 1459 00:48:54,464 --> 00:48:56,600 PUBLIC SAFETY OVER FAILED 1460 00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:57,367 IDEOLOGY. 1461 00:48:57,367 --> 00:48:58,969 -- THANK YOU, DAVID. WE'RE GOING 1462 00:48:58,969 --> 00:49:02,773 TO GO BACK TO THE TWO FOLKS WHO 1463 00:49:02,773 --> 00:49:04,574 ARE STILL HERE. STEPHEN WOODS, 1464 00:49:04,574 --> 00:49:08,979 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. STEPHEN, IF 1465 00:49:08,979 --> 00:49:10,547 YOU'RE WITH US, STAR SIX, TO 1466 00:49:10,547 --> 00:49:13,617 UNMUTE. ALSO, CEDAR AND HALEY, 1467 00:49:13,617 --> 00:49:14,952 YOU ARE STILL NOT PRESENT. 1468 00:49:14,952 --> 00:49:17,020 PLEASE CALL IN NOW. STEPHEN, I 1469 00:49:17,020 --> 00:49:17,521 SEE YOU'RE OFF MUTE. 1470 00:49:17,521 --> 00:49:22,092 -- YES, THIS IS STEPHEN WOODS. 1471 00:49:22,092 --> 00:49:22,626 -- WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. 1472 00:49:22,626 --> 00:49:27,764 -- OH GOOD MORNING. I'M 1473 00:49:27,764 --> 00:49:30,467 MCKINNON'S BROTHER I WAS JUST 1474 00:49:30,467 --> 00:49:31,601 I'M JUST HERE TO GET 1475 00:49:31,601 --> 00:49:35,539 INFORMATION ON THE THE 1476 00:49:35,539 --> 00:49:39,276 SITUATION. AND I HOPE TO GET A 1477 00:49:39,276 --> 00:49:41,845 JUSTICE FOR THIS SITUATION 1478 00:49:41,845 --> 00:49:52,422 THAT'S GOING ON UP IN SEATTLE. 1479 00:49:52,956 --> 00:50:03,433 -- SOMETIMES WHEN WORDS ESCAPE 1480 00:50:31,461 --> 00:50:32,596 US, SILENT REFLECTION IS THE 1481 00:50:32,596 --> 00:50:36,299 BEST USE OF OUR TIME. THANK YOU 1482 00:50:36,299 --> 00:50:38,201 STEPHEN. UP NEXT. AND FINALLY, 1483 00:50:38,201 --> 00:50:40,537 IS ALBERTA PEARSON, ALBERTA STAR 1484 00:50:40,537 --> 00:50:46,143 SIX TO UNMUTE. LAST CALL FOR 1485 00:50:46,143 --> 00:50:47,277 CEDAR AND HALEY, WHO ARE NOT 1486 00:50:47,277 --> 00:50:48,578 PRESENT AT THIS TIME. AND 1487 00:50:48,578 --> 00:50:49,579 ALBERTA, I SEE YOU ARE OFF MUTE. 1488 00:50:49,579 --> 00:50:53,316 WELCOME. TAKE IT AWAY. 1489 00:50:53,316 --> 00:50:55,652 -- HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME 1490 00:50:55,652 --> 00:51:02,292 IS ALBERTA PEARSON AND I'M 1491 00:51:02,292 --> 00:51:06,263 KEEPING. AND I'M SORRY, BUT I 1492 00:51:06,263 --> 00:51:09,199 JUST WANT JUSTICE FOR MY BABY. 1493 00:51:09,199 --> 00:51:19,676 PLEASE HELP US. THANK YOU. 1494 00:51:23,413 --> 00:51:33,924 -- THANK YOU. ALBERTA. I DON'T 1495 00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:05,555 SEE ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC 1496 00:52:05,555 --> 00:52:09,793 COMMENT. REGISTRANTS PRESENT. 1497 00:52:09,793 --> 00:52:10,160 CAN IT CONFIRM? 1498 00:52:10,160 --> 00:52:11,194 -- THAT IS CORRECT. 1499 00:52:11,194 --> 00:52:12,729 -- THANK YOU, MR. G. AND DO WE 1500 00:52:12,729 --> 00:52:14,598 HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL IN PERSON? 1501 00:52:14,598 --> 00:52:16,466 WE DO NOT. AND SO THAT DOES 1502 00:52:16,466 --> 00:52:21,771 BRING US TO THE END OF OUR 1503 00:52:21,771 --> 00:52:23,206 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. BEFORE WE 1504 00:52:23,206 --> 00:52:24,908 BEGIN AND GET INTO 1505 00:52:24,908 --> 00:52:28,345 PRESENTATIONS, I'LL JUST 1506 00:52:28,345 --> 00:52:30,380 PROVIDE SOME FIRST KIND OF 1507 00:52:30,380 --> 00:52:31,815 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS, AND THEN 1508 00:52:31,815 --> 00:52:32,949 I'LL GIVE YOU MY MY FIRST 1509 00:52:32,949 --> 00:52:35,285 REACTION TO THIS BUDGET. SO FROM 1510 00:52:35,285 --> 00:52:39,122 HERE, WE WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF 1511 00:52:39,122 --> 00:52:39,789 PRESENTATIONS. WE'LL FIRST HAVE 1512 00:52:39,789 --> 00:52:41,591 AN INTRODUCTION, AN OVERVIEW OF 1513 00:52:41,591 --> 00:52:43,059 THE BUDGET PROCESS. NOW THAT WE 1514 00:52:43,059 --> 00:52:44,528 ARE IN THE COUNCIL BUDGET 1515 00:52:44,528 --> 00:52:45,929 PROCESS, WE'LL HAVE THE 1516 00:52:45,929 --> 00:52:48,365 COUNCIL, THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE 1517 00:52:48,365 --> 00:52:49,533 PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS 1518 00:52:49,533 --> 00:52:51,468 BUDGET, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO 1519 00:52:51,468 --> 00:52:54,004 THE SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT 1520 00:52:54,004 --> 00:52:54,638 PRESENTATIONS FROM PARKS SEATTLE 1521 00:52:54,638 --> 00:52:55,939 CENTER AND ARTS AND CULTURE. 1522 00:52:55,939 --> 00:52:59,009 WE'LL CALL FOR THROUGHOUT THIS 1523 00:52:59,009 --> 00:53:00,911 ENTIRE PROCESS FROM HERE. AND 1524 00:53:00,911 --> 00:53:03,079 CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTS THEIR 1525 00:53:03,079 --> 00:53:05,482 ANALYSIS. AND WHEN WE HAVE 1526 00:53:05,482 --> 00:53:07,851 COUNCILMEMBER AMENDMENTS AND SO 1527 00:53:07,851 --> 00:53:08,485 ON AND SO FORTH, WE WILL STRIVE 1528 00:53:08,485 --> 00:53:11,888 TO HAVE A ONE HOUR BREAK DURING 1529 00:53:11,888 --> 00:53:14,824 THE DAY. HOWEVER, IF WE ARE 1530 00:53:14,824 --> 00:53:16,960 OVERWHELMED WITH INFORMATION, IT 1531 00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,297 MIGHT BE 30 MINUTES. IT ALSO 1532 00:53:20,297 --> 00:53:21,464 DEPENDS ON HOW OFTEN AND FOR HOW 1533 00:53:21,464 --> 00:53:23,900 LONG. EACH OF US SPEAK AS AS A 1534 00:53:23,900 --> 00:53:26,770 KIND REMINDER THAT WE CAN USE 1535 00:53:26,770 --> 00:53:29,172 THE SHAREPOINT AS A WAY TO 1536 00:53:29,172 --> 00:53:30,607 RECEIVE INFORMATION AS WELL AS A 1537 00:53:30,607 --> 00:53:32,576 KIND REMINDER. THAT'S THE ONLY 1538 00:53:32,576 --> 00:53:34,077 WAY TO GET INFORMATION FROM 1539 00:53:34,077 --> 00:53:34,711 DEPARTMENTS AT THIS POINT IS WE 1540 00:53:34,711 --> 00:53:37,080 HAVE TO SHARE, GO THROUGH THE 1541 00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:39,115 SHAREPOINT PROGRAM SO THAT 1542 00:53:39,115 --> 00:53:40,016 CENTRAL STAFF IS ABLE TO TRACK 1543 00:53:40,016 --> 00:53:41,351 WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING SO THAT 1544 00:53:41,351 --> 00:53:43,887 THE DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE TO 1545 00:53:43,887 --> 00:53:45,789 ANSWER IT NINE DIFFERENT TIMES 1546 00:53:45,789 --> 00:53:46,856 AND NINE DIFFERENT WAYS TO THE 1547 00:53:46,856 --> 00:53:50,961 SAME QUESTION. AND SO WE WILL 1548 00:53:50,961 --> 00:53:53,997 HAVE AN HOUR BREAK SOMETIME 1549 00:53:53,997 --> 00:53:55,031 BETWEEN NOON AND ONE TOMORROW, I 1550 00:53:55,031 --> 00:53:56,233 CAN ALREADY TELL YOU, IS GOING 1551 00:53:56,233 --> 00:54:00,036 TO BE AN EXCEPTION OF THIS RULE. 1552 00:54:00,036 --> 00:54:02,939 IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET THROUGH OR 1553 00:54:02,939 --> 00:54:04,708 TO THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT 1554 00:54:04,708 --> 00:54:07,577 BY 1 P.M., THAT IS GOING TO BE 1555 00:54:07,577 --> 00:54:10,180 GREATLY DESIRED. WE'VE GOT SOME 1556 00:54:10,180 --> 00:54:11,214 SCHEDULING CONFLICTS ON OUR END 1557 00:54:11,214 --> 00:54:12,482 THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, BUT 1558 00:54:12,482 --> 00:54:13,617 IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, WE ARE 1559 00:54:13,617 --> 00:54:15,018 GOING TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME 1560 00:54:15,018 --> 00:54:17,187 DIGGING INTO THE FIRE BUDGET AS 1561 00:54:17,187 --> 00:54:18,355 WE NEED TO, TO GET THE ANSWERS 1562 00:54:18,355 --> 00:54:23,927 THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. AND SO 1563 00:54:23,927 --> 00:54:25,195 WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST OUR 1564 00:54:25,195 --> 00:54:25,862 DEPARTMENTS PRESENTING, AND THEN 1565 00:54:25,862 --> 00:54:27,397 WE'LL HAVE CENTRAL STAFF. I'M 1566 00:54:27,397 --> 00:54:28,765 NOT GOING TO TAKE LISH'S 1567 00:54:28,765 --> 00:54:29,699 PRESENTATION. I SEE THE LOOK. 1568 00:54:29,699 --> 00:54:32,135 SORRY, SIR, BUT I WANT TO GIVE 1569 00:54:32,135 --> 00:54:33,370 YOU COLLEAGUE, JUST KIND OF AN 1570 00:54:33,370 --> 00:54:34,671 OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, 1571 00:54:34,671 --> 00:54:36,806 WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE 1572 00:54:36,806 --> 00:54:37,807 WE'RE GOING. OVER THE PAST 1573 00:54:37,807 --> 00:54:39,409 THREE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING 1574 00:54:39,409 --> 00:54:41,411 TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S 1575 00:54:41,411 --> 00:54:42,045 STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT WHILE 1576 00:54:42,045 --> 00:54:44,547 MAINTAINING PUBLIC SERVICES THAT 1577 00:54:44,547 --> 00:54:45,949 WORKING SEATTLEITES DEPEND ON. 1578 00:54:45,949 --> 00:54:47,550 WE'VE SEEN THIS BUDGET DEFICIT 1579 00:54:47,550 --> 00:54:55,125 GO AS HIGH AS $275 MILLION, DOWN 1580 00:54:55,125 --> 00:54:57,894 TO $150 MILLION. WE HAVE TAKEN A 1581 00:54:57,894 --> 00:55:00,030 MULTIYEAR STRATEGY BECAUSE IF WE 1582 00:55:00,030 --> 00:55:02,265 TRY TO SOLVE TEN YEARS OF 1583 00:55:02,265 --> 00:55:03,667 STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN THE 1584 00:55:03,667 --> 00:55:05,869 MAKING, IF WE SOLVED THAT IN ONE 1585 00:55:05,869 --> 00:55:07,203 YEAR, WE WOULD BE UNNECESSARILY 1586 00:55:07,203 --> 00:55:11,641 CUTTING PROGRAMS BECAUSE BY 1587 00:55:11,641 --> 00:55:12,275 STEPPING DOWN, WE'RE ABLE TO 1588 00:55:12,275 --> 00:55:14,444 BRING OURSELVES INTO STRUCTURAL 1589 00:55:14,444 --> 00:55:18,148 BUDGET ALIGNMENT WITHOUT USING A 1590 00:55:18,148 --> 00:55:20,050 SAW. USING A SCALPEL IS ALWAYS 1591 00:55:20,050 --> 00:55:21,851 MUCH BETTER BECAUSE IN MANY 1592 00:55:21,851 --> 00:55:24,287 CASES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES 1593 00:55:24,287 --> 00:55:26,723 TO CITY EMPLOYEES, IF WE WE 1594 00:55:26,723 --> 00:55:27,524 COULD SOLVE THE STRUCTURAL 1595 00:55:27,524 --> 00:55:30,226 BUDGET DEFICIT BY LAYING OFF 1596 00:55:30,226 --> 00:55:31,094 CITY EMPLOYEES EASY, BUT THEN WE 1597 00:55:31,094 --> 00:55:32,629 WOULD NEED TO HIRE THEM RIGHT 1598 00:55:32,629 --> 00:55:34,230 BACK TO DO THE WORK THAT WE'RE 1599 00:55:34,230 --> 00:55:35,765 ASKING, THAT WE'RE ASKING TO 1600 00:55:35,765 --> 00:55:37,300 HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. WE WOULD HAVE 1601 00:55:37,300 --> 00:55:39,169 TO HIRE THEM BACK TO SERVE THE 1602 00:55:39,169 --> 00:55:41,071 SEATTLEITES FOR THE SERVICES AND 1603 00:55:41,071 --> 00:55:42,505 THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED. AND 1604 00:55:42,505 --> 00:55:47,344 SO THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF 1605 00:55:47,344 --> 00:55:49,713 WHY TAKING A MULTIYEAR STRATEGY 1606 00:55:49,713 --> 00:55:51,681 HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO GETTING 1607 00:55:51,681 --> 00:55:53,717 THIS TO. LAST YEAR, WE ENDED 1608 00:55:53,717 --> 00:55:56,052 WITH $150 MILLION IN STRUCTURAL 1609 00:55:56,052 --> 00:55:59,823 BUDGET DEFICIT, COMING DOWN FROM 1610 00:55:59,823 --> 00:56:01,791 A $275 MILLION HIGH. TOGETHER, 1611 00:56:01,791 --> 00:56:03,660 WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN 1612 00:56:03,660 --> 00:56:05,095 DOING THIS WORK TOGETHER, AS 1613 00:56:05,095 --> 00:56:07,163 WELL AS LAST YEAR, COUNCILMEMBER 1614 00:56:07,163 --> 00:56:09,799 KETTLE PASSED THE SIX YEAR. IT 1615 00:56:09,799 --> 00:56:10,433 WAS YOUR AMENDMENT, BUT WE ALL 1616 00:56:10,433 --> 00:56:11,901 PASSED IT. WE ALL WORKED 1617 00:56:11,901 --> 00:56:14,371 TOGETHER HERE, REQUIRING THE 1618 00:56:14,371 --> 00:56:17,574 EXECUTIVE TO SHOW HOW THE BUDGET 1619 00:56:17,574 --> 00:56:18,708 BALANCES THROUGH 2030. SINCE 1620 00:56:18,708 --> 00:56:19,776 THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THIS WAS 1621 00:56:19,776 --> 00:56:21,311 IMPLEMENTED, WE'VE ALL BEEN 1622 00:56:21,311 --> 00:56:23,513 PRETTY CLEAR THAT IF FOLKS 1623 00:56:23,513 --> 00:56:24,514 NEEDED RELIEF FROM THIS, THAT 1624 00:56:24,514 --> 00:56:26,116 RELIEF WOULD BE PROVIDED. BUT 1625 00:56:26,116 --> 00:56:28,752 I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED TO SEE THAT 1626 00:56:28,752 --> 00:56:30,987 FOR THE MOST PART, THIS REQUEST 1627 00:56:30,987 --> 00:56:32,088 HAS BEEN MET WITHIN A YEAR, SO 1628 00:56:32,088 --> 00:56:35,525 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WE'VE 1629 00:56:35,525 --> 00:56:37,293 DONE THIS ALL WHILE FACING 1630 00:56:37,293 --> 00:56:37,861 HEADWINDS FROM THE FEDERAL 1631 00:56:37,861 --> 00:56:39,295 GOVERNMENT. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO 1632 00:56:39,295 --> 00:56:41,064 HAVE SLOW GROWTH START OVER A 1633 00:56:41,064 --> 00:56:43,066 YEAR AGO, BUT WE'VE SEEN THE 1634 00:56:43,066 --> 00:56:45,068 FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT CHANGE IN 1635 00:56:45,068 --> 00:56:47,470 SUCH A WAY THAT IT'S CREATED 1636 00:56:47,470 --> 00:56:49,305 INSTABILITY IN BOTH THE 1637 00:56:49,305 --> 00:56:50,907 INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL 1638 00:56:50,907 --> 00:56:52,509 MARKETS. THIS JUST LAST YEAR, WE 1639 00:56:52,509 --> 00:56:55,845 FACED A FOOD EMERGENCY BECAUSE 1640 00:56:55,845 --> 00:56:59,015 SNAP BENEFITS WERE PAUSED 1641 00:56:59,015 --> 00:57:00,083 OVERNIGHT. AND I WANT TO THANK 1642 00:57:00,083 --> 00:57:03,686 IN PARTICULAR, THE CITY BUDGET 1643 00:57:03,686 --> 00:57:05,455 DIRECTOR, ALY PENNUCCI, FOR YOUR 1644 00:57:05,455 --> 00:57:08,091 PARTNERSHIP ON ALL OF THESE. 1645 00:57:08,091 --> 00:57:09,325 IT'S NO SECRET TO ANYONE IN 1646 00:57:09,325 --> 00:57:11,394 THIS CITY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 1647 00:57:11,394 --> 00:57:11,961 COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES, I 1648 00:57:11,961 --> 00:57:15,999 THINK IS THE ACADEMIC TERM, THE 1649 00:57:15,999 --> 00:57:17,700 COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES BETWEEN 1650 00:57:17,700 --> 00:57:19,469 ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE CITY OF 1651 00:57:19,469 --> 00:57:20,103 SEATTLE AND DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. 1652 00:57:20,103 --> 00:57:21,604 I'VE NEVER HAD COMMUNICATION 1653 00:57:21,604 --> 00:57:23,273 CHALLENGES WITH YOU. AND I THINK 1654 00:57:23,273 --> 00:57:25,975 THAT THAT IS THIS BUDGET 1655 00:57:25,975 --> 00:57:27,477 PROCESS. WE CAN AGREE AND 1656 00:57:27,477 --> 00:57:28,645 DISAGREE ON A WHOLE HOST OF 1657 00:57:28,645 --> 00:57:29,979 DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THE 1658 00:57:29,979 --> 00:57:32,849 PROCESS OF WORKING WITH YOU HAS 1659 00:57:32,849 --> 00:57:37,987 BEEN SPECTACULAR. AND SO HERE WE 1660 00:57:37,987 --> 00:57:39,722 GO WITH THAT. I MEAN, AND AT THE 1661 00:57:39,722 --> 00:57:41,224 SAME TIME, I'VE GOT CONCERNS 1662 00:57:41,224 --> 00:57:42,625 THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE PURVIEW 1663 00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:44,494 OF THE CITY BUDGET DIRECTOR WHO 1664 00:57:44,494 --> 00:57:47,197 WORKS FOR A MAYORAL 1665 00:57:47,197 --> 00:57:48,298 ADMINISTRATION, JUST TO BE 1666 00:57:48,298 --> 00:57:50,934 CLEAR, THE CITY BUDGET DIRECTOR 1667 00:57:50,934 --> 00:57:53,903 IS REQUIRED TO BALANCE THE 1668 00:57:53,903 --> 00:57:54,771 BUDGET AND PROVIDES DIRECTION AS 1669 00:57:54,771 --> 00:57:56,906 WELL AS TAKES DIRECTION. SO WHAT 1670 00:57:56,906 --> 00:57:59,042 I HAVE TO SAY IS NOT REGARDING 1671 00:57:59,042 --> 00:58:00,476 THE COMMUNICATION, THE STRONG 1672 00:58:00,476 --> 00:58:03,112 COMMUNICATION THAT I'VE HAD 1673 00:58:03,112 --> 00:58:04,848 WITH CITY BUDGET OFFICE TODAY. I 1674 00:58:04,848 --> 00:58:06,883 HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING PUBLIC 1675 00:58:06,883 --> 00:58:08,785 SAFETY, PARTICULARLY THE FACT 1676 00:58:08,785 --> 00:58:09,419 THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET MAKES 1677 00:58:09,419 --> 00:58:11,221 SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO THE CARE 1678 00:58:11,221 --> 00:58:14,424 DEPARTMENT AND HALTS EXPANSION 1679 00:58:14,424 --> 00:58:19,262 OF 911 RESPONSES LIKE COMMUNITY 1680 00:58:19,262 --> 00:58:20,797 CRISIS RESPONDERS, A TEAM THAT 1681 00:58:20,797 --> 00:58:22,632 WE'VE THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING 1682 00:58:22,632 --> 00:58:25,101 FOR YEARS TO BUILD AGAINST 1683 00:58:25,101 --> 00:58:27,503 SIGNIFICANT HEADWINDS. I HAVE 1684 00:58:27,503 --> 00:58:29,172 GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT 1685 00:58:29,172 --> 00:58:30,874 OF REDUCTIONS TO THE SEATTLE 1686 00:58:30,874 --> 00:58:31,875 FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE SEATTLE 1687 00:58:31,875 --> 00:58:34,844 POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY 1688 00:58:34,844 --> 00:58:36,946 IN REDUCTIONS OF CIVILIANS, 1689 00:58:36,946 --> 00:58:38,414 RECRUITMENT AND PARKING 1690 00:58:38,414 --> 00:58:40,483 ENFORCEMENT. BUT WHEN I WOKE UP 1691 00:58:40,483 --> 00:58:43,119 THIS MORNING THE FIRST NEWS 1692 00:58:43,119 --> 00:58:46,055 STORY I READ WAS ABOUT HOW THE 1693 00:58:46,055 --> 00:58:46,689 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED 1694 00:58:46,689 --> 00:58:50,026 UP FOR OUR CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF 1695 00:58:50,026 --> 00:58:50,693 THE NIGHT. AND PULLED, I 1696 00:58:50,693 --> 00:58:52,462 BELIEVE, A 57 YEAR OLD MAN OUT 1697 00:58:52,462 --> 00:58:55,732 OF HIS HOUSE. YOUR FIREFIGHTERS 1698 00:58:55,732 --> 00:59:02,639 WERE INJURED IN THE PROCESS. 1699 00:59:02,639 --> 00:59:04,240 I'M NOT. YOU CAN'T ANSWER THIS 1700 00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:05,708 RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN 1701 00:59:05,708 --> 00:59:07,210 PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I WONDER HOW 1702 00:59:07,210 --> 00:59:08,811 MANY PEOPLE WERE ON OVERTIME 1703 00:59:08,811 --> 00:59:15,718 THIS MORNING I'LL LEAVE IT AT 1704 00:59:15,718 --> 00:59:17,587 THAT AND CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD 1705 00:59:17,587 --> 00:59:21,090 UNTIL TOMORROW. I DO HAVE 1706 00:59:21,090 --> 00:59:22,992 CONCERNS WITH ONGOING ISSUES AT 1707 00:59:22,992 --> 00:59:23,526 THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 1708 00:59:23,526 --> 00:59:25,194 TRANSPORTATION AND THEIR 1709 00:59:25,194 --> 00:59:27,697 MANAGEMENT OF THE BUDGET. THEIR 1710 00:59:27,697 --> 00:59:29,799 PRIORITIES, LONG PROMISED 1711 00:59:29,799 --> 00:59:31,768 PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE CULTURE 1712 00:59:31,768 --> 00:59:37,073 IN THE DEPARTMENT OVER THE NEXT 1713 00:59:37,073 --> 00:59:40,877 TWO MONTHS, WE AS THE COUNCIL, 1714 00:59:40,877 --> 00:59:42,779 WILL EXPLORE ALL OF THESE ISSUES 1715 00:59:42,779 --> 00:59:44,614 AND OTHERS IN DEPTH. AND 1716 00:59:44,614 --> 00:59:45,815 THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, I'LL BE 1717 00:59:45,815 --> 00:59:47,650 WORKING HARD WITH MY COLLEAGUES 1718 00:59:47,650 --> 00:59:51,621 TO BUILD A BUDGET THAT FOCUSES 1719 00:59:51,621 --> 00:59:54,757 ON SAFETY, AFFORDABILITY, AND 1720 00:59:54,757 --> 00:59:55,992 STABILITY. THE COUNCIL HAS DONE 1721 00:59:55,992 --> 00:59:57,794 A VERY GOOD JOB OVER THE PAST 1722 00:59:57,794 --> 01:00:00,196 NUMBER OF YEARS OF REDUCING THE 1723 01:00:00,196 --> 01:00:01,464 STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT 1724 01:00:01,464 --> 01:00:03,166 WITHOUT TAKING A HACKSAW TO THE 1725 01:00:03,166 --> 01:00:05,735 BUDGET, UNNECESSARILY CUTTING 1726 01:00:05,735 --> 01:00:06,769 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. IT IS 1727 01:00:06,769 --> 01:00:08,171 AGAIN THIS YEAR THAT WE WILL 1728 01:00:08,171 --> 01:00:09,839 ENDEAVOR TO DO THIS. IT IS AGAIN 1729 01:00:09,839 --> 01:00:11,040 THIS YEAR THAT I'LL ASK EACH OF 1730 01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:12,909 US TO DIG INTO THE DEPARTMENTS 1731 01:00:12,909 --> 01:00:14,243 IN WHICH REPORT TO OUR 1732 01:00:14,243 --> 01:00:15,578 COMMITTEES USING OUR SIX YEAR 1733 01:00:15,578 --> 01:00:16,879 LOOK BACK, WHICH I BELIEVE MIGHT 1734 01:00:16,879 --> 01:00:20,483 BE SEVEN YEARS AT THIS POINT. 1735 01:00:20,483 --> 01:00:21,985 IT'S A VERY HELPFUL DOCUMENT, AS 1736 01:00:21,985 --> 01:00:25,288 WELL AS THE PRINTED BUDGET 1737 01:00:25,288 --> 01:00:26,723 RESPONDING DIRECTLY TO WHAT I 1738 01:00:26,723 --> 01:00:28,224 READ AND HEARD THIS WEEK FROM 1739 01:00:28,224 --> 01:00:29,225 THE MAYOR ABOUT THE FACT THAT 1740 01:00:29,225 --> 01:00:31,127 WE'VE BEEN KICKING THE CAN DOWN 1741 01:00:31,127 --> 01:00:33,363 THE ROAD. I DON'T TAKE THAT 1742 01:00:33,363 --> 01:00:36,833 STATEMENT TO BE TRUE. WE'VE BEEN 1743 01:00:36,833 --> 01:00:37,467 ADDRESSING THE STRUCTURAL BUDGET 1744 01:00:37,467 --> 01:00:41,371 DEFICIT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE 1745 01:00:41,371 --> 01:00:43,306 WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE HER A 1746 01:00:43,306 --> 01:00:46,142 SMALLER STRUCTURAL BUDGET 1747 01:00:46,142 --> 01:00:48,344 DEFICIT THAN WHAT WE INHERITED. 1748 01:00:48,344 --> 01:00:48,945 AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE 1749 01:00:48,945 --> 01:00:49,646 NOTICED. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE 1750 01:00:49,646 --> 01:00:54,117 TOOK A MULTIYEAR STRATEGY. I WAS 1751 01:00:54,117 --> 01:00:55,652 TOLD THAT WE WERE AT THE END OF 1752 01:00:55,652 --> 01:00:57,620 THE ROPE AT THE END OF THE ROAD, 1753 01:00:57,620 --> 01:00:58,688 AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE 1754 01:00:58,688 --> 01:01:01,557 TRUE. I ASKED THE QUESTION OF, 1755 01:01:01,557 --> 01:01:04,193 WOULD WE HAVE TO BE LAYING OFF 1756 01:01:04,193 --> 01:01:07,130 PERMANENT STAFF TODAY IF THE MH 1757 01:01:07,130 --> 01:01:08,765 AYE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM HAD BEEN 1758 01:01:08,765 --> 01:01:12,368 PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR WOULD 1759 01:01:12,368 --> 01:01:15,972 WE STILL HAVE TO SPEND MILLIONS 1760 01:01:15,972 --> 01:01:18,541 OF DOLLARS A YEAR ON BROKEN 1761 01:01:18,541 --> 01:01:20,710 INFRASTRUCTURE IN PARTS OF OUR 1762 01:01:20,710 --> 01:01:22,412 CITY, INCLUDING THE SEATTLE 1763 01:01:22,412 --> 01:01:23,579 CENTER? HAD WE NOT BEEN ABLE TO 1764 01:01:23,579 --> 01:01:25,648 GET A PACKAGE TOGETHER TO REDUCE 1765 01:01:25,648 --> 01:01:28,618 THAT GENERAL FUND DEFICIT. I 1766 01:01:28,618 --> 01:01:30,219 ASK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE 1767 01:01:30,219 --> 01:01:31,854 FIREFIGHTERS HERE RIGHT NOW, AND 1768 01:01:31,854 --> 01:01:32,855 I KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL A 1769 01:01:32,855 --> 01:01:33,556 FAIR AMOUNT OF CHALLENGES THAT 1770 01:01:33,556 --> 01:01:34,791 WE ALL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH. 1771 01:01:34,791 --> 01:01:35,992 ABOUT THE FIRE DISTRICT. ET 1772 01:01:35,992 --> 01:01:37,794 CETERA. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT 1773 01:01:37,794 --> 01:01:39,796 IF YOU HAD A FIRE DISTRICT RIGHT 1774 01:01:39,796 --> 01:01:42,765 NOW, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE 1775 01:01:42,765 --> 01:01:43,766 BIGGEST BENEFIT, I WOULD SAY, IS 1776 01:01:43,766 --> 01:01:45,768 THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY 1777 01:01:45,768 --> 01:01:47,170 ABOUT WHERE YOUR FUNDING COMES 1778 01:01:47,170 --> 01:01:52,375 FROM OR HOW MUCH YOU GET. AND 1779 01:01:52,375 --> 01:01:54,944 TODAY, HERE WE ARE. AND SO AND 1780 01:01:54,944 --> 01:01:56,312 THAT'S NOT PUTTING THAT ON 1781 01:01:56,312 --> 01:01:57,313 Y'ALL. THAT'S JUST THAT'S 1782 01:01:57,313 --> 01:01:59,449 PUTTING IT ON ALL OF US TO SAY, 1783 01:01:59,449 --> 01:02:01,417 WHEN I HEAR THAT WE'RE AT THE 1784 01:02:01,417 --> 01:02:03,886 END OF THE ROAD. I SEE 1785 01:02:03,886 --> 01:02:05,254 ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCIES THAT CAN 1786 01:02:05,254 --> 01:02:08,424 OCCUR WITHIN OUR CITY. AND SO 1787 01:02:08,424 --> 01:02:10,526 WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET THIS 1788 01:02:10,526 --> 01:02:12,862 YEAR, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 1789 01:02:12,862 --> 01:02:14,997 WE'RE NOT UNNECESSARILY CUTTING 1790 01:02:14,997 --> 01:02:15,531 PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AND 1791 01:02:15,531 --> 01:02:18,968 SERVICES. SOME MAY NEED TO END 1792 01:02:18,968 --> 01:02:20,269 BECAUSE OTHERS MAY NEED TO 1793 01:02:20,269 --> 01:02:21,971 BEGIN. AND THAT IS THE ITERATIVE 1794 01:02:21,971 --> 01:02:23,973 PROCESS OF GOVERNING AND 1795 01:02:23,973 --> 01:02:25,475 BUDGETING THAT SOME PROGRAMS NO 1796 01:02:25,475 --> 01:02:26,742 LONGER SERVE US. AND WE NEED NEW 1797 01:02:26,742 --> 01:02:28,177 PROGRAMS IN OTHER PLACES. AND 1798 01:02:28,177 --> 01:02:30,379 I'LL USE ONE PLACE THAT I'M 1799 01:02:30,379 --> 01:02:31,647 VERY HAPPY ABOUT, WHICH IS THE 1800 01:02:31,647 --> 01:02:33,483 AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT IS GOING 1801 01:02:33,483 --> 01:02:35,017 INTO HOMELESS SHELTERS. AND THE 1802 01:02:35,017 --> 01:02:38,888 FACT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A 1803 01:02:38,888 --> 01:02:40,656 HIGH ACUITY AND COMPLEX NEEDS, 1804 01:02:40,656 --> 01:02:42,959 INSTEAD OF RELYING ON SHELTERS 1805 01:02:42,959 --> 01:02:44,327 THAT ONLY HAVE A FRONT DESK 1806 01:02:44,327 --> 01:02:46,362 CLERK. AND SO THAT'S A GOOD 1807 01:02:46,362 --> 01:02:47,530 PLACE. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A 1808 01:02:47,530 --> 01:02:48,831 PLACE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE 1809 01:02:48,831 --> 01:02:51,801 FUNDING. BUT THERE ARE 1810 01:02:51,801 --> 01:02:52,368 ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCIES IN 1811 01:02:52,368 --> 01:02:56,906 GOVERNMENT AND WHILE I WAS VERY 1812 01:02:56,906 --> 01:02:57,573 AWARE THAT KATIE WILSON, BEFORE 1813 01:02:57,573 --> 01:02:59,609 SHE WAS MAYOR, ADVOCATED FOR THE 1814 01:02:59,609 --> 01:03:01,677 CREATION OF JUMPSTART. I PASSED 1815 01:03:01,677 --> 01:03:09,051 IT AND WHEN I, ALONG WITH 1816 01:03:09,051 --> 01:03:09,685 COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND MANY 1817 01:03:09,685 --> 01:03:11,387 OTHERS, PASSED THAT BILL, WE 1818 01:03:11,387 --> 01:03:12,989 KNEW THAT JUMPSTART WAS NEEDED 1819 01:03:12,989 --> 01:03:15,224 FOR THE FOUR PRIORITIES OF 1820 01:03:15,224 --> 01:03:19,795 ECONOMIC. SORRY, EDDIE SMALL 1821 01:03:19,795 --> 01:03:20,263 BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC 1822 01:03:20,263 --> 01:03:21,797 DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE, AND MOST 1823 01:03:21,797 --> 01:03:23,366 IMPORTANTLY, HOUSING. WE KNEW 1824 01:03:23,366 --> 01:03:24,800 THAT THOSE WERE OUR FOUR 1825 01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:28,804 PRIORITIES AND THAT WE NEEDED TO 1826 01:03:28,804 --> 01:03:29,438 BACKFILL OUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT 1827 01:03:29,438 --> 01:03:30,973 SO THAT WE DIDN'T LAY OFF 1828 01:03:30,973 --> 01:03:32,842 EMPLOYEES LIKE THE REST OF OUR 1829 01:03:32,842 --> 01:03:33,476 THE REST OF THE MUNICIPALITIES 1830 01:03:33,476 --> 01:03:36,279 IN OUR COUNTRY WERE. THAT WAS A 1831 01:03:36,279 --> 01:03:38,414 KNOWN FACT. DAY ONE. AND THAT'S 1832 01:03:38,414 --> 01:03:39,849 A. AND THAT'S BEEN A REPEATED 1833 01:03:39,849 --> 01:03:43,019 PROCESS THAT WE HAVE USED SINCE 1834 01:03:43,019 --> 01:03:44,053 SINCE ITS FIRST DAY OF 1835 01:03:44,053 --> 01:03:45,188 INCEPTION. AND THE REASON THAT 1836 01:03:45,188 --> 01:03:47,089 WE'VE DONE THAT IS TO ENSURE 1837 01:03:47,089 --> 01:03:48,925 THAT WE ARE NOT UNNECESSARILY 1838 01:03:48,925 --> 01:03:51,827 CUT FIRING STAFF OR CUTTING 1839 01:03:51,827 --> 01:03:55,698 PROGRAMS BUT AT THE INCEPTION OF 1840 01:03:55,698 --> 01:03:57,600 JUMPSTART, IT WAS A BIT LIKE THE 1841 01:03:57,600 --> 01:03:59,068 INCEPTION OF THE PANDEMIC, WHERE 1842 01:03:59,068 --> 01:04:00,136 WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO 1843 01:04:00,136 --> 01:04:02,104 BE TWO WEEKS. WE ALL THOUGHT IT 1844 01:04:02,104 --> 01:04:03,873 WAS GOING TO BE TWO YEARS BEFORE 1845 01:04:03,873 --> 01:04:05,975 WE COULD GET REALLY BACK ON 1846 01:04:05,975 --> 01:04:07,176 TRACK. WE THOUGHT WE'D BE BACK 1847 01:04:07,176 --> 01:04:08,411 THERE ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A 1848 01:04:08,411 --> 01:04:10,746 HALF AGO, THE FEDERAL 1849 01:04:10,746 --> 01:04:12,481 ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED. WE ARE 1850 01:04:12,481 --> 01:04:15,952 STILL IN NEED OF THAT 1851 01:04:15,952 --> 01:04:19,455 FLEXIBILITY AND NOTING THAT THE 1852 01:04:19,455 --> 01:04:22,658 REVENUE IS DOUBLE WHAT WAS 1853 01:04:22,658 --> 01:04:24,961 PREDICTED ORIGINALLY. SO I'M 1854 01:04:24,961 --> 01:04:27,196 GLAD TO SEE THE USE OF OUR 1855 01:04:27,196 --> 01:04:29,031 JUMPSTART FUNDS FOR IMPORTANT, 1856 01:04:29,031 --> 01:04:32,568 IMPORTANT CITY SERVICES THAT ARE 1857 01:04:32,568 --> 01:04:35,504 NOT EDDIE HOUSING, SMALL 1858 01:04:35,504 --> 01:04:36,472 BUSINESSES OR CLIMATE, BECAUSE 1859 01:04:36,472 --> 01:04:37,607 EVEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, I'VE 1860 01:04:37,607 --> 01:04:39,976 HEARD TESTIMONY AGAINST THESE 1861 01:04:39,976 --> 01:04:41,544 TYPES OF USES. AND TODAY I SEE A 1862 01:04:41,544 --> 01:04:43,212 REVERSAL OF THAT POSITION AND AN 1863 01:04:43,212 --> 01:04:44,213 ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 1864 01:04:44,213 --> 01:04:45,615 SINCE THE FIRST YEAR OF 1865 01:04:45,615 --> 01:04:47,884 JUMPSTART KUOW REPORTED THAT 1866 01:04:47,884 --> 01:04:49,852 THIS BUDGET IS MORE CONSERVATIVE 1867 01:04:49,852 --> 01:04:53,923 THAN THE PROPOSALS FROM THE LAST 1868 01:04:53,923 --> 01:04:55,258 TWO MODERATE MAYORS. LAST YEAR, 1869 01:04:55,258 --> 01:04:57,960 WE PASSED PROGRESSIVE REVENUE, 1870 01:04:57,960 --> 01:05:00,696 EXPANDED AND EXPANDED SERVICES 1871 01:05:00,696 --> 01:05:03,399 WHILE BALANCING THE BUDGET. THIS 1872 01:05:03,399 --> 01:05:06,002 WAS ACCOMPLISHED NOT BY THE 1873 01:05:06,002 --> 01:05:07,503 COUNCIL AGREEING OR DISAGREEING 1874 01:05:07,503 --> 01:05:09,405 BLINDLY WITH THE MAYOR. IT WAS 1875 01:05:09,405 --> 01:05:12,642 ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH AGREEMENT 1876 01:05:12,642 --> 01:05:16,012 AND DISAGREEMENT, THROUGH STRONG 1877 01:05:16,012 --> 01:05:18,748 COMMUNICATION, COMPROMISE AND 1878 01:05:18,748 --> 01:05:20,316 COLLABORATION. OUR CITY COUNCIL 1879 01:05:20,316 --> 01:05:22,218 HAS LED US THROUGH THIS 1880 01:05:22,218 --> 01:05:23,386 MULTIYEAR PROCESS. INSTEAD OF 1881 01:05:23,386 --> 01:05:26,155 OFF OF A CLIFF. TOGETHER WE HAVE 1882 01:05:26,155 --> 01:05:29,225 REDUCED THE DEFICIT WHILE 1883 01:05:29,225 --> 01:05:30,660 EXPANDING MANY SERVICES. AND WE 1884 01:05:30,660 --> 01:05:32,328 HAVE SET THE PATH FOR A MORE 1885 01:05:32,328 --> 01:05:33,296 STABLE FUTURE. AND WE'RE HERE TO 1886 01:05:33,296 --> 01:05:37,366 DO IT AGAIN. AND SO TODAY BEGINS 1887 01:05:37,366 --> 01:05:38,234 THE COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS. SO I 1888 01:05:38,234 --> 01:05:40,770 ASK EACH OF YOU TO LOOK DEEPLY 1889 01:05:40,770 --> 01:05:42,371 INTO YOUR DEPARTMENTS. I ASK YOU 1890 01:05:42,371 --> 01:05:43,873 TO USE THE SHAREPOINT PROGRAM SO 1891 01:05:43,873 --> 01:05:45,675 THAT WE'RE ALL FUNNELING OUR 1892 01:05:45,675 --> 01:05:46,709 QUESTIONS INTO THE SAME PLACE. I 1893 01:05:46,709 --> 01:05:50,379 ASK YOU TO CHOOSE TO EITHER MAKE 1894 01:05:50,379 --> 01:05:50,913 BUDGET CHANGES OR REQUEST 1895 01:05:50,913 --> 01:05:51,947 STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE 1896 01:05:51,947 --> 01:05:55,718 INTENT, BUT PLEASE DON'T DO 1897 01:05:55,718 --> 01:05:57,353 BOTH. AND I ENDEAVOR TO BE ON 1898 01:05:57,353 --> 01:05:59,255 TIME EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO, 1899 01:05:59,255 --> 01:06:00,756 COLLEAGUES, I LOOK FORWARD TO 1900 01:06:00,756 --> 01:06:02,558 GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH 1901 01:06:02,558 --> 01:06:04,760 YOU, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE 1902 01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:05,861 CITY BUDGET OFFICE TO DELIVER A 1903 01:06:05,861 --> 01:06:06,896 BUDGET THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD 1904 01:06:06,896 --> 01:06:08,864 OF. AND SO AS WE ENTER 1905 01:06:08,864 --> 01:06:09,799 DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS, I WILL 1906 01:06:09,799 --> 01:06:12,535 CALL ON COMMITTEE CHAIR THAT 1907 01:06:12,535 --> 01:06:14,403 OVERSEES THAT DEPARTMENT TO GIVE 1908 01:06:14,403 --> 01:06:16,639 FIRST AND FINAL REMARKS. DURING 1909 01:06:16,639 --> 01:06:17,673 THAT PRESENTATION. I ALSO ASK 1910 01:06:17,673 --> 01:06:18,808 THAT FOLKS USE THAT SIX YEAR 1911 01:06:18,808 --> 01:06:20,309 LOOK BACK BECAUSE IT IS VERY 1912 01:06:20,309 --> 01:06:22,945 HELPFUL, AND I'LL ALLOW 1913 01:06:22,945 --> 01:06:24,113 COUNCILMEMBERS, AND I'LL ALLOW 1914 01:06:24,113 --> 01:06:25,281 THE COUNCIL CHAIR OF THAT 1915 01:06:25,281 --> 01:06:26,415 DEPARTMENT TO ASK THE FIRST AND 1916 01:06:26,415 --> 01:06:29,919 LAST QUESTIONS. AS I SAID, AND 1917 01:06:29,919 --> 01:06:32,254 FOLKS, JUST PLEASE, THIS IS THE 1918 01:06:32,254 --> 01:06:33,322 LONGEST TIME THAT YOU'LL HEAR ME 1919 01:06:33,322 --> 01:06:36,359 TALK SINCE IT'S DAY ONE, BECAUSE 1920 01:06:36,359 --> 01:06:37,493 IT'S QUITE HYPOCRITICAL, AS 1921 01:06:37,493 --> 01:06:39,328 I'M ABOUT TO SAY. CAN YOU 1922 01:06:39,328 --> 01:06:41,163 PLEASE MODERATE YOUR TIME? BUT 1923 01:06:41,163 --> 01:06:42,498 I'M JUST AWARE THAT THIS IS 1924 01:06:42,498 --> 01:06:43,065 PROBABLY THE LONGEST SPEECH 1925 01:06:43,065 --> 01:06:43,799 YOU'LL HEAR FROM ME UNTIL THE 1926 01:06:43,799 --> 01:06:46,402 VERY END OF THIS BUDGET. BUT 1927 01:06:46,402 --> 01:06:47,536 JUST PLEASE, IF ALL NINE OF US 1928 01:06:47,536 --> 01:06:48,904 TALK FOR TEN MINUTES, WE'LL BE 1929 01:06:48,904 --> 01:06:54,377 HERE TILL 2028. WITH THAT, OVER 1930 01:06:54,377 --> 01:06:56,212 TO MR. LISH WHITSON, OUR 1931 01:06:56,212 --> 01:06:57,313 DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL STAFF, TO 1932 01:06:57,313 --> 01:06:57,880 GET US STARTED AND TAKE US 1933 01:06:57,880 --> 01:06:59,715 THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. 1934 01:06:59,715 --> 01:07:00,883 GREAT. 1935 01:07:00,883 --> 01:07:03,786 -- THANK YOU. AND I'LL BE VERY 1936 01:07:03,786 --> 01:07:07,323 BRIEF. WE ARE NOW IN STEP ONE OF 1937 01:07:07,323 --> 01:07:10,326 THE COUNCIL'S SIX STEP PROCESS 1938 01:07:10,326 --> 01:07:15,498 TO REVIEW AND ADOPT A BALANCED 1939 01:07:15,498 --> 01:07:18,434 BUDGET BEFORE THANKSGIVING. NEXT 1940 01:07:18,434 --> 01:07:25,441 SLIDE. AND NEXT SLIDE. THIS STEP 1941 01:07:25,441 --> 01:07:28,344 INCLUDED THE MAYOR RELEASING HER 1942 01:07:28,344 --> 01:07:33,449 PROPOSED 2027 2028 BUDGETS. AND 1943 01:07:33,449 --> 01:07:36,218 KICKS OFF THIS MORNING WITH AN 1944 01:07:36,218 --> 01:07:36,786 OVERVIEW PRESENTATION FROM 1945 01:07:36,786 --> 01:07:37,920 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI OF THE CITY 1946 01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:40,890 BUDGET OFFICE. THIS AFTERNOON, 1947 01:07:40,890 --> 01:07:43,526 WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM 1948 01:07:43,526 --> 01:07:46,095 CITY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING 1949 01:07:46,095 --> 01:07:47,396 SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND 1950 01:07:47,396 --> 01:07:48,030 RECREATION, SEATTLE CENTER AND 1951 01:07:48,030 --> 01:07:50,933 THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 1952 01:07:50,933 --> 01:07:52,768 TOMORROW WILL BE OUR PUBLIC 1953 01:07:52,768 --> 01:07:54,637 SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, THE POLICE 1954 01:07:54,637 --> 01:07:58,407 DEPARTMENT, CARE AND FIRE 1955 01:07:58,407 --> 01:08:00,009 DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN NEXT WEEK 1956 01:08:00,009 --> 01:08:03,546 WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER SIX 1957 01:08:03,546 --> 01:08:07,917 DEPARTMENTS PRESENTING NEXT 1958 01:08:07,917 --> 01:08:09,652 SLIDE. AFTER DEPARTMENT 1959 01:08:09,652 --> 01:08:12,188 PRESENTATIONS, THERE WILL BE A 1960 01:08:12,188 --> 01:08:14,857 PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 6th 1961 01:08:14,857 --> 01:08:17,493 AND MY STAFF WILL START 1962 01:08:17,493 --> 01:08:20,496 PRESENTING THEIR DEEP DIVES INTO 1963 01:08:20,496 --> 01:08:23,165 EACH CITY DEPARTMENT ON OCTOBER 1964 01:08:23,165 --> 01:08:26,735 13th. WE WILL RECEIVE AN UPDATED 1965 01:08:26,735 --> 01:08:31,941 REVENUE FORECAST ON OCTOBER 16th 1966 01:08:31,941 --> 01:08:34,276 AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ON 1967 01:08:34,276 --> 01:08:36,979 OCTOBER 20th, WE ARE ASKING THAT 1968 01:08:36,979 --> 01:08:38,447 YOU SUBMIT YOUR BUDGET PROPOSALS 1969 01:08:38,447 --> 01:08:42,051 BY NOON AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 1970 01:08:42,051 --> 01:08:42,351 QUESTIONS. 1971 01:08:42,351 --> 01:08:43,686 -- THANK YOU, MR. WHITSON. 1972 01:08:43,686 --> 01:08:47,323 COLLEAGUES. QUESTIONS AT THIS 1973 01:08:47,323 --> 01:08:48,991 TIME. THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE 1974 01:08:48,991 --> 01:08:51,427 DONE OUR JOB TO BRING THIS TO 1975 01:08:51,427 --> 01:08:52,561 YOU, THE FRONT OF YOUR 1976 01:08:52,561 --> 01:08:53,796 ATTENTION. I WILL TAKE THIS 1977 01:08:53,796 --> 01:08:55,998 OPPORTUNITY TO NOTE THAT 1978 01:08:55,998 --> 01:08:58,634 COUNCILMEMBER BUDGET PROPOSALS 1979 01:08:58,634 --> 01:09:00,870 ARE DUE OCTOBER 20th AT NOON. 1980 01:09:00,870 --> 01:09:03,739 TWO CO-SPONSORS ARE REQUIRED. SO 1981 01:09:03,739 --> 01:09:08,110 EARLY WARNING HERE, PLEASE. 1982 01:09:08,110 --> 01:09:09,145 THAT'S AN ELECTRONIC DEADLINE SO 1983 01:09:09,145 --> 01:09:12,214 CAN'T BE WAIVED COLLEAGUES, ANY 1984 01:09:12,214 --> 01:09:14,283 OTHER QUESTIONS? EXCITED TO DIG 1985 01:09:14,283 --> 01:09:17,853 IN. WELL, WITH THAT, THE I 1986 01:09:17,853 --> 01:09:18,454 REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE THE 1987 01:09:18,454 --> 01:09:19,622 CLERK READ THE FIRST ITEM INTO 1988 01:09:19,622 --> 01:09:20,389 THE RECORD. SO CLERK, IF YOU 1989 01:09:20,389 --> 01:09:21,857 COULD READ THE FIRST TWO ITEMS 1990 01:09:21,857 --> 01:09:22,758 INTO THE RECORD AND WE'LL MOVE 1991 01:09:22,758 --> 01:09:25,861 RIGHT ON TO DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. 1992 01:09:25,861 --> 01:09:26,262 WELCOME, FRIEND. 