1 00:02:22,842 --> 00:02:33,052 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:02:39,158 --> 00:02:41,127 -- GOOD MORNING. THE SELECT 3 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:41,728 BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING WILL 4 00:02:41,728 --> 00:02:44,664 COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:30 A.M. 5 00:02:44,664 --> 00:02:45,932 NOVEMBER 13th. I'M DAN STRAUSS, 6 00:02:45,932 --> 00:02:47,367 CHAIR OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE. 7 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:50,603 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 8 00:02:50,603 --> 00:02:50,837 ROLL.? 9 00:02:50,837 --> 00:02:54,107 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 10 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:54,374 -- HERE. 11 00:02:54,374 --> 00:02:54,841 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 12 00:02:54,841 --> 00:02:59,579 HOLLINGSWORTH PRESENT 13 00:02:59,579 --> 00:03:03,449 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. PRESENT 14 00:03:03,449 --> 00:03:04,017 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 15 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:07,520 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 16 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:08,021 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 17 00:03:08,021 --> 00:03:09,989 -- PRESENT. 18 00:03:09,989 --> 00:03:10,523 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 19 00:03:10,523 --> 00:03:13,126 -- PRESENT. 20 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:13,760 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND CHAIR 21 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,162 STRAUSS PRESENT. AYE. PRESENT. 22 00:03:16,162 --> 00:03:17,997 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 23 00:03:17,997 --> 00:03:22,635 IS EXCUSED UNTIL HE ARRIVES 24 00:03:22,635 --> 00:03:24,170 TODAY. WE COLLEAGUES, WE ARE 25 00:03:24,170 --> 00:03:26,839 GOING TO TAKE IT SLOW AND 26 00:03:26,839 --> 00:03:29,375 STEADY. BY MY ESTIMATION, IF WE 27 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:31,311 HAVE PROLONGED DISCUSSION ON 28 00:03:31,311 --> 00:03:33,580 EVERY ITEM, WE'LL. WE'VE GOT 29 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:35,648 ONLY ABOUT 6 TO 8 HOURS OF WORK 30 00:03:35,648 --> 00:03:36,783 AHEAD OF US DURING THIS SECTION 31 00:03:36,783 --> 00:03:38,384 OF BUDGET. EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL 32 00:03:38,384 --> 00:03:40,153 FREE TO HAVE AS MUCH DISCUSSION 33 00:03:40,153 --> 00:03:42,388 ON ITEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO 34 00:03:42,388 --> 00:03:44,824 THEM AS THEY WANT, AND TO HAVE 35 00:03:44,824 --> 00:03:47,060 ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 36 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:49,195 I WILL SAY THAT WITH THAT, IF 37 00:03:49,195 --> 00:03:50,096 EVERYONE SPEAKS ON EVERY ITEM, I 38 00:03:50,096 --> 00:03:52,465 DON'T THINK WE'D BE DONE BY 39 00:03:52,465 --> 00:03:54,167 CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MONDAY. AND 40 00:03:54,167 --> 00:03:55,702 SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT SLOW 41 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:57,870 AND STEADY. TODAY. I AM GOING TO 42 00:03:57,870 --> 00:04:00,106 ASK THAT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO 43 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:01,374 GET INTO PARTS. THIS IS THE PART 44 00:04:01,374 --> 00:04:02,108 OF THE BUDGET WHERE WE ARE 45 00:04:02,108 --> 00:04:04,010 TAKING ALL OF OUR PROPOSALS AND 46 00:04:04,010 --> 00:04:05,411 ALL OF OUR CONVERSATION, AND WE 47 00:04:05,411 --> 00:04:07,447 ARE MERGING IT WITH 48 00:04:07,447 --> 00:04:09,182 PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS SO THAT WE 49 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:13,353 CAN PASS THE BUDGET LEGALLY. AND 50 00:04:13,353 --> 00:04:16,656 SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I WILL BE 51 00:04:16,656 --> 00:04:19,058 MORE ACTIVE IN MY FACILITATION. 52 00:04:19,058 --> 00:04:20,793 SO IF YOU ARE NOT CALLED ON OR 53 00:04:20,793 --> 00:04:21,828 IF I HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED YOU, I 54 00:04:21,828 --> 00:04:25,665 WILL REMIND THE BODY TO PLEASE 55 00:04:25,665 --> 00:04:27,033 WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE 56 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:29,369 SPEAKING. THIS IS JUST INTENDED 57 00:04:29,369 --> 00:04:30,003 TO FACILITATE THE CONVERSATION. 58 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:32,238 I'M NOT GOING TO GET IN THE WAY 59 00:04:32,238 --> 00:04:32,839 OF ANYONE'S OF ANYONE'S 60 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,943 CONVERSATION. I'M JUST HERE TO 61 00:04:36,943 --> 00:04:38,311 FACILITATE. TAKING IT SLOW AND 62 00:04:38,311 --> 00:04:40,246 STEADY TODAY, GIVING THE BODY 63 00:04:40,246 --> 00:04:42,081 THE TIME TO ASK THIS. ASK THE 64 00:04:42,081 --> 00:04:43,016 QUESTIONS AND MAKE THE 65 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:44,784 STATEMENTS THEY NEED TO MAKE. IF 66 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:48,254 WE CHOOSE TO GO PAST 5 P.M., WE 67 00:04:48,254 --> 00:04:50,156 WILL HAVE ABOUT TWO TO 2.5 HOURS 68 00:04:50,156 --> 00:04:51,224 OF BREAKS SPLIT THROUGHOUT THE 69 00:04:51,224 --> 00:04:53,092 DAY, INCLUDING DINNER. IF WE 70 00:04:53,092 --> 00:04:55,828 CHOOSE TO END AT OR BEFORE 5 71 00:04:55,828 --> 00:04:57,397 P.M., WE WILL LIKELY HAVE ABOUT 72 00:04:57,397 --> 00:04:59,298 AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES WORTH OF 73 00:04:59,298 --> 00:05:01,134 BREAKS. I'M CHOOSING TO MAKE 74 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:03,336 SURE THAT THESE BREAKS WE HAVE 75 00:05:03,336 --> 00:05:04,637 NOT TAKEN BREAKS ON THIS LEVEL 76 00:05:04,637 --> 00:05:05,672 IN THE PAST. SECTIONS OF THE 77 00:05:05,672 --> 00:05:08,141 BUDGET, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN MORE 78 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:09,442 OF THE PROPOSAL CONVERSATION. 79 00:05:09,442 --> 00:05:12,679 IT'S BEEN MORE OF THE HOW ARE 80 00:05:12,679 --> 00:05:15,248 WHAT ARE ALL OF THE IDEAS COMING 81 00:05:15,248 --> 00:05:17,950 TO MAKE UP OUR BUDGET PROPOSALS? 82 00:05:17,950 --> 00:05:20,186 BUT TODAY WE ARE, BECAUSE WE'RE 83 00:05:20,186 --> 00:05:22,388 MERGING OUR PROPOSALS WITH THE 84 00:05:22,388 --> 00:05:24,590 PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS OF PASSING 85 00:05:24,590 --> 00:05:25,992 THE BUDGET. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 86 00:05:25,992 --> 00:05:27,160 MORE BREAKS TODAY THAN WE HAVE 87 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,494 IN THE PAST SO THAT WE CAN TAKE 88 00:05:28,494 --> 00:05:31,698 IT SLOW AND STEADY. WE'LL TAKE 89 00:05:31,698 --> 00:05:32,331 THESE BREAKS BETWEEN DIFFERENT 90 00:05:32,331 --> 00:05:33,166 SECTIONS OF THE MATERIAL, AND 91 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:36,269 I'LL BE LOOKING TO THE BODY FOR 92 00:05:36,269 --> 00:05:39,005 YOUR INDICATION OF, DO WE STAY 93 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:40,640 PAST 5 P.M. OR NOT? I'LL BE 94 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,275 LOOKING TO THE BODY TO 95 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:44,510 DETERMINE, HAVE WE HAD ENOUGH 96 00:05:44,510 --> 00:05:45,111 CONVERSATION ON A PARTICULAR 97 00:05:45,111 --> 00:05:47,213 TOPIC OR NOT? I'LL BE LOOKING TO 98 00:05:47,213 --> 00:05:49,082 THE BODY. IT'S JUST MY JOB AS 99 00:05:49,082 --> 00:05:52,585 THE FACILITATOR TODAY, NOTHING 100 00:05:52,585 --> 00:05:54,420 MORE. SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING 101 00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:58,424 TO GET INTO ADOPTING THE AGENDA. 102 00:05:58,424 --> 00:06:00,426 I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. IS 103 00:06:00,426 --> 00:06:01,294 THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK 104 00:06:01,294 --> 00:06:02,695 YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 105 00:06:02,695 --> 00:06:04,130 SECONDED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. 106 00:06:04,130 --> 00:06:05,865 THE AGENDA IS NOW BEFORE THE 107 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:07,333 SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THE 108 00:06:07,333 --> 00:06:09,769 OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCILMEMBERS 109 00:06:09,769 --> 00:06:11,137 TO MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA OR 110 00:06:11,137 --> 00:06:12,805 ADD OR REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE 111 00:06:12,805 --> 00:06:15,708 AGENDA IS AT THIS TIME, ONLY NEW 112 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:19,679 BUDGET PROPOSALS THAT ARE NOT 113 00:06:19,679 --> 00:06:20,446 PUBLISHED. SORRY, I DON'T KNOW 114 00:06:20,446 --> 00:06:21,414 WHAT THAT SENTENCE MEANS, BUT AT 115 00:06:21,414 --> 00:06:23,149 THIS POINT. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 116 00:06:23,149 --> 00:06:24,417 DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? 117 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:27,520 -- YES. THANK YOU. CHAIR. I MOVE 118 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,422 THAT THE PROPOSED AGENDA BE 119 00:06:29,422 --> 00:06:31,257 AMENDED BY REMOVING COUNCIL BILL 120 00:06:31,257 --> 00:06:33,993 ONE, TWO, 1321 RELATES TO PUBLIC 121 00:06:33,993 --> 00:06:35,428 SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. 122 00:06:35,428 --> 00:06:36,529 -- THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? 123 00:06:36,529 --> 00:06:38,698 SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 124 00:06:38,698 --> 00:06:41,033 SECONDED TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO 125 00:06:41,033 --> 00:06:42,702 REMOVE ITEM 29, COUNCIL BILL 126 00:06:42,702 --> 00:06:44,203 121321. ARE THERE ANY IS THERE 127 00:06:44,203 --> 00:06:47,540 ANY DISCUSSION COMMENTS 128 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:55,782 QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER. OH 129 00:06:55,782 --> 00:06:57,884 SORRY, I WAS I WAS MISREADING 130 00:06:57,884 --> 00:06:59,485 BODY LANGUAGE. SO IT HAS BEEN 131 00:06:59,485 --> 00:07:02,188 MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE 132 00:07:02,188 --> 00:07:04,090 AGENDA TO REMOVE ITEM 29. 133 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:05,658 HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, 134 00:07:05,658 --> 00:07:07,493 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 135 00:07:07,493 --> 00:07:09,395 ROLL ON THE MOTION TO REMOVE 136 00:07:09,395 --> 00:07:13,633 ITEM 29. COUNCIL BILL 121321 137 00:07:13,633 --> 00:07:14,033 FROM THE AGENDA. 138 00:07:14,033 --> 00:07:16,135 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. I 139 00:07:16,135 --> 00:07:18,971 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 140 00:07:18,971 --> 00:07:19,172 YES. 141 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:20,773 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AYE. 142 00:07:20,773 --> 00:07:23,543 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 143 00:07:23,543 --> 00:07:25,878 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN YES. 144 00:07:25,878 --> 00:07:26,379 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 145 00:07:26,379 --> 00:07:28,047 -- YES. 146 00:07:28,047 --> 00:07:28,581 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 147 00:07:28,581 --> 00:07:32,218 -- AYE. 148 00:07:32,218 --> 00:07:32,819 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I CHAIR 149 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:33,719 STRAUSS. 150 00:07:33,719 --> 00:07:33,953 -- AYE. 151 00:07:33,953 --> 00:07:35,087 -- NINE IN FAVOR ZERO OPPOSED. 152 00:07:35,087 --> 00:07:36,823 -- THANK YOU. THE MOTION IS 153 00:07:36,823 --> 00:07:40,193 ADOPTED AND ITEM 29 COUNCIL BILL 154 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:44,630 121321 IS REMOVED FROM TODAY'S 155 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:48,434 AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A WALK ONS I 156 00:07:48,434 --> 00:07:51,971 BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE A WALK ON. 157 00:07:51,971 --> 00:07:55,274 SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE JUST A 158 00:07:55,274 --> 00:07:56,909 QUICK MOMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GO 159 00:07:56,909 --> 00:07:59,178 AT. TODAY. WE WILL ALSO BE USING 160 00:07:59,178 --> 00:08:00,546 TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF BREAKS. 161 00:08:00,546 --> 00:08:01,614 WE WILL BE USING EASE, WHICH 162 00:08:01,614 --> 00:08:03,015 MEANS THAT WE CANNOT LEAVE OUR 163 00:08:03,015 --> 00:08:04,650 CHAIRS. AND WE'LL BE TAKING 164 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:05,852 RECESSES, WHICH MEANS THAT WE 165 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:07,820 ALL MUST LEAVE THE ROOM. SO WE 166 00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:10,256 ARE CURRENTLY AT EASE WHILE WE 167 00:08:10,256 --> 00:08:11,724 DETERMINE THE CORRECT 168 00:08:11,724 --> 00:08:22,034 PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS TO USE. 169 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:27,507 WHEN WE COME BACK, YEAH. 170 00:08:27,507 --> 00:08:31,110 -- NO WE'LL DECIDE WHERE IT 171 00:08:31,110 --> 00:08:36,082 GOES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 172 00:08:36,082 --> 00:08:37,483 -- ALL RIGHT. WE ARE COMING BACK 173 00:08:37,483 --> 00:08:38,684 FROM EASE. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 174 00:08:38,684 --> 00:08:40,653 YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AND THEN I 175 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:41,621 SEE COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S 176 00:08:41,621 --> 00:08:41,821 HAND. 177 00:08:41,821 --> 00:08:48,361 -- THANK YOU. I MOVE CHAIR, TO 178 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:50,796 ADD CARE DASH 009 S DASH AYE TO 179 00:08:50,796 --> 00:08:53,065 THE AGENDA 180 00:08:53,065 --> 00:08:54,066 -- THANK YOU. AND JUST 181 00:08:54,066 --> 00:08:55,735 CONFIRMING, WAS THIS DISTRIBUTED 182 00:08:55,735 --> 00:08:57,603 BEFORE IT WAS DISTRIBUTED BEFORE 183 00:08:57,603 --> 00:09:04,243 5 P.M.? THANK YOU. IT WAS AND SO 184 00:09:04,243 --> 00:09:05,344 YOU HAVE MOVED IT. IT HAS BEEN 185 00:09:05,344 --> 00:09:07,079 MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? 186 00:09:07,079 --> 00:09:08,214 SECOND. THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN 187 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:14,620 MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADD CARE. 188 00:09:14,620 --> 00:09:16,222 9SA TO THE AGENDA. AND YOU ARE. 189 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:17,924 IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 190 00:09:17,924 --> 00:09:19,191 BY ADDING THAT TO THE 191 00:09:19,191 --> 00:09:19,926 CORRESPONDING VOTING GROUP. ARE 192 00:09:19,926 --> 00:09:21,627 THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE 193 00:09:21,627 --> 00:09:24,463 AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA? 194 00:09:24,463 --> 00:09:27,066 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER OR I GUESS 195 00:09:27,066 --> 00:09:28,401 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND THEN. 196 00:09:28,401 --> 00:09:28,634 FOSTER. 197 00:09:28,634 --> 00:09:31,904 -- SURE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU 198 00:09:31,904 --> 00:09:34,006 CHAIR, THIS BILL, AND I WANT TO 199 00:09:34,006 --> 00:09:35,841 THANK MY COLLEAGUE, 200 00:09:35,841 --> 00:09:36,475 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, BECAUSE WE 201 00:09:36,475 --> 00:09:38,744 WORK TOGETHER. WE WE HAD TWO 202 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:43,482 BILLS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR AND 203 00:09:43,482 --> 00:09:45,451 WE. WE WORK TOGETHER. WE BUILT 204 00:09:45,451 --> 00:09:47,887 SOME COMPROMISE AND MADE VERY 205 00:09:47,887 --> 00:09:51,157 MINOR EDITS TO THE BILL. I HAD 206 00:09:51,157 --> 00:09:55,094 SUBMITTED TO ENSURE THAT 207 00:09:55,094 --> 00:09:57,096 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S CONCERNS 208 00:09:57,096 --> 00:09:59,031 OR ADDITIONS WERE MET. AND SO 209 00:09:59,031 --> 00:09:59,665 WE'RE JUST COMBINING THE TWO 210 00:09:59,665 --> 00:10:02,501 BILLS THAT CURRENTLY APPEAR IN 211 00:10:02,501 --> 00:10:04,403 GROUP C. 212 00:10:04,403 --> 00:10:07,440 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 213 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:07,673 FOSTER. 214 00:10:07,673 --> 00:10:10,076 -- SURE. I WILL SAY THANK YOU SO 215 00:10:10,076 --> 00:10:10,710 MUCH TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR 216 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:13,346 YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND REVISING 217 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:14,981 AND MAKING THOSE CHANGES. I 218 00:10:14,981 --> 00:10:15,615 THINK THAT AND I'LL JUST SAY 219 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:17,183 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 220 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:18,517 THIS ISSUE. I KNOW THAT THE 221 00:10:18,517 --> 00:10:20,252 FINAL PRODUCT REALLY WOULDN'T 222 00:10:20,252 --> 00:10:21,120 HAVE HAPPENED IF IT WASN'T FOR 223 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,189 YOUR STARTING THE CONVERSATION, 224 00:10:23,189 --> 00:10:24,256 AND I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING 225 00:10:24,256 --> 00:10:26,926 WITH ME TO, TO FIND, AS WE SAY, 226 00:10:26,926 --> 00:10:28,194 SORT OF THE PLACES WHERE WE 227 00:10:28,194 --> 00:10:30,463 REALLY AGREE ON THIS AND TO 228 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:31,564 REFINE THIS INTO SOMETHING THAT 229 00:10:31,564 --> 00:10:32,999 I THINK MAYBE NOW ALL OF US ARE 230 00:10:32,999 --> 00:10:33,633 CO-SPONSORING OR EIGHT OF US OR, 231 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:35,101 I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING. SO 232 00:10:35,101 --> 00:10:36,035 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 233 00:10:36,035 --> 00:10:37,536 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I REALLY 234 00:10:37,536 --> 00:10:38,304 APPRECIATE THAT. CHAIR. I DID 235 00:10:38,304 --> 00:10:41,741 HAVE MY HAND UP FOR A DIFFERENT 236 00:10:41,741 --> 00:10:43,042 TOPIC, BUT HAPPILY. 237 00:10:43,042 --> 00:10:43,943 -- GREAT. LET'S STAY FOCUSED ON 238 00:10:43,943 --> 00:10:44,677 THIS TOPIC AT HAND AND THEN I'LL 239 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:46,278 COME BACK TO YOU. SOUNDS GREAT. 240 00:10:46,278 --> 00:10:47,179 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 241 00:10:47,179 --> 00:10:48,714 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. AS CHAIR OF 242 00:10:48,714 --> 00:10:50,383 PUBLIC SAFETY, I JUST WANTED TO 243 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:52,585 NOTE THAT I TOO HAVE BEEN 244 00:10:52,585 --> 00:10:53,119 ENGAGED ON THIS FROM THE 245 00:10:53,119 --> 00:10:57,790 BEGINNING IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND 246 00:10:57,790 --> 00:10:58,357 I THANK BOTH COUNCILMEMBER 247 00:10:58,357 --> 00:11:00,793 RIVERA AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 248 00:11:00,793 --> 00:11:02,461 FOR THIS WAY AHEAD. SO THANK 249 00:11:02,461 --> 00:11:03,696 YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY 250 00:11:03,696 --> 00:11:05,865 THAT AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, 251 00:11:05,865 --> 00:11:06,165 THANK YOU. 252 00:11:06,165 --> 00:11:07,933 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY 253 00:11:07,933 --> 00:11:10,136 FURTHER DISCUSSION ON COMBINING 254 00:11:10,136 --> 00:11:12,038 THESE TWO STATEMENTS OF 255 00:11:12,038 --> 00:11:13,072 LEGISLATIVE INTENT? SEEING NONE, 256 00:11:13,072 --> 00:11:14,774 I WILL JUST ADD, I'M JUST SO 257 00:11:14,774 --> 00:11:17,510 GRATEFUL. THIS IS THE WHEN I GOT 258 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:18,077 EXCITED THE OTHER DAY AND I 259 00:11:18,077 --> 00:11:18,677 THINK PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS 260 00:11:18,677 --> 00:11:21,414 TRYING TO RUSH THE PROCESS, IT 261 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:23,215 WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD 262 00:11:23,215 --> 00:11:24,717 ONE ITEM IN CONFLICT ON THIS 263 00:11:24,717 --> 00:11:26,185 AGENDA. WE USUALLY HAVE MANY. 264 00:11:26,185 --> 00:11:27,687 AND RIGHT NOW, THROUGH THIS 265 00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:29,221 ACTION, WE WILL REMOVE THE ONLY 266 00:11:29,221 --> 00:11:32,291 ITEM IN CONFLICT THAT IS ON OUR 267 00:11:32,291 --> 00:11:35,127 AGENDA TODAY, AND I JUST SO 268 00:11:35,127 --> 00:11:35,761 APPRECIATE THAT FROM EVERYONE. 269 00:11:35,761 --> 00:11:37,630 -- CAN I SAY, CHAIR. 270 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:38,297 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU'VE 271 00:11:38,297 --> 00:11:39,899 GOT LAST WORD AND THEN WE'LL 272 00:11:39,899 --> 00:11:40,266 TAKE THE VOTE. 273 00:11:40,266 --> 00:11:43,002 -- I THINK TO SAY CONFLICT IS A 274 00:11:43,002 --> 00:11:43,502 LITTLE STRONG. I REALLY 275 00:11:43,502 --> 00:11:45,237 APPRECIATE AND I SHOULD HAVE 276 00:11:45,237 --> 00:11:45,871 SHOUTED OUT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 277 00:11:45,871 --> 00:11:47,440 ALSO, AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 278 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,475 WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. I WORKED 279 00:11:49,475 --> 00:11:51,711 WITH COUNCILMEMBERS KETTLE 280 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:52,845 SEPARATELY AND THEN WITH 281 00:11:52,845 --> 00:11:53,846 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. BUT I 282 00:11:53,846 --> 00:11:55,915 THINK WE ALL AGREE ON THE 283 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:59,218 UNDERLYING WANTING TO MAKE SURE 284 00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:01,454 THAT THAT WE GET INFORMATION 285 00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:02,555 BACK FROM THE PROGRAM TO MAKE 286 00:12:02,555 --> 00:12:04,323 SURE THAT WE'RE KNOWING OUR 287 00:12:04,323 --> 00:12:05,357 INVESTMENTS ARE ACTUALLY HELPING 288 00:12:05,357 --> 00:12:07,159 FOLKS ON THE GROUND. AND WHAT'S 289 00:12:07,159 --> 00:12:08,427 THE BEST METRICS TO INCLUDE IN 290 00:12:08,427 --> 00:12:09,628 THE BILL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 291 00:12:09,628 --> 00:12:12,865 GOT TO OUR INTENT, INTENDED 292 00:12:12,865 --> 00:12:14,700 RESULTS HERE? SO THIS IS WHAT 293 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:17,169 PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. AND I 294 00:12:17,169 --> 00:12:17,670 REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH 295 00:12:17,670 --> 00:12:18,337 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND FOSTER, 296 00:12:18,337 --> 00:12:20,272 AND THEN OUR CO-SPONSORS, WHO 297 00:12:20,272 --> 00:12:22,074 MAKE UP ALMOST EVERYONE ON THE 298 00:12:22,074 --> 00:12:24,376 DAIS WITH THAT ACTION. SO THANK 299 00:12:24,376 --> 00:12:26,278 YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 300 00:12:26,278 --> 00:12:29,982 -- THANK YOU. WITH THAT, THE 301 00:12:29,982 --> 00:12:31,584 ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND 302 00:12:31,584 --> 00:12:33,652 SECONDED. WILL THE CLERK I'M 303 00:12:33,652 --> 00:12:35,921 JUST GOING TO READ THROUGH THIS. 304 00:12:35,921 --> 00:12:37,490 -- I CALL THE ROLL. 305 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:40,593 -- CURRENTLY WE JUST NEED A VOTE 306 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,027 TO INCLUDE THE VOTE ON THE 307 00:12:42,027 --> 00:12:46,365 MOTION TO ADD 009 TO THE AGENDA. 308 00:12:46,365 --> 00:12:47,099 -- AND WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE 309 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:50,803 ROLL. THANK YOU 310 00:12:50,803 --> 00:12:51,337 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 311 00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:52,538 -- YES. 312 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:53,005 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 313 00:12:53,005 --> 00:12:54,707 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. 314 00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:56,709 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 315 00:12:56,709 --> 00:12:58,544 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 316 00:12:58,544 --> 00:12:58,778 -- AYE. 317 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:01,914 -- COUNCILMEMBER. LEAD. YES. 318 00:13:01,914 --> 00:13:03,916 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 319 00:13:03,916 --> 00:13:04,150 -- YES. 320 00:13:04,150 --> 00:13:06,886 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 321 00:13:06,886 --> 00:13:07,119 -- AYE. 322 00:13:07,119 --> 00:13:08,754 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. AND. 323 00:13:08,754 --> 00:13:10,589 CHAIR STRAUSS. AYE. NINE IN 324 00:13:10,589 --> 00:13:12,057 FAVOR ZERO OPPOSED. 325 00:13:12,057 --> 00:13:15,227 -- MOTION CARRIES AND CARE. 9SA 326 00:13:15,227 --> 00:13:18,464 WILL BE ADDED TO THE APPROPRIATE 327 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:19,031 VOTING GROUP. COUNCILMEMBER 328 00:13:19,031 --> 00:13:20,199 FOSTER I SEE YOU HAVE A HAND. 329 00:13:20,199 --> 00:13:21,700 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHAIR. I 330 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:22,635 JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. I KNOW 331 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:24,470 THAT WE WILL HAVE THE 332 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:27,139 OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE CBAS OR 333 00:13:27,139 --> 00:13:29,175 SLIDES FROM THE PACKAGE, BUT I 334 00:13:29,175 --> 00:13:30,676 HEARD COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 335 00:13:30,676 --> 00:13:31,811 REMOVING A PIECE OF LEGISLATION. 336 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:34,180 I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT WE 337 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:35,915 ARE IDENTIFYING FOR REMOVAL AT 338 00:13:35,915 --> 00:13:38,184 THIS POINT IN THE AGENDA, AND I 339 00:13:38,184 --> 00:13:40,186 BELIEVE THAT IS JUST 340 00:13:40,186 --> 00:13:41,187 LEGISLATION. BUT IF YOU COULD 341 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:42,621 CLARIFY FOR US, CHAIR, I'D 342 00:13:42,621 --> 00:13:43,022 APPRECIATE THAT. 343 00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:44,924 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 344 00:13:44,924 --> 00:13:46,192 FOSTER YES, WE WILL BE PASSING 345 00:13:46,192 --> 00:13:49,195 SOME, BUT NOT ALL BILLS OUT OF 346 00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:50,996 THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE 347 00:13:50,996 --> 00:13:52,731 TODAY. SOME BILLS NEED TO STAY 348 00:13:52,731 --> 00:13:54,700 IN THE IN THE SELECT BUDGET 349 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:55,334 COMMITTEE FOR THE NEXT WEEK TO 350 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:58,337 ENSURE THAT WE. QUALITY CONTROL 351 00:13:58,337 --> 00:14:00,773 FOR ANY ERRORS. WE'VE ALREADY 352 00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:01,774 IDENTIFIED AND THIS IS NO FAULT 353 00:14:01,774 --> 00:14:02,808 OF ANYONE'S. IT'S JUST LIKE 354 00:14:02,808 --> 00:14:04,410 THIS IS WHERE IDEAS HIT PAPER. 355 00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:05,911 WE'VE IDENTIFIED A BUNCH OF 356 00:14:05,911 --> 00:14:07,680 ERRORS THAT WE'LL TALK THROUGH 357 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:09,148 TODAY ALREADY. SO THE BILL THAT 358 00:14:09,148 --> 00:14:12,318 HAS THE CBAS INCLUDED IN IT WILL 359 00:14:12,318 --> 00:14:15,421 NOT BE VOTED ON UNTIL NEXT 360 00:14:15,421 --> 00:14:16,855 THURSDAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO 361 00:14:16,855 --> 00:14:19,825 TAKE A WEEK OF QUALITY CONTROL 362 00:14:19,825 --> 00:14:20,826 ON THAT MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK. 363 00:14:20,826 --> 00:14:24,663 SO YES, THE CBAS SECTION WILL 364 00:14:24,663 --> 00:14:28,334 COME IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND 365 00:14:28,334 --> 00:14:29,001 WE IN ALL PLANS DON'T PLAN TO 366 00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:31,003 VOTE ON THAT UNTIL NEXT 367 00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:33,405 THURSDAY. ANYWAYS, FOR THE ITEMS 368 00:14:33,405 --> 00:14:35,307 THAT WE ARE PULLING TODAY ARE 369 00:14:35,307 --> 00:14:38,177 ALL PIECES OF STANDALONE 370 00:14:38,177 --> 00:14:40,012 LEGISLATION. AND SO THERE IS AN 371 00:14:40,012 --> 00:14:41,680 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO 372 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,918 EVERYTHING TODAY WE COULD. AND 373 00:14:45,918 --> 00:14:46,452 THERE'S THERE'S MORE 374 00:14:46,452 --> 00:14:47,152 PARLIAMENTARY PROCESSES THAT WE 375 00:14:47,152 --> 00:14:48,520 CAN USE LATER TODAY. BUT TODAY 376 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,890 IS JUST ADOPTING THE AGENDA. 377 00:14:51,890 --> 00:14:52,224 BACK TO YOU. 378 00:14:52,224 --> 00:14:53,359 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND 379 00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:54,593 I THINK WHAT I HEARD THERE JUST 380 00:14:54,593 --> 00:14:56,095 AGAIN, WAS, IF AGAIN, I'M 381 00:14:56,095 --> 00:14:59,131 RESPONDING TO COUNCILMEMBER 382 00:14:59,131 --> 00:14:59,865 KETTLE POLLING THAT I BELIEVE IT 383 00:14:59,865 --> 00:15:00,599 WAS, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER IN 384 00:15:00,599 --> 00:15:01,900 FRONT OF ME, BUT THE CIVIL 385 00:15:01,900 --> 00:15:03,068 SERVICE BILL. AND SO IF WE ARE. 386 00:15:03,068 --> 00:15:04,770 ARE YOU INTENDING FOR 387 00:15:04,770 --> 00:15:06,672 COUNCILMEMBERS TO TO PULL ANY 388 00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:09,408 LEGISLATION FROM THE CONSENT 389 00:15:09,408 --> 00:15:09,875 PACKAGE AT THIS TIME? 390 00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:10,743 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER NO, 391 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:11,910 UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE 392 00:15:11,910 --> 00:15:12,244 ON IT TODAY. 393 00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:14,146 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 394 00:15:14,146 --> 00:15:15,848 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 395 00:15:15,848 --> 00:15:16,649 I SEE WE'VE GOT A HAND. 396 00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:18,651 -- YEAH. THANK YOU CHAIR. SO 397 00:15:18,651 --> 00:15:20,886 JUST TO CLARIFY. SO IF IF WE 398 00:15:20,886 --> 00:15:24,056 DON'T PULL FROM THE CONSENT, 399 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:26,759 ALL THE OTHER BILLS, WE WILL BE 400 00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:29,028 VOTING ON THE CONSENT PACKAGE 401 00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:31,664 HERE SHORTLY OR TODAY. 402 00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:33,499 -- EITHER TODAY OR MONDAY 403 00:15:33,499 --> 00:15:34,166 DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY WE GET 404 00:15:34,166 --> 00:15:38,237 THROUGH SOME OF THE BILL. THE 405 00:15:38,237 --> 00:15:39,972 THE BILL WITH THE CBAS WILL BE 406 00:15:39,972 --> 00:15:42,241 HELD UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY. AND 407 00:15:42,241 --> 00:15:43,676 THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE PATHWAY 408 00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:45,210 FOR THAT BILL BECAUSE THERE'S SO 409 00:15:45,210 --> 00:15:48,514 MANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE 410 00:15:48,514 --> 00:15:50,349 ENSURED ARE CORRECT. THANK YOU. 411 00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:52,084 -- OKAY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 412 00:15:52,084 --> 00:15:54,086 AND YEAH, JUST BECAUSE ONE OF 413 00:15:54,086 --> 00:15:56,488 THE THE BILLS, ONE OF THE 414 00:15:56,488 --> 00:15:58,190 ORDINANCES, WE GOT A LETTER 415 00:15:58,190 --> 00:15:59,325 YESTERDAY THAT I'M JUST STILL 416 00:15:59,325 --> 00:16:01,694 TRYING TO UNPACK WHAT THAT 417 00:16:01,694 --> 00:16:04,363 LETTER MEANS. AND SO I JUST IF 418 00:16:04,363 --> 00:16:06,632 THERE WAS A WAY TO VOTE ON IT ON 419 00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:08,133 MONDAY INSTEAD OF TODAY, OR AT 420 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:10,502 LEAST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME 421 00:16:10,502 --> 00:16:12,438 THIS MORNING TO UNPACK IT. SO 422 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:14,173 I'M JUST TRYING TO DECIDE 423 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:16,141 WHETHER TO PULL FOR SEPARATE 424 00:16:16,141 --> 00:16:17,176 DISCUSSION OR. BUT IF THERE 425 00:16:17,176 --> 00:16:18,444 WERE, IF IF I KNEW WE WERE 426 00:16:18,444 --> 00:16:19,545 VOTING ON MONDAY, THAT WOULD 427 00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:21,513 GIVE ME COMFORT ON NOT TRYING TO 428 00:16:21,513 --> 00:16:22,715 PULL SOMETHING SEPARATELY. I'M 429 00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:24,149 NOT SURE IF THAT MAKES ANY 430 00:16:24,149 --> 00:16:24,917 SENSE. 431 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:25,584 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 432 00:16:25,584 --> 00:16:26,685 THE ACTION THAT YOU ARE LOOKING 433 00:16:26,685 --> 00:16:27,953 TO TAKE IS NOT ONE FOR RIGHT 434 00:16:27,953 --> 00:16:30,222 NOW, BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE IT OFF 435 00:16:30,222 --> 00:16:31,056 THE AGENDA, THEN WE CAN'T 436 00:16:31,056 --> 00:16:33,459 DISCUSS IT. OKAY, SO TODAY IT 437 00:16:33,459 --> 00:16:35,294 WOULD BE CRITICAL TO ENSURE THAT 438 00:16:35,294 --> 00:16:36,929 IT REMAINS ON THE AGENDA SO THAT 439 00:16:36,929 --> 00:16:37,930 YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK 440 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:38,931 CENTRAL STAFF ALL OF THE 441 00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:40,132 QUESTIONS THAT ARE GIVING YOU 442 00:16:40,132 --> 00:16:41,200 PAUSE AT THIS TIME. 443 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,234 -- OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. 444 00:16:42,234 --> 00:16:46,105 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY 445 00:16:46,105 --> 00:16:46,739 FURTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER 446 00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:49,008 RIVERA. 447 00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,776 -- LET ME JUST TAKE A FURTHER 448 00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:53,112 POINT OF CLARIFICATION. SO WE'RE 449 00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:55,781 TAKING OUT ANY BILLS NOW THAT 450 00:16:55,781 --> 00:16:58,117 FROM THE BUDGET ITSELF. SO THAT 451 00:16:58,117 --> 00:16:59,418 MEANS THESE ANYTHING WE REMOVE 452 00:16:59,418 --> 00:17:00,552 TODAY IS NOT GOING TO COME FOR A 453 00:17:00,552 --> 00:17:02,554 VOTE DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS. 454 00:17:02,554 --> 00:17:06,325 AND ANYTHING WE ADD WILL COME TO 455 00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:08,560 A VOTE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. 456 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:09,561 -- I'M GOING TO TRY ONE MORE 457 00:17:09,561 --> 00:17:12,831 TIME. AND THEN I WOULD WE NEED 458 00:17:12,831 --> 00:17:14,333 CENTRAL STAFF TO BE PART OF THIS 459 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:15,901 CONVERSATION, BUT NOT AT THIS 460 00:17:15,901 --> 00:17:16,769 JURISDICTION OF NOT THIS 461 00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:19,838 JUNCTURE. RIGHT. THOUGH THE BILL 462 00:17:19,838 --> 00:17:23,208 THAT HAS ALL OF OUR AMENDMENTS 463 00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:24,643 WILL WAIT UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY TO 464 00:17:24,643 --> 00:17:25,844 VOTE ON, BUT WE NEED IT ON THE 465 00:17:25,844 --> 00:17:28,080 AGENDA TODAY SO THAT WE CAN 466 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:29,081 DISCUSS THESE ITEMS. SO RIGHT 467 00:17:29,081 --> 00:17:30,616 NOW, WE'RE JUST IN THE ADOPTION 468 00:17:30,616 --> 00:17:33,218 OF THE AGENDA. AND SO WE'LL HAVE 469 00:17:33,218 --> 00:17:34,453 THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THE 470 00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:38,123 BILL THAT HAS ALL THE CBAS, THE 471 00:17:38,123 --> 00:17:38,724 INTENT THE ENTIRE TIME IS WE 472 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:40,692 HAVE A WEEK OF QUALITY CONTROL. 473 00:17:40,692 --> 00:17:42,194 BACK TO YOU. IF YOU'VE GOT 474 00:17:42,194 --> 00:17:42,928 ANOTHER QUESTION. 475 00:17:42,928 --> 00:17:44,129 -- YES, YES. THAT'S NOT I'M 476 00:17:44,129 --> 00:17:45,631 JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY THAT THE 477 00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:47,599 BILLS THAT GET REMOVED AT THIS 478 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:48,700 JUNCTURE ARE ONES THAT ARE 479 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:50,869 GETTING REMOVED FROM THE THE 480 00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:53,338 BUDGET BILL ALTOGETHER. 481 00:17:53,338 --> 00:17:53,872 -- THAT'S AFFIRMATIVE. 482 00:17:53,872 --> 00:17:55,374 -- THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME UP 483 00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:58,010 DURING THE BUDGET DELIBERATIONS 484 00:17:58,010 --> 00:17:58,677 AND VOTES. THAT'S CORRECT. WHAT 485 00:17:58,677 --> 00:18:00,145 I WAS JUST CLARIFYING FOR OUR 486 00:18:00,145 --> 00:18:00,913 COLLEAGUES. 487 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:02,047 -- FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. THANK 488 00:18:02,047 --> 00:18:04,750 YOU, VICE CHAIR. WITH THAT, ARE 489 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:06,718 THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE 490 00:18:06,718 --> 00:18:10,789 AGENDA TODAY? I'M NOT SEEING 491 00:18:10,789 --> 00:18:12,124 ANY. AND SO, CENTRAL STAFF, CAN 492 00:18:12,124 --> 00:18:13,692 YOU PLEASE LIST THE ONE ITEM 493 00:18:13,692 --> 00:18:16,462 THAT WAS ADDED AND WHERE THE 494 00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:18,730 ITEM WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA FOR 495 00:18:18,730 --> 00:18:26,238 THEM TO BE CONSIDERED TODAY? 496 00:18:26,238 --> 00:18:29,875 -- SO 497 00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:31,944 -- THAT YOU'LL NEED TO TURN 498 00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:32,377 YOUR MICROPHONE ON. 499 00:18:32,377 --> 00:18:36,448 -- YEAH. