1 00:00:01,234 --> 00:00:11,444 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:00:16,583 --> 00:00:18,551 -- IN THE SEPTEMBER 25th SELECT 3 00:00:18,551 --> 00:00:20,320 BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING WILL. 4 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:20,920 SEPTEMBER 28th SELECT BUDGET 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,490 MEETING WILL COME BACK TO ORDER. 6 00:00:23,490 --> 00:00:24,391 IT IS 1:30 P.M.. WILL THE CLERK 7 00:00:24,391 --> 00:00:26,659 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 8 00:00:26,659 --> 00:00:28,561 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK PRESENT. 9 00:00:28,561 --> 00:00:29,963 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 10 00:00:29,963 --> 00:00:32,031 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. HERE. 11 00:00:32,031 --> 00:00:32,632 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. COUNCIL 12 00:00:32,632 --> 00:00:36,403 CHAIR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 13 00:00:36,403 --> 00:00:37,003 HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER 14 00:00:37,003 --> 00:00:38,905 JUAREZ HERE. COUNCILMEMBER 15 00:00:38,905 --> 00:00:41,908 KETTLE. HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 16 00:00:41,908 --> 00:00:43,643 HERE AND CHAIR STRAUSS HERE. SIX 17 00:00:43,643 --> 00:00:43,910 PRESENT. 18 00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:44,944 -- THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO 19 00:00:44,944 --> 00:00:46,846 JUMP RIGHT IN. AND COUNCILMEMBER 20 00:00:46,846 --> 00:00:50,450 RIVERA IS NOW PRESENT. I'M GOING 21 00:00:50,450 --> 00:00:52,352 TO JUMP RIGHT INTO. AND 22 00:00:52,352 --> 00:00:52,919 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IS NOW 23 00:00:52,919 --> 00:00:54,254 PRESENT. WE ARE GOING TO JUMP 24 00:00:54,254 --> 00:00:56,923 RIGHT INTO SDOT. SO DIRECTOR 25 00:00:56,923 --> 00:01:00,326 BRADY, WE ARE WAITING ON YOU 26 00:01:00,326 --> 00:01:03,129 NOW. WOULD THE COMMITTEE WOULD 27 00:01:03,129 --> 00:01:04,464 LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS 28 00:01:04,464 --> 00:01:07,233 WE'RE WAITING DIRECTOR 29 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:08,601 PENNUCCI, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 30 00:01:08,601 --> 00:01:10,203 DIRECTOR. DEPUTY DIRECTOR CHOW, 31 00:01:10,203 --> 00:01:10,837 GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WE'RE 32 00:01:10,837 --> 00:01:12,272 GOING TO TURN RIGHT OVER TO YOU 33 00:01:12,272 --> 00:01:14,174 ALL 34 00:01:14,174 --> 00:01:15,775 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL. MY 35 00:01:15,775 --> 00:01:17,911 NAME IS CHRIS CASTLEMAN AND I'M 36 00:01:17,911 --> 00:01:21,114 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND 37 00:01:21,114 --> 00:01:24,084 ADMINISTRATION. 38 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:25,785 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 39 00:01:25,785 --> 00:01:27,887 KYLE BUTLER. I AM FINANCE 40 00:01:27,887 --> 00:01:28,154 MANAGER. 41 00:01:28,154 --> 00:01:29,456 -- WONDERFUL. WE'RE GOING TO 42 00:01:29,456 --> 00:01:31,558 JUMP RIGHT INTO YOUR 43 00:01:31,558 --> 00:01:32,192 PRESENTATION. SOMETHING THAT I 44 00:01:32,192 --> 00:01:33,326 WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CLARIFIED 45 00:01:33,326 --> 00:01:34,761 RIGHT AT THE START IS DIRECTOR 46 00:01:34,761 --> 00:01:37,597 BRADY. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE 47 00:01:37,597 --> 00:01:38,231 THE DIRECTOR OF SOUND TRANSIT. 48 00:01:38,231 --> 00:01:41,601 YOU ARE THE SOUND TRANSIT 49 00:01:41,601 --> 00:01:44,204 DEDICATED REPRESENTATIVE, 50 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:44,804 DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE AND 51 00:01:44,804 --> 00:01:45,505 ALSO CLARIFY WHAT YOUR ROLE IS 52 00:01:45,505 --> 00:01:47,006 WITH THE OFFICE OF WATERFRONT 53 00:01:47,006 --> 00:01:48,541 AND ANY RESPONSIBILITIES AND HOW 54 00:01:48,541 --> 00:01:49,876 YOU'RE SPLITTING YOUR TIME 55 00:01:49,876 --> 00:01:51,544 BETWEEN THOSE THREE PRIORITIES. 56 00:01:51,544 --> 00:01:52,278 SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN 57 00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:53,179 IT OVER TO YOU, AND THEN WE'LL 58 00:01:53,179 --> 00:01:55,048 HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA OPEN US 59 00:01:55,048 --> 00:01:56,850 UP AND CLOSE US OUT. OVER TO. 60 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:58,952 -- YOU ALL. WHY DON'T I? ALL 61 00:01:58,952 --> 00:01:59,652 RIGHT. I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF AND 62 00:01:59,652 --> 00:02:00,553 THEN I'LL SPEAK TO THOSE POINTS, 63 00:02:00,553 --> 00:02:02,522 AND THEN WE'LL GET GOING. 64 00:02:02,522 --> 00:02:03,623 FANTASTIC. SO THANK YOU FOR 65 00:02:03,623 --> 00:02:05,158 HAVING US HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS 66 00:02:05,158 --> 00:02:06,626 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 67 00:02:06,626 --> 00:02:09,696 THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 68 00:02:09,696 --> 00:02:10,296 TRANSPORTATION. I'M ACTING 69 00:02:10,296 --> 00:02:11,798 DIRECTOR ANGELA BRADY. I'M 70 00:02:11,798 --> 00:02:13,500 JOINED BY OUR FINANCE 71 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:15,869 ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR, CHRIS 72 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:17,237 CASTLEMAN, AND HER SIDEKICK OVER 73 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:21,040 HERE, KYLE BUTLER, OUR FINANCE 74 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:25,278 MANAGER. SO YES, I AM THE ACTING 75 00:02:25,278 --> 00:02:27,947 DIRECTOR OF SDOT. I AM ALSO 76 00:02:27,947 --> 00:02:29,716 SUPPORTING THE MAYOR AS OUR 77 00:02:29,716 --> 00:02:31,618 SOUND TRANSIT DESIGNATED 78 00:02:31,618 --> 00:02:34,487 REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH MEANS I 79 00:02:34,487 --> 00:02:35,722 INTERFACE WITH CBO WITH THE CEO 80 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:38,858 OVER AT SOUND TRANSIT AND 81 00:02:38,858 --> 00:02:39,392 SUPPORT YOU COUNCILMEMBER 82 00:02:39,392 --> 00:02:41,694 STRAUSS AS WELL AS THE MAYOR AND 83 00:02:41,694 --> 00:02:44,097 HER BOARD AND YOUR BOARD CHAIR 84 00:02:44,097 --> 00:02:47,867 SEATS WITH SOUND TRANSIT. I WAS 85 00:02:47,867 --> 00:02:49,002 FORMERLY THE DIRECTOR OF THE 86 00:02:49,002 --> 00:02:50,803 OFFICE OF THE WATERFRONT CIVIC 87 00:02:50,803 --> 00:02:52,138 PROJECTS, WHERE I DELIVERED OUR 88 00:02:52,138 --> 00:02:54,474 NEW SEATTLE WATERFRONT, SO HAVE 89 00:02:54,474 --> 00:02:56,609 HANDLED THOSE DUTIES OFF TO A 90 00:02:56,609 --> 00:02:58,144 VERY CAPABLE TEAM IN BARBARA 91 00:02:58,144 --> 00:03:00,246 LEE, WHO IS NOW OUR WATERFRONT 92 00:03:00,246 --> 00:03:02,549 DIRECTOR. SHE WORKED WITH ME FOR 93 00:03:02,549 --> 00:03:04,918 ALMOST A DECADE ON ON WATERFRONT 94 00:03:04,918 --> 00:03:05,552 SEATTLE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THOSE 95 00:03:05,552 --> 00:03:07,353 ARE MY OTHER THE OTHER HATS THAT 96 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:12,025 I WEAR AT THE CITY. FIRST, I'D 97 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:13,526 LIKE TO THANK THE FINANCE TEAM 98 00:03:13,526 --> 00:03:15,461 AT S DOT WHO HELPED PUT THIS 99 00:03:15,461 --> 00:03:17,197 BUDGET TOGETHER AND MANY THANKS 100 00:03:17,197 --> 00:03:19,532 TO CBO FOR SUPPORTING US. I'D 101 00:03:19,532 --> 00:03:20,466 ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF, 102 00:03:20,466 --> 00:03:22,569 ALL THE STAFF AT S DOT WHO WORK 103 00:03:22,569 --> 00:03:24,204 HARD EVERY DAY TO DO THE 104 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:25,238 CHALLENGING WORK TO KEEP OUR 105 00:03:25,238 --> 00:03:27,941 STREETS SAFE AND FUNCTIONING. I 106 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:29,309 WANT TO BEGIN THIS BUDGET 107 00:03:29,309 --> 00:03:30,944 DISCUSSION WITH AN OVERALL 108 00:03:30,944 --> 00:03:32,579 FINANCIAL PICTURE TO PROVIDE 109 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:35,148 SOME CONTEXT FOR THIS YEAR'S 110 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:37,550 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. OVER MANY 111 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:40,853 YEARS, CITY LEADERS, VOTERS AND 112 00:03:40,853 --> 00:03:42,455 TAXPAYERS HAVE CREATED A 113 00:03:42,455 --> 00:03:45,091 DIVERSIFIED FUNDING MODEL FOR 114 00:03:45,091 --> 00:03:46,926 TRANSPORTATION. IT'S BEEN 20 115 00:03:46,926 --> 00:03:48,728 YEARS SINCE VOTERS PASSED THE 116 00:03:48,728 --> 00:03:50,530 FIRST TRANSPORTATION LEVY. THAT 117 00:03:50,530 --> 00:03:52,065 VOTE MARKED THE START OF A NEW 118 00:03:52,065 --> 00:03:54,801 ERA FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WE 119 00:03:54,801 --> 00:03:56,769 WENT FROM BEING FUNDED TO DO A 120 00:03:56,769 --> 00:03:58,438 MINIMAL AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE 121 00:03:58,438 --> 00:04:00,974 AND JUST A FEW TRANSFORMATIONAL 122 00:04:00,974 --> 00:04:02,742 PROJECTS EVERY YEAR TO GAINING A 123 00:04:02,742 --> 00:04:04,978 REVENUE SOURCE THAT PROVIDES US 124 00:04:04,978 --> 00:04:08,615 WITH THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE OUR 125 00:04:08,615 --> 00:04:09,115 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK 126 00:04:09,115 --> 00:04:09,916 SIGNIFICANTLY. BACK THEN, THERE 127 00:04:09,916 --> 00:04:11,751 WAS NO LIGHT RAIL, NO PROTECTED 128 00:04:11,751 --> 00:04:14,287 BIKE NETWORK, NO RAPID RIDE 129 00:04:14,287 --> 00:04:17,190 SYSTEM, NO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL 130 00:04:17,190 --> 00:04:18,491 PROGRAM, AND VISION ZERO WAS 131 00:04:18,491 --> 00:04:22,195 JUST AN IDEA. SINCE THEN, THE 132 00:04:22,195 --> 00:04:23,563 CITY OF SEATTLE'S POPULATION HAS 133 00:04:23,563 --> 00:04:25,298 GROWN BY ALMOST A QUARTER OF A 134 00:04:25,298 --> 00:04:27,700 MILLION PEOPLE. THE 135 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:28,668 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, HOW 136 00:04:28,668 --> 00:04:30,503 PEOPLE GET AROUND AND WHAT IS 137 00:04:30,503 --> 00:04:32,972 EXPECTED OF SDOT IS NOW 138 00:04:32,972 --> 00:04:35,675 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. IN THOSE 139 00:04:35,675 --> 00:04:38,244 20 YEARS, MAYORS, CITY COUNCILS, 140 00:04:38,244 --> 00:04:39,278 CIVIC LEADERS AND COMMUNITY 141 00:04:39,278 --> 00:04:41,447 GROUPS COALESCED AROUND A VISION 142 00:04:41,447 --> 00:04:43,750 FOR SDOT THAT RECOGNIZE HOW 143 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:46,119 IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION 144 00:04:46,119 --> 00:04:48,054 INVESTMENTS ARE TO A GROWING 145 00:04:48,054 --> 00:04:49,489 CITY WITH GLOBAL ASPIRATIONS. WE 146 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:51,924 SAW THAT ON FULL DISPLAY THIS 147 00:04:51,924 --> 00:04:53,793 SUMMER WHEN WE HOSTED VERY 148 00:04:53,793 --> 00:04:54,427 SUCCESSFULLY THE WORLD CUP RIGHT 149 00:04:54,427 --> 00:04:57,497 HERE IN SEATTLE. AS I'M SURE 150 00:04:57,497 --> 00:04:59,699 YOU'VE ALL SEEN FIRSTHAND, THE 151 00:04:59,699 --> 00:05:01,834 DESIRE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES FOR 152 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:04,170 MORE AND BETTER STREETS IS 153 00:05:04,170 --> 00:05:06,239 INSATIABLE. THIS IS WHAT PAST 154 00:05:06,239 --> 00:05:08,241 DECISION MAKERS FORESAW AS WE 155 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:10,176 ARE MAKING. AND WE ARE MAKING 156 00:05:10,176 --> 00:05:12,245 TREMENDOUS PROGRESS. THESE SAME 157 00:05:12,245 --> 00:05:14,414 COMMUNITIES HAVE REAFFIRMED THAT 158 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:15,782 THE 20 YEAR HISTORY OF NEW 159 00:05:15,782 --> 00:05:19,385 TAXES, FEES, GRANTS AND LEVIES 160 00:05:19,385 --> 00:05:21,321 IN THE END HAVE BEEN WORTH IT. 161 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:24,324 AND SDOT HAS DELIVERED OUR 162 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:26,259 DIVERSE FUNDING STREAMS HAVE 163 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:27,827 ALSO MADE US MORE RESILIENT TO 164 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:29,295 THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE 165 00:05:29,295 --> 00:05:31,197 ECONOMY. MANY OF OUR REVENUE 166 00:05:31,197 --> 00:05:33,766 SOURCES REMAIN STABLE OR ARE 167 00:05:33,766 --> 00:05:35,568 GROWING, AND THEY ARE SUPPORTING 168 00:05:35,568 --> 00:05:37,837 MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN STREETS, 169 00:05:37,837 --> 00:05:40,740 BRIDGES, SIDEWALKS, TRANSIT AND 170 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:43,142 SAFETY. BUT RESILIENCE IS NOT 171 00:05:43,142 --> 00:05:46,379 THE SAME AS IMMUNITY. AND AS IS 172 00:05:46,379 --> 00:05:49,415 RIGHT NOW, FACING A SIGNIFICANT 173 00:05:49,415 --> 00:05:51,818 DECLINE IN FLEXIBLE FUNDING, 174 00:05:51,818 --> 00:05:54,187 PARTICULARLY FROM THE CITY'S 175 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:55,355 GENERAL FUND. AS A RESULT, WE 176 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:57,090 ARE LOOKING AT FUNDING 177 00:05:57,090 --> 00:05:59,258 REDUCTIONS IN THE AMOUNTS OF 178 00:05:59,258 --> 00:06:02,362 TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 179 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:03,763 THIS FUNDING DYNAMIC MAY MAKE US 180 00:06:03,763 --> 00:06:05,698 LESS AGILE AND LESS ABLE TO TAKE 181 00:06:05,698 --> 00:06:08,234 ON NEW AND EMERGING PRIORITIES 182 00:06:08,234 --> 00:06:10,970 AND PROJECTS. WHY ARE OTHER 183 00:06:10,970 --> 00:06:13,206 FUNDING SOURCES ARE INFLEXIBLE? 184 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:15,708 THEY ARE DEDICATED TO VERY 185 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:17,510 SPECIFIC PURPOSES, AND THOSE 186 00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:18,811 DOLLARS CANNOT SIMPLY BE MOVED 187 00:06:18,811 --> 00:06:21,347 AROUND TO FILL THE GAP. THAT 188 00:06:21,347 --> 00:06:25,218 MEANS WE HAVE BOTH A WELL-FUNDED 189 00:06:25,218 --> 00:06:26,319 PORTFOLIO OF MAJOR LEVEE 190 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:30,223 PROJECTS AND AT THE SAME TIME, 191 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:30,790 INSUFFICIENTLY FUNDED CORE 192 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:32,458 SERVICES AND DAY TO DAY 193 00:06:32,458 --> 00:06:35,228 OPERATIONS PAID WITH FLEXIBLE 194 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:36,095 FUNDING. CHRIS WILL BE WALKING 195 00:06:36,095 --> 00:06:37,864 US THROUGH THAT FINANCIAL 196 00:06:37,864 --> 00:06:39,565 PICTURE IN DETAIL IN JUST A 197 00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:41,801 MINUTE, AND EXPLAINING HOW 198 00:06:41,801 --> 00:06:43,870 TODAY'S REALITY IS REFLECTED IN 199 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:46,906 BOTH OUR 2026 YEAR END AND OUR 200 00:06:46,906 --> 00:06:49,575 27 2028 BUDGET PROPOSALS. BUT 201 00:06:49,575 --> 00:06:50,576 BEFORE WE GET INTO THOSE 202 00:06:50,576 --> 00:06:52,111 NUMBERS, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING 203 00:06:52,111 --> 00:06:53,479 ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT IN GENERAL. 204 00:06:53,479 --> 00:06:55,181 OUR WORK HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN 205 00:06:55,181 --> 00:06:57,383 EASY. MAJOR PROJECTS ARE 206 00:06:57,383 --> 00:06:58,651 DISRUPTIVE. THEY OFTEN INVOLVE 207 00:06:58,651 --> 00:07:00,753 TRADE OFFS, AND CONSENSUS IS 208 00:07:00,753 --> 00:07:02,588 PRETTY RARE. WE KNOW PEOPLE 209 00:07:02,588 --> 00:07:04,323 EXPECT US TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF 210 00:07:04,323 --> 00:07:06,526 THE PUBLIC DOLLARS AND EFFECTIVE 211 00:07:06,526 --> 00:07:10,196 IN HOW WE DELIVER. WE SHARE THAT 212 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:13,099 EXPECTATION AND HAVE PUT 213 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:13,733 TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION WITH 214 00:07:13,733 --> 00:07:15,468 TRANSPARENCY AND CLARITY IN 215 00:07:15,468 --> 00:07:16,903 MIND. TODAY, YOU'LL HEAR US 216 00:07:16,903 --> 00:07:19,138 ADVOCATE FOR RESPONSIBLE RESERVE 217 00:07:19,138 --> 00:07:20,606 FUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE 218 00:07:20,606 --> 00:07:22,408 HIGHER COST SHARING FOR PRIVATE 219 00:07:22,408 --> 00:07:26,446 INTERESTS USING PUBLIC SPACE. WE 220 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:27,013 UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE WANT 221 00:07:27,013 --> 00:07:29,582 STREETS PAVED. THEY WANT BRIDGES 222 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:30,183 REPAIRED. THEY WANT SIDEWALKS 223 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:31,751 BUILT. THEY WANT SAFER STREETS 224 00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:33,786 AND BETTER CONNECTIONS TO 225 00:07:33,786 --> 00:07:36,289 RELIABLE TRANSIT. THEY WANT A 226 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:37,290 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT WORKS 227 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:39,959 FOR THE CITY THEY NAVIGATE TODAY 228 00:07:39,959 --> 00:07:43,729 AND INTO THE FUTURE. THAT WON'T 229 00:07:43,729 --> 00:07:45,932 CHANGE. OUR TEAMS ARE DELIVERING 230 00:07:45,932 --> 00:07:47,934 MAJOR PROJECTS, MAINTAINING 231 00:07:47,934 --> 00:07:48,568 COMPLEX TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 232 00:07:48,568 --> 00:07:51,971 EVERY DAY AND PUTTING A PUBLIC 233 00:07:51,971 --> 00:07:52,572 PUTTING PUBLIC INVESTMENTS TO 234 00:07:52,572 --> 00:07:54,106 WORK. THAT RECORD OF DELIVERY 235 00:07:54,106 --> 00:07:58,110 MATTERS AS WE ENTER A VERY 236 00:07:58,110 --> 00:07:58,644 DIFFICULT CURRENT BUDGET 237 00:07:58,644 --> 00:08:01,247 ENVIRONMENT. WE COME INTO THIS 238 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:02,782 CONVERSATION CONFIDENT IN THE 239 00:08:02,782 --> 00:08:04,984 DEPARTMENT AND CLEAR EYED ABOUT 240 00:08:04,984 --> 00:08:07,854 THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. THE 241 00:08:07,854 --> 00:08:10,790 FINANCIAL PRESSURE IS REAL. OUR 242 00:08:10,790 --> 00:08:12,959 REDUCTIONS ARE SIGNIFICANT AND 243 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:14,227 THEY WILL REQUIRE HARD CHOICES. 244 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:16,829 THIS TENSION BETWEEN OUR 245 00:08:16,829 --> 00:08:17,463 SHORTFALL AND FLEXIBLE FUNDING 246 00:08:17,463 --> 00:08:19,665 AND REQUESTS OF US TO BE AGILE 247 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:21,968 AND TAKE ON NEW AND EMERGING 248 00:08:21,968 --> 00:08:23,669 PROJECTS, SHOULD BECOME CLEAR IN 249 00:08:23,669 --> 00:08:26,105 OUR PRESENTATION TODAY. THAT 250 00:08:26,105 --> 00:08:28,040 SAID, OUR RESPONSIBILITY REMAINS 251 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:29,742 THE SAME TO MANAGE PUBLIC 252 00:08:29,742 --> 00:08:31,577 RESOURCES CAREFULLY, TO BE 253 00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:33,412 TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE TRADE OFFS 254 00:08:33,412 --> 00:08:34,981 AND TO DELIVER AS MUCH VALUE AS 255 00:08:34,981 --> 00:08:36,616 WE CAN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND 256 00:08:36,616 --> 00:08:39,685 ON SEATTLE'S TRANSPORTATION 257 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:41,087 SYSTEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND 258 00:08:41,087 --> 00:08:43,256 WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO 259 00:08:43,256 --> 00:08:46,759 CHRIS TO WALK THROUGH AS DOT'S 260 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:47,660 PROPOSED BUDGET. 261 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:49,996 -- THANK YOU. AND HELLO AGAIN. I 262 00:08:49,996 --> 00:08:51,564 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US 263 00:08:51,564 --> 00:08:53,799 TODAY AND FOR YOUR ONGOING 264 00:08:53,799 --> 00:08:56,602 PARTNERSHIP WITH SDOT. AS 265 00:08:56,602 --> 00:08:57,870 DIRECTOR BRADY HAS INDICATED, 266 00:08:57,870 --> 00:09:00,973 TODAY WE ARE DELIVERING PROPOSED 267 00:09:00,973 --> 00:09:04,310 CHANGES TO THE SDOT BUDGET UNDER 268 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:06,412 VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES 269 00:09:06,412 --> 00:09:09,248 FROM PRIOR YEARS. AS DIRECTOR 270 00:09:09,248 --> 00:09:10,082 BRADY HAS INDICATED TODAY. 271 00:09:10,082 --> 00:09:11,150 EXCUSE ME, I'M A LITTLE BIT 272 00:09:11,150 --> 00:09:12,318 NERVOUS. IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE 273 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:16,222 I'VE BEEN AT THIS TABLE. OUR 274 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:17,723 COSTS HAVE CONTINUED TO RISE 275 00:09:17,723 --> 00:09:20,393 WHILE REVENUES HAVE FLATTENED OR 276 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:23,195 DECLINED, RESULTING IN RECENT 277 00:09:23,195 --> 00:09:25,665 BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS OUTPACING 278 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:26,299 AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND DRIVING 279 00:09:26,299 --> 00:09:28,067 DOWN OUR FUND BALANCES. WE ARE 280 00:09:28,067 --> 00:09:30,436 AT A CRITICAL FINANCIAL 281 00:09:30,436 --> 00:09:33,773 INFLECTION POINT AND TARGETED 282 00:09:33,773 --> 00:09:36,108 INTERVENTION IS NEEDED NOW TO 283 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:37,410 BALANCE THE BUDGET, MAINTAIN 284 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:40,413 CASH TO FUND OUR DAILY 285 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:41,013 OPERATIONS AND SAFEGUARD OUR 286 00:09:41,013 --> 00:09:44,817 FUTURE WITH A PATH TOWARD LONG 287 00:09:44,817 --> 00:09:46,586 TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY. THIS 288 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:48,854 INTERVENTION WILL REQUIRE 289 00:09:48,854 --> 00:09:49,422 DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENTS TO THE 290 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:52,892 BUDGET FOR 2026. THIS YEAR, AS 291 00:09:52,892 --> 00:09:56,862 WELL AS IN BOTH 27 AND 28, TO 292 00:09:56,862 --> 00:09:59,398 BRING EXPENSES IN LINE WITH 293 00:09:59,398 --> 00:09:59,999 AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND MAKE 294 00:09:59,999 --> 00:10:01,767 PROGRESS ON MOVING SDOT INTO A 295 00:10:01,767 --> 00:10:04,904 MORE SUSTAINABLE FISCAL 296 00:10:04,904 --> 00:10:06,839 POSITION. THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE 297 00:10:06,839 --> 00:10:08,808 PROPOSING SIGNIFICANT BUDGET 298 00:10:08,808 --> 00:10:11,043 CHANGES IN THE 2026 YEAR END 299 00:10:11,043 --> 00:10:12,311 SUPPLEMENTAL, AS WELL AS IN THE 300 00:10:12,311 --> 00:10:14,580 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING 301 00:10:14,580 --> 00:10:17,850 BIENNIUM THE CHANGES PROPOSED IN 302 00:10:17,850 --> 00:10:19,885 EACH YEAR ARE ESSENTIAL TO 303 00:10:19,885 --> 00:10:22,188 IMPROVE OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY 304 00:10:22,188 --> 00:10:23,456 IN THE YEAR THAT FOLLOWS, AND 305 00:10:23,456 --> 00:10:26,192 SHOULD THEREFORE BE SEEN AS A 306 00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:28,594 CONTINUUM OF BUDGET REBALANCING 307 00:10:28,594 --> 00:10:30,663 EFFORTS. WITH EACH STEP ALONG 308 00:10:30,663 --> 00:10:32,832 THE WAY, NECESSARY AND REDUCING 309 00:10:32,832 --> 00:10:34,700 THE SEVERITY OF THE FOLLOWING 310 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:37,837 YEAR'S BALANCING NEEDS. SDOT 311 00:10:37,837 --> 00:10:39,772 HAS APPROACHED THIS PROBLEM WITH 312 00:10:39,772 --> 00:10:42,608 BROAD REDUCTIONS ACROSS OUR 313 00:10:42,608 --> 00:10:45,011 PORTFOLIO. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING 314 00:10:45,011 --> 00:10:47,480 REVENUE TOOLS TO PARTIALLY 315 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,883 OFFSET REDUCTION IMPACTS TO 316 00:10:50,883 --> 00:10:52,952 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. I WANT TO 317 00:10:52,952 --> 00:10:55,087 EMPHASIZE THAT IN DEVELOPING 318 00:10:55,087 --> 00:10:56,956 THESE PROPOSALS, WE HAVE FOCUSED 319 00:10:56,956 --> 00:10:59,558 ON PRESERVING ESSENTIAL SERVICES 320 00:10:59,558 --> 00:11:01,927 AND TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ACROSS 321 00:11:01,927 --> 00:11:04,296 ALL ASPECTS OF OUR WORK. 322 00:11:04,296 --> 00:11:06,599 THEREFORE, THIS BUDGET BALANCES 323 00:11:06,599 --> 00:11:09,735 THE GOALS OF FINANCIAL 324 00:11:09,735 --> 00:11:12,204 ACCOUNTABILITY AND DELIVERY ON 325 00:11:12,204 --> 00:11:14,306 PRIORITIES. IT SUPPORTS THE 326 00:11:14,306 --> 00:11:16,776 FUTURE FINANCIAL RESILIENCE OF 327 00:11:16,776 --> 00:11:20,112 SDOT WHILE MAINTAINING OUR TOP 328 00:11:20,112 --> 00:11:20,713 PRIORITY PROGRAMS, INCLUDING 329 00:11:20,713 --> 00:11:23,315 VISION ZERO TRANSPORTATION LEVY 330 00:11:23,315 --> 00:11:26,085 DELIVERABLES AND EXPANDED 331 00:11:26,085 --> 00:11:28,120 TRANSIT PROGRAMS. IF THE SEATTLE 332 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,955 TRANSIT MEASURE PASSES NOW, 333 00:11:29,955 --> 00:11:31,457 WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT'S 334 00:11:31,457 --> 00:11:34,560 BEEN GOING ON WITH BUDGET AND 335 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:39,799 OUTLINE HOW WE PROPOSE TO COURSE 336 00:11:39,799 --> 00:11:42,234 CORRECT. THIS CHART HELPS US 337 00:11:42,234 --> 00:11:43,736 UNDERSTAND THE DIVERSIFIED 338 00:11:43,736 --> 00:11:45,971 FUNDING STREAMS. DIRECTOR BRADY 339 00:11:45,971 --> 00:11:47,706 MENTIONED AND HOW SDOT CAN USE 340 00:11:47,706 --> 00:11:50,776 THEM AT THE TOP ARE OUR 341 00:11:50,776 --> 00:11:52,078 RESTRICTED FUNDING SOURCES, 342 00:11:52,078 --> 00:11:53,946 WHICH MEANS THEY CAN ONLY BE 343 00:11:53,946 --> 00:11:55,848 SPENT ON THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS 344 00:11:55,848 --> 00:11:57,483 AND PROJECTS THEY WERE DESIGNED 345 00:11:57,483 --> 00:12:00,052 FOR, OR ARE DETERMINED TO BE 346 00:12:00,052 --> 00:12:01,754 ELIGIBLE FOR. WE THEN HAVE A 347 00:12:01,754 --> 00:12:03,956 GROUP OF MODERATELY RESTRICTED 348 00:12:03,956 --> 00:12:05,624 FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH ARE 349 00:12:05,624 --> 00:12:07,960 MOSTLY SPOKEN FOR IN CERTAIN 350 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,896 DESIGNATED PROGRAMS BY DESIGN, 351 00:12:10,896 --> 00:12:14,100 BUT CAN SOMETIMES HELP US COVER 352 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:14,700 SHORTFALLS IN OTHER ELIGIBLE 353 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:18,671 PROGRAMS. LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR 354 00:12:18,671 --> 00:12:19,271 TWO FLEXIBLE FUNDING SOURCES 355 00:12:19,271 --> 00:12:21,040 THAT DIRECTOR BRADY WAS 356 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,410 REFERRING TO COMMERCIAL PARKING 357 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:26,479 TAX AND THE CITY'S GENERAL 358 00:12:26,479 --> 00:12:28,314 FUND. THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED TO 359 00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:30,483 SUPPORT ANY SDOT SERVICE OR 360 00:12:30,483 --> 00:12:33,486 PROJECT, BUT WE RELY ON THEM TO 361 00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:36,255 FUND OUR DAY TO DAY BUSINESS OF 362 00:12:36,255 --> 00:12:39,391 OPERATING AND MAINTAINING A SAFE 363 00:12:39,391 --> 00:12:41,627 AND RELIABLE PUBLIC RIGHT OF 364 00:12:41,627 --> 00:12:43,696 WAY. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO 365 00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:45,431 HAVE STABLE FUNDING FROM THE 366 00:12:45,431 --> 00:12:46,699 TRANSPORTATION LEVY AND A FEW 367 00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:50,102 OTHER SOURCES, BUT MOST OF OUR 368 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:52,438 FUNDING BASE IS NOT STABLE. AND 369 00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:56,175 IN FACT, MUCH OF IT HAS BEEN AND 370 00:12:56,175 --> 00:12:58,711 CONTINUES TO BE IN A STATE OF 371 00:12:58,711 --> 00:13:00,679 DECLINE. YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN 372 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:02,381 THE CITY'S REVENUE FORECASTS 373 00:13:02,381 --> 00:13:05,317 OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WHAT 374 00:13:05,317 --> 00:13:07,586 WE'RE WORKING THROUGH TODAY IS 375 00:13:07,586 --> 00:13:08,888 THE REALITY THAT MANY OF OUR 376 00:13:08,888 --> 00:13:12,358 REVENUES ARE IN A DOWN CYCLE, 377 00:13:12,358 --> 00:13:12,958 BUT THAT IS ESPECIALLY URGENT 378 00:13:12,958 --> 00:13:15,828 FOR US. BUT WHAT IS ESPECIALLY 379 00:13:15,828 --> 00:13:17,596 URGENT FOR US IS THAT OUR 380 00:13:17,596 --> 00:13:19,932 FLEXIBLE FUNDING SOURCES ARE 381 00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:20,499 BECOMING EVEN MORE TIGHTLY 382 00:13:20,499 --> 00:13:21,567 CONSTRAINED, AND YET THEY ARE 383 00:13:21,567 --> 00:13:25,037 USED FOR CORE SERVICES AND HELP 384 00:13:25,037 --> 00:13:27,106 US TO BE RESPONSIVE TO EMERGING 385 00:13:27,106 --> 00:13:29,275 NEEDS FROM BOTH OUR ELECTED 386 00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:31,610 OFFICIALS AND THE COMMUNITY. 387 00:13:31,610 --> 00:13:33,112 WE'RE ALSO ADDRESSING THE VERY 388 00:13:33,112 --> 00:13:36,415 REAL NEED TO CREATE FINANCIAL 389 00:13:36,415 --> 00:13:37,883 STABILITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT. AS 390 00:13:37,883 --> 00:13:39,952 YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE REST 391 00:13:39,952 --> 00:13:41,253 OF THIS PRESENTATION, MOST OF 392 00:13:41,253 --> 00:13:43,088 THESE ISSUES ARE OCCURRING IN 393 00:13:43,088 --> 00:13:45,424 THE TRANSPORTATION FUND. ONE OF 394 00:13:45,424 --> 00:13:48,260 SEVERAL FUNDS THAT SDOT MANAGES, 395 00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:50,095 BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO 396 00:13:50,095 --> 00:13:51,931 REDUCTIONS POSITIONS AND NEW 397 00:13:51,931 --> 00:13:55,334 REVENUES, WE WANT TO SHARE THIS 398 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:57,803 ADMINISTRATION'S AND SDOT SHARED 399 00:13:57,803 --> 00:13:58,437 GOAL FOR RESPONSIBILITY TO FUND 400 00:13:58,437 --> 00:14:05,411 OUR DEPLETED RESERVES. FIRST, I 401 00:14:05,411 --> 00:14:07,513 WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE VERY 402 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,949 SMALL FONT. THERE WAS A LOT OF 403 00:14:09,949 --> 00:14:11,250 INFORMATION TO PUT ON THIS 404 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:15,354 SLIDE, BUT THE CHART SHOWS OUR 405 00:14:15,354 --> 00:14:15,921 RECENT HISTORY OF FINANCIAL 406 00:14:15,921 --> 00:14:17,623 RESERVES IN THE TRANSPORTATION 407 00:14:17,623 --> 00:14:19,692 FUND. SDOT IS SUPPORTED BY 408 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:23,429 SEVERAL FUNDS, AS I SAID, BUT 409 00:14:23,429 --> 00:14:24,063 THE TRANSPORTATION FUND SUPPLIES 410 00:14:24,063 --> 00:14:26,332 OVER 40% OF OUR FUNDING AND 411 00:14:26,332 --> 00:14:27,967 HOUSES. MOST OF OUR FUND 412 00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:30,469 SOURCES, INCLUDING GRANTS AND 413 00:14:30,469 --> 00:14:33,105 PARTNERSHIPS. THIS SLIDE 414 00:14:33,105 --> 00:14:33,672 DEMONSTRATES THE PRECARIOUS 415 00:14:33,672 --> 00:14:34,540 POSITION AS DOT IS IN WITH 416 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:36,141 RESPECT TO OUR ABILITY TO 417 00:14:36,141 --> 00:14:38,611 MAINTAIN A FUND BALANCE AND 418 00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:39,245 ESSENTIAL RESERVES IN THE 419 00:14:39,245 --> 00:14:40,846 TRANSPORTATION FUND SO THAT WE 420 00:14:40,846 --> 00:14:45,718 CAN RELIABLY PLAN TO SUPPORT OUR 421 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:46,318 PROJECT AND SERVICE PORTFOLIO 422 00:14:46,318 --> 00:14:49,588 AND ALSO HAVE SOME AMOUNT OF 423 00:14:49,588 --> 00:14:50,155 CONTINGENCY IF OUR RESERVES 424 00:14:50,155 --> 00:14:52,758 FURTHER DETERIORATE AND OUR 425 00:14:52,758 --> 00:14:54,326 REVENUES FURTHER DETERIORATE, OR 426 00:14:54,326 --> 00:14:57,763 SHOULD SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED 427 00:14:57,763 --> 00:14:59,798 HAPPEN. THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR 428 00:14:59,798 --> 00:15:01,467 ACTUAL FUNDING, OUR FUND ENDING 429 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:02,601 FUND BALANCE IN THE 430 00:15:02,601 --> 00:15:05,571 TRANSPORTATION FUND. FOR YEARS 431 00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:08,007 2018 THROUGH 2025. POSITIVE 432 00:15:08,007 --> 00:15:09,308 ENDING FUND BALANCES ARE SHOWN 433 00:15:09,308 --> 00:15:11,744 IN THE BLUE BARS WITH A LIGHTER 434 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:13,345 BLUE INDICATING THE RESERVES 435 00:15:13,345 --> 00:15:15,848 CONTAINED WITHIN THOSE AMOUNTS. 436 00:15:15,848 --> 00:15:16,448 ORANGE BARS INDICATE NEGATIVE 437 00:15:16,448 --> 00:15:19,818 FUND BALANCE. YOU CAN SEE THAT 438 00:15:19,818 --> 00:15:22,888 WE ENDED 2018 WITH A POSITIVE 439 00:15:22,888 --> 00:15:23,422 FUND BALANCE OF OVER $30 440 00:15:23,422 --> 00:15:25,457 MILLION. THEN, IN 2019, THE 441 00:15:25,457 --> 00:15:27,960 PANDEMIC ARRIVED AND SDOT AND 442 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,862 THE CITY'S REVENUE BASE BEGAN 443 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:32,798 TO SEVERELY DECLINE. SDOT ALSO 444 00:15:32,798 --> 00:15:34,099 FACED THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE 445 00:15:34,099 --> 00:15:36,335 EMERGENCY IN 2020, AND DURING 446 00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:38,704 THIS PERIOD, WE EXPERIENCED 447 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:40,039 SOARING COSTS IN OUR CAPITAL 448 00:15:40,039 --> 00:15:43,742 PROJECT DELIVERY, INCLUDING FOR 449 00:15:43,742 --> 00:15:45,044 CONCRETE. IN ADDITION TO SCALING 450 00:15:45,044 --> 00:15:46,712 BACK OUR SERVICES TO REDUCE 451 00:15:46,712 --> 00:15:48,914 SPEND, DEFERRING OR EVEN 452 00:15:48,914 --> 00:15:51,417 CANCELING SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS 453 00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:53,085 AND SELLING BONDS AND SECURING 454 00:15:53,085 --> 00:15:54,853 FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE 455 00:15:54,853 --> 00:15:56,188 WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE REPAIR 456 00:15:56,188 --> 00:15:58,123 PROJECT, WE HAD TO DRAW DOWN OUR 457 00:15:58,123 --> 00:16:00,826 FUND BALANCES AND RESERVES 458 00:16:00,826 --> 00:16:02,928 BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021. THE 459 00:16:02,928 --> 00:16:05,998 ORANGE BARS. FORTUNATELY, SOME 460 00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:07,599 OF OUR REVENUES BEGAN TO 461 00:16:07,599 --> 00:16:09,902 REBOUND, AND THROUGH CAREFUL 462 00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:11,036 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, WE WERE 463 00:16:11,036 --> 00:16:13,439 ABLE TO BUILD A FUND BALANCE 464 00:16:13,439 --> 00:16:17,209 BACK UP. IN 2022, INCLUDING CASH 465 00:16:17,209 --> 00:16:19,645 AND RESERVES, AND WE MAINTAIN 466 00:16:19,645 --> 00:16:21,113 THAT THROUGH 2024. SO WE WERE 467 00:16:21,113 --> 00:16:26,085 BACK TO BLUE POSITIVE IN 2025. 468 00:16:26,085 --> 00:16:26,752 EXPENDITURE BUDGETS WERE 469 00:16:26,752 --> 00:16:29,555 STRUCTURED WITH PLANNED SPENDING 470 00:16:29,555 --> 00:16:31,623 OF RESERVES IN THE ADOPTED 471 00:16:31,623 --> 00:16:33,492 BUDGET, BUT THIS COMPOUNDED WITH 472 00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:36,495 LOWER THAN EXPECTED REVENUE 473 00:16:36,495 --> 00:16:37,930 COLLECTIONS, RESULTED IN OUR 474 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:40,132 FUND BALANCE DROPPING TO $2 475 00:16:40,132 --> 00:16:42,835 MILLION BY YEAR END THESE 476 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:45,771 CIRCUMSTANCES CONTINUE FOR 2026. 477 00:16:45,771 --> 00:16:50,342 THE DOUBLE BARS ON THE RIGHT FOR 478 00:16:50,342 --> 00:16:50,909 26 THROUGH 28 SHOW WHAT WE 479 00:16:50,909 --> 00:16:52,444 PROJECT. OUR FUND BALANCE WILL 480 00:16:52,444 --> 00:16:55,014 BE IF WE TAKE NO INTERVENTION 481 00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:56,482 VERSUS WHAT WE PROJECT AS A 482 00:16:56,482 --> 00:16:58,050 RESULT OF THE BUDGET CHANGES 483 00:16:58,050 --> 00:17:03,222 WE'RE PROPOSING. RECENT ADOPTED 484 00:17:03,222 --> 00:17:03,756 BUDGETS MEAN THAT WITHOUT 485 00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:04,957 ACTION, WE WOULD FIND OURSELVES 486 00:17:04,957 --> 00:17:07,926 AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS CHART 487 00:17:07,926 --> 00:17:10,162 IN ORANGE, IN ACTION WOULD 488 00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:11,830 RESULT IN A WORSENING DEFICIT 489 00:17:11,830 --> 00:17:13,465 FOR THE FUND THAT COULD NOT BE 490 00:17:13,465 --> 00:17:15,734 OFFSET BY OTHER TRANSPORTATION 491 00:17:15,734 --> 00:17:18,003 FUNDING SOURCES. THESE 492 00:17:18,003 --> 00:17:20,773 PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON OUR 493 00:17:20,773 --> 00:17:22,307 CURRENT FINANCIAL STATE IN 2026, 494 00:17:22,307 --> 00:17:24,743 ALONG WITH THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR 495 00:17:24,743 --> 00:17:26,979 BASELINE BUDGET FOR 27 AND 28, 496 00:17:26,979 --> 00:17:28,313 UNCHANGED AND CURRENT REVENUE 497 00:17:28,313 --> 00:17:33,385 FORECASTS WITHOUT INTERVENTION, 498 00:17:33,385 --> 00:17:35,954 YOU SEE A DRASTIC CHANGE IN OUR 499 00:17:35,954 --> 00:17:36,388 ABILITY TO KEEP THE 500 00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:38,223 TRANSPORTATION FUND AND 501 00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:40,526 THEREFORE THE DEPARTMENT 502 00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:41,093 FINANCIALLY SOLVENT. TODAY, 503 00:17:41,093 --> 00:17:42,628 WE'RE PROPOSING ACTIONS TO 504 00:17:42,628 --> 00:17:43,962 BALANCE OUR BUDGET AND 505 00:17:43,962 --> 00:17:45,664 IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO BUILD BACK 506 00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:48,300 RESERVES OVER TIME. AND BY 2028, 507 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:49,868 TO GET TO THE HEALTHY RESERVE 508 00:17:49,868 --> 00:17:52,037 LEVELS, WE SHOULD BE MAINTAINING 509 00:17:52,037 --> 00:17:54,339 THIS POSITIVE TRAJECTORY IS 510 00:17:54,339 --> 00:17:55,607 SHOWN IN THE BLUE BARS ON THE 511 00:17:55,607 --> 00:17:57,943 RIGHT. DOING THIS MEANS TAKING 512 00:17:57,943 --> 00:18:00,879 SOME OF OUR REVENUES NOW AND 513 00:18:00,879 --> 00:18:02,648 PLACING THEM INTO OUR DEPLETED 514 00:18:02,648 --> 00:18:05,017 RESERVE FUND TO BRING GREATER 515 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:07,986 STABILITY, TO START DURING 516 00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:09,788 UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC TIMES. THESE 517 00:18:09,788 --> 00:18:12,958 ACTIONS, WHILE DIFFICULT, ARE 518 00:18:12,958 --> 00:18:14,393 NECESSARY AND RESPONSIBLE AND 519 00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:15,961 DEMONSTRATE TO THE PUBLIC THAT 520 00:18:15,961 --> 00:18:18,564 WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT SOUND 521 00:18:18,564 --> 00:18:21,300 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF 522 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:24,269 RESOURCES. OUR PROPOSED BUDGET 523 00:18:24,269 --> 00:18:24,770 CHALLENGES ADDRESS THE 524 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:26,972 TRANSPORTATION FUNDS FISCAL 525 00:18:26,972 --> 00:18:28,640 CHALLENGES HEAD ON AND SETS THE 526 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,878 FUND ON A PATH TO SUSTAINABLE, 527 00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:35,681 BALANCED BUDGETS. HEALTHY CASH 528 00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:36,315 AVAILABILITY AND PRUDENT RESERVE 529 00:18:36,315 --> 00:18:38,484 LEVELS. THIS REPRESENTS GOOD 530 00:18:38,484 --> 00:18:41,453 GOVERNANCE AND SOUND FINANCIAL 531 00:18:41,453 --> 00:18:43,355 MANAGEMENT. AGAIN, THE LIGHT 532 00:18:43,355 --> 00:18:44,990 BLUE BARS ON THE FAR RIGHT SHOW 533 00:18:44,990 --> 00:18:47,292 OUR GRADUAL RETURN TO FINANCIAL 534 00:18:47,292 --> 00:18:49,061 STABILITY, AS PROPOSED IN OUR 535 00:18:49,061 --> 00:18:51,763 YEAR END SUPPLEMENTAL AND THE 536 00:18:51,763 --> 00:18:57,936 UPCOMING PROPOSED BUDGET. WE NOW 537 00:18:57,936 --> 00:19:00,072 SHIFT WITH THIS CHART THAT SHOWS 538 00:19:00,072 --> 00:19:03,308 HOW WE KEEP THOSE CRITICAL 539 00:19:03,308 --> 00:19:03,842 RESERVES FUNDED BASED ON 540 00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:06,845 RESOURCES AND EXPENSES EACH 541 00:19:06,845 --> 00:19:09,815 YEAR. AS A REMINDER, THIS IS 542 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:10,249 JUST IN THE PRIMARY 543 00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:11,416 TRANSPORTATION FUND AND DOES NOT 544 00:19:11,416 --> 00:19:14,086 REFLECT RESOURCES LIKE THE 545 00:19:14,086 --> 00:19:15,420 TRANSPORTATION LEVY, WHICH HAS A 546 00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:18,557 SEPARATE FUND. THIS LINE GRAPH 547 00:19:18,557 --> 00:19:19,958 ILLUSTRATES WHERE WE HAVE BEEN 548 00:19:19,958 --> 00:19:21,960 AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO. AS WITH 549 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,097 ANY ORGANIZATION, HOUSEHOLD OR 550 00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:27,165 BUSINESS, WE WANT OUR EXPENSES 551 00:19:27,165 --> 00:19:29,735 TO BE LESS THAN OUR AVAILABLE 552 00:19:29,735 --> 00:19:32,070 RESOURCES. IN THIS GRAPH, OUR 553 00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:34,273 EXPENSES ARE SHOWN IN ORANGE AND 554 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:37,342 RESOURCES IN BLUE. WE ALWAYS 555 00:19:37,342 --> 00:19:38,810 STRIVE TO HAVE THE ORANGE LINE 556 00:19:38,810 --> 00:19:40,746 ABOVE THE BLUE, AND YOU CAN 557 00:19:40,746 --> 00:19:43,882 AGAIN SEE THAT CONFLUENCE OF 558 00:19:43,882 --> 00:19:44,416 UNPRECEDENTED EVENTS THAT 559 00:19:44,416 --> 00:19:48,754 STARTED IN 2019 AND 2020 AND 560 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:51,423 TOOK US OFF COURSE. WHEN THE 561 00:19:51,423 --> 00:19:52,925 ORANGE LINE MEETS OR CROSSES 562 00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:54,927 ABOVE THE BLUE LINE, OUR 563 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:55,561 EXPENSES HAVE EXCEEDED RESOURCES 564 00:19:55,561 --> 00:19:59,998 AND THE RESERVES ARE TAPPED. THE 565 00:19:59,998 --> 00:20:02,000 ADMINISTRATION AND SDOT BELIEVE 566 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:02,601 IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE TWO 567 00:20:02,601 --> 00:20:04,236 LINES DON'T CROSS UNLESS THERE 568 00:20:04,236 --> 00:20:07,973 IS A TRUE EMERGENCY OR ECONOMIC 569 00:20:07,973 --> 00:20:10,909 EVENT LIKE WE HAD EARLIER THIS 570 00:20:10,909 --> 00:20:12,411 DECADE. I ALSO WANT TO FOCUS OUR 571 00:20:12,411 --> 00:20:14,580 ATTENTION ON THE STEEP DECLINE 572 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:16,315 IN THE DASHED BLUE LINE, WHICH 573 00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:17,816 REPRESENTS THE BUDGET PROPOSAL 574 00:20:17,816 --> 00:20:19,918 WE'RE DELIVERING TODAY. OUR 575 00:20:19,918 --> 00:20:22,654 REVENUES WERE ON AN UPWARD 576 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:25,591 TRAJECTORY FROM 2025 INTO 2026. 577 00:20:25,591 --> 00:20:27,459 WE REBOUNDED, BUT NOW WE ARE 578 00:20:27,459 --> 00:20:32,464 AGAIN AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT WITH 579 00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:33,065 OUR FUNDING STREAMS DECLINING 580 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:36,034 AND OVERSUBSCRIBED, WE FIND 581 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:37,703 OURSELVES PIVOTING MID-CYCLE FOR 582 00:20:37,703 --> 00:20:39,204 THE CURRENT YEAR AND PLANNING 583 00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:41,506 SPENDING REDUCTIONS IN THE NEXT 584 00:20:41,506 --> 00:20:42,941 BUDGET CYCLE. THE SCALE OF THE 585 00:20:42,941 --> 00:20:44,943 DROP IN RESOURCES WITHIN THE 586 00:20:44,943 --> 00:20:46,511 TRANSPORTATION FUND THAT IS NOW 587 00:20:46,511 --> 00:20:49,214 PROJECTED FOR 2027 IS EXTREME. 588 00:20:49,214 --> 00:20:51,049 WE ARE PREPARING FOR RESOURCES 589 00:20:51,049 --> 00:20:52,517 TO NOT ONLY GO BELOW THE PRIOR 590 00:20:52,517 --> 00:20:58,223 YEAR, BUT TO GO BELOW RESOURCE 591 00:20:58,223 --> 00:21:00,092 LEVELS IN 2018. JUST AS A SIDE 592 00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:02,728 NOTE, THE FIGURES THAT THESE 593 00:21:02,728 --> 00:21:05,897 LINES ARE DERIVED FROM ARE 594 00:21:05,897 --> 00:21:10,335 NOMINAL DOLLARS, AND THEY DON'T 595 00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:11,536 ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION. SO THE 596 00:21:11,536 --> 00:21:14,139 DOTTED LINE SHOW OUR CURRENT 597 00:21:14,139 --> 00:21:14,640 TRAJECTORY FOR RESOURCE 598 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,208 AVAILABILITY THIS YEAR AND IN 599 00:21:16,208 --> 00:21:19,111 THE UPCOMING BIENNIUM, AND IN 600 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:20,312 THE ORANGE DOTTED LINE, OUR 601 00:21:20,312 --> 00:21:23,382 EFFORTS TO REALIGN EXPENDITURES 602 00:21:23,382 --> 00:21:24,249 WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND 603 00:21:24,249 --> 00:21:26,518 ALLOW FOR THE BUILDUP OF 604 00:21:26,518 --> 00:21:29,588 RESERVES TO WEATHER FUTURE 605 00:21:29,588 --> 00:21:30,055 CHALLENGES OR ADDRESS 606 00:21:30,055 --> 00:21:32,124 OPPORTUNITIES. THE BUDGET 607 00:21:32,124 --> 00:21:34,126 PROPOSALS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU 608 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:37,296 ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. AS WE'VE 609 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,331 SAID, REBALANCING EFFORTS ARE 610 00:21:39,331 --> 00:21:40,932 NECESSARY NOW AND IN THE COMING 611 00:21:40,932 --> 00:21:42,367 TWO YEARS, WITH A FOCUS ON THE 612 00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:44,536 GENERAL FUND AND THE 613 00:21:44,536 --> 00:21:45,437 TRANSPORTATION FUND. AND NOW 614 00:21:45,437 --> 00:21:47,439 WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO WHAT 615 00:21:47,439 --> 00:21:57,249 WE'RE PROPOSING FOR EACH YEAR. 616 00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:59,518 WITH THIS SLIDE. WE'RE SHIFTING 617 00:21:59,518 --> 00:22:00,118 OUR PRESENTATION TO SPENDING 618 00:22:00,118 --> 00:22:01,086 REDUCTIONS TO CLOSE OUT THIS 619 00:22:01,086 --> 00:22:02,888 YEAR. OUR STARTING POINT FOR 620 00:22:02,888 --> 00:22:06,992 GETTING INTO BALANCE. NOTE THAT 621 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:09,561 WE ARE STARTING FROM THE 2026 622 00:22:09,561 --> 00:22:12,764 REVISED BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES 623 00:22:12,764 --> 00:22:13,365 ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS AND 624 00:22:13,365 --> 00:22:17,936 CHANGES ENACTED IN THE Q ONE AND 625 00:22:17,936 --> 00:22:20,706 Q2 SUPPLEMENTALS, ACCOUNTING FOR 626 00:22:20,706 --> 00:22:23,975 A 2022 MILLION. EXCUSE ME, 2220. 627 00:22:23,975 --> 00:22:28,413 ALL RIGHT, LET'S TRY THIS 628 00:22:28,413 --> 00:22:30,849 AGAIN. A 20 $2 MILLION IN 629 00:22:30,849 --> 00:22:33,385 INCREASES OVER THE 2026 ADOPTED 630 00:22:33,385 --> 00:22:35,854 BUDGET. HOWEVER, OUR PROPOSED 631 00:22:35,854 --> 00:22:37,389 2026 YEAR END SUPPLEMENTAL 632 00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:40,258 REDUCES OUR CURRENT BUDGET BY 633 00:22:40,258 --> 00:22:43,095 $178 MILLION, INCLUDING $115 634 00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:45,464 MILLION OF TIMING CHANGES FOR 635 00:22:45,464 --> 00:22:47,032 CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY, 636 00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:49,334 PRIMARILY FOR LEVY PROJECTS TO 637 00:22:49,334 --> 00:22:51,103 PUT THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION 638 00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:52,804 INTO THE RIGHT YEAR, AND 639 00:22:52,804 --> 00:22:55,040 INCLUDES EXTENSIVE ADJUSTMENTS 640 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,843 IN THE TRANSPORTATION FUND 641 00:22:57,843 --> 00:23:00,679 TOTALING $56.7 MILLION. THE 642 00:23:00,679 --> 00:23:03,582 PRIMARY STRATEGIES WE ARE 643 00:23:03,582 --> 00:23:06,218 EMPLOYING ARE, AS I INDICATED, 644 00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:06,852 ABANDONING CAPITAL CARRY FORWARD 645 00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:09,888 FOR SELECT PROJECTS, FUNDING 646 00:23:09,888 --> 00:23:12,924 REALIGNMENTS TO FOCUS ON LEVY 647 00:23:12,924 --> 00:23:13,458 DELIVERABLES OR SHIFT TO 648 00:23:13,458 --> 00:23:16,194 AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA 649 00:23:16,194 --> 00:23:18,930 FUNDING FOR ELIGIBLE SAFETY 650 00:23:18,930 --> 00:23:21,266 PROJECTS AND RETAINING SERVICES, 651 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:23,435 AND REDUCING SPENDING IN VARIOUS 652 00:23:23,435 --> 00:23:25,437 PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. THE PIE 653 00:23:25,437 --> 00:23:27,472 CHART ON THE RIGHT SHOWS YOU THE 654 00:23:27,472 --> 00:23:29,074 REDUCTION LEVELS IN THE 655 00:23:29,074 --> 00:23:32,711 TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR EACH OF 656 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:35,013 THOSE PRIMARY CATEGORIES. WE ARE 657 00:23:35,013 --> 00:23:35,547 TAPPING SOME LEVY FUNDING 658 00:23:35,547 --> 00:23:36,615 EARLIER IN PROGRAMS THAT HAVE A 659 00:23:36,615 --> 00:23:39,618 MIX OF LEVY AND LOCAL FUNDING, 660 00:23:39,618 --> 00:23:41,386 ALLOWING THOSE PROGRAMS TO 661 00:23:41,386 --> 00:23:43,288 RETAIN STAFF SKILL AND KNOW HOW 662 00:23:43,288 --> 00:23:45,891 WHILE DELIVERING LEVY 663 00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:47,726 PRIORITIES. IN 26 IN FUTURE 664 00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:49,094 YEARS, THEIR FUNDING MIXES WILL 665 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:52,564 SHIFT BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION 666 00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:54,099 FUND STARTING IN 29 TO ENSURE 667 00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:56,868 THE LEVY KEEPS BALANCED ON ITS 668 00:23:56,868 --> 00:24:00,372 INTERNAL PRIORITY FUNDING 669 00:24:00,372 --> 00:24:03,175 CATEGORIES. NOTABLE PROJECT 670 00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:06,444 REDUCTIONS AS YOU'LL SEE, 671 00:24:06,444 --> 00:24:09,147 INCLUDE EMERGENCY SERVICES 672 00:24:09,147 --> 00:24:09,748 SIGNAL MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND 673 00:24:09,748 --> 00:24:13,718 BRIDGE REHABILITATION AND 674 00:24:13,718 --> 00:24:16,454 REPLACEMENT. I'LL JUST SPEND A 675 00:24:16,454 --> 00:24:18,223 FEW WORDS ON EACH FOR EMERGENCY 676 00:24:18,223 --> 00:24:19,991 SERVICES. THIS LINE ITEM IS 677 00:24:19,991 --> 00:24:22,594 MOSTLY USED BY SDOT TO RESPOND 678 00:24:22,594 --> 00:24:24,629 TO INCLEMENT WEATHER EVENTS LIKE 679 00:24:24,629 --> 00:24:25,897 SNOW AND ICE, URBAN FLOODING, 680 00:24:25,897 --> 00:24:29,201 AND WINDSTORMS. AS I'M SURE YOU 681 00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:31,470 ALL KNOW, DUE TO A MILD WINTER 682 00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:33,505 TO START 2026 AND THE PROJECTED 683 00:24:33,505 --> 00:24:36,208 MILD WINTER FOR THE REMAINDER OF 684 00:24:36,208 --> 00:24:39,211 THE YEAR. SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS ON 685 00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:41,146 EMERGENCY SERVICE SERVICES LABOR 686 00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:43,682 PROJECTS IS ANTICIPATED SIGNAL 687 00:24:43,682 --> 00:24:45,483 MAJOR MAINTENANCE. THIS SAVINGS 688 00:24:45,483 --> 00:24:47,552 IS ACHIEVED BY DEFERRING WORK ON 689 00:24:47,552 --> 00:24:49,020 SEVERAL PROJECTS IN 2026 AND 690 00:24:49,020 --> 00:24:51,823 PUSHING THEM INTO 2027. THESE 691 00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:54,192 AREN'T NEW SIGNALS, BUT REGULAR 692 00:24:54,192 --> 00:24:56,561 MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES AT A 693 00:24:56,561 --> 00:24:58,730 FEW DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE 694 00:24:58,730 --> 00:25:01,867 CITY. BRIDGE REHABILITATION AND 695 00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:04,169 REPLACEMENT. THIS REDUCTION 696 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:06,238 AFFECTS CONTINGENCY SET ASIDES 697 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:08,673 FOR ONE BRIDGE REPAIR PROJECT 698 00:25:08,673 --> 00:25:11,009 AND SELECT AREA WORK. 699 00:25:11,009 --> 00:25:11,610 CONTINGENCIES ARE NOT ZEROED 700 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:14,145 OUT, BUT REDUCED. WHAT ENGINEERS 701 00:25:14,145 --> 00:25:16,281 SEE AS AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL BASED 702 00:25:16,281 --> 00:25:24,122 ON THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS. GOOD 703 00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:25,824 WE NOW SHIFT FROM THE 26 YEAR 704 00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:31,229 END SUPPLEMENTAL TO 2728 705 00:25:31,229 --> 00:25:31,830 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR BALANCING 706 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:33,298 PURPOSES. WE HAVE ASSUMED THE 707 00:25:33,298 --> 00:25:37,269 CHANGES INCLUDED IN OUR 26 YEAR 708 00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:37,869 END SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSAL ARE 709 00:25:37,869 --> 00:25:40,805 APPROVED. THE TABLE SHOWS 710 00:25:40,805 --> 00:25:42,507 REDUCTIONS ONLY AND DOES NOT 711 00:25:42,507 --> 00:25:43,909 REFLECT SOME OF THE REVENUE 712 00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:45,710 PROPOSALS, AS THOUGHT IS ALSO 713 00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:47,712 ADVANCING, WHICH WILL REVIEW IN 714 00:25:47,712 --> 00:25:51,283 A FEW MINUTES. THE TABLE SHOWS 715 00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:54,185 REDUCTION TOTALS BY THE MAJOR 716 00:25:54,185 --> 00:25:54,686 FUNDS THAT SUPPORT SDOT 717 00:25:54,686 --> 00:25:58,623 PORTFOLIO. AS WE CAN SEE, 718 00:25:58,623 --> 00:25:59,257 REDUCTIONS ARE STILL NECESSARY 719 00:25:59,257 --> 00:26:00,926 ACROSS SEVERAL KEY FUNDS IN 27 720 00:26:00,926 --> 00:26:04,629 AND 28 TO ALIGN WITH REVENUE 721 00:26:04,629 --> 00:26:05,230 TRENDS IN THE TRANSPORTATION 722 00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:07,632 FUND AND TO SUPPORT GOALS OF 723 00:26:07,632 --> 00:26:10,402 BUILDING UP FUND BALANCES FOR 724 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:12,837 FUTURE RESILIENCE. FOR EXAMPLE, 725 00:26:12,837 --> 00:26:14,072 RIGHT AND VEHICLE LICENSE FEE 726 00:26:14,072 --> 00:26:16,241 SUPPORTED PROGRAMS HAVE 727 00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:16,875 REDUCTION TARGETS FOLLOWING THE 728 00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:19,444 AUGUST REVENUE FORECAST FORECAST 729 00:26:19,444 --> 00:26:23,615 SHOWN HERE. WE ARE ALSO, AS 730 00:26:23,615 --> 00:26:24,149 DIRECTOR BRADY MENTIONED, 731 00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:25,784 PARTICIPATING IN GENERAL FUND 732 00:26:25,784 --> 00:26:27,819 REDUCTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING 733 00:26:27,819 --> 00:26:29,220 ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS. WE'LL 734 00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:32,457 SHARE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF OUR 735 00:26:32,457 --> 00:26:33,058 PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN JUST A 736 00:26:33,058 --> 00:26:35,560 COUPLE OF MINUTES. BUT FIRST, I 737 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,229 WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN THAT THE 738 00:26:38,229 --> 00:26:40,598 TRANSPORTATION LEVY PASSED BY 739 00:26:40,598 --> 00:26:42,100 VOTERS IN 2024 IS A PROPERTY TAX 740 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:43,635 WITH STABLE FUNDING, SO IT DOES 741 00:26:43,635 --> 00:26:46,738 NOT HAVE ANY PROGRAM LEVEL 742 00:26:46,738 --> 00:26:48,473 REDUCTIONS. ALTHOUGH THE BUDGET 743 00:26:48,473 --> 00:26:50,709 DOES REFLECT TIMING CHANGES TO 744 00:26:50,709 --> 00:26:51,276 ALIGN WITH UPDATED PROJECT 745 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:53,445 DELIVERY SCHEDULES. OVERALL, 746 00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:55,847 THIS BUDGET SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE 747 00:26:55,847 --> 00:26:57,649 SPENDING LEVELS BY ADJUSTING 748 00:26:57,649 --> 00:26:59,084 BUDGETS THROUGH REDUCTIONS, 749 00:26:59,084 --> 00:26:59,684 ADDING REVENUES, AND THROUGH 750 00:26:59,684 --> 00:27:02,821 LEGISLATIVE MEANS AND ALLOCATED 751 00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:05,223 PROJECT. ALLOCATING PROJECTED 752 00:27:05,223 --> 00:27:08,193 REVENUE INCREASES AS WELL 753 00:27:08,193 --> 00:27:10,228 THROUGH NEW REVENUES FROM THE 754 00:27:10,228 --> 00:27:10,795 KING COUNTY TRANSPORTATION 755 00:27:10,795 --> 00:27:13,064 DISTRICT. IT'S A BALANCED BUDGET 756 00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:14,532 THAT STARTS BUILDING UP OUR 757 00:27:14,532 --> 00:27:16,701 RESERVES AGAIN, WHILE ALSO 758 00:27:16,701 --> 00:27:20,939 ALIGNING LEVY BUDGETS WITH 759 00:27:20,939 --> 00:27:21,473 PLANNED PROJECT SPENDING 760 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:28,480 TIMELINES. THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW 761 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:29,047 DECISIONS PROPOSED ON PRIOR 762 00:27:29,047 --> 00:27:30,548 SLIDES AFFECT DOT'S WORKFORCE. 