1993 01:09:26,262 --> 01:09:28,030 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE INTRODUCTION 1994 01:09:28,030 --> 01:09:30,666 AND BUDGET PROCESS OVERVIEW FOR 1995 01:09:30,666 --> 01:09:31,767 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION AND 1996 01:09:31,767 --> 01:09:32,334 AGENDA ITEM TWO CITY BUDGET 1997 01:09:32,334 --> 01:09:34,236 OFFICE OVERVIEW THE 2027 AND 1998 01:09:34,236 --> 01:09:36,071 2028 PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR 1999 01:09:36,071 --> 01:09:39,608 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 2000 01:09:39,608 --> 01:09:41,210 -- THANK YOU. AND TO FILL IN A 2001 01:09:41,210 --> 01:09:42,778 MINUTE OF TIME DEPARTMENTS, EVEN 2002 01:09:42,778 --> 01:09:45,147 IF THEY ARE SHOWN TO TO PRESENT 2003 01:09:45,147 --> 01:09:46,282 IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY SHOULD BE 2004 01:09:46,282 --> 01:09:49,385 READY TO GO AS SOON AS THIS IS 2005 01:09:49,385 --> 01:09:51,253 DONE. BECAUSE IF DIRECTOR 2006 01:09:51,253 --> 01:09:51,887 PENNUCCI HAS TOLD US EVERYTHING 2007 01:09:51,887 --> 01:09:53,889 THAT SHE'S ALREADY TOLD US 2008 01:09:53,889 --> 01:09:55,257 BEFORE AND WE HAVE A SHORT OF A 2009 01:09:55,257 --> 01:09:56,725 PRESENTATION, AS WE HAD WITH MR. 2010 01:09:56,725 --> 01:09:57,660 WHITSON RIGHT NOW, WE'LL BE 2011 01:09:57,660 --> 01:10:00,329 GETTING RIGHT INTO THE SEATTLE 2012 01:10:00,329 --> 01:10:00,796 PARKS AND RECREATION 2013 01:10:00,796 --> 01:10:02,097 PRESENTATION ASAP. ALSO, FOR 2014 01:10:02,097 --> 01:10:03,599 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE. IF YOU 2015 01:10:03,599 --> 01:10:04,767 NOTICE THAT WE'RE MOVING 2016 01:10:04,767 --> 01:10:06,335 QUICKLY, WE WILL TRY TO 2017 01:10:06,335 --> 01:10:07,403 COMMUNICATE. BUT IF. IT JUST 2018 01:10:07,403 --> 01:10:08,604 MEANS THAT IF YOU'RE DOWN IN THE 2019 01:10:08,604 --> 01:10:10,439 LINE, DON'T EXPECT THAT WE WILL 2020 01:10:10,439 --> 01:10:14,643 JUST WAIT. WE MIGHT BUMP YOU UP 2021 01:10:14,643 --> 01:10:16,812 WITH THAT. GIVE ME THE HEAD NOD 2022 01:10:16,812 --> 01:10:19,748 WHEN YOU ARE READY TO GO. 2023 01:10:19,748 --> 01:10:22,518 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. WELCOME. GOOD 2024 01:10:22,518 --> 01:10:22,785 MORNING. 2025 01:10:22,785 --> 01:10:25,054 -- GOOD MORNING CHAIR STRAUSS 2026 01:10:25,054 --> 01:10:25,688 COUNCILMEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE 2027 01:10:25,688 --> 01:10:27,489 SELECT COMMITTEE, THANK YOU FOR 2028 01:10:27,489 --> 01:10:30,426 THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT MAYOR 2029 01:10:30,426 --> 01:10:31,026 WILSON'S 2020 728 PROPOSED 2030 01:10:31,026 --> 01:10:33,195 BUDGET. FOR THE RECORD, I'M ALY 2031 01:10:33,195 --> 01:10:35,130 PENNUCCI CITY BUDGET DIRECTOR. I 2032 01:10:35,130 --> 01:10:36,532 FORGOT THAT PART BEFORE DIVING 2033 01:10:36,532 --> 01:10:37,433 INTO THE DETAILS. I JUST WANTED 2034 01:10:37,433 --> 01:10:39,635 TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO 2035 01:10:39,635 --> 01:10:44,506 ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW FOLKS. FIRST, 2036 01:10:44,506 --> 01:10:46,275 TO MY BUDGET TEAM THAT MADE THIS 2037 01:10:46,275 --> 01:10:48,077 THIS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE MANY, 2038 01:10:48,077 --> 01:10:50,512 MANY HOURS OF WORK ANALYZING 2039 01:10:50,512 --> 01:10:51,046 PROPOSALS AND ASSEMBLING 2040 01:10:51,046 --> 01:10:52,648 ASSEMBLING THIS BUDGET TO MY 2041 01:10:52,648 --> 01:10:54,550 COLLEAGUES ON THE CABINET 2042 01:10:54,550 --> 01:10:56,018 DEPARTMENT LEADERS AND THEIR 2043 01:10:56,018 --> 01:10:58,153 FINANCE AND BUDGET TEAM CITYWIDE 2044 01:10:58,153 --> 01:10:58,787 FOR APPROACHING THIS CHALLENGING 2045 01:10:58,787 --> 01:11:00,723 BUDGET YEAR WITH THOUGHTFULNESS 2046 01:11:00,723 --> 01:11:02,625 AND PARTNERSHIP BUILDING THIS 2047 01:11:02,625 --> 01:11:03,626 BUDGET IS A TEAM SPORT, AND WE 2048 01:11:03,626 --> 01:11:06,462 COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT ALL OF 2049 01:11:06,462 --> 01:11:08,597 YOU. AND TO MAYOR WILSON AND ALL 2050 01:11:08,597 --> 01:11:09,598 MY COLLEAGUES IN THE MAYOR'S 2051 01:11:09,598 --> 01:11:11,233 OFFICE TEAM FOR THEIR STEADY 2052 01:11:11,233 --> 01:11:11,834 LEADERSHIP AND WILLINGNESS TO 2053 01:11:11,834 --> 01:11:13,569 MAKE SOME TOUGH BUT NECESSARY 2054 01:11:13,569 --> 01:11:15,604 DECISIONS. THANK YOU TO CHAIR 2055 01:11:15,604 --> 01:11:17,239 STRAUSS FOR ALWAYS MAKING TIME 2056 01:11:17,239 --> 01:11:21,910 TO DISCUSS ALL THINGS BUDGET AND 2057 01:11:21,910 --> 01:11:22,544 COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND 2058 01:11:22,544 --> 01:11:23,312 COLLABORATION. AND THANK YOU TO 2059 01:11:23,312 --> 01:11:25,414 ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 2060 01:11:25,414 --> 01:11:27,182 SPENDING TIME OVER THE LAST 2061 01:11:27,182 --> 01:11:28,517 SEVERAL MONTHS AND TALKING ABOUT 2062 01:11:28,517 --> 01:11:30,019 THE BUDGET WITH ME. WHAT I'M 2063 01:11:30,019 --> 01:11:31,120 PRESENTING TODAY IS THE STARTING 2064 01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:32,755 POINT FOR YOUR DELIBERATIONS, 2065 01:11:32,755 --> 01:11:35,024 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING 2066 01:11:35,024 --> 01:11:36,592 RESPONSIVE PARTNERS AS YOU WORK 2067 01:11:36,592 --> 01:11:38,427 TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE, BALANCED 2068 01:11:38,427 --> 01:11:41,063 BUDGET THAT REFLECTS THE CITY'S 2069 01:11:41,063 --> 01:11:42,331 PRIORITIES. TODAY, I'M 2070 01:11:42,331 --> 01:11:43,799 PRESENTING MAYOR WILSON'S FIRST 2071 01:11:43,799 --> 01:11:45,434 BUDGET, WHICH TAKES MEANINGFUL 2072 01:11:45,434 --> 01:11:46,101 STEPS TO STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S 2073 01:11:46,101 --> 01:11:47,836 LONG TERM FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY. 2074 01:11:47,836 --> 01:11:50,973 WHEN I WAS HERE EARLY IN THE 2075 01:11:50,973 --> 01:11:53,309 YEAR FOR MY CONFIRMATION, I 2076 01:11:53,309 --> 01:11:55,377 THINK I GOT NO LESS THAN SEVEN 2077 01:11:55,377 --> 01:11:57,513 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW I'M GOING 2078 01:11:57,513 --> 01:11:59,448 TO HELP MOVE TOWARDS GREATER 2079 01:11:59,448 --> 01:12:01,083 SUSTAINABILITY. YOU WILL SEE 2080 01:12:01,083 --> 01:12:03,519 THAT REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET 2081 01:12:03,519 --> 01:12:05,320 AND IN MY RESPONSES AS WE MOVE 2082 01:12:05,320 --> 01:12:07,589 THROUGH THIS PROCESS TOGETHER. 2083 01:12:07,589 --> 01:12:10,626 SO WITH THAT, LET'S JUMP INTO 2084 01:12:10,626 --> 01:12:12,461 SOME OF THE DETAILS. THIS IS 2085 01:12:12,461 --> 01:12:13,662 JUST A QUICK GUIDE OF WHAT I'M 2086 01:12:13,662 --> 01:12:17,066 GOING TO COVER TODAY. I WILL GO 2087 01:12:17,066 --> 01:12:18,567 OVER THE APPROACH, THE BUDGET 2088 01:12:18,567 --> 01:12:20,502 PREVIEW, SOME FUN, SOME SPECIFIC 2089 01:12:20,502 --> 01:12:21,170 FUNDS. I'LL SPEND MOST OF MY 2090 01:12:21,170 --> 01:12:23,939 TIME TALKING ABOUT THE THE 2091 01:12:23,939 --> 01:12:25,741 GENERAL FUND HIGHLIGHT SOME KEY 2092 01:12:25,741 --> 01:12:27,409 INVESTMENT AND THEN TALK ABOUT 2093 01:12:27,409 --> 01:12:29,945 NEXT STEPS FOR JUST A MOMENT. 2094 01:12:29,945 --> 01:12:34,116 YEP SORRY. I JUST NEED TO CATCH 2095 01:12:34,116 --> 01:12:36,518 UP. SO JUST A QUICK, QUICK 2096 01:12:36,518 --> 01:12:37,186 REMINDER OF WHAT WE'RE KICKING 2097 01:12:37,186 --> 01:12:40,122 OFF TODAY. THE CITY OF SEATTLE 2098 01:12:40,122 --> 01:12:41,990 UTILIZES A MODIFIED BIENNIAL 2099 01:12:41,990 --> 01:12:42,558 BUDGET PROCESS, A TWO YEAR 2100 01:12:42,558 --> 01:12:44,393 BUDGET PROCESS WHERE THE CITY 2101 01:12:44,393 --> 01:12:45,494 COUNCIL APPROVES FUNDING FOR ONE 2102 01:12:45,494 --> 01:12:47,529 YEAR WHILE ENDORSING THE AMOUNTS 2103 01:12:47,529 --> 01:12:49,264 FOR YEAR TWO. SO TODAY WE 2104 01:12:49,264 --> 01:12:50,532 PRESENT A TWO YEAR BALANCED 2105 01:12:50,532 --> 01:12:54,002 BUDGET FOR 27 THROUGH 28. THE 2106 01:12:54,002 --> 01:12:55,871 BUDGET ITSELF IS COMPOSED OF TWO 2107 01:12:55,871 --> 01:12:57,372 MAIN DOCUMENTS THE OPERATING 2108 01:12:57,372 --> 01:12:57,873 BUDGET AND THE CAPITAL 2109 01:12:57,873 --> 01:13:00,442 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. LIKE I SAID 2110 01:13:00,442 --> 01:13:00,943 PREVIOUSLY, MOST OF MY 2111 01:13:00,943 --> 01:13:01,910 PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON THE 2112 01:13:01,910 --> 01:13:03,245 OPERATING BUDGET WITH THE MOST 2113 01:13:03,245 --> 01:13:04,813 DETAIL FOCUSED ON THE GENERAL 2114 01:13:04,813 --> 01:13:07,015 FUND. BUT BEFORE I GET INTO THE 2115 01:13:07,015 --> 01:13:07,983 DETAILS OF WHAT IS IN THE 2116 01:13:07,983 --> 01:13:10,419 BUDGET, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE 2117 01:13:10,419 --> 01:13:12,020 BIT ABOUT HOW WE APPROACHED 2118 01:13:12,020 --> 01:13:15,657 BALANCING THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. 2119 01:13:15,657 --> 01:13:17,426 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS 2120 01:13:17,426 --> 01:13:18,827 BUDGET REALLY FOCUSES ON 2121 01:13:18,827 --> 01:13:20,462 RIGHTING THE SHIP AND REALLY 2122 01:13:20,462 --> 01:13:23,065 BUILDS ON THE WORK DONE IN 2123 01:13:23,065 --> 01:13:24,800 DEVELOPING A PATH TOWARD 2124 01:13:24,800 --> 01:13:26,435 SUSTAINABILITY. AND I WANT TO 2125 01:13:26,435 --> 01:13:28,737 HIGHLIGHT SOME WORK DONE THIS 2126 01:13:28,737 --> 01:13:31,306 YEAR IN RESPONSE TO A STATEMENT 2127 01:13:31,306 --> 01:13:33,275 OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WAS 2128 01:13:33,275 --> 01:13:33,909 ADOPTED LAST YEAR, I SPONSORED 2129 01:13:33,909 --> 01:13:36,345 BY CHAIR STRAUSS THAT REQUESTED 2130 01:13:36,345 --> 01:13:37,880 THAT THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND 2131 01:13:37,880 --> 01:13:40,115 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF WORK 2132 01:13:40,115 --> 01:13:40,516 COLLABORATIVELY, 2133 01:13:40,516 --> 01:13:42,084 COLLABORATIVELY, EXCUSE ME. I'LL 2134 01:13:42,084 --> 01:13:45,854 GET I'LL GET MORE COMFORTABLE AS 2135 01:13:45,854 --> 01:13:47,156 WE MOVE ON, ON A SHARED 2136 01:13:47,156 --> 01:13:49,725 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT BUDGET 2137 01:13:49,725 --> 01:13:51,393 SUSTAINABILITY IS. I'LL BE 2138 01:13:51,393 --> 01:13:52,027 DISTRIBUTING THAT SLIDE RESPONSE 2139 01:13:52,027 --> 01:13:53,695 LATER TODAY THAT WE PREPARED IN 2140 01:13:53,695 --> 01:13:55,097 COLLABORATION WITH CENTRAL STAFF 2141 01:13:55,097 --> 01:13:56,965 AND CHAIR STRAUSS OFFICE. THIS 2142 01:13:56,965 --> 01:13:58,066 RESPONSE BUILDS ON THE YEARS OF 2143 01:13:58,066 --> 01:13:59,868 BUDGET REFORM WORK THAT CHAIR 2144 01:13:59,868 --> 01:14:02,137 STRAUSS HAS UNDERTAKEN, AS WELL 2145 01:14:02,137 --> 01:14:04,740 AS THE WORK THAT MANY OF YOU 2146 01:14:04,740 --> 01:14:05,307 HAVE UNDERTAKEN, INCLUDING 2147 01:14:05,307 --> 01:14:07,943 COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER 2148 01:14:07,943 --> 01:14:09,344 KETTLE AND OTHERS CALLED THE 2149 01:14:09,344 --> 01:14:11,313 OTHER, AND ALL OF YOU THAT 2150 01:14:11,313 --> 01:14:13,649 CALLED FOR A LONGER TERM 2151 01:14:13,649 --> 01:14:15,451 BALANCED FINANCIAL PLAN WHEN 2152 01:14:15,451 --> 01:14:16,084 ADOPTING LAST YEAR'S SEATTLE 2153 01:14:16,084 --> 01:14:17,953 SHIELD INITIATIVE. THIS YEAR'S 2154 01:14:17,953 --> 01:14:19,788 BUDGET MAKES MEANINGFUL STEPS 2155 01:14:19,788 --> 01:14:21,156 TOWARDS THAT LONG TERM 2156 01:14:21,156 --> 01:14:21,790 SUSTAINABILITY. THANKS IN LARGE 2157 01:14:21,790 --> 01:14:23,492 PART TO THE GROUNDWORK THAT HAS 2158 01:14:23,492 --> 01:14:25,894 BEEN DEVELOPED OVER MANY YEARS, 2159 01:14:25,894 --> 01:14:27,362 IT IS IN THAT SPIRIT OF 2160 01:14:27,362 --> 01:14:27,996 COLLABORATION AND A SHARED GOAL 2161 01:14:27,996 --> 01:14:29,631 OF SUSTAINABILITY THAT I PRESENT 2162 01:14:29,631 --> 01:14:32,901 THIS BUDGET, AND WE CAN MOVE ON 2163 01:14:32,901 --> 01:14:37,406 TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO I 2164 01:14:37,406 --> 01:14:39,208 REGULARLY GET ASKED, INCLUDING 2165 01:14:39,208 --> 01:14:40,742 IN MY CONFIRMATION QUESTIONS, 2166 01:14:40,742 --> 01:14:42,110 HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? HOW DID WE 2167 01:14:42,110 --> 01:14:45,013 GET HERE? THERE ARE SO MANY 2168 01:14:45,013 --> 01:14:46,415 CONTRIBUTING FACTORS, SO I'M NOT 2169 01:14:46,415 --> 01:14:47,549 GOING TO TRY TO WALK THROUGH IT 2170 01:14:47,549 --> 01:14:49,117 ALL TODAY, BUT THERE ARE A 2171 01:14:49,117 --> 01:14:50,185 NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT HAVE LED 2172 01:14:50,185 --> 01:14:52,354 US HERE. AS SEATTLE'S POPULATION 2173 01:14:52,354 --> 01:14:55,357 GREW QUICKLY, SO DID ITS WEALTH 2174 01:14:55,357 --> 01:14:56,825 AND INCOME GAPS. PAYING FOR 2175 01:14:56,825 --> 01:14:57,926 THESE NEW COSTS AT THE SCALE OF 2176 01:14:57,926 --> 01:15:00,229 COMMUNITY NEED HAS BEEN A REAL 2177 01:15:00,229 --> 01:15:01,463 CHALLENGE. WE WERE ONE OF THE 2178 01:15:01,463 --> 01:15:03,765 FASTEST GROWING CITY DURING THE 2179 01:15:03,765 --> 01:15:06,735 2010s. CITY SERVICES EXPANDED TO 2180 01:15:06,735 --> 01:15:11,874 KEEP PACE WITH OUR. LIKE OUR FTE 2181 01:15:11,874 --> 01:15:14,843 GROWING FROM 11,400 IN 2010 TO 2182 01:15:14,843 --> 01:15:16,645 OVER 13,500 TODAY. THE NUMBER OF 2183 01:15:16,645 --> 01:15:17,980 DEPARTMENTS HAVE EXPANDED. THIS 2184 01:15:17,980 --> 01:15:19,882 WAS IN RESPONSE TO REAL 2185 01:15:19,882 --> 01:15:21,049 COMMUNITY NEEDS. AT THE SAME 2186 01:15:21,049 --> 01:15:23,385 TIME, WE HAVE REAL CONSTRAINTS 2187 01:15:23,385 --> 01:15:25,354 ON OUR REVENUE AND STRUCTURAL 2188 01:15:25,354 --> 01:15:27,589 CHALLENGE IN HOW THE CITY CAN 2189 01:15:27,589 --> 01:15:29,258 PAY FOR THESE SERVICES. OUR MOST 2190 01:15:29,258 --> 01:15:29,858 FLEXIBLE SOURCE, THE GENERAL 2191 01:15:29,858 --> 01:15:31,727 FUND, REMAINS LIMITED BY STATE 2192 01:15:31,727 --> 01:15:33,529 IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS SUCH AS THE 2193 01:15:33,529 --> 01:15:36,398 PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND 2194 01:15:36,398 --> 01:15:38,333 WHILE THE CITY HAS PURSUED MANY 2195 01:15:38,333 --> 01:15:38,967 NEW OR EXPANDED REVENUE TOOLS, 2196 01:15:38,967 --> 01:15:41,203 THOSE EFFORTS HAVE LARGELY BEEN 2197 01:15:41,203 --> 01:15:43,338 NEEDED TO ADDRESS GROWING NEEDS 2198 01:15:43,338 --> 01:15:45,474 AND HAVE NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT TO 2199 01:15:45,474 --> 01:15:47,276 FULLY ADDRESS THE GAP AND 2200 01:15:47,276 --> 01:15:52,514 CONTINUE TO EXPAND AT THAT PACE. 2201 01:15:52,514 --> 01:15:53,715 YOU ADD TO THAT THE THE REGIONAL 2202 01:15:53,715 --> 01:15:55,617 ECONOMIC BOOM THAT SUPPORTED 2203 01:15:55,617 --> 01:15:56,718 SALES GROWTH THAT HAS COOLED 2204 01:15:56,718 --> 01:15:59,221 WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL 2205 01:15:59,221 --> 01:16:00,656 LEVEL, THE BIG INFUSION OF ONE 2206 01:16:00,656 --> 01:16:02,557 TIME FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ALLOWED 2207 01:16:02,557 --> 01:16:04,826 FOR SOME NECESSARY EXPANSION AND 2208 01:16:04,826 --> 01:16:07,229 CHANGES IN SERVICES THAT HAVE 2209 01:16:07,229 --> 01:16:11,533 NOW BEEN DEPLETED. AND SO I JUST 2210 01:16:11,533 --> 01:16:12,601 WANTED TO SORT OF HIGHLIGHT 2211 01:16:12,601 --> 01:16:15,070 THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS, AND 2212 01:16:15,070 --> 01:16:16,939 WE ARE NOT ALONE. LOCAL 2213 01:16:16,939 --> 01:16:18,707 GOVERNMENTS ACROSS WASHINGTON 2214 01:16:18,707 --> 01:16:20,609 STATE AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY ARE 2215 01:16:20,609 --> 01:16:21,910 GRAPPLING WITH THE SAME 2216 01:16:21,910 --> 01:16:23,779 COMBINATION OF REVENUE 2217 01:16:23,779 --> 01:16:25,380 CONSTRAINTS, INFLATION, SLOW 2218 01:16:25,380 --> 01:16:28,684 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, GROWING 2219 01:16:28,684 --> 01:16:29,918 COMMUNITY NEEDS. AS ONE EXAMPLE, 2220 01:16:29,918 --> 01:16:31,420 THE CITY OF PORTLAND IS FACING 2221 01:16:31,420 --> 01:16:35,557 WAS FACING A ROUGHLY 170 MILLION 2222 01:16:35,557 --> 01:16:36,591 DEFICIT, $170 MILLION DEFICIT 2223 01:16:36,591 --> 01:16:37,960 THIS YEAR, SIMILAR IN SCALE TO 2224 01:16:37,960 --> 01:16:40,128 WHAT WE WERE FACING, DESPITE 2225 01:16:40,128 --> 01:16:42,397 HAVING ONLY ABOUT HALF THE 2226 01:16:42,397 --> 01:16:44,399 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THEIR 2227 01:16:44,399 --> 01:16:44,967 PROPOSED BUDGET, THEY'RE 2228 01:16:44,967 --> 01:16:46,368 ELIMINATED. THEY HAD TO 2229 01:16:46,368 --> 01:16:48,103 ELIMINATE OVER 100 FILLED 2230 01:16:48,103 --> 01:16:49,338 POSITIONS, MORE THAN SIX TIMES 2231 01:16:49,338 --> 01:16:50,806 THE NUMBER OF SEATTLE IS 2232 01:16:50,806 --> 01:16:52,507 LIMITING. THEY ALSO REDUCED 2233 01:16:52,507 --> 01:16:53,542 INVESTMENTS IN HOMELESS SHELTERS 2234 01:16:53,542 --> 01:16:55,877 AND PARKS, AND SCALING BACK 2235 01:16:55,877 --> 01:16:57,579 OPERATIONAL HOURS FOR SOME FIRE 2236 01:16:57,579 --> 01:16:59,014 TEAMS. THIS IS NOT A JUDGMENT ON 2237 01:16:59,014 --> 01:17:01,483 PORTLAND'S BUDGET. THIS IS JUST 2238 01:17:01,483 --> 01:17:04,353 A REFLECTION OF THE REALITY THAT 2239 01:17:04,353 --> 01:17:05,320 MANY CITIES ARE FACING. AND JUST 2240 01:17:05,320 --> 01:17:06,622 I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COLD 2241 01:17:06,622 --> 01:17:07,689 COMFORT, BUT WE ARE NOT ALONE. 2242 01:17:07,689 --> 01:17:09,791 IT'S THERE'S SOME REALLY TOUGH 2243 01:17:09,791 --> 01:17:10,959 DECISIONS THAT MANY CITIES ARE 2244 01:17:10,959 --> 01:17:13,528 FACING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NEXT 2245 01:17:13,528 --> 01:17:16,531 SLIDE SO THIS TABLE HIGHLIGHTS 2246 01:17:16,531 --> 01:17:19,401 HOW EACH YEAR THE CITY HAS MET 2247 01:17:19,401 --> 01:17:20,936 ITS LEGAL OBLIGATION TO ADOPT A 2248 01:17:20,936 --> 01:17:22,771 BALANCED BUDGET, BUT HAS DONE SO 2249 01:17:22,771 --> 01:17:24,239 WITH DEFICITS PROJECTED IN THE 2250 01:17:24,239 --> 01:17:27,042 NEXT YEAR OR THE NEXT BIENNIUM. 2251 01:17:27,042 --> 01:17:28,944 COUNCIL HAS RECOGNIZED THIS 2252 01:17:28,944 --> 01:17:30,445 ISSUE, WITH CHAIR STRAUSS 2253 01:17:30,445 --> 01:17:34,716 REQUESTING THE WORK THIS YEAR TO 2254 01:17:34,716 --> 01:17:36,251 DEVELOP THAT SLI RESPONSE AND A 2255 01:17:36,251 --> 01:17:37,419 SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF 2256 01:17:37,419 --> 01:17:38,887 SUSTAINABILITY AND BEING A 2257 01:17:38,887 --> 01:17:41,690 CHAMPION OF OF CHANGES TO CODE 2258 01:17:41,690 --> 01:17:44,159 LIKE REQUIRING THAT WE DEVELOP A 2259 01:17:44,159 --> 01:17:45,727 JUMPSTART RESERVE. COUNCILMEMBER 2260 01:17:45,727 --> 01:17:47,496 KETTLE AMENDMENT TO THE SEATTLE 2261 01:17:47,496 --> 01:17:48,130 SHIELD INITIATIVE THAT REQUIRES 2262 01:17:48,130 --> 01:17:49,598 A BALANCED LONG TERM FINANCIAL 2263 01:17:49,598 --> 01:17:51,099 PLAN, LAID THE GROUNDWORK THAT 2264 01:17:51,099 --> 01:17:54,403 THIS BUDGET BUILDS ON TO REALLY 2265 01:17:54,403 --> 01:17:54,836 CHART A PATH TOWARD 2266 01:17:54,836 --> 01:17:56,905 SUSTAINABILITY. I BELIEVE THEIR 2267 01:17:56,905 --> 01:17:57,706 SHARED VISION HERE, AND LOOK 2268 01:17:57,706 --> 01:18:00,375 FORWARD TO HOW YOUR 2269 01:18:00,375 --> 01:18:00,909 DELIBERATIONS MAINTAIN OR 2270 01:18:00,909 --> 01:18:03,145 STRENGTHEN THE SUSTAINABILITY. 2271 01:18:03,145 --> 01:18:05,680 ACHIEVING A BALANCED BUDGET AND 2272 01:18:05,680 --> 01:18:07,182 A SUSTAINABLE PLAN ISN'T AN END 2273 01:18:07,182 --> 01:18:12,521 IN ITSELF. IT'S ABOUT WHAT IT 2274 01:18:12,521 --> 01:18:14,423 ENABLES. PREDICTABILITY FOR OUR 2275 01:18:14,423 --> 01:18:15,924 CITY WORKFORCE, FOR OUR SERVICE 2276 01:18:15,924 --> 01:18:17,659 PARTNERS AND THE COMMUNITY WE 2277 01:18:17,659 --> 01:18:19,161 SERVE, AND THE CHANCE TO SHIFT 2278 01:18:19,161 --> 01:18:21,430 FROM TRIAGE, BUDGETING TO 2279 01:18:21,430 --> 01:18:23,965 ADDRESS THIS DEFICIT TO A BUDGET 2280 01:18:23,965 --> 01:18:24,566 REVIEW PROCESS THAT CAN FOCUS 2281 01:18:24,566 --> 01:18:25,934 MORE ON OUTCOMES AND ADDRESSING 2282 01:18:25,934 --> 01:18:28,537 THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, 2283 01:18:28,537 --> 01:18:29,771 SOMETHING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 2284 01:18:29,771 --> 01:18:31,473 WHO'S I KNOW NOT HERE TODAY BUT 2285 01:18:31,473 --> 01:18:33,308 HAS MENTIONED TO ME MANY, MANY 2286 01:18:33,308 --> 01:18:37,546 TIMES, AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU 2287 01:18:37,546 --> 01:18:38,980 SHARE THE DESIRE FOR A HIGHER 2288 01:18:38,980 --> 01:18:40,415 FOCUS ON OUTCOMES. THAT'S A 2289 01:18:40,415 --> 01:18:41,149 PRIORITY BOTH FOR ME AND MAYOR 2290 01:18:41,149 --> 01:18:42,484 WILSON, WHICH IS WHY SHE SIGNED 2291 01:18:42,484 --> 01:18:45,053 AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON FRIDAY 2292 01:18:45,053 --> 01:18:46,822 THAT IN PART, DIRECTS ME TO 2293 01:18:46,822 --> 01:18:48,690 BUILD A FRAMEWORK FOR AN OUTCOME 2294 01:18:48,690 --> 01:18:49,524 BASED BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS, AND 2295 01:18:49,524 --> 01:18:52,894 I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING 2296 01:18:52,894 --> 01:18:53,462 WITH CHAIR STRAUSS, COUNCIL 2297 01:18:53,462 --> 01:18:54,596 CENTRAL STAFF AND ALL OF YOU IN 2298 01:18:54,596 --> 01:18:58,066 THE COMING YEARS TO DEVELOP THAT 2299 01:18:58,066 --> 01:19:01,503 PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE. SO WHEN I 2300 01:19:01,503 --> 01:19:05,307 STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE IN EARLY 2301 01:19:05,307 --> 01:19:06,508 IN THE YEAR, THE MAYOR WAS VERY 2302 01:19:06,508 --> 01:19:07,943 CLEAR THAT ALL REASONABLE 2303 01:19:07,943 --> 01:19:10,245 OPTIONS HAD TO BE CONSIDERED IN 2304 01:19:10,245 --> 01:19:12,147 APPROACHING THE STRUCTURAL 2305 01:19:12,147 --> 01:19:13,582 BUDGET DEFICIT. WE TOOK THAT 2306 01:19:13,582 --> 01:19:15,083 SERIOUSLY IN THE CITY BUDGET 2307 01:19:15,083 --> 01:19:16,251 OFFICE AND ALL, AND THROUGHOUT 2308 01:19:16,251 --> 01:19:17,152 THE CITY AND ALL OF THE 2309 01:19:17,152 --> 01:19:19,688 DEPARTMENTS IN THIS BUDGET, 2310 01:19:19,688 --> 01:19:22,557 YOU'LL SEE THREE MAIN STRATEGIES 2311 01:19:22,557 --> 01:19:24,326 DEPLOYED IN ORDER TO BALANCE 2312 01:19:24,326 --> 01:19:24,960 ALIGNING ANNUAL PROGRAM BUDGETS 2313 01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:26,995 TO HISTORICAL COSTS. THAT LOOKS 2314 01:19:26,995 --> 01:19:29,197 AT LOOKING AT LONG TERM 2315 01:19:29,197 --> 01:19:31,299 VACANCIES, LOOKING AT REGULAR, 2316 01:19:31,299 --> 01:19:33,168 CONSISTENT PATTERNS OF 2317 01:19:33,168 --> 01:19:34,636 UNDERSPEND, WHERE A PROGRAM IS 2318 01:19:34,636 --> 01:19:35,604 DELIVERING A CERTAIN LEVEL OF 2319 01:19:35,604 --> 01:19:37,239 SERVICE AND IS ABLE TO DO SO 2320 01:19:37,239 --> 01:19:38,240 WITH LESS THAN WHAT THEY ARE 2321 01:19:38,240 --> 01:19:40,108 ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET EACH 2322 01:19:40,108 --> 01:19:43,779 YEAR, SLOWING DOWN GROWTH. CHAIR 2323 01:19:43,779 --> 01:19:45,147 STRAUSS MENTIONED SOME OF THE 2324 01:19:45,147 --> 01:19:50,218 NEEDED EXPANSIONS. SOME OF THOSE 2325 01:19:50,218 --> 01:19:50,719 EXPANSIONS HAVE NOT YET 2326 01:19:50,719 --> 01:19:51,319 OCCURRED, AND THERE IS NOT A 2327 01:19:51,319 --> 01:19:52,487 SUSTAINABLE WAY BASED ON 2328 01:19:52,487 --> 01:19:54,489 EXISTING RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN 2329 01:19:54,489 --> 01:19:55,757 THEM. SO THIS BUDGET PAUSES ON 2330 01:19:55,757 --> 01:19:58,093 SOME OF THOSE EXPANSIONS AND 2331 01:19:58,093 --> 01:19:59,961 THEN MAKING SOME DIFFICULT 2332 01:19:59,961 --> 01:20:00,962 REDUCTIONS. YOU HEARD FROM 2333 01:20:00,962 --> 01:20:03,265 PEOPLE TODAY ONE OF THE MOST 2334 01:20:03,265 --> 01:20:03,865 DIFFICULT REDUCTIONS IN THIS 2335 01:20:03,865 --> 01:20:05,767 BUDGET WAS THE PROPOSAL TO 2336 01:20:05,767 --> 01:20:07,102 REDUCE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S 2337 01:20:07,102 --> 01:20:08,970 BUDGET, WHICH OVERALL IS LESS 2338 01:20:08,970 --> 01:20:11,873 THAN A 1% REDUCTION. SO THIS 2339 01:20:11,873 --> 01:20:13,041 BUDGET IMPLEMENTS ALL OF THESE 2340 01:20:13,041 --> 01:20:15,243 APPROACHES AND STRATEGIC WAYS 2341 01:20:15,243 --> 01:20:17,779 WHILE ALSO MAKING CRITICAL 2342 01:20:17,779 --> 01:20:19,481 INVESTMENTS TO PRESERVE, AND IN 2343 01:20:19,481 --> 01:20:23,552 SOME CASES, EXPAND COMMUNITY 2344 01:20:23,552 --> 01:20:26,021 SERVICES. SO WITH THAT, I'M 2345 01:20:26,021 --> 01:20:27,589 GOING TO START JUMPING IN TO THE 2346 01:20:27,589 --> 01:20:28,256 ALPHONSE. OKAY. I'LL JUST DEFER 2347 01:20:28,256 --> 01:20:30,325 TO YOU, CHAIR, IF YOU WANT ME TO 2348 01:20:30,325 --> 01:20:32,060 PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS, LET ME 2349 01:20:32,060 --> 01:20:32,260 KNOW. 2350 01:20:32,260 --> 01:20:34,196 -- THANKS. I WILL SAY THANK YOU 2351 01:20:34,196 --> 01:20:36,131 FOR TAKING THIS PAUSE. I AM 2352 01:20:36,131 --> 01:20:38,233 HOPING THAT WE'LL LET FOLKS GET 2353 01:20:38,233 --> 01:20:40,068 THROUGH PRESENTATIONS BEFORE WE 2354 01:20:40,068 --> 01:20:41,970 START ASKING QUESTIONS. I DO 2355 01:20:41,970 --> 01:20:44,606 THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD 2356 01:20:44,606 --> 01:20:46,107 PAUSING POINT FOR THE OVERVIEW 2357 01:20:46,107 --> 01:20:48,210 BEFORE WE GET INTO THE HIGH 2358 01:20:48,210 --> 01:20:48,944 LEVEL FLAVORS OF THIS BUDGET. 2359 01:20:48,944 --> 01:20:51,513 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY 2360 01:20:51,513 --> 01:20:52,781 QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? SEEING 2361 01:20:52,781 --> 01:20:56,818 NONE. KEEP ON ROLLING 2362 01:20:56,818 --> 01:20:58,854 -- SO HERE IS JUST A 2363 01:20:58,854 --> 01:21:01,089 REPRESENTATION OF THE TOTAL CITY 2364 01:21:01,089 --> 01:21:03,992 BUDGET ACROSS ALL FUNDS. WE HAVE 2365 01:21:03,992 --> 01:21:06,261 ABOUT A $9.1 BILLION BUDGET 2366 01:21:06,261 --> 01:21:09,097 PROPOSED FOR 2027. THAT'S ABOUT 2367 01:21:09,097 --> 01:21:11,233 A 2.2% INCREASE COMPARED TO LAST 2368 01:21:11,233 --> 01:21:14,669 YEAR'S BUDGET. YOU CAN SEE IN 2369 01:21:14,669 --> 01:21:16,872 THIS CHART THAT PRESENTS THE 2370 01:21:16,872 --> 01:21:19,341 BUDGET BY FUND SOURCE AND THE 2371 01:21:19,341 --> 01:21:21,977 BREAKDOWN OF THOSE FUNDS. ALMOST 2372 01:21:21,977 --> 01:21:25,247 80% OF OUR BUDGET ARE RESTRICTED 2373 01:21:25,247 --> 01:21:26,748 FUND SOURCES, SO THEY'RE 2374 01:21:26,748 --> 01:21:27,382 LEGALLY RESTRICTED AND CAN ONLY 2375 01:21:27,382 --> 01:21:28,617 BE USED FOR CERTAIN THINGS. I 2376 01:21:28,617 --> 01:21:30,785 KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS. THIS IS 2377 01:21:30,785 --> 01:21:32,787 MORE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT 2378 01:21:32,787 --> 01:21:34,122 MANY OF THE FUNDS, WELL, YOU CAN 2379 01:21:34,122 --> 01:21:35,690 MAKE SOME CHOICES WITHIN THEM. 2380 01:21:35,690 --> 01:21:38,560 YOU CAN'T USE THEM FOR OTHER 2381 01:21:38,560 --> 01:21:40,061 PURPOSES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY 2382 01:21:40,061 --> 01:21:42,464 LIGHT FUND CANNOT BE USED TO PAY 2383 01:21:42,464 --> 01:21:44,833 FOR FIRE SERVICE, HOMELESS 2384 01:21:44,833 --> 01:21:46,167 SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES. SO WE 2385 01:21:46,167 --> 01:21:49,904 SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME TALKING 2386 01:21:49,904 --> 01:21:52,641 ABOUT 22% OF THE BUDGET, WHICH 2387 01:21:52,641 --> 01:21:55,410 IS WHY MOST OF MY PRESENTATION 2388 01:21:55,410 --> 01:21:59,214 WILL FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND 2389 01:21:59,214 --> 01:22:03,385 NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. THIS IS A 2390 01:22:03,385 --> 01:22:06,121 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE $9.1 BILLION 2391 01:22:06,121 --> 01:22:09,224 BUDGET THAT IS PRESENTED BY 2392 01:22:09,224 --> 01:22:11,126 SERVICE INVESTMENT AREA. YOU CAN 2393 01:22:11,126 --> 01:22:13,795 SEE IN THIS CHART THAT 2394 01:22:13,795 --> 01:22:15,630 UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION AND 2395 01:22:15,630 --> 01:22:17,165 ENVIRONMENT MAKE UP THE LARGEST 2396 01:22:17,165 --> 01:22:19,534 PORTION. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING 2397 01:22:19,534 --> 01:22:20,902 ACROSS ALL FUNDS IN THIS YEAR'S 2398 01:22:20,902 --> 01:22:22,504 BUDGET, YOU SEE THE LARGEST 2399 01:22:22,504 --> 01:22:26,141 GROWTH IN PUBLIC SAFETY, ARTS, 2400 01:22:26,141 --> 01:22:26,775 CULTURE AND RECREATION COMPARED 2401 01:22:26,775 --> 01:22:36,484 TO THE 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET. 2402 01:22:36,484 --> 01:22:36,751 -- SORRY. 2403 01:22:36,751 --> 01:22:40,588 -- OKAY, SO NOW I'M GOING TO 2404 01:22:40,588 --> 01:22:41,423 JUMP INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND 2405 01:22:41,423 --> 01:22:42,457 SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME 2406 01:22:42,457 --> 01:22:44,960 TALKING ABOUT THE JUMP START 2407 01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:46,261 PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX FUND THAT I 2408 01:22:46,261 --> 01:22:47,696 WILL LIKELY JUST REFER TO AS 2409 01:22:47,696 --> 01:22:50,398 JUMP START MOVING FORWARD. SO 2410 01:22:50,398 --> 01:22:51,700 FIRST, JUST A REMINDER OF WHERE 2411 01:22:51,700 --> 01:22:53,034 THINGS WERE LEFT WHEN THE 2026 2412 01:22:53,034 --> 01:22:54,869 BUDGET WAS ADOPTED LAST 2413 01:22:54,869 --> 01:22:56,171 NOVEMBER. AT THAT STAGE, THE 2414 01:22:56,171 --> 01:22:58,006 PROJECTED DEFICIT WAS $150 2415 01:22:58,006 --> 01:23:00,342 MILLION. IN 2027 AND PROJECTED 2416 01:23:00,342 --> 01:23:05,080 TO DECREASE TO 98 MILLION BY 2417 01:23:05,080 --> 01:23:07,916 2029. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE THIS IS 2418 01:23:07,916 --> 01:23:11,853 A SNAPSHOT FROM APRIL SHOWING A 2419 01:23:11,853 --> 01:23:13,888 PROJECTED $175 MILLION DEFICIT 2420 01:23:13,888 --> 01:23:18,460 IN 27 AND 150 IN 2029. I WANT TO 2421 01:23:18,460 --> 01:23:22,630 JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO TO NOTE 2422 01:23:22,630 --> 01:23:28,503 THAT THESE DEFICIT THESE DEFICIT 2423 01:23:28,503 --> 01:23:29,070 PROJECTIONS ARE A MOMENT IN 2424 01:23:29,070 --> 01:23:30,438 TIME. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON. 2425 01:23:30,438 --> 01:23:32,607 UNCOMMON IN ANY GIVEN DAY IN THE 2426 01:23:32,607 --> 01:23:34,909 CITY BUDGET OFFICE, WHEN WE'RE 2427 01:23:34,909 --> 01:23:35,477 DEVELOPING THIS BUDGET FOR 2428 01:23:35,477 --> 01:23:38,446 SOMEONE TO WALK INTO MY OFFICE, 2429 01:23:38,446 --> 01:23:40,015 HAVE A NEW ESTIMATE FOR SOME 2430 01:23:40,015 --> 01:23:41,616 TYPE OF COST THAT IMPACTS THE 2431 01:23:41,616 --> 01:23:45,053 CITY. AND IT'S LIKE GOOD NEWS. 2432 01:23:45,053 --> 01:23:47,589 WE FOUND OUT THAT NEXT YEAR'S 2433 01:23:47,589 --> 01:23:49,424 COST FOR THE EMPLOYER, FOR THE 2434 01:23:49,424 --> 01:23:51,526 RETIREMENT FUND IS GOING DOWN BY 2435 01:23:51,526 --> 01:23:52,861 $5 MILLION. AND IT'S JUST LIKE 2436 01:23:52,861 --> 01:23:53,828 FOR A MINUTE, IT'S LIKE, HEY, 2437 01:23:53,828 --> 01:23:55,730 GOING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. 2438 01:23:55,730 --> 01:23:57,399 AND THEN WITHIN THE SAME HOUR, 2439 01:23:57,399 --> 01:23:58,466 SOMEONE COULD WALK IN AND SAY, 2440 01:23:58,466 --> 01:24:00,335 OUR HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE 2441 01:24:00,335 --> 01:24:04,272 INCREASING BY $28 MILLION. AND 2442 01:24:04,272 --> 01:24:04,939 SO I KNOW THERE'S A INCLINATION 2443 01:24:04,939 --> 01:24:06,941 TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THIS 2444 01:24:06,941 --> 01:24:09,210 PLUS, PLUS, PLUS. THIS IS HOW WE 2445 01:24:09,210 --> 01:24:12,380 ADDRESS THE DEFICIT. IT IS A 2446 01:24:12,380 --> 01:24:14,949 CONSTANTLY SHIFTING SITUATION 2447 01:24:14,949 --> 01:24:16,651 WHERE WE ARE ADDRESSING COST 2448 01:24:16,651 --> 01:24:18,420 INCREASES, LOOKING FOR 2449 01:24:18,420 --> 01:24:20,288 OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE MONEY, 2450 01:24:20,288 --> 01:24:22,023 ALLOCATING FUNDS TO THE HIGHEST 2451 01:24:22,023 --> 01:24:23,491 PRIORITIES. SO THIS IS WHERE 2452 01:24:23,491 --> 01:24:25,226 THINGS WERE. THIS IS WHERE 2453 01:24:25,226 --> 01:24:27,962 THINGS ARE TODAY. SO THE 2454 01:24:27,962 --> 01:24:29,230 PROPOSED BUDGET NO LONGER 2455 01:24:29,230 --> 01:24:31,733 PROJECTS A DEFICIT IN THE 2456 01:24:31,733 --> 01:24:33,168 GENERAL FUND. AND WHILE THIS IS 2457 01:24:33,168 --> 01:24:34,769 JUST A PROJECTION, THE COST OF 2458 01:24:34,769 --> 01:24:36,871 PROVIDING SERVICES COULD RISE 2459 01:24:36,871 --> 01:24:37,405 ABOVE EXPECTATIONS OR THE 2460 01:24:37,405 --> 01:24:39,641 CITY'S ANTICIPATED REVENUES 2461 01:24:39,641 --> 01:24:40,975 COULD COME IN LESS. IT 2462 01:24:40,975 --> 01:24:43,578 REPRESENTS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS 2463 01:24:43,578 --> 01:24:45,747 IN THAT IT ACTUALLY REPRESENTS A 2464 01:24:45,747 --> 01:24:47,182 BUDGET THAT DOESN'T ASSUME A 2465 01:24:47,182 --> 01:24:51,252 DEFICIT IN THE OUT YEARS, AND 2466 01:24:51,252 --> 01:24:51,786 MEETS THE REQUIREMENT OF 2467 01:24:51,786 --> 01:24:55,490 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AMENDMENT 2468 01:24:55,490 --> 01:24:57,325 THIS IS JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF 2469 01:24:57,325 --> 01:24:58,993 WHAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. 2470 01:24:58,993 --> 01:25:00,462 THESE ARE SOME OF THE COST 2471 01:25:00,462 --> 01:25:02,630 DRIVERS THAT ARE REALLY 2472 01:25:02,630 --> 01:25:04,199 UNAVOIDABLE, UNAVOIDABLE, THAT 2473 01:25:04,199 --> 01:25:06,835 HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN 2474 01:25:06,835 --> 01:25:07,435 DEVELOPING THE ANNUAL BUDGET. 2475 01:25:07,435 --> 01:25:09,370 BEFORE WE CAN REALLY TALK ABOUT 2476 01:25:09,370 --> 01:25:10,939 OTHER SORT OF GROWING COMMUNITY 2477 01:25:10,939 --> 01:25:11,840 NEEDS. AS I MENTIONED, HEALTH 2478 01:25:11,840 --> 01:25:15,176 CARE COSTS INCREASED BY 28.8 2479 01:25:15,176 --> 01:25:16,211 MILLION IN 2027 ACROSS ALL 2480 01:25:16,211 --> 01:25:18,446 FUNDS. THAT'S ABOUT 13 MILLION 2481 01:25:18,446 --> 01:25:19,681 TO THE GENERAL FUND. OUR 2482 01:25:19,681 --> 01:25:22,117 JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS LIABILITIES 2483 01:25:22,117 --> 01:25:23,852 CONTINUE TO GROW. THIS INCLUDES 2484 01:25:23,852 --> 01:25:25,186 ALMOST A $10 MILLION INCREASE IN 2485 01:25:25,186 --> 01:25:27,755 GENERAL FUND COSTS IN 27 ALONE, 2486 01:25:27,755 --> 01:25:29,824 IMPLEMENTING CLOSED LABOR 2487 01:25:29,824 --> 01:25:31,326 CONTRACTS. THOSE TYPES OF THINGS 2488 01:25:31,326 --> 01:25:32,393 ARE THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO 2489 01:25:32,393 --> 01:25:35,797 DO TO SORT OF ESTABLISH OUR 2490 01:25:35,797 --> 01:25:40,802 BASE. NEXT SLIDE. PLEASE. SO HOW 2491 01:25:40,802 --> 01:25:42,403 DID WE BALANCE? THERE ARE OVER 2492 01:25:42,403 --> 01:25:44,806 $40 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND 2493 01:25:44,806 --> 01:25:45,874 SPENDING REDUCTIONS. AND WHAT IS 2494 01:25:45,874 --> 01:25:48,076 REALLY KEY HERE, AND I WOULD SAY 2495 01:25:48,076 --> 01:25:50,211 DEVIATES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS 2496 01:25:50,211 --> 01:25:52,013 BUDGETS, IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF 2497 01:25:52,013 --> 01:25:53,982 THESE REDUCTIONS ARE PROPOSED TO 2498 01:25:53,982 --> 01:25:55,316 BE ONGOING. AND WHILE THAT IS 2499 01:25:55,316 --> 01:25:57,552 NOT AN EASY CHOICE, IT IS WHAT 2500 01:25:57,552 --> 01:25:59,787 IS NECESSARY TO PUT THE CITY'S 2501 01:25:59,787 --> 01:26:04,292 BUDGET ON A SUSTAINABLE PATH. 2502 01:26:04,292 --> 01:26:04,826 THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO 2503 01:26:04,826 --> 01:26:09,063 INCLUDES FUND SWAPS OR TRANSFERS 2504 01:26:09,063 --> 01:26:09,864 BETWEEN FUNDS. FOR MANY YEARS, 2505 01:26:09,864 --> 01:26:11,533 THERE HAVE BEEN ONE TIME 2506 01:26:11,533 --> 01:26:15,203 PROPOSALS EACH YEAR TO SWAP TO 2507 01:26:15,203 --> 01:26:16,204 PAY FOR PROGRAMS FROM A 2508 01:26:16,204 --> 01:26:17,739 DIFFERENT FUND, OTHER THAN THE 2509 01:26:17,739 --> 01:26:19,908 GENERAL FUND. THIS BUDGET 2510 01:26:19,908 --> 01:26:22,343 RECOGNIZES THAT IN ORDER TO 2511 01:26:22,343 --> 01:26:24,913 SUSTAIN THOSE PROGRAMS, THAT 2512 01:26:24,913 --> 01:26:25,513 ALTERNATIVE FUND SWAP IS THE 2513 01:26:25,513 --> 01:26:28,116 BEST WAY TO CONTINUE THEM AND 2514 01:26:28,116 --> 01:26:30,852 MAKES THOSE SWAPS ONGOING. THE 2515 01:26:30,852 --> 01:26:32,887 PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO CONTINUES 2516 01:26:32,887 --> 01:26:34,455 TO RELY ON JUMP START REVENUES 2517 01:26:34,455 --> 01:26:35,857 TO SUPPORT KEY CITY PROGRAMS. 2518 01:26:35,857 --> 01:26:37,825 BEYOND THE ORIGINAL SPENDING 2519 01:26:37,825 --> 01:26:39,994 PLAN, INCLUDING MAINTAINING THE 2520 01:26:39,994 --> 01:26:42,230 ONGOING GENERAL FUND TRANSFER 2521 01:26:42,230 --> 01:26:42,997 THAT WAS ALREADY PRESENTED IN 2522 01:26:42,997 --> 01:26:45,600 LAST YEAR'S FINANCIAL PLAN. SO 2523 01:26:45,600 --> 01:26:47,001 IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE 2524 01:26:47,001 --> 01:26:48,770 ADOPTED BUDGET. LAST YEAR. IT 2525 01:26:48,770 --> 01:26:50,238 ALSO UPDATES THE OFFICE OF 2526 01:26:50,238 --> 01:26:52,173 HOUSING'S APPROACH TO JUMPSTART 2527 01:26:52,173 --> 01:26:54,175 FUNDED CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, 2528 01:26:54,175 --> 01:26:55,944 FREEING UP ABOUT 65,000,000 IN 1 2529 01:26:55,944 --> 01:26:58,012 TIME FUND BALANCE THROUGH THE 2530 01:26:58,012 --> 01:26:59,180 ABANDONMENT OF 26 2531 01:26:59,180 --> 01:27:00,915 APPROPRIATIONS. UNDER THIS 2532 01:27:00,915 --> 01:27:02,684 APPROACH, THE OFFICE OF HOUSING 2533 01:27:02,684 --> 01:27:05,253 WILL USE 2027 AND FUTURE YEAR 2534 01:27:05,253 --> 01:27:06,454 APPROPRIATIONS TO PAY FOR BOTH 2535 01:27:06,454 --> 01:27:08,456 PRIOR YEAR AWARDS AND NEW AWARDS 2536 01:27:08,456 --> 01:27:09,691 GOING FORWARD, AND THERE'LL BE 2537 01:27:09,691 --> 01:27:10,892 MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT WHEN THE 2538 01:27:10,892 --> 01:27:11,960 OFFICE OF HOUSING IS BEFORE YOU 2539 01:27:11,960 --> 01:27:16,130 TO PRESENT. AND THE PROPOSAL 2540 01:27:16,130 --> 01:27:17,565 SHIFTS ROUGHLY HALF THE COST OF 2541 01:27:17,565 --> 01:27:20,134 THE CITY'S HOMELESS SERVICES 2542 01:27:20,134 --> 01:27:23,671 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE 2543 01:27:23,671 --> 01:27:25,840 JUMPSTART FUND. SO MANY OF THESE 2544 01:27:25,840 --> 01:27:27,208 STRATEGIES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN 2545 01:27:27,208 --> 01:27:29,711 THIS BUDGET ARE NECESSARY TO 2546 01:27:29,711 --> 01:27:31,846 PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET 2547 01:27:31,846 --> 01:27:34,082 THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PERIOD. 