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 500 00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:41,753 GREAT. SECOND, LET ME PULL UP 501 00:18:41,753 --> 00:18:48,560 MY. MAYBE WE HAVE CARE. 007 S. 502 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:54,433 NINE SORRY. CARE 009SA WAS ADDED 503 00:18:54,433 --> 00:18:55,934 TO THE END OF GROUP B, SO WILL 504 00:18:55,934 --> 00:19:00,405 BE CONSIDERED FOR INDIVIDUAL 505 00:19:00,405 --> 00:19:00,606 VOTE. 506 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:01,240 -- FANTASTIC WITH THAT. IF THERE 507 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:06,245 IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL 508 00:19:06,245 --> 00:19:07,546 BE ADOPTED AS AMENDED. HEARING 509 00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:10,983 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 510 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:11,950 ADOPTED AS AMENDED. COLLEAGUES 511 00:19:11,950 --> 00:19:16,555 THAT THAT WAS GOOD, THAT IT'S 512 00:19:16,555 --> 00:19:19,491 BEEN 17 MINUTES SINCE WE STARTED 513 00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:20,058 COMMITTEE JUST TO ADOPT THE 514 00:19:20,058 --> 00:19:21,560 AGENDA. AND THIS IS JUST 515 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:22,561 DESCRIPTIVE OF WHAT I MEAN BY 516 00:19:22,561 --> 00:19:24,630 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE 517 00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:26,899 THINGS SLOW AND STEADY TODAY, 518 00:19:26,899 --> 00:19:29,768 BECAUSE WE ARE, AGAIN, TAKING 519 00:19:29,768 --> 00:19:31,737 OUR IDEAS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH 520 00:19:31,737 --> 00:19:33,872 THE BUDGET PROCESS AND PUTTING 521 00:19:33,872 --> 00:19:36,275 THEM ONTO PAPER THROUGH THE 522 00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:37,175 PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS. AND SO 523 00:19:37,175 --> 00:19:38,410 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WILL BE 524 00:19:38,410 --> 00:19:42,080 TAKING THESE SHORT BREAKS TO ADD 525 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,715 CLARIFICATION AND JUST TAKE THE 526 00:19:43,715 --> 00:19:44,883 TIME TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS 527 00:19:44,883 --> 00:19:47,286 THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. WITH 528 00:19:47,286 --> 00:19:49,588 THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO 529 00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:51,557 THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT. I 530 00:19:51,557 --> 00:19:52,558 WILL NOTE THAT I MENTIONED THIS 531 00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:54,860 JUST A MINUTE AGO, BUT WE HAVE 532 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:56,495 ALREADY IDENTIFIED A COUPLE 533 00:19:56,495 --> 00:19:58,263 ERRORS, AND THOSE ERRORS ARE NO 534 00:19:58,263 --> 00:20:00,199 FAULT OF ANYONE. IT'S JUST THAT 535 00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:01,934 EVERYONE IS WORKING ON A LOT OF 536 00:20:01,934 --> 00:20:03,769 MATERIAL, AND WE'RE WORKING 537 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,704 PRETTY QUICKLY. AND SO IF YOU 538 00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:07,973 SEE AN ERROR TODAY, PLEASE JUST 539 00:20:07,973 --> 00:20:10,442 KNOW THAT IT WAS NOT MADE 540 00:20:10,442 --> 00:20:12,311 INTENTIONALLY AND THERE WAS NO 541 00:20:12,311 --> 00:20:14,246 LIKE. AND SO IF YOU SEE AN 542 00:20:14,246 --> 00:20:16,515 ERROR, PLEASE ALSO JUST ALERT 543 00:20:16,515 --> 00:20:18,383 THE WHOLE TEAM HERE AND WE'LL 544 00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:19,885 MAKE SURE TO GET IT QUALITY 545 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:21,787 CONTROLLED AND FIXED BEFORE WE 546 00:20:21,787 --> 00:20:23,822 VOTE ON IT NEXT THURSDAY. SO 547 00:20:23,822 --> 00:20:27,593 WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW OPEN THE 548 00:20:27,593 --> 00:20:29,728 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 549 00:20:29,728 --> 00:20:30,762 COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 550 00:20:30,762 --> 00:20:32,264 ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND WITHIN 551 00:20:32,264 --> 00:20:33,665 THE PURVIEW OF THE SELECT 552 00:20:33,665 --> 00:20:35,200 COMMITTEE. WE HAVE UP TO AN HOUR 553 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,501 OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE 554 00:20:36,501 --> 00:20:38,704 BEGINNING OF TODAY'S MEETING. 555 00:20:38,704 --> 00:20:40,439 WE MAY EXTEND THAT JUST QUITE A 556 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:42,040 BIT, ACTUALLY, AND THIS IS TO 557 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,976 ENSURE THAT WE HEAR FROM THE 558 00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:45,477 COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BUDGET 559 00:20:45,477 --> 00:20:47,346 AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN 560 00:20:47,346 --> 00:20:48,447 RECENTLY PUBLISHED. CLARK, HOW 561 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:50,749 MANY FOLKS DO WE HAVE IN PERSON 562 00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:51,950 AND REMOTE TODAY? 563 00:20:51,950 --> 00:20:53,885 -- WE CURRENT EXCUSE ME, WE 564 00:20:53,885 --> 00:20:56,622 CURRENTLY HAVE 50 IN PERSON WITH 565 00:20:56,622 --> 00:21:00,559 ABOUT 20 MORE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS. 566 00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:04,396 AND THEN WE HAVE 38 REMOTE. 567 00:21:04,396 --> 00:21:10,168 -- JUST ONE SECOND. SO WE'VE GOT 568 00:21:10,168 --> 00:21:19,177 ABOUT 100 PEOPLE AND SO. ABOUT 569 00:21:19,177 --> 00:21:20,679 2.5 HOURS. IF FOLKS HAVE 45 570 00:21:20,679 --> 00:21:25,117 SECONDS, IS THAT CORRECT? SORRY. 571 00:21:25,117 --> 00:21:26,018 ANYONE? CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT 572 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:27,052 HERE? I'M JUST TRYING TO DO THE 573 00:21:27,052 --> 00:21:35,961 GOOGLE MATH HERE IT'S OVER 60. 574 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:36,194 -- 30, 575 00:21:36,194 --> 00:21:36,428 -- AYE. 576 00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:40,599 -- WAS SAYING. 45 SECONDS. 577 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:43,802 -- YEAH, JUST ONE SECOND. WE ARE 578 00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:45,804 GOING TO BOTH MERGE THE GIVING 579 00:21:45,804 --> 00:21:49,274 PEOPLE THE MOST AMOUNT OF TIME 580 00:21:49,274 --> 00:21:51,143 AND OVER DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF 581 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:59,017 TIME THAT WE'VE GOT HERE 582 00:21:59,251 --> 00:22:09,361 -- TODAY. 583 00:22:10,962 --> 00:22:14,599 -- 45. 50 ALL RIGHT. WE'RE 584 00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:16,401 WE'RE GOING TO GIVE FOLKS 50s 585 00:22:16,401 --> 00:22:17,669 TODAY. I KNOW THAT'S LESS THAN A 586 00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:19,438 MINUTE. IT'S MORE THAN 45 587 00:22:19,438 --> 00:22:22,374 SECONDS. I THINK WITH 20 MORE 588 00:22:22,374 --> 00:22:23,775 PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN MADE IT 589 00:22:23,775 --> 00:22:25,744 INTO THE ROOM TODAY, IT IT MEANS 590 00:22:25,744 --> 00:22:27,379 THAT THIS IS TYPICALLY A PLACE 591 00:22:27,379 --> 00:22:28,714 THAT I WOULD GIVE 30s. BUT I 592 00:22:28,714 --> 00:22:29,848 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE 593 00:22:29,848 --> 00:22:31,516 IT SLOW AND STEADY. SO, 594 00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:32,451 COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 595 00:22:32,451 --> 00:22:33,785 QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC COMMENT 596 00:22:33,785 --> 00:22:35,554 RIGHT HERE AT THE BEGINNING. WE 597 00:22:35,554 --> 00:22:37,389 MAY TAKE A BREAK OR WE MAY JUST 598 00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:38,356 JUMP. WELL, ACTUALLY, WE WILL 599 00:22:38,356 --> 00:22:41,760 JUST JUMP STRAIGHT INTO THE 600 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,195 CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATION AND 601 00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:46,298 TAKE IT FROM THERE. I'M GOING 602 00:22:46,298 --> 00:22:47,999 TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. SARAH, 603 00:22:47,999 --> 00:22:50,802 THANK YOU FOR BEING READY. 604 00:22:50,802 --> 00:22:52,671 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE 605 00:22:52,671 --> 00:22:53,505 MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING 606 00:22:53,505 --> 00:22:54,339 MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED 607 00:22:54,339 --> 00:22:55,774 IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY 608 00:22:55,774 --> 00:22:56,708 REGISTERED WILL BEGIN WITH THE 609 00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:58,343 IN PERSON SPEAKERS, AND THEN 610 00:22:58,343 --> 00:23:00,078 MOVE TO REMOTE PUBLIC SPEAKERS 611 00:23:00,078 --> 00:23:01,113 UNTIL THAT PERIOD HAS ENDED, 612 00:23:01,113 --> 00:23:02,280 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 613 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:03,749 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR 614 00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:05,650 TIME. SPEAKERS MICROPHONES WILL 615 00:23:05,650 --> 00:23:06,918 BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 616 00:23:06,918 --> 00:23:07,853 THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 617 00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:08,754 ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 618 00:23:08,754 --> 00:23:10,455 CALL IN THE NEXT SPEAKER. PUBLIC 619 00:23:10,455 --> 00:23:11,456 COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. 620 00:23:11,456 --> 00:23:12,858 WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 621 00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:14,593 SPEAKER ON THE LIST. I'M GOING 622 00:23:14,593 --> 00:23:15,727 TO READ JUST THE FIRST TEN 623 00:23:15,727 --> 00:23:18,764 PEOPLE. AND IF FOLKS COULD LINE 624 00:23:18,764 --> 00:23:19,831 UP BEHIND WHERE SARAH IS RIGHT 625 00:23:19,831 --> 00:23:21,433 NOW, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 626 00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:24,369 SARAH FORD, JENNIFER SCHILL, 627 00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:25,237 JANE WAINWRIGHT, JENNA INGRAM, 628 00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:29,374 LUNA. LEIF. TRAVIS. TRAVIS. 629 00:23:29,374 --> 00:23:31,076 DONOGHUE. DENIS. SILLS, JOE. 630 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:34,246 CYR, DESMOND. HANSEN. HELENA. 631 00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:36,548 RIBEIRO. WITH THAT, SARAH. 632 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:38,416 WELCOME. YOUR TIME IS UP. TAKE 633 00:23:38,416 --> 00:23:39,484 IT JUST ONE SECOND. 634 00:23:39,484 --> 00:23:40,118 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. IS THAT A 635 00:23:40,118 --> 00:23:42,654 NEW HAND? NOPE. OVER TO YOU, 636 00:23:42,654 --> 00:23:43,021 SARAH. WELCOME. 637 00:23:43,021 --> 00:23:43,955 -- THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING 638 00:23:43,955 --> 00:23:45,991 COUNCIL. I'M SARAH FROM REACTION 639 00:23:45,991 --> 00:23:48,827 SEATTLE. AND I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN 640 00:23:48,827 --> 00:23:49,961 TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE 641 00:23:49,961 --> 00:23:51,797 WHOLE COUNCIL FOR YOUR HARD WORK 642 00:23:51,797 --> 00:23:54,499 AND STAMINA AND INGENUITY AND 643 00:23:54,499 --> 00:23:57,402 COMPASSION DURING THIS LONG, 644 00:23:57,402 --> 00:23:58,036 COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING BUDGET 645 00:23:58,036 --> 00:23:59,037 SEASON. IN PARTICULAR, I WANT TO 646 00:23:59,037 --> 00:24:01,773 THANK COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR 647 00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:03,074 SPONSORING OSE THREE AYE TO 648 00:24:03,074 --> 00:24:04,943 SUPPORT LOCAL POCKET FORESTS AT 649 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:06,444 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ALSO 650 00:24:06,444 --> 00:24:08,580 FLOATING WETLANDS. THANK YOU 651 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:11,016 ALSO TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 652 00:24:11,016 --> 00:24:13,852 FOR CO-SPONSORING. THANK YOU TO 653 00:24:13,852 --> 00:24:14,319 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 654 00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:16,154 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 655 00:24:16,154 --> 00:24:16,688 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 656 00:24:16,688 --> 00:24:18,123 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR COMING 657 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:20,358 ON TO CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. LAST 658 00:24:20,358 --> 00:24:22,327 WEEK WE HEARD FROM ASSISTANT 659 00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:23,195 PRINCIPAL DEVIN MURPHY AS WELL 660 00:24:23,195 --> 00:24:24,696 AS THE EAGLE STAFF FROM ROBERT 661 00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:26,331 EAGLE STAFF MIDDLE SCHOOL, ABOUT 662 00:24:26,331 --> 00:24:27,332 HOW IMPORTANT THEIR POCKET 663 00:24:27,332 --> 00:24:29,534 FOREST HAS BEEN TO THE SCHOOL. 664 00:24:29,534 --> 00:24:30,836 WE ENVISION A POCKET SCHOOL AT 665 00:24:30,836 --> 00:24:33,238 EVERY FOREST IN SEATTLE, AND WE 666 00:24:33,238 --> 00:24:33,772 WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR 667 00:24:33,772 --> 00:24:34,906 HELPING TO BRING THAT VISION 668 00:24:34,906 --> 00:24:36,641 CLOSER TO REALITY WITH OSE THREE 669 00:24:36,641 --> 00:24:37,843 AYE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 670 00:24:37,843 --> 00:24:40,278 -- THANK YOU SARAH. JENNIFER. 671 00:24:40,278 --> 00:24:42,447 AND THEN JANE, WELCOME. 672 00:24:42,447 --> 00:24:44,182 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 673 00:24:44,182 --> 00:24:44,749 JENNIFER SCHILL, FACULTY AT 674 00:24:44,749 --> 00:24:46,384 SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE AND PARENT 675 00:24:46,384 --> 00:24:48,887 EDUCATION. I'D LIKE TO THANK 676 00:24:48,887 --> 00:24:50,489 COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA, RINCK AND 677 00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:52,591 LIN FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS 678 00:24:52,591 --> 00:24:54,693 AMENDMENT TO SPONSOR OUR PROGRAM 679 00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:56,494 FOR ONE QUARTER THIS YEAR. I 680 00:24:56,494 --> 00:24:59,264 HAVE THE HONOR OF THE CARE AND 681 00:24:59,264 --> 00:25:00,632 KEEPING OF 50 FAMILIES, AND I 682 00:25:00,632 --> 00:25:01,399 KNOW WHAT A HEAVY LIFT IT CAN BE 683 00:25:01,399 --> 00:25:04,736 FOR FAMILIES TO SIMPLY GET HERE. 684 00:25:04,736 --> 00:25:05,136 CAREGIVING, WORK, 685 00:25:05,136 --> 00:25:06,771 TRANSPORTATION, PARKING, AND ALL 686 00:25:06,771 --> 00:25:08,773 THE SNACKS. EARLIER THIS WEEK, 687 00:25:08,773 --> 00:25:11,776 ONE OF MY CLASSES FILLED FOR 688 00:25:11,776 --> 00:25:13,078 FLIPCHART PAGES WITH THEIR OWN 689 00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:13,745 WORDS ABOUT WHAT CO-OP MEANS TO 690 00:25:13,745 --> 00:25:15,180 THEM, AND I BROUGHT THESE PAGES 691 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:18,216 WITH ME TODAY. THEY TALK ABOUT 692 00:25:18,216 --> 00:25:19,818 THE INCREDIBLE LONELINESS AND 693 00:25:19,818 --> 00:25:20,452 ISOLATION PARENTING BRINGS AND 694 00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:22,487 HOW CO-OP COMBATS THAT, HOW THEY 695 00:25:22,487 --> 00:25:24,522 ARE CREATING COMMUNITY TO RAISE 696 00:25:24,522 --> 00:25:25,790 CHILDREN TOGETHER, HOW THE 697 00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:27,425 PARENT EDUCATION HELPS THEM 698 00:25:27,425 --> 00:25:28,059 UNDERSTAND CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND 699 00:25:28,059 --> 00:25:29,961 LEARN TO MODEL HEALTHY 700 00:25:29,961 --> 00:25:31,329 ATTACHMENT. WHEN WE FUND CO-OP, 701 00:25:31,329 --> 00:25:33,198 WE'RE FUNDING IN, WE'RE 702 00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:34,532 BUILDING PARENTS, CHILDREN, 703 00:25:34,532 --> 00:25:36,635 FAMILIES, AND STRONG 704 00:25:36,635 --> 00:25:36,968 COMMUNITIES. 705 00:25:36,968 --> 00:25:39,037 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UP NEXT 706 00:25:39,037 --> 00:25:41,573 IS JANE AND JENNA. 707 00:25:41,573 --> 00:25:49,748 -- TO PUT IT IN THE BOX. GOOD 708 00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:50,015 MORNING. 709 00:25:50,015 --> 00:25:51,449 -- MY NAME IS JANE WAINWRIGHT. 710 00:25:51,449 --> 00:25:53,318 I'M A PARENT, EDUCATOR AND A 711 00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:54,686 CO-OP PRESCHOOL TEACHER. WHEN WE 712 00:25:54,686 --> 00:25:55,954 TALK ABOUT COOPERATIVE 713 00:25:55,954 --> 00:25:57,856 PRESCHOOL, WE OFTEN FOCUS ON 714 00:25:57,856 --> 00:25:59,257 PREPARING CHILDREN FOR 715 00:25:59,257 --> 00:25:59,824 KINDERGARTEN. BUT THERE'S 716 00:25:59,824 --> 00:26:01,293 ANOTHER IMPORTANT OUTCOME. WE'RE 717 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:03,261 PREPARING PARENTS TO BECOME 718 00:26:03,261 --> 00:26:05,130 ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN 719 00:26:05,130 --> 00:26:07,666 CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. FOR MANY, 720 00:26:07,666 --> 00:26:10,835 IT'S IN IN CO-OP PARENTS OR 721 00:26:10,835 --> 00:26:11,770 WORK ALONGSIDE TEACHERS SERVE ON 722 00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:13,405 BOARDS. THEY MANAGE BUDGETS, 723 00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:14,906 THEY ORGANIZE EVENTS, AND THEY 724 00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:16,341 LEARN TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR 725 00:26:16,341 --> 00:26:19,344 CHILDREN. FOR MANY, IT IS THEIR 726 00:26:19,344 --> 00:26:21,446 FIRST EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOL 727 00:26:21,446 --> 00:26:21,980 LEADERSHIP AND WHEN THEIR 728 00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:23,148 CHILDREN ENTER ELEMENTARY 729 00:26:23,148 --> 00:26:23,982 SCHOOL, THOSE SKILLS GO WITH 730 00:26:23,982 --> 00:26:27,018 THEM. AND THOSE PARENTS ARE 731 00:26:27,018 --> 00:26:29,154 FUTURE PTA LEADERS, CLASSROOM 732 00:26:29,154 --> 00:26:31,623 VOLUNTEERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL 733 00:26:31,623 --> 00:26:32,991 ADVOCATES. IF WE LOSE THOSE 734 00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:35,327 THESE PROGRAMS, WE LOSE 735 00:26:35,327 --> 00:26:35,961 ESTABLISHED PATHWAY FOR BUILDING 736 00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:37,329 ENGAGED PARENTS AND STRONGER 737 00:26:37,329 --> 00:26:38,463 SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. THE 738 00:26:38,463 --> 00:26:39,965 INVESTMENT WE MAKE IN PARENT 739 00:26:39,965 --> 00:26:41,132 EDUCATION DOESN'T END IN OUR 740 00:26:41,132 --> 00:26:43,168 PRESCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR 741 00:26:43,168 --> 00:26:43,535 SUPPORTING US. 742 00:26:43,535 --> 00:26:47,639 -- THANK YOU JENNA. UP NEXT IS. 743 00:26:47,639 --> 00:26:49,007 SORRY, THAT WAS JANE. NOW WE'RE 744 00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:53,244 ON. JENNA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 745 00:26:53,244 --> 00:26:53,445 JANE. 746 00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:55,080 -- HI. MY NAME IS JENNA AND I'M 747 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,582 A PARENT EDUCATOR AT SOUTH AT 748 00:26:57,582 --> 00:27:01,553 OUR CO-OPS IN WEST SEATTLE. THE 749 00:27:01,553 --> 00:27:05,223 FOUR DAY A WEEK PRESCHOOL 750 00:27:05,223 --> 00:27:05,857 PROGRAMS COST FAMILIES BETWEEN 751 00:27:05,857 --> 00:27:06,725 305 AND $360 A MONTH. COMPARE 752 00:27:06,725 --> 00:27:08,693 THAT WITH THE TUITION RATE FOR 753 00:27:08,693 --> 00:27:10,628 SEATTLE'S SIX HOUR PRESCHOOL 754 00:27:10,628 --> 00:27:12,764 PROGRAM, WHICH WAS OVER 1400 A 755 00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:14,899 MONTH LAST YEAR BEFORE 756 00:27:14,899 --> 00:27:16,634 SUBSIDIES. WHILE THESE PROGRAMS 757 00:27:16,634 --> 00:27:19,037 OFFER DIFFERENT SCHEDULES, 758 00:27:19,037 --> 00:27:19,671 COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOLS PROVIDE 759 00:27:19,671 --> 00:27:20,372 AN AFFORDABLE OPTION FOR 760 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:22,107 FAMILIES WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE 761 00:27:22,107 --> 00:27:24,209 STRUGGLE TO ACCESS EARLY 762 00:27:24,209 --> 00:27:25,577 LEARNING IN THESE PROGRAMS. IF 763 00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:26,911 THEY CLOSE, FAMILIES WON'T 764 00:27:26,911 --> 00:27:28,813 NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO 765 00:27:28,813 --> 00:27:30,548 ANOTHER PRESCHOOL. SOME COULD 766 00:27:30,548 --> 00:27:32,317 LOSE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE EARLY 767 00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:32,917 LEARNING ALTOGETHER. THIS ONE 768 00:27:32,917 --> 00:27:35,286 TIME EMERGENCY FUNDING WOULD 769 00:27:35,286 --> 00:27:37,155 PRESERVE EXISTING PRESCHOOL 770 00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:39,357 OPPORTUNITIES WHILE WE CONTINUE 771 00:27:39,357 --> 00:27:39,924 WORKING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE 772 00:27:39,924 --> 00:27:41,893 STATE FUNDING. AT THIS TIME, 773 00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:43,228 WHEN SEATTLE IS TRYING TO EXPAND 774 00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:44,696 AFFORDABLE EARLY LEARNING, WE 775 00:27:44,696 --> 00:27:46,131 CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE THE 776 00:27:46,131 --> 00:27:47,265 PROGRAMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. 777 00:27:47,265 --> 00:27:48,600 THANK YOU. 778 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,269 -- THANK YOU. AND WE'VE GOT THE 779 00:27:51,269 --> 00:27:52,037 CLERK STEPPED AWAY FOR JUST A 780 00:27:52,037 --> 00:27:57,709 MOMENT. SO I'M GOING TO RUN A 781 00:27:57,709 --> 00:28:04,416 TIMER HERE. UP NEXT IS LUNA AND 782 00:28:04,416 --> 00:28:05,316 IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY, 783 00:28:05,316 --> 00:28:07,752 I'LL GIVE YOU A HAND WAVE. WHEN 784 00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:08,820 YOU GOT 10 SECONDS LEFT. 785 00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:10,021 -- I'M LUNA. 786 00:28:10,021 --> 00:28:10,622 -- I'M 12 YEARS OLD. 787 00:28:10,622 --> 00:28:12,090 -- HOLD ON. WE'RE GOING TO 788 00:28:12,090 --> 00:28:14,092 STOP. GOTTA GET REAL CLOSE TO 789 00:28:14,092 --> 00:28:15,927 THE MICROPHONE. 790 00:28:15,927 --> 00:28:17,962 -- HI, I'M LUNA, I'M 12 YEARS 791 00:28:17,962 --> 00:28:19,931 OLD AND I ATTENDED AKAI 792 00:28:19,931 --> 00:28:20,565 COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL FROM THE 793 00:28:20,565 --> 00:28:22,267 AGE OF TWO UNTIL KINDERGARTEN. 794 00:28:22,267 --> 00:28:23,701 MOST PEOPLE THINK THE MOST 795 00:28:23,701 --> 00:28:25,537 IMPORTANT THINGS YOU LEARN IN 796 00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:26,171 PRESCHOOL ARE YOUR ABCS AND HOW 797 00:28:26,171 --> 00:28:27,505 TO CUT WITH SCISSORS. AT CO-OP, 798 00:28:27,505 --> 00:28:29,107 I LEARNED SO MUCH MORE. I 799 00:28:29,107 --> 00:28:30,108 LEARNED HOW TO BE A GOOD FRIEND 800 00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:32,143 AND WORK OUT PROBLEMS. I WAS 801 00:28:32,143 --> 00:28:33,912 TAUGHT THAT IT'S OKAY TO MAKE 802 00:28:33,912 --> 00:28:35,246 MISTAKES, AND I LEARNED HOW I 803 00:28:35,246 --> 00:28:36,648 CAN GROW FROM THEM. MY PARENTS 804 00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:38,249 WERE ALSO LEARNING THAT 805 00:28:38,249 --> 00:28:40,051 LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING ARE 806 00:28:40,051 --> 00:28:41,686 JUST AS IMPORTANT AS RULES. NOW, 807 00:28:41,686 --> 00:28:43,822 IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I KNOW THAT NO 808 00:28:43,822 --> 00:28:45,090 MATTER WHAT, I CAN GO TO MY 809 00:28:45,090 --> 00:28:46,991 PARENTS WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS. 810 00:28:46,991 --> 00:28:49,060 AND EVEN IF I'VE MADE A MISTAKE, 811 00:28:49,060 --> 00:28:50,228 I KNOW THAT THEY'LL UNDERSTAND 812 00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:51,996 AND HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHAT TO 813 00:28:51,996 --> 00:28:53,865 DO. CO-OP PRESCHOOL DIDN'T JUST 814 00:28:53,865 --> 00:28:55,633 PREPARE ME FOR KINDERGARTEN, IT 815 00:28:55,633 --> 00:28:56,801 HELPED MY PARENTS BUILD THE KIND 816 00:28:56,801 --> 00:28:57,502 OF RELATIONSHIP WITH ME THAT I 817 00:28:57,502 --> 00:28:58,770 KNOW I'LL NEED AS I GROW UP. 818 00:28:58,770 --> 00:28:59,971 I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE GOTTEN 819 00:28:59,971 --> 00:29:01,339 THIS OPPORTUNITY. PLEASE VOTE 820 00:29:01,339 --> 00:29:03,007 YES ON THE AMENDMENT TO SAVE 821 00:29:03,007 --> 00:29:03,608 PARENT ADS SO OTHER KIDS WILL 822 00:29:03,608 --> 00:29:05,176 GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT I 823 00:29:05,176 --> 00:29:06,911 DID. THANK YOU. 824 00:29:06,911 --> 00:29:10,315 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS TRAVIS, 825 00:29:10,315 --> 00:29:11,883 FOLLOWED BY DENNIS AND THEN JOE. 826 00:29:11,883 --> 00:29:13,685 IF YOU ALL WANT TO SHOW 827 00:29:13,685 --> 00:29:14,486 APPRECIATION JAZZ HANDS SO WE 828 00:29:14,486 --> 00:29:16,354 CAN KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING. IF 829 00:29:16,354 --> 00:29:18,590 YOU'RE CLAPPING, WE CAN'T HEAR 830 00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:20,592 ANYTHING. GO FOR IT. WELCOME. 831 00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:22,393 -- THANK YOU. I'M TAVISH 832 00:29:22,393 --> 00:29:24,229 DONAHUE, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF 833 00:29:24,229 --> 00:29:25,930 PROGRAM OPERATIONS AT HEALTHIER 834 00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:27,098 HERE. HEALTHIER HERE OPERATES A 835 00:29:27,098 --> 00:29:28,933 COMMUNITY CARE HUB AND DATA 836 00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:31,503 RESOURCE SHARING PLATFORM TO 837 00:29:31,503 --> 00:29:33,171 CONNECT SEATTLE RESIDENTS, KING 838 00:29:33,171 --> 00:29:35,373 COUNTY RESIDENTS TO HEALTH 839 00:29:35,373 --> 00:29:36,708 RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS. I'M HERE 840 00:29:36,708 --> 00:29:38,676 TODAY TO SUPPORT THE MILLION 841 00:29:38,676 --> 00:29:40,612 DOLLARS IN FUNDING FOR DATA 842 00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:41,913 INTEGRATION SERVICES THAT WILL 843 00:29:41,913 --> 00:29:44,949 SUPPORT SEATTLE RESIDENTS FACING 844 00:29:44,949 --> 00:29:45,483 MEDICAID DISENROLLMENT A 845 00:29:45,483 --> 00:29:46,718 HEALTHIER. HERE'S DATA SHARING 846 00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:48,787 PLATFORM. CONNECT TWO CAN REALLY 847 00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:51,022 ASSIST IN CONNECTING RESIDENTS 848 00:29:51,022 --> 00:29:53,458 AT RISK OF LOSING COVERAGE TO 849 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:55,193 OTHER RESOURCES, YET THIS. 850 00:29:55,193 --> 00:29:57,428 ADDITIONAL FUNDING ENSURES THAT 851 00:29:57,428 --> 00:29:59,898 HEALTHIER HEARS NOVEL DATA 852 00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:00,498 SHARING TECHNOLOGY GIVES CASE 853 00:30:00,498 --> 00:30:01,399 MANAGERS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT 854 00:30:01,399 --> 00:30:03,268 OTHER RESOURCES SOMEONE IS 855 00:30:03,268 --> 00:30:05,103 ACCESSING, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT 856 00:30:05,103 --> 00:30:06,104 DUPLICATING SERVICES. AND THANK 857 00:30:06,104 --> 00:30:07,972 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR 858 00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:09,641 SPONSORING THIS AMENDMENT. 859 00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:11,109 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS DENNIS 860 00:30:11,109 --> 00:30:12,610 SILLS, FOLLOWED BY JOE AND THEN 861 00:30:12,610 --> 00:30:14,512 DESMOND. 862 00:30:14,512 --> 00:30:15,146 -- GOOD MORNING. COUNCILMEMBERS, 863 00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:16,447 DENNIS SILLS OF THE DOWNTOWN 864 00:30:16,447 --> 00:30:18,049 SEATTLE ASSOCIATION. I CAME HERE 865 00:30:18,049 --> 00:30:19,684 TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THREE 866 00:30:19,684 --> 00:30:21,886 ITEMS. ONE IS WE ARE GRATEFUL 867 00:30:21,886 --> 00:30:23,888 FOR THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IN 868 00:30:23,888 --> 00:30:27,458 THIS BILL. WE APPRECIATE HOLDING 869 00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:30,528 NO NEW TAXES AND NOT REDUCING 870 00:30:30,528 --> 00:30:32,530 OUR COMPETITIVENESS. AND ALSO 871 00:30:32,530 --> 00:30:35,466 HOLDING COUNCIL TO THE SAME 872 00:30:35,466 --> 00:30:36,534 STANDARDS AS THE MAYOR. WE ALSO 873 00:30:36,534 --> 00:30:37,669 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE 874 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:39,604 WORK ON PUBLIC SAFETY. WE 875 00:30:39,604 --> 00:30:40,738 APPRECIATE THE INVESTMENT IN 876 00:30:40,738 --> 00:30:42,106 ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS, AS 877 00:30:42,106 --> 00:30:44,676 WELL AS THE WORK ON CCTV AND THE 878 00:30:44,676 --> 00:30:46,711 REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. WE ALSO 879 00:30:46,711 --> 00:30:49,180 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR 880 00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:50,949 SUPPORTING THE MAYOR'S WORK 881 00:30:50,949 --> 00:30:54,452 WITH THE STREETS TO HOUSING 882 00:30:54,452 --> 00:30:55,019 PROGRAM. WE SUPPORT THE 37 883 00:30:55,019 --> 00:30:58,022 MILLION AND THE FULL AMOUNT OF 884 00:30:58,022 --> 00:30:59,090 UNITS FOR COMPLEX SHELTER. 885 00:30:59,090 --> 00:31:00,425 LASTLY, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 886 00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:03,394 THAT THIS BUDGET DOESN'T FULLY 887 00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:04,929 FUND THE MOMENTUM WE NEED TO 888 00:31:04,929 --> 00:31:07,165 CONTINUE IN ACTIVATION. SO WE 889 00:31:07,165 --> 00:31:09,234 WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT. YOU LOOK 890 00:31:09,234 --> 00:31:09,534 INTO THAT. 891 00:31:09,534 --> 00:31:10,835 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND 892 00:31:10,835 --> 00:31:11,970 BEFORE WE GO TO JOE, I'M GOING 893 00:31:11,970 --> 00:31:14,405 TO READ THE NEXT TEN NAMES AFTER 894 00:31:14,405 --> 00:31:17,008 HELENA, WE HAVE CHRISTINA WYATT, 895 00:31:17,008 --> 00:31:19,777 CHERI DIONNE, NIKKI WOLF, ANNIKA 896 00:31:19,777 --> 00:31:25,016 ZUMBRUNNEN, AVERY, AMANDA RIOS, 897 00:31:25,016 --> 00:31:27,252 P, CAITLYN BERGMAN, TAYLOR 898 00:31:27,252 --> 00:31:30,755 MINTER, DEBORA WAXMAN, ALICE 899 00:31:30,755 --> 00:31:32,523 EVANS, AND I'M SORRY FOR 900 00:31:32,523 --> 00:31:34,292 MESSING UP ANYONE'S NAME THERE. 901 00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:38,730 JOE. WELCOME 902 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:42,367 -- YES, HELLO. MY NAME IS JOE 903 00:31:42,367 --> 00:31:42,867 CYR AND I AM A HOUSING 904 00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:43,468 SPECIALIST FOR THE AFTERCARE 905 00:31:43,468 --> 00:31:45,503 PROGRAM FOR COLEAD HERE IN 906 00:31:45,503 --> 00:31:47,672 SEATTLE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN 907 00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:50,575 FAVOR AND JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR 908 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:52,744 THE BILL 045 TO COVER 909 00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:53,378 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING COSTS FOR 910 00:31:53,378 --> 00:31:55,380 PEOPLE LEAVING TREATMENT WHO DO 911 00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:56,981 NOT WANT TO RETURN TO THE 912 00:31:56,981 --> 00:32:00,084 STREETS OR TO LOW BARRIER 913 00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:01,953 HOUSING. I, FOR ONE, STAND HERE 914 00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:05,623 TODAY AS SOMEBODY WHO CAME OUT 915 00:32:05,623 --> 00:32:06,824 OF ADDICTION AND UTILIZED SOBER 916 00:32:06,824 --> 00:32:08,226 HOUSING, AND I WAS VERY 917 00:32:08,226 --> 00:32:10,061 FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS 918 00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:11,229 THAT AT THE TIME. MANY PEOPLE 919 00:32:11,229 --> 00:32:13,431 ARE NOT SO FORTUNATE. I CAN 920 00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:14,999 THINK OF ONE PARTICIPANT OF MINE 921 00:32:14,999 --> 00:32:18,603 WHO WENT TO TREATMENT, CAME OUT, 922 00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:21,272 WAS WAITING TO GET FUNDING TO 923 00:32:21,272 --> 00:32:22,307 MOVE INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, 924 00:32:22,307 --> 00:32:23,975 AND THAT FUNDING DID NOT COME 925 00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:25,843 THROUGH. HE RETURNED TO HIS 926 00:32:25,843 --> 00:32:26,444 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, 927 00:32:26,444 --> 00:32:28,813 AND HE DID EXPERIENCE A RELAPSE. 928 00:32:28,813 --> 00:32:29,914 AND HE STILL USING RIGHT NOW. 929 00:32:29,914 --> 00:32:31,683 AND I THINK ABOUT HIM OFTEN WHEN 930 00:32:31,683 --> 00:32:33,184 I THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS. 931 00:32:33,184 --> 00:32:34,585 -- THANK YOU. 932 00:32:34,585 --> 00:32:35,753 -- THANK YOU, JOE. UP NEXT IS 933 00:32:35,753 --> 00:32:37,989 DESMOND, FOLLOWED BY HELENA. 934 00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:39,223 WELCOME. 935 00:32:39,223 --> 00:32:39,590 -- HI, I'M. 936 00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:41,392 -- ARTIST DESMOND HANSEN FROM 937 00:32:41,392 --> 00:32:43,761 WEST SEATTLE. I'M HERE TO 938 00:32:43,761 --> 00:32:46,230 ADVOCATE FOR ROB SAKA AMENDMENT 939 00:32:46,230 --> 00:32:50,301 TO BUILD A DEDICATED ART WALL IN 940 00:32:50,301 --> 00:32:51,936 WEST SEATTLE RIGHT NOW. WHEN 941 00:32:51,936 --> 00:32:53,171 YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, 942 00:32:53,171 --> 00:32:54,906 YOU'RE BEING, YOU KNOW, FED 943 00:32:54,906 --> 00:32:56,908 THESE IMAGES OF GRAFFITI AND 944 00:32:56,908 --> 00:32:58,376 VIDEO GAMES AND POP CULTURE AND 945 00:32:58,376 --> 00:33:00,111 ALL THIS. AND RIGHT NOW, IF YOU 946 00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:03,014 IF YOU WERE GROWING UP, YOU 947 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:04,082 WOULD BE INCLINED TO GRAB A 948 00:33:04,082 --> 00:33:06,284 SPRAY CAN AND GO INTO YOUR 949 00:33:06,284 --> 00:33:07,785 NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT IF WE GIVE 950 00:33:07,785 --> 00:33:12,724 THEM A PLACE TO DO THIS, THEN IT 951 00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:14,859 WILL IT WILL HELP THEM 952 00:33:14,859 --> 00:33:16,227 FACILITATE IN THE ARTISTIC 953 00:33:16,227 --> 00:33:17,795 ASPECT OF IT AND LESS ON THE 954 00:33:17,795 --> 00:33:20,465 VANDALISM SIDE OF IT. AND RIGHT 955 00:33:20,465 --> 00:33:22,400 NOW, I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT 956 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,502 THERE MIGHT BE SOME CUTS MADE TO 957 00:33:24,502 --> 00:33:26,604 THE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT PROGRAM. 958 00:33:26,604 --> 00:33:28,106 SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING 959 00:33:28,106 --> 00:33:30,842 THAT KIND OF COUNTERWEIGHTS AND 960 00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:35,780 BRINGS, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF 961 00:33:35,780 --> 00:33:36,748 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 962 00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:41,519 DESMOND. UP NEXT IS HELENA, 963 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:42,019 FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA. 964 00:33:42,019 --> 00:33:45,456 -- THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. 965 00:33:45,456 --> 00:33:45,957 CHAIR STRAUSS AND OTHER 966 00:33:45,957 --> 00:33:47,358 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS ELENA 967 00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:49,293 RIBEIRO AND I'M THE DISTRICT 968 00:33:49,293 --> 00:33:51,262 PRESIDENT OF AFT 1789, WHICH 969 00:33:51,262 --> 00:33:53,097 REPRESENTS THE FACULTY IN THE 970 00:33:53,097 --> 00:33:54,432 SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AS 971 00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:55,566 I'VE SAID BEFORE, IN OTHER 972 00:33:55,566 --> 00:33:57,802 VENUES, THERE IS NEAR UNIVERSAL 973 00:33:57,802 --> 00:33:58,903 AGREEMENT THAT THESE PROGRAMS 974 00:33:58,903 --> 00:34:00,338 ARE VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, NOT 975 00:34:00,338 --> 00:34:02,073 ONLY AT OUR COLLEGES, BUT TO OUR 976 00:34:02,073 --> 00:34:03,408 CITY. OUR ADMINISTRATION AGREES. 977 00:34:03,408 --> 00:34:04,308 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGREES. 978 00:34:04,308 --> 00:34:06,310 OUR LEGISLATORS AGREE, OUR 979 00:34:06,310 --> 00:34:09,247 MAYORS AGREE, OUR MAYOR AGREES. 980 00:34:09,247 --> 00:34:11,416 WE ALL AGREE. AND YET WE ARE 981 00:34:11,416 --> 00:34:12,784 DESPERATE FOR EMERGENCY FUNDING. 982 00:34:12,784 --> 00:34:13,985 THE PROGRAMS THAT NORTH AND 983 00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:15,520 SOUTH, WHICH REPRESENT 21 984 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,021 PRESCHOOLS, DOZENS OF FACULTY 985 00:34:17,021 --> 00:34:18,423 AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, WILL 986 00:34:18,423 --> 00:34:21,125 CLOSE IN FOUR WEEKS UNTIL WE ARE 987 00:34:21,125 --> 00:34:22,927 ABLE TO. UNLESS WE ARE ABLE TO 988 00:34:22,927 --> 00:34:24,395 SECURE BRIDGE FUNDING, THAT WILL 989 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:26,063 ALLOW US TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE 990 00:34:26,063 --> 00:34:30,168 LEGISLATURE AS A UNION LEADER, I 991 00:34:30,168 --> 00:34:31,602 OFTEN MAKE DEMANDS. BUT TODAY I 992 00:34:31,602 --> 00:34:33,938 AM BEGGING YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE 993 00:34:33,938 --> 00:34:35,807 VOTE FOR THIS ONE TIME EMERGENCY 994 00:34:35,807 --> 00:34:36,741 FUNDING WHICH WILL ALLOW OUR 995 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:38,476 PROGRAMS. 996 00:34:38,476 --> 00:34:38,810 -- THANK YOU. 997 00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:39,377 -- THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS. 998 00:34:39,377 --> 00:34:41,612 -- WE NEED TO STRUGGLE WITH. 999 00:34:41,612 --> 00:34:45,416 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS 1000 00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:46,751 CHRISTINA, FOLLOWED BY SHERRY. 1001 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:47,085 GOOD MORNING. 1002 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:48,319 -- GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. SO 1003 00:34:48,319 --> 00:34:51,155 TODAY, WITHOUT THAT $800,000 IN 1004 00:34:51,155 --> 00:34:52,490 EMERGENCY RESERVE FUNDING, A 1005 00:34:52,490 --> 00:34:54,025 PROGRAM WITH MORE THAN 70 YEARS 1006 00:34:54,025 --> 00:34:55,860 OF HISTORY EDUCATING AND 1007 00:34:55,860 --> 00:34:57,061 SUPPORTING SEATTLE FAMILIES WILL 1008 00:34:57,061 --> 00:34:58,796 CEASE TO EXIST NEXT MONTH. WE 1009 00:34:58,796 --> 00:35:00,231 HAVE 14 LEGISLATORS WHO HAVE 1010 00:35:00,231 --> 00:35:01,332 SIGNED ON FOR SUPPORT OF THIS 1011 00:35:01,332 --> 00:35:02,600 PROGRAM, BUT WE CAN'T GET THERE 1012 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,303 IF THIS PROGRAM IS ALLOWED TO 1013 00:35:05,303 --> 00:35:05,937 DISAPPEAR NEXT MONTH. HERE'S 1014 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:07,538 WHAT WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT YOUR 1015 00:35:07,538 --> 00:35:10,074 VOTE TODAY, MORE THAN 1800 1016 00:35:10,074 --> 00:35:11,442 CHILDREN AGES BIRTH TO FIVE 1017 00:35:11,442 --> 00:35:13,711 WOULD LOSE ACCESS TO PARENT 1018 00:35:13,711 --> 00:35:14,278 EDUCATION AND SUPPORT VITAL 1019 00:35:14,278 --> 00:35:15,880 PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES AT 1020 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:17,982 MARY'S PLACE SHELTER, SUPPORTING 1021 00:35:17,982 --> 00:35:19,951 MORE THAN 260 FAMILIES WEEKLY 1022 00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,385 WILL VANISH. I TEACH THOSE 1023 00:35:21,385 --> 00:35:23,187 CLASSES AND I SEE ON A VERY 1024 00:35:23,187 --> 00:35:25,256 REGULAR BASIS THE IMPACT THAT 1025 00:35:25,256 --> 00:35:26,357 THAT HAS HELPING PARENTS BREAK 1026 00:35:26,357 --> 00:35:28,759 CYCLES OF TRAUMA, BUILD POSITIVE 1027 00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:29,861 PARENTING SKILLS, STRENGTHENING 1028 00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:30,394 RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR 1029 00:35:30,394 --> 00:35:31,863 CHILDREN, AND CREATING HEALTHIER 1030 00:35:31,863 --> 00:35:33,030 FUTURES FOR THEIR FAMILIES. THAT 1031 00:35:33,030 --> 00:35:34,999 IMPACT WILL EXTEND FOR 1032 00:35:34,999 --> 00:35:36,534 GENERATIONS. PLEASE DON'T LET 70 1033 00:35:36,534 --> 00:35:39,137 YEARS OF INVESTMENT AND 1034 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:39,971 SUPPORTING FAMILIES DISAPPEAR, 1035 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:41,305 BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND A WAY TO 1036 00:35:41,305 --> 00:35:42,773 BRIDGE THREE MONTHS. 1037 00:35:42,773 --> 00:35:43,908 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS SHERRY, 1038 00:35:43,908 --> 00:35:47,411 FOLLOWED BY NIKKI. 1039 00:35:47,411 --> 00:35:51,415 -- SHERRY. 1040 00:35:51,415 --> 00:35:54,819 -- WE GOT SHERRY DIONNE. 