763 00:27:30,548 --> 00:27:32,384 PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE THAT 764 00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:35,420 THESE FUNDING CHANGES AND 765 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:36,554 SPENDING REDUCTIONS DO AFFECT 766 00:27:36,554 --> 00:27:39,491 SDOT STAFFING LEVELS. IN 27 AND 767 00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:42,727 289 POSITION REDUCTIONS ARE 768 00:27:42,727 --> 00:27:44,195 PROPOSED. WE FOCUSED ON 769 00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:45,630 POSITIONS THAT HAVE REMAINED 770 00:27:45,630 --> 00:27:47,799 UNFILLED DUE TO SAVINGS TARGETS 771 00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:49,801 AND DO NOT REPRESENT A DIRECT 772 00:27:49,801 --> 00:27:56,207 CHANGE IN SERVICE LEVEL. WE WANT 773 00:27:56,207 --> 00:27:58,176 TO PUT THESE REDUCTIONS IN 774 00:27:58,176 --> 00:28:01,112 PERSPECTIVE FOR SDOT AS A WHOLE. 775 00:28:01,112 --> 00:28:03,448 OUR TOTAL BUDGET REDUCTIONS FOR 776 00:28:03,448 --> 00:28:06,384 THE BIENNIUM EQUAL APPROXIMATELY 777 00:28:06,384 --> 00:28:11,289 4% OF THE COMBINED 2728 BUDGETS, 778 00:28:11,289 --> 00:28:14,359 TOTALING $47.9 MILLION OVER THE 779 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,927 TWO YEARS. AS DIRECTOR BRADY 780 00:28:15,927 --> 00:28:16,961 MENTIONED IN HER INTRODUCTION, 781 00:28:16,961 --> 00:28:21,066 OUR PROPOSAL AIMS TO MAKE BROAD, 782 00:28:21,066 --> 00:28:21,666 SHALLOW REDUCTIONS THROUGHOUT 783 00:28:21,666 --> 00:28:23,368 OUR PORTFOLIO INSTEAD OF DEEP 784 00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:25,637 REDUCTIONS THAT SEVERELY DISRUPT 785 00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:28,006 SERVICE OR PROJECT DELIVERY. 786 00:28:28,006 --> 00:28:31,009 THAT MEANS THAT NEARLY HALF 48% 787 00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:34,813 OF SCOTT'S BUDGET PROGRAMS ARE 788 00:28:34,813 --> 00:28:37,515 TAKING CUTS, REFLECTING THE 789 00:28:37,515 --> 00:28:38,116 STRATEGIC APPROACH UNDERLYING 790 00:28:38,116 --> 00:28:42,087 THESE CHANGES. SO WITH A 4% 791 00:28:42,087 --> 00:28:43,521 REDUCTION, S DOT REMAINS WELL 792 00:28:43,521 --> 00:28:45,723 FUNDED. OVERALL, BUT REAL 793 00:28:45,723 --> 00:28:47,859 IMPACTS WILL BE FELT IN ALMOST 794 00:28:47,859 --> 00:28:50,462 HALF OF OUR PROGRAMS THROUGH 795 00:28:50,462 --> 00:28:53,131 INCREASED SERVICE WAIT TIMES AND 796 00:28:53,131 --> 00:28:55,300 DEFERRED PROJECT SCHEDULES, DUE 797 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:56,968 PRIMARILY TO THE REDUCTIONS IN 798 00:28:56,968 --> 00:28:58,903 OUR FLEXIBLE FUNDING SOURCES IN 799 00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:01,639 THE TRANSPORTATION FUND. WE'VE 800 00:29:01,639 --> 00:29:03,041 LISTED A FEW EXAMPLES HERE FROM 801 00:29:03,041 --> 00:29:06,044 BOTH OUR OPERATIONS AND 802 00:29:06,044 --> 00:29:08,580 MAINTENANCE SERVICES AND OUR 803 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:10,448 CAPITAL PROJECT PORTFOLIOS, WITH 804 00:29:10,448 --> 00:29:13,318 FULL DETAILS INCLUDED IN OUR 805 00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:15,019 BUDGET CHANGE SUBMITTALS. IN 806 00:29:15,019 --> 00:29:17,989 OPERATIONS, AS AN EXAMPLE 23% 807 00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:20,358 REDUCTION IN OUR STREET SERVICE 808 00:29:20,358 --> 00:29:23,828 MAINTENANCE BUDGET MEANS LONGER 809 00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:25,463 SERVICE INTERVALS AND A 10% 810 00:29:25,463 --> 00:29:28,099 REDUCTION IN OUR POTHOLE REPAIR 811 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:30,568 BUDGET COULD IMPACT THE 72 HOUR 812 00:29:30,568 --> 00:29:33,605 RESPONSE STANDARD. WE AIM FOR IN 813 00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:37,675 CAPITAL. AS AN EXAMPLE, WE ARE 814 00:29:37,675 --> 00:29:40,545 REDUCING OUR ARTERIAL MAJOR 815 00:29:40,545 --> 00:29:43,214 MAINTENANCE BY 24%, WHICH ALIGNS 816 00:29:43,214 --> 00:29:46,050 TO HISTORIC BUDGET LEVELS, 817 00:29:46,050 --> 00:29:47,886 INCLUDING IN 2024 AND A 20% 818 00:29:47,886 --> 00:29:48,686 REDUCTION IN OUR STRUCTURES. 819 00:29:48,686 --> 00:29:50,622 MAJOR MAINTENANCE WILL BE 820 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,390 MANAGED BY DEFERRED PROJECT 821 00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:54,926 DELIVERY SCHEDULES, MOVING 822 00:29:54,926 --> 00:30:02,934 TIMING INTO 27. 823 00:30:03,067 --> 00:30:03,701 WE NOW SHIFT TO THE REVENUE SIDE 824 00:30:03,701 --> 00:30:07,539 OF THE EQUATION. OUR BALANCING 825 00:30:07,539 --> 00:30:09,841 STRATEGY DOES ASSUME SOME 826 00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:11,609 ADDITIONAL REVENUES FOR SDOT 827 00:30:11,609 --> 00:30:13,678 COMING FROM EXPANSION OF THE 828 00:30:13,678 --> 00:30:16,014 TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA SYSTEM AND 829 00:30:16,014 --> 00:30:18,149 KING COUNTY'S NEW INCREASE IN 830 00:30:18,149 --> 00:30:18,716 ITS TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT, 831 00:30:18,716 --> 00:30:21,352 DISTRICT SALES TAX. FIRST, 832 00:30:21,352 --> 00:30:26,090 LET'S TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY 833 00:30:26,090 --> 00:30:28,126 CAMERAS. AUTOMATED TRAFFIC 834 00:30:28,126 --> 00:30:29,561 CAMERAS ARE AN IMPORTANT AND 835 00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:31,529 EFFECTIVE SAFETY TOOL FOR OUR 836 00:30:31,529 --> 00:30:34,432 COMMUNITY. AS YOU KNOW SCHOOL 837 00:30:34,432 --> 00:30:37,435 ZONES REMAIN OUR PRIMARY 838 00:30:37,435 --> 00:30:40,605 DEPLOYMENT AS DOT AND SEATTLE 839 00:30:40,605 --> 00:30:41,172 POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPLETED 840 00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:43,708 EXPANSION OF 37 SCHOOL SPEED 841 00:30:43,708 --> 00:30:46,010 ZONE CAMERAS AT 19 LOCATIONS 842 00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:47,378 CITYWIDE, WHICH BECAME ACTIVE IN 843 00:30:47,378 --> 00:30:48,947 NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND WILL 844 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:51,149 BE FULLY OPERATIONAL IN THE 845 00:30:51,149 --> 00:30:53,751 CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. THESE 846 00:30:53,751 --> 00:30:55,186 CAMERAS ALSO PROVIDE REVENUES 847 00:30:55,186 --> 00:30:56,487 BEYOND THE COST OF MAINTENANCE 848 00:30:56,487 --> 00:30:59,157 AND ENFORCEMENT, HELPING TO FUND 849 00:30:59,157 --> 00:30:59,724 OTHER TRANSPORTATION SAFETY 850 00:30:59,724 --> 00:31:01,326 PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE SAFETY, 851 00:31:01,326 --> 00:31:05,597 THE CITY. NEXT, THE NEW KING 852 00:31:05,597 --> 00:31:06,231 COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 853 00:31:06,231 --> 00:31:08,266 REVENUES. THE KING COUNTY 854 00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:13,304 TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT APPROVED 855 00:31:13,304 --> 00:31:15,306 AN ADDITIONAL. 1% SALES TAX FOR 856 00:31:15,306 --> 00:31:16,774 TEN YEARS AND ALL CITIES IN THE 857 00:31:16,774 --> 00:31:19,711 COUNTY COLLECTIVELY RECEIVE 858 00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:22,981 12.5% OF THOSE TAX REVENUES. 859 00:31:22,981 --> 00:31:24,515 AFTER ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. THESE 860 00:31:24,515 --> 00:31:27,218 REVENUES ARE MEANT TO SUPPORT 861 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:28,519 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. SEATTLE 862 00:31:28,519 --> 00:31:31,256 SHARE IS A PERCENTAGE OF THAT 863 00:31:31,256 --> 00:31:34,192 12.5%, WHICH YIELDS ONGOING 864 00:31:34,192 --> 00:31:37,262 FLEXIBLE NEW REVENUES FOR SDOT, 865 00:31:37,262 --> 00:31:40,265 WITH $4.7 MILLION ANTICIPATED IN 866 00:31:40,265 --> 00:31:44,836 27 AND IN 28, WE SEND THANKS TO 867 00:31:44,836 --> 00:31:45,403 THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP WHO 868 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:48,439 ADVOCATED FOR A FAIR SHARE OF 869 00:31:48,439 --> 00:31:51,042 THIS COUNTYWIDE TAX BEING PAID 870 00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:52,443 BY SEATTLEITES. COMING BACK TO 871 00:31:52,443 --> 00:31:54,345 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WE KNOW A 872 00:31:54,345 --> 00:31:56,147 LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT 873 00:31:56,147 --> 00:31:57,982 REQUEST. AND BECAUSE OF THAT 874 00:31:57,982 --> 00:32:00,585 EFFORT, WE CAN DO MORE WORK IN 875 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:03,655 SEATTLE'S PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. 876 00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:05,223 THESE REVENUES MAY VARY YEAR TO 877 00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:06,624 YEAR, AS OUR SHARE WILL BE 878 00:32:06,624 --> 00:32:08,526 AFFECTED BY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY 879 00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:10,762 AND RELATIVE POPULATION GROWTH 880 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:15,066 OF KING COUNTY CITIES IN 27 AND 881 00:32:15,066 --> 00:32:17,468 28. WE'VE DESIGNATED THESE 882 00:32:17,468 --> 00:32:18,069 FUNDS FOR URBAN FORESTRY AND 883 00:32:18,069 --> 00:32:19,704 BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES 884 00:32:19,704 --> 00:32:20,905 MAINTENANCE WORK TO STAVE OFF 885 00:32:20,905 --> 00:32:23,808 WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN 886 00:32:23,808 --> 00:32:25,943 PAINFUL BUDGETARY REDUCTIONS NOW 887 00:32:25,943 --> 00:32:27,945 I NEED TO FIND THE REST OF MY 888 00:32:27,945 --> 00:32:35,553 NOTES 889 00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:38,923 THEY DID NOT PRINT OUT. SO I'M 890 00:32:38,923 --> 00:32:40,758 GOING TO SWITCH TO MY ONLINE 891 00:32:40,758 --> 00:32:49,267 VERSION IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME. 892 00:32:49,267 --> 00:32:50,001 -- AS CHRIS IS FINDING HER 893 00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:51,602 NOTES, I'LL JUST SAY THAT SDOT 894 00:32:51,602 --> 00:32:53,438 WAS WAITING IN THE WINGS SINCE 895 00:32:53,438 --> 00:32:54,605 ABOUT 10:30 A.M. THIS MORNIN%. 896 00:32:54,605 --> 00:32:55,940 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US 897 00:32:55,940 --> 00:32:59,644 ALL DAY. 898 00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:07,552 -- OUR PLEASURE. 899 00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:14,025 OKAY, THANK GOODNESS FOR ONLINE. 900 00:33:14,025 --> 00:33:20,498 ALL RIGHT. OUR PROPOSED BUDGET 901 00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:22,800 LEGISLATION AS DOT'S PROPOSED 902 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,369 BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES THREE 903 00:33:24,369 --> 00:33:27,338 PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS A 904 00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:29,774 COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX RATE 905 00:33:29,774 --> 00:33:31,676 INCREASE, COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX 906 00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:33,177 REVENUES ARE COLLECTED FROM 907 00:33:33,177 --> 00:33:35,346 PARKING IN PAID LOTS AND 908 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:37,415 GARAGES. THE TAX IS AN IMPORTANT 909 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:39,183 AND FLEXIBLE REVENUE SOURCE FOR 910 00:33:39,183 --> 00:33:41,619 SDOT FUNDING. MANY BASIC 911 00:33:41,619 --> 00:33:42,153 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, 912 00:33:42,153 --> 00:33:44,856 INCLUDING VISION ZERO EMERGENCY 913 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,424 SERVICES, SIGNAL MAINTENANCE, 914 00:33:46,424 --> 00:33:48,559 MAINTENANCE ON BRIDGES AND OTHER 915 00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:50,862 ROADWAY STRUCTURES. URBAN 916 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:52,730 FORESTRY, FIELD OPERATIONS AND 917 00:33:52,730 --> 00:33:56,134 DEBT SERVICE ON OUR BONDS. AS 918 00:33:56,134 --> 00:33:58,069 OTHER REVENUES HAVE LAGGED, THE 919 00:33:58,069 --> 00:33:59,937 IMPORTANCE OF COMMERCIAL PARKING 920 00:33:59,937 --> 00:34:02,140 TAX REVENUE TO SDOT HAS 921 00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:04,208 INCREASED. THE CITY LAST 922 00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:07,578 INCREASED THIS TAX RATE IN JULY 923 00:34:07,578 --> 00:34:10,148 20th 22 TO 14.5%. WE PROPOSE 924 00:34:10,148 --> 00:34:12,517 RAISING THE TAX TO 17%, SO 925 00:34:12,517 --> 00:34:14,852 ADDITIONAL REVENUES CAN PROVIDE 926 00:34:14,852 --> 00:34:16,721 US WITH MORE GROWTH IN ONE OF 927 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:18,556 THE TWO FULLY FLEXIBLE FUNDING 928 00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:21,426 STREAMS WE HAVE, AND WE CAN USE 929 00:34:21,426 --> 00:34:24,162 THOSE FUNDS FOR CORE SERVICES 930 00:34:24,162 --> 00:34:24,695 WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING THE 931 00:34:24,695 --> 00:34:27,965 CITY'S GOALS TO REDUCE 932 00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:28,499 CONGESTION AND ENCOURAGE 933 00:34:28,499 --> 00:34:30,902 MULTI-MODAL AND TRANSIT 934 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:32,937 RIDERSHIP. THIS TRANSLATES TO 935 00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:35,173 SOMEONE PAYING $0.50 MORE ON A 936 00:34:35,173 --> 00:34:37,108 BASE $20 PARKING FEE, FROM A 937 00:34:37,108 --> 00:34:42,146 TOTAL OF $22.90 CURRENTLY TO 938 00:34:42,146 --> 00:34:45,116 $23.40, WITHOUT THIS RATE 939 00:34:45,116 --> 00:34:46,951 UPDATE, SDOT WOULD NEED TO 940 00:34:46,951 --> 00:34:49,387 IDENTIFY AN ADDITIONAL $9 941 00:34:49,387 --> 00:34:53,124 MILLION IN ANNUAL PROGRAM 942 00:34:53,124 --> 00:34:53,558 REDUCTIONS FROM THE 943 00:34:53,558 --> 00:34:55,259 TRANSPORTATION FUND THROUGH CUTS 944 00:34:55,259 --> 00:35:02,600 TO CIP PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE 945 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:03,935 INCREASING STREET USE RATES PER 946 00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:05,436 THE MUNICIPAL CODE, STREET USE 947 00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:07,238 OPERATIONS ARE TO BE FUNDED WITH 948 00:35:07,238 --> 00:35:08,940 PERMIT AND INSPECTION AND REVIEW 949 00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:10,608 FEES. THE IDEA HERE IS THAT 950 00:35:10,608 --> 00:35:12,810 PRIVATE SECTOR USE OF PUBLIC 951 00:35:12,810 --> 00:35:14,812 SPACE SHOULDN'T BE PAID BY 952 00:35:14,812 --> 00:35:17,048 GENERAL TAXPAYERS, SINCE THE 953 00:35:17,048 --> 00:35:19,617 BENEFITS AREN'T BROADLY SHARED 954 00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:21,018 BY ALL. CURRENTLY, STREET USE 955 00:35:21,018 --> 00:35:23,754 PERMIT AND INSPECTION OPERATING 956 00:35:23,754 --> 00:35:26,224 COSTS EXCEED REVENUES BY POLICY 957 00:35:26,224 --> 00:35:27,825 DESIGN. THE PROPOSAL INCREASES 958 00:35:27,825 --> 00:35:29,760 THE COST RECOVERY PERCENTAGE 959 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,729 FROM THOSE SERVICES FROM ABOUT 960 00:35:31,729 --> 00:35:36,367 70% FEE FUNDED AS IT IS NOW, TO 961 00:35:36,367 --> 00:35:37,001 ABOUT 80% FEE FUNDED INCREASES 962 00:35:37,001 --> 00:35:38,503 TO PERMIT FEES. BEYOND THE 963 00:35:38,503 --> 00:35:41,205 COMMERCIAL PRICE INDEX. LAST, 964 00:35:41,205 --> 00:35:42,907 EXCUSE ME, THE CONSUMER PRICE 965 00:35:42,907 --> 00:35:45,009 INDEX LAST TOOK PLACE DEPENDING 966 00:35:45,009 --> 00:35:47,678 UPON THE PARTICULAR FEE IN 20 967 00:35:47,678 --> 00:35:52,316 16, 17, 18, 19 OR 22, MEANING 968 00:35:52,316 --> 00:35:54,652 SOME OF THESE FEES HAVE NOT BEEN 969 00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:57,822 ADJUSTED BEYOND CPI SINCE 2016 970 00:35:57,822 --> 00:36:01,125 AND SO ON WITHOUT FULL COST 971 00:36:01,125 --> 00:36:02,927 RECOVERY, THIS WORK HAS 972 00:36:02,927 --> 00:36:04,662 TRADITIONALLY BEEN SUBSIDIZED 973 00:36:04,662 --> 00:36:05,796 THROUGH STREET USE AND 974 00:36:05,796 --> 00:36:08,099 OCCUPATION FEES, WHICH ARE 975 00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:09,767 COLLECTED FROM LONG TERM OR 976 00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:10,368 TEMPORARY PRIVATE USE OF THE 977 00:36:10,368 --> 00:36:13,271 RIGHT OF WAY. FOR EXAMPLE, LANE 978 00:36:13,271 --> 00:36:14,639 CLOSURES FOR CONSTRUCTION, WHICH 979 00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:17,208 CAN ALSO BE USED TO FUND OTHER 980 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:19,577 TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES. 981 00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:20,177 SHIFTING PERMIT COSTS TO THE 982 00:36:20,177 --> 00:36:21,712 PRIVATE APPLICANTS WHO BENEFIT 983 00:36:21,712 --> 00:36:23,548 DIRECTLY FROM THEIR STREET USE 984 00:36:23,548 --> 00:36:25,182 PERMITS IS CONSIDERED, IS 985 00:36:25,182 --> 00:36:26,717 CONSISTENT WITH THE 986 00:36:26,717 --> 00:36:28,152 DEPARTMENT'S EQUITY GOALS. OUR 987 00:36:28,152 --> 00:36:30,655 PROPOSAL WOULD INCREASE PERMIT 988 00:36:30,655 --> 00:36:35,159 FEES BY ROUGHLY 30% AND PER OUR 989 00:36:35,159 --> 00:36:37,962 STAFF, REIMBURSEMENT, BY ROUGHLY 990 00:36:37,962 --> 00:36:43,401 5%. AT THE SAME TIME. EXCUSE ME, 991 00:36:43,401 --> 00:36:46,170 THE STREET USE DIVISION HAS 992 00:36:46,170 --> 00:36:48,039 STARTED PROCESS IMPROVEMENT WORK 993 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:50,841 TO FIND EFFICIENCIES, REDUCE 994 00:36:50,841 --> 00:36:52,710 COSTS AND CONTINUE WORKING TO 995 00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:55,680 TURN PERMITS AROUND AS FAST AS 996 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,081 POSSIBLE TO REDUCE FUNDING FOR 997 00:36:57,081 --> 00:36:58,583 THIS PART OF SDOT WOULD 998 00:36:58,583 --> 00:37:01,185 ASSUMEDLY RESULT IN LONGER 999 00:37:01,185 --> 00:37:02,820 PERMIT TIMES AND FRUSTRATION 1000 00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:04,922 FROM THE DEVELOPER AND SMALL 1001 00:37:04,922 --> 00:37:07,091 BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO WE SERVE. 1002 00:37:07,091 --> 00:37:09,327 WE CAME TO THIS PROPOSAL AFTER 1003 00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:09,927 SERIOUS INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS 1004 00:37:09,927 --> 00:37:10,995 AROUND THE TRADE OFFS OF 1005 00:37:10,995 --> 00:37:13,898 INCREASING FEES VERSUS HAVING 1006 00:37:13,898 --> 00:37:16,567 OTHER PROGRAMS THAT SUBSIDIZE 1007 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:21,472 THESE SERVICES VERSUS REDUCE 1008 00:37:21,472 --> 00:37:22,073 RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PERMIT 1009 00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:24,008 FEES. ADJUSTING RATES WILL 1010 00:37:24,008 --> 00:37:26,444 PREVENT AN INCREASED DRAIN OF 1011 00:37:26,444 --> 00:37:29,714 SDOT RESOURCES AWAY FROM OTHER 1012 00:37:29,714 --> 00:37:31,649 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. AND 1013 00:37:31,649 --> 00:37:34,118 FINALLY, IN INTERFUND LOAN FOR 1014 00:37:34,118 --> 00:37:36,621 THE TRANSPORTATION FUND, CITY 1015 00:37:36,621 --> 00:37:39,090 POLICY REQUIRES FUNDS TO NOT 1016 00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:39,724 MAINTAIN A NEGATIVE CASH STATUS 1017 00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:43,761 FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS. THE 1018 00:37:43,761 --> 00:37:45,363 TRANSPORTATION FUND HAS BEEN IN 1019 00:37:45,363 --> 00:37:47,131 A NEGATIVE BALANCE FOR THE 1020 00:37:47,131 --> 00:37:49,033 BETTER PART OF LAST YEAR OF THE 1021 00:37:49,033 --> 00:37:54,405 LAST YEAR. THIS LOAN WILL ALLOW 1022 00:37:54,405 --> 00:37:57,074 US TO COMPLY WITH CITY POLICY 1023 00:37:57,074 --> 00:37:59,010 WHILE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES, 1024 00:37:59,010 --> 00:37:59,577 CREATING THE NEGATIVE CASH 1025 00:37:59,577 --> 00:38:02,947 BALANCE. THE LOAN ITSELF IS 1026 00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:05,483 HANDLED THROUGH CASH TRANSFER 1027 00:38:05,483 --> 00:38:07,618 AND DOES NOT HAVE A BUDGETARY 1028 00:38:07,618 --> 00:38:08,719 IMPACT, BUT THE INTEREST 1029 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:10,888 PAYMENTS WILL BE PART OF THE 1030 00:38:10,888 --> 00:38:13,424 BUDGET AND THIS WILL THIS IS 1031 00:38:13,424 --> 00:38:18,963 SHOWN IN OUR FINANCIAL PLANS. I 1032 00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:21,032 WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 1033 00:38:21,032 --> 00:38:22,867 YOUR ATTENTION, FOR PUTTING UP 1034 00:38:22,867 --> 00:38:24,602 WITH MY SLIGHT BIT OF 1035 00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:25,703 NERVOUSNESS, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A 1036 00:38:25,703 --> 00:38:28,973 WHILE. AS I SAID, AND AS I'VE 1037 00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:31,342 WALKED THROUGH WHAT IS A 1038 00:38:31,342 --> 00:38:32,910 DIFFICULT STORYLINE AND COMPLEX 1039 00:38:32,910 --> 00:38:34,445 INFORMATION, I'M NOW GOING TO 1040 00:38:34,445 --> 00:38:36,447 HAND THE PRESENTATION BACK TO 1041 00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:38,015 DIRECTOR BRADY TO SHARE SOME OF 1042 00:38:38,015 --> 00:38:40,351 THE IMPORTANT POLICY AND 1043 00:38:40,351 --> 00:38:40,951 COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITMENTS 1044 00:38:40,951 --> 00:38:42,687 SDOT AND OUR PROPOSED BUDGET 1045 00:38:42,687 --> 00:38:44,121 ACTIONS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT. 1046 00:38:44,121 --> 00:38:50,094 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1047 00:38:50,094 --> 00:38:51,862 -- IN RECENT MONTHS, WE'VE SEEN 1048 00:38:51,862 --> 00:38:54,065 AN UPTICK IN FATALITIES AND 1049 00:38:54,065 --> 00:38:54,665 SERIOUS INJURIES FROM TRAFFIC 1050 00:38:54,665 --> 00:38:57,335 CRASHES. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT 1051 00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:59,437 STREET SAFETY AND VISION ZERO, 1052 00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:01,405 AS A PROGRAM REMAIN FULLY FUNDED 1053 00:39:01,405 --> 00:39:02,907 IN THIS BUDGET. WE KNOW HOW 1054 00:39:02,907 --> 00:39:05,609 IMPORTANT THIS PROGRAM IS TO 1055 00:39:05,609 --> 00:39:08,279 SEATTLE CITIZENS. OUR MAYOR AND 1056 00:39:08,279 --> 00:39:10,014 OUR COUNCILMEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO 1057 00:39:10,014 --> 00:39:12,516 HIGHLIGHT THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER 1058 00:39:12,516 --> 00:39:13,684 2026-05 WAS SIGNED BY MAYOR 1059 00:39:13,684 --> 00:39:18,456 WILSON ON AUGUST 21st. THE 1060 00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:19,023 EXECUTIVE ORDER REAFFIRMS S 1061 00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:21,559 DOT'S FOCUS ON ESTABLISHED, 1062 00:39:21,559 --> 00:39:23,728 EFFECTIVE VISION ZERO POLICIES 1063 00:39:23,728 --> 00:39:25,863 AND ARE SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH. IT 1064 00:39:25,863 --> 00:39:28,299 OUTLINES DIRECTIVES TO EXPEDITE 1065 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:30,067 SAFETY PROJECTS, INSTALL SPEED 1066 00:39:30,067 --> 00:39:31,836 REDUCING CAMERAS AND ARTERIALS, 1067 00:39:31,836 --> 00:39:32,436 AND PUSH A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA 1068 00:39:32,436 --> 00:39:35,706 THAT WOULD EMPOWER SDOT THROUGH 1069 00:39:35,706 --> 00:39:37,208 BOLDER STATE LAWS AND POLICIES. 1070 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:39,844 I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HAS 1071 00:39:39,844 --> 00:39:40,344 PROPOSED COMPLEMENTARY 1072 00:39:40,344 --> 00:39:40,978 LEGISLATION FOCUSED ON VISION 1073 00:39:40,978 --> 00:39:43,013 ZERO AS WELL. THANK YOU, 1074 00:39:43,013 --> 00:39:45,015 COUNCILMEMBER. OUR VISION ZERO 1075 00:39:45,015 --> 00:39:48,953 RELATED FUNDING LEVELS ARE 1076 00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:49,553 MAINTAINED ABOVE THE 2026 TO 1077 00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:52,923 2031 ADOPTED CIP AND RESULT IN A 1078 00:39:52,923 --> 00:39:54,759 $42.4 MILLION BUDGET FOR THE 1079 00:39:54,759 --> 00:39:59,296 THREE YEARS NEXT SLIDE. WE WANT 1080 00:39:59,296 --> 00:40:03,167 TO AGAIN THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR 1081 00:40:03,167 --> 00:40:03,801 SUPPORTING AND RECOGNIZING THE 1082 00:40:03,801 --> 00:40:04,402 IMPORTANCE OF THE SEATTLE 1083 00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:06,637 TRANSIT MEASURE. THIS BUDGET 1084 00:40:06,637 --> 00:40:08,506 ASSUMES CONTINUANCE OF THIS 1085 00:40:08,506 --> 00:40:11,075 FUNDING. WITH IT, WE WILL 1086 00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:12,510 CONTINUE TO FUND SEATTLE FOCUSED 1087 00:40:12,510 --> 00:40:14,912 BUS SERVICE FROM METRO, 1088 00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:15,513 INCLUDING NEW INVESTMENTS IN 1089 00:40:15,513 --> 00:40:16,881 SOUTH LAKE UNION AND LAKE CITY 1090 00:40:16,881 --> 00:40:18,883 AND THE FREE ORCA PASS PROGRAM 1091 00:40:18,883 --> 00:40:20,751 WOULD ALSO CONTINUE, AS WELL AS 1092 00:40:20,751 --> 00:40:22,987 FUNDING FOR SDOT STREETCAR 1093 00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:25,055 OPERATIONS. SOUND TRANSIT THREE 1094 00:40:25,055 --> 00:40:25,523 SUPPORT AND TARGETED 1095 00:40:25,523 --> 00:40:27,625 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO RELIEVE 1096 00:40:27,625 --> 00:40:31,962 BUS CONGESTION NEXT SLIDE. WE 1097 00:40:31,962 --> 00:40:34,465 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE 1098 00:40:34,465 --> 00:40:36,901 TALK ABOUT BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS 1099 00:40:36,901 --> 00:40:37,535 AND THE REDUCTIONS TO SPECIFIC 1100 00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:39,403 PROGRAMS, WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF 1101 00:40:39,403 --> 00:40:41,839 THE REST OF OUR WORK. HERE WE 1102 00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:43,073 OUTLINE KEY PRIORITIES AS SDOT 1103 00:40:43,073 --> 00:40:45,342 IS IMPLEMENTING BASED ON WHAT 1104 00:40:45,342 --> 00:40:45,876 VOTERS SUPPORTED AND THE 1105 00:40:45,876 --> 00:40:47,011 DIRECTION SET BY PAST AND 1106 00:40:47,011 --> 00:40:50,247 PRESENT CITY COUNCILS AND 1107 00:40:50,247 --> 00:40:51,449 EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIONS. WE 1108 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:53,851 ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT TODAY'S 1109 00:40:53,851 --> 00:40:55,686 UPDATES ABOUT REDUCTIONS, 1110 00:40:55,686 --> 00:40:56,320 LIMITED RESERVES AND UNCERTAIN 1111 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:57,788 FUNDING MAKE OUR OVERALL 1112 00:40:57,788 --> 00:41:00,691 POSITION TO HANDLE NEW REQUESTS 1113 00:41:00,691 --> 00:41:02,893 LESS FLEXIBLE. NEW PRIORITIES, 1114 00:41:02,893 --> 00:41:03,994 PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND POLICIES 1115 00:41:03,994 --> 00:41:06,564 THAT ARE UNFUNDED CAN PRESENT A 1116 00:41:06,564 --> 00:41:08,098 ZERO SUM GAME IN THIS FINANCIAL 1117 00:41:08,098 --> 00:41:09,467 ENVIRONMENT. SO AS WE ENGAGE 1118 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:11,402 WITH COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES AND 1119 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:12,970 OUR ELECTED LEADERSHIP, FOLKS 1120 00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:14,972 ARE LIKELY TO HEAR EVEN MORE 1121 00:41:14,972 --> 00:41:17,408 FROM SDOT ABOUT TRADE OFFS. 1122 00:41:17,408 --> 00:41:18,809 OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE IS A 1123 00:41:18,809 --> 00:41:22,313 SAMPLING OF RECENT WORK WE SEE 1124 00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:22,813 AS ALIGNED WITH SHARED 1125 00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:24,748 PRIORITIES. BETTER TRANSIT 1126 00:41:24,748 --> 00:41:26,717 SERVICE THROUGH BETTER BUS 1127 00:41:26,717 --> 00:41:28,819 STREETS, RIDER SAFETY AND 1128 00:41:28,819 --> 00:41:29,420 RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF THE 1129 00:41:29,420 --> 00:41:31,422 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE. 1130 00:41:31,422 --> 00:41:33,524 SIDEWALKS AND ACCESSIBILITY 1131 00:41:33,524 --> 00:41:34,959 PROJECTS ARE GETTING A MAJOR 1132 00:41:34,959 --> 00:41:36,460 INFLUX OF SPENDING THANKS TO THE 1133 00:41:36,460 --> 00:41:38,996 2024 TRANSPORTATION LEVY. IT 1134 00:41:38,996 --> 00:41:41,031 PROVIDES FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY 1135 00:41:41,031 --> 00:41:42,533 AND NEW SIDEWALKS, WALKWAYS, AND 1136 00:41:42,533 --> 00:41:46,737 CURB RAMPS THAT PROVIDE CRITICAL 1137 00:41:46,737 --> 00:41:48,472 ACCESS. FOR PEOPLE WITH 1138 00:41:48,472 --> 00:41:51,175 DISABILITIES AND CHILDREN, 1139 00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:51,809 STREET AND BRIDGE PRESERVATION 1140 00:41:51,809 --> 00:41:53,177 REMAINS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST 1141 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:54,178 SPENDING AREAS, AND THE KEY TO 1142 00:41:54,178 --> 00:41:56,347 KEEPING OUR OVERALL 1143 00:41:56,347 --> 00:41:56,981 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL 1144 00:41:56,981 --> 00:42:00,217 AND WELL MAINTAINED. WE DO THAT 1145 00:42:00,217 --> 00:42:00,784 WITH MAJOR PAVING PROJECTS 1146 00:42:00,784 --> 00:42:02,820 BRIDGE, BRIDGE, REHABILITATION 1147 00:42:02,820 --> 00:42:06,523 AND SMART INTERVENTIONS ALONG 1148 00:42:06,523 --> 00:42:07,091 THE WAY. TRAFFIC SAFETY AND 1149 00:42:07,091 --> 00:42:08,292 VISION ZERO ARE ULTIMATELY OUR 1150 00:42:08,292 --> 00:42:09,994 TOP PRIORITY AND SHOW UP IN 1151 00:42:09,994 --> 00:42:11,896 EVERY PROGRAM AND PROJECT THAT 1152 00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:14,965 WE DELIVER THIS SCHOOL YEAR, 1153 00:42:14,965 --> 00:42:16,333 FAMILIES ARE SEEING A SURGE OF 1154 00:42:16,333 --> 00:42:18,168 PROJECTS, INCLUDING NEW TRAFFIC 1155 00:42:18,168 --> 00:42:18,702 SIGNALS, NEIGHBORHOOD AND 1156 00:42:18,702 --> 00:42:20,170 ARTERIAL TRAFFIC, CALMING 1157 00:42:20,170 --> 00:42:21,572 CROSSWALKS, AND INVENTIVE WAYS 1158 00:42:21,572 --> 00:42:23,941 TO ADDRESS LONG STANDING TROUBLE 1159 00:42:23,941 --> 00:42:26,677 SPOTS. MAJOR PROJECTS ARE 1160 00:42:26,677 --> 00:42:29,213 PROCEEDING. OUR PROJECTS ARE 1161 00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:30,848 RESHAPING SEATTLE WITH A FOCUS 1162 00:42:30,848 --> 00:42:32,917 ON IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION, 1163 00:42:32,917 --> 00:42:35,419 ACCESS AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS. 1164 00:42:35,419 --> 00:42:36,654 THE RAPIDRIDE J LINE PROJECTS 1165 00:42:36,654 --> 00:42:38,422 AND EASTLAKE AND THE U. DISTRICT 1166 00:42:38,422 --> 00:42:40,524 ARE JUST OVER HALF WAY OVER THE 1167 00:42:40,524 --> 00:42:42,293 HALFWAY COMPLETION MARK. THE 1168 00:42:42,293 --> 00:42:44,128 ROUTE 40 CORRIDOR PROJECT IN 1169 00:42:44,128 --> 00:42:45,529 WESTLAKE, FREMONT AND BALLARD IS 1170 00:42:45,529 --> 00:42:48,098 A MONTH AWAY FROM A RIBBON 1171 00:42:48,098 --> 00:42:48,666 CUTTING PROJECTS TO SUPPORT 1172 00:42:48,666 --> 00:42:50,000 WALKING, BIKING AND BUS ACCESS 1173 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,303 TO SOUND TRANSIT'S NEW PINEHURST 1174 00:42:52,303 --> 00:42:53,470 STATION ARE UNDERWAY, BY THE 1175 00:42:53,470 --> 00:42:54,738 WAY, THAT IS OPENING THIS 1176 00:42:54,738 --> 00:42:56,607 WEDNESDAY, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL 1177 00:42:56,607 --> 00:42:57,241 SEE YOU ALL OUT THERE AND JOIN 1178 00:42:57,241 --> 00:43:00,644 US IN CELEBRATION WITH SOUND 1179 00:43:00,644 --> 00:43:02,112 TRANSIT. AND WE'VE LAUNCHED 1180 00:43:02,112 --> 00:43:04,381 MAJOR SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE 1181 00:43:04,381 --> 00:43:06,350 PROJECTS TO INVEST IN THE 1182 00:43:06,350 --> 00:43:07,184 RESHAPING OF AURORA AVENUE, 1183 00:43:07,184 --> 00:43:08,986 RAINIER AVENUE, BEACON AVENUE 1184 00:43:08,986 --> 00:43:12,556 AND 14th AVENUE AND SOUTH PARK. 1185 00:43:12,556 --> 00:43:17,628 NEXT AS WE CLOSE, WE WANT TO 1186 00:43:17,628 --> 00:43:18,195 UNDERSCORE THAT OUR BUDGET 1187 00:43:18,195 --> 00:43:19,663 APPROACH IS GROUNDED IN MAKING 1188 00:43:19,663 --> 00:43:21,699 SURE OUR PLANS MATCH OUR 1189 00:43:21,699 --> 00:43:23,534 RESOURCES, NOT JUST FOR THIS 1190 00:43:23,534 --> 00:43:26,870 YEAR, BUT FOR THE LONG RUN. 1191 00:43:26,870 --> 00:43:28,305 OVERALL, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR OUR 1192 00:43:28,305 --> 00:43:30,207 DIVERSIFIED FUNDING MODEL, AND 1193 00:43:30,207 --> 00:43:32,610 THE PUBLIC IS EXPERIENCING THOSE 1194 00:43:32,610 --> 00:43:35,179 INVESTMENTS FIRSTHAND. FOR 1195 00:43:35,179 --> 00:43:35,813 FLEXIBLE FUNDING SHORTFALL AND 1196 00:43:35,813 --> 00:43:38,015 NEED FOR ADEQUATE RESERVES. WE 1197 00:43:38,015 --> 00:43:39,650 BELIEVE IN THIS APPROACH. IT 1198 00:43:39,650 --> 00:43:42,019 AIMS TO INSTITUTE CUTS BROADLY, 1199 00:43:42,019 --> 00:43:46,724 NOT DEEPLY. NO SINGLE PROGRAM OR 1200 00:43:46,724 --> 00:43:47,291 CONSTITUENCY WILL SEE THEIR 1201 00:43:47,291 --> 00:43:50,694 VISION UNFUNDED. WE MANAGE TO 1202 00:43:50,694 --> 00:43:51,261 BALANCE A SUSTAINABLE AND A 1203 00:43:51,261 --> 00:43:56,533 SUSTAINABLE WAY. WE'VE 1204 00:43:56,533 --> 00:43:58,335 COMPLETED OUR WORK CLOSELY WITH 1205 00:43:58,335 --> 00:43:59,703 CBO DIRECTOR ALY PENNUCCI AND 1206 00:43:59,703 --> 00:44:01,572 HER TEAM WITH THE MAYOR'S 1207 00:44:01,572 --> 00:44:03,741 OFFICE AND HERE TODAY WITH CITY 1208 00:44:03,741 --> 00:44:05,843 COUNCIL. WE APPRECIATE THESE 1209 00:44:05,843 --> 00:44:06,477 PARTNERSHIPS AND SUPPORT AS WE 1210 00:44:06,477 --> 00:44:08,712 NAVIGATE A CHALLENGING FINANCIAL 1211 00:44:08,712 --> 00:44:09,847 ENVIRONMENT TOGETHER. THANK YOU 1212 00:44:09,847 --> 00:44:11,849 ALL SO MUCH. EVEN WITH THE REAL 1213 00:44:11,849 --> 00:44:13,851 CONSTRAINTS, WE REMAIN FOCUSED 1214 00:44:13,851 --> 00:44:15,586 ON DELIVERING A SAFE, RELIABLE 1215 00:44:15,586 --> 00:44:18,455 AND WELL MAINTAINED 1216 00:44:18,455 --> 00:44:19,923 TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION 1217 00:44:19,923 --> 00:44:21,091 SYSTEM FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU 1218 00:44:21,091 --> 00:44:22,159 FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR ENGAGEMENT, 1219 00:44:22,159 --> 00:44:26,630 AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. 1220 00:44:26,630 --> 00:44:29,066 -- THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FROM 1221 00:44:29,066 --> 00:44:31,468 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI NOTHING 1222 00:44:31,468 --> 00:44:33,404 FURTHER. RIGHT NOW I WILL GET 1223 00:44:33,404 --> 00:44:36,573 INTO MY COMMENTS, BUT AND I'LL 1224 00:44:36,573 --> 00:44:37,574 SHARE SHORT ONES FROM A BUDGET 1225 00:44:37,574 --> 00:44:39,043 PERSPECTIVE, BUT I'LL LET 1226 00:44:39,043 --> 00:44:39,677 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS THE CHAIR 1227 00:44:39,677 --> 00:44:40,411 OF THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THIS 1228 00:44:40,411 --> 00:44:42,813 DEPARTMENT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1229 00:44:42,813 --> 00:44:44,048 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 1230 00:44:44,048 --> 00:44:48,318 YOU. ACTING DIRECTOR BRADY AND 1231 00:44:48,318 --> 00:44:50,054 THE ENTIRE SDOT TEAM FOR YOUR 1232 00:44:50,054 --> 00:44:53,791 WORK IN DEVELOPING THIS PROPOSAL 1233 00:44:53,791 --> 00:44:56,193 UNDER EXCEPTIONALLY CHALLENGING 1234 00:44:56,193 --> 00:44:58,529 FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS. AND I 1235 00:44:58,529 --> 00:44:59,563 KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT WENT 1236 00:44:59,563 --> 00:45:02,433 INTO THIS. I WANT TO THANK YOU 1237 00:45:02,433 --> 00:45:05,102 ALL THE ENTIRE SDOT TEAM, FROM 1238 00:45:05,102 --> 00:45:08,405 THE PLANNERS TO THE EXECUTORS, 1239 00:45:08,405 --> 00:45:12,476 AND NOTING THAT MR. RODNEY MAXEY 1240 00:45:12,476 --> 00:45:13,877 FROM THE SDOT TEAM IS IN THE 1241 00:45:13,877 --> 00:45:16,146 BACKGROUND. APPRECIATE YOU AND 1242 00:45:16,146 --> 00:45:18,148 YOUR TEAM AND THEIR LEADERSHIP 1243 00:45:18,148 --> 00:45:19,583 AND ALL THE TERRIFIC WORK YOU 1244 00:45:19,583 --> 00:45:22,086 ALL DO IN THE DEPARTMENT. AS WE 1245 00:45:22,086 --> 00:45:25,622 LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PROPOSED 1246 00:45:25,622 --> 00:45:27,624 BUDGET, IT'S ALSO A NATURAL 1247 00:45:27,624 --> 00:45:30,561 OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK BACK AS 1248 00:45:30,561 --> 00:45:33,964 WELL. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK BACK 1249 00:45:33,964 --> 00:45:35,966 AT THIS PAST YEAR, A FEW COOL 1250 00:45:35,966 --> 00:45:38,335 THINGS TO CELEBRATE FROM THE 1251 00:45:38,335 --> 00:45:41,338 DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING A VERY 1252 00:45:41,338 --> 00:45:43,974 WELL PLANNED, ORGANIZED AND 1253 00:45:43,974 --> 00:45:46,577 ULTIMATELY EXECUTED SEAHAWKS 1254 00:45:46,577 --> 00:45:50,013 SUPER BOWL VICTORY PARADE AND 1255 00:45:50,013 --> 00:45:51,515 -- AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN 1256 00:45:51,515 --> 00:45:54,651 EVENT. THAT CHAMPIONSHIP CITIES 1257 00:45:54,651 --> 00:45:57,554 DO REGULARLY FOR VARIOUS MAJOR, 1258 00:45:57,554 --> 00:46:00,090 YOU KNOW, CHAMPIONSHIPS. WON. IT 1259 00:46:00,090 --> 00:46:01,658 WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED 1260 00:46:01,658 --> 00:46:04,261 TO, TO HOST OUR OWN HERE. IN 1261 00:46:04,261 --> 00:46:07,197 CONNECTION WITH THE LOMBARDI 1262 00:46:07,197 --> 00:46:11,101 TROPHY TROPHY CELEBRATION FOR 1263 00:46:11,101 --> 00:46:12,603 THE SEAHAWKS. BUT THAT'S KIND OF 1264 00:46:12,603 --> 00:46:14,104 THAT'S KIND OF A EVENT THAT'S 1265 00:46:14,104 --> 00:46:19,276 HELD ACROSS MAJOR CITIES IN THE 1266 00:46:19,276 --> 00:46:21,912 COUNTRY. SO WE STILL DID GREAT. 1267 00:46:21,912 --> 00:46:23,780 FOR THAT. BUT THE BIGGEST SORT 1268 00:46:23,780 --> 00:46:26,350 OF MARQUEE EVENT WAS FIFA. AS 1269 00:46:26,350 --> 00:46:28,886 YOU ALLUDED TO. ACTING DIRECTOR. 1270 00:46:28,886 --> 00:46:33,624 FIFA WORLD CUP WELL RUN, WELL 1271 00:46:33,624 --> 00:46:37,094 PLANNED AND AGAIN WELL 1272 00:46:37,094 --> 00:46:39,863 IMPLEMENTED STRATEGY NATIONALLY 1273 00:46:39,863 --> 00:46:40,464 AND INTERNATIONALLY. RENOWNED 1274 00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:45,669 AND RECOGNIZED AND WE'RE EITHER 1275 00:46:45,669 --> 00:46:47,304 THE TOP OR THE TOP 2 OR 3 1276 00:46:47,304 --> 00:46:49,673 RANKINGS ON ACROSS MULTIPLE 1277 00:46:49,673 --> 00:46:50,908 DIFFERENT RANKING SETS. AND A 1278 00:46:50,908 --> 00:46:53,510 HUGE REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE 1279 00:46:53,510 --> 00:46:56,680 OF OUR WORLD CLASS TRANSIT AND 1280 00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:58,615 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. AND WHEN 1281 00:46:58,615 --> 00:47:02,052 WE TALK ABOUT TRANSIT, SDOT 1282 00:47:02,052 --> 00:47:04,822 MANAGES AND OWNS DOESN'T 1283 00:47:04,822 --> 00:47:07,891 NECESSARILY OPERATE, BUT TO 1284 00:47:07,891 --> 00:47:08,492 TRANSIT AGENCIES THEMSELVES. 1285 00:47:08,492 --> 00:47:10,961 SEATTLE MONORAIL AND THE 1286 00:47:10,961 --> 00:47:13,230 STREETCAR. AND OF COURSE, A HUGE 1287 00:47:13,230 --> 00:47:14,331 FACTOR FOR OUR SUCCESS WAS THE 1288 00:47:14,331 --> 00:47:15,933 WATERFRONT, WHICH WE KNOW THE 1289 00:47:15,933 --> 00:47:17,167 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 1290 00:47:17,167 --> 00:47:20,404 DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF THE 1291 00:47:20,404 --> 00:47:23,574 WATERFRONT. AND SO KUDOS THERE. 1292 00:47:23,574 --> 00:47:27,611 AND IN FACT, TODAY, FROM THERE 1293 00:47:27,611 --> 00:47:29,546 WAS AN ARTICLE IN TODAY'S 1294 00:47:29,546 --> 00:47:32,316 SEATTLE TIMES FROM JEAN BOURQUE 1295 00:47:32,316 --> 00:47:32,816 SHOWING THAT THE OXFORD 1296 00:47:32,816 --> 00:47:35,552 ECONOMICS GLOBAL CITIES INDEX 1297 00:47:35,552 --> 00:47:38,255 SHOWED SEATTLE IS RANKED NUMBER 1298 00:47:38,255 --> 00:47:40,858 FOUR CITY GLOBALLY BASED OFF OF 1299 00:47:40,858 --> 00:47:42,793 A VARIETY OF FACTORS, INCLUDING 1300 00:47:42,793 --> 00:47:46,296 GOVERNANCE. I SHOULD SAY. BUT IN 1301 00:47:46,296 --> 00:47:47,164 ANY EVENT, A LOT TO LOT TO BE 1302 00:47:47,164 --> 00:47:50,901 PROUD OF, A LOT TO CELEBRATE, 1303 00:47:50,901 --> 00:47:53,103 AND ALSO A LOT TO CONSIDER AS WE 1304 00:47:53,103 --> 00:47:56,306 HEAD INTO NEXT YEAR'S PROPOSED 1305 00:47:56,306 --> 00:48:00,177 BUDGET AND BEYOND. SO, AND ALSO 1306 00:48:00,177 --> 00:48:05,015 JUST REMIND THAT TRANSPORTATION 1307 00:48:05,015 --> 00:48:05,983 SAFETY REMAINS MY HIGHEST 1308 00:48:05,983 --> 00:48:07,351 PRIORITY AS CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL 1309 00:48:07,351 --> 00:48:10,654 COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES YOUR 1310 00:48:10,654 --> 00:48:11,722 DEPARTMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, 1311 00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:14,324 SAFETY COMMITMENTS ONLY MATTER 1312 00:48:14,324 --> 00:48:17,561 IF SDOT HAS THE STABLE FUNDING, 1313 00:48:17,561 --> 00:48:20,664 STAFFING, ENGINEERING CAPACITY 1314 00:48:20,664 --> 00:48:22,833 AND MAINTENANCE RESOURCES 1315 00:48:22,833 --> 00:48:25,369 NECESSARY TO DELIVER THEM, 1316 00:48:25,369 --> 00:48:26,770 NOTING THAT IN MY OWN COUNCIL 1317 00:48:26,770 --> 00:48:28,272 DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 1318 00:48:28,272 --> 00:48:30,607 DISTRICT ONE, RESIDENTS ARE 1319 00:48:30,607 --> 00:48:33,110 ALREADY ASKING FOR SAFER 1320 00:48:33,110 --> 00:48:36,079 STREETS, BETTER PAVEMENT, 1321 00:48:36,079 --> 00:48:36,680 PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT, RELIABLE 1322 00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:39,716 BRIDGES AND ROADWAY MAINTENANCE, 1323 00:48:39,716 --> 00:48:42,185 AND LONGER OVERDUE IMPROVEMENTS 1324 00:48:42,185 --> 00:48:45,989 ALONG CORRIDORS LIKE ROXBURY AND 1325 00:48:45,989 --> 00:48:48,158 FAUNTLEROY. THE TRANSPORTATION 1326 00:48:48,158 --> 00:48:50,494 FUND SHORTFALL, THEREFORE, 1327 00:48:50,494 --> 00:48:52,162 RAISES CONCERNS THAT GO BEYOND 1328 00:48:52,162 --> 00:48:52,663 BALANCING COLUMNS ON A 1329 00:48:52,663 --> 00:48:57,167 SPREADSHEET COUNCIL NEEDS TO 1330 00:48:57,167 --> 00:48:59,202 BETTER UNDERSTAND WHICH SERVICES 1331 00:48:59,202 --> 00:49:01,204 AND PROJECTS RESIDENTS WILL 1332 00:49:01,204 --> 00:49:03,206 ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE AS DELAYED, 1333 00:49:03,206 --> 00:49:05,475 REDUCED OR EVEN LESS VISIBLE, 1334 00:49:05,475 --> 00:49:08,111 AND WHETHER THE PROPOSED TAX 1335 00:49:08,111 --> 00:49:09,880 INCREASES. THERE ARE SOME HERE 1336 00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:15,585 FEES OR SHIFT FUND SHIFTS AND 1337 00:49:15,585 --> 00:49:16,219 BORROWING MECHANISMS PROVIDE A 1338 00:49:16,219 --> 00:49:20,424 SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION FINALLY, 1339 00:49:20,424 --> 00:49:22,225 I'LL NOTE THAT WE ALSO NEED A 1340 00:49:22,225 --> 00:49:23,860 TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTING OF WHAT 1341 00:49:23,860 --> 00:49:26,196 THIS BUDGET FUNDS FOR THE 1342 00:49:26,196 --> 00:49:28,699 MAYOR'S RECENT VISION ZERO 1343 00:49:28,699 --> 00:49:31,601 EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT THAT WAS 1344 00:49:31,601 --> 00:49:32,969 MENTIONED AND VERSUS WHAT WAS 1345 00:49:32,969 --> 00:49:36,907 ALREADY PLANNED. ET-CETERA AND 1346 00:49:36,907 --> 00:49:38,575 AGAINST THIS BACKDROP, I HAVE A 1347 00:49:38,575 --> 00:49:45,849 FEW QUESTIONS. SO WE'VE HEARD 1348 00:49:45,849 --> 00:49:46,450 THAT THE TRANSPORTATION FUND 1349 00:49:46,450 --> 00:49:47,484 SUPPORTS ROUGHLY 42% OF DOT'S 1350 00:49:47,484 --> 00:49:51,321 BUDGET. CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM 1351 00:49:51,321 --> 00:49:54,758 THE CORRECT PERCENTAGE OR 1352 00:49:54,758 --> 00:49:57,260 DENOMINATOR AND QUANTIFY THE 1353 00:49:57,260 --> 00:49:59,830 UNDERLYING 2027 AND 2028 FUNDING 1354 00:49:59,830 --> 00:50:03,533 GAP? BEFORE THE PROPOSED REVENUE 1355 00:50:03,533 --> 00:50:06,136 INCREASES AND RELATED QUESTION 1356 00:50:06,136 --> 00:50:07,637 IF THE COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX OR 1357 00:50:07,637 --> 00:50:10,273 STREET USE REVENUES UNDERPERFORM 1358 00:50:10,273 --> 00:50:12,209 AGAIN, WHICH SPECIFIC REVENUES 1359 00:50:12,209 --> 00:50:14,578 OR EXCUSE ME, WHICH SPECIFIC 1360 00:50:14,578 --> 00:50:17,280 SERVICES OR PROJECTS WOULD 1361 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:22,252 LIKELY BE REDUCED FIRST? 1362 00:50:22,252 --> 00:50:22,686 -- COMMITTEE TABLE. 1363 00:50:22,686 --> 00:50:24,521 -- COUNCILMEMBER, WOULD YOU 1364 00:50:24,521 --> 00:50:26,556 PLEASE RESTATE YOUR FIRST 1365 00:50:26,556 --> 00:50:27,057 QUESTION CONCERNING THE 1366 00:50:27,057 --> 00:50:28,291 TRANSPORTATION FUND RELATIVE TO 1367 00:50:28,291 --> 00:50:29,726 THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE? 1368 00:50:29,726 --> 00:50:31,228 -- ABSOLUTELY. 42% FIGURE. SO 1369 00:50:31,228 --> 00:50:32,496 WE'VE HEARD THAT THE 1370 00:50:32,496 --> 00:50:34,164 TRANSPORTATION FUND SUPPORTS 1371 00:50:34,164 --> 00:50:36,867 ROUGHLY 42% OF S DOT'S BUDGET. 1372 00:50:36,867 --> 00:50:39,736 CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THE 1373 00:50:39,736 --> 00:50:41,505 CORRECT NUMBER, THE DENOMINATOR, 1374 00:50:41,505 --> 00:50:45,575 AND QUANTIFY THE UNDERLYING 2027 1375 00:50:45,575 --> 00:50:49,312 AND 2028 FUNDING GAP BEFORE THE 1376 00:50:49,312 --> 00:50:53,550 ASSOCIATED PROPOSED REVENUE 1377 00:50:53,550 --> 00:50:55,218 INCREASES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT 1378 00:50:55,218 --> 00:51:00,424 IN YOUR PRESENTATION 1379 00:51:00,424 --> 00:51:04,327 -- ALL RIGHT. SO KYLE IS GOING 1380 00:51:04,327 --> 00:51:04,795 TO PULL UP HIS MAGIC 1381 00:51:04,795 --> 00:51:05,595 SPREADSHEET. AND I JUST WANT TO 1382 00:51:05,595 --> 00:51:08,298 REITERATE, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE 1383 00:51:08,298 --> 00:51:13,703 ASKING TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBER, 1384 00:51:13,703 --> 00:51:17,841 THE AMOUNT OF THE TRANSPORTATION 1385 00:51:17,841 --> 00:51:20,310 FUND THAT IS IN THE 2728 1386 00:51:20,310 --> 00:51:22,145 BASELINE BUDGET RELATIVE TO THE 1387 00:51:22,145 --> 00:51:24,247 WHOLE BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT. 1388 00:51:24,247 --> 00:51:27,284 SO PRIOR TO ANY PROPOSED 1389 00:51:27,284 --> 00:51:29,286 REDUCTIONS THAT WE ARE 1390 00:51:29,286 --> 00:51:30,787 RECOMMENDING FOR THE CURRENT 1391 00:51:30,787 --> 00:51:32,422 YEAR AND FOR THE UPCOMING 1392 00:51:32,422 --> 00:51:34,558 BIENNIUM, WHAT WOULD BE THE 1393 00:51:34,558 --> 00:51:36,693 PERCENTAGE OF THE TRANSPORTATION 1394 00:51:36,693 --> 00:51:39,396 FUND CONTRIBUTION TO S DOT'S 1395 00:51:39,396 --> 00:51:42,899 WHOLE BUDGET? 1396 00:51:42,899 --> 00:51:43,166 -- YEAH. 1397 00:51:43,166 --> 00:51:45,101 -- AND WE CAN GET BACK TO YOUR 1398 00:51:45,101 --> 00:51:46,536 OFFICE WITH THE SPECIFICS ON IT. 1399 00:51:46,536 --> 00:51:49,372 IN GENERAL, THE 42% WAS LOOKING 1400 00:51:49,372 --> 00:51:53,410 AT 2026. THIS YEAR'S REVISED 1401 00:51:53,410 --> 00:51:55,112 BUDGET. SO THAT INCLUDES ALL OF 1402 00:51:55,112 --> 00:51:56,279 THE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE MADE AS 1403 00:51:56,279 --> 00:51:58,448 A COUNCIL TO THE BUDGET, 1404 00:51:58,448 --> 00:52:00,117 INCLUDING THE CARRY FORWARD FROM 1405 00:52:00,117 --> 00:52:02,018 THE PRIOR YEAR. SO THE OVERALL 1406 00:52:02,018 --> 00:52:02,752 BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR WAS A 1407 00:52:02,752 --> 00:52:05,589 LITTLE OVER $1 BILLION. ONCE 1408 00:52:05,589 --> 00:52:06,423 YOU'VE INCLUDED ALL THOSE CARRY 1409 00:52:06,423 --> 00:52:09,860 FORWARDS, THE ADOPTED BUDGET WAS 1410 00:52:09,860 --> 00:52:14,297 AROUND 600 MILLION. SO THOSE 1411 00:52:14,297 --> 00:52:16,733 RATIOS HOLD PRETTY CLOSELY FOR 1412 00:52:16,733 --> 00:52:18,635 STILL ABOUT 42% OF THAT ADOPTED 1413 00:52:18,635 --> 00:52:20,003 BUDGET. BUT WE CAN GET THE 1414 00:52:20,003 --> 00:52:21,238 SPECIFICS FOR EACH YEAR AND 1415 00:52:21,238 --> 00:52:25,075 BREAK THAT OUT TO YOU IN A 1416 00:52:25,075 --> 00:52:26,676 FOLLOW UP. SO DOES THAT GET AT 1417 00:52:26,676 --> 00:52:28,078 THE QUESTION YOU'RE LOOKING 1418 00:52:28,078 --> 00:52:28,278 FOR? 1419 00:52:28,278 --> 00:52:30,013 -- YEAH. IS IT. 1420 00:52:30,013 --> 00:52:31,448 -- GOOD FOR NOW? WOULD 1421 00:52:31,448 --> 00:52:32,048 APPRECIATE MORE FOLLOW UP. 1422 00:52:32,048 --> 00:52:34,050 -- YEAH. AND THE TRANSPORTATION 1423 00:52:34,050 --> 00:52:34,951 FUND. THE OTHER THING ABOUT IT, 1424 00:52:34,951 --> 00:52:36,953 IT INCLUDES GRANTS THAT WE'VE 1425 00:52:36,953 --> 00:52:39,322 WON FOR PROJECTS WITH FEDERAL, 1426 00:52:39,322 --> 00:52:41,491 STATE GRANTS, THOSE SORTS OF 1427 00:52:41,491 --> 00:52:43,393 THINGS. SO THEY OFTEN END UP 1428 00:52:43,393 --> 00:52:45,428 FALLING IN THAT CARRY FORWARD 1429 00:52:45,428 --> 00:52:48,231 CATEGORY. THERE ARE OFTEN LARGE 1430 00:52:48,231 --> 00:52:50,000 PROJECTS WHERE YOU WE APPLY FOR 1431 00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:52,168 THEM AND WIN THEM WHILE WE'RE IN 1432 00:52:52,168 --> 00:52:54,604 DESIGN, AND THEN THE MONEY'S FOR 1433 00:52:54,604 --> 00:52:55,338 CONSTRUCTION. SO THAT MIGHT LAG 1434 00:52:55,338 --> 00:52:56,973 FOR A YEAR OR TWO, BUT WE CAN 1435 00:52:56,973 --> 00:53:01,344 BREAK THAT OUT FOR YOU. AND THEN 1436 00:53:01,344 --> 00:53:01,945 THE SECOND QUESTION, I'VE 1437 00:53:01,945 --> 00:53:04,714 BROUGHT US BACK TO THIS SLIDE 1438 00:53:04,714 --> 00:53:07,350 WHERE WE SHOW THE REDUCTIONS WE 1439 00:53:07,350 --> 00:53:07,951 ARE PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION 1440 00:53:07,951 --> 00:53:11,888 FUND IN THIS CASE, ABOUT 1441 00:53:11,888 --> 00:53:13,156 20,000,000 IN 27. AND I GOT TO 1442 00:53:13,156 --> 00:53:16,459 MOVE THAT OUT OF THE WAY, 1443 00:53:16,459 --> 00:53:20,363 21,000,000 IN 28. IF WE DID NOT 1444 00:53:20,363 --> 00:53:24,601 INCREASE THE THE RATE OF THE CP 1445 00:53:24,601 --> 00:53:28,772 T TAX, THEN THAT NUMBER WOULD BE 1446 00:53:28,772 --> 00:53:29,506 ANOTHER 9 MILLION HIGHER. WE 1447 00:53:29,506 --> 00:53:31,541 WOULD NEED TO GO FIND ANOTHER 9 1448 00:53:31,541 --> 00:53:33,476 MILLION IN PROJECTS TO REDUCE. 1449 00:53:33,476 --> 00:53:36,079 AND AGAIN, IT'S IN YOUR MOST 1450 00:53:36,079 --> 00:53:37,948 FLEXIBLE SOURCES. SO WE WE 1451 00:53:37,948 --> 00:53:40,383 CAN'T TOUCH A LEVY PROJECT. 1452 00:53:40,383 --> 00:53:41,451 THOSE ARE FUNDED BY LEVY. WE'D 1453 00:53:41,451 --> 00:53:43,019 HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT THE THINGS 1454 00:53:43,019 --> 00:53:44,321 LIKE DAY TO DAY MAINTENANCE, DAY 1455 00:53:44,321 --> 00:53:48,224 TO DAY PAVING SPECIFIC CIP 1456 00:53:48,224 --> 00:53:49,192 PROGRAMS. WE OFTEN LOOK THERE. 1457 00:53:49,192 --> 00:53:50,760 SO WE WOULDN'T BE CANCELING A 1458 00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:51,461 PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY IN 1459 00:53:51,461 --> 00:53:54,631 DESIGN IN FLIGHT, AND PROMISED 1460 00:53:54,631 --> 00:53:55,732 WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOUR OFFICE 1461 00:53:55,732 --> 00:53:57,267 ON MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT 1462 00:53:57,267 --> 00:54:00,503 THOSE WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THAT, 1463 00:54:00,503 --> 00:54:04,040 YOU KNOW, HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION 1464 00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:07,143 AND THEN ALSO THE STREET USE 1465 00:54:07,143 --> 00:54:08,712 FEES. I OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, 1466 00:54:08,712 --> 00:54:10,680 I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT. 1467 00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:13,250 I THINK WE'RE ON THE ORDER OF 4 1468 00:54:13,250 --> 00:54:15,418 TO $5 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL 1469 00:54:15,418 --> 00:54:16,620 FEES. WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT 1470 00:54:16,620 --> 00:54:18,121 AND GET BACK. 1471 00:54:18,121 --> 00:54:20,056 -- I BELIEVE THAT BALLPARK IS 1472 00:54:20,056 --> 00:54:23,393 CORRECT. AND BOTH THE $9 MILLION 1473 00:54:23,393 --> 00:54:26,062 THAT KYLE REFERRED TO FOR 1474 00:54:26,062 --> 00:54:26,696 COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX AND THE 1475 00:54:26,696 --> 00:54:30,634 STREET USE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL 1476 00:54:30,634 --> 00:54:31,201 STREET USE FEE REVENUE. OUR 1477 00:54:31,201 --> 00:54:34,271 ANNUAL AMOUNTS. 1478 00:54:34,271 --> 00:54:40,143 -- GOT IT. THANK YOU. ON THE 1479 00:54:40,143 --> 00:54:44,414 ADDRESSING THE SHORTFALL PART OF 1480 00:54:44,414 --> 00:54:47,817 THAT, I'LL JUST POINT YOU TO 1481 00:54:47,817 --> 00:54:54,557 SLIDE TEN. SOME OF THE. THE 1482 00:54:54,557 --> 00:54:56,960 REDUCTION SPOTLIGHT SLIDE THOSE 1483 00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:58,228 ITEMS THERE ALONG WITH I THINK 1484 00:54:58,228 --> 00:55:01,398 SOME OF THE ITEMS LISTED ON A 1485 00:55:01,398 --> 00:55:05,935 PRIOR SLIDE. IN ANY EVENT, THE 1486 00:55:05,935 --> 00:55:09,673 SIGNALS, THE THE, THE 1487 00:55:09,673 --> 00:55:11,307 MAINTENANCE AND THE OTHER SORT 1488 00:55:11,307 --> 00:55:12,442 OF BUCKET ON THE. THAT WAS 1489 00:55:12,442 --> 00:55:13,910 LISTED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE ON 1490 00:55:13,910 --> 00:55:17,280 THIS SLIDE TEN. IT NOTES THAT 1491 00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:19,949 THE 72 HOUR POTHOLE RESPONSE 1492 00:55:19,949 --> 00:55:22,118 STANDARD MIGHT BE IMPACTED BY A 1493 00:55:22,118 --> 00:55:26,856 10% REDUCTION IN. AND THAT LINE 1494 00:55:26,856 --> 00:55:28,792 ITEM. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT. 1495 00:55:28,792 --> 00:55:31,461 AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU SAID 1496 00:55:31,461 --> 00:55:33,229 POTHOLE REPAIR, MY EAR NATURALLY 1497 00:55:33,229 --> 00:55:37,901 PERKED UP. COLLEAGUES. BUT IN 1498 00:55:37,901 --> 00:55:39,903 ANY EVENT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS 1499 00:55:39,903 --> 00:55:42,706 THAT 72 HOUR RESPONSE STANDARD 1500 00:55:42,706 --> 00:55:44,574 WAS A SPECIFIC COMMITMENT THAT 1501 00:55:44,574 --> 00:55:46,810 WE MADE IN THE 2024 1502 00:55:46,810 --> 00:55:50,413 TRANSPORTATION LEVY. SO WHY 1503 00:55:50,413 --> 00:55:55,752 WOULD THAT BE IMPACTED BY THE 1504 00:55:55,752 --> 00:55:57,487 PROPOSED REDUCTIONS? SO WHY OR 1505 00:55:57,487 --> 00:55:59,522 HOW? I GUESS. 