2548 01:27:34,082 --> 01:27:38,753 SO THROUGH 2030. OKAY, THIS IS 2549 01:27:38,753 --> 01:27:40,622 MY LEAST FAVORITE SLIDE IN THE 2550 01:27:40,622 --> 01:27:41,556 PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO TRY 2551 01:27:41,556 --> 01:27:44,993 TO WALK US THROUGH IT. PEOPLE 2552 01:27:44,993 --> 01:27:46,894 HAVE MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, 2553 01:27:46,894 --> 01:27:48,863 WHAT IS THE SORT OF WHICH 2554 01:27:48,863 --> 01:27:50,932 DEPARTMENTS ARE TAKING THE 2555 01:27:50,932 --> 01:27:53,501 LARGEST CUT BY PERCENT BY TOTAL 2556 01:27:53,501 --> 01:27:56,571 DOLLARS? YOU PUT A ROOM FULL OF, 2557 01:27:56,571 --> 01:27:57,672 YOU PUT IN A ROOM, A BUNCH OF 2558 01:27:57,672 --> 01:27:58,873 BUDGET ANALYSTS, AND WE COULD 2559 01:27:58,873 --> 01:28:02,510 ALL ANSWER THAT QUESTION. MANY 2560 01:28:02,510 --> 01:28:04,646 DIFFERENT WAYS. WHAT THIS TABLE 2561 01:28:04,646 --> 01:28:06,147 IS PRESENTING IS BY A PERCENT OF 2562 01:28:06,147 --> 01:28:08,683 THEIR PREVIOUS YEAR'S BUDGET, 2563 01:28:08,683 --> 01:28:10,385 AFTER YOU MAKE BASELINE 2564 01:28:10,385 --> 01:28:12,887 ADJUSTMENTS. SO AFTER YOU ADJUST 2565 01:28:12,887 --> 01:28:14,322 THEIR ONGOING BUDGET FROM THE 2566 01:28:14,322 --> 01:28:15,757 PREVIOUS YEAR FOR ANY INCREASES 2567 01:28:15,757 --> 01:28:17,091 OR DECREASES DUE TO HEALTH CARE 2568 01:28:17,091 --> 01:28:19,460 COSTS, LABOR AND IMPLEMENTATION, 2569 01:28:19,460 --> 01:28:23,698 THAT SORT OF THING, AND BREAKS 2570 01:28:23,698 --> 01:28:27,735 THAT DOWN BY PERCENTAGE SO THAT 2571 01:28:27,735 --> 01:28:30,004 IS WHAT THIS DOES. THE 2572 01:28:30,004 --> 01:28:31,873 DEPARTMENTS LISTED IN PURPLE ARE 2573 01:28:31,873 --> 01:28:33,074 ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 2574 01:28:33,074 --> 01:28:34,575 BUDGET BOOK, THEY SHOW A NET 2575 01:28:34,575 --> 01:28:36,911 INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET. SO FOR 2576 01:28:36,911 --> 01:28:38,613 EXAMPLE, THE SEATTLE POLICE 2577 01:28:38,613 --> 01:28:40,882 DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE $9.5 2578 01:28:40,882 --> 01:28:42,450 MILLION OF REDUCTIONS PROPOSED. 2579 01:28:42,450 --> 01:28:44,786 BUT OVERALL, THE NET IMPACT TO 2580 01:28:44,786 --> 01:28:46,454 THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET IS A 2581 01:28:46,454 --> 01:28:47,989 $68 MILLION INCREASE. SO THERE 2582 01:28:47,989 --> 01:28:50,391 ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT 2583 01:28:50,391 --> 01:28:52,760 THIS COULD BE CUT. THIS IS ONE 2584 01:28:52,760 --> 01:28:53,227 WAY OF PRESENTING THE 2585 01:28:53,227 --> 01:28:54,362 INFORMATION AND HAPPY TO TALK 2586 01:28:54,362 --> 01:28:57,498 WITH YOU ALL MORE OFFLINE AS 2587 01:28:57,498 --> 01:29:05,073 NEEDED LET'S SEE HERE. HOW 2588 01:29:05,073 --> 01:29:06,140 ABOUT. I'VE HAD IT MYSELF. 2589 01:29:06,140 --> 01:29:10,244 OKAY, SO THIS IS THE GENERAL 2590 01:29:10,244 --> 01:29:10,812 FUND PROPOSED BUDGET, A $2 2591 01:29:10,812 --> 01:29:13,681 BILLION BUDGET BROKEN DOWN BY 2592 01:29:13,681 --> 01:29:15,116 THE INVESTMENT AREAS. YOU CAN 2593 01:29:15,116 --> 01:29:16,617 SEE ON THE SLIDE THAT PUBLIC 2594 01:29:16,617 --> 01:29:20,955 SAFETY CONTINUES TO MAKE UP MORE 2595 01:29:20,955 --> 01:29:22,724 THAN 50% OF THE INVESTMENTS FROM 2596 01:29:22,724 --> 01:29:23,991 THE GENERAL FUND. I WILL ALSO 2597 01:29:23,991 --> 01:29:25,693 JUST NOTE, BECAUSE I OFTEN GET 2598 01:29:25,693 --> 01:29:29,630 THIS QUESTION, WHY THE 2599 01:29:29,630 --> 01:29:31,099 ADMINISTRATION PART OF THE PIE 2600 01:29:31,099 --> 01:29:33,701 IS SO HIGH? THERE IS A LOT THAT 2601 01:29:33,701 --> 01:29:36,704 FLOWS THROUGH THAT 2602 01:29:36,704 --> 01:29:38,940 ADMINISTRATION CATEGORY, 2603 01:29:38,940 --> 01:29:40,174 INCLUDING MUCH OF OUR HEALTH 2604 01:29:40,174 --> 01:29:41,242 CARE. WELL, THAT'S IN THE OTHER 2605 01:29:41,242 --> 01:29:43,044 FUNDS. OUR HEALTH CARE COSTS. 2606 01:29:43,044 --> 01:29:45,880 BUT MANY OF THE INVESTMENTS IN 2607 01:29:45,880 --> 01:29:47,048 CAPITAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE 2608 01:29:47,048 --> 01:29:50,084 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE 2609 01:29:50,084 --> 01:29:51,452 SERVICES, DEPARTMENT TACKLE FLOW 2610 01:29:51,452 --> 01:29:53,387 FLOW THROUGH THERE. SO IT IS NOT 2611 01:29:53,387 --> 01:29:55,957 JUST SORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE 2612 01:29:55,957 --> 01:29:57,291 BUREAUCRACY. IT ALSO INCLUDES 2613 01:29:57,291 --> 01:29:58,259 THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY BUDGET 2614 01:29:58,259 --> 01:30:00,194 OFFICE, THE LEDGE DEPARTMENT, 2615 01:30:00,194 --> 01:30:02,063 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THAT TYPE 2616 01:30:02,063 --> 01:30:03,464 OF THING. SO THIS IS JUST ONE 2617 01:30:03,464 --> 01:30:04,565 WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. AND AGAIN, 2618 01:30:04,565 --> 01:30:05,767 THE LARGEST AREA OF GROWTH IN 2619 01:30:05,767 --> 01:30:07,602 THIS BUDGET IS IN PUBLIC SAFETY. 2620 01:30:07,602 --> 01:30:09,203 BUT OVERALL THE GENERAL FUND IS 2621 01:30:09,203 --> 01:30:13,674 ONLY GROWING BY 0.7% COMPARED TO 2622 01:30:13,674 --> 01:30:18,713 THE 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET IN THIS 2623 01:30:18,713 --> 01:30:21,783 SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN 2624 01:30:21,783 --> 01:30:23,751 OF THE INVESTMENTS BY CATEGORY 2625 01:30:23,751 --> 01:30:25,620 FROM THE JUMPSTART FUND. SO THE 2626 01:30:25,620 --> 01:30:27,121 BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS, THE GRAY, 2627 01:30:27,121 --> 01:30:30,057 IS THAT ANNUAL TRANSFER FROM THE 2628 01:30:30,057 --> 01:30:31,759 JUMPSTART FUND TO THE GENERAL 2629 01:30:31,759 --> 01:30:35,296 FUND IN THE 27 AND 28 PROPOSED 2630 01:30:35,296 --> 01:30:36,464 BUDGET, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE 2631 01:30:36,464 --> 01:30:39,634 IS A NEW CATEGORY, HOMELESS 2632 01:30:39,634 --> 01:30:40,568 PROGRAMS, THAT IS AT THE TOP OF 2633 01:30:40,568 --> 01:30:42,970 THE CHART THAT REFLECTS SHIFTING 2634 01:30:42,970 --> 01:30:44,939 ABOUT HALF THE COST OF PROVIDING 2635 01:30:44,939 --> 01:30:46,974 HOMELESS SERVICES IN THE CITY TO 2636 01:30:46,974 --> 01:30:50,511 THE JUMPSTART FUND. SO I'VE 2637 01:30:50,511 --> 01:30:52,447 HIGHLIGHTED A FEW TIMES HOW THIS 2638 01:30:52,447 --> 01:30:53,014 PROPOSED BUDGET MAKES REAL 2639 01:30:53,014 --> 01:30:55,183 PROGRESS TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY. 2640 01:30:55,183 --> 01:30:58,119 BUT WE DO HAVE MORE WORK TO DO. 2641 01:30:58,119 --> 01:30:58,686 THE FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THE 2642 01:30:58,686 --> 01:31:01,923 JUMPSTART FUND SHOWS A ONE TIME 2643 01:31:01,923 --> 01:31:03,057 REDUCTION IN 2029. JUMPSTART 2644 01:31:03,057 --> 01:31:05,526 INVESTMENTS THAT ARE RESTORED IN 2645 01:31:05,526 --> 01:31:07,428 2030 THAT IS NECESSARY TO REMAIN 2646 01:31:07,428 --> 01:31:09,564 IN BALANCE IN DEVELOPING THAT 2647 01:31:09,564 --> 01:31:12,400 SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT 2648 01:31:12,400 --> 01:31:13,835 BUDGET SUSTAINABILITY MEANS. IT 2649 01:31:13,835 --> 01:31:15,970 WOULD BE A FULLY BALANCED 2650 01:31:15,970 --> 01:31:18,673 FINANCIAL PLAN WITHOUT REQUIRING 2651 01:31:18,673 --> 01:31:20,308 ANY REDUCTIONS IN FUTURE YEARS, 2652 01:31:20,308 --> 01:31:26,514 AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE SAYING 2653 01:31:26,514 --> 01:31:27,148 THIS BUDGET MAKES REAL PROGRESS 2654 01:31:27,148 --> 01:31:28,082 TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY, AND THERE 2655 01:31:28,082 --> 01:31:29,517 IS MORE WORK TO DO, BOTH TO 2656 01:31:29,517 --> 01:31:32,019 ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL 2657 01:31:32,019 --> 01:31:33,888 IMBALANCE, TO HAVE REAL 2658 01:31:33,888 --> 01:31:35,756 SUSTAINABILITY AND TO ADDRESS 2659 01:31:35,756 --> 01:31:37,992 WHERE WE NEED TO EXPAND TO MEET 2660 01:31:37,992 --> 01:31:40,795 THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. BUT 2661 01:31:40,795 --> 01:31:42,196 EVEN WITH THIS ONE TIME 2662 01:31:42,196 --> 01:31:44,465 REDUCTION IN 2029, THIS PLAN 2663 01:31:44,465 --> 01:31:46,367 SUSTAINS THE MAYOR'S COMMITMENT 2664 01:31:46,367 --> 01:31:49,237 IN ALL YEARS THAT AT LEAST 30% 2665 01:31:49,237 --> 01:31:51,506 OF ANNUAL JUMPSTART TAX REVENUES 2666 01:31:51,506 --> 01:31:52,940 ARE ALLOCATED TO THE OFFICE OF 2667 01:31:52,940 --> 01:31:56,844 HOUSING. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE 2668 01:31:56,844 --> 01:31:57,478 THAT THERE REMAINS A COMMITMENT 2669 01:31:57,478 --> 01:31:59,780 TO PURSUING NEW PROGRESSIVE 2670 01:31:59,780 --> 01:32:00,948 REVENUE SOURCES TO MEET SOME OF 2671 01:32:00,948 --> 01:32:02,817 THOSE NEEDS, AS WELL AS 2672 01:32:02,817 --> 01:32:04,385 CONTINUING TO WORK ON OTHER 2673 01:32:04,385 --> 01:32:06,053 BUDGET STRATEGIES AND WANT TO 2674 01:32:06,053 --> 01:32:07,655 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WITHOUT THE 2675 01:32:07,655 --> 01:32:10,124 CONTINUED SUPPORT OF JUMPSTART 2676 01:32:10,124 --> 01:32:12,894 FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND FOR 2677 01:32:12,894 --> 01:32:13,427 INVESTMENTS IN CATEGORIES 2678 01:32:13,427 --> 01:32:15,830 OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL INTENT, THE 2679 01:32:15,830 --> 01:32:19,467 CITY WOULD BE UNABLE TO SUSTAIN 2680 01:32:19,467 --> 01:32:22,003 CRITICAL SERVICES THAT RESIDENTS 2681 01:32:22,003 --> 01:32:24,538 DEPEND ON DAILY. AS CHAIR 2682 01:32:24,538 --> 01:32:27,108 STRAUSS MENTIONED IN HIS OPENING 2683 01:32:27,108 --> 01:32:28,242 REMARKS, I'M GOING TO TAKE A 2684 01:32:28,242 --> 01:32:30,478 PAUSE TO HAVE A DRINK OF WATER. 2685 01:32:30,478 --> 01:32:32,480 -- YEAH, I'LL JUST NOTE THAT 2686 01:32:32,480 --> 01:32:34,148 USE OF FUNDS WAS A USE. WE USE 2687 01:32:34,148 --> 01:32:34,815 THOSE FUNDS DAY ONE IN THAT WAY. 2688 01:32:34,815 --> 01:32:38,819 WE'VE USED THEM EVERY DAY EVER 2689 01:32:38,819 --> 01:32:42,023 SINCE. SO. 2690 01:32:42,023 --> 01:32:42,390 -- KEEP MOVING. 2691 01:32:42,390 --> 01:32:43,724 -- IF YOU'D LIKE. I'M GOING TO 2692 01:32:43,724 --> 01:32:45,927 LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU TO I'M JUST 2693 01:32:45,927 --> 01:32:47,628 LOOKING THROUGH YOUR ENTIRE 2694 01:32:47,628 --> 01:32:48,763 PRESENTATION. YEAH. WHY DON'T 2695 01:32:48,763 --> 01:32:51,299 WHY DON'T WE TAKE A QUICK 2696 01:32:51,299 --> 01:32:52,466 PAUSE? I'LL JUST SHARE A LITTLE 2697 01:32:52,466 --> 01:32:53,434 BIT ABOUT THE DEFICIT YOU 2698 01:32:53,434 --> 01:32:55,803 SHARED, ABOUT THE GROWTH THAT WE 2699 01:32:55,803 --> 01:32:58,072 ALL AGREE UPON, THAT WE'RE THE 2700 01:32:58,072 --> 01:32:59,740 FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE 2701 01:32:59,740 --> 01:33:03,210 NATION UNTIL 2020, IN WHICH 2702 01:33:03,210 --> 01:33:04,345 GROWTH DROPPED PRECIPITOUSLY. WE 2703 01:33:04,345 --> 01:33:05,713 HAD THE PANDEMIC, WHICH WE'VE 2704 01:33:05,713 --> 01:33:08,816 ALREADY DISCUSSED, WHERE CITIES 2705 01:33:08,816 --> 01:33:09,951 ACROSS THE NATION JUST CUT 2706 01:33:09,951 --> 01:33:12,620 PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND PEOPLE. 2707 01:33:12,620 --> 01:33:14,755 AND I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THE 2708 01:33:14,755 --> 01:33:16,657 COMPARISONS OF OTHER CITIES IN 2709 01:33:16,657 --> 01:33:18,059 THE UNITED STATES AND OUR 2710 01:33:18,059 --> 01:33:19,293 NEIGHBORS AND OTHER STATES. I 2711 01:33:19,293 --> 01:33:21,362 WILL ADD TO THAT WITH SAYING, IN 2712 01:33:21,362 --> 01:33:25,700 WASHINGTON STATE, WE ARE 2713 01:33:25,700 --> 01:33:26,300 PARTICULARLY CONSTRAINED WITH 2714 01:33:26,300 --> 01:33:27,068 THE 1% PROPERTY TAX GROWTH. THE 2715 01:33:27,068 --> 01:33:29,403 CITY OF SEATTLE HAS HAD RELIEF 2716 01:33:29,403 --> 01:33:32,340 FROM THIS THROUGH OUR LEVIES. 2717 01:33:32,340 --> 01:33:36,544 BUT EVERY 200, ALL 280 OTHER 2718 01:33:36,544 --> 01:33:38,980 CITIES AND TOWNS IN OUR STATE 2719 01:33:38,980 --> 01:33:42,249 ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME 2720 01:33:42,249 --> 01:33:42,783 STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT 2721 01:33:42,783 --> 01:33:44,385 BECAUSE WE CANNOT GROW OUR 2722 01:33:44,385 --> 01:33:46,921 REVENUE AT THE SAME PACE AS 2723 01:33:46,921 --> 01:33:47,955 INFLATION, WHICH MEANS WE ARE 2724 01:33:47,955 --> 01:33:52,026 BEING ASKED EVERY YEAR TO USE 2725 01:33:52,026 --> 01:33:54,562 THE SAME DOLLAR TO. WE HAVE 2726 01:33:54,562 --> 01:33:55,296 $0.75 FROM THE DOLLAR THAT WE 2727 01:33:55,296 --> 01:33:57,832 HAD LAST YEAR, AND WERE EXPECTED 2728 01:33:57,832 --> 01:33:59,667 TO GIVE $101.25 WORTH OF BENEFIT 2729 01:33:59,667 --> 01:34:00,901 THIS YEAR. AND SO JUST NOTING 2730 01:34:00,901 --> 01:34:03,571 THAT IT IS EVEN MORE EXPANSIVE 2731 01:34:03,571 --> 01:34:05,373 HERE JUST IN WASHINGTON STATE. 2732 01:34:05,373 --> 01:34:06,140 BUT WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, DO 2733 01:34:06,140 --> 01:34:08,142 YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS 2734 01:34:08,142 --> 01:34:11,879 TIME FOR THIS SECTION? I SEE 2735 01:34:11,879 --> 01:34:14,815 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2736 01:34:14,815 --> 01:34:15,383 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR 2737 01:34:15,383 --> 01:34:16,050 STRAUSS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2738 01:34:16,050 --> 01:34:17,151 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI, AS ALWAYS, I 2739 01:34:17,151 --> 01:34:19,286 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 2740 01:34:19,286 --> 01:34:21,022 DEDICATION, LEVEL OF DETAIL AND 2741 01:34:21,022 --> 01:34:22,356 JUST YOUR OVERALL SPIRIT OF 2742 01:34:22,356 --> 01:34:23,691 SERVICE TO THE CITY. I'M REALLY 2743 01:34:23,691 --> 01:34:24,792 GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE YOU. I 2744 01:34:24,792 --> 01:34:27,962 WANTED TO JUST ASK IF YOU COULD 2745 01:34:27,962 --> 01:34:31,932 REPEAT THE WHAT YOU WENT OVER IN 2746 01:34:31,932 --> 01:34:32,566 TERMS OF THE JUMPSTART REDUCTION 2747 01:34:32,566 --> 01:34:33,167 AND THE OUTLOOK FOR 2030. FOR 2748 01:34:33,167 --> 01:34:34,769 US. ONE MORE TIME. 2749 01:34:34,769 --> 01:34:36,804 -- YEAH. HAPPY TO AND I'M HAPPY 2750 01:34:36,804 --> 01:34:38,706 TO PROVIDE MORE MORE DETAILED 2751 01:34:38,706 --> 01:34:40,107 CHART ON THE OUT YEARS AS A 2752 01:34:40,107 --> 01:34:44,512 FOLLOW UP. SO YES, THANK YOU. SO 2753 01:34:44,512 --> 01:34:47,048 YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SLIDE SORT 2754 01:34:47,048 --> 01:34:50,251 OF THE CATEGORIES BY LIKE, 2755 01:34:50,251 --> 01:34:52,353 ESPECIALLY WHEN LOOKING AT 2756 01:34:52,353 --> 01:34:52,753 HOUSING, ECONOMIC 2757 01:34:52,753 --> 01:34:54,855 REVITALIZATION, EQUITABLE 2758 01:34:54,855 --> 01:34:56,323 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE THAT IS 2759 01:34:56,323 --> 01:34:58,859 EDDIE ON THE SCREEN AND GREEN 2760 01:34:58,859 --> 01:35:01,295 NEW DEAL RIGHT NOW, BASED ON OUR 2761 01:35:01,295 --> 01:35:04,999 FORECAST AND ASSUMPTIONS AROUND 2762 01:35:04,999 --> 01:35:05,633 INCREASES IN EXPENSES IN ORDER 2763 01:35:05,633 --> 01:35:08,969 TO STAY IN BALANCE IN 2029, WE 2764 01:35:08,969 --> 01:35:11,706 WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE SPENDING IN 2765 01:35:11,706 --> 01:35:14,542 THOSE CATEGORIES TOTAL BY ABOUT 2766 01:35:14,542 --> 01:35:16,744 $19 MILLION IN ORDER TO REMAIN 2767 01:35:16,744 --> 01:35:19,180 IN BALANCE WITHOUT DIPPING INTO 2768 01:35:19,180 --> 01:35:20,581 THE JUMPSTART RESERVE THAT IS 2769 01:35:20,581 --> 01:35:21,849 THEN RESTORED. SO IT WOULD BE A 2770 01:35:21,849 --> 01:35:26,987 ONE TIME REDUCTION THAT THEN 2771 01:35:26,987 --> 01:35:28,689 GETS RESTORED IN 2030. AND SO I 2772 01:35:28,689 --> 01:35:32,159 WILL BE WORKING WITH MY TEAM AND 2773 01:35:32,159 --> 01:35:33,928 THE DEPARTMENTS OVER THE NEXT 2774 01:35:33,928 --> 01:35:35,663 YEAR TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO 2775 01:35:35,663 --> 01:35:38,999 MITIGATE THOSE REDUCTIONS AND 2776 01:35:38,999 --> 01:35:40,401 IDEALLY, WORKING PERHAPS WITH 2777 01:35:40,401 --> 01:35:42,770 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, ON 2778 01:35:42,770 --> 01:35:45,773 IDEAS FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUES 2779 01:35:45,773 --> 01:35:47,308 THAT COULD HELP ADDRESS OR HELP 2780 01:35:47,308 --> 01:35:48,309 US AVOID THAT TYPE OF REDUCTION, 2781 01:35:48,309 --> 01:35:51,245 AS WELL AS MAKING OTHER REALLY 2782 01:35:51,245 --> 01:35:53,280 IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS IN 2783 01:35:53,280 --> 01:35:53,714 COMMUNITY SERVICES. 2784 01:35:53,714 --> 01:35:54,048 -- THANK YOU. 2785 01:35:54,048 --> 01:35:54,682 -- FOR THAT. THANK YOU. 2786 01:35:54,682 --> 01:35:55,549 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 2787 01:35:55,549 --> 01:35:57,451 SO IT WOULD BE 19 MILLION IN 2788 01:35:57,451 --> 01:35:59,286 ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS. 2789 01:35:59,286 --> 01:36:00,121 -- IN ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS ONE 2790 01:36:00,121 --> 01:36:02,256 TIME, BUT NOT ONGOING 2791 01:36:02,256 --> 01:36:02,656 REDUCTIONS. YEP. 2792 01:36:02,656 --> 01:36:03,257 -- THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING 2793 01:36:03,257 --> 01:36:04,525 THAT. AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE 2794 01:36:04,525 --> 01:36:05,626 MORE QUESTION ON THIS CHART. I 2795 01:36:05,626 --> 01:36:06,927 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I 2796 01:36:06,927 --> 01:36:08,762 UNDERSTAND. I'M NOTICING HERE 2797 01:36:08,762 --> 01:36:10,898 JUST THIS IN WE DON'T HAVE THE 2798 01:36:10,898 --> 01:36:13,868 GREEN LINE FOR YOUTH SERVICES 2799 01:36:13,868 --> 01:36:16,437 HERE STARTING IN 2026. AND I'M 2800 01:36:16,437 --> 01:36:18,339 NOT SURE IF THAT'S A CUT OR IF 2801 01:36:18,339 --> 01:36:19,340 THAT'S MOVED ELSEWHERE. CAN YOU 2802 01:36:19,340 --> 01:36:20,908 JUST EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, PLEASE? 2803 01:36:20,908 --> 01:36:25,112 -- SURE. HAPPY TO. THAT IS NOT A 2804 01:36:25,112 --> 01:36:27,748 CUT THAT THOSE INVESTMENTS WERE 2805 01:36:27,748 --> 01:36:29,517 ADDED IN 2024 DURING THE BUDGET 2806 01:36:29,517 --> 01:36:31,285 PROCESS, AND IT WAS REALLY 2807 01:36:31,285 --> 01:36:32,353 RESPONDING TO ACUTE NEEDS AND 2808 01:36:32,353 --> 01:36:33,787 INVESTMENTS IN YOUTH MENTAL 2809 01:36:33,787 --> 01:36:38,425 HEALTH SERVICES AND WHAT IS THE 2810 01:36:38,425 --> 01:36:40,494 THE FEP LEVY WAS DEVELOPED THOSE 2811 01:36:40,494 --> 01:36:41,896 COSTS AND THOSE PROGRAMS ARE 2812 01:36:41,896 --> 01:36:43,397 HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED, BUT ARE 2813 01:36:43,397 --> 01:36:44,765 FUNDED BY A DIFFERENT SOURCE. SO 2814 01:36:44,765 --> 01:36:49,069 YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS THERE 2815 01:36:49,069 --> 01:36:52,439 HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF 2816 01:36:52,439 --> 01:36:53,073 INVESTMENTS THAT JUMPSTART HAS 2817 01:36:53,073 --> 01:36:54,942 SUPPORTED OVER THE YEARS, AND 2818 01:36:54,942 --> 01:36:56,377 THEN PLANS TO TRY TO UNWIND THEM 2819 01:36:56,377 --> 01:36:57,878 IF AND WHEN THERE'S AN 2820 01:36:57,878 --> 01:36:58,746 OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT THOSE BACK 2821 01:36:58,746 --> 01:37:01,882 TO A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT 2822 01:37:01,882 --> 01:37:02,082 FUND. 2823 01:37:02,082 --> 01:37:03,851 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR. 2824 01:37:03,851 --> 01:37:04,118 -- YEAH. 2825 01:37:04,118 --> 01:37:05,219 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2826 01:37:05,219 --> 01:37:06,787 FOSTER COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER 2827 01:37:06,787 --> 01:37:08,923 QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HEAD INTO 2828 01:37:08,923 --> 01:37:11,692 KEY INVESTMENTS BY THE MAYOR'S 2829 01:37:11,692 --> 01:37:12,693 OFFICE? SEEING NONE AT THIS 2830 01:37:12,693 --> 01:37:15,663 TIME. SO LET'S ROLL RIGHT ON 2831 01:37:15,663 --> 01:37:15,829 IN. 2832 01:37:15,829 --> 01:37:16,831 -- AND BEFORE I MOVE TO THAT, I 2833 01:37:16,831 --> 01:37:19,099 THINK I JUST WANT TO NOTE ONE 2834 01:37:19,099 --> 01:37:22,603 THING, BECAUSE THE 2835 01:37:22,603 --> 01:37:23,237 SUSTAINABILITY CONVERSATION IS 2836 01:37:23,237 --> 01:37:25,272 REALLY FOCUSED. WE'VE BEEN 2837 01:37:25,272 --> 01:37:27,541 HEAVILY FOCUSED ON THE GENERAL 2838 01:37:27,541 --> 01:37:28,943 FUND AND THE JUMPSTART FUND. AND 2839 01:37:28,943 --> 01:37:30,511 I JUST I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE 2840 01:37:30,511 --> 01:37:34,849 BOTH TO LIKE OFFER SOME PROPS 2841 01:37:34,849 --> 01:37:37,384 AND RESPECT FROM FORMER BUDGET 2842 01:37:37,384 --> 01:37:39,220 DIRECTOR AND CENTRAL STAFF 2843 01:37:39,220 --> 01:37:40,754 DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE. AS I WAS 2844 01:37:40,754 --> 01:37:41,956 ENTERING THIS ROLE. AND MANY OF 2845 01:37:41,956 --> 01:37:43,858 YOU HAVE QUOTED THIS TO ME AS 2846 01:37:43,858 --> 01:37:45,559 WELL. SO I KNOW HE SAID IT TO TO 2847 01:37:45,559 --> 01:37:47,561 YOU THAT THE THE THAT THIS 2848 01:37:47,561 --> 01:37:50,064 YEAR'S BUDGET WAS DEEPLY 2849 01:37:50,064 --> 01:37:51,465 UNSUSTAINABLE AND THAT I HAVE A 2850 01:37:51,465 --> 01:37:52,499 HARD JOB AHEAD AND WE ALL HAVE A 2851 01:37:52,499 --> 01:37:57,705 HARD JOB AHEAD. MY PERSPECTIVE, 2852 01:37:57,705 --> 01:37:59,373 THIS BUDGET MAKES HUGE STRIDES. 2853 01:37:59,373 --> 01:38:01,642 I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE WOULD 2854 01:38:01,642 --> 01:38:03,377 DESCRIBE THIS AS DEEPLY 2855 01:38:03,377 --> 01:38:05,346 UNSUSTAINABLE. IT'S NOT 2856 01:38:05,346 --> 01:38:06,380 PERFECTLY SUSTAINABLE, BUT IT IS 2857 01:38:06,380 --> 01:38:08,349 NOT DEEPLY. BUT THERE ARE STILL 2858 01:38:08,349 --> 01:38:10,351 SOME FUNDS THAT NEED MORE WORK. 2859 01:38:10,351 --> 01:38:14,121 YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THE 2860 01:38:14,121 --> 01:38:14,755 TRANSPORTATION FUND THAT THERE 2861 01:38:14,755 --> 01:38:15,556 ARE SOME CHALLENGES THERE. YOU 2862 01:38:15,556 --> 01:38:17,524 WILL SEE SIMILAR STRATEGIES 2863 01:38:17,524 --> 01:38:18,259 DEPLOYED IN THAT BUDGET. AND 2864 01:38:18,259 --> 01:38:19,793 I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE 2865 01:38:19,793 --> 01:38:22,196 JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER FUNDS 2866 01:38:22,196 --> 01:38:24,899 THAT CROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS 2867 01:38:24,899 --> 01:38:33,540 RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE 2868 01:38:33,540 --> 01:38:34,642 REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX. THIS IS 2869 01:38:34,642 --> 01:38:36,677 A TAX LEVIED ON ALL REAL ESTATE 2870 01:38:36,677 --> 01:38:41,181 TRANSACTIONS IN THE CITY. REACH 2871 01:38:41,181 --> 01:38:41,815 REVENUES SUPPORT PROJECTS IN THE 2872 01:38:41,815 --> 01:38:42,850 CAPITAL BUDGET, BOTH THROUGH 2873 01:38:42,850 --> 01:38:44,218 DEBT SERVICE ON REIT BACKED 2874 01:38:44,218 --> 01:38:47,621 BONDS FOR LARGE PROJECTS SUCH AS 2875 01:38:47,621 --> 01:38:49,156 MEMORIAL STADIUM AND PAY AS YOU 2876 01:38:49,156 --> 01:38:49,723 GO PROJECTS SUCH AS MAJOR 2877 01:38:49,723 --> 01:38:52,593 MAINTENANCE OF CITY FACILITIES. 2878 01:38:52,593 --> 01:38:54,328 REVENUES ARE HIGHLY VOLATILE AND 2879 01:38:54,328 --> 01:38:56,130 DEPENDENT ON THE LOCAL REAL 2880 01:38:56,130 --> 01:38:57,798 ESTATE ECONOMY. THE HIGH 2881 01:38:57,798 --> 01:38:59,400 INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT THAT 2882 01:38:59,400 --> 01:39:00,034 WE CURRENTLY FIND OURSELVES HAS 2883 01:39:00,034 --> 01:39:02,870 REALLY TAMPED DOWN, BOTH ON THE 2884 01:39:02,870 --> 01:39:04,171 NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS AND THEIR 2885 01:39:04,171 --> 01:39:05,973 PRICE, WHICH IMPACTS OUR 2886 01:39:05,973 --> 01:39:08,709 REVENUES. THE AUGUST REVENUE 2887 01:39:08,709 --> 01:39:11,745 FORECAST GAVE US A SIGNIFICANT 2888 01:39:11,745 --> 01:39:13,781 REDUCTION IN OUR PROJECTED 2889 01:39:13,781 --> 01:39:14,682 REVENUE. SO YOU WILL SEE IN SOME 2890 01:39:14,682 --> 01:39:16,684 OF THE PRESENTATIONS COMING UP 2891 01:39:16,684 --> 01:39:19,186 TODAY AND THROUGHOUT THE COMING 2892 01:39:19,186 --> 01:39:21,422 DAYS, SOME REALLY TOUGH CHOICES 2893 01:39:21,422 --> 01:39:24,925 WHERE WE HAD TO REDUCE SOME OF 2894 01:39:24,925 --> 01:39:25,492 OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OR 2895 01:39:25,492 --> 01:39:26,560 SHIFTING THEM TO OTHER FUNDS. 2896 01:39:26,560 --> 01:39:30,331 THIS IS PRIMARILY IN THE PARKS 2897 01:39:30,331 --> 01:39:30,864 DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE 2898 01:39:30,864 --> 01:39:32,466 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THEY 2899 01:39:32,466 --> 01:39:35,669 RECEIVE THE LARGEST ALLOCATION 2900 01:39:35,669 --> 01:39:36,403 OF DISCRETIONARY REIT REVENUES, 2901 01:39:36,403 --> 01:39:37,471 AND THEREFORE, THAT IS WHERE WE 2902 01:39:37,471 --> 01:39:43,844 HAD TO LOOK TO TRY TO ADDRESS 2903 01:39:43,844 --> 01:39:45,446 THE IMBALANCE. ANOTHER FUND THAT 2904 01:39:45,446 --> 01:39:48,315 WE SAW, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT 2905 01:39:48,315 --> 01:39:48,949 DECREASE FOR THE SIZE OF THE 2906 01:39:48,949 --> 01:39:52,052 FUND IN THE AUGUST FORECAST WAS 2907 01:39:52,052 --> 01:39:54,254 THE SWEETENED BUDGET, THE 2908 01:39:54,254 --> 01:39:56,256 SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX FUND. IT 2909 01:39:56,256 --> 01:39:57,691 WAS ABOUT A $3.8 MILLION 2910 01:39:57,691 --> 01:39:59,293 REDUCTION OVER THE THREE YEAR 2911 01:39:59,293 --> 01:40:00,828 PERIOD. IT IS NOT A HUGE FUND. 2912 01:40:00,828 --> 01:40:04,231 SO THAT LEVEL OF REVENUE DROP 2913 01:40:04,231 --> 01:40:06,266 WAS DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS WITHOUT 2914 01:40:06,266 --> 01:40:08,569 SOME HARD CHOICES AND REQUIRED 2915 01:40:08,569 --> 01:40:09,837 THAT WE MAKE SOME CHANGES IN 2916 01:40:09,837 --> 01:40:12,473 ORDER TO BE LEGALLY BALANCED. 2917 01:40:12,473 --> 01:40:15,009 SPECIFICALLY, THIS FUND IS OUR 2918 01:40:15,009 --> 01:40:20,047 INVESTMENTS IN THE BASE FOR THE. 2919 01:40:20,047 --> 01:40:22,916 FRESH BUCKS PROGRAM, AND MANY OF 2920 01:40:22,916 --> 01:40:24,885 THE FOOD PROGRAMS THAT THE HUMAN 2921 01:40:24,885 --> 01:40:25,853 SERVICES DEPARTMENT INVESTS IN. 2922 01:40:25,853 --> 01:40:27,454 IT IS ALSO THE FUND SOURCE FOR 2923 01:40:27,454 --> 01:40:29,156 THE FOOD EQUITY FUND OUT OF THE 2924 01:40:29,156 --> 01:40:31,658 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. IN 2925 01:40:31,658 --> 01:40:33,060 THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THAT THE 2926 01:40:33,060 --> 01:40:37,264 FOOD EQUITY FUND IS. IS BUDGETED 2927 01:40:37,264 --> 01:40:40,567 AT $2.8 MILLION AND IT FUNDS 2928 01:40:40,567 --> 01:40:41,201 MANY ORGANIZATIONS WITH SMALLER 2929 01:40:41,201 --> 01:40:44,471 GRANTS OUT TO COMMUNITY. THIS. 2930 01:40:44,471 --> 01:40:47,441 IN THIS BUDGET, THE MAYOR REALLY 2931 01:40:47,441 --> 01:40:49,643 PRIORITIZED INVESTMENTS THAT ARE 2932 01:40:49,643 --> 01:40:52,479 DIRECTLY SERVING PEOPLE. MANY OF 2933 01:40:52,479 --> 01:40:55,115 THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE DIRECTLY 2934 01:40:55,115 --> 01:40:56,517 SERVING PEOPLE, AND SOME ARE 2935 01:40:56,517 --> 01:40:57,184 CAPACITY BUILDING AND THAT SORT 2936 01:40:57,184 --> 01:40:59,019 OF THING. SO THIS WAS A TOUGH 2937 01:40:59,019 --> 01:41:00,788 CHOICE. THE REDUCTION, THE 2938 01:41:00,788 --> 01:41:01,989 CHOICE IN ORDER TO STAY IN 2939 01:41:01,989 --> 01:41:06,126 BALANCE IN THIS FUND WAS TO 2940 01:41:06,126 --> 01:41:07,594 REDUCE INVESTMENTS IN 2027 FOR 2941 01:41:07,594 --> 01:41:08,395 THE FOOD EQUITY FUND BY $1 2942 01:41:08,395 --> 01:41:10,864 MILLION. SO $1.8 MILLION REMAINS 2943 01:41:10,864 --> 01:41:12,966 IN THAT BUDGET. AND THEN WOULD 2944 01:41:12,966 --> 01:41:14,768 HAVE HAD TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE 2945 01:41:14,768 --> 01:41:16,937 THE PROGRAM IN 2028. SO 1.8 2946 01:41:16,937 --> 01:41:18,972 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND, ONE 2947 01:41:18,972 --> 01:41:22,376 TIME IS PROPOSED IN 2028. WE 2948 01:41:22,376 --> 01:41:24,111 WILL BE WORKING TO IDENTIFY HOW 2949 01:41:24,111 --> 01:41:28,749 TO SUSTAINABLY BALANCE THAT FUND 2950 01:41:28,749 --> 01:41:30,484 OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND FIGURING 2951 01:41:30,484 --> 01:41:32,219 OUT THE BEST WAY TO SUSTAIN 2952 01:41:32,219 --> 01:41:33,887 THOSE PROGRAMS. THIS REVENUE 2953 01:41:33,887 --> 01:41:36,156 SOURCE ALSO IS, BY DESIGN, MEANT 2954 01:41:36,156 --> 01:41:38,926 TO DECLINE OVER OVER TIME. WE 2955 01:41:38,926 --> 01:41:41,628 ARE NOT YET SURE WHAT IS REALLY 2956 01:41:41,628 --> 01:41:43,630 HAPPENING HERE, AND I HOPE FOR 2957 01:41:43,630 --> 01:41:45,432 ALL OF US THAT YOU GET A 2958 01:41:45,432 --> 01:41:46,800 POSITIVE REVENUE FORECAST IN A 2959 01:41:46,800 --> 01:41:48,735 FEW WEEKS AS YOU CONSIDER YOUR 2960 01:41:48,735 --> 01:41:50,204 BUDGET, BUT MORE WORK IS NEEDED 2961 01:41:50,204 --> 01:41:56,877 HERE AND THEN FINALLY, SOMEWHAT 2962 01:41:56,877 --> 01:41:58,378 OF A NON SEQUITUR, BUT I WANTED 2963 01:41:58,378 --> 01:42:00,347 TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTS TO THE 2964 01:42:00,347 --> 01:42:02,316 POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET THAT 2965 01:42:02,316 --> 01:42:04,618 AREN'T JUST UNIQUE TO ONE FUND 2966 01:42:04,618 --> 01:42:09,823 IN 2027, THE PROPOSED BUDGET 2967 01:42:09,823 --> 01:42:14,461 ADDS 169.5 FTE AND ELIMINATES 2968 01:42:14,461 --> 01:42:18,932 128. SO FOR A CITY WIDE NET 2969 01:42:18,932 --> 01:42:21,135 CHANGE OF 43.5. AND THE. THE 2970 01:42:21,135 --> 01:42:23,704 BULK OF THE ADDITIONS ARE IN THE 2971 01:42:23,704 --> 01:42:24,838 UTILITIES TO IMPLEMENT THE 2972 01:42:24,838 --> 01:42:26,573 STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANS AND THE 2973 01:42:26,573 --> 01:42:28,375 WORK THAT THE COUNCIL HAS 2974 01:42:28,375 --> 01:42:29,877 RECENTLY PASSED, AS WELL AS IN 2975 01:42:29,877 --> 01:42:31,879 THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 2976 01:42:31,879 --> 01:42:33,247 AS WE STAND BACK UP, THE 2977 01:42:33,247 --> 01:42:35,282 HOMELESS EXCUSE ME, HOMELESS 2978 01:42:35,282 --> 01:42:39,720 SERVICE DIVISION IN. AS WE. AS 2979 01:42:39,720 --> 01:42:40,254 THE CONTRACTS FROM KCRHAR 2980 01:42:40,254 --> 01:42:43,157 RETURNED TO THE CITY FOR THE 2981 01:42:43,157 --> 01:42:46,860 BIENNIUM. EXCUSE ME FOR THE 2982 01:42:46,860 --> 01:42:49,763 BIENNIUM. THE PROPOSED BUDGET 2983 01:42:49,763 --> 01:42:54,601 REDUCES FTE BY ABOUT 113, MOST 2984 01:42:54,601 --> 01:42:57,404 OF WHICH ARE VACANT. 15 ARE 2985 01:42:57,404 --> 01:42:59,873 FILLED POSITIONS WHICH ARE 2986 01:42:59,873 --> 01:43:01,708 DIFFICULT CHOICES AND IN SOME 2987 01:43:01,708 --> 01:43:03,477 CASES REFLECT THE END OF A 2988 01:43:03,477 --> 01:43:05,712 PROGRAM OR A BODY OF WORK OR. 2989 01:43:05,712 --> 01:43:07,147 AND ABOUT HALF OF THOSE 2990 01:43:07,147 --> 01:43:08,482 POSITIONS ARE IN THE DEPARTMENT 2991 01:43:08,482 --> 01:43:12,085 OF CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION 2992 01:43:12,085 --> 01:43:13,720 DUE TO DECREASING PERMIT VOLUMES 2993 01:43:13,720 --> 01:43:15,589 AND THE WORK, THE. THE PERMIT 2994 01:43:15,589 --> 01:43:17,858 REVENUES THAT SUPPORT THOSE 2995 01:43:17,858 --> 01:43:21,228 POSITIONS ARE IN SIGNIFICANT 2996 01:43:21,228 --> 01:43:24,631 DECLINE. I'LL PAUSE HERE. 2997 01:43:24,631 --> 01:43:27,434 -- THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. 2998 01:43:27,434 --> 01:43:29,436 DIRECTOR WITH EMPLOYMENT, I'LL 2999 01:43:29,436 --> 01:43:31,505 TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE THE 3000 01:43:31,505 --> 01:43:33,907 CORE STAFFING FUND AND SDCI. 3001 01:43:33,907 --> 01:43:35,609 OVER THE COURSE OF ALL OF THESE 3002 01:43:35,609 --> 01:43:36,743 YEARS. FIRST, WE BALANCED SOME 3003 01:43:36,743 --> 01:43:39,046 OF THOSE POSITIONS JUST COMING 3004 01:43:39,046 --> 01:43:42,449 OUT OF OUR AFTER THE PERIOD OF 3005 01:43:42,449 --> 01:43:44,084 HIGH GROWTH, WE WERE ABLE TO 3006 01:43:44,084 --> 01:43:45,953 BALANCE THOSE POSITIONS BECAUSE 3007 01:43:45,953 --> 01:43:47,554 WE HAD THE CORE STAFFING FUND 3008 01:43:47,554 --> 01:43:50,357 THAT IS A RESERVE FUND THAT 3009 01:43:50,357 --> 01:43:51,892 PERMIT REVIEWERS ARE PAID BY THE 3010 01:43:51,892 --> 01:43:53,126 PERMIT FEES THAT ARE GENERATED. 3011 01:43:53,126 --> 01:43:55,462 AND SO WHEN WE HAVE FEWER 3012 01:43:55,462 --> 01:43:57,731 PERMITS, WE HAVE TO RELY ON OUR 3013 01:43:57,731 --> 01:44:00,000 RESERVE FUND, WHICH I 3014 01:44:00,000 --> 01:44:00,667 APPRECIATE. WE'VE BEEN BURNING 3015 01:44:00,667 --> 01:44:02,669 THROUGH THAT RESERVE FUND AT A 3016 01:44:02,669 --> 01:44:05,172 RAPID PACE. YOU RECALL, TWO 3017 01:44:05,172 --> 01:44:07,040 YEARS AGO, WE HAD TO LAY OFF 3018 01:44:07,040 --> 01:44:08,609 MANY PERMIT REVIEWERS. IT WAS 3019 01:44:08,609 --> 01:44:11,144 THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY STAFF 3020 01:44:11,144 --> 01:44:12,679 THAT THE THE MAJORITY OF THE 3021 01:44:12,679 --> 01:44:15,549 ONLY CITY STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN 3022 01:44:15,549 --> 01:44:17,417 LAID OFF BETWEEN TODAY AND THE 3023 01:44:17,417 --> 01:44:20,220 2008 RECESSION. AND SO, AGAIN, A 3024 01:44:20,220 --> 01:44:22,489 LOT OF THE STAFF REPRESENTED IN 3025 01:44:22,489 --> 01:44:24,491 THE POTENTIAL LAYOFFS HERE ARE 3026 01:44:24,491 --> 01:44:26,727 ALSO IN THE PERMITTING 3027 01:44:26,727 --> 01:44:28,428 DEPARTMENT. THIS COMES AFTER WE 3028 01:44:28,428 --> 01:44:32,899 ALSO INCREASED PERMIT FEES. LAST 3029 01:44:32,899 --> 01:44:34,735 YEAR, THERE WAS A TWO LENGTHY 3030 01:44:34,735 --> 01:44:36,970 CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE OF THE 3031 01:44:36,970 --> 01:44:38,171 SAME CONTENT AT DIFFERENT POINTS 3032 01:44:38,171 --> 01:44:39,740 IN THE BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR, 3033 01:44:39,740 --> 01:44:42,509 WHERE WE REALLY DUG INTO THIS 3034 01:44:42,509 --> 01:44:43,910 BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS WE 3035 01:44:43,910 --> 01:44:46,146 CAN LAY OFF STAFF, INCREASE FEES 3036 01:44:46,146 --> 01:44:49,416 OR ADD GENERAL FUND, AND TO 3037 01:44:49,416 --> 01:44:50,350 BACKFILL THEM. AND WE'VE DONE 3038 01:44:50,350 --> 01:44:51,184 TWO OUT OF THE THREE. AND IT 3039 01:44:51,184 --> 01:44:52,586 SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING BACK TO 3040 01:44:52,586 --> 01:44:55,288 THE FIRST OPTION HERE. BUT THE 3041 01:44:55,288 --> 01:44:56,523 REALITY IS, IS NO MATTER WHAT. 3042 01:44:56,523 --> 01:44:59,393 MUCH LIKE THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE 3043 01:44:59,393 --> 01:45:02,362 TAX, IF WE DON'T HAVE IF PEOPLE 3044 01:45:02,362 --> 01:45:03,030 AREN'T DRINKING SODA, BUYING 3045 01:45:03,030 --> 01:45:04,064 SODA IN SEATTLE, WE'RE NOT 3046 01:45:04,064 --> 01:45:05,432 GOING TO GET SWEETENED BEVERAGE 3047 01:45:05,432 --> 01:45:06,600 TAX REVENUE IN THE SAME WAY. IF 3048 01:45:06,600 --> 01:45:09,302 PEOPLE IF PEOPLE ARE NOT 3049 01:45:09,302 --> 01:45:11,738 SUBMITTING AND PULLING PERMITS 3050 01:45:11,738 --> 01:45:13,173 FOR BUILDINGS, THEN WE ARE NOT 3051 01:45:13,173 --> 01:45:13,974 GETTING THOSE PERMIT FEES. WE'RE 3052 01:45:13,974 --> 01:45:15,475 ALSO NOT GETTING THE 3053 01:45:15,475 --> 01:45:17,444 CONSTRUCTION SALES TAX. WE'RE 3054 01:45:17,444 --> 01:45:19,780 ALSO NOT GETTING THE 1%. THE 3055 01:45:19,780 --> 01:45:20,414 ADDITIONAL NEW CONSTRUCTION ON 3056 01:45:20,414 --> 01:45:23,250 TOP OF OUR 1% PROPERTY TAX. THE 3057 01:45:23,250 --> 01:45:25,919 RIPPLES GO DEEP. AND SO THAT'S 3058 01:45:25,919 --> 01:45:26,887 WHY COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, I 3059 01:45:26,887 --> 01:45:29,956 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE 3060 01:45:29,956 --> 01:45:30,557 SPEARHEADING THE CONVERSATION 3061 01:45:30,557 --> 01:45:32,793 ABOUT ESPECIALLY THE MHA, THE 3062 01:45:32,793 --> 01:45:34,461 MHA ACCELERATOR, ESPECIALLY WITH 3063 01:45:34,461 --> 01:45:36,196 THOSE VESTED PROJECTS, BECAUSE 3064 01:45:36,196 --> 01:45:38,999 THOSE VESTED PROJECTS ARE 3065 01:45:38,999 --> 01:45:41,368 PROJECTS WHERE THEY PAUSED 3066 01:45:41,368 --> 01:45:44,171 DURING THE PANDEMIC DURING A 3067 01:45:44,171 --> 01:45:45,505 TIME OF UNCERTAINTY. AND WE 3068 01:45:45,505 --> 01:45:46,840 EXTENDED THEIR MUPS, WE EXTENDED 3069 01:45:46,840 --> 01:45:48,341 THEIR PERMITS. I FINALLY SAID, 3070 01:45:48,341 --> 01:45:50,277 FOLKS, I'M NOT EXTENDING THEM 3071 01:45:50,277 --> 01:45:53,213 ANY MORE. AND YOU CAME IN TO 3072 01:45:53,213 --> 01:45:55,048 REALLY LEAD THAT CONVERSATION. 3073 01:45:55,048 --> 01:45:56,983 THANK YOU. I WISH THAT WAS A 3074 01:45:56,983 --> 01:45:59,686 CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ALREADY 3075 01:45:59,686 --> 01:46:00,954 HAD PREVIOUSLY THIS YEAR, SO 3076 01:46:00,954 --> 01:46:03,023 THAT WE COULD KNOW IF WE DID 3077 01:46:03,023 --> 01:46:05,325 NEED TO LAY THESE FOLKS OFF OR 3078 01:46:05,325 --> 01:46:07,160 NOT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S NOT ON 3079 01:46:07,160 --> 01:46:08,628 ANYONE. THAT'S NOT ON ANYONE. 