1041 00:35:54,819 --> 00:36:02,860 -- TRY TO GET MY SHIRT ON HERE. 1042 00:36:02,860 --> 00:36:04,529 GOOD MORNING. I'M SHERRY DIONNE 1043 00:36:04,529 --> 00:36:06,597 AND I'M PART OF ATLANTIC STREET 1044 00:36:06,597 --> 00:36:07,231 CENTER. AND FIRST OF ALL, I'D 1045 00:36:07,231 --> 00:36:10,868 LIKE TO THANK THE SEATTLE CITY 1046 00:36:10,868 --> 00:36:11,502 COUNCILMEMBERS. BUDGET CHAIRMAN 1047 00:36:11,502 --> 00:36:14,472 DANIEL STRAUSS FOR THIS 1048 00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:18,075 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ALONG WITH 1049 00:36:18,075 --> 00:36:20,912 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 1050 00:36:20,912 --> 00:36:26,551 AND ANY OTHER ANY OTHER PERSONS 1051 00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:27,151 WHO ARE PART OF THIS PROCESS. 1052 00:36:27,151 --> 00:36:28,352 I'M A PART OF ATLANTIC. I'VE 1053 00:36:28,352 --> 00:36:30,454 BEEN PART OF ATLANTIC STREET 1054 00:36:30,454 --> 00:36:32,490 CENTER FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THE 1055 00:36:32,490 --> 00:36:35,560 CENTER IS ONE OF THE SEATTLE'S 1056 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:36,093 OLDEST YOUTH DEVELOPMENT 1057 00:36:36,093 --> 00:36:37,361 ORGANIZATIONS, AND AFTER SCHOOL 1058 00:36:37,361 --> 00:36:39,530 SUMMER PROGRAMS GIVES CHILDREN A 1059 00:36:39,530 --> 00:36:41,499 SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE PLACE TO 1060 00:36:41,499 --> 00:36:43,501 CONNECT WITH CARING ADULTS AND 1061 00:36:43,501 --> 00:36:45,236 KEEP LEARNING AND TAKE PART IN 1062 00:36:45,236 --> 00:36:47,071 MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES, 1063 00:36:47,071 --> 00:36:47,672 ESPECIALLY DURING SUMMER WHEN 1064 00:36:47,672 --> 00:36:48,673 SCHOOL IS OUT. FUNDING HELPS 1065 00:36:48,673 --> 00:36:50,808 ATLANTIC STREET CENTER CONTINUE 1066 00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:52,977 THIS WORK AND SUPPORT OF SEATTLE 1067 00:36:52,977 --> 00:36:55,246 CHILDREN'S AND FAMILIES. 1068 00:36:55,246 --> 00:36:57,548 INVESTMENT IN YOUNG PEOPLE. 1069 00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:58,382 -- THROUGHOUT THE. 1070 00:36:58,382 --> 00:36:58,649 -- YEAR. 1071 00:36:58,649 --> 00:37:02,386 -- AND SUMMERS. 1072 00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:02,720 -- THANK YOU. 1073 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:07,124 -- BUDGET THAT YOU WILL. WE ASK 1074 00:37:07,124 --> 00:37:08,893 THAT YOU RECONSIDER AND KEEP 1075 00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:11,295 THIS. THE FUNDING FOR. 1076 00:37:11,295 --> 00:37:12,163 -- ATLANTIC STREET CENTER. 1077 00:37:12,163 --> 00:37:13,631 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU SHERRY. 1078 00:37:13,631 --> 00:37:17,268 UP NEXT IS NIKKI, FOLLOWED BY 1079 00:37:17,268 --> 00:37:17,735 ANIKA AND THEN AVERY. 1080 00:37:17,735 --> 00:37:19,036 -- ALL RIGHT. 1081 00:37:19,036 --> 00:37:19,971 -- HI, COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME 1082 00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:21,505 IS NIKKI WOLF AND I'M A WEST 1083 00:37:21,505 --> 00:37:23,507 SEATTLE MOM OF TWO CHILDREN WHO 1084 00:37:23,507 --> 00:37:25,710 ARE JOINING ME TODAY ENROLLED IN 1085 00:37:25,710 --> 00:37:27,578 CO-OP AT SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE. 1086 00:37:27,578 --> 00:37:32,116 AND OUR FAMILY'S BEEN PART OF 1087 00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:32,683 THE PROGRAM SINCE BEFORE MY 1088 00:37:32,683 --> 00:37:33,351 OLDEST COULD WALK. AND HE'S IN 1089 00:37:33,351 --> 00:37:34,485 PRE-K AND MY YOUNGEST IS IN THE 1090 00:37:34,485 --> 00:37:36,654 TODDLER CLASS. AND TO US, 1091 00:37:36,654 --> 00:37:38,155 COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL IS SO MUCH 1092 00:37:38,155 --> 00:37:39,957 MORE THAN A PRESCHOOL. IT'S A 1093 00:37:39,957 --> 00:37:41,392 COMMUNITY, A SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND 1094 00:37:41,392 --> 00:37:42,526 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO 1095 00:37:42,526 --> 00:37:44,729 LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE. ONE OF 1096 00:37:44,729 --> 00:37:46,197 THE HARDEST AND MOST IMPORTANT 1097 00:37:46,197 --> 00:37:48,733 JOBS WE'LL EVER HAVE. AND AS A 1098 00:37:48,733 --> 00:37:50,468 PARENT, EDUCATION STUDENT, I 1099 00:37:50,468 --> 00:37:51,068 HAVE A DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL 1100 00:37:51,068 --> 00:37:53,304 WHO HELPS ME BETTER UNDERSTAND 1101 00:37:53,304 --> 00:37:55,306 CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND POSITIVE 1102 00:37:55,306 --> 00:37:57,642 PARENTING STRATEGIES. THIS IS 1103 00:37:57,642 --> 00:37:59,977 EVIDENCE BASED EDUCATION FROM 1104 00:37:59,977 --> 00:38:00,511 TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WHO 1105 00:38:00,511 --> 00:38:01,479 UNDERSTAND CHILDREN AND 1106 00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:02,246 FAMILIES, AND THIS PROGRAM HAS 1107 00:38:02,246 --> 00:38:05,149 GIVEN ME A WAY TO CONTINUE 1108 00:38:05,149 --> 00:38:05,650 LEARNING AND DEVELOPING 1109 00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:06,951 PROFESSIONALLY. WHILE MY YEARS 1110 00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:08,552 OF RAISING CHILDREN. SO PLEASE 1111 00:38:08,552 --> 00:38:11,489 VOTE YES ON THE EMERGENCY BRIDGE 1112 00:38:11,489 --> 00:38:11,922 FUNDING AMENDMENT. 1113 00:38:11,922 --> 00:38:12,857 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU NIKKI. 1114 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:16,594 UP NEXT IS ANIKA, FOLLOWED BY 1115 00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:21,365 AVERY. 1116 00:38:21,365 --> 00:38:22,800 -- I AM ANIKA ZUMBRUNNEN. I'M A 1117 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,736 PARENT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD 1118 00:38:25,736 --> 00:38:26,904 EDUCATION EDUCATOR. THIS 80 YEAR 1119 00:38:26,904 --> 00:38:28,105 OLD MODEL DESERVES TO BE 1120 00:38:28,105 --> 00:38:30,107 RECOGNIZED AS AN ESSENTIAL 1121 00:38:30,107 --> 00:38:31,876 COMMUNITY RESOURCE. ITS VALUE 1122 00:38:31,876 --> 00:38:33,144 EXTENDS FAR BEYOND PRESCHOOL 1123 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:35,413 READINESS. PARENT EDUCATION 1124 00:38:35,413 --> 00:38:35,913 PROGRAMS PROVIDE EARLY 1125 00:38:35,913 --> 00:38:37,248 IDENTIFICATION AND INTERVENTION 1126 00:38:37,248 --> 00:38:38,716 OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN WITH 1127 00:38:38,716 --> 00:38:39,283 DEVELOPMENTAL AND LEARNING 1128 00:38:39,283 --> 00:38:42,086 DIFFERENCES. WELCOMING 1129 00:38:42,086 --> 00:38:42,653 SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR 1130 00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:43,754 NEURODIVERGENT CHILDREN AND 1131 00:38:43,754 --> 00:38:45,022 FAMILIES. EQUITABLE ACCESS TO 1132 00:38:45,022 --> 00:38:46,891 EARLY LEARNING AND PARENTING 1133 00:38:46,891 --> 00:38:47,825 RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES ACROSS 1134 00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:50,795 SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL 1135 00:38:50,795 --> 00:38:51,395 BACKGROUNDS. OPPORTUNITIES TO 1136 00:38:51,395 --> 00:38:52,596 DEVELOP SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL 1137 00:38:52,596 --> 00:38:54,999 INTELLIGENCE, RESILIENCE AND 1138 00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:56,600 HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. POSITIVE 1139 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:57,134 DISCIPLINE STRATEGIES AND 1140 00:38:57,134 --> 00:38:58,602 PRACTICAL PARENTING STRATEGIES. 1141 00:38:58,602 --> 00:38:59,870 THESE PROGRAMS ALSO PROVIDE 1142 00:38:59,870 --> 00:39:01,439 SOMETHING THAT IS INCREASINGLY 1143 00:39:01,439 --> 00:39:03,774 DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES TO FIND 1144 00:39:03,774 --> 00:39:04,308 CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY 1145 00:39:04,308 --> 00:39:06,043 PARENTING CAN BE ISOLATING, 1146 00:39:06,043 --> 00:39:07,745 OVERWHELMING AND INCREDIBLY 1147 00:39:07,745 --> 00:39:09,080 CHALLENGING. PARENTS NEED MORE 1148 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,682 SUPPORT, NOT LESS. 1149 00:39:11,682 --> 00:39:12,850 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS AVERY, 1150 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:16,387 FOLLOWED BY AMANDA. 1151 00:39:16,387 --> 00:39:19,356 -- GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. I'M 1152 00:39:19,356 --> 00:39:20,524 AVERY. I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE 1153 00:39:20,524 --> 00:39:21,759 ON CAPITOL HILL. I ASK YOU TO 1154 00:39:21,759 --> 00:39:23,561 SPEND RESPONSIBLY AND UNLIKE 1155 00:39:23,561 --> 00:39:26,864 EVERYBODY ELSE, I ASK YOU TO CUT 1156 00:39:26,864 --> 00:39:27,832 THINGS. WE WANT CITYWIDE 1157 00:39:27,832 --> 00:39:28,699 IMPROVEMENTS, NOT A FIGHT TO PUT 1158 00:39:28,699 --> 00:39:30,167 YOUR NAME ON A MINUSCULE 1159 00:39:30,167 --> 00:39:32,670 DISTRICT PROJECT. SO WE JUST 1160 00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:33,604 PASSED THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 1161 00:39:33,604 --> 00:39:36,006 MEASURE, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO 1162 00:39:36,006 --> 00:39:37,208 SPEND MONEY EQUITABLY ACROSS THE 1163 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:41,112 CITY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. TAKING 1164 00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:43,180 $2.5 MILLION OUT OF THAT POT FOR 1165 00:39:43,180 --> 00:39:44,849 A SINGLE BUS LINE THAT CAN'T 1166 00:39:44,849 --> 00:39:47,218 EVEN START RUNNING UNTIL 2028 IS 1167 00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:49,820 IRRESPONSIBLE SPENDING. IT'S 1168 00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:50,454 EVEN MORE IRRESPONSIBLE IF THAT 1169 00:39:50,454 --> 00:39:51,655 BUS STARTS AND THEN IMMEDIATELY 1170 00:39:51,655 --> 00:39:53,124 RUNS OUT OF FUNDING THE NEXT 1171 00:39:53,124 --> 00:39:54,959 YEAR. IF YOU WANT FASTER BUSSES 1172 00:39:54,959 --> 00:39:57,828 TO BALLARD, SPEND MONEY TO TURN 1173 00:39:57,828 --> 00:39:59,897 MERCER PARKING INTO BUS LANES 1174 00:39:59,897 --> 00:40:01,332 AND MAKE THE BUS COME MORE 1175 00:40:01,332 --> 00:40:01,899 OFTEN, LIKE SEATTLE TRANSIT 1176 00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:03,667 MEASURE DOES. WHILE WE'RE AT IT, 1177 00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:05,169 DON'T FUND THE DISTRICT PROJECT 1178 00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:08,139 FUNDS, AND LET'S TRY NOT TO FUND 1179 00:40:08,139 --> 00:40:09,673 THE CITY ON TICKETS. THANK YOU 1180 00:40:09,673 --> 00:40:10,674 FOR YOUR HARD WORK. 1181 00:40:10,674 --> 00:40:12,009 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS AMANDA, 1182 00:40:12,009 --> 00:40:16,747 FOLLOWED BY CAITLIN. GOOD 1183 00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:17,014 MORNING. 1184 00:40:17,014 --> 00:40:19,450 -- GOOD MORNING. HI, MY NAME IS 1185 00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:21,118 AMANDA AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT 1186 00:40:21,118 --> 00:40:23,087 THE EMERGENCY BRIDGE FUNDING FOR 1187 00:40:23,087 --> 00:40:24,955 PARENT EDUCATION. THANK YOU. 1188 00:40:24,955 --> 00:40:27,091 COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK, LIN AND 1189 00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:28,159 SAKA FOR SUPPORTING THE BILL TO 1190 00:40:28,159 --> 00:40:30,161 SAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM. 1191 00:40:30,161 --> 00:40:31,195 I'M A WORKING MOM OF A THREE 1192 00:40:31,195 --> 00:40:32,463 AND A HALF YEAR OLD. THIS IS 1193 00:40:32,463 --> 00:40:36,467 ARI. ARI, CAN YOU WAVE? YEAH. 1194 00:40:36,467 --> 00:40:37,668 SHE HAS ATTENDED THE ADMIRAL 1195 00:40:37,668 --> 00:40:39,203 BRANCH OF THE SOUTH SEATTLE 1196 00:40:39,203 --> 00:40:40,671 CO-OP SINCE SHE WAS TWO. THIS 1197 00:40:40,671 --> 00:40:41,639 YEAR, TEACHER JANE IS HER 1198 00:40:41,639 --> 00:40:43,307 TEACHER AND TEACHER. JEN IS MY 1199 00:40:43,307 --> 00:40:45,376 TEACHER, AND IT HAS BEEN LIFE 1200 00:40:45,376 --> 00:40:49,713 ALTERING FOR OUR FAMILY. THE 1201 00:40:49,713 --> 00:40:51,382 EDUCATION THAT BOTH MY DAUGHTER 1202 00:40:51,382 --> 00:40:53,250 AND ME AND MY HUSBAND RECEIVE 1203 00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:54,685 FROM THE CO-OPS IS AMAZING. 1204 00:40:54,685 --> 00:40:56,654 IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 1205 00:40:56,654 --> 00:40:57,788 COMMUNITY. AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, 1206 00:40:57,788 --> 00:41:00,024 IT CAN BE SO LONELY TO RAISE A 1207 00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:03,093 CHILD AND ESPECIALLY MODERN DAY 1208 00:41:03,093 --> 00:41:04,862 LIVING. AND THIS PROGRAM REALLY 1209 00:41:04,862 --> 00:41:05,930 SETS THAT APART. AND WE HAVE 1210 00:41:05,930 --> 00:41:08,165 FOUND A COMMUNITY THROUGH THE 1211 00:41:08,165 --> 00:41:09,533 CO-OPS. AND I'M LEARNING TO BE 1212 00:41:09,533 --> 00:41:11,469 A BETTER PARENT. AND SO IS MY 1213 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:11,735 HUSBAND. 1214 00:41:11,735 --> 00:41:13,404 -- THANK YOU THANK. 1215 00:41:13,404 --> 00:41:19,476 -- YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UP 1216 00:41:19,476 --> 00:41:20,478 NEXT IS KATELYN. THAT WAS THAT 1217 00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:24,148 THAT WAS AMANDA. UP NEXT IS 1218 00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:27,017 KATELYN. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF 1219 00:41:27,017 --> 00:41:28,519 PEOPLE HERE SUPPORTING THE SAME 1220 00:41:28,519 --> 00:41:30,354 THING THAT I THINK I'M JUST 1221 00:41:30,354 --> 00:41:31,522 GAUGING VIBES ON THE DAIS THAT 1222 00:41:31,522 --> 00:41:35,926 WE ALL SUPPORT YOU. SO IF YOU 1223 00:41:35,926 --> 00:41:39,029 DON'T, IF YOU DON'T NEED THE 1224 00:41:39,029 --> 00:41:41,065 WHOLE 50s AND PLEASE DON'T GO 1225 00:41:41,065 --> 00:41:42,366 OVER 50s, BUT I'M CALLING RIGHT 1226 00:41:42,366 --> 00:41:45,536 NOW. CAITLIN BERGMAN, ARE YOU IN 1227 00:41:45,536 --> 00:41:46,170 THE AUDIENCE? CAITLIN BERGMAN, 1228 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:48,973 KATELYN BERGMAN TWICE. CAITLIN 1229 00:41:48,973 --> 00:41:50,441 BERGMAN THREE TIMES. CAITLIN 1230 00:41:50,441 --> 00:41:53,410 BERGMAN, WE ARE MOVING ON. 1231 00:41:53,410 --> 00:41:57,548 TAYLOR. MINTER. TAYLOR. MINTER. 1232 00:41:57,548 --> 00:41:57,848 THANK YOU. 1233 00:41:57,848 --> 00:41:59,016 -- HELLO. TODAY, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1234 00:41:59,016 --> 00:42:00,551 MY NAME IS TAYLOR MINTER. I'M A 1235 00:42:00,551 --> 00:42:01,218 FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN, AND I'VE 1236 00:42:01,218 --> 00:42:02,620 BEEN THE BOARD CHAIR OF QUEEN 1237 00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:04,989 ANNE COOPERATIVE AND 1238 00:42:04,989 --> 00:42:05,923 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE DISTRICT 1239 00:42:05,923 --> 00:42:06,957 FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND AS 1240 00:42:06,957 --> 00:42:08,859 YOU SEE TODAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF 1241 00:42:08,859 --> 00:42:10,394 PARENTS HERE WHO TELL YOU HOW 1242 00:42:10,394 --> 00:42:11,896 IMPORTANT CO-OPS ARE AND HOW 1243 00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:12,496 IMPORTANT PARENT EDUCATION IS 1244 00:42:12,496 --> 00:42:14,465 TO, YOU KNOW, THEM RAISING THEIR 1245 00:42:14,465 --> 00:42:15,566 CHILDREN. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE 1246 00:42:15,566 --> 00:42:17,434 SOME TIME TO POINT OUT THAT 1247 00:42:17,434 --> 00:42:18,068 THESE COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOLS ARE 1248 00:42:18,068 --> 00:42:19,303 SPREAD OUT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE 1249 00:42:19,303 --> 00:42:21,138 DISTRICT IN THE CITY, AND THAT 1250 00:42:21,138 --> 00:42:22,907 THE FUNDING MODEL THAT HAS BEEN 1251 00:42:22,907 --> 00:42:24,408 PART OF PARENT EDUCATION AND 1252 00:42:24,408 --> 00:42:25,042 COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOLS HAS BEEN 1253 00:42:25,042 --> 00:42:27,211 AROUND FOR 80 YEARS. AND SEATTLE 1254 00:42:27,211 --> 00:42:28,012 DIDN'T BREAK THIS FUNDING 1255 00:42:28,012 --> 00:42:29,179 MODEL, BUT YOU CAN BE THE PEOPLE 1256 00:42:29,179 --> 00:42:31,382 WHO HELP US SAVE THESE PROGRAMS 1257 00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:32,049 BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, WHEN 1258 00:42:32,049 --> 00:42:34,351 PROGRAMS LIKE THIS DIE, THEY 1259 00:42:34,351 --> 00:42:35,552 DON'T COME BACK. SO WE ARE 1260 00:42:35,552 --> 00:42:37,121 ASKING, AND I AM ASKING FOR THE 1261 00:42:37,121 --> 00:42:38,722 FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE 1262 00:42:38,722 --> 00:42:41,191 TO FIGHT AT THE STATE 1263 00:42:41,191 --> 00:42:41,792 LEGISLATIVE LEVEL AND SECURE 1264 00:42:41,792 --> 00:42:42,559 FUNDING GOING FORWARD. THANK 1265 00:42:42,559 --> 00:42:43,861 YOU. 1266 00:42:43,861 --> 00:42:45,930 -- THANK YOU. DEBORA WAXMAN, 1267 00:42:45,930 --> 00:42:46,363 FOLLOWED BY ALICE. 1268 00:42:46,363 --> 00:42:48,732 -- HI. I AM BOTH A PARENT, 1269 00:42:48,732 --> 00:42:49,833 EDUCATOR AND A PARENT WHO WENT 1270 00:42:49,833 --> 00:42:51,235 THROUGH THE PROGRAM WITH MY OWN 1271 00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:53,070 CHILDREN. AND SO PROFESSIONALLY 1272 00:42:53,070 --> 00:42:55,472 AND PERSONALLY, I HAD HORRIBLE 1273 00:42:55,472 --> 00:42:57,074 POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, HORRIBLE 1274 00:42:57,074 --> 00:42:58,509 WITH MY FIRST AND MORE MILD, BUT 1275 00:42:58,509 --> 00:43:02,513 STILL BAD WITH MY SECOND. I CAN 1276 00:43:02,513 --> 00:43:04,581 SAY THAT THIS PROGRAM SAVES 1277 00:43:04,581 --> 00:43:06,517 LIVES. THIS PROGRAM HELPS 1278 00:43:06,517 --> 00:43:08,285 PARENTS NOT FALL BACK ON 1279 00:43:08,285 --> 00:43:10,454 PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE 1280 00:43:10,454 --> 00:43:12,256 AS A WAY OF MANAGING THE 1281 00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:14,525 DIFFICULTY OF BEING A PARENT. IT 1282 00:43:14,525 --> 00:43:17,261 KEEPS FAMILIES WORKING TOGETHER. 1283 00:43:17,261 --> 00:43:21,632 IT HELPS CO-PARENTS MAINTAIN A 1284 00:43:21,632 --> 00:43:24,234 HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP. I CAN'T 1285 00:43:24,234 --> 00:43:25,669 THINK OF A SINGLE BETTER WAY. I 1286 00:43:25,669 --> 00:43:27,538 MEAN, THERE ARE MANY, MANY 1287 00:43:27,538 --> 00:43:28,639 PROGRAMS THAT HELP CHILDREN. I 1288 00:43:28,639 --> 00:43:31,275 SHOULDN'T SAY THAT, BUT THIS IS 1289 00:43:31,275 --> 00:43:33,210 URGENT. PLEASE EXTEND THE 1290 00:43:33,210 --> 00:43:34,445 FUNDING. 1291 00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:35,612 -- THANK YOU. DEBORA. AND BEFORE 1292 00:43:35,612 --> 00:43:37,047 ALICE GOES, I'M GOING TO READ 1293 00:43:37,047 --> 00:43:39,717 THE NEXT TEN PEOPLE AFTER ALICE, 1294 00:43:39,717 --> 00:43:45,556 FINN ROGERS JAY LAST NAME MUNOZ. 1295 00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:47,625 LAUREN. HARRISON, LAURA. BLACK, 1296 00:43:47,625 --> 00:43:49,393 DEANDRE. FISHER, TANYA. HEANUE. 1297 00:43:49,393 --> 00:43:54,365 ALICIA. RUIZ. SAM. WOLF. DEE. 1298 00:43:54,365 --> 00:43:56,634 HOWARD, M. MARTHA. KADANE. WITH 1299 00:43:56,634 --> 00:43:58,902 THAT. ALICE, WELCOME. GOOD TO 1300 00:43:58,902 --> 00:43:59,169 SEE YOU. 1301 00:43:59,169 --> 00:44:01,338 -- HI, I'M ALICE ENEVOLDSEN. 1302 00:44:01,338 --> 00:44:02,706 I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES 1303 00:44:02,706 --> 00:44:04,141 FROM SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE. THE 1304 00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:09,646 FACULTY AND AFT. I AM A GRADUATE 1305 00:44:09,646 --> 00:44:11,615 OF RAINIER BEACH CO-OP PRESCHOOL 1306 00:44:11,615 --> 00:44:14,084 AND SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE 1307 00:44:14,084 --> 00:44:14,752 PRESCHOOL. I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING 1308 00:44:14,752 --> 00:44:17,721 FOR THIS, AT LEAST FOR 42, 43 1309 00:44:17,721 --> 00:44:23,460 YEARS, AND I'M 46. I WHEN I SAY 1310 00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:24,094 I'M A GRADUATE OF THE CO-OP 1311 00:44:24,094 --> 00:44:25,796 PRESCHOOLS, I MEAN, ME, I WENT 1312 00:44:25,796 --> 00:44:29,233 THROUGH THEM AND THEN ALSO WITH 1313 00:44:29,233 --> 00:44:31,068 MY OWN CHILDREN, I WAS ABLE TO 1314 00:44:31,068 --> 00:44:31,835 PARTICIPATE IN THE CO-OP 1315 00:44:31,835 --> 00:44:34,338 PRESCHOOLS, AND NOW I'M FACULTY 1316 00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:36,473 AT SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE IN 1317 00:44:36,473 --> 00:44:38,509 PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY. AND I 1318 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:41,111 WANT TO SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES 1319 00:44:41,111 --> 00:44:41,445 AND PARENTS. 1320 00:44:41,445 --> 00:44:43,313 -- WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. UP NEXT 1321 00:44:43,313 --> 00:44:45,182 IS FINN, FOLLOWED BY MIGHT BE 1322 00:44:45,182 --> 00:44:46,150 GEORGE. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? 1323 00:44:46,150 --> 00:44:47,885 YES. 1324 00:44:47,885 --> 00:44:48,952 -- HELLO. MY NAME IS FINN ROGERS 1325 00:44:48,952 --> 00:44:50,988 AND I AM HERE TODAY FROM 1326 00:44:50,988 --> 00:44:51,922 EVERGREEN TREATMENT SERVICES. 1327 00:44:51,922 --> 00:44:54,091 REACH. I'D LIKE TO START BY 1328 00:44:54,091 --> 00:44:54,692 THANKING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 1329 00:44:54,692 --> 00:44:58,262 FOR THE INITIAL EFFORT TO FUND 1330 00:44:58,262 --> 00:45:00,531 TREATMENT, ACCESS, AND 1331 00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:02,733 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR ADDING 1332 00:45:02,733 --> 00:45:04,134 HSD 045 AYE THAT ADDRESSES 1333 00:45:04,134 --> 00:45:05,235 SUPPORT AFTER TREATMENT. AS THIS 1334 00:45:05,235 --> 00:45:06,103 IS A CRITICAL PIECE THAT WE ARE 1335 00:45:06,103 --> 00:45:07,604 CURRENTLY MISSING, MEMBERS OF 1336 00:45:07,604 --> 00:45:08,806 OUR COMMUNITY ARE MAKING THE 1337 00:45:08,806 --> 00:45:10,574 DIFFICULT DECISION TO STEP AWAY 1338 00:45:10,574 --> 00:45:12,076 FROM THEIR LIVES, TO PRIORITIZE 1339 00:45:12,076 --> 00:45:12,976 THEMSELVES AND GO TO TREATMENT. 1340 00:45:12,976 --> 00:45:15,279 BUT THIS IS ONLY ONE STEP IN A 1341 00:45:15,279 --> 00:45:16,914 LIFELONG JOURNEY. AT REACH, WE 1342 00:45:16,914 --> 00:45:17,981 ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE 1343 00:45:17,981 --> 00:45:19,183 TO SUPPORT OUR CLIENTS INTO 1344 00:45:19,183 --> 00:45:20,918 TREATMENT, BUT OUR ABILITY TO 1345 00:45:20,918 --> 00:45:22,119 FIND AFFORDABLE RECOVERY HOUSING 1346 00:45:22,119 --> 00:45:23,153 AFTER TREATMENT IS WHERE THE 1347 00:45:23,153 --> 00:45:24,588 PROCESS GET DIFFICULT. WHEN 1348 00:45:24,588 --> 00:45:26,190 TREATMENT IS OVER, MANY PEOPLE 1349 00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:27,558 HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO RETURN TO 1350 00:45:27,558 --> 00:45:28,926 HOMELESSNESS AND BACK TO 1351 00:45:28,926 --> 00:45:29,560 ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE NOT SET UP 1352 00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:31,595 TO SUPPORT THEIR RECOVERY. THIS 1353 00:45:31,595 --> 00:45:32,663 IS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD 1354 00:45:32,663 --> 00:45:34,164 THE RENT, AND WE DO NOT HAVE 1355 00:45:34,164 --> 00:45:35,532 ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO ELIMINATE 1356 00:45:35,532 --> 00:45:38,035 THIS BARRIER. OUR COMMUNITY 1357 00:45:38,035 --> 00:45:39,436 CANNOT BEGIN THIS JOURNEY IF 1358 00:45:39,436 --> 00:45:39,970 THEY ARE RETURNING TO THE 1359 00:45:39,970 --> 00:45:41,905 STREETS, AND THAT'S A REALITY. 1360 00:45:41,905 --> 00:45:43,340 AFTER TREATMENT, WE NEED TO 1361 00:45:43,340 --> 00:45:45,943 CONTINUE TO. 1362 00:45:45,943 --> 00:45:48,612 -- THANK YOU, GEORGE, FOLLOWED 1363 00:45:48,612 --> 00:45:53,851 BY LAUREN. WELCOME 1364 00:45:53,851 --> 00:45:55,219 -- GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, 1365 00:45:55,219 --> 00:45:57,521 COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR 1366 00:45:57,521 --> 00:45:58,055 YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC 1367 00:45:58,055 --> 00:46:00,691 SERVICE AND TO SEATTLE AND KING 1368 00:46:00,691 --> 00:46:02,092 COUNTY. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE 1369 00:46:02,092 --> 00:46:03,527 DUWAMISH VALLEY KING TIDES ARE 1370 00:46:03,527 --> 00:46:05,429 EXPECTED TO. TO ARRIVE AROUND 1371 00:46:05,429 --> 00:46:06,630 THE HOLIDAYS THIS YEAR AND 1372 00:46:06,630 --> 00:46:07,965 BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, SO MANY 1373 00:46:07,965 --> 00:46:09,833 SOUTH PARK RESIDENTS AND 1374 00:46:09,833 --> 00:46:11,301 DUWAMISH VALLEY PEOPLE ARE AT 1375 00:46:11,301 --> 00:46:13,137 RISK OF FLOODING AGAIN AND 1376 00:46:13,137 --> 00:46:14,071 DISPLACEMENT. AND IT IS FOR THAT 1377 00:46:14,071 --> 00:46:16,707 REASON THAT I ASK FOR YOUR 1378 00:46:16,707 --> 00:46:18,609 SUPPORT IN RECONSIDERING TWO 1379 00:46:18,609 --> 00:46:21,044 PROPOSED CHANGES. THE $200,000 1380 00:46:21,044 --> 00:46:23,347 TRANSFER FROM THE OFFICE OF 1381 00:46:23,347 --> 00:46:23,981 SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT, 1382 00:46:23,981 --> 00:46:25,749 THE DUWAMISH VALLEY PROGRAM, TO 1383 00:46:25,749 --> 00:46:28,852 THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 1384 00:46:28,852 --> 00:46:30,154 DEVELOPMENT AND THE 1.1 MILLION 1385 00:46:30,154 --> 00:46:32,322 PER YEAR NET REDUCTION TO THE 1386 00:46:32,322 --> 00:46:32,890 MUNICIPAL ENERGY EMISSIONS 1387 00:46:32,890 --> 00:46:34,858 PROGRAM. DUWAMISH VALLEY AND 1388 00:46:34,858 --> 00:46:38,162 SOUTH PARK IS IN NEED OF THIS 1389 00:46:38,162 --> 00:46:40,030 SUPPORT, SO HELP US OUT, PLEASE. 1390 00:46:40,030 --> 00:46:40,898 THANK YOU. 1391 00:46:40,898 --> 00:46:42,132 -- THANK YOU GEORGE. UP NEXT IS 1392 00:46:42,132 --> 00:46:43,901 LAUREN, FOLLOWED BY LAURA AND 1393 00:46:43,901 --> 00:46:47,804 THEN DEONDRE 1394 00:46:47,804 --> 00:46:49,573 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1395 00:46:49,573 --> 00:46:51,675 I'M LAUREN HARRISON, I AM 1396 00:46:51,675 --> 00:46:53,577 ATHENA'S MOM AND I'M ALSO A 1397 00:46:53,577 --> 00:46:54,077 LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH 1398 00:46:54,077 --> 00:46:56,413 COUNSELOR. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT 1399 00:46:56,413 --> 00:46:58,215 THE EMERGENCY BRIDGE BRIDGE 1400 00:46:58,215 --> 00:46:59,016 FUNDING AMENDMENT FOR 1401 00:46:59,016 --> 00:47:01,485 COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOLS AND 1402 00:47:01,485 --> 00:47:04,755 PARENT EDUCATION. THANK YOU. 1403 00:47:04,755 --> 00:47:07,224 RINCK AND LIN AND SAKA FOR 1404 00:47:07,224 --> 00:47:08,192 SPONSORING IT. WHEN I WAS A NEW 1405 00:47:08,192 --> 00:47:11,595 MOM, I WAS ISOLATED. I NEEDED 1406 00:47:11,595 --> 00:47:13,330 COMMUNITY, AND I FOUND THIS 1407 00:47:13,330 --> 00:47:13,964 CO-OP PRESCHOOL WHEN ATHENA WAS 1408 00:47:13,964 --> 00:47:15,566 FIVE MONTHS OLD. IT WAS 1409 00:47:15,566 --> 00:47:17,734 AFFORDABLE AND IT WAS ACCESSIBLE 1410 00:47:17,734 --> 00:47:20,070 AND IT BECAME MY LIFELINE AS A 1411 00:47:20,070 --> 00:47:21,238 COUNSELOR. I KNOW THAT ISOLATION 1412 00:47:21,238 --> 00:47:25,142 IS A BIG DEAL FOR PARENTS 1413 00:47:25,142 --> 00:47:25,676 BECAUSE IT AFFECTS MENTAL 1414 00:47:25,676 --> 00:47:26,276 HEALTH. COMMUNITY IS THE CURE 1415 00:47:26,276 --> 00:47:27,844 FOR ISOLATION. THIS PROGRAM 1416 00:47:27,844 --> 00:47:29,213 MAKES THAT COMMUNITY ACCESSIBLE, 1417 00:47:29,213 --> 00:47:30,847 AND WITHOUT THIS FUNDING, OTHER 1418 00:47:30,847 --> 00:47:32,950 NEW MOMS COULD LOSE THAT 1419 00:47:32,950 --> 00:47:34,184 LIFELINE. I ASKED ATHENA, WHO'S 1420 00:47:34,184 --> 00:47:36,119 THREE AND A HALF, WHY DOES OUR 1421 00:47:36,119 --> 00:47:36,853 CO-OP MATTER TO OUR FAMILY? AND 1422 00:47:36,853 --> 00:47:38,989 SHE SAID, BECAUSE IT BELONGS TO 1423 00:47:38,989 --> 00:47:40,390 EVERYBODY. PLEASE VOTE YES ON 1424 00:47:40,390 --> 00:47:41,558 THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. 1425 00:47:41,558 --> 00:47:44,027 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS LAURA, 1426 00:47:44,027 --> 00:47:47,297 FOLLOWED BY DEONDRE AND THEN 1427 00:47:47,297 --> 00:47:55,172 TONYA. 1428 00:47:55,405 --> 00:47:58,208 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 1429 00:47:58,208 --> 00:47:59,276 MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LAURA BLACK 1430 00:47:59,276 --> 00:48:00,944 AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE 1431 00:48:00,944 --> 00:48:02,012 EMERGENCY BRIDGE FUNDING 1432 00:48:02,012 --> 00:48:03,547 AMENDMENT FOR PARENT. AND THANK 1433 00:48:03,547 --> 00:48:04,982 YOU TO SPONSORS, COUNCILMEMBERS 1434 00:48:04,982 --> 00:48:07,284 RINCK, LIN AND SAKA. TODAY I 1435 00:48:07,284 --> 00:48:08,318 DISCOVERED CO-OP WHEN MY SON 1436 00:48:08,318 --> 00:48:10,053 ROWAN WAS 18 MONTHS OLD. THIS IS 1437 00:48:10,053 --> 00:48:14,591 ROWAN. YOU WANT TO. I WAS NEWLY 1438 00:48:14,591 --> 00:48:16,360 RECOVERING FROM POSTPARTUM PTSD, 1439 00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:17,461 NAVIGATING A NEWLY SINGLE INCOME 1440 00:48:17,461 --> 00:48:19,796 HOUSEHOLD AND FEELING LOST AS A 1441 00:48:19,796 --> 00:48:21,265 PARENT. SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGES 1442 00:48:21,265 --> 00:48:22,933 PARENT PROGRAM HELPED ME MOVE 1443 00:48:22,933 --> 00:48:24,501 BEYOND TRAUMA ACCESS, AFFORDABLE 1444 00:48:24,501 --> 00:48:25,102 PRESCHOOL, FIND COMMUNITY AND 1445 00:48:25,102 --> 00:48:27,437 DEVELOP POSITIVE PARENTING 1446 00:48:27,437 --> 00:48:28,705 STRATEGIES THAT BREAK CYCLES OF 1447 00:48:28,705 --> 00:48:30,107 SHAME AND COMPLIANCE. I GET TO 1448 00:48:30,107 --> 00:48:31,808 PRACTICE THESE SKILLS WEEKLY IN 1449 00:48:31,808 --> 00:48:32,809 OUR PROGRAMS LAB, WHICH ALSO 1450 00:48:32,809 --> 00:48:34,978 HAPPENS TO BE ROWAN'S CLASSROOM. 1451 00:48:34,978 --> 00:48:36,480 TODAY, I CHAIR OUR PARENT 1452 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:38,282 ADVISORY COUNCIL, HELPING 1453 00:48:38,282 --> 00:48:40,784 PROVIDE INCLUSIVE ANTI-RACIST 1454 00:48:40,784 --> 00:48:41,251 EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, 1455 00:48:41,251 --> 00:48:42,452 SCHOLARSHIPS, AND COMMUNITY 1456 00:48:42,452 --> 00:48:44,554 EVENTS. CLOSING THESE PROGRAMS 1457 00:48:44,554 --> 00:48:45,088 MEANS LOSING EXPERIENCED 1458 00:48:45,088 --> 00:48:46,390 EDUCATORS, VITAL COMMUNITY 1459 00:48:46,390 --> 00:48:47,891 INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUTURE EARLY 1460 00:48:47,891 --> 00:48:48,725 CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS. PLEASE VOTE 1461 00:48:48,725 --> 00:48:49,960 YES IN THIS ONE TIME EMERGENCY 1462 00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:50,260 AMENDMENT. 1463 00:48:50,260 --> 00:48:52,262 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 1464 00:48:52,262 --> 00:48:53,830 DEONDRE, FOLLOWED BY TANYA AND 1465 00:48:53,830 --> 00:48:59,036 THEN ALICIA. YOU. YEP. 1466 00:48:59,036 --> 00:49:00,137 -- THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 1467 00:49:00,137 --> 00:49:01,371 GREETINGS. THANK YOU ALL FOR 1468 00:49:01,371 --> 00:49:03,540 ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS 1469 00:49:03,540 --> 00:49:04,942 DEONDRE FISHER. I SERVE AS THE 1470 00:49:04,942 --> 00:49:07,277 ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR 1471 00:49:07,277 --> 00:49:07,811 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND 1472 00:49:07,811 --> 00:49:08,578 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 1473 00:49:08,578 --> 00:49:10,213 SEATTLE COLLEGES. I'M HERE ONCE 1474 00:49:10,213 --> 00:49:11,381 AGAIN TO URGE US TO REALLY VOTE 1475 00:49:11,381 --> 00:49:12,816 FOR. YES FOR THE 1.6 MILLION. 1476 00:49:12,816 --> 00:49:14,718 AND THANK YOU FOR. AS YOU CAN 1477 00:49:14,718 --> 00:49:16,286 SEE, THE COMMUNITY SHOWED UP 1478 00:49:16,286 --> 00:49:17,654 TODAY. SO COUNCILMEMBERS, WE 1479 00:49:17,654 --> 00:49:19,189 HOPE THAT YOUR WILLINGNESS NOT 1480 00:49:19,189 --> 00:49:20,290 ONLY TO SHOW SUPPORT IN TODAY, 1481 00:49:20,290 --> 00:49:21,958 BUT ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN 1482 00:49:21,958 --> 00:49:23,193 WORDS. THE PROGRAM ALREADY 1483 00:49:23,193 --> 00:49:23,960 EXISTS, AS YOU KNOW, IT WORKS. 1484 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:25,629 AS YOU CAN SEE, FAMILIES NEED 1485 00:49:25,629 --> 00:49:27,364 IT, AS YOU KNOW, AND WE HOPE 1486 00:49:27,364 --> 00:49:28,198 THAT WE DON'T BREAK SOMETHING 1487 00:49:28,198 --> 00:49:29,366 THAT ALREADY WORKS. SO I SAY, I 1488 00:49:29,366 --> 00:49:31,034 SAY, I SAY, AND I SAY THANK YOU. 1489 00:49:31,034 --> 00:49:32,536 -- THANK YOU. MY FRIEND TANYA, 1490 00:49:32,536 --> 00:49:36,707 FOLLOWED BY ALICIA AND THEN SAM 1491 00:49:36,707 --> 00:49:39,976 -- HELLO. THANK YOU. 1492 00:49:39,976 --> 00:49:40,577 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA YOU'RE 1493 00:49:40,577 --> 00:49:42,212 WEARING THE TEACHER. THANK YOU. 1494 00:49:42,212 --> 00:49:44,548 IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE. IT 1495 00:49:44,548 --> 00:49:45,582 REALLY DOES. AND I WAS A PARENT. 1496 00:49:45,582 --> 00:49:48,585 I BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM. I 1497 00:49:48,585 --> 00:49:50,554 WAS AN IMMIGRANT PARENT AND I 1498 00:49:50,554 --> 00:49:52,889 COULD NOT NOT FEEL BELONGING 1499 00:49:52,889 --> 00:49:53,690 UNTIL I PARTICIPATE IN THIS 1500 00:49:53,690 --> 00:49:55,192 PROGRAM. I HAVE THREE KIDS THAT 1501 00:49:55,192 --> 00:49:56,560 WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM. ONE OF 1502 00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,196 THEM IS 22. THEY'RE ALL DOING 1503 00:49:59,196 --> 00:50:01,298 AMAZING. THANKS TO THE AMAZING 1504 00:50:01,298 --> 00:50:01,898 PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM. NOW 1505 00:50:01,898 --> 00:50:03,867 I'M A FACULTY, A CO-COORDINATOR 1506 00:50:03,867 --> 00:50:06,169 OF NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE, AND I 1507 00:50:06,169 --> 00:50:07,537 URGE YOU TO VOTE YES. IT'S NOT 1508 00:50:07,537 --> 00:50:10,240 JUST ME THAT NEEDS THIS PROGRAM. 1509 00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:11,441 LOOK AT ALL THESE FAMILIES THAT 1510 00:50:11,441 --> 00:50:12,743 NEED THIS PROGRAM. I'M GOING TO 1511 00:50:12,743 --> 00:50:14,544 ENTER IT SO YOU CAN ALL READ 1512 00:50:14,544 --> 00:50:17,080 THESE AMAZING COMMENTS. AND THE 1513 00:50:17,080 --> 00:50:19,316 BEAUTIFUL PRINTS OF INCREDIBLE 1514 00:50:19,316 --> 00:50:20,684 KIDS THAT NEED OUR HELP. PLEASE 1515 00:50:20,684 --> 00:50:22,386 VOTE YES. 1516 00:50:22,386 --> 00:50:23,587 -- THANK YOU. TANYA. UP NEXT IS 1517 00:50:23,587 --> 00:50:25,055 ALICIA, FOLLOWED BY SAM. AND 1518 00:50:25,055 --> 00:50:28,525 THEN LAST NAME HOWARD. 1519 00:50:28,525 --> 00:50:30,761 -- GOOD MORNING, CHAIR STRAUSS. 1520 00:50:30,761 --> 00:50:31,395 -- AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 1521 00:50:31,395 --> 00:50:34,197 MY NAME IS ALICIA RUIZ WITH 1522 00:50:34,197 --> 00:50:35,766 HABITAT FOR SEATTLE KING AND 1523 00:50:35,766 --> 00:50:37,200 KITTITAS COUNTIES. WE WOULD LIKE 1524 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:37,801 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 1525 00:50:37,801 --> 00:50:39,703 FOR INTRODUCING THE FOLLOWING 1526 00:50:39,703 --> 00:50:40,404 THREE AMENDMENTS, ALL OF WHICH I 1527 00:50:40,404 --> 00:50:43,640 ASK YOU TO SUPPORT. FIRST, KEEP 1528 00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:45,909 THE ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION FOR 1529 00:50:45,909 --> 00:50:46,443 AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH 3 1530 00:50:46,443 --> 00:50:47,778 MILLION FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. 1531 00:50:47,778 --> 00:50:50,547 SECOND, DIRECT ANY RECOVERED SPD 1532 00:50:50,547 --> 00:50:51,782 OVERPAYMENTS INTO HOUSING 1533 00:50:51,782 --> 00:50:53,116 DEVELOPMENT AND HOME OWNERSHIP. 1534 00:50:53,116 --> 00:50:55,886 AND THIRD, ADOPT THE SLY, 1535 00:50:55,886 --> 00:50:57,687 DEDICATING 50% OF JUMPSTART TO 1536 00:50:57,687 --> 00:50:59,756 HOUSING AND EDDIE. LIBERTY 1537 00:50:59,756 --> 00:51:02,025 COMMONS ARE 58 PERMANENTLY 1538 00:51:02,025 --> 00:51:04,394 AFFORDABLE HOMES IN COLUMBIA 1539 00:51:04,394 --> 00:51:05,362 CITY STARTED WITH THE BUDGET 1540 00:51:05,362 --> 00:51:06,930 VOTE LIKE THIS ONE. IF YOU. IF 1541 00:51:06,930 --> 00:51:08,565 YOU FUND IT, WE WILL BUILD IT. 1542 00:51:08,565 --> 00:51:10,834 THANK YOU. 1543 00:51:10,834 --> 00:51:12,903 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS SAM, 1544 00:51:12,903 --> 00:51:14,638 FOLLOWED BY D. 1545 00:51:14,638 --> 00:51:15,505 -- GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. MY NAME 1546 00:51:15,505 --> 00:51:17,574 IS SAM WOLF. I WORK FOR PDA. I 1547 00:51:17,574 --> 00:51:19,910 FIRST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR 1548 00:51:19,910 --> 00:51:21,545 PRESERVING THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 1549 00:51:21,545 --> 00:51:22,879 SHELTER EXPANSION PACKAGE, THE 1550 00:51:22,879 --> 00:51:23,980 HIGH SUPPORT SHELTER CONTAINED 1551 00:51:23,980 --> 00:51:25,816 IN THIS PACKAGE WILL BE 1552 00:51:25,816 --> 00:51:26,450 COMPLETELY CRITICAL FOR SERVING 1553 00:51:26,450 --> 00:51:28,018 UNSHELTERED ADULTS IN OUR CITY. 1554 00:51:28,018 --> 00:51:29,453 I ALSO WANT TO ADD MY SUPPORT 1555 00:51:29,453 --> 00:51:31,054 FOR MAINTAINING THE 5 MILLION 1556 00:51:31,054 --> 00:51:32,122 FOR OFFICE OF HOUSING IN THE 1557 00:51:32,122 --> 00:51:35,258 BALANCING PACKAGE, AS WELL AS 1558 00:51:35,258 --> 00:51:35,892 ADD MY SUPPORT FOR COUNCILMEMBER 1559 00:51:35,892 --> 00:51:37,227 FOSTER AMENDMENTS TO ENSURE THAT 1560 00:51:37,227 --> 00:51:39,096 WE CONSISTENTLY DEDICATE 50% OF 1561 00:51:39,096 --> 00:51:41,631 JUMPSTART TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1562 00:51:41,631 --> 00:51:43,233 EDDIE, AND THAT WE CARRY FORWARD 1563 00:51:43,233 --> 00:51:44,601 UNSPENT JUMPSTART FUNDS FOR THE 1564 00:51:44,601 --> 00:51:46,436 OFFICE OF HOUSING WITHOUT 1565 00:51:46,436 --> 00:51:47,471 PERMANENT HOUSING, PEOPLE GET 1566 00:51:47,471 --> 00:51:49,439 STUCK. THIS NEGATIVELY IMPACTS 1567 00:51:49,439 --> 00:51:51,141 THEIR CARE PLAN. SHELTER UNITS 1568 00:51:51,141 --> 00:51:53,643 CAN'T TURN OVER, AND OUR SYSTEM 1569 00:51:53,643 --> 00:51:55,145 GETS STRESSED. THE FULL 1570 00:51:55,145 --> 00:51:56,580 CONTINUUM OF CARE IS NECESSARY 1571 00:51:56,580 --> 00:51:58,615 FOR THE SYSTEM TO WORK. I WANT 1572 00:51:58,615 --> 00:51:59,683 TO SUPPORT THOSE AMENDMENTS TO 1573 00:51:59,683 --> 00:52:02,285 MAKE IT WORK. HAPPY FRIDAY THE 1574 00:52:02,285 --> 00:52:02,486 13th. 1575 00:52:02,486 --> 00:52:05,722 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS D, 1576 00:52:05,722 --> 00:52:06,523 FOLLOWED BY MARTA. AND THEN I'M 1577 00:52:06,523 --> 00:52:09,126 GOING TO READ THE NEXT TEN 1578 00:52:09,126 --> 00:52:10,994 NAMES. BEATRIX KELLY, CHELSEA, 1579 00:52:10,994 --> 00:52:13,830 MUGABE MAYBE. SORRY, CHELSEA, 1580 00:52:13,830 --> 00:52:16,366 MAYBE JAMES STEELE, JEN MULLEN, 1581 00:52:16,366 --> 00:52:18,735 EMILY ADELSON, CAROLYN WATSON, 1582 00:52:18,735 --> 00:52:22,305 RICH. BOGUT, LEE. LUCAS, JESSICA 1583 00:52:22,305 --> 00:52:27,344 OLIVER. OH, I'M SO SORRY. AND 1584 00:52:27,344 --> 00:52:29,246 THEN MARY AYE. WITH THAT, 1585 00:52:29,246 --> 00:52:30,881 WELCOME, MY FRIEND. 1586 00:52:30,881 --> 00:52:31,214 -- THANK YOU. 1587 00:52:31,214 --> 00:52:32,148 -- MY NAME IS DENNIS HOWARD AND 1588 00:52:32,148 --> 00:52:34,484 I WORK FOR EVERGREEN TREATMENT 1589 00:52:34,484 --> 00:52:36,353 SERVICES REACH DIVISION. I'D 1590 00:52:36,353 --> 00:52:36,920 LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 1591 00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:38,455 RIVERA FOR HER. GET A LITTLE 1592 00:52:38,455 --> 00:52:41,191 CLOSER. 42 B THAT LED TO GREATER 1593 00:52:41,191 --> 00:52:42,526 ACCESS. TO SUBSTANCE USE 1594 00:52:42,526 --> 00:52:42,792 DISORDER. 