1506 00:55:59,522 --> 00:56:01,925 -- WELL, SO JUST OBVIOUSLY THE 1507 00:56:01,925 --> 00:56:03,526 POTHOLE REPAIR IS JUST ONE 1508 00:56:03,526 --> 00:56:05,895 EXAMPLE OF AN SDOT PROGRAM 1509 00:56:05,895 --> 00:56:11,301 TAKING A REDUCTION NECESSARY TO 1510 00:56:11,301 --> 00:56:11,901 REBALANCE THE TRANSPORTATION 1511 00:56:11,901 --> 00:56:13,136 FUND. ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT 1512 00:56:13,136 --> 00:56:14,771 YOU'RE SEEING ON THAT SLIDE 1513 00:56:14,771 --> 00:56:17,707 BEFORE THIS ONE TOOK A 4% 1514 00:56:17,707 --> 00:56:19,776 OVERALL REDUCTION THAT WAS 1515 00:56:19,776 --> 00:56:22,645 REQUIRED TO KEEP US BUDGET IN 1516 00:56:22,645 --> 00:56:24,414 BALANCE. AND WE KNOW THEY'RE ALL 1517 00:56:24,414 --> 00:56:26,382 VALUED BY SEATTLE TAXPAYERS. 1518 00:56:26,382 --> 00:56:29,152 RIGHT NOW WE'RE HITTING ABOUT 1519 00:56:29,152 --> 00:56:32,055 90% OF POTHOLE REPAIRS WITHIN 72 1520 00:56:32,055 --> 00:56:33,723 HOURS. SO THE CUT WE'RE SHOWING 1521 00:56:33,723 --> 00:56:37,627 HERE MIGHT BRING US CLOSER TO 1522 00:56:37,627 --> 00:56:38,528 THE 80% LEVY COMMITMENT. THAT'S 1523 00:56:38,528 --> 00:56:40,330 THAT'S WHAT WE HAD COMMITTED TO 1524 00:56:40,330 --> 00:56:41,598 IN THE LEVY. AND THAT JUST, YOU 1525 00:56:41,598 --> 00:56:43,366 KNOW, SOLELY DEPENDENT ON THE 1526 00:56:43,366 --> 00:56:44,701 SCOPE AND THE NUMBER OF POTHOLE 1527 00:56:44,701 --> 00:56:47,203 REPAIRS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. 1528 00:56:47,203 --> 00:56:48,238 BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY, AS OF 1529 00:56:48,238 --> 00:56:51,174 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HITTING ABOUT 1530 00:56:51,174 --> 00:56:53,510 90% OF POTHOLES AT THIS AT THAT 1531 00:56:53,510 --> 00:56:53,877 72 HOUR LEVEL. 1532 00:56:53,877 --> 00:56:55,578 -- GOT IT. YES. NO, THAT MAKES 1533 00:56:55,578 --> 00:56:57,881 SENSE. 1534 00:56:57,881 --> 00:56:58,248 -- PERFORMING. 1535 00:56:58,248 --> 00:57:00,416 -- YES. SO THE MINIMUM FLOOR SET 1536 00:57:00,416 --> 00:57:03,987 FORTH IN THE LEVY WAS 80% OF 1537 00:57:03,987 --> 00:57:04,554 REPORTED POTHOLES WITHIN 72 1538 00:57:04,554 --> 00:57:05,855 HOURS. AND YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY 1539 00:57:05,855 --> 00:57:09,859 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, 1540 00:57:09,859 --> 00:57:10,460 THE DEPARTMENT HAS PERFORMING 1541 00:57:10,460 --> 00:57:13,096 ABOVE THAT MINIMUM THRESHOLD. 1542 00:57:13,096 --> 00:57:14,597 MOST RECENTLY 90%. SO YOU'RE 1543 00:57:14,597 --> 00:57:16,533 SAYING IT COULD GO BACK CLOSER 1544 00:57:16,533 --> 00:57:17,967 TO 80% UNDER. OKAY. 1545 00:57:17,967 --> 00:57:19,702 -- I'LL JUST ADD THAT THE LEVY 1546 00:57:19,702 --> 00:57:21,304 IS NOT THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE 1547 00:57:21,304 --> 00:57:24,974 FOR THAT PROGRAM. IT IT 1548 00:57:24,974 --> 00:57:25,975 SUPPLEMENTS OUR BASE FUNDING, 1549 00:57:25,975 --> 00:57:27,844 BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING 1550 00:57:27,844 --> 00:57:30,847 IS IN THE TRANSPORTATION FUND. 1551 00:57:30,847 --> 00:57:38,988 -- GOT IT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 1552 00:57:38,988 --> 00:57:41,558 THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS OF 1553 00:57:41,558 --> 00:57:43,426 APPROXIMATELY 2.4 MILLION FROM 1554 00:57:43,426 --> 00:57:43,927 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND 1555 00:57:43,927 --> 00:57:46,229 DEVELOPMENT, 3.1 MILLION FROM 1556 00:57:46,229 --> 00:57:48,565 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND 1557 00:57:48,565 --> 00:57:51,167 14.2 MILLION FROM CAPITAL 1558 00:57:51,167 --> 00:57:52,402 INFRASTRUCTURE. JUST CURIOUS TO 1559 00:57:52,402 --> 00:57:55,238 BETTER UNDERSTAND WHICH SPECIFIC 1560 00:57:55,238 --> 00:57:57,106 FUNCTIONS, PROJECTS OR DELIVERY 1561 00:57:57,106 --> 00:57:59,375 SCHEDULES WILL RESIDENTS 1562 00:57:59,375 --> 00:58:02,612 ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE AS AS EITHER 1563 00:58:02,612 --> 00:58:04,414 DELAYED OR DIMINISHED, INCLUDING 1564 00:58:04,414 --> 00:58:07,483 ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK? IF 1565 00:58:07,483 --> 00:58:08,985 REVENUE SUDDENLY IMPROVES FOR 1566 00:58:08,985 --> 00:58:11,754 ANY NUMBER OF REASONS, WHAT 1567 00:58:11,754 --> 00:58:12,922 WOULD SDOT RECOMMEND RESTORING 1568 00:58:12,922 --> 00:58:16,492 FIRST? 1569 00:58:16,492 --> 00:58:19,762 -- THAT'S A TRICK QUESTION. I'M 1570 00:58:19,762 --> 00:58:22,699 JUST KIDDING. THE MAJORITY OF 1571 00:58:22,699 --> 00:58:23,933 THE CAPITAL CHANGES, SO THE 1572 00:58:23,933 --> 00:58:26,169 BUDGET CHANGES ON THE CAPITAL 1573 00:58:26,169 --> 00:58:28,738 SIDE REALLY ARE ABOUT REALIGNING 1574 00:58:28,738 --> 00:58:29,372 CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY. THERE 1575 00:58:29,372 --> 00:58:34,410 ARE, IN TERMS OF THE TIMING, 1576 00:58:34,410 --> 00:58:37,280 THERE ARE NO CAPITAL PROJECTS 1577 00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:39,916 THAT ARE IN OUR PORTFOLIO, 1578 00:58:39,916 --> 00:58:41,818 ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT RELATE TO 1579 00:58:41,818 --> 00:58:44,053 THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK OR TO 1580 00:58:44,053 --> 00:58:44,654 ANY POLICY AREA THAT WE KNOW 1581 00:58:44,654 --> 00:58:48,424 THAT THIS BODY AND THE MAYOR AND 1582 00:58:48,424 --> 00:58:49,525 THE COMMUNITY ARE INTERESTED IN. 1583 00:58:49,525 --> 00:58:51,895 SO REALLY, IT'S ABOUT PUTTING 1584 00:58:51,895 --> 00:58:56,833 THE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS ON THE 1585 00:58:56,833 --> 00:58:58,902 CAPITAL SIDE INTO THE YEAR WHERE 1586 00:58:58,902 --> 00:58:59,536 THE CORRECT YEAR OR YEARS WHERE 1587 00:58:59,536 --> 00:59:04,908 THE PROJECT WILL BE DELIVERED ON 1588 00:59:04,908 --> 00:59:06,776 THE OPERATING SIDE. AS WE'VE 1589 00:59:06,776 --> 00:59:09,746 INDICATED, THERE'S A VARIETY OF 1590 00:59:09,746 --> 00:59:11,281 SERVICE AREAS IN OUR BUDGET THAT 1591 00:59:11,281 --> 00:59:14,250 WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED 1592 00:59:14,250 --> 00:59:18,488 REDUCTIONS. HOWEVER, WE BY 1593 00:59:18,488 --> 00:59:19,989 DISTRIBUTING THE REDUCTIONS 1594 00:59:19,989 --> 00:59:20,556 ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO IN THE 1595 00:59:20,556 --> 00:59:22,692 MANNER THAT WE HAVE, THIS 48% 1596 00:59:22,692 --> 00:59:23,927 THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE 1597 00:59:23,927 --> 00:59:28,131 SLIDE THAT IS STILL UP. WE 1598 00:59:28,131 --> 00:59:29,966 SOUGHT TO REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF 1599 00:59:29,966 --> 00:59:32,902 REDUCTIONS IN ANY ONE GIVEN AREA 1600 00:59:32,902 --> 00:59:35,772 SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE SERVICE 1601 00:59:35,772 --> 00:59:40,944 EXPECTATIONS WITH OUT TOO MUCH 1602 00:59:40,944 --> 00:59:42,445 OF A NOTICEABLE IMPACT TO THE 1603 00:59:42,445 --> 00:59:46,683 COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, IMPACTS WILL 1604 00:59:46,683 --> 00:59:48,484 OCCUR. I, I CAN'T PRETEND TO SAY 1605 00:59:48,484 --> 00:59:50,887 THAT THERE WON'T BE SERVICE 1606 00:59:50,887 --> 00:59:55,425 SLOWDOWNS. THERE MAY BE. AND 1607 00:59:55,425 --> 00:59:58,328 REALLY ON THE SERVICE SIDE, 1608 00:59:58,328 --> 00:59:59,062 IT'S IT'S FALLING PREDOMINANTLY 1609 00:59:59,062 --> 01:00:01,998 ON OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS 1610 01:00:01,998 --> 01:00:04,500 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR 1611 01:00:04,500 --> 01:00:05,301 FLEXIBLE FUNDING SOURCES REALLY, 1612 01:00:05,301 --> 01:00:07,437 YOU KNOW, HELP TO TARGET THE 1613 01:00:07,437 --> 01:00:09,472 DEPARTMENT ON THE ON SIDE, 1614 01:00:09,472 --> 01:00:11,741 PRIMARILY IN MAINTENANCE. WE CAN 1615 01:00:11,741 --> 01:00:14,577 CERTAINLY GIVE YOU A FULL LIST 1616 01:00:14,577 --> 01:00:16,346 OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WILL 1617 01:00:16,346 --> 01:00:16,946 BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED 1618 01:00:16,946 --> 01:00:19,449 REDUCTIONS. I BELIEVE THAT YOUR 1619 01:00:19,449 --> 01:00:20,850 STAFF HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE 1620 01:00:20,850 --> 01:00:22,552 SUBMITTAL, BUT WE COULD 1621 01:00:22,552 --> 01:00:25,054 CERTAINLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 1622 01:00:25,054 --> 01:00:27,156 MATERIAL TO GUIDE YOU TO THAT 1623 01:00:27,156 --> 01:00:29,325 INFORMATION IN A CLEAR AND 1624 01:00:29,325 --> 01:00:30,093 CONCISE WAY. I COULD I MEAN, WE 1625 01:00:30,093 --> 01:00:32,628 COULD GO THROUGH AND LIST ALL OF 1626 01:00:32,628 --> 01:00:37,133 THE PROJECTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW 1627 01:00:37,133 --> 01:00:38,835 THAT THAT WOULD BE NOT KNOWING 1628 01:00:38,835 --> 01:00:41,070 THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU OR 1629 01:00:41,070 --> 01:00:42,171 YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE, IF THAT 1630 01:00:42,171 --> 01:00:43,439 WOULD BE THE BEST USE OF OUR 1631 01:00:43,439 --> 01:00:48,144 TIME RIGHT NOW, IT'S UP TO YOU. 1632 01:00:48,144 --> 01:00:50,213 -- SO THANK YOU. DO YOU FOLLOW 1633 01:00:50,213 --> 01:00:51,214 UP OFFLINE WITH THAT? BECAUSE WE 1634 01:00:51,214 --> 01:00:53,516 HAVE THE CIP BUDGET. BUT YEAH, 1635 01:00:53,516 --> 01:00:56,786 DO FOLLOW UP LINE TO SUPPLEMENT 1636 01:00:56,786 --> 01:01:00,256 THE LET'S SEE, THE I WANT TO 1637 01:01:00,256 --> 01:01:01,391 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE 1638 01:01:01,391 --> 01:01:04,193 ASSUMPTIONS FOR SOME OF THE 1639 01:01:04,193 --> 01:01:06,796 REVENUE, SPECIFICALLY, WHAT 1640 01:01:06,796 --> 01:01:07,330 ASSUMPTIONS UNDERPIN THE 1641 01:01:07,330 --> 01:01:09,532 PROJECTED REVENUE RECOVERY FOR 1642 01:01:09,532 --> 01:01:12,001 THE AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC SAFETY 1643 01:01:12,001 --> 01:01:15,204 CAMERAS, THE SEATTLE 1644 01:01:15,204 --> 01:01:17,040 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 1645 01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:18,541 AND COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX. 1646 01:01:18,541 --> 01:01:19,275 ACTUALLY, THOSE ARE THREE KIND 1647 01:01:19,275 --> 01:01:22,812 OF BUCKETS. LET'S FOCUS IN ON 1648 01:01:22,812 --> 01:01:24,614 JUST THE AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC 1649 01:01:24,614 --> 01:01:26,783 SAFETY CAMERAS. SO WHAT WHAT 1650 01:01:26,783 --> 01:01:29,152 SPECIFIC ASSUMPTIONS UNDERPIN 1651 01:01:29,152 --> 01:01:29,786 THE PROJECTED REVENUE RECOVERY 1652 01:01:29,786 --> 01:01:31,621 FOR THE AUTOMATED TRAFFIC SAFETY 1653 01:01:31,621 --> 01:01:38,828 CAMERAS ARE, ARE THESE WOULD YOU 1654 01:01:38,828 --> 01:01:39,362 CHARACTERIZE THESE ARE AS 1655 01:01:39,362 --> 01:01:41,731 LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE 1656 01:01:41,731 --> 01:01:44,701 ASSUMPTIONS? AND WHAT AGAIN, 1657 01:01:44,701 --> 01:01:49,238 WHAT WENT INTO THOSE. 1658 01:01:49,238 --> 01:01:49,839 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WILL 1659 01:01:49,839 --> 01:01:51,207 FOLLOW UP WITH YOU VIA THE 1660 01:01:51,207 --> 01:01:52,975 SHAREPOINT SITE. THOSE REVENUES 1661 01:01:52,975 --> 01:01:55,978 ARE PROJECTED BY MY FORECASTING 1662 01:01:55,978 --> 01:01:56,879 TEAM AND THE OFFICE, AND WE'RE 1663 01:01:56,879 --> 01:01:57,580 NOT PREPARED TO GIVE YOU ALL THE 1664 01:01:57,580 --> 01:01:58,648 DETAILS. BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY 1665 01:01:58,648 --> 01:02:02,652 IS, IN GENERAL, WE ARE TRYING TO 1666 01:02:02,652 --> 01:02:03,586 BE SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE. AS FOR 1667 01:02:03,586 --> 01:02:05,488 THE NEW CAMERAS THAT WE DON'T 1668 01:02:05,488 --> 01:02:07,924 YET HAVE AS MUCH IMPLEMENTATION 1669 01:02:07,924 --> 01:02:09,525 EXPERIENCE ON, AND WILL MONITOR 1670 01:02:09,525 --> 01:02:10,226 THAT CLOSELY, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW 1671 01:02:10,226 --> 01:02:13,529 UP WITH MORE DETAILS. 1672 01:02:13,529 --> 01:02:14,764 -- YES. CURIOUS TO BETTER 1673 01:02:14,764 --> 01:02:16,766 UNDERSTAND THAT IN PARTICULAR, 1674 01:02:16,766 --> 01:02:18,835 BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT 1675 01:02:18,835 --> 01:02:22,004 IT MAKES CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS 1676 01:02:22,004 --> 01:02:24,140 ABOUT CERTAIN REVENUE RECEIVED 1677 01:02:24,140 --> 01:02:25,408 FROM THAT FROM THOSE CAMERAS. 1678 01:02:25,408 --> 01:02:27,510 AND WE'VE KNOWN THAT THE 1679 01:02:27,510 --> 01:02:30,179 DEPARTMENT HAS STRUGGLED TO 1680 01:02:30,179 --> 01:02:33,049 DEPLOY THOSE FOR ANY NUMBER OF 1681 01:02:33,049 --> 01:02:34,317 REASONS, DESPITE PRIOR FUNDING 1682 01:02:34,317 --> 01:02:39,021 FROM THE COUNCIL AND SPANNING 1683 01:02:39,021 --> 01:02:40,189 MULTIPLE YEARS NOW. AND SO JUST 1684 01:02:40,189 --> 01:02:45,294 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 1685 01:02:45,294 --> 01:02:48,097 APPROPRIATE. WE HAVE REALISTIC 1686 01:02:48,097 --> 01:02:51,534 ASSUMPTIONS BAKED INTO THE. THE 1687 01:02:51,534 --> 01:02:52,068 PROJECTIONS THERE FOR THE 1688 01:02:52,068 --> 01:02:57,006 REVENUE LET'S SEE HERE. LET'S 1689 01:02:57,006 --> 01:03:01,244 TALK ABOUT RIGHT FOR A MOMENT. 1690 01:03:01,244 --> 01:03:04,780 SO GIVEN THE RIGHT SHORTFALL AND 1691 01:03:04,780 --> 01:03:07,283 THIS THIS MIGHT PERTAIN TO SOME 1692 01:03:07,283 --> 01:03:09,152 OF THE FOLLOW UP. BUT AT LEAST 1693 01:03:09,152 --> 01:03:13,823 AT A HIGH, HIGH LEVEL. WHAT KIND 1694 01:03:13,823 --> 01:03:16,492 OF CATEGORY OF OF CAPITAL 1695 01:03:16,492 --> 01:03:17,093 MAINTENANCE PROJECTS ARE THE 1696 01:03:17,093 --> 01:03:20,296 MOST AT RISK GIVEN THAT REACH 1697 01:03:20,296 --> 01:03:23,499 SHORTFALL AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, 1698 01:03:23,499 --> 01:03:28,938 WHAT CRITERIA GUIDED THOSE THOSE 1699 01:03:28,938 --> 01:03:34,343 DECISIONS? 1700 01:03:34,343 --> 01:03:36,045 -- SO THE SHORTFALL WAS FROM THE 1701 01:03:36,045 --> 01:03:39,448 AUGUST FORECAST. AND GIVEN THE 1702 01:03:39,448 --> 01:03:41,984 LATE DATE OF IT, WE LOOKED AT 1703 01:03:41,984 --> 01:03:42,518 THE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE 1704 01:03:42,518 --> 01:03:45,054 ALREADY FUNDED BY. RIGHT. AND 1705 01:03:45,054 --> 01:03:46,989 THEY SHARED SHALLOW CUTS ACROSS 1706 01:03:46,989 --> 01:03:48,858 ABOUT TEN PROGRAMS. WE CAN 1707 01:03:48,858 --> 01:03:50,226 FOLLOW UP WITH THE SPECIFICS ON 1708 01:03:50,226 --> 01:03:52,328 THOSE, BUT THESE ARE CAPITAL 1709 01:03:52,328 --> 01:03:53,963 PROJECTS, RIGHT? HAS TO BE SPENT 1710 01:03:53,963 --> 01:03:57,099 ON ON CAPITAL. IT CAN EITHER, IN 1711 01:03:57,099 --> 01:03:59,202 OUR CASE, TRANSPORTATION IS HOW 1712 01:03:59,202 --> 01:04:01,804 IT'S ELIGIBLE. SO CAPITAL 1713 01:04:01,804 --> 01:04:02,405 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. THIS 1714 01:04:02,405 --> 01:04:04,974 DID NOT AFFECT ANY MAINTENANCE 1715 01:04:04,974 --> 01:04:06,809 OPERATIONS PROGRAMS. 1716 01:04:06,809 --> 01:04:12,782 -- GOT IT. AND FINALLY I'LL I'LL 1717 01:04:12,782 --> 01:04:14,183 ASK SOME OTHER QUESTIONS THAT 1718 01:04:14,183 --> 01:04:17,920 I'LL SAY FOR THE SHARE SITE. 1719 01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:20,456 BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT FUNDING 1720 01:04:20,456 --> 01:04:21,958 FOR THE DISTRICT PROJECT FUND 1721 01:04:21,958 --> 01:04:23,192 PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY IN 1722 01:04:23,192 --> 01:04:25,228 THE PIPELINE HAVE NOT BEEN 1723 01:04:25,228 --> 01:04:32,635 PROPOSED TO BE TO BE CUT. AND SO 1724 01:04:32,635 --> 01:04:35,271 DISTRICT PROJECT FUND IS A 1725 01:04:35,271 --> 01:04:37,106 CRITICAL TRAFFIC SAFETY 1726 01:04:37,106 --> 01:04:39,775 INITIATIVE. ONE OF IT 1727 01:04:39,775 --> 01:04:42,278 ESTABLISHES A NEW PROGRAM, NEW 1728 01:04:42,278 --> 01:04:43,546 MECHANISM TO FUND NEIGHBORHOOD 1729 01:04:43,546 --> 01:04:47,016 SCALE KIND OF TRAFFIC SAFETY 1730 01:04:47,016 --> 01:04:47,650 PROJECTS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS TO 1731 01:04:47,650 --> 01:04:48,217 SUPPLEMENT OTHER PROGRAMS, 1732 01:04:48,217 --> 01:04:49,585 WHETHER IT'S SAFE ROUTES TO 1733 01:04:49,585 --> 01:04:51,153 SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATED 1734 01:04:51,153 --> 01:04:52,321 SAFETY FUND. THERE'S ALMOST A 1735 01:04:52,321 --> 01:04:55,157 DOZEN OR MORE OF THOSE KIND OF 1736 01:04:55,157 --> 01:04:57,593 SAFETY PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS JUST 1737 01:04:57,593 --> 01:04:58,227 ANOTHER ONE THAT WE ESTABLISHED 1738 01:04:58,227 --> 01:05:02,865 IN THIS COUNCIL. IS, IS THERE 1739 01:05:02,865 --> 01:05:04,166 FUNDING IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 1740 01:05:04,166 --> 01:05:06,769 BUDGET TO ALLOW THIS PROGRAM TO 1741 01:05:06,769 --> 01:05:07,637 CONTINUE? BASICALLY MEANING THAT 1742 01:05:07,637 --> 01:05:09,338 COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD HAVE THE 1743 01:05:09,338 --> 01:05:11,274 OPPORTUNITY TO FUND ADDITIONAL 1744 01:05:11,274 --> 01:05:11,874 TRAFFIC SAFETY TREATMENTS FOR 1745 01:05:11,874 --> 01:05:15,978 THE DISTRICTS IN 27 AND BEYOND. 1746 01:05:15,978 --> 01:05:18,681 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1747 01:05:18,681 --> 01:05:21,217 SAKA. THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 1748 01:05:21,217 --> 01:05:22,618 BUDGET CONTAINS THE CONTINUATION 1749 01:05:22,618 --> 01:05:24,687 OF THE EXISTING FUNDING THAT WAS 1750 01:05:24,687 --> 01:05:27,123 IDENTIFIED IN THE 25 AND 2026 1751 01:05:27,123 --> 01:05:28,291 BUDGET. AS I'M SURE MANY OF YOU 1752 01:05:28,291 --> 01:05:32,128 ARE AWARE, A LOT OF THOSE 1753 01:05:32,128 --> 01:05:34,263 PROJECTS WERE CAME TO SDOT 1754 01:05:34,263 --> 01:05:36,132 EARLIER THIS YEAR AND ARE IN THE 1755 01:05:36,132 --> 01:05:37,199 PROCESS OF DESIGN AND 1756 01:05:37,199 --> 01:05:38,200 ENGINEERING. A FEW ARE ACTUALLY 1757 01:05:38,200 --> 01:05:40,336 BEGINNING IN DELIVERY, AND SO 1758 01:05:40,336 --> 01:05:42,938 THOSE PROJECTS WILL CONTINUE 1759 01:05:42,938 --> 01:05:45,041 INTO INTO 2027, AND THE FUNDS 1760 01:05:45,041 --> 01:05:49,445 WILL FOLLOW THEM. THE MAYOR'S 1761 01:05:49,445 --> 01:05:50,046 PROPOSED BUDGET AND PROPOSED 1762 01:05:50,046 --> 01:05:53,582 BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY NEW 1763 01:05:53,582 --> 01:05:55,484 FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR THE 1764 01:05:55,484 --> 01:05:58,421 COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND, BEYOND 1765 01:05:58,421 --> 01:05:59,622 WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROPRIATED 1766 01:05:59,622 --> 01:06:01,724 OUT OF THE STREET USE FUND BY 1767 01:06:01,724 --> 01:06:03,659 THIS COUNCIL. 1768 01:06:03,659 --> 01:06:06,295 -- THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. 1769 01:06:06,295 --> 01:06:06,529 THERE. 1770 01:06:06,529 --> 01:06:08,965 -- EXCUSE ME. THERE IS $4 1771 01:06:08,965 --> 01:06:12,134 MILLION IN THE TRANSPORTATION 1772 01:06:12,134 --> 01:06:14,337 LEVY THAT MATCHED THE $10 1773 01:06:14,337 --> 01:06:16,572 MILLION THAT WAS APPROPRIATED 1774 01:06:16,572 --> 01:06:18,074 OUT OF STREET USE FOR THE TOTAL 1775 01:06:18,074 --> 01:06:20,876 AMOUNT. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE 1776 01:06:20,876 --> 01:06:24,246 LEVY PROPOSAL THAT WAS PASSED BY 1777 01:06:24,246 --> 01:06:29,485 VOTERS HAD A JUST THE ONE TIME 1778 01:06:29,485 --> 01:06:31,187 $4 MILLION ALLOCATION. 1779 01:06:31,187 --> 01:06:33,222 -- AND COUNCILMEMBER, I SEE 1780 01:06:33,222 --> 01:06:33,656 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. 1781 01:06:33,656 --> 01:06:36,792 -- YEAH, AND I DON'T I MAYBE 1782 01:06:36,792 --> 01:06:38,027 JUST REPEATING SOME OF WHAT 1783 01:06:38,027 --> 01:06:39,528 CHRIS JUST SAID, BUT IT WAS 1784 01:06:39,528 --> 01:06:42,198 THERE WAS ONE TIME FUNDS 1785 01:06:42,198 --> 01:06:44,433 IDENTIFIED PRIMARILY FROM FUND 1786 01:06:44,433 --> 01:06:45,935 BALANCE TO, TO FUND THAT. AND SO 1787 01:06:45,935 --> 01:06:48,003 THERE WAS NOT AN ONGOING FUND 1788 01:06:48,003 --> 01:06:49,772 SOURCE IDENTIFIED WHEN THAT WAS 1789 01:06:49,772 --> 01:06:51,774 CREATED 1790 01:06:51,774 --> 01:06:53,042 -- COUNCILMEMBER, YOU STILL HAVE 1791 01:06:53,042 --> 01:06:53,342 THE FLOOR. 1792 01:06:53,342 --> 01:06:58,914 -- YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE 1793 01:06:58,914 --> 01:07:01,684 EXPLANATION. THERE. NO FURTHER 1794 01:07:01,684 --> 01:07:01,984 QUESTIONS. 1795 01:07:01,984 --> 01:07:03,486 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1796 01:07:03,486 --> 01:07:05,521 SAKA. I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER 1797 01:07:05,521 --> 01:07:06,088 KETTLE FOLLOWED BY. COUNCIL 1798 01:07:06,088 --> 01:07:06,956 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. BUT I 1799 01:07:06,956 --> 01:07:10,259 WILL JUST TAKE A MOMENT HERE TO 1800 01:07:10,259 --> 01:07:10,826 SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT 1801 01:07:10,826 --> 01:07:12,895 YOU'RE PRESENTING TO US. I I'M 1802 01:07:12,895 --> 01:07:14,597 GLAD THAT YOU ARE PRESENTING IT 1803 01:07:14,597 --> 01:07:18,701 TO US. THE DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. I 1804 01:07:18,701 --> 01:07:21,303 AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR STRICT 1805 01:07:21,303 --> 01:07:23,305 ADHERENCE TO TRANSPARENCY AND 1806 01:07:23,305 --> 01:07:26,308 THE REASON THAT I'M GRATEFUL 1807 01:07:26,308 --> 01:07:29,612 FOR THAT IS COUNCILMEMBERS. THIS 1808 01:07:29,612 --> 01:07:30,813 IS NOT NORMAL. WHAT WE ARE 1809 01:07:30,813 --> 01:07:34,717 SEEING RIGHT NOW IS NOT STANDARD 1810 01:07:34,717 --> 01:07:38,521 AND REQUIRES A FIX. I SAY THAT 1811 01:07:38,521 --> 01:07:40,189 BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN AWARE THAT 1812 01:07:40,189 --> 01:07:43,826 SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH S 1813 01:07:43,826 --> 01:07:46,228 DOT'S FINANCES FOR YEARS, I 1814 01:07:46,228 --> 01:07:46,829 HAVE CONTINUED AND I DIDN'T 1815 01:07:46,829 --> 01:07:48,531 QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS 1816 01:07:48,531 --> 01:07:50,800 SEEING UNTIL WE HAD DIRECTOR 1817 01:07:50,800 --> 01:07:52,701 PENNUCCI HERE, PULLING THE 1818 01:07:52,701 --> 01:07:55,271 CURTAIN BACK A BIT. AND THE 1819 01:07:55,271 --> 01:07:57,606 REASON I SAY THAT IS A NUMBER OF 1820 01:07:57,606 --> 01:08:00,076 YEARS AGO WE WERE DOING CHANGES 1821 01:08:00,076 --> 01:08:01,477 TO BALLARD AVENUE TO MEET THE 1822 01:08:01,477 --> 01:08:04,113 NEW STREET CAFE REQUIREMENTS, 1823 01:08:04,113 --> 01:08:05,381 AND WE PROVIDED A LITTLE BIT OF 1824 01:08:05,381 --> 01:08:09,718 LIKE $250,000. MAYBE IT WAS 1825 01:08:09,718 --> 01:08:14,056 $500,000. AND I WAS TOLD THAT 1826 01:08:14,056 --> 01:08:16,125 THE MEETINGS THAT I HAD WITH 1827 01:08:16,125 --> 01:08:18,561 SDOT STAFF WOULD BE BILLED TO 1828 01:08:18,561 --> 01:08:19,929 THAT ACCOUNT. AND SO BY THE TIME 1829 01:08:19,929 --> 01:08:21,897 WE GOT TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1830 01:08:21,897 --> 01:08:23,265 WORK THAT WE HAD BEEN MEETING 1831 01:08:23,265 --> 01:08:25,468 ON, THERE WAS SUPPOSEDLY NO 1832 01:08:25,468 --> 01:08:29,004 MONEY LEFT THAT WAS THAT WAS A 1833 01:08:29,004 --> 01:08:31,674 FIRST FLAG, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT 1834 01:08:31,674 --> 01:08:34,343 HOW THIS WORKS. I'M NOT. IF YOU 1835 01:08:34,343 --> 01:08:38,047 WANT TO BILL ME FOR THE HOURS 1836 01:08:38,047 --> 01:08:40,583 THAT I'M MEETING WITH STAFF TO 1837 01:08:40,583 --> 01:08:41,250 TALK ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WE'RE 1838 01:08:41,250 --> 01:08:42,718 PARTNERING ON, THAT'S NOT 1839 01:08:42,718 --> 01:08:47,256 THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS. I 1840 01:08:47,256 --> 01:08:50,559 THEN FROM THERE, WE PASSED AN 1841 01:08:50,559 --> 01:08:52,394 INTERFUND LOAN TO SUPPORT THE 1842 01:08:52,394 --> 01:08:54,530 DEPARTMENT DURING THE COVID 1843 01:08:54,530 --> 01:08:56,532 PANDEMIC. IT WAS A ONE YEAR 1844 01:08:56,532 --> 01:08:57,800 INTERFUND LOAN THAT WE GOT TO 1845 01:08:57,800 --> 01:09:00,069 THE END OF THAT YEAR. $0 HAD 1846 01:09:00,069 --> 01:09:05,007 BEEN REPAID. IT WAS ALMOST TO A 1847 01:09:05,007 --> 01:09:06,876 POINT OF THE DEPARTMENT HAD 1848 01:09:06,876 --> 01:09:08,711 EITHER FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT OR NOT 1849 01:09:08,711 --> 01:09:11,013 ATTENDED TO IT. AND WE EXTENDED 1850 01:09:11,013 --> 01:09:12,882 THAT LOAN FOR ANOTHER YEAR WITH 1851 01:09:12,882 --> 01:09:17,553 A REPAYMENT SCHEDULE. AND THEN 1852 01:09:17,553 --> 01:09:19,455 THIS YEAR COMING TO THIS YEAR, I 1853 01:09:19,455 --> 01:09:22,791 WAS CHECKING IN ABOUT GREENWAY 1854 01:09:22,791 --> 01:09:26,362 GREENWAYS FUNDING IN THE 1855 01:09:26,362 --> 01:09:28,831 DISTRICT. AND I WAS TOLD THAT 1856 01:09:28,831 --> 01:09:31,867 THE PROJECT ON SIXTH AVENUE FROM 1857 01:09:31,867 --> 01:09:37,473 58th TO 70th ISH, WAS THE ONLY 1858 01:09:37,473 --> 01:09:39,708 GREENWAYS FUNDING THAT WE HAD IN 1859 01:09:39,708 --> 01:09:41,243 THE DISTRICT FOR THE ENTIRE TERM 1860 01:09:41,243 --> 01:09:47,750 OF THE LEVY. THAT'S EIGHT YEARS 1861 01:09:47,750 --> 01:09:50,152 THAT THAT DOESN'T SQUARE WITH 1862 01:09:50,152 --> 01:09:51,086 MY UNDERSTANDING OF. AND MAYBE 1863 01:09:51,086 --> 01:09:52,788 THERE'S OTHER PRIORITIES. AND 1864 01:09:52,788 --> 01:09:54,256 THAT'S. AND THAT'S FINE. BUT 1865 01:09:54,256 --> 01:09:55,491 WHAT THIS TELLS ME, AND I'VE 1866 01:09:55,491 --> 01:09:56,525 BEEN VERY CLEAR SINCE 2020, THE 1867 01:09:56,525 --> 01:09:58,894 GOAL IS TO GET THAT GREENWAY ALL 1868 01:09:58,894 --> 01:10:00,896 THE WAY UP TO HOLMAN ROAD. 1869 01:10:00,896 --> 01:10:02,631 RIGHT. AND THERE'S OTHER 1870 01:10:02,631 --> 01:10:04,033 THERE'S OTHER GREENWAY 1871 01:10:04,033 --> 01:10:08,938 PRIORITIES IN THE DISTRICT. SO 1872 01:10:08,938 --> 01:10:10,806 THOSE THREE THINGS REALLY ARE 1873 01:10:10,806 --> 01:10:13,309 ALARM BELLS FOR ME. LIKE FOR 1874 01:10:13,309 --> 01:10:16,545 FIRE ALARM BELLS WHICH IS WHY, 1875 01:10:16,545 --> 01:10:18,280 COLLEAGUES, I JUST I'M STEPPING 1876 01:10:18,280 --> 01:10:19,281 OUT OF THE NORM. I USUALLY SPEAK 1877 01:10:19,281 --> 01:10:22,284 LAST. I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO 1878 01:10:22,284 --> 01:10:24,920 KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS 1879 01:10:24,920 --> 01:10:27,523 IS NOT STANDARD. AND I 1880 01:10:27,523 --> 01:10:29,091 APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY IN 1881 01:10:29,091 --> 01:10:31,727 WHICH YOU ARE PRESENTING THIS 1882 01:10:31,727 --> 01:10:35,097 INFORMATION BECAUSE THE MOMENTS 1883 01:10:35,097 --> 01:10:36,398 THAT I'VE JUST EXPLAINED OVER 1884 01:10:36,398 --> 01:10:39,001 THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS 1885 01:10:39,001 --> 01:10:42,404 HAS CHALLENGED ME IN 1886 01:10:42,404 --> 01:10:43,706 UNDERSTANDING HOW THE DEPARTMENT 1887 01:10:43,706 --> 01:10:48,577 IS DOING THEIR WORK IN VERY 1888 01:10:48,577 --> 01:10:50,312 CRITICAL WAYS. I UNDERSTAND THAT 1889 01:10:50,312 --> 01:10:52,281 THERE IS ANOTHER INTERFUND LOAN 1890 01:10:52,281 --> 01:10:54,316 THAT IS BEING PROPOSED AS A WAY 1891 01:10:54,316 --> 01:10:55,918 TO BALANCE YOUR BUDGET. I CAN 1892 01:10:55,918 --> 01:11:00,389 TELL YOU RIGHT NOW A TEN YEAR 1893 01:11:00,389 --> 01:11:03,058 INTERFUND LOAN IS NOT GOING TO 1894 01:11:03,058 --> 01:11:05,327 WORK. JUST WHEN I LOOK AT THE 1895 01:11:05,327 --> 01:11:08,664 SEVEN YEAR LOOK BACK, WE'VE HAD 1896 01:11:08,664 --> 01:11:12,034 FIVE DIRECTORS AT SDOT. AND SO 1897 01:11:12,034 --> 01:11:15,104 AGAIN, THIS IS NOT COMING DOWN 1898 01:11:15,104 --> 01:11:15,704 ON ANY SDOT EMPLOYEE. THIS IS 1899 01:11:15,704 --> 01:11:17,706 NOT COMING DOWN ON ANY ONE 1900 01:11:17,706 --> 01:11:20,643 PERSON IN THE DEPARTMENT. BUT 1901 01:11:20,643 --> 01:11:23,045 WHAT THE THEME OF THIS BUDGET 1902 01:11:23,045 --> 01:11:24,780 HAS BEEN IS MOMENTUM, GAIN OR 1903 01:11:24,780 --> 01:11:27,816 MOMENTUM LOSS, LEADERSHIP CHURN 1904 01:11:27,816 --> 01:11:29,218 OR LEADERSHIP STABILITY. WE JUST 1905 01:11:29,218 --> 01:11:30,319 HAD HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN 1906 01:11:30,319 --> 01:11:32,454 HERE WHO HAS HAD STABLE 1907 01:11:32,454 --> 01:11:33,055 LEADERSHIP AND COUNCILMEMBER 1908 01:11:33,055 --> 01:11:34,223 SAKA SAID IT'S THE BEST 1909 01:11:34,223 --> 01:11:35,758 PRESENTATION HE'S EVER SEEN. 1910 01:11:35,758 --> 01:11:36,558 SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO TAKE 1911 01:11:36,558 --> 01:11:38,961 WORDS OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, SIR. 1912 01:11:38,961 --> 01:11:42,031 YOU CAN CLARIFY IN A MINUTE, BUT 1913 01:11:42,031 --> 01:11:43,699 I, I JUST SHARE THAT BECAUSE A 1914 01:11:43,699 --> 01:11:45,634 TEN YEAR INTERFUND LOAN FROM 1915 01:11:45,634 --> 01:11:49,438 HERE IS ANOTHER 5 TO 6 1916 01:11:49,438 --> 01:11:50,606 DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. AND WHO IS 1917 01:11:50,606 --> 01:11:52,441 GOING TO KNOW AT THE END OF THAT 1918 01:11:52,441 --> 01:11:53,475 TERM WHETHER IT STARTED TO BE 1919 01:11:53,475 --> 01:11:56,412 REPAID? I KNOW THAT WITH 1920 01:11:56,412 --> 01:11:58,247 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI THAT WE'VE GOT 1921 01:11:58,247 --> 01:11:59,314 BETTER SAFEGUARDS, AT LEAST 1922 01:11:59,314 --> 01:12:00,816 PROPOSED IN THIS, AND I REALLY 1923 01:12:00,816 --> 01:12:02,918 APPRECIATE THIS. SO I'M NOT HERE 1924 01:12:02,918 --> 01:12:06,355 IN THIS IN THIS MOMENT OF 1925 01:12:06,355 --> 01:12:08,090 SPEECHIFYING, PUTTING BLAME AT 1926 01:12:08,090 --> 01:12:10,426 ANYONE'S FEET. I'M NOT HERE 1927 01:12:10,426 --> 01:12:11,527 SAYING ANYONE DID ANYTHING RIGHT 1928 01:12:11,527 --> 01:12:13,328 OR WRONG, ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE 1929 01:12:13,328 --> 01:12:14,697 ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT IN MY 1930 01:12:14,697 --> 01:12:16,532 ANNUAL REVIEW WITH THE STATE 1931 01:12:16,532 --> 01:12:17,733 AUDITOR, SDOT IS THE ONLY 1932 01:12:17,733 --> 01:12:19,568 DEPARTMENT THAT I'VE REPORTED 1933 01:12:19,568 --> 01:12:21,437 CONCERN WITH IN THOSE AUDITS, 1934 01:12:21,437 --> 01:12:22,471 AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE 1935 01:12:22,471 --> 01:12:26,241 INTERFUND LOAN LACK OF 1936 01:12:26,241 --> 01:12:28,243 REPAYMENT. AND SO I'M NOT HERE 1937 01:12:28,243 --> 01:12:31,513 TO BLAME OR CAST SHAME OR 1938 01:12:31,513 --> 01:12:33,515 ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M HERE 1939 01:12:33,515 --> 01:12:34,550 JUST TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS 1940 01:12:34,550 --> 01:12:37,052 MOMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN IN ALL 1941 01:12:37,052 --> 01:12:38,320 OTHER PRESENTATIONS, AND 1942 01:12:38,320 --> 01:12:39,988 ESPECIALLY FOR COUNCILMEMBERS 1943 01:12:39,988 --> 01:12:41,557 WHO THIS IS THEIR FIRST, SECOND, 1944 01:12:41,557 --> 01:12:44,626 OR EVEN THIRD OR FOURTH BUDGET. 1945 01:12:44,626 --> 01:12:49,331 IN ALL OF MY TIME, THIS ONE 1946 01:12:49,331 --> 01:12:51,033 STILL STANDS OUT LIKE LIKE 1947 01:12:51,033 --> 01:12:54,036 OTHERS DON'T. AND SO SORRY FOR 1948 01:12:54,036 --> 01:12:57,139 GOING ON LONG WITH THAT. I SEE 1949 01:12:57,139 --> 01:12:57,773 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND COUNCIL 1950 01:12:57,773 --> 01:12:58,974 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 1951 01:12:58,974 --> 01:13:00,476 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. JUST QUICKLY 1952 01:13:00,476 --> 01:13:02,111 TO THAT. THAT'S WHY I AND MY 1953 01:13:02,111 --> 01:13:04,380 TEAM SAY WHAT WOULD ALY PENNUCCI 1954 01:13:04,380 --> 01:13:08,717 DO AND TWO, YOU BRING UP SDOT 1955 01:13:08,717 --> 01:13:11,019 DIRECTORS. IT SOUNDS LIKE POLICE 1956 01:13:11,019 --> 01:13:12,888 CHIEFS OR YOU KNOW, MAYORS. HOW 1957 01:13:12,888 --> 01:13:14,890 MANY MAYORS LAST TIME? TWO TIME 1958 01:13:14,890 --> 01:13:16,759 MAYOR. THIS GOVERNANCE ISSUE IS 1959 01:13:16,759 --> 01:13:18,427 SINCE YOU RAISED IT. IT IS AN 1960 01:13:18,427 --> 01:13:20,295 ISSUE FOR OUR CITY. THE CONSTANT 1961 01:13:20,295 --> 01:13:22,231 CHURN OF SDOT DIRECTORS, POLICE 1962 01:13:22,231 --> 01:13:25,434 CHIEFS, MAYORS, ALL THE ABOVE. 1963 01:13:25,434 --> 01:13:29,671 IT'S NOT HELPFUL TO OUR TO OUR 1964 01:13:29,671 --> 01:13:32,508 CITY. THANK YOU CHAIR. SO, YOU 1965 01:13:32,508 --> 01:13:34,376 KNOW, LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION, 1966 01:13:34,376 --> 01:13:35,944 I STILL USE MY THREE STRATEGIC 1967 01:13:35,944 --> 01:13:39,281 PRIORITIES PUBLIC SAFETY, PORT, 1968 01:13:39,281 --> 01:13:41,150 MARITIME, AND OF COURSE, MOST 1969 01:13:41,150 --> 01:13:41,650 IMPORTANTLY, THE SEVEN 1970 01:13:41,650 --> 01:13:43,552 CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR 1971 01:13:43,552 --> 01:13:45,220 NEIGHBORHOODS AND PUBLIC SAFETY. 1972 01:13:45,220 --> 01:13:47,189 I DO WANT TO SAY FIRST, BECAUSE 1973 01:13:47,189 --> 01:13:48,590 I'VE HAD REPORTERS SAY, WELL, 1974 01:13:48,590 --> 01:13:50,959 YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT. NO. AND 1975 01:13:50,959 --> 01:13:52,528 OUR SYSTEM WITH COMMITTEES, 1976 01:13:52,528 --> 01:13:54,863 TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS 1977 01:13:54,863 --> 01:13:56,198 WITH MY COLLEAGUE, WHO I SERVE 1978 01:13:56,198 --> 01:13:57,566 WITH ON THE TRANSPORTATION 1979 01:13:57,566 --> 01:13:58,767 COMMITTEE, AND PUBLIC SAFETY 1980 01:13:58,767 --> 01:14:01,403 LOOKS AT THOSE OTHER AREAS. BUT 1981 01:14:01,403 --> 01:14:03,505 I DO BELIEVE TRANSPORTATION, 1982 01:14:03,505 --> 01:14:04,072 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS PUBLIC 1983 01:14:04,072 --> 01:14:06,341 SAFETY FOR THOSE REPORTERS WHO 1984 01:14:06,341 --> 01:14:09,344 DIDN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 1985 01:14:09,344 --> 01:14:13,315 STARTING OFF WITH VISION ZERO, 1986 01:14:13,315 --> 01:14:14,183 ALL MY DISTRICT PROJECTS, BY THE 1987 01:14:14,183 --> 01:14:15,884 WAY, ARE ALL BASED ON VISION 1988 01:14:15,884 --> 01:14:19,488 ZERO, AND WE SHOULD KEEP THEM 1989 01:14:19,488 --> 01:14:21,490 BECAUSE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT LOOK 1990 01:14:21,490 --> 01:14:23,125 INTO THE DISTRICTS THAN SDOT IN 1991 01:14:23,125 --> 01:14:24,293 TERMS OF OUTREACH. AND, YOU 1992 01:14:24,293 --> 01:14:25,861 KNOW, THE THINGS WE HEAR, I 1993 01:14:25,861 --> 01:14:27,596 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE 1994 01:14:27,596 --> 01:14:29,465 THIS ESSENTIALLY A DOUBLE CHECK 1995 01:14:29,465 --> 01:14:31,266 OR AUGMENT. AND I THINK IT'S 1996 01:14:31,266 --> 01:14:32,668 HELPFUL TO THE DISTRICTS. AND I 1997 01:14:32,668 --> 01:14:33,836 THINK IT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD 1998 01:14:33,836 --> 01:14:36,338 TOO. SO THAT THAT IS A, YOU 1999 01:14:36,338 --> 01:14:38,540 KNOW, A KEY PIECE THAT'S SO 2000 01:14:38,540 --> 01:14:39,608 IMPORTANT FOR US. AND WE'VE SEEN 2001 01:14:39,608 --> 01:14:43,111 THE BENEFITS IN OUR DISTRICT. 2002 01:14:43,111 --> 01:14:46,348 PUBLIC SAFETY TOO. I NOTED, YOU 2003 01:14:46,348 --> 01:14:48,784 KNOW, IN THE BRIEFING BRIDGE 2004 01:14:48,784 --> 01:14:50,152 REHAB AND REPLACEMENT PHASE TWO. 2005 01:14:50,152 --> 01:14:51,653 CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE 2006 01:14:51,653 --> 01:14:54,756 BIT MORE? LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, 2007 01:14:54,756 --> 01:14:56,091 MAGNOLIA BRIDGE IN THE LEVY, I 2008 01:14:56,091 --> 01:14:57,559 BELIEVE IT WAS LEVY'S 2009 01:14:57,559 --> 01:14:58,427 TRANSPORTATION PLAN. YOU KNOW, 2010 01:14:58,427 --> 01:15:01,430 WE HAD A MAGNOLIA BRIDGE 2011 01:15:01,430 --> 01:15:03,031 SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN THERE, 2012 01:15:03,031 --> 01:15:05,100 AND I SEEM TO BE EARLY YEARS 2013 01:15:05,100 --> 01:15:06,101 THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKED 2014 01:15:06,101 --> 01:15:07,903 AT. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, 2015 01:15:07,903 --> 01:15:09,872 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FIRST 2016 01:15:09,872 --> 01:15:11,907 RESPONDER EMERGENCY ACCESS ROAD 2017 01:15:11,907 --> 01:15:14,076 THAT RUNS FROM THE MARINA OR 2018 01:15:14,076 --> 01:15:16,044 WEST MARINA PLACE UP THROUGH 2019 01:15:16,044 --> 01:15:17,179 WHAT LOOKS TO BE AN ALLEY, WHICH 2020 01:15:17,179 --> 01:15:19,214 TECHNICALLY IS WEST GALER TO 2021 01:15:19,214 --> 01:15:22,251 32nd STREET IN MAGNOLIA TO 2022 01:15:22,251 --> 01:15:23,018 CONNECT LOWER MAGNOLIA. IN THE 2023 01:15:23,018 --> 01:15:24,920 EVENT THAT THE BRIDGE JOB DROPS, 2024 01:15:24,920 --> 01:15:27,956 BECAUSE IT COULD HAPPEN ANY 2025 01:15:27,956 --> 01:15:29,358 TIME. AND THAT IS DEFINITELY A 2026 01:15:29,358 --> 01:15:30,492 PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT. BUT IT'S 2027 01:15:30,492 --> 01:15:32,261 ALSO TRANSPORTATION. CAN YOU 2028 01:15:32,261 --> 01:15:34,263 SPEAK TO MAGNOLIA BRIDGE AND THE 2029 01:15:34,263 --> 01:15:38,066 IN THE POINTS ABOUT SEISMIC 2030 01:15:38,066 --> 01:15:40,702 RETROFITS AND AND THE EMERGENCY 2031 01:15:40,702 --> 01:15:43,472 FIRST RESPONDER PIECE 2032 01:15:43,472 --> 01:15:44,139 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE YOU'RE 2033 01:15:44,139 --> 01:15:45,440 REFERRING TO THE REDUCTIONS THAT 2034 01:15:45,440 --> 01:15:47,809 ARE PROPOSED IN THE BRIDGE 2035 01:15:47,809 --> 01:15:50,178 BRIDGE REHAB AND REPLACEMENT 2036 01:15:50,178 --> 01:15:52,014 PHASE THREE AS PART OF OUR YEAR 2037 01:15:52,014 --> 01:15:52,814 END SUPPLEMENTAL. IS THAT 2038 01:15:52,814 --> 01:15:53,081 CORRECT? 2039 01:15:53,081 --> 01:15:55,384 -- WELL, YEAH, AS LISTED IN THE 2040 01:15:55,384 --> 01:15:55,651 BRIEFING. 2041 01:15:55,651 --> 01:15:56,385 -- PARDON. 2042 01:15:56,385 --> 01:15:57,452 -- AS YOU AS YOU NOTED IN THE 2043 01:15:57,452 --> 01:15:59,187 BRIEFING. YES. AND SPECIFICALLY, 2044 01:15:59,187 --> 01:16:01,924 I OBVIOUSLY I CARE ABOUT YOU CAN 2045 01:16:01,924 --> 01:16:02,524 USE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE AS A CASE 2046 01:16:02,524 --> 01:16:04,026 STUDY OR AN EXAMPLE. 2047 01:16:04,026 --> 01:16:05,894 -- THE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE IS 2048 01:16:05,894 --> 01:16:08,564 UNAFFECTED BY THOSE PROPOSALS, 2049 01:16:08,564 --> 01:16:10,098 PRIMARILY, AS I INDICATED IT HAD 2050 01:16:10,098 --> 01:16:15,971 TO DO WITH REDUCING PROGRAM 2051 01:16:15,971 --> 01:16:18,607 CONTINGENCY. AND AT THIS TIME, 2052 01:16:18,607 --> 01:16:21,143 WHAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING IS 2053 01:16:21,143 --> 01:16:23,245 BECAUSE WE ARE STILL IN THE 2054 01:16:23,245 --> 01:16:25,247 PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE FOURTH 2055 01:16:25,247 --> 01:16:27,716 AVENUE SOUTH OVER CARGO 2056 01:16:27,716 --> 01:16:30,686 RAILROAD, BRIDGE REHAB PROJECT 2057 01:16:30,686 --> 01:16:33,088 THAT CLOSE, THAT CLOSE OUT. 2058 01:16:33,088 --> 01:16:38,060 EXCUSE ME, FINAL CLOSEOUT COSTS 2059 01:16:38,060 --> 01:16:39,261 MAY INCREASE PRESSURE ON 2060 01:16:39,261 --> 01:16:43,031 STRUCTURES, MAJOR MAINTENANCE 2061 01:16:43,031 --> 01:16:47,903 CIP, BUT WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT 2062 01:16:47,903 --> 01:16:48,971 WE HAVE APPROPRIATELY ACCOUNTED 2063 01:16:48,971 --> 01:16:52,274 FOR ALL CONTINGENCIES. BUT THE 2064 01:16:52,274 --> 01:16:54,176 MAGNOLIA BRIDGE IS, IS I 2065 01:16:54,176 --> 01:16:56,778 UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT AFFECTED. 2066 01:16:56,778 --> 01:16:58,981 -- WE ARE ADVANCING THE SEISMIC 2067 01:16:58,981 --> 01:17:01,950 REPAIRS FOR MAGNOLIA RIGHT NOW 2068 01:17:01,950 --> 01:17:03,285 ON THE ACCESS ROAD. WE'LL HAVE 2069 01:17:03,285 --> 01:17:05,520 TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT 2070 01:17:05,520 --> 01:17:06,788 COUNCILMEMBER WILL, WILL WILL 2071 01:17:06,788 --> 01:17:08,557 GET YOU MORE DETAIL ON WHERE 2072 01:17:08,557 --> 01:17:08,957 THAT PROJECT IS. 2073 01:17:08,957 --> 01:17:09,858 -- OKAY. 2074 01:17:09,858 --> 01:17:10,158 -- STATUS. 2075 01:17:10,158 --> 01:17:12,227 -- THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. 2076 01:17:12,227 --> 01:17:12,928 I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE THE 2077 01:17:12,928 --> 01:17:14,396 OPPORTUNITY. IN THE BRIEFING WAS 2078 01:17:14,396 --> 01:17:16,932 MENTIONED, THE AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC 2079 01:17:16,932 --> 01:17:19,568 SAFETY CAMERAS ONCE AGAIN, YOU 2080 01:17:19,568 --> 01:17:20,936 KNOW, WE CAN HAVE THE VARIOUS 2081 01:17:20,936 --> 01:17:22,604 PIECES OF IT, BUT THE SEATTLE 2082 01:17:22,604 --> 01:17:23,805 MUNICIPAL COURT CAN'T DO ITS 2083 01:17:23,805 --> 01:17:26,108 PIECE. THEN WE'RE IN TROUBLE. 2084 01:17:26,108 --> 01:17:27,843 SO I'M TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY 2085 01:17:27,843 --> 01:17:29,411 TO FOOT STOMP ON THAT AND TO 2086 01:17:29,411 --> 01:17:31,113 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOOD LONG 2087 01:17:31,113 --> 01:17:32,547 TERM AND NOT BEING NOT TO PUT 2088 01:17:32,547 --> 01:17:34,349 THEM IN A SITUATION THAT WE 2089 01:17:34,349 --> 01:17:38,053 HAVE, LIKE WITH SDCI, THAT'S 2090 01:17:38,053 --> 01:17:40,322 RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, THE THE 2091 01:17:40,322 --> 01:17:44,026 VARIOUS REVENUES COMING IN. AND 2092 01:17:44,026 --> 01:17:47,729 THE LAST THING I KNOW FROM A 2093 01:17:47,729 --> 01:17:48,363 PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, AND 2094 01:17:48,363 --> 01:17:49,431 THIS KIND OF GOES TO THE 2095 01:17:49,431 --> 01:17:50,799 QUESTIONS OR WORRIES MIGHT BE A 2096 01:17:50,799 --> 01:17:53,468 BETTER WAY OF SAYING RELATED TO 2097 01:17:53,468 --> 01:17:54,169 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. EVERY TIME WE 2098 01:17:54,169 --> 01:17:54,903 SEE A LITTLE THING LIKE, OH, 2099 01:17:54,903 --> 01:17:58,974 THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE TWO FTT, 2100 01:17:58,974 --> 01:17:59,808 TWO FTE WITH UCTO, BUT THEY'RE 2101 01:17:59,808 --> 01:18:02,444 NOT THERE. AND THEN WE WONDER 2102 01:18:02,444 --> 01:18:03,445 WHY IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE 2103 01:18:03,445 --> 01:18:04,646 BACKSLIDING A BIT, PARTICULARLY 2104 01:18:04,646 --> 01:18:06,648 OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THESE 2105 01:18:06,648 --> 01:18:08,083 ARE THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY WE 2106 01:18:08,083 --> 01:18:09,484 NOTE THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO 2107 01:18:09,484 --> 01:18:11,186 HIGHLIGHT THAT THE FACT THAT 2108 01:18:11,186 --> 01:18:12,888 AND, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT 2109 01:18:12,888 --> 01:18:15,290 2FTS WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO 2110 01:18:15,290 --> 01:18:17,292 SUPPORT THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM, 2111 01:18:17,292 --> 01:18:18,093 HAVEN'T BEEN FILLED. AND 2112 01:18:18,093 --> 01:18:19,728 THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A 2113 01:18:19,728 --> 01:18:23,398 DECISION THAT'S BEEN MADE. AND 2114 01:18:23,398 --> 01:18:24,933 MY NEXT PRIORITY AREA, PORT 2115 01:18:24,933 --> 01:18:26,168 MARITIME. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE 2116 01:18:26,168 --> 01:18:28,203 INVOLVED, OR AT LEAST YOU. THE 2117 01:18:28,203 --> 01:18:29,004 EAST MARGINAL WAY PROJECT. I 2118 01:18:29,004 --> 01:18:30,572 THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND I'VE 2119 01:18:30,572 --> 01:18:32,074 BEEN ALONG THERE MANY TIMES 2120 01:18:32,074 --> 01:18:33,608 CHECKING IT OUT, GOING PAST THE 2121 01:18:33,608 --> 01:18:35,243 COAST GUARD STATION AND SO 2122 01:18:35,243 --> 01:18:36,945 FORTH. AND I THINK IT'S 2123 01:18:36,945 --> 01:18:38,880 BEAUTIFUL AND I THINK IT'S GREAT 2124 01:18:38,880 --> 01:18:43,185 FOR THE PORT AND FOR OUR THOSE 2125 01:18:43,185 --> 01:18:45,620 TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. I WOULD 2126 01:18:45,620 --> 01:18:47,722 ADD, CAN YOU GIVE AN UPDATE TO 2127 01:18:47,722 --> 01:18:49,124 WHERE WE ARE WITH THE FREIGHT 2128 01:18:49,124 --> 01:18:50,058 PROGRAM? YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING 2129 01:18:50,058 --> 01:18:50,692 ABOUT THE HEAVY HAUL NETWORK. 2130 01:18:50,692 --> 01:18:53,028 YOU KNOW, THE TRUCK STREETS, ALL 2131 01:18:53,028 --> 01:18:54,429 THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT 2132 01:18:54,429 --> 01:18:56,031 REALLY WILL ALLOW SOTO, DUWAMISH 2133 01:18:56,031 --> 01:18:59,301 OR BEN MIC. THOSE ARE MARITIME 2134 01:18:59,301 --> 01:19:01,269 INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO REALLY 2135 01:19:01,269 --> 01:19:03,305 FUNCTION PROPERLY. SO AS COUNCIL 2136 01:19:03,305 --> 01:19:05,774 CHAIR STRAUSS SAYS, YOU KNOW, TO 2137 01:19:05,774 --> 01:19:08,076 HAVE THAT 15 MINUTE CITY, WE 2138 01:19:08,076 --> 01:19:08,710 HAVE TO HAVE THE LOGISTICS. AND 2139 01:19:08,710 --> 01:19:10,846 IT'S ALL ABOUT LOGISTICS 2140 01:19:10,846 --> 01:19:13,315 BECAUSE OTHERWISE IF THE GROCERY 2141 01:19:13,315 --> 01:19:14,716 STORES CAN'T GET THEIR SHELVES 2142 01:19:14,716 --> 01:19:16,251 RESTOCKED, IT'S JUST ANOTHER 2143 01:19:16,251 --> 01:19:17,686 FORM OF A FOOD DESERT, GROCERY 2144 01:19:17,686 --> 01:19:20,889 DESERT. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE 2145 01:19:20,889 --> 01:19:22,891 FREIGHT PROGRAM COMING UP, 2146 01:19:22,891 --> 01:19:26,094 PARTICULARLY THOSE AREAS? 2147 01:19:26,094 --> 01:19:26,728 -- COUNCILMEMBER, I JUST WANT TO 2148 01:19:26,728 --> 01:19:29,464 CLARIFY, ARE YOU ASKING US TO 2149 01:19:29,464 --> 01:19:32,033 SPEAK TO ANY POTENTIAL 2150 01:19:32,033 --> 01:19:33,635 REDUCTIONS TO THE FREIGHT 2151 01:19:33,635 --> 01:19:36,938 PROGRAM OR MORE ON UPCOMING 2152 01:19:36,938 --> 01:19:38,607 SERVICES AND DELIVERABLES FROM 2153 01:19:38,607 --> 01:19:38,940 THE PROGRAM? 2154 01:19:38,940 --> 01:19:40,375 -- YES, BASICALLY, THE STATUS 2155 01:19:40,375 --> 01:19:42,110 OVERALL, THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE. 2156 01:19:42,110 --> 01:19:43,645 IS THERE ANY EXPECTATION THAT 2157 01:19:43,645 --> 01:19:45,714 THERE'D BE A REDUCTION ON THAT 2158 01:19:45,714 --> 01:19:47,349 AREA, GIVEN HOW IT'S IMPORTANT 2159 01:19:47,349 --> 01:19:54,322 FOR OUR OED PARTNERS OUT THERE 2160 01:19:54,322 --> 01:19:54,956 -- THERE ARE REDUCTIONS PROPOSED 2161 01:19:54,956 --> 01:19:57,025 FOR THE FREIGHT SPOT IMPROVEMENT 2162 01:19:57,025 --> 01:20:00,462 PROGRAM THOSE ARE EXPECTED TO 2163 01:20:00,462 --> 01:20:03,031 RESULT IN THE DEFERRAL OF TWO 2164 01:20:03,031 --> 01:20:04,833 DERELICT RAIL REMOVAL PROJECTS. 2165 01:20:04,833 --> 01:20:05,734 WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THE 2166 01:20:05,734 --> 01:20:08,870 SPECIFICS OF THAT, AND THEN ALSO 2167 01:20:08,870 --> 01:20:12,641 PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE OVERALL 2168 01:20:12,641 --> 01:20:12,908 PROGRAM. 2169 01:20:12,908 --> 01:20:13,608 -- YES, I'D LIKE TO GET, YOU 2170 01:20:13,608 --> 01:20:17,212 KNOW, FOLLOW UP IN TERMS OF THE 2171 01:20:17,212 --> 01:20:20,916 IMPACTS. THANK YOU AGAIN, WE 2172 01:20:20,916 --> 01:20:22,117 HAVE TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, 2173 01:20:22,117 --> 01:20:23,819 FOR LONG TERM, WE HAVE TO ENSURE 2174 01:20:23,819 --> 01:20:25,020 THAT WE'RE A VIABLE PORT 100 2175 01:20:25,020 --> 01:20:25,720 YEARS FROM NOW. AND WE'RE 2176 01:20:25,720 --> 01:20:26,822 SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW. EVERYBODY 2177 01:20:26,822 --> 01:20:28,623 TALKS ABOUT TECH, BUT THE 2178 01:20:28,623 --> 01:20:30,058 MARITIME PIECE IS SO IMPORTANT. 2179 01:20:30,058 --> 01:20:31,226 IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR REVENUE 2180 01:20:31,226 --> 01:20:32,828 TO BRING IT BACK TO DIRECTOR 2181 01:20:32,828 --> 01:20:34,396 PENNUCCI SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AND, 2182 01:20:34,396 --> 01:20:35,564 YOU KNOW, WE CAN CUT OUR NOSE TO 2183 01:20:35,564 --> 01:20:38,066 SPITE OUR FACE IF WE WANT. BUT, 2184 01:20:38,066 --> 01:20:39,234 YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING 2185 01:20:39,234 --> 01:20:42,003 AT FOR THAT AREA, FOR THAT 2186 01:20:42,003 --> 01:20:44,539 STABILITY THAT IT CAN BRING 2187 01:20:44,539 --> 01:20:45,574 GRANTED A LITTLE BIT UNSTABLE IN 2188 01:20:45,574 --> 01:20:48,343 THE ERA OF TRUMP, BUT GENERALLY, 2189 01:20:48,343 --> 01:20:48,977 HISTORICALLY A VERY STABLE PIECE 2190 01:20:48,977 --> 01:20:49,811 FOR US. AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE 2191 01:20:49,811 --> 01:20:50,879 THAT WE'RE GOOD ON THAT, 2192 01:20:50,879 --> 01:20:52,280 PARTICULARLY WHEN I SEE THESE 2193 01:20:52,280 --> 01:20:53,849 OTHER AREAS. YOU'RE SAYING THE 2194 01:20:53,849 --> 01:20:54,683 REVENUES ARE DOWN, YOU KNOW, 2195 01:20:54,683 --> 01:20:56,685 RIGHT. AND SO FORTH. THAT'S 2196 01:20:56,685 --> 01:20:58,353 IMPORTANT TO TO ENSURE THAT 2197 01:20:58,353 --> 01:21:01,022 THOSE AREAS THAT WE DO BRING 2198 01:21:01,022 --> 01:21:03,625 REVENUE AND THAT ARE SUPPORTED 2199 01:21:03,625 --> 01:21:05,660 IN TERMS OF D7 CONSTITUENTS AND 2200 01:21:05,660 --> 01:21:06,294 NEIGHBORHOODS PIECE I KNOW AND 2201 01:21:06,294 --> 01:21:07,596 I'VE NOT SEEN THIS 2202 01:21:07,596 --> 01:21:08,630 SPECIFICALLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, 2203 01:21:08,630 --> 01:21:10,131 THERE'S THE MAJOR ARTERIAL 2204 01:21:10,131 --> 01:21:11,900 CHANGES, LIKE WITH WESTERN 2205 01:21:11,900 --> 01:21:14,102 ELLIOTT, THAT AREA, WHICH IS 2206 01:21:14,102 --> 01:21:16,004 VERY IMPORTANT FOR BELLTOWN, 2207 01:21:16,004 --> 01:21:17,239 UPTOWN, INTERBAY AND SO FORTH. 2208 01:21:17,239 --> 01:21:19,674 AND BY EXTENSION, QUEEN ANNE IS 2209 01:21:19,674 --> 01:21:22,611 EVERYTHING SET FOR THAT PROJECT. 2210 01:21:22,611 --> 01:21:23,144 -- THAT PROJECT IS MOVING 2211 01:21:23,144 --> 01:21:24,479 FORWARD. YEP. 2212 01:21:24,479 --> 01:21:27,449 -- OKAY, GOOD. AND ALREADY 2213 01:21:27,449 --> 01:21:28,683 MENTIONED MAGNOLIA BRIDGE. I 2214 01:21:28,683 --> 01:21:29,851 JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE LOVE 2215 01:21:29,851 --> 01:21:31,553 BECAUSE I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT 2216 01:21:31,553 --> 01:21:33,154 OF EASTLAKE IN MY DISTRICT. I 2217 01:21:33,154 --> 01:21:34,189 KNOW MOST OF THE RAPID, RAPID 2218 01:21:34,189 --> 01:21:36,191 RIDE. JAS AND COUNCIL PRESIDENTS 2219 01:21:36,191 --> 01:21:39,194 DISTRICT, BUT THAT ALSO IS VERY 2220 01:21:39,194 --> 01:21:40,762 IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF WHAT IS 2221 01:21:40,762 --> 01:21:43,598 HAPPENING WITH EASTLAKE. SO THE 2222 01:21:43,598 --> 01:21:44,899 SOONER THAT SET, TRUST ME, THE 2223 01:21:44,899 --> 01:21:46,101 ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN THE 2224 01:21:46,101 --> 01:21:48,503 PARTS THAT ARE IN D7, BUT 2225 01:21:48,503 --> 01:21:53,642 PARTICULARLY D3, WILL BE THERE 2226 01:21:53,642 --> 01:21:54,909 YOU. TWO QUICK POINTS. CHAIR ONE 2227 01:21:54,909 --> 01:21:56,811 IS ON THE TRANSPORTATION FUND 2228 01:21:56,811 --> 01:21:58,046 CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, THE 2229 01:21:58,046 --> 01:21:59,848 DECLINING REVENUE. AGAIN, YOU 2230 01:21:59,848 --> 01:22:01,082 KNOW, THERE'S A DIRECT LINE TO 2231 01:22:01,082 --> 01:22:02,984 THIS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S 2232 01:22:02,984 --> 01:22:04,419 HAPPENING IN TERMS OF OUR PUBLIC 2233 01:22:04,419 --> 01:22:06,087 SAFETY CHALLENGES AND THE 2234 01:22:06,087 --> 01:22:06,621 CONDITIONS THAT TIE INTO 2235 01:22:06,621 --> 01:22:08,757 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF 2236 01:22:08,757 --> 01:22:09,925 SETTING OURSELVES UP 2237 01:22:09,925 --> 01:22:11,760 ECONOMICALLY. AND THAT'S IN 2238 01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:14,129 PARTICULARLY IN DOWNTOWN, THESE 2239 01:22:14,129 --> 01:22:15,797 THINGS ARE, ALL CONNECTED IN 2240 01:22:15,797 --> 01:22:17,132 TERMS OF DECLINING REVENUE AND 2241 01:22:17,132 --> 01:22:18,566 HOW IT IMPACTS, IN THIS CASE, 2242 01:22:18,566 --> 01:22:19,601 THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS 2243 01:22:19,601 --> 01:22:20,435 CHALLENGES. AND THE LAST THING 2244 01:22:20,435 --> 01:22:22,370 I'LL SAY, BECAUSE I'M JUST 2245 01:22:22,370 --> 01:22:23,571 GOING TO KEEP THIS PIECE TOO, 2246 01:22:23,571 --> 01:22:24,239 BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, 2247 01:22:24,239 --> 01:22:26,074 IS THE AFFORDABILITY. EARLIER 2248 01:22:26,074 --> 01:22:29,311 THIS MORNING, I TALKED ABOUT THE 2249 01:22:29,311 --> 01:22:29,944 FEDERAL PIECE WITH PARTICULARLY 2250 01:22:29,944 --> 01:22:30,512 WITH INFLATIONARY KIND OF 2251 01:22:30,512 --> 01:22:31,146 POLICIES AND SO FORTH. BUT THE 2252 01:22:31,146 --> 01:22:32,847 STATE AND THE COUNTY WITH 2253 01:22:32,847 --> 01:22:34,115 PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND 2254 01:22:34,115 --> 01:22:37,285 PIECES. AND WE HAVE THOSE TOO. 2255 01:22:37,285 --> 01:22:38,687 BUT THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, UTILITY 2256 01:22:38,687 --> 01:22:40,422 RATES. BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO 2257 01:22:40,422 --> 01:22:42,290 STREET USE FEES AND RATES AND 2258 01:22:42,290 --> 01:22:43,858 PARKING AND PERMITS, USE FEES. 2259 01:22:43,858 --> 01:22:45,026 AND EACH DEPARTMENT LOOKS AT IT 2260 01:22:45,026 --> 01:22:47,896 IN ITSELF. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO 2261 01:22:47,896 --> 01:22:49,531 KEEP THE BIGGER PICTURE BECAUSE 2262 01:22:49,531 --> 01:22:52,267 ALL THESE LITTLE PIECES THAT CAN 2263 01:22:52,267 --> 01:22:52,801 BE EXPLAINED AWAY IN THE 2264 01:22:52,801 --> 01:22:55,470 CUMULATIVE CAN BE HAVE A MAJOR 2265 01:22:55,470 --> 01:22:56,604 IMPACT ON AFFORDABILITY. AND IN 2266 01:22:56,604 --> 01:22:57,238 TERMS OF PARTICULARLY IN TERMS 2267 01:22:57,238 --> 01:22:59,507 OF GOVERNMENT ACTIONS THAT 2268 01:22:59,507 --> 01:23:01,876 IMPACT AFFORDABILITY. AND I JUST 2269 01:23:01,876 --> 01:23:03,178 WANTED TO TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. 