3080 01:46:08,628 --> 01:46:09,896 IT'S JUST ME SAYING SAYING IT 3081 01:46:09,896 --> 01:46:10,797 OUT LOUD BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO 3082 01:46:10,797 --> 01:46:12,733 BE FACED WITH A DECISION THIS 3083 01:46:12,733 --> 01:46:16,837 YEAR OF, DO WE NEED TO LAY FOLKS 3084 01:46:16,837 --> 01:46:19,139 OFF? AND THEN YOUR ACCELERATOR 3085 01:46:19,139 --> 01:46:21,007 PROGRAM WORKS. AND THEN SUDDENLY 3086 01:46:21,007 --> 01:46:22,142 WE HAVE PERMITS COMING IN THE 3087 01:46:22,142 --> 01:46:23,910 DOOR. THAT'S MY THAT'S WHAT 3088 01:46:23,910 --> 01:46:25,212 THAT'S A DEEP FEAR OF MINE. 3089 01:46:25,212 --> 01:46:26,113 RIGHT? SO I'M JUST KIND OF 3090 01:46:26,113 --> 01:46:29,449 NAMING IT. THERE'S NO FAULT 3091 01:46:29,449 --> 01:46:30,784 BEING PLACED ANYWHERE IN THIS 3092 01:46:30,784 --> 01:46:35,222 CONVERSATION. I JUST WANTED TO 3093 01:46:35,222 --> 01:46:38,058 SHARE THIS AS INFORMATION. 3094 01:46:38,058 --> 01:46:41,027 ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SECTION I'M 3095 01:46:41,027 --> 01:46:43,096 GOING TO START TIMING MYSELF 3096 01:46:43,096 --> 01:46:45,265 BECAUSE I'M TALKING TOO MUCH. 3097 01:46:45,265 --> 01:46:46,099 -- I'LL PUT YOU ON A TIMER. 3098 01:46:46,099 --> 01:46:48,402 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3099 01:46:48,402 --> 01:46:49,269 FOSTER. 3100 01:46:49,269 --> 01:46:50,771 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3101 01:46:50,771 --> 01:46:51,905 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I WON'T 3102 01:46:51,905 --> 01:46:54,141 COMMENT ON THE PERMITS. I THINK 3103 01:46:54,141 --> 01:46:55,442 YOU'VE ALREADY ALREADY MADE SOME 3104 01:46:55,442 --> 01:46:56,109 SOME IMPORTANT COMMENTS THERE. I 3105 01:46:56,109 --> 01:46:58,211 DO WANT TO TURN JUST REALLY 3106 01:46:58,211 --> 01:47:00,080 QUICKLY TO THE THE SWEETENED 3107 01:47:00,080 --> 01:47:01,915 BEVERAGE TAX. AND THIS MAY BE 3108 01:47:01,915 --> 01:47:03,583 LATER IN THE PRESENTATION HERE, 3109 01:47:03,583 --> 01:47:05,519 BUT I, I WASN'T OBVIOUSLY ON 3110 01:47:05,519 --> 01:47:06,186 COUNCIL AT THE TIME, BUT I 3111 01:47:06,186 --> 01:47:07,621 REMEMBER THE CONVERSATIONS AND I 3112 01:47:07,621 --> 01:47:09,055 APPRECIATE YOUR POINT. DIRECTOR 3113 01:47:09,055 --> 01:47:10,457 PENNUCCI OF THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, 3114 01:47:10,457 --> 01:47:12,692 PART OF THE INTENT HERE WAS NOT 3115 01:47:12,692 --> 01:47:14,027 WAS THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE 3116 01:47:14,027 --> 01:47:16,163 COMING IN AT THE SAME LEVEL OVER 3117 01:47:16,163 --> 01:47:17,130 TIME, BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE 3118 01:47:17,130 --> 01:47:18,999 TRYING TO DO IS HAVE SOME 3119 01:47:18,999 --> 01:47:20,300 BEHAVIOR CHANGES WHEN IT COMES 3120 01:47:20,300 --> 01:47:21,234 TO THE CONSUMPTION AND THE 3121 01:47:21,234 --> 01:47:23,136 PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS ON FOLKS. 3122 01:47:23,136 --> 01:47:25,172 DO WE HAVE A SENSE OR WHAT IS 3123 01:47:25,172 --> 01:47:27,641 THE OUTLOOK OF THAT, THAT FUND 3124 01:47:27,641 --> 01:47:29,075 SOURCE TODAY? AND HOW IS THAT 3125 01:47:29,075 --> 01:47:30,710 TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE 3126 01:47:30,710 --> 01:47:35,382 OVERALL BUDGET? AND HAPPY TO DO 3127 01:47:35,382 --> 01:47:37,417 FOLLOW UPS. AND APOLOGIES IF 3128 01:47:37,417 --> 01:47:39,119 I'M GOING TOO DEEP, TOO FAST ON 3129 01:47:39,119 --> 01:47:40,687 MY MY FIRST RODEO HERE. DIRECTOR 3130 01:47:40,687 --> 01:47:42,055 PENNUCCI. 3131 01:47:42,055 --> 01:47:44,024 -- I LOVE THE DETAILED, THE 3132 01:47:44,024 --> 01:47:44,457 DETAILED QUESTION. 3133 01:47:44,457 --> 01:47:46,927 -- AND WILL BE HONEST, I'M NOT 3134 01:47:46,927 --> 01:47:47,561 PREPARED TO FULLY FULLY ADDRESS 3135 01:47:47,561 --> 01:47:49,529 IT, BUT I'M HAPPILY HAPPY TO 3136 01:47:49,529 --> 01:47:51,031 FOLLOW UP AND DO A DEEPER DIVE. 3137 01:47:51,031 --> 01:47:55,235 BUT IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, IN 3138 01:47:55,235 --> 01:47:56,636 TALKING WITH THE FOLKS WHO DO 3139 01:47:56,636 --> 01:47:57,904 THE FORECASTING, IT'S IT'S A 3140 01:47:57,904 --> 01:48:00,707 LITTLE BIT OF A TRICKY FUND TO 3141 01:48:00,707 --> 01:48:04,478 PROJECT. AND I WILL NOTE, WE'RE 3142 01:48:04,478 --> 01:48:06,179 NOT YET SURE IF THERE WAS A 3143 01:48:06,179 --> 01:48:08,548 WORLD CUP EFFECT, BECAUSE AT THE 3144 01:48:08,548 --> 01:48:10,851 TIME OF THE AUGUST FORECAST, 3145 01:48:10,851 --> 01:48:12,953 THAT DATA WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO 3146 01:48:12,953 --> 01:48:15,088 INFORM THE FORECAST. SO I AM 3147 01:48:15,088 --> 01:48:16,790 CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT IT 3148 01:48:16,790 --> 01:48:18,158 WILL BOUNCE BACK AT LEAST A 3149 01:48:18,158 --> 01:48:19,693 LITTLE BIT. BUT IT DOES APPEAR 3150 01:48:19,693 --> 01:48:21,194 TO BE SORT OF A DECLINING 3151 01:48:21,194 --> 01:48:22,362 REVENUE SOURCE. AND I'LL FOLLOW 3152 01:48:22,362 --> 01:48:24,598 UP WITH MORE MORE DETAILS. 3153 01:48:24,598 --> 01:48:26,399 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 3154 01:48:26,399 --> 01:48:26,967 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3155 01:48:26,967 --> 01:48:30,036 FOSTER ANYONE ELSE AT THIS TIME 3156 01:48:30,036 --> 01:48:31,271 NOW WE WILL RUN AND ROLL INTO 3157 01:48:31,271 --> 01:48:32,539 KEY INVESTMENTS. I WAS AHEAD IN 3158 01:48:32,539 --> 01:48:33,840 MY OWN POWERPOINT. OVER TO YOU, 3159 01:48:33,840 --> 01:48:37,277 DIRECTOR 3160 01:48:37,277 --> 01:48:39,546 -- THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M NOT 3161 01:48:39,546 --> 01:48:40,247 GOING TO READ THE ENTIRE SLIDE. 3162 01:48:40,247 --> 01:48:41,748 I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT 3163 01:48:41,748 --> 01:48:43,984 PARTS OF IT. BUT WHAT I THINK 3164 01:48:43,984 --> 01:48:45,952 THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE REALLY 3165 01:48:45,952 --> 01:48:47,787 TRYING TO DO IN THIS BUDGET, WE 3166 01:48:47,787 --> 01:48:50,957 OFTEN SPEND A LOT OF TIME 3167 01:48:50,957 --> 01:48:51,558 TALKING ABOUT THE INCREMENTAL 3168 01:48:51,558 --> 01:48:53,226 INCREASES. WHAT ARE WE ADDING? 3169 01:48:53,226 --> 01:48:54,861 WHAT ARE WE EXPANDING? WHAT ARE 3170 01:48:54,861 --> 01:48:56,963 WE GROWING? I THINK IT'S REALLY 3171 01:48:56,963 --> 01:48:58,798 IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF 3172 01:48:58,798 --> 01:49:00,367 THE REALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS 3173 01:49:00,367 --> 01:49:03,370 THAT ARE IN THE BASE OF THAT $9 3174 01:49:03,370 --> 01:49:04,437 BILLION BUDGET AND ALL OF THE 3175 01:49:04,437 --> 01:49:05,639 THINGS THAT SUPPORT. SO SOME OF 3176 01:49:05,639 --> 01:49:07,340 WHAT YOU'LL HEAR ME HIGHLIGHT 3177 01:49:07,340 --> 01:49:09,609 HERE ARE JUST MAINTAINING KEY 3178 01:49:09,609 --> 01:49:11,344 INVESTMENTS THAT MANY OF YOU 3179 01:49:11,344 --> 01:49:13,346 WERE THE CHAMPIONS OF OVER, OVER 3180 01:49:13,346 --> 01:49:16,583 MANY YEARS OR RECENT YEARS. AND 3181 01:49:16,583 --> 01:49:18,418 IN SOME PLACES, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT 3182 01:49:18,418 --> 01:49:22,055 WHERE, WHERE PROGRAMS ARE 3183 01:49:22,055 --> 01:49:23,456 PROPOSED TO BE SCALED DOWN OR, 3184 01:49:23,456 --> 01:49:25,358 OR UP IN THE HOUSING AND 3185 01:49:25,358 --> 01:49:30,931 HOMELESS SERVICE CATEGORY. THERE 3186 01:49:30,931 --> 01:49:33,133 IS OVER $340 MILLION TO THE 3187 01:49:33,133 --> 01:49:35,302 OFFICE OF HOUSING AND $445 3188 01:49:35,302 --> 01:49:38,104 MILLION TO THE HUMAN SERVICES 3189 01:49:38,104 --> 01:49:40,240 DEPARTMENT. THAT'S OVER ALMOST 3190 01:49:40,240 --> 01:49:42,108 $800 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS IN 3191 01:49:42,108 --> 01:49:43,443 HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. 3192 01:49:43,443 --> 01:49:45,145 HOMELESSNESS IN THIS INVESTMENT 3193 01:49:45,145 --> 01:49:47,981 AND THIS BUDGET. THIS INCLUDES 3194 01:49:47,981 --> 01:49:50,884 $183 MILLION IN HOMELESSNESS 3195 01:49:50,884 --> 01:49:52,586 INVESTMENTS TO FUND, INCLUDING 3196 01:49:52,586 --> 01:49:54,754 $37 MILLION TO FUND THE NEARLY 3197 01:49:54,754 --> 01:49:57,591 1000 NEW SHELTER UNIT UNITS 3198 01:49:57,591 --> 01:49:59,659 SERVING. I THINK I MISSTATED IN 3199 01:49:59,659 --> 01:50:00,994 MY BUDGET OVERVIEW BOOK FOR THE 3200 01:50:00,994 --> 01:50:02,529 VIEWING PUBLIC. SOMETIMES WE 3201 01:50:02,529 --> 01:50:04,497 MAKE ERRORS, BUT IT'S ABOUT, I 3202 01:50:04,497 --> 01:50:10,804 THINK, 1750 PEOPLE. I SAID 2000. 3203 01:50:10,804 --> 01:50:11,271 IT INCLUDES IMPORTANT 3204 01:50:11,271 --> 01:50:13,106 INVESTMENTS FOR INFLATION TO OUR 3205 01:50:13,106 --> 01:50:15,742 HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS 3206 01:50:15,742 --> 01:50:17,978 SUSTAINS 30% OF JUMPSTART ANNUAL 3207 01:50:17,978 --> 01:50:20,280 REVENUES TO THE OFFICE OF 3208 01:50:20,280 --> 01:50:23,550 HOUSING. AS A HOUSING OMBUD TO 3209 01:50:23,550 --> 01:50:25,952 SUPPORT PERMANENT EXPEDITING FOR 3210 01:50:25,952 --> 01:50:28,421 OUR. OUR HOUSING DEVELOPERS IN 3211 01:50:28,421 --> 01:50:30,090 THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN I'LL 3212 01:50:30,090 --> 01:50:33,860 ALSO JUST FLAG THAT IT ADDS $6.5 3213 01:50:33,860 --> 01:50:36,796 MILLION ONE TIME. TWO TIMES IS 3214 01:50:36,796 --> 01:50:38,665 WHAT I CALL IT IN A IN A 3215 01:50:38,665 --> 01:50:40,800 BIENNIAL BUDGET. THAT IS AN 3216 01:50:40,800 --> 01:50:42,802 INCREASE IN OFFICE OF HOUSING 3217 01:50:42,802 --> 01:50:45,839 INTEREST EARNINGS TO SUPPORT 3218 01:50:45,839 --> 01:50:47,240 HOMELESS PREVENTION INVESTMENTS 3219 01:50:47,240 --> 01:50:49,042 OR OFTEN, YOU KNOW, MORE, THE 3220 01:50:49,042 --> 01:50:51,378 MORE KNOWN TYPE OF INVESTMENT IS 3221 01:50:51,378 --> 01:50:53,947 IN RENTAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE, 3222 01:50:53,947 --> 01:50:55,348 BRINGING THE TOTAL OVER THE 3223 01:50:55,348 --> 01:51:00,987 BIENNIUM TO OVER 15 MILLION. IT 3224 01:51:00,987 --> 01:51:03,657 ALSO MAKES KEY INVESTMENTS OR 3225 01:51:03,657 --> 01:51:04,257 PRESERVES KEY INVESTMENTS IN 3226 01:51:04,257 --> 01:51:06,393 FOOD ACCESS, $57 MILLION IN 3227 01:51:06,393 --> 01:51:08,795 TOTAL FOOD SECURITY FUNDING. 3228 01:51:08,795 --> 01:51:10,930 THIS INCLUDES MAKING PERMANENT 3229 01:51:10,930 --> 01:51:13,500 THE ONE TIME PROPOSAL ADDED LAST 3230 01:51:13,500 --> 01:51:16,236 YEAR TO EXPAND THE FRESH BUCKS 3231 01:51:16,236 --> 01:51:18,071 PROGRAM. SO WITH THE OTHER 3232 01:51:18,071 --> 01:51:20,373 FUNDING SOURCES, THAT'S OVER $11 3233 01:51:20,373 --> 01:51:23,576 MILLION ANNUALLY, SERVING 20,000 3234 01:51:23,576 --> 01:51:25,412 HOUSEHOLDS. IF THIS WAS NOT MADE 3235 01:51:25,412 --> 01:51:29,549 ONGOING, WE WOULD HAVE SEEN 5000 3236 01:51:29,549 --> 01:51:33,319 PLUS HOUSEHOLDS LOSING THAT 3237 01:51:33,319 --> 01:51:35,588 BENEFIT THIS YEAR. IT ALSO MAKES 3238 01:51:35,588 --> 01:51:36,389 ONGOING. LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A 3239 01:51:36,389 --> 01:51:39,859 ONE TIME INVESTMENT TO EXPAND 3240 01:51:39,859 --> 01:51:42,095 SUPPORT FOR FOOD BANKS AND FOOD 3241 01:51:42,095 --> 01:51:43,997 MEAL DELIVERY THAT IS MADE 3242 01:51:43,997 --> 01:51:44,998 ONGOING IN THIS BUDGET. SO 3243 01:51:44,998 --> 01:51:47,300 YOU'LL SEE THAT AS A THEME. 3244 01:51:47,300 --> 01:51:49,836 THERE ARE NOT AS MANY 3245 01:51:49,836 --> 01:51:51,905 PROGRAMMATIC INCREASES OR 3246 01:51:51,905 --> 01:51:52,472 EXPANSIONS AS AS HAVE BEEN 3247 01:51:52,472 --> 01:51:54,941 PROPOSED BY PREVIOUS 3248 01:51:54,941 --> 01:51:56,876 ADMINISTRATIONS, BUT WHERE THEY 3249 01:51:56,876 --> 01:51:57,944 ARE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, 3250 01:51:57,944 --> 01:51:59,879 THEY ARE PROPOSED TO BE ONGOING. 3251 01:51:59,879 --> 01:52:02,215 SO IT PROVIDES MORE STABILITY 3252 01:52:02,215 --> 01:52:04,717 FOR THE FUTURE FOR THOSE 3253 01:52:04,717 --> 01:52:07,053 ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PEOPLE 3254 01:52:07,053 --> 01:52:13,059 RECEIVING THOSE BENEFITS IN 3255 01:52:13,059 --> 01:52:16,196 TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY THE 3256 01:52:16,196 --> 01:52:17,897 APPROACH IN THIS BUDGET IS 3257 01:52:17,897 --> 01:52:20,800 REALLY TO TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE 3258 01:52:20,800 --> 01:52:21,301 APPROACH THAT INCLUDES 3259 01:52:21,301 --> 01:52:23,069 INVESTMENT TO STRENGTHEN 3260 01:52:23,069 --> 01:52:23,636 EMERGENCY RESPONSE, TARGET 3261 01:52:23,636 --> 01:52:25,972 RESOURCES, WHERE VIOLENCE IS 3262 01:52:25,972 --> 01:52:29,709 MOST CONCENTRATED, AND INVEST IN 3263 01:52:29,709 --> 01:52:32,445 UPSTREAM COMMUNITY BASED 3264 01:52:32,445 --> 01:52:35,381 PREVENTION. THIS INCLUDES OVER A 3265 01:52:35,381 --> 01:52:37,584 HALF $1 BILLION TO THE SEATTLE 3266 01:52:37,584 --> 01:52:40,420 POLICE DEPARTMENT, FULL FUNDING 3267 01:52:40,420 --> 01:52:42,255 FOR 1250 OFFICERS WILL ALSO 3268 01:52:42,255 --> 01:52:43,823 HAVING TO MAKE SOME HARD CHOICES 3269 01:52:43,823 --> 01:52:45,658 TO REDUCE SOME CIVILIAN 3270 01:52:45,658 --> 01:52:47,060 POSITIONS, MOST OF WHICH ARE 3271 01:52:47,060 --> 01:52:48,528 VACANT, AND SOME OF THE 3272 01:52:48,528 --> 01:52:50,930 RECRUITMENT AND MARKETING BUDGET 3273 01:52:50,930 --> 01:52:53,833 IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE 3274 01:52:53,833 --> 01:52:55,502 INVESTMENTS MAINTAIN CORE 3275 01:52:55,502 --> 01:52:57,137 SERVICES AS PEAK TIME AID, CAR 3276 01:52:57,137 --> 01:52:59,939 STAFFING AND STATION RENOVATION 3277 01:52:59,939 --> 01:53:01,875 FUNDING. AND AS YOU'VE ALREADY 3278 01:53:01,875 --> 01:53:03,176 HEARD ABOUT, A REDUCTION TO THE 3279 01:53:03,176 --> 01:53:05,845 PROPOSED OVERTIME BUDGET IN THE 3280 01:53:05,845 --> 01:53:09,048 CARE DEPARTMENT, THEY SEE A NET 3281 01:53:09,048 --> 01:53:10,650 INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET TO 3282 01:53:10,650 --> 01:53:12,752 SUPPORT EXPANDED HOURS FOR THE 3283 01:53:12,752 --> 01:53:15,355 CRISIS. CARE RESPONDERS TO 3284 01:53:15,355 --> 01:53:17,557 TRANSFER SOME OF THE GUN 3285 01:53:17,557 --> 01:53:19,526 VIOLENCE WORK FROM THE HUMAN 3286 01:53:19,526 --> 01:53:21,161 SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO THE CARE 3287 01:53:21,161 --> 01:53:23,363 DEPARTMENT, INVESTMENTS TO 3288 01:53:23,363 --> 01:53:25,598 SUSTAIN THE POLICE 3289 01:53:25,598 --> 01:53:27,400 ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AS WELL. 3290 01:53:27,400 --> 01:53:29,502 IN THE CARE DEPARTMENT, YOU ALSO 3291 01:53:29,502 --> 01:53:31,171 SEE SOME WHERE. ONE OF THE 3292 01:53:31,171 --> 01:53:33,973 STRATEGIES I TALKED ABOUT IS 3293 01:53:33,973 --> 01:53:35,675 SLOWING THE GROWTH OR PAUSING 3294 01:53:35,675 --> 01:53:37,877 EXPANSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 3295 01:53:37,877 --> 01:53:38,511 PROPOSED WITHOUT A SUSTAINABLE 3296 01:53:38,511 --> 01:53:41,214 WAY TO PAY FOR THEM. THERE ARE 3297 01:53:41,214 --> 01:53:42,815 14 VACANT POSITIONS IN THE CARE 3298 01:53:42,815 --> 01:53:44,918 DEPARTMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE 3299 01:53:44,918 --> 01:53:49,122 KR TEAM THAT ARE PROPOSED THAT 3300 01:53:49,122 --> 01:53:49,789 AREN'T FUNDED IN THIS BIENNIUM, 3301 01:53:49,789 --> 01:53:52,759 BUT THE POSITIONS REMAIN. THAT 3302 01:53:52,759 --> 01:53:53,860 TEAM, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF 3303 01:53:53,860 --> 01:53:56,029 CHIEF BARDEN, HAS STILL EXPANDED 3304 01:53:56,029 --> 01:53:58,131 THEIR GEOGRAPHY AND THEIR HOURS 3305 01:53:58,131 --> 01:53:58,631 OF OPERATION BY USING A 3306 01:53:58,631 --> 01:53:59,532 DIFFERENT STAFFING MODEL, AND 3307 01:53:59,532 --> 01:54:01,534 YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT 3308 01:54:01,534 --> 01:54:05,939 LATER THIS WEEK AS WELL. OR 3309 01:54:05,939 --> 01:54:10,276 MAYBE NEXT WEEK. TOMORROW. YEAH. 3310 01:54:10,276 --> 01:54:13,880 THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. AND 3311 01:54:13,880 --> 01:54:15,615 THEN THESE ARE JUST SOME 3312 01:54:15,615 --> 01:54:18,117 EXAMPLES OF OTHER AREAS OF 3313 01:54:18,117 --> 01:54:20,053 INVESTMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 3314 01:54:20,053 --> 01:54:20,687 NEIGHBORHOODS, MAINTAINING THE 3315 01:54:20,687 --> 01:54:21,821 COMMUNITY SAFETY COORDINATORS. 3316 01:54:21,821 --> 01:54:22,922 MANY OF YOU HAVE MENTIONED THIS 3317 01:54:22,922 --> 01:54:25,091 IN OUR CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR 3318 01:54:25,091 --> 01:54:28,061 ABOUT BUDGET, OVER $45 MILLION 3319 01:54:28,061 --> 01:54:30,863 IN THE SAFE AND THRIVING 3320 01:54:30,863 --> 01:54:31,497 COMMUNITIES THAT FUNDS IMPORTANT 3321 01:54:31,497 --> 01:54:32,799 INVESTMENTS FOR DOMESTIC 3322 01:54:32,799 --> 01:54:34,367 VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT 3323 01:54:34,367 --> 01:54:36,169 RESPONSE, CRIME, SURVIVOR 3324 01:54:36,169 --> 01:54:37,837 SERVICES, AND SO ON. AND THEN 3325 01:54:37,837 --> 01:54:39,372 MANY INVESTMENTS FROM THE 3326 01:54:39,372 --> 01:54:44,444 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND 3327 01:54:44,444 --> 01:54:48,081 EARLY LEARNING. OKAY. KEEP 3328 01:54:48,081 --> 01:54:50,750 MOVING. PUBLIC RESTROOMS. THIS 3329 01:54:50,750 --> 01:54:53,152 IS ONE AREA OF NEW INVESTMENTS 3330 01:54:53,152 --> 01:54:57,357 IN THE BUDGET. THERE IS $1.8 3331 01:54:57,357 --> 01:54:57,590 MILLION 3332 01:54:57,590 --> 01:54:58,625 -- PROPOSED IN THE PARKS 3333 01:54:58,625 --> 01:54:59,259 DEPARTMENT THAT YOU HEAR MORE 3334 01:54:59,259 --> 01:55:02,528 ABOUT LATER. FOR TWO BATHROOMS, 3335 01:55:02,528 --> 01:55:04,464 NEW RESTROOMS IN PARKS. 3336 01:55:04,464 --> 01:55:06,566 INCREASED FUNDING FOR PARKS, 3337 01:55:06,566 --> 01:55:09,135 BATHROOM, RESTROOM MAINTENANCE, 3338 01:55:09,135 --> 01:55:11,604 AND THEN 1.5 1.4 MILLION ONGOING 3339 01:55:11,604 --> 01:55:13,072 IN THE FINANCE AND 3340 01:55:13,072 --> 01:55:14,707 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 3341 01:55:14,707 --> 01:55:17,010 DEPARTMENT TO CONTRACT WITH A 3342 01:55:17,010 --> 01:55:19,479 PRIVATE FOR INSTALLATION OF 3343 01:55:19,479 --> 01:55:20,113 PUBLIC RESTROOMS THROUGHOUT BUSY 3344 01:55:20,113 --> 01:55:22,882 AREAS OF THE CITY. FAS WILL BE 3345 01:55:22,882 --> 01:55:24,450 WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 3346 01:55:24,450 --> 01:55:26,786 TRANSPORTATION, PARKS, OTHER KEY 3347 01:55:26,786 --> 01:55:28,554 CITY AGENCIES AS THEY DEVELOP A 3348 01:55:28,554 --> 01:55:31,891 PLAN OF THE BEST WAY TO DEPLOY 3349 01:55:31,891 --> 01:55:39,399 THIS NEW INVESTMENT. AND THE 3350 01:55:39,399 --> 01:55:41,567 BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT 3351 01:55:41,567 --> 01:55:42,201 INVESTMENTS IN YOUTH PROGRAMS. 3352 01:55:42,201 --> 01:55:44,737 THIS INCLUDES ALIGNING THE 3353 01:55:44,737 --> 01:55:46,339 FAMILIES, EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL 3354 01:55:46,339 --> 01:55:49,475 AND PROMISE AND LIBRARY LEVY 3355 01:55:49,475 --> 01:55:52,578 INVESTMENTS. IT SUPPORTS BROAD 3356 01:55:52,578 --> 01:55:56,716 YOUTH PROGRAMING AND IT INCLUDES 3357 01:55:56,716 --> 01:55:59,819 NEW INVESTMENTS IN RAINIER BEACH 3358 01:55:59,819 --> 01:56:01,554 HIGH SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL PILOT, 3359 01:56:01,554 --> 01:56:05,158 EXPANDED TEEN LATE NIGHT 3360 01:56:05,158 --> 01:56:05,758 PROGRAMS. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3361 01:56:05,758 --> 01:56:07,427 LEFT THE ROOM, BUT I WAS GOING 3362 01:56:07,427 --> 01:56:08,828 TO SHOUT HIM OUT FOR THE PILOT 3363 01:56:08,828 --> 01:56:11,197 PROGRAM HE PROPOSED LAST YEAR. 3364 01:56:11,197 --> 01:56:13,499 INCREASES RECREATION, 3365 01:56:13,499 --> 01:56:16,402 SCHOLARSHIPS, AND THE LIST GOES 3366 01:56:16,402 --> 01:56:19,005 ON. ALSO, IT ADDS KEY 3367 01:56:19,005 --> 01:56:21,975 INVESTMENTS IN THE OFFICE OF 3368 01:56:21,975 --> 01:56:23,810 LABOR STANDARDS BY IMPLEMENTING 3369 01:56:23,810 --> 01:56:25,745 SOME OF THE FEEDBACK, FUNDING 3370 01:56:25,745 --> 01:56:28,715 AND INCREASE TO FUND SOME VACANT 3371 01:56:28,715 --> 01:56:30,083 INVESTIGATOR POSITIONS. THERE IS 3372 01:56:30,083 --> 01:56:31,784 ONE REDUCTION IN THE OFFICE OF 3373 01:56:31,784 --> 01:56:33,586 LABOR STANDARDS TO A VACANT 3374 01:56:33,586 --> 01:56:34,320 POLICY POSITION, BUT IT FULLY 3375 01:56:34,320 --> 01:56:36,956 FUNDS THEIR CORE SERVICES TO 3376 01:56:36,956 --> 01:56:39,425 PROTECT WORKERS AND SUPPORT 3377 01:56:39,425 --> 01:56:40,927 BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 3378 01:56:40,927 --> 01:56:43,162 AND IT ADDS FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT 3379 01:56:43,162 --> 01:56:45,431 THE FAIR PRICING LEGISLATION, 3380 01:56:45,431 --> 01:56:48,034 CREATING A NEW REGULATORY 3381 01:56:48,034 --> 01:56:53,673 FRAMEWORK THAT YOU ALL PASSED 3382 01:56:53,673 --> 01:56:55,308 THIS WEEK. TUESDAY, TWO WEEKS 3383 01:56:55,308 --> 01:57:01,247 AGO. RECENTLY. GOOD JOB. OKAY, 3384 01:57:01,247 --> 01:57:04,450 WELL KEEP MOVING. AND THEN 3385 01:57:04,450 --> 01:57:05,752 BUILDING FOR OUR FUTURE. SO THIS 3386 01:57:05,752 --> 01:57:07,954 IS A KEY INVESTMENT. I CAN, I 3387 01:57:07,954 --> 01:57:10,356 CAN SHOUT OUT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3388 01:57:10,356 --> 01:57:12,492 AGAIN, WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF 3389 01:57:12,492 --> 01:57:14,360 TIME TALKING ABOUT THE SEATTLE 3390 01:57:14,360 --> 01:57:16,496 CENTER THIS YEAR. YOU WILL SEE 3391 01:57:16,496 --> 01:57:18,264 IN THE BUDGET OVER $3 MILLION OF 3392 01:57:18,264 --> 01:57:19,565 PROPOSED INVESTMENTS TO ADVANCE 3393 01:57:19,565 --> 01:57:22,535 THE WORK TO GET READY TO PUT THE 3394 01:57:22,535 --> 01:57:25,171 INITIATIVE ON A BALLOT, TO FUND 3395 01:57:25,171 --> 01:57:27,707 A MAJOR RENOVATION, TO MAKE 3396 01:57:27,707 --> 01:57:30,943 CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN THIS KEY 3397 01:57:30,943 --> 01:57:33,046 C CITY ASSET. THIS IS BACKED BY 3398 01:57:33,046 --> 01:57:35,181 AN INTERFUND LOAN THAT WOULD BE 3399 01:57:35,181 --> 01:57:37,750 PAID BACK FROM THE BOND PROCEEDS 3400 01:57:37,750 --> 01:57:39,819 ONCE THE VOTERS APPROVE IT NEXT 3401 01:57:39,819 --> 01:57:43,956 YEAR. IT ALSO SUSTAINS. OH, 3402 01:57:43,956 --> 01:57:44,824 SORRY, WE CAN KEEP MOVING. THANK 3403 01:57:44,824 --> 01:57:49,729 YOU. I FORGOT. OH, I THOUGHT 3404 01:57:49,729 --> 01:57:51,497 THERE WAS. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE. 3405 01:57:51,497 --> 01:57:55,001 ONE MORE THIS ONE. I THINK I 3406 01:57:55,001 --> 01:58:00,206 WENT OUT OF ORDER THIS BUDGET 3407 01:58:00,206 --> 01:58:00,840 SUSTAINS IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS 3408 01:58:00,840 --> 01:58:02,341 TO SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT AND 3409 01:58:02,341 --> 01:58:04,210 REFUGEE COMMUNITY. THE $4 3410 01:58:04,210 --> 01:58:05,912 MILLION THAT WAS ADDED ONGOING 3411 01:58:05,912 --> 01:58:09,248 IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR IS 3412 01:58:09,248 --> 01:58:10,183 SUSTAINED. $125,000 OF THAT IS 3413 01:58:10,183 --> 01:58:13,086 SHIFTED TO THE OFFICE OF LABOR 3414 01:58:13,086 --> 01:58:15,188 STANDARDS TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK 3415 01:58:15,188 --> 01:58:17,256 SPECIFIC TO THAT COMMUNITY, NEW 3416 01:58:17,256 --> 01:58:19,158 ONGOING SUPPORT FOR QUEER AND 3417 01:58:19,158 --> 01:58:21,260 TRANS ORGANIZATION. THIS IS 3418 01:58:21,260 --> 01:58:21,861 BUILDING ON THE WORK THAT 3419 01:58:21,861 --> 01:58:24,130 COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK WAS HELPING 3420 01:58:24,130 --> 01:58:27,834 LEAD AND THE WORK OF THE IT TEAM 3421 01:58:27,834 --> 01:58:29,769 THIS YEAR, AND IT ADDS FUNDING, 3422 01:58:29,769 --> 01:58:31,771 AS I SAID, TO IMPLEMENT THE FAIR 3423 01:58:31,771 --> 01:58:36,776 PRICING LEGISLATION. OKAY. THAT 3424 01:58:36,776 --> 01:58:38,077 IS MOSTLY THE END. I'M JUST 3425 01:58:38,077 --> 01:58:43,449 GOING TO MAKE A COUPLE OF FINAL. 3426 01:58:43,449 --> 01:58:45,618 REMARKS. I THINK HERE. SO ONE 3427 01:58:45,618 --> 01:58:56,095 MORE SLIDE. OKAY. SO MOVING 3428 01:58:56,496 --> 01:58:58,264 FORWARD, AS I MENTIONED MANY, 3429 01:58:58,264 --> 01:59:02,335 MANY TIMES ALREADY, BIG STRIDES 3430 01:59:02,335 --> 01:59:02,969 TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY, BUT THERE 3431 01:59:02,969 --> 01:59:05,738 IS MORE WORK AHEAD. THIS IS BOTH 3432 01:59:05,738 --> 01:59:08,040 TO GET TO REALLY ADDRESS THE 3433 01:59:08,040 --> 01:59:10,543 STRUCTURAL DEFICIT PROBLEM AND 3434 01:59:10,543 --> 01:59:12,278 RIGHTSIZING BUDGETS DOES NOT 3435 01:59:12,278 --> 01:59:14,247 ALLOW FOR EXPANDING CITY 3436 01:59:14,247 --> 01:59:14,814 SERVICES OR ADDRESSING THE 3437 01:59:14,814 --> 01:59:16,048 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF 3438 01:59:16,048 --> 01:59:17,717 THE CITY'S CONTROL. AS DEMAND 3439 01:59:17,717 --> 01:59:21,787 FOR SERVICE GROWS AND AS THOSE 3440 01:59:21,787 --> 01:59:22,321 CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF OUR 3441 01:59:22,321 --> 01:59:23,623 CONTROL CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE 3442 01:59:23,623 --> 01:59:25,691 ON OUR BUDGET, WE WE NEED TO 3443 01:59:25,691 --> 01:59:26,826 KEEP DOING THE WORK TO FIGURE 3444 01:59:26,826 --> 01:59:31,597 OUT STRATEGIES OF HOW WE SUSTAIN 3445 01:59:31,597 --> 01:59:32,231 AND PRESERVE THESE EXISTING OR 3446 01:59:32,231 --> 01:59:34,467 THESE IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS. SO 3447 01:59:34,467 --> 01:59:36,168 YOU'LL SEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE 3448 01:59:36,168 --> 01:59:37,837 PROPOSED BUDGET, A FEW TOOLS 3449 01:59:37,837 --> 01:59:40,573 THAT WILL NEED MORE WORK OR THAT 3450 01:59:40,573 --> 01:59:42,241 WILL HELP US MOVE TOWARDS 3451 01:59:42,241 --> 01:59:42,842 GREATER SUSTAINABILITY IN THE 3452 01:59:42,842 --> 01:59:44,677 FUTURE. ONE IS LEGISLATION TO 3453 01:59:44,677 --> 01:59:46,879 ESTABLISH A VOLUNTARY SEPARATION 3454 01:59:46,879 --> 01:59:48,047 PROGRAM THAT IS OFTEN REFERRED 3455 01:59:48,047 --> 01:59:50,182 TO AS AN EARLY RETIREMENT 3456 01:59:50,182 --> 01:59:51,551 PROGRAM THAT WILL WOULD ALLOW 3457 01:59:51,551 --> 01:59:53,786 SOME NATURAL ATTRITION, 3458 01:59:53,786 --> 01:59:56,322 POTENTIALLY IN A WAY TO SAVE, TO 3459 01:59:56,322 --> 01:59:58,925 HAVE TO ACHIEVE SOME SAVINGS 3460 01:59:58,925 --> 02:00:02,161 WITHOUT HAVING TO ELIMINATE 3461 02:00:02,161 --> 02:00:04,096 FILLED, FILLED POSITIONS. THE 3462 02:00:04,096 --> 02:00:05,865 BUDGET DOES NOT ASSUME ANY 3463 02:00:05,865 --> 02:00:07,366 SAVINGS ON THIS. IT WOULD 3464 02:00:07,366 --> 02:00:09,635 AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE TO 3465 02:00:09,635 --> 02:00:11,203 ESTABLISH A PROGRAM, AND THEN WE 3466 02:00:11,203 --> 02:00:13,673 WILL BE WORKING TO DEVELOP THE 3467 02:00:13,673 --> 02:00:14,273 DETAILS AND LIKELY A PROGRAM 3468 02:00:14,273 --> 02:00:16,542 THAT WOULD LAUNCH EARLY NEXT 3469 02:00:16,542 --> 02:00:20,580 YEAR. IT IS A WAY TO IDENTIFY 3470 02:00:20,580 --> 02:00:21,213 SOME POTENTIAL ONGOING SERVICES. 3471 02:00:21,213 --> 02:00:22,815 THERE'S ALSO THE EFFECT OF 3472 02:00:22,815 --> 02:00:24,550 GOVERNMENT AND BUILDING A 3473 02:00:24,550 --> 02:00:26,819 RESILIENT SEATTLE ECONOMY. 3474 02:00:26,819 --> 02:00:27,386 EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT WERE 3475 02:00:27,386 --> 02:00:29,355 RECENTLY ISSUED, PARTICULARLY 3476 02:00:29,355 --> 02:00:31,123 THE EFFECT OF GOVERNMENT IS IS A 3477 02:00:31,123 --> 02:00:33,392 LOT OF DIRECTING ME AND MY 3478 02:00:33,392 --> 02:00:35,061 COLLEAGUES IN THE CENTRAL 3479 02:00:35,061 --> 02:00:36,362 SERVICE DEPARTMENTS TO CONTINUE 3480 02:00:36,362 --> 02:00:38,864 TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE HOW 3481 02:00:38,864 --> 02:00:40,366 WE SUPPORT OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS 3482 02:00:40,366 --> 02:00:42,902 AND GETTING MONEY OUT THE DOOR, 3483 02:00:42,902 --> 02:00:44,370 LOOKING AT NEW WAYS OF DOING THE 3484 02:00:44,370 --> 02:00:46,472 BUDGET PROCESS AND MANAGING, 3485 02:00:46,472 --> 02:00:47,740 MANAGING OUR FINANCES TO 3486 02:00:47,740 --> 02:00:49,675 CONTINUE MOVING US TOWARD 3487 02:00:49,675 --> 02:00:51,310 SUSTAINABILITY. AND THEN, AS I 3488 02:00:51,310 --> 02:00:52,912 MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, A REAL 3489 02:00:52,912 --> 02:00:55,147 COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK 3490 02:00:55,147 --> 02:00:55,781 FOR NEW PROGRESSIVE REVENUE THAT 3491 02:00:55,781 --> 02:01:00,186 CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS. 3492 02:01:00,186 --> 02:01:01,554 SO THIS ONGOING WORK WOULD HELP 3493 02:01:01,554 --> 02:01:03,222 US TO DEDICATE MORE JUMP START 3494 02:01:03,222 --> 02:01:03,756 REVENUES TO THE ORIGINAL 3495 02:01:03,756 --> 02:01:07,326 SPENDING CATEGORIES, CAN HELP US 3496 02:01:07,326 --> 02:01:07,860 STABILIZE AND EXPAND OUR 3497 02:01:07,860 --> 02:01:09,795 IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY 3498 02:01:09,795 --> 02:01:12,231 INVESTMENTS. ADDRESS NEEDED 3499 02:01:12,231 --> 02:01:12,798 IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PUBLIC 3500 02:01:12,798 --> 02:01:17,637 FACILITIES. THAT IS A LONG LIST 3501 02:01:17,637 --> 02:01:19,605 TO ADDRESS AND THEN CONTINUE TO 3502 02:01:19,605 --> 02:01:21,340 EXPAND PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS 3503 02:01:21,340 --> 02:01:22,808 AFFORDABILITY. THIS INCLUDES 3504 02:01:22,808 --> 02:01:24,243 INVESTMENTS IN CHILD CARE, 3505 02:01:24,243 --> 02:01:25,378 HOUSING, FOOD, ACCESS TO ARTS 3506 02:01:25,378 --> 02:01:26,412 AND CULTURE. AND THE LIST. THE 3507 02:01:26,412 --> 02:01:30,049 LIST COULD GO ON. SO I AM PROUD 3508 02:01:30,049 --> 02:01:31,517 TO BE PRESENTING THIS BUDGET 3509 02:01:31,517 --> 02:01:33,653 THAT I, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST 3510 02:01:33,653 --> 02:01:35,755 TIME IN MANY, MANY YEARS, 3511 02:01:35,755 --> 02:01:37,323 PRESENTS A BUDGET WITHOUT A 3512 02:01:37,323 --> 02:01:39,325 DEFICIT IN THE GENERAL FUND AND 3513 02:01:39,325 --> 02:01:41,460 RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS WORK 3514 02:01:41,460 --> 02:01:43,262 AHEAD AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE 3515 02:01:43,262 --> 02:01:44,864 CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AS YOU 3516 02:01:44,864 --> 02:01:45,398 MOVE THROUGH THIS BUDGET 3517 02:01:45,398 --> 02:01:47,133 PROCESS. AND WE WORK TOGETHER IN 3518 02:01:47,133 --> 02:01:50,569 THE COMING YEARS. 3519 02:01:50,569 --> 02:01:51,737 -- WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, 3520 02:01:51,737 --> 02:01:52,438 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. IT TOOK ME A 3521 02:01:52,438 --> 02:01:54,173 MINUTE TO START TALKING BECAUSE 3522 02:01:54,173 --> 02:01:56,676 I AM, IN FACT, TIMING MYSELF. 3523 02:01:56,676 --> 02:01:57,276 COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS AT 3524 02:01:57,276 --> 02:01:59,578 THIS TIME FOR DIRECTOR PENNUCCI 3525 02:01:59,578 --> 02:02:01,147 ON KEY INVESTMENTS OR ANYTHING 3526 02:02:01,147 --> 02:02:04,317 AT LARGE? I WILL ASK THAT AS 3527 02:02:04,317 --> 02:02:04,950 DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS COME UP IN 3528 02:02:04,950 --> 02:02:07,219 THE NEXT FEW DAYS, IT IS NOT 3529 02:02:07,219 --> 02:02:08,721 NECESSARILY THEIR DECISION TO 3530 02:02:08,721 --> 02:02:10,022 MAKE THE CHANGES WITHIN THEIR 3531 02:02:10,022 --> 02:02:12,158 BUDGETS, IT IS WITHIN THE 3532 02:02:12,158 --> 02:02:12,725 PREROGATIVE OF THE MAYORAL 3533 02:02:12,725 --> 02:02:13,659 ADMINISTRATION AT THIS TIME. AND 3534 02:02:13,659 --> 02:02:15,995 THAT'S WHY I HOPE, WHILE I 3535 02:02:15,995 --> 02:02:20,766 STILL ASK YOU TO BE NICE TO 3536 02:02:20,766 --> 02:02:22,435 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI FRUSTRATION AT 3537 02:02:22,435 --> 02:02:23,069 DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS MIGHT NOT 3538 02:02:23,069 --> 02:02:24,070 BE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT MIGHT 3539 02:02:24,070 --> 02:02:26,605 NOT BE THEIR DECISION. SO WITH 3540 02:02:26,605 --> 02:02:28,908 THAT, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 3541 02:02:28,908 --> 02:02:31,310 HAS HIS HAND. TAKE IT AWAY. 3542 02:02:31,310 --> 02:02:33,779 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3543 02:02:33,779 --> 02:02:35,881 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I ALSO WANT 3544 02:02:35,881 --> 02:02:37,917 TO THANK DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. ALY. 3545 02:02:37,917 --> 02:02:39,985 PENNUCCI, WHO IS A TRUE EXPERT 3546 02:02:39,985 --> 02:02:42,988 ON BUDGETING. AND YOU KNOW WHO I 3547 02:02:42,988 --> 02:02:44,757 FIRST LEARNED SOME BUDGETING 3548 02:02:44,757 --> 02:02:46,992 PIECES, AT LEAST AT THE CITY 3549 02:02:46,992 --> 02:02:50,062 LEVEL. AND I WILL SAY I DO HAVE 3550 02:02:50,062 --> 02:02:51,864 MY CHALLENGES OR CONCERNS AND 3551 02:02:51,864 --> 02:02:54,533 ALL THE ABOVE, BUT TWO THINGS 3552 02:02:54,533 --> 02:02:56,302 THAT SEATTLE HAS GOING FOR IT. 3553 02:02:56,302 --> 02:02:59,505 ONE IS HAVING ALY PENNUCCI JOIN 3554 02:02:59,505 --> 02:03:00,773 THE TEAM AND THE OTHER ONE IS 3555 02:03:00,773 --> 02:03:03,509 DWIGHT DIVELY. MY HOPE THAT THE 3556 02:03:03,509 --> 02:03:04,377 TWO OF THEM, IN TERMS OF 3557 02:03:04,377 --> 02:03:05,911 PARTICULARLY OF THIS AREA AND 3558 02:03:05,911 --> 02:03:08,647 THE RELATED AREAS THAT THEY CAN 3559 02:03:08,647 --> 02:03:11,584 MAKE VERY STRONG POSITIVE CHANGE 3560 02:03:11,584 --> 02:03:16,188 FOR SEATTLE. NOW, WITH THAT 3561 02:03:16,188 --> 02:03:19,024 SAID. I'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT 3562 02:03:19,024 --> 02:03:20,726 BUDGET AND I'VE ALSO BEEN 3563 02:03:20,726 --> 02:03:23,028 SPEAKING RECENTLY ABOUT 3564 02:03:23,028 --> 02:03:25,264 INFLECTION POINTS. I HAVE SPOKEN 3565 02:03:25,264 --> 02:03:26,265 ABOUT INFLECTION POINTS WE'RE 3566 02:03:26,265 --> 02:03:28,134 FACING FIRST WITH THE BITE OF 3567 02:03:28,134 --> 02:03:29,502 SEATTLE MASS SHOOTING AND THEN 3568 02:03:29,502 --> 02:03:30,236 THE REMOVAL OF SHON BARNES AS 3569 02:03:30,236 --> 02:03:33,272 CHIEF OF POLICE, AND THEN START 3570 02:03:33,272 --> 02:03:35,241 TO FIND HIS REPLACEMENT. THE 3571 02:03:35,241 --> 02:03:37,109 BUDGET, HOWEVER, IS THE MOST 3572 02:03:37,109 --> 02:03:38,344 IMPORTANT INFLECTION POINT. AND 3573 02:03:38,344 --> 02:03:40,112 BY DEFINITION, INFLECTION POINT 3574 02:03:40,112 --> 02:03:41,413 IS A MOMENT WHEN SIGNIFICANT 3575 02:03:41,413 --> 02:03:44,984 CHANGE OCCURS OR MAY OCCUR. AND 3576 02:03:44,984 --> 02:03:46,185 TO BE CLEAR, THIS BUDGET 3577 02:03:46,185 --> 02:03:48,421 SUBMISSION IS REVEALING TO BE A 3578 02:03:48,421 --> 02:03:50,256 SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, A NEGATIVE 3579 02:03:50,256 --> 02:03:52,858 CHANGE TO THE WORK WE AS A 3580 02:03:52,858 --> 02:03:54,727 COUNCIL HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST 3581 02:03:54,727 --> 02:03:56,562 THREE YEARS ON PUBLIC SAFETY. IN 3582 02:03:56,562 --> 02:03:59,231 ADDITION TO THE LONG TERM BUDGET 3583 02:03:59,231 --> 02:04:01,600 PLANNING AMENDMENT AND WORK, 3584 02:04:01,600 --> 02:04:03,936 I'VE ALSO ADVOCATED AND WE 3585 02:04:03,936 --> 02:04:06,972 INCLUDED AS A COUNCIL, A PUBLIC 3586 02:04:06,972 --> 02:04:07,439 SAFETY ELEMENT IN OUR 3587 02:04:07,439 --> 02:04:09,542 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS. THIS 3588 02:04:09,542 --> 02:04:11,510 IS CRUCIAL, AS HIGHLIGHTED BY 3589 02:04:11,510 --> 02:04:13,913 LOCAL 27 LEADER FIREFIGHTER 3590 02:04:13,913 --> 02:04:16,682 KENNY STUART TODAY AT PUBLIC 3591 02:04:16,682 --> 02:04:18,584 COMMENT. WE MUST KEEP UP. WE 3592 02:04:18,584 --> 02:04:22,555 MUST KEEP WHERE WE WILL BE IN 24 3593 02:04:22,555 --> 02:04:24,890 AND 25 AS A NORTH STAR AS WE 3594 02:04:24,890 --> 02:04:26,292 NAVIGATE ALONG THE BUDGET 3595 02:04:26,292 --> 02:04:26,926 WAYPOINTS TO INCLUDE WHERE WE 3596 02:04:26,926 --> 02:04:30,262 ARE HERE TODAY ALONG THE WAY TO 3597 02:04:30,262 --> 02:04:32,498 DO SO WILL PLACE OUR CITY 20 AND 3598 02:04:32,498 --> 02:04:35,201 30 YEARS FROM NOW WHERE WE ARE 3599 02:04:35,201 --> 02:04:37,970 UNFORTUNATELY AT TODAY. GIVEN 3600 02:04:37,970 --> 02:04:39,805 THE LACK OF INVESTMENT IN FIRE 3601 02:04:39,805 --> 02:04:41,540 STATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, 20 OR 30 3602 02:04:41,540 --> 02:04:45,244 YEARS AGO THIS BUDGET, AGAIN, 3603 02:04:45,244 --> 02:04:47,079 SPECIFICALLY THE PUBLIC SAFETY 3604 02:04:47,079 --> 02:04:49,281 ELEMENTS, IS A IS REVEALING 3605 02:04:49,281 --> 02:04:50,649 SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE 3606 02:04:50,649 --> 02:04:51,917 DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR EFFORTS TO 3607 02:04:51,917 --> 02:04:54,653 CREATE A SAFER SEATTLE THAT CAN 3608 02:04:54,653 --> 02:04:57,156 BRING ABOUT A THRIVING AND 3609 02:04:57,156 --> 02:04:59,325 VIBRANT CITY. THE BUDGET SHIP 3610 02:04:59,325 --> 02:05:02,094 SUBMISSION IS LISTING, HOWEVER, 3611 02:05:02,094 --> 02:05:03,429 I OFTEN SAY SEATTLE IS AND WILL 3612 02:05:03,429 --> 02:05:05,197 ALWAYS BE A MARITIME CITY. IT 3613 02:05:05,197 --> 02:05:07,800 IS, OF COURSE, A TECH CITY AS 3614 02:05:07,800 --> 02:05:09,935 WELL. AND SEATTLE, THOUGH, IS 3615 02:05:09,935 --> 02:05:11,503 STILL A JET CITY. AND WITH THAT 3616 02:05:11,503 --> 02:05:15,374 IN MIND, THIS BUDGET AND MY 3617 02:05:15,374 --> 02:05:17,042 CONCERNS IS THAT IT PUTS US 3618 02:05:17,042 --> 02:05:17,510 BELOW GLIDE PATH AND 3619 02:05:17,510 --> 02:05:19,778 ACCOMPLISHING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 3620 02:05:19,778 --> 02:05:20,546 GOALS. COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANTED 3621 02:05:20,546 --> 02:05:22,848 TO NOTE THIS BECAUSE WHEN IT 3622 02:05:22,848 --> 02:05:26,685 COMES TO TO POLICE, FOR EXAMPLE, 3623 02:05:26,685 --> 02:05:29,355 YOU KNOW, FROM A COMPREHENSIVE 3624 02:05:29,355 --> 02:05:31,957 PLAN PERSPECTIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, 3625 02:05:31,957 --> 02:05:34,393 YOU KNOW, WE NEED LIKE 1800 3626 02:05:34,393 --> 02:05:36,662 OFFICERS, WE NEED TO BE OVER 3627 02:05:36,662 --> 02:05:38,297 1400 OFFICERS. THAT IS OUR GOAL. 3628 02:05:38,297 --> 02:05:43,302 THE 1258 GOAL WAS INTERMEDIATE 3629 02:05:43,302 --> 02:05:45,437 GOAL. AND SO THIS. 1250 AND MY 3630 02:05:45,437 --> 02:05:47,339 CONCERNS ABOUT IT PLATEAUING AT 3631 02:05:47,339 --> 02:05:48,674 THAT LEVEL IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, 3632 02:05:48,674 --> 02:05:50,409 PART OF THESE CONCERNS TO GO 3633 02:05:50,409 --> 02:05:52,211 ALONG WITH WHAT WE HEARD TODAY, 3634 02:05:52,211 --> 02:05:55,214 BECAUSE OVER TIME IS CURRENT 3635 02:05:55,214 --> 02:05:58,450 SERVICES AND WE WILL HAVE A CUT 3636 02:05:58,450 --> 02:05:59,718 IN SERVICES IF WE CUT THE 3637 02:05:59,718 --> 02:06:03,622 OVERTIME. AND WE REALLY NEED TO 3638 02:06:03,622 --> 02:06:04,256 RIGHTSIZE AND TO RIGHT THE SHIP, 3639 02:06:04,256 --> 02:06:06,559 IF YOU WILL, ON THAT FRONT AS 3640 02:06:06,559 --> 02:06:08,494 WELL. AND SO WITH THESE 3641 02:06:08,494 --> 02:06:10,162 DIFFERENT POINTS, I THINK IT'S 3642 02:06:10,162 --> 02:06:11,564 REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE RELATED 3643 02:06:11,564 --> 02:06:14,133 TO PUBLIC SAFETY. I DO 3644 02:06:14,133 --> 02:06:16,101 APPRECIATE THE THE AREAS OF THE 3645 02:06:16,101 --> 02:06:17,503 THEME OF PUBLIC SAFETY, 3646 02:06:17,503 --> 02:06:18,137 PARTICULARLY THE SCENE BETWEEN 3647 02:06:18,137 --> 02:06:20,105 PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 3648 02:06:20,105 --> 02:06:25,844 HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES. BUT 3649 02:06:25,844 --> 02:06:27,346 STILL, ULTIMATELY, IT'S THOSE 3650 02:06:27,346 --> 02:06:28,581 MAIN PIECES OF PUBLIC SAFETY 3651 02:06:28,581 --> 02:06:32,017 THAT WE NEED TO WORK AND BACK IN 3652 02:06:32,017 --> 02:06:34,954 JUST TO CLOSE TO BACK IN JULY OF 3653 02:06:34,954 --> 02:06:36,388 20th JULY 20th, ACTUALLY, I SENT 3654 02:06:36,388 --> 02:06:38,791 A LETTER TO THE MAYOR REGARDING 3655 02:06:38,791 --> 02:06:40,526 PROPOSED BUDGET REFORMS AND 3656 02:06:40,526 --> 02:06:42,394 ADDRESSING STRUCTURAL BUDGET 3657 02:06:42,394 --> 02:06:44,129 DEFICIT. YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT 3658 02:06:44,129 --> 02:06:44,763 VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS. AND, 3659 02:06:44,763 --> 02:06:46,699 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THREE AREAS 3660 02:06:46,699 --> 02:06:48,267 THAT I CALLED FOR WAS A 3661 02:06:48,267 --> 02:06:50,703 PRIORITY. PRIORITY, A PRIORITY 3662 02:06:50,703 --> 02:06:54,673 BASED BUDGET SYSTEM, AND 3663 02:06:54,673 --> 02:06:55,274 WITHDRAWING FROM UNNECESSARY 3664 02:06:55,274 --> 02:06:56,909 LINES OF BUSINESS AND UPDATING 3665 02:06:56,909 --> 02:06:57,810 THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX. THESE 3666 02:06:57,810 --> 02:06:59,345 ARE SOME OF THE AREAS, 3667 02:06:59,345 --> 02:06:59,979 COLLEAGUES, THAT I'D LIKE TO 3668 02:06:59,979 --> 02:07:01,714 WORK WITH YOU ON. NOW THAT THIS 3669 02:07:01,714 --> 02:07:04,083 IS OUR BUDGET, AS WE MOVE 3670 02:07:04,083 --> 02:07:06,318 FORWARD BETWEEN NOW AND 3671 02:07:06,318 --> 02:07:07,486 THANKSGIVING. SO AGAIN, THANK 3672 02:07:07,486 --> 02:07:09,855 YOU, DIRECTOR PENNUCCI, AND I'M 3673 02:07:09,855 --> 02:07:12,224 QUITE SERIOUS THAT YOU AND 3674 02:07:12,224 --> 02:07:14,326 DIRECTOR DIVELY ARE REALLY 3675 02:07:14,326 --> 02:07:15,527 IMPORTANT PIECES IN TERMS OF HOW 3676 02:07:15,527 --> 02:07:18,230 WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND THE 3677 02:07:18,230 --> 02:07:20,599 WORK FROM A BUDGET PROCESS. I 3678 02:07:20,599 --> 02:07:23,202 REALLY RESPECT AND APPRECIATE 3679 02:07:23,202 --> 02:07:24,069 THAT WORK. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, I 3680 02:07:24,069 --> 02:07:27,139 HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF 3681 02:07:27,139 --> 02:07:28,440 THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE 3682 02:07:28,440 --> 02:07:31,477 BEYOND THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR 3683 02:07:31,477 --> 02:07:31,777 BEING HERE. 3684 02:07:31,777 --> 02:07:34,146 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3685 02:07:34,146 --> 02:07:34,680 KETTLE DIRECTOR PENNUCCI 3686 02:07:34,680 --> 02:07:34,947 ANYTHING? 3687 02:07:34,947 --> 02:07:35,314 -- YEAH, AYE. 3688 02:07:35,314 --> 02:07:38,851 -- JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO 3689 02:07:38,851 --> 02:07:39,485 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR THOSE 3690 02:07:39,485 --> 02:07:40,352 COMMENTS, AND THEN LOOK FORWARD 3691 02:07:40,352 --> 02:07:43,422 TO THE CONVERSATION. I THINK 3692 02:07:43,422 --> 02:07:44,723 IT'S JUST FOR THE FOLKS 3693 02:07:44,723 --> 02:07:46,792 FOLLOWING ALONG AT HOME. THERE 3694 02:07:46,792 --> 02:07:47,960 ARE ALWAYS CHOICES IN A BUDGET. 3695 02:07:47,960 --> 02:07:49,628 I WILL JUST SAY RESPECTFULLY, 3696 02:07:49,628 --> 02:07:51,930 WHAT THIS BUDGET DOES IS IT 3697 02:07:51,930 --> 02:07:54,667 HONESTLY PRESENTS WHAT THE CITY 3698 02:07:54,667 --> 02:07:59,004 CAN AFFORD TO SUSTAIN AT THIS 3699 02:07:59,004 --> 02:08:00,572 GIVEN MOMENT. YOU, AS YOU TAKE 3700 02:08:00,572 --> 02:08:02,041 ON THIS BUDGET. AND I'M I'M 3701 02:08:02,041 --> 02:08:03,442 HAPPY TO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE IT 3702 02:08:03,442 --> 02:08:06,045 HANDED OFF. WILL LIKELY CONSIDER 3703 02:08:06,045 --> 02:08:08,947 AND MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES ON 3704 02:08:08,947 --> 02:08:12,618 HOW TO MOVE THE. THE DOLLARS 3705 02:08:12,618 --> 02:08:13,919 AROUND WITHIN THE BOX THAT WE 3706 02:08:13,919 --> 02:08:15,988 HAVE WITH OUR EXISTING REVENUE 3707 02:08:15,988 --> 02:08:18,957 FORECAST. BUT WHAT IT DOESN'T DO 3708 02:08:18,957 --> 02:08:20,826 AND AND FRANKLY, MANY PREVIOUS 3709 02:08:20,826 --> 02:08:22,628 BUDGETS HAVE DONE IS MADE 3710 02:08:22,628 --> 02:08:25,364 COMMITMENTS ON GROWTH AND 3711 02:08:25,364 --> 02:08:25,864 EXPANSION THAT ARE NOT 3712 02:08:25,864 --> 02:08:28,000 SUSTAINABLE. SO I REALLY WANT TO 3713 02:08:28,000 --> 02:08:29,835 WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU TO 3714 02:08:29,835 --> 02:08:32,037 LOOK FOR STRATEGIES AS YOU THINK 3715 02:08:32,037 --> 02:08:32,704 ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES AND HOW WE 3716 02:08:32,704 --> 02:08:34,907 CAN FIGURE OUT STRATEGIES TO DO 3717 02:08:34,907 --> 02:08:38,911 THAT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T 3718 02:08:38,911 --> 02:08:40,512 CREATE A DEEPER LEVEL OF 3719 02:08:40,512 --> 02:08:41,947 UNSUSTAINABILITY IN THE FUTURE, 3720 02:08:41,947 --> 02:08:43,816 BECAUSE I DON'T NEED TO DEBATE 3721 02:08:43,816 --> 02:08:44,550 THE PRIORITIES. THAT IS WHY YOU 3722 02:08:44,550 --> 02:08:48,087 GET TO BE ELECTED, BUT WANT TO 3723 02:08:48,087 --> 02:08:50,222 HELP SUPPORT AS YOU CONSIDER THE 3724 02:08:50,222 --> 02:08:51,990 OPTIONS OF HOW THAT HOW THAT CAN 3725 02:08:51,990 --> 02:08:55,294 WORK IN A WAY THAT REALLY CAN BE 3726 02:08:55,294 --> 02:08:57,963 SUSTAINED AND DELIVERED ON IN 3727 02:08:57,963 --> 02:08:58,263 THE FUTURE. 3728 02:08:58,263 --> 02:08:59,898 -- THANK YOU. AND I DO AGREE, 3729 02:08:59,898 --> 02:09:00,799 THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS 3730 02:09:00,799 --> 02:09:01,900 IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET 3731 02:09:01,900 --> 02:09:05,070 PROCESS, THE MECHANICS, THE 3732 02:09:05,070 --> 02:09:06,939 MACRO PIECES. SO THANK YOU. 3733 02:09:06,939 --> 02:09:10,075 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3734 02:09:10,075 --> 02:09:10,476 EMERITUS JUAREZ. 3735 02:09:10,476 --> 02:09:11,977 -- THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THANK 3736 02:09:11,977 --> 02:09:13,412 YOU. ALY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL 3737 02:09:13,412 --> 02:09:16,415 YOU FOLKS HERE. SO I'M JUST 3738 02:09:16,415 --> 02:09:17,382 GOING TO GET RIGHT TO THE POINT. 3739 02:09:17,382 --> 02:09:18,517 AND I KNOW WE'LL WE'LL GO BACK 3740 02:09:18,517 --> 02:09:19,384 AND FORTH ON THIS. WE HAVE A LOT 3741 02:09:19,384 --> 02:09:21,120 OF TIME TO GO THROUGH THE 3742 02:09:21,120 --> 02:09:24,423 BUDGET. THIS IS MY 10th BUDGET 3743 02:09:24,423 --> 02:09:26,325 CYCLE AND I DON'T I'M I MAY 3744 02:09:26,325 --> 02:09:27,226 RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH YOU 3745 02:09:27,226 --> 02:09:29,895 ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS BUDGET 3746 02:09:29,895 --> 02:09:31,263 DOES NOT MAKE COMMITMENTS TO 3747 02:09:31,263 --> 02:09:33,966 FUTURE AND UNSUSTAINABLE 3748 02:09:33,966 --> 02:09:34,733 PROJECTS. AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO 3749 02:09:34,733 --> 02:09:37,736 DEBATE THAT. THAT'S THAT'S MORE 3750 02:09:37,736 --> 02:09:39,204 OF A SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS THAN 3751 02:09:39,204 --> 02:09:41,540 I'M READY TO GIVE TODAY. SO 3752 02:09:41,540 --> 02:09:43,275 I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 33. MOVING 3753 02:09:43,275 --> 02:09:45,878 FORWARD, CONTINUED EFFORTS TO 3754 02:09:45,878 --> 02:09:48,447 STABILIZE. AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT 3755 02:09:48,447 --> 02:09:49,081 NEW PROGRESSIVE REVENUE IS THE 3756 02:09:49,081 --> 02:09:50,983 MAYOR'S OFFICE ANTICIPATING 3757 02:09:50,983 --> 02:09:52,684 BRINGING BACK OR CONSIDERING THE 3758 02:09:52,684 --> 02:09:54,119 SEATTLE CENTER TAX OR FIRE 3759 02:09:54,119 --> 02:09:56,221 DISTRICT TAX, AS YOU WERE ALL 3760 02:09:56,221 --> 02:09:59,558 SUGGESTING IN THE WINTER AND THE 3761 02:09:59,558 --> 02:09:59,792 SPRING. 3762 02:09:59,792 --> 02:10:01,727 -- WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY WORKING 3763 02:10:01,727 --> 02:10:04,663 ON THE FIRE DISTRICT THAT DID 3764 02:10:04,663 --> 02:10:06,798 NOT COME FORWARD. THE SEATTLE 3765 02:10:06,798 --> 02:10:10,869 CENTER BOND ISSUANCE IS ASSUMED. 3766 02:10:10,869 --> 02:10:13,572 THERE WAS A RESOLUTION PASSED BY 3767 02:10:13,572 --> 02:10:15,707 THE COUNCIL CONCURRED BY WITH 3768 02:10:15,707 --> 02:10:17,442 THE MAYOR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 3769 02:10:17,442 --> 02:10:21,313 DEVELOPING THE PLANS TO PUT AN 3770 02:10:21,313 --> 02:10:22,848 INITIATIVE ON THE BALLOT NEXT 3771 02:10:22,848 --> 02:10:25,150 YEAR TO FUND THE MAJOR 3772 02:10:25,150 --> 02:10:26,752 RENOVATIONS. THAT IS A, A A 3773 02:10:26,752 --> 02:10:29,454 FINANCING STRATEGY TO SUPPORT 3774 02:10:29,454 --> 02:10:30,856 THAT WORK THAT WOULD BE BACKED 3775 02:10:30,856 --> 02:10:32,424 BY A PROPERTY TAX. IF THE IF THE 3776 02:10:32,424 --> 02:10:38,897 VOTERS THE VOTERS APPROVE IT, 3777 02:10:38,897 --> 02:10:41,867 THERE IS NO SPECIFIC REVENUE OR 3778 02:10:41,867 --> 02:10:42,334 NEW PROGRESSIVE TAX, 3779 02:10:42,334 --> 02:10:43,669 NECESSARILY, BUT WE KNOW THAT 3780 02:10:43,669 --> 02:10:46,071 THERE IS A NEED TO INCREASE OUR 3781 02:10:46,071 --> 02:10:47,539 REVENUES IF WE WANT TO FUND ALL 3782 02:10:47,539 --> 02:10:49,541 OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE AND ALL 3783 02:10:49,541 --> 02:10:53,412 OF YOU ARE ASKED TO EXPAND AND 3784 02:10:53,412 --> 02:10:55,881 ADDRESS EVERY DAY, AND THAT 3785 02:10:55,881 --> 02:10:59,351 INCLUDES WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP 3786 02:10:59,351 --> 02:10:59,985 UNDER COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S 3787 02:10:59,985 --> 02:11:02,854 LEADERSHIP ON CONSIDERING 3788 02:11:02,854 --> 02:11:03,455 POTENTIALLY A FUTURE CAPITAL 3789 02:11:03,455 --> 02:11:04,756 GAINS TAX, AS WELL AS LIKE, I'M 3790 02:11:04,756 --> 02:11:07,759 ALL EARS, IF YOU HAVE OTHER 3791 02:11:07,759 --> 02:11:10,896 IDEAS, ANY ANY GOOD PROGRESSIVE 3792 02:11:10,896 --> 02:11:15,367 TAX IDEAS THAT ARE GOING TO NOT 3793 02:11:15,367 --> 02:11:16,001 NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR BUSINESSES 3794 02:11:16,001 --> 02:11:18,704 AND IDEALLY ADDRESS DON'T IMPACT 3795 02:11:18,704 --> 02:11:21,039 AFFORDABILITY. SO MY EARS ARE 3796 02:11:21,039 --> 02:11:23,675 OPEN. IF YOU HAVE ANY. 3797 02:11:23,675 --> 02:11:26,245 -- WHY DO YOU WHY DO YOU QUALIFY 3798 02:11:26,245 --> 02:11:27,880 EVERY TAX AS PROGRESSIVE? WHAT. 3799 02:11:27,880 --> 02:11:28,480 TELL ME WHAT YOUR DISTINCTION 3800 02:11:28,480 --> 02:11:29,181 IS. 3801 02:11:29,181 --> 02:11:31,016 -- I DON'T QUALIFY EVERY TAX AS 3802 02:11:31,016 --> 02:11:32,551 PROGRESSIVE, BUT THE MAYOR'S 3803 02:11:32,551 --> 02:11:33,051 PRIORITY IS LOOKING FOR 3804 02:11:33,051 --> 02:11:35,554 PROGRESSIVE TAX IDEAS. SO FOR 3805 02:11:35,554 --> 02:11:37,556 EXAMPLE, IT IS DEBATABLE 3806 02:11:37,556 --> 02:11:38,690 WHETHER, YOU KNOW, A PROPERTY 3807 02:11:38,690 --> 02:11:40,592 TAX IS NOT THE MOST PROGRESSIVE 3808 02:11:40,592 --> 02:11:42,294 TAX ON IT. SO I WOULDN'T HAVE 3809 02:11:42,294 --> 02:11:43,495 CALLED I WOULDN'T HAVE 3810 02:11:43,495 --> 02:11:45,230 DESCRIBED THE FIRE DISTRICT AS A 3811 02:11:45,230 --> 02:11:46,632 PROGRESSIVE TAX. IT WAS A TOOL 3812 02:11:46,632 --> 02:11:49,668 THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY. 3813 02:11:49,668 --> 02:11:53,872 THERE ARE LIMITS TO WHAT THE 3814 02:11:53,872 --> 02:11:54,406 CITY HAS AUTHORITY TO DO. 3815 02:11:54,406 --> 02:11:55,274 -- SO EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT 3816 02:11:55,274 --> 02:11:57,109 HAPPENED. ALL FROM JANUARY, 3817 02:11:57,109 --> 02:12:00,779 RIGHT UP UNTIL I DON'T KNOW, 3818 02:12:00,779 --> 02:12:02,114 AUGUST ISH, WE WERE TOLD, 3819 02:12:02,114 --> 02:12:02,981 BASICALLY, IT'S GOING TO BE 3820 02:12:02,981 --> 02:12:03,815 FRANK WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, THE 3821 02:12:03,815 --> 02:12:06,385 SKY IS FALLING. THERE'S $175 3822 02:12:06,385 --> 02:12:07,219 MILLION DEFICIT. AND THEN BACK 3823 02:12:07,219 --> 02:12:09,087 IN THE FALL OR WINTER AND 3824 02:12:09,087 --> 02:12:10,722 SPRING, WE HAVE TO PASS THIS 3825 02:12:10,722 --> 02:12:11,890 FIRE DISTRICT TAX. WE'RE LOOKING 3826 02:12:11,890 --> 02:12:13,725 AT, YOU KNOW, DOING A BOND 3827 02:12:13,725 --> 02:12:14,993 MEASURE FOR THE SALES CENTER. 3828 02:12:14,993 --> 02:12:18,030 AND THEN AND THEN IT'S GONE. SO 3829 02:12:18,030 --> 02:12:19,931 AS YOU KNOW, WE MET, I'M FULL 3830 02:12:19,931 --> 02:12:21,066 DISCLOSURE, WE ALL MET YOU AND I 3831 02:12:21,066 --> 02:12:25,337 AND THE MAYOR AND ESTHER ON 3832 02:12:25,337 --> 02:12:26,004 ZOOM. AND THEN YOU SAY, OKAY, 3833 02:12:26,004 --> 02:12:27,205 WELL, YOU GAVE US A BALANCED 3834 02:12:27,205 --> 02:12:30,208 BUDGET. SO WHAT HAPPENED? HOW 3835 02:12:30,208 --> 02:12:32,144 DID YOU CLOSE THAT GAP? BECAUSE, 3836 02:12:32,144 --> 02:12:33,445 YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HEAR THIS 3837 02:12:33,445 --> 02:12:35,514 LIKE, THERE'S A $130 MILLION 3838 02:12:35,514 --> 02:12:37,983 DEFICIT. THERE'S 170, 175. WE 3839 02:12:37,983 --> 02:12:40,085 HAVE TO RAISE THIS PROGRESSIVE 3840 02:12:40,085 --> 02:12:41,753 TAX, OR WE HAVE TO DO THIS. AND 3841 02:12:41,753 --> 02:12:43,956 THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WENT 3842 02:12:43,956 --> 02:12:44,589 AWAY. SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME 3843 02:12:44,589 --> 02:12:47,626 HOW, AGAIN, JUST HOW THAT GOT 3844 02:12:47,626 --> 02:12:47,859 CLOSED? 3845 02:12:47,859 --> 02:12:49,227 -- SURE. AND I WENT OVER THIS 3846 02:12:49,227 --> 02:12:51,129 ON, ON SEVERAL SLIDES AND IT 3847 02:12:51,129 --> 02:12:54,700 DIDN'T ALL OF A SUDDEN GO AWAY. 3848 02:12:54,700 --> 02:12:56,635 IT WAS THROUGH SOME VERY TOUGH 3849 02:12:56,635 --> 02:12:58,503 CHOICES AND LOOKING REALLY 3850 02:12:58,503 --> 02:13:00,605 CAREFULLY AT THE BUDGET. SO THAT 3851 02:13:00,605 --> 02:13:02,240 INCLUDES FOR THE GENERAL FUND, 3852 02:13:02,240 --> 02:13:03,742 OVER $40 MILLION AND JUST 3853 02:13:03,742 --> 02:13:04,810 SPENDING REDUCTIONS TO THE BEST 3854 02:13:04,810 --> 02:13:06,611 OF OUR ABILITY. WE LOOKED FOR 3855 02:13:06,611 --> 02:13:09,247 REDUCTIONS THAT WOULD NOT IMPACT 3856 02:13:09,247 --> 02:13:09,915 CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICES. SO 3857 02:13:09,915 --> 02:13:12,317 AS I MENTIONED, THAT MEANS 3858 02:13:12,317 --> 02:13:15,253 PAUSING ON PROPOSED EXPANSIONS 3859 02:13:15,253 --> 02:13:15,887 IN PREVIOUS BUDGETS THAT NOT 3860 02:13:15,887 --> 02:13:18,457 HAVE NOT YET BEEN IMPLEMENTED, 3861 02:13:18,457 --> 02:13:20,826 ELIMINATING VACANT POSITIONS, 3862 02:13:20,826 --> 02:13:21,393 ALIGNING BUDGETS TO ACTUAL 3863 02:13:21,393 --> 02:13:22,327 SPENDING, AND IN SOME CASES, 3864 02:13:22,327 --> 02:13:26,064 SOME HARD CHOICES. IT ALSO 3865 02:13:26,064 --> 02:13:27,399 INCLUDES SOME FUND SWAPS. SO 3866 02:13:27,399 --> 02:13:29,401 LIKE I MENTIONED, SHIFTING THE 3867 02:13:29,401 --> 02:13:30,535 COST ABOUT HALF THE COST OF 3868 02:13:30,535 --> 02:13:32,304 HOMELESS SERVICE INVESTMENTS 3869 02:13:32,304 --> 02:13:35,073 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE 3870 02:13:35,073 --> 02:13:37,109 JUMPSTART FUND AND THEN OTHER 3871 02:13:37,109 --> 02:13:39,411 OTHER TYPES OF LIKE FUND SWAPS 3872 02:13:39,411 --> 02:13:42,481 LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE WERE ALSO 3873 02:13:42,481 --> 02:13:45,751 FORTUNATE TO HAVE A MODESTLY A 3874 02:13:45,751 --> 02:13:47,619 MODEST INCREASE IN THE AUGUST 3875 02:13:47,619 --> 02:13:49,354 REVENUE FORECAST IN THE GENERAL 3876 02:13:49,354 --> 02:13:52,124 FUND THAT RESULTED IN ABOUT A 3877 02:13:52,124 --> 02:13:53,625 $20 MILLION INCREASE EACH YEAR. 3878 02:13:53,625 --> 02:13:57,396 WE ALSO SIMILARLY SAW A POSITIVE 3879 02:13:57,396 --> 02:13:57,929 REVENUE FORECAST FOR THE 3880 02:13:57,929 --> 02:14:00,265 JUMPSTART FUND THAT ALLOWED US 3881 02:14:00,265 --> 02:14:03,602 TO MAKE THAT SHIFT FROM IN THE 3882 02:14:03,602 --> 02:14:04,202 HOMELESS SERVICE INVESTMENTS, 3883 02:14:04,202 --> 02:14:06,371 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE 3884 02:14:06,371 --> 02:14:07,005 JUMPSTART FUND. 3885 02:14:07,005 --> 02:14:08,874 -- I FOLLOWED ALONG ON YOUR 3886 02:14:08,874 --> 02:14:10,008 POWERPOINT, ALL 34 PAGES. I JUST 3887 02:14:10,008 --> 02:14:11,309 I JUST KIND OF WANTED YOU TO PUT 3888 02:14:11,309 --> 02:14:14,813 IT MORE IN JUST SIMPLER TERMS TO 3889 02:14:14,813 --> 02:14:15,547 JUST BECAUSE I'M OBVIOUSLY WE'LL 3890 02:14:15,547 --> 02:14:17,082 SPEND MORE TIME GOING THROUGH 3891 02:14:17,082 --> 02:14:19,217 THIS AND LOOKING WHERE AS YOU 3892 02:14:19,217 --> 02:14:21,253 SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE 3893 02:14:21,253 --> 02:14:23,789 CAN DEBATE THOSE PRIORITIES 3894 02:14:23,789 --> 02:14:24,656 LATER. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU. 3895 02:14:24,656 --> 02:14:25,791 THANK YOU, ALI. 3896 02:14:25,791 --> 02:14:26,858 -- THANK YOU. 3897 02:14:26,858 --> 02:14:29,027 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3898 02:14:29,027 --> 02:14:30,162 EMERITUS, JUAREZ COLLEAGUES, ANY 3899 02:14:30,162 --> 02:14:34,566 OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? 3900 02:14:34,566 --> 02:14:45,077 STATEMENTS FEEDBACK. ALL RIGHT. 3901 02:14:45,077 --> 02:14:46,478 WELL, DIRECTOR PENNUCCI, I LOOK 3902 02:14:46,478 --> 02:14:47,512 FORWARD TO DIGGING INTO ALL OF 3903 02:14:47,512 --> 02:14:49,014 THIS. I'M NOT GOING TO SIT UP 3904 02:14:49,014 --> 02:14:53,552 HERE AND DEBATE WHO HAD THE MORE 3905 02:14:53,552 --> 02:14:54,186 STRUCTURALLY SOUND PROPOSAL OR 3906 02:14:54,186 --> 02:14:56,021 WHO HAS MADE PROMISES WITHOUT 3907 02:14:56,021 --> 02:14:59,257 PLANS UP HERE. I WILL JUST SAY 3908 02:14:59,257 --> 02:15:01,493 THAT WE DON'T HAVE UNIFIED 3909 02:15:01,493 --> 02:15:02,461 AGREEMENT ON. I FORGOT TO START 3910 02:15:02,461 --> 02:15:04,963 MY TIMER. WE DON'T HAVE UNIFIED 3911 02:15:04,963 --> 02:15:06,665 AGREEMENT ON ALL OF THAT, BUT I 3912 02:15:06,665 --> 02:15:08,600 DO APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF 3913 02:15:08,600 --> 02:15:10,135 COLLABORATION THAT YOU ENGAGE IN 3914 02:15:10,135 --> 02:15:13,371 AND THE DIRECT AND HONEST AND 3915 02:15:13,371 --> 02:15:15,106 EARNEST OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 3916 02:15:15,106 --> 02:15:16,141 I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S A 3917 02:15:16,141 --> 02:15:18,477 HIDE THE BALL WITH YOU. SO THANK 3918 02:15:18,477 --> 02:15:19,644 YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. 3919 02:15:19,644 --> 02:15:21,413 COLLEAGUES. LAST CALL. ANY OTHER 3920 02:15:21,413 --> 02:15:25,484 QUESTIONS? THIS IS THE ONLY TIME 3921 02:15:25,484 --> 02:15:28,286 THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE 3922 02:15:28,286 --> 02:15:30,288 TIME TO DISCUSS WITH CBO. ALL 3923 02:15:30,288 --> 02:15:31,857 RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING 3924 02:15:31,857 --> 02:15:33,758 TO KEEP RIGHT ON MOVING. THEN IT 3925 02:15:33,758 --> 02:15:37,829 IS 1146. DO FOLKS WANT TO TAKE 3926 02:15:37,829 --> 02:15:38,997 30 MINUTES NOW OR DO PARKS NOW 3927 02:15:38,997 --> 02:15:41,566 AND TAKE 30 MINUTES LATER? 3928 02:15:41,566 --> 02:15:43,335 LET'S JUMP INTO PARKS. LET'S 3929 02:15:43,335 --> 02:15:44,803 ROLL RIGHT INTO PARKS BECAUSE IT 3930 02:15:44,803 --> 02:15:45,971 IS STILL BEFORE NOON. AND THEN 3931 02:15:45,971 --> 02:15:47,239 WE'LL TAKE A HALF AN HOUR 3932 02:15:47,239 --> 02:15:49,608 BREAK. AT THE END OF THAT, WE'LL 3933 02:15:49,608 --> 02:15:50,775 BE AT EASE UNTIL THE PARKS 3934 02:15:50,775 --> 02:15:53,778 DEPARTMENT IS READY TO GO. IS 3935 02:15:53,778 --> 02:15:57,716 THAT OKAY? DID I DO IT RIGHT? 3936 02:15:57,716 --> 02:15:59,584 -- GIVE ME A READ. 3937 02:15:59,584 --> 02:15:59,951 -- ITEM THREE. 3938 02:15:59,951 --> 02:16:01,319 -- YEAH, 3939 02:16:01,319 --> 02:16:01,653 -- [LAUGHTER] 3940 02:16:01,653 --> 02:16:02,954 -- WELL, COUNCIL. 3941 02:16:02,954 --> 02:16:04,523 -- MR. CHAIR, HOW LONG IS THE 3942 02:16:04,523 --> 02:16:04,756 BREAK? 3943 02:16:04,756 --> 02:16:07,792 -- WE'RE JUST AT EASE AS 3944 02:16:07,792 --> 02:16:09,127 THEY'RE GETTING SET UP. SO IF 3945 02:16:09,127 --> 02:16:11,830 YOU NEED TO STEP AWAY, IT'S 3946 02:16:11,830 --> 02:16:12,030 OKAY. 3947 02:16:12,030 --> 02:16:19,771 -- OKAY. THANK YOU 3948 02:16:20,005 --> 02:16:22,507 -- OKAY. WELL, YEAH 3949 02:16:22,507 --> 02:16:25,277 -- RIGHT NOW. NO, NO. WHY NOT? A 3950 02:16:25,277 --> 02:16:27,312 GOOD IDEA. YOU LIKE TO. I GOT TO 3951 02:16:27,312 --> 02:16:31,583 TELL YOU, I AM NO, NO, I AM 3952 02:16:31,583 --> 02:16:34,553 YOURSELF. YEAH I GOT YOU AT THIS 3953 02:16:34,553 --> 02:16:36,021 MOMENT. LIKE. YEAH, YEAH, I GOT 3954 02:16:36,021 --> 02:16:39,257 YOU. YEAH. FOR SURE. I GOT YOU. 3955 02:16:39,257 --> 02:16:42,027 I LEARNED THAT ABOUT YOU. I IN A 3956 02:16:42,027 --> 02:16:44,496 GOOD WAY, IN A GOOD WAY. OKAY. I 3957 02:16:44,496 --> 02:16:45,997 WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP 3958 02:16:45,997 --> 02:16:47,899 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ALL I NEED 3959 02:16:47,899 --> 02:16:50,602 IS, YOU KNOW? YEAH. FOR SURE. 3960 02:16:50,602 --> 02:16:52,404 YOU THINK I DON'T FIGURE IT 3961 02:16:52,404 --> 02:16:54,239 OUT? WHATEVER. IT'S NOT GOING TO 3962 02:16:54,239 --> 02:16:57,876 BE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ME TOO. 3963 02:16:57,876 --> 02:17:03,882 THAT'S WHY I WILL TEXT SOMEONE 3964 02:17:03,882 --> 02:17:11,756 IMMEDIATELY. 3965 02:17:11,990 --> 02:17:22,467 -- AND IF YOU CAN START SHARING 3966 02:17:41,353 --> 02:17:42,988 YOUR SCREEN, WE ARE. ARE YOU 3967 02:17:42,988 --> 02:17:45,924 READY TO START SHARING SCREEN. 3968 02:17:45,924 --> 02:17:51,029 -- ON THE SCREEN? 3969 02:17:51,029 --> 02:17:51,329 -- AWESOME. 3970 02:17:51,329 --> 02:17:54,799 -- IS WHAT IS BACTRIM? 3971 02:17:54,799 --> 02:17:55,066 -- YEAH. 3972 02:17:55,066 --> 02:17:58,103 -- WE NEED ONE MORE PERSON. TWO, 3973 02:17:58,103 --> 02:18:02,807 FOUR. YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MICS 3974 02:18:02,807 --> 02:18:05,277 HOT AGAIN? THEY ARE HOT. AWARD 3975 02:18:05,277 --> 02:18:06,077 WINNING SEATTLE CHANNEL. AS SOON 3976 02:18:06,077 --> 02:18:09,214 AS WE GET ONE MORE COUNCILMEMBER 3977 02:18:09,214 --> 02:18:10,515 TO RETURN FROM BEING AT EASE, WE 3978 02:18:10,515 --> 02:18:14,619 WILL START AGAIN. IF THERE ARE 3979 02:18:14,619 --> 02:18:15,987 FOLKS WATCHING IN THEIR OFFICES 3980 02:18:15,987 --> 02:18:16,955 NOW AND YOU SEE A COUNCILMEMBER, 3981 02:18:16,955 --> 02:18:18,990 PLEASE SEND THEM BACK TO 3982 02:18:18,990 --> 02:18:20,692 CHAMBERS. JUAREZ IS BACK. 3983 02:18:20,692 --> 02:18:21,393 WONDERFUL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3984 02:18:21,393 --> 02:18:22,193 EMERITUS, GOOD TO SEE YOU. WE 3985 02:18:22,193 --> 02:18:26,197 HAVE QUORUM. WE WILL START RIGHT 3986 02:18:26,197 --> 02:18:30,335 UP WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. I 3987 02:18:30,335 --> 02:18:33,004 SEE ALI IS NOT QUITE BACK, BUT 3988 02:18:33,004 --> 02:18:33,905 I'M SURE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 3989 02:18:33,905 --> 02:18:34,572 SAY ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO GET 3990 02:18:34,572 --> 02:18:35,440 YOU IN TROUBLE IN THESE FIRST 3991 02:18:35,440 --> 02:18:38,910 30s. SO WITH THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE 3992 02:18:38,910 --> 02:18:39,577 TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF, I'M 3993 02:18:39,577 --> 02:18:41,079 GOING TO FIRST HAVE THE CLERK 3994 02:18:41,079 --> 02:18:42,380 READ ITEM NUMBER THREE INTO THE 3995 02:18:42,380 --> 02:18:42,614 RECORD. 3996 02:18:42,614 --> 02:18:44,049 -- AGENDA ITEM THREE SEATTLE 3997 02:18:44,049 --> 02:18:47,852 PARKS AND RECREATION FOR 3998 02:18:47,852 --> 02:18:48,386 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 3999 02:18:48,386 --> 02:18:49,187 -- WONDERFUL. IF YOU'D LIKE TO 4000 02:18:49,187 --> 02:18:50,322 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND THEN 4001 02:18:50,322 --> 02:18:59,731 WE'LL DIVE RIGHT ON IN. 4002 02:18:59,731 --> 02:19:02,901 -- GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON 4003 02:19:02,901 --> 02:19:04,469 -- SORRY, GUYS. OKAY, THERE WE 4004 02:19:04,469 --> 02:19:06,938 GO. THANK YOU 4005 02:19:06,938 --> 02:19:08,206 -- WHEN YOU MICHELE TO SPEAK UP 4006 02:19:08,206 --> 02:19:09,207 A LITTLE MICHELE. I CAN'T HEAR 4007 02:19:09,207 --> 02:19:10,575 YOU. 4008 02:19:10,575 --> 02:19:12,744 -- THAT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE 4009 02:19:12,744 --> 02:19:13,378 THE MICROPHONE ON COUNCILMEMBER 4010 02:19:13,378 --> 02:19:14,579 JUAREZ. IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS. 4011 02:19:14,579 --> 02:19:16,014 THERE YOU ARE. EVERY 4012 02:19:16,014 --> 02:19:16,347 -- [LAUGHTER] 4013 02:19:16,347 --> 02:19:19,150 -- TIME 4014 02:19:19,150 --> 02:19:19,484 -- THANK YOU. 4015 02:19:19,484 --> 02:19:21,453 -- GOOD. GOOD MORNING. THANK 4016 02:19:21,453 --> 02:19:23,088 YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS AND 4017 02:19:23,088 --> 02:19:23,688 COUNCILMEMBERS FOR HAVING US 4018 02:19:23,688 --> 02:19:24,522 HERE TODAY. I'M MICHELE 4019 02:19:24,522 --> 02:19:26,458 FINNEGAN, INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT 4020 02:19:26,458 --> 02:19:28,893 OF SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION 4021 02:19:28,893 --> 02:19:30,161 AND JOINED TODAY BY AMY 4022 02:19:30,161 --> 02:19:31,863 WILLIAMS, WHO LEADS OUR BUDGET 4023 02:19:31,863 --> 02:19:34,332 AND POLICY TEAM. WE'RE HAPPY TO 4024 02:19:34,332 --> 02:19:37,369 BE HERE TO PROPOSE TO PRESENT 4025 02:19:37,369 --> 02:19:39,437 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 4026 02:19:39,437 --> 02:19:40,839 SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION. WE 4027 02:19:40,839 --> 02:19:42,474 BELIEVE THIS IS A STRONG BUDGET 4028 02:19:42,474 --> 02:19:44,442 PROPOSAL, ACHIEVING REQUESTED 4029 02:19:44,442 --> 02:19:46,111 GENERAL FUND AND RATE SAVINGS 4030 02:19:46,111 --> 02:19:48,346 WHILE ALSO MAKING INVESTMENTS TO 4031 02:19:48,346 --> 02:19:50,048 INCREASE PROGRAM ACCESS AND 4032 02:19:50,048 --> 02:19:50,582 ADDRESS PRIORITY EMERGENT 4033 02:19:50,582 --> 02:19:52,717 CAPITAL PRIORITIES. BEFORE WE 4034 02:19:52,717 --> 02:19:54,552 JUMP IN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK 4035 02:19:54,552 --> 02:19:55,820 AMY AND THE SPR TEAM WHO WORKED 4036 02:19:55,820 --> 02:19:57,922 ON OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL 4037 02:19:57,922 --> 02:20:00,425 INTERNALLY. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO 4038 02:20:00,425 --> 02:20:02,427 ACKNOWLEDGE DIRECTOR PENNUCCI 4039 02:20:02,427 --> 02:20:04,262 FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND HER TEAM 4040 02:20:04,262 --> 02:20:05,230 SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, 4041 02:20:05,230 --> 02:20:07,899 AS WELL AS OUR OPERATIONS 4042 02:20:07,899 --> 02:20:08,833 MANAGER, RACHEL SHULKIN, WHO 4043 02:20:08,833 --> 02:20:10,368 ALONG WITH THE MAYOR'S 4044 02:20:10,368 --> 02:20:12,203 EXECUTIVE TEAM AND THE MAYOR 4045 02:20:12,203 --> 02:20:14,172 HERSELF, SUPPORTED A THOUGHTFUL 4046 02:20:14,172 --> 02:20:14,806 DECISION MAKING LEADING TO THE 4047 02:20:14,806 --> 02:20:15,974 PROPOSED BUDGET, WILL WALK 4048 02:20:15,974 --> 02:20:23,314 THROUGH NOW. I'D LIKE TO START 4049 02:20:23,314 --> 02:20:26,785 BY SHARING THAT AS WE APPROACH 4050 02:20:26,785 --> 02:20:28,686 THE BIENNIAL BUDGETING PROCESS, 4051 02:20:28,686 --> 02:20:30,555 WE CENTERED OUR MISSION AND THE 4052 02:20:30,555 --> 02:20:33,124 DESIRE TO PREVENT TO PRESERVE 4053 02:20:33,124 --> 02:20:33,658 CRITICAL SERVICES FOR THE 4054 02:20:33,658 --> 02:20:35,160 COMMUNITY. AS PART OF DEVELOPING 4055 02:20:35,160 --> 02:20:38,196 THIS PEOPLE FIRST BUDGET, WE 4056 02:20:38,196 --> 02:20:40,965 REVIEWED OUR BASELINE BUDGET FOR 4057 02:20:40,965 --> 02:20:41,533 EFFICIENCIES AND POTENTIAL 4058 02:20:41,533 --> 02:20:42,500 FUNDING REALIGNMENTS. AS YOU'LL 4059 02:20:42,500 --> 02:20:44,369 SEE, THESE APPROACHES SERVED AS 4060 02:20:44,369 --> 02:20:45,770 THE BASIS FOR MANY OF THE 4061 02:20:45,770 --> 02:20:47,639 PROPOSALS TO SAVE GENERAL FUND 4062 02:20:47,639 --> 02:20:51,409 AND REACH DOLLARS. SOME OF THESE 4063 02:20:51,409 --> 02:20:51,943 EFFICIENCIES AND FUNDING 4064 02:20:51,943 --> 02:20:53,378 REALIGNMENTS RECOGNIZE WHERE WE 4065 02:20:53,378 --> 02:20:56,014 ARE ON CERTAIN CAPITAL PROJECTS 4066 02:20:56,014 --> 02:20:58,316 AND HOW THAT INFORMS SPENDING 4067 02:20:58,316 --> 02:21:00,485 PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING BIENNIUM. 4068 02:21:00,485 --> 02:21:02,620 IN DEVELOPING OUR 4069 02:21:02,620 --> 02:21:03,254 RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WERE MINDFUL 4070 02:21:03,254 --> 02:21:05,590 OF OUR PARK DISTRICT CYCLE TWO 4071 02:21:05,590 --> 02:21:07,091 COMMITMENTS AND OUR BASELINE 4072 02:21:07,091 --> 02:21:08,993 SERVICE LEVELS. BUT WE'VE ALSO 4073 02:21:08,993 --> 02:21:11,629 HEARD YOU ALL IN THE DESIRE TO 4074 02:21:11,629 --> 02:21:13,865 HAVE A MORE INFORMED CAPITAL 4075 02:21:13,865 --> 02:21:16,134 BUDGETS AND LESS CAPITAL CARRY 4076 02:21:16,134 --> 02:21:17,769 FORWARD. THIS REVIEW INCLUDED A 4077 02:21:17,769 --> 02:21:19,938 DEEP DIVE ON OUR COMMUNITY 4078 02:21:19,938 --> 02:21:21,706 CENTER PROJECT SCHEDULES AND 4079 02:21:21,706 --> 02:21:22,407 PARK DISTRICT FUND BALANCE. AS 4080 02:21:22,407 --> 02:21:24,442 YOU'LL SEE IN THE UPCOMING 4081 02:21:24,442 --> 02:21:27,378 SLIDES SOME IDENTIFIED CAPACITY 4082 02:21:27,378 --> 02:21:29,881 FROM THAT REVIEW IS PROPOSED TO 4083 02:21:29,881 --> 02:21:33,051 OFFSET GENERAL FUND AND REVENUE 4084 02:21:33,051 --> 02:21:36,754 IMPACTS, AND SOME IS PROPOSED TO 4085 02:21:36,754 --> 02:21:37,755 MEET EMERGENT NEEDS. IN SOME 4086 02:21:37,755 --> 02:21:39,791 CASES, THE RESULTS OF THESE 4087 02:21:39,791 --> 02:21:41,726 PROPOSALS IS THAT FUNDING 4088 02:21:41,726 --> 02:21:43,027 SOURCES IN THE OUT YEARS WILL 4089 02:21:43,027 --> 02:21:44,796 NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED, IN 4090 02:21:44,796 --> 02:21:46,831 SEATTLE, PARKS AND RECREATION IS 4091 02:21:46,831 --> 02:21:49,701 COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING OPTIONS 4092 02:21:49,701 --> 02:21:52,770 FOR FUTURE COUNCIL 4093 02:21:52,770 --> 02:21:56,841 CONSIDERATION. I HEARD DIRECTOR 4094 02:21:56,841 --> 02:21:58,710 PENNUCCI SAY HER LEAST FAVORITE 4095 02:21:58,710 --> 02:22:00,378 SLIDE IN HER PRESENTATION, AND I 4096 02:22:00,378 --> 02:22:03,114 WILL SHARE THAT THIS IS MY LEAST 4097 02:22:03,114 --> 02:22:04,616 FAVORITE SLIDE, AS IT'S A LOT 4098 02:22:04,616 --> 02:22:06,050 OF STUFF BUILDING INTO THESE BIG 4099 02:22:06,050 --> 02:22:08,786 NUMBERS, BUT I WILL ATTEMPT TO 4100 02:22:08,786 --> 02:22:11,022 WALK YOU THROUGH OUR PROPOSED 4101 02:22:11,022 --> 02:22:13,491 BUDGET AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. OUR 4102 02:22:13,491 --> 02:22:16,294 OVERALL BUDGET INCREASES BY 4103 02:22:16,294 --> 02:22:21,099 ABOUT 10% FROM THE 2026 ADOPTED 4104 02:22:21,099 --> 02:22:21,699 BUDGET OF 363 MILLION TO 400 4105 02:22:21,699 --> 02:22:23,902 MILLION, OR APPROXIMATELY 37 4106 02:22:23,902 --> 02:22:25,537 MILLION, WHICH IS MAINLY DUE TO 4107 02:22:25,537 --> 02:22:28,206 THE LONG TERM GENERAL OBLIGATION 4108 02:22:28,206 --> 02:22:32,343 BOND APPROPRIATION IN 2027. FOR 4109 02:22:32,343 --> 02:22:35,246 OUR CYCLE, TWO COMMUNITY CENTER 4110 02:22:35,246 --> 02:22:38,149 PROJECTS, IT INCREASES TO 448 IN 4111 02:22:38,149 --> 02:22:39,717 2028, WHICH IS ALSO MOSTLY DUE 4112 02:22:39,717 --> 02:22:42,554 TO ADDITIONAL LEGAL BOND 4113 02:22:42,554 --> 02:22:44,322 APPROPRIATION AND ASSOCIATED 4114 02:22:44,322 --> 02:22:46,858 DEBT SERVICE. WE'LL WALK YOU 4115 02:22:46,858 --> 02:22:48,259 THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND SAVINGS 4116 02:22:48,259 --> 02:22:49,694 ON THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, BUT 4117 02:22:49,694 --> 02:22:51,329 BASICALLY, THE INCREASE YOU SEE 4118 02:22:51,329 --> 02:22:55,033 HERE BETWEEN 26, 27 AND 28 IS 4119 02:22:55,033 --> 02:22:58,136 ABOUT 3% PER YEAR. AND THESE 4120 02:22:58,136 --> 02:23:00,271 CHANGES ARE MOSTLY RELATED TO 4121 02:23:00,271 --> 02:23:00,905 THE ANNUAL BASELINE ADJUSTMENTS 4122 02:23:00,905 --> 02:23:01,906 LIKE HEALTH CARE AND CENTRAL 4123 02:23:01,906 --> 02:23:03,741 COSTS, THAT DIRECTOR PENNUCCI 4124 02:23:03,741 --> 02:23:07,045 WALKED YOU THROUGH THE DECREASE 4125 02:23:07,045 --> 02:23:10,048 IN OTHER FUNDS FROM 2026 TO 2027 4126 02:23:10,048 --> 02:23:12,817 IS MOSTLY REFLECTING A $5 4127 02:23:12,817 --> 02:23:14,786 MILLION, APPROXIMATE $5 MILLION 4128 02:23:14,786 --> 02:23:16,788 REDUCTION IN RATE STARTING IN 4129 02:23:16,788 --> 02:23:19,090 2027. REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX. 4130 02:23:19,090 --> 02:23:21,159 SORRY, I DIDN'T CORRECT MYSELF 4131 02:23:21,159 --> 02:23:23,895 THERE, AND THE INCREASE IN OTHER 4132 02:23:23,895 --> 02:23:25,530 FUNDS FROM 27 TO 28 REFLECTS 4133 02:23:25,530 --> 02:23:27,532 INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE 4134 02:23:27,532 --> 02:23:31,202 MPD. THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT, 4135 02:23:31,202 --> 02:23:34,639 AS WELL AS PAYING DEBT SERVICE 4136 02:23:34,639 --> 02:23:35,606 WITH THAT FUND. FINALLY, I'D 4137 02:23:35,606 --> 02:23:38,109 LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE 4138 02:23:38,109 --> 02:23:40,111 PROPOSED BUDGET APPROPRIATION OF 4139 02:23:40,111 --> 02:23:44,983 134 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND IN 4140 02:23:44,983 --> 02:23:47,318 2027 AND 137 IN 2028, MAINTAINS 4141 02:23:47,318 --> 02:23:49,187 THE GENERAL FUND FLOOR 4142 02:23:49,187 --> 02:23:49,687 REQUIREMENT SET BY THE 4143 02:23:49,687 --> 02:23:51,723 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 4144 02:23:51,723 --> 02:23:53,591 CITY AND THE PARK DISTRICT, 4145 02:23:53,591 --> 02:23:57,595 WHICH WOULD BE 131.7 MILLION IN 4146 02:23:57,595 --> 02:24:01,466 27 AND ABOUT THE SAME IN 28. 4147 02:24:01,466 --> 02:24:03,368 WE'LL WALK THROUGH OUR FTE 4148 02:24:03,368 --> 02:24:04,502 CHANGES ON OUR FINAL SLIDE, SO I 4149 02:24:04,502 --> 02:24:14,412 WON'T GO INTO THAT HERE. TO LAY 4150 02:24:14,412 --> 02:24:16,647 THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE VARIOUS 4151 02:24:16,647 --> 02:24:18,750 ELEMENTS OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, 4152 02:24:18,750 --> 02:24:19,384 THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE FOUR 4153 02:24:19,384 --> 02:24:21,552 MAIN CATEGORIES OF CHANGES. AS 4154 02:24:21,552 --> 02:24:23,454 JUST DESCRIBED. THE FIRST TWO 4155 02:24:23,454 --> 02:24:26,524 CATEGORIES ARE EFFICIENCIES AND 4156 02:24:26,524 --> 02:24:27,158 FUNDING REALIGNMENTS. PROPOSED 4157 02:24:27,158 --> 02:24:29,827 TO SAVE OVER $11 MILLION IN 4158 02:24:29,827 --> 02:24:32,997 GENERAL FUND. I'LL THEN COVER 4159 02:24:32,997 --> 02:24:34,599 THE 2027 TO 2032 RATE 4160 02:24:34,599 --> 02:24:37,568 REDUCTIONS, AS WELL AS THE ONE 4161 02:24:37,568 --> 02:24:39,871 TIME 2026 REDUCTION THAT IS 4162 02:24:39,871 --> 02:24:43,207 INCLUDED IN THE COMPANION PIECE 4163 02:24:43,207 --> 02:24:46,010 OF LEGISLATION, WHICH, SPOILER 4164 02:24:46,010 --> 02:24:48,346 ALERT ALSO RECOMMENDS SOME 4165 02:24:48,346 --> 02:24:50,181 FUNDING REALIGNMENTS. WE'LL THEN 4166 02:24:50,181 --> 02:24:50,682 CONCLUDE WITH PROPOSED 4167 02:24:50,682 --> 02:24:51,749 INVESTMENTS, NOTING THAT THESE 4168 02:24:51,749 --> 02:24:54,085 ARE MOSTLY ONE TIME SAVINGS 4169 02:24:54,085 --> 02:24:59,590 SUPPORTING ONE TIME INVESTMENTS. 