1595 00:52:42,792 --> 00:52:43,660 -- YOU GOT TO GET CLOSER TO 1596 00:52:43,660 --> 00:52:45,295 THAT. SORRY, MICK JAGGER LIKE 1597 00:52:45,295 --> 00:52:45,829 YOU'RE A ROCK STAR. 1598 00:52:45,829 --> 00:52:48,131 -- THERE WE GO. I'D LIKE TO 1599 00:52:48,131 --> 00:52:49,266 THANK RIVERA FOR HER EFFORTS ON 1600 00:52:49,266 --> 00:52:51,935 HSD TO HSD 42 B THAT LED TO 1601 00:52:51,935 --> 00:52:53,703 GREATER ACCESS TO INPATIENT 1602 00:52:53,703 --> 00:52:54,204 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 1603 00:52:54,204 --> 00:52:55,906 TREATMENTS FOR REACH 1604 00:52:55,906 --> 00:52:57,774 PARTICIPANTS. AND TODAY I 1605 00:52:57,774 --> 00:53:01,545 STRONGLY SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBERS 1606 00:53:01,545 --> 00:53:02,512 FOSTER AMENDMENT TO HSD 045 A 1607 00:53:02,512 --> 00:53:04,114 THAT WOULD SET ASIDE ADDITIONAL 1608 00:53:04,114 --> 00:53:05,148 FUNDS TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS 1609 00:53:05,148 --> 00:53:07,651 AFTER THEY HAVE COMPLETED AN 1610 00:53:07,651 --> 00:53:08,285 INPATIENT PROGRAM. COUNCILMEMBER 1611 00:53:08,285 --> 00:53:09,352 FOSTER AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE 1612 00:53:09,352 --> 00:53:11,588 MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT TO OUR MOST 1613 00:53:11,588 --> 00:53:12,055 VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS. 1614 00:53:12,055 --> 00:53:14,424 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY COMPLETE 1615 00:53:14,424 --> 00:53:15,392 AN INPATIENT PROGRAM. THIS IS A 1616 00:53:15,392 --> 00:53:17,160 TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE INCREASED 1617 00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:18,995 RISK OF OVERDOSE AND ARE OFTEN 1618 00:53:18,995 --> 00:53:21,398 RETURNING TO MANY OF THE 1619 00:53:21,398 --> 00:53:22,465 DESTABILIZING SITUATIONS THAT 1620 00:53:22,465 --> 00:53:23,099 CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR SUBSTANCE 1621 00:53:23,099 --> 00:53:24,301 USE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THANK 1622 00:53:24,301 --> 00:53:27,103 YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND 1623 00:53:27,103 --> 00:53:27,671 COLLABORATION ON THIS MUCH 1624 00:53:27,671 --> 00:53:29,105 NEEDED LEGISLATION. 1625 00:53:29,105 --> 00:53:31,808 -- THANK YOU. DENNIS. UP NEXT IS 1626 00:53:31,808 --> 00:53:33,543 MARTHA, FOLLOWED BY BEATRIX 1627 00:53:33,543 --> 00:53:35,879 WELCOME, MARTHA. 1628 00:53:35,879 --> 00:53:36,112 -- HI. 1629 00:53:36,112 --> 00:53:37,447 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1630 00:53:37,447 --> 00:53:38,715 -- FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING TO 1631 00:53:38,715 --> 00:53:40,517 HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY 1632 00:53:40,517 --> 00:53:41,651 NAME IS MARTHA QUEEN ANNE AND 1633 00:53:41,651 --> 00:53:42,586 I'M THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 1634 00:53:42,586 --> 00:53:43,119 MANAGER AT THE LOW INCOME 1635 00:53:43,119 --> 00:53:45,589 HOUSING INSTITUTE. I'M HERE TO 1636 00:53:45,589 --> 00:53:47,324 FIRSTLY, THANK YOU FOR 1637 00:53:47,324 --> 00:53:47,958 PRIORITIZING HOUSING AND SHELTER 1638 00:53:47,958 --> 00:53:49,793 THROUGH BOTH THE SHELTER 1639 00:53:49,793 --> 00:53:51,428 EXPANSION PLAN AND 5 MILLION IN 1640 00:53:51,428 --> 00:53:53,029 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING 1641 00:53:53,029 --> 00:53:53,597 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 1642 00:53:53,597 --> 00:53:55,065 FOSTER. THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT 1643 00:53:55,065 --> 00:53:56,666 ARE GOING TO PROTECT A LOT OF 1644 00:53:56,666 --> 00:53:58,201 PEOPLE BY MAKING A ROOF OVER 1645 00:53:58,201 --> 00:54:00,604 THEIR HEAD A REALITY. THIS IS 1646 00:54:00,604 --> 00:54:02,472 ALSO TRUE OF THE SECOND RV SAFE 1647 00:54:02,472 --> 00:54:05,008 LOT FUNDING MADE POSSIBLE BY 1648 00:54:05,008 --> 00:54:05,642 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS THAT WILL 1649 00:54:05,642 --> 00:54:06,977 SOON SERVE OUR UNHOUSED 1650 00:54:06,977 --> 00:54:07,611 NEIGHBORS LIVING IN RVS ON THE 1651 00:54:07,611 --> 00:54:11,448 PATHWAY TO BEING HOUSED. WE ALSO 1652 00:54:11,448 --> 00:54:14,417 SUPPORT THE PLAN FOR 50% OF PET 1653 00:54:14,417 --> 00:54:15,885 OR PET DOLLARS FOR HOUSING AND 1654 00:54:15,885 --> 00:54:18,021 EDDIE. WE ALSO SUPPORT CARRYING 1655 00:54:18,021 --> 00:54:20,056 FORWARD UNSPENT 2026 AND 2027 1656 00:54:20,056 --> 00:54:22,592 PET FUNDS AT THE OFFICE OF 1657 00:54:22,592 --> 00:54:23,560 HOUSING IN ORDER TO SUPPORT 1658 00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:24,794 THOSE IN SEATTLE. WE BELIEVE 1659 00:54:24,794 --> 00:54:26,129 HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. THANK 1660 00:54:26,129 --> 00:54:28,131 YOU. 1661 00:54:28,131 --> 00:54:29,466 -- THANK YOU MARTHA. UP NEXT, WE 1662 00:54:29,466 --> 00:54:32,335 HAVE BEATRICE, FOLLOWED BY 1663 00:54:32,335 --> 00:54:32,602 CHELSEA. 1664 00:54:32,602 --> 00:54:34,571 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1665 00:54:34,571 --> 00:54:35,839 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE 1666 00:54:35,839 --> 00:54:37,774 TODAY. MY NAME IS BEATRIX KELLY 1667 00:54:37,774 --> 00:54:39,909 AND I WORK FOR THE LOW INCOME 1668 00:54:39,909 --> 00:54:40,510 HOUSING INSTITUTE. I WANT TO 1669 00:54:40,510 --> 00:54:42,512 START OFF BY THANKING YOU FOR 1670 00:54:42,512 --> 00:54:44,114 INCLUDING FUNDING FOR A SECOND 1671 00:54:44,114 --> 00:54:45,615 RV SAFE LAW IN THE BUDGET. I 1672 00:54:45,615 --> 00:54:46,883 HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT AN 1673 00:54:46,883 --> 00:54:48,852 ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION TO FULLY 1674 00:54:48,852 --> 00:54:49,452 FUND THE OFFICE OF HOUSING. I 1675 00:54:49,452 --> 00:54:50,687 WANT YOU TO CONSIDER AN 1676 00:54:50,687 --> 00:54:53,056 ADJUSTMENT TO RETURN 50% OF PET 1677 00:54:53,056 --> 00:54:55,992 TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EDDIE. 1678 00:54:55,992 --> 00:54:58,028 AND FINALLY, I HOPE YOU SUPPORT 1679 00:54:58,028 --> 00:55:00,563 CARRYING FORWARD UNSPENT 2026 1680 00:55:00,563 --> 00:55:01,598 AND 2027 PET FUNDS SO THEY 1681 00:55:01,598 --> 00:55:03,199 DON'T LAPSE. ALL OF THESE ASKS 1682 00:55:03,199 --> 00:55:04,734 SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT 1683 00:55:04,734 --> 00:55:07,637 ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS AND IN 1684 00:55:07,637 --> 00:55:08,138 THEIR VEHICLES, AND THE 1685 00:55:08,138 --> 00:55:09,606 DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING 1686 00:55:09,606 --> 00:55:10,907 TODAY ARE IMPACTING REAL PEOPLE 1687 00:55:10,907 --> 00:55:12,275 IN NEED. THANK YOU FOR WHAT 1688 00:55:12,275 --> 00:55:13,476 YOU'VE DONE SO FAR. I ASK YOU 1689 00:55:13,476 --> 00:55:17,514 TO JUST TAKE A FEW EXTRA STEPS 1690 00:55:17,514 --> 00:55:20,183 FURTHER, SUPPORT THE SEATTLE 1691 00:55:20,183 --> 00:55:21,351 UNHOUSED COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO 1692 00:55:21,351 --> 00:55:22,352 MUCH. 1693 00:55:22,352 --> 00:55:23,520 -- THANK YOU BEATRICE. UP NEXT 1694 00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:24,988 IS CHELSEA, FOLLOWED BY JAMES 1695 00:55:24,988 --> 00:55:27,390 AND THEN JEN 1696 00:55:27,390 --> 00:55:29,426 -- HI, MY NAME IS CHELSEA. MAYBE 1697 00:55:29,426 --> 00:55:30,794 I'M A PARENT INSTRUCTOR WITH 1698 00:55:30,794 --> 00:55:32,896 THE SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE 1699 00:55:32,896 --> 00:55:33,863 PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. I WANT TO USE 1700 00:55:33,863 --> 00:55:35,298 MY TIME TODAY TO READ A 1701 00:55:35,298 --> 00:55:36,733 STATEMENT FROM MY HUSBAND, WHO 1702 00:55:36,733 --> 00:55:39,269 IS A FIREFIGHTER IN KING COUNTY. 1703 00:55:39,269 --> 00:55:41,204 HE SAYS MY PERSONAL CONNECTION 1704 00:55:41,204 --> 00:55:42,405 TO THE PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM 1705 00:55:42,405 --> 00:55:43,840 AND CO-OP PRESCHOOL IS PROFOUND. 1706 00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:44,974 NOT ONLY HAS IT MADE ME A BETTER 1707 00:55:44,974 --> 00:55:46,242 PARENT, I BELIEVE IT HAS SHAPED 1708 00:55:46,242 --> 00:55:48,411 HOW I INTERACT WITH MY COMMUNITY 1709 00:55:48,411 --> 00:55:50,280 AS A WHOLE. I'M A FIREFIGHTER. 1710 00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:52,315 EVERY DAY THAT I AM AT WORK, I 1711 00:55:52,315 --> 00:55:53,683 INTERACT WITH AND ENGAGE PEOPLE 1712 00:55:53,683 --> 00:55:55,351 IN CRISIS. MY EDUCATION FROM MY 1713 00:55:55,351 --> 00:55:57,087 PARENT INSTRUCTOR IS ABOUT BRAIN 1714 00:55:57,087 --> 00:55:58,822 DEVELOPMENT AND HOW TO DEAL WITH 1715 00:55:58,822 --> 00:55:59,622 DYSREGULATED BRAINS. HELPS ME 1716 00:55:59,622 --> 00:56:01,224 BETTER CARE FOR THE PEOPLE I SEE 1717 00:56:01,224 --> 00:56:03,693 IN MY PROFESSION. MY 1718 00:56:03,693 --> 00:56:04,260 UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONAL 1719 00:56:04,260 --> 00:56:05,061 REGULATION LEARNED IN THE CO-OP 1720 00:56:05,061 --> 00:56:07,263 HAS LED ME TO A LEAD POSITION ON 1721 00:56:07,263 --> 00:56:08,598 OUR PEER SUPPORT TEAM. WHAT I 1722 00:56:08,598 --> 00:56:09,632 LEARNED IN CO-OP GAVE ME THE 1723 00:56:09,632 --> 00:56:11,167 CONFIDENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF 1724 00:56:11,167 --> 00:56:12,235 IMPORTANCE TO SERVE IN THIS 1725 00:56:12,235 --> 00:56:14,671 POSITION, AS WELL AS HELP ME 1726 00:56:14,671 --> 00:56:16,473 DIRECTLY SERVE MEMBERS OF MY 1727 00:56:16,473 --> 00:56:17,674 ORGANIZATION AS A SUPPORTIVE 1728 00:56:17,674 --> 00:56:18,875 PEER AND ESSENTIAL NEED WITHIN 1729 00:56:18,875 --> 00:56:20,443 THIS LINE OF WORK. I TRULY 1730 00:56:20,443 --> 00:56:21,778 BELIEVE THAT THE PARENT 1731 00:56:21,778 --> 00:56:22,412 EDUCATION I RECEIVED ALLOWS ME 1732 00:56:22,412 --> 00:56:24,481 TO BE THE BEST PERSON I CAN BE 1733 00:56:24,481 --> 00:56:25,515 FOR MY CHILDREN, MY SPOUSE, AND 1734 00:56:25,515 --> 00:56:27,350 MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU GUYS. 1735 00:56:27,350 --> 00:56:29,385 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS JAMES, 1736 00:56:29,385 --> 00:56:35,024 JEN, THEN EMILY. 1737 00:56:35,024 --> 00:56:36,092 -- ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING 1738 00:56:36,092 --> 00:56:36,359 COUNCIL. 1739 00:56:36,359 --> 00:56:37,761 -- MY NAME IS JAMES STEEL, 1740 00:56:37,761 --> 00:56:40,797 FATHER OF TWO SONS, A HUSBAND, A 1741 00:56:40,797 --> 00:56:42,298 CO-OP, PRESCHOOL PARENT, 1742 00:56:42,298 --> 00:56:44,567 TREASURER FOR THE WHITE CENTER 1743 00:56:44,567 --> 00:56:46,402 SITE, AND A PRACTICING ENGINEER 1744 00:56:46,402 --> 00:56:47,504 ENGINEER MORE THAN 25 YEARS AND 1745 00:56:47,504 --> 00:56:48,638 THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AT 1746 00:56:48,638 --> 00:56:50,640 SOUTHWIRE COMPANY. HERE TODAY TO 1747 00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:52,675 ADVOCATE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND 1748 00:56:52,675 --> 00:56:54,210 EMERGENCY BRIDGE FUNDING OF 1749 00:56:54,210 --> 00:56:55,245 SEATTLE'S CO-OP PRESCHOOL 1750 00:56:55,245 --> 00:56:56,012 PROGRAM. IT'S A MODEL THAT HAS 1751 00:56:56,012 --> 00:56:58,014 ENDURED FOR GENERATIONS. MY WIFE 1752 00:56:58,014 --> 00:56:59,482 GRADUATED 41 YEARS AGO, WORKED 1753 00:56:59,482 --> 00:57:00,550 AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER IN KING 1754 00:57:00,550 --> 00:57:02,085 COUNTY AND NOW REPRESENTS HER 1755 00:57:02,085 --> 00:57:04,154 TRIBE. MY OLDEST SON COMPLETED 1756 00:57:04,154 --> 00:57:05,989 THE PRE-K PROGRAM WITH THE SAME 1757 00:57:05,989 --> 00:57:07,323 INSTRUCTOR AS HIS UNCLE, 20 1758 00:57:07,323 --> 00:57:09,659 YEARS HIS ELDER. THIS IS NOW MY 1759 00:57:09,659 --> 00:57:11,327 EIGHTH AND FINAL YEAR IN CO-OP, 1760 00:57:11,327 --> 00:57:12,362 WITH MY SECOND SON SET TO 1761 00:57:12,362 --> 00:57:13,797 GRADUATE FROM THE WHITE CENTER 1762 00:57:13,797 --> 00:57:14,664 PRE-K PROGRAM IN THE SPRING. 1763 00:57:14,664 --> 00:57:15,598 TALKING WITH MY CHILDREN LAST 1764 00:57:15,598 --> 00:57:17,200 NIGHT, REFLECTING ON THOSE EIGHT 1765 00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:19,335 YEARS CO-OP PARENT PREPARES 1766 00:57:19,335 --> 00:57:21,137 CHILDREN FOR LIFE WITH SKILLS TO 1767 00:57:21,137 --> 00:57:22,405 COMMUNICATE, LISTEN, EMPATHIZE, 1768 00:57:22,405 --> 00:57:24,808 SOLVE PROBLEMS AND THE PARENTS. 1769 00:57:24,808 --> 00:57:26,242 INSTRUCTORS GIVE PARENTS THE 1770 00:57:26,242 --> 00:57:27,944 TOOLS TO TO PARENT. I TOOK A DAY 1771 00:57:27,944 --> 00:57:29,712 OFF OF WORK TO ASK FOR YOUR 1772 00:57:29,712 --> 00:57:30,814 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 1773 00:57:30,814 --> 00:57:31,981 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS JEN, 1774 00:57:31,981 --> 00:57:35,318 FOLLOWED BY EMILY. 1775 00:57:35,318 --> 00:57:36,753 -- HI, MY NAME IS JEN MULLEN AND 1776 00:57:36,753 --> 00:57:38,354 I'M A PARENT EDUCATOR WITH 1777 00:57:38,354 --> 00:57:40,123 NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE. I'M HERE 1778 00:57:40,123 --> 00:57:41,658 TODAY TO VOICE STRONG SUPPORT 1779 00:57:41,658 --> 00:57:43,693 FOR THE ONE TIME, $800,000 1780 00:57:43,693 --> 00:57:45,829 EMERGENCY BUDGET AMENDMENT TO 1781 00:57:45,829 --> 00:57:48,231 SAVE PARENT EDUCATION, AND A 1782 00:57:48,231 --> 00:57:48,665 HEARTFELT THANKS TO 1783 00:57:48,665 --> 00:57:50,400 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, RINCK AND 1784 00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:53,002 LIN FOR SPONSORING THIS VITAL 1785 00:57:53,002 --> 00:57:54,404 AMENDMENT. AMONG THE MANY 1786 00:57:54,404 --> 00:57:55,872 BENEFITS OF PARENT EDUCATION 1787 00:57:55,872 --> 00:57:57,941 PROGRAMS AT SOUTH AND NORTH 1788 00:57:57,941 --> 00:57:58,975 SEATTLE COLLEGES IS THE WORK 1789 00:57:58,975 --> 00:58:00,743 PARENT EDUCATORS DO TO HELP 1790 00:58:00,743 --> 00:58:01,344 IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS 1791 00:58:01,344 --> 00:58:02,412 AND LEARNING DIFFERENCES IN 1792 00:58:02,412 --> 00:58:04,147 YOUNG CHILDREN. WE CONNECT 1793 00:58:04,147 --> 00:58:05,849 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH 1794 00:58:05,849 --> 00:58:07,250 VITAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND 1795 00:58:07,250 --> 00:58:07,917 INTERVENTIONS, INCLUDING THE. 1796 00:58:07,917 --> 00:58:10,286 THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EARLY 1797 00:58:10,286 --> 00:58:12,021 INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. THESE ARE 1798 00:58:12,021 --> 00:58:13,690 CHILDREN WHOSE ADDITIONAL 1799 00:58:13,690 --> 00:58:14,324 LEARNING NEEDS OTHERWISE OFTEN 1800 00:58:14,324 --> 00:58:15,492 END UP GETTING MISSED OR 1801 00:58:15,492 --> 00:58:16,392 IDENTIFIED MUCH LATER, AFTER 1802 00:58:16,392 --> 00:58:18,394 KIDS AND FAMILIES STRUGGLE 1803 00:58:18,394 --> 00:58:20,029 NEEDLESSLY FOR YEARS. I 1804 00:58:20,029 --> 00:58:21,030 RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY 1805 00:58:21,030 --> 00:58:22,198 COUNCIL TO VOTE YES AND APPROVE 1806 00:58:22,198 --> 00:58:22,765 THIS AMENDMENT TO SAVE THE 1807 00:58:22,765 --> 00:58:24,200 PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM. THANK 1808 00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:26,002 YOU. 1809 00:58:26,002 --> 00:58:27,370 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS EMILY, 1810 00:58:27,370 --> 00:58:28,938 FOLLOWED BY CAROLYN AND THEN 1811 00:58:28,938 --> 00:58:29,138 RICH. 1812 00:58:29,138 --> 00:58:31,140 -- HI, I'M EMILY, THIS IS 1813 00:58:31,140 --> 00:58:32,542 LUCIA. WE'RE HERE TO ADVOCATE 1814 00:58:32,542 --> 00:58:33,276 FOR PARENT ED. I DON'T KNOW HOW 1815 00:58:33,276 --> 00:58:34,978 MANY OF YOU ARE ALSO PARENTS, 1816 00:58:34,978 --> 00:58:36,246 BUT THERE'S A MOMENT WHEN 1817 00:58:36,246 --> 00:58:38,615 YOU'RE LEAVING THE HOSPITAL 1818 00:58:38,615 --> 00:58:39,282 WITH YOUR NEW BABY AND YOU'RE 1819 00:58:39,282 --> 00:58:40,550 LIKE, WAIT, THERE'S NO MANUAL 1820 00:58:40,550 --> 00:58:42,585 FOR THIS. THERE'S NO JOB 1821 00:58:42,585 --> 00:58:43,620 TRAINING. PARENT ED IS OUR JOB 1822 00:58:43,620 --> 00:58:45,889 TRAINING, AND IT'S ESSENTIAL TO 1823 00:58:45,889 --> 00:58:47,457 ME AND MY HUSBAND DOING THE BEST 1824 00:58:47,457 --> 00:58:49,792 JOB THAT WE CAN. SO PLEASE SAVE 1825 00:58:49,792 --> 00:58:50,927 PARENTHOOD. THANK YOU. 1826 00:58:50,927 --> 00:58:55,798 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS EMILY. 1827 00:58:55,798 --> 00:58:57,500 NOW, THAT WAS EMILY, CAROLYN AND 1828 00:58:57,500 --> 00:58:59,536 THEN RICH. THANK YOU. SORRY I 1829 00:58:59,536 --> 00:59:02,705 DIDN'T DO MY NOTES CORRECTLY. 1830 00:59:02,705 --> 00:59:04,807 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1831 00:59:04,807 --> 00:59:05,942 -- MY NAME IS CAROLYN WATSON AND 1832 00:59:05,942 --> 00:59:07,410 I'M WITH MY DAUGHTER, MAISY 1833 00:59:07,410 --> 00:59:09,078 WATSON. WE ARE ENROLLED IN OUR 1834 00:59:09,078 --> 00:59:10,980 FIRST QUARTER AT THE CO-OP 1835 00:59:10,980 --> 00:59:12,682 PRESCHOOL AT SOUTH SEATTLE 1836 00:59:12,682 --> 00:59:15,018 COLLEGE, AND WE LOVE IT. I'M A 1837 00:59:15,018 --> 00:59:16,519 FIRST TIME PARENT, AND I CAN'T 1838 00:59:16,519 --> 00:59:17,720 EXPRESS HOW MUCH THIS 1839 00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:20,556 EDUCATIONAL, SUPPORTIVE, AND 1840 00:59:20,556 --> 00:59:21,724 CARING ENVIRONMENT MEANS TO MY 1841 00:59:21,724 --> 00:59:24,260 FAMILY AND ME. PLEASE CONSIDER 1842 00:59:24,260 --> 00:59:26,829 ONE TIME EMERGENCY FUNDING TO 1843 00:59:26,829 --> 00:59:28,464 PRESERVE THIS ESSENTIAL PART OF 1844 00:59:28,464 --> 00:59:30,366 THE FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEM. YOU 1845 00:59:30,366 --> 00:59:32,669 ARE LITERALLY INVESTING IN OUR 1846 00:59:32,669 --> 00:59:35,838 FUTURE. THANK YOU. 1847 00:59:35,838 --> 00:59:36,406 -- THANK YOU RICH. WELCOME. 1848 00:59:36,406 --> 00:59:42,312 THANKS FOR WAITING IN LINE. GOOD 1849 00:59:42,312 --> 00:59:42,612 TO SEE YOU. 1850 00:59:42,612 --> 00:59:44,747 -- I SUPPORTED THE JUMPSTART TAX 1851 00:59:44,747 --> 00:59:48,484 ACT PASSED IN 2020. I'M UPSET. 1852 00:59:48,484 --> 00:59:51,154 HOW JUMPSTART REVENUE HAS BEEN 1853 00:59:51,154 --> 00:59:51,754 INCREASINGLY DIVERTED TO THE 1854 00:59:51,754 --> 00:59:54,991 GENERAL FUND. I SUPPORT 1855 00:59:54,991 --> 00:59:58,494 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, WHO WANTS 1856 00:59:58,494 --> 01:00:00,797 TO APPROPRIATE 50% OF ANNUAL 1857 01:00:00,797 --> 01:00:04,400 JUMPSTART REVENUES TO AFFORDABLE 1858 01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:06,970 HOUSING AND EDDIE THE PROPOSED 1859 01:00:06,970 --> 01:00:12,875 2728 BUDGET ONLY ALLOCATES 36% 1860 01:00:12,875 --> 01:00:15,445 OF JUMPSTART REVENUE. 50% WOULD 1861 01:00:15,445 --> 01:00:17,981 REAFFIRM THE CITY'S COMMITMENT 1862 01:00:17,981 --> 01:00:18,614 TO FIGHTING RISING HOUSING COSTS 1863 01:00:18,614 --> 01:00:20,383 AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF 1864 01:00:20,383 --> 01:00:25,188 MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. IT 1865 01:00:25,188 --> 01:00:28,925 WOULD SHOW HOW WE KEEP JUMPSTART 1866 01:00:28,925 --> 01:00:30,693 WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITIES IT 1867 01:00:30,693 --> 01:00:32,061 WAS CREATED TO SERVE IN SEATTLE 1868 01:00:32,061 --> 01:00:33,830 CAN'T AFFORD TO LET THAT 1869 01:00:33,830 --> 01:00:35,298 PROMISE GO UNKEPT. 1870 01:00:35,298 --> 01:00:38,368 -- THANK YOU RICH. UP NEXT IS 1871 01:00:38,368 --> 01:00:39,235 LEE, FOLLOWED BY JESSICA AND 1872 01:00:39,235 --> 01:00:41,771 THEN MARY. AND I'M GOING TO 1873 01:00:41,771 --> 01:00:44,073 READ THE NEXT NAMES AFTER THAT. 1874 01:00:44,073 --> 01:00:48,144 RACHEL KETOLA, CHLOE, ANGELA, 1875 01:00:48,144 --> 01:00:50,680 ANGEL, WILSON, BOB DOWNING, REN, 1876 01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:54,384 ERICKSON. ERICKSON. DANIEL. 1877 01:00:54,384 --> 01:00:57,620 ROSE. ROZEN. LEAH. SOLARO. TIM. 1878 01:00:57,620 --> 01:01:00,990 EMERSON. MATT. OFFENBACH. SOSHI. 1879 01:01:00,990 --> 01:01:02,425 MAKOVICH. WELCOME, LEE. 1880 01:01:02,425 --> 01:01:03,860 -- HI. THANK YOU. I'M LEE LUCAS. 1881 01:01:03,860 --> 01:01:05,895 I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE ONE 1882 01:01:05,895 --> 01:01:08,031 TIME FUNDING FOR SOUTH SEATTLE 1883 01:01:08,031 --> 01:01:09,866 COLLEGES AND NORTH SEATTLE 1884 01:01:09,866 --> 01:01:10,967 COLLEGES. MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED 1885 01:01:10,967 --> 01:01:12,135 TO SEATTLE FROM UTAH IN THE 1886 01:01:12,135 --> 01:01:14,704 SUMMER OF 2022. AND THE 1887 01:01:14,704 --> 01:01:16,706 COMMUNITY WE FOUND IN CO-OP IS 1888 01:01:16,706 --> 01:01:17,840 SHOWING UP EVEN TODAY. WALKED UP 1889 01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:19,609 TO THE FRONT DOOR TODAY, AND ONE 1890 01:01:19,609 --> 01:01:20,243 OF MY FIRST FRIENDS THAT WE MADE 1891 01:01:20,243 --> 01:01:21,177 WAS HERE. AND I DIDN'T KNOW SHE 1892 01:01:21,177 --> 01:01:23,846 WAS GOING TO BE. SO WE GOT TO 1893 01:01:23,846 --> 01:01:25,014 SEE EACH OTHER. SO THE POWER OF 1894 01:01:25,014 --> 01:01:26,616 THE COMMUNITY AND THIS COMMUNITY 1895 01:01:26,616 --> 01:01:28,684 CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. AND IT'S 1896 01:01:28,684 --> 01:01:30,319 MORE THAN JUST THE COMMUNITY FOR 1897 01:01:30,319 --> 01:01:31,320 THE PARENTS. THE PARENTS ARE 1898 01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:34,057 THEN EMPOWERED AND CONNECTED TO 1899 01:01:34,057 --> 01:01:36,059 BE ABLE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES 1900 01:01:36,059 --> 01:01:38,361 AROUND US. AND I'VE SEEN THAT, 1901 01:01:38,361 --> 01:01:39,328 ESPECIALLY WITH THE POLITICAL 1902 01:01:39,328 --> 01:01:42,131 CLIMATE TODAY. WE'RE OUT THERE 1903 01:01:42,131 --> 01:01:42,699 ORGANIZING AND DOING THINGS 1904 01:01:42,699 --> 01:01:44,100 BECAUSE WE HAVE SUPPORT OF OTHER 1905 01:01:44,100 --> 01:01:46,235 PARENTS AROUND US AND OUR KIDS. 1906 01:01:46,235 --> 01:01:48,905 SO THE IMPACT CAN BE MEASURED 1907 01:01:48,905 --> 01:01:50,940 FOR ONE PART OF IT. BUT THE PART 1908 01:01:50,940 --> 01:01:52,542 THAT THEN GOES ON BEYOND, BEYOND 1909 01:01:52,542 --> 01:01:54,844 OUT, THAT CAN'T BE MEASURED. 1910 01:01:54,844 --> 01:01:55,945 -- THANK YOU LEE. UP NEXT IS 1911 01:01:55,945 --> 01:01:57,580 JESSICA, FOLLOWED BY MARY. 1912 01:01:57,580 --> 01:02:00,049 WELCOME. 1913 01:02:00,049 --> 01:02:00,683 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1914 01:02:00,683 --> 01:02:03,519 JESSICA OLIVAS HERE. I HAVE FOUR 1915 01:02:03,519 --> 01:02:05,455 KIDS IN SOUTH SEATTLE. AMY'S 1916 01:02:05,455 --> 01:02:06,989 HERE WITH ME TODAY ON MY LAST 1917 01:02:06,989 --> 01:02:09,225 DAY OF MATERNITY LEAVE. BEFORE I 1918 01:02:09,225 --> 01:02:11,394 RETURN TO MY WORK IN THE LABOR 1919 01:02:11,394 --> 01:02:12,762 MOVEMENT, WHERE I KNOW MANY OF 1920 01:02:12,762 --> 01:02:16,432 YOU FROM. BUT TODAY, I WEAR MY 1921 01:02:16,432 --> 01:02:19,869 MOM HAT IN. SO OBVIOUSLY 1922 01:02:19,869 --> 01:02:21,671 SUPPORTING PARENT EDUCATION HERE 1923 01:02:21,671 --> 01:02:24,774 TODAY. I FEEL LIKE SINCE JANUARY 1924 01:02:24,774 --> 01:02:27,243 -- WE HAVE BEEN IN A TAILSPIN IN 1925 01:02:27,243 --> 01:02:28,411 A CRAZE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 1926 01:02:28,411 --> 01:02:31,080 WHERE TO GET THIS FUNDING FROM. 1927 01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:33,716 AS THE CHAIR OF LAKEWOOD 1928 01:02:33,716 --> 01:02:34,317 COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL FOR THE 1929 01:02:34,317 --> 01:02:37,720 PAST TWO YEARS, IT WAS SERIOUSLY 1930 01:02:37,720 --> 01:02:39,355 JUST AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF 1931 01:02:39,355 --> 01:02:40,690 WORK TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 1932 01:02:40,690 --> 01:02:43,059 AND SO I'M SO EXCITED TO BE 1933 01:02:43,059 --> 01:02:44,760 HERE TODAY AND TO EXPRESS MY 1934 01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:46,629 DEEP, DEEP GRATITUDE TO 1935 01:02:46,629 --> 01:02:48,197 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA LIN. SHOUT 1936 01:02:48,197 --> 01:02:51,834 OUT DISTRICT TWO. AND RINCK AND 1937 01:02:51,834 --> 01:02:52,802 JUST HAVE A GOOD DAY, EVERYBODY. 1938 01:02:52,802 --> 01:02:54,403 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1939 01:02:54,403 --> 01:02:56,439 -- THANK YOU JESSICA. UP NEXT IS 1940 01:02:56,439 --> 01:02:59,108 MARY, FOLLOWED BY RACHEL. 1941 01:02:59,108 --> 01:03:00,576 -- HELLO, I'M MARY NIETO, A WEST 1942 01:03:00,576 --> 01:03:03,012 SEATTLE MOM OF THREE, AND I'M 1943 01:03:03,012 --> 01:03:03,613 HERE TO SUPPORT THE EMERGENCY 1944 01:03:03,613 --> 01:03:05,281 BRIDGE FUNDING FOR PARENT EDDIE 1945 01:03:05,281 --> 01:03:06,215 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS, 1946 01:03:06,215 --> 01:03:08,117 RINCK, LIN AND SAKA. WHEN WE 1947 01:03:08,117 --> 01:03:09,485 JOINED SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE 1948 01:03:09,485 --> 01:03:10,653 WITH OUR YOUNGEST, I HAD A 1949 01:03:10,653 --> 01:03:11,687 FEELING IT WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE. 1950 01:03:11,687 --> 01:03:12,922 AND IT DID. IN MY FIRST YEAR 1951 01:03:12,922 --> 01:03:16,259 WITH CO-OP, WITH MY CO-OP CLASS 1952 01:03:16,259 --> 01:03:17,493 BEHIND ME, I RAN IN A SPECIAL 1953 01:03:17,493 --> 01:03:19,028 ELECTION, A LIFELONG GOAL. THIS 1954 01:03:19,028 --> 01:03:21,364 YEAR I RAN FOR STATE LEGISLATURE 1955 01:03:21,364 --> 01:03:22,465 BECAUSE OF CO-OP CUT FUNDING 1956 01:03:22,465 --> 01:03:24,066 CUTS AND BECAUSE OF EDUCATION 1957 01:03:24,066 --> 01:03:26,035 CUTS IN GENERAL. MEETING THE 1958 01:03:26,035 --> 01:03:26,936 FORMER CO-OP FAMILIES AT THE 1959 01:03:26,936 --> 01:03:28,538 DOORS WHO STILL USE CO-OP 1960 01:03:28,538 --> 01:03:29,972 TECHNIQUES WITH THEIR 20 YEAR 1961 01:03:29,972 --> 01:03:31,174 OLDS. WHERE SOME OF MY FAVORITE 1962 01:03:31,174 --> 01:03:33,543 DOORS I GOT TO. SO WHEN I HEAR 1963 01:03:33,543 --> 01:03:35,144 THAT PARENTHOOD ISN'T VIEWED AS 1964 01:03:35,144 --> 01:03:37,113 VOCATIONAL, I DISAGREE. CO-OP 1965 01:03:37,113 --> 01:03:38,614 GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE AND 1966 01:03:38,614 --> 01:03:40,049 COMMUNITY TO PURSUE MY CAREER. 1967 01:03:40,049 --> 01:03:43,186 IT ALSO GIVES PARENTS A SUPPORT 1968 01:03:43,186 --> 01:03:44,453 SYSTEM THAT USUALLY DISAPPEARS 1969 01:03:44,453 --> 01:03:46,389 AFTER THE NEWBORN PHASE, AND IT 1970 01:03:46,389 --> 01:03:48,191 GIVES KIDS AFFORDABLE, RESEARCH 1971 01:03:48,191 --> 01:03:49,926 BACKED EARLY LEARNING. WITH 1972 01:03:49,926 --> 01:03:50,993 CHILD CARE COSTS RISING AND 1973 01:03:50,993 --> 01:03:52,495 WAITLISTS GROWING, WHY SHRINK AN 1974 01:03:52,495 --> 01:03:53,129 EARLY SYSTEM THAT'S WORKING? 1975 01:03:53,129 --> 01:03:55,798 PLEASE VOTE YES. THANK YOU. 1976 01:03:55,798 --> 01:03:56,966 -- THANK YOU MARY. UP NEXT IS 1977 01:03:56,966 --> 01:03:58,701 RACHEL, FOLLOWED BY CHLOE AND 1978 01:03:58,701 --> 01:04:05,274 THEN ANGEL WE ARE ON NUMBER 41 1979 01:04:05,274 --> 01:04:08,277 OF 60 AND WE MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE 1980 01:04:08,277 --> 01:04:09,078 MORE SIGNUPS THERE. RACHEL, 1981 01:04:09,078 --> 01:04:09,345 WELCOME. 1982 01:04:09,345 --> 01:04:10,680 -- ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. MY 1983 01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:12,415 NAME IS RACHEL AND I LIVE IN 1984 01:04:12,415 --> 01:04:14,050 DISTRICT FIVE. I'M AN ORGANIZER 1985 01:04:14,050 --> 01:04:15,418 WITH THE CHURCH COUNCIL OF 1986 01:04:15,418 --> 01:04:18,321 GREATER SEATTLE. AS PEOPLE OF 1987 01:04:18,321 --> 01:04:18,855 FAITH AND CONSCIENCE, WE 1988 01:04:18,855 --> 01:04:21,224 CONTINUE TO SHOW UP WEEK AFTER 1989 01:04:21,224 --> 01:04:22,925 WEEK TO URGE YOU TO PASS A MORAL 1990 01:04:22,925 --> 01:04:24,293 BUDGET, A BUDGET WHERE ALL 1991 01:04:24,293 --> 01:04:26,495 PEOPLE IN THE CITY CAN THRIVE. 1992 01:04:26,495 --> 01:04:28,431 TO BUILD THIS ABUNDANT FUTURE, 1993 01:04:28,431 --> 01:04:29,799 WE MUST PROTECT AND UTILIZE OUR 1994 01:04:29,799 --> 01:04:32,335 TOOLS TO GENERATE PROGRESSIVE 1995 01:04:32,335 --> 01:04:33,569 REVENUE AND FUND AFFORDABLE 1996 01:04:33,569 --> 01:04:35,504 HOUSING. WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST 1997 01:04:35,504 --> 01:04:37,340 WEALTHY CITIES ON THE GLOBE, AND 1998 01:04:37,340 --> 01:04:38,641 IT IS A LIE THAT THERE'S NOT 1999 01:04:38,641 --> 01:04:40,810 ENOUGH TO GO AROUND. I URGE YOU 2000 01:04:40,810 --> 01:04:43,045 ALL TODAY TO PLEASE SUPPORT 2001 01:04:43,045 --> 01:04:45,114 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S PROPOSAL 2002 01:04:45,114 --> 01:04:46,115 TO ENSURE THAT JUMPSTART FUNDS 2003 01:04:46,115 --> 01:04:48,217 ARE USED HOW THEY WERE 2004 01:04:48,217 --> 01:04:48,851 ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR HOUSING 2005 01:04:48,851 --> 01:04:50,286 AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT. I 2006 01:04:50,286 --> 01:04:53,489 ALSO ASK YOU TO INCLUDE THE FULL 2007 01:04:53,489 --> 01:04:54,023 10 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE 2008 01:04:54,023 --> 01:04:55,858 HOUSING. TODAY, YOU HAVE THE 2009 01:04:55,858 --> 01:04:57,260 CHANCE TO INVEST IN TRUE 2010 01:04:57,260 --> 01:04:58,194 ABUNDANCE FOR OUR FUTURE, AND WE 2011 01:04:58,194 --> 01:04:59,228 URGE YOU TO SHOW THE LEADERSHIP 2012 01:04:59,228 --> 01:05:00,730 THAT THE CITY DESERVES. THANK 2013 01:05:00,730 --> 01:05:01,898 YOU. 2014 01:05:01,898 --> 01:05:05,001 -- THANK YOU. CHLOE. AND THEN 2015 01:05:05,001 --> 01:05:05,234 ANGEL. 2016 01:05:05,234 --> 01:05:06,602 -- HI, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 2017 01:05:06,602 --> 01:05:07,670 CHLOE. I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE 2018 01:05:07,670 --> 01:05:08,838 AND WORSHIP IN DISTRICT SIX. AND 2019 01:05:08,838 --> 01:05:11,674 I'M ALSO WITH THE CHURCH 2020 01:05:11,674 --> 01:05:12,341 COUNCIL OF GREATER SEATTLE. I'M 2021 01:05:12,341 --> 01:05:13,409 URGING THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT 2022 01:05:13,409 --> 01:05:15,278 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S 2023 01:05:15,278 --> 01:05:15,878 RESOLUTION TO RECOVER THE $13 2024 01:05:15,878 --> 01:05:16,979 MILLION FROM THE SPD OVERSPEND 2025 01:05:16,979 --> 01:05:18,447 AND USE IT FOR AFFORDABLE 2026 01:05:18,447 --> 01:05:19,782 HOUSING FUNDING. THIS PAST WEEK 2027 01:05:19,782 --> 01:05:21,450 AT CHURCH, WE DID A SERMON ON 2028 01:05:21,450 --> 01:05:23,185 ZACCHAEUS, THE SHORT GUY, AND 2029 01:05:23,185 --> 01:05:24,987 THE TREE. BUT WHAT'S COMPELLING 2030 01:05:24,987 --> 01:05:25,554 ABOUT ZACCHAEUS ISN'T HIS 2031 01:05:25,554 --> 01:05:26,222 HEIGHT. IT'S THE FACT THAT HE 2032 01:05:26,222 --> 01:05:27,990 WAS A TAX COLLECTOR WHO 2033 01:05:27,990 --> 01:05:29,392 OVERCHARGED PEOPLE. AND WHEN 2034 01:05:29,392 --> 01:05:30,693 JESUS COMES TO HIS HOUSE, 2035 01:05:30,693 --> 01:05:31,327 ZACCHAEUS, CONVINCED TO NOT ONLY 2036 01:05:31,327 --> 01:05:33,929 PAY THAT BACK, BUT HE PAYS BACK 2037 01:05:33,929 --> 01:05:35,831 FOUR TIMES AS MUCH TO MAKE 2038 01:05:35,831 --> 01:05:36,432 RESTITUTION TO COMMUNITIES HE 2039 01:05:36,432 --> 01:05:37,600 HURT. AND SO I URGE THE COUNCIL 2040 01:05:37,600 --> 01:05:40,469 TO SEE THIS $13 MILLION AS THE 2041 01:05:40,469 --> 01:05:42,271 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE RESTITUTION 2042 01:05:42,271 --> 01:05:42,772 TO COMMUNITIES WHO ARE 2043 01:05:42,772 --> 01:05:44,273 CONTINUALLY ASKING FOR MORE 2044 01:05:44,273 --> 01:05:45,942 SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS IN 2045 01:05:45,942 --> 01:05:47,443 COMMUNITY CARE. WE ARE ALSO 2046 01:05:47,443 --> 01:05:48,778 URGING YOU TO SUPPORT 2047 01:05:48,778 --> 01:05:49,345 COUNCILMEMBER RIGGS. BUDGET 2048 01:05:49,345 --> 01:05:52,048 PROVISO PAUSING THE CCTV 2049 01:05:52,048 --> 01:05:52,882 EXPANSION UNTIL REQUIREMENTS 2050 01:05:52,882 --> 01:05:54,216 FROM THE CITY'S OWN INTERNAL 2051 01:05:54,216 --> 01:05:55,518 AUDIT ARE MET. IT FEELS LIKE THE 2052 01:05:55,518 --> 01:05:56,619 BARE MINIMUM THE COUNCIL CAN DO 2053 01:05:56,619 --> 01:05:58,454 TO PROTECT VULNERABLE 2054 01:05:58,454 --> 01:05:59,422 COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. 2055 01:05:59,422 --> 01:06:01,157 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS ANGEL, 2056 01:06:01,157 --> 01:06:10,666 FOLLOWED BY BOB. AND THEN WREN. 2057 01:06:10,666 --> 01:06:12,201 OH, YOU GOTTA GET RIGHT NEXT TO 2058 01:06:12,201 --> 01:06:13,803 THAT MICROPHONE LIKE YOU'RE A 2059 01:06:13,803 --> 01:06:15,338 ROCKSTAR. THERE WE ARE. WELCOME, 2060 01:06:15,338 --> 01:06:17,206 ANGEL. GREAT TO SEE YOU. 2061 01:06:17,206 --> 01:06:18,274 -- YOU TOO. THANK YOU ALL FOR 2062 01:06:18,274 --> 01:06:20,409 BEING HERE. I'M ANGEL, THE 2063 01:06:20,409 --> 01:06:21,844 FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF SKILLS 2064 01:06:21,844 --> 01:06:23,713 TO LIVE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2065 01:06:23,713 --> 01:06:25,348 THANK YOU FOR REFERRING ME WITH 2066 01:06:25,348 --> 01:06:26,816 JEN ADAMS AT THE VEHICLE 2067 01:06:26,816 --> 01:06:28,317 RESIDENT OUTREACH. BY FOLLOWING 2068 01:06:28,317 --> 01:06:29,785 THROUGH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 2069 01:06:29,785 --> 01:06:31,721 TO GET HANDS ON WITH WHAT THEY 2070 01:06:31,721 --> 01:06:34,090 DO, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 2071 01:06:34,090 --> 01:06:36,192 PRESENT MY LIFE ON WHEELS SKILLS 2072 01:06:36,192 --> 01:06:40,529 TO LIVE CURRICULUM FOR JEN. JEN 2073 01:06:40,529 --> 01:06:41,130 WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE 2074 01:06:41,130 --> 01:06:42,965 IMPLEMENTING MY CURRICULUM AND 2075 01:06:42,965 --> 01:06:43,632 INVITED ME TO PRESENT TO HER 2076 01:06:43,632 --> 01:06:47,470 ENTIRE STAFF. HOWEVER, I WANT TO 2077 01:06:47,470 --> 01:06:49,038 HELP THE PEOPLE ALREADY APPROVED 2078 01:06:49,038 --> 01:06:51,107 AND WAITING FOR THE GLASS. THE 2079 01:06:51,107 --> 01:06:52,575 GLASS YARD SAFE LOT. RIGHT NOW 2080 01:06:52,575 --> 01:06:54,343 THEY ARE SITTING IN THEIR RVS 2081 01:06:54,343 --> 01:06:55,378 WONDERING WHEN THE LOT WILL OPEN 2082 01:06:55,378 --> 01:06:56,912 AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ADJUST 2083 01:06:56,912 --> 01:06:59,815 TO THAT. SO WITH THE OUTREACH 2084 01:06:59,815 --> 01:07:02,251 TEAM COOPERATION, I CAN OFFER 2085 01:07:02,251 --> 01:07:04,353 VOLUNTEER PREPARATION CLASSES, 2086 01:07:04,353 --> 01:07:04,987 READINESS AND ASSESSMENTS READY 2087 01:07:04,987 --> 01:07:07,323 TO BE SO THEY WILL BE READY TO 2088 01:07:07,323 --> 01:07:08,657 BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, READY NOT 2089 01:07:08,657 --> 01:07:11,260 JUST TO GET HOUSED, BUT TO STAY 2090 01:07:11,260 --> 01:07:13,396 HOUSE SKILLS TO LIVE. 2091 01:07:13,396 --> 01:07:13,729 -- THANK YOU. 2092 01:07:13,729 --> 01:07:15,197 -- FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 2093 01:07:15,197 --> 01:07:15,865 -- THANK YOU ANGEL. 2094 01:07:15,865 --> 01:07:16,298 -- MATERIALS TO DO. 2095 01:07:16,298 --> 01:07:17,733 -- THE WORK. 2096 01:07:17,733 --> 01:07:18,834 -- CAN I FOLLOW UP WITH YOU 2097 01:07:18,834 --> 01:07:20,770 AFTER THE MEETING? YEAH. THANK 2098 01:07:20,770 --> 01:07:22,738 YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 2099 01:07:22,738 --> 01:07:24,707 ANGEL, FOR ALL YOU DO. UP NEXT 2100 01:07:24,707 --> 01:07:30,146 IS BOB, FOLLOWED BY WREN AND 2101 01:07:30,146 --> 01:07:30,479 THEN DANIEL. 2102 01:07:30,479 --> 01:07:32,114 -- THANK YOU. 2103 01:07:32,114 --> 01:07:33,849 -- MY NAME IS BOB DOWNING. I'M 2104 01:07:33,849 --> 01:07:35,351 A RESIDENT IN COLUMBIA CITY, AND 2105 01:07:35,351 --> 01:07:36,786 I'M ON STAFF WITH AFT 2106 01:07:36,786 --> 01:07:38,921 WASHINGTON. WE REPRESENT ABOUT 2107 01:07:38,921 --> 01:07:39,522 6000 EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT THE 2108 01:07:39,522 --> 01:07:41,357 STATE, INCLUDING A LOT OF 2109 01:07:41,357 --> 01:07:43,492 FACULTY IN THE PARENT EDUCATION 2110 01:07:43,492 --> 01:07:46,896 PROGRAMS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN 2111 01:07:46,896 --> 01:07:48,330 FAVOR OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO 2112 01:07:48,330 --> 01:07:49,532 KEEP THE CO-OPS OPEN. IT'S A 2113 01:07:49,532 --> 01:07:50,966 GREAT MODEL. YOU'VE HEARD FROM 2114 01:07:50,966 --> 01:07:53,335 LOTS OF PEOPLE TODAY WHO TALKED 2115 01:07:53,335 --> 01:07:55,404 ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US 2116 01:07:55,404 --> 01:07:56,705 TO HAVE THESE COMMUNITY 2117 01:07:56,705 --> 01:07:59,475 CONNECTIONS. IT'S GREAT RESPECT 2118 01:07:59,475 --> 01:08:00,743 FOR THE PARENTS, AND IT TEACHES 2119 01:08:00,743 --> 01:08:02,478 PARENTS HOW TO BE RESPECTFUL OF 2120 01:08:02,478 --> 01:08:04,480 THEIR KIDS. AND WHAT WE'RE 2121 01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:05,681 SEEING FROM THE STATE OF 2122 01:08:05,681 --> 01:08:07,583 WASHINGTON IS A LITTLE BIT OF 2123 01:08:07,583 --> 01:08:11,687 DISRESPECT FOR THE SAYING THAT 2124 01:08:11,687 --> 01:08:13,556 YOU THESE PROGRAMS DO NOT LEAD 2125 01:08:13,556 --> 01:08:15,391 TO CAREER ADVANCEMENT, CAREER 2126 01:08:15,391 --> 01:08:16,358 DEVELOPMENT. YOU'VE SEEN LOTS OF 2127 01:08:16,358 --> 01:08:18,461 PEOPLE TODAY FOUND GREAT 2128 01:08:18,461 --> 01:08:19,862 CAREERS, FOUND GREAT LIVES, 2129 01:08:19,862 --> 01:08:21,430 BUILT GREAT FAMILIES BECAUSE OF 2130 01:08:21,430 --> 01:08:22,865 THESE PROGRAMS. PLEASE DO WHAT 2131 01:08:22,865 --> 01:08:23,999 YOU CAN TO HELP US KEEP THEM 2132 01:08:23,999 --> 01:08:25,835 GOING SO WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE. 2133 01:08:25,835 --> 01:08:27,269 STATE. 2134 01:08:27,269 --> 01:08:28,304 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS REN, 2135 01:08:28,304 --> 01:08:31,707 FOLLOWED BY DANIEL, THEN LEAH. 2136 01:08:31,707 --> 01:08:33,242 EITHER ONE. 2137 01:08:33,242 --> 01:08:33,509 -- OKAY. 2138 01:08:33,509 --> 01:08:34,877 -- GOOD MORNING. CITY 2139 01:08:34,877 --> 01:08:37,913 COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M BRENT LO 2140 01:08:37,913 --> 01:08:38,447 ERICKSON. I AM FROM WEST 2141 01:08:38,447 --> 01:08:39,715 SEATTLE. I AM A FORMER EARLY 2142 01:08:39,715 --> 01:08:42,118 CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR TURNED PARENT 2143 01:08:42,118 --> 01:08:44,887 OF TWO AT CO-OP. AND TODAY I'M 2144 01:08:44,887 --> 01:08:46,188 URGING YOU TO PLEASE PASS THE 2145 01:08:46,188 --> 01:08:47,690 EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR PARENT 2146 01:08:47,690 --> 01:08:49,191 EDDIE. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE MY 2147 01:08:49,191 --> 01:08:51,026 BACKGROUND IN EARLY CHILDHOOD 2148 01:08:51,026 --> 01:08:52,094 EDUCATION, THERE IS NOTHING OF 2149 01:08:52,094 --> 01:08:53,796 IT PREPARED ME FOR BEING A 2150 01:08:53,796 --> 01:08:54,830 PARENT AND TEACHER GEN TEACHER. 2151 01:08:54,830 --> 01:08:57,566 JANE HERE HELPED ME THE LAST TWO 2152 01:08:57,566 --> 01:09:00,236 YEARS IN MANAGING A LOT OF 2153 01:09:00,236 --> 01:09:01,737 THINGS, AND I, LIKE MANY OTHER 2154 01:09:01,737 --> 01:09:02,638 PARENTS AND MANY OTHER MOMS, I 2155 01:09:02,638 --> 01:09:05,207 STRUGGLED WITH POSTPARTUM 2156 01:09:05,207 --> 01:09:08,244 DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND CO-OP 2157 01:09:08,244 --> 01:09:09,445 SAVED MY LIFE. AND I DON'T MEAN 2158 01:09:09,445 --> 01:09:11,814 THAT AS AN EXAGGERATION. I WOULD 2159 01:09:11,814 --> 01:09:13,282 NOT BE STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF 2160 01:09:13,282 --> 01:09:14,450 YOU TODAY IF IT WAS NOT FOR 2161 01:09:14,450 --> 01:09:16,819 CO-OP. SO I'M ASKING AND BEGGING 2162 01:09:16,819 --> 01:09:19,088 YOU TO PLEASE PASS THIS FUNDING 2163 01:09:19,088 --> 01:09:21,624 SO WE CAN SAVE PARENT ED AND 2164 01:09:21,624 --> 01:09:22,558 CONTINUE OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS 2165 01:09:22,558 --> 01:09:24,693 KEPT SO MANY OF US HERE. THANK 2166 01:09:24,693 --> 01:09:26,128 YOU. 2167 01:09:26,128 --> 01:09:27,863 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS DANIEL, 2168 01:09:27,863 --> 01:09:31,300 FOLLOWED BY LEAH AND THEN TIM. 2169 01:09:31,300 --> 01:09:33,068 -- HELLO. 2170 01:09:33,068 --> 01:09:34,803 -- I'M DANIEL, I'M. 2171 01:09:34,803 --> 01:09:35,437 -- FROM THE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND 2172 01:09:35,437 --> 01:09:37,306 I'M HERE TO COMPLETELY OBJECT 2173 01:09:37,306 --> 01:09:39,241 TO THE USE OF CCTV IN MY 2174 01:09:39,241 --> 01:09:41,176 NEIGHBORHOOD. I'VE LIVED THERE 2175 01:09:41,176 --> 01:09:45,080 FOR 16 YEARS. I HAVE SEEN, YOU 2176 01:09:45,080 --> 01:09:45,881 KNOW, PROPERTY, CRIME HAPPEN, 2177 01:09:45,881 --> 01:09:46,916 ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. BUT THIS 2178 01:09:46,916 --> 01:09:48,317 STUFF, THIS IS NOT WORTH IT FOR 2179 01:09:48,317 --> 01:09:49,985 US. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A 2180 01:09:49,985 --> 01:09:51,186 SURVEILLANCE STATE. AND YOU'RE 2181 01:09:51,186 --> 01:09:53,122 GIVING POWER TO PEOPLE THAT 2182 01:09:53,122 --> 01:09:55,591 SEVERAL YEARS AGO GASSED US WHEN 2183 01:09:55,591 --> 01:09:59,128 WE DISAGREED WITH HOW THE 2184 01:09:59,128 --> 01:09:59,662 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 2185 01:09:59,662 --> 01:10:00,896 OPERATES. SO, YOU KNOW, I 2186 01:10:00,896 --> 01:10:03,332 STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL 2187 01:10:03,332 --> 01:10:05,501 TO RIP THEM OUT AND STOP USING 2188 01:10:05,501 --> 01:10:06,335 THE FUNDS FOR THAT. THERE'S 2189 01:10:06,335 --> 01:10:07,536 PLENTY OF STUFF HERE TODAY THAT 2190 01:10:07,536 --> 01:10:08,537 I'VE HEARD THAT THAT MONEY 2191 01:10:08,537 --> 01:10:12,741 WOULD BE BETTER PUT TOWARDS. SO 2192 01:10:12,741 --> 01:10:14,443 PLEASE GET RID OF THEM. THANK 2193 01:10:14,443 --> 01:10:14,643 YOU. 2194 01:10:14,643 --> 01:10:16,946 -- THANK YOU DANIEL. UP NEXT IS 2195 01:10:16,946 --> 01:10:20,616 LEAH, FOLLOWED BY TIM WELCOME. 2196 01:10:20,616 --> 01:10:23,886 -- MORNING. I STRONGLY SUPPORT 2197 01:10:23,886 --> 01:10:24,920 KIM FOSTER'S PROPOSAL TO USE 2198 01:10:24,920 --> 01:10:26,422 WHATEVER IS RETURNED. OF THE 13 2199 01:10:26,422 --> 01:10:27,890 MILLION IN SPD OVER PAYMENTS FOR 2200 01:10:27,890 --> 01:10:30,426 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND AND CM 2201 01:10:30,426 --> 01:10:32,828 RINCK SLI REQUESTING THAT SPD 2202 01:10:32,828 --> 01:10:34,229 REPORT ON THE RECOVERY OF THOSE 2203 01:10:34,229 --> 01:10:36,432 OVERPAYMENTS. WE DESPERATELY 2204 01:10:36,432 --> 01:10:37,099 NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO 2205 01:10:37,099 --> 01:10:40,069 I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE 2206 01:10:40,069 --> 01:10:43,005 BILLS OR ALL OF THE PROPOSALS TO 2207 01:10:43,005 --> 01:10:44,440 SUPPORT OFFICE OF HOUSING AND 2208 01:10:44,440 --> 01:10:46,709 RESTORE JUMPSTART. I WANT TO 2209 01:10:46,709 --> 01:10:48,744 STRONGLY IMPLORE YOU ALL TO 2210 01:10:48,744 --> 01:10:50,479 SUPPORT THE 400,000 PROVISO ON 2211 01:10:50,479 --> 01:10:52,047 SPD TO ENCOURAGE SPD TO CREATE 2212 01:10:52,047 --> 01:10:54,717 THE MOST BASIC SAFEGUARDS ON THE 2213 01:10:54,717 --> 01:10:55,951 RCTC, BECAUSE A VIOLENT CRIME 2214 01:10:55,951 --> 01:10:57,086 CAUGHT ON CAMERA STILL CAUSES 2215 01:10:57,086 --> 01:10:58,587 HARM. I KNOW BECAUSE I LOST A 2216 01:10:58,587 --> 01:11:01,123 LOVED ONE AND THE SHOOTING WAS 2217 01:11:01,123 --> 01:11:02,324 ON CAMERA. YET VIDEO OF EXACTLY 2218 01:11:02,324 --> 01:11:04,293 WHO DID WHAT DOESN'T ANSWER THE 2219 01:11:04,293 --> 01:11:05,694 REAL QUESTIONS OR SUE THE LOSS. 2220 01:11:05,694 --> 01:11:09,198 IT INSTEAD HAUNTS US. PLEASE 2221 01:11:09,198 --> 01:11:12,134 IMPLEMENT THE MOST BASIC 2222 01:11:12,134 --> 01:11:13,402 SAFEGUARDS THAT THE OIG IS 2223 01:11:13,402 --> 01:11:13,636 ASKING. 2224 01:11:13,636 --> 01:11:16,338 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS TIM, 2225 01:11:16,338 --> 01:11:17,239 FOLLOWED BY MATT AND THEN SOSHI. 2226 01:11:17,239 --> 01:11:18,474 I'M GOING TO READ THE NEXT TEN. 2227 01:11:18,474 --> 01:11:22,511 AFTER THAT, REBECCA HAWKINS ROSE 2228 01:11:22,511 --> 01:11:31,654 H. NATHAN WALL, NICHELLE. LOOKS 2229 01:11:31,654 --> 01:11:35,891 LIKE ISLA DE LEON CINDY. SEE. 2230 01:11:35,891 --> 01:11:37,026 ASHLEY AND THEN JESSE SIMPSON. 2231 01:11:37,026 --> 01:11:38,127 BUT WITH THAT TIM. WELCOME. 2232 01:11:38,127 --> 01:11:43,232 -- HI EMERSON. I AM A RECOVERY 2233 01:11:43,232 --> 01:11:45,000 COACH AND A PEER COUNSELOR FOR 2234 01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:47,202 WE HEART SEATTLE. AND TODAY THAT 2235 01:11:47,202 --> 01:11:50,673 IS WHY I AM HERE SUPPORTING THIS 2236 01:11:50,673 --> 01:11:52,508 $220 FLEXIBLE FUNDING PROPOSAL. 2237 01:11:52,508 --> 01:11:53,108 THIS FUNDING REPRESENTS MORE 2238 01:11:53,108 --> 01:11:55,110 THAN MONEY. IT REPRESENTS AN 2239 01:11:55,110 --> 01:11:56,979 OPPORTUNITY TO BRIDGE THE GAP 2240 01:11:56,979 --> 01:11:58,781 BETWEEN TREATMENT, INDEPENDENT 2241 01:11:58,781 --> 01:12:00,449 LIVING. IT GIVES PROVIDERS THE 2242 01:12:00,449 --> 01:12:02,651 FLEXIBILITY TO LIVE, TO ADDRESS 2243 01:12:02,651 --> 01:12:05,087 REAL LIFE BARRIERS THROUGH 2244 01:12:05,087 --> 01:12:05,554 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, 2245 01:12:05,554 --> 01:12:07,289 TRANSPORTATION AND CONTINUED 2246 01:12:07,289 --> 01:12:08,557 TREATMENT AND BASIC NEEDS. AS A 2247 01:12:08,557 --> 01:12:10,192 PEER SPECIALIST, I SEE FIRSTHAND 2248 01:12:10,192 --> 01:12:12,161 THAT RECOVERY LOOKS DIFFERENT 2249 01:12:12,161 --> 01:12:14,029 FOR EVERYONE. SOMETIMES THE 2250 01:12:14,029 --> 01:12:14,630 SMALLEST INTERVENTION AT THE 2251 01:12:14,630 --> 01:12:15,731 RIGHT MOMENT DOES MAKE THE 2252 01:12:15,731 --> 01:12:18,200 BIGGEST DIFFERENCE. I ASK FOR 2253 01:12:18,200 --> 01:12:20,436 EVERYONE TO SUPPORT THIS FUNDING 2254 01:12:20,436 --> 01:12:22,271 AND INVEST IN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 2255 01:12:22,271 --> 01:12:24,473 TRYING TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES. 2256 01:12:24,473 --> 01:12:25,874 THAT'S NOT HELP PEOPLE GET INTO 2257 01:12:25,874 --> 01:12:27,576 RECOVERY. LET'S GIVE THEM A 2258 01:12:27,576 --> 01:12:28,877 REALISTIC OPPORTUNITY TO STAY 2259 01:12:28,877 --> 01:12:29,812 THERE. THANK YOU. 2260 01:12:29,812 --> 01:12:31,613 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS MATT, 2261 01:12:31,613 --> 01:12:34,850 FOLLOWED BY SOCE 2262 01:12:34,850 --> 01:12:37,686 -- I THINK I'M THE SITE. HI 2263 01:12:37,686 --> 01:12:39,354 COUNCIL. SO SINCE 2020, YOU MAY 2264 01:12:39,354 --> 01:12:41,790 OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT SEATTLE HAS 2265 01:12:41,790 --> 01:12:43,625 HAD THREE BUDGET PROPOSALS. 2266 01:12:43,625 --> 01:12:45,027 ACTUALLY, THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, 2267 01:12:45,027 --> 01:12:46,528 YOUR BUDGET AND THE SOLIDARITY 2268 01:12:46,528 --> 01:12:47,763 BUDGET, WHICH IS THE PEOPLE'S 2269 01:12:47,763 --> 01:12:50,032 BUDGET, DEVELOPED EVERY YEAR BY 2270 01:12:50,032 --> 01:12:51,834 A COALITION OF OVER 300 2271 01:12:51,834 --> 01:12:54,069 COMMUNITY GROUPS. NOW I'M AN 2272 01:12:54,069 --> 01:12:55,371 ENTHUSIASTIC AND ENTHUSIASTIC 2273 01:12:55,371 --> 01:12:57,906 SUPPORTER OF THE SOLIDARITY 2274 01:12:57,906 --> 01:12:59,708 BUDGET BECAUSE UNLIKE THE 2275 01:12:59,708 --> 01:13:01,944 MAYOR'S BUDGET AND YOUR BUDGET, 2276 01:13:01,944 --> 01:13:04,346 IT EMPHASIZES FISCAL 2277 01:13:04,346 --> 01:13:06,582 RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, 2278 01:13:06,582 --> 01:13:08,417 AND EVIDENCE BASED APPROACHES TO 2279 01:13:08,417 --> 01:13:10,619 THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES. IT 2280 01:13:10,619 --> 01:13:11,120 ENVISIONS A CITY WHERE 2281 01:13:11,120 --> 01:13:12,621 GUARANTEEING PEOPLE'S BASIC 2282 01:13:12,621 --> 01:13:14,390 NEEDS IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY. IF 2283 01:13:14,390 --> 01:13:15,958 THIS WAS YOUR PRIORITY AS WELL, 2284 01:13:15,958 --> 01:13:18,494 YOU WOULDN'T HAVE MORNINGS LIKE 2285 01:13:18,494 --> 01:13:19,795 THIS WHERE YOU HAVE A ROOM FULL 2286 01:13:19,795 --> 01:13:22,030 OF PEOPLE PETITIONING YOU FOR 2287 01:13:22,030 --> 01:13:24,233 BASIC HUMAN SERVICES AS YOU WORK 2288 01:13:24,233 --> 01:13:25,601 THROUGH YOUR BUDGET PROCESS 2289 01:13:25,601 --> 01:13:27,469 TODAY, PLEASE REMEMBER WE CAN 2290 01:13:27,469 --> 01:13:29,505 CHOOSE TO DIVEST FROM CITY 2291 01:13:29,505 --> 01:13:31,006 PROGRAMS THAT. 2292 01:13:31,006 --> 01:13:31,440 -- THANK YOU MATT. 2293 01:13:31,440 --> 01:13:33,275 -- AND INVEST IN OUR COLLECTIVE 2294 01:13:33,275 --> 01:13:34,009 WELL-BEING. 2295 01:13:34,009 --> 01:13:34,343 -- THANK YOU. 2296 01:13:34,343 --> 01:13:35,244 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS SOCE. 2297 01:13:35,244 --> 01:13:37,079 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2298 01:13:37,079 --> 01:13:38,847 ASSISTANCE WITH SPELLING IT OUT 2299 01:13:38,847 --> 01:13:40,482 FOR ME. 2300 01:13:40,482 --> 01:13:42,050 -- HI, MY NAME IS SOCE 2301 01:13:42,050 --> 01:13:44,686 MARKOVICH. PLEASE SUPPORT 2302 01:13:44,686 --> 01:13:46,021 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 400 K 2303 01:13:46,021 --> 01:13:48,290 PROVISO ON SPD'S BUDGET. SPD'S 2304 01:13:48,290 --> 01:13:49,925 OWN RCTC LOG FROM MAY THROUGH 2305 01:13:49,925 --> 01:13:52,060 AUGUST SHOWS WHY OUT OF MORE 2306 01:13:52,060 --> 01:13:53,896 THAN 89,000 ENTRIES, ONLY 28 2307 01:13:53,896 --> 01:13:55,964 WERE TIED TO AN INCIDENT. 2308 01:13:55,964 --> 01:13:58,634 ANALYSTS STREAMED NEARLY 22,000 2309 01:13:58,634 --> 01:14:00,836 HOURS OF LIVE VIDEO AND 387 2310 01:14:00,836 --> 01:14:02,805 STREAMS RAN EIGHT HOURS OR 2311 01:14:02,805 --> 01:14:05,874 LONGER. BOTH GO AGAINST WHAT SPD 2312 01:14:05,874 --> 01:14:06,475 PROMISED. THE MAYOR'S AUDIT 2313 01:14:06,475 --> 01:14:09,211 NEVER TESTED THIS SYSTEM AGAINST 2314 01:14:09,211 --> 01:14:10,279 THE WASHINGTON CONSTITUTION, 2315 01:14:10,279 --> 01:14:11,747 WHICH IS PROTECTS MORE THAN THE 2316 01:14:11,747 --> 01:14:14,283 US CONSTITUTION WHEN IT COMES TO 2317 01:14:14,283 --> 01:14:15,818 PRIVACY, WASHINGTON REQUIRES A 2318 01:14:15,818 --> 01:14:16,819 WARRANT FOR GPS TRACKING, AND A 2319 01:14:16,819 --> 01:14:18,453 COURT COULD TREAT CAMERAS THAT 2320 01:14:18,453 --> 01:14:19,454 FOLLOW A PERSON BLOCK TO BLOCK 2321 01:14:19,454 --> 01:14:21,723 THE SAME WAY. THE CITY HAS NEVER 2322 01:14:21,723 --> 01:14:23,525 SHOWN THAT IT IS LEGAL WITHOUT A 2323 01:14:23,525 --> 01:14:25,227 WARRANT. THE FACT THAT SPD HAS 2324 01:14:25,227 --> 01:14:28,030 NEVER SOUGHT WARRANTS DOESN'T 2325 01:14:28,030 --> 01:14:28,564 ESTABLISH THAT THEY'RE 2326 01:14:28,564 --> 01:14:29,798 UNNECESSARY. THE COUNCIL NEEDS 2327 01:14:29,798 --> 01:14:31,300 MORE INFORMATION FROM SPD, AND 2328 01:14:31,300 --> 01:14:32,501 THIS PROVISO CREATES A PATH FOR 2329 01:14:32,501 --> 01:14:34,403 THAT. PASS THIS AND SHOW THAT 2330 01:14:34,403 --> 01:14:36,672 YOU TAKE OVER. 2331 01:14:36,672 --> 01:14:37,840 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS, I 2332 01:14:37,840 --> 01:14:42,911 BELIEVE, ROSE 52. SORRY. REBECCA 2333 01:14:42,911 --> 01:14:44,413 HAWKINS. YEP. SORRY I GOT AHEAD 2334 01:14:44,413 --> 01:14:46,648 OF MYSELF. REBECCA, WELCOME. 2335 01:14:46,648 --> 01:14:46,882 -- HI. 2336 01:14:46,882 --> 01:14:48,350 -- HI. MY NAME IS REBECCA 2337 01:14:48,350 --> 01:14:49,518 HAWKINS. I'M A PARENT OF AN 2338 01:14:49,518 --> 01:14:52,054 ALMOST THREE YEAR OLD, AND I'M 2339 01:14:52,054 --> 01:14:52,554 THE TREASURER AT LITTLE 2340 01:14:52,554 --> 01:14:53,755 WILDFLOWERS PRESCHOOL IN GREEN 2341 01:14:53,755 --> 01:14:56,592 LAKE. I'M HERE TO BEG SUPPORT 2342 01:14:56,592 --> 01:14:57,159 FOR BRIDGE FUNDING FOR THE 2343 01:14:57,159 --> 01:14:58,527 PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM. OUR 2344 01:14:58,527 --> 01:15:00,329 PARENT EDUCATOR PROVIDES VITAL 2345 01:15:00,329 --> 01:15:01,230 SUPPORT TO PARENTS LIKE ME WHO 2346 01:15:01,230 --> 01:15:04,199 HAVE NO FAMILY IN THE STATE, AND 2347 01:15:04,199 --> 01:15:06,468 OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES. THEY ARE 2348 01:15:06,468 --> 01:15:07,102 DEEPLY TRUSTED MESSENGERS THAT 2349 01:15:07,102 --> 01:15:08,103 HELP PARENTS SEEK HELP AND 2350 01:15:08,103 --> 01:15:10,072 NAVIGATE THE CONFUSING PROCESS 2351 01:15:10,072 --> 01:15:11,940 OF ACCESSING EARLY INTERVENTION 2352 01:15:11,940 --> 01:15:13,742 SERVICES AND OTHER PUBLIC 2353 01:15:13,742 --> 01:15:15,310 SUPPORT SYSTEMS, AND THEY 2354 01:15:15,310 --> 01:15:15,944 COUNTERACT MISINFORMATION. NEW 2355 01:15:15,944 --> 01:15:18,247 PARENTS ARE INUNDATED WITH ON 2356 01:15:18,247 --> 01:15:21,683 SOCIAL MEDIA. IN A CLIMATE THAT 2357 01:15:21,683 --> 01:15:22,217 CONTINUES TO ISOLATE AND 2358 01:15:22,217 --> 01:15:23,685 OVERBURDEN PARENTS, OUR PARENT 2359 01:15:23,685 --> 01:15:26,121 EDUCATORS ARE NECESSARY PRESSURE 2360 01:15:26,121 --> 01:15:27,489 RELEASE VALVES THAT MAKE PARENTS 2361 01:15:27,489 --> 01:15:28,690 OF ALL BACKGROUNDS FEEL 2362 01:15:28,690 --> 01:15:30,926 EMPOWERED, SUPPORTED AND CARED 2363 01:15:30,926 --> 01:15:31,126 FOR. 2364 01:15:31,126 --> 01:15:33,662 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT, NOW IS 2365 01:15:33,662 --> 01:15:34,630 ROSE, AND THEN NATHAN WILL COME 2366 01:15:34,630 --> 01:15:38,066 TO YOU. NEXT. IS ROSE STILL 2367 01:15:38,066 --> 01:15:39,568 HERE? ROSE? ROSE. NATHAN. YOU'RE 2368 01:15:39,568 --> 01:15:42,137 UP THEN. WELCOME. NATHAN. 2369 01:15:42,137 --> 01:15:43,572 -- I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO 2370 01:15:43,572 --> 01:15:45,841 PLEASE SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 2371 01:15:45,841 --> 01:15:46,508 RINCK RCTC PROVISO. AND I WANT 2372 01:15:46,508 --> 01:15:49,144 TO THANK OUR PROGRESSIVE 2373 01:15:49,144 --> 01:15:49,778 COUNCILMEMBERS FOR HOLDING THE 2374 01:15:49,778 --> 01:15:51,046 MAYOR ACCOUNTABLE TO HER 2375 01:15:51,046 --> 01:15:53,048 CAMPAIGN PROMISES JACKSON IS 2376 01:15:53,048 --> 01:15:55,851 JUST AS BAD AS, IF NOT WORSE. 2377 01:15:55,851 --> 01:15:56,985 FURTHERMORE, I WANT TO SAY, I 2378 01:15:56,985 --> 01:15:58,754 THINK RUSHING THROUGH THE BUDGET 2379 01:15:58,754 --> 01:16:00,789 PROCESS HAS BEEN IMPROPER. I'M 2380 01:16:00,789 --> 01:16:03,125 NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH PORK 2381 01:16:03,125 --> 01:16:05,160 PROJECTS FOR D SIX THAT, YOU 2382 01:16:05,160 --> 01:16:07,629 KNOW, I MEAN, THE 36 NEEDS A LOT 2383 01:16:07,629 --> 01:16:08,730 OF ATTENTION. I THINK THE 36 2384 01:16:08,730 --> 01:16:09,765 NEEDS ATTENTION MORE THAN THE 17 2385 01:16:09,765 --> 01:16:11,099 NEEDS TO BE REVISED. I DON'T 2386 01:16:11,099 --> 01:16:12,334 THINK WE NEED POLICE OFFICERS 2387 01:16:12,334 --> 01:16:14,469 AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I'VE NOT 2388 01:16:14,469 --> 01:16:16,939 WITNESSED PEOPLE. I'VE WITNESSED 2389 01:16:16,939 --> 01:16:17,539 PEOPLE CRITICIZE YOU. I KNOW 2390 01:16:17,539 --> 01:16:18,073 THAT'S BEEN A BIT OF A 2391 01:16:18,073 --> 01:16:19,608 DISCUSSION BETWEEN US, BUT YOU 2392 01:16:19,608 --> 01:16:20,809 KNOW, IT'S NOT IT'S FREE 2393 01:16:20,809 --> 01:16:21,977 SPEECH. I ALSO DON'T THINK KATIE 2394 01:16:21,977 --> 01:16:23,011 WILSON NEEDS TO BE DENIED HER 2395 01:16:23,011 --> 01:16:24,079 RIGHT TO THE SOUND TRANSIT 2396 01:16:24,079 --> 01:16:26,014 BOARD. WOULD YOU BE DOING THIS 2397 01:16:26,014 --> 01:16:27,416 TO A MORE CENTRIST MAYOR? DAN, 2398 01:16:27,416 --> 01:16:29,484 THIS IS PETTY. THANK YOU. 2399 01:16:29,484 --> 01:16:32,888 -- THANK YOU. NATHAN. UP NEXT IS 2400 01:16:32,888 --> 01:16:39,027 NICOLE. IS THAT RIGHT WELCOME. 2401 01:16:39,027 --> 01:16:40,329 -- THANK YOU. 2402 01:16:40,329 --> 01:16:41,396 -- YOU CAN MOVE THAT MICROPHONE 2403 01:16:41,396 --> 01:16:42,631 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO. OH, THERE 2404 01:16:42,631 --> 01:16:44,700 YOU GO. 2405 01:16:44,700 --> 01:16:45,600 -- MY NAME IS NICOLE MOHAMMED 2406 01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:48,036 AND I'M A PART TIME PHYSICS 2407 01:16:48,036 --> 01:16:50,072 FACULTY AT SEATTLE COLLEGES. AND 2408 01:16:50,072 --> 01:16:51,873 AFT MEMBER. I HAVE SEEN 2409 01:16:51,873 --> 01:16:54,109 FIRSTHAND HOW THE CHALLENGES OF 2410 01:16:54,109 --> 01:16:54,743 PARENTHOOD IMPACT THE CAPACITY 2411 01:16:54,743 --> 01:16:57,312 OF SOME OF MY STUDENTS TO FULLY 2412 01:16:57,312 --> 01:16:58,480 PARTICIPATE IN MY CLASSES. WHEN 2413 01:16:58,480 --> 01:16:59,915 PARENTING, STUDENTS ARE WELL 2414 01:16:59,915 --> 01:17:01,650 RESOURCED THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE 2415 01:17:01,650 --> 01:17:03,352 PARENTHOOD, THEY. THEIR 2416 01:17:03,352 --> 01:17:05,387 FAMILIES, AND OUR COMMUNITIES 2417 01:17:05,387 --> 01:17:07,856 THRIVE IN SEATTLE ALONE. THIS 2418 01:17:07,856 --> 01:17:08,490 IMPACTS OVER 2000 FAMILIES. I 2419 01:17:08,490 --> 01:17:10,692 STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CONSIDER 2420 01:17:10,692 --> 01:17:12,027 THIS EMERGENCY FUNDING TO 2421 01:17:12,027 --> 01:17:13,395 MAINTAIN A VITAL PART OF THE 2422 01:17:13,395 --> 01:17:14,763 FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEM. THANK 2423 01:17:14,763 --> 01:17:14,963 YOU. 2424 01:17:14,963 --> 01:17:16,298 -- THANK YOU. NICOLE. NEXT IS 2425 01:17:16,298 --> 01:17:19,868 JARVI, FOLLOWED BY MIDORI. 2426 01:17:19,868 --> 01:17:21,770 -- HI, MY NAME IS JARVI. I'M 2427 01:17:21,770 --> 01:17:23,505 HERE TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE 2428 01:17:23,505 --> 01:17:25,273 PROVISO BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 2429 01:17:25,273 --> 01:17:27,242 THAT WOULD PAUSE THE FUNDING OF 2430 01:17:27,242 --> 01:17:28,744 CCTV EXPANSION AND THE REAL TIME 2431 01:17:28,744 --> 01:17:30,679 CRIME CENTER UNTIL IT'S 2432 01:17:30,679 --> 01:17:32,247 EVALUATED FOR RISK. I'M 2433 01:17:32,247 --> 01:17:33,782 EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE 2434 01:17:33,782 --> 01:17:34,316 RISKS. LOSS OF PRIVACY, 2435 01:17:34,316 --> 01:17:35,784 SURVEILLANCE, OUR PERSONAL DATA, 2436 01:17:35,784 --> 01:17:37,119 AND BIOMETRICS STORED IN WAYS 2437 01:17:37,119 --> 01:17:39,788 THAT CAN'T BE PROVEN SAFE. AXON 2438 01:17:39,788 --> 01:17:40,856 HAS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR 2439 01:17:40,856 --> 01:17:42,257 CONTRACT WITH ICE, AND THEY WERE 2440 01:17:42,257 --> 01:17:43,358 RECENTLY SUED FOR VIOLATING LAWS 2441 01:17:43,358 --> 01:17:44,926 ABOUT HOW THEY CAN STORE AND 2442 01:17:44,926 --> 01:17:46,294 SHARE OUR PERSONAL DATA. OUR 2443 01:17:46,294 --> 01:17:46,962 STRUGGLES IN THIS ROOM ARE 2444 01:17:46,962 --> 01:17:48,964 CONNECTED. INVESTING IN 2445 01:17:48,964 --> 01:17:50,332 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EDUCATION 2446 01:17:50,332 --> 01:17:52,334 WILL KEEP OUR STREETS SAFER, NOT 2447 01:17:52,334 --> 01:17:54,936 CAMERAS. REDISTRIBUTING FUNDS 2448 01:17:54,936 --> 01:17:56,371 FROM POLICE OVER PAYMENT. AND 2449 01:17:56,371 --> 01:17:57,005 THESE SURVEILLANCE MEASURES WILL 2450 01:17:57,005 --> 01:17:58,840 PREVENT THE CRIME. WE SPEND SO 2451 01:17:58,840 --> 01:18:00,242 MUCH MONEY TRYING TO STOP UNTIL 2452 01:18:00,242 --> 01:18:02,577 THIS EXPANSION IN OUR 2453 01:18:02,577 --> 01:18:03,145 SURVEILLANCE NETWORK CAN BE 2454 01:18:03,145 --> 01:18:03,845 EVALUATED, PLEASE SUPPORT THE 2455 01:18:03,845 --> 01:18:04,880 PROVISO THAT WILL PAUSE THIS 2456 01:18:04,880 --> 01:18:06,581 FUNDING. THANK YOU. 2457 01:18:06,581 --> 01:18:10,118 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS MIDORI, 2458 01:18:10,118 --> 01:18:11,186 FOLLOWED BY E. SORRY IF I'M 2459 01:18:11,186 --> 01:18:13,255 GETTING YOUR NAME WRONG. NUMBER 2460 01:18:13,255 --> 01:18:15,724 57. WE'RE ON 56 RIGHT NOW. AND 2461 01:18:15,724 --> 01:18:20,529 UP NEXT IS 57. THANK YOU 2462 01:18:20,529 --> 01:18:20,929 -- GOOD MORNING. 2463 01:18:20,929 --> 01:18:23,465 -- GOOD MORNING. 2464 01:18:23,465 --> 01:18:27,069 -- COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS 2465 01:18:27,069 --> 01:18:32,507 MIMI AND ME AND MY MOM ARE HERE 2466 01:18:32,507 --> 01:18:38,146 TO SAVE PARENTS EDUCATION. IT 2467 01:18:38,146 --> 01:18:41,416 CAN HELP YOUR FAMILY AND OURS 2468 01:18:41,416 --> 01:18:45,353 FOR EVERYBODY'S FAMILY TO HELP 2469 01:18:45,353 --> 01:18:51,126 BRING EDUCATION THANK YOU. 2470 01:18:51,126 --> 01:18:55,063 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 2471 01:18:55,063 --> 01:18:56,198 -- THANK YOU. AND WE EXPECT TO 2472 01:18:56,198 --> 01:18:59,568 SEE YOU SITTING ON THIS DAIS ONE 2473 01:18:59,568 --> 01:19:04,706 DAY. UP NEXT IS 57. SORRY FOR 2474 01:19:04,706 --> 01:19:05,173 MESSING YOUR NAME UP. 2475 01:19:05,173 --> 01:19:06,241 -- MAGANDANG UMAGA, 2476 01:19:06,241 --> 01:19:08,143 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS ISLA 2477 01:19:08,143 --> 01:19:10,045 DE LEON, A LANGUAGE FACULTY AND 2478 01:19:10,045 --> 01:19:12,481 FACULTY UNION STEWARD AT SOUTH 2479 01:19:12,481 --> 01:19:15,317 SEATTLE COLLEGE. TODAY, I'M 2480 01:19:15,317 --> 01:19:19,254 HERE AS A FIRST GENERATION 2481 01:19:19,254 --> 01:19:19,788 IMMIGRANT AND AN AUNTIE. 2482 01:19:19,788 --> 01:19:21,790 ACCORDING TO ANGELA CHAVEZ, 2483 01:19:21,790 --> 01:19:23,625 MOTHERING IS THE WORK THAT MAKES 2484 01:19:23,625 --> 01:19:26,461 ALL WORK POSSIBLE. SHE DEFINES 2485 01:19:26,461 --> 01:19:28,396 MOTHERING AS AN ACTIVE, ONGOING 2486 01:19:28,396 --> 01:19:30,599 PRACTICE OF CARING FOR, 2487 01:19:30,599 --> 01:19:32,434 NURTURING AND SUPPORTING LIFE. 2488 01:19:32,434 --> 01:19:34,903 AND YET, JUST LIKE THE WORK OF 2489 01:19:34,903 --> 01:19:37,239 PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVERS, 2490 01:19:37,239 --> 01:19:37,806 TEACHERS, CERTIFIED NURSING 2491 01:19:37,806 --> 01:19:39,975 ASSISTANTS, NURSES, MOTHERING IS 2492 01:19:39,975 --> 01:19:43,211 OFTEN UNSEEN, UNDERVALUED, 2493 01:19:43,211 --> 01:19:45,080 RACIALIZED AND GENDERED IN THIS 2494 01:19:45,080 --> 01:19:47,949 COUNTRY. MOTHERING IS HANDS DOWN 2495 01:19:47,949 --> 01:19:50,418 THE HARDEST WORK IN THE WORLD. 2496 01:19:50,418 --> 01:19:51,720 EVEN WITH ALL ITS REWARDS. BUT 2497 01:19:51,720 --> 01:19:54,222 HOW DO WE BUILD A 2498 01:19:54,222 --> 01:19:54,556 -- [LAUGHTER] 2499 01:19:54,556 --> 01:19:57,292 -- SORRY, BUT HOW DO WE BUILD A 2500 01:19:57,292 --> 01:19:59,294 SOCIAL SAFETY NET TO SUPPORT 2501 01:19:59,294 --> 01:20:01,229 MOTHERS? HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE 2502 01:20:01,229 --> 01:20:03,265 ESSENTIAL WORK THAT ALL OTHER 2503 01:20:03,265 --> 01:20:04,766 WORK POSSIBLE? 2504 01:20:04,766 --> 01:20:05,433 -- THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO 2505 01:20:05,433 --> 01:20:06,935 CALL THE FINAL NAMES THAT WE 2506 01:20:06,935 --> 01:20:07,969 HAVE IN PERSON. YOU CAN STILL 2507 01:20:07,969 --> 01:20:09,805 SIGN UP UNTIL IT'S ALL OVER, 2508 01:20:09,805 --> 01:20:11,006 BUT WE HAVE NEXT CINDY FOLLOWED 2509 01:20:11,006 --> 01:20:15,644 BY ASHLEY AND THEN JESSE AND I 2510 01:20:15,644 --> 01:20:17,412 CANNOT RECOGNIZE NUMBER 60 2511 01:20:17,412 --> 01:20:18,413 ONE'S NAME. IT LOOKS LIKE IT 2512 01:20:18,413 --> 01:20:21,016 STARTS WITH AN S FIRST NAME, 2513 01:20:21,016 --> 01:20:23,018 LAST NAME E. THEN WE'VE GOT 2514 01:20:23,018 --> 01:20:24,352 CAMILLE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT 2515 01:20:24,352 --> 01:20:25,520 HANNAH ZIFF. SO WITH THAT, 2516 01:20:25,520 --> 01:20:27,956 CINDY, WELCOME. 2517 01:20:27,956 --> 01:20:29,958 -- GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS. 2518 01:20:29,958 --> 01:20:31,960 AT FIRST, THANK YOU ALL 2519 01:20:31,960 --> 01:20:34,329 COUNCILMEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING 2520 01:20:34,329 --> 01:20:34,996 THE PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM AND 2521 01:20:34,996 --> 01:20:37,566 TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR BEING 2522 01:20:37,566 --> 01:20:39,234 A STRONG ADVOCATE TO THE 2523 01:20:39,234 --> 01:20:41,069 WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 2524 01:20:41,069 --> 01:20:45,173 MY NAME IS CINDY BERTONI. I AM 2525 01:20:45,173 --> 01:20:45,674 THE CHILDREN AND FAMILY 2526 01:20:45,674 --> 01:20:47,642 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT 2527 01:20:47,642 --> 01:20:49,911 VILLA COMUNITARIA, A PUBLIC 2528 01:20:49,911 --> 01:20:51,846 ORGANIZATION SERVING LATINO 2529 01:20:51,846 --> 01:20:53,849 COMMUNITY, ABUJA. WE PROVIDE 2530 01:20:53,849 --> 01:20:56,351 FREE EARLY LEARNING 2531 01:20:56,351 --> 01:20:56,918 OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES, 2532 01:20:56,918 --> 01:20:59,020 ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY, COLLEGE 2533 01:20:59,020 --> 01:21:01,122 EDUCATION PROGRAM IS ESSENTIAL 2534 01:21:01,122 --> 01:21:03,658 TO OUR WORK AND TO THE FAMILIES 2535 01:21:03,658 --> 01:21:05,026 WE SERVE. WE ARE. THIS 2536 01:21:05,026 --> 01:21:06,628 PARTNERSHIP. MANY PARENTS WILL 2537 01:21:06,628 --> 01:21:09,231 LOSE ACCESS TO VALUE 2538 01:21:09,231 --> 01:21:13,034 OPPORTUNITIES, BUILD SKILLS AND 2539 01:21:13,034 --> 01:21:13,668 PARENTING PRACTICES AND BECOME 2540 01:21:13,668 --> 01:21:14,936 CONFIDENT ADVOCATES FOR THEIR 2541 01:21:14,936 --> 01:21:17,906 CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES ACROSS 2542 01:21:17,906 --> 01:21:19,774 DIFFERENT SETTINGS. THANK YOU. 2543 01:21:19,774 --> 01:21:21,643 -- THANK YOU CINDY. UP NEXT IS 2544 01:21:21,643 --> 01:21:24,846 ASHLEY, FOLLOWED BY JESSIE. 2545 01:21:24,846 --> 01:21:27,582 -- HI, I'M ASHLEY WITH PURPOSE 2546 01:21:27,582 --> 01:21:32,387 ACTION I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT 2547 01:21:32,387 --> 01:21:34,256 SAM SAID REGARDING THE CHAIR'S 2548 01:21:34,256 --> 01:21:34,789 PACKAGE, INCLUDING THE $5 2549 01:21:34,789 --> 01:21:35,323 MILLION FOR THE OFFICE OF 2550 01:21:35,323 --> 01:21:39,060 HOUSING, AS WELL AS FOSTER 2551 01:21:39,060 --> 01:21:41,396 AMENDMENTS AROUND AFFORDABLE 2552 01:21:41,396 --> 01:21:42,931 HOUSING FUNDING. I ALSO WANT TO 2553 01:21:42,931 --> 01:21:46,134 VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE 2554 01:21:46,134 --> 01:21:48,637 BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT 2555 01:21:48,637 --> 01:21:49,271 FOSTERS COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HAS 2556 01:21:49,271 --> 01:21:49,971 INTRODUCED. I THINK IF WE LOOK 2557 01:21:49,971 --> 01:21:50,805 THROUGH THIS BUDGET, WE'LL SEE 2558 01:21:50,805 --> 01:21:52,841 A LOT OF ONE TIME FUNDING FOR 2559 01:21:52,841 --> 01:21:54,676 PROGRAMS THAT REALLY REFLECT OUR 2560 01:21:54,676 --> 01:21:56,778 CITY'S VALUES, AND I THINK IT 2561 01:21:56,778 --> 01:21:59,114 WOULD BE EXCITING TO EXPLORE 2562 01:21:59,114 --> 01:22:00,515 FUNDING REVENUE SOURCES THAT CAN 2563 01:22:00,515 --> 01:22:01,850 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE LONG 2564 01:22:01,850 --> 01:22:03,385 TERM. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 2565 01:22:03,385 --> 01:22:04,686 -- THANK YOU. ASHLEY. UP NEXT IS 2566 01:22:04,686 --> 01:22:06,655 JESSIE. 2567 01:22:06,655 --> 01:22:08,556 -- HEY. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD 2568 01:22:08,556 --> 01:22:09,457 MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. NOT 2569 01:22:09,457 --> 01:22:11,026 AFTERNOON QUITE YET. I'M JESSICA 2570 01:22:11,026 --> 01:22:12,294 SIMPSON WITH THE HOUSING 2571 01:22:12,294 --> 01:22:13,028 DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM. FIRST, I 2572 01:22:13,028 --> 01:22:15,096 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INCREASING 2573 01:22:15,096 --> 01:22:16,031 INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING 2574 01:22:16,031 --> 01:22:17,032 IN A DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR. 2575 01:22:17,032 --> 01:22:18,266 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER 2576 01:22:18,266 --> 01:22:20,435 FOSTER FOR CHAMPIONING THE $10 2577 01:22:20,435 --> 01:22:22,370 MILLION ASK CHAIR STRAUSS FOR 2578 01:22:22,370 --> 01:22:23,972 INCLUDING 5 MILLION IN THE 2579 01:22:23,972 --> 01:22:26,841 BALANCING PACKAGE AND COUNCIL 2580 01:22:26,841 --> 01:22:27,475 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH FOR THE 2581 01:22:27,475 --> 01:22:29,477 ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION. UNTIL 2582 01:22:29,477 --> 01:22:31,813 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AFFORDABLE 2583 01:22:31,813 --> 01:22:32,547 HOUSING PROVISO. TODAY, I URGE 2584 01:22:32,547 --> 01:22:35,684 YOU TO ADOPT COUNCILMEMBER 2585 01:22:35,684 --> 01:22:36,351 FOSTER'S AMENDMENT TO CREATE A 2586 01:22:36,351 --> 01:22:39,721 PLAN TO DEDICATE AT LEAST 50% OF 2587 01:22:39,721 --> 01:22:41,423 JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX 2588 01:22:41,423 --> 01:22:42,057 REVENUES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING 2589 01:22:42,057 --> 01:22:43,591 AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT. 2590 01:22:43,591 --> 01:22:44,559 JUMPSTART WAS CREATED WITH A 2591 01:22:44,559 --> 01:22:46,494 VISION OF IT AS A DEDICATED 2592 01:22:46,494 --> 01:22:47,829 REVENUE SOURCE FOR AFFORDABLE 2593 01:22:47,829 --> 01:22:51,633 HOUSING. AND PLANNED TO GO TO 2594 01:22:51,633 --> 01:22:53,201 50% A LEVEL THE CITY HAS REACHED 2595 01:22:53,201 --> 01:22:54,836 BEFORE. COST NOTHING IN THIS 2596 01:22:54,836 --> 01:22:56,137 YEAR AND SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE 2597 01:22:56,137 --> 01:22:58,373 OF COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE 2598 01:22:58,373 --> 01:22:59,574 HOUSING PROVIDERS. THANK YOU. 2599 01:22:59,574 --> 01:23:02,844 -- THANK YOU JESSIE. UP NEXT IS 2600 01:23:02,844 --> 01:23:07,449 61 FIRST NAME S LAST NAME E 2601 01:23:07,449 --> 01:23:09,784 CURSIVE HANDWRITING, FIRST NAME 2602 01:23:09,784 --> 01:23:12,554 S LAST NAME E CURSIVE 2603 01:23:12,554 --> 01:23:14,689 HANDWRITING NUMBER 61. NOT 2604 01:23:14,689 --> 01:23:15,857 SEEING YOU PRESENT NUMBER 61. WE 2605 01:23:15,857 --> 01:23:17,492 WILL MOVE ON TO CAMILLE AND THEN 2606 01:23:17,492 --> 01:23:24,766 HANNAH TO CLOSE US OUT. 2607 01:23:24,766 --> 01:23:25,400 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 2608 01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:27,736 MY NAME IS CAMILLE. FOR 30 YEARS 2609 01:23:27,736 --> 01:23:29,671 I HAVE CALLED SEATTLE MY HOME. I 2610 01:23:29,671 --> 01:23:32,707 LIVE JUST A FEW BLOCKS OFF THE 2611 01:23:32,707 --> 01:23:34,275 AURORA CORRIDOR. THE AURORA 2612 01:23:34,275 --> 01:23:36,378 CORRIDOR IS ONE OF THE MOST 2613 01:23:36,378 --> 01:23:38,780 SURVEILLED AREAS OF THE CITY, 2614 01:23:38,780 --> 01:23:40,348 BUT THAT HAS DONE NOTHING TO 2615 01:23:40,348 --> 01:23:43,351 STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE OR SEX 2616 01:23:43,351 --> 01:23:45,487 TRAFFICKING. BUT MY NEIGHBORS 2617 01:23:45,487 --> 01:23:47,122 HAVE BEEN KIDNAPED BY ICE ALONG 2618 01:23:47,122 --> 01:23:50,892 THE CORRIDOR. I STRONGLY SUPPORT 2619 01:23:50,892 --> 01:23:55,897 SPD ONE 110, A BUDGET PROVISO 2620 01:23:55,897 --> 01:23:57,298 SPD APPLIES NO PRIVACY MASKING 2621 01:23:57,298 --> 01:23:59,501 TO THE PRIVATE CAMERAS THAT FEED 2622 01:23:59,501 --> 01:24:01,336 INTO THE TCC AND SETS NO LIMITS 2623 01:24:01,336 --> 01:24:04,205 TO HOW LONG BUSINESSES CAN KEEP 2624 01:24:04,205 --> 01:24:06,141 THAT FOOTAGE. THERE ARE NO 2625 01:24:06,141 --> 01:24:08,243 AUDITS TO DETECT IMPROPER OR 2626 01:24:08,243 --> 01:24:10,178 UNLAWFUL ABUSES TO THESE 2627 01:24:10,178 --> 01:24:12,380 SYSTEMS. NO MATTER WHAT YOU 2628 01:24:12,380 --> 01:24:13,014 THINK OF THE SURVEILLANCE, THIS 2629 01:24:13,014 --> 01:24:15,116 IS A SIMPLE COMMON SENSE 2630 01:24:15,116 --> 01:24:17,419 ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURE. 2631 01:24:17,419 --> 01:24:19,854 -- THANK YOU. 2632 01:24:19,854 --> 01:24:20,488 -- PROTECTING OUR PRIVACY SHOULD 2633 01:24:20,488 --> 01:24:23,458 BE A PUBLIC SAFETY PRIORITY OF 2634 01:24:23,458 --> 01:24:23,892 ALL COUNCILMEMBERS. 2635 01:24:23,892 --> 01:24:24,826 -- THANK YOU. 2636 01:24:24,826 --> 01:24:26,327 -- THANK YOU. TO CLOSE US OUT 2637 01:24:26,327 --> 01:24:27,395 WITH IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT, 2638 01:24:27,395 --> 01:24:28,830 HANNAH ZIFF, WELCOME, HANNAH. 2639 01:24:28,830 --> 01:24:29,964 -- THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE 2640 01:24:29,964 --> 01:24:32,434 SURE THAT SEATTLE HAS A HEALTHY 2641 01:24:32,434 --> 01:24:33,701 ECONOMY. SEATTLE IS A 2642 01:24:33,701 --> 01:24:35,236 CORPORATION, AND I NOTICED THAT 2643 01:24:35,236 --> 01:24:36,638 WE MISS OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES TO 2644 01:24:36,638 --> 01:24:39,040 MAKE REVENUE. I APPRECIATE THAT 2645 01:24:39,040 --> 01:24:41,476 WHEN YOU GUYS MAKE POLICY, SO 2646 01:24:41,476 --> 01:24:42,644 MUCH WORK GOES INTO IT, AND 2647 01:24:42,644 --> 01:24:43,978 IT'S ALMOST A MIRACLE EVERY 2648 01:24:43,978 --> 01:24:46,581 TIME IT PASSES. PERHAPS WE NEED 2649 01:24:46,581 --> 01:24:48,049 A WORKFORCE ON THE CENTRAL STAFF 2650 01:24:48,049 --> 01:24:50,585 TO WEAVE IN REVENUE 2651 01:24:50,585 --> 01:24:51,886 OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE I NOTICE, 2652 01:24:51,886 --> 01:24:54,389 FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE 2653 01:24:54,389 --> 01:24:56,558 SURVEILLANCE, WE COULD FIND THEM 2654 01:24:56,558 --> 01:24:58,860 EVERY TIME THEY BREAK THEIR 2655 01:24:58,860 --> 01:25:00,261 PRIVACY POLICIES, JUST LIKE THE 2656 01:25:00,261 --> 01:25:02,397 FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES TO AMR. 2657 01:25:02,397 --> 01:25:05,800 THIS IS JUST THE LATEST TIME 2658 01:25:05,800 --> 01:25:06,468 I'VE NOTICED OPPORTUNITIES THAT 2659 01:25:06,468 --> 01:25:07,535 HAVE BEEN MISSED TO MAKE 2660 01:25:07,535 --> 01:25:10,972 REVENUE. WE HAVE ONE OF THE 2661 01:25:10,972 --> 01:25:12,674 STRONGEST ECONOMIES FOR A SMALL 2662 01:25:12,674 --> 01:25:14,676 CITY IN THE WORLD, AND WE NEED 2663 01:25:14,676 --> 01:25:15,376 TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT. THANK 2664 01:25:15,376 --> 01:25:16,678 YOU. 2665 01:25:16,678 --> 01:25:17,345 -- THANK YOU HANNAH. WE'RE GOING 2666 01:25:17,345 --> 01:25:21,115 TO NOW MOVE ON TO VIRTUAL PUBLIC 2667 01:25:21,115 --> 01:25:22,250 COMMENT. BUT BEFORE I SEE A 2668 01:25:22,250 --> 01:25:24,152 NUMBER OF THE PARENTS AND 2669 01:25:24,152 --> 01:25:25,220 STUDENTS HAVE LEFT THE ROOM. BUT 2670 01:25:25,220 --> 01:25:26,521 BEFORE YOU ALL GO, I'M GOING TO 2671 01:25:26,521 --> 01:25:27,522 BE VOTING FOR THE AMENDMENT 2672 01:25:27,522 --> 01:25:29,123 TODAY JUST SO THAT THERE'S NO 2673 01:25:29,123 --> 01:25:30,058 CONFUSION HERE. BUT I AM ALSO 2674 01:25:30,058 --> 01:25:33,294 GOING TO SAY WE HAVE A FEDERAL 2675 01:25:33,294 --> 01:25:33,928 RESERVE ACCOUNT BECAUSE OF HOW 2676 01:25:33,928 --> 01:25:35,296 MUCH HOW MANY PROBLEMS THERE ARE 2677 01:25:35,296 --> 01:25:37,599 AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE 2678 01:25:37,599 --> 01:25:38,633 DON'T HAVE A STATE RESERVE 2679 01:25:38,633 --> 01:25:40,902 ACCOUNT YET. WE ALREADY FUND 2680 01:25:40,902 --> 01:25:41,970 EDUCATION IN WAYS THAT THE STATE 2681 01:25:41,970 --> 01:25:43,505 SHOULD BE. WE'RE ADDRESSING 2682 01:25:43,505 --> 01:25:45,073 HOMELESSNESS IN THE WAYS THAT 2683 01:25:45,073 --> 01:25:46,508 THE STATE SHOULD BE. WE'RE NOT 2684 01:25:46,508 --> 01:25:48,309 LIKE WE ARE ALREADY DOING THE 2685 01:25:48,309 --> 01:25:49,511 STATE'S WORK. AND SO I'M GOING 2686 01:25:49,511 --> 01:25:51,746 TO BE SUPPORTING BRIDGE FUNDING, 2687 01:25:51,746 --> 01:25:53,114 AND WE NEED ALL OF YOUR HELP TO 2688 01:25:53,114 --> 01:25:54,716 MAKE SURE THAT THE STATE DOES 2689 01:25:54,716 --> 01:25:55,950 THEIR JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO 2690 01:25:55,950 --> 01:25:57,485 THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. 2691 01:25:57,485 --> 01:25:59,787 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ONLINE 2692 01:25:59,787 --> 01:26:01,956 PUBLIC COMMENT. AND I NOTICED 2693 01:26:01,956 --> 01:26:03,725 THAT WE HAVE STATE 2694 01:26:03,725 --> 01:26:04,359 REPRESENTATIVE JERRY PAULETTE. 2695 01:26:04,359 --> 01:26:05,426 WHOOPS. SORRY, JERRY. 2696 01:26:05,426 --> 01:26:08,329 -- OH, THERE WE GO. THAT'S 2697 01:26:08,329 --> 01:26:11,065 AWKWARD. WE'VE GOT JERRY 2698 01:26:11,065 --> 01:26:11,499 PAULETTE UP FIRST. 2699 01:26:11,499 --> 01:26:14,202 -- JERRY IF WE WERE GOING TO 2700 01:26:14,202 --> 01:26:16,538 PROMOTE YOU NOW, SORRY, I DID 2701 01:26:16,538 --> 01:26:17,539 NOT REALIZE THAT AWKWARDNESS. 2702 01:26:17,539 --> 01:26:18,873 AND I SEE YOU'RE ALREADY OFF 2703 01:26:18,873 --> 01:26:26,714 MUTE. REPRESENTATIVE PAULETTE 2704 01:26:26,848 --> 01:26:27,382 REPRESENTATIVE PAULETTE, YOU 2705 01:26:27,382 --> 01:26:29,384 MIGHT BE MUTED ON YOUR OWN 2706 01:26:29,384 --> 01:26:31,920 PHONE. STARS. YOU'RE ALREADY 2707 01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:33,454 STAR SIX. YOU WENT BACK ON MUTE 2708 01:26:33,454 --> 01:26:37,158 ON OUR END. YOU'RE OFF MUTE. BUT 2709 01:26:37,158 --> 01:26:37,425 IS YOUR. 2710 01:26:37,425 --> 01:26:38,126 -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2711 01:26:38,126 --> 01:26:40,695 -- THERE YOU ARE, SIR. 2712 01:26:40,695 --> 01:26:43,131 -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2713 01:26:43,131 --> 01:26:44,566 COUNCILMEMBERS. THIS 2714 01:26:44,566 --> 01:26:45,166 REPRESENTATIVE JERRY PAULETTE 2715 01:26:45,166 --> 01:26:48,570 FROM THE 46th DISTRICT, NORTH 2716 01:26:48,570 --> 01:26:49,938 SEATTLE. BEST WISHES AS YOU RUN 2717 01:26:49,938 --> 01:26:53,341 YOUR BUDGET ATHON TODAY. I AM 2718 01:26:53,341 --> 01:26:57,512 SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY IN SUPPORT 2719 01:26:57,512 --> 01:26:59,847 STRONG SUPPORT OF THE BRIDGE 2720 01:26:59,847 --> 01:27:03,985 FUNDING FOR THE PARENT EDUCATION 2721 01:27:03,985 --> 01:27:04,586 AND PARENT CO-OP PRESCHOOLS. 2722 01:27:04,586 --> 01:27:06,354 THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE 2723 01:27:06,354 --> 01:27:11,993 LEGISLATORS, LEGISLATORS 2724 01:27:11,993 --> 01:27:12,627 ATTENTION ONLY AFTER THE SESSION 2725 01:27:12,627 --> 01:27:14,195 CLOSED. AND THAT IS NO ONE'S 2726 01:27:14,195 --> 01:27:16,497 FAULT HERE AND IS NOT THE FAULT 2727 01:27:16,497 --> 01:27:19,367 OF NORTH AND SOUTH SEATTLE 2728 01:27:19,367 --> 01:27:22,103 COLLEGES. IT WAS A STATE BOARD 2729 01:27:22,103 --> 01:27:24,772 DECISION AND OUR COLLEGES WERE 2730 01:27:24,772 --> 01:27:26,040 TOLD THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO 2731 01:27:26,040 --> 01:27:27,575 HAVE FUNDING. WE WILL BE WORKING 2732 01:27:27,575 --> 01:27:30,278 ON IT DURING SESSION, AND I 2733 01:27:30,278 --> 01:27:32,146 STRONGLY URGE YOU TO PROVIDE THE 2734 01:27:32,146 --> 01:27:35,650 BRIDGE SUPPORT, AND I WILL 2735 01:27:35,650 --> 01:27:37,452 CERTAINLY BE WORKING WITH YOU 2736 01:27:37,452 --> 01:27:39,787 AND THE CITY AND OTHERS TO 2737 01:27:39,787 --> 01:27:41,956 ENSURE THAT WE FOLLOW UP. 2738 01:27:41,956 --> 01:27:43,491 -- THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE 2739 01:27:43,491 --> 01:27:44,559 PAULETTE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2740 01:27:44,559 --> 01:27:45,360 ADVOCACY AT THE STATE 2741 01:27:45,360 --> 01:27:46,694 LEGISLATURE. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE 2742 01:27:46,694 --> 01:27:49,764 YOU AS AN ALLY THERE. I'M GOING 2743 01:27:49,764 --> 01:27:52,300 TO FIRST CALL THE NAMES THAT ARE 2744 01:27:52,300 --> 01:27:54,202 NOT PRESENT ONLINE RIGHT NOW SO 2745 01:27:54,202 --> 01:27:56,571 THAT IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO GIVE 2746 01:27:56,571 --> 01:27:58,740 TESTIMONY, YOU NEED TO CHECK 2747 01:27:58,740 --> 01:28:00,241 YOUR EMAIL AND CALL IN NOW. SO 2748 01:28:00,241 --> 01:28:01,709 IF I IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, THAT 2749 01:28:01,709 --> 01:28:06,481 MEANS THAT YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. 2750 01:28:06,481 --> 01:28:10,151 JOHN PINCUS, BRENDA MYERS, AARON 2751 01:28:10,151 --> 01:28:15,690 BERNAU ROSE LEGIONNAIRES, 2752 01:28:15,690 --> 01:28:18,292 AMARANTHA TORRES. COLE. WRIGHT, 2753 01:28:18,292 --> 01:28:21,262 ERNESTINA. SORIA. MENDOZA OR 2754 01:28:21,262 --> 01:28:27,101 DAVID HAYNES. RADHIKA. KALE 2755 01:28:27,101 --> 01:28:30,905 SHABANA. GAYLOR, MICHAEL. YEE, 2756 01:28:30,905 --> 01:28:34,976 LILLIAN. GRIFFIN ANGELA. CORWIN, 2757 01:28:34,976 --> 01:28:38,513 AND MR.. ALVAREZ. SO IF YOU'VE 2758 01:28:38,513 --> 01:28:39,414 JUST HEARD YOUR NAME, YOU NEED 2759 01:28:39,414 --> 01:28:47,655 TO CALL IN. NOW. WE HAVE 1549, 2760 01:28:47,655 --> 01:28:48,923 48 SPEAKERS ONLINE. SO IT'S 2761 01:28:48,923 --> 01:28:51,759 GOING TO TAKE US ALMOST TO NOON 2762 01:28:51,759 --> 01:28:54,195 AND WE WILL BE WE WILL 2763 01:28:54,195 --> 01:28:55,663 UNFORTUNATELY NEED TO CUT THE 2764 01:28:55,663 --> 01:28:58,232 MICROPHONE RIGHT AT YOUR 2765 01:28:58,232 --> 01:29:01,102 SPECIFIC TIME. AND SO I'M GOING 2766 01:29:01,102 --> 01:29:02,637 TO NOW CALL THE FIRST TEN NAMES 2767 01:29:02,637 --> 01:29:04,706 AND THEN WE'LL START ROLLING 2768 01:29:04,706 --> 01:29:07,775 THROUGH. WE HAVE HALLIE WILLIS, 2769 01:29:07,775 --> 01:29:10,011 TERESA BUCHHOLZ, JANE, JONES, 2770 01:29:10,011 --> 01:29:15,516 KYLIE DEHART, ROSALIND ADAMS, 2771 01:29:15,516 --> 01:29:16,884 CODY LEWIS AND SOLON AND HALEY. 2772 01:29:16,884 --> 01:29:17,919 I SEE YOU'RE ALREADY HERE. STAR 2773 01:29:17,919 --> 01:29:25,059 SIX TO UNMUTE. 2774 01:29:25,059 --> 01:29:26,127 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 2775 01:29:26,127 --> 01:29:28,463 HALLIE WILLIS WITH THE SEATTLE 2776 01:29:28,463 --> 01:29:28,996 KING COUNTY COALITION ON 2777 01:29:28,996 --> 01:29:29,764 HOMELESSNESS AND A MEMBER OF THE 2778 01:29:29,764 --> 01:29:31,666 SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES 2779 01:29:31,666 --> 01:29:33,067 COALITION. I WANT TO THANK. 