2270 01:23:03,178 --> 01:23:04,879 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2271 01:23:04,879 --> 01:23:06,581 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2272 01:23:06,581 --> 01:23:07,215 KETTLE DOES THE COMMITTEE TABLE 2273 01:23:07,215 --> 01:23:09,851 HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE AT THIS 2274 01:23:09,851 --> 01:23:11,219 TIME? NOTHING. COUNCIL 2275 01:23:11,219 --> 01:23:13,822 PRESIDENT. FOLLOWED BY 2276 01:23:13,822 --> 01:23:14,289 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2277 01:23:14,289 --> 01:23:18,560 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU 2278 01:23:18,560 --> 01:23:21,129 FOR FOR BEING HERE AND ACTING 2279 01:23:21,129 --> 01:23:22,564 DIRECTOR. BRADY ALL, ALL YOUR 2280 01:23:22,564 --> 01:23:25,800 WORK. I WILL SAY THIS, I'VE BEEN 2281 01:23:25,800 --> 01:23:28,269 VERY IMPRESSED WITH A LOT OF THE 2282 01:23:28,269 --> 01:23:29,270 WORK THAT THE SMALL PROJECTS 2283 01:23:29,270 --> 01:23:32,607 THAT HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND THE. 2284 01:23:32,607 --> 01:23:33,241 I KNOW PERSONALLY MY DISTRICT, 2285 01:23:33,241 --> 01:23:36,144 BUT JUST ALL OVER SEATTLE, YOU 2286 01:23:36,144 --> 01:23:39,381 KNOW, SIDEWALKS. THERE'S BEEN 2287 01:23:39,381 --> 01:23:41,383 FLASHING BEACONS IN PLACES, YOU 2288 01:23:41,383 --> 01:23:42,951 KNOW, STOP SIGNS THAT HAVE 2289 01:23:42,951 --> 01:23:43,985 POPPED UP THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE 2290 01:23:43,985 --> 01:23:45,620 KIND OF BEEN ON THAT MAINTENANCE 2291 01:23:45,620 --> 01:23:47,789 LIST AND THOSE PROJECTS AND THE 2292 01:23:47,789 --> 01:23:49,491 CREWS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE 2293 01:23:49,491 --> 01:23:51,559 FILLING POTHOLES AND JUST LIKE 2294 01:23:51,559 --> 01:23:52,827 RESTORING, YOU KNOW, JUST THE 2295 01:23:52,827 --> 01:23:56,531 BULBS THAT ARE ON THE CORNERS, 2296 01:23:56,531 --> 01:23:59,267 THE BUMP OUTS AND JUST CREATING 2297 01:23:59,267 --> 01:24:03,838 LIKE SAFER, SAFER STREETS. I'VE, 2298 01:24:03,838 --> 01:24:05,073 I'VE SEEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN 2299 01:24:05,073 --> 01:24:06,374 THAT RESPONSE AND THEN ALSO 2300 01:24:06,374 --> 01:24:07,909 EXECUTION. SO JUST BIG THANK YOU 2301 01:24:07,909 --> 01:24:10,245 FOR, FOR THAT PIECE. THE ONE 2302 01:24:10,245 --> 01:24:14,315 AREA OF IMPROVEMENT AND I, AND 2303 01:24:14,315 --> 01:24:15,417 I'VE VOICED THIS CONCERN FOR 2304 01:24:15,417 --> 01:24:16,317 THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS 2305 01:24:16,317 --> 01:24:20,555 ARE A LOT OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS 2306 01:24:20,555 --> 01:24:24,225 THAT ARE JUST CRIPPLING SMALL 2307 01:24:24,225 --> 01:24:26,294 BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, 2308 01:24:26,294 --> 01:24:27,762 PARTICULARLY THE J LINE. AND SO, 2309 01:24:27,762 --> 01:24:30,865 YOU KNOW, EASTLAKE IS JUST 2310 01:24:30,865 --> 01:24:32,500 GETTING HAMMERED RIGHT NOW. AND 2311 01:24:32,500 --> 01:24:33,068 THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL KNOW 2312 01:24:33,068 --> 01:24:34,903 ABOUT THE SIGNS THAT POPPED UP 2313 01:24:34,903 --> 01:24:36,738 THAT SAID STOP, KILL SMALL 2314 01:24:36,738 --> 01:24:38,106 BUSINESSES THAT HAS BEEN 2315 01:24:38,106 --> 01:24:38,873 CIRCLING THE INTERNET, WHICH IS, 2316 01:24:38,873 --> 01:24:40,542 YOU KNOW, NOT SOMETHING I LIKE 2317 01:24:40,542 --> 01:24:43,378 TO SEE ON THE INTERNET, 2318 01:24:43,378 --> 01:24:44,312 OBVIOUSLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M 2319 01:24:44,312 --> 01:24:50,085 NOT NECESSARILY. YOU KNOW, 2320 01:24:50,085 --> 01:24:51,286 OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED. AND 2321 01:24:51,286 --> 01:24:52,087 THERE'S ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO 2322 01:24:52,087 --> 01:24:53,154 EVERY STORY. AND ANY TYPE OF 2323 01:24:53,154 --> 01:24:54,656 CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE 2324 01:24:54,656 --> 01:24:56,191 PAINFUL. BUT TO REACH A PART 2325 01:24:56,191 --> 01:24:57,859 WHERE BUSINESSES OR PEOPLE FEEL 2326 01:24:57,859 --> 01:24:58,860 LIKE THEY HAVE TO PUT THESE 2327 01:24:58,860 --> 01:25:00,528 SIGNS UP BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT 2328 01:25:00,528 --> 01:25:03,198 BEING HEARD, IS TROUBLING. AND 2329 01:25:03,198 --> 01:25:07,268 SO, YOU KNOW, AN IMPROVEMENT ON 2330 01:25:07,268 --> 01:25:10,104 COMMUNICATION AND JUST, JUST 2331 01:25:10,104 --> 01:25:12,807 OUTSIDE THINKING OUT THE BOX, 2332 01:25:12,807 --> 01:25:14,876 FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROJECTS IN OUR 2333 01:25:14,876 --> 01:25:19,380 DISTRICT J LINE WITH EASTLAKE WE 2334 01:25:19,380 --> 01:25:21,216 ALSO HAVE THE BIG PIKE PINE 2335 01:25:21,216 --> 01:25:23,451 PIECE, WHICH IS SPU. AND THEN 2336 01:25:23,451 --> 01:25:25,253 OBVIOUSLY THEY COORDINATE WITH 2337 01:25:25,253 --> 01:25:26,454 SDOT TO DO STREET CLOSURES. AND 2338 01:25:26,454 --> 01:25:27,922 THEN WE HAVE THE MARINA PROJECT 2339 01:25:27,922 --> 01:25:31,693 AND AYE. THAT IS SEATTLE PARKS 2340 01:25:31,693 --> 01:25:33,328 DEPARTMENT WHO HAS TO COORDINATE 2341 01:25:33,328 --> 01:25:34,662 WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND SDOT 2342 01:25:34,662 --> 01:25:35,830 AND ALL THESE PEOPLE. SO 2343 01:25:35,830 --> 01:25:37,632 THERE'S ALL THESE PIECES IN 2344 01:25:37,632 --> 01:25:41,503 PLACE. AND THE ONE THING THAT 2345 01:25:41,503 --> 01:25:42,003 REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH 2346 01:25:42,003 --> 01:25:43,004 BUSINESSES AND AND I HEARD IT 2347 01:25:43,004 --> 01:25:45,406 DURING THE G LINE CONSTRUCTION 2348 01:25:45,406 --> 01:25:48,009 ARE JUST COMMUNICATION EFFORTS 2349 01:25:48,009 --> 01:25:49,277 AND THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. 2350 01:25:49,277 --> 01:25:54,149 ONE EXAMPLE IS IN EASTLAKE. MY 2351 01:25:54,149 --> 01:25:54,782 THOUGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN, OKAY, 2352 01:25:54,782 --> 01:25:56,284 WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS PROJECT. 2353 01:25:56,284 --> 01:25:57,519 WE GOT TO SHUT DOWN THIS 2354 01:25:57,519 --> 01:25:59,687 NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE GOING TO 2355 01:25:59,687 --> 01:26:00,321 HAVE INCREDIBLE IMPACTS. WHAT 2356 01:26:00,321 --> 01:26:03,725 ARE SOME UPGRADES THAT WE CAN 2357 01:26:03,725 --> 01:26:05,827 ASK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR? 2358 01:26:05,827 --> 01:26:07,695 CAN WE PARTNER WITH OED ON SOME 2359 01:26:07,695 --> 01:26:10,632 THINGS? AND WE HAD A BUDGET 2360 01:26:10,632 --> 01:26:11,699 AMENDMENT LAST YEAR. THANK YOU. 2361 01:26:11,699 --> 01:26:12,934 COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THE BUDGET 2362 01:26:12,934 --> 01:26:14,903 CHAIR, AS WELL, THAT GOT VOTED 2363 01:26:14,903 --> 01:26:19,240 ON, THAT PUT MONEY A SMALL 2364 01:26:19,240 --> 01:26:22,143 AMOUNT IN OED OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 2365 01:26:22,143 --> 01:26:23,645 DEVELOPMENT FOR EASTLAKE. BUT 2366 01:26:23,645 --> 01:26:24,812 THOSE ARE LIKE AFTER THE FACTS. 2367 01:26:24,812 --> 01:26:26,648 AND AS A COUNCILMEMBER, IT'S 2368 01:26:26,648 --> 01:26:28,983 REALLY DIFFICULT TO HELP JUGGLE 2369 01:26:28,983 --> 01:26:34,122 A LOT OF THE IMPACTS FROM 2370 01:26:34,122 --> 01:26:34,622 NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN CITY 2371 01:26:34,622 --> 01:26:36,090 DEPARTMENTS ARE EXECUTING STUFF 2372 01:26:36,090 --> 01:26:37,559 WITHOUT US KNOWING. AND IT'S 2373 01:26:37,559 --> 01:26:39,727 JUST DIFFICULT. AND SO THE 2374 01:26:39,727 --> 01:26:41,129 COMMUNICATION REALLY HAS TO BE 2375 01:26:41,129 --> 01:26:42,597 THERE WHEN DISRUPTION HAS 2376 01:26:42,597 --> 01:26:44,499 HAPPENED, BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO 2377 01:26:44,499 --> 01:26:46,901 HELP WITH A LOT OF THE 2378 01:26:46,901 --> 01:26:49,404 COMMUNICATION TO THE DISTRICT. 2379 01:26:49,404 --> 01:26:53,107 AND SO THAT'S MY ONLY FEEDBACK, 2380 01:26:53,107 --> 01:26:54,309 LIKE THE BUDGET IS THE BUDGET. 2381 01:26:54,309 --> 01:26:54,909 OKAY? WHEN I SEE STUFF LIKE, 2382 01:26:54,909 --> 01:27:01,049 HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS 2383 01:27:01,049 --> 01:27:03,918 POTENTIAL, A POTHOLE, YOU KNOW, 2384 01:27:03,918 --> 01:27:05,320 IMPROVEMENTS, IT MIGHT, YOU 2385 01:27:05,320 --> 01:27:07,488 KNOW, DO THE HOURS MIGHT BE 2386 01:27:07,488 --> 01:27:09,090 LONGER THAN 72 HOURS OR WE'LL 2387 01:27:09,090 --> 01:27:11,225 HAVE LESS RESPONSES TO CERTAIN 2388 01:27:11,225 --> 01:27:13,127 THINGS. OKAY. BUT COMMUNICATION 2389 01:27:13,127 --> 01:27:14,796 WE CAN ALL CONTROL. AND THAT'S 2390 01:27:14,796 --> 01:27:17,298 BEEN MY PAIN POINT FOR NOT JUST 2391 01:27:17,298 --> 01:27:19,133 AS SDOT, BUT FOR PARKS FOR 2392 01:27:19,133 --> 01:27:20,902 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES. 2393 01:27:20,902 --> 01:27:22,403 ANYTHING THAT'S FRONT FACING. 2394 01:27:22,403 --> 01:27:23,972 AND I JUST THINK THERE CAN BE A 2395 01:27:23,972 --> 01:27:29,510 WAY BETTER JOB FOR COMMUNICATION 2396 01:27:29,510 --> 01:27:31,412 WITH SDOT DEDICATED IN THIS 2397 01:27:31,412 --> 01:27:32,814 BUDGET TO DO SOME TYPE OF 2398 01:27:32,814 --> 01:27:35,750 OUTREACH POINT PERSONS, PEOPLE 2399 01:27:35,750 --> 01:27:37,885 THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY 2400 01:27:37,885 --> 01:27:39,120 ENGAGED AND EMBEDDED IN THE 2401 01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:40,588 COMMUNITY. SO THEY'RE TAKING A 2402 01:27:40,588 --> 01:27:43,992 LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE HEAT 2403 01:27:43,992 --> 01:27:47,795 WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECTS. OKAY. 2404 01:27:47,795 --> 01:27:49,264 SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY THING. 2405 01:27:49,264 --> 01:27:50,198 AND HERE'S THE THING, I DON'T 2406 01:27:50,198 --> 01:27:52,433 KNOW IF IT'S A, A LEGISLATIVE 2407 01:27:52,433 --> 01:27:54,869 PIECE WHERE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, 2408 01:27:54,869 --> 01:27:56,904 LIKE BELLEVUE IS TRYING TO 2409 01:27:56,904 --> 01:27:57,438 FIGURE OUT WHERE ALL THE 2410 01:27:57,438 --> 01:27:58,773 DEPARTMENTS HAVE A CHECKLIST 2411 01:27:58,773 --> 01:28:01,309 WHEN THEY'RE DOING THESE 2412 01:28:01,309 --> 01:28:02,610 MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO 2413 01:28:02,610 --> 01:28:04,045 BE ABLE TO CHECK THE BOX ON 2414 01:28:04,045 --> 01:28:05,980 THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO. SO 2415 01:28:05,980 --> 01:28:11,686 WE'RE NOT IN THESE THESE REALLY 2416 01:28:11,686 --> 01:28:12,353 PAINFUL ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO 2417 01:28:12,353 --> 01:28:14,622 PROJECTS. ANOTHER PRIME EXAMPLE 2418 01:28:14,622 --> 01:28:17,959 IS WHEN SDOT WANTED TO RANDOMLY 2419 01:28:17,959 --> 01:28:20,261 DO SOME MAJOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2420 01:28:20,261 --> 01:28:22,997 PIKE PINE DURING CHRISTMAS, AND 2421 01:28:22,997 --> 01:28:25,033 JUST NO FORWARD THINKING ABOUT, 2422 01:28:25,033 --> 01:28:26,601 YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THIS IMPACT 2423 01:28:26,601 --> 01:28:28,603 BUSINESSES? HOW DOES IT IMPACT 2424 01:28:28,603 --> 01:28:29,837 THE COMMUNITY, HOW LONG IT'S 2425 01:28:29,837 --> 01:28:32,140 GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, JUST 2426 01:28:32,140 --> 01:28:33,374 THOSE THINGS. THEY JUST NEED TO 2427 01:28:33,374 --> 01:28:35,076 BE HANDLED A LOT BETTER THAN 2428 01:28:35,076 --> 01:28:37,011 WHAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE. FOR 2429 01:28:37,011 --> 01:28:38,246 MAJOR PROJECTS, THE SMALL 2430 01:28:38,246 --> 01:28:39,781 PROJECTS ARE DIFFERENT. THEY'RE 2431 01:28:39,781 --> 01:28:40,448 WEEKEND STUFF, BUT STUFF THAT'S 2432 01:28:40,448 --> 01:28:42,817 GOING TO BE CLOSED DOWN FOR A 2433 01:28:42,817 --> 01:28:43,985 MONTH AND FOR YEARS, I THINK 2434 01:28:43,985 --> 01:28:45,887 JUST NEEDS TO HAVE A BETTER 2435 01:28:45,887 --> 01:28:49,424 ATTENTION TO DETAIL. THANK YOU 2436 01:28:49,424 --> 01:28:49,791 CHAIR STRAUSS. 2437 01:28:49,791 --> 01:28:51,225 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 2438 01:28:51,225 --> 01:28:52,160 DOES THE COMMITTEE TABLE HAVE 2439 01:28:52,160 --> 01:28:53,561 ANYTHING TO SHARE AT THIS TIME? 2440 01:28:53,561 --> 01:28:55,263 -- IT SHOULD BE. 2441 01:28:55,263 --> 01:28:55,863 -- CAN I JUST QUICKLY RESPOND 2442 01:28:55,863 --> 01:28:57,432 AND JUST SAY COUNCILMEMBER 2443 01:28:57,432 --> 01:28:59,434 HOLLINGSWORTH? I COMPLETELY 2444 01:28:59,434 --> 01:29:00,468 AGREE, AND THANK YOU FOR 2445 01:29:00,468 --> 01:29:01,502 HIGHLIGHTING THAT AS A MAJOR 2446 01:29:01,502 --> 01:29:03,004 CONCERN. SOME OF OUR MAJOR 2447 01:29:03,004 --> 01:29:05,173 PROJECTS, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, 2448 01:29:05,173 --> 01:29:07,341 COMING FROM A PLACE OF CAPITAL 2449 01:29:07,341 --> 01:29:08,843 PROJECT DELIVERY MYSELF, I THINK 2450 01:29:08,843 --> 01:29:10,244 THERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN 2451 01:29:10,244 --> 01:29:11,746 ACTUALLY LOOK TO MITIGATE SOME 2452 01:29:11,746 --> 01:29:13,247 OF THE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS THAT 2453 01:29:13,247 --> 01:29:14,148 WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE, 2454 01:29:14,148 --> 01:29:16,150 ESPECIALLY ON PROJECTS LIKE 2455 01:29:16,150 --> 01:29:18,286 JAILS AND SOME OF THESE BIGGER 2456 01:29:18,286 --> 01:29:20,188 PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN START 2457 01:29:20,188 --> 01:29:21,122 LOOKING MORE AT SEQUENCING AND 2458 01:29:21,122 --> 01:29:23,691 REALLY HAVE A SIT DOWN 2459 01:29:23,691 --> 01:29:24,792 CONVERSATION AROUND HOW WE HOW 2460 01:29:24,792 --> 01:29:25,960 WE PLAN TO BUILD THOSE PROJECTS 2461 01:29:25,960 --> 01:29:28,229 OVER THE YEARS SO THAT WE'RE 2462 01:29:28,229 --> 01:29:29,864 MINIMIZING THE OVERALL IMPACT. I 2463 01:29:29,864 --> 01:29:32,467 WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION 2464 01:29:32,467 --> 01:29:34,102 CONSTRUCTION IS HARD, ESPECIALLY 2465 01:29:34,102 --> 01:29:35,937 WHEN THERE ARE UNDERGROUND 2466 01:29:35,937 --> 01:29:37,672 UTILITIES AND UNKNOWNS INVOLVED. 2467 01:29:37,672 --> 01:29:39,407 YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK THERE ARE 2468 01:29:39,407 --> 01:29:40,141 SOME WAYS THAT WE SHOULD, WE CAN 2469 01:29:40,141 --> 01:29:43,444 AND SHOULD IMPROVE OUR 2470 01:29:43,444 --> 01:29:44,212 CONSTRUCTION COMMUNICATIONS. AND 2471 01:29:44,212 --> 01:29:45,580 ALSO JUST TAKING A LOOK AT OUR 2472 01:29:45,580 --> 01:29:47,548 OVERALL SEQUENCING AND TRYING TO 2473 01:29:47,548 --> 01:29:48,916 MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS. THANK 2474 01:29:48,916 --> 01:29:51,085 YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT AS A 2475 01:29:51,085 --> 01:29:51,352 CONCERN. 2476 01:29:51,352 --> 01:29:52,720 -- THANK YOU. ACTING DIRECTOR. 2477 01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:55,089 CAN I HAVE ONE MORE WORD, CHAIR? 2478 01:29:55,089 --> 01:29:56,724 -- TOTALLY. YOU GOT THE FLOOR 2479 01:29:56,724 --> 01:29:57,191 UNTIL YOU'RE DONE. 2480 01:29:57,191 --> 01:30:00,528 -- THANK YOU. OKAY. SO IF OUR 2481 01:30:00,528 --> 01:30:04,899 CITY DEPARTMENTS AT SPUS DOT 2482 01:30:04,899 --> 01:30:07,568 PARKS, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 2483 01:30:07,568 --> 01:30:10,238 STARTED TREATING SMALL 2484 01:30:10,238 --> 01:30:12,373 BUSINESSES LIKE THE LIQUOR AND 2485 01:30:12,373 --> 01:30:15,243 CANNABIS STORE. CANNABIS BOARD 2486 01:30:15,243 --> 01:30:17,145 DOES FOR RETAIL STORES, BECAUSE 2487 01:30:17,145 --> 01:30:19,080 THE RETAIL STORES COLLECT ALL 2488 01:30:19,080 --> 01:30:20,848 THE REVENUE FOR THE STATE FOR 2489 01:30:20,848 --> 01:30:22,683 CANNABIS, AND THEY TREAT THOSE 2490 01:30:22,683 --> 01:30:26,287 STORES LIKE THEY'RE TAX REVENUE 2491 01:30:26,287 --> 01:30:29,624 PIECES. AND I LOOK AT EVERY 2492 01:30:29,624 --> 01:30:31,325 SMALL BUSINESS AS THEY CREATE 2493 01:30:31,325 --> 01:30:32,760 JOBS, THEY CREATE TAXES, THEY 2494 01:30:32,760 --> 01:30:34,996 GENERATE, THEY CREATE PUBLIC 2495 01:30:34,996 --> 01:30:37,265 SAFETY, THEY GENERATE ALL THESE 2496 01:30:37,265 --> 01:30:38,699 DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE 2497 01:30:38,699 --> 01:30:40,501 ESSENTIAL TO OUR CITY. IF OUR 2498 01:30:40,501 --> 01:30:42,970 CITY DEPARTMENT STARTED TREATING 2499 01:30:42,970 --> 01:30:45,573 THOSE BUSINESSES LIKE THEY ARE 2500 01:30:45,573 --> 01:30:48,509 ESSENTIAL TO OUR CITY, AND 2501 01:30:48,509 --> 01:30:50,011 CONSTRUCTION IS DEFINITELY HARD, 2502 01:30:50,011 --> 01:30:52,513 I GET IT, BUT THERE'S NO REASON 2503 01:30:52,513 --> 01:30:53,815 WHY I SHOULD BE THINKING AFTER 2504 01:30:53,815 --> 01:30:56,017 THE FACT. SENDING A LETTER TO 2505 01:30:56,017 --> 01:30:57,485 SENATOR MURRAY ASKING HER FOR 2506 01:30:57,485 --> 01:30:59,787 MONEY, FOR HELP FOR SMALL 2507 01:30:59,787 --> 01:31:01,255 BUSINESSES IN EASTLAKE BECAUSE 2508 01:31:01,255 --> 01:31:02,190 THEY'RE DYING. THAT SHOULD HAVE 2509 01:31:02,190 --> 01:31:04,759 BEEN ON THE FRONT END OF THE 2510 01:31:04,759 --> 01:31:06,727 CONVERSATION AS THEY'RE 2511 01:31:06,727 --> 01:31:08,496 DELIVERING A CHECK TO US FROM 2512 01:31:08,496 --> 01:31:10,131 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. FOR J 2513 01:31:10,131 --> 01:31:10,998 LINE AND THINKING ABOUT, HEY, 2514 01:31:10,998 --> 01:31:12,767 HOW DOES THIS IMPACT OUR SMALL 2515 01:31:12,767 --> 01:31:15,870 BUSINESS? CAN WE GET A NEW PARK 2516 01:31:15,870 --> 01:31:18,673 AT EASTLAKE? CAN WE FOR AT 2517 01:31:18,673 --> 01:31:20,274 ROGERS FIELD THAT HASN'T BEEN 2518 01:31:20,274 --> 01:31:21,209 RENOVATED IN LIKE 40 OR 50 2519 01:31:21,209 --> 01:31:22,710 YEARS? THAT SAME FIELD I PLAYED 2520 01:31:22,710 --> 01:31:25,413 ON AS A KID IS STILL NEEDING 2521 01:31:25,413 --> 01:31:26,581 HELP. YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT, 2522 01:31:26,581 --> 01:31:29,383 OH, DO THEY NEED A NEW WALL OR A 2523 01:31:29,383 --> 01:31:30,351 PAINT JOB? ARE THERE THINGS THAT 2524 01:31:30,351 --> 01:31:32,653 WE CAN DO TO UPLIFT THE 2525 01:31:32,653 --> 01:31:35,990 NEIGHBORHOOD? SO IT'S LIKE THAT 2526 01:31:35,990 --> 01:31:37,625 PAINFUL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND 2527 01:31:37,625 --> 01:31:40,795 PROJECT. WE CAN HAVE IMPROVEMENT 2528 01:31:40,795 --> 01:31:42,630 AND ENHANCEMENT ON THE 2529 01:31:42,630 --> 01:31:45,500 NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT DOESN'T FEEL 2530 01:31:45,500 --> 01:31:46,734 LIKE A CORRIDOR, BUT IT FEELS 2531 01:31:46,734 --> 01:31:49,370 LIKE WE ACTUALLY BEAUTIFIED THE 2532 01:31:49,370 --> 01:31:50,872 NEIGHBORHOOD, THE G LINE. THE 2533 01:31:50,872 --> 01:31:52,373 SIDEWALKS ARE STILL THE SAME 2534 01:31:52,373 --> 01:31:55,209 WIDTH AS THEY WERE BEFORE THE 2535 01:31:55,209 --> 01:31:56,010 PROJECT STARTED AND AFTER, AND 2536 01:31:56,010 --> 01:31:58,913 EVERYONE'S LIKE, OH, BUT WE GOT 2537 01:31:58,913 --> 01:32:03,317 BRAND NEW WATER MAIN. LIKE, 2538 01:32:03,317 --> 01:32:06,053 OKAY, THAT'S, THAT'S 2539 01:32:06,053 --> 01:32:06,554 WONDERFUL. BUT JUST THE 2540 01:32:06,554 --> 01:32:08,789 IMPROVEMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 2541 01:32:08,789 --> 01:32:12,193 THERE'S NO REASON WHY THE 2542 01:32:12,193 --> 01:32:14,862 HOSPITAL FOR SWEDISH IS 2543 01:32:14,862 --> 01:32:16,764 COMPLAINING ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE 2544 01:32:16,764 --> 01:32:18,799 TO DO A LEFT TURN ON MADISON TO 2545 01:32:18,799 --> 01:32:23,337 GET TO THEIR BRAND NEW EMERGENCY 2546 01:32:23,337 --> 01:32:24,705 ROOM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT 2547 01:32:24,705 --> 01:32:27,408 ON FIRST HILL, WHICH IS A MAJOR 2548 01:32:27,408 --> 01:32:28,809 HOSPITAL, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO 2549 01:32:28,809 --> 01:32:32,146 MAKE SURE THAT THE THE BUS LINE 2550 01:32:32,146 --> 01:32:34,382 RAN AT A CERTAIN TIME, AND THERE 2551 01:32:34,382 --> 01:32:37,485 WAS JUST NO COORDINATION WITH 2552 01:32:37,485 --> 01:32:40,288 SOME OF THESE HOSPITALS AND 2553 01:32:40,288 --> 01:32:41,656 SIGNAGE. THESE ARE JUST PRIME 2554 01:32:41,656 --> 01:32:42,590 EXAMPLES WHERE I JUST FEEL LIKE 2555 01:32:42,590 --> 01:32:44,392 WE'VE BEEN SO STUCK WITHIN OUR 2556 01:32:44,392 --> 01:32:45,826 OWN WAYS AND NOT THINKING 2557 01:32:45,826 --> 01:32:48,029 OUTSIDE THE BOX. AND SO IT MAKES 2558 01:32:48,029 --> 01:32:49,997 THAT CONSTRUCTION IMPACT A LOT 2559 01:32:49,997 --> 01:32:51,799 HARDER. I'LL STOP THERE. I'LL 2560 01:32:51,799 --> 01:32:53,234 FOLLOW UP OFFLINE, BUT I WANTED 2561 01:32:53,234 --> 01:32:55,836 TO BRING THESE TO SCOTT'S 2562 01:32:55,836 --> 01:32:57,204 ATTENTION BECAUSE AS WE'RE 2563 01:32:57,204 --> 01:32:59,006 TALKING ABOUT BUDGET REDUCTIONS, 2564 01:32:59,006 --> 01:33:00,408 THESE ISSUES ARE GOING TO 2565 01:33:00,408 --> 01:33:01,576 CONTINUE TO PERMEATE IN OUR 2566 01:33:01,576 --> 01:33:04,378 COMMUNITY. REGARDING THE IMPACTS 2567 01:33:04,378 --> 01:33:05,646 OF CONSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY IF 2568 01:33:05,646 --> 01:33:08,282 OUR BUDGETS LOWER. ARE WE 2569 01:33:08,282 --> 01:33:09,917 DROPPING COMMUNICATION BUDGET 2570 01:33:09,917 --> 01:33:10,585 FOR PEOPLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST 2571 01:33:10,585 --> 01:33:11,986 MAKING SURE WE'RE STAYING ON TOP 2572 01:33:11,986 --> 01:33:14,822 OF THINGS. SO THAT'S IT. THANK 2573 01:33:14,822 --> 01:33:16,290 YOU, CHAIR. 2574 01:33:16,290 --> 01:33:16,924 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2575 01:33:16,924 --> 01:33:22,463 AND IF I RECALL, THE G LINE 2576 01:33:22,463 --> 01:33:23,064 EMERGENCY ROOM CONVERSATION, 2577 01:33:23,064 --> 01:33:24,732 SDOT RESPONSE WAS PEOPLE TRYING 2578 01:33:24,732 --> 01:33:25,933 TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM CAN 2579 01:33:25,933 --> 01:33:28,235 TAKE A RIGHT, A RIGHT, A RIGHT, 2580 01:33:28,235 --> 01:33:29,403 GO STRAIGHT TO GET TO THE NEW 2581 01:33:29,403 --> 01:33:32,440 E.R. IS THAT CORRECT? 2582 01:33:32,440 --> 01:33:34,709 -- THAT WAS BEFORE MY TIME, SO 2583 01:33:34,709 --> 01:33:36,744 I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE 2584 01:33:36,744 --> 01:33:38,012 RESPONSE WAS, BUT WE WILL 2585 01:33:38,012 --> 01:33:38,946 DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT. 2586 01:33:38,946 --> 01:33:40,381 -- SO FOR SOMEBODY GOING TO THE 2587 01:33:40,381 --> 01:33:43,284 E.R., GOING THERE DIRECTLY IS 2588 01:33:43,284 --> 01:33:44,986 IMPORTANT. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO 2589 01:33:44,986 --> 01:33:46,921 TAKE FOUR RIGHTS AROUND THE 2590 01:33:46,921 --> 01:33:47,722 CORNER, I CAN ALSO SAY THAT I 2591 01:33:47,722 --> 01:33:49,056 HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WHEN I 2592 01:33:49,056 --> 01:33:51,926 FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE. THE 2593 01:33:51,926 --> 01:33:52,560 BURKE-GILMAN TRAIL MISSING LINK 2594 01:33:52,560 --> 01:33:54,061 WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION FROM THE 2595 01:33:54,061 --> 01:33:56,430 LOCKS TO 24th BUSINESSES ASKED 2596 01:33:56,430 --> 01:33:58,599 FOR A BRIEF PAUSE DURING 2597 01:33:58,599 --> 01:34:00,534 THANKSGIVING FOR THEIR 2598 01:34:00,534 --> 01:34:02,203 COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, AND THAT 2599 01:34:02,203 --> 01:34:04,071 CONSTRUCTION WAS NOT RESTARTED 2600 01:34:04,071 --> 01:34:05,640 UNTIL MID JANUARY, WHEN WE DID 2601 01:34:05,640 --> 01:34:07,608 THE WALKING TOUR, A SENIOR 2602 01:34:07,608 --> 01:34:08,542 PERSON AT THE DEPARTMENT TOLD 2603 01:34:08,542 --> 01:34:12,013 ME. IT WAS JUST EASIER FOR US TO 2604 01:34:12,013 --> 01:34:13,981 PAUSE UNTIL JANUARY RATHER THAN 2605 01:34:13,981 --> 01:34:15,416 RESTARTING IN DECEMBER AND THEN 2606 01:34:15,416 --> 01:34:17,485 GETTING IT DONE IN JANUARY. 2607 01:34:17,485 --> 01:34:18,853 THESE TYPES OF ANSWERS SHOW ME 2608 01:34:18,853 --> 01:34:20,721 THAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE NOT IN 2609 01:34:20,721 --> 01:34:22,990 THE THOUGHT PROCESS DURING THESE 2610 01:34:22,990 --> 01:34:24,325 CONSTRUCTION MOMENTS, AND SO 2611 01:34:24,325 --> 01:34:26,327 JUST NEEDING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS, 2612 01:34:26,327 --> 01:34:28,262 I SEE WE'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER 2613 01:34:28,262 --> 01:34:30,097 RIVERA AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 2614 01:34:30,097 --> 01:34:31,966 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 2615 01:34:31,966 --> 01:34:36,937 YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I JUST 2616 01:34:36,937 --> 01:34:39,473 HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS LAST 2617 01:34:39,473 --> 01:34:41,042 YEAR'S BUDGET, I PUT MONEY IN 2618 01:34:41,042 --> 01:34:43,177 THE BUDGET TO DO SOME TRAFFIC 2619 01:34:43,177 --> 01:34:44,345 MITIGATION ALONG SAND POINT WAY. 2620 01:34:44,345 --> 01:34:47,314 AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE THAT. 2621 01:34:47,314 --> 01:34:50,051 AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S 2622 01:34:50,051 --> 01:34:51,385 SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO 2623 01:34:51,385 --> 01:34:52,486 HAPPEN WITH WASHDOT. I HAVE NO 2624 01:34:52,486 --> 01:34:55,289 IDEA IF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE 2625 01:34:55,289 --> 01:34:57,324 TAKEN PLACE OR NOT, BUT HERE IT 2626 01:34:57,324 --> 01:35:00,494 IS A YEAR LATER, AND 2627 01:35:00,494 --> 01:35:01,128 CONSTITUENTS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR 2628 01:35:01,128 --> 01:35:02,797 ARE SO CONCERNED, AND THEY WERE 2629 01:35:02,797 --> 01:35:05,032 SO PLEASED TO HAVE THIS INCLUDED 2630 01:35:05,032 --> 01:35:05,800 IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR. AND 2631 01:35:05,800 --> 01:35:09,270 THEN, OF COURSE, WHEN THERE'S NO 2632 01:35:09,270 --> 01:35:10,805 MOVEMENT, THEY START TO FEEL 2633 01:35:10,805 --> 01:35:12,306 LIKE WE'RE ALL LYING TO THEM. 2634 01:35:12,306 --> 01:35:13,474 SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I 2635 01:35:13,474 --> 01:35:15,743 NEED TO UNDERSTAND, IS THIS 2636 01:35:15,743 --> 01:35:17,945 MOVING FORWARD? IS IT NOT? AND 2637 01:35:17,945 --> 01:35:19,613 WHY NOT? AND THEN THIS GOES BACK 2638 01:35:19,613 --> 01:35:22,249 TO THAT OUTREACH OR LACK THEREOF 2639 01:35:22,249 --> 01:35:27,388 THAT HAPPENS. OUT OF STATE TWO 2640 01:35:27,388 --> 01:35:28,756 CONSTITUENTS. IT'S JUST REALLY 2641 01:35:28,756 --> 01:35:32,259 HARD TO GET CONSTITUENTS 2642 01:35:32,259 --> 01:35:34,595 INFORMATION FROM SDOT. AND THAT 2643 01:35:34,595 --> 01:35:37,398 IS REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY 2644 01:35:37,398 --> 01:35:39,934 START I MEAN, THEY JUST THEN 2645 01:35:39,934 --> 01:35:41,469 HAVE A HARD TIME TRUSTING THE 2646 01:35:41,469 --> 01:35:42,603 DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S NOT GOOD 2647 01:35:42,603 --> 01:35:46,474 FOR ANY OF US. AND YOU ALL AS 2648 01:35:46,474 --> 01:35:50,344 WELL. SO I'M GOING TO DO A PLUS 2649 01:35:50,344 --> 01:35:52,246 ONE TO COUNCIL PRESIDENTS PIECE 2650 01:35:52,246 --> 01:35:53,948 ABOUT DOING THE OUTREACH TO 2651 01:35:53,948 --> 01:35:56,484 CONSTITUENTS AND TO SMALL 2652 01:35:56,484 --> 01:35:58,152 BUSINESSES. WHEN SDOT IS DOING 2653 01:35:58,152 --> 01:36:00,187 CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN WHEN 2654 01:36:00,187 --> 01:36:02,990 THEY'RE NOT DOING THE WORK THAT 2655 01:36:02,990 --> 01:36:05,059 CONSTITUENTS THINK THAT IS GOING 2656 01:36:05,059 --> 01:36:08,496 TO HAPPEN. SO NEED INFORMATION 2657 01:36:08,496 --> 01:36:09,864 ABOUT IN PARTICULAR SAND POINT 2658 01:36:09,864 --> 01:36:12,066 WAY IN THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION. 2659 01:36:12,066 --> 01:36:15,536 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, I'M GOING TO 2660 01:36:15,536 --> 01:36:18,139 DO A PLUS ONE TO MY COLLEAGUE, 2661 01:36:18,139 --> 01:36:19,774 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ON THE U. C 2662 01:36:19,774 --> 01:36:21,742 T TEAM. THIS IS THE SECOND 2663 01:36:21,742 --> 01:36:24,044 DEPARTMENT WHERE I SEE WE'RE 2664 01:36:24,044 --> 01:36:26,747 CUTTING POSITIONS FROM UCT. I 2665 01:36:26,747 --> 01:36:28,015 UNDERSTAND THEIR VACANCY PIECE 2666 01:36:28,015 --> 01:36:29,550 OF IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY 2667 01:36:29,550 --> 01:36:30,451 THEY'RE VACANT. AND I DON'T 2668 01:36:30,451 --> 01:36:32,820 KNOW WHAT IMPACTS THIS WILL HAVE 2669 01:36:32,820 --> 01:36:35,856 ON THIS PARTICULAR REDUCTION. 2670 01:36:35,856 --> 01:36:38,526 THEN ON PAGE 11 THERE'S 37 2671 01:36:38,526 --> 01:36:40,761 SCHOOL SPEED ZONE CAMERAS AT 19 2672 01:36:40,761 --> 01:36:41,629 LOCATIONS. WOULD LOVE TO KNOW 2673 01:36:41,629 --> 01:36:44,398 WHERE THOSE ARE BECAUSE IF, 2674 01:36:44,398 --> 01:36:46,834 AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO 2675 01:36:46,834 --> 01:36:47,401 COMMUNICATION, BACK TO THE 2676 01:36:47,401 --> 01:36:48,869 CONSTITUENTS, I DON'T KNOW 2677 01:36:48,869 --> 01:36:51,472 WHETHER WHERE THOSE ARE. AND 2678 01:36:51,472 --> 01:36:58,078 THEN I WILL ASK ABOUT AN ISSUE 2679 01:36:58,078 --> 01:37:03,450 THAT IS HAS REALLY BUBBLED UP. 2680 01:37:03,450 --> 01:37:04,018 AND THAT IS TRANSIT SAFETY 2681 01:37:04,018 --> 01:37:05,920 AROUND THE SOUND TRANSIT 2682 01:37:05,920 --> 01:37:08,923 STATION. SO I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE 2683 01:37:08,923 --> 01:37:10,991 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND CHAIR OF 2684 01:37:10,991 --> 01:37:13,761 OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HAS 2685 01:37:13,761 --> 01:37:15,229 BROUGHT UP TRANSIT SAFETY ON THE 2686 01:37:15,229 --> 01:37:16,697 METRO BUSSES, ET CETERA. AND I 2687 01:37:16,697 --> 01:37:18,599 KNOW THAT PART OF THE LEVY WE 2688 01:37:18,599 --> 01:37:20,868 PUT, I BELIEVE, FUNDING, SO I'LL 2689 01:37:20,868 --> 01:37:22,036 LET HIM TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE 2690 01:37:22,036 --> 01:37:23,938 END THERE. BUT I DO WANT TO 2691 01:37:23,938 --> 01:37:26,974 RAISE THIS ISSUE ABOUT THE 2692 01:37:26,974 --> 01:37:29,276 ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE SEEING 2693 01:37:29,276 --> 01:37:30,845 AROUND THE SOUND TRANSIT 2694 01:37:30,845 --> 01:37:32,046 STATIONS ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO 2695 01:37:32,046 --> 01:37:33,547 I UNDERSTAND THAT SOUND TRANSIT 2696 01:37:33,547 --> 01:37:37,351 IS ON DECK. IF IT'S HAPPENING 2697 01:37:37,351 --> 01:37:39,320 ON THEIR GROUNDS. BUT IF IT'S 2698 01:37:39,320 --> 01:37:41,088 HAPPENING RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE 2699 01:37:41,088 --> 01:37:43,724 TRANSIT, SOUND TRANSIT STATIONS 2700 01:37:43,724 --> 01:37:46,360 ON THE RIGHT OF WAY, THAT IS 2701 01:37:46,360 --> 01:37:48,495 STOPPED. AND SO WE'RE SEEING 2702 01:37:48,495 --> 01:37:49,129 THIS BOTH IN MY DISTRICT. I KNOW 2703 01:37:49,129 --> 01:37:50,331 I'M SEEING IT IN THE U. 2704 01:37:50,331 --> 01:37:52,399 DISTRICT AND ROOSEVELT, WHERE 2705 01:37:52,399 --> 01:37:54,835 THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY, 2706 01:37:54,835 --> 01:37:58,138 THERE'S A LOT OF FENTANYL USE. 2707 01:37:58,138 --> 01:38:00,908 AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO 2708 01:38:00,908 --> 01:38:02,810 VARIOUS FOLKS ABOUT TRYING TO 2709 01:38:02,810 --> 01:38:04,612 ADDRESS THIS, BUT I DO SEE AS 2710 01:38:04,612 --> 01:38:07,481 NOT HAVING A PART OF THIS. AND 2711 01:38:07,481 --> 01:38:10,317 SO I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE ARE 2712 01:38:10,317 --> 01:38:12,553 WORKING TOGETHER WITH SOUND 2713 01:38:12,553 --> 01:38:13,621 TRANSIT TO SOLVE FOR THIS, 2714 01:38:13,621 --> 01:38:16,924 BECAUSE IT'S HEATING UP. AND I, 2715 01:38:16,924 --> 01:38:18,659 I WANT US TO BE WORKING ON THIS 2716 01:38:18,659 --> 01:38:21,328 BEFORE IT REALLY GETS TO A LEVEL 2717 01:38:21,328 --> 01:38:23,264 WHERE IT WILL BE HARD FOR US TO 2718 01:38:23,264 --> 01:38:26,200 ADDRESS. AND AGAIN, WE WANT 2719 01:38:26,200 --> 01:38:28,435 PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND 2720 01:38:28,435 --> 01:38:29,370 TAKING LIGHT RAIL AND BUSSES FOR 2721 01:38:29,370 --> 01:38:31,405 THAT TO HAPPEN, WE NEED TO 2722 01:38:31,405 --> 01:38:34,141 PROVIDE SAFETY. SO REALLY WANT 2723 01:38:34,141 --> 01:38:39,880 TO TALK ABOUT THAT. DIRECTOR 2724 01:38:39,880 --> 01:38:41,582 BRADY SO I'LL SAY THAT IN TERMS 2725 01:38:41,582 --> 01:38:46,687 OF THE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS, THAT 2726 01:38:46,687 --> 01:38:48,656 IS REALLY IMPERATIVE. I WILL SAY 2727 01:38:48,656 --> 01:38:50,190 ON THE DISTRICT FUND, IT'S 2728 01:38:50,190 --> 01:38:52,293 REALLY IMPORTANT. I'M I'M 2729 01:38:52,293 --> 01:38:54,128 DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT IT'S 2730 01:38:54,128 --> 01:38:55,963 NOT CONTINUING BECAUSE THERE ARE 2731 01:38:55,963 --> 01:39:02,803 VERY FEW AREAS WITHIN S DOT'S 2732 01:39:02,803 --> 01:39:04,338 BUDGET WHERE CONSTITUENTS, IF 2733 01:39:04,338 --> 01:39:07,341 THEY NEED A PROJECT, WHETHER 2734 01:39:07,341 --> 01:39:10,611 THAT BE A ROUNDABOUT FOR TRAFFIC 2735 01:39:10,611 --> 01:39:12,379 MITIGATION OR A POTHOLE OR 2736 01:39:12,379 --> 01:39:15,416 SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, 2737 01:39:15,416 --> 01:39:16,283 THEY'RE VERY FEW AREAS WE CAN 2738 01:39:16,283 --> 01:39:18,252 POINT TO TO TRY TO HELP THEM. 2739 01:39:18,252 --> 01:39:20,754 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE 2740 01:39:20,754 --> 01:39:23,223 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA LEADERSHIP ON 2741 01:39:23,223 --> 01:39:24,291 THIS FUND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 2742 01:39:24,291 --> 01:39:27,461 WOULD ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO DO 2743 01:39:27,461 --> 01:39:29,363 A PROJECT, MAYBE ONE, MAYBE TWO 2744 01:39:29,363 --> 01:39:31,598 IN THE DISTRICT. AND NOW WE'RE 2745 01:39:31,598 --> 01:39:33,867 NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT ABILITY. 2746 01:39:33,867 --> 01:39:35,869 AND TOWARD THAT END, SOME OF 2747 01:39:35,869 --> 01:39:37,171 THESE PROJECTS ARE TAKING A 2748 01:39:37,171 --> 01:39:40,040 REALLY LONG TIME. SO TO HAVE 2749 01:39:40,040 --> 01:39:40,541 MORE COMMUNICATION WITH 2750 01:39:40,541 --> 01:39:41,775 CONSTITUENTS ON WHY THEY'RE 2751 01:39:41,775 --> 01:39:46,213 TAKING SO LONG TO DO, I PUT IN A 2752 01:39:46,213 --> 01:39:47,781 ROUNDABOUT WITH THAT FUND, BUT 2753 01:39:47,781 --> 01:39:49,016 WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT TO 2754 01:39:49,016 --> 01:39:51,352 HAPPEN. AND AGAIN, HERE IT IS 2755 01:39:51,352 --> 01:39:53,220 OVER A YEAR LATER. AND THAT 2756 01:39:53,220 --> 01:39:55,222 PARTICULAR THE CONSTITUENTS IN 2757 01:39:55,222 --> 01:39:56,990 THAT AREA HAVE BEEN WAITING TEN 2758 01:39:56,990 --> 01:39:59,727 YEARS FOR SOME RESPONSE. TEN 2759 01:39:59,727 --> 01:40:02,763 YEARS AND AGAIN, THIS IS TRAFFIC 2760 01:40:02,763 --> 01:40:04,698 MITIGATION. IT GOES TO THE 2761 01:40:04,698 --> 01:40:07,468 VISION ZERO PRIORITY. AND HERE 2762 01:40:07,468 --> 01:40:09,970 IT IS TEN YEARS LATER HASN'T 2763 01:40:09,970 --> 01:40:11,105 HAPPENED. SO WANT TO KNOW HOW 2764 01:40:11,105 --> 01:40:12,639 WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN 2765 01:40:12,639 --> 01:40:14,508 FOR THOSE CONSTITUENTS. THERE 2766 01:40:14,508 --> 01:40:15,509 HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. BUT CHAIR, 2767 01:40:15,509 --> 01:40:17,778 I'LL PUT THEM IN THE TRACKER SO 2768 01:40:17,778 --> 01:40:19,413 THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO OTHER 2769 01:40:19,413 --> 01:40:20,848 FOLKS. THANK YOU. 2770 01:40:20,848 --> 01:40:22,583 -- COUNCILMEMBER BARRETT. I'M 2771 01:40:22,583 --> 01:40:23,217 GOING TO LET THE COMMITTEE TABLE 2772 01:40:23,217 --> 01:40:24,385 HAVE A MOMENT. IF YOU'VE GOT 2773 01:40:24,385 --> 01:40:25,819 SOMETHING TO FOLLOW UP AFTER 2774 01:40:25,819 --> 01:40:27,788 THEY GO, IT'S YOUR FLOOR IS 2775 01:40:27,788 --> 01:40:30,357 STILL YOURS. COMMITTEE TABLE. 2776 01:40:30,357 --> 01:40:32,025 -- OKAY, THAT WAS A LOT. I 2777 01:40:32,025 --> 01:40:33,060 PROBABLY AREN'T I'M PROBABLY 2778 01:40:33,060 --> 01:40:34,328 NOT GOING TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE 2779 01:40:34,328 --> 01:40:36,096 QUESTIONS HERE, BUT 2780 01:40:36,096 --> 01:40:38,432 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WILL 2781 01:40:38,432 --> 01:40:39,066 DEFINITELY ANSWER THOSE BEHIND 2782 01:40:39,066 --> 01:40:41,869 BEHIND THE SCENES HERE FOR YOU 2783 01:40:41,869 --> 01:40:43,470 ON THE SAND POINT WAY WORK. I 2784 01:40:43,470 --> 01:40:46,173 KNOW THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED 2785 01:40:46,173 --> 01:40:48,909 SOME TRAFFIC CALMING 2786 01:40:48,909 --> 01:40:51,278 INTERVENTIONS THERE IN BOTH THE 2787 01:40:51,278 --> 01:40:52,413 D4 AND D5 SEGMENTS OVER THE LAST 2788 01:40:52,413 --> 01:40:54,481 YEAR, AND WE HAVE RECENTLY 2789 01:40:54,481 --> 01:40:56,316 SHARED WITH YOUR OFFICE. WE HAVE 2790 01:40:56,316 --> 01:40:56,884 COMING UPCOMING ADDITIONAL 2791 01:40:56,884 --> 01:40:58,886 TRAFFIC CALMING ELEMENTS THAT 2792 01:40:58,886 --> 01:40:59,953 WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE NEXT 2793 01:40:59,953 --> 01:41:02,222 SEVERAL MONTHS. BEYOND THAT, I 2794 01:41:02,222 --> 01:41:03,857 HAVE A LONG LIST OF OTHER 2795 01:41:03,857 --> 01:41:09,229 IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING 2796 01:41:09,229 --> 01:41:10,330 IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND INTO 2797 01:41:10,330 --> 01:41:10,998 2027. I'M HAPPY TO SIT WITH YOU 2798 01:41:10,998 --> 01:41:12,666 AND HAVE MY STAFF SIT WITH YOU 2799 01:41:12,666 --> 01:41:14,535 AND WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE. 2800 01:41:14,535 --> 01:41:16,503 -- THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE 2801 01:41:16,503 --> 01:41:17,137 MORE RECENTLY I INQUIRED ABOUT 2802 01:41:17,137 --> 01:41:19,073 IN FRONT OF SAND POINT WAY IN 2803 01:41:19,073 --> 01:41:20,207 FRONT OF MAGNUSON PARK, AND 2804 01:41:20,207 --> 01:41:23,343 THERE WAS NO INFORMATION GIVEN 2805 01:41:23,343 --> 01:41:24,678 FROM MASSDOT ON UPDATES. SO 2806 01:41:24,678 --> 01:41:25,179 THANK YOU. 2807 01:41:25,179 --> 01:41:26,380 -- AND I KNOW WE HAVE A CAMERA 2808 01:41:26,380 --> 01:41:29,616 PLAN FOR THAT LOCATION AS WELL. 2809 01:41:29,616 --> 01:41:31,151 TRANSIT SAFETY AROUND SOUND 2810 01:41:31,151 --> 01:41:32,286 TRANSIT STATIONS. TOTALLY HEAR 2811 01:41:32,286 --> 01:41:35,255 YOU ON THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT IS A 2812 01:41:35,255 --> 01:41:36,423 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SDOT SPD AND 2813 01:41:36,423 --> 01:41:37,858 SOUND TRANSIT. AND I KNOW WE'RE 2814 01:41:37,858 --> 01:41:38,959 WORKING REALLY HARD TOGETHER AS 2815 01:41:38,959 --> 01:41:41,128 AS WELL AS WITH METRO, TO 2816 01:41:41,128 --> 01:41:42,563 ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT SOME OF OUR 2817 01:41:42,563 --> 01:41:44,798 TRAFFIC OR OUR BUS SAFETY AND 2818 01:41:44,798 --> 01:41:46,533 TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES. SO MORE 2819 01:41:46,533 --> 01:41:47,634 DISCUSSION ON THAT. I DEFINITELY 2820 01:41:47,634 --> 01:41:49,703 HEAR YOU ON THAT. AND WE ARE 2821 01:41:49,703 --> 01:41:56,243 REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT AS WELL. 2822 01:41:56,243 --> 01:41:58,178 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER 2823 01:41:58,178 --> 01:41:58,545 QUESTIONS WERE. 2824 01:41:58,545 --> 01:42:02,616 -- I CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF THEM. 2825 01:42:02,616 --> 01:42:03,250 OKAY. ALTHOUGH I WAS TRYING TO 2826 01:42:03,250 --> 01:42:04,251 DO ACTIVE LISTENING AND. SO I 2827 01:42:04,251 --> 01:42:06,954 WAS WRITING EVERYTHING DOWN 2828 01:42:06,954 --> 01:42:09,857 SINCE BOTH YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER 2829 01:42:09,857 --> 01:42:12,226 KETTLE AND I THINK MAYBE EVEN 2830 01:42:12,226 --> 01:42:14,127 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA BROUGHT UP 2831 01:42:14,127 --> 01:42:16,029 THE UCT POSITIONS, I WANT TO 2832 01:42:16,029 --> 01:42:20,367 SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE KNEW THAT 2833 01:42:20,367 --> 01:42:23,103 THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND 2834 01:42:23,103 --> 01:42:25,906 RESOURCES WOULD BE VERY TIGHT IN 2835 01:42:25,906 --> 01:42:28,375 2026. THAT WAS APPARENT WITH THE 2836 01:42:28,375 --> 01:42:29,943 REVENUE FORECASTS THAT WERE 2837 01:42:29,943 --> 01:42:32,513 COMING THROUGH LAST YEAR. IT WAS 2838 01:42:32,513 --> 01:42:34,214 APPARENT WHEN WE HAD THE APRIL 2839 01:42:34,214 --> 01:42:37,117 FORECAST, AND IT'S BEEN 2840 01:42:37,117 --> 01:42:40,154 CONSISTENT AS DOT'S GENERAL FUND 2841 01:42:40,154 --> 01:42:42,422 ALLOCATION HAS REDUCED OVER 2842 01:42:42,422 --> 01:42:44,758 TIME. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL 2843 01:42:44,758 --> 01:42:46,660 DOLLARS, YOU MIGHT NOT SEE THAT 2844 01:42:46,660 --> 01:42:49,162 BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED 2845 01:42:49,162 --> 01:42:52,166 GENERAL FUND FOR VERY PARTICULAR 2846 01:42:52,166 --> 01:42:54,801 PURPOSES. AND MEANWHILE, OTHER 2847 01:42:54,801 --> 01:42:57,037 AREAS THAT TRADITIONALLY 2848 01:42:57,037 --> 01:42:58,338 HISTORICALLY RECEIVED GENERAL 2849 01:42:58,338 --> 01:43:00,240 FUND, AGAIN, PRIMARILY IN OUR 2850 01:43:00,240 --> 01:43:02,976 BASIC OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 2851 01:43:02,976 --> 01:43:04,645 HAVE SLOWLY LIKE THOSE AMOUNTS 2852 01:43:04,645 --> 01:43:07,881 OF INVESTMENTS HAVE DECREASED 2853 01:43:07,881 --> 01:43:11,385 YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR. WE, 2854 01:43:11,385 --> 01:43:15,222 MEANING RELATIVELY SPEAKING, 2855 01:43:15,222 --> 01:43:17,724 GENERAL FUND IS VERY TIGHT IN 2856 01:43:17,724 --> 01:43:19,626 SDOT. AND WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED 2857 01:43:19,626 --> 01:43:22,863 TO HAVE A SAVINGS PLAN FOR 2026, 2858 01:43:22,863 --> 01:43:24,665 NOT JUST ON THE GENERAL FUND 2859 01:43:24,665 --> 01:43:26,333 SIDE, BUT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION 2860 01:43:26,333 --> 01:43:29,736 FUND AS WELL. AND THOSE TWO 2861 01:43:29,736 --> 01:43:31,204 POSITIONS IN UCT ARE FUNDED BY 2862 01:43:31,204 --> 01:43:34,174 GENERAL FUND. THEY HAD NOT YET 2863 01:43:34,174 --> 01:43:35,108 BEEN FILLED BY THE TIME THAT THE 2864 01:43:35,108 --> 01:43:38,979 APRIL FORECAST CAME OUT, AND IT 2865 01:43:38,979 --> 01:43:41,248 MADE SENSE TO US BECAUSE WE 2866 01:43:41,248 --> 01:43:44,451 LOOKED AT POSITION VACANCIES 2867 01:43:44,451 --> 01:43:45,052 THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT TO 2868 01:43:45,052 --> 01:43:48,021 HOLD ON, FILLING NOT JUST THOSE 2869 01:43:48,021 --> 01:43:50,057 BUT OTHERS. WE HAVE A GOOD 2870 01:43:50,057 --> 01:43:52,092 NUMBER OF VACANT POSITIONS 2871 01:43:52,092 --> 01:43:55,062 CURRENTLY IN OUR DEPARTMENT, AND 2872 01:43:55,062 --> 01:43:55,762 THAT IS INTENTIONAL BECAUSE WE 2873 01:43:55,762 --> 01:43:58,298 KNEW THAT WE WERE IN A DIFFICULT 2874 01:43:58,298 --> 01:44:00,500 FINANCIAL POSITION WITH THE 2875 01:44:00,500 --> 01:44:02,035 MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUES, AND SO 2876 01:44:02,035 --> 01:44:05,405 WE HELD THEM VACANT. AND NOW, AS 2877 01:44:05,405 --> 01:44:07,975 WE CONTINUE INTO LOOKING AT 2878 01:44:07,975 --> 01:44:09,676 GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS IN 27 2879 01:44:09,676 --> 01:44:14,014 AND 28, THOSE TWO POSITIONS ARE 2880 01:44:14,014 --> 01:44:15,148 THAT ARE STILL VACANT, ARE 2881 01:44:15,148 --> 01:44:20,887 PROPOSED FOR ABROGATION DOES NOT 2882 01:44:20,887 --> 01:44:22,522 MEAN THAT WE COULDN'T RECREATE 2883 01:44:22,522 --> 01:44:25,392 THEM OR REFUND THEM IN FUTURE 2884 01:44:25,392 --> 01:44:27,995 YEARS, AS THE PROGRAM CONTINUES 2885 01:44:27,995 --> 01:44:30,530 TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND AS 2886 01:44:30,530 --> 01:44:32,265 THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL 2887 01:44:32,265 --> 01:44:33,600 GROW THAT PROGRAM AND THE 2888 01:44:33,600 --> 01:44:35,769 SERVICES THAT IT PROVIDES. 2889 01:44:35,769 --> 01:44:38,205 -- THANK YOU. CHRIS. I THINK THE 2890 01:44:38,205 --> 01:44:40,307 BOTTOM LINE IS HERE, AND THIS IS 2891 01:44:40,307 --> 01:44:41,842 MORE FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN 2892 01:44:41,842 --> 01:44:43,510 GENERAL, IS THE IMPORTANCE OF 2893 01:44:43,510 --> 01:44:45,612 THE UCT TEAM AND BEING ABLE TO 2894 01:44:45,612 --> 01:44:48,615 DO THAT WORK EVERY DAY. WE GET 2895 01:44:48,615 --> 01:44:49,249 EMAILS FROM CONSTITUENTS ABOUT 2896 01:44:49,249 --> 01:44:50,417 ENCAMPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, 2897 01:44:50,417 --> 01:44:51,985 AND WITHOUT THAT TEAM, WE'RE NOT 2898 01:44:51,985 --> 01:44:54,054 ABLE TO DO THAT WORK. AND I'M 2899 01:44:54,054 --> 01:44:56,123 GOING TO POINT OUT THAT ONE 2900 01:44:56,123 --> 01:44:57,858 REALLY VALUABLE PIECE THAT SO 2901 01:44:57,858 --> 01:44:59,826 MANY VALUABLE PIECES TO THAT 2902 01:44:59,826 --> 01:45:02,095 TEAM. BUT THE OUTREACH COMPONENT 2903 01:45:02,095 --> 01:45:04,164 OF THAT TEAM, WHEN THEY GO OUT 2904 01:45:04,164 --> 01:45:06,333 TO CLEAR AN ENCAMPMENT, THEY 2905 01:45:06,333 --> 01:45:07,467 PROVIDE SERVICES. THEY DON'T 2906 01:45:07,467 --> 01:45:10,103 JUST GO, THEY TAKE TIME, AND 2907 01:45:10,103 --> 01:45:11,638 THEY TALK TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT 2908 01:45:11,638 --> 01:45:13,073 ARE AT THAT ENCAMPMENT. THAT IS 2909 01:45:13,073 --> 01:45:14,241 SO IMPORTANT. SO WHEN I HEAR 2910 01:45:14,241 --> 01:45:16,510 ABOUT ALL THESE POSITIONS BEING 2911 01:45:16,510 --> 01:45:18,512 CUT, WHILE THEY MAY BE VACANT, I 2912 01:45:18,512 --> 01:45:21,515 DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE THERE. 2913 01:45:21,515 --> 01:45:22,883 THINGS THAT WE NEED AND AND IF 2914 01:45:22,883 --> 01:45:25,952 WE NEED MORE FOLKS TO DO THE 2915 01:45:25,952 --> 01:45:27,587 OUTREACH AND TO HELP FOLKS 2916 01:45:27,587 --> 01:45:29,956 ALONG, THAT IS IMPORTANT. SO, 2917 01:45:29,956 --> 01:45:32,893 YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT JUST AN 2918 01:45:32,893 --> 01:45:34,561 SDOT ISSUE BECAUSE THE UCT TEAM 2919 01:45:34,561 --> 01:45:35,996 ISN'T INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM, 2920 01:45:35,996 --> 01:45:38,332 BUT IT'S MORE FOR THE MAYOR'S 2921 01:45:38,332 --> 01:45:42,402 OFFICE TO KNOW THAT THIS I, WE I 2922 01:45:42,402 --> 01:45:44,838 HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE UCT TEAM 2923 01:45:44,838 --> 01:45:47,541 AND NOT FUNDING THAT IN A WAY 2924 01:45:47,541 --> 01:45:49,476 THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS WHAT 2925 01:45:49,476 --> 01:45:52,612 OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE 2926 01:45:52,612 --> 01:45:53,113 EXPERIENCING IN ALL THE 2927 01:45:53,113 --> 01:45:53,947 NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT OUR FOLKS 2928 01:45:53,947 --> 01:45:57,017 WHO ARE UNHOUSED NEED. SO THANK 2929 01:45:57,017 --> 01:45:59,152 YOU. THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING 2930 01:45:59,152 --> 01:46:00,721 THAT, CHRIS. AND I'LL FOLLOW UP 2931 01:46:00,721 --> 01:46:02,255 WITH THE OTHER PIECES, PLEASE. 2932 01:46:02,255 --> 01:46:04,191 -- AND I'LL ALSO SPEAK TO THE 2933 01:46:04,191 --> 01:46:05,759 COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND BRIEFLY. 2934 01:46:05,759 --> 01:46:07,861 YES 2935 01:46:07,861 --> 01:46:08,328 -- DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. 2936 01:46:08,328 --> 01:46:09,663 -- THANK YOU. JUST ON THE 2937 01:46:09,663 --> 01:46:10,764 UNIFIED CARE TEAM, I'LL JUST 2938 01:46:10,764 --> 01:46:12,065 YOU'RE GOING TO GET SO TIRED OF 2939 01:46:12,065 --> 01:46:13,066 ME, BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP 2940 01:46:13,066 --> 01:46:15,368 HITTING. HITTING THE SAME SAME 2941 01:46:15,368 --> 01:46:17,637 DRUM ONE, THE OUTREACH POSITIONS 2942 01:46:17,637 --> 01:46:18,805 THAT ARE IN THE HUMAN SERVICES 2943 01:46:18,805 --> 01:46:21,441 DEPARTMENT ARE NOT ELIMINATED IN 2944 01:46:21,441 --> 01:46:24,711 THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL. AND AGAIN, 2945 01:46:24,711 --> 01:46:26,780 I WILL SAY THERE WERE PROPOSED 2946 01:46:26,780 --> 01:46:28,348 EXPANSIONS AND POSITIONS BEING 2947 01:46:28,348 --> 01:46:29,683 ADDED WITHOUT A SUSTAINABLE WAY 2948 01:46:29,683 --> 01:46:32,052 TO FUND THEM. SO I HEAR YOU ON A 2949 01:46:32,052 --> 01:46:34,554 NEED AND DESIRE FOR MORE AND 2950 01:46:34,554 --> 01:46:35,922 CONTINUE TO JUST REITERATE THAT 2951 01:46:35,922 --> 01:46:37,824 WE WOULD NEED A SUSTAINABLE WAY 2952 01:46:37,824 --> 01:46:39,760 TO MAINTAIN THAT AND REALLY 2953 01:46:39,760 --> 01:46:41,628 APPRECIATE SCOTT'S WORK THIS 2954 01:46:41,628 --> 01:46:43,864 YEAR TO TO MOVE CAUTIOUSLY, 2955 01:46:43,864 --> 01:46:45,665 KNOWING THAT WE WERE IN A TIGHT 2956 01:46:45,665 --> 01:46:48,168 BUDGET SITUATION. 2957 01:46:48,168 --> 01:46:49,269 -- AND I WILL JUST SAY, ALI, 2958 01:46:49,269 --> 01:46:52,139 THAT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 2959 01:46:52,139 --> 01:46:54,808 AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP I HEAR 2960 01:46:54,808 --> 01:46:57,144 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU KEEP 2961 01:46:57,144 --> 01:46:57,711 SAYING THESE VACANCIES WERE 2962 01:46:57,711 --> 01:47:00,080 BASICALLY NOT, NOT NEEDED, 2963 01:47:00,080 --> 01:47:01,648 QUOTE, UNQUOTE. AND WHAT I'M 2964 01:47:01,648 --> 01:47:04,117 SAYING IS WE'RE EXPERIENCING 2965 01:47:04,117 --> 01:47:06,253 MORE ON THE GROUND WITH OUR 2966 01:47:06,253 --> 01:47:09,556 CONSTITUENTS IN TERMS OF THESE 2967 01:47:09,556 --> 01:47:09,923 ENCAMPMENTS AND 2968 01:47:09,923 --> 01:47:11,625 -- NOT THESE ENCAMPMENTS. NOT 2969 01:47:11,625 --> 01:47:13,860 GETTING ADDRESSED. TIMELY. AND 2970 01:47:13,860 --> 01:47:16,730 SO I WONDER IF WE'RE MAKING ALL 2971 01:47:16,730 --> 01:47:18,331 THESE CUTS TO THE UC T TEAM, 2972 01:47:18,331 --> 01:47:19,266 WHETHER THAT'S NOT GOING TO 2973 01:47:19,266 --> 01:47:22,769 HAVE AN IMPACT. SO WHETHER THESE 2974 01:47:22,769 --> 01:47:23,303 PARTICULAR POSITIONS WERE 2975 01:47:23,303 --> 01:47:24,070 HELPFUL OR WERE WERE BEING 2976 01:47:24,070 --> 01:47:26,573 UTILIZED OR NOT, SOMETHING IS 2977 01:47:26,573 --> 01:47:28,175 HAPPENING BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE 2978 01:47:28,175 --> 01:47:29,376 ENCAMPMENTS SEEING ON THE GROUND 2979 01:47:29,376 --> 01:47:31,511 THAT ARE TAKING LONGER TO 2980 01:47:31,511 --> 01:47:33,146 ADDRESS. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING 2981 01:47:33,146 --> 01:47:35,182 TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 2982 01:47:35,182 --> 01:47:35,415 CHAIR. 2983 01:47:35,415 --> 01:47:36,349 -- THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO KEEP 2984 01:47:36,349 --> 01:47:38,084 US MOVING BECAUSE WE ARE AT 317, 2985 01:47:38,084 --> 01:47:41,655 AND I'M GOING TO PUT A HARD 2986 01:47:41,655 --> 01:47:42,956 STOP TO START AT FOUR BECAUSE WE 2987 01:47:42,956 --> 01:47:45,358 HAVE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WHO HAS 2988 01:47:45,358 --> 01:47:46,760 BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING WITH 2989 01:47:46,760 --> 01:47:47,394 THAT. I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER 2990 01:47:47,394 --> 01:47:48,562 RINCK, FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2991 01:47:48,562 --> 01:47:50,664 FOSTER. 2992 01:47:50,664 --> 01:47:52,032 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. I 2993 01:47:52,032 --> 01:47:52,632 WANT TO START BEFORE GETTING 2994 01:47:52,632 --> 01:47:53,500 INTO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO 2995 01:47:53,500 --> 01:47:56,770 START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF 2996 01:47:56,770 --> 01:47:57,304 GRATITUDE BECAUSE I'VE 2997 01:47:57,304 --> 01:47:58,672 APPRECIATED USDOT'S FOCUS ON 2998 01:47:58,672 --> 01:47:59,439 VISION ZERO EFFORTS, AND I WANT 2999 01:47:59,439 --> 01:48:01,274 TO TAKE THIS MOMENT AGAIN TO 3000 01:48:01,274 --> 01:48:03,376 COMMEND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR 3001 01:48:03,376 --> 01:48:05,178 THEIR LEADERSHIP ON ADVANCING 3002 01:48:05,178 --> 01:48:07,948 VISION ZERO EFFORTS. IT'S 3003 01:48:07,948 --> 01:48:08,548 TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT FOR SO 3004 01:48:08,548 --> 01:48:09,549 MANY REASONS, AND I'M GLAD WE'VE 3005 01:48:09,549 --> 01:48:10,917 HAD OPPORTUNITY AS WELL IN THE 3006 01:48:10,917 --> 01:48:12,352 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO TAKE 3007 01:48:12,352 --> 01:48:13,720 UP DISCUSSIONS ON THE VISION 3008 01:48:13,720 --> 01:48:14,688 ZERO PROGRAM AND HOW WE CAN 3009 01:48:14,688 --> 01:48:17,023 FURTHER BOLSTER THAT WORK. SO I 3010 01:48:17,023 --> 01:48:19,392 WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL 3011 01:48:19,392 --> 01:48:21,995 AS RECOGNIZE AND TAKE THIS 3012 01:48:21,995 --> 01:48:22,562 OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE S 3013 01:48:22,562 --> 01:48:23,964 DOT'S FOCUS ON GREATER TRANSIT 3014 01:48:23,964 --> 01:48:25,832 ACCESS, AS WELL AS IMPROVING 3015 01:48:25,832 --> 01:48:28,368 SPEED AND RELIABILITY FOR 3016 01:48:28,368 --> 01:48:30,136 RIDERS. SO NOTABLY ADDING THOSE 3017 01:48:30,136 --> 01:48:32,739 BUSTLING LANES TO DENNY WAY TO 3018 01:48:32,739 --> 01:48:33,740 SPEED UP THE ROUTE EIGHT. AND 3019 01:48:33,740 --> 01:48:34,841 SINCE THE ADDITION OF THOSE BUS 3020 01:48:34,841 --> 01:48:36,877 LANES, WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN 3021 01:48:36,877 --> 01:48:37,844 IMMEDIATE IMPACTS. BUSSES ON 3022 01:48:37,844 --> 01:48:40,313 TIME, MORE FREQUENCY FROM KING 3023 01:48:40,313 --> 01:48:42,048 COUNTY METRO OVERALL, IMPROVED 3024 01:48:42,048 --> 01:48:43,450 TRAFFIC FLOW FOR THOSE DRIVING 3025 01:48:43,450 --> 01:48:44,651 AS WELL. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 3026 01:48:44,651 --> 01:48:47,387 WHAT COMES NEXT AND EXCITED TO 3027 01:48:47,387 --> 01:48:50,657 PUT MORE RED PAINT ON OUR ROADS. 3028 01:48:50,657 --> 01:48:52,492 WITH THAT NOTE, DIGGING INTO 3029 01:48:52,492 --> 01:48:56,129 SOME QUESTIONS AND YOU'VE 3030 01:48:56,129 --> 01:48:57,163 COVERED MANY OF MY QUESTIONS 3031 01:48:57,163 --> 01:49:00,200 JUST WITH THE PRESENTATION, 3032 01:49:00,200 --> 01:49:00,834 PARTICULARLY IN RECOGNITION OF 3033 01:49:00,834 --> 01:49:02,469 THE SUDDEN DEFICIT OF 113 3034 01:49:02,469 --> 01:49:04,070 MILLION AND A LITTLE BIT HOW HE 3035 01:49:04,070 --> 01:49:05,872 GOT THERE. I APPRECIATE 3036 01:49:05,872 --> 01:49:07,807 APPRECIATED YOU UNPACKING THAT. 3037 01:49:07,807 --> 01:49:08,875 AND TO DEAL WITH THIS STEEP 3038 01:49:08,875 --> 01:49:10,477 DEFICIT, I'M NOTING ON SLIDE 3039 01:49:10,477 --> 01:49:12,112 SIX, THE GRAPH SHOWS THE 3040 01:49:12,112 --> 01:49:15,715 TRANSPORTATION FUND BEING CUT IN 3041 01:49:15,715 --> 01:49:18,118 HALF BETWEEN 2026 AND 2027. 3042 01:49:18,118 --> 01:49:18,652 SEEMS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT 3043 01:49:18,652 --> 01:49:19,419 CHALLENGE. I'M WONDERING IF YOU 3044 01:49:19,419 --> 01:49:20,921 CAN SPEAK TO HOW THIS WILL 3045 01:49:20,921 --> 01:49:22,722 IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO MEET JUST 3046 01:49:22,722 --> 01:49:24,257 OUR CITY'S TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, 3047 01:49:24,257 --> 01:49:25,992 AND HOW THE AVERAGE SEATTLE 3048 01:49:25,992 --> 01:49:34,668 RESIDENT WILL FEEL THIS IMPACT. 3049 01:49:34,668 --> 01:49:35,735 -- SO THERE'S A LITTLE MORE 3050 01:49:35,735 --> 01:49:37,537 NUANCE TO THIS ONE THAT WE COULD 3051 01:49:37,537 --> 01:49:40,040 FOLLOW UP WITH DETAIL. THE ALL 3052 01:49:40,040 --> 01:49:43,610 OF THE PRIOR YEARS UP TO 2025, 3053 01:49:43,610 --> 01:49:45,946 THAT IS THE ACTUAL SPEND, ACTUAL 3054 01:49:45,946 --> 01:49:47,013 REVENUE DATA COMING OUT OF THOSE 3055 01:49:47,013 --> 01:49:51,318 YEARS. SO WHEN YOU MOVE INTO 26, 3056 01:49:51,318 --> 01:49:54,421 THAT INCLUDES OUR BUDGET 3057 01:49:54,421 --> 01:49:55,622 APPROPRIATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE 3058 01:49:55,622 --> 01:49:58,191 CARRYFORWARDS. SO THOSE ARE 3059 01:49:58,191 --> 01:49:59,159 CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE THE 3060 01:49:59,159 --> 01:50:01,361 MONEY SET ASIDE, OR MAYBE 3061 01:50:01,361 --> 01:50:01,995 THEY'VE THEY'VE RECEIVED A 3062 01:50:01,995 --> 01:50:02,562 GRANT, THEY HAVE A REVENUE 3063 01:50:02,562 --> 01:50:05,966 BUDGET THAT GOES ALONG WITH 3064 01:50:05,966 --> 01:50:08,902 THEM. AND YOU'VE REAPPROPRIATED 3065 01:50:08,902 --> 01:50:09,936 THAT IN THE CARRY FORWARD 3066 01:50:09,936 --> 01:50:11,171 PROCESS, THAT USUALLY HAPPENS 3067 01:50:11,171 --> 01:50:14,274 EARLY IN THE YEAR. SO THAT 3068 01:50:14,274 --> 01:50:15,909 REPRESENTS A BUMP THERE TO THE 3069 01:50:15,909 --> 01:50:18,979 FUND. SO WE COULD FOLLOW UP WITH 3070 01:50:18,979 --> 01:50:19,579 SOMETHING THAT THAT MAPS THAT 3071 01:50:19,579 --> 01:50:24,751 OUT FOR YOU. AND, AND ALSO 3072 01:50:24,751 --> 01:50:26,519 COMPARES TO THE ANNUAL NEW 3073 01:50:26,519 --> 01:50:28,054 BUDGET APPROPRIATION. SO OUR NEW 3074 01:50:28,054 --> 01:50:29,656 BUDGET APPROPRIATION IS ABOUT, 3075 01:50:29,656 --> 01:50:34,527 AT OUR NORMAL LEVEL, MAYBE 10% 3076 01:50:34,527 --> 01:50:35,662 LOWER 4% OVERALL OVER THE TWO 3077 01:50:35,662 --> 01:50:37,430 YEARS. SO THAT'S THE CHANGE. 