4170 02:24:59,590 --> 02:25:02,360 AS MENTIONED, SPR PROPOSED 4171 02:25:02,360 --> 02:25:06,597 BUDGET SAVES OVER $11 MILLION IN 4172 02:25:06,597 --> 02:25:07,765 GENERAL FUND ANNUALLY. THREE AND 4173 02:25:07,765 --> 02:25:09,434 A HALF IS SAVED THROUGH THE 4174 02:25:09,434 --> 02:25:12,103 SLATE OF PROPOSED EFFICIENCIES 4175 02:25:12,103 --> 02:25:13,171 FOLLOWING A ROBUST REVIEW OF OUR 4176 02:25:13,171 --> 02:25:15,039 ENTIRE BUDGET, NOT JUST THE 4177 02:25:15,039 --> 02:25:18,476 GENERAL FUND. THESE INCLUDE 4178 02:25:18,476 --> 02:25:20,745 REMOVING GENERAL FUND 4179 02:25:20,745 --> 02:25:23,281 APPROPRIATION TO REPAY BONDS FOR 4180 02:25:23,281 --> 02:25:24,949 MAGNUSON PARK BUILDINGS 11 AND 4181 02:25:24,949 --> 02:25:28,252 30. THESE WERE FULLY PAID IN 4182 02:25:28,252 --> 02:25:31,155 2025, SHIFTING 50% OF OUR LEASE 4183 02:25:31,155 --> 02:25:33,658 COSTS FOR ONE OF OUR 4184 02:25:33,658 --> 02:25:34,292 ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS TO THE 4185 02:25:34,292 --> 02:25:36,160 CIP OVERHEAD, REFLECTING THE 4186 02:25:36,160 --> 02:25:37,695 STAFFING FOR OUR PLANNING AND 4187 02:25:37,695 --> 02:25:43,735 CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS 4188 02:25:43,735 --> 02:25:44,268 HOUSED AT THAT FACILITY, 4189 02:25:44,268 --> 02:25:48,372 REMOVING APPROXIMATELY $300,000 4190 02:25:48,372 --> 02:25:51,409 IN MPD RESERVES. PARK DISTRICT 4191 02:25:51,409 --> 02:25:53,444 RESERVES RELATED TO ADDRESSING 4192 02:25:53,444 --> 02:25:53,945 PAY DISPARITIES IN THE 4193 02:25:53,945 --> 02:25:57,515 RECREATION DIVISION. THIS ISSUE, 4194 02:25:57,515 --> 02:25:58,549 WHICH WAS RAISED IN THE CYCLE 4195 02:25:58,549 --> 02:26:01,119 TWO PLAN, HAS BEEN ADDRESSED 4196 02:26:01,119 --> 02:26:01,753 THROUGH A RECLASSIFICATION AND 4197 02:26:01,753 --> 02:26:04,222 THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 4198 02:26:04,222 --> 02:26:04,722 MOST RECENT COLLECTIVE 4199 02:26:04,722 --> 02:26:06,757 BARGAINING AGREEMENT. JUST TO 4200 02:26:06,757 --> 02:26:09,961 NOTE, I WILL REFERENCE THESE 4201 02:26:09,961 --> 02:26:10,561 RESERVES AGAIN IN AN UPCOMING 4202 02:26:10,561 --> 02:26:14,999 SLIDE WE ALSO PROPOSE ABROGATING 4203 02:26:14,999 --> 02:26:17,702 4.5 FTE OF LONG TERM VACANCIES, 4204 02:26:17,702 --> 02:26:19,971 INCLUDING A SENIOR MANAGEMENT 4205 02:26:19,971 --> 02:26:22,240 SYSTEMS ANALYST ON OUR BUDGET 4206 02:26:22,240 --> 02:26:23,941 TEAM, A STRATEGIC ADVISOR IN OUR 4207 02:26:23,941 --> 02:26:27,011 HUMAN SERVICES TEAM, AND TWO AND 4208 02:26:27,011 --> 02:26:27,645 A HALF ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 4209 02:26:27,645 --> 02:26:32,316 IN OUR UC T UNIFIED CARE TEAM. 4210 02:26:32,316 --> 02:26:35,820 FINALLY, WE'RE PROPOSING TO 4211 02:26:35,820 --> 02:26:38,089 REDUCE NON-LABOR BUDGETS TO 4212 02:26:38,089 --> 02:26:40,458 REFLECT OUR KIND OF OUR BASELINE 4213 02:26:40,458 --> 02:26:43,161 SPENDING ASSOCIATED WITH TWO 4214 02:26:43,161 --> 02:26:44,328 PROGRAM AREAS AT THE UNIFIED 4215 02:26:44,328 --> 02:26:47,465 CARE TEAM. THE PROPOSED BUDGET 4216 02:26:47,465 --> 02:26:48,599 REDUCES $600,000 FOR CONTRACTED 4217 02:26:48,599 --> 02:26:50,535 SERVICES TO ALIGN NON-LABOR 4218 02:26:50,535 --> 02:26:52,804 BUDGETS WITH ACTUAL SPENDING. WE 4219 02:26:52,804 --> 02:26:55,606 DO NOT INTEND. WE DO NOT EXPECT 4220 02:26:55,606 --> 02:26:57,708 OR INTEND TO IMPACT SERVICE 4221 02:26:57,708 --> 02:26:59,443 LEVELS ON THAT TEAM. FOR THE 4222 02:26:59,443 --> 02:27:01,646 GRAFFITI PROGRAM. THE PROPOSED 4223 02:27:01,646 --> 02:27:06,617 BUDGET REDUCES $500,000 OF NON 4224 02:27:06,617 --> 02:27:07,985 LABOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING THAT 4225 02:27:07,985 --> 02:27:12,723 WAS ADDED BY THE EXECUTIVE IN 4226 02:27:12,723 --> 02:27:20,565 THE 2026 BUDGET. 4227 02:27:20,698 --> 02:27:24,835 AS YOU'LL SEE OVER THE NEXT TWO 4228 02:27:24,835 --> 02:27:26,938 SLIDES, THE REMAINING 7.8 4229 02:27:26,938 --> 02:27:29,874 MILLION IN ANNUAL GENERAL FUND 4230 02:27:29,874 --> 02:27:32,577 SAVINGS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH 4231 02:27:32,577 --> 02:27:33,177 PROPOSED PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING 4232 02:27:33,177 --> 02:27:37,248 REALIGNMENTS. THE 2025 2026 4233 02:27:37,248 --> 02:27:39,917 BIENNIAL BUDGET SHIFTED THREE 4234 02:27:39,917 --> 02:27:41,252 ARTS RELATED PROGRAMS FROM IN 4235 02:27:41,252 --> 02:27:42,320 SPR, FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO 4236 02:27:42,320 --> 02:27:45,122 THE ARTS AND CULTURE FUND, 4237 02:27:45,122 --> 02:27:47,892 SAVING A LITTLE OVER $700,000. 4238 02:27:47,892 --> 02:27:50,061 THE PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE YOU 4239 02:27:50,061 --> 02:27:52,897 PROPOSES CONTINUING THIS 4240 02:27:52,897 --> 02:27:54,532 REALIGNMENT. THESE PROGRAMS ARE 4241 02:27:54,532 --> 02:27:57,001 THE ARTS AND PARKS PROGRAMS, A 4242 02:27:57,001 --> 02:27:59,737 GRANTING PROGRAM BY WHICH 4243 02:27:59,737 --> 02:28:00,371 ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS 4244 02:28:00,371 --> 02:28:02,573 ACTIVATE PARK SPACES THROUGHOUT 4245 02:28:02,573 --> 02:28:04,308 THE CITY IN A PROCESS 4246 02:28:04,308 --> 02:28:05,776 COORDINATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 4247 02:28:05,776 --> 02:28:08,312 THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, 4248 02:28:08,312 --> 02:28:10,181 THE TEEN SUMMER MUSICAL, A LONG 4249 02:28:10,181 --> 02:28:12,049 STANDING FREE SUMMER PROGRAM 4250 02:28:12,049 --> 02:28:12,984 THAT INTRODUCES YOUNG PEOPLE TO 4251 02:28:12,984 --> 02:28:15,286 THE WORLD OF THEATER AND THE 4252 02:28:15,286 --> 02:28:16,954 CENTER CITY BUSKER PROGRAM, 4253 02:28:16,954 --> 02:28:19,023 WHICH BRINGS MUSIC AND 4254 02:28:19,023 --> 02:28:20,091 ENTERTAINMENT TO PARKS MANAGED 4255 02:28:20,091 --> 02:28:24,662 UNDER OUR CENTER CITY ACTIVATION 4256 02:28:24,662 --> 02:28:28,065 UMBRELLA. ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL 4257 02:28:28,065 --> 02:28:29,700 SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR 4258 02:28:29,700 --> 02:28:32,303 PROPOSED FUNDING REALIGNMENTS TO 4259 02:28:32,303 --> 02:28:35,072 SAVE GENERAL FUND AND INVOLVE 4260 02:28:35,072 --> 02:28:35,640 REALLOCATING PARK DISTRICT 4261 02:28:35,640 --> 02:28:36,941 CAPITAL RESOURCES TO THE 4262 02:28:36,941 --> 02:28:38,843 OPERATING BUDGET TO OFFSET A 4263 02:28:38,843 --> 02:28:41,479 LIKE AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND. 4264 02:28:41,479 --> 02:28:43,748 THESE TRANSFERS ARE 4265 02:28:43,748 --> 02:28:44,382 OPERATIONALIZED IN THE GROUNDS 4266 02:28:44,382 --> 02:28:45,783 MAINTENANCE LINE OF BUSINESS. SO 4267 02:28:45,783 --> 02:28:47,885 THAT IS THE BUDGET INFORMATION 4268 02:28:47,885 --> 02:28:49,053 SHOWN ON THE TABLE ON THIS 4269 02:28:49,053 --> 02:28:52,556 SLIDE. SIMILAR TO THE LAST 4270 02:28:52,556 --> 02:28:55,026 SLIDE. THE FIRST CHANGES 4271 02:28:55,026 --> 02:28:56,360 CONTINUE WHAT WAS PLANNED AS A 4272 02:28:56,360 --> 02:28:59,263 ONE TIME REALIGNMENT IN THE 2526 4273 02:28:59,263 --> 02:29:01,899 BIENNIUM. MORE SPECIFICALLY, 4274 02:29:01,899 --> 02:29:04,302 THIS CONTINUES REALLOCATION OF 4275 02:29:04,302 --> 02:29:06,470 $4.1 MILLION OF PARK DISTRICT 4276 02:29:06,470 --> 02:29:09,006 REVENUES, PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTING 4277 02:29:09,006 --> 02:29:10,608 ACQUISITIONS, MAJOR MAINTENANCE, 4278 02:29:10,608 --> 02:29:13,077 AND THE COMMUNITY FUND TO 4279 02:29:13,077 --> 02:29:16,013 SUPPORT GENERAL PARK MAINTENANCE 4280 02:29:16,013 --> 02:29:18,783 OPERATIONS. IN ADDITION, THE 4281 02:29:18,783 --> 02:29:21,752 PROPOSED 2027 2028 BUDGET 4282 02:29:21,752 --> 02:29:23,988 INCREASES THE REALLOCATION FROM 4283 02:29:23,988 --> 02:29:26,123 CAPITAL MAJOR MAINTENANCE TO THE 4284 02:29:26,123 --> 02:29:26,657 GENERAL PARK MAINTENANCE 4285 02:29:26,657 --> 02:29:30,494 OPERATIONS BY $3 MILLION. WHILE 4286 02:29:30,494 --> 02:29:32,963 THIS ONGOING REDUCTION FOR MAJOR 4287 02:29:32,963 --> 02:29:33,431 MAINTENANCE AND ASSET 4288 02:29:33,431 --> 02:29:35,066 PRESERVATION IMPACTS OUR ABILITY 4289 02:29:35,066 --> 02:29:36,867 TO ADDRESS LONG TERM CAPITAL 4290 02:29:36,867 --> 02:29:38,836 MAINTENANCE NEEDS, WE ARE 4291 02:29:38,836 --> 02:29:40,171 CONTINUING TO ADDRESS OUR NEEDS 4292 02:29:40,171 --> 02:29:43,240 AND OUR APPROACH TO THIS WORK. 4293 02:29:43,240 --> 02:29:44,976 AS THE THROUGH THE PARKS AND 4294 02:29:44,976 --> 02:29:46,577 RECREATION OPEN SPACE PLAN AND 4295 02:29:46,577 --> 02:29:49,647 THE PARK DISTRICT MID CYCLE 4296 02:29:49,647 --> 02:29:53,150 REPORT, WHICH WE'RE DEVELOPING 4297 02:29:53,150 --> 02:29:57,221 NOW. UNFORTUNATELY, THE 4298 02:29:57,221 --> 02:29:59,190 REDUCTION TO PARK DISTRICT 4299 02:29:59,190 --> 02:30:01,359 CAPITAL FUNDING IS COMPOUNDED BY 4300 02:30:01,359 --> 02:30:03,127 THE DEMAND FOR REACH AND THE 4301 02:30:03,127 --> 02:30:05,329 ASSOCIATED REVENUE FORECASTS. IN 4302 02:30:05,329 --> 02:30:07,431 ADDITION TO THE ONE TIME 2026 4303 02:30:07,431 --> 02:30:09,400 BUDGET LEGISLATION, WHICH WILL 4304 02:30:09,400 --> 02:30:15,673 SPEAK TO NEXT, THE 27 TO 2032 4305 02:30:15,673 --> 02:30:17,341 CIP REDUCES REACH RESOURCES AND 4306 02:30:17,341 --> 02:30:19,777 OUR PROPOSED CIP BY ABOUT $25 4307 02:30:19,777 --> 02:30:22,013 MILLION OVER THE SIX YEARS, OR 4308 02:30:22,013 --> 02:30:23,914 ABOUT $5 MILLION ANNUALLY, TO 4309 02:30:23,914 --> 02:30:27,852 ACHIEVE THIS REDUCTION, THE 4310 02:30:27,852 --> 02:30:29,320 PROPOSED BUDGET REDUCES REACH 4311 02:30:29,320 --> 02:30:32,556 FOR THE GAS WORKS, PARK 4312 02:30:32,556 --> 02:30:34,358 REMEDIATION PROJECT IN 2027 4313 02:30:34,358 --> 02:30:35,793 THROUGH 2029. BASED ON THE 4314 02:30:35,793 --> 02:30:39,697 LATEST INFORMATION WE HAVE ON 4315 02:30:39,697 --> 02:30:40,331 PROJECTED SPENDING THROUGH THIS 4316 02:30:40,331 --> 02:30:42,466 TIME FRAME, THAT SAVES $2.8 4317 02:30:42,466 --> 02:30:45,569 MILLION. THE ONGOING PROJECT 4318 02:30:45,569 --> 02:30:47,438 SUPPORTS OVERALL CLEANUP AT 4319 02:30:47,438 --> 02:30:49,440 GASWORKS PARK, INCLUDING UPLANDS 4320 02:30:49,440 --> 02:30:51,342 AND SEDIMENTS, AND SPR WORKS 4321 02:30:51,342 --> 02:30:53,277 WITH SPU AND PUGET SOUND ENERGY 4322 02:30:53,277 --> 02:30:55,346 TO ALIGN BUDGETS WITH PLANNED 4323 02:30:55,346 --> 02:30:57,214 REMEDIATION WORK. WHILE $2 4324 02:30:57,214 --> 02:30:58,315 MILLION REMAINS IN EACH OF THE 4325 02:30:58,315 --> 02:31:01,652 OUT YEARS OF THE CIP, ADDITIONAL 4326 02:31:01,652 --> 02:31:03,254 FUNDING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED 4327 02:31:03,254 --> 02:31:05,656 FOR PLANNED REMEDIATION WORK. AT 4328 02:31:05,656 --> 02:31:08,859 THAT TIME, THE PROPOSED BUDGET 4329 02:31:08,859 --> 02:31:09,360 REDUCES ATHLETIC FIELD 4330 02:31:09,360 --> 02:31:13,631 REPLACEMENTS BY $7.1 MILLION IN 4331 02:31:13,631 --> 02:31:16,000 2027 THROUGH 20. SORRY. IN 2029 4332 02:31:16,000 --> 02:31:20,404 THROUGH 2031, BUT DOES INVEST AN 4333 02:31:20,404 --> 02:31:22,139 ADDITIONAL $8 MILLION IN 2032, 4334 02:31:22,139 --> 02:31:24,642 FOR A TOTAL OF $30 MILLION IN 4335 02:31:24,642 --> 02:31:27,912 THE PROPOSED CIP. AS YOU KNOW, 4336 02:31:27,912 --> 02:31:30,014 THE ABILITY OF SYNTHETIC FIELD 4337 02:31:30,014 --> 02:31:32,116 TURFS TO ABSORB IMPACTS DECLINES 4338 02:31:32,116 --> 02:31:33,617 AS FIELDS REACH THE END OF THEIR 4339 02:31:33,617 --> 02:31:36,454 10 TO 12 YEAR SERVICE LIFE, 4340 02:31:36,454 --> 02:31:38,522 WHICH REDUCES PLAYABILITY. 4341 02:31:38,522 --> 02:31:41,892 GENERALLY, SYNTHETIC TURF 4342 02:31:41,892 --> 02:31:42,526 REPLACEMENTS CAN RANGE BETWEEN 2 4343 02:31:42,526 --> 02:31:43,594 AND $5 MILLION, AND WE HAVE 4344 02:31:43,594 --> 02:31:45,463 APPROXIMATELY 12 SYNTHETIC TURF 4345 02:31:45,463 --> 02:31:48,165 FIELDS DUE FOR REPLACEMENT IN 4346 02:31:48,165 --> 02:31:50,434 THE NEXT CIP. GIVEN THESE 4347 02:31:50,434 --> 02:31:53,304 CHANGES, ADDITIONAL FUNDING MOST 4348 02:31:53,304 --> 02:31:54,905 LIKELY WILL NEED TO BE 4349 02:31:54,905 --> 02:31:56,373 IDENTIFIED OR WILL MOVE SOME OF 4350 02:31:56,373 --> 02:32:01,512 THESE REPLACEMENTS INTO THE OUT 4351 02:32:01,512 --> 02:32:09,753 YEARS. SORRY, I WENT TOO FAST. 4352 02:32:09,753 --> 02:32:11,522 SORRY. CONVERSIONS. THE OUT 4353 02:32:11,522 --> 02:32:13,424 YEARS OF THE CURRENT CIP 4354 02:32:13,424 --> 02:32:16,293 INCLUDED PARTIAL FUNDING FOR 4355 02:32:16,293 --> 02:32:17,962 CONVERSION OF THE WEST MAGNOLIA 4356 02:32:17,962 --> 02:32:22,399 PLAY FIELD AT $5.1 MILLION. WE 4357 02:32:22,399 --> 02:32:24,902 NOW ANTICIPATE THIS PROJECT TO 4358 02:32:24,902 --> 02:32:27,872 BE EIGHT PLUS MILLION DOLLARS IN 4359 02:32:27,872 --> 02:32:28,539 THE PROPOSED CIP ELIMINATES THE 4360 02:32:28,539 --> 02:32:30,875 ASSOCIATED RATE, BUT CONTINUES 4361 02:32:30,875 --> 02:32:32,543 THE PROJECT IN THE CIP. 4362 02:32:32,543 --> 02:32:34,044 ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS A PRIORITY 4363 02:32:34,044 --> 02:32:36,147 PROJECT FOR FUTURE FUNDING. IN 4364 02:32:36,147 --> 02:32:38,182 FACT, THIS IS THE FINAL 4365 02:32:38,182 --> 02:32:40,251 OUTSTANDING PROJECT IN OUR JOINT 4366 02:32:40,251 --> 02:32:42,086 ATHLETIC FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT 4367 02:32:42,086 --> 02:32:44,421 PLAN WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 4368 02:32:44,421 --> 02:32:47,424 THE CIP ALSO INCLUDES $9.6 4369 02:32:47,424 --> 02:32:49,293 MILLION FOR THE MAGNUSON PARK 4370 02:32:49,293 --> 02:32:51,128 ATHLETIC FIELD 12 CONVERSION 4371 02:32:51,128 --> 02:32:52,763 PROJECT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW. 4372 02:32:52,763 --> 02:32:55,900 THE PROPOSED CIP ELIMINATES 4373 02:32:55,900 --> 02:32:57,801 REACH SUPPORT BUT REPLACES IT 4374 02:32:57,801 --> 02:33:00,104 WITH PARK DISTRICT FUNDING. WILL 4375 02:33:00,104 --> 02:33:02,373 PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS 4376 02:33:02,373 --> 02:33:05,543 REINVESTMENT IN AN UPCOMING 4377 02:33:05,543 --> 02:33:10,748 SLIDE. TO MEET THE CURRENT 4378 02:33:10,748 --> 02:33:13,384 CITYWIDE PROJECTED REVENUE 4379 02:33:13,384 --> 02:33:15,486 SHORTFALL, THE YEAR END 4380 02:33:15,486 --> 02:33:16,120 SUPPLEMENTAL INCLUDES ABOUT $12 4381 02:33:16,120 --> 02:33:18,756 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS ACROSS 4382 02:33:18,756 --> 02:33:21,025 SEVERAL SPR CAPITAL PROGRAMS AND 4383 02:33:21,025 --> 02:33:24,528 PROJECTS, INCLUDING. A ONE TIME 4384 02:33:24,528 --> 02:33:26,730 REDUCTION OF PARK DISTRICT CARRY 4385 02:33:26,730 --> 02:33:27,298 FORWARD IN THE ACQUISITION 4386 02:33:27,298 --> 02:33:29,233 PROJECT, INFORMED BY SPENDING 4387 02:33:29,233 --> 02:33:31,268 PLANS AND RECOGNIZING THE 4388 02:33:31,268 --> 02:33:34,138 PROPOSED CIP CONTINUES $1 4389 02:33:34,138 --> 02:33:37,041 MILLION ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT 4390 02:33:37,041 --> 02:33:37,541 GREEN SPACE ACQUISITION 4391 02:33:37,541 --> 02:33:39,109 OPPORTUNITIES AND IS MATCH FOR 4392 02:33:39,109 --> 02:33:43,414 CONSERVATION FUTURE TAX 4393 02:33:43,414 --> 02:33:43,914 SUPPORTED ACQUISITIONS. 4394 02:33:43,914 --> 02:33:45,149 SIMILARLY, A ONE TIME REDUCTION 4395 02:33:45,149 --> 02:33:49,553 IN OUR ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT 4396 02:33:49,553 --> 02:33:50,120 FUNDING ALIGNS BUDGET WITH 4397 02:33:50,120 --> 02:33:53,490 SPENDING AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO 4398 02:33:53,490 --> 02:33:56,093 IMPACT CURRENT EFFORTS. THE 4399 02:33:56,093 --> 02:33:56,627 PROPOSED CIP CONTINUES TO 4400 02:33:56,627 --> 02:33:58,329 SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM WITH $2 4401 02:33:58,329 --> 02:34:01,298 MILLION ANNUALLY. REGARDING 4402 02:34:01,298 --> 02:34:04,301 COMMUNITY CENTER STABILIZATION 4403 02:34:04,301 --> 02:34:05,803 AND DECARBONIZATION. SPR HAS 4404 02:34:05,803 --> 02:34:08,305 BEEN WORKING ON A PACKAGE OF 4405 02:34:08,305 --> 02:34:09,506 DECARBONIZATION PROJECTS UNDER A 4406 02:34:09,506 --> 02:34:13,611 G C, C M MODEL, WHICH IS NEW FOR 4407 02:34:13,611 --> 02:34:15,746 US. WITH THIS FUNDING IDENTIFIED 4408 02:34:15,746 --> 02:34:19,416 IN THIS PROJECT, WE ARE PURSUING 4409 02:34:19,416 --> 02:34:21,452 DECARBONIZATION AT VAN ASSELT, 4410 02:34:21,452 --> 02:34:23,854 OUR GENESEE CREW QUARTERS AND 4411 02:34:23,854 --> 02:34:24,455 GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER. WE 4412 02:34:24,455 --> 02:34:26,624 ARE ALSO DESIGNING 4413 02:34:26,624 --> 02:34:29,526 DECARBONIZATION FOR JEFFERSON 4414 02:34:29,526 --> 02:34:31,629 AND RAINIER COMMUNITY CENTERS. 4415 02:34:31,629 --> 02:34:32,196 WE HAVE ALSO RECENTLY BEGUN 4416 02:34:32,196 --> 02:34:34,732 WORKING ON A SEPARATE COMMUNITY 4417 02:34:34,732 --> 02:34:36,467 CENTER STABILIZATION PROJECT 4418 02:34:36,467 --> 02:34:37,067 WITH DECARBONIZATION FOR HIGH 4419 02:34:37,067 --> 02:34:39,103 POINT COMMUNITY CENTER. WE 4420 02:34:39,103 --> 02:34:41,538 ESTIMATE THIS PROJECT WILL NEED 4421 02:34:41,538 --> 02:34:45,476 $6 MILLION OVERALL, BUT WE ARE 4422 02:34:45,476 --> 02:34:46,610 RETAINING $1 MILLION TO CONTINUE 4423 02:34:46,610 --> 02:34:47,244 THE PLANNING AND DESIGN, WHICH 4424 02:34:47,244 --> 02:34:50,681 IS WHAT WE EXPECT WE WILL NEED 4425 02:34:50,681 --> 02:34:54,418 OVER THIS BIENNIUM. THIS 4426 02:34:54,418 --> 02:34:56,720 APPROACH OVERALL ALIGNS CURRENT 4427 02:34:56,720 --> 02:34:57,354 SPENDING PROJECTIONS WITH BUDGET 4428 02:34:57,354 --> 02:34:59,923 AND POSITIONS. ALL THREE OF 4429 02:34:59,923 --> 02:35:01,659 THESE PROJECTS BEING DESIGNED AT 4430 02:35:01,659 --> 02:35:02,393 JEFFERSON, RAINIER AND HIGH 4431 02:35:02,393 --> 02:35:04,461 POINT FOR OUTSIDE FUNDING AND 4432 02:35:04,461 --> 02:35:05,929 FOR READINESS FOR CYCLE THREE OF 4433 02:35:05,929 --> 02:35:13,070 THE PARK DISTRICT. FINALLY, WE 4434 02:35:13,070 --> 02:35:16,140 ARE RECOMMENDING ABANDONING 4435 02:35:16,140 --> 02:35:17,374 APPROPRIATION IN TWO PROJECTS. 4436 02:35:17,374 --> 02:35:18,942 FUNDING WAS ADDED IN CYCLE TWO 4437 02:35:18,942 --> 02:35:21,745 OF THE PARK DISTRICT FOR PRE 4438 02:35:21,745 --> 02:35:23,480 ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF 1 TO 2 4439 02:35:23,480 --> 02:35:26,116 POTENTIAL WATER REUSE PROJECTS 4440 02:35:26,116 --> 02:35:28,652 CAPTURING STORMWATER RUNOFF OR 4441 02:35:28,652 --> 02:35:30,688 RAINWATER HARVEST, OR SOME OTHER 4442 02:35:30,688 --> 02:35:31,989 ONE FOR FUNDING OR WATER SOURCE 4443 02:35:31,989 --> 02:35:34,925 FOR IRRIGATION USE. THE TEAM HAS 4444 02:35:34,925 --> 02:35:36,794 BEGUN TO LOOK INTO THIS CONCEPT, 4445 02:35:36,794 --> 02:35:39,663 AND GIVEN THE POTENTIAL COST, 4446 02:35:39,663 --> 02:35:41,432 SPR IS RECOMMENDING, WE FOCUS 4447 02:35:41,432 --> 02:35:43,400 RESOURCES ON OTHER PRIORITY 4448 02:35:43,400 --> 02:35:47,237 PROJECTS AT THIS TIME FINALLY, 4449 02:35:47,237 --> 02:35:49,807 THE PROJECT AT SMITH COVE IS 4450 02:35:49,807 --> 02:35:51,975 NEARING COMPLETION AND THIS. 4451 02:35:51,975 --> 02:35:54,745 THIS CHANGE REALLOCATES UNUSED 4452 02:35:54,745 --> 02:35:57,281 CONTINGENCY TO MITIGATE RATE 4453 02:35:57,281 --> 02:35:58,982 REDUCTIONS. IT DOES NOT IMPACT 4454 02:35:58,982 --> 02:36:07,725 DELIVERY OF THAT PROJECT. THE 4455 02:36:07,725 --> 02:36:09,526 MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO 4456 02:36:09,526 --> 02:36:10,094 INVESTS IN CITY PRIORITIES 4457 02:36:10,094 --> 02:36:12,096 THROUGH PARK DISTRICT 4458 02:36:12,096 --> 02:36:14,264 REALIGNMENTS. THIS SLIDE 4459 02:36:14,264 --> 02:36:15,466 OUTLINES OUR OPERATING BUDGET 4460 02:36:15,466 --> 02:36:18,001 PROPOSALS, AND THE NEXT SLIDE 4461 02:36:18,001 --> 02:36:20,804 COVERS CAPITAL BUDGET. THESE ARE 4462 02:36:20,804 --> 02:36:23,040 PRIMARILY FUNDED WITH ONE TIME 4463 02:36:23,040 --> 02:36:24,942 CAPACITY. FROM A REVIEW OF OUR 4464 02:36:24,942 --> 02:36:27,845 COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT 4465 02:36:27,845 --> 02:36:30,948 SCHEDULES. THE PROPOSED BUDGET 4466 02:36:30,948 --> 02:36:31,548 ALMOST DOUBLES SPR RECREATION 4467 02:36:31,548 --> 02:36:34,218 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN 2027 AND 4468 02:36:34,218 --> 02:36:36,787 2028. RECOGNIZING THE DEMAND FAR 4469 02:36:36,787 --> 02:36:40,424 EXCEEDS AVAILABLE FUNDING IN 4470 02:36:40,424 --> 02:36:42,926 2025. THE PROGRAM EXCEEDED ITS 4471 02:36:42,926 --> 02:36:44,962 BUDGET BY ABOUT 20%, ALLOWING IT 4472 02:36:44,962 --> 02:36:47,965 TO SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1800 4473 02:36:47,965 --> 02:36:49,566 RECIPIENTS, LEVERAGING SOME 4474 02:36:49,566 --> 02:36:54,505 VACANCY SAVINGS. AND IN 2026, 4475 02:36:54,505 --> 02:36:56,807 YOU ALL SUPPORTED AN ADDITIONAL 4476 02:36:56,807 --> 02:36:57,274 $200,000 THROUGH OUR 4477 02:36:57,274 --> 02:37:00,244 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PROCESS. THE 4478 02:37:00,244 --> 02:37:01,779 PROPOSED $400,000 PER YEAR 4479 02:37:01,779 --> 02:37:04,014 INCREASE IS SUPPORTED BY PLANNED 4480 02:37:04,014 --> 02:37:06,850 ONM THAT IS NOT NEEDED FOR NEW 4481 02:37:06,850 --> 02:37:09,453 FACILITIES COMING ONLINE. THE 4482 02:37:09,453 --> 02:37:11,188 OTHER PROPOSED USE OF THIS ONE 4483 02:37:11,188 --> 02:37:12,756 TIME CAPACITY IS TO SUPPORT OUR 4484 02:37:12,756 --> 02:37:15,025 AQUATICS LINE OF BUSINESS, 4485 02:37:15,025 --> 02:37:17,961 RECOGNIZING OUR POOLS CONTINUE 4486 02:37:17,961 --> 02:37:18,462 TO EXPERIENCE FINANCIAL 4487 02:37:18,462 --> 02:37:20,664 CHALLENGES. THIS PROPOSAL 4488 02:37:20,664 --> 02:37:23,133 CONTINUES. $1.6 MILLION IN 4489 02:37:23,133 --> 02:37:27,738 REVENUE SUBSIDY IN 2027 AND 2028 4490 02:37:27,738 --> 02:37:30,207 TO ENSURE SERVICES ARE NOT 4491 02:37:30,207 --> 02:37:31,475 IMPACTED. THAT SAID, I'D LIKE 4492 02:37:31,475 --> 02:37:33,010 TO CLARIFY THAT OUR AQUATICS 4493 02:37:33,010 --> 02:37:35,879 LINE OF BUSINESS IS STILL 4494 02:37:35,879 --> 02:37:36,513 RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING OVER 4495 02:37:36,513 --> 02:37:38,248 $6 MILLION OF EARNED REVENUE, 4496 02:37:38,248 --> 02:37:40,250 AND SPR HAS IDENTIFIED THIS AS A 4497 02:37:40,250 --> 02:37:44,121 KEY PROGRAM TO REVIEW AS PART OF 4498 02:37:44,121 --> 02:37:45,856 OUR PARK DISTRICT MID CYCLE 4499 02:37:45,856 --> 02:37:48,091 REPORT. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE 4500 02:37:48,091 --> 02:37:50,627 OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES 4501 02:37:50,627 --> 02:37:51,428 WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING THREE 4502 02:37:51,428 --> 02:37:56,700 ONGOING REALLOCATIONS TOTALING 4503 02:37:56,700 --> 02:38:01,071 $1.3 MILLION. SEATTLE 4504 02:38:01,071 --> 02:38:03,874 CONSERVATION CORPS. WE ARE 4505 02:38:03,874 --> 02:38:04,408 PROPOSING TO REPRIORITIZE 4506 02:38:04,408 --> 02:38:06,310 NON-LABOR BASELINE FUNDING TO 4507 02:38:06,310 --> 02:38:08,312 ADD TWO NEW HR POSITIONS TO 4508 02:38:08,312 --> 02:38:11,281 SUPPORT THE PROGRAM AND THE TEAM 4509 02:38:11,281 --> 02:38:13,650 ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WOULD BE 4510 02:38:13,650 --> 02:38:14,117 PERFORMING RANGE FROM 4511 02:38:14,117 --> 02:38:16,186 PARTICIPANT SELECTION, READINESS 4512 02:38:16,186 --> 02:38:18,722 TO IDENTIFY AND OFFER ENHANCED 4513 02:38:18,722 --> 02:38:20,557 SERVICES SUCH AS ONBOARDING, 4514 02:38:20,557 --> 02:38:22,392 TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE 4515 02:38:22,392 --> 02:38:23,927 MANAGEMENT. LATE NIGHT AT HIGH 4516 02:38:23,927 --> 02:38:27,130 POINT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET 4517 02:38:27,130 --> 02:38:29,333 SUSTAINS THE 2026 COUNCIL BUDGET 4518 02:38:29,333 --> 02:38:30,734 AD SUPPORTING LATE NIGHT AT OUR 4519 02:38:30,734 --> 02:38:33,003 HIGH POINT COMMUNITY CENTER. 4520 02:38:33,003 --> 02:38:35,372 THIS ONGOING CHANGE ALSO 4521 02:38:35,372 --> 02:38:37,241 INCREASES FTE BY TWO DIFFERENT 4522 02:38:37,241 --> 02:38:40,844 POSITIONS, TO A TOTAL OF .75 FTE 4523 02:38:40,844 --> 02:38:44,348 AND UTILIZES REMAINING FUNDING 4524 02:38:44,348 --> 02:38:46,817 RESERVE ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED TO 4525 02:38:46,817 --> 02:38:47,351 ADDRESS PAY DISPARITIES. 4526 02:38:47,351 --> 02:38:48,719 DISPARITIES IN THE RECREATION 4527 02:38:48,719 --> 02:38:50,988 DIVISION I REFERENCED EARLIER. 4528 02:38:50,988 --> 02:38:52,723 THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 4529 02:38:52,723 --> 02:38:54,658 LOCATIONS WITHIN LATE NIGHT 4530 02:38:54,658 --> 02:38:56,793 PROGRAMING TO NINE CITYWIDE. AS 4531 02:38:56,793 --> 02:38:58,896 YOU KNOW, THE TEEN LATE NIGHT 4532 02:38:58,896 --> 02:39:01,765 PROGRAM PROVIDES SAFE, ENRICHING 4533 02:39:01,765 --> 02:39:03,600 SPACES FOR TEENS AGED 13 TO 19 4534 02:39:03,600 --> 02:39:06,837 TO RECEIVE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT, 4535 02:39:06,837 --> 02:39:07,838 CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, ATHLETICS, 4536 02:39:07,838 --> 02:39:10,407 CAREER READINESS AND JUST TO 4537 02:39:10,407 --> 02:39:16,046 HANG OUT WITH CARING ADULTS. THE 4538 02:39:16,046 --> 02:39:16,680 PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO REPURPOSES 4539 02:39:16,680 --> 02:39:18,415 $600,000 IDENTIFIED IN CYCLE TWO 4540 02:39:18,415 --> 02:39:21,418 OF THE PARK DISTRICT FOR YOUTH 4541 02:39:21,418 --> 02:39:22,853 OPPORTUNITY FUND. THAT HAS NOT 4542 02:39:22,853 --> 02:39:24,621 BEEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED TO PILOT 4543 02:39:24,621 --> 02:39:27,391 A HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEARNING 4544 02:39:27,391 --> 02:39:28,959 CENTER IN COLLABORATION WITH 4545 02:39:28,959 --> 02:39:30,627 RAINIER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, AS 4546 02:39:30,627 --> 02:39:32,696 WELL AS EXPAND TEEN PROGRAMING 4547 02:39:32,696 --> 02:39:35,032 AT RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY 4548 02:39:35,032 --> 02:39:36,900 CENTER. THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES 4549 02:39:36,900 --> 02:39:38,268 FUNDING FOR CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT 4550 02:39:38,268 --> 02:39:40,003 THESE TEEN SERVICES AND ALSO 4551 02:39:40,003 --> 02:39:42,573 INVEST IN THE TEENS. THE STAFF 4552 02:39:42,573 --> 02:39:47,177 SERVING IN THESE PROGRAMS 4553 02:39:47,177 --> 02:39:53,483 CITYWIDE. NOW, TURNING TO THE 4554 02:39:53,483 --> 02:39:55,819 CAPITAL SIDE, THE REALIGNMENT OF 4555 02:39:55,819 --> 02:39:57,854 DEBT SERVICE ISSUANCE AND 4556 02:39:57,854 --> 02:40:00,190 PAYMENT AND DEBT PAYMENT WITH 4557 02:40:00,190 --> 02:40:02,392 UPDATED PROJECT SCHEDULES 4558 02:40:02,392 --> 02:40:04,895 CREATES ABOUT $16.5 MILLION IN 4559 02:40:04,895 --> 02:40:07,097 ONE TIME CAPACITY IN 2027 AND 4560 02:40:07,097 --> 02:40:08,932 2028. THE PROPOSED BUDGET 4561 02:40:08,932 --> 02:40:11,435 UTILIZES THESE FUNDS, AND ABOUT 4562 02:40:11,435 --> 02:40:13,303 $600,000 OF ONE TIME KING COUNTY 4563 02:40:13,303 --> 02:40:15,639 PARKS LEVY FUNDING TO ADDRESS 4564 02:40:15,639 --> 02:40:17,541 SEVERAL SEVERAL CAPITAL 4565 02:40:17,541 --> 02:40:19,676 PROJECTS, BRINGING THE TOTAL 4566 02:40:19,676 --> 02:40:21,945 RESOURCES TO ABOUT 17 MILLION. 4567 02:40:21,945 --> 02:40:23,313 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS 4568 02:40:23,313 --> 02:40:27,551 HOW SPR IS PROPOSING TO REPLACE 4569 02:40:27,551 --> 02:40:29,786 $9.6 MILLION OF REVENUES FOR THE 4570 02:40:29,786 --> 02:40:31,088 CONVERSION OF MAGNUSON PARK 4571 02:40:31,088 --> 02:40:33,790 ATHLETIC FIELD 12, WITH PARK 4572 02:40:33,790 --> 02:40:35,659 DISTRICT REVENUES. THIS PROJECT 4573 02:40:35,659 --> 02:40:37,461 CONVERTS A GRASS FIELD TO 4574 02:40:37,461 --> 02:40:37,995 SYNTHETIC TURF, INCLUDING 4575 02:40:37,995 --> 02:40:39,563 LIGHTING AND DRAINAGE 4576 02:40:39,563 --> 02:40:40,931 IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE 4577 02:40:40,931 --> 02:40:43,900 MAGNUSON PARK MASTER PLAN. THE 4578 02:40:43,900 --> 02:40:45,569 PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INVESTS IN 4579 02:40:45,569 --> 02:40:48,071 TWO NEW PARK RESTROOMS ONE AT 4580 02:40:48,071 --> 02:40:49,306 CHERYL CHOW PARK, WHICH WAS 4581 02:40:49,306 --> 02:40:52,909 OPENED IN APRIL OF 2025. AND AS 4582 02:40:52,909 --> 02:40:55,245 PART OF THAT PROJECT, THE 4583 02:40:55,245 --> 02:40:55,779 UTILITY CONNECTIONS WERE 4584 02:40:55,779 --> 02:40:57,214 INCLUDED IN PREPARATION FOR A 4585 02:40:57,214 --> 02:41:00,017 FUTURE PORTLAND LURE. SIMILAR 4586 02:41:00,017 --> 02:41:03,887 PREFABRICATED RESTROOM. THE 4587 02:41:03,887 --> 02:41:05,722 PROPOSED BUDGET INVEST $900,000 4588 02:41:05,722 --> 02:41:08,191 FOR THIS RESTROOM. THE PROPOSED 4589 02:41:08,191 --> 02:41:09,760 BUDGET ALSO SETS ASIDE PARK 4590 02:41:09,760 --> 02:41:10,761 DISTRICT RESOURCES FOR A NEW 4591 02:41:10,761 --> 02:41:12,763 RESTROOM IN NORTHEAST SEATTLE. 4592 02:41:12,763 --> 02:41:17,134 IN RESPONSE TO A PARK COMMUNITY 4593 02:41:17,134 --> 02:41:17,701 FUND PROPOSAL. SPR HAS BEEN 4594 02:41:17,701 --> 02:41:19,102 EVALUATING THE GAP IN ACCESSIBLE 4595 02:41:19,102 --> 02:41:21,304 RESTROOMS IN THIS AREA AND THIS 4596 02:41:21,304 --> 02:41:24,608 EVALUATION IS UNDER REVIEW, AND 4597 02:41:24,608 --> 02:41:28,845 WE ANTICIPATE IDENTIFYING A SITE 4598 02:41:28,845 --> 02:41:30,714 IN EARLY 2027. THE PROJECT TO 4599 02:41:30,714 --> 02:41:32,616 RESTORE THE DAMAGED ELECTRICAL 4600 02:41:32,616 --> 02:41:34,151 AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AT THE 4601 02:41:34,151 --> 02:41:36,953 DISCOVERY PARK ENVIRONMENTAL, 4602 02:41:36,953 --> 02:41:37,587 ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER IS 4603 02:41:37,587 --> 02:41:39,790 CURRENTLY IN DESIGN FOR IN-KIND 4604 02:41:39,790 --> 02:41:40,857 SYSTEM REPLACEMENT AND IS ON 4605 02:41:40,857 --> 02:41:42,592 PACE TO START PERMITTING BEFORE 4606 02:41:42,592 --> 02:41:45,796 THE END OF THE YEAR. THE TOTAL 4607 02:41:45,796 --> 02:41:48,665 PROJECT COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE 4608 02:41:48,665 --> 02:41:51,768 ABOUT 3.3 MILLION. WHILE WE 4609 02:41:51,768 --> 02:41:52,369 EXPLORE DECARBONIZATION, THE 4610 02:41:52,369 --> 02:41:53,770 COST WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE AND 4611 02:41:53,770 --> 02:41:56,940 WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT OTHER 4612 02:41:56,940 --> 02:41:59,376 PLANNED DECARBONIZATION PROJECTS 4613 02:41:59,376 --> 02:42:00,677 REFERENCED EARLIER. A PORTION OF 4614 02:42:00,677 --> 02:42:01,745 THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED WITH 4615 02:42:01,745 --> 02:42:04,047 REACH, AND SPR INTENDS TO FUND 4616 02:42:04,047 --> 02:42:04,915 THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT 4617 02:42:04,915 --> 02:42:08,618 WITH ONE TIME PARK DISTRICT 4618 02:42:08,618 --> 02:42:10,387 FUNDS. AT LITTLEBROOK PARK, THE 4619 02:42:10,387 --> 02:42:14,157 PREFERRED DESIGN REQUIRED 4620 02:42:14,157 --> 02:42:14,758 ADDITIONAL PERMITTING AND HAS 4621 02:42:14,758 --> 02:42:16,727 EXPERIENCED LONGER PROJECT 4622 02:42:16,727 --> 02:42:18,728 SCHEDULES, RESULTING IN A HIGHER 4623 02:42:18,728 --> 02:42:20,330 ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE TO FULLY 4624 02:42:20,330 --> 02:42:22,165 FUND THE PROJECT. SPR IS 4625 02:42:22,165 --> 02:42:23,200 PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE BUDGET 4626 02:42:23,200 --> 02:42:24,668 SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH 4627 02:42:24,668 --> 02:42:28,071 BIDDING. THE PROJECT. SPR IS 4628 02:42:28,071 --> 02:42:30,407 ALSO PROPOSING TO MAKE ONE TIME 4629 02:42:30,407 --> 02:42:32,943 INVESTMENTS TO UPGRADE SAFETY 4630 02:42:32,943 --> 02:42:34,578 AND SECURITY CAMERAS THAT ARE 4631 02:42:34,578 --> 02:42:36,947 INOPERABLE OR PAST THEIR USEFUL 4632 02:42:36,947 --> 02:42:39,082 LIFE AT 19 SITES THAT CURRENTLY 4633 02:42:39,082 --> 02:42:40,884 HAVE SYSTEMS. WHILE THIS COULD 4634 02:42:40,884 --> 02:42:42,219 ALIGN WITH A FUTURE INVESTMENT 4635 02:42:42,219 --> 02:42:44,054 FOR SITES WITHOUT CAMERAS, AS 4636 02:42:44,054 --> 02:42:45,822 WELL AS AN ONGOING PROGRAM TO 4637 02:42:45,822 --> 02:42:47,958 ENSURE THEY STAY OPERATIONAL, 4638 02:42:47,958 --> 02:42:49,726 THE PROPOSAL HERE RELATES TO 4639 02:42:49,726 --> 02:42:52,462 EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTER POOLS, 4640 02:42:52,462 --> 02:42:54,931 TEEN CENTERS, ET CETERA. THESE 4641 02:42:54,931 --> 02:42:57,234 SYSTEMS PRIMARILY FACE ENTRANCES 4642 02:42:57,234 --> 02:43:00,537 AND INTERNAL SPACES, SUPPORTING 4643 02:43:00,537 --> 02:43:01,037 STAFF AND MANAGING THE 4644 02:43:01,037 --> 02:43:03,373 FACILITIES INOPERABLE AND AGE 4645 02:43:03,373 --> 02:43:05,041 SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN FLAGGED AS 4646 02:43:05,041 --> 02:43:08,411 PROBLEMATIC, ESPECIALLY AFTER 4647 02:43:08,411 --> 02:43:10,080 INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED AT 4648 02:43:10,080 --> 02:43:11,815 SOUTHWEST TEEN CENTER AND POOL 4649 02:43:11,815 --> 02:43:13,150 IN RECENT EVENTS AT YESLER AND 4650 02:43:13,150 --> 02:43:16,153 VAN HASSELT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET 4651 02:43:16,153 --> 02:43:18,488 ALSO INCLUDES $700,000 IN PARK 4652 02:43:18,488 --> 02:43:20,090 DISTRICT RESOURCES TO SUPPORT 4653 02:43:20,090 --> 02:43:21,992 THE ONGOING DESIGN DEVELOPMENT 4654 02:43:21,992 --> 02:43:24,628 FOR THE CAMP LONG LODGE 4655 02:43:24,628 --> 02:43:27,297 RENOVATION PROJECT. THIS THIS 4656 02:43:27,297 --> 02:43:28,031 INVESTMENT POSITIONS SPR TO 4657 02:43:28,031 --> 02:43:31,301 DETERMINE WITH BETTER COST 4658 02:43:31,301 --> 02:43:33,203 CERTAINTY WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL 4659 02:43:33,203 --> 02:43:35,639 NEED AND ALSO CONSIDERS A GQM 4660 02:43:35,639 --> 02:43:38,008 MODEL. WHILE IT APPROACHES OR. 4661 02:43:38,008 --> 02:43:41,244 WHILE THIS WOULD FUND US 4662 02:43:41,244 --> 02:43:42,946 REACHING 60% DESIGN. THIS WILL 4663 02:43:42,946 --> 02:43:45,248 KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. 4664 02:43:45,248 --> 02:43:45,916 WHILE WE'RE EXPLORING FUNDING 4665 02:43:45,916 --> 02:43:47,984 OPTIONS FOR THE UNFUNDED WORK, 4666 02:43:47,984 --> 02:43:50,654 INCLUDING GRANTS, STATE 4667 02:43:50,654 --> 02:43:52,489 APPROPRIATION AND FUTURE PARK 4668 02:43:52,489 --> 02:43:54,624 DISTRICT CAPITAL FUNDING 4669 02:43:54,624 --> 02:43:58,361 FINALLY, THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 4670 02:43:58,361 --> 02:44:00,530 BUDGET INCLUDES $570,000 TO 4671 02:44:00,530 --> 02:44:01,164 INCREASE TO INCREASE THE SCOPE 4672 02:44:01,164 --> 02:44:04,701 OF WORK FOR THE WEST MAGNOLIA 4673 02:44:04,701 --> 02:44:05,335 PLAYFIELD PLAYGROUND RENOVATION 4674 02:44:05,335 --> 02:44:08,238 PROJECT TO INCLUDE INCLUSIVE 4675 02:44:08,238 --> 02:44:09,840 PLAY ELEMENTS. THE FIRST ROUND 4676 02:44:09,840 --> 02:44:11,341 OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT JUST 4677 02:44:11,341 --> 02:44:12,776 BEGAN FOR THIS PROJECT, AND THE 4678 02:44:12,776 --> 02:44:15,045 CURRENT SCOPE INCLUDES 4679 02:44:15,045 --> 02:44:16,947 RENOVATING THE PLAY AREA TO MEET 4680 02:44:16,947 --> 02:44:19,950 MODERN SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY 4681 02:44:19,950 --> 02:44:20,483 STANDARDS, REPLACING THE 4682 02:44:20,483 --> 02:44:22,352 EQUIPMENT THAT HAS REACHED ITS 4683 02:44:22,352 --> 02:44:31,061 20 YEAR LIFE. WITH NEW EQUIPMENT 4684 02:44:31,061 --> 02:44:33,096 FOR AGES 2 TO 12, NEW SAFETY 4685 02:44:33,096 --> 02:44:35,098 SURFACING SITE FOR AND SITE 4686 02:44:35,098 --> 02:44:37,033 FURNISHING FURNISHINGS, THIS 4687 02:44:37,033 --> 02:44:38,902 PROJECT WILL ALSO INSTALL NEW 4688 02:44:38,902 --> 02:44:41,204 ACCESSIBLE RAMP AND SIDEWALK 4689 02:44:41,204 --> 02:44:41,838 SYSTEM CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY 4690 02:44:41,838 --> 02:44:43,540 CENTER TO THE PLAY AREA, TENNIS 4691 02:44:43,540 --> 02:44:46,576 COURTS AND FUTURE SKATE DOCK 4692 02:44:46,576 --> 02:44:47,110 CONSTRUCTION WILL INCLUDE 4693 02:44:47,110 --> 02:44:48,678 SURROUNDING LAWN RENOVATION AND 4694 02:44:48,678 --> 02:44:51,047 PROTECTIVE CARE FOR EXISTING 4695 02:44:51,047 --> 02:44:52,716 PARK TREES. THE EXISTING 4696 02:44:52,716 --> 02:44:54,484 COMMUNITY ART, INCLUDING THE 4697 02:44:54,484 --> 02:44:58,388 CAIRNS PLACE BLOCKS, WILL REMAIN 4698 02:44:58,388 --> 02:45:02,525 SAFELY IN PLACE. THIS SLIDE 4699 02:45:02,525 --> 02:45:04,394 PROVIDES THE SPECIFIC POSITION 4700 02:45:04,394 --> 02:45:06,596 CHANGES IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 4701 02:45:06,596 --> 02:45:09,165 THIS INCLUDES THE ABROGATION OF 4702 02:45:09,165 --> 02:45:10,667 FIVE LONG TERM VACANT POSITIONS, 4703 02:45:10,667 --> 02:45:12,769 NONE OF WHICH ARE CURRENTLY 4704 02:45:12,769 --> 02:45:14,905 REPRESENTED. TITLES. THE 4705 02:45:14,905 --> 02:45:16,072 ADDITION OF FOUR POSITIONS, 4706 02:45:16,072 --> 02:45:18,208 THREE OF WHICH I'VE ALREADY 4707 02:45:18,208 --> 02:45:21,444 REFERENCED AS IT RELATES TO OUR. 4708 02:45:21,444 --> 02:45:23,713 TEAM PROPOSAL AND THE 4709 02:45:23,713 --> 02:45:25,548 CONSERVATION CORPS, AS WELL AS 4710 02:45:25,548 --> 02:45:29,519 CREATES A NEW INSTALLATION 4711 02:45:29,519 --> 02:45:30,120 MAINTENANCE POSITION WITH OUR 4712 02:45:30,120 --> 02:45:30,687 GOLF PROGRAM, SUPPORTED BY 4713 02:45:30,687 --> 02:45:35,492 REVENUES FROM THAT FUND, FROM 4714 02:45:35,492 --> 02:45:36,726 THAT FUND. AND I THINK WITH 4715 02:45:36,726 --> 02:45:39,429 THAT, UNLESS. ALY YOU WANT TO 4716 02:45:39,429 --> 02:45:40,530 CORRECT ME OR ADD TO WHAT I 4717 02:45:40,530 --> 02:45:43,667 SAID, I WILL TURN IT OVER FOR 4718 02:45:43,667 --> 02:45:43,967 QUESTIONS. 4719 02:45:43,967 --> 02:45:44,434 -- THANK YOU. NO. NO 4720 02:45:44,434 --> 02:45:45,435 CORRECTIONS. I JUST REALLY WANT 4721 02:45:45,435 --> 02:45:48,305 TO THANK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, 4722 02:45:48,305 --> 02:45:48,939 WHO I WILL SAY LIKE, IT WAS A 4723 02:45:48,939 --> 02:45:51,207 REALLY STRONG PARTNERSHIP THIS 4724 02:45:51,207 --> 02:45:54,177 YEAR AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO 4725 02:45:54,177 --> 02:45:55,945 PRESERVE SERVICES, HELP ADDRESS 4726 02:45:55,945 --> 02:45:57,580 THE CITY WIDE GENERAL FUND AND 4727 02:45:57,580 --> 02:46:00,216 REACH CHALLENGES AND MAKE SOME 4728 02:46:00,216 --> 02:46:00,817 REALLY KEY INVESTMENTS IN OUR 4729 02:46:00,817 --> 02:46:03,320 PARKS, FACILITIES AND TEEN 4730 02:46:03,320 --> 02:46:04,821 PROGRAMING AND OTHER INVESTMENTS 4731 02:46:04,821 --> 02:46:08,725 THAT ARE PROPOSED. SO THANK YOU. 4732 02:46:08,725 --> 02:46:11,027 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR FINNEGAN 4733 02:46:11,027 --> 02:46:14,965 AND DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. I AM 4734 02:46:14,965 --> 02:46:16,333 GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO 4735 02:46:16,333 --> 02:46:18,668 COUNCIL PRESIDENT EMERITUS 4736 02:46:18,668 --> 02:46:19,869 JUAREZ FOR FIRST STATEMENTS OR 4737 02:46:19,869 --> 02:46:21,071 QUESTIONS, SINCE SHE'S CHAIR OF 4738 02:46:21,071 --> 02:46:22,105 THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 4739 02:46:22,105 --> 02:46:23,273 DEPARTMENT. AND IF YOU NEED A 4740 02:46:23,273 --> 02:46:24,874 MINUTE, I CAN CALL ON 4741 02:46:24,874 --> 02:46:26,176 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4742 02:46:26,176 --> 02:46:27,877 -- I'M GOOD. I'LL BE QUICK. 