2780 01:29:33,067 --> 01:29:34,869 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 2781 01:29:34,869 --> 01:29:35,470 HOLLINGSWORTH AND STRAUSS FOR 2782 01:29:35,470 --> 01:29:37,004 THEIR AMENDMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE 2783 01:29:37,004 --> 01:29:39,107 HOUSING, TENANT SERVICES AND 2784 01:29:39,107 --> 01:29:40,141 SAFE PARKING AND WE URGE YOUR 2785 01:29:40,141 --> 01:29:45,079 SUPPORT FOR THOSE. COUPLED WITH 2786 01:29:45,079 --> 01:29:45,680 THE SHELTER EXPANSION IN THE 2787 01:29:45,680 --> 01:29:46,347 MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. THESE 2788 01:29:46,347 --> 01:29:46,981 WILL HELP HUNDREDS MORE SEATTLE 2789 01:29:46,981 --> 01:29:48,416 RESIDENTS HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO 2790 01:29:48,416 --> 01:29:51,652 REST, BUT THIS RELIES ON HAVING 2791 01:29:51,652 --> 01:29:53,054 PERMANENT HOMES FOR PEOPLE TO 2792 01:29:53,054 --> 01:29:54,355 MOVE INTO. THAT'S WHY WE LOOK 2793 01:29:54,355 --> 01:29:55,890 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU 2794 01:29:55,890 --> 01:29:57,692 GOING FORWARD TO ALLOCATE THE 2795 01:29:57,692 --> 01:30:00,895 MAJORITY OF JUMPSTART FUNDS INTO 2796 01:30:00,895 --> 01:30:02,497 PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 2797 01:30:02,497 --> 01:30:03,131 EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT. FINALLY, 2798 01:30:03,131 --> 01:30:05,099 ALL THESE INVESTMENTS RELY ON 2799 01:30:05,099 --> 01:30:06,601 STAFF WHO RUN SHELTERS, 2800 01:30:06,601 --> 01:30:08,336 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND MORE. 2801 01:30:08,336 --> 01:30:10,338 WHILE THERE WILL NOT BE NEEDED 2802 01:30:10,338 --> 01:30:11,973 INVESTMENTS IN WAGE EQUITY NOW, 2803 01:30:11,973 --> 01:30:13,941 WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR 2804 01:30:13,941 --> 01:30:15,576 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 2805 01:30:15,576 --> 01:30:16,177 COUNCILMEMBER LIN SLIDES THAT 2806 01:30:16,177 --> 01:30:17,612 WILL MOVE THIS CONVERSATION 2807 01:30:17,612 --> 01:30:18,846 FORWARD. THANK YOU. 2808 01:30:18,846 --> 01:30:21,182 -- THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE FORMER 2809 01:30:21,182 --> 01:30:22,417 COUNCILMEMBER SIGNING UP FOR 2810 01:30:22,417 --> 01:30:24,986 PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW. AND 2811 01:30:24,986 --> 01:30:26,254 SO, SARAH, IF YOU WANT TO COME 2812 01:30:26,254 --> 01:30:27,255 STRAIGHT TO THE MICROPHONE, 2813 01:30:27,255 --> 01:30:29,757 WE'LL TAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT 2814 01:30:29,757 --> 01:30:37,265 NEXT. YEAH FOLLOWING SARA NELSON 2815 01:30:37,265 --> 01:30:40,168 WILL BE TERESA BUCHOLTZ. 2816 01:30:40,168 --> 01:30:40,435 WELCOME. 2817 01:30:40,435 --> 01:30:41,836 -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR. IS 2818 01:30:41,836 --> 01:30:42,236 THIS ON? 2819 01:30:42,236 --> 01:30:42,503 -- YEAH. 2820 01:30:42,503 --> 01:30:45,740 -- FOR GETTING ME IN. I JUST 2821 01:30:45,740 --> 01:30:47,508 WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT LAST 2822 01:30:47,508 --> 01:30:51,946 YEAR, COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED 2823 01:30:51,946 --> 01:30:54,148 A PROVISO ON $2.85 MILLION FOR 2824 01:30:54,148 --> 01:30:55,917 RECOVERY BASED SERVICES TO HELP 2825 01:30:55,917 --> 01:30:56,417 PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH 2826 01:30:56,417 --> 01:30:57,685 ADDICTION. BUT IN MARCH, THE 2827 01:30:57,685 --> 01:30:59,387 MAYOR ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS 2828 01:30:59,387 --> 01:31:01,222 REDIRECTING $2.1 MILLION OF THAT 2829 01:31:01,222 --> 01:31:03,057 FOR SHELTER EXPANSION, CALLING 2830 01:31:03,057 --> 01:31:06,294 IT UNCOMMITTED. SO I JUST WANT 2831 01:31:06,294 --> 01:31:06,928 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS RIVERA 2832 01:31:06,928 --> 01:31:09,664 AND FOSTER FOR FOR THEIR 2833 01:31:09,664 --> 01:31:12,166 AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD FUND ON 2834 01:31:12,166 --> 01:31:14,335 DEMAND REHAB AND ALSO SOBER 2835 01:31:14,335 --> 01:31:15,403 HOUSING. I REALLY APPRECIATE 2836 01:31:15,403 --> 01:31:16,237 YOU. THAT WAS A SMALL PART OF 2837 01:31:16,237 --> 01:31:18,873 THAT PACKAGE, BUT IT'S REALLY 2838 01:31:18,873 --> 01:31:20,675 NECESSARY. THANK YOU. 2839 01:31:20,675 --> 01:31:22,476 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO 2840 01:31:22,476 --> 01:31:24,078 BACK TO VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 2841 01:31:24,078 --> 01:31:25,780 TERESA BUCHOLTZ, FOLLOWED BY 2842 01:31:25,780 --> 01:31:26,881 JAKE TERESA, I SEE YOU'RE HERE. 2843 01:31:26,881 --> 01:31:30,618 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. 2844 01:31:30,618 --> 01:31:32,787 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 2845 01:31:32,787 --> 01:31:35,089 I AM TERESA BUCHOLTZ, AND I'M 2846 01:31:35,089 --> 01:31:36,624 HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE EMERGENCY 2847 01:31:36,624 --> 01:31:37,225 BRIDGE FUNDING AMENDMENT FOR 2848 01:31:37,225 --> 01:31:39,694 PARENT EDUCATION AT NORTH AND 2849 01:31:39,694 --> 01:31:41,729 SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGES. I WANT 2850 01:31:41,729 --> 01:31:42,930 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK, 2851 01:31:42,930 --> 01:31:44,999 LIN AND SAKA FOR SPONSORING THIS 2852 01:31:44,999 --> 01:31:47,001 AMENDMENT AND RECOGNIZING THE 2853 01:31:47,001 --> 01:31:48,436 IMPORTANCE OF THESE PROGRAMS. 2854 01:31:48,436 --> 01:31:50,071 I'M A MOM OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS 2855 01:31:50,071 --> 01:31:51,939 AND A PARENT AT THE ADMIRAL 2856 01:31:51,939 --> 01:31:53,641 CO-OP PRESCHOOL IN WEST SEATTLE. 2857 01:31:53,641 --> 01:31:55,276 PARENT EDUCATION HAS HELPED MY 2858 01:31:55,276 --> 01:31:59,180 HUSBAND AND I BECOME MUCH BETTER 2859 01:31:59,180 --> 01:32:00,414 PARENTS TO OUR HIGHLY SENSITIVE 2860 01:32:00,414 --> 01:32:01,048 CHILDREN. PARENT EDUCATION HAS 2861 01:32:01,048 --> 01:32:03,551 GIVEN US THE TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND 2862 01:32:03,551 --> 01:32:05,086 THEIR BEHAVIOR, SUPPORT THEIR 2863 01:32:05,086 --> 01:32:08,022 DEVELOPMENT, AND RESPOND WITH 2864 01:32:08,022 --> 01:32:10,524 PATIENCE AND CONNECTION. WITHOUT 2865 01:32:10,524 --> 01:32:11,158 THIS FUNDING, WE STAND TO LOSE 2866 01:32:11,158 --> 01:32:13,594 AFFORDABLE PRESCHOOL 2867 01:32:13,594 --> 01:32:14,228 OPPORTUNITIES. DEDICATED PARENT 2868 01:32:14,228 --> 01:32:15,897 EDUCATORS, AND DECADES OF 2869 01:32:15,897 --> 01:32:17,865 INVESTMENT IN EDUCATING AND 2870 01:32:17,865 --> 01:32:19,200 BUILDING SEATTLE FAMILIES. 2871 01:32:19,200 --> 01:32:21,903 PLEASE VOTE YES ON THIS 2872 01:32:21,903 --> 01:32:22,370 AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. 2873 01:32:22,370 --> 01:32:24,572 -- THANK YOU, THERESA, AND I'VE 2874 01:32:24,572 --> 01:32:27,208 HAD SOME CLARIFICATIONS ON 2875 01:32:27,208 --> 01:32:30,011 NUMBER 61. SUMMER SNYDER. 2876 01:32:30,011 --> 01:32:32,280 SUMMER. SUMMER IN THE AUDIENCE. 2877 01:32:32,280 --> 01:32:33,414 ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH THAT, 2878 01:32:33,414 --> 01:32:35,016 WE'LL MOVE ON WITH ONLINE 2879 01:32:35,016 --> 01:32:37,518 PUBLIC COMMENT. JAKE TONIS 2880 01:32:37,518 --> 01:32:39,320 FOLLOWED BY KYLIE DEHART. JAKE, 2881 01:32:39,320 --> 01:32:40,655 I SEE YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'RE 2882 01:32:40,655 --> 01:32:44,559 OFF MUTE. TAKE IT AWAY. WELCOME 2883 01:32:44,559 --> 01:32:46,794 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS JAKE AND I 2884 01:32:46,794 --> 01:32:48,963 ORGANIZE WITH OUR SEATTLE, A 2885 01:32:48,963 --> 01:32:50,364 MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT 2886 01:32:50,364 --> 01:32:52,500 CAMERAS COALITION. OUR COALITION 2887 01:32:52,500 --> 01:32:55,136 IS ASKING ALL COUNCILMEMBERS TO 2888 01:32:55,136 --> 01:33:01,309 SUPPORT SB 110AA $400,000 2889 01:33:01,309 --> 01:33:03,044 PROVISO TO ENSURE SPD IMPLEMENTS 2890 01:33:03,044 --> 01:33:03,678 THE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM 2891 01:33:03,678 --> 01:33:08,316 THE OIG REPORT IN SEPTEMBER. SPD 2892 01:33:08,316 --> 01:33:08,816 CONCURS WITH ALL THREE 2893 01:33:08,816 --> 01:33:11,319 RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THIS PROVISO 2894 01:33:11,319 --> 01:33:13,888 IS ABOUT INCENTIVIZING TIMELY 2895 01:33:13,888 --> 01:33:16,991 FOLLOW THROUGH TO ENSURE BASIC 2896 01:33:16,991 --> 01:33:19,894 PROTECTIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED 2897 01:33:19,894 --> 01:33:21,762 ASAP. THIS IS ESPECIALLY 2898 01:33:21,762 --> 01:33:22,363 IMPORTANT GIVEN MAYOR WILSON 2899 01:33:22,363 --> 01:33:23,864 JUST EXPANDED THE POLICE 2900 01:33:23,864 --> 01:33:26,567 SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM BEFORE 2901 01:33:26,567 --> 01:33:29,136 IMPLEMENTING THESE THREE 2902 01:33:29,136 --> 01:33:31,572 RECOMMENDATIONS, OR ANY OF THE 2903 01:33:31,572 --> 01:33:32,606 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MOU 2904 01:33:32,606 --> 01:33:35,142 POLICING PROJECT. THIS IS 2905 01:33:35,142 --> 01:33:36,377 RECKLESS GOVERNMENT AND AN 2906 01:33:36,377 --> 01:33:37,812 OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COUNCIL TO 2907 01:33:37,812 --> 01:33:38,079 SHOW UP. 2908 01:33:38,079 --> 01:33:40,481 -- THANK YOU JAKE. UP NEXT IS 2909 01:33:40,481 --> 01:33:41,916 KILEY, FOLLOWED BY ROSALIND 2910 01:33:41,916 --> 01:33:43,217 ADAMS. KILEY, YOU'RE ALREADY OFF 2911 01:33:43,217 --> 01:33:46,287 MUTE. WELCOME. 2912 01:33:46,287 --> 01:33:48,756 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS KILEY DOT. 2913 01:33:48,756 --> 01:33:50,524 I'M WITH COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING 2914 01:33:50,524 --> 01:33:51,158 AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER 2915 01:33:51,158 --> 01:33:53,060 FOR NEARLY 3000 NEIGHBORS ACROSS 2916 01:33:53,060 --> 01:33:55,896 SEATTLE. WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE 2917 01:33:55,896 --> 01:33:57,431 OF COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 2918 01:33:57,431 --> 01:33:58,065 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 2919 01:33:58,065 --> 01:33:59,934 FOR MOVING TO ADD BACK IN $10 2920 01:33:59,934 --> 01:34:01,936 MILLION FOR THE OFFICE OF 2921 01:34:01,936 --> 01:34:03,237 HOUSING INTO THE BUDGET AND 2922 01:34:03,237 --> 01:34:03,804 CHAIR STRAUSS FOR INCLUDING 2923 01:34:03,804 --> 01:34:04,972 HOUSING IN THE BALANCING PACKAGE 2924 01:34:04,972 --> 01:34:07,108 IN A TOUGH BUDGET SEASON. I'M 2925 01:34:07,108 --> 01:34:08,242 HERE TO ASK YOU TO TAKE THIS ONE 2926 01:34:08,242 --> 01:34:10,244 STEP FURTHER TO PRIORITIZE OUR 2927 01:34:10,244 --> 01:34:13,114 LOW INCOME NEIGHBORS THAT MAKE 2928 01:34:13,114 --> 01:34:14,715 OUR CITY FUNCTIONAL AND VIBRANT. 2929 01:34:14,715 --> 01:34:16,050 PLEASE ADOPT THE AMENDMENTS TO 2930 01:34:16,050 --> 01:34:17,952 MAKE A PLAN TO ALLOCATE 50% OF 2931 01:34:17,952 --> 01:34:20,121 THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX BACK TO 2932 01:34:20,121 --> 01:34:22,323 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND TO KEEP 2933 01:34:22,323 --> 01:34:24,025 HOUSING DOLLARS IN HOUSING BY 2934 01:34:24,025 --> 01:34:26,761 CARRYING FORWARD UNSPENT. 2026 2935 01:34:26,761 --> 01:34:30,564 27 FUNDS AT ZERO SO THEY DON'T 2936 01:34:30,564 --> 01:34:32,333 LAP AND CREATING THE POLICE 2937 01:34:32,333 --> 01:34:32,900 OVERPAYMENT RECAPTURE FUND. 2938 01:34:32,900 --> 01:34:33,367 THANK YOU. 2939 01:34:33,367 --> 01:34:34,735 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS 2940 01:34:34,735 --> 01:34:37,605 ROSALIND ADAMS, FOLLOWED BY CODY 2941 01:34:37,605 --> 01:34:38,572 LEWIS. ROSALIND, WELCOME, STAR 2942 01:34:38,572 --> 01:34:43,477 SIX TO UNMUTE. YOU'RE OFF MUTE. 2943 01:34:43,477 --> 01:34:47,381 TAKE IT AWAY. YOU'RE 2944 01:34:47,381 --> 01:34:47,848 CONVENIENCE. WELCOME. 2945 01:34:47,848 --> 01:34:48,783 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 2946 01:34:48,783 --> 01:34:52,053 I'M ROSALIND ADAMS, A MOTHER OF 2947 01:34:52,053 --> 01:34:52,686 TWO DOWNTOWN RESIDENT AND QUEEN 2948 01:34:52,686 --> 01:34:54,255 ANNE CO-OP BOARD MEMBER. I URGE 2949 01:34:54,255 --> 01:34:56,424 YOU TO APPROVE EMERGENCY FUNDING 2950 01:34:56,424 --> 01:34:59,093 FOR PARENT EDUCATION. I WONDER 2951 01:34:59,093 --> 01:35:00,528 IF ANY OF YOU HAVE TURNED TO 2952 01:35:00,528 --> 01:35:02,263 PARENTING BOOKS FOR HELP. BOOKS 2953 01:35:02,263 --> 01:35:04,598 OFFER GUIDANCE, BUT THEY DON'T 2954 01:35:04,598 --> 01:35:05,132 KNOW OUR CHILDREN OR THE 2955 01:35:05,132 --> 01:35:06,934 CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING TODAY. 2956 01:35:06,934 --> 01:35:09,970 OUR PARENT EDUCATORS, DO. THEY 2957 01:35:09,970 --> 01:35:12,239 KNOW OUR FAMILIES AND HELP US 2958 01:35:12,239 --> 01:35:12,873 BECOME BETTER PARENTS? INVESTING 2959 01:35:12,873 --> 01:35:15,242 IN PARENTS IS INVESTING IN 2960 01:35:15,242 --> 01:35:16,911 CHILDREN A CHANGE IN STATE 2961 01:35:16,911 --> 01:35:19,046 FUNDING NOW THREATENS THESE 2962 01:35:19,046 --> 01:35:20,548 PROGRAMS. I UNDERSTAND CONCERNS 2963 01:35:20,548 --> 01:35:21,615 ABOUT RESERVES, BUT THIS BRIDGE 2964 01:35:21,615 --> 01:35:23,084 GIVES US TIME TO FIND 2965 01:35:23,084 --> 01:35:25,586 SUSTAINABLE FUNDING. FOR DECADES 2966 01:35:25,586 --> 01:35:27,755 OF EXPERTISE, DISAPPEAR RESERVES 2967 01:35:27,755 --> 01:35:29,990 CAN BE REPLENISHED. THESE 2968 01:35:29,990 --> 01:35:30,391 PROGRAMS WOULD BE 2969 01:35:30,391 --> 01:35:32,193 EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TO 2970 01:35:32,193 --> 01:35:33,461 REBUILD. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS 2971 01:35:33,461 --> 01:35:35,763 BRIDGE FUNDING. THANK YOU. 2972 01:35:35,763 --> 01:35:37,398 -- THANK YOU ROSALIND. UP NEXT 2973 01:35:37,398 --> 01:35:39,767 IS CODY, FOLLOWED BY SOLAR. 2974 01:35:39,767 --> 01:35:41,735 CODY, WELCOME. I SEE YOU'RE 2975 01:35:41,735 --> 01:35:46,640 HERE. STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. CODY 2976 01:35:46,640 --> 01:35:48,409 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. THERE YOU 2977 01:35:48,409 --> 01:35:51,479 ARE. WELCOME 2978 01:35:51,479 --> 01:35:52,113 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 2979 01:35:52,113 --> 01:35:54,682 MY NAME IS CODY LEWIS. I'M THE 2980 01:35:54,682 --> 01:35:55,783 CHAIR NAVIGATOR WITH EVERGREEN 2981 01:35:55,783 --> 01:35:56,851 TREATMENT SERVICES REACH. I'M 2982 01:35:56,851 --> 01:35:58,385 ALSO A PERSON IN LONG TERM 2983 01:35:58,385 --> 01:35:59,687 RECOVERY. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO 2984 01:35:59,687 --> 01:36:01,288 THANK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR 2985 01:36:01,288 --> 01:36:03,290 PRIORITIZING, PRIORITIZING 2986 01:36:03,290 --> 01:36:03,757 TREATMENT FUNDING AND 2987 01:36:03,757 --> 01:36:05,092 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR 2988 01:36:05,092 --> 01:36:06,894 RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF 2989 01:36:06,894 --> 01:36:08,696 SUPPORT AFTER TREATMENT, BOTH 2990 01:36:08,696 --> 01:36:09,330 PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. I 2991 01:36:09,330 --> 01:36:11,031 UNDERSTAND THAT ENTERING 2992 01:36:11,031 --> 01:36:12,766 TREATMENT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. 2993 01:36:12,766 --> 01:36:13,400 RECOVERY REQUIRES MORE THAN THE 2994 01:36:13,400 --> 01:36:15,970 ABSENCE OF SUBSTANCE USE. IT 2995 01:36:15,970 --> 01:36:17,705 REQUIRES STABILITY, DIGNITY, AND 2996 01:36:17,705 --> 01:36:19,540 THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A LIFE 2997 01:36:19,540 --> 01:36:21,108 SUSTAINING. IN MY WORK, I SEE 2998 01:36:21,108 --> 01:36:22,610 PEOPLE NAVIGATING ENORMOUS 2999 01:36:22,610 --> 01:36:24,178 BARRIERS TO RECOVERY, INCLUDING 3000 01:36:24,178 --> 01:36:24,812 HOMELESSNESS AND LIMITED ACCESS 3001 01:36:24,812 --> 01:36:27,548 TO BASIC NECESSITIES. WE ASK 3002 01:36:27,548 --> 01:36:28,549 PEOPLE TO DO THE DIFFICULT WORK 3003 01:36:28,549 --> 01:36:30,651 OF RECOVERY. YET TOO OFTEN WE 3004 01:36:30,651 --> 01:36:33,721 DISCHARGE THEM INTO THE VERY 3005 01:36:33,721 --> 01:36:34,355 CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MADE RECOVERY 3006 01:36:34,355 --> 01:36:35,589 DIFFICULT IN THE FIRST PLACE. 3007 01:36:35,589 --> 01:36:37,825 HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION 3008 01:36:37,825 --> 01:36:39,093 AREN'T LUXURIES, THEY'RE NOT 3009 01:36:39,093 --> 01:36:40,828 REWARDS FOR RECOVERY. THEY'RE 3010 01:36:40,828 --> 01:36:41,328 ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF 3011 01:36:41,328 --> 01:36:43,097 SUSTAINING IT. THANK YOU. 3012 01:36:43,097 --> 01:36:44,165 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS SOLO, 3013 01:36:44,165 --> 01:36:47,134 FOLLOWED BY KATHERINE HOLIDAY 3014 01:36:47,134 --> 01:36:49,170 SOLAR. YOU'RE HERE. STAR SIX TO 3015 01:36:49,170 --> 01:36:52,273 UNMUTE, YOU'RE OFF MUTE. 3016 01:36:52,273 --> 01:36:52,540 WELCOME. 3017 01:36:52,540 --> 01:36:53,774 -- THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE. 3018 01:36:53,774 --> 01:36:56,677 MY NAME IS SOLAR AND I'M THE 3019 01:36:56,677 --> 01:36:58,646 DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR 3020 01:36:58,646 --> 01:36:59,246 PLYMOUTH HOUSING. I WANT TO 3021 01:36:59,246 --> 01:37:00,414 THANK YOU FOR THE ACTION YOU'VE 3022 01:37:00,414 --> 01:37:02,883 TAKEN TO SUPPORT EXPANDED 3023 01:37:02,883 --> 01:37:04,985 INVESTMENTS IN SHELTER AND 3024 01:37:04,985 --> 01:37:06,687 MODEST INCREASED INVESTMENT IN 3025 01:37:06,687 --> 01:37:07,321 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I ENCOURAGE 3026 01:37:07,321 --> 01:37:09,223 YOU ALL TO SUPPORT DIRECTING 50% 3027 01:37:09,223 --> 01:37:12,526 OF FUTURE JUMPSTART REVENUE FOR 3028 01:37:12,526 --> 01:37:14,795 HOUSING. PLYMOUTH SUPPORTS 3029 01:37:14,795 --> 01:37:16,630 AMENDMENTS REQUIRING COUNCIL TO 3030 01:37:16,630 --> 01:37:18,899 DEVELOP A FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE 3031 01:37:18,899 --> 01:37:20,401 FOUR YOUR BUDGET AUTOMATIC CARRY 3032 01:37:20,401 --> 01:37:22,369 FORWARD OF UNSPENT JUMPSTART 3033 01:37:22,369 --> 01:37:23,003 FUNDING TO BE REINVESTED IN THE 3034 01:37:23,003 --> 01:37:24,872 OFFICE OF HOUSING TO INCREASE 3035 01:37:24,872 --> 01:37:26,774 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. HOUSING 3036 01:37:26,774 --> 01:37:29,009 WITH SUPPORTS ARE 3037 01:37:29,009 --> 01:37:30,044 TRANSFORMATIONAL. YESTERDAY, 3038 01:37:30,044 --> 01:37:32,313 WHILE CELEBRATING FRIENDSGIVING 3039 01:37:32,313 --> 01:37:33,581 WITH COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS AT 3040 01:37:33,581 --> 01:37:35,216 ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS, I HAD THE 3041 01:37:35,216 --> 01:37:36,951 OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT CHANGE 3042 01:37:36,951 --> 01:37:39,553 FIRSTHAND. ONE YEAR AGO, AN 3043 01:37:39,553 --> 01:37:40,187 INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD EXPERIENCED 3044 01:37:40,187 --> 01:37:41,522 YEARS OF HOMELESSNESS MOVED INTO 3045 01:37:41,522 --> 01:37:42,456 PLYMOUTH HOUSING AND OVER THE 3046 01:37:42,456 --> 01:37:43,490 COURSE OF THEIR YEAR IN OUR 3047 01:37:43,490 --> 01:37:47,094 PROGRAM, HAVE BLOSSOMED 3048 01:37:47,094 --> 01:37:51,131 -- THANK YOU SOLAR. UP NEXT IS 3049 01:37:51,131 --> 01:37:52,466 KATHERINE. KATHERINE IS NOT 3050 01:37:52,466 --> 01:37:53,701 PRESENT. KATHERINE, YOU'LL NEED 3051 01:37:53,701 --> 01:37:55,202 TO CALL IN. WE'VE GOT THE NEXT 3052 01:37:55,202 --> 01:37:58,339 NUMBER OF NAMES. JOAQUIN, 3053 01:37:58,339 --> 01:37:59,807 JOAQUIN, WE. SORRY. HANNAH. 3054 01:37:59,807 --> 01:38:01,208 POWERS. BRIDGET BERG, JOHN 3055 01:38:01,208 --> 01:38:04,945 PINCUS. SO WITH THAT, JOAQUIN 3056 01:38:04,945 --> 01:38:09,049 SEE YOU'RE HERE. STAR SIX TO 3057 01:38:09,049 --> 01:38:14,321 UNMUTE. JOAQUIN STAR SIX TO 3058 01:38:14,321 --> 01:38:24,498 UNMUTE JOAQUIN, ARE YOU HERE? 3059 01:38:24,498 --> 01:38:25,599 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. WHAT'S 3060 01:38:25,599 --> 01:38:28,102 GOING ON AT THE MOMENT ALL 3061 01:38:28,102 --> 01:38:30,904 RIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE. 3062 01:38:30,904 --> 01:38:33,207 JOAQUIN PROMOTED AND THEN GO TO 3063 01:38:33,207 --> 01:38:34,408 HANNAH POWERS. HANNAH, I SEE 3064 01:38:34,408 --> 01:38:38,679 YOU'RE HERE. STAR SIX TO 3065 01:38:38,679 --> 01:38:41,982 UNMUTE. I SEE YOU'RE OFF MUTE. 3066 01:38:41,982 --> 01:38:42,850 WELCOME, HANNAH. 3067 01:38:42,850 --> 01:38:44,718 -- HI, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO 3068 01:38:44,718 --> 01:38:46,220 MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. 3069 01:38:46,220 --> 01:38:49,089 I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF CO-OP 3070 01:38:49,089 --> 01:38:51,759 PRESCHOOL AND FUNDING PARENT 3071 01:38:51,759 --> 01:38:53,761 EDUCATION. I AM CURRENTLY 3072 01:38:53,761 --> 01:38:55,029 BREASTFEEDING MY BABY AND 3073 01:38:55,029 --> 01:38:56,230 FEEDING MY TWO OLDER CHILDREN 3074 01:38:56,230 --> 01:38:57,631 LUNCH. THEY ARE ALL UNDER THE 3075 01:38:57,631 --> 01:39:00,234 AGE OF FIVE AND CO-OP HAS 3076 01:39:00,234 --> 01:39:01,635 COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED OUR 3077 01:39:01,635 --> 01:39:03,737 FAMILY. WE MOVED TO SEATTLE AND 3078 01:39:03,737 --> 01:39:05,105 DON'T HAVE ANY FAMILY SUPPORT 3079 01:39:05,105 --> 01:39:07,074 HERE, BUT THE FRIENDS FAMILY 3080 01:39:07,074 --> 01:39:09,143 THAT WE HAVE MET THROUGH CO-OP 3081 01:39:09,143 --> 01:39:09,777 HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING AND THAT 3082 01:39:09,777 --> 01:39:11,478 IS ALL BECAUSE OF PARENT 3083 01:39:11,478 --> 01:39:14,081 EDUCATION, PARENT EDUCATION HAS 3084 01:39:14,081 --> 01:39:15,816 TAUGHT US THE SKILLS AND THE 3085 01:39:15,816 --> 01:39:17,551 WORDS TO USE WITH OUR CHILDREN. 3086 01:39:17,551 --> 01:39:19,086 EVEN OUR HIGHLY SENSITIVE 3087 01:39:19,086 --> 01:39:21,288 CHILDREN, SO THAT WE LEAVE 3088 01:39:21,288 --> 01:39:23,324 PLAYDATES AND AND FEEL PROUD OF 3089 01:39:23,324 --> 01:39:24,725 THEM AND FEEL PROUD OF 3090 01:39:24,725 --> 01:39:27,828 OURSELVES. WE LEAVE PLAYDATES 3091 01:39:27,828 --> 01:39:29,997 AND INSTEAD OF FEELING A LOT OF 3092 01:39:29,997 --> 01:39:31,865 BAD FEELINGS THAT I FELT BEFORE, 3093 01:39:31,865 --> 01:39:33,634 I HAVE THE WORDS TO WORK WITH MY 3094 01:39:33,634 --> 01:39:35,369 CHILDREN AND KNOW HOW THEY ARE 3095 01:39:35,369 --> 01:39:37,137 FEELING AND KNOW HOW TO HELP 3096 01:39:37,137 --> 01:39:39,406 THEM EXPRESS THEMSELVES. 3097 01:39:39,406 --> 01:39:40,441 -- THANK YOU HANNAH. AND I SEE 3098 01:39:40,441 --> 01:39:41,642 THAT JOAQUIN IS WITH US. 3099 01:39:41,642 --> 01:39:45,446 JOAQUIN, TAKE IT AWAY AT YOUR 3100 01:39:45,446 --> 01:39:45,779 CONVENIENCE. 3101 01:39:45,779 --> 01:39:47,648 -- HELLO. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS 3102 01:39:47,648 --> 01:39:49,249 JOAQUIN. WE INTERIM POLITICAL 3103 01:39:49,249 --> 01:39:52,086 LEADER, PRO TECH 17, 3104 01:39:52,086 --> 01:39:53,387 REPRESENTING OVER 3300 CITY OF 3105 01:39:53,387 --> 01:39:54,922 SEATTLE EMPLOYEES. I'M ALSO A 3106 01:39:54,922 --> 01:39:56,023 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO. HERE 3107 01:39:56,023 --> 01:39:57,424 TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE 3108 01:39:57,424 --> 01:40:00,127 PASS 005 IN THE FINAL BUDGET 3109 01:40:00,127 --> 01:40:03,097 THAT PROVIDES LAID OFF CITY OF 3110 01:40:03,097 --> 01:40:04,565 SEATTLE WORKERS SOME DIGNITY 3111 01:40:04,565 --> 01:40:05,666 DURING THIS TOUGH ECONOMIC TIME. 3112 01:40:05,666 --> 01:40:06,734 ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT 3113 01:40:06,734 --> 01:40:07,935 LIVING IN SEATTLE IS THAT WE 3114 01:40:07,935 --> 01:40:08,769 HAVE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT 3115 01:40:08,769 --> 01:40:10,003 DOES WHAT IT CAN TO HELP OUR 3116 01:40:10,003 --> 01:40:11,839 FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, 3117 01:40:11,839 --> 01:40:13,340 SUCH AS THE FOOD EQUITY FUND AND 3118 01:40:13,340 --> 01:40:15,075 FRESH BUCKS PROGRAMS THAT HELP 3119 01:40:15,075 --> 01:40:17,011 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS 3120 01:40:17,011 --> 01:40:18,679 ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE ABLE 3121 01:40:18,679 --> 01:40:20,547 TO ACCESS FRESH WHOLE FOODS AND 3122 01:40:20,547 --> 01:40:21,181 TAKING CARE OF RESIDENTS ALSO 3123 01:40:21,181 --> 01:40:22,616 INCLUDES TAKING CARE OF THE CITY 3124 01:40:22,616 --> 01:40:24,385 WORKERS WHO HELP MAKE SURE THESE 3125 01:40:24,385 --> 01:40:25,953 PROGRAMS ARE SUCCESSFUL. WE'RE 3126 01:40:25,953 --> 01:40:27,187 ESPECIALLY THANKFUL TO COMMUNITY 3127 01:40:27,187 --> 01:40:27,588 CHAIR STRAUSS AND 3128 01:40:27,588 --> 01:40:28,922 COUNCILMEMBERS, LIN AND FOSTER 3129 01:40:28,922 --> 01:40:31,325 FOR SPONSORING CBOS. 005 B WE 3130 01:40:31,325 --> 01:40:32,426 HOPE THE COUNCIL IS ABLE TO SAVE 3131 01:40:32,426 --> 01:40:33,427 BOTH THE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS THAT 3132 01:40:33,427 --> 01:40:34,795 HELP OUR MOST VULNERABLE 3133 01:40:34,795 --> 01:40:36,163 RESIDENTS AND THE WORKERS WHO 3134 01:40:36,163 --> 01:40:39,099 HELP MAKE THESE SERVICES HAPPEN. 3135 01:40:39,099 --> 01:40:39,400 THANK YOU. 3136 01:40:39,400 --> 01:40:40,401 -- THANK YOU. JOAQUIN. THE NEXT 3137 01:40:40,401 --> 01:40:42,269 SPEAKER IS BRIDGETTE BIRD, TO 3138 01:40:42,269 --> 01:40:45,472 FOLLOWED BY JOHN PINCUS STAR SIX 3139 01:40:45,472 --> 01:40:50,511 TO UNMUTE BRIDGETTE. 3140 01:40:50,511 --> 01:40:53,747 -- HI THERE. THANK YOU. I HAVE 3141 01:40:53,747 --> 01:40:54,748 TWO CHILDREN ENROLLED AT QUEEN 3142 01:40:54,748 --> 01:40:56,350 ANNE CO-OP. I'M ALSO THE VICE 3143 01:40:56,350 --> 01:40:59,553 CHAIR OF OUR BOARD, AND OUR 3144 01:40:59,553 --> 01:41:00,154 FAMILY ORIGINALLY JOINED THE 3145 01:41:00,154 --> 01:41:01,155 CO-OP BECAUSE IT WAS AN 3146 01:41:01,155 --> 01:41:02,756 AFFORDABLE OPTION FOR OUR 3147 01:41:02,756 --> 01:41:04,892 FAMILY, AND WE HAVE SINCE BECOME 3148 01:41:04,892 --> 01:41:05,626 FIERCE ADVOCATES OF CO-OPS 3149 01:41:05,626 --> 01:41:07,594 BECAUSE OF ALL THEY HAVE TO 3150 01:41:07,594 --> 01:41:09,129 OFFER OUR COMMUNITIES. I'M 3151 01:41:09,129 --> 01:41:10,731 CALLING TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT 3152 01:41:10,731 --> 01:41:12,199 THE EMERGENCY BRIDGE FUNDING 3153 01:41:12,199 --> 01:41:14,034 AMENDMENT. CO-OPS HAVE CREATED 3154 01:41:14,034 --> 01:41:14,601 COMMUNITY AND HELP FAMILIES 3155 01:41:14,601 --> 01:41:15,769 THRIVE ACROSS SEATTLE FOR 3156 01:41:15,769 --> 01:41:17,571 DECADES, AND THE PARENT 3157 01:41:17,571 --> 01:41:18,839 EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE AT THE 3158 01:41:18,839 --> 01:41:21,508 HEART OF THE CO-OPS. NOT ONLY 3159 01:41:21,508 --> 01:41:23,644 HAS THE PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM 3160 01:41:23,644 --> 01:41:24,278 POSITIVELY IMPACTED MY PARENTING 3161 01:41:24,278 --> 01:41:26,180 AND THE RELATIONSHIP I HAVE WITH 3162 01:41:26,180 --> 01:41:27,548 MY KIDS IN A MYRIAD OF WAYS, IT 3163 01:41:27,548 --> 01:41:29,082 HAS SUPPORTED MY CAREER AS A 3164 01:41:29,082 --> 01:41:31,285 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. 3165 01:41:31,285 --> 01:41:33,420 PARENT EDUCATION SENDS POSITIVE 3166 01:41:33,420 --> 01:41:34,354 RIPPLE EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THE 3167 01:41:34,354 --> 01:41:36,156 ENTIRE CITY, REGARDLESS OF 3168 01:41:36,156 --> 01:41:37,591 WHETHER PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN OR 3169 01:41:37,591 --> 01:41:39,092 NOT. PLEASE SUPPORT THE 3170 01:41:39,092 --> 01:41:39,626 EMERGENCY BRIDGE FUNDING 3171 01:41:39,626 --> 01:41:42,896 AMENDMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3172 01:41:42,896 --> 01:41:44,064 -- THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS 3173 01:41:44,064 --> 01:41:47,100 JOHN PINCUS, FOLLOWED BY YODIT 3174 01:41:47,100 --> 01:41:52,573 TEFERA. 3175 01:41:52,573 --> 01:41:53,207 -- I'M JOHN PINCUS FROM THE 3176 01:41:53,207 --> 01:41:54,174 NEXUS OF PRIVACY, SPEAKING IN 3177 01:41:54,174 --> 01:41:56,143 SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3178 01:41:56,143 --> 01:42:00,881 S BUDGET PROVISO SPD 110 AYE 3179 01:42:00,881 --> 01:42:03,450 RESTRICTING $400,000 BUDGET FOR 3180 01:42:03,450 --> 01:42:06,220 EXPANSION OF CCTV CAMERAS UNTIL 3181 01:42:06,220 --> 01:42:06,820 SPD IMPLEMENT THREE IMPORTANT 3182 01:42:06,820 --> 01:42:08,122 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE OIG. NO 3183 01:42:08,122 --> 01:42:09,389 MATTER WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE 3184 01:42:09,389 --> 01:42:11,592 TRADE OFFS AROUND CCTV CAMERAS 3185 01:42:11,592 --> 01:42:13,727 IN GENERAL, THESE ARE 3186 01:42:13,727 --> 01:42:15,829 STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMON SENSE 3187 01:42:15,829 --> 01:42:17,131 SAFEGUARDS THAT REALLY SHOULD BE 3188 01:42:17,131 --> 01:42:18,832 IMPLEMENTED BEFORE ANY EXPANSION 3189 01:42:18,832 --> 01:42:22,269 OF CCTV USE. SPD HAS CONCURRED 3190 01:42:22,269 --> 01:42:23,537 WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH 3191 01:42:23,537 --> 01:42:24,972 ALSO RESPOND TO ISSUES RAISED IN 3192 01:42:24,972 --> 01:42:26,640 THE NYU POLICING PROJECT, CIVIL 3193 01:42:26,640 --> 01:42:28,242 RIGHTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES AND 3194 01:42:28,242 --> 01:42:30,677 GOVERNANCE, AUDITS OF SEATTLE'S 3195 01:42:30,677 --> 01:42:32,145 RTC. SO THANKS TO OEM RINCK FOR 3196 01:42:32,145 --> 01:42:35,015 BRINGING THIS PROVISO TO CMS, 3197 01:42:35,015 --> 01:42:35,449 FOSTER AND LIN FOR 3198 01:42:35,449 --> 01:42:39,153 CO-SPONSORING. AND PLEASE PASS 3199 01:42:39,153 --> 01:42:39,486 THIS PROVISO. 3200 01:42:39,486 --> 01:42:40,087 -- THANK YOU JOHN. UP NEXT IS 3201 01:42:40,087 --> 01:42:42,256 YODIT, FOLLOWED BY BRIDGET BLOOM 3202 01:42:42,256 --> 01:42:43,557 AND THEN RYAN MCFERRIN. YODIT. I 3203 01:42:43,557 --> 01:42:48,262 SEE YOU'RE HERE. STAR SIX TO 3204 01:42:48,262 --> 01:42:49,897 UNMUTE. YODIT STAR SIX TO 3205 01:42:49,897 --> 01:42:53,167 UNMUTE. THERE YOU ARE. WELCOME. 3206 01:42:53,167 --> 01:42:54,835 -- HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M A 3207 01:42:54,835 --> 01:42:56,703 LITTLE SICK, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR 3208 01:42:56,703 --> 01:42:58,505 MY VOICE, BUT I'M ANOTHER PARENT 3209 01:42:58,505 --> 01:43:00,774 THAT'S HERE TO SUPPORT THE 3210 01:43:00,774 --> 01:43:02,476 EMERGENCY BRIDGE FUNDING 3211 01:43:02,476 --> 01:43:03,010 AMENDMENT FOR COOPERATIVE 3212 01:43:03,010 --> 01:43:04,044 PRINCIPLES AND PARENT EDUCATION. 3213 01:43:04,044 --> 01:43:05,479 I'M JOINED WITH MY ONE AND A 3214 01:43:05,479 --> 01:43:06,947 HALF YEAR OLD MIGHT HEAR HER IN 3215 01:43:06,947 --> 01:43:09,449 THE BACKGROUND. I JOINED THE 3216 01:43:09,449 --> 01:43:10,651 COOPERATIVE THIS YEAR AND IT'S 3217 01:43:10,651 --> 01:43:11,718 BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE AND 3218 01:43:11,718 --> 01:43:12,986 IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FAMILY, 3219 01:43:12,986 --> 01:43:14,154 ESPECIALLY AS AN IMMIGRANT 3220 01:43:14,154 --> 01:43:16,123 FAMILY. WE'RE CONSTANTLY 3221 01:43:16,123 --> 01:43:17,925 NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES OF 3222 01:43:17,925 --> 01:43:18,492 PARENTING ACROSS DIFFERENT 3223 01:43:18,492 --> 01:43:19,726 CULTURES AND TRADITIONS. SO THIS 3224 01:43:19,726 --> 01:43:21,662 COOPERATIVE HAS BEEN MORE THAN 3225 01:43:21,662 --> 01:43:23,530 JUST CHILD RESOURCES AND PARENT 3226 01:43:23,530 --> 01:43:25,699 SUPPORT. IT'S REALLY A WAY OF 3227 01:43:25,699 --> 01:43:26,833 NAVIGATING A CULTURE THAT 3228 01:43:26,833 --> 01:43:28,368 SOMETIMES FEELS UNFAMILIAR TO 3229 01:43:28,368 --> 01:43:30,203 OUR FAMILY. SO I'M ASKING YOU 3230 01:43:30,203 --> 01:43:31,471 TO PLEASE VOTE YES FOR THIS 3231 01:43:31,471 --> 01:43:32,706 EMERGENCY FUNDING. AND I'D LIKE 3232 01:43:32,706 --> 01:43:34,641 TO ALSO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 3233 01:43:34,641 --> 01:43:36,810 SAKA, LIN, AND RINCK FOR 3234 01:43:36,810 --> 01:43:38,478 STARTING THIS EFFORT. THANK YOU 3235 01:43:38,478 --> 01:43:38,679 ALL. 3236 01:43:38,679 --> 01:43:42,382 -- THANK YOU. NEXT IS BRIDGET 3237 01:43:42,382 --> 01:43:43,817 BLOOM FOLLOWED RYAN MCFERRIN. 3238 01:43:43,817 --> 01:43:44,484 LORINDA MEYERS, YOU'RE NOT 3239 01:43:44,484 --> 01:43:47,387 PRESENT AT THIS TIME. BRIDGET. I 3240 01:43:47,387 --> 01:43:49,656 SEE YOU'RE HERE. STAR SIX TO 3241 01:43:49,656 --> 01:43:52,526 UNMUTE. YOU'RE WELCOME. 3242 01:43:52,526 --> 01:43:53,760 -- HI. HI. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME 3243 01:43:53,760 --> 01:43:56,697 IS BRIDGET BLOOM, AND I'M HERE 3244 01:43:56,697 --> 01:43:58,799 TO SUPPORT THE EMERGENCY BRIDGE 3245 01:43:58,799 --> 01:43:59,399 FUNDING AMENDMENT FOR PARENT 3246 01:43:59,399 --> 01:44:00,434 EDUCATION, SPONSORED BY 3247 01:44:00,434 --> 01:44:02,002 COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK AND SAKA. 3248 01:44:02,002 --> 01:44:03,737 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS 3249 01:44:03,737 --> 01:44:05,772 BILL. I'M A SINGLE MOM OF TWO, 3250 01:44:05,772 --> 01:44:06,306 A LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH 3251 01:44:06,306 --> 01:44:06,974 THERAPIST IN THE STATE OF 3252 01:44:06,974 --> 01:44:08,875 WASHINGTON AND A SURVIVOR OF 3253 01:44:08,875 --> 01:44:10,611 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AMIDST THE 3254 01:44:10,611 --> 01:44:11,278 ISOLATION OF COVID. I BEGAN MY 3255 01:44:11,278 --> 01:44:13,480 CO-OP JOURNEY IN 2021. 3256 01:44:13,480 --> 01:44:15,449 IMMEDIATELY, I FOUND SUPPORT, 3257 01:44:15,449 --> 01:44:16,049 CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY AS A 3258 01:44:16,049 --> 01:44:17,351 LOW INCOME FAMILY AND SINGLE 3259 01:44:17,351 --> 01:44:18,986 WORKING MOTHER, I FOUND CO-OP 3260 01:44:18,986 --> 01:44:20,587 PRESCHOOL TO NOT ONLY BE 3261 01:44:20,587 --> 01:44:22,456 AFFORDABLE, BUT INCLUSIVE AND 3262 01:44:22,456 --> 01:44:22,990 SUPPORTIVE. THE POSITIVE 3263 01:44:22,990 --> 01:44:23,790 DISCIPLINE HELPS ME AS A PARENT, 3264 01:44:23,790 --> 01:44:27,661 AND I BELIEVE IT CAN HELP MY 3265 01:44:27,661 --> 01:44:29,262 CLIENTS IF WE. THE SYSTEM OF 3266 01:44:29,262 --> 01:44:30,397 EDUCATION THAT GIVES FAMILIES 3267 01:44:30,397 --> 01:44:33,533 ACCESS TO HEALTHY, NONVIOLENT 3268 01:44:33,533 --> 01:44:34,167 PARENTING STRATEGIES AND SUPPORT 3269 01:44:34,167 --> 01:44:35,836 BEFORE CHALLENGES BECOME CRISES 3270 01:44:35,836 --> 01:44:38,071 AND WE LOSE COMMUNITY. PARENT 3271 01:44:38,071 --> 01:44:39,640 EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR 3272 01:44:39,640 --> 01:44:40,207 HEALTHY FAMILY SYSTEMS AND 3273 01:44:40,207 --> 01:44:41,675 THRIVING COMMUNITIES. PLEASE 3274 01:44:41,675 --> 01:44:43,076 VOTE YES ON THIS AMENDMENT. 3275 01:44:43,076 --> 01:44:44,311 THANK YOU. 3276 01:44:44,311 --> 01:44:46,446 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE RYAN 3277 01:44:46,446 --> 01:44:48,148 MCFARREN LORENDA MEYERS. YOU'RE 3278 01:44:48,148 --> 01:44:50,050 NOT PRESENT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 3279 01:44:50,050 --> 01:44:51,785 PETER MANNING AND THEN LAURA H. 3280 01:44:51,785 --> 01:44:53,086 RYAN, I SEE YOU'RE HERE. STAR 3281 01:44:53,086 --> 01:44:59,092 SIX TO UNMUTE. WELCOME 3282 01:44:59,092 --> 01:45:00,494 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS RYAN 3283 01:45:00,494 --> 01:45:01,995 MCFARLAND WITH KING COUNTY. I'M 3284 01:45:01,995 --> 01:45:02,896 HERE TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO 3285 01:45:02,896 --> 01:45:04,831 RESTORE FUNDING FOR A FREE TAX 3286 01:45:04,831 --> 01:45:06,900 PREP CAMPAIGN. EACH YEAR, 3287 01:45:06,900 --> 01:45:08,301 VOLUNTEERS TURN $100,000 IN CITY 3288 01:45:08,301 --> 01:45:10,003 FUNDING INTO OVER $6 MILLION FOR 3289 01:45:10,003 --> 01:45:10,604 SEATTLE FAMILIES ACROSS EVERY 3290 01:45:10,604 --> 01:45:13,006 COUNCIL DISTRICT. THIS INCLUDES 3291 01:45:13,006 --> 01:45:16,209 $800,000 FOR COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3292 01:45:16,209 --> 01:45:19,246 CONSTITUENTS, $1.6 MILLION FOR 3293 01:45:19,246 --> 01:45:19,746 COUNCILMEMBER LYNN'S 3294 01:45:19,746 --> 01:45:22,149 CONSTITUENTS, $660,000 FOR 3295 01:45:22,149 --> 01:45:22,716 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH 3296 01:45:22,716 --> 01:45:25,352 CONSTITUENTS, $400,000 FOR 3297 01:45:25,352 --> 01:45:25,886 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S 3298 01:45:25,886 --> 01:45:28,689 CONSTITUENTS, $750,000 FOR 3299 01:45:28,689 --> 01:45:30,724 COUNCIL CONSTITUENTS, $100,000 3300 01:45:30,724 --> 01:45:31,258 FOR COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 3301 01:45:31,258 --> 01:45:33,760 CONSTITUENTS AND $330,000 FOR 3302 01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:34,227 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 3303 01:45:34,227 --> 01:45:35,662 CONSTITUENTS. THESE ARE DOLLARS 3304 01:45:35,662 --> 01:45:36,830 GOING DIRECTLY BACK INTO THE 3305 01:45:36,830 --> 01:45:37,964 POCKETS OF THE FAMILIES YOU 3306 01:45:37,964 --> 01:45:39,366 REPRESENT, HELPING THEM AFFORD 3307 01:45:39,366 --> 01:45:40,534 GROCERIES, RENT AND OTHER BASIC 3308 01:45:40,534 --> 01:45:42,202 NEEDS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT 3309 01:45:42,202 --> 01:45:43,637 YOU PLEASE RESTORE THIS VITAL 3310 01:45:43,637 --> 01:45:44,638 FUNDING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME 3311 01:45:44,638 --> 01:45:46,340 AND CONSIDERATION. 3312 01:45:46,340 --> 01:45:47,808 -- THANK YOU. I SEE LORINDA IS 3313 01:45:47,808 --> 01:45:50,110 NOT PRESENT, SO WE WILL MOVE ON 3314 01:45:50,110 --> 01:45:51,345 TO. AND I'M GOING TO READ THE 3315 01:45:51,345 --> 01:45:53,947 NEXT TEN NAMES PETER MANNING, 3316 01:45:53,947 --> 01:45:57,250 LAURA H. AARON, BRUNO, MARIA 3317 01:45:57,250 --> 01:45:59,986 TANYA, SAMSON. OPTION, AARON, 3318 01:45:59,986 --> 01:46:03,724 BRUNO DID. WE JUST DID THAT. 3319 01:46:03,724 --> 01:46:05,425 ROSE LEGIONNAIRES, MARGO. JONES. 3320 01:46:05,425 --> 01:46:07,828 CAROLINE. CAROLINE. CONLEY. 3321 01:46:07,828 --> 01:46:10,864 AMARANTHA. TORRES. ASHLEY. FORD. 3322 01:46:10,864 --> 01:46:12,232 COLE. RIGHT. ARE THE NEXT TEN. 3323 01:46:12,232 --> 01:46:16,103 WITH THAT WE HAVE PETER MANNING 3324 01:46:16,103 --> 01:46:17,270 UP NEXT. I SEE YOU'RE HERE. STAR 3325 01:46:17,270 --> 01:46:23,377 SIX TO UNMUTE. I SEE YOU'RE 3326 01:46:23,377 --> 01:46:23,577 HERE. 3327 01:46:23,577 --> 01:46:25,112 -- EVENING OR AFTERNOON. CITY 3328 01:46:25,112 --> 01:46:27,180 COUNCIL CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3329 01:46:27,180 --> 01:46:27,547 -- YES WE CAN. 3330 01:46:27,547 --> 01:46:30,150 -- HELLO. HI, THIS IS PETER 3331 01:46:30,150 --> 01:46:31,985 MANNING, PRESIDENT OF BLACK 3332 01:46:31,985 --> 01:46:33,220 EXCELLENCE CANNABIS. YOU KNOW, 3333 01:46:33,220 --> 01:46:34,554 AS YOU GUYS KNOW, OR YOU MIGHT 3334 01:46:34,554 --> 01:46:36,289 BE AWARE THAT WE HAD A SHOOTING 3335 01:46:36,289 --> 01:46:39,826 IN THE SOUTH END OF SEATTLE LAST 3336 01:46:39,826 --> 01:46:41,128 NIGHT OR YESTERDAY. THIS IS A 3337 01:46:41,128 --> 01:46:43,096 PERSISTENT PROBLEM OF OUR KIDS 3338 01:46:43,096 --> 01:46:44,498 TURNING GUNS IN THEMSELVES, IN 3339 01:46:44,498 --> 01:46:46,199 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS 3340 01:46:46,199 --> 01:46:48,101 THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS 3341 01:46:48,101 --> 01:46:49,603 WEST SEATTLE. WE NEED CAMERAS 3342 01:46:49,603 --> 01:46:51,204 NOW. I GET THE CONCERN FOR 3343 01:46:51,204 --> 01:46:53,507 PRIVACY, I GET IT, BUT IF IT WAS 3344 01:46:53,507 --> 01:46:55,208 WHITE CHILDREN KILLING EACH 3345 01:46:55,208 --> 01:46:57,411 OTHER, KIDS INFLICTING HARM TO 3346 01:46:57,411 --> 01:47:00,046 OTHER WHITE KIDS WITH THE NEED 3347 01:47:00,046 --> 01:47:00,547 FOR CAMERAS TO BE MORE 3348 01:47:00,547 --> 01:47:01,281 PREVALENT, OR WOULD THERE BE A 3349 01:47:01,281 --> 01:47:04,317 NEED FOR CAMERAS, THEN WE NEED 3350 01:47:04,317 --> 01:47:04,885 CAMERAS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 3351 01:47:04,885 --> 01:47:06,887 UNTIL WE CAN GET THIS STUFF, 3352 01:47:06,887 --> 01:47:07,921 THIS PRIVACY ISSUE, TAKEN CARE 3353 01:47:07,921 --> 01:47:10,991 OF, AND HOW WE CAN BALANCE THAT. 3354 01:47:10,991 --> 01:47:12,893 OUR KIDS ARE DYING. SO CONSIDER 3355 01:47:12,893 --> 01:47:17,130 THAT THESE ARE BLACK CHILDREN 3356 01:47:17,130 --> 01:47:17,364 DYING. 3357 01:47:17,364 --> 01:47:19,032 -- THANK YOU PETER. UP NEXT, WE 3358 01:47:19,032 --> 01:47:21,034 HAVE LAURA H. FOLLOWED BY AARON 3359 01:47:21,034 --> 01:47:31,244 BRUNELLE, THEN MARIA PORTANA. 3360 01:47:31,244 --> 01:47:32,646 LAURA H IS NOT PRESENT. WE'LL 3361 01:47:32,646 --> 01:47:34,314 MOVE ON TO AARON BRUNELLE, 3362 01:47:34,314 --> 01:47:34,915 FOLLOWED BY MARIA PORTANA AND 3363 01:47:34,915 --> 01:47:39,686 THEN SAMSON. OPTION. AARON, 3364 01:47:39,686 --> 01:47:45,592 WELCOME STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. 