3078 01:50:37,430 --> 01:50:39,265 THE CARRY FORWARD IS SOMETHING 3079 01:50:39,265 --> 01:50:42,235 WE CAN BREAK OUT FOR. YOU. IT 3080 01:50:42,235 --> 01:50:43,536 DOES MAKE THIS DROP LOOK A 3081 01:50:43,536 --> 01:50:44,204 LITTLE BIT STEEPER, BUT WE DID 3082 01:50:44,204 --> 01:50:47,707 THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHOW, 3083 01:50:47,707 --> 01:50:48,241 IN THEORY WHAT'S BEEN 3084 01:50:48,241 --> 01:50:49,109 APPROPRIATED. THE MAXIMUM WE'RE 3085 01:50:49,109 --> 01:50:52,078 ALLOWED TO SPEND UNDER WHAT 3086 01:50:52,078 --> 01:50:54,347 WHAT'S BEEN ADOPTED IN THE 3087 01:50:54,347 --> 01:50:55,815 BUDGET IS THAT NUMBER. THERE 3088 01:50:55,815 --> 01:50:57,384 DEFINITELY HAD A LOT OF 3089 01:50:57,384 --> 01:50:57,984 CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY HOW 3090 01:50:57,984 --> 01:50:59,319 BEST TO SHOW IT. BUT WE CAN 3091 01:50:59,319 --> 01:51:01,154 FOLLOW UP WITH YOU WITH THAT 3092 01:51:01,154 --> 01:51:03,023 DETAIL THAT BREAKS IT OUT MORE. 3093 01:51:03,023 --> 01:51:04,557 -- WE EVEN HAVE A NIFTY LITTLE 3094 01:51:04,557 --> 01:51:06,192 BAR CHART THAT WE CAN PULL OUT 3095 01:51:06,192 --> 01:51:07,794 AND SEND YOUR WAY. 3096 01:51:07,794 --> 01:51:08,461 -- I LOVE A CHART. 3097 01:51:08,461 --> 01:51:09,929 -- THANK YOU. I'D APPRECIATE 3098 01:51:09,929 --> 01:51:11,898 THAT ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP. I 3099 01:51:11,898 --> 01:51:12,866 APPRECIATE ALSO THE EXPLANATION 3100 01:51:12,866 --> 01:51:13,433 HERE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT 3101 01:51:13,433 --> 01:51:15,935 THERE'S A BIT MORE NUANCE TO 3102 01:51:15,935 --> 01:51:17,270 THIS. AND THAT'S JUST TO THE 3103 01:51:17,270 --> 01:51:17,937 FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION. I'M 3104 01:51:17,937 --> 01:51:19,672 WONDERING, SPEAKING MORE JUST TO 3105 01:51:19,672 --> 01:51:22,442 IMPACT TO OUR RESIDENTS. 3106 01:51:22,442 --> 01:51:24,444 -- I WOULD JUST A QUICK ANSWER 3107 01:51:24,444 --> 01:51:28,248 TO THAT. I THINK I THINK WHAT 3108 01:51:28,248 --> 01:51:28,915 YOU'VE HEARD IS GENERALLY WE TRY 3109 01:51:28,915 --> 01:51:31,484 TO KIND OF GIVE A TAKE A HAIRCUT 3110 01:51:31,484 --> 01:51:33,486 ACROSS 48 OF OUR PROGRAMS SO 3111 01:51:33,486 --> 01:51:37,190 THAT WE WEREN'T CUT DEEPLY, 3112 01:51:37,190 --> 01:51:38,892 CUTTING ANYONE IN ANY, ANY ONE 3113 01:51:38,892 --> 01:51:40,126 AREA. BUT WHAT THAT MEANS, AND, 3114 01:51:40,126 --> 01:51:42,595 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, THE WORK 3115 01:51:42,595 --> 01:51:46,166 THAT WE HAVE HAVE REDUCED 3116 01:51:46,166 --> 01:51:48,134 FUNDING FOR IS MAINTENANCE. AND 3117 01:51:48,134 --> 01:51:50,136 SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS GENERALLY 3118 01:51:50,136 --> 01:51:51,905 A LITTLE BIT LONGER RESPONSE 3119 01:51:51,905 --> 01:51:54,340 TIMES FOR CERTAIN CERTAIN AREAS. 3120 01:51:54,340 --> 01:51:56,109 AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. BUT, 3121 01:51:56,109 --> 01:51:57,877 YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE 3122 01:51:57,877 --> 01:51:59,412 THE FUNDING THAT IT TAKES TO, TO 3123 01:51:59,412 --> 01:52:01,214 COVER ALL OF THOSE MAINTENANCE 3124 01:52:01,214 --> 01:52:04,717 ITEMS RIGHT NOW. IN GOOD NEWS, 3125 01:52:04,717 --> 01:52:07,754 WE DO HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION 3126 01:52:07,754 --> 01:52:09,289 FUND TASK FORCE, WHICH CHAIR 3127 01:52:09,289 --> 01:52:10,423 SAKA HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US 3128 01:52:10,423 --> 01:52:13,827 ON. WE JUST KICKED OFF A BIG 3129 01:52:13,827 --> 01:52:14,461 MEETING WITH THE FIRST MEETING 3130 01:52:14,461 --> 01:52:15,995 WITH THAT GROUP, REALLY TO HONE 3131 01:52:15,995 --> 01:52:17,497 IN AND FOCUS IN ON OUR 3132 01:52:17,497 --> 01:52:19,165 MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND OUR OF OUR 3133 01:52:19,165 --> 01:52:20,366 ASSETS OVER TIME, AND REALLY TRY 3134 01:52:20,366 --> 01:52:22,569 TO TACKLE THAT, THAT QUESTION 3135 01:52:22,569 --> 01:52:24,904 TOGETHER. SO REALLY ENCOURAGED 3136 01:52:24,904 --> 01:52:25,805 AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING 3137 01:52:25,805 --> 01:52:28,908 WITH THAT GROUP AND WITH YOU ALL 3138 01:52:28,908 --> 01:52:30,410 ON SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME 3139 01:52:30,410 --> 01:52:30,977 POTENTIAL CREATIVE FUNDING 3140 01:52:30,977 --> 01:52:32,445 SOURCES TO HELP SOLVE THIS, THIS 3141 01:52:32,445 --> 01:52:35,048 GAP. 3142 01:52:35,048 --> 01:52:35,682 -- CERTAINLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT 3143 01:52:35,682 --> 01:52:36,416 THE WORK OF THAT WORK GROUP AS 3144 01:52:36,416 --> 01:52:37,684 WELL. AND THANK YOU FOR 3145 01:52:37,684 --> 01:52:39,052 UNPACKING A LITTLE BIT MORE. 3146 01:52:39,052 --> 01:52:40,954 WHAT IMPACTS WILL MEAN FOR 3147 01:52:40,954 --> 01:52:42,222 RESIDENTS. I'M GOING TO SHIFT 3148 01:52:42,222 --> 01:52:44,891 GEARS A LITTLE BIT AND TALK 3149 01:52:44,891 --> 01:52:47,594 ABOUT AURORA AVE, PARTICULARLY. 3150 01:52:47,594 --> 01:52:49,462 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 3151 01:52:49,462 --> 01:52:51,464 STATE HAS ALLOCATED $50 MILLION 3152 01:52:51,464 --> 01:52:53,299 TOWARDS REDESIGN OF MOST AURORA 3153 01:52:53,299 --> 01:52:55,735 AVE IN SEATTLE. HOWEVER, THAT 3154 01:52:55,735 --> 01:52:58,138 FUNDING IS POTENTIALLY IN 3155 01:52:58,138 --> 01:52:59,172 QUESTION AS THE STATE IS ALSO 3156 01:52:59,172 --> 01:53:02,308 GRAPPLING WITH THEIR OWN BUDGET 3157 01:53:02,308 --> 01:53:04,511 DEFICIT AND SEEING MINIMAL 3158 01:53:04,511 --> 01:53:06,946 PROGRESS FROM THE CITY ON 3159 01:53:06,946 --> 01:53:08,615 AURORA. SO I'M ASKING THIS JUST 3160 01:53:08,615 --> 01:53:09,983 BECAUSE I KNOW I HEAR FROM 3161 01:53:09,983 --> 01:53:11,951 RESIDENTS A REAL HUNGER TO GET 3162 01:53:11,951 --> 01:53:14,387 US MOVING ON ADVANCING MAJOR 3163 01:53:14,387 --> 01:53:16,756 CHANGES TO AURORA FOR SAFETY 3164 01:53:16,756 --> 01:53:17,657 IMPROVEMENTS, FOR BETTER 3165 01:53:17,657 --> 01:53:20,760 LIVABILITY, FOR SO MANY REASONS. 3166 01:53:20,760 --> 01:53:21,928 AND SO I'M WONDERING WHAT WE 3167 01:53:21,928 --> 01:53:24,097 NEED TO DO TO JUST START MOVING 3168 01:53:24,097 --> 01:53:27,033 ON THIS. WHY IS THIS PROJECT 3169 01:53:27,033 --> 01:53:30,103 TAKING SO LONG, AND CAN YOU 3170 01:53:30,103 --> 01:53:31,504 PROVIDE MORE BACKGROUND AS TO 3171 01:53:31,504 --> 01:53:34,440 WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.? 3172 01:53:34,440 --> 01:53:36,543 -- SO I WILL REMIND COUNCIL, 3173 01:53:36,543 --> 01:53:40,146 I'VE BEEN HERE FOR NINE MONTHS 3174 01:53:40,146 --> 01:53:41,614 IN THIS PARTICULAR SEAT, BUT I 3175 01:53:41,614 --> 01:53:42,549 HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME 3176 01:53:42,549 --> 01:53:44,450 WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AND THE 3177 01:53:44,450 --> 01:53:46,953 PLANNING TEAM, ASKING QUESTIONS 3178 01:53:46,953 --> 01:53:49,823 AROUND AURORA AND SPECIFICALLY 3179 01:53:49,823 --> 01:53:51,791 TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR 3180 01:53:51,791 --> 01:53:52,859 NOT WE HAVE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON 3181 01:53:52,859 --> 01:53:56,396 WHAT AREAS TO TO UTILIZE THAT 3182 01:53:56,396 --> 01:53:57,630 FUNDING ON. I THINK THAT'S PART 3183 01:53:57,630 --> 01:54:00,600 OF THE ISSUE, FRANKLY, IS THAT 3184 01:54:00,600 --> 01:54:02,435 THERE ARE SO MANY IMPROVEMENTS 3185 01:54:02,435 --> 01:54:04,304 TO BE HAD ALONG AURORA THAT THE 3186 01:54:04,304 --> 01:54:07,173 CITY HAS NOT HONED IN ON ANY ONE 3187 01:54:07,173 --> 01:54:08,575 PARTICULAR LOCATION, AND WE HAVE 3188 01:54:08,575 --> 01:54:10,877 STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE LOOKING ALL 3189 01:54:10,877 --> 01:54:12,679 ACROSS THE BOARD AT ALL SEVEN 3190 01:54:12,679 --> 01:54:13,580 MILES OF IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE 3191 01:54:13,580 --> 01:54:14,747 DON'T HAVE MONEY THAT'S GOING 3192 01:54:14,747 --> 01:54:17,517 TO STRETCH THAT FAR. SO ONE OF 3193 01:54:17,517 --> 01:54:20,019 THE THE KEY STRATEGIES THAT 3194 01:54:20,019 --> 01:54:20,687 WE'RE WE'RE TAKING RIGHT NOW 3195 01:54:20,687 --> 01:54:22,555 IS THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE 3196 01:54:22,555 --> 01:54:24,290 TEAM, WITH OUR PLANNING TEAM, 3197 01:54:24,290 --> 01:54:25,925 AND WITH THE STATE AND WITH 3198 01:54:25,925 --> 01:54:27,427 WASHDOT SPECIFICALLY, WHO OWN 3199 01:54:27,427 --> 01:54:28,995 THE RIGHT OF WAY TO REALLY HONE 3200 01:54:28,995 --> 01:54:31,431 IN ON THE LOCATION, YOU KNOW, 3201 01:54:31,431 --> 01:54:33,032 SOME SOME KEY LOCATIONS WHERE WE 3202 01:54:33,032 --> 01:54:34,000 CAN PROVIDE SOME 3203 01:54:34,000 --> 01:54:37,370 TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE. THERE 3204 01:54:37,370 --> 01:54:38,972 AND EFFORTS TO BE ABLE TO PILOT 3205 01:54:38,972 --> 01:54:40,707 SOMETHING THAT WE COULD EXTEND 3206 01:54:40,707 --> 01:54:42,008 THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR AT SOME 3207 01:54:42,008 --> 01:54:44,577 POINT WHEN WE GET ADDITIONAL 3208 01:54:44,577 --> 01:54:46,746 FUNDING, WE ALSO HAVE SEATTLE 3209 01:54:46,746 --> 01:54:47,247 PUBLIC UTILITIES HAS A 3210 01:54:47,247 --> 01:54:48,948 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT 3211 01:54:48,948 --> 01:54:52,252 THEY HAVE SET ASIDE FOR DRAINAGE 3212 01:54:52,252 --> 01:54:53,553 IMPROVEMENTS AT THE NORTH END OF 3213 01:54:53,553 --> 01:54:57,257 AURORA, SO NORTH OF GREEN LAKE, 3214 01:54:57,257 --> 01:54:59,325 AND I'M LOOKING AT PARTNERING 3215 01:54:59,325 --> 01:55:03,062 WITH DIRECTOR LEE AND SPU ON 3216 01:55:03,062 --> 01:55:04,464 UTILIZATION OF, YOU KNOW, SOME 3217 01:55:04,464 --> 01:55:05,965 OF THE SPU FUNDING, ALONG WITH 3218 01:55:05,965 --> 01:55:07,700 THE STATE FUNDING AND SOME S DOT 3219 01:55:07,700 --> 01:55:09,903 LEVY FUNDING AS WELL, SO THAT WE 3220 01:55:09,903 --> 01:55:11,137 CAN GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR 3221 01:55:11,137 --> 01:55:14,107 BUCK ON AURORA. BUT I AGREE, YOU 3222 01:55:14,107 --> 01:55:16,142 KNOW, WE WE COULD WE CAN DELIVER 3223 01:55:16,142 --> 01:55:17,911 FASTER AND WE CAN BE MORE 3224 01:55:17,911 --> 01:55:19,145 EFFICIENT ON AURORA AND WE WILL 3225 01:55:19,145 --> 01:55:20,246 BE. 3226 01:55:20,246 --> 01:55:21,914 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT 3227 01:55:21,914 --> 01:55:23,149 RESPONSE. DIRECTOR BRADY. I 3228 01:55:23,149 --> 01:55:24,617 APPRECIATE THAT AND UNDERSTAND 3229 01:55:24,617 --> 01:55:26,352 THERE'S A LOT OF COOKS IN THE 3230 01:55:26,352 --> 01:55:27,453 KITCHEN ON THE PROJECT, A LOT OF 3231 01:55:27,453 --> 01:55:28,087 REQUIRED ENTITIES THAT WE NEED 3232 01:55:28,087 --> 01:55:28,988 TO WORK WITH IN ORDER TO SEE 3233 01:55:28,988 --> 01:55:31,457 PROGRESS, AND WE WANT TO SEE 3234 01:55:31,457 --> 01:55:32,058 PROGRESS. AND SO I APPRECIATE 3235 01:55:32,058 --> 01:55:34,427 THAT RESPONSE AND LOOK FORWARD 3236 01:55:34,427 --> 01:55:35,028 TO A FOLLOW UP. AND MY LAST 3237 01:55:35,028 --> 01:55:37,263 QUESTION, AND HOPEFULLY IT'S A 3238 01:55:37,263 --> 01:55:37,930 BRIEF ANSWER. THANK YOU, CHAIR, 3239 01:55:37,930 --> 01:55:39,966 FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME. I'M 3240 01:55:39,966 --> 01:55:40,667 WONDERING IF YOU CAN ELABORATE 3241 01:55:40,667 --> 01:55:43,569 MORE ON THE COLLISION EVALUATION 3242 01:55:43,569 --> 01:55:44,570 PROGRAM, WHAT IT DOES AND WHAT 3243 01:55:44,570 --> 01:55:45,672 WE SHOULD EXPECT. WITH AN 3244 01:55:45,672 --> 01:55:53,713 INCREASE IN FUNDING. 3245 01:55:53,713 --> 01:55:56,149 -- THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT IS RUN 3246 01:55:56,149 --> 01:55:58,785 BY OUR CHIEF TRAFFIC ENGINEER, 3247 01:55:58,785 --> 01:56:01,821 WHO IS ALSO OUR CHIEF SAFETY 3248 01:56:01,821 --> 01:56:05,325 OFFICER. AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE 3249 01:56:05,325 --> 01:56:07,193 ROLLING OUT NEW POLICIES THAT 3250 01:56:07,193 --> 01:56:10,430 ALLOW US TO MORE RAPIDLY 3251 01:56:10,430 --> 01:56:15,702 CONSIDER POTENTIAL DESIGN AND 3252 01:56:15,702 --> 01:56:16,269 ENGINEERING CHANGES, WHERE 3253 01:56:16,269 --> 01:56:18,705 COLLISIONS INVOLVING AND CRASHES 3254 01:56:18,705 --> 01:56:21,741 INVOLVING VULNERABLE PEOPLE HAVE 3255 01:56:21,741 --> 01:56:25,144 RESULTED IN DEATH OR SEVERE 3256 01:56:25,144 --> 01:56:29,582 INJURY. I KNOW THAT WE CAN 3257 01:56:29,582 --> 01:56:30,717 PROVIDE TO YOU AND TO THE REST 3258 01:56:30,717 --> 01:56:35,922 OF THE COUNCIL A THOROUGH 3259 01:56:35,922 --> 01:56:37,490 DESCRIPTION OF THAT POSITION OR 3260 01:56:37,490 --> 01:56:39,092 EXCUSE ME, THAT PROGRAM I, I 3261 01:56:39,092 --> 01:56:40,860 DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE READY TO DO 3262 01:56:40,860 --> 01:56:41,994 THAT AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, AT 3263 01:56:41,994 --> 01:56:44,197 THE TABLE. 3264 01:56:44,197 --> 01:56:44,864 -- UNDERSTOOD. LOOKING FORWARD 3265 01:56:44,864 --> 01:56:46,799 TO THE FOLLOW UP ON THAT. THANK 3266 01:56:46,799 --> 01:56:48,935 YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME. THANK 3267 01:56:48,935 --> 01:56:49,235 YOU CHAIR. 3268 01:56:49,235 --> 01:56:50,970 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3269 01:56:50,970 --> 01:56:52,638 RINCK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 3270 01:56:52,638 --> 01:56:54,374 FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3271 01:56:54,374 --> 01:56:55,508 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 3272 01:56:55,508 --> 01:56:58,678 CHAIR. AND AGAIN, MY 3273 01:56:58,678 --> 01:56:59,545 APPRECIATION TO THE TEAM FOR 3274 01:56:59,545 --> 01:57:00,646 BEING WITH US ALL DAY. I 3275 01:57:00,646 --> 01:57:02,015 APPRECIATE YOU ALL. I WANT TO 3276 01:57:02,015 --> 01:57:04,617 START WITH SOME QUESTIONS AROUND 3277 01:57:04,617 --> 01:57:07,086 STREET USE FEES. SO IN THE 3278 01:57:07,086 --> 01:57:11,557 PROPOSED BUDGET, I THINK I'M ON 3279 01:57:11,557 --> 01:57:12,792 PAGE 424. AND I THIS MAY BE 3280 01:57:12,792 --> 01:57:14,827 FOLLOW UP. SO JUST BEAR WITH ME 3281 01:57:14,827 --> 01:57:16,396 HERE. BUT I APPRECIATE THE THE 3282 01:57:16,396 --> 01:57:17,597 COMMENTARY ON THE SLIDE DECK IN 3283 01:57:17,597 --> 01:57:19,298 TERMS OF THE INCREASE IN THE 3284 01:57:19,298 --> 01:57:22,034 STREET USE FEES. AND SO WHAT I 3285 01:57:22,034 --> 01:57:24,370 SEE HERE IS A 5% INCREASE IN 3286 01:57:24,370 --> 01:57:26,873 HOURLY RATE FOR REVIEW AND 3287 01:57:26,873 --> 01:57:28,041 INSPECTION, AND THEN A 30% 3288 01:57:28,041 --> 01:57:30,276 INCREASE TO PERMIT ISSUANCE, 3289 01:57:30,276 --> 01:57:32,412 RENEWAL AND MODIFICATION FEES. 3290 01:57:32,412 --> 01:57:33,880 AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK A 3291 01:57:33,880 --> 01:57:36,482 COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE. SO DO WE 3292 01:57:36,482 --> 01:57:38,818 ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL ADD 3293 01:57:38,818 --> 01:57:41,754 CAPACITY IN TERMS OF REVIEWERS 3294 01:57:41,754 --> 01:57:45,358 INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT WITH THIS 3295 01:57:45,358 --> 01:57:45,691 FEE INCREASE. 3296 01:57:45,691 --> 01:57:46,959 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. THAT 3297 01:57:46,959 --> 01:57:49,228 IS NOT THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE 3298 01:57:49,228 --> 01:57:50,997 WITH THESE PROPOSALS. IT IS 3299 01:57:50,997 --> 01:57:55,001 INSTEAD TO GET US INCHING CLOSER 3300 01:57:55,001 --> 01:57:57,603 TO BETTER COST RECOVERY BY 3301 01:57:57,603 --> 01:58:00,706 POLICY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE HAD A 3302 01:58:00,706 --> 01:58:04,444 70% COST RECOVERY APPROACH TO 3303 01:58:04,444 --> 01:58:06,679 THE WAY THAT WE SET THOSE FEES, 3304 01:58:06,679 --> 01:58:09,515 AND WE ARE REALIZING THAT WE CAN 3305 01:58:09,515 --> 01:58:13,019 NO LONGER AFFORD TO DO THAT. AND 3306 01:58:13,019 --> 01:58:16,355 SO THESE GET US TO AN 80% COST 3307 01:58:16,355 --> 01:58:18,558 RECOVERY FOR THE EXISTING 3308 01:58:18,558 --> 01:58:19,959 PROGRAM AND THE EXISTING STAFF. 3309 01:58:19,959 --> 01:58:22,095 HOWEVER, AS I NOTED EARLIER, WE 3310 01:58:22,095 --> 01:58:25,031 ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUAL 3311 01:58:25,031 --> 01:58:28,534 BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS IN 3312 01:58:28,534 --> 01:58:30,770 THAT SERVICE PORTFOLIO AND IN 3313 01:58:30,770 --> 01:58:32,939 DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, BOTH 3314 01:58:32,939 --> 01:58:38,644 WITH EXISTING STAFF AND 3315 01:58:38,644 --> 01:58:39,712 POTENTIALLY NEW. IF WE CAN BRING 3316 01:58:39,712 --> 01:58:40,880 THEM ON TO IMPROVE REVIEW TIME 3317 01:58:40,880 --> 01:58:42,715 AND PERMIT ISSUANCE. 3318 01:58:42,715 --> 01:58:44,250 -- THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. 3319 01:58:44,250 --> 01:58:45,952 THAT'S THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. 3320 01:58:45,952 --> 01:58:47,753 AND IT'S HELPFUL TO COMPARE 3321 01:58:47,753 --> 01:58:49,422 THAT 80% THAT I HEARD YOU 3322 01:58:49,422 --> 01:58:50,156 MENTION IN YOUR SLIDES WITH WHAT 3323 01:58:50,156 --> 01:58:51,824 I'M SEEING HERE. AND I THINK 3324 01:58:51,824 --> 01:58:53,826 SOMETHING I'M CURIOUS ABOUT AS 3325 01:58:53,826 --> 01:58:54,460 I'M READING THIS ONE, I JUST 3326 01:58:54,460 --> 01:58:56,195 WANT TO FIRST CLARIFY SOMETHING. 3327 01:58:56,195 --> 01:58:58,631 SO I THINK THIS SAYS THESE FEES 3328 01:58:58,631 --> 01:59:00,600 WERE LAST ADJUSTED BEYOND THE 3329 01:59:00,600 --> 01:59:02,401 CPI IN 2018. SO THAT'S NOT 3330 01:59:02,401 --> 01:59:03,870 REFERENCING. IT'S BEEN SINCE 3331 01:59:03,870 --> 01:59:04,770 2018 SINCE THEY'VE BEEN 3332 01:59:04,770 --> 01:59:05,972 ADJUSTED. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S 3333 01:59:05,972 --> 01:59:08,207 BEEN SINCE 2018 SINCE WE WENT 3334 01:59:08,207 --> 01:59:09,909 BEYOND CPI FOR THAT ADJUSTMENT. 3335 01:59:09,909 --> 01:59:11,544 IS THAT CORRECT? 3336 01:59:11,544 --> 01:59:14,080 -- THAT IS CORRECT. ALTHOUGH 3337 01:59:14,080 --> 01:59:16,215 I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THAT 3338 01:59:16,215 --> 01:59:17,316 STATEMENT IN THE BUDGET BOOK IS 3339 01:59:17,316 --> 01:59:19,719 A BIT OF A GENERALIZATION. AS I 3340 01:59:19,719 --> 01:59:21,120 SAID EARLIER, SOME OF THE FEES 3341 01:59:21,120 --> 01:59:24,190 THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO 3342 01:59:24,190 --> 01:59:27,994 INCREASE NOW WERE LAST INCREASED 3343 01:59:27,994 --> 01:59:30,229 BEYOND CPI IN 2016, SOME IN 3344 01:59:30,229 --> 01:59:34,066 2017, SOME IN 2018, SOME IN 3345 01:59:34,066 --> 01:59:36,002 2019, AND THEN A SMALLER SUBSET 3346 01:59:36,002 --> 01:59:38,738 IN 2020. SO THERE'S IT'S BEEN A 3347 01:59:38,738 --> 01:59:42,742 WHILE SINCE WE HAVE DONE A 3348 01:59:42,742 --> 01:59:43,843 WHOLESALE, AT LEAST NOT IN MY 3349 01:59:43,843 --> 01:59:45,845 TIME WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH 3350 01:59:45,845 --> 01:59:47,847 HAS BEEN SINCE THE FALL OF 2018, 3351 01:59:47,847 --> 01:59:50,182 A WHOLESALE LOOK AT TRYING TO 3352 01:59:50,182 --> 01:59:55,388 RAISE OUR COST RECOVERY RATES 3353 01:59:55,388 --> 01:59:56,022 FOR THE SERVICE PORTFOLIO ACROSS 3354 01:59:56,022 --> 01:59:57,456 THE BOARD. 3355 01:59:57,456 --> 01:59:58,090 -- THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK 3356 01:59:58,090 --> 02:00:00,126 YOU. AND THAT'S LIKE THE PERFECT 3357 02:00:00,126 --> 02:00:01,694 LEEWAY INTO WHERE I'M HEADING 3358 02:00:01,694 --> 02:00:03,229 WITH THIS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, 3359 02:00:03,229 --> 02:00:04,030 IT'S HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND SORT 3360 02:00:04,030 --> 02:00:07,700 OF THERE'S BEEN THIS TIERED OR 3361 02:00:07,700 --> 02:00:09,101 STRUCTURED, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID 3362 02:00:09,101 --> 02:00:10,803 2016, 17, 18, 19. I GUESS WHAT 3363 02:00:10,803 --> 02:00:12,738 I'M CURIOUS ABOUT AND SOMETHING 3364 02:00:12,738 --> 02:00:14,473 I CARE ABOUT IS THE 3365 02:00:14,473 --> 02:00:16,542 PREDICTABILITY HERE. AND SO WHAT 3366 02:00:16,542 --> 02:00:18,377 I'M TRYING TO GET TOWARDS IS 3367 02:00:18,377 --> 02:00:20,780 SORT OF HOW DOES THE DEPARTMENT 3368 02:00:20,780 --> 02:00:22,048 THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE AFTER 3369 02:00:22,048 --> 02:00:23,416 THIS PROPOSED INCREASE? RIGHT. 3370 02:00:23,416 --> 02:00:24,917 SO AS YOU'VE STATED, THIS 3371 02:00:24,917 --> 02:00:27,153 PROPOSED INCREASE WOULD BRING US 3372 02:00:27,153 --> 02:00:28,721 TO 80% COST RECOVERY. IS THERE 3373 02:00:28,721 --> 02:00:30,623 WORK HAPPENING TO SORT OF 3374 02:00:30,623 --> 02:00:31,123 DETERMINE AND CREATE A 3375 02:00:31,123 --> 02:00:31,991 PREDICTABLE SCALE? WE'RE GOING 3376 02:00:31,991 --> 02:00:35,094 TO WANT TO REVISIT THIS AGAIN IN 3377 02:00:35,094 --> 02:00:37,496 TWO YEARS TO GET TO 85%. I'M NOT 3378 02:00:37,496 --> 02:00:39,231 SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I 3379 02:00:39,231 --> 02:00:41,133 WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT 3380 02:00:41,133 --> 02:00:42,935 SORT OF FORWARD FACING APPROACH. 3381 02:00:42,935 --> 02:00:44,103 AND IF I MAY, CHAIR, I SEE 3382 02:00:44,103 --> 02:00:46,472 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI WANTING TO 3383 02:00:46,472 --> 02:00:48,007 RESPOND. THERE. 3384 02:00:48,007 --> 02:00:50,376 -- THANK YOU. I THINK THOSE ARE 3385 02:00:50,376 --> 02:00:52,745 I LOVE THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING, 3386 02:00:52,745 --> 02:00:53,346 ALTHOUGH I PROBABLY WILL GIVE 3387 02:00:53,346 --> 02:00:54,113 YOU A NOT A FULLY SATISFYING 3388 02:00:54,113 --> 02:00:56,649 ANSWER, BUT I DO KNOW THIS IS 3389 02:00:56,649 --> 02:00:57,717 NOT A PRIORITY JUST FOR SDOT, 3390 02:00:57,717 --> 02:00:59,018 BUT IT IS A PRIORITY FOR THE 3391 02:00:59,018 --> 02:01:03,089 MAYOR'S OFFICE. THE WORK OF A 3392 02:01:03,089 --> 02:01:04,690 INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM CONTINUES 3393 02:01:04,690 --> 02:01:06,726 IN THIS AREA AND IS ONE OF A FEW 3394 02:01:06,726 --> 02:01:09,228 DEPARTMENTS WHERE WE BOTH WANT 3395 02:01:09,228 --> 02:01:10,763 TO LOOK AT COST RECOVERY LONG 3396 02:01:10,763 --> 02:01:12,965 TERM, BUT HOW WE ACHIEVE MORE 3397 02:01:12,965 --> 02:01:15,401 EFFICIENCY. SO IN A PERFECT 3398 02:01:15,401 --> 02:01:18,037 WORLD, WE WOULD FIGURE OUT THE 3399 02:01:18,037 --> 02:01:18,704 THROUGHPUT ISSUE ON SOME OF 3400 02:01:18,704 --> 02:01:21,374 THESE PERMIT THINGS WITHIN 3401 02:01:21,374 --> 02:01:22,742 EXISTING RESOURCES. IF THERE ARE 3402 02:01:22,742 --> 02:01:24,877 TOOLS WE CAN USE TO GET THOSE 3403 02:01:24,877 --> 02:01:26,245 PERMITS OUT THE DOOR FASTER, 3404 02:01:26,245 --> 02:01:27,179 PERHAPS WE DON'T HAVE TO GROW 3405 02:01:27,179 --> 02:01:29,148 AND WE CAN BRING OUR COSTS DOWN 3406 02:01:29,148 --> 02:01:31,283 A LITTLE BIT. THAT WOULD BE THE 3407 02:01:31,283 --> 02:01:32,418 IDEAL SITUATION. SO I JUST 3408 02:01:32,418 --> 02:01:33,486 WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE 3409 02:01:33,486 --> 02:01:35,621 IS AN ONGOING BODY OF WORK SDOT 3410 02:01:35,621 --> 02:01:38,090 PERMITS, IN PARTICULAR AROUND 3411 02:01:38,090 --> 02:01:39,625 DEVELOPMENT, ARE ONE OF THE KEY 3412 02:01:39,625 --> 02:01:40,593 FOCUS AREAS TO WORK ON 3413 02:01:40,593 --> 02:01:42,995 IMPROVEMENTS. AND I KNOW 3414 02:01:42,995 --> 02:01:44,497 DIRECTOR BRADY AND HER TEAM ARE 3415 02:01:44,497 --> 02:01:45,798 VERY COMMITTED TO THIS. AND THEN 3416 02:01:45,798 --> 02:01:48,401 ALSO THE WORK, AT LEAST IN THE 3417 02:01:48,401 --> 02:01:50,803 HOUSING PERMITTING, THE HOUSING 3418 02:01:50,803 --> 02:01:52,204 OMBUD WILL HELP COORDINATE WHERE 3419 02:01:52,204 --> 02:01:53,806 WE'RE FINDING STICKING POINTS 3420 02:01:53,806 --> 02:01:56,242 WITH SOME OF THESE TYPES OF 3421 02:01:56,242 --> 02:01:57,943 PERMITS MOVING FORWARD. 3422 02:01:57,943 --> 02:01:59,478 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 3423 02:01:59,478 --> 02:02:00,346 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI AND I WILL 3424 02:02:00,346 --> 02:02:01,380 JUST TAKE THIS AS AN 3425 02:02:01,380 --> 02:02:02,748 OPPORTUNITY. I APPRECIATE YOU 3426 02:02:02,748 --> 02:02:03,249 MENTIONING THE HOUSING 3427 02:02:03,249 --> 02:02:04,350 OMBUDSMAN, AND I KNOW WE'RE WE 3428 02:02:04,350 --> 02:02:05,885 HAVE OH, COMING IN TOMORROW, BUT 3429 02:02:05,885 --> 02:02:07,920 I REALLY THINK THAT'S A 3430 02:02:07,920 --> 02:02:08,921 FANTASTIC AD AND LEADERSHIP FROM 3431 02:02:08,921 --> 02:02:10,456 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON HAVING 3432 02:02:10,456 --> 02:02:12,224 THAT THERE TO HELP OUR 3433 02:02:12,224 --> 02:02:12,825 AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY 3434 02:02:12,825 --> 02:02:13,993 NAVIGATE THE PERMITTING PROCESS. 3435 02:02:13,993 --> 02:02:15,761 SO THANKS FOR THAT MENTION, AND 3436 02:02:15,761 --> 02:02:16,762 I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE 3437 02:02:16,762 --> 02:02:18,664 WORK OF THE. I THINK IT'S IN THE 3438 02:02:18,664 --> 02:02:20,166 IT WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING. AND 3439 02:02:20,166 --> 02:02:21,667 THANK YOU FOR FORESHADOWING 3440 02:02:21,667 --> 02:02:22,435 BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING 3441 02:02:22,435 --> 02:02:23,436 WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT, AND I KNOW 3442 02:02:23,436 --> 02:02:26,005 IT'S A SHARED CONCERN TO CREATE 3443 02:02:26,005 --> 02:02:27,406 THAT PREDICTABILITY FOR FOLKS AS 3444 02:02:27,406 --> 02:02:30,710 WE WORK ON THE COST RECOVERY. 3445 02:02:30,710 --> 02:02:34,747 ZOOMING OUT A LITTLE BIT, 3446 02:02:34,747 --> 02:02:35,347 SOMETHING I HEARD DURING THE 3447 02:02:35,347 --> 02:02:38,084 PRESENTATION AND, YOU KNOW, IN 3448 02:02:38,084 --> 02:02:40,820 TERMS OF THE, THE BALANCE OF 3449 02:02:40,820 --> 02:02:41,620 THE, THE FUND, THAT WAS THE 3450 02:02:41,620 --> 02:02:42,555 FOCUS OF A LOT OF THE 3451 02:02:42,555 --> 02:02:44,023 PRESENTATION TODAY WAS THAT 3452 02:02:44,023 --> 02:02:46,325 IT'S OUR TYPICAL CITY PRACTICE 3453 02:02:46,325 --> 02:02:49,495 TO NOT ALLOW A NEGATIVE BALANCE 3454 02:02:49,495 --> 02:02:51,931 TO RUN BEYOND 60 DAYS. DIRECTOR 3455 02:02:51,931 --> 02:02:53,466 PENNUCCI 3456 02:02:53,466 --> 02:02:54,967 -- YEAH, AND THERE ARE TWO 3457 02:02:54,967 --> 02:02:56,302 THINGS GOING ON IN THIS BUDGET. 3458 02:02:56,302 --> 02:02:58,237 SO THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD POINT OF 3459 02:02:58,237 --> 02:03:00,906 CLARIFICATION. THERE IS THE CASH 3460 02:03:00,906 --> 02:03:04,143 BALANCE OF A FUND. AND THAT'S 3461 02:03:04,143 --> 02:03:05,111 REALLY WHAT THAT POLICY IS 3462 02:03:05,111 --> 02:03:07,580 TALKING ABOUT, IS WE DON'T WE 3463 02:03:07,580 --> 02:03:08,981 HAVE FINANCIAL POLICIES IN PLACE 3464 02:03:08,981 --> 02:03:10,683 THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A 3465 02:03:10,683 --> 02:03:11,317 NEGATIVE CASH BALANCE FOR MORE 3466 02:03:11,317 --> 02:03:14,053 THAN 60 DAYS. THAT'S WHAT THE 3467 02:03:14,053 --> 02:03:14,987 INTERFUND 90, EXCUSE ME, 90 3468 02:03:14,987 --> 02:03:17,623 DAYS. THAT'S WHAT THE INTERFUND 3469 02:03:17,623 --> 02:03:19,625 LOAN WILL HELP ADDRESS IS THE 3470 02:03:19,625 --> 02:03:20,526 CASH FLOW ISSUE. AND THEN THERE 3471 02:03:20,526 --> 02:03:24,964 ARE THE BUDGET ISSUES. AND SO 3472 02:03:24,964 --> 02:03:26,232 PART OF WHAT THE WAY, THE WAY 3473 02:03:26,232 --> 02:03:27,433 THESE TWO ISSUES COME TOGETHER 3474 02:03:27,433 --> 02:03:29,769 AND WHY YOU SEE IN THE PROPOSAL 3475 02:03:29,769 --> 02:03:33,672 A RESERVE BEING BUILT UP IS THAT 3476 02:03:33,672 --> 02:03:35,374 WE NEED TO BUDGET TO BUILD UP A 3477 02:03:35,374 --> 02:03:37,710 RESERVE SO THAT SDOT HAS A 3478 02:03:37,710 --> 02:03:42,615 HEALTHIER CASH LIKE THAT ALSO 3479 02:03:42,615 --> 02:03:43,249 HELPS ADDRESS THEIR CASH BALANCE 3480 02:03:43,249 --> 02:03:45,217 SO THEY CAN CASH FLOW THEIR 3481 02:03:45,217 --> 02:03:46,786 THEIR SPENDING THROUGH 3482 02:03:46,786 --> 02:03:47,686 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO THAT'S 3483 02:03:47,686 --> 02:03:48,854 WHERE THOSE TWO THINGS KIND OF 3484 02:03:48,854 --> 02:03:49,455 COME TOGETHER. 3485 02:03:49,455 --> 02:03:50,756 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT 3486 02:03:50,756 --> 02:03:51,891 CLARIFICATION. WHICH THEN LEADS 3487 02:03:51,891 --> 02:03:53,826 INTO MY, MY NEXT QUESTION. YOU 3488 02:03:53,826 --> 02:03:56,162 KNOW, AND THANK YOU FOR 3489 02:03:56,162 --> 02:03:58,230 UPDATING. I'M SORRY, 90 DAYS, 3490 02:03:58,230 --> 02:03:59,365 NOT 60 DAYS. WHAT I WAS WHAT I 3491 02:03:59,365 --> 02:04:00,800 WAS WANTING TO GET AT WAS I 3492 02:04:00,800 --> 02:04:02,468 HEARD THAT AND THEN I ALSO 3493 02:04:02,468 --> 02:04:03,702 BELIEVE I HEARD COMMENTARY THAT 3494 02:04:03,702 --> 02:04:05,538 THIS HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR THE 3495 02:04:05,538 --> 02:04:07,873 BETTER PART OF A YEAR. AND SO 3496 02:04:07,873 --> 02:04:09,408 JUST IN TERMS OF THIS MOST 3497 02:04:09,408 --> 02:04:11,177 RECENT SORT OF FORECAST AND 3498 02:04:11,177 --> 02:04:13,846 OUTLOOK ON THIS FUND, WHAT I'M 3499 02:04:13,846 --> 02:04:16,048 CURIOUS TO HEAR MORE OF IS HOW 3500 02:04:16,048 --> 02:04:18,918 WE IDENTIFIED THIS, HOW YOU 3501 02:04:18,918 --> 02:04:19,919 IDENTIFIED THIS. AND AND 3502 02:04:19,919 --> 02:04:21,287 OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE THE WORK 3503 02:04:21,287 --> 02:04:22,755 THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE 3504 02:04:22,755 --> 02:04:24,223 PROPOSED REDUCTIONS. AND THEN 3505 02:04:24,223 --> 02:04:26,458 THE PROPOSAL TO BUILD UP THAT 3506 02:04:26,458 --> 02:04:28,294 RESERVE. SO I CERTAINLY SEE THAT 3507 02:04:28,294 --> 02:04:29,862 AS A LARGE PART OF PREVENTION. 3508 02:04:29,862 --> 02:04:31,063 BUT JUST IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE 3509 02:04:31,063 --> 02:04:33,032 THAT THERE'S A. HOW DO I WANT 3510 02:04:33,032 --> 02:04:34,934 TO SAY THIS, A SHORTER WINDOW ON 3511 02:04:34,934 --> 02:04:37,203 ON CATCHING THESE KINDS OF 3512 02:04:37,203 --> 02:04:39,371 LAPSES. WHAT WHAT WORK IS 3513 02:04:39,371 --> 02:04:40,706 HAPPENING TO ENSURE THAT. OR 3514 02:04:40,706 --> 02:04:41,874 PLEASE TELL ME IF THERE'S 3515 02:04:41,874 --> 02:04:45,377 SOMETHING WRONG IN MY PREAMBLE. 3516 02:04:45,377 --> 02:04:47,346 -- SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF 3517 02:04:47,346 --> 02:04:48,614 WORK HAPPENING. A BIG PART OF 3518 02:04:48,614 --> 02:04:51,116 THE EFFECT OF GOVERNMENT 3519 02:04:51,116 --> 02:04:52,084 EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WAS ISSUED 3520 02:04:52,084 --> 02:04:53,986 NOW A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IS 3521 02:04:53,986 --> 02:04:55,688 LOOKING AT MAKING SURE WE HAVE 3522 02:04:55,688 --> 02:04:57,489 STRONG SYSTEMS AND CONTROLS IN 3523 02:04:57,489 --> 02:05:00,759 PLACE THAT ARE CITY WIDE TO BE 3524 02:05:00,759 --> 02:05:01,327 REALLY MONITORING OUR CASH 3525 02:05:01,327 --> 02:05:02,661 BALANCES, OUR FUND BALANCES AND 3526 02:05:02,661 --> 02:05:04,663 THAT SORT OF THING. I WOULD SAY 3527 02:05:04,663 --> 02:05:06,332 WITH THE TRANSPORTATION FUND, 3528 02:05:06,332 --> 02:05:07,633 THIS HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR 3529 02:05:07,633 --> 02:05:09,535 SEVERAL YEARS. THERE HAVE BEEN 3530 02:05:09,535 --> 02:05:10,169 BUDGETS ADOPTED, LIKE THE 3531 02:05:10,169 --> 02:05:12,938 GENERAL FUND, THAT WERE 3532 02:05:12,938 --> 02:05:14,707 PROJECTING A DEFICIT IN THE OUT 3533 02:05:14,707 --> 02:05:16,609 YEARS. IT WASN'T AS ACUTE, AND 3534 02:05:16,609 --> 02:05:20,145 I WILL SAY, AS A CITY, WE HAVE 3535 02:05:20,145 --> 02:05:20,679 BEEN HYPER FOCUSED ON THE 3536 02:05:20,679 --> 02:05:22,515 GENERAL FUND DEFICIT, AND 3537 02:05:22,515 --> 02:05:25,184 THERE'S BEEN LESS, I WOULD SAY, 3538 02:05:25,184 --> 02:05:28,187 PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 3539 02:05:28,187 --> 02:05:28,721 PROJECTED DEFICIT IN THE 3540 02:05:28,721 --> 02:05:31,390 TRANSPORTATION FUND THAT WAS NOT 3541 02:05:31,390 --> 02:05:33,692 IDEAL, BUT WAS PRESENT IN THE 3542 02:05:33,692 --> 02:05:34,326 THE FINANCIAL PLAN THAT WAS PART 3543 02:05:34,326 --> 02:05:36,228 OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET LAST YEAR. 3544 02:05:36,228 --> 02:05:37,796 AND THEN THE COMBINATION OF 3545 02:05:37,796 --> 02:05:39,798 ACTUAL EXPENSES, ACTUAL 3546 02:05:39,798 --> 02:05:41,433 REVENUES, AND THE AUTOMATIC 3547 02:05:41,433 --> 02:05:42,868 CARRY FORWARD IN THE CAPITAL 3548 02:05:42,868 --> 02:05:44,904 BUDGET KIND OF ALL CAME TO A 3549 02:05:44,904 --> 02:05:48,073 HEAD. WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS 3550 02:05:48,073 --> 02:05:51,911 VERY EARLY IN THE YEAR. I'M 3551 02:05:51,911 --> 02:05:53,946 LOOKING FOR MY, MY SOME OF MY 3552 02:05:53,946 --> 02:05:57,016 TEAMS BEHIND AND WITH DIRECTOR 3553 02:05:57,016 --> 02:05:59,218 DIVELY ACTING DIRECTOR BRADY, 3554 02:05:59,218 --> 02:06:00,819 MYSELF AND OUR TEAMS. SO I WOULD 3555 02:06:00,819 --> 02:06:04,523 SAY LIKE, WE IDENTIFIED IT VERY 3556 02:06:04,523 --> 02:06:05,157 EARLY ON AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING 3557 02:06:05,157 --> 02:06:07,059 FOR THE BEST PATH FORWARD. AND 3558 02:06:07,059 --> 02:06:09,094 IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING BECAUSE 3559 02:06:09,094 --> 02:06:11,330 IT HASN'T BEEN AS MANY YEARS IN 3560 02:06:11,330 --> 02:06:12,798 THE MAKING OF SOME OF THE BUDGET 3561 02:06:12,798 --> 02:06:14,133 STRATEGIES WITH THE GENERAL FUND 3562 02:06:14,133 --> 02:06:15,401 THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN 3563 02:06:15,401 --> 02:06:17,002 TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS 3564 02:06:17,002 --> 02:06:19,271 -- I MIGHT JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT 3565 02:06:19,271 --> 02:06:20,573 TO THAT, AND THANK YOU VERY 3566 02:06:20,573 --> 02:06:23,142 MUCH. DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. THE 3567 02:06:23,142 --> 02:06:24,376 TRANSPORTATION FUND IS UNIQUE 3568 02:06:24,376 --> 02:06:27,546 FOR US. IT IS, AS I SAID BEFORE, 3569 02:06:27,546 --> 02:06:29,548 OUR LARGEST FUND. IT'S WHERE 3570 02:06:29,548 --> 02:06:35,721 MOST OF OUR FUND SOURCES ARE. IT 3571 02:06:35,721 --> 02:06:38,390 ALSO SERVES AS THE REPOSITORY 3572 02:06:38,390 --> 02:06:40,559 INITIALLY FOR ALL OF THE COSTS 3573 02:06:40,559 --> 02:06:43,262 OF THE DEPARTMENT. SO ALL OF 3574 02:06:43,262 --> 02:06:47,600 PAYROLL, ALL OF OUR CENTRAL 3575 02:06:47,600 --> 02:06:50,736 COSTS, MANUAL COSTS THAT WE PAY 3576 02:06:50,736 --> 02:06:56,675 EVERY EXPENSE THAT SDOT PAYS OUT 3577 02:06:56,675 --> 02:06:58,444 IS DONE THROUGH INITIALLY HITS 3578 02:06:58,444 --> 02:07:01,246 THE TRANSPORTATION FUND. 3579 02:07:01,246 --> 02:07:03,482 ULTIMATELY, THOSE COSTS ARE 3580 02:07:03,482 --> 02:07:05,117 DISTRIBUTED. IF THEY NEED TO GO 3581 02:07:05,117 --> 02:07:07,419 OUTSIDE OF THE TRANSPORTATION 3582 02:07:07,419 --> 02:07:08,654 FUND, THEY GO TO THE FUND THAT 3583 02:07:08,654 --> 02:07:15,728 THEY BELONG TO. LIKE THE SEATTLE 3584 02:07:15,728 --> 02:07:16,362 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 3585 02:07:16,362 --> 02:07:18,030 FUND, THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY 3586 02:07:18,030 --> 02:07:20,933 FUND, ET CETERA.. AND SO IT 3587 02:07:20,933 --> 02:07:23,469 BECOMES A BIT OF A KIND OF DAILY 3588 02:07:23,469 --> 02:07:25,938 CHALLENGE WHEN PAYROLL IS 3589 02:07:25,938 --> 02:07:27,773 HITTING EVERY TWO WEEKS. AND ALL 3590 02:07:27,773 --> 02:07:31,143 OF OUR OTHER EXPENSES ARE COMING 3591 02:07:31,143 --> 02:07:34,079 TO THE TRANSPORTATION FUND FIRST 3592 02:07:34,079 --> 02:07:37,616 BEFORE DISTRIBUTING OUT TO KEEP 3593 02:07:37,616 --> 02:07:39,918 OUR CASH RESERVES IN A POSITIVE 3594 02:07:39,918 --> 02:07:41,620 STATE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING 3595 02:07:41,620 --> 02:07:42,988 THAT WE'RE TAKING VERY 3596 02:07:42,988 --> 02:07:45,858 SERIOUSLY. WE VERY MUCH 3597 02:07:45,858 --> 02:07:48,360 APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH 3598 02:07:48,360 --> 02:07:48,961 DIRECTOR DIVELY AND DIRECTOR 3599 02:07:48,961 --> 02:07:52,865 PENNUCCI AND THEIR TEAMS, AND WE 3600 02:07:52,865 --> 02:07:53,465 DO HAVE AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL 3601 02:07:53,465 --> 02:07:56,035 TEAM THAT HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR 3602 02:07:56,035 --> 02:07:59,204 SOME TIME, EXPLORING ALL OF THE 3603 02:07:59,204 --> 02:08:01,473 MORE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT ARE 3604 02:08:01,473 --> 02:08:03,942 GOING ON FOR THE TRANSPORTATION 3605 02:08:03,942 --> 02:08:05,644 FUND. AND SO WE WILL BE 3606 02:08:05,644 --> 02:08:07,880 ADDRESSING THOSE AS WELL AS 3607 02:08:07,880 --> 02:08:10,516 LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THE 3608 02:08:10,516 --> 02:08:12,685 BUDGETARY REMEDIES THAT THE 3609 02:08:12,685 --> 02:08:14,119 PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE YEAR END 3610 02:08:14,119 --> 02:08:16,722 SUPPLEMENTAL PUT FORWARD. 3611 02:08:16,722 --> 02:08:17,890 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. I 3612 02:08:17,890 --> 02:08:19,625 APPRECIATE THAT, AND I THANKS 3613 02:08:19,625 --> 02:08:21,093 FOR THE CORRECTION. IN TERMS OF 3614 02:08:21,093 --> 02:08:21,994 IT'S BEEN BUILDING FOR SEVERAL 3615 02:08:21,994 --> 02:08:22,961 YEARS, NOT JUST THE BETTER PART 3616 02:08:22,961 --> 02:08:24,329 OF THE YEAR. I APPRECIATE THAT, 3617 02:08:24,329 --> 02:08:26,098 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI AND WE'LL JUST 3618 02:08:26,098 --> 02:08:29,101 SAY, I THINK I KNOW THIS IS A 3619 02:08:29,101 --> 02:08:31,470 HARD SHIP TO TURN WITH THE 3620 02:08:31,470 --> 02:08:32,805 PROPOSAL THAT THAT YOU'RE 3621 02:08:32,805 --> 02:08:34,907 PUTTING FORWARD AND SOME OF THE 3622 02:08:34,907 --> 02:08:36,942 CHALLENGING REDUCTIONS. BUT I DO 3623 02:08:36,942 --> 02:08:38,644 APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON WRITING 3624 02:08:38,644 --> 02:08:39,578 THAT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 3625 02:08:39,578 --> 02:08:40,746 WAYS TO CORRECT IT FOR THE THE 3626 02:08:40,746 --> 02:08:43,916 LONG HAUL. I DO WANT TO HEAR 3627 02:08:43,916 --> 02:08:45,884 MORE IN TERMS OF ANY OF THE 3628 02:08:45,884 --> 02:08:46,852 PRACTICES THAT ARE BEING PUT IN 3629 02:08:46,852 --> 02:08:48,754 PLACE ON THAT SORT OF PREVENTION 3630 02:08:48,754 --> 02:08:49,988 SIDE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I 3631 02:08:49,988 --> 02:08:51,290 CAN USE. WE CAN USE SHAREPOINT 3632 02:08:51,290 --> 02:08:54,626 TO DO THAT FOLLOW UP. AND AND I 3633 02:08:54,626 --> 02:08:55,160 CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE 3634 02:08:55,160 --> 02:08:56,161 EXPLANATION IN TERMS OF WHAT'S 3635 02:08:56,161 --> 02:08:57,729 HAPPENING WITH THAT FUND. AND I 3636 02:08:57,729 --> 02:08:59,932 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU 3637 02:08:59,932 --> 02:09:01,867 KNOW, IN FUTURE BUDGET YEARS, 3638 02:09:01,867 --> 02:09:03,001 WHETHER WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE 3639 02:09:03,001 --> 02:09:04,470 THE LEADERSHIP AT THIS TABLE OR 3640 02:09:04,470 --> 02:09:05,471 DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP THAT WE ARE 3641 02:09:05,471 --> 02:09:07,372 SORT OF GETTING AT WHATEVER THAT 3642 02:09:07,372 --> 02:09:08,707 CORE PIECE IS THAT'S CONTRIBUTED 3643 02:09:08,707 --> 02:09:10,142 TO THIS HAPPENING. SO THANK YOU 3644 02:09:10,142 --> 02:09:14,880 FOR THAT. OKAY. TREES. SO I 3645 02:09:14,880 --> 02:09:15,614 WANTED THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT 3646 02:09:15,614 --> 02:09:17,950 YOU MADE EARLIER IN YOUR 3647 02:09:17,950 --> 02:09:19,284 PRESENTATION, AND IT JUST WAS A 3648 02:09:19,284 --> 02:09:22,121 LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR TO ME. AND I, 3649 02:09:22,121 --> 02:09:23,489 WHAT I HEARD WAS IN 27 AND 28, 3650 02:09:23,489 --> 02:09:26,291 YOU WERE MAKING SPECIFIC 3651 02:09:26,291 --> 02:09:28,427 DEDICATED REVENUE TO URBAN 3652 02:09:28,427 --> 02:09:29,394 FORESTRY. AND CAN I GET YOU TO 3653 02:09:29,394 --> 02:09:30,629 JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO 3654 02:09:30,629 --> 02:09:33,665 THAT. 3655 02:09:33,665 --> 02:09:36,869 -- THAT REVENUE IS COMING FROM 3656 02:09:36,869 --> 02:09:38,303 THE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX THAT 3657 02:09:38,303 --> 02:09:40,506 WILL BE COMING TO SEATTLE FROM 3658 02:09:40,506 --> 02:09:43,242 THE KING COUNTY TRANSPORTATION 3659 02:09:43,242 --> 02:09:45,077 DISTRICT THAT SO MANY OF YOU 3660 02:09:45,077 --> 02:09:50,382 HELPED TO BRING TO SEATTLE. THE 3661 02:09:50,382 --> 02:09:52,084 COMMENT WAS MADE IN REFERENCE 3662 02:09:52,084 --> 02:09:54,586 TO, WE'RE USING THAT FUNDING IN 3663 02:09:54,586 --> 02:09:56,455 27 AND 28 TO. I SPECIFICALLY 3664 02:09:56,455 --> 02:10:01,360 SAID TO STAVE OFF WHAT WOULD 3665 02:10:01,360 --> 02:10:03,529 OTHERWISE BE VERY SIGNIFICANT 3666 02:10:03,529 --> 02:10:04,163 REDUCTIONS TO URBAN FORESTRY AND 3667 02:10:04,163 --> 02:10:06,598 TO ONE OTHER PROGRAM. THAT IS 3668 02:10:06,598 --> 02:10:08,400 BECAUSE, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING 3669 02:10:08,400 --> 02:10:10,669 ABOUT AS WE APPROACHED OUR 3670 02:10:10,669 --> 02:10:12,571 BUDGETARY. THE NECESSARY 3671 02:10:12,571 --> 02:10:13,272 BUDGETARY REDUCTIONS THAT WE SEE 3672 02:10:13,272 --> 02:10:16,108 WE NEED TO MAKE, WE LOOKED 3673 02:10:16,108 --> 02:10:19,945 ACROSS OUR PORTFOLIO AT THOSE 3674 02:10:19,945 --> 02:10:21,980 PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAVE FUNDING 3675 02:10:21,980 --> 02:10:23,315 SOURCES SUCH AS URBAN FORESTRY, 3676 02:10:23,315 --> 02:10:25,684 THAT ARE HEAVILY SUPPORTED BY 3677 02:10:25,684 --> 02:10:27,586 OUR MORE FLEXIBLE FUNDING 3678 02:10:27,586 --> 02:10:28,987 SOURCES, COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX, 3679 02:10:28,987 --> 02:10:30,455 THE GENERAL FUND, AND SO ON THAT 3680 02:10:30,455 --> 02:10:34,760 ARE HEAVILY CONSTRAINED. AND SO 3681 02:10:34,760 --> 02:10:36,628 IN SORT OF OUR INITIAL ROUNDS OF 3682 02:10:36,628 --> 02:10:43,402 PLANNING, URBAN FORESTRY FIELD 3683 02:10:43,402 --> 02:10:43,969 OPERATIONS ALSO RECEIVED A 3684 02:10:43,969 --> 02:10:45,737 SIGNIFICANT OR RECEIVED A 3685 02:10:45,737 --> 02:10:47,906 REDUCTION IN THEIR BUDGET IS 3686 02:10:47,906 --> 02:10:49,408 WHAT WE WERE PLANNING. AND THEN 3687 02:10:49,408 --> 02:10:52,177 WHEN WE RECEIVED THAT GREAT 3688 02:10:52,177 --> 02:10:56,949 PHONE CALL THAT TOLD US, GUESS 3689 02:10:56,949 --> 02:10:59,384 WHAT, $4.7 MILLION IN 27 AND 28 3690 02:10:59,384 --> 02:11:01,019 IS WHAT WE'VE CALCULATED FOR 3691 02:11:01,019 --> 02:11:03,288 YOU. S DOT WE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN 3692 02:11:03,288 --> 02:11:04,890 TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE COULD 3693 02:11:04,890 --> 02:11:07,593 PUT THAT FUNDING, AND WE 3694 02:11:07,593 --> 02:11:09,661 ESSENTIALLY BOUGHT BACK OUR OWN 3695 02:11:09,661 --> 02:11:11,063 REDUCTIONS THAT WE WERE THINKING 3696 02:11:11,063 --> 02:11:12,831 WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT FORWARD FOR 3697 02:11:12,831 --> 02:11:15,300 URBAN FORESTRY FIELD OPERATIONS. 3698 02:11:15,300 --> 02:11:16,768 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT 3699 02:11:16,768 --> 02:11:17,636 CLARIFICATION. AND I'LL JUST 3700 02:11:17,636 --> 02:11:20,205 TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 3701 02:11:20,205 --> 02:11:21,173 THANK COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR HIS 3702 02:11:21,173 --> 02:11:22,708 LEADERSHIP. AS YOU SPOKE ABOUT 3703 02:11:22,708 --> 02:11:23,876 THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO 3704 02:11:23,876 --> 02:11:25,143 LOBBY AND ADVOCATE, I THINK YOU 3705 02:11:25,143 --> 02:11:26,745 WERE JUST A REALLY INCREDIBLE 3706 02:11:26,745 --> 02:11:28,080 VOICE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE 3707 02:11:28,080 --> 02:11:30,315 HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN 3708 02:11:30,315 --> 02:11:31,149 EQUITABLE FUND SHARE. I KNOW 3709 02:11:31,149 --> 02:11:32,284 MANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS 3710 02:11:32,284 --> 02:11:33,118 WEIGHED IN, BUT YOUR LEADERSHIP 3711 02:11:33,118 --> 02:11:34,086 ON THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME. SO 3712 02:11:34,086 --> 02:11:35,020 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 3713 02:11:35,020 --> 02:11:36,021 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. AND IT'S 3714 02:11:36,021 --> 02:11:37,222 GREAT TO GET TO HEAR THE IMPACT 3715 02:11:37,222 --> 02:11:39,524 OF THAT. AND THANK YOU TO STOP 3716 02:11:39,524 --> 02:11:41,393 FOR PRIORITIZING OUR URBAN 3717 02:11:41,393 --> 02:11:43,362 FORESTRY. WE ALL SHARE THIS GOAL 3718 02:11:43,362 --> 02:11:45,564 OF GROWING IN A LIVABLE WAY. SO 3719 02:11:45,564 --> 02:11:46,732 I APPRECIATE THE DECISION TO 3720 02:11:46,732 --> 02:11:49,268 PRIORITIZE THAT. THANK YOU SO 3721 02:11:49,268 --> 02:11:49,601 MUCH, CHAIR. 3722 02:11:49,601 --> 02:11:50,702 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3723 02:11:50,702 --> 02:11:52,437 FOSTER. BEFORE JUMPING TO 3724 02:11:52,437 --> 02:11:53,872 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I WANT TO ADD 3725 02:11:53,872 --> 02:11:55,741 A LITTLE BIT. YOU HAD A REALLY 3726 02:11:55,741 --> 02:11:57,276 GOOD QUESTION OF HOW DIDN'T WE 3727 02:11:57,276 --> 02:11:58,477 CATCH THIS SOONER WHEN WE'VE 3728 02:11:58,477 --> 02:12:00,545 BEEN ABLE TO CATCH OTHER THINGS 3729 02:12:00,545 --> 02:12:01,647 SOONER? PLEASE CORRECT ME IF 3730 02:12:01,647 --> 02:12:03,649 I'M WRONG HERE. THE 3731 02:12:03,649 --> 02:12:04,917 TRANSPORTATION FUND IS A. YOU 3732 02:12:04,917 --> 02:12:08,387 HAVE DIRECT DEPOSIT FROM TAXES 3733 02:12:08,387 --> 02:12:10,756 AND FROM FEES, IS THAT CORRECT? 3734 02:12:10,756 --> 02:12:12,858 -- ON THE STREET USE AND 3735 02:12:12,858 --> 02:12:17,429 COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX? YES. GAS 3736 02:12:17,429 --> 02:12:19,298 TAX. YES. BUT THERE ARE. 3737 02:12:19,298 --> 02:12:20,098 -- HANG ON. THANK YOU. YES. 3738 02:12:20,098 --> 02:12:22,134 -- SO THEY HAVE DIRECT DEPOSIT 3739 02:12:22,134 --> 02:12:25,570 OF TAX REVENUE AND THEY ARE 3740 02:12:25,570 --> 02:12:28,307 PAYING THEIR PAYROLL AND ALL OF 3741 02:12:28,307 --> 02:12:28,940 THEIR OTHER PROJECTS. AND THEY 3742 02:12:28,940 --> 02:12:30,309 ARE GENERATING INTEREST OFF OF 3743 02:12:30,309 --> 02:12:32,844 ALL OF THIS MONEY THAT THEY ARE 3744 02:12:32,844 --> 02:12:33,979 THEN USING IN THEIR PROJECTS 3745 02:12:33,979 --> 02:12:35,647 AGAIN. SO IT WAS ORIGINALLY SET 3746 02:12:35,647 --> 02:12:38,650 UP. IT WAS A WAY OF SAYING, 3747 02:12:38,650 --> 02:12:40,419 LOOK, IT'S TAKING IN OTHER 3748 02:12:40,419 --> 02:12:41,920 REVENUES. WE EITHER GET TAX 3749 02:12:41,920 --> 02:12:43,689 REVENUE INTO THE GENERAL FUND 3750 02:12:43,689 --> 02:12:44,423 ACCOUNT OR INTO THE JUMPSTART 3751 02:12:44,423 --> 02:12:46,825 ACCOUNT, AND THEN IT IS 3752 02:12:46,825 --> 02:12:47,359 REDISTRIBUTED FROM EITHER 3753 02:12:47,359 --> 02:12:49,194 FINANCE GENERAL OR FROM 3754 02:12:49,194 --> 02:12:51,196 JUMPSTART INTO THEIR APPROPRIATE 3755 02:12:51,196 --> 02:12:53,265 PLACES. THE TRANSPORTATION FUND 3756 02:12:53,265 --> 02:12:54,266 ACTS IN A VERY SIMILAR WAY. IT 3757 02:12:54,266 --> 02:12:57,536 ACTS AS THEIR GENERAL FUND. AND 3758 02:12:57,536 --> 02:13:00,706 SO WITH AND THEY'RE MAKING 3759 02:13:00,706 --> 02:13:03,241 INTEREST AND IT REDUCES 3760 02:13:03,241 --> 02:13:04,976 OVERSIGHT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE 3761 02:13:04,976 --> 02:13:06,044 AS MUCH INSIGHT AS WE DO WHEN WE 3762 02:13:06,044 --> 02:13:07,079 LOOK THROUGH THE REST OF THE 3763 02:13:07,079 --> 02:13:08,714 BUDGET BOOK. SO I'M JUST 3764 02:13:08,714 --> 02:13:10,215 HIGHLIGHTING FOR YOU THAT IT WAS 3765 02:13:10,215 --> 02:13:12,984 SET UP AS A WAY TO MAKE IT 3766 02:13:12,984 --> 02:13:15,020 EASIER TO JUST, RATHER THAN US 3767 02:13:15,020 --> 02:13:16,722 HAVING TO MOVE THE GAS TAX AND 3768 02:13:16,722 --> 02:13:18,857 COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX INTO 3769 02:13:18,857 --> 02:13:19,891 THEIR APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTS. WE 3770 02:13:19,891 --> 02:13:22,361 JUST PUT IT INTO THIS ONE. 3771 02:13:22,361 --> 02:13:23,762 TRANSPORTATION GENERAL FUND. SO 3772 02:13:23,762 --> 02:13:26,765 THAT'S ALSO CREATED A MORE 3773 02:13:26,765 --> 02:13:28,333 DIFFICULT WAY OF PROVIDING 3774 02:13:28,333 --> 02:13:29,334 OVERSIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'RE 3775 02:13:29,334 --> 02:13:31,436 GOING TO GO ON TO COUNCILMEMBER 3776 02:13:31,436 --> 02:13:32,204 LIN COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YOU'VE 3777 02:13:32,204 --> 02:13:33,572 GOT THE FLOOR. 3778 02:13:33,572 --> 02:13:36,174 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU TO 3779 02:13:36,174 --> 02:13:38,777 THE PRESENTERS AND THANK YOU, 3780 02:13:38,777 --> 02:13:39,411 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AND JUST 3781 02:13:39,411 --> 02:13:41,346 WANT TO SAY THANKS TO ALL THE 3782 02:13:41,346 --> 02:13:44,049 COLLEAGUES WHO FOUGHT BEHIND THE 3783 02:13:44,049 --> 02:13:47,419 SCENES FOR SOME OF THAT FUNDING. 3784 02:13:47,419 --> 02:13:48,053 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR HELPING 3785 02:13:48,053 --> 02:13:49,855 WITH THAT LETTER THAT WE ALL 3786 02:13:49,855 --> 02:13:50,489 SIGNED. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 3787 02:13:50,489 --> 02:13:54,393 KNOW THAT WE CHATTED AND I KNOW 3788 02:13:54,393 --> 02:13:55,660 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WAS ALSO VERY 3789 02:13:55,660 --> 02:13:56,261 INSTRUMENTAL IN FIGHTING FOR 3790 02:13:56,261 --> 02:13:57,896 THAT, AND VERY GLAD TO HEAR HOW 3791 02:13:57,896 --> 02:14:01,900 THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT. 3792 02:14:01,900 --> 02:14:02,334 YOU KNOW, REITERATE 3793 02:14:02,334 --> 02:14:04,302 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S POINT 3794 02:14:04,302 --> 02:14:05,537 ABOUT TREE CANOPY IS IS SO 3795 02:14:05,537 --> 02:14:06,872 ESSENTIAL, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH 3796 02:14:06,872 --> 02:14:09,241 SEATTLE. SEATTLE. ALSO OTHER 3797 02:14:09,241 --> 02:14:11,710 PARTS OF THE DISTRICT OF OUR 3798 02:14:11,710 --> 02:14:13,111 CITY THAT ARE LACKING IN TREE 3799 02:14:13,111 --> 02:14:15,280 CANOPY PLACES LIKE SOUTH PARK 3800 02:14:15,280 --> 02:14:19,151 AND SO ON. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, 3801 02:14:19,151 --> 02:14:20,218 OUR IN TERMS OF WHERE THE TREES 3802 02:14:20,218 --> 02:14:22,754 EXIST IN OUR CITY NEIGHBORHOOD 3803 02:14:22,754 --> 02:14:23,388 RESIDENTIAL NUMBER ONE, NUMBER 3804 02:14:23,388 --> 02:14:26,625 TWO, RIGHT OF WAY. AND WE HAVE 3805 02:14:26,625 --> 02:14:28,627 SO MUCH WORK TO DO TO, TO ENSURE 3806 02:14:28,627 --> 02:14:31,630 THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO 3807 02:14:31,630 --> 02:14:33,598 SUPPORT THAT TREE CANOPY WENT ON 3808 02:14:33,598 --> 02:14:36,501 A WONDERFUL WALK RECENTLY TO 3809 02:14:36,501 --> 02:14:38,470 LEARN THE THERE'S SOMEONE NAMED 3810 02:14:38,470 --> 02:14:42,174 TAHA WHO DOES AND HAS DONE AN 3811 02:14:42,174 --> 02:14:42,774 INCREDIBLE JOB OF DOCUMENTING 3812 02:14:42,774 --> 02:14:46,044 THE HISTORY OF TREES, URBAN 3813 02:14:46,044 --> 02:14:47,546 TREES AND. IT'S WONDERFUL WALK 3814 02:14:47,546 --> 02:14:48,647 AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH MORE 3815 02:14:48,647 --> 02:14:50,682 TO DO THERE. ALSO EXCITED. THANK 3816 02:14:50,682 --> 02:14:53,385 YOU FOR THE GETTING CREATIVE 3817 02:14:53,385 --> 02:14:55,587 WITH THE COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX 3818 02:14:55,587 --> 02:14:57,689 REVENUES AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME 3819 02:14:57,689 --> 02:14:59,191 OF THAT WILL ALSO SUPPORT THIS 3820 02:14:59,191 --> 02:15:02,994 TREE CANOPY, WHICH I THINK IS 3821 02:15:02,994 --> 02:15:05,263 GREAT. AND ALSO JUST WANT TO 3822 02:15:05,263 --> 02:15:07,666 GIVE SOME FEEDBACK THAT FROM AT 3823 02:15:07,666 --> 02:15:10,702 LEAST THE, THE CONSTITUENTS I 3824 02:15:10,702 --> 02:15:15,474 HEAR FROM ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF 3825 02:15:15,474 --> 02:15:16,007 THE TRAFFIC CAMERAS JUST 3826 02:15:16,007 --> 02:15:18,610 BECAUSE, ESPECIALLY AROUND 3827 02:15:18,610 --> 02:15:19,778 SCHOOLS, JUST BECAUSE OF THE 3828 02:15:19,778 --> 02:15:23,114 VERY UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND 3829 02:15:23,114 --> 02:15:24,115 WANTING TO. AND THE ONE SORT OF 3830 02:15:24,115 --> 02:15:25,383 CAVEAT TO THAT IS I'VE HEARD 3831 02:15:25,383 --> 02:15:27,219 THAT THE, THE AMOUNTS OF THE 3832 02:15:27,219 --> 02:15:29,721 FINES ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT. THAT 3833 02:15:29,721 --> 02:15:30,689 ACTUALLY COULD BE LOWER AND 3834 02:15:30,689 --> 02:15:33,225 STILL BE EFFECTIVE. SO THAT'S 3835 02:15:33,225 --> 02:15:36,795 SOMETHING THAT I'M STILL 3836 02:15:36,795 --> 02:15:38,530 INTERESTED IN EXPLORING. BUT 3837 02:15:38,530 --> 02:15:40,031 I'LL ONE KIND OF QUESTION IS, 3838 02:15:40,031 --> 02:15:41,800 IS WHEN HEARING ABOUT THE KING 3839 02:15:41,800 --> 02:15:43,135 COUNTY, WHEN THEY WERE DOING 3840 02:15:43,135 --> 02:15:44,136 THEIR SALES TAX, IT WAS CLEAR AS 3841 02:15:44,136 --> 02:15:46,705 PART OF THAT DISCUSSION THAT 3842 02:15:46,705 --> 02:15:47,372 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, I MEAN, 3843 02:15:47,372 --> 02:15:48,940 THIS IS NOTHING NEW, OBVIOUSLY, 3844 02:15:48,940 --> 02:15:50,408 IS IS A REGIONAL ISSUE, 3845 02:15:50,408 --> 02:15:52,677 STATEWIDE ISSUE AS PART OF THE 3846 02:15:52,677 --> 02:15:56,081 TASK FORCE, ANY ANYTHING YOU CAN 3847 02:15:56,081 --> 02:15:59,384 PROVIDE IN TERMS OF UPCOMING 3848 02:15:59,384 --> 02:16:00,452 LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT YOU 3849 02:16:00,452 --> 02:16:03,455 ANTICIPATE MIGHT BE COMING ANY 3850 02:16:03,455 --> 02:16:04,022 OTHER EARLY INDICATIONS OF 3851 02:16:04,022 --> 02:16:05,790 THINGS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT 3852 02:16:05,790 --> 02:16:10,629 AS A MORE RELIABLE FUND SOURCE 3853 02:16:10,629 --> 02:16:11,062 FOR TRANSPORTATION? 3854 02:16:11,062 --> 02:16:15,300 -- YOU HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT 3855 02:16:15,300 --> 02:16:15,500 THAT. 3856 02:16:15,500 --> 02:16:16,201 -- I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 3857 02:16:16,201 --> 02:16:18,336 TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE. 3858 02:16:18,336 --> 02:16:19,404 COUNCILMEMBER LIN THANK YOU VERY 3859 02:16:19,404 --> 02:16:21,006 MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. 3860 02:16:21,006 --> 02:16:21,773 -- YEAH, OKAY. THANK YOU. 3861 02:16:21,773 --> 02:16:23,475 THAT'S ALL. CHAIR. 