4743 02:46:27,877 --> 02:46:28,611 -- BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT 4744 02:46:28,611 --> 02:46:30,280 OF TIME ON THIS. THANK YOU 4745 02:46:30,280 --> 02:46:31,281 MICHELLE. THANK YOU ALY. I KNOW 4746 02:46:31,281 --> 02:46:32,282 YOU GUYS. I LOVE WORKING WITH 4747 02:46:32,282 --> 02:46:35,118 YOU GUYS IN PARKS AND I KNOW ALL 4748 02:46:35,118 --> 02:46:36,586 THE STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN UP 4749 02:46:36,586 --> 02:46:38,388 TO. I'M GOING TO I'LL PROBABLY 4750 02:46:38,388 --> 02:46:39,756 COME BACK WITH SOME MORE 4751 02:46:39,756 --> 02:46:41,291 SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT I MAY 4752 02:46:41,291 --> 02:46:43,793 DIRECT AT ALY LATER. AND THAT IS 4753 02:46:43,793 --> 02:46:44,327 JUST THE REDUCTION IN THE 4754 02:46:44,327 --> 02:46:47,997 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. AND THEN THE 4755 02:46:47,997 --> 02:46:50,300 REDUCTION IN THE GRAFFITI 4756 02:46:50,300 --> 02:46:50,867 NONLABOR REDUCTION AND THE 4757 02:46:50,867 --> 02:46:52,202 GRAFFITI PROGRAM. SO I'M JUST 4758 02:46:52,202 --> 02:46:55,138 GOING TO PUT THOSE OUT. THERE 4759 02:46:55,138 --> 02:46:56,139 IS, IS COUNCILMEMBER HERBERT 4760 02:46:56,139 --> 02:46:57,474 USED TO SAY, PUT A PIN IN IT, 4761 02:46:57,474 --> 02:46:58,708 AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO IT 4762 02:46:58,708 --> 02:46:59,776 AND KIND OF DIG A LITTLE BIT 4763 02:46:59,776 --> 02:47:02,579 DEEPER WHEN WE START, YOU KNOW, 4764 02:47:02,579 --> 02:47:03,179 MAKING SOME CHANGES HERE AND 4765 02:47:03,179 --> 02:47:04,280 THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT 4766 02:47:04,280 --> 02:47:06,216 PUT THAT OUT THERE. NOW. 4767 02:47:06,216 --> 02:47:08,118 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL 4768 02:47:08,118 --> 02:47:10,587 PRESIDENT EMERITUS. 4769 02:47:10,587 --> 02:47:10,920 -- THANK YOU. 4770 02:47:10,920 --> 02:47:11,955 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4771 02:47:11,955 --> 02:47:14,557 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU 4772 02:47:14,557 --> 02:47:16,126 TO OUR PRESENTERS. AND THERE'S A 4773 02:47:16,126 --> 02:47:19,763 LOT IN HERE THAT I APPRECIATE, 4774 02:47:19,763 --> 02:47:21,331 INCLUDING THE LATE NIGHT TEEN 4775 02:47:21,331 --> 02:47:22,766 PROGRAMING AT RAINIER BEACH. 4776 02:47:22,766 --> 02:47:24,334 WE'VE CERTAINLY HEARD A LOT 4777 02:47:24,334 --> 02:47:27,137 FROM THAT COMMUNITY. THE DIRE 4778 02:47:27,137 --> 02:47:28,972 NEED FOR SAFE PLACES FOR TEENS 4779 02:47:28,972 --> 02:47:30,140 TO GO AFTER SCHOOL IN THE 4780 02:47:30,140 --> 02:47:34,110 EVENINGS, WEEKENDS, AND SO VERY 4781 02:47:34,110 --> 02:47:36,846 MUCH NEEDED, CERTAINLY ALSO 4782 02:47:36,846 --> 02:47:37,947 INTERESTED IN EXPLORING HOW TO 4783 02:47:37,947 --> 02:47:39,149 GO EVEN FURTHER. I KNOW WE'RE IN 4784 02:47:39,149 --> 02:47:41,351 A TOUGH BUDGET ENVIRONMENT, BUT 4785 02:47:41,351 --> 02:47:43,119 AS PART OF THE NEXT PARKS 4786 02:47:43,119 --> 02:47:43,887 DISTRICT LEVY, AND THERE'S BEEN 4787 02:47:43,887 --> 02:47:46,022 A LOT OF INTEREST IN FINDING 4788 02:47:46,022 --> 02:47:47,791 ADDITIONAL TEEN CENTERS. AND 4789 02:47:47,791 --> 02:47:48,858 CERTAINLY RAINIER BEACH WOULD 4790 02:47:48,858 --> 02:47:50,059 WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE, IF 4791 02:47:50,059 --> 02:47:54,264 THAT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE. 4792 02:47:54,264 --> 02:47:58,334 QUESTION IS FOR JUST WHERE IN 4793 02:47:58,334 --> 02:48:00,970 THE BUDGET COULD YOU POINT TO 4794 02:48:00,970 --> 02:48:05,542 FOR FOR PARKS LIKE HOMAI OR JOSE 4795 02:48:05,542 --> 02:48:08,912 RIZAL, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY 4796 02:48:08,912 --> 02:48:10,647 UNUSABLE BY FAMILIES AT THE 4797 02:48:10,647 --> 02:48:12,115 MOMENT? AND I KNOW THIS IS A 4798 02:48:12,115 --> 02:48:16,019 COMPLICATED ISSUE. I DON'T HAVE 4799 02:48:16,019 --> 02:48:18,555 EASY SOLUTIONS, BUT JUST 4800 02:48:18,555 --> 02:48:20,857 WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY 4801 02:48:20,857 --> 02:48:22,792 THOUGHTS ON HOW DO WE ADDRESS 4802 02:48:22,792 --> 02:48:24,194 THOSE PARKS LIKE THAT WHICH 4803 02:48:24,194 --> 02:48:26,095 WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, I THINK 4804 02:48:26,095 --> 02:48:28,531 ABOUT WE HAVE A NEW RESTROOM 4805 02:48:28,531 --> 02:48:29,365 THAT'S ABOUT TO BE OPENED AT 4806 02:48:29,365 --> 02:48:32,068 JOSE RIZAL. MUCH NEEDED. 4807 02:48:32,068 --> 02:48:33,403 THERE'S PLANS TO DO A NEW 4808 02:48:33,403 --> 02:48:35,472 PLAYGROUND THERE. AND I THINK 4809 02:48:35,472 --> 02:48:37,440 THE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY IS A 4810 02:48:37,440 --> 02:48:38,975 LITTLE BIT CONCERNED OF WE'RE 4811 02:48:38,975 --> 02:48:39,476 GOING TO BUILD THIS NEW 4812 02:48:39,476 --> 02:48:41,544 PLAYGROUND FOR KIDS AT JOSE 4813 02:48:41,544 --> 02:48:42,879 RIZAL, AND NOBODY'S GOING TO USE 4814 02:48:42,879 --> 02:48:44,080 IT, OR AT LEAST FAMILIES WON'T 4815 02:48:44,080 --> 02:48:47,650 USE IT, GIVEN THE CURRENT 4816 02:48:47,650 --> 02:48:51,354 CONDITIONS THERE, JUST ANY 4817 02:48:51,354 --> 02:48:51,888 REFLECTIONS OR THOUGHTS? 4818 02:48:51,888 --> 02:48:55,291 -- LOTS OF THOUGHTS. YES. THANK 4819 02:48:55,291 --> 02:48:58,862 YOU. YEAH. I OUTSIDE OF THE PIN 4820 02:48:58,862 --> 02:49:00,997 THAT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ PUT IN 4821 02:49:00,997 --> 02:49:08,037 ABOUT THE UCT, I THINK THE WAY 4822 02:49:08,037 --> 02:49:09,506 WE THINK ABOUT PARK. OVERALL, 4823 02:49:09,506 --> 02:49:10,640 THE PROVISION OF PARK SERVICES 4824 02:49:10,640 --> 02:49:12,642 IS KIND OF A THREE LEGGED STOOL 4825 02:49:12,642 --> 02:49:15,278 BETWEEN MAINTENANCE, ACTIVATION 4826 02:49:15,278 --> 02:49:17,247 AND ENFORCEMENT. AND THOSE AREAS 4827 02:49:17,247 --> 02:49:19,048 ARE ALL MAINTAINING THEIR BASE 4828 02:49:19,048 --> 02:49:21,484 LEVELS OF SERVICE. SO IT'S NOT A 4829 02:49:21,484 --> 02:49:22,285 AS UNLESS I POINTED IT OUT 4830 02:49:22,285 --> 02:49:26,156 TODAY, IT'S NOT ADDITIVE, BUT 4831 02:49:26,156 --> 02:49:27,757 WE DO. MANY OF YOU MAY RECALL WE 4832 02:49:27,757 --> 02:49:30,860 ARE JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS INTO 4833 02:49:30,860 --> 02:49:32,228 HAVING PARK RANGERS OPERATING 4834 02:49:32,228 --> 02:49:34,631 CITYWIDE. AND THAT WAS A HUGE 4835 02:49:34,631 --> 02:49:37,534 INCREASE IN THIS CURRENT PARK 4836 02:49:37,534 --> 02:49:40,236 DISTRICT. I THINK THAT PROGRAM 4837 02:49:40,236 --> 02:49:42,405 IS SUPPORTING OUR PARKS. WE HAVE 4838 02:49:42,405 --> 02:49:44,274 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM WITH IN 4839 02:49:44,274 --> 02:49:45,675 PARTNERSHIP WITH SDOT AND HSD 4840 02:49:45,675 --> 02:49:48,211 THAT WE'RE WORKING 4841 02:49:48,211 --> 02:49:48,811 COLLABORATIVELY AND BUILDING 4842 02:49:48,811 --> 02:49:50,547 REALLY STRONG RELATIONSHIPS, AS 4843 02:49:50,547 --> 02:49:53,716 WELL AS WITH THE SPD. WE HAVE 4844 02:49:53,716 --> 02:49:56,452 THE SUMMER, WE'VE HAD WEEKLY 4845 02:49:56,452 --> 02:49:57,587 SUMMER OF SAFETY MEETINGS. WE'RE 4846 02:49:57,587 --> 02:49:59,589 TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE HOT SPOT 4847 02:49:59,589 --> 02:50:01,391 PARKS AND ALL OF THAT CONTINUES 4848 02:50:01,391 --> 02:50:03,459 THE BASE LEVEL OF SERVICES. THE 4849 02:50:03,459 --> 02:50:05,295 OTHER PIECE WITH ACTIVATION, THE 4850 02:50:05,295 --> 02:50:08,264 PARKS THAT YOU MENTIONED, NOW 4851 02:50:08,264 --> 02:50:08,831 THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH 4852 02:50:08,831 --> 02:50:12,502 IMPLEMENTING ALL OF THE 2026 4853 02:50:12,502 --> 02:50:14,237 ACTIVATIONS, WE'RE TALKING TO 4854 02:50:14,237 --> 02:50:15,738 THOSE TEAMS ABOUT WHAT HOTSPOTS 4855 02:50:15,738 --> 02:50:18,841 TO BE FOCUSED ON FOR 2027 AND 4856 02:50:18,841 --> 02:50:23,413 OUR SUMMER OF SAFETY PLAN WITH 4857 02:50:23,413 --> 02:50:23,947 SPD ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH 4858 02:50:23,947 --> 02:50:25,081 SEPTEMBER 30th. AND SO WE'RE 4859 02:50:25,081 --> 02:50:26,783 JUST STARTING TO WORK ON LIKE 4860 02:50:26,783 --> 02:50:28,184 AFTER ACTION REPORTING. AND WHAT 4861 02:50:28,184 --> 02:50:31,454 DO WE NEED TO DO TO INFORM HOW 4862 02:50:31,454 --> 02:50:33,389 WE ARE OPERATIONALIZING THAT 4863 02:50:33,389 --> 02:50:35,391 PROGRAM NEXT YEAR? SO THAT IS 4864 02:50:35,391 --> 02:50:36,993 VERY MUCH TOP OF MIND FOR ALL OF 4865 02:50:36,993 --> 02:50:39,495 US 4866 02:50:39,495 --> 02:50:40,697 -- THANK YOU. AND YEAH, I 4867 02:50:40,697 --> 02:50:42,365 APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THE 4868 02:50:42,365 --> 02:50:44,467 SUMMER SAFETY, SORT OF A SIMILAR 4869 02:50:44,467 --> 02:50:47,070 QUESTION. CERTAINLY HAD A LOT OF 4870 02:50:47,070 --> 02:50:49,038 ISSUES, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF 4871 02:50:49,038 --> 02:50:50,840 OUR WATERFRONT PARKS AND THE 4872 02:50:50,840 --> 02:50:53,176 BOAT LAUNCHES. STAN SAYRES, 4873 02:50:53,176 --> 02:50:56,846 ATLANTIC STREET BOAT LAUNCH, 4874 02:50:56,846 --> 02:50:58,748 WHERE THEY BECOME KIND OF PARTY 4875 02:50:58,748 --> 02:51:00,350 AREAS. AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY, 4876 02:51:00,350 --> 02:51:02,118 THAT CAN ALSO NOT ONLY, YOU 4877 02:51:02,118 --> 02:51:04,320 KNOW, VERY SERIOUS NOISE 4878 02:51:04,320 --> 02:51:05,755 CONCERNS FOR NEIGHBORS WHICH GO 4879 02:51:05,755 --> 02:51:09,058 LATE INTO THE NIGHT, BUT ALSO 4880 02:51:09,058 --> 02:51:09,659 CAN LEAD TO GUN VIOLENCE AND 4881 02:51:09,659 --> 02:51:11,728 OTHER SORT OF SERIOUS PUBLIC 4882 02:51:11,728 --> 02:51:12,895 SAFETY ISSUES. AND JUST 4883 02:51:12,895 --> 02:51:16,332 WONDERING, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE 4884 02:51:16,332 --> 02:51:17,934 ADDRESS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, CRIME 4885 02:51:17,934 --> 02:51:18,368 PREVENTION, THROUGH 4886 02:51:18,368 --> 02:51:19,202 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, ADDRESSING 4887 02:51:19,202 --> 02:51:21,371 SORT OF THESE LARGE OPEN PARKING 4888 02:51:21,371 --> 02:51:25,375 LOTS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN 4889 02:51:25,375 --> 02:51:26,709 DO TO SORT OF DISCOURAGE SORT OF 4890 02:51:26,709 --> 02:51:28,778 THAT ACTIVITY, WHETHER IT'S 4891 02:51:28,778 --> 02:51:29,412 THROUGH ACTIVATION OR OTHER SORT 4892 02:51:29,412 --> 02:51:32,515 OF IMPROVEMENTS, DESIGN 4893 02:51:32,515 --> 02:51:33,816 IMPROVEMENTS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF 4894 02:51:33,816 --> 02:51:35,985 YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, BUT THAT 4895 02:51:35,985 --> 02:51:37,453 THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT 4896 02:51:37,453 --> 02:51:40,390 I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR IN THE 4897 02:51:40,390 --> 02:51:41,024 BUDGET IS FINDING WAYS TO BOTH 4898 02:51:41,024 --> 02:51:43,259 ADDRESS THAT. AND THEN AGAIN, 4899 02:51:43,259 --> 02:51:43,860 WHETHER IT'S THROUGH PARK 4900 02:51:43,860 --> 02:51:46,195 RANGERS OR A BETTER PARTNERSHIP 4901 02:51:46,195 --> 02:51:50,533 WITH SPD OR CARE TEAM OR OUR 4902 02:51:50,533 --> 02:51:52,035 OUTREACH FOLKS, IT'S JUST I 4903 02:51:52,035 --> 02:51:53,603 THINK A LITTLE BIT OF A BITTER 4904 02:51:53,603 --> 02:51:55,371 PILL FOR SOME OF OUR 4905 02:51:55,371 --> 02:51:58,741 NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE BASICALLY 4906 02:51:58,741 --> 02:52:01,778 UNUSABLE PARK SPACES AND VERY, 4907 02:52:01,778 --> 02:52:02,912 YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES THAT THAT 4908 02:52:02,912 --> 02:52:05,114 DESERVE IT JUST AS MUCH AS 4909 02:52:05,114 --> 02:52:06,716 OTHERS. AND SIMPLY JUST DO NOT 4910 02:52:06,716 --> 02:52:09,352 HAVE PLACES FOR, FOR KIDS TO GO 4911 02:52:09,352 --> 02:52:11,287 THAT ARE SAFE. SO ANYTHING WE 4912 02:52:11,287 --> 02:52:13,122 CAN DO AS PART OF THIS BUDGET 4913 02:52:13,122 --> 02:52:14,557 PROCESS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 4914 02:52:14,557 --> 02:52:16,492 HAVE THOSE FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS 4915 02:52:16,492 --> 02:52:20,129 WOULD BE MY PRIORITY. THANK YOU. 4916 02:52:20,129 --> 02:52:20,463 -- THANK YOU. 4917 02:52:20,463 --> 02:52:22,165 -- ANYTHING FURTHER FROM PARKS 4918 02:52:22,165 --> 02:52:24,000 FOR COUNCILMEMBER LIN AT THIS 4919 02:52:24,000 --> 02:52:24,200 TIME? 4920 02:52:24,200 --> 02:52:25,735 -- NO, JUST AGAIN, THOSE ARE 4921 02:52:25,735 --> 02:52:26,469 SITES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 4922 02:52:26,469 --> 02:52:29,005 AS PART OF THE AFTER ACTION 4923 02:52:29,005 --> 02:52:31,874 PLAN. AND THIS YEAR YOU KNOW, I 4924 02:52:31,874 --> 02:52:33,443 THINK WE HAVE SOME GOOD 4925 02:52:33,443 --> 02:52:35,178 STRATEGIES FOR LAKE WASHINGTON 4926 02:52:35,178 --> 02:52:37,547 BOULEVARD FOR AFTER HOURS WITH 4927 02:52:37,547 --> 02:52:39,248 GATE LOCKING AND INSTALLING NEW 4928 02:52:39,248 --> 02:52:40,383 GATES AND SOME OF THE NOISE 4929 02:52:40,383 --> 02:52:41,851 COMPLAINTS, WE WERE REALLY 4930 02:52:41,851 --> 02:52:42,752 GETTING THERE ACTUALLY DURING 4931 02:52:42,752 --> 02:52:44,253 OPERATING HOURS. AND SO WE'RE 4932 02:52:44,253 --> 02:52:46,355 TRYING TO KIND OF DEVELOP NEW 4933 02:52:46,355 --> 02:52:48,558 STRATEGIES DURING THE YEAR. AND 4934 02:52:48,558 --> 02:52:50,493 I, I DO WANT TO THANK THE SPD 4935 02:52:50,493 --> 02:52:51,961 PARTNERS FOR LEANING INTO SOME 4936 02:52:51,961 --> 02:52:53,730 OF THOSE SITES. AND WE'LL 4937 02:52:53,730 --> 02:52:55,998 CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE 4938 02:52:55,998 --> 02:52:58,201 AS, AS FAST AS WE CAN. 4939 02:52:58,201 --> 02:52:59,602 -- THANK YOU. I SEE DIRECTOR 4940 02:52:59,602 --> 02:53:01,637 PENNUCCI, AND THEN I'M GOING TO 4941 02:53:01,637 --> 02:53:03,139 FOLLOW UP ON DR. RIZAL PARK 4942 02:53:03,139 --> 02:53:05,541 BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCILMEMBER 4943 02:53:05,541 --> 02:53:05,775 KETTLE. 4944 02:53:05,775 --> 02:53:07,176 -- THANK YOU. 4945 02:53:07,176 --> 02:53:08,711 -- AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT 4946 02:53:08,711 --> 02:53:09,579 OUT THE OBVIOUS, BUT ALSO JUST 4947 02:53:09,579 --> 02:53:13,082 THAT, LIKE, I THINK YOUR 4948 02:53:13,082 --> 02:53:13,716 QUESTION REALLY EXPANDS BEYOND 4949 02:53:13,716 --> 02:53:17,854 WHAT IS WHAT PARKS WOULD WOULD 4950 02:53:17,854 --> 02:53:18,254 LEAD ON. IT'S A 4951 02:53:18,254 --> 02:53:18,955 MULTI-DEPARTMENT. SO I'D LOVE TO 4952 02:53:18,955 --> 02:53:20,123 FOLLOW UP OR HAVE SOMEONE FOLLOW 4953 02:53:20,123 --> 02:53:22,692 UP WITH YOU TO TALK SORT OF MORE 4954 02:53:22,692 --> 02:53:24,927 ABOUT THE, THE, THE BROADER 4955 02:53:24,927 --> 02:53:26,062 STRATEGY THAT I DON'T THINK 4956 02:53:26,062 --> 02:53:27,997 EITHER MICHELLE OR I ARE THE, 4957 02:53:27,997 --> 02:53:29,732 THE BEST FOLKS TO SORT OF 4958 02:53:29,732 --> 02:53:30,700 PRESENT THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE 4959 02:53:30,700 --> 02:53:35,004 SYSTEM ON. SO WE WILL FOLLOW UP 4960 02:53:35,004 --> 02:53:36,072 -- THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO JUST 4961 02:53:36,072 --> 02:53:37,774 JUMP IN HERE ON DR. RIZAL PARK. 4962 02:53:37,774 --> 02:53:39,976 CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THE THIS 4963 02:53:39,976 --> 02:53:42,145 NEW PLAYGROUND IS GOING TO BE 4964 02:53:42,145 --> 02:53:42,378 BUILT? 4965 02:53:42,378 --> 02:53:43,513 -- I DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE TOP 4966 02:53:43,513 --> 02:53:44,714 OF MY. 4967 02:53:44,714 --> 02:53:45,648 -- IS IT. 4968 02:53:45,648 --> 02:53:45,982 -- LIKE THIS. 4969 02:53:45,982 --> 02:53:49,719 -- YEAR OR NEXT YEAR, TEN YEARS 4970 02:53:49,719 --> 02:53:50,753 FROM NOW? SORRY. 4971 02:53:50,753 --> 02:53:52,655 -- I, I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT YEAR. 4972 02:53:52,655 --> 02:53:55,324 THE BATHROOM IS SUPPOSED TO BE 4973 02:53:55,324 --> 02:53:56,159 OPENING IMMINENTLY AND THEN THE 4974 02:53:56,159 --> 02:53:59,028 PLANS ARE IN PLACE TO. I THINK 4975 02:53:59,028 --> 02:53:59,495 NEXT YEAR WAS FOR THE 4976 02:53:59,495 --> 02:53:59,796 PLAYGROUND. 4977 02:53:59,796 --> 02:54:01,197 -- IT'S PART OF THAT ELEVATE 4978 02:54:01,197 --> 02:54:02,298 PROJECT THAT WE CAME AND TALKED 4979 02:54:02,298 --> 02:54:04,801 ABOUT WITH RCO FUNDING, BUT I'M 4980 02:54:04,801 --> 02:54:05,034 SORRY. 4981 02:54:05,034 --> 02:54:05,268 -- NO. 4982 02:54:05,268 --> 02:54:07,637 -- IT'S IMMINENT TO THAT POINT. 4983 02:54:07,637 --> 02:54:08,838 -- YOU'RE TOTALLY FINE. THIS IS 4984 02:54:08,838 --> 02:54:10,640 NOT A POP QUIZ TO GET PEOPLE. 4985 02:54:10,640 --> 02:54:12,074 AND I AS I'M REFLECTING ON THE 4986 02:54:12,074 --> 02:54:14,477 ISSUES THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING, 4987 02:54:14,477 --> 02:54:15,578 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND THE FACT 4988 02:54:15,578 --> 02:54:17,447 THAT WE ARE FIXING THE RESTROOMS 4989 02:54:17,447 --> 02:54:19,182 AND THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN A 4990 02:54:19,182 --> 02:54:20,416 CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, IT MAKES 4991 02:54:20,416 --> 02:54:22,318 ME WONDER OUT LOUD WHAT OTHER 4992 02:54:22,318 --> 02:54:23,286 DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THERE IS IN 4993 02:54:23,286 --> 02:54:26,389 THE PARK. I KNOW WHEN WE HAD 4994 02:54:26,389 --> 02:54:26,956 THIS SAME CHALLENGE AT THE 4995 02:54:26,956 --> 02:54:28,291 BALLARD COMMONS PARK THAT WENT 4996 02:54:28,291 --> 02:54:32,328 ON FOR 15 YEARS, WELL BEFORE I 4997 02:54:32,328 --> 02:54:36,933 WAS ELECTED, IT WAS. IT WAS 4998 02:54:36,933 --> 02:54:37,567 IMPORTANT THAT WE TOOK A MOMENT 4999 02:54:37,567 --> 02:54:41,637 TO CLOSE THE PARK, REDO ALL OF 5000 02:54:41,637 --> 02:54:42,705 THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT 5001 02:54:42,705 --> 02:54:44,774 HAD OCCURRED OVER THOSE 15 5002 02:54:44,774 --> 02:54:47,477 YEARS, INSTALL THE CHILDREN'S 5003 02:54:47,477 --> 02:54:48,044 PLAYGROUND AND AND FIX THE 5004 02:54:48,044 --> 02:54:50,012 BATHROOMS ALL AT ONCE RATHER 5005 02:54:50,012 --> 02:54:52,315 THAN PIECEMEALING IT TOGETHER. 5006 02:54:52,315 --> 02:54:54,617 SO I'M MIGHT SUGGEST OUT LOUD 5007 02:54:54,617 --> 02:54:57,854 FOR THAT TO BE CONSIDERED. 5008 02:54:57,854 --> 02:54:59,021 BECAUSE FOR A PARK THAT IS 5009 02:54:59,021 --> 02:55:00,556 EXPERIENCING THESE TYPES OF 5010 02:55:00,556 --> 02:55:02,391 ISSUES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU 5011 02:55:02,391 --> 02:55:04,760 NOT ONLY REHAB THE PARK, YOU 5012 02:55:04,760 --> 02:55:05,761 IMPROVE THE PARK, BUT YOU ALSO 5013 02:55:05,761 --> 02:55:07,630 TAKE THE TIME TO RESET THE 5014 02:55:07,630 --> 02:55:08,764 ACTIVITY THAT IS OCCURRING IN 5015 02:55:08,764 --> 02:55:10,366 THERE. 5016 02:55:10,366 --> 02:55:10,766 -- SO THANK YOU. 5017 02:55:10,766 --> 02:55:12,802 -- YEP. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5018 02:55:12,802 --> 02:55:15,438 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU. 5019 02:55:15,438 --> 02:55:16,038 INTERIM DIRECTOR FINNEGAN FOR 5020 02:55:16,038 --> 02:55:17,473 BEING HERE ALONG WITH MISS 5021 02:55:17,473 --> 02:55:21,077 WILLIAMS. REALLY APPRECIATE THE 5022 02:55:21,077 --> 02:55:22,545 THE BRIEFING. I JUST WANTED TO 5023 02:55:22,545 --> 02:55:23,980 START WITH THANK YOUS. THIS IS 5024 02:55:23,980 --> 02:55:26,849 PARTLY FOR PARKS, BUT ALSO PARKS 5025 02:55:26,849 --> 02:55:28,284 FOUNDATION AND AND THE WHOLE 5026 02:55:28,284 --> 02:55:30,620 ECOSYSTEM, IF YOU WILL. I REALLY 5027 02:55:30,620 --> 02:55:31,287 APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE WORK 5028 02:55:31,287 --> 02:55:32,989 THAT WAS DONE ON WESTLAKE PARK. 5029 02:55:32,989 --> 02:55:33,990 AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IN 5030 02:55:33,990 --> 02:55:34,657 PARTNERSHIP AND SO FORTH. 5031 02:55:34,657 --> 02:55:36,893 ELLIOTT BAY CONNECTIONS WITH 5032 02:55:36,893 --> 02:55:37,994 CENTENNIAL, MYRTLE EDWARDS PARK, 5033 02:55:37,994 --> 02:55:39,529 AND THEN GENERALLY THE, YOU 5034 02:55:39,529 --> 02:55:41,397 KNOW, THE WATERFRONT PIECE AS 5035 02:55:41,397 --> 02:55:43,432 WELL, WHICH IS CLEARLY ALSO A 5036 02:55:43,432 --> 02:55:45,368 COMBINATION WITH SEATTLE CENTER 5037 02:55:45,368 --> 02:55:48,070 SLASH SDOT. I MEAN, IT TAKES A 5038 02:55:48,070 --> 02:55:49,672 VILLAGE IN THAT CASE. FOR ALL 5039 02:55:49,672 --> 02:55:51,908 THAT WORK, I ALSO HAVE BEEN DOWN 5040 02:55:51,908 --> 02:55:54,443 TO SMITH COVE WHERE I WAS 5041 02:55:54,443 --> 02:55:55,711 WATCHING AS THINGS PROGRESSED, 5042 02:55:55,711 --> 02:55:56,679 AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 5043 02:55:56,679 --> 02:55:58,114 BEING THERE WHEN THAT PHASE ONE, 5044 02:55:58,114 --> 02:56:00,616 YOU KNOW, THE BIOSWALE AND THE 5045 02:56:00,616 --> 02:56:02,251 DOG PARK AND SO FORTH ARE SET 5046 02:56:02,251 --> 02:56:04,654 UP. LOOKING FORWARD TO TO THAT. 5047 02:56:04,654 --> 02:56:07,456 AND SO THANK YOU. REALLY 5048 02:56:07,456 --> 02:56:09,392 IMPORTANT TO BIG HILL PARK IN 5049 02:56:09,392 --> 02:56:12,728 ITS ENTIRETY. AND SEPARATELY 5050 02:56:12,728 --> 02:56:14,830 WITH THE RENAULT AT QUEEN ANNE 5051 02:56:14,830 --> 02:56:15,298 COMMUNITY CENTER. AND 5052 02:56:15,298 --> 02:56:17,667 UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIX THAT'S 5053 02:56:17,667 --> 02:56:19,535 NEEDED FOR QUEEN ANNE POOL. 5054 02:56:19,535 --> 02:56:21,070 OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A ONE OFF 5055 02:56:21,070 --> 02:56:23,506 UNIQUE SITUATION, BUT SOMETHING 5056 02:56:23,506 --> 02:56:26,342 THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, YOU KNOW, 5057 02:56:26,342 --> 02:56:27,443 COMING DOWN INTO MY DISTRICT. 5058 02:56:27,443 --> 02:56:29,845 PORTAL PARK, THE PEOPLE IN 5059 02:56:29,845 --> 02:56:30,346 BELLTOWN APPRECIATE THE 5060 02:56:30,346 --> 02:56:31,581 CONTINUED STEPS TO FINALLY 5061 02:56:31,581 --> 02:56:33,249 CREATE A GREEN SPACE IN 5062 02:56:33,249 --> 02:56:35,217 BELLTOWN, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. 5063 02:56:35,217 --> 02:56:36,953 AND FOR MY FIRST HILL 5064 02:56:36,953 --> 02:56:39,422 CONSTITUENTS, WHICH I PARTNERED 5065 02:56:39,422 --> 02:56:41,824 WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON 5066 02:56:41,824 --> 02:56:44,460 FREEWAY PARK, YOU KNOW, TO TO 5067 02:56:44,460 --> 02:56:46,629 IMPROVE THOSE PIECES AS WELL. 5068 02:56:46,629 --> 02:56:48,597 AND, AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT I 5069 02:56:48,597 --> 02:56:53,769 SHARE MAGNOLIA WITH MY CHAIR 5070 02:56:53,769 --> 02:56:55,671 HERE WEST, I SUPPORT WEST 5071 02:56:55,671 --> 02:56:56,639 MAGNOLIA PLAYFIELD AS WELL, 5072 02:56:56,639 --> 02:56:58,608 BECAUSE REALLY THAT FIELD IS NOT 5073 02:56:58,608 --> 02:57:02,345 JUST SERVING MAGNOLIA. IT IS 5074 02:57:02,345 --> 02:57:04,814 SERVING. INTERBAY. QUEEN ANNE 5075 02:57:04,814 --> 02:57:06,515 AND AREAS BEYOND THAT AS WELL. 5076 02:57:06,515 --> 02:57:08,117 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'M 5077 02:57:08,117 --> 02:57:09,986 GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY WORKING ON 5078 02:57:09,986 --> 02:57:11,253 ALL THOSE WITH YOUR TEAM. AND AS 5079 02:57:11,253 --> 02:57:15,191 PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS 5080 02:57:15,191 --> 02:57:16,726 SEPARATELY AND KIND OF SHIFTING 5081 02:57:16,726 --> 02:57:19,161 TO PARKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU 5082 02:57:19,161 --> 02:57:23,866 KNOW, TO PARKS CHAIR JUAREZ 5083 02:57:23,866 --> 02:57:25,167 POINT ABOUT UCT AND GRAFFITI. I 5084 02:57:25,167 --> 02:57:25,835 KNOW SHE'S PUT A PIN ON IT, BUT 5085 02:57:25,835 --> 02:57:31,307 HERE'S MY THUMB AND I'M PUTTING 5086 02:57:31,307 --> 02:57:31,841 SOME EXTRA PRESSURE ON IT 5087 02:57:31,841 --> 02:57:32,541 BECAUSE IT'S NEEDED. IT'S SO 5088 02:57:32,541 --> 02:57:33,175 NEEDED. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 5089 02:57:33,175 --> 02:57:36,145 PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES 5090 02:57:36,145 --> 02:57:37,313 TO COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I SAY, 5091 02:57:37,313 --> 02:57:38,414 WELL, WE HAVE A STRATEGIC 5092 02:57:38,414 --> 02:57:39,582 FRAMEWORK PLAN. WE NEED TO 5093 02:57:39,582 --> 02:57:43,586 IMPLEMENT IT. YOU KNOW, AND SO 5094 02:57:43,586 --> 02:57:44,053 THESE PIECES ARE ALL 5095 02:57:44,053 --> 02:57:47,223 INTERCONNECTED. AND I WOULD SAY 5096 02:57:47,223 --> 02:57:50,159 THE GOAL, THE LIKE FOR SPD 5097 02:57:50,159 --> 02:57:53,996 STAFFING, IT'S NEVER BEEN 1250. 5098 02:57:53,996 --> 02:57:54,897 IT'S BEEN 14 PLUS. AND IF YOU 5099 02:57:54,897 --> 02:57:56,832 GO FROM A COMP PLAN PERSPECTIVE, 5100 02:57:56,832 --> 02:57:58,134 IT'S LIKE 1800. AND SO THAT 5101 02:57:58,134 --> 02:57:59,802 GOES TO MY CONCERN BECAUSE 5102 02:57:59,802 --> 02:58:00,903 EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS FROM THAT. 5103 02:58:00,903 --> 02:58:04,373 AS YOU KNOW, ALL MY COLLEAGUES 5104 02:58:04,373 --> 02:58:05,074 KNOW. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO 5105 02:58:05,074 --> 02:58:06,142 THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE 5106 02:58:06,142 --> 02:58:07,009 MY OWN ISSUES. I MENTIONED 5107 02:58:07,009 --> 02:58:08,177 FREEWAY, PARK, FREEWAY PARK HAS 5108 02:58:08,177 --> 02:58:09,412 A LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 5109 02:58:09,412 --> 02:58:10,880 CHALLENGES. AND THEN ON THE 5110 02:58:10,880 --> 02:58:12,481 OTHER END, A DIFFERENT KIND OF 5111 02:58:12,481 --> 02:58:16,085 SORT. KERRY PARK HAS ITS PIECES 5112 02:58:16,085 --> 02:58:17,253 TOO. SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT. 5113 02:58:17,253 --> 02:58:18,354 AND PARK RANGERS ARE VERY 5114 02:58:18,354 --> 02:58:19,188 IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR THEIR 5115 02:58:19,188 --> 02:58:20,389 WORK. I THINK PARK RANGERS IS 5116 02:58:20,389 --> 02:58:21,691 PROBABLY AN AREA THAT PROBABLY 5117 02:58:21,691 --> 02:58:24,460 IT'S PROBABLY DUE FOR A KIND OF 5118 02:58:24,460 --> 02:58:26,162 LIKE A CHECK IN REVIEW AT SOME 5119 02:58:26,162 --> 02:58:27,563 POINT, MAYBE OVER THE COURSE OF 5120 02:58:27,563 --> 02:58:29,065 27. AND THEN AND THANK YOU FOR 5121 02:58:29,065 --> 02:58:33,102 THE UPDATE ON THE ON THE CAMERAS 5122 02:58:33,102 --> 02:58:35,137 AS WELL. BUT OVERALL, AGAIN, 5123 02:58:35,137 --> 02:58:36,739 APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT PARKS 5124 02:58:36,739 --> 02:58:37,406 DO, PARTICULARLY ON THE 5125 02:58:37,406 --> 02:58:38,708 MAINTENANCE PIECE. THEY'RE 5126 02:58:38,708 --> 02:58:39,542 COMING AROUND ALL THE TIME. YOU 5127 02:58:39,542 --> 02:58:40,709 KNOW, THERE WAS A LADY THAT 5128 02:58:40,709 --> 02:58:42,344 HELPED OUT COMMUNITY ON KERRY 5129 02:58:42,344 --> 02:58:44,146 PARK. I DON'T KNOW HER NAME. IF 5130 02:58:44,146 --> 02:58:46,048 I KNEW THE NAME, I WOULD SAY 5131 02:58:46,048 --> 02:58:47,717 PLEASE PASS A THANK YOU. BUT 5132 02:58:47,717 --> 02:58:50,086 IT'S INDIVIDUALS LIKE THAT IN 5133 02:58:50,086 --> 02:58:50,986 PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT MAKE SUCH 5134 02:58:50,986 --> 02:58:51,921 A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO. SO THANK 5135 02:58:51,921 --> 02:58:55,257 YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 5136 02:58:55,257 --> 02:58:56,992 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5137 02:58:56,992 --> 02:58:59,261 KETTLE DIRECTOR. EITHER 5138 02:58:59,261 --> 02:58:59,528 DIRECTOR. 5139 02:58:59,528 --> 02:59:01,263 -- THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO 5140 02:59:01,263 --> 02:59:04,233 I, I, I KNOW WE PUT A PIN OR A 5141 02:59:04,233 --> 02:59:06,535 THUMB IN IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO 5142 02:59:06,535 --> 02:59:08,404 CLARIFY ON THE REDUCTION TO THE 5143 02:59:08,404 --> 02:59:10,139 UNIFIED CARE TEAM FUNDING IN THE 5144 02:59:10,139 --> 02:59:13,042 PARKS DEPARTMENT. IT IS 5145 02:59:13,042 --> 02:59:14,977 ELIMINATING OR REMOVING LONG 5146 02:59:14,977 --> 02:59:17,446 TERM VACANT POSITIONS TO OUR 5147 02:59:17,446 --> 02:59:17,947 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT 5148 02:59:17,947 --> 02:59:19,682 POSITIONS. AND ONE IS A HALF 5149 02:59:19,682 --> 02:59:21,417 TIME STRATEGIC ADVISER. IT IS. 5150 02:59:21,417 --> 02:59:24,220 THEY'VE BEEN VACANT. IT IS NOT 5151 02:59:24,220 --> 02:59:24,787 IMPACTING CURRENT LEVELS OF 5152 02:59:24,787 --> 02:59:25,855 SERVICES. AND THIS IS AREAS 5153 02:59:25,855 --> 02:59:27,189 WHERE, ONE WE ARE ALIGNING 5154 02:59:27,189 --> 02:59:28,924 BUDGET TO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN 5155 02:59:28,924 --> 02:59:31,393 ACTUALLY SPENDING IN CURRENT 5156 02:59:31,393 --> 02:59:34,396 LEVELS OF SERVICE AND EXPANSIONS 5157 02:59:34,396 --> 02:59:35,931 THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO SUSTAIN IN 5158 02:59:35,931 --> 02:59:36,565 THIS CURRENT BUDGET. SO I JUST 5159 02:59:36,565 --> 02:59:38,567 WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT THE 5160 02:59:38,567 --> 02:59:40,136 SPECIFIC ROLES WERE. I KNOW THAT 5161 02:59:40,136 --> 02:59:43,272 JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. 5162 02:59:43,272 --> 02:59:45,007 -- CHAIR RINCK. 5163 02:59:45,007 --> 02:59:45,474 -- DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. 5164 02:59:45,474 --> 02:59:47,176 -- THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS 5165 02:59:47,176 --> 02:59:48,277 I REFERENCED EARLIER THAT WE'RE 5166 02:59:48,277 --> 02:59:50,446 DOING OUR MID CYCLE REPORTING 5167 02:59:50,446 --> 02:59:52,548 INTERNALLY RIGHT NOW, DEVELOPING 5168 02:59:52,548 --> 02:59:54,083 THAT REPORT THAT WILL COME TO 5169 02:59:54,083 --> 02:59:55,885 YOU WEARING YOUR PARK DISTRICT 5170 02:59:55,885 --> 02:59:57,419 HATS NEXT YEAR AND THE RANGER 5171 02:59:57,419 --> 02:59:59,522 PROGRAM BECAUSE IT IS EXPANDED 5172 02:59:59,522 --> 03:00:00,489 IN THIS CYCLE AND CITYWIDE. AND 5173 03:00:00,489 --> 03:00:02,458 THE CYCLE IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS 5174 03:00:02,458 --> 03:00:03,459 THAT WE'RE KIND OF DIVING IN 5175 03:00:03,459 --> 03:00:05,361 MORE DEEPLY TO AS WELL. 5176 03:00:05,361 --> 03:00:07,630 -- SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5177 03:00:07,630 --> 03:00:08,798 KETTLE. 5178 03:00:08,798 --> 03:00:09,999 -- ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU 5179 03:00:09,999 --> 03:00:12,034 CHAIR. I WAS JUST GOING TO NOTE 5180 03:00:12,034 --> 03:00:13,169 THE CHALLENGES, CURRENT LEVELS 5181 03:00:13,169 --> 03:00:14,637 OF SERVICE, PARTICULARLY LIKE 5182 03:00:14,637 --> 03:00:17,406 RELATED TO THE U. C T AS WE SEE 5183 03:00:17,406 --> 03:00:20,376 ON OUR STREETS, IS, IS, IS NOT 5184 03:00:20,376 --> 03:00:23,279 SUFFICIENT. THANKS. 5185 03:00:23,279 --> 03:00:23,846 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5186 03:00:23,846 --> 03:00:24,947 FOSTER. FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL 5187 03:00:24,947 --> 03:00:27,283 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND 5188 03:00:27,283 --> 03:00:27,716 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5189 03:00:27,716 --> 03:00:29,018 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 5190 03:00:29,018 --> 03:00:29,785 THANK YOU TO THE PARKS 5191 03:00:29,785 --> 03:00:31,921 DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR FANTASTIC 5192 03:00:31,921 --> 03:00:32,721 PRESENTATION. I WANT TO SEE IF 5193 03:00:32,721 --> 03:00:36,158 YOU CAN RETURN. I BELIEVE IT'S 5194 03:00:36,158 --> 03:00:38,194 SLIDE 19, WHERE WE HAVE THE 5195 03:00:38,194 --> 03:00:40,996 OVERVIEW OF THE ADMISSIONS TAX 5196 03:00:40,996 --> 03:00:43,666 RESOURCES. I JUST WANTED TO LET 5197 03:00:43,666 --> 03:00:44,700 ME SEE IF I GOT THE SLIDE RIGHT 5198 03:00:44,700 --> 03:00:47,469 FOR YOU TO CATCH UP THERE. THERE 5199 03:00:47,469 --> 03:00:48,504 WE GO. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU SO 5200 03:00:48,504 --> 03:00:50,506 MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. 5201 03:00:50,506 --> 03:00:53,108 ARE THESE THE ONLY ONGOING 5202 03:00:53,108 --> 03:00:54,843 ALLOCATIONS OF ADD TAX TO THE 5203 03:00:54,843 --> 03:00:58,080 PARKS DEPARTMENT? OR DO THESE 5204 03:00:58,080 --> 03:01:00,249 REPRESENT A SUBSET? 5205 03:01:00,249 --> 03:01:01,550 -- THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES. 5206 03:01:01,550 --> 03:01:02,418 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S 5207 03:01:02,418 --> 03:01:04,553 REALLY HELPFUL. AND THEN I ALSO 5208 03:01:04,553 --> 03:01:06,388 WANTED TO TURN TO RESTROOMS AS 5209 03:01:06,388 --> 03:01:10,526 WELL. I ONE OF MY FAVORITE 5210 03:01:10,526 --> 03:01:11,560 THINGS TO GET TO TALK ABOUT ON 5211 03:01:11,560 --> 03:01:15,164 THE DAIS HERE. SO I REALLY 5212 03:01:15,164 --> 03:01:16,532 APPRECIATED HEARING THE, IN THE 5213 03:01:16,532 --> 03:01:17,967 MAYOR'S BUDGET, THE ATTENTION 5214 03:01:17,967 --> 03:01:19,501 GIVEN TO THIS ISSUE. AND I JUST 5215 03:01:19,501 --> 03:01:21,403 WANTED TO SEEK A LITTLE BIT OF 5216 03:01:21,403 --> 03:01:24,106 CLARIFICATION. I KNOW THERE WAS 5217 03:01:24,106 --> 03:01:24,673 THE RECENT REPORT THAT THE 5218 03:01:24,673 --> 03:01:26,242 AUDITOR DID PROVIDED FOR THE 5219 03:01:26,242 --> 03:01:27,910 CITY IN TERMS OF THE SORT OF 5220 03:01:27,910 --> 03:01:30,779 STATUS OF OUR EXISTING PARKS, 5221 03:01:30,779 --> 03:01:31,847 RESTROOMS. SO I KNOW IN THE 5222 03:01:31,847 --> 03:01:33,382 MAYOR'S BUDGET, WE HAVE THE 5223 03:01:33,382 --> 03:01:35,718 PROPOSAL FOR THE EXPANSION AND 5224 03:01:35,718 --> 03:01:37,253 THE NEW RESTROOMS USING THE 5225 03:01:37,253 --> 03:01:39,655 IT'S NOT THE LOO. WHAT'S THE 5226 03:01:39,655 --> 03:01:39,955 RIGHT WORD? 5227 03:01:39,955 --> 03:01:40,656 -- POTENTIALLY THE PORTLAND LOO. 5228 03:01:40,656 --> 03:01:43,158 -- THE PORTLAND LOO. OKAY. OKAY, 5229 03:01:43,158 --> 03:01:43,792 WELL, I'LL GET THE RIGHT WORD 5230 03:01:43,792 --> 03:01:45,828 HERE EVENTUALLY. SO. AND I THINK 5231 03:01:45,828 --> 03:01:46,762 THOSE ARE FANTASTIC. I JUST 5232 03:01:46,762 --> 03:01:47,730 WANTED TO ALSO CLARIFY, I 5233 03:01:47,730 --> 03:01:50,266 BELIEVE THERE'S ALSO RESOURCES 5234 03:01:50,266 --> 03:01:51,834 HERE FOR MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF 5235 03:01:51,834 --> 03:01:53,836 OUR EXISTING PARKS, RESTROOM 5236 03:01:53,836 --> 03:01:55,404 FACILITIES. AND I'M CURIOUS IF 5237 03:01:55,404 --> 03:01:58,173 YOU CAN SHARE HOW THAT 5238 03:01:58,173 --> 03:01:59,475 INVESTMENT COMPARES TO WHAT WAS 5239 03:01:59,475 --> 03:02:00,476 IN THE AUDITOR'S REPORT IN 5240 03:02:00,476 --> 03:02:02,177 TERMS OF HOW CLOSE THIS GETS US 5241 03:02:02,177 --> 03:02:03,979 TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE 5242 03:02:03,979 --> 03:02:05,481 SURE OUR EXISTING RESTROOMS ARE 5243 03:02:05,481 --> 03:02:07,082 OPEN, OPERABLE, AND AND MEET THE 5244 03:02:07,082 --> 03:02:07,883 LEVEL OF CLEANLINESS THAT WE 5245 03:02:07,883 --> 03:02:12,788 WANT FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS 5246 03:02:12,788 --> 03:02:13,389 -- SPECIFIC CROSSWALK TO THE 5247 03:02:13,389 --> 03:02:14,056 AUDIT REPORT. I'LL PROBABLY PUT 5248 03:02:14,056 --> 03:02:15,357 UP ON MY NOTES AND. 5249 03:02:15,357 --> 03:02:17,026 -- A PEN OR A THUMB. 5250 03:02:17,026 --> 03:02:17,726 -- WELL, I'LL PUT IT ON MY LIST 5251 03:02:17,726 --> 03:02:21,463 TO GET BACK TO YOU ON. BUT THIS 5252 03:02:21,463 --> 03:02:25,701 IS ADDITIVE TO OUR ONGOING 5253 03:02:25,701 --> 03:02:28,604 RESTROOM RENOVATION PROGRAM THAT 5254 03:02:28,604 --> 03:02:30,873 DOES FULL RENOVATIONS OF OUR 5255 03:02:30,873 --> 03:02:32,741 RESTROOMS, REPLACEMENTS WHERE 5256 03:02:32,741 --> 03:02:36,211 THEY'RE NEEDED. WE ALSO HAVE 5257 03:02:36,211 --> 03:02:37,379 REGULAR MAINTENANCE TEAMS. WE 5258 03:02:37,379 --> 03:02:38,881 ALSO HAVE THE RECENT 5259 03:02:38,881 --> 03:02:41,650 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING 5260 03:02:41,650 --> 03:02:44,019 INCREMENT THAT'S HELPING US 5261 03:02:44,019 --> 03:02:45,621 STAFF AT CAL ANDERSON AND AT 5262 03:02:45,621 --> 03:02:47,690 FREEWAY PARK THIS SUMMER. SO 5263 03:02:47,690 --> 03:02:49,058 THERE THERE'S A LOT OF LEVELS 5264 03:02:49,058 --> 03:02:50,292 OF, OF RESTROOM MAINTENANCE 5265 03:02:50,292 --> 03:02:52,461 BECAUSE WE DO UNDERSTAND THE 5266 03:02:52,461 --> 03:02:53,195 IMPORTANCE OF THAT, BUT WE CAN 5267 03:02:53,195 --> 03:02:55,097 GET YOU MORE SPECIFICS ON THE 5268 03:02:55,097 --> 03:02:57,866 AUDIT. WE HAVE SOME INTERNAL 5269 03:02:57,866 --> 03:02:59,702 TRAINING AND PROCEDURE 5270 03:02:59,702 --> 03:03:01,770 DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT 5271 03:03:01,770 --> 03:03:05,574 WE'RE MEETING OUR OWN. 5272 03:03:05,574 --> 03:03:07,643 FREQUENCY AND TYPES OF CLAIMS 5273 03:03:07,643 --> 03:03:11,980 AND HAVE PURCHASED NEW EQUIPMENT 5274 03:03:11,980 --> 03:03:13,716 TO MAKE THAT MORE POSITIVE. I 5275 03:03:13,716 --> 03:03:16,685 GUESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER 5276 03:03:16,685 --> 03:03:16,885 WORD. 5277 03:03:16,885 --> 03:03:17,419 -- SO THAT SOUNDS GREAT. 5278 03:03:17,419 --> 03:03:19,188 -- GET YOU MORE ON THE AUDIT 5279 03:03:19,188 --> 03:03:19,621 STUFF SPECIFICALLY. 5280 03:03:19,621 --> 03:03:20,422 -- YEAH. THANK YOU. I THINK 5281 03:03:20,422 --> 03:03:21,256 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I'M SO 5282 03:03:21,256 --> 03:03:23,158 EXCITED AGAIN, TO HAVE THE 5283 03:03:23,158 --> 03:03:24,727 EXPANSION IN ACCESS. AND I KNOW 5284 03:03:24,727 --> 03:03:25,894 THAT AS WE DO THAT EXPANSION, WE 5285 03:03:25,894 --> 03:03:26,662 ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 5286 03:03:26,662 --> 03:03:27,262 WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THE 5287 03:03:27,262 --> 03:03:28,630 MAINTENANCE OF WHAT WE HAVE SO 5288 03:03:28,630 --> 03:03:29,865 THAT THOSE ARE OPEN AND 5289 03:03:29,865 --> 03:03:31,333 AVAILABLE AND THAT PEOPLE CAN 5290 03:03:31,333 --> 03:03:32,568 USE THEM AND THEY WORK WELL. SO 5291 03:03:32,568 --> 03:03:35,204 THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN YOU 5292 03:03:35,204 --> 03:03:35,804 ACTUALLY SAID THE FINAL THING 5293 03:03:35,804 --> 03:03:36,972 THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP, WHICH 5294 03:03:36,972 --> 03:03:38,607 IS FREEWAY PARK. AND YOU, YOU 5295 03:03:38,607 --> 03:03:39,975 MENTIONED THE PARTICIPATORY 5296 03:03:39,975 --> 03:03:41,210 BUDGETING. IT'S MY 5297 03:03:41,210 --> 03:03:43,645 UNDERSTANDING THAT RIGHT NOW 5298 03:03:43,645 --> 03:03:44,279 WE'VE GOT THE SOME RESOURCES 5299 03:03:44,279 --> 03:03:45,614 THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO CARE OF 5300 03:03:45,614 --> 03:03:47,583 THAT PARK THAT ARE COMING FROM A 5301 03:03:47,583 --> 03:03:49,385 DELAY IN THOSE RESOURCES BEING 5302 03:03:49,385 --> 03:03:51,086 USED FROM ANOTHER PARK LOCATION. 