3365 01:47:45,592 --> 01:47:48,895 AARON BRUNELLE, STAR SIX TO 3366 01:47:48,895 --> 01:47:51,231 UNMUTE, PLEASE. AARON, I SEE 3367 01:47:51,231 --> 01:47:53,300 YOU'RE HERE. IF YOU COULD PRESS 3368 01:47:53,300 --> 01:47:55,368 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE, WE'RE GOING 3369 01:47:55,368 --> 01:47:58,738 TO LEAVE AARON PROMOTED. WE WILL 3370 01:47:58,738 --> 01:48:00,373 MOVE ON. MARIA IS NOT PRESENT. 3371 01:48:00,373 --> 01:48:02,876 SAMSON OPTION WILL BE NEXT. 3372 01:48:02,876 --> 01:48:07,781 SAMSON IF YOU CAN STAR SIX TO 3373 01:48:07,781 --> 01:48:12,052 UNMUTE. WELCOME, SAMSON. I SEE 3374 01:48:12,052 --> 01:48:14,521 YOU'RE OFF MUTE. HELLO. HI. 3375 01:48:14,521 --> 01:48:18,892 -- HELLO. SO I HAVE A LOT OF 3376 01:48:18,892 --> 01:48:20,727 CONCERNS. ONE IS WITH THE 3377 01:48:20,727 --> 01:48:23,697 EXPANSION OF THE CAMERAS SEEING 3378 01:48:23,697 --> 01:48:26,800 AS HOW SPD HAS NOT RETURNED THE 3379 01:48:26,800 --> 01:48:29,102 EXTRA $13 MILLION THAT THEY OWE 3380 01:48:29,102 --> 01:48:31,004 THE CITY FROM BEING OVERPAID, 3381 01:48:31,004 --> 01:48:33,373 THAT IS A CONCERN. IT'S ALSO A 3382 01:48:33,373 --> 01:48:35,475 CONCERN THAT WE KEEP FUNDING SPD 3383 01:48:35,475 --> 01:48:39,246 MORE AND MORE AS COPS DO TEND TO 3384 01:48:39,246 --> 01:48:41,715 BE INVOLVED IN A LOT OF ILLICIT 3385 01:48:41,715 --> 01:48:43,717 ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS SEX 3386 01:48:43,717 --> 01:48:46,019 TRAFFICKING, CHILD TRAFFICKING, 3387 01:48:46,019 --> 01:48:48,054 DRUG TRAFFICKING, AND A LOT OF 3388 01:48:48,054 --> 01:48:49,823 OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, WHICH 3389 01:48:49,823 --> 01:48:50,257 THEY NEVER FACE ANY 3390 01:48:50,257 --> 01:48:52,826 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR. AND WE 3391 01:48:52,826 --> 01:48:54,327 PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF POLICE 3392 01:48:54,327 --> 01:48:58,231 GANGS IN THE CITY, TOO, STEMMING 3393 01:48:58,231 --> 01:48:59,733 FROM THIS. I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD 3394 01:48:59,733 --> 01:49:02,269 NOT BE FUNDING THIS AS OUR 3395 01:49:02,269 --> 01:49:05,105 COUNTRY COLLAPSES DUE TO CLIMATE 3396 01:49:05,105 --> 01:49:08,842 CATASTROPHE AND EL NINO. AND 3397 01:49:08,842 --> 01:49:09,042 THE. 3398 01:49:09,042 --> 01:49:10,176 -- THANK YOU, AARON, YOU'RE 3399 01:49:10,176 --> 01:49:11,511 STILL PRESENT. IF YOU WANT TO 3400 01:49:11,511 --> 01:49:12,279 PRESS STAR AND YOU'RE OFF MUTE, 3401 01:49:12,279 --> 01:49:15,282 WELCOME, AARON. TAKE IT AWAY AT 3402 01:49:15,282 --> 01:49:15,682 YOUR CONVENIENCE. 3403 01:49:15,682 --> 01:49:17,784 -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 3404 01:49:17,784 --> 01:49:19,619 MY NAME IS AARON BRUNO. I'M A 3405 01:49:19,619 --> 01:49:22,322 PARENT, EDUCATOR AT NORTH 3406 01:49:22,322 --> 01:49:24,124 SEATTLE COLLEGE. I WAS ALSO A 3407 01:49:24,124 --> 01:49:25,926 STUDENT AT NORTH SEATTLE 3408 01:49:25,926 --> 01:49:28,161 COLLEGE. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS 3409 01:49:28,161 --> 01:49:33,099 HAVE SO MANY ASKS, AND I REALLY 3410 01:49:33,099 --> 01:49:35,602 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THAT WE CAN 3411 01:49:35,602 --> 01:49:37,037 KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING UNTIL 3412 01:49:37,037 --> 01:49:37,671 THE STATE IS ABLE TO PROPERLY 3413 01:49:37,671 --> 01:49:40,507 FUND IT. THIS REALLY IS A MAKE 3414 01:49:40,507 --> 01:49:42,342 OR BREAK TIME FOR OUR PROGRAM 3415 01:49:42,342 --> 01:49:43,944 THAT HONESTLY, NONE OF US HAVE 3416 01:49:43,944 --> 01:49:46,513 LIVED IN A SEATTLE WITHOUT THIS 3417 01:49:46,513 --> 01:49:48,481 PROGRAM AND THE COMMUNITY THAT 3418 01:49:48,481 --> 01:49:50,150 IT PROVIDES. SO THANK YOU AND I 3419 01:49:50,150 --> 01:49:52,852 HOPE THAT YOU VOTE FOR US. 3420 01:49:52,852 --> 01:49:54,688 -- THANK YOU AARON I'M GOING TO 3421 01:49:54,688 --> 01:49:58,124 READ THE NEXT NUMBER OF NAMES 3422 01:49:58,124 --> 01:49:58,758 OFF ROSE LEGIONNAIRES, FOLLOWED 3423 01:49:58,758 --> 01:50:00,760 BY MARGO JONES, CAROLINE CONLEY, 3424 01:50:00,760 --> 01:50:03,229 YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. CALL IN 3425 01:50:03,229 --> 01:50:05,231 NOW, PLEASE. AMARANTHA TORRES, 3426 01:50:05,231 --> 01:50:07,334 ASHLEY FORD, COLE WRIGHT. 3427 01:50:07,334 --> 01:50:08,501 ERNESTINA SORIA. MENDOZA, YOU 3428 01:50:08,501 --> 01:50:11,171 ARE NOT PRESENT. PLEASE CALL IN 3429 01:50:11,171 --> 01:50:12,772 NOW. KATE. RUBIN, DAVID HAYNES, 3430 01:50:12,772 --> 01:50:13,840 YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. PLEASE CALL 3431 01:50:13,840 --> 01:50:17,043 IN NOW. WE HAVE ROSE 3432 01:50:17,043 --> 01:50:18,144 LEGIONNAIRES. NEXT. I SEE YOU'RE 3433 01:50:18,144 --> 01:50:19,346 HERE. STAR SIX TO. YOU'RE OFF 3434 01:50:19,346 --> 01:50:22,282 MUTE. WELCOME. 3435 01:50:22,282 --> 01:50:23,617 -- HELLO. 3436 01:50:23,617 --> 01:50:24,651 -- I I'M. 3437 01:50:24,651 --> 01:50:27,554 -- CALLING ON YOU ALL TO SUPPORT 3438 01:50:27,554 --> 01:50:28,722 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK PROVISO FOR 3439 01:50:28,722 --> 01:50:30,056 THE SECURITY CAMERAS. IT 3440 01:50:30,056 --> 01:50:31,558 DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO 3441 01:50:31,558 --> 01:50:34,194 PUT SAFEGUARDS AFTER THE FACT OF 3442 01:50:34,194 --> 01:50:35,195 THE CAMERAS ARE BEING ENACTED. 3443 01:50:35,195 --> 01:50:37,197 THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A 3444 01:50:37,197 --> 01:50:38,365 DASHBOARD YEARS AGO. I BELIEVE 3445 01:50:38,365 --> 01:50:39,933 AT THIS POINT THAT SHOWS US 3446 01:50:39,933 --> 01:50:40,500 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE 3447 01:50:40,500 --> 01:50:42,002 CAMERAS, AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN 3448 01:50:42,002 --> 01:50:43,470 ENACTED YET. WE NEED TO MAKE 3449 01:50:43,470 --> 01:50:45,138 SURE THAT WE HOLD SPD TO WHAT 3450 01:50:45,138 --> 01:50:46,139 SHOULD BE HAPPENING AND WHAT 3451 01:50:46,139 --> 01:50:47,741 THEY HAVE AGREED TO BEFORE WE 3452 01:50:47,741 --> 01:50:49,676 TURN THEM ON. YOU DON'T SEND A 3453 01:50:49,676 --> 01:50:50,443 BOAT OUT TO THE OCEAN WITH HOLES 3454 01:50:50,443 --> 01:50:51,811 IN IT, AND HOPE THAT YOU'RE JUST 3455 01:50:51,811 --> 01:50:54,114 GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT 3456 01:50:54,114 --> 01:50:55,048 FLOAT ON AND BE FINE. YOU MAKE 3457 01:50:55,048 --> 01:50:56,082 SURE THAT YOU CHECK TO MAKE SURE 3458 01:50:56,082 --> 01:50:58,118 THAT THERE'S NO HOLES BEGIN 3459 01:50:58,118 --> 01:51:02,822 WITH, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS 3460 01:51:02,822 --> 01:51:03,423 ACTUAL REAL CONCERNS FOR THE 3461 01:51:03,423 --> 01:51:04,124 PRIVACY OF CITIZENS WHO HAVE 3462 01:51:04,124 --> 01:51:05,658 ESCAPED HERE. BUT THERE'S THE 3463 01:51:05,658 --> 01:51:07,093 TRANS COMMUNITY, PEOPLE SEEKING 3464 01:51:07,093 --> 01:51:07,727 ABORTION CARE AND OTHER THINGS. 3465 01:51:07,727 --> 01:51:09,696 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE 3466 01:51:09,696 --> 01:51:10,797 ARE HERE AND NOT JUST HOPE THAT 3467 01:51:10,797 --> 01:51:13,566 WE CAN FIX THINGS AFTER THE 3468 01:51:13,566 --> 01:51:13,767 FACT. 3469 01:51:13,767 --> 01:51:16,770 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS, AND I 3470 01:51:16,770 --> 01:51:19,939 BELIEVE ROSE JUST SPOKE. MARGO 3471 01:51:19,939 --> 01:51:25,712 JONES IS NEXT. WELCOME, MARGO. 3472 01:51:25,712 --> 01:51:28,048 WELCOME, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE AND 3473 01:51:28,048 --> 01:51:30,850 YOU'RE OFF MUTE. WELCOME, 3474 01:51:30,850 --> 01:51:31,084 MARGO. 3475 01:51:31,084 --> 01:51:31,918 -- YES. 3476 01:51:31,918 --> 01:51:32,752 -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND 3477 01:51:32,752 --> 01:51:34,154 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR 3478 01:51:34,154 --> 01:51:35,722 YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. MY 3479 01:51:35,722 --> 01:51:37,157 NAME IS MARGARET JONES. I'M A 3480 01:51:37,157 --> 01:51:38,758 LEGACY. FIRST OF ALL, I'M A 3481 01:51:38,758 --> 01:51:40,460 SEATTLE NATIVE, NATIVE LEGACY 3482 01:51:40,460 --> 01:51:41,828 BUSINESS OWNER AND HOMEOWNER IN 3483 01:51:41,828 --> 01:51:43,563 CENTRAL SEATTLE. I AM ALSO THE 3484 01:51:43,563 --> 01:51:46,533 PRODUCER OF FESTIVAL, WHICH IS A 3485 01:51:46,533 --> 01:51:47,567 LEGACY FESTIVAL OF 880 YEARS 3486 01:51:47,567 --> 01:51:49,169 STRONG HERE IN THE CENTRAL 3487 01:51:49,169 --> 01:51:50,837 DISTRICT. I WANT TO ASK THE 3488 01:51:50,837 --> 01:51:54,340 COUNCIL TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 3489 01:51:54,340 --> 01:51:54,841 HOLLINGSWORTH PRESIDENT 3490 01:51:54,841 --> 01:51:58,845 HOLLINGSWORTH REQUEST TO HAVE 3491 01:51:58,845 --> 01:52:02,716 MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE FEST FOR 3492 01:52:02,716 --> 01:52:05,085 2027. $75,000 AND $100,000 3493 01:52:05,085 --> 01:52:07,320 CONTINUAL. AFTER PRESERVING THE 3494 01:52:07,320 --> 01:52:08,888 CULTURE AND LEGACY REQUIRES THIS 3495 01:52:08,888 --> 01:52:10,423 RECOGNITION HERE IN SEATTLE, 3496 01:52:10,423 --> 01:52:12,392 PLEASE CONSIDER FUNDING 3497 01:52:12,392 --> 01:52:12,959 OPPORTUNITIES TO INVEST IN 3498 01:52:12,959 --> 01:52:14,160 CENTRAL AND SOUTH SEATTLE FOR 3499 01:52:14,160 --> 01:52:15,995 THE ARTS, AS WE ARE THE 3500 01:52:15,995 --> 01:52:16,863 HEARTBEAT OF THE CITY, AND WE 3501 01:52:16,863 --> 01:52:19,232 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 3502 01:52:19,232 --> 01:52:20,433 CONSIDERATION. HAVE A BLESSED 3503 01:52:20,433 --> 01:52:20,633 DAY. 3504 01:52:20,633 --> 01:52:23,236 -- THANK YOU. MARGO. CAROLINE 3505 01:52:23,236 --> 01:52:24,471 CONLEY, YOU'RE STILL NOT 3506 01:52:24,471 --> 01:52:26,639 PRESENT. AMARANTHA TORRES 3507 01:52:26,639 --> 01:52:27,607 FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY FORD. 3508 01:52:27,607 --> 01:52:29,142 AMARANTHA. I SEE YOU'RE HERE. 3509 01:52:29,142 --> 01:52:31,211 AMARANTHA. SORRY AND YOU'RE OFF 3510 01:52:31,211 --> 01:52:33,680 MUTE. WELCOME. 3511 01:52:33,680 --> 01:52:35,315 -- HI THERE. GOOD MORNING 3512 01:52:35,315 --> 01:52:37,550 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS AMY AND I'M 3513 01:52:37,550 --> 01:52:39,452 THE COLEAD OF THE COALITION IN 3514 01:52:39,452 --> 01:52:40,487 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. I'M 3515 01:52:40,487 --> 01:52:41,755 SPEAKING TODAY TO URGE YOUR 3516 01:52:41,755 --> 01:52:44,357 SUPPORT FOR HSD DASH 034, WHICH 3517 01:52:44,357 --> 01:52:45,925 WOULD INCREASE FUNDS FOR GENDER 3518 01:52:45,925 --> 01:52:47,260 BASED VIOLENCE. SURVIVOR 3519 01:52:47,260 --> 01:52:49,129 SERVICES, OUR 30 PLUS MEMBER 3520 01:52:49,129 --> 01:52:50,897 PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT SURVIVORS 3521 01:52:50,897 --> 01:52:52,565 HAVE SHARED THE GAPS THEY SEE 3522 01:52:52,565 --> 01:52:53,533 THE IMPACT ADDITIONAL FUNDS 3523 01:52:53,533 --> 01:52:55,034 WOULD HAVE ON THEIR ABILITY TO 3524 01:52:55,034 --> 01:52:56,503 MEET THE NEED AND THEIR HEART 3525 01:52:56,503 --> 01:52:57,337 FOR THIS WORK. I HOPE IT HAS 3526 01:52:57,337 --> 01:52:59,672 HELPED PAINT A PICTURE OF OUR 3527 01:52:59,672 --> 01:53:00,306 COMMUNITY AND THE CRITICAL WORK 3528 01:53:00,306 --> 01:53:02,709 THEY DO EVERY DAY IN OUR CITY TO 3529 01:53:02,709 --> 01:53:04,611 SUPPORT SURVIVORS, 3530 01:53:04,611 --> 01:53:05,245 SELF-DETERMINATION AND SAFETY. 3531 01:53:05,245 --> 01:53:06,412 WE SUPPORT THESE FUNDS IN THE 3532 01:53:06,412 --> 01:53:07,914 BUDGET AND USE THIS INVESTMENT 3533 01:53:07,914 --> 01:53:11,184 AS A FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINED, 3534 01:53:11,184 --> 01:53:11,818 ONGOING FUNDING FOR GENDER-BASED 3535 01:53:11,818 --> 01:53:13,386 VIOLENCE SERVICES. WE ALSO WANT 3536 01:53:13,386 --> 01:53:15,788 TO SHARE A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR 3537 01:53:15,788 --> 01:53:17,123 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK LEADERSHIP 3538 01:53:17,123 --> 01:53:17,757 AND PARTNERSHIP, AND ADDITIONAL. 3539 01:53:17,757 --> 01:53:18,958 THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPONSORS 3540 01:53:18,958 --> 01:53:21,060 AND CO-SPONSORS FOR YOUR SUPPORT 3541 01:53:21,060 --> 01:53:22,362 ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH 3542 01:53:22,362 --> 01:53:23,530 FOR YOUR TIME TO SPEAK TODAY. 3543 01:53:23,530 --> 01:53:25,765 -- THANK YOU. AMARANTHA. UP NEXT 3544 01:53:25,765 --> 01:53:27,433 IS ASHLEY FORD, FOLLOWED BY 3545 01:53:27,433 --> 01:53:29,869 COLE. WRIGHT, ERNESTINA SORIA 3546 01:53:29,869 --> 01:53:31,871 MENDOZA, YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. 3547 01:53:31,871 --> 01:53:35,041 ASHLEY, YOU'RE OFF MUTE. 3548 01:53:35,041 --> 01:53:39,445 WELCOME. ASHLEY, YOU'RE. 3549 01:53:39,445 --> 01:53:42,448 -- OFF HIGH THIS IS ASHLEY 3550 01:53:42,448 --> 01:53:44,150 HELLO. HI, THIS IS ASHLEY FROM 3551 01:53:44,150 --> 01:53:46,920 THE SEATTLE LGBTQ COMMISSION. 3552 01:53:46,920 --> 01:53:49,122 ALSO A RENTER IN DISTRICT FIVE. 3553 01:53:49,122 --> 01:53:51,224 THE SEATTLE LGBTQ COMMISSION 3554 01:53:51,224 --> 01:53:52,725 SENT YOU ALL A LETTER OVER THE 3555 01:53:52,725 --> 01:53:55,728 LAST COUPLE OF DAYS URGING YOU 3556 01:53:55,728 --> 01:53:57,230 TO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK 3557 01:53:57,230 --> 01:54:00,400 BUDGET PROVISO. SPD ONE ONE ZERO 3558 01:54:00,400 --> 01:54:02,569 AYE. OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT 3559 01:54:02,569 --> 01:54:03,570 HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE IS 3560 01:54:03,570 --> 01:54:06,706 HARMED FOR THE CITY TO TAKE OUR 3561 01:54:06,706 --> 01:54:07,273 CONCERNS SERIOUSLY. PUBLIC 3562 01:54:07,273 --> 01:54:08,374 SAFETY CANNOT COME AT THE 3563 01:54:08,374 --> 01:54:11,578 EXPENSE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S CIVIL 3564 01:54:11,578 --> 01:54:12,779 RIGHTS AND PROMISES OF OVERSIGHT 3565 01:54:12,779 --> 01:54:14,914 ARE NOT ENOUGH. THE REPORT THAT 3566 01:54:14,914 --> 01:54:17,350 WAS RELEASED FROM NYU 3567 01:54:17,350 --> 01:54:17,884 ACKNOWLEDGES SOME SERIOUS 3568 01:54:17,884 --> 01:54:19,752 CONCERNS THAT REALLY AFFECT OUR 3569 01:54:19,752 --> 01:54:21,421 COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE CONCERNED 3570 01:54:21,421 --> 01:54:23,089 THAT IT AFFECTS OUR ABILITY TO 3571 01:54:23,089 --> 01:54:26,626 EXIST IN PUBLIC SPACE. WE HAVE 3572 01:54:26,626 --> 01:54:29,062 CONCERNS THAT THERE WILL BE 3573 01:54:29,062 --> 01:54:30,663 IDENTIFICATION OF FOLKS 3574 01:54:30,663 --> 01:54:31,831 PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS, TRYING 3575 01:54:31,831 --> 01:54:33,800 TO GET HEALTH CARE, AND JUST 3576 01:54:33,800 --> 01:54:35,235 REALLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS 3577 01:54:35,235 --> 01:54:36,369 PROVISO. THANK YOU. 3578 01:54:36,369 --> 01:54:37,937 -- THANK YOU. ASHLEY. UP NEXT IS 3579 01:54:37,937 --> 01:54:40,006 COLE WRIGHT, ERNESTINA SORIA 3580 01:54:40,006 --> 01:54:41,574 MENDOZA, YOU ARE STILL NOT 3581 01:54:41,574 --> 01:54:45,445 PRESENT. COLE, YOU'RE OFF MUTE. 3582 01:54:45,445 --> 01:54:45,712 WELCOME. 3583 01:54:45,712 --> 01:54:46,479 -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK 3584 01:54:46,479 --> 01:54:49,048 YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 3585 01:54:49,048 --> 01:54:51,317 COLE WRIGHT. I AM A CURRENT 3586 01:54:51,317 --> 01:54:51,951 COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL PARENT. I 3587 01:54:51,951 --> 01:54:56,623 LIVE DOWNTOWN. I'M ASKING YOU TO 3588 01:54:56,623 --> 01:54:57,724 SUPPORT AMENDMENT DEEL003 AYE. 3589 01:54:57,724 --> 01:54:59,292 BOTH OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE 3590 01:54:59,292 --> 01:55:00,994 ATTENDED QUEEN ANNE CO-OP 3591 01:55:00,994 --> 01:55:02,428 PRESCHOOL. ONE OF THEM HAD A 3592 01:55:02,428 --> 01:55:03,730 MEDICALLY COMPLICATED START TO 3593 01:55:03,730 --> 01:55:04,898 LIFE DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHEN 3594 01:55:04,898 --> 01:55:05,999 WE WERE ISOLATED AND STRESSED. 3595 01:55:05,999 --> 01:55:07,934 THE PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM 3596 01:55:07,934 --> 01:55:09,102 SORT OF BECAME OUR LIFELINE. IT 3597 01:55:09,102 --> 01:55:11,170 WAS PART THERAPY, PART PRACTICAL 3598 01:55:11,170 --> 01:55:12,205 GUIDANCE AND PART COMMUNITY, AND 3599 01:55:12,205 --> 01:55:13,573 WE REALLY NEEDED ALL THREE. IT 3600 01:55:13,573 --> 01:55:15,275 MADE US BETTER AND MORE 3601 01:55:15,275 --> 01:55:16,643 CONFIDENT PARENTS, AND OUR KIDS 3602 01:55:16,643 --> 01:55:17,877 ARE STILL BENEFITTING FROM THAT 3603 01:55:17,877 --> 01:55:19,312 TODAY. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE 3604 01:55:19,312 --> 01:55:19,979 CONCERNS ABOUT DRAWING ON 3605 01:55:19,979 --> 01:55:21,481 RESERVES TO DO THIS. THIS WOULD 3606 01:55:21,481 --> 01:55:23,082 BE A ONE TIME INVESTMENT, NOT AN 3607 01:55:23,082 --> 01:55:24,284 ONGOING COMMITMENT, AND WOULD 3608 01:55:24,284 --> 01:55:25,285 GIVE THESE PROGRAMS AT LEAST A 3609 01:55:25,285 --> 01:55:27,120 CHANCE TO FIND A PATH FORWARD. I 3610 01:55:27,120 --> 01:55:28,421 THINK IT'S A MODEST COST FOR 3611 01:55:28,421 --> 01:55:29,589 THE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES THEY 3612 01:55:29,589 --> 01:55:30,790 SERVE. AND I'M WORRIED IF THIS 3613 01:55:30,790 --> 01:55:32,191 PROGRAM GOES AWAY, IT WILL NEVER 3614 01:55:32,191 --> 01:55:33,726 BE REBUILT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH 3615 01:55:33,726 --> 01:55:34,894 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR 3616 01:55:34,894 --> 01:55:36,596 YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. 3617 01:55:36,596 --> 01:55:36,829 THANKS. 3618 01:55:36,829 --> 01:55:39,032 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COLE. 3619 01:55:39,032 --> 01:55:40,600 ERNESTINA. SORIA. MENDOZA, YOU 3620 01:55:40,600 --> 01:55:42,201 ARE STILL NOT PRESENT. PLEASE 3621 01:55:42,201 --> 01:55:43,970 CALL IN. NOW WE HAVE KATE RUBIN, 3622 01:55:43,970 --> 01:55:46,539 DAVID HAYNES, JULIA HILL, SEP 3623 01:55:46,539 --> 01:55:49,108 GURNEY'S, RADHIKA KALE, CLIFF 3624 01:55:49,108 --> 01:55:51,744 CAUTHEN ARE THE NEXT GROUP. KATE 3625 01:55:51,744 --> 01:55:54,814 YOU'RE ALREADY OFF MUTE. 3626 01:55:54,814 --> 01:55:55,081 WELCOME. 3627 01:55:55,081 --> 01:55:58,718 -- MY NAME IS KATE RUBIN. I'M 3628 01:55:58,718 --> 01:55:59,319 THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 3629 01:55:59,319 --> 01:55:59,986 SEATTLE. WE URGE YOU TO PRESERVE 3630 01:55:59,986 --> 01:56:01,554 THE FULL $500,000 INCREASE FOR 3631 01:56:01,554 --> 01:56:03,456 TENANT SERVICES PROPOSED BY 3632 01:56:03,456 --> 01:56:05,525 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 3633 01:56:05,525 --> 01:56:07,327 FOR 2027. SEATTLE ALSO SUPPORTS 3634 01:56:07,327 --> 01:56:08,361 THE DEMANDS OF SEATTLE 3635 01:56:08,361 --> 01:56:10,697 SOLIDARITY BUDGET IN ITS NON 3636 01:56:10,697 --> 01:56:11,197 GUARANTEES. THESE ADOPT 3637 01:56:11,197 --> 01:56:12,865 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER PROPOSALS 3638 01:56:12,865 --> 01:56:13,966 TO DIRECT $5 MILLION TO 3639 01:56:13,966 --> 01:56:15,568 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, 3640 01:56:15,568 --> 01:56:16,135 ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY AND 3641 01:56:16,135 --> 01:56:18,237 FIGHTING DISPLACEMENT. DEDICATE 3642 01:56:18,237 --> 01:56:20,306 RECOVERED SPD OVERPAYMENTS TO 3643 01:56:20,306 --> 01:56:22,442 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PLAN TO 3644 01:56:22,442 --> 01:56:24,243 CONSISTENTLY ALLOCATE 50% OF 3645 01:56:24,243 --> 01:56:24,877 JUMPSTART REVENUE TO AFFORDABLE 3646 01:56:24,877 --> 01:56:26,479 HOUSING AND EQUITABLE 3647 01:56:26,479 --> 01:56:27,814 DEVELOPMENT. THE CITY CANNOT 3648 01:56:27,814 --> 01:56:28,981 KEEP BALANCING ITS BUDGET BY 3649 01:56:28,981 --> 01:56:30,650 DIVERTING JUMPSTART. IT'S TIME 3650 01:56:30,650 --> 01:56:32,018 TO PASS NEW PROGRESSIVE REVENUE 3651 01:56:32,018 --> 01:56:33,419 THAT CLOSES THE DEFICIT AND 3652 01:56:33,419 --> 01:56:34,887 FUNDS WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES 3653 01:56:34,887 --> 01:56:35,988 ACTUALLY NEED TO SURVIVE AND 3654 01:56:35,988 --> 01:56:38,624 THRIVE. FINALLY, PLEASE APPROVE 3655 01:56:38,624 --> 01:56:39,225 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AMENDMENT 3656 01:56:39,225 --> 01:56:41,728 SPD 110. A THANK YOU. 3657 01:56:41,728 --> 01:56:43,663 -- THANK YOU KATE. UP NEXT IS 3658 01:56:43,663 --> 01:56:44,397 DAVID HAINES, FOLLOWED BY JULIA 3659 01:56:44,397 --> 01:56:46,766 HILL. AND THEN DAVID, I SEE 3660 01:56:46,766 --> 01:56:50,737 YOU'RE HERE. STAR SIX TO 3661 01:56:50,737 --> 01:56:54,340 UNMUTE. WELCOME. 3662 01:56:54,340 --> 01:56:55,541 -- HI, DAVID HAINES, IT'S NOT 3663 01:56:55,541 --> 01:56:58,611 FAIR THAT THIS BUDGET PROCESS 3664 01:56:58,611 --> 01:57:02,315 HAS BEEN EXPEDITED AND RUSHED 3665 01:57:02,315 --> 01:57:03,383 AND DENIED TRUE PARTICIPATION. 3666 01:57:03,383 --> 01:57:04,450 EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE BEHIND 3667 01:57:04,450 --> 01:57:06,185 CLOSED DOORS. BUT THE WORST 3668 01:57:06,185 --> 01:57:08,154 THING ABOUT IT IS IT'S ALL GOT 3669 01:57:08,154 --> 01:57:10,156 THE SAME BAD SPENDING PRIORITIES 3670 01:57:10,156 --> 01:57:11,357 AND POLICIES. OF THE THREE 3671 01:57:11,357 --> 01:57:13,993 FAILED MAYORS, WHEN CITY HALL 3672 01:57:13,993 --> 01:57:16,596 GOT SHAKEN DOWN BY THE BLACK 3673 01:57:16,596 --> 01:57:17,130 LIVES MATTER GEORGE FLOYD 3674 01:57:17,130 --> 01:57:18,531 PROTESTERS WHO CREATED ALL THESE 3675 01:57:18,531 --> 01:57:19,966 NONPROFITS STARTED LINING THEIR 3676 01:57:19,966 --> 01:57:21,934 POCKETS WITH OVER $100 MILLION 3677 01:57:21,934 --> 01:57:23,703 TO GET REPEAT OFFENDING 3678 01:57:23,703 --> 01:57:25,037 CRIMINALS OUT OF JAIL, RUNNING 3679 01:57:25,037 --> 01:57:27,640 INTERFERENCE FOR GUN TOTING 3680 01:57:27,640 --> 01:57:29,042 CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, WHERE A 3681 01:57:29,042 --> 01:57:29,609 DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF 3682 01:57:29,609 --> 01:57:30,443 PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE 3683 01:57:30,443 --> 01:57:31,310 PROPERLY PUNISHED. BUT THEY'RE 3684 01:57:31,310 --> 01:57:33,112 GOING TO TAKE $100 MILLION AWAY 3685 01:57:33,112 --> 01:57:37,083 FROM INNOCENT HOMELESS, AND THEN 3686 01:57:37,083 --> 01:57:38,084 ONLY $37 MILLION FOR A THOUSAND 3687 01:57:38,084 --> 01:57:39,652 MEASLY SHELTERS THAT COULD BE 3688 01:57:39,652 --> 01:57:40,987 STOOD UP WITHIN 30 DAYS. IF YOU 3689 01:57:40,987 --> 01:57:42,655 JUST USE THE NOBLE USE OF THE 3690 01:57:42,655 --> 01:57:44,457 NATIONAL GUARD, SPARE US THIS 3691 01:57:44,457 --> 01:57:45,892 BUDGETARY PROCESS. YOU'RE NOT 3692 01:57:45,892 --> 01:57:46,926 BEING DETAILED ENOUGH AND 3693 01:57:46,926 --> 01:57:47,994 GETTING RID OF. 3694 01:57:47,994 --> 01:57:49,595 -- THANK YOU. DAVID. UP NEXT IS 3695 01:57:49,595 --> 01:57:51,998 JULIA HILL, FOLLOWED BY 3696 01:57:51,998 --> 01:57:53,199 SEPTATIONS AND RADHIKA KALE. 3697 01:57:53,199 --> 01:57:54,233 JULIA, I SEE YOU'RE HERE. STAR 3698 01:57:54,233 --> 01:57:57,303 SIX TO UNMUTE. 3699 01:57:57,303 --> 01:57:59,005 -- CATHERINE THANK YOU. GOOD 3700 01:57:59,005 --> 01:58:00,273 EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME 3701 01:58:00,273 --> 01:58:01,707 IS JULIA HILL AND I'M HERE TO 3702 01:58:01,707 --> 01:58:03,910 SUPPORT THE EMERGENCY BRIDGE 3703 01:58:03,910 --> 01:58:04,510 FUNDING AMENDMENT FOR SCHOOLS 3704 01:58:04,510 --> 01:58:05,678 AND PARENT EDUCATION AT NORTH 3705 01:58:05,678 --> 01:58:09,415 AND SOUTH. I WANT TO THANK 3706 01:58:09,415 --> 01:58:10,049 COUNCILMEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBERS, 3707 01:58:10,049 --> 01:58:10,917 RINCK, LIN AND SAKA FOR 3708 01:58:10,917 --> 01:58:12,618 SPONSORING THIS AMENDMENT AND 3709 01:58:12,618 --> 01:58:13,586 RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF 3710 01:58:13,586 --> 01:58:15,054 PRESERVING THESE PROGRAMS. I AM 3711 01:58:15,054 --> 01:58:16,589 A PARENT BOARD MEMBER OF THE 3712 01:58:16,589 --> 01:58:17,757 ALPINE CLUB AND HAVE HAD OUR TWO 3713 01:58:17,757 --> 01:58:18,858 CHILDREN IN THE PROGRAM FOR OVER 3714 01:58:18,858 --> 01:58:22,562 THREE YEARS NOW AND LIKE MANY, 3715 01:58:22,562 --> 01:58:23,162 MANY OTHERS TODAY, I CAN'T 3716 01:58:23,162 --> 01:58:23,930 STRESS ENOUGH WHAT AN IMPORTANT 3717 01:58:23,930 --> 01:58:27,166 AND IMPACTFUL PROGRAM THIS IS. 3718 01:58:27,166 --> 01:58:28,601 THE ROLE OF PARENT EDUCATION IS 3719 01:58:28,601 --> 01:58:30,470 CRUCIAL TO ENSURING WE ARE 3720 01:58:30,470 --> 01:58:32,572 RAISING A GENERATION OF KIND, 3721 01:58:32,572 --> 01:58:33,172 COMPASSIONATE, AND COMMUNITY 3722 01:58:33,172 --> 01:58:34,207 DRIVEN CHILDREN. I'M ALSO A 3723 01:58:34,207 --> 01:58:35,408 SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHO RELIES 3724 01:58:35,408 --> 01:58:37,343 ON THE CO-OP PROGRAM FOR 3725 01:58:37,343 --> 01:58:40,179 CHILDCARE, AND WITH THE LOSS OF 3726 01:58:40,179 --> 01:58:41,080 FUNDING, WE RISK LOSING THE 3727 01:58:41,080 --> 01:58:43,783 ABILITY TO WORK, ATTEND SCHOOL 3728 01:58:43,783 --> 01:58:45,118 OR MEET OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES. 3729 01:58:45,118 --> 01:58:46,319 PLEASE, PLEASE VOTE YES ON THIS 3730 01:58:46,319 --> 01:58:47,553 AMENDMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 3731 01:58:47,553 --> 01:58:49,522 YOUR TIME. 3732 01:58:49,522 --> 01:58:51,157 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS SETH, 3733 01:58:51,157 --> 01:58:52,692 FOLLOWED BY RADHIKA KALE AND 3734 01:58:52,692 --> 01:59:00,433 THEN CLIFF CAWTHORN. 3735 01:59:00,433 --> 01:59:01,501 -- HEY SIR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3736 01:59:01,501 --> 01:59:04,070 -- YES WE CAN WELCOME. 3737 01:59:04,070 --> 01:59:06,072 -- GREAT. THANK YOU. HI, 3738 01:59:06,072 --> 01:59:06,939 EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SETH. I USE 3739 01:59:06,939 --> 01:59:09,709 THEY THEM PRONOUNS. I AM THE 3740 01:59:09,709 --> 01:59:12,245 ADVOCACY AND PROGRAM MANAGER 3741 01:59:12,245 --> 01:59:13,446 WITH QUEER POWER ALLIANCE. I 3742 01:59:13,446 --> 01:59:15,748 WANT TO START BY THANKING 3743 01:59:15,748 --> 01:59:17,283 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR FUNDING 3744 01:59:17,283 --> 01:59:17,817 RESPONSES TO GENDER BASED 3745 01:59:17,817 --> 01:59:19,585 VIOLENCE AND THE PROVISO FOR 3746 01:59:19,585 --> 01:59:21,154 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND 3747 01:59:21,154 --> 01:59:22,989 AGAINST SURVEILLANCE. I ALSO 3748 01:59:22,989 --> 01:59:23,556 WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 3749 01:59:23,556 --> 01:59:26,959 FOSTER FOR FUNDING AFFORDABLE 3750 01:59:26,959 --> 01:59:27,493 HOUSING AND COUNCILMEMBER 3751 01:59:27,493 --> 01:59:29,962 HOLLINGSWORTH FOR TENANT 3752 01:59:29,962 --> 01:59:31,631 SERVICES. TOGETHER, THESE 3753 01:59:31,631 --> 01:59:33,399 INVESTMENTS WILL PROVIDE CRUCIAL 3754 01:59:33,399 --> 01:59:35,167 SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AS 3755 01:59:35,167 --> 01:59:36,969 USUAL, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO MEET 3756 01:59:36,969 --> 01:59:38,204 THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, 3757 01:59:38,204 --> 01:59:40,273 BUT IT STILL REALLY GOES A LONG 3758 01:59:40,273 --> 01:59:41,741 WAY. SO I'M URGING YOU TO PASS 3759 01:59:41,741 --> 01:59:44,677 THOSE AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. 3760 01:59:44,677 --> 01:59:45,845 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS RADHIKA 3761 01:59:45,845 --> 01:59:47,446 KALE, FOLLOWED BY CLIFF CAWTHORN 3762 01:59:47,446 --> 01:59:48,915 AND THEN SHIVANI GAYLOR. YOU'RE 3763 01:59:48,915 --> 01:59:50,983 NOT PRESENT. AMANDA GARBER, 3764 01:59:50,983 --> 01:59:53,452 YOU'RE NOT PRESENT. ANGELA 3765 01:59:53,452 --> 01:59:54,987 CORWIN IS AFTER THAT. MICHAEL 3766 01:59:54,987 --> 01:59:57,924 YEE, YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. ERICA 3767 01:59:57,924 --> 02:00:00,493 ROBINSON YOU ARE FOLLOWING THAT. 3768 02:00:00,493 --> 02:00:02,595 LILLIAN GRIFFIN YOU ARE NOT 3769 02:00:02,595 --> 02:00:04,096 PRESENT. AND THEN THE LAST NAMES 3770 02:00:04,096 --> 02:00:06,065 ARE RAQUEL, AYE. AYE. MR. 3771 02:00:06,065 --> 02:00:09,468 ALVAREZ, AND THEN EDWIN LINDO. 3772 02:00:09,468 --> 02:00:10,570 RADHIKA, I SEE YOU'RE HERE. 3773 02:00:10,570 --> 02:00:17,176 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. RADHIKA STAR 3774 02:00:17,176 --> 02:00:23,482 SIX TO UNMUTE RADHIKA WE'RE 3775 02:00:23,482 --> 02:00:25,117 GOING TO BRING. 3776 02:00:25,117 --> 02:00:25,384 -- HELLO. 3777 02:00:25,384 --> 02:00:28,621 -- HI. WELCOME 3778 02:00:28,621 --> 02:00:29,021 -- AM I AUDIBLE? 3779 02:00:29,021 --> 02:00:29,889 -- YEAH. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. 3780 02:00:29,889 --> 02:00:32,258 WE'RE READY. 3781 02:00:32,258 --> 02:00:33,259 -- OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY. HELLO. 3782 02:00:33,259 --> 02:00:36,996 MY NAME IS RADHIKA. I AM PART OF 3783 02:00:36,996 --> 02:00:40,132 A QUEEN ANNE CO-OP. I AM A AYE. 3784 02:00:40,132 --> 02:00:41,200 I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND THEN SHE 3785 02:00:41,200 --> 02:00:42,935 IS PART OF THE GREEN AND CO-OP. 3786 02:00:42,935 --> 02:00:44,971 SINCE THE THEIR INFANT CLASS, 3787 02:00:44,971 --> 02:00:46,472 WHICH STARTS AROUND SIX MONTHS 3788 02:00:46,472 --> 02:00:50,276 OF AGE WHEN WE BECOME A PARENT 3789 02:00:50,276 --> 02:00:52,211 LIKE WE ARE AWAY FROM OUR 3790 02:00:52,211 --> 02:00:53,913 FAMILIES WHICH ARE IN INDIA. AND 3791 02:00:53,913 --> 02:00:55,548 THEN WE HAVE VERY LIMITED 3792 02:00:55,548 --> 02:01:01,387 SUPPORT IN THE LOCALLY. SO THIS 3793 02:01:01,387 --> 02:01:03,256 CO-OP PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM 3794 02:01:03,256 --> 02:01:05,358 AND THE CO-OP PRESCHOOL GAVE US 3795 02:01:05,358 --> 02:01:08,060 THIS VILLAGE TO US AND THEN 3796 02:01:08,060 --> 02:01:12,465 COMMUNITY. AND THEN IT, IT, IT 3797 02:01:12,465 --> 02:01:12,999 ALSO PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED 3798 02:01:12,999 --> 02:01:16,602 SUPPORT FOR US. LIKE AS A PARENT 3799 02:01:16,602 --> 02:01:18,037 THROUGH THE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 3800 02:01:18,037 --> 02:01:20,840 SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST 3801 02:01:20,840 --> 02:01:22,274 COUNCILMEMBER TO SUPPORT THE 3802 02:01:22,274 --> 02:01:25,177 BRIDGE FUNDING FOR THE FOR THE 3803 02:01:25,177 --> 02:01:27,246 PARENTS. 3804 02:01:27,246 --> 02:01:28,681 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 3805 02:01:28,681 --> 02:01:31,684 CLIFF CAWTHORN GAYLOR, YOU'RE 3806 02:01:31,684 --> 02:01:34,487 NOT PRESENT. AMANDA GARBER, 3807 02:01:34,487 --> 02:01:35,821 YOU'RE NOT PRESENT. ANGELA 3808 02:01:35,821 --> 02:01:38,024 CORWIN WILL FOLLOW. CLIFF. 3809 02:01:38,024 --> 02:01:38,691 CLIFF, I SEE YOU'RE ALREADY OFF 3810 02:01:38,691 --> 02:01:43,963 MUTE. WELCOME CLIFF, YOU MIGHT 3811 02:01:43,963 --> 02:01:46,799 BE MUTED ON YOUR PHONE. YOU'RE 3812 02:01:46,799 --> 02:01:47,667 OFF MUTE ON OUR SYSTEM. 3813 02:01:47,667 --> 02:01:48,534 -- VERY GOOD. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR 3814 02:01:48,534 --> 02:01:50,169 ME NOW? CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3815 02:01:50,169 --> 02:01:50,403 -- YES. 3816 02:01:50,403 --> 02:01:53,673 -- WE CAN. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. 3817 02:01:53,673 --> 02:01:54,940 HEY, AND GOOD MORNING, 3818 02:01:54,940 --> 02:01:56,776 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS CLIFF 3819 02:01:56,776 --> 02:01:58,077 CAWTHORNE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO 3820 02:01:58,077 --> 02:02:00,379 URGE ALL OF YOU TO SUPPORT 3821 02:02:00,379 --> 02:02:02,014 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER PROPOSAL TO 3822 02:02:02,014 --> 02:02:02,648 INCREASE FUNDING TO THE OFFICE 3823 02:02:02,648 --> 02:02:04,283 OF HOUSING BY 5 MILLION, 3 3824 02:02:04,283 --> 02:02:06,619 MILLION OF THAT FOR HOME 3825 02:02:06,619 --> 02:02:08,621 OWNERSHIP. ALSO, I WANT TO 3826 02:02:08,621 --> 02:02:09,088 SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 3827 02:02:09,088 --> 02:02:10,222 HOLLINGSWORTH PROPOSAL TO 3828 02:02:10,222 --> 02:02:12,725 PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 500,000 3829 02:02:12,725 --> 02:02:14,527 FOR TEN SERVICES AND SUPPORT. 3830 02:02:14,527 --> 02:02:16,562 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S PROPOSAL 3831 02:02:16,562 --> 02:02:19,865 TO ENSURE JUMPSTART REVENUE IS 3832 02:02:19,865 --> 02:02:20,499 USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS 3833 02:02:20,499 --> 02:02:21,534 THAT'S WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO 3834 02:02:21,534 --> 02:02:23,102 DO. MOREOVER, I SUPPORT THE 3835 02:02:23,102 --> 02:02:25,037 PROPOSAL TO SPEND THE RECOVERED 3836 02:02:25,037 --> 02:02:25,237 MONEY 3837 02:02:25,237 --> 02:02:26,872 -- FROM 13 MILLION SPD 3838 02:02:26,872 --> 02:02:27,406 OVERPAYMENT ON AFFORDABLE 3839 02:02:27,406 --> 02:02:28,574 HOUSING, WHICH DOES A LOT MORE 3840 02:02:28,574 --> 02:02:32,144 TO CURB CRIME THAN POLICE AND 3841 02:02:32,144 --> 02:02:34,046 SURVEILLANCE. OUR PUBLIC WORKERS 3842 02:02:34,046 --> 02:02:35,848 ALSO DESERVE BETTER. PLEASE 3843 02:02:35,848 --> 02:02:36,382 SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3844 02:02:36,382 --> 02:02:38,317 AMENDMENT TO INCREASE HUMAN 3845 02:02:38,317 --> 02:02:39,351 SERVICES WORKERS. AND LAST BUT 3846 02:02:39,351 --> 02:02:40,186 NOT LEAST, I ASK YOU ALL TO 3847 02:02:40,186 --> 02:02:43,456 SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 3848 02:02:43,456 --> 02:02:46,058 $400,000. PROVISO TO FORCE SPD 3849 02:02:46,058 --> 02:02:46,459 TO IMPLEMENT THE 3850 02:02:46,459 --> 02:02:47,493 RECOMMENDATIONS. 3851 02:02:47,493 --> 02:02:48,861 -- THANK YOU. CLIFF. SIOBHAN 3852 02:02:48,861 --> 02:02:50,262 GAYLOR, YOU'RE NOT PRESENT. 3853 02:02:50,262 --> 02:02:51,497 AMANDA GARBER, YOU ARE NOT 3854 02:02:51,497 --> 02:02:53,399 PRESENT. NEXT PERSON IS ANGELA 3855 02:02:53,399 --> 02:02:55,368 CORWIN. MICHAEL YEE, YOU ARE NOT 3856 02:02:55,368 --> 02:02:57,603 PRESENT. ERICA ROBINSON WILL 3857 02:02:57,603 --> 02:02:59,071 FOLLOW. ANGELA. ANGELA, I SEE 3858 02:02:59,071 --> 02:03:02,641 YOU'RE HERE. STAR SIX TO 3859 02:03:02,641 --> 02:03:05,711 UNMUTE. WELCOME 3860 02:03:05,711 --> 02:03:05,978 -- HELLO. 3861 02:03:05,978 --> 02:03:07,580 -- ANGELA FROM WEST 3862 02:03:07,580 --> 02:03:08,280 -- SEATTLE. HERE. I'M HERE. 3863 02:03:08,280 --> 02:03:11,183 -- TO SAY. 3864 02:03:11,183 --> 02:03:11,817 -- SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 3865 02:03:11,817 --> 02:03:13,652 PROVISO TO PAUSE FUNDING FOR 3866 02:03:13,652 --> 02:03:15,554 CCTV EXPANSION. THIS IS THE 3867 02:03:15,554 --> 02:03:17,156 FIRST STEP ONLY THOUGH. STOP 3868 02:03:17,156 --> 02:03:20,192 FUNDING CAMERAS DO NOT TURN MORE 3869 02:03:20,192 --> 02:03:22,061 ON. THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT PART 3870 02:03:22,061 --> 02:03:23,929 OF MAYOR WILSON'S ELECTION 3871 02:03:23,929 --> 02:03:25,297 CAMPAIGN, AND I TRULY BELIEVED 3872 02:03:25,297 --> 02:03:25,965 SHE WON BECAUSE OF HER INITIAL 3873 02:03:25,965 --> 02:03:27,633 STANCE AGAINST THE SURVEILLANCE 3874 02:03:27,633 --> 02:03:29,168 SYSTEM. CAMERAS ARE NOT PROVEN 3875 02:03:29,168 --> 02:03:31,470 TO PREVENT CRIMES AND EVIDENCE 3876 02:03:31,470 --> 02:03:33,072 SOLELY FROM THE SPD IS NOT 3877 02:03:33,072 --> 02:03:35,207 ADEQUATE. THEY VIOLATE OUR CIVIL 3878 02:03:35,207 --> 02:03:36,542 LIBERTIES. THE CAMERAS, OUR 3879 02:03:36,542 --> 02:03:38,511 COMMUNITY AT RISK, ESPECIALLY 3880 02:03:38,511 --> 02:03:40,246 OUR IMMIGRANT AND TRANS 3881 02:03:40,246 --> 02:03:41,046 NEIGHBORS AND ANYONE WHO HAS 3882 02:03:41,046 --> 02:03:42,882 ALREADY BEEN EGREGIOUSLY 3883 02:03:42,882 --> 02:03:44,650 TARGETED BY THE FEDERAL 3884 02:03:44,650 --> 02:03:46,719 GOVERNMENT. SO NO MORE CCTV 3885 02:03:46,719 --> 02:03:51,223 EXPANSION. THANK YOU 3886 02:03:51,223 --> 02:03:52,758 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS MICHAEL 3887 02:03:52,758 --> 02:03:55,427 YEE. YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. ERICA 3888 02:03:55,427 --> 02:03:56,429 ROBINSON IS NEXT. LILLIAN 3889 02:03:56,429 --> 02:03:59,965 GRIFFIN, YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. 3890 02:03:59,965 --> 02:04:01,700 RAQUEL OIRA. YOU. YOU ARE 3891 02:04:01,700 --> 02:04:04,270 FOLLOWING ERICA AND THEN MR. 3892 02:04:04,270 --> 02:04:07,206 ALVAREZ, AND THEN EDWIN. SO IF. 3893 02:04:07,206 --> 02:04:08,207 ERIC. I SEE YOU'RE OFF MUTE. 3894 02:04:08,207 --> 02:04:12,077 JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND. IF YOU 3895 02:04:12,077 --> 02:04:13,846 HAVE REGISTERED TODAY AND HAVE 3896 02:04:13,846 --> 02:04:15,047 NOT CALLED IN, YOU NEED TO CALL 3897 02:04:15,047 --> 02:04:17,116 IN NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR 3898 02:04:17,116 --> 02:04:19,518 PEOPLE LEFT IN PERSON, VIRTUAL 3899 02:04:19,518 --> 02:04:22,188 AND THEN TWO IN PERSON. SO NOW 3900 02:04:22,188 --> 02:04:23,689 IS THE TIME TO CALL IN BECAUSE 3901 02:04:23,689 --> 02:04:24,757 WE'VE GOT ABOUT TEN MORE 3902 02:04:24,757 --> 02:04:26,659 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT. 3903 02:04:26,659 --> 02:04:28,260 ERICA, THANKS FOR WAITING. 3904 02:04:28,260 --> 02:04:31,163 YOU'RE OFF MUTE. WELCOME. 3905 02:04:31,163 --> 02:04:34,834 -- HI. YES. THANK YOU, 3906 02:04:34,834 --> 02:04:35,467 COUNCILMEMBERS AND EVERYONE HERE 3907 02:04:35,467 --> 02:04:37,036 TODAY TO SUPPORT PARENT 3908 02:04:37,036 --> 02:04:38,070 EDUCATION FUNDING. I AM ALSO 3909 02:04:38,070 --> 02:04:39,205 HERE TO SUPPORT THE BRIDGE 3910 02:04:39,205 --> 02:04:41,040 FUNDING FOR PARENT EDUCATION. 3911 02:04:41,040 --> 02:04:43,976 I'M IN MY SIXTH YEAR AS A 3912 02:04:43,976 --> 02:04:46,779 PARENT IN CO-OP. BUT TODAY I'M 3913 02:04:46,779 --> 02:04:49,849 SPEAKING AS A KID WHO WENT TO 3914 02:04:49,849 --> 02:04:51,984 CO-OP AND MY PARENTS WERE QUITE 3915 02:04:51,984 --> 02:04:54,286 YOUNG. THEY WERE VERY 3916 02:04:54,286 --> 02:04:56,689 UNDERPREPARED TO BECOME PARENTS 3917 02:04:56,689 --> 02:04:59,625 AND I ACTUALLY REMEMBER WHO MY 3918 02:04:59,625 --> 02:05:01,660 PARENTS WERE BEFORE AND AFTER 3919 02:05:01,660 --> 02:05:03,662 CO-OP. AND IT MADE AN INCREDIBLE 3920 02:05:03,662 --> 02:05:05,731 DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE AND IN THE 3921 02:05:05,731 --> 02:05:08,367 LIVES OF MY SEVERAL YOUNGER 3922 02:05:08,367 --> 02:05:12,071 SIBLINGS. AND I BELIEVE IT HAS 3923 02:05:12,071 --> 02:05:12,605 AN IMPACT ON THE REGIONAL 3924 02:05:12,605 --> 02:05:16,008 PARENTING COMMUNITY THAT MAKES 3925 02:05:16,008 --> 02:05:17,910 SEATTLE SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO 3926 02:05:17,910 --> 02:05:19,478 GROW UP. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND 3927 02:05:19,478 --> 02:05:20,880 PLEASE DO SAVE THIS WONDERFUL 3928 02:05:20,880 --> 02:05:23,649 PROGRAM. 3929 02:05:23,649 --> 02:05:25,885 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS RAQUEL, 3930 02:05:25,885 --> 02:05:27,253 FOLLOWED BY MR. ALVAREZ AND THEN 3931 02:05:27,253 --> 02:05:28,487 EDWIN LINDO AND CENTRAL STAFF. 3932 02:05:28,487 --> 02:05:29,555 IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP TO THE 3933 02:05:29,555 --> 02:05:31,624 DAIS NOW SO WE CAN START 3934 02:05:31,624 --> 02:05:32,892 PREPARING RAQUEL, I SEE YOU'RE 3935 02:05:32,892 --> 02:05:36,061 ALREADY OFF MUTE. WELCOME. 3936 02:05:36,061 --> 02:05:38,397 -- HI, 3937 02:05:38,397 --> 02:05:39,031 -- DEAR COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME 3938 02:05:39,031 --> 02:05:41,767 IS RAQUEL ARAUJO AND I'M HERE 3939 02:05:41,767 --> 02:05:44,203 TO URGE YOU TO PASS DEEL 003 AYE 3940 02:05:44,203 --> 02:05:45,971 TO GIVE BRIDGE FUNDING TO THE 3941 02:05:45,971 --> 02:05:48,807 PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT 3942 02:05:48,807 --> 02:05:49,308 NORTH AND SOUTH SEATTLE 3943 02:05:49,308 --> 02:05:50,409 COLLEGES. WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I 3944 02:05:50,409 --> 02:05:51,944 MOVED TO SEATTLE THREE YEARS 3945 02:05:51,944 --> 02:05:53,913 AGO, WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW 3946 02:05:53,913 --> 02:05:56,849 ANYONE HERE, AND WE HAD OUR 3947 02:05:56,849 --> 02:05:59,184 FIRST SON EARLY LAST YEAR. AND 3948 02:05:59,184 --> 02:06:01,387 SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN WELCOMED 3949 02:06:01,387 --> 02:06:03,656 TO A COMMUNITY OF PARENTS 3950 02:06:03,656 --> 02:06:04,156 THROUGH OUR COOPERATIVE 3951 02:06:04,156 --> 02:06:06,025 PRESCHOOLS PARENTING DOESN'T 3952 02:06:06,025 --> 02:06:07,526 COME WITH A MANUAL, AND WE ARE 3953 02:06:07,526 --> 02:06:09,428 SO GRATEFUL FOR THE PARENT 3954 02:06:09,428 --> 02:06:10,829 EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT HAS 3955 02:06:10,829 --> 02:06:12,531 HELPED US BECOME BETTER PARENTS 3956 02:06:12,531 --> 02:06:15,200 AND BETTER PEOPLE. THIS IS A 3957 02:06:15,200 --> 02:06:16,468 PROGRAM THAT WILL IMPACT 3958 02:06:16,468 --> 02:06:18,270 GENERATIONS. IT WILL IMPACT MY 3959 02:06:18,270 --> 02:06:20,506 SON, MY NEXT SON, WHO IS ABOUT 3960 02:06:20,506 --> 02:06:23,008 TO BE BORN IN A MONTH AND 3961 02:06:23,008 --> 02:06:24,710 THEY'RE THEY'RE EVEN MY 3962 02:06:24,710 --> 02:06:25,711 GRANDCHILDREN. SO PLEASE, I URGE 3963 02:06:25,711 --> 02:06:27,212 YOU TO PASS THIS BRIDGE FUNDING. 