3862 02:16:23,475 --> 02:16:26,378 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3863 02:16:26,378 --> 02:16:28,380 RECORD TIME THREE MINUTES. NO 3864 02:16:28,380 --> 02:16:30,382 ONE'S COUNTING. I'M COUNTING 3865 02:16:30,382 --> 02:16:32,651 MYSELF. NO ONE ELSE. 3866 02:16:32,651 --> 02:16:35,186 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S OLD 3867 02:16:35,186 --> 02:16:37,589 HAND. NEW HAND. I'LL COME BACK 3868 02:16:37,589 --> 02:16:38,490 TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IN A 3869 02:16:38,490 --> 02:16:40,191 MINUTE IF SHE NEEDS TO. I'LL TRY 3870 02:16:40,191 --> 02:16:43,228 TO BE BRIEF, AND THEN I'M GOING 3871 02:16:43,228 --> 02:16:45,230 TO PASS IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER 3872 02:16:45,230 --> 02:16:48,533 SAKA FOR CLOSING US OUT AND OUR 3873 02:16:48,533 --> 02:16:51,403 SEVEN YEAR LOOK BACK. I LOVE ALL 3874 02:16:51,403 --> 02:16:53,805 CITY EMPLOYEES, AND I KNOW THAT. 3875 02:16:53,805 --> 02:16:56,107 AND BECAUSE LITERALLY I CAN'T 3876 02:16:56,107 --> 02:16:57,943 GET ANYTHING DONE WITHOUT OUR 3877 02:16:57,943 --> 02:16:59,878 CITY EMPLOYEES, THE FOLKS THAT 3878 02:16:59,878 --> 02:17:01,279 ARE FILLING THE POTHOLES, THE 3879 02:17:01,279 --> 02:17:03,648 FOLKS THAT ARE FIXING ALL OF OUR 3880 02:17:03,648 --> 02:17:05,283 ADA RAMPS WHO I SEE ON A REGULAR 3881 02:17:05,283 --> 02:17:06,251 BASIS. I LITERALLY SAW THEM ON 3882 02:17:06,251 --> 02:17:09,588 THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR IN 3883 02:17:09,588 --> 02:17:12,657 AUGUST, WORKING ON A SUNDAY 3884 02:17:12,657 --> 02:17:14,993 NOTHING MORE SAID. THANK YOU TO 3885 02:17:14,993 --> 02:17:17,062 EVERYONE WHO DOES OUR WORK. AS 3886 02:17:17,062 --> 02:17:18,730 I'M LOOKING AT OUR SEVEN YEAR 3887 02:17:18,730 --> 02:17:20,332 LOOK BACK FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT, 3888 02:17:20,332 --> 02:17:25,670 YOU HAVE HAD A 98% CHANGE IN 3889 02:17:25,670 --> 02:17:29,107 LABOR COSTS AND A 39% INCREASE 3890 02:17:29,107 --> 02:17:34,279 IN STAFF SO IT WENT FROM $103 3891 02:17:34,279 --> 02:17:37,482 MILLION OF LABOR COSTS TO $204 3892 02:17:37,482 --> 02:17:39,851 MILLION, RISING FROM 932 3893 02:17:39,851 --> 02:17:43,855 EMPLOYEES TO 1291. THESE ARE 3894 02:17:43,855 --> 02:17:44,623 JUST FACTS. I'M JUST GOING TO 3895 02:17:44,623 --> 02:17:48,059 LAY THAT OUT THERE ONE OF THE 3896 02:17:48,059 --> 02:17:50,295 QUESTIONS THAT I'VE HAD SITTING 3897 02:17:50,295 --> 02:17:52,163 THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION THAT 3898 02:17:52,163 --> 02:17:52,831 I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH 3899 02:17:52,831 --> 02:17:55,200 IN THREE MINUTES TO LEAVE 3900 02:17:55,200 --> 02:17:56,968 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SOME TIME, IS 3901 02:17:56,968 --> 02:17:59,004 IT IS I AM BEING CHALLENGED WITH 3902 02:17:59,004 --> 02:18:03,441 THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT ARE 3903 02:18:03,441 --> 02:18:03,975 GETTING ONTO OUR STREETS 3904 02:18:03,975 --> 02:18:05,010 COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF 3905 02:18:05,010 --> 02:18:07,345 DOLLARS THAT WE ARE SPENDING IN 3906 02:18:07,345 --> 02:18:09,981 THE DEPARTMENT AND I'VE BEEN 3907 02:18:09,981 --> 02:18:10,715 CHALLENGED ABOUT THAT THIS THIS 3908 02:18:10,715 --> 02:18:12,083 WHOLE TIME. SO I'M GOING TO 3909 02:18:12,083 --> 02:18:13,752 JUST ASK A COUPLE GENERAL 3910 02:18:13,752 --> 02:18:16,354 QUESTIONS. DO YOU PROVIDE STREET 3911 02:18:16,354 --> 02:18:18,189 CALMING MEASURES ON RESIDENTIAL 3912 02:18:18,189 --> 02:18:28,733 STREETS, NON-ARTERIAL STREETS? 3913 02:18:28,867 --> 02:18:30,535 -- I THOUGHT WE DID. AND YES, WE 3914 02:18:30,535 --> 02:18:33,204 HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY THAT 3915 02:18:33,204 --> 02:18:34,005 WE DO. 3916 02:18:34,005 --> 02:18:35,807 -- THEN HOW HAVE ALL OF MY 3917 02:18:35,807 --> 02:18:37,575 REQUESTS FOR SIX YEARS BEEN 3918 02:18:37,575 --> 02:18:37,809 DENIED? 3919 02:18:37,809 --> 02:18:40,145 -- I WAS GOING TO SAY WE DO, BUT 3920 02:18:40,145 --> 02:18:41,680 THEY ARE LIMITED BECAUSE WE 3921 02:18:41,680 --> 02:18:43,248 REALLY TRY TO FOCUS IN ON OUR 3922 02:18:43,248 --> 02:18:46,151 HIGH, HIGH IMPACT COLLISION 3923 02:18:46,151 --> 02:18:48,219 STREETS FIRST, WHICH WHICH ARE 3924 02:18:48,219 --> 02:18:50,789 FOR THE MOST PART, ARTERIALS. SO 3925 02:18:50,789 --> 02:18:53,758 IN TERMS OF YOU ASK ABOUT 3926 02:18:53,758 --> 02:18:54,392 PRIORITY, WE'RE PRIORITIZING 3927 02:18:54,392 --> 02:18:56,561 THOSE, THOSE REALLY HIGH 3928 02:18:56,561 --> 02:18:59,664 COLLISION LOCATIONS, WHICH ARE 3929 02:18:59,664 --> 02:19:01,399 TYPICALLY ARTERIALS OVER 3930 02:19:01,399 --> 02:19:01,866 RESIDENTIAL STREETS. 3931 02:19:01,866 --> 02:19:03,635 -- SO WE HAVE SPACES FOR 24th 3932 02:19:03,635 --> 02:19:06,271 AVENUE. THIS YEAR, IT WAS 3933 02:19:06,271 --> 02:19:09,274 PRIORITIZED AS A STREET FOR 3934 02:19:09,274 --> 02:19:11,943 PROJECTS. BUT THIS THE CORNERS 3935 02:19:11,943 --> 02:19:12,544 THAT WERE PRIORITIZED FOR THE 3936 02:19:12,544 --> 02:19:14,412 MOST SIGNIFICANT SAFETY 3937 02:19:14,412 --> 02:19:15,947 INCREASES WERE THE SAFEST ON THE 3938 02:19:15,947 --> 02:19:17,549 STREETS. MEANWHILE, I HAVE THE 3939 02:19:17,549 --> 02:19:19,718 NEIGHBORS ASKING FOR SPEED HUMPS 3940 02:19:19,718 --> 02:19:21,619 ON THEIR SIDE STREETS, ON THEIR 3941 02:19:21,619 --> 02:19:22,220 RESIDENTIAL STREETS, AND THE 3942 02:19:22,220 --> 02:19:23,088 DEPARTMENT STATES TO ME THAT 3943 02:19:23,088 --> 02:19:26,458 THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. WE HAVE 3944 02:19:26,458 --> 02:19:27,392 REQUESTED TRAFFIC CIRCLES. THIS, 3945 02:19:27,392 --> 02:19:28,026 THE DEPARTMENT STATES TO ME THAT 3946 02:19:28,026 --> 02:19:31,096 THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. I AM 100% 3947 02:19:31,096 --> 02:19:33,798 WITH YOU. DON'T SPEND MONEY ON 3948 02:19:33,798 --> 02:19:35,734 STREETS IN MY DISTRICT THAT 3949 02:19:35,734 --> 02:19:37,202 NOBODY'S BEING KILLED AT, AND 3950 02:19:37,202 --> 02:19:38,336 SPEND THAT MONEY ON THE STREETS 3951 02:19:38,336 --> 02:19:42,006 WHERE PEOPLE ARE DYING. JUST 3952 02:19:42,006 --> 02:19:44,709 VERY DIRECTLY. RIGHT. BUT WHAT 3953 02:19:44,709 --> 02:19:45,744 I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS THAT 3954 02:19:45,744 --> 02:19:47,412 YOU DO NOT. AND WHAT IS YOUR 3955 02:19:47,412 --> 02:19:49,547 PREFERRED TERMINOLOGY, 3956 02:19:49,547 --> 02:19:52,517 ROUNDABOUT OR TRAFFIC CIRCLE? 3957 02:19:52,517 --> 02:19:54,052 -- I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MY 3958 02:19:54,052 --> 02:19:55,220 SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FOR THAT. 3959 02:19:55,220 --> 02:19:57,222 WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON IT. 3960 02:19:57,222 --> 02:19:59,290 -- NO, SORRY. THIS IS A DIRECT 3961 02:19:59,290 --> 02:20:00,191 QUESTION OF I DON'T I, I FIND 3962 02:20:00,191 --> 02:20:02,394 PEOPLE TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THIS 3963 02:20:02,394 --> 02:20:03,695 QUESTION ON A REGULAR BASIS BY 3964 02:20:03,695 --> 02:20:04,829 USING LIKE, WE DIDN'T USE THE 3965 02:20:04,829 --> 02:20:07,065 TERMINOLOGY CORRECTLY. SO 3966 02:20:07,065 --> 02:20:08,967 WHATEVER THE ROUND THING IS IN A 3967 02:20:08,967 --> 02:20:09,834 RESIDENTIAL STREET INTERSECTION, 3968 02:20:09,834 --> 02:20:11,603 WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL 3969 02:20:11,603 --> 02:20:11,803 THAT? 3970 02:20:11,803 --> 02:20:14,639 -- OH, TRAFFIC CIRCLES IN 3971 02:20:14,639 --> 02:20:16,708 RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 3972 02:20:16,708 --> 02:20:16,975 -- YEAH. 3973 02:20:16,975 --> 02:20:18,109 -- RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC CIRCLE. 3974 02:20:18,109 --> 02:20:22,881 DOES SDOT DO THIS PROJECT ANY 3975 02:20:22,881 --> 02:20:23,848 LONGER THESE DAYS? 3976 02:20:23,848 --> 02:20:25,116 -- I BELIEVE WE DO. 3977 02:20:25,116 --> 02:20:27,418 -- THEN HOW HAVE ALL OF MY 3978 02:20:27,418 --> 02:20:28,620 REQUESTS BEEN DENIED OVER THE 3979 02:20:28,620 --> 02:20:29,254 LAST SIX YEARS, TO THE POINT 3980 02:20:29,254 --> 02:20:31,055 WHERE I'VE HAD TO USE THE 3981 02:20:31,055 --> 02:20:32,157 COUNCIL DISTRICT FUNDS TO GET 3982 02:20:32,157 --> 02:20:34,959 THE ONLY TWO IN. 3983 02:20:34,959 --> 02:20:35,627 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? I'LL 3984 02:20:35,627 --> 02:20:37,195 HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND 3985 02:20:37,195 --> 02:20:39,230 ASK. I'LL ASK THE TEAM. 3986 02:20:39,230 --> 02:20:41,266 -- AND FOR THE GENERAL VIEWING 3987 02:20:41,266 --> 02:20:42,600 PUBLIC, I HAVE ASKED ALL OF 3988 02:20:42,600 --> 02:20:44,369 THESE QUESTIONS IN PRIVATE, 3989 02:20:44,369 --> 02:20:45,370 MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE COURSE 3990 02:20:45,370 --> 02:20:46,438 OF THE LAST TWO MONTHS, AND SO 3991 02:20:46,438 --> 02:20:47,439 THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE 3992 02:20:47,439 --> 02:20:50,975 GOTCHA, BECAUSE I NEVER WANT TO 3993 02:20:50,975 --> 02:20:51,810 GET THERE'S NEVER ANY GOTCHA OR 3994 02:20:51,810 --> 02:20:55,780 CATCH YOU OFF GUARD ON THE DAIS 3995 02:20:55,780 --> 02:20:57,482 WITH ME. LET'S ROLL IN. SO I 3996 02:20:57,482 --> 02:20:59,384 JUST WANT TO CHECK IN ON THIS. 3997 02:20:59,384 --> 02:21:00,718 SO JUST TO ROUND THAT ALL OUT, I 3998 02:21:00,718 --> 02:21:03,188 HAVE MANY REQUESTS FROM MANY 3999 02:21:03,188 --> 02:21:04,756 PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT TO SLOW 4000 02:21:04,756 --> 02:21:07,592 DOWN RESIDENTIAL SPEED, 4001 02:21:07,592 --> 02:21:09,694 RESIDENTIAL STREET SPEEDS. THE 4002 02:21:09,694 --> 02:21:14,699 DEPARTMENT IS UNRESPONSIVE. I AM 4003 02:21:14,699 --> 02:21:16,067 MORE THAN HAPPY OF PUTTING IN 4004 02:21:16,067 --> 02:21:17,602 VISION ZERO. ANY PLACE WHERE 4005 02:21:17,602 --> 02:21:18,837 PEOPLE ARE DYING. THE ONE PLACE 4006 02:21:18,837 --> 02:21:22,106 THAT PEOPLE THAT A PERSON HAS 4007 02:21:22,106 --> 02:21:24,309 DIED RECENTLY ON 24th AVENUE. NO 4008 02:21:24,309 --> 02:21:24,843 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WERE 4009 02:21:24,843 --> 02:21:25,877 SCHEDULED FOR THAT PLACE, BUT 4010 02:21:25,877 --> 02:21:27,712 THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WERE IN 4011 02:21:27,712 --> 02:21:28,980 THE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE 4012 02:21:28,980 --> 02:21:30,114 ALREADY THE MOST SAFE. AND FOR 4013 02:21:30,114 --> 02:21:31,483 THE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE THE 4014 02:21:31,483 --> 02:21:34,819 HIGHEST CROSSING, THEY HAVE NO 4015 02:21:34,819 --> 02:21:36,554 SAFETY IMPROVEMENT, THAT NO 4016 02:21:36,554 --> 02:21:37,922 CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS SCHEDULED. 4017 02:21:37,922 --> 02:21:40,291 SO THIS IS WHERE NOT ONLY AM I 4018 02:21:40,291 --> 02:21:44,495 BEING CHALLENGED BY HOW ARE WE 4019 02:21:44,495 --> 02:21:46,064 SPENDING OUR MONEY, I'M BEING 4020 02:21:46,064 --> 02:21:50,969 CHALLENGED BY HOW ARE WE DOING 4021 02:21:50,969 --> 02:21:52,270 OUR WORK? MOVING ON. AND I JUST 4022 02:21:52,270 --> 02:21:53,338 AND THE REASON I ASK YOU THOSE 4023 02:21:53,338 --> 02:21:55,240 QUESTIONS IS BECAUSE RESIDENTS 4024 02:21:55,240 --> 02:21:58,109 HAMMER ME ALL THE TIME OF, WHY 4025 02:21:58,109 --> 02:21:59,944 CAN'T WE GET A TRAFFIC 4026 02:21:59,944 --> 02:22:00,578 ROUNDABOUT CIRCLE, WHATEVER IT 4027 02:22:00,578 --> 02:22:02,447 IS ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREET, 4028 02:22:02,447 --> 02:22:03,681 WHY CAN'T WE GET. WHY ARE WE 4029 02:22:03,681 --> 02:22:04,949 GETTING SPEED HUMPS ON ALL THESE 4030 02:22:04,949 --> 02:22:06,651 OTHER STREETS? WHY CAN'T WE GET 4031 02:22:06,651 --> 02:22:08,586 SPEED HUMPS ON ON THE 4032 02:22:08,586 --> 02:22:10,188 RESIDENTIAL STREETS? I 4033 02:22:10,188 --> 02:22:12,156 UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE FOCUSING 4034 02:22:12,156 --> 02:22:13,791 ON PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM DYING, 4035 02:22:13,791 --> 02:22:14,726 BUT WHAT THESE RESIDENTS ARE 4036 02:22:14,726 --> 02:22:16,227 SHARING WITH ME IS THAT WHEN 4037 02:22:16,227 --> 02:22:17,962 CARS GET HIT AND THEY'RE TOPPLED 4038 02:22:17,962 --> 02:22:19,364 OVER, WHEN TEENAGERS ARE 4039 02:22:19,364 --> 02:22:21,232 SPEEDING THROUGH STREETS NEAR 4040 02:22:21,232 --> 02:22:21,866 COMMUNITY CENTERS AND ELEMENTARY 4041 02:22:21,866 --> 02:22:23,968 SCHOOLS, THAT THEY ARE ALSO IN 4042 02:22:23,968 --> 02:22:26,304 FEAR OF REALLY DANGEROUS THINGS 4043 02:22:26,304 --> 02:22:29,807 HAPPENING THERE AS WELL. STREET 4044 02:22:29,807 --> 02:22:32,944 USE FEES. ARE YOU INCREASING THE 4045 02:22:32,944 --> 02:22:34,979 FEES TO SMALL BUSINESSES FOR THE 4046 02:22:34,979 --> 02:22:37,982 USE OF THINGS LIKE STREET CAFES 4047 02:22:37,982 --> 02:22:42,487 OR RETAIL SPACE IN THE RIGHT OF 4048 02:22:42,487 --> 02:22:42,687 WAY? 4049 02:22:42,687 --> 02:22:45,356 -- I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND 4050 02:22:45,356 --> 02:22:47,325 LOOK AT OUR ATTACHMENT A TO THE 4051 02:22:47,325 --> 02:22:48,726 PROPOSED LEGISLATION, BUT I 4052 02:22:48,726 --> 02:22:50,995 BELIEVE THAT, GENERALLY 4053 02:22:50,995 --> 02:22:53,364 SPEAKING, THE 30% RATE INCREASE 4054 02:22:53,364 --> 02:22:58,670 THAT WE REFER TO ON STREET 4055 02:22:58,670 --> 02:23:01,105 PERMITTING IS ACROSS THE BOARD. 4056 02:23:01,105 --> 02:23:02,840 I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF 4057 02:23:02,840 --> 02:23:05,243 MY HEAD WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH 4058 02:23:05,243 --> 02:23:07,011 REGARD TO PUBLIC USE AND 4059 02:23:07,011 --> 02:23:07,445 OCCUPANCY. HOWEVER. 4060 02:23:07,445 --> 02:23:10,448 -- OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 4061 02:23:10,448 --> 02:23:12,183 BECAUSE WHEN WE RESTRUCTURED 4062 02:23:12,183 --> 02:23:13,551 THESE FEES IN 2020, IT IS 4063 02:23:13,551 --> 02:23:16,621 BECAUSE THE FEES WERE SO 4064 02:23:16,621 --> 02:23:18,156 PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE FOR THE 4065 02:23:18,156 --> 02:23:19,924 RESTAURATEURS THAT THAT IS WHY 4066 02:23:19,924 --> 02:23:22,327 WE WERE NOT SEEING UPTAKE. THE 4067 02:23:22,327 --> 02:23:22,860 RULES WERE PROHIBITIVELY 4068 02:23:22,860 --> 02:23:23,695 RESTRICTIVE ON WHERE THEY COULD 4069 02:23:23,695 --> 02:23:25,863 PLACE THEIR OUTDOOR SEATING. 4070 02:23:25,863 --> 02:23:27,165 THESE TWO THINGS IN COMBINATION 4071 02:23:27,165 --> 02:23:28,733 IS WHY PEOPLE DID NOT TAKE THIS 4072 02:23:28,733 --> 02:23:31,703 PROGRAM UP AT GREATER RATE. WE 4073 02:23:31,703 --> 02:23:33,571 HAVE MADE THESE CHANGES TO BE 4074 02:23:33,571 --> 02:23:35,373 SUPPORTIVE OF OUR SMALLEST 4075 02:23:35,373 --> 02:23:37,542 BUSINESSES. OUR OWNER OPERATED 4076 02:23:37,542 --> 02:23:38,176 BUSINESSES THAT HAVE VERY SLIM 4077 02:23:38,176 --> 02:23:41,713 MARGINS. AND SO I'M VERY 4078 02:23:41,713 --> 02:23:45,383 WORRIED ABOUT THIS. WE'VE GOT 4079 02:23:45,383 --> 02:23:48,119 SOME. SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION 4080 02:23:48,119 --> 02:23:50,822 MEASURE QUESTIONS IN HERE. THIRD 4081 02:23:50,822 --> 02:23:51,422 LEVY REALIGNMENT ON THE THIRD 4082 02:23:51,422 --> 02:23:53,558 AVENUE REVITALIZATION ON PAGE 4083 02:23:53,558 --> 02:23:54,826 430. CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME 4084 02:23:54,826 --> 02:23:57,929 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? DID GREG 4085 02:23:57,929 --> 02:24:02,033 SPOTTS, CULTURE CONNECTOR NOT 4086 02:24:02,033 --> 02:24:02,567 WORK? 4087 02:24:02,567 --> 02:24:05,003 -- WELL, THE CENTER CITY 4088 02:24:05,003 --> 02:24:08,773 STREETCAR SEGMENT, AS YOU KNOW, 4089 02:24:08,773 --> 02:24:10,942 COUNCIL REMOVED THAT FROM OUR 4090 02:24:10,942 --> 02:24:16,014 BUDGET. AND CIP A YEAR OR TWO 4091 02:24:16,014 --> 02:24:17,515 AGO. THIRD AVENUE I HAVE TO MY 4092 02:24:17,515 --> 02:24:18,850 COMPUTER IS FROZEN, SO I CAN'T 4093 02:24:18,850 --> 02:24:23,821 PULL UP PAGE, WHICH IN THE 4094 02:24:23,821 --> 02:24:24,055 BUDGET. 4095 02:24:24,055 --> 02:24:30,328 -- FOR 3430. 4096 02:24:30,328 --> 02:24:32,296 -- AS MUCH TIME AS YOU WANT. 4097 02:24:32,296 --> 02:24:36,434 -- WE HAVE A LONG BUDGET HERE. 4098 02:24:36,434 --> 02:24:39,737 WE ARE. YOU ARE REFERRING TO 4099 02:24:39,737 --> 02:24:41,506 LEVY REALIGNMENT IN THIRD AVE, 4100 02:24:41,506 --> 02:24:46,611 REVITALIZATION, $1 MILLION. I 4101 02:24:46,611 --> 02:24:49,447 BELIEVE. YES. SO IN THIS CASE, 4102 02:24:49,447 --> 02:24:53,484 THIS FUNDING IS MOVING OUT OF 4103 02:24:53,484 --> 02:24:55,586 THAT PARTICULAR MASTER PROJECT. 4104 02:24:55,586 --> 02:24:56,354 THE TECHNICAL TERM THAT WE USE 4105 02:24:56,354 --> 02:25:01,059 AND HOW WE ACTUALLY SET OUR 4106 02:25:01,059 --> 02:25:03,494 BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS. BESIDES, 4107 02:25:03,494 --> 02:25:06,798 WITHIN EVERY BSL. AND IT'S 4108 02:25:06,798 --> 02:25:09,934 MOVING INTO THE NEW CONSTRUCTION 4109 02:25:09,934 --> 02:25:11,936 COORDINATION AND MOBILITY 4110 02:25:11,936 --> 02:25:12,870 DIVISION TO SUPPORT WORK IN THE 4111 02:25:12,870 --> 02:25:19,310 DOWNTOWN. AND IT'S IT IS 4112 02:25:19,310 --> 02:25:22,113 STAYING WITHIN THE INTENT OF THE 4113 02:25:22,113 --> 02:25:23,314 ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION TO THE TO 4114 02:25:23,314 --> 02:25:24,849 THE FIRST MASTER PROJECT. SO WE 4115 02:25:24,849 --> 02:25:25,817 SHOULD. 4116 02:25:25,817 --> 02:25:26,951 -- SO WE SHOULD TAKE THIS AS YOU 4117 02:25:26,951 --> 02:25:28,419 BELIEVE, THAT THIRD AVENUE IS IN 4118 02:25:28,419 --> 02:25:29,353 THE STATE, THAT IT SHOULD BE AT 4119 02:25:29,353 --> 02:25:31,122 THIS TIME. WE'RE NOT GOING TO 4120 02:25:31,122 --> 02:25:32,457 BE INVESTING IN THEIR. FURTHER. 4121 02:25:32,457 --> 02:25:34,659 -- KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT 4122 02:25:34,659 --> 02:25:35,860 IT'S GOING TO. IT'S BEING 4123 02:25:35,860 --> 02:25:37,395 REALIGNED INTO A DIFFERENT PART 4124 02:25:37,395 --> 02:25:40,932 OF OUR BUDGET. OUT OF ONE MASTER 4125 02:25:40,932 --> 02:25:42,467 PROJECT AND INTO ANOTHER TO 4126 02:25:42,467 --> 02:25:45,436 CONTINUE THE WORK. 4127 02:25:45,436 --> 02:25:46,003 -- I SEE DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. 4128 02:25:46,003 --> 02:25:49,707 -- THIS IS A. A PLAINER 4129 02:25:49,707 --> 02:25:51,442 LANGUAGE. WE'RE TRANSFERRING HOW 4130 02:25:51,442 --> 02:25:52,577 THIS GETS PAID IN THE BUDGET. SO 4131 02:25:52,577 --> 02:25:53,911 WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE A REDUCTION, 4132 02:25:53,911 --> 02:25:56,681 IT IS KIND OF A TECHNICAL BUDGET 4133 02:25:56,681 --> 02:25:57,949 CHANGE. 4134 02:25:57,949 --> 02:25:59,050 -- I HEAR YOU. MY FOCUS IS ON 4135 02:25:59,050 --> 02:26:00,952 MAKING THIRD AVENUE A BETTER 4136 02:26:00,952 --> 02:26:02,520 PLACE TO CATCH THE BUS, TO WALK, 4137 02:26:02,520 --> 02:26:05,223 TO DO BUSINESS. AND MY CONCERN 4138 02:26:05,223 --> 02:26:06,424 IS THAT YOU ARE TAKING MONEY 4139 02:26:06,424 --> 02:26:08,326 THAT WAS DEDICATED TO MAKING 4140 02:26:08,326 --> 02:26:10,895 THIRD AVENUE A BETTER PLACE 4141 02:26:10,895 --> 02:26:12,663 REGIONALLY AND PUTTING IT IN 4142 02:26:12,663 --> 02:26:14,165 OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY BUDGET. 4143 02:26:14,165 --> 02:26:15,967 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP US 4144 02:26:15,967 --> 02:26:17,001 TICKING RIGHT NOW. SOME OF THESE 4145 02:26:17,001 --> 02:26:19,937 YOU CAN RESPOND TO ON THE 4146 02:26:19,937 --> 02:26:22,340 SHAREPOINT AS WELL. MAGNOLIA 4147 02:26:22,340 --> 02:26:27,111 BRIDGE ON PAGE 445, $33,000 WAS 4148 02:26:27,111 --> 02:26:30,214 SPENT LAST YEAR, AND THERE WAS 4149 02:26:30,214 --> 02:26:32,383 424,000 FOR THE 26 BUDGET. HOW 4150 02:26:32,383 --> 02:26:33,918 WAS THIS MONEY SPENT? IS THIS 4151 02:26:33,918 --> 02:26:35,453 THE SEISMIC WORK THAT YOU 4152 02:26:35,453 --> 02:26:37,155 DISCUSSED? IS THERE ANY 4153 02:26:37,155 --> 02:26:38,923 ADDITIONAL WORK? WAS THAT 4154 02:26:38,923 --> 02:26:41,893 SEISMIC WORK SOLELY ON THE 4155 02:26:41,893 --> 02:26:42,560 BRIDGE THAT WHEN WE PASSED THE 4156 02:26:42,560 --> 02:26:44,562 LEVY, I BELIEVE WE WERE TALKING 4157 02:26:44,562 --> 02:26:45,196 ABOUT WHAT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 4158 02:26:45,196 --> 02:26:45,696 WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT 4159 02:26:45,696 --> 02:26:47,732 EMERGENCY ACCESS AS THE 4160 02:26:47,732 --> 02:26:48,833 EMERGENCY ACCESS JUST NOT BEEN 4161 02:26:48,833 --> 02:26:50,268 FOLLOWED UP ON. AND ARE ALL 4162 02:26:50,268 --> 02:26:57,708 FUNDS SPENT AT THIS TIME? 4163 02:26:57,708 --> 02:26:58,309 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WE 4164 02:26:58,309 --> 02:27:00,244 WILL NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU ON 4165 02:27:00,244 --> 02:27:02,880 THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. 4166 02:27:02,880 --> 02:27:05,416 -- OKAY. LOOKING AT PAGE 447, 4167 02:27:05,416 --> 02:27:06,050 NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENTS WITHIN 4168 02:27:06,050 --> 02:27:09,153 YOUR MOBILITY CAPITAL, IT SAYS 4169 02:27:09,153 --> 02:27:09,720 THE PURPOSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD 4170 02:27:09,720 --> 02:27:10,388 ENHANCEMENTS PROGRAM IS TO PLAN 4171 02:27:10,388 --> 02:27:12,723 AND FORECAST THE NEEDS OF 4172 02:27:12,723 --> 02:27:14,458 SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS, 4173 02:27:14,458 --> 02:27:15,059 INCLUDING CORRIDOR PLANNING, 4174 02:27:15,059 --> 02:27:16,494 DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 4175 02:27:16,494 --> 02:27:19,363 PLANS, SPOT IMPROVEMENT, TRAVEL 4176 02:27:19,363 --> 02:27:20,832 FORECASTING ALSO CONSTRUCTS 4177 02:27:20,832 --> 02:27:21,299 MINOR IMPROVEMENT IN 4178 02:27:21,299 --> 02:27:22,500 NEIGHBORHOODS. BASED ON THESE 4179 02:27:22,500 --> 02:27:23,801 ASSESSMENTS. BUT AS WE'VE 4180 02:27:23,801 --> 02:27:25,102 ALREADY GONE OVER, THE 4181 02:27:25,102 --> 02:27:27,405 DEPARTMENT IS NOT PUTTING 4182 02:27:27,405 --> 02:27:28,873 FORWARD WITH TRAFFIC CIRCLES OR 4183 02:27:28,873 --> 02:27:29,507 TRAFFIC ROUNDABOUTS HOWEVER YOU 4184 02:27:29,507 --> 02:27:30,141 WANT TO CALL IT. YOU'RE NOT 4185 02:27:30,141 --> 02:27:32,810 PUTTING FORWARD SPEED REDUCTION 4186 02:27:32,810 --> 02:27:34,812 DEVICES ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS. 4187 02:27:34,812 --> 02:27:36,647 CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THIS 4188 02:27:36,647 --> 02:27:40,151 PROGRAM DOES 4189 02:27:40,151 --> 02:27:42,620 -- WHAT THE PROGRAM DOES OR HOW 4190 02:27:42,620 --> 02:27:44,322 IT'S REPRESENTED IN OUR 4191 02:27:44,322 --> 02:27:46,224 PROPOSED BUDGET? 4192 02:27:46,224 --> 02:27:48,025 -- WHAT DO THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE 4193 02:27:48,025 --> 02:27:50,394 THINGS WORK FOR SEATTLEITES DO? 4194 02:27:50,394 --> 02:27:52,897 -- I AM NOT INTIMATELY, 4195 02:27:52,897 --> 02:27:53,664 INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THIS. 4196 02:27:53,664 --> 02:27:55,132 THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS 4197 02:27:55,132 --> 02:27:57,335 PROGRAM, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING 4198 02:27:57,335 --> 02:27:59,971 TO NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU 4199 02:27:59,971 --> 02:28:04,775 WITH A WRITTEN RESPONSE. 4200 02:28:04,775 --> 02:28:08,946 -- OKAY. PAGE 449. WE STILL HAVE 4201 02:28:08,946 --> 02:28:09,547 WATERFRONT AND CIVIC PROJECTS 4202 02:28:09,547 --> 02:28:11,148 ALLOCATED WITHIN THE BUDGET, 4203 02:28:11,148 --> 02:28:15,453 WITH 21 FTE, AND NEXT YEAR 4204 02:28:15,453 --> 02:28:17,321 SPENDING $13 MILLION. THE 4205 02:28:17,321 --> 02:28:19,957 FOLLOWING YEAR, 13.5 THIS YEAR, 4206 02:28:19,957 --> 02:28:21,626 9.6. CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME I, I 4207 02:28:21,626 --> 02:28:23,794 LOVE THE WATERFRONT. I'LL SPEND 4208 02:28:23,794 --> 02:28:24,795 LOTS OF MONEY ON THE WATERFRONT. 4209 02:28:24,795 --> 02:28:25,863 I THOUGHT SDOT WAS OUT OF THE 4210 02:28:25,863 --> 02:28:26,764 WATERFRONT BUSINESS. IS THAT 4211 02:28:26,764 --> 02:28:26,964 NOT. 4212 02:28:26,964 --> 02:28:28,833 -- THE CASE? WE ARE IN CLOSE OUT 4213 02:28:28,833 --> 02:28:32,470 ON A LOT OF OUR CONTRACTS, SO WE 4214 02:28:32,470 --> 02:28:33,170 WILL BE SPENDING SOME OF THAT 4215 02:28:33,170 --> 02:28:36,040 MONEY ON THE CLOSE OUT. YOU 4216 02:28:36,040 --> 02:28:38,542 KNOW, PAYING OFF FINAL CHANGE 4217 02:28:38,542 --> 02:28:39,944 ORDERS, COMPLETION OF ALL THE 4218 02:28:39,944 --> 02:28:41,746 DOCUMENTATION, ALL OF THAT. WE 4219 02:28:41,746 --> 02:28:44,315 ALSO HAVE ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT 4220 02:28:44,315 --> 02:28:46,450 THAT IS IN THE COURT SYSTEM 4221 02:28:46,450 --> 02:28:49,453 RIGHT NOW. SO WE ANTICIPATE A 4222 02:28:49,453 --> 02:28:51,789 SETTLEMENT THERE OR SOME SORT OF 4223 02:28:51,789 --> 02:28:52,790 PAYMENT, A PAYOUT FOR THAT AS 4224 02:28:52,790 --> 02:28:55,293 WELL. SO MAINTAINING FUNDING IN 4225 02:28:55,293 --> 02:28:58,963 THAT IN THAT BUCKET OF FUNDS TO 4226 02:28:58,963 --> 02:29:00,965 COVER THOSE THOSE EXPENSES. 4227 02:29:00,965 --> 02:29:04,168 -- AND THAT REQUIRES 21 FTE 4228 02:29:04,168 --> 02:29:05,803 -- WELL, WE HAVE ACTUALLY 4229 02:29:05,803 --> 02:29:07,371 TRANSFERRED A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS 4230 02:29:07,371 --> 02:29:09,073 INTO OUT OF THE WATERFRONT 4231 02:29:09,073 --> 02:29:10,708 PROGRAM AND INTO THE STREET 4232 02:29:10,708 --> 02:29:12,777 THREE PROGRAM. SO I'VE 4233 02:29:12,777 --> 02:29:15,813 RESTRUCTURED THE SOUND TRANSIT 4234 02:29:15,813 --> 02:29:17,982 SUPPORT STAFF WITHIN SDOT. AND 4235 02:29:17,982 --> 02:29:20,685 SO WHEN I TALKED ABOUT BARBARA 4236 02:29:20,685 --> 02:29:21,152 LEE EARLIER, HANDLING 4237 02:29:21,152 --> 02:29:22,953 WATERFRONT, SHE ALSO HAS BEEN 4238 02:29:22,953 --> 02:29:25,523 TRANSITIONED ALONG WITH HER TEAM 4239 02:29:25,523 --> 02:29:27,758 INTO LEADING AND SUPPORTING THE 4240 02:29:27,758 --> 02:29:28,426 SOUND TRANSIT'S PROJECT DELIVERY 4241 02:29:28,426 --> 02:29:31,228 WORK, THE PERMITTING WORK. AND 4242 02:29:31,228 --> 02:29:32,963 SO WE HAVE A SOLID STRUCTURE IN 4243 02:29:32,963 --> 02:29:34,498 PLACE TO SUPPORT STREET THREE 4244 02:29:34,498 --> 02:29:36,233 OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES. 4245 02:29:36,233 --> 02:29:38,803 -- SO THESE 2150 YEAR 4246 02:29:38,803 --> 02:29:41,138 MISREPRESENTED IN THE BUDGET. 4247 02:29:41,138 --> 02:29:42,807 -- WE HAVE NOT UPDATED THE NAME 4248 02:29:42,807 --> 02:29:44,241 OF THE MASTER PROJECT IN THE 4249 02:29:44,241 --> 02:29:46,310 BUDGET. SO IT IS WE THE THE 4250 02:29:46,310 --> 02:29:48,913 PROGRAM ITSELF INTERNALLY, WE 4251 02:29:48,913 --> 02:29:51,983 REFER TO. IT'S A LOT OF WORDS. 4252 02:29:51,983 --> 02:29:54,185 OFFICE OF WATERFRONT AND CIVIC 4253 02:29:54,185 --> 02:29:54,752 PROJECTS AND SOUND TRANSIT, 4254 02:29:54,752 --> 02:29:55,886 THREE PROGRAMS. 4255 02:29:55,886 --> 02:29:56,320 -- THAT'S RIGHT. 4256 02:29:56,320 --> 02:29:57,955 -- SO THE BUDGET HAS NOT BEEN 4257 02:29:57,955 --> 02:29:59,256 UPDATED AT THIS TIME. 4258 02:29:59,256 --> 02:30:02,259 -- THE BUDGET HAS BEEN UPDATED. 4259 02:30:02,259 --> 02:30:03,561 THE SOUND TRANSIT THREE MASTER 4260 02:30:03,561 --> 02:30:05,763 PROJECTS DO ROLL UP UNDER THAT, 4261 02:30:05,763 --> 02:30:08,265 BUT WE CAN'T RENAME THE THE B, 4262 02:30:08,265 --> 02:30:13,637 S L, SO S DOT DASH BOTR 16,000 4263 02:30:13,637 --> 02:30:14,271 WATERFRONT CIVIC PROJECTS. IF WE 4264 02:30:14,271 --> 02:30:15,606 WANT TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT WITH 4265 02:30:15,606 --> 02:30:16,974 COUNCIL, WE COULD PUT THAT ON 4266 02:30:16,974 --> 02:30:20,511 THERE. YOU. IT TAKES AN ACT OF 4267 02:30:20,511 --> 02:30:21,679 COUNCIL TO TO CHANGE THE BSL SO 4268 02:30:21,679 --> 02:30:26,183 WE COULD DO THAT. BUT THE MASTER 4269 02:30:26,183 --> 02:30:26,784 PROJECTS IN THERE DO REFLECT 4270 02:30:26,784 --> 02:30:28,352 WHEN YOUR STAFF GOES AND LOOKS 4271 02:30:28,352 --> 02:30:30,721 AT THEM, THEY REFLECT THE SOUND 4272 02:30:30,721 --> 02:30:31,689 TRANSIT. THREE PROJECTS IN THERE 4273 02:30:31,689 --> 02:30:31,956 AS WELL. 4274 02:30:31,956 --> 02:30:32,923 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M ASKING 4275 02:30:32,923 --> 02:30:34,825 THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT STAFFING 4276 02:30:34,825 --> 02:30:37,661 BECAUSE OUT OF ALL NINE OF US, 4277 02:30:37,661 --> 02:30:39,263 WE HAVE ABOUT 31 FTE. THAT'S NOT 4278 02:30:39,263 --> 02:30:40,164 INCLUDING CENTRAL STAFF AND A 4279 02:30:40,164 --> 02:30:42,266 LOT OF OTHER FOLKS. AND SO WHAT 4280 02:30:42,266 --> 02:30:43,434 I'M SEEING IS THAT YOU'VE GOT 4281 02:30:43,434 --> 02:30:44,969 A TEAM THAT IS ALMOST AS LARGE 4282 02:30:44,969 --> 02:30:46,937 AS CITY COUNCIL, THAT IS DOING 4283 02:30:46,937 --> 02:30:48,372 WORK, AND IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT 4284 02:30:48,372 --> 02:30:50,508 THEY'RE DOING. I'M GOING TO 4285 02:30:50,508 --> 02:30:52,743 JUST KEEP ON TICKING, BECAUSE I 4286 02:30:52,743 --> 02:30:55,279 PROMISED ROB I'D BE DONE TEN 4287 02:30:55,279 --> 02:30:56,881 MINUTES AGO. OPERATION 4288 02:30:56,881 --> 02:30:58,349 ENGINEERING, OPERATION SUPPORT. 4289 02:30:58,349 --> 02:31:00,451 WE'RE NOW ON PAGE FOUR. 50 4290 02:31:00,451 --> 02:31:00,951 STRUCTURES, ENGINEERING 4291 02:31:00,951 --> 02:31:02,820 STRUCTURES. MAINTENANCE. IS THIS 4292 02:31:02,820 --> 02:31:06,057 YOUR ENTIRE BRIDGE TEAM OR DO WE 4293 02:31:06,057 --> 02:31:07,158 HAVE OTHER FOLKS WORKING ON 4294 02:31:07,158 --> 02:31:09,560 BRIDGES, OR DO THESE EMPLOYEES 4295 02:31:09,560 --> 02:31:13,597 WORK ON THINGS OTHER THAN 4296 02:31:13,597 --> 02:31:16,600 BRIDGES? 4297 02:31:16,600 --> 02:31:17,134 -- BRIDGES PRIMARILY ALSO 4298 02:31:17,134 --> 02:31:19,570 RETAINING WALLS AND STAIRWAYS 4299 02:31:19,570 --> 02:31:21,439 AND SEAWALLS. 4300 02:31:21,439 --> 02:31:23,007 -- AND AREAS. 4301 02:31:23,007 --> 02:31:23,340 -- AND AREAS. 4302 02:31:23,340 --> 02:31:24,775 -- OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE COMING 4303 02:31:24,775 --> 02:31:26,911 BACK TO THE MOBILITY, THE 4304 02:31:26,911 --> 02:31:27,812 NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU SAID THAT YOU 4305 02:31:27,812 --> 02:31:30,514 WOULD GET BACK TO ME TRANSIT 4306 02:31:30,514 --> 02:31:33,317 OPERATIONS. THIS IS TO IMPLEMENT 4307 02:31:33,317 --> 02:31:35,786 STM. IS THAT CORRECT? 4308 02:31:35,786 --> 02:31:38,389 -- YES. THE PROPOSED BUDGET 4309 02:31:38,389 --> 02:31:40,391 ASSUMES THE PASSAGE OR THE 4310 02:31:40,391 --> 02:31:43,160 RENEWAL, THE PASSAGE OF 4311 02:31:43,160 --> 02:31:43,727 NOVEMBER'S STM MEASURE. 4312 02:31:43,727 --> 02:31:45,329 -- AND I HAD RECEIVED PROMISES 4313 02:31:45,329 --> 02:31:49,867 DURING THIS LAST ROUND OF STM 4314 02:31:49,867 --> 02:31:51,302 BECAUSE THE METRO CYCLE IS THEY 4315 02:31:51,302 --> 02:31:53,871 HAD TO MAKE THEIR DECISIONS BY 4316 02:31:53,871 --> 02:31:55,105 JULY FOR ANY SPRINGTIME CHANGES. 4317 02:31:55,105 --> 02:31:58,609 DO WE KNOW. HAS THE 17. THE ONLY 4318 02:31:58,609 --> 02:32:01,212 DIRECT BUS TO BALLARD FROM 4319 02:32:01,212 --> 02:32:02,379 DOWNTOWN OR LIGHT RAIL? IS THIS 4320 02:32:02,379 --> 02:32:04,882 GOING TO SEE INCREASES BEYOND 4321 02:32:04,882 --> 02:32:05,683 THE TWO ADDITIONAL ROUTES IN THE 4322 02:32:05,683 --> 02:32:07,485 MORNING AND AFTERNOON THAT METRO 4323 02:32:07,485 --> 02:32:08,719 PROMISED? 4324 02:32:08,719 --> 02:32:10,955 -- I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH 4325 02:32:10,955 --> 02:32:13,190 METRO'S PLANNED ROUTE SCHEDULE 4326 02:32:13,190 --> 02:32:14,558 FOR 2027, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE 4327 02:32:14,558 --> 02:32:16,026 ASKING. WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW 4328 02:32:16,026 --> 02:32:17,061 UP WITH YOU. 4329 02:32:17,061 --> 02:32:18,162 -- IT WAS A CITY SIDE PROMISE 4330 02:32:18,162 --> 02:32:19,830 THAT WE WOULD INCREASE THAT 4331 02:32:19,830 --> 02:32:20,064 AMOUNT. 4332 02:32:20,064 --> 02:32:21,265 -- OF FUNDING. 4333 02:32:21,265 --> 02:32:21,665 -- WITH THE STM. 4334 02:32:21,665 --> 02:32:22,466 -- THAT'S CORRECT. 4335 02:32:22,466 --> 02:32:25,269 -- YES. SO, I MEAN, IT IS OUR 4336 02:32:25,269 --> 02:32:26,670 INTENT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT 4337 02:32:26,670 --> 02:32:29,373 EVERY ELEMENT OF THE STM 4338 02:32:29,373 --> 02:32:31,709 PROPOSAL. IF IT PASSES IN 4339 02:32:31,709 --> 02:32:33,544 COLLABORATION WITH OUR KING 4340 02:32:33,544 --> 02:32:33,944 COUNTY PARTNERS. 4341 02:32:33,944 --> 02:32:34,178 -- YES. 4342 02:32:34,178 --> 02:32:36,747 -- AND MY PROBLEM WAS THOSE 4343 02:32:36,747 --> 02:32:37,915 PROMISES MADE HAD TO BE 4344 02:32:37,915 --> 02:32:39,650 DELIVERED LAST JULY. SO IF WE 4345 02:32:39,650 --> 02:32:41,285 DON'T KNOW IF THOSE PROMISES 4346 02:32:41,285 --> 02:32:42,253 MADE WERE DELIVERED OR NOT. 4347 02:32:42,253 --> 02:32:43,053 -- THEN WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH 4348 02:32:43,053 --> 02:32:46,123 YOU. CERTAINLY. 4349 02:32:46,123 --> 02:32:48,425 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. WILL 4350 02:32:48,425 --> 02:32:51,095 IN HERE. WELL, I'VE GOT TWO 4351 02:32:51,095 --> 02:32:52,062 MORE ROUTE 40 ONLY BECAUSE YOU 4352 02:32:52,062 --> 02:32:52,963 BROUGHT IT UP. IS IT GOING TO BE 4353 02:32:52,963 --> 02:32:55,065 A FREIGHT AND BUS LANE, OR HAVE 4354 02:32:55,065 --> 02:32:57,201 YOU KICKED FREIGHT OFF 4355 02:32:57,201 --> 02:32:58,836 -- ROUTE 40 AS IT IS CONSTRUCTED 4356 02:32:58,836 --> 02:33:00,771 RIGHT NOW, IS A TRANSIT TRANSIT 4357 02:33:00,771 --> 02:33:01,238 ONLY LANE. 4358 02:33:01,238 --> 02:33:02,406 -- OKAY. SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO 4359 02:33:02,406 --> 02:33:04,942 BE ADDING FREIGHT IN LIKE AS 4360 02:33:04,942 --> 02:33:06,710 ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED 4361 02:33:06,710 --> 02:33:08,179 -- WELL, LET ME GO BACK AND 4362 02:33:08,179 --> 02:33:10,981 CHECK ON THAT. THERE MIGHT BE 4363 02:33:10,981 --> 02:33:12,683 PART OF THAT ROUTE THAT MIGHT BE 4364 02:33:12,683 --> 02:33:13,284 DEDICATED TOWARD FREIGHT, BUT 4365 02:33:13,284 --> 02:33:16,487 I'D HAVE TO I HAVE TO CONFIRM. 4366 02:33:16,487 --> 02:33:19,356 -- OKAY. AND JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS 4367 02:33:19,356 --> 02:33:22,092 8 MILLION LAST YEAR, 9 MILLION 4368 02:33:22,092 --> 02:33:24,061 THIS YEAR, 14 MILLION NEXT YEAR, 4369 02:33:24,061 --> 02:33:25,663 15 MILLION THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 4370 02:33:25,663 --> 02:33:27,665 YOU'VE RECEIVED YOU'VE HEARD A 4371 02:33:27,665 --> 02:33:30,367 LOT OF WHAT I'VE HAD TO SAY 4372 02:33:30,367 --> 02:33:31,468 TODAY. IT'S FEEDBACK THAT I'VE 4373 02:33:31,468 --> 02:33:33,337 PROVIDED TIME AND TIME AGAIN. 4374 02:33:33,337 --> 02:33:35,706 FOR INSTANCE, THIS YEAR SDOT HAS 4375 02:33:35,706 --> 02:33:36,774 ASPHALTED A SECTION WHERE THE 4376 02:33:36,774 --> 02:33:39,543 WATER MAIN NEEDS TO BE RE 4377 02:33:39,543 --> 02:33:41,111 REDONE. AND IT GOT RE ASPHALTED 4378 02:33:41,111 --> 02:33:42,780 BEFORE THE WATER MAIN WAS DONE. 4379 02:33:42,780 --> 02:33:44,014 MEANWHILE, A MILE AWAY, LESS 4380 02:33:44,014 --> 02:33:46,183 THAN A MILE AWAY, THERE'S A 4381 02:33:46,183 --> 02:33:47,685 WORSE SECTION OF ASPHALT THAT 4382 02:33:47,685 --> 02:33:49,353 WAS OVERLOOKED. THERE WAS 4383 02:33:49,353 --> 02:33:51,722 ANOTHER SECTION AT GOLDEN 4384 02:33:51,722 --> 02:33:52,890 GARDENS WHERE ASPHALT WAS 4385 02:33:52,890 --> 02:33:55,226 REPAVED WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE 4386 02:33:55,226 --> 02:33:57,394 SPRING. THAT ERODES THE ASPHALT 4387 02:33:57,394 --> 02:34:00,965 ON A REALLY REGULAR BASIS. THESE 4388 02:34:00,965 --> 02:34:03,167 ARE THESE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS 4389 02:34:03,167 --> 02:34:04,935 THAT I'M CHALLENGED BY. YOU 4390 02:34:04,935 --> 02:34:07,571 KNOW, NOT BREAKING EXECUTIVE 4391 02:34:07,571 --> 02:34:09,573 EXECUTIVE SESSION PRIVILEGE, 4392 02:34:09,573 --> 02:34:11,141 WHICH IS WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT 4393 02:34:11,141 --> 02:34:12,343 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS. BUT 4394 02:34:12,343 --> 02:34:14,178 ANYONE WHO'S BEEN IN EXECUTIVE 4395 02:34:14,178 --> 02:34:15,012 SESSION KNOWS THAT I HAVE THESE 4396 02:34:15,012 --> 02:34:16,880 SAME CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECTS 4397 02:34:16,880 --> 02:34:19,450 THAT WE ARE GETTING, THAT 4398 02:34:19,450 --> 02:34:22,052 SEATTLEITES ARE GETTING HURT ON. 4399 02:34:22,052 --> 02:34:22,620 IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE 4400 02:34:22,620 --> 02:34:26,256 DEPARTMENT IS THERE A FOCUSED 4401 02:34:26,256 --> 02:34:26,890 STRUCTURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS 4402 02:34:26,890 --> 02:34:27,524 IMPLEMENTING RIGHT NOW TO REDUCE 4403 02:34:27,524 --> 02:34:29,526 OUR JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS? 4404 02:34:29,526 --> 02:34:33,063 -- YES, I WILL SAY THAT OUR 4405 02:34:33,063 --> 02:34:35,532 JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS ALLOCATION 4406 02:34:35,532 --> 02:34:36,834 IS WE ARE PART OF A CITY WIDE 4407 02:34:36,834 --> 02:34:38,102 FORMULA. I'M SURE YOU'RE 4408 02:34:38,102 --> 02:34:43,841 FAMILIAR CHAIR STRAUSS, ON HOW 4409 02:34:43,841 --> 02:34:47,144 THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND CITY 4410 02:34:47,144 --> 02:34:49,413 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DETERMINE 4411 02:34:49,413 --> 02:34:51,815 FUTURE YEAR JUDGMENT AND CLAIM 4412 02:34:51,815 --> 02:34:53,250 ALLOCATIONS FOR DEPARTMENTS. AS 4413 02:34:53,250 --> 02:34:55,819 DOT CERTAINLY IS ONE OF THE 4414 02:34:55,819 --> 02:34:59,623 HIGHEST. WE HAVE SAT IN SEVERAL 4415 02:34:59,623 --> 02:35:00,257 EXECUTIVE SESSIONS TOGETHER TO 4416 02:35:00,257 --> 02:35:01,125 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CASES 4417 02:35:01,125 --> 02:35:05,396 COMING BEFORE US IN THE PAST, 4418 02:35:05,396 --> 02:35:08,299 AND WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON 4419 02:35:08,299 --> 02:35:08,899 RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN 4420 02:35:08,899 --> 02:35:11,769 THE DEPARTMENT, BOTH ON A. WHAT 4421 02:35:11,769 --> 02:35:12,903 WE WHAT I LIKE TO CALL, BECAUSE 4422 02:35:12,903 --> 02:35:14,038 MY TEAM IS THE ONE THAT DOES 4423 02:35:14,038 --> 02:35:16,940 THIS LOSS PREVENTION EXERCISE 4424 02:35:16,940 --> 02:35:20,878 WHERE WE REVIEW EVERY OCCURRENCE 4425 02:35:20,878 --> 02:35:21,512 THAT COMES THROUGH IN A CLAIM, 4426 02:35:21,512 --> 02:35:23,580 EVEN IF IT DOESN'T BECOME 4427 02:35:23,580 --> 02:35:25,149 LITIGATION, TO LOOK AT WHAT'S 4428 02:35:25,149 --> 02:35:28,185 HAPPENING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, 4429 02:35:28,185 --> 02:35:28,819 WHETHER IT'S A ROAD DEFECT, 4430 02:35:28,819 --> 02:35:30,587 IT'S DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, 4431 02:35:30,587 --> 02:35:31,955 IT'S CONSTRUCTION, ET CETERA. 4432 02:35:31,955 --> 02:35:33,857 AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, OF COURSE, 4433 02:35:33,857 --> 02:35:35,826 AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, 4434 02:35:35,826 --> 02:35:38,529 LOOKING AT OUR HIGH INJURY 4435 02:35:38,529 --> 02:35:41,832 NETWORK AND TAKING A MORE 4436 02:35:41,832 --> 02:35:42,433 PROACTIVE APPROACH AT CERTAIN 4437 02:35:42,433 --> 02:35:44,001 CRASH SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY 4438 02:35:44,001 --> 02:35:48,639 AND REALLY RETHINKING HOW THERE 4439 02:35:48,639 --> 02:35:50,607 MAY BE SIMILARITIES WITH, LET'S 4440 02:35:50,607 --> 02:35:53,343 SAY IT IS A DESIGN SITUATION 4441 02:35:53,343 --> 02:35:54,144 THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PART OF 4442 02:35:54,144 --> 02:35:56,613 THE EVENT THAT OCCURRED WHERE 4443 02:35:56,613 --> 02:35:59,416 THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST 4444 02:35:59,416 --> 02:36:00,551 ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY. AND 4445 02:36:00,551 --> 02:36:02,786 TAKING A PROACTIVE LOOK AT 4446 02:36:02,786 --> 02:36:05,789 THOSE. SO WE ARE VERY COMMITTED 4447 02:36:05,789 --> 02:36:07,391 TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT BE 4448 02:36:07,391 --> 02:36:09,560 BROADLY CALLED RISK MANAGEMENT 4449 02:36:09,560 --> 02:36:13,130 STRATEGIES, MORE ACCELERATED, 4450 02:36:13,130 --> 02:36:15,165 MORE FREQUENT WITH A JUST A 4451 02:36:15,165 --> 02:36:18,469 GREATER FOCUS THROUGHOUT BY MANY 4452 02:36:18,469 --> 02:36:20,370 TEAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT. AND 4453 02:36:20,370 --> 02:36:23,907 IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT REDUCING 4454 02:36:23,907 --> 02:36:24,508 THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY THAT 4455 02:36:24,508 --> 02:36:26,844 COMES WITH THE JUDGMENT AND 4456 02:36:26,844 --> 02:36:28,645 CLAIMS COST ALLOCATION, BUT 4457 02:36:28,645 --> 02:36:31,682 RATHER MAKING SURE THAT OUR 4458 02:36:31,682 --> 02:36:32,750 COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN EXPERIENCE 4459 02:36:32,750 --> 02:36:35,352 A RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT PERSONAL 4460 02:36:35,352 --> 02:36:36,453 INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. 4461 02:36:36,453 --> 02:36:38,489 -- LET ME BE MORE BLUNT, IS THAT 4462 02:36:38,489 --> 02:36:39,823 THE DESIGN OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE 4463 02:36:39,823 --> 02:36:40,924 THAT SDOT IS PUTTING ON OUR 4464 02:36:40,924 --> 02:36:42,493 STREET IS DANGEROUS FOR SOME 4465 02:36:42,493 --> 02:36:46,296 PEOPLE ON OUR STREET. AND I SAY 4466 02:36:46,296 --> 02:36:46,930 THAT BECAUSE WHEN EXTERNALITIES 4467 02:36:46,930 --> 02:36:49,133 SUCH AS WET LEAVES, GARBAGE 4468 02:36:49,133 --> 02:36:51,435 CANS, A CAR THAT'S PARKED TOO 4469 02:36:51,435 --> 02:36:54,037 CLOSE, OR A BIKE THAT'S RIDING 4470 02:36:54,037 --> 02:36:58,442 TOO FAST, WHEN THESE ELEMENTS 4471 02:36:58,442 --> 02:37:01,078 ARE DESIGNED WITHOUT REAL WORLD 4472 02:37:01,078 --> 02:37:01,612 IMPLEMENTATION TAKEN INTO 4473 02:37:01,612 --> 02:37:03,747 ACCOUNT, DANGEROUS SITUATIONS 4474 02:37:03,747 --> 02:37:05,816 ARE CREATED ON OUR STREETS WHERE 4475 02:37:05,816 --> 02:37:08,218 SEATTLEITES GET HURT. AND 4476 02:37:08,218 --> 02:37:10,354 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A HIGH 4477 02:37:10,354 --> 02:37:12,189 JUDGMENT IN CLAIMS. MY ASK HAS 4478 02:37:12,189 --> 02:37:13,991 BEEN THAT WE NEED TO BE 4479 02:37:13,991 --> 02:37:17,494 THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE DESIGN, 4480 02:37:17,494 --> 02:37:18,629 AND THAT WHEN WE AS THE CITY, 4481 02:37:18,629 --> 02:37:21,632 WHEN WE. I'M BRINGING. I'M NO 4482 02:37:21,632 --> 02:37:23,100 FARTHER AWAY FROM THE CITY THAN 4483 02:37:23,100 --> 02:37:24,735 YOU ARE WHEN WE. AS THE CITY, 4484 02:37:24,735 --> 02:37:27,738 MAKE A MISTAKE IN DESIGN, HOW DO 4485 02:37:27,738 --> 02:37:31,241 WE ADJUST THAT IN THE FUTURE? 4486 02:37:31,241 --> 02:37:32,676 AND THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S MY 4487 02:37:32,676 --> 02:37:35,212 CONCERN ABOUT THE JUDGMENT AND 4488 02:37:35,212 --> 02:37:37,014 CLAIMS IS THAT WE ARE DESIGNING 4489 02:37:37,014 --> 02:37:40,551 THINGS THAT ARE NOT SAFE, AND 4490 02:37:40,551 --> 02:37:41,218 WE'RE NOT MAKING THAT CHANGE. 4491 02:37:41,218 --> 02:37:42,553 ONCE IT IS BROUGHT TO OUR 4492 02:37:42,553 --> 02:37:43,954 ATTENTION. I SEE DIRECTOR 4493 02:37:43,954 --> 02:37:45,856 PENNUCCI TO TAKE US HOME. 4494 02:37:45,856 --> 02:37:49,193 -- YEAH. I JUST WANT TO LIKE, 4495 02:37:49,193 --> 02:37:50,928 NOTE THAT. THANK YOU CHRIS, BUT 4496 02:37:50,928 --> 02:37:53,096 THIS IS KIND OF FAR AFIELD FROM 4497 02:37:53,096 --> 02:37:54,465 THE, THE, THE BUDGET 4498 02:37:54,465 --> 02:37:55,399 CONVERSATION TODAY. SO JUST WANT 4499 02:37:55,399 --> 02:37:59,203 TO GIVE OUR. I DON'T THINK WE 4500 02:37:59,203 --> 02:38:00,470 HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE 4501 02:38:00,470 --> 02:38:02,239 TABLE TO HAVE ALL OF THIS 4502 02:38:02,239 --> 02:38:03,941 CONVERSATION. I WILL SAY THAT 4503 02:38:03,941 --> 02:38:04,541 RISK MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING 4504 02:38:04,541 --> 02:38:06,844 THAT IS HIGH ON MY LIST. AND 4505 02:38:06,844 --> 02:38:08,979 DIRECTOR DIVE LIST, INCLUDING 4506 02:38:08,979 --> 02:38:10,848 IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE WE SEE 4507 02:38:10,848 --> 02:38:12,349 CONDITION, CONSISTENT ISSUES AND 4508 02:38:12,349 --> 02:38:14,117 WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS TO LOOK 4509 02:38:14,117 --> 02:38:15,719 AT A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING 4510 02:38:15,719 --> 02:38:17,321 HOW WE DEPLOY RESOURCES OR 4511 02:38:17,321 --> 02:38:18,222 DESIGN STREETS AND THAT THAT 4512 02:38:18,222 --> 02:38:21,291 SORT OF THING. BUT I DON'T 4513 02:38:21,291 --> 02:38:22,993 THINK THAT OUR FINANCE AND 4514 02:38:22,993 --> 02:38:23,627 BUDGET TEAM ARE NECESSARILY THE 4515 02:38:23,627 --> 02:38:24,294 THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO BE HAVING 4516 02:38:24,294 --> 02:38:27,231 THIS CONVERSATION WITH IN A 4517 02:38:27,231 --> 02:38:28,899 BUDGET PRESENTATION. 4518 02:38:28,899 --> 02:38:30,367 -- SAVE FOR THIRD AVENUE. ALL OF 4519 02:38:30,367 --> 02:38:32,336 THIS I BROUGHT UP MORE THAN 4520 02:38:32,336 --> 02:38:34,037 TWICE IN PRIVATE MEETINGS IN THE 4521 02:38:34,037 --> 02:38:36,340 LAST TWO MONTHS WITH THAT 4522 02:38:36,340 --> 02:38:38,342 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AS CHAIR OF 4523 02:38:38,342 --> 02:38:40,444 THE COMMITTEE. 20 MINUTES LATER, 4524 02:38:40,444 --> 02:38:41,578 THAT'S MY FAULT. TAKE US HOME. 4525 02:38:41,578 --> 02:38:43,780 -- ALL GOOD. THANK YOU, CHAIR, 4526 02:38:43,780 --> 02:38:44,882 AND THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO 4527 02:38:44,882 --> 02:38:46,216 CLOSE BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE 4528 02:38:46,216 --> 02:38:49,119 DEPARTMENT. I APPRECIATE THE 4529 02:38:49,119 --> 02:38:50,087 OVERVIEW AND AND THE WORK THAT 4530 02:38:50,087 --> 02:38:52,322 WENT INTO IT. ALL THE WORK THAT 4531 02:38:52,322 --> 02:38:53,790 YOU ALL DO AND YOUR RESPECTIVE 4532 02:38:53,790 --> 02:38:56,059 TEAMS DO EVERY DAY. AND I WANT 4533 02:38:56,059 --> 02:38:59,196 TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, EVERY 4534 02:38:59,196 --> 02:39:02,466 LAST ONE OF THEM WHO ASKED VERY 4535 02:39:02,466 --> 02:39:06,403 THOUGHTFUL AND, AND PROBING 4536 02:39:06,403 --> 02:39:09,606 QUESTIONS. AND I HEARD I HEARD A 4537 02:39:09,606 --> 02:39:12,409 LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS AND 4538 02:39:12,409 --> 02:39:13,010 INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM THE 4539 02:39:13,010 --> 02:39:14,611 DEPARTMENT IN RESPONSE. AND I 4540 02:39:14,611 --> 02:39:16,313 THINK ONE OF THE THEMES THAT I 4541 02:39:16,313 --> 02:39:19,483 HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES AT THE 4542 02:39:19,483 --> 02:39:22,486 HIGHEST LEVEL. PERTAINS TO THIS 4543 02:39:22,486 --> 02:39:26,256 NOTION OF RESPONSIVENESS AND THE 4544 02:39:26,256 --> 02:39:29,826 NEED, FRANKLY, THE IMPERATIVE 4545 02:39:29,826 --> 02:39:32,829 FOR. FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO, TO, 4546 02:39:32,829 --> 02:39:34,498 TO DO THE WORK, TO BE AS 4547 02:39:34,498 --> 02:39:37,401 RESPONSIVE AS IT CAN. AND BY THE 4548 02:39:37,401 --> 02:39:40,904 WAY, THIS ISN'T A A CHALLENGE 4549 02:39:40,904 --> 02:39:42,306 BORNE SOLELY BY THE SEATTLE 4550 02:39:42,306 --> 02:39:42,906 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 4551 02:39:42,906 --> 02:39:44,274 ALL THE 30 PLUS CITY 4552 02:39:44,274 --> 02:39:46,910 DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN 4553 02:39:46,910 --> 02:39:48,879 OPPORTUNITY TO TO DO THIS EVERY 4554 02:39:48,879 --> 02:39:50,380 DAY. BUT I, I DID HEAR SOME 4555 02:39:50,380 --> 02:39:52,749 CONCERN AROUND, YOU KNOW, OUR 4556 02:39:52,749 --> 02:39:54,818 LEVEL OF RESPONSIVENESS, 4557 02:39:54,818 --> 02:39:55,719 WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IN THE 4558 02:39:55,719 --> 02:39:58,588 CONTEXT OF BEING RESPONSIVE TO 4559 02:39:58,588 --> 02:40:00,457 SMALL BUSINESSES AND BEING 4560 02:40:00,457 --> 02:40:03,627 PROACTIVE AND, AND BEING 4561 02:40:03,627 --> 02:40:04,261 COMMUNICATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE 4562 02:40:04,261 --> 02:40:07,164 WITH THEM AND FACTORING THEIR, 4563 02:40:07,164 --> 02:40:07,698 THEIR INPUT INTO CERTAIN 4564 02:40:07,698 --> 02:40:11,568 PLANNING DECISIONS, OUR 4565 02:40:11,568 --> 02:40:13,470 RESPONSIVENESS TO, TO MAKE SURE 4566 02:40:13,470 --> 02:40:15,372 WE'RE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE THE 4567 02:40:15,372 --> 02:40:17,908 VARIOUS COMPETING NEEDS AND 4568 02:40:17,908 --> 02:40:20,410 PROJECTS ACROSS FROM A CITYWIDE 4569 02:40:20,410 --> 02:40:21,745 PERSPECTIVE. I DON'T I DIDN'T 4570 02:40:21,745 --> 02:40:23,180 HEAR ANY ONE PERSON DISAGREE 4571 02:40:23,180 --> 02:40:24,948 WITH THE NOTION THAT WE SHALL WE 4572 02:40:24,948 --> 02:40:28,051 SHOULD AS A CITY, AS A POLICY 4573 02:40:28,051 --> 02:40:28,585 MATTER, PRIORITIZE SAFETY 4574 02:40:28,585 --> 02:40:31,088 PROJECTS ON THE ON THE HIGH 4575 02:40:31,088 --> 02:40:33,790 INJURY NETWORK. BLESS YOU. THAT 4576 02:40:33,790 --> 02:40:36,026 SAID, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WE 4577 02:40:36,026 --> 02:40:38,462 SHOULDN'T COMPLETELY AVOID 4578 02:40:38,462 --> 02:40:40,163 PRIORITIZING SAFETY PROJECTS IN 4579 02:40:40,163 --> 02:40:41,198 OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR 4580 02:40:41,198 --> 02:40:43,400 OWN IN OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, WHERE 4581 02:40:43,400 --> 02:40:45,936 PEOPLE LIVE AND RESIDENTIAL 4582 02:40:45,936 --> 02:40:50,907 AREAS. AND SO ONE AVENUE TO DO 4583 02:40:50,907 --> 02:40:52,476 THAT IS, IS THE COUNCIL DISTRICT 4584 02:40:52,476 --> 02:40:55,112 FUND. AND, AND AGAIN, IT 4585 02:40:55,112 --> 02:40:56,480 SUPPLEMENTS OTHER SAFETY 4586 02:40:56,480 --> 02:40:57,080 PROJECTS AND FUNDS. AND, YOU 4587 02:40:57,080 --> 02:40:59,716 KNOW, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE, 4588 02:40:59,716 --> 02:41:01,918 YOU KNOW, CONTINUED FUNDING FOR 4589 02:41:01,918 --> 02:41:03,153 THAT AND MAYBE EVEN AT A 4590 02:41:03,153 --> 02:41:06,156 SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNT, BUT, BUT 4591 02:41:06,156 --> 02:41:07,591 EXPAND IT TO ALL NINE 4592 02:41:07,591 --> 02:41:09,159 COUNCILMEMBERS OFFICES BECAUSE 4593 02:41:09,159 --> 02:41:10,093 WE ALL HAVE A UNIQUE. WE SAW 4594 02:41:10,093 --> 02:41:11,662 SOME INTEREST IN, YOU KNOW, SOME 4595 02:41:11,662 --> 02:41:15,966 OF THE CITYWIDE COLLEAGUES ON 4596 02:41:15,966 --> 02:41:17,401 THIS. AND THEY HAVE A UNIQUE 4597 02:41:17,401 --> 02:41:20,604 PERSPECTIVE INTO THIS AS WELL. 4598 02:41:20,604 --> 02:41:22,906 AND AND THE DEPARTMENT'S VIEWS 4599 02:41:22,906 --> 02:41:23,507 AND ADDRESSING THESE VARIOUS 4600 02:41:23,507 --> 02:41:27,077 SAFETY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS 4601 02:41:27,077 --> 02:41:29,012 FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S 4602 02:41:29,012 --> 02:41:30,547 PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, RESPECT 4603 02:41:30,547 --> 02:41:33,050 THAT. AND, AND WE ALL HAVE OUR 4604 02:41:33,050 --> 02:41:33,683 OWN UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AS WELL 4605 02:41:33,683 --> 02:41:34,951 ON THAT. AND SO WHEN WE BRING 4606 02:41:34,951 --> 02:41:38,355 THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, I THINK 4607 02:41:38,355 --> 02:41:38,955 TO ADDRESS THE RESPONSIVENESS 4608 02:41:38,955 --> 02:41:43,126 ISSUE, IT HELPS WITH 4609 02:41:43,126 --> 02:41:46,396 RESPONSIVENESS AND SO IN ANY 4610 02:41:46,396 --> 02:41:49,800 EVENT, BUT I, BUT I REALLY 4611 02:41:49,800 --> 02:41:53,303 APPRECIATE THE WORK HERE AND 4612 02:41:53,303 --> 02:41:55,238 JUST ECHOING THE THEMES OF 4613 02:41:55,238 --> 02:41:58,542 TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, TRANSIT 4614 02:41:58,542 --> 02:42:00,477 SAFETY, THE IMPORTANCE OF 4615 02:42:00,477 --> 02:42:03,880 BRIDGES, AND MAINTAINING OUR 4616 02:42:03,880 --> 02:42:07,317 BRIDGES. ACCESSIBILITY CAPITAL 4617 02:42:07,317 --> 02:42:09,753 AND NEW SIDEWALKS. INTENTIONALLY 4618 02:42:09,753 --> 02:42:10,454 DIDN'T ASK QUESTIONS AROUND SOME 4619 02:42:10,454 --> 02:42:13,223 OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE'LL BE 4620 02:42:13,223 --> 02:42:14,558 FOLLOWING UP OFFLINE WITH YOU 4621 02:42:14,558 --> 02:42:17,294 ALL. POTHOLE REPAIR. POTHOLE 4622 02:42:17,294 --> 02:42:19,796 REPAIR IS A AN ESSENTIAL 4623 02:42:19,796 --> 02:42:22,099 GOVERNMENT SERVICE. AND I THINK, 4624 02:42:22,099 --> 02:42:23,767 WELL, I KNOW THAT'S WHAT THE 4625 02:42:23,767 --> 02:42:25,702 PUBLIC RIGHTFULLY EXPECTS US AS 4626 02:42:25,702 --> 02:42:27,704 A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO, TO, TO 4627 02:42:27,704 --> 02:42:29,139 FOCUS OUR INVESTMENTS ON AT 4628 02:42:29,139 --> 02:42:29,906 -- LEAST AS A STARTING PLACE AND 4629 02:42:29,906 --> 02:42:33,610 THEN SORT OF BRANCH OFF FROM 4630 02:42:33,610 --> 02:42:37,347 THERE. AND I DO WORRY THAT, AND 4631 02:42:37,347 --> 02:42:38,815 I, I'M NOT CONCERNED THAT WE'RE 4632 02:42:38,815 --> 02:42:45,222 GOING TO DEVIATE FROM OUR 80% OF 4633 02:42:45,222 --> 02:42:45,789 REPORTED POTHOLES WITHIN 72 4634 02:42:45,789 --> 02:42:49,059 HOURS. VOTER COMMITMENT. BUT IF 4635 02:42:49,059 --> 02:42:49,726 WE'RE ALREADY PERFORMING TODAY 4636 02:42:49,726 --> 02:42:53,096 AT A ESSENTIALLY A 90% RATE, 4637 02:42:53,096 --> 02:42:55,332 IT'S ONE THING TO GO FROM 90% 4638 02:42:55,332 --> 02:42:58,401 TO 85% OF REPORTED POTHOLES. 4639 02:42:58,401 --> 02:42:59,536 THAT'S ONE LEVEL OF CONCERN, 4640 02:42:59,536 --> 02:43:00,837 BUT AYE. BUT I AM CONCERNED IF 4641 02:43:00,837 --> 02:43:05,775 WE IF WE ALLOW THE THE PROPOSAL 4642 02:43:05,775 --> 02:43:07,377 TO, TO EFFECTIVELY MAKE US HOVER 4643 02:43:07,377 --> 02:43:09,079 RIGHT AT THE 80% THRESHOLD. AND 4644 02:43:09,079 --> 02:43:10,747 WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN, BECAUSE IT 4645 02:43:10,747 --> 02:43:12,482 WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE. I THINK 4646 02:43:12,482 --> 02:43:14,818 MORE RESIDENTS WOULD WOULD 4647 02:43:14,818 --> 02:43:16,586 UNDERSTAND THAT AND SEE THAT 4648 02:43:16,586 --> 02:43:19,089 IMPACT EVERY DAY. SO IN ANY 4649 02:43:19,089 --> 02:43:22,092 EVENT, IMPORTANT SERVICE. I 4650 02:43:22,092 --> 02:43:23,960 DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT 4651 02:43:23,960 --> 02:43:25,095 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM 4652 02:43:25,095 --> 02:43:26,863 INTENTIONALLY. SO, BUT THAT'S IN 4653 02:43:26,863 --> 02:43:27,497 THIS PARTICULAR BRIEFING. BUT I 4654 02:43:27,497 --> 02:43:30,867 BUT I DO SUPPORT THE COMMENTS 4655 02:43:30,867 --> 02:43:31,735 EXPRESSED BY MY COLLEAGUES WHO 4656 02:43:31,735 --> 02:43:35,839 DID CHOOSE TO, TO MENTION THAT. 4657 02:43:35,839 --> 02:43:39,709 FINALLY, I'LL JUST SHARE. SO A 4658 02:43:39,709 --> 02:43:41,311 LOT OF CHALLENGES AND 4659 02:43:41,311 --> 02:43:42,813 OPPORTUNITIES. AND, YOU KNOW, 4660 02:43:42,813 --> 02:43:44,614 ALSO A LOT TO BE PROUD OF AND A 4661 02:43:44,614 --> 02:43:46,383 LOT TO CELEBRATE TOO. AND I WANT 4662 02:43:46,383 --> 02:43:51,488 TO CLOSE CLOSE BY EMPHASIZING OR 4663 02:43:51,488 --> 02:43:54,658 CLOSE ON A MORE POSITIVE AND 4664 02:43:54,658 --> 02:43:57,227 OPTIMISTIC NOTE, ECHOING SOME OF 4665 02:43:57,227 --> 02:43:59,563 THE COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUE 4666 02:43:59,563 --> 02:44:02,666 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK EARLIER, 4667 02:44:02,666 --> 02:44:05,902 NOTING THE, THE THE MAYOR'S 4668 02:44:05,902 --> 02:44:06,403 EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THE 4669 02:44:06,403 --> 02:44:07,704 INVESTMENTS IN THE PROPOSED 4670 02:44:07,704 --> 02:44:09,239 BUDGET TO ADDRESS VISION ZERO 4671 02:44:09,239 --> 02:44:10,373 AND TRAFFIC SAFETY AND BRING TO 4672 02:44:10,373 --> 02:44:13,410 LIFE HER EXECUTIVE ORDER. BY THE 4673 02:44:13,410 --> 02:44:14,644 WAY, I'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS 4674 02:44:14,644 --> 02:44:19,015 ABOUT THAT OFFLINE. BUT BUT 4675 02:44:19,015 --> 02:44:22,018 THAT'S A GREAT THING THAT THAT 4676 02:44:22,018 --> 02:44:25,021 I SEE A LOT OF ALIGNMENT FROM MY 4677 02:44:25,021 --> 02:44:26,990 PERSPECTIVE AND ACROSS MANY OF 4678 02:44:26,990 --> 02:44:29,926 US HERE AT THIS DAIS. AND 4679 02:44:29,926 --> 02:44:30,594 THAT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. 4680 02:44:30,594 --> 02:44:32,162 AND I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY 4681 02:44:32,162 --> 02:44:33,330 APPLAUD AND THANK THE MAYOR FOR 4682 02:44:33,330 --> 02:44:36,466 HER LEADERSHIP IN THAT, BECAUSE 4683 02:44:36,466 --> 02:44:40,837 I THINK THAT'S TERRIFIC. AND. 4684 02:44:40,837 --> 02:44:46,543 MORE WORK TO DO, MORE WORK TO TO 4685 02:44:46,543 --> 02:44:48,245 GO HERE. AND ALSO WANT TO 4686 02:44:48,245 --> 02:44:50,580 RECOGNIZE SHARED LEADERSHIP BY 4687 02:44:50,580 --> 02:44:53,383 ON THE KING COUNTY 4688 02:44:53,383 --> 02:44:54,017 TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT FUNDS. 