5303 03:03:51,086 --> 03:03:52,755 BUT THAT ONCE THAT OTHER PARK 5304 03:03:52,755 --> 03:03:54,523 LOCATION IS UP AND RUNNING. 5305 03:03:54,523 --> 03:03:55,424 FREEWAY PARK WILL NO LONGER HAVE 5306 03:03:55,424 --> 03:03:57,159 THAT ACCESS. I JUST WANTED TO 5307 03:03:57,159 --> 03:03:58,360 MAKE SURE I HAVEN'T HAD A 5308 03:03:58,360 --> 03:03:59,928 CHANCE TO DIG IN YET. IS THAT 5309 03:03:59,928 --> 03:04:03,165 STILL THE STATUS HERE IN TERMS 5310 03:04:03,165 --> 03:04:05,067 OF THE. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 5311 03:04:05,067 --> 03:04:06,468 PARK RANGER THAT WAS THAT WAS 5312 03:04:06,468 --> 03:04:08,137 COMING TO FREEWAY PARK IN THE 5313 03:04:08,137 --> 03:04:10,139 INTERIM PERIOD. 5314 03:04:10,139 --> 03:04:12,141 -- IT'S ACTUALLY THE SEATTLE 5315 03:04:12,141 --> 03:04:12,775 CONSERVATION CORPS. THEY'RE 5316 03:04:12,775 --> 03:04:13,575 DOING OUR RESTROOM STAFFING 5317 03:04:13,575 --> 03:04:15,677 PROGRAM. SO THEY WHEN WE 5318 03:04:15,677 --> 03:04:17,446 ORIGINALLY DID PARTICIPATORY 5319 03:04:17,446 --> 03:04:18,914 BUDGETING, THE TWO SITES THAT WE 5320 03:04:18,914 --> 03:04:20,749 SAID WOULD BE OUR PRIORITY WERE 5321 03:04:20,749 --> 03:04:25,954 CAL ANDERSON AND THE SOON TO BE 5322 03:04:25,954 --> 03:04:28,824 DEVELOPED RESTROOM AT PARK. AND 5323 03:04:28,824 --> 03:04:31,360 OUR CURRENT TIMELINE, IN 5324 03:04:31,360 --> 03:04:33,362 PARTNERSHIP WITH SKEPTA FOR THAT 5325 03:04:33,362 --> 03:04:36,198 SITE IS PROBABLY LATE BREAKING 5326 03:04:36,198 --> 03:04:39,968 NEWS LATER IN 2027. SO WE ARE 5327 03:04:39,968 --> 03:04:41,170 LOOKING AND WE'LL BE TALKING 5328 03:04:41,170 --> 03:04:42,471 WITH THE FREEWAY PARK 5329 03:04:42,471 --> 03:04:44,540 ASSOCIATION ABOUT HOW TO PARTNER 5330 03:04:44,540 --> 03:04:45,507 WITH THEM FOR EVENTS NEXT YEAR 5331 03:04:45,507 --> 03:04:48,577 AT FREEWAY PARK TO CONTINUE 5332 03:04:48,577 --> 03:04:51,346 COVERING RESTROOM STAFFING THERE 5333 03:04:51,346 --> 03:04:52,981 WITHIN WHAT WE THINK WE WOULD 5334 03:04:52,981 --> 03:04:54,116 HAVE FOR FLEXIBILITY BEFORE THE 5335 03:04:54,116 --> 03:04:56,785 HING HAY PARK PROJECT OPENS. 5336 03:04:56,785 --> 03:04:58,020 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT AND 5337 03:04:58,020 --> 03:04:59,922 APPRECIATE THE NEWS. IT'S SAD TO 5338 03:04:59,922 --> 03:05:00,622 HEAR THE DELAY. I KNOW IT'S BEEN 5339 03:05:00,622 --> 03:05:02,024 A LONG TIME COMING, BUT 5340 03:05:02,024 --> 03:05:03,325 APPRECIATE THE ONGOING WORK TO 5341 03:05:03,325 --> 03:05:04,927 GET GET THAT ONLINE AND TO 5342 03:05:04,927 --> 03:05:06,462 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FREEWAY IN 5343 03:05:06,462 --> 03:05:08,730 THE INTERIM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5344 03:05:08,730 --> 03:05:09,131 THANK YOU CHAIR. 5345 03:05:09,131 --> 03:05:10,332 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5346 03:05:10,332 --> 03:05:12,835 FOSTER ANYTHING FURTHER FROM THE 5347 03:05:12,835 --> 03:05:15,337 TABLE? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE 5348 03:05:15,337 --> 03:05:17,306 RIGHT ALONG TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5349 03:05:17,306 --> 03:05:18,207 HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCIL. 5350 03:05:18,207 --> 03:05:19,241 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR, 5351 03:05:19,241 --> 03:05:22,478 AND I WILL BE I'LL BE QUICK 5352 03:05:22,478 --> 03:05:23,445 BECAUSE THIS IS PROBABLY. PUT A 5353 03:05:23,445 --> 03:05:27,082 PIN IN IT. THANK YOU. PARKS, FOR 5354 03:05:27,082 --> 03:05:29,118 YOUR PRESENTATION AND CBO FOR 5355 03:05:29,118 --> 03:05:31,553 BEING HERE. ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, 5356 03:05:31,553 --> 03:05:32,421 AND THIS HAS BEEN LIKE FOR THE 5357 03:05:32,421 --> 03:05:35,023 LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IS WHEN 5358 03:05:35,023 --> 03:05:37,292 WE'RE MAKING BUDGET DECISIONS 5359 03:05:37,292 --> 03:05:37,860 ON SUSTAINABLE FIELDS, WHAT 5360 03:05:37,860 --> 03:05:39,261 WE'RE REPLACING, HOW WE'RE 5361 03:05:39,261 --> 03:05:41,296 MOVING PROJECTS THROUGH THE 5362 03:05:41,296 --> 03:05:43,532 PROCESS. ARE THEY BEING DELAYED 5363 03:05:43,532 --> 03:05:45,634 OR WHATEVER? IF WE LOOK AT THE 5364 03:05:45,634 --> 03:05:47,436 IMPACT ON THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE 5365 03:05:47,436 --> 03:05:49,771 THAT SUSTAINABLE FIELDS BRING IN 5366 03:05:49,771 --> 03:05:53,675 WITH THE LIGHTS AND THE FIELDS, 5367 03:05:53,675 --> 03:05:56,145 AND ALSO THE SAFETY COMPONENT, 5368 03:05:56,145 --> 03:05:57,279 YOU KNOW, THAT BRINGS SAFE 5369 03:05:57,279 --> 03:05:58,380 SAFETY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD 5370 03:05:58,380 --> 03:06:01,316 BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING USED. AND 5371 03:06:01,316 --> 03:06:04,820 THERE'S SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S ONE 5372 03:06:04,820 --> 03:06:05,687 THING THAT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH 5373 03:06:05,687 --> 03:06:07,122 YOU ALL BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S 5374 03:06:07,122 --> 03:06:08,657 REALLY A BIG DECISION MAKER. IF 5375 03:06:08,657 --> 03:06:12,895 YOU SEE, I'M SURE IF THERE WERE, 5376 03:06:12,895 --> 03:06:13,962 YOU KNOW, CERTAIN WHEN 5377 03:06:13,962 --> 03:06:17,266 COUNCILMEMBER LIN IS TALKING 5378 03:06:17,266 --> 03:06:18,934 ABOUT A DESIGN, WHAT'S THE THING 5379 03:06:18,934 --> 03:06:22,204 YOU SAID GREAT. THANK YOU. 5380 03:06:22,204 --> 03:06:22,671 -- PREVENTION THROUGH 5381 03:06:22,671 --> 03:06:24,306 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. 5382 03:06:24,306 --> 03:06:26,208 -- THANK YOU. DESIGNING TO CURB 5383 03:06:26,208 --> 03:06:27,342 VIOLENCE AND AND ALL THAT GOOD 5384 03:06:27,342 --> 03:06:28,744 STUFF. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M 5385 03:06:28,744 --> 03:06:30,712 TALKING ABOUT. SO I'LL FOLLOW UP 5386 03:06:30,712 --> 03:06:33,782 ON, ON THAT PIECE. THE OTHER 5387 03:06:33,782 --> 03:06:35,183 THING IS, WAS IT EVEN 5388 03:06:35,183 --> 03:06:36,218 CONSIDERED? AND I DON'T KNOW, I 5389 03:06:36,218 --> 03:06:38,453 KNOW WHEN WE DID THE AUDIT FOR 5390 03:06:38,453 --> 03:06:40,756 RESTROOMS, DISTRICT ONE WAS AT 5391 03:06:40,756 --> 03:06:44,259 THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST FOR NOT 5392 03:06:44,259 --> 03:06:46,194 IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER PLACES 5393 03:06:46,194 --> 03:06:48,030 IN THE CITY THAT DID NOT MEET 5394 03:06:48,030 --> 03:06:50,465 THE AMOUNT OF RESTROOMS. THERE 5395 03:06:50,465 --> 03:06:51,934 WAS A BIG DISPARITY. SO WHEN 5396 03:06:51,934 --> 03:06:54,236 WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANSION, I 5397 03:06:54,236 --> 03:06:55,437 DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS EVEN 5398 03:06:55,437 --> 03:06:58,240 CONSIDERED DISTRICT ONE. I THINK 5399 03:06:58,240 --> 03:06:58,807 WE APPROVED A BATHROOM LAST 5400 03:06:58,807 --> 03:07:00,742 YEAR. OKAY, BUT STILL, JUST 5401 03:07:00,742 --> 03:07:02,344 THINKING ABOUT THAT PIECE. SO 5402 03:07:02,344 --> 03:07:03,946 THAT'S MY SECOND QUESTION, 5403 03:07:03,946 --> 03:07:04,713 WHICH WE CAN FOLLOW UP OFFLINE. 5404 03:07:04,713 --> 03:07:05,847 WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT 5405 03:07:05,847 --> 03:07:08,817 HERE, WHICH IS GREAT. AND THEN 5406 03:07:08,817 --> 03:07:11,286 LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND I REALLY 5407 03:07:11,286 --> 03:07:11,820 APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER 5408 03:07:11,820 --> 03:07:13,088 FOSTER'S COMMENTS REGARDING 5409 03:07:13,088 --> 03:07:15,958 MAKING SURE THAT THE MAINTENANCE 5410 03:07:15,958 --> 03:07:19,294 FOR RESIDENTS IS WELL, I ALSO 5411 03:07:19,294 --> 03:07:23,031 THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME 5412 03:07:23,031 --> 03:07:24,266 TYPE OF ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES 5413 03:07:24,266 --> 03:07:26,368 IN THE SENSE WHERE WE'RE 5414 03:07:26,368 --> 03:07:27,002 EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT, LOOK, WE 5415 03:07:27,002 --> 03:07:30,005 HAD PEOPLE BLOW UP BATHROOM 5416 03:07:30,005 --> 03:07:32,074 TOILETS DOWN IN MADRONA, YOU 5417 03:07:32,074 --> 03:07:34,343 KNOW, WITH BOMBS AND FIREWORKS. 5418 03:07:34,343 --> 03:07:35,877 THAT IS THAT IS JUST 5419 03:07:35,877 --> 03:07:37,145 UNACCEPTABLE. AND I KNOW IT'S 5420 03:07:37,145 --> 03:07:40,215 NOT PARKS FAULT AT ALL, BUT JUST 5421 03:07:40,215 --> 03:07:41,750 THINKING ABOUT THINGS IN WHICH 5422 03:07:41,750 --> 03:07:43,385 WE CAN SHOW PEOPLE, THIS IS YOUR 5423 03:07:43,385 --> 03:07:44,886 NEIGHBORHOOD. HOW DO WE RESPECT 5424 03:07:44,886 --> 03:07:47,789 THIS? YOU KNOW, I, I'M VERY 5425 03:07:47,789 --> 03:07:50,425 GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE 5426 03:07:50,425 --> 03:07:51,860 AT CAL ANDERSON THAT ARE DOING 5427 03:07:51,860 --> 03:07:52,928 THAT WORK AND CLEANING UP AFTER 5428 03:07:52,928 --> 03:07:54,162 PEOPLE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO 5429 03:07:54,162 --> 03:07:57,399 CLEAN UP AFTER GROWN ADULTS FOR, 5430 03:07:57,399 --> 03:07:58,333 FOR THINGS WHERE I'M LIKE, HEY, 5431 03:07:58,333 --> 03:07:59,835 HOW CAN WE FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE 5432 03:07:59,835 --> 03:08:01,003 CLEANING UP AFTER OURSELVES? AND 5433 03:08:01,003 --> 03:08:02,804 WE'RE NOT JUST PUTTING IT ON 5434 03:08:02,804 --> 03:08:04,773 THE PARK STAFF THAT CONSTANTLY 5435 03:08:04,773 --> 03:08:06,875 HAVE TO DO THIS. SO ANYWAYS, 5436 03:08:06,875 --> 03:08:09,511 THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU 5437 03:08:09,511 --> 03:08:10,679 KNOW, MAINTENANCE COSTS. AND 5438 03:08:10,679 --> 03:08:12,381 THEN ALSO, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT 5439 03:08:12,381 --> 03:08:13,882 HOW WE CAN BETTER CONNECT THE 5440 03:08:13,882 --> 03:08:16,785 NEIGHBORHOOD TO KNOW THAT THIS 5441 03:08:16,785 --> 03:08:19,121 IS YOUR CITY TOO, AS WELL AS, 5442 03:08:19,121 --> 03:08:20,989 AS, AS THE MAYOR TALKS ABOUT 5443 03:08:20,989 --> 03:08:22,024 THAT THIS IS THIS, WE HAVE TO 5444 03:08:22,024 --> 03:08:23,892 ALL TAKE CARE OF IT. SO ANYWAYS, 5445 03:08:23,892 --> 03:08:25,527 NO ANSWER, NO ANSWER NEEDED. I 5446 03:08:25,527 --> 03:08:26,561 WILL FOLLOW UP OFFLINE, BUT I 5447 03:08:26,561 --> 03:08:28,163 JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE 5448 03:08:28,163 --> 03:08:30,032 GENERAL COMMENTS. THANK YOU. 5449 03:08:30,032 --> 03:08:31,433 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5450 03:08:31,433 --> 03:08:32,034 ANYTHING THE COMMITTEE WOULD 5451 03:08:32,034 --> 03:08:36,438 LIKE TO SHARE AT THIS TIME ALL 5452 03:08:36,438 --> 03:08:36,672 RIGHT. 5453 03:08:36,672 --> 03:08:38,173 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA THANK YOU, 5454 03:08:38,173 --> 03:08:40,842 CHAIR. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO 5455 03:08:40,842 --> 03:08:42,944 THANK INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT 5456 03:08:42,944 --> 03:08:43,545 FINNEGAN AND EVERYONE AT THE 5457 03:08:43,545 --> 03:08:45,047 TABLE, FRANKLY, FOR FOR BEING 5458 03:08:45,047 --> 03:08:46,048 HERE AND THE YOU KNOW, ALL THE 5459 03:08:46,048 --> 03:08:47,883 WORK THAT WENT BEHIND PUTTING 5460 03:08:47,883 --> 03:08:48,684 TOGETHER THIS PACKAGE. NOW, THE 5461 03:08:48,684 --> 03:08:50,052 BALL'S IN OUR COURT. SOME 5462 03:08:50,052 --> 03:08:52,788 THINGS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, I'M 5463 03:08:52,788 --> 03:08:54,523 DELIGHTED TO SEE HERE IN THE 5464 03:08:54,523 --> 03:08:56,792 PARKS BUDGET SIDE, YOU KNOW, THE 5465 03:08:56,792 --> 03:09:00,228 THE HIGH POINT LATE NIGHT TEEN 5466 03:09:00,228 --> 03:09:02,564 PROGRAMING AND ESPECIALLY WANT 5467 03:09:02,564 --> 03:09:04,399 TO THANK MAYOR WILSON FOR HER 5468 03:09:04,399 --> 03:09:06,168 LEADERSHIP AND AND BRINGING THAT 5469 03:09:06,168 --> 03:09:07,703 TO LIFE BECAUSE THAT WAS AN ITEM 5470 03:09:07,703 --> 03:09:10,906 THAT WE ADDED. AND I MY OFFICE 5471 03:09:10,906 --> 03:09:12,341 SPONSORED. WE ADDED LAST YEAR 5472 03:09:12,341 --> 03:09:13,742 DURING BUDGET. IT WAS A ONE TIME 5473 03:09:13,742 --> 03:09:15,110 THING. SHE MADE IT PERMANENT. 5474 03:09:15,110 --> 03:09:17,612 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO, 5475 03:09:17,612 --> 03:09:21,450 THE CAMP LONG LODGE PLANNING 5476 03:09:21,450 --> 03:09:22,684 INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF 5477 03:09:22,684 --> 03:09:26,421 THE OTHER KIND OF CAMPUS 5478 03:09:26,421 --> 03:09:31,193 UPGRADES FOR TURF IN GENERAL. 5479 03:09:31,193 --> 03:09:32,761 TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. 5480 03:09:32,761 --> 03:09:35,130 LIGHTING, PLAY AREAS, SPRAY 5481 03:09:35,130 --> 03:09:36,198 PARKS WITHIN SOUTH PARK, THE 5482 03:09:36,198 --> 03:09:39,101 SOUTH PARK CAMPUS IN PARTICULAR, 5483 03:09:39,101 --> 03:09:43,004 AND THEN SOME OF THE BROADER 5484 03:09:43,004 --> 03:09:43,638 ACCESS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMING AS 5485 03:09:43,638 --> 03:09:45,674 IT RELATES TO AQUATICS. I'M 5486 03:09:45,674 --> 03:09:47,943 THINKING ABOUT THE AQUATIC 5487 03:09:47,943 --> 03:09:50,645 SUBSIDIES THAT I WOULD HOPE HELP 5488 03:09:50,645 --> 03:09:52,881 PROTECT. SOUTHWEST POOL HOURS 5489 03:09:52,881 --> 03:09:57,319 AND FEES, WHILE ALSO EXPANDING 5490 03:09:57,319 --> 03:09:57,953 RECREATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS. COOL 5491 03:09:57,953 --> 03:10:02,824 STUFF ON THE ON THE INITIAL 5492 03:10:02,824 --> 03:10:03,391 IMPRESSIONS WITH RESPECT TO 5493 03:10:03,391 --> 03:10:07,896 CONCERNS SIDE OF THINGS, THE 5494 03:10:07,896 --> 03:10:10,966 TURF REDUCTIONS OF 7.1 MILLION, 5495 03:10:10,966 --> 03:10:13,502 WHICH WAS REMOVED FROM 5496 03:10:13,502 --> 03:10:15,303 REPLACEMENTS AND THEN $14.7 5497 03:10:15,303 --> 03:10:16,505 MILLION THAT WAS REMOVED FROM 5498 03:10:16,505 --> 03:10:18,774 THE SORT OF NET NEW NAME 5499 03:10:18,774 --> 03:10:22,344 CONVERSION PROJECTS, PLUS ONE, 5500 03:10:22,344 --> 03:10:23,278 ONTO SOME OF THE THINGS 5501 03:10:23,278 --> 03:10:24,546 EXPRESSED BY SOME OF MY 5502 03:10:24,546 --> 03:10:25,514 COLLEAGUES AND SOME OF WHICH WE 5503 03:10:25,514 --> 03:10:27,115 MAY OR MAY NOT BE PUTTING 5504 03:10:27,115 --> 03:10:27,949 PUSHING PINS IN OR NOT, I DON'T 5505 03:10:27,949 --> 03:10:33,355 KNOW. BUT THE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT 5506 03:10:33,355 --> 03:10:37,659 REDUCTIONS AND UC T CAPACITY 5507 03:10:37,659 --> 03:10:38,326 I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACTS, 5508 03:10:38,326 --> 03:10:41,997 THE MOUNTING IMPACTS ON THAT 5509 03:10:41,997 --> 03:10:45,300 WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE ON THE 5510 03:10:45,300 --> 03:10:45,767 MAINTENANCE PRESSURES 5511 03:10:45,767 --> 03:10:48,036 SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO 5512 03:10:48,036 --> 03:10:50,939 POTENTIAL INCREASES IN VISIBLE 5513 03:10:50,939 --> 03:10:52,374 MAINTENANCE ISSUES. IN D ONE, WE 5514 03:10:52,374 --> 03:10:53,441 TALKED I WANT TO THANK 5515 03:10:53,441 --> 03:10:55,977 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND COUNCIL 5516 03:10:55,977 --> 03:10:58,680 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH FOR 5517 03:10:58,680 --> 03:11:01,249 TALKING EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE 5518 03:11:01,249 --> 03:11:03,151 IMPORTANCE OF OF OUR PARKS, 5519 03:11:03,151 --> 03:11:07,222 RESTROOMS, AND AND THANK YOU FOR 5520 03:11:07,222 --> 03:11:08,824 ACKNOWLEDGING, YOU KNOW, WHAT 5521 03:11:08,824 --> 03:11:11,526 THE SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES, 5522 03:11:11,526 --> 03:11:13,295 BECAUSE ONLY WE'RE ONLY ONE OF 5523 03:11:13,295 --> 03:11:14,796 SEVEN COUNCIL DISTRICTS, BUT WE 5524 03:11:14,796 --> 03:11:17,799 SEEM TO ACCOUNT FOR ROUGHLY 40 5525 03:11:17,799 --> 03:11:20,869 TO 45% OF THE. THE SIGNIFICANT 5526 03:11:20,869 --> 03:11:22,771 PROBLEM AS IT RELATES TO 5527 03:11:22,771 --> 03:11:26,775 VANDALISM, GRAFFITI, THAT KIND 5528 03:11:26,775 --> 03:11:28,877 OF THING. SO PLUS ONE, ALL THOSE 5529 03:11:28,877 --> 03:11:29,945 COMMENTS, I'LL TRY TO ADD A NEW 5530 03:11:29,945 --> 03:11:32,180 DIMENSION ON THE TURF. THANK YOU 5531 03:11:32,180 --> 03:11:33,882 AGAIN, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR FOR 5532 03:11:33,882 --> 03:11:34,382 CALLING CALLING OUT THE 5533 03:11:34,382 --> 03:11:38,053 IMPORTANCE OF THESE PROJECTS, I 5534 03:11:38,053 --> 03:11:39,921 WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR 5535 03:11:39,921 --> 03:11:42,724 SUBMITTING THAT SLY RESPONSE 5536 03:11:42,724 --> 03:11:45,760 EARLIER THIS MONTH. I READ IT I, 5537 03:11:45,760 --> 03:11:48,663 WE IT'S NOT JUST SOMEONE ISN'T 5538 03:11:48,663 --> 03:11:49,631 JUST WRITING THESE AWAY, WRITING 5539 03:11:49,631 --> 03:11:53,001 THESE SOMEWHERE AND IT GOES OFF 5540 03:11:53,001 --> 03:11:54,236 TO AN ETHER. I ACTUALLY READ 5541 03:11:54,236 --> 03:11:55,904 THEM. SO THANK YOU. AND IT WAS 5542 03:11:55,904 --> 03:11:59,875 GOOD TO SEE. AS AN ASIDE, THAT 5543 03:11:59,875 --> 03:12:03,478 OF THE PROJECTS WE ASKED YOU ALL 5544 03:12:03,478 --> 03:12:05,113 TO STUDY THE THE BEST CANDIDATE 5545 03:12:05,113 --> 03:12:07,716 THAT YOU CHOSE IN TERMS OF 5546 03:12:07,716 --> 03:12:10,085 READINESS RIGHT NOW WAS 5547 03:12:10,085 --> 03:12:12,554 RIVERVIEW PLAYFIELD IN WEST 5548 03:12:12,554 --> 03:12:15,090 SEATTLE. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS 5549 03:12:15,090 --> 03:12:18,260 COOL. BUT IN ANY EVENT, THE. I 5550 03:12:18,260 --> 03:12:21,129 AM CONCERNED THAT THE PROPOSED. 5551 03:12:21,129 --> 03:12:23,164 ABOUT THE PROPOSED REMOVAL OF 5552 03:12:23,164 --> 03:12:23,665 $7.1 MILLION FROM TURF 5553 03:12:23,665 --> 03:12:26,001 REPLACEMENTS AND 14.7 MILLION 5554 03:12:26,001 --> 03:12:32,307 FROM NEW TURF PROJECTS. WILL 5555 03:12:32,307 --> 03:12:33,875 PARKS COMMIT TO MAKING. BECAUSE 5556 03:12:33,875 --> 03:12:36,578 IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S. 5557 03:12:36,578 --> 03:12:37,145 THERE'S CYCLE THREE PARKS 5558 03:12:37,145 --> 03:12:38,980 DISTRICT PLANNING GOING ON RIGHT 5559 03:12:38,980 --> 03:12:41,182 NOW. WILL PARKS COMMIT TO MAKING 5560 03:12:41,182 --> 03:12:43,785 CYCLE THREE A MAJOR ATHLETIC 5561 03:12:43,785 --> 03:12:49,824 FIELD INVESTMENT PACKAGE THAT 5562 03:12:49,824 --> 03:12:50,425 FIRST RESTORES THESE DEFERRED 5563 03:12:50,425 --> 03:12:54,896 PROJECTS THAT THAT I MENTIONED. 5564 03:12:54,896 --> 03:12:56,698 AND THEN FUNDS A SUBSTANTIAL 5565 03:12:56,698 --> 03:12:59,868 GEOGRAPHICALLY BALANCED PIPELINE 5566 03:12:59,868 --> 03:13:02,404 OF ADDITIONAL TURF CONVERSIONS 5567 03:13:02,404 --> 03:13:03,772 ACROSS SEATTLE, INCLUDING SOME 5568 03:13:03,772 --> 03:13:04,773 OF THOSE CANDIDATES LISTED IN 5569 03:13:04,773 --> 03:13:05,874 THAT SLIDE REPORT FROM EARLIER 5570 03:13:05,874 --> 03:13:07,776 THIS MONTH. WILL YOU COMMIT TO 5571 03:13:07,776 --> 03:13:09,177 WILL YOU COMMIT TO THAT FOR 5572 03:13:09,177 --> 03:13:11,313 CYCLE THREE? 5573 03:13:11,313 --> 03:13:13,214 -- SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. 5574 03:13:13,214 --> 03:13:14,950 ONE THING IS THAT THIS PROPOSED 5575 03:13:14,950 --> 03:13:19,854 BUDGET DOES REDUCE RATE FOR PARK 5576 03:13:19,854 --> 03:13:21,556 CONVERSIONS BY THE 14 MILLION 5577 03:13:21,556 --> 03:13:23,491 YOU REFERENCED, BUT 9.6 OF IT WE 5578 03:13:23,491 --> 03:13:25,460 REPLACED WITH THE PARK DISTRICT 5579 03:13:25,460 --> 03:13:28,563 AS A ONE TIME REVENUE. SO THE, 5580 03:13:28,563 --> 03:13:29,898 THE ONE CONVERSION PROJECT THAT 5581 03:13:29,898 --> 03:13:32,300 IS CURRENTLY IMPACTED. AND WE 5582 03:13:32,300 --> 03:13:33,768 ARE LOOKING AT FIGURING OUT A 5583 03:13:33,768 --> 03:13:36,037 WAY TO FUND IS THE WEST MAGNOLIA 5584 03:13:36,037 --> 03:13:39,074 PROJECT. BEFORE COMMITTING TO A 5585 03:13:39,074 --> 03:13:41,209 GEOGRAPHIC APPROACH, WE ARE 5586 03:13:41,209 --> 03:13:43,178 WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE 5587 03:13:43,178 --> 03:13:45,513 SCHOOL DISTRICT TO. ON THE NEXT 5588 03:13:45,513 --> 03:13:47,482 JOINT ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT 5589 03:13:47,482 --> 03:13:48,583 PROPOSAL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO 5590 03:13:48,583 --> 03:13:50,819 EXPLORE THAT MORE BEFORE 5591 03:13:50,819 --> 03:13:52,253 COMMITTING AT THIS MOMENT AND BE 5592 03:13:52,253 --> 03:13:53,922 MORE INFORMED IN THAT. BUT 5593 03:13:53,922 --> 03:13:55,557 OBVIOUSLY, YOU AND YOUR 5594 03:13:55,557 --> 03:13:56,691 COLLEAGUES AS THE PARK DISTRICT 5595 03:13:56,691 --> 03:13:58,660 BOARD WILL HAVE A LOT TO TO SAY 5596 03:13:58,660 --> 03:14:01,363 ABOUT WHERE THOSE RESOURCES GO. 5597 03:14:01,363 --> 03:14:04,432 -- THANK YOU. WOULD LIKE TO SEE 5598 03:14:04,432 --> 03:14:06,668 A SUBSTANTIAL OR UNDERSCORE THE 5599 03:14:06,668 --> 03:14:08,103 INFERENCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN 5600 03:14:08,103 --> 03:14:08,737 SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR THERE IN MY 5601 03:14:08,737 --> 03:14:12,007 IN MY QUESTION, BUT I WOULD LOVE 5602 03:14:12,007 --> 03:14:16,778 TO SEE A SUBSTANTIAL ATHLETIC 5603 03:14:16,778 --> 03:14:17,345 FIELD TURF FIELD CONVERSION 5604 03:14:17,345 --> 03:14:19,748 PACKAGE AND ANY EXECUTIVE 5605 03:14:19,748 --> 03:14:21,616 PROPOSED RENEWAL OF THAT FOR THE 5606 03:14:21,616 --> 03:14:25,086 NEXT CYCLE. YOU KNOW, STARTING 5607 03:14:25,086 --> 03:14:26,388 FIRST WITH THAT ROADMAP THAT I 5608 03:14:26,388 --> 03:14:28,690 OFFERED THE DEFERRED PROJECTS, 5609 03:14:28,690 --> 03:14:31,226 THE, THE, THE PROJECTS IN LAST 5610 03:14:31,226 --> 03:14:32,327 YEAR'S SLIDE THAT YOU GUYS DID 5611 03:14:32,327 --> 03:14:34,162 A GREAT JOB OF REPORTING OR 5612 03:14:34,162 --> 03:14:35,830 REPORTING ON AND ANY ANYTHING 5613 03:14:35,830 --> 03:14:40,035 ELSE. SO THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. 5614 03:14:40,035 --> 03:14:41,136 APPRECIATE THE WORK, LOOK 5615 03:14:41,136 --> 03:14:42,504 FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE AND 5616 03:14:42,504 --> 03:14:43,238 CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION. 5617 03:14:43,238 --> 03:14:45,707 THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN. 5618 03:14:45,707 --> 03:14:46,274 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5619 03:14:46,274 --> 03:14:49,144 SAKA. ANY TO ADD THERE? NOPE. 5620 03:14:49,144 --> 03:14:52,080 ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, ANY 5621 03:14:52,080 --> 03:14:53,314 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I'LL BE 5622 03:14:53,314 --> 03:14:55,016 BRIEF WITH MINE. THANK YOU ALL 5623 03:14:55,016 --> 03:14:56,284 FOR GOING BEFORE ME BECAUSE YOU 5624 03:14:56,284 --> 03:14:58,486 ASKED A LOT OF MY OWN QUESTIONS. 5625 03:14:58,486 --> 03:15:01,489 I AM LOOKING AT OUR IS IT LISH? 5626 03:15:01,489 --> 03:15:02,857 ARE WE ON SEVEN YEAR LOOK BACK 5627 03:15:02,857 --> 03:15:04,826 RIGHT NOW? EIGHT. 5628 03:15:04,826 --> 03:15:06,094 -- YEAH, GOING BACK TO 2019. 5629 03:15:06,094 --> 03:15:07,996 -- SO SEVEN YEAR, THE SEVEN 5630 03:15:07,996 --> 03:15:11,066 USING THE SEVEN YEAR LOOK BACK, 5631 03:15:11,066 --> 03:15:11,800 IT HAS FLAGGED A COUPLE OF 5632 03:15:11,800 --> 03:15:12,600 THINGS FOR ME. WE KEEP TALKING 5633 03:15:12,600 --> 03:15:14,569 ABOUT SEATTLE CONSERVATION 5634 03:15:14,569 --> 03:15:16,171 CORPS. SEATTLE CONSERVATION 5635 03:15:16,171 --> 03:15:17,872 CORPS HAD TO START. THE TIMER IS 5636 03:15:17,872 --> 03:15:21,142 ONE OF THE MOST UNKNOWN AND 5637 03:15:21,142 --> 03:15:22,744 IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE 5638 03:15:22,744 --> 03:15:24,045 IN OUR CITY THAT HELPS PEOPLE 5639 03:15:24,045 --> 03:15:26,514 WHO ARE FORMERLY HOMELESS. THEY 5640 03:15:26,514 --> 03:15:27,716 DON'T PROVIDE IT, BUT THEY HELP 5641 03:15:27,716 --> 03:15:31,519 THEM GET HOUSING, AND THEN DO 5642 03:15:31,519 --> 03:15:33,388 WORK AND THEN GET JOBS. IT'S 5643 03:15:33,388 --> 03:15:34,689 AMAZING. GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE 5644 03:15:34,689 --> 03:15:37,692 ARE MAKING SOME OF THOSE 5645 03:15:37,692 --> 03:15:38,326 ADDITIONAL HR CHANGES. I THINK 5646 03:15:38,326 --> 03:15:39,294 THAT WILL PROBABLY HELP IN ALL 5647 03:15:39,294 --> 03:15:43,398 OF THAT WORK. I DO SEE HERE ON 5648 03:15:43,398 --> 03:15:45,800 OUR SEVEN YEAR LOOK BACK UNDER 5649 03:15:45,800 --> 03:15:47,368 SEATTLE CONSERVATION CORPS, THAT 5650 03:15:47,368 --> 03:15:52,407 IT WAS ZEROED OUT IN THE 5651 03:15:52,407 --> 03:15:54,542 OPERATING BUDGET. IS THIS 5652 03:15:54,542 --> 03:15:58,146 BECAUSE IT WAS PUT INTO THE 5653 03:15:58,146 --> 03:16:01,349 PARKS DISTRICT FUND, OR HOW DID 5654 03:16:01,349 --> 03:16:03,852 THIS HAPPEN? BECAUSE I'M SEEING 5655 03:16:03,852 --> 03:16:05,053 BOTH. AND IF THIS IS SOMETHING 5656 03:16:05,053 --> 03:16:07,355 WHERE WE NEED TO GO OFFLINE AND 5657 03:16:07,355 --> 03:16:09,624 I'M JUST FLAGGING IT RIGHT NOW. 5658 03:16:09,624 --> 03:16:10,725 -- WE'LL HAVE I HAVEN'T LOOKED 5659 03:16:10,725 --> 03:16:12,193 AT THE SEVEN YEAR LOOK BACK, BUT 5660 03:16:12,193 --> 03:16:13,461 IT IS THERE IS A LOT OF FUNDING 5661 03:16:13,461 --> 03:16:14,529 FROM THE PARK DISTRICT. IT'S A 5662 03:16:14,529 --> 03:16:19,067 LOT OF EARNED REVENUE THAT FUNDS 5663 03:16:19,067 --> 03:16:19,601 IT THROUGH ACTUAL CAPITAL 5664 03:16:19,601 --> 03:16:24,339 PROGRAM OVERHEAD. AND THEN THERE 5665 03:16:24,339 --> 03:16:26,241 IS SOME. CDBG FUNDS AND SUCH. SO 5666 03:16:26,241 --> 03:16:27,709 IT IS A MULTI FUNDED THING, BUT 5667 03:16:27,709 --> 03:16:30,178 WE CAN GET YOU A BREAK DOWN OF 5668 03:16:30,178 --> 03:16:31,780 WHERE IT CURRENTLY RESIDES. 5669 03:16:31,780 --> 03:16:33,481 -- THANKS. AND I MIGHT UPDATE 5670 03:16:33,481 --> 03:16:34,415 THIS NUMBER WHEN WE COME BACK 5671 03:16:34,415 --> 03:16:36,718 FROM LUNCH. JUST SHOWING IN 5672 03:16:36,718 --> 03:16:40,021 2019, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAD 5673 03:16:40,021 --> 03:16:41,523 $238 MILLION AND BUDGET. AND 5674 03:16:41,523 --> 03:16:45,760 TODAY THEY HAVE 100 AND $363 5675 03:16:45,760 --> 03:16:50,165 MILLION, WHICH IS A 52%, 52.7% 5676 03:16:50,165 --> 03:16:51,466 INCREASE OVER THE LAST SEVEN 5677 03:16:51,466 --> 03:16:55,503 YEARS. AND WE'VE GOT A WORLD 5678 03:16:55,503 --> 03:16:58,606 WORLD AWARD WINNING PARK SYSTEM 5679 03:16:58,606 --> 03:17:00,808 HERE IN SEATTLE. WANT TO GET 5680 03:17:00,808 --> 03:17:02,443 INTO IT IS NOTED THAT WE PROVIDE 5681 03:17:02,443 --> 03:17:05,513 FUNDING TO THE ZOO AND AQUARIUM 5682 03:17:05,513 --> 03:17:07,749 THAT ARE BOTH FEE BASED, 5683 03:17:07,749 --> 03:17:09,851 TICKETED PLACES. CAN YOU EXPAND 5684 03:17:09,851 --> 03:17:11,486 ON WHAT WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT 5685 03:17:11,486 --> 03:17:12,587 FUNDING LEVELS FOR BOTH OF 5686 03:17:12,587 --> 03:17:13,988 THOSE? OR IF YOU JUST NEED TO 5687 03:17:13,988 --> 03:17:16,124 FOCUS ON THE ZOO, THAT'S FINE. 5688 03:17:16,124 --> 03:17:18,526 -- I'D HAVE TO FIND THE EXACT 5689 03:17:18,526 --> 03:17:19,427 NUMBERS. AND LET'S. 5690 03:17:19,427 --> 03:17:19,761 -- LET'S. 5691 03:17:19,761 --> 03:17:21,529 -- COME BACK TO IT SO WE DON'T. 5692 03:17:21,529 --> 03:17:23,798 YEAH, BOTH OF THOSE ARE TO 5693 03:17:23,798 --> 03:17:25,700 SUPPORT MAJOR MAINTENANCE AT 5694 03:17:25,700 --> 03:17:27,769 THOSE LOCATIONS AS THEY ARE 5695 03:17:27,769 --> 03:17:29,204 PARKS OWNED FACILITIES. SO 5696 03:17:29,204 --> 03:17:29,904 THAT'S WHAT WE FUND THERE. 5697 03:17:29,904 --> 03:17:31,539 -- THANK YOU. AND YOU NOTED AND 5698 03:17:31,539 --> 03:17:33,174 COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO SHARE WITH 5699 03:17:33,174 --> 03:17:34,676 YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF SOMETHING 5700 03:17:34,676 --> 03:17:36,844 THAT DIRECTOR FINNEGAN SAID. YOU 5701 03:17:36,844 --> 03:17:38,913 ARE STARTING TO USE A G, C, C, M 5702 03:17:38,913 --> 03:17:43,251 MODEL. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT 5703 03:17:43,251 --> 03:17:45,320 ACRONYM, WHAT THOSE LETTERS 5704 03:17:45,320 --> 03:17:45,787 MEAN, IF NOT ACRONYM? 5705 03:17:45,787 --> 03:17:47,322 -- I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN IN MY 5706 03:17:47,322 --> 03:17:50,358 NOTES TODAY. I HAVEN'T NOT 5707 03:17:50,358 --> 03:17:50,925 PROPERLY TRAINED BY JESSICA 5708 03:17:50,925 --> 03:17:53,595 MURPHY, BUT IT DOES ALLOW US TO 5709 03:17:53,595 --> 03:17:55,697 BRING THE FOLKS THAT WILL BE 5710 03:17:55,697 --> 03:17:57,432 CONSTRUCTING A PROJECT IN 5711 03:17:57,432 --> 03:17:58,032 EARLIER, AND THEREFORE WE CAN 5712 03:17:58,032 --> 03:18:00,134 GET BETTER COST ESTIMATES RATHER 5713 03:18:00,134 --> 03:18:03,504 THAN THE TYPICAL DESIGN BUILD, 5714 03:18:03,504 --> 03:18:05,807 BID PROJECT OR DESIGN BID BUILD 5715 03:18:05,807 --> 03:18:09,510 PROJECT. SO WE ARE GETTING SOME 5716 03:18:09,510 --> 03:18:10,411 GREAT ACTUALLY AT THE GREEN LAKE 5717 03:18:10,411 --> 03:18:11,980 EVANS POOL PROJECT, WE ARE 5718 03:18:11,980 --> 03:18:13,881 LEARNING A LOT FROM THAT MODEL 5719 03:18:13,881 --> 03:18:15,483 AND ARE SEEING A LOT OF GREAT 5720 03:18:15,483 --> 03:18:17,151 RESULTS AND ARE LOOKING TO 5721 03:18:17,151 --> 03:18:18,953 POTENTIALLY DO THAT WITH CAMP 5722 03:18:18,953 --> 03:18:21,055 LONG AND AND OUR OTHER PROJECTS 5723 03:18:21,055 --> 03:18:22,023 ARE ALREADY IN LINE WITH. SO 5724 03:18:22,023 --> 03:18:24,559 IT'S, IT'S BEEN A. OTHER 5725 03:18:24,559 --> 03:18:25,560 DEPARTMENTS HAVE USED IT AND WE 5726 03:18:25,560 --> 03:18:26,461 HAVEN'T UNTIL CYCLE TWO. AND 5727 03:18:26,461 --> 03:18:28,630 WE'RE GETTING SOME REALLY GOOD 5728 03:18:28,630 --> 03:18:28,897 RESULTS. 5729 03:18:28,897 --> 03:18:30,064 -- AND THANK YOU. YEAH, I 5730 03:18:30,064 --> 03:18:30,632 HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE AS I 5731 03:18:30,632 --> 03:18:32,133 SAID, THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL 5732 03:18:32,133 --> 03:18:33,201 EFFICIENCIES THAT WE CAN STILL 5733 03:18:33,201 --> 03:18:34,869 FIND IN GOVERNMENT. THIS G, C, 5734 03:18:34,869 --> 03:18:37,205 C, M MODEL HAS DEMONSTRATED 5735 03:18:37,205 --> 03:18:38,740 EFFICIENCIES AS WE ARE WORKING 5736 03:18:38,740 --> 03:18:39,774 ON THE GREEN LAKE COMMUNITY 5737 03:18:39,774 --> 03:18:42,110 CENTER AS COMPARED TO THE OLD 5738 03:18:42,110 --> 03:18:43,611 MODEL OF DOING BUSINESS. AND SO 5739 03:18:43,611 --> 03:18:44,812 I CONGRATULATE YOU. LET'S EXPAND 5740 03:18:44,812 --> 03:18:48,449 THIS. LET'S CONTINUE. I WILL 5741 03:18:48,449 --> 03:18:50,118 FOLLOW UP ABOUT THE MAGNOLIA 5742 03:18:50,118 --> 03:18:52,053 PLAY FIELDS. WE DON'T NEED TO 5743 03:18:52,053 --> 03:18:53,521 RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU JUST REMIND 5744 03:18:53,521 --> 03:18:55,390 THE VIEWING PUBLIC ALL 3000 5745 03:18:55,390 --> 03:18:56,991 PEOPLE WATCHING ON SEATTLE 5746 03:18:56,991 --> 03:18:59,127 CHANNEL RIGHT NOW? WHEN DOES THE 5747 03:18:59,127 --> 03:19:00,995 NEXT PARKS DISTRICT FUNDING 5748 03:19:00,995 --> 03:19:03,965 CYCLE COME TO COUNCIL. 5749 03:19:03,965 --> 03:19:07,568 -- 2028 FOR 2029 IMPLEMENTATION? 5750 03:19:07,568 --> 03:19:09,904 -- THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND 5751 03:19:09,904 --> 03:19:12,640 DIRECTOR WHITSON, DO I SEE YOU. 5752 03:19:12,640 --> 03:19:14,942 -- JUST BRIEFLY? DCCM MEANS 5753 03:19:14,942 --> 03:19:16,878 GENERAL CONTRACTOR, CONSTRUCTION 5754 03:19:16,878 --> 03:19:18,680 MANAGER. AND BASICALLY THE IDEA 5755 03:19:18,680 --> 03:19:22,216 IS THAT YOU BRING THE PEOPLE WHO 5756 03:19:22,216 --> 03:19:24,986 WILL BE DOING THE CONTRACTING 5757 03:19:24,986 --> 03:19:26,154 WORK IN ON DURING THE DESIGN 5758 03:19:26,154 --> 03:19:27,755 PHASE OF A PROJECT SO THAT THEY 5759 03:19:27,755 --> 03:19:29,357 CAN IDENTIFY ANY PROBLEMS AS 5760 03:19:29,357 --> 03:19:30,925 THEY ARE BUILDING THE PROJECT. 5761 03:19:30,925 --> 03:19:32,960 -- YEAH. THANK YOU. 5762 03:19:32,960 --> 03:19:34,629 -- VILLAGE. 5763 03:19:34,629 --> 03:19:36,264 -- YEAH, I'LL I'LL MENTION AND 5764 03:19:36,264 --> 03:19:37,265 THEN WE SHOULD FOLLOW UP LATER. 5765 03:19:37,265 --> 03:19:38,266 IT'S NOT MY DISTRICT, SOUTH 5766 03:19:38,266 --> 03:19:39,434 LAKE, UNION PARK. I GOT TO GO 5767 03:19:39,434 --> 03:19:41,102 DOWN THERE FOR THE SISTER CITIES 5768 03:19:41,102 --> 03:19:43,404 EVENT JUST THE OTHER DAY, THE 5769 03:19:43,404 --> 03:19:46,307 SISTER CITIES SIGNPOST, WHICH IS 5770 03:19:46,307 --> 03:19:49,377 AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN PLACE 5771 03:19:49,377 --> 03:19:50,611 NOW FEELS LIKE IT'S LEFT IN THE 5772 03:19:50,611 --> 03:19:52,814 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. AND I SAY 5773 03:19:52,814 --> 03:19:54,582 THAT BECAUSE THERE IS PROBABLY 5774 03:19:54,582 --> 03:19:58,286 AN ACRES WORTH OF PEA GRAVEL. 5775 03:19:58,286 --> 03:20:02,256 THERE IS, I WOULD SAY, AN 5776 03:20:02,256 --> 03:20:02,890 UNDERMANAGED WHAT LOOKS LIKE A 5777 03:20:02,890 --> 03:20:05,493 BIOSWALE OF, OF, OR A RETENTION 5778 03:20:05,493 --> 03:20:07,695 POND OF SOME SORT. BUT IT'S A 5779 03:20:07,695 --> 03:20:11,666 LITTLE UNDERUTILIZED. AND I KNOW 5780 03:20:11,666 --> 03:20:13,067 THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD PUT IN 5781 03:20:13,067 --> 03:20:16,070 FUNDING, ESPECIALLY TO HELP THE 5782 03:20:16,070 --> 03:20:17,472 JOHN PEARSON MEMORIAL. HE WAS A 5783 03:20:17,472 --> 03:20:18,373 ROCKET SCIENTIST, BUT I DON'T 5784 03:20:18,373 --> 03:20:19,674 THINK IT TAKES A ROCKET 5785 03:20:19,674 --> 03:20:20,675 SCIENTIST TO GET A MEMORIAL, 5786 03:20:20,675 --> 03:20:22,276 JUST MONEY. SO I'LL BE FOLLOWING 5787 03:20:22,276 --> 03:20:23,811 UP TO CHECK AND TO SEE THE 5788 03:20:23,811 --> 03:20:25,013 STATUS OF ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, 5789 03:20:25,013 --> 03:20:26,481 BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WE WERE 5790 03:20:26,481 --> 03:20:29,016 ABLE TO PROVIDE $800,000 TO PREP 5791 03:20:29,016 --> 03:20:31,486 THE PARK AHEAD OF WORLD CUP, AND 5792 03:20:31,486 --> 03:20:32,854 A LOT OF THE GRASS ISSUES THAT 5793 03:20:32,854 --> 03:20:34,589 WE HAD IDENTIFIED WERE 5794 03:20:34,589 --> 03:20:36,824 ADDRESSED. BUT THE THESE OTHER 5795 03:20:36,824 --> 03:20:38,393 ASPECTS SEEMED TO BE UNADDRESSED 5796 03:20:38,393 --> 03:20:40,294 AT THIS TIME. SO UNLESS YOU'VE 5797 03:20:40,294 --> 03:20:42,296 GOT STUFF NOW, I'LL FOLLOW UP 5798 03:20:42,296 --> 03:20:42,764 WITH YOU AFTERWARDS. 5799 03:20:42,764 --> 03:20:45,767 -- I'LL JUST SAY THAT THERE IS 5800 03:20:45,767 --> 03:20:47,335 A DESIGN CHARETTE EVENT IN 5801 03:20:47,335 --> 03:20:48,136 OCTOBER THAT SOME OF OUR TEAM IS 5802 03:20:48,136 --> 03:20:50,772 GOING TO. WITH COMMUNITY ON THAT 5803 03:20:50,772 --> 03:20:55,643 PART OF THE PARK AND THE JOHN 5804 03:20:55,643 --> 03:20:57,412 PEARSON PROJECT. THERE'S A 5805 03:20:57,412 --> 03:21:00,248 THERE'S A DESIGN CHARRETTE THAT 5806 03:21:00,248 --> 03:21:01,682 THEY'RE HOSTING. AND. OCTOBER. 5807 03:21:01,682 --> 03:21:03,117 BUT WE CAN GET YOU MORE 5808 03:21:03,117 --> 03:21:05,586 INFORMATION FOR SURE. 5809 03:21:05,586 --> 03:21:06,788 -- WE COULD DESIGN FOR YEARS TO 5810 03:21:06,788 --> 03:21:08,022 COME. I GUESS I'M CHECKING IN 5811 03:21:08,022 --> 03:21:09,757 ON OUTCOMES. AND WHEN OUR 5812 03:21:09,757 --> 03:21:12,560 DELIVERABLES HITTING THE GROUND. 5813 03:21:12,560 --> 03:21:14,929 THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. COUNCIL 5814 03:21:14,929 --> 03:21:16,164 PRESIDENT EMERITUS JUAREZ. AS 5815 03:21:16,164 --> 03:21:17,932 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 5816 03:21:17,932 --> 03:21:18,566 OVERSEEING THIS DEPARTMENT, DO 5817 03:21:18,566 --> 03:21:20,568 YOU HAVE ANY FINAL WORDS? 5818 03:21:20,568 --> 03:21:21,836 -- NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY KEEP 5819 03:21:21,836 --> 03:21:24,539 UP THE GOOD WORK. PUT A PIN IN 5820 03:21:24,539 --> 03:21:26,040 IT. WE'LL LOOP BACK AROUND. 5821 03:21:26,040 --> 03:21:28,743 THANK YOU. ALI, THIS IS MY LAST 5822 03:21:28,743 --> 03:21:30,311 BUDGET WITH YOU. FOR SURE. FOR 5823 03:21:30,311 --> 03:21:32,814 GOOD THIS TIME. THANK YOU. 5824 03:21:32,814 --> 03:21:34,615 MICHELLE, YOU'VE BEEN WONDERFUL 5825 03:21:34,615 --> 03:21:35,216 WORKING WITH ALL THROUGH THE 5826 03:21:35,216 --> 03:21:37,952 LAST 16, 17 MONTHS THAT I GOT 5827 03:21:37,952 --> 03:21:39,220 BACK. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 5828 03:21:39,220 --> 03:21:40,421 DOING THE BUDGET. THANK YOU, MR. 5829 03:21:40,421 --> 03:21:42,523 CHAIR. 5830 03:21:42,523 --> 03:21:43,157 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 5831 03:21:43,157 --> 03:21:44,926 EMERITUS COLLEAGUES, WE ARE 5832 03:21:44,926 --> 03:21:48,229 GOING TO TAKE A LUNCH BREAK NOW 5833 03:21:48,229 --> 03:21:49,363 A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN 5834 03:21:49,363 --> 03:21:53,868 EXPECTED. WE WILL COME BACK. 5835 03:21:53,868 --> 03:21:58,406 GOOD LORD, DOING MATH. COME BACK 5836 03:21:58,406 --> 03:22:00,475 AT 135. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 5837 03:22:00,475 --> 03:22:02,076 MINUTES THAT IS, BUT IT'S FROM 5838 03:22:02,076 --> 03:22:03,111 NOW. SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 5839 03:22:03,111 --> 03:22:05,246 THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE 5840 03:22:05,246 --> 03:22:07,949 MEETING WILL COME, WILL BE IN 5841 03:22:07,949 --> 03:22:08,616 RECESS UNTIL 1:35 P.M.. WHICH 5842 03:22:08,616 --> 03:22:09,750 TIME? WE'LL START WITH SEATTLE 5843 03:22:09,750 --> 03:22:11,853 CENTER, FOLLOWED BY ARTS AND 5844 03:22:11,853 --> 03:22:13,354 CULTURE. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 5845 03:22:13,354 --> 03:22:15,423 THE SELECT COMMITTEE IS IN 5846 03:22:15,423 --> 03:22:17,391 RECESS UNTIL 135. WE WILL RESUME 5847 03:22:17,391 --> 03:22:18,893 PROMPTLY. THANK YOU. 5848 03:22:18,893 --> 03:22:21,562 -- THANK YOU, MR.. 5849 03:22:21,562 --> 03:22:22,330 -- CHAIR. 5850 03:22:22,330 --> 03:22:25,132 -- [MUSIC]