3964 02:06:27,212 --> 02:06:27,813 THANK YOU. 3965 02:06:27,813 --> 02:06:30,683 -- THANK YOU. RAQUEL. UP NEXT IS 3966 02:06:30,683 --> 02:06:32,384 MR. ALVAREZ, FOLLOWED BY EDWIN 3967 02:06:32,384 --> 02:06:39,325 LINDO. MR. ALVAREZ, WELCOME. 3968 02:06:39,325 --> 02:06:43,662 -- THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING. 3969 02:06:43,662 --> 02:06:44,063 -- GOOD MORNING. 3970 02:06:44,063 --> 02:06:45,764 -- VICTORY COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT 3971 02:06:45,764 --> 02:06:48,701 OF DISTRICT FIVE VICTORY TO THE 3972 02:06:48,701 --> 02:06:51,003 DISTRICT FIVE WORKING CLASS WHO 3973 02:06:51,003 --> 02:06:53,339 VOTED AGAINST WEALTHY 3974 02:06:53,339 --> 02:06:55,874 POLITICIANS AND LANDLORDS FOR 3975 02:06:55,874 --> 02:06:58,410 THE PARASITES OF LEADERSHIP 3976 02:06:58,410 --> 02:07:01,947 WITHIN OUR CITY REGARDING THE 3977 02:07:01,947 --> 02:07:02,548 REPORT ON MASS SURVEILLANCE. 3978 02:07:02,548 --> 02:07:06,085 THAT IS, OUR DATA IS UNPROTECTED 3979 02:07:06,085 --> 02:07:08,721 AND HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO ABUSE. 3980 02:07:08,721 --> 02:07:11,256 PINKY PROMISES AND VAGUE 3981 02:07:11,256 --> 02:07:13,792 POLICIES OFFER NO 3982 02:07:13,792 --> 02:07:15,394 ACCOUNTABILITY. I FULLY SUPPORT 3983 02:07:15,394 --> 02:07:18,297 COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK PROVISO FOR 3984 02:07:18,297 --> 02:07:21,233 THE EXPANSION OF MASS 3985 02:07:21,233 --> 02:07:24,136 SURVEILLANCE. WHEN STRAUSS SAYS 3986 02:07:24,136 --> 02:07:25,804 VOTE QUICKLY AND DON'T ASK 3987 02:07:25,804 --> 02:07:27,006 QUESTIONS, IT'S A SURE RED 3988 02:07:27,006 --> 02:07:28,707 FLAG. HE DOESN'T WANT US LOOKING 3989 02:07:28,707 --> 02:07:30,242 AT THE SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY 3990 02:07:30,242 --> 02:07:34,046 HE'S TRYING TO WEASEL AWAY. 3991 02:07:34,046 --> 02:07:35,581 -- THANK YOU, MR. ALVAREZ. UP 3992 02:07:35,581 --> 02:07:44,390 NEXT IS EDWIN LINDO. EDWIN, I 3993 02:07:44,390 --> 02:07:47,693 SEE YOU'RE OFF MUTE. WELCOME. 3994 02:07:47,693 --> 02:07:48,093 -- GREAT. THANK. 3995 02:07:48,093 --> 02:07:50,029 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS. I 3996 02:07:50,029 --> 02:07:52,965 JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SAY EDWIN 3997 02:07:52,965 --> 02:07:55,434 LINDO FROM CO-FOUNDER OF SCL 3998 02:07:55,434 --> 02:07:56,935 LIBRARY IN SOUTH SEATTLE. AND 3999 02:07:56,935 --> 02:07:58,771 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ALL THE 4000 02:07:58,771 --> 02:08:00,372 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING 4001 02:08:00,372 --> 02:08:02,941 REQUESTS AND AMENDMENTS. SO 4002 02:08:02,941 --> 02:08:05,277 THANK YOU ALL FOR THE 5 MILLION 4003 02:08:05,277 --> 02:08:08,947 TO YOU AND TO TO COUNCILMEMBER 4004 02:08:08,947 --> 02:08:09,415 HOLLINGSWORTH AND TO 4005 02:08:09,415 --> 02:08:11,150 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, BUT ALSO 4006 02:08:11,150 --> 02:08:13,285 SUPPORTING THE PLAN TO COMMIT 4007 02:08:13,285 --> 02:08:14,887 50% OF JUMPSTART REVENUE TO 4008 02:08:14,887 --> 02:08:17,689 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EDDIE. IT 4009 02:08:17,689 --> 02:08:18,323 WAS WHAT JUMPSTART'S PROMISE 4010 02:08:18,323 --> 02:08:20,359 WAS, AND WE SHOULD KEEP TO THAT. 4011 02:08:20,359 --> 02:08:21,960 AND ALSO A YES VOTE TO CARRY 4012 02:08:21,960 --> 02:08:24,296 FORWARD THE UNSPENT 26 AND 27 4013 02:08:24,296 --> 02:08:25,164 JUMPSTART DOLLARS SO THAT THEY 4014 02:08:25,164 --> 02:08:26,899 STAY IN THE OFFICE OF HOUSING 4015 02:08:26,899 --> 02:08:28,967 AND ALSO SUPPORTING 4016 02:08:28,967 --> 02:08:30,769 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK POLICE 4017 02:08:30,769 --> 02:08:32,671 OVERPAYMENT RECAPTURE FUND TO 4018 02:08:32,671 --> 02:08:33,205 ALSO BUILD THIS COMMITTED 4019 02:08:33,205 --> 02:08:35,908 FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 4020 02:08:35,908 --> 02:08:38,777 AND ALSO AMENDMENT ONE TO CB 4021 02:08:38,777 --> 02:08:41,113 121310 EXEMPTING OH FUNDED HOMES 4022 02:08:41,113 --> 02:08:44,817 FROM THE RENTAL REGISTRATION. 4023 02:08:44,817 --> 02:08:45,918 -- THANK YOU EDWIN. WE HAVE 4024 02:08:45,918 --> 02:08:46,885 SIOBHAN GAYLOR WITH US. I'M 4025 02:08:46,885 --> 02:08:49,188 GOING TO READ ALL OF THE NAMES 4026 02:08:49,188 --> 02:08:51,890 OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PRESENT 4027 02:08:51,890 --> 02:08:53,225 BEFORE SIOBHAN SPEAKS. IF YOU 4028 02:08:53,225 --> 02:08:54,460 HEAR YOUR NAME RIGHT NOW, YOU 4029 02:08:54,460 --> 02:08:59,431 NEED TO CALL IN BEFORE WE ARE 4030 02:08:59,431 --> 02:09:00,065 DONE WITH SHIVANI'S COMMENTS. 4031 02:09:00,065 --> 02:09:02,568 AND THE TWO THREE PEOPLE HERE IN 4032 02:09:02,568 --> 02:09:03,936 CHAMBERS. SO IF YOU HEAR YOUR 4033 02:09:03,936 --> 02:09:06,538 NAME, CALL IN NOW, CATHERINE 4034 02:09:06,538 --> 02:09:09,641 HOLLIDAY, LORENDA MEYERS, LAURA 4035 02:09:09,641 --> 02:09:12,911 H. MARIA PORTANA, CAROLINE 4036 02:09:12,911 --> 02:09:17,182 CONLEY, ERNESTINA SORIA, 4037 02:09:17,182 --> 02:09:20,319 MENDOZA, AMANDA GERBERICH, 4038 02:09:20,319 --> 02:09:25,557 MICHAEL YEE, LILLIAN. GRIFFIN. 4039 02:09:25,557 --> 02:09:27,493 IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME, CALL IN 4040 02:09:27,493 --> 02:09:29,094 NOW, SIOBHAN, I SEE YOU'RE OFF 4041 02:09:29,094 --> 02:09:29,962 MUTE. WELCOME. 4042 02:09:29,962 --> 02:09:31,497 -- THIS IS SIOBHAN GAYLOR HERE. 4043 02:09:31,497 --> 02:09:33,532 YES, YES, THIS IS SIOBHAN 4044 02:09:33,532 --> 02:09:35,100 GAYLOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM 4045 02:09:35,100 --> 02:09:36,969 THE CLINICAL DIRECTOR WITH PDA, 4046 02:09:36,969 --> 02:09:38,837 WITH OUR COLEAD PROGRAM, AND WE 4047 02:09:38,837 --> 02:09:40,572 WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR 4048 02:09:40,572 --> 02:09:42,941 APPRECIATION FOR THE HSD 045 AYE 4049 02:09:42,941 --> 02:09:45,010 FUNDING. AND WE'RE JUST SO 4050 02:09:45,010 --> 02:09:46,145 GRATEFUL AND THAT IT'S INCLUDED 4051 02:09:46,145 --> 02:09:48,814 IN THE BALANCING PACKAGE. WE 4052 02:09:48,814 --> 02:09:50,449 KNOW THAT IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT 4053 02:09:50,449 --> 02:09:51,850 IMPACT ON THE POPULATION THAT WE 4054 02:09:51,850 --> 02:09:53,485 SERVE, AND MAKING AN IMPACT ON 4055 02:09:53,485 --> 02:09:56,355 THE COMMUNITY AS SOME OF OUR OUR 4056 02:09:56,355 --> 02:09:56,989 INDIVIDUALS HAVE SHARED EARLIER. 4057 02:09:56,989 --> 02:09:59,658 AND WE JUST WANT TO EXPRESS OUR 4058 02:09:59,658 --> 02:10:01,193 GRATITUDE AND KNOW THAT THE 4059 02:10:01,193 --> 02:10:03,362 FUNDING WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A 4060 02:10:03,362 --> 02:10:03,896 SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR 4061 02:10:03,896 --> 02:10:06,198 COMMUNITY AND THE VULNERABLE 4062 02:10:06,198 --> 02:10:07,833 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SERVE, 4063 02:10:07,833 --> 02:10:09,401 ESPECIALLY CHRONICALLY 4064 02:10:09,401 --> 02:10:10,002 UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS WITH 4065 02:10:10,002 --> 02:10:11,904 ADDICTION ISSUES WHO ARE SEEKING 4066 02:10:11,904 --> 02:10:13,238 TO TRANSITION INTO A STATE OF 4067 02:10:13,238 --> 02:10:19,811 MORE STABILITY. SO THIS IS A AN 4068 02:10:19,811 --> 02:10:20,379 EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE AND 4069 02:10:20,379 --> 02:10:21,580 ADVOCACY. AND WE'RE LOOKING 4070 02:10:21,580 --> 02:10:23,515 FORWARD TO HELPING TO SUPPORT IN 4071 02:10:23,515 --> 02:10:25,584 THOSE EFFORTS IN THE FUTURE. 4072 02:10:25,584 --> 02:10:27,252 -- THANK YOU. SIOBHAN, I'M GOING 4073 02:10:27,252 --> 02:10:28,654 TO READ THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO 4074 02:10:28,654 --> 02:10:30,923 ARE NOT PRESENT. ONE LAST ONE 4075 02:10:30,923 --> 02:10:33,725 MORE TIME. SO THIS IS WE HAVE 4076 02:10:33,725 --> 02:10:35,327 THREE MORE SPEAKERS. SO WE'VE 4077 02:10:35,327 --> 02:10:36,295 GOT ABOUT TWO AND A HALF TO 4078 02:10:36,295 --> 02:10:38,230 THREE MINUTES UNTIL I COME BACK 4079 02:10:38,230 --> 02:10:40,465 TO VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 4080 02:10:40,465 --> 02:10:43,135 THE FINAL TIME. THOSE WHO ARE 4081 02:10:43,135 --> 02:10:43,669 NOT PRESENT ARE CATHERINE 4082 02:10:43,669 --> 02:10:45,938 HOLLIDAY, LORENDA MEYERS, LAURA 4083 02:10:45,938 --> 02:10:50,409 H. MARIA PORTANA, CAROLINE 4084 02:10:50,409 --> 02:10:53,078 CONLEY, ERNESTINA SORIA MENDOZA, 4085 02:10:53,078 --> 02:10:56,548 AMANDA GERBERICH, MICHAEL YEE, 4086 02:10:56,548 --> 02:10:57,983 LILLIAN GRIFFIN AND THAT IS IT. 4087 02:10:57,983 --> 02:11:00,886 SO IF YOU JUST HEARD YOUR NAME, 4088 02:11:00,886 --> 02:11:01,520 PLEASE CALL IN NOW DOUBLE CHECK. 4089 02:11:01,520 --> 02:11:02,821 WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO 4090 02:11:02,821 --> 02:11:04,790 IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. DOUBLE 4091 02:11:04,790 --> 02:11:07,392 CHECKING NUMBER 61. SUMMER 4092 02:11:07,392 --> 02:11:10,996 SNYDER IS NOT PRESENT. SUMMER 4093 02:11:10,996 --> 02:11:12,464 SNYDER SEEING NO. SUMMER SNYDER. 4094 02:11:12,464 --> 02:11:15,968 WE HAVE OUR FINAL PUBLIC 4095 02:11:15,968 --> 02:11:18,470 COMMENT. REGISTRANTS IN PERSON 4096 02:11:18,470 --> 02:11:20,372 ARE LAUREL HECKER, WILLIAM 4097 02:11:20,372 --> 02:11:22,341 GRIFFIN, AND NORA FRANKLIN. SO 4098 02:11:22,341 --> 02:11:24,676 UP FIRST IS LAUREL AND THEN 4099 02:11:24,676 --> 02:11:25,677 WILLIAM. I WOULD USE THESE 4100 02:11:25,677 --> 02:11:28,447 MIDDLE MICROPHONES. THE TALLER 4101 02:11:28,447 --> 02:11:30,816 ONES EASIER TO BEND AROUND AND 4102 02:11:30,816 --> 02:11:33,118 JUST GRAB IT LIKE A ROCK STAR. 4103 02:11:33,118 --> 02:11:36,288 -- GOOD ALMOST. AFTERNOON 4104 02:11:36,288 --> 02:11:39,458 COUNSELORS. I AM SPEAKING TODAY 4105 02:11:39,458 --> 02:11:40,025 IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER 4106 02:11:40,025 --> 02:11:43,662 FOSTERS AMENDMENT TO 4107 02:11:43,662 --> 02:11:45,964 AUTOMATICALLY CARRY FORWARD THE 4108 02:11:45,964 --> 02:11:48,000 UNSPENT 2027 JUMPSTART O H FUNDS 4109 02:11:48,000 --> 02:11:49,935 INTO SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS. I 4110 02:11:49,935 --> 02:11:52,437 WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE MY 4111 02:11:52,437 --> 02:11:56,775 SUPPORT FOR THE. WHAT IS IT? HSD 4112 02:11:56,775 --> 02:12:00,812 O28B THE PROVISO OF 2.85 MILLION 4113 02:12:00,812 --> 02:12:01,446 IN GENERAL FUND TO THE HOUSING 4114 02:12:01,446 --> 02:12:03,115 AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT, SERVING 4115 02:12:03,115 --> 02:12:05,417 FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AND 4116 02:12:05,417 --> 02:12:08,720 SHELTER FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG 4117 02:12:08,720 --> 02:12:10,822 ADULT. I VOLUNTEER WITH YOUTHS 4118 02:12:10,822 --> 02:12:11,723 AND WHILE NOT ALL OF THEM NEED 4119 02:12:11,723 --> 02:12:15,427 HOUSING SERVICES, THE ONES THAT 4120 02:12:15,427 --> 02:12:16,595 DO ARE DESPERATE TO BE HOUSED 4121 02:12:16,595 --> 02:12:18,363 AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY 4122 02:12:18,363 --> 02:12:19,031 HEARTBREAKING WHEN WE ARE NOT 4123 02:12:19,031 --> 02:12:21,033 ABLE TO WHEN THERE AREN'T ENOUGH 4124 02:12:21,033 --> 02:12:22,100 SHELTER SPACES TO DIRECT THEM 4125 02:12:22,100 --> 02:12:24,169 TO, AND WE CAN'T GIVE THEM AN 4126 02:12:24,169 --> 02:12:24,836 ANSWER FOR WHERE THEY'RE GOING 4127 02:12:24,836 --> 02:12:27,339 TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT. SO YEAH, 4128 02:12:27,339 --> 02:12:28,740 THANK YOU. 4129 02:12:28,740 --> 02:12:30,676 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 4130 02:12:30,676 --> 02:12:34,880 WILLIAM GRIFFIN AND THEN NORA 4131 02:12:34,880 --> 02:12:35,314 FRANKLIN. WELCOME. 4132 02:12:35,314 --> 02:12:37,416 -- GOOD EVENING, GOOD AFTERNOON. 4133 02:12:37,416 --> 02:12:38,850 GOOD MORNING. I AM HERE TO 4134 02:12:38,850 --> 02:12:41,053 SUPPORT THE PROVISO THAT 4135 02:12:41,053 --> 02:12:42,454 COUNCILOR RENICK PROPOSED. I AM 4136 02:12:42,454 --> 02:12:43,956 A SEATTLE RESIDENT FOR TWO YEARS 4137 02:12:43,956 --> 02:12:45,190 NOW, AND BEFORE THEN I LIVED IN 4138 02:12:45,190 --> 02:12:46,391 THE MOST SURVEILLED CITY IN THE 4139 02:12:46,391 --> 02:12:48,593 US, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. DO YOU 4140 02:12:48,593 --> 02:12:50,562 THINK THAT THEY HAVE LESS CRIME? 4141 02:12:50,562 --> 02:12:51,797 LOOK AT THE DIASPORA OF THE 4142 02:12:51,797 --> 02:12:53,165 POLICE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS 4143 02:12:53,165 --> 02:12:54,232 CITY, AND LOOK AT THE DIASPORA 4144 02:12:54,232 --> 02:12:55,534 OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE 4145 02:12:55,534 --> 02:12:56,368 PLANNING TO SURVEIL. DO YOU 4146 02:12:56,368 --> 02:12:57,469 THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE 4147 02:12:57,469 --> 02:12:58,437 JUST DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WILL 4148 02:12:58,437 --> 02:13:00,472 BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT WHAT IS 4149 02:13:00,472 --> 02:13:01,139 RIGHT, OR DO YOU THINK THAT THEY 4150 02:13:01,139 --> 02:13:03,175 ARE GOING TO BE UNJUST? THAT'S 4151 02:13:03,175 --> 02:13:05,310 ALL I HAVE TO SAY. ALSO, I'D 4152 02:13:05,310 --> 02:13:07,112 LIKE TO SUPPORT THE BRIDGE AND 4153 02:13:07,112 --> 02:13:08,280 THE JUMP START FUNDS MONEY AS 4154 02:13:08,280 --> 02:13:10,215 WELL. BETTER SPENT. 4155 02:13:10,215 --> 02:13:13,051 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS NORA 4156 02:13:13,051 --> 02:13:15,887 FRANKLIN. NORA, ARE YOU STILL IN 4157 02:13:15,887 --> 02:13:19,925 THE AUDIENCE? NORA FRANKLIN NORA 4158 02:13:19,925 --> 02:13:24,830 FRANKLIN. I AM NOT SEEING NORA 4159 02:13:24,830 --> 02:13:26,798 HERE. AND SO BRING MY SCRIPT 4160 02:13:26,798 --> 02:13:28,066 BACK UP. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM 4161 02:13:28,066 --> 02:13:29,668 WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC 4162 02:13:29,668 --> 02:13:31,103 COMMENT. REGISTRANTS VIRTUALLY 4163 02:13:31,103 --> 02:13:34,072 PRESENT. IS THAT CORRECT? 4164 02:13:34,072 --> 02:13:36,908 -- THAT IS CORRECT. 4165 02:13:36,908 --> 02:13:43,415 -- THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO 4166 02:13:43,415 --> 02:13:44,282 MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF 4167 02:13:44,282 --> 02:13:44,916 BUSINESS COLLEAGUES. WE ARE JUST 4168 02:13:44,916 --> 02:13:45,517 ABOUT ON TIME FOR WHAT I WAS 4169 02:13:45,517 --> 02:13:46,184 PREDICTING. AND SO WHAT WE'RE 4170 02:13:46,184 --> 02:13:46,818 GOING TO DO NOW IS WE ARE GOING 4171 02:13:46,818 --> 02:13:49,421 TO TAKE WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW 4172 02:13:49,421 --> 02:13:50,989 WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET WITH 4173 02:13:50,989 --> 02:13:52,791 CENTRAL STAFF, AND THEN WE'LL 4174 02:13:52,791 --> 02:13:53,792 TAKE A LUNCH BREAK, AND THEN 4175 02:13:53,792 --> 02:13:55,727 WE'LL COME BACK TO DO CONSENT 4176 02:13:55,727 --> 02:13:57,462 PACKAGE AND GET INTO CBAS. AND 4177 02:13:57,462 --> 02:13:59,664 SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO 4178 02:13:59,664 --> 02:14:00,766 OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL 4179 02:14:00,766 --> 02:14:02,000 THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE FIRST 4180 02:14:02,000 --> 02:14:03,502 ITEM INTO THE RECORD. 4181 02:14:03,502 --> 02:14:05,203 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE INTRODUCTION 4182 02:14:05,203 --> 02:14:06,705 AND OVERVIEW FOR BRIEFING AND 4183 02:14:06,705 --> 02:14:08,306 DISCUSSION. 4184 02:14:08,306 --> 02:14:09,975 -- WONDERFUL. AND WE'VE GOT 4185 02:14:09,975 --> 02:14:12,244 DIRECTOR WHITSON AND DEPUTY 4186 02:14:12,244 --> 02:14:14,980 DIRECTOR CHOW. I HAVE WE DID 4187 02:14:14,980 --> 02:14:16,548 SOMETHING TO EASE THE PROCESS, 4188 02:14:16,548 --> 02:14:17,682 BUT I WANT TO CALL IT OUT BEFORE 4189 02:14:17,682 --> 02:14:21,119 WE JUMP INTO HERE, WHICH IS IN 4190 02:14:21,119 --> 02:14:23,388 GROUP A, THE CONSENT PACKAGE. WE 4191 02:14:23,388 --> 02:14:25,891 ADDED COUNCIL MEMBERS, NEW 4192 02:14:25,891 --> 02:14:27,993 AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PRESENTED 4193 02:14:27,993 --> 02:14:31,430 JUST LAST WEEK. I MADE A 4194 02:14:31,430 --> 02:14:32,497 DISCRETION CHOICE OF THINGS THAT 4195 02:14:32,497 --> 02:14:36,902 I FOUND TO BE GENERALLY IN 4196 02:14:36,902 --> 02:14:39,271 AGREEMENT TO. ANYONE CAN PULL 4197 02:14:39,271 --> 02:14:40,906 ANYTHING OUT THAT THEY WANT TO 4198 02:14:40,906 --> 02:14:42,174 AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER I THINK 4199 02:14:42,174 --> 02:14:43,875 I MADE AN ERROR ON GETTING THE 4200 02:14:43,875 --> 02:14:44,843 SALES TAX IN THERE. SO IF YOU 4201 02:14:44,843 --> 02:14:48,113 NEED TO PULL THAT, MY APOLOGIES. 4202 02:14:48,113 --> 02:14:49,848 WE'RE WORKING FAST, WE'RE 4203 02:14:49,848 --> 02:14:50,482 WORKING QUICK, MISTAKES HAPPEN 4204 02:14:50,482 --> 02:14:51,383 AND WE'RE HERE TO FIX THEM. AND 4205 02:14:51,383 --> 02:14:53,385 THAT'S WHY TODAY WE'RE GOING 4206 02:14:53,385 --> 02:14:56,822 SLOW AND EASY AND STEADY. SO YOU 4207 02:14:56,822 --> 02:14:59,891 WILL SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION 4208 02:14:59,891 --> 02:15:03,595 THE OVERVIEW OF THE ITEMS THAT 4209 02:15:03,595 --> 02:15:04,196 WERE COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSALS 4210 02:15:04,196 --> 02:15:06,731 FROM LAST WEEK THAT I HAVE ADDED 4211 02:15:06,731 --> 02:15:08,700 TO THE CONSENT PACKAGE. THIS 4212 02:15:08,700 --> 02:15:09,901 PRESENTATION IS NOT THE TIME TO 4213 02:15:09,901 --> 02:15:10,902 TALK ABOUT THE MERITS OF THEM. 4214 02:15:10,902 --> 02:15:12,571 WE'LL GO TO THAT IN THE NEXT 4215 02:15:12,571 --> 02:15:18,276 PART. THIS IS JUST THAT ADDED 4216 02:15:18,276 --> 02:15:18,844 BIT OF TRANSPARENCY WHERE I 4217 02:15:18,844 --> 02:15:20,178 WANTED EVERYONE TO BE CLEAR. SO 4218 02:15:20,178 --> 02:15:20,879 WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT 4219 02:15:20,879 --> 02:15:25,350 OVER TO LISH AND TO CAL CALVIN 4220 02:15:25,350 --> 02:15:27,252 TO WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS 4221 02:15:27,252 --> 02:15:27,652 OVERVIEW. GREAT. 4222 02:15:27,652 --> 02:15:32,891 -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO TODAY 4223 02:15:32,891 --> 02:15:33,859 WE HAVE THREE SETS OF ACTIONS 4224 02:15:33,859 --> 02:15:36,161 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE 4225 02:15:36,161 --> 02:15:36,728 CONSIDERING. THE FIRST ARE 4226 02:15:36,728 --> 02:15:40,332 AMENDMENTS TO THE COUNCIL 4227 02:15:40,332 --> 02:15:45,804 PROPOSED BUDGET. COUNCIL BUDGET 4228 02:15:45,804 --> 02:15:46,338 ACTIONS AND STATEMENTS OF 4229 02:15:46,338 --> 02:15:48,073 LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THEY'RE 4230 02:15:48,073 --> 02:15:51,743 GOING TO BE CONSIDERED IN NOW IN 4231 02:15:51,743 --> 02:15:53,745 TWO GROUPS. GROUP A ARE THINGS 4232 02:15:53,745 --> 02:15:55,547 THAT THE CHAIR HAS INCLUDED IN A 4233 02:15:55,547 --> 02:15:58,149 PROPOSED CONSENT PACKAGE, AND 4234 02:15:58,149 --> 02:16:00,418 GROUP B ARE THINGS THAT ARE 4235 02:16:00,418 --> 02:16:03,054 PROPOSED TO BE CONSIDERED 4236 02:16:03,054 --> 02:16:05,757 INDIVIDUALLY. AS YOU REMEMBER, 4237 02:16:05,757 --> 02:16:08,760 EARLIER TODAY, YOU TOOK OUT THE 4238 02:16:08,760 --> 02:16:11,363 THINGS THAT WERE IN GROUP C, AND 4239 02:16:11,363 --> 02:16:12,931 THERE'S A COMPROMISE VERSION OF 4240 02:16:12,931 --> 02:16:14,166 THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE IN 4241 02:16:14,166 --> 02:16:16,301 GROUP C, SO THAT'LL BE 4242 02:16:16,301 --> 02:16:18,503 CONSIDERED AS PART OF GROUP B. 4243 02:16:18,503 --> 02:16:21,773 NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO DO A VERY 4244 02:16:21,773 --> 02:16:23,175 BRIEF BRIEFING ON TWO OTHER 4245 02:16:23,175 --> 02:16:26,545 PIECES OF LEGISLATION THOSE 4246 02:16:26,545 --> 02:16:27,812 FIRST THREE PIECES OF 4247 02:16:27,812 --> 02:16:29,748 LEGISLATION, THE BUDGET ADOPTION 4248 02:16:29,748 --> 02:16:30,215 ORDINANCE, THE BUDGET 4249 02:16:30,215 --> 02:16:32,450 ENDORSEMENT RESOLUTION FOR 2028, 4250 02:16:32,450 --> 02:16:33,718 AND THE CLERK'S FILE THAT 4251 02:16:33,718 --> 02:16:36,054 CONTAINS ALL OF THE COUNCIL'S 4252 02:16:36,054 --> 02:16:40,926 AMENDMENTS, WILL BE HELD AFTER 4253 02:16:40,926 --> 02:16:41,560 THE COMMITTEE DELIBERATION, SO 4254 02:16:41,560 --> 02:16:43,428 THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE 4255 02:16:43,428 --> 02:16:45,130 CORRECTED ANY MISTAKES BEFORE 4256 02:16:45,130 --> 02:16:47,232 THE FINAL COUNCIL ACTION ON THE 4257 02:16:47,232 --> 02:16:48,600 BUDGET. SO FINAL ACTION ON THOSE 4258 02:16:48,600 --> 02:16:54,172 THREE PIECES WILL BE HELD UNTIL 4259 02:16:54,172 --> 02:16:55,740 NEXT THURSDAY. BUT THERE'S A LOT 4260 02:16:55,740 --> 02:16:57,642 OF OTHER LEGISLATION THAT'S ON 4261 02:16:57,642 --> 02:16:59,911 THE AGENDA. AGAIN, THAT'S BEEN 4262 02:16:59,911 --> 02:17:04,416 BROKEN UP INTO CONSENT PACKAGE, 4263 02:17:04,416 --> 02:17:05,050 WHICH ARE PIECES OF LEGISLATION 4264 02:17:05,050 --> 02:17:05,884 THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE 4265 02:17:05,884 --> 02:17:10,255 CONSIDERED ALL IN ONE GROUP WITH 4266 02:17:10,255 --> 02:17:13,291 ONE VOTE. THERE ARE COUNCIL 4267 02:17:13,291 --> 02:17:14,659 AMENDMENTS TO SOME PIECES OF 4268 02:17:14,659 --> 02:17:16,861 LEGISLATION, SO THOSE WILL BE 4269 02:17:16,861 --> 02:17:19,297 CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY. AND 4270 02:17:19,297 --> 02:17:19,931 THEN ANYTHING THAT WAS COUNCIL 4271 02:17:19,931 --> 02:17:22,067 GENERATED WILL ALSO BE 4272 02:17:22,067 --> 02:17:24,069 CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY 4273 02:17:24,069 --> 02:17:25,537 -- OKAY. BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM 4274 02:17:25,537 --> 02:17:28,006 SLIDE ONE, COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE 4275 02:17:28,006 --> 02:17:29,541 ANY QUESTIONS ON SLIDE ONE AND 4276 02:17:29,541 --> 02:17:32,777 HOW WE'RE PROCEEDING THROUGH 4277 02:17:32,777 --> 02:17:34,679 THE DAY? GROUP A AND THEN THE 4278 02:17:34,679 --> 02:17:35,947 CONSENT PACKAGE ARE PROBABLY 4279 02:17:35,947 --> 02:17:38,316 GOING TO BE THE LONGEST SECTIONS 4280 02:17:38,316 --> 02:17:39,918 BECAUSE WE WILL BE SPENDING TIME 4281 02:17:39,918 --> 02:17:42,120 GOING THROUGH WHAT IS IN THERE. 4282 02:17:42,120 --> 02:17:43,922 ANY COUNCILMEMBER CAN SPEAK TO 4283 02:17:43,922 --> 02:17:45,256 ANYTHING. IT TAKES ABOUT A 4284 02:17:45,256 --> 02:17:47,125 MINUTE AND A HALF TO TWO MINUTES 4285 02:17:47,125 --> 02:17:49,094 TO CALL THE ROLL CALL VOTE. AND 4286 02:17:49,094 --> 02:17:53,865 SO THAT IS THE BENEFIT OF HAVING 4287 02:17:53,865 --> 02:17:55,800 ALMOST 200 ITEMS, HAVING SOME 4288 02:17:55,800 --> 02:18:00,739 CONSENT PACKAGES. SO THAT'S THAT 4289 02:18:00,739 --> 02:18:02,607 ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON SLIDE ONE 4290 02:18:02,607 --> 02:18:04,142 I'M SEEING NONE. LET'S ROLL ON 4291 02:18:04,142 --> 02:18:07,879 TO SLIDE TWO. ALL RIGHT. 4292 02:18:07,879 --> 02:18:10,348 -- SO IT'S JUST MENTIONED ANY 4293 02:18:10,348 --> 02:18:10,949 COUNCILMEMBERS MAY REMOVE AT 4294 02:18:10,949 --> 02:18:13,318 THEIR REQUEST ANY COUNCIL BUDGET 4295 02:18:13,318 --> 02:18:19,024 ACTION OR SLIDE FROM GROUP A FOR 4296 02:18:19,024 --> 02:18:22,961 INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. AND I 4297 02:18:22,961 --> 02:18:24,429 THINK WE'LL PROBABLY WALK 4298 02:18:24,429 --> 02:18:26,364 THROUGH ALL OF THE ITEMS IN 4299 02:18:26,364 --> 02:18:30,402 GROUP A AND THEN PROVIDE THAT 4300 02:18:30,402 --> 02:18:32,937 OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE ITEMS. 4301 02:18:32,937 --> 02:18:35,273 WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON 4302 02:18:35,273 --> 02:18:37,108 AMENDMENTS THAT ARE NEW OR HAVE 4303 02:18:37,108 --> 02:18:39,411 BEEN REVISED SINCE WE LAST 4304 02:18:39,411 --> 02:18:40,345 PRESENTED THEM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY 4305 02:18:40,345 --> 02:18:42,647 TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE 4306 02:18:42,647 --> 02:18:48,953 AMENDMENTS IN THE PACKAGE RIGHT 4307 02:18:48,953 --> 02:18:50,955 AFTER VOTE ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE 4308 02:18:50,955 --> 02:18:54,492 THAT REMAIN IN GROUP A, WE WILL 4309 02:18:54,492 --> 02:18:58,363 THEN TAKE UP ANY ITEMS THAT WERE 4310 02:18:58,363 --> 02:19:01,032 REMOVED FROM GROUP A NEXT, WE'LL 4311 02:19:01,032 --> 02:19:08,273 TAKE UP GROUP B, WHICH ARE ABOUT 4312 02:19:08,273 --> 02:19:10,909 25 AMENDMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL 4313 02:19:10,909 --> 02:19:12,210 VOTE NO. GROUP C, AND THEN 4314 02:19:12,210 --> 02:19:14,245 THERE'S ONE AMENDMENT TO THE 4315 02:19:14,245 --> 02:19:15,780 BUDGET ADOPTION ORDINANCE THAT 4316 02:19:15,780 --> 02:19:19,984 WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED AFTER WE 4317 02:19:19,984 --> 02:19:25,690 TAKE THOSE THINGS UP ASSUMING 4318 02:19:25,690 --> 02:19:27,559 THE COMMITTEE CONCURS, THEN THAT 4319 02:19:27,559 --> 02:19:30,061 LEGISLATION WILL BE HELD UNTIL 4320 02:19:30,061 --> 02:19:38,036 NOVEMBER 7th, 19. FOR OTHER 4321 02:19:38,036 --> 02:19:38,937 BUDGET LEGISLATION. 4322 02:19:38,937 --> 02:19:40,739 -- REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO 4323 02:19:40,739 --> 02:19:41,840 MAKE SURE, COLLEAGUES, ANY 4324 02:19:41,840 --> 02:19:43,475 QUESTIONS ON THAT SLIDE? AND I 4325 02:19:43,475 --> 02:19:45,443 KNOW THAT I ASKED CENTRAL STAFF 4326 02:19:45,443 --> 02:19:46,878 TO ADD MORE SLIDES TO THIS 4327 02:19:46,878 --> 02:19:47,779 PRESENTATION ONCE IT WAS 4328 02:19:47,779 --> 02:19:50,582 UPLOADED TO LEGISTAR. AND SO THE 4329 02:19:50,582 --> 02:19:52,717 PRESENTATION THAT WE ARE SEEING, 4330 02:19:52,717 --> 02:19:54,352 IT WILL BE REUPLOADED IN JUST A 4331 02:19:54,352 --> 02:19:56,020 MINUTE. BUT THE PRESENTATION 4332 02:19:56,020 --> 02:19:57,021 THAT WE HAVE HERE BEFORE US IS 4333 02:19:57,021 --> 02:19:59,157 MORE IN DEPTH. COUNCILMEMBER 4334 02:19:59,157 --> 02:19:59,924 FOSTER I SEE YOUR HAND. WE ARE 4335 02:19:59,924 --> 02:20:02,861 ON SLIDE TWO. 4336 02:20:02,861 --> 02:20:03,928 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. JUST 4337 02:20:03,928 --> 02:20:06,765 CLARIFYING, WE WILL BE VOTING ON 4338 02:20:06,765 --> 02:20:08,266 AMENDMENT ONE TO THE BUDGET 4339 02:20:08,266 --> 02:20:09,300 ADOPTION ORDINANCE TODAY, BUT 4340 02:20:09,300 --> 02:20:10,969 THEN HOLDING THE REST OF THE 4341 02:20:10,969 --> 02:20:11,870 PACKAGE UNTIL THE 19th. IS THAT 4342 02:20:11,870 --> 02:20:12,137 CORRECT? 4343 02:20:12,137 --> 02:20:13,471 -- THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 4344 02:20:13,471 --> 02:20:14,372 CENTRAL STAFF. 4345 02:20:14,372 --> 02:20:15,006 -- CORRECT. AND THAT JUST ALLOWS 4346 02:20:15,006 --> 02:20:16,741 US TO DO ANY TECHNICAL 4347 02:20:16,741 --> 02:20:18,610 AMENDMENTS TO FIX ANY ERRORS AND 4348 02:20:18,610 --> 02:20:21,112 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN 4349 02:20:21,112 --> 02:20:24,415 BALANCED. BEFORE YOU ADOPT IT. 4350 02:20:24,415 --> 02:20:24,949 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4351 02:20:24,949 --> 02:20:25,483 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. 4352 02:20:25,483 --> 02:20:27,118 -- THANK YOU. THIS IS AND I'M 4353 02:20:27,118 --> 02:20:28,153 GLAD THAT WE'RE SPENDING A 4354 02:20:28,153 --> 02:20:29,888 LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THIS, 4355 02:20:29,888 --> 02:20:31,756 BECAUSE THIS IS THE PART WHERE 4356 02:20:31,756 --> 02:20:33,992 WE ARE GOING THROUGH 4357 02:20:33,992 --> 02:20:34,926 METHODICALLY, BECAUSE I'LL STOP 4358 02:20:34,926 --> 02:20:36,427 SAYING IT BY THE END OF THE DAY, 4359 02:20:36,427 --> 02:20:38,863 WE'RE TAKING ALL OF OUR GREAT 4360 02:20:38,863 --> 02:20:40,598 IDEAS AND PUTTING THEM INTO ONTO 4361 02:20:40,598 --> 02:20:42,267 PEN AND PAPER, PUTTING THEM ONTO 4362 02:20:42,267 --> 02:20:44,068 PAPER. AND THIS IS IT JUST TAKES 4363 02:20:44,068 --> 02:20:48,840 A VERY SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE 4364 02:20:48,840 --> 02:20:50,708 PROCESS. COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER 4365 02:20:50,708 --> 02:20:52,177 QUESTIONS ON GROUP A? SO WE HAVE 4366 02:20:52,177 --> 02:20:55,046 GROUP A, SO WE HAVE GROUP A ONE, 4367 02:20:55,046 --> 02:20:56,781 AS I CALL IT. THEN ITEMS PULLED 4368 02:20:56,781 --> 02:21:01,786 OUT OF A ONE GO INTO A TWO. THAT 4369 02:21:01,786 --> 02:21:04,422 IS DIFFERENT THAN GROUP B FOR 4370 02:21:04,422 --> 02:21:06,424 THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE DON'T. 4371 02:21:06,424 --> 02:21:07,525 IN MY TIME AT CITY HALL, WE 4372 02:21:07,525 --> 02:21:12,931 DON'T HAVE GROUP C, AND THEN WE 4373 02:21:12,931 --> 02:21:13,498 HAVE ONE AMENDMENT. GREAT. 4374 02:21:13,498 --> 02:21:14,299 LET'S MOVE ON TO SLIDE THREE. 4375 02:21:14,299 --> 02:21:16,468 IF WE COULD. 4376 02:21:16,468 --> 02:21:17,936 -- ALL RIGHT. 4377 02:21:17,936 --> 02:21:20,305 -- AGAIN, THERE'S A PROPOSED 4378 02:21:20,305 --> 02:21:24,309 CONSENT PACKAGE FOR LEGISLATIVE 4379 02:21:24,309 --> 02:21:26,177 ITEMS. COUNCILMEMBERS WILL HAVE 4380 02:21:26,177 --> 02:21:27,245 THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE 4381 02:21:27,245 --> 02:21:27,812 ANYTHING FROM THAT CONSENT 4382 02:21:27,812 --> 02:21:31,316 PACKAGE PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION. 4383 02:21:31,316 --> 02:21:34,752 WE'LL WALK THROUGH THE ITEMS 4384 02:21:34,752 --> 02:21:36,387 AND THAT CONSENT PACKAGE BEFORE 4385 02:21:36,387 --> 02:21:41,626 YOU VOTE ON THEM. ITEM 29 HAS 4386 02:21:41,626 --> 02:21:46,197 BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. SO 4387 02:21:46,197 --> 02:21:48,099 AGENDA ITEMS 30 THROUGH 40 WILL 4388 02:21:48,099 --> 02:21:52,103 BE UP FOR INDIVIDUAL 4389 02:21:52,103 --> 02:21:53,605 CONSIDERATION. AGAIN, THAT'S 4390 02:21:53,605 --> 02:21:54,272 LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN REMOVED 4391 02:21:54,272 --> 02:21:56,841 FROM THE CONSENT PACKAGE 4392 02:21:56,841 --> 02:21:58,476 LEGISLATION WITH PROPOSED 4393 02:21:58,476 --> 02:22:01,579 AMENDMENTS AND COUNCIL GENERATED 4394 02:22:01,579 --> 02:22:02,747 LEGISLATION. OKAY. AND COMING 4395 02:22:02,747 --> 02:22:04,549 OUT OF COMMITTEE, THOSE WILL GO 4396 02:22:04,549 --> 02:22:06,551 TO A FINAL VOTE AT THE CITY 4397 02:22:06,551 --> 02:22:08,219 COUNCIL MEETING ON FRIDAY THE 4398 02:22:08,219 --> 02:22:10,555 20th. 4399 02:22:10,555 --> 02:22:12,090 -- SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THESE 4400 02:22:12,090 --> 02:22:13,358 ARE THE BILLS THAT WE ARE VOTING 4401 02:22:13,358 --> 02:22:17,028 OUT OF COMMITTEE TODAY SO THAT 4402 02:22:17,028 --> 02:22:18,563 THE LAST SLIDE WERE THE THINGS 4403 02:22:18,563 --> 02:22:21,299 THAT WE WILL BE MAKING CHANGES 4404 02:22:21,299 --> 02:22:22,867 TO TODAY, WHICH REQUIRE THE WEEK 4405 02:22:22,867 --> 02:22:24,636 OF QUALITY CONTROL. THESE ITEMS 4406 02:22:24,636 --> 02:22:26,237 DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE CHANGES 4407 02:22:26,237 --> 02:22:30,575 TO THEM, WHICH IS WHY THEY WOULD 4408 02:22:30,575 --> 02:22:31,442 BE MOVED TO THE FULL COUNCIL 4409 02:22:31,442 --> 02:22:32,076 MEETING JUST SO THAT WE DON'T 4410 02:22:32,076 --> 02:22:34,212 HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIME NEXT 4411 02:22:34,212 --> 02:22:35,680 THURSDAY, BECAUSE NEXT THURSDAY 4412 02:22:35,680 --> 02:22:36,981 WE'VE GOT ALREADY A FULL 4413 02:22:36,981 --> 02:22:38,850 AGENDA. COLLEAGUES, ANY 4414 02:22:38,850 --> 02:22:44,055 QUESTIONS ON SLIDE THREE? SEEING 4415 02:22:44,055 --> 02:22:46,591 NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. LET'S 4416 02:22:46,591 --> 02:22:46,925 KEEP TICKING. 4417 02:22:46,925 --> 02:22:48,293 -- RIGHT 4418 02:22:48,293 --> 02:22:51,896 -- NEXT WEEK THERE IS TIME SET 4419 02:22:51,896 --> 02:22:54,365 ASIDE ON MONDAY. IF THE 4420 02:22:54,365 --> 02:22:58,102 COMMITTEE NEEDS ADDITIONAL TIME 4421 02:22:58,102 --> 02:22:59,938 NEXT THURSDAY'S FINAL VOTES ON 4422 02:22:59,938 --> 02:23:01,272 THE BUDGET BILL OUT OF 4423 02:23:01,272 --> 02:23:03,508 COMMITTEE, AND THEN NEXT FRIDAY 4424 02:23:03,508 --> 02:23:06,411 IS OUR FINAL VOTES ON THE ENTIRE 4425 02:23:06,411 --> 02:23:10,181 PACKAGE COMING OUT OF THE CITY 4426 02:23:10,181 --> 02:23:10,448 COUNCIL. 4427 02:23:10,448 --> 02:23:12,417 -- COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS. AND 4428 02:23:12,417 --> 02:23:14,986 THIS. WE ALSO HAVE MONDAY 4429 02:23:14,986 --> 02:23:19,023 RESERVED. SHOULD WE NEED TO NEED 4430 02:23:19,023 --> 02:23:21,426 TO GO TO MONDAY. COLLEAGUES, ANY 4431 02:23:21,426 --> 02:23:22,927 QUESTIONS HERE? AND THEN I 4432 02:23:22,927 --> 02:23:24,862 BELIEVE YOUR REMAINING SLIDES 4433 02:23:24,862 --> 02:23:26,798 ARE THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE 4434 02:23:26,798 --> 02:23:29,033 PROPOSED LAST WEEK THAT ARE IN 4435 02:23:29,033 --> 02:23:29,500 THE CONSENT PACKAGE? 4436 02:23:29,500 --> 02:23:31,636 -- YES. AND WE HAVE IT'S 4437 02:23:31,636 --> 02:23:33,438 ACTUALLY A SEPARATE 4438 02:23:33,438 --> 02:23:33,771 PRESENTATION. 4439 02:23:33,771 --> 02:23:34,839 -- OKAY. AND AS YOU'RE PULLING 4440 02:23:34,839 --> 02:23:38,543 THOSE UP, I DID HOLD OED 4441 02:23:38,543 --> 02:23:40,545 PROVISOS OUT OF THE CONSENT 4442 02:23:40,545 --> 02:23:41,079 PACKAGE BECAUSE THEY HAD 4443 02:23:41,079 --> 02:23:43,514 PROVIDED SOME PRETTY CLEAR 4444 02:23:43,514 --> 02:23:44,782 FEEDBACK ON PROVISOS EARLIER IN 4445 02:23:44,782 --> 02:23:46,451 THE BUDGET PROCESS. I HAVE NOT 4446 02:23:46,451 --> 02:23:48,620 RECEIVED THAT THAT SAME CLARITY 4447 02:23:48,620 --> 02:23:51,356 TODAY. AND SO I'M JUST TELLING 4448 02:23:51,356 --> 02:23:53,758 YOU, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THOSE 4449 02:23:53,758 --> 02:23:54,859 PROVISOS. AND THEY WOULD HAVE 4450 02:23:54,859 --> 02:23:56,294 OTHERWISE BEEN PART OF THE 4451 02:23:56,294 --> 02:23:57,595 CONSENT PACKAGE. WITH THAT, BACK 4452 02:23:57,595 --> 02:23:59,630 TO YOU. DIRECTOR WHITSON AND 4453 02:23:59,630 --> 02:24:01,799 CHOW. 4454 02:24:01,799 --> 02:24:02,433 -- AND COUNCILMEMBERS, IF I JUST 4455 02:24:02,433 --> 02:24:05,003 MAY ADD, THIS WAS ADDED TO THE 4456 02:24:05,003 --> 02:24:07,305 PRESENTATION, THE REQUEST OF THE 4457 02:24:07,305 --> 02:24:08,506 CHAIR. IT IS MEANT MOSTLY JUST 4458 02:24:08,506 --> 02:24:09,974 TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PUBLIC 4459 02:24:09,974 --> 02:24:11,509 HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE 4460 02:24:11,509 --> 02:24:13,578 WHAT'S CHANGED IN THE REVISED 4461 02:24:13,578 --> 02:24:14,912 BALANCING PACKAGE SINCE WHAT WAS 4462 02:24:14,912 --> 02:24:16,614 PRESENTED LAST WEEK. WE WILL GO 4463 02:24:16,614 --> 02:24:17,248 INTO THIS IN MUCH MORE DETAIL 4464 02:24:17,248 --> 02:24:20,752 WHEN WE GET TO THE GROUP. A 4465 02:24:20,752 --> 02:24:25,223 VOTING. 4466 02:24:25,223 --> 02:24:27,825 -- AND YEAH, WE HAVE 29 4467 02:24:27,825 --> 02:24:29,861 AMENDMENTS THAT ARE NEW OR MOST 4468 02:24:29,861 --> 02:24:32,163 OF THEM MOSTLY REVISED FROM WHAT 4469 02:24:32,163 --> 02:24:36,234 WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED I'M NOT 4470 02:24:36,234 --> 02:24:37,235 GOING TO TAKE UP YOUR TIME RIGHT 4471 02:24:37,235 --> 02:24:38,336 NOW TO WALK THROUGH THESE, 4472 02:24:38,336 --> 02:24:39,437 BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK 4473 02:24:39,437 --> 02:24:43,708 ABOUT THEM WHEN WE GET BACK FROM 4474 02:24:43,708 --> 02:24:46,177 LUNCH. THERE ARE 25 NEW ITEMS IN 4475 02:24:46,177 --> 02:24:49,614 GROUP B FOR INDIVIDUAL 4476 02:24:49,614 --> 02:24:52,316 CONSIDERATION. AND AGAIN, MOSTLY 4477 02:24:52,316 --> 02:24:56,921 REVISED VERSIONS OF PREVIOUS 4478 02:24:56,921 --> 02:24:57,221 AMENDMENTS. 4479 02:24:57,221 --> 02:24:59,123 -- AND CAN YOU JUST SINCE WE ARE 4480 02:24:59,123 --> 02:25:00,391 NOT GOING THROUGH THEM LINE BY 4481 02:25:00,391 --> 02:25:01,993 LINE AT THIS TIME, CAN YOU 4482 02:25:01,993 --> 02:25:05,063 PLEASE MAKE SURE TO HAVE THESE 4483 02:25:05,063 --> 02:25:08,766 PRESENTATIONS PRINTED FOR 4484 02:25:08,766 --> 02:25:09,934 COUNCILMEMBERS ON. IF MAYBE 4485 02:25:09,934 --> 02:25:10,968 SOMEBODY ON CENTRAL STAFF CAN 4486 02:25:10,968 --> 02:25:12,003 GET WORKING ON THAT. SO WHEN 4487 02:25:12,003 --> 02:25:13,004 WE'RE WALKING OUT THE DOOR, WE 4488 02:25:13,004 --> 02:25:17,975 CAN GRAB A COPY. YEAH. THANK 4489 02:25:17,975 --> 02:25:18,176 YOU. 4490 02:25:18,176 --> 02:25:21,379 -- CHAIR. YEP. 4491 02:25:21,379 --> 02:25:22,246 -- JUST TO FLAG THAT IN THE WAY 4492 02:25:22,246 --> 02:25:22,914 WE'VE PREPARED THE MATERIALS, 4493 02:25:22,914 --> 02:25:24,749 IT WILL BE CLEAR ON FROM THE 4494 02:25:24,749 --> 02:25:25,683 SCREEN WHICH ONES ARE NEW IN 4495 02:25:25,683 --> 02:25:26,651 YOUR PACKAGE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 4496 02:25:26,651 --> 02:25:27,752 THEM. SO WE ARE PREPARED TO 4497 02:25:27,752 --> 02:25:29,654 HIGHLIGHT THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH 4498 02:25:29,654 --> 02:25:29,921 GROUP A. 4499 02:25:29,921 --> 02:25:31,255 -- GREAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE 4500 02:25:31,255 --> 02:25:35,126 SURE FOR IMMENSE CLARITY, I WILL 4501 02:25:35,126 --> 02:25:36,494 SAY I NOTICED THAT WE HAD MADE 4502 02:25:36,494 --> 02:25:39,664 AN ERROR. WE TOOK. COUNCILMEMBER 4503 02:25:39,664 --> 02:25:42,400 LIN'S REQUEST TO REMOVE 4504 02:25:42,400 --> 02:25:43,000 DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION FUNDS 4505 02:25:43,000 --> 02:25:43,768 FROM FROM HIS DISTRICT TO FUND 4506 02:25:43,768 --> 02:25:45,136 SOME OTHER THINGS. IN THE 4507 02:25:45,136 --> 02:25:47,205 PROCESS OF THAT, WE 4508 02:25:47,205 --> 02:25:49,073 INADVERTENTLY DID NOT LIST 4509 02:25:49,073 --> 02:25:50,942 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AS THE 4510 02:25:50,942 --> 02:25:52,410 DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT FUND 4511 02:25:52,410 --> 02:25:54,045 SPONSOR. THAT'S ONE OF THE 4512 02:25:54,045 --> 02:25:56,481 ERRORS THAT WE'VE NOTICED. 4513 02:25:56,481 --> 02:25:57,515 AGAIN, THERE ARE THERE IS SO 4514 02:25:57,515 --> 02:25:59,851 MUCH GOING ON THAT THESE ERRORS 4515 02:25:59,851 --> 02:26:01,853 ARE NORMAL AND WHY WE ARE 4516 02:26:01,853 --> 02:26:03,454 SPENDING THE NEXT WEEK TO DO 4517 02:26:03,454 --> 02:26:05,156 QUALITY CONTROL ON ANYTHING THAT 4518 02:26:05,156 --> 02:26:08,192 WE AMEND TODAY, AS WELL AS IF 4519 02:26:08,192 --> 02:26:09,694 WE'RE NOT AMENDING IT TODAY. IT 4520 02:26:09,694 --> 02:26:13,097 DOES BEHOOVE US TO SEND IT TO 4521 02:26:13,097 --> 02:26:15,032 FULL COUNCIL. WITH THAT, ANY 4522 02:26:15,032 --> 02:26:20,471 QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I'M NOT 4523 02:26:20,471 --> 02:26:22,573 SEEING ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS 4524 02:26:22,573 --> 02:26:24,475 TIME. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS 4525 02:26:24,475 --> 02:26:26,277 WILL BE GETTING INTO THE CONSENT 4526 02:26:26,277 --> 02:26:27,879 PACKAGE, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE 4527 02:26:27,879 --> 02:26:30,414 THE LONGEST SECTION OF OUR 4528 02:26:30,414 --> 02:26:32,517 REMAINING WORK. I WILL SAY THAT 4529 02:26:32,517 --> 02:26:34,919 WE SHOULD BE WE SHOULD TAKE A 45 4530 02:26:34,919 --> 02:26:37,688 MINUTE BREAK. RIGHT RECESS RIGHT 4531 02:26:37,688 --> 02:26:39,991 NOW FOR LUNCH, AND THEN WE WILL 4532 02:26:39,991 --> 02:26:42,727 COME BACK AT 1240. DOES THAT 4533 02:26:42,727 --> 02:26:47,732 WORK FOR THE BODY? ANYONE IN 4534 02:26:47,732 --> 02:26:49,667 OPPOSITION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING 4535 02:26:49,667 --> 02:26:50,735 NOTHING. IF THERE'S NO 4536 02:26:50,735 --> 02:26:52,103 OBJECTION, THE SELECT BUDGET 4537 02:26:52,103 --> 02:26:54,705 COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE IN 4538 02:26:54,705 --> 02:26:56,974 RECESS UNTIL 12:40 P.M.. HEARING 4539 02:26:56,974 --> 02:26:59,043 NO OBJECTION, THE SELECT BUDGET 4540 02:26:59,043 --> 02:27:01,112 COMMITTEE IS IN RECESS UNTIL 4541 02:27:01,112 --> 02:27:02,713 FOUR 12:40 P.M.. WE WILL. AND 4542 02:27:02,713 --> 02:27:04,115 IT'S REALLY SERIOUS THAT 4543 02:27:04,115 --> 02:27:05,950 EVERYONE IS BACK IN THEIR SEATS 4544 02:27:05,950 --> 02:27:09,053 BY 1240. THANK YOU. 4545 02:27:09,053 --> 02:27:11,823 -- [MUSIC]