4689 02:44:54,017 --> 02:44:57,721 THAT WAS, FRANKLY, ALL OF US, 4690 02:44:57,721 --> 02:45:00,690 BUT THREE PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR 4691 02:45:00,690 --> 02:45:02,259 OUTSIDE OF, WELL, TWO PEOPLE IN 4692 02:45:02,259 --> 02:45:04,861 PARTICULAR OUTSIDE OF MY ME AND 4693 02:45:04,861 --> 02:45:05,495 MY OFFICE REALLY LED THE CHARGE 4694 02:45:05,495 --> 02:45:06,630 ON THAT. AND I REALLY WANT TO 4695 02:45:06,630 --> 02:45:10,667 THANK THEM. AND THAT IS 4696 02:45:10,667 --> 02:45:12,469 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AND AND FOR 4697 02:45:12,469 --> 02:45:13,203 ORGANIZING THE LETTER. AND YOU 4698 02:45:13,203 --> 02:45:14,571 SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUTSIDE OF 4699 02:45:14,571 --> 02:45:16,239 THAT AND DOING ALL KINDS OF 4700 02:45:16,239 --> 02:45:19,843 STUFF. AND THEN ALSO 4701 02:45:19,843 --> 02:45:20,844 COUNCILMEMBER LIN DID A LOT. TIM 4702 02:45:20,844 --> 02:45:23,980 AND I WERE ON CONSTANT SPEED 4703 02:45:23,980 --> 02:45:25,849 DIAL WITH EACH OTHER THAT VERY 4704 02:45:25,849 --> 02:45:27,317 CRITICAL LAST WEEK OF THE KING 4705 02:45:27,317 --> 02:45:29,719 COUNTY COUNCIL VOTE. WE I KNOW I 4706 02:45:29,719 --> 02:45:33,123 CANCELED A LOT OF MEETINGS TO 4707 02:45:33,123 --> 02:45:35,091 CALL, MAKE DIRECT CALLS AND 4708 02:45:35,091 --> 02:45:36,993 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE 4709 02:45:36,993 --> 02:45:39,229 ACTUALLY VOTING INSTEAD OF 4710 02:45:39,229 --> 02:45:40,597 CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. AND I 4711 02:45:40,597 --> 02:45:43,033 THINK COUNCILMEMBER LIN DID THE 4712 02:45:43,033 --> 02:45:44,701 SAME. BUT SEEING SOME GOOD 4713 02:45:44,701 --> 02:45:45,635 RESULTS WITH THAT, AT LEAST AS 4714 02:45:45,635 --> 02:45:46,736 IT RELATES TO THIS PROPOSED 4715 02:45:46,736 --> 02:45:49,873 BUDGET. IN TERMS OF THE THE 4716 02:45:49,873 --> 02:45:53,310 FORESTRY BUDGET AND, AND THE AND 4717 02:45:53,310 --> 02:45:54,744 THE LIKE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. 4718 02:45:54,744 --> 02:45:56,980 LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH 4719 02:45:56,980 --> 02:45:57,981 YOU AHEAD TO BRING TO LIFE TO 4720 02:45:57,981 --> 02:46:00,283 SOME OF SOME OF THESE IDEAS. 4721 02:46:00,283 --> 02:46:00,684 THANK YOU CHAIR. 4722 02:46:00,684 --> 02:46:02,352 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4723 02:46:02,352 --> 02:46:04,054 SAKA. WE ARE NOW GOING TO 4724 02:46:04,054 --> 02:46:05,522 TRANSFER INTO THE NEXT ITEM. AND 4725 02:46:05,522 --> 02:46:07,390 IF THE CLERK CAN READ ITEM 4726 02:46:07,390 --> 02:46:08,491 NUMBER TWO AND THREE INTO THE 4727 02:46:08,491 --> 02:46:10,193 RECORD SO WE CAN COVER OUR 4728 02:46:10,193 --> 02:46:12,128 PREVIOUS BASE AND OUR UPCOMING 4729 02:46:12,128 --> 02:46:13,596 BASE, AND Y'ALL JUST START 4730 02:46:13,596 --> 02:46:16,166 COMING UP NOW, PLEASE 4731 02:46:16,166 --> 02:46:17,400 -- ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS AGENDA 4732 02:46:17,400 --> 02:46:18,935 ITEM TWO. SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 4733 02:46:18,935 --> 02:46:21,071 TRANSPORTATION FOR BRIEFING AND 4734 02:46:21,071 --> 02:46:22,005 DISCUSSION. NEXT IS AGENDA ITEM 4735 02:46:22,005 --> 02:46:24,040 THREE, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 4736 02:46:24,040 --> 02:46:24,741 DEVELOPMENT FOR BRIEFING AND 4737 02:46:24,741 --> 02:46:25,041 DISCUSSION. 4738 02:46:25,041 --> 02:46:26,509 -- THANK YOU. AS WE'RE MAKING 4739 02:46:26,509 --> 02:46:27,677 THIS TRANSITION, I'M JUST GOING 4740 02:46:27,677 --> 02:46:28,578 TO ASK MY QUESTIONS NOW. SO THEY 4741 02:46:28,578 --> 02:46:31,014 GO IN SHAREPOINT, WHICH IS WHAT 4742 02:46:31,014 --> 02:46:32,749 IS THE CURRENT FUNDING ON OUR 4743 02:46:32,749 --> 02:46:34,451 SECURITY ASSESSMENTS AND OUR 4744 02:46:34,451 --> 02:46:36,586 WINDOW REPLACEMENT FUND, AS WELL 4745 02:46:36,586 --> 02:46:38,988 AS AMBASSADORS? I CAN SEE THAT 4746 02:46:38,988 --> 02:46:40,223 THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 4747 02:46:40,223 --> 02:46:40,857 DEVELOPMENT MIGHT NOT BE HEARING 4748 02:46:40,857 --> 02:46:41,891 THESE QUESTIONS. SO WE WILL MAKE 4749 02:46:41,891 --> 02:46:46,830 SURE TO FOLLOW UP ON GENTLEMEN. 4750 02:46:46,830 --> 02:46:57,374 COME, COME, COME NOW, NOW, NOW. 4751 02:46:57,807 --> 02:47:04,914 -- NO. 4752 02:47:04,914 --> 02:47:08,651 -- JUST 4753 02:47:08,651 --> 02:47:11,287 -- THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT 4754 02:47:11,287 --> 02:47:13,723 AND WAITING FOR US WITH 43 4755 02:47:13,723 --> 02:47:16,893 MINUTES UNTIL 5 P.M.. AS I SAID, 4756 02:47:16,893 --> 02:47:17,694 THE QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO BE 4757 02:47:17,694 --> 02:47:19,029 ASKING OVER SHAREPOINT SO I 4758 02:47:19,029 --> 02:47:20,764 DON'T DO ANY MORE TALKING TODAY 4759 02:47:20,764 --> 02:47:22,132 ARE ABOUT THE SECURITY 4760 02:47:22,132 --> 02:47:23,933 REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. THE 4761 02:47:23,933 --> 02:47:25,435 SECURITY PROGRAM, WINDOW BROKEN 4762 02:47:25,435 --> 02:47:26,870 WINDOW REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, AND 4763 02:47:26,870 --> 02:47:27,604 THE AMBASSADORS. THAT'S ALL THE 4764 02:47:27,604 --> 02:47:28,671 TALKING I'M GOING TO DO FOR 4765 02:47:28,671 --> 02:47:31,374 THIS ONE TODAY. WITH THAT, ARE 4766 02:47:31,374 --> 02:47:34,310 YOU READY? AND PLEASE JUMP IN. 4767 02:47:34,310 --> 02:47:36,146 -- YES WE ARE. THANK YOU. WELL 4768 02:47:36,146 --> 02:47:38,348 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING 4769 02:47:38,348 --> 02:47:41,618 US TODAY TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED 4770 02:47:41,618 --> 02:47:42,919 2027 BUDGET. COUNCILMEMBER DAN 4771 02:47:42,919 --> 02:47:45,288 STRAUSS BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR 4772 02:47:45,288 --> 02:47:47,757 AND VICE CHAIR RIVERA 4773 02:47:47,757 --> 02:47:49,292 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. FOR YOUR 4774 02:47:49,292 --> 02:47:50,560 WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT WORK TO 4775 02:47:50,560 --> 02:47:53,329 SET UP OUR CITIES FOR SUCCESS 4776 02:47:53,329 --> 02:47:55,198 AND TO ALL COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 4777 02:47:55,198 --> 02:47:57,267 YOUR GREAT WORK AND LEADERSHIP 4778 02:47:57,267 --> 02:47:59,736 AND IN SUPPORTING OUR OFFICE OF 4779 02:47:59,736 --> 02:48:01,504 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I ALSO 4780 02:48:01,504 --> 02:48:03,773 WANT TO THANK OUR FINANCE TEAM 4781 02:48:03,773 --> 02:48:07,277 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR. OUR 4782 02:48:07,277 --> 02:48:08,878 DIRECTOR, REGIS, FOR HIS 4783 02:48:08,878 --> 02:48:10,079 LEADERSHIP FOR SUPPORTING ALL 4784 02:48:10,079 --> 02:48:12,348 THIS GREAT WORK. THANK YOU, JOE, 4785 02:48:12,348 --> 02:48:14,517 AND TO ALL MY TEAM, BECAUSE WE 4786 02:48:14,517 --> 02:48:17,086 ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THEY DO 4787 02:48:17,086 --> 02:48:18,188 AN AMAZING JOB EVERY DAY TO 4788 02:48:18,188 --> 02:48:20,790 SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS IN OUR 4789 02:48:20,790 --> 02:48:22,559 COMMUNITY. WITH THAT, I WANT TO 4790 02:48:22,559 --> 02:48:26,463 FOCUS ON OUR OFFICE, FOCUS ON 4791 02:48:26,463 --> 02:48:27,030 LEADING PROJECTS AND MAKING 4792 02:48:27,030 --> 02:48:28,498 INVESTMENTS THAT OPEN US FOR 4793 02:48:28,498 --> 02:48:31,468 SUCCESS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, 4794 02:48:31,468 --> 02:48:33,169 REDUCE RACIAL WEALTH GAP AND 4795 02:48:33,169 --> 02:48:35,405 ENCOURAGE INNOVATION AND GROWTH 4796 02:48:35,405 --> 02:48:36,906 CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE OF 4797 02:48:36,906 --> 02:48:38,108 THE SEATTLE ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK 4798 02:48:38,108 --> 02:48:42,512 ADOPTED TO THE CITY. POLICY 4799 02:48:42,512 --> 02:48:43,480 RESOLUTION 320993 BALANCE 4800 02:48:43,480 --> 02:48:45,648 SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. 4801 02:48:45,648 --> 02:48:48,251 COMPETING IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. 4802 02:48:48,251 --> 02:48:50,186 ADVANCING CITY PRIORITIES, 4803 02:48:50,186 --> 02:48:54,390 AFFORDABILITY, ECONOMY, ECONOMIC 4804 02:48:54,390 --> 02:48:57,794 AND. THIS IS A OED IN ACTION. SO 4805 02:48:57,794 --> 02:48:58,795 SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT WE WOULD 4806 02:48:58,795 --> 02:49:00,530 LIKE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU OF 4807 02:49:00,530 --> 02:49:02,165 HOW WE SHOW UP IN THE COMMUNITY. 4808 02:49:02,165 --> 02:49:05,768 AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE A VERY FACE 4809 02:49:05,768 --> 02:49:07,504 COMMUNITY AND THIS IS VERY 4810 02:49:07,504 --> 02:49:09,305 IMPORTANT THAT WE JUST SHOW UP 4811 02:49:09,305 --> 02:49:11,174 AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY, SMALL 4812 02:49:11,174 --> 02:49:17,981 BUSINESSES A BUSINESS CLIMATE 4813 02:49:17,981 --> 02:49:19,516 ASSESSMENT SEAWALL SEATTLE 4814 02:49:19,516 --> 02:49:21,117 GROWTH MODEL DELIVER. HOWEVER, 4815 02:49:21,117 --> 02:49:22,886 THE CURRENT MODEL LASTS MUCH 4816 02:49:22,886 --> 02:49:24,320 LONGER. THE PATH FORWARD IS TO 4817 02:49:24,320 --> 02:49:25,822 RETAIN OR RECOVERY. WE NEED TO 4818 02:49:25,822 --> 02:49:27,757 KEEP OUR COMPANIES AND 4819 02:49:27,757 --> 02:49:30,126 INDUSTRIES, AND WE HAVE TO 4820 02:49:30,126 --> 02:49:31,995 RECONFIGURE THEM ACROSS, 4821 02:49:31,995 --> 02:49:32,562 ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION AND 4822 02:49:32,562 --> 02:49:35,265 GROWTH. MIDSIZE BUSINESSES 4823 02:49:35,265 --> 02:49:36,666 COMPETITIVENESS AND 4824 02:49:36,666 --> 02:49:39,102 AFFORDABILITY ARE LINKED. THE 4825 02:49:39,102 --> 02:49:39,736 COST SQUEEZE LARGE BUSINESSES, 4826 02:49:39,736 --> 02:49:41,371 SMALL BUSINESSES, MIDSIZE 4827 02:49:41,371 --> 02:49:44,140 BUSINESSES AND THEN ALSO SQUEEZE 4828 02:49:44,140 --> 02:49:45,875 FAMILIES. AN ACTIVE STRATEGY IS 4829 02:49:45,875 --> 02:49:47,343 REQUIRED. AND THAT'S MY 4830 02:49:47,343 --> 02:49:48,144 COMMITMENT AS DIRECTOR OF THE 4831 02:49:48,144 --> 02:49:50,813 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4832 02:49:50,813 --> 02:49:52,382 TO CREATE A STRATEGIC PLANNING, 4833 02:49:52,382 --> 02:49:54,317 TO KIND OF REALLY SUPPORT ALL 4834 02:49:54,317 --> 02:50:01,991 THIS WORK 4835 02:50:02,125 --> 02:50:04,060 WHAT THESE MOMENT CALLS FOR 4836 02:50:04,060 --> 02:50:07,197 MAKING CHOICES, DIVERSIFY OUR 4837 02:50:07,197 --> 02:50:10,934 ECONOMY ACROSS INDUSTRIES AND 4838 02:50:10,934 --> 02:50:12,335 BUSINESS SIZES, WORKING KEY 4839 02:50:12,335 --> 02:50:14,971 INDUSTRIES, PILLARS OF FUTURE OF 4840 02:50:14,971 --> 02:50:15,538 SEATTLE ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK, 4841 02:50:15,538 --> 02:50:18,541 ACTIVELY PARTNERING, THINKING 4842 02:50:18,541 --> 02:50:20,643 CREATIVELY AND ABOUT CITY ASSETS 4843 02:50:20,643 --> 02:50:22,445 EXAMINE WHAT DRIVES ECONOMIC 4844 02:50:22,445 --> 02:50:24,147 PROBLEMS. LOOKING TO LISTEN FOR 4845 02:50:24,147 --> 02:50:26,749 ACCURATE SIGNS OF PROBLEMS. TAKE 4846 02:50:26,749 --> 02:50:29,152 PROCESSES PERSIST ACTIONS TO 4847 02:50:29,152 --> 02:50:31,688 UNLOCK SOLUTIONS. DEPLOY TOOLS 4848 02:50:31,688 --> 02:50:33,790 WITH FOCUS OF OUTCOMES. POLICY 4849 02:50:33,790 --> 02:50:35,391 LIKE SUCH AS STREAMLINED 4850 02:50:35,391 --> 02:50:38,428 PERMITTING. CONTINUE WORKING ON 4851 02:50:38,428 --> 02:50:38,962 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND 4852 02:50:38,962 --> 02:50:40,930 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. THE 4853 02:50:40,930 --> 02:50:41,564 SEATTLE RESTORE AND PARTNERSHIPS 4854 02:50:41,564 --> 02:50:42,932 SUCH AS SEATTLE CLIMATE 4855 02:50:42,932 --> 02:50:47,537 INNOVATION HUB AND AI HOUSE. 4856 02:50:47,537 --> 02:50:53,009 PRIORITIES FOR OED 2027 BUDGET. 4857 02:50:53,009 --> 02:50:54,744 I MAINTAIN A FLEXIBILITY TO 4858 02:50:54,744 --> 02:50:55,378 EXECUTE THE BUILDING RESILIENT 4859 02:50:55,378 --> 02:50:57,814 SEATTLE ECONOMY. PARTNER WITH 4860 02:50:57,814 --> 02:50:59,482 THE RESILIENT SEATTLE ECONOMY 4861 02:50:59,482 --> 02:51:01,851 TASK FORCE TO REVIEW RECENT 4862 02:51:01,851 --> 02:51:03,152 BUSINESS CLIMATE. IDENTIFY 4863 02:51:03,152 --> 02:51:05,088 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION ACROSS 4864 02:51:05,088 --> 02:51:08,024 BUSINESS, LABOR, COMMUNITY AND 4865 02:51:08,024 --> 02:51:10,126 OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. GROW AND 4866 02:51:10,126 --> 02:51:11,828 RETAIN INDUSTRY INNOVATION AND 4867 02:51:11,828 --> 02:51:15,064 CREATIVE INDUSTRIES WITH STRONG 4868 02:51:15,064 --> 02:51:17,100 WAGES AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES 4869 02:51:17,100 --> 02:51:18,701 AND EXPLORE ADDITIONAL WAYS TO 4870 02:51:18,701 --> 02:51:20,136 DEPLOY FLEXIBLE CAPITAL FUNDING. 4871 02:51:20,136 --> 02:51:21,304 MAKE IT EASIER TO OPEN, OPERATE 4872 02:51:21,304 --> 02:51:24,040 AND GROW BUSINESS IN SEATTLE. 4873 02:51:24,040 --> 02:51:25,942 DELIVER A HIGH IMPACT PROGRAM 4874 02:51:25,942 --> 02:51:28,278 SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS WHILE 4875 02:51:28,278 --> 02:51:29,812 MAINTAIN OPERATIONAL CAPACITY 4876 02:51:29,812 --> 02:51:32,348 AND STAFFING FOR THESE PROGRAMS 4877 02:51:32,348 --> 02:51:32,982 STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS 4878 02:51:32,982 --> 02:51:34,183 DISTRICTS TO REDUCE VACANCIES 4879 02:51:34,183 --> 02:51:36,986 AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES. BUSINESS 4880 02:51:36,986 --> 02:51:39,555 MIX AND MAINTAIN A PROACTIVE 4881 02:51:39,555 --> 02:51:40,857 APPROACH FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. 4882 02:51:40,857 --> 02:51:42,992 OFFICE. ALIGN WITH THE SPECIAL 4883 02:51:42,992 --> 02:51:45,662 EVENTS VISION WITH THAT, I WILL 4884 02:51:45,662 --> 02:51:51,334 PASS IT TO DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 4885 02:51:51,334 --> 02:51:51,634 JOE REGIS. 4886 02:51:51,634 --> 02:51:52,201 -- GREAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR 4887 02:51:52,201 --> 02:51:53,369 HAVING US TODAY. 4888 02:51:53,369 --> 02:51:54,504 -- IT'S MY ONE TIME PER YEAR I 4889 02:51:54,504 --> 02:51:57,140 GET TO SEE YOU ALL. SO ALWAYS 4890 02:51:57,140 --> 02:51:58,541 GREAT. OVER THE REMAINING FEW 4891 02:51:58,541 --> 02:52:01,811 SLIDES, I'LL WALK THROUGH THE 4892 02:52:01,811 --> 02:52:03,680 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT SHAPED 4893 02:52:03,680 --> 02:52:04,847 OED 2027 BUDGET PROPOSAL. SO ON 4894 02:52:04,847 --> 02:52:06,282 THIS SLIDE YOU'LL SEE HERE A 4895 02:52:06,282 --> 02:52:08,484 HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF OUR 4896 02:52:08,484 --> 02:52:11,220 PROPOSED BUDGET. OVERALL, THAT 4897 02:52:11,220 --> 02:52:11,854 BUDGET DECREASES BY ABOUT $11.7 4898 02:52:11,854 --> 02:52:13,623 MILLION COMPARED TO 2026, 4899 02:52:13,623 --> 02:52:15,825 DROPPING FROM $40 MILLION IN 4900 02:52:15,825 --> 02:52:18,928 2026 TO ABOUT $29 MILLION IN 4901 02:52:18,928 --> 02:52:20,897 2027, WHICH IS A 29% REDUCTION 4902 02:52:20,897 --> 02:52:23,166 FROM LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED. WHILE 4903 02:52:23,166 --> 02:52:24,600 THAT IS SIGNIFICANT, IT'S 4904 02:52:24,600 --> 02:52:26,369 IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT'S DRIVEN 4905 02:52:26,369 --> 02:52:28,004 ALMOST ENTIRELY BY A TECHNICAL 4906 02:52:28,004 --> 02:52:29,772 ADJUSTMENT TO REMOVE $12 MILLION 4907 02:52:29,772 --> 02:52:31,007 IN ONE TIME FUNDING THAT WAS 4908 02:52:31,007 --> 02:52:32,275 ADDED IN THE 26 BUDGET TO 4909 02:52:32,275 --> 02:52:34,043 ADDRESS SOME SPECIFIC ONE TIME 4910 02:52:34,043 --> 02:52:35,078 NEEDS THAT WE'LL GET INTO IN 4911 02:52:35,078 --> 02:52:38,181 MORE DETAIL IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 4912 02:52:38,181 --> 02:52:40,083 WHILE THOSE ONE TIME ADS ARE 4913 02:52:40,083 --> 02:52:41,351 EXPIRING IN 2027, IT'S IMPORTANT 4914 02:52:41,351 --> 02:52:43,586 TO NOTE THAT OUR BASELINE BUDGET 4915 02:52:43,586 --> 02:52:45,288 FOR CORE PROGRAM FUNDING IS 4916 02:52:45,288 --> 02:52:47,123 FULLY MAINTAINED. SO TAKEAWAY IS 4917 02:52:47,123 --> 02:52:48,658 EFFECTIVELY THAT WE DON'T HAVE 4918 02:52:48,658 --> 02:52:50,193 ANY REDUCTION TO OUR BASELINE 4919 02:52:50,193 --> 02:52:53,196 PROGRAMS. IN THE 2728 PROPOSED 4920 02:52:53,196 --> 02:52:56,165 YOU'LL ALSO SEE HERE THAT OUR 4921 02:52:56,165 --> 02:52:56,799 PROPOSAL INCLUDES ELIMINATION OF 4922 02:52:56,799 --> 02:52:58,134 TWO POSITIONS, WHICH BRINGS OUR 4923 02:52:58,134 --> 02:53:00,970 FTE COUNT FROM 63 CURRENTLY TO 4924 02:53:00,970 --> 02:53:03,372 61 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS IN 4925 02:53:03,372 --> 02:53:04,307 2027. THAT WILL BE COVERED IN 4926 02:53:04,307 --> 02:53:10,947 MORE DETAIL IN OUR LAST SLIDE. 4927 02:53:10,947 --> 02:53:12,482 SLIDES DETAILING THAT REMOVAL. 4928 02:53:12,482 --> 02:53:13,516 THE ONE TIME FUNDING ADDED IN 4929 02:53:13,516 --> 02:53:16,319 THE BUDGET THAT I MENTIONED 4930 02:53:16,319 --> 02:53:17,120 EARLIER IN 2026, AND THIS REALLY 4931 02:53:17,120 --> 02:53:18,888 IS THAT MAJOR DRIVER BEHIND THE 4932 02:53:18,888 --> 02:53:22,925 CHANGE IN OUR 2027 PROPOSAL. SO 4933 02:53:22,925 --> 02:53:24,127 IN TOTAL, THIS IS REMOVING $12 4934 02:53:24,127 --> 02:53:25,361 MILLION IN THOSE ONE TIME 4935 02:53:25,361 --> 02:53:26,863 RESOURCES, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IS 4936 02:53:26,863 --> 02:53:28,431 PRETTY EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN 4937 02:53:28,431 --> 02:53:30,867 GENERAL FUND AND JUMP THESE ARE 4938 02:53:30,867 --> 02:53:32,201 INVESTMENTS THAT ARE INTENDED 4939 02:53:32,201 --> 02:53:34,070 FOR SHORT TERM, VERY PROJECT 4940 02:53:34,070 --> 02:53:35,438 SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT AREN'T 4941 02:53:35,438 --> 02:53:37,373 GOING TO BE RENEWED IN 2027. 4942 02:53:37,373 --> 02:53:39,442 THIS SLIDE ITSELF CALLS OUT THE 4943 02:53:39,442 --> 02:53:41,177 MARITIME INNOVATION CENTER 4944 02:53:41,177 --> 02:53:43,746 INNOVATION CENTER AS ONE 4945 02:53:43,746 --> 02:53:45,281 EXAMPLE, BUT ANOTHER GOOD ONE 4946 02:53:45,281 --> 02:53:47,650 WOULD BE SAIL FUNDING THAT WAS 4947 02:53:47,650 --> 02:53:51,053 ADDED AS A ONE TIME ADD IN 2026. 4948 02:53:51,053 --> 02:53:52,522 ANOTHER EVEN BETTER EXAMPLE IS 4949 02:53:52,522 --> 02:53:53,856 THE BACK TO BUSINESS PROGRAM. SO 4950 02:53:53,856 --> 02:53:54,724 WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT CORE 4951 02:53:54,724 --> 02:53:56,726 FUNDING, OUR BASELINE FUNDING 4952 02:53:56,726 --> 02:53:58,528 ONGOING. BUT THE AMPLIFICATION 4953 02:53:58,528 --> 02:54:00,897 THAT WAS ADDED SPECIFICALLY FOR 4954 02:54:00,897 --> 02:54:07,403 2026 IS SUNSETTING INTO 2027. 4955 02:54:07,403 --> 02:54:09,605 THIS SLIDE IS HIGHLIGHTING OUR 4956 02:54:09,605 --> 02:54:10,206 PROGRAMMATIC ADDITIONS IN OUR 4957 02:54:10,206 --> 02:54:11,707 PROPOSED BUDGET. SO WHAT YOU SEE 4958 02:54:11,707 --> 02:54:12,775 HERE IS A TRANSFER OF FUNDING 4959 02:54:12,775 --> 02:54:14,644 FOR SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORTS IN 4960 02:54:14,644 --> 02:54:16,612 THE DUWAMISH VALLEY TO OED FROM 4961 02:54:16,612 --> 02:54:19,482 THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND 4962 02:54:19,482 --> 02:54:21,317 ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS KIND OF A 4963 02:54:21,317 --> 02:54:23,553 BROADER CITYWIDE ALIGNMENT TO 4964 02:54:23,553 --> 02:54:26,122 SHIFT WORK WITH DEPARTMENTAL 4965 02:54:26,122 --> 02:54:27,390 EXPERTISE BY CONSOLIDATING, IN 4966 02:54:27,390 --> 02:54:29,792 THIS CASE, SMALL BUSINESS 4967 02:54:29,792 --> 02:54:31,894 SUPPORT UNDER OED THAT FUNDING 4968 02:54:31,894 --> 02:54:32,461 ITSELF CURRENTLY SUPPORTING 4969 02:54:32,461 --> 02:54:33,930 ABOUT 70 SMALL BUSINESSES 4970 02:54:33,930 --> 02:54:36,199 THROUGH THINGS LIKE TECHNICAL 4971 02:54:36,199 --> 02:54:38,434 ASSISTANCE, MARKETING HELP, 4972 02:54:38,434 --> 02:54:39,001 NAVIGATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH 4973 02:54:39,001 --> 02:54:41,370 REQUIREMENTS, AND IN THIS CASE, 4974 02:54:41,370 --> 02:54:43,306 ALSO CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING OED 4975 02:54:43,306 --> 02:54:44,607 GRANT PROGRAMS LIKE BACK TO 4976 02:54:44,607 --> 02:54:45,775 BUSINESS. SO THIS IS SORT OF A 4977 02:54:45,775 --> 02:54:47,009 NATURAL FIT WITHIN THE CITY FOR 4978 02:54:47,009 --> 02:54:50,112 THAT LINE OF WORK. AND WE'LL 4979 02:54:50,112 --> 02:54:51,280 CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH OSE TO 4980 02:54:51,280 --> 02:54:52,748 ENSURE THAT WORK IS ADVANCING 4981 02:54:52,748 --> 02:54:56,853 THE ORIGINAL GOALS OF THAT 4982 02:54:56,853 --> 02:54:57,453 DUWAMISH VALLEY ACTION PLAN. 4983 02:54:57,453 --> 02:55:01,190 NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS OUR LAST 4984 02:55:01,190 --> 02:55:02,391 SLIDE AND UNFORTUNATELY REFLECTS 4985 02:55:02,391 --> 02:55:04,360 THE ABROGATION OF TWO POSITIONS 4986 02:55:04,360 --> 02:55:05,995 IN 2027. ONE IS THE VACANT 4987 02:55:05,995 --> 02:55:07,563 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST 4988 02:55:07,563 --> 02:55:08,164 POSITION ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 4989 02:55:08,164 --> 02:55:09,332 TEAM. AND THE OTHER IS A 4990 02:55:09,332 --> 02:55:10,566 STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO POSITION ON 4991 02:55:10,566 --> 02:55:12,034 OUR PERMIT TEAM, WHICH IS 4992 02:55:12,034 --> 02:55:13,503 CURRENTLY FILLED. I'LL JUST SAY 4993 02:55:13,503 --> 02:55:15,137 AT A HIGH LEVEL, THOSE 4994 02:55:15,137 --> 02:55:16,672 REDUCTIONS ARE ALIGNING OUR 4995 02:55:16,672 --> 02:55:18,608 STAFFING STRUCTURE WITH THE WAY 4996 02:55:18,608 --> 02:55:19,208 OUR PROGRAMS ARE EVOLVING AND 4997 02:55:19,208 --> 02:55:20,476 TRYING TO AVOID DUPLICATIVE WORK 4998 02:55:20,476 --> 02:55:23,045 AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN 2027 AND 4999 02:55:23,045 --> 02:55:25,848 28. AND WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING 5000 02:55:25,848 --> 02:55:26,349 ANY SIGNIFICANT SERVICE 5001 02:55:26,349 --> 02:55:27,316 REDUCTIONS DUE TO THOSE 5002 02:55:27,316 --> 02:55:30,353 ABROGATIONS THAT CONCLUDES OUR 5003 02:55:30,353 --> 02:55:32,522 SLIDES. SO WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO 5004 02:55:32,522 --> 02:55:33,589 ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 5005 02:55:33,589 --> 02:55:36,459 -- THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FROM 5006 02:55:36,459 --> 02:55:37,093 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI COUNCILMEMBER 5007 02:55:37,093 --> 02:55:37,760 RINCK IS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 5008 02:55:37,760 --> 02:55:39,295 OVERSEEING THIS DEPARTMENT. YOU 5009 02:55:39,295 --> 02:55:39,662 ARE RECOGNIZED. 5010 02:55:39,662 --> 02:55:40,530 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS 5011 02:55:40,530 --> 02:55:42,198 COLLEAGUES, IN MY ROLE AS CHAIR 5012 02:55:42,198 --> 02:55:43,599 OVER HUMAN SERVICES, LABOR AND 5013 02:55:43,599 --> 02:55:44,700 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I HAVE THE 5014 02:55:44,700 --> 02:55:46,569 TREMENDOUS HONOR TO WORK WITH 5015 02:55:46,569 --> 02:55:48,838 DIRECTOR YARCE OVER OFFICE OF 5016 02:55:48,838 --> 02:55:49,472 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY 5017 02:55:49,472 --> 02:55:51,974 AS HE AND HIS TEAM ARE TAKING ON 5018 02:55:51,974 --> 02:55:54,110 THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING 5019 02:55:54,110 --> 02:55:55,811 OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, 5020 02:55:55,811 --> 02:55:56,312 REALLY WORKING TOWARDS 5021 02:55:56,312 --> 02:55:57,580 REVITALIZING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. 5022 02:55:57,580 --> 02:55:59,215 AND I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE 5023 02:55:59,215 --> 02:56:00,549 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE HE AND HIS 5024 02:56:00,549 --> 02:56:02,385 TEAM IN COMMITTEE THIS YEAR. I 5025 02:56:02,385 --> 02:56:03,719 WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 5026 02:56:03,719 --> 02:56:05,988 THANK HE AND HIS TEAM ALSO FOR 5027 02:56:05,988 --> 02:56:08,024 JUST BEING A CHAMPION FOR SMALL 5028 02:56:08,024 --> 02:56:09,225 BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY IN OUR 5029 02:56:09,225 --> 02:56:09,825 PARTNERSHIP ON THE COMMERCIAL 5030 02:56:09,825 --> 02:56:11,761 LEASE TRANSPARENCY LEGISLATION 5031 02:56:11,761 --> 02:56:12,962 WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON STILL 5032 02:56:12,962 --> 02:56:14,630 CURRENTLY IN COMMITTEE. AND I 5033 02:56:14,630 --> 02:56:15,932 WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW 5034 02:56:15,932 --> 02:56:17,099 WAYS THAT OED HAS DELIVERED FOR 5035 02:56:17,099 --> 02:56:20,369 OUR COMMUNITY AND TO DATE, AND 5036 02:56:20,369 --> 02:56:22,338 NOTE THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE 5037 02:56:22,338 --> 02:56:25,041 ONGOING IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 5038 02:56:25,041 --> 02:56:26,509 SO STREAMLINING CITY PERMITS, 5039 02:56:26,509 --> 02:56:28,678 PARDON ME, STREAMLINING CITY 5040 02:56:28,678 --> 02:56:29,278 PERMITS AND PROCESSES TO MAKE 5041 02:56:29,278 --> 02:56:31,914 THINGS EASIER. THE EXPANSION OF 5042 02:56:31,914 --> 02:56:34,417 THE SMALL BUSINESS HANDBOOK TO 5043 02:56:34,417 --> 02:56:34,951 SEVEN LANGUAGES ENGLISH, 5044 02:56:34,951 --> 02:56:36,852 SPANISH, CHINESE, VIETNAMESE, 5045 02:56:36,852 --> 02:56:39,388 SOMALI, TAGALOG, KOREAN AND 5046 02:56:39,388 --> 02:56:41,757 AMHARIC. THE EXPANSION OF BACK 5047 02:56:41,757 --> 02:56:43,526 TO BUSINESS, IN PARTICULAR THE 5048 02:56:43,526 --> 02:56:45,261 STORE FRONT REPAIR FUND, 5049 02:56:45,261 --> 02:56:46,562 ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS AND 5050 02:56:46,562 --> 02:56:47,196 CONSULTING PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN 5051 02:56:47,196 --> 02:56:49,165 AS THE ABC PROGRAM. AND OF 5052 02:56:49,165 --> 02:56:50,533 COURSE, SEATTLE RESTORED. AND 5053 02:56:50,533 --> 02:56:52,602 I'LL TAKE THIS MOMENT TO MOURN 5054 02:56:52,602 --> 02:56:54,971 PAN DE SILVA LEAVING THE 5055 02:56:54,971 --> 02:56:58,541 BUILDING. I MISS YOU, AND 5056 02:56:58,541 --> 02:57:01,944 WHEREVER YOU ARE, I HOPE YOU'RE 5057 02:57:01,944 --> 02:57:03,946 DOING GREAT. THE CULMINATION OF 5058 02:57:03,946 --> 02:57:05,381 OED WORK THIS YEAR IN THE 5059 02:57:05,381 --> 02:57:06,649 DEVELOPMENT OF THEN, THE REPORT 5060 02:57:06,649 --> 02:57:08,384 THAT WAS JUST RELEASED, SEAWALL 5061 02:57:08,384 --> 02:57:10,219 BUILDING, A RESILIENT SEATTLE 5062 02:57:10,219 --> 02:57:11,921 ECONOMY REPORT AND THE INITIAL 5063 02:57:11,921 --> 02:57:13,356 ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE EXECUTIVE 5064 02:57:13,356 --> 02:57:15,291 ON ITS RECOMMENDATIONS. SO 5065 02:57:15,291 --> 02:57:16,225 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE YEAR 5066 02:57:16,225 --> 02:57:17,627 AHEAD, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 5067 02:57:17,627 --> 02:57:19,495 DEVELOPMENT WILL BE LEADING THAT 5068 02:57:19,495 --> 02:57:21,964 TASK FORCE TO SUPPORT THIS 5069 02:57:21,964 --> 02:57:24,700 RESILIENT SEATTLE ECONOMY TASK 5070 02:57:24,700 --> 02:57:25,334 FORCE AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 5071 02:57:25,334 --> 02:57:27,803 FUND AND THE INVESTMENTS IN OUR 5072 02:57:27,803 --> 02:57:28,437 BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM ARE CRITICAL 5073 02:57:28,437 --> 02:57:31,107 TO ENSURING THE LONG TERM 5074 02:57:31,107 --> 02:57:35,044 VIABILITY OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. 5075 02:57:35,044 --> 02:57:36,779 SO MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO WORKING 5076 02:57:36,779 --> 02:57:38,814 ACROSS LIVABILITY FOR EVERY 5077 02:57:38,814 --> 02:57:40,883 NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS OUR REGION. 5078 02:57:40,883 --> 02:57:42,518 SO WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO NOTE 5079 02:57:42,518 --> 02:57:44,286 IN THE BUDGET, AS WAS DISCUSSED 5080 02:57:44,286 --> 02:57:46,589 IN THE OVERVIEW PRESENTATION, 5081 02:57:46,589 --> 02:57:47,723 THERE IS A REMOVING OF A SERIES 5082 02:57:47,723 --> 02:57:49,892 OF ONE TIME SUPPORTS FOR A 5083 02:57:49,892 --> 02:57:52,428 NUMBER OF HIGH PRIORITY AREAS, 5084 02:57:52,428 --> 02:57:53,396 PARTICULARLY IN LITTLE SAIGON 5085 02:57:53,396 --> 02:57:56,132 AND LAKE CITY. I WANT TO NOTE 5086 02:57:56,132 --> 02:58:00,870 THAT BUDGET ACTIONS LAST YEAR TO 5087 02:58:00,870 --> 02:58:03,239 SECURE A SALE FUNDING HAS 5088 02:58:03,239 --> 02:58:03,873 ENABLED THE COMMUNITY TO INVEST 5089 02:58:03,873 --> 02:58:05,708 UP TO 300 000 IN SMALL BUSINESS 5090 02:58:05,708 --> 02:58:08,344 AND BUSINESS DISTRICT 5091 02:58:08,344 --> 02:58:09,779 REVITALIZATION, UP TO 400 000 5092 02:58:09,779 --> 02:58:11,681 FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN LAKE 5093 02:58:11,681 --> 02:58:14,216 CITY, UP TO 600,000 IN COMMUNITY 5094 02:58:14,216 --> 02:58:16,152 BUILDING AND PUBLIC ACTIVATION 5095 02:58:16,152 --> 02:58:17,686 PROJECTS, AND IN LITTLE SAIGON, 5096 02:58:17,686 --> 02:58:21,290 THIS FUND WAS ABLE TO FUND 5097 02:58:21,290 --> 02:58:21,924 NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH STAFF TO 5098 02:58:21,924 --> 02:58:24,393 SUPPORT SERVICE NAVIGATION, 5099 02:58:24,393 --> 02:58:26,162 MOBILE OVERDOSE TREATMENT AND 5100 02:58:26,162 --> 02:58:28,130 PREVENTION TEAMS, COMMUNITY 5101 02:58:28,130 --> 02:58:28,698 ACTIVATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR 5102 02:58:28,698 --> 02:58:29,832 NEIGHBORS IN LITTLE SAIGON, AND 5103 02:58:29,832 --> 02:58:31,801 ACTIVATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL 5104 02:58:31,801 --> 02:58:34,737 BUSINESSES. SO WITH THAT IN 5105 02:58:34,737 --> 02:58:36,505 MIND, I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN 5106 02:58:36,505 --> 02:58:38,474 WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT THE 5107 02:58:38,474 --> 02:58:40,976 DECISION FOR THE BEHIND THE 5108 02:58:40,976 --> 02:58:42,178 CHANGES FOR FUNDING THESE 5109 02:58:42,178 --> 02:58:43,946 PROGRAMS, AND PARTICULARLY HOW 5110 02:58:43,946 --> 02:58:45,915 OED WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT 5111 02:58:45,915 --> 02:58:48,284 JUST LITTLE SAIGON AND LAKE CITY 5112 02:58:48,284 --> 02:58:52,621 NEIGHBORHOODS MOVING FORWARD 5113 02:58:52,621 --> 02:58:54,023 -- WE'D LIKE TO GET INTO THE 5114 02:58:54,023 --> 02:58:54,590 OVERALL DECISION BEHIND THE 5115 02:58:54,590 --> 02:58:57,660 REMOVAL OF THE ONE TIME ITEMS. 5116 02:58:57,660 --> 02:58:59,128 FIRST OF CBO, HAS ANYTHING YOU 5117 02:58:59,128 --> 02:59:01,464 WANT TO ADD ON THAT OR. 5118 02:59:01,464 --> 02:59:02,731 -- I YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE 5119 02:59:02,731 --> 02:59:04,333 SAME THING I'VE BEEN SAYING 5120 02:59:04,333 --> 02:59:05,935 ALL, WELL, NOT ALL WEEK, BUT IT 5121 02:59:05,935 --> 02:59:09,004 FEELS LIKE WE'VE BEEN HERE ALL 5122 02:59:09,004 --> 02:59:10,039 WEEK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU 5123 02:59:10,039 --> 02:59:12,808 LOOK, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIKE 5124 02:59:12,808 --> 02:59:14,977 DEEPLY UNSUSTAINABLE BUDGETING, 5125 02:59:14,977 --> 02:59:16,912 LIKE A $12 MILLION AMOUNT OF ONE 5126 02:59:16,912 --> 02:59:18,614 TIME ADS IS REALLY, REALLY 5127 02:59:18,614 --> 02:59:20,583 DIFFICULT. AND SO I, YOU KNOW, 5128 02:59:20,583 --> 02:59:21,984 THAT WAS THE, THE, IT'S NOT 5129 02:59:21,984 --> 02:59:24,320 REALLY A DECISION. IT IS A 5130 02:59:24,320 --> 02:59:24,954 TECHNICAL EXERCISE THAT HAPPENS 5131 02:59:24,954 --> 02:59:27,022 WHEN ALL THE ONE TIME ADS GET 5132 02:59:27,022 --> 02:59:27,690 AUTOMATICALLY BACKED OUT. IT 5133 02:59:27,690 --> 02:59:29,658 SHOWS UP IN THE BUDGET BOOK AS A 5134 02:59:29,658 --> 02:59:31,260 REDUCTION. BUT THAT IS LIKE WE 5135 02:59:31,260 --> 02:59:34,396 START THE BUDGET PROCESS BY 5136 02:59:34,396 --> 02:59:35,731 RESETTING DEPARTMENTS BACK TO 5137 02:59:35,731 --> 02:59:37,066 THEIR BASE. I'LL ALSO JUST FLAG 5138 02:59:37,066 --> 02:59:38,234 ON THE SALE FUNDING. SOME OF 5139 02:59:38,234 --> 02:59:40,136 THAT WORK HAS BEEN UNDER 5140 02:59:40,136 --> 02:59:42,037 DEVELOPMENT ALL YEAR, AND EXPECT 5141 02:59:42,037 --> 02:59:44,273 SOME OF THAT TO CARRY FORWARD 5142 02:59:44,273 --> 02:59:45,341 INTO 2027, AS ALL WILL BE 5143 02:59:45,341 --> 02:59:47,777 EXPENDED, INCLUDING. 5144 02:59:47,777 --> 02:59:49,411 COUNCILMEMBER LIN ADDED SOME 5145 02:59:49,411 --> 02:59:49,945 ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE 5146 02:59:49,945 --> 02:59:51,480 MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL THAT WAS 5147 02:59:51,480 --> 02:59:52,948 ADDED WITH AN INTENTION. I 5148 02:59:52,948 --> 02:59:53,682 BELIEVE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M 5149 02:59:53,682 --> 02:59:58,354 WRONG, COUNCILMEMBER TO STRETCH 5150 02:59:58,354 --> 02:59:59,588 OVER LIKE AN 18 MONTH PERIOD, 5151 02:59:59,588 --> 03:00:00,990 BUT IT'S AN AREA WILL BE 5152 03:00:00,990 --> 03:00:04,860 CONTINUING TO LOOK AT. 5153 03:00:04,860 --> 03:00:06,128 -- AS I MENTIONED EARLIER AS 5154 03:00:06,128 --> 03:00:08,030 WELL, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 5155 03:00:08,030 --> 03:00:08,597 PROGRAMS THAT CONTINUE JUST 5156 03:00:08,597 --> 03:00:09,732 WITHOUT THE AMPLIFICATION. SO 5157 03:00:09,732 --> 03:00:11,133 AGAIN, BACK TO BUSINESS. BACK TO 5158 03:00:11,133 --> 03:00:12,535 THAT EXAMPLE, I THINK IS A GOOD 5159 03:00:12,535 --> 03:00:14,503 ONE. WE HAVE CORE FUNDING 5160 03:00:14,503 --> 03:00:15,204 THAT'S MAINTAINED GOING FORWARD. 5161 03:00:15,204 --> 03:00:16,705 THE GENERAL SPLIT OF THE 5162 03:00:16,705 --> 03:00:18,240 APPROACH OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE 5163 03:00:18,240 --> 03:00:20,376 MAINTAINED AS WELL, BETWEEN 5164 03:00:20,376 --> 03:00:20,976 SECURITY AND THE OTHER, LIKE 5165 03:00:20,976 --> 03:00:23,312 STOREFRONT REPAIR GRANTS. SO WE 5166 03:00:23,312 --> 03:00:28,017 ARE HOPING TO DO THE SAME OR 5167 03:00:28,017 --> 03:00:28,651 MAINTAIN SERVICES WITH WITHOUT 5168 03:00:28,651 --> 03:00:30,419 JUST THAT ONE TIME AMPLIFICATION 5169 03:00:30,419 --> 03:00:31,921 SALE IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE. 5170 03:00:31,921 --> 03:00:34,890 WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BE AS 5171 03:00:34,890 --> 03:00:36,025 SPECIFIC, BUT THE EFFORTS TO 5172 03:00:36,025 --> 03:00:38,794 STILL MAINTAIN AND STABILIZE. 5173 03:00:38,794 --> 03:00:40,062 -- UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR 5174 03:00:40,062 --> 03:00:41,463 UNPACKING. JUST THE TECHNICAL 5175 03:00:41,463 --> 03:00:42,364 PIECE OF THAT. OF COURSE, IT'S A 5176 03:00:42,364 --> 03:00:44,166 CHANGE SO WORTH BRINGING UP IN 5177 03:00:44,166 --> 03:00:46,135 THIS DISCUSSION, PARTICULARLY 5178 03:00:46,135 --> 03:00:46,936 WITH THE DEPARTMENT. IS THERE 5179 03:00:46,936 --> 03:00:47,903 ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO 5180 03:00:47,903 --> 03:00:48,971 EXPAND TO? I'M HEARING THAT 5181 03:00:48,971 --> 03:00:50,306 FUTURE WORK WON'T BE AS PLACE 5182 03:00:50,306 --> 03:00:51,740 SPECIFIC, BUT I'M WONDERING IF 5183 03:00:51,740 --> 03:00:52,808 THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THE 5184 03:00:52,808 --> 03:00:54,109 DEPARTMENT CAN SPEAK TO RELATED 5185 03:00:54,109 --> 03:00:55,511 TO JUST WORK IN LITTLE SAIGON OR 5186 03:00:55,511 --> 03:00:57,813 LAKE CITY. 5187 03:00:57,813 --> 03:00:59,148 -- WELL 5188 03:00:59,148 --> 03:01:00,916 -- OUR COMMITMENT IS TO CONTINUE 5189 03:01:00,916 --> 03:01:01,550 SUPPORTING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS 5190 03:01:01,550 --> 03:01:04,453 AS WE ARE INVESTING ON THOSE 5191 03:01:04,453 --> 03:01:04,987 ORGANIZATIONS TO BE MORE 5192 03:01:04,987 --> 03:01:06,722 SUSTAINABLE AND LONG TERM 5193 03:01:06,722 --> 03:01:08,624 SUSTAINABILITY. AND THAT'S HOW 5194 03:01:08,624 --> 03:01:11,493 WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT 5195 03:01:11,493 --> 03:01:16,098 COMMITMENT TO THOSE TWO SPECIFIC 5196 03:01:16,098 --> 03:01:16,465 NEIGHBORHOODS. 5197 03:01:16,465 --> 03:01:19,268 -- SO THANK YOU. AND WHEN WE'RE 5198 03:01:19,268 --> 03:01:21,804 TAKING A LOOK AT THE RESILIENT 5199 03:01:21,804 --> 03:01:22,404 SEATTLE ECONOMY TASK FORCE, I 5200 03:01:22,404 --> 03:01:24,907 WANTED TO ASK ABOUT MAKING IT 5201 03:01:24,907 --> 03:01:26,175 EASIER TO OPEN, OPERATE, AND 5202 03:01:26,175 --> 03:01:28,344 GROW A BUSINESS IN SEATTLE. SO 5203 03:01:28,344 --> 03:01:30,412 ARE THE BUDGET INVESTMENTS IN 5204 03:01:30,412 --> 03:01:32,548 PROGRAMS LIKE THE ONE WE'VE 5205 03:01:32,548 --> 03:01:35,050 SEEN WITH SDCI FOR SMALL 5206 03:01:35,050 --> 03:01:35,651 BUSINESS BUSINESS PERMITTING 5207 03:01:35,651 --> 03:01:37,353 ASSISTANCE? HOW IS THAT WORK 5208 03:01:37,353 --> 03:01:39,655 PROCEEDING AND HOW. WHAT IS KIND 5209 03:01:39,655 --> 03:01:42,958 OF THE HOW DOES THIS BUDGET 5210 03:01:42,958 --> 03:01:43,626 SUPPORT THOSE INVESTMENTS? 5211 03:01:43,626 --> 03:01:45,494 -- I THINK THAT'S A GREAT 5212 03:01:45,494 --> 03:01:46,829 QUESTION. SO DEFINITELY IS 5213 03:01:46,829 --> 03:01:48,097 WORKING REALLY WELL. THAT 5214 03:01:48,097 --> 03:01:50,299 PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH 5215 03:01:50,299 --> 03:01:51,767 SDCI AND AND THEN THE BUDGET IS 5216 03:01:51,767 --> 03:01:53,602 TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING US. WE'VE 5217 03:01:53,602 --> 03:01:54,570 BEEN SHARING IS THE BASELINE OF 5218 03:01:54,570 --> 03:01:55,738 OUR WORK. SO THAT WORK WILL 5219 03:01:55,738 --> 03:01:58,140 CONTINUE TO BE IN SUPPORT 5220 03:01:58,140 --> 03:01:59,775 BECAUSE OUR COMMITMENT IS TO 5221 03:01:59,775 --> 03:02:00,242 CONTINUE HAVING THAT 5222 03:02:00,242 --> 03:02:00,943 STREAMLINING, MAKE IT FASTER. 5223 03:02:00,943 --> 03:02:03,145 THIS IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AND 5224 03:02:03,145 --> 03:02:05,848 ON TOP OF ALL THAT, AS WE ARE 5225 03:02:05,848 --> 03:02:07,583 PUTTING TOGETHER, THE TASK FORCE 5226 03:02:07,583 --> 03:02:09,251 IS IDENTIFYING HOW DO WE 5227 03:02:09,251 --> 03:02:11,520 STREAMLINE EVEN BEYOND OF THAT 5228 03:02:11,520 --> 03:02:13,188 SPECIFIC APPROACH THAT WE HAVE 5229 03:02:13,188 --> 03:02:15,591 TODAY. SO MY COMMITMENT IS 5230 03:02:15,591 --> 03:02:17,593 REALLY MAKING SURE THAT IS 5231 03:02:17,593 --> 03:02:18,193 FASTER, EASIER FOR NOT ONLY 5232 03:02:18,193 --> 03:02:19,561 SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO 5233 03:02:19,561 --> 03:02:22,097 MIDSIZE BUSINESSES. AS WE ARE 5234 03:02:22,097 --> 03:02:24,667 GOING INTO THAT DIRECTION OF 5235 03:02:24,667 --> 03:02:25,234 GROWING OUR ECONOMY AND THE 5236 03:02:25,234 --> 03:02:27,102 DIVERSIFICATION 5237 03:02:27,102 --> 03:02:28,270 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND 5238 03:02:28,270 --> 03:02:30,205 BUILDING ON SOME OF THE PROGRAMS 5239 03:02:30,205 --> 03:02:31,240 WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, I'M 5240 03:02:31,240 --> 03:02:32,207 WONDERING IF WE COULD GET AN 5241 03:02:32,207 --> 03:02:34,009 UNDERSTANDING OF OUR MEASURES OF 5242 03:02:34,009 --> 03:02:35,577 SUCCESS RIGHT NOW FOR THE BACK 5243 03:02:35,577 --> 03:02:36,312 TO BUSINESS PROGRAM. I'D LOVE 5244 03:02:36,312 --> 03:02:37,379 TO KNOW HOW MANY GRANTS HAVE 5245 03:02:37,379 --> 03:02:38,280 BEEN ISSUED SO FAR. IF WE COULD 5246 03:02:38,280 --> 03:02:40,482 GET THE NUMBER OF SEPTET 5247 03:02:40,482 --> 03:02:41,550 IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE 5248 03:02:41,550 --> 03:02:42,217 SECURITY FUND GRANTS IN 5249 03:02:42,217 --> 03:02:44,687 PARTICULAR, I KNOW GETTING THAT 5250 03:02:44,687 --> 03:02:46,822 THESE GRANTS OUT REALLY MAKES AN 5251 03:02:46,822 --> 03:02:47,456 IMPACT FOR BUSINESSES VACANCIES 5252 03:02:47,456 --> 03:02:48,924 AND SUPPORTING OUR SMALL 5253 03:02:48,924 --> 03:02:51,126 BUSINESSES THAT KEEP OUR CITY 5254 03:02:51,126 --> 03:02:51,393 THRIVING. 5255 03:02:51,393 --> 03:02:52,528 -- YEAH. I MEAN, WE ACTUALLY 5256 03:02:52,528 --> 03:02:53,796 HAVE UP TO DATE AS OF LAST 5257 03:02:53,796 --> 03:02:56,031 FRIDAY NUMBERS ON THOSE. SO 5258 03:02:56,031 --> 03:02:58,334 CURRENTLY WE'VE DONE ABOUT 350 5259 03:02:58,334 --> 03:02:58,934 DIRECT TOWARDS BUSINESSES FOR 5260 03:02:58,934 --> 03:03:02,338 THE REPAIRS, 65 FOR THE SECURITY 5261 03:03:02,338 --> 03:03:04,873 UPGRADES AS WELL. THAT PROGRAM 5262 03:03:04,873 --> 03:03:07,509 IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LARGELY 5263 03:03:07,509 --> 03:03:08,344 FULLY SPENT THIS YEAR. SO WE 5264 03:03:08,344 --> 03:03:10,412 DON'T ANTICIPATE MUCH CARRY 5265 03:03:10,412 --> 03:03:11,980 FORWARD. THERE'S SOME DIRECT 5266 03:03:11,980 --> 03:03:15,084 INVESTMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AS 5267 03:03:15,084 --> 03:03:17,286 WELL, BUT THAT FUNDING IS 5268 03:03:17,286 --> 03:03:19,221 ANTICIPATED TO BE ALMOST FULLY 5269 03:03:19,221 --> 03:03:20,989 EXPENDED WITH ABOUT. CURRENTLY, 5270 03:03:20,989 --> 03:03:23,959 WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT LESS THAN 5271 03:03:23,959 --> 03:03:24,560 $130,000 OF THE ORIGINAL $3.3 5272 03:03:24,560 --> 03:03:26,428 MILLION BEING SPENT THIS YEAR. 5273 03:03:26,428 --> 03:03:28,263 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. 5274 03:03:28,263 --> 03:03:31,600 AND MY LAST QUESTION FOR NOW IS, 5275 03:03:31,600 --> 03:03:33,469 WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS WITH THE 5276 03:03:33,469 --> 03:03:36,271 LIFE AT NIGHT STRATEGY TO 5277 03:03:36,271 --> 03:03:38,440 REDUCING OPERATING BARRIERS FOR 5278 03:03:38,440 --> 03:03:38,974 NIGHTTIME BUSINESSES AND 5279 03:03:38,974 --> 03:03:41,043 WORKERS, AND WHAT SUSTAINED OR 5280 03:03:41,043 --> 03:03:42,478 EXPANDED INVESTMENTS ARE TO 5281 03:03:42,478 --> 03:03:46,014 SUPPORT THIS ARE REFLECTED IN 5282 03:03:46,014 --> 03:03:49,251 THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 5283 03:03:49,251 --> 03:03:49,618 -- I DON'T. 5284 03:03:49,618 --> 03:03:50,686 -- I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FOR 5285 03:03:50,686 --> 03:03:53,622 THAT QUESTION, BUT WE WILL 5286 03:03:53,622 --> 03:03:54,189 FOLLOW UP WITH THE SPECIFIC 5287 03:03:54,189 --> 03:03:55,557 ANSWER. 5288 03:03:55,557 --> 03:03:56,892 -- THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. 5289 03:03:56,892 --> 03:03:58,327 -- I WOULD JUST NOTE AGAIN THAT 5290 03:03:58,327 --> 03:04:01,063 ALL OF OUR CORE PROGRAMING 5291 03:04:01,063 --> 03:04:01,663 BASELINE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED, 5292 03:04:01,663 --> 03:04:02,831 AND I THINK WE'RE STILL DECIDING 5293 03:04:02,831 --> 03:04:04,366 HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE 5294 03:04:04,366 --> 03:04:05,701 ALLOCATED OUT INTO 2027. BUT 5295 03:04:05,701 --> 03:04:07,302 WE'LL LOVE TO GET BACK WITH 5296 03:04:07,302 --> 03:04:08,837 SPECIFICS ON HOW WE ANTICIPATE 5297 03:04:08,837 --> 03:04:11,106 THAT WORK PLAN BEING FLESHED OUT 5298 03:04:11,106 --> 03:04:11,707 IN 2027. 5299 03:04:11,707 --> 03:04:14,209 -- GREAT. WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE 5300 03:04:14,209 --> 03:04:15,277 THE CONVERSATION. REVITALIZING 5301 03:04:15,277 --> 03:04:16,779 OUR NIGHTLIFE SCENE AND 5302 03:04:16,779 --> 03:04:17,413 SUPPORTING THOSE BUSINESSES IS 5303 03:04:17,413 --> 03:04:18,380 SO IMPORTANT. 5304 03:04:18,380 --> 03:04:19,782 -- AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT IS 5305 03:04:19,782 --> 03:04:21,016 PART OF OUR CREATIVE ECONOMY AND 5306 03:04:21,016 --> 03:04:22,951 OUR COMMITMENT. AND THAT'S ONE 5307 03:04:22,951 --> 03:04:24,386 OF THE PILLARS OF THE WORK WILL 5308 03:04:24,386 --> 03:04:25,087 CONTINUE. WE JUST NEED TO GIVE 5309 03:04:25,087 --> 03:04:26,889 YOU MORE SPECIFICS ON HOW THAT 5310 03:04:26,889 --> 03:04:29,425 WILL CONTINUE FORWARD FOR 2027. 5311 03:04:29,425 --> 03:04:30,826 -- GREAT. I APPRECIATE THAT, 5312 03:04:30,826 --> 03:04:31,627 DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 5313 03:04:31,627 --> 03:04:33,228 CHAIR, I APPRECIATE IT. 5314 03:04:33,228 --> 03:04:34,963 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, WE 5315 03:04:34,963 --> 03:04:36,298 HAVE COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOLLOWED 5316 03:04:36,298 --> 03:04:37,566 BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND 5317 03:04:37,566 --> 03:04:38,033 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5318 03:04:38,033 --> 03:04:38,367 -- THANK YOU. 5319 03:04:38,367 --> 03:04:39,201 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU 5320 03:04:39,201 --> 03:04:42,838 TO OUR PRESENTERS. FOLLOWING UP 5321 03:04:42,838 --> 03:04:43,472 ON COUNCILMEMBER RINGS QUESTION 5322 03:04:43,472 --> 03:04:47,876 ABOUT THE SALE. FUND, LITTLE 5323 03:04:47,876 --> 03:04:49,812 SAIGON FUNDING. YOU KNOW, I 5324 03:04:49,812 --> 03:04:51,747 THINK SMALL BUSINESSES ARE 5325 03:04:51,747 --> 03:04:54,216 STRUGGLING ACROSS THE CITY, BUT 5326 03:04:54,216 --> 03:04:55,651 CERTAIN AREAS IN PARTICULAR ARE 5327 03:04:55,651 --> 03:04:56,285 BEING HIT HARDER. YOU KNOW, WE 5328 03:04:56,285 --> 03:04:57,886 KIND OF HAD A SIMILAR DIALOG 5329 03:04:57,886 --> 03:05:00,456 EARLIER ABOUT IMPACTS TO SMALL 5330 03:05:00,456 --> 03:05:02,858 BUSINESSES FROM TRANSPORTATION 5331 03:05:02,858 --> 03:05:03,892 PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, IN THIS 5332 03:05:03,892 --> 03:05:07,329 CASE, IT'S AN IMPACT TO SMALL 5333 03:05:07,329 --> 03:05:07,863 BUSINESSES BECAUSE OF OUR 5334 03:05:07,863 --> 03:05:09,031 FAILURE TO MEET THE MENTAL 5335 03:05:09,031 --> 03:05:11,500 HEALTH AND OTHER NEEDS OF OUR 5336 03:05:11,500 --> 03:05:12,301 COMMUNITY, WHICH RESULTING IN 5337 03:05:12,301 --> 03:05:14,369 STREET DISORDER. AND, BUT, YOU 5338 03:05:14,369 --> 03:05:16,138 KNOW, IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS, 5339 03:05:16,138 --> 03:05:17,873 IT'S BEEN GOING ON A DECADE 5340 03:05:17,873 --> 03:05:20,676 NOW, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION 5341 03:05:20,676 --> 03:05:21,310 PROJECTS, OFTENTIMES SOMETIMES 5342 03:05:21,310 --> 03:05:22,511 THEY CAN GO THAT LONG, BUT 5343 03:05:22,511 --> 03:05:23,745 USUALLY THEY DON'T GO QUITE 5344 03:05:23,745 --> 03:05:26,281 THAT LONG. IN ANY CASE, I JUST, 5345 03:05:26,281 --> 03:05:27,716 YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE FUNDS 5346 03:05:27,716 --> 03:05:29,251 HAVE BEEN CRITICAL, YOU KNOW, 5347 03:05:29,251 --> 03:05:30,452 OBVIOUSLY, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET 5348 03:05:30,452 --> 03:05:33,789 OUR DO BETTER ON THE PUBLIC 5349 03:05:33,789 --> 03:05:35,190 SAFETY SIDE OF THINGS. BUT IN 5350 03:05:35,190 --> 03:05:36,525 THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW, THE SALE 5351 03:05:36,525 --> 03:05:39,428 FUNDS, THE, THE BACK TO BUSINESS 5352 03:05:39,428 --> 03:05:40,762 FUND, ANOTHER FUND THAT HAS BEEN 5353 03:05:40,762 --> 03:05:43,065 VERY HELPFUL IS ONLY IN SEATTLE 5354 03:05:43,065 --> 03:05:44,399 FOR SOME OF OUR SMALL 5355 03:05:44,399 --> 03:05:46,902 BUSINESSES. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, 5356 03:05:46,902 --> 03:05:49,771 IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZING 5357 03:05:49,771 --> 03:05:50,506 WHATEVER RESOURCES WE HAVE, I 5358 03:05:50,506 --> 03:05:51,406 UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET 5359 03:05:51,406 --> 03:05:53,008 ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN. I JUST 5360 03:05:53,008 --> 03:05:54,676 THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL 5361 03:05:54,676 --> 03:05:57,146 OF, OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THESE 5362 03:05:57,146 --> 03:05:59,448 IMPACTS TO, TO SMALL BUSINESSES 5363 03:05:59,448 --> 03:06:00,382 ARE NOT FELT EQUALLY AROUND THE 5364 03:06:00,382 --> 03:06:01,984 CITY AND THAT WE NEED TO 5365 03:06:01,984 --> 03:06:03,152 PRIORITIZE WHAT WE HAVE TO THOSE 5366 03:06:03,152 --> 03:06:06,255 MOST IMPACTED. SO MORE OF A 5367 03:06:06,255 --> 03:06:07,256 COMMENT THAN A QUESTION. I DO 5368 03:06:07,256 --> 03:06:08,857 HAVE A QUESTION ON PAGE TWO. 19 5369 03:06:08,857 --> 03:06:11,326 OF THE BUDGET. IT SAYS SMALL 5370 03:06:11,326 --> 03:06:14,863 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IS BEING 5371 03:06:14,863 --> 03:06:15,497 REDUCED FROM APPROXIMATELY 9.3 5372 03:06:15,497 --> 03:06:18,667 MILLION TO ABOUT 2.6. COULD YOU 5373 03:06:18,667 --> 03:06:21,637 I'M NOT SURE IF YOU COULD YOU 5374 03:06:21,637 --> 03:06:24,573 CAN DO THIS OFFLINE. DESCRIBE 5375 03:06:24,573 --> 03:06:26,808 WHAT THAT'S WHAT THAT REDUCTION 5376 03:06:26,808 --> 03:06:28,443 IS. IS THAT PART OF THE ONE TIME 5377 03:06:28,443 --> 03:06:32,014 FUNDING OR IS THAT SOMETHING 5378 03:06:32,014 --> 03:06:32,314 DIFFERENT? 5379 03:06:32,314 --> 03:06:34,583 -- YES, YES. IT'S SPECIFICALLY 5380 03:06:34,583 --> 03:06:37,019 LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS OF OF 5381 03:06:37,019 --> 03:06:37,653 SALE. AGAIN, THE AMPLIFICATION 5382 03:06:37,653 --> 03:06:38,487 BACK TO BUSINESS, ET CETERA.. 5383 03:06:38,487 --> 03:06:41,790 ONCE THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS ARE 5384 03:06:41,790 --> 03:06:42,424 EXPIRED, IT KIND OF RESETS US TO 5385 03:06:42,424 --> 03:06:43,659 THE BASELINE. SO IT LOOKS LIKE A 5386 03:06:43,659 --> 03:06:44,693 PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DROP OFF. 5387 03:06:44,693 --> 03:06:46,695 IT'S PART OF THAT 30%, $12 5388 03:06:46,695 --> 03:06:48,730 MILLION THAT WE'RE OKAY. 5389 03:06:48,730 --> 03:06:48,964 -- SO. 5390 03:06:48,964 --> 03:06:49,298 -- THAT'S. 5391 03:06:49,298 --> 03:06:50,933 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 5392 03:06:50,933 --> 03:06:52,167 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 5393 03:06:52,167 --> 03:06:53,101 RECORD TIME AGAIN. COUNCILMEMBER 5394 03:06:53,101 --> 03:06:54,503 RIVERA. FOLLOWED BY. 5395 03:06:54,503 --> 03:06:55,938 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5396 03:06:55,938 --> 03:06:57,272 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. 5397 03:06:57,272 --> 03:07:00,075 -- THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND 5398 03:07:00,075 --> 03:07:02,811 I SO APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP 5399 03:07:02,811 --> 03:07:06,648 AND JUST THE WORK OF OED IN 5400 03:07:06,648 --> 03:07:07,182 GENERAL, PARTICULARLY AS 5401 03:07:07,182 --> 03:07:09,151 REGARDS, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACTS 5402 03:07:09,151 --> 03:07:10,919 THAT SO MANY OF OUR SMALL 5403 03:07:10,919 --> 03:07:12,354 BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY. AND 5404 03:07:12,354 --> 03:07:14,056 I KNOW FOR SURE IN THE D FOUR 5405 03:07:14,056 --> 03:07:17,392 HAVE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 5406 03:07:17,392 --> 03:07:20,896 ISSUES. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, 5407 03:07:20,896 --> 03:07:23,198 NEEDING STOREFRONT REPAIR 5408 03:07:23,198 --> 03:07:25,901 MULTIPLE TIMES, WHICH IS REALLY 5409 03:07:25,901 --> 03:07:27,803 TAKES, TAKES A TOLL ON 5410 03:07:27,803 --> 03:07:30,706 BUSINESSES AND, AND OF COURSE, 5411 03:07:30,706 --> 03:07:31,273 IMPACTS THEIR INSURANCE AND 5412 03:07:31,273 --> 03:07:34,343 THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO REALLY 5413 03:07:34,343 --> 03:07:35,377 APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK OED HAS 5414 03:07:35,377 --> 03:07:38,847 DONE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU 5415 03:07:38,847 --> 03:07:42,884 UNDERSTAND HAVING BEEN A SMALL 5416 03:07:42,884 --> 03:07:43,485 BUSINESS OWNER YOURSELF, THAT 5417 03:07:43,485 --> 03:07:46,888 THE IMPACTS I WANTED TO ASK 5418 03:07:46,888 --> 03:07:49,591 ABOUT THE 11 MILLION REDUCTION, 5419 03:07:49,591 --> 03:07:51,260 3 MILLION FOR THE STABILIZE, 5420 03:07:51,260 --> 03:07:52,728 ACTIVATE AND INVEST LOCALLY 5421 03:07:52,728 --> 03:07:54,396 FUND. I JUST WANT MORE 5422 03:07:54,396 --> 03:07:55,797 INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THESE 5423 03:07:55,797 --> 03:07:58,367 THINGS DID. DID 2.6 MILLION FOR 5424 03:07:58,367 --> 03:08:00,902 THE DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN, 5425 03:08:00,902 --> 03:08:02,638 2.5 MILLION FOR THE BACK TO 5426 03:08:02,638 --> 03:08:05,040 BUSINESS FUND, 1.7 MILLION FOR 5427 03:08:05,040 --> 03:08:06,975 INCENTIVE SORRY, INITIATIVES 5428 03:08:06,975 --> 03:08:08,410 RELATED TO GROCERY STORE AND 5429 03:08:08,410 --> 03:08:12,547 FOOD ACCESS. 700,000 FOR THE KEY 5430 03:08:12,547 --> 03:08:15,617 INDUSTRIES AND WORKFORCE 5431 03:08:15,617 --> 03:08:18,153 DEVELOPMENT. 500,000 FOR THE 5432 03:08:18,153 --> 03:08:18,587 WATERFRONT SHUTTLE. 5433 03:08:18,587 --> 03:08:19,755 INCIDENTALLY, I KNOW THAT IS 5434 03:08:19,755 --> 03:08:22,958 VERY WELL USED ON OUR NEW 5435 03:08:22,958 --> 03:08:24,760 WATERFRONT 400 FOR CASE 5436 03:08:24,760 --> 03:08:27,396 MANAGEMENT. I.T. PROJECT 300,000 5437 03:08:27,396 --> 03:08:30,132 FOR ENHANCED CLEANING AND 5438 03:08:30,132 --> 03:08:32,768 NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICTS, 5439 03:08:32,768 --> 03:08:36,004 AND 200 200,000 FOR SMALL 5440 03:08:36,004 --> 03:08:38,974 BUSINESS SUPPORTS. THE FOOD DEP 5441 03:08:38,974 --> 03:08:40,475 INITIATIVE AND 50,000 FOR THE 5442 03:08:40,475 --> 03:08:41,610 BUSINESS DISTRICT SUPPORT ON 5443 03:08:41,610 --> 03:08:42,477 CAPITOL HILL. AND SO CAN YOU 5444 03:08:42,477 --> 03:08:44,680 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE 5445 03:08:44,680 --> 03:08:46,648 AND HOW WILL WE POSSIBLY BE ABLE 5446 03:08:46,648 --> 03:08:48,517 TO PROVIDE THESE SUPPORTS IF 5447 03:08:48,517 --> 03:08:50,218 WE'RE CUTTING THIS FUNDING AND 5448 03:08:50,218 --> 03:08:53,055 WHAT THE PLAN IS.? 5449 03:08:53,055 --> 03:08:54,723 -- THAT WAS A PRETTY DETAILED 5450 03:08:54,723 --> 03:08:55,324 QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. SO I 5451 03:08:55,324 --> 03:08:56,758 THINK SOME OF THAT WILL BE 5452 03:08:56,758 --> 03:08:58,093 FOLLOWED UP WITH ONLINE. AND I 5453 03:08:58,093 --> 03:08:59,361 THINK SOME OF THE INFORMATION IS 5454 03:08:59,361 --> 03:09:01,630 ALREADY IN THE Q, Q AND A, I 5455 03:09:01,630 --> 03:09:02,864 WILL SAY THAT WHAT YOU'RE 5456 03:09:02,864 --> 03:09:05,200 TALKING ABOUT IS ONE TIME 5457 03:09:05,200 --> 03:09:07,903 EXPANSION. SO ONE, NO ONE SHOULD 5458 03:09:07,903 --> 03:09:09,471 BE SURPRISED WHEN ONE TIME ADS 5459 03:09:09,471 --> 03:09:10,906 ARE NOT SUSTAINED IN THE BUDGET. 5460 03:09:10,906 --> 03:09:12,274 I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED OF ME SAYING 5461 03:09:12,274 --> 03:09:13,608 IT, BUT THAT IS LIKE, YOU 5462 03:09:13,608 --> 03:09:14,676 SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF 5463 03:09:14,676 --> 03:09:15,610 SOMETHING WAS ADDED ONE TIME 5464 03:09:15,610 --> 03:09:18,714 THAT IT IS NOT MADE ONGOING. WE 5465 03:09:18,714 --> 03:09:19,948 DID THAT IN SOME PLACES, BUT IT 5466 03:09:19,948 --> 03:09:21,750 WASN'T. IT WAS DIFFICULT AND 5467 03:09:21,750 --> 03:09:23,585 WASN'T EVERYWHERE. AND THEN 5468 03:09:23,585 --> 03:09:24,986 MOST OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BASE 5469 03:09:24,986 --> 03:09:27,923 BUDGETS THAT ARE ARE SUSTAINED. 5470 03:09:27,923 --> 03:09:29,324 AND SO I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT 5471 03:09:29,324 --> 03:09:31,426 IN THE FOLLOW UP IS THAT WE ARE 5472 03:09:31,426 --> 03:09:32,661 TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THAT. I 5473 03:09:32,661 --> 03:09:34,162 WILL ALSO SAY, WITH THE INCREASE 5474 03:09:34,162 --> 03:09:34,830 IN FUNDING THAT'S GONE TO THE 5475 03:09:34,830 --> 03:09:37,299 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 5476 03:09:37,299 --> 03:09:39,434 OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN 5477 03:09:39,434 --> 03:09:45,273 SEVERAL. I, I MY WORDS PROGRAMS 5478 03:09:45,273 --> 03:09:47,008 CREATED THAT ARE HARD TO 5479 03:09:47,008 --> 03:09:48,977 DISTINGUISH FROM EACH OTHER IN 5480 03:09:48,977 --> 03:09:50,979 SOME CASES THAT ARE SUPPORTING 5481 03:09:50,979 --> 03:09:51,580 SMALL BUSINESSES IN DIFFERENT 5482 03:09:51,580 --> 03:09:52,247 WAYS. SO I THINK PART OF THE 5483 03:09:52,247 --> 03:09:54,483 WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS 5484 03:09:54,483 --> 03:09:56,051 DOING AS THEY REFOCUS IS REALLY 5485 03:09:56,051 --> 03:09:58,253 THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE BEST 5486 03:09:58,253 --> 03:10:00,288 DEPLOY THESE RESOURCES AND 5487 03:10:00,288 --> 03:10:02,190 SERVE, SERVE SMALL BUSINESSES 5488 03:10:02,190 --> 03:10:04,192 AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY 5489 03:10:04,192 --> 03:10:05,894 GENERALLY IN THE MOST EFFICIENT 5490 03:10:05,894 --> 03:10:08,964 WAY, WHICH MIGHT MEAN INSTEAD OF 5491 03:10:08,964 --> 03:10:11,967 HAVING ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, 5492 03:10:11,967 --> 03:10:12,567 MAYBE FIVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS 5493 03:10:12,567 --> 03:10:14,936 WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY WEALTH 5494 03:10:14,936 --> 03:10:16,772 AREAS OF INVESTMENT, 5495 03:10:16,772 --> 03:10:17,639 CONSOLIDATING THAT AND ALLOWING 5496 03:10:17,639 --> 03:10:19,074 BUSINESSES TO APPLY FOR THE 5497 03:10:19,074 --> 03:10:21,910 FUNDING THEY NEED, DEPENDING ON 5498 03:10:21,910 --> 03:10:24,980 WHAT THEIR SPECIFIC SITUATION 5499 03:10:24,980 --> 03:10:25,147 IS. 5500 03:10:25,147 --> 03:10:27,315 -- THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. I 5501 03:10:27,315 --> 03:10:29,317 UNDERSTAND WHAT ONE TIME AD 5502 03:10:29,317 --> 03:10:31,653 MEANS. I ALSO KNOW THAT THE 5503 03:10:31,653 --> 03:10:35,690 SITUATION POST COVID, THAT SMALL 5504 03:10:35,690 --> 03:10:36,324 BUSINESSES HAVE ENCOUNTERED IS 5505 03:10:36,324 --> 03:10:37,526 THE REASON WHY WE DID THE ONE 5506 03:10:37,526 --> 03:10:41,797 TIME ADS, BECAUSE WHAT SMALL 5507 03:10:41,797 --> 03:10:42,364 BUSINESSES ENCOUNTERED POST 5508 03:10:42,364 --> 03:10:43,965 COVID WAS NOT WHAT WAS HAPPENING 5509 03:10:43,965 --> 03:10:46,001 PRE-COVID. SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND 5510 03:10:46,001 --> 03:10:47,803 YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE ONE TIME 5511 03:10:47,803 --> 03:10:50,572 ADS, THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR 5512 03:10:50,572 --> 03:10:51,907 SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND I 5513 03:10:51,907 --> 03:10:53,542 WANT TO KNOW, GIVEN THAT WE'RE 5514 03:10:53,542 --> 03:10:55,277 STILL IN A SITUATION WHERE SMALL 5515 03:10:55,277 --> 03:10:56,678 BUSINESSES ARE HAVING THESE HUGE 5516 03:10:56,678 --> 03:10:58,680 IMPACTS. AS I SAID EARLIER, SOME 5517 03:10:58,680 --> 03:11:00,482 OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE HAD 5518 03:11:00,482 --> 03:11:02,217 TO TAP INTO THE STOREFRONT 5519 03:11:02,217 --> 03:11:05,287 REPAIR PROGRAM MULTIPLE TIMES 5520 03:11:05,287 --> 03:11:07,222 BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO 5521 03:11:07,222 --> 03:11:07,856 PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY TO A LEVEL 5522 03:11:07,856 --> 03:11:09,958 WHERE WE CAN RESPOND SO THAT 5523 03:11:09,958 --> 03:11:11,793 THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME REACH 5524 03:11:11,793 --> 03:11:13,061 OUT TO THE CITY AND ASK FOR, 5525 03:11:13,061 --> 03:11:16,231 HEY, MY DOOR GOT BROKEN AGAIN, 5526 03:11:16,231 --> 03:11:18,467 OR MY WINDOW AND I CAN'T AFFORD 5527 03:11:18,467 --> 03:11:22,270 TO FIX THAT ON MY OWN AGAIN. FOR 5528 03:11:22,270 --> 03:11:23,038 THE HOWEVER MANY TIME THEY CAN 5529 03:11:23,038 --> 03:11:24,606 COME. I THINK UP TO THREE TIMES 5530 03:11:24,606 --> 03:11:28,143 TO THE CITY. BUT THEY'VE. THEY 5531 03:11:28,143 --> 03:11:29,044 SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES HAVE 5532 03:11:29,044 --> 03:11:31,112 HAD MUCH MORE THAN THREE TIMES 5533 03:11:31,112 --> 03:11:32,848 TO HAVE TO REPAIR. SO THAT'S 5534 03:11:32,848 --> 03:11:34,583 COMING OUT OF POCKET FOR THEM. 5535 03:11:34,583 --> 03:11:35,350 SO I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE 5536 03:11:35,350 --> 03:11:36,918 GOING TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO 5537 03:11:36,918 --> 03:11:39,154 THESE SMALL BUSINESSES. SINCE WE 5538 03:11:39,154 --> 03:11:43,525 ARE TAKING THIS FUNDING AWAY. 5539 03:11:43,525 --> 03:11:45,961 -- WELL, AS WE ARE MENTIONING, 5540 03:11:45,961 --> 03:11:46,595 THE BASELINE OF THESE PROGRAMS 5541 03:11:46,595 --> 03:11:50,732 WILL CONTINUE AND WE WILL USE A 5542 03:11:50,732 --> 03:11:51,366 STREAMLINING PROCESS ON HOW WE 5543 03:11:51,366 --> 03:11:53,335 WILL SERVE THESE BUSINESSES. I 5544 03:11:53,335 --> 03:11:55,770 TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. THE 5545 03:11:55,770 --> 03:11:57,472 BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. 5546 03:11:57,472 --> 03:11:58,974 IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY 5547 03:11:58,974 --> 03:12:02,110 IMPORTANT FOR ME AS WE ARE 5548 03:12:02,110 --> 03:12:02,744 BUILDING OR DIVERSIFICATION OF 5549 03:12:02,744 --> 03:12:06,815 OUR ECONOMY, AND WE BRING MORE 5550 03:12:06,815 --> 03:12:08,283 MID-SIZED BUSINESSES, WE ARE 5551 03:12:08,283 --> 03:12:10,685 BRINGING MORE ACTIVITIES, MORE 5552 03:12:10,685 --> 03:12:12,487 VIBRANCY, THE COMMITMENT OF OUR 5553 03:12:12,487 --> 03:12:15,523 BUDGET IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE 5554 03:12:15,523 --> 03:12:16,157 SERVING BUSINESSES BECAUSE THE 5555 03:12:16,157 --> 03:12:19,127 BASELINE ARE COVERED. IT'S JUST 5556 03:12:19,127 --> 03:12:21,062 NOT AS IT WAS AT ONE TIME. 5557 03:12:21,062 --> 03:12:22,831 EXTENSION OF THE FUNDING, BUT 5558 03:12:22,831 --> 03:12:24,666 THE COMMITMENT IS TO CONTINUE 5559 03:12:24,666 --> 03:12:26,468 SERVING THOSE BUSINESSES WITH 5560 03:12:26,468 --> 03:12:27,435 THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN 5561 03:12:27,435 --> 03:12:30,338 PLACE. 5562 03:12:30,338 --> 03:12:30,605 -- YEAH. 5563 03:12:30,605 --> 03:12:31,706 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, BUT I, I 5564 03:12:31,706 --> 03:12:33,475 GUESS I WANT MORE INFORMATION 5565 03:12:33,475 --> 03:12:36,511 ON, FOR INSTANCE, THE 300 FOR 5566 03:12:36,511 --> 03:12:36,978 ENHANCED CLEANING AND 5567 03:12:36,978 --> 03:12:39,147 NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE BISI HAVE A 5568 03:12:39,147 --> 03:12:41,116 BIA IN THE DISTRICT THAT'S 5569 03:12:41,116 --> 03:12:42,083 RELYING ON THIS FUNDING. I KNOW 5570 03:12:42,083 --> 03:12:44,886 THERE ARE OTHER BISI KNOW THE 5571 03:12:44,886 --> 03:12:46,988 EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THOSE ARE 5572 03:12:46,988 --> 03:12:48,957 RELYING ON THIS FUNDING. SO ARE 5573 03:12:48,957 --> 03:12:49,925 YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE 5574 03:12:49,925 --> 03:12:51,726 THAT WITH THE BASELINE BUDGET? 5575 03:12:51,726 --> 03:12:54,729 IS THAT IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? 5576 03:12:54,729 --> 03:12:56,031 -- THAT'S THE INTENTION. 5577 03:12:56,031 --> 03:12:56,698 THAT'S THE INTENTION THAT WE 5578 03:12:56,698 --> 03:12:58,166 HAVE, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO 5579 03:12:58,166 --> 03:13:00,168 SUPPORT, AND THEN MAKING SURE 5580 03:13:00,168 --> 03:13:02,737 THAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE 5581 03:13:02,737 --> 03:13:04,472 LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE AS THEY 5582 03:13:04,472 --> 03:13:05,073 WAS ONE TIME INVESTMENT. THAT 5583 03:13:05,073 --> 03:13:06,575 WAS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD 5584 03:13:06,575 --> 03:13:07,909 WITH THAT ONE TIME INVESTMENT 5585 03:13:07,909 --> 03:13:09,978 THAT WHAT WAS THE SUSTAINABILITY 5586 03:13:09,978 --> 03:13:12,647 FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO 5587 03:13:12,647 --> 03:13:14,649 CONTINUE HAVING THE WORK? THAT 5588 03:13:14,649 --> 03:13:17,118 WAS PREVIOUS MY TIME, BUT MY 5589 03:13:17,118 --> 03:13:17,686 COMMITMENT GOING FORWARD IS 5590 03:13:17,686 --> 03:13:18,987 REALLY HELPING THOSE 5591 03:13:18,987 --> 03:13:20,355 ORGANIZATIONS TO BE LONG TERM 5592 03:13:20,355 --> 03:13:21,423 SUSTAINABLE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS 5593 03:13:21,423 --> 03:13:22,891 LIKE AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE 5594 03:13:22,891 --> 03:13:24,459 CITY TO HELP THEM TO BE LONG 5595 03:13:24,459 --> 03:13:27,262 TERM SUSTAINABLE IN THAT WAY? 5596 03:13:27,262 --> 03:13:28,697 IT'S JUST TO RESPOND TO THE 5597 03:13:28,697 --> 03:13:31,066 NEEDS OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS, 5598 03:13:31,066 --> 03:13:32,100 WHICH 100% AGREE WITH WHAT 5599 03:13:32,100 --> 03:13:33,535 YOU'RE SAYING. COUNCILMEMBER, 5600 03:13:33,535 --> 03:13:36,838 BUT ALSO LIKE, WHAT IS THE LONG 5601 03:13:36,838 --> 03:13:37,439 TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR THOSE 5602 03:13:37,439 --> 03:13:40,041 ORGANIZATIONS TO BE THRIVING 5603 03:13:40,041 --> 03:13:41,876 INTO THE WORK THAT THEY DO. 5604 03:13:41,876 --> 03:13:43,945 -- AND THINGS LIKE THE DOWNTOWN 5605 03:13:43,945 --> 03:13:45,046 ACTIVATION PLAN, BECAUSE WE'RE 5606 03:13:45,046 --> 03:13:47,182 WE STILL HAVE HUGE VACANCY RATES 5607 03:13:47,182 --> 03:13:49,084 DOWNTOWN, WHICH MEANS WE'RE 5608 03:13:49,084 --> 03:13:51,219 SEEING, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO 5609 03:13:51,219 --> 03:13:53,188 SEE THE SAME ISSUES, WHICH WAS 5610 03:13:53,188 --> 03:13:56,124 THE REASON WHY WE PUT, YOU KNOW, 5611 03:13:56,124 --> 03:13:57,859 THE, THE DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION 5612 03:13:57,859 --> 03:14:00,795 PLAN DOLLARS INTO THE BUDGET. SO 5613 03:14:00,795 --> 03:14:03,031 JUST IF YOU WOULD MOVING FORWARD 5614 03:14:03,031 --> 03:14:04,399 AND IN THE TRACKER AD, HOW 5615 03:14:04,399 --> 03:14:06,167 YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS EACH OF 5616 03:14:06,167 --> 03:14:07,969 THESE PROGRAMS I'M READING FROM 5617 03:14:07,969 --> 03:14:09,704 THE BUDGET BOOK, BY THE WAY, AND 5618 03:14:09,704 --> 03:14:11,339 THE BUDGET BOOK HAS. THESE ARE 5619 03:14:11,339 --> 03:14:13,575 THE THINGS THAT WE'RE BEING 5620 03:14:13,575 --> 03:14:14,209 FUNDED WITH THE 11 MILLION. SO I 5621 03:14:14,209 --> 03:14:16,878 WANTED TO, FOR THE RECORD, 5622 03:14:16,878 --> 03:14:17,612 STATE, WHAT THESE THINGS WERE 5623 03:14:17,612 --> 03:14:21,216 THAT WE'RE LOSING. MAYBE OR 5624 03:14:21,216 --> 03:14:23,385 MAYBE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO 5625 03:14:23,385 --> 03:14:23,918 BACKFILL IT WITH BASELINE 5626 03:14:23,918 --> 03:14:26,287 BUDGET. SO YOU'LL LET US KNOW 5627 03:14:26,287 --> 03:14:27,789 WHICH OF THESE YOU'RE ABLE TO 5628 03:14:27,789 --> 03:14:29,657 DO. THANK YOU DIRECTOR. AND THEN 5629 03:14:29,657 --> 03:14:31,292 THE LAST THING I WILL POINT OUT 5630 03:14:31,292 --> 03:14:33,395 IS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS 5631 03:14:33,395 --> 03:14:36,264 VACANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 5632 03:14:36,264 --> 03:14:38,266 SPECIALIST POSITION, BECAUSE I 5633 03:14:38,266 --> 03:14:40,635 KNOW THESE FOLKS ARE THE ONES 5634 03:14:40,635 --> 03:14:42,237 THAT WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE 5635 03:14:42,237 --> 03:14:43,605 BUSINESSES ON THE GROUND. AND SO 5636 03:14:43,605 --> 03:14:44,673 I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS 5637 03:14:44,673 --> 03:14:46,541 POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT, BUT I 5638 03:14:46,541 --> 03:14:50,111 KNOW THAT WE, AGAIN, SMALL 5639 03:14:50,111 --> 03:14:52,013 BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY 5640 03:14:52,013 --> 03:14:54,649 REALLY RELY ON THE COMMUNITY 5641 03:14:54,649 --> 03:14:55,283 DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST. SO ARE 5642 03:14:55,283 --> 03:14:57,752 YOU ABLE TO TAKE UP THE WORK OF 5643 03:14:57,752 --> 03:14:59,120 THIS POSITION WITH THE OTHER 5644 03:14:59,120 --> 03:15:01,890 FOLKS THAT ARE WILL STILL BE 5645 03:15:01,890 --> 03:15:02,123 THERE? 5646 03:15:02,123 --> 03:15:04,426 -- YES. WHEN WE WERE MAKING 5647 03:15:04,426 --> 03:15:05,660 THESE DECISIONS, WE DIDN'T DO 5648 03:15:05,660 --> 03:15:06,995 ANYTHING LIKE THIS. SO WE WERE 5649 03:15:06,995 --> 03:15:09,364 DOING A REALLY GOOD. ASSESSMENT 5650 03:15:09,364 --> 03:15:10,699 OF WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES 5651 03:15:10,699 --> 03:15:14,369 THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DEPARTMENT 5652 03:15:14,369 --> 03:15:15,904 TO STREAMLINING DUPLICATION. AND 5653 03:15:15,904 --> 03:15:17,706 WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE BEING 5654 03:15:17,706 --> 03:15:21,342 ABLE TO DO OUR WORK BASED ON 5655 03:15:21,342 --> 03:15:23,144 THAT ASSESSMENT. SO THAT'S MY 5656 03:15:23,144 --> 03:15:23,778 ALSO COMMITMENT OF WHAT WE ARE 5657 03:15:23,778 --> 03:15:26,715 MAKING. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS 5658 03:15:26,715 --> 03:15:28,717 AND THESE DECISIONS IS THE WORK 5659 03:15:28,717 --> 03:15:30,085 WILL CONTINUE AND WE WILL JUST 5660 03:15:30,085 --> 03:15:32,320 BE MORE EFFICIENT AND 5661 03:15:32,320 --> 03:15:34,189 STREAMLINING THE PROCESSES FOR 5662 03:15:34,189 --> 03:15:36,291 OUR DEPARTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY 5663 03:15:36,291 --> 03:15:39,060 FOR THE BACON AND THE ONE THAT 5664 03:15:39,060 --> 03:15:39,794 WAS ALREADY THE ONE THAT THE 5665 03:15:39,794 --> 03:15:41,029 OTHER POSITION THAT WAS 5666 03:15:41,029 --> 03:15:42,730 ELIMINATED, WE ALSO KIND OF 5667 03:15:42,730 --> 03:15:44,165 RESTRUCTURING AND KIND OF LIKE 5668 03:15:44,165 --> 03:15:45,166 ON THE IT WAS UNDER UTILIZED, 5669 03:15:45,166 --> 03:15:46,935 AND THEN IT WOULD BE ON THE 5670 03:15:46,935 --> 03:15:48,303 INITIATIVES OF A NEW POSITION 5671 03:15:48,303 --> 03:15:50,438 THAT WE'RE HIRING FOR. 5672 03:15:50,438 --> 03:15:51,306 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, AND 5673 03:15:51,306 --> 03:15:56,077 SORRY, ONE LAST QUESTION. THE 5674 03:15:56,077 --> 03:15:56,711 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES LOOKS LIKE 5675 03:15:56,711 --> 03:15:59,881 WAS ALSO ONE TIME IT WAS 4.2 5676 03:15:59,881 --> 03:16:01,349 MILLION AND IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE 5677 03:16:01,349 --> 03:16:03,151 IT WAS PART OF THE 11 MILLION. 5678 03:16:03,151 --> 03:16:05,420 UNLESS I'M WRONG. SO WHAT DO WE 5679 03:16:05,420 --> 03:16:07,155 FOR GOING THERE? WHAT WAS I 5680 03:16:07,155 --> 03:16:09,190 DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STRATEGIC 5681 03:16:09,190 --> 03:16:12,293 INITIATIVES WAS FUNDING. 5682 03:16:12,293 --> 03:16:12,927 -- AND THOSE WERE LARGELY A LOT 5683 03:16:12,927 --> 03:16:14,095 OF THE DOLLARS AS WELL. SO THAT 5684 03:16:14,095 --> 03:16:16,064 ACTUALLY WAS PART OF THAT $11.7 5685 03:16:16,064 --> 03:16:17,332 MILLION. WAS. YEAH. 5686 03:16:17,332 --> 03:16:17,599 -- OKAY. 5687 03:16:17,599 --> 03:16:18,466 -- THANK YOU. AND WE ARE 5688 03:16:18,466 --> 03:16:20,068 MAINTAINING SOME FUNDS WITHIN 5689 03:16:20,068 --> 03:16:21,369 THERE AS WELL FOR LIBERTY 5690 03:16:21,369 --> 03:16:23,271 PROJECTS, SOME OTHER KEY 5691 03:16:23,271 --> 03:16:23,538 PROGRAMS. 5692 03:16:23,538 --> 03:16:24,205 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK 5693 03:16:24,205 --> 03:16:24,772 YOU, CHAIR. 5694 03:16:24,772 --> 03:16:26,274 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5695 03:16:26,274 --> 03:16:28,843 RIVERA. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5696 03:16:28,843 --> 03:16:31,179 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. WELCOME. 5697 03:16:31,179 --> 03:16:32,747 DIRECTOR YARCE, AND APPRECIATE 5698 03:16:32,747 --> 03:16:35,216 YOU BEING HERE. AND AND OF 5699 03:16:35,216 --> 03:16:37,452 COURSE, MR. REGIS AS WELL. AND 5700 03:16:37,452 --> 03:16:40,088 DIRECTOR PENNUCCI STILL HOLDING 5701 03:16:40,088 --> 03:16:41,122 STRONG AT 446 IN THE AFTERNOON. 5702 03:16:41,122 --> 03:16:45,493 AND ALONG WITH MR. CHA, OUR 5703 03:16:45,493 --> 03:16:46,361 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL 5704 03:16:46,361 --> 03:16:47,595 STAFF. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE 5705 03:16:47,595 --> 03:16:49,330 THINGS YOU HIGHLIGHTED IN YOUR 5706 03:16:49,330 --> 03:16:51,266 BRIEFING, AFFORDABILITY. WE TEND 5707 03:16:51,266 --> 03:16:53,334 TO DEFAULT TO AFFORDABILITY FOR 5708 03:16:53,334 --> 03:16:55,603 YOUR AVERAGE PERSON, INDIVIDUAL 5709 03:16:55,603 --> 03:16:57,305 CONSTITUENT. CAN YOU SPEAK TO 5710 03:16:57,305 --> 03:16:59,874 THE AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES 5711 03:16:59,874 --> 03:17:02,377 WITHIN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY 5712 03:17:02,377 --> 03:17:05,180 -- YES. SO SO ONE, AS WE LAUNCH 5713 03:17:05,180 --> 03:17:06,548 OF OUR EXECUTIVE ORDER, ONE OF 5714 03:17:06,548 --> 03:17:08,583 THE CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE IN 5715 03:17:08,583 --> 03:17:10,718 THE REPORT, THE SEAWALL, THE 5716 03:17:10,718 --> 03:17:12,687 SEATTLE RESILIENT ECONOMY, IS 5717 03:17:12,687 --> 03:17:14,322 HOW DO WE CREATE MORE 5718 03:17:14,322 --> 03:17:15,623 PREDICTABILITY? HOW DO WE CREATE 5719 03:17:15,623 --> 03:17:17,458 MORE STREAMLINING PROCESSES FOR 5720 03:17:17,458 --> 03:17:19,060 THOSE BUSINESSES TO BE MORE 5721 03:17:19,060 --> 03:17:22,397 AFFORDABLE? IN TERMS OF HOW DO 5722 03:17:22,397 --> 03:17:23,565 THEY CHOOSE TO BE IN SEATTLE? 5723 03:17:23,565 --> 03:17:25,934 AND THAT WAY, HOW WE ARE SENDING 5724 03:17:25,934 --> 03:17:27,135 A MESSAGE THAT THEY ARE WELCOME 5725 03:17:27,135 --> 03:17:28,670 TO BE HERE. THAT IS ONE PIECE 5726 03:17:28,670 --> 03:17:30,205 THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE 5727 03:17:30,205 --> 03:17:32,473 TASK FORCE, AS WELL AS WE ARE 5728 03:17:32,473 --> 03:17:34,175 CONVENING, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO 5729 03:17:34,175 --> 03:17:36,211 LAUNCH THAT. AS I MENTIONED IN 5730 03:17:36,211 --> 03:17:39,047 MY EARLY PRESENTATION, 5731 03:17:39,047 --> 03:17:40,815 AFFORDABILITY IS SQUEEZING 5732 03:17:40,815 --> 03:17:42,550 FAMILIES. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, 5733 03:17:42,550 --> 03:17:44,352 ALSO SQUEEZING BUSINESSES, SMALL 5734 03:17:44,352 --> 03:17:45,753 BUSINESSES AND ALL SIZE 5735 03:17:45,753 --> 03:17:48,556 BUSINESSES. SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE 5736 03:17:48,556 --> 03:17:50,491 DEFINING HOW WE ARE GOING TO 5737 03:17:50,491 --> 03:17:51,793 MAKE IT FASTER FOR BUSINESSES. 5738 03:17:51,793 --> 03:17:53,494 AND ALSO, WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES 5739 03:17:53,494 --> 03:17:55,063 THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY IN OUR CITY 5740 03:17:55,063 --> 03:18:01,336 TO ATTRACT AND MAKE IT MORE 5741 03:18:01,336 --> 03:18:03,972 INCENTIVES HERE IN SEATTLE. 5742 03:18:03,972 --> 03:18:05,406 -- THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE 5743 03:18:05,406 --> 03:18:06,608 INCLUDING IT BECAUSE I THINK WE 5744 03:18:06,608 --> 03:18:07,876 NEED TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF 5745 03:18:07,876 --> 03:18:09,143 UNDERSTANDING OF BUSINESS 5746 03:18:09,143 --> 03:18:10,278 AFFORDABILITY, TOO, BECAUSE I 5747 03:18:10,278 --> 03:18:12,180 DON'T THINK IT REALLY IS 5748 03:18:12,180 --> 03:18:13,147 THOUGHT OF FIRST. I'VE BEEN 5749 03:18:13,147 --> 03:18:14,282 TRYING TO PUSH IT OVER A NUMBER 5750 03:18:14,282 --> 03:18:16,017 OF MONTHS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE 5751 03:18:16,017 --> 03:18:18,052 WERE DOING WITH DIFFERENT THINGS 5752 03:18:18,052 --> 03:18:20,221 THAT LEGISLATIVELY THAT WE'VE 5753 03:18:20,221 --> 03:18:21,823 DONE RELATED TO TRANSIT MEASURE 5754 03:18:21,823 --> 03:18:22,924 OR ANYTHING ELSE IN TERMS OF THE 5755 03:18:22,924 --> 03:18:25,627 IMPACTS ON BUSINESS, JUST FOR 5756 03:18:25,627 --> 03:18:27,362 CONSIDERATION. YOU KNOW, I DID 5757 03:18:27,362 --> 03:18:29,464 VOTE, BUT TO RAISE THE AWARENESS 5758 03:18:29,464 --> 03:18:30,932 AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S 5759 03:18:30,932 --> 03:18:31,566 CONSIDERED AND ACCOUNTED FOR, I 5760 03:18:31,566 --> 03:18:34,936 THINK IS SUPER IMPORTANT. QUICK 5761 03:18:34,936 --> 03:18:37,238 CURIOSITY QUESTION, BY THE WAY, 5762 03:18:37,238 --> 03:18:38,606 SEAWALL, WHAT DROVE SEAWALL TO 5763 03:18:38,606 --> 03:18:40,008 BE THE NAME OF THE, YOU KNOW, 5764 03:18:40,008 --> 03:18:43,511 THE ASSESSMENT. 5765 03:18:43,511 --> 03:18:45,914 -- THAT WAS THE DECISION THAT 5766 03:18:45,914 --> 03:18:47,815 THE ECONOMIST RYAN DONAHOE WANTS 5767 03:18:47,815 --> 03:18:50,218 TO KIND OF CREATE THAT CONCEPT 5768 03:18:50,218 --> 03:18:52,520 OF SEAWALL, THE RESILIENT 5769 03:18:52,520 --> 03:18:55,223 ECONOMY OF THE SEAWALL. SO HOW 5770 03:18:55,223 --> 03:18:57,058 THE SEAWALL IS VERY STRONG AND 5771 03:18:57,058 --> 03:18:58,593 HOW IT'S CREATED. THE SEAWALL 5772 03:18:58,593 --> 03:18:59,227 WAS CREATED. IT'S, YOU KNOW, 5773 03:18:59,227 --> 03:19:03,131 YOU KNOW, THIS HOW A SEAWALL WAS 5774 03:19:03,131 --> 03:19:04,299 BUILT. THAT'S KIND OF THE 5775 03:19:04,299 --> 03:19:06,034 CONCEPT OF HOW WE'RE BUILDING A 5776 03:19:06,034 --> 03:19:08,536 MORE RESILIENT ECONOMY WITH THE 5777 03:19:08,536 --> 03:19:09,771 MULTIPLE ELEMENTS OF WHAT 5778 03:19:09,771 --> 03:19:10,972 SEAWALL IS. SO THAT WAS KIND OF 5779 03:19:10,972 --> 03:19:11,773 LIKE THE BEHIND THE SCENES. HE 5780 03:19:11,773 --> 03:19:13,374 MIGHT PROBABLY ARTICULATE IT 5781 03:19:13,374 --> 03:19:14,742 BETTER THAN ME BECAUSE HE'S THE 5782 03:19:14,742 --> 03:19:17,445 ONE WHO, WHO KIND OF REALLY 5783 03:19:17,445 --> 03:19:21,382 IDENTIFY WITH THAT KIND OF 5784 03:19:21,382 --> 03:19:21,649 BRANDING. 5785 03:19:21,649 --> 03:19:23,184 -- I LIKE IT. IT'S INTERESTING 5786 03:19:23,184 --> 03:19:24,986 BECAUSE IT INVOKES CERTAIN 5787 03:19:24,986 --> 03:19:26,521 THINGS, BUT OBVIOUSLY IN THE 5788 03:19:26,521 --> 03:19:27,455 BUSINESS WORLD, WE ALSO HAVE TO 5789 03:19:27,455 --> 03:19:30,091 BROADEN AND EXPAND AS WELL. IN 5790 03:19:30,091 --> 03:19:31,626 ADDITION TO PROTECT AND SO 5791 03:19:31,626 --> 03:19:34,062 FORTH. SO I JUST FOUND IT 5792 03:19:34,062 --> 03:19:34,896 INTERESTING THAT JUST JUST A 5793 03:19:34,896 --> 03:19:35,863 GENERAL QUESTION, WHICH IS A 5794 03:19:35,863 --> 03:19:39,167 GREAT LEAD IN TO THE IDEA OF 5795 03:19:39,167 --> 03:19:40,034 DIVERSITY OF, YOU KNOW, YOU 5796 03:19:40,034 --> 03:19:41,569 KNOW, THE IDEA OF ENSURING A 5797 03:19:41,569 --> 03:19:43,604 BROADENED ECONOMIC BASE, 5798 03:19:43,604 --> 03:19:46,541 RESILIENT BASE. EVERYBODY THINKS 5799 03:19:46,541 --> 03:19:47,542 WE'RE TECH, WHICH IS REALLY FAR 5800 03:19:47,542 --> 03:19:50,044 FROM THE TRUTH BECAUSE, WELL, A, 5801 03:19:50,044 --> 03:19:50,912 THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF TECH. 5802 03:19:50,912 --> 03:19:52,547 BIOTECH IS HUGE HERE. NOBODY 5803 03:19:52,547 --> 03:19:54,148 REALLY TALKS ABOUT THAT EITHER. 5804 03:19:54,148 --> 03:19:56,417 BUT WE ARE ALSO A MARITIME PLACE 5805 03:19:56,417 --> 03:19:58,186 AND WE'RE THE ECONOMIC HUB WITH 5806 03:19:58,186 --> 03:20:00,121 EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THAT. 5807 03:20:00,121 --> 03:20:01,656 AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 5808 03:20:01,656 --> 03:20:04,125 AS SOMEBODY WHO REPRESENTS 5809 03:20:04,125 --> 03:20:05,259 DOWNTOWN IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE 5810 03:20:05,259 --> 03:20:07,261 DOING, CAN YOU SPEAK TO, SINCE 5811 03:20:07,261 --> 03:20:09,731 IT IS ONE OF MY PRIORITIES, 5812 03:20:09,731 --> 03:20:10,264 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, THE 5813 03:20:10,264 --> 03:20:11,032 MARITIME PIECE AND WHAT YOU'RE 5814 03:20:11,032 --> 03:20:12,433 DOING, YOU MENTIONED IN THERE, 5815 03:20:12,433 --> 03:20:14,702 YOU KNOW, THE THE MARITIME 5816 03:20:14,702 --> 03:20:15,636 INNOVATION HUB AND SOME OF THE 5817 03:20:15,636 --> 03:20:16,671 WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON 5818 03:20:16,671 --> 03:20:19,006 MARITIME. CAN YOU SPEAK TO YOUR 5819 03:20:19,006 --> 03:20:20,274 INTERACTION WITH THAT COMMUNITY 5820 03:20:20,274 --> 03:20:22,076 AS AN EXAMPLE? 5821 03:20:22,076 --> 03:20:23,478 -- YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT 5822 03:20:23,478 --> 03:20:25,513 QUESTION. AS PART OF THAT, THE 5823 03:20:25,513 --> 03:20:26,614 DIVERSIFICATION OF THE ECONOMY, 5824 03:20:26,614 --> 03:20:27,715 MARITIME IS ONE OF THE 5825 03:20:27,715 --> 03:20:30,018 INDUSTRIES THAT WE IDENTIFY AS 5826 03:20:30,018 --> 03:20:31,419 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BLUE 5827 03:20:31,419 --> 03:20:33,354 ECONOMY AND HOW MUCH CONTRIBUTED 5828 03:20:33,354 --> 03:20:36,858 TO A REGION. SO YES, WE ARE 5829 03:20:36,858 --> 03:20:37,525 PRIORITIZING AND THAT'S PART OF 5830 03:20:37,525 --> 03:20:39,360 THE TASK FORCE. AND THE TASK 5831 03:20:39,360 --> 03:20:40,661 FORCE HAS REPRESENTATION IN THAT 5832 03:20:40,661 --> 03:20:42,864 INDUSTRY THAT WILL HELP US TO 5833 03:20:42,864 --> 03:20:43,531 KIND OF ON FEBRUARY 2027, THAT 5834 03:20:43,531 --> 03:20:45,433 WILL GIVE US OUR FIRST 5835 03:20:45,433 --> 03:20:46,033 RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT THEY 5836 03:20:46,033 --> 03:20:48,369 FIND OUT. AND THEN BY JUNE 2027, 5837 03:20:48,369 --> 03:20:50,038 THEY WILL GIVE US A FULL 5838 03:20:50,038 --> 03:20:50,972 RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT IS WHAT 5839 03:20:50,972 --> 03:20:53,541 WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO 5840 03:20:53,541 --> 03:20:54,108 DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY. AND 5841 03:20:54,108 --> 03:20:57,311 MARITIME IS ONE OF THEM, BUT 5842 03:20:57,311 --> 03:20:58,713 ALSO CLEAN TECH MANUFACTURE. AND 5843 03:20:58,713 --> 03:21:01,449 WE REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE. AND 5844 03:21:01,449 --> 03:21:03,251 THEN HOW DO WE BUILD THOSE 5845 03:21:03,251 --> 03:21:04,986 INDUSTRIES? AND WHEN WE SAY 5846 03:21:04,986 --> 03:21:06,154 MIDSIZE BUSINESS COMPANIES, WE 5847 03:21:06,154 --> 03:21:08,823 ARE TALKING ABOUT 50 TO 250 5848 03:21:08,823 --> 03:21:11,526 EMPLOYEES, WHICH ACCORDING TO 5849 03:21:11,526 --> 03:21:12,393 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THAT'S 5850 03:21:12,393 --> 03:21:13,928 CONSIDERED A SMALL BUSINESS AS 5851 03:21:13,928 --> 03:21:14,996 WELL. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE 5852 03:21:14,996 --> 03:21:16,731 JUST NEED TO KIND OF FIND THE 5853 03:21:16,731 --> 03:21:17,965 SWEET SPOT ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO 5854 03:21:17,965 --> 03:21:21,702 CONTINUE SUPPORTING THOSE THAT 5855 03:21:21,702 --> 03:21:23,871 MIDSIZE COMPANIES 5856 03:21:23,871 --> 03:21:25,306 -- THANK YOU. AND I JUST NOTE 5857 03:21:25,306 --> 03:21:26,908 ALL THESE THINGS ARE SUPER 5858 03:21:26,908 --> 03:21:27,442 IMPORTANT. ADDRESSING THE 5859 03:21:27,442 --> 03:21:29,210 UNDERLYING PUBLIC SAFETY PIECES, 5860 03:21:29,210 --> 03:21:31,078 BECAUSE THAT GOES TO, YOU KNOW, 5861 03:21:31,078 --> 03:21:35,149 LIKE THE SHIFT IN PROPERTY TAXES 5862 03:21:35,149 --> 03:21:35,817 OFF TO THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE 5863 03:21:35,817 --> 03:21:38,486 THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMERCIAL 5864 03:21:38,486 --> 03:21:40,154 REAL ESTATE IN DOWNTOWN, FOR 5865 03:21:40,154 --> 03:21:42,123 EXAMPLE, IS, IS COLLAPSED, NOT 5866 03:21:42,123 --> 03:21:42,790 COLLAPSED, MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT 5867 03:21:42,790 --> 03:21:45,460 TOO STRONG, BUT SEVERELY 5868 03:21:45,460 --> 03:21:47,562 IMPACTED. AND THEN YOU THROW IN, 5869 03:21:47,562 --> 03:21:49,163 RIGHT. AND SOME OF THESE OTHER 5870 03:21:49,163 --> 03:21:50,832 PIECES, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE 5871 03:21:50,832 --> 03:21:52,100 REVENUE AND WE'RE, WE'RE 5872 03:21:52,100 --> 03:21:53,768 BASICALLY PRESENTED WITH A, A 5873 03:21:53,768 --> 03:21:56,504 BUDGET. THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, 5874 03:21:56,504 --> 03:21:58,506 THE DESIGN OF OUR, OUR CBO 5875 03:21:58,506 --> 03:22:00,508 DIRECTOR, WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF 5876 03:22:00,508 --> 03:22:03,077 WE'RE, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD 5877 03:22:03,077 --> 03:22:04,679 LIKE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S 5878 03:22:04,679 --> 03:22:08,282 BASICALLY WE'RE IN A. ROB. 5879 03:22:08,282 --> 03:22:10,084 PETER TO PAY PAUL BECAUSE THESE 5880 03:22:10,084 --> 03:22:10,718 REVENUE PIECES ARE NOT GOING TO 5881 03:22:10,718 --> 03:22:11,319 INCREASE OVERNIGHT TO GIVE US 5882 03:22:11,319 --> 03:22:12,220 DIFFERENT THINGS. SO UNLESS THE, 5883 03:22:12,220 --> 03:22:16,824 THE, THE, THE FORECAST COMES IN 5884 03:22:16,824 --> 03:22:17,558 BEAUTIFULLY AND ALL THESE OTHER 5885 03:22:17,558 --> 03:22:18,993 THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A 5886 03:22:18,993 --> 03:22:20,628 VERY DIFFICULT STATE, AND WE'RE 5887 03:22:20,628 --> 03:22:22,129 GOING TO BE IN THAT. ROB PETER 5888 03:22:22,129 --> 03:22:26,767 TO PAY PAUL SITUATION. AND IF 5889 03:22:26,767 --> 03:22:27,602 ONCE YOU'RE ROBBING PETER, 5890 03:22:27,602 --> 03:22:28,836 THAT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A 5891 03:22:28,836 --> 03:22:30,805 VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET PIECE. 5892 03:22:30,805 --> 03:22:31,439 I'M SAYING THIS IN A VERY 5893 03:22:31,439 --> 03:22:33,608 GENERIC WAY, AND IT'S GOING TO 5894 03:22:33,608 --> 03:22:37,578 BE DIFFICULT FOR US AS A 5895 03:22:37,578 --> 03:22:39,547 COUNCILMEMBERS. AND WITH SOME 5896 03:22:39,547 --> 03:22:41,115 POTENTIAL NO VOTES BECAUSE OF 5897 03:22:41,115 --> 03:22:42,483 THAT SIMPLE FACT. SO ANYWAYS, 5898 03:22:42,483 --> 03:22:43,317 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 5899 03:22:43,317 --> 03:22:44,218 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5900 03:22:44,218 --> 03:22:47,455 FOSTER, FOLLOWED BY 5901 03:22:47,455 --> 03:22:47,889 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5902 03:22:47,889 --> 03:22:50,658 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, 5903 03:22:50,658 --> 03:22:51,158 CHAIR. AND AS ALWAYS, I 5904 03:22:51,158 --> 03:22:54,428 APPRECIATE YOU. DIRECTOR YARCE. 5905 03:22:54,428 --> 03:22:56,831 AND I JUST I'M GOING TO BE 5906 03:22:56,831 --> 03:22:57,331 REALLY BRIEF WITH MY MY 5907 03:22:57,331 --> 03:22:59,033 QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK. I 5908 03:22:59,033 --> 03:23:01,302 KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THAT THESE 5909 03:23:01,302 --> 03:23:03,204 REDUCTIONS ARE REMOVING ONE TIME 5910 03:23:03,204 --> 03:23:04,338 ITEMS AND OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE 5911 03:23:04,338 --> 03:23:06,374 FUNDED AS ONE TIME ITEMS. SO BUT 5912 03:23:06,374 --> 03:23:09,210 I WANT TO JUST ASK IN TERMS OF 5913 03:23:09,210 --> 03:23:10,444 THE SALE FUND, WILL WE STILL BE 5914 03:23:10,444 --> 03:23:14,148 ABLE TO GET THE REPORT BACK IN 5915 03:23:14,148 --> 03:23:15,983 TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL OF THE 5916 03:23:15,983 --> 03:23:16,918 EXPENDITURES THERE? ONE, YOU 5917 03:23:16,918 --> 03:23:17,552 KNOW, EARLIER THIS YEAR, I GOT 5918 03:23:17,552 --> 03:23:18,286 THE CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH SOME 5919 03:23:18,286 --> 03:23:21,556 OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN LAKE 5920 03:23:21,556 --> 03:23:23,691 CITY TO JUST BE A PART OF THE 5921 03:23:23,691 --> 03:23:24,825 CONVERSATION. DIRECTOR YARCE, 5922 03:23:24,825 --> 03:23:27,061 YOU WERE THERE, I THINK PRIOR TO 5923 03:23:27,061 --> 03:23:28,996 EVEN BEING CONFIRMED. AND, AND 5924 03:23:28,996 --> 03:23:30,631 CERTAINLY I THINK WE GOT TO HEAR 5925 03:23:30,631 --> 03:23:32,099 A LOT OF THINGS FROM, FROM FOLKS 5926 03:23:32,099 --> 03:23:34,969 IN TERMS OF GAPS IN THE 5927 03:23:34,969 --> 03:23:35,503 COMMUNITY AND GAPS IN THE 5928 03:23:35,503 --> 03:23:36,437 BUSINESSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 5929 03:23:36,437 --> 03:23:39,473 AND EVEN THOUGH WE WON'T HAVE 5930 03:23:39,473 --> 03:23:40,775 THE ABILITY TO CARRY OVER AND 5931 03:23:40,775 --> 03:23:41,842 CONTINUE THESE ONE TIME ADS 5932 03:23:41,842 --> 03:23:43,311 PERMANENTLY INTO THE FUTURE, 5933 03:23:43,311 --> 03:23:44,245 I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF THERE'S 5934 03:23:44,245 --> 03:23:47,014 THINGS WE NEED TO LEARN FROM 5935 03:23:47,014 --> 03:23:47,682 THOSE ONE TIME INVESTMENTS THAT 5936 03:23:47,682 --> 03:23:50,451 MAYBE WE, YOU KNOW, WE PUT INTO 5937 03:23:50,451 --> 03:23:51,352 OTHER RESOURCES, OR IF WE HAVE 5938 03:23:51,352 --> 03:23:52,954 THE ABILITY IN FUTURE YEARS TO 5939 03:23:52,954 --> 03:23:55,389 CONTINUE INVESTING. OKAY, THAT 5940 03:23:55,389 --> 03:23:56,891 WAS A LONG QUESTION. 5941 03:23:56,891 --> 03:23:58,459 -- A SHORT ANSWER, WONDERFUL 5942 03:23:58,459 --> 03:24:02,563 QUESTION. AND WE ARE ACTUALLY ON 5943 03:24:02,563 --> 03:24:03,197 THE PROCESS TO DO PRESENTATIONS 5944 03:24:03,197 --> 03:24:04,432 TO COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT WHERE WE 5945 03:24:04,432 --> 03:24:07,902 ARE WITH SALE. SO HOW THOSE 5946 03:24:07,902 --> 03:24:09,136 INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND 5947 03:24:09,136 --> 03:24:11,772 THE AND THEN WORKING WITH 5948 03:24:11,772 --> 03:24:12,306 MAYOR'S OFFICE AND ALSO 5949 03:24:12,306 --> 03:24:13,240 COUNCILMEMBER LIAISON. SO STAY 5950 03:24:13,240 --> 03:24:15,309 TUNED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO 5951 03:24:15,309 --> 03:24:15,910 COME AND PRESENT OF WHAT ARE 5952 03:24:15,910 --> 03:24:17,345 THOSE INVESTMENTS? HOW WE'RE 5953 03:24:17,345 --> 03:24:18,346 DEPLOYING THE FUNDS, WHAT ARE 5954 03:24:18,346 --> 03:24:20,615 WE'RE ASKING FOR THOSE 5955 03:24:20,615 --> 03:24:22,650 ORGANIZATIONS TO ACHIEVE AND 5956 03:24:22,650 --> 03:24:23,918 WHAT ARE THE, THE DATA THAT WE 5957 03:24:23,918 --> 03:24:26,687 ARE REQUESTING FOR THOSE 5958 03:24:26,687 --> 03:24:29,323 INVESTMENTS IN THAT WAY, WE NOT 5959 03:24:29,323 --> 03:24:30,524 ONLY LEARN, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE 5960 03:24:30,524 --> 03:24:32,593 SUPPORT THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO 5961 03:24:32,593 --> 03:24:33,361 BE MORE SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM? 5962 03:24:33,361 --> 03:24:34,895 BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE 5963 03:24:34,895 --> 03:24:36,964 MAIN VISION AND THE MAIN GOAL 5964 03:24:36,964 --> 03:24:38,032 AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND 5965 03:24:38,032 --> 03:24:39,567 HELPING THEM TO KIND OF CONTINUE 5966 03:24:39,567 --> 03:24:40,601 THE WORK FORWARD, EVEN IF THE 5967 03:24:40,601 --> 03:24:42,303 CITY IS NOT MAKING AN 5968 03:24:42,303 --> 03:24:44,338 INVESTMENT. SO THAT'S PART OF 5969 03:24:44,338 --> 03:24:46,474 THE THIS DEPLOY SPECIFICALLY 5970 03:24:46,474 --> 03:24:48,275 WITH LAKE CITY, WE JUST FINISHED 5971 03:24:48,275 --> 03:24:51,212 ALL THAT, BUT ALSO WITH CITY. SO 5972 03:24:51,212 --> 03:24:53,414 STAY TUNED BECAUSE WE WILL COME 5973 03:24:53,414 --> 03:24:56,584 SOON TO PRESENT TO 5974 03:24:56,584 --> 03:24:57,118 COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT THIS 5975 03:24:57,118 --> 03:24:57,585 SPECIFIC INVESTMENT. 5976 03:24:57,585 --> 03:24:58,319 -- THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO 5977 03:24:58,319 --> 03:25:00,354 THAT. AND I THINK THIS IS 5978 03:25:00,354 --> 03:25:02,323 ALREADY KIND OF ENCOMPASSED IN 5979 03:25:02,323 --> 03:25:04,425 WHAT YOU WERE SAYING DIRECTORY, 5980 03:25:04,425 --> 03:25:05,860 BUT TO THE EXTENT, IF I REMEMBER 5981 03:25:05,860 --> 03:25:07,495 WHAT I HEARD FROM FOLKS, SOME OF 5982 03:25:07,495 --> 03:25:09,096 THE THINGS WERE SORT OF 5983 03:25:09,096 --> 03:25:11,899 FINANCIAL AND SOME WERE 5984 03:25:11,899 --> 03:25:13,267 NONFINANCIAL CHANGES THAT I 5985 03:25:13,267 --> 03:25:13,868 THINK SOME OF THE BUSINESSES 5986 03:25:13,868 --> 03:25:15,236 WERE HOPING THE CITY COULD 5987 03:25:15,236 --> 03:25:16,103 ADDRESS. OR MAYBE I SHOULDN'T 5988 03:25:16,103 --> 03:25:17,538 SAY THEIR NONFINANCIAL, BUT 5989 03:25:17,538 --> 03:25:19,040 THERE ARE THINGS LIKE OUR SIGN 5990 03:25:19,040 --> 03:25:20,041 CODE, RIGHT. AND OTHER THINGS 5991 03:25:20,041 --> 03:25:21,842 THAT IMPACT THE ABILITY FOR 5992 03:25:21,842 --> 03:25:23,611 THOSE BUSINESSES TO OPERATE WITH 5993 03:25:23,611 --> 03:25:25,846 EASE AND TO NAVIGATE THE CITY. 5994 03:25:25,846 --> 03:25:26,781 SO AS YOU PLAN THAT REPORT BACK, 5995 03:25:26,781 --> 03:25:28,482 I HOPE WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO 5996 03:25:28,482 --> 03:25:30,851 HEAR BOTH ABOUT THE FINANCIAL 5997 03:25:30,851 --> 03:25:32,053 INVESTMENTS, BUT ALSO SOME OF 5998 03:25:32,053 --> 03:25:33,387 THE CHANGES JUST IN OUR EXISTING 5999 03:25:33,387 --> 03:25:35,089 BUSINESS PRACTICES OR ENGAGEMENT 6000 03:25:35,089 --> 03:25:38,092 THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE 6001 03:25:38,092 --> 03:25:39,427 MAKING IT EASIER TO OPERATE A 6002 03:25:39,427 --> 03:25:41,395 SMALL BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY. 6003 03:25:41,395 --> 03:25:42,329 ANOTHER QUESTION I JUST WANTED 6004 03:25:42,329 --> 03:25:44,799 TO ASK, AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU 6005 03:25:44,799 --> 03:25:48,736 CAN JUST SHARE WITH US, AND THIS 6006 03:25:48,736 --> 03:25:50,337 IS A I'D LOVE TO LEARN MORE 6007 03:25:50,337 --> 03:25:53,207 JUST ABOUT HOW THE BUDGET AND 6008 03:25:53,207 --> 03:25:55,309 REFLECTS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER 6009 03:25:55,309 --> 03:25:57,511 RECENTLY IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY 6010 03:25:57,511 --> 03:25:58,746 FOR US TO TRY TO ATTRACT A 6011 03:25:58,746 --> 03:26:02,149 DIVERSE SET OF BUSINESSES, SMALL 6012 03:26:02,149 --> 03:26:03,818 MIDSIZE BUSINESSES, AND WHERE 6013 03:26:03,818 --> 03:26:05,152 THERE ARE, YOU CAN SORT OF 6014 03:26:05,152 --> 03:26:06,353 FORESEE THAT FUTURE WORK. AGAIN, 6015 03:26:06,353 --> 03:26:08,355 KNOWING YOU'RE DOING THIS 6016 03:26:08,355 --> 03:26:08,956 WITHIN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. 6017 03:26:08,956 --> 03:26:10,925 BUT I DO THINK THAT REPORT THAT 6018 03:26:10,925 --> 03:26:12,793 RECENTLY CAME OUT OF OED AND THE 6019 03:26:12,793 --> 03:26:15,062 EXECUTIVE ORDER FEEL LIKE REALLY 6020 03:26:15,062 --> 03:26:15,696 IMPORTANT STEPS FORWARD IN TERMS 6021 03:26:15,696 --> 03:26:17,565 OF TRYING TO HAVE THE KIND OF 6022 03:26:17,565 --> 03:26:18,733 ECONOMY WE WANT TO HAVE FOR THE 6023 03:26:18,733 --> 03:26:19,767 LONG TERM. SO IF THERE'S ANY 6024 03:26:19,767 --> 03:26:21,202 BRIGHT SPOTS THAT YOU CAN POINT 6025 03:26:21,202 --> 03:26:23,537 OUT FOR US, I THINK THAT WOULD 6026 03:26:23,537 --> 03:26:23,838 BE HELPFUL. 6027 03:26:23,838 --> 03:26:26,440 -- YEAH, THAT WILL WILL BE 6028 03:26:26,440 --> 03:26:28,309 CONCENTRATED ON KEY INDUSTRIES. 6029 03:26:28,309 --> 03:26:29,977 SO YOU SEE THE LINE OF KEY 6030 03:26:29,977 --> 03:26:30,611 INDUSTRIES AS THE WORD THAT IS 6031 03:26:30,611 --> 03:26:33,314 GOING TO BE KIND OF LIFTING 6032 03:26:33,314 --> 03:26:34,715 THIS, THIS REPORT AND THE 6033 03:26:34,715 --> 03:26:37,218 EXECUTIVE ORDER, OF COURSE, WILL 6034 03:26:37,218 --> 03:26:39,787 BE A SMALL NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT 6035 03:26:39,787 --> 03:26:41,388 AND THE BUILDING WEALTH, AS WELL 6036 03:26:41,388 --> 03:26:44,992 AS WE ARE BUILDING THE FINANCE 6037 03:26:44,992 --> 03:26:48,529 ELEMENT OF THIS REPORT. BUT 6038 03:26:48,529 --> 03:26:49,196 YEAH, IT'S MOSTLY CONCENTRATED 6039 03:26:49,196 --> 03:26:50,164 ON KEY INDUSTRIES. AND THAT'S 6040 03:26:50,164 --> 03:26:51,632 KIND OF LIKE THE PURPOSE OF HOW 6041 03:26:51,632 --> 03:26:54,802 DO WE LEVERAGE OUR WORK FROM 6042 03:26:54,802 --> 03:26:56,871 THAT SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT UNDER 6043 03:26:56,871 --> 03:26:58,706 DIVISION, UNDER MY DEPARTMENT. 6044 03:26:58,706 --> 03:26:59,974 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU 6045 03:26:59,974 --> 03:27:00,207 CHAIR. 6046 03:27:00,207 --> 03:27:02,443 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 6047 03:27:02,443 --> 03:27:03,010 FOSTER COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 6048 03:27:03,010 --> 03:27:04,211 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR THANK YOU, 6049 03:27:04,211 --> 03:27:06,213 DIRECTOR ARTS, FOR THE OVERVIEW 6050 03:27:06,213 --> 03:27:09,784 OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND, 6051 03:27:09,784 --> 03:27:13,154 AND YES, ANOTHER VERY DIFFICULT 6052 03:27:13,154 --> 03:27:15,122 CHALLENGING BUDGET OR PREPARED 6053 03:27:15,122 --> 03:27:17,491 UNDER CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES, 6054 03:27:17,491 --> 03:27:18,793 RATHER. AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, I 6055 03:27:18,793 --> 03:27:21,429 JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE MORE 6056 03:27:21,429 --> 03:27:23,697 CLARITY AROUND THE BACK TO 6057 03:27:23,697 --> 03:27:24,231 BUSINESS PROGRAM AND THE 6058 03:27:24,231 --> 03:27:28,002 PROPOSED REDUCTIONS THERE. FIRST 6059 03:27:28,002 --> 03:27:34,208 OFF, I'LL NOTE THAT MY MANY OF 6060 03:27:34,208 --> 03:27:36,477 MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE HAVE 6061 03:27:36,477 --> 03:27:36,977 LEVERAGED THAT PROGRAM, 6062 03:27:36,977 --> 03:27:39,013 INCLUDING THE EXPANSION TO MORE 6063 03:27:39,013 --> 03:27:44,318 THAN JUST THE REACTIVE SIDE OF 6064 03:27:44,318 --> 03:27:49,290 THINGS. THE ORIGINAL, I THINK, 6065 03:27:49,290 --> 03:27:51,525 WAS IT BROKEN WINDOWS PROGRAM OR 6066 03:27:51,525 --> 03:27:52,092 STOREFRONT REPAIR FROM THE 6067 03:27:52,092 --> 03:27:53,627 ORIGINAL? THE ORIGINAL 6068 03:27:53,627 --> 03:27:55,496 STOREFRONT REPAIR FUND WAS JUST 6069 03:27:55,496 --> 03:27:57,331 REALLY FOR A LIMITED CLASS OF, 6070 03:27:57,331 --> 03:28:02,203 OF, OF REPAIRS. AFTER CRIME OR 6071 03:28:02,203 --> 03:28:04,438 DAMAGE HAS, HAS OCCURRED TO A 6072 03:28:04,438 --> 03:28:07,007 BUSINESS. THE MOST CANONICAL 6073 03:28:07,007 --> 03:28:09,109 EXAMPLE THERE IS LIKE REPAIRING 6074 03:28:09,109 --> 03:28:12,213 A BROKEN STOREFRONT, BUT I THINK 6075 03:28:12,213 --> 03:28:13,347 LAST YEAR, OR MAYBE IT WAS, IT 6076 03:28:13,347 --> 03:28:19,386 WAS END OF 24 EXPANDED THAT TO 6077 03:28:19,386 --> 03:28:21,789 INCLUDE PROACTIVE MEASURES, 6078 03:28:21,789 --> 03:28:24,058 INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, SECURITY 6079 03:28:24,058 --> 03:28:26,494 EQUIPMENT, HARDENED DOORS, 6080 03:28:26,494 --> 03:28:28,462 HARDENED FACILITIES, SECURITY 6081 03:28:28,462 --> 03:28:29,063 CAMERA EQUIPMENT, POTENTIALLY 6082 03:28:29,063 --> 03:28:34,034 JUST WHATEVER TO, TO BETTER MAKE 6083 03:28:34,034 --> 03:28:36,570 SURE WE DON'T HAVE TO BE 6084 03:28:36,570 --> 03:28:37,738 REACTIVE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT 6085 03:28:37,738 --> 03:28:41,275 THE BACK TO BUSINESS PROGRAM. 6086 03:28:41,275 --> 03:28:43,177 EFFECTIVELY HELPS ACCOMPLISH AND 6087 03:28:43,177 --> 03:28:44,345 SOLVE. AND MANY OF MY 6088 03:28:44,345 --> 03:28:45,713 CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT ONE, 6089 03:28:45,713 --> 03:28:48,182 SMALL BUSINESSES, SMALL 6090 03:28:48,182 --> 03:28:49,917 BUSINESSES RATHER HAVE RELIED 6091 03:28:49,917 --> 03:28:52,720 HEAVILY ON THAT VITAL PROGRAMING 6092 03:28:52,720 --> 03:28:56,090 TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS 6093 03:28:56,090 --> 03:28:59,293 IN CONNECTION WITH SECURITY 6094 03:28:59,293 --> 03:29:02,496 CRIME ISSUES AT THEIR STORE. YOU 6095 03:29:02,496 --> 03:29:05,499 KNOW, WHETHER THAT'S IN THE 6096 03:29:05,499 --> 03:29:07,134 ALASKA JUNCTION, SMALL 6097 03:29:07,134 --> 03:29:09,703 BUSINESSES IN THE ALASKA 6098 03:29:09,703 --> 03:29:12,606 JUNCTION RESTAURANT ROW, ALONG 6099 03:29:12,606 --> 03:29:16,377 ELK, I, BUT THROUGHOUT DISTRICT 6100 03:29:16,377 --> 03:29:18,546 ONE AND AGAIN, SMALL BUSINESSES 6101 03:29:18,546 --> 03:29:20,180 HAVE COME TO RELY ON THAT AND 6102 03:29:20,180 --> 03:29:23,117 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND EVEN 6103 03:29:23,117 --> 03:29:25,519 THE ONES THAT HAVE NOT RELIED ON 6104 03:29:25,519 --> 03:29:28,622 THAT OR LEVERAGED THAT PROGRAM 6105 03:29:28,622 --> 03:29:30,324 HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT IT 6106 03:29:30,324 --> 03:29:31,392 EXISTS. AND SO JUST REALLY WANT 6107 03:29:31,392 --> 03:29:36,897 TO START BY THANKING THE YOU AND 6108 03:29:36,897 --> 03:29:38,566 THE TEAM THAT HAVE ADMINISTERED 6109 03:29:38,566 --> 03:29:40,901 AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER. 6110 03:29:40,901 --> 03:29:42,803 I HOPE THAT PROGRAM ON A GOING 6111 03:29:42,803 --> 03:29:44,805 FORWARD, BECAUSE I KNOW MY 6112 03:29:44,805 --> 03:29:46,974 OFFICE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH 6113 03:29:46,974 --> 03:29:48,976 WITH THE THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE 6114 03:29:48,976 --> 03:29:52,146 SURE, YOU KNOW, AFTER A 6115 03:29:52,146 --> 03:29:53,514 PARTICULAR CRIME OR INCIDENT 6116 03:29:53,514 --> 03:29:55,249 HAPPENED AT A SMALL BUSINESS IN 6117 03:29:55,249 --> 03:29:56,483 DISTRICT ONE TO TO SUPPORT THEM, 6118 03:29:56,483 --> 03:29:58,719 AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK 6119 03:29:58,719 --> 03:29:59,853 THAT THAT WENT INTO THAT. AND I 6120 03:29:59,853 --> 03:30:02,256 WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO 6121 03:30:02,256 --> 03:30:04,391 CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THOSE KIND 6122 03:30:04,391 --> 03:30:05,926 OF THINGS AT APPROPRIATE LEVELS. 6123 03:30:05,926 --> 03:30:09,863 BUT I LIKE IS THE PROGRAM IS THE 6124 03:30:09,863 --> 03:30:12,132 PROPOSAL TO RETIRE AND CUT THE 6125 03:30:12,132 --> 03:30:14,234 PROGRAM ENTIRELY GOING FORWARD, 6126 03:30:14,234 --> 03:30:20,007 OR INSTEAD REDUCE IT AT 6127 03:30:20,007 --> 03:30:22,610 SPECIFIED LEVELS? THE 6128 03:30:22,610 --> 03:30:25,713 SPECIFICALLY $2.5 MILLION, AS 6129 03:30:25,713 --> 03:30:26,880 INDICATED ON PAGE 213 OF THE OF 6130 03:30:26,880 --> 03:30:31,118 THE BUDGET. 6131 03:30:31,118 --> 03:30:31,585 -- DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. 6132 03:30:31,585 --> 03:30:34,488 -- THE PROPOSAL. THE PROPOSED. 6133 03:30:34,488 --> 03:30:35,622 -- BUDGET MAINTAINS THE ONGOING 6134 03:30:35,622 --> 03:30:36,590 FUNDING THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET 6135 03:30:36,590 --> 03:30:39,927 LAST YEAR. IT ISN'T REALLY A CUT 6136 03:30:39,927 --> 03:30:40,861 WHEN YOU DON'T CARRY FOR LIKE 6137 03:30:40,861 --> 03:30:42,930 WHEN YOU DON'T MAKE ONGOING THE 6138 03:30:42,930 --> 03:30:43,864 ONE TIME REDUCTION. SO I JUST 6139 03:30:43,864 --> 03:30:45,733 WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR FOR THE 6140 03:30:45,733 --> 03:30:47,468 VIEWING PUBLIC, THIS IS A 6141 03:30:47,468 --> 03:30:48,502 TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT TO RESET 6142 03:30:48,502 --> 03:30:50,304 THE BUDGET TO THE BASE. IT IS 6143 03:30:50,304 --> 03:30:52,406 NOT A CUT BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY 6144 03:30:52,406 --> 03:30:53,640 ONE TIME FUNDING ADDED. SO 6145 03:30:53,640 --> 03:30:55,643 AGAIN, NO ONE SHOULD EXPECT 6146 03:30:55,643 --> 03:30:58,178 SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED IT TO BE 6147 03:30:58,178 --> 03:31:00,080 MADE ON GOING WITHOUT A 6148 03:31:00,080 --> 03:31:02,249 SUSTAINABLE WAY TO PAY FOR IT. I 6149 03:31:02,249 --> 03:31:03,884 WOULD ALSO JUST NOTE AND AND 6150 03:31:03,884 --> 03:31:06,186 ALSO JUST MORE FOR THE VIEWING 6151 03:31:06,186 --> 03:31:07,554 PUBLIC. WHEN WE WERE TALKING 6152 03:31:07,554 --> 03:31:10,157 ABOUT HOW DID THIS BUDGET GET 6153 03:31:10,157 --> 03:31:11,492 BALANCED WHEN WE AND WHEN I 6154 03:31:11,492 --> 03:31:14,528 TALKED ABOUT OVER $40 MILLION IN 6155 03:31:14,528 --> 03:31:16,263 GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS AND ALL 6156 03:31:16,263 --> 03:31:18,465 OTHER CHANGES TO JUMPSTART THAT 6157 03:31:18,465 --> 03:31:20,634 NUMBER DID NOT INCLUDE THESE ONE 6158 03:31:20,634 --> 03:31:22,836 TIME REDUCTIONS, BECAUSE IT'S 6159 03:31:22,836 --> 03:31:25,172 NOT ACTUALLY A REDUCTION. IT IS 6160 03:31:25,172 --> 03:31:26,206 JUST RESETTING THE BUDGET TO THE 6161 03:31:26,206 --> 03:31:28,909 BASE BASED ON WHAT WAS ADOPTED 6162 03:31:28,909 --> 03:31:31,912 LAST LAST YEAR. I'LL LET THE 6163 03:31:31,912 --> 03:31:34,748 I'LL LET THE OED FOLKS ANSWER 6164 03:31:34,748 --> 03:31:36,050 ON SORT OF WHAT IS LEFT IN IN 6165 03:31:36,050 --> 03:31:37,985 THE BASE, BUT THE PROGRAM STILL 6166 03:31:37,985 --> 03:31:41,789 EXISTS. IT IS JUST NOT. IT IS 6167 03:31:41,789 --> 03:31:43,157 SET BACK TO THE ONGOING FUNDING 6168 03:31:43,157 --> 03:31:44,792 THAT HAS BEEN IN THE BUDGET. 6169 03:31:44,792 --> 03:31:47,861 -- WHICH IS AT WHAT AMOUNT? 6170 03:31:47,861 --> 03:31:50,264 -- $100,000 FOR THE ONGOING 6171 03:31:50,264 --> 03:31:50,531 PROGRAM. 6172 03:31:50,531 --> 03:31:53,133 -- SO $800,000, THE NEW 6173 03:31:53,133 --> 03:31:58,939 BASELINE. SO CUTTING THAT FROM 6174 03:31:58,939 --> 03:32:00,941 THE 250 OR $2.5 MILLION FROM THE 6175 03:32:00,941 --> 03:32:02,576 THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PUT IN THERE 6176 03:32:02,576 --> 03:32:04,978 LAST YEAR. AND BUSINESSES HAVE 6177 03:32:04,978 --> 03:32:08,916 COME TO RELY ON. SO TOTALING 6178 03:32:08,916 --> 03:32:11,151 $3.3 MILLION. SO BASICALLY JUST 6179 03:32:11,151 --> 03:32:13,787 PRESERVING, AGAIN, $800,000 OF 6180 03:32:13,787 --> 03:32:17,758 THAT. HOW HAVE ASSUMING THAT 6181 03:32:17,758 --> 03:32:21,495 FIGURE THAT PROPOSED FIGURE AND 6182 03:32:21,495 --> 03:32:22,963 A NEW BASELINE STANDS, HOW HAVE 6183 03:32:22,963 --> 03:32:25,299 YOU ALL THOUGHT ABOUT 6184 03:32:25,299 --> 03:32:28,235 PRIORITIZING? CAN'T HAVE THIS. 6185 03:32:28,235 --> 03:32:31,071 OR MAYBE WE CAN. CURIOUS TO HEAR 6186 03:32:31,071 --> 03:32:33,173 HOW YOU THINK SO, BUT THAT 6187 03:32:33,173 --> 03:32:34,875 EXPANDED BACK TO BUSINESS 6188 03:32:34,875 --> 03:32:37,644 PROGRAM. HOW ARE YOU ALL 6189 03:32:37,644 --> 03:32:38,245 THINKING ABOUT ADMINISTERING 6190 03:32:38,245 --> 03:32:40,814 THAT MUCH MORE LIMITED SET OF 6191 03:32:40,814 --> 03:32:44,651 RESOURCES CITYWIDE? 6192 03:32:44,651 --> 03:32:46,253 -- WELL, AS WE'VE BEEN SHARING 6193 03:32:46,253 --> 03:32:47,588 IS KIND OF LIKE WITH THE 6194 03:32:47,588 --> 03:32:48,889 STRATEGY OF WHAT ARE OUR 6195 03:32:48,889 --> 03:32:50,858 NEIGHBORHOODS OF PRIORITY? WHAT 6196 03:32:50,858 --> 03:32:54,161 ARE THE NEEDS FIRST PLACE AND 6197 03:32:54,161 --> 03:32:54,828 HOW WE'RE RESPONDING WITH THE 6198 03:32:54,828 --> 03:32:55,629 LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE 6199 03:32:55,629 --> 03:32:58,532 AT THAT POINT. SO AGAIN, IT WAS 6200 03:32:58,532 --> 03:32:59,700 A ONE TIME EXPANSION, AND NOW WE 6201 03:32:59,700 --> 03:33:01,335 HAVE THIS. THE BASELINE WILL 6202 03:33:01,335 --> 03:33:02,903 CONTINUE, WILL CONTINUE 6203 03:33:02,903 --> 03:33:04,705 SUPPORTING THOSE BUSINESSES AND 6204 03:33:04,705 --> 03:33:06,106 IT'S JUST PRIORITIZING WHAT ARE 6205 03:33:06,106 --> 03:33:07,708 THE NEEDS THE MOST NEEDS IN OUR 6206 03:33:07,708 --> 03:33:09,877 CITY TO RESPOND TO THOSE 6207 03:33:09,877 --> 03:33:12,679 BUSINESSES WHO ARE STRUGGLING 6208 03:33:12,679 --> 03:33:12,946 THE MOST? 6209 03:33:12,946 --> 03:33:17,651 -- THANK YOU. I IF THAT IF THAT 6210 03:33:17,651 --> 03:33:21,021 LEVEL HOLDS, I DO THINK THE 6211 03:33:21,021 --> 03:33:24,024 SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS OWED 6212 03:33:24,024 --> 03:33:26,860 MORE CLARITY IN TERMS OF 6213 03:33:26,860 --> 03:33:28,896 OBJECTIVE EVALUATION CRITERIA. 6214 03:33:28,896 --> 03:33:32,399 YOU USED TO SPEND EVEN LESS, 6215 03:33:32,399 --> 03:33:33,033 SIGNIFICANTLY LESS RESOURCES AND 6216 03:33:33,033 --> 03:33:34,968 HOW THOSE DECISIONS WOULD WOULD 6217 03:33:34,968 --> 03:33:38,372 BE MADE. I THINK, AT A BARE 6218 03:33:38,372 --> 03:33:38,972 MINIMUM THAT THAT WOULD THAT 6219 03:33:38,972 --> 03:33:43,777 WOULD BE HELPFUL. BUT I 6220 03:33:43,777 --> 03:33:44,411 APPRECIATE THE INITIAL COMMENTS 6221 03:33:44,411 --> 03:33:44,678 HERE. 6222 03:33:44,678 --> 03:33:45,813 -- THANK YOU. I'LL FOLLOW UP 6223 03:33:45,813 --> 03:33:46,980 WITH MORE DETAILS ON STRATEGY, 6224 03:33:46,980 --> 03:33:48,282 IF THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. 6225 03:33:48,282 --> 03:33:49,583 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 6226 03:33:49,583 --> 03:33:50,617 SAKA. I'M GOING TO SEND IT OVER 6227 03:33:50,617 --> 03:33:51,952 TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK TO TAKE 6228 03:33:51,952 --> 03:33:53,754 US HOME. I'M JUST GOING TO PAY 6229 03:33:53,754 --> 03:33:55,088 YOU THE COMPLIMENTS THAT ARE 6230 03:33:55,088 --> 03:33:57,491 DUE. HAVING SEEN YOU IN PUBLIC 6231 03:33:57,491 --> 03:33:58,692 MEETING WITH BUSINESSES. OUT OF 6232 03:33:58,692 --> 03:33:59,293 ALL THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 6233 03:33:59,293 --> 03:34:00,861 THAT HAVE COME ON BOARD IN THE 6234 03:34:00,861 --> 03:34:01,728 LAST NINE MONTHS, YOU'RE THE 6235 03:34:01,728 --> 03:34:03,730 ONE THAT DIDN'T NEED ANY GROUND 6236 03:34:03,730 --> 03:34:04,464 TO HAVE A LEARNING CURVE. I SEE 6237 03:34:04,464 --> 03:34:07,267 YOU RUNNING. I SEE YOU WORKING 6238 03:34:07,267 --> 03:34:08,235 ON BEHALF OF SEATTLEITES. 6239 03:34:08,235 --> 03:34:09,069 THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE. ON 6240 03:34:09,069 --> 03:34:11,205 BEHALF OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 6241 03:34:11,205 --> 03:34:12,372 AND DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU, 6242 03:34:12,372 --> 03:34:13,507 DIRECTOR YARCE, FOR BEING REALLY 6243 03:34:13,507 --> 03:34:16,577 GOOD AT YOUR JOB. COUNCILMEMBER 6244 03:34:16,577 --> 03:34:17,678 RINCK TAKE US HOME. 6245 03:34:17,678 --> 03:34:19,379 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS. 6246 03:34:19,379 --> 03:34:21,281 THANK YOU DIRECTOR. YARCE. MR. 6247 03:34:21,281 --> 03:34:23,550 REGIS. DIRECTOR PENNUCCI AND 6248 03:34:23,550 --> 03:34:25,052 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL 6249 03:34:25,052 --> 03:34:27,254 STAFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 6250 03:34:27,254 --> 03:34:28,455 BEING HERE. THANKS FOR ALL THE 6251 03:34:28,455 --> 03:34:30,924 WORK INTO THIS PRESENTATION. FOR 6252 03:34:30,924 --> 03:34:32,626 OED ONGOING EFFORTS TO BUILD A 6253 03:34:32,626 --> 03:34:34,328 RESILIENT ECONOMY. REALLY 6254 03:34:34,328 --> 03:34:34,962 APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED WORK 6255 03:34:34,962 --> 03:34:36,597 AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP. THAT'S ALL 6256 03:34:36,597 --> 03:34:38,065 I HAVE, CHAIR. THANK YOU. 6257 03:34:38,065 --> 03:34:39,499 -- THANK YOU. DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. 6258 03:34:39,499 --> 03:34:41,068 ANY LAST WORDS FOR THE DAY? I'M 6259 03:34:41,068 --> 03:34:42,469 JUST GOING TO BRING US UP. WE'VE 6260 03:34:42,469 --> 03:34:44,705 GOT OFFICE OF HOUSING AT 931 6261 03:34:44,705 --> 03:34:47,207 TOMORROW MORNING, FOLLOWED BY 6262 03:34:47,207 --> 03:34:50,143 SDCI OPCD. YES, THERE ARE ONLY 6263 03:34:50,143 --> 03:34:50,878 THREE DEPARTMENTS ON THE AGENDA 6264 03:34:50,878 --> 03:34:52,145 FOR TOMORROW, JUST LIKE TODAY. 6265 03:34:52,145 --> 03:34:54,348 BUT LORD HELP ME. I HOPE WE'RE 6266 03:34:54,348 --> 03:34:56,984 NOT HERE TILL 505 BECAUSE WE DO 6267 03:34:56,984 --> 03:34:59,453 HAVE A LIGHT RAIL STATION 6268 03:34:59,453 --> 03:35:01,722 OPENING AT 445. THAT SOUND 6269 03:35:01,722 --> 03:35:03,357 TRANSIT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT. 6270 03:35:03,357 --> 03:35:03,991 -- TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU 6271 03:35:03,991 --> 03:35:04,858 ON BUILDING A RESILIENT ECONOMY. 6272 03:35:04,858 --> 03:35:07,728 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 6273 03:35:07,728 --> 03:35:08,061 PARTNERSHIP. 6274 03:35:08,061 --> 03:35:08,662 -- WELL DONE. WELL DONE. WITH 6275 03:35:08,662 --> 03:35:11,365 THAT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER 6276 03:35:11,365 --> 03:35:13,867 BUSINESS, THE SEPTEMBER 28th, 6277 03:35:13,867 --> 03:35:14,468 2026 SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE 6278 03:35:14,468 --> 03:35:17,804 WILL COME TO A CLOSE. I SHOULD 6279 03:35:17,804 --> 03:35:20,907 PULL UP MY SCRIPT. SO I SAY THIS 6280 03:35:20,907 --> 03:35:22,876 CORRECTLY, SEEING AS WE HAVE NO 6281 03:35:22,876 --> 03:35:25,812 FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE 6282 03:35:25,812 --> 03:35:26,113 ADJOURNED. 6283 03:35:26,113 --> 03:35:27,915 -- [MUSIC]